Michigan Tradesman. Published Weekly. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. __ $1 Per Year. VUE. 10. GRAND RAPIDS, FEBRUARY 1, 1898. NO. 489 No Brand of Ten Cent CIGARS *oszse"° Gatun F° G. F. FAUDE, Sole Manufacturer, IONIA, MICH. MOSELEY BROS., - WHOLESALE - FRUITS, SKEDS, BEANS AND PRODUGE, 26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa St, Grand Rapids, PRBQYSTARS P#B Almost impossible to get hold of any stock, but our patrons can rest assured that if any one can fill ordérs we can. TBE PUTNAM CANDY Co. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. 1 and 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS TR U N K MARTIN MATER & CO, MANUFACTURERS 118-115-117 Twelfth St. DETROIT, MICH. BEST MADE, BEST SELLING GOODS. PIONEER HOUSE. BA\ iS LOWEST PRICES. LARGEST ASSORTMENT. ‘~~ Quotations. See POTATOES. We have made the handling of Potatoes a ‘‘specialty” for many years and have a large trade. Can take care of all that can be shipped us. We give the best ser- vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen. Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value. Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. WM. H. THOMPSON & CoO., Commission Merchants, 166 So. Water St., Chicago. PEREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow. NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WF CARRT A STOCK GF CAKE TALLOW FOR MiLL USE MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING CO., Successors to MUSKEGON CRACKER Co., HARRY FOX, Manager. . GRAGKERS, BISGUITS # SWRET GOODS MUSKEGON, MICH. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. OUR HOLIDAY CATALOGUE NOW READY. Send for it? Rugs Hassocks, Blacking Cases, Foot Rests Carpet Sweepers. SMITH & SANFORD, 68 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. BEANS W. T., LAMOREAUX CO., 128, 130 and 132 W. Bridge $t., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. If you have any beans and want tosell, we want them, will give you full mar ket price. Send them to us in any quantity up to car loads, we want 1000 bushels daily. Who Sells Star A, E. BROOKS & CO., 46 O.tawa 8t.,Grand Rapids, Mich. Every Druggist, Drops? Cough who wants to handle the best goods for the least money. Manufactured by Red STANDARD OIL CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating -OILS- r NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave. BULK WORKS AT RRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, MAWNISTEE, CADILLAC, BIG RAPIDS, GRAND HAVEN, LUDINGTON. ALLEGAN, HOWARD CITY, PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY GARBON & GASOLIN’ BARRELS. It Pays Dealers to sell FOSFON because there are but two sizes, Five Ounces at 10 cents, Sixteen at 25 cents and it pleases better than Baking Powders. " See Grocery Price Current. THE BREAD [CAISER SUPPLANTS BAKING POWDER Fosfon Chemical Co., Detroit, Michigan. SOLD BY ALL RELIABLE CROCERS. 12, 14, 16 Pearl St., Manufacturers and Jobbers of BOOS & Shoes. Spring lines now ready for inspection Would be pleased te show them. Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. Who urges you to keep * -1- * o) 7 Se DOLO?. ... The Public ? By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers create a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchasers to the store, and help sell less known goods. _i— Anv Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders. =e 4 4 UEBTISNIHALES — JOBBER OF | = ~ OYSTERS - Salt Fish POULTRY & GAME -|- | - = ~4- - > | | | | Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See quotations in another column CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF POULTRY:AND GAME SOLICITED ~~ « VOORHEES ants and Uverall Go, Lansing, Mich. Having removed the machinery, business and good willof the lonia Pants and Overall Co. to Lansing, where we have one of the finest factories in the country, giving us four times the capacity of our former factory at lonia, we are in a posi- tion to get out our goods on time and fill all orders promptly. the patronage of the trade is solicited. E. D. VOORHEES, Manager. A continuance of LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, 9) W IMPORTERS AND hh - ~ holesale Grocers 4. Grand Rapids. ~~ de 4 1 ~< et ro Reh » mi - Geo. nH Reeder & Co., Boots and Shoes, Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for 158 & 160 Fulton St., Grand Rapids, COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. Successor to Cooper Commercial Agency and Union Credit Co. Commercial reports and current collections receive prompt and careful attention. Your patronage respectfully solicited. Office, 65 Monroe St. Telephones 166 and 1030. L. J. STEVENSON, C. A. CUMINGS, C. E. BLOCK. ‘The “hittle Soldier” School Shoe, This is what we warrant: Top Genuine Kangaroo. Vamp Best Veal Calf. Sole Best Union Leather. Grain Tap, Grain Counter and Grain Inner (Sizes 9 to 13%) $1 Per Pair Net. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO, GRAND RAPIDS AGENTS. WP 90 20 po Sole. How to Keep a Store, By Samuel H. Terry. A book of 400 pages written from the experience and observation of an old merchant. It treats of Selection of Busi ness, Location. Buying, Selling, Credit, Adver- tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships, ete. Of great interest to every onein trade. $1.50. THE TRADESMAN CO., Ag’ts. Grand Rapids, Mich Wm. Brummeler & Sons, Manufacturers and Jobbers of Pieced and Stamped Tinware Phone 640 260 S. Ionia St.. GRAND RAPIDS. NET PRICE LIST OF SAP PAILS PER 100. Ic x 10 quart eee eee aces ieee. $14 $17 12 Ee 18 15 ee eke shed ee erea ees 19 22 50 1 gal. I C Syrup Cans, per 100... 