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NEVIN COS Swiss Villa Mixed Paints Have been used for over ten years. Have in all eases 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. and Hazeltine & Perkins Drag Co., STATE AGENTS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLopeert, President. Gro. W. Gay. Vice-President. Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier. Jno A, Szymour, Ass’t Cashier. Capital, $800,000. DIRECTORS. D. A. Blodgett. Geo. W. Gay. 8. M. Lemon. C. Bertsch. A.J. Bowne. 4G. K. Johnson. Wm. H. yey Wm. Sears. A. D. Rathbone THE CONVICT WHO ESCAPED. The line which divides Texas from a presumably yet more furnace-like region was on this day less evident than usual. The air seemed visibly shriveling in the excess of heat, and the sun hung above the parched earth like a perpetual menace. Granite mountain glistened in the glare, with its thousand ruddy points sparkling like fireflies. Around the base of the mountain the long canyas-covered sheds gave the appearance of a huge yellow snake coiled up and at rest. In the sheds, where they were hewing and fashioning the stones that were to grace the walls of the State House, the heat was even more fearful. Tanned and leathery as were the skins of the State’s working there, they yet gave vent to an occasional sigh; breath came with difficulty, and exhaustion was everywhere evident. But, since they knew that this day must come to an end at last, and since escape was, even in at- tempt, sheer folly, the convicts con- tinued to ply their hammers and chisels without ceasing. For they knew them- selves to be mere incidents in the build- ing of the great capitol that was to out- live them and the memory of them. There were many among these con- victs, indeed, to whom this work of cut- ting granite at Granite Mountain was in prisoners the nature of an immense relief from a} far greater evil—the swamps. In all the history of convict labor there is nothing more horrible than that chapter in which the names of those American convicts who have died in the swamps are re- corded. These places have all the lone- liness of the Siberian steppes, and are plague spots besides. Consequently, when a number of convicts were trans- ferred from the swamps to Granite Mountain, there to be taught granite- cutting, these men came gradually to consider themselves as having been lifted from a hell to a heaven, and to be- have gratefully as a recompense. The guards whe paced up and down at every point of the visible and invisible horizon were rarely obliged to bring their Win- chesters into actual use; attempts at es- cape were few and far between—firstly, because the lot of these convicts was in- dubitably the happiest in the gift of the State of Texas, and secondly, because the formation of the country near Granite Mountain was especially unfavorable to success in eluding the rifles of the out- posts. It was almost possible to stand at any point on the mountain itself and see every outlet of the camp at once. When it did happen that the sound of the chisels striking the granite was inter- rupted by the sharper ‘‘whang”’ of Win- chesters, the question usually uppermost n the mind was not ‘Did he escape?” put “Did they kill him, or only wing him?’ Any attempts at escape were mostly the result of a sort of frenzy that convicts are victims to; it is a state of mind much akin to the temporary in- sanity that juries find so convenient a label for suicides. When, therefore, the hot stillness of that place was broken on this day by the NO. 499 quick crackling of several Winchesters, the granite-cutters merely listened a mo- ment, sighed, and bent down again to the veined blocks of stone before them. In the guardhouse, the guards who were not on outpost duty smiled at each other. One of them said shortly, * on these very hot days,” nodded. Out on the western ridge of the great red mountain, John Temple, the guard whose Winchester had spoken, was standing over the body of a convict who lay prostrate, a gray spot on the dull bed of rock over which a little stream of blood was trickling. Another guard ap- proached presently, and they carried the would-be fugitive down into a sort of ra- vine, where the sun could not penetrate and where there was both coolness and shade. Then they sent for the doctor, who came riding up after a little while, and pronounced the man wounded to death. ‘‘He may live an hour,’’ he said. The wounded man opened two weary eyes; his right hand fumbled down against the rough sail-cloth upon which he lay, striving to grasp it, to clench it so that he could steady himself. ‘Bring the sergeant,” he gasped; then his head dropped, and he seemed to sink into rest- fulness. When he opened his eyes again, the sergeant was standing waiting at his side. It was very still there, in that shadowy place; Death was already writ- ing his signs upon the face of the pros- trate convict, and the awe of him upon the faces of all. ‘‘Maybe,” began the convict, looking at the sergeant, ‘‘you remember what I’min for, and maybe you don’t. Anyway I’ve got to tell you, so’s I can make clear the whole of it. It’s weak in me, I reckon, and there ain’t no real call for me to tell it, but I’m a coward. I don’t want to leave this world under the cloud I’ve lived in. “J reckon all you know me by now is my number; but before I was sent up my name was Wainwright. I used to live up in Lampasas; kept a general store there, and was getting on fairly well for a young fellow. They were a pretty rough lot, the people who traded at my place— cowboys and poor white farmers, and niggers. But I managed to keep out of trouble and was laying a little something by every year. I was saving up until I had enough so’s I could ask Mary Hor- ton, the postmaster’s daughter, to marry me, which I hoped was going to be soon. This was fifteen years ago, fifteen years ago. Mary’d told me she was willing, and we were as good as engaged, only I’d never thought it quite fair to have her bind herself until 1 was sure I could pro- vide for her. ‘‘And then Mary set eyes ona young cowboy of the name of Farnly one day, and she never was the same to me after- wards. I thought I’d eat my heart out to see how she was all glowing with love for him; for he was a reckless sort, and I didn’t think he’d make her a good man. You see, | loved Mary; if she was going to be happier with Farnly, 1 wasn’t going to stand inthe way. It would hurt, I It’s always and the others was 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. knew that; but if she wanted it that way— “Well, one day, another cowboy from the same ranch that Farnly was punch- ing for rode into town, and started to; drinking. He went over to the postoffice and called Mary Horton out to the door. | Farnly was in my just op- posite the postoffice, at the time, and we eould see everything plainly. ‘So you’re the girl,’ began the cowboy, leaning heavily against the frame of the door. Then he tried to kiss her; she tlung out her hand at his face, and he, laughing drunkenly, was beginning to press for- ward, when there was a shot and the man fell. He died in five minutes. store, “That shot was fired from my store. The jury and the evidence declared that it was 1 who fired the shot that killed that man. And that’s why I’m here. But I’m going too fast. Before the smoke cleared away and out of the room that Farnly and I were standing in. I looked at the pistol, it was still smoking, and then at Farnly. ‘It’s me she loves,’ I said. The same thing was in both our minds. He shook his head. ‘Look at this,’ and he handed me a note. It was in Mary’s hand; what else it said | don’t know, but atthe last she declared loved him, and that she would break off with me. For amoment ortwo I felt like killing Farnly, 1 reckon; then I took the hot pistol and held it so until they came and found me. All the evidence went to show that it was 1, driven on by jealousy, who fired the shot that killed the cowboy. But it was not I. Farnly. if she had not loved him, if she had not determined upon sharing his life, what would it all have mattered to me? They might have found the smok- ing pistolin his hand for all But I loved her—do you that?—I loved her. She loved him; if she knew that he was a murderer, it would almost kill her. As for me, no longer cared for me; my fate would only grieve her for a space; I was noth- ing in her life now. And so—lI took the blame.”’ she It was I cared. understand she The feverish utterance ceased sudden- ly, and the dying man closed his eyes slowly. In the distance you could hear the the dull echoes of blasting, and the tinkle of chis- els. The doctor looked away from the pallet for an instant; his eyes wandered up towards where the sun was now vis- ible over the edge of the ravine; when he withdrew them they were slightly moist; the sun had probably been too strong. “That,’’ went on the convict, opening his eyes again, and staring at the guard with a horrible smile on his gray lips, ‘“‘was fifteen years ago. Well, since then—I have been here, and in the swamps. It is hard, isn’t it, to be a pris- oner—hopelessly—for so long—when you are innocent? But rather than spoil her happiness, I would have died. She must believe in her husband—always— to the end. And so—I could never speak. Only now, only now, when it can do no harm—and because it feels easier to pass out without the stain than with it. It is only that you may remem- ber that convict 69 was innocent. I won’t say anything about what I’ve en- dured. I'd doit again, gladly. I hope he made her happy. And now you must promise—you must promise me—a dying man, that you will say nothing of what I have told you; that you will regard it as Sacred, and that there will be no raking whistles of the foremen, Promise me that gentlemen, promise me, or — I— cannot — die —in—peace.” His dim eyes wandered from face to face, imploringly, and yet with something of command in them. The sergeant looked at the doctor, and | both their eyes shone. ‘‘It’s against the law,” said the sergeant, putting out his hand and laying it on the docter’s shoul- der, ‘‘but for aman like that, l’d—doc- tor, if | omit this from the records—” “Pll do the same,’’ said the doctor swiftly. Then he spurted at the guard, ‘“‘And if you say a word —’’ “Pll be damned first,’’ was the fierce reply. Then there was a silence, until the dying man spoke again, very slowly and with an effort. ‘‘T suppose you wonder why I—tried to escape. Well, it was a madness, I think. 1 can’t explain it myself. But 1 was out there with the blasting outfit to-day, when suddenly I looked up and. saw the figure of a woman against the skyline, on the slope of the Granite mountain. She had on a big sunbonnet, and to me, in my sudden madness, sbe was the image of Mary Horton as I used to watch her com- ing from the district schoolhouse in the long ago. Ireckon it was really one of the guards’ wives, but I didn’t think of that then. I saw that figure, and—all! of a sudden—everything gave way in me— all but the longing for her. I forgot the years—the place, everything. There was Mary—out there on the mountain; if I could reach her and tell her how misera- ble 1 was; if I could but kiss her once, but once speak to her—. And then, | started forward madly, running at full speed, in a kind of frenzy—and—now—I —am—here.” He noticed the anguish on the guard’s face, and went on, look- ing up smilingly at him: “Oh, you did your duty, you know. How were you to know the madness that was in me? For, it must have been a— madness. Yes, surely it must have been. And so, you have all promised me that you—will say nothing—? Ah, thank you, thank you. It makes it so much easier for me, if I can think that she will never know. It— might — worry — her—.”’ His breath went from him in a gentle sigh, and the eyes closed. The doctor stepped forward and put his head down towards the man’s heart. It had ceased to beat. ‘‘Dead!’’ he said briefly. A tear glistened on the guard’s leathery cheek. ‘‘He was white,” he said thickly, “clear through.” Then he put his hand up to his cheek and swore. ‘*When an army soldier dies,’’ he went on, looking at the sergeant— “Yes,’’ said the sergeant, deserves it.’’ “eo on: he * * * Over in the guard-station they listened to the shots and looked up. ‘*What’s that?’”’ asked a lately-arrived guard. ‘A convict has escaped!’’ was the answer. JosEPH P. PoLLARD. An Appeal for Heip. | The Ladies’ Aid Society of Burdick- | ville, Leelanaw county, are endeavoring to raise funds for theerection of a church able to raise the necessary amount them- | selves, they appeal for assistance to the ;readers of THe TRADESMAN. The ob- | ject isa worthy one, and the ladies de- 'serve, and, no doubt, will receive, a | hearty and generous response. Contri- butions may be sent to the Secretary, La- ieds’ Aid Society, Burdickville, Mich. | edifice in their village, and, not being | { j among the ashes of fifteen years ago. | | POTATOES. We have made the handling of Potatees a ‘*speciaiiy’’ |}alarge trade. Can take care of all that can be shipped us. | vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen. Ship your stock to usand get full Chicago market value. Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. | WM. H. THOMPSON & CO., Commission Merchants, 166 So. Water St., Chicago. THE ACME HAND POTATO PLANTER Simple, Durable, Practical. 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Good pictures, in the present | day, can be had almost anywhere and at | a fi Make Your Office More Homelike. From Metal. * a te . Semmes \ Did it ever strike you, Mr. Business | Very low prices. i git : A Man, that you spend one-third of your Perhaps you are in another line of} y S life in your office? Did you ever think | business, and have just moved into a new | eC ia : 2 ls that, if you attended with reasonable | Store; it is safe to gamble on the fact that | “Zz LCT 3 2 = | closeness to your business concerns, about | Within six months the new office will ae. ‘zo Sa one-half of the whole of the time which | have the same dingy, heaven-forsaken, ae ate se you will be awake from the time that | perdition-mortgaged appearance that) it artes S33 you are twenty-one years old until you | the old one had. It is so easy to come in | otis ar “turn up your toes to the daisies.’’ will in the morning, shake a dust brush at ce &D be spent in that place which you call ithe place where your elbow has to rest ae your business office? Well, if you never | Upon the desk, and go on all day long in z= 8 thought of it, sit down and go over the| the old routine. What wonder that the | = 2B 3 figures some night when you are going | Manin the office, called the “bookkeeper,” | =r ys eC home. Take out your Sundays and holi- io — ing years in = a _ Se . days. Take out your vacations. Figure | 2nd in such work, a mere two- egged mul- | Ss up the number of years you have been at |tiplication table? Do reform. Get up a | KALAMAZOO PANT k OVERALL CO, ae eu it. Make calculations as to the number | little revival, a revival in cleanliness; | | Ap! i ty of times you have worked overtime. Put which, in the list of virtues, was put 221 FE. MainoSt., Kalamazoo, Mich. ‘PATO eeerei ie oS it all together and see how many of your waking hours you have spent in the office and how many outside. Spend five minutes in thinking what the moral of all this is. If you cannot think, look around your office and see what it looks like. You have got a good looking desk. You have got a good waste paper basket of an ordi- nary pattern. Your chair is a tolerably easy one, but it is safe to bet ‘tpennies to sheekels” that you cannot rest your head on the back of it if yuu try. What do the walls of your den look like? Does the place with its bare floor, its dusty ceiling and general discomfort, compare with your own sitting-room or parlor at home? How would your wife like to be compelled to spend half her life in such a place? if you are one of the gilt-edged fellows who have caught on to this idea, and have got an office that looks as it should, turn to the next page. This article does not mean you. If, for example, you are a plumber and have the ordinary plumb- er’s office, with windows that have not been washed since Columbus came oyer, with a floor so rough that a street sweep- er’s broom is necessary to rake off the coarser dirt, there is a chance for you to make your place a little more civilized. The trash thatis hanging on your walls can be got rid of. Tarnished and useless samples can be thrown into the scrap heap. Broken traps, pieces of defective lead pipe and other curiosities —which are only curious now, because you have kept them—can be pulled out from under your desk and out from the shelves and put into the melting pot. If you are a hardware man in a small town, you know very well that you have piles of papers hanging on hooks and nails, filthy with the dust of ages—papers that have not been looked at for the last forty years, and you won’t look at for the next forty. Take out everything that is of value and destroy the rest. Even your good looking desk of compariltively recent make has holes and corners that have not been explored since the desk was pur- chased. Then there are odd pieces of hardware in broken paper bexes that ought to be sent out and putin stock; a box of small chain brought in for a foot- stool ought not to be in the office, but in its proper place. If you must have a footstool take an empty box and make one, if you cannot afford to buy some- thing as decent as you would have in your own house. Then there is the man with the Water street office: The cobwebs in the upper part are almost as much of a curiosity as those in old Tom’s chophouse. They are not, perhaps, as large nor as aggressive, but they are just as {infinitely objection- able. The walls were once white, they are now a dark and sickening gray. What is the matter with cleaning them, pulling down the cobwebs, getting the dust out of the pigeon holes, where it has accumulated so that the papers cannot be pushed all the wayin? Buy a bellows, if the pigeon holes cannot be got at any other way. But before you begin, sub- sidize an ash cart to stand at the door. The chances are that you will have it full before the office is habitable. Ex- pense? Well, supposing it does cost something? Poor? Well, if you can- not afford a painter, buy a can of ready mixed paint and an 8-cent brush, and spend some Saturday afternoon in your old clothes going oyer it yourself. Put up some pictures. If you cannot afford next to godliness, where it belongs. Try and be as civilized in your business as you are in yonr home. very much. You will work easier. Those who are around you will miss some of the almost inevitable friction. Al- though one cannot always get all the the comforts of a home into a business office, it is possible to reduce mental wear and tear, and not feel quite so much like golng into a strange place when you get inside of your own house. ——_ >< How Success May Be Won. ‘‘Keep down expenses!” is the cry of men in business; ‘‘make your expense column light, so if the week’s trade is small, you will not be apt to lose much.” ‘“‘Keep your expenses up to the require- ments of a growing business, and you will have few poor weeks in which to lose,” is the advice of business men re- tired on a comfortable fortune. Cheap rents, cheap help and cheap advertisements mean cheap business. Have your store on a thoroughfare where people must see your stock in trade. Then when people read your lib- eral advertising they know immediately where you ‘‘are at.”’ Make the front of the store attractive —a trademark, as it were—to give an idea of the personality inside. Goldleaf signs glitter, but do not attract the trade that ‘‘golden bargains” cheerfully dis- played by neat, sensible salespeople, do for proprietors who believe in paying sufficient to secure help that are worthy and strive for the confidence of your customers. Have salespeople, in fact, all help, sufficiently acquainted with business to advise patrons in selecting needed articles for their special work. See to it that everyone is treated alike; allow no jealousy between help. When a poor man enters your store, treat him with as much deference as you would a rich man. They usually have large fam- ilies and more ‘“‘talk;’’ it is his trade you want, also his good will. In advertising, do not spend ycur money on fair programmes and the like; they are worse than useless. Advertise freely in the newspapers, changing the wording frequently, and address frequent letters to the heads of families, inviting them to call and examine your stock. The chief advertisement of a store is the show window. Never allow that to look neglected. Have the prices marked on goods, care being taken that prices are not all ‘‘too dear,” or all ‘too cheap.” Have the store brilliantly lighted, never allow it to be too dismal. When you have tried in vain to sell an article at clearance price, give it toa poor cus- tomer (in worldly effects); he and his family of thirteen are yours ever after. Now, in writing of store, help, adver- tising, light, ete., have you noticed any omission? Why! of course. I never men- tioned yourself. But then the last in the writing should be first in success. Now then! Look yourself over care- fully. Are you sociable? You should be. Are you quick-tempered? Avoid it. Are you setting your ‘‘profit-makers’’ a good example by being personally atten- tive to business? Do so, and put your profits away in barrels. —_____—_.