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GROSVENOR Late State Food Commissioner Advisory Counsel to manufacturers and jobbers whose interests are affected by the Food Laws of any state. Corre- spondence invited. 2321 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. TRAGE FREIGHT Easily and Quickly. We can tell you how. BARLOW BROS., Grand Rapids, Mich YOUR DELAYED Kent State Bank Grand Rapids Has the largest Capital and De- posits of any State or Savings Bank in Western Michigan. Pays 3% per cent. on Savings Certificates of Deposit. Checking accounts of City and Country Merchants solicited. You can make deposits with us easily by mail. GRAND RAPIDS INSURANCE AGENCY THE McBAIN AGENCY Grand Rapids, Mich. FIRE The Leading Agency FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF AFES Grand Rapids Safe Co. Tradesman Building GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1908 SPECIAL FEATURES. 2. As He Pleased. 4. News of the Business World. 5. Grocery and Produce Markets. 6. Window Trimming. 7. Menace to Health. Country Homes. 8. Editorial. 10. An Easy Mark. 12. Butter, Eggs and Provisions. 13. New York Market. 14. Pulpit and Press. 16. Stray Shots. Weighed in the Balance. Woman’s World. 22. Making a Detective. No S90 24. Stoves and Hardware. 25. Final Triumph. 26. Women Workers, 28. Your Calendar. 30. The Ribbon Counter. 31. Sofa Covers. 32. Shoes. 36. Lowell Hall. 38. Church Union. 40. Commercial Travelers. 42. Drugs. 43. Drug Price Current. 44. Grocery Price Current. 6. Special Price Current. DANGER OF AIR NAVIGATION Despite the success which thas re- cently attended experiments in navi- gating the air, there can be no dis- guising the fact that the world is still far removed from the realization of a reliable method of aerial flight. The balloon, both ordinary and diri- gible, which depends upon rarefied gases for its ability to rise and keep in the air, is liable to frequent acci- dents from the instability of the ele- ment which gives it buoyancy. The bursting of two balloons in the re- cent international long-distance race serves to call attention to the fact that it has not yet been found possi- ble to manufacture a gas envelope capable of avoiding such accidents. The Zeppelin dirigible balloon, which exploded during the twenty- four-hour flight that was being at- tempted, was constructed in a most careful manner and every precaution had been taken to minimize the dan- ger of bursting or ripping of the gas envelope. Instead of a single gas bag, the balloon was composed of a large number of separate bags pro- tected by a single outer envelope, yet the entire balloon was destroy- ed in an instant. The accident to the Orville Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer, near Wash- ington, is of too recent occurrence not to be remembered by every one, and shows plainly that even the heav- ier-than-air machines have not yet reached a stage where the liability to accident can be considered as oth- er than excessive. Most authorities believe that eventually the heavier- than-air machine will be so perfected as to become the universal method of aerial navigation. Up to the present time the element of excessive lia- bility to accident thas not been over- come in either the dirigible balloon or in the aeroplane, so called. The bursting of two balloons en- tered in the recent race, and the fall- ing of three more into the North Sea, although in no case attended by loss of life, point clearly to the very dan- gerous character of aerial navigation as now practiced. Until this exces sive liability to accident is overcome aerial navigation can never be put to any practical commercial purpose. For war service the dirigible balloon or the aeroplane will be employed, no matter how great the element of risk may be, as the objects sought to be achieved are of such paramount importance as to warrant almost any risk of accident. Great as is the peril of ballooning, it is admitted to be rare sport, hence many people will be found willing to accept the risk for the excitement It is there fore, not surprising that despite acci- and pleasure involved. dents every balloon race shows a greater number of entries than its predecessor, and, although Mr. Or- ville Wright’s ments near Washington terminated in aeroplane experi a fatal accident, the other Wright brother in Europe has continued hi: experiments with his aeroplane and has achieved even more sensational stccesses than his relation and part ner achieved prior to the which put a stop for the time being to further efforts. accident But however willing men may be to risk their lives to accomplish some great feat or to indulge a penchan: for dangerous enterprise, it ‘will be necessary to render aerial navigation reasonably safe before it can be pui to any practical commercial use. Val uable lives and will not be risked, as a general thin ] valuable property in amy conveyance in which the ele- ment of danger is excessive. Aerial navigation will, therefore, have to undergo very considerable develop- ment before it can be accepted as a recognized method of transportation either for passengers or merchandise or for any other purpose than pure sport or employment in war. BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS. There was a time when it was gen- erally believed that all tuberculosis, whether in the human subject, in horned cattle, im feathered fowls or inn any other living creature that can be affected by it, was identical, that is, it was of the same nature and character, and all came from the same source or cause, When, through the investigations that brought the germ or bacterial origin of diseases into notice, a germ or bacillus of tuberculosis in the common disease of consumption of the lungs of the human subject was discovered it was believed that there was only one species of twhercular bacillus in existence until Dr. Koch the great German investigator and the highest authority in bacterial sci- ence in the world, discovered that the Number 1309 germ of human tuberculosis was radi- cally different from that of the ox, or bovine species, and he declared his belief that a bovine germ could not produce the disease in the hu- man subject. Succeeding investiga- tions have convinced him that there is mo evidence in existence that bo vine tuberculosis has ever caused hu- man consumption of the lungs. At the recent International Health Congress held at Washington pro fessional hygienists from every civil- ized country were present, and when Dr. Koch reported his declaration on the subject it was actively discussed, with the result that there was no subject. Those scientists who refused to ac cept the Koch dictum had no proof & general agreement on the to the contrary to offer, but they ex ercised their right to differ. This matter is of large human in- terest, because, if human beings can contract consumption germs from the milk and the beef of the cow, safe- guards must be provided against such in ever-present danger. THE USUAL RESULT. Mayor Johnson, of Cleveland, made . great hullabaloo about municipal ownership of the street railroads. He talked himself hoarse and elected him- self mayor on this issue.