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Your patronage respectfully solicited. Office, 65 Monroe St. Telephones 166 and 1030. L. J, STEVENSON, Cc. A. CUMINGS, Cc. E. BLOCK. D. A. Blodgett. C. Bertsch. Wm. H. Anderson. Wm. Sears. John Widdicomb. WEDNESDAY, JUNE T, 1893. THE TYPE-WRITTEN LETTER. When a man has battled with poverty all his life, fearing it as he fought it, feeling for the skinny throat to throttle it, and yet dreading all the while the coming of the time when it would gain the ‘mastery and throttle him—when such aman is told that he is rich, it might be imagined he would receive the announcement with hilarity. When Richard Denham realized that he was wealthy he became more sobered than usual, and drew a long breath as if he had been running a race and had won it. The man who brought him the news had no idea he had told Denham anything novel. He merely happened to say: “You are arich man, Mr. Denham, and will never miss it.” Denham had never before been called arich man, and up to that moment he had not thought of himself as wealthy. He wrote out the check asked of him, and his visitor departed gratefully, leav- ing the merchant with something to pon- der over. He was as surprised with the suddenness of the thing as if someone had left him a legacy. Yet the money was all of his own accumulating, but his struggle had been so long, and he had been so helpless about it, that from mere habit he exerted all his energies long after the enemy was overcome—just as the troops at New Orleans fought a fierce battle not knowing the war was over. He had sprung from sucha hopelessly poor family. Poverty had been their inheritance from generation to generation. It was the invariable legacy that father had left to son in the Denham family. All had accepted their lot with uncomplaining resignation, un- til Richard resolved he would at least have a fight for it. And now the fight had been won. Denham sat in his office staring at the dingy wall paper so long, that Rogers, the chief clerk, put his head in and said in a deferential voice: ‘Anything more to-night, Mr. ham?”’ Denham started as if that question in that tone had not been asked him every night for years. ‘‘What’s that, what’s that,” he cried. Rogers was astonished but too well trained to show it. Den- “Anything more to-night, Mr. Den- ham?”’ ‘Ah, quite so. No, Rogers, thank you, nothing more. “Good night, Mr. Denham.” “Eh? Oh, yes. Good night, Rogers, good night.’’ When Mr. Denham left his office and went out into the street everything had an unusual appearance to him. He walked long, unheeding the direc- tion. He looked at the fine residences and realized that he might have a fine residence if he wanted it. He saw hand- some carriages; he too might set up an equipage. The satisfaction these thoughts produced was brief. Of what use would a fine house or an elegant car- riage be to him? He knew no one to in- vite to the house or to ride with him in the carriage. He began to realize how NO. utterly alone in the world he was. He had no friends, no acquaintances even. The running dog with its nose to the ground, sees nothing of the surrounding scenery. He knew men in a way, of course, and doubtless each of them had a home in the suburbs some- where, but he could not take a business man by the shoulders and say to him, “Invite me to your house: 1 am lone- some; I want to know people.”’ If he got such an invitatien, he would not know what todo with himself. He was familiar with the counting room and its language, but the drawing room was an unexplored country to him, where an unknown tongue was spoken. On the road to wealth he had missed something, and it was now too late to go back for it. Only the day before, he had heard one of the clerks, who did not know he was within earshot, allude to him as the ‘‘old man.” He felt as young as ever he did, but the phrase so lightly spoken made him catch his breath. As he was now walking through the park, and away from the busy streets, he took off his hat and ran his fingers through his grizzled hair, looking at his hand when he had done so as if the gray, like wet paint, had come off. He thought of a girl he knew once, who perhaps would have married him if he had asked her, as he was tempted todo. But that had al- ways been a mistake of the Denhams. They had all married young except him- self, and so sunk deeper into the mire of poverty, pressed down by a rapidly in- ereasing progeny. ‘The girl had married a baker, he remembered. Yes, that was a long time ago. The clerk was not far wrong when he called him an old man. Suddenly, another girl arose before his mental vision—a modern girl—very dif- ferent indeed to the one who had mar- ried the baker. She was the only woman in the world with whom he was on speaking terms, and he knew her merely beeause her light and nimble fingers played the business sonata of one note on his office typewriter. Miss Gale was pretty, of course—all typewriter girls are—and it was generally understood in the office that she belonged to a good family who had come down in the world. Her somewhat independent air deepened this conviction and kept the clerks ata distance. She was a sensible girl who realized that the typewriter paid better than the piano, and accordingly turned the expertness of her white fingers to the former instrument. Richard Denham sat down upon a park bench. ‘‘Why not?” he asked himself. There was no reason against it except that he had not the courage. Nevertheless, he formed a desperate resolution. r Next day business went on as usual. Letters were answered and the time ar- rived when Miss Gale came in to see if he had any further commands that day. Denham hesitated. He felt vaguely that a business office was not the proper place fora proposal; yet he knew he would be at a disadvantage anywhere else. In the first place he had no plaus- business ible excuse for calling upon the young 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. woman at home, and, in the second place, he knew if he once got there he would be stricken dumb. It must either be at his office or nowhere. “Sit down a moment, Miss Gale,” he said at last; ‘‘l wanted to consult you about a matter—a business matter. Miss Gale seated herself, and automatic- ally placed on her knee the sherthand writing-pad ready to take down his in- structions. She looked up at him ex- pectantly. Denham, in an embarrassed manner, ran his fingers through his hair. “IT am thinking,’’ he began, ‘‘of taking apartner. The businessis very prosper- ous now. In fact, it has been for some time.”’ “Yes?” said Miss Gale, interrogatively. “Yes. I think I should have a part- ner. It is about that I wanted to speak to you.”’ ‘Don’t you think it would be better to with Mr. Rogers? He knows more about business than I. But per- haps it is Mr. Rogers who is to be the partner?”’ “No, it is not Rogers. Rogers is a good man. But—it is not Rogers.”’ “Then I think in an important matter like this Mr. Rogers, or someone who knows the business as thoroughly as he does, would be able to give advice that would be of some value.”’ “I don’t want advice exactly. I have made up my mind to have a partner, if the partner is willing.”’ Denham mopped his brow. It was going to be even more difficult than he had anticipated. “Is it, then, a question of the capital the partner is to bring in?” asked Miss Gale, anxious to help him. ‘“‘No, no. I don’t wish any capital. 1 have enough for both. And the business is very prosperous, Miss Gale—and—and has been.’’ The young woman raised her eyebrows in surprise. **You surely don’t intend to share the profits with a partner who brings no cap- ital into the business?”’ ‘““Yes—yes, Ido. You see, as I said, I have no need for more ecapital.”’ “Oh, if thatis the case, I think you should consult Mr. Rogers commit yourself.” “But Rogers wouldn’t understand.” “Tm afraid I don’t understand either. It seems to me a foolish thing to do— that is, if you want my advice.*’ “Oh, yes, 1 want it. But it isn’t as foolish as you think. I should have had a partner long ago. That is where I made the mistake. I’ve made up my mind on that.”’ ‘“*Then ] don’t see that I can be of any use—if your mind is already made up.”’ “Oh, yes, you can. I’m a little afraid that my offer may not be accepted.” “It is sure to be, if the man has any sense. No fear of such an offer being refused. Offers like that are not to be had every day. It will be accepted.”’ “Do you really think so, Miss Gale? I am glad that your opinion. Now, what [ wanted to consult you about, is the form of the offer. I would like to put it—-well—delicately, you know, so that it would not be refused or give of- fense.’’ “T see. to him?”’ “Exactly, exactly,” cried Denham with some relief. He had not thought of sending a letter before. Now he won- dered why he had not thought of it. 1t| consult before you is You want me to write a letter was so evidently the best way out of a, situation that was extremely disconcert- ing. ‘‘Have you spoken to him about it?”’ “To him? What him?” “To your future partner, about the proposal?” “No, no. Oh, no. That is—i have spoken to nobody but you.”’ ‘“‘And you are determined not to speak to Mr. Rogers before you write?”’ “Certainly not. It’s none of Rogers’ business.”’ ‘‘Oh, very well,’’ said Miss Gale short- ly, bending over her writing-pad. It was evident that her opinion of Den- ham’s wisdom was steadily lowering. Suddenly she looked up. ‘How much shall I say the annual profits are? Ordo you want that men- tioned?” ‘“J—T don’t think I would mention that. You see, I don’t wish this ar- rangement to be carried out on a mone- tary basis—not altogether.”’ “On what basis then?” ‘“Well—I can hardly say. sonal basis, perhaps. I rather hope that the person—that my partner—would, you know, like to be associated with me.” “On a friendly basis you mean?” asked Miss Gale, mercilessly. “Certainly. Friendly, of course—and perhaps more than that ”’ Miss Gale looked up at him with a cer- tain hopelessness of expression. ‘‘Why not write a note inviting your future partner to call upon you here, or anywhere else that would be convenient, and then discuss the matter?” Denham looked frightened. “7 thought of that, but it wouldn’t do. No, it wouldn’t do. I would much rather settle everything by correspond- ence.” “T am afraid I shall not be able to com- pose aletter that will suit you. There seems to beso many difficulties. It is very unusual.”’ “That is true, and thatis why I knew On a per- no one but you could help me, Miss Gale. If it pleases you, it will please me.”? Miss Gale shook her head, but, after a few moments, she said, ‘‘How will this do?”’ ‘Dear Sir?— ‘Wait a moment,”’ cried Mr. Denham; “that seems rather a formal opening, doesn’t it? How would it read if you put it ‘Dear friend?’ ”’ “If you wish it so.” She crossed out the ‘‘sir’ and substituted the word sug- gested. Then she read the letter: ‘Dear Friend—I have for some time past been desirous of taking a partner, and would be glad if you would consider the question and consent to join me in this business. The business is, and has been for several years very prosperous, and, as I shall require no capital from you, I think you will find my offer a very advantageous one. I will—” “I—I don’t think I would put it quite that way,’’ said Denham, with some hesi- taticn. ‘“‘It reads as if I were offering everything, and that my partner—well, you see what I mean.” “It?s the truth,” said Miss Gale, defi- antly. “Better put it on the friendly basis as you suggested a moment ago.” ‘‘] didn’t suggest anything, Mr. Den- ham. Perhaps it would be better if you would dictate the letter exactly as you want it. I knewl could not write one that would please you.” “It does please me, but I’m thinking You are doing But of my future partner. first-rate—better than I could do. just put it on a friendly basis.” A moment later she read: * * * join mein this business. I make you this offer entirely froma friendly, and not from a financial, stand- point, hoping that you like me well enough to be associated with me.’’ “Anything else, Mr. Denham?”’ “No. I think that covers the whole ground. It will look rather short, type- written, won’t it? Perhaps you might add something to show that I shall be exceedingly disappointed if my offer is not accepted.” “No fear,’”? said Miss Gale. “Dll add that though. ‘Yours truly,’ or ‘Yours very truly?’ ” “You might end it ‘Your Friend.’ ”’ The rapid click of the typewriter was heard for a few moments in the next room and then Miss Gale came out with the completed letter in her hand. “Shall I have the boy copy it?’ she asked. “QO, bless you, no,’’? answered Mr. Den- ham, with evident trepidation. The young woman said to herself, ‘He doesn’t want Mr. Rogers to know, and no wonder, It’s a most unbusiness-like pro- posal.”’ Then she said aloud, ‘Shall you want me again to-day?”’ ‘*No, Miss Gale; and thank you very much.”’ Next morning Miss Gale came into Mr. Denham’s office with a smile on her face. “You madea funny mistake last night, Mr. Denham,” she said, as she took of her wraps. “Did 1?’’ he asked in alarm. “Yes. You sent that letter to my ad- dress. I got it this morning. I opened it, for I thought it was for me, and that per- haps you did not need me to-day. But I saw at once that you putitin the wrong envelope. Did you want me today?”’ It was on his tongue to say, “I want you every day,’’ but he merely held out his hand for the letter, and looked at it as if he could not account for its having gone astray. The next day Miss Gale came late, and she looked frightened. It was evident that Denham was losing his mind. She put the letter down before him and said: ‘““You addressed that to me the second time Mr. Denham.” There was a look of haggard anxiety about Mr. Denham that gave color to her suspicions. He felt that it was now or never. “Then why don’t you answer it, Miss Gale?’ he said gruffly. She backed away from him. ‘“‘Answer it?” she repeated faintly. “Certainly. If I got a letter twice I would answer it.” “What do you mean?” she cried, with her hand on the doorknob. ‘Exactly what the letter says. I want you for my partner, I want to marry you, and—financial considerations——”’ “Oh!’”? cried Miss Gale, in a long-drawn, quivering sigh. She was doubtless shocked at the word he had used, and fled to her type-writing room, closing the door behind her. Richard Denham paced up and down the floor for a few moments, then rapped lightly at her door, but there was no res- ponse. He put on his hat and went out into the street. Aftera long and aim- less walk, he found himself again at his place of business. When he went in, Rogers said to him: “Miss Gale has left sir.’’ **Has she?” “Yes, and she has given notice. she is not coming back, sir. Says “Very well.’”’ He went into his room and found a letter marked ‘‘personal’’ on his desk. He tore it open, and read in neatly type- written characters: “T have resigned my place as type- writer girl, having been offered a better situation. 1am offered a partnersnip in the house of Richard Denham. I have decided to accept the position, not so much on account its financial attractions, as because I shall be glad, ona friendly basis, to be assciated with the gentleman I have named. Why did you put me to all that worry writing that idiotie letter, when a few words would have saved ever so much bother? You evidently need a partner. My mother will be pleased to meet you any time you call. You have the address.—Your friend, MARGARET GALE. ‘Rogers!’ shouted Denham, joyfully. “Yes, sir,’? answered the estimable man, putting his head into the room. ‘Advertise for another type-writer girl, Rogers.” “Yes, sir,’? said Rogers. RoBerT BARR. oe < Use Tradesman Cowpon Books, IMPORTANT NOTICE. THE MECCA HOTE 34th St., Between State and Dearborn Streets. Substantial four-story building (brick and stone) offers for entire month of June beautiful furnished rooms with bath, single $1.50, double $3 per day. Elevated station one block, cable cars pass the door. L. W. 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A number of very wealthy men were concerned in the prosperity of the organ- ization, and in various particulars the prospects of the corporation were bright and its resources apparently ample, but in a few short hours it was hammered down, and the next day receivers were appointed, and then the public began to contemplate the wreck. In this bit of history, as in many others, there is one particular man brought to the front. The reason forthe failure of cordage can be traced to one individual, and in this case it seems that it was because the position and strength of that individual was in part, at least, overlooked by those who formed the trust and who were con- cerned in operating it. The man re- ferred to was John Good, who, in addi- tion to having been the thorn in the side of the trust ever since it was organ- ized, has a history reading almost like a romance, and who is, in fact, the father of practically all the machinery that is used in the manufacture of rope and twine. John Good was born in Ireland in 1844, and came to this country at the age of seven years, serving as apprentice in an old fashoned ropemaking establishment in Brooklyn. Afterwards he became a machinist and fitted himself for the im- portant inventions which it was later his fortune to develop. The most primitive method of cordage manufacture had pre- vailed up to the time that Mr. Good com- menced his improvements. Up to within a quarter of a century the various oper- ations, such as combing and straighten- ing the hemp fibers, breaking, spreading and spinning them into cordage, were all laboriously accomplished by hand. So long, indeed, did ropemaking remain one of the manual arts that the name of the place wherein it was carried on has become ingrained in popular speech and the rope factory, though in no way meriting the appellation, is still called the ‘‘rope walk.” This antiquated con- trivance was the chief tool which so long interfered with the progress of ropemak- ing. Thetwist was put into the rope while the chief operator or layer held it in his hands, and in turn he wound it round his body as it was twisted. Two unalterable conditions were thereby im- posed on the industry. The manufac- ture could be carried on only by long walks and in great space, and the length of the rope was limited by the length of the walk. Mr. Good’s opportunity came with the proposition to grapple for the broken ends of the Atlantic submarine cable early in the sixties. A rope fully 2,000 fathoms (12,000 feet) long was required for the grappling, but no rope over 200 fathoms long had ever been made in one piece, and the task of making one of this unheard ef length could not be under- taken seriously by any ropemaker then in the business. At that juncture young Good came forward with a proposition to build machinery from his own designs and make the rope in one piece as long as was wanted. The offer was a bold one, but the persons he had to deal with were practical and progressive men, and they saw at once that he was also a prac- tical and progressive man. Consequently the offer was accepted, the machinery built, the rope made, the break in the cable found and repaired, and telegraphic communication between the Old World and the New—which, after the sending of one brief message had been interrupted for years—was re-established on a secure and permanent basis. At the same time Mr. Good effected a revolution in ropemaking, though nearly twenty years elapsed before his inven- tions forced their way into general use. The essential principle of his ‘‘lay- ing’? machine was a spindle, which had a rapid lateral revolution to give the twist to the rope, and a slow horizontal revolution to wind up the rope as it was twisted. The rope could be spooled or; THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. coiled in lengths to suit customers as fast as it was twisted. He turned his atten- tion, during the progress of the civil war, to the invention of machines for comb- ing and lapping hemp, preparing fibers, drawing them into ‘‘slivers,’? and spin- ning fine cord. His first patent in the United States, bearing date October, 1869, was a ‘‘breaker,’’ devised to break the vegetable fibers used in ropemaking. After the fiber has passed through the first breaker it is carried into a second, thence consecutively through the first} and second spreaders, the drawing frames, the spinning-jenny, the forming frame, the laying machine, and finally, in its complete development as cordage, fed into the coiling machine, whence it issues coiled and ready for shipment. The machines performing these various operations, sufficiently indicated by their names, were all invented and perfected by Mr. Good. Until a few years ago Mr. Good was a manufacturer of machinery only—ma- chinery of hts own invention—which has relegated the old fashioned rope walk to the innocuous disuetude of the stage- eoach and the spinning-wheel, and which is to-day sent out from his mammoth machine shops in Brooklyn to every quarter of the globe. In 1885 he erected the large plant at Ravenswood, Long Island, which has since served as the model for similar establishments started by himin England, Germany, Italy and France, and entered the field of cordage manufacturing. His business, from the outset, assumed immense proportions. It is said that he is able to-day to supply two-thirds of the entire demand for cord- age; and other cordage establishments are dependent upon him to such an ex- tent that it has been estimated that there are not ten tons of the entire annual product of rope in this country that do not at some stage pass through one or more of the machines invented and let out on royalty by Mr. Good. The manufacture of and demand for binder twine was established by Mr. Good. Its importance to-day may be gauged by the fact that $12,000,000 worth of it was made and sold in the United States last year. Yet nobody can build a machine for making it without paying a royalty to Mr. Good. When McCor- mick first brought out his reaping ma- chine, in the sixties, it was made to bind the sheaves with fine wire. The device was neat as well as economical of labor, but it produced unexpected and disas- trous results. Mysterious fires de- stroyed flour mill after flour mill. In- vestigation eventually discovered the fact that the fires were caused by frag- ments of the wire getting into the mill- stones with the wheat. Then an ingen- ious Yankee stepped into the breach with a magnet for taking the fragments of wire from the wheat, restored tran- quility among the millers, and made a large fortune for himself. But meanwhile a strange and uni- formly fatal disease had broken out among the cattle and horses, and spread all over the country. After a while post-mortem examinations on an extend- ed seale disclosed the secret of the dis- ease. It was the minute fragments of wire swallowed by the animals in their fodder. Then wire as a binding mate- rial for the reaper had to go. Mr. Good supplanted it with binder twine, which is merely aloosely spun yarn made of sisal hemp, the fiber of the century plant (agave Americana), grown principally in Mexico and Central America. He de- vised and patented a spindle expressly for making it, and he recently simplified and improved this so that itis among the possibilities of the near future that every farmer may make his own binder twine. 2

