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Greatest Need at Present Time

Business today is supposed to
be built up on the best thought
under a National life which re-
gards itself as the best form of
government. This does not mean
necessarily that there is uniform-
ity anywhere or everywhere. In-
deed the very opposite. Tot hom-
ines tot animos—as many men,
so many minds—has a modern
verbiage; tot homines tot paucos
animos—as many men, so few
minds. Strangely, there are how-
ever, enormous ebbs and flows in
the seas of thought and the ocean
of intelligence. Today we see men
back flowing into depths where all
individualism disappears in the
under-tow. Man no longer be-
lieves that “One with God is a
majority,’ but that the majority,
and alone, can lick the supernat-
ural forces of the Universe. We
must recognize the “vox populi”’
today asa retrograde movement
and not progressive. Men are do-
ing things with the abandon of
fatalists.

Russia is the relic of the ice—
cold, fearless, Godless. Hitler the
Austrian, will turn the blood of a
nation back to primal Teutonic
springs. Mussolini makes a sunny,
singing Italy drop the flute for the
furrow, and grows 30 million
bushels more wheat in that pen-
insula of contradictions than the
United States produces in all of its
spring wheat area. France is oil
and water. Trying to be agrarian
and gregarious; thrifty and volup-
tuous; straight and crooked. Her
work however, in mandated lands
is as wonderful as her treatment of
America is deplorable. Japan of
the seas is ceaseless. She never
sleeps. Her national emblem is a
rising run, turbulent, aggressive,

sacrificing, nationalistic, unto per-
sonal hara-kari. What of England,
the only God-fearing, law-abid-
ing, square dealing, patient, pro-
gressive nation—a nation which
has the soul of honor, soberness,
and God-fearing pertinacity. She
will not give up. She believes in
God and in man, and she believes
that men are for God, and for the
enlightenment of the world. Had
she not been Christian, that little
group of isles, including colonies
over the seas, would have been
but the preserve of owls and bats
today. The unconquerable thing
of England is her belief that con-
stitutional authority is sacred, and
for the protection of the masses,
and not for exploitation by the
masses. We come then to the
open difference that characterizes
England and America. The mas-
ses in the United States of Amer-
ica are not going to make the best,
but have already made a mess of
Democracy. The thing we should
do first, to save our land, is to sub-
stitute principle for politics. God
save Roosevelt. How that man is
trying to save the people and the
people will not let him. Look at
the shame, the thievery, the dis-
honesty, the political corruption!
Why name them? They are listed
in the columns of the newspapers
daily. There are thousands of
them, bands of them, incubi of
the party in power who have not
read as yet the President's declar-
ation from day to day on human
conduct, local, state, national.
Russia will fail, or any other na-
tion ‘that is Godless and has no
reverence.

We have not yet ceased in
America to be God-fearing, but
we are very far down a road that
leads to disaster. ‘Cleanliness is
next to Godliness.’” We are about
as dirty as we can be—dirty pol-
itics, dirty schemes, dirty tres-
passes, dirty tricks, dirty dirt, dirt
and disaster. Mother used to say
— “You cannot go to play until
you have cleaned up this yard,
picked up the litter, swept the
walks and have the wood-shed in
order.”

Relief and CWA are both com-
mendable. They rank high in the
order of the best of benefactions,
and little more. The human na-
ture element is always present.
Men lie, cheat and steal, even
dealing with the benefactor.
American stamina and character
of the masses is headed for ennui.
They want to be led, fed, till
dead. We must beware lest thrift
be gone, initiative destroyed, am-
bition dodo-ed. Yet we rise to a

laborless day—laboring less and
getting more. Is this one of the
chickens of the commuunistic, so-
cialistic brood, trying to roost in
our coop?

No man wants to be just as
good, just as big, just as rich as
the other man. Then ambition
would be out of a job. No one
wants to be able to make a flower
as wonderful as a rose. He can
try to attain to its attributes—but
they must ever be supreme, to be
an inspiration. Americans are try-
ing to drift to pacificism.

The confident delusion of
people is amazing. Amazing be-
cause they believe that in the
twinkling of an eye, or the
scratch of a political party's pen-
ning of a pledge, Utopia is near.

God give us men, worthy,
strong, again, like our fathers
were, challenging the challenger
—the waiting Land; where they
broke the virgin soil, where they
reaped the fruits of toil, where
was peace without turmoil
throughout the land. God give us
men. Chas. A. Heath.

 

Mr. Heath is editor of the Seed
Trade News and wrote the above
for his publication. He has writ-
ten several hundred poems for the
Tradesman, all of which have
been published. He resides in
Chicago, but spends his summers
in his resort cottage in Harbor
Springs.

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Having Your Watch Tested by Fed-
eral Scientists ‘

Did you know that you can have
your watch tested by the Federal Gov-
ernment?

As one of the by-products of its
work in testing the accuracy of the
clocks and watches which the United
States Government buys for use in the
various departments, the Time Service
of the Bureau of Standards has devel-
oped a watch-testing service which is
available to the general public. A small
fee is charged for the service.

How may one take avantage of this
service?

By writing to the Time Section of
the Bureau a complete schedule of
rates may be obtained.

Among the frequent users of the
time testing service are research scien-
tific workers who need extremely ac-
curate time pieces, and industrial
workers who require accurate time
keeping for various processes of manu-
facture.

Persons who are considering the pur-
chase of extremely expensive watches
sometimes send them to the Bureau
for testing before they complete their
purchases,

Prices of the tests of watch accuracy
range from $2 for a bracelet test to
$8.50 for a “Class A” test, which is
the most thorough of any. It requires
fifty-four days for completion and the
accuracy of the watch is checked to
the minutest detail and for practically
all conditions of use.

Many games officials make use of
the testing service to determine the
accuracy of stop-watches.

This is another ramification of the
testing work of the Time Section. Offi-
cials who wish to test the accuracy of
the stop-watches used in timing a rec-
ord-making event can send the watches
to the Bureau for checking. A report
is made in a comparatively short
time.

What help may a manufacturer of
watches obtain from the Bureau?

He can sometimes get the Bureau to
co-operate with him by testing the
value of new inventions. The Bureau
has recently completed experimental
work on a test of this sort.

May a wholesaler or retailer of
watches benefit from the services of
the Bureau?

Frequently wholesalers or in some
instances, retailers, will send watches
to the Bureau for testing. This is done
to determine the accuracy of watches
which may have been purchased in
large quantities from other firms.

Manufacturers of watches sometimes
send their product to the Bureau lab-
oratories for tests to determine the
standard of their own output.

May the individual obtain informa-
tion from the Bureau on the proper
care of a watch?

A list of the publications of the
Bureau, including material on the
proper care of timepieces will be sent
upon request.

Does the Bureau assist the watch-
making industry to set up standards
of craftsmanship?

In cooperation with the Horological
Institute of America it supervises the
tests for the certification of watch-
makers. The watch owner can go to
any of these supervised watchmakers
and know that he is going to a crafts-
man who has passed a rigorous course
of training for his work.

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No army ever won a battle unless
it believed it could lick the enemy. No
community ever overcame its obstacles,
unless it had confidence in its ability
to triumph over them.

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Most people have found out lately
that life’s hardest ups and downs have
been keeping up appearances while
holding down expenses.

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A half column editorial discusses
“What Causes Unemployment?” Al-
ways thought it was the lack of work.

—_~2--___

We make greater opportunities by
making the most of the opportunities
we have.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

February 14, 1934

 

MEN OF MARK

E. P. Daggett, Coopersville Fruit and
Vegetable Canner

Edgar P. Daggett was born at
Brighton, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1867. His
father and mother were both descend-
ed from New England people. He ob-
tained his education in his native vil-
lage and the public schools of Lock-
port, where his father was engaged in
the dry goods business. He acquired a
knowledge of dry goods in the store of
his father and served Sibley, Lindsay
& Kerr, dry goods dealers at Rochester,
three years as buyer. He then went on
the road for the Stecher Lithographing
Co., of Rochester, specializing on labels
for canners. Seven years later he be-
came associated with the canning insti-
tution of W. R. Roach & Co., at Hart.
Three years later he retired from the
Roach organization and founded the
E. P. Daggett Canning Co., at Coop-
ersville. His associates were Joseph
Cox, Thomas Gilliman and Frank Ei-
delbos. Mr. Cox is still identified with
the establishment.

For several years the factory canned
peas, corn and other vegetables, as well
as fruits, and in 1922 the Coopersville
plant was merged with the Thomas
Canning Co., of Grand Rapids, and the
new organization became the Thomas-
Daggett Co., with principal offices in
Grand Rapids, with Mr. Daggett as
general manager. The Coopersville
and Hartford plants were operated as
branches.

This arrangement continued during
the ensuing three years and upon the
dissolution of the Thomas-Daggett Co.,
in 1925, the Coopersville plant was pur-
chased by Mr. Daggett in association
with Henry Smith and Thomas Gra-
ham, of Grand Rapids, and since that
time has been operated as the Daggett
Canning Co., packing fruits, string
beans and some other vegetables.

Mr. Daggett had entire charge of the
Coopersville plant from its beginning
and since re-opening it in 1925 his son,
Edgar P., Jr., has been closely associ-
ated with him in every detail of its
operation.

Mr. Daggett was married June 14,
1903, to Miss Anna Thompson, of Chi-
cago. Two children joined the family
circle—Edgar P., Jr., and a daughter,
who is now Mrs. Russell Van Meter,
of East Lansing.

Mr. Daggett joined Ottawa Lodge,
No. 122, F. & A. M. in 1921.

Mr. Daggett owned up to two hob-
bies—golf and contract bridge.

On Sunday, Jan. 28, Mr. Daggett and
wife were entertaining relatives and
friends during the afternoon. At four
o'clock they arranged to drive to Grand
Rapids, where they were to be dinner
guests of Mr. Daggett. On getting into
his automobile, he had a seizure of the
heart and re-entered the house. He
was induced to lie down and was im-
mediately attended by the family phys-
ician, who happened to be a member
of the party. Everything possible was
done to resuscitate him, but he passed
away within thirty minutes after he
was stricken, retaining full conscious-
ness until the end. The physician was
greatly surprised over the sudden
death, because he had made frequent

tests of Mr. Daggett’s heart and every
one showed no indication of weakness
or impairment.

Funeral services were held from the
Van Allsburg Funeral home the fol-
lowing Tuesday afternoon. Rev. James
W. Fifield, of Grand Rapids, having
charge of the services there, while the
services at the grave were in charge
of the local Masonic lodge. Burial was
in the Coopersville cemetery.

Mr. Daggett was elected President of
the Michigan Canners Association in
1920, serving one year.

Mr. Daggett was a men of pleasant
address and usually succeeded in re-
taining the friends he made, both soci-
ally and in business circles.

 

 

 

is on that ground that she decides
whether or not she likes the store.

* Smart merchants long ago learned to
cash in on personality and have special
ized in one or another of various
methods of handling shoppers so that
they will become customers. These
merchants steer clear of sensational
price cutting as one would stay away
from the plague. They see all around
them evidence of the havoc price cut-
ting can bring and they prefer the
safer ground of real merchandising and
selling for their own security.

Selling your store’s personality is
nothing more or less than good mc:
chandising. It is, in addition, plain
common sense, There has to be some

Edgar P. Daggett

He had one great hobby and that
was his home. He could seldom be in-
duced to leave his home during any
evening, no matter how great the at-
traction might be. This was a marked
attribute of the man all his life and
endeared him to his family and friends.

Mr. Daggett was public spirited to a
marked degree and always did his part
in social, fraternal and local matters.

It is understood the management of
the cannery will be assumed by the son.

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Sell Your Store’s Personality —at a
Profit

No matter how small and unpreten-
tious a store may be or how big and
prepossessing it is, every store, big or
small, has a very definite personality.
This personality stands out and is
readily apparent to every shopper. It

reason for people to trade with you and
the most profitable reason for yor
store is to make them like to trade with
you.

The other day I heard a prominent
club woman speak before a large audi-
ence. In her talk she used the expres-
sion, “The little grocery store where I
trade.” After the meeting I asked her
why she trades there. Her answer was,
“Mr. Green has always kept a good
grocery store and takes personal and
particular interest in serving us.”

That sort of idea on the part of cus-
tomers means real profit to the store.
Mr. Green has a priceless asset in that
customer and if he were to make up a
list of his assets today he could put
such loyal accounts at the very top.
They are worth more than many tan-
gible assets because they are continu-

ous profit producrs when treated right.

Personality in retail merchandising
has had some serious setbacks in recent
years. The volume mania and cut
prices have led many a merchant into
careless ways and lost many a good
customer. But in the light of sober
reflection there are plenty of mer-
chants who would gladly give up their
profitless volume for some old fash-
ioned loyal customers.

Your stock in trade is not all on
your shelves, A most important part of
it is in your self and your clerks, the
way the trade is handled, in appear-
ance and cleanliness of your store and
in the efficiency of your service. The
present standardization of packaged
groceries leaves you only a restricted
field in building customer loyalty on
the products themselves, but you can
build customer loyalty on the way you
sell them.

A friendly smile and a pleasant word
mean a great deal in merchandising.
They send the customer away with a
glow of friendliness that makes them
pleased to return. The same thing is
true in handling the trade on the tele-
phone. It’s the voice with a smile and
a friendly willingness to be extra care-
ful in handling the order that makes
the customer on the other end of the
line hang up well pleased with her pur-
veyors.

There is a very large produce market
not far from our home that I have
watched carefully for many years. It
has changed hands several times in
this period. The first owner built up a
substantial business and sold out at a
fancy price. Since then three different
owners have tried it and failed to make
it go. But what the latter owners lack-
ed was the thing the original man had
—a fine sales personality and a genuine
desire to please.

He always had a cheery smile and
was hard at work. He was alert and
ready to be of assistance. He wanted
you to buy at his store and he was
willing to do everything in his power
to see that you got exactly what you
wanted and went away well satisfied.
I really enjoyed trading with him and
invariably found myself leaving him
with a hopeful, happy outlook on life
generally.

His successors have been gloomy
and surly. They are after volume and
they don‘t care if the individual cus-
tomer knows he is only one of a pro-
cession in the day’s work. They don’t
seem to care whether you get what you
want or not, and their attitude is that
if you don’t like it you ran lump it. I
refuse to trade with them. I won’t be
barked at by anybody and I hate to
deal with a merchant who sends me
away feeling gloomy and surly.

Friendliness—genuine friendliness—
is infectuous. It spreads. A smile will
go a long way and in business it is in-
despensible. We all like to feel that
our own store is better than the other
fellow’s. Make your customers feel
that way too. Make them pleased and
happy they have your store convenient
So they can trade with you. Make them
glad to come in, pleased to phone and
proud of having you in the neighbor-
hood as a “good grocer.” That’s sell-
ing your store’s personality—at a profit.

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MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS.

Empire—The Empire State Bank
has increased its capital stock from
$20,000 to $40,000.

Owosso—The Owosso Savings Bank
has increased its capital stock from
$100,000 to $275,000.

Coleman—The State Bank of Cole-
man has increased its capital stock
from $20,000 to $35,000.

Sandusky—The State Bank of San-
dusky has increased its capital stock
from $40,000 to $120,000.

Riverdale—The Riverdale State Say-
ings Bank has increased its capital
stock from $20,000 to $25,000.

Detroit—Wellman Just Furs, Park
avenue Bldg., has deceased its capital
stock from $50,000 to $20,000. :

Otsego—The Jones hardware store
has been re-decorated throughout and
considerable new stock added.

Detroit—The Detroit Mantle & Tile
Co., 1431 Farmer street, has decreased
its capital stock from $100,000 to $7,000.

Detroit—The Wood Hydraulic Hoist
& Body Co., 7924 Riopelle street. has
changed its name to the Gar Wood
Industries, Inc.

Grand Rapids—The Guarantee Bond
& Mortgage Co., 107 Lyon street, has
decreased its capital stock from $2,500,-
000 to $132,944,

Dowagiac—L. Levinsohn has pur-
chased the John L. Glenan stock of dry
goods and store fixtures and closed it
out at special sale.

Grand Rapids—The Grand Rapids
Bedding Co., 52 Summer avenue, N.W.,
has decreased its capital stock from
$250,000 to $124,500.

Cadillac—The Drury Kelly Hard-
ware Co. has sold its stock and store
fixtures to L. Levinsohn, who is closing
it out at special sale.

Detroit—The High Grade Bakery
Co., 8831 Twelfth street, has been in-
corporated with a capital stock of
$3,000, all subscribed and paid in.

Grand Rapids—The Peake-Vander
Schoor Electric Co., 952 Fulton street,
has changed its name to the Vander
Schoor Electric & Hardware Co.

Northport—The Cherry Home Co.,
growers and canners, has decreased its
capital stock from $50,000 common and
$50,000 preferred to 5,000 chares.

Dearborn—The Dearborn Stamping
Co., 10501 Haggerty avenue, has been
incorporated with a capital stock of
$50,000, $1,000 being subscribed and
Paid in.

Muskegon — The Pleez-U Food
Store, Beidler street and Laketon ave-
nue, has installed a meat department
which is under the management of
Phil Ammond,

Detroit—Jay-Hughes, Inc. 1244
Washington Blvyd., has been organized
to import and sell hats, with a capital
stock of $10,000, $3,000 being subscrib-
ed and paid in.

Detroit—The Peter Zerillo Co., 7201
West Fort street, has been organized
to deal in fruits and vegetables with a
capital stock of $5,000, $1,000 of which
has been subscribed and paid in.

Flint—The P & T Specialty Co., 814
Church street, has been incorporated
to do general manufacturing with a
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share, $50,000 being subscribed and
paid in.

Detroit-—-Clean Linen Service Co.,
with business offices at Hotel Detroiter,
Woodward avenue, has been organized
with a capital stock of 500 shares at
$10 a share, $3,000 being subscribed
and paid in.

Detroit—The Detroit Axle Shaft
Manufacturing Corporation, 3025 Bag-
ley avenue, has been incorporated with
a capital stock of 10,000 shares at $10
a share, $8,000 being subscribed and
$4,000 paid in.

Escanaba—The Delta Hotel Co.
headed by Clyde J. Burns, manager of
the Delta hotel for the past three years,
has been organized and has purchased
the stock and building, furniture, etc.,
of the Delta hotel.

Detroit—The R. L. Aylward Coal
Co., 1202 First Nat’! Bank Bldg., has
been organized to deal in fuel of all
kinds with a capital stock of 1,000
shares at $1 a share, $1,000 being sub-
scribed and paid in,

Detroit—Famous Brew, Inc., 1941
West Fort street, has been organized
to deal in legal beverages as commis-
sion merchants, with a capital stock
of $25,000, $3,000 of which has been
subscribed and paid in.

Lansing—The sale of a portion of
the property of the defunct H. Jay
Hayes Industries, Inc., to the Lansing
Brewing Co. for $17,500, has been
formally approved by Judge Charles
B. Collingwood, of circuit court.

Lansing—The Piatt Products Corp-
oration, 306 Clinton street, has been
incorporated with a capital stock of
$50,000, $27,040 being subscribed and
paid in. The company will make a
specialty of water heating equipment
and fuel saving devices.

Lansing—The General Electric Sup-
ply corporation has opened a ware-
house and wholesale establishment at
112 North ‘Cedar street. Only a whole-
sale business is conducted. The com-
pany now has such units in Lansing,
Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Detroit.

Kalamazoo—The Westend Furniture
Co., which has been located at 719
West Michigan avenue for about four
years, has removed its stock to 334
West Michigan avenue, to give the
store a more central location, added
floor space and more adequate parking
facilities.

Albion—Henry B. Snyder, 81 years
old, died at Sheldon Memorial hospital
Feb. 11, following an illness of a week.
Mr. Snyder has been in the grocery
business for over 35 years, the past 20
years in the retail grocery business
here. His store is located at 410 West
Chestnut street.

Holland—The Holland Hitch Co.,
153 West Tenth street, tractor equip-
ment, has filed a petition in bankruptcy.
The company has assets of $6,342.90
and liabilities of $4,130.47 but no cash
on hand and cannot realize immediately
on its assets. Owing to dissensions it
was decided to file the petition.

Battle Creek—Estill’s Good Health
Cafeteria which had been forced into
involuntary bankruptcy, was sold at
auction by the receiver. Mrs. Inez
Estill immediately opened negotiations
with the bidders and purchased the en-
tire cafeteria equipment and will con-

tinue the business at the same location
and under its old name.

Holland—George Steffens of the
Steffens Brothers’ grocery and dry
goods store was named president of the
Holland Merchants’ association at a
meeting today. Other officers elected
are John Olert, vice president; Jacob
Fris, re-elected treasurer, and Charles
Van Zylen, secretary. Mr. Van Zylen
served as president last year. The mer-
chants unanimously indorsed the pro-
posed municipal dock project.

 

Manufacturing Matters

Detroit—National Decorators, Inc.,
59 Brady street, has been incorporated
with a capital stock of $5,000, all sub-
scribed and paid in.

Detroit—The Wayne Products &
Brewing Co., 3601 E. Hancock street,
manufacturer of beer syrups and malt
extract, has increased its capital stock
from $10,000 to $400,000.

Detroit—The Graph Oil Co., 1026
Lafayette Bld. has been organized to
manufacture and sell graphoil, lubri-
cants, etc., with a capital stock of $25,-
000, all subscribed and $1,000 paid in.

Saginaw — The Saginaw Premier
Brewing Co., has been organized to
build a brewery and manufacture beer
with a capital stock of $100,000, $30,-
000 of which has been subscribed and
$10,600 paid in.

Lansing—A branch of the ice cream
plant of Swift & Co., at Alma, has been
opened at 1400 East Michigan avenue,
by Oliver Drake, formerly of Alma.
Swift & Co. has been in the manufac-
ture and wholesale ice cream business
in several states for the past three
year.

Lansing—The Clark baking plant,
located at 1920 West Saginaw street,
recently purchased of the William
Clark estate by the Gauss Baking Co.,
is being completely remodeled and
equipped with modern machinery for
larger production and more modern
manufacture. Lawrence Gauss will
manage the plant.

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Adding Minerals to Milk
“Mineralized” milk, produced by the
Wisconsin Experiment Station, has
been shown to have healthful qualities
not possessed by ordinary cow’s milk.

Addition of inorganic iron and cop-
per salts to milk will prevent anemia,
it has been demonstrated. It was
proved also that the addition of traces
of manganese to a diet of cow’s whole
milk supplemented with iron and cop-
per had a favorable effect on growth
and reproduction of experimental ani-
mals.

Although milk is recognized as more
nearly a complete food than any other
item common in the feed of animals or
the diet of human beings, it has never
been experimentally possible to raise
animals from weaning to maturity on
cow’s milk alone. After a few weeks
on an exclusive milk ration, animals
lose weight and die of anemia.

Inability of milk to produce the nec-
essary hemoglobin in blood has been
attributed to its low iron content. Its
deficiency in copper, according to the
Wisconsin Experiment Station, is an-
other factor in its inadequacy as that
mineral is indispensable in the nutri-
tion of mammals.

February 14, 1934

IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY

eeeeermone

Questionable Schemes Which Are
Under Suspicion

Dr. Cheeseman Medicine Company,
Nw York City, engaged in the sale of
“Dr. Cheeseman’s Pills,” is directed to
discontinue representing that the prep-
aration is harmless, that it has been
guaranteed under the Pure Food and
Drug Act, that it has any health-giy-
ing and corrective powers in excess
of the therapeutic value it possesses,
and that any letters or other state-
ments relative to the efficacy of the
product have been authorizd or signed
by C. S. Cheeseman, M. D., when such
statements have not been so author-
ized or signed.

S. W. Pike, Seedsman, Inc, St.
Charles, Ill, engaged in the sale of
seeds, is commanded jto discontinue
nusrepresenting the quality and quan-
tity of bulbs and seeds that will be
given for twenty cents “to cover pack-
ing and postage” and the names of five
friends who love flowers, and to dis-
continue representing that any com-
modity is given “free” when the cost
of the purported gratuity is included
in the price charged for the merchan-
dise with which it is alleged to be given
free of charge.

Acme Shellac Products Corporation,
Astoria, Long Island, engaged in the
manufacture of varnishes, is directed to
discontinue use of the word “Shea-Lac”
or any other word similar to the word
“Shellac” in appearance or sound, to
designate a product not made in whole
or in substantial part from shellac gum
dissolved in alcohol, and directed to
use the word “Substitutd” or other
word or words of similar import, in
letters equally as permanent and con-
spicuous as the word “Shea-Lac” or
other words similar to “Shellac” when
used to designate a product consisting
in substntial part only of shellac gum
dissolved in alcohol.

American College and others, Chi-
cago, engaged in furnishing correspond-
ence courses of instruction in pedoprac-
tic and physiotherapy, is directed to
discontinue misrepresenting the earn-
ings and the demand for students either
before or after their completing the
course and the requirements for secur-
ing licenses; and to discontinue repre-
senting that graduates’ tuition fees will
be refunded under certain conditions
unless and until such refunds are con-
sistently made.

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W. L. Berner (Lee & Cady) re-
turned from Florida Saturday night,
after a two wekes’ rest in Palm Beach.
He found more tourists in Florida than
the state has ever seen before. Ren-
tals and hotel accommodations have
nearly doubled over last year’s prices.
He did not hear the word depression
during the fortnight he was away. He
failed to score on his deep sea fishing.
He wanted to land a sail fish, which
weighs from 40 to 80 pounds, but was
disappointed. Several fish of this kind
came into Palm Beach every day from
resorters who were more fortunate
than he was. The merchants he called
on reported business about double what

it was a year ago. He comes back re-
freshed.

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February 14, 1934

Essential Features of the Grocery
Staples

Sugar — Local jobbers hold cane
granulated at 5c and beet granulated
at 4.80c.

Canned Fruits—Canned fruit prices
showed no particular change in the
past week. However, they are well
maintained at present levels and there
is a certain amount of routine business
being done. It is quite probable that
prices would work higher under more
spirited demand, but distributors seem
to be fairly well fixed in inventories
for the present, at any rate.

Canned Vegetables — One of the
most hopeful signs is the steady gains
being made by retail distributors. Sales
for January again jumped ahead of
January of last year in terms of dol-
lars and were only 4 per cent. lower in
tonnage. Considering the rock bottom
prices which prevailed a year ago in
all foods and the tremendous amount
of buying by relief agencies, the pres-
ent showing is most encouraging, In-
dependents also have reported a better
dollar business than a year ago, and it
seems quite likely that in the next
month or two tonnage, too, will equal
or exceed last year’s. While commod-
ity agreements are still Waiting for ac-
tion by Washington and some of the
vital issues like allocation have still to
be decided, there is not much point in
quoting futures at this time. The pack-
er particularly does not wish to, as he
is in no position to tell yet just what
kind of control is to be proposed.

Canned Fish—Unsold stocks of
Maine sardines are reported at a very
low level, and such packers as have
any are inclined to hold for higher than
the $2.60 price on keyless oil quarters.
Assortments are pretty well broken up,
and even the larger packers report they
have little to sell. There has been a

much improved demand, particularly in
the South, which has enjoyed a larger
measure of recovery than some other
sections. Then, too, the increased cost
of tin cans and higher overhead ex-
penses which will be effective when the
new packing season gets under way in
April, all indicate higher prices, and
many buyers have been anticipating.
But it looks like a total clean-up of
Maine sardines well in advance of the
new season.

Dried Fruit—Dried fruit activity con-
tinued to expand here during the cur-
rent week. The continuance of price
advances on the Coast had the effect
of stimulating local trading, as buyers
sought to pick up stocks here before
further boosts in price were made. Job-
bers and wholesalers are steadily re-
ceiving stocks here from the Coast, but
supplies usually are reduced quicker
than they are replaced. This will mean
a steady appreciation in prices. How
much further the coast intends to go in
advancing some items is a matter of
speculation. It is known, however, that
some very substantial business has been
rejected by first hands from this mar-
ket at prices which a few weeks ago
would have seemed high. Additional
strength has been shown in some sizes
of Santa Clara prunes, the 20s, 30s and:
40s. Advices from California say that
30s particularly have been in very lim-
ited supply. Holdings of apricots are
confined to a few first hands and extra
fancy cots are very firm at 18c, coast.