« Finally it was brought to pass and then sever- al other things happened. One ot them made traveling more difficult and expensive, for all the while the cost of operating was more than the zross income and the city was losing money every month. It was a most remarkable exhibit to show that municipal ownership of street cars is not what it is represented by its ad- vocates, Despite all that can be done the income has not yet caught wp with the deficit, and that it is not likely to is indicated by Mayor John- son’s suggestion that perhaps the fare on the street cars will have to be raised a little this winter so as ‘That is a fine state of affairs which makes the to make the books balance. people pay for their ride and then pay a deficit just to have municipal ownership, when under private own- ership the fare was less, the transfer system better and the company stood the loss if there was any. That is one of these vagaries, all of which ought to be avoided. Wihen a sermon only reaches back to Saturday night you can not ex- pect it to last much beyond Monday morning, Some girls are afraid to go down- town by themselves for fear a man may not try to flirt with them. There would be a greater demand for commion sense if it were fashion- able. FURR REE AS HE PLEASED. The Office Hours Had no Claim on Him. Written for the Tradesman. When Fred Fulton took his place at the breakfast table he was out of sorts and looked it. His _ fellow boarders, all young people and the majority of them women, as he came in exchanged glances and smiled. “We don’t feel at all well this morning,’ remarked the young wom- an, the general favorite of the table, whose place, opposite young Ful- ton’s, gave every opportunity for ob- servation. “We didn’t get in very early last night, unless you mean very early in the morning, and it does take the tuck out of a feller, old or young. to lose his sleep. We don’t believe we've hit the bed before 2. o’clock for the last six weeks and I tell you. girls, it tells. Notice the dark rings around our eyes this morning? *Bserve our Janguor? ’F ’twasn’t for the strong coffee this establishment is noted for we wouldn’t come down to breakfast. That does. take the brown taste out of one’s mouth; hence, therefore, notwithstanding, Mrs. Whitaker, may I have a second cup of your invigorating decoction?” With this for an introduction it may be readily inferred that it had a faithful following. “T’ll tell you what it is, girls, in a town like this a fellow has to do something to keep going. After he has been ‘stenographying’ until his brain whirls and then pounds a type- writer—the instrument, thank you— the rest of the time, he gets all of the strenuous he wants by the time it’s time to quit, and, of course, when his supper is disposed of he has just strength enough to drag himself down town for relaxation and rest and refreshment. Oh, it’s a regular dog’s life we are al] living and it’s a won- der we last as long as—we’re going to! Another biscuit, if you please!” “Tt’s all very well for you girls,” it was Miss Marston who now took the floor, “to get all the fun you can out of a poor used-up he, but for all that when a fellow’s all tuckered out and stiff sitting all day, there’s noth- ing to limber ’im up like a game of billiards.” Several protesting “Ohs” came from as many directions at th table; but Miss Marston was asser- tive and kept the floor. “It’s a relief to get hold of the cue, and I'll leave it to anybody who has any sense if a walk of two hours or so won’t lim- ber up anybody. Then you have the excitement of playing to make the other fellow pay for the game. That’s my idea of friendship—get as much out of your friends as you can! That is what they are for; and if you beat him, then you have something pleas- ant to think of all the next day!” “Bet you five dollars,” piped up the young woman with black hair and snapping black eyes, “that you're off —way off! We don’t travel around a billiard table until morning more than ten nights in the week; not any. About once in the seven days is about all we can stand of the billiard room. What we like is to cuddle down about a table—a few friends, you know, that MICHIGAN TRADESMAN take delight in just skinning one an- other! ‘Cards?? M—mh. ‘Chips?’ I’m smiling. ‘Ante up?’ you bet. ‘One better?’ ‘I’ll double you!’ ‘I call you!’ Oh, you’re easy—easy! I’ll have to light wp on that!” “And at the same time let’s irri- gate. A beer and a_ cocktail all ‘round and don’t be too long about it. The button’s on your side of the table, Miss Geddes. Two short, sharp pressures means emergency and that’s what this is. I can’t stand. it a minute longer. Throat’s dry as a Western cornfield in. November.” “Dry? High and dry. I’M let that stand. Had hard luck. Put up on the quadruped. Got scooped clean as a looted bank—fooled, too. Feller who claimed he knew gave me alot of pointers and I bit. Ergo, hence, consequently, furthermore.” At which there was a burst of the jolliest laughter, which Fred Fulton met with stoic indifference. wrong “V’ll confess to, at least, a little surprise, young ladies. You have ey- idently been in some very questiona- ble company, or else your brothers or some other ‘fellers’ have been giv- ing you the josh most unmercifully. What’s the matter with me _ this morning? Or is it you who have been getting home at ‘the wee, sma’ hours!’ Isn’t my pompadour sufficiently per- pendicular this morning, Miss Mar- ston, or what is it?” “You're looking as if you’re all in, Freddie, or a little more so. Two- thirty is a trifle late to get home, now that’s a fact, and I’ll leave it to you if the banisters didn’t furnish much-needed assistance in your get- ting upstairs last night. ‘Better cut out a lot, boy, or you'll go under,’ as I heard one boy advising another not long ago. You see—” “Parding, Miss Marston; but, after saying that you are somewhat pre- suming, I’m going to tell you, with the rest of your fair sisterhood, that I don’t see. You can’t tell by look- ing over a man’s shoulder at the cards he holds how he’s going to play his game. You have to watch his play. That’s what you young ladies must do now. You must watch my play- ing, and I leave it to you, as inter- ested lookers on, if it’s exactly the fair thing to come butting in at what seems to you a poor play. “Now, as to the hours I keep, while I don’t think your interest in me ex- tends so far, I will say that 11:30 found me safe in bed last night. There may have been somebody two or three hours after who had trouble with the banisters, but not your hum- ble servant. Once I’m asleep, I’m right there and I’m not in the upper hall listening, as it is painfully evi- dent that somebody was. After all, the main point isn’t whether I had a game of tanglefoot at 3 o’clock in the morning or didn’t, F. F.—my initials, ladies—has a pretty fair idea that he knows what he’s about; and if it’s a game of billiards, or a glass of beer, or poker, or the races or any other old way of getting rid of time and money, he knows what he’s about and will stop when he’s had enough or thinks he has. I don’t mind a little joshing once in a while, and now and then indulge in it my- self; but when it gets to be three times a day it’s a trifle monotonous. “Finally, ladies, to come down to a bit of plain talk, whose business is it? Certainly, not yours. It is ‘mine, mine alone.’ Miss Marston in her forty-five-year-old anxiety was curi- ous to know a day or two ago what the office folk thought about my go- ings out and comings in and I pretended not to hear her. It was an improper question and I preferred to be deaf than rude and didn’t an- swer her; but it’s a matter of business at the office. My services are an equivalent to what they pay me. If for any reason they consider the equivalence disturbed they will tell me and I skip. My time and my life are my own after office hours, and with that time and that life they have nothing to do any more than you have, a fact which they recog- nize.’—-Who blames the young fel- low if he did say “They” with con- siderable emphasis?