o> i
The young man who makes nothing of |
his opportunities makes a mistake, and | A
that is making too much. |
Dry Goods Price Current.
er COTTONS.
meee. ‘* Arrow Brand 5%
Ree ee 6 “ Worlg Wide. 6
See aA... 6 . ein ene
Atlantic ee 6% |Full Yard Wide..... 6%
_ Sy Georg A.......... 6%
1 ry... 5%/Honest Width....... 6%
= S...... © ;Eerteees ......... 5
Pe -+.. 2 Seeene SOOM... .... 7
a Crier A A... 6%
Archery ——s- _2 mee. ... _*
Beaver Dam AA.. 5%4|Lawrence L Bi 4% |
a a ac... ©
|Madras cheese cloth 6% |
.. | Newmarket : oe 5%
7 | sp 3... Oe
5%! ‘ DD... 5&
“ a 6%
Chapman cheese cl. 3a 'Notbe |... 5
cen OR... 544/Our Level — i 6%
ee 64,|Oxford R.. a
wit Ster......... are. a 7
ee COCL........ a
|Top of the Heap.... 7
BLEACHED COTTONS.
Ane. ...... - 84/Geo. Washington... 8
ee... ........,. 8 oe eee... .....,
ee... .....- q old Megal......... 7%
Art Cambric........ 10 com aececs....... 8%
Blackstone AA..... 2 MerOel Palm........., 6%
eee an. iene 7%
Dee ...........4.- 12 |Just Out..... 4%@
Oe 74 |King Phillip nea 7%
(oS .........,. 6% or,.... 7%
Caster Oak........ 54%|Lonsdale Cambric..10
Conway W.. ---. T4|Lonsdale...... - @8%
Cleveland . ca |Middlesex ce @5
Dwight Anchor Le ie meee... 7%
' norte. 6 (08k View........... 6
Edwards. . 6 joa 06a. 5%
ee. ......... 7 iPride of the West. . .12
Pare... ......... Th Ropelind............ 7
Fruit of the Loom. 8%/|Suntight.. i. oo.
Fitchville .........% |Utica Mite 7... 8%
| Sires rsd... 7 . Nonpareil ..10
Fruit of the Loom %. 7 a Viasere....._......- 8%
Perceeum.......... White Pores ........ 6
Full Value.......... él Rock... 1. |) Bu
HALF BLEACHED COTTONS.
(nee... 7 |Dwight Anchor..... 84
Parwell....... . a |
ANTON FLANNEL.
U ehheached. ao
Housewife a —. 3M Housewife - 6%
ae ‘
7 C ce . st 5 .-7%
. ise 6% 7 ee 8%
‘ 2 q ‘ .. 9%
' Ce 74! ee 10
o ese TH) ” a |
v a... 7% ' z...... 11%
eT 514 | ' rd 12%
” Pen cee 8% ud >... 13%
. a. . 9%
L. . .10
_ i -10%
_ a. 1
CARPET WARP.
Peerless, white.. oe ew colored, . .20
' colored. . 20%) White Star.......... 18
Integrity. . ‘18% _ * * colored. .20
DRESS Goons.
Pemiijen ........-. ice Cece cose 20
SS - 25
a -10%4| p24 neh
GG Cashmere...... - 30
Nameless oe eee 8 -
an | o
CORSETS,
(eceiee.....-...... —_ 50|/Wonderful . -. 50
Schilling’s. » SORiriecoe.. ....-... 475
Davis Waists ..... 9 00|/Bortree’s .......... 9 00
Grand Rapids..... 4 50|Abdominal........ 15 00
CORSET JEANS.
Srey ........-..... oe S
Androsco 744) Rockport... .. - 6%
Biddefor .. 6 |Conestoga .. 1%
Brsneeiek. .... .... 6%|Walworth .......... 6%
PRINTS.
Allen ——— reds.. 6 |Berwick fancies.... 5%
ee. ....... 6 IC lyde Robes
iC te ta Oak ie
|DelMarine cashm’s.
%
‘sé
- med & purple 6
a 6
4
6
. pink checks. 6 | mourn’g 6
e epee ...... 6 | Eddystone fancy... 6
_ shirtings ... 4%) chocolat 6
American fancy.... 53) " rober ... 6
Americanindigo... 64% e sateens.. 6
American shirtings. 5 Hamilton a 8
| Argentine Grays.. 2 ae .... S
Anchor —- Manchester ancy. 6
Arnold —. > ie new era. 6
Arnold Merino. ... 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 6
ss long cloth > - Merrim’ a 4%
' 8% — . 8%
“century ach # 7 |Pacific a . at
< gobi vee..... 10% eo 6%
‘* green seal TR 10%) Portsmouth robes... 6
“yellow seal. 10% Simpson mourning.. 6
- epeee.........3596 [ = oa
“ Turkey red. 10% . olid black. 6
Ballou solid black.. Wechieanen indigo. 6
’ “ golors. ox ‘“ Turkey robes.. 7%
~~ al blue, green, ‘“* India robes.... 7%
and ——— -- 5% “ plain T’ky X ¥ 8%
Berlin solids. . — - ” . ae
ofl blue...... “* Ottoman Tur-
ss ‘ green .... 64%) key red ;
“ Foulards .... 5%/ Martha Washington
’ red 7 Turkey red %..... Th
- 9%! Martha _
. “44. 10 Turkey red..
= “ Z4¥XXX 12 Riverpoint robes.. . 5%
| Cocheco _aey...... ; Ww. indsor ee 6%
madders.. = ticket
_ XX twills.. * oe indigo blue.......10%
. eolids...... Si¢|Harmony......... - 4%
TICKING.
Ampeoes BOA... 32 iA A..... ... 2... 13
Meamiiten #......... 7%| Pemberton AAA....16
- - ....... 8% wee 10
r Awaing..f1 iSwift River......... %
ee. & Peer River......... 12%
eee eC ree.......... ON oie ok ck ieee ae 13%
| too Bile ......-. 1S PComosioes .......-.. 16
COTTON DRILL.
aes, ©.......... ee 2. i... 8
en 6%|No Name........ . %
EE Bes steer es 7 (rope Hesp........ 9
No : BI. & — _
DEMINS.
Amoskeag oe 124%/Columbian brown. .12
Sax..... 13% Everett, Dins........- 12%
. brown .13 rown. ....12%
AnGover.............. 11% Haymaker eee... 7%
Beaver Creek 2S oe brown... 7%
oo © \oemey....... 1.11%
“ Go. Lancester........... 12%
Boston, Mfg Co. br.. 7 Lawrence, a ee 13%
blue 8% No. 220....13
“* da twist 10% - No. 250....11%
Columbian XXX. br.10 - No. 280... .10%
xX bi.19
GINGHA MS.
Apnoea. ...;. .... Lancaster, staple... 7
‘* Persian dress Bi4 fancies . 7
. Canton .. 8% e Normandie 8
“ Avc...... 10% Lanceshire.......... 6
. Teazle...10%/|Manchester......... 5%
- Angola..10%/Monogram.......... 6%
. ee 8%|Normandie......... ™%
Arlington staple.... 64%4)Persian............. 8%
Arasapha fancy.. 434) Renfrew Dress. ..... 7%
Bates. arwick dres 84|Rosemont........... 6%
staples. on Srecereviile ......... 6
Centennial......... 1" cs toe z
Crore .......... ieee ............ ™%
Cumberland staple. OM Toll du Nord....... 10%
Cumberland epee... ......... 7
ee.... ... e : s¢ seersucker.. 7%
ee WUE WOrWIOK.... --.... 8%
Everett classics..... 8%4/Whittenden......... 6%
Bxpoeiaon.......... 7 . heather dr. 8
cnerne............ 6% . indigo blue 9
Glenaryen.......... 6%|Wamsutta staples... 8%
Grenwood........,.. is Westbrook a
Peer ce ee 10
Jobnson Vhalon cl 7 Windermeer.... .... 5
et O_O 6%
" zephyrs....16
GRAIN BAGS,
Amoskeag......... -16%%| Valley City.......... 15%
Osan ce 20%|Georgia... ...... ..15%
Buccs... ...... 1S jeeeuee .....-....-... 13
THREADS,
Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's....... .... 88
Costr, 2. &F....... SS (Marehalls.... .....- 88
Holyoke Pee ee 2%
KNITTING COTTON.
White. Colored. White. Colored
He. 6... a ino, ..... 27 42
ss Bs 34 Si Bh. .e 43
oe ot" 2... 44
. 2 1* @..... 45
CAMBRICS.
ke cance © meweds .......... 5
mote eer... ...-. S mockwood...... ... >
Ria Gilove..........- So imweeee.... .... 4... 5
Newmarket........ > PerUumewick ........ 5
RED FLANNEL.
CE aaa Ry
Ceootmore.... ...... ee ee BR%
ope o ae... me i me, oe .......6 35
ee or puekeve............ 32%
MIXED FLANNEL.
Red & Blue, plaid. -40 Creve W......... 17
ieee B...... 1. ee 2244; Weatern W ......... 18%
ee cueee, 18% Par... 18%
6 oz Western........ 20 ee aa.T...... 23%
Ce ee 23%
pomer =
Nameless oe caw 6h .!lhlClC, 9 @10%
oe eueio” . oo 12%
CANVASS AND PADDING,
Slate. Brown. Black./Slate Brown. Black.
9 9% 94|10% 10% 10%
10% Wk 10%)}11% 11% ny
11% 11% 11%}12 12 12
12% 12% 12%|2 20 20
DUCKS.
Severon, 8 os........ 9%|West Point, 8 oz....10%
Mayland, 8oz....... 10% _ 100z ...12%
Greenwood, 7% oz.. 9%|Raven, 100z......... 18%
Greenwood, 8 oz. “11% ee | ci, 13%
Boson, § os......-.. 104% |Boston, 10 0z........ Ry
WADDINGS.
oie, Goe........- 25 |Per bale, 40 dos... $3 50
Colored, Gos........ - lee 6 CC . 7 60
SILESIAB,
Slater, iron Crom... 8 (Pawtucket.......... 10%
Rea Crom.... 9 ied. .............
- coe.......... 10% Doers. 10
_ Best AA..... 24 — oo 10%
Lf eee. ee 5... 4, 10%
i es SL 8%
SEWING SILE.
Corticelli, dos. ...... 85 {Corticelli knitting,
twist, doz..4¢ per 408 Dall...... 30
50 — doz. .40
OKS AND EYES—PER GRO
No 4 Bre & White. _
“ : ae a ie “ 10 “we 2
No 2 C....... 0 re e SM...... 40
S-16,5C.......-
No 2 White & Brk12. No 8 White & BI’k..20
.. . ——_— i = . -
* 6 o —— = - a
SAFETY PINS.
Mee... to Sea
NEEDLES—PEB M.
A eee... ls. 1 40|Steamboat.... ... .
cower e....... .... 1 3/Gold Eyed.......... 150
Marshall’s........ oon 00|
TABLE = CLOTH.
5-4.. 225 6—-4.. --195 6—4...2 9
3 » * eget iol
OTTON a.
Cotton Sail Twine. eee... ”
ieee... . s,s 12 Rising * Star =.
Peeeeeee ........... 18% 3-ply.. i
ee... Ss (Morte Stee... ...... 20
Bristol . ..-..13 |Wool Standard 4 we %
Cherry ‘Valley. oe | Powhatan ......... 18
Pee... 18
PLAID OSNABURGS
Arepeem,........... 6% ~nneo a Pleasant.... 6%
—* Le pa “se NN os os tu cual 5
re % ee 5
ar on a ne aS 6 oe. aeiehas es
II oe os wo 6% oe ewe 8
Gra te Soca eb caea ox Sibley A. ;
Mew River......... ee ee
TE Biv cs vocwaceres
Best Six Cord
Machine or Hand Use,
FOR SALE BY ALL
Dealers in Dry Goods & Notions.
KALAMAZOO PANT &OVERALL CO,
221 E. MainoSt., Kalamazoo, Mich.
Chicago salesroom with Silverman & Opper,
Corner Monroe st. and Fifth ave.
Our specialties: Pants from $7.50 to $36 per doz.
warranted not to rip. Shirts from #250 to $15
per doz. _— line now ready. Samples sent
on approval,
BUY THE PENINSULAR
Pats, Shirts, and Overalls
Once and You are our Customer
for life.
STANTON, MOREY & CO., Mfrs.
DETROIT,
MICH.
Gro. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan,
Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids.
SNEDIGOR & HATHAWAY,
Manufacturers and Wholesale
Dealers in
HOES. = RUDDER,
124-126 Jefferson Ave.,
DETROIT, MICH.
Men’s and Women’s Fine Shoes a
Specialty.
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a ea ll
THERE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
THE GERMAN MEAT MARKET.
Comparison with the American Market
to the Detriment of the Latter.