MICHIGAN

Dried peaches have been on a rising
trend also. The very cold weather here
has stimulated the demand for dried
fruits, as well as the advancing prices.
Chain stores also are featuring them
more in their advertising, and bring-
ing them to the attention of consum-
ers. Very gratifying results have thus
far been attained by one New York
chain in displaying and pushing Im-
perial prunes. Both from the stand-
point of volume and profit the cam-
paign has been quite successful.

Nuts—The market continued active
in a routine way here this week. Prices
were well maintained and buyers were
not accumulating heavy stocks. Shell-
ers abroad were generally firm in their
price ideas. French walnuts, Spanish
almonds and Turkish and Italian fil-
berts were generally unchanged. Buy-
ers were still largely interested in fu-
ture rather than immediate require-
ments. The unshelled nut market also
showed little change, improved bus-
iness before the Jewish holidays is
expected to develop.

Rice—The market continued to show
strength here and in the South. Medi-
um and cheaper grades have been mov-
ing in better volume, with Puerto Rico
taking more medium grade Japans, and
that variety working toward a clean-
up. Brewers’ rice also was said to be
more active, Mill interests were said
to be booking a considerable volume of
rough rice in anticipation of higher
parity prices and some of them were
paying more than the present parity.

Salt Fish—A very good demand con-
tinues to show for salt fish. No further
price changes have been made, but the
tone of the market is definitely strong.
With Lent starting to-day, remaining
moderate supplies on the New York
mraket should move into distributors’
hands at a good pace. A similarly good
demand showed for herring.

Spices and Seeds — The seed and
spice market showed greater activity
toward the close of last week. Most
orders were made up of small jobbing
lots for immediate delivery but a keen-
er interest was shown in practically
everything on the list. Jamaica gingers
were very firm as a result of good in-
quiry and small supplies. Both black
and white peppers were a shade firmer
for shipment but spot prices were un-
changed. Prices on nutmegs and mace
were well maintained. Offerings of
Batavia cassias were limited to small
lots. A slight spurt in demand for
bleached cardamom seed cleaned up
practically all available lots on spot
and sellers were forced to mark up
quotations quite sharply on the basis
of replacement costs, Fairly large de-
tentions of caraway, anise and a num-
ber of other seeds continued to be a
factor in keeping the market in a firm
position. Spanish anise seed was well
maintained. As a result of a heavy
demand recent arri-rals have gone di-
rectly to consumers.

Vinegar—Cider has moved into a
very strong position. A sudden demand
for liquor purposes, both in making of
cocktails and for applejack, has cleaned
up most of the available supplies.
Prices have practically doubled. Forty
grain vinegar has been affected, since
ordinarily these leftover stocks of cider
were converted into such. Prices
threatened to advance sharply.

TRADESMAN

Review of the Produce Market
Alligator Pears—19c each.

Apples—Northern Spy, $1.50 for No.
1; $1.75 for extra fancy; Delicious,
$1.75 per bu. for No. 1 red.

Artichokes—Calif., 90c per dozen, 4
doz. in box.

Bananas—4'4c per lb,

Butter—Tubs, 25c; prints, 25c:; car-
tons, 25%4c,

Cabbage—New from
for 100 Ibs.

Carrots—S0c per dozen bunches of
Calif.; 75c per bushel for home grown.

Cauliflower—$1.40 per crate for Cal-
ifornia.

Celery—Home grown is about ex-
hausted for this season. Florida, 6 and
8 doz. crates, $2.35.

Celery Cabbage—75c per doz.

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

Cranberries — Late Howes
Cape Cod, $2.50 per 25 Ib. box.

Cucumbers—No. 1 Florida, $1.25 per
dozen.

Dried Beans — Michigan Jobbers
pay as follows for hand picked at ship-
ping stations:

Ch ©. fromfarmer.. $2.35
Light Red Kidney from farmer... 4.25
Dark Red Kidney from farmer... 4.75
Tian Canhery 4.50

Eggs—Jobbers pay 10c per Ib for
mixed eggs and llc per Ib. for heavy
white eggs. They sell as follows:

Texas, $2.50

from

Vamey, feoh white. Z2c
arts... 19¢
Candled, large pullets__._..... | 18¢
es. 15¢

Storage eggs are exhausted.
Grape Fruit—Texas and F lorida are
held as follows:

Texas Florida
oh. 53.75 $3.25
ol , o75 3.25
ee 3.75 325
C62. 3.75 3.25

Green Beans — $3.25 per hamper for
Louisiana grown.

Green Onions — Shalots, 40c per
dozen for Louisiana.

Green Peas — $4 per hamper of 30
Ibs. for Calif. grown.

Green Peppers — California, 40@50c
per dozen.

Hubbard Squash—2c per Ib.

Lemons—The price is as follows:

eae. $5.50
ore 6.00
a oo ee 5.00
~— eon 5.00
Limes—25c per dozen.
Lettuce — In good demand on the
following basis:
California, 4s and 5s, crate______ $3.25

tow tet tone... .70
Mushrooms—3lc per one tb. carton.
Onions—Home grown, $1.25 per bu.

for Yellow and $1.40 for White.
Oranges—Fancy Sunkist California

Navels are now sold as follows:

WOO $3.25
Me 3.50
CE a eae eel 3.50
fo ee on 3.75
eS ESE ree nie 3.75
2 Ee ae ee 3.50
Oe 3.50

Red Ball, 50c per box less.
Parsley—30c per doz. for hot house.
Pomegranates —60c per dozen for

Calif.

Potatoes — $1.15 per bu.; Idahos,
$2.50 per 100 Ib. bag.

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Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as
follows:

Menvy Fowk ss 14c
anc hows 10c
TO 8c
rhe  .l,rCisCs 14
ee ...h.LULLLLlL,.rCCwssi—CisSC 7c

Radishes — 30c dozen bunches hot
house.

Rhubarb—Hot house, 45c for five Ib.
carton,

Spinach—80c per bushel for Texas
grown.

Strawberries—Florida, 17c per pint.

Sweet Potatoes — Jerseys from In-
diana, $2.25 per bu.

Tangerines — $2 per bu.

Tomatoes—Repacked Mexican, $1.15
for 10 Ib. carton.

Turnips—75c per bushel.

Veal Calves — Wilson & Company
pay as follows:
racy 8 @9c
Cag. 7c

Vegetable Oysters—30c per doz.

Wax Beans — $3.25 per hamper for
Louisiana grown.

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Named Supervisor of Detroit Stores

 

Vincent J. Byerlein

Saginaw, Feb. 12—Vincent J. Byer-
lein will leave about Feb, 15 for De-
troit to assume his new duties at the
main office of Lee & Cady, where he
will have charge of the company’s vol-
untary stores independent in the De-
troit area.

Since May, 1931, Mr. Byerlein has
been affiliated with the Red & White
stores of the Saginaw-Bay City dis-
trict, a voluntary organization of in-
dependent merchants sponsored locally
by Lee & Cady. He has acted in the
capacity of advertising manager and
store supervisor, his duties consisting
of keeping the independent retailers in-
formed on modern merchandising
methods.

Except for a period of one year
which he spent in war service in
France, Mr. Byerlein has been asso-
ciated continuously with Lee & Cady
for twenty-three yeras, entering their
employ in March, 1911 as assistant
book-keeper and claim clerk. He has
been active in affairs of the Saginaw
30ard of Commerce, being a past pres-
ident of the Wholesale Merchants Bu-
reau. He is prominent in local and
state Knights of Columbus circles and
has served as grand knight of that or-
ganization. Before he joined Lee &
Cady, Mr. Byerlein was with Morley
gros, and with the Saginaw News.

Mr. Byerlein’s family will join him
in Detroit later in the spring.

 

 

MUTUAL
INSURANCE

(Fire and Life)

 

The Gasoline Hazard in Wisconsin
Between 235 and 250 garage fires
occur each year in Wisconsin. Some
of these fires are gasoline vapor fires
due to inevitable presence of gasoline
vapors, lack of ventilation to remove
the same, and to the presence of heat-
ing plants or defective or improper
motors or switches, or smoking to fur-
nish the spark to ignite the vapors.

When with the advent of the auto-
mobile, garages became a necessity, a
pit was constructed to enable the
mechanic to get in under the cars. It
was soon found that such pits were a
gathering place for fumes waiting only
for a spark from any source, some-
times from a tool of iron, an electric
drill, a blow-torch or the electric wiring
or batteries in the car. These inside
work and grease pits are now generally
prohibited by modern building codes.

Proper ventilation of garages to re-
move the fumes has been mentioned.
Where electric switches or wall plug
openings are installed, these should be
at least 4 feet above the floor. Elec-
tric motors, unless of the explosion-
proof type, also should be above the
floor level and smoking should be pro-
hibited.

In the modern city parking garages,
several stories in height, we occasion-
ally find gasoline pumps to serve cars
of patrons. Such pumps should be of
the safest all-metal type and installed
either in a strictly fireproof, well venti-
lated room or near the main floor en-
trance.

Portable wheeled tanks are also used
for this purpose. Such tanks are fairly
safe, if of substantial construction,
equipped with a good pump, flame
arrester and non-ferrous tires and care-
fully handled. Such care is necessary
everywhere where gasoline is handled
or used.

A large laundry and dry cleaning
plant had a “visiting week” with cash
and other prizes offered. The plant
was using naphtha as a cleaning fluid
instead of the much safer solvent now
generally used. A large washer had
been running for half an hour churning
the naphtha and so increasing the for-
mation of vapor in the machine and
accumulating static electriciy. The
cleaning room was well filled with vis-
itors. The guide and superintendent
of the plant wanted to show the vis-
itors the revolving drum inside of the
metal jacket of the washer. As he at-
tempted to lift the cover, a static spark
jumped from the cover to the outer
shell of the washer and ignited the
fumes in the washer. The cover was
thrown back by the force of the explo-
sion and the flash badly burned the
superintendent and twelve of the visi-
tors. Some were in hospitals for two
months and will carry scars for life.
The flash was over and the fire out.
Not even the clothes in the washer
were burned. Effective grounding of
the machine would have carried off
the static charge.

Another cleaning plant built accord-
ing to law had 13-inch brick walls, a

 

MICHIGAN

reinforced concrete slab roof, fire doors
and windows and proper ventilation
openings. The room was not heated.
During a very cold February day the
operator closed the ventilation open-
ings. Fumes accumulated and were
touched off by a static spark, The
walls were thrown out and the slab
roof came down in the middle, all be-
cause of lack of ventilation to remove
the vapors.

I have investigated a few fires in
pumphouses containing pumps, valves,
electric motor and switch. In most
cases these pumphouses had no venti-
lation, some only a small ventilation
opening in the gable. These heavier-
than-air vapors could not rise to this
opening. Drippings from leaky valves
turned into fumes during the night
when the door was shut. Operating the
electric switch in the morning caused
the spark to set off the explosion.

Valves are liable to leak, hence the
necessity of proper ventilation at the
floor level to remove the fumes, and
proper electrical installation.

A ventilation system to remove the
heavy gasoline vapors must be the re-
verse of one intended to remove
lighter-than-air gases and fumes,
which rise, and pass through roof ven-
tilators. J. E. Florin,

Sup’t of Fire Prevention in Wis.
—__*— > _
The Hazard of Charcoal

Finally divided charcoal which is
made from hard wood by a retort
method is much more subject to spon-
taneous ignition than that made from
soft wood or that made by the old pit
or kiln method .

Spontaneous combustion takes place
more readily with fresh charcoal than
with old material, is promoted by con-
ditions that limit the air supply, and
the more finely divided it is, tht greater
the hazard.

Small quantities of charcoal should
be kept in metal-lined bins or contain-
ers and should never be mixed with
materials of a combustible nature and
allowed to stand. Several fires have
occurred in mixtures of charcoal and
cod liver oil—an exceedingly bad com-
bination. Larger quantities of char-
coal should preferably be stored in
buildings of non-combustible construc-
tion, cool, well ventilated, and spacious
enough to allow separation of piles.

Charcoal should be piled only in
tiers, six inches between each and not
over six feet high or sixteen feet long.
The bottom sacks should be laid on
2x4’s or scantlings two feet apart, and
if piles must be over six feet high,
timilar scantlings should be placed at
each five foot level.

When fire occurs in charcoal, water
should be used as sparingly as possible.
The damaged and wetted material
should be removed from the building
at once as such stock is even more sus-
ceptible to self-ignition than when it is
perfectly dry. Drying and subsequent
storage should be in a shed or out-
building of comparatively little value
and the material kept under close ob-
servation.

What has been said in reference to
the storage and handling of charcoal
applies equally to sacked feeds, most
of which are subject to spontaneous
heating. Fires due to this cause are
usually total, and occur most often at

TRADESMAN :

night or over week-ends when build-
ings are closed and heat and gases are
confined. Proper methods of storage
and frequent examination of the ma-
terials will avoid such fires.
—_+~++—___

Trend Toward More Conservation

The past week saw federal control
developments still apparent. The bill
that was introduced into the House
Friday, calling for Federal Trade Com-
mission regulating of the stock ex-
change was probably the big develop-
ment. President Roosevelt asked for
Stock Exchange legislation but neither
approved or disapproved the bill. An-
other important development was the
Administration’s approval of the bill
for restriction of cotton ginning
through tax. In another message the
President has proposed a plan for reg-
ulation of sugar production and im-
ports.

Another important development was
the issue of an order by the President
whereby the army will carry the air-
mail in place of transportation by pri-
vate companies under government con-
tracts which were conceled by an order
of Postmaster-General Farley. The
Administration’s $950,000,000 blanket
appropriation bill which for a time was
threatened by the Senate was finally
passed by both Houses.

After taking into consideration sea-
sonal and other factors, business in-
dices such as steel production, retail
sales, automobile production, car load-
ings and electric power production
were very good. In addition earnings
reports were very encouraging and in-
dicated how quickly earnings can re-

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February 14, 1934

cover with slightly increased business.

The Government’s spending program
apparently is being felt by business.
This cannot be expected to last forever
as there is a growing indication that
the Government realizes that private
construction and other private meth-
ods of economic endeavor makes the
Government’s spending program look
small. This apparent realization along
with the need to sell a large amount of
Government bonds, accounts for the
trend towards more conservative poli-
cies. Scared capital does not seek in-
vestment in private enterprises. The
chance to make an adequate return
without undue risk must be present.

J. H. Petter.
—_+3-__
Linen Lines Withdrawn

Buying of linens and domestics at
the exhibit of such goods held last
week at the Hotel New Yorker was
so heavy that in several instances
houses had to withdraw their lines
from sale because of their sold-up con-
dition. More than 400 buyers visited
the show, which was the first of its
kind ever held.

Sponsors of the show reported that
the Fall exhibit would be held on Aug.
6 and that 90 per cent. of the exhibi-
tors had already booked space for it.
The addition of other houses in the
linen and domestic field, which have
already contracted for quarters, will
about double the number of exhibitors,
which was forty-three, it was said. At
the Fall show a convention of buyers
will be held jointly under the auspices
of the new National Domestic and Lin-
en Buyers Association.

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February 14, 1934

Onaway Is Again on the Map

Onaway, Feb. 8—It was very nice
of you to write such a good letter as
yours of Jan. 31 and very acceptable
to a fellow who has been afflicted for
six or more weeks and is still wrapped
in bandages, although I will attempt to
wear clothing again Saturday of this
week to conduct a justice court case.

I enjoyed reading the fiftieth anni-
versary number of the Tradesman and
wish to congratulate you on same. I
regretted very much that I could not
contribute to it, as I looked forward
to this. Had I been in “perfect running
order” there were some occurrences
that would make news columns for the
Tradesman, one especially, the death
of Irving Arratt, receiver for the Ona-
way State Savings Bank, ill several
months and life long resident of Che-
boygan.

I have just recently been able to read
much of anything, say nothing of writ-
ing.

I enjoy the National Geographic
Magazine very much and especially the
February number, depicting the Golden
Isles of Guale off the coast of Georgia.
In 1874, with my parents, I spent the
entire winter in Georgia, forty miles
out of Savannah on a plantation and
frequently visited Black Beard and
Catherine islands. I saw two white
children only during the entire winter.

My father cut mahogany wood from
the timbers of old Spanish ships sun-
ken by the pirate Blackbeard and made
boats for me, later destroyed in a fire.

Our trip was made from New York
by an old ironclad steamship ‘steam
and sail) called the Sanjacinto. We
laid off Cape Hatteras two days and
nights in a terrible storm (the ocean
gtaveyard) and were given up for lost
at Savannah. If going to Heaven ts
going to be any more delightiu! than
Our entering Savannah river after that
trip I will have something to look for-
ward to.

MICHIGAN

Seth Parker’s radio negro program
from Norfolk, Va., I believe, brought
back reminiscences of my evenings
spent in negro cabins sixty years ago,
where I listened to the rythm of un-
prepared negro melody in its true and
unadultered form. Negroes at that time
were practically all slaves, although
legally free.

I started out to write a line. Per-
haps I am getting childish. Will try
and have some news items for the
Tradesman in the near future.

Will B. Gregg.

—_+-.>—__
Urges Sugar Be Made A Basic Com-
modity
Detroit, Feb. 13—In a special mes-
sage to Congress, President Roosevelt
urged amendments to the Agricultural
Adjustment Act so as to make sugar
beets and sugar cane basic commodities
and to empower the Secretary of Agri-
culture to license refiners and impor-
ters to buy and sell sugar from the
various producing areas. In addition,
the President proposed a system of
allocating to various producing areas
quotas based on the domestic consump-
tion of sugar. The President proposed
the following preliminary and tempo-
rary quotas:
Short tons

Continental beets 0) 1,450,000
Louisiana and Florida________ 260,000
Bawa 935,000
Porto Rico i 821,000
Pogo 1,307,000
Caba ee 1,944,000
Virgin Islands = 5,000

Application of such quotas will im-
mediately adjust market supplies to
consumption, he said, and would pro-
vide a basis for reduction and produc-
tion to the needs of the U.S. market.
The President further stated that nego-
tiations for a new commercial treaty
between the United States and Cuba
are to be resumed immediately and
favorable consideration will be given
to the increase in the existing prefer-

TRADESMAN

ential of Cuban sugars to an extent
compatible with the joint interests of
the two countries. The President said
that he would not at this time recom-
mend placing sugar on the free list. sy
having sugar a basic commodity, the
President said, it would be possible to
collect the processing tax, the proceeds
of which will be used to compensate
farmers for holding their production
to the quota level. A tax of less than
v2c will provide sufficient funds, he
said. Congress should provide that the
rate of the processing tax shall in no

event exceed the amount by which the
tariff on sugar is reduced below the
present rate of import duty. Recom-
mendation was regarded as an indica-

7

tion that the President may follow the
recommendation of the Tariff Commis-
sion which has made a report suggest-
ing reduction in the tariff on Cuban
sugar by slightly less than ‘4c per
pound, Lamborn & Co., Inc.
—_—_+<-<.__
No Code Provisions
“Yassah,” said old Link, “business
very good. Done bought a pig fo’ $10,
traded pig fo’ a barrer, barrer fo’ a
calf, calf fo’ a bicycle, and sol de bi-
cycle fo’ $107!
‘But yo’ don’ make nothin’, Link!”
“Sho’ ’nuf, but look at de business

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SEEK FREER BANK CREDIT

With the demand for basic industrial
materials hampered by the inability of
some buyers to finance purchases, cred-
it executives in the capital goods indus-
tries, such as steel, machinery, con-
struction material, etc., will attack the
problem of bank credit and attempt to
obtain more financing for their cus-
tomers.

At the same time the possibility that
RFC loans mortgage com-
panies to individual manufacturers will
increase substantially has created the
necessity for a uniform policy in the
handling of composition settlements
with the plants receiving the loans.
Credit men would like to set a mini-
mum figure of 50 per cent. return on
settlements, although each case com-
ing up will have to be handled on an
individual basis.

A group of credit executives in the
capital goods fields, members of the
New York Credit Men’s Association,
has passed a resolution to the effect
that bankers should resume the normal
handling of loans to industry and ex-
pects to discuss the question with a
group of bankers in the near future.

Despite the rebuttal of bankers to
Jesse Jones’ statement during the week
that they were not functioning as they
should in the matter of loans to indus-
try, ‘credit men flatly declared that
many Cases come to their attention
where plants are deserving of loans
and cannot obtain them.

through

“Credit must always be based on
character and capacity,” one executive
declared, “but the banks are insisting
too strongly on collateral. In commer-
cial paper transactions some banks are
asking security to the extent of 140
per cent. of the loan and the debtors
cannot afford to accept such terms.”

Credit men asserted that they are
going very carefully over the balance
sheets of buyers and find Situations
where a company, while sound finan-
cially, is compelled to buy materiai
sparingly because of inadequate funds,
Manufacturers, because they need a
larger proportion of cash for payrolls,
are hoarding their reserves and hold-
ing back on their material purchases.
Credit men disclaim any intention of
trying to load up companies with ma-
terial, declaring that would rebound
eventually to their own disadvantage,
but they feel that the current rate of
business warrants freer credit.

The composition settlements which
some creditors have accepted are fo-
cusing attention on loans made to
plants by the RFC through mortgage
companies. In all such loané antece-
dent debts have to be scaled down or
written off entirely.

Settlements in the 200 odd loans re-
ported to have been made in this fash-
ion range anywhere from 25 to 65 per
cent., depending on the individual case.
In most of these cases credit men were
glad to accept the terms because they
felt that otherwise they might not re-
ceive as much through a bankruptcy
proceeding, for which some of the com-
panies seemed headed.

They expressed the opinion that 50
per cent. would be an equitable figure,
but admitted that it would be impos-

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

sible to set an arbitrary amount, be-
cause of the varying conditions. They
are anxious, however, to establish a
uniform procedure among creditors
where RFC loans are made, in order
that the maximum return can be
assured.

Credit men also intended to check
carefuly on the mortgage companies
granting the loans to plants. It was
felt that many defunct companies might
se€ an opportunity to recoup them-
selves through RFC loans and this
might open the way to abuses.

In one instance recently, the stock-
holders of a defunct mortgage corpor-
ation, seeing an opportunity in their
center to get a loan for an industrial
plant, subscribed $100,000 to re-organ-
ize their company.

Unless these mortgage companies

Unless these mortgage companies
are watched carefully, it is felt, they
may prove as unstable as some of the
building and loan associations did.

 

 

EXTENDS CODE WORK

While many other organizations of
producers are giving almost all their
effort toward price-fixing arrangements
of one kind or another, the Code Au-
thority of the millinery industry an-
nounces a program which should serve
far better purposes and lead to real
instead of artificial and temporary ben-
efits to its membership.

This Authority sees its opportun-
ity in united leadership for business
betterment and will work for wider
markets and increased millinery con-
sumption through a department for
trade extension and promotion.
Through this program it is hoped to
demonstrate that codes and their au-
thorities can go a step further than
actual compliance with the industrial
agreement. All interests from the raw
material to the consumer will be en-
listed in the effort to create a greater
demand.

Judging from present developments
in this line, the trade has started its
movement under happy circumstances,
since early Spring operations already
point to an excellent season. New
styles have appeared which have
evoked the best response since the
Eugenie vogue.

Of course, the milliners are not alone
in their trade-extension campaign.
Other producers are also working in
that direition, but those who follow
association affairs closely are of the
opinion that there is too much em-
phasis upon restrictions which operate
to narrow rather than to broaden mar-
kets. Price fixing and production cuts
have been too widely regarded as the
solution of all problems, whereas they
mean only the beginning of greater
difficulties. The Ford formula of lower
prices, higher wages and larger mar-
kets cannot be upset.

———

DRY GOODS CONDITIONS

Record low temperatures affected re-
tail trade during the past week, but
sales volume held up fairly well. The
call for heavy Winter apparel and sup-
plies was, of course, greatly stimulated,
while at the same time the growing de-
mand for Spring goods was checked.
Resort lines benefited to some extent

 

 

 

from the purchases made by those who
decided to take trips to warmer climes
in order to avoid the bitter cold.

It is understood that the local de-
partment stores will show a January
gain of about 13 per cent. This was
well in line with earlier estimates, For
the country the increase will be about
5 per cent. more, the extra selling day
in the month adding around 4 per cent.
to dollar volume.

A compilation of chain-store and
mail-order results for the same period
indicates a gain of 15.38 per cent. for
twenty-four organizations, the twenty-
two chains reporting a rise of 11.62 per
cent. The apparel group established the
best increase, of almost 40 per cent,
while the mail-order companies came
next with somewhat over 36 per cent.

In order to sell the same number of
units as last year the stores must do
about 25 per cent. more dollar volume,
since this represents the average in-
crease in retail prices over the last
twelve months.

A sharp upturn in wholesale mer-
chandise operations rather surprised
these markets during the week. A
larger contngent of buyers was on hand
than had been expected. These store
representatives commented upon the
marked change in sentiment, which has
become highly optimistic again, and at
the same time were somewhat dubious
Over price advances.

BUSINESS GETTING RESULTS

While foreign developments, prin-
cipally in France, engaged attention
during the week, there was the usual
quota of action at Washington and at
the same time a perceptible lift in bus-
iness sentiment itself. The latter gain
could be described as something on
the order of the rise last Summer.
Trade and general business results are
becoming more concrete and seem to
have a sounder basis.

Earnings statements produce this
evidence and current operations in
many instances confirm it. If business
must see a profit before recovery can
really make much progress, then the
groundwork has apparently been laid.
That is, at least, the Way many bus-
iness interests have come .to look at it
in the last few weeks. Whether con-
suming power ultimately will be able
to absorb the prices which exorbitant
profits make necessary is another ques-
tion.

Commodity price movements of the
week were again irregular, with the
balance, however, on the rising side.
The general trend has been upward
since the beginning of the year, and
farm products have shown an even
sharper advance. The gap ‘between
them and non-agricultural goods has
been narrowed somewhat, although it
still remains wide.

Another increase is recorded by the
weekly business index of The New
York Times and four of the series were
higher for the latest week. Automobile
output expanded quite sharply and soon
should lead to heavier steel operations.

Building construction continues to
forge ahead.
carne

Friendship we are too ready to with-
draw is hardly worthy of the name.

February 14, 1934

OBJECTIONS SUSTAINED

That some of the regulations upset-
ting established trade practices may be
changed or dropped was the encourag-
ing news that retailers read into the
latest interpretation of the Recovery
Administration. Open price agree-
ments and arbitrary reductions jn dis.
counts contained in manufacturers’
codes have come under attack.

The open price system has always
lent itself, of course, to abuse. partic-
ularly where the price must be posted
for some days before it becomes effec-
tive. A study of prices before and after
such arrangements came into force was
furnished at the hearings recently in
Washington to show that invariably
they meant much _ higher quotations
than in cases where the device was not
used,

In the discount matter, retailers
have contended that the marking down
of these concessions has been used
mainly to mask an unwarranted price
rise. That was probably the temporary
effect, although, in the end, as retailers
themselves appreciate, competition
would take care of exorbitant demands.

The stores are obviously doing the
correct thing in using every effort to
protect their customers against unrea-
sonable price demands. Their own
self-interest is aided in attacking radical
changes which interfere seriously with
their established methods of doing
business. Some of the objections they
offer in the discount controversy may
sound rather weak but they rest on
practical grounds,

aaah

INDUSTRIES RELUCTANT

Because they are doubtfuj that they
could impose surcharges , Various in-
dustries are reluctant to ask for a vol-
untary reduction in hours as recently
suggested by General Johnson.

While business executives are anxi-
ous to avoid an additional cut in the
work week through legislation, they
feel that they would be entitled to ask
price differentials because of the higher
costs imposed on them. However, if
they volntarily seek a reduction, they
believe that they could not demand
surcharges, as the shorter week re-
quest would be tantamount to asking
higher prices. Prices would probably
advance, through the law of supply and
demand, but the rises would lack uni-
formity ang might disrupt the markets,
it was held.