10 25 These goods are full size and are guaranteed not toleak. The pails are made almost straight flaring enough to pack conveniently. In lots of 500 we will allow 5 above prices. Terms, 30 days net. Send for price list of general line of tinware. eetas — 100 LEAVES BARLOW Pat. Manifold TRACER (For tracing delayed Freight Shipments Pat. Manifold TELEGRAMS per cent. off *BARIOWS "WESTERN UNION’OR’PosTAL” LINES Sent Prepaid for above Price, or.will Send Samples. BARLOW BROS..GRAND RAPIDS.MICH. Aik SHELLMAN, Scientilic Optician, 65 Beare Street. cae Eyes tested for spectacles free of cost with latestimproved methods. Glasses in every style at moderate prices. Artificial human eyes of every color. Sign of big spectacles. 1841. THE MERCANTILE AGENCY ru. 3: Dun & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. ESTABLISHED Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in the SS cities of the United States, Canac the European continent, Australia, and in London. England. rand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdiecomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. ARLOW BRO'S2""»0BLANK BOOKS atte TW WA IEV Mt) 2a.) (Ce ).\0l 39 Stuo FOR PRICES GRAND RAPIDS,MICH. MICHIGAN . Fie & Marine Insurance Co Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, THE FIRE > INS. co. CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. T. Stewart Waits, Pres’t. W. Frep McBain, Sec’y. PROMPT, THE OFFICE END OF MR. BOGGS. When the firm of Little & Boggs was or- ganized it seemed as though the business fates were more than ordinarily propi- tious, for while Little contributed but one-third of the capital, he brought with him a host of customers who had learned to love him while he acted as floorwalker for Thread & Needle; and Boggs, fhough entirely innocent of dry goods knowledge, had the ready cash to place the firm at once upon a firm financial footing. So the great gilt sign went up, the doors were opened, and the new enterprise was fairly afloat upon the troublous sea of commerce. ‘*Little,” said Boggs at the close up of the first day, ‘‘I want you to make ex- cuses for me to the people who come in to see me. You know I agreed torun the office end, and here I’ve wasted the whole day shaking hands, and the books are not yet opened.’”’ “Why, Boggs,’’ replied Little, thought you did wonders to-day. From the way you answered old Mrs. Judge Wickey’s questions one would think you were brought up to the business. Her account, alone, you know, is worth get- ting.” **Little,’’ sternly demanded Boggs, ‘ you ever open a set of books?”’ “Why, no.” ‘*I thought not.’’ So next day Mr. Boggs was invisible to all callers. Once Little went to him when the store was overflowing with cus- tomers and begged him to come out front, but Boggs shook his head violently with- out taking his hands off the ruler and red ink pen. Then he thought better of it, and, raising his kindly little round face to Little, he whispered: “Wait till I get these books opened, old boy, then V1] be with you.”’ At first, as the days sped by, Little used to ask Boggs every night questions which, in his benighted way, he thought Boggs’ unremitting labors could answer. ‘Do the books show that we’ve made any money this week,” and Little would cast a furtive glance at the figures on his cuff which told to a cent the total income and outgo. “Why, Little. you can’t tell that from the books,’’ Boggs would reply in an in- jured tone. Then his eye would light upon a new book; the cloud would pass, and with a beaming face he would turn, saying: *‘See that?” **What—that book?’’ “Yes!” And Boggs would clap it trium- phantly upon the desk. ‘‘That’s a new time book.’’ The busines had been entered upon only after a thorough knowledge of the ground upon the part of Little, and the partners had an unfailing respect for each other; so, though every day brought forth new evidence of the tremendous gulf between their respective conceptions of the ‘‘office end,’’ there was no bickering. But Little was sorely tempted, and for that matter, so was Boggs. ‘““How much money have we in bank?” was Little’s final question. “| ‘did e GRAND RAPIDS, _ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1895. NO. 489 “Why, we can’t tell that until some- time next month,’’ in a surprised-at-the- inquiry voice; then, ‘‘Little, just look at this; see, a roll book!? To have a statement which, from his narrow ideaof bookkeeping seemed the ‘‘Alphaand Omaha” of the whole process, brushed aside as unworthy serious con- deration, to use Little’s homely phrase- ology, ‘‘made him hot.’’ ‘‘What the dev— that is, Boggs, do we need a roll book for our little business?”’ “Oh, Lsuppose we could do without books altogether,” and Boggs silently closed his latest treasure and gazed with filling eyes atthe forty or more books which surrounded him on all sides. ‘I beg your pardon,” broke in Little, ‘but you know, Boggs, I am so ignorant in the matter. Why, at Thread & Nee- dle’s, all the time old Thread was making the $100,000 he retired with, we only had two books.” “I don’t blame you, Little,’”’ exclaimed Boggs, ‘‘but if you could understand how the office end is improved by that roll book, you would feel as glad to see it as a dozen customers.” In his heart Little doubted it. said nothing. So the days flew by and the first month of the partnership was come and gone. Little had gotten quite inured to the spectacle of Boggs and his books, and if during the busiest hours of the day or the silent watches of the night he longed for a partner who would be out front, could not but admire the unflagging zeal with which the office end was conducted. Long before anyone else appeared on the scene in the morning Boggs would open the safe, get out his array of But he he ledgers, cash books, petty cash books, stock books, bill books, advertising reeords, time books, roll books, check books and books of every possible size and kind, unstopper his red ink, seize his ruling pen and get to work. At noon he took but a bare ten minutes for lunch. At night Little always left him to lock up. Therefore, in time Little began to think of Boggs as the hard-working member of the firm, and though his individual mem- orandum book, kept in all its pristine simplicity, assured him by his old stand- ards that he was worth to the firm more than their three clerks put together, still he felt a sense of shortcoming as he com- pared himself to Boggs. After an easy chat with Mrs. Judge Wickey, during which he had sold her her new black dress, or a merry hour with the 3rd Presbyterian Sunday School Teachers’ Committee, during which he had donated a new hall carpet and taken an order for furnishing the parsonage complete, Little would look back at Boggs and feel that, after all, his own con- tribution to the firm’s welfare was child’s play. Just when Little discovered that some- thing was wrong with Boggs he could not tell. Almost before he realized it he knew, for, salesman that he was, Little could interpret impalpable signs, that Boggs was avoiding him; that the old frank, proud, kindly glance had given THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. way toa hunted look, a look of min- gled terror and despair. As each day brought this conviction stronger, for assumed gaiety on the part of Boggs only heightened Lit- tle’s acute sense of uneasiness, he strove home in vain to reassure himself. “He don’t gamble,— tain’t nor drink But something was wrong. Little felt In his effort he knew he overdid himself watching Boggs. to hide his distrust things. Presently he was aware Strive as he would he could not refrain from peering back into the office end each morning, half as though he expect- ed to find Boggs missing. Little Boggs One morning the looked-for At least so seemed from the front of the store, but as he hastily entered the found Boggs leaning forward on a desk, his head his hands. At the sound of footsteps he raised his haggard eyes and then turned a terror-stricken glance at a paper tab beside him. received was missing. between “What's the matter?’ demanded Little. “Nothing.” murmured Boggs. ‘““You don’t look well,” tle. ‘*You’d better lay two and rest up.”’ “On! Nol | cant,’ pered the junior partner. Then Little of it. He re- membered all the cases of mercantile de- faleations and breaches of trust of which he had He case years ago which took place in their eontinued Lit- hoarsely whis- was sure read. own town. the clock. At precisely five minutes to 10 he put on his hat and started up the street to the bank. that Boggs knew where he was going. If be found their balance gone! thought of the heavy bills coming due Somehow he the first of the month and gave a low} the & Boggs Then in a flash all Little whistle. of the flashed before him. would still be brief career of for Boggs he clerking for Thread & Needle, instead of posing as one of the leading business men of Gar- He remembered the implicit confidence Boggs had left everything to simply requesting that their business card be set in smaller type and their first circular be printed in black ink instead of red. Then as he ap- proached the bank he rehearsed his care- denville. with which him, less remark to the eashier: “By the cash balance this morning?’’ And fortified eould for any r2ply that Jenks deal him. He through the way, Jenks, what was our he himself as best he bank. saw the the window reached Glaneing he top of Jenks’ head and a big green eye-shade. | “Looks just like Boggs,” flashed across | his mind. Boggs’ kindly face beamed upon him as he turned to enter the door. A great wave of He stopped, turned completely around and gasped: “No, Pil bed iif Vil spot him.”’ Two minutes later he was back in the store raising particular Cain with the three clerks. That night when Little finally got | through his duties as doorkeeper at the regular monthly meeting of the local conncil of a mutual insurance associa- tion, he separated himself from his com- panions and turned into a deserted street of the town to have ‘‘a good think.” women— ; that | Boggs knew that hé was watching him. | j shock— | it | enclosure he | off for a day or | recalled the famous | With a stern eye he watched felt | events | He thought how but might | emotion overcame him. All| ! | day long he had been too busy to formu- | late any plan of action. He had worked | on through the day looking for the crash at any moment; yet to a casual observer | he had presented his usual bearing. As he walked, the knotty problem gradually engrossed his whole attention, so it was with something of a surprise | that he found himself looking into the window of their store. But all the pre- |} oecupanecy vanished in a flash when he distinctly saw, by a dim light, the form of aman moving about the office. *“Burglars! By George!’ And Little | made a bound for the front door. With /a quick movement he swung the heavy lock. Picking up a hammer lying against the base of the show window, he strode down the aisle, feeling his pulse bound with excitement at the com- ing conflict. At the noise of the door opening, the | figure in the office had straightened it- | self up and stood peering at the intruder. 'So when Little reached the middle of the store he made out the form. ‘Boggs!’ *‘Little!’’ replied a dreary voice. Little entered the office, hammer in |hand, like an executioner, and Boggs cowered before him. But neither broke | the silence for a moment; then Boggs, | dropping his head upon his chest, said: | ‘Little, Um going to make a clean breast of it. Little, ’ve deceived you.” | Little shook his head to express his | continued faith. ‘Yes, Little, the exposure has got to come. Ive worked all night every right for a fortnight. My God, how worked! And I can’t hide the truth from you any longer. a faltering voice, ‘“‘when I told you that it would come to this. To think | that I—’’ and he broke out sobbing. Little put his hand upon Boggs’ shoulder. His voice choked as he stam- mered: ‘“‘Look here, Boggs, you shan’t talk | that way. Vil stick by you tothe end. | What was I but a poor 10-hours-a-day | clerk, with only a few hundreds saved, | when you came to me and lifted me out of the rut and put me on my feet. I can go back to Thread & Needle’s if every- thing’s smashed, and I can work out the | bills after a time. Besides, Boggs, it was two-thirds your money and I know didn’t mean any harm when you borrowed it; you just—”’ But Boggs stopped him and, like a man in a daze, asked: |; you “What money?” “Why, the money in the bank; that is, | the money that was in the bank.”’ ‘“‘Why, ain’t it there now?’’ exclaimed | Boggs. with a shriek of horror. “What, 1 thought you said —I thought—something was wrong with 1. Boggs? **No,’’? murmured Boggs, ‘‘the cash ac- eount is all straight. There’s my figures, $3,861.04, and there’s the figures from the bank; the pass book has just been balanced—$3,861.04. It isn’t it’s the TRIAL BALANCE!” For a moment the revulsion of his feel- I’ve | | * St. Jouns, Mich., Dec. 8, 92. Oh!” he continued, in | 1) | would run the office end, [ never thought He | A. Schenck & Son: Send for Samples and Prices, | Gentlemen — Replying to yours y ’ of the 7th inst., would say you are f welcome to use the letter as you >» « wish, as [ can only affirm what I A. SCHENCK & SON, | said as to the superior quality of eo o your flour, which I believe the best and most uniform of any made in ELSIE, MICH. ue the county. Yours truly, i D. S. FRENCH. » & » wil “= 1898 THE FALCONS. 1189S « 4. FAULTLESS--STRICTLY RELIABLE, INVESTIGATION WILL CONVINCE YOU. DO NOT FAIL TO SEE THEM “1 - - m*| 4 ‘ ? eo +s «4 | j > { ” ml a «= + o ! a a a maw f — 2 -_ i ¢ i Mannesmann Spiral D:awn Tube and Drop Forgings used Throughou', Pneumatic Tires! Russet Rims! Ball Bearings ail round! send for Catalogue. els THE YOST MANUFACTURING CO., Toledo, 0. 3 THE DETROIT CYCLE CO, Detroit, Mich. Agts for the State of Michigan. 4 fh « The Wayne ae se ~~ + Self - Measuring , al -_ Oil Tank 1 ! am 2 ie 4. a Measuring One Qt, and Half Gallon at a Single in Stroke, ~ 5 = Manufactured by the a = First Floor Tank and Pump. W [ (} ea § res | FORT WAYNE, IND. lig Cellar Tank and Pump. { We Lead, Let Others Follow. the cash; | PitTsFiELD, Mass., Oct. 5, 1892. | Wayne Oil Tank Co., Fort Wayne, Ind. Gepts—The tank we bought from you has now been in our | use two months. Weare more than pleased with it. It works | easily, accurately and rapidly Would not do without it for | twice its cost. We take pleasurein recommending it as the | cleanest and best machine for handling oil we ever saw. You | may refer as many as you like to us, we have only words of praise for it. G. T. & W. C. Mannico. Qe | Britton, Mich., June 15, | Wayne Oil Tank Co., Fort Wayne, Ind GENTLEMEN —I think your tanks are bound to be a seller, for | in the thirteen years I have been selling oil I never have seen | theirequal. Yours truly, W. C. Bascock. PRICE LIST. | | ings precluded Little’s articulate ut- First floor Tanks and Pumps. Cellar Tanks and Pumps. ence. The, with s em Mii. mt ti $14 00 pounced upon poor Boggs, grabbed him | 2bbl.................... eo 1 208. 17 00 : . 13 Dbl..................-- 18 00 eee 21 GO around the waist and set him up on the |4 pp. 172/220 INI! oe eee _.. 