‘Michigan Tradesman. Published Weekly. VOL. 10. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. GRAND RAPIDS, MARCH 1, 1898. $1 Per Year. NO. 493 1898 WHEELS! isos ( RAMBLERS, NIAGARA, ROCHESTER, ARIEL, FOW- LER, RALEIGH, AM. SANSPARIEL, STEARNS, NEW | MAIL, ECLIPSE, WESTERN WHEEL WORKS, FEATHERSTONE. Agents Wanted In unoccupied territory for Best Goods Best Styles Best Prices Prompt deliveries. Catalogue on application. . _ PERKINS & RICHMOND, 101 Ottawa St, Grand Rapids, Mich. PLANTS, - TOOLS, ETC. - For TS9S NEW CROP SEEDS Send for wholesale price list. eS CLOVER and GRASS SEEDS, ONION SETS and SEED POTATOES. All the standard varieties in vegetable seeds. - Every article of value known. You will make money and customers if you buy our seeds, We have made the handling of Potatoes a ‘‘specialty” for many years and have a large trade. Can take care of all that can be shipped us. We give the best ser- vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen. Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value. Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. WM. H. THOMPSON & CO., Commission Merchants, 166 So. Water St., Chicago. O, ALFRED J. BROWN, Seedsman, 24 ard 26 NORTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Every Druggist, Drops? Cough Who Sells who wants to handle the best goods for the least money. Manufactured by A, E, BROOKS & CO., 46 O tawa *t.,Grand Kapids, Mich. Red Grand Rapids Agts, BROWN & SEHLER, West Bridge and Front St, MOSELEY BROS., - WHOLESALE - FRUITS, SKEDS, BEANS AND PRODUGE, 26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa St, Grand Rapids. MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING CO., Successors to MUSKEGON CRACKER CoO., HARRY FOX, Manager. CRACKERS, BISCUITS s SWEET GOODS. MUSKEGON, MICH. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. ~ Quotations, / by ESTABLISHED 187 See HEYMAN COMPANY, Manufacturers of Show Cases of Kuery Description. FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY.; 638 and 68 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich, WRITE FOR PRICES. Grand Rapids Brush Co., BRUSHES Se GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Our goods are sold"by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. CHAS. A. COYE, Manufacturer of AWNINGS and TENTS HORSE AND WAGON COVERS Jobbers of Oiled Clothing and Cotton Ducks. Send for Price List. 11 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. VOORHEES Pants and Overall Go. Lansing, Mich. Having removed the machinery, business and good will of the [onia 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. A continuance of the patronage of the trade is solicited. E. D. VOORHEES, Manager. RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO., 12, 14, 16 Pearl St., Manufacturers and dobbers of BOOTS & Dhoes. Spring lines now ready for inspection Would be pleased te show them. Agerts for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. ¥ eee ! 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 with an attractive display. Empty show cases and half filled pails will not induce sales. We keep our factory humming and we want to replenish your stock with purest and best goods on the market. Write us. Call on us when in the city or entrust your order to the wholesale grocers. We sell them all. Buy ‘*Qur Make” and add to your bank account. THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. STANDARD OIL CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN [Illuminating and Lubricating NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave. BULK WORKS AT GRAND RAPIDS, BIG RAPIDS, ALLEGAN, MUSKEGON, GRAND HAVEN, HOWARD CITY, MAWNISTEE, CADILLAC, LUDINGTON. PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY GARBON % GASOLIN” BARRELS. Who urges you to keep = | Sapolio? 7 ° r e The Public? i 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 7 ¥ ~ the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods -i- 7 sell themselves, bring purchasers to the store, and help sell less known , goods. Anv Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders. ‘ F. J. DETTENTHALER °¢~ OYSTERS Salt Fish r | - ‘ <_» Mail Orders heceive Prompt Attention. See quotations in another column va s CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF POULTRYsAND GAME SOLICITED ul» r © MPANY | j Sd i « IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers ~ Grand Rapids. > MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, = 9 < VOL. X. The" tte Solder” School Shoe, ii wii i This is what we warrant: Top Genuine Kangaroo. . Vamp Best Veal Calf. 3. Sole Best Union Leathe. Grain Tap, Grain Counter and Grain Inner (Sizes 9 to 13%) $1 Per Pair Net. . 4}. BIRTH, KRAUSE & CO, | GRAND RAPIDS AGENTS. 4 ( Sole on, i 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, Cc. A. CUMINGS, Cc. E. BLOCK. ~~} The King Of all Coffees. IF YOU ENJOY A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE READ THIS. HE fact that a coffee is a Java does not always imply that it will make a delicious beverage, for Javaa differ very materially on account of the section of the Island of Jav'a on which they are grown and the method used in cultivating, some being grown by private planters, other under the goverament supervision. Some of these Javas are delicious, others rank and worthless. The Diamonp Java is a blend of those Javas which ex- cel in any peculiar degree in fine flavor or full strength, and which mingling harmoniously together produce the perfection of a coffee. 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TRADESMAN COMPANY, State Agents, GRAND|RAPIDS, MICH, — PER BOOK ENTS —-oOF ~— — 100 LEAVES eeBARLOWS sen (for tracing delayed Freiaht — BARIOWS TELEGRAMS meas an SY c1a1 adc) Te or wil rahe ond reen®) S. 2LOW BROS..GRAND RAPIDS.MICY GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1893. SQUIRE SILAS. An ancient place was Bigotville, A strange, unsightly town, Whose houses with their paintless sides, And roofs half tumbled down, Bespoke a lack of thrift, And seemed to indicate That life of every kind had fled, And left it desolate. Near by the village, on the east, Meandered River Slow, Upon whose banks a fresh idea Had never deigned to grow. Just off the so-called Village Park An antique structure frowned, Whose toppling steeple seemed inclined To seek the solid ground. This rickety, unsafe concern, Wherein a careful mouse Would hardly dare to make his home, Was called ‘‘The Meeting house.” There swinging ‘mid the owls and bats, Within its crumbling spire, For ages past, at 9 p. m., . The bell had clanged, ‘Retire!’ A rod or two of pasture land, Unfit for growing beans, Mad been reserved, by public vote, For raising citizens. Here, in a time-worn edifice, Beside a stagnant pool, The little folks of Bigotville Attended common school. Back from the street some half a mile, On Ignoramus Hill, A quaint old mansion reared its walls, O’erlooking Bigotville; And there Squire Silas Custom lived, Unsocial, cold and proud; Before whose presence, old and young, Throughout the township, bowed. The Sauire, by chance, had wooed and wed Miss Habitura Pinch, A lady who was never known To yield her will an inch. Squire Silas ruled all Bigotville, And Mrs. C. ruled him; Both with a power as absolute As *twas severe and grim. Old Nathan Trust was constable, And kept the corner store That had ‘“‘Dry Goods and Groceries” Inscribed above the door. It chanced that Ebenezer Grout Came in to trade one day. “Good morning, Nathan; heard the news?” “What news?” said Nathan. ‘Hey?’ “T heard just now from Carpenter, That Wright had sold his farm. Young Henry Progress bought the place. He'll surely come to harm; Squire Silas Custom won't allow A man like him about. They'll have a fuss, you see 'f they don't; And Si will turn him out.” “Wright sold his farm! Sho! Well, do tell!” Said Nathan. ‘What'd he get?” “His price, no doubt. But what that was I haven’t heard as yet.” “Well, I declare! That’s news, indeed!” Said Nathan. ‘‘Where’ll he go?” “Just that,’? said Grout, ‘‘and why he sold, I’m curious to know.” “There’s something wrong, depend upon it. John Wright would never sell That farm his father left to him, If ali was goin’ well. He’s been kept down by Custom’s heel For more than twenty year. And then there’s Madame Custom, too, She’s bothered him I hear.” “Well, they’re the bother of us all,” Said Nathan. ‘I, for one, Should like to hear that they had sold, And moved away from town. ’Tis judged a crime—a fearful crime— If some poor wretched fool Unwittingly o’erstep the bounds And break Squire Custom’s rule. NO. 493 “But Squire, untrammelled by a law, May riot in his lies; While all the town must fold its hands And meekly shut its eyes. O’Brien, who tipples at the inn, And drinks Van Bibber’s ale, Squire Custom calls a drunken wretch And sends him‘off to jail. “But Squire, himself, may sit at home, And steep in high priced wine; Or, at some social gathering, Get drunk as Tim O’Brien; Yet you and I must hold our tongues, No matter how we feel, For Squire must not be criticised; His tippling is genteel. “Poor crazy Jane, Ben Toper’s wife, Who killed Barkeeper Sling, Squire Custom, with a pious zeal, Condemns at once to swing But Squire and wife may walk our streets, Concealed in Pleasure’s guise, And scatter habits worse than death Before_our_very_eyes. “May pinch, cramp, torture and deform The bodies of our youth, And teach them‘in a thousand ways, To ridicule the truth, Yet no one dares to bring a charge Against the twain meanwhile, For Squire and wife are favored ones; Their work is done in ‘style.’ ”’ Just at this point Miss Prate came in To get her bill enlarged ““A roll of pins and three fresh eggs.”’ Of course she’d have them charged. “You've heard,” she said, ‘about that man That’s come to Bigotville. He’s going to make a stir, they say, On Ignoramus Hill. “Judge Common Sense and Lawyer Change, I hear are coming, too. With men like these a stirring round, What will Squire Custom do?” Exactly what the Squire would do, No one could make quite clear. Exactly what the Squire did do Shall presently appear. - A lapse of years. Squire Custom sits Reflecting o’er their flight. Those years have brought him many a grief; They’ve shorn him of his might. “Indeed,” said he, “a pretty fix. Am I at last outdone? Do these young upstarts think to rule In this, my native town! “That Progress’ got a new idee, Eb. Slocome said to-day ; If he don’t keep it to himself, I'll teach him what’s to pay. He and that scoundrel, Common Sense, Will ruin Bigotville If I don’t put a stop to it— But put a stop I will! “They've run a pair of iron rails Clean through the lower plain, And introduced a thunderin’ thing They call an ‘engine train.’ And then that scientific line The telegraphic wire, That’s strung along the engine track, Has set the town afire. “For on it, standin’ just as ‘tis, They’ve made the people think A letter'll go around the world Before a man can wink! They've squandered half the public funds In fixin’ up the town. They've built a new academy, And torn the old one down. “The meetin’-house has been rigged up With cushions, paint and blinds; A publie library procured To feed the youngsters’ minds; A town house built upon the hill That cost a cruel sum; New side-walks laid; the roads all paved; A license fixed on rum; ‘‘And all within a few short years, In spite of my commands; THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. And what is more. they’ve got the power Completely in their hands. For when that rascal, Common Sense, Soft-soaped John Government, And made him let his niggers vote, My influence was spent. “T once held office: but alas, I've been compelled to budge. The chair I’ve occupied for years Holds Common Sense as Judge. I have a few constituents: My wife's still left to me— Isometimes wish she'd gone the way Of all mortality. ‘And if this Progress still persists In carrying out his plan Of settin’ all the women up On equal terms with man, My days are numbered, sure as fate; For Madam Silas C., With extra power, conferred by law, Will make an end of me. “That's what he’s driving at, the wretch! I'll have the sheriff sent To apprehend him instantly For murderous intent !"° The court was crowded. Old and young Flocked in from everywhere To hear the celebrated case Of Progress versus Squire. The plaintiff's counsel, Peter Fudge And Nicodemus Cant, Were there, in all their awful state, | Prepared to blow and rant. Young Henry's counsel, Sharp and Grit, Two stirring men were there; And Common Sense serenely graced The magisterial chair. The court was opened in due form, The accusation read; Which, stripped of its redundant words And legal technics, said That Progress, in his late attempts To franchise Custom’s wife, Had laid a deep and deadly plot To take his—Custom’s—life. “‘What answer make you to this charge?" Inquired Judge Common Sense. *‘Not guilty!" was the firm reply. “Then let the suit commence.” The witnesses were duly sworn, And pumped in legal style: All were newsy, save one Blunt, Who caused the court to simile By recommending Lawyer Fudge “To hold his sland’rous tongue He wan't a gon’ter connive To git young Progress hung.” Miss Prate was called, and took her oath That Betsey Croaker said That some one, more’n a year ago, Had told her nephew, Fred— “Be more explicit, if you please,” Said Grit, ‘‘tell what you've seen.” “Oh, nothing, sir, except I know— That is—they say, I mean, That Mr. Progress don't believe In Mr. Custom’'s ways; And I’ve expected there would come A fuss, these many days.” The testimony given in, All listened to the pleas. Squire Fudge declaimed, and with his gas Created quite a breeze. ‘“* "Tis clear,” he said, ‘‘that yonder knave, For reasons of his own, Has plotted ‘gainst my client's life: But that’s not all he’s done: ‘“‘He’s scattered throughout Bigotville These modern traps of his: He's turned the heads of all our youth; And not content with this, He now would have the women placed Upon an equal stand With us, who, by established law Are rulers of the land. “Your honor'll surely not withhold The penalty that’s due; The law demands his punishment, And I demand it, too.” When Lawyer Grit addressed the court, Dead silence reigned around. His words were pointed, plain, concise: His arguments were sound. “IT will not try,” said he, at length, “To prove whet now is plain— That all these extra charges brought Are libelous and vain. These modern traps, I’m proud to say, My client soon intends To set for fogies everywhere. Beware, my legal friends! “About these dreaded equal rights, So nettling to our pride, I’ve neither this nor that to say; Your honor must decide.” Judge Common Sense pronounced the charge The Jury then withdrew, But shortly brought the verdict back, Which, read by Foreman True, Pronounced the pris’ner at the bar “Not guilty! so say we, But moved by pure and manly zeal To make his fellows free.” Old Custom sat and ground his teeth Long may his Squireship grind, Till Progress, with his loftier aims, Shall govern all mankind. CaaRves A. DICKINSON. —_—-_2> 4 <>_—_ MEN OF MARK, Geo. H. Reeder, The Wholesale Shoe Dealer. Geo. H. Reeder was born in Edinboro, Erie county, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1844. He attended the common schools of that place, subsequently graduating from the State Normal school located there, after which he took a commercial course at the Poughkeepsie Business College. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B, 145th Pennsylvania Volunteers, remaining at the front until after the battle of Fred- GEO. H. rickburg in 1863, when he was prevent- ed from engaging in active business dur- ing an entire year’s illness. At the age of 21 he went to Oil Creek—which was then in the height of its fame as an oil producing center—where he ran a meat market, clerked in a store and speculat- ed on his own account, clearing $12,000 in five months and losing it before the end of another month. He then went back to Edinboro, where he engaged in the purchase of cattle and sheep for the Philadelphia and New York markets. At the age of 24 he removed to Bucyrus, Ohio, where he embarked in the shoe business, remaining there two years. He then removed to Napoleon, Ohio, where he conducted the shue business thirteen years, when he removed to Big Rapids and continued in the shoe business for three and one-half years, gradually work- ing intothe jobbing of goods in connec- tion with his retail trade, He then formed a copartnership with Luke Palmer, under the style of Reeder, Pal- mer & Co., and removed to Grand Rapids to embark in the wholesale business ex- clusively. One year later he purchased the interest of his partner, since which time he has conducted the business un- der the style of Geo. H. Reeder and Geo. H. Reeder & Co., having recently ad- | mitted two of his brothers to partnership | in the business. Mr. Reeder is aman of marked dividuality, being endowed with an in- domitable will, which enables him to forge to the front under the most disad- vantageous circumstances. He thinks quickly and acts with equal expedition, taking little time to dissect the most knotty problems incident to every busi- ness career. Heis a hard worker, but is much more exacting as regards himself than he is in his dealings with his employ- es and customers. While his hair is plenti- fully sprinkled with gray, he is a young man in appearance and feeling, and, un- less fate intervenes, he has reason to look forward toa long and prosperous career. in- 2 2 — Just a Word. If you have a thought that leans to- wards an improved counter seale, clinch it quick and order quick, From present appearances more Perfection Seales will be wanted during the next few months than can be produced and the manufac- turers will not permit them to be turned out faster than it can be done with the utmost attention given to every detail. That, however, accounts for the univer- sal satisfaction they are giving. —- >> > Value of the Coupon Book System. From the National Provisioner. Coupon books are an innovation of great value to the trade. They save all annoyances from disputed accounts. To understand the system more fully it may be said that these books, which vary in are given to customers who are in the habit of asking for credit. The book is charged to them for its full value at the time they receive it, they beipg required to sign an inclosed note providing for the payment of the same. The note is then detached and held by the butcher, grocer or any other mer- chant. This secures the customer’s ac- count, and avoids any chance of disput- ing an open account should there be any trouble in collection. The note is signed in ink and is as negotiable as any other commercial paper. The coupons are de- tached by the merchant, a_ one-cent coupon for each cent’s worth of pur- chase. The coupon book is also of great ad- vantage in cash transactions. For in- stance, sell the book to your vustomers for a cash discount, say 5 per cent., a$10 book would be sold for $9.50 and be good to the customer for $10 worth of goods, while you would receive $9.50 cash in advance. ST Ai ane Lost and Found. Lost—Money enough by giving down weight on an old style scale. Found—A way to avoid it by using the celebrated ‘‘Perfection.”’ Thousands have found the latter and thousands more are finding it. Who will be the next? ——-—~_ -9 The designing of carpets and wall papers opens to women a field for work in which they seem naturally qualified to excel. A few years agoa firm offered prizes of $1,000, $500 and $300 for the best designs in wall papers, the competi- tion being open to natives and foreigners, men and women. All three of these prizes were awarded to American women. A man of much experience in the busi- ness said recently that when women have had as many years of the same advan- tages as men, their work will stand on the same level and perhaps ahead. cel — ipl Seales may come and scales may go. The Perfection goes steadily forward It has no successful rival. 