OX ANS ESCs a AMAFKON EL S SVEIS SMES es OA S EE Y) a : \) © * x om pi? «“* she ot 5, ae A Sa rors ae DYENA a ele bp ko) T eB ; ae mo a AY vy or > NaS Ne a an 7G a7 = 2k Sy, - 7 Sa WE 2 Ey Ee WV owe Z ic é fi a SER ‘ a7 ae Ew: ga A MZ oa a Oy “(e S Ss re yN > eh ON bY (G6 K @ oy “4 rm rue eeu Hl ESE IKE ms SOO) RES RK \\ e NCES PZ 5 5G) x SKC hes, TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERSE2>s+ @) py PPUBLISHED WEEKLY Wi Fs CIOL aw (Siz ye SOE CELE SOW DIAS Fiftieth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1933 "eae 2589 My Mother’s Love QA The turbulent tide of the mutable years May bring to me pleasure, may bring to me tears; May bring to me honor, may bring to me shame; May lead me to infamy, lift me to fame— It matters but little—this truth comes to me, That whatever I am, or whatever I be; Though crowds may applaud me, though mobs may deride One love still is constant, whatever betide. That constancy nothing of earth may disprove; It beams like a star in the heavens above; *Tis my mother’s unchanging, unchangeable love. I’ve seen love’s refulgence beam forth on the face With a glory and beauty no limner could trace; I’ve seen its bright halo encircle the head And its aureole flame in the glory it shed; And yet these have faded, as fadeth the light Of the day at the silent approaches of night, For builded on passion and selfish in trust The fabric dissolved to its basis, the dust. But my mother’s love beams like a tremulous star; Its radiance guides me by pathways afar; Howe’er I may wander, how wayward I be, It beams as unchanging as ever on me. A rainbow of promise it forms of her tears Which arches the void of my prodigal years, And spanning the course which the angels have trod It borrows its hues from the glory of God. A love so unselfish, so true through the years, I’lf nevermore meet down this valley of tears; I may seek the world over but seek it in vain For a love like the love of my mother again. Its constancy nothing of earth has disproved; It lives though my mother from earth is removed; It calls like the tremulous note of a dove; It beams like a star in the heavens above— My mother’s unchanging, unchangeable love. Cadmus E. Crabill. SUNDAY, MAY 7, IS MOTHER’S DAY CAPSACRCAGACACASCASASASCASACAGCASAGCASA ECR GOAECACAECASAECASAGCAGEAGASCAECAECABGASGABAGBA SASASASCGASASGAGACGA CGA : : IT SELLS YOUR SUGAR, FRUIT and GLASSES! Principal Products distributed by GENERAL FOODS SALES CO., INc. POSTUM CEREAL INSTANT POSTUM GRAPE-NUTS POST TOASTIES POST’S BRAN FLAKES WHOLE BRAN DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT JELL-O LOG CABIN SYRUP MINUTE TAPIOCA WALTER BAKER’S COCOA WALTER BAKER’S CHOCOLATE MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE AND TEA FRANKLIN BAKER’S COCONUT CERTO CALUMET BAKING POWDER LA FRANCE SWANS DOWN CAKE FLOUR SATINA SANKA COFFEE *t Ask the General Foods Salesman!”’ Certo launches great- est nation-wide advertising campaign to promote home jam and jelly-making ... and increase your sales of ALL jelly- making needs. Tie up with it! MR. GROCER: Here’s the big jelly-making campaign for 1933! Here’s the big advertising job that stands squarely back of your efforts to sell fruit, sugar, glasses, paraffin and Certo dur- ing the jelly-making season. In magazines, farm papers, large and small town news- papers, and radio we are urging women: ‘Make jams and jellies at home!’’ And every woman we sell becomes your customer CERTO for four or fivejelly-making needs. The full weight of the Certo campaign is scheduled right in the jelly-making season—when it will get quickest action and greatest results for you. Tie up with it. Feature jelly-making displays. Tell your customers about Certo—the product that makes jelly-making at home easy and certain. Certo is a product of General Foods. LET ME BRING SOME OF THIS BUSINESS INTO Poet Teg ie Rca | Sail] as ca Uy x ADESMAN Viftieth Year MICHIGAN TRADESMAN E. A. Stowe, Editor PUBLISHED WEEKLY by Tradesman Company, from its office the Barnhart Building, Grand Rapids. UNLIKE ANY OTHER PAPER. Frank, free and fearless for the good that we can do. Each issue com- plete in itself, DEVOTED TO the best interests of business men. SUBSCRIPTION RATES areas follows: $3. per year, if paid strictly in advance. $4 per year if not paid in advance. Canadian subscription, $4.56 per year, payable invariably in advance. Sample copies 10 cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 10 cents; issues a month or more old 15 cents; issues a year or more old, 25 cents; issues five years or more old 50 cents. Entered September 23, 1883, at ae Paucice of Grand Rapids as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879. JAMES M. GOLDING Detroit Representative 507 Kerr Bldg. SOME TRENDS IN TRADE Sidelights on the General Business Situation Prices are going up; employment and profits will follow. Statistics as a pointer and measuring rod of future business trends are al- most futile at this time. The power just now is not in business, but is in the political forces of government. More and more business is surren- dering—quite willingly, it seems—to the guiding forces at Washington. At last a workable differentiation between “inflation” and “reflation” has been advanced. The former refers to the printing press plan of currency in- crease, the latter to expansion of credit. It is believed that President Roosevelt favors reflation. Saunders Norvell, president of Rem- ington Arms, said last week in a talk before the Sales Executives’ Club of New York, “Most statistics bore me. I watch just one index—the prices of raw materials. When these prices go up I know that business will be better, and when they go down I know that business will go down with them.” In the same talk he said that it was becoming increasingly difficult for his company to buy adequate supplies of copper and lead. This checks with reports we get from many manufac- turers, who seem to sense an upturn in prices and are trying to protect their raw material needs for several months to come. Prices of almost all basic commodities have had a steady rise since early in March, Grains have jumped more than one-third. Wheat prices have soared tionally in recent weeks, and as is true also of corn, cotton, rye and sugar, are higher than at this time last year. The steel companies have been very active recently in purchasing scrap steel at rising prices. In normal times the price of scrap steel is an excellent barometer of business conditions a few months hence. All new Federal building work is held up pending the working out of sensa- the building program, except that con- tracts advertised by the old administra- tion are being let as scheduled. Many states are holding up on road building contracts until the status of Federal aid for highways is detedmined. President Grace of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation reported on April 11 to stockholders that several of their plants which had long been idle are now reopened: “We are in no sense pessimistic about our situation.” Sixty-three per cent. of the increase in freight loadings in the last four weeks has come from merchandise freight, mostly manufactured goods. Percentage declines from last year were the smallest in several months. Estimates prepared by the thirteen Shippers’ that freight car loadings in the second quarter will fall only .3 per cent. be- low the corresponding period of 1932. This would be more encouraging if these boards had not been consistently optimistic in their estimates since the depression began. The Merchandise Manager of the New York Saks Fifth Avenue store claims that in the last fortnight there has been more buying of diamonds, fine luggage, furs and pearls than in any period since 1929. Advisory Boards indicate Automotive sales since the ending of the banking holiday have been singu- larly good. March sales to consumers of the General Motors Corporation gained 12.2 per cent. over February and were only 2.6 per cent. less than last March. Preliminary reports for April indicate that sales are slightly better than last year. Retail sales of Chrysler and ford thus far in 1933 have run ahead of a year ago. Those two companies and General Motors have registered 88 per cent. of the new cars this year, the bulk being in the low-priced classes. Despite the interruption caused by the Bank Holidays, the business of the U. S. Steel Corporation held up remarkably well in March, and the un- filled tonnoge was down only 13,198 tons at the end of the month. The improvement in retail sales in most sections of the country during the first half of the month seems to have gone somewhat beyond seasonal expectations. The release of frozen banking money, the return of beer, and higher commodity prices combined to bring this about. Department store sales in March showed a decrease of 27 per cent. in dollars from last year, as against de- clines of 23 per cent and 20 per cent. in February and January. In making the comparison of this March with last year, allowance should be made for the fact that Bank Holidays had a crip- pling effect, and also that Easter fell in March last year. A month ago we reported that in January wholesale stocks in nearly every section of the country declined at a much faster rate than sales. Feb- ruary, according to reports from the Federal Reserve Banks, did not carry through. Based on incomplete returns, it seems that stocks declined more than sales in fifteen instances, while the reverse was true in twenty-three. Deliveries of new Studebaker cars in the last ten days of March were ahead of any other ten-day period since June, 1932. The Eastman Kodak Co. this spring is running more arvertisements than ever before. Continental Oil Co. has signed more than 1,000 new deal- ers for its “bronze” gasoline since the advertising campaign started on Jan. 24. Armand Company has released what is called the biggest local news- paper advertising campaign ever con- ducted by a toilet goods manufacturer. Lydia Pinkham Babson that advertising can restore agrees with Roger prosperity. The company this year is spending $1,000,000 in 2,000 newspa- pers and one-third of a million more for thirty million booklets, and for win- dow: displays and counter cards, Many advertisers of food and drug products will be on pins and needles until a new bill being prepared by As- sistant Secretary of Agriculture Tug- well, is presented to and disposed of by Congress. This bill calls for depart- mental censorship over all food and drug advertising copy, and advertising agencies would be held jointly respon- sible with manufacturers for false rep- resentation advertisements. Such cen- sorship, if enacted, would hold up the release of timely newspaper copy, and might possibly discourage some adver- tisers, but the bill has a distinct bright spot. Consumers might believe adver- tising claims more readily if they knew that they had been approved by the government, For the first few months of the year business failures dropped 20.8 per cent. from the corresponding period of last year, and the insolvency index at the end of March was the lowest since August, 1931. The latter month is usually the lowest month of the year, while the March index is always close to the highest. ——_» --@ —__— Seek Artificial Flower Novelties Manufacturers of artificial flowers are experimenting this Spring with new paper finishes and other novelties with which to attract Fall business. The new lines will be opened in the middle of August and domestic pro- ducers feel that. some change is ad- visable to maintain consumer interest. Last Fall the trade had a brief suc- cess in promoting the “fish-skin” flower and glass products but the bulk of sales were on paper blossoms priced around 10 and 20 cents per spray. Many of the manufacturers are con- sidering the possibility of reviving the wax flower for specialty promotions for the coming Fall. Number 2589 Retail Activity Spurs Orders New York, May |—Reflecting the excellent retail trade at the week-end, described as the best since Christmas, orders reached the wholesale markets here in sub- stantial volume. Many _ buyers were here, several of the large out-of-town stores being repre- sented by large staffs. The mail orders received by the resident offices were numerous. Growing emphasis developed on Summer lines, partcularly cotton dresses and gloves, swagger coats, blou- ses, suits of lightweight fabrics, millinery and home furnishings. Clearances are being confined to fur-trimmed merchandise. Primary cotton and wool goods selling agents were almost swamp- ed last week by the rush of orders appearing from various sections of the country. On a few types of goods minor advances were made several times during the week, with less reluctance on the part of buyers to pay the higher prices than heretofore. An additional rise of 214 to 5 per cent. was con- sidered on blankets, but no defi- nite action has been taken. A fur- ther shortening of discounts of about 714 per cent. on sheets was also under discussion. On the average, such discounts have been reduced about 10 per cent. in the last few weeks. eg eg Grocery Volume Up 9 Per Cent. Sales gains of 5 to 10 per cent. in volume of branded grocery items were registered by leading manufacturers of nationally branded goods in the first quarter of this year, compared with the corresponding period in 1932, accord- ing to reports of sales executives. The upward trend is even more marked this month, with sales expected to top March figures by 6 per cent. and show an increase of 12 to 15 per cent. over April last year. Sales of foods in bulk form, such as barreled flour, also show a small gain. The tonnage of bulk goods moved in the ‘first quarter this year is estimated at two per cent. over the first three months of 1932. —__<© @—_ Cosmetics Volume Holds Well Face creams retain leadership in the volume being done in cosmetics at the present time, with re-orders show- ing marked steadiness in the face of economic conditions. By comparison with other industries, trade surveys are said to show the cosmetics trade has suffered only slightly. Face powders in a wide variety of tints, nail polishes, shampoos and bath salts in novel con- tainers are also being actively or- dered. The trade looks forward to a good season in Summer specialties, with initial orders now being placed for lotions and sunburn preparations. Lines of Interest To Grand Rapids Council Every U. C. T. member and _ his family should attend the pot luck sup- per to be held Saturday evening at 6 o'clock in the council chamber in the Moose Temple. Arrangements have been made so that an ample variety of food will be available. Music will be furnished for the supper by the Tech orchestra. Following the supper, Grand Rapids Council and the Ladies Auxiliary will hold their meetings. At the close of the meetings Slocum’s or- chestra will present a dance program. Be on hand at 6 o'clock and help make this meeting a real spring round-up of old friends. The following is a definition of what some people call a buyer: This was handed to us by John Millar, who has sold goods for one house for fifty years. If he does not know what the definition of a ‘buyer” is—well, there is no use trying to find anyone who does know. Of course, this definition is not appli- cable to every individual of that title, but just a resume of what does con- stitute a hard boiled guy. “The typi- cal buyer is a man past middle age, intelligent-spare-wrinkled-cold-passive- noncommittal in our eyes—like a cod fish—polite in contact—or at the same time -unresponsive, cool, calm and damnably composed as a concrete post or a plaster of Paris cast. A very hu- man petrification with a heart of feld- spar and without charm or the friendly germ—minus bowels — passion — or a sense of humor. Happily they never reproduce and finally all of them go to h ssf Of all the edicts issued and laws passed, the one we fear the least is the one demanding the return of hoarded gold to circulation. Most of us have had our gold in circulation so long that it doubtless will need to be weighed again to give full value to the recipients. Now that France and England are so chummy that France can borrow money from her, their traveling ex- pense will be appreciably lower when it comes time to argue the lender out of the idea that the debt should be paid. Our school teachers who have re- ceived notice of a substantial cut in salary for the next school year should really envy Claud Cullen, teacher from Detroit, who has been sentenced to from 2%4 to 20 years in Ionia Reform- atory. The depression will be ended by the time he is released and in the meantime he will be able to keep his certificate valid by being given the task of reorganizing the educational system of the prison. Some people get all the breaks. We are prepared to hear the stories from the boys who let the big one get away. We do not believe the speckled beauties will notice any depression in the amount of devotees of Isaac Wal- ton who will attempt to lure the finny tribe from their habitat. MICHIGAN We yonkers who attended the Old Time Traveling Men’s party in the Chamber of Commerce building Satur- day afternoon and evening were sur- priced to see so many of the old, old timers who are still bright of eye and keen of intelligence. Many in their eighties are still active in the selling field and perfectly capable of giving the younger chaps plenty of competi- tion. A detailed write-up of the party will be contributed to these columns by Roy Randall, official scribe for the old timers association. H. R. Bradfield, Secretary-Treasurer of Grand Rapids Council and owner of a prosperous insurance business, has moved his offices from the Michigan Trust building to the Houseman build- ing. His hegira will land him in suite 219. His telephone number will remain the same . He will be glad to welcome his friends in his new quarters. Won't be long now. Our interest in the coming of the new beverage is comparable to that of the weary des- ert traveler who anxiously peers into the sand covered distances for that spot of green verdure which denotes an oasis. After reaching that long sought goal, we no doubt will rest momentarily and then prepare to con- tinue our journey toward still another spot for liquid refrestments. We have been informed that the Grand Executive Committee of the Michigan Grand Council has ordered that there be but one paid delegate from each council sent to the Grand Council session to be held in Bay City Saturday, June 10. Each delegate sent will represent the other elected dele- gates of his council. We heartily con- cur in the economy move and believe that under present conditions, brevity and economy go hand in hand. Grand Rapids Council is entitled to six dele- gates, but the membership rests as- sured that their interests will be safe- guarded by the delegate selected to represent them. Further, we believe the Supreme Council should make some such move. Any monies saved from the expense of the delegates and honorary visitors and not needed else- where, could find plenty of work to do in the charity fund. Ed. Donahue, city salesman for the Putnam Candy Co., for many years, has engaged in the candy jobbing busi- ness and will service his old trade. Grand Rapids Council wishes Ed. suc- cess in his new venture. Nick Loeks, of 346 Visser Place, has secured a connection with Freyling & Mendels, florists at Ottawa and Mon- roe. Nick will be connected with the sales department and will be pleased to serve any o his friends who need anything in the line of flowers or shrubs. Charles W. Jones, age 80, of 25 Rochester court, salesman for the Wid- dicomb Furniture Co., for fifty years, passed away last week and was laid to rest Friday in Oak Hill cemetery un- der the auspices of his Masonic lodge. Mr. Jones was the dean of furniture salesmen and enjoyed one of the widest acquaintances of any salesman in the city. He was a member of Grand Rapids Council for twenty-nine years and was also a member of the Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s Bene- fit Association. He leaves to mourn TRADESMAN his departure, two daughters, Miss Elizabeth Jones and Mrs. May Kort- lander, and a son, Paul W. Members of Grand Rapids Council extend their deepest sympathy to the members of the family. Frank Holman has been busy for the past several days trying to figure out why some one should send him a wire collect at 2 o'clock in the morning and contain nothing but, “everything is rosy.” Usually you can tell by the energy a man applies to a spade whether his mind is occupied with vegetables or bait. Harry Nash and Lee Lozier did a very nice business in and around Jack- son the past week. The boys feel elated over the feat because the bank- ing conditions in that section are not so encouraging. They believe the thing paramount to their successful week is the fact that the dealers in that local- ity have the sagacity to recognize quality merchandise at economy prices. Fish with hands have been discov- ered in the South Seas. These, it is believed, were developed telling other fish how big the fellow was they got away from. Charley Ghysels up and shoots down a cash prize offered by his firm to the men who get the greatest dealer co-op- eration in advertising tie-up. The Sal- ada Tea Co. does many things to help the retail trade get the most out of their National advertising campaign. They recognize that their traveling salesmen are the best means for mak- ing this extensive help available to the retailer and they reward the hustlers with valuable cash prizes. Charlie pulled down a prize last year so we believe he is in line for honorable mention. Word has reached us that Earnest Henschel, of Muskegon, one-time own- er of the Henschel Hotel, corner Pine and Western avenue, and a member of Muskegon Council, passed away on April 27. His funeral was held Satur- day afternoon with interment in Mus- kegon. It may be, as scientists assert, that earth-worms really sing, but the in- telligent creatures maintain a heavy silence when one wishes to mobilize a few of them for fishing purposes. John B. Olney has shown the spirit of the times by purchasing a new car. He not only gives work to seventy-one men for one day, but he has prepared himsel fto talk modernism to his trade. John contends that one cannot expect to present a modern program with any great enthusiasm while driving a passe model car. We believe his stand is correct and that much good could be accomplished and trade recovery has- tened if more salesmen and their houses would emulate this spirit. You can’t tell, Maybe a fish goes home and lies about the size of the bait he stole. There may be some wonderment as to the brevity of the column this week. Your scribe hastens to inform you that he was invited out in the country to spend the week end. If you are adepts at using your imagination, it will not be necessary for us to explain that in this particular case the appetite was mightier than the pen. Please be in- formed that we are not passing up any May 3, 1933 freely given viands during the tempo- rary slump in business. Buy quality merchandise made in America from your independent dealer and help American trade recovery, Be an American. Scribe. ———_++ + ___ George McKay and His Boys Meet Again The seventh annual reunion of the Old Time traveling salesmen was held at the Association of Commerce, April 29. The meeting began at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and at 6 o’clock about seventy Old Time Travelers and their wives banqueted, after which a regular program was carried out. The ban- quet consisted of cream of tomato soup, celery, olives, chicken a la_ king, mashed potatoes, salad, brown bread and rolls, brick ice cream, cake, coffee. These annual reunions were con- ceived by George W. McKay a number of years ago, to be held the last Sat- urday in April of each year, and they have been growing in popularity with the old timers ever since. Mr. McKay was elected chairman of the first meet- ing and since that time has acquired the offices of president, secretary, treas- urer and board of directors: and Satur- day night was again unanimously re- elected to all of these offices. The meeting was called to order by Mr. McKay and the invocation was pronounced by Dave A. Drummond, after which the entire company joined in singing one verse of America, with Mrs. Storey at the piano. After the banquet, which was most wonderfully served by the manager of the Asso- ciation of Commerce dining room, Mr. McKay very kindly thanked everyone for their interest in these annual af- fairs and read a number of communi- cations which he had received from old timers who could not get to the gathering, as follows: Los Angeles—Greetings to all my old friends who may be there with you to-night. I am heart and soul with you all for the best time you ever had. And I wish you health, happiness and prosperity for all time; and if I had wings I’d be right there on the spot, and the gayest of the lot. It would seem just awful good to see these old friends once again. As to the recent quake it was pretty bad. Of course, Long Beach got the worst of it this time. Mrs. Brooks and I have lived here in Los Angeles twenty-two years, and the city has never been the center of a quake and the queer part of it is they never come in the night. Now, I must relate a little story about the two maiden ladies who lived at Long Beach, California, and tender hearted as could be. They had purchased a turkey for their Sunday dinner of March 12, but they began his prepara- tion the afternoon of March 10. Ap- plying the ax was not to their liking. So they took this bird out to the gar- age and gave him chloroform and while he was unconscious they dry- picked him clean of his feathers. They then went to the house for a knife with which to decapitate him. Then came the now memorable quake of 5:55 p.m. When the dust settled, the ladies were startled to meet in their yard a com- pletely nude and extremely indignant turkey. The story goes that they knit- | Fi Hi \ Samus May 8, 1933 ted a sweater and trousers for him, but they never did kill him. Charles S. Brooks. Traverse City—Last year I made a solemn promise to attend the next meeting of the Old Time Traveling Men, but you know, George, things in the last twelve months have changed, and perhaps we all have looked at things a little different in the mean- time. With all the good resolutions I did make I find it impossible to be with you and the boys. We are just home from the first long vacation I have had in over forty years, having spent nearly six months in the State of California. We left there just four days before the earthquake. We drove about 3,000 mies during our stay there sight-see- ing, had a wonderful time and it did us both a lot of good. Kindly remem- ber us to all at the party. A. W. Peck. Detroit—Greetings to all. Mrs. An- drew and I have just returned from a month’s stay in California and really feel that we ought to stay home now, but we may come over. Ed. P. Andrew. Grand Rapids—As it looks now it will be impossible for us to attend for which we are sorry. E. H. Snow. Owosso—Nothing would please me more than to be there with the boys, but that pleasure is not for me. Hope you all have the best time ever. Fred J. Hanifin. Grand Rapids—I have an engage- ment ahead of this which I can’t very well cancel. Am sorry it happened just so. Henry Raman. Grand Rapids—Very sorry can’t be with you at this time. Kindest regards and best wishes to all. Albert R. Atwood. Glendale, Calif—Thanks for remem- brance of my father, Harvey 3axter, but sorry to say he passed away last Nov. 21. Wishing you all a royal good time. © B. Baxter. Grand Rapids—On account of sick- ness I will be unable to attend our seventh annual reunion Saturday night, which I regret very much. I know I will miss a good time, not be- ing able to see my old friends. I wish you all a very enjoyable time. : D. N. White. Mr. McKay then introduced Leo A. Caro as the toastmaster of the eve- ning, who called upon Charles Chown to lead them in community singing, with Mrs. Storey again at the piano. Several old familiar songs were sung, after which the Chown family, consist- ing of Mr. and Mrs. Chown, son and daughter, entertained with several very appropriate songs. The daughter ren- dered a couple of trumpet solos, ac- companied by her mother on the piano, Mrs. Chown is the daughter of Dave Drummond and Mr. Drummond is justly proud of the whole Chown fam- ily. John H. Millar, Jr., son of one of the oldest traveling men in Grand Rap- ids, then entertained with two or three very appropriate songs. The toastmaster then Rev. H. McClung, pastor of the First Methodist church, who gave a most wonderful address, the principal theme of which was for people to keep faith in themselves, mankind and God. After Mr. McClung’s very able talk Mr. Caro introduced MICHIGAN called upon several of the Old Time traveling men to give a few moments’ talk, among them being Manley Jones, Walter Lawton, Verne McConnell, Wilbur Burns and others. As it was then nearing 10 o'clock, Mr. Caro said that while he would like to have every one of the Old Time traveling men there say a few words he deemed it advisable that the meeting be closed promptly at 10 o’clock and he read a prayer which he had received just that day from D. E. (Daddy) Keyes, who was prevented from being present on account of illness: I pray the prayer the Easterners do, May the peace of Allah abide with you, Wherever you stay, wherever you go May the beautiful palms of Allah grow. With the days of labor and nights of rest, May the love of Allah make you blest. So I touch my heart, as the Easterners do, May the peace of Allah abide with you. The meeting was then closed by the entire company singing one verse of Auld Lang Syne. One of the invited guests was Glenn Young, who has been in the shipping department of the Brooks Candy Co. as long as the writer can remember. Rufus Boer and his wife were in attendance. A few weeks ago Mr. Boer was in Traverse City and the manager of Park Hotel gave him an old hotel register used there in 1904. Mr. Boer brought this register to the meeting and presented it to Mr. McKay to place with the great many other interesting collections he has made pertaining to Old Time traveling men. This excited a great deal