>-o—_—_——_—- Physician Wanted. BALpwIn, April 5—There is a splendid opening here for a first-class physician. Please mention the matter in next issue frames quite as expensive as those in | of THE TRADESMAN. your own sitting room, get some that are Tos. HEFFERNAN. It won’t cost | Chicago salesroom with Silverman & Opper, Corner Monroe st. and Fifth ave. Our specialties: warranted not to rip. per doz. Spring line now ready. on approval. Pants from $7.50 to $36 per doz. Shirts from %2.50 to $15 Samples sent MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insurance Co, Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, BUY THE PENINSULAR Pants, Shirts, and Overalls Onee and You are our Customer for life. STANTON, MOREY & CO., Mfrs. DETROIT, MICH. Gro. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. Our machine hasa reversible rotary motion of both upper and lower washboards, giving the true hand-rubbing principle. Clothes nevel bunch while washing, common fault with others necessitating rearranging; not a pleasant task. Wm. Brummeler & Sons, Manufacturers and Jobbers of Pieced and Stamped Tinware Phone 640 260 8S. Ionia St.. GRAND RAPIDS. NET PRICE LISTIOF SAP PAILS PER 100. Ic >. 10 quart... .----.... $14 $17 12 e a 18 15 Oe ee salen eae wale ig 22 50 1 gal. I C Syrup Cans, per 100... 10 25 These goods are full size and are guaranteed not toleak. The pails are made almost straight flaring enough to pack conveniently. In lots of 5CO we willallow 5 per cent. off above prices. Terms, 30 days net. Send for price list of general line of tinware Are You Going to the W orld’s Fair? If so, you want this Harvard Leather Bag. Leather lined, frame leather bound, latest improved patent fastening. We will make you Write for particulars. lM. a present of one. (Lark Grocery [o. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Sparta—O. W. meat market here. Soper has opened a White—Chilcote & Knapp succeed S. | Rasley in genera! trade. Farwell—L. W. Soule succeeds W. Collins in general trade. Yale—Archie Landro in the furniture business. Chesaning—Stuart & Co. succeed J. J. Campbell in the sawmill business. John Chase—-J. E. Wells & Son have assigned | their general stock to A. U. Smith. Gaylord—Wm. G. Wolverton sueceeds Sanford W. Buck in general trade. Belding—The Eagle Clothing sueceeded by Chas. F. Wood & Co. Saginaw—C. L. Reinke is succeeded by John Gehris in the grocery business. Shelby—John Little succeeds J. L. Franks & Co. in the grocery business. Detroit—Bernard Wolf is succeeded by Geo. Muhi & Son in the grocery business. East Jordan—F. Bennett has sold his meat market to Beckman & Peckham. Battle Creek—E. L. Jackson succeeds Leroy A. Woods in the grocery business. Iron Mountain—Peterson & ceed A. Cruse & Co. ness. Hillsdale—Croose & Schak Wm. H. Croose & Co. ness. Saginaw—B. F. Seeley is sueceeded by Seeiey, Griggs & Parsons in the clothing business. Co. is Orr soc- in the meat busi- succeed in the meat busi- N. T. Hanrahan sue- Smith in the Menominee—Mrs. Mrs. O. business. ceeds millinery Alexander Le Clere has removed his boot and shoe stock to inette, Wis. Gaylord—Robert H. Russell Russell & Phillips in the drug and furni- ture business. Dowagiac—N. Menominee succeeds sold grocery stock to J. F. Calwell & Co., of Battle Creek. Houghton—Casper Brand is succeeded his | late | Creagon has by H. G. Major in the grocery and con- fectionery business. Bay City—Carroll, Hurley & Co. suc- eeed Logan & Carroll in the produce and commission business. Ann Arbor—Abel Bach & Co., general dealers, have dissolved, Bach & Roath | continuing the business. Beaverton — Harris, Patterson & Co. succeed Tonkin, Harris & Co., trade and the lumber business. Gaylord—Russell & Phillips, dealers in furniture and drugs, have dissolved, R. H. Russell continuing the business. Cedar Springs—E. A. Chilson bought Mr. Thomas’ interest in grocery stock and added boots and shoes. Traverse City—R. W. who re- cently here from Kalamazoo, has} opened a drug storein the Furtseh build- ing on the South Side. Traverse City—G. A. Johnson, of | Boyne City, is having the Stover buiild- ing, on the South Side, fitted up and will | put in a line of drugs and medicines. Caledonia—Dr. W. conducted the drug business here for the | in general Kane, came past three years, has sold his stock to Frank Hecox, who will continue the business. Ithaca—Frank W. Warner, who has the since that house been connected with Goods and Carpet Co. was established, has opened a dry goods_ store at this place. Wilson succeeds Frank | ; | Secretary. Mar- | has the | O. Barber, who has | Saginaw Dry Owosso—C. L. Beagle & Co. have opened a store in the building formerly | occupied by the Queen Cart Co. They | carry a line of buggies and harnesses fcr both wholesale and retail! trade. for the Diamond Crystal Salt Co., of St. Clair, is in town for a few days. Geo. W. Stowitts and wife propose to Wayland—The E. H. Morse drug stock was sold at chattel mortgage sale April 6, the owner of the mortgage, Dr. A. | Hanlon, bidding it in at $600. The pur- chaser will continue the business. Thomas street. ing the week in Chicago. He is acecom- panied by his wife. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Ewen—Cameron Bros., lumber dealers, will remove to Grand Rapids, Minn. Bay City—The Crump Manufacturing the Thomson & Chute Soap Co., but now representing the J. P. Dieter Company, of Chicago, is in town for a week or ten Co. has contracted to furnish packing days boxes for the Woolson Spice Co. for four J. N. Bradford was elected Secretary | years. It will call for $100,000 worth of box material. Saginaw—The Saginaw Lumber & Sait Co. will bring over from Georgian Bay 15,000,000 feet of their own logs, and has purchased 40,000,000 feet of the Merrill- Ring Co., of which 10,000,000 will be cut and rafted over here this season. Saginaw—The Arthur Hill Co. will probably begin lumbering in the Geor- gian bay region this year, having pur- chased last fa!l 250,000,000 feet of timber there. This is exclusive of 500,000,000 in the Ottawa district, in which Mr. Hill is interested. Adrian—A. E. Palmer has merged his furniture factory into a stock company | under the style of the Palmer Furniture of the Regimental Twenty-sixth Michigan Infantry, held its annual meeting at Woodland last week. The next reunion will be held in eity April 6, 1894. trav ce representative for the Lemon & Wheeler Company to take a hand in the! management of the Lansing Woodenware | ner. His suceessor is D. H. Disher, who | Spice Mills Co. A recent decision of the New York Su- | preme Court is of interest to commercial travelers. It has decided that railroads are not responsible for loss or damage to Co. The corporation has a capital stock |S@™ples. The basis of this judicial of $35,000, of which $24,000 is paid in. |¥tterance is that a railroad ticket Is 1A. KE. Palmer will be President of the |Si™Ply personal license for transporta- tion of self and personal effects, under which samples cannot fairly be classed. Even when extra fare is paid the trans- portation of sample trunks and packages is in the nature of a concession on the part of the railroad. The _ social ‘company, and J. H. Purdy will serve as | | | Fuller Bros. Manu- facturing Co. writes THe TrRapESMAN that the statement that the American Washboard Co. is likely to secure abso- lute control of the market is premature, |as that corporation has only purchased three factories up to this time, and there are fully a dozen factories still operating | independently. ————— applying for divorce, . Charlies W. Glover affirms that her ace is the owner of $40,000 worth of stock in the Ypsilanti Dress Stay Manu- facturing Co., which yields him a ;monthly dividend of 3600. If such is a | fact, the stock pays an annual dividend of 18 per cent., which is not to be sniffed ‘at in these days of small profits and | diminutive dividends. Kalamazoo—The | | feature of the monthly meeting of Post E, held at Elks’ hall Saturday evening, was fairly well at- tended and was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. Progressive pedro was played from 8:30 to 11 o’clock, when the curtains atthe end of the hall were drawn back, disclosing two well-laden tables, to which the party did ample jus- tice. At the conclusion of the repast, Geo. F. Owen assumed the role of toast- master and called for voluntary remarks from several of those present. No one was in speaking trim, but all who were called upon managed to say a few words except Manley Jones, whose silence alarmed his friends beyond measure, as they had reason to believe that nothing short of paralysis of the tongue could keep him quiet under any circumstances. E Alpena—lIt is now given out cold that lit the people along the right of way be- tween Alpena and Lake May, Presque Isle county, are willing, the work of |extending the Bay City & Alpena Rail- | road north from Alpena will begin in| At the conclusion of the literary exer- three weeks, and it will be ironed and | cises, prizes were awarded the best play- ready for business by October. There |ers in the pedro games and a standing lis avast quantity of timber that this | vote of thanks was accorded the commit- | road will reach if extended, a portion of tee on arrangements who had planned | | which would be quite likely to come to and managed so pleasant an evening. | Alpena mills. The distance from Al-| pena to Lake May is forty-five miles. . | | } The Drug Market. | company of Alpena business men are en- . Cubeb berries | deavoring to secure the right of way. Should they fail, itis likely that Alger, 7 a, a d higt | Smith & Co. will build a logging railroad | | ee — } leaves y i i from Lake May to Hammond’s Bay on | rn ——— — -_ i |are tending downward, as there is now Lake Huron, where the timber cut on the /ample stock. line of the road would be made up into : . | Gum opium has declined, but is now rafts and towed down the lake, the long oo : a steady. | timber going to Lake Erie and the short | . . . oe ‘ io in | Oil anise, oi] orange, oil cinnamon, oil logs to the Saginaw River. | ecopaiba, oil cubebs, cotton seed oil, oil lemon and Malaga olive oil have declined, African ginger is in better supply and is lower. Alcohol has declined 4 cents. are in better supply and a 8 Gripsack Brigade. E. Kuyers, traveling representative for | P. Steketee & Sons, is rejoicing over the | advent of a 10 pound boy. R. R. Moore, traveling representative . M. Seott has resigned his position as | C. L. Lawton, traveling representative | for the New York Biscuit Co., is spend- | 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, celebrate the tenth anniversary of their | Advance payment. wedding April 22 at their home at 155 BUSINESS CHANCES. OR SALE—TWO-STORY FRAME STORE building and dwelling at Levering,a thriving Northern Michigan town. Property well rented. | Will sell cheap or exchange for city property. A. M. LeBaron, 65 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. 702 | i. SALE—CLEAN GROCERY STOCK ON B. F. Pashby, formerly on the road for | | Stock and fixtures will be sold at inventory one of the best business streets of the = Via ue. with profitable cash trade and gooc ee thrownin. For full information’apply to E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St , Grand Rapids. 700 ee EXCHANGE—I WISH TO EXCHANGE Association of the | | ture and lease the property. r hie | McKinnon, Cadillac, Mich. | | has traveled several years forthe Dayton | | | for selling. health failed. hotel and furniture for stock of merchan- dise. Hotel doing the best businuessin Northern Michigan. Electric lights, steam heat; in fact, all modern improvements. Or will sell furni- Address, Hotel 698 OR SALE—SMALUL DRUG STOCK, CLEAN and well selected, excellently located for | business on main thoroughfare in this city. Ad- dress No. 697, care Michigan Tradesman. 697 OR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GOOD real estate—#2,500 stock of dry goods, ladies’ and gent’s furnishing goods. Address quick, iC. Chrystle, 518 Allegan st., Lansing, Mich. 696 we SALE-STOCK OF GROCERIES FOR ash; also store building and lot, including | two dwelling houses, on time. Address No. 691, Co., in which he is interested as a part- | care Michigan Tradesman. 691 OR SALE—CLEAN GROCERY STOCK and fixtures. Will sell together or separately, as desired. Cheapfor cash Chas. E Williams, 6) Carrier street, Grand Rapids. 693 OR SALE —GENERAL MER- chandise, Reason Address New Home Machine office, 541 N. Division street, Grand Rapids. Mich. 688 OR SALE OR TRADE FOR CLEAN STOCK groceries—Handle factory. Plenty of cheap timber. Good shipping facilities. Good chance right parties. Address No. 683, care Michigan Tradesman. 683 YO EXCHANGE—FOR STOCK OF CLOTH- ing or boots and shoes, twe good hard timber farms of eighty acres each Thirty-five and seventy acres improved. Title clear. Address Thos. Skelton, Big Rapids. 680 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 for sale; stock about $4,000; bright, clean and oldest established trade. Prominent location: brick building; stone walk: rent mod erate; citv 30,000; reasons for selling made known. Suit yourself about terms. Address quick, John K. Meyers, Muskegon, Mich. 670 OR SALE CHEAP—ONE STORE BUILDING 2°x34 with residence in connection. Best location in town for a saloon and billiard hall or general store. Those meaniug business must inquire at once. Good reason for selling. Ad- dress No. 701, care Michigan Tradesman 701 STOCK OF doing a nice business SITUATIONS WANTED. ANTED—POSITION IN HARDWARE store by young man of nineteen who has had one year’s experience Wages reasonable. Bertrand Collins, care Wm. Morrison, Grand Rapids, Mich. 705 ANTED—POSITION AS BOOK-KEEPER by steady young man, with family. Un- exceptional references furnished and satisfac- tion guaranteed. Address C. E. Weaver, Adrian, Mich. 690 MISCELLANEOUS. FOR RENT—STORE WHERE THERE IS A good opening for a druggist. Rent low. Enguire at Michigan Tradesman office. 686 OME VALUABLE FARMS AND FINE LAN- bO sing city property to exchange for merchan- dise. Address 222 Washington ave., N., Lansing, Mich. 687 OR SALE—SMALL STOCK BAZAR GOODS: excellent location; cheap rent; goods fresh and cheap. E. F. Caldwell & Son, Lake Odesse. 698 POT CASH FOR WOOD—SEND FULL PAR- ticulars as to price and kind of wood. Ad- dress M E. Lapham, 481 East Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich 704 OR SALE—A FIRST-CLASS SODAWA ter fountain and complete charging apara tus, of Tuft’s make. For particulars address F. D. Hopkins Alba, Mich. 703 OR SALE—CLEAN STOCK OF DRY GOODS, boots and shoes and groceries, located in best town in Michigan. Rent low. Stock wil nvoice about $2,500; will take part cash, balance) wellsecured. W, E. Thorp, Hart, Mich. 706 yee cen a eee CASH REGIS- ter suitable for use in general store. Send full particulars as tomake, style and time used. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 708 ANTED—POSITION AS CLERK IN GEN- eral store. Two years’ experience, and best of references as to character and ability. Address No. 707, care Michigan Tradesman. 707 ANTED—AN EXPERIENCED BUTTER: maker. Apply to ©. M. Northrop, Lake- view, Mich. 709 _% 7 - t r u 5 4 ‘ ; . ot | GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. THEH MICHIGAN Grand Traverse region and that they could retire from business with comfort- Hallock & Toan have opened a b00t| apie competencies, if they felt so dis- and shoe store at Howard City. Rindge, | Kalmbach & Co. furnished the stock. John Junkman has opened store at the corner of East and Logan streets. the stock. | M. E. Lapham has leased the store | building at 481 East Bridge street and | removed his feed and fuel business to that location. J. N. Loucks has reopened his grocery store at Ottawa Beach for the season. The Lemon & Wheeler Company fur- nished the stock. A. ©. Eldredge, who recently sold his grocery stock at Hesperia to C. M. Per- kins, has formed a copartnership with | Kobert Wilson under the firm name of A.C. Eldredge & Co., and embarked in the hardware business at Hesperia. Foster, Stevens & Co. furnished the stock. ©. H. Libby, formerly associated with Cornélius Fox in the grocery business at 95 South Division street, but for the past year associated with Lyman T. Kinney in the lumber business at Woodville, re- turned to this city last week and pur- chased the grocery stock owned by Mr. | Fox. He subsequently sold a half iuter- est to Jos. Triel, and the two will con- tinue business under the style of Libby & Triel. — << -__—— Purely Personal. Paul Steketee has decided to erect an- other cottage at Macatawa Park. Y. Berg, of H. Leonard & Sons, has re- | turned from Holland. While there he} purchased several consignments of crock- | ery direct from Holland factories. Edward Telfer, of W. J. Gould & Co., | Detroit, was in town Monday on his was to Chase, whither he is attracted by the assignment of J. E. Wells & Son. Peter Steketee, formerly engaged in the grocery business on West Leonard | street, has arranged to builda summer | cottage at Harrington’s Landing this | summer. M. S. Goodman, Secretary and Treas- | urer of the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug | Co., has gone to Florida to spend a week | or ten days with his wife, who has “ak the winter in that State. James Stewart, of the James Stewart | Mercantile Co., Limited, of Saginaw, has | been seriously ill for several weeks with | erysipelas. He somewhat. better | when last heard from. THe TRADEs- | MAN hopes he may soon be restored to! complete health. C. A. Crawford, who has been asso- ciated with Hannah, Lay & Co., at Trav- erse City, for twenty-eight years, of late years as Cashier of their bank, will re- tire from that position June 1 to embark in the real estate and money business on his own account. Two worthy representatives of the lumbering and mercantile fraternity of Northern Michigan graced THe TRADES- MAN | was loaning office one day last week—G. V. Nash, of Norwood, and Arch. Cameron, of Torch Lake. Both gentlemen blazed | their way through primeval forests to | their present locations and have been im- | portant factors in the growth and devel- | opment of Charlevoix and Antrim coun- ties. Itis a matter of no small satisfac- tion that they have both shared in the | prosperity which has smiled on the | posed. Wm. G. Cameron, Secretary of the a hardware | Cameron Lumber Co., died at his home | at Torch Lake on March 24 of pneumonia, Foster, Stevens & Co. furnished | and was buried at Elk Rapids the fol- lowing Sabbath. The deceased was born in Toronto in 1850, going to Torch Lake in 1865, where he labored assiduously in converting a piece of the wilderness into afarm. In 1885 he became a member of the firm of Cameron Bros., lumbermen and general dealers, assuming the posi- tion of yard manager. On the organiza- tion of the Cameron Lumber Co., in 1892, he was elected to the office of Secretary, ; continuing in charge of the yard and shipping business of the corporation. The deceased was aman of energy and agressiveness, and won for himself a name and fame which will always be treasured by the people of Antrim county, who had come to regard him as one of its foremost citizens and business men. > -— <_—_——__—— National Convention of Retail Grocers. An attempt is being made to organize a National Association of Retail Grocers, to meet in Chicago during the World’s Fair, ‘‘for considering the abuses which exist in trade and deriving means to remedy them.” The object is one which should engage the attention of every re- tail grocer, and receive hearty support. It is to be hoped that the Retail Grocers’ Associations of this State will take prompt action in the matter, to the end that they may be properly represented. As a preliminary to the proposed Na- tional convention, a mass meeting of Western dealers will be held in Washing- ton Hall, Chicago, on the evening of April 19, for the purpose of arranging for the convention and discussing, among other things, the formation of a Na- tional body. Mr. J. W. Callahan, of New York, has promised to be present and give his views upon the matter. It is said of Mr. Callahan that no man in the United States is better qualified to speak intelligently and authoritatively on the subject and the needs of the retail trade than he. ——__ > New Lumber Company at Ellsworth The Ellsworth Lumber Co. has been organized at Ellsworth with an author- ized capital stock of $50,000, allof which is subscribed, and 60 per cent. of which is paid in. The stock is held by three persons, as follows: G. V. Nash. Stee ae, Ore O_O ————————___—_—_—_—eeeee 5,000 A. B. Meech na “5,000 These gentlemen comprise the board of directors. and the officers are as fol- lows: President and General Manager—G. V. Nash. Vice-President—A. B. Meech. Secretary and Treasurer—E. R. Harris. The company has built and equipped a hardwood sawmill at Ellsworth, with a daily capacity of 25,000 feet of hardwood, and will put ina general store in con- nection with the mill, Mr. Meech giving his entire attention to the lumber busi- ness, and Mr. Harvis assuming entire charge of the mercantile department. Mr. Nash will continue to reside at Nor- wood, where he conducts a sawmill and general store, but will give the new cor- poration the benefit of his wide and suc- cessful experience as a lumberman and merchant. TRADESMAN. URNED OUT. But will be unning again by MAY Ist. EVERYTHING NEW. Lasts SNEDICOR & HATHAWAY, DETROIT, MICH, Dealers wishing to see the line address F. A. Cadwell, 682 Jefferson ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent County Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIDS ,MICH. Jno. A. CovopE Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. S. VERDIER, Cashier. K. Van Hor, Ass’t C's’r. Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits. DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, ™" J.0’Brien, A.J. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee J. A. 3S. Verdier. Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, La Grippe may attack but cannot overcome those protected by freonent nse of CUSHMAN’S MewrHon |NHALER. It destroys the microbes lodged on the mucous membranes and arrests progress of the disease. Unequalled for COLDS, SORE THBOAT, CA- TARRH, HEADACHE and NEURALGIA. The first inhalations stop sneezing, snuffing, coughing and headache. Continued use cem- pletes the cure. Sold by all druggists 50 cents. Registered mail 60 cents from H. D. CUSHMAN, Patentee and Mfr., ThreecRivers..oMich.U. S.A. “Unlike the Dutch Process x No Alkalies EN ~ Ge” Other Chemicals are used in the preparation of \ aul) (iW. Baker & C03 Breakfast Cocoa, which is absolutely pure and soluble. ~—_ OR: A description of the chocolate plant, and of the various cocoa and chocolate preparations man- ufactured by Walter Baker & Co. will be sent free toany dealeron application. W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass. and Patterns the Latest. | 5 INDUCEMENT TO THE ReErariw DRvuGGists AND GENERAL STORES. Do You Sell DIAMOND YEA? We want one live dealer in every | city and town to handle and push | the sale of Diamond Tea, the great | | remedy for Constipation, Sick Headache and Liver and Kidneys and we offer the following induce- ment: To every dealer who will send us an order for 3 doz. 25¢ size packages of Diamond Tea at $1.90 per doz., which amounts to only $5.70, we will send free of charge an additional 1 doz. packages, be- sides sufficient sample packages to sample your whole town. By stamping your name on each pack- age you will thus receive full ben- efit of the advertising. It will pay hustlers to take ad- vantage of this offer, before their competitors get ahead ef them. DIAMOND TEA CO., DETROIT, MICH. Diamond Tea is sold by all whole- sale druggists. THK PROOF of the PUDDING Is Asking for More. Hen -—-H uF. (10 cents or 3 for 25 cents.) Record Breakers. (The Great 5 cent Cigar.) MADE ON HONOR. SOLD ON MERIT. GEO. MOEBS & Ub. MANUFACTURERS, DETROIT, MICE Important to Commercial Trav- elers and Merchants. The American Casualty Insurance and Securi ty Co., of Baltimore City, Maryland, sells the most liberal accident policy issued in the United States, furnishing more absolute protection than any other. Its policy is a short. plain business contract, free from 911 objectionable clauses and conditions. In 1892 it paid losses to policy hold- ers and their beneficiaries amounting to $1,103, 964, and had $2,607,675 in assets Jan. 1, 1893. The premium to merchants not handling goods and | commercial travelers is $4 for each $1,100 in | surance with $ per week indemnity during dis | ability, not exceeding 52 weeks, and pays one | half instead of one-third for loss of one hand or one foot, as paid by most other companies | Telephone No. 1,003, for best policy issued, or | address W. R. FREEMAN, Agent, 373 Crescen avenue,,Grand Rapids,, Mich. 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Hard on the Scheme Creameries. John Gould, the noted authority and | expert in dairying matters, Hoard’s Dairyman as follows: All through the State this winter I find the agents of creamery ‘‘fixture’’ houses writes as busy at work as ‘‘nailers’’ and trying to | nail any chance where by any sort of scheme they can establish $5,000 cream- ery plants. This business is being over- done, and each one of these concerns— and its almost absolute failure past, either as a wreck, or a surrender of stock—sets the dairy business back for years. There is neither sense nor reason, only swindle, in this forcing of the ex- tension of the dairy business where there is no chance for the big concern, and the dairy must, if at all, be developed by the inexpensive, almost crude manufacturing | concern, started by afew farmers as a neighborhood concern. Let this affair, cheaply managed, grow into the great factory by the natural process of increase, as farmers are drawn to it by seeing the advantages of adding dairies to their farmsand joining in this home- managed, co-operative effort. We do not fully indorse the charge made by some papers, that the failure of sO many creameries, in Southern and Central Ohio, is because the farmers lack business ability and lack of harmony among themselves. Inonesense, lack of business ability has led them to get load- ed with a $5,000 creamery, when a $1,500 | one would have been fully equal to the supply of dairy products; but the truth | is, no set of men on the green earth can to-day change in the twinkling of an eye from grain and meat producers into first- | take | class dairymen, and, in addition, upon themselves successful co-operation, when the whole business is new, understood. That they will not in the nature of things; does not, as he cannot, that he will say hard things. I was in a creamery the other day, moth separator, and iess than 1,200) pounds of milk a day, gathered from | little dairies for miles about, and the cost of paying for help, and dividends on | the stock which must be paid, and all combined, so that the cost of every pound of butter must have been close to 12 cents for making, and while there was pluck left in some of the stockholders, it was found in small degree in others, and the voice of the street was, ‘‘dairying is a fraud.” What shall such acreamery do? Why. don’t throw away the plant! Re-capital- ize at $1,500, turn off two of the three managers and assistants; sell the $800 engine, and get a small and cheaper one, and commence over, and small, and grow; takethe leading dairy paper; start a campaign of education, in advance of the creamery shark. The building of these creameries all over the country is only indicative of the general feeling that the farm wants a better revenue than it now has, and the dairy is the fulfillment of that want, something to give the farmer a bettcr in- come than he now has; not by abandon- ing his present systems, but bringing in the dairy along with the rest, and make the revenue of the farm more nearly con- tinuous. Thecreamery ‘‘fixture” man has taken advantage of this desire; and by building up a large sized air-castle and filling it with ‘‘wind,” has not only induced this farmer to go into a scheme that he was not fitted for, with- out previous understanding of what was | actually to be required of him; and then | to see thousands of dollars vanish, and | that at atime when the supposed patrons | are standing aloof ‘‘to see how it’s going to come out”—there is good reason why | seven out of each ten of those new con- cerns go up the first year. Dairy edu- eation must go ahead of dairy establish- ment, if there is to be suceess from the start, and lasting. Whatsays the editor? ene oe cneennennncnnnmnen The milliners are ready to spring the spring bonnets on the community. in the | little | and not | succeed, | when they are told by the agents of these | “fixture” houses that a man can get rich! from the dividends of his $100 share and | the product of six summer milch cows, is | and when he} itis only natural one | of these $6,000 affairs, with a huge, mam- | Dry Goods Price Current. UNBLEACHED COTTONS. 7 ae... “Arrow Brand 5% SN ea 6 “World Wide. 6 Brees AA......... 6 - a... 4% Atlantic a 6%/ Full Yard Wide..... 6% f __ 6%) aoe A... 6% ' ee. . 5%| Honest ee... ..... 6% i D.......--. 6 (ieee 5 - 6s. ........- 5 jindian Head........ 7 a . See 6 B........... 64 | | Archery Bunting... ‘ ~|King EC. ee : Beaver Dam AA.. 54}Lawrence L Go Blackstone O, 32.... 5 |Madras cheese cloth ox Sek Cow... ..... 6 | Newmarket ..... 5% Rae Beek ........ 84 oe. eo ob........... a... 6% Capital x. 1... a . DD.... Si | Cavanat V.......... 5% . zz. 6% Chapman cheese cl. 3% ee 5 oe Ce... 544/Our Level Best..... 6% oe... ..--.. ---- eaters ........... 6 Dwight Star..... noe MARI EOIN co pee eons 7 ae CCC........ 6%/|Solar.. sz |Top of the Heap.. a BLEACHED COTTONS. ‘Ae. ....... . 84/Geo. Washingion... 8 cae. ............ 8 jGien Mills... ...... 7 ee ae 7 |Gold oe. 7% | Art Cambric....-.-- 10 iGreen Ticket....... 8% Blackstone AA..... 7%|Great Falls.......... 6% | a 4%|Hope.. NN aie 12 (Just Out..... 4%@ 5 Cabot.. : 74 King Phillip........ 1% oo -............ 6%! —.... Th Charter Oak........ 544|Lonsdale Cambric..10 Conway W. Sees 714|Lonsdale.. @ 8% Cleveland .....- ... 7 |Middlesex.... .. @5 Dwight Anchor. Si4iNo Name............ ih* shorts. 8 |Oak View.. a | Edwards. . ee Con... 5% Empire...... ee 7 |Prideof the West...12 ee... 7. eee.......-.... 7% | Fruitofthe Loom. 9 /|Suntight............. 4% | Fitehville ......... 2 (Cee Wiles. ....... 8% | ie, Peee.... ..... ; . Nonpareil ..10 Fruit of the Loom %. 7%/|Vinyard............. 8% Pairmount..... ..... aig White =: a 6 | Pall Value... .- 6%| “ Rock. 8% | HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. Pree... 8... 74| Dwight Anchor..... 8% | Farwell....... ...-. si | CANTON FLANNEL. Unbleached ee: Housewife A........5%% Housewife _ 6% c B ae 7 | “ eo 6 ‘ 5 oe 7% _ >... 6% . -.... 8% i. Ce 7 : OL... | _ -.... Th : 7... 10 - 1... i*% . ..... -10% ' —— 7% r 2 11% | “ . 84 ‘ . 2 “ 5 8%) es Z 13% " z. 9%) a i. oS | . 10% | 2... an ’ -...... 21 | ye 14% CARPET WARP Peerless, white.. ...18 Integrity colored. ..20 . colored....20 |White Star.......... 18 | integrity: ok ee oS "..18%| ig * colored. .20 DRESS GOODS. | —" ns {Nameless a 20 | oe eee ee 25 | ” ee 27% | GG Cashmere tee eee 30 | Nameless eee toc ee 32% ss ec c 5 a. eee... po onderful. .. ....84 50 Scales... ..-. Go Brighten... ........ 475 Davis Waists 5 00|Bortree” . 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 50|Abdominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS Ares ......- vl - 64/N aumkeag satteen.. 7% Androscoggin . TM) Rockport........... 6% Biddeford... 6 ‘Conestoga Brunswicx. ... -. 6%| Walworth .. Allen turkey reds.. . pones....-... PRINTS. pi ge fancies.... 6%/Clyde Robes........ e ink & purple 6% |Charter Oak fancies 4% - —... 6%4|DelMarine cashm’s. 6 ' pink checks. 6%) mourn’g 6 : staples ...... 8%) 'Eddystone fancy... 6% _ shirtings - chocolat 6% American fancy.. . Bx - rober.... 65 Americanindigo... 6%| ’ sateens.. 6% American ee 5 | Hamilton oo 6% Argentine Grays... 6 | Anchor —e- 'Manchester onlay ._s Arnold . 8% new era. 6 | Arnold Merino. ... 6 |Merrimsack D fancy. 6 ' long cloth B. 10% Merrim’ck shirtings. 444 se Cc. 8% . Reppfurn . 8% * ~eentury cloth 7 6 - saio..... 10% ‘““ green seal TR10% “yellow seal..10% “ sorge.......-- 11% 6% ‘* Turkey red. “108 - a an black. 6% Ballou solid black. . Washington indigo. 6% * colors. Turkey robes.. 7% _ al blue, green, ‘India robes.... 7% and orange... 6 - plain Tky x X n” Berlin enlids.......- 5% . = oo oee...... 6% “ Ottoman = . | ee... oe een... 6% = Fou _— ... 5%|Martha Washington ' red %- 7 Turkey red X..... ™% “ ¥ a Martha Washington \ =“ - 44....... Turkey red...*.... . . g4aKEX 2 Riverpoint robes.... 5% | Cocheco oo Ans 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6% | ers... 6 r gold ticket ” XX twills.. 6%| indigo biue....... 10% - solcs....., 5i4|Harmony......... oo ——— | Amoskeag ACA....i3 |ACA..... ...-.+.- 13 Hamilton a 1% i sain AAA....% SS... SEER ne aa oe oon 0% . Awning..11 |Swift River......... T% —— Peer Miver......-.. 12% ice Pricc........... 10%| Warren.........-..+. 13% Lesox Mitts ........ 18 |Conostoga .........- 16 COTTON DBILL. | Atlanta, D. eee A stan eeee 8 | Be ce oe eee ox No Name..--..-- - 4 ae Top a Heap.------: 9 DEMINS. Amoskeag ace eee 12%/(Columbian brown. .12 om. .... 13%|Everett, blue........12 _ brown .13 . brown. ....12% Ae. nee 11% Haymaker bine. .... 7% Beaver Creek AA...10 brown... an hg BB...9 jealirery...........--- 11% . Oi. . Loneuiee een 12% Boston. Mfg Co. br.. 7 Lawrence, oc8.....- 138% blue 8% No _e.... « d«& twist 10% - No. 250....11% Columbian XXX br.10 - No. 280....10% XxX bi.19 GINGHAMS. Amoskeoee ...... ..-- rer" Lancaster, staple... 7 ‘“* Persian dress 8% fancies . 7 . Canton .. 8% ” Normandie 8 ' AP...... 10%|Lancashire.......... 6 . Teazle...101%4|Manchester......... 5X . Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 6% ' Persian.. 8%|Normandie.... ™% Arlington staple.... 614|Persian........ 8% Arasapha fancy.... 4%|Renfrew Dress Th Bates Warwick dres 8%|Rosemont..... 6% . staples. 6%|Slatersville .... 6 Centennial, ........ 10%|Somerset...... 7 Cruction ....... .. 10%|Tacoma .... 7% Cumberland staple. 5%/Toil du Nord... ....10% Cumberiand.... .... S teen... ......... 7% meee... *... 4% ‘« geersucker.. 7% eee ee Ta Warwiek.... ---.-- 844 Everett classics..... = Whittenden......... 6% Exposition.......... . heather dr. 8 Gremerss............ 6% ” indigo blue 9 Gicneiven.... ...... 6% Wamsutta — 6% Giwoed........... T%* Westbrook. 8 ——_———— Nt Jobnson Vhaloncl % Windermeer. ee . indigo blue 9%/York .... ....-..---- 6% e zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGS. Amoskeag...........16%|Valley oe... 15% eee yeu Goorsia .. .....-... 15% Aiserican.......-... Tox Peeac ..... .-«.- THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's........... 88 Coa, J. & PF... a5 (areneirs.... .....- 88 PGT VORS. ... 20.04.45 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. - wo. 6... S oe. Moe . ££... it 8 a. 2... 1 oe 44 > 2... 36 i: he 45 CAMBRICS8, ee eee 5 mieees.......... & White Star...... - 2 oor... .. ... Bis Gierve........... “Woods... ........ 5 Nowmarket......... & iBranewitk .... .... 5 RED FLANNEL. ES 32% e - Seo my Creo@mere.... ...-.. eee es... te R% Tepes EAE......... 30 iJ R eee... 35 Pee. ..... -...- 27% Buckeye eee 22% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... is Union &..... - 2G Wentern W ......... 18% Windsor..... es SE A 18% 6 oz Western... 20 |Flushing ae 23% Unien B............ 22% |Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL. Nameless ce 8 @ | a 9 @10% eo 8%4@10 a 12% CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black.|/Slate Brown. Black. 9% 9% $14|10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 1044|11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 114%4}12 12 12 12% 12% en vol 20 20 Severen, 8 oz........ os {West ‘Point, 3 0z....10% Mayland, Box... 00z ...12% Greenwood, 7% OB. 8 ee 1008. 13% Greenwood, 8 oz. -111%|S eee ee Boston, 8 oz......... 10% Seen iow. 2% WADDINGS. Watts, Gos......... 25 |Per bale, 40 dos....83 50 (Colored, Gdox........ - weer © CC... 7 50 SILESIAS. Slater, Iron Cross... 8 Eeweucket.......... 10% mon Crees.... © imeee.............. 9 - .......... 10% Reoeere......... 2. 10% ' Best AA..... os a 10% Le Me ee 10% e:. SEWING SILK Corticelll, ane, ..... 85 (Corticelli knitting, twist, doz. .4¢ per %oz ball...... 30 e v4, doz. .40 OKS AND EYES—PER 6B No : BI’ ¢ & White.. = No 4 BI’k ‘& “White, 15 -20 ss ; _ a} ~-. ' “25 No o-26, wC....... 501 rN 4—15 F 3%...... 40 3-1 8, pe... ... — TTON TAP No 2 White & Bk 12 No 8 White & BI’k..20 “4 - —. . . 8 “oe 6 “ oe “ 12 oe an SAFETY PINS. Mos... 2. Oe ees oe 38 NEEDLES—PER M. A. James.. --1 40|Steamboat.... . Crowely’s. ~-8 BypGeid Byoed.......... 150 Meee se... .-..... 1 00 TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4.. ..2 25 6—4...3 2i/5—4....195 6—4...2 9 ee 2, 10 ON TWINES, Cotton Sail Twine. "38 Nashua. 1 cree. ........ 12 Rising Star 4 ply... ae ae ........... 18 3-ply. 1.17 oer. — Woes ee... 20 ene os... 5, 13 |Wool Standard 4 een “aay Veliey.....- 15 IXL 18% rewneeen ......... PLAID OSNABURG Aree ........... 6%| Mount Pleasant. - 6% — ee 8% eed ee 5 at % mee 0.4... 5: Ay efebe........... 6 |Resenmeeme. ........ By eee... ......... 614|Riverside........... 5 es Sees A ........ ... 6% Baw mevet......... oo ee eee a AYLAS SOAP Is Manufactured only by HENRY PASSOLT, Saginaw, Mich. For general laundry and family ashing 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. “the Kent.” Directly Opposite Union Depot. AMERICAN PLAN RATES, $2 PER DAY STEAM HEAT AND ELECTRIC BELLS FREE BAGGAGE TRANSFER FROM UNION DEPOT. BEACH & BOOTH, Props, People's Typewriter Retail price, $®2O each. Agents wanted in every town in the state. EATON, LYON & CO. Booksellers and Stationers, 20 & 22 MONROE ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Excelsior Bolts Wanted! I want 500 to 1,000 cords of Poplar Excelsior Bolts, 18 and 36 inches long. I also want Basswood Bolts, same lengths as above. For particulars ad- dress J W FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Value of Character in Business. There is no absolute protection against the swindlers who prey upon the com- munity. They would steal if there was no law against it, but to keep out of prison they will gather in their gains without violating any legal requirement or subjecting themselves to any legal penalty. The best safeguard is to give more attention to character. A good name always has a mercantile value, but in the rush and jostling of men eager for gain it is not as highly estimated as it ought to be, nor taken into sufficient ac- count in the granting of credits. A merchant in this city received a consign- ment of wheat from a person in the coun- try with whom he had no previous ac- quaintance. He made a liberal advance upon it, and when he had sold it he paid the consignor the balanee. Itturned out that the latter had no valid title to the wheat, and when the case was submitted to us we decided that the consignee, in spite of the fact that he had received the consignment and = settled for it in good faith, must pay its value over again to the real owner. The case was carried to the Court of Appeals and our judg- ment was sustained. When the mer- chant demanded of us what security a commission dealer had in his business if he could be compelled to pay twice fora lot of produce sent to him for sale, we answered that he must see to it that the consignor was a man ot good character who had not appropriated another per- son’s goods. As the sender of the grain did not ask for credit, the merchant sup- posed that it was unnecessary to inquire coneerning the man’s character, but he gained some knowledge by that very costly experience. If all debts for which securities were not pledged at the time they were con- tracted were debts of honor, and there was no legal process for enforcing their payments, there would be far less money lost through broken credits than there is at present, and a premium would be put on integrity. A man without means, but with a good character, would find that the latter was worth more to him than a large bank account would be to deserve it, and the man who would not pay his debts when he had the means would be ruled off the course, while he who was willing but unable to pay could not be hindered by a single hard-hearted cred- itor from engaging in a business to re- trieve his fortune. Instead of a bank- ruptey law we would repeal the enforc- ing act, and let all debtors pay when they could or when they would. He who would but could not and he who could but would not may seem to stand on the same level without the compelling state- ment, but the difference between them would be as wide as that between honesty in misfortune and knavish abundance. Weighed inthe same scales the latter would surely kick the beam. > -4- Unfair Competition. From the American Grocer. While conceding the economical bene- fits to be derived from combinations, trusts, or great aggregations of capital, we have also recognized the liability to the abuse fof power, inherent in such organizations. Hence, we favor legal supervision of aggregated capital much of the same character as now exercised over banks and insurance companies and by the general government over inter- state transportation. We have no defense to offer for such an open and flagrant violation of busi- ness ethics and morality as was brought to light through the investigation of the management of the Hudson River State