~ 14 ‘ 3 * - n ; i a ’ aie ? Pt + \ a vy a i { — ‘ r 2 } * ™ rt, \ * z i wy + yY “! / , — Tradesman. Published Weekiy. VOL. 10. GRAND RAPIDS, Julius Berkey, Pres. . McBain, Sec’y. Wm S. S. Gay, Vice-Pres. Y Grand Rapids Brush Co, Manufacturers of BRUSHES GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Our goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. iH my oul ‘A | THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, J.D. M. Shirts, Treas. ¢§ 1 Per am NO. il i. © RAPP & CoO. 9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. WHOLESALE FRUITS AND PRODUGE. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. PUBLISHE ERS. predic BER 19, 1892. AMERICAN Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan make, IMPORTED Limburger, Swiss, Fromage de Brie, D’ Isigny, Camembert, Neufchatel and Caprera. Also our XXXX Orchard. WRITE FOR PRICES ON CHEESE H. B. MOSELEY & CO. 45 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. J. L. Strelitsky, Including the following celebrated brands, man ufactured by the well-known house of Glaser Frame & Co.: i Vindex, long Havana filler...............- $35 Three Medals, long Havana filler........ 35 Elk’s Choice, Havana filler and binder... 55 Jobber of EO OE 55 ia Doncelia de Morera, ................. 65 Be SOAR, CoO 6k. 55 ee 60 Fioe de HRomed............ oa ea ecu dees 35 10 So. lonia St., Grand Rapids. MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING CO.,, Successors to MUSKEGON CRACKER CoO., HARRY FOX, Manager. MUSKEGON, MICH. ATTENTION PAID- TO Crackers, Biscuits « Sweet Goods. SPECIAL MAIL ORDERS. NO BRAND OF TEN CENT CIGARS (Gini HK G. F. FAUDE, Sole Manufacturer, IONIA, MICH. BEANS W... T. LAMOREAUZ CO., 128, 130 and 132 W. 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Wire for prices, Am bound to please. a trial and be convinced! iso. B.. GOOSEN, Wholesale Commission, 33 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. NUTS, FIGS A. E. Most Desirable for Merchants to Handle because Give me RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO,, 12,14, & 16 PEARL ST. Fall Season 1892 GIVE Us A CALL AND SEE OUR COMPLETE STOCK. | FACTORY GOODS. {issn worine cuct JOBBING GOODS. we know will be satisfactory. We never had so nice a line of shoes. basin WARM GOODS. and buskins, also feit boots and socks. RUBBER GOODS. We carry a full line and can show you | all the novelties ¢ f the season at prices | We sell _ best. the Boston enna | Shoe Co. Satisfaction guaranteed. LEMON M WHEELER CUMPANY, IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers - GRAND RAPIDS. BUGKWHEAT FLOUR We make an absolutel ly pure and unadulterated article, and it has the GENUINE OLD-FASHIONED FLAVOR. Our customers of previous years know whereof we speak and from others we solicit a trial order. Present price $5 per bbl. in paper } and 1-16 sacks. THE WALSH-DEROO MILLING C0, Correspondence Solicited. HOLLAND, MICH. STANDARD OIL C0. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block. BULK WORKS AT GRAND RAPIDS, BIG RAPIDS, ALLEGAN, MUSKEGON, GRAND HAVEN, HOWARD CITY, MANISTEE, CADILLAC, LUDINGTON. PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR KMPTY CARBON & GASOLINY BARRELS, ° BALL Whelosste Grocers. BARNHART PUTMAN CO. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. ir. J. DETTENTHALER JOBBER OF OYSTERS ~ SALT FISH POULTRY & GAME See quotations in another column CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF POULTRY AND GAME SOLICITED Works, Butterworth Ave. | Who urges you to keep Sapolio? The Public ? By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers create a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. sell themselves, bring purchasers to the store, and help sell less known | goods. Without effort on the grocer’s part the, goods Anv Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders. \ ¢ « P ’ - ri + i et, Y { MICHIGAN TRADESMAN « ryt et ~}- , ns \ a VOL. 10. ESTABLISHED 1841. Na A TTT TC THE MERCANTILE AGENCY R.G. Dun & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada OUR NEW LINE OF Tablets, Fall Specialties School Supplies kts,, ARE NOW BEING MR. SHOWN ON THE ROAD BY J. L. KYMER, OF OUR FIRM. GEO. H. RAYNOR, WALTER B. DUDLEY, CHAS. E. WATSON, PETER LUBACH. EATON, LYON & CO. COMMERCIAL CREDIT C0. 65 MONROE ST. Formed by the consolidation of the COOPER COMMERCIAL AGENCY, AND THE UNION CREDIT CO., And embodying all the good features of both agencies. Commercial reports and current collections receive prompt and careful attention. Your patronage respectfully solicited. Telephones 166 and 1030. L. J. STEVENSON, Cc. A. CUMINGS, Cc. E. BLOCK. MR. MR. MR. MR. ,BARLOW BRO'S#""»BLANK BOOKS = ee Naar wa = eR aa LL PROMPT, FIRE INS. co. CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. T. Stewart WHITE, Pres’t. W. Frep McBain, Sec’y. OYSTERS! Solid Brand Cans. eee 8 28 Bee 20 ee oad eke ee beeen 22 Daisy Brand. I $8 2 Pe 18 eee Mrs. Withey’ 8 ‘Home-Made Mince Meat, Leree Dbis....... 6 “01D palis........ mip * be eee. nae ee, eo 2 1b cans, usuai weight, per doz............ $1 50 am * st " ee, 3 50 Cures Dairy Matser 18 Pure Sweet caeer tm Pie... ........ 2... 16 _ Niner. 4... 10 Choice Lemons, 300 and 360 ...............- 7 00 New Pidkice in bile P08. 5 25 “ half f bbis, ee 3 00 The above prices are made low to bid for t e. Let your orders come, EDWIN FALLAS, Prop’r of Valley City Cold Storage 215-217 Livingston St.,Grand Rapids. _GRAND voi ite WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 Qin o ‘Pode & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for 2 158 & 160 Fulton St.,Grand Rapids. S. A. 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WHITE, Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of Brooms, Washboards, Wooden AND Indurated Pails & Tubs, Woeden Bowls, Clothespins and Rolling Pins, Step Ladders, Washing Ma- chines, Market, Bushel and De- livery Bas’ ets, Building Paper, Wrappin g Paper, Sacks, Twine and Stationery. Manufacturers in lines allied to above, wish- ing to be represented in this market are request- ed to communicate with me. 125 COURT ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. LOVE’S REWARD. Under the shadow of a great fig tree a young girl sat in a deep reverie. Sucha tender light wasin her eyes, such a sweet smile of full satisfaction on her face, that a stranger would certainly have said: ‘She is thinking of her lover.” But no lover had Mable Rae, and her pleasure sprang from a far less dangerous source —from the handful of tuberoses in her lap. Their spiritual, dreamy beauty and rare, rich perfume always held her as in a spell of measureless content. To breathe their odor was to fill her soul with holy and tender thoughts, and the lovely waxen flowers, pale, pure and white as moonshine, haunted her heart and imagination, and received from her a perpetual love and worship. There she sat until the heat and still- ness of the tropic noon drove her to the house, a grand old home hid among giant live-oaks gray with the solemn, waving Southern moss. She went first to the large, dim parlors, intending to put her favorites among the damp moss of the hanging baskets; but the dreamy languor of the darkened room overcame every de- sire but that of sleep, and she lay down on the nearest couch, holding her flowers in her hands. Half an hour later, Mr. Rae opened the door and ushered in a gentleman who had accompanied him from New Orleans. ‘Sit down, Allan,’’ he said. ‘I will soon arouse the house. You see, it is the hour for siesta, and I believe all take it at the same time when I am away.’’ For afew minutes the young man be- lieved himself alone. The subtle, pow- erful perfume—quite unknown, but de- licious beyond expression—was his first sensation. Then, as his eyes became accustomed to the dim light of the carefully closed jalousies, he saw a picture that he never more forgot—a most lovely girl, in the first bloom of maidenhood, fast asleep on the silken cushions piled on a low divan. Her white robe made a kind of glory in the darkened corner. One hand had fallen down, and the flowers gemmed the carpet at her side; the other lay across her breast, as if embracing the tuberoses which it had scattered there. Never in all his, native mountains, never in any dream of love or fancy, had Allan Monteith seen a woman half so fair. Almost entranced, he stood gazing on Mabel asif he had ‘“‘seen a vision.’’ There lay his destiny asleep; he knew it, and opened his whole soul to welcome ‘“‘Love’s young dream.’’ But when Mr. Rae, followed by anegro valet, returned, and Mabel languidly opened her great pensive eyes and stretched out her arms for her father’s embrace, Allan almost thought he should faint from excess of emotion; and it was with difficulty he controlled himself to receive the intro- duction and apologies necessary. Allan Monteith was a young Scotch- man, the only son of a gentleman with whom in early life Mr. Rae had formed a most ardent friendship. Allan was rich and by nature and birth equally noble; but he was utterly devoid as yet of any , 1892. experiences but such as his college and his mountain home had brought him. Nevertheless, he was not destitute of the traditional business capacity of his house, as some late transactions in cot- ton and sugar in New Orleans had proy- en to Mr. Rae. And partly because he liked the young man and partly as a matter of interest, he had invited him to his home among the woods and lagoons of the Evergreen Bayou. Mabel, in this transaction, had scarcely been properly considered; but to her father she was yet a child. True, he recognized her wonderful beauty and was very proud of it; he knew, too, that she possessed an exquisite voice and great skill in music, and the passing idea of showing his pearl of price to the foreigner rather flattered his vanity than alarmed his fears. He did not dream that he was introducing a new claimant far its possession. Yet soit proved. Allan lingered as if in an enchanted castle, until he had no life, no will, no hopes but those which centered in Mabel Rae. And she, inno- cent and impressible, soon returned his passion with a love even more absorbing and far less selfish than her lover’s. O the sweet, warm, love-laden days in those solemnly shaded woods! O the blissful hours in the cool evenings, when the perfume of tuberoses and jasmine and oleanders filled the air! When the soft, calm moonlight glorified every love- ly and every common thing! It was like a dream of those days when the old rustic gods reigned and to live was to love and to love was to be happy. With the fall, however, there came imperative letters from Scotland, and Allan could no longer delay. Love has its business as well as its romance, and this side was not so satisfactory. Mr. Rae would hear of no engagement for two years, by which time he said he hoped to be able to give Mabel such a fortune as would make her acceptable in the eyes of Allan’s father. But, for the present, he absolutely declined to look upon the young people’s attachment as binding on either side. ‘In less than two years, when the first tuberoses bloom, I will be here again, Mabel, darling!” were Allan’s last whis- pered words, as he held her tenderly in his arms and kissed again and again the face dearer than all the world to him. And Mabel smiled through her tears and held the last tuberose of the summer to his lips for a parting pledge. But the two years brought many unex- pected changes. That very winter the first war-cloud gathered, and long before Allan eould redeem his promise the little island plantation was desolate and de- serted. Mr. Rae had gone to the war, and Mabel boarded in a ladies’ school in New Orleans. These were but the be- ginning of sorrows. Another year found her an orphan and cruelly embarrassed in money affairs. Claimants without number appeared against the Rae estate, and creditors forced the plantation into the market at the most unfavorable time She was driven from her home, in strict accordance with the letter of the law, PFET tl Pi Hin ia PRR OL EE Ce ESE Ceo ee eee Te ee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. but she felt and knew, though powerless | | excellent offer of marriage; but she to prevent it, that she had been shame- | quietly or else decidedly refused all ad- fully wronged. vances. Her heart was still with the Poverty is a grand teacher, however, | tall, fair mountaineer who had won it, and has many learned disciples; and now, for the first time in all her life. Mabel thought for herself and dared to look the | future in the face. She had promised that death annuls all contracts, and sure- ly now, if ever, it was Allan’s duty to befriend and care for her. So she sent him word in a few shy, timid sentences, of her sorrow and loneliness. But it was doubtful if ever the letter would reach him; mails in those days were not cer- tainties; and even if it did reach Allan, it was still more uncertain whether he could reach Mabel. And in the or starve she must work a blessed alternative in great sorrows, L say. People who have to fight ‘‘a sea of troubles’’ donot go mad. Work, the oldest of all preached evangels, is the consoler, and brings them through. And though Mabel Rae could command no higher position than that of a nursery governess, yet she found init a higher life than ever the dreamy, luxurious selfishness of her father’s home had giv- en her. Her employers were of the ordinary class. I can weave no romance out of them. They felt no special interest in Mabel, neither did they ill-use her. She was useful and unobtrusive, and asked neither for sympathy nor attention. No letter came from Allan Monteith, though she waited and hoped with failing heart and paling cheeks for more than a year. She had not the courage to write again, and her anxiety and distress began to tell very p reeptibly on a naturally frail constitution. Then a physician advised her to try at once a more invigorating climate, and she not unwillingly agreed to accompany the invalid wife of an of- ficer returning to herhomein New York. This was the dawn of a brighter day for Mabel. She found friends even if she did not find health, and her rare beauty and wonderful musical talents soon procured her the admiration of a large and influential circle. By the ad- vice of her friend, she established her- self in a fashionable locality and com- menced the teaching of music. I think few women could have been more suc- cessful. Part of this was undoubtedly due to the social power of her friend: but neither this nor her own loveliness and winning manners would have been sufficient without the genuine knowledge of her art and that wonderful which charmed all who heard it. So, in second winter of Mabel s residence in New York, it became ‘“‘the thing” to invite Miss Rae to preside over select social and musical entertainments. I have a friend who met her during this frequently, and who describes her tact and influence as something ex- traordinary and magnetic. Her rare beauty was undiminished, though more thoughtful and spiritwelle in character; her dress was uniformly the same—a pale-pink lusterless silk, with tuberoses in her hair and at her breast, for her passion for these flowers was stronger than ever, and when they were to be procured at any trouble or cost, her little room was always full of their peculiar fragrance. During this winter, Mabel had many meantime voice the season lovers and, report said, more than one|dinary care, and was so impatient that ; | | amid the warmth and perfume of tropic noons and moonlit nights; and though twice two years had passed, she refused | | to believe him false. her father never to write to Allan with- | out his permission, but she considered | And she was right. Allan deserved her fullest faith. Her letter had never reached him, and yet he had, with in- credible difficulty, made his way to New Orleans, only to find the Rae plantation in the hands of strangers, his friend dead and Mabel gone, none knew whither. After a long and dispiriting search, he left Mabel’s discovery in the hands of well-paid agents and returned to Scot- land, almost broken-hearted at the de- struction of all his hopes. But he still loved her passionately, and often in stormy nights, when the winds tossed the tall pines like straws and mountain snows beat at barred doors and windows, he thought of the happy peace and the solemn silences in which he and his love had walked, listening only to the beating of their own hearts or the passionate undernotes of the mocking birds. Often, both in sleeping and waking dreams, he saw again that dim parlor and the beautiful girl sleep- ing on the silken couch; and with these memories there always came the same sensation of some delicate perfume in the air. Far away amid the heather and the broom and the strong fresh breezes of the North Sea, he still was visited by the breath of the tropic woods, and the fragrance of the tuberose and the mem- ory of his lost Mabel were one and in- divisible in his heart. Thus two walked apart who should have walked hand in hand, and it seemed as if the years only widened that breach over which two souls looked long- ingly and called vainly. But there are ills which happen for good, and I think anyone who would have taken the trouble to analyze the gain in character which this separation and struggle produced would have said so. For, after five years’ battle with life, Mabel was no longer a lovely, impulsive, thoughtless child; she was a noble woman, beautiful in all the majesty of completed suffering; and Allan’s whole nature had swelled under the influence of a mighty and unselfish love, as seas swell under the influence of the sun and moon. If we wait, however, the harvest of the heart will come. One day, early in the winter, Mabel got a note from a friend, announcing her return from abroad and begging her to be present at a small, informal reunion at her house that evening. She went early in the day and spent the afternoon in that pleasant gossip which young and happy women enjoy. Her hostess rallied her a good deal upon her growing years, and laugh- ingly advised her to secure a young Scotchman with whom they had had a | pleasant acquaintance in their travels, |and who was now in New York and go- | ing to spend the evening with them. | | Did fate knock softly on Mabel’s soul then? For she blushed violently, and in- stantly, as if by magic, there sprang up in her heart a happy refrain which she could not control, and which kept on singing, ‘‘He comes! He comes! My lover comes!”’ She dressed herself with more than or- her toilet was completed before others had begun. Soshe sat down in the un- lighted parlors, saying to herself: ‘I must be still. I will be calm. For how should I bear disappointment, and what ground of hope have 1? Absolute- ly none but that he comes from the same country. No, there is no hope!’’ But still, above the doubt and fear, she could hear the same chiming under- tone: *‘He comes! He comes! My lover comes!’ She became nervous and superstitious, and when the silence was broken by a quick ring and a rapid footstep, she rose involuntarily from her chair and stood, trembling and flushing with excitement, in the middle of the room. Ah, Mabel! Mabel! Your heart has seen further than your eyes, Allan has come at last. ‘“‘Ah, my darling! My darling! My fair, sweet flower, whose perfume has followed me o'er land and sea, I have found you again at last!’ exclaimed Al- lan, as he clasped Mabel to his bosom. And so Mabel’s winter of discontent and sorrow was over. Never more did she have grief or pain unsoothed or un- comforted. 1 only wish I could close as the old fairy tales do, and say: ‘So they lived happy ever afterward.’’ But, alas! Though a lovely Mabel Monteith, with her father’s hair and her mother’s eyes, makes light and gladness in Allan’s home, the far dearer one has gone ‘to the abodes where the eternal are.”’ In a littleocountry church-yard not twenty miles from New York, the beau- tiful Mabel Rae ‘‘sleeps the sleep that knows no waking.” Half the year round you would know her grave by the deli- eate odor of the tuberoses with which it is covered; and even when snow covers it, and wild winds and rains beat over its senseless turf, one noble heart offers there still the incense of an undying affection. For be sure that a true love “strikes but one hour,” and he or she has never loved at all who can say, I loved once. Was Mabel’s short life a lost one? Oh, no! Life is perfect in small measures, and she left upon the mountain-tops of death a light that makes them lovely to those who shal! follow her. AMELIA E. Barr. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE C0. JOBBERS OF OUld AND onVULS Agent for Wales-Goodyear Rubbers, 5 and 7 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS. SOHLOSS, ADLER & GO, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF Pants, Siirts, Overalls iD ite els Farnishing Goods. REMOVED TO 23-25 Larned St., East DETROIT, MICH. Dealers wishing to look over our line are in- vited to addressgjour Western Michigan repre- sentative Ed. Pike, 272 Fourth avenue, Grand Rapids. “The Kent.’ AVING conducted the above named hotel two months on the European plan, and come to the conclusion that we can better serve our patrons by conducting same on the Ameri ean plan, we take pleasure in announcing that our rates will hereafter be $2 per day. As the hotel is new and handsomely furnished, with steam heat and electric bells, we are confident we are in a position to give the traveling public satisfactory service. Remember the location, opposite Union Depot. Free baggage transfer from union depot. BEACH & BOOTH, Props. TYPe FOR SAI. "'T we FULL CASES OF THIS TYPE (Nonparei] Roman), made by Barnhart Bros. & Spind- ler; well assorted as to caps, figures, fractions, leaders and quads. Will sell the entire lot for fifteen cents per pound, and the cases at $1 per pair. This is an excellent opportunity for any one wishing to secure enough type to set up tax sales, it being so abundantly supplied with*just such sorts as are needed that it will be unnecessary to add a single thing, thus saving the annoyance so often experienced by being obliged to continually add special sorts. We also have some newspaper display type which might be found to be very serviceable on a weekly paper. If you wish to make a few additions to your display outfit, consult us, you will undoubtedly find a very good bargain. Also one full case of Brevier Roman. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, 100 Lonis St., Grand Rapids, Mich. POTATOES. We have made the handling of Potatoes a ‘“‘specialty” for many years and have a large trade. Can take care of all that ean be shipped us. We give the best ser- vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen. Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value. Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. WM. H. THOMPSON & CO,, Commission Merchants, 166 So. Water St., Chicago. i- Ge 7 an ' oer md " « $5 7 * « a i f a = ee eS a Ue STILL A SPHINX. Dick Bassett Ironically Refuses to Di- vulge the Story of His Life. One of the most unique characters in Michigan is Richard Bassett, the solitary inhabitant of No Man’s Land, a small island in Grand Traverse Bay, located about a mile south of the Traverse Point resort. Mr. Bassett is a universal fa- vorite in the Grand Traverse region, due to his genial good nature and droll man- ner of expression; but he delights in puzzling his friends by refusing to re- veal any of the particulars relating to his early life. Thinking that Mr. Bas- sett might be prevailed upon to break the spell, the editor of THe TRADESMAN recently addressed him a letter of en- . quiry as follows: I send you herewith a print from an engraving we have had made of you from a drawing executed by our designer, Miss Cora J. Cady. Since the portrait represents you exactly as you are, with- out the frills and setting of a photograph gallery, I think it would be a good idea to publish your biography on the same plan, under the heading, ‘‘Life of Dick Bassett, Told by Himself,’’ and I suggest that you send usasketch of your life, as you would like to have it read, to ap- pear in connection with the picture. Of course, if you do not see fit to favor me in this manner, I shall be compelled to get up a sketch from such data as I can get, and, unintentionally, I might say some things that would not be accepta- ble to you. In response to this request, Mr. Bas- sett made the following ironical reply. IsLAND Homes, Oct. 2—Yours of Sept. 23 is before me as I write, and in reply I will say: About three years ago you wrote me upin THE TRADESMAN. You, of course, thought it would make me feel proud to see my name in print, but I was not proud; far from it, for I partly fore- saw the storm that was coming, but I underestimated the severity of the gale. I refer to the newspaper storm that fol- lowed your short sketch. That sketch was taken up and strewn broadcast over the land by thenewspapers. As it went, it gained in quantity and, in like ratio, was reduced in quality. I was made to appear as an illicit distiller of whisky, also as a manufacturer of counterfeit money, and many hints of worse things were thrown out. Result—many people came here to stare at me, ask me numer- ous absurd and impudent questions; and, at last, one detective came here, and, af- ter thoroughly cross-examining me, made a minute search of my house and walked around my island and went through places where he actually had to crawl on his hands and knees. If I had served him right—and done myself justice—I would have doused him. Besides all this, I got letters from all over the land—some decent, some foolish and some abusive; but for some time the THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. papers and people have been giving me arest, and I had concluded that their | anxiety over me had died out. Now, | in the name of goodness, why is it that you wish to again tear this old sore open? | What have I done that you should single | me out to torment, turture and perse- cute? Last August I went back to Iowa on a visit to my old army friends and I will state that I was not arrested for murder or any other bad act. One of my old comrades, who has known me for some thirty odd years, came home with me and stayed on my island over a month. He was thoroughly pumped by some of the inquisitive people of this region about my past life; but, bless the silly things, they didn’t find out anything bad —consequently, they are not happy. For forty years I have lived quite an | active life, and just at present I haven’t | the time, inclination or paper sufficient to admit of my writing a history of my life—my hands are too sore and I have toc much to do; and, much as I regret to disappoint you, if you get a ‘‘Life of Dick Bassett, Told by Himself,” you will have to write it, for I will not undertake such a job at present. If it is positively necessary that you print my picture in your paper, do so; and I would suggest that you publish the following lines be- low it: “The above is a perfect picture, drawn by our own artist, of Old Dick, the Her- mit. It is suspected that he is, or has been, closely connected with all the train robberies that have been committed, dur- ing the past five years, in Washington, Idaho, Texas and New Mexico.”’ You had better not put in any safe blowing or bank robberies or murders— leave something to the dear people’s imagination, and for the other papers to work on. Mr. Stowe, suppose I should come into your place of business and say: Here, Stowe, you drop all business now and write me your life history. Now, get it out quick. It won’t take you more than a year, and, if you don’t write it, I will; and I may write something that won’t be acceptable to you. You can’t help your- self, for I am an editor, and you know by experience that editors don’t always get things straight.” What would you do? Kick me into the street, of course, and, as soon asl could gather my scattered senses, I would go away thinking you had done right. I gave Miss Cady permission to print my picture, but there was nothing said about a sketch of my life. I think that when one is dead, it is time enough to write the biography. Lobjecttoany more newspaper notoriety. Give mea rest and abuse some of those fellows who are run- ning for Congress. They like it—I don’t. Dick.” ————+. ‘“‘Forewarned Is Forearmed.”’ Murr, Oct. 13—Having been led into purchasing a so-called ‘‘Bankrupt Cloth- ing Stock” at 60 cents on the dollar, and through this same stock being ‘‘summer jobs,’”’ ‘‘odds and ends,’’ ‘‘stickers,” etc. —altogether different from representa- tion—I was closed out of business at a severe loss to myself, therefore I feel like advising such of your readers as may be approached by this scheme (the salesman is the ‘‘Michigan Man” for a highly respectable (?) and wealthy cloth- ing firm of Chicago), to thoroughly in- vestigate before buying and to give this whole business a wide berth, as it will never benefit them. I am ereditably informed that last fall numerous other Michigan merchants bought a similar stock from the same salesman, and I would like to receive a letter from ail such and am willing to answer anything in regard to the matter at any time, giving names and places, with other facts. In hopes that this swindling firm may not injure any more of your readers, and that the wrong they have done me and my business may be in turn borne by themselves, I am yours truly, L. A. Evy. ——_ ><> Houghton—Lewis Lamora has removed his bakery, confectionery and grocery stock to Ewen. aly See that this Label appears on every (package, as it is a MENT; FEC ness Ap THe p Mery BY Fant IVERDALE DISTILY ce 0 MENT, FE ssc Ap Tyee MFTt'p BY Sr a RIVERDALE DISTIUE gpg FERMENTUM THE ONLY RELIABLE COMPRESSED YEAST Sold in this market for the past Fifteen Years. Far Superior to any other. guarantee of the genuine ar- ticle. Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. Endorsed Wherever Used. JOUN SMYTH, Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. Telephone 566. 106 Kent St.; See that this Label appears on every package, as it is a guarantee of the gennine article. MEN 2 EF ness ua Fr'p B SE RIVERDALE BISTIUSS Cc gs eh 0 THER Mrr'n BY cat IVERDALE DISTILE giicaaa It Pays Dealers to sell FOSFON because there are but two sizes, Five Ounces at 10 cents, Sixteen at 25 cents and it pleases better than Baking Powders. See Grocery Price Current. THE BREAD SUPPLANTS BAKING POWDER Fosfon Chemical Co., Detroit, Michigan. SOLD BY ALL RELIABLE CROCERS. BAHRCUS BROS., MANUFACTURERS OF CIRCULAR All our saws are made of the best steel by the mose skillful workmen, and all saws warranted. Burnt saws made good as new for one-fourth the Equalled by few and excelled by none. All kinds of SAW REPAIRING Done as cheap as can be done consistent with good work. Lumber saws fitted up ready for use without extra charge. No charge for boxing or drayage. Writ». or prices and discounts, MUSKEGON, - MICHIGAN. list price of new saws. THE MICHIGAN AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Sebewa—P. F. Knapp succeeds Knapp & Bradley in general trade. Shelbyville—N. W. Briggs succeeds Briggs & Duel in the elevator business. Waldron—Ella A. (Mrs. A.) Kerr has removed her boot and shoe stock to Men- don. Whitehall—oO. A. ed by C. A. Johnson in the grocery busi- ness. Saginaw—Voss, Hearn & Co. succeed Albert E. Ballentine in the grocery busi- ness. Clinton—Hogan & Co. have purchased the grocery and meat business of W. R. Muir. Johnson is succeed. Napoleon—F. E. Curtis has sold his drug and grocery stock to Paine & Parker. Linton is succeeded in the confectionery Charlevoix—J. Z. by Linton & Denton business. Hartford—G. L. has bakery and restaurant business to Frank Stowell. Greenville—The Anderson PackingCo. Davenport has sold has dissolved, H. N. Anderson eontinu- ing the business. Hopkins Station—Miss V. Suffill is succeeded by Miss M. McKinnon in the millinery business. Farwell—A. W. Carpenter & Son, deal- ers inlumbermen’s supplies, have been closed out on mortgage. Pompeii—Bundy, Henderson & Co., general dealers, have dissolved, Henderson & Payne succeeding. Iron Mountain — Mrs. N. C. (Carl) Schuldes is succeeded by A. M. Oppen- heim in the millinery and boot and shoe business. Central Lake—Geo. W. Miller, the Charlevoix clothier, has put in a branch store store here under the management of F. M. Sears. Manton—Wm. Northrup has retired from the grocery firm of Northrup & Hartley. The business will be continued by the remaining partner under the style of Ernest Hartley. Conklin—John Cazier, for the past two years clerk in the general s ore of Nor- man Horris, has begun the erection of a two-story 24x50 He will occupy the frame store building, feet in dimensions. stock, which he expects to put in about Jan. 1. building with a general MANUFACTURING MATTERS Ashley—B. F. Pease, grocer and man- ufacturer of hoops, has been closed by creditors. Temple—A. P. Wait is manufacturing and shipping two or three ear loads of bed slats a week. Farwell—The shingle mill of James McLellan started last week, and it is ex- pected it will run all winter. teed City—C. Rethweiler has sold his merchant tailoring business to Kaufman & Merner, late of Hamburg, Ont. South Manistique—Hall & Buell’s saw- mill has closed down for the season, low water preventing the getting of logs to the mill. Manistique—Whitney, Tuttle & Smith, who operate a band mill at Hunt’s Spur, near this place, are building eight miles of logging railroad. Central Lake—The saw mill of the Cameron Lumber Co. is rapidly approach- ing completion and will probably be in operation before snow flies. TRADESMAN. Saginaw—Brand & Hardin’s shingle mill here has cut out all its logs and shut down for the season. The output was about 5,000,000 and all have been sold. Bay City—Jonathan Boyce is extend- ing the branch railroad reaching into his timber in Clare and Roscommon coun- ties. The logs are railed out on the Michigan Central. Clare—The Clare Lumber Co., to man- ufacture lumber, timber, lath, shingles, etc., has been organized by Wm. S. Nel- son, Cedar Lake; Wilbur Nelson and AI- vedo S. Barber, Ithaca, Mich. Capital stock, $10,000. Big Rapids — The old McElwee mill plant, which has been idle some time, owing to financial difficulties of the parties operating it, will be made a branch of the Big Rapids Door & Blind