of interest among the old timers, many of whom found their names in this register quite a number of times. Dave Hoogerhyde, who trav- eled a great many years for P. Steke- tee & Sons found his name on the reg- ister, only it was signed simply “Dave,” because he claimed even if he did sign his full name no one would be able to pronounce it. It is certainly worth the time and effort of any old time traveling man eligible to attend these reunions to see the genuine pleasure that George Mc- Kay gets out of these meetings. We believe Mr. McKay has the most com- prehensive collection of photographs and information about the traveling fraternity who were on the road be- tween the years of 1880 and 1915 that would be possible to get together. He always has his album of photographs and clippings with him at all of these meetings and they are thoroughly en- joyed by a great many people who at- tend during the afternoon. During the year since the last meet- ing the following eligible Old Time traveling salesmen have passed to their reward. Geo. W. Alden, April 23, 1932; W. W. Tanner, May 6, 1932; George A. Pierce, May 12, 1932; George W. Calder, May 17, 1932; George A. Coffey, May 18, 1932; Edward Wells, July 3, 1932; Otto Weber, July 8, 1932; Alonzo Herold, Aug. 9, 1932; Alfred J. Brown, Oct. 19, 1932; Alvah Brown, Nov. 26, 1932; Russell W. Bertsch, Nov. 27, 1932; W. D. Beach, Dec. 5, 1932; Elmo J. Edmonds, Jan. 2, 1933; TRADESMAN Wilbur R. Keasey; Jan. 24, 1933; Wim. E- Van Ess, Feb. 20, 1933- Bert Bodwell, Feb. 20, 1933: Harry G Rindge, March [8, 1933. Edward C. Mangold, Mar. 26, 1933; Wm. B. Holden, April 12, 1933. Roy Randall. ———_e - Main Street Should Buy on Main Street We read much these day of “Buy British, and Bay Amiecican, buy this and ‘buy that. We read of infla- tion, deflation, gold standards, standards, wheat dollars and_ barter and trade. Not being well enough versed in any of these subjects to write of them, we must be content to watch the daily papers and magazine articles silver to gain an inkling of what they mean and how they may or may not work out. But we can write of what we hear and see. We hear a universal cry of wishing for better times. We _ hear merchants complain of the unfairness of chain store competition, while in some cities individual merchants are beating the chains at their own game. We hear a merchant complain of the enormous business done by the mail order houses, yet he blithely mails out a check or money order to some big city mail order wholesaler for goods for his own personal use, but which he does not stock, of course. His next door neighbor merchant has these goods, but then—It is “every man for himself.” We see a bright new sign in an in- dependent clothing store, “Buy Local,” “Give work to your fellow townsman.” The people passing see the sign, but if they know the manager of this store they can see him crossing the street to the big chain grocery store to buy his foodstuffs. As he comes out with arms loaded and a happy heart, for has he not put the “Big Local” sign on his window, we turn and se the foreclosure notice on his neighboring independent grocer’s padlocked doors. In former days we saw the banker walking even as Benjamin Franklin walked, with a loaf of bread under each arm. But in Franklin’s case the bread was baked in an independent bakery, in an independent city in in- dependent America, while the bread under the banker’s arm was of a brand baked, bought, transported and sold under the watchful eyes of a greedy chain, watching to hammer down the price of the farmer’s wheat; watching 3 lest the men in their bakery earn more than a bare living; watching that their trucks operate night and day under the guidance of underpaid, overworked, sleepy drivers; watching with an eagle eye the local branch manager lest he, too, have an adequate pay envelope; watching that no starving mouths might have a crust of bread before the nickel or dime is dropped into their greedy maw; watching to crush the home owned bakery around the corner; watching lest the bank might have their deposit one moment longer than necessary before sending it to Wall street. Watching, ever watching, trust- ing on one, not even themselves. So the banker buys the bread baked and sold by the chains in chain bound America! Main street asks for help, but first of all Main street must help itself. The clothier must turn his steps from the chain grocery store, the grocer must patronize his local hardware instead of sending checks and money orders to Chicago for his personal needs. The local druggists and jewelers and doc- tors must buy their children’s dresses from the local dry goods store instead of driving twenty-five or fifty miles to the big city centers. The plumber might easier cross the street to the local market than walk two blocks to the big chain store. The Main street variety store has a hard time compet- ing with the chain branch of the big city five and ten. Does the variety owner ponder over this as he slips into the local chain store unit to purchase at ten cents his favorite brand of cigarettes? How can Main street expect the rest of America to trade with them if they do not trade on Main street themselves? Sam Sugarsax. a a a Women’s Club Sale A sale increase of 200 per cent. over the ordinary Saturday is reported to have been obtained by an Eastern mer- chant as a result of allowing the local Women’s Club to run his store for a day. Members of the club acted as sales people and handled 900 trans- actions, accounting for $3,300 of busi- ness, It is added tht these sales were not made at the expense of the normal volume, since business before and after the event was up to average. The club “publicized” the event, and received a certain percentage of the day’s gross. INCREASE YOUR Candy Sales‘ Profi FEATURE BULK SPECIALTIES ORDER FROM YOUR JOBBER PUTNAM FACTORY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 3, 1933 MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Oxford—The Oxiord Lumber & Coal Co. has decreased its capital stock from $75,000 to $27.500. Midland—The Midland Contracting Co. has decreased its capital stock from $100,000 to $50,000. Grand Rapids — Hoekstra’s Ice Cream, Inc., has changed its name to The Puritan Ice Cream, Inc. Detroit—The Peschke Packing Co., 2600 East Grand Blvd., has decreased its capital stock from $100,000 to $25.000. Pinconning—The California Inn, Inc., has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000, all subscribed and paid in. Center Line—The Walker Products Co., Inc., 10 Mile Road and Van Dyke, has changed its name to the Walker Brewing Co. Detroit—J. Levin & Sons, 1040 Ran- dolph street. wholesale tire dealers, have reduced their capitalization from $35,000 to $5,000. Detroit—The Detrola Radio Cor- poration, 3630 West Fort street. has increased its capital stock from $50,000 to $100.000. Grand Rapids—The Michigan Den- tal Supply Co., 35 Fountain street, N.W., has decreased its capital stock from $75,000 to $50.000. Kalamazoo — Prete. ‘or Inc., 2305 Superior stres:, Products, waterproof- ing auto tops, furniture and canvas, has decreased its capital sick from $166.- 000 to $32,000. Detroit—The Capitol Public Market, Inc., 837 West Vernor Highway, has been organized to conduct a food mar- ket with a capital stock of $2,500, all subserbed and paid in. Detroit—The Phillips & Weber Co., 5109 Trumbull avenue, has been incor- ported to deal in hardware, plumbing, etc.. with a capital stock of $1,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Acme Cone and Pret- zel Co., 3910 Michigan avenue, has been incorporated with a captal stock of $50.000, $1.000 of which has been subserbed and paid in. Detroit—The Pontiac Distributing Co., 9375 Mack avenue, has been or- ganized to distribute legal malt bever- ages with a capital stock of $1,000 all subscribed and paid in. Muir—L. CC. Dawes, Lyons drus- gist. has moved his stock and fixtures to Muir and opened a modern drug store. Muir has been without a drug store the past three : cars. South Haven—The Sunset Dairy Products Co., has been organized to deal in milk and milk products with a capital stock of $50,000, $17,050 being subscribed and $1.000 paid in. Kalamazoo—The Kalamazoo Waste Materials Co., 417 Porter street, has been organized to deal in scrap metals and other waste with a capital stock of $10,000, all subscribed and paid in. Wvyandotte—The Beverage Distribu- tion Co., 30 Superior Blvd., has been incorporated with a capital stock of 600 shares no par value, book value, $10 each, $2,000 being subscribed and paid in. Kalamazoo—The C. W. S. Co., 405 West Michigan avenue, has. been or- ganized to produce and deal in crude oil and gas with a capital stock of $16,000. $9,000 being subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The (-eneral Wholesale Food Mart, Inc., 1599 East Warren evenue. has been incorporated with a capital stock of 1,006 shares at $19 a share, $10.000 being subscribed and paid in. Norway—Walter Dudy. aged 48, proprietor of Dudy’s Hardware, died suddenly at his home from a_ heart lesion caused 22 years ago when he rescued a man in a boat accident at Hamilton lakes. Detroit—The Stanley Steel Co., 434 East Milwaukee street, has been or- ganized to conduct a jobbing and brokerage business in steel ad iron with a capital stock of $10,000, all sub- scribed and paid in. Brighton—The Island Lake Hotel Co., with business offices at 1925 First Nat'l Bank Bldg., Detroit, has been incorporated with a capital stock of 200 shares at $10 a share. $2,000 being subscribed and paid in. Lansing—The Capital Distributing Corporation, 217 South Grand avenue, (rear) has been organized to ware- house and distribute beer, with a cap- ital stock of $10,000, $5.000 being sub- scribed and $1.000 paid in. Pontiac — The Oakland Beverage Co., 2414 West Huron street. has been organized for the wholesale distribu- tion of legal beverages with a capital stock of $5,000, $2,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Gerson Jewelry Co., 136 Michigan avenue, has merged its business into a stock company under the style of Gerson’s Inc., with a cap- ital stock of $10,000, $7,500 of which has been subscribed and paid in. Dearborn—Carl Strobel, hardware dealer at 13928 Michigan avenue, has merged the business into a stock com- pany under the style of the Carl Stro- bel Hardware Co., with a capital stock of $5,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Silverstein Produce Co., Inc., 3005 Barlum Tower, has been organized to market fruits, pro- duce, nuts, etc., with a capital stock of $15,000 common and $3,000 preferred, $3,900 being subscribed and $3,000 paid in. Hamtramck—The Martha Washing- ton Bakery and Pastry Shop, 10335 Jos Campau, has merged the business into a stock company under the style of the Martha Washington Bakery, Inc., with a capital stock of $1,000, all sub- scribed and paid in. Port Huron—The Parker Oil Co., 320 Grand River avenue, has been or- ganized to deal in petroleum products, auto parts, tobacco and beverages, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000, $2,500 of which has been subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Lepire Paper & Twine Co., 2425 Riopelle street, wholesale and retail dealer in paper and twine. has merged the business into a stock company under the same style with a capital stock of $50,000. $6,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in. Detroit—Collord, Inc., 1588 Pasa- dena avenue, has beet organized to manufacture and deal in rubber, rub ter compounds, adhesves, hes been in- corporated with a capital stock of $10,- 600 preferred and 5,00) shares at $l a share, $15,000 being subscribed and £8.550 paid in. Lansing—The Natale Shops, Inc., 124 South Washington avenue, dealer in silk underwear and hosiery for women, has merged the business into a stock company under the style of the Natalie Hosiery Shops, Inc., of Michigan, with a capital stock of $20,- 000, $15,000 of which has been sub- scribed and paid in. Detroit—Not only are Detroit retail merchants having their best business for a year, with the demand for wear- ing apparel. automobiles, household furniture and jewlry at peaks, but some dealers report three-year records shat- tered in the strongest revival since the depression began. About $1,000,000 was spent. Saturday in the retail mar- ket alone, half of it going to down- town merchants. A large amount of cash was involved, the result of a 30 per cent. dvidend by the two old na- tional banks, which have now released about $85.000,000 of a total of $131,- 000,000 available to depositors. Some automobile dealers are reported to have sold all cars on hand under a wave of buying indicating long-over- due replacements. Some automobile plants revised production schedules 100 per cent. upward, recalling many workmen. One large department store declared a 110 per cent salary bonus for all employes. Manufacturing Matters. Muskegon Heig!ts—The Morton Manufacturing C>., special machinery. has decreased its capital stock from $300,000 to $200,000. Detroit—The Christen Products Co., 315 Orleans street, manufacturer of auto accessories, has changed its name to the Autocraft Corporation. Detroit—The Majestic Cigar Co., 5006 McKinley avenue, has been in corporated to manufacture and sell cigars with a captal stock of $2,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Hiawatha Shoe Co..,. 300 West Jefferson avenue, has been organized to manufacture and deal in shoes with a capital stock of $10,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Boldt Cigar Manufac- turing Co., 3430 Mchigan avenue, has been organized to manufacture and sell cigars with a capital stock of $2,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—Icy-Mold Vending Devices, Inc., 633 Prentis street, has been in- corporated to manufacture and sell vending devices with a capital stock of $10,000, all subscribed and paid in. Sault Ste. Marie—The Rheinbrau Brewing Co. has been incorporated to manufacture and sell beverages, with a capital stock of $250,000, $1,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in. Benton Harbor—The Benton Har- bor Toy Co., Fourth and Park streets, has been incorporated to manufacture toys and novelties with a capital stock of $5,000, all subscribed and $3,500 paid in. Saginaw—The Michigan Bud Prod- ucts Co., 1751 Genesee avenue, has been organzied to manufacture and sell malt beverages, with a capital stock of $250,000, $100,000 being subscribed and paid in. Detroit — Damperman. Inc., 6541 Grand River avenue, has been organ- ized to manufacture and deal in me- chanical and electrical equipment, with a capital stock of $10,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The A. M. H. Company, 5861 Forsyth street, has been organ- ized to manufacture and sell heating supplies with a capital stock of $50,000, of which $2,500 has been subscribed and paid in. Detroit—A. Joffe & Company, Inc, 1043 Woodward avenue, manufacturer of furs and fur apparel, has been in- corporated with a capital stock of 100 shares at $10 a share, $1,000 being sub- scribed and paid in. Grand Rapids—The Zof Manufac- turing Co., 1715 Pontiac Road, man- ufacurer of depilatory process and silk preservative, has been incorpo- rated with a capital stock of $2,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detrot—Mount Clemens Natural Minerals, Inc., 953 Penobscot Bldg., has been incorporated to manufacture and sell soaps and bath salts with a capital stock kof $20,000, $4,260 being subscribed and $1,000 paid in, Detroit— The Lenon Corporation, 17743 Northrop avenue, has been or- ganized to manufacture and deal in electrical machines with a capital stock of 5,000 shares at $10 a share, $29,000 bemg subscribed and $28,500 paid in. Port Huron—Krug & Co., Bard and Michigan streets, has been organized to manufacture and distribute bever- ages with a capital stock of $50,009 preferred and 5,000 shares at $1 a share, $31,500 being paid in. Monroe—J. L. P. Gentil, 27 East Front street, manufacturer and dealer in jewelry, has merged the business into a stock company under the style of Gentil’s, Inc., with a capital stock of $50,000, $20,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Covered Wagon Co., 11855 East Jefferson avenue, manufac- turer, also distributor, of all types of trailers and parts, has merged the busi- ness into a stock company under the same style with a capital stock of $50.- 000, $5,000 being subscribed and paid in. Grand Rapids—The Manufacturers Supply Co., 64 Ionia avenue, S. W., dealer in machinery and manufacturer of hardware specialties, has merged the business into a stock company un- der the same style with a capital stock of 1.000 shares at $1 a share, $1,000 being subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Zynda Bros. Products Corporation, 4232-68 Riopelle street, manufacturer of liquid malt, has mer- ged the business into a stock company under the style of the Zynda Brewing Co., beer, other beverages and malt, yeast. syrups, etc., with a capital stock of $100,000, all subscribed and paid in. Grand Rapids—The Zodent Corpor- ation, 208 Transportation Bldg., has been incorporated to manufacture and sell automatic tooth brushes and tooth powder, wth a capital stock of 10,000 shares of class A at $1 a share and 40,000 shares of class B at $1 a sharz. $50,000 being subscribed and paid in. subscribed and May 3, 1933 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Essential Features of the Grocery Staples Sugar—Local jobbers hold cane granulated at 4.80c and beet granu- lated at 4.65, Tea—Everybody in this country is expecting higher prices on teas owing to shifts in exchanges and also in the plan to reduce production. Prices in this country have as yet made no im- portant change, though there have been fluctuations both ways in primary mar- kets. Consumptive demand for tea is about as usual. Coffee—During the week Rio and Santos coffee, green and in a large way, has moved both up and down, but not very far in either direction. Early in the week there were some small fractional advances, but later they were practically all lost by de- clines. Both spot and future Rio and Santos remain about unchanged from last week, although futures are a little less stable than spot Rio and Santos. Milds show change during the week. The jobbing market on roasted coffee is about where it was a week ago. Con- sumptive demand for coffe shows no change from what it has been. Canned Fruits—Efforts have been made to get Florida grapefruit up above 82'%c, Tampa. At the very low prices which prevailed, a great move- ment of grapefruit has taken place, but keen rivalry among a few of the larger packers has kept grapefruit at prices which are abnormally low. California prunes are unchanged, but firm at higher price levels in peaches. Stocks left unsold are largely in the hands of those larger packers who re- sisted price selling in recent months. ‘Canned Vegetables—Down in the Maryland peninsula much greater ac- tivity has been reported. In fact, one house reports the best week in sev- eral months. While business done thus far has primarily been in toma- toes, a good volume of it has included peas and string beans. Spot and fu- ture tomatoes start the week off un- changed. Southern spot peas are cleaning up very nicely. The new crop in Delaware was recently reported as somewhat retarded by unfavorable weather, which, with other uncertain- ties about the future, have caused nu- merous withdrawals. New asparagus is to be embraced in the upward trend, it is said, and since no large scale cov- ering of future requirements has taken place, at least in this market, packers still have the situation in their own hands. A moderate pack this season would be the best guarantee that aspar- agus can be listed in the items which have thus far started the turn upward. Canned Fish—Prices on Alaska sal- mon are now higher, although the ad- vance in Red salmon which is largely held by a few of the larger packers of- ficially goes into effect Monday morn- ing. Some smaller holders of reds have already announced higher prices. Pink, salmon, of course, has been fixed at $1 on the Coast for the past few days, and unsold stocks of these are largely concentrated in a few hands, who have still several months to mar- ket their supply. The supply of pinks still unsold is somewhere between 200,- 000 and 300,000 cases, probably closer to the smaller figure, on the basis of the last statistics available. Prices on new Japanese crab meat came out dur- ing the week on a lower basis by about $2.50 for halves. Russian crab meat has been selling fairly well in this country and they are expected to meet the Japanese prices. Japanese tuna is higher than it was, owing to the ex- change conditions. Foreign sardines are somewhat firmer. No change in domestic. Dried Fruit—The dried fruit mar- ket, along with everything else, has been climbing to higher ground in California. Prices on the spot show mild, fractional changes, but the gen- eral line of goods are well below re- placement costs. There has been a good steady tone to business here, which was stimulated considerably in the closing days of last week by de- velopments in all lines of foodstuffs, and of course, in Washington. An en- couraging pick-up was noted particu- larly in Thompson raisins here. Brok- ers and jobbers pretty generally agree that raisins have been moving in a better way and the smaller trade has been taking the opportunity of broad- ening out inventories, while it is still possible to do so at prevailing prices. Large distributors of dried fruits here, principally the jobbers, are getting away from extreme selling competi- tion, with the result that the spot price structure has firmed up considerably, and red ink business is beginning to take on a different hue. The demand for fruit has been fairly broad. Medi- um sized California prunes are in fairly good demand, with apricots pretty well held. Beans and Peas—Financial measures which are going through in Washing- ton have caused practically all varieties of dried beans to advance during the past week. The market at present is firm with a chance of even higher prices. The demand has not improved proportionately, but is better than it was. The same applies to dried peas. Cheese—Cheese is firm and a little higher for the week, but the demand is just about so so. There were two small fractional advances during the week. Nuts—The nut market here has tak- en on more life, particularly in shelled varieties from abroad, but domestic shellers are also showing higher price ideas, as they feel that the present sit- uation is one justifying higher returns. Holders of pecans were said to be firmer in their price ideas, particularly on unshelled nuts. The Levant filbert market abroad has taken a very sharp jump upward, creating a stir here among importers. Spain’s prices are a little higher, while France is un- changed. Olives—Mounting replacement costs brought about an advance of 5c per gallon for most grades of olives. All but the large queens were advanced, the big sizes being unchanged because of the light demand for them, Pepper stuffed queens all were higher. Maniz- anilla unchanged since there has been a fairly liberal stock of these on hand. Consumer interest wider, the firmer tone of the market bringing out some desire to build up low inventories. Olive Oil—The olive oil market is firm to somewhat higher on the spot, due to light holdings, increased de- mand and the higher replacement costs on oil for shipment from Italy and Spain, because of the decline in the dollar. There is now fairly good activ- ity in the oil market and many impor- ters are closely sold up. Syrup and Molasses—Sugar syrup remained unchanged during the week with a steady demand anda light pro- duction. The market has been healthy for several months. Compound syrup being affected by the advance in corn, advanced another 15 cents per 100 pounds during the week, Buyers are beginning to take notice. Molasses shows no change and quiet demand. —_——__+ +. 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. Asparagus—$3 per case of 12 bun- ches; 30c per 2% lb. bunch. Bananas—4'%4c @ 5c per Ib. Beets—75c per bu.; new, 75c per doz. bunches. Butter—The market is lc lower than a week ago. Jobbers now hold plain wrapped prints at 21%c and tub but- ter at 20% c. Inflation news, together with stock and grain market trends, continue major influences in the but- ter trade. With the new producing sea- son not far distant, there is little in supply and demand developments to encourage a position on either side of the market. Current reports lead many to believe production will be large and general. Butter fat prices are some- what higher in many sections of the country and should prove to be an incentive for free collections of milk and cream. Then, too, it is generally stated that herds are intact; in fact, many dealers think more cows are on farms because of the limited culling of herds during the winter period. All in all, however, the speculuator con- trols and for the time being at least he seems to be only concerned in Washington developments. Cabbage—75c per bu.; new from Texas, $3.25 per 75 lb. crate; new from Mississippi, $4.50 per crate. Carrots—Home grown, 60c per bu.; California, 60c per doz. bunches and $2.75 per crate. Cauliflower—$2.25 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 — Michigan Jobbers pay as follows for hand picked at shipping stations: Pea from: farmer... $2.35 Light Red Kidney from farmer-- 3.25 Dark Red Kidney from farmer_-$3.25 Eggs—Jobbers pay 7%@8c per Ib. for receipts. holding candled eggs at 13c per dozen for hen’s eggs and 10c for pullets. Weekly statistical infor- mation discloses further good gains in holdings The figures reported clearly show that the surplus is largely in the jour principal markets. Interior points in fact have been storing lighter. This is evidenced in the weekly increase compared with last year. Current hold- ings are undoubtedly well within 2,000,000 cases in excess of last year. Scattered reports on country collec- tions indicate a decrease comparatively, but the decrease is not considered gen- eral enough for much lighter storing the balance of May. Trade sentiment decidedly mixed. Statistical experts talk bearish, while the many respon- sible for recent upturns use inflation as a basis for further bullish endeavor. Grape Fruit—Present prices are as follows: Blerida Mor Juice. $2.75 Florida Sealed Sweet.__._________ 3.00 ‘exas, Choice, 2 29 325 Wexas Waney 9 6 ‘Fexas bushels =. 20.0 ss 225 Green Onions—Chalots, 60c per doz.; home grown, 40c per doz. Green Peppers—50c per doz. Honey—Comb, 5 @ 6c per Ib.; stranied, 5 Ib. tins, $4.50 per doz.; 60 Ib. cans, 8c per Ib. Lettuce—In good demand on _ the following basis: Imperial Valley, 6s, per crate $3.75 Imperial Valley, 4s and 5s, crate. 4.25 Flot house, 10 tb. basket_--. ___ 1.00 Lemons—The price is as follows: S60 Suet $5.50 OU Sunktce 0 5.50 a00 Sed ate. 4.50 S00 Red Bale 2 -2 450 Mushrooms—28c per one |b. carton. Oranges—Fancy Sunkist California Navels are now sold as follows: 10 6 $3.25 6 2 a ee $46 ee ee eo O00 oe ee AG 8. 4 Pe a ee 25 ee 4... Fe 4 a Red Ball, 50c per box less. Indian River oranges are sold on the following basis: We $3.75 We ae 6 MG 0 2 a Me ae 3ulk, $3.75 per 100 Ibs. Onions—Home grown, 60c per bu. for medium yellow. Domestic Spanish, $1.40 per crate. Parsley—50c per doz. bunches. Parsnips—85c per bu. Potatoes—Old, 50c per bu. on the local market; Idaho bakers, 28c¢ for 15 lb. sack; new, from Florida, $2.50 per bu. ,Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as follows: Fleavy fowls 9 = 12¢ biaht fowle 10c Blucks = 8c "Ruseeys .2 32 llc Geese 2 7¢ Radishes—40c per doz. bunches hot house. Spinach—90c per bu. for home grown. Strawberries — Louisiana command $2.50 per case of 24 pints, and $4.50 for 24 qts. from Tenn. Sweet Potatoes—$1.50 per bu. for kiln dried Indiana. Tangerines—$1.90 per box or bu. Tomatoes—Hot house, 10 lb. basket, $1.50; 5 Ib. box, 85e. Veal Calves — Wilson & Company pay as follows: Paney 2 2 6@7c Ged — a 5@6c 6 MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE How Experts Make Ashes Talk Scientific fire detectives are surely on the job with a Sherlock Holmes system, The firebug finds that he is in Popular a game that he can’s beat. Mechanics brings to us an amazing article on just how these fire detec- tives follow every spark of a clew in exposing the arson fiends. Two men in plain clothes prowled through the still smoking ruins of what an hour before had been a pre- tentious building. One of them stooped to pick up a piece of charred wood while the other carefully transferred to a paper some fluffy ashes which the wind already was scattering. These and other pieces of debris were col- lected and carried to a laboratory where trained members of the city’s arson them to a microscopic third degree. Late that squad subjected same night, one of the investigators flew to a city 500 miles way where the owner of the building, on a pleas- ure trip, was preparing to return home, “I've just heard about the fire,”’ he excaimed when the investigator intro- duced himself. “It’s a mystery to me. How did it start?” “You know, because you did it,” was the reply. “What do you mean?” demanded the owner, “That fire happened this morn- ing and I’ve been out of town since yesterday afternoon.” “T'll tell you,” replied the investiga- tor. “This playing golf and at 11 o'clock you went morning you were out 4 to the clubhouse to make a phone call. You called your store, and as no one was there. you listened until the bell had rung fourteen times. Then you hung up and resumed your game. “The bell clapper of the phone in your office was tied down with a weak string that you had learned would break on fourteen rings. Just before you hung up, the clapper broke loose and struck a nail that discharged a blank cartridge that you had fastened in a wood block. The flare from the cartridge ignited five gallons of gaso- line in a glass bottle, the bottle broke under the heat, and the flaming gaso- line spread over the floor and burned up your insured merchandise. Come along with me.” “Every combustible own telltale marks on rough plane without cross cracks in- 4 » ' , 7 met . dicates that alcohel was used. If the } i iquid leaves its : tne wood. A plane is smoother but with cracks, } 3 ‘TT? kerosene was employed, and so on. “A typical trick in the past was to n carry heavy insurance on expensive goods. would move the goods out, shoddy material in their ~ + 1 ee start a fire. In that way he could of tain the insurance money and still own - oe oe ee the goods. But that is no longer pop- ular, even with fragile furs and ers. The microscope enabies us to St tete Radecson the husned heir differentiate between the burned haz and skin of an expensive fur and its charred counterfeit. With the recent nprovements methods, fewer detection fires are ascribed to such causes as spontaneous combustion or electrical short circuits. The whole art of arson detection is based on the fact that practically every MICHIGAN material burns at a different tempera- ture and mark in the ashes. leaves its own distinctive As a result, eighty-five per cent of arson suspects in Los Angeles in the last few years have been convicted. —_—_+ +. Failure to Reject Goods Within Time Limit The practice of including a_ time limit in orders for goods within which a buyer must make complaint if he has any, is followed by many whole- talers, jobbers and manufacturers. And unless defects in goods are latent and such that a timely inspection would not reveal, or the seller has been guilty of fraud, the courts have quite generally kind. In other words, where a retail mer- upheld provisions of this chant signs an order for goods, that contain a time limit in respect to com- plaints, it's up to him to register any complaint he may have within the time named. Otherwise. he may be bound for the price of the goods even though they fall short of complying with the For illustration. In one case of this kind, a merchant ordered a quantity of sheeting from a order as given. manufacturer. The order contained, among other things, the following pro- vision: “These goods shall not be returned, nor will allowance be made for any after 30 days from receipt nor after goods are cut.” In due time the merchant received a shipment of these goods, and, with- out making any inspection whatever, placed them in his wareroom until they might be needed. Several months there- cause after, when the goods were inspected for the first time, it was discovered that the sheeting had runs and no cross threads and thereby did not com- ply with the order. Now, at this point it may be noted, the sheeting was shipped in burlap rolls, and the alleged defects therein were plainly observ- able upon inspection. In other words the defect was not latent. In this situation, the merchant re- fused to accept the shipment and wrote the manufacturer for instruction as to its disposition. The latter in reply pointed to the time limit stipulation in the order, and took the position that snce the complaint had not been made within thirty days after receipt of the goods it would not be honored. The } . 