Isabel H. Floyd, wife of Col. Robert |
M. Floyd—who has something more than
a passing acquaintance with Michigan
merchants—writes from Dresden as fol-
lows, relative to the German meat dealer: |
In America we have sad-looking sau-
sages; limp and heavy,
our butcher shop windows asif apolo-
gizing for being there. They feel their
inferiority, and seem to know that it is
only homesick sons of the Fatherland
that want them. But here in Germany
they are a royal family of worth and dis-
tinction, quite able to hold their own
with any other food in the land. They
are a large family. Here are some of
their names, each having a character
quite distinet from his brother: Leber-
wurst, blutwurst, knackwurstchen, ap-
petitswurstchen, cervelatwurst, truffle-
wurst, zwieblewurst, jungerwurst, mett-
wurst, bruhwurstchen, schinkenwurst,
knoblauchwurst, Salami, bratwurst,
schlaeckwurst, presskopf, figischkase,
wienerwurst, sardellenwurst, frankfurt-
erwurst. The shops wherein these are
for sale are quite worthy of the gems
they enclose. We did not know what
they were when we first saw them. Often
the windows are half filled with flowers
and the sausages of all kinds and colors
are arranged with such unbutcherlike
artistic skill that we have often been de-
ceived at first glance as to what they
really were. The shops are always situ-
ated on the main streets of the towns or
cities, and are fitted up in a style that is
amazing toan American. All the trim-
mings are usually of snowy white
marble, the wainscoting, the shelves,
blocks, counters and tables. Shining
brass seales, polished like gold, stand by,
while around the window frames vines
are growing, and pots of flowers in bloom
are here and there. But the crowning
point of attraction is the sausages them-
selves, of which we have often counted
sixteen or eighteen different varieties.
Perhaps will be hung up festoons of deep
bright red rings, three or four rows deep,
high up in the window. Below that, like
waxen candles hanging down, a row of
white sausages. To the right and left
of those, bronze-like browns, or shining
black; while on the marble window seats
below, delicate china standards will be
piled up with other sorts. Then there
will be transparent jelly-molds of white,
yellow or red filled with the same mar-
velous combinations in different ways.
If the shop is large enough to admit of
having two windows, one will usually
be filled with the finished articles, and
the other with the materials for making
the same. One day our boy came to me
and said: ‘‘Mother, come out with me,
and 1’ll show you a sight. There’s a
steer in a shop window on Prager strasse.
Honest Injun, I’m not fooling.” We
went out with our observing son, and he
led the way to Prager strasse, which
corresponds to State street in Chicago.
There, on this fashionable street, between
an art furniture store and a book store,
was a “‘sausage shop,’’ and in one of its
windows, sure enough, was the _ steer,
and hung up from his nose to the tip of
his long tail! The lad grinned and said;
‘I didn’t say he was alive, did I? But
don’t you think it is enough for him to
be in there as he is?” We thought it was,
and admired him duly. About him were
porkers and lambs, disposed in the same
workmanlike manner, while on the clean
marble slabs below, were cuts of beef,
ete., all arranged with satisfying neat-
ness.
Compare this with our butcher shops
in America, where the hacked and dirty
wooden chopping tables stand like hid-
eous guillotine blocks, uninviting and
gruesome; spotted, greasy counters, dirty
sawdust floors, and the only attempt at
order the rows of coarse iron hooks, on
which are impaled pieces of beef or
hams. Your ‘‘butcher,’’ and he usually
looks like one, comes forward for your
order with sleeves rolled up, dirty, blood-
dripped apron that is foul with stains,
and asks you what you’ll have? You
feel like telling him ‘‘nothing’’—but you
must live, so you give your order as
quickly as possible, and get out. That
| shuns ‘‘butcher-shops” as she would the
lis, if you are like the writer, who usually
plague. But here in Germany the sau-|
sage-shops and butcher-shops, for they |
are one and the same, are so different.
To begin with, they usually have pretty |
girls behind the counters. They are |
idressed neatly in calico, with short}
u- | ways
they hang up in
| heads.
| sausage on the
sleeves so they can do their work better;
pretty white aprons on, which they al-
manage to keep clean, and their
flaxen hairis coil.d neatly about their
They cut the meats, weigh the
shining brass scales and
are nearly always smiling and good
natured. A German sausage shop is a
clean place, anattractive place, a poetic-
al place—these are not exceptional ones,
but the general common run as seen in
small towns and large cities. Some in|
the large cities are yet more elaborate;
as, for instance, there is one on Prager
strasse in Dresden that has a fountain
playing in the center of it, and at night
it is all lighted up with lilies of electric
light, and decorated with rare palms.
And the proprietors of these shops do
not eall themselves ‘*butchers’’ either.
They are ‘‘meat-cutters,’’ or they keep a
‘sausage fabrik;’?’ much better terms
than ours, that should be used for the
a and not the dealer.
2 Dronse.................. $7 00
Bee ec. 12
° Cw 8 60
. De hee... 13 50
BARROWS. dis.
Renee... $ 14 00
ee net 30 00
BOLTS dis.
ee 50&10
Carriage now Hae 4. face ee eee es teeigs 75&10
ee 40&10
aaa. : ceva ueees
“BUCKETS.
ee ee as $3 50
Well, swivel........ 4 00
BUTTS, CAST. dis.
Croat Tame Pit, AMO cs yee. coe ecu 70&
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 60&.0
Broken packs
c per pound extra.
Ltn ——— ie... se . | HAMMERS,
TOUCHE Table... .. 2.2... cerce cere eccccecs | Maydole & . dis, 25
Wrought Inside Biind....................... a —— @
Wrought a ed ecu ce el ce eed cteseeues i 75 | Yerkes & Plumb’s. aa aa
wena Clark’s .--70&10 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..............-.. 30c list 69
ind, Parker’s............ . -70&10 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. ...30¢ 40&10
Bed’ ee 70 | Se
BLOCKS. | Gate, Clark's, 1, 2,3 ....- ' . dis.60&10
Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 50 | State... "per ‘doz. net, 2 5¢
CRADLES. ie Hook and ‘Strap, ‘to 12 in. et 14 and
: wees 3%
Game ce CL... dis. 50&02 eau Hook and. Eye, Pa net 10
CROW BARS. TT i i SG. --- ee eee -- net 8%
Cee ee en aS i i i Soe “net te
CAPs. | Strapand T............ a | 6
Ce per m 65 "HANGERS dis.
Mick's C.F............................ HD 60 | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10
ee 7 35 | Champion, anti-friction. .. 60&10
Musket . sete beter ee ereeeeeeee eres 60 | Ridder, wood track ..-...... 21... 40
CARTRIDGES, lp HOLLOW WARE. eo&
a a etnawenhaataenees &10
WE es hes eae oe dis, 2 | Kertlon. ree a oe SuanDT OREM
CHISELS. dis. Gray enameled... .. 40610
Cee ee ee 70&10 | HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
Sect 70416 | Stamped Tin Ware.. i _.._ Dew list 7
BOGRCECOTHOE. ook ence reese nen 70&10 | Japanned Tin Ce LON
EE eee 70&10 | Granite tron Ware ............. new ist gat0
Buteners Teaged Firmer................... 40 | WIRE G00DS8.
COMBS. dis. | ie cong a moainaio
Gurney, EAMRCROO 40 | a rte: ae
Hee ec. 29! Guta Hooke and. Eyes. a 70810810
CHALK. LEVELS. dis.7%
White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 | Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s. us
COPPER, 1 Mi tech andl ROPES. ‘
Planished, i oz cut to size... .. per pound 28 eae reins ae
m feces fee ................ 26 1 a ree dis
Cold Rolled. mre aa tency 23 | steel and Iron ny “a,
Cold Rolled, ec cena a on eee rs
Gc: | tag ane Bevela.. 6
foo. | grey Lr A A A A EA 2
DRILLS. dis, SHEET IRON.
OO ————————————Ee 50 Com. Smooth. Com.
Taper and straignt Shank. .................. el Mon Win 14 «Ci... ........ |. 82 95
Blorse & Teper seeete...................... i ee 3 05
DRIPPING PANS. ae cin cua 4G 3 05
Sunall ison, ser pound ...................... 07 Nos. 35 . Ee ae = : =
Taree dimes, por pound...... ............... 84% 1 No CA a 4 45 3 35
ELBOWS. All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches
Con 4 wiese Gi dos. net 75 | Wide uot less than 2-10 extra
Ee 40 , SAND PAPER,
Ne ee ey ain 40610 | List acct. 19, °86 verse i, 5
EXPANSIVE BITS dis. | Silver Lake, White a — ist 50
Clark's, small, $18; large, $26.. : 30 i Hans a ve 55
Ives’, 1, $18: 2, $2 24; ee a 25 “ Vie kl ‘ 50
FILES—New List. dis. ee ee 55
Oe 60&10 ss Whee ‘“ 35
New American ..... ................... ... 60&10 Discount, 10.
a De ee ee see el auc, ~~ SASH WEIGHTS.
= gf ee a 50 | Solid Eyes. a . De 9
Heller's Horse Rasps .. .......--..-......,. 50 7 ei ‘ ’ .
GALVANIZED IRON. | . on MOMs ae oo -
5 | ver Stee a. X Cuts, perfoot,.... %
a “* ~~ x = tm; = 26; 7 | . Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 50
Discount, 60 [ p, soeees Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30
AUGES. dis. “ 6 ion and Electric Tooth X
Stanley Rule and ben Co.'s. 50 Cuts, aa oot..... Be eine “ate 30
KNOBS—New List. dis. Steel, Game.... a. a
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings wees wens oa weide 55 Oneida Community, Newhouse’ 8 oo
Door, porcelain, Tap. Seen... 5.5... 55 | Oneida Community, Hawley & —— 8. a
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 | Mouse, choker.. ' Ledee .18¢ per doz
Door, porcelvin, trimmings................. 56) Mouse dalustion "81.50 per doz.
Drawer and Shutter, porcoram............. 70 WIRE. dia.
LOCKS—DOOR. me) | Bright Mare
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... ob Mundaled Markets 0 “7010
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s................00. OG | Coppered MEGTECO 60
eee el 56 | finned Market.............. ee ss}
Noreen 55 Berbed ee
MATTOCKS. Barbed Wenee, gaivanized.................. 2 33
Co $16.00, dis. 60 petniee 2 40
ies, ve... --.. $15.00, dis. 60 HORSE NAILS,
meee ecw 818.50, dis, 2010. a dis. 40&10
: AUL ce dis. 05
Sperry & Co.'s, Post, ‘handled steeceeeen eens ‘80 Northwestern EE dis. 10&10
MILLS. dis. WRENCHES. dis.
Coffee, a com... ............... 40 | Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30
& W. Mfg. Co.’s a Se) Gaeta Genntee 50
“ aon Ferry & Clork’s............ 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........
I ler rte esate Coos Paicit maeabie. oo. T&10
MOLASSES GATES. MISCELLANEOUS. dis.
Stebbin’s Pattern.......... BiG Cece 50
Stebbin’s Genuine........... . Pompe Cte - %5&10
Enterprise, self-measuring............ Scncaen Gwe Ee 70&10
Caste, Bed a o Piste.................. 50&10&10
NAILS Dampers, PN ees ce aes 40
EE EEE 1 85| Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 85&10
Wire Gate BONG. .... 2... ........ ..... 380@1 90 METALS,
Advance over base: Steel Wire PIG TIN.
cde ie meno Base Base Ee 26e
. Base 10 Ce ee CO 280
05 25 ZINC.
10 25! Duty: Sheet, 2%c per pound.
15 SO) Gad neautidl) Cage 6%
15 NEO q
15 45 SOLDER,
20 Ee ales Se “16
25 CO ee uae
40 75| The prices of the many other qualities of
60 90 solder in the market indicated by private brands
00 1 20| vary according to composition.
OO ee coer sree eoeeceesaccreseesses sees 1 50 1 60 ANTIMONY
Eee 1 50 Qi Goan per pound
ee 60 65 Meee
vas cee cee cee me ces. 75 75 TIN—MELYN GRADS.
M6 Go nee ie eee eceee tee ee eens cers 90 9 | 10x14 IC, ChAFCORL. «..-2+ 202 eoeeerseee ee eoe 87
— eee 85 75 14x20 IC, a 2 6
Teter ree eee eee eee 1 00 90 ae 1x, cc 9 25
ae 6 ects 1 15 eee 6 9 25
Clinch;10 Ee ee 85 4 oth additional + on this grade, 81.75.
i cbs eee wae ee 1 00 80 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
Goes eeeeee eset en ceeneneeee es 1 15 90 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal .............00.. cse0 eee, 86%
nes 1s oa EE 6 75
PLANES. B. |{0xi4ix, “ ae
Onie Toor Co.'s, faney...................... @40 | 14x20 IX, eo i ss
OO eee eee peo Each additional X on this grade ‘$1. 50.
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E. A. STOWE, Editor.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1893,
THE WORLD’S STRUGGLE TO GET
GOLD.
The large amount of discussion that is
being given to the subject of silver and
its place in the financial affairs of the
world naturally attracts much attention
to it.
There is no reason that silver should
fall into disfavor on its own account,
since it is used just as much in the arts
and has lost nothing of the general
esteem it ever has had; but it is the de-
crease in the supply of gold in compar-
ison with that of silver that has tended
to discredit silver asa money medium.
