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Because we lose where we hoped to gain, Because we suffer a little pain, Because we must work, when we’d like to play, Some of us whimper along life’s way; But somehow as day always follows the night, Most of our trouble works out all right. Because we cannot forever smile, Because we must trudge in the dust awhile, Because we think that this way is long, Some of us cry that life’s all wrong; But somehow we live, and our skies grow bright, And everything seems to work out all right. So bend to your trouble and meet your care, Let the rain come down as it must and it will; But keep on working and hoping still; For in spite of the grumblers who stand about, Somehow it seems all things work out. an ane ranean reeenay aan vuugn” eager mn” wm Tm URe eye ee Oe me Oe ee For the clouds must break and the sky grow fair, { { { { { { { { { { { { { { ‘ { { 4 { { ‘ { “What every— aula A” SHOE DEALERS” tl represents a real adventure in thrift ~— - bec AUse —— lt saves you money — dividends to policy- holders, of 25 to 30 per cent since organization, He.) is a record to be proud of. lt saves worry—prompt and careful adjust- ments. It saves costly errors—our insurance auditing service meets a popular and growing need. Wy MICHIGAN 44 SHOE DEALERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Mutua/ Bullding ‘ee Lansing, Michigan a | iu cs ae 4S Na — stadia ead et ccaaeaaa ee aren gen A date Meaeedmneted ee af Staaten 7 engagement Yate — Fifty-first Year Number 2613 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN E. A. Stowe, Editor PUBLISHED WEEKLY by Tradesman Company, from its office the Barnhart Building, Grand Rapids. UNLIKE ANY OTHER PAPER. Frank, free and fearless for the good that we can do. Each issue com- plete in itself, DEVOTED TO the best interests of business men. SUBSCRIPTION RATES are as follows: $3. per year, if paid strictly in advance. $4 per year if not paid in advance. Canadian subscription, $4.56 per year, payable invariably in advance. Sample copies 10 cent. each. Extra copies of current issues, 10 cents; issues a month or more old 15 cents; issues a year or more old, 25 cents; issues five years or more old 50 cents. Entered September 23, 1883, at the Postoffice of Grand Rapids as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879. JAMES M. GOLDING Detroit Representative 507 Kerr Bldg. NRA Conditions Stere Gains in “Buy Now’’ Drive While no startling gains in re- tail trade developed during the initial week of the NRA ‘Buy Now” drive, a fair measure of im- provement both here and in other cities was credited to the move- ment by retail executives. The consensus was that the campaign has yet to hit its stride. About a half-dozen leading stores here showed increases over a year ago for the week and it is estimated that volume for the half-month will be about 3 per cent. ahead of the same period of 1932. Adverse weather conditions and increasing price resistance, as exemplified by the marked in- crease in shopping around for val- ues that is being done bv con- sumers, are major factors with which retailers are now contend- ing. The NRA campaign, plus their own aggressive promotions of merchandise bought at low prices and the appeal to the cus- tomer’'s own selfizh interest to buy because replacement prices will be much higher, are the main sell- ing forces utilized by retailers. The importance of the success of merchandising efforts during the next two and one-half months is illustrated by the fact that the average department store, and other types of retailers as well, does about 8.68 per cent. of its business in October, 9.3 per cent. in November and 14.65 per cent. in December. The “Buy Now’’ campaign is scheduled to last un- til the end of the year and is ex- pected to be a major factor af- fecting volume for this period. Some disappointment was ex- pressed in both retail and whole- sale circles that the campaign had not borne out the previous impli- cations that it would be on the tremendous publicity scale of the Liberty Loan drives. Aside from news stories and the radio, it was said that the huge publicity effort has fallen short of what was ex- pected, at least in its initial stage. Most stores, with but few ex- ceptions, did not use the direct “Buy Now” motif, it being ex- plained by executives that they were tying in by making a strong appeal to customer self-interest through aggressive promotions of attractive merchandise bought at low prices and by stressing higher replacement prices to come soon. In analyzing prezent and future price rises, with a view to deter- mining customer resistance and to find those departments which are doing well and those which are experiencing trouble on this score, retail executives said that so far there has been about a 25 per cent. average gain in retail levels over the “‘ridiculously low levels” of last May. Another increase of about the same amount was said to be likely by the end of the year. Even at the increased current lev- els many items are still about un- changed from a year ago, due to the heavy purchasing by stores at the low Spring wholesale levels. Increases in prices from the cur- rent level to a replacement basis are suggested by the following changes reported to be due on volume selling items: Boy’s suit from $4.95 to $6.95; silks, from $1.95 to $2.95; woman's coat, $39.95 to $50; women’s shoes, $6.75 to $8.50; table, $19.95 to $24.95; kidskin gloves, $1.69 to $2.29: underwear, 98 cents to $1.29, and millinery, $1.59 to $1.98. So far, the departments which have done best under the higher price conditions, during both Au- gust and September, were said to be staples, including sheets, pil- low cases, etc.; furniture and many items of home-wares in the “investment goods’ category; main floor accessories, including small-wares, cosmetics, and piece goods. Consumer buying in some of these lines, particularly furni- ture, has eased off somewhat in recent weeks as anticipatory buy- ing to forestall price advances was completed. The departments now encoun- tering the most consumer price resistance, and ‘which are being carefully studied for that reason, comprise coats, dresses, men’s clothing and fur coats. Cloth coats have advanced from $10 to $50 or more per garment and many consumers have yet to be “educated” to the new levels. These departments are being par- ticularly watched because of the influence of weather conditions and also the mark-down factor, which would become operative toward the latter part of next month. Consumers, it has been found by retailers, strongly hesitate to pay a $5 or $10 advance in price, although that may represent a much smaller increase in percent- age than that made on main-floor acce:sories, for example. One of the latter items may rise from 10 to 25 cents, but in percentage this may represent a 50 per cent. price advance. Where the unit price is small, little resistance is looked for, with the contrary true of higher cost items. ae Credit Program Still is Debated. Wall Streets still is involved in attempting to appraise the prob- able effects of the credit expan- sion program of the Administra- tion. Nothing approaching even approximete agreement has yet been reached. The only phase upon which there is substantial harmony is that the program will continue to be urged. No one seems to doubt any longer the de- termination of the Government to force additional purchasing power into the economic organization, and that failing to get this thru increased bank lending, it will in- ject it by direct action. This view, however, has little or nothing to do with what the results may be in the next few months or, say, be- tween now and January |. The majority opinion appears to be that through the program enough purchasing power will be added to offset at least any fur- ther appreciable business reces- sion, and perhaps even to give a substantial upturn. It is held by this group, accordingly, that there is a period of rising stock prices more or less immediately ahead of us. Having drawn this conclu- sion, however, the individuals in this group usually are quick to add the reservation that there are too many elements of uncertainty for one to feel sure that this is the time to make commitments. On the other hand are those, and they comprise only a small minority, who believe that the odds are in favor of the whole expansion program proving as sterile as the old Hoover credit drive. This group, therefore, does not see the credit activities of the Administration as a major influ- ence in the immediate outlook, but insists that whether business continues its reces:ion or turns upward rests by and large upon quite other factors—upon funda- mental economic forces such as have caused recent business im- provement in foreign countries. In-tead of anticipating rising stock prices, accordingly, they hold we may have a period of decline un- lees business shows d’stinct bet- terment. Such a view, at first glance, ap- pears utterly untenable. Scarcely a day—and certainly there has been no recent week—passe: without the announcement of some new scheme whereby pur- chasing power will be enlarged. The total of this scheme is a’most fantastic — $400,000,000 for loans on cotton, $1,700,000,000 already approved in the public works program, $650,000,000 for direct relief, $1,000,000,000 for preferred stock of banks, and an indefinite number of hundreds of millions to liquidate closed banks, to mention only the large items. In spite of this imposing array of plans for getting purchasing power into the hands of the pub- lic, however, the minority refuses to budge from its opinion. There is, this group emphasizes, a vast difference between having plans formulated and getting them in operation, between even having projects approved by the Public Works Administration and hav- ing the money spent. It is this difference which the minority in- sists will prevent our having any great business boom and inflation- ary stock market in the near fu- ture as a result of the credit pro- gram of the Administration. Regardless of which of these views one may hold, it must be evident that the situation would be helped by having the Admin- istration follow a policy which would cause business men to be willing to invest their money and assume business risks. Until this is done, any recovery must be purely temporary. Ralph West Robey. > —> > Store Fixture Sales Advance Manufacturers of store fixtures re- port a sharp gain in sales of all types of lighting equipment, counters and show cases the past six weeks. Although some of the business came from the launching of new retail stores, produc- ers say the bulk of the trade is due to retailers’ efforts to modernize their establishements. A sales campaign in which fixture producers urged store owners to add new equipment before prices advanced, produced a large vol- ume of new business last month. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 18, 1933 Lines of Interest To Grand Rapids Council As the sun peeped over the horizon the morning of October 15, booming of various calibred guns broke the silence of a Sabbath morn. Twitter of birds, bark of the saucy chipmunk and the rattle of shot on the leaves ushered in the season for those who love the big outdoors and for those who hark back to the call of a strain of savagery and killing instinct. Game bird and rab- bit season opened with a salvo of guns which surely reminded some of the great war which raged not many years ago. The pheasant, the woodcock, the partridge and the rabbit were the en- emy chased across no-man’s land and the land of those who desired no truck with the city fellers. Great as the march of the multitude may have been, earn- est as their intentions may have been, many returned from the field of con- quest with empty game sacks, empty stomachs and weary lmbs which ac- cepted rub-downs as a measure of re- lief. Grand Rapids council was well represented in that great drive and we are only awaiting a final check-up to ascertain the number of alibis and the quantity of game before publishing any statistics. We can only get solace for the lack of game from the fact that an unfired gun presents but a small task to clean for future use. The opening of the old Grand Rap- ids Savings Bank should present a re- lief to those whose funds have been impounded for the past eight months. It should open new channels to better business and play an important part in liquidating long standing obligations. As one drifted around the lobby of the beautiful bank building on opening day, he met many friends whose pinched countenances had loosened with a smile of anticipation as they awaited their turn at the teller’s windows. Long and ardent have been the labors of the bank executives to get back into a place in the sun and at last they can look back en a task well done. Let's go forward and make a better Grand Rapids a better place in which to live. Teacher: What is a hypocrite? Johnny: boy who comes to school smiling, The informal meeting of the boys at the Elk’s cafeteria was well attended Saturday. Happenings of the week, political policies and current events were cussed and discussed. These meet- ings are open to all salesmen and they ar becoming quite popular. The lunch- eon hour is around high noon. Grandma, showing the girls through the zoo and coming to the stork, ex- plained how it had helped bring them into the family, and Dotty whispered to Betty: “Don't you think we ought to tell poor Granny the truth?” Mrs. T. J. Van Buren, of 53 Pleas- ant street, is slowly recovering from a serious operation which she underwent in June. Mrs, Van 3uTen has had a long, hard pull back to normal health and is pleased that she will soon be able to mingle with her friends again. Mrs. Van Buren is tthe wife of coun- selor T. J. Van resentative for Karavan coffee. suren, Michigan rep- Mrs. Grace Bolender and son, of De- troit, are visiting her parents, Mr, and Mrs. H. R. Bradfield and family, over the week end. Master Bolender is one of our genial secretary’s high lights iu life and the light is much accentuated when the sun glints on the coppery hue of the young man’s hair. To dear old grandad, that is a head of gold. Business opportunities—Near a rail- road crossing should be a good spot for a junk shop to be opened. Marion D. Estee, who represented a dry goods house in Michigan for several years, has taken over the Fire- stone line of footwear for the C. J. Farley Dry Goods Co. and will cover his old territory. His many friends wish him every success with his new line. In Grand Rapids it is against the law to find a golf ball until it has stopped rolling. Our good friend at the Tradesman, Frank Wiles, has washed off the ink spots, shined his shoes, brushed. his other hat, pressed his suit, dumped the burden of business off his shoulders and grabbed the missus by the arm and hied for the gangsters hang out. We received no definite information as to the purpose of the getaway, but we surmise that it is for the intent and purpose of visiting the great and only Century of Progress, We con- cede that Frank is a man of rare intel- ligence, that he is worthy of a real vacation and that he and Mrs. Wiles will get much pleasure from their jour- ney to the fair. We do not anticipate that our good friend will form any alli- neither will he enjoy the thought that he will have to contend with the hieroglyphics of the scribe when he returns, We shudder when we think of the panning that may be when Frank gets back. Past Counselor R. W. Radcliffe, rep- resentative for the U. S. Sanitary Spe- cialties Corporation, of Chicago, is do- ing the goose-step, Irish reel and High- land fling. He is having the thread in his clothing reinforced and a steel band put on his hat. He has raised himself ances with the undesirables, from five cent cigars to three for a dime, buys in quantities now, all be- cause he proved himself a man to be reckoned with in salesmanship. There were 263 carefully selected salesmen of his firm competing for national honors and doggone if Rad didn’t step out into the depression and bank holiday and grab himself off a real prize. He was placed sixteenth nationally and we un- derstand that the prize standing is no small honor with his line. We hasten to congratulate our good brother and sin- cerely hope he will continue to hold that order book sacred and will succeed in filling it with that which produces life, liberty and happiness. The hard part of making good is that you must do it over every day. Don’t buy cheapness. Pay enough to get your money’s worth. This is not a shoddy nation. Scribe. MEN OF MARK William J. Wagner, Manager O. & W. Thum Co. We laud and celebrate the indi- vidual who has achieved extraordinary merit in art, letters, military renown, statesmanship, and fame world wide largely rests on such distinctions. Men also become famous in law, jurispru- dence, medicine and _ scientific study and demonstration. Yet all such mas- ters in their several spheres do no more, often not as much, for the well- being of mankind as the ingenious and untiring mechanics and engineers who discover something and make it con- duce to the benefit of an industry that is the foundation on which rest the stability, livelihood and happiness of many thousands of people. Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war, and no victors are more deserv- ing of acclaim among the chieftains of peace than those who invent something that adds to productive power and suc- cessfully apply it to general use. The man who evolves from his fertile mind a contrivance whereby a utility can be developed so as greater to enlarge capacity to produce useful things, and at the same time give permanent em- ployment to hundreds who otherwise would have to struggle for a meager and squalid existence, has done more for community and state than a gen- eral or legislator or judge or any other celebrity whose name figures among the galaxy of notables in ordinary his- torical annals. The foundation of society and the state is in the productive industries: for they are the means whereby the popu- lation pursues an orderly and prosper- ous life. In the absence of war and consequent destruction of human life there is a growth of population. Pro- ductive capacity must keep pace with this increase of human units or the peoples will lapse into a horde of vagrants, soon becoming savage, de- graded and, like hungry predatory animals, devouring their fellows weak- er than themselves. By natural increase and by immigration the population of the United States is rapidly enlarging, and it is necessary that the productive industries shall have a corresponding augment in order to prevent the social disaster that would follow a lack of employment. For this reason no man can confer a greater benefit upon the country than he who contributes to the enlargement of productive capacity. Not to everyone is given the privi- lege of adding something of value to the comfort and commerce of this world. Those who do enjoy this privi- lege have not lived their lives in vain and their greatest satisfaction should be the knowledge that their efforts have been of practical, material benefit to mankind. William J. Wagner was born in Grand Rapids, March 26, 1887. His antecedents were German on_ both sides. He graduated on the engineer- ing course of Grand Rapids Central high school and then completed an engineering course at the Michigan university at Ann Arbor. In 1910 Mr. Wagner entered the em- ploy of the O. & W. Thum Co., man- ufacturer of Tanglefoot, as assistant superintendent. Eleven years later he was promoted to the position of super- intendent and in 1929 he was made general manager of the company, which position he still fills with credit to himself and satisfaction to his em- ployers. Mr. Wagner was married August 22, 1911, to Miss Josie Vose. They have three children—two girls and a boy. The older daughter is twenty years old. She is pursuing the literary course at the Michigan university. An- other girl, of fourteen, and a boy of eight are attending public schools of Grand Rapids. The family reside in their own home at 1257 Bemis street. Mr. Wagner is a member of the English speaking Lutheran church on Crescent street. He is a member of Malta Lodge, F. & A. M., a member of the local engineers club and also a member of the Michigan Engineering Society. Mr. Wagner is a devoted brook trout fisherman and has a weakness for bass as well. He is an advocate of the great outdoors and always takes his son with him on his fishing expeditions. Mr. Wagner attributes his success to his early training, which was certainly accomplished in a very methodical manner, ——_>+.—___ Seek Ban on Price-Cutting An appeal to the National Recovery Administration to end the price-cutting tactics in the cotton goods fields as en dangering the success of the NRA program is being seriously considered in New York City. Just what form of Federal intervention would be asked has not been decided upon, inasmuch as merchandising proctices were not touched upon in the industry’s code. However, the code contains a clause which would permit the planning and fair practice agency of the industry to make recommendations to the Recov- ery Administration for requirements “to prevent and eliminate unfair and destructive competitive prices and prac- tives.” —_——o—-> There is no calamity which right words will not begin to redress ——Em- erson. BUSINESS EDUCATION At the DAVENPORT-McLACHLAN INSTI- TUTE is of higher grade because this school is Chartered by the State as a Class A College with power to grant degrees. College training for business is just as imnortant as for any other Profession. It is always a pleasure to give information regarding our courses. Fall terms start September 5 and October 1. DAVENPORT-McLACHLAN INSTITUTE 215 Sheldon Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan M. E. Davenport President. Secret eee ip Seng ae ees alent ey October 18, 1933 Sidelights on Eastern Michigan Mer- cantile Conditions Cho, Oct. 13--C. B. Cady Co. dy goods, clothing and shoe merchants, recently hit on a novel and inexpensive advertising stunt, which is attracting much attention. With the purchase of a stock of shoe laces they were given a junior metal truck with rubber tire Wheels for a small additional charge. They placed the truck in their show window and ot a large placard an- nounced they would give the truck to the boy or girl who would bring to the store the largest number of old, worn out shoes, within the following ten days. It was not long until old shoes of every description began to arrive and by the time the contest ended, there were several bushels of them. A record was kept and each boy and girl given proper credit. After the truck was awarded the old shoes were stacked in one of the show windows and a card announced a guessing con- test on the number of shoes in the window, the lucky guesser to be pre- sented with a good pair of new shoes. The display of old shoes attracted wide attention, stopping many to look it over. These shoes remain the prop- erty of the firm, and the best of them will be repaired and given to needy people in the community. Claude F. Babcock, formerly with a national chain food store, has one of the neatest food stores in this locality. His stock is well displayed and fea- tures strongly a large assortment of fruits and vegetables. Being located in the center of the main business block, and giving prompt and courteous serv- ice, he is highly deserving of the suc- cess which is attending his efforts to please. One of the most recent firms to en- ter into the grocery business here is Julius Rose and wife, who have an excellent location near the center of the business section. While thetr store is not as large as some others, it con- tains a very attractive assortment of staples, which are well displayed. These home merchants are giving their increasing list of patrons the best of foods and service, which is the key to success for any grocer. Frankenmuth, Oct. 14—I have not been more surprised in any town than in Frankenmuth. It is a community of German Lutherans who are most clannish. The one street of the town strings out for a mile with stores and dwellings. ‘There are two breweries, one in operation and the other nearly ready; two flour mills, a sausage fac- tory, woolen mill, an engineering con_- pany and a sawmill make up the in- dustries. There are iwo substantia] bank buildings, better than usually found in a town of 900 population. One would wonder how four hotels could remain in business here, but 1 was told by the landlord of the Fischer ho- tel that he had fed as many as 1200 with chicken dinner on a Sunday. Guests come from leading cities of the Lower Peninsula. Their novel plan of serving these dinners is to put the din- ner all on the table and every guest is invited to eat to capacity at the usual price of $1, One of the banks here had assets of over $2,000,000 before the de- pression and the other nearly as much. 30th banks are limiting withdrawals. I do not believe there is another as wealthy village of its size in the state. It is situated in the midst of rich farm- ing lands, which together with the thrift of the people, sets an example in many ways for others to follow. Vassar has been hit unusually hard by the closing of its banks. ‘lwo Na- tional chain stores make it still worse for the home merchants who teiped to build up the town. Tuscola is a has- been village with only two stores left. It is surrounded by good farms and will always remain a fair trading point. Caro, Oct. 16— The merchants of Caro have made a mistake in permit- ting managers of local branches of the National chain stores to become mem- MICHIGAN bers of their organization. These stores are a part of great monopolies, which are Sapping the life blood from hundreds of towns and cities. Solongas they re- main,bedfellows of the home merchants, there is no hope for the latter. The objection is not to the local managers and employes, but to the greedy mon- opolies they work for. I was told that one of the chain stores of this town entered into a lease with the owner oi a store, conditioned upon his making certain improvements and alterations to the store, so to better meet their needs. After the owner had spent over a thousand dollars in fitting up the building, the chain found another store it liked better, so it entered into another lease, which required the pres- ent merchants to vacate. When the owner of the store first leased tried to enforce his rights and compel the chain manager to live up to his con- tract, he found the lease was all one- sided. It bound him, but not the chain organization. This 1s but one of many tricks worked upon unsuspecting peo- ple. Such an organization is not worthy to be represented in any. business man’s organization, I regret to see a merchant put up a sign advertising cut rate groceries, drugs or anything else. When he does this and works to keep prices low, he is fighting prosperity. We never had good times on low prices and never will have. A low price means iow wages and farm prices, together with a low price for everything that enters into goods the people must have. | find a great need of co-operation among merchants in all lines. They ought to get together more often and talk over their problems. Merchant should not fight merchant by price cut- ting. Every merchant should be a real neighbor to his competitor. Competi tion is all right, but it should not be confined to low prices. Learn to covi- pete in quality and courteous service People like to trade where they are made welcome and receive friendly consideration. Cutting profit out of merchandising is foolish and senseless President Roosevelt says we must learn to live and let live. ————_.