4 + -ad " et } maT mercnant refused to pay, and the man- was valid, : hag notc or the pr From judg- ment on it appealed, 3 } wt * firn “Except as to a very few of tl (of sheeting) i ‘. we deferticn a+ 511 goods were derective at ai “runs Was pulled apen And the defec: re- as puiieq open. And tne cerect re ied on the ‘runs or spaces in the TRADESMAN wrapped in burlap. This was not such a latent defect as defendent (mer- chant) was excused from looking for and discovering within thirty days, having agreed that no allowance should be made ‘for any cause’ after the ex- pitation of that time. * * * “The parties have a right by con- tract to fix and limit the purchaser’s right in this respect, and such a stip- ulation is binding upon them, unless waived, as being a condition precedent to the right of the purchaser to a rem- edy for breach of the warranty, and a limitation upon the time within which that right must be asserted, and a fail- ure to comply with it precludes a re- covery by the purchaser on account of such breach.” So that ended the case, with the merchant being held liable for the May 3, 1933 contract price of the sheeting, on the ground that his failure to complain within the thirty days provided for in the limitation in the order was valid and binding on the parties thereto. In the light of the facts and holding of this case, it is clear that a merchan;: should make a point of complying with a time limit stipulation of this kind where such appears in an order for goods. And, for his own after pro- tection, should see that an inspection of incoming goods is made, and com- plaint for defects filed if any are found, before the expiration of the time limit provided in the order. Otherwise, as we have seen, a buyer may forfeit val- uable rights by mere delay at this time, in the event that a shipment of goods prove defective upon inspection. Leslie Childs. insurance to be less. It is. ness, investigate Mutual Insurance With losses lower, with expenses lower, with no inside profits for invested capital you would expect the net cost of MUTUAL The saving in cost is not made at any sacrifice in safety and strength, The Mutual plan of operation is right, Mutual insur- ance is better protection, Because it is better it costs less. May sound unreasonable if you are not informed, An investi- gation is convincing, For the sake of yourself and your busi- Finnish Mutual Fire Insurance Company 444 Pine Str., Calumet, Mich. ™me GRAND RAPIDS MERCHANTS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. A LEGAL RESERVE MUTUAL COMPANY 23 YEARS OF DIVIDENDS TO POLICYHOLDERS Affiliated with THE MICHIGAN RETAIL DRY GOODS ASSOCIATION 320 Houseman Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. OUR FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES ARE CONCURRENT with any standard stock policies that you are buying The Net Cost is 30% Less | Michigan Bankers and Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Fremont, Michigan WILLIAM N. SENF, Secretary-Treasurer os oe eam NBRTRIMEE May 3, 1933 PURSUIT OF THE DOLLAR It Is Too Often Only Unbridled Greed What most business men and women need to know is not more business technique but how to create buying power. Both business knowledge and consumers’ welfare must figure in any balanced business plan. Any condi- tion which affects employment is of vital importance to merchants, as it has a direct bearing upon their busi- ness, Thus it is clear that the merchant should not confine his mind and vision entirely within the walls of his place of business, but he should look out and ahead and study carefully any changes that may affect his welfare. Nothing can help him more than a good trade journal, which acquaints him of prog- ress in his own line, and also brings news which have have an important bearing upon the business outlook. Such a trade journal is as important to the merchant as a compass is to a ship captain, who relies upon it to keep his ship free of dangerous rocks and shoals. One of the most important dangers ahead of the independent merchant to- day is the spread of monopoly in the line on which he depends for his suc- cess and living. A good merchant must be a student of social, political and eco- nomic conditions, as all have a direct influence upon his future. We are in the midst of the greatest crisis in our national history. What our congress and new president does within the scope of the present session, wiil show whether those guilty of high treason to American business, will be punished for their crimes and misde- meanors toward the people. Thus far, there is every reason to be encouraged. Not in the last forty years have we had a president, brave and_ righteous enough to attack greedy wealth in the interests of humanity. We all know the prostration of business is man made and not the results of either fam- ine or pestilence. The president’s charge that greedy money-changers have defiled the temple of justice and civilization, stands unquestioned. Un- der its silence and cunning a gigantic system has been set up, which guides the flow of money and wealth to the coffers of the few. These heartless demons have trampled the Golden Rule into the dust. They deny millions of our citizens the right and opportunity to earn an honest living for themselves and families. Though they have eyes, they see not, ears and they hear not, while they live in every comfort and luxury. Their greed is never satisfied. “Live and let live” carries no appeal to them, as they continue to seek further control of the necessities of the people. When we view the wreck and ruin throughout the Nation and the human suffering that has followed, it should stir the blood of every man and woman to enlist for war upon this enemy, which the president has so scathingly indicted. Silently it invaded the home and removed many of its former com- forts and pleasures. It has left many sick and discouraged and many sought relief in death. It denies the right of youth to enter into the broad field of business life, as is shown by its de- struction of the smaller independent merchant. Ever since greedy wealth MICHIGAN began its attacks upon the people of this Nation through its conspiracy, which demonitized silver, then a pri- mary money upon a parity with gold, it has become more bold. It assailed Congress decade after decade and suc- ceeded in inducing it to enact many special privilege laws, which permitted them, to exact higher prices for their products. This was done under the guise of higher wages to labor. Many believed them and the policy of special privilege was continued until the coun- try finally awoke to the conditions which distress us. Through this fatal policy, over ninety per cent. of the National wealth was in possession of a few. Thus does run the trail of the serpent. We must not only “bruise its head,” but we must annihilate it. It is the hope of the people that we now have a president and Congress more interested in our welfare and happiness than in _ assisting big business to exploit us, It has been clearly demonstrated that a democracy can be so manipulated as to possess all the evils of a despotic tyranny. A people’s government is not a success unless the people keep them- selves awake and on guard so they can see that their rights are not usurped. As long as a nation permits its government to be used as a money-gathering ma- chine for exploiters and job holders, just so long will there be oppression and suffering. As we all know, the power to tax is a power that can de- stroy. Most of us realize we are now close to the danger line. Some contend that the power of money and this machine age developed by big business are but the evolution of time and that we must adjust our- selves to it. We have been told it has lifted the burden from the backs of those who labor and given them leisure for the enjoyment of the good things of life. It has lowered the cost of production and given the consumer a lower price upon what he must buy. It is a benefactor to mankind. Let us analyze the fallacy of these claims: Money is a power for good or evil, depending upon how it is used. It is a necessity of modern business and vital to the welfare of all. Like the air we breath, it should have full and free circulation and no one should be per- mitted to control such a vital necessity, hence the need of government, rather than private control. The machine age is to be commended only as it adds to human happiness and_ well-being. The automatic, labor saving machine has been developed to a high degree, and the chief end in view was to re- duce labor costs and add to the profits of the owner. There has been no con- sideration given as to its effect upon the lives of the men it displaced. By its use cost of production was lowered, which permitted a lower price to the consumer and at the same time returned an increased profit to the manufactur- er. The lower price product is held up as evidence that the machine age is a blessing, As we examine this claim and compare it with the distress and loss of buying power of those the ma- chine has displaced, we find it is a case of increased profits for a few, against the increased distress of the many. This is not a theory, as we have a distressing example of it in the pres- TRADESMAN ent crisis. The trouble is that those who control industry through monop- oly place their so-called rights above the common welfare. The dollar blinds them to human suffering. The claims of this machine age are much like the old time theology of predestination, which held that our lives and fate were pre-ordained. At birth it was settled as to whether the child should become a saint or a sinner. Nothing could change the life to which it had been destined. Thus we are told we must adjust our lives as ordained by those controlling this so-called machine age. We must remember there are two sides to human progress: One is the oppor- tunity to acquire our needs for neces- sary comfort and happiness; the other is the right to attain it. Human rights should always come first. This is the primary function of a government and and unless it can meet this require- ment it should be changed or de- stroyed. Thus have we the fruits of unbridled greed before us. In its pursuit of the dollar it has endangered its own cita- del, which is being bombarded by the righteous wrath of the people. It has violated the laws of God and of the Nation. It has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. Thus does history repeat itself, for this is not the first time that greed has halted the pregress of civilization, Let us uphold the hands of the president in his sin- cere efforts to liberate the industrial slaves of greed. The emancipation proclamation, embodied in his inaug- ural address, shows where his sympa- thy rests. If you are with him, write or wire him your encouragement, also tell your members in congress. This war for human freedom must go on until every able bodied man is assured of a job, that he may live and care for those depending upon him. Every American youth passing from our high schools and colleges must have an opportunity to enter business, if he desires. Industry must be so adjusted that labor will have needed employment. This is absolutely more important than the use of automatic machines operated spasmodically with a few, leaving millions dependent upon public charity. If Christ were here upon earth, his first concern would be the welfare of the distressed. Human welfare was always first with Him. Thus must we set ourselves to this task. Unless this machine age can be readjusted so as to operate to the welfare of humanity, it must be set aside. No man is as happy as the one who labors. This is his natural right. A certain amount of leisure is also needed, but not more than he desires. A man is the highest type of human being. To place his welfare beneath that of a machine shows how greed has hindered the progress of the world. E. B. Stebbins. ——_++.___ A Business Man’s Philosophy Hard times compelled me to move my desk to a part of a building where I seemed hemmed in by walls. I had windows facing an alley, but twelve feet across the alley daylight was shut out by a dull gray skyscraper. I worked in this cell for three months before I discovered what was 7 oppressing me. The trouble was that the farthest object on which I could focus my eyes was less than thirty feet distant. I dislike to admit inabilty toi conquer my enivronment, but I had to confess reluctantly that JI was smothered by these walls. I established a supplementary desk in another corner of the building where the windows faced the backs of tall buildings several hundred feet away. I could glance over the tops of the buildings and see the sky for a million miles. The relief was instant. Windowless buildings may come into fashion but I want nothing to do with them. It seems to me that the human spirit needs the soothing effect that distance gives, I realize now why the seashore is so relaxing. It has the charm of the far-away horizon. The same peace of mind and spirit is obtained on shipboard when the sea is quiet and one looks out at the moonlit night. —_—_~» - Japanese Goods Purchased Feeling in this country against Ger- many has worked to the advantage of importers of Japanese-made_ baskets, toys and similar novelties. Orders for large quantities of these goods have been transferred from houses handling German products to Japanese estab- lishmnest in the last ten days, In the chinaware trade, importers of Japanese sets are sharing with those handling Czechoslovakian wares the benefits of anti-German feeling. Producers of both types of chinaware are credited with booking a considerable volume of Fail business which under normal circum- stances would be placed with German suppliers, ——_>+~__ Rising Prices Spur Grocery Trade Manufacturers of grocery products are undertaking to stem the flow of orders for future deliveries from job- bers and corporate chain organizations. The steady rise in prices on many of the raw commodities they require has placed the grocery producers in a diffi- cult position in attempting to figure costs on future shipments. In one line, the packaged rice branch of the trade, prices for brown rice have advanced to $3 a hundred weight, a rise of 50 per cent. over the levels prevailing last week. Similar increases in other com- modities are reported and manufactur- ers are convinced that the upward trends will continue for some time. + Says England Is on Upgrade Business conditions in England are better than they are in the United States and are showing steady im- provement every month, E. F. Weston, president of the Weston Electrical In- strument Co., told the Export Manag- ers’ Club of New York, at a luncheon meeting in the Hotel Pennsylvania last week. Mr. Weston added that a home building boom has started throughout England and houses valued at around $5,000 to $10,000 are going up in large numbers. Sales of American goods in the English market, he added, are re- stricted to items on which United States producers hold a monopoly. —__-.__ Three high C’s: Courtesy, Cheerful- ness, Courage. —~+-+___ Lack cheerfulness and you lack suc- cess. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 3, 1933 THE NEWBURGH STAMP The Post Office Department is con- tinuing the custom of issuing com- memorative stamps, one which has proved not only interesting to stu- dents of history and to collectors but also profitable to the Government. Last year the operation of the Phila- telic Bureau at Washington, which sold only part of these stamps, showed a profit of $300,000. The latest “com- memorative” one is the Newburgh stamp, of the three-cent denomination, which was issued last Wednesday, the 150th anniversary of Washington’s order to “cease firing’ which marked the close of the Revolutionary War. It was on another April 19, in 1775, that the war may be said to have begun with the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord and “the shot heard round the world.” According to this reckon- ing, as authoritative as any, even though historians can present a Case for dates both earlier and later, found- ed on deeply significant events, the War of Independence lasted just eight years to a day. This new stamp, Washington headquarters at burgh, still standing, is a fitting sup- plement to the array of stamps issued last year in celebration of Washing- ton’s bicentenary. It was from this town that the famous “Newburgh ad- dresses,” urging the Revolutionary veterans to seek what would now be called a bonus and other benefits, were anonymously dated, and it was here that Washington received and rejected a petition to become King. While there is danger of overdoing the issuing of special stamps, Newburgh’s claim to consideration is as valid as that of many other communities which have been signalized. The next issue will be that of the Chicago World Fair stamps, of which the plates are now ready for the presses. Philatelists thus far have no cause for complaint that the new Ad- ministration is not helping to promote their hobby, nor is it likely that they will have, since the President is known to be an enthusiastic member of their fraternity, portraying the New- MONTH BROUGHT UPTURN A month of extra-ordinary develop- ments closes with many highly radical steps for dealing with the economic situation in the proposal or enactment stage but with also very definite proof of a greatly improved state of business. Perhaps in the week there was more of a disposition in business quarters to hold up decisions because of the cur- rency and labor legislation being con- sidered and yet the momentum already acquired kept the trend upward, The closer threat of inflation promoted business transactions even as it seemed to place some curb on_ speculative activity. That business gains have been ac- tual and not imaginative is borne out by another rise in the weekly index, which has been advancing steadily since the week ended March 18. The increase in April has amounted to 4% per cent. The latest gain was brought about by the sharp rise in the steel activity series and continued increases in the power and automobile series. Carloadings for the week were a little lower when crease. For the month the steel mills just about doubled their operations. They have benefited by the increased call from the automobile industry, from can manufacturers and smaller consumers. Railroad buying has improved, but the building industry is reporting even lower figures. Flight of capital from fixed return investment would prove a severe blow to construction. While speculative commodity prices suffered a setback during the week, other products were quite firm and often higher. In the month the general rise in wholesale commodity prices was about 5% per cent. and quotations appear to be moving into better bal- ance. Thus, farm products, foods and textiles have seen the sharpest ad- vances, while fuels, building materials and chemicals, which formerly were “stabilized” well above the general price average, have been more or less stationary. there is usually an in- DRY GOODS CONDITIONS The brisk pace in retail trade was well maintained during last week and sales on several days ran ahead of last year’s figures. Demand sprung up for late Spring and Summer goods, both in apparel and home furnishings. Gro- cery business approached normal and led to exceptional activity in the whole- sale markets. Currency measures were given as the reason for a sudden in- terest in fine jewelry. From present estimates the month just closed produced a department store volume that should prove less than 10 per cent. under last year’s, which would be the best showing in a long time. Since the drop in retail prices over the year has been around 14 per cent., this loss would represent an actual gain in unit volume. Due to reduced stocks at both retail and wholesale, and the outlook for rising prices, the situation on clear- ance sales has changed considerably in the last two weeks. Store execu- tives are questioning the advisability of pushing the promotions they planned and are impressed with the advantages of regular selling. The call for new designs in seasonal merchan- dise also has its influence in this direc- tion and the many special events sched- uled for May also have their influence in this direction, Operations in the wholesale mer- chandise markets last week exceeded expectations. Piece goods and staple purchases to avoid future price in- creases were remarked especially, al- though the demand was quite broad. Prices were advanced or withdrawn in numerous instances. Inflationary prospects come on top of very low inventories and are thus doubly effec- tive. WHY CRIME THRIVES Why do not the State Legislatures pass laws intended to make certain forms of crime more difficult? Louis McH. Howe, confidential sec- retary to Mr. Roosevelt and executive director of the National Crime’ Com- mission, has tried to answer this ques- tion. His theory is that the legisla- tures are indifferent because the public is indifferent. The political officehold- ers, as a rule, do not trouble them- selves with matters which do not mean votes for them, And the general public is only spasmodically interested in crime prevention. After some partic- larly outrageous crime people will say that something ought to be done about it, but in a few weeks they forget. Mr. Howe speaks of the importance of laws against the sale and possession of machine guns such as are used by racketeers in killing those who are making trouble for them. There is no legitimate peace-time use for such weapons. They should be found only in governmental arsenals and never in the hands of private citizens. But the state legilatures are not forbidding pri- vate citizens to possess them. There is likewise need for a more rigid regulation of the sale of tear-gas bombs. The police may need these de- vices in an emergency. No private cit- izen can have any legitimate use for them. But criminals have been using them. It should be as difficult for them to get possession of this weapon as to buy a machine gun. Laws regulating these matters would help. But many other things can be done to reduce crime and to bring the guilty quickly to punishment if those whose duty it is to act would only realize their responsibility. Mr. Roose- velt is a member of the National Crime Commission. He may do something to arouse public sentiment. TERRIFIC RESPONSE Virtual passage of the farm trelief- inflation bill, while hearings on the 30- hour work week proposals go on and a “national industry recovery act” modeled on the lines of the War In- dustries Board is being whipped into shape for submission this week, leave business interests breathless Action and leadership were demanded, but no one imagined the response would be so terrific. It is natural under the circum- stances, therefore, that some sentiment is developing in business toward urg- ing a halt in the program. It is pointed out in such quarters that time should be allowed to work out whatever bene- fit lies in them. Emphasis is placed on evidence of business recovery which is manifest and which might be spoiled by too much experiment. On the other hand, there are num- bers of business men who are quite willing to go along with the “new deal.” A rounded program is neces- sary, as they see it, to accomplish the most good. They recall that half-way measures in the past were probably responsible for huge losses.. That the laissez-faire elements in trade and industry have been greatly reduced in the emergency was testified to during the week by the amazing re- sults of a survey conducted among 151 business leaders by the National Industrial Conference Board. A ma- jority was recorded as in favor of the reflationary program of the govern- ment. THE NEW WOMAN’S COLLEGE What the new College of Liberal Arts for Women in the University of Pennsylvania will be like is indicated by the announcement from Dean Odgers. For the present the same course of study will be offered to wom- en that is offered to men and the same professors will do the teaching. Those women who intend to teach will remain in the college for two years and will then be transferred to the School of Education, where they will remain three years more, thus having a five- year training course, the first in the country. Dean Odgers states that later special courses will be arranged for those who intend to enter the schools of medicine, law and dentistry, What, if any, changes will be made when the women’s college has a separate plant of its own away from the campus of the university doe not yet appear. OVER AND UNDER MOUN- TAINS British aviators fly over Mount Ev- erest; French and Italian engineers plan an automobile tunnel under Mont Blanc. The world has reached a point at which it recognizes no barriers to transportation. Instead of detouring or seeking some low pass, we take mountains in our stride and pass either over them or under them as we will. It is nothing new to tunnel under the Alps, and even though Mont Blank is the highest peak in Europe the pro- posed Chamonix-Courmayeur bore does not present any great difficulties to modern engineering. It would be only eight miiles long, somewhat shorter than either the St. Gothard or the Simplon railroad tunnel. Nevertheless, an automobile tunnel, so greatly short- ening the route between France and Italy, is an innovation even for Swit- zerland. Its construction would be the third of comparable undertakings in recent years. It was only in 1929 that the longest tunnel in this hemisphere was completed, the Cascade Tunnel, 7,79 miles in length, built by the Great Northern Railway, and in 1930 that Italy opened its eleven-mile. tunne! under the Etruscan Appenine range. It is time that the Alps looked after their laurels. We only hope that the motorists who take this short route be- tween France and Italy will somehow find time to see more of Mont Blanc than its interior. THE FEAR OF CANCER The menace of cancer is sinister enough without being made worse by excessive fear. Dr. C A. Gerster, chairman of the New York City Can- cer Committee, points out three facts which ought to be generally known. These are: first, that cancer is curable in many cases if it is discovered early and treated promptly and properly; secondly, that it can be avoided by the removal of conditions which cause chornic irritation, and thirdly, that it is not contageous and not inherited. Many persons deliberately refrain from going to a doctor when they notice suspicious symptoms because they be- lieve that every cancer is incurable from the very beginning, This is not true. A better understanding of the facts would lead people to seek com- petent advice more quickly and in many instances with the effect of sav- ing themselves from a dread disease. “Dating” of food products is spread- ing. Already widely followed in the coffee and milk fields, the practice has ben extended to bread by an Indian- apolis bakery, and to potato chips by an Ohio concern. | SORE : } i f i May 3, 1933 OUT AROUND Things Seen and Heard on a Week End Trip I had the pleasure of making two Out Around trips last week. Friday afternoon I undertook to call on those merchants in Belding and Greenville who had not yet sent in their claims for the return of the money they handed over to the Government during the past four years for oleo tax. I found the grocers and meat dealers in both places