Hospital at Poughkeepsie. Said P. A. Van Wagener, local agent for Armour & Co.’s dressed beef, when confronted with the fact that he sold beef at whole- sale in smaller quantities in Poughkeep- sie for from 1 to 114 cents less than to the State: ‘‘l am here to make money. It cost me $7,000 to do up one compet- itor, and I have lost as much as $450 a month on the meat. I have sold to the asylum, but I have made up in the long run. If I knew that I was the only bid- der, the meat would have cost the State a lot more money.” This is the lan- guage of a pirate; of the cutter; of one whois willing to ruin competitors and risk his own ruin if he ean only down his opponent. In many cases, such as that at Poughkeepsie, it is an abuse of power, the strong against the weak, ignoring fair business principles and seeking by foul competition to acquire a monopoly. This man Van Wageuer is willing to rob the State if he can only be sure he has the chance. He testified that he did not know that he was the only bidder, or he would have charged more—as much more as he could get. If Armour & Co. endorse the action of their agent and pur- sue a like policy in pushing their business, then Armour & Co. ought to be amenable to the law—possibly indicted for con- spiracy. Such a man as Van Wagener would rob the public, as well as the State, had he the opportunity. wae > -2 <> Arrangement of Goods in a Hardware Store. In a hardware store, as elsewhere, the whole duty of the proprietor and clerks is not comprised in honest dealing, cour- teous attention in explaining and describ- ing the uses of the various articles and prompt delivery of goods. It is further required that there should be ample space between stoves, display stands, ete., to permit of their being inspected and examined without undue crowding. Notwithstanding the fact that this should force itself upon the mind of merchant and clerk, we know of stores where the goods are so crowded that it requires some little ingenuity to make one’s way into the interior. The contrast between that style and as it should be is striking. Surplus stock should not be allowed to accumulate in the front part of a store, but should be so arranged as to afford a clear view from front to back, or end to end of the store. This invites new cus- tom and will afford a more general view of the stock. It should be remembered that the front of the store and along and around the counters should be kept clear for customers’ use, andin no case should shovels, spades, rakes, ete., which may have been brought out for inspection, be left standing against counters or stoves. After the sale is made they should be re- turned at once, for not only are they un- sightly, being out of place, but they are liable to be knocked down and may cause trouble. The comfort and safety of pat- rons, as well as courtesy, should be at all times uppermost inthe thoughts of merchant and salesmen. A hardware store cannot be made too attractive, either as regards arrangement and dis- play of goods, or neatness and cleanli- ness. These features should go hand in hand. HA ATCH CHICKENS & BY STEAM pee. EXCELSION Incubator. Simple, Perfect, Self-Regu- Thousands in suc-| if lating. fal operation. Guaran | teed to e hatch a larger per- 3 centage of fertile eggs at less cost than any other Hatcher. Lowest priced! first-class Hatcher made. GEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, IIL 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. Circulars free. FE Send 6c. for Ihius. Catalogue. @ AUGURBS AND BITS. dis. Socire. ... a. Co 60 Oe 40 pommree Somme... ww 25 wennsaae , CReOM 6.8... 8 50&10 AXES. First Quality, a Geese... c.. $ 7 60 ) DF pee ................, ] = . ee ‘ oe eee... 13 30 BARROWS. dis. OO 8 14 00 eT pet 30 00 BOLTS. dis. ee, 50&1 Carriage new list.. 75&10 Oe ge ccs ce eee 40&10 Sleigh ae ce 70 BUCKETS. a wee $3 50 ett OOGE, 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. ais. Cost Looms Pin, Geured..:..... ............- 70& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 66&.0 Wrought Loose Pin Wrought Table..... Wrought Inside Blin Wrought Brass........ HAMMERS, i ecee ............ ....... a ...018. 2 aoe... dis. eg Se dis. 40&10 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..............- .80¢ list 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand... .30c 40&10 HINGES, ase Clare 0.20... dis.60&10 State ee oe ees oes eeat ne « r doz. net, 2 50 —o Hook and Strap, to 12 in. vir 14 and ‘ on % Screw Hook and Eye, s-- . net 10 8% “ec 1% ‘“ ™% Sireneeee dis. 50 HANGERS. dis. | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 Chavanion, anti-friction...................- 60&10 Migder wood acer ...........-.-...-......- 40 HOLLOW WABE. eee... 5... 60&10 Moe. 8 8 ee CE ee 6010 iGiay cuammeiem...................... ..-. 40810 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware.. Loe i++. BW te 79 a 70&16 eee, Weer ss 70&16 Mind Sheper@es «......................... 7 BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 50 CRADLES. ee ee ee 1... dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. Cum Bier... perb 5 CAPS, ei per m 65 Hick’s ce... ...........:........- 60 2 ee eee " 35 Musket . ee. 8 60 CARTRIDGES lies Mire... c.............. 50 Central Fire.. eee owes ew ne 2 CHISELS. dis. eS ee 70&10 Soenct Praming................3.. 70&10 aa... 70&10 POE ON ese wees 70&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ . 40 COMBS. dis. Gurces, Emeromees...... 1-5... .. 40 — ee 25 CHALK. White Crayons, wor Grom... ....... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, Planished, 14 oz cut tosize... .. per pound 28 14x52, OO —aee 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 ane OO 23 ale oe fee 23 Detlome .. ..... C......--....-....-...--.. - P54 DRILL8. dis. a oe eeeeee.......................,. 50 Taper and straight Shank..................- 50 Macees Tare: See... -..-.............. . 56 DRIPPING PANS. Snell dleoe, aor pote ...................... o7 Teege sieem, por pownd...... ............... 6% ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, 6 In. f -.+---+- G08. BES = Corrugated ...... Dee eee, eee e bean dis OE dis. 40810 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, 6- larea Se... ...........- 30 vce. 1. oe: 2 ee ae 25 FILES—New List. dis. ec ce 60&10 New Saertean 5... ..... tk .. Ck. 60&10 ee 60410 aes 50 Meer s Horse Raspes .. ......-----._....... 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 4; % and %; 2% 23 List 12 13 14 15 iG Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... KNoBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, Tap. trimmings... ........ 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Door, porceluin, trimmiings................. 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain.. LOCKS—DOOR, Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list 55 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s. 55 Branford’s oe .. 55 ee EE 55 MATTOCES, Aeee wee... $16.00, dis. 60 ta ee. $15. 00, dis. 60 ina $18.50, dis. — AUL Sperry & Co.’s, Post, sae oe . 50 MILLS, dis. Coffee, Peres €a8........ ............... 40 P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.’s nae. 46 ‘ Landers, Ferry & Clerk’s...........- 40 . Bie |... 30 MOLASSES GATES. die. ee ee ---- 80810 ee — Enterprise, self-measuring............ -—- NAILS Gicck nalig: Peee. 4... 8... 8k. 1s Wire neeie Pete... ks 1 80@1 90 Advance over base: Steel Wire. .... .. ........ Base Base 10 25 25 35 45 45 50 60 vi) 90 1 20 1 60 1 60 65 5 6 90 90 Finish > eager ee oes ow 85 B eet eee 1 00 90 ns é Ee 11 1 10 Clinch, 7 eee 85 70 ie eee cee cue aces 1 00 80 - : ee ee cone ed owe oa 115 90 Barcu’ 1 %5 1% PLANES. *. Onto Toot Cas, fancy ...................... Sciota Bench Sandusky ae Coon, feney................. Bench, first quality Stanley Rule ond Level Co.’s, wood. &10 PAXxs. Dee Bowe... dis.60—10 Common, polished Stee eda eee aaa cs ww RIVETS. dis. een eee Ties... 40 Copper oe ene Bart ................+-. 50—10 TENT FLANISHE “ae Wood's patent ——— Non. — 27 = 2 t. O8. 25 to Broken ae 7 ape per oe extra Japanned Tin Ware.. oo (Grantee Irom Ware ............... “new list 3344 &10 WIRE @0ops. Bright. . ees M081 0610 Screw Eyes... ee waa ee 70&10&10 Hook’s . -70810&10 Gate Hooks and Byes. eee cee 70&10&10 RVELS. dis.7 Stanley Rule and taeul Coe..... . ROPES. Sisal, % inch and larger ...... os o 9 ee Se a 13 SQUARES jis. ———————oeeee eee ee. gv ‘ey and Bovels............... Wee eee 6 Mitre . . 26 ‘SHEET TRON, Com. Smooth. Com. a eat... 84 05 82% Nos. © tai7.....-.. ee ee ee ee 405 3 G5 oe : 4 05 3 C5 Oe Wie ...........,......... 4 05 3 15 aoe mts... . 435 3 25 Bow .... 2.2... : 45 35 °o ‘ ee 4 3 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, “over 30 Inches wide rot less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER, Titec 16 8 ................... dis. 5 SASH CORD. Silver Lake, _ wet eeescecs- +s be 5 Pane weeeee 55 . oe G.................... © 50 - moe. hl... 55 ° weacc.................* 35 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. | Sema Been... per ton 825 SAWa. ai - ee 20 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, . 70 — Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot... 50 se — Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 : C mpion and Electric Tooth X Cuts, Sar | oe... 30 TRAPS. dis. Steel, Game...... . - 60&19 Oneida C ommunity, ‘Newhouse’s........... 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. 70 Mouse. Cadac... 18¢ per doz Mouse, delusion.. he . -81.50 ~ a WIRE. Bright Market.... ... eee Daeeled Meg “1010 Coerenea merece... 60 Tinned Market.. tei ee- ce le Ge Coppered Spring ‘Steel... ee. 50 Barbed Fence, galvanized. Meacense <<. 2a “ aa 2 40 HORSE NAILS. 7. oe... dis. as eee dis. 05 Hae ee... dis. 10&10 CHES, dis, Baxter's Adjustable, niohelod Dees. 30 Coee Geauma. .... i. 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, ee. . 75 Coe’s Patent, malleable.. . -T5&10 MISCELLANEOUS. ~~ re Capes... ........-_.. ....- See ae Pope (eeern. rr&t0 Serawe, Nomi ... ............. 70&16 Casters, Beas @ Piste.................. 50&10610 Teeercm Aueices...._..... 40 Forks, hoes, rakes a all steel goods...... 6E&10 METALS, PIG TIN. ia... 26 Oe 28¢ ZINC. Duty: Sheet, 2c per pound. 660 pound ea 6% a i. SOLDER. ee TE Musee Witte ........................... The ces of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY Careeee .. ....... per pound ee 13 IN—MELYN GRADS. ante —s Charcoal Oe oe ee tee 87 ee eee ee, 7 © t0xi4 1X, . Lec eceteeeacenescrgccass Gane a 9 2% 1X, Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal oo ee 86 75 14x20 Ic; Deed ie eee ee occas. 6 75 10x14 Ix, : eee eee 8 25 4x20 IX, . ee . 2 Each additional X on this grade $1.50. FING PLATE: 14x20 IC, - 4x20 IX, oe x28 IC, 14388 1X, for No. @Bollere, ber pound... 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, - Pestage 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 | 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. ge When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. 1893. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, UNIONISM JUDICIALLY REBUKED. The decision of Judge Billings, order- ing an injunction against the Amalga- mated Workingmen’s Council of New Orleans, and the still more recent deci- sion of Judge Ricks, restraining Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers, from ordering a general strike, puts an entirely new face upon the labor problem. and is a decided rebuke to the arrogant assumptions of labor organizations. It seems all but cer- tain that unionism has received a blow from which it can hardly hope to recover. This will not be a misfortune, but the re- verse, if workingmen learn from it the lessen it is calculated to teach. Whether they will or not remains to be seen. The worst enemy of workingmen to- day is unionism. It has arrayed em- ploye against employer, and made their interests appear to be diverse. As soon as one man enters the employment of an- other he begins to regard his employer as an enemy, against whom he must scheme and plot. He is convinced that the one object of his employer is to work him as many hoursas possible, and at the lewest possible remuneration. Should he be- come dissatisfied, he believes he has the right—unionism has taught him so—to desert his employment at a moment’s warning, and to resort to any means to prevent the filling of the place he has vacated. Unionism undertakes to dic- tate what wages shall be paid, and how many hours’ labor shall be performed by each individual: how many apprentices shall be employed in each of the me- to a given number of men: and that no one shall be employed who is not a member of the union. These are some of the arrogant and preposter- ous claims of unionism, the illegality, to chanical trades say nothing of the absurdity, of which is | apparent upon even a cursory examina- | The courts have declared strikes | and boycotts to be illegal, affirming that | tion. due notice must be given. by the em- ploye, of his intention to leave his place, otherwise his act is construed by the law to be ‘‘interference with commerce,” and is regarded and punished as a conspiracy. Boycotting is regarded and treated simi- larly. The wage question cannot be settled by the unions; indeed, from the | nature of the circumstances which must | govern and control wages, it will never be settled. Certainly the question is | brought no nearer a solution by the in- | jection of unionism into it. The declara- ition of unionism, that none but union men may be employed, is in direct oppo- sition to one of the plainest statements of the national constitution. All men i have the right to live, because they are men, and not because of any ulterior cir- !eumstance. The right is inherent in the | manhood of the individual, and not in | the class or organization of which he may ibe a member. Any interference with | this right is a crime against humanity, | for which there can be neither palliation | nor excuse. Workingmen are not altogether to blame for the strained relationship which they bear to their employers. They have been deceived and misled by their leaders into accepting the fallacies |and follies which these demagogues call principles; their passions and prejudices, and not their reason, have been appealed to, until they have come to regard every employer of labor as the natural enemy of the workingman, and war to the knife as their only resource. This isa false and ruinous condition of things, especially for the wage-earners. But there can be nochange until they kick out those blatant jawsmiths and self-con- stituted leaders, who are the only ones who have ever profited by the ‘‘labor movement.’’ They must learn that their interests and the interests of their em- ployers are identical, and that the pros- perity of the one means the prosperity of the other; that their employer is their friend, and not theirenemy. They must learn, also, that they cannot serve two masters—that, they love the union more, they will serve their employer less, and that the business out of which they get their living and the support of their families should have the first place in their minds and receive their heartiest as service. Then the wage question will be settled, so far as it is possible to settle it, for every workingman may make himself so useful to his employer that he will be willing to pay him every cent he is worth, and a little over. But first the ‘‘leaders’’ must go, and when they go unionism will go with them, and a brighter and better day dawn for both employe and employer. NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. The Toronto Merchant is very much exercised over the Patrons of Industry. It is afraid that there may be some mer- chants foolish enough to be frightened by the threats of the Patrons into acced- ing to their demands; and that there will be merchants who will be led away by their wild and wooly schemes, who will adopt their ridiculous theories, ani at- tempt to do business on a 12}¢ per cent basis. Let our contemporary possess his soul in patience. This State had an epi- demic of patronism several years ago, and about 200 retail merchants were in- duced to put P. of I. theories into prac- tice in their stores, and endeavor to do business on a profit of 10 per cent. Those | of the number who depended to any con- | siderable extent upon the P.’s of I. for | their trade went to the wall, of course, | for retail business cannot be done on such a basis. Moreover, the Patrons, | while holding the merchants strictly to | the agreement, refused to be bound by it ithemselves. If they wanted staples, they went to the ‘Patron store,” while the best of their custom went to stores net bound by the agreement. Some of those who signed the agreement managed to pull through, because a good percentage of their trade was with people outside of the Patrons. Those who refused to have anything to do with the Patrons, were, of course, the best off. Four years ago there were probably 40,000 active mem- bers of the organization in this State; now every lodge has lapsed and the only vestige left to remind one of the wave of rural discontent created by the wily or- ganizers of the order is the periodical meeting of a half dozen cranks who style themselves ‘‘grand officers.” They are grand in only one respect—in their soli- tude. THE STAFF OF LIFE. Indian corn, or maize,commonly known as ‘‘eorn’’ in the United States, is a most important article of food on this side of the Atlantic, but in the greater part of Europe it is a small factor in the subsist- ence of human beings. According to official reports, this coun- try furnishes about three-fourths of the production of the world, which averaged about 2,300,000,000 bushels for the decade ended in 1890, and the tendency is to in- crease in the proportion that the acreage is extended faster in the United States than in other countries. Only one busbel in twenty-five is exported, and the higher the domestic price the less is exported, as the amount shipped per an- num has been 100,000,000 bushels when prices were lowest, and less that 2,000,000 when prices were highest. In this coun- try the consumption for food amounts to nearly 200,000,000 bushels. Corn is also used for food in Mexico and in Southern Europe, but in other parts of Europe al- most exclusively for feed of horses and other animals. It is strange that the Europeans are so backward in learning the use of this ex- cellent grain, but they do not take to it even under the pressure of famine. In Northern Europe oatmeal furnishes standard food, while in Central Europe rye is the chosen breadstuff. It is pre- ferred by the masses to wheateven. In some countries of Asia and Africa millet is the principal bread plant, while in China rice is the staple food. Of course, wheat is used in most countries, having been grown from the earliest times. Corn is a native of America, having been found by the first Europeans in Mexico, Peru, Virginia and other parts of the mainland. Corn is grown inevery part of the country, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, but the Western Central States are the chief producers. Of these, Iowa comes first, with 168,000,000 bushels; Nebraska second, with 135,000,- 000; Llinois third, with 127,000,000; Missouri fourth, with 126,000,000; Kan- sas fifth, with 120,000,000. Of the Southern States, Texas shows up with 65,000,000, and all the other Southern States, except Florida, producing from 10,000,000 to 50,000,000 bushels each. The prices of corn fluctuated from 68.4 cents a bushel in 1883, to 41.8 cents in 1890. These are the extremes in thir- teen years past. Wheat belongs to a colder climate than corn, the extreme Northwestern States being the largest producers. An exten- sive seztion of Canada is well adapted to wheat, and that fact furnishes an im- portant sreason why the acquisition of Canada by the United States will be most desirable. The time will come, it is al- ready foreshadowed, when America will be depended on to furnish bread to the rest of the world. The wheat crop of the United States for 1892 was about 516,000,000 bushels. In 1891 it was about 612,000,000, the largest ever made. Kan- sas leads as a wheat-producing State, with about 71,000,000 bushels; while Minnesota is second, with 41,000,000. Of the Southern States, Kentucky alone furnishes more than 10,000,000. Texas produces 5,000,000. All the other South- ern States less. The wheat crop of Cali- fornia in 1892 was 39,000,000. The highest price for wheat in fifteen years was in 1878, when it brought $1.34 per bushel. In 1890 it got down to 83 cents, and for a number of years past had not reached $1, until 1892, when it got to $1.03. The steady cheapening of breadstuffs, save when artificially stimu- lated by a failure of foreign crops, while not an encouraging sign for the farmer, is, at least, a benefit to the balance of mankind. Like the low price of cotton, it is a good thing for the masses. What is necessary for the producers is to de- crease the cost of production, and