A 5 i Key iS by jet Le ry eS td o i ky cy «| it re! A uy bd 2 Ay 4) tS aa He oe ©. wt THE a <7 Ke) = & “d Ke nal Me 5 Each double sheet of Tangle- foot is separately sealed with our Wax Border, which, while it permits the easy separation of the sheets, abso- lutely prevents the sticky com- position from running out over the edges. serves each sheet independently and indefinitely until used and prevents all loss and annoyance to the dealer. | and ready This Border pre- Each box of Tanglefoot will | contain |Tanglefoot and two Tanglefoot Holders---15 loose double sheets and two packages each consist- ing of a Holder containing five double sheets. Push | your family trade, they will all | buy itifitis brought to their | notice. | sales of Tanglefoot by encour- | aging a more liberal use among your trade. will appreciate the new pack- age and will seon ask for it. 25 double sheets of the new package with It will increase your Your customers  10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN PRISON TO PROMINENCE. Romantic History of a Muiti-Millionaire Who Conquered Fate. Charles T. Yerkes is about to build the finest residence in all New York. This house will be princely in its magnifi- cence. It will cost more than $1,000,000. And it will be a monument to a fact— the fact that there is no false step which aman cannot live down. When next September comes Charles T. Yerkes will be preparing to enter his New York palace. Twenty-one years ago next September he was preparing to CHARLES T. YERKES. leave apublie prison. To-day Charles T. Yerkes is amillionaire, a philanthrop- ist, and a financial and political leader in the second largest city on the conti- nent. Twenty-one years ago he was 2 blue garbed convict suing for pardon. He got the pardon and the commuity at large gota useful citizen. It is one of the strangest stories that ever wove itself into the life of a clever man. Yerkes was born with a_ talent speculation. His ability ceeded by his desire. It | Treasurer’s broker, as well as the City for | was only ex-| is said that | when he was only 10 years old he wan-} dered away from his- father’s class home in Philadelphia one day and strolled down among the docks. obscure cross street a sheriff’s in progress. A little soapmaker had failed in business and was paying the penalty of his bad management or mis- | stopped and} The bidding was spiritless. | fortune. Little Yerkes looked on. Finally $17 was offered for all the soap- maker’s smallstock. It seemed to young Yerkes that there was a lot of soap there to be sold for $17, so he bid $18. At this figure the soap was sold to him. had no money, but he induced the auc- tioneer to wait until he could run home. Rushing into his father’s shop, he said: “Father, I want $18.”’ ‘What for, my son?” middle | In an | saie was | |their conviction. He} i hall exists this condensed record of the ;end of Yerkes’ prominent life in that | town. {ment and larceny, conviction and sen- “I don’t want to tell you just yet; but | if you will lend me $18 I will return it to} you to-morrow.” Finally Yerkes, Sr., consented to this arrangement, and the boy ran out with | the precious $18 clasped tightly in his hand. He paid for his soap and hired an expressman to drive around with it to various grocery stores, to which he sold it in small quantities. He paid the ithe route of the journey, and it ended expressman, and the following day gave | the $18 back to his father. After this was over he had $31 left as the net prof- its of the transaction. And he was only 10 years old then. It was but natural that a boy so gifted at 10 years with the financial should be, at 20, a broker’s clerk. Nor is it surprising that a broker’s clerk so full of the genius of speculation at 20) 25, be the junior member of | should, at the firm. From the junior member he became the senior member and finally, before 1871, when his trouble came, he was one of the most important brokers in Philadelphia. Among his named Marcer. finance and politics and was elected City Treasurer. In order to explain exactly customers was a man what this position meant I will quote} | ern | good old-fashioned masonry—have parti- + tioned off ten acres for the confinement instinct | jing with criminals. | vate speculation. | tive genius, in a new role. + | cer’s broker, he was called upon for in- »| formation concerning the City Treasur- meant to getrich. I don’t mean to say that every City Treasurer speculated with the public funds; but I do mean that had they done so it would have caused less comment than it would in most cities. The methods of accounting were very imperfect, and the City Treas- urer was rarely called upon to make a report of his stewardship until he was ready to withdraw from office. Then, of course, he could see that everything was all right, and should there, in any cir- cumstances, bea deficiency, his bonds- men would, of course, temporarily help him out of his difficulty.”’ Whether this was true or not of Mar- cer’s predecessors it was not true of Marcer. It may be that this statement, which partially justified that gentleman for the course he took, grew out of noth- ing else but a desire to justify him. At any rate, no such lenient course was pur- sued with him. He was called upon for an accounting, and city moneys were found to be missing. Investigation showed that they had been used in pri- Then entered Mr. Yerkes, the specula- As Mr. Mar- er’s investments. Then came the start- | - ling statement that Yerkes knew that | | the money Marcer had given to him for} jinvestment had been drawn wrongfully | from the public coffer. This statement | finklly found a foundation strong enough to secure the indictment of the City Treasurer. The trial created great ex- citement in. Philadelphia, as both men were well known and popular. Their popularity, however, did not prevent MRS. CHARLES T. YERKES. Both were declared guilty. With that event ends the inter- esting connection of Mr. Marcer with Mr. Yerkes’ history. In the office of the District Attorney in Philadelphia’s white elephant city lt tells of his trial for embezzle- tence to two years and nine months in the Eastern Penitentiary at Philadelphia and a $500 fine. This was Feb. 10, 1872. In accordance with this judicial de- cree the promising young financier, al- ready inured to prison life by long wait- ing in grim, gray walled Moyamensing for trial, was taken on adreary drive to a dreary place. Fairmount avenue was on round topped Cherry Hill, where, since 1829, the massive walls of the East- Penitentiary—thirty-seven feet of of malefactors. The Eastern Peniten- tiary is unlike Michigan State prisons. lt is the place where the life prisoner made famous by Dickens’ ‘‘American Notes” was confined, and from the time when the great novelist saw and wrote of that man to the time Charles T. Yerkes was locked in acell near to the} one be then still oecupied, there had | been little changein the methods of deal- The imprisonment | iis not ‘‘solitary” by any means, but it is | He was prominent in| the, remark of a well-known Philadel- | phian. Said he: “Up to the time of the Marcer trouble to be City Treasurer of Philadelphia |day and take the air. | light, separate. There is no congregating of | prisoners for work or excercise. Almost | every cell has connected with it a little | high walled yard, in which its occupant or occupants may walk for an hour each ; The prison is} well-ventilated and clean. It is} comfortable by comparison to our Tombs | or Sing Sing, but it is a prison built ex- ceeding strong and governed with strict rigor. : This, for the next seven months, was Charles T. Yerkes’ home. With his oc- cupancy of it began a pretty little drama which his friends watched with pleasure and approval, fully appreciating its pathos, and afterward its semi-tragedy. Yerkes’ wife was young and it is said that she was very pretty. She is also credited with broad culture and brilliant conversational powers. During his trial she searcely left his side, and after he had been locked up on Cherry Hill she doubled her devotion. There was little or nothing left of the fortune which had been theirs before the wreck, so she took cheap rooms: These rooms were near THE YERKES RESIDENCE IN CHICAGO. the prison, and as often as the prison rules allowed she went from them to her husband’s cell to cheer him in’ his mis- fortune. She kept him constantly sup- plied with little delicacies to brighten the prison fare and added many pleasing comforts to the rough furnishings of his cell. This was the one pleasing feature of the episode—this faithful wife’s de- votion. At the end of seven months, Septem- ber 27, 1872, Mr. Yerkes’ protestations of innocence were seemingly accepted by the Pennsylvania authorities, for on that date he was granted full pardon and dis- charged from custody. But with this agreeable event came what looked like the tragedy of the domestic picture. Charles T. Yerkes disappeared com- pletely from Philadelphia, and the de- voted wife was left behind without knowledge of her husband’s whereabouts, People who knew her then say that she was almost heartbroken. For several years thereafter nothing was heard in Philadelphia of the finan- cial genius and pardoned prisoner. He | bad buried himself in the West, and, it is said, had temporarily abandoned the name of Yerkes until he should recover from the blow. The story goes that no one in Philadel- phia heard of Charles T. Yerkes again until, several years afterward, he ap- peared, determined but smiling, in Chi- cago. By this time he had taken again the old name, and it at once became evi- dent thatif the story that he had even a ——poe THE YERKES TOMB IN BROOKLYN. abandoned it were true, he had not aban- doned it because he was ashamed of it, for he announced with absolute confi- dence that he proposed to make the name of Yerkes one that Chicago should honor and remember. He immediately entered the specula- tive arena, and as had always occurred in the past except upon the one occasion which led to his life’s great disaster, everything he tuuched seemed to turn to gold. At about the same time Mr. Yerkes reached Chicago there arrived a beauti- ful woman whom it was said he had met and learned to love during the voluntary exile following his release from prison. Yerkes worked with untiring energy and uniform success. It was evident that he had laid out a campaign of many battles, and that he had concentrated ail his enormous will force on the winning 4 ee a ‘Hires 8] LQ It gives New Life to the Old Folks, j ; Pleasure to the Parents, Health to the Children. Good for All—Good All the Time, A 2s cent package makes Five gallons. Besureand get IRES.” Im- Easily and cneaply made at home. proves the appetite, and aids digestion. An unrivalled temperance drink. Health- One bottle of Get it sure. ful, foaming, luscious. extract makes 5 gallons. This is not only “ just as good” as others, but far better. One trial will support this claim, Williams & Carleton, Hartford, Ct, Ciiick Syellers. SOLD EVERYWHERE WHAT? THE NEW FALL LINE Manufactured by SNEDICOR & HATHAWAY, DETROIT, MICH, All the Novelties in Lasts and Patterns. Dealers wishing to see the line address F. A. Cadwell, 682 Jefferson ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. a alt) ae KALAMAZOO PANY & OVERALL CO, 221 E. MainoSt., Kalamazoo, Mich, Chicago salesroom with Silverman & Opper, Corner Monroe st. and Fifth ave. Our specialties: Pants from $7.50 to 83" per doz. warranted not to rip. Shirts from $2.50 to $15 per doz. Spring line now ready, samples sent on approval.  ; POWDER, FUSE, CAPS, Electric Mining Goods. xEBpROU DBazSs, AND. ALL TOOLS FOR STUMP BLASTING, THE GREAT STUMP AKD ROCK FOR SALE BY THE ANNIHILA TO HERCULES POWDER COMPANY, 40 Prospect Street, Cleveland, Ohie, Je We WILLARD, Managers sTEA® eNS fos Ee ° Badges E SOCIETIES, Agents for Western Michigan. Write for Prices. CLUBS, CONVENTIONS, DELEGATES, COMMITTEES. The Largest Assortment of Ribbons and Trimmings in the State. THE TRADESMAN CoO. rags at ~*~ *  THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 13 Status of the Wells & Son Failure. There was an indignant crowd of cred- itors at Chase last Thursday when it was announced that Judge Judkins had or- dered a postponement of the sale of the J. E. Wells & Son assets until Tuesday of this week. Many of the creditors had come along distance to attend the sale, and freely asserted that they were not being treated fairly in the matter. The assignee appeared to be as much in the dark as any one present, as he was not aware, at that time, why the sale was further postponed. A full list of the creditors of the bank- rupt firm discloses the fact that the lia- bilities are $16,464.90, divided among eighty-nine creditors in the following amounts: Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., G’d —. $939 99 Olney & Judson Grocer.Co., 335 = Foster, Stevens & Co., ' . Jo Standard Oil Co., " — -— 34 G. R. M’f’g. & Implement Co., . .- 1 @ Rindge, Kalmback & Co., . - =o H. Leonard & Sons, - . tee E. H. Stafford & Co., . | ao Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co., . -. oe Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. = 93 00 Gloverville National Glove Co., Detroit... 24 00 Butzel Bros, & Co., 99 7% Aeme White Lead Co., - |. ao Basley & Thorpe, "vo ao American HarrowjCo., a oe Standart Bros., y oc (ola Freeman, De Lamater & Co., ~ .. ae T. S. Jennett & Co., . . 2a D. M. Ferry & Co., _ . oo H. D. Edwards & Co., aed Michigan Stove Co., © 7. a Peninsular Stove Co., ao Detroit Stove Works, . . a Heavenrich Bros., ~~ . aoe Fletcher, Jenks & Co., _ . oS H. 8. Robinson & Co., _ . ae Max E. Pollasky Co., a Stanton & Morey, _ . Edson, Moore & Co., | 2 Williams, Davis, Brooks & Co., a oo Burnham, Stoepel & Co., > . aoe Saulson{& Vineburg, _ . = Simons Bros. & Co., i, oak A. C. McGraw & Co., . « ao A. Schloss & Co., eS a WiBuhl & Co., ~ (2 ioe Schloss & Co., Yi oak W. J. Gould & Co., . ae Hanselman Candy Co., Kalamazoo....... 36 85 J. E. Doyle & Co., Kalamazoo............ 44 61 D. Burrell & Son, “Kalamazoo............. 142 15 E. Bement & Sons, ee 130 34 Clark & Co., Lansing Oe eene ce coe ae . Se Capitol Wagon Works, i TET 36 00 Wells-Stone Mercantile Con, Saginaw. -—. ooo U. S. Graphite Co., uu. 2a Raven Polish Co. i . —_-. ooo Mitts & Merrill, . os 67 Daudt-Watson Co., . <<. ooo Saginaw Hardware Co., i.) oe Morley, Ewen & Co., . —< .o Spang er & Davis, . ao. = Hydrochior ........... a Se Oana Op | Auafostida............. 0 Demet ciel 10@ 12 en a ha ~ Stnapis, ess, ounce. @ 65 Mc Sooo ee cca 50 BIOWN......- 2+. 200000 80@ Melfi @ 9] Digitalis ...........0.0 20... 50 We i... 45Q 50 eres eg st a eo ay 40@ 50 Ergot Ce vcw eed ees esa ogg 50 Yellow ............+.-. ee eS et ee 50 BACCAE, Theobromas........... 15@ 20 ‘aie CO... eee eee eee. = Cubeae (po 45)...... 40@ 45 POTASSIUM, o) eomon cl. ee Juniperus ............- 8@ 10] BiCarb....... eeu 15@ 18] Zingtber ........ 50 Xanthoxylum .. 2@ 30} Bichromate ........... 13@ 14] Hyoscyamus .. 50 BALSAMUM. 86 18] ot Goictioss: = Copaiba ..........--++- 45@ 50 Chioraie (po 3G) .. 24@ 26 | Ferri Chloridum 35 CTU... -.---0- ess see Ol S Teyaniae os Sem SHE Ring 2. 50 Terabin, Canada ..... 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Stk Co. toa = Caine = ° BE... oestrus, Se oes. 6 }hUrLUL Ue Capri Sulph........... 5@ 6 Myrrh, (po. 45)........ ee eee eeadae 1 25@1 50} Dextrine .............. 2 Opi (po 4 80) .....2..3 803 4°] Jumtperte Ga: 0. 8°.111 oes 00 | BERS ono ns vooo we 3 Shellac sevecebeasecese —— Ss Ke 75@3 50 mery, al —.. @ “ae Sac eee ee eS nqacanth. eeepc de oes me Yrs COME... : Ergota .) 75 . 0@ %5 HERBA—In ounce packages. Vint — shee eeeeeee ; mae = Flake White. - 12@ 15 Absinthium................- 9) 000 8 mae a ee Lobelia Gelatin, Cooper....... @ 70 ane. Pieridae sheeps’ wool, French........ 40@ 60 Mentha Piperita. erriage............. 2 50@2 75 Glassware ‘fini, by box 70 & 10. entha wee Nassar L shooye’ wool ca Less than box 66% WN eis cece scecdeeucesscec.. ME Cian muke gies Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15 Tanacetum, velvet oo: gt = a... ae Thymus, V... 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F.......... 60@ 63 15 Morphia, mp, & W. me 45 | Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 20] Lindseed, boiled. 54 5? S.N.Y.Q. & Sinapls. ....-..-0s @ 18| Neat’s root, winter Die ea ae 2 10@2 35 ire eee ny @ 8 strane” ........... Moschus Canton...... S Snuff, Maccaboy, De Ps - cb 36 40 Myristica, No 1 . 65@ vou .......... @ 35 Nux Vomica, (po2).. @ 10 Snuff, “Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 PAINTS. bbl. Ib, Cm See sc. 22 | Soda Boras, (po. i1). . 10@ 11} Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 Pe “35 Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30 Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4 Ure. @2 00 | Soda Carb............ 1%@ 2 Ber .....1% = Picls Liq, N.C., % gal oda, BiCarh......... @ 5j Putty, commercial....24 2% SS SO oC aah e Sete, Ase: se 664i CO ——- re... 3 2% @3 Picis Lig., quarts @t1 00 | Soda, Sulphas......... @ 2} Vermilion Prime Amer- mines. ...... @ 8 | Spts. Ether Co........ ae el ee. 13@16 Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).. @ tw) “ Myrcia Dom..... @2 Veruiiien, English.. 65@70 Piper Nigra, (po. = @ 1 ~ sro fom... |. @3 00; Green, Peninsular..... 70@75 Piper Alba, (po g5).. @ 3 - ini Rect. bbl. Lead, = wacc ease senses €X@7T 2 Bie a 7 se ace. See Set We %@7 Ge 15| Less 5¢ gal., cash ten. dave. Whiting, whiia Span. @70 Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 joo 20 | Strychnia Crystal.....1 40@1 45 woines Gilders ...... Q@% Pyrethrum, boxes H Sulphur, Sub). . 2%@ 3% | White, Paris American 10 CD, Co.; dex. .... @1 25 x - ; Roll... . 24@ 3 Whiting, Paris Eng. a 5, 2 amarinds...... i ee ee eee 8 —— aioe LER a i = Terebenth Venice... 28@ 30 | Pioneer Prepared Paint! 20@1 4 uinfa $.P.&W..!)) 29@ 34] Theobromae .......... 45 @ 48|Swiss Villa Prepared "8. German.... 21@ 30| Vanilla............... SWIG) Fate. 1 00@1 20 Sabie Fiano 12@ 14| Zinci Sulph.. ........ 7@ 8 VARNISHES, Saccharum Lactispv.. 20@ 22 No. 1 Turp — -1 10@1 20 Ce 1 7%5@1 80 Ors. Extra Tur “+++ 100@1 70 Sanguis Draconis..... 4 . Geli Coach Boay.......... 2 75@3 00 Sapo, Oe Whale, winter........ 70| No.1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 i0 Se ct 1 15| Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 See Garis ( Lard, No. 1........... 65 70| Japan Dryer, No. 1 Linseed, pure raw. Sa of oT 70@75 HAMEL TINE & PARKS DRUG UO. Im porters and Jobbers of DRUGS CREMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES DEALERS IN Paints, Oils 2 Varnishes. Sole Agents for the Celebrated SWISS WILLA PREPARED PAINTS. Fall Line of Staple Droggists’ Sundrigs We are Sole Preprietors of Weatherly's Michigan Gatarrh Remedy. WHISKIES, BRANDIES, We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of GINS, WINES, RUMS. We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarante® satisfaction. All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. HAZELTINE & PERK NS Send a trial order Dave C0, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. a oe PEA Nt DOE A CARI Ro I a OIG PRS EN ES Sy  THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the AXLE GREASE, doz gross a... 55 6 00 ee Gel... 8... 75 9 00 eee dts 50 5 50 Pree e.....,..-...- eo sa chen oc 7 8 00 Paragon ‘ 55 6066 00 BAKING ‘POWDER. cme. 4g Ib. cans, 3 doz koe 45 % Ib. 2 SSC SGEE 85 ae LS 1 60 EE ESE Ee eer 10 Arctic. ao 60 i ee 1 20 i icc oan 2 00 ee 9 60 Fosfon 5 oz. cans, : doz. in case. — 16 ‘ ._. Red Star, is ‘» cans.......- 40 eens ewes 4 . *> ee 14 Telfer’s, 4 > cans, doz. = “ce ‘ “a _ aie _ « 7) 150 Our Leader, t4 Ib cans..... 45 5, 1D CANS...... 7D . 1 lbcans. 150 Dr. Price's. ei tT doz 90 i Se ce 2 ..8 -- 11 40 18 25 21 60 41 80 EE 90 ee 80 OE 70 BLUING. Gross Arctic, 4 - ovals bohaee wens 3 60 SS | 7 00 . ints, ak oe = Me. 2, sifting box... 2% “ No. 3, oo ' No. 5, ' oo - 7 ... 2... 450 Mexican Liquid, Ss on ue 3 60 . 80 BROOMS, a eee 17 as : = No. 2 C eo. No. 1 eo 2 50 Ss is 2% Common ce 90 aoe Cinna 1 15 ee... 3 2 USHES. er 2. 7.......-...-... 13 a oe 150 . oh 1% Rice Root Scrub, 2 row.... 8 Rice Root Scrub, 3 row.... 1 25 Patmetioc, poose............ 1 50 BUTTER PLATES. Oval—250 in crate. Ee 60 a 2 ke ee Oe i ie 80 mS 1 00 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes......... 10 CANNED GOODS. — Little Neck, t Ib. Leet oe 1 bainieinta iotviotoie ietedeio RKRAS RIRSK © an 7 ee 250 Fruits. Apples. 2 tb. stenderd......... 1 06 York State, gallons.. 3 00 Hamburgh, | . Apricots. Lave eek... ee 1% os ce,...,.... ... 175 ies oe crene nes 175 ee... 1% Blackberries a. W.....-.....-...- 95 Cherries TN oi ener uccess 1 10Q1 2 aed Hamburgh ..... 17% be ee ane iioieta 150 Erie” Se ees 1 20 Damsons, ——= ane and Green as... 1 10 Oe 1 70 seberries. Coon ........-.... 13 Peaches. ¢ a ee 13 ee Pew... 65 ——.... . 2 20 eee 4... 16 ME os bow ceseey on Pears. aa. ........._-. 1 20 eee... ....