—“Isn’t my _ posi- tion the right one, Uncle Bob?” It is my idea, gained from consid- erable experience, that it is much pleasanter to stand leaning against the fence and observe the other man mow than it is to get over the fence and take a hand in the mowing. Thus appealed to by a pretty good sort of young fellow to whom for a long time I had been wanting to talk like a Dutch uncle, with some pretended reluctance I refused to enter into the discussion; but I said to the young man that the young ladies would hardly understand what I was willing to say and that if he’d come to my room after dinner I would be glad to say what might be of service to him. So some hours later I had him in an easy chair with this feet at the proper elevation and something be- tween his lips a great deal better than he was accustomed to shave there, and I gave him what I am sat- isfied is, up to this time, the talking to of his: life: “The main trouble in cases of this kind is that the average young man is a fool without knowing it. That’s what’s the matter with you, my boy. You are laboring under two delusions: The first is that you can work all day and be out all night and nobody, yourself included, is to be any the worse for it. The second one is, that if you give the folks in the office the hours you bargained for that is all! they have a right to expect from you. Now then, vou have heard the oft repeated story of burning the can- dle at both ends, and that’s exactly what you have been doing for the last six months. I’m not going to pretend that the candle is almost burnt up, be- cause I don’t tinink it is; but I happen to know that the flames of your can- dies are not furnishing the required candle power, and I happen to know, too, that unless you give a little at- tention to that same candle power it is going to be snuffed out. “The last thing I should ever think of doing would be to ask you what you are doing with yourself between supper and the-time you go to bed. It’s no more my business than it is the young ladies’. Whether you are October 21, 1908 drunk or sober, whether you are flush or penniless is no affair of mine: but no human being can stand that thing long without breaking and you are yet, I take it, a human being. I’m not down, curious; but you know as well as I do that the girls hit you hard in every point they made. You don’t fool anybody and you mustn’t think you do. That is enough of that. As you said, your life is your own—I’m mighty glad it isn’t mine!—but you ought to think kindly enough of it to keep it in pret- ty fair running order. In all proba- bility you won’t have another one to monkey with andthe quicker you stop that sort of nonsense the better. “That other delusion, that your em- ployers have nothing to do with you after office hours, is a matter that needs consideration. You are wrong from start to finish and you are go- ing to find it so. Now listen to me, Fulton: Your pace for the last six weeks has been rapid. You have been having the time of your life. Up all night you have been good-for-noth- ing all day. I happen to know thow many times you have gone to sleep over your work in the office. I hap- pen to know that ‘morning after |morning you haven’t been wide awake until a little before noon and then only after you have been ‘out’ for a few minutes. Then you haven’t done good work. Then you haven't earn- ed your money. Business is business and paying for what you don’t get is bad business, and your prosperous house indulges in no such nonsense. So, then, it follows that your firm have a right to expect that you will keep good hours so that you can do their work. They will insist upon just that, and while they do not in- tend to make any investigation as to how you are spending your evenings and when you go to bed, tthey have fully decided to have the work they are paying for, both in amount and quality. They are satisfied that you cam do it if yow will, The job 1s yours if you care to keep it; but it can be kept only by the man whose habits and hours are such as to war- rant the class of work they are will- ing to receive. “How in—something do I know all this? It’s easy and I’ll tell you: I have known intimately the members of your firm for a good many years. I early spoke of you and when they saw ] was interested, they took oc- casion to ‘say that they liked your good work, that they couldn’t afford the bad, and, while it is a rule of the house to drop a man when he be- comes inefficient, they were willing, if I wanted to do it, to have me sug- gest to you the conditions upon which you might retain the place. “Now, Fulton, I’ve done just that and it’s up to you to keep the place if you want it. You haven’t asked for my advice and you won’t get any. I would like to suggest, however, that you take time to think things over and then govern yourself accord- ingly.” He did; amd his promotion in that firm is one of the things settled upon. Richard Malcolm Strong. UR erry a October 21, 1908 No Beauty in the Simple Life. There are deep philosophy, beau- tiful poetry even in breakfast foods.!And they live mostly in climates Lester Ward supplied some of methods of our evolution than the simple. In evolution there is a more and more intricate orgamni- zation of many different elements. To cook: foods, to have of foods, is to be more elaborately organized, more highly evolved, than to return to the uncooked dietaries and the simple fare of primitive folk and animals. rather varied sorts The truly s'mple life in the twen- tieth century is not to rough it like a Savage or a wild bird, but to ren- der it easy, plex needs zations. simple, to secure the com- for our complex organi- The savage life is simple merely because it furnishes the savage with an easy way to supply what he en- joys and what is harmonious with his nature. But it would not be a simple life for a jelly fish. The jelly fish has a cruder organism by far than the savage. He can not pick up bananas and cocoanuts, no matter how boun- tifully they may drop to the ground. He would find savage simplicity for- midably, impossibly complicated. The simple life brotherhood argue for “raw foods.” They are a elaborate and step backward toward the time when there | was little else to do besides eat and time not a desideratum. True. they make muscle. But modern man needs brain rather than brawn, and was | | | | it |necessitate shelter. when he noticed that the complex door life in chairs, and quite rightly. bill of fare is in harmony with the | But what of the iresh air? | | | lthe animal and pastoral states. | give yet MICHIGAN Civilized folk lead sedentary lives. tihat That means No, it is i the 1 not better to gambol outside in cold and wind. That is The | | | reversion to| civilized man’s way is to bring the} air into the house and the sunshine | into the house. That is this proper | simple life. To-go out into the woods and| chop wood is not the rationally sim- ple life for him. ing ‘his greater mental capacities for his lesser physical. It is only neglect- Nor is the rationally simple life for civilized folk to vegetate in log cab- ins in the country. It often is simpler for the moderm woman to up a little flat and its sweet simplicity for the artificialities of a ho- tel. Im the flat she must lead the life of a broom, stewpan and mop. In the hotel her physical wants are without thought from and higher faculties express n their spiritual medium far met her, her are free to natural mental and without sordid taint. The cry is for the simple life and the life is interpreted in terms of raw food, wood chopping and log cabins, because we have not perfected environment, have not adapted it perfectly to needs. We have not made it simple simple our we our to get what we require. -Civilization is only beginning. After a time it will be just as easy for us to get our beautiful homes, and our music, art, iwhich is just closing, will be lings ‘few TRADESMAN endurance more than brute strength. | finished educations and other luxuries of high culture as it now is for the] Agricultural Col |savage to loll under his banyan tree in- | and catch the plump fruit as it falls. {da May Krecker. > ————. Doings