' Michigan Tradesman. Published Weekly. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, 1 PUBLISHERS. $1 fee Yous VOL. 10. GRAND RAPIDS, JANUARY 13, 1893. NO. 487 PHREINS & BESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILI CSE MUSKEGON BRANOH UNITED STATES BAKING CO., Successors to MUSKEGON CRACKER CoO., Don’t Forget when ordering HARRY FOX, Manager. GRAGKERS, BISCUITS » SWEEY GOODS. wors, ros Cy ANY Vm MUSKEGON, MICH. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. Quotations. See To call on or address A. E. BROOKS & Cv., Mfrs, 46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. No RBRrand or Ten Cen t Special pains taken with fruit orders, TEARS compares ( SANE Ht G. F. FAUDE, Sole Manufacturer, IONIA, MICH. If you have any beans and want to sell, spate spies yi: ’ o ee we want them, will give you full mar “e" ket price. Send them to us in any ity to car loads, vant 1000 vi 2, ¥ re — TELFER SPICE COMPANY, Ww - LAMOREAU X CO. MANUFACTURERS OF wa ; Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of 128, 130 and 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | ee iis aad Os iccre he Ba, “ , fr e - ; - MOSSE] EB Y BROS land 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS *9 es - 12 Pela acmnccmmaniaem MARTIN MAIER & CO, “> paurs, szeos, BEANS AND PRODUCE TFRRUNKS eer ; 113-115-117 Twelfth St., DETROIT, MICH. , 26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa St, Grand Rapids. BEST MADE, BEST SELLING GOODS. |. “aes Ar Ja You can take your choice | LARGEST ASSORTMENT. OF TWO OF THE ‘ff BESY FLAY OPENING BLANK BOOKS nee oo In the Market. Cost no more than the Old Style Books, Write for prices. =. GRAND RAPIDS BOOK BINDING CO., - 4 89 Pearl St, Hovseman Blk. Grand Rapids, Mich. e % » ¥w | Nm y | ALCON No. 1—Gentlemen’s Roau Wheel, $115 00 THERE'S MONEY IN IT PROVIDING YOU BUY THE BEST AND AT THE | FALCONESS—Ladies’ Road Wheel, 100.00 LOWEST FIGURE. OUR TRADE IS BOOMING, WHICH IS PROOF THAT | FALCON JR.—Boys’ and Girls’ Road Wheel, 50.00 - a“ THE TRADE THROUG HOUT MICHIGAN AND ADJOINING STATES KNOW | All fitted with Pneumatic Tires. Finest Steel material. Best workmanship. FROm WHOM TO BUY WE MANUFACTURE A COMPLETE LINE OF F | WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. »4 a FIRST-CLASS GOODS AND EXECUTE ORDERS PROMPTLY. THE YOST MANUFACTURING CO.,, » $4 THE PUTNAM BANDY 60. YOST’S STATION, TOLEDO, OHIO. It Pays Dealers to sell FOSFON because there are but two sizes, Five Ounces at 10 cents, Sixteen at 25 cents and it pleases better than Baking Powders. See Grocery Price Current. THE BREAD SUPPLANTS BAKING POWDER Fosfon Chemical Co., Detroit, Michigan. VOORHEES ants and Overall Go. Lansing, Mich. Having removed the machinery, business and good will of the Ionia Pants and Overall Co. to Lansing, where we have one of the finest factories in the country, giving us four times the capacity of our former factory at Ionia, we are in a posi- tion to get out our goods on time and fill all orders promptly. A continuance of the patronage of the trade is solicited. 5. D. VOORHEES, Manager. STANDARD OIL CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating —-OLlLS- pn ey NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave. BULK WORKS AT GRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, MANISTEE, CADILLAC, BIG RAPIDS, GRAND HAVEN, LUDINGTON. ALLEGAN, HOWARD CITY, PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPYY GARBON & GASOLIN" BARRELS. . F. J. DETTENTHALER JOBBER OF e OYSTERS «- Salt Fish ¥ POULTRY & GAME ~ LEMUN & WHEELER COMPANY, - IMPORTERS AND « Grand Rapids. : RINDGE, KALMBACH &CO., . an Jobbers of BOOS & Shoes. Spring lines now ready for inspection Would ‘be pleased te show them. Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. Who urges you to keep sapolio? ‘ e The Public! , . - . ¥ By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers create” a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods, sell themselves, bring purchasers to the store, and help sell less known goods. fF" — Anv Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders. COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. Successor to Cooper Commercial Agency and Union Credit Co. Commercial reports and current collections receive prompt and careful attention. Your patronage respectfully solicited. Office, 65 Monroe St. Telephones 166 and 1030. L. J. STEVENSON, C. A. CUMINGS, C. E. BLOCK. GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH CO, Manufacturers of BRUSHKS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Our goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. Geo. H. Reeder & Co., G JOBBERS OF ° Boots and Shoes, Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for 158 & 160 Fulton St., Grand Rapids, SUHLUSS, ADLER & C0. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF Pants, Shirts, Overalls Gents’ Furnishing Goods. REMOVED TO 23-25 Larned St., East DETROIT, MICH. Dealers wishing to look over our line are in- vited to address our Western Michigan repre- sentative, Ed. Pike, 272 Fourth avenue, Grand Rapids. WALTER HOUSE CentraljLake, Mich., E. Walter, Prop. Fourteen warm rooms, all newly furnished Good table. Rates, $1.50 per day. The patron age of traveling men especially solicited. GRAN D RAPIDS, ABARLOW BRO'S="»BLANK BOOKS = WITH THE PHILA. PAT.FLAT OPENING BACK ee ae) ee ip FIRE ” INS. 41? CO. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. T. STEWART WHITE, Pres’t. W. Frep McBany, Sec’y. OYSTERS. Solid Brand Cans. Selects . eee oe tenets as eue seen ce 8 at oo Se 20 Daisy Brand. a ieee ewes psec ones S 3 Poem. 16 ee Bulk. Standards. . lo M ince ‘Meat---Best in Use. 4 EE 5X te 6 bp pails. . ee 20 Ib pails ee 6% —-..lUmrrrrmr,rmrCSCs.ttstCi‘“‘;:sCiéiaéa#ySNS. 6% 21b cans, usual weight, per, doz.. 1. oe on Oe ee 3 50 Choice Dairy Butter in rolls.. ceecesccce am Pure Sweet Cider tibia... 6... = - i Fancy Florida Oranges...... _-. 2 ses. 50 Choice Messina Lemons, 300- a 4 00@4c 50 New Pickles ae Dee Pe... 6 50 half bbls, oe... L.-. 3 75 Peach preserves, 20 lb. pails eee cae ov EDWIN FALLAS, Prop Valley City Cold Storage, ni a ane LEAVES AM ee (For tracing delayed ae seh BARIOWS TELEGRAMS "WESTERN UNION'OR POSTAL’ LINES Sent Prepaid for above Price. or.will Send Samples. BARLOW BROS..GRAND RAPIDS,MICH. i — Scientific Optician, 65 — Street. Eyes tested for spectacles free of cost with latestimproved methods. Glasses in every style at moderate prices. Artificial human eyes of every color. Sign of big spectacles. ESTABLISHED 1541. EOC PRI MIE THE MERCANTILE AGENCY R.G. Dun & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London. England. Grand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. WEDN ESDAY, JAN NUARY 18, PETER THE IDIOT. There was no light in the room in which Peter sat, save that which flick- ered through the crack under the door of the old-fashioned wood stove. Typical of Peter’s life was this room: dark, with now and thena faint thread of light, that only served to make blacker the surrounding darkness. Typical of his mind, too; for Peter was a great over- grown child—the body of a man with a child’s mind, which would never grow older. Peter was called an idiot. I say called, because idiot is too harsh aterm to describe this poor creature, at once so helpless and so forlorn. In Ireland he would have been called ‘““dark;” ay, that was his state, and his fitful flashes of intelligence were short- lived and wandering like the light which he watched, as he now sat on his un- comfortably low stool. InScotland such as he are called ‘‘innocents.” Yes, Peter, the ugly hunchback, the poor-farm drudge, the meek recipient of the kicks and curses that fell to his share far more freely than the barest necessaries of life, was an innocent! To sit in the sun, or under the trees, to wander in woods where the wind moaned through the tall pines—‘‘the wind sings to Peter,’ he would say when he heard it—was for Peter to be happy—exquisitely, purely happy. Some- times in the ecstacy of his enjoyment he would throw out his great arms, dispro- portioned to the rest of his body, as the arms of a hunchback so often are, and murmur the word ‘‘God.” Who shall say that the smile with which he bent his ear over the brook, and listened to its murmuring, was silly? Nature was father, mother, God to him, and all of life or hope that he could know were bound in its great sacred book, the leaves of which he read daily with new delight. Who shall say how this soul was being led? Who shall say by what means it was being tuned for the harmonies of a new sphere? Peter cowered beneath the look of one who was harsh to him; in an atmosphere of love he became radiant. There were two who loved him, and their smiles made his light in darkness. One of these was an old pauper who had out- lived the bitterest sorrows that a woman might know, and was waiting to be ealled home; the other was, strange to say, the only child of his bitterest enemy —the master of the poor-farm. The old woman’s love was the outcome of a compassion she would have given— remembering her own sufferings—to any desolate creature; the love of the child was the outpouring of a holy, instinctive affection—the innocent understood the innocent. Though we spoke only of the presence of Peter in the room, others were there, among them the old woman, almost lost in the depth of an unwieldy rocker. As a loud, heavy footstep was heard in the bare passageway, Peter started and began to tremble. In a moment the door was opened, and a rough voice ex- claimed:— *‘Why are you dark?’’ ‘*You said they weren’t to have a lamp, sir,” said &@ woman who entered with him. ‘-T should say so; the dark’s plenty good enough for paupers to loaf in. Fetch one now, though, I want one for what I’ve got to do.” The woman struck a match and lit one that was ready on the table, discovering the owner of the voice to bea big, coarse- looking man, with a horse-whip in his hand and an evil, cruel look upon his red face. ‘‘Where’s that idiot?” he demanded. “Here Peter, ’ve a word to say to you; come here.” Peter rose and came forward shrink- sitting here in the Ti NO. 487 ingly. Alas, he had too much cause for fear. ‘‘Now, I want to know,” hesaid, ‘‘why you didn’t do the work I sent you to do properly,—twice you’ve been shown how to do it; now, I’m going to show you for the third time.”’ He took the trembling cripple by the collar and twisted him about as he spoke, that he might have him more completely at his mercy. ‘‘Peter will work, master,’’ said the poor creature. ‘‘Peter will try.” “Pll learn you todo more than try,’ and the whip came down with a cruel swish on the poor deformed back. The old woman we have spoken of rushed forward with acry and clung to the man’s arm. ‘Don’t whip such a feeble creature!’’ she cried, in anguish. ‘‘Look at his poor tortured body; and have pity.’’ The brute pushed her so violently away that she staggered, and again he brought down his whip upon the quiver- ing boy. Again she stayed his arm. **You shall not do it,’’? she said; ‘‘let the poor creature go!”’ ‘‘Lock this old fool in a room, and give her bread and water to-morrow,’’ he said; and two of his myrmidons led her away. Alas for Peter! her kindly interference had lent fuel to the flame of the furious man’s passion, and he flogged the poor fellow until he was weary, and then flung him from him with an oath. The wretched boy lay ina heap upon the floor, so still that his comrades in misery almost feared that he was dead. They dared not stir until the footsteps of the tyrant had ceased to sound, and then they ministered to his victim. The woman who had lit the light came into the room. “Pve brought some water,” she said; “TI wish I could have prevented this.” “I doubt he’s past drinking water,’’ said an old crone who had brought a dirty cushion for his head to rest upon. “ll get a little brandy,’’ said the woman, ‘“‘if you’ll promise not to tell him.” She burried away, and ina few minutes returned with someina tumbler. Kneeling beside Peter, she raised his head and forced a few drops between his white lips, and in afew moments consciousness returned. ‘“‘Come,’’ she said, ‘‘try to get up; and I'll help you to bed.’’ Finding him still unable to rise, she mingled some water with the brandy in the tumbler and made him drink it. ‘Come, try, Peter; he will be back, you know; and then | can’t help you!’’ Perhaps this idea did more to rouse poor Peter than the brandy, for he shuddered, and with difficulty rose, and, helped by Sue, went to his bed. The night was far spent when a cry of fire rang out upon the startled air. Bells rang, the engine rattled over the roads, and windows were thrown up by those who had been awakened by the clamor. ‘*Where is it?’’ they asked of those who passed by. The wind bore back the answer, ‘‘The poorhouse is on fire!” Great tongues of flame issued from the left wing of the unsightly building, and roared and crackled as they wound themselves around the windows and crept under the eaves. The inmates had been roused, and it was supposed that all were safe; but as they stood in a group upon the lawn, it was discovered that one was missing— old Mrs. Bent, Peter’s friend. She had been locked in, the reader will remem- ber for her interference in his behalf. As a great cry went up, she appeared at the window. The fire had not yet reached that part of the building; but as the whole structure was_ inevitably doomed, there was no time to be lost. There was acry for the poor-master; >} THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. for the key. Peter did not wait for either; with his powerful arms he climbed a huge waterspout and flung himself from that to the window. As he hung for amoment on the sill and then drew himself up, a mighty roar rose from a thousand throats. ‘‘Break the door, lad, and come down the stairs!’ Before they knew it, Mrs. Bent and Peter were with them, and the spectators pressed forward to clasp the hunchback’s hand. Then a child’s voice was heard,— ‘“‘Papa! Mamma! oh, take me down! “My God!’ said a bystander, ‘‘there’s a child in there yet!’’ As he spoke a tongue of flame darted out and for a moment licked the frame of the window above the child. A groan went up, as they saw more plainly the little white figure. ‘‘Are there no ladders? the staircase in that end is burned away.” “None long enough to reach!’ cried the agonized father. ‘‘Oh, my child, my child!’ “She might be let down with a rope, if one could be got to her.’’ In a moment the ‘‘idiot” was all alive. “Give Peter a rope,’’ he cried; Peter will save Dotty.”’ In a moment they had tied a stout rope about his body, and he was ascending. The fire had spread along the roof at this point, and was working downward. From part to point he climbed, securing each ground of vantage. Now on the porch roof, now hanging onto a window or cornice, until at length he stood be- 9 side the child. Then again the roar went up. Carefully Peter fastened the rope around her slender body—first wrapping his coat about her—with aknot which an old sailor inmace of his dreary home had taught him to make. What were the thoughts of the tyrant, as he saw the noble boy take the little girl in his arms that he might lower her down; as she, heedless of the flames that singed them as they stood, put her tiny arms round his neck and kissed him? What were his thoughts as he saw her seized by eager hands as she neared the ground—safe, while a loud rumbling noise smote the air, and the front wall and roof caved inward, and the hungry flames, with a terrific roar, shot above the place where the hunchback had stood? EpiTH MARy NorRIs. oO Thny Made a Statement A St. Louis jobbing house asked one of its customers for a statement of their condition, receiving the following reply: MARSHALL, Mo., Jan. 15, 1893—Gentle- men: Yours of the 3rd inst. is at hand and contents carefully noted. After indulging us on divers occasions, and in one in- stance of nearly $300—all of which was promptly paid on or before the expira- tion of the 30 days—you now, before shipping a small order, demand or re- quest astatement of our standing, capi- tal, ete., all of which we acknowledge your right to do. Now, as to our stand- ing, it radiates between five feet ten and six feet two, witha specific gravity of 126 in the shade. As regards our assets, we enumerate them as follows: Cash invested in groceries....... . $1,014.72 Surplus outside of business . 4.14 ee oe... 2 = = Chattel property—pointer pups, ‘ete. Tom Collin’s note—past due. asap ee... 2.20 Cereals — mostly pop corn and “navy oe 4.26 Heriditary wealth from our uncle in ae... Ce 00,000.00 Bonds ... bers oe 000.00 ——— eel just out. Pacific Mail ... inten A Credit Mobiler—registered — Le 0,000.00 Emma Mining Company—Ist —e 0,000 UO United States 5’s . are out. Western Lnion— prefered . U det In addition to the above, our personal property consists in part of wife and two children, three heating stoves, two left- handed looking glasses, and an extension table, with all appurtenances thereto be- longing. Now, gentlemen, you will readily perceive that we are frank—eoon- cealing nothing. A‘l our real, personal and chatteral and collateral and hered- itary wealth are unfolded to your gaze. Our natural instinct, together with the enormous stock of Christianity which we earry, course to pursue. We confess that in an enables us to see the proper, unguarded moment we did put one of our children in our wife’s name. With that exception, the property is nearly all convertible. Now, brethren, after re- | viewing the above multitude of wealth, don’t get reckless and insist on forward- ing two or three carloads of staples. We can’t use them. Don’t consider us a National Bank, rather put us down as a ‘“Freedman’s Bureau Savings Institu- tion.’’ In conclusion, allow us to thank you for the unlimited and unexpected kindness you have extended in the past, and may kind Heaven continue to dump sunshine and prosperity upon the lead- ing grocery house of the ‘Future Great’’ City. P. S.—Gentlemen, after consulting with our attorney, we have, at his sug- gestion, concluded to inform you con- fidentially, that in addition to enclosed schedule of assets our junior partner, Mr. Day, is on the track of Charley Ross, — $3,000. Respectfully, BRYANT & Day. —— i aetna How to Advertise a Line of Paints. ‘General merchants who handle paints have opportunities for original and ef- fective advertising that very few of them fully appreciate,’’ recently re- marked A. M. Nelson, President of the A. M. Nelson Paint Co., of St. Louis. ‘The majority of the dealers think that all the advertising that is necessary is the mere announcement that they can meet the demand for certain colors in certain packages. They also think that because mixed paints cannot well be damaged the outward appearance the cans present has nothing to do with their sale. It is understood, of course, that the contents of a battered can of mixed paints are just as perfect as when they left the factory, but it is a well- known fact that the consumers will go out of their way to secure cans with bright, clean labels. This may appear unreasonable at first thought, but it will not appear so extraordinary after all! if we will but study our own whims in a like regard. Say, for instance, you goto the grocery for some canned peaches. The grocer sets before you two or three different brands of the same grade, and for which he asks the same price. The labels are soiled upon all but one of the cans, but he assures you that the con- tents are unimpaired; nevertheless you select the brightest and cleanest can, and the chances are that you would se- lect it if he offered a reduction on the others. The way paints are packed renders it comparatively easy to exhibit them in an artistic as well as a promi- pent manner. The different sizes of the packages renders the making of pyra- mids and arches comparatively easy, and at the same time specially fit them for advantageous display on the shelves. When it comes to advertising we ought always to appeal to some instinct in the people we aimto reach. I hold that it is not enough to merely inform them that you keep such-and-such goods in stock. The dealer can use comparisons that will impress their customers with the superi- ority of mixed paints. If their trade is merely among the farmers they can ask some such question as this: ‘Can you get the same results from a 160-acre farm with a short supply of old-fashioned im- plements as you can with afull and com- plete line of modern implements and ma- chinery? If you can’t, why is it that you think you can mix paints as well as the manufactnrers who have devoted years to the study of the business, and who possess every facility for perfect and thorough work?’ There are local- ities where road signs can be used to ex- cellentadvantage. Toillustrate: A deal- er might put up on each road leading to the town four or five board signs, paint- ed in different colors. On these signs he could make the statement that ‘This sign was painted with three coats of Blank’s superior mixed paints, sold only in this county by Money Maker. Three dollars’ worth of this paint will give three coats to square feet of space; figure it out for yourself, and you will see that it won’t cost you but $— to paint your house.’ I am satisfied that the gen- eral merchant who will adopt some such advertising method will find it the most profitable investment he ever made.”’ Established 1868. TM. REYNOLDS & SON, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Building Papers, Carpet Lin- ings, Asphalt Ready Roofing, Tarred Roofing, Felt, Coal Tar, Roofing and Paving Pitch, Resin Asphalt Roof Paints, Mineral Wool for deadening purposes, Asbestos products, Pipe cover- ing, car, bridge and roof paints. Elastic roofing Cement, Ete. Practical ROOLEr In Felt, Composition and Gravel, Warehouse and Office Cor. LOUIS and CAMPAU Sta.. Grand Rapids, Mich ATLAS SOAP Is Manufactured only by HENRY PASSOLT, Saginaw, Mich. For general laundry and family washing purposes. Only brand of first-class laundry soap manufactured in the Saginaw Valley. Having new and largely in- ereased facilities for manu- factaring we are well prepar- ed to fill orders promptly and at most reasonable prices. WHITE KID SLIPPERS. $1.10 PER PAIR. Send Your Orders to BIRTH, KRAUSE & CO,, 12-14 LYON ST. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN Fire & Maring Insurance C0. Organized 1881. DETROIT, MYCHIGAN FRANK H. WHITE, Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of Brooms, Wasiboards, Wooden AND Indurated Pails & Tubs, Wooden Bowls, Clothespins and fRolling Pin«, step Ladders, Washing Ma- chines, Market, Bushel and De- livery Bas ets, Kuiiding Paper, Wrappin Paper, Sacks, Twine and Stationery. Manufacturers in lines allied to above, wish- ing to be represented in this market are request- ed to communicate with me. 125 COURT ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. EATON, LYON & CO’S Full force of travelers will soon be out with complete lines of new goods in Stationery —AND— Sporting Goods 20 & 22 MONROE ST,, GRAND RAPIDS. Send in your orders for MASKS to the New York Baby Carriage Co., 47,49, 51, 53 Canal St, Best Assortment and Lowest Prices, FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. Buopesetr, President. Gro. W. Gay, Vice-President. Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier, CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make azspecialty oficollections. Accounts of country,merchants solicited. a + w 4 oi « % THEH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 3 SUCCESS. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Life has many phases. One that we all grant, but concerning which our views are vastly different, is success. Each of us possesses an ideal of what we would like our life to be, and the nearness to which we approach that ideal, constitutes true success. Some- times when our life appears most suc- cessful to others, to ourselves, in view of the goal we have failed to attain, it seems almost a failure. If we wish to make a success of any particular plan of life, we find that almost everything must be put aside, especially anything that would conflict with the object we wish to attain. Of a man who, at a comparatively early period in life, has become very wealthy, we are apt to exclaim, ‘‘What a success that man’s life is!” But is it? Let us look a moment; maybe we can see what it cost him tostand where he does to-day. In his younger days, he had a keen love for art in all its different phases. After he has made a start, he thinks that he can give a portionof time to the study of music or painting, but, after a few hours spent at either, his mind does not seem to be as quick to grasp at questions pre- taining to money-making. So all oth- er subjects are at once or gradually given up, as_ his object is to become rich as quickly as possible. But what is the cost to himself? The will power which enabled him to put everything aside has now become the master, and, when he would pursue this or that subject to re- lieve the strain on his mind, he cannot. A youth starts in life wishing to stand + at the head of his chosen profession, be it doctor, lawyer, statesman or divine. He spends years in study and hard work only to find that he has but made a be- ginning, and that, if he would accom- plish his aim, he must, indeed, walk a narrow path. Some get discouraged at this point, lag a little, losing interest for a time. Again pushing forward, they find the place filled they left for a mo- ment; and so, being pushed aside, they despair of ever reaching the goal and give up the good fight. Success will have no laggards in the ranks. All things lead to success, even those that seem hindrances. Obstacles in the way, if determinedly put under foot, will be conquered, and the next one that presents itself will be the easier overcome. That old saying, ‘‘All things come to him who waits,” is true, not in the sense of sitting still and doing noth- ing while waiting, but while waiting, in taking whatever comes to hand, even if it does not happen to suit. By and by, matters will turn so that you can pursue your original plan. Success is a hard taskmaster—how hard, some of us know to our sorrow. I would not say, ‘‘Do not strive for suc- cess.”? But, let us take life more calmly, more slowly, not making such a hurly- burly of it as people, especially American people, are now doing. To my wav of thinking, that man is most successful who, while pursuing the high ideal, has found time to help, by the wayside, someone more unfortunate than him- self who is struggling through dif- ficulties; who has taken the time to go on a journey, once in a while, and so_ brush the cob- webs from his brain, caused by the wor- riments inevitably incident to an active business life; who has kept up this or that study that interested him in youth; who has taken the time to stay at home from business one day in the week—Sun- day—and get a bit acquainted with the wife and wee ones; who has laid aside, on the daily return tothe home nest, the eares and perplexities of the weary hours, and smoothed out those wrinkles that will come between the eyes, bring- ing to the dear ones that cheer which makes the whole place bright, and with- out which all is gloom. In fact, that man who has taken the time to live is he who has come nearest to true success. Let us all strive for this success, working each day so that night finds us a little nearer the goal. Ab LE He Knew There Was a Skin in It. The man was ina brown study when he went into the drug store. ‘‘What can we do for you?” the clerk. “Tl want black something of some- thing,’? he said. ‘Have you got any?’’ ‘Probably we have,” replied the clerk, ‘“‘but you’ll have to be more definite to get it.’’ The customer thought for a moment. “Got any black sheepskin of some- thing?” he asked. ‘“*No, we don’t keep sheepskins. have chamois skins, though.’’ “That isn’t it, Il know,’’ said the cus- tomer. ‘‘Got any ether kind of skins?” **No.”? “Skins, skins, skins,” repeated the man, struggling with his slippery memory. ‘‘Calfskins seems to be some- thing like it. Got any black calfskins of anything?’’ ‘**No, not a one,” and the clerk laughed. The customer grew red in the face. **By jove,’’ he said, ‘‘if it isn’t a skin, what in thunder is it?” ‘Possibly it is a hide?’’ suggested the clerk kindly. “That's it! That’s it!’ exclaimed the man. ‘‘Have you got any black hides of something or anything?”’ “Not that Iam aware ot,’? and the ecustomeer became thoughtful again. ‘*Hide, hide, hide,’’ he repeated. ‘Got any rawhide of anything?’’ The clerk shook his head sadly as the man tramped up and down the store. ‘Got any black cowhide of anything?” he asked after a minute’s thought. The clerk’s face showed a gleam of in- telligence, and then broke into a smile. ‘“*Possibly it is black oxide of manganese you want,” he said quietly. The customer almost threw his arms around the clerk’s neck. “Of course, that’s it,’? he exclaimed. “I knew there was a skin or something somewhere about the thing,’’ and he calmed down and waited for what he wanted. inquired We —__ ~~ Has Paid It All. It is announced that ‘‘Deacon’’ S. V. White, the New York broker who failed about a year and a half ago, owing more than $1,000,000, has just finished paying the whole of it off. Mr. White’s failure was a source of genuine regret to all that knew him, and his creditors at the time expressed their willingness to settle for a small part of the indebtedness, but he refused to accept any such an arrange- ment, declaring he would pay every cent that was due. Heresumed business under an arrangement with his creditors, and it has been understood that he was prospering, but that he has succeeded in discharging so large an amount in so short atime has been a surprise even to his friends. —_—_—__ + A Swiss Boycott on France. It isreported that in consequence of the failure of the Franco-Swiss conven- tion Swiss manufacturers and traders will endeavor to limit their purchases in France to those articles which they can- not get elsewhere. The great bulk of the orders hitherto placed in France will be given to Germany and Austria-Hun- gary. The feeling against France is said to be very bitter among Swiss com- mercial men. The Wayne Self -Measuring Oil Tank. Measuring One Qt, and Half Gallon at a Single Stroke. Manufactured by the L TANK (0. First Floor Tank and Pump. WAYNE FORT WAYNE, IND. Cellar Tank and Pump. We Lead, ket Others Follow. PirrsFreLp, Mass., Oct. 5, 1892. Wayne Oil Tank Co., Fort Wayne, Ind. Gents—The tank we bought from you has now been in our use two months. We are more than pleased with it. It works easily, accurately and rapidly. Would not do without it for twice its cost. e take pleasure in recommending it as the cleanest and best machine for handling oil we ever saw. ‘You may refer as many as you like to us, we have only words of praise for it. G. T. & W. C. Manpieo. Britton, Mich., June 15, ’92. Wayne Oil Tank Co., Fort Wayne, Ind. GENTLEMEN —I think your tanks are bound to be a seller, for in the thirteen years I have been selling oil I never have seen their equal. Yours truly, W. C. Bascock. PRICE LIST. First floor Tanks and Pumps. Cellar Tanks and Pumps. oe $13 00 to $14 00 Seen... 1... aor se... 17 00 ne cece on GF She. 21 60 Oe Lec. wees Soe 25 00 Shee. .s.. wet oe... 8... 30 00 Pump without tank.... Compare our prices. Order now and save agents’ commission. Why have the sales in- creased 25 per cent. dur- ing the past year on SilverSoap | Manufactured by THE THOMPSON & CHUTE SOAP CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. FIRST.—High Grade of Quality! SECOND.—Its moderate Cost! THIRD.—The Successful Line of Advertising Matter giveneery Merchant who handles it! Send your order to any Wholesale Grocer or direct to the factory for prompt shipment. Snedicor & Hathaway, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS, SHOKS and RUBBERS, 124 and 126 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich. Men’s and Women’s Fine Shoes a Specialty. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE, AROUND THE STATE. Benton Harbor—Bagley & Hill succeed J. J. Miller in the meat business. Stanton—D. Palmer succeeds Beardsley in the harness business. Pontiac—Sam’! J. North succeeds R. H. Elliott & Son in the drug business. Charlevoix—Lewis Miller succeeds Fox & Miller in the boot and shoe business. Marcellus—E. P. Castner has purchased the grocery stock of C. T. & L. E. Nash. Benton Harbor—E. D. Still sueceeds Willis H. Dunbar in the meat business. Bentou Harbor—Hall & Nichols suc- eeed Guy Lockwood in the drug business. Menominee—A. Bloch is succeeded by A. Bloch & Son in the dry goods busi- ness. West Branch—Lewis Benaway _ suc- ceeds B. S. Henry in the grocery busi- ness. Easy—Myron R. King is succeeded by James R. Chapin in the hardware busi- ness. Marcellus— D. H. Palmer succeeds Jones & Palmer in the hardware busi- ness. Tekonsha—The W. L. Miller Grocer Co. succeeds H. N. Randall in general trade. Centerville—Gesina Schermerhorn has purchased the notion stock of M. & H. Hogan. Owosso—Chas. W. Parker has opened a grocery and boot and shoe store at West Owosso. Ww. &. Jackson—L. I. Blashfield has _ pur- chased the grocery stock of W. W. Thomas. & Foster succeed in the hardware Sherman—Wilson Wilson & Richardson business. Musk*gon—Mann, Moon & Co. suc- ceed R. K. & W. H. Mann in the lumber business. Chesaning—Morehouse Bros. succeed Stuart & Morehouse in the hardware business. Pinckney—The clothing stock of Frank E. Wright has been closed on chattel mortgage. Ovid—A. S. Rose succeeds Dan’! Arm- strong in the restaurant and confection- ery business. Ovid—Lyman Bros., dealers in crock- ery and groceries, have assigned to D. W. Morehouse. Chesaning—Chas. J. Stuart succeeds Whipple Bros. & Granger in the hard- ware business. Coleman—B. E. Calkins has removed his grocery and drug stock from Calkins- ville to this place. Sturgis—M. Kemper is closing out his clothing stock at auction sale, and will remove to Elkhart, Ind. West Bay City—Walsh & Tanner suc- ceed Walsh & Co. in the wholesale gro- eery and produce business. Mason—Bates & Henderson, clothiers, have dissolved, Henderson & Hunting- ton continuing the business. Detroit—Merbach & Schmidt, boot and shoe dealers, have dissolved, Chas. J. Merbach continuing the business. Owosso—Dr. Gould is removing drug stock from Chesaning to Owosso, where he will continue the business. Fremont—Teman Pearson is now sole proprietor of the Central meat market, having bought J. W. Johnson’s interest. Detroit—Leszezynski & Melin, dealers in clothing and furnishing goods, have dissolved, Frank B. Melin continuing the business. his Giadwin—Sterling & Co., of Monroe, have established a yard here for the pur- chase and shipment of telephone and telegraph poles. Detroit—C. E. Smith has retired from the wholesale boot and shoe firm of H. S. Robinson & Co. The style of the firm remains the same. lonia—W. S. Bouk, Wm. R. Taylor and Thos. Renwick have formed a copartner- Muskegon—Jerry Beerman has sold his meat market at 20 S. Terrace street to John De Haas, who will continue the business at the same location. Constantine — The oldest established business in St. Joseph county has changed hands. John Hotchin has sold out his harness business to George W. Pike. Belding—A. L. Spencer has sold his interest in the drug and grocery stock of Spencer Bros. to Silas Cobb and W. D. Day. The new firm will be known as E. R. Spencer & Co. Mancelona—W. M. Simons has sold his boot and shoe stock to C. W. Hayes, traveling representative for M. D. Wells & Co., who will continue the business under the management of Mr. Simons. Saginaw—King & Moore have merged their grocery and provision business into a stock company under the style of the King & Moore Co. The capital stock is $50,000, of which $21,000 is paid in. Elk Rapids—Chas. E. Mahan has pur- chased the interests of C. L. Martin and J. E. Mahan in the drug and stationery firm of C. L. Martin & Co. and will con- tinue the business in his own name here- after. Manton—The I. M. Clark Grocery Co. recently took a chattel mortgage on the grocery stock of Frank L. Roberts, sub- sequently transfering it to H. G. Hutzler, who is a brother-in-law of Roberts. Hutzler has now forclosed the mortgage and the sale is advertised te occur on the 19th. Port Huron—A. H. Currie recently ut- tered three chattel mortgages on _ his men’s furnishing goods stock—one for $3,800 to E. C. Boice, one for $2,300 to the Commercial Bank and one for $500 to H. A. Newland & Co., of Detroit. On Wednesday Newland & Co. demanded immediate payment of their claim. Mr. Currie could not raise the money. and Newland & Co. were about to attach the stock, when the Commercial Bank and Mr. Boice heard of their intentions and immediately foreclosed. The now in the hands of the sheriff. store is MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Muskegon—D. A. Miner succeeds Me- Millen & Miner in the shingle business. Levering—C. E. Williams is adding a shingle mill to his sawmill plant near this place and will start it this week. it will cut 50,000 daily. Beaverton—Hood & Seeley, who built a hoop mill here last fall, will erect during the winter a stave and heading mill to be operated in connection with the hoop mill. Saginaw—The Hemmeter Cigar Co. has been organized witha paid in capital ship under the style of W. S. Bouk & Co. and opened a harness shop. | mill on the Bliss branch, five miles east ,of Coleman, to cut hubs, staves and | heading. | Manistee—Besides what they are haul- | ing daily for the State Lumber Co., the | Manistee & Grand Rapids Railroad is hauling about 75,000 daily for the Can- field Salt & Lumber Co., which are being ; dumped on the ice at the head of the | lake, and will have quite a roll way be- | fore spring. St. Louis—Geo. Ferris, one of St. Louis’ hustling business men, has purchased the pail and tub factory building, where the large factory was located which moved to Saginaw in October, and will immediately place machinery in it that will give it a larger capacity than it had under the former owners. The men who left the city to work in the Saginaw fac- tory will return to this city, and will be given employment in the factory Muskegon—The famous Petrie-Torrent litigation, growing out of the purchase and sale of the Hannah, Lay & Co. hold- ings, has been further complicated by a new suit begun in the Muskegon Circuit Court by Petrie against Torrent for $200,- 000. The only thing that has been made public is the fact that the summons has been served. Mr. Petrie’s attorneys re- fuse to tell what the case is about until the declaration is filed, which will be some time in March. Saginaw—The Britton & Barber Hoop Co. filed articles last week, the capital stock being $30,000, all paid in. The company purchased the site of the Owen- Hutchinson Lumber Co.’s plant, and has erected thereon one of the finest mills in the state for the manufacture of hoops and boat oars. It will consume 4,000,000 feet of elm annually in the manufacture of hoops and all the white ash logs that ean be purchased in the manufacture of oars. ! ae An Instance of the ‘‘Law’s Delay.’”’ In January, 1885, a Sheridan druggist named Geo. C. W. Richards left the Siate for reasons best known to himself, at the same time sending word to the Hazel- tine & Perkins Drug Co. to take posses- sion of the stock, dispose of it to the best advantage, and credit him with the amount owed the house. The Drug Co., therefore, took possession of the stock, disposing of it on Jan. 10 of the same year to Jacob Vanderberg, who was at that time buyer for the Chippewa Lum- ber Co., at Chippewa Lake. He paid $900 for the stock and fixtures and added $200 worth of new goods, whereupon Steere & Brown, attorneys of Stanton, seized the stock by reason of an alleged power of attorney from Richards and re- moved itto Stanton. Vanderberg there- upon brought suit against the law firm for damages in the Circuit Court of Mont- calm county and was awarded $900, in- terest and costs, the jury holding that Steere & Brown forged the bill of sale by which they claimed possession of the stock. The defendants appealed to the Supreme Court, which reversed the ver- dict and ordered a retrial. The second trial resulted the same as the first and this verdict was subsequently affirmed by of $10,000 and will engage in the manu- facture of cigars in the building formerly occupied by the Warren Cigar Co. | Coleman—J. E. Curtis, who is building | a stave and heading mill here, will start | the plant in about two weeks with a/| large stock of material. He proposes to | | also add a planing mill, and is building a. the Supreme Court. In the meantime | Steere & Brown had dissolved partner- ship, the former locating in Chicago and the latter in Muskegon. Neither were men Of any financial responsibility, so Vanderbe rg was compelled to look to the bondsman for restitution. Suit was ac- cordingly instituted against Alonzo Corey, formerly a resident of Stanton but now a real estate operator in Detroit. Realizing that he was responsible for the amount of the judgment, he offered to pay $1,200 in full settlement of the claim. This proposition was accepted and Mr. Corey is now released from further responsibility. After paying costs and attorney fees, which amounted to $500, Mr. Vanderberg received $700, ; in satisfaction of an original investment |of $1,100 for stock, $150 in court costs } and about $500 worth of annoyances and worry over the matter. Allof which goes to prove that it is about as expen- sive to win a law suit as to lose it. a ct = Financial Notes. The Peoples’ Savings Bank has been organized at Belding by nearly the same gentlemen interested in the Belding Sav- ings Bank—a shrewd scheme to occupy the banking field of the town and have the competition friendly. The new in- stitution has a capital stock of $30,000, being officered follows: President, Edwin R. Spencer; Vice-President, F. R. Chase; Cashier, Morris A. Reed; Board cf Directors, F. R. Chase, E. R. Spencer, G. M. Spencer, John Greenop, M. A. Reed, Brinton F. Hall, Wilbur H. Locke, Carlton White, G. W. Ellis, Geo. Hoppough, F. D. M. Davis. Geo. F. Raynolds, who has been Cashier of the First National Bank of Cheboygan since its organization, succeeds Egbert A. Smith as President. The position thus vacated will be occupied by A. W. Ram- say, who has been Assistant Cashier of the Bank for several years. A A tp Use Tradesman. Coupon Books. as FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. FAVOR SALE—GOOD, CLEAN, SALABLE stock of drugs, groceries and hardware, or will exchange for desirable chattel property or real estate. Arthur Mulholland, Jr., Ashton, Mich, 5 SITUATIONS WANTED. Po WANTED—FOR A YOUNG LADY who is experienced in commercial and bank book-keeping, accustomed to cash and general office work, an exceilent stenographer and Rem- ington operator, five years’ experience with late employers Valuable, competent help, a lady of refinement and ability. Owing to change in business, parties are assisting to secure a posi- tion Address Late Employers, care Michigan Tradesman 638 MISCELLANEOUS, ARM FOR SALE OR EAXCHANGE—TWO hundred acres in a good farming district, within 12 miles of the city of Grand Rapids, Clay loam soil. Two apple orchards, large grain barn, horse barn, etc. Good s ring of water near house. Will sell on tihersl termes or will exchange for stock of merchandise not to ex ceed $4,000 in value in part pay. For further particulars call on or address M. S., 666 Wealthy avenue, Grand Rapids, Mich. 643 WV 4NTED—To PURCHASE STOCK GRO- ceries. Address Box 1015, Des Moines, Towa. 646 J ANTED—GOOD LOCATION TO ENGAGE ‘ in the meat business. Would buy market in good town. Address No. 644, care Michigan Tradesman. O44 \ ANTED—A YOUNG MAN WITH ONE OR two years’ experience in drug store. ©. F. Powers, Portland, Mich. 639 ANTED—PARTNER WITH SMALL CAP. ital to engage in established and good paying manufacturing business. R. N. Thomp- son, So. Boardman, Mich. 634 OER SALE — TWO-STORY FRAME STORE building and dwelling in thriving Northern Michigan town. Property well rented. Will sell cheap or exchange for city property. A. M. LeBaron, 65 Monroe St. 636 OR SALE—CLEAN sTOCK OF GENERAL merchandise, located at Sumner, six miles south of Riverdale Building is 22x88, with storehouse 20x), all in good shape. Trade amounts to $15,000 per year. Excellent opportu nity. Address No, 632, care Michigan Tzades- man. 632 OR SALE—TWENTY-FOUR DRAWER LET- ter file, nearly new and used but a short see. Have no use for it, as we took it on a debt. 631 . T. Lamoreaux, 128 West Bridge street. —_—— THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Gripsack Brigade. H. A. Montgomery, formerly with Corl, Knott & Co., is now on the road for Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., covering the Upper Peninsula and the Mackinaw Div- ision of the Michigan Central. M. J. Rogan, traveling representative for Walter Buhl & Co., is not practicing for a pedestrian tour, but his friends say he made remarkably