The production of gold has fallen off
vastly in recent years. The great inflow
of the yellow metal from the American
and Australian mines no longer exists,
and while those sources are still the
most important, they make but a poor
show compared with their production of
some years ago. For many years, and
up to 1877, the mines of the United
States were accustomed to furnish an-
nually about $50,000,000 worth of gold.
Since then the yearly product has rap-
idly declined until it is a little over $30,-
000,000, culminating in the best years to
$33,000,000; while Australia, which was
for a long time a larger factor in the
gold supply than was even own
country, has fallen away from its former
wealth and now gives something
than $30,000,000.
our
less
In the meantime, and for more than a
century, England has been pursuing the
policy of offering inducements for the
shipping of gold thither, by paying a
premium in silver. London has long
been a cheap silver market when gold
was paid for it, and in this way the
British mint, acting under the advice of
Sir Isaac Newton, who, although he was
one of the most eminent of the astron- |
omers, proved himself extremely wise in
terrestrial finances and was for a long
period master of the British mint, early
adopted the policy of degrading silver in
order to monopolize gold. In pursuance
of this policy, silver was exported in
great quantities to British India, where
it was in high esteem, the English ship-
pers always exacting gold in payment of
on the Asiatics until they are suffering
with a plethora of the white metal,
while they have been deprived of their
gold in proportion. India is thus forced
to suffer enormous losses as the result of
this exchange, since arupee’s worth in
silver in India is far from being a rupee’s
worth in gold in London. But since
India is rapidly coming to the point
when its people no longer have gold to
pay with, they are being forced to pay
out their silver at a heavy discount.
The situation is not only serious for
India, but also for England, which will
end by being deluged with silver from
her Asiatic dependencies.
Just so long as silver can be dumped
upon the United States, England will be
able to handle the return of the tide
from Asia and will continue to draw
gold from America for it. The only
safety for us against this silver over-
flow will be the repeal of the Sherman
law. Thedecrease in the supply of gold
will necessarily create an active compe-
tition by the chief commercial nations
for it. The strongest financially will get
the best of it, and any weak and unwise
policy by any of them will prove most
damaging to that power. The fight for
gold is already very sharply contested,
and the European nations seem to be en-
tirely successful in getting it away from
the United States, mainly through our
policy of buying and storing silver and
paying gold for it. This is being done
under the Sherman law, in face of the
fact that while our theoretical ratio of
the relative values of gold aid silver is
as one to sixteen, it is commercially in
the London market as one to twenty.
This is because England is anxious to
exchange her silver for gold and is offer-
ing inducements to buyers. Ourcountry
is the world’s chief buyer of silver. But
ean it afford to carry on the policy of
paying gold for silver indefinitely? Cer-
tainly the end must come when we will
have no longer any gold to buy with.
SILVER QUESTION IN CONGRESS.
As the term of the present Congress
approaches rapidly towards its close it
becomes daily more apparent that there
exists a marked disinclination to deal
energetically with the silver question. It
is true that bills haye been introduced
repealing the Sherman silver purchase
act, but as yet no disposition has been
manifested to in any way consider these
bills, although the time has now arrived
when some speedy action must be taken
if anything at all is to be accomplished
by the present Congress.
It is now known to everybody that the
business interests of the country are
earnestly desirous that the Sherman law
of 1890 should be repealed, because its
workings have clearly demonstrated that
there is serious danger of financial
troubles if the present regulations relat-
ing to the purchase of silver be permitted
to remain in force. During the past two
years the net decrease in the supply of
| gold held by the treasury has been $75,-
| 000,000, while the circulation of actual
| silver has been in no wise increased, the
| bullion purchased having been stored up
in the treasury vaults, the certificates
issued in payment for it having been in
| many cases used to draw out gold, of
| course at a great profit tothe manipu-
| lators.
It has, therefore, become very evident
| that the present poliey of purchasing sil-
gold, without in any way securing a wider
circulation for silver and, while enabling
our silver mines to find a ready market
for their product, we are preparing the
way for the utter debasement of our cur-
rency.
There is a vast difference between coin-
ing silver dollars and putting them di-
rectly in circulation as legal tender and
purchasing silver bullion payable in cer-
tificates redeemable at the option of the
holder in gold. The one method results
in placing large quantities of white metal
in actual circulation and popularizing its
use, while the other method merely fa-
cilitates speculators in their operations
to secure our gold cheaply and export it
to Europe, as they have been doing for
many months past.
The advocates of the freer use of sil-
ver as money can have no sympathy,
therefore, with the Sherman law, which
merely furnishes a freer market for sil-
ver bullion at the expense of the gold
supply. It does notin any way hasten
an international agreement for the gen-
eral recognition of silver, because it
furnishes a dumping ground for the sur-
plus silver of the world, thus relieving
the necessities of other countries at the
expense of the financial security of our
own. .
It is, therefore, greatly to be hoped
that Congress will awake to a realization
of the dangers of the existing financial
situation and repeal the Sherman act at
the present session, while it is yet time
to do so before the mischief which has
been generated becomes irremediable.
FOR A FOOD COMMISIONER.
ANN ARBOR, Jan. 28—The Michigan
Manufacturers of Fruit Goods, allied
with the horticulturalists, are seeking to
create the office of Food Commissioner in
Michigan, similar to the Ohio plan. To
this end, I, as President of the organiza-
tion above named, have arranged with
the members of the Legislature to hold
a mass meeting of both houses in the
hall of the House in Lansing the even-
ing of February 2, to be addressed by Dr.
McNeal, State Food Commissioner of
Ohio; also by Dr. Vaughn of the Medical
Department of the University; also by
Prof. Hedgie, of the Agricultural Col-
lege; and, by the aid of the Food Com-
missioner of Ohio, perfect our bill creat-
ing this office, and generate sufficient
momentum to effect its prompt passage.
We would like to see your interests rep-
resented, and secure your co-operation.
I will be at the Hotel Downey with the
Food Commissioner of Ohio during the
afternoon of Feb. 2, and will be glad to
see a delegation of your organization at
the hotel before the meeting in the even-
ing at the State Honse.
Yours Truly.
AUGUSTUS TUCKER.
The position of THe TRADESMAN on
this subject is too well known to need
repetition. It was probably the first
publication in the State to advocate the
enactment of a law creating the office of
Food Commissioner aud has continued
the agitation without interruption for
nearly ten years. In the meantime the
agitation has been taken up by the Mich-
igan Business Men’s Association, Michi-
gan Dairymen’s Association, Michigan
| State Grange, Michigan Patrons of In-
|dustry and Michigan Manufacturers of
Fruit Goods, allof which have discussed
| . s a
| the subject in annual conventions and
| declared in favor of the measure. Two
| years ago the Michigan Dairymen’s Asso-
| ciation appointed a special committee to
push. the matter through and secured
| pledges from a sufficient number of leg-
| islators to secure the passage of the act
balances, and thus silver was unloaded | yer only serves to drain our treasury of|in both houses, but ceased its efforts
when assured by the then Governor that
he would positively veto any measure
creating any additional office.
It is, perhaps, unfortunate that the
President of the Food Manufacturers’
Association should have arranged a
meeting, as set forth in his communica-
tion, without consultation with the oth-
er organizations which has done ten
times as much as his organization to cre-
ate public sentiment in favor of such a
measure, and notified the sister organi-
zations only three days in advance of
the meeting. Such action would ordi-
narily be taken as an affront and alienate
the support of the organizations affront-
ed. Tur TRADESMAN, however, is in-
clined to view the action of the gentle-
man as an error of judgment, rather than
an intentional affront, and therefore calls
upon all friends of the proposed legisla-
tion to cast aside personal feelings and
assist in making the demonstration a
success. If it is not possible to attend
the meeting, the next best thing to do is
to show interest in the matter by commu-
nicating with the proper Senator and
Representative.
“CHARGE IT.”
To an honest man, the predicament of
owing money which he has no means of
paying is a misfortune serious enough to
murder sleep. Often this mental pun-
ishment is sharpened by the knowledge
that he has brought the difficulty and
trouble on himself by his own foolish-
ness and lack of thought.
It is the easiest thing in the world to
borrow money, or to get into the habit of
running bills at stores and shops—of liv-
ing on the credit system—but not until
he is seriously involved does the work-
ingman or person of small means realize
that he has put a millstone around his
neck.
It is said that a nation without a debt
is not ina healthy condition, but this,
at least, is not the right sort of stimulus
for a small family, or calculated to in-
crease their truthfulness, their independ-
ence, or their fair reputation.
The merchant who engages in an ab-
solutely cash business does not often
fail; neither does the family. ‘Charge
it?’ isa phrase that makes drunkards,
liars, thieves and deadbeats—that brings
shame on innocent heads and suffering
on innocent victims.
1 cannot undertake to explain why, but
the woman who has credit at a large
store, who is politely flattered by the
clerks into buying this or that article,
and who, when the purchase is conelud-
ed, has only to say superbly, ‘Charge it,”
or who, perhaps, does not need to say
even that, so well known is she, so de-
sirable her patronage, feels distinctly su-
perior tothe woman who humbly pays
eash,
Is it not a foregone conclusion that
when one buys on credit one buys
double, and that everything becomes a
temptation? The woman who runs a
bill often deludes herself with the
specious argument that when she buys a
big bargain that she does not want, be-
cause itis a big bargain, she is saving
money in thelongrun. White elephants
at 15 cents a dozen would not be cheap if
one didn’t need them. A debt to be met
at the end of the month is more expen-
sive than a bolt of China silk off a bar-
gain counter that will come into use next
summer.
Many a prominent business man can
trace his sensational failure to his fool-
ish wife’s extravagant habit of running
bills, and her obstinate determination
not.to see that the day of payment could
not be indefinitely staved off.
But for every big sensational failure,
how many little families are there whose
forlorn histories are too humble to reach
the public, but who are caught in the in-
extricable evils of petty debts acquired
through the medium of the passbook at
the grocery store, with the butcher and
at the fruit shop.
Who does not know of that little
family who, starting out in life fairly,
with good health, a fair income and
pleasant prospects, are halted on the way
by debts of a nature to disgrace them—
debts incurred through foolish pride,
culpable vanity, crazy generosity and ig-
norance and thoughtlessness? A young
father who cannot afford to give his
wife a Sunday dress, or new curtains for
her parlor, is all wrong when he invites
a crowd of fair weather friends home to
a supper of oysters which he has had
‘“‘charged.’’
‘J can make it up somehow out of the
housekeeping money,’’ is the way the
giddy wife comforts herself when she
buys on credit a bracelet or a tea gown
too fine for the size of her house, too
showy for her station in life, too ex-
pensive for her husband’s income.
There are women whose pride is so
great that they find it more honorable to
owe a nurse girl two or three months’
wages, and pay herindribs and drabs,
than to carry and care for their own
babies.
What do we think of the silly young
man who is in bad debt to us for money
lent, yet invites us out to a champagne
supper? The friendliest conelusion is
that when he ordered the supper off some
other victim, he said, ‘‘Charge it.’’
To the little family trying to get on
in the world—to put by money for the
children’s schooling, for the cozy home
they hope to own some day—the pass-
book is an evil institution. At the end
of the month it will be largely a record
of extravagances, and anything is ex-
travagant that we have not the money. to
pay for. There will be expensive grocery
lunches of cheese and sardines, to save
cooking, there will bea gallon or so of
wine, or a dozen bottles of needless beer,
hastily sent for to entertain people whose
private comments and criticisms on the
hospitality they were greedy to accept
were not always generous or sympathetic.
The wanton buyer is one who always
charges things. She looks around a
store to see what she can buy next. What
she can pay for now is not the thing at
all. Watch her in the grocery, sending
a vague eye over theshelves. ‘‘Oh, yes,”
she says to the clerk, ‘‘and send some
olives, please, and some potted quail and
jam.’’ She would order more only she is
in ahurry. The clerks know her well.
She is slow pay, but by dint of dunning
they manage to collect during the year
enough to give hopes of getting it all in
the end.
Tradesmen soon know the house that
is run on the passbook system—a poor,
expensive system at best, even for the
head who can meet all the bills, but total
ruin some day for the foolish family who
find it cheaper to owe than to pay, easier
to borrow than to earn.
Meanwhile the family that ‘‘charges’’
all of its legitimate expenditures is not
saving money for the pay day. It is
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 9
very human to forget that, after the
bread and ham is eaten, it still must be |
paid for, and so the actual cash goes. |
Harry finds he has bank bills in his wal- |
let, so why not go to the theater or to the}
lake. A supper here, a lunch there, a
bunch of flowers there, a luxurious car-
riage; on another occasion a princely tip |
to a waiter, or a costly gift to some child |
whose father, Harry thinks, he ought to}
work; a night of treating with the boys|
—and lo! in amonth the money is all}
gone, and still the house rent is to be
paid, the butcher and baker and washer- |
woman are to be paid, the coal man has |
sent twice for his money, and over and |
above all, hovering like a greasy, evil |
genius, is that temptation to extrava-|
ganee and thriftlessness—the grocery
passbook.