-..... 210 Pineapples. bok i aed. 1 00@1 30 Johnson’ 8 — cs : 50 eeu. %5 Booth’s sliced ee ok @2 50 ' grated.. @2 5 Quinces. eee 1 10 Raspberries. mee... 1 30 Black -- 150 Erie, black . ces 1 30 Strawberries. Powe... ......._. 123 ere ...........2 ‘= sl . 12 ee ......,......,. 1 10 ee Bineberrics ........ 1 00 Corned soot’ Libby's bees 210 Roast beef, Armour’s....... 210 Fessed hem, % Pp........... 1 30 - _.. 80 eo tongue, % Ib......... 13 Oe css ses 85 . chicken, % Ib....... % Vegetables. Beans. Hamburgh stringless...... 13 French style.....2 25 - as... 1 35 Lima, A 140 eee... 5 nie Goaiee eee... es 13 Bay State Baked............ 13 World’s Fair Baked........ 13 ge 1 00 Corn. ee, re 140 — eee 12 seh oc ceee eons cin, 150 Morn pd oe. Se eee ee ee % Peas. Hamburgh snreotet ae 1 35 early June...... Champion Eng..1 50 — ae... 1% ncy sifted....1 90 Soaked eT vis) Peres ene... ......... vis] VanCamp’ 8 marrofat....... 1 10 early June..... 1 30 Archer’s Early iepegees 1S French. a Senet ‘Mushrooms. SRE .. ..cccccccccccecscs 17 Pumpki _ ec 95 NG cision 12 Succotash. ee 1 40 eo ees aedin wi ss bee 85 — oc none es 150 See 1 35 Tomatoes, Ee TE. koe e.... 12 oe ieee 1% NE ii ibieeieecs np 1 40 i 3 50 CHOCOLATE. Baker's. German Sweet.. .......... (Bee .......... @12% NN oko entice 9 @ll Brick 11 ee 1 00 eee 23 eer... @10 Pees 6 .45s,.--... @25 — ort.. @35 Se weitzer, imported. @A ag domestic .... @i4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. nary pint, 25 bottles ees 2 = ole 4 Quart 1 doz bottles ...8 3 iumph Brand. Half pint, per dos.......... 135 ee... 450 Quart, oe oe 3 75 CLOTHES PINS. Seross beten............ 40@45 COCOA SHELLS. es... @3 Lew quantity ........... @3% Pound packages........ 6%@7 COFFEE, Green. Rio. ie, 17 oe............ ........ ae 20 Me cet eer ce cuec ce 20 gs eT on Santos. “cient en EL ET Oa e 18 eee... Pee 21 Poeeeey ................ 22 “en and Guatamala. Good a Se ee 2 oe. 24 Maracaibo. hh 23 —- 24 Java. ae... 25 Preveee Cirewan............. 27 Pe sa 28 Mocha, Pee... 25 ——— ll, 28 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.. 22.30 ae... L Lion, 60 or 100 lb. case.... Extract. a City % BTOBS........ Felix Hummel’s, om. gross. cn 5 115 1 50 2 50 CHICORY. ee el Red 70 CLOTHES LINES, Cotton, 40 ft....... per dos. “ 50 ft “ 1 owes 1 ee... - of oe 1 1 1 SSSass CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz. in case. ee a 7 eos, {a 6 Genuine Swim............. 7 American Swiss... .......- 6 70 COUPON BOOKS. © i, or bueirod.... 2 0 8 2, er. 250 cs * . a . * ga 8 00 lal ce RIC 4 00 socggtl Tet ae had tn EE TENE 5 00 “Superior.” / ee - 300 3 50 - 400 -- 500 - 60 $ 1, per hundred. ese oe ee 1 65 GUNPOWDER. ee eee 3 50} No. 2,6....... .... cece. 150 Rifle—Dupont’s. 8 3, Ce 4 00 XX wood, white. cor ee cesta weet au 50 85 ieee 5 00] No. 1, 6% ee a ie See 2 00 810, ene eee Serie Se moe hoe. a 820, . 7 00 Manilla, white. (EN 30 Above prices on coupon books Yh wevevsessesscrseee sores i oe 18 are subject to the following |g... oo... eee eee eeee 95 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. quantity discounts: ee —.... 50 200 or over......... 5 per cent. | Mill No. 4.. 1 00 Half kegs a eta ee eer comees 2 50 ated 10 sd Quarter kegs. . / 1 40 a - FARINACEOUS GOODS, | 1 1b ca = aes psoas 34 COUPON PASS BOOKS. Farina. Ke gasle Bidt—Hiapn’ e 00 \Can be made to represent any | 100 Ib. kegs...........-- let ee enomination from $10 down.| Hominy. Sreeeeer WORE... 3 00 0 ED, a ee eo OF rescence eines Siett oe ce... LiL, 60 we : = GIES onccccccccwovceecececce 3 50 RBS, 100 aa ae Lima Beans. = Meo tatnttesteesesses 1b Go| Drted......22.-seeeeeees 4% ee Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 Ib. box.. Madras, 5 1b. boxes....... 55 CREDIT CHECKS. Imported......-....... 10%@1 % S$. F.,2,3and51b.boxes.. 50 500, any one denom’n..... $3 00 Oatmeal. JELLY. (oa « “ : a Se eet occ, 5 00 ” Steel ee 75 | Half barrels 100........... 2 63 95 CRACKERS. Pearl Barley. PR. coon 2% Butter. ia 30 Seymour XXX. Se ecu oe a ' 2 00 = eymour , cartoon..... 6 honeys tee Family BRK oon - Split pero 2%@3 LYE. am cartoon...... mas... fies... co | Condensed, 2 doz........... 135 Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 8 Half bbls 90.......... @2 63 4 doz........... 2 25 ~ waa ~~ 204. .een none tine ago. “ MATCHES. a. le CF oe... 1 65 Soda, Wheat. menor OATIOP............... 1 70 ’ ies. ct ee ct ee ee ee 1 10 ie, Pe... i... a : Export parlor..... ree ee eee 4 00 gt | a Th FISH--Salt. oe, eee... ... 8% MINCE MEAT. Creal Waller... | 10 Bloaters. i : Long Island Wafers ....... 11 Yarmouth ob etacescrbeanee 1 40 os ster. Cod. * SB. Oyater SEE.............. 6 Pome 3% i le ae 6 Whole, Grand Bank..... 5% Pern Oyeter.............. 6 Boneless, bricks.. ...... @8 CREAM TARTAR. Boneless, strips.. ....... 7 Strictly pure............... : Halibut. Telfer’s Absolute.......... me nee .4.52.,........ 10%@l11 Greco... 15@25 Herring. DRIED F RUITS. Holland, white hoops keg % | 8or6doz. incase perdoz.. 95 Domestic, “ “ “ bbl 10 00 Sundried, ree te bbl - Ro a ee un’ ried, sliced in 8. % ‘ quartered «741 Round, % bbl 100 Ibs...... “2 85 ee pusiia 50 lb. boxes @il ““ o 4p 8. gam) LMM. * s Apricots. Scaled 19 Half akan SESS rel California in bags...... —-t.—0l”mUlrCC — i hese ee ee 1” Evaporatedin boxes... 17 Mackerel. eS “<< Blackberries. . ‘ ot, Sees... ....... ... 12 00 Half pint . eae ee anne 40 n boxes @ No. . a es eens 5 05 ‘Nectarines. Oe k ee... i... 13 en. Oe vinegar, _—o. pee RRS OTENN 15 Family, a bee § 25 | 1 gallon «............ +++ 7 00 25 Ib. boxes..-. .......... 15% “°'40 Ibs ..........-. 95 | Half gallon ............-.. 4% Peaches. Sardines ec ey eee one o 3 é = in boxes oo. 16 Russian, kegs - 65 BO cee cee cae vee 2% oa -§) . aC CC ee SE - oa... 13% Trout. MOLASSES. cars. No. 1, % bbls., 1001bs........ Blackstrap. California = bags..... No. 1 4 aa co $ = Sugar house...........-.-- 14 - erries. Mo. 1, Kits, 00 the..........05 85 Cuba Baking. 50 Ib. boxes ee No. 1, 81b Kits.............. 70 NE on eso sccsess.... 16 co ee Whitefish. Porto Rico. Prunelles No. oe Prime .. Ce uuen 20 De He... ( " BNCY ....--000+ ssereeees + . Raspberries. Zs oes, bang ihe ae “ = wt 05 New Grttene. Oe cic se 22 BID. boxes... 2.0 0000000 B [ih ee. ‘i... CS Ub. enn eo as one 24 Matth POON, oe a. 27 Raisins. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. | Choice .................... B2 Loose Muscatels in Boxes, Souders’ Oks ai, 40 2 COW «000.022. ce seee eres 1 60 One-half ‘ barrels. 3c extra i eee go | Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. ’ > Loose Muscatels in Bags. Best in the world for the money. PICKLES. 2 Crown... ......-.... - 5% of ae y 6% ie te ooo fa ws Foreign. arrels, count... 5 7 aa. awate Half bbis, 600 count.. @3 33 Patras, in Dacrole ee 4 ee Small, n isos cece es 4% 2 oz 8 5 * “ --..8 7) Barrels, 2.400 count. 6 75 = 4oz..... 1 50| Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 88 Citron, Leghorn, 25 Ib. boxes 20 Lemon : 2‘ 10 vegular PIPES. ange : =“ « «& nilla, eee ; qii0z | Clay,.No, 2105: nnn 175 Ondura, 29 Ib. bo es. oz. we ee es Sultana, 20 ” 8K@ : S08... @ ae) Oe, OG Boe. ce task 1 s Valencia, 30 ‘ i @7 POTASH, Prunes. XX Grade California, 100-120.......... 10% emon. 48 cans in case. 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. 7 2... . ae 400 : 80x90 don... 3 00| Penna Salt Co.’s.......... 3 25 ‘“ RICE, zostce 7 Sots Domestic. all puget 2o0z.....81 75 | Carolina head Ce 5 ooe..... 3 50 Be Ecos cean ese eee 4% French, 60-70. hieebcsotas 5.) 13 ss No. 3 eee co 4 & =o ee eres sae 12 Jennings’ D C. ee ew, 3 “ on... = Lemon. i the dwn Oba 202 folding box.. 5 Imported, ENVELOPES, 3 oz 4 00 i 50 Joye. 5 ae : cose pede vane weuas 5% XX rag, white. 402 ica a 50 ZOO, * = NOB..0.. 20 cccccccees 5% me a 1 751602 . .-2 00 ——————————— BIO. B, O56....0-soree scr as 1 6018 oz * ..8 00 ee ee 3 ; < . ~ ¢ mae ALT ai ¥ ( 3 " 4 y i a 4 3 * ’ 4 + 4  \iy THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Root Beer Extract, Williams’, PO ca as 1% Bae 5 00 Hires’, 1 = eds oy ee, 1 % ee ies 5 00 pone Whole Sifted. a 10 Cc asia, China in mats...... q Batavia in bund....15 ‘ Saigon in rolls. Cloves, ae Zanzibar... Mace Batavia.... Nutmegs fancy . a. 2... “ No. 2.. Pepper, Singapore, black “ee ce white _ “oes eee molar Pure Ground in Bulk, Bee ss 15 Cass! a, Batavia.............18 and Saigon.25 - ene... ys 35 Cloves, Amboyna........... 22 " PBT os ye cness 18 Ginger, Bree cu 16 we. EE 20 ™ ONO uu, 2 meee Peteree..:. 70 Mustard, ae and Trieste, .22 ON 25 witmees, OF .... 7 Pepper, = —* a Soc 24 bag Cees. eke ee 20 ee ee ee 20 “Absolute” in Packages, 4s ys UNOS coin cece, ae 1 55 ceemeeeet............. 84 155 AOE ua vei suite. 84 155 Ginger, Jamaica...... 84 155 IP EICRR 405... & 155 eee... 8&4 155 eee anne aire 84 155 OMG ik cake 84 SAL SODA. ON, ei 1% Granulated, pee... 1% SEEDS. I ee cee oan « @12% Canary, Smyrna....... 6 Corages .............. 10 Cardamon, Malabar.. 90 Hemp. Russian....... 4% Mixed Bird........... 5% Mustard, white....... 10 OE oo ia ool elles 9 ee te ane 6 Cum Dome... .......-. 30 STARCH, Corn. 20-1b boxes lee en anes 6 ey 5% Gloss, z = packages ees 5% . fe tate eee ee eee ee .* 40 and 50 Ib. One sca, ‘% is ees sa 5% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, NE is ec a 5h ay el 4% SALT. i —> sacks.. . 82 2 oe eee Oyen 2 00 3 fo. tb. sacks Siocon ys coca 1 85 ee 2 aie Ciee..............: 1 50 56 lb. dairy in linen bags.. 2 aim * drill “ 16 18 Warsaw. 56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 32 28 Ib. “ “ % 2. 18 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56h, dairy in linen sacks. 75 Solar Rock. 56 lu. sacks.. ie Common Fine. oS ge Ses EAR Dae 85 Tee os. ee §5 SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs. in box. I oink knee cess cane aee 5 PPT oo vn neo tee eens e onne By Dwight’s ae, oo a Taree b.......-...> SOAP. Laundry, Allen B. eee 8 Brands. Old as OF Bec... 3 40 Good Cheer, 601 Ib.......... 3 90 White Borax, 100 %-lb...... 3 % Proctor & Gamble. I grasa ao een oven eee 8 45 RyGey, MOB. oe aces. 6 75 Oe Oa coca 400 Leno ecceces Oe Mottled German........... 3 60 PO csi ccc cewe 3 2% Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, wr gg . $4 00 plain... 2 94 N.K. Fairbanks & Co.’s an Sante Coane... ....--:. .... 475 Brown, Oe Ns ni ci cece. «2 85 Gy Pere... ..<... 50 gg Bros. & Co.’s Brands. sak ies che es caw dae deu 4 00 Cotton eS es - 6 00 Usk fe act ven's sca 3 95 Pe ida eden sce eke 435 Scouring. ‘ie wae eee ge 3 doz... 2 50 hand, 3 Gon. . 