Manufacturing Co. Kenton — The Kenton Lumber Co., which has just erected a mill here, using the machinery formerly in the mill at Nestoria, expects to begin sawing this week. It has a contract to cut 2,000,000 feet from the Kroll tract. Marquette — The Cleveland Sawmill Co.’s mill, at the mouth of Dead*River, has been shut down for the past week, owing to a log shortage. A big raft is expected in from the Salmon Trout Riv- er this week, and as soon as the logs arrive the mill will be started again. Manistee—The Manistee Manufactur- ing Co., which makes a medium grade of furniture, is so rushed with orders at present that it is working its force 12 hours daiiy, and if the rush continues will have to put on a night force. This eoncern has extended the limits of its fac- tory three times since its conception, and it has recently put in an electric plant of its own. Marquette—The car famine is becom- ing one of the most prominent features of life to lumbermen who move their product by rail. This is especially true of the interior mills along the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway. That corporation is at present building an ex- tension from Iron River to Duluth, and using many of its ears in construction work. Saginaw — Sibley & Bearinger are bringing a raft of 3,000,000 feet down from Tawas to be manufactured on this river. This firm will cut about 20,000,- 000 feet in Georgian Bay, and will prob- ably buy as many more, which will be manufactured hereand at Tawas. J. W. Howry & Sons putin 21,000,000 feet in Canada last winter, and will cut about the same quantity the coming winter. Au Sable—The H. M. Loud & Son Lumber Co. will operate its saw mills here this winter if the product which must necessarily be upon the docks in the spring is not assessed for taxes. If this is not done, it is understood, as a result they will close down for five months after Nov. 15th. The Louds have been complaining of excessive tax- ation for some time and at one time there was arumor that they were considering a proposition to remove their extensive plants to East Tawas in consideration of exemption from taxation for a series of years. SE ee Hirth, Krause & Co. are making a new departure in sending out their annual present to their customers and will send each of them a good sized standard ther- mometer this year. ene i Use Tradesman Coupon Books. The Hardware Market. General Trade—The large volume of business which October started off with still keeps up and every indication points to a continuance of same during the en- tire month. But very few changes have occurred to disturb the very even market which has prevailed for quite a while. Barbed Wire—In this article the de- mand still continues light, and prices re- main as they did in our last report. The present prices are lower than they have been for a long time. Bar Iron—The conditions in the iron market remain without any change in values. All iron centers report a very large demand and higher prices may be the rule later on. Difficulty still exists to get orders filled with any degree of promptness. $1.80 to $1.90 are the rul- ing prices. Potato Hooks and Forks—The unprece- edented large crop of potatoes in North- ern and Western Michigan has created ap unusual demand for hooks and forks and jobbers find it impossible to keep a supply. One of our largest hardware jobbers reports having received orders for over 100 dozen in one day. The fac- tories find it impossible to keep up with their orders. Glass—The market remains firm at the last advance and, as the manufacturers have another meeting this week, it is presumed a further slight advance will be made. The fact is, but few makers are getting cost out of the goods at the present prices. Wire Nails—In large demand, but no advance in price. Well assorted and good sizedorderscan get a shade lower figures. $1.80 to $1.90 is the market at present. . Stove Pipe and Elbows—The stove season being now well under way, the demand for pipe and elbows is quite active and ruling prices are as follows: 6inch common elbows, per doz .. ......... %} 6 “ planished ‘ Ts S mere pipe, per igint ...... Hope. re ._' ee” «6 e 35 Ammunition—Loaded shells, powder and shot are a part of all orders received from the trade. Everybody must be a hunter, as the demand was never as great as this fall. Prices on loaded shells and shot remain without change, but powder has taken another drop, which brings it pretty near the low water mark. A full list of the declines will be found in our advertising columns. Kope—No change to note. The pres- ent quotations are 9c on sisal and 13¢ on manilla. The Jacob Brown Failure. The failure of Jacob Brown & Co., formerly engaged in the furnishing goods business at Detroit, but more recently located at West Pullman, II1., is likely to be reviewed by the courts. So far as can be ascertained, the liabilities of the firm are at least $150,000, while the assets, it is said, are not more than half that amount. The principal creditor is the Metropolitan National Bank of Chicago, whose claim is about $70,000. Other creditors of the firm have petioned the United States Court to have the acts of the firm declared a general assignment and have secured an injunction, restrain- ing any disposal of the assets, pending the petition for a receiver. >_> 2. -. Lakeview Items. LAKEVIEW, Oct. 15—The Cato Novelty Works will erect a new factory building 45x60, three stories high. | John S. Weidman will rebuild his saw- mil] on the northwest bank of our lake. He has a six years’ cut. C. Newton Smith is trying to stimulate some of the farmers by offering them prizes for better crops. Oe The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market is steady and the demand fair. lf further lowering in price occurs, it is likely to come by de- grees. Coffee—The manufacturers of package brands have advanced their prices !¥e. Plug Tobacco—The P. J. Sorg Co. an- nounces an advance of ic. on Spearhead and Nobby Twist, to take effect Nov. 1. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. WOR SALE OR WILL EXCH: +E FOR grocery stock—New house, barn and store building in Kalamazoo; lot 4x8; buildings are worth price asked for entire place. Address A BC, Kalamazoo, Mich. 589 OR SALE—CLEAN NEW STOCK OF DRY goods, notions, clothing, furnishing goods, shoes, groceries, cigars, tobaccos and confee tionery, located in one of the best business towns in Michigan. Doing over $2,500 per month spot cash business. Not a dollar of credit. Stock will invoice about $5,000. Address No. 594, care Michigan Tradesman. 594 GOOD CHANCE FUR AN A NO, 1 GRO- cery business. teason of selling, poor health. W. L. Mead, lonia, Mich. 576 OR sALE—A STOUK OF GENERAL MER- chandise in LeRoy, Michigan. Stock will invoice $10,000, but we will reduce to any de- sired amount. We court a thorough investiga- tion. as we offer an established trade and a profitable investment. Will rent or sell the building. M. V. Gundrum «& Co. 582 XCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR A BUS- iness man with $5,000 to $19,000 ready money to embark in the wholesale business in Grand Rapids and take the management of same. Zouse well established. Investigation solicited from per ons who mean business. No others need apriy. No. 555, eare Michigan Tradesman. 556 ek SALE—A FINE AND WELL-ASSORTKD stock of dry goods, boots, shoes, hats, caps and gents’ furnishing goods, in live railroad and manufactu ing town of from 500 to 00 inhabi- tants. Only business of the kind in the locality. Other and more important business requires the attention of the proprietor. We court a thorongh investigation and will guarantee a profitable investment. Address No. 571, care Michigan Tradesman. 571 SITUATIONS WANTED, V ANT PHARMA- cist with eleven years’ experience, posi- tion with retail druggist or traveling salesman for wholesale drugs or sundries. Address Drug- gist, 120 East Main street, Kalamazoo, Mich, 598 Was rED—A POSITION OF TRUST, AS ‘ manager or Clerk in dry goo 4s, general or wall paper store by man of 17 years’ experience, Give full particulars L.A Ely, Muir, Mich.592 \ JANTsD--A FIKST-CLASS WALL PAPER hanger is looking for position in large town where steady hanging by roll can be had. Connection with large retail house preferred. Full information desired, ‘‘E,” care of L. A. Ely, Muir, Michigan. 593 [D — BY REGISTERED MISCELLANEOUS. O YOU USE COUPON BOOKS? IF so, DO you buy of the largest manufacturers in the United States? If you do, you are customers of the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. os SALE — GOOD DIVIDEND - PAYING stocks in banking, manufacturing and mer cantile companies. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis at. Grand Rapids. 370 {JOR SALE —BEST RESIDENCE LOT IN Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad- ed with native oaks, situated in gooi residence locality, only 200 feet from electric street car line. Will sell for $2 500 cash, or part cash, pay- ments tosuit. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. '354 N ERCHANTS: IF YOU DESIRE TO SELL IVE or exchange your stock of merchandise, send full particulars to G. P. Nash, 361 Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio. 599 7 KESIDENCH LOIS IN VILLAGE OF Belding to exchange for grocery stock Will pay difference in cash. Address No. 470, care Michigan Trades- man. 570 KAND CHANCE—TO RENT—A FINE DRY goods store, with all fixtures, in a town of about 4,000 inhabitants; not an exclusive dry goods store in the town: no large towns within 25 miles: a splendid opportunity for a dry goods man. For particulars address H. F. Marsh, Marsh block, Allegan, Mich. 596 OR _RENT— MEAT MAKKET — FULLY equipped with good ice box, hooks, bloeks, etc., in good location for meat business. Must be a good meat cutter to cater to first-class trade. Rent $300 per year. For particulars apply to J. C, Dunton, Widdicomb building. 597 worth $1,005 to $1,500. | GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Meeusen & Dupree have purchased the drug stock of W. A. Swarts & Son, at | the corner of Ha!l and Svuth Division streets. Gilbert & Smith have opened a grocery and bakery store at 565 Cherry street. | The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished | the groceries. C. W. Hall and F. W. Folger have | formed a copartnership under the style | of Hall and Folger and opened a meat | market at 298 West Fulton street. | There was received at the custom house last Thursday one carload of earthen ware from Liverpool and one carload of china from Carlsbad, Austria, for H. Leonard & Sons. F. W. Folger has retired from the firm of Folger & Jenison, dealers in groceries and meat at 305 Broadway. The busi- ness will be continued by the remaining partner under the style of A. L. Jenison. E. Fallas shipped a full ecarload of mince meat last week to the Twohy Mercantile Co., at West Superior, Wis. Mr. Falilas’ factory has a capacity of 4,000 pounds per day and is now running to its full capacity. bering near Remus for some time, have opened an office in this city, locating in the Michigan Trust Co. building. The firm is now lumbering a tract of ash and elm timber, six miles from Newaygo. The timber will be floated down the Mus- kegon River to the Sawdust City, where it will be cut on contract. a a Purely Personal. D. R. Thralls, the Walton general dealer, was in town Monday on his way to Detroit to attend the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F. EK. 1. Harrington, of Holland, Chas. Althew, of Lowell, F. Widoe, of Hart, and Peter Dendall, of Hopkins, were in town last week, purchasing clothing lines. W. D. Ballou, who has served Uncle Sam as postal clerk on the C. & W. M. Railway for several years, has resigned his position and will hereafter devote his entire attention to his two drug stores in this city. John M. Moore, formerly of the firm of Spooner & Moore, at Cedar Springs, but more recently engaged in the dry goods business in Dakota, has returned to Cedar Springs to take the management of Spring & Company’s store at that place. Allen Baker, for the past three years receiving clerk for the Lemon & Wheeler Company, has purchased a grocery stock at Vassar and removed to that place. Mr. Baker isa young man of promise and will doubtless make his mark in his chosen field of operation. Norman Harris, the Conklin general dealer, embarked in general trade at Big Springs twenty-seven years ago, remain- ing in that location until he removed to Conklin, about a year ago. Mr. Harris says he has been engaged ip trade so long that he would not feel at home in any other avocation. Gardner Bros. are erecting a_ brick store at North Star and will open a drug store therein about Nov. 1. The Hazel- tine & Perkins Drug Co. has the order | Jacksonville, Fla., he met Arthur Meigs, |elimbing to the front, financially speak- for the stock. The firm is composed of Dr. B. H. Gardner, a practicing physi- THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Standard Cash Register (Patented in United States and Canada.) | cian, and Will Gardner, who is a gradu- | ate of the Michigan School of Pharmacy. | Albert C. Antrim has returned from a} three months’ trip through the South in the interest of the Alabastine Co. At| who removed to that place from Grand | Rapids about two years ago, and was pleased to learn that Arthur was rapidly ing, the company with which he is con- nected having made considerable money | in lumbering operations, besides having recently discovered a valuable phosphate bed on one of its tracts of timber land. Geo. H. Spencer, general dealer at Po- mona, was in town a couple of days last week. He recently returned from New Mexico, where he spent three months for the purpose of regaining his health, in which he was successful to a marked de- gree. At Mitchell, N. M., he ran across H. C. MeFarlan, who was formerly en- gaged in general trade at Manton. Mr. McFarlan was erecting a store building at Mitchell, but abandoned the enter- prise when Mitchell Bros. shut down their mills for the winter, as the town lapsed into quietude as soon as the mills ceased operations. ——— — Gripsack Brigade. J. J. Gaskill, superintendent of the traveling force of Jas. S. Kirk & Co., Chi- eago, is in town for a day or two, inter- viewing his local representative, Geo. F. Peck. J. H. Gibbons, formerly on the road for a Detroit cracker house, is now sell- ing several lines of furniture, covering the trade of Michigan and adjoining states. He still continues to reside at Charlotte. A member of the Knights of the Grip has filed acomplaint against the land- lord of acertain botel in this State who has refused to pay a bill for merchandise amounting to about $125, which was guaranteed by the traveling man, who has been compelled to pay the amount. Prop- er officers of the Association have con- eluded to give the landlord one more opportunity to pay the amount, and in default of same, they will probably issue a circular to the membership setting forth the facts in the case. The Michigan Knights of the Grip will hold a two days’ convention this year, meeting at Detroit on Dec. 27 and 28. The first day will be devoted entirely to business and the second day to business and pleasure combined. The organiza- | tion is more prosperous than ever before | in its history, having more money in the} treasury and a paid membership of 970, £ which is about 200 more than it has ever been before. All of the meetings of the! board of directors during the past year have been attended by a full board, which is a record unparalleled in the his- | tory of the association. eS The Drug Market. Arnica flowers are scarce and higher. Long buchu leaves are about out of market and extreme prices are asked. Canary seed has advanced and, stocks are small, higher prices looked for. Gum kino is in limited supply and higher. White mustard vanced. German quinine has advanced. Do- mestie brands are unchanged. | Short buchu leaves are higher. Oil cloves has advanced. as | are | seed has again ad-| } our Is afpractical Machine, Appreciated by Practical Business Men, It is a handsomely furnished Combination Desk, Money Drawer and Cashier, with Com- bination Lock and Registering Attachment. It records both cash and credit sales. It records disbursements. It itemizes money paid in on account. It enables you to trace transactions in dispute. {t will keep different lines of goods separate. it shows the transactions of each clerk. It makes a careless man careful. It keeps an honest man honest and a thief will not stay where it is. It will save in convenience, time and money, enough to pay for itself many times over. Each machine, boxed separately and warrant ed for two years. a For full particulars address THE STANDARD AGENCY, Sole Agents for Michigan, AUGUSTA, WIS. At the suggestion of several merchants I announce that the dates on which I shall be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, will always appear in this advertisement. 