25 00 desk. Then he laughed till the tears ce i 27 00 ke sue ow 30 00 ran down his cheeks, and Boggs, looking at him, cheered up visibly. Pump without tank.... 9 00 Compare our prices, Order now and save agents’ commission. ai + >t | oll «~ «€ = oO “Oh, you don’t know—,” finally began Boggs. “Yes I do!’ interrupted Little, and with one fell sweep he hurled all the books within convenient reach onto the | floor. Then, seizing Boggs, he marched him out of the store into the street and up to the new open-all-night restaurant “Not a word, Boggs, till I’ve had my say. I’m senior to lay down some rules; and the first is | | | nesses; THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. condemnation of the career. benefaction. for acommon good. For this the farmer draws the grain from the soil, and the | miner the ores from the mountain fast- | for this the manufacturer creates | out of the raw material implements of ; use and instruments of comfort; for this, | railroads . | partner and I’m going | | ties in need; that six hours a day is all you can mon-| key with books.” “But, Little, surely you want the office end—” ‘“‘And the second rule is the same, and so is the third and the rest of—” “But, Little, the TRrAr BALANCE!” “Get Jenks up from the bank for an hour; he’ll draw it off while you wait.” A new light dawned in Boggs’ eyes. As he reached fora succulent sandwich, he said: ‘Little, you’ve almost made me for- give the Business College that taught me bookkeeping.’’ — Benjamin Hiram Jefferson, in Dry Goods Bulletin. i

-— Clever Counterfeiting. It is said that the United States treas- ury has redeemed more $500 legal tender notes than itever issued. This does not look as though many such notos had been stowed away in the toes of old stock- ings against a rainy day, and it does look as though some very nice counter- is { feiting had been done, when govern- ® «a. 4 ment officials themselves have not been able to detect them. >.> Use Tradesman or Supertor Coupons. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples — About the same as a week ago, Baldwins and Spys are in fair supply and good demand, commanding $3 per bbl. for No. 1 eat ing and 2 for No. 2 or cooking grades. Beans—Handlers pay $1.40@$1.50 for country picked and about $1.20 for unpicked, holding city picked mediums at $1.60 81.75. Butter—Scarce and almost impossible to se cure inany quantity. Jobbers pay 24c for choice dairy and find ready takers at 26c. Cabbage—s80@90c per doz., and scarce at that. Celery—18@2e per doz. bunches. Cider—1244@13c per gal. Cranberries—The market is without change, erates now being held as follows: Cape Cods and Jerseys, $2.75; Waltons, $3.25. Eggs—Handlers pay 30c for fresh and hold at 32c. A few warm days would probably send the price down very considerably. Grapes—Malagas have advanced 50c a keg, be- ing now held at $8. Green Stuff—Grand Rapids forcing lettuce is in adequate supply at 18¢ per lb. Pieplant comes into market this week at 5c per lb. and radishes at 40¢c per doz. Honey—Plenty in quantity and excellent in quality at 12@13c per lb. Onions—Higher Dealers pay at $1.25 per bu. Parsnips—10e per bu. Potatoes--The market is strong and tending higher. Dealers now pay 65¢ and will probably be compelled to still further advance the paying price in the near future. The demand is con- stantly increasing from the Eastern markets, which are so nearly bare of stock that they are clamoring for potatoes faster than the demand can be supplied Local handlers have no diffi- culty in securing cars, but smaller buyers at the outside towns complain bitterly of the lack of transportation fxcilities, Squash—So scarce that it is practically out of market. Sweet Potatoes—Scarce and nearly out of mar- ket. Hlinois readily command $4.50@5 per bbl. Turnips—35¢e per bu 31 and hold FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this bead for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents, Advance’ payment. BUSINESS CHANCES, OR SALE—GOUD, CLEAN, SALABLE stock of drugs, groceries and hardware, or will exchange for desirable chattel property or real estate. Arthur Mulholland, Jr., Ashton, Mich. 645 OR SALE—STOCK OF GROCERIES AND fixtures in a sive town in Northern Indiana, Will invoice about $1,800. Address Lock Box 61. La Grange, Ind. 649 SITUATIONS WANTED. oe WANTED—FOR A YOUNG LADY who is experienced in commercial and bank book-keeping, accustomed to cash and general office work, an exce:lent stenographer and Rem- ington operator, five years’ experience with late Ge orers Valuable, competent help, a lady of finement and ability. Owing to change in business, parties are assisting to secure a posi- tion. Address Late Employers, care Michigan Tradesman 638 MISCELLANEOUS, W ANTED—BOOT AND SHOE STOCK IN- voicing $3, 000 or less in exchange for resi- dence property in Jackson. Chas. F. Sanborn, 207 Orange St., Jackson, Mich. 647 NO EXCHANGE—SEVERAL FINE FARMS 4 and Lansing city property for merchandise. For particulars address George M. Dayton, Lan- sing, Mich, 648 \ ANTED—TO PURCHASE STOCK GRO- ceries. Address Box 1015, Des Moines, Oe a 646 OR SALE—TWO-STORY FRAME STORE building and dwelling in thriving Northern Michigan town. Property well rented, Will sell cheap or exchange for city property. A. M, LeBaron, 65 Monroe St. 636 OR SALE—CLEAN STOCK OF GENERAL merchandise, located at Sumner, six miles south of Riverdale Building is 22x88, with storehouse 20x90, all in good shape. Trade amounts to $15,000 per year. Excellent opportu nity. Address No. 632, care Michigan Tzades- man. 632 4VOR SALE—TWENTY-FOUR DRAWER LET- ter file, nearly new and used but a short time. Have nouse for it, as we took it on a debt. W. T. Lamoreaux, 128 West Bridge street. 