250 SUGAR. The following prices repre- sent the actual selling prices in Grand Rapids, based on the act- ual cost in New York, with 36 cents per 100 pounds added for freight. The same quotations will not apply to any 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 exclusiv ely. Cre BOO ce 7 = Powe@eree .2....0.0....054.. CIRM og cl, St Extra Fine Granulated... a 67 eee 6 92 XXXX Powdered.........: 6 35 Confec. Standard A....... 5 48 Wo. i Columbia A.......... 5 42 No. 5 ee Bo iees Jia, 5 320 ee eee 5 23 No. ? es oud es mele Salar 5 05 ee 4 98 ee Se 4 92 me ee 4 86 OO ee ce 4 80 No. .. 473 A ee aie 4 42 MeO Mo 4 SYRUPS. Corn. Barre. .......... hah bt ioc oe 21 Re 23 Pure Cane. Qe 19 MO once ness. 25 Ceres... kt... 30 SWEET GOODS. Ginger Snapes.......... 8 Sugar Creams......... 8 Frosted Creams....... 9 Graham Crackers..... 8% Oatmeal Crackers..... 8% Tene er... 7 @8 @9 $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, ee Beer mug, 2 doz in case. 1% YEAST. ee 1 00 Wee occ goats. 1 00 Yeast Foam -1 00 Diamond oe 7 2 AS. saPaN—Regular. i ka, i on @i7 Gee... @20 eens 24 @26 Ceeeee. es 88 32 @34 OE ieee eed es. 10 @12 8UN CURED. NE is etc cec eu, @17 ee @20 Oe ce ec. 24 @2xe CRE see iene eas 32 @34 POO ease eeuetineae 10 @i2 BASKET FIRED. Bee. 18 @20 pe yea Deel be ee oe ccees @% Cpeeeme. a. @35 Extra a, wire leaf @40 GUNPOWLUER. Common to fair....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @é65 Choicest fancy........ 7 @85 OOLONG. @Q26 Common to fair... ...23 @30 IMPERIAL. Common to fair....... 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Common to fair....... 18 @26 Superior to fine....... @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. PE oie cceu ct cc.,. 18 a BR Ai oe es ce TOBACCOS. Fine Cut. Pails unless otherwise noted eS oe a, ce. @30 Oe OE gos ecci cena @27 Meive Bre.:........... 27 @t4 Unele ben..........-.. 21 @22 Ee. os cine cee 60 Sweet Cuba......... ‘ 34 McGinty ...... 27 ' Dele... .. 25 Danas diet... .......... = 23 28 23 SM 22 rms. 41 man 29 Monkey Twist............ 41 Scotten’s Brands. Kylo..... peneee teases 26 Hiawatha, ........ «0. 38 Valley City ........... 34 Finzer’s Brands. Old Honeaty.......... 40 RT ge ge ea 32 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands. mie Gri. se 17 Golden eee be ailidel bine wiht 19 | Meerschaum . 29 —— Eagle Co.’s ‘Brands, Miyeme HAty................ ae a an ae 38G32 OOO ce os cue c ees oe cuts 15 OE oo ona coast measne es 33 java, NEM TOE ood case sen 32 Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands. WO Banner oo eee coe 38 oni s Brands. were 15 ees 30 heen PON oe ok... 6 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands, OM ce eee cs 26 Cee wee he Standan a es 22 Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands. Pee 41 Leidersdorf’s Brands. Roy ~-26 Red Gloves 32 Spaulding & Merrick. ‘Tom arid Jerry......... «25 Traveler Cavendish 7738 Back Horn........ aon EI OF ne. oe ws Oe conn Cees... 16 OILS, The Standard Oil Co. oe as follows, in barrels, f. o. Grand Rapids: aeons. 2... A... 8% Water White, old test. @i%* W. W. Head light, 150° 7 Water White Mich.. @ 6% @ 6% @ ts Se @36 Engine 7 @21 Black, 15 cold test.. @ 8% HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: HIDES. Co 24O3% Fare Carod.......-...- @4 oo Feces é $ is Kips, green bese metece 3 @4 ee. @5 Calfskins, green... .. 4@6 @ured...... 7 @8 Deacon skins.......... 10 @30 No. 2 hides ¥ off. PELTS. Shearlings....... ..10 @ PN ice a 2 @!1 50 ooL. Washed . oe 2 Unwashed 10 @Ii8 MISCELLANEOUS. OO uaa es seg 3 Grease butter a Switches ..... Ginseng........ vis) FURS. Outside prices for No. 1 only. Meee... 50@1 eee cl, 15 00@25 00 OO ii oe. 3 00@7 00 OME, We eisedecns 40 CME, BOUMO oc. cc.cscss 10@ 25 We 4 00@6 00 Bee, WAG oo... 6. 8... 1 00@1 60 Oe, GhOee. co... 3 00@5 00 Fox, Grey... 5... 50@1 00 a 2 00 Martin, iy ee 1 00@3 00 ale & yellow. 50@1 00 Mink, oak eee de sees 40@2 00 Benenres.... 5.2... .. 03@ 17 Oppossum 15@ 30 Otter, dark -5 00@8 00 ———J_————— 2@ Skunk 1 00@1 25 Wee a. 1 00@3 00 Beaver castors,{ib....2 00@5 00 — pound. Thin and green. 10 Lon ay, ar oe 20 Gar ae oe oa 25 Red and *piue, Gng...... 35 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 1b. test) 68 No. 2 Red (60 Ib. test) 68 MEAL. EE 1 40 Grantlated,........... - .& FLOUR. Straight, in MOCRA.. 2.505. 3 60 Baerols........ 3 85 Patent “= sncks......... 4 60 = + ROTI 2. cs 4 80 Greham ‘“‘ sacks.... ... 1 70 Rye ' eas 1 90 MILLSTUFFS. Less Car y quantity BNO cals i 5 00 $15 00 Screenings .... 14 00 14 00 Middlings..... 17 00 17 00 Mixed Feed... 21 50 21 00 Coarse meal .. 20 50 20 00 CORN. Cn tee se 50 Less — Oar legs, ......... 52 OATS. Cor tote... -... 5. 38 Less than car - descnc dues 40 No. : Timothy. oa lots....13 90 No. nm ieGe. ..... 14 00 FRESH MEATS. Beef, oarense........... 6%4@ 8 hind quarters. . ~1 @? 6 fore --. 54@ 6 a loins, No. 3...10 @l1l - BE da neue as 8 @9 _ ene ia ath ae ke 6%@ 7 Sa @é6 Pork otns Rela sae tas @114 “ gmouiderm........ @ 9% BULK. Ce eecee 1 60 Sausage, — or — @i | Counts, per gal.. 2 20 a 2 2 live @7 | Extra Selects.....21/.2! it ee 2% . Wiankiont @ 9 MOM 2 00 ee 3 00 eee 8 Oo (eis ..........2.:... 13 Baskets, — ede 35 Nee ce 7 @8 ping bushel... 1 PAPER & WOODENWARE c fa . 1 35 PAPER, a il hs, N 5 Tt and CORSE. ee im " " owe ‘ ” ‘Nod : = F. = na quotes a8] Bociford 2... i... ‘ “ « Nos & 0 follow WOOO I - enim ° nelse FRESH FISH. EON 2 “ ' * No.2 4 25 Whitefish .. @Q | Bakers ........ 22.2... 0.2. 29 . " ** .No.3 5 0C Trout ... gs @9 | Dry Goods...... ...... 5 @6 INDURATED WARE, as @15 Jute Manilia........... ee Cree. 3 15 Ciscoes or Herring @ 6 Red Express = 2 See = rb — 2 ce cB = = aaa Tubs. No. ewe a eoeecees 10 50 10 @12 | 48 Cotton.. Ce . 20 POULTRY. @9 Cotton, No. s a 7 Local dealers pay as follows: SEE ey 15 DRESSED. Smoxed White.... ... @10 | Sea Island, assorted...._.: 30 | Fowl........... 12 @it Red Snappers........... TO es. a. 15 | Turkeys... 16 @18 Columbia River Salmon 20 | No.6“... 3 | Dueks 1.16 @I8 MEOGREIOE sl... 25 : Cwichen oo 13 @15 WOODENWARE ¥ ie LIVE, aii oe ew Tubs, ‘No.3 ees a 7 00 lies Genin 1% lbs. to 2 Ibs. F. J.D. Selects....... @33 Ee 5 00 een in ao eo @28 | Pails, No.1, two-hoop.. 5 | vive broilers less than —, ' Patis, No. i Sese meee . : = Ibs. each, per doz.. 3 0@ 450 SHELL GOODS. Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 40 . —— a ; oe Oysters, per 100 ...... 1 50@1 25) Bowls, 11 ineh..........0.0 aa. = oe Cr errr cE amemn TN mci lia SON ae aa eas PROVISIONS. —— CNC 80@90 The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. | String Rock. quotes as follows: oe Se 1 00 PORK IN BARRELS. Wintergreen —-; eects mee os oda ee 60 EE 20 5@ RAMELS. ee . 2) Se 5 wee, 21. “boxes setetee este seeees 34 Mextra clear pig, short out................... No 2 LS BPN naan tenes eeee es 51 a an > i 3 te aetna ttse sees 28 Ee 22 50 ad Ce a en ay Boston clear, short cut...................-.. 22 50 P, OXOB...----+.. eee BAGK MHOFL GUE | ll 22 50 Small BANANAS. Standard clear, short cut, best............ cares oasis : 30@1 75 sausage—Fresh and Smoked. CT _— —- ee eee tp ewes chee eres sae, - — Westie ¢ ORANGES Oc EO TN an es 9 Messinas, oo @3 50 a PO 9% ee. CEN I LEMONS, ee straight ee : Messina, — = Ne = = ologna. Te MO Oe ll I TT 7 : cholee 300 ‘Se GaP 3 sos 1 LARD. BEOy ee Melee Meueeren 12 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Ge 114% Figs, fancy layers, ee @i2 SE 9 @12% el Sa; 7 extra 14D... ee eee e ee @14 50 Ib. Tins, 4c advance, c - ee @i5 = ib. pails, Me Dates, Fard, bask 9 box oe ¢ i 10 lb. 3c ' _< Sik “ xe bie _ Halide 0. a "ano Hi am * fe . NUTS, BEEF IN BARRELS. Almonds, oe td ddisleetewenses sae e Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs............... 8 50 _ ] me er een Rey Extra Mess, Chicago packing. ............... 8 50| Brasils, et : a oo ee Boneless, rump butts.............ccescccsess: 15 00 | Filberts . ea SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain, Walnuts, ELLEN I @13% Hams, average 20 1D8..............-000s0se see. mtg —— sie eee eens ees _ @ 2 ae 1456 | mein wet teen totes It @13 % “ o to 14 lbs.. ee Table Nuts, pores eee asa cke ed algae @13% Ce ia 12 QICG owns seer ee eee saeee @lz ¢ eeeie emee ee Ee ae oa ee ee Gi 8 Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................+6+ 13% 8. Dried beef, ham prices.................... ... 10% | Fancy, H. P., ae ae @ ‘. Long Clears, —— a F ancy H. P, Eo eee an a SE 3 o% ee Oe Briskets, oO is i aan @ 9% ee Choice, H. (P., Extras... ........ 00.2004, @ 6% See. @s CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS, The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbls. Pails. Stendard, per i)......... 6% ™%; er ee ce 6% 1% - ia 6% ™% Boston Créeam............ 8% Cut Leat............-..--. 8% Betra . H...:.... «2 os MIXED CANDY. =" Pails, as oc 7 a f a ae... 6% 1% I ites tec ae bones neue ok 8 Peroni WON oo ll 7 8 i cece sy 7 8 Broken Taffy .. Seas ce elles cas baskets 8 Peanut Squares............ 8 9 Do ee 10 Valioy Croama.. .............. - 13 Midget, 30 Ib. beskets Lea cdc ueu ea anes cee sues 8 ee ee 8 Fancy—In bulk Lozenges, wed, ck ec, Se MUOONES os ols se se EE 11% Chocolate Monumentels..................... 13 Gum teem 5% ee 8 Peter ci ee i ek 8% a cede eee cued aes 10 FaNoy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box ee 55 ee ee i 55 eee cs 60 Ce ee, ct cl. 65 a Oe Cameos Prom... 8... tc 90 Ce 40@50 ee 1 00 A tees Seo... ........ .....-....-,., 80 Lozenges, oS ee eee ae 60 - prraee..... ...... Oe ee ec ee wc 65 —— Ee 60 I ies ies be ween de sows on. Wes de wuwedees 70 Treen ae cial la Oscubapacceycauden iseeewet ce 55 ME oo sees ls ce ic is cea 55 CO ————— 85@95 CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. FRUIT JARS. EE % net eis ssa cde ca ale oe ee ee el, TR ic ec ek LAMP BURNERS, me OS. 45 Met... 50 eee ae ee caus ee ce ee 75 LAMP CHIMNEYS. Per box. 6 doz. in box. me O@8um............ ee 1 & ea ie oe eects ae ce 1 90 a 2 90 First quality. No.0 Sun, crimp top led eee euee oe col, 2 el eg ee -2 40 Ne.2 “ . go 3 40 XXX Flint. No. : Sun, crimp top Se 2 60 as 2 “e se “ee 4 = Pearl top. “ sues wrapped al and ae 4 sacl OO -.470 — 3 Hinge, se “ 4 88 La Bastie. No. - a plain bulb, per ‘saan a 13s No. 2 aecn eee eek Oe No. : crimp, per” “doz Bees cece bebe due cela ue 1 35 al a ea el 1 60 LAMP WICKS, ee © per ero. ee 23 No. 1, ee eee ec ae 28 No. 2, cee |e 38 No. ee Se ee ie 75 Mammoth, per dos....... < STONEWARE—AKRON. Butter Crocks, LtoGgal...... 