PAAAN CRS? ESE Oe DOD DIIGO SELON Sy RAFI NN W Nee Sia CEN JO) VASE Di oes (Soy P3 Fy aa Ss D a 2S) NOSSO =A OY EOS, > DENG Laos Wit N2Z | OE LAR OT ACES ; J GK af # fh EONS FMR(S PROING SS 4 PY ES) Oe IW RAN Se ee ae aaa dOt \ BY, HACK aw @ / LAER KV a GeG@ % (ANSE C SC (a) NE | a SOP MO GS CRD NRO OBO (AEN ROCHE Z Bey ee (CO Nee A Se VLU DN PUBLISHED WEEKLY (Ga icine TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 5°31), ; SOE OEE SCL ESSIEN ELE ; Fifty-first Year GRAND RAPIDS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1983 Number 2619 What Can An Old Man Do But Die? Spring it is cheery, Winter is dreary, Green leaves hang, but the brown must fly. When he’s forsaken, Withered and shaken, What can an old man do but die? Love will not clip him, Maids will not lip him, Maud and Marion pass him by; Youth it is sunny, Age has no honey — What can an old man do but die? June was so jolly, Oh, for its folly! A dancing lip and a laughing eye! Youth may be silly, Wisdom is chilly, What can an old man do but die? 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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. Se JAMES M. GOLDING Detroit Representative 507 Kerr Bldg. Printed by the Tradesman Company, Under NRA Conditions COMPLETE GROCERY CODE It Supplants the Grocery Code Orig- inally Promulgated ARTICLE I Request for Separate Code Any division of the retail food and grocery trade which has not partici- pated in the formation or establishment of this Code may make application to the Administrator to operate under a separate Code of Labor Provisions. The Administrator shall determine whether such division of the retail food and grocery trade shall operate under this Code or under a separate Code and may, if justice requires, stay the appli- cation of this Code to such division pending his decision or pending the ap- proval by the President of the United States of a Code of Labor Provisions for such division. ARTICLE II Definitions Section 1.—Retail food and grocery trade. The term “retail food and gro- cery trade” as used herein shall mean all selling of food and/or grocery prod- ucts to the consumer and not for pur- poses of resale in any form, in the con- tinental United States excluding the Panama Canal Zone, but shall not in- clude the selling of food in restaurants for consumption upon the premises, or in confectioners’ stores, or the selling of milk or its products by delivery from house to house upon regular routes; it is provided, however, that the term shall not include the selling of any food or grocery product which is now or may hereafter be governed by a separate code approved by the Pres- ident of the United States; and pro- vided further that this Code shall not apply to employes engaged only locally in retail trade who do not employ more than five person and who are located in towns of less than 2,500 population (according to the 1930 Federal Census) which are not in the immediate trade area of a city of larger population, Section 2—Food and grocery retail- er, The term “food and grocery re- tailer” as used herein shall mean any individual or organization engaged wholly or partially in the retail food and grocery trade. Section 3—Retail food and grocery establishment. The term “retail food and grocery establishment,” or “estab- lishment,” as used herein shall mean any store, department of a store, shop, stand, or other place where a food and grocery retailer carries on business, other than those places where the prin- cipal business is the selling at retail of products not included within the defi- nition of retail food and grocery trade. Section 4.—Employe. The term “employe” as used herein shall mean any persons employed by any food and grocery retailer, but shall not include persons employed principally in the selling at retail of products not includ- ed within the definition of retail food and grocery trade. Section 5.—Executive. The term ‘“‘ex- ecutive” as used ‘herein shall mean an employe responsible for the manage- ment of a business or a recognized sub- division thereof. Section 6—Maintenance employe. The term “maintenance employee” as used herein shall mean an employe, essential to the upkeep and/or preserv- ation of the premises and property of a retail food and grocery establishment. Section 7—Outside service employe. The term “outside service employes” as used herein shall mean an employe engaged primarily in delivering mer- chandise outside the store, and shall include stable and garage employes. Section 8—Outside salesman, The term “outside salesman” as used herein shall mean a salesman who is engaged not less than sixty (60) per cent. of his working hours outside the establish- ment or any branch thereof, by which he is employed. Section 9—Watchman. The term “watchman” as used herein shall mean an employe engaged. primarily in safe- guarding the premises and property of a retail food and grocery establishment. Section 10.—Junior employe. The term “junior employe” as used herein shall mean an employe under eighteen (18) years of age. Section 11—Apprentice employe. The term “apprentice employe” as used herein shall mean an employe with less than six (6) months’ experience in any division of the retail food and grocery trade. Section 12.—Part-time employee. The term “part-time employee” as used herein shall mean an employee who works less than the maximum work week, Section 13. — South. The term “South” as used herein shall mean Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor- gia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Al- abama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisi- ana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and the District of Columbia. Section 14.—Population. Population shall be determined by reference to the Fifteenth Census of the United States (United States Department of Com- merce, Bureau of the Census, 1930). Article ITT. Effective Date and Expiration Date This Code shall become effective on the seventh day after it shall have been approved by the President of the United States, and shall continue in effect until December 31, 1933, pro- vided that if prior to such date the associations presenting this Code shall request that the same shall be contin ued, then it shall continue in effect un- til the expiration of the time contained in such request. ARTICLE IV. General Labor Provisions Section 1.—Collective Bargaining. (a) Employes shall have the right to organize and _ bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from inter- ference, restraint, or coercion of em- ployers or labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other con- certed activities for the purpose of col- lective ‘bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. (b) No employe and no one seeking employment shall be required as a con- dition of employment to join any com- pany union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organ- ization of his own choosing. (c) Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment approved or prescribed by the President. Section 2.—Child labor. On and after the effective date of this Code, no per- son under the age of sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed except that persons fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) years of age may be employed either (a) for a period not to exceed three (3) hours per day or six (6) days per week; or (b) for one day per week, such day not to exceed eight (8) hours. In either case all such hours of work shall be between 7 a. m. and 7 p. m., and shall not conflict with the em- ploye’s hours of day school. It is provided, however, that no per- sons under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed in delivering merchandise from motor vehicles. It is further provided that where a State law prescribes a higher mini- Number 2619 mum age, no person below the age specified by such State law shall be employed within such State. ARTICLE V Store Hours and Hours of Labor Section 1.—Basic Hours of Labor. No employe, except as hereafter pro- vided, shall work more than eight (48) hours per week, nor more than ten (10) hours per day, nor more forty- than six (6) days per week. Section 2.—Exceptions to maximum hours of labor. (a) Watchmen and men. sales- The maximum periods of labor prescribed in Section 1 of the Article shall not apply to watchmen or out- outside side salesmen, but in no case shall such employes work more than six (6) days per week. (b) Maintenance and outside service employees. The maximum periods of labor prescribed in Section 1 of this article shall not apply to maintenance and outside service employees; but such employees shall not work more than six (6) hours per week above the maximum hours per week otherwise prescribed in Section 1 unless they are paid at the rate of time and one-third for all hours over such additional six (6) hours per week. (c) Executives. Subject to the con- ditions set forth in Section 3 of this Article, executives receiving $35.00 or more per week in cities of over 500,- 000 population or receiving $30. or more per week in cities of 100,000 to 500,000 population, or receiving $27.50 or more per week in cities of 25,000 to 100,600 population, or receiving $25. or more per week in cities, towns, and vil- lages, and other places under 25,000 population may work in excess of the maximum periods of labor prescribed in Section 1 of this Article. It is provided, however, that an es- tablishment which operates a grocery and meat department as separate units shall be permitted to exempt one work- er in addition to the proprietor or ex- ecutive as provided above from all re- strictions upon hours provided that such additional worker shall not re- ceive less than $25 per week. In the South, executives receiving not less than 10 per cent. below the salaries stipulated above may work in excess of the maximum periods of labor. It is provided, however, that in no case shall executives work in excess of one-half hour above the established daily store operating hours. Section 3.—Limitation upon number of persons working in excess of the maximum periods of labor prescribed in Section 1. Notwithstanding the pro- visions of the foregoing Sections of this Article, the total number of work- ers in any grocery or meat department (whether such workers are executives, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 29, 1933 proprietors, partners, persons not re- ceiving monetary wages, or others), which shall be permitted to work in excess of the maximum periods of la- bor prescribed in Section 1 of this Article shall not exceed the following ratio: In grocery or departments comprised of twenty (20) workers or less, the total number of workers per- meat mitted to work in excess of the maxi- mum periods of labor prescribed in Section 1 (except watchman, outside salesmen, and maintenance and out- side service employees) shall not ex- ceed one (1) worker for every five (5) workers or fraction thereof; in depart- ments comprised of more than twenty (20) workers, the total number of workers permitted to work in excess of the maximum period of labor prescrib- ed in Section 1 (except watchmen, out- side salesmen, and maintenance and outside service employees) shall not exceed one (1) workr for every five (5) workrs for the first twenty (20) workers, and one (1) worker for every eight (8) workers above twenty (20). Section 4—Peak Periods. At Christ- mas, inventory, and other peak times, for a period not to exceed two weeks in the first six months of the calendar year and not to exceed three weeks in the second six months, all employees may work eight (8) hours per week above the basic work week prescribed in Section 1 of this Article, but not more than ten (10) hours per day. Such work may be without the pay- ment of overtime. Section 5.—Hours to Work to be Consecutive. The hours worked by any employee during each day shall be con- secutive, provided that an interval not longer than one hour may be allowed for each regular meal period, and such interval not counted as part of the em- ployee’s working time. Any rest period which may be given employees, shall not be deducted from such employee's working time. In communities where a longer lunch period has been cus- tomary, any establishment may with permission of the Local Food and Grocery Council allow employees a Inger period than one hour for lunch, but such period shall in no event ex- ceed one and a half hours. Section 6—Extra Working Hour One Day a Week. On one day each week, employees may work one extra hour, but such hour is to be included within the maximum hours permitted each week. Section 7—Conflict with State Laws, When any State law prescribes for any class of employees shorter hours of 1a- bor than those prescribed in this Ar- ticle, no employee included within such case shall be employed within such State for a greater number of hours than such State law allows. Section B.—Agreement for Uniform- ity of Hours. In any retail trade area, town, or city, retail food and grocery establishments may by mutual agree- ment of seventy-five (75) per cent. of such establishments, subject to the ap- proval of the Administrator, establish uniform store operating hours which will be binding upon all retail food and grocery establishments within such area, town, or city for a period not to exceed one year, subject to renewal by similar mutual agreement. Hours so established shall not be less than sixty-three (63) hours per week, except that any establishment which Was operating upon a schedule of less than sixty-three (63) hours per week on June 1, 1933, may continue to oper- ate upon such basis but shall not reduce such hours. Hours so established shall be continuous but every establishment shall have the right to select the days and the hours when it shall operate. It is provided, however, that any del- icatessen store whose principal busi- ness is serving, preparing and selling foods ready for immediate consump- tion, may operate longer hours than those prescribed by such local agree- ment, All establishments shall register the operating hours they select with the local administrative committee, and shall post such hours in a conspicuous place in the establishment. ARTICLE VI. Wages Section 1—Basic Schedule of Wages. On and after the effective date of this Code, the minimum weekly rates of wages which shall be paid for a work week as specified in Article V—wheth- er such wages are paid upon an hourly, weekly, monthly, commission, or any other basis—shall, except as provided hereafter, be as follows: (a) Within cities of over 500,000 pop- ulation, no employees shall be paid less than at the rate of $15 per week. (b) Within cities of from 100,000 to 500,000 population, no employe shall be paid less than at the rate of $14 per week. (c) Within cities of from 25,000 to 100,000 population, no employee shall be paid less than at the rate of $13 per week. (d) Within cities, towns, and villages of from 2,500 to 25,000 population, the wages of all classes of employees shall be increased from the rates existing on June 1, 1933, by not less than twenty (20) per cent., provided that this shall not require an increase in wages to more than the rate of $11 per week, and provided further that no employee shall be paid less than at the rate if $10 per week. (e) Within cities, towns, villages and other places with less than 2,500 pop- ulation, the wages of all classes of em- ployees shall be increased from the rates existing on June 1, 1933, by not less than twenty (20) per cent., pro- vided that this shall not require an in- crease in wages to more than the rate of $10 per week. (f) The minimum wages paid to watchmen, maintenance, and outside service employees shall be upon the basis of a forty-eight (48) hour em- ployee work week. Section 2—-Outside Salesmen. The minimum wages specified above shall not apply to outside salesmen when employed on a commission basis. Section 3.—Junior and Apprentices. Junior or apprentice employees may be paid at the rate of $1 less per week than the minimum wage otherwise ap- plicable; it is provided, however, that no individual employee shall be classi- fied as both a junior and an appren- tice employee; and it is further pro- vided that the number of employees classified as junior and apprentice em- ployees, combined, shall not exceed a ratio of one such employee to every five (5) employees or fraction thereof up to twenty (20), and one (1) such employee for every ten (10) employees above twenty (20). Section 5.—Weekly Wages Above Minimum Not to be Reduced. The weekly wages of all employees receiy- ing more than the minimum wages specified in this Article shall not be re- duced below the rates on June 1, 1933, notwithstanding any reduction in the number of working hours of such em- ployees. Section 6.—Conflict with State Laws. When any State law prescribes for any class of employees of either sex a higher minimum wage than that pre- scribed in this Article, no employee of such class of either sex employed with- in that State shall be paid less than such State law requires. ARTICLE VII. Administration Section 1.—National Food and Gro- cery Distributor’s Council. (a) Composition, The National Food and Grocery Distributor’s Council shall consist of one member, elected by a fair method of selection approved by the Administrator by each of the na- tional trade associations presenting this Code of Labor Provisions, one mem- ber similarly elected from any other association which the Administrator upon application ghall recognize as representing an important branch of the retail food and grocery trade, and such members as may be elected from the wholesale food and grocery trade in accordance with a Code of Labor Provisions for such trade approved by the President of the United States. The Administrator may appoint a representative or representatives who may participate without vote in all activities of the Council. The National Food and Grocery Dis- tributor’s Council shall serve until a successor body shall have been set up and approved by the President of the United States to assist in the joint ad- ministration of this Code of Labor Provisions and such other Code of Fair Competition as may subsequently be approved by the President. (b) General Powers. The National Food and Grocery Distributor’s Coun- cil shall represent the retail food and grocery trade in the administration of this Code and shall have, in addition to the specific powers herein conferred, all general powers necessary to assist the Administrator or his deputy in such administration, (c) Reports and Investigations. The National Food and Grocery Distribu- tors Council, subject to the approval or upon the request of the Administra- tor shall require from all retailers upon its own initiative or upon complaint of any person affected, make such reports as are necessary to effectuate the pur- poses of this Code and may, upon its Own initiative or upon complaint of any person affected, make investiga- tion as to the functioning and obsery- ance of any provisions of the Code and report the results of such investi- gation to the Administrator. (d) Recommendations. The National Food and Grocery Distributors Coun- cil may from time to time present to the Administrator recommendations based on conditions in the trade, which will tend to effectuate the operation of the provisions of this Code, and the policy of the National Industrial Re- covery Act. Such recommendations shall, upon approval of the Adminis- trator, become operative as part of this Code. (e) State and Local Councils. The National Food and Grocery Distribu- tors Council shall, subject to the ap- proval of the Administrator, supervise the setting up of State and Local Coun- cils for the purpose of assisting in the administration of this Code within the States, and local trading area. (f) Expenses. The expenses of the administration of this Code shall be equitably assessed and collected by the Council, subject to the approval of the Administrator. Section 2.—Interpretations. The Ad- ministrator may from time to time, after consultation with the National Food and Grocery Distributors Coun- cil, issue such administrative interpre- tations of the various provisions of this Code as are necessary to effectuate its purposes, and such interpretations shall become operative as part of this Code. Section 3.—Exceptions in Cases of Unusual or Undue Hardship. Where the operation of the provisions of this Code imposes an unusual or undue hardship upon any retailer or group of retailers, such retailer or group of re- tailers may make application for re- lief to the Administrator or to his duly authorized agent, and the Administra- tor or his agent may after such public notice and hearing as he may deem necessary, grant such exceptions to or modification of the provisions of this Code as may be required to effectuate the purposes of the National Industrial Recovery Act. ARTICLE VIII. General Section 1—Membership in the na- tional retail associations represented upon the National Food and Grocery Distributors Council shall be open to all retailers of that branch of the retail food and grocery trade which said associations respectively represent, and said associations shall impose no in- equitable restrictions upon admission to membership therein. Section 2.—The provisions of this Code shall not be interpreted or ap- plied to promote monopolies or monop- olistic practices or to eliminaté or op- press small enterprises or to discrim- inate against them. Section 3.—No establishment. shall use any subterfuge to frustrate the spirit and intent of this Code, which is, among other things, to increase em- ployment by universal covenant, to shorten hours of work, and to raise wages to a living basis. Section 4.—This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made (Continued on page 7) re ee + November 29, 1933 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN : TAKE ONE HOUR... To safeguard your estate... the result of your life’s work. No doubt you have given serious thought to the im- | portance of making a will. Why not follow thought | with action ...consult your F attorney ... make a will i today... for tomorrow... | a te MICHIGAN TRUST o GRAND RAPIDS | } .. Trust Service Exclusively . . THE FIRST TRUST COMPANY IN MICHIGAN MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Sturgis—The Royal Easy Chair Co., has decreased its capital stock from $600,000 to $60,000. Camden—The First State Bank of Camden has increased its capital stock from $20,000 to $25,000. Lansing—Joseph Kotex & Son have engaged in the meat business at 940 East Grand River avenue. Ganges—E. S. Johnson has engaged in the grocery business here. He con- ducts a Red & White store. Saginaw—The Bressler Lumber Co.. 1420 Ames street, has decreased its capital stock from $75,000 to $35,000. Houghton—The Roach & Seeber Co., wholesale grocer, has decreased its capital stock from $550,000 to $200,- 000. Jackson—The Jackgon Hotel Co., Francis and Main street, has decreased its capital stock from $150,000 to $15,000. Battle Creek—Mrs. W. L. Black has opened a tea room at 22 West King- man avenue under the style of The Tea Pot. Pontiac—The DeLuxe Ice Cream Co., 443 Auburn avenue, has changed its name to the DeLuxe Ice Cream & Milk Co. Detroit—The Detroit Trust Co., 201-5 West Fort street, has increased its capitalization from $3,000,000 to to $4,000,000. Sault Ste. Marie—The Rheinbrau Brewing Co., 951 Portage street, has decreased its capital stock from $250,- 000 to $125,000. Dearborn—The Fulton Lumber & Wrecking Co., 7740 Greenfield Road, has changed its name to the Auto City Lumber & Wrecking Co. Sherwood—The Sherwood Cooper- ative Co., dealer in grain and produce, has decreased its capital stock from $2,820 to 23 shares at $50 each. Grand Rapids—The Great Lakes Brewing Co. has increased its capital stock from 300,000 shares, no par value to 600,000 shares at 50 cents each. Birmingham—Louis Levinsohn. of purchased the entire stock of the Birmingham Department Store and closed it out at special sale. Grosse IJIle—The Detroit Aircraft Corporation, 607 Shelby street, has been organized with a capital stock of $200,000, $175,000 being subscribed and paid in. Trenton—The Trenton Valley Dis- tillers Corporation, has been organized with a capital stock of $750,000, of which $139,00D thas been subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Outlet Furniture Co., 907 Majestic Bldg., has been organ- ized to deal in furniture at retail with a capital stock of $1,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—Waysire Markets, Inc., 1340 South Oakwood Blvd., has been or- ganized to deal in fruits and vegetables with a capital stock of $6,000, all sub- scribed and paid in. Detroit—The Brewery Equipment Co., 11-230 Gen. Motors Bldg. has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000, $1,000 of which has been sub- scribed and paid in, Saginaw, has MICHIGAN Owosso—The Rifkin Beverage Co., 126 West Comstock street, has been organized to retail alcoholic beverages with a capital stock of $10,000, all sub- scribed and paid in. Cadillac—Thieves entered the gro- oery store of Devere Larsn at 941 Haring street and carried away the contents of the cash register and a little stock, mostly cigarettes. . Detroit — Wolverine Distilleries, Inc., 1602 Barlum Tower, has been or- ganized to distill and also conduct a warehouse, with a capital stock of $15,000, all subscribed and paid in, Grand Rapids—Walter Schwarzkopf, a former manager for one of the Kro- ger stores, succeeds L. V. Nelson in the grocery business at 1759 S. Division avenue. It is a Red & White store. Detroit—The Mar-Salle Distrib- uting Co., Inc., 415 Brainard street, has been organized to sell wines and other liquors with a capital stock of $10,000, all subscribed and $1,000 paid in. Lansing—Orin D. Crowell and: his half-brother, Ford C. Ball, who re- cently purchased the Homer Miers bakery, will continue the business at the same location, 9-2 West Saginaw street. Kalamazoo—Williams & Co., cessors to H. C. Pitz, who conducted a jewelry and silverware store here for about 50 years, are now established in their new quarters at 224 South Bur- dick street. Detroit—The New Kosher Delica- tessen, Inc., 10210 Dexter Blvd., has been organized to conduct a grocery store, delicatessen and restaurant with a capital stock of $8,000, all subscribed and paid in. . Wayland—A. C. Knight has sold his confectionery stock and ice cream par- lor to Fred Wallace, recently of Grand Rapids, but a former Wayland resi- dent, who will continue the business at the same location. Reed City—Ben Jacobson, who has conducted a clothing for men and ready-to-wear apparel for women store here for over 50 years, has sold the stock to Louis Levinsohn, who is clos- ing it out at special sale, Detroit—The>Warren Iron & Metal Co., 3315 Barlum Tower, has been organized to conduct a brokerage bus- iness in machinery, iron and steel, with a capital stock of $5,000, $2,500 being subscribed and $1,000 paid in. Grosse Pointe Village—The Anchor Line, Inc., 605 Rivard Blvd., has been Organized to construct and operate water and airborne vessels with a cap- ital stock of $75,000, $27,500 of which has been subscribed and paid in. Saginaw—The LeMonde Corset Co., manufacturer and dealer in corsets and foundation garments, has merged the business into a stock company under the same style with a capital stock of $60,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Superior Tool Works, Inc., 6633 Rohns avenue, has merged its business into a stock company under the same style with a capital stock of $35,000 common and $20,000 preferred,* $55,000 being subscribed and paid in. Kalamazoo—C. M. Lord and H. B. Weber have engaged in-business at 657 SUC- + TRADESMAN Lake street under the style of the Chief Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co. with the plant completely equipped with machinery of the most modern type. , Petoskey—Ear! G. Mundhenk, of the jewelry firm of Newton & Mundhenk, has purchased the Ferris building on Mitchell street and the present plans are to occupy the first floor with the jewelry and silverware stock of the above named. Detroit—The United Beef Co., 1444 First National Bnk Bldg., has been organized to do a retail jobbing or commission business in beef and other meats with a capital stock of $15,000, all of which has been subscribed and $10.000 paid in. Detroit—The Velvet Power Brake Co., 4835 Cabot avenue, has merged its business into a stock company un- der the same style with a capital stock of $150,000 preferred, $1,300 second preferred and 30,000 shares at $1 a share, $181,300 being subscribed and $45,000 paid in. Detroit—The M. Prussian Machin- ery Co., 534 West Congress street, manufacturer and dealer in new and used machinery, has merged the busi- ness into a stock company under the style of the Prussian Machinery Co., with a capital stock of $50,000, $1,000 being subscribed and paid in. Lansing—Central location of Lan- sing has appealed to the A. W. Walsh Co., wholesalers and distributors of foodstuffs at Kalamazoo. The company has leased the Monarch Insurance building, Michigan avenue at Eighth street, for offices and warehouse, and the East side thus acquires another wholesale company for its growing list of distributors and wholesalers. The company plans to make Lansing a dis- tributing center for Central Michigan, A cash and carry department has been organized and will be in charges of Charles Wagner. This department supplements the company’s general service by trucks and solictors. The Walsh company has been doing busi- ness for the ‘past forty years and has branches in South Bend, Battle Creek, and Benton Harbor. The company will open for business Monday. Carl if Weale, of this city, has been made manager of sales and service. Mr. Weale, for many years a resident of Lansing, has had a long experience in the sale of food stuffs in this territory and is well acquainted with the Lan- sing area trade. Hart—The J. Shepherd Parrish Co., large Chicago woodenware manufac- turing company, will begin the manu- facture of wooden bowls in a newly- constructed building near the village pumping house in a week or ten days. Manager of the plant, which has ap- proximately 3,000 square feet of floor space, is R. -W. Dillingham, formerly associated with the inoperative Hart Woodenware Co., Mr. Dillingham has for forty-five years been engaged in the manufacture of bowls and other kitch- en utensils, having started as a young man in Scottville. It is expected the plant will begin ‘operations with 12 em- ployes. Many years ago the J. Shep- herd Parrish Co, conducted a factory November 29, 1933 in Cobmoosa, which was started by Mr, Dillingham. It was later moved to Hulbert, Chippewa county, in Up- per Peninsula, and is now in operation as one of the largest units, emplofing about 100 men. Mr. Dillingham was superintendent there for several years, New equipment and machinery is he- ing installed in the local plant. It js planned to use logs from sections with- in a radius of thirty-five miles from Hart. A skidway for storing the logs is about completed. Manufacturing Matters Detroit—The Scott-Shuptrine (Co., Inc., 6501 Mack avenue, manufacture: of upholstered furniture, has increased its capital stock from $2,000 to $25,000), Detroit—Federal Distillers Corpor- ation, 123 West Jefferson avenue, has been incorporated to manufacture and sell alcoholic beverages with a capital stock of $50,000, $33,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in, Detroit—The Atlantic Baking Co., 4501 Belvedere avenue, has merged its manufacturing, wholesale and_ retail business into a stock company under the same style with a capital stock of $6,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The A. & B. Tool & Die Co., has merged its business into a stock company under the style of the A. & B. Tool & Manufacturing Co., with a capital stock of $4,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Advance Fan & Blowe: Co., 2847 Bagley avenue, manufacturer of fans and blowers, has merged its business into a stock company under the same style with a capital stock of $15,000, $7,180 being subscribed and paid in, It is silly to tell the man with a boil on his neck to laugh it off, but, as a matter of fact, he might just as well realize that it doesn’t give you a par- ticle of pain. You, too, probably think the world is all wrong because you have the gout. —_~r--.