It may be all right for rich people to
run bills at stores, but no poor person or
young man working on asmall salary can
afford to buy anything for which he can-
not afford to pay cash.
How does he know that he can pay at
the end of the month? Suppose he is ill;
suppose he shall have lost his situation.
He can be sued; he will be if he don’t
pay; and, at all events, in shame, remorse
and sorrow the risk he ineurs is equally
great with that of the man who allows
him to ‘‘charge it.’’
When a hundred-dollar-a-month young
man finds himsel f-withghalf a dozen un-
paid bills renewed 6n his hands it is
time to call a halt. It is just as surely
certain that the disease of ‘‘charging it”
has hold of him as the palsied hand of
the drunkard gives him warning that he
must stop his
man has sense enough
Sometimes the
to abstain from
liquor; but the man who is living on
credit plunges in deeper and deeper until
his nane becomes the synonym of bad
debt and he is on the way to development
into a first-class dead-beat.
A thoughtful Canal street merchant
said to me the other day: ‘‘I don’t like to
see my clerks in the hands of collectors.
It is a poor beginning for a young man
who takes advantage of his own reputa-
tion to saddle himself with debts he may
not find it easy to pay.”’’
It-is certain that a great and rich man
like Peter Cooper, who began to make his
way in the world when he married, did
not keep a slate in any saloon, nor run a
grocery book with any dealer. He paid
as he went. It is best; itis, froma worldly
point of view, the shrewdest thing todo,
and in the end it enables one to travel
farther.
The strongest argument against the
credit system lies in the fact that merch-
ants generally solicit your trade on an
open account. They will usually get
their money some day, and they know
the woman who runs a bill buys more
than the woman who pays cash. The
housewife is always amazed at the foot-
ing up of her monthly accounts.
A sort of sturdy health and wholesome
prosperity seems to reign in that home
where no debts are, and wise indeed is
that sweet young chatelaine who insists |
that into her pretty home there shall come |
no luxury or embellishment that has not
been paid for—‘‘cash down.’’
CATHARINE COLE.
liquor.
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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.
Michigaa State Pharmaceutical Ass’n.
President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Vice-Presidents—I. 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,
Three Equivalents, or An Essay at a
Mustang.
Written for THe TRADESMAN.
There are three things pertaining sev-
erally to the animal, vegetable and min-
eral kingdoms that may fairly be consid-
ered equivalents, namely, a mustang. a
confederate note anda Waterbury watch.
(By the latter, I mean a 90-day move-
ment, wearing a silverine overcoat, with
an attachment compelling the owner to
work his passage, the whole being the
first love of lads under fifteen). Between
themselves they are mathematic equa-
tions, and all boot money paid in the ex-
change of these species of property
might as well bein the ‘‘dark bosom of
the ocean buried.”’
The origin of the mustang is concealed
in obscurity, where also repose the
victims of his extempore malice, after
the coroner has sufliciently toyed with
the remains. His history is written by
himself in hoof tracks all over a ten-
acre lot, and is legible without glasses of
any description, even to those who can-
not read plain English. It tells of along
series of toils, sufferings and persecu-
tions; of efforts made by man to bring
him from a state of nature to one of
grace and submission: of famous victories
on many a battle field, where his assail-
ants were not only worsted, but actually
bit the dust. So far, he has never met
his Waterloo. His star is still in the as-
cendant, and there are yet many glorious
triumphs in store for him. Once in a
while, for prudential reasons, he has
seemed to surrender to his foes; but it
was only ‘‘stooping to conquer,’”’ and the
last state of his adversary was worse than
the first.
Nothing but the strong arm of the law
is able to cope with the opposition tac-
tics of a mustang. (Physical law is
here meant, since moral law, based on
the theory of rewards and punishments,
has never had any controlling effect on
his uncultivated nature). In harnessing
a mustang, whether for educational or
for business purposes, it is necessary
first to call out a posse comitatus. (This
can be done without a warrant, provided
the courtis notin session.) Each mem-
ber of the posse should be in as good
physical condition as would be required
for admission to the army: and he should
be duly informed of the dangerous na-
ture of the enterprise, so that he may
have time to make his will and take out
an accident or life insurance policy.
The harness, though small in propor-
tions, should be elephantine in strength |
and provided with all the safety checks |
and counter checks known to the patent |
office. The vehicle to be used should!
consist of one strong axletree and two!
wheels securely attached to two tough |
poles twenty-seven feet in length, and so
balanced that the mustang shall be a
fixed factor on the long arm of the lever,
the driver the object to be raised, and
the solid bosom of mother earth the ful-
erum. Thus, the propelling force being
placed at the remote end of the shafts
where the speedof heels in motion will,
be in inverse ratio to the diurnal revolu-
tion of the earth, the safety of the in-
telligent director or professor who holds
the reigns may be virtually increased, to
the great relief of his anxious family.
When these forces have been placed in
proper juxtaposition and a boy sent
ahead to warn the innocent populace,
everyone on duty but the driver should
let go, shut his eyes and leave subse-
quent events to the disposal of a wise
overruling Providence.
Perhaps, in one case out of ten, all
parties engaged emerge from the conflict
sound and safe. This ought to teach the
lesson that it is best to let well enough
alone. But it never does, for exemption
from punishment seals their fate. They
become, afterwards, dealers in mustangs,
deluge the eastern half of this continent
with the offsecourings of equine heathen-
dom and indirectly breed profanity
among the masses faster than religious
influences can counteract it. Thus, also,
are encouraged the vice of horse trading
and a general looseness of morals that
blossoms into crime. Many a man has
gone down the broad road to ruin after
accepting $5 as boot money in a mustang
trade, when, had someone shot both ani-
mals on the spot, a large train of evils
might have been avoided.
My information concerning the mus-
tang, I will freely admit, has not been
acquired in the schcol of experience. I
speak of the beast from knowledge gained
by distant observation, as one should in
describing a dog fight. My purpose is to
still view the question from my present
safe standpoint. Thus, I avoid haste,
danger and violent excitement, and can
calmly determine the relative value of
different mustangs, as well as the vari-
ous articles of personal property ten-
dered as adjusting equivalents, should
my opinion be solicited by anyone
“‘stumped’’ to trade.
In this connection, sitting as a board
of equalization, I venture boldly to as-
sert,for the benefit of mustang owners,
the following opinion as a fundamental
axiom: That $5 is too large a sum to be
given as boot money in any exchange of
animals of this class. Ido not assume
to assess the absolute value of either an-
imal about which their owners may be
exchanging exaggerations—my object is
merely to determine differences in value
between animals, and not to establish a
price list for general use among dealers.
Speaking thus from the standpoint of
enlightened conviction, I declare that,
were I to become at one time the owner
of $5 in lawful money and a dead mus-
tang, 1 would not exchange either cur-
rency or carcass for a first-class live
specimen of the genus mentioned, no
matter how honorable his pedigree nor
how distinguished might be his virtues. I
would much rather consign my deceased
equine friend to the silent tomb, and
spend the currency in purchasing an en-
during monument to his memory.
To decide whether confederate money
and Waterbury watches are equivalent
in market value to mustangs, it only re-
mains to enquire if my premises are ad-
mitted. That granted, and mustangs
acknowledged to possess qualities that
defy the efforts of a chamber of com-
merce to fix a definite value thereon, we
come to the inevitable conclusion that
my first equals my second and third; my
second is no better than my third and
first, and my third is practically of no
more value than my first and second.
Q. E. D. S. P. WHITMARSH.
a a
A good way to avoid weeping over lost
opportunities is not to lose them.
oO
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a biood
or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it
you musttake internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed
by one of the best physicians in this country for
years, and is aregular prescription. It is com-
posed of the best tonics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what produces such won-
derful results in curing catarrh. Send for testi-
monials, free
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Kmpress Josephine Face Bleach
Is the only reliable cure for
freckles and pimples.
HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO.,
GRAND Rapips, MIc#.,
Jobbers for Western Michigan.
CINSENG ROOT.
We pay the highest price for it. Address
PECK BROBR’"GEinp Ratips”
GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH (0,
Manufacturers of
BRUSHES
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Our goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing
Houses.
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-
creased facilities for manu-
facturing we are well prepar-
ed to fill orders promptly and
at most reasonable prices.
T, H. NEVIN CO's
Swiss Villa Mixed Paints
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 ful! stock of this well known
brand mixed paints.
Send for sample card and prices.
Hazelting & Perkins Drag Co.,
STATE AGENTS
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
La Grippe
may attack but cannot overcome those protected
by frequent use of
MS
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 eee snufling,
coughing and headache. Continued use com-
pletes the cure. Sold by all druggists 50 cents.
Registered mail 60 cents from
H. D, CUSHMAN, Patentee and Mfr.,
Three Rivers, Mich., U. S. A.
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, MICH.
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
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
Wholesale Price Current.
Advanced—Shellac, lupulin,
ACIDUM,
Aces 4... ...... 8@ 10
Benzoicum German.. 65@ 75
ee 20
Carbolicum . ........ 23@ 35
a 50@ 52
Pivaveunior ........... 3% 5
Nitrocum iu 10@ 12
eT 10@ 12
Phosphorium dil...... 20
Seber ..........- 1 30@1 7
Suipnuricum.... .... 14@ &
Tenmicom.............1 a @
Terrors ........... 30@ 33
AMMONIA,
Aqua, 6 oe... ...... 34@ «5
20 deg... . 54 7
Carbonas .....-. . Bow
Coleeeete ......-. 12@ 14
ANILINE.
ron... -. 3s - ee 2 0O@2 25
eee 80@1 00
eee, 45@ 50
Weroe 2 50@3 00
BACCAE.
Cubeae (po eisits nl. 50@ 55
Juniperus . ae 8@ 10
Xant. oxylum. 2 30
BALSAMUM.
Copaiba ............... 46@ 50
oo eae @1 30
Terabin, Canada ..... 45@ 50
emia... se 35@ 50
CORTEX.
Abies, Canadian...........-
Caamia® ......+..- os
i
Cinchona Flava .....
Euonymus atropurp.
Myrica Cerifera, po..
Prunus Virgini.............- 12
— Se 10
a 12
Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... 15
EXTRACTUM.
hiza Glabra... 4@ 2
on va 33@ 35
Haematox, 165 ib. box... 1G
ee 13@ 14
. Be oa cae 14@ 15
. eS 8
FEBRU
Carbonate Precip...... @ 15
Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50
Citrate Soluble........ @ 80
Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 0
Solut Chioride........ @ 15
Sulphate, com’l....... 2 32
- pure eo 7
FLORA.
Ae... a
Anthea ........-.-.- 2@ 35
Matricaria i. 2 oO
FOswaA,
Barosm 40@1 00
Cassia “acutitol, “Tin-
nivelly Dl ele cue eues 2@ 28
ois 3@ WwW
Salvia officinalis, =. i
Ome WG. cow een ee es 15@ x5
re Ce............... oe
@UMMI.
sia, isi picked.... @ %5
— a... 2s
a
‘* sifted soris. @
co SUG Sv
Aloe, Barb, (po. @).- WD 60) 5
" pe, (po. 20).. @ hk
hance (po. 60) . @ ww
Catechu, 1s, (368, 14 8;
ed @ 1
Ammoniae ...... as 55@ 60
Assafcetida, (po. 35). 3'@ 3
Bossehwm..........- W@ 55
Camphors........--.- 55@ 58
Eu horbium ” heoee 35@ 10
Ga ee a es @2 50
Gamboge, po.........- W@ 7d
Guaiacum, ripe .. @ %
Kine, @o 60)......... @ 45
ee Bu
Myrrh, (po. a... @ 4
Op, (po 2 S)).......- 2 — 10
eee uae 30@ 35
. bleached 33Q@ 35
Tragacanth .. 40@1 00
HERBA—In ounce packages.
Absinthium ............ -. a
Mioesortam ................. a
Lobelia Ls 25
Majorum . 28
Mentha Piperita.. 23
Vir : Ps)
mee. ge... . 30
Tanacetum, V eect ses
Thymus, V 2
MAGNESIA,
Calcined, Pat.......... S@
Carbonate, Pat ...... 2@ 2
Carbonate, K. & M.. 0@ 2%
Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36
OLEUM.
Absinthium. .........3 50@4 00
a ... £6 &
Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 2
Se. 1 75@1 85
Auranti Cortex 2 40@2 50
eS EG et 25@3 50
Ce on nee 60@ 65
Cersomnil.........., 75@ 80
a as 35@ 65
Cremonedi.......,.... @1 60
ae 1 008i 10
I icon ces ons @ 6
Conium Mac........ - 3@ 65
eco 90@1 00
Cupeuee....-......., - @410
Hxechthites.......... 2 50@2 75
Mrmerom .......5...... 2 25@2 50
Catteries... ... 2 00@2 10
Geranium, ounce..... @ &
Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 60@ 75
Hedeome | 2 10@2 2
Junipert. . a 2 00
Davendule 00000001 90@2 00
ieee |... 2 50@3 00
Mentha Piper.......... 2 75@3 50
Menthe Vorid......... 2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal.. -1 00@1 10
gy ounce... Soeee. @ 50
a 85@e 75
Picks ees, (gal. ”, 100 =
Ga oe.