in Other Cities. Written for the Tradesman. Lansing, the city of has ordered an auto added to its fire fig equipment Nov. I. Lansing has also bank The celery season at adopted the sav system in its schools, Kalamazoo, been of more has largest in than total of 4,900 having sent out by express during the past months. years, an average 700 boxes daily, or a boxes been per week, Anderson Bros., owners of a elec- tric lighting plant at Hartford, have been granted a ten year street light- Ql ing franchise. At a recent meeting of the Com- mon Council of Flint it was voted that the iron hitching posts and rail- ings on Saginaw street, from Court to Detroit and the Chief of to remove them streets, were a mnittisance. was ordered forthwith. The Street Commissioner was called from Police work- ed nearly all night removing the “nui- bed and, with a force of men, sance.” J. Horace MacFarland, President of American 41 the Association, lec GCjet, 14 Civic tured at Kalamazoo under the auspices of the Commercial Club and the Woman's Civic Improve- ment Association. He spoke the fire emgine, which | 3 } | it | | | ,er streets, improved street signs and r , | i lelimination automobiles, | |have 3 at the previous evening Michigan 1 lege at a meeting of Forestry Club, and in both cities jurged civic improvements in the way lof a more beautiful river front, clean 1 of factory smoke and bil boards. Almond _ co I I Japs’ Perfect Wireless System. The little Griffen. brown men of Japan taken kindly and quickly to |wireless telegraphy. It is said that ral at | eas all the ships of the Japanese navy the |including destroyers. They not only japparatus jhaving studied all are fitted with wiretess telegraphy, rs but also transmitting The teleg in use is the result of the 1 P s Have ‘Fece! stations. wireless raphic experiments and combined work of Engineer Kimura, Capt. Tonami, im perial navy, and Engineer Matsushiro, attached to the ministry of communi cations, who commenced their studies in 1900. Ever since 1902 these officers, after the systems in use in Europe and America to which have secur luced wd obtain the they co access, ed results in apparatus pro 1 by themselves which they regard as super‘or to those from other systems in use abroad, and their apparatus has been adopted and installed on board all the Japanese ships. Engineer Ki- mura also is the inventor of a wire less telephone which is used on Jap- anese warships. le ei You can not improve your view of climbing on broth heaven by your back, ers OUR CHALLENGE We challenge the World to produce as perfect a Vegetable Butter Color as our Dandelion Brand Butter Color, Purely Vegetable. WE CHALLENGE THE WORLD UPON THE SIX FOLLOWING POINTS:— FIRST: —Butter colored with Wells & Richardson Co.’s Dandelion Brand Butter Color never turns a reddish or bricky tinge; it always retains the lovely golden June shade. SECOND:—Wells & Richardson Co.’s Dandelion Brand Butter Color is as harmless as the natural color of butter, it is pure and wholesome. THIRD:— Butter colored with Wells & Richardson Co.’s Dandelion Brand Butter Color is perfectly free from taste or smell. FOURTH:—Its keeping qualities are perfect. FIFTH:—It does not color the buttermilk. butter. It does not become rancid, stale or sour. SIXTH:—It is the strongest Vegetable Butter Color made, therefore the cheapest to use. Dandelion Brand =& Fi 3 a res a i Purely Vegetable The color is all absorbed by the butter globules, and its weight added to that of the Butter Color We guarantee that Dandelion Brand Butter Color is purely vegetable and that the use of same for coloring butter is permitted under all food laws—State and National. WELLS & RICHARDSON CO., Manufacturers, BURLINGTON, VERMONT MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 21, 190s Movements of Merchants. Petoskey—-A millinery store has been opened by Jennie Fryman. Cheboygan—A, F. Watson will soon engage in the produce business. Sault Ste. Marie—W. G. Patterson succeeds Geo. Miller in the grocery business. Hancock—Joseph Kitto is making plans preparatory to opening a gro- cety store. Alma—Wm. A. Sack is succeeded in the meat business by C. R. Brew- er, of St. Louis. Union City—Frank Flanders, meat dealer, is siwcceeded in business by | Herbert Hayner. Caro—R. Clark will soon conduct | business here under the style of the Caro Bazaar Co. Cadillac—M. K. Baker has from the grocery business and wil! return to farming. Greenville—Ray Farr and John Ad- dleson, of this place, in the meat business. Waterviiet—P. H. Lewis thas open- ed a drug store under the style of the Red Cross Pharmacy. Gwinn—Peter Koski & Co., general merchants at Ishpeming, have opened a branch store at this place. Holland—Peter Boven is succeeded in the cigar business by Leonara DeLoof and Bert VanderPoel. Rudyard—A general store will be opened in the near future by R. J. Forgrave and Theodore Sprague. Hanover—T. H. Knickerbocker & Co. are succeeded in the undertaking business by Geo. P. Ryon & Co. Lowell—F. Spagnoliona is succeed- ed in the fruit and confectionery busi- | ness by Howard L. Kyser, of South Boston. Mattawan—S, E. his general stock who wili continue the same location. Petoskey—Geo. Cobb, of Grand Rapids, has become a partner of I. H. Neff in the upholstering business with a half interest. Gagetown—Willard Wells is suc- ceeded in the meat business by A. & C. Rochelau and in the bakery busi- ness by Alfred Fisher. Big Rapids—W. G. Ward will add a grocery department to this meat market on Nov. 1, which will be con- ducted on the cash basis. Wyandotte — Charles will continue the to Ryan the business at H. Genthe formerly Loeffler, A. Loeffler retiring. Crystal—S. S. Teed has retired from | the business of the Crystal Mercan- tile Co, and Engle DeYoung, in the company. retired | have engaged | Hosmer has sold) Bros., | grocery business | conducted by Genthe & of entertained. Sethton, has purchased a half interest |visitors home feeling Manistee—A. C. Knuth has _ pur- chased a half interest in the C. J. Koller shoe stock and the business will be continued under the style of Knuth & Koller. Saginaw—-D. C. Clarke, who was recently compelled to abandon the ‘bakery business temporarily on ac- fire, has re-engaged in the line of trade. — The management of Rosen | & Klein’s clothing store has been placed in the iernest Klein since Mr. parture to Muskegon. Saginaw—Rice & Meyer, of Adidi- |son, now announce their intention of iremoving to this place about April 1, of next year, when they will manu- facture cheese boxes and heading. Muskegon—Alfred J. Stulp has re- tired from the Stulp Hardware Co., |having sold his interest to John J. 