good time on the country road running north from Otsego one day last week. His rig broke down and he ‘‘hoofed it’? into town in time to make connections just the same. Justice Harris, of Kalamazoo, has ren- dered his decision in the case of Marcel- lus W. Dyer, of Chicago, against his em- ployers, William H. Burns & Co., of Worcester, The suit was a gar- nishee proceeding and an attachment of money held by Rosenbaum & Speyers, which was due Burns & Co. Dyer was employed to travel and sell woolen under- wear for Burns & Co. at a salary of 5 per cent. on all Mr. Dyer’s commis- sion on a bill of goods he sold to Rosen- baum & Speyers amounted to $79. He also sold a bill to a firm some place in the West, and his commission in this case was $212. ‘The goods were shipped, but were not accepted, and while stored in a warehouse burned up. The manu- facturers tried to hold Dyer for the goods and also put in a claim for damages. The court held that Dyer’s commission claim was valid and gave him a judg- ment for $300. Mass. sales. There are comparatively few of the Detroit traveling men who were on the road longer with the same line of goods and over the same territory than D. L. Swasey, who sold hardware through Cen- tral Michigan for a period of about twen- ty years. Mr. Swasey commenced to travel in 1870 for Solon Prentiss & Co., and remained with them five years. He then entered the employ of Ducharme, Fletcher & Co., and remained with them and their successors, Fletcher, Jenks & Co., for fifteen years. In January, 1890, he left the road to take an interest in the firm of Standart Bros., who have been in the same line of business in Detroit for nearly thirty years. During the whole time that Mr. Swasey was on the road he traveled mainly through Central Michi- gan, though at different times he went over other portions of the State. There is probably no one who has traveled out of Detroit in the hardware trade who has a wider acquaintance or is better known. Having a thorough knowledge of the bus- iness, and being courteous and straight- forward in his dealings with customers, he has naturally been very successful. He was one of the first to join the Michi- gan Commercial Travelers’ Association, and, though never holding office in it, he has always been an active member and an admirer of that organization. Mr. Swasey says that there are many men in business now to whom he sold goods when he commenced to travel, more than twenty years ago, probably a larger pro- portion than in most any other branch, the hardware trade being more staple than most others. There however, quite a difference in the methods of buy- ing. Retail dealers used to stock up in is, spring and fall with supplies for six months. Now transportation facilities | are such that they can get goods me time, and they send in orders the year | round, buying smaller quantities at a time, The travelers used to be out nof | more than three-fourths of the year. Now ! they are out pretty much all the time, | with the exception, perhaps, of short va- | cations in summer. Then the wholesale | houses were rushed in spring and fall | and had dull trade at other times, while | now the sales are much more evenly dis- | tributed throughout the year. Under | the old system four months’ credit was given, now the limit is 60 days, but pay- | ments being smaller in amount are more easily met than formerly. The change | in system has thus been of great advan- tage to both jobber and retailer. a The Grocery Market. The market is without important fluctuations. Jobbers experience con- siderable difficulty in shipping goods sub ject to damage by freezing, such as vin- egar, pickles, cheese, bluing, ink, etc.,and dealers who do not get these goods with their orders should bear this fact in mind. Sugar—The market is the same as a week ago. Tobaceo—Lorillard has advanced his Climax and Three Black Crows brands of plug le per Ib. Provisions—Still on a rampage, no indications of lower prices. Flour—The local millers’ monopoly have advanced the paying price of wheat from 65 to 68 cents per bushel and raised the price of flour 20c per barrel. Canned Goods—-Tomatoes have taken another advance and pegged up to $1 at Baltimore for 3 lb. standards, which is equivalent to $1.10 here. With few ex- ceptions there are no tomatoes in the hands of speculators and large handlers, nearly all the stock now being in the hands of the wholesale and retail trade, and itis an assured fact that they will go higher, as the country is bound to be bare of stock before new goods come into the market again. Corn continues firm with an upward tendency. Extra sugar corn is worth $1 in Baltimore, which is equivalent to $1.10 in this market. Lo- eal dealers confidently expect the price will go to $1.25 before the end of the season. with _—_— oO The Dry Goods Market. The dry goods market is quiet. Re- tailers are making special sales to force sales, while jobbers are showing, and re- ceiving orders on, spring goods, such as ginghams, prints, outing flannels and fine printed and wash goods. Linens have found ready sale in the past ten days. This month is now chosen by retailers to sell these goods at special sales. Bleached and brown cottons remain very firm in price. Prints range from 5 @6 anda few of the best brands are even quoted @ 61g. Dress ecambries and silesias are well sold up and are scarce. Black sateens range from 10!¢ to25ec. A large sale is expected on these goods in Febru- ary and March. Brocaded effects are al- so well received, but are made mostly in better grade. —_—_—_-_ The Produce Commission Business. From the Nationnl Provisioner. The importance of the produce com- mission business in the United States cannot and must not be underrated. There is hardly a harder working class of men, and at the same time a class that is more willing and desirous to conduct and extend business than the receivers of poultry, calves, hogs, game and produce in ourcities. It is known that they rise long before the sun does, and geuerally do not go home any sooner than mer- chants who come to their offices three or four hours later than they do. Exposed to the burning sun in summer and to the severe frosts in winter, they are accus- tomed to the changes of the climate. The nature of the business requires that their goods should be kept in cool tem- peratures. It is for this reason that in winter they have to do mostof their sell- ing in the open air, while in summer, moist and damp ice boxes and chilly rooms are the places they frequent. Nev- ertheless, as we have said, they do not grumble, and are seemingly contented so long as the shippers do not begrudge them a fair commission, and are willing to treat them reasonably. As any labor- eris worthy of his hire, so also is the produce commission merchant decidedly worthy of his commission. The compe- tition in this business is considerable, and it requires good salesmen and much patience to be successful. “the Kent.’’ AMERICAN PLAN RATES, $2 PER DAY STEAM HEAT AND ELECTRIC BELLS FREE BAGGAGE TRANSFER FROM UNION DEPOT. BEAGH & BOOTH, Props. Gard to the Yrade, GRAND RaApips, Jan. 9, 1893. I have re-engaged with Edwin J. Gil- ies & Co., of New York, which ensures good values in teas, coffees, spices, mo- lasses, syrups, ete., and prompt attention to orders during the coming year. Thanking you for past favors and so- liciting a continuance of your esteemed patronage, [ am yours truly, J. P. VISNER. FowIn J, Guues & Gos BLENDED IF YOU ENJOY A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE READ THIS, WRHE fact that a coffee is a Java does not always imply that it will make a delicious beverage, for Javss differ very materially on account of the section of the Island of Java on which they are grown and the method ured in cultivating, some being grown by private planters, other under the goverament eupervision. Some of these Javas are delicious, others rank and worthless. The Dramonp Java is a blend of those Javas waich ex- cel in any peculiar degree in fine flavor or full strength, and which mingling harmoniously together produce the perfection of a coffee, The Diamonp Java ts packed in air-tight cans when taken hot from cylinders, and its fragrant aroma is thus preserved until used. This brand of Whole Roasted Coffee is intended for those that appreciate a fine article, and desire to use the best coffee that cen be obtained. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT. @ f Ifhe cannot supply you send us his name, Bolts Wanted!? I want 500 to 1,000 cords of Poplar Excelsior Bolts, 18 and 36 inches long. I also want Basswood Bolts, lengths as above. dress same For particulars ad- JW FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich. E-RISTOPHER gi h ER-LUMBUS | SMOKERS ALL WANT Ben Hur Cigars SO SHOULD YOU. MANUFACTURED AT DEBT ROT — GEO. MOEBS & UO. BUY THE PENINSULAR Pants, Shirts, aud Overalls Once and You are our Customer for life. STANTON, MOREY & CO., Mfrs. DETROIT, MICH. Geo. F. OwEN, Salesman for Western ;Michigan, Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. St. Jouns, Mich., Dec. 8, ’92. A. Schenck & Son: Gentlemen — Replying to yours of the 7th inst., would say you are welcome to use the letter as you wish, as I can only affirm what I said as to the superior quality of your flour, which I believe the best and most uniform of any made in the county. Yours truly, D. S. FRENCH. Send for Samples and Prices, A. SCHENCK & SON, ELSIE, MICH. 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Question of the Hour for the Re- tailers of Michigan. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Retailers of Michigan, no more oppor- tune time than the present was ever placed at your disposal for testing your mettle and proving to the wholesalers, manufacturers and all other classes, that you are equal to the task of guarding and defending your own interests. As stated in THE TRADESMAN of recent date, a general revision of the fundamental laws of our State will have taken place before another new year has dawned upon us. At this general revision of our constitution, many features which were supposed to be necessary in the then less developed conditions of the country, will be expunged, and new ones, better suited to the actual condition of things at present, will be added. These new fea- tures will be framed not only to meet the requirements of to-day, but, in view of our rapidly developing resources, the re- quirements of the near future will be anticipated and provided for, also. This will necessitate a large amount of in- vestigation into causes and effects grow. ing out of present conditions, and the committees entrusted with the work will be guided largely by the representations of class deputations, who will be pre- pared to show wherein the present laws injuriously affect their particular inter- ests. These deputations will not wait upon the constitution revisers simply as bearers of grievances—they will go to Lansing with ideas in their heads and blood in their eyes. They will go witha determination to secure justice and pro- tection for their own interests, and they willbe prepared to demonstrate to the law-makers just how those results can be accomplished. Will the creditor of the retailer be there looking after his interests? Most certainly he will, for he is organized for the very purpose of guarding and pro- tecting his own interests, and he has sense enough to know, first, that, if he does not protect himself, neither the re- tailer nor anyone else will; second, that the only possible way he can protect him- self is by organized, united effort. There- fore, we have the Michigan Wholesale’ Grocers’ Association, Michigan Millers Association, Michigan Dairymen’s As- sociation, Michigan Fruit Manufacturers’ Association, etc., all organized for the avowed purpose of protecting their own interests, and not those of some other association. These organized interests may be termed the retailers’ creditors, and each, no doubt, will bring its unified influence to bear on this constitutional revision, in order that nothing be re- tained or added which does now, or will hereafter, work an injustice to its own interest. Will the debtor of the retailer be pre- pared to look after his interest? Cer- tainly. The labor forces are organized to the teeth, even down to the hod-carrier. The farmers are organized, and, in fact, the retailer has no debtor that is not a brick in some solid wall of defense. Will the retailer himself be in a position to keep his fences up? Most assuredly not, unless he is organized. But he is supposed to be organized, he not? Y-e-e-s—but it a mere supposition. The retailer is a very uncertain com- modity. Itis not a difficult matter to organize him, but the trouble is he will not stay organized. He comes in all right, is is but he’s so breachy you can’t keep him | If he can’t jump out or kick the) in. fence down, he’ll balk and lie down in the harness and go to sleep. Members of the Michigan Business Men’s Association, are you dead or only asleep? If you are dead, peace to your ashes; but, if alive, an earnest effort of some kind will soon be made to arouse you from your slumbers and call you to arms. If you hear the bugle call before February shall close, let not time, dis- tance or expense keep you from respond- ing. May it awaken every subordinate B. M. A. from one side of the State to the other to a full realization of the sit- uation. May it rekindle the old flame and arouse them to immediate action in preparing for representation at the State convention, should one be called. Retailers of Michigan, are you satis- fied with our exemption laws? Are you satisfied with aconstitution that allows a debtor worth $3,500 to feed his family on the contents of your pork, sugar and flour barrels, and prohibits you from collect- ing your pay for such stealings? Divide the total worth of the retailers of Michi- gan by the total number of retailers, and you will find, Mr. Average Retailer, that you are not worth half as much as this debtor of yours; and, yet, after eating up your bread and butter and wearing out your shoes and stockings, this precious constitution of ours enables him to snap his fingers in your face and coolly tell you to goto grass for your pay. These infamous exemption laws oper- ate asa bid for rascality. After a man has accumulated a sufficient amount of property to enable him to live comfort- ably, the State says: ‘‘Now you have a home supplied with all the comforts of life, and you possess the means of sup- porting your family in good style and comparative ease. If you maintain your present standing, you will be a desirable citizen, and your family will always have a home of their own and never be- come a public charge. Now, therefore, in order to secure to the State these great advantages, I will exempt everything you now possess from any debt which you may contract, except for labor. The only condition required on your part is that your property shall always remain in kind, quantity and value what it now is.” If this is not, in effect, on the part of the State, an open bid for rascality (which finds ready acceptors everv- where), then I don’t know as much as I think ldo. For several years I (please excuse the l’s) was engaged in the gro- cery business in a country where the only things exempted from execution for debt were six knives, six forks, six plates, six cups and saucers, one cooking stove, beds and bedding for the family, and food enough to keep them alive for six weeks; and even these things, to- gether with all wearing apparel of a sur- plus nature, were not exempt in distress for rent. This represents the other ex- treme, but, of the two evils, it would be preferable to our present laws. What right has the State to encourage and pro- tect dead-beats in this bare-faced way? It is said to be humane in character and beneficial in effect—fortifying the debtor against any undue advantage which the unscrupulous and hard-hearted creditor might otherwise take, and securing to | the family a home, thereby shielding them | from possible want and destitution. The- oretically, it is all right, but, practically, it is all wrong. An honest man will not rice Current. UNBLEACHED COTTONS. “ Dry Goods P AOS .....,...4. q ee EE 6 Ate AA......... 6 Atlantic Be ews cues 6% =... 6% ” Pe ives 5% _ Bi 6 = Gh.......... 5 eee Een a Archery Buntin Beaver Dam AA.. By Blackstone O, ee Reece Crow.....-... 8 Bisck Bock ........ 6 ee 7 (ae AL....-..... 5% Covanes ¥...-...... 5 Chapman cheese cl. 3% — R 544|/Our Level Best..... dR 6 Arrow Brand 5% - na Wide. 6 4% Full Yard Wide..... 6% Georgia A.......... 6% Honest Width....... 6% Herorg sk .......+. 5 Indian Head........ 7 meee A B.... 1.5... 6% King EC.. os Lawrence fe Madras cheese cloth e% Newmarket Ga “ Ro 6% “ DD.... 54 te 6% ee... ss. 5 TE Ss Cicrece &..-.,...... Dwight eee... Gx Pewan.......-...... 7 Citeon CUC........ oo 6 Top of the Heap.... 7 BLEACHED COTTONS. Be. kl, 844 |Geo. Washington... 8 Ree... alone Beees.......... q eee... . woe cas 7 |Gold Medal......... 7% Art Combric........ 10 |Green Ticket. 8% Blackstone AA..... 7 |Great Falls.. . 6% Beats . 44%|Hope.. eieceeeae 7% Boston 1.12 |Just Out...... 4%@ 5 Capet..... ~. @imane Pdilip........ 7% Cabot, % -. 6% = | Or..... Charter Oak . 5%|Lonsdale Cambric..10 Conway W.. . J|Lonsdale...... ._ 2s Cleveland .. -. © |earenex.... .. @5 Dwight Anchor..... SMINO Name............ ™ - «shorts. 8 |Oak a ieee acest 6 meeeres............ 6 Mee Oee....... 5% ee: 7 Pride of "the West...12 Perwer.... .......-- 2inoeernG............ T™% Fruit of the Loom. 8%/Sunlight............. 4% a ike ee : Utica Mills.......-.. 8% Pivet Prise.......... Nonpareil ..10 Fruit of ae Loom &. 1% —— ee cccue eee 8% Fairmount.........- 434|White Horse........ 6 Put Yarus........-. cx: “ Boex.... 8% HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. ees... 7 |Dwight Anchor..... 8% Perel... 8. 45s 8 CANTON FLANNEL. Unbleached. Bleached. Housewife = Leweeles 514|Housewife Q.... -.. 6% nto 5% - Bice cle ge 6 ' bp ... %% va —— 6% - ieee 8% - B40. 7 ' Du... 9% _ -........ The . 7 10 “ 2... 7% . ..... -10% _ Bs 7% - Z.,..... 11% 3H — 84 : ) " Deuces 8% ' m 138% “ce “dl 9% ‘ A " - ....... 10% ' 11 - Ee nae 21 ' Pa 14 2s CARPET WAR Peerless, white......18% sasegrity colored. . .20 . colored. . — White per... ..., 18 Tee. 44). .-.. - 18% * colored. .20 DRESS GOODS. ean sac oe : Nameless ee = ef -10% ete 27% GG Cashmere...... 20 CS eee 30 Ramee -.. ....... 16 Me oie eee 32% eT Le 18 ee 35 CORSETS. Coreiae......----.- $9 50|/Wonderful . . 84 50 Senin s......... 9 Coreen... ......-. 475 Davis Waiets.:... 9 Oibortrees .........- 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 50|Abdominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS. Aver .......---..- 6%| Naumkeag satteen.. 7% Sanu — poe ES aM OCR Gers, 45... . 4. 6% Biddeford..........- Comeneeme........... ™m Brunswick. .... ..-- 8% elmore .......... 6% —. Berwick fancies.... 5% Allen yeaoan J reds.. si pink checks. é " staples ...... 6 - shirtings... 4% American fancy.... 5% Americanindigo... 64 American ——- 5 Argentine Grays.. Anchor oe. Arnold : Arnold Merino .. a long cloth B. B 10% “century cloth 2 gold seal..... 10% ‘« green seal TR10% “yellow seal. a C — beac ce “Turkey red. “10 ’ a8 & purple : ff Ballou solid lack.. 5 colors. 5% Bengal eh aan and orange... 5% Berlin solids........ 5% ss Gil blue...... 6% SS green .... 6% “ Foulards .... 5% : re ¥ io : . ww inde % “ “ 4 4 pai .10 _ “ 3-4X XXX 12 Cocheco fancy...... 6 ' ers... 6 “XX twills.. 6% ° e...... 54 TICK ponies ACA....8 Hamilton N 7 _s - Awning. ‘11 CC TS 8 Clyde Robes........ Charter Oak fancies DelMarine — 8. ourn’g Eddystone fancy." chocolat . rober ... - sateens.. Hamilton = or fan Manchester ancy. new era, icine D fancy. Merrim’ck shirtings. . Rep “ssa Pacific taney... ele Portsmouth robes... Simpson mourning.. gr . folla b biack. 6 Washington indigo. 6 Turkey robes.. 7% ‘* India robes.... 7% ' plain Tky x % 8% “ » — * Ottoman Tur- eee Martha Washington Turkey red % RR sengagpoononecancon | indigo blue....... 10% eresey......... + ae t -10% ee Lenox Mills epsene: 72 COMORES .........- COTTON DRILL. og >... 6% — SU al lees Pag 6 OB eiicces 4 © CO Tiss ore ens 7 [ropot Homp........ ag eee Amoskeag bee eae 12%{Columbian brown..12 90z.....13% Everett, ee 12% ‘ brown 13 brown. ....12% GUTOR... 6026.22.55. 11% Haymaker Ore: .... [1% Beaver Creek AA...10 brown... 7% ' Bn... @ letersi.) 11% - eis. iencanter..,........ 12% Boston Mfg Co. br.. 7 |Lawrence, 90z...... 13% ae blue 8% . No, 220....13 “ d& twist 10% _ No. 250....11% Columbian XAx br.10 _ No. 280....10% XXX bi.19 GINGHAMB. Amoskone ...... .«.. 1% Lancaster, staple... 7 Persian dress 8% fancies .... 7 - Canton .. 8% ' Normandie : . Ave...... 110% Lancashire.......... " Teazle...10%|Manchester......... 5x . Angola. .10%/|Monogram.........-. 6% * —-- 8%|Normandie......... i Arlington staple.... 644|Persian..........--- Arasapha fancy.... 4% 8% Renfrew Dress...... 7% 6% Bates Warwick dres 84%4|Rosemont..........- _ staples. 6% — ec cees 6 —— hese cee 10% —— io ee oceans TOUTTROCOMR ... 2.2. 0005e ™% Camberiand staple. 5% Toll. ‘on Nord.. -10% Cumberiand.... .... eee... «. ss ™% ee 8 eins 4% - aman 7% ee. Ti Waerwick.... -..... 8% Everett classics..... 8%/Whittenden......... 6 Exposition.......... 7% - heather dr. 8 Gienerwe............ 6% or indigo blue 9 Gienervem.... ...... 6% |Wamsutta staples... 6% Glenwood.. es Westbrook bie ooae 8 Hampton... . ...1.0- a 10 Jobnson Vhalonecl % Windermesi ee 5 ‘© indigo blue 9%/ York siccecs Ok + sepegre.... 00 GRAIN BAGS. Amoske -164%|Valley ed a 15% a. ol MG POOREEE .... 0.200. 2. 15% Amceoen.:... .....- $6 teeemee...... .......- 13 THREADS, Clark’s Mile pen. . (eerpoere....... ...- 88 Coats’, J. & P :.45 |Marshall’s.... ......88 Holyoke. Louies cecee 22% KNITTING COTTON, White. Colored. ee oo No. 6 33 38 No. - ae e Be 34 39 ae 3 . 1... 40 |‘ 18. 39 H “ i2...... 20 41 - . ae 45 CAMBRICS, Slater............-.- & (Eé@wards........... 5 White Star.. 5 |Lockwood. . 2 Kid Glove.. + & [Woous.... — 2 Newmarket......... 5 [Brunswick ........ 5 RED FLANNEL, Fireman...... .-.-- 3244(T W....-.-.....----- Re Creedmore.......... eee secu. 32% ‘Talbot AExX......... - i ar, oes ......... 35 Namoless,..... ..... 7s packeye.... ........ BH MIXED FLANNEL, Red & ~~ plaid..40 |Grey SRW... Uae &...... ...... 224%4|Western W . Wingeor...... .. oT eee 6 oz Western........ 20 tate or xxx : Vaton B..........-- 224%|Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL. Nameless.....8 @ eee 9 @10% ae 8%@10 de 12% CANVASS AND PADDING Slate. —. Black. Slate Brown. Black. 