very appreciative of the service T undertook to render them. Belding business men were happy that they have two industrial establishments running to full capacity—the Belding Basket Co. and the Jay Petter hosiery factory. At first some people were not very appreciative of the efforts the Grand Rapids broker made to give Belding a valuable manufacturing establishment, but the payroll distri- bution of $4,500 every two weeks has won the day for Mr. Petter and his associates in the undertaking. With these two institutions as a nucleus I believe the other vacant factories will be converted into hives of industry in the near future. IT found Greenville merchants quite disappointed over the failure of the Gibson Refrigerator Co. to function to its full capacity, as it did a year ago. I was told that the condition which confronts the company is inability to obtain financial accommodation at the banks—a condition which I find pre- vails in every city and town I visit. With President Roosevelt and nearly every other public administrator urg- ‘ng the banks to “loosen up” and fur- nish financial assistance to worthy in- stitutions I am at a loss to understand why the banks take the stand they do and thus retard the return of normal conditions and good times. I am afraid this reticence on the part of the banks will deprive them of many friends who would come handy along with the resumption of business a little later. a F. H. McKay, grocer at 221 South Lafayette street, has been doing some corresponding on his own account re- cently and is receiving some very in- teresting replies. One reply is from Senator Couzens, who evidently has very little tise for independent mer- chants. His reply is as follows: Washington, April 17—I have your letter of the 13th, stating that it is re- ported that Germany locked up_ its chain stores because they considered them a bad thing for the country. May I point out to you that I have not received one single complaint from any of my constituents except those in business themselves, complaining about the chain stores? In other words I have had no complaint whatsoever from consumers; that is, purchasers from the chain stores. Surely, if the millions of my constituents who pat- ronize the chain stores wanted them put out of business, they would write me about it. I could not consider in- juring the chain stores unless my con- stituents who patronized them ex- pressed the desire to have them put out of business. James Couzens. Senator Vandenberg writes as fol- lows: ‘Washington, April 17—This will re- ply to your letter of April 14. I am not MICHIGAN familiar with the bit of German _his- tory to which you refer—(unless it was part of the anti-Jewish campaign)— but I shall be glad to look it up. The whole chain store problem is receiving careful study in Washington. Personally, I have always believed in decentralized American business and the maintenance of decentralized com- munity life, Warm personal regards and best wishes. A. H. Vandenberg. Congressman Hart, of the Eighth district, is evidently very friendly to chain stores, judging by his letter, which is on the theory of “Let George do it’: Washington, April 17—Replying to your letter of April 13, I wish to as- sure you that I am not in favor of any- one monopolizing retail merchandising. I believe the way to reach them is through local and state governments, rather than national. M. J. Elart. Leslie T. Barber, Montcalm county representative in the House of Rep- resentatives, is about as noncommittal as they make ’em, judging by his let- ter: Lansing, April 17—Answering your letter of April 13, with reference to locking up chain stores, as has been done in Germany. This, as you know, would be an impossibility in the United States. I have no doubt there will be a bill passed before this session is closed for a chain store tax which should put chain stores on the same basis with other merchants. However, the essen- tial thing at this time which we must have, if the various governmental units from the local municipalities to the state continue to function, is a general sales tax. _There has been considerable oppo- sition on the part of the retail mer- chnts to the sales tax. The chain stores have taken advantage of this situation and, in hopes of being able to evade the chain store tax, have persistently lobbied for a sales tax. Leslie T. M-rber. I am glad to be able to present these letters to my readers, because they are informative in character as showing the trend of the minds of the men quoted. Saturday afternoon I made the ac- quaintance of a very interesting man in Wayland by the name of Warren Ran- kin, who formerly managed the Pet Milk Co. plant at Wayland. He sub- sequently was transferred to Kentucky, where he managed a Pet milk plant in that state. Liking Michigan better than Kentucky, he returned to Wayland, purchasing an eighty acre tract of swamp land in the Gun Lake district. He has since been raising carrots and onions. Last year he produced sixty- five carloads of carrots and twenty-five carloads of onions, on which he has not yet realized one penny. IT am informed that the bank at Way- land has paid off the $39,000 it owed the R. F. C. and will soon be in a po- sition to re-open for business. At Shelbyville I was sorry to learn that D. D. Harris has suddenly dis- covered that he has a heart and that it is not in very good condition. _Pend- ing recovery, he is confined to his home. Mr. Harris will be 74 years old this month. He was engaged in the mercantlie business at Shelbyville when I started the Tradesman, nearly TRADESMAN fifty years go, and called on me about that time to discuss the establishment of a cheese factory. I told him where he could obtain an outfit which he subsequently purchased. I think he continued the production of cheese about thirty years. He has always been very popular with the trading com- munity contiguous to Shelbyville. I hope to see him make an early and complete recovery. Is Uncle Sam dishonest? I realize that many of my readers may be some- what shocked over this question, but I think I can prove I am right by citing the manner in which he collected mil- lions of dollars from the merchants of the United States for oleo tax, which the Federal Supreme Court recently held to be illegal. Did Uncle Sam then send an army of inspectors around to collect claims against the Government, so that the money illegally obtained might be returend? Not by a jugful. The merchants who were promptly penalized by Uncle Sam if they sold a pound of nut oleo without having ob- tained a tax receipt giving them author- ity to do so were left to shift for them- selves. Thousands of the merchants will probably never learn that they are entitled to the return of their money. Michigan merchnts would probably never have heard of the situation but for the alertness of the writer in dig- ging up the decision in the court of last resort and notifying its friends in trade that they are entitled to the re- turn of the money they paid to the Government under a wrong interpreta- tion of the law. Considering how energetic Uncle Sam is in insisting on the payment of every penny due him, I think he is dishonest in not being equally active in acquainting his vic- tims of the situation when the shoe is did not make any attempt to right the think of a man, a bank or a business house who was paid money not due and and not make any attempt to right the wrong? We would very soon come to a severe conclusion regarding the moral and legal status of the recipient. Why should we judge Uncle Sam by any other standard? I am naturally very much amused over the manner in which merchants who are not subscribers to the Trades- man treat my calls on them when I leave them blanks which they can fill out and send to Detroit to secure the amounts due them. I have made it a rule of life to treat all merchants alike, whether they take the Tradesman or not. I suppose I am foolish to do this, but I have gotten so in the habit of helping people I am in a position to help that I keep on rendering assis- tance to all who need it, whether they appreciate it or not or whether they thank me or not. In most cases our non-subscribers accept the situation with apparent indifference by placing the blanks on a shelf and turning on their heels. At Otsego last Saturday I met a merchant of this type. Twen- ty years ago he met my suggestion that he subscribe for my paper with jibes. I have since watched his rating by the mercantile agencies and note he has made little progress. I had never since crossed his threshold until last Saturday when I handed him a 9 blank and told him it would bring him a cheek from Uncle Sam tor $27 if properly filled out and mailed to De- troit. He accepted the blank from my hand without a word. It takes all kinds of people to make a world. Herbert B. Thompson, of the De- troit Better 3ureau, sends me his plan of liqpidating closed banks, which represents the work of two years by himself and associates. The plan 3usiness is confined to seven closely written pages. I have not had time to digest it thoroughly, but hope to be able to do so during the coming week. The character of the man who is respon- sible for this effort entitles it to care- ful consideration. I called on an attorney last week who has had much to do with the Fed- eral courts, including several years as United States District Attorney. He spoke of my wholesale criticism of the grand jury system in this department two weeks ago. I asked him if I was right or wrong. “Both,” he replied. “It saves the Government much money in looking up evidence in many cases. A man is indicted for some crime. He has no means of finding out who the witnesses against him are. If he is guilty, he will plead guilty. On the other hand, some of the men indicted are innocent and are subsequently ac- quitted by the regular court jury. It is true, as you say, that the disgrace at- tending the indictment clings to a man as long as he lives. That is the bad feature.” My based mainly on indictments which were due to personal malice on the prt of the prosecuting officers. I have never known a vicious and vindictive prose- cutor to be removed from office be- cause of his abusing the privilege of his office. The trial judge usually quashes such causes before they come into criticism was court, in which case the prosecuting officer seeks to secure vengeance in some other avenue of endeavor. May 1 has come and gone. To me the day is forever memorable as mark- ing the sixtieth anniversary of the in- troduction of Lee M. Hutchins to the drug business. The initial ceremonies took place in the drug store of Taylor & Cutter, of Ionia, with whom Mr. Hutchins remained until he removed to Detroit to take an important position in the wholesale drug establishment of James E. Davis & Co. in 1887—soon to be promoted to assistant manager. On June 13 Mr. Hutchins will face another anniversary —the_ thirty-fifth anniversary of his coming to Grand Rapids to take the position of credit man for the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. A few years later he became man- ager of that establishment, which is now universally conceded to be the model wholesale drug house in Amer- ica. This condition has been brought about by the ability and energy of Mr. Hutchins and the trusted lieutenants he has selected with great care and thoroughness to assist him in accom- plishing this result. On Oct. 14 Mr. Hutchins will face still another cele- bration—the seventy-ninth anniversary of his birthday. Few men in this world have made the record Mr. (Continued on page 23) 10 FINANCIAL Commodity Prices Should Advance One-Third During the past week the passage, by the Senate, of the Inflation and Farm Relief bills added fervor to the stock speculation and the market has Evidences of busi- been very strong. ness improvement continue but it is questionable as to whether or not this is seasonal as well as speculative en- thusiasm, resulting from inflation. It is a question of normal recovery as against artificial stimulation. It is believed that extreme inflation- ary powers will not be used by the President, that controlled credit infla- tion through open market operation will be attempted first. This program is considered as having good possibil- ities of success inasmuch as deflation is quite a ways along and banks are relieved of threats of gold withdraw- als. There is, also, an indication that the government will attempt to aid in putting bank credit to work. While it seems that business is vastly improved and likely to get better be- cause of higher commodities and se- curity prices, investors should bear in mind that the upturn is due to specula- tive enthusiasm. As mentioned in last week’s article, many writers think that inflation legislation was put through by the President to take away from Congress powers that they might abuse. It seems, however, that inflation is absolutely here and that higher com- modity and stock prices are bound to occur, It appears as if the investor should immediately invest his money in com- modities, real estate, speculative bonds and common stocks and that the sal- aried man should protect himself by purchasing additional necessities and stocking up on clothing for his family and further protecting himself by the purchase of real estate or signing of leases on rented homes, It seems certain that commodity prices should rally as high at 3313 per cent above present prices and the public would do well in taking advan- tage of this present low price on man- ufactured goods in addition to an in- vestment program. 1. H. Petter. ~~ Open Market Policy and Threat of Inflation One of the basic claims made by the inflationists is that the threat of an increased price level will cause banks to lend more freely. It is maintained that if the Federal Reserve will buy $3,000,000,000 of Government obliga- tions, and this is backed up with a policy in Washington that prices have to rise, the member banks will be will- ing to finance almost anything that comes along. Those who take this position are ignorant of the most ele- mentary principles involved. From the point of view of banks lending to busi- ness a threat of inflation is one of the greatest handicaps imaginable. To support their position the infla- tionists say that the condition today is quite different than it was a year ago when the Fderal Reserve carried through the greatest open market ope- ration in the history of banking, That operation, we are told, failed because ficial aspects. MICHIGAN people hoarded money in the form of currency, because a large amount of gold was exported, and, finally, be- cause the banks had debts which they paid off with the new funds. Today with the gold embargo, restrictions on hoarding, and the banks comparatively free of debt it is said we would be cer- tain to get an entirely different result. The difference pictured between 1932 and today is correct only in its super- The colume of redis- counts now is only approximately half what it was when the open market policy was initiated a year ago. Fur- ther, neither money hoarding nor an export of gold is available as a means of protection. Nevertheless, this does not mean that an open market policy would be any more effective. Quite the contrary, such a policy today would be, if possible, even more of a failure than the one a year ago. This is because the policy would be introduced with the assurance that we are going to have inflation. How far this inflation will go and how long it will last, however, are questions which cannot be answered, Banks, accord- ingly, would be in a position where they could afford to make loans to business only in case they are willing to toss out the window the last shred of moral responsibility for the safe- keeping of their depositors’ funds and to take the most dangerous kind of a gamble. As compared with a bank making lloans on the basis that we are going to have an inflationary in- crease in prices, having them bet on horse races with our money would be a conservatice practice. Consider, for example, what the po- sition of a bank would be if it made a large volume of loans running for sixty or ninety days and the inflationary rise broke before the maturity of the cred- its. Quite institution would find that it was in a hopeless mess and instead of having loans which could be paid off at maturity it would possess the worst kind of a frozen portfolio. Instead of the banks viewing the ar- tificial raising of prices with favor, ac- cordingly, they must recognize such a process as creating a situation in which their whole business is converted into a poker game. The only increase in credit which they can afford to give is for the financing of speculation, and even this is filled with danger. A large open market policy with the threat of inflation, therefore, will not cause more credit to be available to the ordinary business man, Rather, it will be of value only to the speculators. Judging by the action of Washington in the last two weeks, however, this will be favor- ably viewed, for apparently the Admin- istration finally has decided that the real “forgotten man” in this country whom they must rescue is the specula- tor. obviously the Ralph West Robey. [Copyrighted, 1933.] «+ __- Nourishine Manufacturing Co., Los Angeles, vendor of “Nourishine,” a hair dye and coloring treatment, agrees to discontinue representing that the product will restore gray hair to the original color, banish dandruff, invig- orate the roots of the hair and pro- mote hair growth, when such are not the facts. TRADESMAN A. & P. Sells Dead Mouse in Tea The A. & P. Co. has lost another case in which a verdict against it was upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The charge was selling tea which contained a decomposed mouse that poisoned a woman. This case arose in one of the A. & P. Co.’s Pittsburgh stores and it was brought by Daniel Madden and _ his wife, the wife being the one who was poisoned. Mrs. Madden, one of the plaintiffs, testified that she purchased from the defendant at one of its retail stores one-half pound of mixed tea— Oolong and Gunpowder; that one va- riety was taken from a can and the other from a bin with a scoop and mixed by the clerk and the mixture placed in a paper bag and sealed with glue paper; that she took the bag home and a short time later opened the seal, reached in the bag with her fingers twice and removed sufficient tea to make several cups; that she then took a can which she had previously bought from defendant for the purpose, wiped it out, dumped the tea into it, placed a tight lid on the can and set it in the cupboard; that she brewed several cups for the evening meal of which her son drank part of one and she consumed three, two with her supper and a third when she finished her dishes; that the first cup had a bitter or sour smell and she thought she had made it too strong; that the third cup was darker and “stronger in the taste’; that shortly after drinking the tea she was nauseated, became sick at her stomach, after going to bed she vomited violent- ly, and on the third day called a pry- sician; that she ws ill three months and had the attention of two physicians part of the time. She further stated that on the second day she opened the can containing the tea and noticed a foul odor; that she called her husband who found a mouse in the tea; and that, in her words, “The mouse was. all crushed and it had a green color. I think it would be dead about a week or ten days because it was sort of kind of dried up. It was getting sort of dried —mavbe longer than that.” One of the Seeing ee May 3, 1933 attending physicians called by the plaintiff testified that in his opinion the illness came from drinking the tea with the mouse in it. The A. & P. Co. contended at the trial that there was no evidence that it had been negligent in any way. but the court applied the fixed rule that when food is sold at retail, an implied war- ranty goes with it that it is fit to eat or drink, The jury rendered a verdict for the woman which was upheld on appeal. ; —___~>- > White Elephant Sale To get rid of its “dead-head” mer- chandise, a “White Elephant Sale” was conducted by a store in the Southwest. A four-page advertisement, headed “White Elephants Among Our Sou- venirs,” was run in the local newspa- per. The quality and condition of the merchandise was described ously, ‘but with perfect candor. Old and shopworn merchandise; items no longer in style, etc., were listed for what they were. It is reported, how- ever, that most of it had been taken before noon on the day of the sale. humor- BUYING AN INTEREST SILVER FOAM Brewing Company Means an Interest in a Going Concern. Honestly Capitalized. OFFERING PRICE $1.00 Per Share. Send for Circular SILVER FOAM BREWING CO. 504 Grand Rapids Trust Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Phone 8-0317 Analysis of any se- curity furnished up- on request. e J. H. Petter & Co. Investment Bankers 343 Michigan Trust Building Phone 4417 S ' £2) 0D 0D) ED 0D 0 D-DD 0-0) Ce ()- (0-0 Cc. B. Kelsey, INTELLIGENT SUPERVISION OF HOLDINGS We sponsor no securities at any time and can therefore render unbiased service. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., 11th floor Grand Rapids Trust Bldg. Phone 4720 OP OE OEE OES OD OD 0 0-0 0D 0D 0-0-2} x» West Michigan's oldest and largest bank solicits your account on the basis of sound poli- cies and many helpful services .. . OLD KENT BANK 2 Downtown Offices 12 Community Offiices Investments g ! 4 i & : é 3 } 0 SRR A I May 3, 1933 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 Thirty-Six Other Sales As will have been noticed, all the ideas described in this issue have in them certain elements of freshness and originality. These are important quali- ties—they attract attention. However, the name or idea given a sale must al- ways be secondary to the values of- fered, and to the manner of conducting the sale. Year after year certain old stand-bys continue to be successful be- cause of good merchandise and good merchandising. As reminders, this list of “old reliables” is included: Anni- versary sales, Basement sale, Birth- day sale, Business Promotion sale, Consolation sale, Department Man- agers sale, Dollar Day sale, Easter sale, End-ofsMonth sale, “Ensemble” sale, “Factory to You” sale, February sale, Founders sale, Golden Jubilee sale, House Cleaning sale, Investment sale, January sale, July sale, Manufac- turers’ Outlet sale, ““Men’s Only” sale, Mill End sale, Nine-Cent sale, Odd- ment sale, Odds and Ends sale, One- Cent sale, Room-Making sale, Rum- mage sale, Sample sale, Slack Hour sale, Spring sale, St. Patrick’s sale, Vacation sale, Weather sale, Week End sale, White sale. —_——_.- Adequate Stock Must Be Maintained We do not wish to keep an extra large stock of merchandise on hand. By buying in smaller quantities we can keep a greater variety with the same amount invested and have our money do double duty in that manner. But we must remember that we cannot make a profit on articles not in stock. We cannot sell and make a profit on articles that “we are just out of to- day.” Watch your stock with an eagle eye. Keep a want book and use it, Pur- chase enough to last until another shipment can arrive. People like to trade at a store which has what they want and when they want it. The evil of idle dollars tied up in surplus “deals” in the store room is no worse than the idle empty space on the shelf or counter. You cannot make a profit on the things you hav- ent got. Sam Sugarsax. Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court In the Matter of J. Amuel Baltzer, Bankrupt No. 4938, final meeting: of cred- itors was held under date of April 3, 1933. Fred G. Timmer, trustee was present. Campbell & Campbell were present as at- torneys for the bankrupt. K. B. Mathews was present representing certain cred- itors, Trustet’s final report and account was approved and allowed. Balance of Bills, notes and accounts receivable was sold to Clay F. Olmstead, of Ludington, Mich., for the sum of $5.00. An order was made for the payment of expenses of administration, preferred claims and for the declaration and payment of a first and final dividend to general cred- itors of 4.7%. Certain creditors appeared by attorney and indicated opposition. to bankrupt’s discharge. It was therefore determined that no certificate be rendered either for or against the granting of said discharge. Final meeting adjourned with- out date. : In the Matter of Hilton A. Piper, Bank- rupt No. 5176, first meeting of creditors was held April 18, 1933. The bankrupt was not present but was represented by ‘Warner, Norcross & Judd, Attorneys. Creditors were represented by Butterfield, Keeney & Amberg. Attorneys. By agree- ment the matter was adjourned to May 4, 1933 at 10:00 A. M., Eastern Standard Time. : : In the Matter of William Den Braber, Jr., Bankrupt No. 5182. The first meeting of creditors has been called for May 5, 1933, at 10 A. M. Eastern time. In the Matter of Whitney E. Vance, Bankrupt No. 5186. The first meeting of creditors has been called for May 5, 1933, at 11 A. M. Eastern time. i In the Matter of Oscar H. Packard, Bankrupt No. 51184. The first meeting of creditors has been called for May 5, 1933, at 11 A. M. Eastern time. ; In the Matter of Halsted and Doornen- bal, Bankrupt No. 51181. The first meet- ing of creditors has been called for May 5, 1933, at 2 P. M. Eastern time. In the Matter of Walter H. Brooks, Bankrupt No. 570. The first meeting of creditors has been called for May 8, 1933, at 10 A, M. Eastern time. , In the Matter of Fred E. McNitt. Bank- rupt No. 5187. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for May 8, 1933, at 11 A. M. Eastern time. ; In the Matter of Frank Bucher, Bank- rupt No. 5185 The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for May 8, 19338, at 2 P. M. -Hastern time. April 22, 1938. We have today received the Schedules, Reference and Adjudica- tion in the matter of Ernest Thomas Baldwin, Bankrupt No. 5110. The bank- rupt is a resident of Cannon Township, Kent County, Michigan, and his occupa- tion is that of a farmer. The Schedule shows assets of $5,335.26 of which $4,854 is claimed as exempt. with liabilities of $11,526.58. The court has written for funds and upon receipt of same the first meeting of creditors will be called and note of same made herein. April 22, 1933. We have today received the Schedules, Reference and Adjudica- tion in the matter of Harold Smitter, Bankrupt Ne. 5189. The bankrupt is a resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and his occupation is that of a truck driver. The schedule shows assets of $30.00 of which the full amount is claimed as exempt, with liabiliities of $1,291.66. The court has written for funds and upon receipt of same the first meeting of cred- itors will be called and note of same made herein. ‘ ’ April 24, 19383. We have today received the Schedules,, Reference and Adjudica- tion in the matter of American Paper Chemicals, Inc.. Bankrupt No. 5191. ‘his concern is a Grand Rapids Corporation and the assets are located at Kalamazoo, Michigan. The schedule shows assets of $20,800.00 with liabilities of $4,740.21. The first meeting of creditors will be called and note of same made herein. The list ot creditors are as follows:— ‘ Associated Truck Lines, Kal’zoo__$ 2.87 Asbestos Service Co., Kalamazoo__ L.78 Arctic Dairy Products Co., Kal. 27.00 Bond Supply Co., Kalamazoo____ 296.43 Booth Bros., Sault Ste. Marie, Mich 100.00 Bermingham & Prosser Co., Kal... 1.50 Chas, G. Bard, Kalamazoo... 50.57 Bixby Office Supply Co.. G R__._ 2.70 Consolidated Ashcroft Hancock _ Co. Bridgeport, Conn... | 134.14 Clover-Leaf Motor Truck Trans- portation Cy. Detroit. 1.59 The Creamery Package Mfg. Co., Chicdeo) 8 45.48 Consumers Power Co., Kalamazoo 348.57 Columbian Storage & Transfer Coe Ge DeSmit Sheet Metal Works, Kal.__ 57.67 D R C Foundry Co., Kalamazoo__ 208.35 The C H Dutton Co.. Kalamazoo_._ 6.55 Dunkley Co.. Kalamazoo. 30.76 Frank Emrick Mach Co., Kal.____ 9.05 Electric Construction & Mach Co... Walamazoo. 62.07 Ernst & Ernst, Grand Rapids____ 237.50 Exnest. Wise. Kalamazoo... __ .28.16 Widelity Corp G@ Roo 322 i. 800.00 Viscosity Oil Co, Kalamazoo______ 6.90 Filer Fibre Co, Filer City, Mich__ 19.50 Vruwink Printing €o, G Ro | 21.70 Galloup Pipe & Supply Co, Many baby specialists are pre- They know they can depend on its pure, scribing Carnation Milk. nourishing goodness. And moth- ers, when Carnation Milk is pre- scribed, must follow the doctor's orders. . . . Hold the good-will of these mothers. It’s valuable to you. Be sure you have Carnation Milk on hand. Carnation c= > *From Contented Cows” BRAND OF EVAPORATED MILK sOOD DEALERS! POSTMA’S GOLDEN CRISP BECAUSE THERE IS AN EVER-IN- CREASING DEMAND FOR POSTMA RUSK FLAVOR AND GENUINE GOODNESS, YOU ARE URGED TO “CASH IN” ON POSTMA POPULAR- ITY AND CLEAN, STEADY PROFIT- MAKING. KEEP STOCKED! RUSKS! Made by the POSTMA BISCUIT CO...GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. May 3, 1933 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 MEAT DEALER Future of Egg Business Regarded as Uncertain The rapid increase in visible stocks of eggs, the country continued increase in collections and the main- tained prices do not seem to balance satisfactorily, a situation which raises a doubt in ultimate stability in the egg trade, Dealers in eggs are undoubtedly keyed up at the moment. They are not inclined to disregard governmental in- fluences, particularly the seriousness of inflation in its relation to a probable price boom. Should inflation develop along the lines generally anticipated at the moment, it is not difficult to under- stand the reason for so many interests storing eggs that is, using their re- serve funds for the purpose of shelled accumulation, During the storing season in 1932, a most conservative trading policy was adopted. Prices, as a result, were held at attractive levels and storage accum- ulations were at a minimum compara- tively. At that time consumption of eggs in rural districts was undoubtedly much in excess of this year and there was evidence to show that home de- mands in distributing centers were also measurably enlarged because of the attractive prices. Consequently, with storage stocks sharply larger, it is reasonable to be- lieve that consumption of eggs is under last year, Analyzing the statistical position of the moment brings out the fact that the recent governmen monthly report on storage holdings showed an excess of 1,121,000 cases compared with last year, The total holdings in the coun- try on April 1 aggregated 1,821,000 cases. This compared with a five-vear average of 1,294,000 cases. The rate of storage movement since the opening of April has been fully sustained. At this time there is a large and pressing excess and all indications lead many operators to predict an ex- cess above 2,000,000 cases at the peak this year. Analyzing this indicated sup- ply in the light of all facts, there is for some doubt. In the first place it is to be remembered that much of the buying is and has been, prompt- ed by the belief in inflation. In the sec- ond place, just so many eggs have been consumed during the past few years regardless of price, and in the third place the eggs this year are being sored by varied interests and holdings greatly scattered. reason Another fact which has been proved in past performances of the egg mar- ket is that best years have resulted from concentrated holdings. ‘That is, the supply in storage was in the hands of just so many dealers and no more. During the past ten years at least fewer hands in the distribution of stor- age eggs have led to profitable termin- ations. All in all, the future of the egg trade is still a question, a mystery so to speak. Prompted by the inflation wave, many dealers talk bullish and operate accordingly. Based on supply alone the egg situation seems toppy. But in the light of all facts there is need for caution in that the eggs are available and a reduced competition for the sup- ply would not greatly reduce accumu- lation, although it would undoubtedly lead to more attractive trading levels, at least a partial insurance against losses during the season of distribution. Egg handlers have faith in govern- mental developments and it is_ this faith which is mainly responsible for the general investment wave and the constant talk of higher prices to the close of the current year.