06 % gal. per doz 60 dugs, % gal., per doz......... 70 * 1to4gal., per gal. 07 Miik Pans, * gal., per do: 60 72 STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED. Butter Crocks, 1 and 2 gal aioe Saluecu steamed 7 Milk Pans, % gal cil ar cies) Ua ee maiuiee oale euecuce 65 ee ee ee . se ewee ‘ eis — a H i  THE MICHIGAN Why Pork is-High in Price. Only twice in twenty years have the prices of hog products reached the pres- ent level, and since the war every such advance has come one or two years after short corn crops, and has been due di- rectly to deficient harvests. It is true that the corn crop of 1892 was below the average, and such crops have heretofore been immediately followed by a free marketing of swine, which the owners thought it unprofitable, in view of the high price of corn, to feed longer or to keep for breeding purposes; but in the present case the usual procedure has been reversed, as a short corn crop has not been followed by increased but by diminished offerings, the winter’s pack- ing having been only about three-fifths the number packed in the preceding year. While short corn crops have hereto- fore immediately caused free marketing, to be followed a little later by dimin- ished supplies, the minimum of offerings being reached in from one to three years after the harvesting of avery deficient corn crop, in this instance the demin- ished offerings preceded as well as fol- lowed the harvesting of the deficient crop of 1892, and clearly are due to causes other than such as have governed heretofore. Present conditions, affecting the sup- ply of the raw material entering into ba- con, ham, and lard are evidently unus- ual and due to some cause relating fur- ther back and more permanent thana deficient corn harvest, which otherwise would, as heretofore, have had the im- mediate effect of enlarging the supply by promoting the marketing of an undue proportion of young as well as breeding animals, to be ultimately followed by such a reduction of stocks as necessarily results from drying the current at its source. Such results followed the defi- cient corn harvests of 1874 and 1881, and, in a lesser degree, the short crop of 1890. The present high range of prices, cannot, however, be attributed to any such cause, as the acreage yield of corn in 1891 was exceptionally high and the deficient supply of swine was developed while this great crop was fed and before the result of the corn harvest of 1893 could be known. Itis true that many have attributed the deficient supply toa short crop of pigs in the spring of 1891, but the def- icit was known to exist, and was dis- eussed as early as February, 1892, as likely to obtain irrespective of the pig crop then being weaned. The causes producing the present shortage are unusual in the United States, wholly different from those here- tofore producing high prices, and go to the very root of production; and there seems little probability of this period of high prices being followed by one of low prices. Onthe contrary, present con- ditions are neither temporary nor such as are likely to. end, as heretofore, in prices below a remunerative level, even if the acreage yield of corn shall be for several years at the maximum. With American rural processes a given number of swineimply a given number of acres of corn—the variations in the ratio, due to increased or diminished yields per acre, being within a range, in either direction, so narrow as not to have exceeded one-twelfthin twenty years —as does a given population imply the consumption of given quantities of the pork packer’s products; sible event that acres of corn shall not increase in the same ratio as the pork- consuming population, then the relative number of swine is certain to diminish, although the aggregate may increase. This is exactly what has occurred during the last eight years, the number of pork eaters having increased fully 11,000,000, without any increase whatever in the number of those engaged in raising the commercial supply of swine. The result is seen in vastly diminished relative sup- plies, greatly enhanced prices, and a shrinking volume of exports; and the question is, how long such a relatively lessened supply is likely to continue, what effect it will have upon our foreign commerce and a balance of trade already seriously disturbed by the low prices at which grain and cotton are going abroad, and by the reduced number of animals and in the pos-’ | and small volume of animal product being exported? The determining factor in the supply of swine for a population increasing as is that of the United States is the rela- tive abundance or searcity of feeding material, which is here almost exclu- sively corn, and the supply of this mate- rial cannot keep pace with population unless an immense new acreage is yearly brought under cultivation and new pig growers added, in like ratio, to the pro- ductive forces. Without new acres of corn there will be few or no new pig growers and little addition to the supply of pigs, while the pig-consuming ele- ment increases in an ever progressively greater yearly ratio. During the last eight years pig production in the United States has, practically, been at a stand- still, while consumption has increased at a progressively augumenting aggregate. Since the middle of the ninth decade the corn area has not increased, nor has the number of pig growers in any ap- preciable degree, the result being that consumption of pork has overtaken and is likely to outrun production, and with the price advancing to a level out of all proportion to prices for other farm staples the farmer has been tempted to part with his breeding stock, thus reduc- ing the supply of swine below the usual ratio, as related to acres of corn; hence some increase may be looked for, al- though there can be no increase propor- tionate to the increase of population without a similar increase in the number of pig growers, and this is impracticable without an increase of the corn area; hence the supply of swine, the number of pig growers, the prices of the pork packer’s products, and the volume of exports all resolve themselves into a question of corn acreage. Although in the last seven years the crop area has shown some. expan- sion in Kansas and Nebraska, it has steadily declined in the other great pro- ducing States, and even in Kansas the maximum was reached in 1889 at an ag- gregate of 1,000,000 acres greater than the acreage of 1892; hence Nebraska is the only one of the great swine-produc- ing States where the corn area is not les- sening. Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska are the only States where any material increase of the swine supply seems probable; in the remainder of the Republic a decrease may be looked for, as the rapid increase of the urban population renders it neces sary to devote a progressively increasing proportion of the land to the production of dairy products and such other things as are consumed near the place of growth. Present high prices for swine result logically from the cessation of the in- crease of the corn area that occurred about the middle of the last decade and are likely to continue with fluctuations dependent for their range and duration upon an acreage yield of corn upon an area constantly diminishing, relatively to population, even should such yields be always at the maximum: and such prices are not likely to be any lower by rea- son of the fact that the swine supply of the United Kingdom has declined more than 25 per cent. within the past year. Cheap pork depends upon an increase of the number of pig growers proportion- ate to the increase of population, and the increase of pig growers depends upon an increase of the number of acres of corn, which seems to be impracticable, or, at least, wholly improbable, and has not obtained during recent years. It is true that since 1885 additions have been made to the number of farms, but almost wholly in that Northwestern region where wheat is the one commercial staple and where swine production hard- ly suffices for home needs. We may, and probably shall, continue to add to the number of farms in the Northwest, but in so doing shall add only to the wheat growers, and, in the towns and villages of that region, to the pig eaters, just as in the last eight years there has been no appreciable addition to the num- ber of pig growers, although there have, in this period, been no less than 11,000,- 000 added to the pig eaters; and the re- sult, the inevitable result, is seen in de- pleted stocks, ascending prices, decreas- ing exports, and some addition to an ad- verse balance of trade. oe 4 @ WILLIAM CONNOR, tg MICHAEL KOLB & SON, Wholesale Cloiting Kanutaclurers, 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. We always guarantee excellent fits and well made garments. RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO., Mnnufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in Boots, Shoes and RUbbErS, 12, 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Our Styles, Qualities and Prices are Right. Give us a trial. We carry the best Tennis Shoes made. Agents for the Boston Rubber ¥ i Shoe Co. Cuas. B. Keisey, Pres. E. B. Szrmour, Sec’y. J. W. HANNEN, Supt. “Chicago” Linen Hinge and Mullins Patent Flat Opening Books, SPECIAL BOOK BINDING. Telephone 1243. 89 Pearl street, Old Houseman Block, Grand Rapids, Mich. if oR Catarrh, Asthma, Hay Fever, Colds, Sore Throat, Headache, Neuralgia, CURES The first inhalations stop sneezing, snuffing, coughing and headache. This relief is worth the price of Inhaler. Continued use will com- plete the cure. Prevents and cures SEA SICKNESS. The cool exhilerating sensation following its use is a luxury to travelers by rail or boat. It is a dainty pocket piece. It cannot get out of order; does not require renewing; there is no liquid to drop; lasts a year, and costs 50c at drug- gists. Registered mail 60c, from H, D, CUSHMAN, Manufacture -, Three Rivers, Mich, G2" Guaranteed satisfactory. REEDER BROS. SHOE CO., JOBBERS OF Boots and Shoes, Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for C0158 & 160 Fulton St., ound eavede. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insarance Co. Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, Important to Commercial Tray- 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 al objectionable clauses and conditions. In 1892 it paid losses to policy hold- ers and their beneficiaries amounting to $1,103,- 964, and had 82,607,675 in assets Jan. 1, 1893. The premium to merchants not handling goods and commercial travelers is $4 for each $1,000 in surance with $5 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, Mieh. c f* ri- « ad \  ¥ s silanes wo. oa —7—t —_— 4 ¥ $- a L y t tance an RN GE ‘ & ' ' en 8D NY AED AT NARITA a SON RRA a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Pe 19 WHOLESALE GROCERS. Annual Meeting of the Michigan Asso- ciation at Detroit. The annual meeting of the Michigan Wholesale Grocers’ Association convened at Detroit last Thursday, the roll call showing thirty-three members present and sixteen absent. President R. O. Wheeler delivered the following annual address: The history of the progress of mercan- tile affairs in this country is instructive to men of the present time and suggestive of more intimate relations between mem- bers of the same occupation and looking to adjustment of difficulties and solution of business problems by combination of experience and the force of numbers. Competition has done its perfect work in the past, which is attested by the wrecks of business houses all over the country. Concentration—the massing of large cap- ital to overcome competition—has been tried as a remedy, but has proved of no benefit; nor has it arrested the down- ward course or effected an adequate compensation for capital and effort. The business world has been obliged to look further for its solution. The old meth- ods of individual effort are untenable in the changed conditions that confront the present and are sure to be envolved in the future. Preparation is now the watch word of large enterprises, the necessity for it be- ing clearly shown in circumstances that have arisen within the very recent past, giving their sure motion to every think- ing merchant and in pointing clearly to closer relations than have ever before been practicable. Some three years ago a strong effort was made, notably by our friends of Grand Rapids, and repeated meetings were held in this city, looking to a unity -of action on some minor points of prac- tice. No result followed, except some very serious thinking, then instigated. The idea was there, but the preparation had not been made. a@ movement was inaugurated in New England, having a much wider scope and including the settlement and adjustment of the much vexed sugar question. As time has elapsed other subjects relating to the prosperity of the grocery business have been taken up until the scope of the Eastern Association has so widened as to correct many other abuses and solu- tions of vexed questions have been ar- rived at by careful consideration and wise conclusion. From these beginnings the methods then adopted have been taken up by one State after another un- til, in an unbroken wave, it has swept from ocean to Lake Michigan. Our own State, in a convention of grocers held in Grand Rapids last November, formed an association and unanimously adopted the the equality plan for sugars, which your Executive Committee ordered in effect January 3, and in the short period it has been in operation the members of this Association have cemented, what we confidently expect to be lasting, a cor- dial relation of friendship among them- selves and kept inviolate the agreements entered into, so that from no quarter of the State has appeared a single com- plaint of infidelity. And all this has been accomplished, not only without friction among the jobbers, but to the expressed satisfaction of the retailers. The condition of this relation is founded on just principles, and promises to be lasting. In evidence of this we point to the years of experience of the Eastern associations. The worst oppo- nents are now its strongest advocates. These older organizations, having proved the wisdom and benefit of united action in many departments of the busi- ness, furnish us a precedent, founded on success in their results, that makes for our newer endeavor a plain path to pur- sue, and while the efforts so far put forth by us have been somewhat restricted, yet the way seems open for further re- sults, as satisfactory as those already at- tained. Among these may be suggested the regulation of transactions in package coffees, and concerted action regarding many manufactured articles that have become staple in the trade. It seems About the same time [ needless to suggest the wisdom of prompt action in these directions. The pure food bill, so called, introduced into the House of Representatives of our state is a subject requiring our attention. No one here will object to the correction of evils in this matter, but there is vast dis- tinction between sale of perfectly whole- some and harmless compounds that have been in use for years, and a restriction of sale to some formulas that have no paramount merit either in purity or wholesomeness. Too much cannot be said of the un- tiring and persistent efforts of the chair- man of your Executive Committee, Mr. Widdicomb, of Grand Rapids, who has freely given his time and labor for the Association, and whose wise counsel your commission has followed with great benefit to the interests of every member. It is to be hoped he may be induced to continue with us in this important office, as his experience will be most valuable. The greatest effort in most enterprises is expended in their inauguration, and when this is effected, the power of con- tinuance seems to be created and to in- crease, so that itis not too much to ex- press the conviction that succeeding years will cement a still closer union and a more effective and widened policy until the business we represent will be established firmly on a footing of honor and success. To insure this requires the hearty co-operation of every member, and a readiness to abide by the action of your officers, for unity of action is the only guarantee of stability and, though our association has hardiy passed its in- fancy, yet it already gives promise of reaching a sturdy manhood, based ona character of perseverance, integrity and honor. Wm. Widdicomb, chairman of the Ex- ecutive Committee, made an exhaustive report on the work of his Committee, which was accepted and placed on file. Mr. Parker called the attention of the members to the confusion now existing relative to the time allowed on the vari- ous articles of merchandise in the gro- cery line. He moved that a special com- mittee be appointed to present to the meet- ing a schedule of thirty and sixty day and four months’ goods, which was adopted, but the Committee afterward asked to be excused, and the matter was turned over to the Executive Committee for investi- gation and report. Mr. Wheeler called the attention of the Association to the encroachment of man- ufacturers upon the retail trade and urged the necessity of speedy action by the Association on the matter. The Pure Food bill, as now before the State Legislature, was the occasion of a very general discussion, and while all present favored the enactment of a just and reasonable law covering the subject, the present bill was denounced as arbi- trarily circumscribing the rights of every citizen. Mr. Barlow, Mr. Smart, Mr. Judson and Mr. Widdicomb discussed the pres- ent situation as regards profitin hand- ling package coffees and plug tobaccos, particularly ‘‘Spearhead.” Mr. Musselman moved that the pack- age coffee question be referred to the Executive Committee, with power to act. Mr. Griggs moved to amend by adding Royal baking powder. Mr. Musselman declined to accept the amendment, urging that the Association attempt but one reform at a time. During the discussion following, the question of selling package coffee at an f. o. b. or a delivered price was brought up, and, Mr. Griggs withdrawing his amendment, the motion of Mr. Mussel- man prevailed. On motion of Mr. Griggs, Royal bak- ing powder was referred to the Executive Committee upon the same terms as pack- age coffee. The plug tobacco question, after a thorough discussion, was also referred to the Executive Committee. Mr. Robson offered the following, which was unanimously adopted: Resolwed, That no manufacturer shall pay abonus to any salesman employed by any member of this Association. The Committee on Nominations rec- omended the election of the following gentlemen: President—R. O. Wheeler. First Vice-President—A. Wierengo. Second Vice-President—J. W. Symons. Secretary—Fred H. Ball. Treasurer—Wm. Judson. Executive Committee— Wm. Widdi- comb, chairman; James Edgar, W. J. Brotherton, W. H. Brace, W. J. Gould, W. C. Phipps, B. L. Desenberg, H. S. Griggs and S. Armstrong. Directors—Fred. B. Clark, D. L. Me- Morran, John Robson, Edward Henkel and L. E. Hawkins. The report was unanimously adopted. Mr. Wheeler extended an invitation to the members to attend a banquet at the Hotel Cadillac in the evening, as guests of the Detroit wholesale grocers. The invitation was accepted and the meeting adjourned. a ea The Hardware Trade and Bicycles. The bicycle has already found a place in the hardware trade, and it has come to stay. Some jobbing houses took hold of it last year, and a still larger number have added it to their regular stock this year. This action of the few will doubt- less be followed by the many to the mu- tual advantage of bicycle makers and the hardware dealers. The increasing de- mand for the wheel has made this de- parture inevitable. In most of the smaller towns a special bicycle business could not be maintained, and yet the aggregate number sold in the territory naturally tributary to such a local center is considerable. The hardware trade is the natural avenue for such distribution, and as roads are improved the number of wheels used will largely increase. The prospect for a good increase in the bi- cycle trade is therefore almost assured, while the inevitable reduction in price whe the patents expire bids fair to pro- long the demand indefinitely. ——— et When Columbus discovered America only seven metals were known to exist. To-day the number is fifty-one. MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.’’ (Taking effect:Sunday, Nov. 20, 1892.) Arrive. Depart 1 OOP m........ —— = PERS 22... 6 55pm Spm... .. oo Bee. 8. 7 0am 10 00 am Lee eee eee Da aan ech ede 12pm 6@am..... *Atlantic and Pacific..... 10 45 pm 1p m...... New York Express...... 5 40pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex- press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 6:55 am; re- turning, leave Detroit 4:40 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:00 p m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains east over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) Tickets on sale at Union Ticket Office, 67 Mon- roe street and Union Depot. bts amend RAILWAY. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee R’ys offers a route making the best time be- cuamn Grand Rapids and Toledo, Time ae - effect January 29, 1893. D.. 6. &e. BY. Ly. Grand iatdes Ot... 7:10 a. m. and 1:25 p. m. Ar. Toledo at......... 1:10 p. m. and 10:30 p. m VIA D., G. B. & we. BY. Lv. Grand Rapids at..... 6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m. Ar. Toledo at.......... 1:10 p: m. and 10:30 p. m. Return connections equally as good. . BENNETT, General Pass. Agent, DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO DETROIT. JAN. 22, 1893 ie GM. oon 7:10am *1:25pm 5:40pm Ay. DET... -........ ee: 11:35am *5:30pm 10:35pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ey. ee... 2... 7:45am *1:30pm 6:05pm Be OF ooo woe cence 12:55pm *5:25pm 10:30pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. GR.11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R. Ly. Grand Rapids......:. 7:10am 1:25pm 5:40pm Ar, from Lowell.......... 12:55pm 5:26pm ....... 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. Arrive from Leave going jouth. North. For Traverse City and Saginaw 6: 45 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:00am : For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 2:20pm 4;15 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10pm 10:10 pm From Chicago and Kalamazoo. 8:35 pm Train arriving from south at 6:45am and 9:00am daily. Others trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. South. ut! lost nape perenne tte nena eUIn 6:30 am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:05 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11: - am 2:00 pm Won Clmclumess oo... 5:15pm 6:00 pm For Kalamazoo & Chicago..... 10:40 pm 11:20 pm EOE BOG ecw neies LL: poe oa Orns NT ae 10:4 Trains leaving south at 6:00 pm ae I: :20 p. m. runs daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH — train has Parlor Car ‘to_Travers 1:10 m train has parlor car Grand Rapids to oo and Mackinaw. 0:10 ee, haga we co ea Grand Rapids to yeseuner and Mackinaw. SOUTH--7:00 am train. _ Favor chair car Grand apids to Cincinnati 10:05 am train .— Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 pm train.—Wagner Sleeping Car a apids to Cincinnati. 11;20 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. Ly Grand Rapids 10:05am 2:00pm Arr Chicago 3:55pm 9:00pm 10:05 a m train through Wagner Pouce Car. 11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. 11:20pm 6:50am Ly Chicago 7:05 am 3:10 p = 11:45 p m va Grand Rapids 2: 20 pm 8:35 p 6:45 am 0 pm through Wagner Parlor Cue: 11:45 p m ane daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For ee From Muskegon—Arrive 10:00 a m 6:55 a 11:25 a - 4:40 pm 6:30 pm 9:05 pm Sunday train leaves for Muskegon at 9:05 a m, ar- riving at 10:20 am. Returning, train leaves Muske gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Grand Rapids at 5:45 p m. Tnrough tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at — Station, Telephone 606, Grand Rapids, Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHICAGO AND WEST MICHIGAN R’Y. NOV. 20, 1892 GOING TO CHICAGO. Lv.GR’D RAPIDS...... 8:50am 1:25pm *11:35pm Ar. CHICAGO.......... 3:55pm 6:45pm *7:05am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Ly. CHICAGO..........9:00am 5:25pm *11:15pm Ar GHD RATIDSE..... 3:55pm 10:45pm *7:05am TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, AND ST JOSEPH iy. @ ........ 8:50am 1: 25pm - *11:35pm Ar Gh...:....%:10am Ship ...... 10:45pm TO AND FROM MUSKEGON. ay. &. H....... 8:50am 1:25pm 5:35pm 8:45pm ar G. B.... 10:45am 3:55pm 5:25pm TRAVERSE CITY MANISTEE & PETOSKEY. I~ Goh... 7:30am 5:35pm ee: Peemee ot. ec 12:15pm 10:29pm Ar. Traverse City . «12335: oon 10:59pm AY. Coarlevorr.............. SEE os cuca iy. PeGOshey ....... 5. tl, 3: 3p — ae Ar. from Petoskey, etc., 10:00 p m.; from Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10: 00 pm. THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Wagner Parlor Cars Leave Grand Rapids 1:25 pm, leave Chic ago 5:25 p m. Wagner Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 pm; leave Chicago *11:15 pm. Free Chair Car for Manistee 5:35 *Every day. Other trains week af tm only. ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN & WAUKEE Railway. Depot corner Leonard St. and Plainfield Av, MIL- EASTWARD. Trains Leave |tNo. 14;tNo. 16)tNo. 18|*No. 82 G’d Rapids, Ly | 6 50am|i0 20am) 3 25pm |21 O032> = How It Turned Out. From the Washington Star. “So Bankster married his typewriter operator?’ **Yes,”? ‘‘And she doesn’t do any more work?”’ “It didn’t turn out that way. She simply doesn’t draw any more salary.”’ ———————-2. The Drug Market. There are few changes of interest. Gum opuim is a trifie weaker, but un- changed. Morphia and quinine are unchanged. Rock candy syrup, owing to the higher prices for sugar, has advanced 5c per gallon. >_> _____— Use Tradesman or Supertor Coupons. ieee YOU HAVE HEARD The story about the early bird and what he did. Bat Have You Ever Learned about the early worm and what he did ? He got into the buds of your fruit trees last year, Well, he did this: he ate into your apples, your pears, your peaches and your plums, he de- stroyed the leaves of your trees, ruined your foliage, and wrought more havoc than can be repaired in many years. If you do not want a repeti- tion of this now is the time you must make preparations to avoid it. SPRAY PUMPS. f Were manufactured especially for use on fruit trees and are very effectual when properly manipulated. If you haven’t any fruit trees to spray, get a Meyer’s Spray Pump to wash your windows. Have You a Water Cooler? If you haven’t you will want and need one soon. We have a nice line of them—plain, fancy, large and small, and, of course, of the best make. Jewett’s New Era Coolers have no rivals. Parrot Cages, Mole Traps, Rat and Mouse Traps, Feather Dusters, Door Mats, Foot Scrapers, Fibre Tubs, Wash Basins and Pails. prasren TEVENS & G0 maytos MICHIGAN BARK AND LUMBER CO, A 18 and 19 Widdicomb Building. We are now ready to make 4 contracts for the season of 1893. Correspondence Solicited. r 7 ¥ » ~ ~ “eS & ¢ » o as ow b = * _ a a Co » ~ a. am 4 af ot ” - Be ~ “ a» ~-@s 4 aN ‘  7 VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & C0, WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live | Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. Volgt, Harpolsheimer & Cp, *% 22:82 Ottawa St. Grand Rapids. 4 New Prices RED STAR Baking Powder. ARCTIC MANUFACTURING CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. ~ «it SEE QUOTATIONS. CHAWIN:; DONT PROVE You only Chew the String when you read this advertisement. To Prove the Pudding, you must send for a sample order of Tradesman, Superior or Universal Coupon Books. If you have never used the Coupon Book System, and wish to investigate it, sample books and price lists will be mailed free on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Muskegon Branch UNITED STATES BAKING Co., Muskegon, Mich, Originators of the Celebrated Cake, “MUSKEGON BRANCH.” Write for samples of New and Original Crackers and Cakes, before purchasing for your Spring trade. HARRY FOX, Manager. Mail orders a specialty. Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Slankets, Ginghams, . Prints anc Domestic Cottons, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. THE W. BINGHAM CO., Cleveland, 0., Have had such flattering succes in handling our Bicycles that they have bought our entire output for 1893. They have taken up all negotiations pending for the purchase of cycles, and we respectfully solicit for them the good will of our friends. THE YOST MFG. CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. Glass Covers for Biscuits Cracker Chests. r I ‘HESE chests will soon pay for themselves in the breakage they avoid. UR new glass covers are by far the handsomest ever offered to the trade. They are made to fit any of our boxes and can be changed from one box to anotherina moment. They will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. NEW NOVELTIES. Price $4. We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR. CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. NEWTON, arich finger with fig filling. This is the best selling cakes we ever made. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO., S. A. Sears, Mer. GRAND RAPIDS. bound to be one of F. Jc. DETTENTHALER, WHOLESALE OYSTERS, FISH and GAME, LIVE AND DRESSED POULTRY. Consignments solicited. Chicago and Detroit market prices guaranteed. Spring & Company. 117 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich.  If you are not coming to the market at once, mark your order on the dotted lines, and send to us; we will return a printed copy off sheet by tear first mail, and ship the goods ordered immediately. Don’t delay, and don’t fail to keep up your stock, as it is the little things your customers ask for that are the easiest to sell. “Teonard’s We have them, and these Bargain Price List and Order Sheet.” prices are below any- thing we have ever offered. Constant reduction is the order of the day. cartage on anything except Crockery, Glassware or Lamp Goods. or 2 per cent. discount for cash in ten days. haven’t our Complete Catalogues, you nearly everything we offer, ask for them. Base Balls. per doz White Wash. Croquet Sets. a a6 0 2) Pampioe 84 eS ee 56 Boys’ League s5ij/AASin 2 00 70 Coempien......... mist x \ aoe 80 Star...-......---. - +++. 1 2 ‘tons ane. 1 ate Atalant a. ‘ 2 00 411 Corn. p Ceo 90 120 Balls—Rubber. oe oe. 1 35 4 Sponge.. ne 35 | Leather Back. iz 9 00 ee i. 60 | Palmetto . 200 2 95 15 Fluted — 48 | 109 Leather Back. _<.. oo st oe 35 re ee fe a 87 145 Leather Back.. eee . 450 ._s heck eke ee Scrub Srvshen, , Crumb Tray and Brush. 115 Inflated....... pect see | Me idee oe. 85 — to eee ee a i Ee 44 so ee ee Tampico .........--..-.+..- | 78 No 50 Brass.. SO — ee 1 2%] No. 5 Shell. ct ooo Ball ini, No. ii. ;.. 201 Fancy Doe ee eu ce oe 6 00 14 Basswood. 70 ‘Bath ee a VA eee eee eeee eee e eee 9 00 j2 Ash.. So LS Rix Straight. i ~ Nickel. a sos iP ah |. : 1 25 | Bent. a. Dippers, per doz Pol Basswood. . - 1 90] Bent. este ees SOO ee Stamped eee 38 Men’s Willow. ues i" / ee 47 Boy’s Reins. tie Clothes Brushes. g5 | 2at- Retinned......... 