® >. —— Michigan Tradesman. Published Weekly. VOL. 10. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. GRAND RAPIDS, JULY 12 $1 Per Year. , 1895. NO. 512 SEEDS MILLET, TURNIP SEED, HUNGARIAN, RUTABAGA, BUCKWHEAT, MANGEL WURZEL, SEED CORN, CARROT. Write us when in want of anything in the line of Seeds. We carry the largest line, and are always prepared to fill orders on short notice. ALFRED J. BROWN, Seedsman, 24 and 26 North Division Street, Grand Rapids,-Mich. REAMS. Se. IN ARAMELS. HOCOLATES. SPECIALLY FINE LINE FOR RESORT TRADE. Orders given us for Oranges, Lemons “aa Bananas will receive careful attention. A. E, BROOKS & CO., 46 Ottawa S8t., Grand Rapids, Mich. Sugar is Advancing! — —THAT MEANS HIGHER PRIGES FOR GONFEGTIONERY. Order in Round Lots Now. PUTNAM CANDY CO. WE... KEEP .. ALL ... SIZES OF All Wool Bunting Flags. Cotton Printed Bunting Flags. Cotton (é.) Printed Bunting Flags. FLAGS ON STICKS FROM NOS. I TO 12 AT LOW PRICES, AND PLAIN COLORS RED, WHITE AND BLUE, FOR DECORATION, IN 27 AND 36 INCH. P. STEKRTER & SUNS Manufacturers of BRUSHES GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Our goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. CHAS. A. COYE, Manufacturer of AVY NINGS ano TENTS HORSE AND WAGON COVERS Jobbers of Oiled :Clothing and Cotton Ducks. a 11 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. J and 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO., Mnnufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in Boots, Shoes and Rubbers. 12, 14 and 16 Pearl Street. Our Styles, Qualities and Prices are Right. Give us a trial. We carry the best Tennis Shoes made. Agents for the Boston Rubber Ny Shoe Co. SEEDS! Everything in Seeds is kept by us—Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Top, Blue Grass, Seed Corn, Rye, Barley, Peas, Beans, Ete. If you have Beans to sell, send us samples, stating quantity, and we will try to trade with you. We will sell Egg Cases and Egg Case Fillers. of 10), 35¢ each. No. 1.Fillers, 10 sets in a No. 1 Case, $1.25. sets in a No 1 Case, $1.50. W. Y, LAMOREAUX GO,, 128, 130 and 132 W. Bridge St, Grand Rapids, Mich, Millet, Red No. 1 Egg Case, a lots No. 2 Fillers, 15 MOSELEY BROS., - SEEDS - Clover, Timothy, Millet, Hungarian, Field Peas, Ete. Green V egetables, Orange »s, Lemons, Bananas, and Fruits of all kinds CASE FILLERS, Ten sets No. 1, with Case, $1.25. JOBBERS OF EGG 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. STANDARD OIL CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating ee NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave BULK WORES AT GRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, MAKISTEE, CADILLAC, BIG RAPIDS, GRAND HAVEN, LUDINGTON. ALLEGAN, HOWARD CITY, PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY CARBON & GASOLIN" BARRELS. LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY. IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers Grand Rapids. HEYMAN COMPANY, Manufacturers of Show Cases of Every Description, FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY. 63 and 65 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich, WRITE FOR PRICES. STOP AND CONSIDER How you can obtain a Pack of A. DOUGHERTY’S Celebrated World Renowned PLAYING CARDS FREE! -—- — 99 ———___ If you want good, light, sweet Bread and Biscuits use FERMENTUM THE ONLY RELIABLE COMPRESSED YEAST SOLD BY ALL FIRST-CLASS GROCERS. iol Save the Tin-Foil Wrappers and our White Diamond Labels, and when you have TWENTY-FIVE send them (or fifteen cents), to our agency and they will send you a full deck of “FERMENTUM” PLAYING CARDS. For Purity and Excellence FERMENTUM, the only reliable COMPRESSED YEAST is superseded,by none. It is made from selected Corn, Rye and Malt. It does not contain any acids or chemicals to make it white, being sold in its natural state, the color of Rye. Try it, and you will always have good Bread. Follow directions. Ask for and insist upon having FERMENTUM, the only reliable COMPRESSED YEAST. Manufactured only by THE RIVERDALE DISTILLERY, THE OLDEST MANUFACTURERS IN THE WEST. 264 to 270 Kinzie St., Chicago Ill. 106 Kent Street. General Offices: Grand Rapids Agency: No. AGENTS FOR BICYCLES Can make money by buying some of the wheels we are offering at Special Prices to clean up our stock—Many 1893 Model High and Medium Grade Wheels will be sold at less than Cost. elite. ace OE i ie ii. TD a ares Agents wanted for the most complete line of Wheels in the State. Repairing and changing wheels a specialty. PERKINS & RICHMOND, 1014 Ottawa Street i] DONT PROVE a You only Chew the String when you read this advertisement. To Prove the Pudding, you must send for a sample order of Tradesman, Superior or Universal Coupon Books. If you have never used the Coupon Book System, and wish to investigate it, sample books and price list will be mailed free on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. ~ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. VOL. X. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, J ULY 12, 1895. NO. Ad. SHELL cient (nich, = Mont al. Eyes tested for spectacles ees of cost wiht latestimproved methods. Glasses in every style at moderate prices. Artificial human eyes of every Color. Sign of big spectacles. VV V VEY We are Fishing FOR YOUR TRADE. BLANK BOOKS Made to Orde: AND KEPT IN STOCK Bend for Samples oi | our new Manifold City | Reosipts, Telegrams | and ‘Tracers. rn BARLOW ©.07HERS © & HAVE MOVED ef Ge To 6 and 7 Pearl St, Near the Bride. a ESTABLISHED 1841. THE MERCANTILE AGENCY R.G. Dun & Co. Tieference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London, England, Girand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. Ys 1g FIRE | = — Z CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. T. Stewart WHITE, Pres’t. W. Frep McBam, Sec’y. PRUE Seen ee ata oe NATE etd d 1c) aan THE ST eaaese el 217 Vd OTe a MR. BROWN’S SECOND MARRIAGE. His parishioners watched the Rev. Mr. Brown with peculiar interest as he left the graveyard, leading his two little girls by the hand. They wondered, knowing how much she had been to him, how he would endure the terrible blow of his wife’s death. His face was like marble as the coffin was lowered into the grave; there was no outward sign of an- guish, but no one doubted for a moment that he suffered keenly. He had been rather a mystery to his congregation al- ways; but they knew him to be capable of deep feeling, in spite of his cold, im- passive manner. A noisy, demonstrative show of grief would have been impossible to him. He was a manof great tranquil- ity of mind, and with little energy of disposition. He took all that Providence sent him very dutifully, without any ef- fort to change or amend it, no matter how objectionable it might be; and he possessed in perfection the art of ‘‘put- ting up with’? whatsoever befell him. He was not a favorite with his flock; but he was by no means unpopular.- The poor loved him, for his hand was always ready to goto his pocket at a tale of dis- tress, limited as were his means, and his reproofs were always of the mildest sort. The rich, though they had little to say for him, had nothing to say against him. They invited him frequently to their houses, entertained him handsomely, and bore very complacently with his habit of falling into a brown study at the dinner table. As for the younger por- tion of his flock, his good looks, his rich chestnut hair and dreamy dark eyes had early impressed them profoundly, and they sang his praises without stint. It was a source of regret to many of the young ladies—and a few of the older ones—that Mr. Brown was a married man. Many years before he had come to the church at Barstow, he had wedded a gentle, sweet-tempered girl, who fairly worshiped him, and who proved herself a good wife and devoted mother. Their wedded life had flowed on as calmly as a meadow brook, undisturbed by any petty domestic jars or troubles. It had never occurred to Mr. Brown that it might not go on so forever. He did not notice his wife’s failing health, and as she was one of the kind who never complain, he was utterly unprepared for her death. It stupefied him; he could not understand it. It seemed to him incredible, impos- sible, and he felt bewildered and half- puzzled even when he heard the sods falling on the coffin. KALAMAZOO PANT & OVERALL CO, 221 E. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich, 305 Central Union Block. Room 502 Matthew Build- Chicago Office: Milwaukee Office: ng. Our fall line of Pants from 89 to 842 per dozen are now ready. An immense line of Kersey Pants, eve vf pair warranted not to rip. Bound muenenee of entire line sent on approval to the trade He went back to his lonely home with his two little girls, and shut himself up in his study, where he lay down on the well-worn lounge, a dull pain in his head. It seemed to him that his lost Laura must know how much he needed her. Hecould not realize that she was gone. He lay there, half expecting to see her enter and to feel her tender touch on his brow, soothing away the pain as she had often done when he was brain weary. But hour after hour went by, and no one came near him, and he heard only the voices of his children as they talked loudly to the cook in the kitchen. The next day he went out as usual, pursuing his accustomed round of duties as tranquilly and patiently as ever. His parishioners were loud in their expres- sions of admiration to each other as they saw how well he bore his great sorrow, and they were very kind to him, espe- cially in the matter of advice. His ‘‘dis- tressing situation’? was the subject of debate in almost every house in Barstow. It was talked over at the meetings of the sewing circle, the reading club, and the Indian Relief Association, and it was unanimously agreed that the best thing the poor widower could do was to employ a governess, who would also act as housekeeper and general manager. But it was not an easy matter to find the right kind of a woman for the place, though there were many applicants for it. It was decided that only a middle- aged, respectable, quiet woman, who would be incapable of scheming to fill the late Mrs. Brown’s place, and who would be competent to take charge of the little girls would do, and such a one was hard to find. It was Miss Anastasia Bowen who at length found just the right person, and as Mr. Brown was willing to do just what Miss Bowen thought best, that lady took the responsibility of installing Miss Susan Piper in the parsonage without further delay. Miss Piper was neither old nor young; she had no pretensions whatever to good looks, and she was so exceedingly shy that if the minister spoke to her on even the most trivial topic she blushed as red asapeony. But these, said Miss Ana- stasia, were such trifling drawbacks as almost to be looked upon in the light of advantages wnder the circumstances. Miss Piper was, as Mr. Brown soon saw, a very good woman, exceedingly conscientious and painstaking. She did her best for the two little girls—healthy, happy, pretty little creatures of 9 and 11 years—who learned the simple lessons she gave them from pure love for her, not because they feared her displeasure. Probably there was no lady in Barstow who took a deeper interest in the house- hold affairs of the bereaved widower than Miss Anastasia Bowen. She was, in spite of the fact that youth had long since left her, of a sentimental turn of mind, and the pale, high-bred face and gentle manners of Mr. Brown had in- spired her with an intense admiration for him, which, after the death of his wife, ripened intoan undisguised attach- ment which was patent to every one but the object of it. Nota chance did the spinster lose of seeing her idol, and scarcely a day pased that she did not run into the parsonage on one excuse or an- other. But the minister, absorbed in his books and the memory of his dead Laura, was utterly and sublimely unconscious of the passion he had inspired. The idea of a second marriage had never en- tered hismind. He never even asked him- self whether he liked Miss Bowen or not, but so constantly did she press her advice respecting every subject upon him that he grew to depend upon her in a great measure, and often consulted her upon different household and church matters, never touching, however, in any manner whatever upon subject of matri- mony. The fact that she was making no head- way in spite of her tireless efforts, in spite of the attentions she lavished upon the two little girls, at last dawned upon Miss Anastasia, and she set herself to work to discover the reason. She came to the conclusion, after a careful review of the ground, that Mr. brown was too comfortable by far. Miss Piper attended most. assiduously to his creature com- forts, and the society of his children pre- vented any feeling of great loneliness. ‘“‘He wouldn’t hold out a month if he was left utterly alone,’’ meditated the ambitious lady. ‘“‘If he had no one to see after him or to talk to, he’d be apt to think of me. There’s no one else he’d turn to. He’s one of the kind to take what comes nearest and is most conven- ient.” In which last conclusion Miss Anasta- sia was quite right, as my story will prove. She decided that no time was to be lost. and that it was best to begin opera- tions at once. So, after carefully map- ping out a course of action, she repaired to the parsonage and asked boldly to see Mr. Brown privately. Miss Piper, meek and humble as usual, exhibited no surprise at the request, but made haste to show the visitor at once into the minister’s study, where he sat reading at his desk. The intention of ‘‘having a talk’’ on some important subject was written plainly on her hard, lean face, and Mr. Brown laid down his book at once and prepared to listen to whatever she had come to say. ‘“T hope ’m not disturbing you, Mr. Brown,” began Miss Anastasia, with a little nervous cough, as she took a seat. She felt quite agitated, and an unwonted color brightened her sallow cheek. Her mission was so important, so much hung upon its success, that it was not strange she was not quite as calm as usual. “No, oh no,’? answered Mr. Brown with a faint sigh, as he glanced at his beloved book. ‘I am always glad to have youcome. I hope there is nothing wrong?” anxiously. “The truthis, Mr. Brown, I’ve come to see you about the girls. They are not managed as wellas I could wish. Miss Piper is a good woman, but she can’t have the authority a—a—mother would have, you know, and she lets them do about as they please, and they are grow- ing up rude and wild.” Mr. Brown looked startled. It did not occur to him to question Miss Anastasia’s statements. He took them in good faith always, being simple enough to believe her to have his interests at heart. ‘Why, you were the one who recom- mended Miss Piper to me,’’ he said at length, ‘‘and I have been well satisfied with her.”’ the 3 - Rae Nine ee ee eee ee si Bi 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN: *‘She does the best she knows how,” said Miss Anastasia, ‘“‘but she hasn’t sufficient authority to govern them prop- erly. Ah, poor little creatures, they need the care of a mother.” This was a bold stroke. A fiush rose to the minister’s high, pale brow, but he gave no other sign of emotion. Any ref- erence to his dead wife pained him, even now that she had lain in her grave two years, but of course he did not say so. “‘You are very kind to take such an in- terest,” he murmured a little indistinctly. ‘“‘What would you advise?” “TI would advise their being sent to boarding-school, Mr. Brown. I have a friend who keeps a very select seminary at Woodstock. She would be delighted to take charge of Flora and Annie, I am sure.’’ “TI should not like to part with them,’’ said Mr. Brown meditatively. ‘*And— and—what would become of Miss Piper? I wouldn’t like to hurt her feelings, and she loves the girls dearly.’’ ‘“‘There’d be no cause for her to feel hurt. Tell her simply that force of cir- cumstances compels you to dismiss her. A month’s notice will be sufficient.” “It will be very unpleasant,” said the minister in trepidation. ‘‘And where will she go? She has no home but this, and nota relative in the world.” *‘She must find another situation,” said Miss Anastasia. ‘‘She can begin at once to look for one. You can tell her of the contemplated change this evening,’’ and, after promising to write at once to the principal of the seminary at Wood- stock, Miss Anastasia left, walking home in a state of bliss bordering on ecstasy. She felt sure that she had putin the first wedge that would lift her toward a home in the parsonage, and already be- gan to plan the changes she would make in its arrangement. But a shadow had been thrown over Mr. Brown’s peaceful life. His soul was filled with despair unutterable at the thought of that conversation he must have with Miss Piper. The mere possi- bility of her shedding tears made a shudder run through his frame. He could not make up his mind to speak to her, and day after day passed, until it lacked only two weeks of the time when the seminary was to open. Then at last he spoke. He came into the sitting-room, where she sat darning his socks by the light of a student lamp, the girls having gone to bed. She looked up in surprise as he entered, for he seldom left his study un- til midnight; but not the faintest intui- tion had she of the blow which was to fall upon her. *‘Miss Piper,’? began the poor man, feeling profoundly wretched, ‘I—1I1— have decided to make a change.” “A change!’ The sock Miss Piper was darning fell from her hand. She began to tremble, and her face turned deadly pale. “Yes. Miss Anastasia thinks—and of course—I—it is all for the best you know—Flora aud Annie ought to go to school,’’ faltered the minister. “And you wish to give me notice, I suppose, sir,” said the little governess in a tremulous, aggrieved tone, that stab- bed Mr. Brown tothe heart. ‘‘When do you wish me to leave, sir?’ looking at him with a quivering smile. “Oh, any time; suit yourself—your own convenience,’? stammered Mr. Brown. “Do you want me to get the girls ready, sir?” she asked, trying to speak cheerfully. “If you will be so good,’”’ he answered. Her quiet resignation made him utterly wretched. He would rather have seen her hysterical or indignant a thousand times over. ‘*] will see to it, sir.’’ And then he left the room, feeling like a criminal. But as he reached the study, he happened to think that Flora and Annie were yet to be told of the impend- ing change. He would go back and ask the little governess to tell them for him, for he was sure of open rebellion. He pushed open the door of the sitting room again, but started back conscience stricken, for Miss Piper, with her face buried in her arms, was kneeling by the sofa, while a melancholy sound of sob- bing and crying, pitiful to hear, filled the room. ‘“‘My dear Miss Piper,’’ he said fer- lornly, ‘‘lam so sorry—”’ She started up, and tried to wipe away her tears with the sock which she still held. *““Excuse me, sir,’’ she faltered, ‘‘I—I ecouldn’t help it. I am so fond of the girls, you know, and I'd begun to feel so much at home here.”’ Mr. Brown walked up and down the room, with his hands clasped behind him and his head on his breast, for sev- eral moments without speaking. The sobs in the poor little woman’s voice struck him to the heart. He was turn- ing her out of heronly home. And she had done her duty toward the girls, cer- tainly. ‘“‘Suppose you stay here, Miss Piper,” he said suddenly. ‘‘You can keep house for me, anyhow.’’ A deep flush dyed the pale face of the little governess. *‘Oh no, I couldn’t, indeed,’’ she cried, in a horror-stricken tone. ‘It would be impossible.’’ “You might—stay as my wife, Miss Piper,’’ cried poor Mr. Brown desper- ately. “Oh, Mr. Brown, you don’t mean it! You’re just sorry for me, I’m sure,’ cried Miss Piper, the thought flashing through her mind, however, that per- haps it was love, and not pity, after all, and he had only just discovered the state of his heart as he was about to lose her. She had read of such things in novels. Why should it not be so in her case as well? ‘“‘I_I—don’t know—it is the only way you can stay,’’ stammered Mr. Brown in a confused manner. “Well, if you think it best,’’? mur- mured the blushing little governess. “T’m sure I'll try to make you happy.”’ “I don’t doubt that,”? said Mr. Brown. And thusit was that the minister’s second marriage came about. 1 need hardly say that Miss Anastasia was furious. No words could adequately describe her surprise and chagrin. The very course she had taken with a view to installing herself in the parsonage had installed Miss Piper there. All her plans had come to naught. Her castles in the air had fallen to the ground with a crash. Her visits to the parsonage ceased entirely. She no longer consid- ered it necessary to advise and counsel Mr. Brown. The minister never fonnd cause to re- gret his second marriage. The little governess proved a devoted, dutiful wife and a faithful stepmother, and she never dreamed on what a slender thread her happiness had hung, nor could imagine why it was that Miss | Anastasia Bowen treated her as a mor- | tal enemy. GROCERS ! sell Staple Goods. AAR CONDENSED Mitpe “oy Ray, EAGLE BRANO Agi 1 SSS _ “0° sev Mi hide jg, Mack oftheNewYorx CONDE /6NILBORDEN = = > i’ Which: WS, pede | cathonuge eerveD Mix lie | a | Ory, al Bord” | ENEWyno or cuceDMILKe “7 EWYORK CONDENSEDM Qin HudsonStrect. New YorK-— a | it THN tae irc i There are a number of new brands of Condensed Milk being put on the market that are experiments. The Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk long ago ceased to be an experiment. been on the market for more than 30 YEARS. You cannot afford to take into stock goods that he on your shelves until spoiled and that are never safe in recommending. We are aiding the sale of the “EAGLE” Brand by advertising it to consumers in your section.” That will help you. Also, proprietors of CROWN, DAISY & CHAMPION It has \BRANDS of Condensed Milk. AN a x a SWS SCN Ge OO REN DO YOU GIVE CRAYONS AS PREMIUMS ? We have the latest designs in frames, and GUAR- ANTEE our Crayons to deliver. Prices that hold trade. Drop usa line. NATIONAL BOOK & PICTURE CO. CHICAGO. MILTON KERNS’ Fl Puritano Cigar. =r TN Mim, THE FINEST = ee | (10 ont Guar on Bart ~\ELP o---—--—- TRADE SUPPLIED BY BATEMAN & FOX, AAA Z ANA : Bay City. TAO. J. REYNOLDS, : = = SS Grand Rapids. ca “| KR, OPPENHEIMER, FB East Saginaw. eee Detroit Toracco Co., Pons , Detroit, Mich. ” ° i, oe | Lh. a. a vin i - = » + 8 I f * + wit ' -. | & a ‘ _ A: Re eet | « bi pia ! 4 o © § - ed ! 7 | i-% + \ ” By - . - At 4. 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Consummate Man of Business. Consummate business men or consum- mate men of business—either seems to answer the text. Owen Feltham said that man is but the lower part of the world that is not brought up to business affairs. Hazlett represents the man of business as a mean sort of a person, yoked toa trade or profession, keeping in a beaten track and letting his affairs take their own course. With this sentiment we disagree. We know there are narrow- minded men of business, as there are narrow-minded literary men and legisla- tors: but there are, also, business men of large and comprehensive minds, capable of action on the very largest scale. Burke once said that he knew statesmen who were peddlers and merchants who acted in the spirit of statesmen. We should take into account the qualities necessary for the conduct of a successful business. It requires special aptitude, promptitute of action in emergencies, capacity for organizing, great tact, knowledge of human nature, constant self-culture and growing experience in the practical affairs of life. The school of business is by no means as narrow as some would have us believe. The truth is well spoken when we say that consum- mate business men are rare—almost as rare as veritable saints and martyrs. The path of success in business is invari- ably the path of common sense. A good deal is said about lucky hits, bu‘ the best kind of success in every man’s life is not that which comes by accident. Every youth should be early made to feel that if he would get through the world use- fully and happily he must rely upon himself and his own energies. Teach him to understand that he has his own way to make and that it depends solely upon his own exertions whether he starve or not. An eminent judge once said, when asked what contributed most to success at the bar: ‘‘Some succeed by great tal- ent, some by high connections, some by miracle, but the majority by commenc- ing without ashilling.’