—> Process Improves Flavor of Citrus Fruit Juice Citrus fruit juice having none of the cooked taste that so far has character- ized bottled or canned orange juice has been successfully prepared by the De- partment of Agriculture. H. H. Mottern and H. W. VonLoe- secke, of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, state that the secret of this new method of preserving citrus juice is de- aeration —or freeing from air—and rapid pasteurization, Heating in the presence of air and localized overcooking, they explain, are responsible for objectionable flavors usually present in commercially pre- pared orange juice. Packing-house cull fruit was used in preparing the experimental packs. The juice taken from storage at periods ranging from 1 to 6 months was excep- tionally pleasing. It lacked the full bouquet of fresh fruit, but was free from the disagreeable bitter after taste and the cooked taste found in deteri- orated juice. —____< 9 ——___ People of today are learning to do without which _ their grandparents never hoped to possess. many things ——_+-+___ What we need is a child labor law to keep them from working their par- ents to death. ——_+2+>____ Those anxious to invest in a going concern should make sure which way it is going. TRADESMAN Planning Outing With Baby Parents their them on vacation trips should special precautions for the infant’s wel- fare. The Children’s Bureau has made some for adding to the comfort of the babies and to lessen the amount of work taking them along, Among ithe suggestions given by the taking babies with g take suggestions involved in Bureau for the journey are the follow- ing: Plan the trip so as to avo'd delays and to give the most privacy and quiet for the baby. Do not let anything interfere with the ‘baby's feeding, tion, bathing, sleep, and exercise. Wash his hands amd face several times each regular elimina- day. Keep him as cool and quiet as possible. Do not give the baby cakes, candy, bananas or anything else to keep him quiet in the train. Irregular feeding and unsu‘table foods, together with the fa- tigue and excitement of traveling are likely to make ‘him ill. Do not let strangers handle him. For a long journey in hot summer weather, and Dont’ use too much clothing, he should be barefooted dressed only in a band, a diaper, and a thin, necked dress or short-sleeved. low slp. Have warmer clothing at hand in case the day cools off suddenly. On an automobile trip it found advisable to use a hammock for the baby. A market used as a substitute. The basket should be arranged like with a thin blanket and, if A cotton mosquito netting will be basket may be miatitress, rubber desired, a a_ bed, sheeting, a sleeping bag. should ‘be brought along to cover the basket. A young baby can stay in the basket throughout ithe journey, except when it is time for feeding, bathing, changing the clothing, exercse or other care. For the bottle-fed baby the Bureau adds the following advice: Boil all milk used for the baby. Re- member that the baby’s bottle must be boiled before it is filled. Either boil and stopper enough empty botitles at home to last the whole journey, or with the ithe ‘bottles else make arrangements proper steward to have boiled daily in the dining car or steam- er kitchen. Use dried or evaporated a long ‘trip. Just before each feeding time mix the dried or evaporated milk with boiling water and then bring the mixture ito a boil again. Carry a trav- eling stove for the purpose. For short trip carry a vacuum bot- tle full of cold boiled milk or milk mixture. Clean, scald, and cool the vacuum bottle before putting the milk into it. Bot! the milk or milk mixture, chill it thoroughly, and fill the vacuum bottle. Do not put milk into the vacuum bottle, as it may sour. Do from a vacuum bottle milk for warm not use milk after 24 hours. When milk is carried in a vacuum bottle it must be warmed. At each feeding time, fill a nursing bottle and warm it in a pitcher of hot water. To avoid filling bottles on a short trip with a small baby, carry a large vacuum ‘bottle holding small feeding bottles filled and stoppered and wrapped in cotton. Chill the whole 3 thing thoroughly before closing the vacuum bottle. If ttraveling in a day coach or automobile carry also a vac- uum bottle filled with hot water for heating the feeding bottles. a A Business Man’s Philosophy One word is so loosely used that I hope some publisher of a dictionary will leave it out of his next edition, or mark it obsolete. The word is “guaranteed.” Today I received calls from three salesmen—shirts, clothes, and books. Each announced that his product was guaranteed. I questioned each closely to find out what was meant. The shirt man and the clothes man said that I must be entirely satisfied or I could have my money back. “Do asked the shirt man, “that these shirts at three for $5 you mean,” I will satisfy me as well as shirts costing three times ais much?” that he guarantee, [| didn’t concluded, He confessed that, merely meant that if I mean The raised enough fuss and qnade myself thoroughly dis- agreeable, I could have my back. The other guarantees meant no more than that. money My attitude may ‘be wrong, but when any one guarantee me loss or dissatisfaction, I imme- proposes ‘to against For exam- ple, I don’t want seeds or rose bushes that are guaranteed. After I’ve toiled in a garden, it’s small satisfaction to lettuce when the first lot has failed to germi- nate. No can offset my disappointment, William Feather. ge Average American Eats 263 Eggs in Year d’ately become suspicious. get a free package of seeds reasonable money payment Average per capita consumption of in the United States has than doubled during the last 50 years. Agricultural statistics of the Bureau of nore eggs the Census show that egg production in 1879 amounted to 109 eggs per cap- ita. In 1929 production had increased until the per capita supply was 263 eggs. The Department of Agriculture says that a large share of this increase has been due to the development of the re- frigerator car, which extended the areas from which eggs could be sent to market and of cold-storage ware- housing, which greatly improved the quality of eggs carried from one season to another. Production practices have _ also shown improvement, chiefly as a result of educational programs designed to in- struct producers in applying the results of scientific investigation. ++ Glass Trade Activity Widening Activity in the glass manufacturing industry is spreading out over a wider front. Some divisions that to date have displayed few signs of improvement are moving closer to the forefront. In container section unusual operative in consequence the glass forces are of the growing repeal vote. Orders are already in movement for liquor bottles of the varieties and several factories have made preparations for increased production. Production of rough plate glass and allied lines will be increased in the near future. common MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 18, 1933 MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Mt. Pleasant—The Mt. Pleasant Oil & Gas Corporation has decreased its capital stock from $250,000 to $25,000. Flint— The Dailey Brewing Co., 1521 St. John street, has increased its capital stock from $150,000 to $200,000. Detroit—The Stanley Steel Co., 434 East Milwaukee street, has increased its capital stock from $1,000 to $10,000. Detroit—The Elite Laundry Co., 2624 Elmwood avenue, has increased its capital stock from $10,000 to $20,- 0000. Iron Mountain — John Court has taken over the Town Talk Lunch, 1204 South Carpenter street, taking im- mediate possession. Muir—The Banton Elevator Co. has been incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000, $10,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in. Escanaba—The Fair Store, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary, was founded in 1888, its four story build- ing having been erected in 1903. Pontiac— The D. & D. Cleaners, Inc., 63 West Huron street, has been incorporated with a capital: stock of $2,000, all subscribed and paid in. Hancock—The Park Brewing Co., has been organized with a capitaliza- tion of $230,000 common and $20,000 preferred, $70,500 being subscribed and paid in. Detroit —- The Gondek Stove Ex- change, Inc., 4113 Buchanan street, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000, $1,000 being subscribed and paid in. Mt. Pleasant— The Franklin Tool Co., Box 22, has been organized to deal in oil well supplies, with a capital stock of $10,000, $5,000 being sub- scribed and paid in. Yorkville — Carl G. Hamilton, of Richland, has leased a store building here and will occupy it with a stock of meats and groceries under the style of the Hamilton Grocery & Market. Detroit—Jewell’s, Inc., 7165 Michi- gan avanue, has been organized to deal in furniture and household goods at retail, with a capital stock of $10,000, $5,000 being subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Michigan Carpet Co., 4240 Fourteenth street, has been or- ganized to deal in floor coverings and decorations, with a capital stock of $10,000, all subscribed and $6,000 paid in. Detroit—The Old Holland Brewing Co., with business offices at 3315 Bar- lum Tower, has been organized with a capital stock of $52,500, all of which has been subscribed and $10,000 paid in. Detroit — The Universal Equipment Corporation, 3625 Superior street, has been organized with a capi- tal stock of $70,000 preferred and 5,000 shares at $1 a share, $75,000 being sub- scribed and paid in. Flint—The Marjohnelle Food Prod- ucts Co., Dye Road, has been organ- ized to produce and sell foods, with a capital stock of $50,000, of which amount $40,000 has been subscribed and $29,000 paid in. Bradley — Elenbaas Brothers have sold the Bradley Elevator to M. W. Watts, who has removed from his farm in Leighton, to Plainwell, where he 3rewery will reside. Simon Fox will continue as manager of the elevator. Cassopolic—Gideon W. 55, former hardware dealer at Cassop- olis. died recently in Louisville, Ky.. following a heart attack. He had been associated in the hardware business with Fred Reynolds, Niles, and J. J. Fisher, now of Albion. Petoskey—The Northern Brewing Co. has been organized and is now sell- ing its issue of stock amounting to $150,000. The company has taken over the plant and real estate of the form- er Petoskey Brewing Co., and. will modernize it throughout. Detroit—V. V. McBryde, owner of the McBryde boot shop, has opened a new shoe department in D. J. Healy & Co., one of the city’s four major down- This is the Healy’s has ever had any Tallerday, department time shoe department in their store. Harbor Springs — Butler Weaver, who has conducted a grocery store in the Lineham block since Nov. 11, 1908, suffered a severe fire loss recent- lv. All of the stock was either lost or damaged. As soon as a suitable store can be secured, Mr. Weaver will re- engage in business with a complete new stock. Muskegon—Paquin Bros., who have conducted a grocery store here for the past 14 years, have added a complete meat department which is under the management of L. S. Greiner. The store is at 137-9 Laketown avenue and is modern in every way, new equip- ment, electric refrigeration and display cases have been installed. Iron Mountain — Fred Lasch, pro- prietor of the Triangle Store at Kings- ford Heights, has leased it to Botruse town first stores. Massrouha, who has conducted the Hillside grocery for the past three years. Mr. Massrouha has installed a large stock of groceries and meats and wil! conduct the business under the style of the Triangle Store. Chase—After a business career ex- tending over a period of twenty-one years, Nelson Brothers have decided to close out their stock and retire. They rented Gover & Patterson, who expect to take posses- sion on Nov. 1. The Nelson Brothers took their father’s 1912, and, with the exception of a few have their store to over business in years when the business was conducted by Charles R. Miller, have continued in active charge until the present time. This store has been a land-mark in the business history of Chase. Manufacturing Matters Detroit — The Detroit Electric Ve- hicle Manufacturing Co., 1601 West Lafayette Blvd., has been organized with a capital stock of $2,500, all sub- scribed and paid in. Detroit— The Belle Isle Beverage Co., 10213 Harper avenue, manufac- turer of soft drinks, has been incor- porated with a capital stock of $6,000, $5,028 being subscribed and paid in. Grand Haven — The John Rocks Carving Co. has been organized to manufacture furniture frames and wood carvings with a capital stock of $30,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Hyman Products Cor- poration, 837 Pingree avenue, has been organized to manufacture, sell and lease coin registers with a capital stock of 2,500 shares at $10 a share, $19,750 being subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Old Frontenac Wine- ries, Inc., 1701 West Lafayette, has been organized to manufacture wine and other beverages, with a capital stock of 5,000 shares at $10 a share, $5,000 being subscribed and paid in. — Digestibility of Fried Foods We are coming to the time of year when fried foods, hot breads, and pastries are most tempting, and the question is often raised as to whether these foods are wholesome. Fried foods are per- haps challenged even more than hot breads and pies on this ground. There is no need to worry, says the United States Bureau of Home Economics, about the sup- poced indigestibility of well-fried foods, if you do not eat too much fried food at one time. There is nothing to the notion except that some cooks are not good at fry- ing. They let the food soak up the fat. Too much fat slows up di- gestion—and so will too much fried food. But some foods taste best when fried. Fr,ing gives them a flavor and a texture that can be had in no other way. A _ well-planned, well-cooked meal with one fried food can be much more inviting and quite as dige:tible as a meal with everything boiled or cream- ed or baked or scalloped. Of all the cooking fats, for fry- ing and baking, lard is the cheap- est, now selling for about 9 or 10 cents a pound. There are 224,- 000,000 pounds of it in storage in this country. It can be used in a great many ways. Lard is not less digestible than other cooking fats. It is 97 per cent. digestible; and none of the common cooking fats has a higher rating than that. As shortening, lard is one of the best and also the most economical fat on the market. To make a good flaky pie crust, fiva or ___ Review of the Produce Market Alligator Pears—19c each. Apples—Wolf River, 50 @ 75c per bu.; Shiawasse, 75 @ 80c per bu. Snows, 90c for No. 1; 20 oz. Pippin, 85c. Fall varieties generally, 75 @ $1.25 per bu. Artichokes—Calif., 90c per doz., 4 doz. in box. Bananas—6 @ 6%c per Ib. Beets—20c per dozen bunches or 75c per bu. Brussels Sprouts — California, 17c per qt. Butter—Jobbers hold plain wrapped creamery prints at 23'4c and tub but- ter at 22'%4c. The news that the Gov- ernment was finally prepared to pur- chase butter in the open market did not influence as anticipated. The news contained the fact that 2,000,000 pounds would be purchased weekly. Conse- quently with a surplus of better than 85,000,000 pounds it would require many months to take up the excess at the rate of 2,000,000 pounds weekly. This did not meet the fancy of bullish interests who have been aggressive on the long side of the market in antici- pation of real buying by the govern- ment. The Government program print- ed recently is not expected to be final. Many dealers think the Government will go into the surplus more deeply in the realization that absorption at the rate of 2,000,000 pounds a week would be reflected in a maintained highly ner- vous and unsettled condition. The rate of movement into storage and the fact that home consumption fails to in- crease because of relatively higher lev- els than the consumer wishes to follow clearly stresses the importance of much broader assistance if the Government hopes to create betterment in the creamery industry. Cabbage—75c per bushel. Carrots—20c per dozen bunches or 65c per bu. Cauliflower—$1 per flat, 8 to 10. Celery—20@40c per dozen bunches. Cocoanuts—90c per doz. or $5.50 per bag. Cranberries—Cape Cod, $2.25 per 25 Ib. box. Cucumbers—No. 1 hothouse, $1 per dozen. Dried Beans Michigan Jobbers pay as follows for hand picked at ship- ping stations: TRADESMAN €. Tf Pea from farmer. $1.85 Light Red Kidney from farmer__ 3.50 Dark Red Kidney from farmer__ 3.25 Wient Cranberry = 4.25 Eggs — Jobbers pay lle per Ib. for mixed eggs and 12c per Ib. for heavy white eggs. They sell as follows: Fapeyiitresh white. 28c Gandied, fresh 24c Candied, pallets. 20c Storage eggs are'held as follows: aa Ss LL 17c mtgnage, SO 19¢ ees. 17¢ The market on fresh eggs is full steady to firm in spots. Searcity of really fine fresh stock is pronounced and trade movement indicates higher levels before the close of the week. Receipts are light, trading supply no more than normal and country move- ment just fair for this season of the year. All distributors are forced on held stock to meet requirements. Ege Plant—$1. per bu. Grapes—Wordens and _ Niagaras, $1.20 per dozen for 5 Ib. baskets: Dela- wares, $1.75; 40c for 1% bu.; Califor- nias, $1.65 per box for Tokays. Grape Fruit—Texas and Florida are held as follows: Ue $3.50 LLL. 3.50 es 3.50 96 ee 06 Green Beans — $2.50 per bu. for Florida grown. Green Peas — $3.75 per hamper for Southern grown. Green Onions—Home per dozen. Honey—-Combs, 5 @ 6c per Ib.: strained, 5 Ib. tins, $4.50 per doz.: 60 Ib. cans, 8c per Ib. Hubbard Squash—2c¢ per Ib. Table Queen are the same. Honey Dew Melons—$2.25 per crate. Lettuce — In good demand on the following basis: Imperial Valley, 6s, per crate____$3.00 Imperial Valley, 4s and 5s, crate__ 3.25 grown, 25¢ Veat hot house |. 55 Lemons—The price is as follows: SOO Sumiist $7.00 SOO) Sunkist. 2b) 7.00 a ee Poe 6.00 ee eee ee 6.00 Lima Beans—25c per qt. box. Mushrooms—32c per one Ib carton. Onions—Home grown, 75c per bu. for Yellow and $1 for White. Oranges—Fancy Sunkist California Valencies are now sold as follows: ee $4.59 ee. 4.50 ye ae sae eer 4.25 We 4.25 Oe 4.00 Oe. 4.00 ee 4.00 Red Ball, 50c per box less. Parsley—30c per dozen. Potatoes—80c per bu.; Idahos, $2.25 per 100 Ib. bag. Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as follows: Ves foe. 10c Highs Howls 002 7c chi 8c Dutkevs lle Geese Wa 7c Quinces—$1.25 per bu. Radishes—12c per doz. bunches, his personal 5 Spinach —65c per bushel for home grown. Sweet Potatoes — Virginia, $1 per bu. or $2.50 per bbl. Tomatoes—50c per % bu. for No. 1, and 40c for No. 2; home grown hot house, 70c for 8 lb. basket Turnips—25c per doz.; 65¢ per bu. Vegetable Oysters—30 per doz. Veal Calves — Wilson & Company pay as follows: Pauey 7@8oc Good Be ane Wax Beans—$2 per bu. for South- ern grown. ———_+-+__ New Safeguards The idea of giving maximum pro- tection to contents through use of up- to-date technique in packaging seems to be spreading. Latest to join the group of “vacuum packed” products are spices. A glass container is used, which also has a cap that can serve both as a shaker and a measuring device. The sale of lubricating oil in unit packages that cannot be tampered with gaining. In a test three is also recently Middlewestern cities, filling stations found that their motor oil sales increased 25 per cent. through made in use of the new type of container. It has been claimed that 25 per cent, of the time a customer asking a filling station for a trademarked brand of oil becomes the victim of substitution or adulteration. The new cans make this impossible, and seem to increase pur- chasers’ confidence. It is also reported that introduction of the sealed cans by one refinery has brought to it a num- ber of new service station operators. —<— >. _____ A Business Man’s Philosophy Voting is a dangerous procedure in determining ‘business polic‘es. John D. Rockefeller refused to un- dertake anything until he could win the approval of all his partners. Once, when the approval was not forthcom- ing for an extension on. which Rocke- feller had set his ‘heart, he proposed to the board that he would finance the project involving many nyllions from funds, with the under- standing that he was to be reimbursed later if the experiment was successful. The ideal of unanimous approval has merit. Often—possibly always—it is better to delay action until all con- cerned ‘can be convinced. Is that too much to expect? Surely, frequent di- vision when judgment is taken, indi- cates that wrong. something is seriously William Feather. Calling Liberty The special interest in the Treasury’s calling of $1,875,000,000 of the Fourth Liberty Loan for redemption next April lies in its non-inflationary char- acter. Such a step will seem almost like treason to the extreme inflation- ists, who have been demanding pay- ment of Government obligations with printing-press money. To others it will appear to be a wise move, making for economy and the credit of the Gov- ernment. There should not be over- looked the fact that, along with this refunding, the debt is to be increased by $500,000,000, an increase made nec- essary by emergency expenditures in connection with the depression. 6 MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE Burglars Are A Fire Hazard Forcible entry, as well as trespass, constitutes not only a very definite fire hazard but in many cases has proven an unusually costly one. Many plants, as well as homes, are equipped with a fire alarm system or a sprinkler system to catch a fire while it is still in its in- cipient Usually those stage. only buildings housing articles of rather high value have ever bothered to install a system of burglar alarm. Many properties are too easy of ac- cess. This probably is particularly true of the average country elevator. A simple tumbler lock on the office door or a 10c padlock with staple and hasp in many cases constitutes the only bar +1 between the interior of the building and a tramp. In cold weather, with so many men on the road, it is only logi- cal to suppose that with a human desire to get in out of the weather, they will force the easiest door or window. If the weather is particularly cold they may build a fire to keep warm. At least if they have the “makings” they are going to smoke and we all know how dangerous is a partially smoked Cigarette and a partially extinguished inatch. There was a gin mill loss recentiy reported in Louisiana where there seems to be no question but that the plant was burned by the people who broke in, Only last month an elevator at Barnard, Missouri burned to the | ground and it has since been discov- ered that the property had been broken When plant closed the night of the fire the had locked, fire was discovered the safe was found into three or four times. the safe been but when the to have been open and there is not much doubt but that the fire was set by the thieves either to cover up or accidentally, One of insurance the greatest authorities “No honest man would trade his plant for its in- on says: business surable value, with the knowledge that he must immediately start to build anew and in the meantime have his field of dist-ibution invaded by com- And impelled by a feeling that every man is honest. While this is true of your petitors.” yet most of us are neighbors without a doubt. it may not the traveler from a strange country in search of overnight be so true of shelter. He has absolutely no interest in your property, will take what he can use and without consideration of your rights make himself comfortable. even at the risk of a total loss of your prop- erty. It is our belief that the tramp is I than the burglar, but only since there are more of them. Just be sure that your prop- erty is thoroughly locked up when you probably a greater hazard go home at night and, if possible, in- stall a simple burglar alarm system. If this system frightens away just one tramp a month it has more than paid its way. While a old was taking a bath, another aged six youngster nine years lamp on an electric To see the pretty re- played with an extension cord. MICHIGAN flection of the lamp in the water it was held over the bath tub. Then, to improve the effect it was dipped in the water up to the socket. Was The elder child electrccuted, That happened in Louisv le. Across the Ohio River in New AI- bany a father was doing some work that necessitated the use of a light on The socket was de- fective and he knew it. When he laid 1 an extension cord. it down to take up some other work his little boy seized it for a plaything. He was electrocuted. Singular Residence Fire in Indiana Noble Gray,: of New Albany, regis- tered great astonishment upon opening week’s absence to find three downstairs rooms gutted by fire and the upstairs black- ened by heat and smoke. the door of his home after a Nobody in the neighborhood knew there had been a fire and Fire Chief Graff. when called to the scene, was utterly dumbfounded. The fire, which was severe enough to partly melt some of the window panes, evidently had burned itself out without being noticed of without breaking through wall or roof. Damage amount- ed to some $5,000. —__>--9___ Definition of Whisky as Food Bev- erage What is whisky? With the advent of prohibition re- peal apparently approaching many per- sons are seeking information from. the Food and Drug Administration as to the requirements for turing food whisky. J. A. to whom legal manufac- Sales, of the Administration, the inquirers are referred, answers the question in this manner: “Whisky as a food beverage is de- scribed in Food Inspection Decision No. 113, issued in 1910. that ‘all unmixed distilled spirits from The decision grain, colored and flavored with harm- less color and flavor in the customary way either by the charred barrel proc- ess or by the addition of caramel or harmless flavor, if of potable strength and not less than 80 degeres proof (40 per cent alcohol), are entitled to the name whisky.’ “Decision No. 113 is out of print and we are not circulating copies, but have them for reference. We tell all inquir- ers to take this decision for what it is worth. There have been many legal opinions since it was issued. “The only type of whisky which has been legal during the prohibition pe- riod—medical whisky—is described in the official United States Pharmaco- poeia. All whisky listed as ‘medicinal’ must conform to this definition as to content and processing. One require- ment is that it be aged four years. “Beverages not to be used for med- icinal purposes can be labeled without any statement as to age.” —_2+2++____ For an hundred that can bear ad- versity, there is hardly one that can bear prosperity.—Carlyle. ——_—>>____ Nothing is too hard if what you stand for is bigger than what you are. —Lady Astor. 32? >__ The most important part of every business is to know what ought to be done. TRADESMAN x WHY have policyholders saved? The Federal Mutuals insure only the better type of property—you might say the “‘cream.”’ This results in fewer losses. Operating costs are kept at the min- imum. These two factors result in a much lesser portion of your premium dollar being used, which means larger profits. As there are no stockholders the policyholders receive the profits at the expiration of their policies. These companies operate for your benefit—why not investigate >? FEDERAL HARDWARE & IMPLEMENT MUTUALS Retail Hardware Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Minneapolis, Minnesota Stevens Point, Wisconsin Minnesota Implement Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Owatonna, Minnesota , October 18, 1933 Mutual Insurance With losses lower, with expenses lower, with no inside profits for invested capital you would expect the net cost of MUTUAL insurance to be less. It is. The saving in cost is not made at any sacrifice in safety and strength, The Mutual plan of operation is right, Mutual insur- ance is better protection, Because it is better it costs less. May sound unreasonable if you are not informed, An investi- gation is convincing, For the sake of yourself and your busi- ness, investigate Finnish Mutual Fire Insurance Company 444 Pine Str., Calumet, Mich. OUR FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES ARE CONCURRENT with any standard stock policies that you are buying No interruption in dividend payments to policy holders since organization Michigan Bankers and Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Fremont, Michigan WILLIAM N. SENF, Secretary-Treasurer Si ™ GRAND RAPIDS MERCHANTS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE Co, A LEGAL RESERVE MUTUAL COMPANY 23 YEARS OF DIVIDENDS To POLICYHOLDERS Affiliated with THE MICHIGAN RETAIL DRY GOODS ASSOCIATION 320 Houseman Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. October 18, 1933 Corporations Wound Up The following Michigan corporations have recently filed notices of dissolu- tion with the Secretary of State: American Construction Co., Inc., Lansing, Koppers Construction Co., Detroit. Rice Clothes Shop, Inc., Muskegon. Leo Jordan Co., Detroit. Mahon Investment Co., Detroit. Schieber Manufacturing Co., Detroit. Renville Investment Co., Detroit. Outer Drive Investment Co., Frank- enmuth. City Mortgage Co., Grand Rapids. Berridge Realty Corp., Dryden. Flint Fish Co., Flint. Gordon R. Dubois, Inc., Grand Rap- ids. Grossman Plumbing Co., Inc., De- troit. G. J. Haan Calendar Ci., Grand Rap- ids. Flint Brewing Co., Inc., Flint, St. James Hotel Co.. Inc., Ironwood. Jewelers Trading Co., Detroit. Miller Inc. of Kalamazoo, Detroit. Miller Inc. of Lansing. Detroit. One Hundred Fifty Fort Street West, Inc., Detroit. Hirschfield Candy Co., Inc., Detroit.. Carlton Schultz, Inc., Lansing. L. F. Schroeder Construction Co., Escanaba. H. G. Christman & Brothers Co., Detroit. Realty Advisory Bureau, Inc., De- troit. Preferred Investments, Inc., Detroit. Realty Engineering Co., Detroit. Harbeck’s Radio Shop, Battle Creek. Battle Creek Transportation Co., Jackson. Lakewood Farm, Battle Creek. Cadillac Opera House Co., Cadillac. M-H-B Company, Detroit. Miller Sprinkling Systems, Inc., De- troit. Galster Realty Corp., Detroit. O. H. Warwick Co., Lansing. Michigan Land Company, Ltd., Sault Ste. Marie. The Keweenaw Co., Lake Linden. Universal Auto Co., Houghton. Consolidated Cigar Corp., Detroit. J. O. Nessen Lumber Co., Manistee. Wolverine Sales Book Co., Lansing. Schiesel & Malone, Inc., Detroit. Acme Motor Truck Corp., Cadillac. Hire-Klas Beverages, Inc., Lansing. Rolling Mill Mining Co., Negaunee. McGowen, Cassaday & White, Inc., Detroit. St. Clair Investment Co., Lansing. Devileg Machine Tool Co., Jackson. Kohler Products Corp., Detroit. Caley Land Co., Detroit. Wilson Lumber Co. of Florida, De- troit. Koss Construction Co., Lansing. Lansing Realty Co., Lansing. Albrecht Realty Co., Detroit. Genesee Theater Co., Inc., Fenton. M. S. Wallace Lumber Co., Dear- born. Foster, Stevens & Co., Grand Rap- ids. Highland Park State Bank, High- land Park. Peoples Wayne County Bank of Highland Park. Highland Park, Dearborn State Bank, Dearborn. MICHIGAN ae ea Guardian Bank of Dearborn, Ford- son, Park Building and Realty Co., De- troit. Independent Elevator Co., Ashley. Allegan News Publishing Co., Alle- gan. Wm. Canham & Son, Port Huron. Aviation Holding Co., Detroit. Gaukler Ice & Fuel Co., Pontiac. Hunter-Prell Co., Battle Creek, Alloy Steel Spring & Axle Co., Jack- son. The Hart Corporation, Detroit. Crowley Land Co., Detroit. Tecumseh Malt Products Co., Te- cumseh. Colon Booster Corp., Colon. Lansing Transportation Co., sing, King Wah Lo Cafe Co., Detroit. Kent Carvers, Inc., Grand Rapids. John R.Woodward Management Co., Detroit. Sand Lime Products Co., Detroit. Detroit Bankers Company, Detroit. Guardian Detroit Union Group, Inc., Detroit. Merrill Company, Saginaw. arwell Investment Corp., Saginaw. Howe Specialties Co., Detroit. Wolverine Oil Co., Lansing. Michigan Forest Dunes, Paw Paw. Neutrovac Corporation, Detroit. Clyde Park Land Co., Grand Rapids. Absopure Water & Cooler Co., De- troit. Burnham Boiler Corp., Detroit. Transamerican Airlines Corp., De- troit. Monroe Produce Co., Inc., Detroit. Pure Ice Co., Lansing. Kleinman’s Distributing Co., Detroit. Ilart Baking Co., Hart. Concealed Door Check Co., Detroit. Tudor Apartments Co., Detroit. Michigan Smelting Co., Boston and Houghton, Superior Poultry Farms, Inc., Zee- land. Foundation Co., Marquette. Palms Stoepel Investment Co., De- troit. Detroit Lunch, Detroit. Holmes Farm Co., Garden City. ——_>-2>___ The Hay Barn A boy, a barn, a bay Well filled with new mown hay And pray Can any bliss Come up to this:— A boy, a barn, and bay. Lan A boy, a barn and bay Then take a rainy day And say—! What greater glory— An “‘Injun’’ story When hiding in the hay. A boy, a barn, a bay All fragrant with sweet hay; No day Attar of roses Nor garden posies Could ever smell that way. A boy’s hay-barn! Oh! may My recollection play Alway And ever more On hay-day-lore The boys, a barn and bay. Charles A. Heath. All together for the long pull and the strong pull that will take us up the hill again. —_~++>___ Lack of clarity in thought is more often at fault than the facility of ex- pression. TRADESMAN 7 Exhaustion is a certain indication that one has failed to store up unused power. ‘ Every person should so live as to have a “reserve” both of energy and endurance. KEEP SUPPLIED WITH..... LILY WHITE FLOUR “The flour the best cooks use”’ VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY Portland — Grand Rapids — Traverse City Kalamazoo — The New Large Cake Fresh Compressed RED STAR YEAST Grown from Grain 50% PROFIT on cost to you Priced at 20 cents per dozen, delivered Sells at 2 CAKES 5 cents RED STAR YEAST AND PRODUCTS Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin Strictly Independent Since 1882 D eS Tam | COOKIE-CAKES and CRACKERS upreme in olesomeness and Flavor HEKMAN BISCUIT CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. HONEY FLavurre? (MME a AA | MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October TS, 1933 AN INSPIRING RECORD The story of the activities of the Clothing Division of the Unemployment _ Relief Committee recalls the magic of Alad- Food and Emergency din’s lamp. Receiving from the Na- tional Red Cross flour, cloth and ready- made garments of an estimated whole-. sale value of about $4,006,000, the di- vision, as the result of operations un- dertaken by it in co-operation with the local Red Cross chapters and the Emergency Work and Relief Bureau, saw these commodities converted into garments and balanced-food packages of a retail value of more than $7,000,- 000. This great