'Stulp, Egbert Dekker and P. J. Cleo- tingh, the other members of the firm. Pavilion—Chipman & Miller, |eral merchants, have dissolved part- ‘nership, Wm. L. Miller conducting 'the mercantile business and DeForest |E. Chipman continuing the shipping business, Benton Harbor—The shoe business formerly conducted by A. S. Miles & Co. has been merged into a corpora- count of same Negaunee Bros: hands of Rosen’s de- gen- ition under the style of the Miles Shoe Co., this being a change in style ‘only and not in ownership or man- ‘agement, Port Huron—-R. S, & J. D. Patter- son have merged their jewelry busi- ness into a stock company under the sivie of the RS: & J. D. Patterson Co., with an authorized capital stock of $20,000, all of which amount has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Saginaw—The Henry W, Carr Co., which conducts the hay and grain business, has merged it into a stock |company under the same style, with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, of which amount $16,000 has been subscribed and $2,500 paid in in cash. Battle Creek—Geo. Riedell, cloth- ling merchant, has filed a_ chattel mortgage covering practically all of his stock and fixtures. Mrs. Otto Clif- | ton was appointed trustee and is au- ithorized to dispose of all the goods |in her possession, using the money |to pay the creditors, | Vicksburg—The business men _ of | Vicksburg recently gave thirty mer- chants of Schoolcraft a supper at the Vicksburg Hotel. After a few re- jmarks by Schoolcraft and Vicksburg representives, the company adjourned to the Wonderland, where they were Vicksburg sent their that it was good to come to Vicksburg. Cheboygan—J. W. Smith will en- gage in the grocery business, having purchased a portion of the stock ot Gardner Dodd, both gentlemen con- ducting business in the Dodd build- ing, which Mr. Smith purchased. Mr. Dodd will proceed to close out the remainder of his stock and will va- cate the building in the spring, at which time Mr. Smith will erect a brick building on the lot, Manufacturing Matters. Fostoria—A cheese factory is being erected, the enterprise being promot- ed by H. Freeman, of Flushing. Detroit — The Huron Portland Cement Co. has increased its capital stock from $1,200,000 to $2,000.000. West Branch—The Batchelor Tim- ber Co.’s sawmill, which has been undergoing repairs, resumed sawing last week. Kalamazoo—A company has been incorporated under the style of the Kalamazoo Regalia Co. with a cap- ital stock of $1,000, Tustin—-The Dennis Salt & Lum- ber Co. has taken possession of its planing mill at this village, placing the management with John Byers, of Big Rapids. Detroit—The Arbron Friction Gear Co, been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $1,000, al! has of which has been suhseribed and paid in in cash. Lansing—H. L. Stanton, formerly with E. Bement’s Sons, thas been made general manager of the Chelsea Stove & Manufacturing Co., success- or to the Glazier Stove Co., of Chel- sea. Freesoil—-Frank Hackert, of Lud- ington, has taken a ontract to cut timber for the Cartier Lumber Co., of Ludington. The tract includes forty acres, about 600,000 feet of hardwood. Marquette--The Pioneer Iron Co. is making preparations to open a plant in connection with its works for the production of chemicals from wood, which it expects to have in op- eration in two months. Jetroit—The Walsh Snap Co. has been conduct a manufacturing business with an authorizel capital stock of $2,500, of which amount $2,416.67 has been subscribed and $1,300 paid in in cash. Battle Creek—The personal proper- ty and book accounts of the Battle Creek Interior Finish Co. have been sold at auction to Albert C. Perkins. The sale was the result of the fore- closure of a mortgage held by Rob- ert Wilder. Kalamazoo—The D’Arcy Spring Co. has merged its business into a stock company under the same style with an authorized capital stock ot $50,000 common and _ $25,000 _ pre- ferred, of which amounts $51,100 has been subscribed and $50,000 paid in in property. Bay City—The Kineeland, Buell & Bigelow sawmill will run through the winter on a ten hour schedule and the Safety Lock incorporated to Kneeland-Bigelow - mill plant will continue to be operated day and night. The concern will operate five lumber camps in Montmorency coun- ty. Mr. Bigelow says that lumber is selling fairly well and the volume of business is expected to be good dur- ing the winter. Battle Creek—The Kleano Manu- facturing Co, has been incorporated to make Kleano paste soap and toilet articles. The company has an auth- orized capital stock of $5,000, of which amount $2,500 has been sub- scribed, $652 being paid in cash and $1,000 in property. in Hillsdale—A corporation has been formed under the style of the Mer- cury Motor Co, with a capital ot $20,000, which will conduct a fac- tory under the supervision of J. W. Raymond. The output of the com- pany is contracted for by the Motor Sales Agency, of Chicago. Cadillac—Cummer, Diggins & Co. and the Murphy & Diggins Co. are operating their camps and mills in full force. Owing to a lack of piling room the latter company does mot know how soon it will have to shut down until receipt of orders reduces the supply and gives room for piling more lumber. Nashville—A corporation has been formed under the style of the S. C. ¥. Machinery Co, to manufacture folding machinery and other textile machinery and appliances, with an authorized capital stock of $3,000, all of which amount has been subscrib- ed, $2,000 being paid in in cash $1,000 in property. St. Louis—A corporation nas been formed under the sty!e of the Cad- well Manufacturing Co. to make Cadwell elevating platform trucks and other implements. The company has an authorized capital stock of $30,000, of which amount $15,000 has been subscribed, $4,000 being paid in in cash and $11,000 in property. and Saginaw—Less than two years ago the Strable Manufacturing Co. erect- ed a maple flooring plant, and yet the company has found it necessary to increase its capacity and is just fin- ishing up another kiln and ware- house. It will increase the capacity of the plant one-third. The success of this firm has been somewhat phe- nomenal. Following the slump last fall the flooring business like others had a season of depression, yet this plant has been able to continue oper- ations without interruption. Saginaw—The prospect is that the Purity Pickle & Kraut Co. of this city, whose plant is located at Or- ville Station, which is in the hands of a receiver, will pay its creditors in, full, with a handsome surplus for the stockholders. Receiver Allen D. Spangler has just filed a statement of all liabilities, which total $7,422. He has also asked the court for an order to sell 5,000 barrels of kraut at not less than $4 per barrel, will yield $20,000. The kraut was on hand when the company failed, through inability to market its prod- uct and obtain money for runnifiz expenses, and could not be sold be- cause it had not yet matured. The receivership has turned out to be a good “investment,” for since it has been pending the kraut thas soured properly and commands a high price. which October 21, 1908 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 The Grocery Market. | muscatels this year, and there will Sugar—The market is in rather a|doubtless be pressure to sell. Cur- 3 = ry The Produce Market. | Apples—Choice fall apples fetch $3.50 per bbl. Cooking stock is in fair demand-at $2.75. Fall varieties from New York State are finding an outlet on the basis of $3.75@4 per bbl. Bananas—$1.50 for small bunches; $2 for Jumbos and $2.25 for Extra Jumbos. Beets-—soc per bu, Butter—The market has remained stationary during the past week. All grades meet with ready sale and the market is in good condition on the There is a good con- sumptive demand for all grades. As season advances there will be falling off in the make, radical change in price seems likely during the coming week. Fancy creamery is held at 27c for tubs and 28c for prints; dairy grades command 22c for No. 1 and 18c for packing stock. present basis. the a general though no Cabbage—-Home grown ‘commands 75c per doz. Carrots—soc per bu. Cauliflower—$1.25 per doz. Celery—-18c per bunch for home | grown, Chestnuts—r4c per tb. for New York. Citron—6oc per doz. Cocoanuts-—$5 per bag of 90. Crabapples—$1 per bu. for Hyslips. Cranberries—$8.50 per bbl. for Farly Blacks from Cape Cod. The advance of 50c per bbl.