? It seems to be a fact that the men who are most suc- cessful in business are those who begin the world in their shirt sleeves, whereas those who begin with fortunes frequently lose them. Business is employment; serious en- gagement; something to be transacted; something required to be done. Every human being has duties to be performed, and, therefore, has need of cultivating the capacity for doing them. Attention, application, accuracy, method, punctu- ality and dispatch are the principal qualities required for the efficient con- duct of business of any kind. These may be thought to be small matters, yet they are essential; and when men have broken down in business it will almost invariably be found that it was due to the neglect of little things. Itis the re- sult of everyday experience that steady attention to matters of detail lies at the root of human progress, and that dili- gence, above all, is the mother of good luck. Accuracy is also of much import- ance and a,mark of good business train- ing. Accuracy in observation, accuracy in speech, accuracy in the transactions of affairs—what is done in business should be well done. It is much better to accomplish perfectly a small amount of work than to half do much more imper- fectly. Method is essential and enables a larger amount of work to be got through with satisfaction. Method is like packing things in a box—a good packer will get in as much again asa poor one. Be prompt; do instantly whatever is to be done and take the hours of recreation after business—never before it. If that which is first in hand is not instantly, steadily and regularly dispatched, other things accumulate behind it until affairs begin to press all at once and no human brain can stand the confusion. Economy of time is another essential for the perfect business man. Men often say, ‘‘Time is money,’’ but it is much more the proper improvement of it in self- culture, self-improvement and growth of character. Fifteen minutes a day de- voted to self-improvement will be felt at the end of a year. Aneconomical use of time is the true mode of securing leisure. It enables us to get through business and carry it forward instead of being driven by it. A great man once said, ‘‘l owe all my suecess in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.” Punctuality is the duty of gen- tlemen and the necessity of business men. Nothing begets confidence in a man sooner than the practice of this vir- tue and nothing shakes confidence sooner than the want of it. He who keeps his appointments and does not keep you waiting shows that he has regard for your time as well as hisown. The per- son who is eareless about time will be careless about.business, and is not to be trusted with matters of importance. It will generally be found that the men who are habitually behind time are habit- ually behind success. ‘“‘Honesty is the best policy’ is an axiom which is upheld by the daily ex- perience of life, integrity being found as successful in business as anywhere else. Integrity of word and deed ought to be the corner stone of all business transac- tions to the tradesman, the merchant and manufacturer. It should be what honor is to the soldier and charity to the Chris- tian. We may succeed for a time by fraud, by surprise, by violence, but we can succeed permanently only by means directly opposite. Trade tries character more severely than any other pursuit in life. It puts to severe tests honesty, justice and truthfulness; and men of business who pass through such trials unstained are worthy of great honor. Itis possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscru- pulous and dishonest one, but the suc- cess will be of a truer kind, earned with- out fraud or injustice; and, even though a man should be for atime unsuccessful, still he must be honest. Better lose all and save character, for character is itself a fortune. Gro. W. BAKER. ln lls Tarantulas in the Bananas. It is reported that a clerk in a fruit store in Lebanon, Ind., was bitten on the hand by a tarantula a few days since, while handling a bunch of bananas. He was immediately made as drunk as pos- sible, but is in a very serious condition, as last heard from, and his recovery is thought to be doubtful. When the bunch of bananas was examined a nest of tar- antulas was found within it, and some- thing like 200 young ones were killed. Banana bunches seem to be the favorite resorts for these poisonous spiders of the tropics, and they should be handled with care. —___—-2 << —__—_—_ Gen. Nelson A. Miles was aclerk in a Boston store and familiar with a yard- stick before he took hold of a sword. Cex IGAR (omPany "Corner Ottawa and Lyon Streets, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. STATE AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED Es WE CARRY ALL SIZES AND SHAPES. This world-famous brand is for sale on the World’s Fair Grounds in the only buildings set apart for smokers. No advance over regular retail prices. me) NO! ..DBRLAY i? YOtl WANT A us EASE a6 oS arvard Leather Bag | WE ARE GIVING THEM TO OUR FRIENDS. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS. Clark, ~ py Grocery <— - > — The Grocery Market. Sugar — Refined are unchanged for hards, but softs were advanced 1-l6c from Nos. 9 to 13 inelusive on Wednes- day and i-16¢e on Nos. 3 and 5 on Thurs- day, and a further advance is generally expected, affecting all grades. The re- finers are oversold on nearly all grades and the demand increasing rapidly. With light stocks throughout the coun- try, and an abundance of fruit, it is rea- sonable to look fgr a large consumption and steady demand for the months. There is an entire absence of speculation and the uncertainty regard- is sugar should become available, will check any tendency in this direction. next three | — | qt. } production is now placed at upward of 300,000 tons. The actual offerings of beet sugar are exceedingiy small, and the knowledge that we must look to Europe for sugars to carry us through the season will without doubt result in higher prices a little later. Oranges—California fruit is about all there is to be had in this line. The de- mand is fairly good. Lemons—The demand for Fourth of July trade was good, and good prices were the rule, but since then trade has been indifferent and prices have sagged somewhat. Bananas—Are searee, the demand being considered, but the keeping qual- ity of the fruit is against it, and the price is unsteady. >. —_____ Gripsack Brigade. Geo. W. McKay is accompanied by his wife on his northern trip this week. She will put in the next four or five weeks at Petoskey and Traverse City. Hi. Robertson has gone to Waukesha, Wis., to secure relief from a threatened attack of Bright’s disease, his territory being covered in the meantime by B. J. Robertson and M. M. Mallory. B. Frank Parmenter and family are spending a couple of weeks at the World’s Fair. Mr. Parmenter’s territory being covered in the meantime by Geo. Williams, whose place in the house is taken by R. B. Hanna. The following call handed THE TRADESMAN by a representative traveler: All members of the Knights of the Grip and all traveling men residing in Grand Rapids or making headquarters here are requested to meet next Saturday evening at 8 o’clock, at Elks’ Hall. Matters of great importance will come before the meeting, among them being the trip to Chicago on the last week of July (Travel- ing Men’s Week), which will be dis- cussed. The railroads have promised a very low rate for that week. All posts in the State will be represented there and Grand Rapids should send a large delegation. It will be the cheapest way to see the Fair. This will be the last meeting of the Post until fall. is is me PRODUCE MARKET. Beans—Handlers pay $1.75 for country-picked and hold at $2. City hand-picked arejquoted at 10@25e above these figures, Beets—25e per doz. Butter—Dealers now pay 12144@14e for choice dairy, holding at 14@i6c. Creamery is in fair demand at 19¢. Cabbage—Home grown, 50c per doz. Carrots—15c per doz. Cherries—Common red are in ample supply at $1.50 per bu. It isexpected that the price will go to #1 before the end of the week. Currants—Red are in fair supply and demand at $1 per 16 qt. case. Eggs—Unchanged, dealers paying and holding at I4c. Green Beans—Wakx, 75¢ per bu. Green Onions—10Z,20c per doz. bunches. Green Peas—5dJe per bu. for marrofat. Honey—W hite clover commands 15¢ per Ib. dark buckwheat brings 1244c. Onions—Tennessee stock commands #1.50@ 1.75 per bu. Pineapples—31.25 441.50 per doz., according to size and quality. Plums—Tennessee Wild Goose command #2 per 24 qt. case. Potatoes—Missouri stock commands 8$5¢ per bu. Radishes—ic per doz. bunches. Raspberries—Both red and black are begin- ning tocomein freely, commanding 8@10c per As the yield of both is sure to be heavy, the price will probably go considerably lower 1244@13¢ | during the course of the coming week. ing prices in October, when new beet| Squash—#i per box. | | Tomatoes—#1.25 per 4 basket crate. Turnips—Home grown, 20¢c per dozen bunches. Watermelons—The Georgia crop is coming in The estimated deficiency in the world’s | freely, commanding 18@25c apiece, Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association. President, A. J. Elliott; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. Official Organ—MicHIGaAN TRADESMAN. Jackson Grocers’ Union President, D. S. Fleming; Sec’y, W. H. Porter. Grand Haven Retail Grocers’ Association. President, John Boer; Secretary, Peter VerDuin. Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Association. President, D. Christie; Secretary, F. B. Aldrich. Social Meeting of the Jackson Grocers’ Union. For along time the members of the Jackson Retail Grocers’ Union have been studying plans to create an added interest among its members and the trade generally, with a view to bringing the grocers closer together and creating a more friendly feeling. It devolved upon the ladies to solve the problem of how it was to be done. At the regular meeting of the Union, held June 15, the members were surprised with an invita- tion from the wives of the grocers to attend an informal reception on the evening of June 29. Grocers have generally been allowed to have their own way and say in nearly everything, but on this occasion they were not allowed to have anything to say or do about the reception; in fact, the ladies undertook the work, and the ex- cellent program of the evening, which was finely rendered, showed their ability. The en tertainment consisted of musical solos, duets, quartets and speech making. Mrs. D. S. Fleming acted as mistress of cere- monies. The President of the Union gave the welcoming address. Mr Baker, of the Jackson Grocery Co., addressed the gathering on the sub- ject of “The Consummate Man of Business.” {The address will be found in full in another portion of this week’s paper.—Ep. TRaDESMAN. ] The remarks of Mr. Baker were treated to hearty applause, as were also the remarks of Mr. H. 8S. Griggs of the Jackson Grocery Co., who spoke upon the subject ‘‘The Ladies.” After the literary and musical part of the pro gram all present were invited iyto the large hall toa bountiful spread of ice cream, cakes and | flowers, to which ample justice was done by ali | There was a large number present, and all were highly delighted with the pleasures of the even- ing After the supper a meeting of the Union was called, and it was resolved to hold the annual excursion and picnic at the same place and same date as‘last year, Bawbeese Lake, Aug. 10. On motion a vote of thanks wes tendered the ladies for their hospitality at the informal recep- tion. W.H. Porter, Sec’y. —— 2 <> As Good as a Side Line. We were sitting inthe L. & N. depot at Cincinnati when a man whom anybody would have spotted for a detective came into the waiting-room, looked about for a minute, and then stepped up to a travy- eler for a New York tobacco house and said: 0 **No row, now, or l’ll have to put on the bracelets!’ ‘“‘Am I arrested?”’ inquired the drum- mer. “You are.’ “Got a warrant?” o**That’s all right—come on!” “Sure ’m the man you want?” “IT never made a mistake in my man yet. Are you coming?’’ “Oh! certainly. Anything to oblige, you know!”’ ‘What can be wrong with him?” I asked of one of the boys after the pair had disappeared. “Nothing whatever,” he_ replied. ‘“‘Well, bless my soul, if Jim isn’t the luckiest dog | ever met with in all my travels!’’ ‘“‘Lucky to get arrested?”’ ‘““You bet! He’s as square aman as you can find in America, and it’s another ease of mistaken identity. Say, he’s been collared about four times a year for the last five years, and he’s never let ’em off under $200. They locked him up in Philadelphia last winter for two days and he raked down exactly $500 in cold eash for damages. Hang that detective, why couldn’t he have taken me instead!’’ “But I don’t understand,” I persisted. ‘*Then Vl enlighten you. The chances are that the police received a telegram this afternoon to look out for a medium- sized man, plainly dressed, brown hair, blue eyes and a brown mustache. That description hits Jim, as it does about every tenth man you meet. Can’t tell where the telegram came from or who they were after, but that officer made the arrest without a warrant. Even with one, somebody here would be liable; in this case Jim won’t take a cent less than $250.” ‘“*You mean he’ll sue for false impris- onment?” **He won’t have to sue. up to headquarters, searched, recorded and sent down stairs to the cooler. ‘To- morrow morning the chief will want to see him. He may tumble at once to the fact that he’s got the wrong man, but if he doesn’t Jim can put him in the way of finding out pretty fast. Then he’ll begin to apologize and try to smooth things over, and he’ll rnn up against a stone wall. Jim will crook his finger for a hat full of money and let him know that the Constitution of this glorious republic guarantees even a drummer certain in- alienable rights, one of which is liberty.” “But who will pay damages?” I asked. “The chief, if he has good, common- sense and doesn’t want to lose his official head. If he can’t or won’t a complaint will be laid with the commissioners and they will also be requested to pony up. If they gig back there will be a $20,000 suit for false imprisonment. Jim’s had three or four tomy knowledge, and in every case they have settled with him for good money. He travels for a prom- inent house, belongs to all the social orders, and is chuck-a-luck with a heap of newspaper boys. It’s just like roll- ing off a log for him to rake down dam- ages. How coolly and calmly he took things! That’s his policy, you see. It wasn’t two month’s ago that he raked down $400 from the sheriff of a certain county in Kentucky for spending one day in jail, but I suppose he got tired of the monotony and wanted another go with somebody fora change. He’s got it, and here’s $20 to $5, which says that he comes out winner by at least $250. Just see how luck comes to some men! He’s getting a salary of $3,000 a year, straight, with no night traveling and no second-class hotels, and on top of this comes four chances a year to be locked up and get a first-class bulge on from 200 to $500 for false imprisonment! Je- hosofat! but it makes me tired!” He’ll be taken 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—Confectionery and bakery stock and fixtures in best town in Michigan. Compelled to sell by reason of failing health. Box 501, Traverse City, Mich. 74% DYAYING SHOE STORE FOR SALE—IN BEST town in Michigan of 5,00 inhabitants, loca- tion fine, clean stock, invoice $6,500, sales $17,000. Best of reasons for selling. Good bargain. Ad- dress Boots and Shoes, care Michigan Trades- man. 749 ro. WANTED BY A REGISTERED Pharmacist with experience in both whole- sale and retail houses. Good references fur- nished. Otis Jones, Burnips Corners, Mich. 745 ILL PAY SPOT CASH FOR ANY LARGE general stock, if offered at big discount. Box 327, Stanton, Mich, 746 oe HOUSE AND ceries for sale on Union street. at a bargain. Mich. OR SALE—SECOND-HAND STORE ELE vator, cheap, or will exchange for horse, carriage or anything I can use. W. F. Taylor, Mt. Pleasant. 713 i ies EXCHANGE—SIX HUNDRED ACRES first-class farming land, free and clear of incumbrance, forty miles north of Grand Rap- ids, tv exchange for a stock of general merchan- dise. Address for particulars C. E. Herrington, Grand Rapids, Mich. 742 OR SALE—DRUG STORE, SMALL STOCK. Doing nice paying business. Present owner has other business. Address, “Antidote,” eare of Michigan Tradesman. 739 OR SALE—YUST TYPEWRITER, USED but a few months, and practically as good as new. Send for sample of writing. Trades- man Company, Grand Rapids. 736 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. 750 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. Ve OR SALE OR RENT—STORE BUILDING at Sparta. Tip-top place for hardware. Address No, 726, care Michigan Tradesman. 726 STOCK OF GRO- Will sell Address box 634, Traverse City, 747 wd mE A e &- = > « Se me | 4 * *¢ ¢ * 1) 2 } i vl 4 j } # $ ® © be ° } oe | a PY - + ~~ - THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Hawkins & Company have apparently embarked in the shoe business, having opened a line of goods supplied by Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co. and Reeder Bros. Shoe Co. Ezra Ware has sold his interest in the firm of Ware & Olin to &. D. Young, of Ohio. The business will be continued at the same location by Young, Olin & Co., under the style of the Michi- gan Brush Co. Geneva, who uttered a chattel mortgage to the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. last December for $721.32, is no longer engaged in the grocery business, the stock having been seized by the mortgagees on July 3 and removed to the store of the company. ‘The sale will occur on Wednesday. Harm Timmer ’ The first decision under the inspection of weights and measures ordinance was given by Police Court Judge Haggerty on Monday, July 3. Messrs. Gaskill & Goss, grocers at the corner of East Bridge and Clancy streets, were arraigned on a charge of using a measure which had been condemned by the city sealer, E. W. Bush. The sealer testified that on June 15 he tested all the measures in the store, and among them the quart measure with which the offense was committed; that passing the store several times after- wards he saw the measure in a basket of beans in front of the store, and on one occasion saw Mr. Gaskill, one of the de- fendants, usingit. D. S. Arnold, of Col- lege avenue, who played the role of pri- vate detective, swore that on June 17 he went to the store of Gaskill & Goss and purchased a quart of beans, Mr. Gaskill waiting on him; that the beans were measured in a measure on which was pasted the ‘‘condemned’’ slip of the sealer. For the defence, Mr. Goss, one of the defendants, testified that the meas- ure in question had never been used as a measure after its condemnation, but only as ascoop. Mr. Gaskill, the other de- fendant, made substantially the same defense. It was agreed between the at- torneys in the case that the beans should be weighed on the same scales on which the defendants claimed they were weighed at the time they were sold to Mr. Arnold. Clerk Stevens, of the Police Court, took the beans to the defendants’ store and weighed them. On his return to the court room Mr. Stevens announced the weight of the beans to be one pound eleven and one-half ounces. The legal weight of a pound of beans is one pound fourteen ounces, so that the shortage in the beans sold by Mr. Gaskill was two and one-half ounces. The discovery of this discrepancy decided the case, of course, according to agreement. The at- torney for the defense, Mr. Walker, made a strong plea for the leniency of the Court towards his clients, which un- doubtedly went far towards mitigating the sentence. Judge Haggerty, in giving sentence, remarked that, as there was no evidence against Mr. Goss he was dis- missed; that he teok into account the previous good character of the defendant, Mr. Gaskill, and, as this was not only his first offence, but also the first case under the ordinance, he would impose the minimum penalty allowed by the law, which was $1 and costs of the suit, $6.57 in all. This amount was paid and Mr. Gaskill was discharged from custody. REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. Cornelius Stryker, the Grandville Ave- nue Grocer. Cornelius Stryker was born in Assen, Province of Drenthe, in the Netherlands, November 17, 1850. Like all his coun- trymen, the boy was reared to hard work, getting only such learning as the limited | educational resources of the country af- | forded. When he was 15 years of age his father emigrated to the United States, to which country he was followed three years later by the subject of this sketch. Here, as do the Hollanders al- ways, he did whatever honest work he could get to do, until, having saved a little money, he purchased an outfit and began the business of peddling, and shortly afterwards opened a small store on Chestnut street. He conducted busi- ness at this location for about six years, when he erected the building at 250 Grand- ville avenue, which he still occupies. He has since built the stores at 254, 256 and 258 Grandville avenue. He also owns the building on Chestnut street in which he started business. Mr. Stryker is a Republican in politics, and was elected tothe Common Council by his own ward, the First, in 1889, serving two years. Coming to this country at the age of 18, a stranger to its customs and in- stitutions, and unable to speak its lan- guage, he has yet so thoroughly identi- fied himself with American interests that he is now in everything essential an American. By industry, frugality and fair dealing he has built up a large and luerative business, which now affords him an ample income and enables him to enjoy much of leisure and recreation. While not a politician in the ordinary sense of the term, he yet possesses many of the characteristics which distinguish the leaders of men, and would, undoubt- edly, make his mark in politics if he de- voted himself to it. Mr. Stryker ownsa cottage at Central Park, Black Lake, to which he annually hies himself at the beginning of the heated term, and where he is at present located with his family. He is an ardent disciple of Isaak Walton and enjoys nothing better than ‘‘baiting the finny denizens of thedeep.’’ A long- suffering public will be overjoyed to hear that he has no fish stories to tell, as he is too modest to boast of his own prow- ess with the rod and reel. Mr. Stryker declares this country to be far superior to the old country as a home for working men, but does not think it is much of a place for idlers; that any man, if he is honest, industrious and economical can not only make a living here, but ‘‘get a little ahead of the world as well.’? Not many will dispute this opinion. Mr. Stryker is an honored member of the Fifth Reformed Church, of which society he is a trustee. 