Hommearint......... 1 el a
Rogae, ounce.......... 6 W@s 50
Beecer...... ......... 45
Ct 1 00
Seneee ...... 2... 3 BOOT 00
Sassafras...... 50@ 55
Sinapis, ess, ounce.. @ 65
Tiel. ..... @ 9
Thyme caus 40@ 50
op’ . @ 60
Theobromas........... 15@ 20
POTASSIUM.
mi Cerm...... .. 15@ 18
eee se - Ie i
— "I 35@ 39
ee eee ace 12@ 15
Chlorate (po 21@23).. W@ 22
yen .., 5 55
foaeee................ 2 90@3 00
Potassa, Bitart, =: 27 30
Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15
Petass Nitras, opt 4a 8@ 10
rotes Nitrag.......... 772 9
Eruseese.............. 28@ 30
Sulphate po........... 15@ 18
RADIX.
Sores... ......... 20@ 2
OO 22@ 2%
Ayers .............. 12@ 15
Bree be... .......... @ 3
Calamus. . .. 2 @
Gentiana (po. 12). et ce 8@ 10
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18
os Canaden,
= a @ 3
He cao Ala, po.. 15@ 20
rae, OG... 15@ 20
ipeces, po............. 2 30@2 40
Tris sare (po. 35@38).. 35@ 40
anlenea, Of............-. 50@ 55
Marente, S.......... @ 3
Podophyllum, po...... 15@ 18
Pee sees 75@1 00
~ Ot... ....-...-.. @1 75
- ee ee eae 75Q@1 35
Soumeeee .. 8. 35@ 38
Sanguinaria, (po 25).. 20
—— eed ewes ee 30@ 32
pees... 65@ 4
Similax, Officinalis, H @ 4
M @
Setiiee, (pa. %)........ 10@ 12
—— Foti-
Gus, pe... .... @ 35
Valeriana, Eng. (po. 50) @ B
German. 15@ 4
inner a............ Ba te
2engroer j.......... 18@ 2
SEMEN.
Anisum, (po. 20).. ... @ 15
— (graveleons) 12% 15
Bird, i : 4@ 6
Carn, on 18) .. _ oa ie
Cardamon ee 1 00@1 25
Costanaram......-.... = 12
Cannabis Sativa. . 4@4
sydonium.. Pee eee. wo 00
enopodium ...... 10@ 12
Dipter x Odorate...... 8 = 25
Poemicaigim........... 15
Foenugreek, po...... Ps 8
tee i ee. 4@%4%
Lint, ge. | (bbl. ~~. -4 @4%
Lobel ‘ 35@ 40
PharlarisCanarian.... 6 @ 6%
Rape . eeeua. om 7
Sinapis | ie 11 @13
Niem........ 0G &
SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, oy Db. Co..2 W0@2 50
- i. i 75@2 00
eae 1 25@1 50
Juniperis Co. OT. 4 65@2 00
1 75@3 Suv
Saacharum N. E......1 75@z 00
Spt. Vini Galli........1 75@6 30
Vint Oporto ...........1 2aaee
Vit Alba............- 1 25@2 00
SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage 2 26@2 50
Nassau sheepa’ wool
carriage 2 00
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool carriage 110
Extra yellow sheeps’
carriage 85
Grass sheeps’ ‘woo! cat
cau,
Hard for slate use. 5
Yellow Reef, for slate
Wee 8. 1 40
SYRUPS.
oes...
ee 50
—* ee ee a oed cree 60
irre 0G ce, 50
ton = oe ene ee ay 50
50
Similax ‘Otticinalis oT 60
Ce. ..... 50
CT 50
Scillae ade d cae ce eee ins 50
se 50
Tolutan ea cae yeas 50
Preaee sie... 8c ol 50
TINCTURES.
Aconitum NapellisR...... 60
ac “ F 50
60
60
Asafcstida.|. 1)... eo 0
Atrope Belladonna..........
Pee 60
“ Oe... 4... i, 50
PUI sl 50
te 50
Cantuarhice................. %
Copeeet ae
ee a en:
C - 5
oe... .... 100
Ceeeene. ll. 50
(yoeeoms ._........... 50
_ ee
Core... ........ oe
Conrums........,.......,.... Be
Cubeba... 50
Digitalis 50
WO. nee ee ae... 50
oe 50
[ Ce... 60
ee |. Cl... 50
C | 60
Pangiber ...... 50
Hyoscyamus . 50
Mee 7
. Corerices. ........... 5
Perr Chioridum............ 35
Brno 50
Eero ..................... 50
Myrrh... 50
Nux Vomies 00 50
Mee tee eee we cree 85
i nt ete eee 50
- weer 2 00
AtremtiCortex...... ....... 50
eee 50
ee 50
ee eee eee eee 50
Cassia Acutifol. . =
Serpomeerie 50
PercenOee.. 60
oma
oe ee 50
Verstrom Veride............ 50
MISCELLANEOUS.
Atther, Spts Nit : y.. 2 D
: 32@ 34
Alvesen ............... 24@ 3
r ground, (po.
WP eee. 3@ 4
es 55@ =
AnGrwad. po.......... 4@
c et PotassT. 55@ 60
PO @1 40
@ B
Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 60
Breenieim.........,.. 5@
Balm Gilead Bud.. 38@ 40
Pie SO... 2 2@2 25
Calcium Chior, 1s, (4s
me a, 1M 11
Cantharides Russian,
~~... @1 00
Capsici Fructus, - @ 2%
”
ee oe . or
Caryophylius, Pg $3) 12@ 1
Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75
Cera Alba, S&F... 50@ 55
Cera Flava............ 38@ 40
peers 3... 8.8... @ 40
Cassia Fructus. ' @ 2
Centraria... @ 10
Camus Dee eie ase @ 4
Chloroform Sete ea tee 60@ 63
- uibbs . @1 25
Chloral Hyd Crat...... iN 3591 60
Chondrus...... 25
Cinchonidine, Paw 15@ W
German 3 @ 12
Corka, list, dis. per
unk eee ee 0
Creasoums ..........- @ 35
Creta, hog 7) ........ a 2
eee tee cone 5@ «5
. preelp. 9@ 11
meee A... ..-.... @ 8
eee co 75@ 8
Cie... ..........- @ x
Cipr Suiph........... 6
Dextrine ....
Ether Sulph.. : }
“eS numbers.. @
era K 6
rgota 4... 7% 75
Flake x) HE AN 12@ 15
Coes... .............. @ 2B
Gensou. .... ......... 7 @8
Gelatin, Cooper....... @ 70
: . Prowen,....... 40@ 80
| Glassware ffnt. by box 70 & 10.
| Less than box 6634
cine, Hrowa.......... Ge 15
© Woene........... 2 =
Gryeerwee ............ 154%@ 2
Grana Paradisi........ @ R
eee. 25@ 55
Hydraag Chlor Mite.. @ &
Cor @ Ww
“ Ox Soiean @ 9
' Ammoniati. @1 v0
- Unguentum. 45@ 55
2 Grareyrum......... @ 64
ee Am.. ..1 25@1 50
Gl ees ecsecuos 75@1
one, een ........ 3 83@3 Sv
Poeetarm. @4 70
Dec... 1 %75@1 85
Lycopodiam .......... 60@ 65
ee A 75@
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
rarg Iod
27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12
— Sulph (bbl
Ras epee n ces 2@ 5
Meawia, 5.7 ..:......
60@ 63
er 8S. P. & W...1 70@1 95 | Seidlitz Mixture...... @
aN. ¥. @ & 7" Eee, @ 18
Ce... 1 60@1 85 - ee @
Moschus Canton. : @ 40 — accaboy, De
Myristica, No.1....... Ge fi Vou................ @ 35
Nux a (po 20).. @ 10 ms Scotch,De. Voes @ 35
Os. Sepia. 20@ 22 | Soda Boras, (po. i. . ite
— Saac, EL E&P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30
@e 00 | Soda Carh............. 1%@ 2
Picts Liq, N Esc, ‘\% ‘gal Soda, Bi-Carb.. @ &
Fe @2 00 | Soda, Ash.. _.... oe «
Picis Liq., = a. @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas. . etd acess @ 2
ee @ Si Spte. EtherCo........ Sa %
Pi Siedeent a 80) . . @ 50 “= Myreta Dom....- @2
Piper Nigra, (po. a @ ti " « int in... @3 00
Piper Alba, (po ¢5) .. @ 3 inf Rect. bbl.
Vin Bowen... ao tt .. 4... 2 65@2 75
Plumb! Acet .......... 14@ Less 5e gal., cash ten days.
Pulvis Ipecac et opli..1 10@1
Pyrethrum, boxes H
Strychnia Crystal 1 40@1 45
Sulphur, aan
Co, Goa..... @1 & * _ Let eesc ce Sa oe
‘ SMmerinds............ 8@ 10
Gonatam PY--.----- 0B 35] werebenth Venice... 28@ 30
Quinia, 8. P.&W..... "6 $5 | Tneobromad .......... 45 @ 48
“ S. German... .20 30 Vanilla a 9 00@16 00
Rubia Tinctorum..... 12 14j Zine Sulph.......... 7™@ 8
Saccharum Lactispv. 23@ 2
Se 1 75@1 89 OILs.
Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal
Sapo, yw. ............ 12@ 14} Whale, winter........ 7 7
- ee te) bard, extira........... 7 80
Oe @ miter Ne f........... 2 48
Linseed, pure raw....
Lindseed, boiled .... 52 55
Neat’s Foot, winter
reed... ....... 50 60
SpiritsTurpentine.... 37% 42
PAINTS. bbl. Ib.
Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3
Ochre, yellow Pag . 1% 2@4
Ber...... 1% 2@3
Putty, commercial....2% 2%@3
* strictly pure..... 2% 2%@3
Vi ——— Prime Amer-
eee 13@16
sane. English.. 65@7!
green, Peninsular a“ WQS
heae. ro@............. 6%{@7
“” white : oo
Whiting, waa an. @i0
ae Giidere’...... @%
White, Paris American 76
=e Paris Eng.
CR ee
Pioneer Prepared Painti m@tss
Swiss Villa —,
Pee... 1 00@1 2
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20
Buire Tar............ — 70
Cogeh Body........... 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10
Eutra Turk Damar....1 SOl 60
Japan Dryer, No. 1
a 7O@75
HAAELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO.
Importers and Jobbers
of
DRUGS
CREMICALS AND
PATENT MEDICINES
DEALERS IN
Paints, Oils
~> Varnishes.
Sole Agents for the Celebratea
SWISS WILLA PREPARED PAINTS.
Fall Ling of Staple Druggists Sundries:
We are Sole Preprietors of
Weatherly’s Mighigan Gatarrh
Remedy,
We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of
WHISKIES, BRANDIES,
GINS, WINES, ROMS.
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.
HAZELTINE & PERKINS
Send a trial order-
Dive C0,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH,
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
GROCERY 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
those who have poor credit. Subscribers are earnestly requested to point
greatest possible use to dealers.
AXLE GREASE.
doz
ee
eee tet........... oe
—..........,. 50
es... OF
I en 75
een «Cj. C...-. ss 55
gross
6 00
9 (0
5 50
9 00
8 00
6 00
BAKING POWDER.
Acme.
iy cans, 3 doz. . =
ae 8 Se 85
11b._ a i See
——..............._-.-. 10
Arctic
es eek cael 60
SS 1 20
oe 2 00
hl 9 60
Fosfon.
5 02. Cans, 4 doz. in c ASE... 80
16 2 oo
: Price’s.
per doz
Dime cans.. 90
4-0z 12
6-0Z 1 90
8-0z 47
2-02 ..8 40
16-0z .& 7
234-1 11 40
t-lb 18 25
5-1b 21 60
10-Ib so
Red Star, % cans 40
” % >” | £0
. i. 1 50
Telfer’s, +>. cans, doz. 45
' by lb . 85
_ 1 Ib. 1 50
BATH BRICK.
2 dozen in case.
English . ‘ .
ee
a 7
BLUING, ‘Ques
Arctic, 4 = Se 4 00
80 Seen eee ee
e gts round... "10 50
ss o. 2, sifting box... 275
- aes ' 4 00
- No 5, " 8 00
. eee i 4 50
BROOMS,
ae 1%
—. Leica tes oeee a Oe
No. asim . 2 25
—: ee
Parlor Gem..... _2a
Common Whisk. 90
Fancy ge 115
Warehouse.. ...825
BRUSHES.
Stove, No. * pieoes Cocos 2 oO
. i.
ae ce 4 CN 1 75
Rice Root Scrub, 2ov.... &
Rice Root Scrub, 3 row 1B
Palmetto, goose............ 1 50
CANDLES.