—Joseph M. Cohen in Chicago Journal of Com- merce. —___ +. Questions and Answers of Interest To Grocers No. 1. Question: Will bananas sell faster when displayed in “hands” or by hanging the full stems in the dis- play window? Answer: Many careful tests have proven that bananas will sell faster with less loss and greater profit when displayed in “hands” carries a price card. No. 2. Question: Why do carry the warning to remove contents from the can as opened? Answer: Some canners believe that food in an open can, a part of which has been consumed, presents a attractive appearance than if the food were transferred to a dish of suitable size. No. 3. Question: Does rust on a can indicate spoilage? Not unless the rust has penetrated the can and caused a leak. No. 4. Question: What is the tech- nical definition of ginger ale? each of which labels soon as the can is less Answer: Answer: Ginger ale is the carbonated beverage prepared from ginger ale fla- vor, harmless organic acid, potable water and a sirup of one or more of the following: sugar, invert sugar, dex- trose, with or without the addition of caramel color. No. 5. Question: What is meant by book value? Answer: Book value is usually cost price less depreciation, or an estimate of what the business would bring at a liquidation sale, No. 6. Question: Is it proper to charge the business with rent when the merchant owns the building? Answer: Yes. A realize merchant should something on his investment and charge the business with a rent in proportion to the rents of other stores in the same locality. No. 7. Question: When did the bar- ber pole come into use and what does it mean? Answer: The barber pole dates back to the early middle ages when barbers were also surgeons and dentists. The two spiral ribbons painted about the pole represent two long fillets or band- ages, one twisted around the arm be- fore bleeding and the other to bind it. At first real bandages were used, but later for convenience the pole painted. No. 8. Question: What kinds of sweet corn make the best packs for was ‘canning? Answer: The Department of Agri- culture says that the following kinds make the best packs of canned corn: Country Gentlemen, Golden Bantam. Golden Giant, Improved Golden Ban- tam, Bantam Evergreen and Charle- VOIX. No. 9. Question: What precaution must be taken with cinnamon? Answer: Since cinnamon deteriorates when exposed to the air it is important that the package remain closed at all times. No. 10. Question: What are truffles? Truffles are a fungus growth, that grow a few inches under- ground. like Answer: They grow something potatoes, apparently without root or leaves, and thrive in chalky or clayey ground. Efforts to them mercially have not been successful.— grow com- Kentucky Grocer. +--+ Here then are my three business truths: Profits are in goods delivered —not in orders; tell the truth to your banker and make him believe in you; that work let your know harder than they do, men you GRAND RAPIDS Demand Increasing for MICHIGAN APPLES WITH FLAVOR We have the best assortment of Varieties in Michigan— Cleaned. Polished and regraded by Modern Electrical Equip- ment before leaving our Warehouse — Wholesale only. Wolverine Dealers, send us your orders. KENT STORAGE COMPANY MICHIGAN Anchor Red Salmon Rademaker-Dooge Grocer Co. Distributors of Red Heart Med. Red Salmon Surf Pink Salmon Bull Dog Sardines Red Crown Sliced Beef The House of Quality and Service Portland — Grand Rapids KEEP SUPPLIED WITH..... LILY WHITE FLOUR VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY “The flour the best cooks use’”’ Kalamazoo -— Traverse City Arve the canned foods you feature grown and packed in your home state? W. R. Roach & Co., Grand Rapids, main- tain seven modern Michigan factories for the canning of products grown by Michigan farmers. e brand you know A complete line of canned vegetables and fruits 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 3, 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. Catering To the “Kitchen Shower” Trade The June wedding gift trade is, or should be, a considerable tactor in the hardware business at this season of the year. It is quite true that weddings occur at all seasons, and that gift lines are saleable all the year round; but June is the recognized month of brides and splendid opportunity for the hardware dealer to emphasize the gift possibilities of his stock. Now is a good time to plan for this June business. But a preliminary to featuring gift lines for June is the fea- turing of those lesser articles which constitute “shower” gifts. The “shower” is a recognized pre- nuptial function. Some friend of the bride-to-be puts on a little party for a number of the remoter friends—folk not likely to be invied to the wedding, yet who appreciate the opportunity to get together, have a jolly evening, and remember the prospective bride with some inexpensive gift. The bride is there to receive congratulations. Often several showers are held in honor of bride. Linen showers provdes a a prospective and kitchen showers are the most pop- ular; and the “kitchen falls within the hardware dealer’s scope. A considerable share of the local “shower trade” will probably come to the hardware store anyway; but addi- tional trade can be secured by judicious newspaper and display advertising. This may advantageously be timed early in May—since the fore-handed hardware dealer will wish to start his June bride publicity in advance of the month, say between the middle and end of May. Coincidentally, the outfitting of the new home is also an important matter for the hardware dealer, whose stock includes so many of the essentials; and it is quite possible to tie the two ideas together in your publicity, A “shower window” can be put on toward the middle of May, or even a little later. The figure of a June bride, an umbrella over her head, with a “shower” of small articles suspended from the top of the window by invis- ible wires and scattered about the floor of the window, is a stunt frequently used to good advantage, and adds ef- fectiveness to any display. The display should carry out some idea worth getting across to your pub- lic. A great thing is to impress the public with the gift possibilities of the hardware stock. Hence, the stocky type of window is usually good. For instance, a display can be de- voted to “Suggestions for Kitchen Shower Gifts.” The aim of such a display should be to show as compre- hensive a variety as possible of small and low priced articles suitable for shower gifts. Naturally, the recog- nized kitchen utensils should all be included; but the hardware dealer who knows his stock can work in a lot of little items that might easily be over- looked. shower” Or a window trim might take as its topic “May Showers for June Brides.” The slogan, incidentally, is a good one — a parphrase of the familiar “April Showers Bring May Flowers.” Such a window should aim to suggest a wide variety of showers in addition to the traditional “kitchen shower.’” Thus, the display could show a v- riety of aluminum utensils with the show card, “Why Not an Aluminum Shower?” or electrical devices with “An Electrical Shower Is Just the Thing” or granite ware or wooden ware or cooking utensils or small arti- cles of hammered brass or crockery if you handle these lines. A good many hostesses are anxious for novelty and if you can suggest some new sort of shower you will reap the benefit in added business. The young people on your sales staff can quite often do some helpful work in a quiet way. Usually they belong to church and social organizations of one kind and another; and are apt through these contacts to get early in- formation as to prospective weddings. With this information the next step is to find out who of the bride’s friends are likely to entertain for her; and the tactful salesman can sound them out as to prospective showers. And, of course, suggest new ideas—the alumi- num shower, the electrical shower, or some similar hardware feature. Some dealers have gone to consider- able pains to handle this business so as to help gift purchasers avoid that bane of such events—the duplication of gifts. One dealer put a tactful young clerk in special charge of this department. He had mimeographed tally sheets with gift suggestions. The bride’s name would be noted at the top of the sheet. When a purchase was made, the item was checked off. Suppose somebody wanted a gift for an electric shower for Miss So-and-So. The clerk glanced at his list. “An electric iron? I guess that’s been bought already. But here’s a nice little bedroom lamp. Or how about a toaster? The hardware dealer might of course have saved trouble by selling electric irons to everybody, and then exchang- ing them afterward. But the check-list system he adopted gave an excellent and appreciated service. The purchaser had the assurance that, so far as that store was concerned, his gift would not be duplicated. And the fact that such a service was given by Blank’s Hardware Store tended to draw busi- ness in this particular line. Some dealers have got good results from a “Bride’s Assistance Depart- ment.” The department is revived early in May. Circular letters are sent out to prospective brides, tactfully vol- unteering the assistance of the store in selecting necessary articles for the new home. A tactful approach is essential. The appeal of the circular letter should not be too obvious. The best plan is to establish yourself and your store on a friendly footing with the recipient. If the contact can be established person- ally by yourself or some member of your staff, so much the better, You stand in the best position, of course, with young people whom you have known for some years and who have come to appreciate your friendliness and to rely on your judgment and who will naturally turn to you for sugges- tions and advice in outfitting the new home. Catering especially to trade in this way involves some departure from routine storekeeping. But in times like these routine storekeeping is not enough; the hardware dealer must be prepared to put forth special efforts to secure trade. Victor Lauriston. > Kitchen Utensil Demand Limited Uncertainty over the trend of prices in the small housewares industry brought active buying to a halt in the wholesale market this week. Buyers have held up their orders awaiting def- inite word from manufacturers regard- ing prices, but the producers are ‘still marking time until the extent of the present inflationary movement can be accurately judged. At the present time manufacturers of kitchen utensils and similar wares are filling small orders for immediate delivery at regular Spring prices, but are refusing to book advance business. wee How To Keep From Growing Old Always drive fast out of alleys. You might hit a polileman. There’s no telling. Always race with locomotives to crossings. Engineers like it. It breaks the monotony of their jobs. It is al- ways a good test for your car. Always pass the car ahead on curves or turns, Don’t use the horn because it might unnerve the other fellow and cause him to turn out too far. Demand half the road—the middle half. Insist on your rights. Always lock your brakes when skid- ding. It makes the job more artistic. Often you can turn clear around, Always drive close to pedestrians in wet weather. Dry cleaners will erect a monument to your memory. Always try to pass cars on a hill when it is possible. It shows your bus has more power, and you can turn somewhere surely if you meet an- other car at the top. Never look around when you back up. There is never anything behind your automobile, A few shots of booze will enable you to make your car do real stunts. For permanent results quaff long and deeply of the flowing bow! before tak- ing the wheel. Drive as fast as you can on wet pavements. There is always something to stop you if you lose control—often a heavy truck or a plate glass win- dow. New drivers should be shown how to drive fast in heavy traffic. It gives them the experience every motorist should have. Always speed! It looks as though you are a man of pep even though an amateur driver. Never stop, look or listen at rail- road crossings. It consumes valuable time, and besides nobody believes in signs. In wet weather always drive in trol- ley tracks. It’s smoother going. —~++>—___ Digging in is the only way to dig up orders, Welcome These Men they may save you money When one of the Federal Mutual rep- & 2, One resentatives calls on you — welcome 132 Reckwell St : : Jackson, Mich. him. He has come to help you with oes your insurance problems and to explain the Federal’s plan of protection. Each of the men listed to the right is thor- oughly experienced in the fundamentals of insurance. He will be glad to intel- ligently audit your insurance policies without any obligation. He will make recommendations that will be of benefit to you and the protection you carry on your business. One of these men is near you, possibly your neighbor. If he hasn't called, telephone or write to him for full information about the H. F. GILLASPY Box 375 Marinette, Wis. R. M. HARDEN Box 270 817 Congress St. Saginaw, Mich. P. F. KARNER 180 East Huron St. Pontiac, Mich. H. W. LUCE Union Guardian Bldg. Detroit, Mich. Telephone Cadillac 8140 Cc. H. MARSH Box 1001 1942 Oakland Drive Kalamazoo, Mich. Telephone 6927 Federal Mutuals. He can place your si fire and windstorm insurance in sound companies that have saved policyhold- Cc. A. STOCKMEYER 4800 Spokane Ave. Detroit, Mich. Telephone Garfield 8148 ers substantial amounts on the cost of ote their protection for over a quarter of a century. JAMES TIMMER 1161 Alexander Grand Rapids, Telephone 73645 Mich. Federal Hardware & Implement Mutuals Retail Hardware Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Minneapolis, Minnesota Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Stevens Point, Wisconsin Minnesota Implement Mutual Fire Ins. Co, Owatonna, Minnesota sre insesecceeei andesite ieineehetiin atumtitislilaisinivibiesestinmesinise: = sss sass ce. ee eae eeannanennnnSnnNG May 3, 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. Hollow Ware Market More Active Interest in metal hollow ware of all kinds increased in the wholesale mar- ket this week as buyers for retail stores began purchasing late Spring requirements. Early orders for June goods were received by producers of sterling silver and of plated ware. Arti- cles to retail under $15 are still of para- mount interest to buyers of sterling, although a fair volume of purchasing was done in the ranges up to $30. Pewter and plated hollow ware calls are limited to goods priced below $10 in most instances. Manufacturers have produced only a few new numbers for the late Spring trade because of the small amount of business done this year. ——_>-+___ Return of Beer Hits Tea Set Sales Only a limited selection of iced tea sets will be offered by manufacturers of table glassware this season. The advent. of beer has killed most of the interest in tea sets and buyers are call- ing for specially designed beer pitch- ers and mugs instead. The tea set de- mand formerly constituted a major part of table glassware production at this season of the year. Producers are moving cautiously in designing the beer sets, as new molds are expensive and the manufacturers are not sure at this time whether beer consumption figures will hold up once the novelty wears off. ne —- Taupes Lead Fall Woolen Hues Taupe tones and dark neutral gray are featured in thirty-six woolen shades for Fall, by the Textile Color Card Association. Brown taupe and mole taupe receive special emphasis as do smoke brown and beige taupe. In the grays, cartridge gray is_ stressed. Browns, particularly in reddish effects, were also outstanding. The range in- cludes burnt brown, Chona and liqueur brown. ‘Complementing the browns and toupes are a group of new beige hues. Hempbeige was described as the Fall version of the string color now receiving much attention for Spring. i Swim Suits, Rayon and Denims Up Various textile advances instituted during the week have been followed up by important producers. The Suf- folk Knitting Co., one of the leading knitted outerwear producers, advanced plain worsted and zephyr swim suits and men’s and women’s ribbed sport coats 50 cents to $1.50 per dozen. The du Pont Rayon Co, raised prices on its viscose process yarns 3 to 10 cents per pound, in line with the advance made by the Viscose Co. on the previous day. Denim prices were moved up % cent to a basis of 9% cents for the 2.20-yard construction, covering June and July delivery. a Price Uncertainty Slows Rug Sales Uncertainty over prices and a reluc- ance on the part of importers to ac- cept orders until the dollar’s position MICHIGAN in international exchange becomes more settled, hampers trading in the imported rug market. Although most importers are quoting prices fifteen pert cen. above those of last week, they show a reluctance to sell goods even in small lots and reject requests for large quantites of merchandise. No orders for future delivery are accepted. Importers say they hope to be in a po- sition to quote firm prices by the mid- dle of next week. —_>+.___ To Push Men’s Summer Wear The first week in June was chosen for opening the retail Summer sea- son in men’s wear at a_ luncheon meeting last week of the men’s and boys’ wear committee of the merchan- dising division of the National Retail Dry Goods Association. Full co-opera- tion will be given plans to make men more style conscious and the meeting endorsed the movement in which man- ufacturers will spend $50,000 to signal- ize Father’s Day on June 18. Leading men’s wear retailers attended the meet- ing, which was presided over by J. Wesley Heare of Montgomery, Ward & Co., chairman of the committee. —_+ + <-___ Blanket Prices Up 5 Per Cent. Further price advances in various textile lines have been announced. The Nashua Manufacturing Co. raised prices 5 per cent. on its part-wool blankets containing not less than 5 per cent. wool and those having less than 25 per cent. Leaksville blankets were moved up a similar amount on all styles. Cannon Mills shortened dis- counts 5 per cent. on fine-count mus- lins. Some wash goods houses marked up quotations 2 cents a yard from the low point on plain color rayon taffetas, which can be carried over from one season to another. —-++ 2 ___ More Rug “Drops” Bought Facing the prospect of higher prices for hard-surface floor coverings, re- tailers have taken increased quantities of “drop” patterns of both the linoleum and felt-base rugs. The “drops” re- leased a few days before the country went off the gold standard are priced at 5 to 15 per cent below regular Spring levels. Manufcturers say that the call for goods has increased in the last three days and that at the present rate of buying the stocks of discon- tinued patterns will be cleared before the close of the week. ——_>~++_____ Glass Trade Makes Steady Gains The steady improvement in the de- mand for flat glass, heavy production of beer bottles and a healthier demand for better-grade table glassware gives every indication that April will be the best month of the year for the glass industry. What proportions the nor- mal demand for beer bottles will have still is uncertain and will be until the situation stabilizes. The better grades of pressed glass tableware, especially types of hotels and restaurants, are in excellent demand. ~~ Onyx Raises Swim-Suit Prices Price advances ranging from 50 cents to $1.50 a dozen on bathing suits have been announced by the Onyx Knitting Mills. The plain worsted numbers are increased 50 cents to $1 per dozen, while the zephyr styles are marked up 75 cents to $1.50 per dozen. Officials TRADESMAN at the local selling offices attribute the advance to the higher yarn prices now prevailing, which is created by the rush for goods from mills, It is expected that other mills may follow the Onyx action shortly. Advertising can fight adversity. 15 The extensive experiments with un- employment have been undertaken in other countries, as well as the limited experiments in this country, present convincing evi- insurance, which dence that, for unemployment in all its aspects, insurance is not a proper solution. 160 Louis Street > ED OSE OD 0 CED OED OCD C 9% ®, “ YEAKEY - SCRIPPS, Inc. Wholesale Linoleum, Carpets and Rugs Distributors of ARMSTRONG’S LINOLEUM and BIGELOW-SANFORD’S CARPETS AND RUGS ° Grand Rapids, Mich. ee er ° MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. SOMEONE first chance. TO GET A JOB A job is open! The employment manager runs through his list of qualified men and considers several. One of them has a tele- phone and can be reached quickly. He gets Other things being equal, the applicant or former employee who can be reached by telephone is quite likely to get first call. IS ABOUT GRAND RAPIDS PAPER Box Co. Manufacturers of SET UP and FOLDING PAPER BOXES SPECIAL DIE CUTTING AND MOUNTING GRAND RAPI DS, MI C HIGAN MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 3, 1933 HOTEL DEPARTMENT Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Earth Quakes Compared Los Angeles, April 29—In a letter received from Elmer H. Dearth, a substantial citizen of Detroit, he tells me he is making preparations to move back to Minnesota, after a residence in the Motor City for over twenty years. I have had the honor of the acquain- tance of this gentleman for at least forty-five years or more. He began his career in Minnesota publishing a country newspaper, entered into poli- tics at an early day, and, after filling several local offices of trust, became state insurance commissioner, a posi- tion he held for several years, going from there to Detroit where he as- sumed the duties of president of the General Casualty Co., retiring a few years ago. It seems as though we had always been friends. I sold him his first newspaper outfit and have kept up with him ever since, literally placing my feet on his desk when he was an insurance official. He has a most in- teresting family—grown up now— and a most charming wife, all of whom have added to my pleasure while vis- iting Detroit. Minnesota is some dis- tance away but it will not keep me from continuing this most happy acquain- tance. The same source which brings me the news of the resignation of Raymond Reid, manager of Hotel Herkimer, Grand Rapids, to take the management of Reid’s Hotel, South Haven, tells me of the death of his much beloved parent, “Dave” Reid, who owned and con- ducted that hostelry for many years, always successfully. I doubt if Mich- igan ever produced a more interesting character than this particular individ- ual, and I am prepared to say he en- joyed the friendship of every one he knew, including a veritable host of traveling men who made his hotel their temporary home for a long pe- riod of years. He was good to me, treated me like a prince, and helped me in furthering the interests of the Michigan Hotel Association, during that period when I was honored with its secretarial duties. I will not soon forget his many kindnesses. Raymond, his son, who had his hotel training at Reid’s Hotel, has been, wonderfully successful in his management of the Grand Rapids Herkimer, and I have no doubt that he will add new luster to the South Haven establishment. Much has lately been published con- cerning the California earthquake, but from recent observations made at Santa Barbara, which suffered a simi- lar catastrophe eight years ago, I am not so sure but what this seeming mis- fortune at Long Beach may not have been a blessing in disguise, similar to operations at said city of Santa Barbara. In the latter case not only were the builders of public buildings and business buildings fired with en- husiasm to make their city beautiful, distinctive and the naural development of its ancestry, but through their local chamber of commerce and kindred in- stitutions a campaign was carried on to influence the builders of small homes. The result is a city of good taste, with so many -beautiful small homes that seven years in succession Santa Barbara has taken first prizes in National contests, such as that of Better Homes of America. The mil- lionaires of Santa Barbara have sim- ply had to hustle to keep the small home owners from outdoing them in beautification, Santa Barbara was one of the original Mission cities, but she has outgrown old time systems, keeps her antiquities in fit order, but goes in strong for the newer and _ better things. She has no industries and does not want them. She is not ambitious to become a large city. She prefers to be the sort of place beauty lovers will fall in love with and help beau- tify. Lolita Armour (Mrs. J. J. Mitch- ell) for instance fell in love with it and the Mitchells have such a lovely garden at Montecito that when vou see it you are inclined to forgive her an- cestors for all the years thev held you up on the price of bacon. When you see the hotels there, which are finer than you will discover in cities ten times her size, you will understand. Her Biltmore is very lovely, the Sam- arkand is famous as a honeymooner’s Mecca, and about the only complaint I am registering concerning them is that their surroundings are so beau- tiful one really feels he is wasting time in eating. In addition to the mis- sion church there used to be an old adobe theater in Santa Barbara, whicl they still talk about. It was owned a man named Lobaro, an actor musician who also operated a Leo Carrillo, born in the old Carrillo mansion not far away, learned to act in that theater and Walter H said to have tempt at acting there. Ruth St. used to dance and man he trious persons made the establishment. wonderful new community | on the site of the old one, and ries the old title. Hasce -~ a Friuston is ; + made his first serious at- 4, de erty to fate stone Hotel, thought anc stead i world’s stand responsible fo 1 his former able assistant at the Book- Cadillac, George W. holm, will be contact man, which prove the consummation of a well-laid plan to make it a greater success than ever. Hotels all over the country seem to have become active as if by magic and the claim is made that it is all on account of the return of beer to its legitimate status in this country. Chi- cago hotels, particularly, are jubilant over results already attained. Out here there is much said about beer activity. Baron Long, well-known to Michigan operators, owner of the U. S. Grant hotel at San Diego, reports that in four hours his new beer garden dealt out 19,200 glasses of the amber fluid, which would indicate something stirring. Well, anyhow, the hotel men are entitled to a break, and if it comes through the beer channel I feel that I can honestly say it “might have been worse.”’ William A. Brewer, president of the Brewer Realty Co., Saginaw, was re- elected president of the Bancroft Ho- tel Co., of that city. Henry M. Hol- lister, manager for years of the hotel, and former president of Michigan Ho- tel Association, still retains manage- ment of the institution. Mrs. Bety Knox, of Toledo, Ohio, has purchased Hotel Flint, at Flint, Hotel and Restaurant Equipment H. Leonard & Sons 38-44 Fulton St., W. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Warm Friend Tavern Holland, Mich. Is truly a friend to all travelers. All room and meal rates very reasonable. Free private parking space. JOHN HAFNER, Manager enon oenete — anenna Store, Offices & Restaurant Equipment G.R.STORE FIXTURE CO. 7 lonia Ave., N. W. Phone 86027 ALL GOOD ROADS LEAD TO 1ONIA AND THE REED INN Excellent Dining Room Rooms $1.50 and up MRS. GEO. SNOW, Mgr. CODY HOTEL IN THE HEART OF THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS Division and Fulton RATES $1 up without bath $2.50 up with bath CODY CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION YOU ARE CORDIALLY invited to visit the Beauti- ful New Hotel at the old location made famous by Eighty Years of Hostelry Service in Grand Rapids. 