—_
PRICE ADVANCE EXPECTED

With cotton rising sharply last week
and some printcloth constructions
touching the high point reached last
Summer, the primary cotton textile
trade expects a general advance in
prices this week.

 

 

The market has definitely become a
sellers’ one, with many mills sold up
for. several months ahead. Since the
first of the year manufacturers have
enjoyed a volume of business compar-
able to that of the early part of last
Summer. Statistically, the industry is
in one of the soundest positions it has

ever experienced.
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if his mind is centered exclusively on
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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

   

 

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OUT AROUND

Things Seen and Heard on a Week

End Trip

Fifty-four years ago Lewis T. Peck
came to Grand Rapids, I think from
some town in Ohio. He was looking
for a job as book-keeper. I had just
come from the office of Wm. A. Ber-
key & Koskal, where the head of the
house told me he was looking for a
book-keeper. I took him over to the
factory, which was then on the corner
of Lyon and Campau streets. Mr, Ber-
key evidently liked the looks of the
young man, because ten minutes later
he was installed as book-keeper. He
has been with the house ever since and
at 76 years of age looks as though he
could be depended on to remain at
least twenty-four years longer. His
title is now secretary and treasurer,
but if there is anything going on in
the factory or office that he does not
know about I miss my guess. If I
were to designate his position in the
organization I would describe him as

Old Reliable.

Mr. Peck told me that the Wm. A.
Berkey Furniture Co. has used only
mahogany in the production of furni-
ture for the past ten years. They have
never had a stick of Southern gum in
their factory. For some years they
made a few pieces of furniture from
walnut, but discarded that wood alto-
gether ten or a dozen years ago.

Recalling that the early furniture
manufacturers of Grand Rapids, espe-
cially William Widdicomb and William
A. Berkey, refused to use anything
but Peter Cooper glue, I asked how
the matter stood to-day. ‘We have
never discontinued the use of that
brand in our factory,” was the reply.
“Many other manufacturers use Cooper
glue in the joints, but a cheaper vege-
table glue on inside work, which soon
weakens and comes apart. As long as
I live nothing but Cooper glue will ever
find a place in our factory.”

 

Mr. Peck is really the Nestor of fur-
niture manufacturers in Grand Rapids,
because no one except him who was
identified with the industry in an im-
portant position fifty-four years ago
is now alive. He is quiet in appearance,
pleasantly approachable to all who
come in contact with him and makes
friends who continue to maintain
friendly relations with him as long as
they live. He resides in a $40,000 home
in East Grand Rapids, but no one who
does not know him would suspect that
he has been the guiding hand of one of
our best factories for approximately
fifty years. He has no “airs” and has
never cultivated a high hat,

I believe Mr. Peck is the only man in
Michigan who has remained with one
establishment fifty-four years, If any-
one can prove to me that he _ has
equaled or exceeded Mr. Peck’s record
in this respect I shall be glad to hear
from him.

William A. Berkey, the founder of
the Wm. A. Berkey Furniture Co., was
one of the pioneers of the furniture in-
dustry of Grand Rapids. He was one

 

of the original founders of the Ber-
key & Gay Furniture Co. He subse-
quently left that organization and
started the Phoenix Furniture Co. His
associates in that undertaking were
millionaires of Boston, who forced him
out of the management of the Phoenix
because of his radical views on the sub-
ject of finance. He was an advocate of
free silver and greenbackism. He pub-
lished a book on the latter topic which
bore his name as author. On his re-
tirement from the Phoenix he engaged
in business on his own account and
built up a large business which his as-
sociates and successors have carefully
conserved and increased. The com-
pany has never made anything flashy
or radical in either design or execution,
Its products have preserved the best
traditions of the furniture art. They
have been well made and moderately
priced. The workmanship has been
excellent. The materials have been the
best that could be obtained. The treat-
ment of customers has been such as to
commend respect and admiration. I
think the company has never failed to
pay a good annual dividend during the
half century it has been in existence.

Harper’s Magazine has never been
accused of sensationalism, but the Jan-
uary issue has an article by John T.
Flynn, entitled The Betrayal of Cleve-
land, which contains disclosures of a
most reprehensible character. The arti-
cle contains a complete exposure of the
manner in which the Van Sweringen
brothers obtained control of the Nickel
Plate, Erie, C. & O., Pere Marquette,
Missouri Pacific and Denver & Rio
Grande railway properties without in-
vesting a penny of their own money.
Their method of operation is thus de-
scribed by Mr. Flynn:

“The Nickel Plate line belonged to
the New York Central Railroad. But
at the moment Fate decreed, through
the agency of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, that the New York Cen-
tral should divest itself of the stock of
the Nickel Plate. The Central had to
sell. Why should not the Van Swing-
erens buy the road? And that is what
they did.

‘The means they devised for doing
this were to be the pattern for all they
did later. This operation introduced
them to two powerful weapons which
they were to use with compelling effect.
One of these was the holding com-
pany. The other was the use of other
people’s money in banks. It is the
perfection and abuses of these two im-
plements which hac brought capitalis-
tic America to the verge of despair.

“The Van Swingerens bought the
Nickel Plate for $8,500,000 on the in-
stallment plan. They were to pay $2,-
000,000 down and $650,000 a year. But
they didn’t have $2,000,000. How was
the transaction to be managed?

“First, they organized a_ holding
company—the Nickel Plate Securities
Corporation. The agreement to buy
the Nickel Plate stock was made by
that company. For the initial payment
the Van Sweringens negotiated a lean
of $2,000,000 from the Guardian Trust
and Savings Bank and put up the
agreement as collateral.

“The Nickel Plate Securities Cor-
poration then issued $2,075,000 of pre-

   

ferred stock and $12,500,000 of common
stock. The Van Sweringens sold $1,-
575,000 of this preferred stock to vari-
our persons for cash. To these pur-
chasers they gave an equal amount of
common stock—$1,575,000 of it. They
subscribed to $500,000 of the preferred
themselves and got $500,000 of com-
mon. When this was done the Nickel
Plate Securities Corporation had_ its
$2,075,000 cash with which to take up
the bank loan. The Van Sweringen
associates owned $1,575,000 of pre-
ferred and the same amount of com-
mon, The Van Sweringens themselves
owned $500,000 of preferred and the
same amount of common. They owned
an additional $10,000,000 of common
for which they had paid nothing. But
where did they get the $500,000? They
borrowed that from the Guardian Trust
Company also and put up the new
stock as security. Thus they got pos-
session and control of their first rail-
road—the Nickel Plate—without draw-
ing a single dollar from their own
funds, They secured not only the rail-
road but the terminal site for their
trolley line and, as it turned out, a good
many other things besides.”

This method, with slight variations,
was pursued in the case of all addi-
tions to the properties acquired by the
exploiters. In order to do so they
wrecked the banks and trust companies
who poured out the people’s money to
enable the sharks to accomplish their
nefarious purposes. When the crash
came in October, 1929, the banks had
to turn to the R. F. C. for assistance.
The Guardian Trust Co. got $12,000,000
from the Government. The Union
Trust Co. got $14,000,000. Later these
financial institutions had to suspend.
They are closed now. They have in-
flicted a dreadful blow upon that great
city. Millions in savings have been lost.
More savings are gone which were put
into worthless securities and equally
worthless real estate bonds which these
banks and their allies made possible.

Owosso, Feb. 9—In your Feb. 7 is-
sue appeared on page 4 a notice regard-
ing the Independent Stove Co. Your
information was apparently not very
complete and I thought you might like
to know exactly what the circum-
stances were.

On Dec. 15, 1933, the name of the
Independent Stove Co., a Michigan
corporation organized May 19, 1906,
was changed to the Renown Stove Co.
At the same time the capital structure
was revamped and $184,000 of new pre-
ferred stock was sold. Old preferred
stock of a par value of $10 was ex-
changed for Class A common stock of
a par value of $1 and old common stock
of a par value of $10 was exchanged for
new Class B common stock of a par
value of $1.

Inasmuch as the filing of the name
Renown Stove Co. to supersede the
Independent Stove Co. left the name
Independent Stove Co. open for any-
one’s use, the officers of the new Re-
nown Stove Co, decided to incorporate
a new company to be known as the In-
dependent Stove Co. in order to have
on file at Lansing their right to the
name of the Independent Stove Co.
This latter company was organized
with a capital of only $1,000, which is
th minimum allowable under Michigan
statutes.

We are giving you all this informa-
tion because we believe that many re-
tailers throughout Michigan are inter-
ested in the Renown Stove Co. This is

particularly true in the case of hard-
ware dealers, as we have been in busi-
ness since 1906 and number among our
best customers many hardware dealers
in this state. We have always under-
stood that you and your Michigan
Tradesman reached these many retail-
ers in Michigan, as well as, if not bet-
ter than, any other trade publication
and are hence anxious to have you
carry this story in its true style.
B. A. Nagelvoort,

Sec’y & Treas. Renown Stove Co,

No poem I have printed on the front
cover has been the target of so much
criticism as the one referred to in the
following jetter from Mr. Chas. M.
Heald, of South Pasadena, Calif.:

“*“What can an old man do but die?’
Hood surely ‘had a case on’ when he
wrote the above.

There is so much an old man can
do that the average young man can
not that he should be grateful to the
Almighty Father for allowing him to
remain on earth.

“W hat is an old man?

““A man is only as old as he feels.

“If a man has a young heart, good
lungs and strong active legs and uses
them as a sensible Christian should, he
is not old. Although he may have
passed his eightieth milestone in life’s
journey, he is still going strong and
carrying happiness to those along his
way.”

No one who has sent me a letter of
protest has worded his comment more
pointedly than Mr. Heald does.

By the way, I frequently undertake
to measure the accomplishments of
Mr. Heald and always reach the con-
clusion that he is one of the half dozen
men who have made their lives glori-
ous by never indulging in an idle mo-
ment. When I think of the work he
has done and the service he has ren-
dered the transportation interests of
the country I am simply appalled.

The policy of the Department of
Agriculture in protecting consumers of
food products has been immeasurably
strengthened by a recent court decision
in the United States District Court for
Eastern Michigan, signed by Judges
Simons, Tuttle and Moinet, relative to
the Department’s attitude in prevent-
ing the substitution of synthetic, cheap-
er and inferior products for natural
products. The excellent qualities of
pure vanilla as a flavoring substance
have long been established in the minds
of the public and call for no explana-
tion, but when manufacturers, with the
purpose in mind of substituting cheap-
er or inferior substances in the form of
synthetic vanillin, which has not been
known, in flaforing materials, the De-
partment of Agriculture took prompt
steps to put a stop to the practice.
Manufacturers objected and instituted
proceedings against the Commissioner
of Agriculture, Samuel T. Metzger, to
enjoin him from carrying out the plain
mandate of the Michigan Legislature.
In deciding the case the court said:

“We see no merit to the contention
that the regulation violates the due
process and equal clauses of the con-
stitution of the United States. The dis-
crimination here is not between the
manufacturers of the same. class
but between two products, one
answering a certain standard incorpo-

(Continued on page 23)

 

 

 

10

FINANCIAL

KEEPS WOLF FROM DOOR

 

 

Money Grows on Trees in the South
Seas.

“D’you think grows on
trees?” This favorite retort of Ameri-
can husbands will never be effective
with wives in the Maldive Islands. For
them “Yes” is the obvious comeback.

Down in this little-known South Sea
haven for the weary, money does grow
on trees. They haven’t dollar bills for
leaves, but they bear something just as
good—coconuts. And coconuts are
money in the Maldive Isles. Laborers
are paid with them and debts are con.
tracted and fulfilled with them. Coco-
nuts are the original commodity dol-
lar. The thrifty Maldive Island matron
tries to stretch her coconut money, in-
stead of pinching her pennies, as we do
in the land of the unedible dollar.

But aside from passing as money,
there are scores of other believe-it-or-
nots about coconuts which make them
as intriguing and romantic as a hunt
for pirate treasure.

money

South Sea Island notives take it easy
—and let the coconut tree do the
worrying for them about the essentials
of life. It is literally true that if these
islanders had nothing but the coconut
tree to supply their wants, they could
pass their days in contentment.

Requiring little cultivation. the coco-
nut palm would be worth its salt if it
supplied food alone. But there are
eighty-three other different needs
which this tree fulfills. Besides giving
delicious and nutritious food and drink,
the nuts, shells, leaves, fiber and wood
furnish the means of satisfying almost
every imaginable primitive want. The
coconut tree supplies the natives with
firewood and building material, cook-
ing and eating utensils; provides his
fishing net, woven froc coconut fiber,
and his canoe; gives him oil for his
coconut shell lamp and jaggery or co-
conut sugar to sweeten his food. Even
in America, in addition to the scores
of coconut deserts which are familiar
standbys, the versatile tree supplies us
with coconut fiber doormats bidding us
“Welcome,” palm leaf fans, salt water
soap, stock food, chaircoal and a host
of other products.

So important is the coconut in the
South Seas that when missionaries
went to Christianize the natives, they
found it necessary to change “our daily
bread” in the Lord’s Prayer to, “our
daily coconut,” in order to make it un-
derstandable to their converts.

Harvest time means nothing to co-
conut trees or to the fortunate folks
who depend upon them for food, cloth-
ing and shelter. The tree bears ripe
coconuts continuously and has fruit in
all stages of development, from blos-
soms to ripened nuts, simultaneously.
Ask any farmer who has hustled six-
teen hours a day to get his crops har-
vested in time whether this means any-
thing.

Many of the lazier natives don’t even
go to the trouble of picking the nuts.
They just wait for them to fall to the
ground when they ripen; others train

 

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monkeys to climb the trees and bring
them breakfast, lunch and supper.

Willowy, graceful, fern-like and ro-
mantic, coconut palms are nevertheless
huge trees. They grow 70 to 85 feet
high, and their roots sometimes attain
a depth of fifty feet. A coconut tree
begins to bear when it is five, six or
seven years old, and continues for
about 70 years, The average produc-
tion is forty coconuts a year, although
some trees yield as many as 200. Forty
coconuts will make about thirteen
pounds of the coconut we know—the
curling, shredded kind that tempts
youngsters’ fingers when mother is
baking.

In Malabar a father plants five coco.
nut palms when a son is born—enough
to keep the boy in spending money
until he has to begin planting trees for
his own sons. In Ceylon, the natives
calculate their wealth in coconut trees.
Twenty trees in full bearing are con-
sidered ample to support a family man
in comfort, providing his wife doesn’t
try to keep up with the Joneses. They
provide a dower for his daughter, a
pension for his own old age and a ready
form of life insurance for his widow.

Ingenious natives have devised a
method of emptying the meat from the
coconut without breaking the shell.
They punch out the eyes—the two
small soft spots on the end of the nut—
and place the coconut in shallow water
where a_ species of tiny shrimps
abounds. Hungry shrimps swim
through the holes, eat the meat, swim
away and leave a perfect bottle for the
local John Barleycorns,

Even more inventive is the robber
crab of the Polynesian Islands. He
climbs the towering trunk of the palm
tree, picks a coconut, hammers the eve
with his heavy claws until he makes a
large enough opening to insert his
smaller claw and extracts the pulp.

Coconuts are one of the oldest foods
known to man. They are mentioned in
the medical literature of India in 1400
B.C., and there are references to them
in Sanskrit writing laboriously carved
in stone 3,000 years ago. In those days
coconuts were not only prized as a
great delicacy, but the oil was used as
medicine. And in many parts o the
world the coconut still has varied re-
ligious significances.

Not only is the coconut an easy crop
to harvest, but it is in many cases self-
planting. That is why nobody knows
certainly where the coconut originated.
Growing at the ocean’ edge, the trees
often drop ripened nuts into the water.
The heavy husk is waterproof and very
buoyant, so the nuts may float for
months, drifting with the wind and cur-
rents until they are washed ashore.
Action of the waves soon causes the
triangular shaped nuts to burrow into
the sand. Niothing could be finer for
a coconut tree which thrives on sand
and salt water.

Coconuts were known in America in
colonial times; in fact, purchases of
them are recorded in the account books
of George Washington. But until 1896
they were enjoyed largely by people
in seaport communities. Then a Phila-
delphia flour miller, Franklin Baker,
was forced to accept a boatload of co-

 

conuts from Cuba in payment for a
shipment of flour. He developed new
methods of opening, processing and
packing the nuts so that coconut could
be distributed anywhere. To-day co-
conut cake is the second most popular
cake in the country and only apple pie
exceeds coconut custard pie in pop-
ularity.

Although nobody
where the coconut originated, it is now
scattered throughout the tropics and
to-day is the world’s most important

knows exactly

food fruit, supporting millions of na-
tives. More than ten billion coconuts
are produced every year or more than
three hundred per second. If they were
laid end to end, (which would look very
silly) they would encircle the equator
ninety times, or they would make
enough coconut pies to keep all the
husbands in the world happy until their
golden wedding day.

The coconut did not get its name in
the East, where the fruit was first men-
tioned in literature. From the 6th. to
the 16th century it was known as the
India nut. Then the face-like appear-
ance of the eyes on the nuts led the
Portugese and Spanish, who encoun-
tered them in the East, to use the term
“coco” nuts, after their word “coco”
—meaning grin, or grinning face.

To the average American, the feath-
ery fronds of a palm tree swaying in
th tropical breeze bring thoughts only
of movie sets, coconut frostings or
travel catalogues. But for millions and
millions of people in far away lands co-
conuts are a matter of life or death,
the central feature of their existence,
giving point even to-day to the ancient
proverb: “He who plants a coconut
tree, plants vessels and clothing, food
and drink, a habitation for himself and
a heritage for his children.”

Scott Irwin.
——_2+-__
Produce Trade Pays Big Price For

U. S. Help

A summary of the produce market
during 1933 discloses among other
things the fact that the butter industry
has paid a comparatively big price for
its education on government subsidy.
Federal support was a good thing for a
time and. it served its purpose well, so
much so that even some conservatives
were forced to admit for a time that
the solution for butter market correc.
tion was found in federal aid.

Forgetting the government for the
moment, the year 1933 in the butter
trade followed through the weakness
manifested at the close of the previous
year. Prices wavered within compara-
tively lower ranges, and well up to the
bank holiday period the market ap-
peared destined to fal away. However,
the result of the bank holiday created
a confidence which was not denied dur-
ing the best part of the ensuing period
and prices went merrily upward.

Butter futures enjoyed prosperity.
Outsiders were attracted later in the
summer by inflation gossip and the
Move gto turn money into commodities
because of anticipated general inflation
finally brought about a butter price
above 27 cents. The market hesitated
for a time, weakened perceptibly by
the close of summer, and at the begin-

February 14, 1934

ning of the fall season appeared to be
in the dumps.

At that time the government became
active. A federal corporation was cre-
ated under the name Dairy Marketing
Corporation. Its activities were suppos-
edly for the purpose of maintaining a
price on butter which would, in turn,
result in a comparatively satisfactory
price on raw matrials to the ultimate
benefit of the farmer. Millions and
millions of pounds of butter were ab-
sorbed by the government. The pro-
gram, however, apparently called for a
fixed supply, and the government fin-
ally realizing that artificial means of
restoration were contrary to the
scheme of market Stability withdrew
their support with the result that con-
ditions were considerably worse than
when the stability movement started.

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dealers who use supply and demand
features as the one and only basis for
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February 14, 1934

close of the year. While excessive vis-
ible stocks were apparent in all parts
of the country, the majority of dealers
nevertheless operated in a manner
which suggested belief in a corrected
situation well into the ensuing year.

The dismal failure in the market on
eggs at the close of 1932 was carried
into 1933 with a final clearance of held-
over eggs at the lowest prices in the
history of the trade. This served to
create a conservative trend at the start
of the storing season and for a time a
goodly supply was stored at attractive
and equitable figures.

The long arm of inflation, however,
was also asserted in the egg trade.
Dealers became infused with a spirit
of new enterprise and, encouraged to
some extent by a world of outside buy-
ing presumably in line with the move
at that time to turn money into com-
modities, the market went sharply
higher. The peak of 23 cents, however,
brought old timers to their senses and
a subsequent move to hedge holdings
checked the bulge and ushered in weak-
ness which was not arrested at any time
during the closing weeks of the year.

However, a general average for the
entire year discloses pleasing returns
to the majority of actual handlers. The
fact that storing prices were much un
der the high levels of the year, together
with general hedging at the peak, as-
sured many storers profit for the sea-
son. A few of the larger nation-wide
distributors who held intact during the
period of inflated values suffered mar-
ket reverses later in the year, but the
balance as a whole indicated that the
egg trade would continue in its large
field and active state during 1934.

Other kinds of produce varied from
season to season. General activity was
an absent feature because of a lack of
speculative activities, but price range
as a result was narrow comparatively
and little difference was found in open-
ing and closing levels.

Nimeteen' hundred and_ thirty-three
long will ‘tbe remembered. ‘Govern-
ment buying in an effort to stabilize
conditions, the sad failure of the noble
experiment and the proved fact that
dealers are fully capable of handling
their market ills, bids well to a saner
and more sound market basis during
the New Year. Joseph M. Cohen,

Produce Editor Chicago Journal of
Commerce.

 

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Foresee February Gains

While the curtailment of CWA ac-
tivities is regarded as a potential blow
to increased sales volume, store execu-
tives have high hopes for another
heavy gain in sales this month, follow-
ing the sharp gains in January. Re-
ports of the leading stores are expected
to show January results better by from
15 to 40 per cent. as compared with a
year ago. The view was expressed that
CWA curtailment will very likely have
its chief effect on sales toward the end
of the Spring and may be offset by fur-
ther improvement in general business.

—_2.->___

It takes more than living on the
right side of the railroad to make us
the right kind of people.

——_o--

What we regard as being as good as

done, seldom gets done.

MICHIGAN
THE RAILROADS AND THE BUS

How They Look To a P. M. Employe

W. A. Martin, local agent for the
Pere Marquette at Petoskey, recently
read the following paper before the
Rotary Club of Petoskey:

This is one of the hardest problems
facing this country to-day to put all
forms of transportation for hire under
reasonable and the same regulations.

Transportation of freight and pas-
sengers in the U. S. is getting into
a terrible messed-up condition as a re-
sult of unnecessary overlapping of de-
vices, each of which has a legitimate
place if some sane and sensible plan
were developed to specify its field and
prescribe its limitations.

Since the coming of air navigation
and the advent of road hog trucks of
almost box car size, there have been
those who expressed a belief that rail-
roads are outliving their usefulness
and will shortly pass out, as did the
stage coach and canal boat.

There is no convincing evidence that
such is to be the outcome in this or the
next several generations.

The present nuisance of truck domi-
nation of highways intended for quite
another purpose is something that will
have to be dealt with intelligently but
firmly in the very near future, as it is
reaching a point that cannot long be
tolerated and is a constantly growing
menace to life and property.

Within reasonable bounds the small
sized trucks perform a useful service
in quick distribution of merchandise
and freight in short hauls, but it has
never been the public intent that mon-
ster trucks, and tractors hauling trail-
ers of box car size, as long as the aver-
age freight train, should monopolize
and destroy the roads, built for pleas-
ure automobiles and the ordinary farm-
ers’ and business men’s trucks.

Federal and state governments have
spent more money to improve and de-
velop highways during the last twenty-
five years than the total cost of the
steam railroads of this country, includ-
ing all equipment and facilities pur-
chased, covering more than one hun-
dred years.

Motor truck and motor buses should
stop trying to do the things that the
raliroads are equipped to do and can do
better and cheaper. The cost to the
taxpayer is too great.

The railroads believe that the size
and weight of commercial motor ve-
hicles should be reduced to reasonable
limits and that they should pay their
full share of the highway expense and
all additional highway expenditures
which are necessary only because of
their operation Unless highway trans-
portation can be self-sustaining and
pay its full way without expense to the
taxpayers, then it cannot be justified.

There are two million people in this
country who depend on the railroads
for their livelihood. These employes
and their families comprise eight mil-
lion of our population, all of these
employes are tax payers many of them
own their own homes, practically all of
them own automobiles.

During the eight year period from
1923 to 1930 inclusive the Federal Gov-
ernment, states and municipalities
spent a total of nearly 19 billion dollars

 

TRADESMAN

for the construction and maintenance
of highways of all classes and city
streets. Of this amount only 4 billion
dollars was received from gasoline
taxes and motor vehicle fees, The bal-
ance, nearly 15 billion dollars, had to
be secured from sale of bonds and
from general taxes, principally real
estate taxes.

Just imagine what would happen if
conditions were reversed and some one
recommended that the taxes and ex-
pense of motor vehicles should be in-
creased to improve the facilities of the
railroads, so that heavier locomotives
and longer trains could be operated.

Everyone knows that it has been
necessary to build wider highways and
highways of heavier construction that
would not be required if the use of the
highways could be confined to private
passenger automobiles and the small
trucks of the same size and weight

Motor fees and gasoline taxes have
paid less than 25 per cent. of the cost
of the present highway construction,
that make possible their present use. It
has cost the tax payers of this country
an average of almost two billion dol-
lars each year, to provide highways for
the accommodation of motor vehicles.

The steam railroads are the most
important transportation agency so
far developed in this, or any other
country, and you cannot get along
without them, but if we are to have
railroads we ought to have good rail-
roads, so equipped as to provide ample
facilities at all times for moving
promptly and satisfactorily the com-
merce of the country. No other indus-
trial undertaking in this country has
been regulated by the government to
anything approaching the same extent
as the railroads. You business men are
now getting a little touch of it—do
you think your business can stand up
under it for the next twenty-five years,
as the railroads have had to for the
past twenty-five vears or more?

The railroads have had an overdose
of governmental regulation; it has
given them a headache. In addition, to
this, their hands are tied, so they can-
not cut a rate to meet unfair motor
competition, without filing a tariff ef-
fective after thirty days, with the inter-
state commerce commission. At the end
of thirty days the traffic has all been
moved by unregulated motor transpor-
tation or the commission has rejected
the tariff, because the same reduction
for the same number of miles has not
been made between every station in the
U.S. A.

For the past forty years many
“cringing politicians vile’ have been
elected to the high offices of this Na-
tion on their “ballyhoo” of down with
the railroads. The people are waking
up to the fact that if the railroads go
down, the banks, insurance companies,
the great industries and the Nation
are going with them, Talk about Gov-
ernment control. Get a taxpayers strike
for four or five years on all real estate
and you have nothing to control ex-
cept anarchy.

Three billion 300 million dollars to be
spent for public works — taxpayers’
money. What is going to take the
place of this enormous expenditure
when exhausted? At present we do
not need extra public buildings, extra

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roads or extra improvements on rivers
or harbors to subsidize extra means of
transportation and further tax the rail-
roads to provide parallel highways to
take their own
away from them.

If we have a survival of the present
civilization it will be necessary to untie

legitimate business

a lot of the governmental red tape now
inflicted on the railroads and include
all kinds of transportation carrying
freight, passengers, mail and express,
for revenue, under the same kind of
regulations, which should be fair and
reasonable to all.

I predict a return of sanity, a let-up
on excessive political regulations
which will make it possible for the rail-
roads, trucks, busses, airplanes, autos,
boats, and all common means of trans-
portation to work harmoniously and
successfully together for the common
good of all, so we can keep this a free
country of individual citizens, each with
his own backbone and the original in-
itiative supposed to be born in each
separate individual, and not be forced
to move like a flock of sheep in a
bunch

It was about 200 years ago in Bos-
ton harbor that some Irish protested
against a small tax on a cargo of tea
that the British inflicted on them, and
they threw it overboard. That’s why
we have had a free country for the past
200 years. This tax was just one six-
hundredth part of the taxes inflicted
on the American people to-day. Is it
not possible we are going to have to
lift the embargo and let in a few to
again throw some tea overboard?