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes. 10
ee SS 9
OO
MN ore ec e snes 24
CANNED GOODS,
Fish,
Clams.
Little Neck, : a 1 20
pee ee 1 90
Clam uf ceca
Standard, 3b. a
Cove Oysters.
Standard, 11b
2
Star, : Ib
2 lb
Picnic, 1 _... 00
21b 9
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 Ib. " 12
“a oe
Mustard, 2 Ib oes 22
Tomato Sauce, 2Ib.........2 25
Seneee, 2 e.......,.- 23
Salmor.
Columbia River, sc... -.. 19
ee... .._. 17
Alaska, Red et ecco
ag pink.. is
Sardines.
American _- eee 4%G@ 5
wa ee 7
Imported + 148 --10@11
ign. a 15@,16
ee ae... ...,. 7@8
Boneless ...... oe 21
Trout. |
oer. oe... se 250
pe
Apples.
3 lb. standard.. / 1 00
York State, gallons.. ra 3 60
Hamburgh, 3 00
pricots
iive oak....... ‘. 1%
Se 1%
ie etwas, 1 75
I obs canes 1%
Blackberries.
oe ..... heen
—... ........
>. 1 10@1 20
Whe Hamburgh i 1%
1 50
Er 1 20
Senin, Egg Plums and Green
Gages.
a ....-- 3... 1 10
California. ... 170
Gooseberries.
eee .............. 1 20
Peaches.
Be 13
menwer.......,...... 1 85
i, 2 00
eee... 210
a Ǥ.........,.... 1 &
ae...
Pears.
eee... a, 1 20
_ereeee............. 210
—_——
Common. ... 10a. s
Johnson’ 8 sliced.. 2 50
grated... 2%
Guianee.
an. 110
Raspberries.
SL 1 30
Black Hamburg..... 150
Erie. black 1 36
Strawberries,
Damron ............. 13
eee... i=
——... 12
a_i... ........... 1
ee
Bineberries ........ 1 10
Meats.
Corned beef, Libby’s....... 2 00
Roast beef, Armour’s....... 2 00
Potted ham, 4 = (eee 1
Se ee ._. =
. tongue, < os 35
4g Ib... =
chicken, %& t>....... 95
Vegetables.
ans,
Bamburgh stringless....... 13
: French style..... 225
. meee... 140
fame, oer... 1 40
. Seems... 5
Lewis Boston Baked........ 1 35
may Sete Daked............ 13
World’s Fair Baked........1 35
Power. 1 00
Corn.
Peepers ........,....... .1 40
Livingston _— ee ee 1 2
rary ..... on ce eee
Honey De "1 50
Morn ng ey... oe,
Soaked alas tiar rie 115
Hamburgh marrotnt ee ee 1 35
earlyiJune......
c Sean ae Eng..1 50
_ = ae 1%
ancy Ported. —- 2
Soaked eee ee eee eras 7
Harris standard............. zt
Vanc amp’ S merrefat....... 1 10
early June..... 1 30
Archer’s Early Blossom....1 35
French. Hn pbs)
‘Mushrooms.
Pee 15Q22
Pumpkin.
BOR cee oon OO
Squash,
Peewee 1 2
Succotash.
. 2
eee POW... 1 60
— cd ced 13
Tomatoes.
eee oe 1QW
Excelsior ........ cee 12)
ee... 3
Hamburg...... Q
ae ek ‘3 00
CHOCOLATE,
Baker’s,
German Sweet... .......... 23
NN 8. cocks wcecee 37
Breakfast Cocoa........ | 43
CHEESE,
Ae ee
Ce 124%4@12%
Riverside . ++ A2ZKQIZY
Gold Medal..........! @i2z
A 9 @il
a. eS a 11
es cae 1 00
I es cede es once 23
NE oes cues @10
———- beieehyoceens S35
Roque bicnias aa nd ng G35
a eee... 8. @22
Schweitzer, imported. @%4
domestic .... @i4
CATSUP.
Blue Label Brand.
Half pint, 25 bottles ise cee 2%
— 4 50
Quart 1 doz bottles ......... 3 50
CLOTHES PINS.
Sere tems... ...._. 40@45
COCOA SHELILS,
35 Ib. bags...... ere @3
Less quantity ........ @3%
Pound packages....... 6% @7
COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.
ae 19
ee 20
ae... oe
—.. 22
Paes 1... ae
Santos.
Java.
——.....,... 25
Private Growth au
Mandehling ... a
Mocha.
pre 23
eee 26
Roasted.
To ascertain cost of roasted
coffee, add \c. per Ib. for roast-
cor and 15 per cent. for shrink-
Package.
McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 24 30
EE EE 23.80
Lion, 60 or 100 lb. case.... 24.30
Extract.
banal City % STOSS........ 75
Felix ._ 1.
en - gross. bee 150
eee 2 50
CHICORY
Bulk.. 5
ee 7
CLOTHES LINES.
Cotton, 20ft....... per dos. 1 25
. 50 ft _ 1 40
te a 1 60
ia os 1 %
ia co 1 90
Jute - 90
“us “ 1 00
CONDENSED MILK.
4 doz. in case,
We
Oo ee 6 25
Genuine Swias............. 7a
American Swiss. .
ecerccce 6 7
COUPON BOOKS.
‘“Tradesman.’
: > per hundred ce oat 2 00
& 3,
8 5,
810,
$20,
$ 1,
$ 2,
$ 3,
$ 5,
$10,
$20,
“Universal.”
S 1, per hundrod.......... $3 00
$ 2, Ce 3 50
$ 3, Te sees 400
8 5, Se 5 00
$10, i OR a 6 00
$20, Ce eed 7 00
purchase.
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
out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the
Above prices on coupon books
are subject to the following
quantity discounts:
200 or over... | : per cent.
500 — _
— |. “2 va
COUPON ‘PASS BOOKS,
[Can be made to represent any
denomination from 810 down. |
me eeeee....-..... $100
See 2 00
— 3 00
2 a a ee 6 25
ia el 10 00
eT 17 50
CREDIT CHECKS.
500, any one denom’n ee ae 83 00
— « 5 00
—- = ee 8 00
Steel WOON. 5.052... 75
CRACKERS.
Butter.
re e............... 6
Seymour XXX, cartoon..... 6%
on ee 6
Family XXX, cartoon...... 6%
Reon Bae... 6
Salted XXX, cartoon ....... =
a : :
=...
nemner biscuit .
Soda.
eee, es cs _s
ices tees ees: Th
ome, cme. ............- 8%
Crystal eh oe 10
Long Island Wafers ....... 11
Oyster.
oe Bee .............. 6
wee ites yee tt 6
Perima Oysber.............. 6
CREAM TARTAR,
Strictly OR eee ll 30
Telfer’s Absolute.......... 35
Gaeaaualr ll 20@25
DRIED FRUITS.
Domestic.
Apples.
Sundried, slicedin bbls. 7
- uartered ‘“ 7
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes @w
Apricots.
California in bags...... 16%
Evaporated in boxes. .. 17
Blackberries.
i Deke... 8. . @9
Nectarines.
ae. 15
ao ip. Denes... ... 153
Peaches.
Peeled, in boxes........ 16
Cal. i. 12%
' in baee...... 12
Pears.
California in bags.....
Pitted Chackinn.
meen...
— boxes cee oes ie
Prunelles,
Dom. bees..-..........
Raspberries.
i
ee, WORN... ase
se hl... 24
Raisins.
Loose Muscatels in Boxes,
—s a 1 50
Loose Muscatels in Bags.
as og a nS LES 5%
ee ee 6%
Foreign.
Currants.
Patras, eer... ...., 4%
‘in eee... 4%
4%
' in less —----
Citron, Leghorn, os boxes 20
0
Lemon
Orange _ = _ ' li
Raisins,
Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes... @8
Sultana, 20 @10
Vv alencia, _— ~ @7
Prunes,
California, I rec ore. 10%
90x 100 25 Ib. bxs. 11%
80x90 12%
70x80 " "13%
. 60x70 * 14
eee a. 1%
REY oc es
OO 9%
ENVELOPES,
XX rag, white.
FN OG hic oe ies. 1%
BO I ves nip ee ia... 1 60
ee mes i ce ees 1 65
e886... cae 1
XX wood, white.
ee, EE Ee eat 135
No. 2, 6% ~~
Manilla, white.
i eee
Mil Nee
FARINACEOUS GOODS,
Farina.
100 Ib. kegs....... eines 3%
Hominy.
oe... 3 00
eee ce came cee a a oe
Lima Beans.
OOO e eee ttenant
Dried.... 4%
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
— 12 Ib. box... 55
Tnpeetom. cs 10%@i-%
Oatmeal.
peels W................ 4 8
Halt barrels 100........... 2 55
— Barley.
Roe... 2%
Peas.
rcen, be.... ......... —-. Lo
pee Berle ............
Rolled —
Barreis 190... ....
Half bbls 90......
Sago.
ae
Ree ree.
heat.
Crecked.......... ee eeu
FISH--Salt.
Bloaters.
Toe. 1 40
Cod.
ae... 3%
Whole, Grand Bank..... 5%
Boneless, bricks.. ...... 7
Boneless, strips......... 6%
Halibut.
Snowe... 10 @li
Herring.
Holland, me 9 :
Rees... 8...
Pe 12 0
Round Shore, % bbl ce 2 60
ath.
Russian, bees.............. 50
Trout,
No. 1, % bblis., 100lbs........6 00
mo. 1, Eas, 20 es. ......... 80
Whitefish.
1, 46 Dbis., 1001de........7 9
kits, 10 bs ee ee oon
seis % bbis., 100 Ibs...
0 ie.
FLAVORING EXTRACTS,
Souders’,
Oval Bottle, with corkscrew.
Best in the world for the money,
Grade
Regular
Vanilla.
doz
om..... $1 2u
com..... 2 40
XX Grade
XX Grade
Vanilla.
Ron... 7. ris)
oo... 3 50
Jennings’ D C,
on. —
2 = folding a 1 25
30 00 1 50
4 os r 1.1 50 2 00
6 oz . 2 00 3 00
8 oz we 3200 4 00
GUNPOWDER.
Austin’s Rifle, kegs......... 3 50
' = cems...... 290
. Crack Shot, kegs ..3 50
“ ss egs 200
te Club Sporting ‘“* 450
‘ o % “ 3 50
HERBS,
Soa cede caus co tee ceue 15
eee... .-.. co 15
INDIGO.
Madras, 5 Ib. boxes....... 55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 Ib. boxes.. 50
JELLY.
z Ib. pails ae 90
LYE.
Condensed, SN 12
a 2 2
MATCHES,
mo. 9 eelpeer............... 12
Anchor parlor...... pecedeuc 170
me eee 1 10
Export parlor..... ee ae 400
MINCE MEAT.
8 or 6 doz. in case perdoz.. 95
MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.
meme ........:.. 1.0... $1 75
Halt eee. ss... 140
EE 70
MO kee eas ee es el 45
Tee WOME oasis... 40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
oe ..... .
Half gallon .
epee sees
RR vs wage ces be ee
MOLASSES,
Blackstrap.
Sugar house...... cececesue 7 am
Cuba Baking.
CoGimary .......... Seoul. 16
Porto Rico.
Pees... tos. ae 20
Fancy Cees. ace 30
New Orleans.
OE 18
eee .... 1... 8 20
Extra good 25
Choice 30
Fancy.. — 40
One- half barre , 3c extra
PICKLES.
Medium.
Barrels, 1,200 count... @7 00
Half bbls, 600 count.. @4 00
Small.
Barrels, 2,400 count. 8 00
Half bbls, 1,200 count 4 50
—
mF cree eae sees 1%
TD. Pal OOUns......... 75
Cob, oe 1 25
POTASH,
48 cans in case.
Peers ..............:... 4 00
Penne Salt Co.s.......... 8 2
RICE,
Domestic.
Bo 6
. eet... 5
_ Be Foc.) cue 4%
Pare... Lo. &
Imported.
I TN Bins ois ceo cy,
ze No.2 ecg
a *
‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
SPICES.
Whole Sifted.
Ales. 8
Cassia, China in mats...... ¢
' Batavia in bund....15
‘* Saigon in rolls...... 35
Cloves, Amboyna........... 2
_ ee 10
Mace Datavte.-..... ....... 80
Nutmegs e- eee 75
No. La
- Se 2. .......2-... 60
—— Singapore, Dinck.... 9
white... .20
ee 15
Pure Ground in Bulk,
Allspice ..............2.-.¢.. 12
Mace Batavia...............7
Mustard, — and Trieste. . =
ve 1
Shales No. 60
Pepper, Singapore black....16
hite
ede 24
" Cayenne” ne uae 18
ae 4
“Absolute” in Packages.
148 yes
Allemiee............... Se 256
Come Sw 84 155
CROWN. ooo. 84 155
Ginger, _ i 84 155
ee eee 84 1 55
ie ee 8&4 155
Eoueer . 84 155
Bage...... aaa 84
SAL SODA.
Kegs. i...
Granulated, eee 1%
SAUERKRAUT.