1 9% % Hs Wi% 10% 10% 10% 10%|11% 11% 11K 11% 11% 114%4|12 12 12 12% 12% 124%4|20 20 20 DUCES, Severen, 8 0z........ 9%|West ony : -- ..10% Mayland, Con. ...... 10% Z ...12% Greenwood, 7% 0z.. 9% cae. 1008. veecasees 13% Greenwood, 8 oz. “11% ae 13% Boston, 8 o8......... 10%|Boston, 10 0z........ 12% WADDINGS. Waite, Gos.......---- 25 |Per bale, 40 dos... 83 50 Colored, doz........ 20 iColored “ ....... 7 50 SILES1As, Slater, Tron Cross... 8 s;Pawtucket.......... 10% oT + med Cross a tera eee a te eo. sng Best AA..... ie — iy .......,, i SEWIN Corticelli, doz....... 85 twist, doz. .4f 50 si doz. .40 {corticellt a. per %oz ball 8 AND EYES—PER GROSS OKS No 1Brk& White..10 “ 3 “ No 4BI’k & White. = a 2 ” 2-1" SS ' “3 PINS. No 2—20, M C....... 50 |No4—15 F 3%...... 40 * £-16,8C........ 45 COTTON TAPE. No 2 White & BI’k..12 |No 8 White & BI’k..20 = s ' is 1* 2 i . 28 “6 ™ 1" & ” a SAFETY PINS. Ho3s..... oe PO Bein ce ce. toes 36 ee u. A. James Lille ebay 1 40|Steamboat......... — ara Oa cee ae 1 35\Gold Eyed. baeseseoas se 60 So ete <5 TABLE OIL CLOTH. ee 2% 6—4...3 ho am 10 — Sail Twine. 2 3 OE oo ie aes 12 Domestic 18 AnOner ...... -16 ee 13 Cherry Valley 15 iiss upton ores .18% ati 9 6—4...2 9 PLAID OSNABURG pele ene 6% ashe sin, ply. & $-ply....17 morte Geer... .....-- 20 Wool awn 4 plyi7% Powhattan ......... Mount ‘Pleasant... =» 6 ¥ a | ee ae oo > we ~e = ew 8 @ RBS SF RES ¥ a | we = ~e ew THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7 take advantage of it. He will pay his | meat and grocery bills, if he has to sell, in order to do so, his piano or a few of the luxuries which the law allows him. In fact, I cannot conceive how an honest | man can sport a $300 library (one-half claimed by his wife, of course), and re- fuse to pay the tailor for the clothes on his back, or the grocer for the flour and potatoes carried in his back door by the delivery clerk. Retailers, if you want to see these gen- tlemanly dead-beats deprived of their constitutional privileges and plucked of their borrowed—stolen, rather—plumage, keep your ear tothe ground and, when you hear the bugle call, do your duty. You are the class most interested in hay- ing these unjust exemption laws revised. To suceeed in the defense of your interests, you must present an unbroken front. United, you are a power which no legislature can withstand; unorgan- ized, you are powerless to accomplish anything. There are many things involved in this ‘Question of the Hour,’’ but lack of space prevents me, at this time, from making mention of them. The first, last and all-the-time important matter, how- ever, is efficient organization. This makes possible the only thing which can ever accomplish anything, namely, concerted action. E. A. OWEN. A Mistaken Idea ot Competition. From the Kansas City Grocer. It is true that competition is the life of trade, but too many retailers labor under the delusion that competition means nothing but cutting prices. Allare seek- ing success by securing and retaining profitable trade; but in gaining this price- cutting is considered by those who have made the most pronounced success as one of the most insignificant of all methods of competition. In fact the most suc- cessful merchants are those who have al- ways obtained reasonable profits on their sales; and it may be laid down as a_ gen- eral rule that when a retailer seeks trade by cutting prices he lacks the ability to successfully conduct his business, for it is a confession of weakness and an ad- mission that he cannot secure customers without sacrificing his stock. Competition in the better sense of the word, as applied to business, means achieving success by making one’s store more attractive to the public than other stores. Any retailer who keeps a well- assorted stock of desirable goods attrac- tively displayed in a neat, clean room, who is courteous, accommodating and reliable, has a decided advantage over a competitor whose stock is unwisely chosen, whose store is unattractive and who is unreliable or lacks courtesy. The latter finds it necessary to apply the knife to his stock, and the only result is a temporarily iucreased trade, for as soon as he asks ruling prices for his goods the public return to its favorite dealer. itis certain that no merchant ever made a lasting success through this method; for, except in oceasional in- stances, there is no ability displayed in selling goods for less than a living profit —any fool can do this. Competition means a great deal more than selling goods for less than a rival. It means the embodying in one’s daily business life of all those many features which attract and hold trade. The strongest competitors in any town are not those who slaughter prices, but those who obtain reasonable prices for their goods. Retailers who are disposed to cut price to graw custom would do well to study the methods of the successful merchants of their acquaintance, who rarely, if ever, sell goods at a loss. i Took the Job Too Low. From the Pottsville, Pa., Enterprise. A certain drummer, who dresses well and has a reasonable share of good looks, had occasion last week to make a trip in the neighborhood of Porterville and found himself at acountry hotel at which la party was to come off. He was invited to participate in the festivities and, after he had consented, the old landlord took him around the corner of the house and said to him: ‘*The young folks are mighty fond of any game with kissing init. They’!l get up something and fix it to make you kiss the handsomest gal in the room.”’ ‘*Well, Pll kiss her,” was the prompt reply. “Yes, but hold on a little,’? continued the man, ‘‘there’s my gal, Emma. We think she’s as putty as any of ’em. But certain folks around here kinder sniff at her ’cause her nose crooks a bit and her hair is a trifle high colored. Now, I want you to kiss Em for the handsomest galinthe room. It’ll do the ole woman good, do Em good and kinder set these ’ere sniffers back a little. I don’t ask you to kiss her for nothing, but if you'll do it Pll deduct a dollar off your bill in the morning. What do you say?” The young man closed with the offer and the father continued: “That's the ticket. Don’t have any make believe about it, but kiss right away as though you mean it, so that we kin all hear the smack!’’ The game was played, the traveler was ‘*fixed’’? and he kissed Em like the pop of a pistol. He felt all the happier for it that night, seeing how greatly the old woman was pleased, but the next after- noon, as he jogged along, he had to run off a score of farmers’ sons waiting be- hind trees for him because he passed their girls by for Em. He was struck by thirteen rotten eggs, six large sized beet roots, and about a bushel of potatoes be- fore he got out of the neighborhood, and when he came to figure up he realized that $1 was a decidedly moderate charge. > 4+ > —- Cheap Bread in Omaha. Bread is selling in Omaha now at thirty-six nickle loaves for a dollar, as a result of a disagreement among the bak- ers. The town has fifteen wholesale bakeries, and as many more places that bake their own bread for sale. The business has been largely overdone, and some of the bakeries lately began to cut prices in the hope of increasing their business. The others followed suit to protect themselves, and now the baking business is done practically for nothing. The consumers, however, have not raised the least murmur or protest. They are perfectly willing for the war to go on all winter. i Colors from a Pound of Coal. “If a pound of coal is subjected to dry distillation and the products and residu- als treated chemically by the process of obtaining the well-known coal tar col- ors,’’ says the Age of Steel, of St. Louis, “the one pound so treated will yield enough magenta to color 500 yards of flannel, vermilion for 2,560 yards, aurine for 120 yards and alizarin sufficient for 155 yards of red cloth.’ When You Get Tired Buying rubbish. send for our catalogue of win- dow Screens, Screen Doors, Ete. Goods well made from best materials, Prices seldom higher. A. J. PHILLIPS & CO., Fenton, Mich. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. aoe 60 ec = Joe ee... Ce Senniiee. Tyee: 8. ce 50&i0 AXES. First ons me mee. 5... ........ $7 CO eee 12 00 r % DS oe... 8 ' Do See.................... 13 50 BARROWS. dis. a ie ees uc $ 14 00 Geeegen net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. dee lew ce cen: 50&10 Geena OW ce 75&10 eee ea caw eu gue se cus 40&10 Sleigh Wee 70 BUCKETS. We ee $3 50 Wer eee 400 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Cast Laces Pin, Genre... 455. 5. oe 70& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 60&.0 Wedgie Pores Pie... . -60&10 Wrought Table......... . ..60&10 Wrought Inside Blind -60&10 Wrought Brass....... 75 Blind, Clark’s.... 70&10 Bind, Farker's....... -70&10 EEE Ee 70 BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 50 CRADLES. eee dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. Oe Cee perb 5 CAPS. ee per m 65 Oo a 60 Ce i. e 35 meee... - 60 CARTRIDGES. Rie Pee 50 Comice: Pere... .......... dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. Ee 70810 TO, 70&10 rr ce 70&10 Boceet mene a Bauteners Tangea Pirwer............ ...... COMBS. a Corey, tawrenee es. ......................... 40 Eetcneee. Ps] CHALK. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, Planished, 14 oz cut to size... .. per pound 28 i NS 26 Cold Rolled, 14x86 and 14x00.... 00... 2... Cold Rolled, eee, 23 ee 25 DRILLS. dis. Meewme se TE Biers... nk ccc cc cece 50 ‘Taper and straight Shapk................... 50 Morse se Teper mneee...................... : 50 DRIPPING PANS. See) ieee Oe oeme .................. tg Remo ees per pounG...... ............... Ge ELBOWS. Come 6 vices. 6. ............. dos.net 75 Ee dis 40 PO dis. 40410 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, $18; large, eee... _......-.... 30 Ives’, 1, $18: 2) ’ B24; ae 25 FILES—New List. dis. eee 60&10 moe Bee 60&10 OO 60410 ne oe ee nee 50 Heller's Horse Rasps .. ......-.----...... Ee 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 2%; 25 and 2%; 27 2 List 12 13 14 15 6 6 Discount, 60 AUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Coe. .............. 50 KNoBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, Jap. trimmitige............ 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Door, porcelvin, tri eS es 55 Drawer and Shutter, moreeiai............. 70 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Mates, Woeerer & Ca @................... 55 Peeeeeeee 55 —————————————————————— 55 MATTOCES. Bee =. 00, dis. 60 Musee... $15.00, dis. 60 Ree... ok... $18.50, ‘ite’ 204610. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled a * 50 MILLS. dis. — Perma Ce 1... 40 P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.’s —,,-- 40 “Landers Worry & Clork’s............ 40 «Meee «8 30 MOLASSES GATES. dis. og de 60&10 EOE ———————— 66410 Enterprise, self-measuring............ baes 25 NAILS oer ee ee. o.oo... 185 Wire pare, eee. ws 1 80@1 90 Advance over base: Steel Wire ces Base Base oe 8 oe. Base 10 a ee 25 ———————————————_—————oeeeoeee 15 we. 15 45 Me od 15 45 ®.. 20 50 oe le ee 25 60 76¢..... 40 7 Mica, 60 90 3... 00 1 20 eas os 50 1 60 Fine 3 50 1 60 Case 10 60 65 ’ 75 5 “ 90 90 Finish 10 85 vis) “ 00 90 . £2... 15 1 10 Cee 85 70 “ 00 80 - ©... 11 90 a... 1 %5 1% PLA dis Oia Tool Co.'s, TAnGF .... .... 6c os conn esse QA Cele eee oe 60 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy............-+0+- @40 Benoh, Grat quality .... .... 2.2 .--cccsececeee @60 Stanley Rule and —_ Co.’s, wood. &10 ce dis.60—10 Suen polished Ce ee cee 4 dss cee dis. 70 BIVETS. dis. a 40 Copper piste se —— Bee ede deel cteasinea 50—10 A" Wood's ¢ patenk planished Hos. "4 to “ 10 20 “B” Wood's Soe. ed, Nos. 25 to 27... 920 Broken packs c per an extra. HAMMERS. [ewes Oe. dis. 25 be cre ccs eee wees, rae ee cree ounce dis. 25 oS dis. 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................. 30c list 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....30c 40&10 HINGES, — ae dis.60&10 ee es r doz. net, 2 50 een _— and Strap, to 12 in. vir 14 and a ne 3% Screw ‘Hook and Bye, 2 ee see vee net 10 eee. net 8% ' ’ ao -net 7% . > “ m4. net % Pepe e dis. ii Barn Door Kidder Mts. gy Wood track.. 50810 Champion, andl-friction...................- 60&10 Kidder, wood track 40 HOLLOW WARE. ee 60&16 eee 60410 OE ee 60&10 Grey GriamoieG........................ .. 40810 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware................... -new list 70 Japanned Tin Ware.. Granite Iron Ware ....... 70&1 10810 due a 70&10&10 --.. -70&10&10 Gate Hooks sae eves... tt. 70&10&10 LEVELS. dis. 7 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... ROPES Sisal, is" inch and Peer _ ss Manilla. _ dis. Beoctama Irom... ........ Me 7 Try and Bevels.... 60 Mitre ._..._.......- 6 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com ee $4 0 $2 95 Nos. We 3 05 Nos. 3 05 Nos. 3 3 15 Nos. 4 3 2 No. 27 3 35 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, seal 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER, ee ae dis. 5) Silver Lake, _—— a ay 50 55 . White ...... 50 va b 55 “ 35 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. Ree eee... per - py SAWB. . ——————— * 29 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 ‘¢ Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per toot... 50 ‘¢ Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 “ Champion and Electric Tooth X Co 30 TRAPS. dis. Heees. Cane 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....... . 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s... 70 mouse, Cater... 8... 18¢ per doz Mouss, Goluaion......--............. $1.50 per doz. WIRE. dis. ee 65 Annealed Market. 70—10 Coppered Market.. - & Tinned Market. ......... 62% Barbed Spring Steel.. 50 d Fence, galvanized 2 8 eetieee i... 2 40 HORSE NAILS. an Gee. dis. aa Pusan. ..... Northwestern.. NCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, a1 mienored.............. Oo ee ee . Coe’s Patent a. wrought,. “ Oe Ta10 Coe’s Patent, malleabl ee ean dis. Per oe es Pumps, Cistern.. 7E&10 Screws, New List.. - 70&10 Casters, Bed a d Plate. iene Dampers, Agere. ..........;.-... ‘ 40 Forks, hoes, rakes “goer all steel goods...... -6&&10 METALS, PI@ TIN. ee 26C i ee . = ZINC. Duty: Sheet, 2c per pound. Gon pow Cases 6% eS 7 SOLDER. ee 16 mee Wee 15 The p og of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY Coons |... 6... per —, eee TIN—MELYN GRADE. 10x14 _ Charcoal De cee dc we tower us cpeecs cee 87 14x20 IC, pre x, iC "a additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal ae ns 4x20 14x20 Each Saditional X on this grade $1.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, ‘' Worcester. — % “i os = 7 ‘“ Allaway Grad $ BO nc nee cc ieee tees eo ee a 15 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, inane. = * se 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman A WEEELY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, - Postage Prepaid, ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of heir papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address, Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. t= When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1893, THE WORLD’S RAILWAYS. The Census Bureau, in an interesting bulletin, gives the railway mileage of the world for the census year of 1890, as follows: Cee tees ———....lw.C +. oe North America, outside United States ... 19.340 ae 18,798 South America ..... Ee i sil 16,552 ——..,.. 11,137 ae 3,992 er Thus it will be seen that not only does our country head all the rest by a great preponderance of mileage, but the New World, the hemisphere which was un- known to the civilized world until just 400 years ago, contains vastly more than half the total mileage of the three old continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. As for Australia, it is a newer country even than America as far as civilization is concerned, but it shows a large ad- vance in railway development. In ancient times the most impor- tant and populous settlements were in seaboard countries or along the banks of navigable rivers. The interiors of great continental tracts were given up to deserts or to wandering tribes of nomads, sav- ages frequently, but at the best bar- barians. Great interior cities away from navigable riyers were not to be thought of, on account of the difficulty of trans- porting supplies. The enormous cost and peril of a commerce carried across the deserts of Asia and Africa by cara- vans of camels added fabulous values to the products so transported, and they eould only concern themselves with such articles as would pay these excessive charges. So it was with transportation across the great interior plains of the United States, a traffic infinitely difficult because its course was across wide and trackless regions, and infinitely danger- ous because the only inhabitants of the country were savages always hostile to the whites. Many men now living remember the enormous prices paid for articles of ne- cessity in mining camps of the West within a comparatively recent period, but, thanks to the iron—or, more prop- erly speaking, the steel rail—travel to that region is safe and comfortable, in drawing-room and sleeping cars, while the transportation of necessaries is cheap and equal to the demands of a large pop- ulation. By means of the wire and the rail the most distant regions are placed in ready and immediate communication, and no locality is too distant for settle- ment, provided it possesses the facilities or resources for sustaining population or furnishing employment to industry. Lands which would not pay for the working, because the products could not be got to market, are now added to the productive domain. Mines which were not worth opening because of their distance from places where their ores could be reduced, or their output utilized, are, thanks to the rail, centers of profit- able industry. Probably in the entire range of human development no single economical agent has wrought so marvel- ous and magical an effect on the earth and its population as has the railway. It has solved problems whose meaning the human races had waited thousands of years to realize. It has created problems which are not yet solved, but which must exert incalculable results upon human society. The history of the entire past is a history of separated and isolated peoples. Railways are preparing the human race for united and co-operative movements of which the ancients had no dream, and of which even in our day it is impossible to predict the end. But their shadows cast before are gigantic, tremendous and menacing. The signs portend the approach of an enormous socialism which, if ever it shall become the expression of human social force, will be made possible only by the con- ditions which the steel rail, binding in one all the communities of the people of a continent, will create and is actually already creating. THE KEY TO PROSPERITY. The present age is, above all, the age of commerce. We are accustomed to talk and to hear much about tbe enor- mous development of science and the prodigious progress in intellectual en- lightenment; but if the question be asked, what is the object and chief in- spiration of all this progress, the in- quiry may be answered in a single phrase: To facilitate commerce and de- velop industries. In making this statement we take no narrow or limited view of the subject. The most obvious duty of man upon the earth is to develop its resources, to till its soil, to work its mines, to utilize its forests for the building of habitations and ships, to draw the means of subsist- ance from the bosom of the earth and the depths of the sea, and to exchange the products of one domain or locality with those of another, so that the high- est welfare of the greatest number of human beings may be secured. To this end to-day all science, all the resources of human intelligence and hu- man labor are called into requisition. To maintain peace and security for the people in their homes, to advance and | Sustain them in a fair condition of mate- rial prosperity, to give the masses of the people the means and facilities for earn- ing by honest toil not merely the neces- saries of life, but most of its comforts and some of its luxuries, and to enable them to live honorable and self-respect- ing lives, are the duties which are de- manded of Governments and of the offi- cials who are delegated to administer their functions. The highest philan- thropy, the ablest statesmanship, the truest patriotism and the purest spirit of charity are all concerned to the last degree in bringing about these con- ditions of popular progress and prosper- ity. How much of all this turns upon the commerce and industries of a country? The merchant who gathers and distrib- utes, or who exchanges between com- munities and countries, their several products, is not merely working for his own benefit. The men who conduct the factories, whose innumerable machines are fashioning raw products into com- plex and useful fabrics, are not merely working to fill their own pockets. The great carriers, whose iron rails girdle and gridiron the land, and whose great ships plow every sea, are not merely striving for their own profit. The mil- lions of men and women whose labor is carried on from day to day and year to year are not merely engaged in a strug- gle for subsistence. The men who burn the midnight oil in their earnest search after the secrets of nature are not mere- ly speculators in the mysteries of science. But all are component parts of a great system of development which is intended to increase the general prosperity and lighten the labors of life. Each man may be working for himself, but he is only truly suecessful when he advances the interests of all, because general pros- perity is the best condition for individual advancement. But in the operation of this vast sys- tem the lawmakers and law adminis- trators come in for the most responsible duties. They are bound to see to it that the wisest laws are enacted and that they are to be executed in a spirit of the great- est beneficence. The greatest prosperity for the people at the least public cost; the largest benefits and the smallest rate of taxation—these are demanded of the governing officials; the laws must be im- partially executed; justice must be fairly administered; the property and rights of the citizen protected. Honest and able administration of both State and Nation- al governments is the key to general prosperity. RAILWAY INDEBTEDNESS. Some weeks ago THE TRADESMAN com- mented on the showing made by the Railway Age on the subject of new mile- age added to our railroad system during the past year. It will be remembered that the Age’s figures showed a very moderate amount of railroad building during 1892, indicating that there was no disposition to increase the mileage fur- ther, except where it became evident that profitable results were sure to follow the outlay of capital. We have received the estimates of the Railway Age covering the railway fore- closures and receiverships during 1892. These records are the very reverse of satisfactory, for while the number and extent of the foreclosures have been dis- couraging, the bankruptcy and receiver- ship record has been simply appalling. Never before have the results of the overbuilding and unprofitable rate-mak- ing been made more manifest than dur- ing 1892. It is true the courage and enterprise of the original investors in railroads built innew territory have done more to develop the country than any other cause, but itis equally true that these same investors have in very many cases experienced only loss and ruin as their re- ward. The authority above quoted says that, according to its records, it finds that ‘‘during 1892 there were sold under fore- closure twenty-eight railways, having an aggregate mileage of 1,922 miles and an apparent capitalization — bonds and stocks—of $95,898,000. ‘‘While the num- ber of roads,’? adds the Age, “‘is larger than in the previous year, it is some en- couragement to find that the mileage and capitalization show a large decrease com- pared with the three preceding years; from which we might be led to hope that foreclosure sales would eventually cease, were it not for the fearful record of new insolvencies which is shown in our table of receiverships.”’ The record of railroad insolvencies during the past year, as furnished by our contemporary, is much more alarm- ing than that of the foreclosures. It would appear that during 1892, an era of disastrous railway failures was inaugu- rated, eclipsing anything known for some time. ‘‘Wefind,’’ says the Age, ‘‘that in the last twelve months no less than thirty-six companies, having 10,508 miles of road and representing the prodigious capitalization of nearly $358,000,000, have defaulted and been placed in the hands of receivers.” This enormous and discouraging record owes its magnitude mainly to the collapse of the Richmond Terminal syndicate, which involved a number of companies representing over 5,000 miles of road and nomnial capital aggregating $155,000,000. Even excluding the results of the Rich- mond Terminal disaster, the figures of receiverships for 1892 would still be worse than 1891. There is no doubt that the gradual con- solidation of the railway systems of the country by the absorption of the weaker lines by the strong syndicates will even- tually lead to an improvement in the rec- ord of disasters, but the building of rail- ways in the United States was carried on some years back on so phenomenal a seale that, despite the rapid growth of the country as aresult of the construc- tion of these very roads, some time must elapse before the liquidation which has resulted will be got through with. Tyranny of Trade Unionism. From the Boston Commercial Bulletin, The arbitrary rules of certain of the la- bor organizations in regard to apprentice- ship is a growing menace to the full de- velopment of American industry. These organizations, for the purpose of giving their members a monopoly, have limited the number of young men to whom they will allow the tradeto be taught to such an extent that any expansion of the busi- ness is often attended with difficulty in securing the help needed. When ad- ditional labor is wantad it is necessary to seek it abroad. One of the most flagrant instances of this abuse is that furnished by the Win- dow Glass Workers’ Association. This organization not only restricts the num- ber of apprentices to the lowest limit, but actually discriminates against boys of native stcck. This attempt to keep the trade entirely in foreign hands and all such efforts should be strongly rebuked and utterly condemned. Its despotism is apparent from the statement that an apprentice (limited at one to five workmen) must get a card from the society and have it revised quarterly, in about the same way one would his passport in Russia, under penalty. Labor organizations are necessary and desirable, but when they pass a certain point and become, as some of them have, organizations for oppression and outrage, they are against public policy and should be wiped out. » THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 9 A NEW KIND OF FLOUR. Lovers of the banana in all its tooth- some possibilities will doubtless be sur- prised at some of the experiments that have recently been made with it and the remarkable possibilities that it has de- veloped. From the status of a dainty and a delicacy, capable of figuring in divers and sundry relishable dishes, the basis of fritters delicious enough to tempt the most indifferent old dyspeptic that ever grumbled, a leading ingredient in that delightful conglomerate known as fruit salad, an enticing island in an ocean of custard and acooling and re- freshing tidbit on a hot summer’s day, it has atasingle bound vaulted into the lists beside our most important cereals, and is threatening to crowd some of our meat products out of the place they have heretofore monopolized. The Department of Agriculture at Washington has recently received from Jamaica, West Indies, a quantity of meal made from the green or unripe banana. Its manufacturers claim that it will keep, under similar conditions, as long as flour. As for quality and nourishing properties, itis said to be superior to any farinaceous food yet discovered. Even granting it to be the equal of standard foods of this class, the value of this new discovery is beyond present computation. Considering that the ban- ana yield is about forty-four times that of the potato and that there are hundreds of thousands of acres of land in the South well suited to its culture, and some idea may be had of its importance in a com- mercial sense. For years ihere has been a steady effort among West India banana- growers to turn their product to general account and of late the United States, Germany and England have given this product some attention. Circulars giving important informa- tion have been sent to various countries, and efforts have been made to induce food producers to bring out new pecul- iarities and adapt the fruit to new uses. As a highly concentrated and nourishing food for soldiers, it is attracting atten- tion. The ease with which sufficient rations of condensed food can be trans- ported is a subject of vital importance to armies in time of war, and the Germans are at work upon a banana sausage that they claim will be far more nutritious and wholesome than the meat sausage which has been one of their principal rations. It is much more easily carried, keeps better and is said to be highly relished by the soldiers. But it is to the meal that the most at- tention is likely to be attracted. This product can be put upon the market ata price far below that of the regular bread- stuffs and will materially reduce the price of bread. For the poor, this is good news, in- deed, and that there is such an acreage of available land to be used for the pro- duction of this new element is but an- other evidence of the exhaustless re- sources of nature. The skin of the fruit is to be made use of also. Its fine and smooth fibers are susceptible of being wrought into a strong, soft and daintily fine fabric, the entire possibilities of which are thus far unknown, as only a limited amount of experimenting has been done with it. Chemical properties contained in the juice of the skin of the banana can be used to produce a valuable indelible ink. It is rare, indeed, that any single plant has so many useful and important quali- ties, and within the next decade its | various elements will doubtless become | familiar to every family. N. S. STOWELL. -— —_——o- <> Drying Potatoes. A French genius has invented a new industry, which is said to bid fair to de-| velop into an important industry. It is | the drying of potatoes. They are first crushed, and as much of the water squeezed out of them as possible. The compressed pulp is then separated into pieces and put into an oven ata moder- ate heat, where it remains until it is thoroughly dry and takes a light yellow tint. The heat of the oven is great} enough to partially convert the starch of | the potato into dextrine, and thus impart | a pleasant flavor to the product. The article thus treated can be preserved for an indefinite time. It can be used raw for fattening domestic animals, or by boiling water conyerted into a nourish- ing and palatable food forman. Ground into flour, and mixed with wheat flour, it is said to make a very superior bread. The inventor thinks that his device will lead to a largely increased production of potatoes, sufficient in years of drought to make up for the deficiency in the cereal crops. eo From Out of Town. Calls have been received at Tur TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: Sullivan Lumber Co., Sullivan. Cameron Lumber Co., Torch Lake. Rockafellow Mercantile Co., Carson City. Geo. B. Horton, Fruit Ridge. Bates & Trautman, Moline. Ten Herder & Tanis, Vriesland. Geo. Sechichtel, New Salem. W. L. Remington, Hawkins. Dr. Henry Lever, Newaygo. John Pickart, Brookside. Armstrong & Ringler, Traverse City. A. W. Fenton, Bailey. I. A. Woodard, Slocum’s Grove. i .>. Epic on Owosso. Like measles. Owosso is spreading itself, Growing thicker and wider each day. Its men are hustling after the pelf And its girls are simply O. K. ——___ “oo-7<——————— The Stove in the Village Store. When the twilight had deepened to darkness They gathered from far aud near, Old farmers who plodded the distance As pilgrims their shrine to revere; At the shabby old store at the ‘‘corners,”’ They met and entered the door, For the Mecca of these old cronies Was the stove in the old village store. It was guiltless of beauty or polish, And its door was unskillfully hung, But they made a glad circle around it, And the genial warmth loosened each tongue; And they talked of the crops and the weather, Twin subjects of gossip most dear, And the smoke from their pipes as it blended Gave a tinge to the whole atmosphere, Full many the tales they related, And wondrous the yarns that they spun, And doubtful the facts that they stated. And harmless the wit and the fun; But if ever discussion grew heated It was all without tumult or din, And they gave their respectful attention When a customer chanced to come in. When the evening was spent and the hour For the time of their parting had come, They rapped from their pipe the warm ashes And reluctantly started for home, Agreeing to meet on the morrow When the day with its labors was o’er, For the Mecca of all the old cronies Was the stove in the old village store. MEN See that this Label appears ENTG EEC UMP on every (package, as it is a FERNS 7 MFr' , > oOo ~ Heyy FROALE ay ent guarantee of the genuine ar Leyte 8 ey en ticle. FERMENTUM The Only Reliable COMPRESSED YEAST Sold in this market for the past Fifteen Years, Far Superior to any other. Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. Endorsed Wherever Used. JOHN SMYTH, Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. Telephone 566. 106 Kent St. wl M N See that this Label appears MENTY; FER a7 on every package, as it is a Fe reryiU! A HE Riyener By ent guarantee of the gennine The RIVERDAL a et CHICAGO oe CHICAGO POTATOES. We have made the handling of Potatoes a ‘‘specialty” for many years and have a large trade. Can take care of all that can be shipped us. We give the best ser- vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen. Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value. Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. WM. H. THOMPSON & CO.,, Commission Merchants, 166 So. Water St., Chicago. roles! THE P. & B. BRAND WILL PLEASE YOUR CUSTOMERS —INCREASE YOUR TRADE—AND MAKE YOU MONEY— THREE FEATURES THAT COMMEND THEM TO YOUR NOTICE SOLD BY ALL GRAND RAPIDS JOBBERS— PACKED BY THE PUTNAM CANDY CO OUR HOLIDAY CATALOGUE NOW READY. Send for it? Rigs Hassocks Blacking Cases, Foot Rests Carpet Sweepers. SMITH & SANFORD, 68 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, HAVE AN ORIGINAL DESIG Write to THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, rhey Do It. Printed on your Commercial Sta- tionery. It don’t cost much, 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—James Vernor, Detroit. Two Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Three Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Four Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Expiring Jan. 1—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Next meeting—Saginaw, Jan. 11. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Vice-Presidents—l. H. L. Dodd, Buchanan; F. W. R. Perry, Detroit; W. H. Hicks, Morley. Treasurer—Wm. H. Dupont, Detroit. Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit. Executive Committee—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo; Jacob Jesson, Muskegon: F. J. Wurzburg and John E. Peck, Grand Rapids; Arthur Bassett, Detroit. Local Secretary—James Vernor. i Next place of meeting—Some_ resort on St. Clair River; time to be designated by Executive Committee. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott, Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March June, September and December, JIM ALLSPICE. The Old Boys and the Present Crop-- The Past and Present. Written for THz TRADESMAN. January ist, and here we go again— my two grips witha new coat of black polish and corners brightened up; fresh samples for each; a big paper package of special samples in with my new night- shirt, nicely darned stockings and extra suit of underwear; new mileage book and $50 for expense account. With the blessings of the house—and a_ good- sized pocketbook of statements—lI sail forth once more—to try to earn my raise of salary of $200 a year. Looking over my companions in arms, I find several new fledglings out for their first trip. While in conversation with one of the oldest ‘‘timers,’’ we compare notes. Several of the boys are on the absent list and for why? Father Time has deait the cards and turned down quite afew. Now we hear of this one taking a good position in his house, while several lay down to the fate of the times and temptations, are called off their routes, while new and _ fresher blood starts out, filled with ambition, pride and inexperience, to fill the place of him who failed. We look back over our many years of campaigning and, asthe names of ‘‘the old boys’? and houses come to mind, we wonder what will be our final end, and how long we can carry the good old grips—and draw our salaries. Twenty years, boys, make wonderful changes, and you that are riding to and fro in elegantly equipped passenger trains, with Pullman sleepers, elegant chair cars, fine day coaches, with dining cars, with electric lights, ete., would hardly feel at home in the old-style stages, buckboards and even horseback, through the wilds of Michigan’s lake shore and howling wilderness, sleeping and eating where we found it—maybe at a lumberman’s shanty, or the village “tavern,” or taking our meals and sleep- ingon the warm while en route. Chicago and Milwaukee were well rep- resented with their traveling men. From Chicago we had ‘‘Fatty” Dow; Alex. Knoppel; ‘‘Flick” Hastings; Wadsworth, the cracker man; Dick and Nels Savage, the paper artists, whosold goods only in earload lots; Jim Roseman and George Richardson, the great Irish delineator, the crack crockery salesmen. Dave Smith was unknown and his wonderful sales and stories had not been heard of. Milwaukee had ‘‘Doc’’ Burton, a fine, polished salesman; Vaughn, Flint’s *‘Star” coffee man; Heath, the soap fiend. Grand Rapids was in its infancy, Sey- mour, the cracker salesman, being one of side of a good log fire the first, while Croockston, representing Hazeltine & Perkins and Pittwood and Underwood, household names in all Northern towns in Michigan, and the late lamented John McIntyre, with an oc- casional trip of ‘‘Tom” Freeman, were about the starting of the Grand Rapids traveling brigade of to-day. As we look over the list of salesmen and the different lines represented, we may well stop and ponder, wondering what will be the final outcome of the enormous growth, and will the traveling men continue to “hold the fort” and still be the ambassadors of trade to dis- tribute goods, new ideas, and spring and winter styles of good clothes. Each old-timer has an unwritten his- tory of experience, and, looking over the many abandoned lumbering towns where huge sawmills were steadily at work cleaning up the pine forests, we may well question what has become of the inhabitants, the large stores and the busy people we were wont to meet in those towns where to-day are only a few black pine stumps and abandoned houses. The answer would be, ‘‘Gone South and West with the lumber they helped to make.’’ The present salesman works away faithfully, being regaled every now and then by old-timers with yarns of what used to be, of carload orders where now a few barrels and boxes are worth look- ing after. Sweet memories of the past! I awake to the present situation,—what can I sell you to-day? Yours truly, JIM ALLSPICE. ——- 2 <——- Sunday Newspapers Held Illegal. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has rendered a decision in the case of Commonwealth vs. Matthews sustaining a conviction for the offense of selling a newspaper on Sunday. The conviction was had under a law passed in 1794. The court, through Chief Justice Paxson, said: *‘The act of 1794 while prohibit- ing the performance of any worldly em- ployment on the Lord’s day, commonly called Sunday, excepts ‘works of neces- sity and charity.’ It is now almost an hundred years since the passage of the act. It is hardly likely its framers con- templated the possibility of Sunday newspapers. There were but few news- papers in existence at that time, and, with perhaps one or two exceptions, those were weekly papers of limited cir- culation. Since then there has been a vast development in the business of newspaper publishing as well as in oth- er departments of trade and business. The development of the resources of the commonwealth has been phenomenal as well as its growth in population. This growth has developed new wants and to some extent changed the habits of the people. Among the changes which it has caused is the Sunday newspaper. Its circulation has become very extensive and it is read by a large portion of our citizens. It has become a part of the ordinary life of the people, and it will require far more stringent legislation than the act of 1794 to uprootit. It is not our province to condemn or approve Sunday newspapers, but it is worse than useless to ignore their existence or the favor with which they have been regard- ed by a large portion of the community. The framers of the act of 1794, could they have seen the development of the next hundred years, and the change in the habits and wants of the people, might or might not have included the traffic in Sunday newspapers among the excep- tions in the act. It is sufficient for us that they have not doneso. * * * It is our plain duty to enforce the act of 1794 as we find it upon the statute book. While the Sunday newspaper may be a great convenience to a large portion, perhaps a large majority, of the people it does not, in our opinion, come within the exceptions of the act of 1794.” La Grippe may attack but cannot overcome those protected by frequent use of CUSHMAN'S MENTHOL [NHALER. It destroys the microbes lodged on the mucous membranes and arrests progress of the disease. Unequalled for COLDS, SORE THBOAT, CA- TARRH, HEADACHE and NEURALGIA. | The first inhalations stop sneezing, snuffing, coughing and headache. Continued use com- letes the cure. Sold by all druggists 50 cents. egistered mail 60 cents from H. D. CUSHMAN, Patentee and Mfr., Three Rivers, Mich., U. S. A. Do You want a Typewriter? If SO, WHY NOT BUY THE BEST? The BARLOCK machine embodies many de- sirable features found in no other typewriter. Circulars sent on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, State Agents, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Empress Josephine Face Bleach Is the only reliable cure for freckles and pimples. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO., GRAND Rapips, Micu., Jobbers for Western Michigan. Best Six Gord Machine or Hand Use. FOR SALE BY ALL Dealers in Dry Goods & Notions T. H, NEVIN COS Swiss Villa Mixed Patats Have been used for over ten years. Have in all cases given satisfaction. Are unequalled for durability, elasticity and beauty of finish. We carry a full stock of this well known brand mixed paints. Send for sample card and prices. Hazeltine & Perkins Drag C0., STATE AGENTS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SS (UDLEY & MARCLAY, 4 Monroe St, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. We Lead in Reduced Prices, ew ff VV E CARRY a full line of all patterns of _ Ladies’ and Gents’ Bicycles, and can supply at once upon receipt of order. We are agents for the Victor, Columbia, Clip- per, Western Wheel Works, and other lines, and live agents are wanted in every town. A full line of sundries. Our price list will be out early in January, 1898. Wait for us; or, if you cannot, then write and get our prices before you order. Our prices will be as low as the lowest, FLORIDA URANGKS, We have made arrangements to receive regular shipments direct from the groves and shall be in a position to make close prices. We have the exclusive agency of the favorite ‘“‘Sampson” brand and will handle the ‘‘Bell’’ brand largely, which will be packed in extra large boxes and every orange will be wrapped in printed tissue. PUTNAM CANDY CO. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 14 ; Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Alcohol, cloves, cocoa butter, turpentine, African ginger. Declined—Cubeb berries, oil anise, oil orange, oil pennyroyal. ACIDUM. oem 65... 8@ 10 Benzoicum German... 65@ 7 haa -............. 2 Carpoicum..:......... ME & Coes... ge 50@ 52 Teer... %s «6S Reem «....... 