400 Rooms—400 Baths Menus in English MORTON HOTEL PHILIP A. JORDAN Manager Park Place Hotel Tre -erse City Rates Reas.r.able—Service Superb —Location Admirablie. GEO. ANDERSON, Mgr. ALBERT J. ROKOS, Ass’t Mor. New Hotel Elliott STURGIS, MICH. 50 Baths 50 Running Water European D. J. GEROW, Prop. Occidental Hotel FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $2.00 and up EDWARD R. SWETT, Mgr. Muskegon “5- Michigan Columbia Hotel KALAMAZOO Good Place To Tie To nee — HOTEL ROWE We have a"sincere interest in wanting to please you. ERNEST W, NEIR MANAGER The Pantlind Hotel The center of Social and Business Activi- ties in Grand Rapids. Strictly modern and fire - proof. Dining, Cafeteria and Buffet Lunch Rooms in con- nection. 750 rooms — Rates $2.50 and up with bath. ( i | May 3, 1933 from Stephen Hart. The interior of the building has been entirely remod- eled and decoration of the lobby and guest rooms is under way. Mrs. Knox plans to open a capacious dining room on the first floor, which will be a new departure. The Hotel World reports that “about 00 daily, including many blue-bloods of the Gold Coast, Chicago, are making the lantern room of Hotel Drake their daily rendesvouz, partaking of George Lindholm’s 50 cent buffet lunch.’ Well, I'm glad they “let George do it.’ He always impressed me as being the chap who could. And now to California comes Thos. C. Riley, who has sold his interest in the Dresden Hotel, Flint, and has set- tled down an 418 South Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, right among the ffower- ing eucaliptus trees. Well, I will soon look him over and make a de- tailed report to his army of good friends back home. He ought to make a good neighbor, for he _ certainly knows all about hospitality from the word “go.” | hope Will Rogers doesn’t spoil him. John R. Thompson, Jr., Chicago, has finally succeeded to the restaurant busi- ness established by his late father. The young man fost control of the busi- ness in 1930 when a group of capital- ists, including the late William Wrig- ley, secured control of it: but its pop- ularity waned considerably and now much is expected in results under the return of Thompson to head the in- stitution. A novelty in dining room service has been adopted at the Detroit-Le- land, under General Manager Otis M. Harrison. The main dining room has been redecorated in Dutch Colonial style, and a few days ago was opened as the “Colonial Room.’ The color scheme is done in a delicate pastel shade of blue and pale gold, even be- ing carried out in the table linen, and in the modified Dutch Colonial cos- tumes of the waitresses. The menu is arranged to fit in with the general scheme, For the information of my Michigan friends I will state that I intend start- ing “back home” sometime next week, arriving at my destination about May 15. Any correspondence intended for me should be forwarded from now on to the Tradesman office. A cheerful word can’t do any harm. According to one of the Lansing newspapers the number of traveling salesmen being sent into the state is on the increase. And all this not- withstanding the fact that the banking moratorium hit the Wolverines harder than almost any other species. Well, it won't hurt to spread the news around a bit. Out here, and I presume elsewhere, for some reason unknown or because it makes a man look younger, going without a hat has become quite a fad. It really doesn’t make a man look vounger, according to my ideas, it merely proclaims his inexperience. Soon, very soon, according to scien- tists, it will make him look a great deal older. From going bareheaded in the open he will return to keeping his hat on indoors to hide that bald spot at the back of the top of his dome. There are climates in which it may be a mark of respect to take off one’s hat as a salute to the sun when it happens to pay a brief visit, but it is just as well to pay a little attenion to the scalpal requirements, and encourage the hatters. Sunday, the 30th has been indicated by California’s legislature and Gover- nor as Roosevelt day, and it is going to be celebrated on a gigantic scale. MICHIGAN Even Los Angeles’ mayor, who in- sulted Candidate Roosevelt on his pre- election visit here, by refusing to meet him officially, is tumbling all over him- self by trying to square himself with his constituency. What the public thinks about the hotel industry is one of the most im- portant problems in hoteldom. If, in the conduct of his business, one gives the impression of being grasping and unhospitable, the proposition is bound to suffer from lack of support and without public co-operation there is not only going to be a curtailing of revenues but the attendant possibil- ity that legislation derogatory to hotel interests may be encouraged. I be- lieve it is true, however, that a ma- jority of the fraternity are realizing the fact that with the overbuilding of the industry throughout the entire country. it is going to be quite neces- sary for “every little movement to have a meaning of its own,” and en- deavor to fill the gap by commercial- izing personality to a larger degree than ever before. In fact we are going to get back to the point of demarca- tion establishing the line between the real honest-to-goodness landlord and the type known as “managers,” who are puffed up with authority and con- scious of seeming importance. Hotels in Wisconsin will not here- after be allowed to make an added charge to hotel patrons for telephone service, The railroad commission for- bade it, but one of the larger Mil- waukee hotels appealed the case to the state supreme court which handed down a decision to the effect that “a hotel telephone is merely an extension of the company system and a charge in excess of the legal rate is discrim- inatory.” Naturally they were bound to do this in keeping with frequent prior decisions relative to regulations of public utilities. The hotel man ad- vertises hotel room telephone service as one of his attractions, Ef he is wise he will readjust his rates so as to include this added cost without os- tentation. Frank S. Verbeck. —_»->____ Items From the Cloverland of Mich- igan Sault Ste. Marie, May 2—If beer will bring back prosperity, we may as well start now. It looks as if there will be plenty of opportunity to get all that is wanted. Many contractors and builders have been hard at work for the past two weeks, building additions, remod- eling hotels and eating places and new places ready to open at the first call. Others have made preparations to rent their newly equipped rooms to those who decide to enter later or as soon as they are able to raise the necessary entry fee. Years ago the Sault had a motto: “With lake Superior back of us, nothing can stop us,” but with the coming of beer we are wondering what i happen for the future, Time will tell. Larned Runnels, a former Sault boy, but for the past year a resident of Lansing, has returned to his old home town, where he expects to remain. Mr. Runnels has been located in several cities, but is convinced that the good old Sault is the best yet. He was the publisher of a local advertising paper called the Reminder before he left the Sault, which was not a financial success, and he is undecided as yet what he will take up for the future. Edward Reidy, who for many years conducted a grocery store at the cor- ner of Spruce and Magazine streets, has leased the store to F. L. Bagnall, former manager of the Soo Co-opera- tive Branch store on Ridge street. The store has been redecorated and a stock of groceries, fresh and smoked meats, fruits, vegetables and baked goods has been installed. Mr. Bagnall has had years of experience in the business and needs no introduction to the trade, A TRADESMAN delivery service will be conducted in connection. The location is one of the best in the West end of the city and Mr. Bagnal should make a success in his new venture. Hope Frederick, formerly manager of the Northwestern Leather Co., but now representing the Marathon Paper Co., of Wausau, Wis., paid the Sault a visit last week, being the guest of his sister, Miss Leah Frederick, while here. He left Saturday for Grand Rapids. Eddie Wynn reports the return of good times and says the wolf at his door has gained seven pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Belanger, of Kinross, have opened a new store at Kinross, also a new gas station across the railroad track. Phey expect to build several log cabins near the new location—and establish a tourist park. The new approach from U.S. 2 high- way will be lined with evergreen trees, making the approach very attractive. John Waara has opened a new tailor shop at 544 Ashmin street, formerly occupied by the Karmelkorn store. Mr. Waara was formerly in the clothing business at 207 Ashmun street. The store will be known as the New Era tailor shop. L. L. Cole, representing the Beecher, Peck & Lewis Co., of Detroit, spent last week soliciting business in the Cloverland territory. He reports busi- ness very encouraging and can notice a better feeling with the merchants, who are buying in larger quantities than they did last year at this time. Seer may not make people prosper- ous, but there seems to be a pretty general agreement that it is about as cheap a way as any to make ’em fee! prosperous. Mrs. V. F. Atkins, owner of the building at 1904 Ashmun street, form- erly occupied by A. Garapie, is going to open a grocery store, which will be known as the Hill Top store. The store is being redecorated and rear- ranged and will carry an up-to-date stock of new groceries, confectionary and soft drinks. This is Mrs. Atkins’ first business venture on her own ac- count, but she also has been doing demonstrating at some of the large stores for the past two years and has a valuable knowledge of merchandis- ing, which is a valuable asset in her new venture. She will give the business her personal attention, also will carry a fine line of home baked goods. The business will be a cash and carry store. Mrs. Atkins has many friends here who wish her every success in her new venture. John France, our well known and popular court stenographer, met with an accident last week which nearly cost his life. He was en route to De- troit on a purchasing trip with his partner, Mr. Paquin, for the new shoe store which is to open here next week. While near Grayling, he stopped his car in order to pick arbutus, which he noticed near the highway, After get- ting out of the car and in crossing the road he noticed several cars coming at a rapid speed. He had to throw him- self on the pavement in order to avoid being hit. His head struck the pave- ‘ment and there was fear for a time that there might be a slight concussion of the brain. He was taken to the Mercy hospital at Grayling, where he is still confined. One of the cars took a button off his coat and went into the ditch, so it w-- surely a close call, Mr. France is getting along nicely at the hospital and expects to be back within the next few days in time for the opening of the new store. Recalling the Southern colonial in pre-Volstead days in the dining room of a big hotel, where food had to be ordered, if one had a drink. “Bring me a big steak, a bulldog and a quart of Bourbon whisky.” “Just why the bulldog, sir?” “To eat the steak, you ignoramus.” The smelt fishing near St. Ignace was a great success while it lasted. 17 Carp creek was lined for over a mile with smelting parties, who spent the night taking many bushel baskets of the smelts home to distribute to friends who preferred to spend the nights in bed, It was a sight to see the smelters with the dip nets fishing, with fires burning along the shores. Lunch was served similar to a picnic and appar- ently a good time was had by all. Edward Reidy, who disposed of his stock last week to F. Bagnel, has been in the grocery business for the past twenty-three years and is retiring to enjoy the remainder of his days with- out further business cares. He _ will take a trip around the country in the near future, then will make the Sault his home. William G. Tapert. —--~> Future Plans of the Putnam Factory Grand Rapids, April 28—In discon- tinuing our jobbing business, which, of necessity, called for an increasingly large line of outside merchandise, we are enabled to put our entire attention and efforts on our own products ex- clusively by featuring them through the jobbers who have also been our customers for many years. It also avoids the embarrassing situation of our salesmen being in direct competi- tion with our jobbing customers on the same goods, The new arrangement makes it now possible for our jobbers’ salesmen to feature our products without this con- fliction or duplication of sales efforts. We have arranged for the placement of all of the older salesmmen in other capacities in our organization. Our Western Michigan representative, A. C. Van Buren, who has been actively connected with us for over seventeen years, has been assigned to cover the jobbing trade in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, outside of Detroit. W. E. Cole will have charge of our traffic and shipping departments, Ed Dona- hue, our city salesman for over thirty years or more, will embark in the can- dy jobbing business and serve his old customers as heretofore. R. B. Gane will _2 serve his trade_as a jobber. We have recently added considerable new machinery to our factory equip- ment in anticipation of greatly in- creased volume of business, which also places us in a position to meet the competition of the largest manufactur- ers in the country. J]. W. Putnam, Mgr. Putnam Factory. ———->~>—___ Battle of Coffee Brands in Chicago The battle of coffee brands in Chi- cago is a keen one. The Thos. J. Webb Co. started a drive for sales with an offer of free coffee for return of labels from each can. McLaughlin has had a coffee maker campaign under way for the past several weeks, offering an en- ameled coffee maker at 79c with a pound purchase of Manor House brand. Beidermann Bros. use Cannon towels, aluminum ware and other pre- mium lines. Hills Bros. report a bang- up jig-saw puzzle tie-up on leading brands. Durand-McNiell-Horner use a free marble premium on one of the coffee brands. Kasper adopted the Owen Illinois vacuum glass pack for a new sales idea on Sip of Gold coffee brand. Maxwell House and Chase & Sanborn brands, also Del Monte and Beech-Nut, are pushing hard for sales in Chicago, using all forms of publicity, including radio programs. Recently the Market Wholesale Grocers introduced a coffee department in charge of Tom Ward, formerly with the Sokol Co. —_--___ Among the new bearers of adver- tising messages is a spoon for the medicine cabinet, equipped with a small handle which clips around a bottle cap. 18 MICHIGAN sei 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, *ennville. ‘Sone Vice-President—G. H. Fletcher, Ann Arbor. Secretary—R. A. Turrel, Croswell. Treasurer—William H. Johnson, Kala- mazoo. The Price of a Prescription The belief that the druggist’s profit on the preparation of prescriptions is enormous is widespread. The layman and the jokesmith are fond of contin- uously repeating the charge. One tale- bearer put it: “The druggist fills a little bottle with water, colors it red, and charges you a dollar for it.” Unfortunately, many of the mem- bers of the medical profession do not help to refute this sort of slander. A very influential citizen, with profes- sional attainments, recently gave it as his opinion that the high charges made by druggists for putting up prescrip- tions had much to do with the high cost of getting well, and that in these times this was a factor in prolonging the depression. The insistance of an over charge in this case led to an investigation. A copy of the prescription was obtained, and the aid of experts familiar with the cost of drugs was invoked. The pre- scription called for the modern anti- pyretics, some of which are high priced, to be mixed and put into eigh- teen capsules. The experts estimated the cost of the drugs, plus the cost of the empty capsules, the box, label and wrapper, to be forty-seven cents. The general overhead charges in conduct- ing a drug store have been agreed to be twenty-eight per cent. This charge added to the cost of the ingredients in this charge added to the cost of the ingredients in this prescription makes the cost of the prescription as delivered to the patient sixty-eight cents, and for it the druggist received seventy-five cents. The druggist’s net profit was about seven cents, or slightly over nine per cent. Against the apparent net profit of seven cents on this prescription, there might be added a cost for special equip- ment, skill, and a possible charge for loss through carrying the stock of the slow-selling drugs which it contained. The druggist’s profit on this partic- ular prescription was evidently nil, and, in addition, he received a sinister rep- utation for overcharging. Why is it that the public is quite unnecessarily imbued with the idea that the prices charged by druggists for compounding prescriptions are ex- horbitant? The plumber makes a high charge for stopping a leak, and his pat- ron smiles. The restaurant keeper makes a cover charge of two dollars, puts on the bill an exorbitant charge for a steak, to which are added extras, tips, etc., and everybody is happy. It is acknowledged that the wares of the patent medicine maker are sold at a price of from two to three hundred per cent. above the cost of the ingre- dients. In these transactions the con- sumer—the buyer—has been led to be- lieve that he is getting the worth of his money, and he makes no complaint. But when the customer is handed a box holding a few pills, or a small vial containing what he considers only col- ored water—whatever the price be, he thinks that he is being overcharged. Unintentionally, he is misin- formed by the prescribing doctor, who carelessly mames a price as the proper one to pay. The situation is further complicated by the fact that the dispensing physician ordi- narily makes no charge for the drugs which he dispenses, and the patient thinks that they must be cheap. The ancient apothecary made no charge for the drugs which he dis- pensesd, but he obtained a goodly fee for the incantations and ejaculations which he uttered in preparing and dis- pensing them. The preparing and dispensing of a prescription must be accompanied by good salesmanship, Handing it over the counter with a simple “Thank you” falls far short of this. The invitation to “call again” is quite out of place, as the customer is inwardly hoping that the medicine will cure him and that he will not need to “call again.” In a store where prescriptions are dispensed the whole atmosphere should be filled with pharmacy. Customers should be made to see and know that it is a pharmacy. There are cases of successful shrewd pharmacists who make it a special point to show phy- sicians, heads of families and others, their facilities for the handling and dis- pensing of drugs. The delivery of the prescription should be accompanied by words that will inspire confidence. The buyer of a prescription should be convinced that the drugs therein have been selected, tested, and prepared for his especial purpose; that the compounding has been carried out by dispensers care- fully trained and with the highest skill known to the art of pharmacy. As one writer phrases it: “Into the package should be wrapped the spirit and soul of pharmacy.” A message inspiring confidence, hope and cheer should go out to the user of the medicine. A woman lying on a sick bed was handed a package of medicine. She looked at it and exclaimed: “Ah! This comes from Blank’s Pharmacy. I shall label it ‘faith, for I know that it will cure me.” Statistics show that there are 165,- 000,000 prescriptions dispensed annu- ally in this land. Some pharmacists dispense as few as one a day. Others dispense fifty a day. And there are pharmacists who dispense five times this number. Profitable sales of sick room and home needs supplies accompany the prescription business. The prescription business builds a permanent prestige and goodwill for a store. There should be no “cut rate” for a prescription. often ridiculously low A prescription will bring a good price and profit when dispensed under the halo of pharmacy. Fred B. Kilmer, Ph, M. —_—_+~+-+___ Inflation promises to help, not hurt, holders of second-grade bonds. TRADESMAN Opposes Sales of Beer Through Drug Stores In view of the discussions in Con- gress, in the pharmaceutical and lay press, and by individuals, of the pro- posed distribution of beer and other alcoholic beverages through drug stores, and because of the unfortunate effect which its adoption would bring upon the profession of pharmacy, it was believed by officials of the Amer- ican Pharmaceutical Association that the Association should promptly an- nounce its position with respect to the question. Acting for the Association in the in- terim between meetings, the Council of the A. Ph. A. has adopted the fol- lowing resolution: Whereas—During recent discussions in the Congress of legislation proposed to legalize the manufacture and dis- tribution of alcoholic liquors for bev- erage purposes, it was suggested that malt liquors might be distributed through drug stores, and Whereas—The pharmacists of the United States are now charged by law, with the difficult duty of distributing on prescription, alcoholic liquors for medical purposes, the proper discharge of which duty requires for the best interests of public welfare and public health, that it be kept strictly separated from the distribution of such liquors as beverages, and Whereas—It must be apparent from the platforms of both political parties, that alcoholic beer and other malt liquors are wanted by the people as beverages and not as medicienes, and that they must be distributed under the strictest police supervision and reg- ulation, and Whereas—The distribution of alco- holic malt beverages in drug stores would be most inappropriate because it would be contrary to the essential purpose and important responsibilities May 3, 1933 of pharmacy in relation to the people and to public health, and _ because, through such distribution, an activity foreign to its purposes and ethics would be introduced; therefore be it Resolved—That the American Phar- maceautical Association hereby re- cords its earnest protest against any legislation permitting or requiring pharmacists to distribute beer and other alcoholic malt beverages in any form and of any higher alcoholic strength, for beverage purposes, and be it further Resolved—That copies of this reso- lution be forwarded to the President of the United States, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with the request that officials of the Association be heard in connection with the further consideration of such proposed legisla- tion. E. F. Kelly, Sec’y American Pharmaceutical Association. —_—__2 + ___ Drug Demand Seasonally Better With the approach of warm weather, drug wholesalers and retailers have started to place initial orders for phar- maceuticals popular during the Sum- mer. Buying to date, however, is some- what behind that of last year, a decline of ten per cent. being estimated in most quarters. Activity centers around sunburn lotions and creams, special types of cosmetics, such as the darker shades in powder and similar prod- ucts. The lower prices now quoted by manufacturers on these types will reduce the dollar volume of retailers somewhat during the Summer months, it was said, ——__+--. ____ Deflation having gone beyond con- trol, reflation was a mild danger con- trasted with other potential ones. —_2+-<-____ The noblest patriot is he who nobly does his daily duty, Grand Rapids OPRING AND SUMMER SPECIALTIES Marbles, Rubber Balls, Jacks, Bathing Sup- plies, Paint Brushes, Paints, Oils, Wall Fin- ishes, Varnishes, White Lead, Enamels, Soda Fountains and Supplies, Golf, Tennis and Baseball Supplies, Indoor Balls, Playground Balls, Sponges, Chamois Skins, Electric Heaters, Electric Fans, Goggles, Pic- nic Supplies, Lunch Kits, Vacuum Bottles, Food Jars, Therma Jugs, Insecticides, Seed Disinfectants, Easter Egg Dyes, Easter and Mother’s Day Cards, and thousands of other new and staple items. All now on display in our Sample Room. Come in and look them over. Everything priced in plain figures. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Cameras, Michigan ti May 3, 1933 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court. (Continued from page 11) In the Matter of Olivet Elevator Co., Bankrupt No. 4967 The final meeting of creditors has been called for May 9, 1923, at 10 A M. Eastrn standard time. The trustee’s final report will be approved at such meeting. There will be no dividend for creditors. In the Matter of Newaygo Engineering Co., Bankrupt: No. 5123, final eta of creditors was held April 21, 193¢ Fred G. Timmer, Trustee, was present. in per- son, Bankrupt present by W. J. Bell, President. Bondholders Committee rep- resented by Carl J. Riddering, Attorney. Trustee’s final report and account ap- proved and allowed. Bill of attorney for trustee approved and allowed. Bill of attorney for bankrupt allowed subject to payment of expenses and other charges prior to its payment, Report of H. RK. Moore, Receiver, approved and allowed. Made order for payment of administra- tion expenses, secured and _ preferred claims as far as funds would permit; no dividend for general creditors. No objec- tion to bankrupt’s discharge. Meeting adjourned without date and files will be returned to the U. S, District Court. April 25, 19388. We have today received the Schedules, Reference and Adjudica- tion in the matter of Abraham Morrison, Bankrupt No. 5198. The Bankrupt is a resident of Grand Rapids, Mich., and his occupation is that of a dealer in Scrap metal, rags, etc. The Schedule shows assets of $959.99 of which $500 is claimed as exempt, with liabilities cf $15,386.41. The Court has written for funds and upon receipt of same the first meeting of creditors will be called and note of same made herein, April 24, 19388. We have today received the Schedules, Reference, Adjudication ‘and Order Appointing Receiver in the Matter of Bert M, Heth. doing business under assumed. name of Heth Bros., Bankrupt is a resident of Grand Rapids, ‘Michigan, and operated a hardware at 1163 Madison Avenue, S.K. The sched- ules show assets of $12,146. 85, of which $615.00 is claimed as exempt, with liabili- ties of $8,948.53. A list of creditors sched- uled are as follows:— City of Grand Rapids (Preferred taxes) ..... 0 $1,504.98 Ralph Vandenberg (Preferred PAO) 151.00 He Kent Bank (Secured)________ 3,750.00 Behier-Young Co, G Ro. 2. 28.36 The Brundage Co, Kalamazoo, Micehisan © 2 101.30 Brown-Sehier Co, G Ro 3 15.53 Buckeye Aluminum Co, Wooster, © tp Buhl Sons Go, Detroit, Mich________ 13.98 The Bunting System. N. Chicago, Hi mOis) 73.00 Chicago Paint Works, Chicago. Ill 171.82 Commercial Credit Co, GQ Re 72.47 Connor Houndry Co, GR 15 Tb Corwin, Norcross & Cook, G R__ 32.75 aC Decker, Ine, Montgomery, Pa__ O57 Iinterprise "Aluminum Co, i Massillon. OQ 22h 7.26 Gardner Wire Go, Chicago, Hl... 13.40 Goodell-Pratt Co., Greenfield, Mass 26.01 ls Gould & Co, Chicago, Til 6.25 G R Furnace & Heating Co, G R_ 2.40 G R Ornamental Irin & Wire Works: G Reo 2 6.00 G EK Paper Go, G Bo 8 13.56 Grandville Sheet Metal Shop, Grangville. Mich (22.00) 3! 10.75 7+ R oe Service Bureau, Se 48.15 GR SWood Minishing Co, GR... . 19.10 Hartwell Bros. Memphis, Tenn____ 12.61 Hayden Supply Co, GR. 196.33 Eleth Oil Heating Co, GR. 39.02 Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett Co, Chicago, EE 10.00 Hillsdale Screen Co, Hillsdale MICKina (5 11.47 Holland Ladder Co, Holland, Mich 1.28 on Woeksema, G Ro. 14.18 Home Comfort Co, St. Paul, Minn 15.75 We C: Hopson Co G Ro 38.85 Huyee & Backert Co, GR. 26.63 Hyde Fuel & Lumber Co, G R____ 70.90 H B Ives Co, New Haven, Conn__ 10,80 John Jelsema G Ro. 2. 13.88 i Leonard & Sons, G Ro. 104.37 Lindstrom Tool & Toy Co, Bridcenort Gonn <2 ee 11.25 Macklanburg-Dunean Co, Oklanoma, City, Okla... .2 30.28 Manufacturers Steel Supply, G R_ 2.10 Madison Square Advertiser, G R__ 34.20 Mich Warming & Ventilating Co, Grann Ramide 4 2 19.10 Harey' = Mover, G Ro 6.67 Midwest Bicycle & Toy Co, Meteoit: Mien (6 oo 85.50 C W Mills Paper Co. G R_______- 7.66 Monarch Printing Co, G R_____..- 11.25 Muller Blectric Co, G RR. - 3.55 National Brass Co G Ra.) 12.85 Chi-Namel Co, Cleveland. O_____- PEL St Pack & Vaek Co, N Y¥ City... 28.84 Mow Pittengeer G Ro. 4.41 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co, G R___ 7.05 R F Polski Mfg Co, St Paul, Minn HM Proos. G Ro. 5.25 Reed Mfg Co, Newark, N J_----- 7.85 Rempis & Duus Foundry Co. G R__ 291.86 Robinson Mfg Co, Detroit. Micr_. 24.98 Savory, Inc, Buffalo, N Y__------ 15.34 JO0n Seven Co. G Roe 28.20 Shakespeare Co, Kalamazoo, Mich 4.19 Sherwood-Hall Co, .G@ Riu 22 1.45 Win H Stadek: G@ Rec 002 1.75 States Rubber & Supply Co, Chicago. UW 2 ee 24.07 Standard Of Co. G@ Roo. 1. 5.64 ‘Ranelefoot Co, G@ Roo. 45.26 Tishken Pdcts Co, Detroit, Mich__, 2.38 Thomas & Elliot Garage, G R---. 25.48 Vanderstel’s, G@. Reo 22 oe, 3-00 Wagner Mfg Co, Sidney, O_--.---- AT Weeks Bilec Co. G@ Re 22s s. .50 S A Weller Co, Zanesville, Ohio__ 6.67 Well-Made Doll Co, New York, N Y 20.63 Westinghouse Elec Supply Co, Detrort.. Michivan 225. ooo | 24.00 Wheeling Corrugating Co, Wiheeling: W Vac 2 2 18.29 Boster Stevens €o, G@ Ro 2). 123.05 Central Uniion Trust, ceeene O 550.00 Mes George Davis, G Ro - | 90.00 Olive M Elarrison, G Rus 2 135.00 fempis & Duus, G nL 25.00 huyoe & Backer Co, G Ro 2 22.38 Elayden Supply Co, G@ Ra. 75.00 Old Kent Bank (notes endorsed DY: bankrupt) = 2 3037.50 April 25, 1983. We have teday received the Schedules, Reference and Adjudica- tion in the Matter of George Hoodhood, Bankrupt No. 5194. The bankrupt is a resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and operated a grocery store at 405 Division Avenue, S. W. The schedules show assets of $1085.23, of which $450.00 is claimed exempt, and liabilities of $3,187.34. Cred- itors scheduled are as follows: ; Freda Skaff. G R (Chattel mtge. on stock and fixtures) Value of se- curities—$1200; amount of debt not given t Gerber & Go, Chicago... $ 32.64 Voiet Milling Co, G@ Ri... 5.47 Lee & Cady, G R__ A Gee W D Lyman. M ae Abe Schefman & Co. Jonm IN Gemmack, G Ro 63.40 Rademaker-Dooge Grocer Co, G R_ 35.94 Lainsey, Shivel & Phelps... 