increase in value was of direct benefit to the unemployed, providing jobs for hun- dreds of men and women as well as food and clothing for a multitude. The figures for the separate items are enor- 45,000,000 pounds of food, emergency mois —— 5,000,000 cotton garments with an additional 1,285,000 ready-made gar- ments available for distribution this winter. More than 800,000 barrels of flour were received through the American Red Cross, but what could be done with flour in a community in which more than 99 per cent. of the people bought their bread? The answer was given by the large baking organiza- tions, which agreed that, if flour of the required quality could be obtained, they would purchase it at the market price, issuing credits to be used to buy other kinds of food. Use of these food credits created another problem, which was solved through the assistance of leading organizations. The cloth received from the American Red grocery Cross ran to 5,500,000 yards and was made into garments and bedding in mechanized shops by workers drawn from the ranks of the unemployed, both union and non-union. All this is far from exhuasting the story. Not a penny was spent by the Food and Clothing Division for rent. Whole floors were turned over to it for offices and as space for handling food and clothing. The estimated total rental value of this donated space ex- ceeds $100,000. An interesting item is that of the loan of trucks, which made possible the free use of thirty trucks daily, the value of this service being estimated at more than $60,000. Nor should there be omitted from even a summary account the self-sacrificing labor of outstanding men who put their knowledge and skill at the dis- posal of the division. It is an inspiring record. GETTING THE STORY -ACROSS That the opportunity for convincing argument in the consumer campaign are a legion is immediately evident. The trouble has been that many stores suffer from what may be called a self- interest or profiteering complex. Thus, the latest plan of campaign embraces an appeal to confidence with an appropriate set-up of local com- mittees and publisher co-operation for the printing of news of improving con- ditions. This is all very well, but it seems to neglect the fact that through- out the depression we had similar at- tempts which very soon were rather generally discounted as ballyhoo. A more practical approach to the problem, it is suggested, might be to definitely show each individual with examples how he has suffered through giving his support to low-wage, long- hour, profitless and unjustified bar- gains. The man who saw his dividends reduced and then passed, the man who had his wage or salary cut, the busi- ness man who saw sales dropping to the vanishing point, those who lost their homes or their savings in closed banks —- all these could be convinced that when they thought they were just buying a bargain they were also buy- ing all kinds of personal distress. Thrift and humanity are motives to call upon, but, unfortunately, they do not rank with plain selfishness as a universal trait. The “pocketbook” ar- gument finds the readiest hearing. That is why bargains have their ap- peal. Their attraction can be offset only by bringing home. to every indi- vidual what he has paid for his bar- gain out of his own income and earn- ings through direct and indirect losses that the vicious, descending spiral of the depression occasioned. Support of the Blue Eagle products and services then is put on a personal ‘basis. It only remains to see that they really represent what that emblem stands for. SOUND PROGRAM SEEN Announcement of a plan for refund- ing part of a Liberty loan issue was quite generally accepted in financial and and business quarters last week as a definite sign that the administration has turned from unsound currency pro- posals and would shortly arrive at a stabilization program. This under- stand led to some unsettlement in speculative values built up on inflation- ary hopes, but to a strengthening of more conservative enterprise. Evidence of how the rebuff to infla- tionists several weeks ago has reacted upon business is to be noted in another upturn in the weekly business index. Despite the spread of labor trouble. some of the basic-lines are moving ahead or at least falling off to a smaller degree than is usually found at this time of the year.. Steel activity ad- vanced and the reduction in automobile manufacture was less than seasonal. With labor disturbances in the fore- ground, it cannot be said that the fed- eration meeting at Washington con- tributed much hope of improved rela- tions. Although a committee had heen proposed to study the contention on craft and vertical unions, the latter were voted down overwhelmingly in the convention and the country is promised a continued plague of juris- dictional disputes. A larger executive committe was also defeated, so that, apparently, the broader views which should accompany the new power gained by labor have little chance. With full understanding that many of the present disputes have their ori- gin in the “last stand” opposition of racketeering reactionaries of the labor unions, business men nevertheless are convinced that labor might adopt a more conciliatory attitude, and to its own advantage. Unless it straightens out its own dissensions and offers real co-operation in the recovery program, its best wishers among employers see disaster ahead. PRAISES NRA ADVERTISING The “Song of the Shirt” was pre- serited in a new version last week by Bloomingdale, New York, in an adver- tisement contributed to the NRA cause which drew warm congratula- tions from General Johnson, National Recovery Administrator, The full-page layout pictured two men wearing shirts and asked, “Which one would you pre- fer to wear?” Under one the price was 89 cents and the advertisement detailed the hardship and suffering which that low price entailed to all who contributed to it. Under the other a price of $1.25 was marked, and the store told of the different story behind those figures. “At $1.25 it is a real bargain,” the store declared, “a sound bargain, sound for your welfare and sound for the welfare of our country.” This was generally conceded to be the most striking exposition seen so far in the NRA consumer campaign. General Johnson wrote that “its sim- plicity sets forth the arguments that we have been trying to get to people in better form than I have ever seen them presented.” Special significance attaches to this retail contribution by reason of the rather lukewarm attitude which many retailers have adopted toward the con- sumer education campaign. Their psy- chology has been rather difficult to understand. On the one hand, for in- stance, they have been afraid that the public might regard them as selfish in pushing the “Buy Now” movement, while, on the other, some of their leaders actually started a drive to have Thanksgiving day changed to a week earlier this year in order to get in more Christmas business. DRY GOODS CONDITIONS Toward the close of the week cooler weather turned trade upward. Colum- bus day trade here was fairly good, but the temperature was too high to bring about substantial sales of heavier apparel. Small home wares buying is still active, although heavier purchases have dropped. Definite resistance to increased prices in the higher price offerings has been noted. Customers are now showing more of a tendency to shop for values, Since the full price advances based on wholesale replacement costs have vet to appear generally, retailers have be- come more worried over the outlook. The improvement in trade in this area leads to estimates that sales should run about 3 per cent. ahead of those in the corresponding period last year. Department store sales in this district were 3 per cent. less last month than in September, 1932. For the country as a whole, the Fed- eral Reserve Board reported an in- crease of 2 per cent. for the month. Its index declined, however, from 77 in August to 70 per cent. last month. The range of department store results in September ran from an increase of 16 per cent. in the Cleveland district to a decline of 11 per cent. in the ot Louis reserve area. Decision of the floor covering man- ufacturers to forego a price advance they had planned was rather typical of developments in a number of whole- sale lines, Lagging trade has revived price pressure. CODE VIEWS CHANGING As final action on the retail code is postponed, due to differences on the mark-up provisions, it is more clearly seen what difficulties these regulations would impose and how little bene4t they might afford. Late last week it was indicated that all action on the re- tail agreements would probably be de- ferred until the period for filing briefs on the tood code expires on Thursday. The ob’ect would be to have a uniform ruling upon the pricing provisions in all the retail codes, This appears to be a sensible deci- sion, and perhaps the whole dispute might be settled, as suggested, by hav- ing a general ban against selling be- low cost, with the cost taken as the net invoice figure. Complicated calcu- lations and radical changes in whole- sale price setting would thus be avoid- ed, along with policing arrangements which might well exceed by a wide margin what was necessary at the peak of prohibition enforcement. Delay on the code has reduced a goo‘ deal of the original enthusiasm con- cerning it among retailers, and, in the dry goods lines particularly, consider- ably more interest is being taken just now in the procedure for d ealing with changes introduced by manufacturers’ codes. The discount question is right up in front and the stores have formed a nation-wide committee to protect their interests. WHAT PRICE HAIRCUT? How much ought a haircut to cost? This is not a puzzle for hairsplitting scholastics but a practical question confronting high officials in the Na- tional Recovery Administration. Dis- turbed by the fact that in a small town one can have his locks abbreviated for 25 cents, while in a large city the proc- €ss sets one back half a dollar, and in California the barbers are proposing sixty-five cents as the right amount, the Recovery officials have sent out an 5 O S call for the perfect price. Any- body who has the secret of this price will confer a great favor upon these distracted officials by making it known. In a world in which perfection is too often given up as impossible o0/ Capture it is thrilling to see hard- headed men hot on the chase, deter- mined to put salt on the tail of this elusive bird. Yet we confess to a fear that its pursuers are destined to disap- pointment. We doubt that there is such a thing as a Perfect national price for a haircut, any more than there is a perfect national] rent for a barber shop or a perfect national] quota of hair per Capita. When a man has a small trouble, he can laugh it off. But when he has a big trouble—areal trouble, he should §0 tor a long walk. He should walk at least five miles quickly. That will send the blood bot inding through his veins. é It will take the blood out of his head. It will help to put him in control of himself—George M. Cohan. rhe bustle is an old-fashioned cus- tom that business wants back. ee October 18, 1933 OUT AROUND Things Seen and Heard on a Week End Trip Last week’s Out Around included an itinerary which covered 308 miles. It was accomplished in about eleven hours. Our first stopping place was Ithaca, where we found Henry Mc- Cormack, the veteran general merchant and banker, enjoying the wonderful fall weather. Mr. McCormack has lived a beautiful life and has long been regard- ed as a natural leader by the mercan- tile interests of Gratiot county. Mr. McCormack still cherishes the idea that Ithaca will eventually become the center of an oil development equal in volume to the Mt. Pleasant and Clare fields. The business men of Ithaca and the farmers who own land thereabouts do not take kindly to the promoters from other fields who fre- quently undertake to interest local cap- ital in the development of the Ithaca district, because of the heavy toll they propose to exact for the doubtful serv- ice they are able to render. Several syndicates have been formed at Alma to enter the Ithaca district, but the people the promoters are so anxious to benefit turn a deaf ear to their over- tures. I had not visited the Mt. Pleasant fields for four years, when I accom- panied John Cox on a tour of inspec- tion and investigation. He was then putting down a well near the old town of Leaton. He got a good showing of both oil and gas, but used most of the money he was able to obtain from others for his own personal use. The result was an unfinished well, which would propably have been a big pro- ducer if he had gone down a short dis- tance. Another operator later secured a gusher within a stone’s throw of the Cox undertaking by going of few feet lower down. When I think of the scamp Cox turned out to be and the gloomy prospect he has in his present engagement — serving a fifteen year sentence in Jackson prison for swin- dling my wife and others—I cannot help speculating on the rich ‘man he might have been by this time if he had been a square shooter instead of a crook of the deepest dye. The Mt. Pleasant oil field has not changed much in four years, except in the great increase in the number of wells—both good and bad—and the large amount of good roads which have been constructed throughout the entire field. The land on which the de- velopment is located is still as worth- less as ever—sandy soil covered with the most scraggly growth of small timber I have ever seen. This is not the case with the more recently developed Clare field, which is in the midst of a good farming country, covered with fine homes and barns, in- stead of wretched huts and shanties. The development of the Clare field has been more rapid than was the case in the Mt. Pleasant district. If what the geologists tell us is true, Michigan people will eventually see a compact line of oil wells twenty MICHIGAN miles wide and 250 miles long, running from Monroe to Grand Traverse Say. ‘I am told there will be room for 500,- 000 wells in this area. I was told years ago that the Standard Oil Co. of Indi- ana is advised that the big pools are located between Ann Arbor and How- ell and that it has expended $500,000 in the payment of leases on land in that area . H. E. Kidder, the new manager of the state prison at Tonia, has nearly 200 less people on his roll call than he did when he took charge of that insti- tution July 1. Marshall Field & Co. announces for the third quarter of 1933 a net profit of $995,000 as compared with a loss of $1,709,800 last year. Net sales were $24,475,600, an increase of 51 per cent. over the same quarter in 1932. The statement covers activities of affiliated ventures. The wholesale division showed a gain of 70 per cent. in sales over last year. No wonder the Chicago merchants are anxious to prolong the fair by holding it over next, year, but those who have borne the heat and burden of the great undertaking do not happen to hold the same opinion. They made contracts with exhibitors which expire October 31 and, so far as they are concerned, the contracts will be made good. It looks as though the Michigan Central Railway could continue to ad- vertise that it serves Lake Superior whitefish in its dining cars caught in the Straits of Mackinac, so far as the Federal Government is concerned, judging by the following letter: Washington, D.C., Oct. 14—I have your letter of October 5 enclosing your article in the Michigan Tradesman for Oct. 4, dealing with the misuse of terms for fish on dining car bills of fare. Your article indicates your under- standing that a railroad in your section is advertising Lake Superior white fish on the bills of fare whereas you indi- cate the fish thus served are caught in the Straits of Mackinac and presum- ably originate in Lake Michigan or Lake Huron but cannot be proved to be Lake Superior fish. You conclude your letter with an expression of your opinion that the matter should have immediate attention on our part. While we have every sympathy with your attitude in regard to misrepresen- tations made in any form regarding the identity or source of food products, I must point out that under the terms of the Federal food and drugs act this administration has no jurisdiction whatsoever over the representations made in bills of fare. The provisions of this law apply to foods and drugs shipped within Federal jurisdiction and to their labeling. If consignments of fish shipped in interstate cominerce bear on the boxes or other forms of packages containing such fish any mis- representation as to the identity or source of the fish, action can be taken against the shipments under our law. I trust that this will serve to make clear to you just why the Government has not and cannot take any action in regard to representations on bills of fare. C. W. Crawford, Acting Chief Food and Drug Administration. There is still one avenue open—the fraudulent advertising law enacted by the Michigan Legislature. We will see what can be done to stop the abuse by resort to that expedient. TRADESMAN The new owners of the Rowe Hotel are spending nearly one hundred thou- sand dollars in new plumbing and heat- ing systems which will place the hotel on the top notch, so far as sanitation and bodily comfort can contribute to that result. J, 3ingham Morris. the present manager of the Rowe, is pat- ronizing home industry altogether, so far as possible, in the prosecution of these improvements. So many significant points are mis- sing in the advance reports of the plan of the Government to facilitate the liquidation of failed banks that any ap- praisal at this time must be tentative. The program as outlined has within it the possibility of conferring widespread benefits upon the American public. Whether this will prove to be the case, however, will rest upon decisions made upon points which still appear to be in dispute. The plan in general is reported to consist of the formation of a separate banking corporation, to be financed with R. F. C. funds, that will take over the assets of failed institutions and in return advance funds to depositors. In this, it is stated, no distinction will banks that were members of the Federal Reserve SVS- tem and other institutions. It also is a part of the plan, according to reports, to make it cover any banks that may need aid in preparing themselves to enter the deposit January 1. be made between Suaranty svstem The two points upon which there still appears to be a difference of opin- ion are, first, the exact amount which will be advanced by the new corpora- tion to depositors, and secondly, the period of bank failures to be covered. On the first, reports vary from the statement that a flat 50 per cent. will be paid regardless of institution, to the explanation that only an amount equal to the actual assets possessed by the closed bank will be forthcoming, Ob- viously there is a wide difference be- tween the two conditions. If a flat 50 per cent. is advanced it means that in effect the Government is introducing a guaranty of this amount and making it retroactive. On the other hand, if it advances merely asset value, it will be serving as a liquidating agent which has the ability to make the funds available without waiting for final conversion of the assets into cash. This would be a sound policy. If the flat 50 per cent. idea is adopted it will mean that the Government is socializing losses through having taxpayers bear the bur- den. On the period of failures to be cov- ered two dates have been mentioned— January 1, 1933, and March 4, 1933. The selection of any date, of course, is largely arbitrary and it would be desirable that all banks in the process of liquidation be brought under the plan. If the method for handling failed institutions is sound, necessarily it is so for those banks that failed be- fore March 4 just as well as for those failing since. 9 If the plan is a liquidating organiza- tion, pure and simple, the question of dates should not enter. That it is dis- f wonder whether this is a plan designed solely cussed, in fact, makes one for the purpose of facilitating the liqui- dation of failed banks. In other words, it raises the question of whether it is not primarily an inflation scheme—a means for getting the equivalent of printing-press money in the hands of the public without actually starting the printing presses. In a sealed verdict opened by Jus- tice Lewis L. Fawcett in the Richmond County Supreme Court at St. George, 5. [., last week, a jury awarded $60.00) damages to Mrs. Anna Gunderson of 4880 Amboy road, Annadale, and $7,500 to her husband, Hedgard, against the Great Pacific Tea Co. According to Mrs. Gunderson, while Atlantic and she was in the company’s store at 849 Annadale road on October 9, 1931, a packing box filled with canned goods fell and struck her on the back of the neck. Doctors testified that one of the bones of her neck had been broken, permanently injuring her. Mrs. Gun- derson attended the trial in a whee! chair. For some time the R. F. C. has heen urging the banks to sell some of their preferred stock to the Corporation, hoping in this manner to make it DOs- sible for the banks to extend more lib eral credit to business. It was the only way under the law that the Govern- ment could extend financial aid to in- dustry, as no agency of the Govern- ment can make direct loans to individ- uals or private corporations. The banks have been reluctant to take advantage of this opportunity to increase their capital stock, taking the position that they already had ample capital to make sound loans and that good banking practice prevented them from making unsound loans unless the Government guaranteed them, which it could not do under the law. Now, however, the hfth largest bank in the country, the Continental [linois Bank & Trust Co., has heeded the Government's appeal and thas sold $50,000,000 worth of its stock to R. F. C., which makes the purchase with the under- standing that the bank will use the preferred money to make loans to business at a reasonable rate of interest. Chairman Jones, of the R. F. C., hails the trans- action as an indication that the “larger banks as well as the smaller ones see the desirability of Government part- nership.” Much concern is being manifested in Washington over the threat of in- creasing strikes to the success of the Government's industrial recovery pro- gram. Hugh S. Johnson, the Recovery Administrator, expressed the official view of the situation when, speaking before the convention of the American Federation of Labor he declared that unions do not need the strike weapon any longer because machinery to ad- just disputes between employers and employes had been set up on a national (Continued on page 23) MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 18, 1933 FINANCIAL Refunding Operation Indicates Prog- ress in Fiscal Problem Refunding a substantial proportion of the Liberty 4%4s is a step for which the Administration deserves high com- mendation Not only will it save the Government many millions of dollars in interest, but it reflects a determina- tion to work toward getting our Fed- eral finances in more acceptable condi- tion. Compared with what yet remains to be done this particular operation is comparatively small, but one can feel only encouragement from the fact that the Government finally is taking hold of some of its major problems. The terms of the new offering, twelve-year obligations bearing 41%4 per cent. for the first year and 314 per cent. thereafter, are such that it is expected the public will respond favorably. On the whole, the rate of interest is liberal as compared with the yield which it recently has been possible to derive from the old bonds This is as it should be. At various times in the past four years the Government has done far too much “chiseling” in interest rates and usually the practice has proved to be a cause of later trouble. In the offering, too, many people see a step toward a more clearly defined monetary policy for the country It is viewed as a clear indication that there is to be no currency issue and that it is a matter of relatively short time until we definitely and positively will return to a stable currency. This interpreta- tion of the operation is based upon the thought that were the Government an- ticipating a currency issue it would not take the trouble to try to get its debt on a lower interest basis and with bet- ter maturity From one point of view this inter- pretation perhaps is correct. It seems reasonably safe to say that at present the Administration does not plan on starting the printing presses. All of the evidence for the past few weeks has been on the other side In so far as the public knows, every one urging printing-press money has received a cold shoulder in Administration quar- ters. Unfortunately, however, this rela- tive coldness to currency inflationists is far from conclusive as to what the pol- icy may be a few months hence. We as yet have had no assurance from the President or any responsible Admin- istration official that under no condi- tion will the Government issue fiat money. This lack of assurance con- tinues to be one of the disturbing ele- ments in the business outlook and is making the fight for recovery all the more difficult. In any case, whether such a currency issue takes place is of secondary im- portance. Inflation does not have to be in the form of nicely printed notes in order to be disastrous. It can be just as bad in the form of credit on the books of the Federal Reserve Bank. Accordingly, those who see in the cur- rent refunding operation an assurance that the country is safe from dangerous inflation would do well to watch the credit program of the Administration, instead of just concentrating their at- tention on possible currency issues. Ralph West Robey. [Copyright, 1933] Preceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court September 30, 1933. On this day the schedules, reference, and adjudication in the matter of Wagg Motor Company, Inc., bankrupt No. 5461, were received, The bankrupt is located at Grand Rapids. Michigan. The schedules show total assets of $3,886.43, and total liabilities of $6,139.86, listing the following creditors: (ity Treasurer G. 8. $ 70.00 Secretary of State, Lansing______ 139.88 G. Hh. Water Works 10.93 M. Miller, Byron Center... 52.00 "W. Bes G. 8 “4.00 oy. ears i Bo 50.00 MH: Macdonald 7.50 Nelson EE Ware G. RR. $2.05 G. ©. Nervan, G B.. 93.00 MN. Brower, G. BR... co 39.16 mo A Oe Ge Be 29.13 Associated Investment Co., G. R. 1,755.00 Mich. Mutual Liability Ins. Co., SE 25.00 G. &. National Bank 115.00 American Register, Boston______ dS. 20 Automotive Daily News, N. Y.___- 12.00 Battjes Ruel G. BR. 178.12 Bixby’s Office Supply, G. R.____ 3.25 surroughs Adding Machine, G. R. 15.00 Creston News G. Bo 34.42 Automotive Parts, G. BR... 11.14 Bouma & Sons, G Rs 11.27 Electric Service, G. RR... 24.56 Federal Mogul, Detroit__._______ 30.76 General Insurance, G. RR... 59.75 i oe Be 39.50 i a ee 91.44 GS &. Moreime £& iron. 25 R. Sanitary Towel Supply____ mM. Aieo Parte oo G Bo Weldime Giodrich Silvertown, G. R.______ bas ©. Harrison, G BR. ~ A Wa Qa fk pk ye CIOV OTH bho MH OTA IN Ju I~) © Huegel-Nugent Petroleum _______ 52.72 Mich. Bell Telephone Co., G. R.__ 111.30 Southern Mich. Trans. Co... 25 DuBois Soap Co., Cincinnati____ 15.00 Jarvis Ture Co. G Re 00 Hermitage Garage, G. R.________ 13.50 rr. A. Madigan inc, G E. 27.65 Motor Rebuilding, G. R.________ 20.12 remnvou (0. G Ro 45.47 Postal Telegraph, G. RR... 5.42 Sherwood Halli Co., G. Rt 43.47 Snap-on Tools, Kenosha__________ 4.55 winch seine Oo. G Bo 5.63 Walker & Co. G Boo. 103.38 Western Union G BR 13.89 Warner, Norcross & Judd, G. R. 152.90 557.07 Willys-Overland, Ine., Toledo____ Willys-Overland Parts Corp., WOO Michigan Auto Parts, G, Bute Battery, G BR. W. A. Studley, G. RK. Wyoming Park State B: C. G. Kuennen Estate, Kroger Co., G. 4. Weeusen GG. Rk. m (ne Be 5.00 Mose Wrent G Rs 24.7 Buchanan Sales & Service, POMBO 25.00 Mm. M Wagener, Marian... 357.71 Manus Norton, Trufant... 360.89 Allegan Body, Allegan... 3.29 A, XX. Bodary, McBain .Oe George Botbyl, Grand Haven_.~_ 10.00 tay Gillette, Hastings______ do T.e2 Greenberg & Beckstrom, Cadillac 14 Hastings Whippet Co., Hastings -07 Kaskinen Motor sc 04 A. 4 Moore. Ravenna. ss -60 C. A, Rasmussen, Greenville____ 6.99 Relawe Tire G BR. 06 Cc E. Smith, Petoskey «._— i Lu Speet Motor, Fremont______.__ 3 Swanson Bros., Garage, G. R.____ 3.53 Verhage Garage, Coopersville____ -20 i. M. Waener, Harlan... 3.30 W. Leonard Sales & Service, G. R. 8.03 Standard Oi] Co, G EF... 14.00 In the matter of William G. Schaubel and Clarence Ebyinch, co-partners doing business under the trade name of Grand Rapids Rosette & Carving Co., bankrupt No. 5453. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 20, 1933, at 11 A. M. In the matter of Glen Fox, bankrupt No. 5204. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 19, 1933, at 2 Pr. M. In the matter of Roy W. McCook, indi- vidually and doing business as Kalama- zoo Nehi Bottling Co., Bankrupt No. 5441. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 19, 1933, at 2 P. M. In the matter of Bert Vanderwier, indi- vidually and doing business as the Park Grocery, Bankrupt No. 5462. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 19, 1933, at 11 A. M. In the matter of Fred Withey Russell, bankrupt No. 5212. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 19, 1938, at 10 A. M. In the matter of Arther Ranney, bankrupt No. 5443. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 17, 1933, at 2 P. M. In the matter of Gerald Scott, bank- rupt No. 5444. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for October 17, 1933, at2P. M. n the matter of Paul Hayward, bank- rupt Wo. 5454. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for October 17, 1933, at 11 A. M. In the matter of Wagg Motor Co., Inc., bankrupt No. 5461. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 17, 1933, at 10 A. M. In the matter of Wagg Motor Co., Inc., bankrupt No. 5461. The sale of assets has been called for October 19, 1933, at 2 P. M., at the premises formerly occu- pied by the bankrupt at No. 25 Crescent St., N. W., Grand Rapids, Michigan. The assets for sale consists of DeVaux, Gra- ham, Austin, and Willys parts, oil and grease, shop equipment, stock room equipment, show room and office equip- ment, all appraised at $854.55. All inter- ested in such sale should be present at the date and time above stated. In the matter of Oscar J. Martin and Edward W. Martin, co-partners doing business as Martins’ Drug Store, Bank- rupt No. 5429, first meeting of creditors was held October 2, 1933. Both co-part- ners Of bankrupt were present and rep- resented by Warner, Norcross & Judd, Attorneys. Certain creditors were pres- ent in person and others represented by George B. Kingston, Attorney. Oscar J. Martin and Edward W. Martin were each sworn and examined without a reporter. Claims were proved and allowed. Fred G. Timmer, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, appointed trustee; bond $100.00. Meeting then adjourned without date. In the matter of Helena Benson and John A. Benson, co-partners operating as Benson's, bankrupt No. 5430, first meet- ing of creditors was held October 3, 1933. Goth co-partners of bankrupt were pres- ent and represented by Hilding & Baker, Attorneys. No creditors were present or represented. Claims were proved and al- lowed. Helena Benson and John A. Ben- son were each sworn and examined with- out a reporter, Fred G. Timmer, of Grand tapids, Michigan, appointed trustee: bond $100.00. Sale of stock and fixtures by custodian at private sale ratified and confirmed. Meeting adjourned without date. In the matter of Onekama Farm Bu- reau, Inc., a corporation, bankrupt No. 5383, first meeting of creditors was held October 2, 1933. Bankrupt was present by Curry J. Christensen, Manager and Paul Alpers, Secretary-Treasurer, but not represented by attorney. Fred G. Tim- mer, receiver, was present in person. Cer- tain creditors present in person and rep- and Grand Rapds Credit Men’s Associ- resented by Belcher & Hamlin, Attys., ation. Claim proved and allowed or re- ferred to trustee. Fred G. Timmer, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, elected trustee and his bond fixed at the sum of $1,000.00. Curry J. Christensen and Paul Alpers each sworn and examined before a re- porter. Jesse Miller, a stockholder, sworn and examined before a reporter. Meet- ing then adjourned without date. In the matter of Grand Rapids Cut Stone Company, a corporation, bankrupt No. 5433, first meeting of creditors was held October 3, 1933. Bankrupt was pres- ent by James H. Fox, President, and C. M. Emerson, Secretary-Treasurer, but not represented by attorney. Creditors Were represented by Dale Souter and Dilley & Dilley, Attorneys. Claims were proved and allowed. Fred G. Timmer,, Grand Rapids, Michigan, elected trustee; bond $500.00. James H. Fox and C. M. Emerson each sworn and examined be- fore a reporter. Meeting then adjourned without date. October 3, 1933. On this day the sched- ules, reference, and adjudication in the matter of Claude D. Dykema, bankrupt No. 5463, were received. The bankrupt is an insurance agent of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The schedules’ show total assets of $350.00, (of which all is claim- ed exempt), and total labilities of $4,769.62, listing the following creditors: G. Gay Carman, Chicago______ $3,837.19 Mred Mare GR 240.58 Dr. Wm. A. Stander, G. R._____ 257.00 Ferguson, Droste & Ferguson, G. R. 104.00 Dr. Carl Snapp, G. R 25.00 Dr. Thomas Gordon, East G. R. 15.00 Dr. Horace Beel, G RR. 9.00 Blodgett Memorial Hospital, G. R. 28.00 Philbrick Hardware Co. fe 3.85 Cascade Country Club, G. R., about 250.00 October 3, 1933. On this day the sched- ules, reference, and adjudication in the matter of Edward C. W. xeistert, doing business as Hermitage Battery Company and Majestic Radio Shoppe, bankrupt No. 5464, were received. The bankruvt is located at Grand Rapids, Michigan. The schedules show total assets of $17,633.68, (of which $700.00 is claimed exempt). and total liabilities of $15,023.01, listing the following creditors: Mr OY: Sith GC Re --$ 447.47 Esther E. Hansen, G. RR. 175.00 CL tT Corporation, Detroit____ 282.06 Nat’l Battery Co., Chicago _____ 56.60 eae 3,600.00 Old Kent Bank, G. R srown G&G Senieér Co. G. RR. 58.00 Commercial Credit Co., G. R..___ 44.90 Community Chest. G. R. 15.00 Consumers Power Co.,.G. RR... 55.83 Mr. Girpker, Holland... 3.84 oo Ee 3.75 G. R. Gas Light Co._ 33 GC Hh Peraiqg — 250.36 ihe GB Press 146.97 G KR. Welding Supply Co... 2.86 G. R. Assn. of Commerce. 68.75 Merchants Service Bureau, G. R. 44.61 Henmitare Garace G. RR. 1,684.06 Hermtage Realty CO. te Roe 1,556.65 Marer Gre Ca GR 83.18 Independent Advertiser, G. R.__ 32.00 Mich. Bell Telephone Co oe Re 25.05 a. © Miller Co Go Ro 20.92 Motor Rebuilding & Parts, Gum 108.83 Northwestern Publishing 0... G. BR. 6.06 > tadio Distributing Co., G. eo 8.40 Republic Radio Corp., G. R.____ 121 77 Richards Storage, G. R. mE 8.13 Telephone Directory, Detroit. __ 25.00 Tisch Hine Co., G. R. 20.81 Westinghouse Electric. Supply Co., DPetrow ee 22.1 A. O. Wheeler, G. R. 4.4 5 Michigan Majestic, Inc., Detroit 8 651. Majestic Co-Operative Adv., “10otbS Ciieaep 2.3: oe | OL National Battery Co., Chicago__ 285.00 Old Went Bank G Roi) 616. 00 Hermitage Garage, G Ro 147.84 October 4, 1933. On this day the sched- ules, reference, and adjudication in the matter of Harry Olson, bankrupt No. 2467, were received. The bankrupt is a fireman of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The schedules show total assets of $552.00 (of which $524.00 are claimed exempt), and total liabilities of $1,459.88, listing the following creditors: : Commonwealth Loan Co.. G. R$ 93.96 Biermacher-Slootmaker, Inc., and Associates Investment Co., G. R. 165.00 Grinnell Brothers, G. Ro 35.00 Gi Gas Wight Co . 30.00 Williams-House Optical Co., G. R. 3.00 Gores Heer G Ro ae American Restaurant @ 7 || 15.00 Weiss Bros. SHOPS Go to 9.00 COMPLETE INVESTMENT SERVICE Roger Verseput & Co. Investment Bankers Brokers 813-816 Michigan Trust Bldg. Phone 8-1217 Analysis of any se- curity furnished up- on request. e J. H. Petter & Co. Investment Bankers 360 Michigan Trust Building Telephone 94417 BS West Michigan's oldest and largest bank solicits your account on the basis of sound poli- cies and many helpful services . . , OLD KENT BANK 2 Downtown Offices 12 Community Offices fy ommend —— a ae ee rere ccrmeemet ne October 18, 1933 Ollie F, Henderson, G. R.__._____ 3.95 Jarvis Ire Store, G. RR. 1.60 Biermacher-Slootmaker, Inc. _-_ 165.00 AMGErsor, Go Rov 98 Renihan & Lilly, Attys., G. R._- 35.00 Cornelius Wiarda, Atty., G. R.__ 30.00 L. Frank McKnight, Atty., G. R.-. 75.00 F. Dunbar Robertson, G. R.__.___ 50.00 Associates Investment Co., G. R. 165.00 MeClaron, Oo Ric oe 10.00 Edward Oosterhouse, G. R.__..__ 32.00 Wuarebure's Go Ro 15.00 Albert Hake Coal & Coke Co., a R. 25.00 De tsorne Furniture Co., G. Ro 40.29 Heyboer & Van Dusen, G ae 28.00 Rm. Warle Savin. G. BR. 40.00 C. Ss: Beurmann G Roo 73.00 Dr Gl Biley, G. Roo 20.00 Sunshine rOspttal Go Hi 20.00 ck Peterson, G. Reo ee 4.00 EO. and ROL Mietor, G. Ri. 1.00 state of S. Porter Tuttle, G. R. 30.00 October 4, 1933. On thus day-the sched- ules, reference, and adjudication jn the matter of Ryar Baker, bankrupt No. 5465, were received. The bankrupt is a laborer of Kalamazoo, Michigan. ‘The schedules show total assets of $595.00, (of which all are claimed exempt), and total liabilities of $927.00, listing the following creditors: Industrial Finance Co., Kalamazoo $135.00 Peoples State Bank, Bloomingdale 49.00 Richard: Wox, Berlamount 60.00 Ind. Schultz, Benton Harbor___. 618.00 Quality Coal Co., Kalamazoo____ 5.00 October 4, 1933. On this day adjourned hearing on composition in the matter of Young-Johnson Furniture Co., bankrupt No. 5353, was held. Alleged bankrupt was present by Burt Chaffee and represented by Gerald E. White, Atty., on behalf of koger I. Wykes. C. F. E. Luce, Receiver, present in person. Creditors represented by C. Sophus Johnson, Cleland & Snyder, Dilley & Dilley and Gerald T. McShane, Attorneys. Claims proved and allowed for composition purposes only and vote taken on acceptance of composition offer, resulting in the rejection of such offer. Referee s certificate of non-acceptance of ofter will be made to the U. S. District Judge. In the matter of Modern Beverage Company, bankrupt No. 5178. The final meeting of creditors has been called for October 23, 1933, at 2 P. M. The trustee’s final report will be approved at such meetng. There probably will be a divi- dend for creditors. In tthe matter of Frank Reddy, bank- rupt No, 5166. The final meeting of cred- itors has been called for October 23, 1933, at 2 P. M. The trustee's final report will be approved at such meeting. There probably will be a dividend for creditors. October 6, 1933. On this day the sched- ules of Harry G. Harrod, bankrupt No. 5424, were received. The schedules show total assets of $1,465.94, (of which $525.00 are Claimed exempt), and total liabilities of $3,554.96, listing the following cred- itors: A. N. Palmer Co., Cedar hae: Ia. $9.47 Savoy, Inc., Newark, Node 1.35 Klopper Bros., Cleveland... 15.97 Geo. S. Carringto Co., Ghicago_- 10.29 Belding Casket Co., Belding ___ 15.67 Boye Needle Co., Chicago________ 1.74 Shotwell Mfg. Co., -Chicago______ 17.96 Hospital Specialty Co., Cleveland 9.88 Reese Padlock Co., Lanecaster____ 11.25 G. W. Made & Co; Aurora 8.73 Crescents Product Co., Terre Haute 6.84 Republic Paint & Varnish Works, Chitaro bo 11.25 Vaughn Novelty Co., Chicago__ 2.30 Plaza Hat Co. St. ‘Louis See 10.90 Kluga: Novelty Co., Cleveland___._ 141.70 Sargent Gerke Co., Indianapolis__ L.5o Massillon Aluminum Co., Massillon 4.10 Butier Bros. Chicazo. 3 | 499.00 Brown- Eager & Hull Co., Toledo 489.00 Kdson-Moore & Co., Detroit____ 408.00 Carson-Pirie Co., Chicago________ 129.40 Hi Leonard & Son, GR... 42.50 Dudley Paper Co. Lansing..____ 18.26 Star Paper Co., Kalamazoo______ 60.00 Wssinger Paper Co., Lansing____ 14.25 Con-Ferro Paint Co., St. Louis__ 18.24 saanGard O71 Oo. G, Reo 4.09 Lloyd Mfg. Co., Menominee______ 16.75 Pioneer Broom Co., Amsterdam, N.Y. 7.50 Veeder Broom Co., Hillsdale____ 845 I. Fleisher & Sons, Cincinnati____ 43.05 Wetherbee & Son, Detroit... 10.62 Whittemore Bros., Cambridge__ 4.25 Loan Deposit State Bank, Grand RsGGP Ge 714.50 Edward Maler,; Grand Ledge ___ 730.00 Consumers Power Co., Grand Ledge 46.57 Garadine Hat Co., St. Louis______ 2.17 3arber Leather Co ., North Adams, CRE 4.80 Rock River Cotton Co., Zanesville . 8.88 Lansing Button. Co. Lansing, Ta. 1.00 Saalsfield Pub. Co. ‘Akron eee 7.00 Mrs. Daisy Houghtaling, Charlotte 200.00 Belco Co. St Paul 8.76 Paradise ‘Packing Co, MN. Vee 1.67 Miller’ Products Co.., Detroit fe 3.25 Fisher Bros., Fort Wayne-_/._ 15.08 Charlotte Candy Co., Charlotte 8.00 Grand Ledge State Bank, Grand Ledge ea ee oe 30.00 Fred G. Timmer, Res 1.91 € apital Awning a Lansing____ Sie Auburn Car Co., Auburn, Ind. 2! 5.00 Kirsch (@o. 5.93 Mandville King Coe 3.33 MICHIGAN Michigan Telephone Co.____---__ unknown Northrup King F. W. Gallus Co., Toledo______-_ 17.31 Walter Revohort Co., Chicago__ 38.33 i. Ef. Baker Detroit... 14.82 October 6, 1933. On this day the sched- ules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Brunson B. Font, bankrupt No. 5469, were received. The bankrupt is a Hotel and restaurant keeper of Fre- mont, Michigan. The schedules show total assets of $629.99, (of which $400.00 are Claimed exempt), and total laibilities of $5,288.37, listing the following creditors: City of Fremont, Michigan______ $. 37.08 Consumers Power Co., G. R.---- 194.00 Klectrolux, Inc., New York____-- 52.50 Fremont Hotel Company, Fremont 2,000.00 George Monroe, Fremont________ TiS ©. W. Burkle. Hremont. 46.15 John Speet, Hremont... = 4.00 Reeber & Shoecraft, Fremont____ 4.01 A. P. Reeber, Fremont... _______ 3.50 Crandall & Ensing, Fremont ______ 1.75 City Water Works, Fremont____ 87.50 Co-Operative Produce Store, MROIMONE oo 2.50 Iver Nelson, Fremont____________ 6.80 Senf Insurance Co., Fremont___- 48.60 Weisner Plumbing Shop, Fremont 7.20 Consumers Power Co., G. R.-___ 40.00 Fremont Times Indicator, Fremont 2.25 J. ti. Hilliard, Fremont. 90 | 10.60 Co-Operative Produce Co., Fremont 16.40 Fremont Lumber & Fuel Co.-_--~ 38.50 Home Laundry, Fremont______-_ 20.00 Fremont Creamery Company__-__ 7.80 Griswold Dairy Co., Fremont____ 20.00 lee & Cady, G. R oe 66.50 Daniels & Co., Muskegon________ 12.50 Swift & Company, Chicago______ 16.65 Palmolive-Peet-Colgate Co., Chicago 21.50 Lever Bros. Co., Cambridge, Mass. 16.00 Superior Beverage Co., Muskegon 8.60 McGuire Bros. Tea Co., So. Haven 4.05 Michigan Tradesman, G. R.______ 3.00 General Cigar Co., Chicago______ 7.28 B. Heller & Co. Chicago Co 6.29 Quimby-Kain Paper Co.. G. Ri 4.60 KH. P. McFadden Co., Lansing____ 2.60 Michigan Lithographing Co, G. RK, 31.74 Michigan Company, Lansing_____ 10.38 Mich, Bell Telephone Co., Big Ramdas ee 14.60 J. . Holeomb Mfg. Co., Indianapolis 1.76 Continental ubcies Co., Brazil, 0 ee 18.50 C. W. Mills Paper Co.. G Rio. 25.00 Fremont Auto Co., Fremont______ 6.50 Blanford Pickle Co., Fremont___-_ 3.90 Dake News Office, Fremont______ 3.04 O'Dell, Wremont = = 6.00 mr B Gast & Sous, G. Ro . 3.80 A. L. Burt Coal Co., Fremont____ 23.40 Southard Electric Co., Fremont__ 7.29 Fremont Hotel Co., Fremont____ 2,269.00: Van Leeuwen & Co., G. R.________ 30.50 H. J. Heinz Company, G. R.____ 4.50 October 6, 1933. On this day the sched- ules, reference, and adjudication in the matter of Charles Snyder, bankrupt No. D468, were received. The bankrupt is a farmer of Sheridan, Michigan. The sched- ules show total assets of $4,295.00, (of Which $235.00 are claimed exempt), and total liabilities of $5,518.59, listing the fol- lowing creditors: People’s State Bank of Sheridan $1,198.71 Simon Anderson, (address un- ROW | 785.00 State Bank of Carson City______ 1,484.00 Tonia, Clinton & ontealm Mutual Insurance Go: Jona 36.00 People’s State ‘Bank, Sheridan__ 308.09 George Whitmore, Butternut____ 35.00 Hummel & Hafner Oil Co., Carson City —. So 75.00 Chris Larson, “Sher idan_ Ee 15.00 Chris Peterson, Sidney... 14.00 People’s State Bank, Sheridan__ 303.68 Greenville National Bank 140.00 Lewis Walker, Fenwick__________ 125.00 People's State Bank of Sheridan 824.11 In the matter of Cornelius J. Kole, in- dividually and as surviving partner of Holleman-Ikole Auto Company, bankrupt No. 5147. Final meeting of creditors was held under date of September 6, 1933. Fred G. Timmer, trustee, was present. Bankrupt was represented by R. Van Kovering, present for Cornelius Hoffius, attorney. Creditors were represented by Hilding & Baker and Dilley & Dilley. One bidder on accounts present. Trus- tee’s final report and account was ap- proved and allowed. Balance of. bills, notes and accounts receivable, account in Peoples State Bank of Holland, Mich- igan, and 25 shares of stock in Holleman- DeWeerd Auto Co. were sold to Abner Dilley, of Grand Rapids, Mich. Certain real estate was abandoned as worthless and burdensome, no bid having been re- ceived. An order was made for the pay- ment of expenses of administration, pre- ferred claims and a first and final divi- dend to creditors of 8.8%. No objection to discharge. Files will be returned to U. S. District Court, October 9, 1933. On this day the sched- ules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Glenn Snyder, bankrupt No. 5470, were received. The bankrupt is a farmer of Bushnell Township. The sched- ules show total assets of $590.00 (of which $490 is claimed exempt), and total liabil- ities of $772.85, listing the following cred- itors: Ernie Hatinger, Edmore________ $ 15.00 Co 18.16 TRADESMAN Hummel & Hafer Oil Co., Carson 0 ee ee es 40.00 Lewis Walker, Fenwick__--______ 125.00 People’s State Bank, Sheridan_. 592.95 In the matter of Hama H. Bush, bank- rupt No, 4887, final meeting of creditors was held August 15, 1933. Trustee was present in person. The bankrupt was present in person and represented by Irving H. Smith, Atty. One creditors present. The trustee’s final report and account Was approved and allowed. Bills of attorneys considered and approved. The meeting adjourned for a period of thirty days to complete sale of the real estate, and on October 2, 1933, an order was made for the payment of administra- tion expenses and a first and final divi- dend of 17% to creditors. No objections to bankrupt’s discharge. The matter ad- journed without date and files will be returned to U. S. District Court, In the matter of Aage K. Frandsen, bankrupt No. 5152. The first meeting of ereditors has been called for October 26, 1933, at 2 P. M. In the matter of Russell L. Westlake, bankrupt No. 54384. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 25, 1933. at 2.2. M. In the matter of Frank Van Oosten, Jr., bankrupt No. 5450. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 25, 1933, at 2 P. M. In the matter of Harry G. Harrod, bankrupt No. 5424. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 25, 1933, at 11 A. M. In the matter of Duurt Medendorp, bankrupt No. 5438. The first meeting of credtors has been called for October 25, 1933, at 10 A. M. In the matter of Brunson B. Font, bankrupt No. 5469. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 24, 1933, at 2 P. M. In the matter of Leonard P, Jansens, bankrupt No. 5456. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 24, 1933, at 11 A. M. In the matter of Edward C. W. Geis- tert, doing business as Hermitage Bat- tery Comipany and Majestic Radio Shoppe, sankrupt No. 5464. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 24, 1933, at 10 A. M. In the matter of Edward C. W. Geis- tert, doing business as Hermitage Bat- tery Company and Majestic Radio Shoppe, bankrupt No. 5464. The sale of assets has been called for October 25, 1933, at 2 P. M. at the premises formerly occupied by the Bankrupt at No. 133 Michigan St., Grand Rapids, Michigan. The assets consist of radio equipment and supplies office and show room fix- tures, battery shop equipment and sup- plies, wash rack equipment and trucks, all appraised at $1058.07. All interested in such property should be present at the date and time above stated October 10, 19338. On this day the sched- ules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Henry Duthler, bankrupt No. D471, Were recived. The bankrupt is a farmer of Wayland, Michigan. The sched- ules show total assets of $10.00 (all of which is claimed exempt), and total lia- bilities of $1,777.75, listing the following creditors: Hudsonville Lumber Co... $ 448.00 =» Aisema G&G Ro. 650.00 Bb. DPaneerbers G RR... 100.00 Pete Lumber Co., G. RR. 65.00 Chas. A. Shobe, Wyoming Park 196.00 Jonn Jelsema, G Ro 37.00 Hoeksema Grocery, Grandville___ 32.00 Welmers-Dykman. G. RR... 64.00 Dr. Geo. Broodman, G. R.______ 65.00 Spears Lumber Co., Grandville_. 29.75 Dorm Kimzema G. Ro 10.00 Grandville Avenue Garage, G. R. 25.00 Jennie A. Comstock, Grandville__ 56.00 October 10, 1933. On this day the sched- ules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Allan R. Heath, bankrupt No. 5472, were received. The bankrupt is a factory hand of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The schedules show total assets of $24.48, and total liabilities of $660.07, listing the following creditors: Liberal Credit Clothing Co., G. R. $ 35.00 Wiltred Smith G RR... 21.00 Wilford Saliers, Ce 20.00 mC. Nussdorter G. BR. 12.00 BRinest Hoover. G RR... 95.40 Personal Hinance Co. of G Ri... 47667 In the matter of Miller-Erhardt Clothes Shop, bankrupt No. 5169, final meeting of creditors was held under date of October 9, 1938. Arthur N. Branson was present for Fred G. Timmer, trustee. One account bidder present in person. Trustee's final report and account was approved and allowed. Balance bills, notes and accounts receivable was sold to Donald Gossett, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the sum of $3.00. An order was made for the pay- ment of expenses of administration as far as funds on hand will permit. No dividend to creditors. No objection to discharge. Files will be returned to U. S. District Court. October 12, 1983. On this day the schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Henry Sondag, bankrupt No. 5473, were received. The bankrupt is a baker of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The schedules show total assets of $300.00, (of which all are claimed exempt), and il total liabilities of $5,087.72, listing the fol- lowing creditors: City Treasurer G. HR... $ 23.29 JOnn Schipper G A. 349.75 Eouls Sondae, G. KH... 1,885.74 ki. B. Gallagher & Co., Detroit_._._. 488.50 BZinga Milk Co, G Hi. ee 10.76 L. & L. Jenison Co., Jenison___.. 126.69 Kent Storage Co., G. RK... 81.00 ee & Cady. G@ Rio 145.44 John Luidens, Holland _.._._____ 22.55 Mills Paper Co., G. R 10.85 Pastoor Bros., G. 65.75 Ryskamp Bros., G. 33.60 Red star Sweeping Co., G. R.____ 3.00 mteele Bros. Co. G@ Ro. » 323.42 Vorst Milling €o., & RR. 175.97 Wealthy Hts. Pte. Co.. G. K..___ 8.24 Mich. Bell Tel €6. G@ HR. 10.39 Grandville Elevator Co., Grandville 72.50 Becker Brothers, G. Ri 191.36 Ii. B. Gallagher & Co., Detroit__ 558.34 American Home Security Bank, CO) | Se a ee 100.00 Citizens Industrial Bank, G. R.-. 400.00 In the matter of Young Johnson Fur- niture Company, a corporation, bankrupt No. 5353. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 27, 1933, at 10 A. M. October 14, 1983. On this day the sched- ules, reference, and adjudication in the matter of Benjamin E. Murphy, individ- ually and as a copartner in the copartner ship of Murphy and Feather Motor Sales, were received. The bankrupt was for- merly Automobile Sales Agency of St. Joseph Township, Michigan. The sched- ules show total assets of $9,963.26, (of Which $325.83 are claimed exempt), and total liabilities of $13,930.00, listing the tollowing creditors: Molly Willard, St. Joseph ________ $1, 040. 00 Commercial National Bank, St. JOSepn) (20 11,000.00 Thayer & Company, Benton Harbor 180. 00 Consumer Coal Co., Benton Harbor 75.00 George Mitchell and Irene P, Mitchell. St. Joseph _.._. 875.00 Mrs. James Sterling, St. Joseph 75.00 H. A. Le Bon, St. Joseph 45.00 Martin J. Dunkirk and Winfred S. Dunkirk, St. Joseph... 375.00 Helen R. Caldwell, St. Joseph____ 305.00 October 14, 1933. On this day the schedules, reference, and adjudication in the matter of John F. Hull, bankrupt No 0475. The bankrupt is a laborer of Three Rivers, Michigan. The schedules show total assets of $1,250.00, and total liabil- ities of $2,867.46, listing the following creditors: William D., George P., and Mary Bb. Hull, Three Rivers ss $1,250.00 Harry White, Battle Creek______ 180.00 Ed. Smith, Burlington «ss 100.00 Karl R. Carpenter, Union City____ 85.00 Union City State Bank 357.92 Union City Natl Bank = 164.00 W. D. Hull, Constantine... 174.00 Lizzy Bowersox, Three Rivers__ 296.08 State Bank, Constantine________ 5.00 Wood and Woodruff, Athens____ 9.58 American Oil Corp., Jackson____ 126.06 3alch & Reed, Three Rivers____ 19.32 October 18, 1933. On this day the sched- ules, reference, and adjudication in the matter of Benjamin R. Peterson, bank- rupt No. 5474, were received. The bank- rupt is a manufacturer of Holland, Mich- igan. The schedules show total assets of $2,293.29, (of which $500.00 is claimed ex- empt), and total liabilities of $9,926.60, listing the following creditors Caroline Poterseon 8. $ 74.25 Beulah Thompson _«._ i 74.25 Walter E. Heller & Co., oe i 88.10 G. RK. co ce, G. a. fe G. R. Cabinet Co., G. Me G. R. Cabinet Co.. G. General Motors Acceptance Corp., G. Ko | 286.75 Metropolitan ‘Life Ins. Co.,. N. iy 440.00 Cherry-Burrell Corp., Detroit___. 550.00 Auto Electric & tadiator os Holland =. aoe 63.23 Dr. W. Westrate, “Holland_ ei 14.00 Trail Candies’ G Ro 4.48 Borden's Farm Produc ts, Detroit 280.00 Foot & Jenks, Jackson_..._____ 10.00 Holland Se ntinel, Holand. 14.00 Bowey’s, ( ‘hica'go ne 36.16 I. X. L. Machine Shop. “Holland__ 2,05h.13 Joe Lowe, Chicago_____ =e 57.00 John Mulholland, Milford, Del 29.40 Gumpert, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn 64.43 tobt. Johnston, Milwaukee___. _ 10.00 Quimby-Kain Paper Co., G. R.__ 306.94 Wihite Bros. Holland. 94.98 Chocolate Produc ts Co., “Chicago__ 4.50 Modders | es & Heating Co., Wouan@ 2 43.04 Holland City ‘News, Holland____ 50.00 Meese, Inc., Madison, nd. 28.50 Westerlin & Campbell, Chicago__ 100.00 Kalamazoo C reamery, ss 1,900.00 ripehee Lowe, Holland__ oe 28.10 G. R. Cabnet Co. Gk. oo ae On Charles L. Peterson, Muskegon __ 5. Mch. Gas & Electric Co., Holland 13. 92 Mich. Bell Tele, Co. Holland____ ” 53.62 soard of Public W orks. Holland__ 100.00 Northwest Cone Co., Chicago____ 12.50 Looman Electric C 0. . Holland__unknown John Arendhorst, Holland________ 331.00 Elhart, Byron Center__ i cna 25.00 In the matter of Bert “M. ‘Heth, doing business under assumed name of Heth Bros., bankrupt No. 5192. The final meet- ing of creditors has been called for Oc- (Continued on page 14) 4 12 RETAIL GROCER Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Associa- tion of Michigan. President—Paul Schmidt, Lansing. First Viae-President — ‘Theodore J. Bathke, Petoskey. Second Vice-President—Rudolf Eckert, Flint. ~ecretary — Elton W. Viets, Lansing. Treasurer—O. H. Bailey, Sr., Lansing. Directors—Holger Jorgenson, Muske- gon; L. V. Eberhard, Grand Rapids: A. A. Boyce, Bay City; Vincent A. Miklas, Man- istee; Ward Newman, Pontiac. Valuable Time Recklessly Wasted at State Conventions Experience in Washington, rubbing elbows with big merchants, manufac- turers and retailers during various con- ferences with Government officials, has had one happy effect. It has broad- ened the outlook of association officers. They now look on the grocery business more as an industry in toto, paying less attention to segments and sections. I noticed the altered attitude during the latest California state convention, where business was done far more effi- ciently and expeditiously than in the old days. Less time was given to puer- ilities and petty jealousies. Mere talk- ers were cut short. Things were done promptly and we went on to other things. One feature impressed me _ particu- larly. That was the renewed convic- tion that there has been no impairment in the opportunity of the able grocer, but that others need not apply. That is in line with my life-long observation. It is gratifying to see it become the general conviction. There was almost no anti-chain talk —no time for it. Los Angeles, for in- stance, is now over all that, for they have about. The super markets, running 24 hours daily in that gentle climate, sell- something else now to worry ing any number of things “for less’— those put into shadow any alleged commercial sins of the chains. Fact is, the days ahead are going to be such as will bring to the surface the best merchants, but will more cer- tainly submerge those who either will not or can not make a good job of merchandising than any conditions of past experience. It is clear that we shall just have no room hereafter for the rule-of-thumb-grocer under NRA and conditions it will entail. Truth is, thumbs are pretty much out of joint these days. If NRA brought our busi- ness nothing more than this, it would be worth all the effort and shake-ups: for above all things, exact science has been the crying need of our business and now we seem fairly launched on a beginning of it. This applies most pointedly to the service grocer; because, while it is no snap to make a success of non-service, non-service is simpler to understand and to operate. It is also less prefit- able, as may well be noted at this time. For service grocers have tended of late years to undervalue their own essential stability, overlooking the peculiar ad- vantages of their subdivision of retail- ing. I think of some ancient truths that we may recall now which, like all basic truths, are eternal tie to now as ever before. as safe to 1. The two great divisions of trade continue: Credit-delivery and Self- service or limited service. The relative proportion changes little. In good times the split is perhaps 55 per cent ilv grocer, MICHIGAN credit and 45 per cent cash. In times not so good it runs 45 per cent credit Here we have virtually half the business always tied and 55 per cent cash. to the service merchant. He should realize this vital fact and act accord- ingly—not flirt with will-o’-the-wisps such as “increase of cash trade.” 