2... 10@ 12 Cees. 10@ 12 Phosphorium dil...... 20 Salie¢viioum ..........- 1 30@1 70 Sulphuricum.... ..... 14@ & Teecunm............. 1 40@1 = Tercericum........... 30@ AMMONIA. 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BR@ 35 Matricaca 8 =—=—té«SC $s ee 40@ 50 FOuua. Berosma ............. G1 @ Cassia Acutifol, Tin- nivelly Cietee sees BQ wz - 35@ Sw Salvia officinalis, a i ee Ee en 15@ %5 CC” 8@ WwW @UMMI. Acacia, 1st picked.... @ 7% " 2a ' oe @ ww “ “a @ 4u ‘gifted sorte G - 2. ee. 6u@ sv Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 5W@ wu ‘ "Cape, (po. 2)... @ lh Sovutri, (po. bu). @ w Catecnn, 1s, (5, 14 a, We ge eee cy eo 1 Ammoniae . 55@_ bu Assartutida, (po. 35). aq@ 3 ————_O a wW@ od Campnur®........-.-.- 559@ 58 Euphorbium po ...... 3m ly Galbanum. ..........- i @2 Su Gamboge, po.........- W@ % Guaiacum, (po 30) ... @ B&B Kino, (po 50)........ @ 4 Mastic 6). ein @ . Myrrh, (po. 45).......- Opli, (po 2 8).......- 2 WG? 10 Ce dooce teens 24D - bleached..... 30@ Tragecanth ..........- 40@1 Ov HERBA—Iin ounce packages. a 25 Bupatorium ................- 20 remot Di de decade see agaue oe 25 MajOrgm ......-.-cceeeessses 28 Mentha 18 iperita ieee ceeees = a as, oe eneeeu. V.... 22 Tres, V....:.....-...,... MAGNESIA. Calemieed, Pas......-..- 55@ 60 Carbonate, Pat........ 20@ 22 Carbonate, K. & M.. 20@ 25 Carbonate, Jenningd.. 35Q@ 36 OLEUM. Absinthium. ......... 50@4 00 Amygdalae, Dale... 45@ 75 Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 Me oe eo eis es 1 75@1 85 Auranti.Cortex....... 2 40@2 59 ‘amii 3 3 Cubebee............. .< Exechthitos.......... 2 sae eres... cs 2 25@2 = Gavltheria............. 2 00O@2 10 Geranium, ounce..... @ = Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 60@ Hedeoia le 2 10@2 2 WOMINON 6.4... .. 8. 50@2 00 Devenanis ..._........ 90@2 00 Tioeeie ..... 5... 2 50@3 00 Mentha Piper.......... 2 75@3 50 Mentha Verid......... 2 20@2 30 Morrnuac, gal......... 1 00@1 10 —- Ounde......... @ 50 eee ....:,........ 85@2 75 oe Liquida, (gal. ”, 10@ 12 Seer... 18@1 24 Seema a ta 00 Rosae, ounce.......... 6 — 50 SAORRE 45 ROUnee ......-...... ong 00 PORE ce coe 3 50@7 00 Sassafras. ... 50@ 55 Sinapis, ess, ounce.. @ 65 oC @ 9 Thyme i 40@ 50 6 @ 60 Theehrames........... 20 Ei Cem... ...... ae 18 Bichromate oo 14 Bromide.. 35 Cor... ........ 15 Chlorate (po 22 24 yenide ...... 50@ 55 Sagres. 2 90@3 00 Potassa, Bitart, = 27@ 30 Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15 Petass Nitras, opt - oe Potass Nitras ™]@ 9 Prussiate . ~s- wD OO Sulphate po Races 15@ 18 RADIX. Cow 5... 20@ 2% Ate 22@ 25 Ane 4... 12@ 15 Are, WO... .......... @ % are 20@ 40 Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 a Canaden, —— See @ 30 He ee, Ala, po.... 150 BD faa. o6...... 15@ 2 Peeeas. no............. 2 30@2 40 Iris plox (po. 35@38).. 35@ 40 oalepe, pre... .... 50@ 55 Maranta, \Ws..... .... @ 3 Podophyllum, po a 15@ 18 Oe 75@1 00 - Oe .... @1 75 . we 75@1 35 Pe 35@ 38 a (po 25).. @ w aa a 30@ 32 omens oe .. 6@ 7 Similax, Officinalis, H @ M @ 2% Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12 — Foti- ee @ 35 Valeriana, Eng. (po. 50) @ B German... 15@ 20 ol 15@ 16 Marner Fy... 18@ 2 SEMEN. Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 Apium (graveleons) .. me bb oe... 4@ 6 Cart, (50, 16)......... 8B 12 CarGaneem,............ 1 00@1 25 Corianarum........... Mm Cannabis Sativa....... —_, G MO vee cues eno Oe it om 2 Dipte x Odorate...... a — 25 Foeniculum 15 ne 2... oe 8 mn |... 4@4% Lint, grd, (bbl. 3%) 4@%% Lobelia 3@ 4 Pharlaris Canarian. _< B3 6% Kapa aoe 7 Sinapis a 11 @13 ewes ...... 11@ 12 SPIRITUS. Frumenti, W., D. Co. .2 00@2 50 D.F_R 1 T5@2 00 1 25@1 50 Jeubiente Co. 0. T....1 65@2 00 zis ee 1 75@3 5u Saacharum N. EY..... 1 T5@z v0 Sot. Vint Geilt........ 1 75@s 50 Veet Cee ............ 1 25@2 00 Vin Alba... 1 25@2 00 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ _ Carriage : 2 25@2 50 Nassau sheeps’ “wool Correge ............ 2 00 — cee any “i cen yellow cope? Cnereee ..........,.. 85 Grass sheeps’ wool car- te eee. Hard for slate use.... 75 Yellow Reef, for slate ae... 140 SYRUPS. Rovers... .......... 50 Bamgroer ....,......,:....... 50 _— Pies sete citenccuses cane 60 ee 50 Auranti Cortes.......... .. ee AT ccc 50 Similax Omicinalig.......... 60 ceca a 50 eee ee 50 aie oe ses cee wean 50 ei ea NN ns enne copia 50 Pees we ss. 60 TINCTURES. Aconitum Napellis R....... 60 oe oe F. i 50 Aiees................ 60 “and myrrh 60 PIGS... 4.2... -. = Asafootida........ « © Atrope Belladonna -_ @ RO i ee cae a e Co 50 Sanguinaria. 50 Barosma .... 50 Cantharides. 5 Capsicum . 50 Cu damon. %5 ha Co. v és) Castor ..... 100 Catechu.. . oo Cinehona . to - Co 60 Columba . . Conium . . oO Cubeba... 50 Digitalis 50 Ergot 50 Gentian 50 “ i 60 Guaica ...... ._ = “a it 60 Zingibes ..... 50 FEVORCVEIIUS .... 82... 50 joding...... oe . @olorloss. 0000000101, 75 Wert Coloridum............ 35 ee 50 Fores. ..................... 50 eee. 50 irae Voruee........ .. 50 ee recess oo. 5 85 * Camphorated........... 50 ° ee a 2 00 Aurenti Cortex...... ....... 50 eee 50 ee Opec eee ees a. 50 aan... 50 Cassia Acutifol. 50 Ce 50 Berenuare |... 50 PaReIOeITe. 60 eereeee 8. 8k. 60 eterno _.. = Veratrum Veride.......:.... 50 MISCELLANEOUS. Aether, Spts Nts... sa ‘ ‘ sc 4 F cn 22@ 34 AIUMOR 24%@ 3 ° ground, (po. 7 ....._............ Sa « Aeeto.... 55@ 60 Antimoni, po @ 5 a Potass T. 55 60 —— eee @1 40 eeenere,............ @ Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 60 Arsenicum ...... ce. 7 Balm Gilead Bud.. 38@ 40 Bismuth 8, N.. -2 W@2 2 Calcium Chlor, ‘ts, “(KB 2: a ee)... 11 Cantharides nen, pe... @1 00 Capsici Fructus, at. @ 2% @ 28 “ oe @ 20 Caryophyllus, ion’ 15) 12@ 14 Cc me, ho. &....... @3 75 Cera Alba,S.&F..... 50@ 55 Cera Fiava....... 38@ 4 Cocems .......... @ #0 Cassia Fructus. 6 x Comtrarig......... @ Ww Cetaceum ........ ee @ # Chloroform oe 60@ 63 — ce @i Chloral Hyd ...... 1 3531 6) hondrus w@ 25 Cinehonidine, P- ‘&W 15@ 20 German 3 @ 12 —_ list, dis. per ‘ Ceeeecttm ........... @ 35 Creta, a — eo 2 Eee daes tees So 5 + precip uae éeeees 9@ il eee eo 8 oom entt ag OL 60@ 65 Comneer........... 1. @ aA coor oe .......... 5@ Dome |... 5. 10@ 1 Ether Sulph.. W@ 7 “a a numbers.. @ a Ly ie 70@ 75 Flake Po a eee oe 122@ 15 ee ee, @ 2 eases... ......... 7@8 sae tag, med eee @ 70 0@ 6 Glassware flint, by box 70 & 10. Less than box 6634 Hue, Brown.......... 9@ 15 Wee, 183@ 2% oo lo. oo 15%@ 2 Grana — Cea e weae @ R a 25@ 55 Hydrasg: Chlor Mite. . @ 8 Cor @ 80 - Ox px tea @ 9 " Ammoniati.. @1 00 c Unguentum. 45@ 55 7 Grargyrium ......... @ 64 — Am.. ..1 25@1 50 Oe oy abe e nee 75@1 00 cane. Reman. ....... 3 8I@3 9u Todoform) 0000 @A 70 —— Least ocwaeuces 12@1 25 Lycopodium ...:...... 65 ee 75@ 80 @ 2% Leena Doean Aaubatiie 10@ 12 Magnesia, —— — Mannia, oy ee 63 —, S. P. & W...1 70@1 95 | Seidlitz _ bea @ 2} Lindseed, boiled . 52 55 SN. ¥. © +, — . @ 18} Neat’s Foot, winter Ce 1 69@1 85 opt. LL a ae) | een 50.60 Moschus Canton...... @ 40 — accaboy, De SpiritsTurpentine.... 387% 42 Myristica, No.1....... 65@ 70 —-............... @ 3 bbl. Ib Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 snuff “Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 PAINTS. - 4D. On Seni 22 | Soda Boras, (po. 11). . 10@ 11| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 Me Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30/ Ochre, yellow foggy - 1% 2@4 @2 00 | Soda Carb.... ates ..lrlUCUC 1% 2@3 Soda, Bi-Carb @_ 35/| Putty, eusinauek - 24 2%@3 @2 00 | Soda, Ash . ae 45 ion Blan Ai . 2% 2%@3 @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas.. @ 2 —_— e Amer- @ 85| Spts. Ether Co. con Sh eee... @ 50 “© Myrcia Dom @2 2% Vecusien English. . @ 1 ** Moyrcia Imp... .. @3 00; Green, Peninsular..... @ 3 Vint Reet. bbl. Lead, io -- 6% . ea 7 15 Witte ........... - 64@T Fic Acct... 14@ 15 Less 5c gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white an. @7 Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@i 20 | Strychnia oa 1 40@1 45 wating, Gilders’...... @x Pyrethrum, boxes H Sulphur, 8 Sub’ 24%@ 3% | White, Paris American 7 ¢ & PD. Co. dow. .... @1 25 = : Rk 24@ 3 Whiting, Paris Eng. ‘a ‘amarin - a 8&@ 10] _ Cum .................. Byrethrum, PV... 30@ = Terebenth Venice 23@ 30 ‘enue Prepared Paint! 2@1#4 Quinia, 8. P.& W..... 27@ 32 | Theobromae .... 5 «6S German... 20° @ 30 Vania... sa0n| Pele............... 1 00@1 20 Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14} Zinei Sulph.. ........ 7™@ 8 VARNISHES, Saccharum Lactispv. 23@ 2 No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Selactn..-... 1. 1 75@1 8) ae Bxtra Tarp... 010... _. 160@1 70 Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Bbl Gal} Coaeh Body........... 75@3 00 Sapo, SE 12@ 14| Whale, winter........ 7 @| No. 1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 ir a re eaeed ecueuees “— a end, GUtRS........... 7 80 | Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 Tard ho f..........- 42 45 | Ja Dryer, No. 1 Linseed, pureraw.... 49 52 Ton Leceeeas ol 70@75 AAELTINE & PERKINS DRUG C Importers and Jobbers of DRUGS CREMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES DEALERS IN Paints, Oils “2 Varnishes, Sole Agents for the Celebratea SWISS WILLA PREPARED PAINTS. Fall Line of Staple Droggists’ Sundries We are Sole Preprietors of Weatherly’s Mishigan Catarrh Remedy. We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of WHISKIES, BRANDIES, GINS, WINES, RUMS. We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarantee satisfaction. All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. Send a trial order. HAZELTING & PERKINS Dave C0, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GHOCERY PRICE, CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. AXLE GREASE. doz gross es... oe 6 00 er oe.........,. 75 9 00 —...... e 5 50 Pee. 89 9 0 ae 8 00 Paragon .. 55 6 00 B: AKING POWDE R. cme. 4 Ib. cans, 3 doz eee cs 45 ee we 85 _~ ~ 1 1 00 ee 10 Arctic i cans oe 60 _ ~~. 1 20 ae ae, 2 00 -— 2s 9 60 Fosfon. 5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in Ci ase i. oo 6 * 2 6 Dr. Pric e's. = doz Dime cans. 90 4-02 6§-0Zz mt ek OD et ee ; e Hm 20 bab ees Red Star, 4 b cans 40 . % I 1. oo ts _-_ = 1 50 Telfer’s, s - cans, doz. = “a SF " > »-os6 BATH BRICK, 2 dozen in case. eee 90 a Domestic a. a ‘BLUING, Gross Arctic, : on ovanm.......... £00 < - ..... 7 00 . ints, ee ........ 10 50 = mo. 2, eitting box... 2 7% - -_. 3; " --. £0 “ No.5, , oe - J. ............ 48 acquit No. ~— 1 No. . 200 No. 3 Car é. . 2m No. 1 pe ee 2 50 Parlier Gem... oo Common Whisk. 90 Fancy beececce Warehouse. ' > 2 oe BRUSHES. Stove, No. .... 1s 10 . 150 “ “ 1 % Rice Root pais 2 row. 85 Rice Root Scrub, 3row.... 1 25 Pabmetéo, goose............ 1 5 CANDLES, Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes ek. 10 —- * |. 9 Sane, eee ...... oeos. oe CANNED GOODS. ao ams. Little Neck, ib _oooc eo ok on oo Clam. Chowder. Standard, 3lb.... rose ee Cove ‘Or Standard, 1 ib. 90 2 Ib. i 60 Lobsters. —— +t -........ ; -2 59 " t-.............. oes Picnic, 1 ib i 2 00 ug 21b 2 90 Mackerel. Standard, ays / ee i = iW Mustard, 2 be eee oe 2 25 Tomato meee 21b 2 25 oe fi... 22 Salmon. Columbia River, ee [ae .., 1? Alaska, Red ce As pink... i 2 5 ardines, American 4 “ena 4%G@ 5 ice ia ii 644 7 Imported eee 10@11 eT 15@16 Mustard "Sie in 7@8 a 21 Trout. os... 2 50 Fruits. Apples. 3 Ib. standard ' 1 00 York State, gallons. io 3 60 Hamburgh, 2 % Agetestn. Live oak....... i 1% en ee... 1 7% ne 1% eee... 1% Blackberries. ac... .. 95 Cherries. en .. | 1B Pitted Hamburgh | . 1% wane .... 1 50 ae... . 1 20 Damsons, Ege Plums and Green FATES. a... 1 10 California. a 1®v Seumienndien. a 1 20 Peaches. oe 1 2 meer... 1 8 Shepard’s cee 2 00 Tereoress............. 210 oor COti#‘C#C¥ 1 8 oe Pears. Domes. 8. 1 20 mIvenees.............. 2 10 Pineapples. en. 1 00@1 30 Johnson’ Ss eticed...... 2 50 : grated..... 2 7 Quinces. Common ..... 1 Raspberries. Bee. ..... ee 1 30 Black Hamburg. eee 1 50 Erie, black . 1 30 Str: ——— Lewes... 13 Hamburgh . ix —— . 1 rere 1 10 = Blueberries ........ 110 Me Corned beef, Libby? .... 1 & Roast beef, Armour’s....... 1% Potted ham, 4 "9 oo. oe ee acl e ae 80 C tongue, z a my “ 1 Ib . C chicken, \& Ib....... 95 Vegetables, Beans. Hamburgh stringless....... 12 French style..... 22 eee cas green. ne ' soaked.. Lewis Boston Baked.. Bay State Baked. World’ s Fair Baked.. Pecmicbekeg................ Corn. Hamburgh Livingston Eden ........ so OO Purity So . bow rag cls Honey Dee 1 50 Morning Peers... Deamon... 115 ea Hamburgh aeunine ce enue 1 35 earlyJune...... . Champion Eng..1 50 es Cit pole... 17 ' ancy sifted....1 90 Soaked ee oe eee. 7 errs eemierd ..... 75 VanCamp’s marrofat.......1 10 e early June.....1 30 Archer’s Early Blossom....1 35 French... es 215 Mushrooms. POO 1520 Pumpkin. ae... 85 Squash. ae. 125 Succotash ae... 1 40 eee Honey Dew Erie Tomatoes. Peaerk 1 lv a, 110 ee... ...... 110 Demperg ....... a ss 3 00 CHOCOLATE, Baker’s., German Sweet.. .......... 23 Po 37 Breakfast Cocoa........ : 43 CHEESE, cei 124% @12%; Acme. + we0osskeueenee Riverside . «+++ 1244Q12% | Gold ee @i2 SN oe eee ee, 9 @il See 11 1 00 Leiden bib ee tceree 23 Limburger | ee ee @10 TOD. ooo. oe oc ys. @25 MEG oie og scene @35 Sago... @22 Se weitzer, imported. @24 ' domestic .... @i4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. — pint, 25 _— renee 27 o 450 me 1 doz bottles | ..3 50 CLOTHES PINS. Seromsbones............ 40@45 COCOA SHELLS, 35 lb. bags..... — i. a Less quantity oe @3% Pound packages....... 6YG7 COFFEE. Green. Rio eS 19 eee 20 reese ..:......... 23 Golden 2 Peaberry ee ee Santos. ee 20 LULL 2 ee 22 Poabercy ....... .-28 Mexican and Guatemala, Pee 3 ae 21 ee 23 Maracaibo , 19 a. 20 Jav one. a Private Growth............. 27 Benton. 28 Mocha, Imitation . oe ae 26 Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add c. per Ib. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 23.30 Bunola - 22.80 Lion, 60 or 100 Tb. case. | 33. 30 Extract. — City *% STOSS........ 75 -16 Hummel's, foil, gross... ee 1 50 ‘tin oe 2 50 CHICORY eet 5 eS . : CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, = s —— doz. 40 ee 6 2 Genuine Swiss eee ie 77 American Swiss... ........ 6 25 COUPON BOOKS. “Tradesman.” © 1, peor humdrod........... 2 00 8 2, . gad ee ED 2 50 es * ee 3 00 . “ ae ES 2 00 — * - a —_— * - ae “Superior.” 8 1, per hund@red........... 2 50 .. ™ - aie -- 300 sc * ee. - 350 ag -- 400 — - - © — -. 6®@ “Universal.” $.1, per hundred.......... $3 00 $ 2, ee 3 50 $ 3, i a CB ICC 400 8 5, et a eee einia 5 00 $10, - - 6 00 $20, Oe 700 Above prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: wer ever......... 5 per cent, 500 ‘ ae i000 « od COUPON PASS BOOKS. {Can be made to represent any denomination from %i0 down. | 20 books mun ee cee tees. $100 50 oe Cee. 100 “ re 6 25 oa 6 10 00 — - |... 17 50 CREDIT CHECKS. 500, any one denom’ Boss $3 00 — «lr rl 5 00 — r 8 00 moe Pe CRACKERS. Butter. Seymour XXxX.. os Seymour XXX, cartoon. ws o% Peay SO Famity XXX, cartoon. ..... ou Salted XXX. La Salted XXX, ‘cartoon ou. - 8% Kenosha . ae nO Butter biscuit... 6% Soda. Soda, XXX... ‘ Soda, City... i oo Soda, Duchees 8% Crystal eee... 10 Long Island Wafers ....... 11 Oyster. Soyer Soe... Ss Co center Ba... 6 Pens Oseer... 6 CREAM TARTAR. Strictly ae. 30 Telfers Absoiute.......... 35 Cee 20@25 DRIED FRUITS. Domestic. Apples Sundried, sliced in bbls. 7 quartered ‘ 2 Seem 50 lb. boxes @9% Apricots. California in bags...... 16% Evaporated in boxes. .. ry Blackberries. In boxes.... @9 Nectarines. wore ween... 15 Pole. Dewee. 15% Peaches. Peeled, in boxes........ 16 Cal. ven. * ee 12% . ae... .. 12 Pears. California in bags..... Pitted Cherries, ee... an, WON oc... -o” eee. Prunelles, 201m: BORE... .... —— In barrels....... i Sor, OS... 2.8... om Raisins. Loose Muscatels in mee SCrowe ......., 150 3 " 16 Loose Muse atels in 1 Bags. 2 crown .. ... 3 cece oe Dinidlian. Currants. Patras, in barrels. +. ” in %-bbls.. . 4% 4% " in less quantity . ee Citron, Leghorn, -- boxes 20 Lemon 0 1 Orange . = o ° 11 Raisins. Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes. @8 Sultana, 20 @10 Valencia, 30 ‘ ck @7 Prunes, California, ere... 10% 90x age bxs.11% va 80x90 .. 12% vn 70x80 C 134% o 60x70 ee .14 TE or catebeceiecks 7% MOE ee Pee ce 9% ENVELOPES. XX rag, white. me tee... $1 % a 1 60 me. 08 1 65 ie cakes een, 1 50 XX wood, white. ee —-_ J. No. 2, Riess ics ee 1 2 Maniila, white. i ‘ae oe FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina, Or wees ........... Hominy. Saas anen. eee ane Maccaroni and Vermtoett. Domestic, 12 lb. box... Imported..... deuce ck "io4@. Oatmeal. Derrom oe... 5 25 Half barreia 100........... 2% Pearl Barley. Coe 2% Peas room, Oe 1% Split per YSN Rolled Oats Barrels 180.. : Ha phi Sago. Geran ........2. eee. Cees... Wheat. eee FISH--Salt. Bloaters. Tee... 1 40 Cod. rook... Whole, Grand Bank..... 5% Boneless, bricks.. ...... 7 Boncions, strips... ....... 6% Halibut. Smoked ..... eee ue ce 10 Herring. Holland, Pee 9 50 Poe vis) SOrwerien .. 12 00 Round Shore, % bbi cies 2 60 % Sardines. ussian, kees....... |... .. 45 ~ rou, No. 1, % bbls., 100]bs........ 6 00 yO. 1, Rees, 20 is... 80 Whitefish. : % bbis., 100Ibs........7 50 No ? kits, 1¢ ea 90 Family, 4 ag 100 Ibs.... 3 10 i 10 Bes 45 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’, Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Bestin the world for the money. 208... fos... so... -208.... Jennings’ D C. 2 - folding box.. 25 30 150 4 pen . su 50 2 00 6 oz . ..2 00 3 00 8 oz S ..3 00 4 00 GUNPOWDER. Austin’ 8 Rifle, ROOS e cas. 3 50 eas 290 a. Crack Shot, ye -3 50 ™ % kegs 2 00 ‘* Club Sporting “ 450 ‘ o“ % “ 2 50 Regular Grade Lemon. - 1s Regular Vanilla. 81 Qu Vanilla, i. Vanilla 75 1 3% 44 doz $ % doz It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the HERBS, : WO oes co ca 15 ee 15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 lb. boxes.. : 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 Ib. boxes.. 50 JELLY. ihe... 90 o. OT Wee Ge cccgheee « 1 50 LICORICE. ee eu hu ebe aug 30 Calabria esse eee ices le P54 Ce ce, 12 LYE. Condensed, : on Se 1 25 ee... co .o. 2 2 MATCHES. to: 9 eploker..............- 13 Anchor parlor...... eeepiee al 170 Ce ee 1 10 Export parlor..... Kes meee se 400 MINCE MEAT. 3 or 6 doz. in case per doz.. 95 MEASURES. Tin, per dozen. 1 oes... $1 75 Half eaten. es 1 40 ie eee 70 ete ee cise cua 45 ge 40 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. eee ce 7 00 eee CO0tOe . 85. 47 ga Ee 3% PAU. cece 2 MOLASSES. Blackstrap. Sugar house............ ao oe Cuba ee COOGEE ok 16 Porto Rico. Pe os. es eect keene 20 Peney .... 5 Cee) lees ae New Orleans. Roce 18 eee... sess... a 20 Bones Gee... 25 ee 30 ONT 8. ice wos... 40 One-half barrels, 8c extra PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count.. @7 00 Half pbis, 600 count.. @4 00 Small, Barrels, 2,400 count. 8 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 4 50 PIPES, Clay, m0. Se 1% ©. DB. Gullooant........ % Cob, No. Bo oes cee. yes 1 2 POTASH, 48 cans in case. Beers... s.. 4 00 Penue Galt Cos.........- 3 25 RICE, Domestic. Carolina 9g es | 6 af 5 . No. 2 ee eee. 4% Rs eee ot, 3 Imported. Japan, et. 6 Oe ie cl 5 sere. 5 e8.........-, 1. 5 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. SPICES. Whole Sifted. | Atego 8 th, Cassia, China in mats...... 7 * e Batavia in bund....15 ‘ _ Saigon in rolls...... 35 ~ ge Cloves, Amboyne...... «22+ oat Zanzibar..... -10 Mace Batavia...... ‘ ile Nutmegs =x : . wee 60 ey Pepper, Singapore, black.... 9 white... .20 " shot.. 20 yw Pure Ground in Bulk. Pe ee 12 i Cassia, Batavia eee aclu a =. * and Saigon .22 _ Oe 30 Cloves, Amborua : 22 ” > ert, 18 oe African ie ce eesa ces 14 Se eee vy Ye - a 10 Weaco Tetayin................ 70 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .16 » Fa Steno. 18 é Poss ee 60 . ‘epper, Singa black.. ee i ee ' Cayenne........... 18 Gago. -..... 14 ry “Absolute” in Packages. 4s AS - Areriee.....:......5. Ee 1 Se Cinnamon...... ae 84 155 en ee 84 155 ‘ey Ginger, Jem........... 84 155 _ es 84 1 55 ee 84 155 ~~ ws Pepeer......... 8 155 ues — ccc on SAL SODA. ca ~~ Meme: we 1% Granulated, boxes.......... 1% rex SAUERKRAUDNT. Gola Megat... 8. 7 25@7 50 Mt wi SEEDS, Aes... s...:..... @12% Canary, Smyrna. . 6 es ~~ 2 COrawWay ...... 22. .00e 8 Cardamon, Malabar.. 90 Hemp Russian a 4% » be Mixed Bird .......... 4% Mustard, white....... 6 Pores ........5........ 9 ri* eee oe ces 6 Cute bome........... 30 ! STARCH. rim Corn. 20-1b boxes a na 6 ae 5 Gloss. . a 1- > packages oe 5% SH Ne 5% 6-lb ee 6 a 4) and 50 lb. boxes.......... 434 , eee 5% ee NUFF. n Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, a ere... .... 35 a french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, { oe eee eee ee doe oe Shy wa — ee: 4% SALT. : a 100510. Sacee.......... 25 oon jo. 2 00 ae IP. OOERS..........-.. 85 w. en he. 2 iste Gipee.. .... 8. 1 50 56 lb. dairy in linen bags.. 82 vee 2oip.- ** drill 4 18 Warsaw. hy ea > dairy in drill ~-- = Ashton. uu * a 56 lb. dairy in inensacks.. 75 { Higgins. » be 56)», dairy in linen sacks. 75 Solar Rock. Ee 27 wal Common Fine. Besa 20... 8... 90 © tT ~ Beeeiee ......:.. .<..... 95 SALERATUS, ~ ns Packed 60 lbs. in box. Carre .... ....-..... 83 30 ee 315 - eee 3 30 Peers. 2... 3 00 ie SOAP. { Laundry. Allen B. hee s Brands. ~ <+e * Old Country, 80 LIb........ 3 20 Good Cheer, G1 ib........... 3 90 White Borax, 100 %&-ID...... 3 60 ag ™ Proctor & Gamble. me ok a ew oe 280 Li Ivory, One... -.. 6 75 .o............. 4 00 beeen. oe. 3 65 i Mottled German... 0.00 3 15 Hi own Tele. 3 00 Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. e i 4 American Family, wrp d..%3 30 plain... 3 24 - . 5c size.. 4 25 . @2 N. K. Fairbanks & Co. a. | a an bes eee ae rown Oe an cay 2 40 ped . oF oere ..... ...... 3 2% aa Bros. & Co.’s —— ON oe oie cots ce 3 65 I 4 Cotton Oil. Marseilles. Seas outa gebsaic read 4 00 | ee Ca Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 hand, 3 dee 2 50 SUGAR. To ascertain the cost-of sugar laid down at any town in the Lower Peninsula, add freight rate from New York to the fol lowing quotations, which repre sent the refiners’ ts es: Cut tom........ Peaccu coun am Powoeres ,................. 6 Gravniaied ................ 4 87 Pine Granuiated........... 4 87 Extra Fine Granulated.... 5 00 Cees sn Za Pow dered.. .. 2 OO Confec. Standard AL at fe No. 1 Columbia A..... .. 4c NO. Sere A... 8... 4 56 mo © ok oe Bee 7... ..... oe 5 4 44 TO i a 4 31 No. 9.. 