9 Back from the Puget Sound. Frank Jewell and M. J. Clark returned last week from their trip across the con- tinent, after a three days’ stay in Ta- coma, Washington. Mr. Jewell said concerning his trip: “We left Grand Rapids on June 24, and were four days making the distance be- tween this city and Tacoma. We went by the Great Northern Railroad, which has only been in operation about three weeks. It is much the _ pleasantest route to take, as it is the farthest north of any of the transcontinental lines in this country. They use the switehback in crossing the Rockies, but we were told that it was the intention of the com- pany to cut a tunnel through the moun- tains ina short time. It will be about three miles long. We found Tacomasuf- fering from areaction from the big boom they have been having for several years. Business was in aterribly depressed con dition, with no immediate prospect of a recovery. Rents have fallen one-half, and in many instances fully two-thirds | since I was there three years ago. Wash- ington is not, and never will be, an agri- cultural State, though there is consider- able tillable land; but there is plenty of timber, if it could only be got to market. The difficulty is they must come East to find a market, and the long haul across the continent is against them. Still, a good many Washington cedar shingles are marketed in the East, and find a ready sale, even in this State. Without doubt, in a few years Washington lumber of all kinds will be a prominent feature in the Eastern market. At present, however, lumbering, in common with every other interest, is in a bad way out there. The vanicin the financial centers in the East has compelled Eastern capi- talists to draw out most of the money upon which much of the business in Washington was done, and this, taken in connection with the collapse of the boom, has put business in pretty bad shape. The people, however, have great faith in the future of the State, and are looking for a revival in the near future. I went out there expecting to get hold of some timber lands at a favorable figure, but the people are so confident of a re- covery from the present depression that no deal was made. “Crops along the line we traveled were looking fairly well, but nothing above the average. I tell you its a sight for an Easterner to see in the Dakotas miles upon miles of wheat without a single break; enough, one would think, to feed the world. ‘What do I think of Washington? Well, P’ll tell you astory. A company of real estate men had built a new town out West—on paper. Among those who came to invest was a Chinaman, who was taken over the ground by one of the boomers, who said to him, ‘Bye and by there will be a big hotel on that corner, and a bank on that; and bye and by there will be abig factory here,’ and so on. He took the heathen all over the site of the town, said all he had to say about it, picturing its future in the most glowing terms. John never said a word until his guide asked him what he thought of it. ‘Too muchee bye and by,’ was his an- swer; and thatis my opinion. There is too much bye and by about it for me. I have traveled pretty extensively over the West, and every time I get back I am better satisfied with our own State, and am more and more convinced that there is more money to be made right here in Michigan. The country out there has been boomed to death, and it will take years for it to recover from the collapse which has overtaken it, and which was inevitable. Michigan is good enough for me. It is the best State in the Union, and Grand Rapids is the best city in the State.” —_——- << —__— From Out of Town. Chas. F. Sears, Rockford. F. N. Lindsley, Big Rapids. Gerrit Tibbe, Moddersville. A. D. Martin, Biteley. E. E. Hewitt, Rockford. Frank L. Lord, Grand Ledge. C. Westerhouse, Ferrysburg. G. K. Coffey, White Cloud. AA tictttiatintiatttintinds : . a 4 4! : 1 Said the f 1 4) > 4) , } WW { | to himself, ‘‘If the . 4, moon I could get, = 4, whenever I’m dry = ; }, my throat I could = : 9, wet; The moon isa*= : > quarter—with a quar- |$ ; ter I hear; you can |f }j ¥ purchase five gal-|f %| lons of , eS 2 | A AHires’| x J > 4 fi 3) = ! 99 12 Root Beer.” | A Delicious, Temper } ance, Thirst-quenching, J Heaith-Giving Drink. i i Good for any time of year. |f > 3 A 25. package makes 5 g Be sure and |f get Hrres’. 4 ul i : : “The Proof of the Pudding is Ask- ing for More.” SMOKERS ONCE SMOKERS AL- WAYS OF THE CELEBRATED Ben — HuFf, The great 10e Cigar, and FRecord Breaker, The Great 5c Cigar. Made on Honor. Sold on Merit First-Class Dealers Everywhere. GEO. MOEBS & G0 MANUFACTURERS, Beat AaOoiTy. Cjuick Sellers. 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. COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. Successor ‘to Cooper Commercial Agency and Union Credit Co. Commercial reports and current collections receive prompt and careful attention. Your patronage respectfully solicited. Office, 65 Monroe St. Telephones 166 and 1030, L. J. STEVENSON, Cc. A. CUMINGS, C. E. BLOCK. 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERS’ ORGANIZATIONS. Some of the Reasons Which Militate Against Their Success. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Organization is the watchword of the hour. From the men who delve in the sewers to the millionaire capitalists, all are organizing, and all for the one pur- pose—the protection of the class or call- ing to which each belongs. Men have learned, what seems almost self-evident, that only in union is there strength, that unity of purpose is possible only when there is an organized unity of action. Whether this principle is recognized by all the individuals may be doubted, but that it has been recognized by the domi- nant minds in all divisions ‘of labor should be gratifying to everyone who be- lieves in and desires the moral and mate- rial progress of his fellows. It not strange when laborers and mechanics and manufacturers are organizing for mutual protection and profit, that so important an interest as the retail grocers, engaged in a business of such vital importance to the public generally, should turn to organization as a possible means for the amelioration of their condition. Noclass of men of equal intelligence and thrift work as hard and get so slight remuneration for their labor, and to no class of man isa fair return for their labor so grudgingly given. It is generally conceded that, no matter what may be a man’s calling, he is entitled toa fair living, and some- thing over, but the public seems to think the grocers should do business and sell goods at a ‘“‘profit’? which barely meets expenses. But the retail grocer’s worst enemy has not been the public which he serves, but his fellow grocer. In no other line of trade has there been the same amount of jealousy, and bickering, and backbiting, cutting of rates, and undermining of each other’s trade, and all the while they were establishing a condition of things and fastening upon the trade an incubus which should ham- per it and hinder its progress for many years. The pecuniary loss to the gro- eery trade, because of this strife among themselves, has been enormous, while the enmities engendered were most de- plorable. Organization has done much to change all this, and to-day the business stands upon a better footing, upon a stronger basis of profit, than was even dreamed of some years ago, while the es- timation in which it was held by the public has vastly improved. Of course, this has reference more to the larger towns and cities, but even in country districts the reflection of the im- provement has been seen and felt. * * * The strangest thing connected with the organization of the retail grocers is that anyone should object to their organ- izing. As a matter of fact, many of those who are themselves members of a trade or labor union are the loudest ob- jectors, asserting that the grocers have organized solely for the purpose of rais- ing prices. Will these people tell us what is their purpose in organizing, if it is is not to raise the price of their time and | labor? 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Housewife A........ 5% Housewife ¢ eae aos 6% . eee 5% a 6 . _ B... 6% . a ... 7 usa : eo Th “ “ Soe T% “s - a. . 73% . “ a 814 “ “ Fe 8% “ ts a — .10 ' 2... 10% - 5... ae ' es 21 ‘ rr. 14% CARPET WARP. Peerless, white......18 [ietegrity samme 4 colored....20 [White Star.......... 18 inter ..18%| oe . " eaiacel 20 DRESS GOODS. Hamilton epee 8 {Nameless........... 20 “ i < Snerete “oe c G G Cashmere.....- 20 . Nameless oe eee 16 mi ees oe 18 " CORSETS, (aes... .... 89 50/Wonderful . scours... ...... 9 00/Brighton.. Davis Waists .... 9 00/Bortree’s ..... Grand Rapids..... 4 50|Abdominal.... CORSET JEANS. ae. Se eentieen... Th Androscoggin....... [eenoers....... .... 6% Beeecrera., ......... 5 yeeeees.........., % Brunswick. ..... .. 6% — See ke 6% PRINT Allen turkey reds.. [Berwick fancies.... 5% OB is ae |\Clyde Robes........ - ae & purple 6 pee Oak fancies 4% = ee ........ DelMarine cashm’s. 6 ss pink checks. é mourn’g 6 - staples ...... 6 Eddystone fancy... 6 - shirtings . 6 chocolat 6 American fancy.... 5% _ rever.... 6 Americanindigo... 6 ea sateens.. 6 American shirtings. 1%) | Hamilton fan 6 Argentine Grays.. -s — _- Anchor — Manchester fancy. ‘| Arnold i 3 ew era, 6 Arnold Merino..... 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 6 ** long cloth B.10% Merrim’ck shirtings. 4% “s “ - oe Reppfurn . 8% ‘s century cloth 7 Pacific fancy. 6 - see... CO... 6% ‘* green seal TR10K ee robes... 6% * yellow seal. .10% ae mourning.. 6 - ......... 11% — 6 “ Turkey red..10% “ — golfd black. 6 Ballou solid black.. Washington indigo. 6% * = Colors. Turkey robes.. % Bengal biue, green, ‘* India robes.... 7% and orange... 6 ' plein Tky x % 8% Berlin solids........ 5% x... - oo ..... 6 “ Ottoman Tur- $s ' green .... 6 oe “ 6Foulards ... 5% Merien ee ? eo. : a es ™ - _ FF iene 9%/| Martha naningion “ .10 a Lioan ths 9% = - ig Axxxx . Riverpoint robes.. -o Cocheco TT... Windsor taney... madders. . a old ci" “ XX twills.. 6 indigo blue....... 10% . ee... 5i¢|Harmony......... .. —. eee ACA... OAC B.... o.oo ss 13 Hamilton esse bee | 1% eerten AAA.....%6 bel ee 8% a - Awning. 7 Swift ee 7% eee rout River... .... 12 First Prise... . 10 ba 13% Lenox Mills ........ 6 YC ee 16 — Amoskeag ee mee mes 12%{Columbian brown. .12 oon... 13% Everett, a eee 12% - brown .13 bro mewn... 11% Haymaker bine. ene Beaver Creek = es So ee Go. Lancaster See Boston. Mfg Co. br.. 7 Lawrence, 9o0z...... blue 8% er & twist 10% . Columbtan XXX br.10 ” XXX bi.19 GINGHAMS. Amie ...... <... 6% Lancaster, staple.. - ** Persian dress 8 fancies . o Canton .. 8 _ Normandie : _ aa... 10%/|Lancashire.......... ia Teazle...10%|Manchester......... 5x . Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 6% _ — 8 [Normandie......... 7% Arlington staple.... 614/Persian............. 8 Arasapha fancy.... 4%|Renfrew Dress...... 7%; Bates — dres Te monemont..........- 6% ~ taples. oe Slatersville ......... 6 Cemtennial......... 10%|Somerset............ 7 Coreen nc... ere 1% Cumberland staple. oY Ton Gu Hord....... 10% Cumberland........ ON esc icdcal. 7% ee ig * seersucker.. nh ae 734 Wi -—. ..... Everett classics..... 8% Whittenden alee ence Exposition .......... 7 heather dr. *% eee. sc, 6% ' indigo blue 9 Giomergen.... ...... 6%|Wamsutta staples... 4% CeeCmOO. ...4..-04, 7% Westbrook see aeseus Poe... . ui, — Cl 6 Jobnson vhalonecl % ee ae 5 . indino bine Sciverk..... .......... 6% bc zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGs. Amoskeag....... «os eMbiel Valley CHY........0-- 15% cane tt aE OTN BOM OOREER 60. veces os 19% Pecriewn. 1. 5.14. ee THREADS, ~ Clark’s ~ Bod....6 Marboure...... .... &6 on 2. ae... > |Marehel’s.... ...... 81 Holyoke. Sead eee a 22% ENITTING COTTON. White. Colored. ——. ——_ me. 6... 2 oS ree. M....... . oe a_i lhlU 33 3 - ss sh lh 39 44 - oe. 36 a. i° =e! 45 CAMBRICS, Cee... 4% Wes oer... 4% aT 4% |W Newmarket......... 4% RED FLANNEL, i, We coe eect te 22% Crectdmore.......... ee le R2% ae RE... oo tee eee......... 35 eae... .. 5... 27% Buckeye a RK MIXED FLANNEL, Red & Blue, plaid. -40 cate Oe OW ncaa se 17% ea 4|Western W ......... 18% aes... .. ...... Pe ar... 18% 6 ox Western........ 20 sea mee mae... = tae 2... 224%|Manitoba........... 23% wee Aa. Nameless pow ; @ 9 ioe 9 @10% ee “o10” - cone 12 pa AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black./Slate Brown. Black. 9% 9% 934|10% Ye 10% 10% 10% 10%/|11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 11%/12 12 12 12% 12% 12%|20 20 20 DUCKS. Severen, 8 oz........ 9% West ‘Point, 80z....10% Mayland, coe. ...... 10% 10 oz 12% Greenwood, 7% oz.. 94%/Raven, 100z......... 13% Greenwood, 8 os... 11% ee 13% Boston, 6 os......... 104% /|Boston, 10 oz........ 12% WADDINGS. White, Gos.........- 25 |Per bale, 40 dos....88 50 Colered, dos........ — oe ~ |... 7 50 SILESIAS. Slater, Iron Crogs...8 ;Pawtucket.......... 10% Red Cross.... 9 ——= Seale hited acon a - oe......-... eee 10% _ Best AA..... 24 Valley ROE nee cone, 10% bdaeks eee whee SURE ices o i. 10% ee ole SEWING Corticelli, doz....... 85 Corticellt aan, twist, — -40 per %oz ball...... 30 —— doz..40 OOKS AND EYES—PER 6 No : BI & White.. _ No = 00, dis. 60 ST 00, dis. - eee... 8... $18. 3. "ite —" Sperry & Co.’s, Post, henaied ete eetac aunee MILLS. dis ee oe Cee oo... 40 P.8. & W. Mfg. Co. - Malleables.. 40 © Landers, wory de Cieces............ 40 - ee 30 MOLASSES GATES. dis. Cet et 60&10 Be CCN og ceo eee aee 60410 Enterprise, self-measuring............ sous 25 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. eecer Oere eee... 8... 1 50 ieee < i j | Were eee, WONG... ee. 12 i 30 thumbpiece back — and it had aa cece aL. Base Base ally been open all night. Think-of it! a ee 10 ‘What! and you were not ——”’ Ne 25 “Oh, I wasn’t asphyxiated. You see, = a SS ee a = the hotel dees not use gas, and there wasig, = 45 nothing but air in the pipe.’”’ EE 45 Moe a ee a 50 ee ° ° a i es coe elon Hardware Price Current. hensecestiie teteeces eeneeeeseeene 2 Cee 1 60 These prices are for cash buyers, Who| Fine8............ ....c.ceeeeeeeeeees 1 S pay promptly and buy in full packages. | Otfe Ue --vvvr rn 5 AUGURS AND BITS. dis. gE 90 Pe 60 Finish . bel duos mete scce ceue coueees 5 I i ease eee ee eee cee a 90 o_O OO eee 25 led eeu ues 1 10 SOEtaeee , Meee... 5... 8. 50&10 es oo 70 i 5. B. B AXES, ; 7 00 ia 2 Seer eee eres eee e tees see seee = _—_ “oe aera 1 %5 ‘ 8. B 8. Steel. H PLANES. dis. ‘ D. B. Steel... : io Tool Cae, fancy... -...... @40 dai ———————_——————— p50 oe ‘'00 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy................- @40 ere... $14 Bench Met GUAG @40 ee net 30 00 Stanley Ruie and Level Co.’s wood. 50810 BOLTS, = PANS. nen ne snes detente mace ce eel eM i Mi dis. 60-10 Carrlag a es aan ges LA ENE dis. ee el es oc Uebeey dev en ceeeus cue. 10 RIVETS, PO Sleigh shoe...... ... rene ae lea ee 40 van Copper Rivets and Burs.................... 50— 2 aera ea RRR ES PATENT PLANISHED THOR. ——. CAST. dis. “A” Wood’s —— — Nos. 24 to ” 10 20 Cees Tooee Pim, Hed... ... aco. ccccccas 0& “B” Wood's pat. ed, Nos. Stow... FW Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 66&.0! Broken pac : po ae extra HAMMERS. — es dis. 2 Wes. -dis. 25 Yerkes & Plumb’s...... dis. 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........ Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand... .30c 40&10 HINGES, a. Claeee 1.2.8... ... 8... dis.60&10 eee r doz, net, 2 50 Screw bogagg and Strap, to 12 in. vir 14 and Mae eee eae eee ese acc, 3% Screw ‘Hook and Bye, Meese ees cues net 10 Ne net 38% - ig “ ee net 7% Pe ' . eee net 7% Sen aee sy... dis. 50 ANGERS dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 Citeanpion, antl friction.................... 60&10 Maacer, WoO Wen HOLLOW WARE. ee 6010 Meee... ee. 60410 oad 60410 Cray cuamewe 40&10 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, Seemaped Tin Ware................... -new list 70 wepenmee fe Ware ll 2% Granite Iron Ware ............... new list =r WIRE 600D8, | ros 10810 aoe Eee... -70&10&10 ee. -70&10&10 Gate Hooks and Hyes............... 70&10&10 LEVELS. dis.79 Stanley Rule and a i OPES. Sisal, is inch and larger Oe eee ee oe 9 Maniiia.......... oe SQUARES. dis. Seo ene on. % ay Bee Deve 60 ee 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. Non wto mM... $405 82 95 a 4 05 3 05 CO 4 05 3 05 OO 405 3 15 Noe goto me. “3 ] 3 25 Oe 3 35 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, we 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. a dis. 50 SASH CORD. Silver Lake, _ ee list 50 es 55 e Wane a... : 50 mp eee . 55 ns acc... Ce _ 35 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. oe ee per ton 825 SAWS. dis. ’ Oe ee 20 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, . 70 _ a Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot... 50 ' Champ Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 . ion and Electric Tooth X Cuts, per toot ec TRAPS, dis. Men Gael... 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. 70 mouse, Cuber... |... 18¢ per doz etee, Gerumon.... $1.50 per doz WIRE. dis. eee ee, 65 Do 70—10 Cop perce meemece............................ 60 aiiod POONEEe i2% arbed ¥ Se See ll. 50 d Pence, qulvanieed................., 2 CO 240 HORSE NAILS. a eee dis. — Pe ce dis. TROMGEPONEOETE. o.oo... wl... dis. 10810 NCHES. dis. Baxter’s Adjustable, 1 nickeled Gece eedae acs Coee Gemdie 50 Coe’s Patent ee wrought,........ 15 Caeu Falent, malicabie.......... 0... 1, 75&10 iim naiahaaie dis. ee Cr i 50 See, COM TE&10 Renowe Mew Pe, ol, 70&10 Casters, Hed a 4 Piste............. ++ «- 50410810 ee Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods..... 6F &10 METALS, PIé TIN. EE EE 26¢ i 28¢ Duty: Sheet, 2%c per “ene. 600 pound ¢ LN 6% OO —_—_—_————————————— ? SOLDER. eT Me Te WO The ces of the many other qualities a solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY ee per pound BIR. 13 TIN—MELYN GRADE. 10x14 < Charcoal oe a wasp ee ceen aac a 87 EO "6 10x14 IX, ee 9 25 14x20 Ix? ee 9 25 Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE, 10x14 = Charcoal Sleek es Chobe cy ede $6 75 Tee 6 75 loxi4 eet 25 CS 9 25 iach additional X on this grade $1.50 ROOFING PLATES eli‘ “S’:C(‘éWSC. ss 6 Bu ier, * eee 8 50 _ * _ 13 50 14x20 IC t¢ = Allaway Grade........... 6 00 SE ee 7 50 tsk, . ee 12 50 asi, (* - a 15 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE, is cee ie cece see chee aes $14 00 Oe Oe ee 15 00 Maxed De Neg BOUC™ | per pound... 10 00 3 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One DPollar a Year, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. {#" When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in Tue MicHIGaAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1893. EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS. it has all along been expected that the question of tariff reform would occupy a portion of the attention of Congress at its next extra session, but as the gravity of the financial situation has forced itself on the notice of the country, to the ex- clusion of all other matters, tariff re- form has assumed secondary importance in general estimation. It is now stated that Congressman Springer is preparing a tariff bill to be presented at the special session. What the details of the bill are is not stated, but it may be assumed that they include a general readjustment of the tariff in conformity with the accepted Democratic policy as outlined some years ago in the Mills bill. While the terms of the President’s call do not exclude the consideration of tariff reform, or, in fact, any matter connected with the fiscal policy of the Government, nevertheless the gravity of the existing monetary situation and the evil influence exerted on the commerce and trade of the country require that the repeal of the Sherman law and the remodeling of the currency system be given precedence over every other matter. The repeal of the Sherman act and the changes in our currency system which must follow from such a course promise to occupy a large share of the attention of the extra session; but evenif all the time were needed to remove the silver purchasing act from the statute books, and to adopt such measures as will re- store the financial equilibrium, no other bill, not even tariff reform, should be permitted to interfere. In departing from his original inten- tion to call Congress together early in September, and deciding upon Aug. 7 as the date for the special session, President Cleveland practically admitted that the necessity for meeting the demands of the existing monetary situation outweighed every other consideration. The ealling of the session a month earlier than at first contemplated was due solely to the increasing gravity of the financial situ- ation, neither the tariff nor any other measure having the slightest influence in bringing about a change in the original | cept silver, and to-day, despite the loud | programme. be expected that Mr. Cleveland will give the first place in his special message to recommendations connected with the financial troubles. THE DROUGHT IN EUROPE. Although the long drought which has prevailed in Europe has been broken by rains, there is now no doubt that irre- parable damage has been done to many of the crops. This is proven by the fact that the German Government has seen fit to issue a proclamation forbidding the export of fodder and forage of any kind. Such an order indicates a prospective scarcity of such supplies. The drought has been quite general on the continent of Europe, France, Ger- many, Belgium and Austria being the worst sufferers. To such an extent have the forage crops been ruined that both France and Germany will be compelled to import large quantities of foreign forage, particularly oats, corn and hay. Some shipments of these articles have already gone forward from this country, and more are to follow as soon as they can be shipped. In addition to the effects on the forage crops there can be no doubt but that the drought has also damaged other import- antcrops. It is likely, for instance, that the grain crops have been more or less injured. If such should prove to be the ease there will be a chance to export some wheat to Europe, as well as corn, oats and hay. It is highly important, in the present state of financial affairs in this country, that the exports of our staple products should be stimulated, as the increase in shipments can alone fully liquidate the adverse trade balance which has accumulated against us. Whatever the effect on the grain crops it is certain that the drought has mate- rially injured the sugar beet prospects. Owing to the favorable prices for sugar a larger acreage than usual of beets was planted, but it is now believed that the damage done by the drought will more than offset the increase in acreage, leav- ing but small prospect that the beet sugar supply of the next campaign will prove adequate. THE SILVER SITUATION. The relations of silver to the monetary system of the United States make up one of the most difficult problems that the wise men of Congress have had to face for along time. Silver is largely produced in the United States, and, naturally, there has been a patriotic wish on the part of the American people to use it as money. Congress has made every possible effort not only to encour- age the use of silver, but, indeed, to compel it, but despite every exertion it has been found impossible to force sil- ver money into circulation. It will be worth while to look at the facts. In February, 1878, Congress en- acted a law creating silver dollars, com- monly known as ‘‘daddies’ dollars,’’ making them a legal tender for all amounts. On July 1, 1892, after a per- iod of twelve and a half years, there had been coined about 414,000,000 silver dol- lars, of which, in round numbers, $375,- 000,000 remained in the vaults of the Treasury, while only 357,000,000 were in circulation. Itis simply a fact that the people did not like to be loaded with sil- ver money and they refused to take it if they could get paper. They did not ac- it may, therefore, safely | talk on the subject, the Treasnry vaults: themselves. are loaded with silver dollars which will not circulate. Money is for use as a circulating med- ium, and, seeing that: silver dollars could not be made to circulate, the Sher- man law was passed in July, 1890. It stopped the coining of silver dollars, and provided that the Government should purchase monthly 4,500,000 ounces of bar silver, store it up in the Treasury and issue against it Treasury notes re- deemable either in gold or silver. There is to-day inthe Treasury, in addition to the 375,000,000 silver dollars, silver bars to the amount of about 147,000,000 ounces. None of this vast amount of silver is in circulation. Nobody will take it if he can get paper, and since paper is always to be had, silver ceases to be money to any great extent. It is money by law, but it is practically demonetized by com- mon consent of the people of the United States, while European creditors refuse to receive it on any account. By the mint theoretical standard an ounce of fine silver is worth $1.29. At that rate a silver dollar would be worth 100 cents. Within the week silver has sold at 73 cents per ounce, which makes a silver dollar worth 56.46 cents, that is not quite fifty-six and a half cents. When the silver dollar was first coined in 1879 it was worth 86.8 cents. It steadily de- clined until 1890. When the Sherman bill was passed a dollar was worth only 80.9. From the first to the last effort to revive silver and put it into circula- tion as money it has continned to decline in price in the market until an ounce of silver is only worth 73 cents, while the silver dollar contains less than 57 cents’ worth of silver. In the meantime, since foreign creditors will neither accept our paper nor our silver in payment of the debts we owe them, but demand always gold, the result is that our country is be- ing stripped of gold, while it is loaded with silver, which even our own people refuse to circulate as money. These are the facts that make up the silver feature of the financial situation. Let the wise men remedy it as they will. They can do no good by dosing the country with more silver. NO ORDER WITHOUT GOVERN- MENT. None of the advocates of socialism, no matter how bold the doctrine they teach, have ever been able todevise any scheme to dispense with a governing power. The socialists, indeed, find it necessary to have astrong government to enforce their proposed regulations of social equality. They may demand an equal distribution of all the property, they may insist on absolute social equality and the abolition of marriage and the abrogation of