Gold Medal. : @S 25
SEEDS.
a @12%
Canary, Smyrna....... 6
Caraway .. . 8
Cardamon, Malabar... 90
Hemp, Russian....... 4%
Mixed Eire ..... oe 4%
—- vee....... :
a ,
tae... 6
Cuitle Hee. 4... 30
STARCH.
Corn.
* > boxes isda eee ce eee e 6
1-Ib packages Se 5%
3- > eee eee du ete. .*
6-Ib ye Ee
40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 4%
Bee 5%
SNUFF
Scotch, in bladders......... 37
Maccaboy, in jars........... 35
french Rappee, in Jars..... 43
SODA,
es ees ou ee aa cle a Sh
oes a ee 4%
SALT.
100 3- = sacks eee bos 82 25
a 2 00
28 = tb. sacks eect ce aeeee 1 8
Sie 2
ee oe............... 50
56 lb. dairy in linen Basse 32
28 Ib. drill 18
Warsaw.
56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 32
oC _ .
Ashton.
56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75
Higgins.
56 }h, dairy in linen sacks. 75
Solar Rock.
Oe i. WRORE..-.... ns 27
Common Fine.
Beemmew .................. 90
Menmied . 3.25... 6... 95
SALERATUS,
Packed 60 lbs, in box.
Cae... 83 30
ee 3 15
Pewee... 3 30
eee... 3 00
SOAP.
Laundry.
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.
Olid Country, 80 1-Ib.......- 3 40
Good Cheer, 601 1b..... 3 90
White Borax, 100 %{-lb......3 60
Proctor & Gamble.
Cupiiee ...............-,..
Ivory, : On. oe... 6
Lenox. .
Mottled German
Town Talk
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands.
American Family, ee d..84 05
plain... 3 98
N.K. Fairbanks & Co.’ Brands.
Sante Clams: ||... ....-... 4 00
Brown, 7 PeTe.......-...,.- 2 25
Meee oS. 4... 3 25
— Bros. & Co.’s Brands,
OWNS coke cco ude dae 3 65
Cotton Oil. Sbiebccene a oe
DOO ics... - 310
Marseilles - 400
Oe . 400
Scouring.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50
hand, doz ls 250
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’ prices:
ie EO. $5 31
Powdered _«0
Granniated ........... . 469
Fine Granulated........... 4 69
Extra Fine ee: 4 81
Cubes . kate Ce
XXXX Powdered....2.7..! 5 31
Confec. Standard A. . 469
Bo. t Columb sé... ...... 4 56
No. on eee 4 50
SYRUPS.
Corn.
PONG. ivccuscieisscceee. ae
Bee 25
Pure Cane.
ee a 19
oor... 25
dec eee cee ee a
SWEET GOODS
Ginger Snape.......... 8
Suger Creams......... 8
Frosted Creams....... 9
Graham Crackers..... 8
Oatmeal Crackers..... 8
VINEGAR.
$1 for barrel.
WET MUSTARD,
Rik. per eel ....... ..... 30
Beer mug, 2dozincase... 1 75
YEAST,
mame...
Warmers .......-.0.........3
(Meest Foam .........0... 1 00
Ce yi
ee 90
TEAS.
JAPAN—Regular,
es @17
Goad. ........ eet era @20
Chetee. .. 2 24 @26
oe, 32 @34
a 10 @i2
SUN CURED.
—........... 2... @17
OE obser teres i ae
CUGICS.......5.. : @x
Choicest........
Dus.............. 5...
BASKET FIRED.
OE oo 18 @2w
eee 3.6... @25
ee ee @35
Extra choice, wire leaf @40
GUNPOWDER.
Common to fair....... 25 @35
Extra fine to finest:...50 @é65
Choicest fancy........ 75 @85
OOLONG. @26
Common to fair... ...23 @30
IMPERIAL.
Common to fair....... 23 @26
Superior tofine........ 30 @35
YOUNG HYSON.
Commor. to fair....... 18 @26
Superior to fine....... 30 @40
ENGLISH BREAKFAST.
Uae... 18 @2e
Ceres. ...... 20... : 24 @28
ee 40 @50
TOBACCOS.
Fine Cut.
Pails unless otherwise noted
Miawatnae ............. 62
36
27
25
29
Torpedo 2
re in drums 23
Wem Yom -...2...... 2
AOR oc, B 23
- aoe... ........ 22
Plug.
Sorg’s Brands.
Beearncad .......... |. 41
ON dency va nece eee 2
Nobby Twet...;.:..... 40
Scotten’s Brands.
ee 26
Pa watha.....:... .... 38
Valley City .....-- eae 34
Finzer’s Brands.
Old Honesty.......... 40
en ge a gee a ee 32
Smoking.
Catlin’s Brands,
Pe ee i 16
Goden ShoOwer............. 19
oR
MBO OOR ANE 6.5 co ee ew ce 29
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
rot bg TUS oie cc cosa ess 40
O Wks a dcabewee sees 30@32
ae ie
TOR cniccceee Kysccuceceueeeasene
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
eee cl 6
Gana abana eee sce
CS 28
7 s Brands.
Saree... 16
eemes Dew... P-3)
Gold one Le eee ee 30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s
Brands,
ot 26
ee Oem... tk, 18
Standard... os
Globe Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
Pager 41
Leidersdorf’s ee
a -. -26
Unele Sam....... ».28@. D32
oe Cee a coe 32
Spaulding & Merrick.
Ona Si Jerry. ............. 25
Traveler Cavendish........38
Beee on. ......... 28. 30
Piow Bov....:. ........¢0e
Corn Cake.... ce
OILs.
The Standard OIl Co. —
as follows, in barrels, f. 0. b.
Grand Rapids:
i 8
Water White, old test. @7%
W. W. Headlight, 150° 6%
Water White .......- @ 6%
ss. ............... @7z
Stove Gasoline........ @ 6%
Cyan ............. 27 @36
Bugeee ..... .... ee G21
Black, 15 cold test.. @ 8%
HIDES PELTS and FURS
Perkins & Hess pay as fol-
lows:
4@3%
Part ‘Cured, @4
@ i%
eee cee @5
Pps, i %w@ 3%
i Gare @ 4%
Calfskins, green Lo 3 :
Deacon oan. i 10 @30
No. 2 hides \& off.
PELTS.
or cag
Weed... .. 20
Unwashed ......
MISCELLANEOUS.
aS 4 @5%
Gaon ce... 1 @2
Renes <... 8s 1%@ 2
Gamer ee 2 00@2 75
FURS.
Outside prices for No. 1 only.
PAGOP gees... —_ .
en 15 00@2z
po 3 0@7 00
Cat wi.............. 40@ 50
(Ons, Bouse .......... . — =
Biager... -...4 00@6 00
Vox, red..... .-1 00@1 60
ox, Gross,............6 (ae @&
esi orev... 50@ 8&0
eee... 1... ----2 00@3 00
Mort, darvk.......... 1 00@3 00
hay pale & yellow. 50@1 00
ioe Gae............ 40@1 40
Co 03@ 12
Oppossam.,............ 15@ 30
Ceser, Gare....... .... 5 00@3 00
meaeceom 60... 253@ 90
Skunk 1 oe 2
oe... ............. 1 00@3 00
Beaver castors, lb....2 00@5 00
DEERSKINS—per pound,
Eons and — i. -
— sray, dr 2
a. - =
Red fama bes. ary. ..... 35
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
WHEAT.
No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 65
No. 1 Red (60 Ib. test) 65
MEAL.
i 1 40
Granulated.. :
UR.
Straight, in cael Lelouceus
Derrols........
Patent ‘“ sacks..... . <2
" Demers ....... 5 10
Graham ‘ sacks bose bes 1%
Rye
Buckwheat, Rising Sun....4 75
Walsh-DeRoo
& Gia Fure........:..... 25
MILLSTUFFS.
Less
Car lots reer
Bree... a. 00 $16 00
Screenings .... 14 00 14 50
Middlings..... 16 00 16 50
Mixed Feed... 19 50 20 00
Coarse meal .. 19 50 20 00
CORN.
oe A 47
Less than car lots.......... 52
OATS,
Car lots..... ceeee cece
Less than car baa eee venues 42
ay.
No. : Timothy, car lots....12 00
No. 1 on lots ..... 12 50
FRESH MEATS.
Boot, carcass.......... 6 @8
‘s hind quarters...7 @9
- . -feee . 0 @s
= loins, No. 3...10 @12
he WE es cues os 9 @10
“vom... ...... © @ se
18
EE @ 6 SHELL GOODS. k Pails, No. 1, two hoop.. 35
Poem Poles . 8... ... @ll Oysters, per 100 ...... 1 50@1 75 No.1, three-hoop.... 1 60
«shoulders. @10% | Clams, _ .....-1 00@1 2 | Clothespins, 5 gr.boxes.... 4
Sausage, blood or head ‘c eae Biuwis ti then. ............ 80
BULK.
nh @7 Counts, pe al 2 40 ' eS to
* fee... Mien ee tot ee ee
Mutton La SOO (agi Se eT Sea
i CS | Siindarde ll. 2 00 i a Cc : 75
Clete les... 1 , sreereceee. FW
FISH and OYSTERS. aaa = Baskets, a, 35
J. Dettenthaler quotes as} Schrimps................ 1 00 shipping bushel.. 1 25
ane full hoop or 1 35
FRESH FISH PAPER & WOODENWARE wil llow el’ths, No.1 5 75
. “ ae »>g
ih ........... @2 PAPER, - ealee
ee... Ss @9 Co 1% &“ soils 6s No.1 3 50
ae @15 | Rockfalls. oe 1% a i “ WNo242
Ciscoes or Herring.. @6 Rag sugar. Seed esc 2 ‘“ « “* No35 0
Eee 1 @12_ | Hardware. vette eee eee RIG INDURATED WARE.
Fresh lobster, per Ib.... 20 = Bt ee 2% | Pails a
Shrimp, per gal. ma Geoge............. § 5 ike tac |.
ae ne Jute Manilla. ene, en...
nn i Fickeral.....:.... Red Express I POULTRY.
oe. ' ~~ i" no a ;
Sunked While... @8 TWINES Local deale re Bey as follows:
Stockfish . tice | A PI... ee i aa
Finnan Haddies........ 10 | Cotton, No.1................ te a 1‘ ale
Be ee Se igo see ae
OYSTERS—Cans, Sea Island, assorted....... 30 Chicket et po
Fairhaven Counts..... @40 | No.5 Hemp ie Ta TT
W. 3.D: 'Seleeta.)/) ee ee | an
ee es, @30 WOODENWARE, | Chickens, .............11 @I13
ACG @25 | Tubs, No. Leveeeeeeeeeeees 700 | Fowls...... .........9 @l0
Standards ............ @26 Oye sdeevocataie 6 00 | Turkeys...............12 @13
Favorites .... 2 ~ mee... 5 00 pee eR... ..... 11 @13
PROVISIONS. Plain Creamaa.......... Leo. ~—
| Decorated Creamy. ll
The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, Svine Hoek ‘2
quotes as follows: Burnt Almonds...... le a mene D
PORK IN BARRELS. Wintergreen en oe
M ee ee 2 : RAMELS.
___ r e eaemU SEEDS 22 99 | No- 1, wrapped, 21D. boxes.--....-0.....
Hixtea clear pip, Ghott ote. aa 1, ul al vee reste eee eee bl
Hirira clear) Heavy... ey No: ; i aaa a stents es
Clear, fat back.. 24 00 | 30: 3 oa coreewnnnienneene 42
Boston clear, short cut... LLL IDTIITITTD 24 00 | Stand up, 5 Ib. boxes te te eeee ee eens 90
(leat back snorkenk 0 24 00] oan BANANAS.
Standard clear. short cut, best....._...... 26 00 Cain: +a ean we mea a ne
sausacE—Fresh and Smoked. ee
Srte Gemmem 1} ORANGES.
Ham Sausage..........22-20.ee. cece erence eee 9 Floridas, fancy ST UU eal esa ais
Tongue Sausage........... te eee eeu aia . (eee, Se ae
Se 9 “ El a
cube del casey suum saul 7 LEMONS. mm
Wittig ari 6 Messina, choice, 360..... @3 5
Bologna, thick.. 1 e fine see i @3 7
Ree ee 7 “ eee @3 25
LARD. v ney 4 00
Bemle Mendered 0 os 13 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS.
GTANZEL . 22... ee eee e tee eee e ee cee teens 12M | Figg, fancy layers, mn @
dee aa 10% “ Fe En @i2%
COU ieee dau Lee Wa a 19 He oe Ee EA @i5
50 lb, Tins, 4e advance, Te + Sa, a
= “4 pails, #¢ i Dates, Pard, 1013b. bou....... ........ @7%
‘sb: L ie a “ Persian. SOib, Gog... cc
NUTS.