.- —- Death of John G. Gray. John G. Gray, the South Division street grocer, died at the family resi- dence, 296 Sheldon street, Sunday after- noon, as the result of a nervous shock sustained ina runaway accident eight days previous to his death. The horse became unmanageable and kicked him in the leg below the knee, producing a compound fracture and slivering the bones badly. An attempt was made to set the broken bones, but they were found to be so badly slivered that ampu- tation was considered necessary. Before the surgeons could do so, however, the patient was dead. of Charlotte. Total liabilities, $11,400; assets, about $11,000. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Tawas City—Gale & Ramage have per- fected arrangements for the erection of | a planing mill and factory here. Coleman—Colonel A. T. Bliss of Sagi- | gaw, has purchased of Charles Hubel, T. B. Simons and others, a large tract of | Deceased was born at Tyrone, Schuy- ler county, New York, July 10, 1862. He lived there with his parents until 14 years of age, receiving his education in the common schools of that place. In 1876 he removed to lonia, where he | clerked in a store two years, when he re- moved to Sheridan and engaged in busi- ness with his father, M. Gray. Here he remained four years, when he went to Saginaw and took the management of the general store of the Saginaw Salt and Lumber Co., on Crow Island. This posi- tion he filled with credit to himself for eighteen months, when he returned to Sheridan, resuming his former connec- tion with his father. A year later he came to this city and purchased the gro- cery store of Chas. S. Brooks, «at 133 South Division street. He remained at this location until July, 1890, when he removed to 113 South Division street, where he was engaged in business at the time of his death. During his business eareer he established a reputation for prompt payment and sterling business principles which gave him the respect of his creditors and the confidence of his customers. The deceased was a member of the Il. O. O. F. and the Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion. He was married in 1880 to Miss Della E. Wilson, of Stanton, who, with a lad of 11 years, survive him. The fu- neral will be held at the family residence at 2 p. m. Wednesday, the interment being in the Valley City Cemetery. The deceased leaves $3,000 life insurance. “> - WHERE JAPAN TEAS GROW. Interesting Letter From the Veteran Detroit Wholesale Grocer. Kroro, Japan, May 8, 1893. Messrs, W. J. Gould & Co., Detroit, Mich. : GENTLEMEN—1 am glad to be able to report fine, hot, growing weather for the past ten days. The teais being rapidly gathered and put on the market. The reason I did not write on last mail was that being in the interior I could not get out in time and I did not wish to leave the tea districts until I had given a thor- ough inspection all through the planta- tions where our teais raised. Owing to the fine weather, | can promise you the choicest lot of teas we have ever had. I leave here to-morrow morning to make atrip through the last and best districts. I have two head men with me —Japanese who control all the tea through seven districts. It is rather hard work to travel on foot and by rick- sha, owing to its being so hot; but 1 am well and fat and hearty and am bound to see it all. Owing to my having the head men with me, Iam paid great def- erence and really enjoy being out in the country. They atl think our firm is the largest in the world, as they all know the W. J. G. brand and understand they are picking the tea for me; consequently, 1 aam big gun and itis asource of enjoy- ment to me to go through the plantation and see the hundreds picking tea there, to follow the first curing and see the eoolies carrying it to station, then the firing, packing and shipping to you. It is work, however, and keeps me busy; in fact, so busy I have hardly time to write. You can assure all our friends who have so kindly sent their orders that I will look after them to the best of my ability and I thank them for their confi- dence. You will receive a few teas by express but I think the great bulk of our steamer teas will go forward by the Gaelic on the 19th inst. Idid not hurry on teas, as I was satisfied that if we got fine weather about this time the teas wouid be fuller and finer in flavor than teas picked the last of Apail and the first three days of this month; and, when you compare the teas, you will see I was right in my judgment. I will forward all shipments as fast as possible and when you receive them I am sure the teas will please our customers, as all grades will be better than last year. Yours Truly, W. J. GouLp. ——___ > o-< English View of the Sugar Situation. From the London Market Review. Now that the great rise in sugar has been followed by a considerable fall, and then by a renewed and sharp rise, the time is opportune for considering the general position of the market. The re- cent sudden and extreme relapse in prices is no doubt mainly due to the late semi- crisis in the money market, and, indeed, the close connection between that and sugar may be seen by the fact that the removal of pressure in the former was at onee followed by a rise in the latter. The statistieal position of sugar itself is indeed very strong, and will most prob- ably remain so up to the time of the new beet crop, while it is the universal feel- ing in the market that prices are likely to remain high for some time. The ad- vance has undoubtedly much more real foundation than it was at one time thought to possess. The beetroot crop, now almost finished, is likely to showa deficiency of 100,000 tons. In addition to this, it has recently become clear that there will be a great falling off in the important sugar crop of the large island of Cuba, perhaps to the extent of 150,000 or 200,000 tons. The general public stocks in the world, mainly reflecting the shortage in the beet crop, though they include also some portion of the Cuban deficit, are considerably less than those of last year. It is clear, therefore, that the stocks, which have been at a low ebb for several years at the opening of the beet season, will, at the beginning of October, 1893, have reached an almost vanishing point, if supplies and deliver- ies are on the same seale as last year. In that case, and especially if the beet crop of 1893-94 proved a late one, we might for a few weeks have an actual and great searcity of sugar. These circumstances no doubt became obvious to the shrewd speculators connected with sugar more speedily than to the general trade, and they are such as to justify a portion of the rise that took place, though that may have been carried too far at the close. The drought upon the continent, which was, of course, entirely unexpected, at the beginning of the late rising move- ment in sugar, greatly aggravated it by threatening to compromise the coming beet crops for 1893-94. The weather has now, however, changed. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. OR SALE—ONE OF THE FINEST AND best selected drug stocks in northern Mich igan, excellently located for business; in live town; brick building; steam heat and all modern improvements. Rent moderate; terms reason- able Address J. W. Balcom, Tawas City, Mich- igan 730 OR RENT—THE NEWLY FITTED STORE at 88 Canal street. Suitable for a hardware, stationery or clothing store. First-class location in center of business part near court house, next door to best paying drug store in the City. Twenty-four feet front and 100 feet deep, high ceiling, etc. For terms apply to 239 Jefferson avenue, Grand Rapids. 731 OR SALE—HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY —One of the best paying mercantile busi- nesses in Michigan for amount of capital re- quired. Store buildings with stock. Ask the Grand Rapids traveling men about my business, then write me for particulars. Reason for sell- ing, an invalid wife makes a change necessary. Address H. W. King, East Jordan, Mich. 729 OR SALE OR RENT—STORE BUILDING at Sparta. Tip-top place for hardware. Address No. 726, care Michigan Tradesman. 726 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 ro: A. M. LeBaron, 65 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. 702 OR SALE-—STOCK OF GROCERIES FOR eash; also store building and lot, including two dwelling houses, on time. Address No. 691, care Michigan Tradesman. 691 LEGANT OFFER—IT’S NO TROUBLE TO find drug stocks for sale, but you generally “find a nigger in the fence.’’ I have an elegant drug business forsale; stock about $4,000; bright, clean and oldest established trade. Prominent location; brick building; stone walk; rent mod- erate; city 30,000; reasons for selling made known, Suit yourself about terms. Address quick, John K. Meyers, Muskegon, Mich. 670 MIs¢ ELLANEOUS. NENT FREE—My 44-page catalogue of Win- tO dow Dressing Supplies will tell you how to trim your show windows. Harry Harman, Room 1204, Woman’s Temple, Chicago. 728 ANTED—I WANT A BOOT AND SHOE stock in exchange for a sawmil, camp out- fit, 400 acres of land and 1,500,000 hardwood and hemlock timber. James McDonald, Benton Harbor, Mich. TD POT CASH FOR WOOD—SEND FULL PAR- ticulars as to price and kind of wood. 6% eee cows ‘ “ “ 5 oe 1% . “ r So 844 ina ie a... a “ , ,..... a . Co 11% r _ a... _ . Be 13% CARPET WARP. Peerless, white......15 eee colored, . .20 colored ....20 |White S —.......- 18 Peery ... «. 19% American ..... a C—O THREADS, Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's .......... 81 Coar, J.a°P.......05 tareeeire.... .....- 81 peayere........- 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored a £6... - me M.......2 42 - 2... et 38 43 ee oi ....u. 39 44 . 2... a ¢” @w....... 45 CAMBRICS, Slater. . esse ewe cece ts OO White Star......... 4% \Lockwood.... .. ... 4% aoe eee... 4%|Wood’s ietce O Newmarket......... 4% Brunswick ........ 4% RED FLANNEL. Fireman...... ..... —— a RY Creedmore.... ee Talbot XXX . ‘oo 6 am -35 eee... ..-.... 27% Pummeye.... ....-... 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid. -40 ee oe Ww ..-...... 17% oes &...... -..... aiwemern W ......... 18% Waee....-. .--+.- eee me ...........,.., 18% Gon Wostern........ 20 {Flushing XXX...... 23% Cie &........... 22%|Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL. Nameless ..... 8 9 a 9 on le 8%@10 oo CANVASS AND PADDIN Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate aoe. Black. 9% 9% 914/10% 4 10% | 10% 10% 10%) 11% 11% 11 11% 11% 11%}12 12 12 12% 12% — 20 20 Severen, 8 oz........ o% TWest ‘Point, 8 - ---10% Mayland, Soks..... 10 ‘10 . ...26 Greenwood, pa oz.. 9% ae _—....... 13% Greenwood, 8 o “11% ee 13% Bone, 6 Gs......... 10%|Boston, 10 oz........ 12% WADDINGS. ae oee......... 25 |Per bale, 40 dos....88 50 Coed, Gon........ ~— aes «CL... 7 50 SILESIAS. Slater, Iron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket.......... 10% Cross... 9 on ces oo ee _ ee eee... .... .... 10% ~ Beet cs. i2i Valley “City i 10% Dice cl cay eee i, 10% Se 8% SEWING SILKE. Corticelli, doz....... 85 (Corticelli pee, twist, doz. .4( per oz ball...... 50 yd, doz. .40 HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS, No ! Bl’k & White. = No : BI’k & White. 2 “ ; “ “B . 0 nig = RS No S20, M O....... 3 [f° 4—15 F 3%...... we 3—18, 8 C........ TTON TAPE. No 2 White & BI. 12 No 8 White & BI’k..20 - 2 * _——_— Fo - a “ 6 “ ie oe 723 oe ae SAFETY PINS. eGo. ol Me UO ei 3 NEEDLES—PER M. a. om. See ern ae 1 40|Steamboat.... ...... 0 Crowely’s....... .... [ee 7 oe.......... 1 50 Marsh ie eee [ oer... ........- 1 00 TABLE OIL CLOTH 5—4....225 64.. 195 6—4...2 95 Se * oe ee. Cotton Sail Twine.. ER ici bees cau 18 ee Rising Star 4-ply....17 ome... 18 ee sae eee... mS ert Sier.......... 20 Bristol . Wool Standacd 4 we % Powhattan PLAID OSNABURGS PR oo osc ccc %|Mount Pleasant.... 6% A 6 ov poche a cous 5 BN ccc cl. 7 Oe ious... 5% eee 6 eeaienenain eee ewes 6 Geor, = ieee ples ioe 6%4|Riverside........... 5g EOD ee eens ox ee Ae cs ky 6g Haw River PS eet OE io ca eee oi 5 We are state agents for the People's Typewriter. Retail price, $2O each. Agents wanted in every town in the state. EATON, LYON & 00. Booksellers and Stationers, 20 & 22 MONROE ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Cuas. B. Kesey, Pres. E. B. Seymour, Sec’y. J. W. HANNEN, Supt. OOK INDING co. ‘“‘Chieago”’ Linen Hinge and Mullins Patent Flat Opening Books. SPECIAL BOOK BINDING. Telephone 1243. 89 Pearl street, Old Houseman Block, Grand Rapids, Mich. “the Kent.’’ Directly Opposite Union 1) pot. AMERICAN PLAN RATES, $2 PER DAY STEAM HEAT AND ELECTRIC BELLS FREE BAGGAGE TRANSFER FROM UNION DEPOT. BEACH & BOOTH, Props, AYLAS SOAP Is Manufactured only by HENRY PASSOLT, Saginaw, Mich. For general laundry and family washing purposes. Only brand of first-class laundry soap manufactured in the Saginaw Valley. Having new and largely in- creased facilities for manu- facturing we are well prepar- ed to fill orders promptly and at most reasonable prices. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. . another, when you can as easily give him your time at once as later. If you are not busy it cannot affect you, and may be the means of helping him make an early train and save stopping over for hours. This may appear too accommo- dating, yet the average salesman would do far more to get some little item to in- clude in your order, in accommodation to you, when in the city. If you are notin need of goods it can be politely, yet firmly, stated, and in such a manner as will prevent ‘hanging on.”? There is a way of saying ‘‘no” by the dealer and a persuasive ‘‘yes” by the salesman which oftentimes leads to a sale, and which has established the idea, in the minds of some agents, that in order to be a good traveling man you must “stick” to your man and not let him bluff you. This practice, in vogue years ago, at times would win, but yery rarely now. ‘‘No’’ should’ mean ‘‘no,” but it should not be spoken so quickly unless the dealer is certain that he has no use for the goods offered. A REFUSAL TO LOOK AT SAMPLES. If time can possibly be found to do so, a refusal to look at samples is a mistake, often followed by a serious regret, espe- cially when it is found that your compet- itor has secured the sale of a bright, new and novel article—a ready seller. Your customers want it, and you had the first offer of securing its sale. Yet, through carelessness, a lack of common courtesy, or call it what you will, you are now compelled to search the market, giving time and money to secure that which was carried to your door. Itis not always convenient to examine ples, we admit, yet if the dealer has a dis- position soto do the times are rare in- deed when he cannot contribute a few moments from his regular routine to the profitable work of examining a line of samples that have, at times, been carried hundreds of miles for bim to see. These samples represent the stock in trade of thousands of dollars involved, the welfare of hundreds of families, the best thoughts of the most skilled artisans in the land; they are the hope of the job- ber, the pride of the salesman, and life, home and comfort to the consumer. Manufacturers are striving, with their best energies exerted, to excel and fur- nish their jobbers with goods of a qual- ity superior to that yet attained by their competitors. This necessitates contin- ual, deep, earnest thought, all of which is lightly carried, yet carefully cherished, in the little ‘grip’ of the ‘‘drummer.” Need we ask, will it pay to look at sam- ples? There is a lesson in each one of them, a story of numerous disappoint- ments crowned by success in every ar- ticle; a new knowledge gained of prog- ress, art and mechanism; a firmer in the possibilities of the future anda better understanding of what the world is doing in your special line of trade. THE DEALER’S CREDIT. The important factor, especially in re- mote and rural districts, is, to a consid- erable extent, dependent upon statements furnished by salesmen. While the sev- eral commercial reports are largely used to determine this matter, yet it is true that when possible to gain facts through their own representative a jobbing house places greater reliance upon his estimate as to the financial standing of the mer- chant than they doin the continued re- ports of all the agencies. Great trouble, distress and worry cap be readily forced belief sam- upon a dealer by thoughtless or unserup- ulous remarks from the salesman, and it is amatter of vast import, especially to the poor, but honest dealer, that his good name be handled carefully. Of course, there are whose manner and method of doing business is best known to salesmen in general, and we will re- mark they are not slow at *‘catching on.” However, the fact that a dealer does not buy from a salesman is no excuse what- ever for the latter showing malignancy. This dealer may have some particular salesman, with whom it is to his advan- tage to deal. He should treat the matter as one of the ‘‘thistles’’? in his business, and try to secure customers equally as **solid’’ for himself. WHEN TO BUY. This question is a matter hard to de- termine. When in need of goods, neces- sity compels buying at once, but if prices are not known to be right, the quantity bought may regulated to present needs. We have known dealers to buy goods in July, for September delivery, and have awakened to the fact that a good profit had been lost by buying too soon, and again we have known times when July prices could not be duplicated in September. While considerable reli- ance may be placed upon the representa- tion of an honorable salesman, as to the probable advance or decline in prices, yet, generally speaking, the best results come from the merehant’s own careful consideration and conclusions. Before it is necessary for him to buy in quantity it is advisable to ask different houses for discounts, or best net prices, upon the receipt of which he will know how to in- telligently handle the quotations given him by the salesman. However, better prices from the house than the salesman can quote are a rarity. He not only knows the lowest margin his house will accept, but is thoroughly posted on the prices of all his competitors. As a rule, it is safe to place your order in his care, and it should be attended to at a time in advance of actual need as will admit of some little delay, without creating the annoyances and vexations hurried orders when the trade is on. L. S. BONBRAKE. —————~ -- <<. ___— dealers be The purchasing power of a dollar is not measured by the cents it contains, but rather by the sense of its possessor. When You Cet —, Buying rubbish, send for ou r 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, AUGURS AND BITS. dis. oo 60 Cee. see 49 Jennings’, womuine...... ..........-.-...... 