France had a tourist trade in 1929 of
three million. They spent over 50 mil-
lion dollars each season; this dropped
to 300 thousand in 1932. The slogan
this year is “See America First.” Our
wealthy tourists resent the failure of
France and other countries of the old
world to meet their war payments
while they hoard a large part of the
world’s gold. These tourists de not
have have to go to foreign countries
now to spend their vacations.

——_>2~____
Electrocution for Pests

An interesting method for coping
with the problem of insect larvae in
grain has been making progress. This
method uses high voltage electricity.
Grain happens to be a voor conductor
of electricity, but both the body and
the egg of a weevil are good conduc-
tors. The result is that current passing
through the grain destroys the weevil’s
eggs with their own heat without dam-
age to the grain.

One claim made by those skeptical
of the new process was that it would
cook the grain. To find out the truth,
sponsors made a number of tests. What
they learned as a result was that the
electric treatment apparently improves
instead of harming the grain. In one
case, treated grain that was afterwards
planted reached a height of three inch-
es while untreated grain had grown
two inches during the same time.

——_>-> >

There’s not much sense in reporting
for work physically if we are some-
where else mentally.

—__+->___

It would be a fine old world if we
all made ourselves do what we think
others should do.

 

 

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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.
secretary — 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.

 

London Grocer’s Gazette Reflects
Grown-Up Trade

I have long been familiar with the
Grocers Gazette of London, yet as it
comes every week, I never cease to
feel amazement at its scope, and the
remarkably high plane on which it is
got up and edited. No grocery paper
on this continent approaches it in size
and extent; and, though we improve
editorially every year, we are as yet
far behind the thoroughness and com-
prehensiveness found weekly in the
London publication,

Pages are 7% by 12, good quality,
excellent typography. We might say,
if you please, that “display” lags be-
hind ours; but that depends on the
point of view. As a serious reader,
seeking the meat in every business
article, the makeup of this and other
London grocery papers strikes me as
above criticism.

The issue of Dec. 23 being too near
Christmas to command close reader in-
terest was down to “only” 63 pages,
but the December 16 number was
about representative in size—95 pages.
If I could illustrate a page or two, you
would see that such a paper could not
exist without having wide circulation
among men so serious about their busi-
ness that they read and study it atten-
tively.

One clear indication of the character
of English grocers is the kind of ad-
vertising inserted to appeal to them.
We know, of course, that tea is a big
item in Britain; but, aside from this,
here is an advertisement that brings
out my point. I transcribe its contents
without indicating its display:

“The End that Didn’t Come. The
end of the private grocer has been
prophesied often, like the end of the
world. But many people in the trade
now share that brighter view expressed
by a correspondent in the Grocer last
week, who admitted that he had
changed his mind about the end of the
small man. ‘I was a pessimist several
years ago,’ runs his letter, ‘with the
growth of limited companies and their
amalgamations it seemed that the pass-
ing of the small sole trader was inev-
itable. I must admit that I have be-
come a little more optimistic about the
sole trader to-day.’

“Like Diogenes, the scholar of an-
cient Greece, who was once asked to
comment upon a theory purporting to
prove that he couldn‘t walk, and whose
comment was to get up and walk, the
private grocer has disproved the elim-
ination theory by not being eliminated.

“The fear that private grocers would
eventually disappear was founded upon
a double mistake, which events are
steadily exposing. There was under-
valuation of the public’s liking for the
personal touch and over-valuation the
trade’s readiness to sit down and weep.

“The trade didn’t weep. It acted.
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down to costs. In some directions, ad-
vertising played a part. And in the tea
trade, where the force of competition
is felt with special severity, our cash-
trading method is helping thousands of
grocers to sell own-name teas competi-
tively and profitably against powerful
combines of retail shops.”

Then follow marks and quotations
on twenty-six blends carried regularly
in stock by this advertiser, all bulk
goods; cost being in 100 and in 60
pound chests, with %4d added for 40
pounders. Prices range from one shil-
ling and a penny to 2 shillings eight
pence, say from 26c to 64c per pound
on normal exchange basis. Nothing
extravagant about such prices, but am-
ple range out of which a grocer can
select what he wants and thereafter
feel assured of uniformity in what he
offers his trade. What he will thereaf-
ter sell will have been selected by him-
self on his own judgment. It can be
modified according to experience. And
his own name can be attached to his
teas with full protection.

That is tea; and I say we know tea
is a bigger item with the English than
with us. But this entire paper shows
how the British grocer goes down to
fundamentals in all his lines. Here is
part of the review on sugar:

“London, Friday evening: Refined
sugar has been in fair request this week
at unchanged rates. The trade gen-
erally are now awaiting fresh incentive
before purchasing further serious ton-
nage. The prices of Tate’s pieces have
been reduced by 9d the cwt. There has
also been an adjustment of British re-
fined and the inland granulated for
forward deliveries, January being now
offered on the same basis as current
rates. February is 114d per cwt. and
March delivery 3d per cwt. premium”;
and that’s half the general comment,
followed by details on terminal mar-
ket, British refined, foreign refined,
raw cane. Then there is a review of the
Liverpool, Cardiff and Hull sugar mar-
kets.

Similarly exhaustive reviews cover
green fruits, canned goods, cheese, but-
ter, eggs, bacon; and these contain a
veritable world picture in each case.
It should also be added that many
others advertise as carefully to grocers
as the tea importer whose advertise-
ment I have copied,

Editorials occupy two full pages of
close printing; trade news, including
what Parliament has done or neglected
to do, with correspondence and notes
on grocers’ associations, occupies an-
other thirty-odd pages, all set solidly
for serious readers to digest. No effort
is made to “lighten up” these pages.
To the British grocer his business is so
important that he needs no embellish-
ments in his tools. He digs into this
weekly mine of information to get a
true line on facts as they relate to his
calling.

3ritish trade papers do not lay spe-
cial stress on news which may please
their readers, for the British grocer is
weak on wishful thinking. It were bet-
ter for us if we had similar character-
istics. There is no lack of optimism, no
shortness of vision, no paucity of imag-
ination among those merchants. But
their optimism is based on reasoned
conclusions, vision is founded on actu-

alities, imagination takes its rise from
solid facts.

It remains to say a word about the
Grocers’ Gazette Diary & Year Book, a
copy of which is before me. Pages are
same size as the Gazette. It is cloth
bound with boards. It has 112 pages of
printed information of the most fun-
damental, basic character. Its middle
contains 104 pages ruled six days per
week as a diary with a full blank page
opposite each ruled page for notes,
memos, comments or what have you.
The information in this is truly an ab-
breviated cyclopedia.

A few headings are: Importers’ rates
and charges on tea in London; Condi-
tions of sale for landed sugar. On tea
we have taring, bulking and taring, re-
showing; details of damages for inspec-
tion, unpiling, laying down, lidding,
papering, coopering, recasing and re-
piling. On sugar occur items under
general condition, weight in London,
certificates of weights and condition,
factory and delivery weights ex country
sugars, sales for forward delivery of
colonial and foreign sugars, vendors’
lien, etc., for a full page of close type.

Expressions such as “ullage” occur,
some of which, despite my own long
contact with groceries on both sides
the Atlantic, I had to look up in my
dictionary; and all this for retail gro-
cers! Well, that will come to us in
time, too—when our trade is better
shaken down and solidified.

Paul Findlay.
—__2+-—___

The fact of having had it in mind to
do it for a long time, is in itself an
indictment.

February 14, 1934

Short Crop of Sweet Corn

The forecast is that the sweet corn
crop in many sections next Summer
will be much behind schedule. The rea-
son: Spread of a wilt, caused by a
bacterial infection, has destroyed a
large portion of the earliest varieties.

The threat on early season consump-
tion of corn on the cob may be offset
by a new variety of wilt resistant
sweet corn developed by Glenn Smith,
of the Office of Cereal Investigation,
Department of Agriculture. It ripens
a few days later than previous earliest
varieties.

Further spread of the wilt may prove
disastrous to the production of the
early varieties of sweet corn in several
sections, where they formerly have
been grown for the early market. Thus
far Government bacteriologists have
developed no direct means of combat-
ing the bacteria and the only remedy
suggested is the planting of a slower
ripening variety.

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When we guess wrong the mistake is

in guessing, not in the guess.

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February 14, 1934

MEAT DEALER

Why Single Code Is Not Workable

During the past week I have called
on the managers and owners of twenty-
seven straight meat markets in Central
Illinois and learned that the majority
are dissatisfied with the meat trade be-
ing included in the NRA grocery code.
Are you satisfied?

True, these twenty-seven markets
represent only a dot of percentage of
the total number markets in this coun-
try but, reports from every section of
the United States verify their state-
ments of dissatisfaction. These trades-
men want to be a part of a concerted
expression from the meat trade de-
manding a separation from the grocery
code. What about you?

Quoting from the National Recov-
ery Administration Labor Provisions
for the Retail Food and Grocery Trade,
Article I (one) states: “Any division
of the retail food and grocery trade
which has not participated in the for-

 

mation or establishment of this code
may make application to the Adminis-
trator to operate under a separate Code
of Labor Provisions. The Administra-
tor shall determine whether such divi-
sion of the retail food and grocery
trade shall operate under this code or
under a separate code and may, if jus-
tice requires, stay the application of this
code to such division pending his de-
cision or pending the decision by the
President of the United States of a
code of Labor Provisions for such divi-
sion.” The way is open for the meat
trade to obtain a hearing under the
provisions of this quoted Article I and
be relieved of the grocery code regu-
lations by simply filing a request for a
stay of application. Do you want that
hearing?

Any dealer having a straight meat
market or doing much volume has al-
ready learned how unsatisfactory the
grocery code is when applied to his
business. Unlike the grocery man, the
meat dealer cannot lock up at closing
time and forget all about it until open-
ing time the next day. Three-fourths
of the grocery man’s stock is non-per-
ishable and requires no special atten-
tion. The meat dealer’s stock is all
perishable. It requires attention out of
regular business hours.

After closing hours there is perhaps
more than four hours of work at trim-
ming, cutting, cleaning to have the
meat ready for ice-box show cases at
8 o’clock the next morning. The dealer
with a large volume of business can-
not have a full line of meats ready each
morning unless they are prepared the
night before. The code ruling is that
in stores with less than twenty employ-
es, but one out of five regardless if
they are owners or proprietors, may
work an unlimited number of hours.

This means that in a store with two
partners as owners and three employ-
es, but one of the owners may work
unlimited hours. There is nothing to
prevent them from alternating weeks,
however. But, for the individual own-
er this means that he will have to do
all the work necessary to maintain his
business after closing time alone and
every week. True enough, the code

MICHIGAN

provides for executives, meaning an.

employe responsible for the manage-
ment of a business or a_ subdivision
thereof; and maintenance employe,
meaning an employe essential to the
upkeep or preservation of the prem-
ises and property; but, in no case can
an executive work in excess of one-
half hour above the established daily
store-operating hours and if all restric-
tions upon working hours are removed
for the maintenance employe he cannot
receive less than $25 per week.

Now, for the individual owner em-
ploying ten workers and doing a large
volume of business, only two persons
and the owner may work in excess of
the maximum periods of labor. He can
hire a maintenance employe for clean-
ing the shop, ice boxes, meat blocks,
etc., but he would have to hire another
to help with preparing the meat for
sale. For the individual straight meat
market owner employing less than
twenty workers and doing a good vol-
ume of business, his payroll would be
prohibitive under the present grocery
code.

Despite the fact that the two trades
are frequently co-existent, the require-
ments of each are so alien a single code
cannot be satisfactory. The grocer’s
stock comes ready for sale; the meat
markets’ stock comes “in the raw” and
all the work of cutting, trimming and
preparing for sale to the customer is on
the dealer.

Upon interviewing a certain man who
has the meat concessions in a large
group of chain store groceries in Cen-
tral Illinois, I found that he was
pleased with the code as it is and was
most anxious that no hearing be ob-
This
man and others like him have forty
and more different departments in as
many chain stores and are employing
only one or two men in each. At his
own plant and meat market he has
seven to ten workers behind the coun-
ters selling the customers and in the
plant are five and occasionally a few
more men working on the meat, pre-
paring it for the forty-odd markets and
main store. Under the code regula-
tions he can allow one worker for every
eight to work overtime, Also, he can
exempt one worker in each depart-
ment from the maximum hours of la-
bor. It means, he can get all his meat
trimming and cutting done within the
maximum hours and without increase
in his payroll by simply demanding
that each of the forty-odd workers do
a share in the work as provided by an
extra hour in the code. Doubtless, it is
money in the pockets of this man and
the others like him for the code to
remain as it is. But, what about the
individual straight meat market owner?

The code states that it “shall not be
interpreted or applied to promote mo-
nopolies or monopolistic practices or
to eliminate or oppress small enter-
prises or to discriminate against them,”
yet, the present labor and wage pro-
visions of the food and grocery code
cannot but make a general trend to-
ward that end for the individual own-
er employing less than twenty work-
ers.

tained or any change be made.

This is in no way a reflection upon
the NRA officials who drew up the
provisions; it simply shows that the
wide difference in the requirements of

TRADESMAN

the two trades justifies a code for each,
else monopolistic practices cannot be
eliminated. Neither does it show dis-
loyalty to the NRA upon the part of
the meat dealers to demand their rights
in a code of their own. The meat trade
is as equally important and extensive
as the grocery trade in this country
and aside from their relationship as
food, there is no similarity in the re-
quired methods for putting them into
the hands of the consumer. The differ-
ence might be likened to two hens, the
grocery trade is a laying hen and re-
quires no special attention except to
feed and gather her egg at the end of
the day, but the meat trade is a setting
hen requiring food and attention day
and night. One set of regulations can-
not possibly embrace both.

Some egotist has said that the major-
ity is never right and in this case I
know he is wrong. The majority of
meat dealers in this country are dissat-
isfied with the present code under
which they are expected to work and
they are right. The code is essentially
a grocery store code. Not a meat
market code. So, why not make some
protest? You are within your legal
rights in doing so; the way is open to
obtain a hearing and win a stay of ap-
plication of the code; with a little effort
a separate code can be obtained. What
about it? Do you want that hearing?
Why not make it a concerted expres-
sion of demand from the whole trade
and get it? You can!

L. M. Garvin.
—__++.+___
Ideas on Cooking Beef for Children

Beef, it is agreed, is an excellent
food for children because it furnishes
vita-
It may be fed
to even the very young child in the

valuable proteins, minerals and

mins which they need,

form of scraped beef or broth. As soon
as he is able to chew, he may have
meat in other forms.

Meat for young children should be
prpeared simply, and all of the rich
gravies and sauces should be omitted.
Really the only gravy included in the
very young child’s diet should be the
meat juice itself, and this without a
large quantity of fat.

—_+-+___
Stream-lined Trains

Five  stream-lined, self-propelled
trains have been ordered by the Ger-
man government. They will be used
on the German Federal Railway Com-
pany lines, which have recently seen a
marked decrease in passenger traffic.
It is expected that the new trains,
which will be ready for service imme-
diately, will cut the time of the Berlin-
Rome run from 29 to 24 hours, accord-
ing to the Department of Commerce
3erlin office.

13

Two By-Products of Research

One of the most interesting phases
of research is that valuable results fre-
quently crop up as almost accidental
by-products of an apparently unrelated
problem.

Several years ago, aluminum trays
were popular with cafeteria manage-
ments. They are exceedingly light, of
course. Problems occurred, however.
One of these was that spilled coffee left
stains.

>y-product number one: a company
which was making a laminated phen-
olic material for electrical use discov-
ered, along about 1929, that its mate-
rial could be used to make cafeteria
trays that were both light and resis-
tant to grease and stains. Many thou-
sands of these trays are now in use.

By-product number two: the com-
pany interested in aluminum trays,
stirred perhaps by the invasion of its
field, put the coffee stain problem up
to its research department. Result,
there is now announced a discovery
which you never in the world would
think of connecting with cafeteria
problems unless you knew this history.
This discovery is that by electrolytic
treatment the surface of aluminum can
be made almost mirror like, and that
by a second electrolytic process the
mirrored surface can then be perma-
nently protected by depositing on it
millions of microscopic sapphires.
(Sapphires, I am surprised to learn,
are nothing more nor less than alumi-
num oxide.)

The greatest value of this new dis-
covery is expected to come in the
field of illumination. In fact, it “is ex-
pected to create radical changes in
future illumination practices,” including
probably important changes in the de-
sign of lighting fixtures. Manufactur-
ers of pocket mirrors, table ornaments,
household appliances, decorative store
fronts, should also expect to find uses
for this sapphire surfaced aluminum.

—_+--___
A Code for Trees

Standards of practice as to cutting
and replanting trees were adopted by
the Forest Conservation Conference
held in Washington, Jan. 29. They will
go into effect at once in each of the
lumber producing regions, F. A. Sil-
cox, Chief of the Forest Service, said
Jan. 27. The industry has lone needed
a basic set of standards, according to
Mr. Silcox. While the general state-
ment of requirements sets forth mini-
mum standards only, it should go far
toward preventing forest devastation,
he said,

—_+~-~.___

A thing is worth precisely what it
can do for you, not what you choose to
pay for it—John Ruskin.

 

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LILY WHITE FLOUR

“The flour the best cooks use”

VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY

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14

HARDWARE

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

Grand Rapids.

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

Lansing.

 

The Independent Dealer—A Review
and a Forecast

In the past four years we have wit-
nessed the collapse of many canvas-
sing and chain store organizations.
Over a quarter billion dollars of chain
store assets have been placed in the
hands of receivers, and outstanding
among the many canvassers is one
home-demonstrating organization, re-
porting sales in several trading districts
of over eight million dollars annually
—but now out of business.

Four years ago I said in part: “The
price-cutting type of store selects a
thriving community and then begins a
program of destruction. Buildings
soon become empty. Values and rents
depreciate and general business tur-
moil follows.” Has this now happened
in your community? When I think of
this new group of price-cutters and
compare them with the 150-year-old in-
dependents, I am reminded of the
fable of the dog in the manger: he
could not eat hay and would not let the
ox have any.

The “2 times prime cost” method of
distribution, which has made bankrupts
of many commercial institutions and
caused widespread unemployment, as
proved by analysis, has not yet reached
the peak of destruction. This “2 times
prime cost” system has almost made
bankrupts of the buying public, too. It
may yet do so, if not prevented. Nor-
mally there are approximately 25,000,-
000 prime producers in America (the
1928 Government figures quoted the
total as 24,675,000) and approximately
50,000,000 noneprime producers. These,
added together, give us 75,000,000,
which includes the housewife not other-
wise engaged. All these derive their liv-
ing from national wealth and income.
Simple arithmetic, therefore, demon-
strates that three times the prime pro-
ducing cost is required to return a na-
tional income that will support our 4%
prime producing and % non-prime pro-
ducing population.

This the “2 times prime cost” system
failed to do.

“Trade here and save.” For 13 years
that has been the slogan of the profes-
sional price cutter—but the more the
public saved, the poorer the public got.

This is the simplest logic. Every-
thing we possess comes from the earth.
In 1932 we took five billion dollars’
worth of wheat, cotton, corn, livestock
and other agricultural priducts from
our farms; two billion dollars’ worth of
minerals, fishery and forestry products
we took from the earth and sea. We
then paid nine billion dollars in factory
wgaes to convert this wealth into fin-
ished products. The total prime cost,
therefore, was $16,000,000,000.

Thre times that cost would have
given this nation an income of $48,000,-
000,000, But what actually happened?

Statistics prove that over 40 per cent
of our 1932 basic products were turned
into finished merchandise and distrib-
uted through the “2 times prime cost”

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

system stores. This deprived almost 11
million people of their jobs and their
wages. As the practice spread in 1933
to over 50 per cent. of our goods, obvi-
ously 25 per cent. more joined the un-
employed classification. As reported on
December 1, last, almost 11 million had
ceased to work at the trades which are
a natural part of our economic system.
Four million also were working for the
CWA. In all, a total of 15,000,000 is
affected by the “2 times prime cost”
system. In its simplest form, this is
what happens: an article costing five
cents to produce (prime labor and ma-
terial cost), must retail for fifteen cents.
The distributing system that brings
only ten cents (2 times the prime cost)
naturally deprives someone of the third
nickel as wages, and makes unemploy-
ment.

For over 75 years, prior to the start-
ing of the “2 times prime cost” system
in 1920, independent retailers were the
profitable outlets for most of the goods
produced from the farms, mines and
factories. During this 75-year period,
much of America’s wealth was cre-
ated. We had almost a “century of
progress” with this “3 times prime
cost” system under which the inde-
pendent dealers operated.

Manufacturers who formerly as-
sumed most of the responsibility for
creating a consumer demand for their
own products used to include the cost
of this service in the wholesale price
of the goods. These manufacturers em-
ployed jobbers and retailers as the log-
ical and profitable distributing outlet
for their products.

Beginning with the price decline of
1920, the “2 times prime cost” system
store found it possible to buy direct
from the manufacturer in small-lot
drop-shipments at equal to or less than
the jobber’s former carload lot price.
The extra expense of handling these
small-lot drop-shipments obviously ab-
sorbed the funds which the manufac-
turer formerly spent for necessary ad-
vertising and sales promotion.

Business: was also suffering from de-
pression selling. Sales had fallen off
greatly because the manufacturer had
ceased to tell the buying public about
their own products, and because the
index cost figures of basic commodities
were in a continuous decline. It has
lasted for 13 years, from 1920 to 1933.

The independent retailer had been
left to shift for himself, while manu-
facturers had withdrawn funds from
advertising appropriations to make up
losses sustained through quoting cut-
prices to syndicates. Now, although
cheap goods and former national
brands are both displayed on store
counters at about the same price by
independents and chains alike, con-
sumer advertising is conducted almost
entirely by syndicates and groups. In-
dependent dealers cannot be expected
to combat this advertising competition
alone. The cost will eat up their al-
ready small profits. But advertising is
necessary, if you hope to regain the
lost confidence of the buying public.

There are two fundamental business
practices that must be followed, if
headway is to be made against the
store that operates on the “2 times
prime cost” system, and if public con-
fidence is to be regained: Either go
into the wholesale business and buy

goods in carload lots, or buy from the
wholesaler who does so. Do not make
the mistake of trying to buy direct in
LCL lots, and pay 10 per cent. to 25
per cent. more for individual item drop-
shipments and extra selling service cost
to you.

For over 50 years prior to 1920, the
wholesale distributing system used its
own capital and warehouse space to
accumulate over 75 per cent. of the
raw material and finished goods pro-
duced annually from the farms, mines
and factories in America. In terms of
wages this wholesale system provided
over nine months’ normal pay for all
the farm, mine and factory workers in
America.

This system also had a leveling in-
fluence on employment. Commodities
originating in the spring and summer
months were accumulated by the
wholesaler for fall and winter needs
and vice-versa. Now, with 40 per cent.
of the system eliminated through the
“2 times prime cost” method of selling,
the habit of buying hand to mouth, in
dozen lots, has upset the entire eco-
nomic structure of distribution and em-
ployment, because it increased the cost
of distribution applying to the inde-
pendent.

When the price decline started in
1920, manufacturers and wholesalers
who were caught with large stocks of
merchandise at wartime prices were
the first to experience liquidating and
housecleaning. Wages and salaries did
not reflect the liquidating losses. Gross
selling profits were maintained at the
expense of the wholesalers and manu-
facturers. Elaborate central buying sys-
tems were established by retailers. The
extra cost of maintaining these systems
was largely offset by unloading mer-
chandise at distress prices direct to
retailers at less than factory cost. Even
the smallest specialty shop got the hab-
it of buying direct from the factory.

The inevitable could not be post-
poned indefinitely. When the distress
stocks dried up, new goods of a cheap-
er grade had to be created through
mass production methods. No longer
could direct buying power offset cut-
price selling pressure, and the former
spread between wholesale and retail
prices diminished sharply through the
“2 times prime cost” system.

But note this: The wholesaler, with
over five times more working capital
than the chain store, has been able to
protect his inventory at the low index
figure, and for the first time in 13
years it is the only source of distribu-
tion in America on which the inde-
pendent dealer can rely for equalized
competitive prices.

The other method of regaining lost
public confidence is to display and
price your goods plainly. A good sales-
person knows that the public is now
clerk-shy, They have lost confidence
in the concealed bargain. This is nat-
ural, since, contrary to general belief,
the buying public does not know prices
except on three or four staples. Take
ourselves as proof. We are the public.
I ask you now what is the current re-
tail price of a cake o Sapolio, a pair of
Walk-Over shoes, a Pontiac sedan, a
Manhattan shirt, a bushel of potatoes,
a pound of Berkshire bacon, or a drink
of 3-Star Hennessey? Of course, you

February 14, 1934

don’t know; nor does the balance of
the public.

The foregoing is a rough outline of
the alternative ways by which public
confidence. is to be restored. The time
has come. For 13 years syndicates
have been telling the public that chain
store prices are low, and the independ-
ents’ high. It was true on a declining
commodity index, up to several years
ago, but is not true to-day.

Place yourselves on the consumers’
side of the counter, and, instead of
hardware, think about bread—a good
example of a staple commodity. Sup-
pose a baker offers 1,000 one-pound
loaves of the finest bread obtainable.
Let him price them at only five cents
per loaf, and place them on the coun-
ter without a price tag, as some of
you do with your nails, bolts and elec-
tric toasters. This compels you and
me to do all the work of finding the
bread; we must then locate a clerk, and
then ask the price. Naturally, you and
I will not buy from this baker, nor will
the buying public,

You are in the business to help
create National income through the
distribution of hardware and house-
furnishings. The Nation expects from
you a united front in this aggressive
advance toward stimulation of buying.
Demand from your wholesaler the co-
operation by which this purpose will be
realized. H. A. Church.

—_~--<-.__

Piece Goods Response Excellent

The early response to initial retail
promotions of Spring piece goods has
been exceptionally good. The yardage
of both silks and woolens moved over
retail counters during the last ten days
is far ahead of the quantity sold in the
same period a year ago. For some
stores this volume will represent a val-
uable addition to sales, inasmuch as
they had either a minor piece goods
trade or none at all in 1933. Prints in
silks are taking particularly well, as
are tweeds and novel suitings and coat-
ings in woolens. Pattern and notion
sales have also forged ahead.

_-——-o27->___—_—_

Don’t be a fault-finding grouch;
when you feel like finding fault with
somebody or something stop for a
moment and think; there is very apt to
be something wrong within yourself.
Don’t permit yourself to show temper,
and always remember that when you
are in the right you can afford to keep
your temper, and when you are in the
wrong you cannot afford to lose it.—
J. J. Reynolds.

Nothing in the world can take the
place of persistence. Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuc-
cessful men with talent. Genius will
not; unrewarded genius is almost a
proverb. Education will not; the world
is full of educated derelicts. Persistence
and determination alone are omnipo-
tent. The slogan “press on” has solved
and will solve the problem of the hu-
man race.—Calvin Coolidge.

— ~~. ___

False happiness renders men stern
and proud, and that happiness is never
communicated. True happiness renders
them kind and sensible, and that happi-
ness is always shared.—Montesquieu.

: ee
It is more befitting human preten-
tions to purr like six cylinders than
like a cat.

 

 

 

February 14, 1934

DRY GOODS

Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association.
President—Thomas Pitkethly, Flint.
First Vice-President—D. Mihlethaler.

Harbor Beach.

Second Vice-President—Henry McCor-

mack, Ithaca. , .
Secretary-Treasurer—Clare R. Sperry,

Port Huron.

Manager—Jason E. Hammond, Lansing.

 

Denim Prices Raised 14 Cent

Denim prices were advanced %4 cent
per yard by leading mills last week,
bringing the basis to 16 cents for the
2.20 construction. Joshua Baily & Co.,
selling agents for Erwin buckskins, are
quoting the new levels for March, April
and May deliveries, while Cone Export
and Commission Co. are taking orders
for the two latter months only. Other
cotton goods markets show a stronger
tone. Some houses asked % of a cent
more on chambrays and % cent more
on ginghams, while unbranded sheet
and pillowcase mills shortened dis-
counts 5 per cent.