43 s € 6 >» “ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. WHAT IS AN AGREEMENT? Written for THE TRADESMAN. Every agreement is a business trans- action, but, unfortunately for the peace and prosperity of business men, every business transaction is not a legal agree- ment. If it were, there would not be so many lawyers. An agreement is a plain proposition made by some certain party or parties to, and squarely accepted by, some other cer- tain party or parties. If the proposition and acceptance are unequivocal in terms and understood by all the parties con- cerned, and the thing to be done or not to be done is lawful, the agreement will hold and prevail against all the quib- bling within and cross-firing without which may be brought to bear upon it. If I offer you a certain quantity of good butter at a certain price, and you accept my proposition as follows, ‘‘We accept your offer, expecting you will give us choice butter and full weight,” it would be no acceptance, and 1 would be under no obligation to deliver the butter. You see, there may be a material difference between ‘‘good” butter and ‘‘choice” butter. You accept what I have not of- fered you, which is, virtually, a new proposition on your part, which has not been accepted by me. If you send anorder to one of our Grand Rapids wholesale merchants for a certain quantity of goods on certain terms of credit, and the merchant sends you a less quantity ofgoods and at short- er credit, and the goods are lost by the way, the merchant would have to bear the loss, for this transaction would not be a sale or agreement between you. In such a case, if the merchant had sent a greater quantity of goods, or he had sent the exact quantity you ordered but on a shorter term of credit, the result would be the same. The fact is that he must assent to your proposition precisely as made, in order to effect a sale or consti- tute an agreement between you. The law presumes that every person means that which he distinctly says, yet there are apparent exceptions to the rule. For instance, if I offer to sell you my horse for $20, and you pay me the money, after which I tender you my cow, on the ground thatI was thinking only of my cow, and by aslip of the tongue, used the word ‘‘horse,” this would not avoid my obligation, unless (and this is where the apparent exception comes in) I could show that the mistake was known to you; andin such case it would show fraud on your part. Of course, this is an extreme illustration, but difficult ques- tions of this kind sometimes arise. Suppose that I should offer to sell you a cargo of flour at ‘‘$2,” and that you ac- cepted and the cargo was delivered ac- cordingly. Suppose that, when I made you the offer, I meant ‘‘$2 per hundred,” but, when you received the invoice, you protested on the ground that you sup- posed you were buying the flour at ‘$2 per barrel.” What would be done in a ease of this kind? In the first place, if there were, honest- ly and actually, a mutual mistake, there would be no agreement or contract and the flour should be returned. but, in the second place, if a jury should be sat- isfied, from the words made use of by me, from the usage prevailing where the bargain was made, and known by each of us, or from other circumstances attend- ing the bargain, that you knew that I was expecting that price for a hundred pounds, you would have to pay it; and, if they were satisfied that I knew that you supposed that you were buying the flour at that price per barrel, then I could not reelaim the flour, nor could I recover more than that price. A paral- lel case to the one assumed is laying be- fore me from which I have quoted the rulings of the court. The actual and honest intentions of the parties, as expressed in the contract, or in the words of the agreement, are al- ways regarded as an important guide in constructing it; yet, if the parties, or either of them, show thata bargain was honestly but mistakably made which was materially different from that intended to be made, it would bea good ground for declaring that there was no agree- ment. Ignorance of the law is no excuse for the enforcing of a right or the avoiding of an obligation, and the courts cannot correct mistakes so made. But the law which one is required, at his peril, to know is the law of his own country, and in this respect the several states of the Union are foreign to each other. Ig- norance of the law of a foreign state is ignorance of fact; hence, money paid through ignorance of the law of such foreign state may be recovered. No legal agreement can exist where fraud abounds; the defrauded party will always be relieved. If both act fraudu- lently, neither can take advantage of the other; and, if one acts fraudulently, he cannot set his own fraud aside for his own benefit. For instance, if Jones should place a chattel mortgage on his stock of goods for the purpose of de- frauding his creditors, the mortgage con- tract is nullified, of course, by the ele- ment of fraud; but Jones himself cannot annul the contract and avoid his obliga- tion by setting up fraud because it is his own fraud. The law assumes that the injured party is the innocent party; and the party who enters into an agreement fraudulently can suffer no injury which the law will recognize and from which it will grant relief. A great many delicate questions have come up, from time to time, in our courts for adjudication as to what consti- tutes an assent, or the meeting of minds, without which there can be no contract. All negotiations are but preliminary steps, and which will never terminate in an agreement until a certain point is reached where the minds meet. Where the contracting parties are hundreds of miles apart, and the negotiations are carried on by correspondence, the nec- essary meeting of minds is not such a simple matter as might be inferred. I shall make this interesting topic the special subject of my next commercial law article. E, A. OWEN. tp The Advance in Soap. To.teno, Feb. 23—The sharp advance in price of soap is caused by the great searcity and extraordinarily high prices of tallow and oils, which have nearly doubled during the past sixty days and are still tending upward. The high price of lard is due to the great shortage of hogs, which is estimated in the govern- ment’s report as being 600,000 less than the previous year. The trade reports show a decrease of hogs received by the Western packers since Nov. 1, 1892, of nearly 3,000,000 head as compared with the same period of last year. The de- erease in receipts of cattle is also con- siderable and prices are high. As the best of the tallow is used by the packers to make ‘‘compound lard,’’ there is only a small quantity left for the soapmakers’ use, hence the great scarcity of tallow. The cotton crop of the past year was a partial failure and receipts are light. Searcity and very high prices prevail for | cotton seed oil, which, when plentiful, is cheap enough to be largely used by | soapmakers, but now it is almost wholly absorbed by the lard manufacturer. The outlook for the remainder of this year, and probably longer, is continued high prices, with the probability of further advances for all kinds of raw soap ma- terial. Of course, this means higher prices for soap. Nodealer can make a mistake, but, in fact, can profit by buy- ing a good supply at present advanced | prices, as the advance of manufactured ' goods is not yet in proportion to the advance of crude material which must necessarily come in time. With manu- facturers it has not been, altogether, so much a question of price, lately, as abil- ity to get sufficient tallow, oils, grease, ete., for their needs. There are manu- facturers to-day with plenty of orders on their books, but with idle kettles, owing to inability to get stock. The present condition of the soap trade has come to stay until new crops and stock of hogs and cattle can be multiplied to supply the present deficiency. The most hope- ful say that it will take a year or two to do this. Gro. M. CHUTE. ——_————=> Use Tradesman Coupon Books, { | | | | MILE-END onan Best Six Gord — FOR — Machine or Hand Use, FOR SALE BY ALL Dealers in Dry Goods & Notions. es FIRE-PROOF ROOFING This Roofing is guaranteed to stand in all places where Tin and Iron has failed; is super- ior to Shingles and much cheaper. The best Roofing for covering over Shtngles on old roofs of houses, barns, sheds, etce.; will not rot or pull loose, and when painted with our FIRE-PROOF ROOF PAINT, Will last fonger than shingles. Write the un- dersigned for prices and circulars, relative to Roofing and for samples of Building Papers, H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Practical Roofers, (fer. Louis and Campau Sts., 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 IX 1 quer. ....................... Bie $17 FF ee 18 —Oeeeeeeeeee 19 22 50 1 1 gal. I C Syrup Cans, per 100... 10 25 These goods are full size and are guaranteed not to leak.gThe pails are made almost straight, flaring enough to pack conveniently. In lots of 500 we willjallow 5 per cent. off above prices. Terms, 30 days net. Send for price list of general line of tinware. BUY THE PENINSULAR Pauls, Shirts, and Overalls Once and You are our Customer for life. STANTON, MOREY & CO,, Mirs. DETROIT, MICH. Gero. F. OwEn, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. 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 full stock of this well known brand mixed paints. Send for sample card and prices. Hazeltine & Perkins Drag Co., STATE AGENTS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. a> Columbus, Ohio. For Terms and Agencies address Crystal Washing Machine Co., Our machine hasa reversible rotary motion of both upper and lower washboards, giving the true hand-rubbing principle. Clothes nevez bunch while washing, common fault with others necessitating rearranging; not a pleasant task. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Riverdale—Knouse & Langly W. A. Bradley in general trade. Clayton—J. L. Perkins succeeds Isaac R. Waterman in the grocery business. Spring Lake—Campbell & Gray suc- ceed G. A. Price in the drug business. Ludington—Tiedman & Ungers suc- succeed eeeds A. Tiedman in the lumber business. | Marcellus—Isaac M. Smith succeeds Taylor & Smith in the lumber business. | Otsego—Dibble & Keeler succeed Granger & Keeler in the clothing busi- ness. Saginaw—Henry Biesterfeld succeeds Biesterfeld Bros. in the hardware busi- ness. St. Johns—G. B. Porter has removed his jewelery stock from Alma to this place. Plymouth—Lyndon & Holmes are suc- | eeeded by Lyndon & Son in the hardware business. Battle Creek—Elisha Crawford suc- eeeds J. F. Caldwell & Co. in the grocery business. Saginaw—Nerreter & Earl are succeed- ed by J. C. Nerreter & Co. in the jewel- ry business. Port Hope—Beck & Holstein, general store dealers, have dissolved, Beck Bros. succeeding. Memphis—Jas. Sweet succeeds Wade & Bywater in the hardware, paint and oil business. Muskegon—John Van Dyke succeeds Van Dyke & Hanover in the merchant tailoring business. Ishpeming—C. groceries and meat, has business to Joe Coveau. Marshall—Root & Billings, crockery dealers, have dissolved, Kate E. Billings continuing the business. Detroit—The style of the Hertz & Tall- man Planing Mill Co. has been changed to the Hertz & Hosbach Co. Mt. Clemens—Wm. Schwegler is suc- ceeded by F. P. Hale in the confection- ery and restaurant business. Riverdale—John B. Adams has pur- chased the P. of j. store, and put ina new stock of general merchandise. Carsonville—Graham, Williams & Co., dealers in men’s furnishing goods, have dissolved, Graham & Co. succeeding. Perry Frink, junior partner in the firm of Townsend & Frink, general dealers at Hubbardston, died Feb. 21, aged 30 years. Holland—The Holland City Heading & Stave Co., not incorporated, has been changed to Holland Stave and Lumber Co. Big Rapids—William Hangstorfer & Co. is the name of the firm that succeeds Mynning & Co. in the meat market busi- ness. Parmelee—Wallace Watson has sold his general stock to Jas. D. C. Hubbard, formerly of Middleville, who will con- tinue the business. Ishpeming — The merchant tailoring establishmeni of Torrance & Conway was closed Feb. 21 by mortgages held by Field, Benedict & Co. Evart—Elton Davy and Fred B. Smith have been admitted to partnership in the general merchandise firm of Davy & Co. The style remains unchanged. Stanwood—Van Auken & Barnard have sold their dry goods and grocery stock to Burgdoff & Mitchell, and their boot and shoe stock to Ward & Smith. Hastings—Spary Phillips and George dealer in his meat Meilleur, sold | H. Preston have formed a copartnership | under the style of Phillips & Preston, | and embarked in the grocery business. Cassopolis—J. G. Hayden & Co., the | largest grocery house in Cassopolis, has | been sold out to William L. Pollock, who | was formerly interested in the business. Saginaw—Wm. Wolpert and Rinehart | Marskey have formed a copartnership under the style of Wolpert & Marskey, | and purchased the meat market of Wm. Rapp. | Battle Creek—Thos. J. Thompson, who | was formerly engaged in the bazaar busi- /ness at this place, is offering to com- promise with his creditors at 25 cents on the dollar. Cadillace—P. Medalie is no longer con- nected with the clothing firm of H. C. Auer & Co., the enterprising junior partner having become sole proprietor of the business. Burton—G. C. Rogers has sold his gro- cery to Geo. McKenzie. Mr. Rogers will continue the drug business, paying es- pecial attention to the manufacture of Rogers’ troches. Manistee—Ernest Blackmore, late of Grand Rapids, has associated himself with Henry J. Giegling, in the meat business, under the firm name of Gieg- ling & Blackmore. Holland—Lawrence Kramer and Ed. Vaupell have purchased the drug stock belonging to the estate of the late Dr. Wm. Van Patten, and will open the store for business March 1. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Bay City—A. M. Miller & Co. will erect a new planing mill in the south end of the city. West Bay City—Theo. Hine continues in the sawmill business, formerly owned by Hine & Ladarach. Pontiac—Peter Duffas, who operates a hardwood mill heie, is cutting 500,000 feet of railroad and building timber for the Grand Trunk road. Saginaw—The Britton & Barber Hoop Co., of this city, which has just finished its new mill here, has secured a stock of logs and the mill will start March 1. Cadillac—I. H. Rosenbloom, who has conducted the merchant tailoring busi- ness here for the past six years, has con- cluded to remove his business to Red Jacket. Greenville—The Ranney Refrigerator Co. has purchased the patents and ma- chinery of the Latta Sweeper Co., at Muskegon, and will hereafter manufac- ture sweepers in connection with refriger- ators. Ionia—G. F. Faude has leased the Chas. K. Calkins building, in what is popular- ly known as the Schmoltz block, and will take possession with his cigar factory about April 1, at which time he ex- pects to have forty names on the pay roll. Bay City—The Smalleys & Woodworth sawmill! will start next week, and Green & Braman will also start their mill in a few days. The active market and light stocks is an inducement to mill owners who can secure logs to start at the | earliest possible moment. South Arm—The Wilson Hoop Co., of West Bay City and South Arm, after an existence of ten years or more has dis- solved. The Bay City business is taken by Messrs. Isaac Pierce and Wilson, the inventor of the hoop machines, and the South Arm plant and business by Messrs. ; Alex. Bush and W. G. Pierce. Muskegon—Hackley & Hume are put- tingin a full stock for next season’s cut from their holdings in Clare county and are making excellent progress. The ville over Hackley & Hume’s logging railway. Year by year as the timber re- cedes the rails of the spurs are taken up and relaid nearer to the base of supply. Montague—The Montague lron Works | has been merged into a stock company | under the style of the Montague Iron | Works Co. The capital stock is $56,000, all paidin, and is equally divided be- tween the Wilsons and the Hendries, with the exception of a small part of the stock held by S. H. Lasley, who will serve as one of the directors of the com- pany. Lowell—The Avery Panel Co. has been organized here by E. W. Avery, A. B. Johnson, F. B. Clark and H. W. Avery |! to manufacture panel lumber with the Avery panel machine. They have se- eured a location at East Tawas and E. W. and H. W. Avery and Frank Clark will go there at once to carry on the business. Frank Clark is closing out his grocery business here for that pur- pose. Manistee—Rumor is rife as to whether the mills of the Stronach Lumber Co. will operate next season, but nothing definitecan be ascertained in the matter. Itis a sure thing that the company is not putting in any logs this winter, and has but little stumpage that it can get by rail during the summer; but John Can- field, who is the largest stockholder, has lots of logs which he can give the com- pany to saw if he wants to. Saginaw—The stave mills in this sec- tion will have the largest stock of timber in years, and asa number of new mills have been built the output this year will be the largest in the history of the State. At Breckinridge Gardner & Peterman have about 1,200,000 feet in the mill yard and are adding to it atthe rate of 40,000 feet daily. The stave output of Northern Michigan this year will ap- proximate 350,000,000, if it does not ex- ceed these figures. Muskegon—J udge Dickerman has made a decision of considerable interest to the creditors of the defunct Collin & Parker Lumber Co. After considering it for some time he denied a petition made by Gow & Campbell for the appointment of a receiver, and dissolved the temporary injunction, preventing the National Lumberman’s Bank from collecting the proceeds, or Hovey & McCracken from disposing of the property. The latter will now proceed to dispose of the property under the chattel mortgage. Onota—Schaeffer & Belknap are build- ing a steam circular sawmill here. The concern has arailroad extending several miles into the timber from its junction at this point with the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway, over which they have been hauling cordwood. This road they will now utilize to bring in stock for the mill, which will capacity of 30,000 feet a day. As soon as the mill is completed it will begin cutting on a contract of 300,000 feet of hemlock timber for the breakwater ex-)| tension at this place. Saginaw—C. K. Eddy & Son are add- | ing a new system to their mill plant this | winter by which the boards are carried | to the sorting yard, 300 feet distant from | the saws, by machinery. have a logs reach the Muskegon River at Jones- | This i | as Secretary of the Grocers’ is mill cuts | O. C. Leach has been elected to fill the _tofore they have handled about 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 feet in the yard and sold the remainder on dock for water shipment. | lt is their intention in future to handle the entire output of the mill through the yard, shipping out by rail. They will bring 8,000,000 feet of logs from Canada and the balance of the stock for the en- suing will come from Clare county, Sebewaing—The development of the Sebewaing coal fields goes along steadily and over 200 tons are mined daily. On Friday a vein of burnished black coal was discovered in the Sebewaing mine five feet thick and of superior quality. The coal from this field is being shipped out in large quantities, and shafts are being put down at two or_ three points in Saginaw county. This cheap fuel, it is believed, will greatly stimulate the establishment of wooden manufac- tures here. Certainly no better location can be found, with the timber and fuel in vast quantities to be easily secured. L’Anse—The L’ Anse Lumber Co. is a new concern which will build a mill at this point. The company is capitalized at $50,000, $15,000 of which has been paidin. Work on the foundation of the new mill is progressing. The officers of the new company are J. B. Smith, presi- dent; J. A. Smith, vice-president and M. J. MeCabe, secretary, treasurer and man- ager. The latter has been long identi- fied with the Tom Nester interests and was raised as a lumberman from the stump upwards. During the past few years he has been practically manager of the Nester operations in the vicinity of Baraga and L’Anse. The mill will be a complete band outfit, and will have two band shingle machines and a lath mill, and probably a planing mill will be add- ed in the near future. The power will be furnished with two boilers and a_ 100- horse power engine. The building will be 40x120 feet in size. The plant isto be completed about May 1. = 2 <— season Exclusively Wholesale House. Sacinaw, E. 8., Feb. 25—The Michi- gan Dry Goods Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $50,000, all paid in, and the following officers: President, Isaac Bearinger; Vice President, J. R. Livingston; Secretary, George A. Lewis; Treasurer, W. L. Thompson; Board of Directors, Isaac Bearinger, W. L. Thomp- son, George A. Lewis, J. R. Livingston, 5S. H. Webster, J. H. Gualiman, J. MM. Morley. The building which will be oecupied will be Isaac Bearinger’s large block on the southwest corner of Tuscola and Franklin streets, where the Courier was once loeated, and which Mr. Bearinger has had fixed up for the large stock which will be placed therein. J. R. Livingston has already left for the eastern markets and George A. Lewis will join him next week. The company propose to do an exclusively wholesale business. a es Business Changes at the Central City. JACKSON, Feb. 28—The following changes have been made in the grocery trade of this city: L. G. Morgan, of Lansing avenue, has disposed of his grocery stock and meat market to Thomas Murphy. M. Coykendall has moved of grocezies from East Main Jackson street. Fred Glass has taken the store on East Main street, formerly occupied by M. Coykendall, and, after fitting up the room, has filled it with a fine siock of groceries. N. H. Braneh has resigned his position Union and Dry Goods his stock to North about 18,000,000 feet each season. Here -| office. v eta ¥ => 4 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. H. E. Grand-Girard succeeds Geo. G. Steketee in the drug business at 142 Ellsworth avenue. George Goosman has opened a grocery store on Grandville avenue. The Mussel- man Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Michael Moran succeeds Smith & Mo- ran in the baking business on Jefferson avenue just south of Wenham avenue. H. E. Moseley & Co. have removed their cheese and vinegar business from 45 South Division street to 130 Oakes street. Geo. W. Craver has engaged in grocery business at Kalamazoo. stock was furnished by the Grocer Co. the The Musselman R. S. Brown, who has traveled in this State several years for the American Cigar Co., of Westfield, Mass., has leased the front end of the Gunn store, corner Monroe and Waterloo streets, and will open a cigar store therein about May 1. The Grand Rapids School Furniture Co. was a commission to produce the finest fixtures it is capable of turning out for that purpose. >. The Hardware Market. Wire Nails—Still firm in price, but no advance has yet been made, although ex- treme prices have been withdrawn. $1.70 to $1.80 is now quoted. Saws—Crosseut saws still continue searce and jobbers find it impossible to keep a supply of the desirable lengths. The market is very firm on saws of all kinds and an advance has already been made on one-man saws. We look for higher prices on crosscuts of all kinds. We quote the one-man saw at 42 cents a foot. Barbed Wire—No change in price has yet been made, but manufacturers and jobbers are not soliciting orders at pric- es named earlier in the season. It is hoped by all dealers and manufacturers that a firm advance may soon be made, as there is no profit at present prices. ——————»>-->___— Measure a man by the sense head rather than by the dollars in his pocket. | | | | i | in his | | advance. Morphia is unchanged. Quinine is in active demand, but at unchanged prices. Carbolie acid is very firm and an up- | ward movement is expected in the near | future. Chloride of lime is also in a firm posi- tion and lilely to be advanced. Gum kino is very searce and high. Gum arabic has declined. Chlorate potash has advanced. i — i elo From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: W. H. Benedict, Vermontville. F. J. Kinney, Grove. J. C. Newman & Co., Door. Roseoe & Speicher, Mancelona. L. E. Bahle & Co., Sutton’s Bay. D. Wellbrook, Rockford. J. P. Cordes, Alpine. Jas. D. C. Hubbard, Parmelee. —_ —~> --< When the problem of damming Niag- ara has been successfully accomplished, Tue TRADESMAN may possibly cease to chroniele the periodical re-appearance of Fred S. Kieldsen in the grocery business at Cadillac. About every two years he flashes into the firmament like a meteor, does a rushing business for a year or so and then retires from the field with the suddenness of a spent rocket. Mr. Kieldsen now announces that he will be in line with a new stock early in March. I On the Side of Safety. William (out shopping)—Sarah, do you see that little sign that says: ‘‘Ham- burg edging this way?”’ Sarah—Yes, William, what of it? William—Well, if Hamburg is edging this way with all of its cholera, why the quicker we kin git out of here the better. 9