25 Jennings’, imitation ...................-. «- 50&10 AXES. First Quality, So Bh Wie. .........-...... $7 60 DE ereee.......-.......... oe ' oe cease ee 8 60 ‘ DB Stee 13 50 BARROWS. dis. aaa 8 14 00 oes. oo. net 30 00 RULTS. dis. Stov 3 Deus cee ewe. 50a 10 ( carriage ET 75&10 Fe ce ba dikes wei Siaeaveese 40&10 Sleigh es cto eee 70 BUCKETS, Wem nine... .-. $350 (eT! 4 00 — Cast, = gle a ee Wrought Narrow, bright Gest joint.......... b0e.0 incident to) Wrought Loose Fin.........................- 60&10 HAMMERS. Wecme (One. GO&10 | Maydole & Co."s...... 2.20. -cces.eeee dis. 25 Wrought Inside Blind.....................-- ee ees... os. dis. 25 Wrougnt Brags. ... 2... oe oe eee eee ose ee Yerkes & Plumb’s dis, 40410 Blind, Clark’s.... 7&6 Mason's Solid Cast Steel... . 800 list 60 Blind, Parker’s..... : 70&10 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand....30c 40&10 Blind, Secperee -....-......... 70 HINGES. BLOCES. -_ “eres 1 2 es ................. oe er Ce oz, ne 3 Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892. . €O&10 Screw Hook and Strep, to 12 in. 4% 14 and CRADLES. eee 3% . 2 Screw Hook and | Eye, Wee cec cence ee ceees net 10 awe... 8... dis. 50&02 aa. CROW BARS. ——- _ 2. ae ee per 5 : . © Se net 7% CAPS. OE Ee dis. i 50 1 . HANGER is. at . aE | = Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 oe + el ee ee ee.................. 60&10 TE eee eee . 60 sae la eae =e ay eter ttenaee | aM HOLLOW WA CARTRIDGES. aa a we eee ae eee ce 6CO&10 OO EE O07) Weseree................ cee, Coe ee dis. & ene os eae aera RNR EGaS Gai —_— ray ename a. Siesiass thine ain oe os House FURNISHING @ooDs. ee Oe aos eee settee eee ett e ee cer ee eee e ee eees ae Grenite Iron Ware ............... new list 5334 &10 EE WIRE GOODS. Butchers’ Tanged Firmer....-....... -..--. ia ee 708108610 COMBS. dis. oe ao... ree ae Curry, Lawrence’s..... 40 oe 10810 ae § Gate Hooks and Byes............... 70&10&10 ——— lt eee 2 L 8. ‘ CHALE. Stanley Rule and Level Cos eeu ae Dh i” White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 ROPES. COPPER, Saeed 46 Pace onc larees .................... 9 Planished, 14 o7 cut to size... .. per pound 28 | Mautlla.......... en vanes. eae “ao 14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ................ 26 | steel and Iron . on cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ..........- 23 | Pry and Bevels. a a are BL Gold Rolled: tenes eo > Sakae es . a 25 os oa ° — dis. ouEET as Smooth. Co Was e Ot Siegee ........_............... Witci tint ee “7-4 Taper and straight Shank........... a el 4 05 2 05 Meroe TOGCE MUON Oe ee Pe 4 05 3 05 DRIPPING PANS. Nos, 22 to 2A a 4 05 3 15 Small since, scr pound ...................--. 07 ge ta dh ba , os : = Large sixes, per pound...... ......... -+++. 6% All sheets No. 18 and ‘light er, ‘over 30 Inches ELBOWS. wide uot less than 2-10 extra Com. 4 piece, 6In........ Doles ce dos. net 7% SAND PAPER. Gee i eee is 40 ee dis, 50) a ee eee ee en ASH CORD. — —— Sliver Lake, White a eS HHIOE IE. st 56 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Dabs... “ 55 Clark’s, small, 818; large, $26.... 30 “ a Ny ‘ 5G Ives’, 1, $18: 2, 624; 3,050 ................... 25 us ee ‘ BE FILES—New List. dis. “ wee “ 35 Pee Ol pai ' New American ..... -.. 2+ see eeeeee sees oe 6010 ' SASH WEIGHTS. ee le ae ro ta Renews Horse Haape .. ......-.-..-........ 50 “ Moe 2 GALVANIZED IRON. i Specie a Bone grees per —_, i. TW > P ' pecial Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 5S” Noa. 16 to 20; tt and M; Band %; ZB - cial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 Lists 2 2 14 15 i“ 1 — Discount, 60 . < pion and Electric Tooth X UGES. dis. Cuts, per toot aaa a en eee aa eee es nie 30 Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s. is a bs ie KNoss—New List. dis. | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Door, mineral, jap. trimmings ..... cee ee cee 55/ Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 70 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ OO Mone, CHONG 18c per dos Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55} Mouse, delusion.............. 81.50 per dos. Door, porcelsin, tr — 55 wa dis Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. ‘ OO re 65 LOCKS—DOOK. 8. 1 ly 7 Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Sama See mer ALE A a Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’8..........-+-+++++- SOCEM 62% Branford Es 55 serpea re Spm Gta 50) orw: Wececccses pnb a 55 Barbed Fence, —— a . 20 » SES SENSEI NOS 816.00, dis. 60 payee eT Hunt Bye.........--..- sees ee ernie $15.00, dis. 66) Au Sable................. 0.65. en dis. 40&10 nee ---, 818.50, dis. =" ee dis. Sperry & Co.'s, Post, [on 4 a Northwestern...... Pierre reiaagy dis. _" Coffee Packers we dir. _ Baxter's Adjustable, ee a0 'p ge ne rg ml a ll lds cg aces dean eens : au 8. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables... 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, nem. ee i Landers, Ferry & Clark’s......--.... = Coe’s Patent, malleable..... eT MOLASSES GATES. “dis. | Bird Cages . eae —— a a Stebbin’s Pattern...................- ee 60&10 Pumps, Cistern sds. .. mae Stebbin’s Genuine.................-..-....-- 66&10 | Screws, New Lisi...... ete Enterprise, self-measuring.........--. --++ 25) Casters, Bed a a a wane NAILS Dampers, American mene Advance over base, on both Steel and ~~ Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods... “er &i0 Steel malls, DAKE........0.0. veces oe cocee 50 METALS, Wire nalls, —... 1 801 380 AO 5 Ce _— —— Oe 26¢ TE 5, | Pig Bars..... .... 252. ceeee ee eeee ee sees 28¢ . . ate aaah Rene RTE 35| Duty: Sheet, 20 per pound. CE eee 45 | 000 pound CasKS.........-.......--se sees eee 6% a 45 {| Per pound............-.---.-eeee ee eee ee 7 10. 50 SOLDER. ee 60 40% Wi ahaa ea a Me 16 EE RE PE yes ant lon gbeh gg npadt bento oie ganmatsh se 15 4 90| The prices of the many other qualities of eG 1 29 | Solder in the market indicated by private brands ee i 60 | Vary according to composition. Ee us 1 60] coor. ee 4 ee eee eee duel em eat eon ae “ 8 5 ici i 13 ee bo nen onabe. Finish 10 eee ves] eet ie Ic, Charcoal Be ak Wee a ade uue dak wii t : ee an ‘i Te Sec nica sain tiniciala aisle sit io 10x 1X, . Te su 9 25 (Bones eee eres ee eee cette eens ee q = Clinehs 10... - 2... eee eee eee ee eee 70 ee cade onal X on this grade, : ee = eased yy TS 93 1021410, Charcoal... 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Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY tae — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and nddress, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address, Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. <2 When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1893. THE CHICAGO FAIR. The great Columbian Exposition has been open now for a month, and it must be admitted that avery general feeling of disappointment is becoming apparent coneerning the results that have so far been achieved. In the first place, the work of getting the exhibits in some- thing like a proper shape has proceeded slowly and unsatisfactorily, and there has been a very noticeable lack of en- thusiasm, both on the part of the exhib- itors and the management, which is not calculated to remove the unfavorable im- pression produced by the condition of the enterprise on the day of opening. The attendance has not been satisfac- tory to date, in spite of the efforts made in certain quarters to create a contrary impression. This small attendance does not, however, indicate a lack of interest on the part of the people in the enter- prise, but it does show the ill effects of the tardiness in getting the Fair into perfect shape. The impression having gone abroad that every thing would not be in perfect order until well on in June, large numbers of people have post- poned an intended visit to Chicago until later in the season. The most serious consequence of the tardiness in preparation and the compar- atively small attendance has been the bad impression created abroad. It was generally hoped that tbe attractions at Chicago this summer would draw a very considerable travel to this country from Europe and other parts of the world. It is by no means certain that the influx of strangers will not yet take place, but at the same time the fact must not be lost sight of that the reports which have gone abroad from Chicago have not produced a satisfactory impression, and unless this feeling is counteracted by prompt reports that the exhibits are all in place, and the work of preparation entirely fin- ished, it is possible that the effect upon the influx of foreign ib- deed, be unfavorable. As to the merits of the display there is but one verdict as to its vastness and the elaborate character of the buildings and the grounds, but, necessarily, the confu- visitors may, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. sion that has prevailed in getting things ready has greatly detracted from the merits of the Fair, and until everything is in place it will be impossible to make a just comparison with other interna- tional exhibitions. SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS. There have been such constant rumors as to the exact date to be fixed for the special session of Congress that every- body believes is to be called, that noth- ing but an official announcement on the subject will decide the matter. The first report fixed Oct. 1 as the proba- ble date, but later Sept. 1 has been ac- cepted as the more reasonable time. Quite recently, however, an even earlier time has been talked of, and all during last week reports were in circulation to the effect that the President would call Congress together about Aug. 1. Although no denials have emanated from Washington that a special session for Aug. 1 was contemplated, neverthe- less, it is very evident that no official ut- terances on the subject have been forth- coming. It is very clear, however, that the real cause for these constant rumors is the growing belief in the pressing ne- cessity for an extra session, and the more this necessity becomes apparent the earlier does public anxiety fix the date for calling Congress together. When the matter of an extra session was first spoken of it was generally thought that tariff revision would be the main matter proposed for the considera- tion of our legislators, but gradually monetary questions assumed equal im- portance in public estimation with the tariff, and more latterly they gained the ascendancy over all other considerations because of the disturbance to financial affairs which has existed as a result of the silver legislation now on the statute books. At the present moment, therefore, there exists quite a general belief that while tariff measures will doubtless be included in the call for a special session, financial questions will be given prece- dence. It is also believed that President Cleveland will strongly urge the repeal of the Sherman silver law. STRONG POSITION OF SUGAR. The announcement of the existence of cholera in Eurepe, together with the probability that further reports of cases of the disease will be received as the warm season advances, has addeda new element of strength to the market for cane sugar. It is clear that the existence of cholera in Europe would shut off the demand for beet sugar, owing to the dis- inclination to use sugar coming from cholera-infected ports and to the possi- ble difficulties that would be put in the way of the prompt delivery of such sugar by quarantine restrictions. It is now known that the Cuban crop is even smaller than had been expected, and that, asa consequence, the United States will be deprived of the usual amount of supplies from that source. Should the beet sugar stock be rendered unavailable, owing to the cholera, it will readily be seen that there would be serious reason to apprehend a scarcity of sugar towards the end of the sum- mer. Even irrespective of the cholera scare, the statistical position of sugar is a strong one. The visible stocks are very much smaller than they have been at this time in several years past. Cuban crop being very short, and the growing beet crop very backward, with a possibility of turning out badly, owing to the poor start made, the outlook for supplies is none of the brightest in any event. There is, therefore, a good prospect that prices will rule very firm for a con- siderable time, irrespective of the chol- ery scare; but should there be an out- break of the dread disease in Europe, prices in America would be considerably advanced even above the figures that the statistical position would appear to war- rant. In the removal of J. L. MeCauley from the position of Secretary of the Michigan Knights of the Grip and the election of L. M. Mills to take his place, the Board of Directors have probably saved the organization from disruption and disas- aster, which would surely have followed had the lax administration of the deposed officer been permitted tocontinue. Mut- terings of dissatisfaction have been heard from all sides, owing to the peculiar manner in which the former Secretary conducted his affairs—or failed to con- duct them—and further delay would, in all probability, have proven fatal. The selection of Mr. Mills—who was the first Secretary and the second President of the organization and one of its founders —will do much to restore the confidence which the Association enjoyed under the administration of Messrs. Mills and Bush and retrieve the good name which other officers have labored hard to make for the organization. THe TRADESMAN congratulates the Association on the ex- change of incompetency for competency and shall look for good results, both in increase in membership and the renewed fidelity of those who had grown luke- warm through disgust at the vacillating policy of the former Secretary. A Washington, D. C., jury has just awarded damages against the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Co. on a very novel plea. If the decision stands, it will give a world of trouble to the railroads. The plaintiff alleges that his health was dam- aged by the noise made by thé defend- ant’s trains, which passed his house, and that he had not had a good night’s sleep for months. He also said that the nox- ious smells caused by the company were intolerable to him. The defendant’s at- torney thought that a young man ought to get used to these things in time, but plaintiff’s lawyer said that his client cer- tainly had a right to his comforts at home, even if he were young. The jury thought so, too, and gave a verdict of $500 for the plaintiff. If one can recover damages froma railroad for making a noise, there are thousands of people who have a good case against them. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence. New York, June 3—Philadelphia, being a suburb of this city, I regard it quite within the scope of this correspond- ence to offera word of sympathy to L. W. Buckley over the disastrous termina- tion of his candy exposition at Philadel- phia Horticultural Hall. Mr. Buckley had worked hard and spent much time in getting up the exposition. It was the first of the kind ever held in this coun- try, and had been successfully conducted. The loss to exhibitors is about $25,000, and the building was worth $80,000. Some of our food expositions could have been better spared. Some of our leading retailers, in addi- The j tion to the beautiful decorations in the shape of hand-painted cannisters and elegant scales, which are marvels of the maker’s art, are adding departments where the teas and coffees can be sam- pled by intending purchasers. It is al- together likely that such things have been current in Grand Rapids and other places for some time; itis only men- tioned here to show that the march of improvement always strikes New York— be it sooner or later. One thing which is bothering some of our retailers is the increasing trade of the great bazars. It is a fact that one of the greatest of these purchases far more groceries than any retail grocery in town, and a universal wail is going up— no, not universal, but, nevertheless, a wail. One of the bazars, it is reported, has placed an order with one salesman for 5,000 cases of California canned fruits of this season’s packing, and this isa sample of the way they make pur- chases. The Saturday half holiday is being ushered in, and it is one of the most benificent institutions ever granted to hard working humanity. It is but a question of a few years when it will be observed the year round, as it is now in London. We expect to feel as proud over our cable road on Broadway as a boy with a new knife. One effect the road will have will doubtless be to place tenants in stores along that thoroughfare that have been too long empty. The tide of travel has been so diverted from Broadway to Sixth avenue of late years that the former street has lost a yreat deal of its prestige. The store of Hilton, Hughes & Co., originally A. T. Stewart’s, has doubtless lost a good deal of custom for this reason, but with the advent of the cable road, probably most of this will return, for the . store is the best arranged in the country, and in none is the service better, and better value given for the money spent. This is the leading one that will benefit, but there are many others that will come in for a share of the in- creased travel on Broadway. Conservative estimates of the profits of the American Sugar Refineries Com- pany at present place the sum at from $80,000 to $100,000 per day. This will keep the wolf from the door, and yet no consumer can complain of the price of sugar. What article of such common use and necessity is socheap? Even if it goes up to the highest anticipated point it will bring no hardship. The market for raw sugar is firm, with sup- plies here of 104,112 bags, and 3,964 hogsheads, against 540,800 bags and 2, 779 hogsheads last year. Granulated is in strong demand, which is daily grow- ing larger. Coffee continues firm and No. 7 Rio is quoted at 173¢¢e. Milds, as well as Bra- zils, are very well held, Maracaibo fetch- ing 17}¢ @ 21e, according to quality and condition. Mocha is firmly held at 21 @ 22¢. Lemons, oranges and bananas are sell- ing slowly although the demand for the latter is fair and growing better. Pine- apples are selling well at unchanged prices, $5@16 per hundred. There is some dried fruit being sent from here West, 300 boxes of California raisins being sold for Chicago. Prices are low—as low, in fact, as they are likely to be. Janned goods are in no great demand, unless it be for tomatoes, which are sell- at $1.25@1.30 for 3-lbs, and 90ce@$1 for No. 2. Corn is held at $1@1.25 for New York and $1.15@1.35 for Maine. In the butter market a better feeling prevails, but we cannot count on over 19c for very best State or Elgin. Cheese is selling slowly and for large size full cream, not more than 9%e can be ob- tained. Smaller sizes may bring 'e more. New potatoes are driving out imported articles, although 3,000 bags came from Antwerp Thursday. New are held at $2.50@3.25 per bbl, and old domestic at $1.621¢@2. New Bermuda, $4@4.50. On the whole, the grocery trade seems to be improving slightly, and while it might be better, we are thankful it is It promises to be a good year JAY. no worse. from now on. PetH MICHIGAN ‘TRA DESMA ™. 