—~++-___

Stemware Buyers End “Strike”

Buyers’ resistance to the sharp price
advances put into effect last month by
blown-glass stemware manufacturers
decreased to a noticeable extent in the
wholesale market this week Jobbers
and retailers went into the market to
order goods for spot and later delivery.
The buyers found it virtually impossi-
ble to get merchandise for prompt de-
livery. In spite of the buying deadlock
which developed when the stemware
producers advanced prices about 35
per cent. last month, the manufacturers
are still sixty days or more behind on
deliveries on bar goods and staple
items of tableware.

—_ r+. _

Rug Buying Starts at Opening

Floor coverings buyers, in the New
York market for the seasonal trade
opening of Spring lines, began placing
orders last week. Purchases were con-
fined chiefly to wiltons to retail up to
$150. Orders for the low-end and medi-
um-price axminsters and wiltons, upon
which retailers expect to do a volume
business, will be placed from now on.
The number of stores represented at
the current opening was swelled greatly
by the arrival of more than 100 addi-
tional buyers from Western and South-
ern States.

Onyx Withdraws Swim Suits

The Onyx Knitting Mills, one of
the large producers of bathing suits,
has withdrawn its entire line from sale.
The action was made necessary by the
curtailment of hours under the NRA
code and the consequent sharp reduc-
tion in the volume of output. The Onyx
mill is understood to be sold up to the
middle of July, and during this week
was compelled to turn down orders.
Other mills in the bathing suit indus-
try are refusing new accounts, but will
try to take care of re-orders from their
old customers.

—_2--———_
Appliance Market Less Active

Orders for electrical household appli-
ances fell off in the wholesale market
last week as jobbers completed their
purchasing for early Spring. The
wholesalers will send their buyers back
into the market again next month to
purchase Summer goods. Merchandise
in demand earlier in the week included

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

staple lines of small socket appliances,
washing machines, electric refrigerators
and sample orders for electrically oper-
ated stoves. The electric ranges are
being promoted extensively by major
producers here this season, but job-
bers are cautious in making commit-
ments because of uncertainty regard-
ing consumer response to the ranges.

Marked Gain in Corset Orders

Corset orders for immediate and pre-
Easter delivery have been notably
good, with leading manufacturers re-
porting a sales volume for January sev-
eral times that of the same month last
year. In at least one instance the Jan-
uary figures were close to the 1929
boom sales. Interest in better grade
corsets has shown a sharp increase,
with garments retailing at from $15 to
$35 selling freely. The garment com-
bining brassiere and corset is well in
the lead in the types being bought by
the stores.

Formal Coats Gaining Attention

Although thus far buyers have al-
most neglected the formal type of coats
in favor of suits and sports garments,
a decided pickup in the dressy type of
garment is now materializing, reports
here indicated yesterday. Most retail-
ers are well covered on their early suit
needs and will swing to formal coats
as offering a merchandising opportun-
ity to follow the suit promotions. New
coat models are being developed to
stimulate this demand. At present the
trend is toward the modified windblow
effect in untrimmed versions.

—__2+-__
Replenish Dinner Ware Stocks
With dinner ware stocks depleted by
heavy January ‘buying, retailers sent
into the wholesale market this week
for large quantities of popular-price
dinner sets for immediate and later de-
livery. The buying, according to sell-
ing agents, is considerably above the
levels for the corresponding period last
year and the year before. The demand
is centering on sets of fifty-three pieces
made to retail around $11, although
domestic chinaware sets in ranges up
to $25 are fairly active also.
—_ +. ___.
Must Give Ribbon Yardage Data
A regulation has been passed by the
planning committee of the ribbon in-
dustry requiring that every bolt of
ribbon be marked with the yardage on
it. Many complaints have been made
during recent months that the actual
yardage of a bolt nominally under-
stood to be fifty yards, has been below
this figure by from 15 to 20 per cent.
Some of these complaints, alleging
price cutting as well as the short yard-
age, are now before the Silk Code
Authority.
—_23.___
Fall Sweaters Ready March 1
Staple lines of woolen and cotton
sweaters for Fall will be opened
around March 1, it was decided at an
informal meeting of selling agents and
mill executives in the Worth Street dis-
trict. There will be no official opening
among primary market sellers, but it is
expected that most houses will have
their lines ready about that time. Prices
are still undetermined, but it is believed
that they will be at least 50 per cent.
higher than last year’s opening levels.

Oh IE AIT A Bes BE WTA RE EAT Ral HE Ts

Kitchenware Lines More Active

All branches of the kitchenware
trade feel the effects of increased buy-
ing in New York as retailers placed
final orders for March house furnish-
ings promotions. Kitchen tools, alu-
minum, tin and enamel ware cooking
utensils, crockery and glass manufac-
turers booked large orders from retail-_
ers. Calls for kitchen tools covered
goods to retail from 5 to 25 cents.
Cooking utensils were in demand at
prices up to 75 cents and crockery and
glass sets up to $1.35.

We Show the World
More foreign soil will be plowed up
and worked with American machinery
as a result of increased exports of agri-

15

cultural implements last year. More
than $12,000,000 worth of tractors, til-
lage, and harvesting equipment was
shipped, according to the Machinery
and Agricultural Implements Division
of the Department of Commerce. This
is an increase of nearly $2,000,000 over
1932. December was an unusually good
month.
—_~+<-___

What does the Christian character or
balanced life mean? It is this: Faith
without credulity, conviction without
bigotry, charity without condescension,
courage without pugnacity, self-respect
without vanity, humility without ob-
sequiousness, love of humanity without
sentimentality and meekness with
power.—Charles Evans Hughes.

 

 

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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

February 14, 1934

 

HOTEL
DEPARTMENT

What Constitutes a Motion Picture
Star

Los Angeles, Feb. 10—Detroit hotel
operators are having their troubles over
the labor situation. Recently at the
Book-Cadillac, at Detroit, a large num-
ber of bellboys, porters, cooks, eleva-
tor operators, chambermaids, waiters,
etc. walked out, because of the dis-
charge, for cause, of several employes.
Similar troubles threatened other insti-
tutions, but a conference with labor
officials was arranged, a truce declared,
and later on negotiations will be un-
dergone looking to a permanent settle-
ment of the difficulties.

 

E. I. Burke, who has served for
some time in an executive capacity with
the interests now in control of the
American Bond and Mortgage hotels
thrughout the country, has assumed
active management of Hotel Whittier,
Detroit. Mr. Burke’s experience and
success in a supervisory capacity with
other hotel properties, is an assurance
that the affairs of the Whittier will be
well taken care of in the future.

A delightiul letter from my _ old
friend, Herman O. Kletzsch, manager
of the Republican House, Milwaukee,
advises me that after a term at a Mil-
waukee hospital, he has returned home,
and is improving rapidly, and hopes to
be back at his old post soon. Inciden-
tally he congratulates me heartily on a
recent event in my domestic affairs,
and he is good enough to say that the
hotel page in the Tradesman excites
his interest each week.

E. W. Conley, a former assistant
manager of Hotel LaSalle, Chicago,
has been appointed manager of Hotel
Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, made va-
cant by the passing of and old Michi-
gan operator, N. P. Mowatt.

One hundred operators of hotels
from District No. 2, of the Michigan
Hotel Association, recently met at Ho-
tel Kellogg, Battle Creek, for the pur-
pose of organizing the district under
the NRA code. Frank Ehrman, man-
ager of Hotel Columbia, Kalamazoo,
presided, Plans were made for drawing
up a code applicable to Southern Mich-
igan hotels. Carl H. Montgomery, man-
ager of Post Tavern, was elected chair-
man; Frank Ehrman, vice-chairman
and John Wooten, manager Hotel
Hayes, Jackson, secretary-treasurer.

H. L. Ashworth, the energetic busi-
ness manager of the Wisconsin State
and Milwaukee Hotel Association, re-
cently addressed students of the Amer-
ican Hotel training school, Milwaukee,
in the first of a series of talks to be pre-
sented in the next few months by men
and women prominent in the hotel and
restaurant business. More than almost
anyone else I know of Mr. Ashworth
is responsible for the making of a first-
class business institution out of the
Wisconsin Hotel Association.

From what I read in the various ho-
tel journals and from personal cor-
respondence there is much being done
in the way of rehabilitation at Hotel
Rowe, Grand Rapids. The new man-
ager, J. Bingham Morris, is inaugurat-
ing a great many improvements, among
them being a long program of decora-
tions of public rooms, a new ventilat-
ing and hot-water system for the guest
rooms, and a modernized English grill.

 

Fred A. Simonson, former president
of the National Restaurant Association,
has opened a new restaurant in Detroit,
which is announced as the “most mod.
ern and complete in Michigan.” It has
accommodations for 6,500 meals daily,
and facilities for serving 500 at one
sitting.

A very complimentary “write-up” of
Hotel Stearns, Ludington, which re-
cently passed into the management of
my good friend, Eddie Moran, ap-
peared in a recent issue of the Hotel
World-Review. Mr. Moran is respon-
sible for a number of important im-
provements in the physical conditions
of the property and the morale in oper-
ation, all of which I knew would hap-
pen when I first heard of his advance-
ment.

The “birthday party” to President
Roosevelt was a most graceful gesture,
regardless of political or economic
views on the part of hotel men. The
money raised goes to aid one of the
most worthy causes and which is very
close to the heart of the President of
the United States.

There is much to be said for a close
contact with your neighboring hotel
friends. Operators in your section are
confronted with the same difficulties,
which require the same remedies, be-
sides which fraternization is always
worth while.

Hotel Alexandria, one of Los Ange-
les’ principal hostelries, has been closed
through bankruptcy proceedings, and
according to reports will be denuded of
its furnishings and razed. It cost up-
ward of $3,000,000, but has never been
a financial success, the last lessees, an
extension Eastern chain, not having
paid any rental for the past year. It
was the outcome of foolish hotel finan-
ciering in the past decade, and ought
to prove an example for easy inves-
tors, but probably will not. The world
is full of folks whose only hotel expe-
rience has been to stop at one of them
and consider that their disbursements
in same were all profits.

A lot of judicial experts in states and
communities farther East could learn a
lot from Los Angeles’ experience along
the lines of law adjustment. Two
years ago there was an average delay
of two years in the hearing of cases
after the filing of motions. To-day the
average Case goes to trial within thirty-
five days of its starting. Continuations
are no longer granted except where
counsel is actually engaged in another
court. In all other instances the case
is either tried or dropped from the cal-
endar, when one of the parties is ready
for trial unless the other party pre-
sents cogent reasons for delay. This
works no hardship, since the case can
be reset and brought to trial promptly,
This means that cases not likely to be
tried, or in which delays are mutually
desired, no longer clog the calendar.
The calendar is called four times each
court day, and litigants know before-
hand whether their cases are to be
called at 9:30, 11 a.m., 2 or 3:30 p.m,
No longer is there need to waste a
whole morning waiting for a case that
will not be heard until afternoon.
These and other improvements have
been made possible by means of a cal-
endar, brought up to date daily and in
charge of one man, a calendar judge.

 

One of the best ways to play safe
when cashing checks for strangers is
for the hotel man to ask himself:
“Would my bank cash this check for
this man?” and act accordingly. Except
for the fact that he has been trained to
except this service, there is no reason
in the world why the unknown guest
in a hotel should expect the manage-
ment to do for him, in the way of pro-
viding funds, what the bank, with its
superior facilities for meeting such sit-
uations, would not do. The argument
may be advanced that old patrons
should be an exception to the “no
check-cashing”’ but most hotel men can
give you incidents of suffering from
financial setbacks by cashing checks
for alleged ‘old friends who have fallen
by the wayside, and used this friend-
ship as a means of plundering.

It is a curious fact that the average
small business man does not know
whether he is making or losing money.
He sees a store or restaurant full of
customers and a lot of money coming
in. Not until the smash comes does he
realize that he has been doing business
at a loss. I know a Detroit man who
made a fortune buying and selling the
same restaurant. He succeeds where
others fail because he knows exactly
the number of slices of tomatoes he
can put on a plate and make a profit.
He knows the exact margin of profit
on every order he places on the table,
while others just guess at it.

 

When I was back East last summer
a lot of people asked me what I knew
about the moving picture industry.
Naturally I swelled up a bit and ex-
plained that the late Calvin Coolidge
and your humble servant were the only
ones so far as has been reported to
have been in a position to state posi-
tively, from actual contact with a stu-
dio, just what constitutes a motion
picture star. When is a motion picture
actor a star? When is a featured play-
er a featured player? What is the dif-
ference between a “screen bit” and an
“extra” part? What is “atmosphere”?
These are the traditions of the Holly-
wood social scale as established since
the first motion picture actor stepped
before the camera. They are as clearly
defined in the film city as the streets
and avenues of the town itself. But
the lay public has ever been confused.
A star, as is the unwritten code among
Hollywood stars, in addition to the
additional importance given _ their
names, also enjoys certain privileges
around the studios which are not ac-
corded others and lesser players. A
Star dressing room invariably is a suite
of rooms; sometimes an entire bunga-
low. A star enjoys the service of a
“stand in,” being a man or woman
who takes the place of a star on the
set when lights are being adjusted and
cameras focused in preparation for a
scene. As the “stand in” stands during
this tedious process the star rests and
relaxes in a handy chair, or retires to
a little portable dressing room some-
where near the set. The wardrobe for
a star also receives closer attention,
and, in case of a woman, is more elab-
orate than that given a player of less
importance. The featured player, just
one step down in the Hollywood scale,
is possibly some young player who is
approaching stardom. Or, perhaps, the
featured player is a well-known char-
acter actor or actress but not quite of
sufficient box-office draw to “carry a
title.” This system of distinguishing
between stars and featured players of
the screen also distinguishes between
starring pictures and featured produc-

 

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RATES—$1 up without bath.
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Park Place Hotel

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Rates Reasonable—Service Superb
—Location Admirable.

GEO. ANDERSON, Mgr.
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New Hotel Elliott
STURGIS, MICH.
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Rates $2.00 and up
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February 14, 1934

tions. “Bit players” generally are those
players not under contracts to studios,
as are stars and featured and support-
ing payers, who are brought in for
parts of minor or secondary impor-
tance. They get their sometimes un-
usual names from the part they play;
small “bits” of certain scenes. A but-
ler in a picture may be a “bit part”
and often is, as are maids, valets,
chauffers, detectives and icafe man-
agers in nine cases out of ten. Fairly
well known feature players may play
“bits.” An extra part on the other
hand—the second step from the lowest
step in the screen actor scale—is a part
filled more or less as a routine by the
studio casting office. Forty or fifty
diners may be needed in a cafe scene.
The assistant director, a day before
the crowd is wanted makes the fact
known to the casting office and a cen-
tral casting bureau is called. The next
morning “twenty-five women, twenty-
five men, mixed types, dinner dress,”
will report for work. Their names
never appear in the transaction except
on the check they receive for their
day’s work. Extra players in almost
every case, have to know something
about the art of screen acting. The
directors may call upon them for slight
bits of individual action. Atmosphere
players, to take up the last division in
the scale, are hired as a group and
expect to do nothing but act as a
group. An “atmosphere crowd” is a
throng at a baseball game, the pedes-
trians on a street, or the mob that
storms the castle gates just before the
rescue and the fade-out. “Atmosphere
players” always receive their pay in
cash at the end of the play, and not in
$10,000 checks as many suppose. If
you have any ambitions in the way of
screen life, better remember that there
are countless thousands waiting for a
chance to do the “atmosphere” stuff.
Frank S. Verbeck.

——_?-+__
Chicago Group Buys Hotel Whitcomb

The sale of the Hotel Whitcomb, at
St. Joseph, under the foreclosure pro-
ceedings brought in the Berrien County
Circuit Court by the holders of the
$400,000 bond: issue on the million dol-
lar ‘hotel was approved by Judge
Charles E. White and the special bond
holders committee to Frank S. De-
meter, who heads a Chicago group of
business men, as purchasers.

The Whitcomb hotel was construct-
ed in 1927 as a civic enterprise by St.
Jioseph residents who subscribed to
$600,000 worth of stock and $400,000 in
bonds. Its opening in May, 1928, was
one of the outstanding social events
of the twin cities. The hotel made an
exceptional showing until 1931 when
it was forced into a receivership as
were many hotels throughout the Na-
tion. The managers of the hotel cap-
italized on the popularity of the mineral
baths which has spread the fame of the
twin cities far and wide. During the
Past year the hotel has shown an ex-
ceptional gain in business and the re-
reiver established a splendid record in
the operation of the business during
the present economic conditions.

The amount received for the prop-
erty is sufficient to pay the bond hold-
ers 60 cents on a dollar and meet the
current expenses, The stockholders
are wiped off the slate.

—_+-___

Ridicule, the weapon of all others
most feared by enthusiasts of every
description, and which from its pre-
dominance over such minds, often
checks what is absurd, and fully as
often smothers that which is noble—
Walter Scott.

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

MEN OF MARK

 

Joseph M. Donnelly, United States
District Attorney

Joseph M. Donnelly was born at
Ontonagon, Dec. 26, 1895. He took the
high school and collegiate courses at
the College of St. Thomas, a military
academy at St. Paul, Minn. He attend-
ed law school at the University of
Michigan from 1915 to 1917, subse-
quently completing his studies at the
law school of the University of Min-
nesota, 1919-1920. He left the Michi-
gan law school in May, 1917, to enter
the first officers training camp at Fort
Roots, Arkansas, having been rejected
for Fort Sheridan several weeks be-
fore. At the close of the officers train-
ing camp he was commissioned sec-
ond lieutenant on August 15, 1917, and
was. at his own request, assigned to
Camp MacArthur at Waco, Texas,
where the 32nd division was being
formed from the National Guard of
Michigan and Wisconsin. He was as-
signed to Company G, 125th Infantry,

 

Joseph M. Donnelly

when this company was formed from
the old Copper Country National
Guard Infantry Company and served
with it continuously until wounded in
the Argonne offensive on October 9,
1918. He was appointed first lieutenant
Nov. 17 and after he recovered from
his wounds he was promoted to the
position of captain and commanded his
company into the front line in Aisne-
Marne offensive, commonly called the
battle of Chateau Thierry, and was
decorated with the Croix de guerre and
the Purple Heart.

After being discharged he returned
to this country and, as above stated,
completed his law course in 1920. He
immediately entered politics in Onto-
nagon county, running for Judge of
Probate on the Democratic ticket. He
was elected by a decisive majority, al-
though the county went for Harding
for President by a vote of 3 to 1. He
was elected on the Democratic ticket
as prosecuting attorney in 1924, 1926
and 1930, but was defeated for the same
position in 1928 and 1932, when man-
aging the National Democratic cam-
paign in the Upper Peninsula, where
he has been Democratic Regional
Chairman ever since the summer of
1928. Under his leadership the Upper
Peninsula has been organized system-
atically as a Democratic unit. He was

 

 

appointed an Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral for the state by the Hon. Patrick
H. O’Brien, Attorney General, and
served in that capacity from Jan. 1,
1933, to Dec. 1, of the same year, when
he was appointed United States Attor-
ney for the Western District of Mich-
igan, which comprises the Western
half of the Lower Peninsula and the
entire Upper Peninsula.

Mr. Donnelly married Miss Virginia
Testman, of Grand Island, Nebraska.
June 18, 1924. She is a niece of the
then United States Senator Thomas
Kearns of Utah. The Donnellys have
four children—three boys and one girl.
The boys are eight, five and one and a
half years old. The daughter is six
years old. The family reside at 1300
Benjamin avenue and all are members
of St. Stephens church.

Mr. Donnelly is a member of the
Knights of Columbus, the Elks Lodge
at Hancock and the American Legion.

Mr. Donnelly says his hobby is poli-
tics and judging by the success he has
met, he is certainly a past master in
the art.

Mr. Donnelly is a.man of pleasant
address and very genial and friendly in
his dealings with others. He has al-
ready fallen in love with his present
position and hopes to be able to add
to the luster of his predecessors in this
important position he now occupies.

see
Interesting Features of the Interstate
Merchants Council

Mancelona, Feb. 13—I have just re-
turned from attending the Interstate
Merchants Council in Chicago, which
was held Feb. 5, 6, 7 and 8, at the
Sherman Hotel.

This convention is held every year in
February and August and is sponsored
by the Chicago Association of Com-
merce. I have never attended the
August meetings, but the meetings in
February are very interesting.

A $2 membership in the Interstate
Merchants Council entitles the mer-
chants to two tickets to the style show
and to each of he two noon luncheons
which are held at the Shermon hotel.

At the luncheon on Tuesday Dr.
Kenneth Dameron, Deputy Adminis-
trator of the NRA and the Retail Code,
spoke.

On Wednesday Miss Helen Corne-
lius, fashion editor of Harpers Bazaar,
gave a very good sketch of where
Amercian fashions come from and
what they mean to the merchant.

Then Douglas Malloch was intro-
duced by the President of the Associa-
tion of Commerce. He gave a very
humorous talk concerning the end of
the depression and read several of his
poems. He is a much better looking
man than that cut you run of him every
once in a while. Mr. Malloch’s talk
was very well liked and he received a
great deal of applause.

Style shows were held every evening
at the Sherman Hotel showing all that
is new in ready-to-wear. The stage
setting was beautiful, carried out in
silver for the silver anniversary of the
I, M. C.

Other manufacturers put on a style
show at the terrace gardens in the
Morrison Hotel and the wash dress
and infants wear houses had their own
show in the Merchandise Mart.

There was merchandise on display
by manufacturers from all the Eastern
States, as far West as Portland, Ore-
gon, Seattle, Washington, and San
Francisco,.and as far South as San
Antonio, Texas.

Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. and Mar-
shall Field & Co. reported the best
week they had had in several years.

_This Interstate Merchants Council
gives the merchants and their buyers

 

 

 

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an excellent opportunity of seeing all
of the new Spring merchandise and of
learning what other merchants are do-
ing. It is of just as much interest to
the small town buyers as it is to the
buyers from the large department
stores,

I am enclosing the program and
some clippings from the Chicago pa-
pers. Mildred Medalie.

—_+2+____
Proceedings of the Grand Rapids

Bankruptcy Court

In the matter of Carl I, Campbell, bank-

rupt No. 5572, The first meeting of cred-
itors has been called for Feb. 26 at 2 p.m,

In the matter of Clarence Brugma,
bankrupt No. 5567. The first meeting of

creditors has been called for Feb. 20, at
10 a. m.

In the matter of Joseph Gesell, doing
business as Manistee srewery Company,
bankrupt No, 5547. The first meeting of
creditors has been called for Feb. 19 at
2D). m.

In the matter of Hdward Charles Re us,
bankrupt No. 5556. The first meeting of

creditors has been called for Feb. 19 at
10 a. m.

Feb. 1. On this day the schedules, in
the matter of Joseph Gesell, doing busi-
ness under the assumed name of Manistee
grewery Company, bankrupt No. 5547,
were received. The bankrupt is located
at Manistee. The schedules show total
assets of $42,030.95, (of which $350.00 is
claimed exempt), and total liabilities of
$92,344.10, listing the following creditors:
United States Government, taxes__$ 2
City of Manistee, Mich
County of Manistee__ ee
State of Michigan, Lansing___
Osear Krupp, Manistee
William Slabon, Manistee
F.. Loomis, Manistee
J. Zientek, Manistee
W. Sell Manistee ss
A. Christenson, Manistee
Fred Dashner, Manistee___
Fred Daniels, Manistee____
OO. Balk Mamistes
W. Hintz, Manistee______
Joe Grill, Manistee____
Geo. Webber, Manistee_____
R. Kavalkowski, Manistee______
W. Plattner, Manistee______
J. Lavandowski, Manistee___
t. Radtke, Manistee. ss
F. Jozwaik, Manistee_ ne
HE. Stienik, Manistee
F. Zaiger, Manistee_____
R. Dahlvig, Manistee______
T. Kalnowski, Manistee_
H. Diesing, Manistee____
Alex Ditch, Manistee_____
Ray Wicinski, Manistee___

 

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B. Murphy, Manistee. 60.50
AL Lyons, Manistee 8 = = 59.50
Arthur Hintz, Manistee_______ 117.07
Eric Gerwin, Manistes. 21.38
HY. Stieneck, Manistee. «s«s_ 13.30
A. Kettleman, Manistee... Ta.32
Dennis Shea, Manistee_.__ 89.00
Lambert Herring, Manistee________ 300.49
William Broese, Manistee_.._____ 250.00
George Hineline, Manistee______ 450.13
John Johnson, Manistee___ _ 280.20
Hilder Anderson, Manistee______ 277.40
A. Martin, Manistee 25.00
J. Jacobson, Manistee... 93.49

Eid. Baker, Manistee... 33.00

 

R. Lavandowski, Manistee_______ 13.80
H. Lavandowski, Manistee________ 11.40
L.. Papp, Manistee Seo 24.20
Ray Hohne, Manistee... 22.00
Matt Stepka, Manistee__. 10.90
Louis Thomas, Manistee___.____ 10.50
Fred Dittmer, Manistee ____ oo 20.15
Fred Becker, Manistee. 20.40
Ed. Rosenberg, Manistee_______ 18.60
H. Kowalski, Manistee 22.00

W. Gorecki, MAMIStGG 4.40

 

mm Sie. Manistee § 57.00
Geo. Rudick, Maniste ene a 10.80
Ben Stepka, Manistee. ____ 102.60
T. Kostecki: Manistee. 12.80
Julius Ziegenhagen, Manistee____ 96.00
Chris Sorenson, Manistee_____ Hau 95.80
Hans Stobbe, Manistee. _____ 89.50
Fritz Strenz, Manistee i 69.20
J. Labowsky, Manistee. 62.65
August Lange, Manistee. ____ 8.80
Ole Henderson, Manistee_______ 16.00
Herman Dickey, Manistee________ 1.18
i. G. Ness, Manistee 153.3
Gudrun Nelson, Manistee________ 65.00
Geo. C. Ackers, Manistee | 06.66
F. O. Widmark, Ludington______ 250.00
Wm, Peterson, Manistee____ 30.00
i V. Mritz, Manistee 19.00
Arnold Graves, Manistee... 75.00
Curt Fiedler, Manistee... 235.00
Hill Motors Sales, Manistee__ a 25.69
Knudstrup Electrie Co., Manistee 12.18
A. Kann & Co., Manistee________ 1.70
A. H. Lyman Co., Manistee____ 2.78
Morton Salt Co., Manistee________ 100.00
MONE Ry Co. 582.50
Miller’s Hardware Co., Manistee 15
Mackin Tire & Battery Co., Manistee 1.00
Tom Morris, Manistee... 39.64

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18

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—Duncan Weaver,

First Vice-President — Paul
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.

Fennville.
Gibson,

 

 

How to Conserve Nutritive Value of
Diex.

The most satisfactory dinner is not
necessarily the most expensive. To this
anybody will agree if you let him se-
lect the food, or the cook, or both.

Scientists will go further. The most
the
point of good nutrition, need never be

satisfactory dinner, from stand-
the most expensive. The well-fed fam_
ily is one whose daily fare is chosen for
nutritive value and good balance, is
cooked by methods to preserve those
values, and served to suit the family
taste.

For good nutrition, it is the food sub-
stances, or nutrients, in your diet rather
than the foods themselves that count.
bread, meat,

live, not on

potatoes, apples, or what you will, but

You really

on some of their chemical constituents
—and count than 35
such substances as necesary for growth

chemists more
and physical health,

These nutrients are found unevenly
distributed in a great many different
foods, but it is possible to get the ma-
terials we need in comparatively sim-
ple combinations of a few foods—pro-
vided you know the combinations. It
is also possible to vary these combina-
tions almost indefinitely—again, if you
know how.

In the recent publication of the
United States Bureau of ome Econom-
ics, entitled “Food budgets for nutri-

tion and production programs,” we
suggest plans for adequate diets at
three different levels of cost. All im-

portant kinds of food are included in
all three diets, but quantities of each
vary according to the nutrients each
can furnish in proportion to their cost.