2. It is now commonly said that “price is becoming less important— no longer the whole consideration.” But the fact is that price never has been the controlling factor. What in- fluences trade is in the following order: (a) the goods—what have .you to offer, in what This knowledge; success always being in ex- assortment? involves act keeping with the perfection of the grocer’s knowledge of his merchandise: (b) Character of store. This covers every factor of personality of the mer- chant as reflected in his business—the features are innumerable: (c) The Service, how well rendered: (d) Price. Thus it appears that price is important —maybe like salt in our diet—but it comes last, not first: an ingredient only. 3. The charge account is the sheet anchor of the service grocer. Success waits on administration. No work can equal in importance the correct admin- istration of credit, and no single factor can mean so much to the service, fam- But at that the most im- portant subdivision to credit handling is sensed by the fewest possible num- ber of grocers. That is that the great- est profit is realized from accounts which the grocer investigates for him- self, in advance, and solicits. Here is a veritable gold mine at the grocer’s doorstep, ore which assays riches far beyond what can be recovered from accounts which seek out the merchant as a “favor,” or “convenience” or “ac- commodation” to the customer. These are good thoughts right now because Secretary Wallace has lately said something that savors far more of basic wisdom than much he had _ ut- tered formerly: That we need not look for rapid recovery, that the upward journey will be long and slow. This, I believe, is good sense. It brings out the idea that, regardless of various plans for artificial commercial respira- tion, time-tried business practices must be our main reliance. In any event the safe course will remain always and he will be safest who operates conserva- tively, on lines always known to be basically sound. “Make haste slowly” is sound good sense. “The have low prices is to have your prices too high,” quickest way to was a gem uttered by a service grocer. An entire session might properly be given to that idea. That might bring out why we need various margins on different classes of goods and why we must graduate out of the lazy notion that all we need know is the average cost of operation. But the tragedy of this convention was the same as ever: That virtually unlimited time was allotted to horse- At that, the California grocers get down much nearer to earth than most. But the play and little to business. second day of this convention was de- voted to departmental gatherings, of which I chose the service grocers’ end. I marked a few of the subjects for TRADESMAN special discussion—then got nowhere to speak of because The program for that day was divid- ed into ten Under those headings were listed seventy-five Every one of main headings. subdivisional sections, those seventy-five items was worthy of thoughtful consideration, though quite obviously a choice must be made because there was subject matter suf- ficient for an entire winter of evening business school. Yet not even such approximation to fair accomplishment was had, for this reason: Meetings were scheduled for 9 a.m. They got under way not before 9:30. The chairman was a nice man, but force and was modest about throwing his voice. Nevertheless, cer- lacked tain men from the floor lent so much brass tacks to the talks that, had we been able to stay the whole day, great good might have accrued to all. But the session was terminated at 12:15 because two contests were set for that afternoon. One was either a bicicle or golf game and the other was horseshoe pitching; and so many “fine prizes” has been contributed by manu- facturers and others that could not be permitted to interfere business with pleasure. WE DO OUR PART » JUNKET POW DER or TABLETS Make Milk into Cooi, Creamy Desserts - No Cooking. The Junket Folks, Little Fails, N.Y. Rademaker-Dooge Grocer Co. Distributors of PETER PAN COUNTRY GENTLEMAN CORN PETER PAN GOLDEN BANTAM CORN MISS MICHIGAN SWEET PEAS FREMONT SWEET PEAS BIG MASTER MALT October 18, 1933 I could not avoid making contrast with the two-day convention of the chain grocers held last July in San Francisco, where sessions lasted all day and far into the night—one session continuing all one night—with no ban- quets or games, with not even a formal luncheon. Let us hope things will get better. They sure need to become so. Paul Findlay. —_++>—____ Cracker Form of Rye Bread Bor- rowed from Sweden A European breadstuff which has gained a measure of popularity in this country in recent years is the Swedish type of bread. It is now ntanufactured to a limited extent in this country, ac- cording to the Foodstuffs Division of the Department of Commerce. The Swedish type of bread is a rye bread which is baked in thin round cakes of four or five inches diameter. It is crisp, and resembles the crackers commonly sold in this country. —+ 2 >_____ Sitting around after bathing and ly- ing on the ground at any time are very dangerous practices. ——__22--$>______ Never criticize anything at a charity bazaar. You can never tell who made it. Gu S PAT OFF BLUE RIBBON MALT BOUQUET TEA The House of Quality and Service re the canned foods you feature grown and packed in your home state? W. R. Roach & Co., Grand Rapids, main- tain seven modern Michigan factories for the canning of products grown by Michigan farmers. ¢ brand you know ae aL) REGU S.PAT.OFF HART A complete line of canned vegetables and fruits sey —— October 1S, 1933 MEAT DEALER Cleaning Up Advertising by Enforcing Meat Standards In developing standards for adver- tising and selling meat as an aid to- ward uniformity and a help to the eth- ical meat dealer, the Pacific Livestock and Meat Institute of San Francisco has undertaken to define only the cuts that are commonly used, particularly those regarding which there is a lack of uniformity to a degree which might lead to misunderstandings between re- tailers and their customers. It is stated that through the adop- tion of the standards, it is not the in- tention of the Institute that a retailer shall be prohibited from cutting meat as he sees fit, nor to require him to refuse to sell a particular type of cut which many of his customers may de- sire. The sole purpose of the standards is to eliminate unfair advertising com- petition and to require that if a par- ticular cut is advertised or placarded by name, such cut shall be the same as described in the standards. The term “steer meat” must not be applied to heifer, cow, stag or bull beef. Fore- quarter cuts of lamb may not be called “leg.” A “shoulder of lamb’ consists of the neck, shoulder and shank with not less than three ribs included. “Fillet” must be cut off the loin, and may not be a piece of chuck, or round, or top sirloin or some other angle or corner of the body. The Better Business Bureau is en- forcing the regulations. The principal classes of meat are described as follows: Advertising Standards 1. Retail meat dealers shall not mis- represent the classes of meat in their advertising or placards. The princi- pal classes of meat are: A. Beef. For the purpose of these standards, beef may be defined as flesh from ma- ture animals of the bovine species. I. “Baby Beef” is from steers or heifers from one of four leading beef breeds from 8 to 18 months old, show- ing finished fed condition, excellent conformation and quality. Il. Steer Beef is from a male that was castrated before he advanced: far enough toward sexual maturity to make reproduction possible. The ani- nial must also have progressed beyond the veal and calf stages. Note: The term “steer beef” shall not be applied to heifer, cow, stag or bull beef, if sold at retail. III. Heifer Beef is from a female that has passed beyond the veal and calf stages but has never had a calf, and has not reached advanced preg- nancy. IV. Cow Beef is from a mature fe- male which has had one or more calves or was advanced in pregnancy at the time of slaughter. B. Sheep. I. Lamb is a general term which re- fers to the flesh of young animals of the ovine species of both sexes. The age at which the change from lamb to yearling lamb takes place is approx- imately 12 to 14 months. Lamb fore- leg joints break in four well defined ridges, resembling somewhat the teeth MICHIGAN of a saw. These ridges are smooth, moist and red with blood. a. Spring Lamb is a term referring to meat from young lamtbs of weaning age or younger and which are gener- ally sold for slaughter at ages ranging from 3 to 5 months. The flesh is uni- formly tender and a shade lighter than that of more mature lambs. The bulk of spring lambs are marketed in April, May and June in the United States. On the Pacific Coast shipments begin about March and continue through the summer months from the high mountain areas. Exception—After October 1 retail- ers shall not designate lamb as “Spring Lamb,” but shall call it only “Fed Lamb” or ianrb until the new crop ap- pears on the market. Then it may again be designated as “Spring Lamb” providing that the retailer purchases spring lamb designated as such. b. “Fed Lamb” or Lantb is a term referring to lambs which have been weaned and which are usually sold for slaughter from 6 to 12 months of age. Such careasses are distinguished from Spring lamb carcasses by harder and whiter bones, darker and some- what coarser flesh, firmer and some- what thicker exterior fat, and more liberal quantities of fats grade for grade, Other prominent features which distinguish “Fed Lamb” or lamb from spring lamb carcasses are wider and larger abdominal cavity, and larger body and legs. The break joint shows just as with the spring lamb. This jonit, however, may be rougher, more porous, slightly dry, and lacks the red- ness of spring lamb. ¢. “Yearling Lamb” is a term fe- ferring to young sheep usually ranging from 12 to not over 20 months old. The break joint of the foreleg is al- Ways a positive means of identification. This joint usually breaks in ridges similar in shape to a lamb joint, but the surface is rougher, porous, dry and lacks redness. A fair percentage of “vearling lamb” carcasses are found in the market which do not show the rough saw-tooth effect when the joints are broken, but have instead a jagged and rough surface. This is because of the advanced age and becomes more apparent as the mutton stage is ap- proached. The break joint must be present, and if the leg fails to break at this point, the carcass must be des- ignated as mutton. II. Mutton is a term referring to animals of the ovine which have passed the ‘yearling lamb” stage. Note: The definitions of veal and pork are not given because, due to the lack of these meats, it was considered unnecessary. species misrepresentation of 2. Stall Fed Beef is a term formerly applied to cattle fed on waste distil- lers’ grains for an extended period in stalls adjacent to distilleries in the Corn Belt. Modern beef production does not follow this practice. There- fore, the term “Stall Fed Beef” shall be eliminated in all advertising. 3. Cream Veal is a deceptive term, leaving the inference with the pur- chaser that the animal was fed cream before slaughter. Such a practice is impracticable in modern veal and calf production. Therefore the term “Cream Veal” shall be eliminated in all adver- tising. TRADESMAN +. The advertising of mixed chops, that is, chops of various cuts, shall be discontinued. This applies to pork, lamb, mutton and veal. 5. The term “leg” shall not be used in connection with any cuts. forequarter 6. All meat, advertised or sold, or offered for sale, at any place of busi- ness, except shanks, offal, heads and plucks, and wild game, will be adver- tised and sold by weight, and shall be weighed in a scale by weight or a beam, properly sealed. Note: If meat is offered for sale and price tagged by the piece, there shall also be plainly shown, either upon the same tag or upon another tag on the piece, the price per pound. ——__~-o—. Savory Pork for Idle Poor Uncle Sam is not only going to give more than 100,000,000 pounds of pork to the unemployed; he also will tell them how to prepare it appetizingly. With the announcement of the final destination of the meat obtained in the Agricultural Adjustment Administra- tion’s pig reduction campaign comes the information that the [Llome Bureau of Econonics has printed 3,500,- 000 leaflets telling how to cook salt pork. During the nexet few months, says the Federal Emergency Relief Admin- istration, it is planned to distribute a portion of pork to each of 4,000,000 families on relief rolls who desire it. This is in addition to regular relief al- lowances and will not be used to re- duce current expenditures. The Relief Administration is using its funds to purchase the pork from the Agricultural Adjustment Administra- tion. Only pigs weighing 80 pounds or more Were processed in the pig reduc- tion campaign. The “dodger” describes in simple language 12 different ways of cooking salt pork. Fried salt pork: salt pork with dried beans or peas; chowders; salt pork in stuffed or scalloped vege- tables; salt pork with panned savory greens; baked salt pork; salt pork in quick breads; salt pork in Spanish rice; salt-pork stew; salt-pork scrapple: salt- pork hash: atid salt-pork sandwiches are suggested. Dr. Loutse Stanley, head of the Bu- reau, explains the purpose of the leaf- fet: “The food value of lean pork is the same as that of any other meat. But it is not our intention to sell the public on the nutritive value of the pork. All we have tried to do is to help them prepare it more palatably. “The pork fat can be used very prof- itably to improve the flavor of other foods. The average housewife is, of course, familiar with this fact; but we have tried to add to her store of knowl- edge with additional recipes worked out by our Bureau.” All pork to be distributed by the Fed eral Emergency Relief will have been properly processed by the dry-salt cure in established packing plants. The housewife’s acquaintance with cured pork, says the Bureau, is often limited to ham, shoulder, and bacon. Among other cuts, one that is especi- ally suitable for small families, is the smoked, boneless shoulder butt, sold under various trade names. 13 The smoked boned loin, known as Canadian-style bacon, is another piece that can be purchased in any quantity. Dry salt pork can not be excelled. points out the Bureau, as a well-fla- vored fat for baked beans and meat loat and for larding very lean beef and veal. There are also many varieties of cured sausage and other smoked and pickled pork specialties. For cured pork, as for fresh pork, it is pointed out, thorough cooking at slow to moderate temperature is the secret of success, whether the meat is fried, broiled, roasted, steamed. or cooked in water. Cured shoulder, sometimes a dry and meat and difficult to carve because of the shoulder blade, salty piece of makes a delicious roast when boned. soaked in water, then stuffed with spicy, well-seasoned bread crumbs and baked in a slow oven in the same way as ham. Users of salt pork are warned not to wash off the salt until the pork is to be used. Several hours’ soaking is rec- ommended before cooking. For a large piece of “very salt meat” an overnight soaking and cooking in several waters is advised. c eee Iodine Content Augmented by Ration- ing Poultry Special rationing of poultry feed as a means of increasing the vitamin and iodine content of eggs has been tried in an experiment conducted by the Ohio State Agricultural Experiment Station. The attempt to increase the iodine content of eggs was made in order to add this chemical to the food value of the diet of those who live in districts liable to attack from goiter because of the absence of iodine from the food and water supplies. It was found that the addition of kelp to the rations of poultry resulted in an increase in the amount of iodine In eg : \ddition of potassium iodide to the rations was also found effective as a means of increasing the iodine content. It required two weeks for the increase to become noticeable and two weeks after the special feeding was stopped the iodine content dropped back to its former level. Enough iodine was added to the eggs to make them of substan- tial benefit in prevention of goiter. Menhaden fish meal instead of meat scrap proved an effective addition to the poultry ration as a means of in- creasing the amount of iodine in eggs. —__¢<¢ 6 _ Milk Consumption Expands As Use of Wheat Declines Consumption of milk has continued to increase since 1929 and consumption of wheat, a cheap food, has decreased. Dr, O. E. Baker of the Department of Agriculture points out this fact as one of the unusual trends in food consump- tion during the depression. >>. Unless a man has known at least one failure he is unable to appreciate success. Oysters and Fish Fresh Shipments Daily. Ask your Dealer for Reader Fish. They are better. Lake and Ocean Fish. Wholesale. G. B. READER, Grand Rapids. 14 HARDWARE Michigan Retail Hardware Association. President—Wm. J. Dillon, Detroit. Vice-President — Henry A. Schantz, Grand Rapids. Secretary—Harold W. Bervig, Lansing. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Field Secretary — L. S. Swinehart, Lansing. Preferential Price To Chain Stores Certain groups of manufacturers in our field boldly seek NRA approval for discrimination against the hardware jobber and retailer. They have pro- posed for both mail order and chain stores a 10 per cent. extra discount beyond the wholesaler’s cost. If this practice is permitted, the wholesale and retail hardware business labors under a totally unnecessary and unfair handi- cap. If the chain and mail order firms have so much efficiency, as we have been told so often, they should not need this extra price advantage. Fortunately, organized wholesalers have forced out this “extra 10 per cent. clause” from several tentative codes of manufacturers groups. But this may not eliminate the practice in daily busi- ness, As employment increases, wages im- prove, and credit becomes more liberal, we should expect a victory for quality merchandise and a falling off in the de- mand for shoddy and inferior sub- standard goods. Even through perilous times, most wholesale and retail hard- ware distributors have been very steadfast to quality lines and have not been price wreckers. They deserve consideration in the improving market and should not be penalized. Prefer- ence should not be given distributors who have been notorious in their price cutting tactics. Chain stores and mail order houses seek that extra 10 per cent. advantage over wholesalers so they may cut the retail price to the consumer. If this is not so, the mail order and chain store systems of distribution are not efficient. If these two groups require an extra 10 per cent. because of a more costly overhead these two competitors are uneconomic. Hardware dealers cannot sell stand- ard trade-marked merchandise, on the same street to the same people at a higher price than is offered by mail order and chain stores. Wholesalers cannot put retailers in the competitive picture on high quality standard trade- marked goods, if they must start off with a 10 per cent. handicap. It is even a fair question to ask if the mail order stores and chain store organi- zations are actually entitled to the ex- treme wholesale discount, when their business is retail-to-consumer and not for resale. One manufacturer, who sees the situ- ation clearly and fairly, writes: “In our code discussion we maintained that mail order houses are retailers and should be so classified. We believe the mail order houses should be sold at a retailer’s price and in no instance at jobber’s or extreme jobber’s prices. A set price for the second brand (a stand- ard hardware item) to the jobber is $1.65. Sears Roebuck’s fall catalog quotes the same item to the public at $1.68. No retailer can compete with this price. When a retailer cannot compete with the mail order house MICHIGAN prices the jobber cannot hope to sell him any of our products.” An important wholesaler says: “You make the statement that a chain store is a retail business. Of course, this is the way the hardware jobber and re- tailer consider the chain store, but most manufacturers do not look at them this way. An executive of an important and leading hardware manu- facturer tells us that the chain stores buy and warehouse his company’s product in wholesale quantities and have the expense of wholesaling in their distribution. On this account, he says, the chain stores must be placed ahead of the jobber in price considera- tion. The same manufacturer sold a chain store in our town a small bill of goods at prices which ranged from 5 to 25 per cent. under that which he charged wholesalers. From our expe- rience, which goes back a good many years, we believe that most of the lead- ing manufacturers operate in the same way. We are fully convinced of this fact and have the proof of what some are doing. If you would like proofs of our statement we shall be glad to produce them.” These letters are typical. Chain stores and mail order houses should not receive an extra 10 per cent. or any extra discount beyond the wholesaler’s cost. The manufacturer who gives this preferential price to chains and mail order stores is directly contributing to price cutting which threatens the very existence of his most important customers, the whole- sale and retail hardware distributors — Hardware Age. —_2+++___ A Business Man’s Philosophy Many years ago Louis F. Swift, the packer, said to a group of his employ- es: “Boys, I am going to give you some advice that will surprise you. Get into debt and dig out. I know this is contrary to what you are usually told, but my judgment, backed by experi- ence, is that this is one of the best ways of getting ahead. Do not deprive yourselves of the things you want and ought to have because you cannot pay cash down. Get yourself a home, fur- nish it decently, and do other things that will tend to your comfort while you are able to enjoy them. What sense is there in hanging on to savings until all the zest is gone out of life? So I say again, get into debt and dig out. Then you have some real object before you.” “Save money” is such safe advice that it is given frequently. Most of us are disposed to give safe advice. We want to be free from responsibility if anything goes wrong. Bankers and lawyers invariably urge caution; con- sequently successful business men usu- ally act first and then consult bank- ers and lawyers. William Feather. —_2+>___ Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court (Continued from page 11) tober 30th, 1933, at 11 A. M. The trustee's final report will be approved at such meeting. There will be no dividend for general creditors. In the matter of Clayton N. Stratton, individually and doing business as Man- ufacturers Sales Company, bankrupt No. 5188, The final meeting of creditors has been called for October 30th, 1933, at 10 A. M. The trustee’s final report will be approved at such meeting. There will be no dividend for general creditors. TRADESMAN In the matter of Elmer Lewis Black, individually and doing business as Black’s Family Shoe Store, bankrupt No. 5179. The final meeting of creditors has been called for October 30, 1933, at 10 A. M. The trustee's final report will be approved at such meeting. There may be a first and final dividend for creditors. In the matter of George Hoodhood, bankrupt No. 5194. The final meeting of creditors has been called for October 30, 1933, at 11 A. M. The trustee's final re- port will be approved at such meeting. There will be no dividend for general creditors. —_—_—_->__ New Type of In-Between-Season Ad- vertising A novel type of in-between-season advertising is reported in Commercial Bulletin and Apparel Merchant (Aug- ust) to have been used by an eastern merchant. October 18, 1933 Just at the time when stores were at a loss to know whether to promote summer merchandise or new fall fash- ions, this firm cleverly combined the two. After carefully assembling summer bargains and new fall merchandise this merchant headed a five-column news- paper advertisement with: “It All De- pends on Where You're Headed. ... August’s Bargains? Or September’s Latest?” The space was divided into equal vertical sections which played up the summer bargains on one side and the fall fashions on the other, with a fall hat opposite a summer hat, with all other articles in a corresponding position. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CoO. for a lifetime. IT COSTS ALMOST AS MUCH NOT TO HAVE A TELEPHONE Add up the monthly cost to you of messages that must be sent... of calls you make at public _ telephones... of time, carfare, driving and park- ing that a telephone at home would save. Then consider the advantage of being able to receive messages from friends, relatives and business associates, and invitations to social affairs you would regret missing. Remember, too, that in case of fire, sickness, accident or other emergency, just one telephone call for aid may be worth the cost of the service You can order a telephone from any Telephone Business Office. Installation will be made promptly. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER Box Co. Manufacturers of SET UP and FOLDING PAPER BOXES SPECIAL DIE CUTTING AND MOUNTING GRAND RAP I DS, MI C HIGAN sa wv °? at wv ? October 18, 1933 DRY GOODS Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association. President—Thomas Pitkethly, Flint. First Vice-President—D, Mihlethaler. Harbor Beach. Second Vice-President—Henry McCor- mack, Ithaca. , : Secretary-Treasurer—Clare R. Sperry, Port Huron. Manager—Jason E. Hammond, Lansing, WHY PRICES ARE HIGHER Enquiry into Costs May Give the Answer If the NRA is to succeed, prices must not be allowed to run away. In the words of President Roosevelt: “We cannot hope for full effect of this plan unless, in those first critical months, and even at the expense of full initial profits, we defer price in- creases as long as possible.” What is actually happening? Judging by newspaper comment and letters to the Consumers’ Advisory Board, some prices are marching away ahead of the parade. And there is every expectation of further jumps. How is the consumer to pass intelli- gently on the problem? Why _ have prices risen? How much? Are these rises in prices justified? It is an easy matter to keep currently informed on the situation in the retail trade. A visit to the store any day will show the purchaser increases in one or the other item. But it is much more difficult to judge the validity of the price increases. The intelligent consumer tries to fig- ure out why the bed sheets for which she paid 60 cents a piece in March this year were $1.19 when she went to the same store in September. “That’s al- most twice as much,” she said, indig- nantly. “I won’t buy any sheets now.” The salesperson tells her politely but firmly that if she waits until the Win- ter months, she will have to pay much more. She finds an even larger in- crease when she is about to buy per- cale for her children’s clothes. In March she paid 8 cents a yard; in Sep- tember, when she was making their school clothes, she had to pay 22 cents. Perplexed, she returns home to “fig- ure it out. Her percale cost her 175 per cent. more than she paid in March, her sheets cost 72 per cent. more. It is true that with the exception of the previous year, she never paid so little for that particular sheet as in March of this year. Why were sheets so cheap then? Is it just a desire to profiteer that makes the retailer charge so much more now? Who is doing the profiteering? Is there really profiteer- ing? Or, are the increases justifiable under the circumstances? What are these “circumstances” ? These and many more questions come to the mind of the intelligent con- sumer who tries to find the reasons for the increased cost of articles of daily use in the household, With the aid of the Consumers’ Ad- visory Board this consumer has made an attempt to evaluate the factors that enter into the increased price. She finds at the outset that her questions are not easily answered. The retailer gets his percale from a wholesaler or jobber, who gets the goods from the converter. The con- verter, who probably bought direct from the mill, had the goods printed MICHIGAN by the finisher. In a manufactured article, a dress, for example, there is a still more bewildering progression of steps from the mill which wove the gray goods to the retail store. What did it cost the mill to manu- facture the yard of percale she has bought? How much did it cost to print it in its present design? What does the wholesaler charge for his services? What were these costs in March and what are these costs now? Two distinct increases in the cost have been effected recently. One is a Government tax; the other is increased wages and shorter hours. Under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, a processing tax of 4.2 cents is im- posed on every pound of cotton. The greater the cotton content of the arti- cle she buys, the larger is the propor- tionate amount of the tax. Consequent- ly, the $1 cotton house dress she wears on her round of home duties in the morning bears a larger tax than the light voile dress she slips on to go to the store. This tax on cotton is de- signed to help the farmer, to whom the Government will make substantial ben- efit payments this year. She is, of course, in sympathy with any attempt to increase the income and purchasing power of the farmer. The second increase arises from the National Recovery —___ High Shade Wool Dresses Lead With high shades in football styles leading in the current demand, buyers are concentrating largely on woolen dresses, reports in the trade indicate. 3usiness in formal afternoon and eve- ning types, however, has gained, with the favor for velvets a highlight. The use of silks in dresses for general wear has been affected by the prolonged strike, a situation, however, that is re- garded as only temporary. —_2>->—______ Yard Goods Sales Forge Ahead Piece goods sales at retail have con- tinued to forge ahead, with gains of 50 per cent. or more volume being experi- enced by many stores. Pattern sales are also gaining, and merchandisers are now giving this end of the business in- creased attention, with the aim of mak- ing it more profitable. Retailers feel that adjustment of the size of the stocks they have to carry by contract would be desirable. 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 18, 19 99 vod HOTEL DEPARTMENT Obligations Involved in the Return of Hard Liquor Herman gee Republican les Angeles, Oct. 14- Kletzsch, manager of the Hotel, Milwaukee, in a communication just received, accuses me of wanton neglect in not paying him a promised visit at his excellent hotel during my vacation period in the East last sum- mer and characteristically "Just so you know that vou can always rely on the hospitality of the Wisconsin contingent is what I am trying to tell you. Although California appears to be attractive to you, and we may not have a similar climate here, we do want It said, and are prepared to demon- strate, that fellowship is on a par with any dished up anywhere else. So next time visit the Badger state first and let the Wolverines wait a bit.” Herman is eminently correct, as I had reason to discover several years ago, when, in company with Eames Mac- Veigh, I had the pleasure of making a flying trip through Wisconsin, and while my acquaintance with Badger bonifaces was limited, I never was more heartily entertained anywhere. All right, Herman, you are at the head of the itst on my pink slip. Says: good The passing of Wallace R. Farring- ton, or, of Honolulu, former governor of Hawaii, last week, comes as a per- sonal regret to me. He sure was a most wondertul individual with a most pleasing personality. Several years ago I became intimately acquainted with him, on my visit to the Island Group. I was introduced to him by Col. Wil- ham Waterhouse, head of the trust company by that name, who was my cabin mate on my voyage the facitic. Governor Farrington imme- diately proposed that we omit all for- malities in our further relations, and twice a week, for several months I was a welcome visitor at the executive of- fices. On my departure the governor expressed regret that I could not tarry indefinitely. Jokingly, | suggested that if I could get a certain municipal ap- pointmentment—that of traffic cop— I might return, and a few months later, in Salt Lake City, in introducing me across to Senator Smoot, he suggested the possibility of my coming back on the basis of such appointment. He was very popular with his constituency and his spirit of enterprise will be missed in the Paradise of the Pacific, Also the death of Governor Arthur Seligman, of New Mexico, is an- nounced. While [ met him but a very short time ago, on a visit with ex-Gov. Miguel Otero, at Santa Fe, he treated me with the utmost consideration, en- trusting me with the keys of the An- cient City, and granting me a safe- conduct throughout the New Mexican domain, and I cannot but learn of his untimely demise with a feeling of sor- row. Governor Seligman was promi- nent, not only in the affairs of his own commonwealth, but throughout the en- tire southwest. A disclosure made before Chicago courts indicated that Hotel Stevens during its last five years of operation, lost on an average over one million dollars per year. Among the extraor- dinary items of expense in operation was the salary of the general manager, I. J. Stevens, of $72,000 per year. And yet some folks wonder why hotel in- vestors turn grey. Detroit hotel man, is a candidate for city councilman at the forthcoming city election. Mr. Conroy was manager of Hotel Whit- tier for twelve years and later was resi- dent manager of the Abingdon. More recently he was associated with the Wardell as sales promotion manager. He is at present a director of the Greater Detroit Hotel Association, John F. ( onroy, Manager William Carroll, in charge of the Kelloge hotel interests at Battle Creek, reports that the brine system of refrigeration in use in his apart- inent hotels has been discontinued and henceforth they will be supplied by independent. units. The Crystal Hotel, at Flint, for years Karl Greene, is under- going transformation. The newer part of the building, facing Union street and the Pere Marquette passenger station. is being remodeled and will soon be again for hotel purposes. -anidmceed bo Conducted Ds opened Wilham O’Riley, owner of Lake View Park Hotel, has already started a program of remodeling, expecting to have such improvements completed in time for next season’s business. Ben Wagner, who has been conduct- ing hotels in Detroit, in a minor wal, ior some time, has taken over the run- ning of the Grant, a 200 room house. and will manage it himself with the aid pr hi The hotel was formerly conducted by Dunitz Bros., with A. Nelson as manager. > SsOn. The newly formed Michigan Restau- rant Association, through its counsel. Anthony A. Trupis, lodged a protest against the restaurant code with the NRA authorities in Washington, 1: week, assertine that many restauraris will be obliged to close if forced to ob- serve the wage provisions of the Na- tional restaurant code. As a substitute, the Association has proposed to. the NRA that Michigan restaurateurs, un- able to maintain the minimum wave scale, be permitted to pay their labor whatever they can afford. This privi- lize, under the plan, would be open only to those who are able to show that they cannot operate at a profit on any other basis. The Association itsself would be the enforcing agency, with authority to examine the books of res- taurant proprietors. Trupis states that at least 2,000 restaurants in Michigan would be compelled to close if forced to meet the minimum wage. I have not always exactly agreed with Billy Sunday in what I called erratic evangelistic ideas, but I remove my chapeau over the statement he made at Omaha recently on the subject of prohibition. “1 cannot continue to preach prohibition and preach the gos- pel, so Iam returning to my first love -preaching the gospel.” Rey. Sunday has probably made the discovery that preaching temperance sanely to the individual is greatly different from bull- dozing the element who wish to shape their own personal affairs. There is an important difference here which a lot of zealots have not discovered. Mrs. Floyd E. Doherty will hence- forth operate Hotel Osceola. at Reed City, owing to the death of her hus- band, which occurred some time ago. In a letter just received from her she shows her determination to try and continue the operation of the Osceola, due to the incentive that it will be something to work on and much satis- faction to succeed in the effort. She will succeed, all right. Fred J. Doherty, owner of Hotel Doherty, Clare, who has just com- pleted his second term as president of the Michigan Hotel Association, was made chairman of the executive com- mittee of that organization and has begun a campaign which has in view the regulation of liquor selling after the repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment. His idea is that the most eco- nomical and satisfactory system of han- dling will be through the hotels in the various communities. “Investments in hotels agereeate the fifth largest of any business in Michigan, and to place the responsibility upon reputable hotel managers would be a safe method be- cause these men have too much at stake to violate liquor control rules.” Mr. Doherty apparently is opposed to the open bar and would limit the sale of liquor to hotel requirements. With repeal now only a matter of formal approval by the few remaining states necessary to ring the knell of prohib/- tion, the return of hard liquor fills the public mind with varying shades of emotion, ranging from shuddering ap- prehension to undisguised hilarity. I believe the larger and saner number recognize that the return of hard liquor should be so regulated that its service shall also bring to the states and communities certain resourceful compensations as will enable them to meet necessary financial obligations, which have, in a measure, brought about the present depression. For in- stance, prior to the acceptance of pro- hibition, the city of Chicago was the recipient annually of seventy million Hotel and Restaurant Equipment H. Leonard & Sons 38-44 Fulton St., W. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Store, Offices & Restaurant Equipment G.R.STORE FIXTURE CO. 7 lonia Ave., N. W. Phone 86027 “A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS” That is why LEADERS of Business and Society make their head- dollars in various liquor license fees. { quarters at the This just about represents her deficits in the past fifteen years. Naturally the P A N T L ] N D first question to be answered is: “Where shall it be sold?” The old HOTEL time reformers will naturally inveigh against the saloon, known for ages as “An entire city block of Hospitality’ the “poor man’s club.” What is the GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. saloon, anyhow? Is it really a den of Rooms $2.25 and up. miquity, through the swinging doors Cafeteria -t= Sandwich Shop o. Which deluded fathers of hunery iamilies, carrying their weekly pay- checks, enter only to emerge sodden, penniless wreck and stagger home to beat their wives and pawn the family trinkets? Or is it really a “poor man’s M O R T O N club,” at which, without membership dues, he drops in to spend a glowing H O T E L hour at the end of a day of toil? The answer is framed in the point of view. PP ew It is not the name of the place in which Grand Rapids N est liquor is sold, or the price for which it Hotel may be purchased that concerns the optlook for to-morrow. It is really the 400 Rooms 6h 400 Baths character of those who sell it and the kind of supervision under which the RATES seller is permitted to operate. There and per is no more reason why the American $2.50 - day. public house (call it saloon if you will) q should be an object of shame or dis- repute than the wayside inn of any c: & European country, the boulevard cafe of Paris or the rathskeller of Berlin. Pennsylvania for years limited liquor CODY HOTEL sales in hotels only. It was not an un- GRAND RAPIDS qualified success. Perhaps the hotel RATES—$1 up without bath. men are in a better position to handle $2.00 up with bath. the situation than any other class. [| oe Ee : Pee N am willing to trust them with the traf- ee coer a he, and I am willing to back up Mr. Doherty's plans if—they can be en- ALL GOOD ROADS LEAD TO torced. One of the greatest evils in ONIA AND liquor handling has been the pernicious practice of “treating.” Regulation will THE REED INN have little to do with the volume of eo consumption, but it will be a step in Rooms $1.50 and up the right direction, if the character of ee Ore: ween ae these who sell it and the kind of super- Park Place Hotel . Traverse City Warm Friend Tavern Rates Reasonable—Service Superb ° —Location Admirable. Holland, Mich. GEO. ANDERSON, Mgr. ALBERT J. ROKOS, Ass’t Mor. Is truly a friend to all travelers. All room and meal rates very reasonable. lh oe he New Hotel Elliott STURGIS, MICH. JAMES HOEKSEMA, Manager 50 Baths 50 Running Water LL European D. J. GEROW, Prop. % ee e T H E R O W E Occidental Hotel FIRE PROOF GRAND RAPIDS CENTRALLY LOCATED The Most Popular Hotel Rates $2.60 and up ” a EDWARD R. SWETT, Mor. in Western Michigan Muskegon ose Michigan 300 Rooms e Showers Columbia Hotel Servidor KALAMAZOO Direction of American Hotels Corp. J. Leslie Kincaid, President Good Place To Tie To Se i Od «ogo % ad % ad October 18, 1933 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN i? vision under which the seller is permit- ted to operate. Hotel bars were very numerous in the old days. As a rule they were operated in a business-like manner, but the human appetite has to be considered, and here is a chance for the prohibition worker. Coaxing, not driving, should be the watchword of the future. Regulation can do little to- ward moderating consumption. Edu- cation can do a lot. Liquor traffic in the hands of responsible parties, and proper taxes, are the main things to be considered. Waiters and waiters there are to be sure, but the other evening I found one of the profession who modestly con- ceded he is a movie star. He is called upon quite often to give the studios the benefit of his experience. “My job, sir, is a most important one. I find my pleasure and some profit in dressing tables for sets out in the movies. There are some who say that the profession or, rather, the art of waiting on tables is dead, but I assure you it is not so. Bankers are bankers, diplomats are diplomats, and, I assure you, waiters are waiters. In a movie production it is highly important, from an artistic standpoint, that tables be set proper- ly.” I then remembered on certain oc- casions I had noticed some glaring in- consistencies in the set-up of tables in swell dining room affairs, but had not supposed that producers had given the matter any attention. The information cost me a modest tip, but was well worth it. The railroads may or may not have discovered the chirography on the wall, but after hauling empty coaches be- tween here and Chicago all summer long, they have finally discovered that what the public is really looking for is lower fares. Early in the season, when you really contemplated a trip to the Century of Progress, it was $60.60 for a round trip, with a twenty-one day return limit. Now it is $40 and you can take 60 days to get back home. Frank S. Verbeck. —_2+~+-___ Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids Within the past year a new whole- sale leather and findings house has come into being in connection with a concern which has been in business in Grand Rapids since 1904. The Grand Rapids Belting Co., 40-50 Market, has manufactured leather belting for the past twenty-nine years. Within the past year it has added a complete wholesale sole leather and shoe find- ings department, supplying all require- ments of shoe stores and shoe repair shops. It is distributing many of the better known lines of leather and sup- plies, such as Panco Rubber Co., Grif- fin shoe cleaners and polishes, Fleck- enstein leather, Joppa, Steerhead, Stadri and other well known quality lines. A complete line of shoe laces, cement presses and suppiies of all de- scriptions is also carried in complete stock. Richard D. Warner (Colonial Salt Co.) went to Mackinaw City for the week end to bring Mrs. Warner home from Wa-Wa-Tam Beach, where he has long owned and occupied a sum- mer home. During the past summer he put in a drive well and now has a flowing well which sends out a gallon of water every six seconds. The water is very palatable and has a tempera- ture of 46 degrees. —_—_+._ You can’t stretch your word far without breaking it. —_+--2>____ Happy is the man who can’t borrow trouble. Credit Expansion Probable Policy of Government The outstanding development of the week was the action of the Treasury Department in calling in approximately one-third of the Fourth Liberty 4%s. The significance of this action is that the Administration will apparently fol- low a sound money policy, temporarily at least. It indicates recognition of the fact that confidence in the money standards in the country is necessary before long term capital will be avail- able from private sources. Another important development was the rapid progress that is being made towards liquifying deposits of banks still closed. Although payment in cur- rency of 100 per cent. is not reasonable, a 50 per cent. payment or less would release an enormous amount of funds. It is believed that this action will be effected through the new central bank, which will be financed by the R. F. C. If investors will take stock in the present economic trend, they will find seven months have elapsed since ex- perimental economic measures were in- troduced. Also, remember that the backbone of sustained economic recon- struction must be based on widespread employment and the volume of pur- chasing power, that is in line with price levels. Many financial experts claim that the cost of living figures have risen 10 per cent. and production has in- creased 53 per cent. In this same pe- riod, wholesale commodity prices have advanced 40 per cent., which would lead one to believe that physical vol- ume of production has gone ahead too rapidly. This was undoubtedly due to speculative purchasing and replacement demand. Manufacturers bought raw materials and wholesalers and reailers filled their shelves. However, there still remain millions of people out of work who necessarily are confronted with the problem of increased living costs. In considering a problem in this light, one can understand the reasons for the Administration’s policy on the money standard. Therefore, the next step in the pro- gram probably is a policy of credit ex- pansion to provide money for capital goods production. Farmers will receive credit for curtailment of production, railroads will receive credit for pur- chases of new equipment, banks will receive new capital and the public works will undoubtedly be financed. Credit expansion, therefore, promises to increase faster than trade or indus- trial activity, which is a form of infla- tion and will lead towards strength in commodity prices and certain types of securities. J. H. Petter. —_++<-___ Tribute To the Family Cat He jumped up on my desk as I sit here trying to think of something more to record, He follows the course of my pencil with his: eyes as I write this. Now ‘he interrupts ithe pencil with his paw—he thinks I am writing just for his amusement rather than for the delectation of you readers. He weighs twelve poundis and is more ‘than twelve years old, I don’t know this: exact age, for he came full grown andi as a blow-in. I was proud that he selected me as his master and our home as his abode—took it as a compliment — and after some diligent effort to locate his owner, and hoping that I would not, I named him Ben- venuto, which jis the Italian for wel- come. Then, there was the great 16th century goldsmith anid swashbuckler, to whom King Francis I of France, his great art patron, al- Jenvenuto Cellini. ways referred as “My Benvenuto.” I thought by reason of his nature and sex that naming h’ny for this char- acter in ‘history with such a career might be fitting. He iis very beantiful-—a perfect piece of natural form anid! function architec- ture. His ancestors were natives of Malay and he has short hair of the color, texture and mark’ ngs of a chip- munk. He is like a child that always re- mans a ichild—never grows up. His favorite place is upon a very downy seat of a chair in the living room—it has been recovered miany times on h‘s account. Frequently he jumps up on the man- tel or book cases, weaving in and around many ornaments of value and hais never knocked over or broken one of them. Wihen mounts some high point in the room company comes he usually and poses in ‘the very poetry of chang- ing lines and never an movement or gesture. He has the best of table scraps and even special food ito his liking. He is contbed each day, an operation of ungraceful whitch the is very fond and upon which he insiistts. He has the run of the yard in good weather. He pursues field mice and sparrows. I never saw him with any song birds. Hunting is the sport of kings. He has never been punished nor had a cross word spoken to him save in jest—never did anythmg ‘to justify pun- ishment. He has never been trained to any movements or actions beyond his na- ture nor beneath his dignity—won’t even come when he’s called. If he is in sight when wanted, why, he just sits and looks at you like a Chinaman— knows all about you and you don’t know a tthing about him. He doesn’t have to obey any orders; he is economically indepenident—abso- lutely; for if necessary he can forage for his food and knows instinctively by reason of his good looks and man- ners that some other family will take him in if need be and treat him with all the care and consideration that we do. He has just as much sense as he needs—anid which is more than some of us human beings can say. He has no trouble about money; he is not obsessed with the mania of own- ing things; he worries not about the future of ‘his body nor this soul, nor is he concerned in the least mite about nights or duties or obligations of any sort. Olh, Lord, I am growing old and full of days. I have had many tribulations and I am sorely tried with the times. If there be reincarnation of the spirit after departing this life, cast mine, Oh Lord, to a creature like this with all his powers of endearment and ingra- ‘tiation. to the will of a kindly, indul- gent human master, that I may again live the quiet, peaceful, harmonious, contented life of My Benvenuto—my cat! Twenty-Three New Readers of the Tradesman The following new subscribers have been received during the past week: Thomas Graham, Grand Rapids Claude F. Babcock, Clio Julius Rose, Cho D, C. Kingsbury, Clio lloyd Roberts, Clio Eddington Lee, Bridgeport Art Goodknecht, Mt. Morris McCormick’s, Montrose Wm. E. Arnold, Birch Run Gerald Bos, Grand Rapids Wm. F. Paine, Tuscola Central Meat Market, Vassar Chas. C. Johnson, Vassar. Joseph Hein, Tonia C. E. Tennant, Caro J. J. Carpenter, Caro J. L. KRaufitnan. Caro G. N. Van Tine, Caro C. E. Patterson, Cass City M. D. Fart, Cass City Alex. Henry, Cass City John Fournier, Gagetown Adrian Nutt, Gagetown. ———_+-<-___ Sporting Goods Rise Sharply While sporting goods dealers antici- pate a larger volume of business next year because of added leisure for work- ers, they fear that the sharply in- creased prices may retard buying. This is particularly true of golf equipment. While a fair supply of cheap golf clubs will be carried over to the Spring, later in the year it will be difficult to obtain irons under $3 and woods under $5. Golf balls will be 15 to 20 per cent. higher. All leather bags have advanced sharply, the $5 wholesale ranges going up to $7.90. Different Types of Vinegar There are many kinds of vinegar, varying widely in desirability for dif- ferent purposes. Vinegars are classi- fied, the Department of Agriculture points out, as cider or apple vinegar; wine or grape vinegar, malt vine- gar, sugar vinegar, glucose or corn- sugar vinegar; spirit, distilled, grain, or white vinegar; and evaporated-apple or dried-apple vinegar. The sour taste of vinegar is due to the natural acetic acid devoloped dur- ing the fermentation process. —_>++—____ Leather Belting Call Steady A fair volume of orders for leather belting continues to appear, despite the higher prices which manufacturers are now quoting. Advances have been kept down as much as possible by producers in order to prevent a halt in the sale of goods, but sharply increased leather prices have forced substantial additions to previous lists. Most of the orders appearing are for replacement pur- poses, particularly in textile mills, but a slightly better call is developing from machinery manufacturers. ——_>-.___ Business is closely similar to a tri- motored airplane: One of the engines is advertising; another is personal salesmanship; and another is the mere motive force of primitive needs. When you kill the advertising engine, the business craft can neither speed nor climb..-Roger W. Babson. 18 DRUGS Michigan Board of Pharmacy President—Earl Durham, Corunna. Vice-Pres.—M. N. Henry, Lowell. Other members of the Board—Norman Weess, Evart; Frank T. Gillespie, St. Joseph; Victor C. Piaskowski, Detroit. Director—E. J. Parr, Lansing. Examination Sessions—Three sessions are held each year, one in Detroit, one in the Upper Peninsula and one at Ferris institute, Big Rapids. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. Officers elected at the Jackson Con- vention of the M. S. P. A. President—Duncan Weaver, Fennville. First Vice-President — Paul Gibson, Ann Arbor. Second Vice-President—J. E. Mahar, Pontiac. Treasurer—Wm. H. Johnson, Kalama- £00. Secretary—R. A. Turrel, Croswell. Executive Committee—A. A. Sprague, Ithaca; Leo J. LaCroix, Detroit; J. M. Ciechanowsky, Detroit; M. N. Henry, Lowell; Benj. Peck, Kalamazoo; J. E. Ma- har, Pontiac. Radical Changes in American Diet Predicted “Invention” in agriculture has been just as successful as it has been in in- dustry, and during the next 25 years it is probable that many radical changes will be made in the American diet be- cause of the development of new vari- eties of plants. This assertion is made by Dr. Wil- liam A. Taylor, Chief of the United States Bureau of Plant Industry. He points out that although industry and agricultural invention cannot be strict- ly compared because mechanical in- ventions are stable while a new plant variety may show considerable varia- tion, agriculture has made relatively great advances. Dr. Taylor says that the outlook for development of new plant species is more hopeful to-day than ever before because of these two factors. Twnty-five vears ago all the work of plant breeding was carried on by indi- viduals. To-day the Government is also engaged in scientific research in this field. Formerly there was no protection for the man developing a new plant. Now the plant patent law permits the grant- ing of patents for “new and distinct varieties of plants which have been asexually reproduced.” While the provision of the law does not cover reproduction by seed, thus excluding many major agricultural crops, it does cover fruits and several other plant products which are repro- duced asexually. The plant patent law has been in effect since May 23, 1930. Dr. Taylor says that this is too short a period to determine how effective it is going to be in encouraging breeders to originate nw: varieties. If the law is successful in bringing about greater commercial development of the classes of food products it now includes, there is the possibility it may be extended to cover plants reproduced by seed. This has been advocated and such a law could be administered, Dr. Taylor points out. Plant breeders are attempting to de- velop plants which will be immune from disease; which will possess large yielding properties and have other val- uable qualities. Resistance to cold, drought, heat, wind or soil conditions are other qualities which are being con- sidered in plant breeding experiments. Canneries have encouraged plant MICHIGAN breeding for the production of certain qualities in their product. Tomatoes have been developed with a certain texture, flavor and color for catsup. Similar results have been attained in developing strawberries for specific purposes. Before the passsage of the plant pat- ent law, discoverers of new plants were entirely without protection for their work. The originator of a new plant found his only hope of financial return through high prices for the short time after his discovery was introduced. One of the most important fields for research, says Dr. Taylor, is in the originating of species of plants which will be disease resistant. The phoney disease has threatened the peach supply of Georgia. Blight has killed out chestnuts in the East. The blister rust threatens the white- pine forests. Development of disease resistant va- rieties by the plant breeder offers one of the best means of combatting these diseases. Dr. Taylor points out many exam- ples could be submitted of the tremen- dous improvement in production of major agricultural crops which has been made possible through improve- ment of plant varieties. Hybrids pro- duced in corn-breeding experiments have yielded 20 to 40 per cent. more than the best of the ordinary varieties. Most agricultural crops have been im- proved through careful selection of seed stock. Most of the 73 patents which have been granted under the plant patent law have been for flowers and small fruits. Mrs. Elizabeth Waters Bur- bank, widow of Luther Burbank, was among the first to submit new varie- ties of plants for patents. Patents have been issued to her for three varieties peaches and_ several other new plants. Roses have predominated in the number of patents granted. More than 20 new varieties have been patented. Carnations, freesias and dahlias are other floral varieties on which patents have been issued. Secretary of the Interior Ickes holds a patent on a dahlia of a coral red color shading to Eugenia red towards the center. His patent is No. 19 and was granted July 19, 1932. Plums, peaches, cherries, strawber- ries, grapes, and the dewberry bram- ble, pecan, mushroom, and_ barberry are other types of which varieties have been patented. of plums, for The patent law provides for protec- tion against any propagation by graft- ing, budding, cutting and_ layering, which results in producing another plant similar to that from which the parts have been cut. —_~++ > First Aid For Poison Victim The symptoms of poisoning depend upon what poison has been. taken. Many poisons produce nausea, vomit- ing, purging, and collapse. Others bring on convulsions or spasms and a few cause the patient to become grad- ually unconscious without any other striking symptoms. In an endeavor to determine what poison has been taken, says the United States Public Health Service, if no in- formation can be obtained from the TRADESMAN patient, an examination of the sur- roundings may throw light on the case. An empty bottle may be discovered in the vicinity or some of the substance may have been spilled over the floor or the clothing. This may be smelled or otherwise examined. It may be as- certained that certain poisons were in the house and one of these poisons may show signs of having been re- cently opened or handled. Always smell the breath and exam- ine the mouth. The mouth may be stained or burned by certain chem- icals in a characteristic way, such as follows drinking carbolic acid or other strong acids. If a patient has taken a drug accidentally and if he is con- scious he will, of course, be willing to tell what drug it was. Remember that a skilled physician is usually able to decide from the symptoms what poison has been taken. Always send immediately for a doctor if poisoning is suspected but while you are waiting for a doctor to arrive ad- minister first-aid measures yourself. October 18, 19233 As temporary emergency measures before the doctor arrives the United States Public Health Service recom- mends: First: That you give the antidote if it is known and available. If you lack the proper antidote, white of eggs, milk, or strong tea may be admin- istered as they will do no harm and are somewhat antagonistic to a num- ber of poisons. Second: Get the poison out of the stomach as soon as possible. After ad- ministering the antidote the stomach should be emptied as quickly as possi- ble. The antidote is expected to com- bine with the poison and render it harmless but it may not be effective or the resulting mixture may be harm- ful if it is afterwards absorbed. To cause vomiting, tickle the back of the throat with the forefinger, or give an emetic. There are several general emetics that can be prepared quickly in almost any home. The first of these is the mustard emetic. One heaping teaspoon- NATIONAL CANDY CO., INC. PUTNAM’S Halloween Candies IT COSTS NO MORE TO GIVE YOUR CUSTOMERS THE BEST Order Through Your Jobber Today PUTNAM FACTORY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Grand Rapids HOLIDAY GOODS OUR 1933 DISPLAY Thousands of items sensibly priced in plain figures ready for your inspection. The Line contains plenty of new items, also all the leading staples. We are sell- ing considerable holiday goods every day. We expect to sell our share should freshen up your stock and sell your share—for every year some buy holiday gifts and if you don’t sell them— someone else will. This is your invitation to come look the line over. The selection is large and the prices are right. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. NOW READY and you also Michigan ad Sd October 18, 1933 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 ful of mustard mixed with a cupful of lukewarm water. Second, the salt emetic. One heaping teaspoonful of salt to a cupful of lukewarm water. Repeat the dose every 10 minutes until three or four tumblers have been swallowed if vomiting does not occur sooner. It is well to cause the patient to vomit several times and to have him drink freely of lukewarm water in the intervals. This process washing out the stomach. Third, the ipecac emetic. One or two teaspoonfuls of syrup of ipecac in a cupful of lukewarm water. Repeat the dose if necessary. There are a few poisons in which it it not wise to give an emetic. But in an emergency, in the absence of a doc- tor and without specific knowledge to the contrary, the general rule for giy- ing an emetic holds. No emetic should be given after the acid poisons, such as acetic acid, muri- atic acid, nitric acid, oxalic acid and sulphuric acid. If before the doctor arrives an anti- dote has been administered followed by an.emetic which has produced vom- iting, you should know that if the pulse becomes rapid and weak, hot coffee. one-half a teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia, should be given. If the patient is greatly weakened and prostrated, as he generally will be, hot- water bottles should be applied around the feet and the extremities and meas- ures taken to sustain ‘the strength. —_++.___ Change in Drug Act Held Detrimental Marshaling the arguments that will be used against revision of the Pure Food and Drugs act at the coming ses- ston of Congress, drug manufacturers declare that 53 per cent. of the whole- sale drug volume of the country is in proprietary or trade-marked items: that the proposed rewriting of the act will affect adversely these goods and that it will tend to reduce the tremen- does volume of advertising which the industry does. The advertising bill of the industry amounted to $345,000,000 in 1932, it was pointed out. In addition to reduc- ing this amount, the so-called Tugwell bills will hurt the raw materials mar- ket, the container and closure industry, railroad freight, real estate values and cause additional unemployment, drug producers charge. Of course, the main argument of the drug industry will be that the new bills prevent “self-medication” and destroy the personal and private rights guaran- teed by the Constitution, However, the effect on industry will also be stressed strongly. The drug trades also object to the measures on the ground that they establish complete bureaucratic control over the manufacture, sale and distri- bution of foods, drugs, medicine and cosmetics, and transfer the regulation of advertising from one forum to an- other, thereby effecting more drastic control and the probability of multiple seizures. assists in It was also declared that under exist- ing laws the public is fully protected from impure foods and drugs in a three- fold manner, namely: by the right of the drug administration to prosecute the manufacturer; by denying use of the mails through the postal laws and by prosecution under the Federal Trade Act. While the drug trades feel that some sort of revision of the existing statutes is inevitable, they are anxious to keep them within certain bounds, which, they feel, will not seriously affect the industry. — +> >___ More Photoelectrics In spite of the widespread publicity which has been given to the many ac- complishments of the electric eve and related devices, each new list of them contains many interesting items. Here, for instance, are some (and only some) of the uses which are listed in a recent catalogue of the photoelectric relays produced by one manufacturing com- pany. Some of this company’s photo- electric relays are used to control steam valves in removing scale from steel ingots, power and pressure in chain-welding machines, an automatic machine for making cotton bags, spray guns which prime lumber, a machine for grading ball bearing according to size, and automatic weighing processes for commodities as far apart as cement and baking powder. Others are used to synchronize a pair of conveyors, and still others to stop a conveyor when a jam occurs. Even more picturesque is the use of the photoelectric relay to indicate the lineup on a drawbridge, to regulate the fluid level in an oil tank, to inspect storage battery caps for vent holes, to reject defective drv cells. Other accomplishments of this new watchman are to indicate when the ore or coal in a bin thas reached the desired level, to sound the alarm when a filter in a sugar refinery fails, and to give word when a skip hoist travels too far. Another recently announced applica- tion is the use of the electric eye to shut off a testing machine when an item being tested for fatigue finally breaks. ——_2+~-.