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Such a measure will work injury to the trade and commerce of the State, em- barrass its manufacturers and merchants, and strengthen an unreasonable and in- defensible prejudice entertained by con- sumers ignorant of the process of her- metically sealing food in tin cans. = * % * * * * Age works no harm to canned goods. If properly put up they will keep indefi- nitely, as claimed by Appert, the dis- coverer of the process in 1807. This has been proven by the tests of eighty odd years. It frequently the case that goods put up during the latest season are very inferior to the same sort of goods put up three. five or more years earlier. The character of aseason varies from year to year. Thus in a season of excess- ive moisture peaches contain much more water than in a season of ordinary climatie conditions. From this it is evi- dent that the quality of peaches and oth- er fruits varies from year to year, render- ing it possible for the older goods to be better than the newer. Some fruits, as for instance pineaples, are better the second or third year than the first, because it takes time for the syrup to thoroughly permeate the fruit; the same is true of many acid fruits, which, when first packed are a little hard, but which become mellowed with time and the absorption of the syrup. We recognize that the popular idea is that canned or preserved food should be judged by the standard set up for fresh food on the ground that ‘‘the fresher things are the better.” As a general proposition this latter idea is correct, but as applied to canned goods is erro- neous and misleading. A law requiring dating is, therefore, undesirable, because it gives strength to an unreasonable and indefensible prejudice which has become ingrained in the minds of many con- sumers. They would accept the date as indicating quality, when it bears a very slight relation thereto. Such a bill works injury and loss to manufacturers and packers. The latter class make their cans during the winter and spring, in order to bein readiness to preserve without delay the fruits and vegetables of the coming summer. If it were obligatory that a date be struck in the cap, this must be done when the cans are made. Then in case of acrop fail- ure, as in Delaware last year, the packer would have a lot of useless cans, unless he put up, in 1894, peaches in cans stamped 1893. The bill would work injury to retail merchants and tend to advance prices. Michigan packers would comply with the law, and as_ packers in other states would not, the supply and variety of canned food would be curtailed and con- sumers would pay higher prices. The enormous consumption of canned food, reaching 1,000,000,000 tins in this country alone, with only now and then a sporadic complaint of sickness charged to them and rarely proven, attests their su- perior quality and lends color to the statement so often made, that bulk for bulk, canned food is of more uniform and better quality than so-called fresh food as ordinarily sold in city markets. Brig.-General Hawkins, Chief Com- missary Subsistence. U. S. Army, says very pertinently: ‘‘No person having a de- cent knowledge of what is good or bad, sound or unsound, could be misled into eating an improper article froma can any easier than he could be induced into eating a decayed potato or a tainted piece of butcher’s meat.” There is no popular demand for such legislation as is proposed in Michigan, and there are no good arguments to be offered in support of the measure. It ought to be killedin Committee, as was the case in the New York Legislature. tl til Opposed tothe McKinstry Bill. GRAND RaApips, Feb. 20—Noticing the bill on dating canned goods in last week’s issue, I wish to say that in my opinion such alaw would be a source of loss and worry to can manufacturers, packers, is | proof of this statement, I may the hermetically sealed foods of Pompeii, | | years, farmers and jobbers, without any com- pensating benefit to the consumer, as canned goods three years old are just as} good as goods three months old. As a, mention | which after being canned thousands of opened as perfectly eanned last cally sealed flower seeds of ancient Egypt, which sprout and blossom to-day as per- fectly as those of the last crop. This is the severest of tests for hermetical seal- | ing, as the slightest approach to decay or | a. life of the | change would be fatal to the seed. While the dating is useless to the con- sumer, it will be also a source of worry and loss to the ean manufacturer, who, not being able to tell exactly how many eans will be needed by his customers un- tilthe last day of canning, must make some to over would be aloss tothe manufacture consequently under the dating bill the can manufacturer would be liable to get | out of cans at the last end of the season, especially if a late season. Insuch case, the canner would lose the last of the pack and the farmer would lose the last | of his crop. The jobber would buy | more cautiously for fear of overstock. This would be another burden for the al- ready over-worried packer. Practically | the same bill was recently the Lllinois Legislature and is being fierce- ly fought by the canned goods and re- tail grocery trade. Respectfully yours, Cuas. W. SHEDD. oo - A Rebate Decision. From the New York Shipping List. A Chicago court has decided that no person can be compelled to deal exclu- sively in the products of one manufac- turer, and that rebates cannot be with- held beeause the buyer failed to observe the contracts which provide that no competing goods shall be handled. Such a condition of sale is clearly in restraint of trade, as it interferes materially with the business of other manufacturers. Two leading companies that have re- ceived considerable notoriety through the operation of their novel rebate sys- tem, will no doubt find it necessary to re- move the objectionable clause from their contracts. A rebate for maintaining prices is legitimate and leaves an open field for all competitors, but the uew method for crushing rivals should not be allowed to get any headway. It is tak- ing an unfair advantage of the weaker concerns, and they havea right to appeal to court for protection. HATCH CHICKENS BY STEAM ceca e EXCE(Sior Incubator. Beas. Simple, Perfect, Sel/-Regu- lating. Thousands in suc- cessful operation. Guaran met teed to hatch a larger per- >) centage of fertile eggs at less cost than any other Circulars -_ Hatcher. Lowest priced send 6c. first-class Hatcher made. Ins. Cat a cue. GEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, iil. rn MC CME A REI When You Get Tired Buying rubbish, send for our catalogue of win- dow Screens, Screen Doors, Ete. Goods well made from best materials, Prices seldom higher. A. J. PHILLIPS & CO., Fenton, Mich. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURBS AND BITs. dis. ee 60 ET eee 49 Jennings’, CeNUING...... -....-... 2. eee eese 25 Jennings, tmiltation ..............-...... .. 50&10 AXES. First Quality, im Beonese.................. 8 7 00 D. = ger Duet ee sa eesues 12 00 . OD & hee..............1... 8 60 . D. B. SN BI 13 50 BARROWS. dis. Dolo... .............:................. $8 14 00 oa ........ pet = 00 BOLTS, ek et ele ee ce poneee cued e0a10 Carriage Oe TE a ce eee cee e ascot. 75&10 ee BUCKETS. a oe... 8 : 50 Welt OGG)... ee wn 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Gant Toone Fin, fenred........ ............. Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 60&.0 | Ordinary Tackle, list April as though | summer; also the hermeti- | | Socket Firmer . | Socket Corner... : | Seecket Secks ..........._. sarry over; and, as the date is to | be stamped in the ean, the cans carried | introduced in | Wrought Loose Pin............ ee eeebeuueauus 60&10 | MTOM POU see. oi Wrodous taside Bind. ...................... 60& | Wrought ae... ws | Blind, ee ee 70&10 | | Blind, Peers... . 70&10 | | Blind, EE 70 | BLOCKS, =... ..... 50 | CRADLES. eee dis. 50802 | CROW BARS. Coat Gicg: .....__..... perb 5 | CAPS | eel s.................. per m 65 | a . 60 | Eee ’ 35 e................... a 60 | CARTRIDGES. | ee 50 | Comtca! Pree. ......-..............,.....- dis. 25 CHISELS. dis Sockce Uremene .................. 0.5.5. ca a. Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.. ee comBs. dis. | Come, Tareoee ss. .......... 40 EN EE EE EE 25 CHALK. | White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@i2% dis. 10 COPPER, | Planished, 14 oz cut toaize... .. per pound 28 i4x me PeesG. feeee............-... | cola Rolled. 14x56 ane tance 23 | Cold eerce, $4ee 23 | Bottoms a ie 25 DRILLS. dis De eres eeee cas ane a 50 | Taper 2 ae 50 | Morse’s ‘(epee eee... 50 DRIPPING PANS. Del) Gio Ser paume ...........:.......... 07 Loree sised, per poumd...... ............... 6% ELBOWS. Com 4 piece Gi... dos. net % Comuemee. ... 8... a Opies... dis. 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark's, small. $18; larec, $26............... 30 Ives’, 1, $18: 2) $24; 3,830 ... 25 FILES—New List. dis. eee eee 6010 Now Auiericam ..... ................... ...GQmi0 OO eee eee 60&10 ee 50 | Melia: 5 Horse Hasns .. ...._...........-.,. 50 | GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 2% and 2%; 27 28 List 2 2B 14 15 16 Discount, 60 GAUGES. Gis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 KNoBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings ............-. 55 Door, porcelain, jap. Celmnes. 5... 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Door, porceluin, trimmings................. 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 70 LOCK8—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s................... 55 aeons. 55 Mawes ........................... 55 ATTOCKS, Aaa ee... $16.00, dis. 60 Huns Bye........ Resecess -815. 60, dis. 60 Ee ,; 818. 50, dis. —" AUL Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ieee bode eteas conse 50 MILLS, dis. Coffee, soo oe 40 & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.... 40 . come Perry & Clore s............ 40 -_ Beeerree |... 30 MOLASSES GATES. dis. Signe Paeern |... 5... 60410 Be ono ec ce we cuca ee _— Enterprise, self-measuring............ —; 25 NAILS ical nate hese... 1.1... Lk... 1 85 Wire nats baee.................. ..... 30@1 90 Advance over base: Steel Wire. eee Base Base ee Base 10 i ce cee ee 05 25 a... 10 25 Oey see eee ee 15 35 ES 15 45 ee 15 Me ol ed 20 a 25 a es cea cc ae a ees 40 eee 60 a 1 00 1 Ree eed es be ce ected sccu euaces macs 1 50 1 ee i. 1 50 i eeeeeneee HAMMERS, tee COB... eo > = Co eset eee uca, dis. | Vorkos & Prompp....................... dis. 40810 Mason's Solid Cust Steel................. 30c list 60 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand... .30c 40&10 HINGES, i Clams. 12.8 ..................... dis.60&10 ee ae eee eee sees ee - per doz. net, 2 50 |Serew = and Strap, to 12 in. rs 14 and Se 3% Screw "Hook and Eye, Me net 10 3 net 8% “ “ _- <............. net 7% . ' : x... net 7% Sipeae?..... dis. 50 HANGERS dis. | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Ga, Wood track. ...50&10 | Cosamipiem, Siti tricilion.................. . | 60&10 Kidder, wood meee 40 HOLLOW WABE. ee. 60&10 Ma ee wie ee ete ce oe OO IE 60&10 Gray enameled... ae ec ee HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware................... “new list 72 aepeneea Tin Ware........ ........ 25 Granite Iron Ware . .... Dew list — WIRE GOODS. OO 70810810 Screw Eyes.. Le eae 70&10&10 Hook’s. wsctees., , wre Gate Hooks and Byes. eee ereee 70&10&10 EVELS. dis.79 Stanley Rule and Level co .............. OPES. Sisal, % inch and “aan ee meee ens bes cone 9 ee TTD 13 a dis. Steel and Iron..... Petes 75 ir ae Hever... 3... 60 Mitre . Coes es eee secu ce 20 “SHEET TRON. Com. Smooth. Com. OO eee $4 05 82 95 Nos. 15 to 17 See 405 3 05 Noe, tos........................ 4 05 3 05 Woe. 2 toes... ...................., 4 05 3 15 Nos. Sy on. ............... : . 8 25 No w.......................,... .... 3 35 an sheets No. 18 and lighter, a7 3 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. Eis weet. 19 86 ............._........... dis. 50 SASH CORD. Silver Lake, _— A... list 50 Drape... 55 C Wore © ..............._... ' 50 hay ane... . 55 ' Wetec..... ............... ' 35 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. Bold Byes. per ton ™ SAWS. dis . eee 3 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 ‘* Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foct.. 50 ‘Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... 30 ‘* Champion and Electric Tooth X Maite, Per Foes 30 TRAPS. dis. Pe ee eae a 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 70 Bowe Gioker... 18¢ per doz Mouse, delusion .................... 0150 per dos. WIRE. dis. Heteet Mees... 5 Annealed Market... . Coppered Market j Senamr pars a We ete ereeeu cs 62% poctea: apmeae Seocl.... ... 1... 50 Bar ed Pence, galyanised.................. 2 85 A 2 40 HORSE NAILS, Au Bagg a dis. 40&10 Po oe can cee cone dis. ected Bee cette eres cence cues dis. 10&10 WRENCHES. dis. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 Coes Gemaine,............................. S Coe’s Patent — wrougnt,........ Coes Patent, malieabic.............. ...... reai0 MISCELLANEOUS. CE eee * 50 Pee, CO 75&10 morose New me . . 7O&10 Casters Hed a od FPiste.................. —s Pomeers, Ameream......................... Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 6r&i0 METALS, PIG TIN. cor tee... 26¢ ae 28¢ ZINC, Duty: Sheet, 24%c per pound. 600 pound Re eee ae 6% EE 7 * SOLDER. ee 16 eee We 8 15 The e rices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY. CO og oe care eect aces per pound ee TIN—MELYN GRADE. 10x14 IC, ee: 14x20 IC, 110} 34x20TX, Each additional X on this grade, 81.75. ; i neue =n GRADE. 867 ie i. steel PLANES. 8. ss Ohio Teol Co.'s, fancy ........---- +2 esse eee ow = IX, “ Selota Bench... .... 2... ssccesse eres ceeece 260; Rach additional X on this grade $1.50. = a oo fancy........... eae @40 OFING PLATES mech, firat quality .............scsssccecsees @80 | 14x20 ss i : Stanley Ruie and Level Co.’s, wood. . .... &10 1sx3) ix! “ Wore ee 3 50 PANS. 20x28 IC a 13 50 re, Bewe dis,60—10 aa llawa ee ooo = wee le ee = RIVETS. dis. | 20x28 Ic, “ 8 12 50 eon ang Tenned..................-. 5... 20x28 IX, ‘“ ss i | 15 50 Copper meee . me ns 50—10 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. Janey T2....... eee 814 00 A Wood's } patent pianished on. “4 to = 0 1 tee a, wees... 1 ‘“B” Wood's lanished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20| 14x56 TX, for No. 8 Boilers, \ per pound 10 Broken packs 4¢ per pound extra iar, Uhm SU ht 8 THEH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, - Postage Prepaid, ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of heir papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. t=" When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1893. THE REAL AMERICAN POLICY. It has come to be a custom, and a most wise one, that the United States Senate celebrates Washington’s birthday by listening to the reading of Washington’s farewell address when retiring from his second term of the Presidency. Doubtless in the reading which was had Wednesday, particular attention was paid to hissage advice against ~entering into entangling alliances with foreign na- tions. Washington, as a far-seeing and sa- gacious statesman, realized that the day would come when European domination would die out on this hemisphere. Since it was possible for the British colonists to throw off the yoke of the most power- ful nation which had possessions here it was reasonable to expect that the other colonists would be able to secure their independence also, but, from the very nature of the circumstances, the United States would be the most powerful of the independent American nationalities, and would in time exercise a sort of patri- archal influence over all the others, and to do so would be a sort of natural result, as well as a wise and friendly policy. Washington had not been dead more than a score of years before Mexico ac- quired independence, while several of the South American States had done so previously, and in thirty years from the time Washington’s farewell address was published the entire region from Cape Horn to the Canada line had been wrested from European control. The first of American statesmen did not mean to ad- vise that the United States should ac- quire no territory and should have no re- lations with other countries. What he did fear was some entanglement with European nations that would entail inter- ference in European affairs. He realized that the interest of the first of the repub- lics of the West was in maintaining it- self, in developing its power and re- sources, and in spreading free institutions | toits neighbors of the other American countries. The activity and success with which the freeing of other American peoples was effected naturally emphasized the necessity for friendly and paternal re- lations by the great Republic with its younger sisters, and the next, as it was the most obvious step in our statesman- ship, was the formulation and announce- ment of the Monroe doctrine, that there should be no interference by European nations in the affairs of this continent. At first the acquisition of territory was not only considered wise statesmanship and a most desirable act when that terri- tory was adjacent to our own, but no op- portunity was lost in carrying it out. In the course of half a century Florida and the vast region west of the Mississippi were secured, annexed and organized into States. Then came the slavery agi- tation to disturb the whole internal policy of the country. As the acquired terri- tory became populated and was organized into States, partisan and sectional jeal- ousy of the most bitter and uncom- promising description arose. It was a question of extreme importance -whether a new State would become a free State or a slave State. This contest over slavery was sufficient to bar the way to the spread of the great Republic to the southward for fear the new territory would furnish more slave States. But for that Cuba would, without doubt, have come into the Union, not to speak of other countries to the south of us. But since slavery is no longer a ques- tion any more thanit is an entity in American affairs, the old sectional jeal- ousies should no longer, and _ logically can no longer, appear in any problem of American policy. The time is coming when America must be American wholly, and not European. The United States needs to establish the most intimate commercial and political relations with the American Republics. It must ac- quire, by means entirely friendly and mutually beneficial, a paramount in- fluence with them. So shall be evolved an American policy for America, and to accomplish this without entering into entangling alliances is a grand problem of statesmanship. RESPONSIBILITIES OF ANNEXA- TION. Now that it a practically settled thing that we are to annex the Hawaiian Islands, it will not be out of place to speculate upon some of the possible future consequences of such a step. While it is true that in absorbing Hawaii the United States annexes but a paltry foreign State, still, having acquired pos- session practically without difficulty or protest, the way has been opened for de- signs upon more important acquisitions. The people of Cuba to the south of us, and those of Canada in the North, are said to have a strong leaning toward an- nexation to thiscountry. Either of these neighboring countries is of vastly more importance than little Hawaii, and both are already under the dominion of strong European powers. It is not probable that the annexation of either could be brought about as easily as in the case of the Hawaiian Islands, nevertheless, the tendency of the times is unmistakably towards the eventual absorption by the United States of both Canada and Cuba: therefore it would be as well to prepare leisurely both to meet promptly any |Opposition that might be encountered |and to protect the new territory when | acquired. | The work of constructing the new navy | should, therefore, be pushed energetic- j ally, and the preparations which have is already been inaugurated in the way of providing adequate land defenses should not be permitted to drag. The Hawaiian Islands practically command the princi- pal trade routes of the Pacific, while Cuba possesses equal ascendency over | the commerce coming into the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. In the case of trouble, both these island possessions, ifin the hands of the United States, would have to be strongly protected, and such protection could only be given by a large fleet capable of coping with the most powerful possessed by the leading European nations. To successfully carry out a policy of annexation it will be necessary for the country to possess military strength and equipment of the first order, hence it would be bad policy to delay for a single year the providing of these facilities as speedily as possible. INJUNCTION AGAINST A BOYCOTT. Until recently it has been found diffi- cult to secure through the courts any relief from a ‘“‘boycott’? or combination to obstruct and damage the lawful busi- ness of another, except by means of an action for damages, or a resort to the eonspiracy laws. In 1890 Congress en- acted a law against combinations of per- sons who are banded together for the purpose of monopolizing or of obstruct- ing and restraining trade. It punishes persons found guilty with fine and im- prisonment, and exacts triple damages to be recovered by action at law. A U. S. Circuit Judge, sitting at New Orleans, recently issued an order for an injunction against a combination of per- sons who had induced the crew of the British ship Violante, lying at anchor in that port, to abandon the vessel, and had thereafter prevented the ship from se- curing a crew until the court had issued a restraining order in the case. The injunction was issued pendente lite, because the case has not come up on its merits, through which, under the law, parties found guilty may be subjected to fine and imprisonment, with damages in addition. But the decision of the court, establishing the right and power to issue an injunction in such cases is of the ut- most importance. Its effect is to put a stop to a boycott, or damaging combina- tion, against commerce, pending the slow processes of legal methods for final adjustment, and it furnishes an imme- diate preliminary remedy which will prove of the greatest yalue and import- ance. The questions decided by the New Orleans Judge are, in many of their bear- ings, entirely new, and are settled upon principle rather than by precedent; but the logic of the court seems unassailable. The discussion of all the relations of the issues involved is very able and interest- ing, and the right to issue a restraining order against such combinations, which was really the foremost issue involved, seems most conclusively settled. This case promises to establish an important precedent. A bill has been introduced in the Leg- islature of this State providing for the inspection of food products. The Michi- gan Fruit Manufacturers Association is chiefly responsible for its introduction. The object is agood one, but is open to the same abuse which characterizes a similar law in the State of Ohio, where, instead of the inspection taking place at the manufactories, it is done after the article reaches the retail dealer. Th retail dealers of this State should profi’ by the experience oftheir Ohio brethre and take immediate steps to secure the elimination of any objectionable features from the proposed law. Now is the time to act, and not after the bill has be- come a law. We shall have more to say concerning this matter when a copy of the proposed measure reaches us. As will be noted by the resolutions embodied in the report of the last meet- ing, the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association speaks in no_ uncertain sound on the McKinstry dating-canned- goods-bill, now before the Legislature. In common with all classes of business men, retail grocers discern the utter foolishness of this measure, which ap- pears to have been introduced for no other purpose than to assist in prolong- ing the session, to the end that men whose time at home is worth less then $3 per day, may stay in Lansing as long as possible. How Mail Clerks Assist the Memory. From the Philadelphia Record. The railway postal clerks have a unique method for learning the routes on which postoffices are located. Take for example, the State of Pennsylvania, in which there are over 5,000 offices. The prospective mail distributor buys a quan- tity of blank cards—about the size of the ordinary visiting card—and on each of these he writes the name of an office. On the back of the card he writes the name of the route by which the office is served with its mail. Taking in hand a pack of these cards—say from 50 to 100—he goes over them one after another studiously, look- ing at the back each time and getting the name and route clearly associated in his mind. The second time he goes through the pack he finds that he knows the half of the routes by reading the name of the office. It is adull student who, upon going over a pack of cards a dozen times, does not know’ them thoroughly. The method is so simple and such an aid to memorizing that it is adopted by all railway mail clerks. By it clerks have been known to memorize a State like Pennsylvania inside of two months. On all large routes clerks work but half time, the other half being devoted to rest and study. The mail clerk at home, continually reminded of coming examinations, carries his cards wherever he goes, conning them over at every op- portunity. One demonstrative clerk on the New York and Pittsburgh R. P. O. is famed for having learned the State of Ohio in four days. As he shuffled over his cards he walked from garret to cellar, and vice versa, from dawn until the shades of twilight fell. On the fourth day he went to the examiner’s office and separated Ohio without an error. It is related that the wife of a postal clerk adopted the card method for in- creasing her vocabulary in French. On one side of the cards she wrote the French word and on the other the English equivalent to be learned. Another lady, hearing of this, used the same system successfully for learning mythology, placing the word ‘‘Mars,”’ for instance, on one side of the card and ‘‘war’’ on the other. The method has so many advyan- tages over the old and tedious way of learning from the pages of a book that it might be utilized with advantage by teachers in search of new methods of im- parting instruction. I had rather that one fading bud of kindly sympathy were laid in the palm of my living hand than that my coffin were shadowed by a pyramid of the cost- liest exotics that ever burdened with sickly fragrance the chamber of death— J. L. Russell. ————— 2 Knowledge is power, but the power must be putin motion by character and purpose. = ~~ > + 4 feleenente-—Prerntid ' ee * + lla — ere i = ¥ = profi’ ethre re the 4 atures is the 1as be- to say of the utions meet- rocers’ ertain snned- ature. isiness utter ch ap- for no Me olong- 4 t men ; then s long mory. ave a ites on ke for lia, in The quan- of the ich of office. writes which i its these S Over . look- etting ted in goes knows ig the fudent ards a them ‘imple t it - be Tied f two 4 4 ; - + « »> a ' 2 rk but <4 svoted ark at oming srever ry op- . = = of rer his cellar, 1 the fourth -e and postal or in- On te the p»i¢ nglish lady, ystem ology, tance, yn the \dvan- vay of | 4 “Tt if al 4 that it “4 ye by of im- ud of ) palm coffin 3 cost- with 2ath— power r and nin \ x (* < ELH MICHIGAN ‘PRADHS MLA ™N. JIM ALLSPICE. “Paradise.’”’ Extramundane vs. Realization. Written for THE TRADESMAN. After going to the depot for the third | time one night at Cadillac, I finally found that the train north would arrive in ten | minutes. I thoughtI might as well wait. Such a night! Sixteen below zero, blow- ing a gale, with the snow about two feet deep! Finally, with no little misgiving, 1 boarded the train, already two hours late, wondering if we would succeed in getting through. Securing acomfortable double seat near the stove, I lighted a fresh cigar and let my thoughts wander homewards. I could picture my wife and the baby tucked away in bed, while the two ‘‘kids’’ were nestled down under the clothes—with the family cat—in an adjoining bed; Jack, my faithful dog, ly-| ing in the corner on his rug, with one eye | open, keeping watch over all as they | slumbered, while I was doing my best to make an extra night run on this cold, blustering night, with the hopes of sell- ing a new stock on the morrow. All at once the brakeman called out, ‘‘Paradise—twenty lunch. ‘‘Grasping my grips and other be- | longings, I made up my mind to take in| the new town. The lunch served at the | dining counter was superb—hot oyster | stew, real Java coffee, pure solid cream, fresh laid eggs, golden butter, home- made bread and nice flaky doughnuts. The bill of fare was extensive, the price was way below the average, anice, clean, tidy lunch counter, with a good mother- ly old lady to wait on and cheer you while filling up the inner man. My im- pression was so favorable that I conclud- | ed to wait and make the town. As the train rolled on northward, I lighted a fresh cigar to while away the hour or so before daylight. At the break of dawn I hustled to the hotel for break- fast, finding a most genial landlord, who served a fine breakfast a la carte. I never shall forget that plate of brown buckwheat cakes, with genuine maple syrup. I never thought I should be able to eat ’em, but, whenlI had put away twelve, I made up my mind that the oth- er two should keep company with the rest. After getting the points of the town from the clerk, I found that one leading firm in my line did about all the business, besides being almost absolute owners of- the town andalladjoiningthem. Grasp- ing my ‘black chums,” I sallied forth to make a sale and a new customer, if pos- sible. Never had I made the acquaint- ance of so agreeable a firm nor seen such pleasant surroundings, furnishings and general taste displayed in the arrange- ment of stock, nor such a good-looking and intelligent set of bright, tidy em- ployes. I was shown into a private room marked in gold letters on the ground glass of the door, ‘‘Private Trav- eling Men Only.” On entering I discov- ered several original and tasty signs Jim Visits minutes for a hot. ‘found him | and in regard to short | mor. | but, ed in and an order. i fully posted as to mark ets weights and full packages of fish, syrups, ete., he was ‘right up.” I was quite surprised to find that he had never bought any goods in ourcity. After placing a fine order for him, getting in my house brands of for business | plug and fine cut tobaccoes, can baking powder with the gift scheme of glass- ware, bootjacks, stove lifters and frying pans, I called his attention to our Colum- bus nickel cigar with World’s Fair cou- pons, which seemed to strike him very favorably, and he placed an order for a full case. My order so far had beena ' general sort up, with a few specialties I | had. ITecould not help but notice I had sold him ‘Spear Head,’’ Arbuckle and XXXX coffee full list price. I wondered at it, as LI had, of course, expected to give him a rebate. After closing up our deal, he invited | me to a sleighride, which I was not slow | to accept. In a casual way, I found that none of my competitors were mak- | ing the town, and I solemnly vowed that | ‘*mum” should be the word. I would never give the new-fonud ‘‘snap” away. After driving about the beautiful place, | admiring the nice broad avenues, ele- gant residences, etc., we finally landed at the depot. Just then my train north putting in an appearance, I bade my new-found friend a kind farewell, and, with a promise to return ‘‘later on,” I boarded the train in the best of good hu- Planking myself in the regulation two seats, I lighted a fresh cigar, intend- ing to have a good old smoke, but, quiet- iy dropped off in a gentle doze. How longI slept I will never know, all at onee, and with a terrible thud asif the train had struck a stone pile, I awoke in a dazed condition. The brakeman passing just then, I found that we were at Mancelona, five hours late, road blocked, with instructions to abandon the train. After getting my- self stowed away atthe hotel, I discov- ered that I had aterrible head on me, was feeling very dry, and there was an intimation from the inside man as to the prospects for dinner. Procuring the nec- essary ‘‘eye opener’ it put me to think- ing. Ihad been on the road all night. Whether it was the hot coal stove, or those hot drinks of Swedish punch at **Yonny Yohnson’s” at Cadillac, that caused my terrible headache and al- so sent me to Paradise, I shall never know; but I shall never forget the town, those buckwheat cakes, and that splen- did order. Persume 1 shall have to ‘“hittee the pipe” in order to make the place again. Whattee you think? Jim ALLSPICE. —__ > + Notice to the Grocery Trade. On account of the disastrous fire which destroyed our works on Feb. 4, we have been compelled to discontinue sending 10 pounds of saleratus free with each box, and the price, until further notice, will hanging about the apartment, reading thus: ‘“Money Loaned;” ‘Checks | Cashed;” ‘‘No Rebates Expected; on a closed sideboard one in particular, “Change Your Breath Here.’? There was a fine center table on which rested a register with the notice ‘Sign Here;’’ a complete lavatory, with a bright boy in attendance to answer questions and assist in opening up samples. Fi- nally, the buyer put in an appearance, and, after mutual explanations, we start- young be 514 cents per pound, 60 pounds to the box. A. F. Peaxn, State Agent Deland & Co., menor N.Y. -_- > A physician having visited a sick lady | she expressed concern at | in such bad | ‘Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of during a storm, his having to come so far weather; to whieh the doetor unluckily replied: ‘Oh, madam, 1 have another patient in this neighborhood, and by that THE W. BINGHAM (©),, Cleveland, 0., SESOESevuNEP SST Ye SSECTEET ESS enseTeTECoEE® Have had such flattering succes in handling our Bicycles that they have bought our entire output for 1893. They have taken up all negotiations pending for the purchase of cycles, and we respectfully solicit for them the good will of our friends, THE YOST MP’G. CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. Its Cheap! Not Coal, but Molasses. We bought at the right time and will give you the benefit of our purebases. We brand them GOLD \JEDAL The quality is right, the price is right, and it’s dollars in your pocket to handle them. all arnhart PutmanCo. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Teas. Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. ' means, you know, i kill two birds with | | one stone.” ‘-Doetor, replied the lady, ‘you are too good a shot for me,” and | die spensed with his further attendance. i and 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS | - n'y rl i YD 6 ase JM xX \ J — — Fe : Ral ne < rh ~ ¢ Aeuiiinieaciaas ss oi alia ccatinaeal scsiiiiieieaaiaa ieee la re sae ff Ts Maal AA W\\ uh \ wnat || pe soe \\\,\\\ } SSS aa NN NN, AE i 4 Ay, +i A eM: Ting ATOMS WW a 7 77 Ths Ate TW Mit, # m5 = | oe \ (i! a ' — | oe Wl? —~&, en-S} {Wl 4 ANY Wu wea. nA ty CAEN Wy 4% d WY) ae . i HY yf | “Ste : a = a =S fu i HH * fT fT N i F —; enone eee rt t Lh | ’ em SA eA Garin fxs Pings bre he De —_, SS EE a ian a i WALTER BAKER & CO.’S CHOCOLATE PAVILION AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. + 4 ¢ - . . a a « Part 6 <7 rg 7 739 . -* : ra 7 [2 * i Se £ — eee -~—> mae vi ’ . { — ¥ —_— ee — . ‘ . 4 ' mon & ‘ ‘ , : ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ 4 \ ‘ , . : e A e . . ‘ } * L . J 4 h 4 . . . t 2 . L ‘ ‘ OF HALL "NVASHOVHLE NVOTAOTW 4 Yr , —~ —»p a s ‘THE MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN. 11 Some Practical Suggestions for Coun- try Dealers. PAPER I. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Inasmuch as the personnel of this class of business men is constantly changing, from pear to year, a new grist of beginners going into the hopper of mercantile experience perhaps faster than an equal number can be graduated by their own consent at the usual place of exit, afew hints from an old-timer may not be altogether thrown away. Though advice is, at present, the cheap- est article on the market, that very fact may make what I have to offer acceptable to some whose belief is that only in underbidding competitors lies the secret of making money in a retail traffic; where wholesale dealing connected with a farmer’s life has hitherto proved un- remunerative. With the most who start in a small way; remote from a large town, and with- out any experience in the methods of trade or the quality of goods in which they expect to deal, is like taking a leap in the dark; but a little judicious pre- paration will go a long way toward securing one from the calamities com- mon to oversanguine and less careful dealers. The building and fixtures having been provided, and the question of how much eapital to be used finally determined, there comes the important one of how to select and arrange the stock of goods to the best advantage. Unless one’s in- tuitions can be trusted (which is very seldom the case), a little private coach- ing by a friend well qualified will be the next best thing. In such a case, you may take a wholesale price list, and, with reasonable care, make out, in proper proportions, and so as not to exceed the amount to be invested, a memorandum of what is needed. If no such help be at hand, take your funds to the city where reputable firms abound, and, hay- ing carefully selected the one with which you wish to deal, frankly state your con- dition to the head of the house, together with the amount of capital you wish to invest on the start, also the fact that this is vour first venture. A manly be- ginning like this will often procure a business friend who may prove of im- mense advantage to you in the future. Only be sure of this one thing—that the first purchase comes within the limit of eash in hand. No credit should ever be asked for or suggested on the first bill. Even if the house shows a desire to make the invoice overbalance your present means, firmly decline the favor. Witha eash purchase of the first one, you can feel the satisfaction that comes of doing business with your own money, and that knowledge will steady your judgment in many emergencies, and will make it easier to strike out into deeper water where you will need to keep your wits together. The line of goods you start in with may not comprise a very large variety, but this is rather an advantage, since it will make it easier for you to become intimately acquainted with your stock. It will surely be enough to test the market, and you can then more intelli- gently extend purchases to other lines as the needs of customers develop. Two or three errors into which some men fall at first may be mentioned in this con- nection. By pretending to be _ better posted on goods and prices than they really are, some amateur buyers tempt the salesman who assists in filling the first order to an encounter of wits which is found, in the outcome, to be decidedly unprofitable. It is human nature in him, when dared, to justify his knowledge of business, which he is able and likely to do in a practical way not easily resisted. No buyer need feel that he is humiliated by asking questions on matters concern- ing his own interest. The average sales- man, if treated with business courtesy, will drop many hints that are both timely and valuable to the first buyer, and he who resents or fails to profit by them is not wise; but, after you have been many years in business and know the ropes as well as he does, should that same salesman call at your place and try to tell you how to run your business, it will be proper to give him the quiet ‘*shake,’’ being assured that your judg- ment about what will sell best at home is better than his. Some men make the opposite mistake of leaving, without restriction, the selec- tion of stock entirely to the salesman. He naturally, in a spirit of loyalty, gives the firm, for which he works, an advan- tage by unloading on the unconscious buyer articles that are bargains for the seller only. Besides, he ignores limit agreed upon, urging the plausible reason that itis an advantage to com- mence with a full stock. The first purchase having been duly completed, and the invoice fully written and in all its details and placed in your hands, it would be well to carefully study it while the goods are on the way, so as to get yourself familiar, in advance, with the cost of wares on which you are to place anew valuation. For want of this precaution, many dealers make blunders that are mortifying even for a beginner, since they could have been easily avoided by a slight applica- tion of the elementary rules of arithme- tic. Another error often made is the fail- ure to establish some general rule with which to govern yourself in fixing pric- es. No horizontal per cent. tariff will answerin any line of goods. Due re- gard must be given to the quality, fre- quency of demand, amount purchased and the loss by shrinkage and in hand- ling. Even after the best possible ar- rangement of prices is made, it should be considered as subject to future revision, as experience shall more fully determine. in the interest of all concerned. Where a store has already preceded the new venture, the worst possible course to pur- sue is to make prices competitive at once, without regarding the element of eost; this is much like shooting at a mark without taking aim, trusting to luck to hit something. In this case, something, at all events, is sure to be hit; but the return fire soon provokes more bad feel- ing than good sense can heal in months of fair trading. One who thus cuts prices on the start below ordinarily fair rates because he is unable to make a seale for himself, will be a follower in- stead of a leader, and always at the mercy of the whims of his competitors. If he thus practically allows another dealer to set prices on his goods, he might as well be an agent doing business for someone else. If each dealer would study to become well acquainted with the practical details of his business, and how to adapt them to the needs of his special locality, there would be fewer the | | Geo. H. Reeder & Co., Boots and Shoes, Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for yarn 158 & 160 Fulton St., Grand Rapids, Excelsior Bolts Wanted? I want 500 to 1,000 cords of Poplar Excelsior Bolts, 18 and 36 inches long. I also want Basswood lengths as above. dress Bolts, same For particulars ad- J W FOX, Grand Rap‘ds, Mich. Buy NEDICOR’S WIFT ELLING HORS MANUFACTURED BY SNEDICOR & HATHAWAY, DETROIT, MICH, Dealers wishing to see the line address F. A. Cadwell, 682 Jetferson ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE C0, WHOLESALE BOOTS AND SHOES. - Se eee B aie at Aaa e Wales Goodyear Rubbers, Boots, Shoes, Alaskas, Green Bays, Esquimaux and Portage Socks, Knit and Felt Boots. Dealers are cordially invited to send ir mail orders. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. EATON, LYON & CO’S Full force of travelers will soon be out with complete lines jof new goods in Stationery —AND— Sporting Goods 20 & 22 MONROE ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. “The Kent.’’ birectly Opposite Union Depot. AMERICAN PLAN RATES, $2 PER DAY STEAM HEAT AND ELECTRIC BELLS FREE BAGGAGE TRAN=FER FROM UNION DEPOT. BEACH & BOOTH, Props, (ARETE ZANT ERIN oe f= PNSENSAN . L78, | SANSSANSANSANSENS fs As OS ut : ig LES and its attend- S = ing Da? me ZA | “Nt . oe kL xD | relieved by the use of a ains on Purely Vegetable Remedy. Used 7A by a prominent physician in regular 74 | Yu Practice, Price 50 cts. Send for testi- 774g | 474 monials, Aetna Co. Cd. Rapids, Mich 774 ‘ + To Fix Prices by Law. From the American Artisan. Nearly approaching of those who would deliver over the in- dustries to government management, in points of impracticability and contempt for human iiberty ideas of certain well-meaning who would correct every abuse, whether real or imaginary, by the application of a legislative plaster. To this class—al- though the number of dead statutes upon the books should bea perpetual reminder of the folly of their belief—a legal en- actment is a catholicon whose efficacy they imagine to have no limit. One of the most recent examples of this wrong-headedness is furnished by a} member of the New York State Legisla- | ture who has succeeded in getting a bill passed to athird reading in the Senate, whose aim is to checkmate the Keading coal trust by regulating the transporta- | tion rate for coal over the railways and alsoto fix the maximum price at which the commodity shall be sold by the re-/| of action, are the | people | progress; the conditions of yesterday are manipulations, is to apply the legal rem- edies already made ana provided. Ifthe national law has proved ineffectual how can any real good be expected from a merely local measure?