___ Cut the Loss Solomon: Did you: lose much when your store was robbed last night? Levi: Ha! Not so much as if I had been robbed the night before. You see I just marked down prices. —_+ 7+ Maybe you, too, were one of the un- fortunates who picked toadstools think- ing they were mushrooms, but cheer up, brother, you have a lot of toadstoo! company. —_>2—_ You need not fear the dog that loud- ly barks but look out for the one who corls his lips and snarls. —_>+>—__ What right has any one to take a billion dollars from the public and leave it to worthless progeny? —~22-».____ Most of us get as many good breaks as bad ones, but we forget all about the good ones. —_>-.___ Tricks and treachery are the prac- tice of fools that have not wit enough to be honest, —_22->___ Young people resent the advice of their elders—they want to grow old unassisted. » Ty a ae ae TT yy SS Nate aa eS? November 29, 1933 MICHIGAN TRACLESMAN Essential Features of the Grocery Staples Codes Without End. In the making and promulgating of grocery codes there appears to be no end, The Tradesman published this week the latest code on pages one, two and seven. Another code is promised to be ready for the President’s signature Dec. 10. Sugar — Local jobbers hold cane granulated at 5.10c and beet granu- lated at 4.90c. Canner Fruits — With new pack grapefruit now on the way the absence of price cutting so far this season has been gratifying to the trade. There has been only moderate buying so far, because early shipment is specified and the trade would rather await arrivals of first goods to test the early pack for bitterness or other objectionable quali- ties usually associated with early pack- ing. Canned Vegetables—The major veg- etables are unchanged. Stocks in the hands of distributors are relatively light and unsold goods are considerably be- low a year ago. Canned Fish—Imported foods like crabmeat and tuna fish have moved higher with the depreciation of the dol- lar, but there has not been much sel- ling done in this off season. However, ifthe dollar continues around its pres- ent level until next spring it very prob- ably will mean higher prices. Dried fruits are moving in fairly steady volume here. There has been good Thanksgiving business done and holiday items have been especially ac- tive, particularly imported lines, which have been brought over in compara- tively light amounts this year. The latest item among the imports to show substantial strength is Smyrna brick figs, which advanced here sharply yes- terday. Layer figs were quoted by some sellers at 10, up from 9c the day before, and one large chain reported active demand at two bricks for 25c. All other figs, imported and domestic, are scarce. The trade, realizing that importations of figs were to be light this season, lost no time in placing re- quirements and the goods moved out very rapidly soon after arrival here. The same holds true of imported dates, which also were brought to the country in moderate proportions and, in spite of the higher prices this year, went into general distribution hastily. The various peels have been in good de- mand for the holidays, with prices holding very steady. California fruits have held firm. Blenheim apricots have shown the most strength and prices have advanced sharply in the past few weeks. Prunes have been, active in a replacement way here, but there has not been much new business for ship- ment from the Coast. Raisins have taken on a stronger undertone, since the growers’ acceptance of the Gov- ernment’s financial arrangement, which, while not giving the growers what they had sought, at least is suffi- cient to keep a firm basis to Thomp- sons and relieve any grower who might be temporarily pinched for money by advancing him a loan against his crop. Nuts—The market here is character- ized this week by increased business in pecans. Sellers report that the new Schley crop will be relatively short, while there will not be a large surplus of Stuarts. Georgia paper shell pecans have moved in very encouraging fash- ion as a good degree of stability in prices has been achieved. - Walnuts, too, have been selling somewhat better and almonds are going out in a steady way, although the demand has not been up to expectations. Olives—Some improvement marks the demand for olives. The approach of the Thanksgiving holidays account- ed for this. Prices, however, showed no advances, despite the very high re- placement costs. Business was still so much under normal that increases in price were almost impossible. New arrivals, which often cost more than the list for spot goods, simply had to be averaged in with more cheaply bought stocks, consumers showing no willingness to pay higher prices. Pickles—Technically the pickle mar- ket is in a firm position. If the de- mand even approximated normal, price advances would be certain, what with the pack far under the average.. There is, however, such a limited demand that sellers were satisfied to maintain the current list. Rice— The market remains firm. There is good spot business passing and sellers here have noted a particu- larly better demand from the interior. Of course, the trade has been seeking clean rice which has worked into sec- ond hands acquired before the control prices were recently put into effect by the millers. These stocks, however, are known to be moderate, and sellers are inclined to anticipate a better demand beginning around the middle of next month for shipment after inventory taking. —_+++_____ Review of the Produce Market Alligator Pears—19c each. Apples—Wolf River, 50 @ 75c per bu.; Shiawasse, 75 @ 80c per bu. Northern Spy, $1.25 for No. 1; $1.50 for extra fancy; Wagner, 75c for No. 1. Artichokes — Calif., 90c per doz., 4 doz. in box. Asparagus—35c per bunch; $3.50 per case, Bananas—6 @ 6%c per Ib. Butter—Jobbers hold plain wrapped creamery prints at 2214 and tub butter at 21¥%c. The Government program regarding the absorption of storage butter is, of course, as yet a bit vague, but even limited interest from day to day should lead to improved sentiment. Final disposition of the butter accumu- lated by the government is another thing, but the majority of dealers are not greatly interested in final distribu- tion, rather in just what influence buy- ing of storage goods might have on the market for the present. Yesterday the Dairy Marketing Corporation again purchased fresh butter on a scale in the move to maintain current values. Cabbage—85c per bushel. Carrots—60c per dozen bunches of Calif.; 75c per bushel for home grown. Cauliflower—$1.50 per crate. Celery—20@40c per dozen bunches. Celery Cabbage—40c per doz. Chestnuts — Italian per Ib. Cocoanuts—90c per doz. or $5.50 per bag. large command 15c. Cranberries — Late Howes from Cape Cod, $2.50 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: C. W. Pea from farmer. $2.15 Light Red Kidney from farmer__ 3.75 Dark Red Kidney from farmer__ 4.00 Front Cranberry. 4.75 Eggs—Jobbers pay 14c per 1b. for mixed eggs and 16c per Ib. for heavy white eggs. They sell as follows: Pancy, fresh white... 28c sae fo... 25c Candied, large pullets_..._....____ 22¢' Candied, small pullets._.....______ 18c Storage eggs are as follows: ee Ae 18c aoe ee. 20c ee LL 15c When butter moved up, the majority of egg operators changed their tactics. and a constant wave of support to the close served to create a more general belief in betterment. The fact that No- vember refrigerator standards scored impressively indicated that actual eggs had value and that holders were indif- ferent to sell reserve stocks at the cur- rent level of prices. General situation streaked with uncertainty, however, the season is somewhat reduced for the distribution of eggs and towards the end of the year, most dealers are indifferent to accumulation. The avail- able supply remains large compara- tively and holders are bound to push sales from here on, especially should fresh receipts show any increase. Yet weather is a factor and severe weather might change the entire complexion, At any rate old timers are indifferent sel- lers at current figures. Grapes—California Imperials, $1. 65 per box. Grape Fruit—Texas and Florida are held as follows: oh $3.25 ee 3.25 Se 3.25 ‘CL... 3.00 Green Beans—$2.25 per hamper for Louisiana grown. Green Onions — Chalottes, dozen for Louisiana. Green Peas—$5.50 per crate of 40 Ibs. far Southern grown. Green Peppers — California, 40c per dozen. Hubbard Squash—lc per lb. 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____$3.50 Imperial Valley, 4s and 5s, crate__ 4.00 50c per Leats het fouse. .60 Lemons—The price is as follows: a Oe $6.00 oe ee 6.50 we en ae 5.00 ee ea 5.50 Limes—20c per dozen. Olives—Green from chal $2.50 per case of 24 Ibs. Onions—Home grown, 75c per bu. for Yellow and $1 for White. Oranges—Fancy Sunkist California Valencies are now sold as follows: 17. SE SCORESE Ts ea ee Oe eis $4.00 Oe 4.00 5 OM 4.00 ae 4.00 Ae oe 3.75 ee 3.75 Se 3.50 Red Ball, 50c per box less. Parsley—30c per doz. for hot house. Rhubarb—Hot house $2 per crate. Pomegranates — 80c per dozen for Calif. Potatoes—80c per bu.; per 100 lb. bag. Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as follows: Idahos, $2.25 Peasy inwle 9c Liat fou... LC Ze Ducks 7c TEUBKEVS) fie Geese 20 7c Radishes — 30c dozen bunches hot house. Spinach — 70c per bushel for Ken- tucky grown. Sweet Potatoes — Jerseys from In- diana, $1.90 per bu. Tomatoes—90c per 8 Ib. basket for home grown hot house. Turnips—75c per bushel. Veal Calves — Wilson & Company pay as follows: fin. 5Y%@6%c Goede 5 @6c Vegetable Oysters—30c per doz. Wax Beans — $3.50 per hamper for Louisiana grown. ———_>+.____ Nutritive Value of Vitamin in Cod- liver Oil Along with milk, cod-liver oil is a most important item in the baby’s Winter diet. Growing children need it too, as nutrition specialists long have insisted. Milk and cod-liver oil supplement each other, and in the low-cost diet they are especially necessary to pro- tect children from the consequences of a shortage of other foods, say the Unit- ed States Bureau of Home Economics. Cod-liver oil was found to be valu- able long before anyone had heard of vitamins, but it was often regarded as a sort of medicine that had to be forced on children. Methods of refining and keeping it have improved in recent years, so that the taste is less pro- nounced; but, chiefly because modern children are used to its flavor from ba- byhood, this forcible feeding is no longer in the least necessary. Cod-liver oil contains vitamins A and D. It is the cheapest and most abundant source of vitamin D, essential to prevent rickets and aid proper bone and teeth development. —__~+~+~~+___ Some Things for Which to be Thankful Praise God for wheat, so white and sweet Of which we make our bread! Praise Him for yellow corn with which His waiting world is fed! Praise God for fish and flesh and fowl He gave to man for food! Praise God for every creature which He made and called it good! Praise God for winter’s store of ice, Praise God for summer’s heat! Praise God for fruit trees bearing seed, To you it is for meat! Praise God for all the bounty By which the world is fed! Praise God, ye people all, to whom He gives your daily bread! A new electric watch regulator en- ables a jeweler to regulate a watch ac- curately in ten minutes, instead of ten days. —_>+>___ A gangster isn’t all bad. Occasion-_ ally he eliminates a gangster. 6 MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE Some Facts Which Will Appeal To Insuring Public The fire loss for the first nine months of 1933 is nearly one hundred million dollars less than for the corre- sponding period last year. While the number and severity of fires will in- crease in the last three months of the year, due to cold weather, it seems at present that at the end of 1933 the fire service will be able to show a substan- tial reduction in the fire loss. The estimated fire loss up to October 1 this year is $245,351,712, according to the National Board of Fire Underwrit- ers. At the same date In 1931 and 1932, the totals were $340,713,487 and $341,050,639 respectively. While this gratifying reduction is no doubt due in a great measure to scientific fire fighting, other factors also affect the figures. Merchants and manufactur- ers are generally carrying very little stock in their plants and warehouses; a reduction in industrial activity lessens the possibility of fires in many loca- tions. On the other hand, basic con- ditions in 1933 are not so very differ- ent from those last year; the fire fight- ing and fire prevention forces in this country may well be proud of the record, and safely chaim credit for most of the reduction. The city of Newark, New Jersey, has instituted an aggressive advertising campaign. Its purpose is to stimulate payment of tax arrears. In order to collect some $21,000,000 the taxpayers owed the cty, officials appealed to civic pride, and pointed out the service ren- dreed by the city government. For instance, one newspaper advertisement pictured the situation that might arise from continued non-payment of taxes by visualizing possible headlines that would be inspired if school were closed, the fire department abolished, city hos- pital closed, parks sold for building lots, and so on. The advertising ap- pealed particularly to those persons who could really afford to pay taxes, or part of them, and offered install- ment payments to make payment less painful. In addition to the newspaper advertising, bill boards, car cards and window displays were used. This plan or a modification could be used suc- cessfully in many other cities, towns and villages in various parts of the country. Citizens are too prone to con- sider taxes a necessary evil—they are not conscious of the value received for every tax dollar. Many persons, of course, are really unable to pay taxes, but there are those who are capitalizing on current conditions and deliberately evading payment that they could af- iord. A thorough publicity campaign can do a great deal toward loosening purse strings, especially when it is fol- lowed up by personal soliciations, as in Newark. From time to time one hears of care- less or unscrupulous stock insurance agents who allow their clients to take out large insurance policies on ram- shackle building and almost worthless furnishings. They usually operate among the illiterate and negro class, MICHIGAN and paint glowing pictures of the large amounts that will be paid in case of fire. An incident of this type occurred not long ago in a large city. A negro woman put in a claim for something like $150 for furnishings destroyed after a fire in her apartment. Investi- gation disclosed that the furnishnigs in this “apartment” (it was one room) consisted of an automobile seat, a chair and a couple of boxes. She carried in- surance for $200 on these furnishings. Fire department officials should watch carefully for occurrences of this na- ture within their jurisdiction, and re- port them promptly to the state fire marshal, Such large sums of money prove dazzling temptations to persons in circumstances such as those out- lined above. The insurance agent cre- ates a terrific moral hazard—and the outcome is in many cases arson. How many persons are killed by fire each year in this country? Some authorities say ten thousand, some say fifteen thousand. As a matter of fact, no one knows definitely just what the total is. Government statistics are ex- tremely vague Probably the most com- mon statement is that the number is ten thousand. This is considered in most circles a conservative estimate. From the available figures, according to the National Fire Protection Asso- ciation’s latest quarterly, it may be as- sumed that an average of 10,687 people were killed by fire each year from 1921 to 1929. This figure was reached by assembling all available fire death data from various U. S. Census Bureau sources. From this it is evident that the ten thousand estimate is by no means an exaggeration. —__>$»_ Cooking Fruit at Low Heat The juice from almost any Summer fruit—red and black respberries, black- berries, late cherries, loganberries, and plums—can be bottled with little trou- ble, as well as grape juice and apple juice, or cider. In bottling them, the most important point is to use a low temperature, never actually boiling the fruit or the juice after it is extracted, says Mrs, Fanny W. Yeaman, a food specialist of the United States Bureau of Home Economics. “Boiling changes both the color and the flavor of a fruit juice,” says Mrs. Yeatman. “While the result may not be unpleasant it is different from the flavor of fresh fruit. “Some heating is necessary, of course, to extract the juice from most fruits, although the juice of ripe grapes can be extracted by the cold press method. Most berries and other small fruits give a much larger yield and a much clearer juice if the washed, dried, and mashed fruit is heated quickly just to the boiling point, and then removed at once from the fire. “By heating in this way, the frame- work of the fruit is softened so that a large amount of rich flavored, deep colored juice can be extracted without much pressure.” —~++>____ The trouble is, you never know it is reckless driving until you are picking the family out of your hair. —— + +>—_ In politics, anything from three per- sons up constitutes a mass meeting, November 29, 1933 TRADESMAN WHICH IS BEST FOR YOU? | @ To insure your property with a company that piles up risk upon risk without much consideration of a loss property insured in order to keep losses at a mini- ratio, or a company that carefully selects each piece of property insured in order to keep losses at a min- imum so that substantial dividends can be returned to the policyholders? The Federal Mutuals have oper- ated on the plan of careful selection and inspection for 33 years. They have never failed to return a substan- tial dividend. Federal Hardware & Implement Mutuals tual Fire Ins. Co. Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Ins. Co. — Se Minnesota Stevens Point, Wisconsin Minnesota Implement Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Owatonna, Minnesota a is not Fi RE ““Choosey’’ Fire, like Death, is feared chiefly because it can descend so suddenly, without regard for persons or plans. Your house may escape even a scorched shingle for twenty-five years—and then, without warning, be burned to the ground in a couple hours. Your only protection is insur- ance—and don’t neglect it! Our records show a pitiable number of cases where fires have been reported a few days after a lapse of insur- ance—too late to benefit from past years’ payments. The only sure protection is constant protection! FINNISH MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. 444 PINE ST. CALUMET 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 FACTS WORTH CONSIDERING 1909 1933 24 YEARS Without an assessment. Of uninterrupted dividends to policy-holders. Of prompt payment of properly adjusted losses. THE GRAND RAPIDS MERCHANTS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY affiliated with THE MICHIGAN RETAIL DRY GOODS ASSOCIATION 320 Houseman Building Grand Rapids, Michigan Saale egy ena ey Da renee een a i November 29, 1933 Lines of Interest To Grand Rapids Council It seems somewhat early for fun houses to open for the amusement of the public, but such is the case in Lan- sing. The lawless making body is in session and from the start it has made there will no doubt be records broken for fun and frolic. The main fun of the house will be the wise cracks passed around in arguments over the issues coming up for consideration. The liquor bill occupies the center of the stage and has had more boots and bangs than Casey’s mangy pup. Sparks from the fireworks have scorched the cloth- ing of the druggist lobbyists and has seared the ambitions of some of the grafters who hoped to get a berth in a state liquor store. What the higher house of legislation does with the liquor bill remains to be seen, but re- gardless of the fate of the thing, some of us will still have to stick to our aqua cocktails and milk highballs. There is one consolation we get from the arguments of the monetary experts and that is, we do not know what it is all about because we haven’t any spe- cie to experiment with. We haven’t noticed any difference in the size of the dollar or at least in the one we saw last. If the new dollars are going to be Boloney dollars that won’t be so bad because boloney, cheese and good beer will sustain one’s life indefinitely. If one can acquire the boloney touch he would still be better off than king Mi- das who had the golden touch. We notice an article where the Gov- ernor has accepted an invitation to at- tion to attend a ball given by the Art Students league in New York, Dec. 5. Perhaps he expects to get some dope on how funny pictures are made or else he desires to get a first hand view as to the procedure of kicking out the eighteenth amendment and ushering in the New Deal. Our genial Junior Counselor, Gil Ohlman, representative for the Vanden Berg Cigar Co., got an idea he would like to see how other representatives conducted themselves, so he visited the state house at Lansing last week. Af- ter viewing the fun house of Michigan he vowed that he would stick to a strictly legitimate profession and con- tinue his work with his well-known brands of tobacco rolls. “T shouldn’t think you would let your wife drive the car down town alone. She doesn’t know the traffic regula- tions, does she?” “No, but she’s young and good look- ing.” Do not forget that the December meeting of Grand Rapids Council has been changed from December 2 to Dre. 16. This change was made, due to the closeness of Thanksgiving to the first Saturday. It was thought that many would be out of town who would like to attend the meeting. Mrs. H. E. Hudnutt, of 1753 Nelson, has been confined to Butterworth hos- pital for the past two weeks, where MICHIGAN ia she underwent a serious operation. It is reported that she is greatly improved and will soon be removed to her home. Council members extend their sincere wishes to counselor and Mrs. Hudnutt for her speedy recovery. George Woodcock, widely known hotel man among the traveling frater- nity, has opened a tourist tavern near St. Petersburg, Fla. Mr. Woodcock managed the Sterns Hotel at Luding- ton for several years, afterwards open- ing the New Muskegon Hotel at Mus- kegon, which was destroved by fire a few years ago. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Woodcock wish them every success in their new venture. Quick Burn Stove Co., Gentlemen: Some time ago I bought a gas stove from you and it was satisfactory. Now we got trouble with it. The other day in the windstorm the wind blew the gas out under the oven. My wife’s mother went to light it and the gas blew my wife’s mother out. She is in bed now and will you send me a new door for the stove. Thanks for all you have done for me. Very truly yours, Rudy Carefree. Counselor Charles E. Fink, of 317 East Fulton, who has been seriously ill for the past two weeks, is reported as slowly improving. Counselor Dee Carpenter, who has been in ill health for several months, is greatly improved and is able to be outside again. The Council extends its best wishes for his definite recovery. Grand Junior Counselor Allen F. Rockwell and his good wife will spend Thanksgiving and the week end with Mrs. Rockwell’s mother at Howell, Michigan. When we last met Rockie he was in training for that bountiful repast which he knew would be in, evi- dence on Thanksgiving day. Won’t be long now until we all can sing the “bottle” hymn of the Republic. Past Grand Counselor W. S. Law- ton, of 1231 Bemis, entertained friends at dinner and bridge Saturday evening. Those who participated in his hospital- ity were Mr. and Mrs. Allen F. Rock- well, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lypps, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Nash, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Groom, Mr. and Mrs. John Benen and Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Lawton. The hardware stock of the late J. H. Conrad, of Hartford, has been pur- chased by a Mr. Chamberlin and will be known as the Chamberlin hardware. The new proprietor has remodelled and refurnished the old store and now presents an up-to-date establishment, with an adequate stock of general hard- ware for the community. Mr. Cham- berlin formerly conducted a business in Chicago, later purchasing two large farms near Hartford. These columns extend greeting and best wishes to Mr. Chamberlin for success in his new venture, Easy Fit Shoe Co., Gentlemen: We are in receipt of your letter of the 22nd inst. and are surprised at its tenor. Evidently you are unaware of our method of payment of accounts, so for your benefit we will explain. Each month, when we have inspect- ed our balance at the bank, we set TRADESMAN aside a certain sum for the payment of accounts. Each creditor’s name is then placed in the hat and the winning creditors drawn are paid the amounts due them. We hope this explanation will be sufficient, and if we have any more of your damn nonsense your name will not even be placed in the hat. We are, Elite Traders. A. H. Smith, proprietor of the Mus- kegon Hotel, has secured the property known as the Park Hotel and will thoroughly renovate and improve the place. It will open shortly under the name of the Park Tavern. Upon open- ing the new location Mr. Smith will relinquish his lease on the Muskegon Hotel. He expects to conduct a first- class hotel catering to the traveling fraternity. Don’t forget Dec. 16, the new date set for the meeting of Grand Rapids Council. Get a new application and bring the candidate. “I say, Joe, your girl looked quite tempting in that Biblical gown she was wearing last night.” “What do you’ mean, gown’?” “Oh, you know. Sort of Lo and Be- hold.” Some of the boys called on F. E. Beardsley, of 226 Benjamin, last Sun- day afternoon and found him in high spirits, regardless of his physical con- dition. Fred appreciates the little calls from the old timers and enjoys talking over old times when traveling men were men among men. Fred traveled for the Worden Grocer Co. for several years. L, L. Lozier, J. F. Malloy and R. S. Hallgren attended a meeting last Wed- nesday evening held in Detrot. The banquet and meeting were held in the Statler Hotel and the banquet was given by the Manufacturers Trade As- sociation. Buyers and members of the Association, totaling six hundred, were present. Elaborate entertainment was provided and Strickland Gilliand, pres- ident of the Press Association of Wash- ington, D. C., was the principal speak- er. He gave a clear word picture of the doings in the National Capital and was roundly applauded when he con- cluded. The meeting is an annual affair and for the purpose of more closely associating buyers and manufacturers of the Michigan, Indiana and Ohio trade area. ‘Biblical Don’t buy cheapness. Pay enough to get your money’s worth. This is not a shoddy Nation. Support the NRA. Scribe. —_++<+___ Expresses Considerable Confidence for the Future Business reports fail to indicate any definite trend in either direction at this time. Steel production is at about 28 per cent. capacity, showing a slight gain. Car loadings for the week, how- ever, rose about 5 per cent. Electric power production continued at the same rate, Sales of some retail outlets showed no improvement. In other words, business seems to be holding its own. The real outstanding development during the week was the apparent con- solidation of the opposition to the Ad- ministration’s monetary program. The resignation of O.M.W. Sprague as financial advisor to the Treasury was made in such strong terms that at- tention immediately was directed to this problem. The same sentiment was expressed by the Federal Reserve Ad- visory Council, Alfred E. Smith and other prominent financial figures. As a result of these expressions, strength in the Dollar and might at first be attributed to investors failing to agree. Government bonds However, the price of gold was not increased for several days and direct Government support was given to the Government bond market. This latter development can probably account directly for the strength in Government bonds. The indications that the President is to continue with his experiment of buy- ing gold to raise prices, seem very evident; yet in spite of this, there ap- pears to have been strength in the Dollar last week. Investors over the past week were offered little startling news from the action of the securities’ markets, as domestic bond prices declined the first part of the week and foreign bonds also had a decided break as our Dollar ad- vanced in the exchange market later in the week while domestic bonds were improving. For those investors holding stock, the extra dividend disbursement of several companies last week, ex- pressed considerable conifidence for the future with the stock market gradually showing improvement on the up-side. J. H. Petter. COMPLETE GROCERY CODE (Continued from page 2) subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 (b) of Title I of the Na- tional Industrial Recovery Act, from time to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or regu- lation issued under Title I of said Act. Section 5.—Such of the provisions of this Code as are not required to be included herein by the National Indus- trial Recovery Act may, with the ap- proval of the President, be modified or eliminated as changes in conditions or experience may indicate. It is contem. plated that from time to time supple- mentary provisions to this Code, or additional codes, will be submitted for the approval of the President, to pre- vent unfair competitive practices and to effectuate the other purposes and policies of Title I of the National In- dustrial Recovery Act. ———_++-+___ Negligee Reorders Numerous Re-orders on women’s lingerie and some undergarments have been good and re- tailers have been pressing for delivery of a number of items for the holiday trade. The business at retail in robes and pajama ensembles was good during the week, and these items are expected to figure prominently as gifts. Re-or- ders on snug-fiting undergarments have been heavy. as the recent cold spell de- pleted retailers’ stocks. Slips for eve- ning wear have been in brisk demand, owing to the importance of formal gar- ments this season. ——_+>--__ Man is the only animal which can kick himself. MONETARY QUESTIONS Monetary developments and discus- sions have had the floor all week to the exclusion of other business mat- ters. The resignation of Professor Sprague provided the spearhead for growing opposition to the administra- tion policy. Coincident with this agita- tion, which might be expected to hurt business, however, there was a gain in sentiment noted, a development re- marked in the last two weeks. About the best theory on the money outlook, it would seem, is that Presi- dent Roosevelt probably recognizes by now that uncertainty is causing more harm than the gold operations can off- set with benefits, but that business should be permitted a little more mo- mentum upward in order to reduce any temporary reaction that stabiliza- tion would cause. It is likely that the immediate effect of stabilization would be declines in speculative markets. Rising business would check such drops, after which there should be pronounced recovery as capital returns to this country and investment demand springs up. Most of the current reasons advanced for stabilization are in the main sound. When they attack government credit, however, they are properly subject to condemnation. After all, the critics who stoop to this argument have not raised their voices loudly over the billions in inflation which the Reserve System has carried out. That the business momentum which would be desirable in the event of stab- ilization has been attained in some de- gree at least is to be noted in the ad- ditional rise registered by the New York Times weekly index. An advance has been made for the third consecu- tive week. BUSINESS REACTION In business quarters the main reac- tion to the monetary issue is for a set- tlement of the question. In the upper ranks, of course, sentiment is very strong for “sound” money and against manipulation of the gold value of the dollar. The middle group strings along fairly well on these principles, but is impressed with the current revelations of malfeasance in high office and in- clined, therefore, to suspect the oppo- sition to President Roosevelt. The rank and file of small business men can probably be put down as supporting the administration. Contrary to the objectives of the gold operations, the feeling in business is that continued uncertainty will mean lower prices instead of the price ad- vances sought. Stabilization, on the other hand, is expected to bring about rising values. The mistake made in the gold plan, it is now agreed, was in putting too much emphasis upon it as a recovery measure unless other purposes were in mind. In Great Britain the question of “What is the pound?” was long dis- cussed and is still raised, but leading citizens there did not get hysterical about government credit despite the fact that it has been in greater jeopar- dy than ours. We might take a lesson in patriotism, it would seem, even if we refuse to look into international balances and recent budgetary figures. MICHIGAN Of course, the present conflict looks a good deal like a cleverly managed stage battle aimed at radical inflation. By making the issue gold operations, greenbacks may be killed off without risking an encounter between extremes in money policy. BIGGEST TASK AHEAD The retail dry goods code came for high praise in several quarters last week. In one case it was credited for having taken the stores “out of the red and into the black,” while in another it was described as having aided both retailers and consumers. These tributes, backed up with facts and figures, agree with other expres- sions of a similar kind. At the same time, there have been several other significant statements lately which may be accepted as indicating that the task of reconstruction has only started. Thus, Professor Walter B. Pitkin of Columbia University astounded mem- bers of the Association of National Advertisers by declaring that fully 60,- 000,000 of our population are living at a bare subsistence level. Robert R. Doane, a statistician known for his consumer studies, has put 1932 income on an adjusted basis at the 1909 total and the total employed no higher de- spite our gain of 36,000,000 in popula- tion over that period. Doubtless, the work entailed by the retail code is tremendous, but the big- gest task remains. All distribution agencies, it is suggested must sooner or later take steps to get the basic facts of consumer income, prices and costs together in a well-directed effort to bring abut those adjustments which are necessary for economic well-being. In short, through proper attention to social economics there should be attained many of the practical objec- tives which are now sought in the retail field. STRANGE RECOVERY THEORY Soponsored by some commentators who have been attacking various fea- tures of the recovery program, the the- ory is heard quite often that the de- pression was over in the Summer of 1932. Upon this premise is erected the conclusion that the country would be better off to-day if nothing had been done in the meantime. Since so-called economists have pro- mulgated this notion, it is well to con- sult the record. The index fell to a low of 63.8 in the week ending Aug. 6, 1932. In three months it had climbed to 69.3 and by the end of the year crossed 70. In the week ended March 19, 1933, however, it had receded to 60. That had very much the appearance of making progress backward. Bepart- ment store sales at an index high of 69 in October were down to 57 by March. Chain store sales of nineteen compa- nies measured by an index fell from 83 to 75 in the same period. The only important thing that rose over this interval was bank failures. The credit structure collapsed in this “recovery” and, as Sir George Paish puts it, “the American nation was threatened with complete bankruptcy— governmental, corporate and individu- al.” Which is not a phenomenon which we ordinarily associate with a business upturn such as we were supposed to TRADESMAN be enjoying after the turn in the Sum- mer of 1932. DRY GOODS CONDITIONS Influenced so largely by the weather, retail trade in the week slackened somewhat under the warmer tempera- tures. Some Christmas buying star‘ed. but the volume was scarcely enough to give a clear idea of how the seasou will go or what types of goods will be par- ticularly favored. Formal apparel and beverage accessories are benefiting from the imminence of repeal. About the best reports on trade con- tinue to come from the mail order houses. Their catalogue business is running considerably ahead of last year. The leading concern reports a gain of 70 per cent. for the early por- tion of this month. Increases have been especially heavy in the South but have also been made in the Middle West and the East. Gains in the North- west and on the Pacific Coast have been slight. The wholesale merchandise markets are still rather quiet, which is a season- al characteristic. Spot prices are re- ported as soft and subject to trading, but advance quotations hold up. Pecu- liarly enough, buyers feel that contin- ued unsettlement at Washington along inflationist lines will mean lower fu- ture prices, whereas a decision on the dollar is expected to bring advances. INDUSTRY AT CROSS-ROADS Recognition of Russia by the United States will open not only the vast Sov- iet market for American exports but also the hitherto closed markets in the Far East and the Balkans. American co-operation with the Soviet will serve to check Japanese domination of trade in the far corners of the world. Soviet recognition comes at a highly important time, when American in- dustry stands at the cross-roads and can walk the path of either isolation or internationalism. The resumption of diplomatic relations with Russia is a guide-post as to the path to be taken, With Russian co-operation, America will be able to develop the markets in China, Persia, India and the Balkans, potential outlets for millions of dollars’ worth of American goods, particularly textiles. These markets were previous- ly closed to us and at present most of them are dominated by Japan. Russia, however, has an intimate, practical knowledge of these countries from generations of trading experience with them. With American capital, plus our engineering and industrial forces, Russia will be enabled to reha- bliitate its previous relations and put them on a profitable basis, both for themselves and us. eee ee | Revelation by the barograph that that Lieutenant Commander Settle and Major Fordney broke the world’s record for height of ascent when they soared into the stratosphere last week sets a climax to a dramatic episode. Un- heard from by radio after it had reached the peak of its climb and unseen also, although it was reported to have been observed as late as 7:30 o'clock that evening the balloon became a thing of mystery. Morning, however, brought the good news that it had made a safe landing late in the afternoon and that November 29, 1933 its occupants had failed to make the fact known only because they had found themselves marooned in a swamp and had had to wait for day- light, Now the adventure is crowned by the official announcement that a height of 61,237 feet was reached—eleven and one-half miles—which is 8,000 feet, or a mile and a half, higher than the alti- tude attained by Professor Piccard. To be “lost” for a night is a small price to pay for so notable an exploit. CALIFORNIA’S HONEY CROP With the 1933 California honey crop harvested, H. M. Krebs, in charge of apiary inspection, entomological sery- ice, State Department of Agriculture. has taken down his records to see just what the honey bee had done for the State this year. Among other facts he related: Nearly 14,000 citizens of California are directly interested in keeping bees. Between 375,000 and 400,000 colonies of bees, owned in California, produce a surplus of from 10,000,000 to 25,000,000 pounds of honey each year. This year was hard for the béeekeep- ers because of the short crop. Calif- ornia produces about 90,000 queen bees every year. Package bees sometimes amount to 50 tons a year. The average annual value of Calif- ornia’s honey production, beeswax, package bees, and queens, amounts to approximately $2,000,000. Chief sources of honey in California are the blooms of oranges, saes, alfalfa, star thistles. lima beans and wild buckwheat. —_—_— MEN’S WEAR PROSPECTS While there is no unanimity of opin- ion among men’s wear retailers as to the Christmas trade outlook, most ex- ecutives feel that volume will equal or exceed slightly last year’s total. If an increase of 5 to 10 per cent. is attained, merchants will feel very well satisfied. Some of the more optimistic exec- utives declared that, with increased employment throughout the country, unit volume should certainly gain and with the higher prices the dollar in- crease should be sizable. Others, how- ever, pointed to uncertainty over the monetary situation as a retarding fac- tor. Utilitarian gifts will again be in vogue, and merchants are concentrat- ing purchases on such items as robes, pajamas, neckwear, shirts and hosiery. There will be a definitely optimistic note in advertising, however. —_—_ WHICH ONE IS WORST? Which animal is worst? This inter- esting question is raised by the Lon- don Saturday Review, which adds that in the opinion of some scientists the palm for ferocity belongs to the killer whale. Of land animals some hunters put the lion at the head of the list, others the rogue elephant and still others the bush buffalo, with a voice here and there for the rhinoceros. As for snakes, the compliment of “most deliberately vicious” is given to the black mamba, which has the pleasant habit of attacking on sight without Provocation, but the puff adder, the cobra and others are sufficiently vicious for most of us. Fortunately, the ques- tion has no practical significance. een nee PR A REN a ies Ae tacos i B i | oO Noveniber 29, 1933 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN OUT AROUND Things Seen and Heard on a Week End Trip I have been a close student of com- mercial conditions in Muskegon for nearly sixty years, because the remark- able accomplishments her people have made along certain lines in the face of circumstances which would stagger a less resolute people appealed to my imagination to a greater extent than has been the case with any other city in Michigan. When I was told last June that a plan had been adopted to create a new water front of 54 acres, mostly frgm the use of sand brought up from the lake bottom, I could hardly believe my ears, but the work was begun and finished to such an extent that a new dock, cold storage and auditorium were completed within five months. In the case of the cold storage apples were taken in by Sept. 15 on a location which water and a halt months previously. was three I did not attend the dedication of the gigantic project Nov. 4, because I sel- dom consent to become one of a great crowd, but last week I had the pleas- ure of visiting Muskegon and inspect- ing the buildings created by the West Michigan Dock and Market Corpora- tion. I was delighted to learn how gen- erously both activities are already be- ing patronized by an appreciative line of customers. The cold storage is lo- cated on the dock so near the water that products which have been treated by cold storage can be transferred from boat to storage or from storage to boat without exposure to the air for more than a few seconds. The audito- rium is so constructed that it is used for some sort of entertainment every hour of the day and evening. Both of these projects were carefully described and illustrated in the Muskegon Chron- icle of Nov. 2. I would advise anyone interested in the working out of this successful project in such a short space of time to send a dime for a copy of the Chronicle. I shall have more to say about this great accomplishment as its activities come into general use. Those who have occasion to visit the improvement will be graceously re- ceived by Ralph S. McCrea, Vice- President, or Everett L. Jones, assis- tant to Mr. McCrea, at the cold stor- age, or Glen W. Somers, who is in charge of the activities at the mart. Grand Haven is greatly interested these days in the probable outcome of the activities now taking place in that locality in behalf of the New York Central Lines. Surveyors have been working for several weeks in and about the city and lines have been surveyed along several proposed routes between Grand Rapids and Grand Haven. On the face of things it looks very much as though the New York Central pro- posed to extend its Michigan Central or Lake Shore branches from the sec- ond city to the mouth of the Grand river, where it will establish a freight transfer business across Lake Michigan by the car ferry system. As such an industry would mean the employment of about forty men at the Grand Haven termina!—possibly 200 persons in all— it will be heartily welcomed by the people of Grand Haven with open arms. Unless the New York Central purchases the terminal formerly used by the Grand Trunk Railway with its line of car ferries a new terminal will be created, rendering necessary the employment of many men in its con- struction, Grand Haven people with whom I talked assert that the Trunk Railway has no right to retain posses- Grand sion of its present terminal, which was handed over to the Grand Trunk with- out monetary consideration, condition- al on the latter running at least one first-class passenger train into and out of the city every day. It is now run- ning a mixed train daily, but the feel- ing against the Grand Trunk is so strong that its passenger patronage is next to nothing. All signs lead to the belief that the Grand Trunk would be glad to abandon its terminal facilities in Grand Haven and its main line from Marne to make a satisfactory sale of the prop- erty to the New York Central. Grand Haven if it could I distinctly recall the furor which prevailed in Lamont and Eastmanville sixty-two years ago over the probable extension of the Michigan Central from Grand Rapids to Grand Haven through mentioned. [| recall many visits James F. Joy, then President of the the two towns above Central, made to Lamont, going over the sur- veys prepared by his engineers, thus clearly indicating the interest he felt in the proposed extension. Michigan I recall a meeting he addressed in the old Con- gregational church at Lamont in which he predicted that the extension would surely be made inside of three years. I am glad to see the people of Grand Rapids take so much interest in the will be held at the farm show which civic auditorium the week of Dee. 5. I hope the attendance will be so large and the entertainment complete and comprehensive that this furnished so event will be the forerunner of many future events of the same or similar character. Bradley, the liberal preacher of Chicago, will speak at All Souls church (Grand Rapids) Friday evening of this week. It is to be re- gretted that the auditorium should not have been engaged for this occasion, because All Souls church will Preston great Civic not hold a tenth of the people who would like to listen to this great ex- pounder of liberal religion if they were assured a seat on the occasion of his appearance here. I hope the gentleman who is selected to introduce the distinguished exponent of right living and right thinking to his audience Friday evening does not take advantage of his opportunity to consume a large portion of the time which would other. ‘se the presentation of ihe brilliant ideas of the of the West. be devoted to greatest moral oracle In his sermon last Sunday Dr. Brad- ley referred to the ‘ had the Sunday ‘visitors” his church night before who cracked the church safe and extracted therefrom $3,000 in cash, representing the offerings made by the two con- gregations on Sunday. He said he did not bewail the circumstance, because he never knew money which was ob- tained dishonestly to give anyone any degree of satisfaction and he knew that would be the case in this instance, I am glad to find the distinguished seer and prophet in accord with me in this matter. All my life | watched men who obtained money dis- have honestly. I have never known such money to do them or anyone else any good, which naturally leads me to the conclusion that there is a fatality about money dishonestly acquired which precludes the possibility of its giving pleasure to the holder. When I started the Tradesman | noticed a local wholesale grocer made a practice of erasing the weights marked on the heads of sugar barrels, which enabled him to make perhaps 25 cents per barrel extra o1 the sugar he sold his customers, by deliberate mendacity. I said to myself, “That man will die in the poorhouse.” I did not prove to be a good prophet, because the man had friends in his old age, who supplied him with enough funds to keep him from becoming a charge on the public. I know another man who murdered a friend in and came to Grand Rapids with the funds the crime brought him. California He lived in a castle of stone on the hill, but as the circum- stances became known he never had a caller, never called on a neighbor, was unable to retain a dog or cat and died in the house alone. His death was not discovered until the aroma from his de- caying body brought the police to his door. Warren C. Shaull, 80, Chariotte’s oldest merchant in point of years and continuous service, died recently after a lingering illness although he kept close track of events until within a few Shaull born in Tiffin, Ohio, August 31, 1853, and came with his parents to Charlotie days of his passing. Mr. was in 1866, which city had been his home since that time. He saw the city de- velop from a small settlement to its present proportions. His business ca- reer, starting at 20, began with a res- taurant, but most of the present gen- eration knew him as the pioneer gro- Cer. The following paragraphs from the Charlotte characteristic of the man and describe a situation which is so unusual in this day and age of the world that I am Republican Tribune are so disposed to reproduce them entire: “Under the will of the late Warren Shaull read in probate court Tuesday, James B. Church, long time clerk in Warren Shaull’s grocery, is given the fixtures and a chance to buy the stock at cost, which he has done. He be- came proprietor of the business when the doors opened Wednesday morning. The accounts are left in charge of Mr. Church who is to receive 10 per cent. for collecting same. Mr. Church said this morning that there would be no change in the present personnel of the 9 organization. Ald. Louie Gee has been with the plant for 17 years: Arthur Thomas started work for Mr. Shaull six years ago this week and Wayne ” Webb completed five years last June. Church holds the street record "VER. for clerkship. He started in 37 years ago July 4th, after Mr. Shaull had been in the grocery business less than a year. For the first year he went to 1 school, working mornings, nights and Church well Saturdays. Me. recalls how he happened to get the job. The late Derby G. DeFoe was employed in the Shaull store at the time and he wanted to attend the Fourth of July celebration at Eaton Rapids and with Mr. Shaull’s permission arranged with young Church to take his place for the day. Fle has been with the store from that day.” ‘The balance of Mr. Shaull’s estate Mrs Shaull who is administratrix. All of the real estate has been owned jointly by Mr. Shaull goes to named as and his wife for some time. The will was drawn between five and six years ago. “It is as it should be, that Jas. B. Church is to continue the Shaull gro- cery, in fact, our greatest alarm for small towns in this changing mercan- tile order is in the fact that the chang- ing policy offers to scant opportunity for our young men to enter the busi- ness realm. It used to be that a per- son who started in as a clerk was on his way to eventual store ownership. Mr. Church’s new relationship on the street is an exhibit of the old order. It is also pleasing that Louie Gee, with 17 years record, as well as the others in the Shaull store personnel, is to continue with the new proprietor, Mr. Church is home bred and developed and starts his own business career with the well wishes of everyone.” “The will of the late Warren C. Shaull has been admitted to probate on waiver and consent of the widow, Mary Shaull Katherine Shaull Norris. The majority of the real estate and real estate mortgages owned by Mr. Shaull are held jointly with Mrs. Shaull. The estate which is being pro- bated is given in the will to Mrs. Shaull and the daughter, according to the laws of descent and and distribution, and ap- $20,000. Mrs. Shaull is named in the will as the ex- proximates around ecutrix. The only other provisions is “to my faithful friend, James B. Church,” is given all the furniture and fixtures in the store and the right to buy the stock at the inventory price and the right to rent the store building at a named figure during the settlement of the estate, and said rental to con- tinue while he is in The accounts are to be paid at the store and Mr. Church to per cent. for collection” business, store receive tem ‘FO us Warren Shaull never changed. Despite his 80 active and use- ful years he looked the same from first to last, one way of saying he never grew old, to us, in years. And yet he was our oldest merchant, sixty years (Continued on page 23) FINANCIAL Roosevelt Shou'd Go Slow in Slugging Opponents Members of the United States Cham- ber of Commerce and other opponents of the “great experimentation” of the Administration are, in the opinion of the President, merely a bunch of old “Tories.” It may be that in much of their thinking some of them are. When it comes to monetary policy, however, they at least have some basis for their views, And this, it scarcely should be necessary to point out, is more than one can say for the upholders of the “Cornell” rubber dollar, As a matter of fact, it seems to me that the President is beng unnecess- arily brutal in the selection of this label for his opponents. As the term commonly is used in this country it has an extremely unpleasant connota- tion. It falls in the same category as “Bourbon,” “moss-back” and, in an- other