___ Sales of Food Products Monthly sales of food products are to be reported by the Bureau of For- eign and Domestic Commerce. Dr. Willard L. Thorp, Director, has under- taken to set up monthly indexes of sales volume in important fields of re- tail trade. In announcing the project, the De- partment of Commerce stated Oct. 4 that it was initiated at the request of the Executive Council and the Central Statistical Board. The Department pointed out that it is expected the new indexes will serve as helpful guides to changing trends in the movement of consumer goods, indicating from month to month the effect of varying economic policies and practices. An attempt will be made to prepare the indexes so that they will represent sales in small towns, country and city districts. In the establishment of trade figures the co-operation of representa- tive firms and organizations has been obtained. ——__»+>____- A monologue is a conversation be- tween an insurance salesman and a prospect. —_»+>—__ If you have half an hour to spare, don’t with someone who hasn't. spend it WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue. ACID Acetic, No. 8, lb. 06 @ 10 Boric, Powd.. or wa ih 08%@ 20 Carbolic,Xtal, lb. 386 @ 43 Citrie Ib 385 @ 45 Muriatic, Com’1., Ie 084%@ 10 Nitgic, Ib. bis @ 15 Oxalic, Ps @ 25 Sulphuric, 1b O40 10 Waptaric, Ib... 35 @ 46 ALCOHOL Denatured, No. . ea @ 55 Grain, gal.._____ 2 00@5 00 Wood, gab 50 @ 60 ALUM-POTASH. USP Bump, 1b. 05 @ 13 Powd. or Gra.,lb. 054%4@ 13 AMMONIA Concentrated, lb. 06 @ 18 oe ee 054%@ 13 oc, th 05%@ 13 Carbonate. Ib. 20 @ 25 Muriate. Li, Ib. 18 @ 30 Muriate, Gra., lb. 08 @ 18 Muriate, Po., lb.. 20 @ 30 ARSENIC Pound 07 @ 20 ALSAMS Copaiba, a as 60@1 40 Fir, Cana., lb._._ 2 00@2 40 Fir, Oreg., lb.... 50w1 00 Per 1b) 1 70@2 20 Tolu, lb. 1 50@1 80 BARKS Cassia Ordinary, Ib.__ @ 30 Ordin., Po., lb. 25 @ 35 Saigon, Ib.____ @ 40 Saigon, Po., Ib. 50 @ 60 Bim I 40 @ 950 Elm, Powd., lb.. 38 @ 45 Elm, G’d, Ib ee 88 @ 45 Sassafras (P’d lb. 45) @ 35 Soaptree cut, lb. 20 Ww 30 Soaptree, po., lb. 35 @ 40 BERRIES Cubeh, ib, vd Cubeb, po., Ib.__ @ 75 Juniper, 1lb.__.__ 10 20 BLUE VITRIOL Pound — G @ 15 BORAX P’d or Xtal, Ib. 06 @ 13 BRIMSTONE Pound | | 04 @ 10 one Pound 2. @ 5 CANTHARIDES Russian, Powd. _ @3 50 Chinese, Powd._ @2 00 CHALK Crayons, White, dozen__ @3 60 Dustless, doz._ @6 00 French Powder, Coml., tb. _ 034%@ 10 Precipitated, lb. 12 @ 15 Prepared, 1b 14 @ 16 White, lump, lb. 03 @ 10 CAPSICUM Pods, Ib. 60 @ 70 Powder, ib. _____ 62 @ a CL OVES Whole, Ib._______ 30 @ 40 Powdered, Ib... 35 @ 45 COCAINE @unce 12 68@14 85 on Stal 1b 03%@ 10 Pasiens lb.--. 04 @ 15 CREAM TARTAR Goeund 2 23 @ 36 Se Tree aen Pound. @ 50 geeeauie Yellow Corn, Ib. 064%@ 15 White apa Ib.. 07 @ 15 XTRACT Witch Habel Yel- low Lab. gal. = 99 @1 82 Licorice, P'd, lb. 50 @ 60 FLOWER Arnica. Ib. 50 @ 55 Chamomile. German, Ib.-.. 35 @ 45 Roman, Ib.____ @ 390 Saffron. American, 1b..50 @ 55 Spanish, ozs.__ @1 65 FORMALDEHYDE, BULK OUndG .2 20 FULLER’S EARTH Powder, lb._____ 05 @ 10 LATIN Pound 55 @ 65 GLUE Brok., Bro., lb... 20 @ 30 Gro’d, Dark, lb..16 @ 22 Whi. Flake, lb._. 274%@ 35 White G’d., lb.-. 25 @ 35 se AXX light, : ee ee 4 Rinbon Se 424%@ 50 GLYCERINE Pound 2... 1444%@ 35 GUM Aloes. Barbadoes, so called,lb.gourds @ 60 Powd.. Ib. 95 @ «45 Aloes, Socotrine. Ip @ —POwWd.. i. | @ 80 Arabic, first, l]b._ @ 40 Arabic, see., Ib._ @ 3 Arabic, sorts, Ib 15 @ 425 Arabic. Gran., lb. @ 35 Arabic, P’d, ‘lb. 25 @ 35 Asafoetida, lb. _ 47@ 50 Asafoetida, Po., lb. 75@ 82 Guaise Ip |. @ 70 Guaiac, powd. __ @ &G ising, Ib 2). @ 90 Kino, powd., Ib._ @1 00 Mourrh. Ib. 2. @ 60 Myrrh Pow.. lb. @ & Shellac, Orange, be 224%@ 3 Ground, 1b.____ 22%@ 30 Shellac, white. (bone dr’d) Ib. 35 @ 45 Tragacanth, No. 1, bbls 1 60@2 00 No. 2, Ibs. 1 50@1 75 FOW, Wee 2. 1 25@1 50 HONEY Pound 25 @ 40 HOP 4s Loose, Pressed 1, @1 25 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ao Sross___25 00@27 00 2 1b., gross____15 00@16 00 14 Ib.., SrOSsS____10 00@10 50 INEIGO Madras, Ib.______ 2 00@2 25 INSECT POWDER Pure Wh @ 4] LEAD ACETATE Mtal Ib li @ 25 Powd. & Gran._ 25 @ 35 LICORICE Extracts, sticks, per box. __ 150 @2z 00 Lozenges, 1b... 40 @ 50 Wafers, (24s) box @1 50 LEAVES Buchu, lb., short @ 60 Buchu, Ib. long_ @ Buchu, P’d., Ib. — @ 70 Sage, bulk, Th. 26 ¢ 30 Sage, loose | pressed 4s, lb. @ 40 Sage, aaneca 2 @ 85 Sage, P’d & Grd. @ 35 Senna, Alexandria, Ib. 35 @ 40 Tinnevella, lb._ 20 @ 30 Powd. Ip. 2 @ 25 Uva Ursi, lb. ___ @ 31 Uva Ursi, P’d, lb. @ 45 LIME Chloride, med., dz. @ 85 Chloride. large, dz. @1 45 LYCOPODIUM Pound 2-50 45 @ 60 MAGNESIA Carb., %s, Ib.__. @ 30 Carb., 1/16s, 1b. @ 32 Carb., P’wd., lb. 15 @ 25 Oxide, Hea., 1b._ @ 75 Oxide, light, Ib... @ 175 MENTHOL Pound == ig 80@5 20 MERCURY Found 1 25@1 35 MORPHINE Ouneeg @11 80 2 @13 96 MUSTARD Bulk, Powd.. select, te 45 @ 50 No, 1 hs 25 @ 35 NAPHTHALINE Balls ib oo @ 2 Kiake, Ibo | 0 @ 12 NUTMEG Found @ 40 Powdered, lb.___ @ 50 NUX VOMICA Found 2 @ 25 Powdered, lb.___ 15 @ 2% OIL ESSENTIAL Almond, Bit., true, ozs. @ 50 Bit., art... ozs._ @ 30 Sweet, true, lb. 1 25@1 80 Sw’t, art., Ibs. 1 00@1 25 Amber, crude, lb. 71@1 40 Amber, rect., lb. 1 30@2 00 Anise: Ib. | 1 00@1 60 Bay i 4 00@4 25 Bergamot Ilb.___ 3 00@3 60 Cajeput, The 1 50@2 00 Caraway S’d, ib. 2 80@3 40 Cassia, USP, Ib.. 2 10@2 60 Cedar Leaf, 1b... 1 50@2 00 Cedar Leaf, Com, Ib. 1 00@1 25 Citronella, lb... 1 05@1 40 Cloves Ib. 1 75@2 25 Croton, Ibs.-____ 4 00@4 60 Cubeb, 1b... 4 25@4 80 Brigeron. 1b.____ 2 70@3 35 Eucalytus, Ib.___ 95@1 60 Beppe 2 25@2 60 Hemlock, Pu., lb. 1 55@2 20 Heml’k Com., lb. 1 00@1 25 Juniper Ber., lb. 3 00@3 20 Junip’r W’d, lb._ 1 50@1 75 Lav. Flow., lb. 3 50@4 00 Lav. Gard., Ib... 1 25@1 50 Lemon, Ibi. 1 75@2 25 Mustard, true, ozs. @1 50 Mustard art., ozs. @ 35 Orange, Sw., lb._ 3 00@3 25 Origanum, art, Ie 1 00@1 20 Pennyroyal, lb.__ 2 75@3 20 Peppermint, Ib._ 4 75@5 40 ROSE, Go @2 50 Rose, Geran., ozs. 50@ 95 Rosemary Flowers, lb.___ 1 00@1 50 Sandalwood. EE he 8 00@8 60 WE ib 4 50@4 75 Sassafras, true, Ih 1 60@2 20 Syn Ib 85@1 40 Spearmint, lb.___ 2 00@2 40 Pansy Ib. 50@4 00 Thyme, Red, lb._ 1 50@2 00 Thyme, Whi., Ib. 1 75@2 40 Wintergreen Heat true, Ib._ 5 40@6 00 Birch, bh 3 50@4 00 SVE 75@1 20 Wormseed, Ib. __ 3 50@4 00 Ww ormwood, Ib. ~ 4 50@5 00 OILS HEAVY Castor, gal._____ Pp 35 Cocoanut. lb. 1,@ 35 Coad Liver, Nor- wegian, gal _ ~ 1 10@1 50 Cot. Seed, gal._ 85@1 00 Lard, ex., gal.__ 1 dd@1 65 Lard No. 1, gal. 1 25@1 40 Linseed, raw, gal. = 97 Linseed, boil., ay 5@1 00 Neatsfoot, extra, gal ee 80@1 00 Olive, | Malaga, gal. __ 2 50@3 00 Pure, gal._____ 3 00@5 00 Sperm, gal. 1 25@1 50 Tanner, Gab 75@ 90 Yar fab 50@ 65 Whale, gal. _____ @2 00 OPIUM Gum, ozs., $1.40; 1h 17 50@20 00 Powder, ozs., $1.40 |e eee 17 50@20 00 Gran., ozs., $1.40; 1) 17 50@20 00 PARAFFINE Pound: 4 064%@ 15 EPPER Black gra, th —. 46 @ 35 Red, erd.. tb. _ 45 @ 55 White pg Ib. 40 @ 45 PITCH BURGUNDY Pound (0 20 25 PETROLATUM Amber, Plain,lb. 12 @ 17 Amber, Carb.,lb. 14 @ 19 Cream Whi., lb. 17 @ 22 Lily White, ib._ - 20 @ = Snow White, Ib._ - 22 @ PLASTER PARIS DENT’ L Barrels @5 75 Eess Ip 03%@ 08 POTASSA Caustic, st’ks,lb. 55 @ 88 Eiquer ih @ 40 aoe Acetate ib. @ $6 Bicarbonate, Ib... 30 @ 35 Bichromate, Ibh_ 15 @ 35 Bromide, lb. ---. 66 @ 98 Carbonate, Ib... 30 @ 35 Chlorate, Atak Ib « @ 24 Powd., Ih. li @ 33 Gran. ib ua @ 4 lodidg Ib. (5 2 56@2 = Permanganate, Ib. 22%4@3 Prussiate, ee 80 @ 90 Yellow, 1b. 50 @ 60 QUASSIA CHIPS Found). 25 @ 30 Pow. Do 35 @ 40 : QUININE ) OZ. Cans, ozs.__ @ 71 SAL Epsom, Ib __ 03%@ 10 Glaubers, Lump, ib. 10 Gran, ib 03% 10 Nitre, Xtal or Powd._ 10 @ 16 Gran., Ib 09 g 16 Rochelle, ] 1) Jaa 17 30 Soda ib 0: 02% 08 aa SODA OS 03 10 Bicarbonate lb._ 03%0 10 Caustic, Co’l,, lb. 08 @ 15 Hyposulphite, Ib. 05 10 Phosphate, Ib.__ 23 28 Sulphite, Mab. Wh. 12 Dry, 'Powd., lb. wos 20 Silicate, Sol., gal. 40 @ 50 TURPENTINE Gallons ST @ 7 20 MICHIGAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT The following list of foods and grocer’s sundries is listed upon base prices, nox intended as a guide for the buyer. Each week we list items advancing and declining upon the market. By comparing the base price on these items with the base price the week before, it shows the cash advance or decline in the mar- ket. This permits the merchant to take advantage of market advances, upon items thus affected, that he has in stock. By so doing he will save much each year. The Michigan Tradesman is read over a broad territory, therefore it would be impossible for it to quote prices to act as a buying guide for everyone. A careful merchant watches the market and takes advantage from it. ADVANCED | DECLINED Hart Crosby Corn Evaporated Apricots Raisins Catsup AMMONIA BREAKFAST FOODS Pears Pride of Mich. No. 2% 2 25 Parsons 3207 3 35 Kellogg’s Brands Farsons, 100z. 270 Corn Flakes, No. 136 __ 2 85 Black Raspberries Parsons, 607. 20 Corn #dakes, No. 124 285 No 2 2 60 latte Bo Peep, med... 1 35 +tep, No. 224 _ 215 Pride of Mich. No. 2__ 1 60 Little Bo Peep, ige.__. 2% fep No. 250 _ 1 05 ; Ouaker, 32 oz._..___ 210 kKrumbles, No. 412____ 1 4¢ Red Raspberries Bran Wiakes) No 624.196 No.2? = s 25 bran sales, No. 650 Sb Not 1 25 Rice Krispies, 6 oz.____ 225 Marcellus, No. 2... __ 1 70 Rice Krispies, 1 0z.____ 1 10 APPLE BUTTER All Bran, 1607.2. 23 Strawberries All Bran. 1902. eae Me 2 3 00 Twin Lake, 12-31 oz., All Bran, -% oz. _______ A Roe 1 20 foz SE 170 Kaffe Hag, 6 1-lb. Marcellus, No. 2... __ 1 45 Cans 2 51 Whole Wheat Fla. 24s 1 84 Whole Wheat Bis., 24s 2 30 BAKING POWDERS Post Brands CANNED FISH Grapenut Flakes, 24s__ 2 60 noyval, 2 oz., doz... __ $0 Grape-Nuts, 24s_____. 3 90 Clam Ch'der, 10% o0z._ 1 35 Roval, 6 oz., doz... 200 Grape-Nuts, 50s... 50 Clam Chowder, No. 2__ 2 75 Royal. 12 oz, doz..... 3 85 Instant Postum, No. 8 4 40 Clams, Steamed No, 1 2 75 Royal, 5 Ibs., doz.____ 20 00 Instant Postum, No. 10 4 450 Clams, Minced, No. % Dray 255 1G is HO D2 2 10 0z., 4doz.in case__ 3 40 150z. 4doz.in case__ 5 00 25 0z., 4doz.in case__ 8 10 50 0z., 2doz.in case__ 7 00 5 lb., 1doz.in case__- 6 00 10 lb., 4% doz. in case__ 5 75 BLEACHER CLEANSER Clorox, 16 0z., 24s __--- 3 25 Clorox, 22 0z., 12s _____ 3 09 Lizzie, 16 oz., 12s_____ 2 15 BLUING Am. Ball, 36-1 0z., cart. 1 90 Boy Blue, 18s, per cs. 1 35 BEANS and PEAS 100 Ib. bag Dry Lima Beans,100 Ib. 7 50 White H’d P. Beans__ 3 60 Split Peas, yell., 60 Ib. 3 90 Split Peas, gr’n, 60 Ib. 5 30 Scotch Peas, 100 1b.--_ 7 30 BURNERS Queen Ann, No.1 _____ 1 15 Queen Ann, No. 2 _____ 1 25 White Flame, No. 1 non 2 abe... 2 25 BOTTLE CAPS Dbl. Lacquor, 1 gross : pkg., per gross________ 15 e Postum Cereal, Ne 0_ Post Toasties, 36s Post Toasties, 24s Post Bran. PBF 24 Post Bran PBF 36 ___ Sanka 6-119 2 31 Co NO Oo ee Nw 7 gt Amsterdam Brands Gold Bond Par., No.5% 7 50 Prize, Parlor, No. 6___ 8 00 White Swan Par., No.6 8 50 BROOMS Quaker, 5 sewed______ 6 75 Warehouse _.__. 6 25 SOBR 3 65 Winner, 5 sewed______ 5 50 Whisk, No. 2... 2 25 BRUSHES Scrub solid Back, $in. 1 50 solid Back tin. 1 75 Pointed Ends ____.____ 1 25 Stove Per 1 86 No. 5000 2 00 Peemess 2 2 60 Shoe we 80 2 25 NO 20 oes 3 60 BUTTER COLOR Dandelion _... 2 85 CANDLES Electrie Light, 40 Ibs._ 12.1 Plumber, 40 Ibs._______ 12.8 Paraffine, 6s _.____ ss 14% Paraffine,i2s __. 14% Wicking 40 Tudor, 6s, per box____ 30 CANNED FRUITS Hart Brand Apples NO 100 5 00 Blackberries Pride of Michigan_____ 2 55 Cherries Mich. red, No. 10_____ 6 25 Pride of Mich., No. 2__ 2 60 Marcellus Red___-_____ 2 10 special Pie = i 35 Whole White__________ 2 8@ Gooseberries we: 10000 Finnan Haddie, 10 oz._ Clam Bouillon, 7 oz.__ Chicken Haddie, No. 1 Fish Flakes, small____ Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz. bs het het et DO DD OO hh bo INS w oO Cove Oysters, 5 oz.___ 35 Lobster, No. 4 99 Shrimp, 1. wet... 1 50 Sard's, 4 Oil, k’less__ 3 35 Salmon, Red Alaska___ Salmon, Med. Alaska__ Salmon, Pink, Alaska_ 1 50 Sardines,Im. 4, ea.__6@11 Sardines, Cal. 00 Tuna, % Van Camps, doz. 3 Sardines. %4 Oil, k’less 3 35 o 1 _ Geom 2 1 35 Tuna, 1s, Van Camps, doz. Yuna, 4s, Chicken Sea, non 1 85 CANNED MEAT Bacon, med., Beechnut bacon, lge., Beechnut_ Beef, lge., Beechnut___ Beef, med., Beechnut _ Beef, No.1, Corned ___ Beef, No.1, Roast _— | bo e et pte bo co DO to « or Beef, 21% oz., Qua., Sli. 40 Corn Beef Hash, doz. 1 &5 Be>fsteak & Onions, s. 2 70 Chiii Con Car., 1s_____ 05 Deviled Ham, 4s _____ 90 Deviled Ham, %s _____ 1 35 Potted Meat, %4 Libby 48 Potted Meat, % Libby_ 75 Potted Meat, % Qua.____ 70 Potted Ham, Gen. %4__ 1 35 Vienna Saus. No. %_-_ 90 Vienna Sausage, Qua... &5 Baked Beans Campbells 4&5 2 60 CANNED VEGETABLES Hart Brand Asparagus Natural. No 2 3 90 Tips & Cuts, No. 2____-2 25 Tips & Cuts, 8 o0z._____ 1 35 Baked Beans 1 lb. Sace, 36s, es._____ 1 No. 2% Size, doz._____ 1 05 No. 10 Sauce 4 Lima Beans Little Quaker, No. 10__ 8 25 Pride of Mich. No. 2_. 1 35 Marcellus, No. 10_____ 6 50 _ a o TRADESMAN Red Kidney Beans Pt 4 00 MO 90 String Beans Choice, Whole, No. 2__ 1 60 Mt NO. 80 7 25 Cut, No. 2 l’ride of Michigan_____ 115 Marcellus Cut, No. 10_ 6 00 Wax Beans Choice, Whole, No. 2__ 1 60 Cur No, 10 7 25 nt, MO 2 1 35 Pride of Mich., No. 2__ 1 15 Marcellus Cut, No. 10_ 5 50 Beets Extra Small, No. 2____ 2 00 Fancy Smail, No. 2___ 1 75 Pride of Mich., No. 2% 1 35 Hart Cut, No. 10 | 4 00 Hart Cut No.8 85 Marcel. Whole, No. 2% 1 35 Hart Diced, No. 2____ 90 Carrots cea Noe 2 95 Diced, No. 10 ee ep Corn Golden Ban., No.2 ___ 1 35 Golden Ban., No. 10 __10 00 Little Quaker, No, 1_. 9 Country Gen., No. 2___ 1 20 Marcellus, No, 2... 1 10 Fancy Brosby, No. 2__ 1 35 Fancy Crosby, No. 10 _ 6 du Whole Grain, 6 Ban- fam No 2 1 45 Peas iattle Dot, No. 2... Sifted E. June, No.10 _ Sifted E. June, No.2 __ Marcel., Sw. W No. 2_ Marcel., E. June, No. 2 Marcel., E. Ju., No. 10 “Te bee et tc bo ~ or Pumpki. VO. 10 20 4 75 IO; Pe 1.25 NO 9214 Sauerkraut O10) 4 25 MO Ae MO Spinach No 2% 2 25 NO 2) 1 8 Squash Boston, NGO. 3.0... 1 35 Succotash Golden Bantam, No. 2_ 1 75 Hart, No. 2.0 1 55 Pride of Michigan_____ 1 15 Tomatoes NO 10) 5 25 NO fie oo 1 $0 NO? 1 40 Pride of Mich., No. 2% 1 35 Pride of Mich., No. 2__ 1 10 Tomato Jutce Bort, No 1 aaa i sate natin ve siete: CATSUP Little Sport, 14 oz., BOCer os 1 23 Sniders, 8 oz._____doz. 1 20 Sniders, 14 oz._____ doz. 1 83 Quaker, 8 oz. .__doz. 1 12 Quaker, 14 o0z.__-- doz. 1 35 CHILI SAUCE Siders, S07 2. 1 65 Dniders, 34:07. 2 25 OYSTER COCKTAIL PPMmers: 1) ov. 2 00 CHEESE Roguctore 72 Wisconsin Daisy _____ 1442 Wisconsin Twin _.._____ 14 New York June... 24 eats ARO 44 Brick oe 18 Michigan Plats 0 13 Michigan Daisies_______ 13 Wiscousin Longnorn____ 14 Imported Leyden______. -~ 29 1 ib. Limberger. 22 Imported Swiss ________ 25 Kraft, Pimento Loaf____ 23 Kraft. American Loaf -__ 21 Kraft, Brick Loaf_______ at Kraft, Swiss Loaf______ 2] Kraft, Ola End. oat... 3? Kraft. Pimento, % Ib._ 1 60 Kraft, American, % lb. 1 30 Wraft, Brick, 46 ib... a 3 Kraft, Limbur., % Ib._ 1 3¢ CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack ______ tH Adams Dentyne ________ 65 Beeman’'s Pepsin Lo 65 Beechnut Pappermint___ 65 Doublemint Peppermint, Spearmint, Wrigleys__ 65 Wrigleys_._ 65 sucy Writ 65 Wriegley's P-Ko 65 Peabeyy oo 65 CHOCOLATE Paker, Prem., 6 lb. %_ 2 50 Baker, Pre., 6 lb. 2 oz. 2 60 CIGARS Hemt. Champions____ 40 00 Webster Plazas 76 00 Webster Golden Wed. 76 00 Mebsteretie; 38 50 Cintes 26 38 50 Garcia Grand Babies_ 40 00 Bradstreets __.______ 38 50 Olins 40 00 K G Dun Boguet____ 75 00 Perfect Garcia Subl._ 95 00 Budwiser 20 Hampton Arms Jun’r 33 00 Rancho Corono_______ 31 50 Kenwav CLOTHES LINE Riverside, 50 ft._______ 2 20 Cupples Cord. 2 96 COFFEE ROASTED Lee & Cady 1 Ib. Package Arrow Brand .. 21% Boston Breakfast_____ 23% Breakfas. Cup _______ 21% Competition 2 16 Dee 19% Majestic: 2 2944 Morton House. 31 Nearow 2 2645 Quaker, in Cartons____ 21% é McLaughlin’s Kept-+Fresh Coffee Extracts M. Y.. per 100... 12 Frank’s 50 pkgs._____ 4 25 Hummel’s 50, 1 Ib.____ 10% CONDENSED MILK Eagle, 2 oz., per case__ 4 60 October 18, 1933 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Pure Sugar Sticks-600c Big Stick, 28 lb. case__ Horehound Stick, 120s Mixed Candy Kindergarten beager ooo French Creams_______ Faris Creams. | JUGer Fancy Mixture Fancy Chocolate 5 lb. boxes Bittersweets, Ass’ted_ Nibble Sticks 9. Chocolate Nut Rolls__ bees Vernon oo: Goiden Wlondikes_____ Gum Drops Cus. s Jey Sttinegs Tip Top Jellies. TARE e mBCest Lozenges Pails A. A. Pep. Lozenges ____ A. A. Pink Lozenges ____ A. A. Choc. Lozenges ___ MOtto Tlearts 00. Malted Milk Lozenges___ Hard Goods Pails Lemon Drops | O. F. Horehound Drops_ Anise Squares Peanut Sduares 9... Cough Drops Bxs. Smith Bros. 1 45 Luger's (20 1 id Vicks) 40/lue. 2 30 Specialties 1talian Bon Bons_______ Banquet Cream Mints__ Hianay Packages, 12-10c SO COUPON BOOKS 00 Iconomic grade__ 2 30 1u0 Keonomie grade__ 4 50 500 Economic grade__20 wu 10v0 Economie grade__3. ju Where 1,0u0 books are Ordered at a time, speciai- ly printed front cover is furnished without charge. CRACKERS Hekman Biscuit Company Saltine Soda Crackers, bulk 14 Saltine Soda Crackers, 1 ib. pkes.. 1 86 Saltine Soda Crackers, 2 D. pkep 3 26 Saltine Soda Crackers, 0% OZ. pape 7: 1 60 Butter Crackers, bulk 13 Butter Crackers, 1 lb._ 1 72 Butter Crackers, 2 Ib._ 3 12 Graham Crackers, bulk 14 Graham (ss 1. 3p... 1 90 Graham C’s, 2 }b._____ 3 36 Graham C’s, 6% oz.___ 1 00 Oyster C’s, shell, bulk_ 16 Junior Oyster C’s, bik. Oyster C’s, shell, 1 Ib._ 1 84 oo CREAM OF TARTAR S ib boxes 42 ORIED FRUITS Apples N. ¥. fey., 50 1b. box. 13 N. Y. Fey., 14 0z, pkg. __ i6 Apricots Evaporated, Choice _ Evaporated, Ex.Choice 15 PAnGy ey es 16% Ex. Fancy Moorpack__ Citron 20 1b, box 24 ~~ “f= October 18, 1933 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 Currants MARGARINE FRESH MEATS HERRING SOAP TEA Packages, 11 oz._.--___- 14 Am. Family, 100 box__ 5 60 Ja Wilson & Co.’s Brands Beef Holland Herring Crystal White, 100-. 350 peagi _ 18 Oleo Top Steers & Heif._____ 10 Mise Wess 2 0 8 BOB Gos 2 35 Ch. oo aaaess TOG ee 08 Good Steers & Heif.____ v9 Mixed, half bbls.__--_-_- Fels Naptha, 100 box__ 5 00 wanes Lae occas Dates Special Kos 11 Med. Steers & Heif.____- 03 Wied, Dbis 2 Flake White, 10 box__ 2 85 No 7 ae aa vU od Imperial, 12s, pitted__ 1 90 Com, Steers & Heif. ____ 07 Milkers, kegs ___ —. 99 Jap Rose, 160 hex. __ 7 7° Cees stra 7 Imperial, 12s, regular. 1 60 Milkers, half bbls._______ Fairy, 100 box. BG ee i Milkens pbhis, et Palm Olive, 144 box___ 8 00 ences Gunpowder a va, 50 So 2 25 2 See ee te | Diamond No.5 144.0615 Top 10 Pummo Bo box 4 85 Fancy ----------___-___- AN Figs mearehnheht, 144 box. 615 Good .. = 08 Lake Herring Sweetheart, 100 box 5 70 @alif,, 24-83, case 9.170 Swan 144.0 5 20 Medium ______ ee O06 4 bbL, 100 Ibe. Grandpa Tar, 50 sm... 2 10 Ceylon Diamond. No, 0_______ 4 90 Grandpa Tar, 50 lge.__ 3 50 Pekoe, medium -________ 1: oe ao : aoe Soap, 50, 10c__ 2 15 ckere iliams 5 i Peaches spring (bambi 13 Tubs, 60 Count, fy. fat 6 00 Williams Barber Hat, de z pee eee Evap. Choice --______- Safety Matches Gee di Pails, 10 lb. Fancy fat 150 Lux Toilet, 50... __ 315 Congou, choice Nancy 2) ned Top, 5 gross case. 5 46 Medium _. 10 Congou, fancy Signal Edpht 5 ero.es 5 25 Poor 2 i oF Seed lL letrtsti—“(<‘CSOCOSOOSCtistsisisisi‘(C‘“‘“(“<‘<“RCCSCSSCS?C White Fish SPICE Med, Fancy, 100 Ib... 13 00 Wie Ctece Medi siszeee Peel Mutton Milkers, bbls, 18 50 Allspice Jamaica @24 Medium ------__._______ 39 Lemon, Dromdary, MUELLER’S nROnUC TS Good 200 04% KK K K Norway__. 19 50 Cloves, Zanzibar. @36 Choice. 29 fe oe 110 Macaroni,9oz. 0 een. 03 10 pee 140 Cassa Ganian @24 Faney ------------------ < Orange, Dromdary, Spaghetti, 9 OZ 2 EQ Poor 200 02 Gut Bunen 2 150 Cassia, 5c pkg., doz... @40 #0Z,, dozen! so 1 10 a Macaroni, 9 oz._ 2 10 Boned, 10 lb. boxes___ 16 Ginger, Africa. __ @19 Citron, Dromdary, Egg Noodles, 6 oz. ____ 2 10 Mixed No 7.00 095) @30 TWINE 4 oz, dozen! 22 110 Egg Vermicelli, 6 oz.__ 2 10 Pork Mixed, 10¢ pkgs., doz.. @65 Cotton, 3 ply cone 35 Egg Alphabets, 6 oz... 210 Loin, med. ______.___ 14 ‘Tutmegs, 70@90 @50 Cotton, 3 ply balls _. 35 re Spaghetti, 24c, rade ee 11 SHOE oe Jutinegs, 105-110 _____ @48 ee 12 02g 220 Shoviders 20 8 2 in 1, Paste, doz. 30 -epr mek 0 a2? Raisins Sparemibs 2200 5. . E. Z. Combination, dz. 1 eb epper. Riaek ___-""—" os Seeded, bulk_ 61% Neck bones___________ U3 Dri-Weot, doz. 2 00 . VINEGAR Thompson’s S dless blk, 6% Trimmings: 07% Bixbys, doz... 1 30 Pure Ground in Bulk F. 0. B, Grand Rapids Quaker s'dless blk.____ NUTS Shingle, doz. go Allspice, Jamaica_____ @17 Cider, 40 grain__________ 15 is og eae Whole Cloves, Zanzbar______ @30 White Wine, 40 grain__ 20 Quaker Seeded, 15 oz.__ 714 Almonds, Peerless ____ 15% -assia, Canton________ @22 White Wine, 80 grain__ 25 Brag, large 12% Ginger, Corkin________ @20 Fancy Mixed__________ 114 PROVISIUwS STOVE POLISH Med @22 California Prunes Filberts, Naples ______ 13 Blackne, per doz._____ ia “Mace Penang @65 WICKING Y)@ 100, 25 lb. boxes __@ Peanuts, Vir. Roasted. 6% Barreled Pork Black Silk Liquid, doz. 130 Pepper, Black_________ @22 No. 9, per gross ( 80@ 90, 25 lb. boxes __@ Peanuts, Jumbo ______ 7m Clear Back_._16 00@1y 00 Black Silk Paste. doz. 125 Nutmegs @6 Nii. ” 10@ 80, 25 1b. boxes _-@07% Pecans, 3, star __________ 2 Short Cut, Clear 12 00 Einameline Paste, doz. 1 30 Pepper, White . @26 No.2 per ~— ee : an 60@ 70, 251b. boxes.__@08 Pecans, Jumbo ___._.._. 40 Enameline Liquid, doz. 1 30 Pepper, Cayenne ____- G4 Naasace — 7 1 & 50@ 60, 25 lb. boxes __.@ Pecans, Mammoth _____- 50 E. Z. Liquid, per dez..1 30 °aprika, Spanish _____ @39 Peerless Balls, er doz. ‘2 40@ 50, 25 ib. boxes _.@094% Walnuts, Cal.________ 13@21 Dry Salt Meats Radium, per doz.______ 13 Rochester, No. . a ae = ou@ 40. 2o 1b. boxes _(@10% Hickory == 07 DS Belles__18-29@18-10-09 Rising Sun, per doz.___ 1 30 Seasonin Rochester, Na. 3) aly 9 yo 30@ 30, 25 1b. boxes __@13 654 Stove EB namel, dz._ ; 80 Chili Powd ii . ss Rayo, per doz._. oF ws I8w 24, 25 lb. boxes _.@14% Vuleanol, No. 10, doz... 1 30 Celery Salt. 11 7 6 ON oe te Salted Peanuts Lard StOvell, per doz. 300 Sage. 2 pe fa O2.-—__ #0 Haney: No. foi. 0814 +\jPure in tierces____ 634 Onion Cae 80 Hominy -—1 lb. Cellop’e case. 1 25 601b. tubs _____ advance \4 Garnia 1 oe WOODENWARE Vearl, 100 Ib, sacks___. 3 50 d0 lb. tubs ____.advance % Ponelty. 334 47 5 aS Baskets 20 1b pails | advance % SALT Kitchen Bas ----- 3 25. Bushels, Wide Band, Shelled 10 1b: pails advance 7% F. O. B. Grand Rapids Laurel P paitotigg ----> 4 Be wood handles. __—_— 2 00 Bulk Goods Almongai ob 29 OS Ib. pails _____ advance 1 Colonial, 24. 2 lb 95 Marjoram, 1 2 aa cj Market, drop handle__ 9% Ikib.Macaroni, 201b.bx. 1 25 Peanuts, Spanish, 125 3 lb. pails _____ advance 1 Colonial, 36- 1 es 120 Savery 4 on eo 90 Market, single handle. 95 Egg Noodle, 10 Ib. box 1 25 S twee 7% Compound tierces_____ 8% Colonial, Iodized, 24-2. 1 25 Thyme. 1 ae S) Market exten 1 60 Hilberts 32 Compound, tubs.______ 8% Med No.1, bbls... 296 Tumeric 14 os << See 8 50 feeans: salted 05.) | 45 Med. No.1, 100 lb. bk.__ 1 00 ao 7 Splint,medium 7 50 Pearl Barley Walnut, California ____ 48 Farmer Spec., 70 lb.__ 1 00 Splint smal 6 50 CONG 00 Sausages Packers Meat, 50 lb... 65 Bariey Grits...) 2 8 5 00 Bologna 10 Cream Rock for ice , STARCH Churns Chester oe 4 50 ives coe ae 13 cream, 160 lb., each 85 Gach Barrel, 5 gal.. each 2 40 MINCE MEAT Frankfort 12 Butter Salt, 280 lb. bbl. 4 00 Kingsford, 24 Ibs 2 50 Barrel, 10 gal., Sanne 9 5S None Such, 4 doz._____ 620 Pork 2 Ts Block 50 ip 40 Powd face 100.. 26, 2% to6 gal, dec asl ie _ Sage Quaker, $ doz, case. 2 65 «Tongue Jellicd ay “Waker Salt, 80 tb. DRiS80 All, 24 fib chen 4 te nme , Mast india 2002 2 10 Yo Ho, Kegs, wet, Ib. 16% eadcheese __ = s«d3_~—Ss«G. 10 Ib., per bale._____ 93 Creem. 24-1. a Pail mot wee te 8 = = CU idat. ey 28' Ib. bags, table____- 40 at ee 2a 2 = no Smoked Meats 14 a eee Se ¢ - Pearl, 100 lb. sacks__.__ 7% OLIVES E Glos aNizeg _____. 3 Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz. 4 05 7 oz. Jar, Plain, doz.__ 1 63 Hama, Cert. 14-16 b.___ 14 Aco 34 1 gees, tae ie at: Mlaring Gal. Jr._ 5 00 Dromedary Instant --_ 350 16 oz. Jar, Plain, doz... 1 95 qe Skinned 14 Argo. 12, 21b. pkgs. ___ 217 at. Tin Yairy 4 00 Quart Jars, Plain, doz. 3 a fa acdc : Argo, 8, 5 Ib. pkgs.____ 2 36 Traps o of Se 6 50 Knuckles @23 i. . Silver Gloss, 48, 1s____ 114% Mouse, wood, 4 holes__ 60 Jiffy Punch it gg ed ; 2 California Hams —______ woo E mani 4 a 99 Mouse, wood, 6 holes___ 70 Sag, Cobtoe 425 1002. Jar, Stuff. doz. 2 ¢5 Picnic Boiled Hams____@16 : eo -, Mouse, tin, 5 holes. 65 Assorted flavors. 1 Gal lus, Sau Gu 1 ce a iled Hams Se @21 B(ODIZED Nd ia elias a we wed 4. 1 00 i ‘ Be . . inced Hams... @10 Ss mat, SDF 1 00 eee Bacon 4/6 Cert.---_____ @15 SA LT Mouse, spring___---___ 20 A D K Quaker, Tall, 10% oz._ 2 85 PARIS GREEN ooo Tubs Quaker, Baby, 4 doz. 143 345 2 34 Beef 2 7 ot uaker Ganon 36 da. 285 ts 2 32 Boneless, rump_____ @19 00 - Blue Karo, No. 1%__- 2 17 Large Galvanized_____ 8 ae Ge een faa = ; Aeterna wy Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 299 Medium Galvanized___ 7 75 ation, : 2 Sand $500 oe 30 atte Blue Ka r 0 2 Small Gal Ri Carnation, Baby, 4 dz. 1 48 ASS aro, No 10. #292 °* ]l Galvanized _____ 6 is Oatman’s D'dee, Tall _ 2 95 Liver SE we me a be ean 2 37 Oatman’s D'dee, Baby 1 48 Beef iG face he a Pet, Ta 2 ee 2 95 PICKLES Cat 3a ‘ee Run’g, 32, 26 oz._ 2 4) eet 0. 10_-____ 3 12 Washboards Pet, Baby, 4 dozen___ 1 45 Pork, Us) Jive ease lots. 3 any Banner, Globe________ 5 50 Borden's, Tall, 4 doz._ 2 95 lodized, 32 26 oz._.___ 2 40) imit. maui Flavor Brass, single 6 25 Borden s, Baby, 4 doz. 1 48 Medium Sour Hive case lots 2 3) Orange, No. 1%, 2 dz._273 Glass, single__________ 6 00 5 gallon, 400 count__-_ 4 75 (i ee nea Orange, No. 3, 20 cans. 4 39 Double Peerless ------- 8 50 @ Pééviess: 7 50 FRUIT CANS RICE Northern Queen______ 5 50 Fancy Blue Rose _____ 4 75 BORAX -... Maple and Cane Vive 1s Presto Mason Sweet Small Pancy Hea@d 22) Kanuck, per gal.______ 119 F. O. B. Grand Rapids 5 eallon 500... 1 25 . Twenty Mule Team i Kanuck, 6 gal. can____ 4 14 Half pint. ce 715 Banner, 6 oz., doz. ____ 90 re 1 Ib. packages -__~- 3 35 Wood Bowls One pint. 0 740 Banner, quarts, doz. __ 2 10 a +6 v2: nee ‘* Grape June 1Sin. Butter 5 00 One quart. 2 2 8 65 Paw Paw, quarts, doz. 2 80 96, %4 Ib. packages__-- 4 00 Welch. 12 quart case_. 4 49 l5in. Butter __ sg 00 Half sation 11 55 cs pig aba Welch, t2 pint case 295 Flim Butter 18 00 Dill Pickles ae pee a Wh ion 3 Pe ae FRUIT CAN RUBBERS_~ Gal., 40 to Tin, doz._..815 12rolls, percase ______ 1 39 WASHING POWDERS Presto Red Lip, 2 gro. 32 oz. Glass Thrown___ 1 45 a Cartons, per Case ___ 2 35 ae Ami as cg box. 1 : CAVCON oc t 12 cartons, per case ___ 1 57 3o0n Ami Cake, 18s____ 1 65 WRAPPING PAP Presto White Lip, 2 Brio 85 SOONG, OF. Fibre, Manilla, white jane gro. carton___________ 83 Dill Pickles, Bulk Chipso: large. 285) - Mazola No. d Fibre. 2 ci 0614 Sal ogg) 65 Climaline, 4 doz. $45 Eines 2 doe. 460 Butchers D F. 061, 16 Gal., 650 eae 11 25 SALERATUS Grandma, 100, 5c______ 350 Quarts, 1 doz._________ 23] wan aoa oa GELATINE 45 Gal 2300 30 00 Arm and Hammer 24s_150 Grandma, 24 large... 350 Half Gallons, 1 doz._-. 5 40 Kraft Stripe... 77777 9% del-o. 3 den. 2 35 Snowboy, 12 large --.180 ‘?allons, each___--_____ 1 31 ae Mindie ¢¢00... 4 05 Gold Dust, 12 la: ...1 80 v Gallon cans, each___ 3 35 Plymouth, White______ 1 55 Golden Rod, 24. _____ 4 25 Jelsert, 3 doz._________ 1 40 PIPES ; La France Laur 4 dz. 3 65 YEAST CAKE Cob, 3 doz. in bx. 1 00@1 20 SAL SODA Old Dutch CGlean.. 4 dz. 3 40 Magic. 2 daz... 2 70 Granulated, 60 Ibs. es._ 1 $5 Octagen, 968... 3 90 TABLE SAUCES Sunlight, $dom, 2 70 JELLY AND PRESERVES Granulated, 18-2%4 lb. BINSO, 249) 28 480 Lee & Perrin, large.___5 75 Sunlight, 1%, doz.____ 1 235 Pure, 30 lb. pails______ 2 60 PLAYING CARDS packages 2g 1 10 Enso. 405 0 295 Lee & Perrin, small___ 3 35 Yeast Foam, 3 doz.____ 2 70 (mitation, 30 lb. pails_ 160 Battle Axe, per doz.__ 2 65 Spotless Cleanser, 48, Pepper 9 160 Yeast Foam,1% doz.__ 1 35 Pure, 6 oz., Asst., doz... 90 Bicycle, per doz.______ 4 70 ON Oe 2/39 Royal Mint. 2 40 Pure Pres.. 16 oz., dz.. 140 Torpedo, per doz._____ 2 50 oa J doz. q : ae pas eas 3 a Sapolio 02. ¢ Sho You, 9 oz., doz.___ 2 COD FISH Speedee, 3 dom 720 Astilarse 0 475 _YEAST—COMPRESSED JELLY GLASSES POTASH Peerless, 1 lb. boxes____ 18 Sunbrite, 50s). 0 210 A-Pemat 285 Fleischmann, per doz.__. 30 ¥% Pint Tall, per doz.____ 25 Babbitt’s: 2 doz... __ 275 Old Kent, 1 1b. pure_____ 25 Wryandot. Cleaner, 2431 86 Caper, 2 02... 336 Red Star, per doz... 20 22 SHOE MARKET Michigan Retail Shoe Dealers Association. President—Elwyn Pond, Fiint. Vice-President—J. E. Wilson, Detroit. Secretary—Joe H. Burton, Lansing. Asst. Sec’y-Treas.