all moral restraints, but they must have a strong governing power to enforce their notions of equality. If socialistic equality were the natural system which brings human beings to- gether, each person would fall into his place without any trouble, like the drops of water which make up the ocean. But there is nothing so little in harmony with natural law as equality in any depart- ment of creation. The most potential law of nature is the survival of the strongest. Violence is the rule and the weakest must succumb. Government is necessary to put down the hoodlum, the desperado, the men of prey who desire to subsist upon the labors of others and contribute nothing to the common stock government, is necessary for the control of most races of men—of all, indeed— and whenever the grasp of power is re- laxed the people rush into the most vio- lent excesses. The reign of terror in France and the history of all insurrec- tions and most popular revolutions prove this. In the case of the City of Grand Rap- ids vs. Gaskill & Goss, trial of which took place on Monday, July 3, in the Police Court, J. F. Gaskill, one of the defendants, was found guilty of using a quart measure which had been con- demned by the city sealer of weights and measures. It would be difficult to see how Judge Haggerty could have arrived at any other verdict. The continued presence of the measure in the place where it was found when condemned by the sealer, was prima facte evidence which the Judge could not ignore. That it had been used almost continuously since its condemnation was acknowl- edged by both defendants. The evidence of the witness Arnold would have had very little weight, though the beans al- leged to have been sold to him by Mr. Gaskill were produced in court, had it not been that it was agreed that the weight of the beans should be decisive. THE TRADESMAN has no fault to find with the verdict, though it does not be- lieve that Mr. Gaskill was intentionally guilty of a criminal act. It believes that the use of the condemned measure, if it was used as a measure, was an inad- vertence. This appears to have been the opinion of the Court. Tur TRADESMAN states again its belief that the ordinance is valid and its observance binding upon every user of weights and measures, but the mannerin which the law has been enforced by the official sealer has, very naturally, brought it into disrepute among men who respect fair play and courteous treatment and condemn rude- ness and vulgarity. No reader of THe TRADESMAN should fail to peruse the treatise on ‘‘The Con- summate Man of Business’? in another portion of this week’s paper. Itis from the pen of Geo. W. Baker, of the Jack- son Grocery Co., who has won success by carrying into execution the principles so graphically and so succintly set forth in his paper. No more admirable discus- sion of the subject probably ever ap- peared in print, and it affords Tur TRADESMAN no small pleasure to be the medium through which Mr. Baker ac- quaints the world with the cardinal prin- ciples which have enabled him to acquire success. It Won’t Last Long. A liquor dealer of Charleston, S. C., has received from a wholesale dealer in Boston a letter advising him to hold on to his stock and prophesying that the present system of State control of the liquor business would not be of long du- ration. Says the Boston man: “Our State has tried almost everything in this line, and every experiment has been sup- ported by strong public sentiment not from fanatics wholly, although they were at the bottom of it all, but from even sensible people, who are willing to see any measure tried to regulate the sale of liquor. Every experiment has failed, and although we are now getting along pretty well under high license, limited in number, the best thought of our peo- ple is tending, we think, to a moderate license, unrestricted in number, and most carefully selected as to character.” e—o_o—oO Reputation is often got without merit Government, and strong! and lost without fault. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 9 TRAVELING SALESMEN. } | | Candid Discussion of their Merits and | Demerits. One of the chief difficulties encount- ered goby the manufacturer and whole- saler in marketing their products and merchandise is the selection of a force of efficient and satisfactory traveling salesmen. The standard of qualifica- tions required of salesmen is steadily ad- vanecing. The increasing pressure of competition, the general advance in in- telligence and business capacity among retail dealers, and the necessity of strict business methods enforced by the dwindling profits of these times, make it necessary for manufacturers and jobbers to employ men of ability and character to represent them to the trade. These higher requirements have rele- gated to the shelf many a salesman who was successful under the old regime, but who had been unable to make the stren- uous effort required in these latter days, or to adjust himself to the changed con- ditions which now prevail. It is proba- ble that a larger proportion of those who embark as traveling salesmen fail of suc- cess than the proportion of men who fail in any other occupation. REQUIREMENTS OF A GOOD SALESMAN. To the making of a good salesman there go tact, judgment, good hard horse sense, a knowledge of human na- ture, the bargaining instinct and the power and disposition for hard work. The qualifications required to make a successful salesman are distinctly higher than those necessary to insure success in an ordinary retail business. Yet every retail dealer who fails in busi- ness seems to hold firmly to the opinion that he is peculiarly fitted for the occu- pation of traveling salesman. Not in- frequently he holds out to the jobber the tempting bait of a proposition to work out in installments the account which represents the said wholesaler’s wrong guess as to his chance of success in the retail business. Every jobber has his ideal of what asalesman should be, but I trust that I will uot be thought guilty of any discourtesy to that excellent and worthy body of men who are the couriers and missionaries of the wholesale busi- ness when I say that the wholesaler sel- dom realizes his ideal among the sales- men in his employ. The difficulty, per- haps, is that those who would make ideal salesmen prefer to labor in other fields, or, it may be, that in this, as in other departments of business activity, the man who attains unto doing a thing in the best manner does not need to do it himself, but can better find his value in seeing that other men do it. HIS HIGHER EDUCATION AND CULTURE. It will be readily granted that every salesman should be a man of education and culture, able to quote Greek and Latin to those of his customers who are graduates of the universities, and to meet them on equal terms in the discussion of the _ latest scientific and literary questions; yet, strange to relate, there are many success- tul salesmen who seem ignorant of the ruies that pedants have formulated for the use of their mother tongue, and to whom Herbert Spencer’s famous defini- tion of evolution would be a high sound- ing jargon of unmeaning words. It will, doubtless, be assumed that a good salesman should have a knowledge of that most popular of modern sciences, political economy, which treats of the | well as of other forms of wealth. Yet! there are salesmen who have discovered | reluctant dealer who do not have even a| passing acquaintance with Adam Smith; tions are a weariness, and who know | nothing and care less about the factors | : tion. It would be supposed that, to in- | sure success, the salesman would, at} | atic in his work, and, while method and | system are undoubtedly valuable, there | are successful salesmen who lack them | utterly. I know an excellent salesman | system that he cannot be bribed, coaxed or threatened into furnishing his em- schedule of a trip. This unpleasant fail- ing is tolerated because of his good work | sible to analyze the qualities that make one salesman successful or to define the another. The personal characteristics of the salesman are a large part of his his own fashion. For this reason, the knowledge of how to become a good the teacher and the learner ever so will- ing. production and distribution of goods, as | the secret of selling goods to the coy and | to whom the tariff and currency ques- | of production and the laws of distribu- | | least, have to be methodical and system- | | whose traveling is so devoid of plan or. ployer with even a skeleton of a date in other directions. It is often impos- shortcomings that result in the failure of equipment, and these he must use after salesman cannot be communicated, be RELATIONS OF SALESMAN AND EMPLOYER. The relations existing between a house and its salesmen should be of the most confidential and intimate character. How can you expect a salesman to ap- pear creditably before the trade as your sole visible representative unless he feels identified with the interests, the policy, the history, the plans and purposes of the house he represents? I believe it is the part of wisdom and prudence for us to furnish our salesmen with as much in- formation as they can absorb concerning the business they are called upon to rep- resent. Especially should we teach them how to compute the cost of producing and distributing goods. If possible, they should be made sharers in the en- thusiasm and anxiety for the success of the business which is felt by those whose capital is at stake. The difficulties and trials of the busi- ness should be explained to them, so that they may be the more resourceful in meeting the troubles and frictions that present themselves in their department of work. Every house impresses its character and policy upon its salesmen to a greater degree than upon any of its other employes. Is the house disposed to yield easily to the pressure of compe- tition? Then the salesman soon finds! himself unable to secure remunerative : prices for his goods. Is the house sloy- enly and unmethodical in its business? The salesman will inevitably be like it in these respects. Is the house firm and business-like in its policy? The sales- man will acquire spinal rigidity and will learn without regret to decline unprofit- able business. WEAK-KNEED SALESMEN. The places where goods are sold with- out profit seems to have a strange fasci- nation forsome salesmen. If a salesman of this class finds a dealer who is buying goods somewhere at prices below zero, he becomes seized with a mad desire to count that dealer as his own special cus- tomer. Why cannot his house sell PYRAMID PILE GURE. A new remedy which has created a sensation among physicians by its wonderful effects in speedily curing every form of piles. Itis the only remedy known (ex- | cept a surgical operation) which can be relied on to give instant relief and a lasting cure in Itching, Protruding, Bleeding or Blind Piles. Briefly stated, it has the following advantages over a surgical operation or any other pile cure: It is absolutely painless; it contains no mineral poisons nor in- jurious substance; it gives immediate relief from the first application: it can be carried in the pocket and used while traveling or anywhere without the slightest inconvenience or interference with business; and, last, but not least, it is cheap, costing but a trifle. The following letters speak for themselves and need no comment except to say we have hundreds of similar ones and could fill this paper with them if necessary: GENTLEMEN—Your Pyramid Pile Cure is without an equal; it cured me in 30 days or a much shorter time. I waited 15 days or more to be sure I was cured be- fore writing you, and can now say I have not the slightest trace of piles and am much surprised at the rapid and thorough effect of the remedy. Truly yours, J. W. Rollins, Marmaduke Military Academy, Sweet Springs, Mo. From J. W. Waddell, Zulla, Va.—I am acured man. I only used one package of the Pyramid Pile Cure and I can state to the whole world that it has cured me, and I had them so bad I could hardly walk;and I would have them now if my wife had not insisted on my trying it, and I kept it some time before she could get me to use it, but I now thank God such a remedy was made, and you ean use this letter | in any way it will do the most good. Mrs. Mary C. Tyler, of Heppner, Ore., writes—One package of Pyramid Cure entirely cured me of piles from which! had suffered 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, 11 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 market, and every live druggist has it in stock. CC And Overcoats for Fall Trade. Double and Single Breasted SUITINGS All the newest styles and de- signs, elaborately got up, and best fitting in the market, at lowest possible prices. Man- ufactured by MICHAEL KOLB 8 Wholesale clothing manufac- turers, Rochester, N. Y., es- tablished 36 years, Write our Michigan representative, WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., to eallupon you. We are in con stant receipt of special mail orders for our elegant fitting Prince Albert Coat and Vests. Pile for years, and I have Remedy on the oN Yi Vilfig ( WILLIAM CONNOR, Badges For SOCIETIES, CLUBS, CONVENTIONS, DELEGATES, COMMITTEES. The Largest Assortment of Ribbons and Trimmings in the State. THE TRADESMAN CoO. Lemons —_—— AN D——— Oranges. THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. Buy them of 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN goods as cheap as any other? What aj lines except their own. It is held by business this salesman could do if his| many, indeed, that one of the greatest employer would but allow him a reason- able discretion in prices. Some sales- men lose their energy and efficiency as soon they cannot match. The soul of a sales- man of this sort is filled with terror by the fact that there is some other sales- man roaming around with lower prices | cannot do| than he can make, and he business even where prices are normal and his sealp is safe. I have known salesmen who were completely demoral- ized by finding two or three places ona route where prices had been cut below | them. Some wholesalers and some sales- | men seem constantly to be in search of rat holes into which they can pour their | goods at or below the cost of production. It should be.the policy of the salesman to develop and cultivate the trade where | prices are remunerative, sections and the special goods, if sold at all, will yield no margin of profit. shunning the rHE SALESMAN A NECESSITY. It has been frequently said that travel- | ing salesmen are employed only because of competitive necessity. That is, it is said that there is no real reason why per- sonal visits should be made by whole- saler to the buyer, salesmen the demand for goods would not Se reduced, ferent wholesale houses would bear to each other the same proportion as they do now. man upon the road, could not the large | saving of expense be divided between | the dealer in lower prices and the job- ber in higher profits? goods through traveling costly, yet { am inclined to think that under present industrial conditions it is the cheapest plan that could be devised. It | is certainly an error to suppose that wholesalers could realize higher profits by dispensing with able traveling repre- sentatives. Notwithstanding the re- markable facilities of exchange and communication that have marked era, it necessary, that those who buy and those who sell should either directly, or through representatives, meet face to face. Informer times, when few sales- men were sent out by manufacturers and | wholesalers, the buyer used to visit them at least twice a year to personally make | As a method of distri- bution this wasteful and extrava- gant, compared with the present plan of employing traveling salesmen. No man- ufacturer or wholesaler spends in salaries and expenses of salesmen as much as it would cost his entire roll of customers his purchases. was to yisit his factory or jobbing house | once a year. PRODUCTION AND PROFITS A reduction in the general rate of inter- | est is always accompanied by falling pro- fits. Interest has slowly but steadily declined in this country during the past thirty years (in Lilinois it is said to have fallen one-half during that period), and business profits have decreased corres- pondingly. To the traveling salesmen, as well as to his employer, it seems that there is an over-production of every- thing. The business, it seems to them, would be ina much more healthful con- dition duced—but this, of course, applies to all as they encounter a price which | trade where | for if all jobbers | would agree not to send out traveling | and the sales of the dif- | If no house had a single sales- | While it is true | that the present method of marketing | salesmen is} this seems still to be desirable, if not | if there were fewer goods pro-| | barriers to prosperity is general over- production in all departments of indus- , try. Now, special over-production tends speedily to correct itself, by reducing profits in the particular business where ;it occurs, and thus causing the with- | drawal from that business of capital and persons, or what is equivalent, by pre- venting capital and persons from enter- ing it. Special over-production of cer- tain goods also tends to correct itself by increasing the production of all other goods. For a special over-production of certain goods enables the people to secure a given quantity of such goods |in exchange for a less amount of their commodities or services than would | otherwise be required, and they are then | able to demand more of the other things that gratify their desires. it is, of |course, natural for those engaged in a business to desire the supply of the kind of goods they are producing to be limited. But it must be apparent to whoever will think that the largest pos- sible production of all commodities can- not militate against the prosperity of the whole country. Bad times, which mean deprivatiou and want to large numbers of people, are never caused by over-production. People never suffer from the lack of clothing, provisions, furniture, shoes, or any of the other things they desire, because there | are too many of these things produced. Our productive resources are sufficient in this country to provide enough of all the commodities that gratify human de- sire, so thatevery man, who is not an idler, might have not only the necessities and comforts, but many of the luxur- ies of life. Ifmany of those who work, or who are willing to work, are unable | to secure a good living, it must be be- eause there is some mal-adjustment in our economic system that prevents our }enjoying, as a pecple, the blessings of | comfort and plenty that are easily within our reach. CHARLES S. PRIZER. > > Marine Iron Safes. The safe or treasure rooms of the lead- jing Trans-Atlantic steamers are inter- esting structures. Thev are so artfully concealed and contrived and so strongly | built that with a single exception, that | of a Pacific liner carrying gold dust on a |long voyage, they have never been rob- bed. In some vessels these safe vaults are placed amidships, in some aft: but they are always at the bottom of the ship, below everything else, and practi- |eally right on the keel. The room is ; generally some eight or ten feet square and high, and built of iron plates three |or four inches thick; and it is furnished with such a formidable array of ‘‘locks, bolts and bars’’ as to strike dismay to ithe hearts of even the deftest and most experienced individuals of the Charles Peace class. | —- >> -— stoves, Clean Them With Bananas. Some bright devotee of the russet shoes has hit on a plan, which, he says, keeps them always clean and bright, and pre- vents their assuming that worn and |rusty appearance which so grieves the soul of the wearer. His plan is very simple, and very easily tried. He takes a bit of fresh banana peeling and rubs the leather with the inner surface of it, and then polishes with a dry cloth. He says that this will remove all stains and discolorations, and give a fine polish. It is really a good thing that some relation has been discovered between one’s shoes and the festive banana peel, besides slip- ping up on it. — le il roses when young, If you lie upon | you’ll lie upon thorns when old. whi AR T - = Fl oO Rw” gSCTOR FULL CREAM CHEESE GRANDRAPIDS, 7 MICH. | BAL QUALITY WINS! And you can depend on the best qual- ity when you buy this Brand. MICHIGAN MERCHANTS And business men who contemplate a visit to the World’s Fair would do well to communicate with the MAGDA -- HOTEL, which offers the best and cleanest rooms and the choicest cuisine to be found in Chicago for a reasonable price. Every- thing new and _ first-class im every respect. Unanimously chosen as headquarters of National Press Association, Michi- an Press Association, and many other organizations. er i O00 ROOMS, ELEGANTLY FURNISHED, Bath with every suite. Permanent structure of stone and brick. Location (midway between World’s Fair and business center of city) Corner 34th, State and Dearborn Streets, Conducted exclusively on the European plan; splendid cafe in connection with the hotel, with unexceptional cuisine and appointments; service, table d’hote, breakfast, 50 cents; dinner, 75 cents; service a la carte; nice meals may be had by ordering from bill of fare at 25 cents and up. Beautiful Rooms, with Bath, Single, $1 to $1.50 per Day; Double, $2 to $3 per Day. Elevated station only one block away; Cable cars pass door. WM. H. HOOPS, Prop’r. i md k ¥ ~ U a . i 4 % 4 a lr t THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. a4 MONEY AND CREDIT. Every financial pinch is the result of a previous period of great speculation, undue commercial expansion and a large circulation of money. The present stringency is no exception. The Fifty-first Congress spent and put in circulation in two years $1,000,000,000. It earned the name of ‘‘Billion Dollar Congress.”’?’ The Fifty-second spent about as much. Here were $2,000,000,- 000 put in circulation in four years. It is afabulous amount. It would seem that it should have made nearly every- body in the country rich. Butit did not. On the contrary, there was a wild outery for more money for the people, and the Populist party was started on that basis, namely, to force the Government to hand out wealth to everybody. These enormous expenditures by the Government, as everybody knows, did not have the effect of making everybody rich. No action that any government could perform would or could aceom- plish that. What it did produce was an extraordinary spirit of trading and in- vestment in all sorts of schemes and speculations, particularly in the country where the greater part of this money was spent, in the South and West. One single town, Sioux City, lowa, embarked in enterprises and improvements to the amount of nearly $40,000,000. Of course, these operations were done mostly on borrowed money, and as that city has less that 40,000 people, a burden of speculation to the amount of $1,000 per head was imposed. This was only one example, as the same sort of expansion and inflated trading were carried on in almost every partof the South and West. Chicago was the seat of enormous specu- lative enterprises. Every bubble must burst sooner or later, and everybody who owes money must one day come to asettlement. It is probable that the great season of spec- lation would have gone on longer with out disturbance if it had not been for enormous financial disasters in Australia. The vibrations of this shock were felt around the world, and on our continent as well as elsewhere. Loans were called in, debtors ruled up to stringent condi- tions, and those who could not endure the pressure succumbed. It was asud- den impairment of confidence, not a sud- den searcity of money, that brought the trouble. To-day there is no lack of money. There is just as much in existence as there was while speculation was at its highest. It is not the money that is lacking, but the confidence, the credit that is impaired. People ordinarily do not realize that money plays but a small partin the vast business of a country like this. The bulk of itis done on credit, only money enough being required to settle the balances. Every man who is honest and industrious and has steady employment at some reputable business has some creditin ordinary times. He can probably buy supplies for a week or a month on his credit. Manufacturers and merchants enjoy credit in propor- tion to the magnitude and merits of their commercial operations. But when a pinch or a panic comes confidence is lost, credit is gone and an attempt is made to do the business of the country for cash, which is an impossibility, for there never was and never will be money enough for the conduct of the commerce and industries of any great country. The business of the Government at any time is not to make the people rich | by handing out greenbacks to every comer, but to establish a wise and proper system of finance on a solid basis, so t!:at every dollar is equally good anywhere and at all times. As for getting rich, the people, protected by just and equal | laws that foster no monopolies and create | no privileged classes, must manage their own affairs and prosper or not according to their own abilities. FRANK STOWELL. a Pertinent Advice to Boys. A shrewd employer advertised for a boy. Thirty came seeking the place. The gentleman’s test was this: hit it oftenest.’’ bull’s eye, when he said to them, had better come back to-morrow and see if you can do better.” None came back but one little shaver who could stand the test now. for he hit every time. ‘How is this??? said the employer. ‘‘Well,” said lad, ‘‘I wanted the place He stood it, in the shed.’’ well, fetched it out for use and quick promo- tion. Do you catch on, boys? In a certain large factory there is what | is called the boy’s room, where the boys | assemble and stay when not on errands | for the men. In this room are drawings, books and implements for the use of the boys. They are selected and promoted in the great concern according as they use these. mending a broken implement—chair, maybe—or doing anything else that in- | dicates thirst for education, he reports him to the head of the house. Isn’t it true, boys and girls, that our destiny is in our own hands? We are watched, every one of us, by heaven and earth. There is a book of record with all par- ticulars writ down concerning us. De- eeivers and lazy folks have a short run— a rundown. A father needn’t take his boy to the phrenologist to tell him the bent of his mind. By watching him you ean easily discover his trend; and, hav- ing discovered it, assist him to stir up the gift that isin him. What money is wasted in trying to make a pianist of Jane or a minister of Bartholomew! The parents who err here ought to have con- sulted the bump man before throwing away their cash. Gro. R. Scort. —___ + +o Origin of the Term Monkey-Wrench. Many people wonder why the monkey- wrench received gine it must havea connection in some | remote way with the animal from which its curious designation seems to be de-| rived. In fact its name is not monkey- | wrench at all, this being a corruption of the title originally given it. It was in- vented by Charles Moncky, of Williams- burg, N. Y., who sold his patent} to a firm who undertook toe manufac- | ture and put it on the market. In| honor of the inventor they called it Moncky’s wrench, but both they and he were soon much disgusted to find it known as a monkey-wrench. ~~ 9» ical Thousands of ounces of strychnine are used on the Pacific Coast and in the far Western States by agriculturists for kill- ing squirrels, etc. It seems as though this promiscuous use of such enormous | quantities of poisons would sooner or later affect the vegetation and produce destruction of animal life not intended. There is | amark, boys, and here is a ball; let me | see which of you, in seven chances, can | They all missed the | “You | thought he | the | very bad to} help my mother, so [ practiced all night | He went to work and did | for the thing was in him, and he} When the foreman sees a boy such a name, and ima-} "ee va R Easily and cheaply made at home. im- proves the anpetite, An enriva ful, foaming, nd aids digestion. lled t snare ‘Health- luscious. One bottle of extract makes 5 gallons. Get it sure. This is not only ‘just as good” as others, but far better, One trial will support this claim. Williams & Carleton, Hartford, Ci. Unlike the Dutch Process x No Alkalies —_ OR—- ” othe Chemicals are used in the preparation of W. Baker & Co's Breakfast Cocoa, | which is absolutely pure SOLD EVERYWHERE and solubie. A description of the chocolate plant, and of the various cocoa and chocolate preparations man ufactured by Walter Baker & Co will be sentfree toany dealer or application. W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass. BUY THE PENINSULAR Pants, Shirts, and Overalls Once and You are-our Customer for life. \‘Stanton & Morey, DETROIT, MICH. Gro. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan, 59 N. Residence Union St., Grand Rapids. Wayne County Savings Bonk, Detroil, Aich. $500 000 TO INVEST IN BONDS | Issued by cities, counties, towns and school districts } of Michigan. Officers of these municipalities about | to issue bonds will find it | tothis bank. Blank bonds and blanks | supplied without charge. All communi | enquiries will have prompt attention, 4 per cent. on deposits, compounded semi-annually. S. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer. | | for, F. H. WHITE, Manufacturers’ agent and jobber of PAPER AND WOODENWARE, Grand Rapids, Mich. 125 Court St., GINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address 'PECK BROS., “ueeusness™ GRAND RAPIDS, to their advantage to apply | roceedings | eations and | This bank pays | ‘HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE C0,, WHOLESALE ’ 5 and 7 Pearl St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH All the leading styles in fine and medi- um made the select stock. goods, from most Orders by mail given prompt attention. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLopeeEtt, President. Gro. W. Gay. Vice-President. Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier, Jno A. SEymMour, Ass’t Cashier, Capital, $800,000, DIRECTORS D. A. Blodgett. Geo. W. Gay. S. M. Lemon. C. Bertsch. A. J. Bowne. G. K. Johnson, Wm. H. Anderson. Wm Sears. A.D. Rathbone John Widdicomb, N. A. Fletcher. ANOTHER [ROP Genuine Peninsular Fasteners, in lots of 10 Gi. Gross.... pews Loe eee Gennine feninsular Fasteners single Gt. Gross oe ee ee aes FO Heaton Fasteners same as above. PRICE IN LOTS OF 100 GT. GROSS QUOTED ON APPLICATION. Elliott Wire 5 Cents Less Peninsular Fasteners. WATT KRAUSE & CO. Than CURES Catarrh, = oor Fever, ee eadache, —s la, Colds Sore Throat. TT first inhalations stop sneezing, snufting, 1€% oe This relief is worth ’ an Inha Continued use Will compiete the cure. Prevents and cures Sea Sickness out. sensation On cars or D The cool exhilerating follow ing its useis a luxury to cravorere. Convenient to carry in the pocket; no liquid to drop or spill; lasts a year, and Costs 50c¢ at druggists. Regis tered mail 60c, from H,. D,. CUSHMAN. Manufacturer, Three Rivers, Mich, = Guaranteed satisfactory. How to Keep a Store By Samuel H. Terry. A Counterfeit Equal to a Genuine. Since dollars are coined out of sixty cents worth of silver, it is no wonder that counterfeiters have turned honest and are getting out dollars containing the same amount of silver as the gen- uine and undistinguishable from the mint issue. In former times when a dol- lar was worth 100 cents, counterfeiters had to use baser metals which soon led to their detection. But when the gov- ernment itself gives a fictitious value to its coinage, who is there to deprecate the acts of individuals who issue a dollar of the same value as the govern- ment? Condensed Wisdom. Silence is sometimes slander. Character teaches above our wills. We seek too high for things close by. The troubles that kill are the ones we borrow. There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight. Sampson was the first brought down the house. A man who likes anything that is good for him is a curiosity. Higher education nowadays with the bail of the foot. i < Orange and lemon growing by elec- tricity is about to be attempted by Ralph Granger, a wealthy ranch owner in Para- dise Valley, near San Diego, Cal. Just southeast of the city limits he is having an electric plant put in for his house and grounds, and on its completion will have an acre of trees supplied with incandes- cent lights, and over all will be placed a powerful tower light to demonstrate what there is in the theory that vegetables, trees and plants develop and mature fruit more rapidly under the constant in- fluence of astrong light than when im- mersed in darkness every night. actor who begins = =< DEALERS WILL FIND SEL L WHAT WILL TANGLEFOOT THE AND SATISFACTOR PLEASE YOUR MOST PROFITABLE Y FLY PAPER. TRADE BEST. anne aa << A, rie THe AREY MADE BY TANGLEFOOT SEALED | Sticky Fly Paper. NEW STYLE. N IN NEW PACKING. NEW PRICE. The price fer Tanglefoot 1 Box hee (00 Gomes)... ee 5 Cases at one purchase 10 Cases at one purchase in the United States tains: east of the Rocky Moun- Each double sheet of Tangle- foot is our Wax Border, which, while it permits the easy separation of the sheets, abso- lutely prevents the sticky com- position from running out over the edges. serves each sheet independently and indefinitely until used and prevents all loss and annoyance to the dealer. separately sealed with and ready This Border pre- Each box of Tanglefoot will contain 25 Tanglefoot and two Tanglefoot | Holders---15 loose double sheets _ and two packages each consist- ing of a Holder containing five double sheets. Push your family trade, they will all buy itifitis brought to their | notice. sales of Tanglefoot by encour- aging a more liberal use among your trade. will appreciate age and will seon ask for it. WITH NEW HOLDERS. double sheets of the new package with It will inerease your Your customers the new pack- THE MICHIGAN 'TRADESMA SY. OUR NEW JAPAN TEAS CROP OF 1895 | These Teas—_..aa Are Now to ‘FORGET ME NOT’ i, & W. CoO. G. R. We have imported for eleven consecutive years. They have been cured, fired and packed during all these years by the same well known firm of Mourilyan, Heimann & Co., Yokohama, Japan, and we believe we may with the utmost assurance and just pride call upon the hundreds of merchants to whom we have sold these Teas from year to year to attest that never has there been introduced in Michigan a “Brand” or Chop of Japan Teas that has given for so long a period such general Satisfaction as “FORGET ME NOT.” These Teas range from 17c to 34c per |b., and we want every merchant in this territory who has not sold them to send for one chest as a sample, and to such we will guarantee more than satisfaction---greater profit and more pleasure. If any are timid about ordering in this way, samples will be sent on application. 7 LEMON & WHEELER Co. GRAND RAPIDS. 13 Hand. HOP, PROTECTING CUSTOMERS. How the Store Detective Neatly Trapped Two Women Pickpockets. From the New York Sun. During a busy afternoon last week a rather gayly dressed woman made her- self conspicuous in one of the big Sixth avenue dry goods stores. She was young and would have been pretty if her face had not been marred by an expression of slyness and by traces of dissipation. She moved about very suspiciously, al- ways mingling in the crowds, and choos- ing a place in the centre, where her hands would be out of sight. She was spotted as a crook by half a dozen floor walkers and clerks within half an hour, and cash girls were sent flying in every direction with notes to the store detec- tives. There were two of the latter one man and one woman. Both came around and watched the light-fingered visitor for several minutes. Then the man detective walked up to the woman detective and said in a whisper: “I think she’s playing the dummy act. You keep your eye on her and I'll look for her pal.” With that he walked off, moving slowly and deliberately, while his eyes were dancing as they swept now this aisle and now that with quick, sharp glances. In that way he moved all over the main floor of the store, but he was unable to find anybody that appeared at all suspi- cious. Then it suddenly occurred to him that a big bargain sale was in prog- ress at the book counter on the third floor. He rode up in the elevator and walked slowly over to the crowd of women. They stood six deep in front of the counter, and were shoving and pushing each other’ wildly. The clerks were busy as beavers, tak- ing orders, answering questions, making change, and seeing that the eash girls were prompt. The detective mingled with thecrowd. He was pushed and shoved and trampled upon, anda dozen women scowled at him, and made audible remarks about men who could find nothing better to do than ‘go a- shopping.’? One woman was making a number of purchases, and when her change came she stuffed it carelessly into a little shopping satchel. She had to struggle to get out of the crowd, and her movements caused those surround- ing her to fall back. Presently a score or more were pressing back and pushing forward again, and everybody was jos- tling his or her neighbor. The first woman got out of the melee finally, flushed and excited, but in the scramble her satchel had sprung open. She was about to snap it shut again, when she felt a hand on her arm, and the detective was saying to her: ‘See if you still have your money.”’ She looked at the detective in surprise, and then opened her satchel. The money was gone, and she looked up at him with a gasp. ‘Just sit down at the next counter and wait for me,’’? whispered the detective. Then he wormed his way back into the erowd again. He noticed one woman who had aroused his suspicions before, although he had been unable to detect her in anything wrong. He now devoted his attention to her. She was always near the front, but she never purchased anything. The detective saw that while she pretended to be engrossed in the examination of the books, she was also watching the purses of the women around her. Apparently none satisfied her, for she made no attempt to get at them. After watching her the detective with- drew and rushed down stairs to the crockery department. ‘‘Annie,” he whispered to a dreamy- looking clerk, ‘‘puton your hat and come with me.” The girl had her hat on in a jiffy. In the meantime the detective had rushed into the leather department, had grabbed a shopping satchel, and was back again. He took out a $10 bill and slipped it into the satchel. ‘“‘Here, take this,” he said to the girl, ‘‘go up-stairs and buy a book, and put the change in this satchel. Do it so everybody can see it. satchel carelessly on your arm. Then earry your Hurry, now. Don’t bother about me, and don’t recognize any of the other girls.’’ A féw minutes later Annie was at the book counter. The detective was several rows behind her. The clerks looked surprised wuen they saw Annie, but she presented an impassible face as she picked up a book and asked the price. The clerk she addressed was going to talk to her, but Annie winked quickly and gave her a look that made her change her mind. ‘Sixty-nine cents,’’ said the clerk. “Ill take it,’? said Annie, quietly. ‘*Take it with you, or shall I send it?”’ asked the clerk. **1’ll take it,’? she replied, opened her satchel, and produced the $10 bill. The detective, who was also examining books now, saw the woman he was shad- owing glance greedily at the bill. When the change came Annie stuffed it osten- tatiously into her satchel, closed the lat- ter and swung it carelessly onto her arm. Then she started back through the crowd. There was the same pushing, surging back and forth and jostling as on the previous occasion. The woman under suspicion dropped the book she held, and, by a quick, deft movement placed herself behind Annie. With equal celerity the detective placed him- self behind her. He reached out his hand and caught hold of the strap of the satchel. Presently he felt that somebody else was tugging at it. He could feel the elasp spring. He waited about a second and then dropped his hand. It fell in- side the satchel justin time for him to grab the hand of the thief. They were near the edge of the crowd now. Still holding the hand in a vice-like grip the detective gave a vigorous shove and landed both Annie and the thief outside. Some of the women gasped at the jos- tling that this unusually hard push caused, and a number of bonnets were knocked out of position, but the two hands were still in the satchel when Annie, the detective and the thief faced each other. ‘‘What do——” began the thief, with a fine show of indignation. ‘Dry up,’’ said the detective sharply. “If you make a scene it will be the worse for you. Sit down there.’’ She looked fierce, but did as she was told. She was well dressed, but older than the other woman, and not so good looking. “Go down tothe notion counter,” the detective said to Annie, ‘‘and tell Miss Gray to bring that woman up to the search room.” Turning to the thief, the detective said: “You come with me. They went up-stairs to a room set apart for the purpose, and in a few minutes they were joined by the other detective and the young woman. The latter was smiling until she saw the other, and then she exclaimed: “Well, Vl be ——.”’ ‘“‘“Very likely,” said the detective, with a smile. Turning to his assistant, he ” added: ‘| think we’d better search them both.” **Yes,”? said Miss Gray, ‘‘she hasn’t taken anything since I’ve been watching her, but she might have gotten some- thing before.” “T ain’t got a thing,” said the young woman, ‘“‘but you’re welcome to look.’’ The other submitted with less grace, and swearing like a trooper. While she was being searched the younger one kept exclaiming: “Well, Pll be — given ’em a steer, sure.” As the result of the search the woman waiting down stairs received her money back; and as much more, for which no one had applied, was turned into the fund for sick employes. When the two crooks were put out of the store, the head detective said to them. “You’d better keep away from here. We’re dead on to your scheme, and the next time we’ll put you through.” A hardware dealer of Albion, N. Y., announces that to every one purchasing a wheelbarrow he will give a free ride home in it. I thought I'd 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—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, [onia. Next Meeting—Marquette, Aug. 29, 9 a. m. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor. Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit. Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit. Secretary—S. A. Thompson, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, John D. Muir; Sec’y, Frank H. Escott. GROCER DRUGGISTS. Written for THE TRADESMAN. An article in the drug columns of THE TRADESMAN of June 28, complains of the frequent infractions of the pharmacy law by retail grocers, and calls for com- ments and suggestions from druggists on this state of things, with a view of remedying the evil. There is much of truth in the charges made, especially against grocers who carry on business where a registered druggist is already established. As to wholesale druggists selling patents to grocers, and making delivery by wagons, 1 believe the prac- tice is confined almost wholly to a few specialists who are not regularly located wholesale dealers, but are guerillas in trade, whose stock is not carried by wholesalers and jobbers of drugs. Most of those who sell well-known leading patents always give the local druggist the preference, and only place their goods in general stores in small country places, where there are no regular drug- gists, in order to give them the widest possible distribution. There are, no doubt, many grocers who for the sake of an expected profit en- croach on the line of the drug trade in defiance of law and true business cour- tesy. I regret to say their numbers are in- creasing. While thus selfishly encroach- ing on others’ rights, they gain little if any profit; since cut rates, dead stock, and occasional bad debts scale down their anticipated margin to a zero point. It is unfortunate that Section 10 of the pharmacy law is loaded with so many exceptions, and is so ambiguously worded. Else it might be of some use to the profession in stopping some of this unlawful competition. In the first sentence it seems to prohibit the sale of “drugs, medicines, chemicals, essential oils, and tinctures” unless they are put up in ‘‘bottles, boxes or packages’’ bear- ing labels showing the name of the manufacturer or compounder, the dose for persons of different ages, and, if poison, the antidote for the same. Immediately follow exceptions as toa list of staples that cover all the drugs in common use, also essences, and tinctures that are toxic in their nature with no further restriction on these, leaving it to be inferred that such may be sold in bulk by the grocer or any dealer with- out registering ad libitum et infinitum. The only things they must not do are dispensing and compounding, which are not necessary after all—since their cus- tomers are sufficient to themselves in that regard, having made spigot saving ascience. To meet this evident infrac- tion of the true intent and meaning of the law, armed with such a weapon the attorney forthe people may annoy, but eannot successfully prevent one who is driving a coach and four through the statute. He may catch him up on some technical point, but as to getting six men to agree as to the meaning of Sec- tions 9 and 10, or become of one mind as to the actual guilt of the party accused is more than can be reasonably hoped for. As the statute now reads it is a nice trap to catch a careless druggist who can be punished for plain violations thereof, because there is nothing ambiguous as to his obligations contained in the text; and all that is needed is to prove the act or omission complained of. So far asl have heard, those arrested hitherto for violation of the statute have been drug- gists who suffered from their own too liberal interpretation of its meaning. Grocers, not having been interfered with, continue to trample on the grass contrary to the signs displayed warning them against trespass, until, so far as they are concerned, the law might as well have been repealed. Two remedies occur to me by which the present condition may be improved. One is to amend the law so as to prohibit all but registered druggists from dealing in the articles mentioned in Section 10, except in places where no such druggist is in business. In that case such drugs might be sold, if poisonous, in original packages, labeled properly for the safety of the public—all others to be sold in bulk. Second, the seller should be com- pelled to bear the responsibility that is now imposed on the registered druggist who handles the same goods. As to pat- ents, the drug trade can get no adequate relief by legislation from cutters, either outside or inside theirown ranks. But since druggists are by law set apart and loaded with a responsibility imposed on no other class of legitimate dealers, they ought not to be left in the condition of poor Paddy, who, when trying to seize a cobble from the pavement to meet the savage onset of abull-terrier, complained that in this boasted free country the dogs were all let loose and the stones were all tied down. Until the law is amended so as to really and practically protect the drug- gist, it would be hardly profitable to put it in force against transgressors, who are more than likely to escape its penalties by reason of the uncertainties of its pro- visions. When passed it was considered the best attainable at that time; since enough members opposed it to prevent a bill being shaped that would promote the best interests of the profession of pharmacy and the public welfare. Meantime, all druggist should unite in efforts through local and State organiza- tion to create a public sentiment that shall secure in the future a statute more adapted to promote the end desired. S. P. WHITMARSH. en A Model Savings Bank. The greatest savings bank in this country is the Provident Institution of Boston. It was started in 1816, and has run until this time with, to use the words of its president, Henry Lee, ‘‘not the loss of a dollar by dishonesty.’ ‘There is a tradition,” said Mr. Lee, ‘‘that the bank was founded partly at the urgent request of good bishop, afterward Car- dinal, Cheverus, that his ‘people,’ as he called them, might have a place of de- posit, so as not to spend or lose their little savings. A few years later, at the bishop’s suggestion, the plan of partial withholding of the bank’s earnings and the declaration of surplus dividends every five years was adopted. This was to induce the same people to keep as well as to deposit their savings In bank.’ The institution now has over 90,000 de- positors and over $35,000,000 in deposits. The largest deposit which the manage- ment is allowed to accept is $1,000. The ‘bank in the early period paid 5 per cent interest, but the rate is now 4 per cent. The surplus dividends every five years are no longer paid, as the law of the state now requires the setting aside of a reserve fund. es MEN OF MARE. H. M. Reynolds, Founder ofthe Firm of H. M. Reynolds & Son. Herbert Morton Reynolds was born at Auburn, N. Y., June 12, 1836. His father, Jehie 1M., was a native of Tompkins county, N. Y. In 1844 his father and family moved to Erie, Pa., and from that place in 1850 to Adrian, Mich., returning to Erie three years later, where the father died. At 16 years of age, thrown on his own resources, with only such education as the common schools of the places mentioned afforded, he had not only his own way to make, but had to provide for his mother and two sisters, and to educate the latter. It is hardly necessary to say that this filial duty was performed faithfully and cheerfully. The younger sister died about twenty years ago, and the elder is still living, unmarried, at Genesseo, Ill. Herbert M. held a position in a wholesale drug estab- lishment for some time, when the family moved to Kingsville, Ohio, where he entered the business college the better to fit himself fora business career. On the completion of his course he returned to Adrian and served an apprenticeship at stonecutting. Later he entered the employ of a large lumbering firm at Louis- ville, Ky., then learned photography, which he followed in Western Pennsy!l- vania, Cincinnati, and at Niles, Mich., where he resided at the breaking out of the civil war. Mr. Reynolds enlisted in the Twelfth Michigan Volunteer Infan- try and was made color sergeant. His regiment was assigned to Gen. Prentiss’ Division of the Army of Tennessee under Gen. Grant. At the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862, he was terribly wounded, and lay for twenty-six hours upon the battlefield. He was taken, ‘‘as good as dead,” to the enemy’s headquarters at Corinth, his wound not being dressed until six days after the battle. He was exchanged, and lay for many weeks in the hospital. When sufficiently recover- ed to travel, he returned to Niles, but again enlisted, this time in the Nineteenth Michigan Infantry. He was successively Commissary Sergeant, Second Lieuten- ant, and Post and Brigade Commissary at Guy’s Gap and McMinsville, Tenn. Upon the reorganization of the army for the Atlanta campaign, he was transferred to the staff of Gen. Coburn as Aid-de-Camp, serving in that capacity from Chattanoo- ga to Atlanta. He was ordered into the hospital at Louisville on account of wounds and a severe injury through the fall of his horse. He was mustered out of the service at the close of the war, and once more returned to Niles. He was in different pursuits until 1868, when, looking about for a place wherein to settle in business on his own account, he selected Grand Rapids, and it is safe to say that neither Mr. Rey- nolds nor the city has had the slightest reason to regret his choice. On locating here he determined to engage in the bus- iness of roofing. For twenty-five years Mr. Reynolds has followed that business, and has achieved a success of which any man might be proud. In the beginning the subject of this sketch ‘‘labored’’ with the best of them, but hard work, economy and close attention to business have borne their usual fruit, and to-day Mr. Reynolds’ time is fully occupied in a general oversight of his large and ever- increasing business. Fifteen men are employed, among whom are a number of experts. In 1890 Mr. Reynolds took his son, Charles H., into the business, since which time the firm name has been H. M. Reynolds & Son. The firm are not only roofers, but are jobbers of all kinds of roofing materials and building papers. “Charley”? has charge of the various gangs of men while at work, and has the management of the roofing department of the business. The business office is in charge of John E. Bowen, who is a hus- tler, like every one else connected with the business. Mr. Reynolds was married in 1863 to Anna E. Glenn, daughter of Thomas T. Glenn, of Niles, one of the pioneers of the Territory of Michigan. He resides in a handsome residence on Ransom street, where he enjoys all the comforts of an ideal business man’s home. His mother is still living, and is a member of his family. Mr. Reynolds has attained his present position in the business world in the usual way. There is no royal road to business success any more than to learning, and honesty, hard, unremitting work, and economy, are the prime factors in his success. Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent County 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: dno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, T.J.O’Brien, A.J. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee, J. A. 8. Verdier. Depesits Exceed One Million Dollars. REEDER BROS. SHOE C0., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Boots and Shoes, Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for 158 & 160 Fulton St., Grand Rapids, 3 PECKHAM'S Pec k ha im S Croup Remedy the Chiidren’s Cough Cure. Pleasant-Safe-Certain. Get a bottle today: you may need it tonight. One C oO dose will prove its value. Save r u p the Children ! WHOOPING-CoUGH, Croup CoLps, CovGHs, quickly yield to its use. Keep it at hand. Large bottles 2c. All druggists Re med Y 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 Pee thereon. Order PECKHAM™’S CROUP REMEDY of ~— jobber, and send your label to Peckham medy Co., Freeport, Mich. — ~ > ~ 4 7 4 | ~ - ° sh i | e - La i tie ) & » a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 15 Wholesale Price Current. Advanced— Declined— ACIDUM. ee meee eee sees ss P oe . : TINCTURES. baton 8@ 10] Exec OS.......... ; 2 7 Benzoicum Germen.. 65@ 7 oe, ease cea. . 00@2 . Aconitum Napellis oS = Boracic .............. a9 ge ee 60 Carbolicum ......... 2 35 | Hetavum, ounce..... Qe and myrrh... i Crean eo) 50@ 52 | Gossipii, Sem. gal..... ee a at 50 Hydrochlor ........... . ‘Salt Misrocum eT = = at 90022 = Atrope Helisdonns Sy 60 Phosphoriim dij..." ap | Limon nooo a7 hc Seucyucum ......,.... 1 Ole waa Ss i diate: Sulphuricum...."..".. 14%@_5| Mentha Verid......... ee 50 Tee sc: 1 40@1 60 orrhuae, gal......... 1 00@1 10 Contests 5 Tartaricum........... -— si ------- ootga me | Capatoum .....2 2200220002002 gp AMMONIA, Lea Lita, (gal. 35) 7 13 Ca ae % Agua, 1 de... — sie... 226 Ven ciaceanenatation ae a0 deg... lta cee LL SE pap aaaanaRee age Carbonas ............. = a. Chioridam 2000.1... ee Mi ee sept O0 a ae ANILINE. Santel i ny s So 8 00 — rete cee eeeee eee cee = ‘ 2 9 2) Ee. -Snae-v a= paRpe ila ich aed li lt li os ogaamemaiammme Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 6 a ee cdeecccces se Oe Red.....cccccccccscccse, @ 50] Pigl@.................. ee nt nen a — 2 50@S 00 a ve eG BACCAE. Theepramas........... 15@ 20 ashen i a sl i ey = Cubeae (po 40)...... 3@ 40 POTASSIUM. + ee Juniperus ............- 8@ 10] Bicarb....... 1 IS EAineeer 50 Xanthoxylum ... 25@ 301! Bichromate .. 13@ 14 Hyoecyamus ee 50 BALSAMUM, — bade eset er sees 38@ : Iodine dain too 75 2Q 45 at 12@ 15 MS es ue. iu, 75 — ree eae eee rane Chlorate (po 3@2%5).. 24@ 26| Ferri Chioridum...... |” 35 we etee eee ee ence eres Qi 80 yeneao..,.-.......... | oe Bo PRONG el, Terabin, Canada .... 50@ 60} Todide................. 2 CeO 50 Tolutan ..........-.... 35@ 50] Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 27@ 30|Myrrh...............00000777 50 CORTEX. Potassa, Bitart, “a a i out Lo = 8 rok... Be 1b Abies, Canadian............ 18 | Potass Nitras.. La 1™]@ 9 R Camphorated........... 50 Camine etree = Frusstate EN og 80) *) Deedee 2 00 etna Wiewe SoaEs pe) Euonymus atropurp........ so gO sist is a wteeeee Myrica Cerifera, po......... 2 . ee erties nne ee = Prunus Virgini.............. 12 t ACORIE ow... 8... 20@ 25 Rhel Y vce e cece ecee een sees - iin OFe................ iAeeee....:........., 22@ 2% Cansia “Keutitoi:: soeee cece owes 50 Seer 12 ee oie 12@ eS o Go. = Ulmus Fo (Ground 15)...... "a. a... Hoole 50 EXTRACTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..... 9o | SerOmOniiM.... 1.2.8... 60 (p ) 8@ Tolutan 60 Glycyrrhiza Glabra... M@ 2 Glychrrhiza, ce. Sp. OR SO enn vsrees og 33@ 35 — Canaden, Ve ver an . Mate 50 Haematox, 15lb. box.. 11@ 12 — clk @ 30| Veratrum SNE 50 WR cee cc cscs 13@ 14 He ees Ala, po.. 15@ 20 MISCELLANEOUS. MO ae 14@ 15] Inula, - pede oes ee ace 15@ 20 is ae 10 17 | Tpeees, po............. 2 20@2 30 ther, ii Nit, : 27 22@ 30 FERRU tls plox (po a - oe 43 Momeni lee c Carbonate Precip...... @ 15| Maranta, \s.......... @ 2% ¢ ar und, (po. Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 Podophyllum, ve oe a a ee 3@ 4 Citrate Soluble........ SO Wiehe ad Of Annatte 00 55@ 60 Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 50 o a @1 7% | Antimoni, po.......... 4@ 5 Solut Chloride........ @ 15 “s py 75@1 35 et PotassT. 55@ 60 Sulphate, oo. ee ee ee a 35@ 38 —— cues @1 40 pure.. @ 7|Sanguinaria, (po ®).. @ 2| Autifebrin............. @ B ii ——- Ce = = — ounce 3 . r Sene ac 9 ee ee eral tet deererinnat es ne = Similax, : Offictnalis, Hi g = = ee =. 40 MEGTIGIED 2.00 sc cece ese ‘ oo WEE OR es oa 25 Risen 50@ 65 Scillae, (ne. 3)... .... 10@ 12] Calcium Chlor, 1s, ry FOUA — ocarpus, Feeti- ie; as ........:. li eatin 18@ 50 Gam, oe............., @ 35 Cantharides Senin, moe P heuiiiell Tin- Valerian, on .30) oe = Me... @1 00 nivelly ...... --..... 23@ 28] snop 9p | Capsict Fructus, af... @ % ‘6 Alx. 35@ 50 gintibes 3 ceeecvcerece — 30 a @ 2 Salvia oficinalls, as ng er j Heed cdeuons 8@ ‘és ‘“ po. @ 20 and Ks.. 5@ 2% SEMEN. Caryophyllus, a BS) 100 i2 Ura Urai 1¢ | Anisum, (po. 20)...... @ 15/¢ ace | pee >= GUMMI. Apium (graveleons).. 15@ 18 ton fn mo S Acacia, = —.--- g 45 | Carul, (po. 18)......... 10g 12 Cocens 3 = “ . ae Cardamon.. de anetneres 108) 3 | Contraria.... @ 10 “so sifted sorts.. O Bin... sae. 0°6 Cetaceum . @ 4 i po 60@ 80 ——— Bativa....... rs euilacatens | 60@ 63 Aloe, Barb, (Po.60).-- 90@ $0) Chenopodtna <<...-.. 108 12| ouige a neat Qi 2 ss Cape, (po. 20).. @ 12 Dipterix Odorate 2 25@2 50 Chloral Hyd Crs .-1 35@1 60 Socotri, (po. 60). @ 50 Poonliouium..... ~@ 15|Chondrus......... -- B® Ww ones. 0n.6ie | eee Cinchonidine, P. & W 15@ 20 16) af @ 1 ee Pe.5...-. ‘ 6@ . 8 rman 3 @ 12 Ammo ae se. 58D 0 pr ea, bb $16). 4 ? satistaction. All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. A HAELTINE & PER Send a trial order: ave OO, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERY PRICE. CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. _ going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average those who have poor credit. S greatest possible use to dealers. prices for average conditions of purchase. They are prepared just before It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the AXLE GREASE. doz gross Se 6 00 (eet Or..........- 75 9 CO Diamond.. ae a 5 50 ee. 89 9 00 Mica a. 8 00 Paragon — 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Acme. 1g Ib. cans, 3 doz ee 45 -_—- Sf 85 ae Uc. le ee ee a ee 10 Arctic 1¢ cans 6 doz case...... 55 —s * ddoe * .18 : > 2 doz - 20 [me > toe 7 LL 9 00 Fosfon. 5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case. 80 * 2 @ Red Star, 6. ® cans.. 40 i ae 75 ca > - 2 Telfer’s, % Ibs cans, doz. 45 . 85 “ . lb. “ aa i 1 a Our Leader, 14 lb cans 45 14 lb cans. Qi . Libtans..... .1 3 Dr. Price’s. per doz Dime cans.. 95 4-02 ' .1 40 b-0Z 2 CO 8-0z .2 60 12-0z 3 90 16-0z ' 5 9 244-Ib 12 00 4-lb 18 2 5-lb Be 7% 10-1b 41 80 BATH BRICK 2 dozen in case. ete... ...... = ee le 80 Domestic... i 70 BLUING. Gross Arctic, : — oees.......... See Saas * 2 c ints, round . oo Oo “ No.2, sifting pox... 2 7% Wi Yo. 3, . 400 - =o 8 00 * Joestell . . _@ Mexic an Liquid, 4 oz. 3 60 80 6 8O BROOMS, wo. 2 Burl i eedee eens 1 7 No. : Carpet. 2 alee Gem.. 2 Common Whisk. Fan ' 1x Warehouee.. . .. so BRUSHES. Seere, Bo. 7.--..-- 1s e eo 1 50 “ce “cs i5 ou i 1 "5 Rice Root Scrub,2 rew.... 8 Rice Root Scrub, 3 row. 1 25 Paimetto, goose. . 1 3 BUTTER PL ATES. Oval—250 in crate. a 60 a 70 _— s+... 80 as. .L..lULLULlC Cee CANDLES, Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes.. 10 Star, 40 i. 8 ae i... a ........ 24 CARNED GOODS. Fish, Clams. Little Neck, i ib. 1 20 2 Ib... = Clam Chowder. Standard, as noe ove Oysters. Standard, ay a 1 & ng Star, : »...._...... os : -..2 3 Piente, 11b.. : ..2 00 Ib race c ee Oe Mackerei. Standard, 1 1 Ib.. il oe Pe 10 ees, S.......... +n a Tomato Sauce, 2ib.........2 2% Soused, 2 - oe 2 2 Salmon. Columbia River, ag . 1? Alaska, Red.. ee pink. a a Kinney’s, ae 1 9% dines. American ee ee @5 cece soe eT Imported a 10@11 eos. ae Mustard X2.. ee @s I oo eerie ccu an 21 Trout. pet os chee iecein 250 Fruits. Apples. » i>, Manderd........ 95 York State, gallens.... 3 00 Hamburgh, * Apricots. Live oak. ...... . 13 ee o 175 Lon S...... vl 1 % Ceereoe............. 1% Blackberries. of. ............ % Cherries. Red. . 110@1 2 Pitted Hamburgh . : 1% hite — 1 50 Ene Leb oe ken 120 Damsons, Egg Plums and Green Fages. a 1 10 California. i® Gooseberries. ae. 13 Peaches. ee 1s lo ee ee. 1 65 Caltrornia........ 2 20 Monitor i 186 ——e. Pears. Doe. 120 eee. 2 10 Pineapples. ye 1 00@!1 ; Johnson’ e sliced...... 2° erated,..... 2 Booth’ 's sliced. @2 erated ..... @2 Quinces. Common a 1 10 Raspberries, ee... 1 30 Black Hamburg...... 1 50 Erie, black 1 30 Strawberries. Lawrence . ole 13 Hamburgh = Erie.. es 1s Terrapin . ees . 1 10 Whortleberries. Bameeerries........ . i 00 Meats. Corned beef Libby’s.......1 85 Roast beef Armour’ ...... 1% Potted ham, 7 nook ao tongue, 7 Ib. oe ook oe a_i... ... 85 chic zen, % ib — oo 95 Vegetables. Beans. Hamburgh stringicss.......1 2 French siyle.....2 § . oe... 13 Loto a 5 Lewis Boston Saee........ 1% Bay State Baked....... As World’s Fair Baked....... 13 acese Gases... ......... 1 00 Corn Pere 1 40 ivingston Eden . oo. i ................ Hoy Dew... 150 Morning Giory.......... eee ee... 75 Peas, Hambur eh marrefat........1% : early June. Champion Eng. -1 50 petit pols.......1% fancy sifted....1 90 —.....hlL.,C . 2 ers mandgerd............ 2 VanCamp’s marrofat.. wm early June..... 1 30 Archer’s Early Blossom....1 35 Poe... 2... . " ‘Mushrooms. en a 17 Pumpkin. —_ og ee 95 Squash. Hubbard . to. oe Suecotash. eee... — Soaked . peace sc cc. Honey Dew... 1 50 Erie hele 1 35 “Tomatoes. Hancock eee ee ceue Excelsior Eclipse. Hamburg Gallon CHOCOLATE. Baker’s. German Sweet.. ...... 23 Premium.... . oo. 37 Breakfest Cocoa....... 43 CHEESE. Amboy a Q@°% i ie oe @o Leases. ....., 9 ne oc ce ce @9 Gone Eee! .......... @ 8% on... 4... 6Q 7 ae... il Edam 1 00 Leiden bie ea 23 neato ee cee @10 Pineap pple hen G25 Roquefort...... @35 Sap Sago. S22 Schweitzer, imported. @24 - domestic .... @i4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. Half pint, 2% bottios........ 2% Pint pees -.4 Quart 1 doz bottles Triumph Brand. Half pint, oer Gon..........1 me Pink, & boetties..............8 Quart, per dos .. 7 LOTHES PINS. 5 ae — ae eee 40@45 OCOA SHELLS, 35 Ib as eas is Lees quantity........... @3} P Peau packages ee. 6%@7 COFFEE. Green. Rio. a ra en eae... oe eee. se... —-......... = Santos. — «= rrC—~—SC ia 18 — 20 a... lk... 2 Peaberry . 22 Mexican and Guatamala. | 21 —............ Loin ce Pome... ...--... ....-... 4. 24 Maracaibo, Pri .... eo eS. Java. eerion ............ ose Peivese Geomen............ 27 OO —— 28 Mocha, Deeereeeon .. . 5.54. ....--,.. 25 Arabian.. o . 20 ‘Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add \c. per 1b. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 23 39 Bunola..... so Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case.... 23 45 Extract. Valley City *& gross i 75 Felix i 15 Hummel’ 8, gg RTOSS....-. 1 50 9° 50 CHICORY. ~~... ' 5 Red — 7 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40ft.......perdoz. 1 2 . we es.....-. e 1 40 . ic....... . 1 €0 _ 7 c...-.-. _ 1% ' a : 1 9 Jute 60 ft... " SO wf .. _ 1 66 CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz. in case. N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands Gail Borden _— ee 7 40 os. a 6 25 ss ........ 5 % ae 4 50 Pee... a 43 Dime . 3 35 UGUPON BOOKS. “Trad eaman. ' ei, per hundred 2K . - OU 2 50 8 3, . . 300 5 " ee . 3@ S10, ‘ ' 4m — * 5 “Superior.” $ 1, per hundred...... 4 as “a ae $10: “ $20, “ “Universal.” g 1, per hundred. ol 83 00 $ 2 Loto $3, _ Re ETC 400 85, ' ae 5 00 #10, gee es 6 00 $20. - 7 06 Above prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 or over......... 5 per cent, oo “ ee {060 ** _ - COUPON PASS BOOKS, {Can be made to represent*any —— from $10 down. | 20 books oe $100 aes eet seen 2 00 100 ee ee 3 00 —. Cr 6 25 kee ree crescents 10 00 — ~*~ ........ 17 50 CREDIT CHECKS. 500, any one denom’ oo #3 00 — «i lc 00 —* * ee 8 00 Sooee DeEEE................ % CRACKERS. Butter. Seymour XXxX.. — Seymour XXX, cartoon... 6% Pay £A4....,. os Family io a cartoon. — o% Se ee Salted 32s, cartoon ...... 8% ee ™% Me cc 8 eee Soda. Pema. EE ...,.....-.:... . 6 Gn, Cy... 4....--....,.-.. Th es Peo............. Ru Cerne) Warer............... 10 Long Island Wafers ....... 11 Oyster. Se ts eee. City Oyster. XX%............ 6 Farina Oyster.............. 6 CREAM TARTAR. Birictly pure........ ) Telfer’s Absolute.......... 3) Croce... .... cs... 15@25 DRIED FRUITS. Domestic. Apples Sundried, sliced in bbls. quartered ‘ Evaporated, 50°lb. boxes Apricots. California in bags...... Evaporated in boxes. .. Blackberries. oe Nectarines. ae... es .. oe tae... Peaches. Peeled, in boxes........ Cal. evap. ‘“ . in bage...... California in bags..... Pitted Cherries. Barrels - Ib. boxes . Prunelles 30 lb. boxes.. Raspberries. In barrels. i ; 50 1b. nL ib. * : Raisins. Loose Muscatels in Boxes, 2 crown cabecees ce lees ces 1 Loose Muscatels in in Bags, 2 crown... a ons a BS Foreign. Currants. Patras, in barrels. . a -— oe .....-.... 4% " in less quantity ... 4% eel. Citron, Leghorn, 25 Ib. boxes 20 Lemon ‘ 1 Crange ~~” o 1 Raisins, Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes. Sultana, 20 Valencia, 30 ‘ Prunes. C alifornia, 100-120 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. 11% .. 12% “ 80x90 “ce 70x80 ‘es is . 60x70 . .14 Es oe. 7 oer... a - French, ENVELOPES, XX rag, white, me tO... ..... 44... $1 75 Ho. 2, 6%: ..... oot ee 60 1 65 1 50 1 35 1% 1 00 ene 9 Coin. wot... je FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. 100 Ib, kegs........... : 3% Hominy. Barrels.. ++ oO —_— ———————e 3 50 a Beans. aa... 4% Mecnacont and saigauigiet™ ——- 12 Ib. box... Tmaported.............+ %@. Oatmeal. are aoe... 4 50 Hee Serres 100........... 2 40 Pear! Barley. a 2% Peas om, OH... o.. sks. 2 00 Spit ‘per Ib Sec nae 2.3 a — Barrels ‘90... .... @4 59 Half bhinS... |... |. @2 40 Sago. Gere ....0.<- peeer okie cas 4% ene eee... .-....... a eat. Ce oii. is ey 6 FISH--Salt. Bloaters. ss... =. Cod. meee 3% Whole, Grand Bank..... 5K Boneless, bricks... ...... 7@s Boneless, strips.. ....... 7@9 Halibut. Geaeees 10%@11 Herring. Holland, white hoops keg €5 is ee oe DOr wWertee ......s000....., Round, % bb! 100 Ibs. 2 85 oe o 40 oo 1 45 ON oo ces ees; 18 Mackerel eee... ...... .... 12 00 et ee .........,..... 5 05 et we ee........... ..- 1 35 Deeey, hee... 8... 8 25 ~_..... Sardines. ees, SOee....._....... 65 Trout. 1, & bbis., — beecee 6 % — fiche he: 3 00 No. 1, its, 10 oo pes ccoeee 85 ee 70 Whitefish. on % bbls, - Ibs cine. v 60 83 = tial a ae om iY 10 Ib. kits eee ee ae 90 58 cm: * 4 i 2” @® FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’, Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Bestin the world for the money. Grade Regular Vanilla. OZ Zos.....81 i 4oz..... 2 40 XX Grade Jennings’ D C. Lemon. Vanilla 75 1 20 20 ene. ion 2 00 6 oz - 2 00 3 00 Boztaper .........1 35 2 00 40z taper ..... eee 1,50 2500 GUNPOWDER. ee Kegs. ete «ose OO Half kegs ee eee ae 2 = aoe bee... 11 1b oe 1 ase oe i. 30 % lb ca -. 38 Choke Bore—Dupont’ 8. ee cece ccs cous 4 50 Half i te cece cece 2 50 rerter bees... .... .. .... 1 @ 1 1b cans . 34 — Duck—Dupont’ 8. be eei eee enna. (0 11 Halt RR es cei, 5 Guartoreens............... 5 [i come... ..... “oo. oe HERBS, Sage..... ee eee ce cee 15 meee... 15 INDIGO. a. Sib. bowed. ...... 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes. . 50 JELLY. 1 ©. reee............. @ 55 _ Dee cares @ 8% LICORICE. eee 30 et ee ee 25 a ee 12 LYE, Condensed, ‘= dee toes 1 25 ” ad <....- 223 MATCHES. mo. 9 eieeer.......... Anchor parlor. No, 2 home..... OES TRIG ood oo cnn cues MINCE MEAT. 3 or 6 doz. in case perdoz.. 95 MEASURES, Tin, per dozen. Eo $1 75 Mame gelion.......... i. Fe — ee, 70 eee eee 45 Half pint . coe 40 Wooden, for vinegar, oni doz. tceiie ...... Half eee ts —- Pint. . oe seu le MOLASSES. Blackstrap. Seger homes. .......-.... 14 Cuba Baking. Mr es 16 Porto Rico. ree eco son etic oeeunes 20 veney ....... —- Joc, | ae New Orleans. eee 18 ee, 22 — eer eter ast s oe 27 oO] a: secs. 40 One-half barrels. 3c extra, PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count... @5 00 Half bbis, 600 count. @3 00 Small. Barrels, 2,40C count. 6 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 50 PIPES. Clay, No. ee 1 % T. ». fullcount........ %5 ne ee, Lc, 1 2 POTASH, 48 cans in case. eee as... 4 00 Founs Sait Oe.s.......... 3 2 RICE, Domestic. Coretta need. .............. 5 " ee ee 4% . Ma.8.......... PS 3 Imported, een oe. 5% SS Big ae a 5 Pee heb oene 5 t & t & THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Root Beer Extract. Williams’, ROOM. cl... 1% oe... 5 00 Hires’, _ -_— elec aces ke 1 %5 —............... 5 00 SPICES, Whole Sifted, MOO... 10 Cassia, China in mats...... 7 ° Batavia in bund....15 re Saigon in roils...... 32 Cloves, —— Se: 22 Zanzibar..... hago 12 Made Heteste....... ....... 80 mig Sadek soso %5 “ sh Pure Sauna in Bulk, NOS sic 15 Cass 1a, Batavia tee a eee cy 18 and Saigon .25 . tS 35 Cloves, Amboyna........... 22 “ POnSIOer........... 18 Ginger, , Afrioan tee oe cece. = poe cen ae 20 . Semeeeee........ |. 22 meee Betas... .... %H Mustard, Eng. and Trieste, .22 Triest e eee ee miae 25 aaa mee... 95 Pepper, Singapore —-- -16 ee. 24 re Gueune.. ee cee wee 20 ee aa a A beolute” in —— is 8 Aligpice ........ eee 4 1 55 Cyaeeee............. SE Te Ceres... 8... 84 155 Ginger, — Sees 84 155 . Sirieen ........ a 13 Mustard.. +. oF 2 oe a 84 155 nere...... : 84 SAL SODA. eee eae oo owe 1% oiies oe 1% SEEDS, I i ig @1i2% Canary, Smyrna....... 6 ee .........,... 10 Cardamon, Malabar.. 90 Hemp. Russian....... 4% Mixed Bird .......... 5M Mustard, white....... ' ce. a 6 Cuttio bone........... 30 STARCH. Corn. wet DONOE...............,4, 6 we 5% loss. Tip recreeer................ 5% ee acs 5% 6-lb Se, 6 40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 4% a... .....,.....,...... 5% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, Ca ie ee . 5h oe S angiish elec cece seus 4% SALT. 2 3-Ib. sacks eee 82 25 oe 2 00 98 40. ig sacks Deeks eae. 1 8 a 22 Sib cages. 0.6... 150 56 Ib. dairy in linen bags.. 32 ai on “~ 6% Warsaw. 56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 32 sm * " . 2 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in inensacks.. 7% Higgins. 56 Jh, dairy in linen sacks. 75 Solar Rock. Sel. ence... ...... 27 Common Fine. Serine ooo... 2... 70 Bienes ......... . 25... 70 SALERATUS, Packed 60 lbs, in box. _ Sy aa ae 5% oereee 54 ee 5% WA ce cs. 5 OAP. Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old es oe rr........ 3 40 Good Choer,@01Ib.........- 3 90 White Borax, 100 %-lb...... 3 9% Proctor & Gamble. . Comeore........,-...... cu. 45 Ivory, 10 oz 6 75 Lees th een 4 00 ec a Mottlea Gernan $ 15 own Tere............-...,. 3 25 Dingman Brands. Gimele Box... .............. 95 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, wrp'd. .$4 00 plain... 2 94 N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands. Santa ee Se 475 Brown, at 2 85 OF Ore io... 4... 3 50 Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands, PO ak oe sd ees cn cows 4+ 00 Cotton Oil... —. — 00 Mareoilies.......... tees 3 95 ae Te ‘Thompson & Chute noe Ge oe ca, oo eae MOM ce duoc ele 3 35 Savon Improv eG... 2 50 Romie oie ag oe awe. OO Cewoee. 8... Se Moonomicgs .......;....... 2 2 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 hand, gos 12 50 SUGAR. The following — repre- sent the actual selling prices in Grand Rapids, based on the act- ual costin New York, with 36 cents per 100 pounds added for freight. The same quotations will not apply toany townwhere the freight rate from New York is not 36 cents, but the local quotations will, perhaps, afford a better criterion of the market than to quote New York prices exclusively. EOE ee #6 36 Powdered ...... sepa s et 6 23 ReIAOe .......... a.. 5 Extra Fine Granulated.... 5 86 —-............. ._. . XXXX Powdered... .. OG Confec. Standard A...... 5 67 No. i Columbia A......... 5 61 NO, 5 lees A. wt... 5 48 Boa 6 i... 5 42 No. : Seek te sce secee cones 5 30 nee... 5 23 Be ol 6 17 No. 10. -_o8 Pra 47... ..... 2... 5 05 TW Beas oss cy ee 5 05 7 =.............. 4 80 eo 4 42 SYRUPS. Corn, Barrer ......,... en a QT Tee Oe... 23 Pure Cane. —.......... 19 ee, 25 oe. 30 SWEET GOODS, Ginger Snaps.......... 