9 FALSE PRIDE AND ITS RESULTS. Uriah Heep was a creature that went through life absolutely lacking in the essential of self-respect. He rubbed his moist — unpleasantly moist—hands one over the other, swal- lowing insults pretty much as a chame- leon on a fence would swallow flies, and admitted on all occasions his humble be- lief that everybody was superior to him- self. Not any man can expect to stand well with his community for long unless he also stands well with himself. In some unguarded moment he will betray his true valuation, just as a robe blowing aside discloses the possession it was meant to conceal or imply. Once upon atime there was a bishop who had six suspicious and objectionable curates and who did not know how to get rid of them. He sent each one an anonymous letter, saying: ‘‘All is discovered. Flee.” And they all fled! It was the old, old truth, when con- science calls the roll there is something in us stronger than the lie, stronger than flattery, stronger than self-deception, that makes us answer to our right names and take our true places. Some man once said serenely that he never really minded being left alone, because then he was certain at least he would be in the society of a gentleman. Some men drop the habit, even the vuter crust of the gentleman, the mo- ment the door closes between them and the outer world. The pretended philan- thropist lets the true miser in him gloat, the sniveling praise monger lets her true, jealous venom escape, and un- masked, alone sits in a shameful silence, with that grim unavoidable shadow on the hearth. What an intolerable pas- sion of disrespect that creature must have for himself who knows that the true man in himis puny and less than all that pomp of feathers and fuss and protestation that the world applauds. It is like the soldier boasting of prowess he never had. He takes the honor, ac- knowledges the applause, but, oh, how sick in his soul is he that it is not truly hisown glory. Nothing would be so fine and beautiful and soothing to him as the right to take a pride in his own rec- ord, and to feel even when alone that he must be the brave gentleman, because he was a brave gentleman. Perhaps pride is as wholesome and in- vigorating a sentiment as weak mortality can cultivate. It is good to teach the malleable nature of a child how to be proud. He must be proud of his un- blemished name, proud of his rigbt to be a gentleman, proud of his manly oppor- tunity, always daily offered, to be loyal and protecting to women, proud of blue blood in his veins, and I take it that after all blue blood only means true blood. When we see a fine, wholesome, sturdy young fellow stepping down the street, we must stand off and admire. He isa proud young fellow and he takes pride all unconsciously in his good digestion, in his long, strong arms, his clear con- science, in his steady nerve; such pride that keeps him strong in the courage not to abuse his physical casket, not to tar- nish his untarnished name, not to lower his high ideal of true manhood. But what ashock isin store for this young fellow at his first jostle with the world. He grows ashamed of his muscle if he must heave a box with it; he feels /proud to carry her own baby. he drags his proud name in the dust if he signs it to a “‘lowly’’ occupation; he finds debt more honorable in his social circle than a shabby coat and a patch on the seat of his trousers. Not long agoa sweet, foolish young mother boasted to me that her little 4- year-old baby had criticised herself and its father and pronounced them ‘‘tacky’’ because they had carried home the market basket. “Oh, sheis a proud little thing, I can tell you,” exclaimed the mother, smiling. | nas But it does not occur to me that any mother ought to be glad over that sort of pride—seeding in the heart of her child a pride that disecountenances honest labor, that makes poverty a sorer hurt, and loses aman that simple, sweet, direct faith in what is true and real that is bet- ter than titles, epaulettes, and sashes. Do not in the end all of us have to learn | that two-thirds of the world must carry market baskets, and that the brutal, cai- culating, practical majority, unspoiled by snobbisness, long ago decided that it is only tacky when tke contents of the basket are owed for and its mission is greed? Truly, it would seem that the finer way would be to regard any honorable service as natural as nature, as liable as breath- ing. I mighc be ashamed, being a true lady, to sit in the dirt, but what sort of false exultation is that which makes me too fine to cleanse and beautify a temple for the goddess? The wife of a $60 a month clerk is too She was not to proud to bear it! But then, we must remembereven an apostle grew ashamed of his sweet, humilated Master, and denied him. A woman will boast that she is too proud to carry a bundle. Two proud of what? Has she forgotten that original good pride was being proud of physical strength, to carry loads, to vanquish men, to usea tree as a staff; proud of doing more work better than other men, of having the most valor, the most truth, the most courage, the most endurance? How are we dwindled when we are come to being proud of being proud! With some persons, if we should inves- tigate, we should find that the so-called pride is only pretense. There are young girls—the result of silly mothers and bad associates—who are too proud to wear the same dresses two seasons; and there are others with a false pride, the evil pride of the snob, who think ita true aristocracy to laugh at the girl, be- little the heart of her, question the merit of her, deny the rights of her, all be- cause of the clothes of her! It is a bad sign when a silk dress can mend a mind diseased. When the priest gets up to tell his message as he has got it from God, he is not disturbing him- self to remember, I must surpass myself to-night; I must do the best I can, so that my name will be in the public mouth. He does not think of that at all. Audience to him is of the least value. The coat is not of the paramount impor- tance. There is an integrity of riches, and an integrity of character. The rich woman serenely wears a calico gown, and the priest, whose pure life is indis- putable, unconsciously stopsin a door- way to comfort a drab. The other day a lady, merciful toa merciful beast, asked a gentleman to give it a bucket of water. He declined. He was too proud to standin the public MICHAEL KOLB & SON, Wholesale Clothing MOnulacturers, ROCHESTER, N. Y. The oldest firm in the city of Rochester. ESTABLISHED 36 YEARS. 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Buy them of Briefly stated, it has the following advantages over a surgical operation or any other pile cure: It is absolutely painless; it contains no mineral poisons nor in- jurious substance; it gives immediate relief from the first application; it can be carried in the pocket and used while traveling or anywhere without the slightest inconvenience or interference with business; and, last, but not least, it is cheap, costing but a trifle. The following letters speak for themselves and need no comment except to say we have hundreds of similar ones and could fill this paper with them if necessary: GENTLEMEN—Your Pyramid Pile Cure is without an equal; it cured me in 30 days or a much shorter time. I waited 15 days or more to be sure I was cured be- fore writing you, and can now say I have not the slightest trace of piles and am much surprised at the rapid and thorough effect of the remedy. Truly yours, J. W. Rollins, Marmaduke Military Academy, Sweet Springs, Mo. From J. W. Waddell, Zulla, Va.—I amacured man. I only used one package of the Pyramid Pile Cure and | can state to the whole world that it has cured me, and I had them so bad I 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. Mrs. Mary C. Tyler, of Heppner, Ore., writes—One package of Pyramid Pile Cure entirely cured me of piles from which | had suffered for years, and I have never had the slightest return of them since. Mr. E. O’Brien, Rock Bluffs, Neb., says—The package of Pyramid Pile Cure entirely removed every trace of itching piles. I cannot thank you enough for it. Ask your druggist for the Pyramid Pile Cure, and a single trial will convince you that the reputation of this remedy was built up on its merits as a permanent cure and not by newspaper puffery. It is the surest, safest and cheapest Pile Cure sold. {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. Badges SOCIETIES, CLUBS, CONVENTIONS, DELEGATES, COMMITTEES. For The Largest Assortment of Ribbons and Trimmings in the State. THE TRADESMAN CoO. 10 THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN thoroughfare and hold a bucket of aides ae Everything to them is opti- to the nose of a horse. There must have been in him some hostler trait that he did not want the world to know. Itis being patrician to do plebeian services | end by and by. | are simply if they come one’s way as duties | or opportunites. From the first fairy |their cash. | mistic. Soon cutting of prices and cruel competition appear, and the disastrous Now, when the accounts ballooned and everyone has the swollen head, the money owners want It does not come easy. tale until now the real princess has been | Things have got into the Argentine and | discovered, not by the coronet on her | | head, but the brave, loyal blood in her | veins, and the beautiful act, and the be- coming word. Nothing has so kept down the world as false pride. Weare afflicted with loads of people who, to pass the time, take boarders for company and ‘‘drum” for the sake of health. There are young men not too proud to beg a cigarette. but too proud to work for a dollar a day, not too proud to borrow, but too proud to earn. The child on our knee is proud of her silk dress and seeks not silken mannered children, but those who are silken robed like herself. The wife of our bosom boasts over her carriage company, apd peeps through the blinds to note if the neighbors have seen. A child stooped and tied another child’s | dead | | fancies. } shoe. “How could you do that?” said | the mother. ‘You should have been too proud.”? Oh, foolish mother, the only lowly stooping is when the mind gets down to evil thoughts, when the eyes of the soul looks down not up. when the act is to somebody’s shame or hurt. Carry your somebody’s bundle, oh one, stoop to your head-turning task, walk the public highway wiih your shabby friend, be humane to the dumb, gentle to the timid, welcome always to the real. That way honor lies. Oul!y the self-con- scious and the insecure are afraid to be individual. Wherever you sit make that the throne. Whatever your act make it the royal act. Teach the lesson: “Who sweeps a room as to thy law Makes that «nd the action fine.” CATHERINE COLE. _——>_—- Too Much Money. England more money than she knows how to use at home, so she is all the time sending it off by millions upon millions to all parts of the globe when interest can be earned. In 1888 to 1890 she couldn’t lavish enough upon the handful of people in the Argentine Re- public. England in those years ran wild over the big returns which were sure from her investments there. But it turned out to be a hole and not a bank —a hole without a bottom. And soit has been in Australia; there, too, big re- turns were in sight, and British gold couldn’t be sent off fast enough to get into the swim. Instead of the ship com- ing home with a rich cargo she has foundered, and there is general distress. At home among ourselves we have been suffering, are now suffering, from the disease of thinking that an excess of money is present or ultimate prosperity. Such is a great mistake, for we forget that too much of a good thing becomes very bad and breeds corruption and de- eay. Money is rightfully called the medium of exchange for the settlement of balances between the grower of wheat and the maker of ploughs. This is the way it works. By bankers and other money owners, when times are dull and the call for cash is slow and interest is hard to earn, money is offered in a tempting way to Tom, Dick and Harry. proud has T., D. and H. are tempted; they take and | Australian holes. It was ever so and | some one says it ever will be so. In these matters we have our sunrise, our noonday and the dark night. To-mor- row comes and the game goeson. And what shall we say further? This: Touch only the substantials. Avoid the Get in with men of character and properties of merit. When a cyclone comes it doesn’t topple down your stone house. It may hurt the orchard, but the family is safe. Too much money is a dangerous thing for a trading people or for family use. Poor human nature is so easily coaxed into dangers. And yet it remains true that the miscarried ven- tures of the daring, hither and yonder, ten years ago and in the ten years to come, work good in the main. The Great Eastern, where is she? A failure from the start, but a valuable lesson is she forall that. Horace Greeley put a good thousand dollars into old Erie, a cent of which was never gotten back. But for all that the buttermakers of the country and the applegrowers and the city consumers have been brought closer together in comfort and profit. And so it goes in every generation. Guo. K. Scorr. oe Selecting an Employer. From the Chicago Apparel Gazette. The amount of wages to be received should not be the only consideration in- volved when a clerk accepts a position with a retailer. He always has his best interests to look after and a reputation to build and protect. When a progres- sive merchant wishes to employ a man, he does not seek simply to get the cheap- est clerk on the market, but one who will serve his interests to the best of his abil- ity, sell his goods, and so please his cus- tomers with his courtesy and close and considerate attention to their wants as to induce them to come again. Somewhat similar motives should actuate a sales- man in his choice of an employer. He should always seek to only be connected with houses known fer honesty and square dealing, and which cater to the most enlightened demands of the public, carry fresh and complete stocks, and which do not misrepresent goods. This is a duty he owes both to himself and the public. If he be a conscientious. man and one imbued with the highest busi- ness principles, and has the right idea of true policy, it will be his desire only to handle goods that he can truthfully and honestly recommend to his patrons, or, if compelled to handle inferior goods, not to be required to claim for them mer- its they do not possess. If surrounded by such conditions, he knows that he stands a good chance of holding his cus- tomers, pleasing his employers, and that the value of his labor will be constantly increasing. Suchaclerk, if he combine with his other attainments a sincere, not artificial courtesy of demeanor and has evidently no other aim in life but to please his customers, naturally forms many friends among them. If he goes from one store to another, they will follow him with their patronage, because they know his principles, and reason that the store is a reliable one or he would not be- come connected with it. Then, too, they desire to still experience the kindly at- tention they have always received at his hands, and, perhaps, have learned to rely on his judgment to aid them in mak- ing purchases. Of course, such a man will soon create an active demand for his many services and he and his will prosper. Lansing Woodenware Company Are now ready for business with a full line of Woodenware and would ask for a small share of trade, and will endeavor, by fair dealing, to merit more. Lausing Woodenware Co., Lansing, Mich. HAVE YOU SkEN OUR CAT? CAT-A-LOGUE, WE MEAN —_——_0--—- SEND FOR ONE. 0 TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. F. H. WHITE, Manufacturers’ agent and jobber of PAPER AND WOODENWARE, 125 Court St., Grand Rapids, Mich. WayRe County Savings Bonk, Detroll, Mich. $500000 TO INVEST IN BONDS Issued by cities, counties, towns and school distriats 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. How to Keep a Store. By Samuel H. Terry. A book of 400 pages written from the experience and observation of an old merchant. It treats of Selection of Busi ness, Location. Buying, Selling. Credit, Adver tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships, ete. Of reat interest to every onein trade, $1.50. THE TRADESMAN CO., Ag’ts. Grand Rapids, Mich. 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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. THEH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. i UNPROFITABLE SHOPPERS. Women Who Order Goods with No In- tention of Taking Them. From the New York Sun. “Will you pay for the goods, madam?” The clerk who asked this question was looking with a rather wicked smile into the face of the customer. The latter was a woman of less than 30, well dressed and rather pretty, only her face was rather weak. It would have been evident to her before the question was asked, if she had observed the clerk’s manner at all closely, that the clerk was not treating her with the respect usually accorded to so generous a customer. She had produced the goods called for ina very perfunctory manner, had in no way attempted to urge her to buy, and had answered her questions shortly and in- differently. She had, in fact, spent most of her time in exchanging significant glances with a clerk across the aisle, and had deigned to look at the customer very rarely, and then always with that wicked smile which indicated a consciousness that something was likely to happen which would surprise the customer and afford great pleasure to her, the clerk. The woman had, indeed, been a gener- ous purchaser. Of the dozen bolts of silk piled upon the counter she had or- dered ample dress lengths from nine. Several times, in answer to her sugges- tion that the clerk had better cut off the quantities ordered for fear she might con- fuse them, the clerk had replied quietly that she had taken complete memoranda of the orders, and would see that they were properly filled. When the clerk asked the simple and usual question re- corded above the customer had been bending over the goods, examining some of them. Something in the tone of the clerk must have struck her as significant, for she looked up rather startled and stared at the clerk, whose face immedi- ately became as innocent and demure as a country lass’s. “No,”? said the customer, apparently reassured, **l wish them sent C. O. D.”’ The clerk’s smile immediately ap- peared again, only to be suppressed in- stantly. ‘‘What name did you say?” she asked. ‘Mrs. Henry Niles. Here is my card with address on it. The goods must be delivered to-night without fail, for I have a dressmaker coming in the morn- ing, and as she’s expensive I don’t want her sitting around doing nothing because your goods are delayed.” The woman started away. “Just one moment, please,’’ the clerk called to her, at the same time preducing a little memorandum book. The woman stepped back, and said tes- tily: ‘Well, what is it?” ‘“-We can’t send you these goods C. O. D., Mrs. Niles.”” . ‘**Why not??? demanded the woman, reddening and looking indignant and frightened at the same time. “Your name appears on our black list,’ replied the clerk, with vicious em- phasis. ‘**How dare you? What do you mean by insulting me?’ demanded the woman, desperately. “I am simply following instructions,”’ said the clerk calmly. ‘‘Mr. Jones!” Mr. Jones, the floor walker, hearing his name ealled, sauntered slowly up to where Mrs. Niles stood flushed and trem- bling. “If you have any complaint to make, Mrs. Niles,” said the clerk sardonically, “this is the floor walker.” “What is it, madam?’ said Mr. Jones in a business-like tone. ‘“This—this person has insulted me,” said Mrs. Niles. ‘‘Shehas said she won’t send my goods to me unless I pay for them now; that—that my name is on some list.’’ “What is the name?’ asked the floor walker in the same unemotional voice. “mrs. Henry Niles,’? said the clerk calmly, adding triumphantly in a sub- dued start.”’ Mr. Jones consulted his memorandum book. “The clerk is right,” he said to Mrs. Niles, ‘‘your name is on our black list. tone, ‘1 spotted her from the You have twice ordered large quantities of goods to be sent to your house C. O. D., and then you have refused to take them. By doing that you abused the privilege we extend to our customers of allowing them to wait until the goods are delivered before paying for them, and subjected us to great annoyance, and some loss. On that account we can’t al- low you to enjoy the privilege again. We are perfectly willing to wait upon you and to take your order at any time, but we cannot fill it without being paid in advance.” The woman turned pale and scarlet by turns while this was being said, and at its conclusion turned upon Mr. Jones with blazing wrath. “T will never come into this store again, and I’ll see that my friends hear of this gross outrage. I might have ex- pected this in such a cheap John place where they employ only the commonest labor. I guess Dll be able to have my orders filled elsewhere.” Mr. Jones bowed coldly but respect- fully and walked down the aisle, while Mrs. Niles turned and went out of the nearest door. “* ‘Good riddance to bad rubbish,’ say I,” said the clerk. ‘‘Didn’t I take her down fine, Mamie?’”’? The last was addressed to the clerk across the aisle. “Yes,” said the latter, ‘‘but I thought you was a goner, sure. She looked as if she could eat you up.’’ The reporter, who had witnessed the scene, asked the floor walker what its significance was. “In common with a good many other large dry goods houses,” he replied, ‘this one has found it necessary to pro- tect itself against shoppers who have no consciences. This woman is one of them. Twice she came here and ordered large quantities of goods. Some were dress goods, some were’ upholstery goods, and others were made up materi- als. The first two had to be cutin the lengths she ordered. She did not pay for these goods, and they were marked to be sent to the address she gave, the money to be collected there. Our col- lection on delivery or C. O. D. system is a very complicated affair. The goods have to be checked by half a dozen dif- ferent persons and entered in a number of books, and the driver to whom they are finally delivered is held responsible for them. Every time an article is re- turned it has to go through the same routine as before, only beginning at the otherend. It makesa great deal of work and costs a large amount of money, but it is a necessity in the present condition of shopping. There is no objection toa person’s returning goods if they are not as ordered, or even if they have been or- dered under a misapprehension. in fact, dry goods houses are very lenient in regard to the return of goods, and will often take them back without a word when no reason is given for their return. But there are some shoppers who order goods to be sentin this way when they know at the time that they will not keep them. They don’t care about the trouble and expense the firm is put to so long as they can indulge their whims and ca- prices. Of such persons this firm keeps a list, and once a name is put there, it is never removed, except for good and suf- ficient cause. “This woman’s name is on our list, and this is how it got there. On each of the occasions | mentioned her purchases comprised at least a dozen different ar- ticles, and the bill was over $100. The driver delivered the goods each time, and was kept waiting outside the door for fifteen minutes while she examined them. Then she said she didn’t want them; that she had changed her mind. The packages were all undone, and it took the driver another fifteen minutes to get them in such shape as to be able to put them back in his wagon with safety. Even then the things had been badly crumpled, and had to be reduced | in price in order to sell them, while the dress goods and other textile materials which had been cut to suit her had to be marked down and sold as remnants, be- eause nobody else wanted just lengths. in making his rounds by her, and this caused other customers to complain. those | The driver was greatly delayed | c 2 Have you Use for a High rade Laundry Soap? Made Expressly for iG Washing, Cleansin® xi Purifying, SILVER SOAP, MANUFACTURED BY It costs you S a ‘a 3 o i a a2 ~ a es > o na o 4 a ghts your patrons. on Write for full inf gee It con LP oa BE os t this plan. No premium ever offered draws nothing to adoy nereases your business, Strictly first class in all its details, with all latest improvements. If given asa sweep trade your way. centiodays. 5oocards and a punchfree. NATIONAL BOOK & PICTURE CO., CHICAGO. premium with $35.00 of Purchases, it will $18.00 per dozen, 30 days net, 3 per i | | A. 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Its policy isashort plain business contract, free from “ll objectionable clauses and conditions In 1892 it paid losse- to policy hold- ers and their beneficiaries amounting to $1,103,- 964, and had 22,607,675 in assets Jan. 1, 1893. The premiuni to merchants not handling goods and commercial travelers is for each #1,000 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. 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Then all these goods had to be checked back and re-entered in the various books, and had to be marked back in the stocks of the departments whence they came. The result was more delays and annoy- ance. We stood it once without saying anything, but after the second occur- rence her name went on the list, and that settles any more freaks of that sort, so far as she is concerned.”’ “Why did she do it?’ asked porter. “The reasons which inspire cranks like her are too numerous to mention,” replied the floor walker, *‘tand some are so queer you would hardly believe them. The foundation of all of them is pure the re- vanity. Several of these women had been trading here, and were all right until they got into the habit of shopping with their friends who had more money to spend than they. Then some crazy desire to show that they could order just as much as their rich ac- quaintance, caused them to buy regard- less of their purses. One of these women ordered over $400 worth of goods in one visit to this store, and I was told she or- dered equally large quantities at other stores. She was perfectly crazy in her desire to show off before her friends. As she didn’t have the money to pay for the goods she had ordered, of course she had to return them. The other woman wasn’t quite so bad, so far as value went, but she ordered something in about every department of our store. “Some women seem to have a mania for having delivery wagons stop in front of their houses. They don’t order large quantities, but they order something about every day, and return the larger part. The drivers say these women often sit in the windows waiting for the deliv- ery wagons to come, and when they ar- rive, look at their neighbors across the street to see if they are observing the fact. Idon’t see but such women are as crazy as any confined in asylums, and the sooner they are put there the better it would please us. ‘‘The very worst nuisances, however, are the women who insist upon looking at the goods, ostensibly for the purpose of seeing if they are just as ordered, and who delay our delivery wagons and paw over the goods until they are unfit for anything but the bargain counters. These women have a mania things and can’t control their desires. they had the courage they would steal theu:, but as they havn’t, por the money with which to buy them, they order them sent C. O. D. That gives them a chance to examine them while at the store, and again at their homes. “Equally annoying and even meaner are the women who order things so that they may get them home and get ideas from them for making some that are sim- ilar. These women order principally fancy articles, some of which are so del- icate that they are practically ruined by being handled by these women. If they were paid for in advance, we would not take them back in the condition in which they are returned, but as it is, of course we have to. “One of the most curious freaks that the C. O. D. business has developed is the gambling woman. She is the one who orders things she would like, but can’t pay for, on the gamblers’ theory that by the time the goods are delivered she may have the money to pay for them. Her husband may prove unusu- ally generous, or her parents, or grand- parents, uncles, sisters, cousins, or aunts may send her a check. Some of the women included inthis class have no husbands and are not beyond suspicion. Some are the wives of gamblers, and think that their husbands may have struck a lucky turn. “The most innocent, but not least annoying. are the women who order for their, friends. The other day a lady came in and ordered a nice set of dishes to be sent to a Mrs. Mason on Lexington avenue. The goods were to go C. O. D. The dishes cost $75, and were very deli- cate. They were sent to the address, and a servant met the driver at the door. ‘] don’t know anything about them,’ she said, ‘but 1] take them to Mrs. Mason.’ The dishes were in a large hamper, | have for pretty | If | packed in loose straw. The driver helped her take the hamper in, and waited about twenty minutes. Thena woman came out and said there must been a mistake, as she hadn't ordered them. ‘I’ve asked everybody in the house,’ she said, ‘but nobody seems to know anything about them.’ When the dishes got back here it was found that two plates had been broken. The set was imported from France, and was the last we had, so we couldn’t duplicate the plates, and the set was marked down to$60. “Several days later a lady came in and introduced herself as Mrs. Mason. ‘+ ‘How did it happen that those dishes were sent to me?’ she asked. “I called the clerk who had taken the order. She looked at her book, and there, sure enough, were the name and address. ‘But I didn’t order them,’ said Mrs. Mason. ‘No, you are not the lady,’ said the clerk; ‘the lady who gave me the order was smaller and thinner and had blond hair. She limped a little and wore glasses.’ ‘Oh, that was Mrs. John- son,’ said Mrs. Mason. ‘I see now how it was. She was visiting me the other day, and I told her I thought of getting a set of pretty dishes, but was too busy preparing to go away for the summer to look for any. She said she expected to go shopping soon, and I asked her to let me know if she saw any set she thought I'd like. I suppose she thought these would suit me, and knowing I was so busy sent them for me to look at. They didn’t meet my fancy atall, although they were pretty in a way.’ “J asked her where Mrs. Johnson lived, and she gave me her address very innocently. ThenI said to her, ‘Your friend probably thought she was doing something clever, but she won’t do it again in this storeif I can prevent it. She put our employees toa lot of trouble, and caused two pieces of the set to be broken, so that we had to knock $15 off the price. The next time she wants to do anything of the sort she’ll pay in ad- vance.’ Mrs. Mason was quite indignant. ‘The idea,’ she said, ‘to blame the dear woman for trying to be obliging. I supposed, if you want trade, you have to take some risk.’ Mrs. Johnson’s name is on our black list just the same, and every other woman who abuses our sys- tem in the same way will meet the same fate.”’ “Tf all the stores keep such a list some of the offenders may find it impossible to buy anywhere without prepaying,’’ we suggested. “TI don’t know that all do,’’ said the floor walker, ‘but I think itis true of most of the large ones. What you sug- gest is undoubtedly the case with some of the women, as far as the stores are concerned that have adopted our sys- tem.” <>< It Bore His Real Name. A young grocery clerk, notorious for his conceit, was boasting in the presence of several gentlemen about the conquests he had gained over the female heart. ‘‘Look,” said he, ‘‘here’s a handsome present I had from my last inamorata,”’ at the same time handing round a beauti- ful cigar case. All admired the article, which had an indorsement of its quality stamped upon it. “Very nice gift,” remarked one of the company. ‘I perceive your lady-love even had your name put on the ease.” “Well, that’s queer,” answered the boaster, ‘I never noticed it.” ‘Look again,” rejoined the candid one; ‘‘the case is distinctly marked ‘real calf!” Cee ne atl Mill as Indians Raid a Store. It is reported that a band of Indians from the Territory raided a large store situated at Stoneburg, Tex., near Red River a few nights ago, and loading its entire contents on a train of pack-mules made off across the river into the Terri- tory. As soon as the news reached Gainesville, an armed party was raised and started in persuit. Nothing has so far been heard of their success. Itisa little curious that a day before the raid the store and its contents had been at- tached by creditors and closed up. = = DEALERS WILL FIND TANGLEFOOT THE MOST PROFITABLE AND SATISFACTORY FLY PAPER. SELL WHAT WILL PLEASE YOUR TRADE BEST. MADE BY The price tor Tanglefoot in the United States east of the Recky Moun- tains: eee le ein ane oe Sede (10 BONE), ee eee ee eee ee eae ee nee oe 3 75 5 Cases at ome purchase........--------ceccceneecce-- per case, 3 65 10 Cases atone purchase........-...-- ese cccecerrces se 3 55 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 | ag and indefinitely until used and prevents all loss and annoyance to the dealer. TANGLEFPOOT SEALED sticky Fly Paper. NEW STYLE. N IN NEW PACKING. l and ready This Border pre- contain Tanglefoot and two Tanglefoot Holders---15 loose double sheets and two packages each consist- ing of a Holder containing five double sheets. your family trade, they will all buy itifitis brought to their notice. sales of Tanglefoot by encour- £ your trade. will appreciate the new pack- age and will soon ask for it. NEW PRICE. WITH NEW HOLDERS. Each box of Tanglefoot will 25 double sheets of Push the new package with It will increase your ing a more liberal use among Your customers The Grocery Market. Sugar—The active condition of the market has resulted in an advance of a sixpence on all grades down to No. 6. The market is still strong and active and further advances are hoped for. Oatmeal—Lower and weak at the de- cline. Bananas—The market is firm at pres- ent quotations, the fruit moving lively on account of the warm weather. Oranges—The Californiacrop is nearly exhausted, and, naturally, prices are crawling up. It will not pay to buy any to hold, as they shrink fast. Messinas have rotted so badly that they are prac- tically out of market. Lemons—The advent of warmer weather will have a tendency to stiffen the market, and higher prices may rea- sonably be looked for. —_ 2 - Financial Notes. Two thousand dollars of the stock of the Kent County Savings Bank was sold last week for twice its face value, A. G. Hodenpyl taking one-half of the stock and Henry Idema and John A. Covode dividing the remainder. A block of stock in the Grand Rapids School Furniture Co. was sold last week for 112. Probably no further sales of this stock will be made under 115, as it is generally considered to be one of the best paying stocks in the market. Ee An Important Measure. One of the most important enactments of the recent Legislature relating to busi- ness men is the statute making telegraph companies responsible for flagrant errors in the transmission of messages, and pro- viding that damages may be recovered for the non-delivery of dispatches through negligence. The full text of the law is as follows: SEcTION 1. The people of the State of Michigan enact that sections 14 and 15 of act No. 59 of the laws of 1851, being sections 3,706 and 3,707 of Howell’s an- notated statutes of 1883, be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of any corporation owning or operating any tel- egraph line doing business within this State to receive dispatches from and for other telegraph lines and associations, and, fromand for any individual, and on payment of their usual charges for indi- viduals for transmitting dispatches, as established by the rules and regulations of such telegraph line, to transmit the same with impartiality and good faith. And that such corporation shall be liable for any mistakes, errors or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for the non- delivery of any repeated or non-repeated message in damages to the amount which such person or persons may sustain by reason of mistakes, errors, or delays in the transmission or delivery; or for the non-delivery of any such dispatch due to negligence of such owner or association, to be recovered with costs of suit, by the person or persons sustaining such dam- age. Sec. 15. It shall likewise be the duty of every corporation to transmit all such dispatches in the order in which they are received, and in case such Owner or asso- ciation shall refuse or neglect to so trans- mit such dispatches, such owner or asso- ciation shall be liable for all damages sustained by the person or persons whose dispatch is postponed out of its order as herein prescribed, to be recovered as provided in the foregoing section. - o —_ Trusts are frequently given a_ black eye by courts and lawmakers; buta trust, under such circumstances, seems to wink the other eye, and go on with its regular business. CHEESE + WHEN WE SAY THAT YOU KNOW WE MEAN RIVERSIDE! FOR IT’S THE TOP QUALITY. YOU WANT THE BEST. WK WANY YO SUPPLY YOU. all arnhart PatmanCo. SWARTOUT & DOWNS, JOBBERS OF FURNISHING GOODS AND NOTIONS, 44 South Division St., fie —— Grand Rapids, Mich. We Start in Our Second Year with Lines More Full and Complete than Ever Before. The Inspection of the Trade is Solicited. 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs ®& Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—James Vernor, Detroit. Two Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Three Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Four Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Five Years—sS. E. Parkill, Owosso. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit., Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ase’n. President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owoeso. Vice-Presidents—i. H. L. Dodd, Buchanan; F. W. R. Perry, Detroit; W. H. Hicks, Morley. Treasurer— Wm. H. Dupont, Detroit. Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit. Executive Committee—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo; Jacob Jesson, Muskegon: F. J. Wurzburg and John E. Peck, Grand Rapids; Arthur Bassett, Detroit. Local Secretary—James Vernor. Next place of meeting—Some_ resort on St. Clair River; time to be designated by Executive Committee. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, John D. Muir; Sec’y, Frank H. Escott. ¢ PHARMACY LEGISLATION. Legislation relating to the business of pharmacy and medicine has been increas- ing at so rapid a rate recently that many objections are raised, and the wisdom and necessity of the acts are strongly criticised. Nearly all the States in the Union have general pharmacy laws, placing certain restrictions upon the retail drug trade; specifying how certain drugs may be dis- pensed, and who shall dispense them. All these laws provide for a pharmacy board and the necessary machinery for their effective execution, the cost of maintaining which is, in all cases, borne by the pharmacists of the State. Opin- ions are widely divided regarding the ef- fect of the legislation upon the drug business and its value tothe public in whose interest it is ostensibly enacted. The great majority are, however, in favor of legislation—at least to the extent that, while the public is protected against ignorant, and therefore dangerous, per- sons engaged in the business, the pro- fession may also be protected from the disrepute into which it may be brought by incompetent or unscrupulous mem- bers. It is contended by the opponents of legislation that it is expensive and posi- tively injurious to business, and of no practical value to the public as a preven- tive against incompetency, since the rec- ords show that in nearly every instance of aserious error the mistake was com- mitted by those classed ‘‘competent’”’ by the law: that it hurts trade by encourag- ing injudicious competition, and the cut- rate difficulty is pointed to as in part the product of legislation; that certain classes, such as physicians, wholesalers and country merchants, are improperly exempted from the application of the law, thus neutralizing the possible good effects accruing. Many would have no law at all, while others desire a modifica- tion of the present statutes. When all these objections are considered, the value of intelligently prepared and care- fully executed laws regulating the prac- tice of pharmacy is too obvious to admit of question. Itis quite true, that while the entire cost of administering the law now falls upon the druggist, a portion, or all the expense, might properly be assumed by the State. That the law does not act effectively in preventing er- rors in dispensing is erroneous. It is from the very fact that the laws are strict that mistakes which occur are only those made by the competent class, and, therefore, few in number. It is also contended that it is an unnecessary re- quirement that assistants in drug stores be registered; that, inasmuch as the pro- prietor is held responsible by the law, it is unnecessary that his clerk be re- quired to pass an examination by the board before he can seek or obtain em- ployment. From whatever standpoint this feature of the law is viewed, how- ever, it appears just and advantageous to all concerned. While in most in- stances the proprietor, knowing himself responsible for the action of his em- ployes, will subject them to as rigid an examination as the State board makes, there is a very large percentage of those engaged in the business who would be willing to take the risk in order the save expense. Labor of the kind approved by the board is, as a matter of necessity, high priced. But without such a uni- form standard there would be open the way for the most harmful of all competi- tion—cheap and, consequently, ignorant and incompetent assistants. To argue that, as the majority of druggists can be relied upon to conduct their business in accordance with the best interests of the public, legislation is unnecessary for the few, is weak logic, and contrary to the first principles of rules for governing society, which to be of value must be strong in all places. To attribute the present cutting evil to pharmacy laws is too absurd a proposition for serious reply. The exemptions made do not affect the retail druggist in practice. As a matter of unvarying universality, it may be claimed that there shall be no exceptions whatever, and that physicians and country merchants must be stopped from selling drugs. But here the public steps in—and it is a matter of regret that many druggists appear to forget the ex- istence of a public when urging their conclusions—and demands that drugs must be dispensed, and if the profes- sional druggist will not bring his ser- vices to all the »eople those so discrimin- ated against shall be served by some one else. In no instance is the druggist ac- tually discriminated against, either ina financial or moral sense, as the law is particular to see that these conditional dispensers handle nothing which requires a technical knowledge of pharmacy. Here and there undesirable features have been embodied in pharmacy laws, but on the whole the legislation now in force is to be commended for its wis- dom. The laws have been helpful to druggists, particularly in raising the standard of the profession in public es- teem, and protecting it against the oper- ations of the common business speculator. ————-o—— EXPENSIVE SMARTNESS. The Brewer Found a Farmer Who Understood Human Nature. “It once cost me just $1,000, besides the price of three bottles of champagne, to learn that a farmer was smarter than 1 was,’’ said the old fellow with a well-fed air, as he lighted a fresh cigar. The speaker had been a brewer in his earlier days, but he had retired after he bad put by a comfortable sum, and at the age of 72 he was still enjoying life. “One season,’’ he continued, ‘hops were scarce and all the brewers were keeping a sharp lookout for any good ones which were put on the market. Our agents telegraphed us that a man living about 100 miles from our place of business had 100 bales of just the kind that I wanted, and I started immediately to buy them. *‘Now, if Ido say it myself, I do not take a back seat from anyone when it comes to judging the quality of hops. Well, I arrived at the place where the owner of these hops lived and I inspected what he had for sale. They were the best hops that I had seen that season. The price which he asked for them, 60 cents a pound, was reasonable for hops of that quality; in fact it was a little less than the market price. Not to let the old fellow see that I was too anxious to get them, I began to try and beat him down a little on the price. “The thought struck me that perhaps I might beat him down more if I could induce him to goto town and get hima little ‘mellow’ over a bottle of champagne. The town was not far away, and I sug- gested that he go back with me, as my time was limited, and if we struck a bar- gain on the way I would pay him the eash for the hops before leaving him. ‘‘He consented and to town we went. We stopped at the hotel. I ordered a bottle of champagne and some good cigars. Wedrank the wine and smoked the cigars. I kept his glass full and he did not seem at all bashful about taking ail that I gave to him. He began to warm up and I thought I was going to save the price of three or four cases of wine at least. I sugested that he ought to let me have those hops for about 55 cents a pound. I declare he raised the price instead of lowering it, and said he thought they were worth 61 cents. “IT laughed, but it was no go, and he insisted on 61 cents as the price. “I ordered another bottle of wine. Again he drank alll gave to him, and I | . poured nearly all of it in his glass. | money on goods bought in this way than When this bottle was finished the price | of hops had gone up to 62 cents a pound. Things were getting interesting. The wine had flushed the face of the old fel- low, but he would not come down a quar- ter of a cent. ‘In desperation I tried another bottle of wine and more cigars. The sparkling fluid went down his throat like water down arat hole. He became more and more talkative, and I gained courage once more. ‘**Well,’ I said, ‘we’d better close the bargain on your first offer of 60 cents.’ ‘““*Well, 1 think them hops are worth >bout 65 cents,’ he replied. “l argued and threatened not to take them at all, but it was no use. He was sharp enough to detect the fact that lL wanted those hops and wanted them badly. He would not budge a bit and I had to pay 65 cents forthem. That ad- ditional 5 cents on a pound made a dif- ference of $10 on every bale and $1,000 on the hundred bales, besides my wine and cigar bill of nearly $20.’’ a He Figured Discounts Differently Than Other People. We have a pretty good story to tell at the expense of people who use discounts and also at the expense of people who buy goods at a discount from list. Ata certain time certain goods were sold at 25 per cent. discount, and an ironclad agreement was entered into by the manu- facturers and principal jobbers to the ef- fect that no goods should be sold at better rates than 25 per cent. discount. In a certain town in the territory covered by this agreement there was a young, ambitious and enterprising dealer, who, prior to this cast-iron rule, had done an excellent business in the goods named. The publication of these rates, however, was likely to have the effect of cutting off his trade, and he was under the ne- cessity, therefore, of devising some plan by which it could be continued. There was also the necessity of his keeping within the contract, or else his supplies would be cut off by the manufacturer. This is what he did. He issued a circu- lar to the small trade he had been in the habit of supplying to the effect that whenever $100 was remitted with an order he would send goods to the amount of $133.33. The effect was magical. His orders came in in even hundreds and multiples thereof, and wagon-load after wagon-load, and finally carload after car- load of goods were unloaded at his ware- house only to be reshipped to points all over the country, and some of them into territory that geographically speaking did not belong to him, Such a trade as this could not fail to attract attention. Finally it came to the notice of the manufacturers and jobbers who had entered into this agreement. A committee was appointed to wait upon the dealer. He received them with every possible courtesy and inquired their errand. ‘You are violating the agreement on these goods, and such practices must be stopped.”’ ‘*Indeed,’’ said the yonug dealer, ‘‘I am not aware that 1 have violated any agreement.” ‘*Well, you have; there is the agreement. You are selling under the price that has been fixed, and this must be stopped.’’ ‘‘T am not aware that I have been selling under the price that has been fixed,’’ was the reply. ‘*Well,” said the spokes- man of the committee, ‘‘the price is 25 per cent. off list, and you are selling 33}¢ per cent. off list.” ‘‘I am not,’ re- plied the young dealer, much to the con- fusion of the committee and greatly to his own delight. ‘‘I think,’’ he contin- ued, ‘‘that if you make a simple calcu- lation, and one that will not occupy many minutes of your time, you will find that 331¢ on list is not very different from 25 per cent. off list. I am not sel- ing goods at 331, per cent. off list, but am charging net for goods, with 331¢ ad- ded to the list. Do I make myself under- stood?’ The committee reluctantly ad- mitted that he did, and declared the joke was onthem. They did not further attempt to molest his trade, and it only ceased when the buyers had it forced upon them that they made no more upon goods received in the regular way at 25 per cent. off list. ese oe Brief Business Maxims. D. T. Mallett in Business. It is a wise man who asks his wife’s advice, but it is a wiser man who fol- lows it. Faith is as necessary in business as in religion; confidence is the foundation of credit. It is not always the customer who buys most who best profits the dealer. It is arare man, indeed, who is ad- imired by his associates; respect is often a matter of distance. There is no trade so difficult and so arduous as our own. It is better to work to-day than to worry about to-morrow. All things may be remedied but dis- content. The dime of to-morrow looks larger than the dollar of to-day. No great success was ever achieved without the force of enthusiasm. The worst deceived man is the one who cheats himself. There would be little business if noth- ing was destroyed. ———___—~ 4+ <> Will Make Big Profits. Now that it has a monopoly of the liquor business within its borders, the State of South Carolina intends to work it for all it is worth, and will not be con- tent with any small margins of profit. The Governor says that the cheapest whisky that wili be offered for sale will be sold at $3 a gallon, and proportional prices for less quantities, and that none but pure liquors will be sold. And he says that the State will make a profit of $1 per gallon on the liquor sold. Fifty per cent. is a right good profit, and the Governor thinks that the State is going to clear $500,000 the first year. It ought to do better than that at such a rate. oa Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Kmpress Josephine Face Bleach Is the only reliable cure for freckles and pimples. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO., GRAND Rapips, MIcH., Jobbers for Western Michigan. oe. PECKHAM'S Pec k ha m S Croup Remedy the Children’s Cough Cure. Pleasant-Safe-Certain. Get a er today: youmay need it tonight. One C dose will prove its value. Save ro u p the Children : WHOOPING-COUGH, CROUP CoLpbs, COUGHS, quickly yield to its use. Keep it at hand. Large Re ed Vy bottles 25c. All druggists m e PRICE TO THE TRADE: $2 a dozen; 5 per cent. with 3 doz. order, 10 per cent. with 6 doz. On receipt of dealer’s printed address we will forward, free of.charge, atablet of 9x12 white wrapping paper, cut from 40-pound book, bear ing dealer’s card neatly printed thereon. Order PECKHAM’sS CROUP REMEDY of your jobber, and send your label to Peckham Remedy Co., Freeport, Mich. CATA RRH Hay Fever, Headache, Neuralgia, Menthol Inhaler Will GUre You fist, Have You ASTHMA, stops sneezing, snuffing, mn coughing and headgche. wy This relief is wortH the > price of Inhaler. Continued use will complete the cure. Prevents and cures Sea Sickness. The cool, exhilarating sensation following its use is a luxury to travelers by rail or boat. The Best Remedy for COLDS and SORE ZeROAT. it isn a dainty pocket piece. It Cannot get out of or- der; does not require renewing; there is no liquid to drop or spill; lasts a year, and Costs 50c at druggists. Registered mail 60c, from H. D, CUSHMAN, Manufacturer, w Three Rivers, Mich. 2" Guaranteed satisfactory. “es THE MICHIG AN TRADESMAN. Wholesale ‘Pee ‘Cieieeeet. Advanced—German Chamomile. Declined—Cubit berries. German Quinine. Opium. Opium Po. American Saffron. ACIDUM. Aceticum . 8@ 10 Benzoicum | ‘German. 65@ 75 eee «CC... 20 Carpemeum .-........ 27 36 ee 50@ 52 ee ae 5 Po 10@ 12 Cate... ......... 10@ 12 Phosphorium dil...... 20 Salicylicum .. .-1 30@1 70 Sulphuricum. . . 1X%@ 5 eeecum............. a aKa 0 Tartaricum.. : AMMONIA, —~-s ee ie. .......-- 34@ 5 Mee. ......... 54@ 7 cadena Cele denen 12@ 14 Chloridum ........-...- 12@ 14 ANILINE, ae 2 0O@2 25 a 80@1 00 eeu ee ce eens vos uce 45Q 50 Rae ......... 1... .. 2 50@3 00 BACCAE. Cubeae (po 40)...... 2@ 40 waters... ...... 8@ 10 Xanthoxylum... 2@ 30 BALSAMUM., Copaiba .. 455@ 50 Peru ooeee @1 % Terabin, ‘Canada ... ee oO Moet 6s... 645s. 35@ 50 CORTEX. Abies, Canadian.... .....- 18 Coie ke ses 11 Ciichous Piaga............. 16 Euonymus atropurp.....-.-- 30 Myrica Cerifera, po........- 20 Prunus Virgini...........-.. 12 Quillaia, grd............---. 10 Seemerree ...............---- 12 Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... 15 EXTRACTUM. Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 2@ 2% i. 33@ 35 Haematox, ’ Ib. box... 11g © ocean 13@ 14 ss on oe 14@ 15 sy igs. . 16@ 17 FERRU Carbonate Precip.....-. @ 15 Citrate and Quinia.... @3 30 Citrate Soluble........ @ 8 Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 3 Solut Chloride........ @ 15 Sulphate, com’l....... ~ 2 ' pure... oe eo 7 FLORA. Ave ................ 18@ 2 Anthemis ...........-- W@ 35 Matricaria —_-.--- 50@ 65 FOUA Barosma .......-.--.: 50 oan *aculifol, Tin- | nivelly ..-.-. --,.--- 2@ 28 - 35@ 50 Salvia officinalis, x 15@ 25 8@ 10 @UMMI. — eer aa “ ‘“s @ 30 “sifted sorts @ % ice cae ce 60@ 80 Aloe, Barb, ae 60). 50@ 60 Cape. @ 12 Sovotr!. ( 60). @ 50 Catechu, 1s, (0. 14 148, -—. .. @ 1 MER o.oo ce 55@ 60 Assafostida, (po. 35).. 30@ 35 Benzoinum..........-- 50@ 55 ' 55@ 58 10 2 50 Tragacanth ...... --.-- £01 @ HERBA—In ounce packages. Absinthium ...............-- 25 —_—_—_ SE 20 le on De adie amen moe 25 alee eee ey 28 Mentha he. Piperita Lec ae ounces = Ru oe 30 Tanacotum, V............... 2 Thymus, V..........--..--- 25 -- SQ 60 Carbonate, Pat........ 20@ 22 Carbonate, K. & M.. W@ 2% Carbonate, Jenningd.. 35@ 36 OLEUM ———- ees oe 3 50@4 00 Amydalae, Dulc...... 45@ 75 alae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 ee aoe oe 1 70@1 80 ais Cortex....... 2 30@2 Bergen .........-..- 3 25@3 50 Capes 5... ........ 60@ Creer ........... 85@ 90 OE eee caccipeces 3@ Caseoneet ........... @1 60 Ea ET 90@1 00 i Sea @ 4 Conium Mac.......... 35@Q 65 We ee ss ice, 80@ 9 ee . ore TINCTURES, Bxcechthitos.......... 2 50@2 75 Wiceren ls 2 25@2 50 | Aconitum Napellis = 60 Geultheria _......:... ee 50 Geranium, ounce..... @ 7 Aloe Oe ieee eel os, 60 Gossipli, Sem. gal..... W@ % and myrrh............ 60 Rodaane _........ .2 10@2 20 aes 50 Juniperi.... 50@2 00 | Asafoetida................... 0 Lavendula . 90@2 00 | Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 Limotia._.... 2 40@2z 60 Benzoin.. Lee cols ala ig ae 60 Mentha Piper... “2 75@3 50], ce... 50 Mentha Verid.. 2 20@2 30; Samguinaria................. 50 Morrhuae, gal. 1 00@1 10} Barosma ..................., 50 Myrcia, ounce. @ 5o| Cantharides................. 75 Olive 90@2 75 | Capsicum ................... 50 Picls Liquida, (gal. 35) 10@ 12|C# damon... ............... 7 Rigi 1 2@I1 2 CO... eee eee eee % Rosmarini.. 75@1 00 —.... .............,.. 1. Rosae, ounce. 6 50@8 50 Catechu.. Seececeweee cacc. Suceini..... 40@ 45 Cinchona ............. aves OD Sabina .... M@1 00], CO.... ee eee. 60 Santal |. 3 50@7 00 Columba . di veeescla socal. ae Sassafras..... -.. BO@ 5d Conium ee 50 Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 6 eee, 8... oe Tiglil ee alee @ 90 Digitalis Sl ge cade eg 50 Thyme ...... 40@ 50 | Hrgot................-.2.00-. 50 i) gpk @ 60| Gentian ..................... 50 Theobromas.. o | 15@ BW], CO.-.. eee eee ee 60 Guaica i 50 POTASSIUM. Se 60 Bc ............... 15@ 18 zingtber De reece yee ells 50 ee — wesee Ie 24 iv oeevaen.... ............ Bromide. . Qe Si feoeeo......... 75 ore... 12@ 15 . Carries... .... 7 Chlorate (po 23@25) .. 2 26 | Porrt Chiovidum............ 35 mre oe Cee Goreme... 50 ee... = Wes OO Leber... 50 Potnaes, MEE, PUEO.. 27 FUT VTE ccc s ss cette ees 50 Potassa, Bitart,com... @ 15 _— CO 50 Petass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10 Op Se 85 Potass Nitrag.....<.... ™@ 9 " Compnorated........... 50 Prema... ,...,.,.... a 2 00 Sulphate po...... .... 15@ 18} AurantiCortex...... ....... 50 RADIX, EO oe oe ee eee 50 Acoma 20@ 25 — ee eae ae coun 50 Althae ee 22 Q5 Corer ceveceereccesccenccos 50 Anes 12@ 15 Cassia Acutifol......... ... 50 Avene, po. @ 2 Co.......... 50 has ll 20@ 40 Serpentaria ete deecaicu cscs.) Ge Gentiana (po. 12). 8@ 10} Stromonium................. 60 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18] Polutan.............. ...... 60 Hydrastis Canaden, Veleren ......._..... so. (po. 35) . @ 30} Veratrum Veride............ 50 Hellebore, Ala, po. - 2 cin MISCELLANEOUS. mpeeee, PO... ....... 2 20@2 30 Aither, Spits Nit, : y.. 2 we Tris shoe ¢ (po. 35@38).. 35@ 40 4... Se & aalapa pr............. ‘og S| Alnmen.... . 24@ 3 Maranta, \gs.. os @ 3 o ground, (po. — po. eeu se oe CU... 4 DO ee fe 75@Q@1 00 Annatto Doh cees eee uae 55@ 60 , . Eee ese ceueuce @1 7 Antimoni, ... 5 a eee eee ee 75@1 35 et _—* YT. SO @ ee... 35@ 38 — @i 40 Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ Wi Antifeprin............. @ —n aa 30@ 32] Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 60 Seneg ~ Ge Wi Arecuicum............ q Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40| Balm Gilead Bud.. 38@ 40 @ 2/ Bimauth &. N......... 2 W@2 26 Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12] Calcium Chlor, 1s, (és — a Feti- i 1 PS).......... @ ii eee oe eas @ 3% Cantharfdes Russian, Valeriana, » Eng. (po. = an se @1 00 erman. 5 Wie eeitiin Src 13@ 20 Capsici a e = 26 ieee f........... 18S@ 2w “ ‘“ usa = SEMEN. Sar {pe Poa) “Wg = Anisum, (po. 20).. @ 15 Carmine, A ae oe o @3 7 A ium (graveleons) .. 15@ 18 Cera Alba, S. & F..... 50@ 5S Bi anne s+ . @ Cera Flava ite eeee eens “— 2 i eae a 104 2 eee eee reer esos Gara (a 8) ipa 1 00g 25 | Cassia Fructus........ @ * Corlandrum........... 10@ 12| Centraria.............. @ 10 Cannabis Sativa....... 3%@4 oe ............. @ 40 donium.... ........ 75@1 00| Chloroform ........... 60@ 63 Chenopodium ........ 10@ 12 “a bbs.. = @i 2% Dipterix Odorate...... 2 25@2 50 | Chloral Hyd Crat...... 1 35@1 60 Foeniculum........... @ 15|Chondras ............. 20@ 2% Foenugreek, po....... 6@ 8 ne 2 sa = eee oc. @é Lini, grd, (bbl. 8%)... 4 @ 4% Corks, list, dis. per a eos steee cece eee @ = a fe Greta, (DBL. 76) -.00 00. @ 2 OORURUUEE RT —— ee 5 Sinapis — ae a precip cL GRIT %@ 11 a meee... @ 8 Framentt, W..D. Co..2 00@2 50 | Cudbear. 2000.00.00. ™@ ; D. F. R.....1 %@2 00 | Cupri Sulph. sa 6 Dee eae aie a ee 1 25@1 50 | Dextrine...... . be 2B Juniperis Co. 0. T ; 4 2 Ether Suiph........... 0@ 7% eeececce ‘ “ Saacharum N. i......1 75@2 00 —— nn” on t. my Goeeee........ QE - q it Oporto... .. 5... 1 25@2 recta, nae 2 ss Wink Albe............- 1 22 00 Galle B scossscesteseesees @ Pa eareee..i...... sien Gelatin, Cooper @ 7 Florida sheeps’ wool anon 40@ 60 ORETINGS.... «0+. -+s- 2 50@2 75 | Glassware flint, by box 70 & 10, — sheeps’ wool Less than box 6634 aes ........ 2 00 r one extra sheepe’ Glue, Ca 9@ 15 wool Carriage....... 1 10 White........... 13 2% Extra yellow sheeps’ (Givers .........--.. 14%@ 20 Cee 85 ee nas as = Gresesheeps’woolcat- =, | Hydrang Gijor Mite. "@ Hard for slate use. 15 i oan . @ = Yellow Reef, for slate “ OxRubrum @ eee... 1 40 Ammoniati.. @1 00 ry Unguentum. 45@ 55 SYRUPS. _ Grargyrum........- @ 64 Roos... s, 50 — + «1 See Pees... 50 eee. 75@1 00 ee eee ets eee 60 ratios, Roe. 3 80@3 90 ee OO et Sots... .........- @4 70 ——_ oe Dire seen Gece es a a @2 2 el Ase. .-..... ...... 50 — Se eek 60@ 65 Similax ‘Ofticinalis eee 60 ee ee 7@ 75 a... 50| Liquor Arsen et Hy- meopces ... 50 fre iog............ eee 50 | Liquor PotassArsinitis 10@ 12 aa! 50 — Te (bbl Oe 88s i, wi He.- bee terce @ 4 Pee Ore ce ia 50 Mannia, CR EN 60@ 63 Morphia, mP.& W. 2W@2 45| Seidlits Mixture...... @ Ww &. N.Y. @ & oe a Des cece sedis @ 18 a ee re.hlUm.lCU ........... @ Moschus Canton...... @ 40| Snuff, _Maceabey, De Myristica, Noi .. ... 65@ 70 Vee... @ 3 Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 snuff, ‘Seutclh, De. Voes @ 35 Of seue........ 22 | Soda Boras, (po. i). . hea Pex - Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30 Ge 66 | Sods Carp............ 1%@ 2 Picis Liq, N 0C., 'Y% gal Boda, Bi-Carb......... @ & se @s 06 | Sods, Agh............. 3%@ 4 Picis Liq., — @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas......... @ 32 panes ....... @ 85 / Spts. EtherCo........ 50@ 55 Pil Hydrarg, oe 80).. @ 50 “ Myre Dom..... @2 5 Piper Nigra, (po. 22). @ 1 igi * Vit in... .- @3 00 Piper Alba, (po g5).... @ 3 ini Rect. bbl. ree Oeree........... ue 7: ... f............,.... 2 19@2 29 Pies Seek... 15 ine 5c gal., cash ten days. Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 101 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... 1 4@1 45 Pyrethrum, boxes H Su phur, Sane... -.... 24@ 3 &@ ©. i. Co., dos..... a owe Leese oe 2 @2 ‘ auernegs .......... Sa i — - = = Terebenth Venice..... 23@Q 30 Quinia, 8. P. & W..... 94 | Theobromae .......... 45 @ 48 Ss. erman.. 20@ 30 Wem... 4... 9 = 00 Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14 | Zinci Sulph. . 8 Saccharum Lactis pv. 20@ 22 Salaeia 1 75@1 80 OrLs. Sanguis Draconis..... 0@ 50 Bbl. Gal Sago, W.... 12@ 14] Whale, winter........ 70 7 We Tm Tei beard, Gxaee........... 1% 1 - Co @ iS) terd, Ne f........... 65 70 Linseed, pure raw.... Oi 54 Lindseed, boiled . 57 Neat’s Foot, winter eres... 80 85 SpiritsTurpentine.... 35 40 PAINTS. bbl. Ib, Red Vonetian.......... 1 2@3 Ochre, yellow Mars.. “ie 2@4 4... 1% 2@3 Putty, commercial....24% 2%@3 ‘* strictly pure..... 2% 2 Vermilion Brim e Amer- _ —.......... . 13@16 Vermilion, English.... 65@7 Green, Peninsular..... @7 ee 6%@7 . Waetee .....- 1. 4.. - Whiting, white Span. @70 Whiting, Gtiders’...... @% White, ‘aris American 1@ Whiting, Paris Eng. 1 4¢ Pioneer Prepared Painti 20@1 4 Swiss _— —, Paints . 1 00@1 20 VARNISHES, No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Maite Furp............ 160@1 - Coseh Pody........... 2 75@3 00 NO. I Turp Furn.....- 1 00@1 = Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 = Dryer, No t aaa T0@7T5 HAZEL TINE & FE Importers and KINS DnUG ¢ Jobbers of DRUGS CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES DEALERS IN Paints, Oils “* Varnishes. SWISS WILLA PREPARED PAINTS. J nists Sundries Full Line of Staple Uru We are Sole Preprietors of Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Remedy. We Haven 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. HAZELTINE & PERKINS Send a trial order> DiUG C0, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCE The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such 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. are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, a Subscribers greatest possible use to dealers. quantiti It is impossible to give q RY PR roo. » Le CUT es as are usually purchased by retail dealers. uotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than s it is our aim to make this feature of the They ENT. are prepared just before ee — AACE. AARON SSS Tess a AXLE GREASE, Fruits. Gold Medal . @li 8 1, per hundred.......... 83 00 Ro. 1, 6.. as 1 65 GUNPOWDER. doz gross Apples. a 709 (83, , esas Be ee. 2 G.. See 1 50 Rifle—Dupont’s. Aurora... .......... 55 6 00/3 1b, standard........ eee 11 | 83, ee -- 400 XX wood, white. Tua, 3.50 Castor Oil.....-.---. 75 9 00! York State, gallons... 3 00} Bdam ........ 10 /85, i, re 5) ate Geen 2 00 Diamond ee 50 5 50|Hamburgh, * Leiden SS , 23 $10, . oo 8 00 | No. 2,6 a 25 | Quarter kegs oe A BTazer's....-------- es 3 Apricots. Limburger ........... @10_ | 820. i 7 00 Manilla, white. 1 Ib cans. ae Mica a... 0 8 Oli tvnonk....... 1 75 | Fineap ment veseees QB Above prices on coupon booKS |g, ..... ee. fee Ol icibeams 18 Paragon . --- 55 6 00] Santa Cruz........ 1 75 | Requefort. @35 | are subject to the followingig.. .................... 95 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. B: AKING POWDER. laksa... . oe 1 75 | Sap Sago.. . @22 | quantity discounts: Coin ee 59 Acme. Oe 17 ees imported. @24_ | 200 or over. 5 per cont. | Mill No.4....... ........ 100] Half kegs..........-.-.+-++- 2 50 ¢ Ib. cans, 3 doz...... 45 Blackberries. domestic .... @14 500 * i os. CS Quarter kegs.. .... _.. 10 a o a Gaacens ; s B.& W greet 9% “ —.- 1c00 * egy FARINACEOUS GOODS. —— ee 2 34 1 ss Co Yherries. $lue Label Brand. > >aAce agle Duc upont's 8. a ee 1 10@1 20] Bait pint. 25 bottles ...... 2 75| COUF snovbalpamstaccesicoqe Farina. Kegs... -.----seernee-- 11 00 Arctic. Pitted. Hamburgh 175} Pint es Cc 4 50| \Can be made to represent any | 100 Ib. kegs.......------ ie bees |... ee ty cans 6 doz case....... 55] White ....... 1 50 | Quart 1 doz bottles 3 50| denomination from 810 down. | Hominy. Gitirter kegs.............. 3 00 Ce “~ éGoc * [ie ...... 3 Triumph Brand. 20 books...:.......-.--..8 1 @ | Barrelp..ce- cevecesse Gees a00| 1 ib cams.........._. ---.- 60 . ;: — > om Damsons, Beg Plums and Green | Half pint, per doz ......... is oo 20) 3 50 HERBS. 5 doz 9 Of FAKES. Pint 2 holies... .......... 60 Be Cee... ss. 3 00 _ ceeees Fosfon. rie... essa, ees... 1 10] Quart, per doz ..... BOL Be oneeeesecne-nne-e OOO | eetas an ee. 4 ~satia qc le 1b 5 OZ. can . 4 doz. incass... S| Callfornia............- 1p CLOTHES PINS. — = 10 00 feet enecane + oe es a 16“ ' 2 00 Gooseberries. tn ie 17.50) Maccaroni and Vermicelli. naga 01cC 2 gz LL : eae Pe 7 Red Star, Mg “D cans 40 | Common 13 : Domestic, 12 lb. box. - Madras, 5 Ib. boxes....... 55 i% : iS Peaches. COCOA SHELIS, CREDIT CHECKS. Haperted 0000 :10%@. % ¥%|S. F.,2,3and5 1b, eo 50 a 1 40} Pie ......... ! 1 25 | 35 1b. bags. vtes @3 "| 500, any one denom’n.....83 00 Cetuee JELLY Telfer’s, % lb. cans, doz. 45| Maxwell ............. Less quantity Lo @3% | 1000 eae atmeal. LLY. “ ci “ i Shepents 1 65 | Pound packages... ....6%@7 2000, ‘ “"""" g oo | Barrels 200............---. 450 s Ib. pails.......-..- Ha 70 ' 1 1b. 1 50 California es 2 20 Steel ene 75 | Half barrels 100........... a M@ 95 Our Leader, 14 lb cans 45 | Monitor . 1 COFFEE, . “ i ok... PONE... ores. Green. CRACKERS. oo Pear! Barley. i LICORICE. a > Pears. ie Rio. . Butter. i. ae rt ANN as cciecesccs i nniecietan 30 7 per doz | Domestic. eas “4g | SeymourXXX.. o Calabria. . settecereese es: 25 Dimecans.. 95 Riverside. . Plows “s vtrr775°50 | Seymour XXX, cartoon... 6% — —~ tinennsss SAUw EMMEME ns cwmvnsststieneeenns ts 2 1-02 1.1 40 Pineapples, ae 20 | Family XXX...... ....... Rr ee oes *4@3 LYE. 6-07 2 00 ( Peaberry a 22 Family XXX, cartoon...... 0% Rolled Oats. \ ae 3 £0 te seet a... - eas 1 00@1 30 Santos. Salted XXX. ae Barrels 180.. @A 59 Condensed, 2 - oa 13 cae 3 90 ee ne Fie. ........... ..... | eee, ‘cartoon ...... 8% Half bbls 9. @2 40 4 doz........... 2 25 16-072 5 99! pooth’s slic ty eT 20 — vee TH Sa MATCHES 14] 12 00 Booth r eu ed. @ 50 ee 21 a ek ewe ewe pe 8 i al. 4% : Ib 18 25 grated... G2 Bl pesherry 2222 23 Butter’ biscuit. Ok Fe seen... 5 | No.9 sulphur....... ++ soos & ih 29 Quinces. g ds Wheat. Anchor parlor............--. 1 70 ‘oib op) Commie 1 10 Mexican and Guatamale. . oo ee 5| No. 2home ..... seeeeee 1 19 : “ena ee 21 oo 2c. lt. : 6 Te Export parlor............... 4 00 = I Good..... en een ™% FISH--Salt. BATH BRICK. ogg 1 OL rancy. .....-_.. 4 1 Seda, Daches.............. 8% MINCE:MEAT. 2 dozen in case. Black Hamburg... 1 50 icin Crystal Wafer.. ae Bloaters. ae, 99 | Brie. black 1 30] Prime 23 | Long Island Wafers . 11 | Yarmouth................+- 1 40 Bristol... 80 Strawberries. Milled . 24 f _ Oyster. i Cod. Domestic. ...... ee 1 25 ei S. Oyster XXX.............. 6 (Fook... 3% Ae Ha mb urgh 1 25 si ' ox | City Oyster. XXX............ 6 | Whole, Grand Bank.... 5M BLU ING. ross | | terior... ..------ 25 Farina Oyster 6 B less, brick Sa Arctic, 4 oz ovals... 3 60] 4 . eae 1 25 | Private Growth... 27 ey moe oe = ’ a 700) 0% rrapiin =... 110] Mandehling ........ |||. |. _28 CREAM TARTAR. nn ewe ------- ee pints, round. ot. Ww hortleberries. Mocha. Strictly pure........ a Halibut. No. 2, sifting box » 75 | Blueberries ..... . 1O0l imitation _o5 | Telfer’s enuseiane ee a eee ......... 104%@l11 No. 3, .. £00 ine. ies. og | Grocers’............+.+.-- 15@25 Herring No. 5, 8 00 | Corned beef, Libby’s..... 2 10 , DRIED FRUITS. ; ; ” ; f . 1 oz ball a 4 *) | Roast beef, Armour’s. i. To eee of roasied Domestic, Holland, white hoops — 70} Sor 6dos. incase perdos.. % Mexi an Lic ju uid, 4 - i = ve Potted ham ag | = coffee, add %c per lb. for roast s a ied, ced ta & ‘i “a ‘“ i . “ MEASURES. $0 5 Bt . - . § y ant ' "Shag undried, slice in bbl 7 r a BROOMS, sina & 135 — 15 per cent. for shrink- ee bbls. oe eo eaeae 12 00 Tin, per dozen. do. _— ine : ia a 4 > ot = Package. Evapereted, 2b. "boxes @1i ’ -) “gene coi gallon .... 81 75 : . . chicken, } Ib....... 9 | mcLaughblin’s XXXX.. 23 30 re lr Half galion.. 1 No. 2 Carpet. Vegetables. a i e California in bags...... 16% on canes 2 19 — eee eo 70 Beans. _ | Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case... Evaporatedin boxes... 17 eee ee 45 ll waeees > umburgn stringless..... 13 et Blackberries. ait ae.........U.ULULmU Half pint CU 40 —- Whisk 3 French style.....2 25 xtract In boxes.... @e (Me. i, aie........ 2... 5 05} Wooden, for whens ar, per doz. ancy Le Limas.... ok - City % gross. oe 7 Nectarines. mo 1. e........--.. 1. 1 35 . : Warehouse. cine. 1 40 | Felix eS 15 | Family, 90 Ibs..... _]7) g 95 | 1 gallon .......-..--: 7 00 BRUSHES. oe B Hummel’ §, fol, gross. a 1 501 Sh bores 15% "10 Ibs .....-...... 95] HSlf gallon saves Stove, No. i. - a . howte} poten Wanen. . a —.0lU«< *—C(Ch.lClUr C(iCd«iaz 2 50 Peaches. lial ae —" ee ee el oe hy i 50 | Bay State Bake a ; . es Lr 2 “15. 1 75 | World's Pair Baked.......1 35 CHICORY. ae ae 66 an itce pe Scrub, =. 85 | Picnic Baked................ 1 00 | Buik.. 5 in bags...... 13% Trout. MOLASSES. tice Hoo Seru 9 re l= % a Red : » - Corn. 7 Pears. No. 1, % bbls., 10 a5 Blackstrap. Pe.metto, goose 159] wamburgh ......... 1 49 CLOTHES LINES California in bags..... No. 1 ain a : 00 Sugar house.... seems woes 1d BUTTER PL ATES . Livingston Eden. 18 sg ' Pitted Cherries, No. 1, ‘Tits, 10 in... —— Cuba Baktin; : Oval—250 in crate. “cele EN Cotten, 40 ft.......per doz, 1 25| Barrels.....--. ------+-- i. 1,0 e............-. 70 | Ordinar : 16 No. ie ene een oe i tons Dew................ 2 “ a. ‘“ 1 40 tom boxes enn i. Whi EY ss a hese ues No. 2 70 | Morning Glory............. - on... * 19 . ipiah. Porto Rico. = 3 H = Soaked ...... eae ee . 1. Prunelles.. “ _— ES 20 INO. D..-.-+-- -/ Cas, C Se us......- - BO AREY cio cccewe ctsceesss N “ ES Hamburgh marrofat..... _.135| dute CD “ 1 % 30 lb, boxes...... ¥% bbls, 100 lbs........88 00 8425 Fancy .....- ” CA I L. te 0 2t ee oS Raspberri N Or in early June... rm 72 7h. “ape - rries. ee ee ee ew Orleans Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes... 10 Champion Eng_.1 50 ’| In barreis. _ 2 1b kee ee ete 18 Star, 40 a 3 petit _. 175 CONDENSED MILE. oo boxes. settee eres cess = ee eS a az — cio oi ee ee FLAVORING EXTRACTS. | Goce LB CA SNED GOODS. mae eoeaderd............. Sth... Oe — ee eee, Souders’. Fancy.....0++ +++... 40 Fish. VanCamp’s eg oT 1 10] Genuine Swiss............. Sete es : = Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. One-half barrels, 3¢ extra, : cate eae : we cates Sine -— + 9| Archer's Early ee 4 = sega seteeees 6% : Loose Muscatels in Bags. Best in the world for the money. PICKLES. m “ "2 Ib.. a een... is as COUPON BOOKS. ae ‘ = 3 Medium Clam Chowder = Mushrooms. ” : ———_!i $8 i oreicn. Regular Barrels, 1,200 count @5 75 Standard, 3 Ib. oc) 17Q22 Foreign. Grade “lenin Engen as Cove Oysters Pumpkin. Currants. aaa Half bbis, 00 count.. @3 338 Standerd, 1 ib. et ee nn rm, in — as doz Smail. ae... 1 8 Squash. + ee : - + 4% 20z ....8 75] Barrels, 2.400 count 6 75 Star, i Ib rr «| Hubbard ........ wanneeee eee. 1 25 a iene ew 4% 40z..... 150] Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 88 Star, i | 2 50 Succotash. " st 350i Hembure ......... : cele 140 Citron, Leghorn, “Ib. boxes 20 Reg 2s Pienic, i lb 2 00 | Soaked . ee 85 Lemon : og ? Vanilla, — RD cag 7 2 90| Honey 3 Mee 150 —_— = a” “doz | Clay, No. 216 1% Meckerel. Erie . ee “Tradesman.” Raisins. 2 ajxs| “TD, fall count. ne Standard,1Ib...... .. 125 a Ondura, 29 lb. boxes.. @8 202 ....81 2) ’ “s 2 Ib f 2 10 omatoes. % 1, per hundred....... .. 2 | Sultana, « 8K%@ 9 ca... owl Owe &............ 125 Mustard, 2lb........ es a -+.--.-- 250] Valencia, 30“ @7t POTASH, Tomato Sauce, 2 1b. ce ee Ni ce . 300 Prunes. XX Grade Soused, 2 lb....... ee ace -- 800) California, 100-120......... 10% Lemon, 48 Cans in Case. Salmon. Hamburg.........-. Se $10, 4% 90x100 25 Ib. Dxs. 11% Me 20z.....81 50] Babbitt’'s... ...... eT Columbia River, flat.... ...1 90 | Gallon .......-.........----- 8 75 | 82, th ; 5 00 “ 80x90 12% 40z..... 300} Penna Salt Co.’s........-. 325 “ aie | 8 Superior.” ss 70x80 ‘ "13% a Alaska, Red.. oT CHOCOLATE, S 1. por hundred........... 3 & [ 60x70 XX Grade RICE, i on ones onda avis 1235 ei 2° ts ceceveeess 800| DUrKOY.......--...-..-. Vanilla Domestic. Binnes's, Rats...........-..1 & ' Ss, * ' .. 35) Silver ........-...-..--. N@15 2 02 $1 75 | Carolina head ‘ 5 Sardines. German Sweet.. ...... a . 4 00| Sultana............ .....e., 9% foe. 3 50 ae ie American --- : @ 5} Premium.... ....... 0... 37 | $10, ‘ oo ' French, oe biecle hoe os ie ee i as... eG oe 6%@ 7 | Breakfast Cocoa.......... 43 | 820, * 00 ae a Jennings’ D C. eo ae Ree er cerns tt : Imported gs. he ee .. 10@11 CHEESE . 80-90 aes bee 11 Lemon. Vantila ce : - eee 15@16 ES Be . oe 10 |eaoz folding box... %5 1 Imported. 5 — MB... .e cece AMDOY....---.-++e0e- @11% ENVELOPES, oz 1.1 40 2 00 Japan, No.1.... 0... ----.-. per gresinnet snes 21 Acme. — @11% XX rag, white 6 oz “ “""2 00 2 00 No.2... aM Brook, 8 Ib Trout. . ows a sees Gil u : 5M BON oo ates serene Si 2% | 2 oe taper ......... 1 35 S00) BAVA... eal 98 ID.......--...---. 20% BU 1 MAVEFBICE -.---- -..-.. @11% ‘Universal. [Me SO al 1 60} 4 oz taper .........1 50 2501 Patma...........- EE 5 "THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Root Beer Extract. Williams’, — 1% "3 doz . 5 00 Hires’, 1 = cae 1% 125. ._......... 5 00 ‘SPICES. Whole Sifted. Alipeiee... .c..:....... 10 Cassia, China in mats...... q . Batavia in bund....15 . Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, Amboyna 2 eee, .. 2 Mace aewta.. L eeee eet Nutmegs, fancy.. eT 75 No. ;: Diacce ames cueas 70 " No. See bd ue a ee 60 Pepper, singapore, black....10 white... .20 ee 16 Pure aieea in Bulk, Aleeeee 15 C assia, Batavia ecu ceeceecese 18 and Saigon.25 ’ eee 35 Cloves, Amboyna Lei ei aus 22 ee. ..... .-. 5 18 Ginger, Beeecee...... 2.2... 16 oerrn............ 20 Y jee —. Maco Batavyis..............- Tu Mustard, Eng. and Trieste, .22 Trieste Let eoe cuieuss 25 Mutmren, NO. 2 ............- % Pepper, Singapore, black.. white. .... [ Cayenne..........- 20 2 “Absolute” in Packages. 4s Atieiee th ee 84 155 7. ............... 84 155 Ginger, Jamaica...... 84 155 Atricw........ 84 1 55 Beceeare............... 8&4 155 aoe 84 155 oaee...... 84 SAL SODA, Mees. ............5...7..... 1% Granulated, Womes.........- 1% SEEDS. os ee ee 10 Cardamon, Malabar. . 90 Hemp Russian....... 4% Mixed Bird .......... 5% Mustard, white....... 10 PORDG . 1... 5. .---.-s<0.. 9 WOM nee 65s ee 6 Cuttie beme........... 30 STARCH. Corn S016 bGres.........-...-...- 6 on <* § «|... 5% 1-lb packages... 3-1b 6-lb - 6 40 and 50 lb. boxes.......-.-- 4l4 a a 5% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders.......-. 37 Maccaboy, in Jars......---.. 35 french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, ee 5h ao e gnglish Demet eee eee aly — 100 3-Ib. sacks.. - 82 3 eee * 2 00 28 10- = sacks ae 1 85 Ee a 2 24 3- ig aie 13 56 Ib. dairy in —_ bags.. 32 28 Ib. rill 16 18 oe 56 1b. dairy in drill bags... 32 216, if as Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56), dairy inlinen sacks. 75 Solar Rock. 66 le, SUCRM....... . «.-..- 2 Common Fine. Saginaw .......eeeeeeeeees 85 Manistee _ 8&5 SALERATUS. Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Ciaeire ..-_ -...---------- 5% DeLand’s ‘ 5% Dwight’s... 5% Taylor's... § “SOAP. Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb......--. 30 Good Cheer, 601 Ib.........- 3 90 White Borax, 100 %-D. ....- 3 % en * ee Concord. . . 38 Ivory, 10 = 67 eens 4 00 Ec ckw caret cease ee 3 90 Mottled German Dees 3 60 dl $& Dingman Brands. Single box.. ...--....----- 3 9 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas. 8. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, _- d. .34 06 plain... 2 of N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s mage Santa COAT on. ere es 47% Brown, 60 bars........--+-- 2 s " BO Ders ..... -+-.-; 3 50 sc Bros. & Co.’s Brands. ee 4 00 Cotton Oil.. Db aieleanee OO Marseilles........---+-+--++ 3 95 ee aT Thompson & Chute — 3 8 Ge og eden ween ean. Mons 4... <.-......... 3 35 Savon imiproved..........- 2 50 eee 3 05 ioreaen ... ... 3 2 Beonomical ............... 2 25 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 Hand, $doz....... 2 50 SUGAR. The following prices repre- sent the actual selling prices in Grand Rapids, based on the a ual cost in New York, with ¢ cents per 100 pounds added for frelght. 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 toquote New York prices exclusively. um Loar. .....---......... S 23 ee ee 5 23 Cae .......---...... 5 61 Extra Fine Cea. —- 2 oo Cubes .. ee XXXX Pow davod 42 Confec. Standard A.. ... No. 1 Columbia A........- No. 5 Empire cece eee SYRUPS. Corn. Barrels. ........ Suede cece ee ee 2 Pure Cane. ON ok ieee te ca. 19 ee 25 Cages 30 SWEET GOODS. Ginger Snaps........-. 8 Sugar Creams........- 8 Frosted Creams....... 9 Graham Crackers..... 8% Oatmeal Crackers..... 8% VINEGAR. OE 7 @8 Op Oe. 8 ae ees 8 9 $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Bulk, per gal ....... «.-.- 30 Beer mug, 2 doz in case. 1% YEAST. Magic, ...... .---.......... Warner’s Woe Wee (5... Diamiond........ Mowe ..............--.... TEAS. yaPaNn—Regular. Weir ..................- @i7 ES @w Choice. . --24 @2% Choicest........-- ---- 32 @H ee 10 @12 UN CURED a @l7 @2v Choicest ect sa rece 32 na 10 @i2 BASKET FIRED. i... ..........--... 18 @w Cienee........-.--.---s @25 Choicest. @35 Extra choice, wire leat @40 GUNPOWDER. Common to faii......-. 25 Extra fine to finest.... Choicest fancy.....--- 7 @s5 OOLONG, @26 Common io fair... ... 23 @30 IMPERIAL. Common to fair......- 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor. to fair.....-- 18 @26 Superior to fine....... 30 @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. EE on eco ce nc eo see 18 @2z CRBOD. 5 ooo oe cone se wees 24 @28 Oe 40 @50 TOBACCOS. Fine Cut. Pails — er noted Bazoo . @30 Can C an. del ceneaeet cs @27 Neltie Biy..........-.- 27 @2 Uncle ben..... ce 22 Hiawatha ..... : 60 Sweet Cuba......... - 34 McoGinty .....-.....--. 27 % bbis.....-.- 25 Dandy Jim..........+: 29 Torpedo toe ees dee 2 in drums. 23 Yom Yom ......-.... 2 om... st. - 23 © Grims....,--.+--» 22 et: Sorg’s Brands. ae a es 2 N Nobby Wak 41 Scotten’s Brands, BO ceca e Ene 26 Hiawatha......... cse- 38 Valley City ........--- 34 Finzer’s Brands. Old Honesty........-- 40 dolly Tar: .......<<..-+ $2 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands. Hip @ried................ 17 Golden Shower.............19 Huntress ee Meerscasgm...............- 29 American Eagle Co.’s Brands. Myrtle ee ee 40 Sioc .., —_ German Frog . Le ‘3 Java, 48 foil.. ae Banner T uisiee Co. *s Brands, Ce 16 Banner Cayendish.......... 38 Gorm Cat _..................28 Seotten’s Brands. Warpath . occ. Honey De “3D Goliad Block................- 26 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands, Peerless...... eee 26 Oia Fom...................- 18 Standard. ' Globe Tobacco Co." 8 ceande. Manamede..............-... 41 Leidersdorf’s Brands. Mob Hoy.................. 26 Uncle Sam.. -28@32 Red Clover...-...-..-++ en Spaulding & Merrick. Tom and Jerry....-.-- — 25 Traveler Cavendish....... 38 Back Hora.......-...-.-....00 Plow Boy...... .......-ag@ee Coes Case... ........... OILS. The Standard Ot] Co. quotes as follows, in barrels, f. 0. b. Grand Rapids: Mecene |... 84 Water White, old test. @ 7% W. W. Headlight, 150° < ao White Mich.. @ 6% a ee @ 6% aos saaaiiied ieee @ Tn c = eee eee -2e Begs ..... -...,.. 13 @21 Black, °3 cold test @ 8% s HIDES PELTS and FOUR Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: HIDES. iGreen... ee 24%03% Part Cured eae @4 a @ 44 5 @5 Kips, green ..........- 3 4 Pe Care as g 5 Calfskins, — ee 4@6 rod...... 7 @8 Deacon an Deeeaee es. 10 @30 No. 2 hides \& off. PELTS. Shearlings......-.----- 10 @ 20 Teme |... 1.8... ee 15 @ 30 wool, Washed ...........--.: 12 @19 Unwashed ......-....-. 2 @ié MISCELLANEOUS. ee eee ee 3 @ 4% Grease butter ........ 1 @2 Swenes ..........-.-- 1%@ 2 Ginseng. ..........-..- 2 00@2 7 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 1b. test) 64 No. 2 Red (60 Ib. test) 64 MEAL, Memoa. ............... .. 1a Granulated............ 1 65 FLOUR. Straight, in sacks......... 60 ' “ Derreks,.....-. 3 85 Patent “* 5 ce “ Graham ‘“ Rye . MILLSTUFFS. Less Car lots quantity Bran. .....-.- — 00 $15 00 Screenings .... 14 00 14 00 Middlings..... 17 00 17 00 Mixed Feed... 19 50 19 50 Coarse meal .. 19 00 19 00 CORN Coe tote 2... . 1... ek 50 Less than car lots........-- 52 OATS. Car lot Less aan car lots.. ..40 HAY. No. isa car lots....13 0 No.1 ton lots ..... 14 00 FRESH MEATS. Beef, Corcemg.......-.. 6%@ 8 hind quarters. . . §%@ 9 “ «6fere . 5%4@ 6 - loins, No. 3...10 @il “ ib} @9 te oe Bologes............--- @ 6 Pork bios .....-....-- @i1% 66 6whoulders........ @ 9% BULK. | 1 .1@ Sausage, blood orhead @7 Counts, per — 2 20 ' 7 22 “6 co ae Extra Selects.. 1 7% . s * .20 ig Frankfort ... @ 9 SOAMMT@. .-............. 2 60 a 3 00 wae oo ee 8 : ; Po et 1a Baskets, market. a 35 Mec. 4-2 ets te ek é & : a ig bushel.. 1 25 PAPER & WOODENWARE full } 100p 1s ¥ISH and OYSTERS. sin PAPER. ax i willow el "ths, No.1 6 %5 ne 50 F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as} Rockford .................-- “ FO follows: Mee weer 8 ds. "Ox splint 50 FRESH FISH. Pamware. ......... bho eees 236 ' 25 Whitefish ............ @Q_ | Bakers . te tence eee sees 25M ne Trant ees Dry Goode sae INDURATED WARE. Halibut... @15 Jute M Manilla eee laa. @6% | Pails.... & 15 Ciscoes or Herring... @5 | Red Express No.1. 5% | Tubs, No. 1 13 52 Bluefish.. @1e No. 2 We. 20 ..12 00 Fresh lobster, ‘per Tb. 20 "WINES. Tubs, No. : 10 50 Cod......- 20.0 6-+ ee 1G Vap@atien. 00000. 0 se POULTEY. No. 1 Pickerel.. : @9 Cotton No 1 17 Local dealers — as follows: Pike ae oe. oe DRESSED Smoked White... G10 | Sea Island, assorted....... 30 | Fowl....... .- 12 @lt Red Snappers .. 12 | No. 5 Hemp . ie 15 | Lurkeys ..16 @1s Columbia River Salmon 20 No. 6 “ ae Ducks 16 @18 Wackerel. _.__...- . 25 ae a Chicken : 13 @15 WOODENWARE. ul oysTERS—Cans. Tubs, No. a LIVE. a Wairhaven Counts.... @40 és No. 2 & 0 | Live broilers 13lbs. to2Ibs. ¥. 3. 0. Selectws....... = © We 3 a Pate h, per doz.......5 50@6 00 Selects .......... + @2 Pails, aa 1, two-hoop. " 1351 a ns a 1 Sua ) “No. 1, three- hoop.... 1 60} cy sla h, per doz. ..3 50@ i SHELL GOODS. iV Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 40 a ai : iH @ 12 — per 100 ..... 1 56Q1 4 Bowls, il inch ee $0 | Turkeys "10 @14 ceil remem ee eT ae 1 teck...... 0 Ge PROVISIONS. Fania C OMIA... 80@90 The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, | String ted Creams... a quotes as follows: | Burnt Almonds... . 1 00 PORK IN BARRELS. Wintergreen Berries.. eed oe ecteaae. 60 Mess, . . i. CARAMELS. acute cut . | No. 1, wrapped, 21 ib. bDexes.....-. +4 Extra clear pig, short cut. bb, oo oe ele rit til aaa at 51 Extra clear, heavy.. es ish bi, 4 i “5 (gas! Fae Be 22 50 } ao 3; T 3 Boston clear, short cut. ll ee oe and up, 5 1b. boxes. . Clear back, Be Cee 22 § BANANAS. Standard clear, short cut, best............ 23 ny 4 50@1 % sausaGE—Fresh and Smoked. Medinm .............. 2 W@2 50 Hoek Suameee. 00... 2.1.2... , Large .....-..-...- ween cree eee e nee ees x _.......... 2 ORANGES. ONgue SAUSAGE. .... 2... -e eee cere eect ee ree eee 9 | California Riverside Seedlings 2 Ong F SMC NMUEERI oo ccc. s cos cen scree eess 3% alifornia Riverside ne |ocececs a cugue oO Higed Saueete. 00... -1.... +... q LEMONS. Bologna, straight..........-..