—O. R. Jenkins. Association Business Office, 907 Trans- portation Bldg., Detroit. Build a New House of Industry It is the inetntion of the National Recovery Act to bring together men of similar business interests so that in general, orderly relationships may be effected; and all elements—including the public—be benefited thereby. If we can substitute order for confusion, we are indeed stepping along the path of progress. The codes have been writ- ten horizontally but we will soon find out that individually, as businesses, we have much in common vertically. We can best explain it this way: Prior to the depression, all shoe men, from the hide man through to the shoe fitter, were living in one house. They made up, what might be termed, the family of industry. In this one-family house, there was a large entrance and “Welcome to the Public” was printed largely on the front mat. When the public wanted something new, the mer- chant himself might go to the tanner with the suggestion as to a finish of leather or color and the next natural partner in the transaction was the shoe manufacturer, with his lasts, patterns and assembling system. The resulting shoes were shown to the public with pride and received an acceptance be- cause of the talking points in the shoe and its values. In this house were many business—all in friendly relation- ship one with another. The important thing was the customer at the front door. He or she was to be served and upon that service all benefited. That was virtually a friendly verti- cal system of shoemaking and distri- bution. It was the ideal, when a profit was possible to everyone in the house. But during the depression, the friend- ships within the house were torn asun- der. Individual selfishnesses developed. A regular bedlam followed, in the bat- tle for the public’s dollar. Then along came the idea for the codes and with it has come a change in the House of Industry. Industry has set itself up a house of apartments —each floor separate and distinct un- der the code. The service of supplies had the top floors. The tanner had the next. The shoe manufacturer the next: and the shoe retailer had the street floor — with the characteristic apart- ment house entrance, small and nar- row, with “Come In” on the mat. Each of the codes sets up rules for industry on each floor, It is impossbile, under the code, to have any rules and regu- lations interfering above and below— or, for that matter, even benefiting above and below the industry so codi- fied. If you have ever lived in an apart- ment house, you know how it is. You learn to hate the people above you. Everything they do is wrong. If you only knew them, you might learn to love them; but you don’t have an op- portunity to know them. The same holds true on every level in this house set up by the NRA. Beware of a situation where the sep- arate selfishnesses develop an increased MICHIGAN resistance between floors and an in- creased burden of expense on the goods which come down from the top floor, through the various levels of in- dustry, to the retailer on the street floor. Beware of a public which fears to enter a store because of expectation of a cost burden on the final product, greater than the customer can _ bear. The customer is to-day a trifle timid about going into stores because of the price rises almost arbitrarily set by the levels of industry above. Certainly now is the time for an in- filtration of good will between the va- rious industries in this apartment house. It is time for them to get neigh- borly because they all live or die over the fitting stool. Maybe the first step for bringing about this intercommuni- cation of economic thought and indus- . trial good will is to have individuals, if not associations, work vertically for the betterment of shoes and service. Now that the codes are the law of the levels, there is nothing in the world to prevent the great law of friendship from harmonizing the industry verti- cally. It would be an excellent thing for the industry to statistically and economically work in vertical harmony. The real studies of industry must be made at the point of contact with the public. Information gathered there is the only vital information of indus- try. Accord between the groups is to be recommended. Real close fellow- ships between individuals will hasten the day when all the groups will get together vertically to increase effi- ciency; to level off the peaks and val- levs of waste in production; to make more orderly the order and receipt and distribution of shoes. The important point in the new House of Industry is its contact with the public at the front door and, to that end, new harmonies between levels of trade must. be achieved.—Boot and Shoe Recorder. —_2. 2 s____ Luncheon Basket For Picnic Part of the fun of the week-end motor outing is the picnic lunch, If the drive covers much distance there may be two out-of-door lunches. It is a good idea, says the Bureau of Home Economics, to keep a specia! basket or picnic box on hand with enamel or paper plates, cups, knives, forks. spoons, bread knife, can and bot. tle openers, salt, pepper, waxed paper and paper napkins—ready for the call of the open. Preparations can be quickly and easily made if these essen- tial accessories are at hand in one place. There is no hard and fast rule that all sandwiches must be made before starting. Put a loaf of bread, some butter, and any available filling into the picnic kit. When a ‘halt is made for lunch, bread may be cut by one person, buttered by another, spread with filling by a third. In the midst of much sociability the sandwiches will be produced as fast as they can be eaten. When sandwiches are thus, as it were, made to order, one stops to think whether another is really wanted or not. When boxes of sandwiches are brought from home the tendency is to keep eating them while they last. Most people eat more bread in this way than usual, and with other starchy TRADESMAN food carried because of convenience, the meal becomes unbalanced. Why not take salad ingredients along, suggests the Bureau. Lettuce and celery, wrapped in damp cloths, tomatoes, and cucumbers can be car- ried in good condition. Put the ma- yonnaise in a screw-top jar, and the butter in another. If the day is warm set them in a box or bucket of chopped ice. People sometimes take an ice cream freezer if there is room in the car. Butter and milk will keep splendidly beside the ice cream can. Split rolls or biscuits answer the same purpose as bread, or unsweaten- ed crackers may be used. By way of dessert, cup cakes and cookies are easier to handle tthan layer cakes and pies. Figs, prunes, dates and raisins satisfy the desire for something sweet that may be eaten with the fingers, while almost any fresh fruits are ex- cellent. Try taking washed strawber- ries with the hulls on. Use the hulls to hold the berries as they are dipped in powdered sugar and eaten. A fire in the open makes toasted frankfurters, bacon, steak or chops in order. Fresh-caught fish may be cooked in a skillet over a camp-fire, too. Don’t forget to take the proper precautions for extinguishing any fires made. In lieu of building a fire, a hot drink, such as cocoa or coffee, may be taken in a vacuum bottle. Ice-cold milk may be put in these bottles for the children. If two roadside meals are necessary the Home Economics Bureau suggests something different for each. A small cooked ham is a good addition to the lunch basket for the second meal, or some American, cheese, or ‘hard-boiled eggs, or any canned meats that slice conveniently. Don’t forget the can opener, how- ever! Extra bread and butter may not be amiss, The bottle opener, too, must not be left at home, for grape juice or ginger ale will be needed before the day is over. Orange juice and milk are good: for the children. if the grown-ups are hav- ng coffee. Carry drinking water from home rather than risk drinking from strange springs or wells. Leave one or two drinking cups out of the packed- up lunch kit, with the water, and a box of graham crackers for the children. Driving in the open air is likely to whet their appetites. A mid-morning cracker with milk, orange juice, or water, miaay be counted as an extra meal, After the picnic is over, pick up all papers and other refuse, and burn or bury them. —_2+<-.____ To taxpayers: How do you like pay- ing farmers to produce less so that you will have to pay more? October 18, 1933 A Business Man’s Philosophy “Best risks are often slowest to pay bills,” says a headline in a periodical. The article relates that 99 per cenit of ithe charge-account customers of American, retail stores are honest, but that they take an average of 70 days to pay ‘their bills, which is 40 days too long. There is constantly outstanding in this country about $15,000,000,000 in open ‘book credit ito retail customers. The man who pays this bills promipt- ly can never understand the mental process of the man who “pays when ready.” To thim the elation derived from the fact that he owes mioney to no man is one of Itfe’s grand and glorious feelings. In his own small way he is just as independent as John D. Rockefeller. He can look any man in the faice, even this milkman, without turning red at the temples. Prompt payment offers another ad- vantage. It is an automatic control of optimism. It puts the brake on extrav- aganice. If last montth’s purchase can’t be paid, then additional obligations must be curtailed. Even women, if given all the figures, will submit to such necessity. Young people, above all, should be- ware of abuse of credit. A reputation for slow pay is damning. The practice suggesits moral shiftlessnesis, It is a red flag, warning young men and women in particular. William Feather. ——_—_?+.__ Small House Ware Sales Hold Small housewares stand out this week as the most active items in all branches of home furnishings. In the wholesale market glass and china ta- bleware, kitchen utensils, decorative articles such as pottery, and metal hol- low ware are reordered freely for both current and later delivery. The actiy- ity there was in contrast to declines noted in the demand for furniture, floor coverings, electrical appliances and draperies. In the floor covering trade, announcements that producers would hold present prices for the remainder of the year are reported ready to be sent to buyers this week. ——_>-~__ Expect Sharp Coat Pick-Up An improving demand for women’s coats is reported and the best six days of the Fall season thus far in this mer- chandise is expected this week. If this proves the case, it will offset to a con- siderable extent the reduction in an- ticipated coat volume which featured trade on Columbus day, largely due to the comparatively warm weather which prevailed. The size of current coat stocks either on hand or to be delivered has occasioned a little concern among retailers, but cold weather plus agegres- sive promotions are counted on to move garments rapidly. A stingy man is always poor. 40-50 Market Avenue WHOLESALE SOLE LEATHER AND SHOE FINDINGS For REPAIR SHOP—SHOE STORE—DEPARTMENT STORE Distributors Panco Rubber Talps and Heels—Jop Leathers—Griffi Dressings and Polish—Steerhead tine ‘ rise Shoe ~—e ae Oak Leathe Leather—Rayon Products—Bends—Strips— : ’ Cut Taps—Large Complete Stock—Prompt Snlonienee noe GRAND RAPIDS BELTING COMPANY Established in 1904 Leathers—St. Louis Braid Co. rs—Flickenstein Flexible Sole Grand Rapids, Michigan EMR a NTE AEDES Bi a iii scent & ‘v October 18, 1933 OUT AROUND (Continued from page 9) It became known in official cir- cles later in the week that the Govern- ment was considering the advisability of withholding Federal relief to strikers if, in the judgment of Department of Labor investigators, their strikes are unjustified. scale. The Government sees another threat to industrial recovery in increasing re ports of union labor groups operating behind the mask of labor unions. So serious has this situation become that the Na- tional Recovery Administration and the Department of Justice have been studying a proposed code for unions which would force them not to racket activities by certain labor use intimidation, coercion or violence toward unorganized workers. It is currently reported that racket activities are sanctioned by the Amer- ican Federation of Labor and its venal and unscrupulous leaders. The Gov- ernment apparently believes these ac- tivities are being carried on by groups not very remote from the Federation. It is discouraging to watch the con- tinued delay to final acton on the Gen- eral Retail Code. The clause is the stumbling block and may even be discarded in the final draft. This clause requires that all merchan- dise must be sold at not less than 10 per cent. above invoice cost, plus de- livery. At best, from the retailer's standpoint, it is wholly inadequate. It does not recognize the “cost of doing business” factor. It merely puts a limit on the loss leader practice of price cut- In the code, it is followed by qualifying clauses which admit far too many exceptions. Anxious ‘to facilitate the NRA _ work, independent chants desisted in their fight for more complete price protection. They hoped the “stop-loss” clause might help. per- haps precedent for further similar action. Certainly, they were justified in expecting more speedy ac- tion. It was assumed that by Sept. 1 the final code would be signed by the President. of October and the retail code has not been completed. “stop-loss” ters. HEE = SCrve as Here we are in the middle Without some protection from un- limited price cutting, the average retail merchant cannot pay the new higher wages with shorter hours and continue in business. As pointed out by R. J. Atkinson, during the hearings, retailers have the colossal task of selling the NRA to the public because retailers will have to explain the advanced prices on goods. The wage scales provided in the retail code do not seriously affect store wages in our opinion. But the shorter work-week scale does definitely increase store payroll. Retailers can- not vary their number of workers em- ployed, as is comimon practice in fac- tories where production schedules can be determined in advance. For these reasons, the “‘stop-loss” clause should stay in the General Retail Code and every retail merchant in this country should wire, or write General John- MICHIGAN And when doing so they should state ‘that this clause is not price fixing. They son to that effect immediately. should tell their newspapers that this stop-loss clause is not price fixing and tell the same thing to everyone who advances such a silly and uninformed Opinion. I am in receipt of information from Nashville that makes me very sad. The report is to the effect that my lifelong friend, Cassius L. Glasgow, is very low with hardening of the arteries and heart trouble. Mr. Glasgow is a prince of a man in all that the term implies. He has never betrayed a customer or disappointed a friend. E. A. Stowe. —_2 + +___ Introductions of New Plants Plant introduction work of the De- partment of Agriculture has resulted in giving the American public many of its choice foods. Explorers of the Department have sought for valuable new plants in all parts of the world. In addition to this work of bringing in new plants, the Department's entomologists and path- ologists supervise the importation of new plants into this country by non- Federal agencies, thus preventing the introduction of new and eases. The Department points out that im- portant crops started from plant intro- ductions during the last 35 years in- clude numerous citrus fruits, durum wheat, Sudan grass, soybeans, many varieties of vinifera Persian walnuts, and figs, The crops introduced include several not previously grown in this country, and not competing with any other crops grown here. Among them are the Washington navel orange, which gave the initial impetus to California’s pro- duction, numerous varieties of the avo- cado, the mango, Chinese and Japan- ese persimmons, the papaya, and the pistache nut. The Department calls attention to the fact that these introductions diver- sify our agriculture in ways largely noncompetitive with existing crop pro- duction. The date industry, which is scarcely 25 years old in this country, originated with the introduction by the Depart- ment of choice dates from Europe. It has a noncompetitive domestic market, because the United States imports more than 20 times as many dates as it grows. Another promising and noncompeti- tive crop which the Department cites as an example of the value of plant importations is the early-ripening strain of Satsuma orange. This orange, recently from Japan, ripens in the Gulf coast region between the middle of Septem- ber and the last week in October, in which period no other fresh-picked oranges come on the market. In addition to the introduction of food plants, the work of the Depart- ment scientists has figured in the pro- duction of a number of agricultural varieties not used for food. American Egyptian cotton, bred from varieties introduced by Agricultural Department workers some 20 years ago, supplies the longest and best Egyptian cotton needed by American spinning mills pests dis- grapes, introduced TRADESMAN and meets a growing demand from the manufacturers of high-duty automobile and truck tire casings. Tung-oil trees, first introduced by the Department in 1905, are the basis of an expanding production of tung- oil, an important constituent of high- grade varnishes. Another example of the plant intro- duction work of the Department is the bringing of boll weevil-resistant cot- ton to this country. Explorers of the Department in 1906 found in Mexico a cotton variety which is resistant to the weevil. This cotton, called the Acala variety from the town in Mexico where it was discovered, is now grown in all the irrigated valleys of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas, in many districts farther east in Texas, and in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennes- see, and other cotton-growing states. Plant-introduction work of the Fed- eral Government, says the Department of Agriculture, goes back to the early history of the United States. Even in colonial times, Benjamin Franklin, when he was in England as agent of the Colony of Pennsylvania, sent home silk-worm eggs and mulberry cuttings to start the silkworm industry, also specimens of seeds and plants that he thought might be adapted to this coun- try. Thomas Jefferson, as the first Secre- tary of State, took great interest in the introduction of plants and animals into the United States, In the final analysis, points out the Department, practically all of our field crops, except tobacco and corn and a few minor crops, have been introduced from foreign countries. Not even the potato is native to the United States: it was originally found below. our Southern boundary. ——_3.-._____ Ask Sixty-Day Trial of Food Price Plan An appeal to NRA officials to give the grocery industry sixty to ninety days in which to prove the workability of its proposed code clause against the retailing of merchandise at a mark-up of less than 7% per cent. will be made in Washington this week, according to word in food trade circles. Manufac- turers, wholesalers and retailers, it is claimed, are in agreement that a rule against below the minimum mark-up set is essential if all branches of the trade are to continue operating under the terms of the recovery pro- gram. sales Food men returning from Washine- ton are in a rebellious state of mind be- cause of the coolness with which they said Government administrators view- ed the proposals for the minimum markup. Many distributors voice the threat of retracting their recovery pledges if the minimum mark-up pro- posal is ruled out by Washington offi- cials. The widespread dissatisfaction among grocery people is believed by them state- ment credited to General Johnson Fri- day that “Blue Eagle” holders cannot surrender their insignia voluntarily or to be responsible for a withdraw from the blanket agree- ments they have signed. According to spokesmen for all branches of the food industry the gro- cery trade was among the first to 23 swing into line on the recovery pro- gram and for months has lived up to the wage and hour requirements of the blanket code in spite of higher costs. After weeks of debate, it is claimed, the master code for the grocery indus- try was drawn up with the minimum mark-up provision as the keystone of the whole plan. The they hold, has threatened to rule the provision out, but has not offered a substitute paragraph which will save Government, the trade from the destructive compe- tition it has faced in recent years, “Inasmuch as this is a period of ex- perimentation,”” one manufacturer said, “we feel the should be willing to permit us to operate under our provision for a trial period of two or three months in order to strate that the clause is workable. If it fails at the end of that time we would be willing to let the Government impose a plan of its own.” —_~-<-___ Appliance Sales Worry Jobbers A slowing down of retail demand for electrical appliances is causing deep concern to jobbers based _ their Fall operations on the expectation of 15 to 25 per cent. more buying than actually developed. Special promotions by large department stores in leading government demon- who cities have helped to increase sales of electrical kitchen appliances this week, but the general volume at retail is back to late June levels. Because of the uncertainty regarding business for the immediate future, jobbers are revising holiday buying plans and are consider- ing making substantial cuts in the size of orders placed late this month. —_2+-__.__ Currency Inflation Feared Fear of currency inflation is adding to the present uncertainty in business circles, where it is believed that such a move would lead to a disruption of economic conditions. One New York bank discovered this to be a reason for the refusal of sound manufacturers to borrow money at this time, as they did not know what was going to happen to the dollar and did not wish to bur- den themselves with debts if they could help it. Phone 89574 John L. Lynch Sales Co. SPECIAL SALE EXPERTS Expert Advertising Expert Merchandising 209-210-211 Murray Bldg. Grand Rapids, Michigan Business Wants pepartmert Advertisements inserted under this head for five cents a word the first insertion and four cents a word for each subse- Quent continuous insertion. sf set in capital letters, double price. No charge less than 50 cents. Small display adver- tisements in this department, $4 per inch. Payment with order is required, as amounts are too small to open accounts. For Sale——Christmas trees. Will con- tract for delivery of five hundred or more, Michigan, Indiana, or Ohio. Good stock. Priced right. Address No. 604, c/o Mich- igan Tradesman. 604 Situation Wanted By Chain Store Man- ager.—Wish to make connection with a reliable department store in Michigan doing about $200,(09 yearly. I have eleven years’ experience in buying, merchandis- ing, advertising, and managing and should be valuable to any merchant with chain conpetition. Reference as required fucnishel, Address No. 605, e/o Michigan Tradesman. 605 24 Proper Labeling cf Food Prod- ucts Most people are quite unim- aginative. They say a spade's a spade and apparently believe it. But some of them see things hap- pening all around them that they can't define or understand. They see magicians taking rab- bits out of toppers, and folks buy- ing swamproot medicines and mil- lionaires giving dimes to children. And they still go around quotinz “things are not what they seem” —believing all the time, that they are. Let us see just how much we know about some common foods. Take bread for example. Every one thinks he knows what bread is. But there are hun- dreds of kinds of bread, made in all shapes, of many colors, and baked from many different kinds of flour. When is bread sweet bread, or sour dough, or hard tack? Fur- ther, when is flour, flour? The officials of the Food and Drug administration are working on the idea that things should be exactly what they seem. They have taken the realistic at- titude that tomato catsup should be just that—and not something else. They have worked on the theory that spices should be spices and not adulterated with bits of foreign leaves, or twigs, or sand, or other foreign material. When you go to the store and ask for a jar of strawberry pre- serves the grocer reaches up on the chelf and hands you a jar. It has a label which reads “‘Straw- berry Preserves’’ and which gives the name of the manufacturer and a declaration of the contents. That is about all you will find on the average strawberry-preserve la- bel. Now when you take the jar home and open it up, what should you expect to find? I believe that you should expect to find a stand- ard strawberry preserve; which means that it is made with at least 45 pounds of strawberries to each 55 pounds of sugar, and which contains no added pectin conceal- ing the substitution of water for fruit, or other adulteration. The average housewife gener- a'ly considers that she knows what a particular food is. It’s my opin- ion that most women, proud of their ability to cook good food, are justified in that feeling. Con- sumer opinion is the most impor- tant gu'de in the formulation of standards and definitions for food commodities. The day has pa-sed when the average family bottled, canned, and stored its food supply for the future. Todav, the manufacture and preparation of foods are pretty much in the hands of com- mercial manufacturers who oper- ate on a large and increasingly efficient scale. MICHIGAN There were in the past, many abuses in the manufacture and sale of foods and these led to the enactment in June, 1906, of the Federal Food and Drugs Act. That law is designed to protect the health and economic well-be- ing of the American consumer. It was passed to prevent interstate or foreign commerce in adulter- ated or misbranded foods and drugs. The Government, in the en- forcement of this measure, is obliged to establish evidence in court—and courts are often hard- boiled—where cases of adultera- tion or misbranding are indicated. Under the law, officials of the Federal Food and Drug Admin- istration initiate seizure or prose- cution proceedings against manu- facturers or shippers of adulter- ated or mi:branded foods and drugs. Obviously, the Government— and officials of the various States which have food and drug laws— must have standards and defini- tions of foods in order to enforce their measures. The Food Standards Commit- tee is the important organization which draws up standards for foods for the use of national and State regulatory officials. A com- mittee, as early as 1897, was working out what were consid- ered to be the standards for dif- ferent food products. In that year the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists as- signed to five of its members the job of formulating specifications for foods and food ingredients which would serve as guides to purchasers, manufacturers, and law-enforcing officials. This was not a Government committee, since the date was nine years be- fore the Federal Food and Drugs Act was passed. Several States and cities, however, already had laws designed to prevent traffic in adulterated and _ misbranded foods. In 1913 a new Standards Com- mittee was created by the Secre- tary of Agriculture. This commit- tee still meets. Its members are representatives of the Department of Agriculture, of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, and of the Association of Dairy, Food and Drug Officials. The representatives of the last two organizations are all State officers, concerned with State food-law enforcement. Solon R. Barber. —__~o.._ All the wild ideas of unbalanced agi- tators the world over in their ignorant and pitiable quest for happiness through revolution, confiscation of property, and crime cannot overthrow the eternal truth that the one route to happiness through property or govern- ment is over the broad and open high- way of service. And service always means industry, thrift, respect for authority and recognition of the rights of others.—William G. Sibley. TRADESMAN Dry Goods Trades Fear Cut in Hours Growing conviction in the pri- mary dry goods market that the National administration plans a further reduction in industry's operating hours and increases in minimum-wage levels has upset both mills and wholesalers con- siderably within the last two weeks. Whether such a program is ac- tually carried out or not, its pos- sibility has created a situation whereby wholesalers may have to suspend all future contracts with their retail accounts and a great deal of wrangling over phrasing of sales agreements will ensue be- tween mills and jobbers. In order to protect themselves against the possbility of shorter hours and higher wages, mills have renewed within the last ten days the practice of including in contract: labor clauses whereby the buyer agrees to pay any sur- charge necessitated by increased manufacturing costs through gov- ernment action. Wholesalers, however, who are going through a trying period in attempting to pass surcharges on to retailers, do not wish a dupli- cation of the situation and are re- luctant to sign contracts with such - clauses. They declared yesterday that retailers have refused to pay the surcharges jobbers asked, have accordingly canceled a good volume of orders and have re- turned substantial quantities of goods. It was also stated that jobbers have more trouble with their small retail accounts than the mills have with the wholesalers who are large operators. In the latter case, the jcbbers can investigate the mill's costs and both parties usually ar- rive at an amicable adjustment. However, the small retailers are taking an arbitrary stand and are refusing to make any adjustment:. Because of the fact that the fu- ture business around which these disputes center is only a small Portion of the wholesaler’s total volume, he cannot afford to jeop- ardize his contacts and in many cases drops the surcharges, thus entailing a loss. From present in- dications, wholesalers feel that it would be wiser to decline future bu iness altogether, until the sit- uation is clarified. One of the solutions under con- sideration is the use of the cancel- lation clause by mills and whole- salers, allowing the latter to can- cel their orders if they objected to the surcharge. A great many of such clause: were written into sales agreements last Spring, but they left things in an indefinite state. There is also the poss:bil- ity that if a manufacturer wishes to cancel a jobber’s order he merely has to name an excessive surcharge, thus leaving the whole- saler without needed goods. October 18, 19°3 Jobbers declare that they real- ize the problem of the mills, but that they also wish buyers to be protected. As one jobber stated: “Whole-alers signed blank checks last Spring and the amount filled in by mills was far more than anticipated.”’ Wholesalers attribute part of the difficulty to the fact that the approval of the cotton textile code and the imposition of the processing tax came almost simul- taneously and at the height of the buying season, a very inopportune time. If both of these events had taken place on Oct. 1, difficu ties would have been only minor, as most of the old orders would hav= been delivered and shipments on Spring goods would not have started. As a result of the situation, Flint Garrison, director general of the Wholesale Dry Goods Insti- tute, has suggested that a confer- ence be held between mill execu- tives and jobbers to see if some formula canot be worked out by which both manufacturers and wholesalers will be adequately protected. Far as the shortening of hour: and increase in minimum wages are concerned, they have be«en the main topics of conversation in textile circles for the last week and most executives feel that some sort of action will be taken. As one executive pointed out, the NRA has helped but not solved the situation and, if the adminis- tration is to follow through logic- ally its original plans, further changes in hours and wages ar~ inevitable. He pointed out that the move would have the arden: support of labor and, while he doubted that a thirty-hour we-k would be enforced, he expected some cut in the present rates and an increase in minimum wages. Mechanical Refrigeration Serves Double Purpose The modern food market faces the double problem of keeping its merchan- dise in prime condition and attractively displayed while practicing every eco- nomy that will reduce costs in buying, storage, display and handling of a wide variety of products. Mechanical re- frigeration, when the equipment for producing it is properly designed an] correctly installed to meet the cond’- tions peculiar to each installation, en- ables a merchant to solve this double problem successfully. In the daily operation of a food mar= ket the constant, ever-present problem is spoilage. 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