field, “hard-shelled Baptist.” The which the Adminis- tration has been treated so far does not strike me as making the epithet “Tory” a fitting charge at present. From another point of view, too, this particular historical reference is somewhat surprising. It was connect- ed in the President’s address with the American Revolution. Most any one probably would be able to list several reasons why that “experiment” and the present “great experimentation” are not comparable. The thing that inter- ests me most at the moment, however, is the record in that earlier experience with currency. It was during the American Revolution, it will be recall- ed, that the debauchery of the currency was carried to such a point that it gave rise to the saying, “... not worth a continental.” On the other hand, perhaps the Ad- ministration has reached the place where it desires to “slug.” It may be that it thinks it is now so firmly in the saddle that no amount pf criticism could hurt it or hinder the carrying out of its policies. If this is the case, there are some real fireworks ahead. Opponents can “slug” just as well as administration officers, Consider for a moment the oppor- tunity for unlimbering a vocabulary when®one starts to appraise a group of individuals who think that recovery is aided by making it impossible for bus- iness men to plan for the future; who hold that instability of currency is the best possible incentive to trade activity because it makes people rush to buy commodities; who maintain that the credit of the Government is not im- paired by having it repudiate its obliga- tions, by planning expenditures run- ning into untold billions and by prom- ising that if necessary to raise prices it will start the printing presses; who be- liieve, in short, that the teaching of all history is just so much nonsense in so far as being a guide to the present is concerned. The rest of us may be “Tories,” but our views are not so vulnerable as the group surrounding the Administration and preaching these doctrines. If there is going to be a “slugging” contest, gentleness with MICHIGAN that group had better take to the cy- clone cellars, The term “Tory” will appear almost as a compliment along- side what will be applied to those who think a nation can become prosperous by converting its monetary system into a game of hide and seek. Ralph West Robey. [Copyright, 1933] ——_»-~»___ Treasury Gag Shows We Are Nearing Censorship Gradually the Administration is drawing a closer and closer shield around the information which it is ne- cessary for the American public to have in order to appraise Governmental pol- icies. As yet, it is true, there has been no open censorship, but we are coming so dangerously close to this that it is imperative that opposition be started. Perhaps the real beginning of the cur- rent move toward censorship was in the NRA. Some weeks ago, it will be recalled, General Hugh Johnson pro- hibited the admission to his press con- ferences of a Washington commenta- tor. At the time this was condoned on the basis that this particular individual was not a newspaper man in the true sense but rather merely wrote special reports for a list of subscribers: It ap- pears now, however, that the action was an accurate forecast of what was to come later. The next broad step came in connec- tion with a dispute between General Johnson and the Division of Research and Statistics of the Federal Reserve Board. This, it will be recalled, arose Over a statement in the Federal Re- serve Bulletin to the effect that the decline in business had been especially marked in those industries operating under NRA codes. General Johnson maintained that this was not true and, while the controversy did not result in any censorship, it indicated a state of mind which was disturbing to out- siders. A little later, and perhaps an out- growth of this Johnson-Reserve Board controversy, an order was issued +re- quiring that all reports in business be submitted to a central agency before publication. Theoretically, there is something to say for a consolidation of the statistical work of the Govern- ment. This move, however, did not ap- pear to be so much a matter of con- solidation of the work as it did the establishment of a mechanism for se- lecting the particular facts to be pre- sented to the public. The final step was the action just taken by Henry Morgenthau Jr. in the Treasury Department. As one of his first official acts, Mr. Morgenthau has gagged all his subordinates through prohibiting their talking to newspaper men. Henceforth Treasury news is to come only through Mr. Morgenthau or his publicity agent. The presumed purpose of this gag is to prevent the public from knowing that there are any differences of opinion within the Treasury Department on current de- velopments. When this list of events, and it is by no means complete, is taken as a whole it is obvious that we are closely approximating the condition of hav- TRADESMAN ing Governmental announcements re- duced to the status of pure propaganda. There is, it seems to me, no more seri- ous criticism of what the Administra- tion is doing than the fact that it feels it desirable to take such a step. It shows an unwillingness any longer to submit its views to the public for ap- praisal. A Government which adopts such an attitude no longer is operating on the basis of a democratic ideal. Ralph West Robey. [Copyright, 1933] Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court November 21, 1933. In this day the schedules, reference, and adjudication in the matter of Anthony Miller, doing bus- iness as The Hartford Creamery, bank- rupt No, 5503, were received, The bank- rupt is a creameryman of Hartford, Michigan. The schedules’ show | total assets of $11,979.73, (of which $2,450.00 are claimed exempt), and total liabilities of $8,163.43, listing the following cred- itors: Village of Hartford, Hartford____$ 550.00 Olney National Bank, Hartford__ 1,993.00 William Barchet, Hartford_____- 1,500.00 National Discount Corp., Benton Ue 400.00 Alter & Company, Chicago______ 25.70 American Box Board Co., G. R.-. 250.00 American Railway Express, Hartford 9.45 Marion Anderson, Hartford______ 85.00 Armour & Co., Chicago__________ 12.10 A. H. Arnold & Co., Chicago... 25.00 Ed Beatty, Hartford... 2.19 Nick Bean Garage, Bangor______ 4.00 Bangor Apple Show Ass’n______ 6.00 Justice Bradfield, Lawrence_____ 17.50 Blue Valley Creamery Co., G. R. 210.00 The Bangor Advance, Bangor____ 35.00 The Creamery Package Mfg. Co., Chicgeg 82.00 Cherry-Burrell Corp., Detroit... 113.35 The Day Spring, Hartford________ 60.00 The Dairy Chemical Co., Fort meere, Iowa 13.00 Dittmann & Co., Chicago________ 102.00 The Diversey Corp., Chicago____ 10.60 Edd Filler Corp., Chicago________ 75.63 The J. B. Ford Sales Co., Wyan- Golte 6.05 Getz Poultry and Egg Corp., hice 90.00 Gleaners Elevator, Hartford ____ 68.07 Hartford Electric Service Co.____ 8.25 Hartford Coal & Lumber Co.____ 15.00 J. Heuser, Hartford 10.00 Hinckley & Gareett, Domagiac__ 10.00 Herald & Examiner, Chicago____ 9.00 Indiana Light & Power Co., Peer ee 197.88 Jims Hardware, Hartford________ 31.76 Kalamazoo Chemical Co, ________ 25.67 Kent Storage Co.,G BR. 17.50 Wm. King, Hartford «s_ 10.00 Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment 5.00 Lowe & Campbell, Chicago______ 10.60 Leach Motor Garage, Hartford__ 187.21 Oscar Leistner, Inc., Chicago... 10.52 Walter Markillie, Hartford ______ 17.03 Miller & Boerman, Kalamazoo__ 618 Lockway-Stouch Paper Co., Benton Harbor 89.64 Old Brothers, Hartford__.____ | 55.64 M. Oppenheim, Hartford__________ 18.00 The Ottawa River Paper Co., Toledo 50.00 Pacific Beg Producers, Chicago__ 5.00 Paper Makers Chemical, Wil- mington, Del 10.00 Palladium Publishing Company, Benton Harbor 140.00 Solar-Surges Mfg. Co., Melrose Sherrod & Son, Bangor ____ 30.00 eo ee a 32.00 Svenson & Co., Chicago_________ 65.00 Ha Smith, Hartford. 150.00 Star Paper Co., Kalamazoo______ 184.91 Dr. J. Steward, Hartford____.___ 10.00 State Barrell Co., Cleveland____-_ 20.00 Lewis Rush, Hartford____.___ 41.22 The Tanglefoot Co., G. R...._____ 17.30 Tri-County Telephone Co., South Maven 18.25 The Van Dervoort Hardware Co., ee as 3.40 G. E. Warren, Kalamazoo________ 33.33 Howard Wilkinson, Hartford_____ 40.00 Woolcott & Patterson, Hartford 40.00 Dr. Fred Van Riper, Hartford____ 2.50 Anthony Miller, Jr., Hartford____ 290.00 Richarg Miller, Hartford _______ 500.00 In the matter of Draper R. Smith, bankrupt No. 5489, first meeting of cred- itors was held November 20, 1933. The bankrupt was present in person and rep- resented by I. C. Montague, Attorney. Two creditors were present in person. The bankrupt was sworn and examined without a reporter, Claims were proved and allowed or referred to the trustee for investigation, M. N. Kennedy, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was appointed trustee and his bond fixed at the sum of $500.00. The meeting then adjourned without date. November 21, 1933. On this day the order of reference, and adjudication in the matter of Hans A Wendel and Rich- November 29, 1933 ard F. Wendel, copartners, doing business as Hans A. Wendel & Company, pro- prietors of the Bank of Onekema, a pri- vate banking house, bankrupt No. 5498, were received. The bankrupt is located at Onekema, Michigan. This is an invol- untary case, and the schedules have been ordered filed. Upon receipt of same, the assets and liabilities will be made known. In the matter of Carl kK. Ericksen & Sons, bankrupt No, 5497. The first meet- ing of creditors has been called for De- cember 7, 1933, at 2 P. M. In the matter of Anthony Miller, doing business as The Hartford Creamery Co., bankrupt No. 5503. The first meeting of creditors has been called for December 6, 1933, at 2 P. M. In the matter of D. Glenn Lower, bank- rupt No. 5499. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for December 6, 1933, at 11 A. M, In the matter of D. Glenn Lower, bank- rupt No. 5499. The sale of assets has been called for December 1, 1933, at 2 P. Mm. at the premises formerly occupied by the bankrupt at No. 1320 Portage St., Kal- amazoo, Michigan, The stock for sale consists of a complete drug stock and fixtures, appraised at $1759.81. All in- terested in such sale should be_ present at the date and time above set forth, In the matter of Harry L, Fox, doing business as Fox Brothers, bankrupt No, 5493. The sale of assets has been called for December 5, 1933, at 2 P. M. at the premises Of the bankrupt, No, 225 E. Main St., Niles, Michigan. ‘The stock for Sale consists of a complete dry goods stock, and fixtures, appraised at $4440.89. All interested in such sale should be pres- ent at the date and time above stated, In the matter of Floyd Stanley Voek- ler, bankrupt No. 5211, final meeting of creditors was held under date of Novem- ber 6, 1933. Fred G. Timmer, trustee, present in person. Creditors were pres- ent by Grand Rapids Credit Men’s Ass'n, Trustee’s final report and account ap- proved and allowed. Balance of bills, notes and accounts receivable was sold to Shirley C. De Groot, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the sum of $2.00. Order was made for the payment of expenses of administration, a supplemental first dividend of 20% and a final dividend to creditors of 19%. No objection to dis- charge, Final meeting adjourned with- out date. Files will be returned to U. S. District Court. _ In the matter of American Paper Chem- icals, Inc., bankrupt No, 5191. The final meeting of creditors has been called for December 11, 1983, at 2 P. mM. The trus- tee’s final report will be approved at such meeting. There will be a small dividend for creditors. inteesnensasasass Analysis of any se- curity furnished up- on request. e J. H. Petter & Co. Investment Bankers 360 Michigan Trust Building Telephone 94417 3 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 q a oe v Noveniber 29, 1933 Regulatory Announcement Concerning Flavoring Extracts and Flavors The term “extract” implies an al- coholic product. Flavoring products prepared with vehicles other than alco- hol should, therefore, not be labeled with the term “extract.” The Federal Food and Drugs Act does not require a statement of the proportion of alco- hol on the labels of flavoring extracts used exclusively for food purposes, al- though certain State laws insist on this requirement. Extracts sold or used for any medicinal purpose should have the proportion of alcohol plainly stated on the label. Nonalcoholic flavoring products may be labeled with the term “flavor,” pro- vided they contain the same kinds and proportions of flavoring ingredients as are required by the department’s defi- nitions and standards for extracts, and provided further they are labeled with some term in direct connection with their names to show that the vehicle is not alcohol. Because flavoring prod- ucts possess little food value, if any, and because flavors prepared with food oils are likely to become rancid, no ob- jection will be made to the use of high- ly refined mineral oil as a vehicle for nonalcoholic flavors, provided the oil contains no impurities which might render the product harmful to health. Vanillin coumarin preparations, col- ored with caramel and other products which imitate vanilla extract or non- alcoholic vanilla flavor, should be plainly labeled “imitation vanilla ex- tract” or “imitation nonalcoholic vanil- la flavor,” as the case may be, and the ingredients which give them their char- acteristics as imitations should be plainly declared. This declaration may be specific, such as “vanillin coumarin and caramel,” or it may be simply “ar- tificial flavor and color.” The names “artificial vanilla,” “synthetic vanilla,” “vanilla substitute” and coined words such as “vanillos” should not be used for these imitation preparations: but they may be designated by fanciful trade names, provided the names do not simulate those of the genuine prod- uts and are otherwise incapable of pro- ducing a false or misleading impres- sion, and provided further such fanciful names are followed by comparably conspicuous declarations that the arti- cles are imitations, together with the other information required by law. The principle expressed with respect to the labeling of imitation vanilla ex- tract and flavor applies to the labeling of other imitation flavoring products, such as those made from synthetic esters and aldehydes. The character of imitation extracts and flavors should be such that they will substantially take the place of the products they imitate. Beverages and other foods in which imitation flavors are used should not be labeled to con- vey the impression that they are pre- pared with genuine flavors. From Service and Regulatory An- nouncements, Bureau of Chemistry, United States Dep’t of Agriculture. —_»+-+___ New Kind of Safety Glass The usual safety glass consists of a sandwich of two sheets of glass be- tween which is a thin sheet of cellu- loid or similar material, the whole MICHIGAN bonded together with transparent ce- ment. A new type of safety glass, costing only about half as much to make and free from the tendency toward separa- tion and discoloration, has been devel- oped. It consists of a simple plate of glass subjected to a special process of heat treatment and cooling, which alters its characteristics. The plate- glass is lowered into a furnace by tongs and when about to become molten is removed and placed in a cooler. This causes the outer surfaces to acquire an exceedingly hard skin. Between these two skins the rest of the glass is held tightly in compression. It is said that the new glass retains all the safety value of glass of the lam- inated type. An impact sufficiently vio- lent to pierce the outer skin will cause the whole of the glass to disintegrate into small crystals resembling granu- lated sugar, the edges of which are not sharp. TRADESMAN 50 YEARS WITH ONE HOUSE Y. Berg, Traveling Representative For H. Leonard & Sons Y. Berg was born in Sappemeer, Province of Groningen, sixty-eight years ago. He recalls with thankful heart the day when he arrived in Grand Rapids, Nov. 21, 1883, and six days later entered the employ of H. Leonard & Sons, then at 16 Monroe avenue. He entered the store as a packer. He was soon promoted to stock clerk and later became house salesman and general office man. On Nov. 27 he celebrated the fiftieth anni- versary of his starting with the house, in which he is now stockholder. Mr. Berg was married Feb. 26, 1887, to Miss Cornelia S. De Langen, who was born in the same town in the Netherlands where he first saw the light of day. The family reside in their own home at 447 Graham street. Mrs. Berg followed him to this country three years after he came to America Y. Berg and Mrs. Berg Office Equipment Call Holds While orders are not coming in at the extremely heavy rate witnessed a few months ago, sales of office and business equipment are holding up very well, reports indicate. Many compan- ies are running ahead of their quotas for the present month and expect to finish the year with total volume con- siderably in excess of 1932. Prohibi- tion repeal has spurred demand for cash registers, which ring up food and bev- erage sales separately. Time clocks, typewriters and other office machines are also selling well. —_+~++____ Care Necessary in Using Blue Eagle The use of such wording as the “Blue Eagle Sale,” or “Blue Eagle Week” by firms is not authorized, ac- cording to a recent statement from the Insignia Section of the National In- dustrial Recovery Administration, @yen though they are operating under ap- proved codes. This statement points out that “The Blue Eagle is a part of the officially adopted NRA insignia which can be used by NRA members to denote membership only.” and the marriage was performed in the old Spring Street Christian Reformed church. They have four living children —two sons and two daughters—one son having died at the age of five years, and Jacob Ralph Berg having passed away June 16, 1933, at the age of 45. They also have seven grandchildren. Their youngest son, Ralph, is connect- ed with Stickley Bros., covering the re- tail furniture trade of New England. Their oldest living son, John, is a clerk in the general store of Jurgens & Holt- vluwer. Mr. Berg held the positions of either deacon or elder in the Spring street and Franklin street Christian Re- formed churches for twenty-four years. They celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary Feb. 26, 1927. Mr. Berg says he has no immediate intention of retiring until the Good Lord says the word. He has been busy so long that he would not know how to occupy his time if he were idle. Mr. Berg owns up to one hobby, which is bass fishing. He attributes his success to his mother’s prayers and the Lord’s care. He is widely noted for his close attention to business and il always undertakes to satisfy his cus- tomers and his house. ——_><+<.____ Prices and Margins in Chain and Inde- pendent Stores Total retail selling prices on seventy- three items in Cincinnati chain stores covered by the Federal Trade Com- mission’s. most recent report of prices and margins range from $14.12 to $14.36, while the total selling price of the independent dealers on the same items, two co-operative chains, was $15.27, the summary of the report recently sent to the U. S. Senate reveals. Even including the co-opera- tive chains the figure was $15.21 for the total independent-dealer group. Costs, however, were found to be near the same level for both chains and independents. One large chain had a somewhat lower total cost than that of the independents while the other had the same total cost, and the costs of the two smaller chains were some- what higher, exclusive of Gross margins of the four chain sys- tems ranged from 21.32 per cent. to 22.07 per cent., this report shows, with the smaller chains having a slightly than either of the large chains. Of the two co-operative groups, gross margins were 25.28 per narrower margin cent. and 26.61 per cent. The highest gross margin (26.93 per cent.) was that of the independents excluding the co- operatives. The difference between the lowest chain margin and the average for the independent distributors, ex- clusive of co-operatives, was found to be 5.61 points. Prices were found to be somewhat higher in those establishments which gave a greater degree of service to cus- tomers, both among the independents and the co-operatives. The unweighted net costs to the dif- ferent classes of distributors, after de- ducting special discounts and allow- ances, on 120 included in the principal margin study were $17.41 for the independents, $17.15 for the large chains, and $17.33 for the smaller chains. items Statistics were secured from 608 in- dependent and co-operative grocery stores and four grocery chain systems m Cincinnati. This is the fourth of a series of re- ports presenting the results of a study of retail prices, costs, and gross mar- gins of chains and other distributors, made in partial response to a Senate resolution calling upon the Commission to make an inquiry respecting “the ad- vantages or disadvantages of chain store distribution in comparison with those of other types of distribution as shown by prices, costs, profits, and margins .’ Previous reports have given the results of similar studies of the grocery business in Washington, Memphis, and Detroit. The complete report will later be printed for distribu- tion although only a summary is made public at this time. This summary is available free upon request from the Federal Trade Commission, Washing- ton, D. C. —__+->____ Success or failure in business caused more by mental attitude even than by mental capacities.— Walter Dill Scott. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 29, 1933 RETAIL GROCER Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Associa- tion of Michigan. President—Paul Schmidt, Lansing. First Vice-President — Theodore J. Bathke, Petoskey. Second Vice-President—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. Necessity of Keeping Up With Rising Costs Whatever may be the ultimate out- come of AAA’s arbitrary ways to raise producers’ immediate effect is enhancement of canned goods incomes, the costs. Any grocer who carelessly parts with his stock at prices based on orig- inal costs has no legitimate complaint against anybody, except himself. Read this: “The proposal now under consideration would reduce wages of men in responsible positions to a level inconsistent with their standing and A man capable of manag- 3 ing a store is worth a minimum of §. usefulness, cn per week and under normal employ- ment conditions could not be hired for less. This company opposes reductions now proposed in minimum wages.” Who expressed that opposition to re- ductions proposed in a conference with NRA last month? It was the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Do the great chains have a sanely balanced conception of a sound mercantile set- up? Maybe they have, after all. Any- way, the A. & P.’s payroll under NRA is increased by ten million dollars a year, so they ought to know. Towns of 2,500 and under, “not with- in a larger trading area or part there- of,” or words to that effect, are ex- empted altogether from NRA regula- tions. It will be interesting to note where the line is to be drawn and the distinction made. 3ut chain units are under NRA, re- gardless of where located. That need not keep any of us awake worrying what will become of such chain units. For they will be continued so long as they pay and cut out when and if they Chain units are not kept open on sentiment. The cease to produce profits. real worry centers on the individuals, whether as those are affected by com- petition of controlled with uncontrolled places or by continuance of drastic competition of small town merchants among themselves. Like the dictum so far tentatively promulgated that sales below cost will not “be tolerated,” but that any mar- gin “cannot be supervised.” This ex- emption looks like simply adding to problems which would be plentiful in any case, With every desire to back up NRA, it vet seems that it has chosen its advisers badly—from among theorists, not practical merchants—and we need not forget that the highest official po- sitions in food associations are often held by men of one of two classes: Men without. real rience on the one and and mis{its and mercantile expe- failures on the other. I say this frank- ly, because it has seemed to me all along that rules more in keeping with economic horse sense might easily have been adopted. One really vital benefit has been in- augurated by NRA. That is the com- ing together of controlling officials in Big Business and those in power among the labor bodies. Personal con- tact has bred understanding and that has led to real liking and, hence, mu- tual respect It recalls the time when Johndee, Jr., visited the striking Colo- rado miners, sat down on doorsteps in- formallly with them—and got every- thing understood and settled speedily. Against this advantage lies the trend toward universal spread of unionism NRA’s statement that nobody was to be re- over the country — despite quired to join anything special. View it all as dispassionately as we like— or can—the condition basic in human nature must never be overlooked: That irresponsible power always begets abuses, repression and tyranny. We are no readier for a labor dictatorship than for the financial one, which we even now seem about to have shaken off— thanks be! What reaction comes against any- thing that savors of unfair pressure is shown in the ford treatment and what Detroit thinks. Detroit distinctly wants no control by “Madam Perkins” and says so in unmistakable language: and in view of the established fact NRA would be to work down to it, ford has that for ford to conform to become the most popular figure in De- troit. We can think of these things in line with Lincoln’s saying: “I must go with the man who is right, stay with him while he remains right, and part with him when he. goes wrong.” Which, of course, logically means also that when a man whom we _ have thought or found wrong becomes and goes right, we must obviously return to him. All of which concerns all of us. in business or out; but now let us get back to groceries. official A Canadian chain says: grocer “The persistent decline in prices has made it increasingly difficult to main- tain a proper profit spread in cents per mutt. 1f Costs for 20c as for as much to sell an item 35c, yet it is not easy to get as many cents profit on 20c selling price as on 35c, Then a decline of 10 per cent in a store’s volume results in a much higher percentage decline in that part of the volume available for profit over and above the volume nec- essary to carry operating costs.” We can well study that and think it out to its logical conclusion, which is that it is always the merchant’s busi- ness to maintain proper margins and To sell character merchandise instead of mak- push sales of productive goods. ing a mere price-appeal requires stam- ina, information down to the minute. mature merchandising knowledge and developed ability to trade up. These factors apply everywhere, par- Nobody needs weep for the small town of to- ticularly in small centers. setter let him weep for congested districts. The auto- mobile has all but killed congested business districts and made the sky- scraper passé. Cities are now spread- day and to-morrow. ing themselves into community centers and small towns are coming back strong. Hence, the very best charac- ter of merchandise will be required for success in every town—not merely in big cities, as was the case a few years ago. Amazing to read in Canadian Grocer a merchant’s letter thus: “I notice about figuring profits on My chil- dren say this is all wrong—that the sales rather than on costs. arithmetic definitely stated that profits were figured on costs.” The editor goes over the old, familiar ground trying to set this merchant's mind at rest and, incidentally, safe- guard some of his earnings. Merchants everywhere in all lines associate themselves together for many purposes. I never heard of anv move- ment designed to convert our school authorities to the sane plan of includ- ing a trifle of business arithmetic in their curriculums. But until this is done, we shall go on as ever, contin- ually adding to the hazards of business. handicapping those who know better by the competition of the ignorant. How simple it would be, say. in the percentage section of all arithmetics. to include a section along these lines: “The preceding is the method always used by bankers, mortgagees and oth- ers who deal in money; and it is the correct plan for them to use. But mer- chants have to use the following.” Then go on and show the method and reason out the whys thereof. The plastic mind of youth would grasp it all readily To-day all it has a chance to grasp is mercan- and permanently. tile error—difficult to eradicate later. Paul Findlay. 