-is due to crop shortage claimed by Massachusetts | growers and consequent reduction in| receipts. Eggs—Fresh continue very scarce, the market having advanced tc dur- ing the week. On the advanced basis the situation is very firm, as no in- crease in production is likely for some time. The market seems likely | to remain stationary during the com-| ing week, Local dealers pay 2Ic on) track, holding candled fresh at 24c and candled cold storage at 22c. Grape Fruit—Florida is now in market, commanding $4.50 for 7os and 8os and $5 for 54s and 64s. Grapes—Malagas command $3.50@| 4 per keg, according to weight. Honey—1t6c per th. for white clover and 5c for dark. Lemons—The market is without material change, Messinas are in fair demand at $4.25 and Californias | are slow sale at $4.50. | Lettuce—Home grown hot house | fetches toc per tb. Onions—Yellow Danvers and Red | and Yellow Globes are in ample sup-| ply at 75c per bu. | Oranges—Floridas, $3.50 per box;| Late Valencias, $5@5.25. New navals are expected in a few weeks and it is probable that prices will be very reasonable, as a good crop is report- ed. Parsley—25c per doz. bunches. Pears—Kiefers are the only variety now in market. They range around 75¢ per bu. Peppers—$1 per bu. for green and $2 for red, Pickling Stock —- White $2.25 per bu. Potatoes-—The local market ranges around 55@6o0c per bu. Outside buy- ing points are paying 45@s5oc. Poultry—Local dealers pay 8%c for fowls, 9%c for broilers and 8c for spring ducks. Quinces—$2 per bu. Squash—tc per th. for Hubbard. Sweet Potatoes—$3.50 per bbl. for Jerseys and $2.25 for Virginias. Spinach—6oc per bu. Tomatoes—soc per and 4o0c for green, Veal—Dealers pay 4@sc for poor onions, bu. for ripe jand thin; s@6c for fair to good; 6@ 8c for good white kidney. ce? A Broader Realization of Responsi- bility. Detroit, Oct. 20—I .wish to ex- press my appreciation of your very kind editorial on my little talk be- fore the Ministers’ Association of this city. The occasion was brought about by my discussions several of the ministers who had called on me at different times, and finally one of them said ‘he would like to have me present my ideas to the clergymen of the city assembled in their Asso- ciation meeting. I have the greatest reverence both for the religion of Jesus Christ and for the different denominations, but I do feel that they have not kept pace with the great movements now go- ing on. I find that most of the clergy- men who were present received the communication in the spirit in which it was intended, and am inclined to think that it will serve the purpose of directing their thoughts to a broader realization of their responsi- bility in calling attention to the vi- tal questions which have come up and are coming wp in the immediate fu- ture. Homer Warren. ——_+ ><. -__ W. G. Ward, of Big Rapids, who has embarked in the grocery business in connection with his meat market, bought his new stock of the Worden Grocer Co. ———_++- The Worden Grocer Co. has fur- nished a new stock of groceries to B. T. Hill, who has re-engaged in trade at Grant. with ican, Howell, Warner advanced the list to 5c, although alllare in chaotic condition, On ar advanced. Federal points to the 5c basis. On Monday Arbuckle reduced the list to 4.80. This decline was made by McCann and later in the day Ameri- Saturday sug- and refiners are still accepting orders at their old list prices. Michigan finers are now in the market with beet and are selling at 10 points un- der the American and Howell. Tea—-Congous remain weak and the demand is only fair. Japans re- main steady, with no large line re- ported as moving. Stocks through- out the country are said to be light and the trade seems to be inclined to stock wp only as their wants re- quire. The demand, steady but in moderate quantities. Michigan is conceded to be the greatest consumer of Japan teas of any State in the Union and the suc- however, is advanced 10} | 1 | land unchanged. IO points | \for Franklin} rants are ed prices. in fair demand at unchang Other dried fruits are quiet Prunes are dull and inclined to be weak. There is rea- son to believe that offers of 3%c bao's Santa Claras might not be scorned. Rolled condition as Goods the Farinaceous oats about same j\last week, continuing to show much re-| | strength on account of the scarcity lof good quality oats for milling pur- cessful retailer here is getting wise | to the fact that he can place ‘his or- der for his year’s supply with his wholesale grocer with confidence as to quality and prices and order it out in small lots in accordance with his requirements and not be obliged to have a large amount of money locked up in a year’s stock. Coffee Both Rio and Santos grades are weaker than a week ago The demand is light and from thand- to-mouth only. Mild coffees are dull but steady. Stocks are light and the situation is healthy. Java and Mocha are unchanged and quiet. Goods—The tomato mar- shown activity thi: week, buyers having taken advantage of the small which were made by packers in order to get rid Canned ket thas more concessions of some of their surplus. It is said that the temporary the market is due chiefly to the financial necessities of the packers. Corn con- tinues very firm and is moving only in a small way, as offerings from packers are said to be light. On ac- count of the large quantity of peaches and apricots om the market an easy tone is in evidence, but jobbers are weakness of of the opinion that prices are as low as they can go and look for a steady market for some time. Canned pears are dull but steady. While gallon apples are statistically strong, the market shows weakness this week, as jobbers do not seem disposed to buy. Red Alaska salmon continues firm on account of limited supplies and good demand. Medium red is scarce and firm, as are also Columbia River Chinooks and Puget Sound Sockeyes. Pink salmon is the only weak item in the list, attributed to the large carry-over stocks in the hands of packers, due to the light demand from the South last year. Dried Fruits—Peaches fairly active at unchanged prices. Apricots are steady and strong and in very fair demand. Raisins, in spite of the projected corner, grow weaker and weaker. Holders are pushing for sale and prices are at least tc lower on seeded fruit than a few days ago. There are a great many 2-crown are poses. Sago, tapioca and pearl bar- ley continue steady and unchanged. Rice—-Heavier receipts for new Ja- pan rice have eased off the market to some extent, but prices are still high and jobbers look for liberal de- chines as the season advances and receipts grow larger. New head rices also display an easier tone. Syrups and Molasses—Suzar syr- up is quiet and unchanged in price. Molasses is firm and good grades are very scarce. New crop molasses wil! reach Northern markets in about two weeks. The indications are for a good yield. There is a notmal ] Cheese con- sumptive demand for cheese at the present time. Provisions-—-Hams are 4c lower. Bacon and bellies remain about the same. Pure lard has declined ‘4c, but no change has occurred in com pound. Prevailing prices of provi sions are above normal for the sea son, amd even lower prices are likely in the near future. No change has occurred in barrel pork, dried beef or canned meats and there is only a fair trade. Fish—Cod, hake and haddock are unchanged in price and in fair de- mand. Sardines of all grades are in moderate demand, French brands be- 1 ing ‘thigh and firm. Other’ grades Salmon is wanted in quantities at The mackerel very unchanged Nor- marked by are quiet. moderate situation in has prices. new way been a radical decline from opening prices. While the new fish that have already arrived in this country are selling at about the Norway ‘have been reduced as in some opening prices, prices in much cases as $5 per barrel. The cause seems to be several fold: the fact that the trade did not buy ade- quately at the prospects of a good fall opening prices, the catch in Ire- land and the fact that the Norway catch was mostly small and _ can hardly compete even at the decline with Trish mackerel of the same size. Irish fish are unchanged in price but receipts are good. Shore and Nova Scotia mackerel are cutting very lit tle figure. ae The Grand Rapids Carved Mould ing Co., which conducts