1 shall be at Sweet’s Hotel on Thurs- day and Friday, October 27 and 28, to close out Ulsters and Overcoats at close prices, and shall have my regular line of suitings. Any of the trade desiring to see me before above dates, kindly drop me a line at my permanent address Box 346, Marshall Mich, And I will soon be with you, and if I haven’t got what you want, thank you for sending for me. The many mail orders sent in to the Y house from all parts of the country for NW Pe Prince Albert Coats and Vests bespeaks WILLIAM CONNOR, their excellence. Representative of Michael Kolb & Son, Wholesale Clothiers, Rochester, N. Y. SPECIAL DRIVE IN Floor (il Cloths & Oil Gl th Rugs For the Stove Trade. Write us for Prices. SMITH & SANFORD, 68 Monroe St. l Teacher—Whati- the best Cigar soldir this country to-day? aeReeet FIRE-PROOF ROOFING This Roofing is guaranteed to stand in all s!laces Where Tin and Iron has failed; is super- ior to Shingles and much cheaper. Class (in chorus)— Ben Hur! 10c or 3 for 25c. The-best Roofing for covering over Shingles on old roofs of houses, barns, sheds, etc.; will not rot or pull loose, and when painted with Made on Honor ! Sold on Merit ! ORDER FROM YOUR DEALER. FIRE-PROOF ROOF PAINT, Will last longer than shingles. Write the un- dersigned for prices and circulars, relative to | Roofing and for samples of Building Papers, | il MOERS & (if ’ sy “HLM. REYNOLDS & SON, Manufacturers, DETROIT. CHICAGO. Practical Roofers, Cer. Louis and Oampan Sts., Grand Rapids, Mich, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. PORT OF GRAND RAPIDS. Water Communication for the Valley City. THIRD PAPER. Written for THE TRADESMAN. ‘‘] never supposed the Grand River scheme was more than a ‘will o’ the wisp’ which a few Grand Rapids vision- aries were chasing after, until I read that article in THrk TRADESMAN, and now l’ll be hanged if it does’t look as though it was feasible,’’ remarked a bus- iness man from a Northern town the other day. ‘‘But, can it be true,” said h2, ‘that an open water way, with a minimum draft of ten feet, can be se- cured at the insignificant cost of $670,- The writer assured him that no fact was ever based on more reliable evidence or more efficient engineering data, and that the estimates, low as they are, cover every possible contingency. This gentleman voices the opinion of every intelligent man who has taken the pains to read Col. Ludlow’s report of the specific examination made and who has given the subject a moment’s serious consideration. It may be asked, ‘‘What are the live business men of the Valley City doing to hasten the consummation of this great improvement?” H. D. C. Van Asmus, Secretary of the Board of Trade, says: ‘*We are pleased with the spirit manifested by Tue TRADESMAN in taking up this river im- provement matter, which is fraught with such glorious possibilities for the future commercial welfare of the city. Yes, some time has elapsed since Col, Lud- low’s report of the specific examination was presented at Washington, accom- panied with a recommendation for an appropriation of $100,000 to begin the work, but it was too late for the last Congress to take action in the matter. True, we might have appealed to the Senate, but we concluded the wiser poli- cy would be to wait for the next Con- gress. In the meantime we shall en- deavor to organize a river transportation 0002”° er with a paid-up capital of at least $35,000, with a view of purchasing the two boats now on the river, and of making such improvements as may be necessary for the complete utilization of the four foot draft which nature has already supplied us with. The improve- ments necessary for this purpose con- sist, principally, of the removal of a few sand bars, which work can be effected at a nominal expense by using the proposed new city dredge. This is what we can do and it is what we propose to do, and, when accomplished, we shall be able to give the shippers of Grand Rapids rates which they have not had since the inter- state commerce law took effect, and at the same time Congress and all the world will see that we are doing all that we possibly can to secure this great boon.” “Grand River drains 60,000 square miles of territory and I tell youit isa grand river, indeed,’’ remarked Charles H. Leonard, of H. Leonard & Sons and the Grand Rapids Refrigerator Co. Mr. Leonard is a heavy shipper and is deeply interested in any movement which tends to the development of Grand River asa commercial! outlet for the various indus- tries of the city. He says: ‘‘Asa pre- liminary step, the merchants and manu- facturers of the city river transportation paid-up capital the purposes must organize a company, with a behind it sufficient for required. Our first effort G. R. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids, Mich., JOBBER OF Wales noe Rubbers, Woonsocket Rubbers, Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. chilling Corset Co's MODEL (Trade Mark.) FORM. ir. 3 Nehling’s PRENGH SHAPE A” ¢ Send for Illustrated Catalogue. in this journal. SCHILLING CORSET CO., Detroit, Mich. and Chicago, Ill. 2 7 27 2 He ie é See price list CPi KS Wea “OOL COT Best Six Gord Machine or Hand Use. FOR SALE BY ALL Dealers in Dry Goods & Notions Dry Goods Price Current. es COTTONS. 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Do 8% . -......:. 6% . 7... 9% i 2 7 “ W..... 10% ' Me. ee 7% ' 2 11 _ Bi... 2... T% “ 2.4... 12 - eo - isa =... 13 “ x... Bee ea . --9% = = ....... 10 ' a... ...iee - oo. 11% ” 8 14 CARPET WA Peerless, wees... - 17%) Integrity colored... .20 colored. . 1934 |White ae 18 Oe 18% * colored. .20 DRESS GOODS. _. ee 8 Nameless ee > - — SS 27% GG Cashmere...... 20 - | 30 Nameless ae 4sceece 16 - -B2% eee a 18 ” 35 CORSETS. Cocemes...........- #9 50|Wonderful . $4 50 See... ...~--. Br. . w cn ~~ 0s 475 Daves Welets..... 9 Obes. .......... 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 50|Abdominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS. bt eet een oe 6% Naumkeag satteen.. 63 suave —_--- ioe DRes...... . .... 6% ...... S eeeeeeee........... 6% Bruwaek. .... .... C4) Walworth ...... .... 6% PRINTS. Allen —— reds.. 6 |Berwick fancies.... 5% ceeeneee 6 |Clyde Robes........ - om ; purple 6 (Charter Oak fancies 4% - oo ....... 6 DelMarine cashm’s. 6 . pink checks. 6 mourn’g 6 ' alee ...... 6 Radystone fancy... 6 _ shirtings . 4% chocolat 6 American fancy... 5% _ pre . 6 Americanindigo ... 6 _ teens.. 6 American shirtings. 444 Hamilton fancy... .- Argentine Grays... 6 | a = Anchor —- ._o Manchester ancy... 6 Arnold --- new era, 6 Arnold Merino. ... 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 6 ' long cloth B. 10% Merrim’ck shirtings. 4% - ic. _ Reppfurn . 8% ** century cloth ; Pacific — 6 * oe... — hl Ur 6% ‘© green seal TR 10%| Portsmouth robes... 6 “yellow seal. ne Simpson mourning.. 6 . oe... Le ee gr Ay 6 ” red. “108 . solid black. 6 Ballou volta | lack.. 5 |Washington indigo. 6 “colors. 5%} ‘“‘ Turkey robes.. 7% Bengal blue, ‘green, ‘* India robes.... 7% and orange... 5%) ‘' plain T’ky x % 8% Berlin —- ie Ee 5%) - - x<.e a 6%| “ Ottoman Tur ve o green ~~- Ol ME Oee..........0 ‘“ Foulards .... 5%/Martha Washington a. 7 Turkey red %..... i% = ©* © we. 9%| Martha Washington " oe. .10 Turkey red........ wd - 3-4X¥XXXK 12 |Riverpoint robes.... 5% Cocheco a — 6 Windsor ac... _ madders... 6 = cket + XX twills.. 6%| indigo blue....... 10% - eoncs...... 514)/Harmony......... / TICKINGS, Amoskeag AC A.. a ee sce 12% Homiiton B......... Pemberton AAA....16 ae Nes coe as 10% ’ Awning..11 |Swift River......... T™% ae... S reer River......... 12 Pied Preee.........- peg a 13 Leson Wiis ........ oomotom .......... 16 COTTON DRILL. iro. » nc eal 6%|Stark A i i cy Seen oan 6%iNo Name........ : 1% eee A... .... 634/Top of Heap........ 9 DEMINS. Amoskeag...... ...12%/Columbian brown. .12 e Sos. .... 13%/|Everett, blue........ 12% . brown .13 oe brown. ....12% ee 11% Haymaker pies. .... 7% Beaver Creek 2} 10 brown... 7% 2. peoee........ ...... 11% GC. Lancester........... 12% Boston Mfg Co. br.. 7 Lawrence, Sen...... 13% blue 8% 2. o....oe “ d«& twist 10% ' No. 250....11% Columbian XXX br.10 " No. 280....10% XXX bl.19 GINGHAMS, Amomoes ...... ...- 7% Lancaster, staple... 7 ‘* Persian dress 8% fancies .... 7 - Canton .. 8% _ Normandie 8 . Ave... ‘10% Lancashire.........: 6 . Teazle...104|Manchester......... 5% : Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 6% " Persian.. 8%|Normandie......... ™% Arlington staple.. - 64 aan Bates Wa fancy.... 43%{|Renfrew Dress...... 7% Bates Warwick dres 8%4|Rosemont........... 6% staples. = Slatersville ......... 6 Contennial......... 10%|S z Criterion 0% Guaeuendl staple. 5% Ss iW Cumberiand.... .... as. % eee... ok 4 Ne seersucker.. 7% og ees es oe TG erwior,... «..... 8% Everett classics..... 8%|Whittenden......... 6% Expositiem.......... 7 = heather dr. 8 ones... . 6% o indigo blue 9 Gionerven.... ...... 6X%|Wamsutta staples. . - ce omrood........... % Westbrook ieee cess Pees... . ...... — | Ce 10 Johnson Vhaloncl % decal ST 5 indice bree SGI FOre..... .......... 6% ' zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGS. semane a Pilgenes i Een ESS 15% Ee Georgia... .. --15% ans oe 18 Paci Ce 13 THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's....... ....88 Coats’ Pn i iMerebelre.... ...... 88 Holyoke. ol diag e eee 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored. -— «6Slw -— ie i... 2 42 = ¢.....5 34 - ...-.. 38 43 . fe — i 39 44 - 2... =. 2. ee 45 CAMBRICS. Leer eee eee 4%(Edwards........... 4% White eon +> Sh OC wood.... ...... 4% ie Gieve........... SETH COG s,... .... ..s. 4% Newmarket......... 4% |Brunswick ........ 4% RED FLANNEL, Pare... 5 er R% Creedmore.......... ar... BR2% 7 2 e......... _ Vee, oee......... 35 ee... -.... 27% Buckeye a 32% MIXED FLANNEL, _— & 9 plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% Dese &...... ...... 22% oe - 3.4...) ion ae... ore 6... 6 oz Western........ 20 Flushing aSe...... a eaten @........ 224|Manitoba........... —_— _— Nameless sae & a ee 9 ons sKol0 He nan CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate Brown. Black. 9% 9% on 10% 0 10% 10% 10% 1044]11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 1144)12 12 12 12% 12% 12%|20 20 20 DUCKS. Severen, 8 oz........ wt West Point, z 0z....10% Mayland, ae... 10% Ooz ...12% Greenwood, 7% 0z.. 9% Raven, 1002. eee, 13% Greenwood, Sa....uneeek © ........ 13% Boe, 6 of.......-. 10% coe ae........ 12% oe White, Gou.........- > Ga bale, 40 dos.. - 83 50 Colored, Gos........ aoe 7 50 er Slater, Iron Cross...8 :Pawtucket.......... 10% Bee Crom... D iiemdis...........,.. - ss oo... ....., 10 errs... ........ 10% - Best AA..... 12% — Cy... lL. = Mk cle eee PO ekic icons secee 10% oe SEWING SILK. Corticelli, doz....... 75 (Corticelli knitting, twist, doz. .37%| per %oz ball...... 30 50 fee doz. .37% OKS AND EYES—PER GROSS No : Br. & White.. = No ad r& White, 2 “ ; “ ..12 | * 10 ' "3 PINS. No 2-20, 7, ....., 50 |No4—15 F 3%...... 40 S16, 8 C........ - TTON TAPE. No 2 White & BI. 12 No 8 White & BI’k..20 >. _ i 2 _ a “ 6 “ «ie “ 12 “ 2B SAFETY PINS. _oe....... oe en. 36 NEEDLES—PEER M. A, Somes... .. -1 40|Steamboat.... ...... 40 Crowely’s. -1 %jGold Byed.......... 150 Marshall’s. 100 TABLE OIL CLOTH. 54....2 6—4...3 25/5—4....195 6—4...2 95 eh 3 10 OTTON TWINES Cotton Sail Twins. -— (aes... 8 coeee .......... 6, 12 Rising Star4ply....17 Ree 4. ..4 esi. 18 Tuy me aoe... a6 [orth Ster.......... 20 13 wo Valley...... 15 |Powha' 18% 8 Wool Standard 4 iyi ttan 18 see... 6% a Pleasant.... 6% —— Les ie ede ce S40 oe ME ki contin es & mont iehec bonnes 5 Ar saph 6 |Randelman......... 7 Georgia ee erdt ce we . Sibley A eet oaae 54 eke eeneiss e esa Ci Haw ae sce. Se PRM sce oes ones " THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7 would be the removal of the sand bars and obstructions, giving us the use of the four foot water way which nature has provided us with. Then my idea would be to put on a line of boats by purchas- ing the two already on theriver and pur- chasing or chartering alight draft lake vessel. Of course, the purchase of a dredge by the city is the first important step in the movement. The dredge, no doubt, could be hired by the company at a nominal rental and the necessary im- provements could be made at a moderate cost. We must show the country that we are alive tothe great importance of securing water communication for the Valley City and that we have the courage of our convictions. Congress will then recognize our needs and be constrained to grant the necessary appropriation that will make Grand Rapids a lake port and bring lake vessels to our wharves. When this is done the lowering of the river four feet or more will add immensely to the value of our power—a fact which is overlooked by many business men ”’ Mr. Leonard believes in the good old- fashioned adage, ‘‘God helps those who help themselves.” O. A. Ball, of Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., says: ‘This matter of utilizing Grand River as a water way for commer- cial purposes is of paramount importance to the jobbing interests of the city, and should be agitated continually until it becomes a reality. The river service we already have makes an increase of freight rates observable after the close of navi- gation, and, if we had aten foot draft, the saving in freight rates to the jobbing interests of the city would be enormous. You can say that we are to the front in this matter and will do all that we can in the most expeditious way to make it a glorious success.”’ S. M. Lemon, of the Lemon & Wheeler Company, takes a broad and comprehen- sive view of the matter. He says: ‘‘This river navigation question is of more vital importance to the city of Grand Rapids than a good many of her people imagine. If the city is to maintain her prestige as a distributing trade center for Western Michigan and our rapidly developing upper country, in the face of Chicago and Detroit competition, then our light draft lake vessels must be brought to her docks. The growth and commercial development of Grand Rapids are phe- nomenal and if she is to preserve her present status, to say nothing of her an- ticipated futnre growth, she must secure the advantages of a lake port. This does not mean a breaking of bulk or a re- handling of freight at Grand Haven—it means the loading of a vessel at our own docks with a cargo of furniture for Buf- falo and a return cargo of coal or general merchandise for Grand Rapids. Why, the loss in the rehandling of coal at Grand Haven would be about equal toa tax of a dollar perton. Iam not very enthusiastic in this matter of organizing a company among the merchants and manufacturers to purchase boats and em- bark in the transportation business. I am identified with the jobbing interests. You hear a great deal said about the furniture interests, but I want to say that so far as the shipping tonnage of Grand Rapids is concerned, the jobbing interest is double that of the furniture interest. We must have a draft of eight or ten feet, so that light draft lake ves- sels can come to us, and this is so vitally necessary that nothing short of it ought to be entertained for amoment by the business men of the city. This idea of chartering a lake propeller to run be- tween Grand Haven and Chicago, in con- nection with light draft boats on the river, would be of very little benefit to the jobbers of this city. Our goods come from the East. We do not buy in Chica- go, except incidentally, aside from pork and its constituents—in fact, Chicago is our competitor and we profess to be able to meet her on an open field anywhere on territory tributary to the Valley City. I believe it would be entirely feasible to secure a sixteen foot draft, but we must have eightor tenanyway. Let us secure this and we will have no trouble about boats. We would not have to purchase or subsidize in order to bring boats to our docks. Clear the way, open up the river and you will see a Buffalo line of vessels steam into the harbor of Grand Haven, bound for the port of Grand Rap- ids, laden with coal, sugar and all kinds of merchandise, and return with cargoes of produce, furniture and the other man- ufactured products. It requires 2,400 barrels of sugar and fifteen carloads of other merchandise per week to supply the grocery jobbing houses of the city. Water communication gives Chicago about 300 miles the advantage over Grand Rapids on sugar rates, yet we are com- pelled to compete with her. For instance: Chicago is about 150 miles farther from Buffalo than Grand Rapids; yet, owing to the rate enjoyed by Chicago, a barrel of sugar can be carried to Chicago and reshipped to Grand Rapids territory at a eost which about equals the best Grand Rapids rates from Buffalo attainable under present circumstances. I am deeply interested in this matter and would like to see the prospective new city dredge put to work just as soon as possible. We may be counted on to do our level best, but I want every dollar of what I may contribute put where it will remove a dollar’s worth of earth from the bed of Grand River, for by so doing it will count one dollar toward bringing about that which is an absolute necessity to the future prosperity of the city.” Other leading business>men expressed similar opinions, but lack of space for- bids their publication. Suffice it to say that those published are fairly express- ive of the views held by the solid busi- ness men of the city, and we may safely predict that ‘‘the case will not rest” until the ‘‘Port of Grand Rapids” be- comes an accomplished fact and water communication is secured to the Valley City. E. A. OWEN. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. OE EEE 60 eee 40 Josmines Gore... 25 Senos, MeN .......... 05.2... 8s 50&10 First Quality, S. B. peas ee: $ 7 50 ' es 12 00 : B BS Seer... 8 50 ‘ eee 13 50 BARROWS. dis. Meee. $ 14 00 Gaps. i... net = 00 BOLTS, ee 50810 Ganings MO ee 75&10 ee eee eee. so, 40&10 Sleigh ae. ee 70 BUCKETS. Well eee $ 3 50 Well, ee ee 400 ae CAST. dis. EEE eee W& Wrought Narrow, bright Sast joint.......... 66&10 Wrought — oe 60&10 Weenie Se 60&10 | Wrought Inalde en we. Wrouens Brass... ........ an Cy . “ a0818 | Blind, Pore en... re Blind, Shepard’s BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892. ......... CRADLES. Coe. Ce dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. Com Hie perb 5 CAPS. meet... per m 65 CO 60 cr... . 35 Ee - 60 CARTRIDGES. is Pe... ... ee 50 iCmaaees We dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. Pee ee ies we eee 70&10 ROGmen Wrtnie. oc. Lance OO Sl... Lr Biutenoes’ Ternged Pirmer............ ...... COMBS. dis. —, a 40 DO 25 CHALK. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER. Planished, 14 oz cut to a oo oe per pound 28 14x52, 4x: Oe... ects 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and an60 pee | ee ncacus cna 23 Cold Rolled, ae 23 Paes . , 25 DRILLS. dis. OE ———————— 50 Taper and straight Shank........... oa oe 50 Siceec w Teper oeeme...................... : 50 DRIPPING PANS. Saal? sisee, eer pound ...................... o7 Dargo cies, or poue...... ......... ..... Gig ELBOWS. Com. 4 ploee. Cie... dos. net Wis) Cee z 40 Ate... dis. 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, a = ee 30 Ives’, 1, $18: SO 25 F cong Ae List. dis Tre 60410 Mow Amores ..... 2... 60&10 Tercera... 8. fae... t,.-.-...-.. eee mere ee 50 letice = Home Rasps .. ......------...... GALVANIZED IRON. Wos. 16 to @: 2 and MBM; % and MB: 27 28 im 2 14 15 m Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 KNoOBsS—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, ap. (rie... 2... 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Door, porcelsin, tri es 55 Drawer and Shutter, poccain............. 70 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s now fist _..._.. 55 Mallory, Whecter & Coa................... 55 Peete 55 Tae... ......... 55 MATTOCES. aoe $16.00, dis. 60 Hunt Eye.. ee eee 815.00, dis. 60 eS a ,; 318. 50, dis. =" AUL Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled el MILLS. dis. Coffee, Pomme (a6... ............... 40 P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.... 40 ‘© Landers, Ferry & Clork’s............ 40 * Reece 2... 30 MOLASSES GATES. dis. Stapnen e Peeors............................ 60&10 I 66&10 Enterprise, self-measuring............ er 25 NAILS fear ete bene. 8 Cf 1 85 Woeeneee o.... C. 1 90 Advance over base: Steel. Wire. eee Base Base Te ace Base 10 eee 25 a a ee 10 2 ee Se 15 35 se ete ecaanes 15 45 Pi ieee eee e eens ade eee ae 15 45 eee 20 50 a eee co eee eee ec ens 25 60 Cee 40 75 eee 60 90 ee os eee es ee 1 00 1 20 a 1 50 1 60 ames. og, 1 50 1 60 eee 60 65 Se 75 vis) Oe ee 90 90 mae .............. 85 5 . eee 1 00 90 Oe . 1 15 1 10 Clinch; 10 Del ee cece ecules guees 85 70 Mei. cus 1 00 80 . os cei ce es aa, 1 15 90 perce Ss ...................-.... 1 % 1% PLANES. dis. Ohio Tool Co.'s, fancy .... ..-- 2 2c 0. cece eee NE Sandusky = Co Bench, ficat quality................ccccecoes Stanley Rule a _ i *s, wood. &10 es, Ace... dis.60—10 Gabon pollahed aes ioe a dis. 70 RIVETS, “dis. Tron an Wines. ........................... 40 Copper oe aoc .............. 50—10 ATENT FLANISHE “A” Wood's ‘patent planished. —— 4 to 27 = 20 “B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken ; per pound extra. HAMMERS, ee ates... dis. ps) | Kip’ Sees adc ol 25 | Yer i Sei - 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................. 30c list 60 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand... .30c 40&10 HINGES. i — ae dis.60&10 i i r doz. net, 2 50 Serew = and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and ee eee weet ee eee ace 3% Screw ‘Hook and Eye, ee net 10 a net 8% se i _ er Oe se . . a... net 7% aapenas dis. 50 HANGERS. dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 Champion, anti-friction...................- 60&10 Bigacr, wood trace ............ 40 HOLLOW WARE. ee 604£10 eee 6010 OO 60&10 Gray enameled.. -..- 40&10 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Seameped Tm Ware................... -new list 70 Japanned Tin Ware.. _ Greante iron Ware ............... “new list 3334 &10 WIRE GOODS. eo, 70410810 a 70&10&10 —_ ....... ........ -70&10&10 Gate Hooks and Eyes............... 70&10&10 LEVELS. dis.79 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... ROPES. ueml, 36 Imei and lanwer .................... Gig aan. 13 SQUARES. dis. oes ren... oo. % aly Gna Hove... 60 ae 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. Mea ie 4. .............. a $2 95 ee 4 05 3 05 eS ee a a 4 05 3 05 OE 4 05 3 15 Mom Seem ........... _@ = 3 25 Meee. 35 44 3 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. Tee. oS... ........... diz. 50 SASH CORD. Silver Lake, oa Be list 56 ss... 55 - White ... eee. ' 50 " een ee. " 55 - Wwance. 35 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. Sona ieee per = gay i an SAWS. suter Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 ‘¢ Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.. 50 ‘* Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 “Champion and Electric Tooth X Cuan per TeGe 30 TRAPS. dis. en Cae 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 70 Modee, Choker... wl. 18c per doz Mouse, dewielen.... $1.50 per doz. WIRE. dis Bright Market... ..... ee 65 Annealed PS am IT .70—10 Coppcrca marceee 60 ree eee 62% Coppered Spring Steer.................. 50 Barbed Monee, malvanineg........... 3 00 painted _...~.... Sse, 2 55 HORSE NAILS. - a ee ee eee eset cece sense dis. a mecmradibabe se eee es reece ces dis. =— Baxter’s Adjustable, t nickeled Sue ceesec cess * 50 Coen Gears...) 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........ 75 Coes Patent, mallcablie ............. ...... 75&10 MISCELLANEOUS. dis. mire @oeee 50 Pompe, Cleterm............ Seca ce aas es TE &10 Screws, New List. 70&10 Casters, Bed a d Plate..............-.--50&10&10 Deanpers, Amowiean......-................. Forks, hoes, rakes anas all roy soods...... 6F &10 PI@ TIN. reise. 26¢ Pista : 28¢ Duty: Sheet, 24%c per ence 600 pound ao AEN oe . 6% OO EE 7 SOLDER. Ce 16 #0% Ce ee 15 The ces of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY Comme per pound OE 13 TIN—MELYN GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal ek eee ea 375) 14x20 1c, ee 730 10x14 Ex, 2, boeda ee uecee 9 25 14x20 Ns i eee ee cases 9 25 Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE, 10x14 - Charcoal a $6 75 OEE 6 75 st IX, Re ce ee 8 25 “. additional X on this grade 81.50. BOOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, = Weoneemen. 8. 6 50 14x20 IX, . ee 8 50 20x28 IC, vig al, 13 50 14x20 IC “ Allaway Grade........... 6 00 ae ee eer LE 7 50 20x28 IC, . ' oe ac 12 50 20x28 IX, - " a 15 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE, —_ aS ee ee - 00 4x31 IX oo g for No. & Boilers, | per pound.... 10 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman AMERICA’S FINANCIAL VALUE. The festivities attending the Columbus DO YOU HANDLE * Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. C€lebration completely absorbed public x a So | attention the greater part of last week, to | * Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, One Dollar a Year, - Postage Prepaid, ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. | the exclusion of everything except abso- | lutely necessary business; and the exer- cises at Chicago this week will, in all probability, be equally absorbing. The | direct cost of the amusement will be very great, but its indirect cost in loss of time to the participants and their per- sonal expenses will be far greater. If men lived for the making of money alone and nothing more. I should deprecate this suspension of their efforts, but inas- | much as money is only ameans to anend, and spending it is quite as important as getting it, I cannot find fault with them for giving upeven a whole fortnight to enjoying themselves. Besides, no expenditure, however great, which may be made in celebrating the discovery of America will bear any ap- Soap? ~ IF NOT, WHY NOT ? Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- | Preciable proportion to the financial value class matter. of the achievement to the world. His- ~ ES" When writing to any of our advertisers, | torians, essayists, and orators usually ex- please say that you saw their advertisement in haust themselves in extolling the sagac- It is the Best La undry Soap on Barth. en ee. ity, enterprise, and perserverance of W E. A. STOWE, Editor. Columbus, and I do not say that he fails —— | 6 deserve all the praise bestowed upon i WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1892. him. But, to my mind, his greatness is —=/ only comparative. What he did any one . “wr BEW ARE OF THE CREAMERY SHARK. !of his contemporaries might and should Tur TRADESMAN again feels called up- have done if they had not all been as stu- on to warn its readers against the se- | Pid as owls. For centuries it had been " ductive wiles of the creamery shark, who | 20wn that the earth was a globe. Its +” is abroad in the land, advising the inaug- | dimensions had been approximately com- uration of factory creamery enterprises | Puted by the Greek astronomer, Eratos- LARK (FROCERY G ' in localities which are not suited to the | thenes, twohundred and fifty years be- a 8 ‘ creamery business and charging prices | fore the Christian era. The area of the " "4 therefor which are more than double what the plant and equipment are worth. More than a hundred such enterprises were started in Michigan a few years ago, and fully nine-tenths of them have since been offered for sale at about 10 known portion of its surface showed con- clusively that a vast region remained to beexplored. The westward voyage from the coast of Spain was no more hazardous than the northward voyages which the ancient Phenicians made continually SOLE AGENTS. BANANAS]! oe : a cents on the dollar; in fact, a review of | from the Straits of Gibraltar to the Brit- the business for the last half dozen years | ish Isles without even the help of the ss fails to disclose a single success, in the | ™ariner’s compass. All this was known stock company creamery line, during al] |t@ thousands as well as to Columbus, that time. On the other hand, several | @nd that nobody before him had under- If you want large bunches of the bes. uy private individuals, who have started | taken todo what he did demonstrates the quality, send your order to “ with well-equipped creameries, pur- | torpidity, in his time, of the human in- chased at reasonable prices, and conduct- | tellect. He was merely among the first ! * ed business on economical methods, have | © catch the inspiration of the new era|’ | 'H. E P | a. N A M . A N DY Cr, : made money for themselves and con- | Which had been ushered in by the inven- ~ ferred positive benefit on the communi- | tion of printing, and which has since cul- ties in which they did business. minated in the numerous applications of 3 he i a ee steam and electricity characteristic of the | About December 1 we shall send a thermome- fue TRADESMAN has positive knowl- present epoch ew thendeceete tes — each a our customers. Being desirous of « ‘ . 2 : factory cre: sent epoca. ow Diunderingly he| adding to their number, we will send one to edge that some of the new fac tory cream- | roped his way, and how impe fectly h any dealer whois not now a customer and will eries are foisted upon the people by oe ij ice , perfectty he! cena us an order before Jan. 1. 1893, providing . - means of bribery and other reprehensi- ble methods—two or more leading busi- | ness men being given handsome bonuses to visit creameries in distant localities | : | bled upon a hitherto unsuspected conti- and present glowing reports to their townsmen for the purpose of inducing | them to subscribe for stock. No busi- ness can succeed which owes its origin | | financial value of America defies compu- to such questionable practices, and Tur TRADESMAN is certainly conferring a/| benefit on its patrons in advising them to | beware of any man or set of men who re- | comprehended the immensity of his ex- ploit is a matter of record. He thought he had merely found only a new road to a familiar country, whereas he had stum- nent, and increased by one-half the ac- cessible surface of the earth. Considered in this aspect alone, the tation. Here were presented suddenly to the eyes of Europe, as upon the lifting of a curtain, millions, not of acres, but of he mentions seeing our advertisement in this paper, Send in your order now for eee Independence Wood Split Pulley, : : “ sort to such methods to secure a foot- | Square miles, of fertile and well-watered Children’s Footwear, Overgaiters, Lambs- hold |land, rich mines, and endless quantities Gaaceiinien aersoce ait Wier eae ee - | : s ‘ a q » ——— of game and fish. At first, indeed, the little | you ma; need. _ THE STRONGEST! Estimates based on the September re-| cacumulations of gold and silver which _k > port of the Department of Agriculture the unskilled labor of the aborigines had BIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., HESTER MACHINERY CO,, make the total wheat crop for this year! in the course of ages extracted from the 12-14 LYON sT. GRAND RAPIps <— s GRAND a little less than 500,000,000 bushels, the | earth monopolized the attention of the minis | & So. Davee fe. io RAPIDS. f 2 ; S > o , . s o > s mh oats crop auneesanent bushels and the corn newcomers. It was only after these had WOOD WANTED! MICHIGAN MINING SCHOOL. crop 1,600,000,000.Compared with the crop | all been gathered up and carried away We will pay cash for dry Beech and Maple und uonteeen a ee ‘ee ee "aa ? f of last year, wheat has fallen off over across the ocean that the more perma | Wood. delivered ra cars within 10: allen ar gummer schools in surveying, Shop practice and Field Ss a s ov 35 iv i | ids. C solicited, cology. Laboratories, shops it mi 100,000,000 bushels, oats over 135,000,000 nent and remunerative riches of the land | Grand Rapids. Correspondence solicited ee sent [a Dar entelegene deste Sede _@@ bushels and corn over 400,000,000 |received the attention they deserved. Director, Houghton, Michigan. S. P. BENNETT FUEL & ICE Co., Grand Rapids. bushels. | Nevertheless, even the small supply of — THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 9 the precious metals thus procured was immense in comparison with that which Europe already possessed, and the subse- quent additions to it, resulting from a more thorough and efficient working of the mines by modern science and modern enterprise, have been, as we know, the most extensive in the history of the world. The exaggerated reports of the impor- tance of these metallic treasures awaiting the grasp of the hardy adventurer,served, no doubt, to stimulate the exploration of America much more powerfully than did its soberer and more lasting merits. In the search for gold and silver the Span- iards, deterred by no hardships, pushed across to the Pacific and down the west- ern coast of South America. They were followed on the water by the English, most of whom, I am sorry to say, were more piratical than peaceful seamen, who robbed in their turnthe robbers of the natives. Between the two the num- ber of European ships multiplied amaz- ingly. Columbus had difficulty in pro- suring from Spain three small vessels vith which to prosecute his voyage of dis- covery. A century later the same coun- try sent out from its harbors the great Armada of a hundred and sixty-five men- ‘f-war destined for the conquest of Eng- land. The expedition miscarried, as we c> a SN. ¥. =—* =. eae gate @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter ec... 1 0@!1 75 - es @ mtaimea.......... 50 60 : scod anced Arnica flowers, long buchu laaves, short buchu leaves, gum kino, white mustard seal age trees @ = — accaboy, De an SpiriteTurpentine 3440 G rer rr rt ere tnt rt Mm IR Rc ce TO) Vos ‘ %- On. Sepia (po 20) .. c . 10 Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 as rane. bbl. Ib. | a Sen 22 a Boras, (po.11). . 10@ 11} Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 see. ee TINCTURES. stn Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30) Ochre, yellow Mars... i 2@4 sees ...... -...-- 8@ 10 Erigeron Aconitum Napellis R....... 60 | 4.00 22s eens e eee eee ees Ge @ i Seda Card............ 1% i. |. per... 2@3 Benzoicum German.. 65@ 7 Seana “ is eo 50 Picis Liq, N.C., % gal Seda, Bi-Carb......... 5 | Putty, . Roll.......... 24@ 3 Whiting, — aia Goal ae) CO eth Le amarinds ............ 10 ; : AMMONIA. aa Liquida, (gal. ” one = nee 7 A +5 ae gap LET 8@ = Terebenth Venice..... ne 30 | ete Prepared Painti ongigs se Bs a 100| Quinia, 8. P.