631 ANTED — REGISTERED PHARMACIST Dr. L. E. Benson. Woodland, Mich. 650 OR SALE—SYLVAN LAKE HOTEL, ROME - City, Ind. Or will sell furniture and rent building, or would exchange for other good property. Address Lock Box 61, La Grange, ios. = TY uy - ~ al ad 'y +, ~ - Purely Personal. E. C. Wright, formerly engaged in the tea business at Kalamazoo, was in town Monday. John Cazier, who will shortly open a general store at Conklin, paid a day’s visit to this market last week. | B. E. Sweetland, senior member of the firm of Sweetland & Pinney, fruit M. J. Thomas, hardware and lumber éo secure astock of lumber. a From Out of Town. Calls have been received at Tue TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. Chas. H. Rose, Fremont. W. H. Watts, Bowne. M. J. Thomas, Corunna, Ind. Cc. F. Walker, Glen Arbor. H. C. Peckham, Freeport. Langeland Mfg. Co., Muskegon. Sweetland & Pinney, Kalamazoo. John Cazier, Conklin. Tucker, Hoops & Co., Luther.

> << The Grocer Too Smart. Pastor—‘‘How are you coming Uncle Mose?’’ Unele Mose—‘‘Werry poorly, Parson, werry poorly.” is all held by two The largest holder on, Parson — ‘“‘There are better times ahead. Those who trust in the Lord will never be forsaken.’’ Unele Mose—‘‘De Lawd is all right, but de grocery man don’t trust me wuff a cent.” ———> - + The Dry Goods Market. There is no change in prices. ton goods remain very firm. | new brands of wash goods and sateens |are shown to the trade in new designs land coloring. Fancy skirtings in stripe | and plaid have been in good request. | ae The man who has no aim in life is | never ready to make a hit when oppor- | tunity offers. All ecot- Several gallon. INDUCEMENT TO THE RETAIL DRUGGITS and GENERAL STORES! Do You Sell DIAMOND YEA? We want one live dealer in every city and town to handle and push the sale.of Diamond Tea, the great remedy for Constipation, Sick Headache and Liver and Kidneys and we offer the following induce- ment: To every dealer who will send us an order for 3 doz. 25¢ size packages of Diamond Tea at $1.90 per doz., which amounts to only $5.70, we will send free of charge an additional 1 doz. packages, be- sides sufficient sample packages to sample your whole town. By stamping your name on each pack- age you will thus receive full ben- efit of the advertising. It will pay hustlers to take ad- vantage of this offer, before their competitors get ahead ef them. DIAMOND TEA CO., DETROIT, MICH. Diamond Tea is sold by all whole- sale druggists. Direct Importers and LI. RAISES BAEC SENNA RES LN A ER TO EI TELL LE LE LDL L OE IAS ya EDWIN J. GILLIES & CO., NEW YORK CITY, Roasters and Packers of STANDARD BRANDS OF THE WORLD. Prices consistent with reliable quality from first hands. J. P. VISNER, Agent, 167 North Ionia St., i GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ‘More Made More Sold More Smoked Than any Other Cigars in Michigan GEO. MORBS & UU. Celebrated Brands. Made on Honor ! Sold on Merit ! Distribators of Coltves 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Hats Physically Necessary. Perhaps no article of clothing has been more criticised in respect to its util- ity than that which lexicographers de- scribe as a ‘‘covering for the head.’’ Some, instructed by the examples of sav- ages and of others widely different in various ways, among them leaders of fashion, whose crowns of gossamer may practically be disregarded, would have it that the hatless condition is that most characteristic of mankind. Against their opinion we find arrayed the combined force of civilized usage in every climate. From pole to pole, says a medical au- thority, we find that man, if he dresses at all, dresses his head. Even if spotless and guiltless of such minor trifles as waistcoat and collar, he covers the head with some form of clothing. Nay, the very savage, though he may know noth- ing of silk or felt, will often so decorate his vertex with feathers or so weave his own natural wool that not even the con- ventional European cylinder could pro- tect it more effectually. Surely there must be reason in all this. There is clearly a conscious need which exists not merely in the imagina- tion. it is thus practically admitted that though the head, like any other part of the body, may, after having suffered the attrition of atmospheric variations, become inured to their action, it still los- es somewhat in the process. In the first place it is evident that in this conflict only the fittest can hope to survive. Civ- ilized man will not endanger his chances of survival by risking the experiment. Further, he finds that the inferior ani- mals thus exposed uudergo external changes which do not often, if ever, tend in the direction of refinement, and in- stinectively he shuns the possible return of coarseness and barbarism. He also recognizes the fact that, given a whole- some custom in head clothing, the sub- sequent effect will be as healthy as it is becoming. Foremost among the sanitary princi- ples which ought to control usage in this matter are two—the avoidance of any but the slightest pressure and admission through the texture worn, or by special aperatures, of sufficient air for free ven- tilation of the head. If these elemen- tary considerations be duly regarded and | efficient protection be provided against | ceanges of weather we shall find man the beiter, not the worse, for wearing his “covering for the head.”’ i 2- 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. a t 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. —— Face Co.'s, fancy uee ce Gace ce «cian @40 ROOFING PLATES n TSC QUALICY .... 