so in- crease their profits, without levying in- creased exactions on consumers. THE ADVANCE IN SUGAR. The most interesting phase of the pres- ent commercial situation is the great strength of the sugar market. During the past two weeks there have been fre- quent advances, and unless the signs of the times are very misleading, there will be further advances during the coming fortnight. The advance has not been confined to the United States, but has ex- tended all over the sugar world, begin- ning with London and the continent. In Havana and the island of Cuba generally there has been a sharp advance in prices, accompanied by considerable speculative buying, if reports are to be credited. The causes of this general advance are the comparative light supplies of sugar in Europe and the prospect that the Cuban crop will fall considerably short of last season. The main sugar supply of the United States is derived from Cuba, hence the American sugar market is more promptly affected by influences operating in Havana than by any other cause. It is said that the Cuban yield is falling considerably short, and extensive fires in the cane fields have further dimin- ished the promise of the crop. An early commencement of the rainy season is also expected, in which event the deficit will be increased. With the prospect of a short sugar crop, there is reason to expect that the United States will have to draw upon European supplies of beet sugar early in the season. This prospect has already assisted in the advance in London, and should the Cuban shortage turn out as serious as some fear, still further ad- vances may be expected to follow. With Mr. Stowell’s article in this week’s issue, the controversy between that gentleman and Mr. Owen is brought to aclose. THe TRADESMAN departed from its usual custom in permitting the discussion in the first place, and its readers are assured that hereafter noth- ing of the kind will be allowed. Discus- sions on merchandising and kindred sub- jects are invited, and articles on trade and trade relations will always find a place in our columns, but there must be no descending to personalities. A dis- cussion which cannot be conducted with calmness and moderation will do more harm than good. Due consideration for and toleration of the opinions of others are essential to fair, honest discussion. A writer in an English paper com- plains because the freight charges ona ton of cheese from a point 120 miles from London to the metropolis, are 30s. ($7.50), while it only costs 17s. ($4.25) to convey the-same quantity from Chicago to Lon- don, a distance of 4,000 miles. An Eng- lishman must be hard to please, if he lets a little thing like that put him out. The ‘Hardware ‘Market. The first week of April opens up with business good in all lines and a general disposition to get higher prices, although early in the season considerable trouble is experienced in getting seasonable goods, but manufacturers all say they are straining every nerve to keep up with their orders. Barbed and Plain Wire—The market is very active, the demand is large and prices are firm. The recent advance of $2 a ton is being held firmly by jobbers and manufacturers and any decline in price need not be looked for. The ad- vance has come to stay. $2.40 for painted and $2.80 for galvanized are the present prices. Wire Nails—Firm at the quotations of last week, with every prospect of firmer prices for the future. There is no doubt but what the manufacturer has been losing money at the low prices which have prevailed the last six months, and, while there is no combination, there is a feeling that the continued low price meant ruin, and better prices must be had; $1.60 rates at the mill, and $1.80@ 1.85 rates in Grand Rapids are the pres- ent prices. Glass—No change to note. Rope—Very firm with advancing ten- dencies. The present prices are 9c for sisal and 13¢ for manilla. Wool Twine—Many inquiries as well as purchases are now being made of wool twine. Itis higher than last year. Jobbers are quoting 61¢@7e lb by the bale, with 1ge extra for broken packages. of augurs—augur bits and car bits—have had a very material advance. Common augur bits are now quoted at 60 and 10 discount from list. Doors and Sash—Owing to scarcity and higher prices ruling for lumber, doors and sash have advanced. ‘They are now being quoted as follows: Doors, 45 and 5 discount; sash, 60 discount. Manufac- turers advise us they must go higher, as material has advanced to stay. ——>_- << Testimonial to the Power of the Press. Monraaus, April 1.—I notice in Tue TRADESMAN of March 22 the following announcement under the head of Mon- tague: “E. L. Dodge has sold his stock of hardware to A. A. Allen,’”’ and I have been cudgelling my brains ever since as to where the joke comes in. Ever since the notice appeared, the power of the press has been getting in its work on the unsuspecting hardware dealers of the country, who continue to flood my mail with circulars, price lists and discount sheets, after the perusing of which | sadly contemplate ‘“‘what might have been” if I only had thought of it, or known at an earlier stage of the game the enormous difference between a hard- ware man’s and druggist’s profits. Hop- ing you will kindly undeceive aforesaid u. h. d.’s and tell them that it was only | a drug stock I purchased, and not a hard- ware, or, at least, not one in the strict meaning of the term, and that they may rest assured that I will not give them away, as I am not a fellow that speaks of those things. I remain, respectfully, ALFRED ALLEN. ll ‘The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market continues strong and excited, having advanced another sixpence during the past week, with every prospect of going still higher be- fore the end of another week. Molasses—Now is a good time to lay in summer supplies of New Orleans goods, before the warm weather renders ship- ping precarious. Salt—The Michigan Salt Co. has re- duced the price of common fine to 55 cents, in consequence of which the local market has dropped from 90 to 85c. Coffee—The market on Brazilian grades continues to decline, in consequence of which the manufacturers of package goods have reduced their quotations l¢c. Provisions—Pork is 50c lower than a week ago and hams have declined 14 @}¢e. Kettle rendered lard is 1}¢¢ lower. ——__ ~~ -2 = From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: J. E. Thurkow, Morley. J. C. Neuman & Co., Dorr. Phin Smith, Hastings. Ezra Brown, Ballard. Dr. J. W. Kirtland, Lakeview. J. R. Harrison, Sparta. Elisworth Lumber Co., Ellsworth. Cameron Lumber Co., Torch Lake. G. V. Nash, Norwood. W. E. Thorp, Hart. ———<> -6 =< The Dry Goods Market. Dress ginghams are off and are quoted from 614@7e for regular 8!c quality. Prints are 4¢e cheaper. Cottons remain firm. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Baldwins and Spies are each 25 cents higher, the former being now held at #3 7 and the latter at $350. Russets still command #2,%, Beans—Handlers pay $1.75 for country-picked and hold at $2. City hand-picked are quoted at 10@25e above these figures. Butter—The scarcity continues. Jobbers find no diflieulty in getting 28¢ for choice dairy. Cabbage—Fine stock commands $1 p2r doz. but fair stock isin the market at 50 to 7c per doz. Cider—13@15e per gallon. Cranberries—} ractically out of the market. Eggs—Dealers pay ‘3% and hold at l5c. Pick- lers and cold storage men are offering as high as 133;e¢ and competition among the latter for cold weather eggs may send the price up 4@%c | higher- Honey—White clover commands I6c per 1b. dark buckwheat brings 13c. Lettuce—Hot bed stock commands 15c. house stock is firmly held at 18¢ per Ib. Maple Sugar—Handlers pay 8 and 9c, holding at 10 and 11c per Ib. Onions—Lower and weaker. has dropped to $1.30 per bu. Parsnips—40¢e per bu. Pieplant—6c per lb. Potatoes—The market is stronger and about 5c htgher, with some prospects of stilt higher quotations. 2adishes—35e per doz. bunches, Spinach—%e per bu. Strawberries—$3.50 per case of 24 pints. The arrivals so far come from Florida and Texas and are decidedly inferior in flavor. Tomatoes—$4 per 6 basket crate. Turnips—So cheap and plenty as to be practi- cally unquotable. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine [Insurance Co Organized 1881. | DETROIT, MICHIGAN, Hot- The selling price Free—_-CANS—Free Foww J, Guues & Cos BLENDED IF YOU ENJOY A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE READ THIS. THE fact that a coffee is 1 Java does not always imply k ous beverage, for Java as that it will make a del differ very mate , ervision. Some vers rank anc d worthless. nv an h ex- r full etrength, ‘ ca er produce the Tr of these Javas The Diamonp Jay ght cans when ts pe sige \ ASK ye rr aoc ER FOR IT. \ Lhe cannot suj ply you send us bi '. No charge for cans. No returning cans. Cans given away with our finest Coffees—the best in the world. Get what you can for cans and re- duce prices. Ask for an explanation of our new system in handling roasted Coffees. EDWIN J. GILLIES & CO, New York. J. P. VISNER, Agt., 129 Canal St., Grand Rapids. poe Fall. "The sya ONAL a Ne 8 is alw YS settee ( Mo BullD up = }67-)69 fi Fifty RAVE CACO. DODGE Independence Wood Split Pulley THE LIGHTEST! THE STRONGEST! THE BEST! WESTER MACHINERY 6O., 45 So. Drvision St.. GRAND RAPIDS. Use Tradesman Coupon Books. = = wear out. First Floor Tank and Pump. First floor Tanks and Pumps. Pe..... 2-2. e- 5... $13 00 2 bbl ee 15 00 3 bbl 18 00 4 bbl... . 22 00 Sen... ....-...-.... 27 00 Fie. 1 Send for Pamphlets and Price List. NET PRICE Those who have experienced the constant and necessary their vinegar and molasses barrels on a platform high enough to tap cannot fail to appreciate the WAYNE BARREL TRUCK, The Wayne Self-Measvring Oil Yank, Measuring one qt. and half gallon at single stroke. WAYNE OIL TANK CO., FORT WAYNE, IND, Our goods are fully guaranteed for a year, and with care will last a life tife time as there is nothing about them to LIST. Cellar Tanks and Pumps. i... $14 00 Shee... 17 00 3 bbl oo a oe Sree 25 00 eee 30 00 Pump without tank........ 900 Fie. 3. annoyance of raising THER MICHIGAN Dru os # Medicines. State Board of P’ 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, Jacob Jesson, Muskegon: F. J. Wurzburg and John E. Peck, Grand Rapids; Arthur Bassett, Detroit. Local Secretary—James Vernor. Next place of m eeting—Some resort on St. Clair River; time to be designated by Executive Committee. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, John D. Muir; Sec’y, Frank H. Escott. HOW TO SUCCEED. A Lady Gives Her Views on Which Win.”’ “Ways From the Cincinnati Tribune The day is past when the dealer who does not come up tothe latest methods in business ean achieve much _ success. Competition overwhelms the inert and sleepy dealer. =e r to be in the swim, to buy and to sell, to attract custom and retain it, the retail dealer avoids the shelving of stock, and makes ‘‘Quick sales if small profits’? his motto. So important a part do his salesmen and saleswomen play in this endeavor, that the skill in chocsing and the allot- ment of duties and management of them is an art. To attract to himself and to hold such a el} shall push his business with individual energy and promptness, is laying the foundation of success upon the bed rock. Some men have a sixth sense in regard to this choosing of aid and in appreciating first-class service. Others, with all good intentions, utterly fail to interest and secure the good will of a force. The wise employer must pay for fidelity, not despise it. Happy is he who can adjust his business interests and his sense of justice in so nice a balance that he al lows fair hours, fair wages, and who re- members at all times that his employes are human, like unto himself. A great mercantile house has gained its unpar- alleled success mainly by the sagavity of one of the partners. You can see him here, there, the various floors, speak- ing socially, pleasantly, encouragingly, to the clerks, winning from them not only obedience, but cheerful interest and pride in their duties. This gentleman, with great foresight and prudence, has lately admitted into his firm, incorporated as a stock company, the heads of various de- partments, faithful employes whom he could reward in no other way. And the ass of employes as in profits of this firm count up to the hun- dred thousands. The customer associates for the time being the value of the goods bought with the alacrity and courtesy of the one serv- ing him. He has no use for the lofty or- nament whose vision is away and beyond the humblest customer. Remember that the customer likes to be served with that deference which tickles vanity. Don’t underrate the value of new ideas and new goods. The charm or novelty never dies. To make the public notice your goods is a great thing. Fertile brains have been racked for devices with which to attract attention, and the outcome, at times, has wonderful to behold. Good taste is para- mount here, as elsewere. Your devices and displays must suit your class of cus- tomers. Pearls should not be placed be- fore swine, nor shouldswienerwurst paraded under the noses of the frequent- ers of the St. Nicholas Cafe. In other words, reflect upon the people, the sovy- ereign people, whose money you desire. What a field for ingenuity and origin- ality lies in the window display! An original idea, born in a moment of posi- tive inspiration, may win hundreds of dollars over the counter ere the sun goes down. Look at the crowds that are ever there. They come, they pass, they are replaced over and over. Encourage harmless competition among your force in window dressing. You may find a genius. The public will judge for you. been fearful and Kalamazoo; | be | PAPER AND WOODENWARE, ‘““Rut what can I do with shovels?’ asks the hardware dealer. Do something with shovels that was never done with shovels before. You will sell shovels. ‘“‘And shoes?” cries another. ‘‘It is so hard to make a telling display in shoes.’’ Yet I dream of a winding stair filling the window, a stair casein miniature. Upon the carpeted steps were shoes in pairs. Is trade dull? Get out a special lot of left-overs and advertise it catchily. The five-cent table and store idea started that way and made Edward Butlera rich man. If your brain isn’t constructed so as to evolve sudden and original ideas, court the society and solicit the aid of some one who has brilliant moments. Get some one whose flow of words is free and spontaneous to write you something fresh and nervy about your stock, and keep pushing advertisements into the local newspapers. You'll sell your goods. You’ll havea tireless messenger running to and fro in the land. Large firms now make a specialty of artin advertising, and a fine magazine is published in New York in that interest. One’s mouth waters at the reading, and contentment resteth not within nutil you have sent forsome of the goodies. A clever picture will tell volumes, a single apt quotation empty shelves, an ingenious trademark win a run upon a line of goods. Who has not admired Millet’s Bubbles,” but who can, for a moment, forget the famous soap it advertised? A famous soap house has but recently closed a widely-advertised verse contest, receiving over 20,000 replies in praise of their best brand. In itself the contest was a great advertisement. Premiums with sales have often helped dull business. Chromos have been fol- lowed by more tangible presents. China, glass, lamps, photographs; all have been used to cvax the reluetant dollar into the retailer’s hands. Theeard, the calendar, the blotter, all have their uses, but do not advertise as widely as the newspaper. I have heard of an enterprising grocer who potted, with his wife’s and children’s assistance, hundreds of slips of gerani- ums. When the dreaded dull season eame he advertised that, on a certain day, he would present a geranium to every customer purchasing a certain amount of goods. The little plants were tastefully arranged among the bottles and cans. The result was a decided suc- cess, opening the way for future suc- cesses. Soap, coffee, tea, chocolate and dainties of various sorts are advertised by receptions when the clerks serve out delicious samples of the articles. At some stores trade is attracted by the ex- hibition of some magnificent work of art or the alluring music of a first-class or- chestra. Anything, anything new and novel to win the crowd to enter, to see, to purchase. To buy closely, to tell of your wares, to show alluringly, to sell quickly, are vital points along the highway to suc- cuss. The key to public favor, however, is in the persistent keeping of wares before the public. Make it feel that you are a persistent caterer to wants, that whether you have shovels or shoes, drugs or dishes, you are keeping at it everlastingly, and mean success. Again I say unto you—advertise! adver- tise! advertise!—and in the paper that reaches the buying class. ELIZABETH CHERRY HAIRE. >_> . — Use Tradesman or Supertor Coupons. F. H. WHITE, Manufacturers’ agent and jobber of 125 Court St., Grand Rapids, Mich. A man with a bad liver very often has a good heart. Empress Josephine Face Bleach Is the only reliable cure for freckles and pimples. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO., GRAND Rapips, MIc#., Jobbers for Western Michigan. 7 ra Ne ee ee ts * ANAN As! ¢ , =e Large Bunches. eh a Clean, Plump Fruit. 3 vES THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. s & oD) g + lew H Gs — 7 oi » G@ a 2+ = ie ;- « r - EK 2 § lS ee fc = 6 Q. 255 2 &£ — 5 ae £ . = co 4 er -/ ro 220 2 % < = = nr M zee - ! O c a >. 4 fd =22 oe eS ce wo by 222 Ee q =” i. wee Ee 2 a3 My 252 32 +i 2 : ma Qe ! "| 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 known (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 i ” 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 a 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 | was cured be- ~ " fore writing you, and can now say I have not the slightest trace of piles and am j much surprised at the rapid and thorough effect of the remedy. Truly yours, J. W. ‘Er Rollins, Marmaduke Military Academy, Sweet Springs, Mo. i From J. W. Waddell, Zulla, Va.—I am acured man. I only used one package \~ ho of the Pyramid Pile Cure and | can state to the whole world that it has cured me, and I had them so bad [ could hardly walk; andI 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. rr” Mrs. Mary C. Tyler, of Heppner, Ore., writes—One package of Pyramid Pile Cure entirely cured me of piles from which 1 had suffered for years, and I have «4 never had the slightest return of them since. Mr. E. O’Brien, Rock Bluffs, Neb., says—The package of Pyramid Pile Cure L. -< 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. {t has come to be an established fact that this is the best Pile Remedy on the market, and every live druggist has it in stock. ' We carry the ° Cand V Largest Variety ~ &* and can show you the ‘ : & } 4 ( andy Finest Goods a made in this country and will make Lowest Prices ri < quality considered. A, E, BROOKS & CO., \ 46 Ottawa 8t.,Grand Rapids, Mich. Candy THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Balsam Peru. cinnamon, copaiba, alcohol. oil cubebs, cotton ACIDUM. Aceticum . 8@ 10 Benzoicum. ‘German.. 6a 75 Dee 20 Carpalicum .......... 27 36 a 50@ 52 Hydrochior ..........- 3@ 5 oe Og oes cous 10@ 12 Oxaliowm ............. 10@ 12 Saaceaeriane ait... .. 2 Gallesiicam........... 1 30@1 70 Sulphuricum.. 1%@ 5 Tapeioums............. i 40@1 60 Tartaricum........... 33 AMMONIA, Aqua, s oe... 34@ 5 20 deg.. 54@ q Carbonee .......--.0-. 2 14 Colerseams .......-...- 2 14 ANILINE. BACCAE, Cubeae (po 40)...... 40@ 45 Juniperus 8@ 10 Xanthoxylum . 25H 30 BALSAMUM, Copaiba .. 45@ 50 Peru a @1 60 Terabin, “Canada Lees 60@ 65 eee 35@ 50 CORTEX. Abies, Canadian...........- 18 ae 11 Cinchona Flava .......--.-- 18 Euonymus eee a_i 30 Myrica Cerifera, po.. _ = Prunus Virgini...........-.- 12 Quillaia, grd.......--.------ 10 SORGATPOR ..2 22. 5 -- + -ceee->-s 12 Ulimus Po (Ground 15)...... 15 EXTRACTUM. lyc rrk iza Glabra... 4@ 2% wie x ' “ati 33@ 35 Haematox, 15lb. box.. 11@ 12 ok... 13@ 14 . Me......,.. 14@ 15 ' Se. acs | ee FERRU Carbonate Precip...... @ 15 Citrate and —- @3 50 Citrate Soluble........ @ 80 Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ Solut Chloride........ @ 15 Sulphate, com’l.....-.- of . pure - oe 7 FLORA. a 18@ 20 Anthemis ..........--- x@ 35 Matricaria —_si«s- 40@ 50 FOUWA Baromma .....---..-.- 1@ 50 Sanaa *acuiitol, Tin- nivelly ee ee BQ 2 . Alx. 3@ 50 Salvia ~~ 48 i ae 15@ 2% Ura Ura ba codecs 8@ 10 6UMMI. as 7 Acacia, - —.-. 2 : : “cs a oe @ 30 - sifted sorta. . @ B si O60 i... 4... 60@ 80 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60 - Cape, (po. 20). @ 12 Socotri, (po. 60) . @ om is, (48, 14 ae, a eo Ammon 55@ 60 eee (po. 85). 39@ 35 Benszoinum...... W@ 55 Camphor®.......--- .. we Eu — - eee 35@ 10 Ga i bee aes @2 50 Gamboge, po........-. W@ To Guaiacum, os 30) .. @ Kino, (po 1 10).....