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 BLUE RIBBON MALT BOUQUET TEA The House of Quality and Service ES yO Vel CRAC KERS eae eds t PA SZ2 HEKMAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. COOKIE-CAKES and CRACKERS Higher Quality Means Greater Salability BISCUIT CO. v November 29, 1933 . MICHIGAN MEAT DEALER —@-—_—____— Puts Human Interest In Meat Ads There is an appeal in advertising copy which the average meat merchant has failed to since it carries with it strong reader interest make use of, and it deserves a fair amount of attention. In addition to making copy arresting, concise, persuasive and action-getting, it should have human interest. To-day, with the price widely featured in advertising of all kinds, the progressive meat merchant can secure closer reader attention for his advertising by embodying at least a snack of the human interest element. The Jos. Pahle market in West Allis, Wis., has lent tremendous weight to Tractor so its newspaper advertising by peopling it with real persons and including in each week’s ad a poem filled with hu- mor and homely philosophy. Each week the store runs a two-col- umn by fifteen inches deep advertise- ment in the city’s weekly newspaper. A poem by Ray Pahle, who dubs him- self the “butcher poet,” and. entitled “Market Quotations,” heads the adver- tisement. Beneath the poem is a P.S. with humorous comment on_ timely subjects and beneath this the items advertised are listed. Pahle’s poems and philosophical comments deal with a diversity of topics, from the bake sale to be held in the city to an announce- ment concerning the birth of newest baby boy. The fact that Mr. Pahle peoples his advertisements with honest-to-good- ness persons and instills into each bit Ray’s of copy pieces of original humor treat- ing with incidents and people in and about West Allis gives it a distinction and uniqueness which lends an unusual value to the market’s advertising. A typical P. S. follows: “Now that my duty is performed and due respect paid to the millions of fathers through- out the universe, I will endeavor to ex- plain some of the universal services ren- dered by each and every member of our full time crew. “Eddie Majdecki or ‘Hotcha’ or baby face, and top shelf efficiency expert, and hog lifter, gives weekly hints on table decorations and spot welding. “Led Majdecki, Zilch, our lion and grocery lieutenant, is aiding and farmers in the planting of sweet corn and potatoes. social assisting earlier “Elsworth Baerwald, ‘Snipe,’ our de- livery and route foreman has many good excuses for speeding — free for the asking, “George Hansen, ‘Pretty George,’ delivery man south of National, holds classes after such hours in public speaking. “George Hering, ‘Uncle,’ our corn beef and lard man, promises something new in sausage this winter. “Walter Hering, ‘Waler,’ our poul- try and veal man, has classes in Esper- anto free of charge. “Elsie, ‘My little sister,’ on telephone No. 1 gives weekly broadcasts on beau- ty hints and soap. secrets by using Star “Mother, ‘Ma,’ our general superin- tendent will answer all how to raise a guy like me and still have natural dark hair, inquiries on “The wife, ‘The old Butcher Poet’s silent partner,’ whose troubles are all little ones, will gladly explain the care and feeding of a husband. “Ellen Wollgast, ‘Our brand new member to date,’ has charge of all the ins and outs of your business and warns you there are only 302 shopping days left before next Christmas. “And lastly the old Maestro himself who continues to break all previous records by untiring and unselfish ef- forts to serve the most, offers per- sonal supervision of all pork curing and smoking in the home free of charge, no charges for smoking hams and ba- con bought at this market. “All us guys and gals above thank you all for the privilege of serving you in the past and will continue to make this the best doggone market this side of Peoria.’ The market “Tengthen purse and_ lighten your load by trading at Pahle’s,” newspaper advertising. features the slogan, your in its It operates on a cash basis and offers two delivery services daily, one at 9:30 a.m. and the other at 2:00 p.m. The market has two telephones so that patrons can secure prompt service on all phone orders and operates two delivery trucks. Pahle’s have been in business for over fifty years in West Allis and as a result are an integral part of the com- munity. They employ ten people, operate on a small margin of profit and feature no loss leaders or baits. The market’s advertising is respon- sible in no small degree for its suc- All of which bears out the fact that it is possible to lend distinction to cess. meat market advertising by incorpor- ating humanness and embodying copy with real people and mixing it with homely philosophy and humor. ——_»-.+____ Michigan Sausage Law Permits Only Two Grades A new law regulating the manufac- ture and sale of sausage in Michigan, put into effect October 17, is aimed not only to prevent fraud and decep- tion, but to protect public health. The act prohibits the sale of adulterated including bologna, wieners and frankfurts, and establishes two grades, which must be indicated on the label sausage, together with the name and address of the maker. or package, Grade Number 1, according to the specifications, must contain only skele- tal meat prepared from the animal car- cass, exclusive of the head, with salt and seasoning. It may contain three pounds, and no more, of whole or skim milk powder per hundred pounds of sausage. Water must not be used in a wider ratio of protein to water than 41%4. No other products than stated are permitted in this grade. those Grade Number 2 may include, in ad- dition to the meat constituents, salt and seasoning, skeletal meat from the head, heart and other wholesome meats not necessarily skeletal, but must not. in- clude — slaughterhouse cracklings or by-products, tripe, meats, ud- crackling meal, wessand ders, lips, ears or snouts. lungs, stomachs, This grade may contain cereal or whole or skim milk powder not exceeding 2 per cent by weight and added water to not re- sult in a wider ratio of protein to water than one to five, TRADESMAN 13 Liver and blood sausage are not Soup From Whale Extract graded. : : \ new food subs‘ance, an extract While approving the law in principle fom whale foal fica, ___ Textile Jobbers Sales Steady While they are keeping their own purchases down, dry goods wholesalers report that they were selling a fair amount of merchandise to retailers. The demand is particularly good from the South, where stores were reported to be doing a brisk business. Jobbers said that the primary market is some- what confused and on a trading basis, but that a renewed buying movement of sizable proportions on Spring goods is expected before the middle of De- cember. By that time, it was felt, the outlook will ‘be clarified and distrib- utors will need goods. 2. <-> Dress Price Still an Issue Definite agreement has yet to be reached on the issue of lower prices because of the standardization of dress terms at 8 per cent., as provided in the code of the industry. The matter as it stands is one for the individual pro- ducer to handle. It is said, in the case of popular price merchandise com- pensatory price readjustments are be- ing made. The code does not limit the manufacturer as to the prices at which he may sell his garments, but the pro- ducers’ association has contended that a price reduction is not in keeping with the spirit of the code. $1 Specials Hard to Get Higher foreign exchange and_ in- creased domestic costs have materially curtailed the number of $1 specials at wholesale. The situation is a difficult one for buyers seeking holiday goods MICHIGAN and is also a factor of importance to wholesalers seeking to place Spring orders. On foreign goods heretofore costing $7.80 a dozen, advances up to $12 or more have been put into effect. On domestic items previously held at $7.80, increases to $9.60 have been typ- ical. Many of the $1 items now have to bring $1.29 at retail, but buyers have found sales falling off. —_+--___ Xmas Buying Gains Somewhat Fair success in developing early Christmas shopping is reported by re- tail executives. The volume so far has not been large, but increasing attend- ance in both gift and toy sections was said to be encouraging. At this stage, special promotions are being relied on to yield some offset to the shorter sales period which stores have after Thanks- giving. One development noted so far is the somewhat greater importance which home wares are assuming and indications are that gifts of this type will figure more notably in the holiday buying that was the case a year ago. ———_-2s>2-—o______ Cheaper Swim Suit Lines Out The practice, started last year in the primary bathing suit market, of offer- ing a limited range of sizes at price under the regular market, was renew- ed th's week and several mills came out with pure worsted styles at $12 a dozen. The sizes offered are confined to the 36, 38, 40 and 42. These are the best selling sizes and the plan appeals to some wholesalers, who do not wish to ‘be caught with stocks near the end of the season, in the event of unfavor- able weather. Prices on the completely sized ranges are steady, —_—_~~-+<__ Some Ho iday Re-Orders Noted A fair to spotty situation has devel- oped thus far with respect to additional business in gift and toy items, reports here indicated. Re-orders have not been heavy, inasmuch as active shop- ping ‘by consumers has yet to start. Wholesalers and manufacturers said yesterday they expected a sharp pick- up next week, owing to the large trade which is counted on the coming week- end. The bulk of the business so far has centred on medium to popular price items, with a slight betterment in the call for higher price goods, G. E. to Sell Specialty Silk The entrance of the General Elec- tric Co., into the general sale of a light- weight oiled silk, hitherto used in its insulation plants, is announced. The silk, made in Japan, is especially pro- cessed and is being sold solely through the Blossom Manufacturing Co. The fabric is being used for shower cur- tains,, raincoats and raincapes, umbrel- las, beach pajamas and similar apparel. The instance was held significant of the trend on the part of some of the larger industrial concerns to enter new fields. Spring Sweaters Rise Sharply Prices quoted by leading sweater mills for Spring are about 50 per cent. higher than those listed at the opening last year. According to selling agents the cheapest retail range for a pure worsted sleeveless number will be about $1.29 next year. No $1 number TRADESMAN will be available. Brushed wool and slide fastener styles are expected to continue in favor. A few novelty weaves are also offered. Colors will be plain, the attempt to popularize plaids this year having failed, —_~e~+<_____ Consider Corset Code Changes Adjustment of several wholesale price points set up in the corset code is now heing considered. The changes are intended to preserve the normal percentage of mark-up for the retailer and to eliminate the possibility of in- flexibility of merchandising within the lines. One of the changes represents an wholesale price increase, and the other two declines from the code levels. The code is one of the few in which wholesale price points are set up. —_—_+--+___ ay Regulations For Establishing Local Retail Trade Councils The National Retail Trade Council, representative body from the retail code as established by the provisions of the code, has issued a 6-page bulletin giving preliminary regulations govern- ing the organization and operation of local retail trade councils to assist in the administration of the retail code. The National Retail Trade Council, the announcement states, contemplates that before the end of the year local retail trade countils will be functioning in every local trading area. The ini- tiative for the establishment of these Councils, however, is to be taken by local merchants’ associations or local chambers of commerce or any similar organization of the retail trade. If no action is taken by the local group, it is stated that councils will be organized by the National Council or by the NRA. The local councils are to be made up of members from each division of the retail trade represented in the local areas. Upon proof of their representative character, a certificate authorizing the local council to commence operations is to be issued. The regulations issued by the Na- tional Council outline the general func- tions of the local council as that of receiving and attempting to adjust complaints, except labor complaints, serving as an information center in ex- planation of the retail code, and in gen- eral acting as a representative body from the trade within the local trading areas. It was made clear by the coun- cil that complaints from employes re- garding hours, wages, and other labor provisions of the code are to be re- ferred to the district compliance direc- tors of the NRA or other agencies to be set up. —__+~-<-__ No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the re- ward for what he gave.—Calvin Cool- idge., —_~+-+-+___ Be sure you're right and then wait years and years for people to discover it. You'll probably have to. 15 Retail Group Declares Against Ten Provisions A policy of blanket opposition to the inclusion in manufacturers’ codes of certain provisions deemed by the group as against the interests of retailers has been expressed by the National Retail Dry Goods Association. In a brief to NRA, the group called for the elimina- tion of provisions which seek to: 1. Eliminate quantity and volume discounts. 2. Fix retail prices. 3. Eliminate advertising allowances. 4. Eliminate demonstrators and al- lowances for demonstrators. 5. Change the present shipping ar- rangements in the various industries. 6. Determine the various prices quoted to various classes of retailers by manufacturers that are not based on either the size of the order or the cost to the manufacturer of selling his various accounts. 7. Unduly restrict the justifiable re- turn of merchandise to manufacturers. 8. Prohibit the placing of merchan- dise of certain classes on consignment. 9. Prevent retailers from having merchandise made on a cut-make-and- trim basis by manufacturers operating under the NRA. 10. Fix terms of so-called “cash” dis- counts. —_+-.____ For a Better and Bigger Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, Nov. 26—I was in Petoskey last week and met my old friend, Charlie Graham, the hardware salesman. It surely was nice to talk about all the boys, some long gone and others still alive but not on the road. We mentioned Con Broene, N. G. Mc- Phee, Bill Keasey, McDonald, George Liesveld, Barney Stratton, George Ab- bott, Dick Warner and many others. I also am enclosing an item. I think we should put a punch into our town to use our traveling men to again sell Grand Rapids to the people outside. I think the Association of Commerce could have a meeting with all traveling men showing them the urge to get un- der the yoke and all pull together and see if we cannot get back in the field. Yours for a better and bigger Grand Rapids. Rufus Boer. —__+<- + Like battle-scarred veterans of the prize ring, many salesmen to-day are literally “punch-drunk” from the knocks and blows of this last depres- sion. They’re licked! They have bumped against stone-walls of tough selling so long that they cannot sell even when sales are possible. Their chief stock in trade is this: “What’s the use—you can’t sell anything until business gets better.” They know more reasons why their product can’t be sold than why prospects should buy it. Many have forgotten that sales- men are Want-Makers—nor order- takers. ————_.-~.>____ Why not keep up the subterfuge that one is having a perfectling ripping good time in this world? That’s a game, too, >.> _____ Intelligent and well-behaved people are overdisciplined because laws have to be made to control the foolish. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER Box Co. Manufacturers of SET UP and FOLDING PAPER BOXES SPECIAL DIE CUTTING AND MOUNTING G R AN D ‘ R A.P I DS, MiI GAN C H I HOTEL DEPARTMENT Sound Money and Sound Citizens Go Together Los Angeles, Nov. 25—Notice, with- out particulars, of the demise of that grand old man, “Uncle Louie ’’Winter- nitz at his San Diego, home upsets me greatiy. While our acquaintance pos- sibly may not have extended over a long period of years, I became ac- quainted with him soon after my ar- rival in Los Angeles, several years ago, an acquaintance which developed into a warm friendship. At that time le was living at the Elks’ Club here, later removing to the Southern city, to which I made frequent pilgrimages for the sole purpose of fraternizing with him. He surely was grand and good and his friendship was a valued asset. Peace be to his ashes. Last Sunday, accompanied by my chautfeur-de-luxe, Mrs. Jaque Percy, a most competent “back-seat” driver, Miss Alberta Brown, of Plainwell, and Judge John P. Hughes, of Seattle, owner of a very satisfactory automo- bile, we encompassed a trip to River- side to pay a visit to the “Master of the Inn,” Frank Miller, at the famous hostelry, Glenwood Mission Inn. Mr. Miller, among his other accomplish- ments is a profound philosopher, and we were favored with a brief disserta- tion on the subject of “humanity’s lack of confidence in each other,” which he maintains is the chiefest cause of the world’s unrest to-day. Besides which we enjoyed the hospitality of the Inn, which I have ever contended, is the one best bet in that direction. Forty-seven years ago he operated, in conjunction with his father, the Dodge House, at Tomah, Wis., where I first formed his acquaintance. He is still the ideal ho- telier, and his guests are legion. Some day I will tell vou more about him, facts very well known, however, to Californians. Incidentally, I learned while there that the wondrous table (hote dinners served at the Inn, on the basis of $2.50 per, are now supplied at $1.25. I hope my Michigan friends will place themselves in a position to corroborate what I have heretofore had to say concerning these offerings. I have it that the legislative commit- tee of the Michigan Hotel Association, which has had under consideration leg- islation legalizing liquor-by-the-glass regulations for hotel service. have agreed on a measure to be submitted to the special legislative session now in evidence. Under this compromise plan which has been in operation since the state legislative enactment was re- pealed last spring, hotels and restau- rants were enabled to sell beer and wine by the glass, but the sale of hard liquor has been another proposition and it had been planned to have them han- dled in original packages altogether through state-operated stores except in such counties where a referendum of the voters want it sold by the glass, in which cases it may be disposed of by the glass in such counties only. In the smaller towns the state liquor com- mission will have power to designate a hotel-keeper, druggist or other mer- chant to act for the state in sales by the bottle, receiving a commission thereon. Lloyd G. Robinson, manager of Hotel Durant, Flint, is chairman of this com- mittee, and at the head of the move- ment to iron out the complex features of the problem. The Hotel Associa- tion, he says, is basing its case on eco- nomic as well as social grounds. It holds that the dining rooms in prop- erly conducted hotels provide a decent atmosphere for dispensing liquor and that this privilege would prove a big factor in wiping out the speakeasies, thereby increasing the revenues to be derived by the state, and at the same time being in a position to remedy MICHIGAN many evils arising from the indiscrim- inating sale of hard beverages. I have maintained from the very first that ho- tel organizations are indisputably in a position to add much to the movement to regulate the traffic which is sure to run the customary gamut of snags, and the Michigan legislature will do well to give their advances due consideration. General Manager Otis M. Harrison, of the Detroit-Leland, has been mak- ing some changes and promotions in his operating staff recently. He has ap- pointed Clyde Cyphers, a former auto dealer, assistant manager in charge of automobile contracts, and Prentis P. Douglas, former coach at Michigan State College, assistant manager in charge of promotion. Mrs. Charlotte Delvin, until recently associated with Hotel Seward, Detroit, will henceforth busy herself with the Detroit-Leland’s social activities. F. C. Webster, former manager of the dining room in the union depot, Detroit, has just been named manager of Hotel Huron, Ypsilanti, succeeding L. G. Behringer, who became manager of the institution on the death of Geo. H. Swanson, in 1931. Mr. Behringer had been assistant manager up to that time. John Goldsworthy has reopened Ho- tel Brunswick, Detroit, a former Les- ter Briggs operated hotel. It has been closed for several weeks on account of the relinquishment of a lease held by James E. Sweeney. The Colonial Hotel, at Marine City, has been leased to James H. Perry. It will be improved materially and _ re- opened for business in the near future. Robert E. Kelley has assumed the management of Hotel Briggs, at Grand Circus Park, Detroit, This is a 200- room proposition and is well known to the traveling public. “Ed.” Dalton, owner and operator of Hotel Dalton and the Dal-Van, at Jackson, and reginal vice-president of the Michigan Hotel Association, was re-elected city commissioner at the election held in that city a few days ago. As a hotel man he has proved a signal success and I should say Jack- son voters displayed good sense in sticking him. Detroit Charter No. 29, Greeters of America, recently entertained Miss Bertha Hodge, national secretary oi the Women’s Auxiliary of the order, at Hotel Norton-Palmer, Windsor, and at the same time nominated a full comple- ment of officers to be voted upon next month. They consist of Herbert A. Kline, promotion manager for Book- Cadillac, as president; Fred Cowles, Hotel Statler, first vice-president; Ernest Junker, Scarab Club, second vice-president; Frank R. Johnson, Johnson’s Rustic Tavern, Houghton Lake, third, and F. C. Webster, Hotel Huron, Ypsilanti. The new secretary- treasurer will be Joseph Denowitz, De- troit-Leland. Alterations to the top floor of the Park Avenue Hotel, Detroit, have been completed and the Park Avenue Pent- house, a night club, has made its ini- tial bow to the Detroit public. It is one of the most elaborate institutions of its kind in that city. John P. Keller is manager of the hotel and William Kurth, well-known as a caterer in De- troit and elsewhere, will have charge of the Penthouse, The Milner Hote! Corporation, De- troit, has added another hotel to its chain —the Hotel Edward, Indianapo- lis. Its name will be changed to The Milner without unnecessary delay, Too bad about Hotel Whitcomb, St. Joseph, which is supposed to be offered TRADESMAN for sale at auction some time next month, Of course the hotel, which is a most attractive affair, will continue to operate and if I do not miss my guess, Charley Renner, the present manager, will continue in charge. Several inves- tors in the institution, whom I met on a visit there last summer, admitted to me that he was their only ray of hope. He has made money for then when they least expected it. Of course I am probably wrong—I usually am—but it looks like petty poli- tics for an institution with the high sounding title of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States, to try and throw a monkey wrench into the gear Wheels of President Roosevelt’s NRA program. They don’t pretend to tell you what they would do under any cir- cumstances, but they have shied one Harriman, until recently a supporter of the President's policy, into the arena, and he is tossing fire-crackers and tor- pedoes copiously and promiscuously. If the President ever hears about this fellow Harriman, which is doubtful, he will probably, with his usual wisdom, “laugh it off.” Just now the public is very much in sympathy with Mr. Roosevelt, who has offered them the first ray of hope they have enjoyed for several years, thugh they are not insist- ing on any miracles. “Trying” to do something is somewhat alone the lines of accomplishnient, At the local shops of one of the transcontinental transportation compa- mies a cigar shaped train capable of traveling 100 miles per hour is being prepared for a real test, and yesterday I had the satisfaction of a preview of same, which proved quite interesting. Its three coaches totaling 200 feet in length are expected to carry mail, bag- gage, and 100 passengers. An addi- tional tender will carry enough oil for a non-stop trip of one thousand miles or more. This train differs from all others in being tapered. The top slopes froml4 feet above the ground to 12 feet in the rear. Its all-over width, 10 feet, 8 inches, just behind the rounded “hose,” narrows to 8 feet before it is shaven off almost to a point. Operating on Diesel-electric power, fuel-oil mo- tors supplying electric power to drive the wheels, most of them. would con- sume less than a nickel’s worth of fuel in a mile. The steam locomotive uses many times that amount. The experi- mental train being built will determine whether curves must be straightened or banked, bridges and crossings pro- tected more than now, and road-beds smoothed out. It is said that the in- troduction of busses in transcontinental travel is sapping the revenue of the rail companies, to compete with them. 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 tonia Ave., N. W. Phone 86027 Warm Friend Tavern Holland, Mich. Is truly a friend to all travelers. All room and meal rates very reasonable. Free private parking space. JAMES HOEKSEMA, Manager November 29, 1933 THE ROWE GRAND RAPIDS The Most Popular Hotel in Western Michigan 300 Rooms Showers Servidor Direction of American Hotels Corp. J. Leslie Kincaid, President “A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS” That is why LEADERS of Business and Society make their head- quarters at the PANTLIND HOTEL “An entire c'ty block of Hospitality’ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Rooms $2.25 and up. Cafeteria Sandwich Shop MORTON HOTEL Grand Rapids’ Newest Hotel 400 Roums -%- 400 Baths RATES $2.50 and up per day. CODY HOTEL GRAND RAPIDS RATES—$1 up without bath. $2.00 up with bath. CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION ALL GOOD ROADS LEAD TO IONIA AND THE REED INN Excellent Dining Room Rooms $1.50 and up MRS. GEO. SNOW, Mgr. Park Place Hotel Traverse City Rates Reasonable—Service Superb —Location Admirable. GEO. ANDERSON, Mgr. ALBERT J. ROKOS, Ass’t Mar. New Hotel Elliott STURGIS, MICH. 50 Baths 50 Running Water European D. J. GEROW, Prop. Occidental Hotel FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $2.00 and up EDWARD R. SWETT, Mgr. Muskegon Michigan Columbia Hotel KALAMAZOO Good Place To Tie To November 29, 1933 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 When the steam locomotives have been eliminated, it will be only a matter of a few years, when passengers can step aboard one of these trains in New York and step off at Los Angeles a day and a half later. Of course the railroads cannot afford to junk their present palatial equipment for some time to come, but gradually the newer type will be installed. President Roosevelt believes our ob- jective should be sound citizens; that once this objective is achieved, sound money will follow as a natural result. And, according to my notion, the Pres- ident is absolutely right. If restoring purchasing power and a decent stand- ard of living to fifteen million wrecked families means changing our currency system, then let us, by all means, change our currency system. These champions of the old era may discover some day how thoroughly discredited they really are. Service, and especially hotel service, is worth two prices. First, because it must never be forgtotten, there is the price to those who render it, represent- ed by various costly items which com- prise everything that goes to make the basic outlay, A large hotel, well known for its ability to keep an imposing cli- entele in a happy frame of mind, de- clares it will serve anything within rea- son on demand, reserving the right to ask pay for its ability to meet this re- quirement. This very hotel, however, illustrates, too, the other end of the problem, which is that service is only worth so much as the guest thinks it is worth. If the operator fails to impress this on his own mind, he overlooks the one best bet, by which his guest is kept in the frame of mind which makes him a repeat customer. Pennsylvania hotel men know what they want and go after it. Not sat- isfied with campaigning to have suit- able liquor laws imposed, they are now on the trail of certain blue laws which have been in disuse for ages but flare up once in a while to cause them vexa- tion. Frank S. Verbeck. —_2+-.