Vegetables and fruits, for example,
are usually more expensive per pound
than bread and cereals. But some vege-
tables and fruits must be included, for
they furnish nutrients
tained elsewhere.

Therefore, when the task is to bal-
ance the family diet at a minimum or
moderate cost, we get along with as
few vegetables and fruits as we can,
and depend more heavily on some of
the cheaper foods to satisfy our ap-
petites.

Upon that general plan, we set up
three outlines or patterns for adequate
diets, at minimum cost, moderate cost,
and with practically no cost restrictions.
Perhaps that description will lead you

not easily ob-

MICHIGAN

to believe that these diets differ only
in their retail value. That is
they differ also in nutritive content.

not so;

Although we are confident that the
minimum-cost adequate diet is adequate
for good nutrition, we believe that the
moderate-cost and liberal diets are bet-
ter. the
vegetables,

Their larger allowance of

“protective” foods—milk,
and fruit—will undoubtedly serve to
promote a better-than-average state of
nutrition.

Providing in each case foi a family
of the same size and make-up—two
and three
age—we

active adults
under 14 years of
show the kinds and quantities of food

required for each of these pattern diets.

moderately
children

The weekly market lists show conspic-
uous differences chiefly in three or four
kinds of food.

The proportion of flour and cereals,
which is 17 pounds for the minimum
cost diet, falls to 742 pounds for the
liberal diet. Of dried beans, and peas,
which are cheap sources of some of
the most important nutrients, the min-
imum cost diet includes 2
liberal cost diet only a fourth as much,

pounds, the
because fresh beans and peas and other
vegetables in any desired quantity can
be included in the liberal cost diet.

Of potatoes and sweet potatoes, the
amounis suggested are about the same,
12 or 13 pounds a week. Of tomatoes
or citrus fruits, which are practically
inter-cnangeable for nutritive purposes,
the minimum cost diet could get along
with 5 pounds, probably of canned
tomatoes, which are cheaper than or-
anges and grapefruit: but the liberal
diet would inciude twice that much of
these articles of food.

Of other
cluding green, leafy, and yellow vege-
tables, the minimum cost diet affords

vegetables and fruits, in-

only 14 pounds to the 38 pounds in-
cluded when cost is not a factor. Of
meat, fish, and poultry, the minimum
cost diet can afford only 4 pounds,
while the liberal diet may include 12.
Of eggs, only a dozen and a half for
the minimum cost diet, but twice as
many for the liberal diet.

But within
course, the matter of cost plays a con-
trolling part in selection. Knowing
that grain products as a class are im-
portant for certain nutrients, milk for
others, the green leafy vegetables for
still and that each class of
foods should be represented in the diet,
the selection of well-balanced meals at
very moderate cost becomes a matter
of making economical
within food groups.

these combinations, of

others,

selections

As a rule the cheapest food of its
kind has much the same nutritive val-
ues as the most expensive, so it makes
little difference, nutritionally speaking,
whether you dine on porterhouse steak
with fresh asparagus, for example, or
pot roast with turnip greens. Aside
from personal preference, the chief dif-
ference would be in the cost.

Hazel K. Stiebeling.
—_2~+.___
Many Busy Ones Now

“What is your occupation?”

“It isn’t an occupation, it’s a pursuit.
I’m a bill collector.”

TRADESMAN

March Maladies, Measles, Mumps and
Meningitis

Measles, meningitis and mumps, the
three bad Ms of March, are beginning
to manifest symptoms of an epidemic
in the making.

These three diseases are always fa-
vored by the mobilization of men into
camps and all three are usually more
prevalent in the late Winter and Spring
that at any other season of the year.
The CCC camps may become the epi-
demic foci from which these diseases
may spread unless great care is exer-
cised in respect to prevention and con-
trol.

According to the medical history of
the United States Army during the
World War, no

closely related to mobilization than was

disease was more

measles. In some camps as many as
16 per cent of the soldiers came down
with measles.

meningitis likewise in-
the usual rate among
men in the cantonments, affecting in

some Camps as many as 6 per 1,000

Epidemic

creased above

February 14, 1934

troops. The more serious character of
this disease made it of greater import-
ance than measles with respect to mor-
tality.

In the population at large, measles
caused a higher mortality in 1917 and
epidemic meningitis caused higher
death rates in 1918 and 1919 than in
any years before or since within the
range of the two dceades. This shows
the influence on the civilian population
that
considerable
mien are concentrated,

begin in
number of

of epidemic diseases

camps where

The concentration of young men in
camps favors the beginning of epidem-
ics because it upsets the balance be-
tween bacterial life and the human pop-
ulation. In every community the bac-
terial life and the population tend to
reach a level where both can live with-
out danger of exterminating
either, No two communities have the

great

same level, some tolerating a higher

volume of bacteria than others.
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from different communities the bac-
teria find new soil, like people in a new
country, and tend to multiply at a tre-
mendously increased rate. In this pro-
cess many people are overwhelmed and
sickness results.

Regardless of the influence of the
CCC camps it is probable that both
measles and meningitis, as well as
mumps, will be more prevalent than
usual during the next three or four
months and epidemic prevalence in
March and April will be no surprise.

This outlook is by no means alarm-
ing. Measles is hazardous chiefly to
young children, those under five years
old, and they can be protected by alert-
ness in preventing exposure and by ap-
propriate medical care thereafter. Men-
ingitis is more difficult to deal with
but can be controlled to a large degree
by careful isolation of patients and by
hygienic habits.

Maintenance of strong resistive pow-
ers, which can be done by attention to
diet, sleep, recreation, ventilation, etc.,
and the correction of minor physical
defects, is of great importance in pre-
venting meningitis.

‘Dr. Frank J. Jirka,

Health officer State of Illinois,

—_—_>._
Items From The Cloverland Of
Michigan

Sault Ste. Marie, Feb. 12, 1934—It
looks as if “Happy days are here
again” when we see reports from all
over the country, such as the report of
the big increase in attendance at the
automobile shows over previous years
and the large increase for insurance
over the past year. For instance, one
of the leading insuance companies in
Milwaukee shows in its seventy-sixth
annual report admitted assets of the
company at the end of 1933 to be $998,-
295,368, the highest in the history of
the company. Surplus is now $58,329,-
737. Holdings of United States Gov-
ernment securities were $44,581,666 an
increase of more than $12,000,000 over
1932. While this is only one company
there must be many more that would
show big gains over previous years,
which shows that the people have
started to spend money again, and
gives us all confidence in the future and
should stimulate optimism, as this year
has every evidence of being one of the
best years in many.

Norman Beyers and Frank Leahy,
two of our well-known garage men,
have opened a new garage at 127
Spruce street. It will be known as the
Northern Motor Co. They expect to
obtain an agency for automobiles. Mo-
tor repairing will be offered, in addi-
tion battery charging, body bumping
and painting will be done. Mr. Byers
was formerly employed by the Sims
Motor Co., having been identified with
that company for the past eleven years.
Mr. Leahy has been an expert auto-
mobile mechanic in the Sault for the
past sixteen years. He has spent four-
teen years repairing motor products of
the Chrysler Co, He was also with the
Lock City Motor Co. service station.

Some people don’t even like to get
up to see the dawn of a new era.

James Miles, the well-known grocer
at St. Ignace, has purchased the store
and stock of E, Dedman, known as the
Cash store, and will continue the busi-
ness.

Thomas Creighton, who for the past
several years conducted the general
store at Nebish on the main land, an-
nounces that he expects to sell out his
business at the store and continue sell-
ing real estate. He has considerable
land on the waterfront which is being
bought up for summer cottages. The
location is ideal and many summer cot-
atges were built last year.

MICHIGAN

Anyway the radio is causing some
people to listen more and talk less.

William Maxwell entertained the
B&B Club of business men at his com-
modious summer home at the Shallows
last Sunday. There were some good
talks given during the afternoon by
prominent members and the elaborate
dinner furnished by Mr. Maxwell
showed him to be an excellent host.

Mrs. W. Henderson and children
left last week for Duluth, where they
will join Mr. Henderson, who has re-
cently been appointed manager of the
Swift & Co. branch there,

If major crimes were treated as seri-
ously as parking violations, our law
enforcement record would probably be
more impressive.

John B. Hendrickson, former Ish-
peming business man, was found dead
in bed in Gaylord, Monday morning
and his remains were taken to Calumet
for burial. He was a native of the cop-
per country and came to Ishpeming to
work for the Gately, Wiggins Co. He
served this firm as manager for a num-
ber of years and left to open a store of
his own in Negaunee. He next went
on the road for a wholesale firm, re-
turning to Ishpeming a few years ago
to assume the management of the
Three Winners store. Last year he
accepted a position with the seed loan
division of the federal department of
agriculture and was in the Govern-

ment’s employ at the time of his death.

He leaves his wife, a daughter, Aurelia,
both of Negaunee, and a son, Stanley,
of Ishpeming. His mother and several
other relatives live in Calumet.
William G. Tapert.
—_+--+____.

Swindlers Sharing Farmers’ Gains

Crop reduction and corn loan funds
are attracting swindlers to the farm
communities, particularly in the West,
to prey on farmers who have received
money from the Government.

The piece goods and tailoring racket
is worked by two men, one of whom
sells the prospect suitings and dress
goods, and leaves the goods. The “tail-
or” comes the next day. He takes the
goods with him together with a down
payment for the promised tailoring job.
Neither “tailor” nor goods is seen
again.

Another represents himself as the
agent for a sewing machine company.
He inquires what make the housewife
owns, and if it needs cleaning or over-
hauling. Assuring her that he repre-
sents the company making her ma-
chine, he takes it with him never to
return.

Another pair of swindlers prey on
small storekeepers, One sells a punch-
board at a small figure. The other then
comes along and punches the winning
numbers on the crooked board.

“Fixers” who pretend they can ar-
range mortgage loans for a fee are
also abroad.

—_>->—____
Grocery Sales Up For Month

Trade volume mounted steadily in
the grocery industry throughout last
month, manufacturers report. Tonnage
sales ran slightly ahead of those for
January last year, with dollar volume
showing a gain of more than 10 per
cent. There was a heavy demand for
canned goods for spot delivery and an
active call for other grocery products
for both immediate and later shipment.
Forward commitments in canned goods
lines have been held up because of the
uncertainty concerning marketing
agreements, which AAA officials are
negotiating for many products.

TRADESMAN

WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT

19

 

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

ACID
Acetic, No. 8, lb. 06 @ 10
Boric, Powd., or

Xtal, lb. ___._. 08%@ 20
Carbolic,Xtal,lb. 36 @ 43
Cltrie Ib... 35 @ 45
Muriatic, Com’1.,

Pie 034%@ 10
Witric, 1b... 09 @ 15
Oxalic, lb._----__ I6 @ 25
Sulphuric, 1b... 034%@ 10
Tartaric, lb.-_.. 35 @ 46

ALCOHOL
Denatured, No. 5

a 55

Grain, gal... _ 4 00@5 00
EF gal... 50 @

ALUM-POTASH._ USP
Lump, Ib.-.-__. 0 @ 13
Powd. or Gra.,lb. 054@ 13

AMMONIA

Concentrated, Ib. 06 @ 18

4-W Ip. 2 06%@ 13
gob 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). 07 @ 20
BALSAMS
Copaiba, Ib...___ 60@1 40
Fir, Cana., lb... 2 00@2 40
Fir, Oreg., lb.... 50@1 00
Peru, Ib. 2 00@2 50
Volu, Ib... 1 50@1 80
BARKS
Cassia

Ordinary, 1b.__
Ordin., Po., lb. 25

Saigon, 1lb.____ 40

Saigon, Po., lb. 50 60
Bim Ib, 40 50
Elm, Powd., lb. 38 45
Elm, G’d, Ib.____ 38

Sassafras (P’d lb. 45)
Soaptree cut, lb. 20

QHH HHOHOQOHHOHOO
>
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Soaptree, po., lb. 35 : 40
BERRIES

Cubeh, Ib. ~_____ 05

Cubeb, po., lb.__ 75

Juniper, Ib..-___ 10 20

BLUE VITRIOL
Pound (22). 06 @
BORAX
P’d or Xtal, lb. 06 @ 13
BRIMSTONE
Pound .. 04 @ 10

CAMPHOR
a me 6 @ 8h
CANTHARIDES

Poun

Russian, Powd. — @4 50
Chinese, Powd.__ @2 00
CHALK

Crayons,
White, dozen__

aw
a
Oo

Dustless, doz._
French Powder,

@
@
Coml., 1b.-___ 03%@ 10
Precipitated, Ib. 12 @ 15
Prepared, 1b.___. 14 @ 16
White, lump, Ib. 03 @ 10
CAPSICUM
Pods, ib 60 @ 70
Powder, Ib. _____ 62 @ 75
CLOVES
Whole, Ib._______ 30 @ 40
Powdered, Ib.___ 35 @ 45
COCAINE
Ounce 12 68@14 85
COPPERAS
Stal Ips 03%@ 10

Powdered, Ib... 04 @ 15
CREAM TARTAR
Pcund 23
CUTTLEBONE
Pound _.. 40 @ 50
DEXTRINE
Yellow Corn, 1b. 06%@ 165
White Corn, lb.. 07 @ 15
EXTRACT
Witch Hazel, Yel-
low Lab., gal. 1 10@1 70
Licorice, P’d, lb. 50 @ 60

FLOWER
Arnica, lb. -.._._ 50 @ 55
Chamomile,
German, 1b... 35 @ 45
Roman, Ib...__ @1 00
Saffron.

American, 1b.. 50 @ 55
Spanish, ozs.__ @1 35
FORMALDEHYDE, BULK
Found 0. 09 20
FULLER’S EARTH
Powder, Ib._____ 05 @ 10

LATIN
Pound .. @ 65

G
Brok., Bro., lb... 20 @ 30
Gro’d, Dark, 1b..16 @ 22
Whi. Flake, Ib... 27%@ 35
White G’d., lb.__ 25
— AXX light,

©
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GLYCERINE
Found 2... 1444%@ 325

GUM

Aloes. Barbadoes,

so called,lb.gourds @

Powd., ji. | 35 @
Aloes, Socotrine,

ID
.¢ ID @
Arabic, first, 1b._ @
Arabic, sec., Ib._ @
Arabic, sorts, lb. 15 @
Arabic. Gran.,, Ib. @
Arabic, P’d, lb. 25 @
Asafoetida, lb. __. 47@
Asafoetida, Po., lb. 75@

Guaige Ip. @

Guaiac, powd. __ @

King, Ib

Kino, powd., Ib._ @1

ihe

Myrrh Pow., Ib. @

Shellac, Orange,
Le ee 22%4@
Ground, 1b.____ 22%@

Shellac, white,
(bone dr’d) lb. 35 @
Tragacanth,
No. 1, bbis._._ 1 60@2
ING. 2, Ibs. 1 50@1

Row, tb | 1 25@1 §&

HONEY
Pound) oo 25 @

HOPS

@1

25

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE

Pound, gross __27 00@29
% Ib., gross____17 00@18

00
00

% Ib., gToss___.11 00@11 50
INDIGO
Madras, lb.______ 2 00@2 25
INSECT POWDER
Pure. ih. 31 @ 41
LEAD ACETATE
Mtar ib, Re @ 25
Powd. & Gran._ 25 @ 35
LICORICE
Extracts, sticks,
per box___.. 150 @2 00
Lozenges, 1b... 40 @ 50
Wafers, (24s) box @1 50
LEAVES
Buchu, lb., short @ 60
Buchu, lb., long_ @
Buchu, P’d., ib. _ 70
Sage, bulk, Ib. __ 25 g 30
Sage, loose
pressed. 4s, lb. @ 40
Sage, ounces ___ @ 85
Sage, P’d & Grd. @ 35
Senna,
Alexandria, Ib. 35 @ 40
Tinnevella, Ib._ 25 @ 40
Powd.. Ib... 25 @ 35
Uva Ursi, lb. ___ @ 31
Uva Ursi,P’d, lb. @ 45
LIME
Chloride, med., dz. @ 85
Chloride large, dz. @1 45
LYCOPODIUM
Pound 04 45 @ 60
MAGNESIA
Carb., %s, ae @ 30
Carb., 1/16s, Ib._ @ 32
Carb., P'wd., lb. 15 @ 25
Oxide, Hea., Ib._ @ 175
Oxide, light, 1b._ @ 175
MENTHOL
Pound 0 54@4 838
MERCURY
Found 1 50@1 75
MORPHINE
Oniméég. @11 80
Ee an ie @13 96
MUSTARD
Bulk, Powd..,
select, 1b... 46 @ 50
NO f lh. | 25 @ 35
NAPHTHALINE
Balls, 1b. oo @ 18
Biake ib. 09 @ 18
NUTMEG
Pound @ 40
Powdered, lb.___ @ 50
NUX VOMICA
Pound 2 @ 2
Powdered, lb.___ 15 @ 2
OIL ESSENTIAL
Almond,
Bit., true, ogs. 50
Bit., art.. ozs._ @ 30
Sweet, true, Ib. 1 40@2 00
Sw’t, art., Ibs. 1 00@1 25
Amber, crude, Ib. 71@1 40
Amber, rect., lb. 1 30@2 00
Anise, Ib... 1 00@1 60
Bay, Wo 4 00@4 25
Bergamot Ib.___ 3 00@3 60
Cajeput, Ib.____ 1 50@2 00

Caraway S’d, lb. 2 80@3 40

Cassia, USP, Ib._ 2 10@2 60
Cedar Leaf, Ib... 1 70@2 20
Cedar Leaf,

Coml,, 1b.._._ 1 00@1 25
Citronella, 1b..._ 1 05@1 40
Cloves, lb.__.____ 1 75@2 25
Croton, lbs.____ 4 00@4 60
Cubeb, Ib._______ 4 25@4 80
Brigeron 1b.____ 2 70@3 35
Bucalytus, Ib... 85@1 20
Fennel —_.__._ 2 25@2 60

Hemlock, Pu., lb. 1 70@2
Heml’k Com., ib. 1 00@1
Juniper Ber., lb. 3 00@3

Junip’r W’d, lb._ 1 50@1
Lav. Flow., lb. 3 50@4
Lav. Gard., lb... 1 25@1
Lemon, Ib. 1 75@2
Mustard, true, ozs. @1
Mustard art., ozs. @

Orange, Sw., lb... 3 00@3
Origanum, art,
lb

ry

AS ee, 00@1
Pennyroyal, lb... 2 75@3

Peppermint, lb.. 5 25@5
Rose, dr @2
Rose, Geran., ozs. 50@
Rosemary

Flowers, lb.__. 1 00@1
Sandalwood.

EL, hb 8 00@8

WE. ih 4 50@4
Sassafras,

true, ih — 1 90@2

Sym. Ib, 2 8 85@1

Spearmint, Ib.__-
Tansy, Wh
Thyme, Red, Ib._
Thyme, Whi., Ib.
Wintergreen

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Wormseed, lb. __ 3 50@4

20
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20
75
00
50

25

40
20

Wormwood, 1b. ~ 4 50@5 00
OILS HEAVY
Castor, gal. _... 1 45@1 60
Cocoanut, lb. --_ 221%@ 35

Cod Liver, Nor-
wegian, gal. __ 1 20@1 50
Cot. Seed, gal... 85@1 00
Lard, ex., gal.__ 1 55@1 65
Lard No. 1, gal. 1 25@1 40
Linseed, raw, gal. 76@ 91
Linseed, boil., gal 79@ 94
Neatsfoot,
extra, gal. 80@1 00
Olive,
Malaga, gal. __ 2 50@3 00
Pure, gal.___.. 3 00@5 00
Sperm, gal. _____ 1 2@1 50
Tanner, gal. 75@ 90
Tar gal 50@ 65
Whale, gal. @2 00
OPIUM
Gum, ozs., $1.40;
IBS 17 50@20 00
Powder, ozs., $1.40;
My 17 50@20 00
Gran., ozs., $1.40;
Ib 17 50@20 00
PARAFFINE
Pound 06%@ 15
PEPPER
Black, grd., lb... 25 @ 35
Red. rd. th. 45 @ 55
White grd., lb. 40 @ 45
_ PITCH BURGUNDY
Pourd 20 @ 25
PETROLATUM
Amber, Plain,lb. 12 17
Amber, Carb.,lb. 14 @ 19
Cream Whi., lb. 17 @ 22
Lily White, lb... 20 @ 25
Snow White, Ib._ 22 rs
PLASTER PARIS DENT’L
Barrela @5 75
Fess Wye 03%@ 08
POTASSA
Caustic, st’ks,lb. 55 @ 88
Liquor, ib. @ 40
POTASSIUM
Acetate Ib._____ 60 @ $6
Bicarbonate, lb... 30 @ 35
Bichromate, 1b._ 15 @ 2
Bromide, Ib. __.. 66 @ 98
Carbonate, Ib._.. 30 @ 35
Chlorate,
aieh, 17 @ 23
Frowd., Ib ie@ a
Gran, Ib. 21 @ 28
Iodiide, fb. ______ 2 71@2 90
Permanganate, Ib. 221%4.@35
Prussiate,
Red Ib... 80 @ 90
Yellow, lb... 50 @ 60
QUASSIA CHIPS
Pound: 20 @ 30
Powd.. Ib. 35 @ 40
QUININE
5 oz. cans, ozs.__ 77
SA
Epsom, th... 03%@ 10
Glaubers,
Lump, ib... 03 @ 10
Gran., lb._---. 083%@ 10
Nitre,

Xtal or Powd.. 10 @ 16
Gran. I. oo @ 16
Rochelle, lb....17 @ 30
Soda, Ib.-______ 02%@ 08
SODA
Aan oo 03 @ 10
Bicarbonate lb. 03%@ 10
Caustic, Co’l., lb. 08 @ 15
Hyposulphite, lb. 05 g 10
Phosphate, Ib... 23 28

Sulphite,
Xtal, 1b. OF @ 12
Dry, Powd., lb. 12%@ 20
Silicate, Sol., gal. 40 @ 50
TURPENTINE
Gallons 2. 69 @ 84

 

 

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20

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

February 14, 1934

 

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT

The following list of foods and
not intended as a guide for the buy:
declining upon the market.
the base price the week befo
ket. This permits the merch
thus affected, that he has i
The Michigan Tradesman is read ove
impossible for it to quote prices to act

n stock. B

grocer’s sundries is listed upon base prices,
er. Each week we list items advancing and

By comparing the base price on these items with

re, it shows the cash advance or decline in the mar-

ant to take advantage of market advances, upon items

y so doing he will save much each year.
r a broad territory, therefore it would be
as a buying guide for everyone. A careful

merchant watches the market and takes advantage from it.

 

 

 

 

ADVANCED DECLINED
Sugar
Brooms
AMMONIA BREAKFAST FOODS Pears
Pride of Mich. No. 2% 2 25

Parsons 32 oz,
Parsons, 10 oz.
Parsons, 6 0z.
Little Bo Peep, med.__ 1 35
Little Bo Peep, lge.--. 2 25
Quaker 32 oz... 2 10

APPLE BUTTER
Table Belle, 12-31 oz.,
Neg 1

BAKING POWDERS

Royal, 2 oz., doz._____ 80
Royal, 6 oz., doz._____ 2 00
Roval 12 oz., doz.____ 3 85

Royal, 5 lbs., doz.____ 20 00

 

10 0z., 4doz.in case__ 3 40
150z. 4doz.in case__ 5 00
250z., 4doz.in case__ 8 40
50 0z., 2doz.in case__ 7 00
5lb., 1doz.in case__ 6 00
10 lb., % doz.in case__ 5 75

BLEACHER CLEANSER

Clorox, 16 oz., 24s _____ 3 25
Clorox, 22 0z., 12s _____ 3 00
Lizzie, 16 oz., 12s_____ 2 15
Sunrae, 18 oz., 12s___. 1 35

BLUING

Am. Ball, 36-1 0z., cart. 1 00
Boy Blue, 18s, per cs. 1 35

BEANS and PEAS

100 lb. bag
Dry Lima Beans, 100 lb. 7 90
White H’d P. Beans__ 3 70
Split Peas, yell., 60 Ib. 3 90

. Split Peas, gr’n. 60 Ib. 5 40

Scotch Peas, 100 Ib... 7 90

BURNERS
Queen Ann, No.1 _____ 1 15
Queen Ann, No. 2 _____ 1 25
White Flame, No. 1
ane % Gon. 2 25

BOTTLE CAPS

Dbl. Lacquor, 1 gross
pkg., per gross________ 15

Kellogg’s Brands
Corn Flakes, No. 136__. 2 99
Corn Flakes, No. 124._ 2 90
Fen, No. 224 2 20
Pep No. 250 05
Krumbles, No. 412...
Bran Flakes, No. 624__
Bran Flakes, No. 650-. $5

mee
~
oO

Rice Krispies, 6 0z.___- 2 25
Rice Krispies, 1 0z.-_-- 1 10
All Bran, 16 oz. _.-_ — 2 30
All Bran, 10 oz. _...__- 2 7
All Bran, % oz ______ 1 1

Kaffe Hag, 6 1-lb.
CRIES 2
Whole Wheat Fla., 24s_2 20
Whole Wheat Bis., 24s 2 50

Post Brands
Grapenut Flakes, 24s__ 2 10

Grape-Nuts, 24s -.-___ 3 90
Grape-Nuts, 50s ______ 1 50
Instant Postum, No. 8 5 40

Instant Postum, No. 10 4 50

Postum Cereal, Ne. 0_ 2 25
Post Toasties, 36s___. 2 90
Post Toasties, 24s_____ 2 90
Post Brank, PBF 24__ 3 15
Post Bran, PEE 36_- 3 15
Sanka 6-1 ib... 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
Warenoncs i 2
Rien 415
Winner, 5 sewed______ d 75
op Wehr 4 35
BRUSHES
Scrub
Solid Back, Sin. ______ i 50
Solid Back, lin. ______ 1 75
Pointed Ends —.....___ i 25
Stove
paneer 1 80
No. 60. 2 06
Peeriegs 2 60
Shoe
No.4) _ aoe 2 25
Ne 2) 3 60

BUTTER COLOR
Hansen’s, 4 oz. bottles 2 40
Hansen's, 2 oz. bottles 1 60

CANDLES
Electric Light, 40 lbs._ 12.1
Plumber, 40 Ibs....____ 12.8
Parahine, 66 14%
Paraffine,i?2s 14%
Wieking 40

Tudor, 6s, per box___. 30

CANNED FRUITS

Hart Brand
Apples
NO 1 5 00
Apple Sauce
No. 16, dozen. 5 25
No. 2, dozen_____ a 1 38
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. 1920000

Black Raspberries
We ee 2 60
Pride of Mich. No. 2__ 1 60

Red Raspberries

0 Z 20

mO.d 1 25

Marcellus, No. 2______ 1 70
Strawberries

No. 2 3 00

Pom 80

Marcellus, No. 2_____-_ 1 45

CANNED FISH

Clam Ch’der, 10% oz._ 1 35
Clam Chowder, No. 2__ 2 75
Clams, Steamed No, 1 2 75
Clams, Minced, No. % 2 40
Finnan Haddie, 10 oz._ 3 30
Clam Bouillon, 7 oz-. 2 50
Chicken Haddie, No. 1 2 75
Fish Flakes, smali_.__ 1 35
Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz. 1 55
Cove Oysters, 5 oz... 1 35
lobster, No. 4%. 2 25
pump, 1 wet. 1 50

Sard’s, % Oil, k’less__ 3 35
Sardines. % Oil, k’less 3

Salmon, Red Alaska_._ 2 25
Salmon, Med. Alaska. 1

Salmon, Pink, Alaska. 1 50
Sardines, Im. 4, ea.6@13%
Sardines, Cal 1 00
Tuna, % Van Camps,

doz. 45
Tuna, %s, Chicken Sea,
doz, 1 60

CANNED MEAT

Bacon, med., Beechnut
Bacon, lge., Beechnut—
Beef, lge., Beechnut___
Beef, med., Beechnut _
Beef, No. 1, Corned ___
Beef, No. 1, Roast ____
Beef, 2% oz., Qua., Sli.
Corn Beef Hash, doz.
Be -fsteak & Onions, s.
Chiii Con Car., 1s...
Deviled Ham, %e -_-__ 90
Deviled Ham, %s --___
Potted Meat, %4 Libby 48
Potted Meat, % Libby_ 75

DO et ee et DD Oo bo es
©
or

~
os
a

Potted Meat, % Qua... 63
Potted Ham, Gen. 4%. 1 35
Vienna Saus. No. %_-. 90
Vienna Sausage, Qua... 78

Baked Beans
Campbells 48s __..__-_ 2 30

CANNED VEGETABLES

Hart Brand
Asparagus
Natural, No. 2... 3 00
Tips & Cuts, No. 2____ 2 25

Baked Beans

1 1b. Sace, 36s, cs.._.__ 1 75
No. 2% Size, doz... 1 05
No. 10 Sauce__._..____ 4 00

Lima Beans
Little Quaker, No. 10_ 7 90
Gaby No.2... 1 60

Marcellus, No, 2______ 1 25
Reber Soaked ________ 95
Marcellus, No. 10______ 6 00

 

 

 

Red Kidney Beans

wo: 16 2 4 25
No. 2

String Beans

Choice, Whole, No. 2__. 1 60
Cut No 19 7

Cut, No. 2 1 35
Marcellus Cut, No. 10. 6 00

Wax Beans

Choice, Whole, No. 2._ 1 60
Cut, No. 10 7

Cut, No. 2
Marcellus Cut, No. 10_ 5 50

Beets
Extra Small, No. 2____ 2 00
Hart Cut, No. 10__.___ 42

Hart Cut, No. 2... 336
Marcel. Whole, No. 2% 1 35
Hart Diced, No. 2._.. 90

Carrots
Picea Nee 95
Diced, No.i9 . 4 20
Corn
Golden Ban., No.2 -.. 1 3
Golden Ban., No.10 __10 00

Country Gen., No. 2___ 1 20
Marcellus, No. 2... pe
Fancy Brosby, No. 2__ 1 36
Fancy Crosby, No. 10__ 6 75
Whole Grain, 6 Ban-
fam fo. 20 1 45

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., E. June, No. 2 1 35
Marcel., E. Ju., No. 107 75

Pumpki.
10 4 75
NOS 12%
NO. 2 92%

Sauerkraut
NOt) 4 25
No. 2% Quaker_______ 1 35
NO. 2

Spinach
No 2% 2 2 25
NO 2 1 80

Squash
Boston, No. 3... 1 35

Succotash
Golden Bantam, No. 2_ 1 75
mort, No. 2020 1 55
Pride of Michigan_____ 115

Tomatoes
0. 10 6 25
NO. 2h 4 210
NO. Se

1 55
Pride of Mich., No. 2% 1 35
Pride of Mich., No, 2__ 1 10

Tomato Jutce

Hart, No. 10__________

CATSUP
Regal, 8 oz.----.-.doz. 95
Regal, 14 0z._--._ doz. 1 28
Sniders, 8 oz.._...doz. 1 20
Sniders, 14 0z._____ doz. 1 85
Quaker, 8 oz. ....doz. 1 12
Quaker, 14 o0z.__.. doz. 1 %

CHIL! SAUCE
Sniders, 830z. .....____ 1 65
Sniders, 14 0g. __.____. 2 25

OYSTER COCKTAIL

Sriders, 11 of... 2 00
CHEESE
moguetort 2 80
Wisconsin Daisy _____._.14
Wisconsin Twin —_... 13%
New York June__.____ 23
wap Sago 0 48
BC 17
Michigan Flats ______ 12%
Michigan Daisies_______ 13
Wisconsin Longhorn... 14
Imported Leyden —______ 28

Ib. Limberger________ 19
Imported Swiss ________ 60

Kraft, Pimento Loaf.___ 22
Kraft, American Loaf_. 20
Kraft, Brick Loaf_______ 20
Kraft, Swiss Loaf_____ 26
Kraft, Old End. oaf_____ 32
Kraft, Pimento, % lb._ 1 60
Kraft, American, % lb. 1 60
Kraft, Brick, % Ib.-___ 1 3(
Kraft, Limbur., % Ib._ 1 3(

 

Note that imported items

are advancing due to the

present dollar.