-- @} 15 Mastic . a @ 30 Myrrh, (po. 45). @ 40 Opli (po 4 40). 3 25@2 gv Bees ......-. 5s . = = e bleached..... 33@ 35 Tragacanth ..........- 40@1 00 HERBA—In ounce packages. Absinthium .........-. Rue Tanacetum, V.......--. Thymus, V MAGNESIA, Caloined, Pat.........-. Carbonate, Pee Carbonate, K. & M.... Carbonate, J enningS.. OLEUM. ee aaee dalae, Dulc...... — alae, Amarae.. Anisi Auranti Cortex....... Bergamii = i = Le evesues = le a soe seh iee ss eneeOun .:......... eee ee CORON oes oss cd ave Conium Mac...... I oii cc} Sees vcs oe 0@ 20@ 3@ 3 -— 00 75 < 00g8 25 ; ee 88 mf 30@2 40 3 93 = 800 90 35@ 65 @i 60 90@1 00 45 @ 35@ 65 80@ 9 Declined—Cubeb berries, gum opium, oil annise, oil orange, oil Capenac............... @ae Ewveckthitos.......... 2 50@2 75 Rrigeron ..............48 coer do Ieee ...........- 2 00@2 10 Geranium, ounce..... @ %5 Gossipii, Sem. gal..... %@ 75 megeman |... 2 10@2 2 SO ee 50@2 Eavonaule ............ 90@2 00 ae 2 49@2 60 Montha Piper.......... 2 75@3 50 Mentha Verid......... 2 20@2 30 Morrnues, wal......... 1 00@1 10 a Ouuce......... @ 50 i 90@2 75 Piels pei (gal. ” 10@ 12 eon 1 22@1 28 omnia ee 75@1 00 Rosae, ounce..........6 50@8 50 Penn ree 90@1 00 nore ...... 3 50@7 00 Sassatras...... 50@ 55 a e838, ounce. @ 65 ee nee eee @ Thyme ee eee 40@ 50 ' el @ 60 Theobromas. ol ebat esos 15@ 2 POTASSIUM. Bi Carb.. ‘ccc. To Bichromate ........... 13@ 14 Bromide..... 36G@ 40 Cary...........-.....- 12@ 15 oa (po 23@25) .. 2@Q 26 yee. ....,-......., 50@ 55 Eogeee..........-.----- 2 90@3 00 Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 27@ 30 Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15 Potass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10 Potass Nitras.......... 7 @ Pennies... .......... 28@ 30 Supete OO........... 15@ 18 RADIX. Acutam _........-..- 20@ 25 ee 22 25 eee... ES Ayam, 1G..........---. @ 2B et el 2W@ 40 Gentiana (po, 12)..... 8@ 10 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 Hydrastis Canaden, Coes ao @ 3 Hellebore, Ala, po.... 15@ 2 ite, 90... 5... 15@ Tpecac, po Iris plox (po. 35@38).. 35@ 40 aeeene, pr... 40@ 45 erante, (as.......... @ 3 Podophyllum, po. Leen 15@ 18 ae... a... 75@1 00 ~ Oms. @1 75 = eee eee ee 75@1 35 Soome........,..... 35@ 38 Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 2 Berpentarin...........- 30@ 32 Benera............... GH @ Similax, Officinalis, H @ 4 - M @ B Seiliac, (pe. B)........ 10@ 12 Symplocarpus, Feet!l- Ce ee @ 3 Valeriana, Eng. (po. ” @ 5 German... 15@ 2 apsipera............ 18@ 20 Zingiber j.. VO 2B SEMEN. Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 Apium (graveleons) .. 1k@ 18 ere, Pe 4@ 6 Carul, (po. = _ of Cardamon.. as 00@1 25 Corlandrum 10@ 12 Cannabis Sative.. 3%@4 Cryconram.... ...... 75Qi oO Chenopodium ....... 10@ 12 Dipterix Odorate..... 2 25@2 50 Foentoultim..... ..... @ 15 Foenugreek, po.. 6m C8 Boe ee 4 @4% Lint, grd, (bbl. 34%) 4 @4% obelia a - BB @ PharlarisCanarian.... 6 @ 6% ae ....... os Sinapis aoe... 11 @13 Diges....... 11@ 12 SPIRITUS. Frumenti, W., D. .. . DF. kf... Juniperis Co. oO. T... | 50 Saacharum N. Bo 1 75@2 00 Snot. Vint Gaill........ 1 75@6 50 Vit Operto .........-- : 25@2 00 Vint Alve............. 1 25@2 00 SPONGES. Florida ar wool Carriage. 2 50@2 75 Nassau sheeps’ week 2 00 1 10 Carriage ............ Velvet extra sheeps’ wool carriage....... Extra yellow sheeps’ Gaeriege............. 85 Grass sheeps’ wool Car- WN ak os cs ses 65 Hard ¢ for slate use. 75 Yellow Reef, for slate We oe 1 46 SYRUPS. eS 50 Pere ......65.-e-, . oo eee 60 OO — ee 50 — — De cede ecp eae 50 ee 50 Similax ‘Ofticinalis Shae cies 60 Ce...... 50 ee 50 ee 50 eevee oes c eee 50 Tolutan . ieee eeeneb sce: ae Prunus virg.. es ee 50 seed oil, oil lemon, Malaga olive oil, African ginger, TINCTURES. Aconitum Napellis = 60 — 50 ioc... 60 * Se Were... 22... 60 eee ............-....-..- 50 ee 0 Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 Se Sh 60 “ Ce. 50 Rome eeee.....c .... 50 Deere 50 CO eee % re a 50 a 7 > 5 a 100 Eee 50 Crees 50 " O....4.........1.. Oe CO a 50 Cubeba..... . Ke Lee oe Ce a ee 50 Gentian 50 ' Lecce eee ecu ll Cee 50 “ aoeeoe.............. 60 Dinero ........... .....,.. 50 Eyopoveregs ................ 50 a TS . Commons. .....-...... %5 Vor Chloridum............ 35 Bee... eee cs 50 Lobelia 50 aoe 50 ue Vorce................ 50 eos weyers 85 " Compnorated........... 50 ‘6 Deodor. es cs c oae e AurantiCortex...... ... oe ee eee ene 50 cee Ee 50 Rhei. —_ = Cassia Acutifol .. 50 Con 50 Serpeneerie@ ................ 50 mepGreet... ............. 60 oo a 60 CO ae 50 Verstram Voride............ 50 MISCELLANEOUS. Ather, Spts Nit,3 F.. 2@ 30 : "47... Se a Ammen ............... 24@ 3 ' ground, (po. 2... 3@ «64 Annatto ek ee 55@ 60 Antimont, es 4@. 5 et Potass T. 55@ 60 Antipyrin............. @1 40 Aveo. ... 1.54... @ Bb Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 60 ee a 7 Balm Gilead Bud.... 38@ 40 Hien GO... 2 W@2 2 Caicium Chlor, 1s, (48 in: tn, 14)... ...... 11 Cantharides Russian, —....... @1 00 Capsici Fructus, > @ 2% @ 28 “ee “ @ 20 Caryophyllus, i 18) 14@ 15 Carmine, No. 40 @3 75 Cera Alba, 8. ar. 50@ 55 Cera Flava............ 38@ 40 ee @ 40 Cassia Fructus........ @ 2% Ceomiegea.............. @ 10 ttre en. = @ 4 Chrlorarorm® ........... 60@ 63 ° fbbs .. @i 25 Chloral Hyd ‘Gut dae te 1 35@1 60 Cenegree... .... seu. 20@ 2% Cinchonidine, P&W 15Q German 3 @ 12 Corks, list, ~ -_ Oem ....... ua 60 Cressotum ........... @ 3 Creta, —— WO a cae @ & tious 5@ 5 Poo. ........- 9@ 11 . ubra.. : @ 8 Crocus .............-» 1 00@! 10 Cugeer.....-......... @ &# Co 5@ 6 ae 10@ 12 Ether Sulph.. 0@ 7 “= numbers.. @ ee. @ & eae Pe 70@ 75 Flake PNG. eo co... 12@ 15 Ce @ B Gambier.. —s.1.0 @e Gelatin, Cooper. bee te @ 70 Prenen........ 4@ 60 Glassware flint. by box 70 & 10. Less than box 6635 So Gine, Brown.......... 9@ 15 - wee........... 18@ 2 | 144%@ 20 Grana Paradisi........ @ 2 Terese... ..:......- 25@ 55 Hydraag Chlor Mite.. @ 8 “66 - oo. @ 80 ni Ox Rubrum @ 9 bea Ammoniati.. @1 00 . Unguentum. 45@ 55 | Hydrargyrum ......... @ 64 Tehthyobolla, Am.. ..1 25@1 50 Co ee ee 75@1 00 lodine, Tigh... .... 3 80@3 90 Jodoform...... @4 70 Lapulin ..... G@2 25 Lycopodium .. . 60@ 65 OO ka cues Cees 7@ 75 yo Arsen et Hy- 27 Liquor Soins Aratuitia 10@ 12 Magnesia, Sulph (bbl 1% Manan, &.F....-.... Morphia, m P. Sw. 2 20@2 45 | Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 20} Lindseed, boiled . ao 6 Ss. ¥.@ & Sinapis............ ... @ 18| Neat’s Foot, winter CC Ce 2... 2 10@2 35 = a @ strained . 80 85 “cee Canton...... @ 40 — accaboy, De SpiritsTurpentine.... 33 43 Myrintica, No 1... ... Ge ai Vee ................ @ 35 ieee bbl. Ib Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 Snuff, "Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 AINTS. - 0. Se 20@ 22] Soda Boras, (po. 11). . 10@ 11/ Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@8 Pepsin § Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30| Ochre, yellow Mars... 1% 2@4 eT @2 00 | Soda Carb............ 14@ 2 Ber......1% 2@3 Picis Liq, N..C., % gal Seda, BiGarb......... @ 5) Putty, commercial....2% 24@3 ee. @a i Seda, Asti. |... Sa 4) ——- _— esses 24 2%@3 Picls Liq., ag ae @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas......... @ 2 — rime Amer- Wen... @ 85|Spts. Ether Co........ 50@ 55} lean ............ 0... 16 Pil Hydrarg, ae =. @ 50| ‘ Myrcia Dom..... @2 25} Vermilion, English.. 65@70 Piper Nigra, (po. 2 @ 1 ‘* Myrcia Imp... .. @3 00 | Green, Peninsular..... T0@75 Piper. Alba, (po &)-- @ 3 ‘ boa Rect. bbl. Lead, red.............. 6%@7 Pix Burgun. ET 2 25@2 35} _‘' white ........... 6%@7 Plumbi Acct... ...... 14@ 15 Less be gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white Span... Qi Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal ou { 1 45 White B Gilders’...... @% Pyrethrum, boxes Sulphur, Subl......... 2%@ 3% | White, Paris American 10 SPD. Co, dos... -- @1 25 “ Roll CS 24@ 3 Whiting, Paris Eng. on 5 2 meres ........ .... 10} _ Cll ........---- +0. conn "s@ 10 | Terebenth Venice..." 30 | Pioneer Prepared Paint! 20@1 4 Quinia, 8. P.& W..... 29@ 34 | Theobromae . a “45 @ 48} Swiss Villa Prepared « '§ German... 21@ 30| Vanilla... .......... igcoa@ié Oo | Ealnie........ 7... 1 00@1 20 Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14{Zinci Sulph.. ........ ™@ 8 VARNISHES. Saccharum Lactispv. 23@ 2% No. 1Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Cate 1 756@1 80 OILs. Metra Purp... 0.1.1... 160@1 70 Sanguis Draconis..... 50 Bbi. Gal} Coseh Hody........... 2 75@3 00 eee, W-.....-....-... 1 «0141 Whale, winter........ 70 70 | No. 1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 a ie i Ler, Gxire........... 110 115) Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 - @ 15 Lard, N i 1. .. & 70| Japan Dryer, No. 1 Linseed, pure raw.... 51 54 MO... ee. eee 70@75 Importers and Jobbers of RUGS CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES DEALERS IN Paints, Oils 2 Varnishes. SWISS WILLA PREPARED PAINTS. ine of Staple Druggists Sundries Fl We are Sole Preprietors of Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Remedy, We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of WHISKIES, BRANDIES, GINS, WINES, RUMS. We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarantee satisfaction. All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. Send a trial order- HAZELTINE & PERKINS Dive: CO, GRAND RAPIDS, ‘MICH, 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROC! greatest possible use to dealers. Fruits. Apples. 2 ib. etanderd..... AXLE GREASE. doz gross Aurora i 55 6 00 Castor Oil ol 9 CO Diamond. . 50 5 50 Frazer's 89 3 00 mies ...-. bone 7 8 00 Paragor . =S 6 00 B: AKING POWDER. Acme. ig Ib. cans. 3 doz. 45 \% lb. 2 85 i i 1 00 SS 10 Arctic 4% Tb cans _ 60 % ib 1 20 tb 2 00 - - =... 9 60 Fosfon. 5 Oz. cans, 4 doz in case Si 16 . 2 00 Red Star, % bb cans 40 4 wb ° m4 ‘ 7 th sa 4 4 , Teifer’s lg lb. cans, doz 45 ‘ib. * 85 e 150 io 0 per doz Dime cans 90 Z 1s 19) 2 & 3 i 4%] 21 60 41 SO Seip oun mu cans r BATH BRIC _ 2 dozen in case. English .. i 90 Bristol. \ 80 Domestic... Lk 70 BLUING, Gross Arctic, 4.0z ovais 4 00 e i «| . 7 00 pints, r i 10 50 No. 2, si 2 No. 3, 4 No. . 8 OO 1 oz ball acs 4 i Mexi al 1 Lie yuid, 4 oz 3 60 s OZ 6 sO BROOMS, No. ~ i. 1 % as cao 2 06 a 2 Carpet. a. 2 No. 2 50 alee oe... ... 275 Common Whisk 90) Fancy 16 Warehouse. 32 BRU SHES. Stove, aa aa coe 1 2 0 1 5 Rice Root Scru b,2 row 85 Rice Root Scrub, 3 row 1B Pa.metto, goose 1 3 BUTTER PLATES. Oval—250 in crate =e 5.......--- 60 No. 2 7 po. 3... 80 Bioko ne .100 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes id Star, 40 9 Paraffin e a a Wicking 24 CANNED GOODS. Fish. Clame. Little Neck, es b 1 20} ib. 1 90} pal. Chowder Standard, Zib.... 22 Cove Oysters Standard, 1 ik H 1 00 2 lk 1 Lot peters Star, 1 Ib.. : 2 5 - 2 3 Picnic, 1 ib 2 06 He 21b. 2 Mackerel. Stan adard, 1 2 - rl 2 10 eset, 21b . 23 Tomato Sauce, 2 Ib 2 25] Sonsed, 2 ib 2 | Salmon Col lumbiafRiver flat 1 % * ‘talls. 1% Alaska, Red : 14 . pink 1 Sardines. American 48 @5 644@ 7 Imported sh : ..10@11 rene --15@16 Mustard - @s Pee... .-- 21 Trout. i te Behl arene alan sess 250 1 05 York State gallons. an 3 00 Hamburgh, * Apricots. Live oak...... 1 Santa Cruz iz ia... .. 17 Overland i 1 7% Blackberries. 6... 1... % Cc herries. —— 1 10Q1 20 Pitted Hamburgh . 1% White ... 1 59 Erie 1 20 Damsons, Egg Plums and Green Gages. E cee 1” California. bw 1 70 Gooseberries. Common os ' 123 Peaches. ee 13 M axwell hepard’s 1 65 ‘ ‘alifornia 2 2D Monitor 1 65 Oxford a Pears Domestic. 1 20 vee... ...... 2 10 Pineapples. Common 1 00@1 30 John son’s sliced 250 grated . 27 Quinces Common ek 1 10 Raspberries. ng 1 30 Black Hamburg.. 150 Erie. black 1 30 Straw berries. Lawrence 1 23 Hamb urgh i= mree..... Leone 12% [Terres .......- 1 10 Whortleberries. Blueberries .... 1 0 iin. Corned beef, Libby’s 210 Roast beef, Armour’s 210 Potte a bem, 4% Ib..... 12 rm S6ae ._ tongue, % Ib 1% i... |. 85 chicken, é .. % Vegetables. Beans. Hamburgh stringless. . 123 ' French style.....2 25 Limas.. ton Limes green. 14 ‘soaked.. Lekes ce Lewis Boston Baked........1 35 Bay State Baked. LD World’s Fair Baked i.e Picnic Baked. , 100 Corn. Hamburgh ... 1 40 Livingston Eden . - ee Honey Dew. a Morning Glory............ Sion... .,....- 75 Peas Hamburgh marrofat...... 1% early oume...... Champion Eng..1 50 pet pols....... 1% mar sifted....1 90 —o . 75 i andard. ioe. oe | Van amp’s marrofat. 1 10 i early June.....1 30 Archer's Early Blossom....1 35 Frenck 2 15 Mushrooms. ee 7Q22 Pumpkin. Re ee ce 95 Squash. ae eel, 12 Succotash. EE orn ep ester ewe nen 1 40 a ee — La 1 50 oa i mo " ‘Tomatoes. Hancock POOMEOE .......05........ See ae 2. OE ES Gallon 23 CHOCOLATE, Baker's, German Sweet. . 23 Ee 3? Breakfast Cocoa.. 43 CHEESE, ee... @ ee @ Riverside ............. @ Gong Medal........... @12% ee eee os... ............. 11 ae... 1 00 Se 23 eae... @10 OO @25 Roguefort.. . @35 Sa 2 . @22 weltzer, imported. @r4 domestic @i4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. Half pint, 25 bottles ... 2% Pint es 450 Quart 1 doz bottles 3 50 CLOTHES PINS. Sarees oeaee........-... COCOA SHELLS. @50 ao oe... Less — as ox Pound packages.... 6%@7 COFFEE, Green. Rio. Se oe... cee Pee... sve >> ee eee. Peaberry — oo Santos. —.......... 21 —. ................... Pee 23 Peery ........ a Mexican and Guatamala. i oe Good... — oe ee 24 Maracaibo. ek. 23 Milled eles 24 Java. eer... oe rivets Gaowth......-.....- Mandehling ......... 0 Mocha. rere... one a Arabian... ede ed Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. Bunola... oe Lion, 60 or 100 1b. case... Extract. Valley City % gross........ 7 Felix o i. 2. oo Hummel’s, foil, gross...... 50 ” r eres 250 CHICORY. eres creer cee . ee oa CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40ft....... per dos. 1 Ks oe es....,.-- ” 1 _ ....... ” 1 © eR ie ns - 1 1 1 23.30 here “7 . oe es..-.... . Sate CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz. in case. ee. , ee oo Genuine Swiss.... American Swiss. . COUPON Superior.” % 1, per hundred Veedeee ee. 2 50 as lUh.DULlUlUCL LL, 3 00 8 3, i - 350 o . 40 — 5 00 —, * 6 0 Subseribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omis “Universal.” | BAY PRICE: COM The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all ¢ $ 1, per hundred.......... 83 00 8 2, Y cau ee ce ae $ 3, . .. 400 8 5, . .. 0 $10, .. 6 00 $20. ni 7 00 Above prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: — or over. .™, cent, “ 1000 « a COUPON PASS BOOKS. Can be made to represent any enomination from 810 down. | 20 books.. $100 Se 2 00 i Ee 3 00 — ~ ie — .... a oe * / 17 50 CREDIT CHECKS. 500, any one denom’n.....$3 00 00, 1. — | ee 8 00 Steel — ieee ce RACKERS. Butter. Seymour XxX . Seymour xy, ‘eartoon..... 6% Family XXX. 8 Family XXX, ‘eartoon...... 6% Salted XXX. a Salted XXX, ‘cartoon. oe — ss Cl. 1% Pe 8 Butter “bisenit - . 6% Soda. a 6 ee........ ae Soe Deees.............. Oe Cromeal Werer........ .....- 10 Long Island Wafers ....... 11 yster. S. Oyster XXX. le City Oyster, ee 6 Farina Oyster.............. 6 CREAM TARTAR. Telfer's pure.. Leelee = Telfer’s Abesiebe ee ge sae DRIED FRUITS. Domestic. Sundried, as bbls. T% quartered ‘ TH, Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes @10% Apricots. California in bags...... 16% Eveporated In boxes. .. a Blackberries. ae... ..-.-. 8 @9 Nectarines. SE 15 a re, Oaees.... .........- 15% Peaches. Peeled, in boxes.. 16 Cc val. evap. eeue 14 ' in bags...... 13% Pears. one Pee... _ Cherries. initia 50 lb. ee =» ae be cee Prunelles. 30 lb. boxes.. \ Raspberries: In barrels..... 22 50 Ib. boxes ae 23 25 Ib. a. 24 "Raisins. Loose Muscatels in Boxes, 2 crown a ees 150 ag ee 65 Loose Muse — in nage. 2 crown... .. : . 5% “A 6% Foreign. Currants. Patras, fa bares......... 6 ee 4% _ = Serco — oe Citron, Leghorn, = boxes . Lemon ” Orange " = " it Raisins. Ondura, 29 lb. boxes @s8 Sultana, 20 - @10 Valencia, 30 Qi Prunes. California, 100-120..... 10 ony 25 Ib. bx8. te : 70x80 " “Be . . _— e .14 urkey.. owas 7 tt ENS rena . — 9% ENVELOPES, XX rag, white. We, 4 OG cect $1 75 We ie 1 60 Me 16)... 2... 1 65 , ee 1 50 a. wood, white, No. 1, 6% 1 35 me SOG... sc... 124 Manilla, ‘white. RS oe cache. eee 1 00 ee cee eee 95 Coin met a4. ..... ..., Te FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. 100 Ib. kegs........-..-- 3% Hominy. Te 3 00 Ns en ct ke nanos eoncens 3 50 Lima Beans. aa .......:......- 4% Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 lb. box.. Imported. ............- %@.- . Oatmeal. Barrels 200.. . 2 Half barrels me. _ oo Pear! Barley. Gs 2% Peas. Green, bu.... .... ---.-- 1 85 Bos perib............ 2% aggeagal Oats Barrels 180... . @A 75 Half bbis 90 . @2 50 Sago. Ee 4% a cs ee 5 Wheat. I ee cree wee 5 FISH--Salt. Bloaters. ee 1 40 Cod. ee 3% Whole, Grand Bank..... 5% Boneless, bricks.. ..... 7 @ Boneless, strips. . Halibut. i .. 104%@l11 Herring. Holland, white hoops keg % c ies r bbl 12 00 “ “ “ 9 50 Marwerten ......on-..-... 12 00 Round, % ‘bbl 100 Ibs ; 3 C0 —* 2”... 1 45 ON ice td Mackerel. No. 1, 100]bs.. 12 ¢0 oie secu cree 5 05 No 1. 10 lbs 1 35 Peas, OO ee........---... 8 Oe TE tases 95 Sardines. Russian, kegs....--........ 65 Trout. No. 1, %& bbis., 100%bs......- 6 7% Bo. 1 i bhi, & iee:......... 3 00 Wo. 1, Eilts, 06 Ie........2... 85 EE 70 Whitefish. Family No. 2 % bbls, - 7 ‘Ss 3 $8 25 $5 00 -3% 355 23 10 Ib. kits... ct. = & -~ * . = a= FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’. Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. Grade Lemon. Regular Vanilla. doz me 20Z ....81 2 5éoe..... 3@ XX Grade Lemen. Sau.....0 w o..... oor XX Grade Vanilla. wee as. Ri 7D ous..... 3 50 Jennings’ D C. sanee- Vanilla = folding boa... 20 3 0: 00 1 50 40s _ 1-1 50 200 6 oz " oe 3 00 8 oz . ..-3 00 4 00 ONT. They are prepared just before onditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than sions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the GUNPOWDER. Austin’ 8 Rifle, kegs... 3 50 i cege...... 2 90 . Crack Shot, kegs ..3 50 . c kegs 2 00 . Club Sporting ‘‘ 4 50 ‘ “ce “ 2 50 HERBS. I os ces wees oe eet ces 15 SE ee 15 INDIGO. Madras, Sib, bowes.....-. 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes... 50 JELLY. 17 Ib. pails eee ees 7% eel 1 cool 05 LICORICE. Pee i... 30 Calabria 25 a pected ee ea a 12 LYE, ' Condensed, a ee eee 1 25 ea 2 25 MATCHES. No. 9 sulphur.......---..--- 1 65 Anchor parlor............++. 1% ————e—— 1 10 Export parlor..........-.... 4 00 MINCE MEAT. 8 or 6 doz. in case perdoz.. 95 MEASURES. Tin, per dozen. ee a ss 2 eee Sniion.............. 1 40 gg ce 70 ee oe. 45 Half pees ..-...---.-----. 40 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. aaa 7 00 Half pene: a... 2 uart . Lee ee " MOLASSES. Blackstrap. Sugar house.......-- . 14 Cuba Baking. Gueiaary .....-...------... 16 Porto Rico. kes on ce ee 20 RE oo iscvctee Le. 30 New Orleans. ee ae 18 d 20 25 30 ON. oc wccene coer ccs. cone 40 One-half barrels, 3c extra, PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count... @b 0 Half bbls, 600 count.. @3 75 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count. 8 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 450 PIPES. Clay, a ae re 1% =. 2. _— eS 75 Cob, No a. ii osock oe POTASH, 48 cans In Case. ED oe ose cues : 4 00 Peanea S46 Co.'s.......... 3 RICE, Domestic. Carolina ann leaps tes boa ues : No i re Cc No. 2 Lose i (ee Imported. depen, Mo. 1.... ---. eee ne Te eee cee 5 a 5 ‘A a os > ‘A a ~ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. SPICES. Whole Sifted. I ie choc cess eyes 10 Cassia, China in mats...... 7 . Batavia in bund....15 - Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, Sao eyes aye a 22 Zanzibar..... a. 12 Mace Batavia... eS Nutmegs, fancy.. Sees wagers 75 Se 7 . We oe cee eee Pepper, Singapore, oo -10 white.. “120 bay a. 16 Pure Ground in Bulk. Ae ii. 15 Cass Ja, “Batavia enue ees col ee 18 and _— 25 . Sai oy coe ee Cloves, Ambo ee 22 ree... . 18 Ginger, Aeereen............. 1s iGeguen............ 3 “ Jamaica / 22 Maes Deleym..........,.... % Mustard, Eng. and Trieste, 22 Tri este Peewee scares 25 Moteegs, Mo. 2 ............- Vi) Pepper, Singapore, — 16 e m_ eae... cs... “Absolute” in Packages. 4s ‘48 Aries ............... 84 155 | ee & 155 ae. 84 155 Ginger, Jamaica ..... 8 155 Y Atriean........ 84 155 aeeeea..........-....- 84 1 55 Pogo ............ + oo 5 oO ————— 84 SAL SODA. Sees ee _. esisnk: boxes... i. 1 SAUERKRAUT. Gold Medal.. io @8 25 SEEDS. eT @i2% Canary, Smyrna. ...... 6 ee 10 Cardamon, Malabar.. 90 Hemp, Russian.. 4% Mixed Bird .......... 5% Mustard, white....... 10 Pee 8... 9 ee ic. ..5-... 6 Cocee beme........... 30 STARCH. Corn. 20-1b boxes Le el et ees 6 oe | 5% Gloss. ‘ 2 packages ee 5% Lae ee edeauey om 5% & Ib a ns 6 40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 4% ae... ; 4 SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders.........37 Maccaboy, ie tere. ......--.. 35 french appee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, ass ee dh ey *anglish ieee eedeaeeses 4% SALT. => sacks.. . 2 5 eS 28 10-1b. sacks. eee 1°85 eee 2 2 25) coeee......