10.00 Fiaze] Arboocy, G Roo 72 65.38 Hom (Cassig, @ Ro ea 200.00 Jos Siegel Jewelry Co, G R________ 69.00 Meraat-Ul-Gharb. New York City 11.50 Os-Samer, New York City... 10.00 Eid fein? Co. G Roo 13.30 Johnson Paper & Supply Div, Kalamazoo 620 28.83 Huyser Bros, Beaver Dam, Mich 3.30 Hemud & Co: G@ Ro 1 Dis Bros Co, G Ro 763 Ferris Coffee & Nut Co, G R______ A J Kasper Co, Kansas City______ SS Abranain.: Ge bo The Blodgett-Beckley Co, Moledo. © — 19.30 aus Bros, @ Rojo 5.20 The Coffee Ranch G& Rs 17.80 Blatz Brewing Co, G R___ ee 18.39 A. Cassatly & Co, New York. ‘City__ 102.27 Consumers Power Oo, GG Rew. 12.88 Michigan Bell Telephone Co, G R_ 3.00 GIR Gas Bieht Co, GH... 1.00 Muller Bakeries, Inc, G R__________ 160.00 W F McLaughlin & Co, Chicago__ 5.50 Mike A Skatl @ Ro. 1 y Dr © ET Gillette. GR In the Matter of Lionel Cox, Bankeae: No. 5017. final meeting of creditors wa's held April 24. 1933. Trustee and bank- ruvt present in person. ‘'Trustee’s final renort and account approved and allowed. 3ill of attorney for bankrut allowed, sub- ject to deductios for lack of funds. Claims proved and allowed. Order made for pay- ment of administration expenses as far as funds would permit; no dividend for creditors. No objection to bankrupt’s dis- charge, Meeting adjourned without date and files will be returned to U S District Court. In the Matter of John Austin Palmer. Bankrupt No. 5025, final meeting of cred- itors was held under date of April 3, 1933. Fred G. Timmer. trustee, was pvres- ent only. Trustee’s final report and ac- count approved and allowed. Balance hills. notes and accounts receivable sold to William J. Romkema. Grand Rapids, Mich. Order was made for the payment of expenses of administration, preferred claims and a first and final dividend to reneral creditors of 1.8%. No objection to discharge, Final meeting adjourned without date. In the Matter if Modern Beverage Co., a Michigan corporation, Bankrupt No. 5178, first meeting of creditors was held April 27, 1933. Bankrupt present by Isa- dore H, Slansky, Pres., and represented by Joseph S. Folz, Atty. Creditors rep- resented by Jackson. Fitzgerald & Dalm, Attys. Isadore H. Slansky sworn and examined before reporter. Claims proved and allowed: labor claims not allowed at this time. M. N. Kennedy, Kalamazoo, Michigan, trustee; bond $500. Meeting adjourned without date. In the Matter of Elmer Lewis Black, Individually and d/b/a Black’s Family Shoe Store, Bankrupt No. 5179, first meet- ing of creditors was held April 27, 1933. Bankrupt present and represented by Robert H. Burns, Atty No creditors present or represented. Claims filed only. Fred G. Timmer, Grand Rapids, Mich- igan, trustee; bond $500. Bankrupt sworn and examined before reporter. Meeting adjourned without date, ——s=-._— _ A good way to relieve the monotony of your job is to think up ways of improving it. WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue. Acid Acetic, No. 8, lb. 06 @ 10 Boric, Powd., or Xtal, lb. ---. 084%@ 20 Carbolic, XtalL,lb. 36 @ 43 Citrie, Ib. —-. = 35 @ 45 Muriatic, Com’l., The 220 oe one ce Nitric. Ib. -_.-— 09 Oxalic, Ib...__... 15 6 as Sulphuric, lb. -. 034%@ 10 ‘Tartaric, Ib. ___. 30 @ 40 Alcohol Denatured, No. 5, Gah =o 48 @ 60 Grain, Gal. -... 4 00@5 00 Wood, Gal. _... 60 @ 60 Alum.-Potash, Lump, Ib. .._... © @ 18 Powd. or Gra.,lb. 054@ 13 Ammonia Concentrated,lb. 06 @ 18 4256, 1b. oo 0544@ 13 om, Ib 2522 %@ 13 Carbonate, lb... 20 @ 25 Muriate, Lp., lb. 18 @ 30 Muriate, Gra., lb. 08 @ 138 Muriate, Po., lb. 20 @ 30 Arsenic Pound: 226002 07 @ 2 Balsams Copaiba, Ib. =... 50@1 20 Fir, Cana., lb. 2 00@2 40 Kir, Oreg.. ID. .— 50@1 00 Peru, lb. 223 1 70@2 20 Wolu;: Ib. 2.22 1 50@1 8v Barks Cassia, Ordinary, lb. 25 30 Ordin., Po., lb. 20 25 Saigon, Ib. —- 40 Saigon, Po., Ib. 50 60 Bim, Ib. 2. 40 50 Elm, Powd.. 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Buchu, Pd. lb. 60 Sage, bulk, lb. 25 30 Sage, loose pressed, 4s, lb. 40 Sage, ounces —_ Sage, P’d & Grd. Senna, Alexandria, Ib. 50 Tinnevella, lb. 20 30 Powd., Ib. .. 25 35 Uva Ursi, lb. .. 20 25 Uva Ursi, P’d, lb. 30 Lime Chloride, med., dz. E® SROEH CEH EOEO GEO oo ao Chloride, large, dz. 1 45 Lycopodium Pound 2 3. 38742@ 60 Magnesia Carb., %s, lb. @ 30 Carb., 1/16s, Ib. @ 22 Carb., P’wd., lb. 15 @ 25 Oxide, Hea., Ib. @ 75 Oxide, light, lb. @ 7 Menthol Pound = 1. o 12@5 60 ery Pound 2.0.2... 1 25@1 35 Morphine OQuncees _.. @10 80 So so @12 96 Mustard Bulk, Powd., select, Ib. _... 45 @ 50 No. 1, Ib. -... 26 @ 36 Naphthaline Balls. ip, 2. 06%@ 15 Flake, lb. -_.. 0%@ 15 Nutmeg POUnG 22 @ 40 Powdered, Ib. _. @ 50 Nux Vomica Pound a @ 25 Powdered, lb... 15 @ 25 Oil Essential Almond, Bit., true, ozs. @ 50 Bit., art., ozzs. @ 30 Sweet, true, lb. 110@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 4.) 1 00@1 40 Bay, Ib. -...__ 4 00@4 25 Bergamot, lb. -. 3 50@4 20 Cajeput, Ib. ____ 1 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., lb. .... 1 00@1 25 Citronella, Ib... 75 @1 20 @leves. Ib. .. 1 75@2 25 Croton, lbs... 4 00@4 60 Cubeb, lb. _... 4 25@4 80 Erigeron, Ib. -. 2 70@83 35 Eucalyptus, lb. _. 75@1 20 Wennel 2. 2 00@2 60 Hemlock, Pu.,lb. 1 155@2 20 Heml’k Com., lb. “ 00@1 25 Juniper Ber., lb. 3 00@3 20 Junip’r W’d, lb. 1 “500@1 15 Lav. Flow., lb. 3 50@4 00 Lav. Gard., lb.. 1 25@1 50 Lemon, lb. 2 25@2 30 Mustard, true, ozs. @1 50 Mustard, art., ozs. @ 35 Orange, Sw., lb. 3 00@3 25 Origanum, art, lb. 00@1 20 1 Pennyroyal, lb. 3 25@3 50 Peppermint, lb. 2 75@3 20 Hose, dr @2 50 Rose, Geran., ozs. 50@ 95 Rosemary Flowers, lb.-._ 1 00@1 50 Sandalwood, iH FE, Ib. --._ § 00@8 Go Ww. 1. lb. -.. 4 50@4 75 Sassafras, true, Ib. ___. 1 60@2 20 Syn. Ib. .. 70 @i %0 Spearmint. lb... 2 00@2 40 Tansy, Ib. .... 3 50@4 06 Thyme, Red, lb. ll 15@1 70 Thyme, Whi. ++ Ib. 1 25@1 80 Wintergreen Leaf, true, lb. 5 40@6 00 Birch, Ib. -_.. 2 75@$ 20 SVN 2 75@1 20 Wormseed, Ib. __ 3 50@4 00 Wormwood, Ib. 4 75@5 20 Oils Heavy Castor, gal. i 15@1 3 Cocoanut, Ib. __ 22144@ as Cod Liver, Nor- Wegian, gal. ._1 as 50 Cot. Seed Gals. 90@1 10 Lard, ex., gal. 1 55@1 65 Lard, No. 1, gal. 1 25@1 40 Linseed, raw. gal. 72@ 87 Linseed, boil., gal. b@ 90 Neatsfoot, extra. eal. 80@1 25 Olive, Malaga, gal._. 2 50@3 00 Pure, gal. _. 3 00@5 00 Sperm, gal. .___ 1 25@1 50 Tanner. gal. _. 75@ 930 Tar, fab 50@ 65 Whale, gal. ____ @2 00 Opium Gum, ozs., $1.40; oo 17 50@20 00 Powder, ozs., $1.40; lb. 17 50@20 00 Gran., ozs., $1.40; lb. 17 50@20 00 Paraffine So 064%@ 15 Papper Black, grd., ib. 25 @ 35 Red, erd., Ib ce 45 @ 55 White, ard... Ib... 46 @ 45 Pitch’ Burgundy Pound o Peund — 20 @ 36 Petrolatum Amber, Plain,lb. 12 @ 17 Amber, Carb.,Ib. 14 @ 19 Cream Whi., lb. 17 @ 22 Lily White, lb. 20 @ 2% Snow White, lb. 22 @ 27 Plaster Paris Dental Barrels (22 {2 @5 50 hess, lb 0234%@ 08 Potassa Caustic, st’ks,lb. 55 @ 88 Liquor, Ib. @ 40 Potassium Acetate, Ib. @ % Bicarbonate, lb. 30 @ 35 Bichromate, lb. 15 @ 25 ae lb. .. 51 @ 73 arbonate, lh. 30 Chlorate, =” Stal. ih 7 23 powd. ie eg 23 Gran, Ib. _. ii @ 2% ie I 2 70@2 93 ermanganate, Ib, 22 Prussiate, aon Red. Ih. 80 @ 90 Yellow, Ib. -. 50 @ 60 Quassia Chl Pound “ ea 25 = Powd., Ih 35 “. in Quinine 5 0Z cans, ozs.__ @ 48 a its Sal psom, o.. @ 0 Glaubers, ae 3 Lump, 3b. ..... 03 @ 10 Gran. Ib. 0O3%@ 10 Nitre, Xtal or Powd. 10 @ 16 Gran... Ib. = 69 @ 16 Rochelle, Ib. ___ 17 @ 30 Soda, lb. -_._._ 02%@ 08 Soda ASN 2 03 @ 10 Bicarbonate, Ib. 03%@ 10 Caustic, Co’l. Ib. 08 @ 15 Hyposuiphite, Ib. 05 @ 10 Phosphate, Ib. 23 @ 28 Sulphite, Atal. Ih 2. @ @ 12 Dry, Powd., Ib. 12%@ 20 Silicate, Sol. gal. 40 @ 50 Turpentine Gallons ... 56 @ 71 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 Hart Pork & Beans Red Kiidney Beans Clothes Lines = a DECLINED Hart Asparagus Rose Brooms Pure Preserves H P Beans AMMONIA BREAKFAST FOODS Pears Kelloga’s Brands Pride of Mich. No. 2% 2 25 Pareons, 32 oz. _.____ 335 Corn Flakes, No. 136 2 50 Parsons. 10 oz. 3 i. Corn Flakes, No. 124 ao Parsons. 6 oz ____ Fen, No. 224 : Little Bo Peep, med. 1 35 = No. Gap 2220 1 00 Black Raspberries Little Bo Peep, lge. os Krumbles, No. 412 ___ 1 = Ne 3 2 55 Quaker, 32 oz. _.. _ Bran Flakes, No. 624 1 Beak a a OS BE Sak Maken Na. GBh 1 FP Pride of Mich. No. 2__ 2 35 Rice Krispies, 6 oz. -. . : Rice Krispies, 1 oz. -- Red Raspberries All Bran, 16 oz... ESS Ny 8 2 APPLE BUTTER All Bran, 1) ot ____ ; = 1 a z ap All Gran, % or. __ M a MA eS ‘ Table Belle, 12-36 oz., arcellus, No. 2 -___ 2 35 — in Oe leg Pe Ee. 2 75 Whole Wheat Fla., 24 1 75 Whole Wheat Bis.. 24 2 35 Strawberries BAKING POWDERS ne Mo. 2 ae 3 00 . Post rands OZ, —--_ 1 20 “Hey ; vig _ —. = Grapenut Flakes, 24s 190 Marcellus, No. 2 ____ 1 80 Royal, 6 0z., doz. _--- 2 20 ana oy ae : . Rea 40 ce. oe 7 Grape-Nuts. 50 -—--- poe 2 ee teen Poet, Se 8S 5 CANNED FISH oyal, 2% lbs.. doz. __ Instant Postum, No. 10450 Clam Ch’der, 10% oz. 1 35 Royal, 5 Ibs., doz.---- 24 50 Bociaum Cereal. No. 0 225 Clam Chowder, No. 2. 2 75 Post Toasties, 36s -- 250 Clams, Steamed. No. 1 2 75 Post Toasties, 24s -. 250 Clams. Minced, No. % 2 40 Post Bran, PBF 24 -. 2 85 Finnan Haddie, 10 oz. 3 30 Post Rran PBF 36 -. 2 85 Clam Bouillon, 7 oz.__ 2 50 Sania G1 257 Chicken Haddie, No. 1 2 75 Fish Flakes, small __ 1 35 Cod Fish Cake. 10 oz. 1 55 Cove Oysters, 5 oz. __ 1 35 Amsterdam Brands Lobster, No. 4%, Star 2 00 Gold Bond Par., No.5% 768 Shrimp, 1, wet ______ 1 45 Prize, Parlor, No. 6-. 8 00 Sard’s, 4% Oil, Key __ 4 25 White Swan Par., No.6 8 60 Sardines, 4% Oil, k’less 3 35 Salmon, Red Alaska__ 1 90 Salmon, Med. Alaska 1 45 Salmon, Pink, Alaska 1 20 BROOMS . Sardines. Im. %, ea. 6@10 Quaker, 5 sewed ---. 6 25 Sardines, Cal.________ 95 Wareupuse — 2 {o Tuna, % Van Camps, Rete ar ee 2 50 O06, 1 75 Winner, 5 Sewed ---- 370 Tuna, %s, Van Camps, Whisk. No. 3... 2 25 Gog) 2 35 Tuna, 1s, Van Camps, Coe. 60 Tuna, %s, Chicken Sea. BRUSHES Non) 2 5 10 oz., 4 doz. in case 3 40 Scrub 15 oz., 4 doz. in case 5 20 — _ : se ---- : = 25 oz., 4 doz, in case 8 80 Soli ck. n. ---- 50 oe 2 doz. in case 700 Pointed Ends ------- 25 CANNED MEAT as 68 Aok in cones ee Bacon, Med. Beechnut 1 71 . “3 ac in ek Bacon, Lge. Beechnut 2 43 ’ ieee Beef, Lge. Beechnut 3 51 1 380 Beef, Med. Beechnut 2 07 Shaker --------------- 290 Beef. No. 1,-Corned __ 1 95 oo e w--------------- 2 60 geet, No. 1: Roast _. 1.95 BLEACHER CLEANSER ee steel. 2% aa OMA sli. 1 35 eef, oz. Qua., sli. 2 25 Clorox, 16 0z., 24s -- 3 25 Beefsteak & Onions, s. 2 70 Clorox. 22 oz, t25 __ 3 06 Shoe (Chili Con Car. is _.- 4 05 Lizzie, 16 oz., 128 ---_ 215 No, 4-0 -------------- : “ Deviled Ham. %s ____ 1 50 No. 2-0 ~------------- Deviled Ham, %s ____ 2 85 erg Beef, 4 oz. ____ 1 10 otted Meat, 4% Libby 45 ae ma es Rotted Mist ii tathy 16 Banana neg Meat, % Qua. 55 Am. Ball, 36-1 oz.,cart. 1 00 otted Ham, Gen. % 1 45 Boy Blue. 18s. per cs. 1 35 CANDLES Vienna Saus. No. % 1 00 Hlectric Light, 40 Ibs. 12.1 Yienma Sausage, Qua. | 80 ake we ie... 128 eal Loaf, Medium __ 2 25 Paraffine, 6s -------- 14% Paraffine, 12s —-------- 14% Wicking 40 BEANS and PEAS 100 Ib. bag Dry Lima Beans 100 lb. 6 25 White H’d P. Beans__ 3 50 Split Peas, Yell., 60 lb. 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. ___..... z 25 BOTTLE CAPS Dbl. Lacquor, 1 gross pkg., per grogs ____._ 13 Tudor, 6s, per box -. 30 CANNED FRUITS Hart Brand Appies No. 2 4 75 Blackberries Pride of Michigan ---_ 2 55 Cherries Mich. red, No. 10 ---- 5 00 Pride of Mich., No. 2 2 60 Marcellus Red --_--- 210 Speciat: Pie _.-. 1 35 Whole White ------.. 2 30 Gooseberries No. Baked Beans Campbells, 48s CANNED VEGETABLES Hart Brand Asparagus Natural, No. 2 ___-.. 3 00 Tips & Cuts, Ng. 2 _. 2 25 Tips & Cuts, 8’ oz. _- 1 3 Baked Beans 1 Ib. Sauce. 36s. cs.__.. 1 60 No, 2% Sige, oz... 95 oe; 10 Baume 3 80 Lima Beans Little Quaker, No. 10 8 25 Baby, No. 2 1 70 Pride of Mich. No. 2_. 1 60 Marcellus, No. 10 ____ 6 50 TRADESMAN Red Kidney sisaed Ne. 10) $0 NO. 2 85 DS ee 45 String Beans Little Dot, No. 2 --.. 2 %& Iittis Dot. No. 1... 1 30 Little Quaker, No. 1__ 1 60 Little Quaker, No. 2_. 2 00 Choice, Whole, No. 2__ 1 70 Cut Mo: 10 230 8 00 Cut No 2 1 60 Pride of Michigan —-. 1 35 Marcellus Cut, No. 10 5 50 Wax Beans Little Dot, No. 2 -.-. 2 26 Little Det, 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. 40) 9 00 Cat Ra, 2 1 50 Pride of Mich., No. 2 1 26 Marcellus Cut, No. 10 3 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 __._ § 00 Hart Cut. No. 2 2. 85 Marcel. Whole, No. 2% 1 35 Hart Diced, No. 2... 99 Carrots Diced, Noe 2 — 95 Dicen: Woe, 102 4 00 Corn s0lden Ban.,-No. 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. 32 .......- 1-46 Peas Little Dot, No. 2 22. 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 86 Marcel., EB. June. No. 2 1 35 Marcel.. E. Ju., No. 10 7 50 Pumpkin No 300 4 75 No. 236) 22 ee Sauerkraut NO: 30. 255. 4 00 NG. Oe 2 ee 1 35 NO 2 ee 1 05 Spinach NG. Die 2 25 NG. 2 1 80 Squash Boston... Ne, 3 1 35 Succotash Golden Bantum,. No. 2 2 10 art, No. 2.2 1 80 Pride of Michigan _. 1 65 Marcellus, No. 2 ---. 1 16 Tomatoes No; 40 ee ss 5 25 No. 2% . es a we No. 3 2 ae Pride of Mich., No. 2% 1 35 Pride of. Mich., No. 2__ 1 10 Tomato Juice Hart, No: 1) 75 CATSUP Brigern 8 OF ee 95 Snigers, 14° 07, 222s 1 55 Sniders, 8 oz.-_.._Poz. | 95 Sniiders, 14 9z.__.Doz. 1 55 Quaker, 8 o0z.-___ Doz. 99 Quaker, 14 0z.__- -Doz. 1 20 Ruby. 14 02... Doz 95 CHiLi SAUCE Sniders, & of. —.5 =. 1 65 Sniders, 14 07. —-.._. 2 25 OYSTER COCKTAIL Sniders, 11 oz. 2... —_ 200 CHEESE moaverort: 55 Wisconsin Daisy -___- 14% Wisconsin Twin 2... _ 13% New York June —_-_--- 24 Sap Sago 222250 40 TAC 15 Michigan Flats —_...... 14 Michigan Daisies --_.._ 14 Wisconsin Longhorn —. 15 Imported Leyden -_--__ 23 i ib. Limberger —....... 18 Imported Swiss ~_-_---- 50 Kraft Pimento Loaf -_ 21 Kraft American Loaf __ 19 Kraft Brick Loaf Kraft Swiss Loaf ___.-- 22 Kraft Old Eng. Loaf__ Kraft, Pimento. % Ib. 1 Kraft, American, % lb. 1 Kraft, Brick, % Ib. __ 1 Kraft, Limbur., % lb. 1 CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack ____ Adams Dentyne _______ Beeman’s Pepsin _______ 66 Beecnhut Peppermint __ 66 Douvleming 2 66 Peppermint, Wrigleys __ 66 Spearmint, Wrigleys ___ 66 Jaicy Fruit 9 66 Wrigiey's P-K 66 Teaperry 22) 66 CHOCOLATE Baker, Prem., 6 lb. % 2 88 3aker, Pre., 6 lb. 3 oz. 2 22 CLOTHES LINE Riverside, 50 ft._-____ 1 40 Cupples Cord ________ 1 85 COFFEE ROASTED Lee & Cady 1 Ib. Package Arrow Brand | 25 Boston Breakfast ____ 23 Breakiast Cup 21 Competition 15% dmaperial 0 35 So See es 19 MAIeSHG 2s 29 Morton House ________ 33 PORBO Wo 26 HAMOCE 29 Competition 15% Coffee Extracts My. oer 100 2: Frank’s 50 pkgs. -- 4 25 Hummel’s 50, fF lb. 10% CONDENSED MILK Eagle, 2 oz., per case 4 60 EVAPORATED MILK Paes, Tal oe 7 Pape. Baby. A es Quaker. Tall, 101% oz. 2 65 Quaker, Babys, 1 doz 35 dz. Quaker, Gallon, 14 Carnation. Tai!, 4 doz. Carnation, Baby, 4 dz. Oatman’s Dudee, Tall Oatman’s D'dee, Baby POC, PAN ee ie ae Pet. Baby, 4 dozen__ Borden’s Tall. 4, doz._ Borden’s Baby, 4 doz. Re rH Ice ppe per 2 oo May 3, 1933 CIGARS Hemt. Champions _. 38 50 Webster Cadillac __._ 75 00 Webster Golden Wed. 75 00 Websterettes ________ 38 50 RIRCOR oc 38 50 Garcia Grand Babies 38 50 Bradstreets —. -_.__. 38 50 La Palena Sen.rtors. 75 00 OGtS 38 50 R G Dun Boquet __ 75 00 Perfect Garcia Subl. 95 00 Buawiser 2202 19 50 Tango Pantellas ____ 13 00 SVG oe 19 60 Hampton Arms Jun’r 37 50 Trojan oi. 35 00 Rancho Corono -.____ 35 06 menway 22 20 00 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Pure Sugar Sticks-600c 3 90 Big Stick, 28 lb. case 16 Horehound Stick, 120s 75 Mixed Candy Kindergarten ________ 14 eager 6 ee 0946 French Creams ______ 11% Faris Creams 12 supiter 6 09 Nancy Mixture 2 = 14 Fancy Chocolate : 5 Ib. boxes Bittersweets, Ass’ted 1 25 Nibble Sticks _____ a 36 Chocolate Nut Rolls — 1 50 hady Vernon 5 Golden Klondikes ____ 1 05 Gum Drops Cases Jelly Pirin es 14 Tip Top Jéiies 09%, Orange Slices 2... 09% 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 Pails Lemon Drops 2. 12 F. Horehound drops 12 Anise Squares _______ 2 3 Peanut Squares _______ 13 Cough Drops Bxs. emith Bros; 1 45 LUNG er ig 6 8 a 1 45 Vick’s, 40/10c _____ — 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 Economic grade 20 00 1000 Economic grade 37 50 Where 1,000 books are ordered at a time, special- ly printed front cover is furnished without charge CREAM OF TARTAR 6 tbl boxes 2.02. 4p 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% FANCY a ee 13 Ilex. Fancy Moorpack 15% c 10 1b Boe 24 May 3, 1933 MICH ee Currants IGAN TRADESMA mcmaees, ti OZ, ._. 2. 11% Margarine ° N oe POTA Babbitt’s, 2 = 2 75 HERRING = Dat Misco ee aicering Am. F an TF 5 Dates Wil ees eg . Kamily. 100 EA ee). Fe, eitted. 1 36 oS oe Mixed, half bbls. -___- one 100 3 50 perial, 12s, Regular 115° Ut = FRESH MEATS Mixed. bbls. ----------- a a ie = 300 Shc ha ners, ems 2 els’ Naptha, 100 box : Ja Special Roll --__________ be Milkers, Boe as fo 7 Flake White ws ee 5 00 Medium _— : Milkers, bbls. 27 Grdma White N or oe Cieke att Peaches rrr Jap Rose, 100 eae Os 3 50 Raney 92 19 a 28 Panes en - -- MATCHE Gant & Heif, ___ Fairy, 100 box me 7s Ne. 1 Mitte. a a es ete = Sl 3 Se 10% Diamond, No. 5 ef Med ae G& Heit, -: 09 Lake Herrin Paim Olive, 144 boxe. 7 60 ' Searchli . 5, 144 6 15 . Steers & Heif. —- 1% Bbl., 1 9 fava, 50 box So oe chlight, 144 box 6 Com. St 08 . 100 Ibs fs eis 2 25 Pesioneary x 615 Steers © Heit 2207 = Mackerel a ici a ehate Gunpowder Diamond No es aaee 5 20 Tubs, 60 Count, f weetheart. 100 box ue 5 70 kite ae con ----- Sener 29 l Peel , oO ee 4 90 Pails, 10 lb . fy. fat 6 00 Grandpa Tar. 50 0 Bancy ___ ae sisson American _____ 24 : . Fancy fat 150 Grandpa ‘Tar 56 a S400 40 Orange, American _____ 24 Top Veal Eri Sean 56 a : fe Lop ----------------- iliams Bar ae ‘ ‘ Ceyl Safety M Good ___ - 08 7 ; arber Bar, 9s 50 Pek mon Red Top, 5 oe ee oe Te | White Fish eee oS COS. GE 41 eu Signal Light, 5 gro. cs See eer 06%, Med. Fancy, 100 Ib x Toilet, 50 ---__- 3 15 Seeded ee F ae ee Milkers, bbis _ ae Enali ee ae 64, K K K'K Norway __ 18 50 Conen eantaae Thompson's s’dless bit. au kanal ee SPICES Congou, medium - E ape s’dless blk._-__- 6 : MULLER’S Spring Lamb Gut Bunch 140 anspi Whole Spices Coie Choice ae a Soe Sim Macaroni PRODUCTS Good b -------~-- 42 =Boned. 16 Ib. boxes 150 Ge” Jamaica ____ @24 gou, Fancy - aa daker Secded. iG oz. 6% Spaghetti SS oo oe 13 eae ba a @26 ~s SAG48 Elbow Maca a 2G eee e Coa ane. ee a Ool a. ll oe ae a ae : . 4 : . -- 4 ised No £2 ae an al aie ‘ smargalernia Prunes Bre Alphabets, 6'on.-- 2 ini, Paster dos n't go Muti No. 1 @a0 ancy 43 20990 25 lb. hoxes__@ : oo c utton . Z Combination. dz. Nutmegs, 70@90_ as 50 o . . Le : i ao c _ dz. 1 30 ; (Case @50 : 70@80. 25 Ib oe @05% oe ~------------- 044% Dri-Foot, doz. Nutmegs, 105-110 60@70. 25 Ib. a Aedium ee 03 Bixbys, doz... 200 Pepper, Black —. @48 T r ; . es__ I -- 5 Ope : ek : , TWINE aac 25 Ib. one Oe NUTS—Whole 2 eee an 02 Shinola, doz. __--_..___ : a ap ete 3 ply cone _ 25 pS 25 Ib, boxes__@07% Almonds, Peerless 15% eo 27 piesa 25 lb. boxes__@08% Brazil, large ..-.-____ 12% Pure G : a 30@30, 25 lb. hoxes__@1 Fancy Mixed - as P Aalani round in Bulk 18@24, 25 p12 iiborte Mavis 11% Loi ork Ailspice, Jawaicé VINE , lb. boxes__@14¥% Filberts, Naples -- On. med. : STOVE PO Clov onesies ea 2... @IG FOB é GAR b a Vir Poe ak Butts 00 oe ” Biackre per _— eae oo Ae @xt Cider ‘a a Rapids eanuts, Jum eda 08 lack Si Poi fe anton ------ @21 White _ Grain ___ Pecans, 3, any To TAC Spareriba 1a 06 Black = a dz. 1 30 a Gorkin oo Wwrie Wine, “aa” 16 Homin Pecans Jumbo 2.0” 25 Neck eae 05 Ename oo ie Se @1s ine, 80 -- Zu P y . Jumbo : bones line Paste, d Mace Pp @13 Grain 2 earl, 100 Ib. sacks -_ 3 50 — Mammoth a Trimmings __________ c eo oe Liquid Pg ; P abel Ak -------- @65 ’ i ‘ - if . . ye Ace @19 Hickory i ---- 13@21 hia an doz. 1 30 7 ae @23 No. 9 one hl 07 wane Gan cen das : 30 Be Whie as. Neo. e pei eden ee 30 ulk Goods PROV 54 Sto } a 136 «~Eooner. Cayenne — ae ee Oss _____ oe Elbow Macaroni, 20 lb. 4% sarreies Park ee OT an an Na 2 oe i 50 Egg Noodle. 10 Ibs 5 Clear Back - a Stovoil, per doz. doz. 1 30 ‘ Pollan pe 2: ee Salted Peanuts Shere & --- 16 WwW@18 00 er doz. 2 3 00 R ess Rolls, per d 3u Fancy, — : Cut Clear _.__ 12 60 oconer. No. 2 pe gu 24 1 lb. Cellop’e case 1 80 a Seasoning hoo No. a aa * a Pearl Barl Dry S$ Chili Powder, 1% oz 5 Oe ae . “ ey : y Salt M Cc nee ee : 65 —— 4 cond agora 00 D § Bellies 18-29 13710 me we Say a Te 30 an Grits -29@ 13-10-77 ~ O. EB. : Sage. 2 oz. ee Chester seas ear 5 00 Shelled 2 Colonial, i Rapids Onion Salt See 80 WOODENWARE Se S60 Abaseas p a Coloukd, 161% ene |. : = Buahal Baskets Peaeua Goenka 9 Pure in tierces Colonial, lodized. 24-2 ; = Ponelty. 3% a 3 oe worn Wide Band, 125 lb. bags —..___. bi GU i. tabs advance 6% Mea No. 1 Bbis. _ 2 90 Kitelicn Bougdet -__. 4 9; Market is ae 2 0¢ - _ Sage Wihers 3 50 lb. tubs - oo. S Para No. 1, 100 lb. bk. 1 0 Laurel Leaves ------ 99 Market, rop handle. Bast India -_.. io Pecans Salted 2 Wel vane oan % ea ae eh ia et 1 oz : M. » Single handl ; ---- 10 Walnut California ____ 45 10 Ib. pail ances & Eons Meat, 50 ih. 1-66. Savdey, 1 os. -_-_- = Guuac’ extra ~ ‘a mia = 45 5 1b. ts ----advance % Cream Rock f Ib. 65 Thyme, 1 oz : ---7---- 65 a im hws 1 60 cn pails ----advance 1 eran 160 og ice Tumerci 1% ae go ‘Splint. medium ______ 8 50 eaalace Comnenea oo 1 eu Salt aa sack 85 . On 2.8 gq Seng aes : a6 earl, 100 Ib. sacks ; me Gonna ierces 2. 7% lock, 50 Ib . . 4 00 i Minute, 8 0z., 3 doz. : MINCE MEAT und, tubs —____ vit Baker Salt, 280 Ib. bbl. 40 : .. 3 doz. 405 None Such, 4 : ~ 2 alt, 280 Ib. b Dromedary Instant -- 3 50 ae 3 peep a 2 ‘ x ps per bale been q x oe Barrel, 5 aan ae , a SiR 2 ° \ « Ca o Ho, Kegs, wet, lb. 16% 28 Ib. fi ne ~~~" 109 ©Kingsford, 24 ib. are 10 gai. -_ -- 2 40 Sausa ; Table hee 7 @ 30 to 6 ch__ 2 55 Bol ges “40 Powd.. bags gal., per Jiffy Punch ai ae ant a eed 10 io ee Jc eS ot 3 doz. Carton Cones Uecce ie 2 DA OLIVE Frankfort Se ee er ee 13 Cream, 24-1 bs sa aac ‘s Assorted flavors. 1 oz. Jar, aolntiig a pen eee fhm 9 10 at. Gin 16 oz. Jar, PI : z. 1 06 Tongue, Jellied _..____ 15 IZ at. G anized —.. 4 Ge . Plain, doz. 195 He: » Jellied _.-- 21 Galvanized ‘ oe Jars, Plain, doz. 3 26 eadehesse iS Gless p at. Galvanzed 2 85 FLOUR _ Seem. eae 2 & 56 = . Aveo Ue 1 ik hes oP ~ Flaring Gal ic 3 10 Vv. C. Milling Co. Brands Sas ar, Stuff., doz. 1 15 a er Argo, 12. 3 Ib . 1 62 at. Tin Dairy - 5 00 a _— — Jar. Stuffed, doz. 225 Han Smoked Meats ORTONS Argo. 8, 5 Ib —— 7... CT 4 00 So ce 10 10 ox. Jar, Stuff. doz. 2 65 a : (pues Sliver Gloss, 48. 1s -- 11% Yes So ‘Jugs. Stuff. dz. 2 40 oe Cat. >kinned :(lopizeD| Ete. 32 ckgs. oa es Mouse, W ia Se : 3 ee 21% = iger, 48-1 Tee » Wood, 4h : ae 40 Ham. dried . @12% = iger, 48-1 —_--_____ Mous : oles. 60 ts beet S Tiger, 50 lb = e. wood, 6 h Knuckles sa 3§ : S. -------- 275 Mouse, tin, 5 oles, 1 PARIS GREEN California Hams __ oe Oy, LT Rat, wood ie. « Lee & Cady Brands ie Picnic Boiled oe o Rat. spring ———____-— £ et Home Baker __- fg oe ao 34 Boiled Hams 6 SYRUP Mouse, spring ________ 1 00 Cream Wheat __-_-- aaa ce = Minced Hane a — 20 ae Bacon 4/6 Cert. nee @ 14 Blue Karo, No. 1% 2 36 : Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz 2 Ea Tubs Red Karo, No. 10 -. 2 0 Meeks ete ~--- 8 75 PICKLE uae ed Karo, No. 1% —- S | Galvanized __ 7 75 emer CANS Medium . Boneless, rump .._.@19 00 Free Run’g. 3 Red Karo. No. 5 aa 2 57 Small Galvanized _~- 6 3 - oo Mason — 5 gallon, 400 count 4 75 Five poly as e 26 oz. 249 Red Karo, No. aga = - 6 0d Halt . Grand Rapids i a : ldainea 50 s ------- 2 30 oe “ mint oe 1 Liver ee | 26 oz. __ 2 40 ashboard One pint ee ; 340 Beer 2 Five case lots J 2a aa Globe __ z oe Guart 2.0 & 65 Calf 2 a ae Imit. Maple Fl Gia ae ; = alf gallon --------- 11 55 Sweet Small Rock vu Orange, No. 1%, 2 avor Hoc sinpla 25 © 5 Gallon, 500 __ A va Orange, No e's - a 93 saeeie Pts ang oe : * ------- 2 ff ANOS Os oz. 413 wJnele Pee Sai ae s BORAK Mat * Northern 7 — 7 50 Sane bh RICE 24 be me Team anc oe Universal 2 = : 5¢ es ee as am ae ee fae ee ik pare fae on oa ee se gig ay = RES: Gal., 40 oe oe 485 96. % Ib. packages Ha i a ee Wood B Rpt ce eet eo ° ; ‘a n, . Hes eo Presto White Lip. 2? - i Gee cues eu 1 6 13 in, Butter ~— e Lip, ? ckled_. 2 00 RU G : iin Bu. 5 gro. carton ae 32 oz. Glass Throw Pp SKS w rape Juice 2 in. Butter a 00 ee “6 =i ,. bls Biscuit Co wae = quart case 4 40 i in. Batter a “ : , per €ase 2. 5 » 12 pint case... 2 25 in. Butter =. & UU ye be per case ; Pe been ee oe Welch. 36-4 oz. case__ : : SS =e Jel GELATINE Dill Pi cee oe er a ae Eon Ant Cake. Ite io eo S$) dog. 2 255 5 Gal ta Bulk , per case. 145 Brillo ae aS = co WRAP Divmouth ORauiic Tere ‘. 1 Gal Me 1i 3 See 10 doz. 3 60 OMazola xe Manila, white t irk 2 a 24m 6 Gal ne 5 a ma, 100, 5c... 3 §0 Fimts. 2 do _ No. 1 Fibre - e.. 05 OZ. ------ 40 “23000 | SALERATUS Grandma, 24 Large -- 360 (ef z. —-------- 4.60 Butchers D # os and Hammer 24s 150 Gold Dust 42 op eae : be oi Gallons, 1 doz.__ 5 - ae For ea aaah Sa Golde 12 taree.. 1 Cahous, exch _- os Stripe — party AP PRESERVES PIPES La SS =e = 95 5 Gallon cans, each __ 3 = ---- WI 2 Galtation. 30° Ib. pails i 60 Dob, 3 doz. in bx. 1 00@1 20 Gime” SODA cae oe ae ‘0 > m € are 6 oz., Asst.. doy. 9" Granulated. . _ cs. 135 Rinso, 24s Sot . > TABLE SAUCES Magi ee) SASS ure Pres., 16 0z., dz 1 40 a * \b. ne a 480 Lee & Perrin, la Seine 3 doz. -------- 70 ee ee 110 Spotless Cleanser, 48. i > ae ee coe io 2 30 PLAYI ao | : : epper —------------ ae - Yeas - Os. .... | 5 ae ace Bene 6 a Sani Flush, 1 doz. —- : 85 Royal Mint --_----- x 2 o Yeast ron 3 doz. __ 2 70 % Pint Tall SSES Bieycle on ak oz. 2 65 COD FISH Sapolio, 3 doz an @ ob Tobasco, small . . 1% doz. 1 35 all, per doz. 38 Torpedo, per oe : a postions. i i boxes 18 epeeses ‘én. 2 be ; Ris 9 on, doa 2 a ' Tea ld K » PI Sunbrite. 50s ____---__ a1 Gee -_._- 2% ent, 1 Ib, Pure 25 eende 508 oan ae 219 A-l an a 4 75 YEAST—CO : De Olan, 460 1G Canes oe 2985 Fliei MPRESSED aper. 2 os, _._... 3 30 eischmann, per doz. 30 a 8 Red Star. per doz. _... 2u MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 38, 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. Inflation Improves Values of Stocks on Shelves What should the merchant and man- ufacturer know about the behavior of inflation and its effect upon his busi- ness? Our Washington letter this week gives clearly the major effects on the merchant as a debtor; the manuacturer as a creditor and the general effect of inflation upon the individual himself. These influences will come in time. For the moment, nothing happens in internal trade. It isn’t possible for you to take the goods on the shelf and mark them up to compensate for the falling off of exchange, The dollar in international trade may be only worth 84c but in domestic trade it is still a big, round dollar—just as hard to get and equally as hard to hold onto. But in the long run, a significant change will come. Inflation’s great in- ternal influence will show itself in the new appreciation that people will get for goods and commodities. In a way, goods will be more valuable than money when prices start to rise. Going off the gold standard has stopped, for the defla- tion. In all probability, basic commod- ities and raw stocks will go no lower. When we buy crude rubber, of which we do not raise a single pound in America, we will pay a higher price in the international market. That rub- ber, when translated into tennis shoes and tires and rubber goods, will cost more and everyone will have to pay more. time being, The same is true of hides and skins that we buy abroad. The price struc- ture, therefore, can go no lower. It will, in time, go higher, when the shoe manufacturer has to pay more for his materials, he has got to ask more for his finished goods. So you can take it, as fact, that the goods on your shelves are worth more—even though you can’t get more for them at the moment. New goors will cost more money be- cause the pressure of commodity prices forces them up. You should, there- fore, take more pride in the goods that you have and see to it that you get cash, or its equivalent. From this point on, you cannot afford to have sales and clearances without profit. Good goods are worth more to the public. Inflation corrects automatically much of the abuses at retail. Let’s hope it eliminates the cancelation shop, as such, that lived on the basis of grief and anarchy in production. Every pair of shoes, in every store in America now has a firm value. It is folly for any merchant to consider throwing away that value when right in front of him is the positive condition of paying more money for new goods. But per- ishable, seasonable goods die just as easily under inflation as before. The merchants in England went through this process of inflation when the Brit- ish pound went off the gold basis and the wise merchants held onto their goods and asked a straight, regular price to cover immediate needs. Merchants previously had doubts as to the value of gods, with new and cheaper goods coming in, As a result sacrifices are made in clearance and sales. That is finished! The market stiffens. The shoe merchant is lucky who has a clean stock and creditors who are patient and lucky in the fact that one of the first items to show improvement in inflation considerate. He is also period is the small commodity item. it takes 2 goods, construction, buildings and real estate, factories and furnaces, get the long time before capital benefit of new market conditions. Sut, in another sense, the shoe in- dustry will not get the major improve- Volume of business cannot be footwear. We have been consuming, as a nation, ap- mient. greatly increased in 1 proximately 300,000,000 pairs of shoes per year. That has been steady, de- pression or no. In numbers of pairs we will see no great improvement. But other industries —for example the steel industry—which has been working only at 16 per cent of normal capacity, will find that an increased world-wide demand may push the total production up to 25 per cent., 30 per cent or more, That improvement in volume will permit the steel mills to profit even if they hold their present prices. Improvement in their condi- tion will be in volume. In fact, steel men say that they may bring about prosperity with even a decrease in price of rails, pipe and tonnage. The reason for that is the international situation improves their ability to compete in world markets because of the lower exchange of the dollar. The shoe business, however, is now an internal business. So much so, the exports of shoes from this country last month were less than the sales of shoes in one department store in New York City. It is competition within the shoe trade—factory with factory and store with store, that has brought us to a “no profit” level. The industry might have made money all through these years if it had but realized that it had a limited market for only 300,- 000,000 pairs of shoes. If it had toler- ated a profit all along the line, the public would have paid the ultimate price.