___ “Mode: Code” Outlines Fair Trade Practice Regulations The National Recovery Administra- tion recently made public a Model Code of Fair Competition designed to be applicable with minor variations to any industry, in which are outlined the model provisions with regard to unfair trade methods in addition to the other desired provisions of a code. This js to be distributed, an announcement by the Administration explains, to trade industries now engaged in the prepara- tion of codes for submission to the Administration, The need for uniformity in code Provisions is pointed out in that many of the 170,000 manufacturers and 160,- G00 wholesalers of ‘the country each belong to from two to five trade asso- ciations, and operate in two or more fields, making for confusion rather than simplification in the matter of trade practices. It is pointed out that the so-called “Standard Code” is offered as a suggestion to industries in response to many requests that such an outline be furnished, but that, with the excep- ion of those provided in the original Act, the provisions are not compulsory. This Standard Code is the result of several months of intensive study of codes. already approved by the Presi- dent, of pending codes and of rulings of the Federal Trade Commission dur- ing the last fifteen years. It was pre- pared by a committee containing rep- resentatives of the country’s leading manufacturing, retail and wholesale trade associations, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Com- merce, and better business bureaus, collaborating with the legal division, the research and planning division and the industrial, labor and consumers ad- visory board’s of the Administration. The model code contains eleven articles under the following headings: Purposes, hours, wages, general labor provisions, code author- ity, trade practice rules, modification, monopolies, price increases, and effec- tive date. Under the powers and duties of the code authority, provision is made for the gathering of adequate statistical re- poros from members and the establish- ment of an agency to develop fair trade practices and industrial planning. definition, The trade practices which provisions included are designed to eliminate are thirteen in number: 1. Inaccurate Advertising. 2. “Bait” Advertising. 3. False Billing. 4. Inaccurate Labelling. 5. References to Competitors. 6. Selling Below Cost. 7. Threats of Law Suits. 8. Secret Rebates. 9. Selling on Consignment. 10. Bribing Employees. 11. Interference with Another’s Con- tracts. 12. Repudiating One’s Own Con- tract. 13. Coercion. —_~r~-+___ What to Look for in Choosing Turkey Reporting progress in the revival of the turkey raising industry of New Jer- sey, Fred W. Jackson, Director of Con- sumer Information, State Department of Agriculture, cites the president, Mrs. A. E. Reid, of the State Turkey Grow- ers’ Association, as an authority on what constitutes a good eating bird. Mrs. Reid is quoted: “No housewife can afford to make a mistake in buying a turkey,” for a tough bird can never be explained and is always a source of worry to the one who carves. Examine the turkey carefully and se- lect one which is fresh, clean, bright and dry skinned. The skin should also be tender and firm to the touch but not hard, “Dark dull color of skin or flesh us- ually means it has been poorly bled and may not be too fresh, Look for a coating of fat rather than hard fat de- posits such as result from hurriedly fattening range turkeys just prior to marketing. “Seek a straight breast bone and back. The longer the keel or breast bone the more the white breast meat. “Folks who once try a fresh nearby grown turkey are never satisfied with any other kind. Grown in semi-con- finement and fed choice mash feeds including dried milk, the flesh develop- ed is always tender because it is mar- bled with fat distributed through all of the lean tissue.” Turkeys have been grown on the Reid farm since 1890 and prize birds of over 40 pounds are not unusual. Fruit and Dried Vegetables Available for Winter Fare Even if there is not as good a variety as in the growing season, there are still enough Winter vegetables to permit serving a different one every day of the week or longer. In addition to using white or sweet- poatoes for a starchy vegetable, some other vegetable at a meal is counted on; if possible, one with little starch and plenty of vitamins and minerals, says the United States Bureau of Home Economics. These can be put in three classes: Those that develop underground— carrots, turnips, beets, and onions. leaves—in- other vegetables Vegetables with cluding cabbage, kale. collards, spinach, and turnip tops. Third, pumpkin and squash, of many varieties. Canned tomatoes are at the top of a supplementary list, and some of them should be served once or twice a week. Next, dried beans and peas, and dried Finally canned vegetables which can be bought cheaply from time to time. monotony, certain raw vegetables may be served in salad, in slices or sticks, as if they were celery. Carrots, turnips, cabbage, or onions can all be served raw. Then some vege- tables can be served in unusual ways. ——_» > Status of Chain Stores in Small Rural Towns About one-fifth of the stores in small towns are operated by chain store sys- tems, and the chain stores generally se- cure the best locations because they are able and willing to pay higher rents, sometimes displacing independent ten- ants for this reason. This is the condition indicated by green corn. there are varieties of To avoid the results of a survey made by the Federal Trade Commisiion in 30 small towns ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 in population. The survey was made as a part of the Commission’s study of chain stores and a report to the Senate was made public Nov. 21. The Commission also has completed a report to the Senate on the service features in chain stores. This shows that almost half of 1,700 reporting chain store systems employed credit to some extent. For all kinds of chain stores combined, it was estimated that cash sales were 90 per cent. of total sales, while the remaining 10 per cent. was on credit. Nearly half of the chain stores also service, but they rendered some delivery more than half reported that would not accept telephone orders. ——_+-.___ Special Railroad Rates for Farm Show Special railroad rates of one and one third of the one way fare for round trips to the Michigan Farm Show in Grand Rapids were authorized in a telegram to C. E. Elerick, Traffic Com- missioner of the Grand Rapids Asso- ciation of Commerce, from C. A. Fox, ‘Manager of Central Passenger Asso- ciation, of Chicago, to-day. These special rates apply on all rail- roads entering Grand Rapids and are effective for tickets purchased between Dec. 4 and 9, with a return limit to Dec. 11. This action is the result of an official request by the Association of Com- merce to all railroad lines entering Grand Rapids to provide special round trip rates to assist in attracting a large attendance. Ordinarily such action is taken only after lengthy consideration between railroads and a meeting of the Central Passenger Association in Chi- cago, but the persistent and rapid ac- tion on the part of the Association of Commerce secured the decision of the railroads through telegraphic votes of the various roads involved. The retailer and wholesale depart- ments of the Association of Commerce are also contributing to the success of the Farm Show by distributing per- sonal invitations to every home in Western Michigan. The invitation in- cludes copies of programs of the ten, organizations which will hold conven- tions, meetings and exhibits and illus- trate and describe the entertainment, prizes and special events which are being planned for all visitors. The announcement also informs all mer- chants of Western Michigan that Grand Rapids wholesalers will hold open house during the week of De- cember 5 to 9 and will make sure that all merchant visitors receive special courtesy and are well entertained. A. T. McFadyen, Sec’y Ass’n of Commerce. —_>--__ Givernment Plans to Control Liquor Industry Within ten days now repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment will be com- pleted and national prohibition will be a thing of the past, at least for the time being. Evidence that the Fed- eral Government intends to keep a tight hold on the production as well as the sale of whiskey was given during the past week when the Government presented its own code to the Nation’s distillers as a substitute for the fair practice code the distillers themselves offered, The Government's code places the industry in control of a Federal board of five members. The code offered by the distillers provided that they should control themselves. Permission of the Federal board is necessary to make whisky or to expand the capacity of a distillery and the board may regulate prices at which whisky is sold to deal- ers. Vigorous opposition to the Govern- ment code was expressed by the distil- lers at a hearing begun on Nov. 23 be- fore representatives of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The code, however, was worked out by a special committee appointed by the President. A similar code is being prepared to control importation of foreign liquors. —_+--+__ Seven New Readers of the Tradesman The following new subscribers have been received during the past week: Stanley Johnson, Detroit New Era Life Assn., Grand Rapids Wm. Beaudoin, Cadillac T. I. Fry, Lansing A. L. Wood, Muskegon Heights West Michigan Dock & Market Co., Muskegon O. K. Grocery, Spring Lake. ——_+~-<-___ We can enjoy a novel in which the hero is like a man we know whom we like very much. he oo MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 29, 1933 DRUGS Michigan Board of Pharmacy President—Earl Durham, Corunna. Vice-President—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 Conven- tion of the M. S. P. A. President—Dunecan Weaver, Fennville. First Vice-President — Paul Gibson, Ann Arbor. Second Vice-President — J. E. Mahar, Pontiac. Treasurer — Wm. H. Johnson, Kalama- zoo. 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. Mahar, Pontiac. Liabilities of Landlord For Defects in Leased Premises As a general proposition of law, when a retail merchant rents or leases a location he takes the premises as he finds them, in the absence of a war- ranty on the part of the landlord. In other words, there will be no implied warranty of fitness of the premises, and, if they prove unfitted thereafter for the purpose intended, the loss, if any, will fall on the tenant. Needless to say, this is an important point of law for a merchant to have in mind when leasing a location, to the end that a careful inspection of prem- ises be made before a lease is signed. And, as an illustration of the possible danger in overlooking this phase of lease contracts, the following case will serve. In this case, the plaintiff rented a certain store consisting of two floors and a basement for the purpose of en- gaging in the retail furniture business. When plaintiff inspected the premises they seemed well suited to his pur- pose having entrances from two streets, which permitted easy access both to the main floor and the base- ment. Sometime after plaintiff took posses- sion, he discovered that the town main- tained a surface drain on the side of the building from which the basement was entered and that this drain was subject to overflow. This situation was brought to plaintiff's attention when, after a heavy rain, he found the base- ment flooded with water which dam- aged the goods he had stored there. The situation was such that it could not be remedied in the absence of a change of the grade of the street, and the town was under no obligation to do this. Plaintiff thereupon brought in- stant action for deceit against the land- lord on the ground that since the land- lord knew, or should have known, that this basement was subject to overflow after unusual storms, it was his duty to inform the plaintiff of this defect in the premises before renting them as was done in this case. The defendant, landlord, replied, in effect, that the defects in the premises were not secret but were open to the observation of anyone that cared to look into the drainage system. That he, the defendant, made no represen- tation on this subject, neither did he conceal anything when plaintiff sought to rent the premises The defendant thereupon contended that, since this was an ordinary con- tract of rental, plaintiff took the prem- ises as he found them, and had no re- course for loss caused by this drain- age defect in the building. The case reached the higher court on appeal, and here in sustaining defendant’s con- tention the court reasoned: “The contract declared upon was one of ordinary letting. There was no ex- press warranty of the suitableness of the premises for the purpose for which they were let, and none is to be im- plied .In such a case the rule is that the lessee takes the risk of the quality of the premises and cannot recover for any injury arising from defects therein. The sole exception to the rule is where the damage results from a secret de- fect, and there is such a concealment thereof by the landlord as to amount to fraud or deceit. “To state a cause of action under this exception the declaration must aver that the injury suffered was due to a secret defect in the leased premises, concealed from ordinary observation, known to the defendant, and not dis- closed to, and unknown by the plain- tiff. * * * The plaintiff has failed to allege a defect in the premises, the con- cealment of which by the defendant could be found to be fraud or deceit. In other words, if all the facts alleged were proved, the liability of the defend- ant would not be shown. So that was that, and the plaintiff was left high and dry in so far as holding the defendant liable for the de- fects in the premises, the court taking the position that, in the absence of a warranty of fitness or a showing of fraud on the part of the defendant in concealing the defects the plaintiff took the premises as he found them in re- spect to after discovered defects. The foregoing holding illustrates the application of the general rule in situa- tions of this kind where a business lo- cation is rented or leased. In the light of which, it is obvious then, that a mer- chant should “watch his step” in re- spect to possible defects in premises sought to be leased that may prevent his full enjoyment of the premises. And, if he is not entirely satisfied of their suitableness for his purpose, pru- dence would seem to dictate that he require an express warranty on this point from the landlord before signing a lease. Leslie Childs. -——_+~--___ Boycott As a Cure to Cut Rate Phar- macy The problem concerning persons who delight in making their business pay by that good old method known as cut rating is one that requires much thought and more or less of diplomacy. There have been many attempts to curb the devastating blows of the cut rater, but it has been of no avail. There have been several methods employed to stop cut rating, such as the formation of associations, the calling of special meetings or rallies, and also many dec- larations by leaders of pharmacy, but they really never threatened to do any- thing that would correct matters. The curbing of cut rating will not accom- plish anything for anyone mainly be- cause there is no force behind it. After carefully studying and _ think- ing the matter over, I have come to the conclusion that there are mainly two or three reasons for the existence of a cut rater, and that if these faults can be taken care of properly it would reduce cut rating at least fifty per cent. In the paragraph that follows I will try to point out just about where the evil seems to exist. The people responsible indirectly I would say, for cut rating are without any doubt the manufacturers, and wholesalers. Why are they responsi- ble? Well, the answer is this, that they are the ones who place certain articles on the market, and then by means of extensive advertising create a demand and cause the article to become Stand- ard. It becomes their task to see that the article is to be sold at the price which they quote and one which will leave a fair profit to themselves and to the retail merchant. If this is not done it will in all instances degrade the product and cause the failure of such an article. In order that their product may be well protected they could use several methods such as, limiting quan- tities to the merchant until he shows that he is disposing of a sufficient quan- tity, secondly by eliminating “Free Goods” idea which causes a lower price in merchandise. They could also have a system whereby serial numbers could be placed on all goods so that the per- son who is cutting the price can easily be traced. All the above mentioned ways of checking cut rating are fair means in which to do this but the best method by which it can be done is the one that follows: I am sure that some of the most prominent manufacturers have already begun these tactics, and am also cer- tain that fair minded others will follow suit in time to come. The manner in which the manufacturers are beginning to do this is by boycott. By the word boycott is meant that they absolutely refuse to sell or deal with any mer- chant who in any way degrades the product by selling the product below the standard price, or cause that prod- uct to be of less value than the price for which it is intended to be. This method of boycott although it may not seem entirely fair, is really a good one, BLACK KIDS, anise flavored, sugar rolled CANDY BUTTERNUTS, nut butter filled and rolled in toasted cocoanut CANDY HAZELNUTS, shaped like a hazel- nut and filled with nut butter CAPITOL CHOC. DROPS, vanilla center CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUTS COCOANUT STICKS, crytallized — WAFERS, assorted peppermint and pin CRYSTAL CREAMS, small size, crystallized, assorted shades and flavors FRENCH CREAMS, standard assorted shapes and flavors FANCY MIXED, high grade crystallized fancy creams, jellies and jelly cuts FRUIT eo assorted and highly fla- vore NATIONAL CANDY CO., INC. PUTNAM’S CANDY PACKED IN CADDIES BUY THEM THROUGH YOUR JOBBER PUTNAM FACTORY GOLDEN KLONDIKES, maple cream center, rolled in peanuts, chocolate coated ITALIAN BON BONS, vanilla flavored butter creams JUMBO JELLY BEANS, spicy flavors LEMON DROPS, highly flavored, extra qual- ity MIDGET COCOANUT BON BONS ORANGETTES, small orange slices, very tender PARIS CREAMS, crystallized assorted shapes and flavors with decorated pieces PUTNAM’S PEP. LOZENGES, pure sugar RADIANT STARS (chocolate) RAINBOW JELLIES, sugar rolled, spiced drops TIP TOP JELLIES, assorted colors, sugar rolled GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Grand Rapids HOLIDAY GOODS OUR 1933 DISPLAY NOW READY 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. and you also Michigan November 29, 1933 and one which causes the retailer to stop, think and take notice. When the retailer sees that he has no source of obtaining the product other than from the manufacturer, he realizes that he must do something about the situation. Certain manufacturers have gone so far as to refuse to sell to department, gro- cery, and other miscellaneous stores, any product which belongs in the drug store. In the above paragraphs I have tried to give the methods and means which are as fair as possible, and it seems to be clear and evident the entire prob- lem is a very simple one, if only it is properly enforced. In conclusion I wish to say that in fairness to us all, it would certainly be a blessing to the entire drug trade as well as the man- ufacturers and wholesalers, to aid in the complete destruction of that bitter enemy, “Cut Rate.” Santo J. Palermo. ———_2+~--___ From the Cloverland of Michigan Sault Ste. Marie, Nov. 26—The Civil Works Administration, CWA, is get- ting a good start putting to work in Michigan 8,000 who have been on re- lief. The activity has been on a still better percentage, as 70 of a possible 500 were given jobs. Our tourist camp is being improved and other work is being planned so that men will once more join the ranks of workers instead of straight relief. It seems almost im- possible to figure out how we should have any depression in the Sault, as practically all of our industries are working full time and the usually large payroll of the Government is still being disbursed, as it was in times of pros- perity. Now that the CWA is ready to make jobs for the remaining un- employed, it should make times better than they ever have been here. Why we still seem to feel the depression seems to be a mystery, unless we are made to believe it, as it is so well ad- vertised and being broadcast from al- most every place in the union. George Graves, who left the Sault about two years ago for Rochester, Mich., where he went into the restau- rant business after closing his place of business known as the Log Cabin on the Hessel corners, where route U.S. 2 was changed from St. Ignace to the Sault, cutting off the main traffic around Hessel and Cedarville. Mr. Graves soon realized that his place of business was off the map, as almost all of the traffic from the Lower Penin- sula went through from St. Ignace to to the Sault on the new route, but after doing business at Rochester he soon discovered that the depression was far greater there than it was at his Log Cabin on the Hessell corner route, and he has returned to the Sault, where he soon will re-open the Log Cabin and take a chance on what he can get at the old stand. The mighty hunters are returning many sooner than they had expected. During the first few days of the hunt- ing season it looked as if there would be very few deer killed, but after the storm the hunters made up for lost time and never before have we heard of so many lucky hunters returning with their buck. At Drummond Island there are steady lines of hunt- ing parties, many with trailers at- tached to their cars filled with deer. Where they had five or six hunters they usually had just as many deer. It seems funny how they should have been so evenly divided. John Bone, Items one of our ex-sheriffs, decided to spend two weeks hunting around DeTour, but he got his deer in the woods in less than twenty minutes, and now his enly problem is where to put in the remainder of the time he had figured On roaming through the woods. MICHIGAN Herbert Fletcher, cashier of the Sault Savings bank here, had almost a similar experience, and many others are able to make a large distribution of venison to their many friends. William Kirkbride, the well-known wholesale meat dealer at Rickford, paid the Sault a visit last week. It often costs more than it is worth to tell a man what you think of him. It is beginning to look like a new bridge being built to replace the pres- ent bridge on Ashmun street. The state highway department has its sur- vey crew on the job making a map. When designs are completed, about Dec. 15, they will be Dia hee to Washington about Jan. The bridge project is a part of the . s construc- tion programme under Federal aid and will be undertaken without cost to the city. The steamer J. M. Great Lakes Transportation Corpora- tion, passed through the locks last Thursday with a cargo of 45,000 dressed turkeys among other things. The turkeys were consigned to B uffalo and scheduled to be shipped to Eastern markets. There appears to be a sur- plus stock of turkeys here locally, be- ing bought as low as 13 cents per Ib., which is the lowest price paid in many years. Dave Murrey, one of our well-known insurance men, met with a painful ac- cident last week when his car skidded off the road a short distance from St. Ignace, turning over, Murray suffering several fractured ribs. Mr. Murray isa patient at the war memorial hospital and his condition is not very favorable. He has been suffering much and has not been allowed to see visitors. Mrs. Margaret Seaman, pioneer of Drummond Island and for the past decade hostess of O-ham-me- kong Lodge, passed away Novy. 21 on Drum- mond Island at the age of 71. She was well known throughout the country and her passing is mourned by many non-residents, tourists and salesmen who have enjoyed her aquaintance. Mrs. Seaman was an active worker in the W. C. T. U., foremost in civic affairs of the Island, serving as secre- tary of the school board for many years. She is survived by six children, two brothers and two sisters: she also leaves fifteen grandchildren. The Sea- man Store will continue under the management of Miss Leila Seaman, who has had charge of the store for: the past several years. Things are turning for the better just at the right time. Otherwise a lot of us would have to give up the lux- uries of life as well as the necessities. William G. Tapert. -_-e Co-porations Wound Up The following Michigan corporations have Davis, of the recently filed notices of dissolu- tion with the Secretary of State: L. F. Wolf Company, Mt. Clemens. Heledon Finance Corporation, Jack- son. Detroit. inc. Cadillac, Benjamin & Hastings of Michigan, Inc., Detroit. Fidelity Service Company, Dale Indicator Co., Inc., Detroit. Layne Ohio Company, Detroit. Ann Arbor Packing Company, Arbor. Frank M. Pauli Company, Detroit. Michigan Jewelers Supply Company, Detroit. Central Chemical Company, Hariley-Sisson, Detroit. Ann Rock-Road Construction Co., Ben- ton Harbor. Central West Bus Lines, Detroit. Lake Detroit. Shore Terminals Company, —_2>+-___ Word by word the great books are made. TRADESMAN 19 WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue. ACID Acetic, No. 8, ib. 06 @ 10 Boric, Powd., or a 08%@ 20 Carbolic,Xtal,lb. 386 @ 3 Citric: Ibi 2. 35 @ 45 Muriatic, Com'lL., |e 0384%@ 10 INIERIG, Ib. 09 @ 15 Oxahe yp. 15 @ 25 Sulphuric, ib.___ 03%@ 10 ‘Dartaric, Ib... 35 @ 46 ALCOHOL Denatured, No. 5 a 44 55 Grain. fab... 4 00s 00 Wood, ear 50 60 ALUM- ade use Bump, ib. 13 Powd. or Gra.,lb. 06% 6 13 AMMONIA Concentrated, lb. 06 @ 18 Seip 054%4@ 13 o-8 ib 2 054%@ 13 Carbonate, lb.--. 20 @ 25 Muriate, Lp., lb.. 18 @ 30 Muriate, Gra., lb. 08 @ 18 Muriate, Po., lb.. 20 @ 30 ARSENIC. Pound @ 20 Salas. Copaiba.. Ib. 60@1 40 Bir, Cana., Ib... 2 00@2 40 Fir, Oreg., lb.... 50@1 00 Pera, 1b 2 1 70@2 20 ‘Pom Ip). 1 50@1 80 BARKS Cassia Ordinary, 1lb.__ @ 30 Ordin., Po., lb. 25 @ 35 Saigon, 1lb.____ @ 40 Saigon, Po., lb. 50 @ 60 Bi, Ib. 40 @ 50 Elm, Powd., lb.. 38 @ 45 Pim, Gd, lb.___. 388 @ 45 Sassafras (P’d lb. 45) @ 35 Soaptree_ cut, lb. 20 @ 20 Soaptree, po., lb. 35 @ 40 BERRIES Cubeh, Ib, ______ @ vb Cubeb, po., Ib.__ @ i Juniper, lb.-..__ 10 20 BLUE VITRIOL Found .. 06 @ 15 RAX P’d or Xtal, lb. 06 @ 18 ar Found @ 10 gio Pound 2 65 @ 7% CANTHARIDES Russian, Powd. — @3 50 Chinese, Powd.__ @2 00 CHALK Crayons, White, dozen__ @3 60 Dustless, doz._ @6 00 French Powder, Comk, Ib... 03%@ 10 Precipitated, Ib. 12 @ 15 Prepared, ele 14 @ 16 White, lump, lb. 03 @ 10 CAPSICUM Bods.) Ib: i 60 @ 70 Powder, Ib. _____ 62 @ 7% CLOVES Whole, ib. 30 @ 40 Powdered, 1b... 35 @ 45 COCAINE QOuneg — 3 12 68@14 85 COPPERAS Stal Ip 034%@ 10 Powdered, 1b.-__ 04 @ 15 CREAM TARTAR Feand 2220. 23 @ 36 Sut’ Eonene Poond 2.2 @ 50 a calc Yellow Corn, lb. 06%@ 15 White Corn, lb.. 07 @ 15 EXTRACT Witch Hazel, Yel- low Lab., gal._ 1 10@1 70 Licorice, P’d, lb. 50 @ 60 FLOWER Arnica, Tb. 50 @ 5 Chamomile. German, Ib... 35 @ 45 Roman, I1b.-__- @ 90 Saffron. American, 1b.. 50 @ 55 Spanish, ozs._ @1 35 FORMALDEHYDE, BULK Pound 09 @ 20 FULLER’S EARTH Powder, Ib... 05 @ 10 GELATIN Pound 5506 @ «O65 LUE Brok., Bro., lb... 20 @ 30 Gro'd, Dark, 1lb._ 16 22 Whi. Flake, lb._. 27%@ 35 White G'd., Ib.-. 25 @ 35 White AXX light, Te 40 Rippon: 42%@ 50 GLYCERINE Found 2 144%@ 35 GUM Aloes. Barbadoes, so called,lb.gourds @ Fowd., Ib... _. 33 «6 @ Aloes, Socotrine, oo... LLC ( e _Powd. ib @ Arabic, first, Ib @ Arabic, Sec... Ib._ @ Arabic, sorts, lb. 15 @ Arabic, Gran., lb. @ Arabie, P'd, Ib. 25 @ Asafoetida, lb. __. 47@ Asafoetida, Po., lb. 75@ Guaise ih, 2 | @ Guaiac, powd. __ @ King ib. @ Kino, powd., Ib._ @1 Myrrh ih 2. @ Myrrh Pow... ib. @ Shellac, Orange, bee Ground, ib..___ 224%@ Shellac, white, (bone dr’d) lb. 35 @ Tragacanth, No. 1, bbis.___ 1 60@2 No. 2 Ibs... 1 50@1 Pow. ib 1 25@1 HONEY Found 0 25 @ HOPS %4s3 Loose, Pressed. 1 @1 25 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE en hag gross__.25 00@27 2 |b., gross._._15 00@16 %4 lb., gross____10 00@10 INDIGO Madras ib. __ 2 00@2 INSECT pics Pure. Wy @ LEAD ACETATE Mtal Ib. it @ Powd. & Gran... 25 @ LICORICE Extracts, sticks, peor box. | 130 @2 Lozenges, Ib... 40 @ 5 Wafers, (24s) box @1 LEAVES Buchu, Ib., short @ Buchu, lb.. long_ @ Buchu, P’d.. ib. _ @ Sage, bulk, lb. __ 25 @ Sage, loose pressed, 4s, lb. @ Sage, ounces ___ @ Sage, P’d & Grd. @ Senna, Alexandria, 1b. 55 @ Tinnevella, lb.. 20 @ Powd. ib... __ 2 @ Uva Ursi, ib. @ Uva Ursi,P’d, lb. @ LIME Chloride, med., dz. @ Chloride. large, az. @i LYCOPODIUM PGE 45 @ MAGNESIA Carb., %4s, lb. _ @ Carb., 1/16s, Ib._ @ Carb., P’wd., lb. 15 @ @ @ Pound Oxide, Hea., 1b._ Oxide, light, 1b._ Pound MERCURY Pound 2 1 50@1 MORPHINE MUSTARD Bulk, Powd.. select, Ih... 45 @ NO. Flip 245 @ RET HARING Balls, Ib 08s%@ Flake, Os eee 084%4@ NUTMEG Pound 2 @ Powdered, ( NUX VOMICA Pound @ Powdered, lb._._.15 @ OIL ESSENTIAL Almond, Bit., true, ozs. @ Bit., art. ozs._ @ Sweet, true, lb. 1 25@1 Sw't, art., ibs. 1 v0@1 Amber, crude, lb. 71@1 Amber, rect., Ib: 1 30@2 Anise, W.o2 1 00@1 Bay, ib 4 00@4 Bergamot lb.