business at the corner of Front and Myrtle streets, has changed its name to the Grand Rapids Parlor Frame Co. -_— oo > A grocery store has been opened at Allegan by S. W. Fuller, who puwr- chased his stock of the Worden Gro- cer Co, Mr. Fuller was formerly en- gaged in trade at that place. ~~» ~~. If you would be farsighted you must learn to live on the heights. tad MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ee as IT poorer ym = CG OG oon Yi A RA iN D a. if te 4 Se u y WINDOWaND INTERIOR 2 =: GDECORATIONS /¥ : as | Football Paraphernalia Should Be Given Prominence. With creasing day by day and November the interest in football in- not so very far away, those mer- chants carrying the paraphernalia and the togs necessary to this col- lege-loved game should making the very most of their opportunity. be dozen dummies of varying ages from a fullgrown dummy arrived at the age of discretion down to a tle child dummy who still thas primer on his list of accomplish- ments. These are clad in typical foot- ball dress, including all the stuff nec- essary to protect participants in this rough sport from of probable limb or possible life. These six dum- mies are posed in different positions assumable in the game, while group- ed around them on the floor are foot- a lit 4; 115 loss ball clothing and all the sorts things used in the game. Small placards accompany this clothing and the merchandise stacked on the floor, while a large central one in a! neat frame is hung high in the back- ground above the head of the afore- mentioned grown-up dummy, where all may easily read the announce- ment: Best Place on Earth To Buy Football Toggery Don’t Be Afraid Of Our Prices They’re Not Fearful Like the Game ! The placards add interest to the goods on display. Some Monroe Street Merchants are waking up to the fact that they have formerly put too much in their exhibits and are going to the profit- able extreme of simplicity, much to the betterment of their Speed the day when all the Monroe street dealers—and Canal street ones, too, for the matter of that—are ar- rayed under the banner called “The Simple Life.” The sooner all get in marching line the finer will be their store fronts. Ever since I _ took charge of this department—since which a couple or so of years have gone over my head—I have never failed to preach this principle; the reader really might expect to see each week some hint pertaining thereto. Semi-Precious Stones. It seems as if their popularity grows daily for settings in combs for ladies’ wear in the coiffure and in buckles for adornment of belts of | displays. | ; = land hats. | these purposes runs up into hundreds lof dollars. Grand Rapids dealers are |more conservative, for they | have no call for such expensive igoods and it would be foolish in j ‘them thus to tie their money up. But | ieven the ordinary pocketbook |that fits its spending capacity. In all the ways in which the semi- iprecious stones are used there is 2 ttendency toward more uniqueness of |setting and less flashiness of combina- | tion in colors, so that they are a joy [indeed to the eye artistic. When a woman’s hair is arranged ;as incomparable Ethel lsays in “Lady Frederick,’ “to repre- |sent a crisis in ithe comb is tucked in to ‘enhance the attractive adjustment of her locks, a small may ibe looked for in the affairs of the |one who has to foot the bill for said ‘hair and comb! her existence,” bes 8 by wc Crisis aisio SiO as that; the to No, really, ’tisn’t bad ibut the cost of false hair and ifixin’s to beautify it is enough imake that same hair stand on end! |Thus saith those who know whereof ithey do speak. But then, if it isn’t lone thing ‘twill be something else, 'so where’s the diff.? And some mas- iculines say: “Darn the diff.!” The Everlasting Directoire. It must be in regard te this much- | |talked-about gown as in the familiar ‘lines from Pope’s Essay on Man: | Vice is a monster of such terrible | mien | That to be hated needs but to be | seen; | Yet, seen too oft. familiar with her | face, | We first endure, then pity, then seek to embrace. The Directoire tendency in wom- an’s bedeckment does not seem near so outre as at first. We are used to ithe sloppiness in effect and now do not look for anything else in styles. And we have even lived through the immense headgear that is the inevi- |table concomitant of the Directoire in gowns-—although there is predict- ed' a freeze-out for the big hats with the advent of Old Boreas, the saints be praised! _ Cu I had to smile “up my sleeve” the other might. At “Lady Frederick” six young ladies piled as many mam- imoth hats on the table in the cen- iter of the dressing room. Then came isix other young women, and they jeach attempted to add theirs, some- | where, somehow, to those already on the centertable. It made a double stratum of milliners’ advertisements but six glares met six other glares |with the utmost composure. I will say that some of the expen- sive black voile, Panama and chiffon broadcloth separate satin-trimmed iskirts developed along the Directoire idea are very beautiful, although I /can’t say I admire distractedly the In Chicago and New York | ithe cost of ornaments for all three of | would | can | ir . - . : : : : ifind something beautiful at a price | One dealer has in his window half | full Directoire costume. Every day |may be seen in Valley City windows examples of these same costly sepa- rate skirts. The separate waists 1 ‘don’t like—they look so awfully | skimpy. Short Sleeves for Next Summer. Long sleeves have the call just at the present, but hark ye, ye women iwith pretty plump arms, to the fol- lowing from an eminent authority: “Stylish women and the foremost |dressmakers in all the large cities jhave taken a firm stand on the side of the short sleeve for the coming ivernal season.” “Now what do you think of that?” Doesn’t that sound good to you, ye haters of the sleeve that concealeth iyour comely arms? And if the short sleeve certainly long silk gloves will again come in | vogue. Ha, ha, hal laugheth the | manufacturer of the latter. Jarrymore | ——_——_-2>-+~—>_________ | Tribute To the Late Alderman Bald- and | cunningly | Grand Rapids forty years ago owned jan old hand power fire win. Grand Rapids, Oct. 20—The city of the the southwest corner of and Commerce streets and occupied it with an engine house and It lot on Monroe engine. |was sold to Francis B. Gilbert in the | | early seventies and a small hotel was erected on the lot. Later this build- ing was torn down to make a place for the large Gilbert building. Alder- ;inan Baldwin determined to locate an iengine house on Lagrave street and equip it with apparatus to protect property in the rapidly growing southeastern part of the city. At that time the engine stationed on the corner of Kent street and Cres- cent avenue was depended upon _ to protect the entire property interests of the East Side. Alderman S. L. Baldwin:was an able man, honorable, incorruptible, keen- witted and resourceful. He was un- popular with his associates in the Council because of his independent spirit and the use he made of sar-- casm that few could withstand, Year October 21, 1908 after year he pushed his favorite ward enterprise, the erection ofan en- gine house on the Lagrave street lot, unsuccessfully, but in time he suc- ceeded in tying up so many local im- provement enterprises by skillfully playing one interest against another that the Council gladly voted the money necessary to erect the engine house and to equip the same. By the indiscreet use of this tongue at the expense of Mayor P. R. L. Peirce, Alderman Baldwin incurred the _ ill- will of that official, and in the follow- ing year, for the purpose of punish- ing the Alderman for his sayings and doings, the important chairmanship; the Alderman had