66 A'32 In. Long 45 | 6a. Oe enn ae en eae eR 0 6, ee B 40 oi an ae ee H 40 Fancy Pei 2 SP ete 1 80 ee ee oe so 30015 Sud 5 Boys Wood Wagons, 201 350) 7,4t Suds. 58 XX Daisy Wood Axle. 3 30 | 405 4 00 a Cm... .. . 5d = Wood “Axle a 165 it Oe _£ ‘Dripping enn: ee a 60 Can Openers. “Per doz | 3* oe ee Iron Axle No. 3 Cast Steel...... 26 ee ees a . Sensible Jap’d Cte a 3 --1 S vi al 96 4 1 preg * ak 1 18 i. No. 30 Perfection. is 3x19. ' i 0 .. Cake Parkers. eee 70 18 No. 200 ee 29 i piebeere 12 00] 7. | a ee p No. 50 68 | 3 Pieced.....- 20 Boys Iron W mem: a ote... 33 OBoiy 9x11 ...- . 8 90 eer 7 ot i 10 00 ‘Carpet Tacks. No. 29 a Collars. . - = iier....... 12 50] 8 oz. Polished -_pergr % No, =) ASSt...-.. vee = 5 00 | 10 oz. Turned perger 9|NO.1 “ ...... O 17 00| Honest count ....per box 1 00 2 mene nets wens own es 4 20 9 00 Carpet Beaters. Eee | Beaters. 00 a - ee: At Reenl eere. 1 50 ic. 60 25 in. Wicker. . 1d eo : 90 | 30 in. ‘ oe _ er Spoon.. = in een deie not. oe ae Cage E Hooks, : anata Bove 1 20 9 7 | Screw -- weet ee tenet wees at 1 50 - = | sez Swing 25 | Silvers . ee . oe. nen 75 | No.1 Keystone... . 9 60 Rov’ 8 5 Veloc epoden. Each | 11x10 Swit ecules “21 No. 20 Keystone............ 10 80 No. 1 Js APAD....-.-.- sree 1 40] 11x8 : ‘x Fire Shovels. per doz No.2 ‘ . 11 No. i 65 32 No. 3 18 Chamber Pails. 42 No.4 2 15 es Painted ‘ 3 0015 56 No.5 --- 2 20) 28 ae -. 3 60 eee AES a 85 Boys’ W astininees. Per dz 12 . ag V----- - : 5 | 300 ee 138 Da » oa a = — -" [twa Ae Sec... 2... 5 63 No. : | 6 00 Cherry Pitters, i Mo. i Garden... _) pt oeeen 4 %5 ao 2 akon 8 £0 Enterprise Jap’ a 5 75 Boys Exp W. agons at Reduced aeeee.......... ; Prices. Clothes Lines. Bastine a 30 foot Jute.. 41 29-13 in. Iron Hd. . 28 | 60 . . 80 012 Flat Hd Ts See ee et Gein... 0.5... 1 28 1-11 in. Wood Ha. as 34] 120 “* Jute 1 @ Floral Sools. 1-13 a 4)| 100 “* Hemp... Seer isiee . 160 oe 93175 * Wire . esto eee... 2 00 i4in. Iron BBL OD * eee e eee e cere eee 2 50} 60-3 pce... 1 00 16 Fee cin eee eee cen 68 | Clothes Pins. a4 ee 7 20 18 a octet oo re or oo ee... oe 9in 1% ( 30 |} > POSS 7 12in. Wo Mo so Us per gross 60 Garden Trowels. oe " Curry Combs. _ 1 No. 19 Coppered.....-. 28 Siscuit Cutters. ; “¥ Bar ee ee 39 | 6 Ebony i , 60 Poecd 1 65 ce 12 : om | Gimlets. on 3146 Bars. ae an} No. 10 Iron.........- 15 22 107-3 ae I iz Wood 20 ‘ . 34| Cattle Cards. aT | Gum Labels. Rotary... a oe Curling Iron Sieabers. | 243 per thousand... 40 Brushes, 2 Ir 70 1 217 ae 45 38-) Shoe... ee SU OE 50 — ca 1S/p 1 25 | 205 60 —: : 1 40 he | 100; Guns oe . e ea | c ups and ed [Markbam --...... 8 60 069 . ‘creo + pt. Pieced 9 | Daisy. . 9 00 . e on| i Pt Stamped ji eine)... 9 00 ” aa | Lt. Pheced.-...... Columbia ... 10 50 M. 2 00 co a i Graters ta. 3 it eet MI 14 34 Nail : aE ee DIO K ae 30 35 Cover Lifter. WwW ood Handles. . 36 op) aoe Coppered............. 24 Ree eee 75 80 | Black handled... 38 Victor... % 1 20! No. 1 Nickled.. c OE 90 1 75 | Cork Screws. Hardware Sundries. . 2 75 | Garden City S 46 | Pinking trons...,.......... @& 128 SI aeee-. Ls af ee ae ‘| Cabinet Clams... ......2. 56 260 OO) tie Sion cord. ......... a6) Ginee Cosiees....-.... c... 42 155 1 35) 51 k ce ee ign fei oe 305 1 61 Case Sorings.............. 2 310 FB nee cee es = a | Ll | Sacer BM........, oo. 2 28 ee ewe amen 1 Pee Rapes... 5... 75 eee Oe AME oc 1 7510 o0 Peeeete oe N 23 L SO) 94 Wittens .....--.-. 2... 5 Ver Pama le No. 7 1 00 “offoe Wi? Pacte Jaueers........ 34 i Counte 2 00] 135 wall Japa. saaceas 2q7| Dest Bea. ..-..--:-...-.:. es POO fen woe gee S an | DOE ONMCRS. 005.4... 245 pa . > wz | 350 Wall cop _.o ; cn CT esi eres . 2 1 449 La 2 67 | Weeding Hooks............ 63 ie cote ne 5 00| 316 MP: "3 35| Flesh Hooks.............. 40 i ee a ee : 4 67 ie a EE DP Wesiow...-.2-.-- Cee. a Button Hooks.......-- ee =x ng Cee eae 6 90 | Crayon. ens tare eee 20 ree ere.........- S OO1 7 Comred..i. os... et es Pee... cs. 8: 4 20 Tampico... 4 00 | White BOO os iiss o- i 001 Mitening Ritigs:....,.--:.. 60 Horns. ere... S| oe tite. Coloeed.......4...... 35 OP ecb aee, 60 oe i, COME... ous a... i 30 Tron sapoaniasiest 4x5 Shelf.. ane . a Osea eee enwe ese ou 60 ccs “ oe ee. 7 _—. chats dcecucecesss 2 ae OE ICG oon codec cena 1 OO Pe ee Eval OWite.....-.... 04... 79 Jumping Ropes. Sis cee Uebel cen ssp bee see wD Key Rings. NS oe . Oe hei see oe cet se aeeess 25 ee Se, 30 ay Chains. eis ey 40 Pe ae oe ie eee, 30 Watch Keys. ee cue ki owe eeu ey 22 ———_——————————— 7 Knife Boxes. WOR. ise ee. 7 Embossed.. 90 es eee a eae ee 2 00 4 00 Ladles. 139 Retinned hssee eee ees - 39 ec ee das et 63 21 es Sepa s cs %3 Lead Pencils. Gro Pe DOGS. oe ee sss ic. 29 1 Perfection... secs... ....; 85 342 Progress..... hopes ac oes 1 90 OE SRR ct dels 2 2% 321 Mercantile Pa EES Tl ie 2 90 339 . Red ene Wine... is Dos 2 | No charge for packages or a . ° “i | Sign your name here... ... S, é 3 a line Terms, 30 days on Bargain Town... --... 5... If showing Shutter Enobe......... Gro i OO | 431 Carpenters.......... = 14 Screw Hooks....... 128 AMSE OOX........05...- 1 50 113 Serew Eyes. = Match Boxes. — [ Hook straight Oe ein Pee EE 28 " ae No Be ea | m4 Cup Hooks........-. ety te 40 Gas Hoeous..:....... perdos 60 | ae Waney... 2. 40 Nail Pullers............... 12 00 | Luminous.. 1 00 Pie Crimpers.......... i 264 F ancy. 1 35 Apple Corers. oli. oe 1 oe 1% Insect Guns.... eM oe 1% Hair Curlers, Per OOe 2 00 TEs IG. hice i ee cianes wie fF a ‘aus 2 00 Ee ee 37 i 6 eae ee 68 | 598 4 ~~ ree 08 a ee Sia ee 40 10 BEISURERS 2.20... ... 0465 62 392 Ne 90 No. 1 Blectric.. 93 | BEB Becseee ces eeeeee eee a Little Gem ie 1 15 | 2 Messe sere ee eeee ee eeeeee ees 2 0 me se is Machine —_— 03 CHTMAIDOED, . .... oes secues 160,10 oz. perm. . ce i. 29 Giobe Pincers........-.... 178)2 nen steeeeeeeeeres 46 Prench (eyor.........:...: ee 54 Coacepo Wager... ...- 1 80 Marbles. ‘per box Edel... 4. --seemees. 5. 3 10 | Gray 1000 Box............+- 50 Hammers. Polished ee ee 60 6 Coopered.....-......,... me. oc 5. a es eS eee ee oe 42 | No. : Gh: Ass 100 Sex. 19 Te ES oe asc n een ee 70 re oe Scat sain 30 No. 1 —— 87 40 21x i : i a ' 4 Glass = box. a 2 Sale SEA 3 50 ’ ie rte 10 Hatchets. i \ 6 i = 4°0 Toy. Oe eee ee ke 35 Ce 3 150 os iD Ca ae 5 Be ede ch es tals eon cu eouih &5 6 . ay ws cimena 150) 4 | Flint 2 — str i Harness Snaps. ‘ | Imitation Agate 100 27 No. 22 ~ 2 per gr 1 40 ‘g 36 “23 lin. eye...... per gr 1 50 a 45 “* 25 114 in. eye....pergr 265] ‘1 China 100 box ee 09 * 26 144 in. eye.. ..per gr 3 50 eS 13 Hammock Hooks. ee ee 21 26 SOOM eae 70 ‘a 50 box nee eco 18 eee 70 i... |. ® Oo cc a ee ee 45 . 6 " 2 BOx........ 20 ‘ p » wet Hooke. eae 12 box.. 2 260 : 314 . iron....... per gr 1 00 yy 55 Stee Werte +> 1 00 | white Ballots 100 box..... 15 Hat Racks. ee eee 20 4 HOOK......-..--++++- e008: 43 | 0 Glazed 300 box........... 60 Ee 63 1 « 205 be ||... 60 oe: re 65 |» ae hoe 60 De Res 84/3 te 60 Nickel DRIBy...........0+66 17814 Mh, 60 at a : Hook Udell a 2 = Mincing Knives. eG ama tlc aa oo 1 We See 34 Harmonicas 4 Gee con... 8. 65 et ee 40 ie oiagie. | ee Fo a TO SE age IER a 5D Ce ee 1 Ce dae ks nh eeenn ie 90 444-1-10... 1 OU ms: 1 50 508-10. 1% 444-21-10 aa Es i ve ance seees. eke 22% 6-574 Oelinioid............. 2 Har selene - 30 35 40 63 fi If you are strangers to us, please give reference to a house with whom you have credit. ii Vie. ci. 5. 55 Tear off page ‘and mail to H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Hapls. Eh. Dogme Oem. .......-..... 3 ap Cn een a ESE le ota 15 Mouse Traps ON ee ace eee 20 4Hole .... .......0.+0.... 40 Boece lee ue cae uas cee ia Delain ae 12 ‘ails. 5 Qt WO. cc 80 6 cows is Ss eenenee A ae 10 |) ies aoe Seong eee 1 45 ee ee ee et cae ae 1 85 3% x DOiry 0.0 5.....50; 2 75 ce eeee we -o 12 BErAIOF. 6. 0« ee 8 Qt. Galv Iron.. - 225 = nee bade - 240 ec canes pee 2 7d 2 at. Round Dinner Pails 1% 2 00 3 . Square 3 25 4 30 3 7 ray Nests ,bie 3 %5 4 38 Penholders. RO oe oe aw os oy oe 15 Weise ie oe aca as os 20 Sole ee i ee Mote Oe. as 24 tat On 38 2 Crown........ occiectewhs: SU BO WOR ie... ec 1 45 Ct 75 Roy Automatic... ....0....; 79 1450 Fountain..... oo 5 Pens. A Wereee...2..215.. per gro 28 444 eee a ae . 28 Superior Falcon.... . 28 TEE ues . 28 Ro . 28 ES es ic se cea 49 048 Esterbrook...... 60 Pencil Boxes. Red a cee per gro 1 00 Cherry.. i --perdoz 35 PO ee . 45 Penny Goods. Gro ; 6s. s a, cous cs 90 ly ne ee 1 00 Sheil Whistles eb es wad 90 9 grad so... oO 1} e in. Magnets.. ak ao 90 3 in. PRIDE oes 4c.5.. 10 4% Wood Whistle.......... 1 00 Monkey on stick.......4... 7% Wood: Ration... ...:.... 90 China Pitehers.... :...; = Meturs DAy.. si. 66s tae a . oo OY, MRD os oy ew ce sc 80 roses Womties............ 90 2 Jack Stones ol ea, 25 ae ceccens 20 Dust Pans Se 1 00 Picture Wires. No. : Tinned ee 33 ee hee 75 : ° Ga. oes 90 Picture Hangers. Sx Braise... 18 3 OO eee eee 22 5 Oe ek ctecceeses uae 25 - OPPETs.ee ee eeeeeeeeee ees 28 eae. oo ae 7 Nickel... oe eee “ieee OO 8in Nails.. cs Potato Sealers. No. - Wire ee etna dees 21 Lie oe pete naa 68 Wood a bee ee ll, 33 eer Weed. occ cr. 3 34 Toy Wee ..... 5... 37 Pokers. 18 Retinned.. 36 Oo in Nickel 82 Police Whistles. ee Ee 35 Oe A ee ce eee eos aS oo Bae CONGO. os oc 30 ee GD WOE cc eee cl. 1% Plyers. 5 in Steel Flat Ply eTs...... 9 6 - ae | Combination steel “* ..... 2 00 Coes Poneer.... | Shoe Blacking. Re eae ne 40 Le ol ee eh ee oo paige 90 Continental. SO Base ees ok... 90 Slates. per doz Oo Oe... 28 C18 30 8x 12 2 Yh eceee. 40 5x7 Single Cov'd. 63 7x11 ‘ 88 9x13 ai «i. ae 6x9 Double Coy'd.. 1 50 ee 1 & 8x12 . Sisemetens © OG Slate Pencils, oye Patmted....,.... per. box 15 Ge Caro. 2... 6. 18 ee lo sc 20 Wood Cov’d --pergro 8&8 Soap Stone.. perbox 2% Tack puis. Bim, Megimed. .... _...: 2. -s* ae ere. tee 37 ota ee 65 ee 88 Pee ers... cs 84 Tape Measures. Oreos Teme... coe. 20 Oe Tali... .. Lc... 35 5 ae ee ee CC 46 3 Foot Spring... Tea Pot Stands. No. 17 isaisieiaseote oe Oe . wl Tea Steepers 8 ea Towel Holders. pees. 8 a oe ee 25 Foot Coll.. = Cee 2 SUG. Tracing Wheels. per dos Sore... 30 Double ..... 80 Wire Strainers. Tea and Coffee...... oeese Le CBee. 28 eA aes oe ot Ay Hdl.. 40 che cesdy lew ohenas ed 40 2 onaees ood . 1 10 1 Coffee woes 1 50 ee ee 3 OO 2 Gravy chewy ne al oes 30 ae eee 70 Wire Goods. OM OV ONS coe co ee eken G9 Plate Handles..... oe Ox Beers 4... cu... 30 8x9 “ £ No. 1 9x14 0 Sponge ROCKS... 26.5: Peake Moesters: < es. . 6in. Veg. Boilers aa 9 ' Wrenches. Sin. Poke... oo... s ee een iD Ok, POMMIOE. cc ssianel. 1% 8 in. Agricultural coon 215 Zine Oilers. 2-0 Machine OTe, i... os. 30 A ee en 42 2 sae a 62 6 eee ed ea pa 1 60 a