2-2. see reeesaeenevnee IC - Wworeueer.............,.... 6 50 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. &i0| {4x90Tx, “ ae Ne 8 50 PANS, 20x28 IC. ss eee kes . oo Bry, Acme. ................. 2. ee ene dis.60—10 14x20 IC, ‘s Allaway Grade 6 00 Common, Ce dis. 70 | 14x20 Ix, . 2 el. 7 50 RIVETS. dis. |ooxagic, ‘ “ — 12 50 Hr and Weree............................ 40 20x28 IX, ‘“ ‘i eo 15 50 Copper separ ate CO ee . 5—10 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATS. ENT FLANISHE 14x28 = es = 00 oa Wood's patent Peet , Nos, m4 —* 27 10 = — z for No site i ages visser “wR ood’s an Os. oO or 9. aa ’ | per pound... - 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, —. TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, - Postage Prepaid, ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of heir papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. t= When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in THE MicHIGAN TRADESMAN, E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, 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. | << | The genius for making money is as | distinct as the genius for poetry, music| or painting. But the money-making genius need not have long hair. He can make money with a bald head. | supply at once upon receipt of order. ; out early in January, 1893. Why have the sales in- mar UoLeEY & BARCLAY, 4 Monroe St, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. We Lead in Reduced Prices, Our Motte: “New Styles,” VV E CARRY a full line of all patterns of Ladies’ and Gents’ Bicycles, and can Weare agents for the Victor, Columbia, Clip- per, Western Wheel Works, and other lines, and live agents are wanted in every town. A full line of sundries. Our price list will be Wait for us; or, if you cannot, then write and get our prices before you order. Our prices will be as low as the lowest. SILVER, renal creased 25 per cent. dur- ing the past year on silver soap Manufactured by THE THOMPSON & CHUTE SOAP CO., TCLEDO, OHIO. FIRST.—High Grade of Pen SECOND,—Its moderate Cost! THIRD.—The Successful Line of Adyertising Matter giveneery Merchant who handlesit! _ Send your order to any Wholesale Grocer or direct to the factory for prompt shipment. When it comes to spices, the best is none too good. Gold Medal a Spices are the best goods money will buy and they are all packed in fiber pails, One trial will make you a friend of them. all arnhart - PatmanCo. 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—James Vernor, Detroit. Two Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Three Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Four Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Expiring Jan. 1—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Next meeting—Saginaw, Jan. 11. 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 «§.........,.... 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 Hand Made Creams.............s..00s00-- 85@95 CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. FRUIT JARS. Pints . ... 8 6 75 Quarts. eee 7 00 Tf 9 00 Cape:............... 275 Re TT 40 LAMP BURNERS. No. — el 45 Tet | cee ee we 50 Oe ee as... Ce ..e 75 LAMP CHIMNEYS, et box, 6 doz. in box. EE 17 ee ee ee 1 88 Nas * . 2 70 First quality, No. 0 Sun, crimp top.. beac eee cuae cease _ 1 eee eee tee lo 2 40 = oa - owe 6 cece ee coca ae NGEK Flint. No. 6 Sun, crimp _ ee ee ee | 2 60 No. 1 Le des cel eae eg od 2 80 No.2 * - ee oo, 3 88 Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled lc een oes 3 7 a on 47 No. 2 Hinge, “ . “ beled ea a ee La. 4 No. 1 Sun, plain bulk ), Per doz. ete ede cece. No. Po ade No. 1 crimp, per. es No. 2 LAMP WICKS. he. @, pot erogt..... 4... “ec ee ee 28 No 2, C al Se lest 38 No. 3, - decades Cece atte cage cuca oe Mammoth, per doz.. a STONEWARE—AKRBON, Butter Crocks, iand Gagal.................. 06% Jugs, is gal, » per, doz ie on cele le dee tea ae 75 2 4 le Mik Pans, % gal., per Rs ie i plesed ....... oo . . ee ‘tn. a ie 1° nb ginged .......- : 14 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 Don’t think just because it’s a little dull after the holidays that it will be best to “run close.” Now is just the time to clean up the odds and ends—push them to the front and fill up, with bright, fresh goods and be in readiness to tempt a half-hearted customer Empty show cases and half filled pails will We keep our factory humming and we want to replenish your stock with purest and best goods on the market. Write Call on us when in the city or entrust your order to the wholesale We sell them all. Buy “Qur Make” and add to your bank with an attractive display. not induce sales. us. grocers. account. THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. See that this Label appears on every opackage, as it is a MENT; Apo vy HER VERDALE Be —— 0 MEN RECs Tay een VERDALE DIST isk CHI ‘3 Go FERMENTUM The Only Reliable COMPRESSED YEAS Sold in this market for the past Fifteen Years, Far Superior to any other. guarantee of the genuine ar- ticle. Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. Endorsed Wherever Used. JOUN SMYTH. Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. Telephone 566. 106 Kent St. M ENT; See that this Label appears 7 ER ressay Lay Ley VERDALE Bk ee on every package, as it is a guarantee of the gennine article. -YEBS- OUR SPRING LINE is now in the market, and, as we are informed, confirms the high reputation the senior member of our firm has earned for himself, that for elegance, style, fit, make-up and lowness in price he stands unequalled—a thorough, practical clothing manufacturer, established thirty-six years in the city of Rochester, N. Y. William Connor, our representative in Michigan, whose address is Box 346, Marshall, Mich., will gladly call upon you if you will honor him MEN EER ae ey VERDALE pSTIUss a Oo ‘with a line to show you our samples, and buy or not buy, we will thank you for the honor of inspection. The mail orders we are constantly re- ceiving, especially for our elegant fitting Prince Albert coats and vests, are marvelous. Those merchants contemplating putting in ready-made clothing this spring will best consult their interests by sending for Wm. Connor, who put in four new lines for customers this last fall and will gladly give them as references. MICHAEL KOLB & SON, Wholesale Clothiers, Rochester, °N. ¥. 4 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 15 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. ———__—~> << 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: is 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 | If we keep up with the) and ways | 1 | | } | | | \ | | 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 i MUSKEGON, - .or prices and discounts. MICHIGAN Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons. We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. Independence Wood Split Pulley. THE LIGHTEST! THE STRONGEST! DODGE THE BEST! HESTER MACHINERY CO, GRAND RAPIDS. | 145 So. Division St.. Cracker Chests. Glass Covers for Biscuts | HESE ‘chests will pay for themselves in the breakage they avoid. Price $4. soon UR new glass covers are by far the handsomest ever offered to the trade. They are made to fit any of our boxes and can be changed from one box to anotherina moment They from flies: dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. NEW NOVELTIES. will save enough goods for themselves. Heyman & Company, 1 i =e a 4 Boa Manufacturers of Of Every Description. (i 63 and 65 Canal St.., = WRITE FOR PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CU. WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & C0, *° Gsana Rapias” Grand Rapids. | SOW Cases First-Class Work Only. We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR. CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. NEWTON, arich finger with fig filling. the best selling cakes we ever made. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO,, S. A. Sears, Mer. GRAND RAPIDS. CHOCOLATE COOLER GO, Manutacturers of This is bound to be one of Gombination Store Yables and Shelving, Ihe most complete knock down tables and shelving ever offered to the trade. The salient features are uniformity of construction, combining strength and neatness, economy of room, convenience in shipping and setting up. It will be to your best interest to correspond with us. Prices reasonable. When in the city call at the office and see sample. Office 315 Michigan Trust Building. Factory 42 Mill St. THE LEONARD bleanable Gold ry Air Relrigerators. Handsome New Styles for the season of 1893 fully illustrated in our No. 110 Spring Catalogue. DEALERS, If there is no agency in your town for this celebrated line of Refrigerators, write us for our No. 110 catalogue and discounts and we will give you the rxoLusivE agency for the two best lines of Refrigerators made, the Leonard Cleanable Excelsior Leonard Gleanable Challenge Antique Ash Antique Ash Real Bronze Trimmings Plain Finish Rich Carvings Tripple Walled Leonard Locks Charcoal Filled Metalic Ice Rack Leonard Locks Charcoal Filled Removable Flues Wool Felt Lined Improved Trap Zine Inside Zine Lined Removable Flues Solid Iron Shelves Self-retaining Casters Self-retaining Casters Solid Iron Shelves Improved Trap STYLE OF NO. 61 GROCERS’ REFRIGERATOR. Now is your time to get the agency for Refrigerators and all other summer goods. Don’t place your orders for Gaso- line Stoves, Children’s Carriages, [ee Cream Freezers, Hammocks, Velocipedes, Tricycles, Express Wagons, Lawn Mowers or any other summer goods until you have seen our No. 110 Catalogue, which will be mailed to you by dropping us a postal. WHY yen Yhe Leonard Refrigerator Is Kasier Kept Clean than any other make, All Refrigerators having the improved inter- nal circulation of dry cold air for ventilation must have flues through which the warmest air in the provision chamber ascends to the ice box. This air contains particles of various kinds of foods below which lodge on the inside of the flues and there decay and render the refrigerator unfit for a second seasons use. This difficulty is avoided in the Leonard Cleanable by making one wall of each flue removable, so that every part can be cleaned. Write for our new prices and discounts. UT a STYLE OF NO, 75 OPEN, STYLE OF CLEANING NO.75. H. LEONARD & SONS, 184 to 140 E. Fulton St., Grand Rapids. ie