8 Suger Croams......... 8 Frosted Creams....... 9 Graham Crackers..... 8% Oatmeal Crackers..... 8% VINEGAR. Ene 7 @8 Bee i. secs, @9 81 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Baik, per gal ....... ..... 30 Beer mug, 2 doz incase... 1 75 YEAST. meee... i 1 00 Ol ae 1 00 Weegee Poem ............-... 1 00 ieee... ve) ae. 90 TEAS. syaPan—Regular. NE ee @17 CG sa @20 eee cc 24 @26 Ciieom...:...... .... oe Ge ee... ... 10 @I12 SUN CURED. wae... 8. @17 a @20 eee... 2A @xe Cuaneees............... 32 @34 a... 10 @12 BASKET FIRED. a 18 @20 cee... @25 Choicest @35 Extra choice, wire leat @40 GUNPOWDER. Common to faiz....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 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. Moc ce ecucccceuee 18 @2 Ce 24 @28 Mee 40 @50 TOBACCOS. Fine Cut, Pails unless otherwise noted Bateo .-.. @30 Can Can... o @27 Nellie Bly. ——. Go Uncle ben..... a. Ge ees . ............ 60 Sweet Cure......... . 34 MeGinty .............. 27 . % bbis....... 25 Dandy dim............ 29 Torpedo a 2 in drums 23 Tom Yom .......-... 28 os. _ ..........., . 23 - drome............ 22 Plug. Sorg’s Brands. Se - ae 41 Nobby Twist.-.......-.,. 41 Scotten’s Brands. ie cece come esc le 26 Hiawastha,........ a 38 Valley City ...... nee 84 Finzer’s Brands, Old Honesty.......... 40 Jolly Tar. ....... eieeee 32 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands. im dried. ........ 1... 7 Golden Shower............. 19 Time i. 2k WmCOTeGUG .. 8.) 8 i. 2 29 American Eagle Co.’s Brands. _ woo NOyy.. 22... 40 oe ... — 2 aes ns Lo 3 Java, les foil. oe Banner Tebaces Co.’s Brands. Pee 16 Banner og endian 38 mee Ce 28 ae s Brands. We 15 meee, Dew. .30 Gora Teen... ........... 26 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands. Mo 26 Oe We sl .. 18 Standard... : on Globe Tobacco Co." 8 | Brands. ee 41 Leidersdorf’s Brands. ee 26 Uncle Sam.. _— (ee Spaulding & Merrick. ‘Tom and Jerry.............. 25 Traveler Cavendish....... 38 Boek Hom... 5... 30 Paow Bee... 6. 30@32 ee Ce 16 OILs. The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows, in barrels, f. 0. b. Grand Rapids: Eocene.. 8% Water White, old test. @ i% Aas 6 OW. W. Mich. PIOQGMONE . 26... e505 q eee... @ 6% Stove Gasoline........ @S Ts Bu — ice ccee 27 @36 oo @21 Black, “8 cold test.. @8 HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: HIDES. ee 203 oo Cured ie cece. @ 3% ee @ 3% tay. ee ee ee ones, 5 @5 Kips, _— Ms ce neee us 2 @3 ured.. — @a Calfakins, green. oe 4@5 ored...... 5 @6 Rentonskens pee ee es. 10 @25 No. 2 hides \ off. PELTS. Shearlings....... a i fo DD ae 15 @ B WOOL Waseda... ......_.....2 @is Unwashed .........._. £ @l4 MISCELLANEOUS, OM 6 .............. 3 @ 3% Grease butter......... 1 @2 wees... 1%@ 2 Ce 2 00@2 50 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS’ WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 62 0. 2 Red (60 Ib. test) 62 MEAL. Pe 1 40 Granwiated,.......,... 1 65 FLOUR. Straight, in MOORS... 1.2.5 3 60 Darrelg........ 3 85 Patent “ sacks......... £60 . “ Derrel........ 4 80 Graham ‘ sacks.... ... a7 Rye - pe TS 1 90 MILLSTUFFS. Less Car lots quantity ae... $13 50 $13 50 Screenings .... 13 00 13 00 Middlings..... 14 50 14 50 Mixed Feed... 18 00 18 50 Coarse meal .. 17 50 18 00 CORN. Car lots. as 45 Less than ¢ar lots.........- 43 OATS. ee 35 Less than cariots...........38 HAY. - ee. car lots....13 0 io. ° ton lots ..... 14 00 FRESH MEATS. Beef, carcags.......... 6 @%% * hing quarters. . - ™%@S*% - fore - 4%@G 5% _ late, No. 3...10 @i1 . Oe cee 8 @9 . aps Lees 7 @T%* ees oe soso ees @6 Pork la Totnes ede oucuues - @10% | “ - Wenner: ...... @ 8%!| _ BULK. ie mo 1. Sausage, — orhead @7 OMe... 2 00 aa 2 25 er :..... - @7 OEE 600.1... 1 50 . a 2 75 . Wraskion | «GK a totcceo a. ae Matem :. 8. ..... 7 @7%| PAPER & WOODENWARE Baskets, ns. ae 35 —. 7 @s cupping bushel. : 25 PAPER. ' full hoop ‘ 1 35 FISH and OYSTERS. a Ce 1% ‘willow cl’ths, No. i 6 = mOCktOrd ........._...... . q , Oe 7 ‘ . J. Dettenthaler quotes as — ee iH eplint rr ae : = ollows: ardware . a ' y 7 oe Bakers g : “No.2 4 25 FRESH FISH. Dry Goods. 5 @s ‘i ‘i “ No35 0 Whitefish @8 | Jute Manilia.. i GK .,. INDUBRATED WARE. Trout ........ oe @ 8 Red Express No. 1. .. DM Pails...... Sis. oe ere. @15 Wolo.) aig | Rabe, No. 1. 13 50 Ciscoes or Herring.... [CS rl eee tea Nas... Fresh lob aaa @10 TWINES, Tune, No.2... |. eae resh lobster, per lb.... 20 Cohn... _ 30 oa . So eee ew meee en nne oenne 11 @ fotton, No. i. ‘> E OU LTRY,. No, i Pickerel......... @8 “9 ae Local dealers pay as follows: dete s aa a @8 | Sea Island, assorted...._.. 30 DRESSED Smoked White.... @8 | Nols Hemp 0 Le ew ma Red Snappers .... ..... Se 15 | Turkeys a Columbia River Salmon 20 Ducks Le 25 WOODENWARE. OYSTERS—Cans, Tubs, 3 Leese ee eee ee ; be Live broilers 1% Ibs. to 2 lbs. Peichaven Counts.. @40 eee ah iG 5 00 — r nile doz. tp F. J.D. Selects....... @410 | Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. |” 1 35 | M4Y¢ Proll ars lens then sili No. 1, three- hoop.. 1 60 | spring Chickens 5 @aié SHELL GOODS. Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes... 40 voce Chichens...... 15 @i6 Oysters, per 100 ...... 1 50@1 75| Bowls, 11inch.............. Sa” $ OD a ( 5 i: 2 eo — — oe oe 00 | Spring Ducks.........32 @iid PROVISIONS, | Plain Creams. ee eee sec ee 90 : |Decheated (ranma sam The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. | String Rock = quotes as follows: | Burnt Almonds... ....... LAE AH ee 78 PORK IN BARRELS. Wintergreen Berries... ee ee eee CARAM eee 20 00 | by 1, wrapped, =a DOR eetes clear pie, abort ont... 2. at GO| ones |, Sy tree tes ceeeeeeee 51 Maire cleur heavy. oe Sc | ate ata aan a ~ Clear, fat back.......... TT oi 5 LS wate e eee e eee eens Poctan Clear. BNGteeus.. 6 ||... 8... 21 50 | Stand up, 5 1b. boxes..........0 02.2... Clear back, short eut. oo Se ee BANANAS, Standard clear, short cut, best............ Ne 1 50@1 7% sAUSA@E—Fresh and Smoked. Leas ed ed ec 2 WH@2 50 Pa | Large . .* vette teens Wen eee : | ORANGES. ommue eeeme. 8... Ee | California Riverside Seedlings m3 5 Saat tamnee ae 8% alifornia Riverside Seedlings......... 3 00@3 50 ee 2 LEMONS. a ne 6 Messina, — 360.. hee oe eee 5 00 Heroes. terce................................ © mney So).................... @5 50 OO @ a choice 300... os @5 00 LARD " TN el 5 50 Kettle —- ee il OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Granger a eee eee ey ce, 1a Figs, fancy layers, 4 Cee eee eee... @12% Family ee ee eee e see eae ok ven 8 ne cue sees... 12 Copewea. .. T% e extra c “ae Odd eee lee oe aie" 50 Ib. Tins, 4c advance. ‘ ee @15 20 Ib. pails, i Dates, Fard, z 4 box. @ 7% eT @ 6% Sip %e . si Staaten 3 mn, Hoe 4w@ 5% oi = ° «Fe c NUTS. BEEF IN BARRELS. Almonds, / ne. eee ae ies , Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs............. . 8 50 “i ‘alif Pia @18 y > California. . @18% Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ SOG | Beastie naw, 9 Menelcen, rump Outlet 14 00 | FyIberts . ee @11% SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Walnuts, Grenoble. @13% Hams, average 20 Ibs CT i3 nN egg nett esta ster ereecnee wees -.. ee 21, a : — ) fo 133g | Table Nuts, fancy... enn” is ene 1 : Pa be < Pecans, yr aa “orci HB | Coommute, fall amend. 200200000.00 000 ois Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................... 14 | wancy. H P., Sun ‘luarmunigin I Cdk Fe ee eae els as @8 MN AE oo oe on oo «_ Hoasted.............. @ %% ; a Fancy, EB. Pes ee, @8 Briskets, medium......... ai er ET il Chote, H. P., “ao tet esee see ees e 9% a 6% ‘gate iL) @8 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS, The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. STICK CANDY. l FRUIT JARS. Cases Bbls. Pails, | Pints - eeceeeee see sees --9 6 50 u : : fe 7 at 2 pean ge ‘“ eee oj... 6% Ty ee 3 00 Boston Cream............ 8% Rubbers. . So 50 Cat teat, . 8% | woos LAMP BURNERS, Bea 8 F........ : 8% No. 1 sun en 2 MIXED CANDY. Nez * acc Bbls. Pails. | Sobaier or eg 5 i ee, 5 7 Sdes te bee . . gc 6 7 No.08 a = ee 6% o% ai. eee eek ; = a i rao ot ‘ Boglieh eT 7 8 “~~ a slik hh Sl ll hc 2 90 ET % 8 ly Osun, ¢ D ‘ U Broken Taffy.. .. baskets 8 No 1 un, Crimp top. --2 25 Peanut Squares............ 8 CA | 2 uh hist aTs y 2 40 French Creams ee 10 eet tate ate tad ate ane 3 40 Valley Cream Se 13 ae eEtint, i Midget, 30 Ib. baskeis.. ee 8 ag var crimp top.. +2 60 Moasa com 8 ~— .............. Bee ee 8 No.2 i a th “7 = FaNnoy—In bulk Pearl top. Pails, | No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled ae 3 70 Lozenges, ——..l... 1 | Nod * —— eS 4 20 rinted.. hl No. a " CO 4 88 De s Y% La Bastie. Chocorate Momumeontaig..................... No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. ae 13% eee ees ue Me | No. 2 .t a 8 No. 1 crimp, per doz. 1s ee Se 8% | No. 2 16 ee 10 i A LAMP WICKS. : FANocY—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box a 0, per gross eS = Dems eee cs. No. 2. “ CS en MINE A 38 HOUF DOP... . cess o nes eee owen seen se ness S inane « ae Pomeeeestng PLOUM. 0.5.4.0: 60 Mammoth, per Ce 7 2 = STONEWARE—AKRON, H. M. Chocolate Drops.......-...-.--...++s00. Butter Crocks, PteoGel................... 06 Cn ee 40000 sea ee dame 60 Licorice Drops... .......... ese eee ee cree eee: 1 00 Jugs, Gal er ae ala A. B. Licorice Drops...... vette -80 Pe eee 07 Lozenges, aa settee ee ee ee eee e es — Mik Pans, % gal., per dog......... hee da ae ee oe ee a ei Ee eet eeca cuca i %2 ede Sled cae 50 geese 70 STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED. ee ee ee = Butter Crocks, 1 and 2eal................ “« Molseers Har............. ... Ne Milk Pans, * gal ee ae en 65 Hand Made Creams. . fe end elaecaaba aoe ea cieg ci seeueuen cleans <= 18 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Fight Against Old Age. Extreme longevity ought to be desired by none. Why should any intelligent and emotional human being desire to out- live his friends and companions? The young and vigorous can have little or nothing in common with the aged and decrepit, and it is only when there are strong ties of blood relationship between them that there should be expected to subsist any mutual interest and sym- pathetic affection. To outlive our gen- eration is to be alone in a world of stran- gers, and that could bring but little sat- isfaction to any unless it might be to some wretch who is desperately afraid to die. To survive as ‘‘a lean and slippered pantaloon,” a subject of care and trouble, or an object of pity and contempt, isa lot so undesirable that the prospect of having life prolonged to a century and more, unless such a consummation were possible for our friends and companions also, would present but few attractions. From the earliest times the human race has cherished a notion of immortality, a state of being in which man, instead of growing old and falling into decay, would preserve all his faculties at their highest development and live forever, a model of goodness, youth and beauty. This is the idea of the immortality which is to be soughtin the celestial world, but there have not been wanting men who cherished hopes of accomplishing such a consummation in this world. The magi- cians and magians of the very earliest ages held to the possibility of such an achievement, and the alchemists and her- metic philosophers of the Middle Ages sought diligently for the philosopher’s stone which was to accomplish terres- trial immortality. Since, according to holy writ, the term of human life wasin general al- lotted at three-score and ten, it has been but rarely that those limits have been considerably surpassed. It is very un- common for men to live to or over 100 years. Nevertheiess, it is claimed by naturalists that man has aright to ex- pect a century of life if he shall conform himself to such a course of conduct as is prescribed by the laws of life. Within a few years several prominent physi- eians, like Drs. Brown-Sequard and Hammond, claim to have found means to restore the strength and action of the brain and the reproductive powers by in- jecting into the human body macerated preparations of the organs which it is de- sired to revivify and re-enforce. Now comes a writer in the June issue of the Vorth American Review who sets forth a method of prolonging life to 200 years. Life commences with a cell of jelly. It ends when the organism so started is finally converted into stone or earth. Anatomical experiment and investiga- tion show that the chief characteristics of old age are deposits of earthy matter of a gelatinous and fibrinous character in the human system. Carbonate and phos- phate of lime, mixed with other salts of a calcareous nature, have been found to furnish the greater part of these earthy deposits. As observation shows, man begins in a gelatinous condition; he ends in an osseous or bony one—soft in in- fancy, hard in old age. By gradual change in the long space of years the os- sification comes on; but, after middle life is passed a more marked develop- ment of the ossific character takes place. Of course, these earthy deposits, which affect all the physical organs, nat- urally interfere with their functions. Partial ossification of the heart produces the imperfect circulation of the blood, which affects the aged. When the ar- teries are clogged with calcareous matter there is interference with the circula- tion upon which nutrition depends. Without nutrition there is no repair of the body. How to get rid of this excess of earthy matter which clogs and blockades the system, and at the same time to nourish the body, is the problem. Mr. De Lacy Evans, who made careful researches in these regions of science, comes to the conclusion that fruits, fish and poultry, and young mutton and veal, contain less of the earthy salts than other articles of food, and are, therefore, best for people entering the valeof years. Beef and old mutton usually are overcharged with salts and should be avoided. If one de- sires to prolong life, therefore, it seems that moderate eating and a diet contain- ing a minimum amount of earthy par- ticles is most suitable to retard old age by preserving the system from functional blockades. Excessive action of atmos- pheric oxygen must be counteracted. Ossifie matter deposited in the body must be dissolved as far as practicable. To produce this desired effect distilled water and diluted phosphoric acid are, perhaps, the most efficacious and the least harmless. Their combined chem- ical action retards old age. Rain water is free from mineral matter. The powerful solvent properties of dis- tilled water are well known. As carbon- ate of lime exists in nearly all drinking water, the careful distillation eliminates this harmful element. As a beverage, distilled water is rapidly absorbed into the blood; it keeps soluble those salts already in the blood and facilitates their excretion, thus preventing their undue deposit. The daily use of distilled water is, after middle life, it is claimed, one of the most important means of preventing secretions and the derangement of health. As to the diluted phosphoric acid, itis claimed to be one of the most powerful influences known to science for shielding the human system from the in- conveniences of old age. Daily use of it, mixed with distilled water, it is said, helps to retard the approach of senility. By its affinity for oxygen, the fibrinous and gelatinous deposits previously alluded to are checked, and their expul- sion from the system hastened. Waste of the tissues is believed to be prevent- able also by the use of hypophosphites. Thus briefly has been given a synopsis of the theory for prolonging life. In or- der to place it in the light of a formula the following is given. It is not en- dorsed or recommended, but simply pre- sented as received, with the remark that it is most unwise for people to ‘‘monkey”’ with their health. If they have need of aid, let them consult the best of profes- sional counsel to be had. But this is the formula: ‘‘The most rational modes of keeping physical decay or deterioration at bay, and thus retarding the approach of old age, are avoiding all foods rich in the earth salts, using much fruit, espe- cially juicy, uncooked apples, and by taking daily two or three tumblerfuls of distilled water with about ten or fifteen drops of diluted phosphoric acid in each giassful.” FRANK STOWELL. PO A A a The people who need your prayers most are those you don’t like. The Pages —OF— History Tell us that in the beginning of all things there was nothing. There was even less than nothing, for was no mind to realize the But light there nothingness of nothing. came, darkness disappeared, and today the glorious Nineteenth cen- tury sun shines with marvelous beauty upon our MARTY RAT TRAPS! Talk about the decimating power of a Gatling gun. be compared to that of a Marty Rat Trap. Think of it, 64 Rats Lured to Destruction in 24 Hours---64 Rodents! Sent to their happy hunting ground in one day. This is a record that cannot be beaten. We have never seen any other rat trap like the Marty, and cannot imagine one better. i ENTERPRISE CHERRY STONERS Are performing a great and glorious work ia this good land of ours. Have kept peace in many a family, prevented many a divorce, and generally benefitted the human race. They will extract the pit from any cherry quickly, neatly and easily. Nothing is more annoying than to bite into a plumb ripe cherry and break your teeth al- most on the stone. The man, woman or child who ean eat an unpitted cherry pie and at the same time preserve a look of quiet peace and enjoyment, is } jij fully prepared to be meas- ured for their halo. The moral of all this is to buy a Cherry Stoner, and you will live respected and die OSTER & GC: MICHIGAN BARK AND LUMBER GD 18 and 19 Widdicomb Building. Its destructiveness cannot T EVENS er We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1893. orrespondence Solicited. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 19 THE DOWNFALL OF SILVER. The debates which will be had in the coming session of Congress over the proposition to repeal the Sherman act will probably cover the whole question of the use of silver as money. The ad- vocates of free coinage will hardly have the assurance, in view of the present price of the metal, toinsist upon making silver a legal tender at our old ratio of 16 to 1, and still less at the European ratio of 1544 to 1. Already, indeed, some of them have hinted at a willing- ness to compromise on the ratio of 20 to 1, but this is a practical abandonment of their claim that Congress can make the ratio at anything it pleases and maintain it without reference to the market price of silver bullion. It is to be hoped that the debates will at least put an end to the absurd story which has lately been revived, that the Mint act of 1873, whereby the standard dollar was omitted from the list of the National coins, was a ‘‘srime against silver’? procured by brib- ery at the instigation of European ecapi- talists. The fact is that silver was really demonetized in this country in 1834, when we reduced the weight of our gold coins so that we required sixteen ounces of silver for one of gold, whereas the Continent of Europe allowed one ounce of gold for fifteen and one-half ounces of silver. The consequence was, that as soon as the act of 1834 took effect, all the silver coin which under the pre- vious law, whereby only fifteen ounces of it were reckoned equal to one of gold, had exclusively constituted our metallic currency, left the country, and we had nothing but gold, with worn and light- weight Mexican fractional silver coin for small change. The scarcity of fractional silver led to the passing of the act of 18538, providing for the coinage of silver halves, quarters, dimes and half dimes of less than their proportional weight to the dollar, so that it would not pay to export them. Thus the half dollar, in- stead of containing 206'¢ grains of stand- ard silver, or half as much as the dollar, contained only 192 grains, the quarter only 96 grains, and soon. When, there- fore, the act of 1873 was passed, we had for thirty-nine years rejected silver as a standard of value and used it only for token money. The act of 1873, moreover, instead of haying been first concocted in 1873, was prepared in 1869, and passed the Senate in 1871. It failed to reach the House of Representatives in time to be passed by that body that year, so that it had to come up again and be finally passed in 1873. The absurdity of the story that its enactment was procured by corrup- tion, in pursuance of a far-seeing con- spiracy against silver, is apparent from the fact that the standard silver dollar was worth then 3 per cent. more than the gold dollar, and that both were ata considerable premium above the green- backs, which were the only legal tender money in use. The act did, indeed, pro- vide for a token dollar of 398 grains, or of about the weight of a French five-franc piece, but this was only for the sake of symmetry, to complete the list of silver coins, and this light dollar was properly made a legal tender to the amount of $5 and no more, the same as the fractions. At that time, too, the resumption of specie payments was in the dim future, and few of us ever expected to see it ac- complished. For all these reasons the Mint act of 1873 excited no public inter- est, and it was not until the fall in silver a few years later, which nobody could possibly have foreseen, showed how it prevented a scaling down of debts, that the agitation for the restoration of the standard dollar was commenced. The fact is that the collapse which has finally occurred in the price of silver would have occurred long ago had it not been delayed by artificial barriers which have at last given way under the strain put upon them. When Germany, in 1875, ceased to admit silver to free coin- age at her mints, the world’s annual pro- duction of the metal was a trifle over 63,000,000 ounces. For the two years following it was even less, and in 1876 was only 67,000,000 ounces. In 1877 the production dropped again to 62,000,000 ounces, but from that year on it has steadily increased, until in 1888 it was 108,000,000 ounces, and last year rose to 152,000,000 ounces. The cessation of silver coinage by Germany induced the Latin Union to restrict it in 1875, and finally in 1877 to stop it altogether. Austria-Hungary also ceased coining sil- ver in 1879, and last year entirely aban- doned the silver stancard. The con- sumption of the metal by manufacturers being comparatively trifling, amounting in this country to only about 7,000,000 ounces a year, the whole of the vast sur- plus has been pressing with increasing weight upon the markets of the world, and, in spite of the absorption by our Government of 54,000,000 ounces a year under the operation of the Sherman act, and of a drain of 40,000,000 ounces a year to India, the price has weakened until, as we saw last week, the bare an- nouncement that it would no longer be coined in India on private account at the Government mints, sent it down to 62 cents per ounce, from which it has re- covered, however, to 72 cents. If, on top of this, the Sherman act is repealed in the course of this year, it is difficult to see how the present rate of production ean be maintained. The miners and smelters of our Western silver-producing States and Territories have proclaimed with unnecessary ostentation that they are going to cease work, but unless they are joined by those of Mexico and South America their action will be of little avail to stay the downward course of the market. The only ground now upon which the free coinage of silver can be advocated without misrepresenting facts is that it will give the debtor a cheaper standard of value than goldin which to pay his debts. On this issue there will be ar- rayed against silver in this country, not, as is often asserted, a few bloated mil- lionaires, but the vast army of 10,000,000 workers for wages who are creditors every Saturday night for the amount of their week’s earnings, with whom will be found 5,000,000 savings banks depos- itors, 1,250,000 life insurance policy | F holders, and the unnumbered sharehold- ers in banks and other moneyed corpora- tions, and people who have lent money on personal security or on_ real estate. For silver will be found the planters and farmers whose lands are ‘burdened with mortgages, speculators who have bought property with borrowed money, and the great cap- italists who own controlling interests in railroad companies which have enormous bonded debts. itis hard to believe that these comparatively few citizens will be able to prevail over the immense major- ity opposed to them, and the downfall of silver as a monetary standard in the United States may therefore be regarded as accomplished. MATTHEW MARSHALL. a reat tater Clearance Sales Sometimes a Neces- sity. One sometimes hears it said that a merchant is not honest in offering goods at cost, or in announcing a clearing sale at prices below what seems reasonable. Conservative competitors of such a mer- chant sneer at him and say he is a fraud. It does not follow that such is the case, by any means. A lively, ambitious mer- chant may fall into error of judgment as to the selling qualities of a line he is at first confident will go. No man can pre- dict exact results. The fact is, every merchant has had experience in this way which has cost him dearly. The goods are all right, but at the price first placed on them théy prove slow sellers. In such event it is far better to sacrifice all profits and get clear of the stock than to carry it along. Like a captain at sea who has a big cargo, when the storm comes up, he feels that it is wiser to lose part of the deck load than to risk all on board. By lightening the load he saves the vessel and part of the goods. A clearing sale may make trade somewhat demoralized for a time, but better that than crippled credit. Few merchants are able to buy solely for cash. They must make sales in order to meet bills. The momentary inconvenience of forcing trade is offset by the healthier activity that follows putting in a new and popu- lar stock. It does not pay to carry dead goods. CHICAGO AND WEST MICHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly.G@’d Rapids. 