418 No We 43 Bo oo 4 00 yO DB 3 87 SYRUPS. Corn, Davee. ......... Se ee aces a 22 Teer tias ....... se. 24 Pure Cane. Pee 2. 19 ee 25 CRGIOG foc 30 SWEET GOODS Ginger Snaps.........- 8 Suger Creams......... 8 Frosted Creams....... 9 Graham Crackers..... 8% Oatmeal Crackers.... 8% VINEGAR. Ne 7 @8 SE ——————————— 8 @9 $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Bulk, per g: gal eee oe 30 Beer mug, 2 doz in case. 1% YEAST. Oe 1 00 a ee eee 1 00 Weagt Foom ...............1@ ee 7 Rose... eee ee, 90 TEAS. JaAPAN—Regular. @17 @20 Onoleget cl 32 @34 ae... 10 @i12 SUN CURED. Wate @i7 oe | ........ @x Ce cece 24 @%6 CGIGORE. 5. 4...22..... 32 @34 Ree. 10 @I12 BASKET FIRED. Ry 18 @2 Ceres... -........--.. @25 Cece... @35 Extra choice, wire leaf @40 GUNPOWDER. Common to fair.......25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choicest fancy........ 7 @s5 OOLONE. @26 Common to fair... ...23 @30 IMPERIAL. Common to fair....... 2 G26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor. to fair....... 18 @6 Superior to fine....... 30 @é0 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. ye EE ee CEES 18 @2z Cmoree................. 24 @28 PN othe cone cs 40 @50 TOBACCOS. Fine Cut. Pails unless otherwise noted Miawetne............. 62 Sweet Caubsa......... : 36 MeGrity ....-.... .... 27 ba % bbis....... x Dandy Jim...........- 29 Torpedo ... .... .....- 2 bs in drums.. 23 Ta Yum ........... 28 a ° 23 - aoe... ........ 22 Plug. Sorg’s Brands. Soearhead ............ 41 a 26 Moun Twist... ....... 40 Scotten’s Brands. Kivi... ........ oe 26 Bawaia. Leet eee 38 Valley City ......--..- 34 Finzer’s Brands. Olid Honesty.........- 40 Solly Tat... ...... 4. 32 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands. Bila dace ..........._... 16 pommen Shower.....1....... 19 Huntress oe Meerecnaom................. 29 American Eagle Co.’s Brands. Myrue Wavy... .......21.... 40 PN oie eects pens oun eee et ioc ee tienen 15 Posi. sei gcess as oe Banner Tobacco Co.’s —— Basver...- 2... Banner Cavendish ......... “38 Gite. ...2 28 Scotten’s Brands. Waroee ce... = money Dow... — a... F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands. Peerless...... oo. 26 me Toe. 18 Standard.. Globe Toback ce oC 0. 5 ieee PURGING no ics. 41 Leidersdorf’s Brands. mom Hoy... 26 Uncle Sam. 0... 28@32 med Chovee...........- a2 Spaulding & Merrick. Tom and dJerry.............- 25 Traveler Cavendish...... 3 Buee Here................. Flow Hov...... ......-.cgpoe Com Cake... |... OILs. The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows, in barrels, f. 0. b. Grand Rapids: oo 8 Water White, old test. @%% = Ww. Headlight, 156° 6% Water White ..... @ 6% ee... @7z Stove Gasoline........ @ 6% —.. ~+---0e ee Engin @21 Black, “5 cold. test.... @ 8% HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- OWS: HIDES ae 24%@3% Pest Cured...... @4 te Se @ 1% ee 5 @5 Kips, green ........... 24@ 3% = @apen,........-.. @ 4% Calfskins, green......4 @5 cured...... @7 Deacon skius..........10 @30 No. 2 hides % off. PELTS. Sieaciings. ............ ambs Wasned.. ...........2 Unwashed ...... --10 @20 MISCELLANEOUS. Mee oc. 38%@ 4% Grease butter ........ 1 @2 So ine 2 Closeee.. ... 5... ..... 2 00@2 7 FURS. Outside prices for No. 1 only. Beceer..............-. 50@1 00 eee 15 0O0@25 00 Reaver ........-....... 3 OU@7T 00 Cal wilt........-..... 4@ 5 Cat, begee ........... 10@ 25 ie 4 wos 00 Lo 1 00@1 60 Fox, cross Le eee cece 3 00@5 00 50m 8&0 y ..-2 00@3 00 Martin, eae 1 00@3 00 ' pale & yellow. 50@1 00 Mink darmk............ 40@1 40 Pee cc, 03@ 12 Oppossam. ...........+ 15@ 30 Otter, Gorm, ...... ..-. 5 00@8 00 a 25@ 990 SUN ...... - -.-.....8 Gee 2 Wom .......: .-1 00@3 00 Beaver “castors, Bs 00@5 00 DEERSKINS—per pound, Thin and green......... 10 Long gray, Gry......_... 20 Gray, dry aoe 25 Red and” Blue, ‘ary. oaues 35 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 1b. test) 63 No. 1 Red (60 lb, test) 68 MEAL. ae 1 40 Gramulatied.........-.. . 1 FLOUR. Straight, in sacks......... 3 90 . a, 410 Patent “ seeks......... 40 . = Derces........ 5 10 Graham ‘“ sacks.... . 2 Rye ee 20 Buckwheat, Rising Sun....4 % Walsh-DeRoo i Cale Pare... .......... 25 MILLSTUFFS. Less Car lots quantity Bran... ....... $14 00 $14 50 Screenings .... 14 00 14 50 Middlings..... 15 00 15 50 Mixed Feed... 19 00 19 50 Coarse meal .. 18 50 19 00 CORN. Gee lots. 47 Leas than car lote.......... 50 Old corn, 2¢ higher. OATS. Car Gis... ..........._... 39 Less than car si ide lec eee 42 ay. No. 1 Timothy, car lots....12 00 No.1 " ton lots -12 50 FRESH MEATS. Beef, carcass...... -6 @8 * haad quarters. . _-4 @9 “ ‘fore 8 @6¢ . loins, No. 3...10 @12 ee) Wii ucceec es 9 @i0 a 6 @6% | | meee. ec, @ 6 SHELL GOODS. ; ails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 3% Pork a @124%| 0 sserig per 1... ... 125@1 50} “ No.1, three-hoop.... 1 60 shoulders........ Gar Gam = 8€=6—* t=... 75@1 00 | C lothespins, Ser. bouce.... | sansage, a or head . @ : BULK | Bowls - inch a Ver ....-- «| Counts, per gal... . | 13 1 60 “Frankfort . @ 8% | Extra Selects i | 15 1 60 eaiee § @9 ieee : 17 2 25 Weal...... -...... 2... 7 @8 Standards...) 00000. ! | a ee 2 75 FISH and OYSTERS. Scallop tote eteeee esse | Sarna 2 PN ih ag a alice in yim - ' , 7 J. Dettenthaler quotes as| Schrimps......... | bushel.. 1 25 ollows: : | L : i FRESH FISH. PAPER & WOODENWARE | Ww illow cl ths, 7s 5 %5 en eS PAPER, « won? ae eee eae Sera 13 | seviieael |e Mano... @15 tockfalls 151 ' No2 45 Ciscoes or Herring.... @6 | Rag sugar = I No.3 5 0 Bigeeee.....--.... 11 @i2 | Hardware. -2i4 | a eae Fresh lobster, per 1b 20} Bakers .... me | ee ee Shrimp, per gal. 3 1 Gi Dey Goode... ....... trp ‘do 4 55 Cod. 10 @ie | gute Manilla... % | ' ' No. 1 Pickerel. @8 | Red Express No. iL. 4 POULTRY. ET Qe | No. 2 ibe EE Ue Smoked White @8 | TWINES i ,ocal dealers pay as follows ocean... i 11 | 48 Cotton............ 20 DRESSED. Finnean Haddies........ 10 | Cotton, No. 1.......... 17 | Fowl § @9 SOh oc ., So Oe eae eee hee Re 0 UT 12 OYSTERS—Cans. | Sea Island, assorted.... 30 Dueks o @12 Fairhaven Counts.. @az | Ne. OHemp............ | i ROD. Seles 00) gio) | Nove eo A aay Be ew nee @o2s | WOODE NWAR E. Chickens, 7 @s ANONOG. eo cael, @i9 | Tubs, No.1... nh . 7 00} Fowls 7 @8 Standards ............ Gag ON . 6 00 | Turkeys... 11 @12 Favorites 15 ek a 5 00 | Spring Duck WwW @ii PROVISIONS. —_ Caan... ...... . a7 B ad Creams.... The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, Seine lee “ng sa a oe 7 > quotes as follows: | Burnt Almonds. NE PORK IN BARRELS. Wintergreen Berries... a. ..60 Mase. ..... i oot CARAMELS. SOO ee 21 09 | No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb. boxes 34 Extra clear pig, short cut..................- 22 00 | Bony Ee Te natal ina aimatal ain 51 Batra Glenk Heagy Ine ee ea ate ale aaa tials ai 28 Clear fa beth LE eet OO cats eee ce hia ea diate 42 Howton Clear short cut...... -..._...-...... | Stand up, 5 Ib. boxes..... _ - 90 eee Ree Oe eee ee ia. u BANANAS. Standard clear, short cut, best............ 0 | wear: _— wet en ta ee ene sSAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. Large... es wee Coe Pork Sausage.............--..-...-.....-.---. 10 oe oe Ham Sausage.....----. ++. sees ee cree cree ee eee 9 | Floridas, fancy stil 43 a 2 85@3 25 Tongue Sausage............. ay 9 «“"'Sampsons......... 3 25@3 50 EE 8 LEMONS. Picea eeteeee ee 6 Messina, choice, 360........ Bologna, ose gage eee ee cee 6 fancy, 360 Bologna, thick.. eee eee ewe © ~hoice Se eh ees 7 choice 30........ 6 faney a : ae OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Kettle Rendered... ........-.- +++ +e sees ee se 12M Figs, fancy layers, 61.....-........044. @i2y% a. 113g Qien Family .-.. 2.20... .c0e cee ee eee eect ee ee eece es 9%4 “extra @i5 C ompound - ee © 24) fb @16 50 lb. Tins, 4c advance. Dates, Fard, 10 Ib. box ma 8 20 Ib. pails, 5 "se : eee ead @5 10 _ ON Me " Pewman, GO1n, bem... ........... @ 5 3 1b. ~ | e ' NUTS. Almonds, ee a @18% BEEF IN BARRELS. ree See cna aay @17% Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 8 00 ' Jalifornia........ @18% Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 8 00 | Brazils, or eee eee eee ca, @10% BomGices, rare BUtA........................ 12 50 Pilperts ...... bose oa. : @ll SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Walnuts, Grenoble. vtes visteeees @I4 Hams, average eeiee..- 14 “ Calif an ois Tele 14% Table | Nuts, fane . @13% ts us nc ee 14% choice . @i2! “ ‘ a ee «78 Me Fe Read eet see seed wanes re Pecans, 7 roxas, F., ..... ..12 @14 eas Sea eee akg hg a ‘i: Cocoanuts, ful! sacks. Lo. i @5 00 See ORS ee HOS oreo ee neens seewen rece ees % Breakfast Bacon, boneless....................14 / lineman Dried beef, ham prices.................... ...10 eo ee: cn @ 5% TA COMEN MOMM Moe c lie a Fancy, Hl. P., F cae @i% Peres mee. ancy, i. | 1Og5. - Maaboa oon au ‘ : = iullt LE ERR OSE F NEE Choice, He , Bias... @ 4% ete SEA @ 6% CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. California Ww abate .-.... ees 12% The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: : Co aT CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. CK CANDY. eee es dadeieaiidastasanaen Cases Bbls. Palis. FRUIT JABS. Standard, aoe ie......... 6% cis a oS oo . $6 75 7 f...... a 6% 7% | Quarts.. ee i. 7 00 ° TW .......... 6% 7% alt Galione co 9 00 Boston Cream ........... 8% ee Meee ceca. oe ae Eee 8% Ce 40 Extra H O........ . 8% LAMP BURNERS. MIXED CANDY. _ ee a ee A a a = Bbls. eosong TY a a a al RE 75 Meee 6 7 vats ne ~ ee 6 a " CO 6% Th eam 8.—Pe — — ST 5%) _odoz. in box English Rock. 7 8 ae _ 4 75 Conserves . 7 8 No. 1 en ---+1 88 Broken Taffy.............. a". AR th ee ey ae Peanut Squares............ 9 First qualiiy. i Beene Greamie 10 a O Sun, Crimp tOp......-...-.------++ seers 22 Valley Creams.. Se 13 ef a nh retsttersescceecees ee Mf Midget, 30 lb. baskets. eS essa aaa -++8 40 ee ee ed 8 XxX Flint. iy No. 0 Sun, crimp top. 2 60 FaNcy—In bulk ao No.1 ete oes es ae 2 80 ati. i no.z “ ia ee Lozenges, —_ eee ee eae 10 Pearl top. orinted. . Se No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labe Wee... 3 70 Chocolate foam ee 11% | No.2 ' ee 47 Chocolate arene: ed teed ee isaac ees 13 No. 2 ane e ‘ ' . eT Gum Drops.. a 1. 5% La Bastie. Moss ee ene 8 No. 1 Sun, plain bulb Terdoa. ..........4. 1 25 OE 8% | No. 2 us 1 perms. ........_-... ee No.ic rimp, per. doz 1 = yaNcy—In 5 Ib. boxes. Per Hos [NGS aeaae ee these eee eee ee ee 1 60 lemon (rope. ...-...2. 6-22. - 55 oo te u Se ee 55 | No.0, per gross......-......... 23 Peppermint Drops.. Lee eS Gn eis ky tees 28 GCs et 65 = : stb e eee seen tree ence ceae es 38 tM Chacoiaie Prope........................ 90 0. ee a te tal a 2 ee ...40@50 Mammoth, per doz.......... teettrerees U Licorice Drops. . Se STONE WARE— ~-AKRON, A, B. Licorice Drops Ee Butter Crocks, landGeql.................. 06% Lozenges, ee 60 Jugs, % gal., per Oe. %5 printed.. ee oe ecco ee 65 _ ft go OO EE 60 _2. °° eee 70 Miik Pans, % gal Croan BOP... .......5... , ay ee Sere ae A = _ . a. © iil MO CRONIN, oo ond occ once one 5: aso " a: 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. COUNTRY VS. CITY BUSINESS LIFE. PAPER III. Written for THz TRADESMAN. Any business man who entertains the false idea that the world owes him a liv- ing on general principles whether he merits it or not, and makes use of ques- tionable means in obtaining it, and whose conduct during and after business hours will not bear careful investiga- tion or the ‘close scrutiny to which resi- dence in the country will, of necessity, subject him, will find it to his interest to migrate to the city. He will find condi- tions in the city more favorable for the exercise of his peculiarities, and his vil- lage neighbors and customers would, no doubt, cheerfully turn out and assist him in packing and shipping his worldly effects. But the independent business man answering to the description given in No. 2 of this series, if he wishes to get any satisfaction and pleasure out of his short existence on earth, will remain in the country; and, if his business is not sat- isfactory, instead of ‘“‘jumping out of the frying pan into the fire,” he will proceed to make it so. A business life in a pleasant country village is simple, quiet, healthful and enjoyable. It is not intimidated, cowed and overawed by arrogance, pride and pomposity; neither is it marred and sad- dened by constant exhibitions of crime, cruelty and abject poverty. The streets of the country village are not paved with asphalt and lighted with electricity, but mothers, wives and daughters can, unattended by male escort, pass, day or night, up and down the wooden side- waiks without danger of coming in con- tact with alecherous brute in human shape, or a painted wreck of their own sex. The village streets are not walled in with tall blocks which are alive wlth human beings, representing every type of struggling humanity, from the man or woman who is trying to earn an honest dollar, down to the vermin who prey on the innocent and cater to the wants of the vicious and depraved, but in their place the sun shines and the pure light of heaven circulates freely. The spire on the village church does not reach quite so near heaven, but the members who attend that church speak to each other when they meet on the streets, without the necessity of a fourth or fifth introduction; and the country lodge has never yet become so great and rich as to strangle fraternity and destroy all broth- erly feeling among its members. A country business life is in harmony with natural conditions and hence is more conducive to true happiness. As a practical illustration of an aver- age country business life, we will sup- pose that Jones isa merchant in a vil- lage somewhere in this State. Upon in- vestigation, we find that Jones owns the home in which he lives and that, al- though it is not modern according to city ideas, it is cosy and comfortable and be- longs to Jones, which fact silences all ob- jections raised against it. He may live in rooms over his store, or his store may be connected with his dwelling, or it may be that he makes his home in a rented building just around the corner. As Jones is running on the average tick- et, it will not do to make him own too much reality, so we will assume that he rents his store. This is no great disad- vantage, however, for, ina country vil- lage, a man can occupy a rented store about as cheaply as if he owns it. Jones | has been in business several years. He may have commenced with a capital of $1,- 000, or say $1,500; or, being an average, he may have invested $2,000 ten years ago, but to-day he owns his home and a $2,000 stock of merchandise. Of course, Statisticians number Jones with the mul- titude that make up the 95 per cent. of business failures on the ‘‘broad road that leadeth to destruction;” but we will look further into his life and see wheth- er it is a failure or not. Jones has five children. The first three were kept in the village schools un- til they graduated, after which one was put through a business college, another was sent to Ann Arbor, where he is now acquiring a profession, and the third is apprenticed toa village concern where he is learning a good trade. Nothing is denied that will materially add to the health and physical and mental comfort of his family. He employs a faithful old clerk, and finds time to eat his meals regularly and attend to his domestic and public duties, as becomes a social being and a citizen of the Republic. He is oc- casionally called upon to fill some posi- tion of trust in the municipal govern- ment, the school management, or in the various social organizations in his little rural world, all of which duties, being faithfully performed, add to the pleasure of a business man who assumes equality with his neighbors and is recognized asa man among men. This condition of things can only be realized in a country business life. Jones has very little trancient trade, and it would, therefore, be a bad place for the fellow who cannot refrain from playing tricks—such an_ individual would find a more profitable field among the ever shifting elements of the city in which to ‘‘cut up his little antics” and give vent to his pent-up desires. Jones’s customers are all familiar to him. That same old farmer has driven up to that same old tiepost hundreds of times, and that same jolly, motherly old lady has climbed out of that same old democrat wagon nearly as many times and waddled into that same store with a hearty, “Good mornin’, Mr. Jones. What ye payin’ fur butter ‘n’ eggs to-day?” And, while Jones counts out her eggs and weighs up her butter for the hundredth time, he enquires all about matters on the farm—how many lambs they have up to date; whether Molly has _ recov- ered from the chicken pox; whether George Henry has his steers broken in yet, and whether they got home from the ‘‘social’’ all right. There are bux- om lasses roaming over the adjacent fields in good stout No. 6 custom made shoes, whose feet have been fitted to shoes by Jones ever since they wore shoes at all. Jones has made his own trade. He has educated these people, im spite of themselves, to rely upon his word and trust him every time, and, having accomplished this, his support and their patronage are assured. He is not rated away up in “G” or ‘“F” by Dun and Bradstreet, but his credit is giltedged. He pays for everything he buys and no drummer ean sell him what, in his judgment, he does not need. His business methods are sound and hon- orable—he is simply safe and honest, which information would be worth more to the wholesale fraternity than any pos- sible rating in dollars and cents. Unlike the city dealer, Jones is not Borsam’s Putz Liquid The mineral is imported from Austria. McDowell’s Metal Polish. Same as Putz Pomade, only in liquid. This is the only Putz Liquid made. Cleans and polishes fine brass, copper, nickel, German silver, etc., removes rust. Slickest thing on the market for cleaning show cases, brass scoops, scales, signs, nickel on stoves, bicycles, copper boilers, kettles, shovels, andirons, tongs, and all metals. Used by Grand Rapids and many other Fire Depart- ments, John Phillips & Co., show case manufacturers, Fs Detroit. : Trade supplied by 2 StroneG, Cops & Co., Cleveland. PY FARRAND, WILLIAMS & CLARK, Detroit. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DruG Co., Grand Rapids. FosTER, STEVENS & Co., Grand Rapids. THE McDOWELL METAL POLISH 6O., DETROIT and GRAND RAPIDS. i i i i THE MCDOWELL POLISH CO.\} Son rey Ate, en Beware of all polishes claiming to be Putz Liquid. This is the m ct Seg oodwaRD Avs. DETROT wicl only one made, Look for our trade mark “PERFECT.” Genuine Putz Pomade is known as ‘‘Trumpine” and ‘ Spiked Top Helmet.” ~ NEAL THY aye. cRAND RAPIDS All imitations have a tassel on top of helmet of either paste or —_—S liquid. Gold Medal Goods. EALIZING the demand, on the part of the retail trade, for a line of goods of standard purity and strength, which can be depended upon at all times for uniformity and excellence, we recently put on the market sev- eral articles in the grocery line under the brand Z of NY ~ GOLD MEDAL. The reception accorded these goods has been so hearty and the sentiment of the trade being so emphatically in favor of goods of undoubted quality, we have decided to add largely to our list of GOLD MEDAL goods, to the end that dealers may be able to purchase a full line of goods in which they can place the most im- plicit confidence. ‘‘Not how cheap, but how good” applies with special force to the Gold Medal brand. BALL-BARNHART-PUTMAN CO, -YES-- OUR SPRING LINE is now in the market, and, as we are informed, confirms the high reputation the senior member of our firm has earned for himself, that for elegance, style, fit, make-up and lowness in price he stands unequalled—a thorough, practical clothing manufacturer, established thirty-six years in the city of Rochester, N. Y. William Connor, our representative in Michigan, whose address is Box 346, Marshall, Mich., will gladly call upon you if you will honor him with a line to show you our samples, and buy or not buy, we will thank you for the honor of inspection. The mail orders we are constantly re- ceiving, especially for our elegant fitting Prince Albert coats and vests, are marvelous. Those merchants contemplating putting in ready-made clothing this spring will best consult their interests by sending for Wm. Connor, who put in four new lines for customers this last fall and will gladly give them as references. MICHAEL KOLB & SON, Wholesale Clothiers, Rochester, N. Y. a -% 4 a -% 4 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. compelled to pay an enormous rent for a place in which to do business, and pay taxes to the tune of 3 percent., and then be obliged to sacrifice horseflesh and wear out buggies in racing around from house to house in a frantic effort to drum up trade by soliciting orders. Neither must he scatter his goods and wares on credit among people about whom he knows nothing and who are as shifting as the sands underlying the Missouri River; and, when ‘‘jumped” by any of them, forced to recover by filching from those who do pay. It was just such aman as Jones who made the mistake referred to in the pre- vious article. He is in the city now; and it would be cruel to describe the ruinous effects of that foolish mistake; the pit- falls prepared for his unwary feet by de- signing persons; the fruitless attempts to establish a profitable business and the inevitable losses; the bitter disap- pointments; and the gradual loss of confidence in himself and in everybody else; the slow ebbing of his courage; the failure to obtain congenial or lucrative employment, owing to his advancing age and his proud, independent nature, and —what next? No, Mr. Jones, stay where you are, if you know when you are well off. You area success and a useful member of so- ciety down there where the peaceful summer air is redolent with the odor of new-mown hay, and the village streets resound with the click of the harvesters in the surrounding fields; but, in the air- polluted streets and the sin-cursed alleys of the city, you would wither and die. Stay where you are. E. A. OWEN. i 2 Some Helpful Suggestions on Kid Gloves. From the Dry Goods Economist. Kid gloves, more than any other article, are ‘‘if well bought, half sold,’”’ and there is no stock in a store that needs more careful and constant super- vision, and which then needs less selling. The great point is to keep the stock fresh as the gloves go off, and, therefore, an intelligent and painstaking continual at- tention to the requirements and even daily wants of the department are of primary importance. Carrying this further, it is also, as «consequence of this, far better, where it is possible, to get as near in contact as possible with first sources, as no matter whether the stock is in wholesale stores or in retail, it deteriorates more or less. The most successful glove buyer is he who, know- ing his wants, keeps on constant orders, to come into him as he requires them ‘thot out of the oven.’’ As kids are born, not woven, and as one part of the skin is and must be in- ferior to another, there is no article more requiring well balanced criticism than this. To use a homely illustration, you are carving aleg of mutton. Itis not fair to cut just the prime part for the first person and leave the rest with the knuckle or other inferior ends. And so when you see thumbs sometimes not looking quite as fine as the body of the hand, itis always fair to remember the manufacturer cannot afford to throw away all of the skin which is not first- class. Suedes are merely the skin turned in- side out, with the face pumice-stoned off. As in a glace, the fineness of texture of the face is of primary importance, the kids are found in the south of France, but for suedes, as face is of no import- ance at all, it being destroyed altogether, the best goods come from the Brazils. The size of a kid glove is the number of French inches round the knuckles; the difference between a French inch and an English inch is, eleven French equal twelve English. In buying gloves the first question to study is cut, which embraces length of always to be borne in mind, and that is, a glove made exactly to fit the hand would be a bad fitting glove. It is quite a work of art to make a glove which will show off the hand to the best advantage, and in a well cut glove, when on, you ought always to be able to run a pin through the kid at the socket between each finger without tonching the delicate fiber of skin which is there. That is to say, the glove ought not to fit down close in between the fingers. Then the right shape of thumb gusset and right cut down of thumb is very important to a well-fitting glove. Being sure your cut is right—and a well cut glove, curiously, will fit wellon almost any hand, however ill-formed—the next point is quality, fineness and regularity of kid skin or lamb skin or chevrette used. Elasticity is e great point, and sufficient thickness of material, avoiding on one hand a papery feel, and on the other a too thick and clumsy feel; ina word, firmness of texture and elasticity are the two good characteristics. Then a most careful ex- amination of sewing to see that there are not too many, if any, slipped stitches. There are many other minor points, all important, too, such as buttons and how the buttons are attached; button holes, how made andif corresponding properly tofsize of button; in fact, an infinite de- tail it is impossible to go into here, but with which every experienced glover is in daily contact. One point as to marking sizes leads often to confusion: To flatter ladies some buyers order all their gloves to be marked asizeless than they really are; thus a lady says, ‘‘I take 614,’ when the real size is 63g, and by the above plan she is pleased, and so the more scrupulous trader who tells her the truth loses her custom. a 9 Where Do Mackerel Go? Where mackerel go for the winter is one of the fish mysteries. When the first snow flies in the Bay of Fundy, mackerel disappear. They are abundant in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and off Newfound- land until that time, plump and juicy and very toothsome, the result of having fed well on their migration northward. The next seen of themis in March, off Cape Hatteras. All their plumpness is then gone, as if they had eaten nothing all winter. There is ascaly growth over their eyes, which nearly blinds them. Nobody whose palate has been taught what good mackerel are, cares to eat such fish. Many old fishermen think the flesh tastes of mud in spring. One theory in regard to this is that the mackerel go into the mud in winter and remains there, and that this has the effect of producing a cataract growth, or scale, for the protection of the eye, and of imparting an earthy taste to the flesh. Mackerel have been speared in the Bay of Fundy by men who cut through the ice to look for fish. Occassionally a mack- erel has been found in mud, but cases of this kind are so rare that they fail to establish any rule in regard to the habits of the fish. The only certainty is that mackerel disappear from all waters visited by fish- ing vessels from late in the fall until early in spring. The fish naturally loves the shores and is to be found close to land in the regular season. Since fishing vessels cover this ground all the year round, it is safe to suppose that if mackerel were there, they would be caught at times out of season. If the fish go into deep water for the winter and move seaward, they put aside en- tirely the habits that have been observed in regard to them, and in the winter time acquire traits to which they seem to be innately averse in the warm weather months. Mackerel do not like cold water, and it is not believed that they remain in the northern bays through the winter. There is certainly no explanation, if it is as- sumed that they make their winter home off Newfoundland, for their appearane in a latitude much farther south in the spring. Canadian fishermen have several times tried to make trouble over mackerel catches, claiming that mackerel remain in northern waters as their natural habitat, and that the mackerel coming up fingers; but here a curious anamely has) from Hatteras are not at all the same fish found in the Bay of Fundy. This theory has not been accepted, however, by American fishermen, and the claims of the Canadians do not seem plausible enough to have justified any action by the authorities of the dominion. a a State or Onio, City or TOLEDO, | oe Lucas Country. . Frank J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cuenty & Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL’s CaTarRru CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence,"this 6th day of December,” A.:D. 1886. ~~ A, W. GLEASON, § t Notary Public. + SEAL ( ) Hall’s Catarrh Cure is*taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. "Sold by Druggists, 75c. suid vu dnvuo 9s, 22niqg oyeseTOou mM “SOU WOdd ss01ppyY 3] 10} Oj1d ysoqZyy oy] Aed om *LOOU ONESNTS HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO, WHOLESALE BOOTS AND SHOES. Wales Goodyear Rubbers, Boots, Shoes, Alaskas, Green Bays, Esquimaux and Portage Socks, Knit and Felt Boots. Dealers are cordially invited to send in mail orders. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. IGHIGAN CENTRAL ‘€ The Niagara Falls Route.’’ (Taking effect Sunday, Nov. 20, 1892.) Arrive. Depart 1p m........ Detroit Express ........ 6 55 pm _-ee............. mineg ......... 7 am ea u.......... Day Express i 120pm G@am..... *Atlantic and Pacific. .10 45pm opm ..... New York Express...... 5 40pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex- press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 6:55 a m; re- turning, leave Detroit 440 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:00 p m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains east over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) Tickets on sale at Union Ticket Office, 67 Mon- roe street and Union Depot. ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN & WAUKEE Railway. Depot corner Leonard St. and Plainfield Ave. MIL- EASTWARD. Trains Leave |tNo. 14)tNo. 16|tNo. 18\*No. 82 G’d Rapids, Ly| 6 50am 10 20am soe 11 00pm lone |... ...- Ar| 7 45am/11 25am) 4 27pm) 112 42am St. Johns ...Ar| 8 30am/12 17pm Seen 2 00am Owoss) ...... Ar| 905am/ 1 20pm] 6 05pm} 3 10am EK, Saginaw..Ar|10 50am} 3 45pm) 8 00pm 6 40am Bay — oo Ar/|11 30am} 4 35pm 8 37pm 7 15am Pimms ........ Ar|10 05am] 3 45pm| 7 7 05pm) 5 5 40am Pt. nae .-Ar}12 05pm] 5 50pm} 8 50pm) 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar}10 58am} 3 05pm! 8 25pm 5 37am Detroit....... Arj11 50am] 4 05pm) 9 25pm) 7 00am WESTWARD. Trains Leave ||*No. 81 |tNo. 11 |tNo. 13 iy. pewros..... ...-..... i10 45pm| 6 50am}10 50am Ga Hapa, Ly... .... | 7 O}am] 1 VOpm| 5 10pm Gd Haven, Ar....... } 8 25am] 2 10pm) 6 15pm Milw’keeStr “ ........ |] Chicago Str. “* . ; *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Trains arrive from ~ east, 6:40 a.m., 12:50 a.m., 5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. Trains arri e fen ei west, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 9:45V p. m Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward—No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street. Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect November 20, 1892. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrivefrom Leave > going South. rth. 6:45am For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 7 20 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:00am 1:10 pm For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 2:20pm 4:15pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10pm 10:10 pm From Chicago and Kalamazoo. 8:35 Train arriving from south at 6:45am and 9:00am daily. Others trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. 8o uth, Bor Cinemas. 8... 6:30am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and oe a 10 05 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm Por Cimeinaag, ................. 5:15 pm 6:00 p m For Kalamazoo & Chicago..... 11:00 p m 11:20 pm rom Gegeenw. 11:50 a m ECM SAE, ck. eect ese 11:00 pm Trains leaving south at 6:00 pm and 11:20 p. m. runs daily; ail other trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH 1:10 p m train has parlor car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 10:10 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. SOUTH--7:00 am train.— Rapids to Cincinnati. 10:05 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6: m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car rat Rapids to Cincinnati. 320 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grind ae to Chie ooo Parlor chair car Grand ‘Cheeen via G. R. &I. BR. R. Lv Grand Rapids 10:05 a m 2:00 pm 11:20 pm Arr Chicago 3:55 p m 9:00 p m 6:50 am 10:05 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Lv Chicago 7:05 am 3:10pm 11:45 p m Arr Grand Rapids 2:20 pm 8:35 pm 6:45 am 3:10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:45 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive 6:55 am am 11:25 am 4:40 pm §:30 pm 9:05 pm Sunday train leaves for Muskegon at 9:05 a m, ar- riving at 10:20 am. Returning, train leaves Muske gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Grand Rapids at 5:45 p m. Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union BSta- tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. ©. L. LOCKWOOD, General Sissiieiainer and Ticket Agent. rcsco NOV. 20, 1892. GOING ie CHICAGO. Lv.GR’D RAPIDS.... 50am 1:25pm *11:25pm Ar. CHICAGO.......... 00m 6:45pm *7:05am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Ly. CHICAGO..........9:00am 5:25pm *11:15pm Ar. GRD RAFIDS..... 3:55pm 10:45pm *7:05am TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, AND ST JOSEPH bv. G E........ ScOGam 2:cupimm .... |. *11:35pm ar o........ *6:10am 3° 10:45pm Ly. GH. .... 8:45pm Ar. G. ER. : 5:25pm TRAVERSE CITY MANISTEE & PETOSKEY. iy. 6 f....... eo 7:30am 5:35pm Ar. Manistee .. rude et cence eek ‘29pm, Ar, Traverse City . teem i ee oe 1 :59pm mr. Cuaplevyerm.-................ Sion |. iy Pesoeney .................... a: — oa Ar. from Petoskey, ete., 10:08 p m.; from Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 pm. THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Wagner Parlor Cars Leave Grand Rapids 1:25 pm, leave Chicago 5:25 p m. Wagner Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 pm; leave Chicago *11:15 pm. Free Chair Car for Manistee 5:45 p m. *Every day. Other trains week days only. DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. NOV. 20, 1892 GOING TO DETROIT. in G &.-.............. Ar tee.......... RETURNING " Lv. — 50am *1:35pm 6:10pm ALG H.....,. 12: 55pm *5:25pm 10:30pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T, LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. G R.11:50am 11:00pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R, R. Ly. Grand Rapids........ 7:10am 1: xopm 5:40pm Ar. from Lowell...... .12:5opm S:2opm ....... THROUGH CAR SERVICE, Parlor Cars on all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor cars to Saginaw on morn- ing train. *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t, 7:10am *1:25pm 5:40pm 11:30am *5:25pm 10:35pm 20M DETROIT. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e offers a route making the best time betwe Grand Rapids and Toledo. VIA D., L. & HN. Ly. Grand Rapids at.....7:15 a. m. and 1:00 p. m, Ar. Toledo at ......... 12: 55 > p. m. and 10:20 p, m. VIA D., @. H. & M. Ly. Grand Rapids at.....6:50 a, m. and 3:25 p. m. Ar. Toledo at.......... 2:55 p. m. and 10:20 p, m. Return connections equally as good. H, BENNETT, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association. President, A. J. Elliott; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. Official Organ—Micuican TRADESMAN. Jackson Grocers’ Union President, D. S. Fleming; THE CREAMERY CRAZE. Logical Sequence of the Work of the “‘Creamery Shark.” Three Rivers creamery stockholders re-elected all the old directors and leased the plant for another year. An assessment to meet last year’s losses was talked of, but did not earry. Palo correspondence Belding Banner: The creamery building is now completed and ready for the machinery. Some of the stockholders claim that the matter was misrepresented to them when they were solicited to invest, and that they were misled, and, consequently, they are doing a large amount of kicking, but we guess they are ‘‘in for it’? just the same. Nunica correspondence Coopersville See’y, N. H. Branch. | | j | Observer: Let those creamery stockhold- | ers who are dissatisfied with the way Davis & Rankin are making collections here go to Coopersville, where they will be consoled. The solicitors of stock for the Coopersville creamery agreed to take good notes at 6 per cent. for one or two years’ time. They (Davis & Rankin) now send on their collector, who de- mands cash and refuses to accept a note from the best man in town, while those here who paid cash were allowed a dis- count of 12 per cent. The West Point butter and cheese fac- tory, which cost $4,900 a little over a year ago, has just been sold for $1,190. Adrian Telegram: The Holloway But- ter and Cheese Co. was started some time ago, on a promise from the Davis & Ran- kin creamery promulgators that the Hol- loway company would, by paying $2, have an inside on the privileges of the Elgin, Ill., board of trade. This meanta saving of the work of disposing of the product and insured the company ready sale for its butter. After the contract had been closed and the building erected, the Secretary wrote the Elgin board, which replied that Davis & Rankin were not members and that the Holloway com- pany was not eligible to membership, as Illinois and the southern tier of coun- ties in Wisconsin comprises the territory permitted to sell goods on the Elgin board. ini i >< —_ African Pipes. From the New York News. A long and siender stemmed pipe was brought from Central Africa some years ago from the neighborhood of Albert Nyanza by the Stanley expedition, and was obtained from the dwarf tribes in- habiting the Arewemi and Ituri forests, near the equator. To make the pipe the little people take the midrib of the banana leaf, which is cellular, and, by pushing a long, hard river reed through the rib, they are enabled to get the bore required for the pipe stem. They plug the lower end with clay, and rolling up asection of the banana leaf into a tiny cornucopia, cut a hole in the stem and insert it for a bowl, the sap in the green leaf preventing its com- bustion as the tobacco burns. This pipe recalls the bowl made from a potato and the stem made out of a piece of twig from which the pith had been driven, which was employed by many American soldiers during the great war. Another curious pipe is made from a shell which comes from New Guinea. While the pipes used in the interior are more generally made of bamboo, those smoked in the neighborhood of the coast, and especially in Savo and the Solomon islands, are made of shells which are picked up on the seashore. At present the principal pipe used in the southern portion of New Guinea and the adjacent islands is the English clay, and a pipe of this description is generally acceptable asapart of the payment for a day’s labor in that district. —_— -—~. 2 ~<. The Drug Market. Carbolic acid is ina firm position and higher prices are looked for soon. Some large holders have withdrawn from the market. | the Company. | vancing, some distillers asking an ad- Cubeb berries are in good supply and | easier. Oil anise is low, on account of full sup- ply. Oil orange is lew. Oil pennyroyal has declined. Balsam Copaiba is in small supply again and demand is larger. The price is tending higher. Alcohol has again been advanced by The present schedule is as follows. marcos. ee ee ce $2.65 heii Ee ae 2.70 oe. (Cit. eee 2.7% ey qe 2.7 All less 5e gallon, cash 10 days. The Distilling and Cattle Feeding Co.’s whiskies, brandies and gins are all higher. Kentucky goods are also ad- vance of from 10 to 20 per cent. on their 1893 output over the prices charged in 1892. Turpentine is higher. Cocoa butter has advanced, in sym- pathy with the foreign market. The price of Pierce’s Smartweed has been reduced from $3.75 to $3.50 and a 25 cent size has been placed on the mar- ket at $1.75 per dozen. Wistar’s Balsam is now sold in two sizes, the 50 cent size at $4 per dozen. African ginger has advanced. oe Present Price of Granulated Sugar. The present retail price of granulated sugar in this city is as follows: 1 pound. a: s% ac eee en Ne NET ee 6% cents Q5 “ TOC COMe CC et eces +ebececeennoue me PRODUCE MARKET, Apples—A little higher than a week ago, as the continued cold weather is curtailing ship- ments into this market. Baldwins and Spys are in fair supply and good demand, commanding $3 per bbl. for No. 1 eating and $2 for No. 2or cooking grades. Beans—Handlers pay $1.40@$1.50 for country picked end about #1.20 for unpicked, holding city picked mediums at $1.60@81.75. Butter—Scarce and almost impossible to se cure in any quantity. Jobbers pay 24c for choice dairy and find ready takers at 26c. Cabbage—80@90c per doz., and scarce at that. Celery—18@2ve per doz. bunches, Cider—1244@13c per gal. Cranberries—The market is without change, crates now being held as follows: Cape Cods and Jerseys, $2.75; Waltons, $3.25. Eggs—Cold storage stock being practically exhausted, the trade has recourse only to the stray lots of fresh which reach the market. Job- bers cheerfully pay 25@26e for all offerings of that character, which find ready sale at 27@28c. A few warm days will probably increase the supply of fresh stock, but it will be several weeks before the supply will be equal to the demand, Grapes—Malagas have advanced 50ca keg, be- ing now held at $8. Green Stuff—Grand Rapids forcing lettuce is in adequate supply at 18¢c per lb. Pieplant comes into market this week at 3c per Ib. and radishes at 40c per doz. Honey—Plenty in quantity and excellent in quality at 12@13c per Ib. Onions—Unchanged. hold at 90¢ per bu. Parsnips—40e per bu. Potatoes—The market is practically unchanged froma week ago The demand is good, but the severe weather makes shipment difficult and expensive and handling by the producer next to impossible, as the farmer cannot haul stock to market in this weather without suffering too large a percentage of loss by freezing. As soon as the weather moderates, buying will be re- sumed and competition may force the buying price up another notch, as the condition of the great consuming markets warrants another ad vance. Squash—Very scarce, Hubbard readily com- manding 2%c per Ib. Sweet Potatoes—Scarce and nearly out of mar- ket. Illinois readily command #4 per bbl. and Tennessee Yams bring 91.25 per bu. Turnips—35c per bu Dealers pay 75c and You dont need a Jimmy nor a Dark-Lantern to open the eyes of the public. But when snow comes you must have Snow Shovels a a aD We have them with Long and D handles in wood. In steel we have long handle only. ONRO ~~ & G: progres TEVENS P. STRKRYER & SONS, HAVE A WELL ASSORTED LINE OF Windsor and Scotch Gaps FROM $2.25 PER DOZ. UP, ALSO A FULL LINE OF LADIES’ AND GEN TLEMEN’S Gloves, Mitts and Mufflers HANDKERCHIEFS, WINDSOR TIES, GENT’S SCARFS, AND A FRESH STOCK OF Dolls, and Christmas Novelties for Hohday Trade, -q3 = « al 4 wm a - oan $2 » » Heyman & Company, Yk Manufacturers of MOW Cases Of Every Description. | | | | * ae First-Class Work Only. | : WRITE FOR PRICES. | - 4. 68 and 68CanaiSt. - GRAND RAPIDS | I VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & OO., a. WHOLESALE t+ — Dry Goods, Carpets and Gloaks + 4 We Make a —— ae ae ig Quilts and Live eese Feathers. | a! Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Go, *° &°.,82 Qttawe St Grand Rapids. Glass Covers ar | Bistils Cracker Chess HESE chests will soon |; pay for themselves in the breakage they avoid. Price $4. UR new glass covers are by far the handsomest ever offered to the trade. They are made to fit any of our boxes and can be changed from one box to anotherina moment They will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. NEW NOVELTIES. We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR. CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. NEWTON, arich finger with fig filling. the best selling cakes we ever made. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO., S. A. Sears, Mer. GRAND RAPIDS. This is bound to be one of BARCUS BAUS... MANUFACTURERS OF CIRCULAR Equalled by few and excelled by none. All our saws are made of the best steel by the mose skillful workmen. and all saws warranted. Burnt saws made good as new for one-fourth the list price of new saws. All kinds of Saw Repairing Done as cheap as can be done consistent with good work. Lumber saws fitted up ready for use ke without extra charge. No charge for boxing or drayage. Writ>-:or prices and discounts. Pe MUSKEGON, ~ MICHIGAN. he 4 * -}- S§pring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN r ax < «