___ 3 00@3 Cajeput, Ib. __ 1 50@2 Caraway S’d, lb. 2 80@3 Cassia, USP, lb._ 2 10@2 Cedar Leaf, lb.__ 1 70@2 Cedar Leaf, Coml., tb._.__ 1 00@1 Citronella, Ib..___ 1 05@1 Cloves fh 1 75@2 Croton, Ibs... 4 00@4 Cubeb. 16.5... 4 25@4 Brigeron 1b.____ 2 70@3 Eucalytus, 1b.-_- 85@1 Fennel 2 25@2 00 00 50 25 4] 25 ae 35 00 50 7 80 96 18 18 40 50 50 9 o = 40 00 60 25 60 00 40 60 20 25 40 25 60 80 35 20 60 Hemlock, Pu., lb. 1 70@2 20 Heml’k Com., lb. 1 00@1 25 Juniper Ber., lb. 3 00@W3 20 Junip’r W’d, lb._ 1 50@1 75 Lav. Flow., Ib... 3 50@4 00 Lav. Gard., Ib... 1 25@1 50 Lemon, jh... _ l 75@2 25 Mustard, true, ozs. @1 50 Mustard art., ozs. @ 35 Orange, Sw., lb.- 3 00@3 25 Origanum, art, ip oo. § GOGl 2a Pennyroyal, lb... 2 75@3 20 Peppermint, lb._ 5 25@5 75 » Rose dr... @2 50 Rose, Geran., ozs. 50@ 95 Rosemary Flowers, lb.___ 1 00@1 50 Sandalwood. Bl wb 8 00@8 60 WoT ib 4 50@4 75 Sassafras, true, Ip... 1 90@2 46 Syn. iby S5@1 40 Spearmint, lb.___ 2 50@3 00 Pansy, Ip 3 50@4 00 Thyme, Red, Ib. 1 50@2 00 Thyme, Whi., Ib. 1 Wintergreen 75@2 40 Leaf, true, lb.. 5 75@6 20 Birch, ib. 4 06:@4 Go Sv 2, 75@1 20 Wormseed, lb. 3 50@4 00 Wormwood, lb. ~ 4 50@5 00 OILS HEAVY Castor gal 1 15@1 3 Cocoanut, Ib... 221%4@ 35 Cod Liver, Nor- Wegian, gal... J Cot. Seed, gal.__ lard, ex., gal 1 lard No. ? gal 1 Linseed, raw, gal, Linseed, boil., gal. Neatsfoot, Gxtra, gal. Olive, Malaga, gal. __ 2 50@3 00 Pure, gal. 3 00@5 00 Sperm, gal. _____ I 26@1 50 Tanner, gal 7T5@ 90 Tar pal 50@ 65 Whale, @2 00 10@1 5v 85@1 00 dd@1 65 25@1 40 7T83@ 93 81@ 96 80@1 00 aah OPIUM Gum, ozs., BROUGH 17 50@20 00 Powder, OZSs., ; Ib PARAFFINE Pound 06%@ 15 PEPRER Black, grd., @ Red, erd., @ 56 White erd., Ib.. 40 @ 45 PITCH BURGUNDY Pound 20 @ 25 PETROLATUM Amber, Plain,lb. 12 Amber, Carb.,lb. 14 Cream Wht. ib. 17 Lily White, Ib... 20 Snow White, lb._ 22 PLASTER PARIS D 5QOOOO rw ee Tt. Barrels -.. @5 75 hess IW 03%@ 08 POTASSA Caustic, st’ks,lb. 55 @ 88 Eiduor, 1b @ 40 POTASSIUM Acetate Ip 60 @ $6 Bicarbonate, Ib._ “ @ 35 Bichromate, Ib._ @ 25 Bromide, lb. ____ 6 @ 98 Carbonate, Ib... 30 -@ 38 Chlorate, Atal, Wo. wi@ 2 Powd., lb. li @ 2 Gram, 1h. 4 St @ 328 lodiide, ‘tb. oun 6 tas SO Permanganate, lb. 2214@35 Prussiate, He@ Wh 80 @ 90 Yellow. Ib... 50 @ 60 QUASSIA CHIPS Found = 2 @ 30 rows. ih: 35 @ 40 QUININE 5 02. Cans, ozs._ @72% SAL Epsom, be. 034%4@ 10 Glaubers, Lump, jh. 03 @ 10 Corer We 03%@ 10 Nitre, Xtal or Powd.. 10 @ 16 Gran, ih @ 16 Rochelle, 1b. i @ Soda, 1b oe 02%@ 08 SODA Bale @ 10 3icarbonate 03% 10 Caustic, Co’l,, a 08 @ 15 Hy posulphite. Ib. 06 @ 10 Phosphate, Ib... 23 @ 28 Sulphite, wta. Whi 07 12 Dry, Powd., Ib. KO 20 Silicate, Sol., gal. 40 @ 50 TURPENTINE Gallons = dS a 4 20 MICHIGAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT The following list of foods and not intended as a guide for the bu declining upon the market. ket. This permits the merchant to take advanta thus affected, that he has in stock. B The Michigan Tradesman is read ove grocer’s sundries is listed upon base prices, yer. Each week we list items advancing and 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- ge of market advances, upon items y so doing he will save much each year. r 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 Mazola Oil Green Split Peas Evap. Apricots DECLINED AMMONIA Parsons 320z, ____ 3 35 Parsons, i}oz _ 2 70 Parcens, Coz. 1 80 Little Bo Peep, med.__ 1 35 Little Bo Peep, lge.--. 2 25 Quaker, 32 en. 2 10 APPLE BUTTER Twin Lake, 12-31 oz., ee 1 70 BAKING POWDERS Royal, 2 oz., Goz..____ 80 Roval, 6 oz. @oz... 2 00 Rovel 12 o7.. dog... 3 85 Royal, 5 Ibs., doz.____ 20 00 10 0z., 4doz.in case__ 3 40 150z. 4doz.in case__ 5 00 25 0z., 4doz.in case__ 8 40 50 0z., 2doz.in case__ 7 00 51b., 1doz.in case__ 6 00 10 lb., % doz.in case__ 5 75 BLEACHER CLEANSER Clorox, 16 0z., 24s _____ 3 25 Clorox, 22 0z., 12s _____ 3 00 Lizzie, 16 oz.. 125... 2 15 Sunrae, 18 oz., 12s____ 1 35 BLUING Am. Ball, 36-1 0z., cart. 1 00 Boy Blue, 18s, per es. 1 35 BEANS and PEAS 100 Ib. bag Dry Lima Beans, 100 Ib. 7 45 White H’d P. Beans__ 3 85 Split Peas, yell., 60 Ib. 3 90 Split Peas, gr’n, 60 Ib._ 5 60 Scotch Peas, 100 1b.___ 7 30 BURNERS Queen Ann, No.1 _____ 1 15 Queen Ann, No. 2 _____ 1 25 White Flame, No. 1 pn 2 gor. 2 25 BOTTLE CAPS Dbl. Lacquor, 1 gross pkg., per gross________ 15 BREAKFAST FOODS Kellogg’s Brands Corn Flakes, No. 136. 2 99 Corn Flakes, No. 124. 2 90 ren, No. 224 215 Pep No. 25) 1 05 iXrumbles, No. 412___. 1 4¢ Bran Flakes, No. 624__ 1 90 Bran Flakes, No. 650-. 85 Rice Krispies, 6 oz... - 2 25 Rice Krispies, 1 0z.-_-- 1 10 All Bran, 16.0z. _____ — 2 30 All Bran, 10 0z.___._._ 2 7% All Bran, % oz. -----_- 11¢ Kaffe Hag, 6 1-lb. ns a a 2 57 Whole Wheat Fla... 24s 1 85 Whole Wheat Bis., 24s 2 30 Post Brands Grapenut Flakes, 24s__ 2 Grape-Nuts, 24s __--__ 3 90 Grape-Nuts, 50s _-_-_ 1 Instant Postum, No. 8 5 Instant Postum, No. 10 4 Postum Cereal, Nc. 0_ 2 Post Toasties, 36s__.___ 2 90 Post Toasties, 24s_.__.__ 2 Post Bran. PBF 24 2 Post Bran PBF 36 2 Sanke 6-1ib. 2 57 Amsterdam Brands Gold Bond Par., No.5% 7 50 Prize, Parlor, No. 6___.8 00 White Swan Par., No.6 8 50 BROOMS Quaker, 5 sewed__.___ 6 75 Warehouse _. 6 25 moos 8 Winner, 5 sewed______ 5 50 2p Noteh 4 25 BRUSHES Scrub Solid Back, 8in. ______ 1 50 Solid Back, lin. ______ 1 75 Pointed nds 1 25 Stove Shaker 1 80 No. 60 2 00 Peerless 2. 2 60 Shoe No. 4-9 _ ES 2 25 Ne. 2-0 oo 3 60 BUTTER COLOR Hansen's, 4 oz. bottles 2 40 Hansen's, 2 oz. bottles 1 60 CANDLES Electric Tight, 40 Ibs. 12.1 Plumber, 40 Ilbs..______ 12.8 Paranine, fe 144% perastine, 135 14% Wictkine 40 Tudor, 6s, per box____ 30 CANNED FRUITS Hart Brand Apples Ne 10 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 1 35 Whole White_.________ 2 &¢ Gooseberries No: 0 Pears Pride of Mich. No. 2% 2 25 Black Raspberries NO. 2 Pride of Mich, No. 2__ 1 60 Oe 2 25 NOt 2 . 2 Marcellus, No. 2______ 1 70 Strawberries NO. 2050 3 00 BOG 1 20 Marcellus, No. 2______ 1 45 CANNED FISH Clam Ch’der, 10% oz._ Clam Chowder, No. 2__ Clams, Steamed No, 1 Clams, Minced, No. Finnan Haddie, 10 oz._ Clam Bouillon, 7 oz.__ Chicken Haddie, No. 1 Bee bo bth ty tye or o Fish Flakes, small____ 1 35 Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz. 1 55 Cove Oysters, 5 oz._.. 35 Lobster, No. 4% -_____ 1 95 Shrimp, 1 wet. 50 Sard’s, 4 Oil, k’less__ 3 35 Sardines. 4 Oil, k’less Salmon, Red Alaska___ Salmon, Med. Alaska__ mH me bo Co Co to a Salmon, Pink, Alaska_ 1 50 Sardines, Im. 4, ea.__6@1ll sardines, Cal 1 00 Tuna, % Van Camps, N0n 2 15 Tuna, 4s, Van Camps, Mom 1 35 Tuna, 1s, Van Camps, mer, 2 3 60 Tuna, %s, Chicken Sea, Ger, 2 1 85 CANNED MEAT Bacon, med., Beechnut Bacon, lge., Beechnut_ Beef, lge., Beechnut___ Beef, med., Beechnut _ Beef, No.1, Corned ___ Beef, No.1, Roast ____ Beef, 21% oz., Qua., Sli. Corn Beef Hash, doz. Be>fsteak & Onions, s. Chiii Con Car., 1s_____ Deviled Ham, 4s _____ 90 Deviled Ham, %s _____ 1 35 Potted Meat, %4, Libby 48 Potted Meat, % Libby_ 7 Potted Meat, % Qua... _ 70 Potted Ham, Gen. 4 __ 1 35 Vienna Saus. No. %_-_ 90 Vienna Sausage, Qua._ 8&5 Hoe ee bo othe: © on Baked Beans Campbells 48s ________ 2 63 CANNED VEGETABLES Hart Brand Asparagus Natural, No 2... 3 00 Tips & Cuts, No. 2____ 2 25 Tips & Cuts, 8 oz._____ 1 35 Baked Beans 1 Ib. Sace, 36s, cs._____ 1 75 No. 2% Size, doz._____ 1 05 No. 10 Sauce. 4 00 Lima Beans Little Quaker, No. 10_ 7 90 Baby, No 2 1 60 Pride of Mich. No. 2__ 1 35 Marcellus, No. 10_____ 6 50 TRADESMAN Red Kidney Beans Ne. 16 0 4 25 NO 8 90 String Beans Choice, Whole, No. 2_. 1 60 Cut, Nod 2 7 28 us NO 2 1 35 Pride of Michigan_____ 1 15 Marcellus Cut, No. 10. 6 00 Wax Beans Choice, Whole, No. 2__ 1 60 Cul Ne.10 ..2 7 25 Cut, Noe 1 35 Pride of Mich., No. 2__ 1 15 Marcellus Cut, No. 10_ 5 50 Beets Extra Small, No. 2____ 2 00 Hart Cut, No. 10__..__ 4 25 Bart Cut Noe. 2. 90 Marcel. Wihole, No. 2% 1 35 Hart Diced, No. 2.._.. 90 Carrots Diced, No.2 2 95 Diced, No. 16 ___. 4 20 Corn Golden Ban., No.2 ___ 1 35 Golden Ban., No. 1@ __10 00 Little Quaker, No, 1__ 90 Country Gen., No. 2___ 1 20 Marcellus, No, 2______ 1 10 Fancy Brosby, No. 2__ 1 35 Fancy Crosby, No. 10 _ 6 50 Whole Grain, 6 Ban- tam No. 2 4g ag Peas Little Dot, No. 2__.___ 2 15 Sifted E. June, No.10 _ 9 50 Sifted E. June, No.2 __ 1 73 Marcel., Sw. W No. 2_ 1 45 Marcel., EB. June, No. 2 1 35 Marcel., E. Ju., No. 10 7 75 Pumpkir. NO 10 2 4 75 O. 2 1 2 NO? 2 9214 Sauerkraut NO 19 425 NO, Se ee NO. Spinach NO oe 2 25 NO 2 oe 1 gn Squash Boston, No. 32. 1 35 Succotash Golden Bantam, No. 2_ 1 75 Hert. Ne 2 1 55 Pride of Michigan_____ 115 Tomatoes NO. 10 6 25 0. 2 2 10 Ne. 2 1 55 Pride of Mich., No. 2% 1 35 Pride of Mich., No, 2__ 1 10 Tomato Jutce Hart, No, 10.2 CATSUP Little Sport, 14 oz., ao7en” 1 23 Sniders, 8 0z._ _doz. 1 20 Sniders, 14 0z._____ doz. 1 83 Quaker, 8 oz. --..doz. 1 12 Quaker, 14 oz.__-- doz. 1 35 CHILI SAUCE Sniders, Ber. 2. 1 65 Sniders. 1f07, _.. 2 25 OYSTER COCKTAIL » Sriders, 11 oz... 2 CHEESE moguefort 2 72 Wisconsin Daisy _____ 144, Wisconsin Twin —-_-_.-- 14 New York June___-__-__ 24 Bap SAGO. 44 Brick 18 Michigan Flais _.... 13 Michigan Daisies_______ 13 Wisconsin Longhorn___. 14 Imported Leyden_____-- 25 1 ib. Limberger... 22 Imported Swiss ~_.---__ 25 Kraft, Pimento Loaf____ 23 Kraft. American Loaf -_. 21 Kraft, Brick Loaf_______ 21 Kraft, Swiss Loaf______ 21 Kraft, Old End. oaf__-_- 32 Kraft, Pimento, % lb._ 1 60 Kraft, American, % lb. 1 50 Kraft, Brick, % 1b.--_.. 1 3 Kraft, Limbur., % Ib. 1 3 CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack______ b Adams Dentyne ~_._____ 65 Beeman’s Pepsin Be Beechnut Pappermint___ 66 Doublemint ....- 65 Peppermint, Wrigleys__ 65 Spearmint, Wrigleys.._ 65 dniey. Mra 65 Wrigley’s P-K__________ 65 Peanerry 22000 65 CHOCOLATE Baker, Prem., 6 lb. %_ 2 50 Baker, Pre., 6 lb. 2 oz. 2 60 CIGARS Hemt. Champions____ 40 00 Webster Plaza ______ 75. 00 Webster Golden Wed. 76 00 Websterettes ________ 38 50 Cintes 22500) 38 50 Garcia Grand Babies_ 40 00 Bradstreets -_________ 38 50 Odins 40 00 R G Dun Boquet____ 75 €0 Perfect Garcia Subl._ 95 00 Budwiser ___________ 20 00 Hampton Arms Jun’r 33 00 Rancho Corone_____ —_ 31 50 Keonway 20 00 CLOTHES LINE Riverside, 50 ft..._____ 2 20 Cupples Cord ____.____ 2 9 COFFEE ROASTED Lee & Cady 1 tb. Package Arrow Brand ________ 2 Boston Breakfast ____ 23 Breakfast Cup _______ 21 Competition __.-______ 15% a. 7. 19 Majestic oo 29 Morton House ________ 301% Nedrow 26 Quaker, in cartons___ 21 Quaker, in glass jars 25 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 0z., per case__ 4 60 November 29, 1933 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Pure Sugar Sticks-600c Big Stick, 28 lb. case__ Horehound Stick, 120s Mixed Candy Kindergarten leader French Creams. Parig Creams. | supiter oo Fancy Mixture________ oe ade Fancy Chocolate 5 lb. boxes Bittersweets, Ass’ted_ Nibble Sticks _________ Chocolate Nut Rolls__ aay. Veron Golden Kliondikes_____ Gum Drops Cases Jelly Strings__._______ Tip Top Jellies____.___ Orange Slices___.__.__ Lozenges Pails A. A. Pep. Lozenges ____ A. A. Pink Lozenges ____ A. A. Choc. Lozenges ___ Motto Hearts___.______ Malted Milk Lozenges___ Hard Goods Pails Lemon Drops... O. F. Horehound Drops Anise Squares __________ Peanut Squares ________ Cough Drops Bxs, Smith Bros. 1 45 buden's 2 1 45 Vick’s, 40/10¢e_________ 2 40 Specialties 1talian Bon Bons_______ Banquet Cream Mints__ Handy Packages, 12-i0c 80 COUPON BOOKS 50 Economic grade__ 2 50 100 Economic grade__ 4 50 500 Economic grade__20 00 1000 Economic grade__37 50 Where 1,000 books are Ordered at a time, special- ly printed front cover is furnished without charge. CRACKERS Hekman Biscuit Company Saltine Soda Crackers, DiC 14 Saltine Soda Crackers, ab. pokes. 1 86 Saltine Soda Crackers, 2. pres 3 26 Saltine Soda Crackers, 6% oz, pkgs.__._____ 1 00 Butter Crackers, bulk 13 Butter Crackers, 1 lb._ 1 Butter Crackers, 2 lb. 3 Graham Crackers, bulk Graham C’s, 1 Ib.__.__ 1 90 Graham C’s, 2 ]b._____ 3 Graham C’s, 6% oz.___ 1 Oyster C’s, shell, bulk. 16 Junior Oyster C’s, blk. 13 Oyster C’s, shell, 1 Ib._ 1 84 CREAM OF TARTAR 6 ib. boxes 2 42 DRIED FRUITS Apple N. Y. Fey., 50 1b. box ___ 13 N. Y. Fey., 140z, pkg. —_ 16 Apricots Evaporated, Choice __ Evaporated, Ex.Choice 15% Fancy 17 Ex. Fancy Moorpack__ Citron 5 th Hox 27 e Sa ORO aod i i & } ; eeeanes| tex Fae MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 Currants MARGARIN Packages, 11 oz.-..-____ 14 slg eee or Am. Famil eh 5 05 bebe Wilson & Co.’s Brands Beef Holland Herring oa White, 100... 3 50 i sme 1 Oleo or Tow, Steers & Helf. 10 Mixed, Kegs 83 —_— 40 2a. oo a -+---~-~------------ Steers eif._._. 09 Mixed, h He N ne = Pe --------------41@ek _, ,_ Dates et ae Hf Oeste ee fa. Fats Naptha, 100 box-- 465 Faney —-—___________ 30@32 ieee: im Een i a Com, Steers & Heif. __-- oe ie ddd” 6m Ue ee te a OT 31 Imperial 12s, 2 Ib.__-- 2 25 ro half bbls. Balry, 106 ot ----- a Gunpowder Imperial 12s, 1 Ib._--- 1 75 MATCHES Veal es oan. lla Ces 2 Diamond, No. 6, 144... 615 Top 10 Pummo. 100 box. 4 o Maney 40 Searchlight, 144 box_._._6 15 Good -------______.__ 08 Lake Herring Sweetheart a 5 aa Swan, 144 5 20, Medium 2000 06 % bbl., 100 lbs._____ Grandpa Tar, 50 sm. ° 10 Ceylon Figs Diamond. No, 0_______ 4 90 oe Ce wie ate Pek reba 2 Calif. 24-83, case... 1 70 : mo eT ee " Lam Mackerel Wii cin eee ee Ga 50 English B kf Spring Lamb... 13 Tubs, 60 Count, fy. fat 6 00 Williams Mug per doz. 48 Congo ‘ di —_— 9 Safety Matches Good oo 11 Pails, 10 lb. Fancy fat 150 Lux Toilet 50 (245 6 oe Cee — ae Peaches Red Top, 5 gross case. 5 25 Medium _........... 10 ca rae oa oe eee choice _____ 35@36 Evap. Choice ________ 11% Signal Light, 5 gro. cs 5 25 Poor _____...........___ 03 ongou, fancy -____ 12@43 White Fish Peel deaes ae gph 100 Ib.__ 13 00 Whee ces Medtum Oolong on Milkers, bbis. 5 i t ie ie So Paneer nna Lemon, Dromdary, MUELLER’S oe Good 2. 04% Ke eK osuay z = a enue 7 oe" Cheese a5 oe ae 110 Macaroni, 9 oz._______- os, 03 8 Ib. pails. On a ea vee 50 Orange, Dromdary, Spaghetti, S$ oz - 10: Poor 2300. So 02 Cut Lunch____________ 1 50 Cana ay , aoz. bs _ 4 0z., dozen____--___ 110 Elbow Macaroni, 9 oz.- 2 10 Hef Win wee 6 Gincar atin is Citron, Dromdary, Egg Noodles, 6 oz. _-_. 2 10 ' Te Mea N ae ce en T 4 oz., dozen_________ 110 Egg Vermicelli, 6 oz. 2 10 Pork Mixed. ate hoa aon es Cc Wereee Woe sink a ll Mixed, : pkgs., doz._ @65 otton, 3 ply cone 35 gg Alphabets, 6 oz... 210 5 Gallon cans, each___ 4 08 Tutmegs, 70@90 @50 Cotton, 3 ply ball Cooked Spaghetti, 24c, Butts 08 SHOE BLACKENING Tutinegs, 105-110 _____ @48 ee tte - Raisins 7 S00 Saemidee OG din 1, Paste, dos....1320 epper. Black @23 Seeded, bulk_----____ 6% Spareting 9 2 06 E. Z. Combination, dz. 1 30 lL a Thompson's S'dless blk. 6% Neck bones.._.__-___- 03 Dri-Foot, doz. ________ 2 00 VINEGAR Quaker s'dless blk.____ Trimmings ___________ 06 Bixivs doz 1 30 Pure Ground in Bulk F. O. B. Grand Rapids 15 of, 1% NUTS Shinola, doz.__________ g9 Allspice, Jamaica_____ @17 Cider, 40 grain 15 Quaker Seeded, 15 oz.-. 714 Whole Cloves, Zanzbar -_____ @27 White Wine, 40 grain__ 20 Almonds, Peerless ____ 15% cassia, Canton @22 White Wine, 80 grain. 25 Brazil, large ___--____ 14% Ginger, Corkin ______ @16 _ : : Fancy Mixed ________ 15 PROVISIONS STOVE POLISH Mustarg 0 @21 California Prunes Filberts, Naples ______ 20 Blackne, per doz..___.1 30 Mace Penang ________ @69 90@100, 25 1b. boxes__@07 Peanuts, Vir, Roasted 7 Barreled Pork Black Silk Liquid, doz. 130 Pepper, Black —___-~_- Gi wes ce 80@ 90, 25 lb. boxes _.@07% Peanuts, Jumbo ______ 8% Clear Back_____ 16 00@18 00. ~=Black Silk Paste.’ doz.. 1 25 Nutmegs ____________ ss 25 No. Lv Der SFOSs -______ 80 70@ 80, 25 lb. boxes__@07% Pecans, 3, star __________ 25 Short Cut, Clear____.12 00 Enameline Paste, doz. 130 Pepper, White _______ @% Nooo 1 25 60@ 70, 25 lb. boxes -_-@08% Pecans, Jumbo _________ f Enameline Liquid, dez. 1 30 Pepper, Cayenne _____ @26 No. Se ‘= 50@ 60, 25 lb. boxes --@08% Pecans, Mammoth ______ E. Z. Liquid, per dcz.. 1 30 Paprika, Spanish _____ @i6 pe a, Det #10Kq ____ 2 30 40@ 50, 25 1b. boxes _-@09% Walnuts, Cal. ____- it@20 Dry Salt Meats Radium, per doz.______ 13 4 peerless rare 6S 30@ 40, 25 lb. boxes __-@10 Hickory) 9 07 +D S Belles__18-29@18-10-vy Rising Sun, per doz.___ 1 30 : Rack ester, No. 2, doz. 50 30@ 30, 25 Ib. boxes _-@13 654 Stove Enamel, dz. 280 Chili Power mine pecan Neg, doa. 2 06 18@ 24, 25 Ib. boxes @15% aia Na 40 eg < 20 oe Powder, 1% oz... 65 tayO, per doz. 75 Salted Peanuts Lard Stovoil, per fo 3 00 Sa ery Salt, 1% o7.-___ £0 Fancy, No. gg 8% Pure in tierces_________ 6% aus. 2 0%.-—--------_- 80 Hominy 12—1 ib. Cellop’e case. 125 60 1b. tubs _____ advance 4 oe ee WOODENWARE Pearl, 100 Ib, sacks... 3 56 50 Ib. tubs ____- advance %4 ua a= Baskets 20 Ib. pails ____-advance % SALT a 3 25, Bushels, Wide Band, Shelled 10 lb. pails _..-.advance % F. 0. B. Grand Rapids La ey L ——--- 4 Pre wood handles 2 00 Bulk Goods Aimonds, 200 3 5 Ib. pails _-___ advance 1 Colonial, 24, 2 ib.____ 95 Pena aja" elongate “Market, drop handle... 90 Elb.Macaroni, 20]b.bx. 1 25 Peanuts, Spanish, 125 3 1b. pails ____ advance 1 Colonial, 36- 1% Game £24 ss ae . 2h ek core $0 Market, Single handle. 95 Egg Noodle, 10 lb. box 125 1b. bags... 7% Compound, tierces _.7% Colonial, Iodized, 24-2.125 TPercry' } 02%---------- bo Market, extra 1 60 a 32 Compound, tubs _____ 74% Med.No.1, bbls.______ 16 “ Splint area 8 50 Pecans, salted ----______ 45 We Set wis ie TS *2 Splint, medium ______- 7 50 Pearl Barley Walnut, California ___. 48 Farmer Spec., 70 Ib.-- 1 00 Splint, smal. 6 50 C000) 7 00 Sausages Sse lhlhlUlclmr,,,rttr”s~s:—”:C‘Ci‘’CSCCCCe Barley Grits... 5 00 Bologna 10 Cream Rock for ice , é oe 4 50 Poe ean, 6 cach an a Hamel, © gat coe: a ; MINCE MEAT Frankfort __..._____ 12 Butter Salt, 2801b. bbl. 4 00 ingsford, 25 It Barrel, 10 gal., A e None Such, 4 doz._____ 620) pou on 45 Bleck 501b. 40 Pout. ee ” ae oe tte 6 gal., = . 1 er 7 ._ -- Quaker, 3 doz. case__ 2 65 Tongue, Jellied ______- ay Haber Galt, 90 ih, B01 280 A a, Pb ees ea Ney Se 16 sees a 10 Yo Ho, Kegs, wet, Ib 16% leadcheese -1__""" 138, 10 Ib,, per bale. ‘oo ae Paila 0, 3 lb., per bale___._ 1 10 ee a a E 0. toe tabs 40 ae at Galvenaca ____ 2 60 Tapioca 12 qt. Galvanized 2 85 Pearl, 100 Ib. sacks_... 7% OLIVES Smoked Meats Gloss 14 qt. Galvanized _____ 10 Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz. 4 05 7 oz. Jar, Plain, doz... 105 Hams, Cert., 14-16 Ib.. 14% Argo, 24, 1 Ib. pkgs. 146 19 at Rating Gal. Jr._ 5 00 Dromedary Instant --- 3 50 16 oz. Jar, Plain, doz._ 1 95 oe a ne Ano. @ 3b pes aa (OSE Tin Dairy — 4 00 uart Jar : ———--—— 2 (8 4ih nee 2 ae 5 Gal, Kegs, each @ 5) am, dried beet a Gee ete Traps : Soc a lk ee @23 we aa 48. 1s---- 1174 Mouse, wood, 4 holes 60 Jiffy Punch 8 oz. Jar, Stuffed. dog. 2 25 California Hams —______ @09 ase, AC Thee —__— 1 38 Mouse, wood, 6 holes.. 70 8 doz. Carton. 425 i002. Jar, Stuff.. doz..26§ Licnic Boiled Hams__..@16 Tiger, 50 Ibs.__-__-__- 282 Mouse, tin, 5 holes... 65 Assorted flavors. i Gal. Jugs Stuff. dz. 1 55 Boiled Hams_____--__-- @21 Rat, wood oie , 7 oe Minced Hams____---__- @10 Hat, apring 1 66 5 Bacon 4/6 Cert._-_-____ @165 SYRUP Mouse, spring... 20 Quaker, Tall, 10% oz._ 2 85 PARIS GREEN com Quaker. Baby. 4 das. 143 “Me 34 Beef a POURS Blue Karo, No. 1%. 2 22 Tubs Guakee Gallen 4 alts ia 32 Boneless. rump-__--@19 00 crate Blue Karo, No. 5,1 dz. 3 09 Large Galvanized_____ 8 75 Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 295 2s and 5s___..........._ 30 Pores) Blue Karo, No. 10____ 2 92 Medium Galvanized___ 7 75 Carnation, Baby, 4 dz. 1 48 Red Karo, No. 1%-.._ 2 44 Small Galvanized _____ 6 75 Oatman’s D’dee, Tall _ 2 95 Liver Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 37 esi D’'dee, Baby 1 48 Beef 10 SES Red Karo, No. 10_____- 3 22 Cr an 2 2 95 PICKLES Cale 35 ‘ 9 9 Washboards Pet, Baby, 4 dozen_-- 1 45 ae eC ore 6 2s Imit. Maple Flavor Banner, Globe________ 5 50 Borden's, Tall, 4 doz._ 2 95 oa 4g sae e Orange, No. 11 3 Brass, single_____ 6 25 Borden's, Baby, 4 doz. 1 48 Medium Sour aig er oo : . Go. No. a ces j rt Glass, single__________ 6 00 5 gallon, 400 count____ 4 75 ee rrr ( ae © Double Peerless... 8 50 Single Peer] 5 FRUIT CANS RICE Maple and Cane Worthan; Gece” 6 ae Fancy Blue Rose____-- 4 85 BORAX Kanuck, per gal._____- Lie Universal tg Presto Mason Sweet Small Fancy Head ______-___ Kanuck, 5 gal. can____ 4 14 Z wos 0B, Grand Rapids 5, gallon, 600__.._______ 7 25 a 7 psiaple — — fF a pint. 715 anner, 6 0z., doz. ____ 90 ’ » Packages -____ ‘ One pit 740 Banner, quarts, doz. __ 2 10 48, 10 oz. packages____ 4 40 Welch ate sored 4 13 in aon meiaaie r One quart____--__-____ 8 65 Paw Paw, quarts, doz. 2 80 96, %4 Ib. packages---_ 400) ain ena olga 9 < ists Baia 3 pe Half gallon____-------- 11 55 jeden Ea ee Welch, 26-4 oz. case___ 2 30 oh - Hatter Es 18 00 Dill Pickles 18 rolls, per case ______ 2 10 ree es =e FRUIT CAN RUBBERS_ Gal., 40 to Tin, doz.__.815 12rolls, percase ______ 1 39 WASHING POWDERS —— Red Lip, 2 gro. ay 32 oz. Glass Thrown___ 1 45 - cartons, per case ___ 2 35 Ln Ami Pd., 18s, box. 1 90 Carton 2 cartons, per case ___ 1 57 on Ami Cake, i 1 Presto White Lip, 2 . Bo 85 ee oe oie mune so 83 Dill Pickles, Bulk Chipso, large —_---... “a .., , meen 4. Ne 1 Fibre ~ 06% oa, ap0. 3 65 Climaline, 4 doz.______ San rote, 3 dee 5M Wachea. poe pr Gal G6 11 25 SALERATUS Grandma, 100, 5¢------ 3590 Quarts, 1 doz____._._470 Kraft " GELATINE mGal 6 30 00 Armand Hammer 24s_150 Grandma, 24 large--.. 350 Half Gallons, 1 doz 6 00 Krart Seipe. 09% S06 he 2 35 Snowboy, 12 large ....1 80 ‘oin, med, __---___--___- CS oe Minute, 3 doz._--__-___ 4 05 Gold Dust, 12 lat -..1 80 Plymouth, White______ 1 55 Golden Rod, 24. ..._-- 4 25 velsert. 3 doz... 1 40 PIPES La France Laun 4 dz. 3 65 YEAST CAKE Cob, 3 doz. in bx. 1 00@1 20 SAL SODA Old Dutch Clean., 4 dz. : 40 Mazsic 3 doz... 70 Granulated, 60 Ibs. cs. 135 Octagon, 96s --------- 3 90 TABLE SAUCES Sunlight, 3 doz 8 JELLY AND PRESERVES Granulated, 18-214 1b. Hise, 24a 480 Lee & Perrin, large-__5 75 Sunlight,1%4 doz. _____ 1 35 Pure, 30 Ib. pails______ 2 60 PLAYING CARDS packages ____-__----. $1) | Sinse 406 9 295 Lee & Perrin, small___ 3 35 Yeast Foam, 3 doz.____ 2 70 {mitation, 30 Ib. pails. 160 Battle Axe, per doz... 2 65 Spotless Cleanser, 48, Pegiey 160 Yeast Foam, 1% doz.__ 1 35 Pure, 6 oz., Asst., doz... 90 Bicycle, per doz.______ 47 oi 296 Noval Mint... 2 40 cae o Pure Pres.. 16 oz., dz.. 140 Torpedo, per doz._____ 2 50 Sani Flush, 1 doz.____ 225 Tobasco, small... a ¢0 Sapolio. 3 doz... _ $15 She You, 9 oz, doz... 2:60 COD FISH Speedee, 3 doz._______ 490 A-l large 475 YEAST—COMPRESSED JELLY GLASSES POTASH Peerless, 1 lb. boxes____ 18 Sunbrite, 50s....._.___ 210 A-tiamal 285 Fleischmann, per doz._-. 30 % Pint Tall, per doz.____ 25 Babbitt’s, 2 doz.______ 275 Old Kent, 1 1b. pure_____ 25 Wyandot. Cleaner, 24s 185 Caper, 2 0z.___-_______ 330 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 Bidg., Detroit. Must Price Lines Be Abandoned? With the advent of the Recovery Act and the advancing costs which it pro- jects, prices on most lines in retail stores are expected to rise 10 to 30 per cent. this fall. Obviously, such a price trend affects the foundation of every merchandising program, and the manufacturer may well be concerned about whatever ac- tion the retailer may take to meet the changed marketing conditions of the next few months. What will be the effect of this ris- ing trend on the usually stable price lines of retailing? Will the retailer abandon established price lines, feature higher priced merchandise, or add in- betweens? A good many retailers are properly unwilling to drop price lines which they have built up after considerable effort. When a store becomes known for its outstanding values in any par- ticular commodity it is important for it to cling to that price line so long as profits justify it. This “best-seller” brings men and women into the store and to increase that item’s cost to the consumer is apt to cut volume consid- erably. This problem is vitally critical in the case of those stores whose entire plan of selling is based on a single widely-advertised price line. Some retailers have concluded that, rather than drop fast-selling merchan- dise this fall, they will trade down in quality sufficiently to permit fea- turing the same type of article at the same price. One group of stores, for example, has in the past sold thousands of women’s slips at $1. A recent test has proved that women want to continue to pay this price. No longer able to sell this particular slip for a dollar and still make recognizable profit, the stores have substituted a poorer quality article which can be merchandised for a dollar and have boosted the former slip to an in-be- tween price line of $1.29. The new slip even though it is of lower quality, is still the best seller at $1. The fact that the values stores have offered during the last two vears have been fictitious—being based on sub- normal labor costs and the depression levels at which raw materials have sold —may be one reason for this rather general attitude among retailers to- ward adjusting price lines to the new era. Again, many retailers doubt the ability of the public, for the present at least, to pay higher prices. None of this, however, should be taken as an indication that quality merchandise is going to have a rather poor fall season. Consider the so-called low-end price lines which stores have been giving a big play during the last year. Back in the halcyon twenties these lines were sold almost exclusive- ly in the basement. During the depres- sion days—in the last year particularly —they moved gradually into upstairs departments and crowded out the high- er quality items. Now these low-end lines will probably find their way back MICHIGAN to the basement once more. Quality merchandise will again return to the departments from which it was forced out by the invading army from the basement. Another development that seems very likely to materialize this fall is the adoption, by many retailers, of in- termediary price lines. For a long time it has been the accepted belief in retail circles that a wide gap was necessary in arranging price lines. But now, with the price future and the public’s buy- ing response both so uncertain, it is quite probable that retailers will in- troduce new price lines that will inter- vene between previously featured groups. It will be interesting to observe, in connection with these intermediary price lines, whether or not retailers will increase their inventories in order to have regular stocks in all price lines. What will probably happen is, that while retail inventories this fall will undoubtedly be larger, most merchants will not carry more than a minimum stock of the in-between lines. Later on, if popular, these new price lines will be filled out. Retailers have been wondering, of course, to just what extent—if any— they ought to “trade-up.” The trading- down process that occupied the cen- ter of the stage for the last four years hurt the retailer in various ways. Per- haps one of its most harmful effects was that it quickened the drop in the dollar value of the average sales check without decreasing the overhead cost applied to that sales check. Actually, overhead increased while the average retail sales check dropped from $3.00 in 1929, to $1.50 in the early part of this year, Successful retailers are acutely aware of this situation nor have they overlooked the corrective effects of a moderate program of trading-up. At the same time, there is always present the same question: Can the public’s purse stand the strain? Some merchants may promote a price range just a trifle above the ex- isting best level; they will “put out feelers” in an attempt to sense what to do next. Others will take promotional emphasis off lower price lines and put it back of higher price ranges. But it is not to be expected that trading-up will become a general policy until the public’s ability to pay is an established fact. Personal conversations with the mer- chandising heads and buyers of more than 170 department stores during the last six weeks indicate that retailers in general will make an effort to maintain featured price lines for the time being and will buy the best merchandise the market affords to fit into these price lines. In summary, they will drop depres- sion price lines or return them to the basement from whence they came. Where higher market costs make it necessary, or where new public buying trends indicate the wisdom of this pol- icy, they will introduce in-between price lines. Trading-up will be done only in an experimental way, with the purpose not of buying more in the higher ranges, but of giving the higher priced lines more promotional support until they have proved their ability to TRADESMAN bring in the volume required for prof- itable merchandising. At any rate, the first concerted expe- riment with higher prices is to be made this fall. The scene of the experiment is the retail store everywhere. If it is successful, manufacturers of branded quality products may look forward to a highly interesting final quarter for 1933. If higher prices become a stum- bling block, advertised brands will not be alone in wondering what lies ahead. Arthur C. Fatt. —+~+2>___ Deaer Takes Produce as Initial Pay- ment Percy Elves, South Bend automobile dealer, this week accepted as part of the down payment on a New Contin- ental Beacon a two-year-old heifer, 50 bushels of feed corn, a bushel of sweet potatoes, 10 geese and five bushels of popcorn. While farmer incomes in many cases have been renewed and im- proved so that monthly payments on the motor car can be made, there are still exceptions. In this case an ener- getic merchant helped to better trade conditions by accepting some of the farmer’s assets in lieu of cash for the down payment, —_++-___ Blown Glassware Active Blown and pressed glass manu‘ac- turing companies are maintaining the best averages of production at the pres- ent time. An exceedingly active mar- ket for these products is keeping fac- tory schedules at their peak. Several houses specializing in the automatic manufacture of glass tableware and dinner ware lines, and which have im- proved their product, intimate this newer quality ware has been accorded an enthusiastic reception at all presen- tations. Phe flat-glass market was quiet. —_+~--__ One compelled to work in the shade should find relaxation in the sunshine. —_~+-+->___ A stingy man is always poor. November 29, 1933 Victim of the Depression Hartford, Nov. 28— The Hartford Creamery, owned and operated by An- thony Miller, was obliged to close its doors last week, when Mr. Miller filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the Federal court at Grand Rapids, _ Mr. Miller has been one of Hart- ford’s most enterprising business men and active in civic affairs in the past and was connected with the Hartford Chamber of Commrece and for years was one of Hartford’s most success- ful manufacturers of creamery and dairy products. He is a victim of the depression and particularly the closing of the banks in Van Buren county and at Benton Har- bor and St. Joseph. For more than fifteen years he con- ducted the Hartford Creamery and built up a large trade in dairy butter and eggs, specializing particularly in mail orders for selected eggs. M. N. Kennedy, of Kalamazoo, has been appointed custodian of the busi- ness and a creditors meeting is called for next Wednesday before Referee Blair, at Grand Rapids, to take action upon the bankruptcy petition. It is doubtful if Mr. Miller will un- dertake to re-engage in business at Hartford, much to the regret of the business men, merchants and others of this community. —_~2-->_____ Radio Sales on Upgrade A significant gain is being shown in orders for radio merchandise and indi- cations are that both sets and tubes will meet a substantially better Christ- mas demand than was the case a year ago, it was reported here yesterday. Supplementing the normal replace- ment demand, there is an active call for smaller types to be used as extra sets in the home. Department stores are featuring these items extensively and have reordered. Business in automobile radios has also been well maintained. ei You can’t work up a world class war while a darned capitalist is easier to bear than a darned foreigner, ———_>-.