7:25am 8:50am 1:25pm *11:/0pm Ar. Chicago....12:20pm 3:55pm 6:50pm *6:30am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Ly. Chicago....8:25am 9:00am 5:45pm *11:35pm Ar. @’d Rapids.1:20pm 3:55pm 10:55pm = *6:10am VIA 8ST. JOSEPH AND wr eee Ly. Grand Rapids.. oo. — +6:30pm Ar. Crreege........_......... 8: 30pm = =2:00am Ly. Chicago 9:30am...Ar. Grand Rapids 5:25 pm TO AND FROM MUSKEGON. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 8:50am 1:25pm 5:45pm Ar. Grand Rapids...... 10:45am 3:55pm 5:25pm TRAVERSE CITY CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. JUNE 2%, 1893 Lv.G R..... 5:45pm *7:30am 1:40pm 11:15pm Ar.Manistee.10:44pm 12:10pm 6:10pm 4:50am Ar Tray.C’y.11°10pm *12:4pm 6:00pm .... .... Ar. Charlevoix. ..... *3:15pm 8:20pm = 7: Ar. Petoskey . -. 3:45pm 8:50pm 7 Ar. Bay View ...... *3:55pm 8:55pm 8:00am Trains stop at Traverse City for dinner and supper. Arrive from Bay View, etc., m., 1:05 p. m., 10:00 p. m. OTTAWA BEACH. Ly. Grand Rapids... §:o0am 5:45pm ......... Ly. Ottawa Beach... 7:00am 3:50pm 9:40pm Sunday train leaves Grand Rapids 9:30 a. m., leaves Ottawa Beaeh 6:30 p. m. PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. ToChicago,lv.G.R.. *7:25am 1:25pm *11:3¢pm To Petoskey lv.G. R.. *7:30am 1:40pm 11:15pm To G. R..lv. Chicago. 8:25am *5:45pm *11:35pm ToG. R..lv. Petoskey 6:05am *1:30pm +8:20pm Free Chair Cars for Manistee 5:45 p m. *Every day. tExcept Saturday. Other trains week days only. ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN & WAUKEE Railway. Depot corner Leonard St. and Plainfield Av3. 6:00 a. m., 11:40 a. MIL- EASTWARD. Trains Leave = 14/tNo. 16\tNo. 18/*No,. 82 G’d Rapids, Lv) § 6 45am/10 20am Se! 11 opm I ete ........ 7 40am|11 25am} 4 27pm/12 42 m St. Johns....Ar 8 25am 12 17pm} 5 20pm} 2 00am Owoes....... Ar| 900am} 1 20pm} 6 05pm} 3 lbam E. Saginaw..Ar |10 50am] 3 45pm) 8 00pm 6 4am wa —_ peas Ar /}11 32am] 4 35pm) 8 37pm| 7 15am oe Ar |10 05am) 3 45pm) 7 05pm) 5 40am Pt ae Ar |12 05pm] 5 50pm) 8 50pm} 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar |10538am]| 3 05pm) 8 25pm) 5 37am Detroit, ...... Ar |11 50am] 4 05pm) 9 25pm) 7 00am WESTWARD. Trains Leave |*No. 81 |tNo. 11 {tNo. 13./+No. 15 Gd Rapids, Lv} 7 00am! 1 00pm} 4 45pm) 10 20pm @’d Haven, Ar| 8 25am 2 10pm} 6 OOpm| 11 26pm Miliw beeste ~|......../........ 6 20am) 6 30am Chieege Ser. “ j.......- ao G Gam ........ *Daily. tDaily except Sunday Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:50 p.m., 4:45 p. m. and 10:00 a. m. Trains arrive from the west, 6:40 a. m., 10:10 a, m., 3: pe and 9:45 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 ParlorCar. No. 82 Wagner — Westward—No. 81. Wagner Sleeper. No. Parlor Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monrce Street. Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect June 25, 1893. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrivefrom Leave going South. North. For M’kinaw,Trav. City and Sag. 6:50am 7:20am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 1:10am 1:20pm For Caditinc and Saginaw...... .........- 4:15 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw..... 8:10pm 10:30 pm ia MeeeOeG. oo. ss... 9:10 p m From Chicago and Kalamazoo.. Trains arriving from south at 6:50am and 9:10am daily. Others trains daily except Sunday. Also train leaving north at 7:20 a. m. does not run to Traverse City on Sundays. TRAINS GOING SOUTH, Arrive from Leave going This train North. South. SS e................. 6:30 am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago.. 8:00 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. : 11:50am 2:00 pm Wor Clete c. 6:15 pm 6:00 pm For Kalamazoo & Chicago..... 10:40 pm 11:20 pm Ge Sage 11:50 am Wrenn ol, 10:40 p m Trains leaving south at 6:00 pm aa 11:20 p. m. runs daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH pl am train has Parlor Car to Mackinaw ty. 1:20 m train has parlor cars Grand oee to Petoskey and Mackinaw. wl m train.—Sleeping cars Grand te: 30 o Petoskey and Mackinaw. SOUTH--7: 00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 8: 00 &m train.—Runs solid with Wag- ner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 2:00 p m train.—Parlor car Grand Rap a 00 Fort Wayne. m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand apids to Cincinnati. 1:20 pm train.—Through Coach and Wagner's Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Chi- cago. Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids 8:00am pare Ase 11:20 pm ar Chicago 1:25 pm 9:10 p 6:50am 8:00 a m train runs solid with can ‘ween Par- lor Car. 11:20pm train daily, through Coach ani Wagner Sleeping Car. Lv Grand Arr Gr Rapids 4:15 pm 9:40 p m 4:1 m through Wagner Parlor Car. 9:50p m coum datz, through Coach and Wagner Sleeping Car. 9:50 p m 6:50 am Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive 6:55 a 10:15am 11:25 mr 4:40 pm 5:45 pm 9:10pm Sunday train leaves for Muskegon at 7:45 a m, ar- riving at 9:15am. Returning, train leaves Muske- gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Grand Rapids at 5:50 p m. Tnrough tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at +o ag Station, Telephone 606, Grand Rapids, ch 0. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. MICHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.’’ (Taking effect Sunday, May 28, 1893.) Arrive. Depart to cep o...... Detroit Express ........6 55 pm 72 ee.......... Day Express .. «+ [2pm 6 Oam.....*Atlantic and Pacific..... 10 45 pm i Q@pm... New York Express...... 5 40 pm *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. ALMQUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Passenger | Station. ry ry DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R, GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:10am *1:45pm 5:40pm Ar. Petree... 11:35am *5:50pm 10:25pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Lv. Detroit. ... 7:45am *1:45pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids.. .--12:55pm *5:40pm 10:30pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8ST. LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. G R.11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R. Ly. Grand R: —_ ee 7 sem 1:45pm 5:40pm Ar. from Lowell open S:40pm ....... THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Cars on all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor cars to Saginaw on morn- ing train. *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t, TOLEDO MAY 28, 1893 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 May 14, 1893. VIA D., L. : u. RY. Ly. Grand Rapids at.. ‘Ar. Teledeat......... vI Ly. Grand Rapids ati. Ar. Toledo at... ...... san Oaeme a connections equally as good. * . BENNETT, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. 7:10 a. m. and 1:25 p. ge 15 p. m. and 10:45 p, p. m m, m. m. 20 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence. New York, July S—Midsummer dull- ness characterizes all departments of business, and we are more interested in window smashers and royal weddings and vacations, than in selling or buying gagds. The railroads are doing well and this is about the best that can be said. Collections are slow, intolerably so; pur- chases are small and the utmost conserv- atism prevails in jobbing circles. Every- body expects something to ‘turn up” after Congress gets to work—that is, nearly everybody. There are those who stoutly maintain that it is not going to be so easy to repeal the Sherman law after all unless there be some substitute offered therefor. The “harmony” that is said to exist is intimated to exist only on paper, and when the time comes there promises to be a grand squabble. Tue TRADESMAN is doing a good work in its exposition of the inspection of weights and measures, and it is to be hoped that it will be helped in its efforts by the entire trade press. The subject is one of vital interest to the retailer, and, in fact, to all who have a sense of fair play. Probably there are many towns besides Grand Rapids where the abuses exist, and constant agitation is needed. There is no change in the whole line of groceries worthy of mention. We are bound to have full crops of almost everything, and low prices are sure to prevail. In dried fruits, particularly, is this the case, for reports from almost every part of the globe are of the same tenor. New crops are being received in many lines, The canners are not going to be able to realize any such prices as they have during the past few years; yet, as a rule, it cannot be claimed that they have been extortionate heretofore. Of course, people who want California ex- tra peaches are willing to pay for them. and a good round price, too. But there are other grades that are just as accept- able to the average palate, and they can be had very reasonably. If good prunes could be bought for 6 conts a pound, the consumption would be increased enor- mously; but, when they are 14 cents, the consumer hesitates. One thing is cheap enough, and that is raisins. They are selling, when they move at all, for about 5¢e for bag stock. It is said that there have been offers of new evaporated apri- cots made at 9c on the Pacific coast. They are not liberally advertised at this price, however, and 9%¢c is about the prevailing price for such stock. No change has taken placein quota- tions of canned goods. Tomatoes are selling at $1.25; new pack, 8214, 85 and 90c. Very little interest is shown in the new pack of tomatoes, or, for that mat- ter, in the new pack of anything. Peaches are worth, for standard 3s, East- ern pack, $1.35@1.50. Butter is quotable at 22¢ for finest State creamery and Elgin. Western, 17@ 19e, and for fancy 20@2014e. Cheese, 8i4@syée. Market dull and tending downward. Lemons, oranges, bananas and pineap- ples are all selling slowly, and at low quotations. The market for lemons has not been as lively as was anticipated at any time this season. Beginning in Au- gust there wil! be public sales of bananas just as are now made of California fruits. There are several advantages connected with this manner of disposing of the fruit that commend themselves to buyers, and it is thought the new departure will be a great success. Sugar is in active demand, and, al- though prices have not advanced, stocks are very firmly held. Coffee is firm and quotable Rio No. 7; Mocha, 21}e; Mexican, 1814c It is thought that Louisiana will send to market about 200,000 boxes of oranges this year, and there seems to be ground for the assertion that in time this State will prove somewhat of a competitor with Florida. The fruit grown there is claimed to be very superior, and quite an amount of territory can be given to its cultivation. JAY. at ive for Java, 22@25e: Weekly Reports from Secretary Mills. GRAND Rarips, July 3—Owing to the new certificates of membership not hav- ing been received from the publishers, I am unable to forward them to members | who were accepted during the past week, but hope to be able todo so before the end of the week. The same explanation also applies to receipts for assessments Nos. 3 and 4, which, I am happy to state, are being responded to very promptly. I would specially request every member to fill out the remittance blank accom- panying the assessment notice carefully and completely, as we are making a new membership list from these and it is of the greatest importance that we have each name, initial and address correct, in order that each assessment and receipt may reach its destination. A copy of the constitution, by-laws and list of members and hotels will be mailed each new member, and any others upon application. I desire the Secretary of each Post in the State to forward to this office, as soon as possible, his name, address, and name of Post, as it is my intention to notify each Secretary each month of any new members who may be tributary to his jurisdiction. Any information regarding the World’s Fair Commercial Traveiers’ days, can be obtained of the Committee, President Jones, or Director E. P. Waldron. As a means of identification and in- troduction among our members, Messrs. Wright, Kay & Co., Detroit, have made a very tasty buttonhole badge—a small gold grip, with our emblem, K. G., upon it—which they will furnish at $1 each to our members. D. MeGee, Toledo, is proprietor of the Burnett House—not the Summit, as reported before. L. M. Miuus, See’y. JULY 10—Certificates of membership have been issued to the following new members: 3263 Oscar E. Jackson, Ithaca. 3264 C. C. Robb, Bellefontaine, O. 3265 W. E. Kingsbury, Edmore. 3266 John F. C. Nottings. Detroit. 3278 B. S. Amoss, Battle Creek. 3279 Wm. H. Jewett, Ypsilanti. HONORARY. H 33 F. B. Stearns. Northern Hotel, Big Rapids. Asa number of letters properly ad- dressed to members, as appears on the present list, have been returned to this office undelivered, it is proof that these members have changed their address without notifying the Secretary. As this is of the greatest importance, all members are earnestly requested to at once notify the Secretary of any change of addrss, that our new list may be cor- rect, as itis our determination to make it so as far as possible. The prompt response to assessments Nos. 5 and 4, just issued, is very gratify- ing and will place a fine surplus in our treasury for future losses from our ranks. The addition to our list of sixty-one new members and the reinstatement of nearly as many more during June is most encouraging, also, and with our office now well in hand, we are prepared to promptly respond to all inquiries or requests from our members. L. M. Mis, Sec’y. > o> The Hardware Market. With the beginning of July, general trade has a tendency to fall off and this year more than ever, a disposition to buy only what can be paid for seems to be the rule, consequently trade will not likely be as large in volume as usual. The policy of being conservative we be- lieve to be a good one and the dealer who is careful in his credits and buys only what he can pay for when itis due is the one who will have the smoothest sailing for the next two or three months. In nearly all the manufacturing industries a general close down takes place in July, and this season it is more so than ever, owing to the outlook for trade and the financial situation. Many factories have closed down for a month, when usually one week is sufficient for needful repairs and semi-annual inventory. Wire Nails—Owing to the closing of all the mills, prices are well maintained, but stocks as yet are complete, $1.65@ 1.70 from stock being the average quota- tion. Haying and Harvesting Tools—Owing to the immense crop of hay in Southern and Central Michigan, the demand for certain articles, as Harpoon hay forks, grapples, hay fork pulleys, floor hooks and hay forks has been unprecedented. It has been impossible for anyone to get or keep a supply. While arrangements were made for a large demand, it has been beyond the power of machinery to keep pace with the demand. Almost any price within reason can be obtained if anybody had the goods. tope—The demand for rope has been very large, but prices have not been ad- vanced. Sisal, 8!¢c, and manilla, 12¢, seem to be about regular. Glass—Al]l glass factories are now closed and surplus stocks are being marked down. The price of 80 per cent. to 80 and 5 is well maintained and may, if stocks get light before resumption of the mills, go a little higher. Wire Cloth and Screen Doors—The supply is still limited, due to the enor- mous demand. Cradles—We quote the Michigan Mor- gan as follows: Wood Brace, per, dozen. Wire Brace, <1 oe . 18.00 Cradle fingers ee peeeeee sans een a a Scythe stones, per gross...... noose oe BE WOQDGOD Bakes per Gowen 1.15@1.75 A Purely Personal. G. K. Coffey, the White Cloud grocer, was in town Monday. L. E. Norton, the Hesperia druggist, was in town Monday. Wm. Logie and wife left Wednesday for a fortnight’s trip down the St. Law- ence and up the Saguenay river. Fred. Danielson, the Muskegon grocer, suffered the fracture of his left arm one day last week by being kicked by a young horse. S. V. R. Earl, general dealer at West Cooper, died on July 2, at the age of 67 years. He had been engaged in business at Cooper for ten years and was univer- sally respected. John Shields, for some years past con- nected with Daniel Lynch in varying capacities of chemist, shipping clerk and traveling salesman, has taken a position as salesman for Hastings & Remington. Geo. H. Reeder, who has been confined to his home for a couple of weeks with an attack of gastric fever, leaves to-day for Milwaukee, whence he proceeds to Mackinac Island and the Soo, in pursuit of renewed health and strength. W. N. Ford, formerly Michigan repre- sentative of the J. G. Butler Tocacco Co., but for the past five yearsin charge of the Chicago office of that company, died in Chicago July 5. The death was en- tirely unexpected, as the deceased had been ill only about ten days. Wm. Day, junior member of the firm of E. R. Spencer & Co., druggists at Belding, was in town a couple of days last week, accompanied by his bride, Miss Cora Segar, to whom he was mar- ried on July 4. The happy couple were pleasantly entertained by Grand Rapids friends, after which they repaired to Grandville to visit Loren Day. —_— oe —-_ ~— The Wool Market. The depression still continues. There is absolutely nothing in the situation to induce buying, and the market is ina waiting position. Thereis a difference of opinion as to the prospect, some deal- ers holding that the price is as low as it ean be forced, while others think that if the present financial stringency con- tinues, the price will go still lower, at any rate, until the money situation im- proves there will be very little buying. Buyers in the vicinity are taking what wool is offered, but are not looking for any, the condition of the market not warranting much business. S. A. MORMAN, Wholesale Petoskey, Marblehead and Ohio LIME, Akron, Buffalo and Louisville CEMENTS, Stucco and Hair, Sewer Pipe, Fire Brick and Clay. WRITE FOR PRICES. 10 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS. DODGE Independence Wood Split Pulley THE LIGHTEST! THE STRONGEST! THE BEST! HESTER MACHINERY CO., 45 So. Division St.,. GRAND RAPIDs. Established 1868. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Building Papers, Carpet Lftnings, Asbestos Sheathing Asphalt Ready Roofing, Asphalt Roof Paints, Resin, Coal Tar, Roofing and Paying Pitch, Tarred Felt, Mineral Wool Elastic Roofing Cement, Car, Bridge and Roof Paints, and Oils. Prachieal Rooters In Felt, Composition and Gravel, Cor. LOUIS and CAMPAU Sts.. Grand Rapids, - Mich. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN Muskegon Branch UNITED STATES BAKING Co., Muskegon, Mich. “MUSKEGON BRANCH.” Write for sampies of New and Original Crackers and Cakes, before purchasing for your Spring trade. HARRY FOX, Manager Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Originators of the Celebrated Cake, Mail orders a specialty. Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. -BANANAS:- —eecipniinnmenersael Large Bunches, Yellow Plump Fruit. ee (J ee PUTNAM CANDY Co. PHEREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS, 122 and gy LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MiLL USE. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CU, WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks, We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks, OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. oe eae £5. t = 48, 50, 52 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. SEE " QUOTATIONS. THE W. BINGHAM CO,, Cleveland, 0., Have had such flattering succes in handling our Bicycles that they have bough our entire output for 1893. They have taken up all negotiations pending for the purchase of cycles, and we respectfully solicit for them the good will of our friends. THE YOST MFG. CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. F. J. DETTENTHALER, WHOLESALK OYSTRRS, FISH and GAME, Consignments solicited. Chicago and Detroit market prices guaranteed. 117 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Cracker Chests. ua Lovers Or bcs HESE chests will soon | pay for themselves in the breakage they avoid. Price $4. UR new glass covers are by far the handsomest ever offered to the trade. They are made to fit any of our boxes and can be changed from one box to anotherinamoment. They will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. NEW NOVELTIES. We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR. CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. NEWTON, avtich finger with fig filling. This is bound to be one of the best selling cakes we ever made. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO., S. A. Sears, Mgr. GRAND RAPIDS. LEONARD’S _ NeW PROGESS GASOLINE STOVE. te Eoin Evolution | Has kept pace with civilization. | The Wonderful mokeor | est a of the stove-makers skill. i mx onth ; 4 bsolutely safe under all c ee ve its p ne I o t t by the rule of strength and simplicit ret out of order, A stove that bas simp | ing in all its branches. Ask your stove de aler for it. “or send for ¢ atalogue giving full parti THE STANDARD LIGHTING CO., Cleveiand Ahio. LEONARD & SONS, Granp RAPIps, il this wonderful make of Gasoline Stoves. The sale so far this season has greatly surpassed all former seasons, and it has been impossible to keep any quantity in stock so great has been the demand. But we are up with our or- ders now. and ean ship promptly from either our stock or factory. IF WE HAVE NO AGENCY IN YOUR TOWN WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNT. BANQUET LAMPS. atara P ¢ Micu., are State selling agents for \ A ] F are showing the largest line of BANQUET LAMPS this season ever shown by any jobbing house in the West. Ic comprises all the new and best selling patterns from the leading lamp manufacturers in America, and we don’t'want you to place an order for a single Jamp until you have seen our new line. We also have a complete and beautiful line of FANCY SHAPED SILK SHADES which we are offering at extremely low prices. Grand Rapids Junior Gasoline Stoves, HE GRAND RAPIDS JUNIOR STOVE is without a doubt the best Junior Stove ever put on the market. We are receiving hundreds of recommen- dations, but we only have room to quote what one dealer says: JUNE 23, ’93. H. Leonarp & Sons, Grand Rapids, Mich.: GENTLEMEN—I have tried the G. R. Gasoline Stove. It’s adandy. Nicest in its class I have seen, and I believe it will prove a seller if it proves as good a worker as an exhibitor. Please send me a good sized tin oven for it, and with same send three double tin ovens for Double Electric Oil Stove. Yours, ete., OUR LINE OF Decorated Stand Lamps IS COMPLETE. O YOU KNOW WHAT WE MEAN BY COMPLETE? We mean that we 1) have over thirty (30) different patterns of this popular style of lamps at all prices, from 67¢ each to $4.50 each, for lamps complete, except chim- neys. We can save you money in freights, which you will find quite an item. Our regular lamp catalogue, showing our complete line, will be issued in about thirty days, in time for the fall trade. Wait for it. H.= LEONARD « & + SONS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. -— > u y s s i ag - - <) > “nr ~ ~ be a LE ‘. 4 r y ran? « * Ps 4 rs < v > i 2 r 3 d - li * . 4 a - C > ~.- j . 4 e < » Lio a v 7 % r wal? a da -_