-...-..-- 1 50 56 lb. dairy in linen bags.. 3 a drill “ 16 18 Warsaw. 56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 32 —— . _ . Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56 1», dairy in linen sacks. 75 Solar Rock. S6 lk. GNOME... 2... 5 cones 27 Common Fine. ee 85 Reese ......--. «------ &5 SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs, in box. Ce 83 30 eee CE 3 15 Dwight’s. ues <<+ oe Wayier'S......------+-+»---- 3 00 SOAP. Laundry. Allen B. — s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-Ib........ 35) Good Cheer, 601 Ib.......... 3 90 White Borax, 100 %-lb......3 % Proctor & Gamble. Concord 3 45 Ivory, _ ee ae es 6 ee a 3 90 Mottled Cemmi 3 60 Town Talk a 3 2% Jas, S. Kirk & Co,’s Brands, American Family, wrp d. .84 00 lain... 2 94 N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands. TUN CUMNB oi c cc koe s cok 475 Brown, Oe RE cic occu. 2 85 OO Dare ....,. 3 50 Bros, & Co.’s Brands. ———— ee 4 00 Cotton Oil. aaa cea Marseilles....... aah eae 3 95 WRRCERE ncrcaccsse fas cae a Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 hand, Mam i. 2 50 ‘SUGAR The following rices repre- sent the actual selling prices in Grand Rapids, based on the act- ual costin New York, with 36 cents per 100 pounds added for freight. The same quotations will not apply toany townwhere the freight rate from New York is not 36 cents, but the local quotations will. perhaps, afford a better criterion of the market than to quote New York prices exclusively. Ca, leet. ................. oe Pee ee ae... 5 61 qranulated ... oa Extra Fine Granulated... 5 42 io. eee . 66) XXXX Powdered...... oe Confec. Standard A.. .... 5% a 1 ColumbiaA. al. = ne No. 5 er Does eee § 11 No a .@ ae 4 98 No. 8......,....... <2 mao 4 86 No. 10. 40 Be ........ . 480 no. P.. 47 No. @........- . 42 oi... 35 SYRUPS. Corn. ee SE a Se 24 Per hie......-......... 26 Pure Cane. eS a 19 Ge... ieee 25 pelts |... ...-.....-+-..--. 30 SWEET GOODS Ginger Snaps.......... 8 Suger Creams......... 8 Frosted Creams....... 9 Graham Crackers.... 8% Oatmeal Crackers..... 8% VINEGAR. oe... 7 @ Soer...... . «-..---..- 8 @9 #1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Balk, pet wel ....... ..... 30 Beer mug, 2 doz in case. 1% YEAST. Mmerre,....... ....... oe Warner’s Lees ae 1 00 Woe Weems ................ 1 00 Dieweed,... 1... heyel 2... 90 TEAS. JaAPAN—Regular. Waie................... @i7 oe... .... 6. .....- @20 Peeren..............-. 2% @% Choicest........-- ..82 @34 ee... ote. ee 10 @12 SUN CURED. ee i eae ee @17 Goan... .....-........ @20 de ES --24 @2e Costes ..........--.. 32 @34 —_ eo 10 @Ii12 Wee we @wv Choice. . @25 Choicest @35 Extra choice, wire leat @40 GUNPOWLER. Common to faii....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choicest fancy.......- 7 @s5 OOLONG. @26 Common co fair... ...23 @30 IMPERIAL. Common to fair....... 2 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor. to fair....... 18 @26 Superior to fine....... 30 @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Wale ..........-...--..- 18 @z Omones, .......-.----+s- 24 @28 eee... ... se, -s 40 @50 TOBACCOS. Fine Cut. Pails unless otherwise noted Piawaethe ........-.... 60 Sweet Cuba......... : 34 MeGinty ....-.... -.... 27 - % bbis......-. 25 Dandy zim oe 29 Torpedo 24 “e 23 Yum Yum 28 a eed eee eee 23 “ drome 22 Sorg’s Brands, Spearhead ..........-. 38 PEE vicki wc dcencees s Nobby wiet......-.-,:- 39 Scotten’s Brands. 26 Valley City ......-.--- 34 Finzer’s Scene. Old Honesty........-- 40 roy Ter.....- 1.5 . 32 acithin Catlin’s Brands. al GIO cs ioe ees nee ste Golden Shower..........--.19 eT Meerachauin .........-.----- 29 American Eagle Co.’s Brands. Myrtle Navy.........---..-- 40 Stork Banner Tobacco Co.'s —— eee | Banner Cay endish. ........ "38 Gem Cue. i... ............ 28 en s Brands. Warpath . _. ae Honey Be : ~— ieee 26 a. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands. Peerless...... ee One Foes.......-...,...-.... 18 Standard.. 22 Globe Tobacco Co.’s cium Hemdmace............. 00+. 41 Leidersdorf’s Brands. Bob Woy... ..... seen... e- 26 Unele Sam.....-......-- 28@32 Bed (ogee... 5. noe 32 Spaulding & Merrick. Tom and Jerry....-.-.-.+-++ 25 Traveler Cavendish..... 38 eo.................. _ 30 Plow Boy. .... ........ Ge Comm Caze........ _.. OILS. The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows, in barrels, f. 0. b. Grand Rapids: Eocene... Water W hite, “old test. 8 Ww. W. Headlight, 156° 7 Water White .......- DB 6%; Nagin. ..............- @7 Stove se. Lee @ 6% — 27 @36 Engine ...13 @2l Black. 15 cold test... @ 84 HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: HIDES ee ce 24%@3% Part Cured a i @4 Oe @ 4% DOT oo os we va en we 5 @5 Kips, green .........-- 24%@ 342 © @area.........-.- @5 Calfskins, green 4@5 eurod...... 7 @8 Deacon skins...... .10 @30 No. 2 hides %& off. PELTS. Shearlings........-.--- 10 @ B ee 25 @i 50 wooL Waenod.. ......-.---- 20 @238 Unwashed ...... ..10 @20 MUACULL ARNOT. owe esse 4 @5 Grease —- sia coees 1 Oe Switches . _.. +... eS ee 2 00O@2 75 Outside sian ya No. 1 only. Hadeor,.......-...--.. 50@1 00 pear ..........- ..15 00@25 00 WO e oe es ees on oe 3 00@7 00 Cat, wild........-...--- 40@ 50 Cat, house 25 eee Poa, rod......-..--... Sete ee ae ener Fox, grey.. ae eee 2 y artin, - ee 1 00@3 00 pale & yellow. 50@1 00 Mink Gark........--.- 40@2 00 Muskrat. .....:.... ... Ge i Oppossum........----- 15@ 30 Otter, dark....... oo. 00@3 = econ ec cea ae... | Lj... re 33 Se 1 00@3 00 Beaver castors, ib....2 00@5 00 DEERSEINS—per pound. Thin and green........- 10 Long gray, om ......-. 20 Gray, dry ----------+:- 25 Red and Blue, dry...... 35 GRAINS and ¥EEDSTUFFS WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 1b. test) 65 o. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 65 MEAL. ee 1 40 Granulated.........-.- . = FLOUR. Straight, in enene.....-..- 3 60 barrels........ 3 85 Patent ‘' sacks........- 4 60 - _ barrels... ie oa pee 4 80 Graham ‘‘ sacks.. eo to Rye Ce eee 1 90 Buckwheat, . : 30 MILLSTUFTO. Less - Car lots quantity Bran.. . $16 00 $17 00 Screenings .. . 14 00 14 50 Middlings..... 17 00 18 00 Mixed Feed... 18 50 19 50 Coarse meal .. 18 00 19 90 CORN Car lots.......----+---+->+-« 44 Less than car lots......---- 50 OaTs. Car lot «dt Less aaa car ae: .40 No. 1 Timothy, ‘car lots....13 £0 No.1 to a... 14 50 FRESH MEATS. Beef, CarCass.......-.- 64%@ 8 hind quarters. . 7 @9 , re 5%@ 6 - loins, No. 2. -.@10 cs WU vo esse 8 @9 = wounds......... 6%@ 7 Bosses. .....-..-..... @6 SHELL GOODS Paiis, No. 1,1 two-hoop.. is Pome wee csc. @10% | Oysters, per 7 ....., a Sogi i: ~*~ We. 1, three hoop 1 60 ‘¢ shoulders. .. @2? Clams, ,aaceedt COG | Clo thespina, 5 g >xXes 40 Seusage, blood or head @7 BULK. | Bow! is, 11 ik ach: $0 . ver @7 | Counts, per gal 2 20 | 13 1 00 " Frankfort . @9 | Extra te rocta : A ee 15 1 60 Mutton ......... ---+-- .-TH@ 54% | Standards ... 1 20 | ee 2 25 Veal Cae 7‘ @8 Seallops... gcol 19 2% Shrimps 25 | : 3 00 FISH and OYSTERS. pennas 1 °5| Baskets, market...0.......- 3 . . oe af shipping bushel.. 1 F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as| PAPER & W OCODENWARE | full hos 7 1 follows: PAPER. ' ' willow el’ths, No.1 5 75 FRESH FISH. Straw a a No.2 6 25 ooo @2 Rockford . one . No.3 7 35 Tro 8 @9 | Rag sugar ........... splint No.1 3 5 Halibut. : @15 | Hardware : : No.2 4 25 Ciscoes or Herring. . @6¢ | Bakers........ -......... a No.3 5 Bluefish .......... . @io | Dry Goods...... ......5 } INDURATED WARE, Fresh lobster, - Ib 20 gute Manilia...... 1 ae 2 Cod. “ 10 @i12 Red Express No.1 | 4 doz No. 1 Pickerel.... @ 9 No. 2.. | SOULTRY | Pike. meee tenses eteees @8 ili | ne iy virgata | Smoked White .. . @10 8 Cott NES. : | Local dealers pay as follows: | Finnan Haddies........ 10 |* —— eee ts ne DRESSED. ted Snappers g | Cotton, No.1 17 ro wl - 2 Mocedes . aeock urkeys es River Salmon = Sea Island, assorted... ‘ 1 ticeke No. — ie > {Chicken oYsTERS—Ct ans. Woa6¢..... 1 | ’ ae es Counts. @w | | ' en i. B. pereets.....-. @33 | WOODENWARE | ckens Rcloetn Loe a @28 | Tubs, No. 1 nee 7 00 ANCHGE...........- @73 | ‘ No.2........---- 6 00 | Standards ....- @20 he s........... 5 00 | PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. | Wintergreen Ber ries. Mees... ...... 17 5@} Short cut . a acta 20 00 | Extra clear pig, EE eee Extra clear, heavy. De ek Clear, fat back........-.- 21 00 Boston clear, short cut. . 21 50) Clear back, short cut. 21 50 Standard clear, short cut, best. 22 00 | sausaGe—Fresh and Smoked. Pork Sausage........-.----e2 essere cere 10% Ham Sausage.......-.-.- ae. oe Tongue Sausage. ......---++--+++++ oo Frankfort Sausage ee eue 9% Blood Sausage....... ----eeeee eee eees a Bologna, —- 6 Bologna, thick.. es 6 Sload CHEORG.....----+.---+---++--+s- 7 LARD. Kettle Rendered... ......-- 11% Granger ......---- Boece nas ce cee anaes {1 F amily ae 84 Compound .. 1... 73% 50 lb, Tins, we ady ance. 20 Ib. pails, vac ok °° - C on * eo - 3 lb. * te BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 ibs.. 9 00 Extra Mess, Chicago packing..........------ 9 00 Boneless, rump butts. . oo. oe Oe SMOKED scien: Chained or Plain. Hams, average 20 Ibs... 1344 8 . 13% ' 12 to 14 ‘Tbs. 14 ° BOG non cn ew ee .on " ent DONCIOSS. ... ..-.---- 0+ - eee atone 13% OW ese eee ect e tone deen ee 10% Breakfast Bacon, boneless. . 13 Dried beef, ham prices...... ca 10% Lon Clears, I es eet ee cosas een ane Briskets, medium. ee . light 11 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbls. Pails. Standard, per lb. 6% Th we 6% ™% Wee .......... 6% ™% Boston Cream.........--- 8% Ont TOG... 1-2. oss. 8% Bio d, w......-. . 8% MIXED CANDY. Bbls Pails Ce. eet 6 7 Wee ie ss. e toe 6 7 — ee eae 6% th ee ee ae z 8 English Rock.. q 8 CURVE on. oi ee eee oe nes wo es z 8 Broken Teffy.. — 8 Peanut Squares. Sd ee oe 8 9 French Creams.......-.-- ee 10 Valley Creams.. 13 Midget, 30 lb. baskets. 8 Wogeen. MID, “ «--- oc +--+ ee oe 8 Fancy—In bulk Pails Lozenges, a et ate eee cw rinted.. a. Chocoiate ane... Chocolate Monumentais.. Cee EN ee eal a oe oes ee eet Sit PWOOOM. seen en cen et ee eee no Imperials......-------- eaiece—2 5 Ib. boxes. Per Box Lemon Drops........----+-- ee ees 55 Sour Drops .. Cece aces peer eee eas 55 Peppermint Drops. ae wou .60 Chocolate Drops......---- ee . 65 H. M. Chocolate Drops.......----- ne 960 Gum Drops.........----++- coe : ‘ 40@50 Ligorico Drove... ...------- +. ---- ++ 2 eee eee 1 00 A. B, Licorice Drops.. . 80 Lozenges, piain,........--..- . 60 printed. . es . -65 Imperials.........--+:---+0 005" ie . -60 ce a cc he eee + ans 70 CN FIs ce oe se ete gauge mene neces nas 4 55 Molasses BGr.........--.- ----+++---+- +>" 353° 55 Hand Made Creams EIS Plain Creams...... Decorated Creams String Hock.... Burnt Almonds.. Cc ARAMET LS. No. 1, wrapped, 2 Ib. boxes No. 1, C 3 No. 2, \ 2 No. 3, " 3 Stand up, 5 lb. boxes / B AN ANS AS. Small... : Medium Large , ORANGES Floridas, fancy 200s... S008... Messinas, “ LEMONS | Messina, ¢ choice, 360.. @3 25 i ¢ @+ v0 choice 300.... 3 50@3 75 fancy 20 ..... 4 00 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Fig 8, fancy layers, 6ib..... QAM ss 10D _ @12% extra 14 Git 20 @15 Dates, Far d, 10-lb. box @i™% Te @ 6 ' Persian. S@1Ib. box.............- 44a@ 5% NUTS. | Almonds, Tarragona @19 | ‘ wace...... @18 California @18% | Brazils, new @1) | Filberts i @11% Wainn ts. Gré anoble @14 Marbot.. @ re Catt... 1! @is | Table Nuts, — oi3% . @iz ; Pecans, Texas Fy... 12 @14 | Cocoanuts, full sacks...... @4 00 PEANUTS. Fancy, H. P., Suns : @ 7% ic «” Roasted... @ 2% Fancy, H. P., Flags @ 7% [ . ‘* Roasted @ 9% Choice, H. P., Extras. . @ 6% ' ' “Roasted @8 CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. FRUIT JARS. Pints a i seep enna / MEME GOT oon ee ee wee ee wwe we | Caps... Su lke oi i Rubbers. . eo LAMP BUBNERS. | No.0 Sun ee eee ee omnes eee 45 wai “* |... oe Loe ee eae 50 TO ie be ee eh ccna tans 75 Tubular ....-..- i ee ena 7 L AMP « Cc 'HIMNEYS Per box. 6 doz. in box. No.0 Sun... 1 80 ‘ 1 90 2 90 1 al iv. | No. 6 Sun, e srimp tcp 2 2 Rot | r i wa. Rat * r 3 40 XXX Flint. No. be: n, crimp top i 26 No + 2 86 ee 3 88 Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled «os TO Be ee nied aie 470 No. 3 Hinge, .-4 88 La Bastie. | No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per « doz veck oo , 1 No.2 ~-. OU | No. 1 crimp, per doz.. ..1 35 ‘Nas 7 : a i @ LAMP WICKS. No. 0, per gross......-- . 23 | No. 1, c . p OG enc | deel 38 No. 3, si ee a ee cee wea cia Th | Mammoth, per dee... q | STONEW ARE— AKRON, | Butter Crocks, 1 to 6 gal 06 - 14 wal, per GOd... ..--.....4. 60 Jugs, % gal., per doz. 70 _ 1 ‘to 4 gal., per | oe ec ee ete nee ce 07 Miik Pans, % Bal. , per r dos ae 60 : 2 STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED. 3utter Crocks, 1 and 2 gal...........---+;- 07 | Milk Pans, % gal. Cee ea cena seen 65 oe eas cadets seuae 73 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | CANNED MEATS. Wonderful Growth in the Consump- tion of Canned Food. | | | From the New York Sun. One of the leading wholesale grocers in this city says that the demand for canned goods has doubled within the last two years. Almost everything that is edible is done up in cans—meats, fruit, vege- | tables, soups and puddings, and in some | instances the supply hardly keeps pace with the demand. This is particularly | the case with canned meats, which are a comparatively new product. The can-| ning of fruits on a large scale has been an extensive industry for some years, but meat in bulk has been canned only | for ashort time. One New York firm for five years, but they are generally | good for from ten to fifteen years. The! soup-canning factories in this city are! kept as clean as New England kitchens | | The best meat is selected, and vOijeg jn |large copper tanks. i} “stoek,’? which is the basis of all soups. | |The addition The result jg the | of tomatoes turps this | stock into tomato soup; of chopped green | turtle, into green turtle soup, and so on. | There is a vegetable department, in| which the vegetables are washed, pared. | and cut by machinery into 0qq little fig- | ures, such as stars and Creseents and crosses. These are added tg the stock | | just before itis taken from the tanks. | f | After the filled cans are weighed (and |! the weight is an important matter in de-| } termining the density and keeping qual- ity) they are labeled, Varnished, and boxed. and the soup is ready to be eaten |in Alaska, at the Cape of Good Hope, or | on the South Sea Islands. three years ago turned out 200 cans of meat a day; the same firm is now deliver- ing 8,000 cans a day, and has great diffi- culty in filling its orders. The demand | for canned meats is almost boundless, | for they are much cheaper than fresh | meats, and better than the fresh meat | sold in many places. Tons of canned | beef, fresh and corned, are sent annually | to the West Indies, to the West and South of this country, and to Europe, Asia and Africa. Wherever man lives, the empty beef can is a familiar part of the scenery. Dealers say that the ignorance of butch- ers has almost as much to do with the sale of canned meat as a local scarcity of good animals. They mention Cuba and some of our Southern States to illustrate this point. In Cuba the animals are good, though scarce, but the butchers have no idea of cutting a carcass prop- erly. They carve it into chunks, regard- less of the tenderloin, sirloin or roasts, and sell every part at the same price. The consequence is that good meat is spoiled, and customers prefer the canned meat, which is always properly butchered. With so much canned meat in use all over the world, itis well to know that the people who are most interested in its wholesomeness and keeping qualities have great confidence init. These peo- ple are the explorers, partieularly Arctic explorers, who are cut off from outside supplies for months, whose lives depend upon the soundness of the food they carry with them. They naturally exercise more care in the selection of canned goods than any other people. When the Greely expedition was fitting out, in 1881, a New York firm supplied it witha large quantity of pemmican. Part of this was eaten in the Arctic regions, but when the party returned there was a good supply left, and what was brought back was returned to the dealer. Ten years later, when the Peary expedition was fitting out, sample cases of this pem- mican were opened and were found to be in as good condition as when fresh made, and the meat that had seen Arctic ser- vice with Greely went northward again with Lieut. Peary, and what was left the second time was in good condition at the end of the voyage. Pemmican is now rarely used, ex- cept by Arctic explorers, because other kinds of preserved meat are more palat- able and will keep equally well. Pem- mican is made of beef dried in the sun, pounded into a stiff paste with plenty of fat, and some raisins, prunes, and other dried fruits. The paste is then done up in bags, boxes, or tin cans. Pemmican and jerked beef were once the great staples for long voyages and exploring parties, but with canned meat the diet is now much more varied. No pemmican is kept on sale in this city, but several of the large grocers will take orders for itin quantities. Jerked beef also has nearly disappeared from American mar- kets. lt is considered cheap and nasty. it is merely beef sliced and dried in the sun, and it will keep for years, but it is very unpalatable. It is still sold inthe West Indies and some European coun” tries, but itis not thought good enough for American sailors or explorers. Smoked beef and canned meats have driven it out of America. Thebest canned soups are warranted With canned fruits, the juice that ac- companies the fruit is always syrup made of sugar and water, with as much taste of the fruit as it acquires by con- tact with it. The raw fruit is poured | into the boiling syrup, and the whole is canned while still hot. Milk is preserved for an indefinite time by boiling with a secret preparation of sugar. Beef, either fresh or corned, is merely steamed, boned and pressed into cans. A _ two- pound can of this meat, retailed for 25 cents, is said to contain as much nourish- ment as 50 cents’ worth of fresh meat from the butcher. The meat extracts are made from the juice extracted from raw meat under heavy pressure. This juice is boiled down in some cases to a thin liquid, and in others to a stiff paste. Every manufacturer has his own secret way of preparing it, but the base of all meat extracts is the juice from raw meat. Dealers say that the manufacturers give acorrect statement of the number of pounds of meat required to produce an ounce of the extract, but it does not follow that the little jar contains as much nourishment as that many pounds of beef. All vegetables except one are prepared in the simplest way, by boiling thor- oughly and canning while hot. The single exception is asparagus, which is cooked in a mixture resembling drawn butter. ‘I can stock your house so that you need not make another purchase of food for five years,’’ a dealer said to the re- porter, ‘‘and you shall have every day for dinner soup, fish, an entree, roast, fruits, pudding, cheese and coffee. And you can vary the list almost as much as you could in the markets. Of course people in civilized countries do not live entirely upon canned food, but it is a valuable adjunct and a great benefit to the housekeeper. Canned goods are kept in nearly every house, ready for the pre- paration of an unexpected meal. A whole Christmas dinner may be prepared in twenty minutes out of the cans.”’ The canners of food are not backward in their ideas of the importance of their industry. They say that their goods have an effect even upon the geography | and history of the world. England par- ticularly, they think, should be grateful to them, on account of the increased hold they have given her upon Gibraltar. The capture of Gibraltar from the British is a question of starving out the gar- rison, and with canned food the rock can be and is provisioned for an indefinite number of years. In this era of canned food, they think, there can be no more starving out of garrisons. The provisioning of sailing ships for long voyages is an every-day matter in New York, and dealers say that such vessels carry double the quantity of food that they formerly carried. This is cause there is no danger of loss, but rather a chance for profit init. What is not used in one voyage is good for an- other, and often some of the provisions ean be sold at a profit at distant ports. _- a - A public office is a publie trust; but the average office-seeker regards it as a publie crib —_——___——>>— be-| | Use Tradesman Cowpon Books. MIGHAEL KOLB & SON, Wholesale Clothing Manulaclurers, ROCHESTER, N. Y. The oldest firm in the city of Rochester. ESTABLISHED 36 YEARS. Mail orders promptly attended to, or write our Michigan representative, Wil- liam Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., who will show you our line, and if we don’t happen to have what you want we will thank you for the opportunity you gave us in sending for him. Q We always guarantee excellent fits and WILLIAM CONNOR. well made garments. fo eee A Cheap Fine Cut, But it must be Up in Quality, airy GOLD N[EDAL The Price is away down, but the quality is “out of sight.” all arnhart PatmanCo. Medidm Priced but Strictly High Grade Bicysles. READ THE LIST. Eclipse, New Mail, Majestic, S1IS5 125 115 100 Waverly, We fully guarantee every one. We want aGENTs in unoccupied ter- ritory at liberal discounts. Write us fora free ticket on a Majestic bi- cycle which we will give to the holder of the 101st ticket out of the box at a drawing to be held May 30th, 1893. PERKINS & RICHMOND, 101 Ottawa St, Grand Rapids, Mich. { Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Asseciation. President, A. J. Elliott; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. Official Organ—MicHIGAN TRADESMAN. Jackson Grocers’ Union, President, D. S. Fleming; See’y, 0. C. Leach. Grand Haven! Retail Grocers’ Association. | President, John Boer; Secretary, Peter VerDuin. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion. At the r€gular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, held at Protective Brotherhood Hall on Monday evening, April 3, four applications for membership were received and accepted as follows: J. D. Van Wyck, 387 Jefferson Ave.; Wm. Zylstra, 568 Adams street: Jacob Plischke, 75 Gold street: C. F. Heyer, 626 Broadway. E. J. Herrick, chairman of the Committee on Municipal Affairs, reported that a circular had been issued to the various ward committees, setting forth the changes in the license ordi- nance desired by the Association. The report was accepted and adopted. B. Van Anroy, of the special Committee on Oil, reported progress, and the Committee was given further time to complete its report. J. H. Goss, of the special Committee on Flour, reported the result of an interview with the Val ley City Milling Co., and D. Arnott, of the same Committee, reported the result of an interview with the two Voigt mills. The attitude of the mills was fra from satisfactory and the Commit- tee was therefore requested to continue its work and bring in a subsequent report at a future meeting. J.C. Bonnell, manager of the Standard Oil Co., then addressed the Association at some length on the subject of “Oil,” describing the origin and growth of the business from the dis- covery of petroleum in 1859 to the present time. He vigorously defended the policy of the Stand- ard Oil Co., as set forth by the solicitor of the company, closing his talk with the following reference to local conditions: In reply to the committee of the Retail Grocers’ Association who called on me in reference to our withdrawing sales of oil to peddlers, if I remember correctly, we had a similar case in the Southern part of the State, and, upon investiga- tion we found we could not withhold such sales, as the law forbidsit. The few peddlers in the city who purchase of us are, in nearly every Case, dependent upon what little oil they sell for the support of themselves and families, andit would seem to me these sales are sosmall and so distrib- uted that it effects each one of you so little that if you give it the thought it deserves, I am sure you will conclude there is not enough in it to goany further with the investigation. The price we make to peddlers and grocers is the same. We own no wagons, nor employ any per- son or persons to peddle illuminating oil to con- sumers in this city. We have,in our business in Grand Rapids, a system of investigating complaints, not confined to the city but extending over my whole terri- tory. I wish to have it distinctly understood and particularly request, whenever complaints come to you of our oil, if you will give the name and address of the person making it, to any of our drivers—who will report to my office—I will send a suitable person, employed for this pur- pose, and ascertain the cause, no matter if in this city or in any town in my territory, and report to you the result. Mr. Le Baron addressed the Association from the standpoint of the agent, setting forth some of the objections raised by non-members to affil iating with the Association. On motion of Mr. Herrick, Mr. Bonnell was given a rising vote of thanks for preparing and delivering so able an address. The question of weights and measures and their inspection by an authorized officer was then discussed at some length, when it was decided to make the matter the special subject for discussion at the next meeting, E. White being reqnested to prepare a paper on the subject. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. a tt Meeting of the Jackson Grocers’ Union. Thursday, April 6th, was the regular night of meeting of the Jackson Grocers’ Union. Ata previous meeting it was decided to hold a social in connection with the next business meeting. When the ladies and invited guests 1ad assem- bled, last evening, the good cheer and friendly feeling of those present made it inadvisable to try to hold a business session ; therefore, instead of the President calling to order, he called all present to the tables, which were spread with eatables and drinkables. After all had satisfied their appetites, President Fleming stated that we were to be disappointed, as a message had been received late in the afternoon from Mr. E. A. Stowe, of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, that he could not be present. As Mr. Stowe had been asked to deliver an address on the benefits, financial and otherwise, of gro- THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 15 cers’ unions, and there being no one else to fill the place, the President called upon the guests present from the wholesle trade, and also some of the members of the Union, to fill the time that had been allotted to Mr. Stowe. Brief ad- dre-ses were made by T. E. Howard, of Howard & Solon, Mr. Baker, of the Jackson Grocery Co. ; M. F. Cottrell, of the United States Baking Co., and Mr. F. Averill, of Averill Bros.; also by the President and Vice-President, and Messrs Jones, Helmer, Parker and others of the Union. Ev eryone present seemed to enjoy themselves and favored the idea of repeating the social feature of the Union. Owing tothe rain storm, which began business at about the time the grocers were closing their stores for the evening, quite a number of those expected were not able to be present. It was regretted very much that Mr. Stowe could not be present, but we have his promise that he will try again, and we hope to have a still better time than the one of last evening. One feature of last evening seemed to be en joyed very much and that was the opportunity of the ladies to get acquainted with one another, and we believe it would be better for the trade generally, if we were better acquainted with each other and stood by to help rather than to injure our brother grocer. April 7, 1893. W. H. Port ER, Sec’y protem. =. <— THE DRUMMER’S STORY. A Business-Like Highwayman He Met in New Mexico. The drummer had heard several very interesting stories, and finally some one suggested that he tell one himself. “Dll doit,” he said, ‘‘and one of my own experience some years agoin New Mexico, and I want to say here that I have an affidavit that goes with this story if anybody disbelieves it. We were going along in the stage one day when all at once out popped two masked men from the chaparral, and in a min- ute or two we tumbled out of the stage and stood alongin a row with our hands up. There’s no need to go into particu- lars, as these fellows went into our pockets; suffice itthat in a few minutes, a transfer of property had taken place, we were hustled back into the stage and the diiver ordered to get along fast. We were all congratulating ourselves that we had got off with our lives, and in some instances that a few dollars had been overlooked by the highwaymen, when dashing after us came the robbers, and we were stopped again, and this time we were badly frightened. As soon as the stage stopped one of the men rode up, and, pointing his gun at me, asked me to step outside a minute. To say that I was scared doesn’t half ex- press it. 1 wouldn’t have insured my life for $50,000 for acent less than $49,- 999.75 premium, butI stepped out. 1 was one in the party to whom a few dol- lars had been left. In fact, there was $250 there in my sock, and about $25 in asmall pocket in the lining of my coat. The robber was polite. ‘*sT am sorry to trouble you,’ he said, but 1 believe I got this paper from you, and he handed me a note for $200 at four months, which one of my customers had given me in part payment. ‘6 ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘you did. thing the matter with it?” ** ‘No,’ he replied, ‘I think we can col- lect it, but you will observe that it has four months to run. The interest for that time at 10 per cent., our usual rate out here, is $6.66 2-3, and if you can kindly fish out of your clothes, say $6.65, I don’t care about the change, you will do mea favor. [am sure, in the hurry, afew minutes ago, we left you some- thing, or, perhaps, you can borrow it from some of your friends who were not thoroughly searched. Be in a hurry, please.’ “And wasn’t I in a hurry? | went through the crowd myself, and gathered together small change enough to make $6.70, which I handed over, and the rob- ber thanked me and rode off, and that evening when we reached our destina- tion I blew in that $25 in my inside pocket on the crowd.” ‘‘Let me see the affidavit you said goes with that story,’? remarked the hotel clerk, as the drummer finished, and he brought forth a paper that was so soiled and worn it could scareely hold up its own weight. Is there any- ' . : Wayne Counly Savings Bank, Deiroil, Mich. | $500 000 TO INVEST IN BONDS | Issued by cities, counties, towns and school districts | of Michigan. Officers of these municipalities about | to issue bonds will find it to their advantage to apply | tothis bank. Blank bonds and blanks for proceedings supplied without charge. All communications and enquiries will have prompt attention, This bank pays 4 per cent. on deposits, compounded semi-annually. 8. D.ELWOOD, Treasurer. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the hizhest price for it. PECK BROS., Established 1868. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Addross Wholesale Dreggist« GRAND RAPIDS Building Papers, Carpet Lin- ings, Asphalt Ready Roofing, Tarred Roofing, Felt, Coal Tar, Roofing and Paving Pitch, Resin Asphalt Roof Paints, Mineral Wool for deadening purposes, Asbestos products, car, bridge and roof paints. Elastic roofing Cement, Ete. Practical Rooters In Felt, Composition aud Gravel, Warehouse and Office Cor. LOUIS and CAMPALU Sts.. Grand Rapids, Mich MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “« The Niagara Falls Route.”’ (Taking effect Sunday, Nov. 20, 1892.) Arrive. Depart 0 Gpm....... Jetroit Express ..-6 55 pm 226 m...... __.... er 7 00am 6 oam.......... Day Express _ ... 1pm 6 OOam ....*Atlantic and Pacific.....19 45pm 10pm ..... New York Express ..... 540pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 6:55am, re turning, leave Detroit 4:40 pm, arriving at ¢ trand 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. TOLED RAILWAY. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee R’ys offers a route making the best time be tween Grand Rapids and Toledo. Time Table in effect January 29, 1893. VIA Db. & BBY. Lv. Grand Rapids at..... 7:10 a, m. and 1:25 p.m Ar. Toledo at .......... 1:10 p. m. and 10:30 p. m Wis 0... 4. 2. OM RY. Ly. Grand Rapids at..... 6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m Ar. Toledo a... .,.... 1:10 p. m. and 10:30 p. m Return connections equally as good. W. H. Bennett, General Pass. Agent, DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO DETROIT. in 6 a ............... 7:10am *1:25pm JAN. 22, 1893 5:40pm Ar, DET..............-.11:Sham *%5:d0pm 10:copm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly, Dee.......... . 7:45am *1:50pm 6:05pm iG &................ 12:55pm *5:25pm 10:30pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS. Lv. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. G R.11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R. Ly. Grand Rapids........ 7:10am 1:25pm 5:40pm Ar, from Lowell......--.. 65pm S20 ....... 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. Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect January 29, 1893, TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrivefrom Leave going South. North. For Traverse City and Saginaw 6:45am 7:20am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:00am 1:10pm For Cadillac and Saginaw... 2:20 p m 4:15pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10 pm 10:10 pm From Chicago and Kaiamazoo. 8:35 p m Train arriving from south at 6:45am and 9:00am daily. Others trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going : North. South. | For COMCRRINSE sts 6:30am 7:00 am | For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:05 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm For Cincinnati.... El 5:15 pm 6:00 p m For Kalamazoo & cago 10:40 p m 11:20 pm From Saginaw.... ‘ 11:50 am From Saginaw.. ae 10:40 p m Trains leaving south a ( mand 11:20 p. m. runs daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH 7:20amtrain has Parlor Car to Travers City. 1:10 p m train has parlor car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 10:10 p m train.-—Sleeping ca Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw, SOUTH--7:006 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 10:05 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 pm train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 11;20 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. Grand Chicago via G. R. & 1. RB. R. Lv Grand Rapids 10:05 a m 2:00 pm Arr Chicago 3:55 p m 9:00 p m 10:05 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. 11:20 p m 6:50am 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. kegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive am 10:00 a m 25am 4:40 pm 5:30 pm 9:05 p m Sunday train leaves for Muskegon at 9:05 a m, ar- riving at 10:20 am. Returning, train leaves Muske gon at 4:30 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids at 5:45 pm. 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. Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. (oAGo 8 <= AND WES? MICHIGAN R’Y. 20, 1892 GOING TO CHICAGO. Lv.GR’D RAPIDS......8:50am 1:25pm *11:35pm Ar. CHICAGGO..........3:50pm 6:45pm 7:05 RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Lv. CHICAGO..........9:000m 5:25pm *11:i5pm Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....3:55pm 10:45pm *7:(em TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, AND ST JOSEPH Ly. @ RK... ... 8:60am i:copm ...... *11:35pm Ar. GR ...*6:l0am 3°5opm ...... 10:4bpmn T) AND FROM MUSKEGON, Ly. GR... ) 5:30 Ar. @. BK eeeae canes 3:55pm TRAVERSE CITY MANISTEE & PETOSKEY. iy, G@ O......................... 7:30am 5 Ar. Manistee ne 12:15pm 1 Ar, Traverse City .... opm 10 Ar. Charlevoix pm Ar. Petoskey 30pm Ar. from Petoskey. etc., 10:00 p 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 pm. Free Chair Car for Manistee 5:3 *Every day. Other trains week m.; from pm pm. days only. ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN WAUKEE Railway. Depot corner Leonard St. and Plainfield Ava. & MIL- EASTWARD, Trains Leave tNo. 14\tNo. 16,tNo. 18*No. 82 —— oe Gd Rapids, Lv) 650am|10 20am) 3 25pm/11 0(pm Ionia ........Ar| 7 45amj11 25am} 4 27pm/12 4.am St. Johns ...Ar) 8 30am|12 17pm| 5 20pm) 2 0Cam Owoss)...... Ar} 905am| 120pm| 6 ¢5pm| 3 10am E. Saginaw..Ar|10 50am] 3 45pm) 8 00pm} 6 40am Bay City.....Ar|11 30am] 4 35pm) 8 37pm 7 15am Flint ........Arj10 05am| 3 45pm| 7 05pm| 5 40am Pt. Huron...Arj12 05pm} 5 50pm] 8 50pm) 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar|10 53am} 3 05pm) 8 25pm 5 37am Detroit. .... .Ar|i1 50am] 405pm]| 9 25pm} 7 00am WESTWARD. ‘Trains Leave — Lv. Detroit. ... G@’d Rapids, Lv... Gd Haven, Ar.....-- Milw’kee Str ‘‘ Chicago Str. *Daily. +Daily except Sunday 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 from the west, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 9:45 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet ear. No.18Chair 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 Monrce Street 6 50am|10 =0am 1 0Opm| 5 10pm 2 10pm 10 45pm 7 05am || § 25am 6 15pm “6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Mr. Stowell to Mr. Owen. 1 must apologize to the readers of THE TRADESMAN for the ‘‘personalities’’ which have been indulged in in the controversy between Mr. Owen and my- self. In that gentleman’s reply to my first criticism, he indulged in consider- able sarcasm at my expense, which I, very naturally, resented; but that is no excuse for my writing as l quently. This is in no sense an apology to Mr. Owen. Mr. Owen found fault with my draw- ing conclusions from the language of the writers from whom I quoted. It need hardly be said that he is begging the question; for, if we may not draw con- clusions from a writer’s words, there can be no such thing as intelligent sion, and the rules of inductive and de- ductive logic are meaningless. When Mr. Owen stated that he had written ‘under the inspiration of a prophetic spirit,” we were justified in concluding, if his words had any meaning at all, that he was inspired; and when he stated that ‘“*home-made” and ‘thome- discus- his ideas were grown,’’ we are justified in concluding, if his words had any meaning at all, that | his ideas were his own—the product of | his own brain. any right to that claimed to be ‘“twriting under the inspir- ation of a prophetic spirit,” that it was Rev. Thos. Dixon, of New not- Owen—who was inspired; or those ‘‘thome-made’”’ and ideas were, not Owen’s, but Rev. Thos. Dixon’s. The readers of Tur TRADEs- MAN are sufficiently their own conclusions. Ido not ‘‘charge” Mr. Dixon contending for cammunism.’’ It is un- necessary. He is an avowed communist of the Bellamy stamp, and the whole suppose, that ‘with article from which Owen quoted is simply | an adaptation of Bellamy’s language in | “Looking Backward.’’ As to whether Mr. Dixon is, or is not, a reliable author- ity on questions of political economy can only be decided by the developments of the future. He is, at least, an honest man, whose ability, earnestness and moral worth are acknowledged even by his enemies. I have read, with much pleasure and profit, seyeral articles from his pen of the same general character as the one quoted from, and, while I cannot accept ail his conclusions, | am free to say that there is much sound reasoning |} and wuch food for thought in them all. | No man is wise enough to say what will the | future, but that a change will come even- | tually, everyone who reads must admit; | yet, whether the change, when it comes, be the governmental system of will be retrogressive or progressive, it is | can only hope | impossible to say. We that it will be the latter. It is only by being true to the present, and taking ad-| a saua j vantage of the opportunities for political | reform which come within our reach, that we can insure a happy and prosper- | I have noth- ous future to our country. ing further to say to Owen. FRANK STOWELL. o> > Koal-Spar. The New York World has been ‘‘ex- posing” koal-spar, a compound by the use of which, it is claimed, a ton of coal can be made to last as long as a ton and a half of coal not treated withit. The principal ingredient of koal-spar is said to be commen salt. Thousands of did subse- | No one supposed, or had | when he} York—and | ‘*home-grown’”’ | intelligent to draw | peo- | ple all over the country have purchased | the stuff, steam users buying it in large | quantities. It is put up in neat pack- ages of three pounds each, and sold at 125 cents a package. As common salt | wholesales at 90 cents a barrel, the prof- its of the business must have been enor- |mous. The home of this alleged ‘‘fake”’ |is classie Boston, with ‘‘branch offices’ | in many parts of the country. Profes- sional agents fairly fell over each other in | their eagerness to secure the ‘‘exclusive jright of sale,’’? and in one instance, at least, the exclusive right is alleged to have | been given to four different agents in one |locality. The desire to get rich, with as littie labor as possible, is probably at | the bottom of this; but the gullibility of ithe public isa great encouragement to enterprises of this nature. The Lansing Woodenware 60. will open up about April 1, ‘in the City of Lansing, Mich., and would like to correspond 1 . | 'with all manufacturers of goods | ‘in that line. Address FP. P. MERRELL, Ithaca, Mich. REEDER BROS. SHOE CO., JOBBERS OF Boots and Shoes, Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for = = Qe 158 & 160 Fulton St., Grand Rapids, 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 treata of Selection of Busi | ' ness. Location. 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