Crisp Philosophy. | From Ram's Horna. A man with a bad liver very often has a good heart. If the tongue could kill, not many would live to old age. The man who picks his own cross never gets the right one. The easiest thing for a loafer to do is to find fault with busy people. When people are hired to be good they quit work as soon asthe pay stops. The diamond has the more sparkle, but The trouble with people who can talk is that they are apt to say too much. Undertake to prove that there is no | hell and every mean man will throw up his hat. They know in heaven how much re- ligion the rich have by the way they treat poor folks. The world is full of lion fighters, but | it is hard to find people who won’t ran from a hornet. If you have the wrong kind of religion in the street cars, you don’t have the right kind at church. > -2- <> Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons. | STUDLEY & RARCLAY, | 4 Monroe St, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Our moe: “ New Styles,” We Lead in Redvced Prices, would | VV E CARRY a full line of all patterns of Ladies’ and Gents’ Bicycles, and can supply at once upon receipt of order. 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 out early in January, 1893. 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. OUR SPRING LINE is moving fast, and, as we are informed, contirms the high reputation the senior member of our firm has earned for himself, that for elegance, style, fit, make-up and lowness in price he stands unequalled—a thorough, practical clothing manufacturer, established thirty-six years in the city of Rochester, N. Y. William Connor, our representative in Michigan, whose address is Box 346, Marshall, Mich., will gladly call upon you if you will honor him with a line to show you our samples, and buy or not buy, we will thank you for the honor of inspection. William Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., on Thursday and Friday, March 2d and 3d. Customers who meet him there are allowed expenses. 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, Hochester, N. Y. 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 er = SUPPLANTS BAKING POWDER Fosfon Chemical Co., Detroit, Michigan. SOLD BY ALL RELIABLE GROCERS. HENRY S. ROBINSON. RICHARD G. ELLIOTT. H: S: ROBINSON ~>C OMPANY- Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS, SHOKS and RUBBERS 99, 101, 103, 105 Jefferson Ave,, Detroit, State Agents for the Candee Rubber Co. Mich. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | 18 Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association. President, A. J. Elliott; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. Official Organ—Micuigan TRADESMAN. Jackson Grocers’ Union, President, D. S. Fleming; Sec’y, O. C. Leach Grand Haven Retail Grocers’ Association, President, John Boer; Secretary, Peter VerDuin. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion. At the regular meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association, held at Protective Brotherhood hall on Monday evening, Feb. 20, the application of Fred W. Fuller, grocer at 143 Livingston street, was received and accepted andthe applicant elected to membership. The special Committees on Flour and Roll of Honor were not ready to report and were given until the next meeting. Chairman Herrick, of the special Committee on Municipal Affairs presented the following report: Your Committee, to whom was referred the matter of procedure at the coming spring elec tion, begs to report the following: : 1. That acommittee of three be named in each ward to confer with those desiring the position of alderman, to ascertain if they are willing to pledge themselves to protect the interests of those who are paying high rents, and are other- wise under heavy expense in doing their busi ness. by collecting a yearly tax against the ped- dler who comes without expense, such tax to be collected in full the Istof May of each year, such committee being composed of members of the Association, regardless of party affiliation 2. That a like committee of three be appointed to confer in like manner with the nominees for Mayor, with the same support from the Asso ciation. : 3. That the Association make a schedule of licenses and present same to the Mayor elect and the new Council for their consideration and adoption. E. J Hekrics, D. VIERGIVER, Committee. The report was accepted, and the Committee was instructed to pursue the subject further and make further reports thereon from ttme to time. The President was instructed to committee of three to see the Mayor, and alsoa committee of three from each ward to interview the nominees for office at the spring election. A. Brink. chairman of the special Committee on Oil, reported that Scofield, Schurmer & Teagle offered to discontinue the peddling of oil in the city if the Standard Oil Co. would do the same. The Committee had been unable to meet Mr. Bonnell, in consequence of which the matter was recommitted for further consideration and subsequent report. The following communication from Mr. Lemon was read and accepted: Granp R«Ppips, Feb. 29—--I must attend a board meeting, this evening, and this will prevent my meeting my brethren of the retail grocery craft at their meeting to-night; but I hope to be with you at your April meeting. Please present my apology and excuses and assurances of my high- est regard for the welfare of the Grocers’ Asso- ciation. Yours truly, appoint a S M. -Lemon. Letters were also from the Retail Grocers’ Associations of Grand Haven and Jack son, heartily approving theidea of a State league and offering to send delegates to a convention whenever same is called. E. B. Fisher, editor of the Daily Eagle, then addressed the meeting at some length on the subject of his recent voyage from New York to the Windward Islands and return. was the most interesting and instructive talk ever given the Association and-was heartily en joyed by everyone present. THe TRADEsMAN regrets thatit is not able to present a verbatim report of the talk, asit was full of interesting statements concerning both seaand land. At the conclusion of the address, Mr. Fisher given a rising vote of thanks. William K. Munson, Secretary of the Grand Rapids Fruit Growers’ Association, was also present to address the meeting, but consented to postpone his address until the next meeting, when the peddling question will be the special order of business. E. A. Stowe introduced the following resolu- tion, which was unanimously adopted: Wuereas, A bill has been introduced in the Michigan Legislature, making it obligatory for manufacturers of canned goods to place the date of the packing of their goods on each can; and Wuergas, We consider such a law entirely received The address was unnecessary, as it is based on the false assump- | tion that all hermetically sealed canned goods deteriorate with age; therefore Resolved, That we oppose such a measure in all honorable ways and request our Senators and Representatives to work and vote against its adoption. — On motion of Mr. Herrick, the Secretary was instructed to issue a call to the grocers of the State to meet at Grand Rapids on March 15, for the purpose of forming a State league, to take up the work of organization where the local associations leaves off and carry it forward. grocery stores one afternoon in the week. He said that such a custom was in vogue in Europe and he saw no reason why it should not become equally popularin America. Whilethe laboring man is clamoring for an eight hour working day, the grocer is expected to keep his store open, at least twelve hoursaday. Such a dis crimination is wrong in intent and purpose and the time is not far distant when a proposition to” establish a half holiday will be greeted with something besides smiles. The recent advance in the price of tin foil compressed yeast was then introduced through the medium of the question box and provoked a lively discussion, the general opinion being that the price is now about right, although Peter Schuit—who is never entirely happy unless he smells a banquet in the distance—thought 9 cents profiton 24 centsin sales was altogether too much profit—that 11 cents profit on 36 cents in sales was about right. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. —————2oae Another Voice from Grand Haven. GRAND Haven, Feb. 283—We, as Grand Haven merchants, feel deeply interested in the idea of trying to get the exemption laws revised and I think itis about time that steps were taken in that direction—the sooner the better. If it can be accomplished, it will be of great value to the retail merchants. There is not adealer in the land who has as little protection as the retail merchants in our exemption laws, and I think every retail merchantin the State ought to feel interested in the movement. We also ought to have the support of every jobber, as it would be the means of putting the retail merchants ina better and healthier financial condition. We have had a Retail Grocers’ Association here for nearly a year and are receiving daily benefits from the movement. We have a uni- form price, which prevents us from selling our goods atasacrifice and also protects us from dead-beats and those who are slow and not worthy of credit. The Association is a grand success and is doing more good than any other organization we have ever had, as it crea:es bet- ter feeling, larger profits and less losses in busi ness. Hoping the movement toward the revision of the exemption laws will be pushed and madea success, I remain Yours truly, J. BALL. — i ep - — - Michigan Board of Pharmacy. Detroit, Feb. 1—A meeting of the Michigan Board of Pharmacy, ‘or the E. White called attention to the closing of the} purpose of examining ocandidates for more | registration, will be held at Grand Rap- ids, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 7 and 8, 1893. The examination of both Registered Pharmacists and Assistants will com- mence on Tuesday at9 o’clock a. m., at which hour all candidates will please re- port at the lecture room of Hartman’s hall, corner Fountaln and lonia streets. The examination for registration for all candidates will occupy two days. Owing to the action of the last Legis- lature, which caused the Railway Asso- ciation of Michigan to change its rules relative to reduced rates for assemblies, special railroad rates for this meeting cannot be secured. Parties who are going from Detroit should leave their names with me,as,if ten go, a special rate of $6 for round trip can be secured. Yours respectfully, JAMES VERNOR, Sec’y. a oe Boarders Eat Them. A New York paper thinks that the American appetite for prunes must be developing rapidly, because the importa- tion of this fruit has increased so much of late. Last year the imports amount- ed to 22,000,000 pounds, against 7,000,000 the year before. The probability is, however, that this increase of importa- tion is in anticipation of the demand at Chicago during the world’s fair. It is a well-known fact that prunes make a cheap and healthy diet to feed boarders on. GINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Addross PECK BROS., “Suxsis 2:vi88" PRODUCE MARKET, Appels—Russets command 32.50 per bbl and Baldwins and Spys #2.75@83, according to qual- ity. Beans—Buyers now pay $1.60@81.85:for coun try picked, holding City picked at 81.90 @ 82.10 per bu. Butter—Quiet and lower. Dealers pay 20c for choice dairy, holding at 22c. Creamery com- mands 25@26c. Cabbage—#1 per doz., and scarce at that. Celery—18@20e per doz. bunches. Cider—13@l5c per gal. Cranberries—The market is without change, crates now being held as follows: Cape Cods and Jerseys, $2.75; Waltons, $3.25. Eggs—The market has been without particu- lar change during the past week, dealers now paying 18@20c and holding at A few warming days would serd the price down 2@3e per doz. Green Stuff—Grand Rapids forcing lettuce is in adequate supply at i8c per lb. Pieplant comes into market this week at 4c per lb. and radishes at 40e per doz. Honey—Not so plentiful asa few weeks ago. Clover stock is held at 13c. Onions—Higher Dealers pay 31.25 and hold at $1.50 per bu. Parsnips—40¢ per bu. Potatoes — The market is without matertlal change, buyers continuing to pay 65¢ per bushel here and 60c at the outside buying points. It is the general opinion among large dealers that the advent of warm weather will tend to lower the price for a time, due to the anxiety with which many handlers will rush potatoes into the market, producing a glutted condition. Squash—So scarce that it is practically out of market. Turnips—35c per bu 22c. MEN FERN say VAD TyeS, Mero BY oT oy RIVERDALE DISTIUS CHICAGO ticle. Y See that this Label appears on every opackage, as it is a guarantee of the genuine ar- MENT; EE finesse YE Yar = E RIVERDALE DISTIUSS s 0 FERMENTUM The Only Reliable CUMPRESSED YEAST Sold in this market for the past Fifteen Years. Far Superior to any other. Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. Endorsed Wherever Used. JOAN SMYTH, Agent Telephone 566. article. See that this Label appears on every package, as it is a guarantee of the gennine , Grand Rapids, Mish. 106 Kent St. ws MENT; FER Msse Ly) 7 Ae Mer'p BY ent RIVERDALE pISTILS e. 0 FEHrREI NS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. 14 oe 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. Five Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Michigan 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 Baseett, Detroit. Loca! Secretary—James Vernor. Next place of meeting—Some_ resort on St. Clair River; time to be designated by Executive Committee. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, John D. Muir; See’y, Frank H. Escott. Who Was It? Peck. The severe storms incident to the present winter season has made traveling very uncer tain, and commercial travelers have had great difficulty in reaching their customers on sched- ule time. A. W. Peck, traveling representative for the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Uo., recently found the following attempt at rhythmic com position pinned to his advance card in the store of one of his customers. ] Who was it that, in days gone by, Did our pills and salts supply, And on whom for more we did rely? PECK. Who was it that by mail did send A card, and on thereon he did append, “Hang me up and keep your eye on the date, February third.” And from whom I've not since heard a word’ PEck. Who was it that by mail did us notify That on him we could rely, But told us a d——n big lie? PECK. Who will take the blame, if one should die For want of medicine, bye and bye, And to the land of sheol go Into that clime so free from snow, And say, ‘‘’T was for the want of pills That he succumbed to mortal ills? Peck. ——— a The World as It May Seem to Different Eyes. Written for THE TRADESMAN. If we should ask an astronomer what his idea of the world was, we would very likely receive a reply something like this: ‘The planet or body on which we live, oc- cupying in the solar system the third place in order of distance from, and taking 365 days to move through its fixed path or orbit around, the sun, axis revolving on its twenty-four hours. It satellite, the moon, which takes twenty-eight days for its revolu- tion around the earth.’’ And so his answer might go on indefinitely. One who made a specialty of the study of geography in all its branches would tell us that the world was the surface of the globe or planet on which we live, and would give the numerous divisions and the peoples inhabiting the same. But there are other ways of looking at the world than these, although the above may be the most real. That part of the country, and the people we know or in whom we are the most interested, gener- ally constitute each one’s individual world. Again, to each of us the world presents adifferent phase. To one it brings glorious pictures of honor and renown; to another riches as a reward of past and future work, while to some it seems a very humdrum kind of a place where we arise morning after morning and go through the same weary routine with nothing to break the monotony un- til the Creator, in his wisdom, makes a most decided change by taking one or an- other of our companions into the Great Beyond. Sometimes as we go our way day by day, a face we have not seen in years, nor thought it anywhere near, will startle and carry us back to what is an entirely different world. Whata dif- ferent country will come before us, and how bright the world seemed back in that past where the face belongs! One by one the memories surge around us, and we are, if not children, still very young once in has but one again, with our plans laid to be or to do this or that great thing. Slowly the illus- ion fades and we find ourselves back in our everyday life with its duties and its pleasures, its sorrows and its joys. Thomas Moore says: ‘This world is all a fleeting show For man’s illusion given; The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow— There's nothing true but Heaven.” Another poet says: “This is a very good world that we live in, To lend, to spend and to givein; But to borrow, or beg, or get a man’s own-- *Tis the very worst world that ever was known.” And still another: “The world is a comedy to those who think— A tragedy to those who feel. From things seen and heard, I am in- clined to think that many believe what is told in the second quotation. Maybe if we should all try to live by the Golden Rule, this world would be brighter and pleasanter for each and every one of us. ALL ————-—»>-2 <>___ Queer Orders Received by a Druggist. D. D. Turner, of Fairbault, Minn., furnishes the Pharmaceutical Era with the following queer orders received by him at different times during the past half dozen years: Acohole (Alcohol). Alchoil (Alcohol). Alchol (Alcohol). Alkahal (Alcohol). Alkohoil (Alcohol). Catagory (Cuticura). Tanery (Tannin). Red cipic. Husbun Ca. Gine Magnicy. Glisserean (Glycerine, written M. D. Sulfuie Asic. Dear Sir will you please send me one bottle off James Insvecter in clare you. Fine $100. 1 lb can of Burt Cennah. 4 ocs sconk Root. One ocs apson soles. One onz meritasid. One onz selfpuriceasid. 10c of sephern tea. Crese Suplyment. Gross supplement. Cresont Sublimat. 1 box Ensect powder and one tin ma- chine for using it. Mr. Dearser Ples sen one D. St. Gacobs Oi1375 one Doisen Pinkelers 180 at hol- saile. Gream Tartar and Sulver. 10e Gum Straticum. Read picipet. Acafortis. Belidolian (Belladonna). Arnecky. Beldonia. Bicarnate of Potash. Colizboligascons (Carbolic Acid). 10¢ of Sulfer. 10¢c of Mustird. Sheponica. ———_ i -o-<— The Best Tobacco Pouch. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The best tobacco bags are made not of leather or rubber, but of the pouch ofa pelican. The monstrous membrane which fills out the lower bill of the peli- can is soft and thin, of very fine texture, easily tanned, and, when dressed, makes a beautiful article of leather, possessing the quality of being as impervious to water as India rubber. Tobacco kept in it will never become dry, but retains its sweetness and aroma even longer than when preserved in tin foil. In the southern seaboard States its value is well understood, and tobacco pouches made of it are very common. ence leanne Bliss in Ignorance. From the Indianapolis Journal. Jungerman—When I marry, the very first thing I mean to do is to settle the question as to who is boss. Altman—I’d advise younotto. You’ll find yourself a sight better off by remain- ing in ignorance. by an a A bargain is nota good one when it has a best end which another man gets. PYRAMID PILE GURE. A new remedy which has created a sensation among physicians by its wonderful effects in speedily curing every form of piles. it is the only remedy knownc(ex- cept a surgical operation) which can be relied on to give instant relief and a lasting cure in Itching, Protruding, Bleeding or Blind Piles. Briefly stated, it has the following advantages over a surgical operation or any other pile cure: It is absolutely painless; it contains no mineral poisons nor in- jurious substance; it gives immediate relief from the first application: it can be carried in the pocket and used while traveling or anywhere without the slightest inconvenience or interference with business; and, last, but not least, it is cheap, costing but a trifle. The following letters speak for themselves and need no comment except to say we have hundreds of similar ones and could fill this paper with them if necessary. GENTLEMEN—Your Pyramid Pile Cure is without an equal; it cured me in 30 days or a much shorter time. I waited 15 days or more to be sure I was cured be- fore writing you, and can now say I have not the slightest trace of piles and am much surprised at the rapid and thorough effect of the remedy. Truly yours, J. W. Rollins, Marmaduke Military Academy, Sweet Springs, Mo. From J. W. Waddell, Zulla, Va.—I am acured man. I only used one package of the Pyramid Pile Cure and I can state to the whole world that it has cured me, and I had them so bad I could hardly walk and I would have them now if my wife had not insisted on my trying it, and I kept it some time before she could get me to use it, but I now thank God such a remedy was made, and you can use this letter in any way it will do the most good. Mrs. Mary C. Tyler, of Heppner, Ore. ; writes—One package of Pyramid Pile Cure entirely cured me of piles from which i have suffered for years, and I have never had the slightest return of them since. Mr. E. O’Brien, Rock Bluffs, Neb., says—The package of Pyramid Pile Cure entirely removed every trace of itching piles. I cannot thank you enough for it. Ask your druggist for the Pyramid Pile Cure, and a single trial will convince you that the reputation of this remedy was built up on its merits as a permanent cure and not by newspaper puffery. It is the surest, safest and cheapest Pile Cure sold. Any druggist will get it for you as he can obtain it from every wholesaler in Detroit, Chicago or Grand Rapids. INDUCEMENT TO THE RETAIL DRvecists AND GENERAL STORES. Do You Sell DIAMOND TRA) 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. Empress Josephine Face Bleach Is the only reliable cure for freckles and pimples. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO., GRAND Rapips, Micu., Jobbers for Western Michigan. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insurance Co Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, La Grippe may attack but cannot overcome those protected by frequent use of CUSHMAN’S MENTHOL [NHALER. It destroys the microbes lodged on the mucous membranes and arrests progress of the disease. Unequalled for COLDS, SORE THBOAT, CA- TARRH, HEADACHE and NEURALGIA. The first inhalations stop sneezing, snufling, coughing and headache, Continued use com- — the cure. Sold by all druggists 50 cents. egistered mail 60 cents from H. D,. CUSHMAN, Patentee and Mfr., Three Rivers, Mich., U. 8. A. AYLAS 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. - © a ¢- _ ap ~ ~~ — 4 ¢ < ee * e ty “yy e @ ye THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 15 Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Chlorate potash, gum kino. ACIDUM. Acetic ...... ...... 8@ 10 Benzoicum German... 65@ 175 Bomeee 6... 20 Carpoleuim .......... Ze oo 50@ 52 Pverocnior ......,.... ss €«€US Peis ...... -c..- 10@ 12 Owateui ......-...... 10@ 12 Phosphorium dil...... 20 Selieviicum ........... i aa 70 Sulphuricum.. 1%@ 5 aero. |... ........ a 9 = TeceericuMm........... AMMONIA, Aqua, 6 deg.......... 34@ 5 deg.. 54@ 7 Carbonas ..... i. oe Citerigeim ........-.... 12@ 14 ANILINE. Black Brown ed... Yellow . BACCAE, Cabese (po 50)...... 55 aumperas ....... 10 Xanthoxylum... 30 BALSAMUM. topeine .............. 5@ 5D Ria aty @1 30 Terabin, Canada ..... 45@ 50 Women ............... 35@ 50 CORTEX. Abies, Canadian............ 18 ES oa. Cinchona Fiava ............ 18 Euonymus atropurp........ 30 Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20 Prams Virgi.............. 12 mie, @ra.......... 2... . = Saesarraa ................... 12 Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... 