&W.-!). 27@ 32 | Theobromae .......... 2. iL Carbonas ............- (32 {| Rosse, ounce..........6 50@8 50 | Catechu.-.. 22.2.0... se S. German....21 @ 30| Vanilla... ........... 9 ‘cogs a Be ne 1 4 - onas setter estes: 4 a. am 4) Cinchome 2 50 | Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14| Zinci Sulph.. ........ 8 VARNISHES. ee see otc Cia 90@1 00 [ Co............... . 60] Saccharum Lactispy. 23@ 2% No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 : ANILINE. aan 3 50@7 00 | Columba .................... TS 1 59@1 60 Ome. Extra Tur vee s .-160@1 70 e > ae 2 00@2 25 | Sassafras. - 50@ 55|COnium ..................... 50} Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal| Coach Body........... 27 00 SS + 00 | Sinapis, ess, peti ey Se ee ee 12@ 14] Whale, winter........ 70 20 | No. 1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 a oo ee @ | Digitalis oe... cS... om i Lard, extira........... 64 68 | Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 de ~~ ae Thyme a Ge N 40@ 50| Ergot........ ............... a .:.6lUc ee @ 15| Lard; No. 1. ao 48 | Japan — = 1 {' = Yellow ..... ak Ge @ 60 Gentian ee eee eee 50 Linseed, pure raw.... 44 47 ‘urp.. a) | x BACCAE Theobromas........... 15@ 2] Gale CO... reeset eee ee 60 Cubere (po 60). ' 08 60 POTASSIUM. ua ee a dese secenee ds = Juniperus ...........-- BI Carb...... rr a oa Xanthoxylum ......... 25@ 30] Bichromate ........... 13@ 14 aa. 50 BALSAMUM. rere i we Oe 75 i 50 ae 8... ae | Gelortem............_ 75 c ee. oe ecees ~. = Chlorate foe 2 = 22 Ferri Chiotduin. .... 35 sore SE 55 eT Terabin, Canada ..... 35@ 40|fodide...21122222.7221 2 90@3 00 — Ca eu 50 Tolotan ..........-.._. 35@ 50] Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 27@ 30|Myrrh....................... 50 : ea CORTEX. Potassa, Bitart,com... @ 15 Nox wala a 50 i r Petass Nitras, opt..... oe wie... P i) ¥ Abies, Cansdian sees etet anes 2 Potass Nitras.......... 72 go} « Gamphorated........... 50 east eee eae sae ese. ............. | | Cinchona Flava ...........- Sea Ae We wen Importers and Jobbers of * a Euonymus atropurp........ 30 - eaaamuana kage 50 Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20 RADIX. a EE 50 Pronus Virgini.............- s a... el Oe Se MEANY ---. eee eee cess eee 50 12 15 = I acts OE nee woe. 22@ 2%] Rbet......... ee. 50 mame =. ee : nea i) Do 15 | Cassia ie aaa’ oe oo oe 50 Ce Tum, po.. ‘ a ee Fe Cees 10 fae ae ae = Berpenterta 50 4 EXTRACTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..... s@ 10| Stromonium................. 60 24@ 25 | Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18] Tolutan.............. ...... 60 Glycyrrhiza Glabra... a 33@ 35] Hydrastis Canaden, OPO eo oe 50 4 Haematox, ini. box.. 11@ 12 (po. Se @ 30| Veratrum Veride............ 50 a ........ a 2 = ~emgenag Ala, po.... oe = MISCELLANEOUS . a nula, — ee _ ' y ee 16@ 17] Ipecac, po............. 2 Aither, Spts Nit,3 F.. 2%6@ 28 CHEMICALS AND ashanti Iris plox (po. 35@38).. 35@ 40|~—* - * a.. oe ee : eee BE... ss... Oe Gi Alomen............... 24@ 3 Carbonate Precip...... @ 15|Maranta, \s.......... @ 35 “ground, (po. Citrate and Quinia..... @3 50} Podophyllum, Po. on ee 2 3@ 4 Citrate Soluble........ @ 80} Rhei....... Ta OO Annatte. 0 55@ 60 FerrocyanidumSol.... @ 50} « gut. @1 75 | Antimoni, po.......... 4@ 5 Solut hloride oe ee @ 15 pr. 1. %@1 35 et Potass T. 55@ 60 Sulphate, com’l....... 1%@ 21] Spigelia ............... 35@ 38 @1 40 a “s pure... @ 71 Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 2 @ \ FLORA Sorpecaris...........- 30@ 32] Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 58 4 7 ' ene BG 20) Arsenicum............ 5@ 7 DEALERS IN eS 18@ 20] Similax, Officinalis, H 40 | Balm Gilead Bud.. 38@ 40 Anthemis ...........-- W@ 35 ss M @ | Bimnuth &. N......... 2 2@2 26 s a Mica 8 —esti...--- 40@ 45] Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12] Calcium Chior, 1s, (4s = s S\_» a FOLIA. — Fosti- 2s ee Pe @ 11 QR une 25@1 50 Pee @ 35|Cantharides Russian, <9) oh See es valeriane, Eng. (0.80) ens: ww... @i 00 ° Gama *acuilfol, Tin- Germ 5@ W j a nivelly ....-- --..--- 25@ 28! ingibera............. 12@ 15 Capsic! Fructus, af... @ 2% Alx. %@ 501 zingiber j.....22.2: 9@ 2) «i = Salvia ene 4s @ nn are ee 12@ s SEMEN. Carne nes (po. Pad) 10@ = a oe Ura Ural. ™- Aptana. (graveleoiis) is? 38 | Cera Alba, 8. &F..... 50@ 55 Sole Agents for the Celebrated au oe anaggi ¢| Cera Flava............ 38@ 40 Acacia, ist picked.... @ % cua ao a oe Coeeee @ # - 3 _ -— fo 2 ee... 1 00@1 25 | Cassia Fructus........ @ 2 ‘3d ++ @ 4) Gorlandrum....... 2. 10@ 12| Centraria.............. @ 10 RED P INTS ‘ = sorts... @ 2%] cannabisSativa....... 34O4 Colsceni 0, @ 40 : ~ “ais “<« e681... 60@ 80 dontum. or 75@1 00 | Chloroform ........... 63 Aloe, Barb, (po. ef 50@ 60] Chenopodium |....... 10@ 12 . aguibbs .._ Qi 2 Cape, \ at @ = Dipterix Pes Te 3 00@3 % es _ oa 1 20@1 40 ( i Soco' tri po. @ Foeniculum.. a @ Creer... ......... 20 25 | 7 is, (481 14 48 01 Foenugreek, po.. 6@ 7 Cinchontdine, P& W oa 20 s a 5 a le eee 4 4 érman 12 . Aue .........+-- 55@ 60 Lint a, (bbl. 3%) 4 $ ris Corks, list, dis. per Aseatestidn, (po. 35) . . son = [ae 35@ 40 one pag 60 enzoinum..........-- Ceeeee 35 8 . @ Gamphorms Si ona. $3 = a po ...... 35@_ 10 Sinapis, Albu a 9 @10 SPYep.....-.2..02 5@ 5 Galbanum......-..---- O38 50 Nigra........ 11@ 12 — fee oe 9@ 11 i Ee Gamboge, : — = = ul mn . ec. @ 8 ualacum, (po TRITU u ian, Ge ........- @ 45| Framentt, W.,D. Co..2 00@e 50 a ES ee = a Se ess ow, *= sF72..... 1 75@2 00 | Cupri Sulph Ce 5@ 6 yp Hae Oe 52 -----1 aga ao | sentperte Ga G9 ..d mal S| ee 10@ 12 Weatherlu’s Michi Catarrh Remed . (po & OW)........ ‘ E ‘ ad ee —- ... [eee eee oe Barner JJ § MIs 1ganl atarr bme lj. ’ —— Diage 30 : a = ieee : noe 2 - Tragacanth ........... t. Vini Galli........1 75@6 50] Rreota. (no) 7% " ee i ounce packages. Vint Oporto ........... 1 25@2 00 Fiske White _ 4 4 Vout Abell 126200 Gaia 23 Absinthium TS) Se Sansa 25 oe ee es ~ Bupatorium................. 20 SPONGES. Gelatin, Goo manent 7 3 8 We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of r ese ec mle ceeds oe ae age ee = Florida sheeps’ wool, a et Spe 40@ 60 ee 2 ine eeeiaoe ven moe Mentha Pi _ wseceeseeces 23 : Ig Pipers Bama een wool | CUpbos WHISKIEBS, BRANDIES, BOB ns oo Soe sae crew a = Velvet extra sheeps’ Glue, —— bee le an = . *| Fee See, = * ieee ee GINS, WINES, RUMS. MAGNESIA. Carriage ............- 85 ee settee ae . 3. a SQ 60 | Greseeneeps’ woolcar” —_—_g5| Hydraag Chior Mite.. “@ % tmene eu. os | Hard for slate use. 5 ‘a Pa oe . = ~* oe Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36 Wellow Reef, for slate a ‘ 0x Rubrum @1 00| We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. ae. ee 7 . ” Unguentum. 45@ 55| We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarantes satisfaction. a en ae a > % = ie CT 501 Ts Sapendan, Aaa ais asi = All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. Send a trial order: j Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 | Zingiber ............-...-+05 Oe tgiee... 75@1 00 Sa a 1 80@1 55 Sey ee cea eee estes 60 lodine, Resaabl........ 3 80@3 9 oo Auranti Cortex....... 2 foes OO Weer tod................ ... Se) legerora.............. @4 = ee 3 25@3 50 | Auranti Cortes.......... ... Ot lanpalin ............... EGA i f Cee... Com Gi et Arom........-. .-...- 50} L —_ Se 70@ 7. Corvounyi ........... 75@ 80) Similax Officinalis.......... Oo Mace... 75@ 80 . 8 eee... ...... 65 “ ™ Co. ..... 50 Liguori Arsen et Hy- ' a ~* @ CGhenopodit ey i aa ° Selita EE a a gt oe a 3 * nnamonii ........... Ns quor Potass Arsinitis Citronella ............. @ 4 ee S| Magnesia, Sulph (bbl | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Confum Mac.......... 35@ 65/| Tolutan . ee le a Copai ee 90@1 00! Prunus virg. Lee eee 50 | Mannia, 8. F......... 60@ 65 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grocery Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. doz gross es... 6 00 Secor te... 75 9 (0 — es ........... 50 5 50 Frazer's — = 9 00 —......... a 8 00 Sees .. 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Acme. 4g Ib. cans, 3 doz oe 45 mam = 2 ®™ ....L. cs: 85 _ ~ 1 - 1 60 ae... 10 Arctic 14 Ib cans 60 ae 1 20 1 Settee cece aoe 2 00 —» * .................- 9 60 Fosfon. 5 oz. Cans, 4 doz. in case... 80 a” oe o .-.. Pr. Price's. ag doz Dime cans.. 90 4-02 c 133 6-0z : i 90 8-0z = zo * 16-0z a 244-lb " 4-lb 5-Ib 10-1b Red Star, is > Cans....... 40 - . 80 i. = 1 50 Telfer’s, ib. cans, doz = A ib. ' . 42 BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. eo... / 90 Bristol. . _.. . = Domestic...... . 70 “BLUING. "Gross Arctic, : = ovals.. -. = i a i eal 7 t . inte a 10 50 ee *, sifting box... 2% _ No. 3. . = mo Ss, 1 oz ball Me. 2a... .. .. 20 a: ™ . 2 No. 2 — 2 50 —s hh .. 26 Parlor Gem.. . 300 Common Whisk... 1 00 Fancy e oo 1 20 Weeenouse........ ... oo BRUSHES. Stove, No. 1. os 10.. 1 50 a < 1% Rice Root Scrub, 2 row. 85 Rice Root Scrub. 3 row. 12 Palmetto, goose... . _ BUCKWHEAT. fi Quick Ris Ot 100 Ib. cases, 2 & 5 Ib. pkgs #5 00 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 lb. boxes oe te oe 9 ee ll =o ......--.......... CANNED GOODS. FISH. Clams. Little Neck, 1 7 1 15 1 90 Clam Chowder. Seer se............,.. 200 Cov a Standard, 44 Les . eee Star, me... Picnic, 1 Ib .2 00 “ --..... 2 90 — Standard, _-_..., . _._& Sw. 1 90 ae so. 2 Tomato Sauce, 2lb......... 22 Soused, 2 Ib 22 Sa lmor. Columbia River, flat ne 1 8 ' . Alaska, 1 ib 1 40 se 2 ID... 1 90 Sar American \s............ 4%@ 5 _ AB .6%@ 7 Importe is. --11@12 - oe 15@16 aoe oe... 78 ee .............. 20 Trout. oe ee 250 FRUITS. Apples. 3 Ib. standard York State galons .. 3 00 Hamburgh ~- 2 75 Apricots. Me mek....... . LL 2 00 Pees ee... 5. 2 00 _——s................. 2 00 ae... 1 90 Blackberries. .ay............... 9 Cherries. i. 120 os Hamburgh 1% Whit 1 30 Erie 1 20 Damsons, ‘Ege Plums and Green Gages. a... @1 2 California......... 1 70 Goousberrica. ——s .............. 1 20 Peaches ee... 1 30 awe 2 00 Shepard’s . pices 1 85 ie 210 fonitor 1 8 oo... | Pears | Domestic. 1 20 | Riverside. . 210 Pineapples. Common.. a 1 30 Johnson’s sliced .... 2 50 _ grated 2% Quinces. ee. 1 10 Raspberries, Red boos 130 Black Hamburg... ae 1 50 Erie. black . 1s Strawberries. as 12% — 1 Erie.. oe el 1 30 Terrapin . ned coke seeds 1% Whortleberries. Common 110 Oe 1B Blueberries ........ 110 MEATS Corned beef, Libby’ B. 1 90 Roast beef, Armour’ . 12 Potted ham, 5, ~ —_— oul 2 tongue, rm < aati 14 Ib chicken, 4 I...._.. VEGETABLES. Beans. Hamburgh stringless. French style r Limas Lima, green. eee ae tt Lewis Boston Baked........ Bay State Heked.........._. World’s Fair Baked. os Picnic Baked...... Corn. Hamburgh ..... . Livingston aes 1% —— Honey et 150 Morning _—— Soaked . bt ert eeeee 115 Peas Hamburgh a ol, 1% = 7 Jame....... - Champion Eng...1 50 Hamburgh petit pois a. fancy sifted ....1 90 Soaked 2 - Harris standard ........... vt] Vv an Camp’ 8 sn age 1 10 Early June...... 1 30 Archer’s Eery nen.” 15 ee... 80 Mushrooms. Preata_....... ee 15@20 Pumpkin. =... s.r CC 90 Squash. ——. 1 2 Succotash. eee 1 05 ee. i io eee 119 oe. 130 Gallon . Se ee 2 60 CHOCOLATE—BAEKER’S. German Sweet.. . 2 — fe ne 35 eee meee es 38 Breakfast Cocoa... 40 CHEESE oe... ........ @12% 4... ..... @11% oe ............ @i2 oo oo... @ii Oe 6 @9 ee 10 ee 1 00 eee... 23 aa ae e neapple.... — ‘ort - = Schwel ou weitzer, imported. @xA domestic .... @i4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. —_ pint, 25 bottles oo 2% lS, CC 4 50 oe 1 doz bottles ..3 50 CLOTHES PINS. pereeehere...............: 40 COCOA SHELLS, ao i>. bege.......... Less ——- ee @3% Poun packages aes 6%Q@7 COFFEE. GREEN. Rio. ae 16 aoe... ee 18 scr yaa te SG TL 20 Peaberry oe Santos. —.... ........ 2. oe. mg tT 18 Peaberry . ; 0 Mexican ‘and Guatamala. ae 20 ee. 21 aa ela 23 Maracaibo ee 19 Milled ee 20 Java. emer... ..... i Private Growth oo 2 _—. Imitation . a Arabian.. . ROASTED. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add \c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. PACKAGE. Arbuckle’s Ariosa...... 21.80 McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 21.80 ——-. 20 30 Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. Case.... 21.80 Cabinets containing 120 11b peckages sold at case price, with additional charge of 90 cents for est inet. EXTRACT, Valley City % gross. 75 Felix 115 Hummel’s, a gross. oo 1 50 ee 2 50 CHICORY. Bulk. ele dec 5 CLOTHES LINEs, Cotton, 40 ft T doz. 1 25 se 50 ft pe “ 1 40 se 60 ft “ 1 60 . e....... . 1% es ar... ' 1 90 Jute 60 ft . 90 " a = 1 00 CONDENSED MILE. 4 doz. in case. Eagle ornd......., Genuine Swiss American Swiss. . CRACKERS. Butter. Seymour Xxx.. a Seymour XXX, cartoon...._ 6% Family xXx 8 ce 6 a. 6% Soda. Soda, XExX.. ie. o ae. ™% Soda, ee 8% eel Wale. 10 Long Island Wafers ...... 11 7 ster, 5. Ovnter TEs... 6 City Oyster. XXX... 6 Forina Oysters... . 6 CREAM TARTAR. ory 30 Telfer’s Absolute.......... 35 DRIED FRUITS. —— Sundried, sliced. - “bbls. 6 quartered ‘ 5% Evaporated, 501lb. boxes @8 APRICOTS. California in bags....... Evaporated in boxes. 16% BLACKBERRIES, hes... ....... 1% NECTABINES, eee po te. wane... .......... PEACHES. Peeled, in boxes... 19 Cal. aa 14 " in — non 13 EARS. California on bags .... PITTED CHERRIES. eertee........ 4: 3 boxes oo 20 cei 22 PRUNELLES. ath, Boees............. 10% RASPBERRIES. i Pere... .... 21% ee 22 ae 23 Foreign. CURRANTS, Patras, in barrels...... @4 ‘in oes. ..... @ 4% ' in less quantity @4% PEEL. Citron, Leghorn, 25 Ib, boxes 20 Lemon 25 ‘ 10 Orange _ =” _ 11 RAISINS. Domestic. London jayers, 2 4 65 85 : i. a... 00 Loose Muscatels. boxes..... 1 60 Foreign. Ondura, 29 ib. boxes. . @ 9% Sultana, 20 " @ Valencia, 30 “ @ 8% osnia ° @ California, are... ...... ae. bxs. 80x90 “ 70x80 oc o 60x70 . " eee 8 Silver ee ee ENVELOPES. Wis) 60 65 XX wood, white. mee 135 No. 2, 6% 13 Manilla, white. ee 100 Les be cocaine — = Coin. met ee 4. ... 2. FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina, om. bee...... 3% Hominy. terior Mereee 44.2... eo Lima Beans. ae... Ss a 4 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. —. 12 Ib. box.. Sores... ........_. ‘iox@uie Pear! Bar — on... @% Peas, an 1% a ore. 2% Sago. a 4 ere. 5 Wheat. ceemeos........ 5 FISH--Salt. Bloaters. a Cod. ee cu ces. Whole, Grand Bank.. Boneless, bricks ... exae Boneless, se... ..... 64@8 Halibut. a Ee 12 ferring. Gibbed, 4 op eek cee ae 3 25 Holland, pel. ao 9 00 ' ee 65 Round shore, \& bbl — 2 60 a. 1 35 ee 16 Mackerel. mie... 4 00 oo, 5, kite, Oe... 1 60 oo oe ee... 3 (0 7 2 oe............ 5 Family, % es 100 Ibs.... 5 00 Pe... pts acces Raion, Wees.............. 45 Trout. No. 1, % bbls., 100]lbs........ 6 50 ee 90 Whitefish. No. 1, % bbls., 1001bs.......7 50 No. 1, kits, 10 Ibs. . - Family, iy 4 bble., joo Ibs ... 3.00 40 eu FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Jennings’ D C, — Vanilla = oz folding =... B 1 bv 4 = . 1 2 00 6 oz ° . 2 00 3 00 8 oz - oo 4 00 Gunpowder. Austin’ 8 Rifle, a. eva 4 50 i 2 ° Crack Shot, kegs . 4 = “ X% 4 kegs 2 i Club Sporting . s 0 “cc ae % “ee 8 25 i HERBS. sia ee ec cs cece eee anes Ree wc... ete eese ae 15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 1b. boxes ...... 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 50 sae JELLY. ee i. De 30 oe 1 20 LICORICE. ae 30 Calabria ee Ps] Weer. ow. 12 Condensed, 2 ro a 1 2 et ee 2 2% MATOHES. oe 5 oee............... 123 Recor parr..............- 170 ee eee 1 10 ae oeeee............... 400 MINCE MEAT 3 or 6 doz. in case perdoz.. 9° MEASURES. Tin, per dozen. ae... $1 a _—- Sieeeee toe bees 1 Half ee Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. Sa38a ae... CL 7 00 fo eelion .... 4% MOOS wk. ke ae. 2% MOLASSES. Biackstrap. Sugar house.......... — Cuba Baking. _eoeeery a. oe Porto Rico. ge 20 —— .......... —reaee 30 New Orleans. a 18 Se 20 — _ a notes eceuoe 25 I i iicebe ceca ci ce, 30 Toa ........ ........ 40 One- half barrels. 3c extra OATMEAL. Derren 20............ @5 60 Seals barrels 106........... @2 % ROLLED OATS. Beneele 16)... ........ @5 60 Mart Bele .......... @2 9 PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ $7 00 Half barrels, 600 count.... 4 00 Small. Barrels, 2.400 count. 8 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 4 50 PIPES. Clay, ee 17% <. D. full ooant........ % Cb tee 12 POTASH. 48 cans in case. ae... 4 00 Peuna Salt Cos ......... 3 25 ROOT BEER Williams, rou......... 1% ' 3 doz, case... 5 00 RICE, Domestic. Carolina — ede 6 ot enrenrer seit ese 5 oe... @ 4% Broken...... ees es oe 3 Imported. en ee 6 SS 5 a... os 5 Powee...... eae 5 SPICES, Whole Sifted, ae 10 a, China in mats...... 8 _ Batavia in bund....1 “ Seago in role... .. 35 Cloves, Pa omg pia ss ae ee 13 Mace Batavia.. iso oe Nutmegs fancy.. eee eee ae 80 as 75 oe 3 Se, 65 Pepper, Singapore, black....15 =— sei white... 25 . oe 19 Pure Ground in Bulk, I oa oe eae esse ey, 1 Cass a, Batavia Sten vescecese 20 and Saigon.25 ' t -9 @ 9% fu sacks. 1 90 Fibs. -.......... @i% ee 2 20 wae ccewae «+ ee | _ Buckwheat, Rising Sui. jtiano Less ‘* shoulders .. @ m4 Car lots quantity | Sausage, -romay orhead @ 4% re cli. - 00 $15 00 LL GR oe @ 4% Screenings .... 