______ The morale of an organization is not built from the bottom up; it filters from the top down, 40-50 Market Avenue WHOLESALE SOLE LEATHER AND SHOE F INDINGS For REPAIR SHOP—SHOE STORE—DEPARTMENT STORE Distributors Panco Rubber Taps and Heels—Joppa Leathers—Griffin Shoe Dressings and Polish—Steerhead Leathers—St. Louis Braid Co. Shoe Laces—Tioga Oak Leathers—Flickenstein Flexible Sole Leather—Rayon Products—Bends—Strips—Men’s and Women’s Cut Taps—Large Complete Stock—Prompt Shipments. GRAND RAPIDS BELTING COMPANY Established in 1904 Grand Rapids, Michigan MUTUAL OUNDNESS TABILITY are sumbolized by THE MICHIGAN SHOE DEALERS MUTUAL FIRE InsSuRANCE Company MUTUAL BUILDING LANSING micHIGAN INSURANCE 4 November 29, 1933 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 OUT AROUND (Continued from page 9) on Main street. In sixty business years a man makes or breaks a reputation. Mr. Shaull made a reputation for high integrity and as he steps over the threshold into the next room of our transcending experience, as a person- ality, he may with abundant justifica- tion call up the words of the psalmist: “Judge me O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity; redeem me and be merciful unto me.” Ithaca, Nov. 25—Thank you kindly for publishing my letter. Your unbi- ased opinion and your frank applause of the right and your condemnation of the wrong are reflected always in your editorials and Out Around and they contain a world of good. You will re- call some time ago publishing informa- tion in regard to Straus bonds. At pres- ent a re-organization is attempted on the metropolitan properties of Hous- ton, Texas. Jesse H. Jones controls the corporation which has the second mortgage. Effort is made to re-organ- ize the properties with the co- operation of Mr. Jones’ counsel. This issue in- volves millions of the American inves- tor’s money. Will you kindly secure the details and, if you find an oppor- tunity, comment on it in Out Around? The issue is dated Nov, 15, 1926, and is known as the Metropolitan property bond issue. Mr. Jones is chairman of the R. F. C. N. B. McCollum. Arthur Brisbane, claimed to be the highest priced newspaper writer in the world, has this to say in his column in the Hearst papers concerning an abuse which has much to do with our present condition of “too much government”: Many Americans ask each other daily, ‘““What is the matter with us>?’’ W. R Hearst, in all his newspapers, mentions one thing that is “the matter’’ — namely, that ‘“‘we need more schools and fewer politicians.’’ Political para- sites eat up taxes taken from the people’s earnings. In France, where they raise leeches, bloodsuckers sold in drug stores and used by doctors, old horses are driven into swamps, to feed the leeches, and soon die. The United State with all its political leeches can sympathize with those horses. New York State alone has thir- teen thousand different local units of government. Digest that, if you please; one single state with thir- teen thousand different kinds of separate government machines that the people pay for. Michigan, population less than five million, has fortv-three thou- sand local public officials, while England, with more than thirtv- seven million population, has only two thousand public officials. If England were run on the Michigan American plan, she would be paying salaries and some graft to more than three- hundred thousand public officials instead of two thousand. Georgia’s people are taxed to support one hundred and fifty- nine county governments that are no longer needed and ‘‘should have been consolidated or abol- ished long ago.” Carsonville, Nov. 24—Could you give me information as to where there is a wholesale house in Detroit or Michi- gan where I could buy goods for a dime store or 10c to $1 store, as we are planning on arranging our store for this line of business? I am a new subscriber for your paper. I am getting much a infor- mation out of it. . Kelley My thought is that ree house ‘at Butler Bros., Chicago, would be a good one to get in touch with in this connection, Kalamazoo, Nov. 25— Perhaps you could furnish a little information on the following letter which I have mailed to the Attorney General’s office to-day. As this concerns a great many merchants and involves many through- out the state you may be able to help. Knowing your interest in the mer- chants, | am sending this to you: “I would like a little information in regard to the general sales tax. I have Just received a notice from the state board of tax administration to the ef- fect that I was $1.18 short in my sales tax for August. This $1.18 was three per cent. tax on the amount of $39.57 which I collected and sent in to the state as sales tax. I would like to know if a merchant must pay tax upon the tax money he collects for the state. I cannot find anything in the law to this effect and it looks to me as unfair that after buying a license the merchants should be called upon to pay a penalty of three per cent. on what he collects for the state for the privilege of col- lecting the same. I hope to hear from you soon, as the notice gives me ten days in which to reply.” Mr. Stowe, any information you have will be greatly appreciated. Peter Van Duine. According to your statement that you are $1.18 short, which is 3 per cent. on the amount of tax you paid, it looks as though you ring up on the cash reg- ister the full amount of sale and tax together. For instance, if you had a one dollar sale on which there would be three cents tax and you rang up a sale for $1.03, your total sales would amount to more than if you rang up a sale for $1 and kept the 3 cents tax in a separate box. If it is a charge ac- count instead of cash sale, keep the amount of the sale separate from the tax, and then when making report out, only put in the amount of your sales, and don’t include the amount of tax. That is the way we keep our records and we have had no trouble. E. A. Stowe. —_~+~-<___ The Evolution of the Jobber’s Catalog (Continued from page 14) senting new goods, new lines and sea- sonable items. Does the large catalog pay for itself to-day? That is a ques- tion. An interesting article might be written upon the hardware catalog as the key of a hardware jobbing house. It is a question whether any good sized house could get along without this key, but I am sure that the large gen- eral catalog to-day from the selling angle is not as valuable as some twenty years ago.—Saunders Norvell in Hard- ware Age. The poor need a guardian and the rich a guard—the rich want to be the guardian and the poor the guard. When anybody gets something for nothing, it is either a gift, graft or theft. ——_—2-@___ The best kind of trait:Kindness. Team Work Meeting To Be Held in Kalamazoo Detroit, Nov. 28—The second meet- ing of the Team Work Groups in Dis- trict No. 3 will be held in Kalamazoo, Saturday, Dec. 9 Word has just been received from Marley O. Leach, Senior Counselor of Kalamazoo Council, No. 156, that Jacob Kindelberger, President of the Kala- mazoo Vegetable Parchment Co., and affectionately known as “Uncle Jake” to people all over the country, will be present to talk to the boys, and any- one who has heard Uncle Jake in the past will drive miles and miles to be present. Invitations have been extended to all nearby councils to be present. Kal- amazoo will also initiate a large class of candidates on the same night and outside councils have been invited to bring in their candidates and have them done up right. Any member amazoo on Dec this meeting. Reports from the Washington battle front, where we are attempting to pre- sent a code for outside salesmen, indi- cate that some very good progress is being made and that some recognition is finally being given to those Ambas- sador of Good W ill, the traveling sales- men’.It is only fair that these men, who have smiled through the depres- sion and have done so much to keep up the morale of the country should re- ceive attention through the NRA by the adoption of a horizontal code. A. G. Guimond. —_»>-. Effect of Delaying Replies To En- finding himself in Kal- .9 is welcome to attend quiries Calculated The penalty which business firms pay for not answering correspondence on the day received has been calcu- lated by a midwestern insurance com- pany on the basis of the company’s mail order business. An executive of this company, speaking before the re- cent sixteenth annual convention of the Detroit Mail Advertising Association in Chicago, reported the results which the company had with a test of its en- quiries. The normal result from 100 enquiries in their direct mail campaign, the speaker said, is to secure business from 32 per cent. of the enquiries. For this test 1,000 enquiries were held up for one day with the result that the return was reduced to 31 per cent. The next thousand was held up two days and resulted in a 30 per cent. return. The third thousand, held up three days, brought only a 27 per cent. return, and the fourth thousand held up five days, brought only 25 per cent. return. As a result of the test, the speaker stated, this company now requires that every enquiry be answered before the office closes each day. ——_—-* ~~ Final Letter From An East Jordan Merchant East Jordan, Nov. 25—You did not hear from me last week, because I have been too busy. Yes, I mean just what I said, busy, and that even when the depression is on. I may add that I have increased business approximately from 300 to 500 per cent. in the last two years and a half since I started business here, which I think I can prove by the books which I keep to back up my statement. Dealing for cash and giving the people their mon- ey’s worth is all I can give the credit to, but that is another story for an- other time. You may think that I am an opti- mistic pest but so is Will Rogers. Much as we hate his line we still read it. All that I know is what I read in the papers and strolling thither and yon, keeping my ears open and my eyes closed. I heard a good one the other day on the radio. It was telling about how much President Roosevelt was doing for the farmer. It caused me to think, which is very unusual for me, just what Mr. Roosevelt was doing for the Michigan farmer. Now, let’s see what he is doing. The farmers are just dying to sell their hogs at six cents a pound dressed in this county and perhaps every other county in Michigan, but they are unable to sell them. Why? Just because Mr. Roose- velt says he is not going to permit them to sell at that price. Well, now explain yourself. He did not say any- thing like that—not in words, but in actions does he say it. First he buys a nice bunch of hogs from some wealthy rancher in West Texas or Oklaho- ma at a price of 7c to 8%c per pound, has these hogs shipped to Chicago or some other packing company’s plant and pays a nice bunch of good old U. S. A. currency to have these hogs slaughtered, dressed and salted, ready to send to Mani and every other state for relief of the welfare depart- ment, just as though Michigan did not have any hogs in the state. Then he further passes out a grade of pork that the poor people, no matter how poor, claim they have never eaten anything so poor as that Government salt pork in all their lives. Uncle Sam is fur- ther going to pass out pork, flour, oat- meal, butter, clothing and I don’t know what else for the relief of the poor, which is perfectly o. k., but where are they going to buy all this merchandise which they are passing out? About all of Michigan’s merchandise will be bought from some out of state million- aire, and pay him a healthy sum for it, while Michigan people can get along, if they can, the same as the pork from Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming comes here to stifle the market for the Mich- igan farmer. What suggeston have I to make? I believe that you, Mr. Stowe, should for the welfare of your readers take a hand in the matter and have this system stopped by working with the proper authorities. Phone 89574 John L. Lynch Sales Co. SPECIAL SALE EXPERTS Expert Advertising Expert Merchandising 209-210-211 Murray Bldg. Grand Rapids, Michigan Business Wants Department Advertisements inserted under this head for five cents a word the first insertion and four cents a word for each subse- quent continuous insertion. if set in capital letters, double price. No charge less than 50 cents. Small display adver- tisements in this department, $4 per inch. Payment with order is required, as amounts are too small to open accounts. 1 Will an vie Mecteieies For Cash Dry Goods, Clothing, teady-to- Wear, Furnishings, Groceries, Furniture, Hardware, Ete. Will buy entire stock and fixtures, or any part. Also short leases taken over. All transactions confidential, Write, Phone, or Wire LOUIS LEVINSOHN Phone 27406 655 So. Park St. Saginaw, Michigan Shoes, Will Trade—Free and clear, improved farm for stock of merchandise. G. Lin- ten, Big Rapids, Mich. 609 EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY — Stock and fixtures of The Mills Co., Ann Arbor's oldest women’s wear store ‘is for sale. 132-foot store—next to W oolworth’s - -completely fixtured, Stock almost closed out. Favorable lease obtainable. Oppor- tunity for live, experienced man _ to acquire fine paying business, $1,500 will swing deal. Apply to E. F. Mills, 118 South Main St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 610 24 The plan that would benefit Michi- gan would be this, each welfare depart- ment in every county of Michigan or any other state should be allowed a certain sum of money to buy the pro- visions of that certain county in that certain county, if possible to get it, or in the state, if possible to do so. This, I believe, would react in such a manner, as this East Jordan pork for the welfare department would be se- cured trom East Jordan farmers, which would help the farmer to pay his taxes and have something to buy something else with. It would save the Govern- ment the extra freight charges and the extra packing charges, and it would give the welfare people fresh pork in- stead of salt pork, and give them a nice sweet meat to which they have become accustomed instead of the razor back wild boar of the West, which the Michigan people are not tough enough to eat and call good. 3ut the Michigan farmer cannot sell his goods, and the Michigan merchant cannot sell his either. If the Govern- ment wants to help out the people of a certain state, why not try to buy goods from the people in that certain state, and the money spent in that state would still be in circulation in that county or state for some time before it leaves for the millionaire’s hands. Giving direct to the millionaire at the expense of the poor people is not a sound business and the sooner we all find it out the better. The Government has to pay interest on its loans, it can- not meet its loans now, but still it wants to borrow, and after it has bor- rowed all it can borrow, what then? It does not take a very wise man to spend money like a drunken sailor and bor- row some more, but it does take a wise man to figure out how it is going to be paid back, with interest. If Uncle Sam cannot meet his expenses this week, how is he going to do it next week when his expenses are double what they are this week? But that, per- haps, will be for our next president to figure out, as Mr. Roosevelt will have his term of office expired by that time. 3ut why, may I ask, should it be nec- essary to buy pork, oatmeal, wheat or butter from some other state when the Michigan people have all that to sell? Why not buy Michigan’s supply from Michigan people? Allow a stipulated amount for each state and county and have them buy it in that county as long as the price is reasonable enough to do so. The Government wants to spend the money. Why not spend it where it should be spent? I wonder if President Roosevelt has ever thought what harm he is doing by all his mon- key business? I suppose next week we may hear something about President Roosevelt or Uncle Sam buying wood in Florida or Washington and shipping it to Michigan to be given to the needy, because there is some millionaire lum- berman who wants to dispose of his forest, while the Michigan farmer who has a cord of wood to sell can canvas the streets and not be able to get half the amount our Washington or Florida millionaire got. Of course, I do not expect to hear that because, perhaps, Washington is not classed as a Demo- cratic state. However, we noted this, that President Roosevelt and all the rest of the politicians, including Mr. Johnson, are just breaking their necks to do something for the Democratic states. The cotton grower, the wheat grower and the pork grower just hap- pen to be classed as Democratic states, where this all happens, but how about Michigan, Wisconsin and other Nerth- ern Republican states? Mr. Stowe, if you can possibly do anything for Michigan by influencing buying Michigan merchandise for Michigan people, it sure will be appre- ciated. R. J. Gunthex. —_2~--.___ We may all eat hominy before we die, but we'll never see women wearing cotton stockings again, MICHIGAN Furniture Town Dies as Factory Moves Abandoned lumbering towns are plentiful in Northern Michigan, but the decadent village of Glengarry has the distinction of having been built around a good-sized furniture factory, the out- put of which would be considered heavy production to-day. Fine upholstered chairs, tables, book- cases and other library furniture were made in large quantities in a cement block structure built in the woods, the village having been built afterwards to accommodate the workers. Glengarry is located at the foot of the greatest range of hills in the Lower Peninsula, hills which would be called mountains in some parts of the coun- try. The Manistee river flows through the village and many of the abandoned houses shelter week-end fishing par- ties which seek the pickerel and trout in the Manistee and its tributaries. At its zenith Glengarry boasted the furniture factory, a department store, one hotel, a pool room and twenty-two dwelling houses. Many of the 150 workers lived in the village while oth- ers commuted to and from Mesick and Sherman, between which villages Glen- garry was located. The first courthouse in Wexford county is still visible from Glengarry, now being used as a school- house at Sherman, which was the ear- liest county seat. The village of Glengarry was started by Bunyea and H. B. Sturtevant, who operated a sawmill there for a time. Sturtevant and Pat Noud, of Manistee, organized the Glengarry Upholstering Co., with several other stockholders from Manistee. These men also built the store, which was about 100 feet square and had five departments, in- cluding harness, shoe and millinery shops. The factory was built in 1910 and operated until 1917. It had a capacity of 200 sets of library furniture per day, each suite consisting of two chairs, a table, paper rack and footstool. Leath- er, tapestry and velours were used for upholstering material, the plant turn- ing out some of the first overstuffed pieces in the industry. The morris chair was at the height of its popularity when the factory was running and was made by thousands. The principal markets for the furni- ture were the catalog and premium houses of Chicago, Buffalo and Pitts- burg. Carload lots were shipped over a spur of the Ann Arbor railroad which was run to the plant from Mesick. Orders of 15,000 and 25,000 each of the library suites were common, former workers say. Business was excellent right up to the time the plant was closed, the old employes state, the reason for aban- doning the enterprise being somewhat a mystery to them. Suddenly work was stopped, the machinery taken out and shipped away and the building conver- ed into a pickle plant. This lasted a year, then the roof was removed and much of the sidewall material taken away and now the grass is growing around the foundation and nothing re- mains of the “factory in the woods.” The old hotel is there and the un- painted wooden houses in a row stand TRADESMAN as memorials to the prosperity the vil- lage once knew, but nature is slowly encroaching and the site of Glengarry is being pushed back into the wilder- ness whence it derived. —_2>-+—____ Chains of Chains Seem Unlikely To Succeed The recent experience of stores of all sizes with leased departments suggests that chains of department stores based on chains of departments “seem un- likely to succeed,” according to a study issued yesterday of department leasing in department stores made by the Graduaté School of Business Admin- istration of Harvard University. The study was based on statements of 545 department and specialty stores for 1930, which showed that 1,416 leased departments of ninety-five dif- ferent kinds were operated. However, fourteen kinds of business, according to the study, accounted for nearly two- thirds of the total number of leased departments. For all firms, millinery leads the list of leased departments in importance with 35.1 per cent. Next in order of percentage were: beauty parlor, 29.5; shoe, 22.4; sewing machine, 11.6; opti- cal, 10.7; lunch, 8.9; wall paper, 8.3; candy, 7.6; radio, 6.7; photo studio, 5.6; furs, 4.7: books and stationery, 4.5; umbrellas, 4, and jewelry, 3.6. By store volume classifications, these per- centages changed materially, as for ex- ample, millinery with 49.4 per cent in stores doing from $500,000 to $2,000,- 000 annually. The stores which secured a profit on leased department sales outnumbered November 29, 1933 those with losses in all but the $500,- 000 to $2,500,000 annual sales groups. The fact that the stores in this partic- ular group were not able to secure a profit on their leasing operations, the study says, may well be of especial sig- nificance when considered in relation to the types of departments most fre- quently leased as given above. The stores with leased departments, the study points out, were the less profit- able ones. The field for expansion of leased de- partments, the survey holds, is of most significance in stores of medium size. But because of the importance and dif- ficulty of securing proper co-ordination among the several parts of the store, stores made up largely of leased de- partments “seem unlikely to succeed.” “The desirability,” the report adds, “of centralizing the control of similar departments in groups of department stores, merged under a single corporate ownership, has long been a moot point. * * * The formation of many depart- ment store ownership groups has not been followed by any marked centrali- zation of control of individual depart- ments and one or two experiments in such centralization are known to have been abandoned. “While it remains perfectly feasible to operate a few departments by this method without having the store as an institution suffer in the esteem of its clientele, there still remains the very real question as to whether a store made up entirely of leased departments or departments similarly operated would preserve any institutional flavor whatsoever.” years. is the case to-day. Ln Their Footsteps NO LONGER can Thanksgiving be regarded as an observance grown rather meaningless with the Its original purpose is once more righte- ously restored and made one with our own. If it be true that “History repeats itself,” then that surely The trials and troubles of the Pilgrims have been ours, under different names, in modern garb. And now, with time to pause and take stock of our blessings, we find reason to observe a holiday once almost meaningless. Just as that first Thanksgiving became yearly tradition, at least in spirit, let us resolve to make this Thanksgiving a point from which to move ‘ahead, taking stock of our advantages and resolv- ing to make each succeeding year a greater cause for “Thanksgiving.”’ + ' ts 3 if bg is > co erenesesr on page rnerommemnerron g.cye eo > A nat AE: oe — : ce Oe Oe Oe wr He Knew What He Was Worth When a Kalamazoo man applied for a job the other day and was told he would be paid all he was worth, he got madder than a hornet and stated very emphatically that he could not and would not work for such low wages. It that man should ever attempt to run a business of his own, he would be just the kind of chap who would kick on the price of a safe, no matter how low it was, leave his account books and valuable papers exposed and then when the fire licked them up he would charge the whole thing up to his ding blasted hard luck. BE SENSIBLE BROTHER AND GET BUSY and write us to-day for prices on a first-class dependable safe. It means really more to you than it does to us, because while we would make only a fair profit on any safe we sold you, you would lose what you never could replace if you should have a fire and lose your books of account. Grand Rapids Safe Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan Sera ——— { { { { ‘ { ' ‘ { { { { ‘ ‘ | : { { ' ‘ { { : ’ { ! { { { { { { { { ‘ ' ‘ 4 { ‘ ! { { { { NEW ALL-TIME LOW PRICE inal, genuine, delicious Jell-O that women UST as commodity prices are on the have preferred for almost forty years. way up, as housewives are expecting to pay higher prices, the price of Jell-O has been reduced approximately one fourth, or 25 per cent! What news for your customers who more and more are appreciating the distinct ad- vantages of Jell-O! 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