15 EXTRACTUM, Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 4@ 2 - ....... BQ 3 Haematox, 15 lb. box 11@ 12 - fe... 13@ 14 - ie... Js... 14@ 15 ' Ree fcc 16@ 17 FERRU Carbonate Precip...... @ 15 Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 Citrate Soluble........ @ Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ Solut Chioride........ @ 15 Sulphate, com’l....... 9@ 2 igs pure... a FLORA. aaa 18@ 20 pS #@ 35 Maticaria —iwi..:- 40@ 50 FOs.1A Paes CL... ........-. 45@) 00 Caen ‘seutitel, Tin- : nivell CC BQ 2 _ Alx. 3@ 30 Salvia officinalis, 4s eae 108..........3... 15@ 2 Pao ..........--- 8@ 1¢ G@UMMI. Acacia, ist picked.... @ 7 . 2d © noes @ 45 - 3d ees @ 30 . — sorts... @ 5 cece couse oe = Aloe Barb, (po. 60 "Ca ape, (Po. if @ 12 Socotri, (po. 60). @ 50 Catechu, 1s, (68, 14 Me, a _@ 1 Ammon en 55D «60 Assafostida, (po. 35).. 39@ 35 Bee eum............ 3@ 55 Camphorm............. 55@ 58 Euphorbium po...... 35 10 GAIPARUM.....+4...--- @2 = Gamboge, po.......... q 7 Guaiacum, (pe 30) .... @ % Boe, eo tr... @1 15 meee... .......- — @ so Myrrh, (po. = ie @ 40 Opii (po 3 00). . 2 2@2 30 Beers |... 30@ 38 ' bleached..... 83@ 35 Tragacanth ........... @@i@ HERBA—In ounce packages. A 8 25 Bupatorium ................. 20 ae wa Cee ie ced et se eeecae ee 25 ae. 28 Mentha Piperita, oie okey as 23 Vir. beets occ) ae mee... etka. eats 30 MS, Voces occ eee ee. 22 wee ©. 25 MAGNESIA, Caicmed, Fat.......... GB @ Carbonate, Past........ 20@ 2 Carbonate, K.& M.... 2@ 25 Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35@ 36 OLEUM. Absinthium. .... .3 50@4 Amygdalae, Dale... 45@ 75 Amydalae, Amarao....8 00@8 25 Bue. .........- ne 75@1 85 Auranti Cortex. .-2 40@2 50 Bergamili . -3 25@3 50 a putl . ; - > — y -_ = i - BO 6 Chancsoail . ‘ @i 60 Cinnamonii . -1 00@1 10 Citronella ... . s&s 6 Conium Mac 35@ 65 eee cc, 90@1 00 Cuncuee............. . QBs 2 xechthitod.......... 2 50@2 75 Breer .............; 2 25@2 50 ere at 2 00@2 10 Geranium, ounce..... eo Gossipli, Sem. gal..... %@ 85 Hoddema 0060000110) 2 10@2 2% IGE. oc. eos ell 50@2 00 Davonawe ............ 2 00 —.....,...... 2 50@3 CO Mentha Piper.........-. 2 75Q@3 50 Mentha Verid......... 2 20@2 30 Morrhuae, gal......... 1 00@1 = a —......... PANG ee, 95Q@2 3 Picks oe (gal, _ 100 12 Roe 22@1 28 aia ee eas a Rosae, Ounce.......... 6 0a. 50 eceee. 3... oo... = i eee HOt 00 Sane oo 8: 3 50@7 . Samsatras....... ol Sinaia, ess, ounce... @ eS eae... .. — @ 9 Thyme es 0@Q 5D . Oe... @ 60 Theonromeas..... 0... 15@ 20 POTASSIUM. Cw... 15@ 18 Dienremate ........... 13@ 14 SOMME... 50... 35@ 39 Care: 12@ 15 = (po 23@25) 2@ 26 eyenee........- t 55 Rog 2 9@3 00 Potassa, Bitart, — 27@ 30 Potassa, Bitart, com. on 15 Potass Nitras, opt cues 10 Potaas Nitrag.......... 7 9 Prune 28@ 30 Pipes pO... 15@ 18 RADIX. mcoetiim ............ 2 eee 22@ 2% AmOneee..... 2.2.2... 12@ 15 rome. bO.............- @ BS Came... 1... 0a 40 Gentiana (po, 12)..... 8@ 10 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 —— Canaden, = hey Ge ee @ 30 He ian Ala, po.. 15@ 20 regres, 66... .........- 15@ 20 petee, yo... 8... 2 30@2 40 Iris plox (po. 35@38).. 35@ 40 oes OF... ...... 50@ 55 Maranta, 1s.. oe @ 5 Podophyllum, po. a 15@ 18 eer... 75Q@1 00 ~ Gut. @1 %5 ' : ee eee cece 75@1 35 oe! 35@ 38 Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ w Serpentaria deed ee ce a, 32 Redeee .... .., 4. 40 Similax, Officinalis, - 30@ 65@ @ @ Seiliae, (po. 3) ........ 10@ 12 Symplocarpus, Foati- oe wo... @ 3 Valeriang, Eng. (po. - @ % German... 15@ 2 foeieer &........ 18@ 20 frmgieer 7... 5... 18@ 22 SEMEN. Anisum, (po. 20). @ i5 Bird. is (graveleons) .. 12%@ 15 Seas a ees 4@ 6 Carat, (po. 15). ........ &@ 12 Comeeion............. 1 = 25 Cormmueram.......-... 10@ 12 Cannabis Sativa....... ao g ereees..... ...-.... 5@1 00 endpodium ........ Hie 12 Dipter x Odorate...... 3 “— 25 Poemenulam........... 15 Lin ns we... Pravin 6 & 6% Sinapis “Alba 12000°".11 @13 IE 1i@ 12 SPIRITUS. Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 D. FE. R.....1 75@2 00 a 1 25@1 50 Juniperis Co. 0. T....1 G@s 00 ci 1 75@3 50 Saacharum N 1 ae Spt. Vini Galll.. 1 75@6 50 amt Oporto ..... .-1 25@2 00 Viet Aee............- 1 2@2 00 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool Carrieee............. 2 50 Nassau sheepse’ wool Coreane ............ 2 00 Velvet oxtra oe wool Carriage....... 1 10 Extra yellow ‘ania Garriees ............. 85 Grass = wool Car- eee 65 Hard for slate use. % Yellow Reef, for slate MR oss ceases, 1 40 Accacia ... 50 Zingiber .. 50 Pee ic. 60 eae 50 Auras Cortes.............. 50 Ce ee 50 Similax Officinalis Seog culee 60 Ce... 50 ee ee 50 Sciliae Sie daebie es de econ seea ye 50 MO esi mie ce kee 50 NU bos ei eee rescue pee 50 POON CON i ca ce case 50 Declined—Gum arabic, TINCTURES. Aconitum Napellis . ae 60 Se 50 Ce 60 ~ ena myer... |... 60 MEO ee... 50 Mere... 0 Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 poe 60 a ee 50 DOUMMOEIA... 5... |... 50 ee 50 Comseereies................. 8 ee a | Te 50 Ce Geneon... ae o oe... q Caer. 100 ow 50 COME 8, 50 - oe i eee 50 cere... .... Se ieee... 50 i oo 50 . CO... 60 ie ee 50 e Sammon... .......... 60 See we. 50 Seyoeeveinme ....... 8... 50 POG y £9) . Celacions........ % Weert Chleridum............ 35 Ri 50 i 50 en. 50 Nax Vom... 50 Op oS 85 * Camphorated........... 50 " Deer... 200 wuaeemeel Comtex... .. ......- 50 eee 50 hatany ee 50 re _. oo Cassia Acutifol.. 50 Co. 50 Sentituta ON 50 Stromonium....... 60 Tolutan ..... os 60 Vaterian ...... 2... | oe Veratrum Veride............ 50 MISCELLANEOUS, Ether, § Spts Nit, SF.. Se 3 4F.. 2@ & i . 2%@ 3 . ground, (po. Meee eles 8@ 4 AMEOG 55@ 60 Antimoni, me.......... 4@ 5 et Potass T. 55@ 60 AMAIEOPE 2... @i 40 ri @ Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 60 Arperienm ... so 7 Balm Gilead Bud.. 38@ 40 ent S&S NL . 2@2 25 see Chior, 1s, (4s Ds ae @ il Cantharides Russian, -................ 1. @1 00 Capsict Fructus, af... @ 2% ¢ 28 “ss “a 3 po. 20 ane, {pe 18) us 15 Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75 Cera Alba, 8. oF none 50@ 55 Come Wisva.....°...... 38@ 40 MOGeme. 1. ........., @ #0 Cassia e Bructas oe @ 5 Compares... 8... @ 10 eum ee @ 40 Cierorerm ........... 60@ 63 _ ai @1 25 Chlioral Hyd =" ecees 1 35@1 60 wong 20@ 25 Cinchoniding, P.& W 15@ 2 German 3 @ 12 Corks, list, dis. Come ....... 60 Creasotum ...... @ 3 Creta, (bbl. 75) @ ee 5@ 5 . coc ...... %@ il ” Mnem........... @ 8 roe... 7 85 oe 2 24 Capel Sulph........... 5@ 6 Deemeree ..k: 10@ 12 miner Siiph........ |. 0@ 5 Emery, = numbers.. @ He ges ous @ 6 mreota, (pe.) 7G5....... 7@ 7 — vipa, eee oauce 2@ 15 Bode ee eee ck. @ 2B aes ese pene ca cess 7@8 Gelatin, Cooper....... @ 70 remit... 40@ 60 ch Glassware flint, by box 70 & 10. Less than box 663 Glue, mrewn.......... 9@ 15 Wale... 18@ 2% Grveerms ......... 1. 15%@ 20 Grana Paradisi........ @ R Tee 25@ 55 Hydraag ee” _ ¢ . . Ox ae @ 2% . Ammoniati.. @i1 00 . Unguentum. 45@ 55 Tht Tareyram ......... @ 64 ee olla, Am.. ..J — = en Resubl........ 3 80@3 90 TOGGnON........ 2.8... @4 70 a ee seca woe ox 25 Lycopodiam .......... 60@ 65 ee 70@ 75 27 Lanuer Pesaen Avatitite 10@ 12 — Sulph (bbl 1% Mannia, 8. F.. Morphia, 8. P. & W...1 7@1 95 | Seidlitz Mixture...... @ aN. ¥. © 4 Sinapis Se @ 18 co... 1 69@1 85 = seca pees @ 30 Moschus Canton...... @ 40| Snuff, Maccaboy, De Myriatica, No. f....... 6@ 70 Voe @ 35 Nux Vomica, (po 2).. @ 10] Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ On Sema... 20@ 22) Soda Boras, (po. th). 10@ 11 Pe 5 Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart. 27@ 30 @2 06 | Soda Carb............ 1%@ 2 Pics Liq, N D 1..C., '% ‘gal Seda, Gi-Carb......... @ 5 ee @2 00 Soda, Ash. oo 6 Picis iig., quarts ..... @1 00 | Soda, Sulp vhas. . os C 2 pants ....... @ 8 Spts. EtherCo........ H@ 55 Pil eae (po. 80) .. @ SO| = Myrela Dom..... @2 2 Piper Nigra, (po. —- @ 1 “ Diyrcia imp... .- @3 00 Piper Alba, aie _ @ 3 o - Rect. bbl. Pix Burgun. . ee ft -.-2 29@2 39 Pinminl Acct .......... 14@ 15 Less 5e gal., , cash ten. days. Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... 1 40@1 45 Pyrethrum, boxes Sulphur, Subl......... 246@ 3% Gr. D. Co., des..... @1 25 — ; a ae “= “. mnerinds............ cag ee = Terebenth Venice..... “= 30 Quinia, 8. P. & W i go | Theobromaee ..........45 48 "3. German 33 | Vanilla... . ae OOGHE 00 Rubia Tinctorum.. 12@ 14) Zinel a. ae Saccharum Lactis py. B@ Selecta... 1 75@1 89 Ors. 50 Bbl. Gal 14 | Whale, winter........ 70 70 iter Cxiva..........30 t15 i bard Ne 1........... 65 70 Linseed, pureraw.... 49 52 Lindseed, boiled . 52 55 Neat’s Foot, winter epretned ........... 80 85 Spirits Turpentine. . 40% 45 PAINTS. bbl. Ib. Hed Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 Ochre, yellow Mars... 1% 2@4 Her......16 Sean Putty, commercial. . 12 24%@3 *¢ stricti are..... 2% 2%@3 hepa rime Amer- bee cee ek, 13@16 Vamos: English... 65@Q7 Green, Peninsular a T0@T Lead, —........... 6% @7 one ........... _—_ Whiting, white Span. @7 Whiting, Gilders’...... @% White, ‘aris American 1¢ Whiting, Paris Eng. cliff Sees eee oe ee 1 4¢ Pioneer Prepared Paint1 20@174 Swiss = —, Paints . 1 00@1 20 VARNISHES, No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Extra Turp............160@! et Coach Body........... 2 75@3 00 No.1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. iy —_—......... TO@75 HAAELTINE & PERKINS DRUG C Importers and Jobbers of DRUGS CREMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES DEALERS IN Paints, Oils “= Varnishes. SWISS WILMA PREPARED PAINTS. Fal Line of Staple Drugs) We are Sole Preprietors of Weatherly’s Michigan Gatarrh sis Sundries Remedy. We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of WHISKIES, BRANDIES, GINS, WINES, RUMS. We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarante All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. NS HAZELTINE & PERK @ satisfaction. Send a trial order. DaUG GO, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. So The prices quoted in this li ih ist are for the trade only, in ‘ such qua 2 “e going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. thi een a usually purchased by retail dealers. ‘They are prepared just before * ¥ below are given as representing average prices for average ace ao -— ————- suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those 3 oO ure ° those who have poor credit. Subscribers are earnestly requested to point P : ase. Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than ” . Seetnik ait ie aon i tendon. p out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the ~~ AXLE GREASE. Blackberries oe L ' on i =SSSTS SST SSS doz gross | B. Sa . @22 Above re ce... 2 oe Cherries. = welizer, imported. G2 | are subject to the following [6% ....0---nos HERBS. — EE ea 10@1 20 omestic @i4 | quantity discounts: Pe es ee 1 - Sage ey eee c Sa 5 see eeee Pabers ll, = 9 tc Pitted Hamburgh - 1% Caneer. = or over. - 5 per Cent, Coin. eer Steuer er - 9 0 Mic 5 ee... 1 50 Blue Label a _ a Se 1 00 INDIGO. ma Bh .-. 2 eee ee eee 7% 800 gg m 1 20 a pint, 25 bottles... ... 2 7 1000 [ sy Madras, 5 Ib, b “ * ee oe 55 6 00|Damsons,Egg PiumsandGreen|Pint = ot... -450| COUPON PASS BO FARINACEOUS GOODS, |8.F..2/3and 5b. boxes. 50 BAKING POWDER. : Quart 1 doz bottles |..">....3 50 — , veil ee Acme. Eri {Can be made to represent any Farina. JELLY. a % Ib. cans, 3 doz. 45 on a SO aaa 1 10 CLOTHES PINS. denomination from 810 down. | | 100 lb. kegs............. 3% | 17 Ib. pails r ; te 8 a 85 orn . an i . 1 Seremberms .:........ 40@45 ae eee... ...... sci. Hominy. 30 ig HIS. .....---- 2-2: ‘ = ae of 1 sooseberries. a eae | 190 | Common ..... 1 20 COCOA SHELLS, 100 : : 0 — Sods esecccosecccesces 300 LI i we > 0 ee 3 50 CORICE, Arctic Sani 351b bags.. @3 2H * 6 Pure % } cans a . 60 Less uantity| ca @3 500 _ ; ~ Lima Beans, BI ie ik sl sll ts nl ai 3 iy. ee tb crt tes 1251 Pou @3% 1 000 10 CO] Drtod. oe 4x | Calabria.......... 25 cS : ee ....;.---.- ange cocsanmcas ox@t | ™ sscusscssces 17801 Magoarond and Vermicellt, | SIUY--- ---s---seeecceeeee 1B BS 9 60 | Shepard's ............ 2 00 COFFEE. CREDIT CHECKS. Domestic, 12 Ib, box "55 LYE. er i2 a ae oa , DOK... 5 oz. cans, 4 doz. 1 in case... 80 eo ce 1 85 Gueen. 1000 ee : S —" crea ee .o doz........... 1 2% 16“ 2 g op | OXFOrd.... .......----- °e. -_ co .. atmeal. Gon...... ee -_— fs ee le . eee 8 00 Red Star, * B cans 40] ., Pears. ~~. a 19 Steel meee as +a yd a” 4 & MATCHES, 4D ee 1 50 = 2 10 a. a = eS Pearl B 1 si ii Deed ecucwad i are 2 ees 90 arley. | Anchor parior............... ? Telfer 8, % ib. c cans, doz. . Pineapples. aa an a eae an rey. ae — 2 gen eee, 1 {0 “ “ os " C : : ur . IKPOEE PAFIOF... 5. 2... cece ‘1 Ib. 1 50 een pe 1 00@1 = Santos. Seymour XXX, cartoon... oy Peas. 4000, wo o BATH BRICK. “ —— a Mote. ..... LO lt ee cg o—_ DU... eee e ee eee 1 8 MINCE MEAT, E 2 dozen in case. Quinces. —. Sater ene ae 2 ee Rolie d Oats. f - : Ts eesaaemaaaealy ei er teeter ets 22 ¢ ie olled Oats. a > Common ..... 1 10} Peaberry . 23 | Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 6% | Barrels 180.. : in | |. i = Raspberries, Mexican and Guatamala. — . a is Half bbls 90.. 5 _ BLUING. nl eee ‘ ago. Arctic, 4 oz ovals. . Gross ae pce eaa 1 50 aoe. Te “= Butter biscult . ds % Bast India a a LAT ee 7 00 a see 12 a ae ¥ " ints, round........ 10 50 Strawberries. coe to 3 Wheat. | : 2, sifting box... 2 75 i 1 25| Prime. —— 19 a u 7% Cracked....-.....660. 22... | «“ No. 3, ’ 4 00 | Hamburgh 1 25 | Milled - "Ti Tiigg | Soda, Duchess.............. 8% FISH--Salt. t No. 5 . ee | 1 25 ‘J n Crystal Wafer. ce - ion ee eg i i ietorior....... 2 or, Long Island Wafers -.... +i zi h — eee __, BROOMS, Whortleberries. Private Growth............7 |s Oyster. Perens rates animate 1 40 MEASURES. re MadMed 1 7%5| Blueberries ...... 1 00 | Mandehling ----27 |S. Oyster XXX. ............ 6 Cod. ——? oe a cette ein «4 ae | NM MM 6 | Pollock . 3% Tin, per dozen. No. 2 Carpe. Ase Sah isk bial -, pis Facies Mocha, a Farina Oyster.............. 6 Whole, Grand (Bank... meh eee... oa "re ian 2 75 Roast beef, Armour’s.......2 10| Arablan.....................96 CREAM TARTAR, Seton a ee = ae “2 Common Whisk... ...... a." 2 we aman ae Roasted ~~ | Strictly pure. 30 Halt t nt tater) en sk 5 7 ee ) ed. ce nena : a ee ee eee ee eee ee oa . Fanc ‘ tis) « tongue, 4 iy. oe To ascertain cost of roasted Telfer’s Absolute.......... -)\ Smoked .........._.... 10%@11 Se 40 arehouse. 3 25 “ --1 © | coffee, add ec. per Ib. fo renee. 15@25 Wooden, f 1 BRUSHES, : tn, 85 | ing and 15 per cent. for shrink. : ane. is ee Ne, Pee. ae — s ea eee 95 oan. it. for shrink- DRIED FRUITS. Holland, Ww hite hoops keg 5) 1 gallon Gee Ie 7 00 a oe - 18 . Package. Domestic, “ oe oe ca a ee sat eat Be m.............. 1% Vegetables. Sichanchiin’s XX : : Apples. Senate: = = tre 3 % ( oot Scrub, 2 row. 85 Beans. MeLanghlin’s XXXX.. 24 30/ Sundried, sliced in bbls. 74 | Round, bbl 1 ‘Iba:..... cae oe | Rice Root Scrub, 3row.... 1 25 Hamburgh stringless.......1 25 ase ao nell a 23.80 «quartered “7% en om —— oo MOLASSES ~ 2 = ion......1s| " —-—..ee000 eee Se en Og... 1? ; CANDLES. Li as 1 35 Extract. Apricots, ie a Blackstrap. ' Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes......... 10 ma, green ee 1 40 Valley City % gross... | 75| California in bags...... 16% | No. 1, 1001bs _ — Sugar house.......... eoeee 14 oe Star, ' 40 ITD | petete ees saeco: 75 | Fel “7+: 45| Evaporatedin boxes. -. 17" | No.1) 40 1b oe ee oe Cubs Baking a. 4 | Lewis oston Baked... 1 35 Hummel’s, foul, gross. ae Blackberries, No. 1, 10 = ER nn a 5 05 | Ordinary ...... : 16 Wicking 4 ay State Baked... | 1 35 -se+e+ 150] In boxes... ....... oo lt : 8 iP 4 Uartimrent Abaibda alesse i Poe oe 4 ee 50 RoR, ‘ Family, eae CANNED GOODS. Pica Oeeee...............-. 1 00 CHICORY es .. 15 DS ..-. ++. 204- 20 Weeie. iss ee a . 95 Ib. boxes.... .......... he ee. ~~ FS Clams mubetoh Seven een Chee eel sc. 5 Peaches, ussian, Kegs.....+........ 50 Little Neck, ib. oe Livingston Ede -* oa i eg Gal. evi in boxes........ 16 Trout. 18 beclee ee cD SE cee coca zs vap. ‘ a : i ” 7 ic Cl a2 aaa ™ Honey Pear ee Ee. bags. none ae 13% No. 1g bbie 4) Tos aL 4 25 Standard, 3 Ib.. 22 25 ine ung oe A oT Cotton, 40ft....... per dog. 1 25 Pea Wa toe he 3 05 D | Dove Oysiers. Fes a i . . ae. 1 40| California in bags. toe... - cy.. a Fo —" -_ -, | wamburgh saute 1 35 co soft i «2 80) Barrels _ ted Cherries. Whitefish, One-haif barrels, 8¢ extra, : BI 17 . aa... _ a « eee... No. 1, % bbls., 1001bs........7 50 PICKLES. a) oe Star, (CC. 2 50 Champion Eng..1 50 Jute ot ‘“ 90 eS No. 1 1, Kits, ee 1 00 Medium. { ! 2 Ib. ""3 50 {petit pots... 175 oa ...... “ 100 Prunelles. ay: 5s. Ibs... 4 00] g : ae! Pienic,11b.. "8 00 ancy sifted...1 90 ‘inte eee 8 10 lbs......... 6g | Dartels, 1,200 count... 7 00% ~ - o-. + Es, 4 CONDENSED MILK. i) PONE... ..5....., ital Half bbis, 600 count.. 4 00 i | Mackerel. Harris standard... 2.22... 7 4 doz. in case Raspberries. NG EXTRACTS. Small, Standard, 1h... : _.1 95 | VanCamp’s ae 1 10] Eagle.... . a 2 ee eile 22 Souders’. icici tii : a ? de cae 2 uh ney 76ee te oe 23 Q _ 00 Mustard, 2lb ||... |. .2 = Archer’s Early Blossom... ‘i 35 acouies tains CE a g : eT 24 wae wi ect e—pa Maumee ati aan “7 Tomato Sauce, 2 1b. "2 95 | French. ....2 15} American Swiss... ........ 7 70 Raisins. est in the world for the money. ‘e Soused, 2 Ib.. Ce ae eee en 6 70 . J Muscatels in Boxes, PIPES. ¥ nee ne ‘ Columbte oe: a enca.. = bie b ce eden es 173 29 COUPON BOOKS, “ 1 ae sir = : ; “7 = Regular oy rb. Sa 13 & : , aa el... umpkin. - Loose Muscatels in in Bags, Grade Cob, N fullcount........ % Alaska, Red a ee 95 2 crown ... "5% Lemon, | VOD, No. &.............. .... 1 25 t~ 125 on. 3 Petar ee . doz clea - Te 9 Sardines. oe. 1 2 i ia, 8 3 ——_—a. .. os elieiede sialic, i ‘ - cans in case, a i. &ua 7 ne a Currants, eee Te ean or € FT Imported ME eo 10Gi1 oe ss — 85 ey barrels. 4% a mes Sal Co.’s.......... 3 8 @i1é Se 1 50 n %-bbis.. : y, or —— Xs... oe | eee. 1 35 “In less quantity .. (= So o7 ea ese } oa 21 Tomato " ’ Peel. 4 +++ 81 2 a ae ed On, : Tradesman. Citron, Leghorn, 25 1b. boxes 20 a0n..... 240 Carolina — Lede Gees cee ee. S . re WE a ----- tcc 1 25/8 1, per hundred........... 2 00| kemon 10 i. - eo 9 —— ee ee ro a ee. XTomon | Broken Se Apples. : ae. i= a : . 200 aisins. Le emon, | Broken................ eee. . . we Ss 3 lb. standard ........ 1 0 | Gallon Fiend, eee EE z on} Ondura, 291b.boxes.. @ 8 #2 Oz.....81 50 York State. gajians ... 3 25 eee Saree Sh UL 4 oy | Sultana, 20 @10 toa... 3 00 Imported. Hamburgh. | - : CHOCOLATE _ sauna arr 5 09| Valencia, 30“ @7 ae ets as Apricots. ALE. Superior.” Prunes. XX Grade | J NO... veces eee 5 olay og 1% Baker's, 8 1, per hundred........... 2 59| California, 100-120.......... 10% on to 5 Tite CS... 1 % German Sweet............ 23 : 2, 90x100 25 Ib. bxs.11% ca. .... $1 et aerial aca alu am ane a ar 5 ale Cee : = Freminm.... ae 37] 3 3 rt — Ff “ise — — reakfast Cocoa.......... 43 B10, a 60x70 ia az — DC. 2 x 4 AS, ee ee 7’ emon. CHEESE, ae “4 | 207 foldingbox... 75 “ls Amboy 2KQI3% eee ee 3 02 “1 00 1 50 go 4 Ae . 2 00 Riverside gi oe ENVELOPES. 6 os “ ‘"'2 00 3 00 a ‘ ‘ ' Skim associate 9 $i" “Universal.” ; XX rag, white. sr 1s Pa” = Oe eu rsal. a 81 75 GUNPOWDER. i Bete onsen rene © 1, por handred.......... No. 2, ee 1 60 | 4 Bam 0.2.0... 20.02. 100 [82 « a . Coe 1 65 | Austin’s Rifle, kegs.. 3 50 y Letden «2-040. 000+ 23 183, “ Me 6 ee de % kogs...... 2 90 Pi Sane @10 8 5, “ XX ‘wood, whi i Crack Shot, kegs ..3 50 | meapple ............. 810, “ No. 1, 6% meen i egs 2 00 wit as dca . os eee ee a ee ers ee ae ol ae ‘ No. 2, 6% =. ean Ee > & a SPICES. Whole Sifted. ee 10 Cassia, China in mats...... q “4 . Batavia in bund....1 _ Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, CO ee 2 pa + Os 10 Cg ee 80 e Nutmegs, a eases 75 " ie, 70 0 . . 2 oe ti beecee . .60 epper, mappere, | —- ae %& sd Re -20 . ee 16 L Pure Ground in Bulk, ° Re 15 Cassi a, Batavia ee 18 . and — 25 " “Saigon 2D Cloves, Amboyna. ebb ae 22 ustecaue, 18 ica Ginger, African............. 3 50) fo 20 . " Jamaica . “in Case bene........... 30 40 STARCH. mo ye Corn. 45 ee 6 40 re ieee 5% ‘ Gloss. . 1-lb packages oe 5% ms ak Ce TT 5% a 7 foe © 6 2 0 and SO lb. boxes.......-.. 4% a perce...) 5% SNUFF. ca Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 french ppee, in Jars..... 43 S SODA, Heme Shs . pee oe ere 4% e SALT. 100 3-Ib. sacks eee sods cae 82 25 18 5-Ib. 20 : 28 for. sacks 85 = 20 14-Ib. 25 0 7 2 3 Ib cases 150 4 i 56 lb. dairy in linen bags.. 2 oo | drill oe eg r Warsaw. * 56 > dairy in drill bags... 32 " ain a - 7 Ashton. f 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 + Higgins. : 56 }h, dairy in linen sacks. 75 or Solar Rock. ee ry 4 Common Fine. 7 ee 90 25 ty Manes... .... 95 siti SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Oe ¢ Oe ee $8 25 Deans 2... f Dwight’s.... .. ; 30 el Meer a. ss... 5... 3 00 SOAP. Y = Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. % ~« , Old Country, 80 1-lb 4 00 a Good Cheer, 601 Ib..... A White Borax, 1) 4e-1b...... i Proctor & Gamble. Cees oc 3 45 Ivory, - ... .--.....-. 6 75 _ cen eiee 4 ee se cic 2 Mottled German........... 3 7 . Town Talk See teas 3 50 Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. a7) aimerican Family, = d..34 50 & plain... 4 44 N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands. y # Sante Creuse. ............... 475 | Brown, ee Oe... 2 85 | ie 3 50 y, _ oceag Bros. & Co.’s Brands. 0 tig, A ak hk ek, a sh. te he ae | Marseilles. . } Master .... ; oe Scouring. Sapolio, ee 3 doz... 250 hand, 3 doz....... 2 50 SUGAR. To ascertain the cost of sugar laid down at any town in the | Lower Peninsula, add freight rate from New York to the fol lowing quotations, which repre sent the refiners’ — : Cus boat. ...... Uae ses Powomer oo... .... 4 94 Crammiaieg ...... 5... c.. 4 62 Pane Granulated........... 4 62 Extra Fine Granulated.... 4 75 ce ey ieee... 494 BAA POowdered.......... 5 31 Contec. Standard A.. .... 4 56 Ro. 1 Columbia A.......... 40 No. 6 Mrapire A ..... ..... 4a mo. 6... |... . 427 Me 4 31 Ro. 3... 4 25 no, 9... 4138 Te 32 me 4 00 a 3 87 TO ee 3 31 SYRUPS. Corn. Darreie. ........... dee eeee “| tt OE ..... a 26 Pure Cane. Pe a, 19 OG ce 25 ace 30 SWEET GOODS. Ginger Snapa.......... 8 Suger Croams......... 8 Frosted Creams....... 9 Graham Crackers..... 8% Oatmeal Crackers.... 8% VINEGAR. moey......-............. 7 @8 ee el @9 $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Bute, per eal ....... -.... 30 Beer mug,2dozincase... 1 75 YEAST. mogie........ 1 00 Warner’s 1 00 eet Weems ............ 0. 1 00 ee a. © Royal a TEAS. JaAPAN—Regular. Pee i... @l7 i @20 Cuarea............... 24 @26 Ceeten.......... .2., 32 @34 Pee 10 @12 SUN CURED. Pee... @17 Coon... ss... @20 Cries. ..........--... 24 @2xe ae 32 @34 eee 10 @i2 BASKET FIRED. SE 18 @2 Chitose : Extra choice, wire leaf @40 GUNPOWDER. Common to fair....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choicest fancy........ 7 @s5 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. Pair ........-....-..... 