---seeeeeeeee sees 6 Messina, Guatce 26... .......... @1 00 Bologna, thick..... oS fancy, 360. i @5 v0 Head Cheese. q ‘ choice 300.. ‘4 00 Be ease eect See ae cee 7 ' 2 Lo. as aK fancy 20 ...... ' 5 50 Kettle menace. oo OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Se eee tte eoe) ee Figs, fancy layers, 6b.. i. @i2 Wemyss en oe | 8% 0b... oS sl @12% Compound .. eae extra 1. @i4 50 lb. Tins, ye ady ance. \ Oe ee @15 20 lb. pails, we Dates, Fard, 10-1b. box See. @i% nik ~ . 50-Ib. @ 6% ss | te c | * Persian, 50-Ib. box. 4%@ 5% sim * fe . NUTS. BEEF IN BARRELS. | Almonds, Tarragona. @19 aca... Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs.........-.. 850| ss Mi ifort ; @18 ? Californ ta. ee @D18% Extra Mess, Chicago packing.. wee---- 9 50 | Brastig new..... @9 Boneless, rump butts........--.------+++++++ 15 00 | whiberts .... @11% SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Walnuts, Grenoble. .......0..22..2..... @13% 1 . Marbot @ ee teh ae OMe. 1: @I3 " “ 12 to 14 lbs. 14% Table Nuts, fancy. ee @13% ee . Us — tote eeeee @iz “ best boneless. . CU ae | Soca. Doane, P., 12 @14 Showidors....0..-...--......... 11% ; Cocoanuts, full sacks......-...... - @4% Breakfast Bacon, boneless. . a lp H. P..S PRANUTS, i Dried beef, ham prices.. aes ..10% | Fancy: os roi" TSR @ a Long Clears, heavy ........---.-+-+2s2e sere ee Fancy, H. P., Flags Woasted .....-.. ++. e on Briskets, medians... ae sven i. Scaune. o 9% e Ae nn ene : Choice, H. P., Extras.. Loo @ 6% bh - “ Roasted..... @8 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: CROCKERY — D GLASSWARE. STICK CANDY. | FRUIT JARS. Cases Bbls. Pails. Cone ee a — 64 = 74 | Half Galions......-.-..-.-... «..- a 6 Weut .........- 6% 7% enbens Seeeeo eres L v a ah hia ae eh al a Boston Cigemm............ 3% : Se ua @ut Loat.............-..- 8% We. 0 Sun 45 xtra H. H.........- 8% No. 1 ra ce aa ri MIXED CANDY. Nas * 75 Bbls. Pails. Tubular eee cue oo Vedecaeucaa ae , ¢ LAMP CHIMNEYS. Per box. Sieamard. ..... .....5-.....--. 24... 6 7 6 dos. in box. Leader. 6 ‘ ; ; Royal 6% TM, Ne hen 8. ee fee 180 ee 6 7 No. 1 1% PRON ceca ceases eee ee 6s eee wsiaes ‘ 8 . te ° OO 2 90 oe S| SSiret quailty. eae No. 0 Sun, crimp to 2 25 Broken Taffy ...........-.. ‘baskets | 8 No 1 ee eee een aa Peanut Squares..........-.- 9 oO. a « ee aa ~ HK French Creams.......... 10 | No x iia 3 40 Valley Creams. oe. 13 No.0 Sun, crimp top > 60 Midget, 30 Ib. baskets. Daa aee stew wana 8 a ee o EGCG SOAs aia CHE Bs Goa eT ae aa Fancy—In bulk — top. Pails. |; No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled L 2% Lozenges, = eee as eee ao ome 7 — 2 a sc cde ‘ = pal bee os sda que cues to. 2Hings, « --48 Chocolate ies Se ee 11% La Bastie. Chocolate a Se, 13 «| No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per, moe... ss 1 2 Gum Drops.. ao ee eee ees 5% | No. ee ~-k OO WEG TCO oe en ce nee tne wn 8 | No. 1 erimp, per. aos.... ss Sour — eG 3 No. 3 poor -.k OO Vinpertals........-.---. ,-..-------.----------- 0 i LAMP WIC “KS. / Fancy—In 5 Ib. boxes. Per Box _ , per gross De ee ee ee a a BOO a ee i cae ne aw ae . No 2. Cee 38 cir PANG cs ae eee ee ees en cot woe eees No. 3, “ 75 Peppermint Drops......--+-+--eeeeeerstee reese 60 | Mammoth, per doz... Th Chocolate Dropa...... 2.2. - cece ees cceeececcces 65 STONEWARE—AKRON. decay a PitGpe... 20.2 .05-.. 4. te 90 | Butter C rocks, - to Gg gal. isi C 06 m Drops.....--- ~ wal. per doz.............-- 60 Licorice Drops... | Jugs, % gal., on doz. 70 A. B. Licorice Drops. ae eee 80 « 1to4 gal., PURE lop sc cule s4asiacanai 07 Lozenges, ees” bia ecieesinicen aac ee cata cic netees 7 Miik Pans, % Bal. per GOx.......-. vere vss OO print esa caiss caesar se %2 ge cc STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED. ese tage ta ae a 55 Butter Crocks, { and 2 gal Le o7 Molasses Bar.. as 55 | Milk Pans, % gal oe 65 Hand Made Creams. -85@I 7 i8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. TIGHT MONEY. In the slang of Wall Street, the finan- cial condition of the country is described by saying that ‘‘money is tight.” There is plenty of it to be had, indeed, on cal! | and on readily marketable collaterals, but when it is wanted for any length of time and upon securities that cannot easily be sold, the case is quite different. Borrowers are no longer welcomed by lenders as they were alittle while ago. When they apply for fresh loans, or even for an extension of those they already have, they meet with cool receptions and frequently with a decided repulse. The consequence is, as we see, that many of them, not being able to continue the game they were playing, have to throw up the ecards and acknowledge them- selves to be insolvent. When, as people say, ‘‘money is tight,” it is not the money, but the owners of it who are thus described. Lenders have for the moment lost faith in the ability of their would-be debtors to pay their debts, and look with distrust and sus- picion upon applications which pre- viously they would have favorably enter- tained. The changein their feelings is part and parcel of the collapse in the stock market which has brought ruin upon so many adventurous speculators. Just as the public has passed from a state of mind in which it was ready to pay without hesitation the highest prices for fancy stocks, regardless of their in- trinsic value, to one in which it will not buy them at any price whatever, so it has passed from a readiness to lend to anybody and everybody, on any kind of security offered, to one in which it will scarcely lend at all. Since the beginning of February, when speculation in stocks was at its height and confidence in everything and every- body was unbounded, the banks of New York City have lost in deposits $58,750,- 900, but in coin and paper money only $8,901,800. During the same interval they have reduced their loans to borrow- ers $49,008,600, or $40,106,800 more than they have lostin cash. This curtailing of loans by New York banks, large as it is, is but a part of a larger total to which borrowers all over the country have had to submit. Both financial in- stitutions and individual lenders, in other places as well as in New York, have restricted their loans, and the con- sequence has become visible in the many failures which have been reported, both of corporations and of private persons. These failures are attributed to ‘‘tight money,” but the real cause is a with- drawal of credit. The concerns which have become bankrupt were large bor- rowers, and had invested their borrow- ings in assets which were either value- less, or at least unmarketable. They were in the same situation as were the stock speculators who came to grief at the beginning of this month. They had bought what they could not pay for, and suffered accordingly. If Congress were in session the pre- vailing difficulty of borrowing money would almost certainly lead to the intro- duction of measures for relieving it by increasing the supply of currency, and there would be plenty of eloquent speeches made in their behalf. But that the financial stringency is not due to any lack of circulating medium is proved by the fact that during the last four months $15,000,000 of additional Treasury notes have been issued for purchases of silver, ; under the Sherman act, and have gone into active circulation, while the gold that has been exported to Europe has been drawn mainly from the vaults of the Treasury, and not from people’s pockets nor from the banks. On the other hand, that the stringency proceeds from the timidity of money lenders is demonstrated by the reduction of the volume of bank loans, as well as those of individuals. Although the facts and figures show- ing how largely the business of the country is carried on not by the use of actual coin and notes, but by the ex- change of credits, have been repeatedly published, the lesson they teach has not yet been fully learned by people even in the great financial centers. New York City banks reported on Saturday that they owed their depositors $436,724,700, while the actual money they possessed was only $134,621,100. At the same time they reported that their outstanding loans were $415,901,600. Hence, if they were called upon to pay all their depos- its at once they would be able to do it in money only to the extent of $134,621,100, and for the remainder they would have to call in their loans. Practically, the liquidation would be completed by the offsetting of deposits against loans, and then the banks would still be found to possess all the money they hold now, ex- cept the small amount paid out for bal- ances. These figures, however, are far from fully exhibiting the total of the business transacted by the interchange of credits through the agency of banks. The pay- ments made by bank checks in New York City alone amount, on an average, to $120,000,000 a day, and in the rest of the country to $80,000,000 a day, making a daily total of $200,000,000. Add to this the credits given to one another by mer- chants and others, and of which only the balances are paid even by checks, it will be seen that the quantity of money which, to use the favorite expression of advocates of monetary inflation, is ‘‘nec- essary for the wants of trade,” is com- paratively trifling. In fact, it may be said, without exaggeration, that not cur- rency but credit is the life blood of com- merce. The misfortune is that the use of it easily degenerates into abuse, and there is in this country too much and not too little. Indeed, paroxysms of tight money such as that which is now producing disaster to so many from whom credit has suddenly been withdrawn, are nec- essary to restrain within bounds the ex- pansion of enterprise which the usual facility of obtaining credit tends to stim- ulate unduly. There is a height beyond which a_ building, even when it is con- structed of the most solid materials, can- not be carried without danger of crum- bling under its own weight, and the fab- ric of credit likewise has limits which it is not prudent to pass. If human wisdom and prudence were perfect, bus- iness would always be kept within the safety line, whether it was done with ready money or upon credit. But suc- cess produces overconfidence; a specu- lation which ends fortunately encour- ages the undertaking of another; profits on paper are made the basis for new schemes to win ntore profits, and so the bubble is blown bigger and bigger until it bursts. Since a catastrophe that is sure to come at last does less mischief when it comes early tham when its com- ing is deferred until the area of its dev- astation has been more enlarged, so, if the individuals and the institutions which are now failing for millions had been forced to fail by their creditors months or years ago, their debts would have been less and the resulting loss to their creditors less also. Had the Ar- gentine speculations of the Barings suf- fered a reverse at the outset, when only a few millions of British capital were in- volved, the enormous sums subsequently sunk in them would have been saved; and the same thing may be said of the investments of British depositors in Aus- tralian banks. One of the great merits of currency based upon metal and limited to an amount which is at all times readily con- vertible into metal on demand, is the check which it puts upon an undue ex- pansion of credit. It does not, indeed, entirely prevent such an expansion, but it does not permit it to go so far as an unlimited and inconvertible paper ecur- rency does, and it brings on sooner. With a currency continually expanding in volume and depreciating in value, prices continually advance, and thus lenders are encouraged to their loans and speculators to enlarge their operations, whereas the increase of the precious metals in the world being limited to the slow additions, resulting from human labor, a currency based upon them is comparatively fixed, and when prices rise above their proper level it provokes a disposition to sell, which brings them down again. a crisis extend A fallacious idea has obtained alto- gether too much favor in this country that a currency should be ‘‘elastic,’’ that is. that it should increase in volume when there is a special demand for it, as, for example, when the crops are harvested and sent to market. Those who hold this opinion forget that cur- rency is the common measure of values, and that a measure which expands on special occasions is as little useful as a yardstick would be that should be longer or shorter according to the weather, ora pound that weighed sixteen ounces at one time and fifteen, seventeen, or some other number of ounces at another. The evil of a rigid, inelastic currency is said to be that under it when a great number of sellers of agricultural products are in the market at once their competition puts prices down, whereas if the cur- rency were ‘‘elastic,’’ enough of it would be created to meet the exigency, and prices would be kept up. It is not con- sidered that whenever what serves as money is once brought into existence it stays in existence, and that a volume of it sufficient to keep prices high when sellers are numerous wil! put them still higher when the number of sellers is re- duced. The level thus. established would be maintained till the next har- vest came round, and then a fresh ad- dition of currency would be necessary to prevent them from falling. As for the tightness of money annually produced here at the East by the withdrawal of currency to move the crops atthe West and the Southwest, that is an inconven- ience against which any prudent busi- ness man can always protect himself by timely precautions, and there is no need of debasing the currency for the sake of saving him the trouble. MATTHEW MARSHALL. “x2 > Use Tradesman or Supertor Coupons. ASPHALT FIRE-PROOF ROOFING This Roofing is guaranteed to stand in all places where Tin and Iron has failed; is super- jor to Shingles and much cheaper. The best Roofing for covering over Shingles on old roofs of houses, barns, sheds, etc.; will not rot or pull loose, and when painted with our FIRE-PROOF ROOF PAINT, Will last longer than shingles. Write the un- dersigned for prices and circulars, relative to Roofing and for samples of Building Papers, etc. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Practical Roofers, Ger, Louis and Campan Sts., Grand Rapids, Mich. REEDER BROS. SHOE CO., JOBBERS OF Boots and Shoes, Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for oMING| 2) peas) 158 & 160 Fulton 8t., Grand Rapids, Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent Commiy Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIDS ,MICH. Jno. A. Covone, Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. S. Verprer, 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, T.J.O0°'Brion. A. d. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee, J. A.S. Verdier. Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Organized 1881, DETROIT, MICHIGAN GINSENG ROOT. Address We pay the highest price for it. PECK BROS.. Wholesale Druggists GRAND RAPIDS. a — wg — They Had Wooden Money. Few people know that wooden money was ever in use, but it was, and was cur- rent in England as late as 1694. Ex- chequer tallies was the name given to notched sticks, which were used for keeping the counts of the English ex- chequer. They were square rods of hazel or willow, inscribed on one side with notches indicating the sum for which the tally was an acknowledgment, and on two other sides with the same sum in Roman characters. When the trans- action was completed the tally recording it was split lengthwise, so that each sec- tion contained a half of each notch and one of the written sides. One half, called the tally or check, was given to the per- son for whose service it was intended, the other half, called the counter tally, was retained in the exchequer until its corresponding tally should be brought in by the person who had last given value for it. It thus became a current token representing cash. After the establish- ment of the Bank of England, govern- ment payments were made through its agency. The use of tallies in the ex- chequer was abolished by statute 25, George III. The old tallies were, by the acts 4 and 5, William IV, ordered to be destroyed, and it was burning them that caused the conflagration by which the old houses of parliament were domol- ished. MICHIGAN CENTRAL “€ The Niagara Falls Route.’ (Taking effect Sunday, May 28, 1893.) Arrive. Depart 10 Dpm........ Detroit Express ........ 6 55pm 10 @am.......... Day Express .... .- 120pm 6 Oam..... *Atlantic and Pacific..... 10 45 pm 1 00pm...... 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 5 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:20 p m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains east over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. Atmguist, Ticket Agent, Union Passenger Station. TOLEDO NORTH MICHIGAN 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 D., L. & N. RY. Ly. Grand Rapids at..... 7:10 a, m. and 1:25 Ar. Toledo at ......... 1:10 p. m. and 10:30 VIA D., @. H. & M. R'Y. Lv. Grand Rapids at.....6:50 a, m. and 3:25 Ar. Toledo at.......... 1:10 p, m. and 10:30 p. Return connections equally as good. W. H. Bennett, General Pass. Agent, Toledo. Ohfa. JAN. 22, 1893 p.m. p.m p. m. m. DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R. R. GOING TO DETROIT. in. G @........--..-.:. 7:10am *1:25pm 5:40pm Eg he 11:35am *5:30pm 10:35pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. DETR..........-+-- 7:45am *1:30pm 6:05pm ACG ©..........--..- 12:55pm *5:25pm 10:30pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. GR.11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R, RB. Lv. Grand Rapids........ 7:10am 1:25pm 5:40pm Ar. from Lowell.......--- 12:55pm 5:25pm ....... THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Cars on all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlorcars 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 May 28, 1893. TRAINS GOING NORTH. A rrive from Leave goin outh. North. For Traverse City and Saginaw 6:45am 7:20 a m For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:00am 1:10pm For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 2:20pm 4:15pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10pm 10:30 pm From Chicago and Kalamazoo. 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 Oincimnatt..........0 ate Tees, OM... 2. 15 set hdld teas, Daisy...... 12 * Ps ces ce. eee Wh oe i: * Peas, unhld...-.. ie a ee _ St. Denis . 12 a SM occ, Coe Cee ee 2 Coffees, hig......... +++ +++] 30 set unhdld teas, * ue 6 doz. Fruit saucers, 4 in... 3 O0Me PO. 2 Coffees, unhild...... os oe Scollops, square, 5in..... ee OC O6ee See cs 4 prs. Ewers and Basins, 9s. eee i a 4 doz. Butters, indiv Se oe ee ies haute Oe ee ice eee + ee ce. 15 set hdl St. Denis teas.... 6 Beet Oe... os: 6 only Covd Chambers...... ‘oes ee ce it Sin..... 15 set hdl Daisy teas..... 2S Bowie G0e.s..s.. s. i only Brush Vase .....-... coe ne ee 6 < “ 9in....- 21 set unhdld St. Denis teas. 12 Bowls 36s... ee ee 6 only murs... ---.--.- oboe s ee — eA eet. ol 24 Oyster Bowls, 30s 6 Ewers = Basins 9s...... 6 oaly Jugs, — heehee ae cost Ae. a te ee cy cls owes o a” ae 6 eovered chambers 9s...... 6 66 Pe ees ccee ca Jugs OO ee eee eo ee ss 6 prs Ewers and Basins, 9s. 12 uncovered chambers 9s.. 6 ~ 4s, Lise aes 6 Ewers and Basins 9s...... GO DENS, 9 1B. ec. ee 1044 set hdld St. Denis teas. 6 «5 eee rt 6 covered Chambers 9s...... 6 “ te 104 set hdld Minton teas... 19 « Se ee a a 6 uncovered Chambers 9s... qs 6 i) he oso ese ee ok 21 set unhdld St. Denis teas Crate and cartage............ Crate and cartage............ Crate and cartage.......... : Crate and cartage............ 60 30 73 27 66 26 69 87 HAVE YOU SEEN OUR We have specially arranged these assorted packages of cages to give our customers a good variety and small quantities of the best sellers. know they will please you. A=--ASSORTMENT. This assortment coutains 12 Cages, as follows: 2 Round Painted Cages; 3 Square Brass Cages, and 7 of the latest pattern Square Painted Cages. 1 each No. 195 Square, at........- $0 51]1 each No. 171 Square, at......... $0 45 1 each No. 5006 Brass, at...... aa 78|1 each No. 167 Square, at......... 3 1 each No. 061 Square, at......... 521 each No. 190 Square, at......... 39 1 each No. 5004 Brass, at......... 60|1 each No. 163 Square, at......... 58 1 each No. 066 Square, at......... 5311 each No. 2 Reund, at........... 37 1 each No. 5008 Brass, at......... 96 1 ooek Bo; i Bound, Ot. :..-... >. 31 Te Wee es ee eS 6 52 NEW ASSORTMENTS ? B--ASSORTMENT. This assortment contains 12 cages of the latest pattern of Square Painted Cages as follows: 1 each No. 02 Square, at.......... $0 36/1 each No. 172 Square, at........- 1 each No. 170 Square, at......... 39] 1 each No. 104 Square, at......... 1 each No. 78 Square, at.......... 69} 1 each No. 105 Square, at......... 1 each No. 168 Square, at......... 5811 each No. 194 Square, at......... 1 each No. 193 Square, at......... 56} 1 each No. 134 Square, at......... 1 each No. 068 Square, at......... 61 1 each No. 185 Square, at......... 40 Oe ON eS ie ee ys Try a package and we