—Boot and Shoe Recorder. ——_—_+-2 + Drier Shoe Toes With a still different material, an- other little revolution is quietly under way. One of the most important man- ufacturers of shoes asked one of the most important manufacturers of new materials whether any material was available which might be more suitable for box toes than materials previously used. Here, again, treating a conven- tional woven fabric with a new syn- thetic material proved to be the solu- tion. The new material is vinyl resin, a product largely derived from natural gas. Box toes made this new way resist perspiration, and are said to make a more comfortable shoe as well as one which lasts longer. —_—_ 2 <«____ Discretionary inflationary power in Roosevelt's hands is preferable to mandatory legislation. A Business Man’s Philosophy It has been said that if women had not learned to drive automobiles men would still be riding around in open cars of the 1910 era. A man is satis- fied with any old thing that works. He would live in a shack. No married man plans a home for himself. From woman comes the insatiable desire to improve, and women furnish the mar- ket for improvements. An engineer writes that he built a small power plant years ago, the en- gine-room of which was_ beautifully tiled. The spick-and-span effect was ruined when the consulting engineer commanded him to run the conduit from the generators to the board almost two feet from the wall. When the chairman of the building committee saw the unsightly conduit, he immediately ordered it removed. switch- Referring to the consultant, he ex- claimed: “He's a bachelor. No married man would have instructed you to run a conduit like that!” +--+ Progressive Mark-down Sale A three-day clearaway sale, in which daily reductions were made is reported to have been successful for a store in Missouri. On the first day everything included in the sale was reduced 30 per cent. On the second day what was left was reduced another 10 per cent., and on the third day the merchandise still remaining was reduced another 10 per cent. In announcing the sale this retailer said: “If you have the true bargain hunting spirit, you probably will wait until Wednesday (the third day of the sale), when everything will be at half price. But, in the meantime, alert shop- pers may come along and buy the arti- cles you particularly desire at 30 or 40 per cent. off. Can you afford to take a chance? Or will you make sure of what you want by coming in the first or second day?” All sales were out- right; nothing was sold on approval and no exchanges were permitted. —_—_—__—~+»>-~>->__-—---- Priceless Sale A store in the Middle West reports that the most successful sale it ever held was conducted without advertis- ing the price of a single item, Every article in stock was substantially re- duced but not according to a set per- centage. The sale was announced in a large double-page advertisement in the leading daily newspaper. This, like the follow-up advertisements, quoted no whatever. The store simply pledged its reputation on the unusual nature of the sale and the real values offered. The response is said to have been immediate and well sustained, It had the advantage also of keeping com- petitors in the dark as to what was being featured. > Eight Essentials prices 1. Do more than exist, live. 2. Do more than touch, feel. 3. Do more than look, observe. 4. Do more than read. absorb. 5. Do more than hear, listen. 6. Do more than listen, understand. 7. Do more than think, ponder, 8..Do more than talk, say thing.—John H. Rhoades. —___--> Hoarding has lost its appeal. SO Di ¢- INTELLIGENT INSURANCE SERVICE and REAL INSURANCE SAVING Originally For Shoe Retailers now For Merchants in All Lines The same saving and the same service to all We confine our operations to Michigan We select our risks carefully All profits belong to the policyholder MICHIGAN SHOE DEALERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. Mutual Building LANSING, MICHIGAN Phone 20741 serena ssinensmn urna itci iccacitian scatter em May 3, 19383 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 OUT AROUND. (Continued from page 9) Hutchins enjoys as the foremost drug- gist of America. I am certainly very much gratified that I have been able to help so many of my grocery and meat friends secure the $6 to $24 refund due them in oleo matter. Unfortunately, too many of my readers did not happen to notice the original articles I printed in the Trades- man on the subject of the refund. It is paid as the result of a decision of the United States Supreme Court that the oleo tax law does not apply to oleo made from vegetable oil. The refund is $400 per year for a manufacturer, $200 a year for a jobber and $6 a year for a retailer. If any animal oleo was sold in the meantime the refund does not apply. In making claim for rebate, the dealer must use a_ blank furnished by the Internal Revenue de- partment (the Tradesman has a sup- ply on hand) and the person who fills it out must be sure and state that no animal oleo was purchased or sold. The name of the seller must also be given. The stamps sold by the Govern- ment should also be enclosed, but this is not imperative, because the revenue offices have this information on file. Any clerk in any revenue office will cheerfully furnish any information re- quested by the applicant for refund. In filling out the blank the proper en- tries will be apparent except under two headings, No. 3 and No, 8. Under the Item No. 3 (character of assessment or tax) write “Special tax- es retail dealer. colored or uncolored oleomargerine.” Under Item 8, where it says “The deponent verily believes that this claim should be allowed for the following reasons” fill in as follows: “Claimant paid the special taxes sought to be recovered by the Act of August 2, 1886, as amended. The tax was paid in order to sell a product which product was a mixture com- posed entirely of vegetable oils, salt and skimmed milk. The product was not such a mixture or compound as were, prior to July 10, 1931, included in the definition of oleomargerine as interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States in the recent case of Miller vs. Standard Nut Margarine Company of Florida (decided Feb. 15, 1932) and its sale was not subject to the special taxes required by the oleo- margarine law to be paid on the sale of oleomargarine.” I reproduce the above paragraph from our issue of March 1 in the hope that any grocer or meat dealer who is entitled to the Government rebate and has not yet sent in his application will preserve the paper, so I will not have to furnish a duplicate for his guidance in filling out the blank. ‘Col. Frank Knox, of the Chicago Daily News, recently expressed in a short story the feeling of approbation of Roosevelt’s recent activities coupled with a mild doubt as to their outcome. The Negro church at Sandy Springs, Va., he said, had a new and highly energetic pastor who won instant pop- ularity with the congregation. Some- one enquired as to the qualities which had inspired this approval an the part of the faithful. “Why, dat new parson, he am a won- der!” answered one. ‘““Yo‘ should hear him pray. Why, he asks de Lawd fo’ all sorts of things dat our old preacher never knew de Lawd had to give away.” Referring again to the Thompson banking liquidation plan, briefly men- tioned on page 9, it would seem that state legislation would be required to make it possible to use this plan. Inasmuch as banking legislation has already passed the present session this general question will not come up for further consideration, which means that there would be no opportunity to consider any plan that requires legis- lation until another session. By that time—of course—things may be en- tirely different and a plan that would seem workable now might not apply then. The intent of the 1933 bank legisla- tion, as adopted, is to provide for the operation, the liquidation or the re-or- ganization of a state bank by the Com- missioner of the State Banking De- partment as conservator, the course to depend upon the individual bank in question. If it is deemed advisable to re-or- ganize a bank, the law provides that the Commissioner may make changes in the capital stock and, if advisable, distribute stock among the depositors. This probably would be preferred stock. He also has the right to issue certificates of indebtedness in varying denominations, both the certificates and the preferred stock may bear interest and be redeemable upon terms and conditions that the Commissioner may prescribe, depending, of course, upon the condition of the bank in question. There is no fixed rule regarding the amount of certificates issued or the relationship of this amount to the pre- ferred stock. The certificates would correspond to the certificates proposed under the Thompson plan. I realize, of course, that the Thompson plan contemplates a great many features, including that of accepting certificates at a discount, which are not embodied in the Michigan act. I am simply men- tioning this feature, in which there is some similarity. The only possibility I can see for the use of the Thompson proposal un- der the banking law as it stands to-day would be that this certificate feature as we have it might be elaborated on somewhat, if, in the judgment of the Commissioner, such a course were ad- visable. E, A. Stowe. or Delay Grocery Price Advances A plan for permitting wholesale grocers and other buyers to protect themselves against price increases by placing orders now for later delivery has been put into effect by a number of leading grocery manufacturing com- panies. The producers notified buyers that price advances would go into ef- fect the first week in May, but offered to handle orders up to that time at the quotations in effect last week. So far few of the manufacturers have an- nounced higher quotations, but the ma- jority are filling only the immediate requirements of customers. DETROIT DOINGS Late Business News From Michigan’s Metropolis With the opening of navigation, the Seaboard Great Lakes Corporation re- ported the arrival of the first sugar cargo to be brought in Detroit and shipped from Edgewater, New Jersey. Another ship carries a similar cargo from the Pacific Coast, and both have been unloaded at the Detroit Harbor Terminals Dock, foot of Clark street. Operation of the Detroi & Cleveland Navigation Company to Cleveland has commenced, and the service to Buffalo will be resumed about May Ist. The Great Lakes Transit Corporation will start operation to all ports about May Ist, and the Minnesota-Atlantic Tran- sit Corporation to all ports about April 30th. The Nicholson Universal Steam- ship Company is now operating to all ports. The Association of Regulated Lake Lines was recently organized by four of the well-known lake carriers for the primary purpose of attaining uniform- ity in the rates, rules and regulations applying on lake traffic, and for the purpose of promoting commerce by water between the ports on the Great Lakes. With the advent of navigation, the functions of this organization are expected to be felt by the users of water transportation, Direct trans-lake between Detroit and Cleveland will be resumed shortly by Transamerican Airlines, Inc. Service this year will be started with new ten-passenger multi-motored air- planes which have been purchased by the company especially for this line. These airplanes, in keeping with the best modern practice, will replace the single engine planes used last year. The new planes are the most modern that could be obtained, with large roomy cabins, easy adjustabie seats, and are unusually silent in operation. They are the amphibian type, equipped with two-way radio and other modern scientific devices.—Detroiter. airline service Jacob and Ben Barish owners of Barish Shoes, Inc., have sold _ their west side business at 4721 Michigan avenue to Milton Marcus, a newcomer to the shoe ‘field. Store is being man- aged by Louis Becker. Barish has moved to California. Gardner & Schumacher, Inc., whole- sale furniture dealers and factory rep- resentatives, have moved from their location at 439 Congress st., E., to the Globe building, 407 Fort street. E., where they are occupying the entire second floor with general household furniture displays. The company was organized about eighteen months ago and in spite of the unusual decline in conditions during that period, the bus- iness expanded steadily necessitating the move to larger quarters. Robert Merschel. divisional merchan- dise manager for the J. L. Hudson Co., died at his home in this city last week. The body was sent to Newport, Ken- tucky for burial. Michigan farmers are invited to bar- ter their products for clothing and other supplies by a Detroit department store. Advertisements in seventy-eight newspapers through the state have led to such swaps as a 500 pound pig for three boys’ suits, three pairs of shoes and a dress; fifty crates of eggs for a variety of women’s wearing apparel, etc. The produce received is at once placed in the store’s grocery depart ment for sale along with its regular stock, A San Francisco hotel similarly advertises that farmers and ranchers may exchange food products for hotel accommodations. M. Van Alstine, manager of Hanan and Son shoe shop on West Adams Street, believes he has met the nerviest customer—or rather non-customer—in a long season. The man left a parcel with the store for safekeeping, with- out even making a purchase there. He called Van Alstine at dinner that night, insisted he come down to open the store for him at once, to get his parcel out—and bawled Van out for finishing his dinner first before coming back. Van wonders now whether the pack- age was a pair of shoes he bought from another store! Samuel Diamond is now representa- tive of the Harsh and Chapline Shoe Co. of Milwaukee in the eastern terri- tory of Michigan. He has opened offices at 9120 Twelfth street. Diamond succeeds Nathan Watterston, formerly of the La Salle boot shop, as Harsh and Chapline man here. He was for- merly local representative for the Deg- ner Shoe Co. The American Bar Equipment Co., 5235 Grand River avenue, a division of the American Show Case Co., an- nounced Monday 300 new men have been hired in Detroit, Adrian and Mus- kegon, and are working day and night shifts on the production of bar equip- ment. —_2~-+___ Show New Rubber Flowers To carry the vogue for floral trim- bings and boutonnieres into sports- wear and beach apparel a manufacturer has placed rubber flowers on the mar- ket. They are made of sponge rubber and are shown in a wide variety of high shades and color combination. The flowers are intended for wear on sports sweaters, beach pajamas and, being impervious to water, on bathing suites. The merchandise is priced to retail from 50 cents to $1. Phone 61366 John L. Lynch Sales Co. SPECIAL SALE EXPERTS Expert Advertising Expert Merchandising 209-210-211 Murray Bldg. Grand Rapids, Michigan Business Wants Department 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. ESTATE SALE—Of two operating drug stores. Good locations in Grand Rapids. Reasonable rental. Robert Heaney. Ad- ministrator, Grand Rapids Savings Bank Bldg.. Grand Rapids, Mich. 569 FOR SALE —Iron and woodworking business, established forty years. Excel- lent opportunitiy for mechanic—Ill health reason for selling. F. S. Clegg, St. Louis, Mich. 572 24 IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY Questionable Schemes Which Are Under Suspicion After a formal complaint has been tried, the Federal Trade Commission considers all the facts in the case and decides whether to order the repsond- ent to cease and desist from the prac- tices charged or dismiss the complaint. Orders to cease and desist were made public in eight cases in April. They are listed as follows: Fleck Cigar Co., Reading, Pa., en- gaged in the manufacture of cigars, . directed to discontinue the use of the word “Cuba” in the trade name “Rose- O-Cuba” to designate cigars not made entirely of Cuban tobacco without the use of a conspicuous phrase in imme- diate conjunction therewith clearly in- dicating in connection with cigars not containing any substantial amount of tobacco, that the cigars do not contain any Cuban tobacco, and in connection with cigars containing Cuban tobacco in part, that the cigars are not com- posed wholly of Cuban tobacco; to discontinue the use of the words “Ha- vana” or “Habana” to designate or describe cigars that are not made whol- ly of Havana or Cuban tobacco; and to discontinue the use of any other word, designation, or phrase in a man- ner to imply that any cigars contain Havana or Cuban tobacco in whole or in part, when such is not the fact. Venice Importing Co., Brooklyn, engaged in the sale of olive oil, direct- ed to discontinue the use of the phrases “Imported from Lucca, Italy,” “Im- portato de Lucca Italia” and other words or phrases of like import, unless and until the olive oil so described or designated is imported from Lucca, Italy. Yokum Brothers, Reading, Pa., en- gaged in the manufacture of cigars, directed to discontinue the use of the word “Cuba” in the trade name Spana-Cuba” to designate cigars not made entirely of Cuban tobacco, with- out the use of a conspicuous phrase in immediate conjunction therewith clearly indicating in connection with cigars not containing any substantial amount of tobacco that the cigars do not contain any Cuban tobacco, and in connection with cigars containing Cuban tobacco in part, that the cigars are not composed wholly of Cuban tobacco; and to discontinue the use of any other word, phrase, or designation in a manner to imply that any cigars contain Cuban tobacco in whole or in part when such is not the fact. Madison Mills, Inc., New York City, ' engaged in the sale of men’s shirts, directed to discontinue the use of the words “Satin Ribbed Radioux Shirts” and “Satin Striped Broadcloth Shirts” to designate wearing apparel composed of cotton with rayon stripes or ribs, unless the words “Rayon Satin Ribbed Radioux Shirts,’ “Rayon Striped Broadcloth Shirts” or equivalent mod- ifying terms appear in equally conspic- uous type and on the same side of the swatch card, label, or advertising mat- ter; and to discontinue the use of the word “Normandy Flannel” and “Flan- nel’ to label or describe cotton wear- ing apparel. National Importing Co., New York City, engaged in the sale of dress MICHIGAN goods and other fabrics through house-to-house canvassers, directed to discontinue the use of the word “Syl- kiana,” “Foulard,” “Shantung,”’ “Silk- sheen,” ‘“‘Superay Taffeta,” “Shantora Crepe,” “Shanteen Crepe,” “Crepe” and “Taffeta” to designate or describe fabrics not composed entirely of silk; to discontinue the use of the term “Silk Finish” to designate fabrics the finish of which is not composed of silk; and to discontinue the use of the word “Im- porting” in trade name or in any other way to imply that respondent is an importer, unless and until a substantial part of the products sold are imported. Anna M. Gibbin, Pemberton, N. J., engaged in the sale of plants and bulbs, the larger part of which are purchased in the open market, directed to discon- tinue quoting the regular price as a special reduced price; to discontinue representing that respondent operates a large floral establishment in which are grown most of the flowers sold, that some of the bulbs offered for sale are imported from Holland, that many notable florists are supplied first, the surplus going to plant lovers, and that the bulbs sold will produce flowers of a large variety, when such are not the facts: and to discontinue guaranteeing that unsatisfactory goods will be re- placed or the money refunded and promising that goods will be shipped promptly, unless the guarantee is ful- filled and orders are promptly shipped. Tiffany Laboratories, Cleveland, en- gaged in the sale by mail orders of a cream designated “Tiffany Tissue Builder,” directed to discontinue the use of the word “Laboratory” in cor- porate or trade name or in any other manner to imply operation of the lab- oratory in which the products sold are manufactured, unless and until owning or operating such a laboratory; to dis- continue representing that a person named Jean H. Tiffany is or ever has veen connected with the business; and to discontinue representing that “Tiffany Tissue Builder” contains tis- sue building oils, and will remove wrinkles, build tissue and develop any part of the body without exercise. George H. Lee Co., Omaha, en- gaged in the compounding of livestock remedies designated “Germazone” and “Gizzard Capsules,” directed to discon- tinue representing that “Germazone” is a competent treatment for bacillary white diarrhoea, pullorum disease, blackhead, limberneck, coccidiosis, diphtheria, and aspergillosis and that “Gizzard Capsules” will rid fowls of pin worms and tape worm heads. ———_>-+ Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids Clarence N. Menold, who recently sold his drug stock at 1434 Eastern avenue to Keller Bros., has decided to engage in the drug business at Ham- ilton. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. is furnishing the fixtures and stock. Peter Muste has opened a Red and White store at 810 East Leonard street. The store was formerly occu- pied by Kroger. Joseph W. Putnam, manager of the Putnam factory of the National Candy Co., is in Saginaw and Bay City this week, introducing his Michigan job- bing salesman to Eastern Michigan jobbers. Abraham P. Schefman and Frank Schefman, individually and as Abe TRADESMAN Schefman & Co., wholesale produce dealers, located at Weston street and the Pennsylvania railroad tracks, late Friday filed voluntary bankruptcy peti- tions in federal court. The liabilities of the company, in which they are partners, were listed as $45,973.05; assets, $18,571.35; secured claims, $32,475.26; unsecured claims, $13,497.79. Frank Schefman, who resides at 1150 Chippewa drive, S. E., lists lia- bilities at $53,674.80; assets, $6,555; se- cured claims, $39,975; unsecured claims, $13,699. Abraham P. Schefman, who lives at 1153 Chippewa drive, S. E., lists liabil- ities at $79,834.72; assets, $8,454; se- cured claims, $32,475; unsecured claims, $14,824. Humphrey & Caswell, of Rockford, opened under Red and White auspices April 29. Raymond & Wisner, of Blanchard, will open under Red and White auspices May 6. —__2ss— State Convention of the Bakers Association Grand Rapids, May 2—Appreciating the valuable co-operation which we are receiving from the Tradesman I take pleasure in giving you below a resume of the past week’s performances. Meetings were held in Jackson, Ann Arbor and Lansing, and finally wound up in a blaze of glory at a meeting of the Detroit and Wayne County Chap- ter of the Michigan Bakers Associa- tion, held at the Barlum hotel, in De- troit, on Thursday evening, April 27. There were about 225 present and a more enthusiastic, congenial mixture of all types of bakers never congre- gated under one roof in Detroit, so it was said by those present. All bar- riers were thrown down and it was an honest-to-goodness co-operative meet- ing which was held. This was preliminary to the state convention, which is to be held in De- troit on May 24 and 25 at the Book- Cadillac Hotel. The change has been made to the Book-Cadillac, owing to the large attendance now _ indicated, feeling we would need the largest quar- ters we could obtain for that purpose. Thus, it is now definitely decided— Book-Cadillas Hotel— make your ar- rangements now. You are going to be Michigan reminded o this often so that by no - slip-up are you going to miss this meeting. Demonstrations practical to the baking industry, National figures on the program, and frank discussions will permeate this meeting. An edu- cation is to be had which has been long sought for, but thus far has cer- tainly been disappointing. Necessity is the mother of invention and the present day conditions as they effect the baking industry especially are so multitudinous that we need only the help and co-operation of all of you. Let nothing stand in the way of you being there, and if you find it impos- sible to attend both days be there by all means on the 25th. With the program arranged, if you go home from that meeting and can conscientiously say that you have not received food for thought to keep you jnspird for a whole year, your program committee is going to be greatly disappointed. Remember, this is but one of the meetings of this Association scheduled for this year. One of the features of this program will be an address by a National figure. The unique part of his address is that the meeting is to be thrown open for questions. So get out your pencil and jot down your questions and come pre- pared to fire the questions of whatever nature—you will be answered. The slogan at the Detroit zone meet- ing was that “This is to be the largest state association of any state in the Union.” Are you on the outside of Detroit going to do less than to adopt May 3, 1933 the Same resolution? They say, “We don’t mean maybe.’ What do you say? oe Balkema, Sec’y Michigan Bakers Ass’n. ~~ Team Work Group To Visit Flint Staurday The United Commercial Travelers team work group will meet at Flint, Saturday, May 6, to perfect plans for the state wide meeting which will be held in conjunction with the annual convention of the Michigan Grand Council in Bay City, June 9 and 10. Representatives from Owosso, Sag- inaw, Bay City, Port Huron, Cadillac, and Detroit Councils will attend the Flint meeting Saturday, Flint has ar- ranged a pot luck supper, hard times party and indoor circus to entertain the visiting members. Supper will be served at 6:30 p. m., followed by the other entertainment features. " The Detroit delegation of about fifty will be led by A. G. Guimond, Michi- gan Jurisdiction Director of the team work groups. Part of these members will come over in two of the specially constructed aerocar units, which the team work group has been using through the courtesy of C. C. Stark- weather, Buick’s oldest salesman in point of service. Cliff was formerly a Buick dealer in Detroit. He is now selling the car he formerly was distrib- utor for. That is team work. Any traveling salesman who happens to be in Flint or can route himself there for Saturday evening should be at the recreation hall located at 610 South Saginaw street by 6:30 p. m. A warm welcome awaits you. —_++>—_—_ Beer Effect on Drug Supplies With the large demand for bottles, caps, seals and other accessories devel- oping from the brewing industries, the pharmaceutical trade, which have been abong the largest users of these prod- ucts, are wondering what the effect will be on their relationships with the bot- tle and cap suppliers. Some executives profess to see less intensive cultivation of new designs in drug glass contain- ers and possibly higher prices for the various types of bottles. Others felt, however, that if this did develop, the bottling field would attract new com- panies, which would be able to fill any demands. —_—_++>_—__ Daffodils Are Blossoming Trumpeted to call her morn When Spring presents your worth Trumpeted to rich adorn And beautify her earth Oh what gladness welcomes Spring For you then are blossoming. Trumpet far your cheering note Fond fantasy will hark Music fills your golden throat For the meadow lark Warbles. warbles it is Spring Daffodils are blossoming. — Trumpets can we truly hear They call to all ‘‘Awake!”’ Sending thrills afar and near Until in joy we take Up the melody of Spring — Daffodiils are blossoming. Charles A. Heath. ——_--2->____ Seven New Readers of the Tradesman The following new subscribers have been received during the past week: John Derks, Fremont: Peoples Market, Holland: Elmer Van Antwerp, Sunfield:; Neil Jonker, Grand Rapids; Wightman & Pigeon, Belding; J. H. McKay, Greenville; B. Vander Beer, Bradley. Siena aamecee deci ceca tn eR Nea ak a ea AN RE een EN of ~ RRR Biaies \ a "i } | 3 MODERN CUTS OF PORK This is the twenty-ninth and last of a series of articles on modern methods of cutting pork which are being introduced by the National Live Stock and Meat Board.—Editor’s Note FRESH BACK FAT (cont’d) The article preceding this one explained how fat may be added to lean cuts of meat by wrapping back fat around them. Back fat may be used in another way to accomplish this end; it may be inserted through the meat as described below. LARDING LEAN CUTS OF BEEF The advantages of larding cuts of meat, which are deficient in fat, are self-evident. In this process the fat is distributed where it is needed, thus adding materially to the palatability of the meat. Art, XXIX — Cut 1 The new larding needle is simple and substantial in construction and easy to use. It is suitable for lard- ing either large or small cuts of meat. It can be used on roasts and pot-roasts, equally as well as on tender- loins. If any further information regarding this new needle is desired it may be secured by addressing the National Live Stock and Meat Board, 407 South Dear- born Street, Chicago, Illinois. 2. Cut strips one-fourth inch square from slice of back fat. Art. XXIX — Cut 2 1. Cut back fat into. slices absut one-fourth inch thick. art. XXIX — Cut 3 Art. X XIX — €ut 4 3. Insert larding needle through roast with groove side down. Twist the needle, turning groove side up. Place strip of back fat in groove of needle. 4. Pull the needle until back fat extends through = as the roast, holding thumb in groove to keep back Art. XXIX — Cut 5 fat from pulling out with the needle. 5. Continue to in- sert strips of back fat until the piece of meat is larded. Then cut off ends of back fat. \m 6. The complete Y larded beef roast. Art. XXIX — Cut 7 Art. XXEX — Cut 6 MORE PROFITS... 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