18 @2z EE 24 @28 OE ee 40 @50 TOBACCOS. Fine Cut. Pails unless otherwise noted Biawatha .......-.... 62 Sweet Cune......... : 36 McGinty eee os cia 27 ¥% bbls.. 25 Dandy dim............ 29 foe 24 = in drums.. 23 Ton Fee ........... 28 tues... ...........-.- . 23 ~ Coe: 5...) 22 Plug. Sorg’s Brands. Spearnead ............ 41 Oe oe a cs 29 Nobby Twist....,....... 40 Scotten’s Brands. By10.. <2 20.000 ee cas 26 ee 38 Valley City ......- —. 34 Finzer’s Brands. Olid Honenty.......... 40 Jory ree ........ : 32 histatins Catlin’s Brands. Be Gri... ........ iW Golden Shower............. 19 Ce ee 29 American Eagle Co.’s Brands. Myrtic Navy................ 40 Stork ane oe THE MICHIGAN TRADE SMAN. Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands. | Bega @ i SHELL g0oDs. Pails, No. i, two-hoop.. 13 ee 16 Pore tote... 255; 5. @l1y | Oysters, per ee 1 50@1 75 No. three-hoop.... 1 60 Banner — Ree cae co | “ @iaulgcrm. ...... Gunite, = —(C. . 1 00@1 2% | Clothesp o Ser. boxes.... 40 Gold Cu ---28 | Sausage, blood orhead = @ 7% pe Howia, ti fek.............. ‘ Scotien s eee | ' iver . -- + @*%! Counts, per gal.. i 2 20 c m © oo. \ | Wacpetie ee 7 | i: Frankfort ---- @ 9%| Extra Selects...../1/... 2 co oS _1G Money Dew .+..25 | Mutton ......... Oe ee ee - 23 7 Ls Veal...... 2.2... 244. (OS (Standards 12 7 27 *, F, Adams Tobacco Co,’s_ | S - eo % 21 3 f Brands. oe and STEEN. Scallops a ta Baskets, market. -. 3 a a a = Dettenthaler quotes as | Shrimps ................ 125 suipeine & ‘bushel... 1 25 oe 18 | follow e full hoop ‘ 1 35 Standard.. | FRESH FISH. PAPER & WOODENWARE ' willow el’ ths, No. 57 oe Lobacco Co.'s Brands, | Whitefish ............ @? PAPER, “ < moeee ange ee ee 1& a 4 ee Leidersdorf’s Brands. Bae que | Rocktana gig eee i cy Nog 135 HOD OTs cs wees as 26 | Ciscoes or Herring.. eT 2 “a i * eas Mire Uncle Sam....... ......28@ 32 ES ms | Bares 21 ind Red Clover..........-+++++e- 32 | — lobster, per lb. me a Saou nn an Spaulding & — | Coe)... s 10 @12 Dry Goods.. 5 6 oo sy 4 do: oN Tom and Jerry........ wee 08d | No. , Pickerel......... @ 9 | Jute Manilia.. Oi _ Traveler Cavendish.. ..o0 | i @8 Red Express No. 1. 5K POULTRY ree | arated White... _.. @12 Nes, 4% ee Flow Boy...... --......c0@32 | Finnan Haddies........ 10 TWINES Local dealers pay as follows: Corn Cake..................16 | Red:Snappers .... ..... 12. | 48 Cotton. vesereeee ees 200 | pow Taree aay 1 —| Columbia River Salmon 15 | Cotton, No. a Ee tL o a ee - ie OILs. | Mackerel i a alt ” ed a 16 a rr Sis a8 | OYSTERS—Cans. ea Island, assorted...._._ ) a 0 ll SS = ee | Fairhaven Counts... @37 No. 5 Hemp ... i : = Chicken ee @13 Grand Rapids: | | ¥.2. D, Seieets....... @30 NO. 6 «10 ‘hie ' i ‘Gece @2%5 WOODENWARE. Catemons, 0. .........00 at Eocene ee | Anehee ( @e3 Taos wet. 7ieifove..... ..... ...5 @¢ Water White, old test. @ 6 Siandardsa .... si‘is‘( @20 | wet... UL € Ob} Porkeys .... --.-.. -... 32 @ia W. W. Headlight, 150° 6% | Favorites 18 — @e4...... So; Sack... ll @is _ White _....... 6% | Se i : oe 7 | ° ac 4 : — Stove Gasoline........ @ 6% Is _ | — 27 @36 — Poon y-ray En _— oe 13 @2l The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, | String Rock..... CO ey -o Black. “5 cold test. @ 8% | quotes as follows: | I i oc cs ea HIDES PELTS and FURS on PORK IN BARRELS. vos Wintergreen Berries oe 60 Perkins & Hess pay as fol- Short cut ... ee Se ge | Oe, wrapped, 2 2 Ib. boxes................. 34 ows: Extra clear pig, short cut................... No. 2 Sa 3 mn vet rete eee ees 51 HIDES. — pangs heavy Ne . 3 Mi : i a 2 Cyeer, Tak OGGE........... a Se Hee ae Pe ees NaN — Heston Clear. shorteut...... _.........__... 23 00 Stand up, 5 1b. boxes.. . Full “ : i i [ @ 4% Clear been Shortcut... ................... 23 00 ra BANANAS. Dry... LINE 5 @ 5 | Standard clear, short cut, best............ 24 00 Medium wt tte neces coos s. sitet sees Kips, green ........... 2%@ 3% saUsaGe—Fresh and Smoked. Ey — eared............ ee 1) [ eee i ee eS lees ona cured...... @ 7 | Tongue Sausage............. ey 9 | Messinas, 200s — 7 ea Deacon skins. . + OO Weitere SHMASE ee 9% « es a No. 2 hides ¥ off. Bigot Cae q ee @3 00 PELTS. Peeeena, Sraieos.. 6 M F . Shearlings.........-... 6 he oe et. enote, 20" anys io ee mo GRE OO | ieee Cie, tt § je. ‘“ nace Sa @3 75 - WOOL. ox LARD. 7 fancy We... _ 4 50 mened .. .....- Peete. 20 . Hetie Rendered... 14 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS Unwashed ...... i. Gee | Geateer 13% Figs, fancy layers, 6D... ' @ MISCELLANEOUS, as he Meee wee au vad sa. yal al ra 0b ae @12% PONOW o.4.......... 2... 6 @7 |5 ID Tins ge advance. 7 ee aa iB. Settee seen sereeeee @i5 Grease butter ........ 1 @2 |ooip. pails oe D 20 ...... mta see. @lé Switches .............. 1%@2_ | jo1b ’ age “ ates, Fard, ~ > bOx.......... 2 a Ginseee. 8... 2 00@2 75 ke “ Ce oes rane en tale a oe aig " FURS. = “ we 4 * (Poreen.o0-ib, Wee... ........... 4ua@ 5 Outside prices for No. : a NUTS. Badese 1 00 BEEF IN BARRELS. Almonds, Tarragona.................... @19 Begs is oes Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 9 50 ete ae Bee 3 wa oo | Bxtra Mess, Chicago packing................ 9 00 " Garrone i @18% Coe wie 59 | Boneless, rump butts........................ ee et oy @1v% Cat Honse) 02)... ind 25 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Walnuts, @11% 2 P " nuts, Grenoble. @i4 Pee 4 00@6 00) Hams average 20 Ibs es M Fox, red...........- (oe. ee oe N MARDOE... cesses eee coe s., hs «12 to 14 Ibs... wees Table Nuts, fancy............0.. 2.2.1) @13% D 3 CE et QM erates || co ae ynx ET 13% | Pecans. T PE TN oes Martin, dark.......... 1 00@3 00} g M8, LOXAR, H. Foy... eee ee eee ee 12.1@14 pale & yellow. 50@1 00 | Broaxtast Bacon, boneless... 2... 14° | Cocoanuts, full eacks...-... Qt 75 Mink, dark. 40@2 50 | Dried beef, ham prices |... 11 PEANUTS. eee. 8. 9 aan ea. Fancy, H. P.,Su @5% Oppossum............. a Se oe Roasted @ 7% Otter, dark, ...... 5 00@8 00 . ig EEG ne RR ARH Fancy, H. P., Flags.. Cee. @ 5% Reecoom ......-.. .... 25@1 60 | ee cr ee ce cee naa NE ST; Saene 1... Co... 1 00@1 40 Choice, H. Ps ee oa a @ 4% on... 1 60@3 00 asted . Pee @ 6% Beaver castors, ib....2 00@5 00 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. California Walnuts... a. 12% DEERSKINS—per pound, The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: Thin and green......... 10 CROCKERYcAND GLASSWARE. Long gray, dry.......... 20 STICK CANDY. an Gray, dry ........----- 25 Cases Bbls. Pails.| FRUIT JABS. Red and Blue, dry...... 35 | Standard, per Ib......... 6% Sl, is a a CT 6% ™% Hatt Gail Ce ul _ 2 .....:.: 6 7% Gallons. GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS | pocton Cre 8% ” i WHEAT. Cus Eee. -...... 8% Rubbers........ ee No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 63 | Extra H. H........ . 8% LAMP BURNERS. No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 68 MIXED CANDY. = — eee eee ete cay lo. 45 a ae — 2: UCU UD gare Oe ul tg a eee... SE oe Granulated............ Fae dy 6 7 Tubuler LAMP CHIMNEYS. Perbox. Royal Ce 6% ol @dainbas | r Straight, in eacks dott aa : : otek a 7 ; No. : SUD... 6... eee were 1 80 barrels........ 3 80} English Rock...................-. ‘ No. Ce Patent “ aeeke..... Ont COmeerees co cc a 8 No.2 * oe ee se ™ barreig........ 4 & | Broken Taity.............. baskets 8 First quality. Graham “ sacks.. 1 70} PeanutSquares............ 8 9 | No. ofun, Crimp tOP....-.......-seeeseeeeeees 2 25 ye “6 a 26] Prencu Creams. ......... ......... 10 No. 1 & ee ee Buckwheat, Rising Sun....5 50/ Valley Creams.. ... oe 13 2s — 8 40 Walsh- DeRoo Midget, 30 lb. baskets. a ae Flint. im Cos Pure... os... 4 25 | Modern, 30 coe eee coe wee 8 No. 0 Sun, crimp top.. 2 60 MILLSTUFFS, - Fancy—In bulk aS 1 u . ee: 2 = ess Pails, 2 Car lots quantit Pearl top. ‘ie $1600 817 00 en No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled. --3 10 Screenings .... 14 00 4 OU) GhoealiteneOne 11% m seats sa ea aia a ees a = = = Guests Mamunnmiaid............12000--- 13 No. 2 Hinge, .-4 88 xed reed... K ae er Ce 8. 5% aa. 386 goede 8 | No.1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. ...........+. 135 CORN. ee 8% i tu ns a a oi Car lots.. ee Seana. es 10 a i crimp, —. cn tire ; = Less than car ee 52 Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box r LAMP WICKS. OATS, Remen Beene = No. 0, PCT BTOSS.... 2 eee eee eee eee eee ees 23 Car lots..... Ce No.1 Ee 28 Less than car lots........... 2 Page 60 ieee tae 38 HAY. Ceiearee rte... cs. tess = No. 3, . Dee ae epee ee cea oeae ao No. 1 Timothy, car sate. .138 £0| H. M. Chocolate Drops................ Mammoth, per Ne ee Ty 5 No. 1 * ~~ “ton lots 7.14 ab Game Droee...................... 1050 STONEWARE—AKRON. : a | teers eee ec 1 00 Butter Crocks, | to : gal. Egan ES 06 “ gal. p i a FRESH MEATS. | flazengon plain ce-sccccsescececcecice® | black gined Tn Seal yr Beef, carcass.......... 6%@ 8 . eee (i (sues Seal verdes... 70 ‘6 Kind quarters... 7 @ 9 —— Se = a tee 4 gal. 9 ae ee coca ee ae = ~ fore o ae 6 ee eel 7 Mick Pars, 46 eal., per dos......... ........ . loins, No. 3.110" G12 ee ae see 55 . oll la Te gieaod ......-.. 65 . ui 9 @10 | Molasses Bar.. ee “ ig i * a ak 72 ' rOenGs......... 6%@ 7 Hand Made Creams. . .85@%95 . _ 1 wlemeds 0 00 ‘8 18 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. LIFE BEHIND THE COUNTER. Written for THE TRADESMAN, Life is made up of strange coinciden- ces. Yea, verily! But afew short weeks ago, upon a cer- tain day, the wind blew with its accus- tomed violence, the snowflakes chased each other by the office with their usual agility and the cold crept through the cracks around the windows and under the door with that grace, cheerfulness and persistence which have been its lead- ing characteristics since the first cold snap in November last. It is, indeed, an ill wind that blows hot and cold with the same breath, for winter is harvest time for the dry goods merchant of the northern portion of the Lower Peninsula of the great State of Michigan. On the morning referred to at the opening of this article, our very good friend, Silas Jawbone, entered the front door of the building occupied by our stock of merchandise,the back door being locked at the time, and proceeded to the use of vigorous language, expressive of his contempt for the chilly condition of the atmosphere without. Healso announced that he had come to invest in some under- wear; but, before buying, expressed a de- sire to indulge in the luxury of a smoke. Being presented with a clay pipe and some Peerless tobacco, he next requested the loan of a match, remarking as he scratched it upon the stovepipe: “Pm suthin’ like the Irishman. He ses to a feller, s’he, ‘Gimme a poipe, tebaccy an’ match an Oi’1ll shmoke!’”’ ~ = * No man in this region need seek popu- larity as a country merchant, who does not keep at thedisposal of his customers a plentiful supply of those articles necessary to a cheap smoke. Let Farmer Jones, when he arrives at your place of business, after a long ride in the teeth of a northern blizzard, sit down by your Round Oak to thaw out, and give him the welcome which man owes man. But when that is over and you notice arestless roving in his eyes or that he fidgets in his chair, bring forth a white and spotless **‘T D,” allow him to fill this treasure from a package of XXXX, and you have made of him a customer for life, a friend who will stick closer than a burr. Life is,indeed,made up of small things, and of these one of the least expensive to the country grocer is the giving away of a few pipesful of ‘‘smokin’ terbacker.”’ Silas Jawbone, after making a liberal purchase of underwear, departed home- ward, and as the echoes of his vitupera- tions died upon the blast, the door was opened by Billy Swatts. Billy, as everyone knows, is a small man. He is small in stature only, how- ever, for he is most liberally endowed with good humor, and there is not a mean thing about him. But he has lived in Northern Michigan long enough to have acquired the habits of his country- men, and having exchanged the custom- ary greetings and backed up to the stove, he began in his breezy manner to relate the following anecdote, which is veuched for as a perfectly true and strictly moral tale: ‘‘When I was a little gaffer, no more’n so ————high, my Gran’dad usen to tell a yarn on a nold Irishman what worked fer his dad when he was a little feller hisself. “Pat come into the house one cold morn’n’, a rubbin’ his han’s to warm’em, an’ he ses to Greatgran’dad, ses he: ***Av yez’ll have the daicency to lin’ | me the loan av apoipe, tebaccy an’ match, | Oi’ll shmoke. Oi have a mouth av me | own.’ | ‘Well, I’m southin’ in the fix of that air ole Irishman myself.” And Billy | laughed heartily at his joke. A sturdy old farmer who has ever beep a firm adherent of ours, and who lives not far from the village, walked in dur- ing the day, and, having filled his ‘‘cob”’ from a sack of his own home grown Havana, said in his quaint and amusing way: “Ym no great hand to beg tobacco. I’ve seen lots of it, though, where there’s lumberin’ an’ such like goin’ on; but when 1 feel tempted to ferage a smoke offen some other feller, I allus think about the story of the Irishman. Meet- ing a chum of his on the road, he said: ** ‘Moike, have yezary tebaccy’”’ ***That Ol have.’ ‘**Have yez any poipe?’ **‘Sure an’ Oi have that same.’ ‘«*Have yez any match?’ ‘* ‘Oi have, indade.’ ‘**Will, thin,’ said Pat in tones of melting tenderness, ‘Oi have the jaws.’ ”’ * * * In the city of Grand Rapids, among the jobbers of groceries, is a house which of late has been ‘‘opening new territory” in Northern Michigan, and as this village is situated on the line of the newly built extension of the Chicago and West Michi- gan Railway, what is more natural than that these people should send one of their representatives to call upon the ‘‘oldest firm?”’ The gentleman who acts in this capaci- ty is oneof the best fellows on the road, and of a countryman of his, on the day first mentioned in this ‘‘o’er true tale,”’ he spoke as follows: ‘‘Shovelin’ mud in a ditch be the road- side, an’ sweatin’ till ye cud wring his shirt wud yer two hands, was the worrst lookin’ ould Mick me eyesiver rested an. Catching sight av us whin he cast up the next bit av dirt, he stopped short like in his labors, an’, wipin’ the sweat from his long nose wid the back av his durrty paw, he says to us, says he: ‘““ ‘Ef any av yez foine gintlemens have ary poipe, tebaccy an’ match ye’d lind to a poor dhivil theloikes avy me, Oi have the draugh mesilf.’’ * * * With a hoarse cry the senior partner fied from the store, and it is thought that he may still be hiding in some of the impenetrable swamps in the region of the Ellsworth sink hole. Any informa- tion leading to the discovery of his whereabonts will be thankfully received. Gro. L. THURSTON. —— >.> The Only John Smith, Jr. From the Boston News. Damages to the amount of $1,000 was awarde1 against John Smith, Jr., by | Chief Justice Mason yesterday, for using | his name in violation of a lease of it for | | @ period of thirty years to James A. Bow- |man. Smith sold outa real estate and | broker agency business to Bowman, and | gaver the latter the exclusive right to |use his name in connection with that | business. It was asserted by Bowman | that John Smith, Jr., was in that particu- lar business in Boston in violation to the | bill of sale. _———_——- <> Ose Tradesman Coupons. The Wayne Self - Measuring Oil Tank. Measuring One Qt, and Half Gallon at a Single Stroke. Manufactured by the First Floor Tank and Pump. WAYNE OIL YANK G0. FORT WAYNE, IND. NO REMEMBER OUR GOODS ARE FULLY GUAR- ANTEED FOR THREE YEARS AND WITH CAREFUL USAGE WILL LAST A LIFE TIME. Cellar Tank and Pump. FAUCETS FUNNELS MEASURES DIRTY FLOORS BAD ODOR NET PRICE LIST. First floor Tanks and Pumps. Cellar Tanks and Pumps. Riise. ere te $14 00 a 90) 4 Shh... 17 00 ooet...... mot She 21 60 i, cease. 22 00 Meee. 34.2... 25 00 ee wooo oe. 30 00 Pump without tank.... 9 00 Compare our prices, Order now and save agents’ commission. Why have the sales in- creased 25 per cent. dur- ing the past year on SilverSoap Manufactured by THE THOMPSON & CHUTE SOAP CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. FIRST.—High Grade of a SECOND.—Its moderate Cost! THIRD.—The Successtu : Line of Adyertising Matter giveneery Merchant who handles it! Send your order to any Wholesale Grocer or direct to the factory for prompt shipment. FREER GRAYON PORTRAITS. No premium ever offered draws trade equal to this plan. IT MAKES EVERY SALE CASH AND INCREASES YOUR BUSINESS. It commands the trade, and delights your patrons. IT COSTS YOU NOTHING to adopt this plan. Write for full information. Are you handling portraits as premiums? portrait and frame and be convinced I HAVE THE BEST. Please allow me to submit a sample A. WALTER, 358 Dearborn St. Chicago, Ill, e * wv 2 i » e+ & 6 Sad PATERNALISM, OR COMMERCIAL TYRANNY. Written for THk TRADESMAN. Since the article in last week’s TRADES- MAN, ‘‘Whither-Are We Drifting?’’ was written, the daily press has published a report from Pittsburg to the effect that the representatives from that city, on their return from the window glass manufacturers and jobbers’ meeting held in Milwaukee last week, report the meet- ing agrand success. They say that a combination of 93 per cent. of all the manufacturers and jobbers of window glass in this country was effected, and that the other 7 per cent. will be knock- ing at the door for admission, when they realize the great benefits to be derived from it. This huge trust is said to rep- resent a combined capital of $50,000,000, and, as a safeguard against future cut- ting in prices, each member was re- quired to put up $100,000 for each pot operated, which sum shall merge into the common treasury as a forfeit on the part of any member who shall violate the agreement. A uniform list was adopted which, it is said, has already advanced prices fully 10 per cent. If this report is true, one more huge mo- nopoly has been created, and one more commodity of prime necessity has been placed beyond the pale of competition. Once more the people are reminded that commercial freedom in this country has fallen into a decline which is speedily bearing it to its grave. That we are rapidly approaching a con- dition of commercial tyranny must be potent to the mind of every thinking man. To show that aggregation of capi- taland singleness of control has actually lessened the cost of living in certain cases, does not make the commercial tyranny, as such, one whit less in de- gree. It is arbitrary and despotic in the exercise of its power, and, whether it lowers or whether it raises prices, has no bearing whatever upon the subject. Indeed, if the monster came into being for the express purpose of benefitting humanity and lessening the burdens of the people, it would still be a tyranny; but when, as a matter of fact, itis con- ceived in greed and brought into being for the sole purpose of crushing in- dividual liberty as a means of removing competition, it is paying it more respect than it deserves when it is designated by so mild a term as ‘‘commercial tyranny.”’ Will the people meekly wait until this transformation is perfected; until every commodity necessary for the enjoyment of life and the pursuit of happiness shall have passed into the controlling clutches of some hydra-headed monster combine; until individual industrial liberty utterly destroyed, and commercial free- dom, liberty of competition in the daily struggle for bread, and the noble spirit of emulation shall be no more? It is more than probable that they will thus stupidly wait until this process of trans- formation is completed. Every move- ment completes its own cycle; and this concentrating and centralizing move- ment, although far reaching in its scope, will in time, work out its own ultimatum. Bill after bill will be introduced in Con- gress for the avowed purpose of check- ing this movement, but it will be only those which are vague and ineffectual that will be allowed to pass, while all of those which are really meritorious will be strangled in the lobbies, where they will die the death of the righteous. is Bek Slight ailinds will be made from time to time, by the people, even to the ex- tent of driving the governing party into the cold shades of opposition, as was done at the last general election; the movement will go on and on just the same, in spite of Republican, erat or Populist, because the wealth of the nation is behind it, and few there be who control it. But when this ultimation is reached— what then? Will it be a settled reign of commercial tyranny, or will it be a sudden and a mighty flop to paternalism or governmental control? I opine that it will be the latter. It has fallen to the lot of this nation to make a few pages of history for the guidance of future nations, and the issue cannot be avoided. It is for this nation to give the world an axample of the application of the prin- ciple of feudalism in commercial matters. The executive head of the combine rep- resents the despotic monarch, while the members thereof are the money barons in the system. The old landed baron lived ina castle beneath whose walls nestled a village. The modern money baron does not live in his castle, but a village peopled with his vassal de- pendents nestles beneath his wall just the same; and these dependents are just as much obligated to their lord for their holdings as were the old feudal vassals. A withdrawal of the services due the lord meant an eviction from the holdings. What better simile to this is required than the recent happenings at Homestead? The old feudal system served its day and was superseded by other systems. This modern commercial feudalism is preparing people for an- other condition of things, and, when the times have reached their fullness, the people will arise in their might and wel- come the new condition. This new con- dition will be paternalism. A govern- ment of the people will assume control of things and legislate for the people. It will be paternal in character, and its chief aim will be to reduce the cost of living to the minimum and secure the blessings and comforts of life to the greatest possible number. This is no eutopian dream—it is simply a clear insight of the future. There is enough for all and abundance to spare, and some day the Great Prob- lem will be solved. Some day the people will have acquired a sufficient amount of intelligence to take care of themselves. They will not always remain as they now are—imere dupes and tools of selfish and designing demagogues who serve the money kings for pelf. Would anyone suppose, for aninstant, that a man in New York could have a letter carried all the way to San Francisco for two cents if the government should turn the postal service over to the merciless clutches of some big private concern? If the government were thus to relinquish its hold upon the postal service, how long do you suppose any clothier in Grand Rapids would be able to send an ounce sample of merchandise to some customer in New Orleans for one cent? No service demanded by the people is so intricate in all of its ramifications as the postal service, and yet it is rendered with greater precision and a higher de- gree of exactness than any other service, public or private, of which the people are the recipients. And what more striking illustration do the people want of the beneficial results of paternalism but | Demo- | MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. than the government til service? There is no reason why governmental control of railroads, telegraph and tele- phone service, and, in fact, the entire field of transmitting intelligence and transporting the fruits of industry among the people, would not prove as beneficial, proportionately, as the postal service. These surface questions are already agitating the minds of the people, and just underneath are the banking and loaning questions, and be- low these lies the great problem of all —the industrial question. When this is reached, there will be a mighty revo- lution, and in that conflict commercial tyranny will go down inignominy, and a new and a brighter era will be ushered in by paternalism. E. A. OWEN. nl i el The Object of the System. The customer who had brought some damaged goods back to exchange them, and had patiently accompanied the cash girl for fifteen minutes from one official to another in pursuance of the regular routine, leaned against the counter to rest herself. ‘Your plan of making exchanges,”’’ said, ‘‘is really discouraging.”’ “Yes,’”’? cordially replied the young woman at the desk, filling out a blank necessitating a trip to another official two floors above, ‘‘that’s what it’s for.” FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. she D. A. BLopeeEtTT, President. Gro. W. Gay, Vice-President. Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier, Jno A. Seymour, Ass’t Cashier. $800,000. DIRECTORS. Geo. W. Gay. S. M. Lemon. A.J. Bowne. G. K. Johnson. Wm. Sears. A.D. Rathbone MICHIGAN CENTRAL Capital, D. A. Blodgett. C. Bertsch. Wm. H. Anderson. “The Niagara Falls Route.’’ (Taking effect:?Sunday, Nov. 20, 1892.) Arrive. Depart eeym........ Detroit Express . ..6 Oop m ee............. Mixec 7 00am w@am.......... Day Express -.- | 2pm 6 Oam.....*Atiantic and Pacific....- 1045 pm i@ipm...... New York Express...... 5 40pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacifie ex- press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 6:55 a m; re- turning, leave Detroit 4:40 p m, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:00 p m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains east over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) Tickets on sale at Union Ticket Office, 67 Mon- roe street and Union Depot. ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN WAUKEE Railway. Depot corner Leonard St. and Plainfield Ave. &§MIL- EASTWARD. tNo. 16|tNo. 18 | *No. 82 Trains Leave |tNo. 14 @’d Rapids, Lv} 6 50am/10 20am| 3 25pin| 11 00pm A ee... r| 7 45am/11 25am) 4 27pm/12 42am St. Johns....Ar| 8 30am}12 17pm! 5 20pm| 2 00am OCworns...... Ar} 905amj 1 20pm) 6 05pm} 3 10am E. Saginaw..Ar|10 50am) 3 45pm) 8 00pm| 6 4am Bay Clty..... Ar jl 30am] 4 35pm} 8 37pm) 7 7 15am Pie... ...- Ar |1005am| 3 45pm) 7 05pm 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar i12 O05pin| 5 50pm) 8 50pm} 7 30am Pontiac ...... Ar |10 53am} 305pm)/ 8 25pm! 5 37am Detros......- Ar |11 50am 4 05pm! 925pm| 7 00am WESTWARD. *No. 81 Trains Leave +No. 11 |tNo. 13 iy. Detenie ||10 45pm 6 50am|10 50am G'd Rapids, Lv... || 7 06am} 1 VOpm! 5 10pm G@’d Haven, Ar... 8 25am/ 2 10pm| 6 15pm Milw’kee Str ‘‘ | Chicago Str. ‘* . «ll *Daily. ‘ails ¢ except aiatie. Trains arrive from the east, 6:40 a.m., 12:50 a.m., 5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains arri e puto the west, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 9:45¥ p. m Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet ear. No.18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward—No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street. 19 Grand Repids & Indiana. Schedule in effect January 29, 1893 TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going South. North. For Traverse City and Saginaw 6:45am 7:20am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:00am 1:10 p m For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 2:20 pm 4; pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10pm 10:10 pm From Chicago and Kalamazoo. 8:35 pm Train arriving from south at 6:45am and 9:0am daily. Others trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave eons Nort. Sout Woe Cisctmmaes.. ..... oo... 6:30am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:05 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm Wor Crseteeaes. 6:1 pm 6:00 p m For Kalamazoo & Chicago..... 10:40 pm 11:20 pm From Saginaw..,...... . 11:50am Proms Saginaw... 0.2... 10:40 p m Trains leaving south at 0 Pp m and 11:20 p. daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. m. runs SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH 7:20am train has Parlor Car to. Traverse City. 1:10 p m train has parlor car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 10:10 Pp m train.—Sleeping ca Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. ee 00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand pids to Cincinnati. to 05 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. . _— m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 11320 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. Grand Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids 10:05 a m 2:00 pm Ei: Arr Chicago 3:55 p m 9:00 p m 6: 10:05 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. 20 pm 50am Lv Chicago 7:05 am 3:10 pm 11:45 pm Arr Grand Rapids 2:20 pm 8:35 pm 6:45 am 3:10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:45 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive : 10:00 a m 11:25 am 4:40 pm 5:30 pm 9:05 pm Sunday train leaves for Muskegon at 9:05 a m, ar- riving at 10:20 am. Returning, train leaves Muske gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Grand Rapids at 5:45 p m. Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 0. L. LOCKWOOD, General Sica and Ticket Agent. CHICAGO AND WES? MICHIGAN R’Y, GOING TO CHICAGO. GHD RAPIDS...... 8:50am 1:25pm *11:35pm CHICAGe.......... 55pm 6:45pm *7:05am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. CHICAGO..........9:00am 5:25pm *11:15pm GR’D RAPIDS.....: 3:55pm 10:45pm *7:05am AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, AND 8T JOSEPH NOV. 20, 1892 Lv. Ar, Ly. Ar. TO ivy. G@ B........ 8:50am 1:25pm . *11:35pm Ar GH....._.. 76:10am J°Gopm =...... 10:45pm TO AND FROM MUSKEGON Ly. G@. R........ §:S0am {:2ipm 35pm 8:45pm Ar. G. HE. : --.10:45am 3:55pm 5:25pm TRAVERSE CITY MANISTEE & PETOSKEY. iy. & &.... nee 30am 5:35pm Be Manistee 0 12: 15pm 10:29pm Ar. Traverse City .............12:35pm 10:50pm Ar. Charlevoix. ......._ be ae Ay. Feteeeey ....... See ........ Ar. from Petoskey, ecte., 10:00 p m.: from Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 p m. THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Wagner Parlor Cars Leave Grand Rapids 1:25 pm, leave Chicago 5:25 p m. Wagner Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 pm; leave Chicago *11:15 p oe Free Chair Car for Manistee 5 *Every day. DETROIT LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. 735 Pp m. Other trains week days only. 20, 1892 NOV. GOING TO DETROIT. Ae 7:10am *1:25pm_ 5: 40pm Ar. DET -- 11:30am *5:25pm 10:35pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. DETR.............. 7:50am *1:35pm 6:10pm Ae Ge EH... ......... 12:55pm *5:25pm 10:30pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. G R.11:50am 11:00pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R. Lv. Grand Rapids........ 7:10am 1:25pm 5:40pm Ar. from Lowell.......... 12:55pm 5:25pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Cars on all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor cars to Saginaw on morn- ing train. *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e offers a route making the best time betwe n Grand Rapids and Toledo. VIA D., L. & N. Ly. Grand Rapids at.....7:15 a. m. and 1:00 p. m, Ay. Toreda at ...._...- 12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m. VIA D., @. H. & M. Ly. Grand Rapids at.....6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m. Se. Toledo at. ......... 2:55 p. m. and 10:20 p, m. Return connections equally as good, W.:H. BENNETT, General Pass, Agent, Toledo, Ohio. POLITiCAL UNION WITH CANADA. | Written for THe TRADESMAN. The union of the two English speaking divisions of the American continent un- | der one flag would appear at first sight, to be something like ‘‘manifest destiny.”’ With identical interests; their language | and customs similarin all material re- spects; neither having anything in com- mon with the rapidly decaying political and social systems of the Old World— their union under one government would seem to be but a matter of time. The bond that unites Canada to the ‘‘Mother Country” is a purely sentimental one, where it is not mercenary, and she will not long permit a mere sentiment to bar her progress in the march of develop- | | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. rr SALE— DRUG STOCK ON ONE OF the best business streets. All new. Must be sold soon if at all. Address No. 677, care Michigan Tradesman. 677 OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—STOCK OF ladies’ and gents’ furnishing goods and notions. Will take part real estate. Address 604 Washington ave. N., Lansing, Mich. 678 OR SALE—%3,000 OR $4,000 STOCK OF Hard- ware well located; established 12 years. Sickness reason for selling.- Also new store to rent or sell cheap. Will exchange for Southern California property. Also valuable real estate to sell. Address John C. McGowan, West Branch, Ogemaw county, Mich. 676 OR SALE—ONE OF THE FINEST GRO- cery and meat market combined, in Michi. gan Best location in the city. Splendid trade. Reason for disposing of it, can’t give it our per- ment and civilization. Hampered as she has been by herjconnection with England, | which has made the development of her | vast natural resources and the accession of population such as has come to this country an impossibility, her commercial acchievements have been simply mar- velous. was $256,000,000, an increase of 42 per} cent. During the same period the value of her products increased from $209,000,- 000 to $475,000.000 an increase of 5214 per cent. In twenty-four years the value of manufactured goods exported in- creased 432 per cent. In the matter of shipping, the seagoing, inland and lake | tonnage (the employed registered ton- nage) has risenin four years from 34,- 000,000 to 43,000,000. The deposits in Canadian savings banks in 1888 were $182,000,000; in 1892 they had risen to $229,000,000. The population of the Dominion is yet under six millions. We give these figures to show what Canada, | with her meager population and limited | resources, has been able to accomplish. How much of this success is due to the infusion of American business push and speculative energy (by reflex influ- ence, say) we shall not attempt to say. The Imperial government has never en- | couraged a general always striven to foster a purely Eng- lish sentiment in the colonists, and to | end has, by a system of assisted | passages, sought to induce the surplus | population of England to ‘‘go out.” This | this has been especially the case in regard to | Canada, her population seven-tenths English. migration been permitted being at least place years ago. Union with this coun- try means large accession to the popula- | ‘tion, and the consequent enlargement of Canada has not the | the home market. means necessary to develop her natural resources. Union with this country would give her unlimited capital for this purpose. American enterprise would soon lift Canada out of the slough of national stagnation into which British ; “policy” has, intentionally, or otherwise, plunged her, and she would be a sharer | in the national greatness and commercial prosperity which the future will un- doubtedly bring to our Republic. The political differences between the two A few figures will suffice to | show this: In 1882 the value of Canadian | imports was $179,000,000; last year it) emigration of all | nationalities to British colonies, but has | Had general im- | it is safe to | say that annexation would have taken | sonal attention. Address, quick, Lock Box 685, | Ludington, Michigan. 675 LEGANT OFFER—IT’S NO TROUBLE TO find drug stocks for sale, but you generally | “find a nigger in the fence.” I have an elegant | drug business forsale; stock about $4,000; bright, | clean and oldest established trade. Prominent location; brick building; stone walk; rent mod- erate; city 30,000; reasons for selling made known. Suit yourself about terms. Address | quick, John K. Meyers, Muskegon, Mich. 670 OR SALE —IN ONE OF THE FINEST furnishings. stock in town. | old stock. man. | OR SALE—WELL-SELECTED GROCERY | stock, located on a mainthoroughfare. One of the oldest grocery establishments in the city, which has yielded good returns every year. For full particulars as to stoek, terms and location, call on or address Amos S. Musselman, President | Musselman Grocer Co. 659 OR SALE— FURNITURE, STOVE AND crockery business. Store well adapted to the business. Undertaking might be added. Bargain on the stock; low rent; great oppor- tunity; fine prosperous farming country. Ad- dress Lock Box 98, Greenville, Mich. 651 OR SALE—GOOD, CLEAN, SALABLE stock of drugs, groceries and hardware, or will exchange for desirable chattel property or real estate. Arthur Mulholland, Jr., Ashton, Mich. 645 Will inventory about $4,800, Only Best of reasons for selling. No Address 654, care Michigan Trades- 654 SITUATIONS WANTED. _— BY REGISTERED pharmacist of 14 years experience. Thirty- | two years of age. Strictly temperate. No. 1 W. J. Mills, Riverdale, Mich. 673 Lyre meting wise AS BOOK-KEEPER or salesman in general store by young man of 20 years. | references. Two years’ experience in store and short course in commercis! college. Good |references. Address No. tS care Michigan | Tradesman. 658 ae tree AS SALESMAN BY | unmarried man 24 years old; twoand a | half years in general store. Good stock-keeper. | References. Address H., Box 33, Columbiaville, | Mich 671 MISCELLANEOUS. . YOU HAVE A STOCK OF MERCHAN- - dise invoicing from $3,000 to $6,000, and are | not doing a satisfactory trade, address No. 674, care Michigan Tradesman, and you will learn something to your advantage. 674 “yRUG STORE TO RENT IN CHARLEVOIX. The store was built in 1875 and has been in use &£s a drug store continually ever since that | time, it has shelving, drawers, counters, dis pensing counters all ready for a stock of goods |}and is centrally located. The opening for a good live druggist is unexcelled in Northern | Michigan, and the rent moderate. Apply to G. | W. Crouter, Charlevoix, Mich. 655 | ANTED—GOOD DRUG CLERK. GIVE ¢ references, wages wanted and experience. Drugs, care Tradesman. —__ a 672 j JILL PAY CASH FOR STOCK OF GRO- ceries or general merchandise. Must be cheap. Address No. 657, care Michigan Trades- eee _ 657 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 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, etc. Of | great interest to every one in trade. $1.50. countries, which must be arranged be- | fore annexation can become a fact, and | the benefits which would accrue to this | such union, are material | country by THE TRADESMAN CO., Ag’ts. Grand Rapids, Mich enough for another article, which, if | permitted, we shall lay before the read- ers of THE TRADESMAN in the near fu- DANIEL ABBOTT. ture. towns of the State, a stock of clothing and | The King of Salesmen. ALL SHREWD MERCHANTS USE THEM. To what can we refer but coupon books, which are now in use by hundreds of Michigan merchants and are invariably giving excellent satisfaction? If you wish to adopt the system, why not buy at headquarters, thus patronizing a house which has a larger output than all other coupon book makers in the country combined? TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Sugar Maker Supplies of nds, POST’S EUREKA SAP SPOUTS. Patent Improved 1884. Sthgar makers acknowledge a very large increase in the flow of sap by the use of the self-sealing air trap in th2 IMPROVED EUREKAS, as claimed for them. SPOUT NO. 1. Actual size, with heavy wire hanger that does not break like hangers cast on the spout. No. 2—Actuai Size. Is provided with a spur at the point end, which catches in the wood and anchors the spout in the tree, regardless of wind, storm, frost or weight, as the greater the weight upon the spout the more firmly the anchor attaches to the wood, the tube passing only through the ross and bark of the tree, and is superior to other spouts for the following reasons: First—The anchor holds the spout level with the hole in the tree, allowing the sap to run off without damming up a portion to become sour and taint all sap run- ning over it. Second—Does not require to be driven so hard or so far, hence does not loosen the bark from the wood and allows the tree to heal over much more quickly. Third—Will run more sap as it leaves the outer pores of the tree open for the free flow of sap, and is easily removed from the tree by raising up on the outer end of the spout. Fourth—1s stronger than any other spout in the market, the center plate making it impossible to bend or collapse. FOR SALE AT FACTORY PRICES BY prasren TEVENS ST. & GC: MONROR « & ™» = me 7. ~~ © a ' 4 ~_ - ~ "BARCUS BROS. MANUFACTURERS OF CIRCULAK —— by few and excelled by none. Alli our saws are made of the best steel by the mose skillful workmen, and all saws warranted. Burnt saws made good as new for one-fourth the All kinds of Saw Repairing list price of new saws. Done as cheap as can be done consistent with good work. Lumber saws fitted up ready for use without extra charge. No charge for boxing or drayage. MUSKEGON, ~ Writ2.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. Glass Covers for Biscuits. Cracker Chests. | | | HESE chests will soon pay for themselves in the breakage they avoid. Price $4. UR new glass covers are by far the handsomest ever offered to the trade. They are made to fit any of our boxes and can be changed from one box to anotherinamoment They will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. NEW NOVELTIES. We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR. CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. NEWTON, arich finger with fig filling. This is the best selling cakes we ever made. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO., S. A. Sears, Mer. GRAND RAPIDS. bound to be one of P. OTKKRTER & SUNS HAVE RECEIVED A full line of Hamilton, Pacific, Simpson’s Garner, Manchester and Allens Prints, also A F C Toile du Nord, Dresden, Bates and Amoskeag wash dress ginghams and : atines A fresh new line of white goods, Nainsooks in checks and stripes and Victoria lawns. Embroidery from 1c per yd. to 50c Mail orders receive prompt attention. VOIGT, HERPULSHEIMER & UO. WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and Gloaks We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks OVERALLS OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & 60, “> Grana Rapids” Grand Rapids. OYSTERS! The weather has moderated in Maryland so the dredges can work, consequently the price of oysters has receded to a point near actual value. There are six weeks yet of the regular season and during Lent there is chance fora large volume of business to be done. Send in your orders and reap the benefit. THE PUTNAM CANDY BEANS W. T. LAMOREAUZX Co., 128, 130 and 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CO. 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. DODGE Independence Wood Split Pulley. THE LIGHTEST! THE STRONGEST! THE BEST! HESTER MACHINERY 60,, 45 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS. Headquarters for Fruit Jars. Write for our prices before ordering. Fruit Jar Packing Case Full. Fruit Jar Packing Case Empty. We are prepared this year to sell you fruit Jars put up 1 doz. in a case at a slight advance of the old style of 6 and 8 doz. in a case, and wish to call your special attention to the advantage of handling jars packed in this way. First, a great saving in breakage in transportation. Second, saving of time of unpacking. Third, saving in paper and string to do cans up. Fourth, convenient to handle for both dealer and customer. Fifth, the case makes a dark closet to keep fruit in after being canned. Be sure you get our prices on cans put up in this style before you place your orders for the coming season. THE DANDY Is a perfect sealer, air tight and for simplicity in opening or closing it has no equal. This is the only jar _ especially adapted for canners and pre- servers, as it will vent itself as the fruit, vegetables or meat are cooking by leaving fastener on first step. A trial of these jars will convince anyone of the above facts. Combination Fruit, Wine or Jelly Press. It has no equal for making wine, jellies, or fruit butter, and will press more lard in less time than any press of its size to be obtained. For prices on Cherry Pitters, Fruit Press, etc., see page 88 in our 110 Catalogue. ~H.LEONARD & SONS, }: EASIEST To wor AND CLEAN IT HAS 100 USES The Silver Fruit Press and Potato asher. This takes the place of all other fruit and vegetable presses, jelly strainers, etc. The cup, being removable, is easily cleaned and if damaged new ones can be obtained. For price look on page 88, catalogue 110. —e ENTERPRISE CHERRY STONER. The above cut illustrates our Enterprise Cherry Stoner which we particularly recommend to those desiring rapid work. It can be adjusted by thumb ecrews to adapt it to the different sizes of cherry stones. It will be found rapid in its work, and a decided improvement over others of this class. THE MASON Is still and always will be the favorite with a great many can- ners. We are better prepared this year than ever to meet the large demand for this popular make of fruit jar and are now making very low prices for future delivery. If you arein the market be sure and write us for prices. Queen City Fruit or Jelly Press, Save all cold meats, fowl, etc., put in covered kettle with just enough water to keep from burn- ing. Season to taste. When thoroughly steamed, put into press hot, and after pressing, allow to remain until cold. It may then be kept for a long time and will slice like cheese. For pressing out lard, fruit or jelly it has no equal. NOTICE. Write for our No. 110 Catalogue, if you have not received one, 1834 to 140 East Fulton St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 6 ~~ dé i | - a . - < 4 « + La~ a Lig ie “4 a $ “ 7 i eat ea 4 { as 4 a 2 Aa Ye: Le x | 4 we A