CHEWING GUM

Adams Black Jack______ 6b
Adams Dentyne ~______ 65
Beeman’s Pepsin op
Beechnut Pappermint___. 65
Doublemint _90 65

Peppermint, Wrigleys__ 65

  
 

Spearmint, Wrigleys__ 65
ouicy Hruq 65
Wrigley’s P-K____._____ 65
Teapery 220 65
CHOCOLATE

Baker, Prem., 6 lb. %_ 2 50
Baker, Pre., 6 lb. 2 oz. 2 60

CIGARS
Hemt, Champions ___ 38 50
Webster Plaza ______ 75 00
Webster Golden Wed. 75 00

Websterettes ________ 38 50
incest 33 50
Garcia Grand Babies_ 40 00
Bradstreetg -.....___ 38 50
Oding 40 00

R G Dun Boquet__._ 75 ¢0
Perfect Garcia Subl._ 95 00

Hampton Arms Jun’r 33 00
Rancho Corono.______ 31 60
Menway oo 20 00

Cocoanut

Banner, 25 lb. tins____ 1944:

Snowdrift, 10 lb. tins__ 20

CLOTHES LINE
Riverside, 50 ft-._...._ 2-20
Cupples Cord _________ 2 9

COFFEE ROASTED

Lee & Cady

1 Ib. Package
AArrow Brand _________ 22
Boston Breakfast ____ 23
Breakfast Cup _________ 22
Competition ___..._ 16%
oe 20
Majestic ._......___ 29
Morton House __________ 31
Nedrow

Quaker, in cartons___.__ 22
Quaker, in glass jars 26%

McLaughlin’s Kept-Fresh

Cpt fresh

a Mt

Coffee Extracts

MY... per 106... 12
Frank’s 50 pkgs._____ 4 25
Hummel’s 50, 1 Ib.____ 10%

CONDENSED MILK
Eagle, 2 0z., per case__ 4 60

CONFECTIONERY

Stick Candy
Pails
Pure Sugar Sticks-600c
Big Stick, 28 lb. case__
Horehound Stick, 120s

Mixed Candy
Kindergarten _
Seager
French Creams_______
Paris Creame....
SUDite® 2

Fancy Mixture__._____

Fancy Chocolate

: 5 lb. boxes
Bittersweets, Ass’ted_
Nibble Sticks __.______
Chocolate Nut Rolls__
Lady Vernon_________
Golden Klondikes_____

Gum Drops
Cases
Jelly Strings...
Tip Top Jellies___..___
Orange Slices_________

Lozenges

P.
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 Brog. 1 45
oo ee ae 1 45
Vick’s, 40/10c_________ 2 40

Specialties
italian Bon Bons_______
Banquet Cream Mints__
Handy Packages, 12-10c 80

COUPON BOOKS
50 Economic grade__ 2 50
100 Economic grade__ 4 50
500 Economic grade__20 00
1000 Economic grade__37 50

Where 1,000 books are
ordered at a time, special-
ly printed front cover is
furnished without charge.

CRACKERS
Hekman Biscuit Company
Saltine Soda Crackers,

DUS a,
Saltine Soda Crackers,
i>. pies 1
Saltine Soda Crackers,
2 1b. pitee 3 26
oo Soda Crackers,
oz, pkgs.__..____ 1 00
Butter Crackers, bulk 13
Butter Crackers, 1 Ib... 1 72
Butter Crackers, 3 lb._ 3 13
G Crackers, bulk 14
Graham C’s, 1 Ib.___._ 1 90
Graham C’s, 2 Ib._____. 3 36
Graham C’s, 6% oz.__.. 1 00
Junior Oyster C’s, blk. 13
Oyster C’s, shell, 1 Ib... 1 84
Club Crackers_________ 1 86

14

CREAM OF TARTAR
6 1D. boxee 35

ORIED FRUITS

Apples
N. Y. Fey., 50 Ib. box__
N. Y. Fey., 14 oz. pkg.

Apricots
Evaporated, Ex Choice 17%
Fancy
Ex. Fancy Moorpack___. 22

Citron
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21
Currants JUNKET GOODS FRESH E
Packages, 11 o0z.________ 14 Junket Powder _____ 1 20 — —— Am. F: Pay re TRA
Junket Tablets ______ 1 35 Beef Holland Herring F. B "lee or ‘2 : Japan
Junket Food Colors..160 Top Steers & Heif.____ 10 Mixed, kegs 6S bie tan, a oon 18
Dates Good Steers & Heif..__ 09 Milkers, kegs —. ~~ <a ple. te oe Chieg 21@28
Imperial, 12s, pitted__ 1 90 Med. Steers & Heif._ 08 Boneless, 10 lb. box.. 1 35 Se ee waney 30@32
Imperial, 12s, regular_ 1 60 MARGARINE Com, Steers & Heif. ____ 07 : ame 7 Mose, iy box Ca Ne. t Nite 31
Imperial, 12s, 2 Ib.___- Wilson & Co.’s Brands hae Fairy, 100 box_—_______ 3 25 :
Imperial, 12s, 1 Ib.____ Oleo Lake Herring eon ey tae ie Gunpowder
ava, >, laser 25 ee
We 0% Veal Mee ee he te ay, Gets 32
Figs oa a oe he. 305 “aney ---------------___ 40
Calif., 24-83, case__._ 1 70 MATCHES a, r & G Nap Soap, 100@ 2 60
Piamong No 6,144. 666 oC ” Mackerel Sweetheart, 100 box___ 5 70 Pek Ceylon :
Peach Searchlight, 144 box_. 6 50 Tubs, 60 Count, fy. fat 6 00 Willeuna Hoohes Bar 9 : 50 [en "
eaches Crescent, 144 _________ 6 ils, ice 5¢ 793 oe ah
Evap. Choice ________ 12% Diamond, No. 0______ 6 0 Spring ia 16 Pails, 10 lb. Fancy fat 1 50 Williams Mug, per doz. 48 ‘ English Breakfast
; No. 0... oe y Hux Toilet Go | 315 Congou, medium _______ 28
ee Rea 1oatety Matches Mis a Goi choice __. 35036
ed Top, 5 gross case § 40 Poor __..._.___.......... White Fish » fancy -.--__ 42@43
Lemon, Dromdary, Signal Light, 5 gro. cs5 40 . Med, Fancy, {00 i. 13 00 Wine a .
4 0z., doz.._________ 1 10 Milkers, bbls 2 fs Oolong
Te * doze : 1 10 Mutton K K K K Norway___ 19 50 Pil big a ee Medium SEO 39
“. ee Goad 0614 8 lb. pails_____ a oe : Mee 5
Citron, Dromdary, =| jy .MUELLER’S PRODUCTS Medium -----_--__~ a ea i. oe oe ee. 50
oc., Gowen... 2 10 | Macaroni Ser = 5 846 pas ll OS . ’ or == a.
: . oo : - BQO 2 Boned, 10 lb. boxes... 16 es a @19
Elbow Macaroni, 9 oz.- note @20
tte Ree Noodles, eu eae ace Mixed, 10c pkgs., doz... @65 TWINE
Seed 1 oc : r Yutmegs, 70@90 ______ @50 Cotton, 3 ply con 5
eeded, bulk -—---__.__ 6% Egg Vermicelli, 6 oz._ 210 Loins ________ 15 SHOE BLACKENING Tuts 5. ; & een *
Guomooon's S'dlcss bik. 6% Egg Alphabets, 6 oz. 210 Butts. 12 2in 1, Paste, doz... 139 {2tm#e8S, 105-110 ___ @4g_ Cotton, 3 ply balls _~_7- 35
Quaker s’dless blk.-__- 4, ©ooked Spaghetti, 24c, Shoulders ______.. 10 E. Z% Combination, dz. 130 “PPeT Black -------- @23
2 OR 7% Of. 220 Spareripbs 7. 0S Dri-Woot, doz... 2 00
Quaker Seeded, 15 oz._. 7% Neck Bones _____.._____ 04 Bixiys, doz. 1 30 Pure Ground in Bulk VINEGAR
Trimmings 08 Shinola, doz........___ 99 <Allspice, Jamaica ____ @18 _ &. O. B. Grand Rapids
California Prunes NUTS Cloves, Zanzbar ___. @is Cider, 40 sain 19
cassia, Canton... @22 White Wine, 40 in
90@100, 25 lb. boxes __@07 Whole Ginger, Corkin -______ @17 White Wine, 80 aoe 35
80@ 90, 26 lb. boxes -.@07% Almonds, Peerless ____ 15% STOVE POLISH Mustard 0 @21 oo
70@ 80, 25 Wb. boxes..@07% B OS 14% PROVISIONS Blackne, per doz.-____.130 Mace Penang _____ @
60@ 70, 25 lb. boxes --@08% Fancy Mixed _____ 5 Black Silk Liquid, doz. 130 Pepper, Black _______ @20
50@ 60, 25 lb. boxes -.@08% Filberts, Naples _____ 20 Barreled Pork Black Silk Paste,’ doz..1 25 Nutmegs S% Nod moe
40@ 50, 25 lb. boxes -.@09% Peanuts, Vir. Roasted 7 Clear Back_____ 16 00@1s 00 Enameline Paste, doz. 130 Pepper, White. __ @30 No.1 Der §rOse ______ 80
30@ 40, 25 Ib. boxes-.@10 Peanuts, Jumbo _____ 8% Short Cut, Clear___t_1200 Enameline Liquid, doz. 130 Pepper, Cayenne @26 No. 2° PET BtOss ------- 1 25
30@ 40, 25 1b. boxes _.@10% Pecans, 3, star___....___ 25 E. Z. Liquid, per dez..1 30 Paprika, Spanish G4 ote 1 50
18@ 24, 25 tb. boxes ..@15% Pecans, Jumbo ________. 40 Radium, per doz.______ 1 30 oe Pele argc 2 30
Pecans, Mammoth _____- 50 Dry Salt Meats Rising Sun, per doz.--- 1 30 Rochen Polis, per doz. 90
Walnuts, Cal. ______ 14@20 D S Belles__18-29@18-10-08 654 Stove Enamel, dz._ 2 30 tachoa te oe. 6
Homin o , Seasonin tochester, No.3. @ ’
y Fiiekory 00 07 Vulcanol, No. 10, doz.. 130 ;-a:;: g , » doz. 2 00
Pearl, 100 lb. sacks____ 3 50 Stovoil, per doz._ 300 Chili Powder, 1% oz... 65 Rayo, per doz.________ 15
acd ee ipa Salt, 1% oz.____ 80
Salted Peanuts Pure in tierces________ 0714 ABO, 2 Of. 80
Bulk Goods Fancy, No, 1__________ % 60lb.tubs _____ advance Gnlde Salt 1 35 Ww
Elb.Macaroni, 201b.bx. 1 26 121 Ib. Cellop’e case. 126 50lb.tubs _. ~~ advance 4 SALT Garlic ——.__.______... 1 35 CeO warn
Bgg Noodle, 10 Ib. box 1 25 20 Ib. pails _-.-advance % F.0.B. Grand Rapids 4,gnelty, 3% oz._-_____ 3 25, Bushels, Wide Band
10 Ib. pails ____advance % Colonial, 24, 2 Ib. ‘6 yo * 32, Wood ‘handles____"_ 2 00
Shelled 5 Ib. pails _____advance 1 Colonial, 36-1% _____- in wo re ___- 2’ Market, drop handle. 9
Pearl Barley hed 39 «3 1b pails _____ advance 1 Colonial, Iodized, 24-2. 1 25 Marjoram, 1 oz.-______ 90 Market, single handle. $6
Peanuts, Spanish, 125 Compound, tierces __ 07% Med.No.1, bbls. 2.90 mryorys 1 02--------__ bo Market, extra - 1 60
lb. ‘bags-------.---__ 7 Hams, Cert., 14-16 Ib..-14 Med. No.1, 1001b. dK. 100 a rnoc;,t 0% ---------- © Sint wee OO a6
ion 32 Farmer Spec., 70 Ib...100 "eT 1% oz.---__- %5 Splint, medium ______~ 7 be
Pecans, salted __________ 45 Packers Meat, 50 lb... 65 Spinit, smal 6 50
a Walnut, California ____ 48 Sausages Cream ecwtee ice le
Bologna 10 cream, 100 lb., each 8%
hike ec aaaecmey “ ie 13 Butter Salt, 280 1b. bbl. 4 00 ee Hie ie oo ge
OCk. 50 1D. 40 : a or
: MINCE MEAT los aia Cae ee ¥ Baker Salt 280 lb. bbl 3 80 Kingsford, 24/1 _____. 210 rae 10 gal., each___ 2 55
ae None Such, 4 doz._____ 6 20 Tongue, Jellied _________ 21 6,10 1b., per bale... 93 POWd., bags, per 100__ 3 95 gal., per ga!.____ 16
Pearl, 100 lb. sacks_--. 7% Quaker, 3 doz. case... 2 65 leaiee 13 20, 3 ib. per bale... 1 0 Argo, 24, 1 lb. pkgs.___ 1 58
Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz._ 405 Yo Ho, Kegs, wet, lb.- 164000 a ‘0 Ib. bags, table ge Cree. 24-1 2 25 Pails
Dromedary Instant =. 3 50 ; ; fe: a Galvanzed _ 2 60
12 qt. Galvanized _____ 5
me. punch ‘ Benak Meats Gices 14 mr Gata ie : eo
Yompound, tubs _______ 08 12 qt. Flarin 1 ie
3 doz. Carton___-______ % 25 OLIVES Hams, Cert. Skinned Argo, 24, 1 Ib. pkgs...146 19 laring Gal. Jr._ 5 00
Assorted flavors. io — — 1 a 1619 i | @14 Argo, 12, 3 Ib. pkgs.__ 2 25 at. Tin Dairy. 4 00
26 oz, Jars, Plain, doz. 240 fam. dried beet en Stiver Gloss, 8 Is iis M aoe
oe : » #0. 18_-__ 11% Mouse
EVAPORATED MILK a. oe : . California Hams_______ @08 Elastic, 16 pkgs.______ 1 38 Mouse. wage a a
ere: S50, 1 OR 2 oe Jat Stufled doc 2 Picnic Rolled Hama ole Tiger, 60 Ibe._______ 2 82 Mouse, tin, 5 holes Z
Quaker, Baby, 4 doz.__ 1 43 10 oz. Jar. Stuff.. doz. _ 2 65 Boiled Hams ____._.__ @22 Rat, wood _ oo 00
Quaker, Gallon, % dz._ 2 85 i Gal Foes Ece ac ie Mee Hae @10 ia
Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 2 95 , oe tee Bacon 4/6 Cert @16 Mouse ne 1 00
Parecoe bane, 4.08 245 8 ee ee eae : E nay - . spring 20
a D’dee, fen = : . Sepsis ee SYRUP
tman’s D’dee, Baby 1 4 PARIS GREEN Beef ey ee Corn Tubs
Fat tan 2 ee 34 Boneless. rump_____ @19 00 ‘t AMERICAN ieee Blue Karo, No. 1% ___ 222 Large Galvanized_____ 8 75
Pet, Baby, 4 dosen...1 45 4, 32 LT y) Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 309 Medium Galvanized_.. 7 75
Borden's, Ta, 4 doz. 295 25 and 5s............-~ 36 ons Blue Karo, No. 10... 292 Small Galvanized ____ 6 75
Borden's, Baby, 4 doz. 1 48 Samiag Liver S77 Red Karo, No. 1%" 2 44
Beet 2 10 : : e aro, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 37
.. ee a rive cams fous 8 OF" 4) Ret Karo, No.6" 32 Washooands
PICKLES EN aa 05 odized, 32, 26 oz.--__- 2 40 oe tase a Eoneooabe me 5 50
Presto Mason Five case lots_._______ 2 30 mit. Maple Flavor yee SGC ~----- 6 25
: Orange, No. 114, 2 dz.. 2.82 Gass, single_______ 1-7 6 00
F. O. B. Grand Rapids Medium nge, N ; call D
Bae pint 715.5 gallon, 400 valle gal 495 Orange. No. 3, 20 cans 4 25 Single eo Seas : -
One pint_--—---—- 22 RICE BORAX Northern Queen... 5 50
One quart_.___.______- 8 65 Fancy Blue Rose______ 5 00 Maple and Cane Uiiveraal 7 25
Half gallon_____-.____- 11 55 Sweet Small Fancy Head __________ 5 90 Twenty Mule Team — Kanuck, per gal.______ 16
5 gallon, 600___________ 7 25 24,1 1b. packages _____ 335 Kanuck, 5 gal. can____ 4 75
Banner, 6 0z., doz. --_. 90 48,10 oz. packages____ 4 40
FRUIT CAN RUBBERS’ Banner quarts. doz... 2 10 96, 14 lb. packages____ 4 00 ne Wood Bowls
Presto Red Lip, 2 gro. Paw Paw, quarts, doz. 2 80 ae ores ame oo
Carton os 78 74 ‘ ' RUSKS Welch. 12 quart case__ 4 49 15 in. Butter ___. 9 00
Presto White Lip, 2 Postma Biscuit Co. vac ant Cane 2 i9 om mee _o
gro. carton_.._______- 83 Dill Pickles 1Srolle, nerease 2 10 Welch, 26-4 oz. case___ 2 30 ? Meter 25 00
Gal., 40 to Tin, doz.._..815 12rolls, percase ______ 1 39 WASHING POWDERS
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Grandma, 24 large... 350 Half Gallons, 1 doz.___ 6 00 : 2 ee
HONEY ; Snowboy, 12 large ..__ 1 80
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Pure Pres., 16 oz., dz._ 1 80 Bicycle, per doz.______ 4 70 Spotless Cleanser, 48, Fepree 160 Yeast Foam, 1% doz 1 35
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13 oz. Mint Jelly, dz. 1 60 Sani Flush, 1 doz._____ 2 25 Tobasco, small________ 3 75
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POP CORN COD FISH Speedee, 3 doz._______ 740. A-l Jarge 4 75 YEAST—COMPRESSED
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22

SHOE MARKET

Michigan Retail Shoe Dealers Association.
President—Clyde Taylor, Detroit

First Vice-President—M. A. Mittleman,
Detroit.

Vice-President—Arthur Allen, Grand
Rapids.

Vice-President — Edward Dittman,

Mount Pleasant.
Vice-President—K. Masters, Alpena.

Vice-President—Max Harriman, Lan-
sing.

Vice-President — Fred Nedwick, Sag-
inaw.

Vice-President—Richard Schmidt, Hills-
dale,

Vice-President—Edward Stocker, De-
troit.

Vice-President—B. C.
Rapids.

See’y and Treas.—Joseph Burton, Lan-
sing.

Field Sec’y—O. R. Jenkins, Portland.

Yearly dues $1 per person.

Olsee, Grand

 

 

Big Responsibility Which Lies Ahead
Ahead of Mr. Mittelman

They had just elected him president
of the National Shoe Retailers Associ-
ation, to succeed “Tony” Geuting of
Philadelphia, whose practical wisdom,
good judgment and long experience
had guided the Association through
several difficult years. Out of all the
retail shoe men of the country, the N.
S. R. A. directors had picked Mittel-
man, and picked him at a time when
the new responsibilities of trade associ-
ations, under the New Deal and the
NRA, demand leadership of the high-
est caliber. Why? Who is this man
Mittelman, and what has he done to
qualify him for the big job that lies
ahead of him?

We've been hearing about Mittleman
more and more frequently in the past
three years, since he plaved the lead-
ing part in planning the N. S. R. A.
convention in Detroit in 1931. He is
one of the younger leaders in the Asso-
ciation, and has come to the front rap-
idly in recent years. Times of stress
invariably develop new leaders, and
Mittelman’s leadership is a natural and
logical consequence of the trying pe-
riod through which business has been
passing. He’s been right on the firing
line through it all, for he hails from
Detroit, and Detroit has been one of
the storm centers of the depression.
‘Twas there the bank holiday business
really started. News of it was flashed
across the country last February, and
it seemed to gather momentum like a
snowball rolling downhill until it cul-
minated in the financial crisis of March
4—remember?

When the Michigan
proclaimed the bank holiday we wired
Mittelman to know what it was all
about—that is, what it meant, not to
the bankers or the financiers, but to the
average merchant, trying to sell shoes
in a community where all the banks
proclamation of the

Governor of

were closed by
Governor. His reply demonstrated his
keen insight into the situation. He was
right on the firing line and he knew all
the answers.

We were aware of the keen interest
this man had taken in association mat-
etrs, in organization, ever since the De-
troit convention, and of the part he had
played in organizing Michigan shoe
merchants to meet the requirements of
NRA. Beyond that, we didn’t know a
great deal about Mittelman, the man.
That was natural enough, for he’s a
modest chap, who doesn’t talk about
himself a lot. Just goes ahead and does
things, figuring, apparently, that if a
man does his part results will take care

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

of themselves and applause isn’t par-
ticularly important.

So when we heard the directors had
elected him we wanted to know more
about Mittelman, the man, and the only
way to find out seemed to be to go and
ask him. We found him around mid-
night of a hectic convention day in his
room at the Statler. Conventions are
exciting affairs, but this one, appar-
ently, hadn’t excited Mittleman, despite
the fact that he suddenly found him-
self playing the leading role in its tense
and swiftly moving drama. He was
calm, cool and courteous, yet keenly
conscious of the magnitude of his job,
and of all that it implies in the way of
work, responsibility and self sacrifice.

M. A. Mittelman has been in the
shoe business approximately twenty-
eight years, he told us. Because of his
Detroit connections we naturally think
of him as of the Middle West, but he
belongs to the East by birthright and
early training. Born and reared in
Pennsylvania, he started out with A.
Weitzenkorn & Sons of Wilkes-Barre,
whose store is right on the same street
with that of Martin Murray, for years
treasurer of the N. S. R, A. From
there he went to Hartford, Conn.,
where he was in the employ of Wise,
Smith & Co. for five years, then to V.
W. Snyder Co. of Newark and from
there to J. N. Adam & Co., of Buffalo,
where he bought and merchandised the
shoes.

Mittelman’s next move was to Chi-
cago, where he was made buyer and
manager for the I. Miller store. This
step, in a way proved a turning point
in his career, for it led to his taking
the I. Miller franchise for Detroit,
where, along with Adolph Goetz, the
present firm of Goetz-Mittelman was
formed. This firm owns and conducts
stores in Detroit, Buffalo, Rochester
and Cleveland. The original Detroit
unit was a department in Russek’s
ready-to-wear establishment, but later
another store was opened in the Fisher
building, uptown, so that now the firm
of Goetz-Mittelman conducts five
stores. A year ago Aug. 1 the entire
business of Russek’s, in Detroit, was
taken over and of this establishment
Mr. Mittelman is now president and
general manager.

Election to the chairmanship of the
Convention Committee in charge of the
Detroit convention of 1931 marked Mr.
Mittelman’s first active participation in
association affairs. At that convention
he was elected to the board of direc-
tors and for the past two years he has
been first vice-president, Five years
ago he organized the Detroit shoe mer-
chants into a very active association of
which he has been president for the
past four years. With the active assis-
tance of Clyde Taylor and other lead-
ing shoe men he has recently been en-
gaged in organizing the shoe men in
the entire State of Michigan.

Mr. Mittelman is known throughout
the trade as “M. A. Mittelman,” and
his close friends call hmi “Mit.” As
we said before, he’s a modest chap. To
make the record complete, however,
his full name is Maurice A. Mittelman.
And the E in his name comes ahead
of the L. He becomes the president of
the N. S. R. A. at a critical time in
the Association’s history, but judging

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from the comments on his election,
both at the convention in St. Louis
and throughout the trade, he seems to
be the right man for the job.—Boot and
Shoe Recorder.

—_22>—___
Cream Sold in Screw-top Metal Tubes

Cream in individual tubular-shaped
containers holding a sufficient quantity
for one cup of beverage and selling at
a low price has recently been placed on
sale in Germany, according to a report
from Consul John G. Erhart, Ham-
burg, made public by the Department
of Commerce.