BEEF IN BARRELS. Almonds, (MRPORONN. 8... .....,..., @19
Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 8 50 VCR, @18
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......... eeseue 8 50 . a Q18%
Dererers, remap bis... 13 00 —. new. a @ily%
ue i erts ‘ a @11%
SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Walnuts, Gre Baie) soa a o14 3
Hams, average 20 IDS. .....-..--..-2e ee eee eee 154 “ Mane a @
oe. 154% “ ee En @13
: : Tete ies.........-...-.. = 10 Table Nuts fancy.. 31
pee en a oe 12% * choice ea @13%
DM ee RE tt ee oi”
er eee 114, | Cocoanuts, full sacks............. @4 75
Breese rest Dacen, bonciems.................... 14
riod heeft, ham prices... 6... 8. 11 Fancy, H. P., Suns PEANUTS. :
Long Clears, heavy... a oa a Gatun Pitta eee e ees g oa
Briskets, medium. See eee as eee a ‘
Re ee Panes, mE eR ms ancarraneareans.s @ 5%
/ ' oasted... @i™%*
Choice, H. P., Extras.. . @ 4%
‘ ee 6%
ee Sener ae See. ane Oot
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:
STICK CANDY.
Cases Bbls. Pails.
Standard, per Ib......... 6% 7%
. he 6% 7%
- wae .......... 6% 7%
Heston Creara...........- 8%
Coe bom. ........... 8%
Buus W, ........ . ..
MIXED CANDY.
—— Pails,
a 7
OE 8 7
eau . 7%
by . 8
Boglizh a 8
oe he, eee c 8
Bromen Tamy.............. baskets 8
FPeanutSquares............ 8 9
Premce Creams. ......... _........ 10
Valley Creams... .......... cee. 13
Midget, 30 Ib. baskets ic eres eee cca 8
Mame ae Csi... 8
Fancy—In bulk
Pails,
Lozenges, _— Cae nee 10
a set i ch cose eee ues 11
OE EE EE EE 11%
Chocolate Monumentals....................-
Ee ee
Moss Drops...... 8
Sour Drops.. 8%
EE EEE EE 10
Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box
Lon ree... 55
OE EE ee 55
Peppermint Drops ee ee ees eee uac ere + seene 60
EE 65
TM: Chlocolaee Wrope........................ 90
Ce
NT 1 00
‘A. © ioeomos Drepe.........................,. 80
Lozenges, ee ee 60
OE ——————— 65
epee 60
ee 70
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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. _
ANTI-POVERTY DOCTRINES.
By a curious chain of association of |
ideas, the spectacle of the scramble for |
wealth now going on in Wall street has |
led me to consider the significance, from |
a financial point of view, of a matter
which, at first view, would seem to have
little bearing upon financial affairs. The
restoration to his priestly powers of the
Rev. Dr. McGlynn, after a suspension of
more than five years, by the direct inter-
vention of the Pope in opposition to the
Archbishop of this diocese, is an official
sanction by the great Roman Catholic
Chureh of doctrines which seriously
threaten the tenure of private property,
and it furnishes food for considerable re-
flection to those who have great riches or
who hope to acquire them.
The proposition for the advocacy of
which Dr. MeGlynn was punished, was
one which he borrowed from Henry
George, relating to the ownership of
land. Mr. George asserts, and Dr. Mc-
Glynn adopts the assertion, that the
earth, and all that is in it by nature,
belongs in common to the entire human
family, and that each member of that
family is entitled to a sharein it. Hence,
the appropriation of any part of the
earth’s surface, or of its mineral! riches,
by one individual to the exclusion of all
others, without their consent, is a viola-
tion of their rights, and they may justly
claim from him a compensation equal to
the rental value of the portion of land he
has appropriated, to be paid into the
common treasury for the common bene-
fit. Mr. George contends that if this
were done, not only would no taxes be
needed for government purposes, but
that the revenue thus produced, besides
being sufficient to pay all public ex-
penses, would leave a surplus to be ex-
pended for the relief of the poor and the
sick, and for the general promotion of
the happiness of mankind. Dr. McGlynn
and his followers improve upon this by
declaring that Mr. George’s scheme would
abolish poverty altogether, the one great
cause of it being, in their opinion, the
monopoly of land by private owners
under existing laws. Both Dr. McGlynn
and Mr. George unite in declaring that
every human being who comes into the
world has aright to food, clothing and
shelter, and that if he does not get them
it is because others of his fellow beings
unjustly withhold them from him, or at
least withhold from him the means of
procuring them. In a word, in their
view, poverty is not a misfortune, but
the result of a crime, and when that
crime is suppressed poverty will be sup-
pressed with it.
Neither Mr. George nor Dr. McGlynn
have ever taken the pains to cipher out
in dollars and cents exactly how much
the rental value of the land in any par-
ticular locality amounts to. They con-
tent themselves with asserting in general
terms that it is enough to meet all the
expenses of government and leave a sur-
plus. As a matter of fact, the revenue
now collected in New York City by taxes
upon real estate far exceeds in amount
the rental value of the mere land within
the city limits, apart from the improve
ments upon it, which, it is not disputed,
are the rightful property of the owners.
If from the full value of the real estate
were to be deducted the cost of the build-
ings alone, a ground rent upon the re-
mainder at the usual rate of 5 per cent.
per annum would barely equal the 2 per
cent. now imposed upon the land and
buildings together. If,
duct the
upon the
sewering,
further, we de-
paving, laying out
money which has been spent |
land in paying for grading,
public |
parks and the like, with interest on these
expenditures during the time the land |
lay idle, waiting for occupancy, an an- |
nual charge of 5 per cent. upon the resi- |
due would not yield so much revenue as
is produced by our present system of tax-
ation. More than this, our present sys-
tem already goes as far as Mr. George
and Dr. McGlynn demand it should, and
even further. It not only taxes the im-
provements, as well as; the land upon
which they are made, but it taxes both
land and improvements to any amount
that the people, through their represent-
atives, may see fit toimpose. The right,
too, which the community already as-
serts to appropriate for the common good
the possessions of individuals is far
broader than that which Mr. George and
Dr. McGlynn advocate. It extends to
the products of individual industry, and
it embraces as much of them, be the
amount more or less, as may be deemed
necessary for the public welfare.
So far, therefore, as their practical
working is considered, the anti-poverty
doctrines preached by Dr. MeGlynn are
unimportant. What makes them mis-
chievous, and what probably drew down
upon them the disapproval of Archbishoh
Corrigan, was the assumption upon which
they rest, that every human being has a
right to a comfortable living, and that if
he cannot obtain it by his own exertions
he may use for the purpose the property
of his fellow men. For, if the rental
value of the land may justly ve collected
by taxation and distributed among the
poor, so may other species of property,
and if every human being who comes in-
to the world has aright to share in the
riches of the land, he has also a right to
share in all other riches. The distinc-
tion between the land as the work of
God, and other wealth as the work of
men, is purely arbitrary, since men are
but God’s instruments, and for what they
do He furnishes the skill and the strength.
The Christian Church was originally
founded upon this idea, that the poor
have aright to share in the possessions
of the rich. The Virgin Mary propheti-
caily declared of the Saviour. ‘‘He hath
put down the mighty from their seats
and exalted them of low degree. He hath
filled the hungry with good things, and
the rich He hath sent empty away.” All
the teachings of the Gospels are in praise
of poverty and the poor and against the
accumulation of wealth. The early
Christians had all things in common, and
paid special attention to supplying the
wants of their poor brethren. But
while Roman Catholic Christians have
faithfully preserved the traditions of the
early Church, most of the Protestant sects
have departed from them so widely that
piety and wealth are no longer regarded
by them as incompatible; but, on the con-
trary, riches are deemed to be the legiti-
mate reward, as they were by the ancient
Hebrews, of upright conduct. Thus,
the Protestant Church become the
ehureh of the rich, while the Roman
Catholic Church is especially that of the
poor. Its strength lies in the multitude
of its adherents and notin their
position and business prominence. That
a Roman Catholic priest, like Dr.
McGlynn, should take up with enthusi-
asm Mr. George’s scheme for relieving
the poor at the expense of the rich was,
has
social
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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
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therefore, natural,
find numerous followers among the lay-
men of his church was also natural.
The bare fact that when Henry George
ran for Mayor in 1887 he received 67,000
votes, demonstrates the hold that his
scheme has upon the popular sympathy,
and the audiences who continue to go to
hear Dr. MeGlynn week after week
corroborative evidence of it.
Considering the views which Cardinal
Gibbons promulgated in his pastoral let-
ter of two years ago, upon the duties of
the rich to the poor, and considering also
the similar views expressed by Pope Leo
XIU, in his encyclical of about the same
date, itis easy to comprehend why, as
soon as information of the strength of
McGlynn’s cause among the American
Roman Catholics reached Rome, steps
should have been taken leading to the
result we see. The Roman Catholic
Church had to clear itself of the suspi-
cion of being an ally of the rich against
the poor, and it has now once more pro-
claimed the original Christian doctrine,
that the wealth of the world belongs to
the whole world, and that if any indi-
vidual gets more of it than his fellows,
he must hold it as trustee for them and
not for his own private benefit.
The importance, therefore, to the rich
men of this country of the reversal of Dr.
MeGlynn’s. sentence is that by it the
Church of Rome places itself more than
ever on the side of those who are seeking
to take from the rich their acquisitions
and distribute them among the poor. It
strengthens the sentiment which shows
itself in strikes, in anti-trust laws, and
in our tax laws; and it encourages those
who entertain it to make further aggres-
sions. It warns the rich to beware of
conduct which shall give excuse for rob-
bing them of their possessions, and to the
prudent among*them it suggests the ad-
vice so to use their riches as to disarm
enmity and win affection in its place.
MATTHEW MARSHALL.
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Jackson Grocers Tackle the Exemption
Evil.
JACKSON, Jan. 27—Your letter of Jan.
24 received and read at the meeting of
the Jackson Grocers’ Union last evening.
I enclose copy of the report of the Com-
mittee on Trade Interests, which was
presented at the meeting. The report
was received with much favor by the
Union, and a special committee of five
members was appointed in compliance
with the recommendation of the Com-
mittee. The Committee borrowed not
only the artillery but also the ammuni-
tion of Messrs. Powers and Owen and
made good useof it. Tue articles said so
much, and said it so well, that it would
have been a waste of time to have tried
to treat the subject in other language,
even if we were competent. We=-sin-
cerely hope that the laws may be revised
in the interest of honesty and justice,
and it seems to us as if the better way
to go at it, to make it successful, would
be to have a number of petitions printed,
embodying the desired legislation, and
have them sent to all the principal
towns in the State for signatures. Per-
haps some of the members of the Grand
Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association may
have a better method to suggest. We
should adopt some plan, and that speed-
ily, in order that someone not so much
interested as weare may not forestall us
and get the laws more detrimental than
they are at present. We hope you will
keep us posted, and if there is to be a
meeting held for the benefit of the retail-
er, we want to be in it.
W. H. Porter,
Chairman Committee on Trade Interests.
The report to which Mr. Porter refers
is as follows:
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and that he should |;
would respectfully call your attention to, and sich that I wasn’t even sane.
a subject of great importance to every re-
tail merchant and especially to the gro-|
cer.
of the State of Michigan.
Our age is a progressive one.
to our needs.
times, we must make events and fit them
to our necessities. The days
That subject is the exemption laws |
We can-}
not wait for events to shape themselves |
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and ways |
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of our forefathers are too slow for this |
age, and the laws which
when the greater part of our State was a
wilderness are not suitable for this day
and age. The exemption laws of this
State were framed nearly a half century
ago, when every merchant knew his cus-
tomers and also knew whether they were
entitled to credit or not. There was not
the opportunity at that time for people
to be dishonest that there is in our thick-
ly settled, hustling, bustling State of to-
day.
Now, one thing comes forcibly to the
front—dishonesty has grown faster than
any other branch of industry. It may
seem as if we overdraw in our estimate
when we say that not even one-half of
the people are honest from principle—or
policy either—but taking the people of
our own city, where we know them best,
and comparing the number of delinquent
debtors with the voting population, and
you will find that the estimate is not far
out of proportion. The laws which ex-
empt from $3,500 to $5,000 that cannot be
touched for debt are not fair or just in
the present age of dishonesty and decep-
tion. The exemption laws may have
been fair when land could be purchased
from $2 to $10 per acre, and other things
proportionately, but at this time, when
land is worth from $50 to thousands of
dollars per acre, and the general increase
in values of everything, the laws.appear
ridiculous.
In the further consideration of this
subject, we beg leave to read from THE
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN of Dec. 28 and
Jan 18 twoarticles by Walter S. Powers
and E. A. Owen, in which this subject is
ably and concisely treated. These arti-
eles express our ideas much more ex-
plicitly than we could have written them,
and we believe that this Union should
take hold of this subject and join hands
with the retail trade throughout the
State in having laws passed which will
oblige people to be honest, especially
when they are more able to pay their
debts than the grocer is to lose it.
Your Committee would reccommend
that a committee of five members be ap-
pointed to investigate this subject and
that this matter remain in their hands
until it is determined whether laws can
or will be passed by the present Legisla-
ture which will be suitable for the pres-
ent age of ae
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