held were given to others and the tail-end of the unim- portant Committee on Fire - Depart- ment was handed out to Mr. Bald- win. The latter accepted the ap- pointment good-naturedly, but the year following was the saddest of all in the experience of Mayor Peirce. Alderman Baldwin nagged, ridiculed and pestered the Mayor unrelenting- ly and the Mayor rejoiced when his term closed. Alderman Baldwin was a very use- ful man to the public. In addition to his membership in the Council, he served a term in the State Legisla- ture and gained distinction by his ability and attention to duty. Arthur S. White. ++. ____ Thought She Knew Him. A short time ago a surgeon had three leg amputations in a_ week. The unusual number caused talk in the surgeon’s household, and his lit- tle daughter, Dorothy, was greatly interested. A few days after the last operation the surgeon’s wife and lit- tle Dorothy were rummaging in the attic. In a trunk was found a daguer- reotype depicting a girl about 8 years of age. The portrait, through a peculiarity of pose, showed only one leg of the subject, the other be- ing doubled up under her. “Whose picture is that, mamma?” asked Dorothy. “Mine. It was taken when I was a child not much older than you are now.” “Did you know papa then?” “No, dear. Why do you ask?’ “I thought maybe you did, ’cause you've only got one leg.” You can not improve the breed by polishing the brass on the harness. solidly rivited. Fine Cold Day Sellers Clark Foot Warmers Lower in price than ever. Clark Heaters have a reputation for excellence. No casting in a Clark—no soldered joints or screws to work loose—every part is They fill the bill for carriage, wagon, sleigh or automobile. Drop us a card for new catalogue. Your jobber has this line. Clark Coal Is Best Costs no more than inferior grades and every brick carries a written guarantee to give at least 25% more heat than any other fuel on the market. It is the one fuel that always pleases. The ideal fuel for foot warmers or self- heating sad irons. Chicago Flexible Shaft Company 99 La Salle Avenue, Chicago October 21, 1908 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MENACE TO HEALTH. Syrian Grocery Stores on South Mar- ket Street. Whitten for the Tradesman. A number of Syrian families have located here and many of them have rented small rooms and gone into the grocery business. The writer recently visited some of these places and the conditions found that the ‘health officers should immediately take officia] cog nizance of the danger they are to the city at large, for an epidemic may be started in any of the several places visited. The existing conditions de- mand a thorough overhauling by the proper authorities. Not that the city need care about things served to the patrons of these places, but were such as a measure of prevention of what the Anal results might be. Until quite recently these places were unknown here, although they are very nurerous all through the Southern and Eastern States, espe- cially in the Southern cities, where they locate in the vicinity of the negro settlements and cater to their trade. The Syrians sell everything, from a spool of thread to a roast of beef. Their places of business in this city are located principally on South Mar- ket street and are small, dark, foul- smelling places. Cleanliness is unknown them and if they sell soap they do not know its cleansing value. It does not seem quite bad where these people settle among the improvident negroes of the South and secure their patronage, but in the city of Grand Rapids they are not only a disgrace but a serious ele- ment to be reckoned with. From personal observation the writer has found that the Syrian gro- cery stores of Grand Rapids are not one iota above those located in the squalid sections of Southern cities. In one store a closet back of the grocery served as a meat market. The conditions were anything Piles of rotting to- were among so existing but salubrious. matoes and decaying cabbage the chief display. The windows were obscured by the accumulation of several seasons’ dirt and dust. No pure ray of sunshine could penetrate sufficiently to light up the gloomy interior; and it is as well that it does niot, as. it would reveal the squalid conditions with more distinctness. The number of flies were legions. In another place the conditions were the same. In the grocery de- partment decaying vegetables, flies and filth prevailed, but the meat mar- ket was even more unfavorable to the preservation of health. On the block was a chunk of nearly putrid meat, covered with a piece of canvas and many large flies. Near by on the floor were several jars of butter having no covering and the top of the butter was covered with dust. A basket nearly full of decaying wa- termelon rinds and a _ dirty butter bowl made up the display. Still another place had, in addition to the other disgusting features, a box of rotten eggs, which adided much in the way of an unwholesome odor to the surrounding squalidity. Two other stores visited, were not conducted by Syrians but were in the same neighborhood, were which equally unclean. Some of the stores above describ- ed are located as follows: 198% South Market street. 203 South Market street. 209 South Market street. Two on Bartlett street. Jennie H. > o-- The Secret Price Tag. Many retail dealers still retain the secret price system but it being discarded by enterprising concerns who realize the advantage of plainly Clarke. is marked prices in building up a repu- tation for square, ome-price dealing. The secret price tag is a puzzle, a problem, says an advertising man. “As a matter of fact, the secret price mark hasn’t a leg to stand on. It is a fawning, sneaking cripple at best and worse, a skulking, blood- thirsty robber. It is a thand-down from the time when business was little less than piracy. “I know very well that there are capable and honest men who still cling to their secret mark; cling to it because they have ‘always had it’ ant because they do not much it costs thei. realize how “Where is the profit in advertising to bring people into the store and then slapping them in the face with a suspicious price tag? Do not flat- ter yourself that you are pulling wool over any one’s eyes. Even the old Polish lady with a shawl over her head knows that the secret mark there for the purpose of giving some one the short and some one the long price—it is only an excuse for exist- ence. is “The most successful and profitable installment business I know of done om an absolute one-price system —no discount off for cash. And 52 per cent. of the sales for last year were cash sales. Anotiher store—a big, growing, prosperous, profit-mak- ing store—frankly admits to a cus- tomer that its plain figure price is the installment price and that a substan- tial discount is given for cash. No suspicion there.” > >. Bragging Advertisements. The loud mouthed individwal who is constantly expatiating on his own greatness is soon set down as an idle braggart and all of his statements are taken at a proper discount. The same rule applies with equal perti- nence to advertisers who blow their horn too blatantly. The writer should studiously avoid over statements, for they are sure to meet with the dis- credit they deserve. Gross exaggeration and flamboyant boasting do very well for a circus bill for the circus is “here to-day and gone to-morrow,” but the merchant is not playing one-day stands. He must remember that the confidence of the buying public is essential to his success. Big talk is not always is advertisement conducive to that end. COUNTRY HOMES. Lamentably Lacking in Shrubs, Vines and Shade Trees. Charles W. Garfield and John B. Martin have thad_ excellent awakening city interest in the beautiful idea. They should turn their attention tricts.