15 00 15 50 Frankfort | , @7 Middlings..... 16 00 16 50} Mutton ......... ...... 7 @8 Mixed Feed... 18 50 1) ose 6 @i 7 i cilia Coarse meal ao 18 50 POUL TR Y. Ce 47 Local dealers pay as follows: DRESSED. errnen et 7 ee 8 @9 Car lots .... EE Roe 3 gebta a Siz Less than car lots........... 40 ee New oats, Ic less, Chickens, ........ Ue 7 @8 HAY. oem... 8 5. 7 @s No. 1 Timothy, car iots....10 60] Turkeyve............... 11 @12 No.1 . ton lots -11 SO] Spring Duck.... ..... 10 @il1 ured by Waiter Baker & Co., wii 1e@ sent free to any dealer ipplication. \. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass mW. Bitar & Co «(LD Favor of the Buyer Breakfast Cocoa Is Absolutely Pure and itis Soluble. , Unlike the Dutch Process be FOWIN J Guus & Cos | —— NEW YORE. IF YOU eee y s a oo CUP OF - f oe ot always fmp] ov al o ¥ \} No atkaties o3 i other chemicaé: or dyes are usec planters, other und of these Javas are in its manufac: aticaacsen | = an id w hich ture. eaea vee Danes wp Java k taken hot from cylinde ip served unti Coffee is inter and dactealts asediu ha I ASK YOU. sl ‘Groc E - cotreEnUNeRSie ly you send A description of the chocolate lant, and of the various cocoa anc hoc : r ions manufac- 1ocolate preparat s FOR TT. ! = — Are Our Standard Brands or D. A. BLopexErtt, President. ~ KRITZER MILLING C0, MERCHANT MILLERS, Newaygo, Mich. Rising Sun Buckwheat Is without a Peer! WARRANTED PURE! Quality and Flavor Unexcelled. For prices see quotation list. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. ROASTED COFFEES. Order now and Save Money. J. P. VISNER, 167 No. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, AGENT FOR GEo. W. Gay, Vice-President. Wa. H. ANDERSON, Cashier. CAPITAL, - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make a specialty of collections. Accounts BOWIN J. Gillies & Go, ‘al ‘0 CHIMneyS. Combination Globe and Chimney. Assorted in Barrel. Fits No. 2 Sun Burner. ¢ doz. Harrison Globe Chimneys, as shown, oe per ag $1 50 a «< Cleveland ‘‘ 1 Ce 1 50 ea 35 $3 25 Order 1 barrel as sample from any wholesale dealer in Grand Rapids or of H. LEONARD & SONS, 134 to 140 Fulton St., Grand Rapids, Mich. THE a & B BRAND OyYsTERS Will again this year, as in the past, be the very best procurable and packed daily from the sweetest and best stock. Regular season opens Sept. 15. Start in with us and do the Oyster business of your town. THE PUTNAM CANDY CoO. 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. CLEANLINESS IS GODLINESS. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Cleanliness is not only next to godli- | ness, but itis godliness itself. Ask any lady of refined manners and cultivated tastes to name some grocer or some meat dealer who, in her estimation, is the most godly man in his business. She will invariably name the man who is the most cleanly. It is perfectly natural for such a lady to associate everything | that is unclean with the powers of dark- ness, and whenever and wherever she observes a lack of this godlike attribute, she at once charges the responsible party with lack of true godliness. If the man who “lives to eat’? would step into some of our grocery stores and meat markets and make a careful in- spection of the premises, he would change his opinion as to the grand pur- pose of human existence, aud would henceforth ‘‘eat to live.” He would no longer take pleasure in eating; it would become a matter of serious concern to himself, and he would never indulge in the act except as a means of prolonging life. The ladies (God bless them) are en- trusted with the solemn duty of select- ing, preparing and cooking the mate- rials which are to be eaten by us, not for the purpose of tickling our palates only, but for the more serious purpose of sup- plying our systems with that which is best calculated to replenish the wasting tissues of the body aud preserve vitality. They realize the fact that this food ma- terial, in order to accomplishits purpose, must not only suit the taste but must please the eye as well, and that all ap- pearances in agrocery store, a meat mar- ket, a wagon or any other place where food material is exposed for sale or other- wise, which offend the eye, outrage the nostrils, or bring forth a vigorous pro- test from the stomach, are ungodly in the very nature of things and, in a meas- ure, destructive of life and happiness That the mind exerts a powerful in- fluence over the body is a scientific fact of which proof can be found in connec- tion with the subject under discussion; for instance, a lady in this city bought all of her groceries and meat supplies from a certain dealer for a space of six months. She had never been in the store or meat market from which she obtained her supplies, having ordered her goods and received them at her own house through the agency of the firm’s order and delivery clerk. She was so well sat- isfied with the quality and prices of the goods that she concluded one day to visit the establishment and make the acquaint- ance of the proprietors. She found the grocer busily engaged in picking nut- shells and various other articles out of the lard while a sore-eyed, leaky- with an old back alley hat drawn on the back of his nncombed head was trying to scrape the dirt off a piece of cheese which he had cut fora cus- tomer and which had accidentally fallen upon the fioor. The boy, who was one of those quasi juvenile clerks too often can, nosed boy found in surburban grocery stores, was elad in the customary enameled breeches supported at the top by one suspender, and encased at the bottom ina pair of old rubber boots. Two or three of his fingers were bandaged in bloody cotton rags, and the exposed portions of his hands were decorated with warts. Thus hindered with bandages, warts and a leaky nose, and being armed simply with ;the butter paddle, the assistant clerk | was laboring under discouraging circum- | stances in trying to remove the floor ac- ‘cumulation of many weeks from the unfortunate piece of cheese. | In the window, in one promiscuous | mass, were a few sickly nubbins of corn, | a few stalks of fiy-blown celery and | some bloated, yellow-complexioned cu- }cumbers. Adjoining the window, a large, dirty, shaggy black dog was waving his bushy tail over the pickle keg. Passing through an arch into the meat market, the lady saw a sight which nearly par- alyzed her. The meat cutter had every appearance of a fiend who had just com- mitted some horrid murder and was waiting for the next victim to approach the fatal block. His long apron was stained and streaked with blood; his shirt sleeves were coated with the refuse of the slaughterhouse; his face was so tattooed with the marks of bloody fingers that the smile which he put on for the occasion gave him the appearance of Satan gloating over lost souls, and his hands—well, what lady could contain herself after seeing those hands handle her meat? Old shanks and soup bones, purple with age and covered with flies, hung upon the walls, and through the back door came odors of decayed fat joining their forces with others of fishy oils and dog meat, and—but it was enough. From that day to this that lady has never bought a dollar’s worth of stuff at that store. Can you blame her? Most assuredly not. Any lady who would not shrink with a feeling of dis- gust and wounded sensibilities from such acondition of things is certainly unfit to reign over the sacred precincts of home. Refined natures demand the utmost cleanliness in all matters which relate to the care and well-being of the human body; and, when uncleanliness is ob- served in handling or preparing anything intended for food, there is something implanted in every civilized human breast which infuses into every fiber of the being a feeling of intense disgust. There may be a few whose souls are so calloused with brutalism that they are entirely oblivious to filthy surroundings, but their number is so small that it would show a great lack of wisdom on the part of any grocery or meat dealer to rely upon them for support. It would be much better to cater to the tastes of the larger number by exercising a little godliness, and, by so doing, you will find that the ungodly few will not desert you. Would you advance the interests of your business and elevate your personal standing in the community? Then go to work and clean up things. When you close your store to-night, commence op- erations by scrubbing the floor—your customers can’t even tell how wide the boards are in that floor. You will find it very tenacious and unyielding at first, but, by dint of the free use of water and vigorous swinging of a good pickax and shovel, you will succeed in removing it. Before commencing, you will see the necessity, of course, of removing to the back yard all such useless and super- fluous articles as empty boxes, old bar- rels, broken lamp chimneys, old rubbers, barrel hoops, decayed vegetables, cheese rinds, rags, rancid butter, dog meat—and dogs as well—old bones,stinking fish and every other useless thing that occupies valuable space and offends the eye, not even excepting the leaky-nosed quasi clerk of the kid persuasion above re- ferred to. Do not let in daylight by washing your front windows until every- thing is renovated inside, for, by so do- ing, you will not suffer pain from a full realization of the condition of things. When you have finished your work, con- tinue the transformation by washing your hands and face; then put ona white shirt and clean apron, and, instead of a hideous barbarian, you will present the appearance of a law-abiding and peace- loving gentleman. Dothis and carefully guard against a relapse, and you will be surprised at the result; but, if you ever expose for sale any article intended for food that is decayed, tainted, putrid, mouldy, or otherwise filthy, your clean- liness in other respects will not save you from the charge of ungodliness. E. A. OWEN. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Dealers are taking all offers of winter fruit, paying about $1.75 per bbl. for fruit alone. The crop hereabouts is inadequate to the local demand, compelling dealers to look elsewhere for shipping supplies. One dealer is buying heavily in New York and another has purchased sev anal carloads in Canada, paying $1.25 for the fruit and barrel, 75 cents per bbl. duty and 25 cents freight, making the net cost a $2.25 per b This fruit is held at $2.50 per b Beans—Dry stock is without aah change. Beets—50c per bu. Butter — Strong and firm. Dealers pay 18c for choice dairy and hold at 20ce. Cabbages—35c and 45¢ per dozen, according to §1ze, Celery—Choice home grown commands 20@25c per dozen bunches. Cranberries—Cape Cods are in ample supply at $2.50@82.75 per bu. crate. Jersey and Michi- gan berries command #2.75 per crate. The trade is taking very few berries in barrels, preferring the crates. Eggs—Strong and firm at an advance of 2c per doz. Dealers pay 20c and hold at 25c. Some of the dealers who have eggsin cold storage are holding their stock in anticipation of getting 2c per doz. Grapes—Concords command 18c per basket. Niagaras sell for 20c and Delawares command 25c per basket. Honey—Dealers pay 14@15c and hold at 15@l1éc. The crop is generally thought to be short. Onions—Red and Yellow Danvers command 90c@Fi per bu. Peaches—About over for this year, a few stray lots of Smocks commanding #1.75@22. Peppers—Green, 50c per bu. Potatoes — The market is without material change. Dealers pay 50c this week and hold at 60c. Quinces—§2 per bu. Tomatoes—Choice stock commands 50@60c per bushel PROVISIONS The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. oe, we 8 Cl. ee 14 50 Deere Clear pir, ehort Ont... 15 50 ee ae LLL 25 80 Poo ate Ct 15 50 acer OAR Orie. 15 50 Standard clear, short cut, best............ 15 50 SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. ee ee 7% eee 9 ae 9 Paseo... 7% OO 5 ce Oe ee 5 Bepaeen Chie... .... .. 5 eee 5 LARD. Kettle Com- Rendered. ae: —— pound. ‘Teerces ...... 9% 6% 6 50 Ib. Tins. . .934 Oy 6% 63% 20 Ib. Pails.. 9% 944 6% 654 am * ee 95 7 6% 5 Ib. - 93g 7% 7 3 lb. ee 9 7% 7% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 6 50 Extra Mess, Chicago packing......... ——. Oo coum aw, 8 75 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average ae 114% oe... 11% . 75 Paeiie 11% ' ee 8% " eee... 93% ee 8 Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................... 10 Dried beef, ham prices eee 8 Long Clears, ee Briskets, medium. eel i .; CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbls. Patis. es tae ae ».. 6% 7% 6% 1% ‘twks 6% 7% Boston Cream .. 8% CE ee 8% Baws &. 2........ . 8% MIXED CANDY. — Pails. ee ee 7 Ce é 7 ei 6% 7% eee kk. 7 8 Bare Boek... 7 8 otremeihon a a 8 Broken Teey.............. baskets 8 PeanutSauares............ 8 9 French Creams.......... a 10 weeeey Coomee........-......-.... 13 Midget, 30 lb. baskets ek ial ald ol wo 8 Modern, ‘0 1b. i. 2 FaNcy—In bulk Pails, Laoqnges, —_ ewe el 10 We il Chocolate oi i. Chocoiste Monumentalg....................- 13 eee 5% Pe ee 8 eee ee 8% eee 10 Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box Lon ee 55 aoa oo... 55 Peppermint Drops ee 60 ee ee 65 eee Pere 90 ee 40@50 ee, 1 00 i 80 Lozenges, Ss... 60 ——— 65 eee 60 cccaperte al Ee TT 7 ee 55 eee ee 55 coe See Come. 85@95 Pentre 80@90 Decorated oe ee ee 100 String Rock [ease ee -65 Burnt Almonds... .. a --1 0 Wintergreen _ ee EN NR a ARAMELS. No. 1, wrapped, 2 Ib. meee 34 No. 1, . 3 cane 51 = 2 2, . 2 ee 3 . 3 eee) ae 42 Stand io, Sm bees... ...... 90 BANANAS, ee oes... 2. a 1 50@1 75 ee 2 GO@2 25 ORANGES. ORONO OS oo @ . ei. : e ge ee me Messinas, choice —....... @ —.. LEMONS. Messina, Cnenoe, Or @6 50 fancy, ee Hane @7 00 - ceeire mee @z 00 _ fancy 000 Matoris............ 8 00 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Pies, fancy layors,G@.........-........ @ C ia SM. fine. @ “ exitre Fe oe oe cee ea cee @17 _ . ee @ Dates, Fard, 10-lb. box ates eeucew ue @ &h ee. @ 6% - a. oo ve... @ 4% NUTS. Almonds, ee @19 ee, @l7 . Calffornia ee G18% ee. lt... 9% ee @11% Walnuts, Grenoble. @15 ketene e i 10 Table Nuts, ae eee ie @13% ee @i2% ele eer H. Re ee techie Cocoanuts, full ER EN a @4 25 ANUTS. Fancy, H. P- Suns eee @ 5% ee @%% Fancy, H. P., Ce @ 5% . cae eee ee @T™%* Cuaice, 8. ©, Extras. @ 4% . ' ut Beemed......... .. @ 6% Callfoemia Waingia. 12% BUY THE PENINSULAR Pauls, Sur, and Overalls Once and You are our Customer for life. STANTON, MOREY & CO., Mfrs. DETROIT, MICH. Gero. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids, PEREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. a _works which make all kinds of iron and THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 15 MOSCOW METHODS. | | Queerly Stocked but Fine Stores and Shrewd Merchants. Moscow, Sept. 20. | AKE a cup of tea) with me a la Russe | while I tell you} something about! the queer business | methods of this; queer people. A barefooted boy brings in the large brass samovar and we drink our tea out of glass tum- blers, with nothing but a bit of lemon and a _ generous amount of sugar to affect its flavor. The Russians do all their trading over tea and this commercial center, Moscow, is full of tea houses, called traktirs, where these long-haired merchants sit and suck their teathrough lumps of sug- ar, which they hold between their teeth, and dicker and bargain from morn- ing until evening. There is no such thing as fixed prices nor quick trades in Russia. It takes a man all day to come to a decision and he always asks you three times as much as he expects to get. Still the business done is enormous. Moscow has some business houses which would be a credit to New York and Chi- cago, and there are stores here as fine as you will find anywhere in Paris. The wealthier Russians buy the most extrav- agant articles of jewelry and wearing apparel, and the arcades of this city of Moscow are unequaled anywhere in the world. Just under the shadow of the holy Kremlin there is now being built a vast bazaar of six stories which must cover nearly ten acres of ground, and there are many business blocks here which cover acres. There is more econ- omy used in building than in America, and some of these vast buildings are cut by wide passages which are roofed with glass and out upon which open stores about twenty feet front with good show windows. These windows are filled with beautiful goods, and the shoppers can spend hours in going from one store to another without getting out into the street. A MOSCOW MERCHANT, There are over 1,300 factories in oper- ation about Moscow. These factories employ 250,000 laborers, and they turn out about $150,000,000 worth of products every year. Thecity of Tula, which is a night’s ride from Moscow, has cutlery steel ware of the finest quality. 