The container is made of aluminum
foil with a round, flat base which per-
mits the container to stand upright and
is sealed somewhat in the manner of
toothpaste tubes. It is claimed that the
contents will remain in prime condition
for a minimum of three months. The
tubes hold up to 70 grams, the quantity
being varied according to the prevail-
ing price of milk and cream.

—___2s2ea____
Metal Consumers Active
A rising scale of production in the
battery, paint, cable and other indus-
tries for this Spring is indicated by the
activity of buyers in the non-ferrous
metals markets this week. Demand for
lead and zine for delivery over the
coming four months is good, with sup-
pliers reluctant to make commitments
beyond a 60-day period at present
prices. Mine interests are fearful that
impending changes in working sched-
ules under NRA will force an increase
in their production costs.
—_§_~r-._
The best kind of trait:Kindness.

February 14, 1934

Grocers Ask Price Rule Action

Prompt action by the Code Author-
ity and Administrator Johnson in fix-
ing and announcing the specific allow-
ances to be made by wholesale and
retail grocers for wages of store labor
was urged in a brief sent to Washing-
ton yesterday by the National Ameri-
can Wholesale Grocers Association.
Under both the jobbers’ and retailers’
codes, the loss-limitation provisions
leave the amount of the required mark-
up to cover store labor costs up to the
Code Authority governing the two
branches of the industry. Until the
Code Authority makes its decision and
General Johnson approves the recom-
mendation, the brief points out, both
wholesalers and retailers must remain
uncertain on the charges.

— 7+. ___
Automobile Glass Call Heavy

Plate-glass shipments during Janu-
ary, due almost wholly to the demand
from the automobile industry for both
plain and safety glass, were materially
ahead of the initial month of 1933.
This demand from the automobile in-
dustry continues and there are indi-
cations of further gains. The urgency
in the demand for liquor glassware,
which reached a high point in Decem-
ber, has been tapering off. In several
instances, however, the backlog of or-
ders is sufficient to maintain produc-
tion at capacity schedules until some
time in March. The demand for win-
dow glass has been scattered.

—_2<-.___

Is it really a good idea or only one
that has become a pet idea through
long association?

 

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IS EVEN STRONGER THAN
BEFORE IKE DEPRESSION
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MUTUAL FIRE INSURARCE COMPRAY

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February 14, 1934

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

23

 

 

Lines of Interest To Grand Rapids
Council

While we are hopping on to things
in general, we might just as well hop
on to the American Press for some of
its general debilities.

We all enjoy sitting down to the
breakfast table with the morning pa-
per spread all over the table in front
of us, much to mother’s disgust, and
scanning the front page scare heads.
We also get a kick out of spreading
the evening sheet all over the floor,
digesting the news of the day, while
digesting our evening meal.

As we continue this daily routine
we give no thought to the fact that
much is placed before our eyes which
should be withheld from print until
the proper time for its release,

We eagerly read the news of a sen-
sational kidnaping or the crime of mur-
der. We note that famous sleuths are
being engaged to ferret out the per-
petrators of these crimes and that cer-
tain important clues are in evidence.
Is it not a fact that the underworld
has access to the same news that we
have?

We are not advocating that our leg-
islators enact a “Press Gag” law, be-
cause much information that is im-
portant to the Nation might be with-
held through the powers that be, but
we would like to see the American
Press adopt a measure whereby the
movements of justice to make a cap-
ture be kept from the sheets until such
time as the officers of law and order
make their capture or fail to function.
It seems there is small excuse to pub-
licly advertise every move made to
right crime, so that the underworld
may make counter moves to thwart the
efforts of justice.

There are a great many smart minds
behind the perpetrators of crime and
if given a tip are smart enough to take
advantage of the news and conduct
themselves accordingly. We believe if
the press would gag important infor-
mation as to the movements of justice
that many a criminal would be cap-
tured who is now laughing up his
sleeve at his fairly reliable source of
valuable information—the press.

The little bean seems to be coming
into its own. During the World war
and for a few years afterward we
heard much of said beans. It cut quite
a figure at $14 per bushel but since
those hectic days it has just been an
ordinary little bean to most of us.

The bean would not be so prominent
now were it not for a word that has
been coined recently using the bean as
stem word—Beano.

It has our Chief of Police revolving
his head é his shoulders like an owl
trying to obey orders as to the legality
of Beano. Our prosecuting attorney
Says it is a naughty, bad game, is ille-
gal and must be stamped out. Our city
mangler says “tut tut” to the Chief—
“don’t make monkeys out of the city’s
lords until they can vote 5 to 2 on
somethin’ or other.” The State Police
has been promised by the Prosecutor

and the chief says they are too busy
resting to fool with a little Bean-o.

So there you are—to be or not to be
—that is the question that we will be
interested in following through the
various routes of settlement.

We had this question propounded to
us the other day. It is too deep for us
so are going to pass it along.

A traveling salesman registered in a
small hotel and said to the hotel keeper,
“IT am going to stay here a week.
Please put this $100.00 bill in your
safe.”

A half hour later the Chef said to
the hotel keeper that unless he pays
him $100.00 for back salary, he is going
to quit. The hotel keeper having no
money, took the salesman’s $100.00 and
gave it to the Chef. The Chef owed
$100.00 to the butcher, so he paid with
this $100.00 bill.

The butcher owed $100.00 to his doc-
tor and gave him this $100.00 bill.

The doctor owed $100.00 to his den-
tist and he gave him this $100.00 bill.

The dentist owed $100.00 to the
hardware man and he gave him the
$100.00 bill,

The hardware man owed his barber
$100.00 that he borrowed and he gave
him this $100.00 bill.

The barber was staying in this hotel
and owed $100.00 for rent, so he gave
the hotel keeper the $100.00. The hotel
keeper returned same to the safe.

Each one received a receipted bill in
full, the traveling man said, “I am
checking out and want my $100.00
bill,” and the hotel man returned him
the same $100.00 bill.

Everybody was satisfied and every
bill was paid. Did anybody lose or did
anybody gain?

The only catch we can see to the
whole thing is that everybody seemed
willing to pay their honest debts.

The Ladies Auxiliary gave a potluck
luncheon and bridge party at the home
of Mrs. T. F. Westfeldt, 1260 Flora
court, Tuesday, Feb. 6. There were
six tables of bridge. Mrs. R. E. Groom,
Mrs. Darcy Wilcox and Mrs. Nick
Loucks were awarded the prizes.

W. E. Lypps, Council leader of the
teamwork group, held a meeting of his
various groups at the Mertens hotel
Saturday afternoon. This meeting was
in conformance with orders from Co-
lumbus headquarters. From the reports
of the various groups, many new mem-
bers will be added to the council roster
in the near future,

Counselor W. H. Fisher, of Lapeer,
who was reported on the injured list
is on the gain. He slipped on an icy
walk and suffered a cut on the back
of his head and a sprained neck.

Milton Smith, who was injured sev-
eral weeks ago in an automobile
wreck, is slowly improving. He suf-
fered broken bones in his hand and the
fracture of several ribs.

E. J. Steeby, 1807 Horton avenue,
who was severely injured thirteen
months ago, is now able to walk a few
blocks with the aid of a cane. He be-
lieves he will soon be able to discard
the wooden aid and once more get back
on the job.

Mrs. Harry E. Nash was called to
Lake Odessa Sunday night on account
of the death of her father, Bion M.
Estep. Mr. Estep was.a pioneer res-
ident of that vicinity, having lived

there the entire span of his life, 76
years. The council extends its sym-
pathy to Mrs. Nash in the loss of her
father.

George E, Bryant, 528 Bridge street,
has accepted a position as a traveling
salesman. He has been conducting a
roofing and insulating material busi-
ness, but the new code rules were not
favorable to his lines. He has secured
some very well known lines and re-
ports that the prospects for a good
business are in sight. Mr. Bryant was
formerly a member of No. 131 and the
members will be glad to learn that
Secretary Bradfield and Past Coun-
selor Saxon have induced him to sign
on the dotted line and reinstate his
membership.

The committee in charge of the an-
nual ball and home coming party re-
ports wonderful progress in the sale
of tickets. It appears that there is go-
ing to be an exceptionally large crowd
attending the thirty-second annual
party.

Even some men of standing seem to
do a heap of sitting.

We are not much for reverting back
to ‘ye olden times’ but a few days of
last week made us long for the long,
woolen scarfs, mittens and undies that
we used to own. A new England bed
warmer is a high priced antique and as
scarce as hen’s teeth, but it might well
have proved its worth had we pos-
sessed one. We are sure that the sever-
ity of the weather caused many a man
to break his New Year’s resolution and
straight-way start to polish up on his
cuss words when he tried to start the
family car. Some did start and some
just would not get to go to work so
the various owners appeared on the job
in various moods. Hey Ma! Gotta
dime? I gotta take a d Bus, car
won't start. The only thing that was
missing to make a real old fashioned
winter of it was the absence of the
old wooden pump. Let’s be thankful
that the winter was a short one.

Get those old bones limbered up be-
cause March 3 is near at hand and
everyone should be in shape to take
advantage of the fine music which will
be rendered at the thirty-second annual
ball and home coming party of Grand
Rapids council. Tell your friends that
they can come so that they will get all
set for the big party of the year.

Notgniklip.
—_+++__

“What are ethics, pop?” asked the
eager young offspring.

“Well, Benny, I'll tell you. Suppose
a customer comes into my shop and
buys a necktie that costs a dollar. He
gives me a two-dollar bill and walks
out without the change.

“Now, here’s where the ethics come
in. Should I keep the extra dollar my-
self or tell my partner about it?”
——_2-.____
observation, it

 

that
many patrons of the New York cash

From appears
and carry liquor stores have cash for
the stuff, but can’t carry it.
—_—-_—_--——___
Affirming will do all it is reputed
to be able to do if we keep affirming
that a thing will be until it is.
—_2+<+___
Reduced circumstances are just a
circumstance in life if taken in that
spirit.

OUT AROUND

(Continued from page 9)
rated by reference into the statute, and
the other failing to answer to such
standard. Such discrimination is rea-
sonable, and violates no constitutional
immunity guaranteed to the plaintiff.
The petition for a temporary injunction
will be denied.”

Sebewaing, Feb. 9—We are in re-
ceipt of check for $7.28 from the Inter-
nal Revenue department covering over
assessment of oleo tax in 1930, plus in-
terest. We want to take this oppor-
tunity to again thank you for calling
our attention to the ruling of the Rev-
enue department which made this re-
fund possible. John Rummel & Co.

I think there must still be a thou-

sand merchants in Michigan who are
entitled to a check for $7.28, but be-
cause they are not subscribers to the
Tradesman they will probably never
learn that they are depriving them-
selves of the refund. To obtain it ap-
plication must be made before June 30.
Blank can be obtained from the
Tradesman.

Bad news comes to us from Ontario.
It is to the effect that Dr. Locke, the
wonder doctor, is afflicted with Bright’s
disease and is giving but one treat-
ment per day to any patient and no
treatments evenings. This information
will be received with regret by those
who have been treated by this wonder-
ful practitioner.

E. A. Stowe.

 

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What a man will sacrifice to win is

quite as important as what he will do
to win.

 

Phone 89574

John L. Lynch Sales Co.

SPECIAL SALE EXPERTS
Expert Advertising
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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-
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inch. Payment with order is required, as
amounts are too small to open accounts.

 

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Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Ready-to-
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taken over, All transactions confidential.
Write, Phone, or Wire

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Phone 27406 655 So. Park St,
Saginaw, Michigan

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For Sale—Men’s clothing and furnish-
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above. Address No. 627, c/o Michigan
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Out of Honey?—Carroll’s white honey,
five-pound pails, $4.80 a dozen. Carroll's
amber honey, five-pound pails, $4 a doz-
en: f.0.b. Prices good until July 1. Car-
roll Apiaries, Central Lake, Mich. 628

For Sale—Established modern cream-
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In excellent location. Address James B.
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For Sale—-Hardware stock and fixtures,

clean proposition, in small town. No en-
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

February 14, 1934

 

DETROIT DOINGS

Late Business News From Michigan’s
Metropolis

“Retail grocers in Detroit are asked
to get ready for the big week of Feb.
19 to 24. This is going to be Michigan
Made Beet Sugar Week,” states Dr. J.
Arthur Brock, Educational Secretary
of the Farmers & Manufacturers Beet
Sugar Association.

“It is planned to make this week
stand out in the mind of every Detroit
housewife. If the Detroit housewives
can be made to clearly understand that
their prosperity and the prosperity of
the farmers of this State are one and
the same thing, then they will be more
alive to the necessity and fairness of
buying Michigan Made Beet Sugar.

“A very careful foundation has been
laid to make this Michigan Made Beet
Sugar Week a great success. The edu-
cational staff of the Farmers & Man-
ufacturers Beet Sugar Association have
been working hard for weeks deliver-
ing lectures to Detroit high school au-
diences, cooking schools, church organ-
izations, and fraternal organizations:
in fact, no avenue has been left un-
touched to reach the Detroit housewife,
both directly and through her husband
or family.

“A very large advertising program
has been carried on in Detroit, leading
up to this climax. But during the week
of Feb. 19 to 24, the advertising will be
greatly increased, radio will be employ-
ed, special window displays used, and
the leading downtown merchants,
whether they sell Beet Sugar or not,
will have window displays and will give
every possible support to this important
movement in their own advertising.

Prominent state and city officials will
publicly pronounce this Beet Sugar
Week over the radio. Incidentally, the
radio will be employed for a number of
different purposes. Prominent citizens
will endorse this Beet Sugar Week.
Educational talkers will tell Detroit
housewives to use Michigan made beet
sugar. Domestic science experts will
tell the world that beet sugar is the
best sugar in the world. The news
reporters over the major radio stations
will cover this subject. The Board of
Commerce is co-operating in every pos-
sible way. Special window streamers
will be supplied every retail grocer and,
in short, every Detroit housewife will
get this beet sugar message from every
possible source and channel.

“This movement is of great impor-
tance to the state of Michigan,” contin-
ues Dr. Brock. “These farmers have to
live the same as you do—they have to
pay taxes—they have children to edu-
cate and they like to go to a movie
once in a while. Now it stands to rea-
son they cannot do these things unless
Detroit housewives buy their product.

“The sugar beet industry is of vital
importance to Michigan and whatever
is of vital importance to Michigan is
of vital importance to Detroit retail
grocers. This is not just another
“ballyhoo” back of some shampoo or
some trick puzzle. We are endeavor-
ing to promote one of the fundamentals
of the State of Michigan—its sugar
beet crop. These farmers need and buy
all the necessities of life—the very

Sie PETRI DiS TN RE ERI STE I I ae RR ET tte ne

things you or your friends make or sell.
If you give them a living by buying
their product, they have a chance to
buy these necessities. If not, you just
make it that much tougher for these
wage earners.

“So I do want to impress every re-
tail grocer in Michigan with the impor-
tance of his best co-operation, during
Michigan Made Beet Sugar Week. Re-
member the date—February 19 to 24.
And may I ask that you be on your
toes to give every possible co-operation
you can in the form of window displays
and co-operation in your advertising or
handbills. Put Michigan made beet
sugar on your counter. It comes in a
wide variety of sizes, 5, 10, 25 and 100
pound sacks. Place display cards on
the sacks. Fix up an attractive display.
Feature this item. If you haven’t ad-
vertising material on hand, all you have
to do is phone C. W. Kelly, Madison
4000, Detroit and he will see that you
are supplied.

Frederick A. Fuller, retired hard-
ware salesman, died Saturday at his
home, 276 E. Philadelphia avenue, after
an illness of six months. He was born
in Jackson sixty-eight years ago and
came to Detroit in 1882 to enter the
employ of the Delamater Hardware
company, then located on Griswold
street. Later he went to work for the
Standart Brothers Hardware company,
with whom he remained until a year
ago. For both of these concerns he
traveled much of the time through
Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.

Sunday, Feb. 18, marks the opening
of one of the biggest drives to put De-
troit in the front row of womens ap-
parel centers in the history of the city.
On that day the Women’s Apparel
Club of Michigan opens a four day
market and exhibition of women’s and
children’s wear and allied lines, includ-
ing modern store fixtures. Nearly 200
manufacturers’ lines will be displayed
on two floors, the thirteenth and four-
teenth. On Tuesday three prominent
men identified with the Detroit Board
of Commerce and the retail trade will
speak at the Statler where the exposi-
tion will be held, on Tuesday, from
two and four o’clock. Harvey Camp-

-bell will speak on “The future pros-

pects of business.” Charles E. Boyd,
secretary of the Detroit Code Author-
ity, will deliver a talk on “Retailing
under the N.R.A.” Sidney A. Styer
will speak on “Combatting the shop-
lifting evil.” Mr. Styer who is president
of the Women’s Apparel Club of Mich-
igan, is enthusiastic over business pros-
pects and especially over the promised
success of the coming market and ex-
position. The number of exhibitors ex-
ceeds all previous markets with one
exception, he said.

The Michigan Wholesale Apparel
Association, composed of local ‘firms
is also staging a “Women’s Wear Mar-
ket Week” from Sunday Feb. 18 to
Feb. 24. The sponsors of this event
are Jacobson & Edelson, L & H Simon
Co., Arden Hats, Crown Hat Manu-
facturing Co., and the S. & F. Garment
Co. Announcements of the market
week have been sent out by the group,
and by the individual firms who have

made unusual stock preparations for
the Spring apparel showings.

Dan F. Niemeyer, Michigan repre-
sentative for the Kaynee Co., of Cleve-
land, has followed up initial announce-
ments of the joint meeting at the Stat-
ler Hotel, Feb. 25 of the Michigan Ap-
parel Club and the Michigan Retail
Clothiers ‘Association when both will
hold their annual conventions. This
affair will continue for three days.

The Lee Garment Co., wholesale
dealer in women’s and misses blouses
and skirts, has opened for business at
206 Grand River avenue.

—_22>—__
Proceedings of the Grand Rapids
Bankruptcy Court
(Continued from page 17)

Nelson Paint & Wallpaper Co.,

PAC tie 4.53
Olson Lbr. Co., Manistee__-_____ 6.18
Postal Telegraph Co., Reed City__ 2.25
Red Cross Pharmacy, Manistee__-__ 1.50
Ross Dairy Co., Manistee_-__--__ -84
The J. H. Shults Co., Manistee__ 48.88
West Va. Coal & Coke Corp.,

CimimnaG 2. 80.48
Ernest Zobel Co., Inc., Brooklyn 149.10
Consumers Power Co., Manistee 100.00

Mich. Bell Telephone Co., Manistee 20.00

Geo. C. Ackers, Manistee________ 322.45
Chas. L. Peth, Manistee________ 400.00
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.,

Me Re 185.31
Geo. J. Meyer Co., Milwaukee__ 280.00

Crown Cork & Seal Co., Baltimore 1,100.00

Bishop & Babcock Co., ‘Inc.,

Coven — 3,250.00
Cokal Pulverzone Corp., Chicago 2,050. 00
Schlangen Mfg. Co., Chicago____ 395.00
Karl Kiefer Machine Co.,

mene 1,200.00
Economic Machinery Co.,
Worchester, Mass. ___.________ 2,103.00

S. F. Bowser & Co., Fort Wayne 2,038.50
Frank F, Pasch Corp. ,» Milwaukee 1,250.00
Johnston Bros., Boiler Co., Ferrys-

Oe 535.00
National Bond & Investment Co.,

Mw 135.00
National Discount Corp., G. R._. 661.80
National Discount Corp., G. R._. 495.20
A. Kann & Co., Manistee________ 100.00
Manistee Iron Works, Manistee__ 461.45
International Time Recording Co. 200.00

John P. Anderson, Manistee____ 53.18
American Corrugating Co., G. R. 221.36
American Antiformin Co., Brooklyn 115.50
American Tap Bush Co., Detroit 75.00

American Printing Co., Manistee 378.76
Anderson Construction Co., Man-
ERS ee 3,030.00
Bond Mfg. Co., Wilmington ____ 1,082.34
Brisbois Bros., Bay City________ 84.37
Benner Chemical Co., is 7.80

Beattle Bros. Motor Sales,
AAreeOn 27.49
Bundy’s Brief Service, Traverse City 1.54
R. C. Bradford, Manistee________ 6.96
Bradley Miller ‘Co., Bay City... 599.70
John Barth & Sohn, New York_. 1,207.50
Bishop & Babcock, Inc., Cleveland 185.71
Brockway Glass Co., Brockway__ 4,689.35
Bus. & Prof. Mens Nat'l Assoc.,
Menities 6.00

ee 9.37
City of Manistee. 227.35
The Commercial Paste Co., Col-

era 91.20
City Coal Co., Manistee__________ 39.22
Campeco Oil ‘Co., Manistee______ 10.65
Central Malt Products Co., Detroit 806.36
City of Manistee, Manistee______ 66.30
Crown Cork & Seal Co., Baltimore 696.46
Consumers Power Co., Manistee 947.87
City Drug Store, Manistee_______ 2.00
Carroll-Graham Gla'ss Co.,

Ca 7,676.68

Carnell & McFarlane, Mt, Pleasant "160. 90

Decatur Miller Co. Inc., Decatur 3,208.26

ier pe ree Chemica] Co. Chicago 63.10
J. Drew Agt., Sinclair Refining

oo Mites 98.87
Dickens Motor Freight, Kalamazoo 27.74
S. E. Dun Co., Delroit 1,883.14
Duro-Test Corp., New York______ 14.76
Durbin Studio, Manistee________ 8.75
Detroit News, ink 17.64
Dan C. Brown, Onekama________ 87.00
H. D. Edwards Co., Detroit______ 8.46
Otto Eick, Inc., St. Louis________ 117.00

Economy Printing Co.,
Edward Ermold Co.

Manistee 16.20
New York__ 2.56

Forester Label Works, Milwaukee 315.36
Fyr Fyter Co., Day i. 72.00
F. W. Field, Manistee____________ 565.21
G. R. Belting Co. Ge -- 9.08
G. Trunk Ry., Detroit. 7.25

The Garlock Packing Co., Palmyra 19.36
Gunderson ee Co., Manistee 47.01
R

P. B. Gast Co. 6
H. C. Goettsche — Co., Chicago 51.25

Gulf Refining Co., Toledo________ 10.00
General Box Co., Detroit________ 761.53
G. R. Ubr. Co., G. pee 100.01
Art ©. Boulet, GR 12.39
Walter Gradolf, Sasa Saas 800.00

W. H. Hutchinson & Son, Inc.,

ae eee ee ee 410.00
Robt. Haag, New York________ 16.00
anita & Perkins Drug Co., G. R. 90.58
I. E. Hampton, Clare___________ 5.65
Harvey Auto Co., Manistee______ 12.46

Hill Motor Sales Co., Manistee__ 1,508.32

Henes & Keller, Menomiinee ee 439.39
Hotel Chippewa, Manistee________ 18.42
International Time Recording Co.,
ee ee 3.50
Iroquois Detroit Corp., Detroit__.. 734.70

A. D. Joslin Mfg. Co., Manistee 48.00

Johnson & Goudie, Manistee eae 114.03
Kroeschell Engineering Co.,
CMmeneo 1,148.17
Chas. Koss & Bros. Co., Milwaukee 527.56
A, H. Lyman Co., Manistee ee. 19.40
Lakeshore Corp., ‘Muskegon eat 34.00
Lloyd & Smith, Manistee________ 1,197.20
Liquid Carbonic Corp., Cheiago__ 635.73
Miller Bros., Manistee. ei 133.73
Midland Glue Co,. Detroit... 59.86
Michigan Lbr. Co., Manistee____ 48.40
Manthej Bros., Manistee__________ 5.00
Tom Morris Agt., Manistee______ 123.71

Merchants Publishing Co., Kal-

CRO OO 48.41
Manistee Paper Box Co., Manistee  58.0C
Manistee Board of Commerce,

Manimee 75.0
Manistee News-Advocate, Manistee 76.2C
Morton Salt Co., Manistee________ 6.6€
Meyer & Wahr. Manistee____-___ 50.08
Millers Hdw. So., Manistee________ 70.50
Manistee Auto Parts Co., Manistee 41.87
Manistee Taxi Co., Manistee LSE ae 10.0€

Manistee Salt Works, Manistee__ 200.0
Mackin Tire & Battery Co.,

Diamintes 22 58.8¢
Manistee Iron Works Co., Manistee 800.30
Metal Glass Products Co., Belding 27.00
Maxwell Bros., Chicago__._______ 4,397.45
M&NE RR Co., Manistee________ 982.94
Michigan Bell Telephone Co.,

PAAOTIRGe 1,051.48
F. G. Nalipinski, Manistee______ 67.14
Noud Lbr. Co., Manistee eee 300.06
Northwestern Brewers’ Supply Co.,

Milwenee 292.08
National Adhesive Corp., New York 65.38
The Nelson Paint & Wallpaper Co.,

Manietee 23.0E
Olson Lbr. Co., Mianistee________ 463.47
Olson Tire & Auto Co., Manistee 7.95
John Pritzlaff Hdw. Co., Milwaukee 37.50
Pure Carbonic Inc., Detroit______ 159.00
The Pioneer Mfg, Co., Cleveland 29.25
Petoskey News- -Printing Co.,

POIORROY (oe 9.45
Postal Telegraph Co., Reed City__ 1.78
Frank F. Pasch Corp., Milwaukee 613.29
Pressed Steel Corp., Milwaukee 1,837.62
Quimby-Kain Paper Co., G. R._ 84.56
Ruggles & Rademaker, "Manistee 6.86
C. L. Rylery Coal Co., Lexington 40.10

Regalia Mfg. Co., Rock Island__ 563.00
Reichel- Korfman Co., Milwaukee 3,568.14
Ross Dairy Co., Manistee________ 115.84
F. Raniville Co., GC Bo 31

-00

Rahr Malting Co., Manitowoc____ 6,018.95
Strd. Brush & Broom Mfg. Co.,

Cniceagy 220 5.20

J. Sorrenschein Co., New York__ 1,244.81

S. S. Steiner, Inc., New York____ 1,596.61

Steve’s Soal Yard, Manistee____ 3.30
T. D. Smith, Inc., Scottville______ 26.16
Shell Petroleum Corp., Detroit__ 50.34
Standard Oil Co., G, R.__---_____ 96.04
J. H. Shults Co., Manistee_______ 170.18
Russell D. Snodgrass, ee ee 248.11
Stolper Steel Products Co., Mil-
NS 525.00
Towner Hdw. Co., Muskegon____ 4.29

Tiddens Bros. Plumbing Co., G. R. 14.71
W. Toepfer & Sons Co., Milwaukee 485.00

Thorsen’s Oil Co., Manistee______ 87.12
Traver Corp., Chicago___- eee 150.00
West Va. Coal & Coke Corp.,

A7BCIBNA 52.20
Wallerstein Co., Inc., New York 12.50
John D. H. Wallace, Manistee__ 47.50
Western Union Telegraph Co.,

Manistee eee ee een 121.71

250.00
Jas, M. Wilson. Agency, Kalamazoo 295.00

John Zaiger, Manistee Se unknown
Olejniczak Place, Manistee______ unknown
Fred Yankee, Filer ny unknown
Herman Yankee, Filer City _____ 260.00
Kuehl’s Cafe, Manistee__________ unknown
Boston Cafe, Manistee__________ unknown

Frank Pasch, Milwaukee________

Satveicnescalesdlibisdllieee as
A. & P. Victim of Fraud

Louis Gruber, Great A. & P. buyer
at Chicago headquarters, was indicted
by grand jury for fraud on company.
Dummy company called Monarch Spe-
cialties Co. was organized through
which fraud operations were carried
on, Assistant State’s Attorney Crow-
ley says several hundred thousand dol-
lars is involved.

500.00

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when the members of a_ profession
prove that they are unable to protect
the public from sharks operating under
the protection of the ‘ethics” so-called,
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