1 bought a knife and a razor during my visit there afew days ago and they are as fine as anything that Sheffield or Birmingham can produce. Itis at Tula that the sa- movars are made, nearly $3,000,000 worth being turned out every year, and there are large gun factories here which sup- ply the Russian army. The cotton in- dustry is mainly confined to Moscow. It has trebled within the last ten years, and there are cotten mills here which would be a credit to Massachusetts. The woolen factories are also increasing, and the day will come when Russia will man- ufacture most of the goods consumed by her vast population. At the present time a large amount of the manufactures are the result of home industry. The peasants do a great many things in their | homes, and nearly every village has its specialty of some kind or other. Near | | Moscow there is a town which is noted for its beating of gold leaf. The people | of this village beat the gold out between | ealfskins, and the monthly wages of a) good gold beater are about $7. are other villages which make There wire, others which make nothing but specta- | cle frames, and down in Tula there about 2,000 people who devote themselves to | the making of accordions. Some of the most beautiful ware turned out at Mos- cow is the laequer papier mache. is sold all over Europe. ‘This | It has the finish | | of the Japanese lacquer, and it is beauti- | fully painted. who have worked This is done by families | at it for generations. | It was from them that the old-fashioned | now make book covers snuff boxes came, and they sleeve buttons, tea caddies, and lacquer pictures. Speaking of pictures, the icon trade is one of the great industries of this coun- try. An icon is a picture of a saint, the face of which is painted, but the body of which is made of carved gold, silver or brass. Every man in Russia has his icon, and there is scarcely a roomin a Russian house which does not contain one of these sacred pictures. They are of all sizes and prices, from little ones no bigger than a watch, and worth only a few cents, up to great paintings the size of abarn door and worth tens, of A SACRED ICON. thousands of dollars. The Russian says his prayers before them, and he looks up- on them as the guardian angels of his life. There is no store in Russia that has not one of these icons hanging up in it, and if you wish to be ordinarily polite you will take off your hat when you en- ter the store in honor of it, andif you are a Russian you will invariably cross yourself on coming into its presence. The baby of our consul general at St. Petersburg fell sick during my stay there a few weeks ago, and its nurse said that the undoubted cause of its illness was because there was no icon picture in the room in which it was lying, and she would not continue to wait upon the child until one was put up. In every railroad station in Russia there is a shrine of this kind, and you cannot get out of sight of a picture of one of the saints, of the Virgin or of the Savior. There are stores here in Moscow which sell nothing but icons, and the painting of them gives work to thousands. In making them the workmen get prices ac- cording to the size of the saints and their number. A good man can make three, each containing one figure, in a week, and, as he gets 50 cents a saint, he makes $1.50 at this rate for a week’s work. Some of the icons are very well painted, and those in the churches are often studded with jewels and the metal work is of solid gold. Some icons are holier than others, and the most sacred are kissed by the worshipers, and candles burn constantly before them. Russia burns more candles to her popu- lation than any other country in Europe. She uses about 60,000,000 pounds of candles every year. At the door of every great cathedral there are candle peddlers, who have counters before them and who sell candles to the worshipers as fast as ghyas® & Sanh Orn THE BOSTON he CU IMPORTERS, Are now receiving by every incoming steamer and Overland, Wew Crop Teas of their own importations, which means that in pur- chasing from them you get Teas of special character and at only one reasonable profit wbove actual cost of importa- on. You are surely paying two yr more profits in buying of he average wholesaler Chase & Sanborn, IMPORTERS, 20OSTON, CHICAGO. MICHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.” DEPART. ARRIVE PieereeG eee, 7:00am 10:00pm ee 7:05am 4:30 pm Dee Bepree........................ 1:20pm = 00 am *Atlantic = Pacitic Raeprens....... 1:00pm 6:00am New Ware Mapreme.... 6.5.0.0. ...... 5:40pm 10:45pm y- ‘a other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Ekegant parlor cars leave Grand Rapids on Detroit Express at 7 a.m., returning leave Detroit 4:45 p.m. arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m. FRED M. Briaas, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St. A. ALMQUIsT, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. MUNSON, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe Bt. O. W. RUGGLES G.P. & T. Agent., Chicago. TIM TABLE NOW IN EFFECT. DETROIT eT, Yeates RAILWAY EASTWARD, \*No. 14) tNo. 16) tNo. 18|*No. 82 t Trains Leave | | | Ly. Chicago....| ...... Ar} 9 05am} 1 20pm} 3 ospin| 3 10am E. Saginaw. -Ar |10 45am 345pm| 8 Opm| 6 4am Bay City..... Ar}|11 30am] 4 35pm) 8 45pm] 7 15am wae Ar|10 05am] 3 45pm| 70 5pm | 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar|12 05pm} 6 00pm) 8 50pm) 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar}10 53am} 3 05pm) 8 25pm| 5 23am Detroit,...... Ar|11 50am] 4 05pm) 9 25pm| 6 45am WESTWARD. Trains Leave |*No. 81 +No. 11 |tNo. a 15 Ly. Detroit. .... G’d Rapids, Lv G@’d Haven, Ar} 8 35am} 2 Milw’kee Str “|........|. Chicago Ste, “| |... *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. 6 50am/10 50am| 4 (Spm 1 0Opm| 5 10pm} 19 20pm 2 —_— 6 15pm} 11 20pm 6 30am) 6 30am 6 00am} .... |10 45pm 7 06am Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 5:00 p. m, and 10:00 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 6:45 a m, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 10:30 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward— No, 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar. Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager. Ben FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent. Jas, CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street. Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect September 25, 1892 TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going —: North. For Cadillac and Saginaw...... bam 7:20am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:00 am 1:10 pm For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 1:60 p m 4:15pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw..... 8:10 pm 10:10 pm From Chicago and Kalamazoo. 8:35 pm Train arriving from south at 6:15am and 9:00am daily. Others trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. South. Pom Comeieeee 6:30am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago. 10:05 am For Fort Wayne and the E£: ast.. 11:50am 2:00 pm For Cincinnati......... 5:15pm 6:00 pm For Kalamazoo & Chic: . 11:00pm 11:20 pm Prom Sagisaw............ « Hbéam From Saginaw...............-+++ 11:00 p m Train leaving south at 11:20p. m.runs daily; other trains daily except Sunday. all SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH 1:10 p m train has parlor car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 10:10 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. SOUTH--7:00 am train. Rapids to Cincinnati. 10:05 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 1;20 pm train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand ae toc oe ago. Chto via G. R. & 1. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids 10:05 a m 2:00 pm Arr Chicago 3:35 p m 9:00 p m 10:05 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. Parlor chair car Grand 11:20 p m 6:50 am 11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Lv Chicago 7:05 am 3:10 p m 10:10 pm Arr Grand Rapids 1:50 pm 8:35 pm 6:50 am 3:10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For Muskegon —Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive, 6:55 am 00am 11:25 am 4:40 pm 5:30 pm 9:05 pm Dunday train leaves for Muskegon at 9:05a m, ar- riving at 10:20 am. Returning, train leaves Muske- gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Gsand Rapids at 5:45 p m. Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A, Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHICAGO AND WES? MICHIGAN GOING TO CHICAGO. LV.GRD RAPIDS. .... 8:50am 1:25pm *11:25pm Ar. CHICAGO .........3:35pm 6:45pm */:05am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Ly. CHICAGO -.9:00am 5:25pm *11:15pm Ar. GRD RAPIDS. 3:55pm 10:45pm *7:05am TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, ST INDIANAPOLIS. JOSEPH AND Ly.G R.... ... $:50amal -23pm - *11:35pm ae GM ....... *6:10am 3‘56pm ...... 10:45pm TO AND PROM MUSKEGON. Lv. G. R........ 8:50am 1:25pm 5: 35pm 6:30pm Ar G. K.... Be -10:45a 3:55pm 5:20pm TRAVERSE CITY, MANISTEE & PETOSKEY. iy. 2... <-decee CMO | Scat phe Ar. Manistee ee 12: 20pm 10:24pm ay. Teeverse City ............. 5pm 10:59pm Ar. Charlevoix Soom 8. Ar, Petoskey .. _ . 3:30pm Ar. from Petoskey ete., 16:00 Pm; from Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 p m. THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Wagner Parlor Cars Le: : e Grand Rapids 1:25 pm, leave Chicago 5:25 p m Wagner Sleepers—Leay “Grand Ri apids *11:35 pm; leave Chicago *11:15 pm. Free Chair Car for Manistee 5:35 p m. *Every day. t+Except Saturday. Other trains week days only. DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. 1892 SEPT ll, GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. G R.... 7:00am *1:25pm 5:40pm *1 Ar. DET... .11 :50am Spm 10:35pm == *7 RETUKNING FROM DETROIT. Lv. DETR.... 7:50am *1:35pm 5:15pm *11:00pm Ar. G_R.......12:55pm *5:25pm 10:20pm *7:0eam TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS. Lv. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. GR.11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R. Lv. Grand Rapids. ....... 7:00am 25pm 5:40pm Ay. from Lowell.......... 12:55pm 5:25pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE, Parlor Cars on all :30pm :30am day trains between Grand Rapids and Detroit. Wagner Sleepers on night trains. Parlor cars to Saginaw on morning train, *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e offers a route making the best time betwe Grand Rapids and Toledo, VIA D., L. & N, Ly. Grand — at.....7:165 a. m. and 1:00 p. m. Ar. Toledo at......... 4 255 b. Dogg and 10:20 p. m. i, Ly. Grand Rapids at. “6: 50 . m. and 3:25 p. m, Ay. Tolege af... .... 2:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m. Return connections mana as good. W. .H. BENNETT, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. they can hand them out. ‘These men are dressed in the uniform of the church, and they take in pennies by the bushel. I watched a couple of them for a long time at the entrance of the Kazan Cathe- dral in St. Petersburg, and in the course of half an hour I saw at least 300 men, women and children buy candles. The interior of this church is as large as the hall of the House of Congress. Its halls were hung with golden icons and there were jeweled icons on the pillars and set into the solid silver altar of the back of the church. Before each icon there was a silver candlestick with a stem as big around as Grover Cleveland’s thigh and rising from the floor to about the height of the spot on which President Harrison’s hat rests. The tops of these candlesticks were in the shape of adisc, and each top had anumber of holes in which to stick candles. The worshipers trotted from one of these candelabra to another, lighting a candle before each and putting it up to burn before the picture. There were probably 500 candles burn- ing at one time in this one church, and when you remember that this goes on all over Russia every Sunday and every hol- iday and during most of the days of the week, you can see where the candles go to. Baer! a vi \ } “e eee 5 Il 1h ei = | | i Powder is on the drop, and PONT Gun Powder Leads the Race. | 1\ I \ ¥ ee! Fg FFF, RIFLE. aa3 $ Boney Ne SES Kegs, 25 Ibs. each, Fg, FFg and FFFg ......... $3 75 Bay. 8 rs ees, Saha \ { Half Kegs, 1274 Ibs. each Fg, FFg and FFFg.... 2 15 OP @OSS0 Sgasese see ie Quar. “ 6% * “oe ‘6 le ee e Seeds, a 4 i>, Cams (5 Im ease)... el, 3 Ne5 cnOKE BOp,, oe 4 ¢ ¥ te ib. “* EE 18 : va ; $e05", Ne ; CHOKE BORE. ores os . qeres 0 054 eT . im os de® ccc, ogee : Mees, 25 bs, cach, Nos. 5 and 7............... $4 75 Oe 1 > i Yegs 156 “s ~~ mel eh Nee %G N°3 3 Half Kegs, 1244 Ibs. Pde ied de pa 2 65 i 2 ‘ a Quer * Gig | 6 Se 145 @ ie i i} Cams (25 im ease). 34 sede Sit sie, Reve % 30 otk + ’ r » EAGLE DUOK. eee wae” Setar s —/ ~ Kegs, 25 lps. each, Nos. 1, 2,3 and 4.......... $11 00 ye, oR n92 ly N23 Half Kegs, 121¢ lbs. each, Nos. 1, 2,3 and4.... 5 75 : ly Quar. Kegs, 64% * pa “ 12.3 enea4.... 3 66 2 RS re ee Always specify “Du Pont” and then you will get the best powder made. OSTERZ STEVENS & C: r rte R D O Yo us, We Can give you a bargain. THE TRADESMAN ©OO., 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids. TRADE WINNERS All Goods Manufactured by Us. Quality the Best! Purity Guaranteed! PUTNAM CANDY Co. Want to buy a well-assorted Case of ~ . We Po You can ae your choice Spring & Company, Spaien IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Best Flat Opening Blank Books Inthe Market. Cost no more than the Old Style Boots rite for pric ee ee ee GRAND RAPIDS BOOK BINDING CO, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, : " one Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, 29-31 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons, Cracker Chests, Glass Cavers (ar Biscuits We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. New Prints Received in all the Bést Well Known Brands. Also Fine Line of Robes OUTINGS. WIDE BLUES. FANCY SHIRTINGS, DRESS GINGHAMS, SATINES. Dress Goods HESE chests will soon | : peer : cn oe aa | UR new glass covers are by far the int eae BEDFORD CORDS. pay for themselves in the | handsomest ever offered to the i i | @ breakage they avoid. Price $4. trade. They are made to fit any Yarns, Blankets, Comtorts, Underwear. Overshirts, | of our ‘peaes and can be changed from ite aed theenin — 7 | box to another inamoment They an | will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay Correspondence receives our Persons! Att. ntion. |for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. f P. STEKETEE & SON. NEW NOVELTIES H . We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: oe nen . ompany. CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR. CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. Manufacturers of NEWTON, arich finger with fig filling. This is bound to be one of the best selling cakes we ever made. ” pists | THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO. M A. Sears, — _ D RAPIDS. Of Every Description. WRITE FOR PRICES. | 683 and 68 Canal St.. - GRAND RAPIDS. yw vr Stump before a blast. | Fragments after a blast. ¢ STRONGEST an SAFEST ExPLOSI mown to the Arts. = POWDER, FUSE, CAPS. Electric Mining Goods, LEFLO uo Xs 2s, AND ALL ee FOR STUMP BLASTING, VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & UD, WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks encore. Kinins We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live ANNIHILATOR, — sean ee Cretan la Geese Feathers. | ; Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. Agents for fie EN OVERALLS OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. Western Mighigan. ost WRITE FOR PRICES Voigt Herpolsheimer & C0, *° Grana Rapids.” ve hee FONARD & SONS’ Complete Lines of Crockery, Glassware and House Furnishing Goods, Store Lamps and Parlor Lamps in Every Variety. Catalogue No. 108. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Free to Merchants. Ny Ga i My, me La is If HY fy, iy oe Ue ML Ip Md. YU Mei Wi MY) WY Yay YY Wy Uy Yy eo ue Ls ) ye Wi Wii MMU a es “Wf ly) LY yy 7 Lyf Ws YY) PLUSH GOODS AND ALBUMS We have a “pull” here. Our early orders insure low prices. Work Boxes, Dressing Cases Smoking Cases Manicure Sets Collar and Cuff Boxes Albums, Etc. | ALL LEADERS. wo. we Chira Limb Dolls, Kid Dollis, Doll Heads, Dressed Dells, Papa aud Mama Dolis, Crying Babies, Patent Dolls in every Size ALL LEADERS. mm Or Wood Toys Iron Toys Tin Toys China Toys Penny Toys FIVE AND TEN CENT SPECIAL SELECTIONS DAVE MONEY! © SAVE TIME! If You are in the city please step in to show you through 1, LRONARD & SONS, 134 to 142 Kast Fulton Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DAVE FREIGHT’ No trouble \NEW GOODS. NEW DECORATIONS. NEW EFFECTS. PERSONAL SELECTIONS. Direct Importations! Lowest Prices! OUR HOLIDAY CATALOGUE WILL BE READY IN ONE WEEK. PLEASE SEND FOR IT. WE SHOW A LARGER ASSORTMENT THAN EVER BEFORE. TAKE A DAY OFP. INSPECT OUR LINES. Joe F. O. Reed Frank W. Haddin Wm. A. Townsend Wm. B. Collins Frank A, Stove Geo, R. Rose Our Salesmen : Limoges AND Carlsbad China. Low Prices in Dinner Sets Tea Sets Ice Cream Sets Salad Sets Bone Dishes Fruit Piates, Etc. Austrian Glass Ware. Water Sets Fancy Baskets New colors in vases Royal Worcester Decorations. Enormous Selections, Low Prices, Gorial Cine. 0, 10 and 25 ct. Leaders, Motto Coffee Cups and Saucers After Dinner Coffee Cups and Saucers Shaving Mugs Plate Sets Fruit Plates Fruits and Salads Cake Plates. i‘ + + * > \ < Fas hr 7 = , - | 8 ) ~~ | 10 ~ « i a y a © ! , ¥: i >» i! gare | , $ 4 “ * ' i ; + “i vin 6 o . \}- ] a a kK a a sy ts v *f “i \ a