AZZAN CS 4 o PP YESS i) C } >) MeiNeG Coes Ee A Ral Peear: ‘ ve + SG 7 AO) Wer SG ww, ts] sfa8 VY an) 1G Bo Ee Soe In e Ie oe eee aoa \ ORES VU THA = Oh Ge OS (RRS RE NCE oe OD Gs : aah PN pen SSS COE : A AZ. Uh Lands ® WEN ie iis So COMPANY, Y, PUBLISHERS: STPDAIGS SST BASS es OSS HR SSA SAS ys VOL. 11 GRAND RAPIDS, SEPTEMBER 20, 1893. NO. 52 - is what we're all looking for, and when we find it the GOOD most of us “tie to it” _ Fi I N an epicure’s standpoint Pk B. OYSTERS Are one of the good things to be obtained from Sept 1 to the following April. They are put up from selected stock which is received fresh every day A reasonable profit is realized by the dealer, and the consumer feels that he has received value for his money PE Order them through any Grand Rapids job- ~— PUTNAM may be doing business or from us direct. CANLY CO. ber with whom you ‘fou pines fume Co - Proprietors of the : escent Qol | e% c fe Pie i a 4 RELWARRAMTED ai At - f lam fae ake rif r\gy baat a fi es e . : a te THE ABOVE BRANDS, Royal Patent, Crescent, White Rose, Are sold with our personal guarantee. If you are not now handling any of our brands, we solicit a trial order, confident that the ex cellent quality of our goods and the satisfaction of your customers will impel you to become a regular customer. Correspondence solicited. VOIGT MILLING CO. From |} We make él, You buy nl. Your trade like ‘en ALL GENUINE HARD PAN SHOES HAVE OUR NAME ON SOLE AND LINING. Kindge, Kalmbach & Go, Agents for THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE COMPANY. Full Line of Fall Caps, PLUSH AND KNIT. oOo THE INSPECTION iF THE TRADE [3 SOLICITED, —_——_—0—— — P. Steketee & Sons, WHOLESALE tet Y GOODS ENOTIONS PEACHES. If you are in the market for PEACHES, PLUMS, PEARS, GRAPES, Ete., correspond with us. Prices quoted by letter or wire daily. WRITE US. ALPRED J. BROWN CoO., Seedsmen and Fruit Commission Merchants, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. } and 3 Pear! Street, GRAND RAPIDS STANDARD OIL CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating -OLlTLS- Office, Hawkins Block. NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Works, Butterworth Ave | BULK WORKS AT GRAND RAPIDS, BIG RAPIDS, ALLEGAN, MUSKEGON, GRAND HAVEN, HOWARD CITY, MAWISTEE, CADILLAC, LUDINGTON. PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY GARBON & GASOLIN’ BARRELS LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers Grand Rapids. Why Not Use the Best? a “Sunlight’’ FANCY PATENT FLOUR Is unsurpassed for whiteness, purity and strength. Increase your trade and place your self beyond the competition of your neighbors by selling this unrivaled brand. Write us for price delivered at your railroad station. The Walsh-DeRoo Milling Co., HOLLAND, MICH. Loveverevevenevevvoverevevevovevevevevevovenevd yet IF YOU SUFFER FROM PILES In any form, do you know what may result from neglect to cure y = them? It may result simply in temporary annoyance and discom- fort, or it may be the beginning of serious rectal disease. Many cases of Fissure, Fistula, and Ulceration began in a simple case of ies. At anv rate there is no need of suffering the discomfort, and taking the chances of something more serious when you can secure at a trifling cost a perfectly safe, reliable cure. ——: THE -— i — — —_! — — —, — — — we on on ne — — — — — — has been before the public long enough to thoroughly test its merit — > e > — > > -_ > > a » > > > > > a — > —— > and it has long since received the unqualified approval and endorse- ment of physicians and patients alike. Your druggist will tell you that among the hundreds of patent better satisfaction than the medicines on the market none gives PYRAMID PILE CURE. It is guaranteed absolutely free from mineral poisons or any injurious substance. In mild cases of Piles, one or two applications of the’ remedy are sufficient for a cure, and in no case will it fail to give imme- > >— — > (an > > — — > > > > > > > >— > > 7AUWULUULALUAAUALUUUUUULUULAOLAUALAUALUUUAOULAOLUANY A. E. BROOKS & CoO., Manufacturing Confectioners, have a specially fine line for the fall trade—now ready RKD- STAR -;- GOUGH-- DROPS They are the cleanest, purest and best goods in the market. SEEDS! Everything in Seeds is kept by us—Clover, Timothy, Top, If you have Beans to sell, send us sampies, stating quantity, and we will try to trade with you. We will sell Egg Cases and Egg Case Fillers. No. 1 Egg Case, complete(in lots of 10), 35c¢ each. No. 1 Fillers, 10 sets in a No. 1 Case, $1.25. No. 2 Fillers, 15 sets in a No 1 Case, $1.50. W. TY, LAMOREAUX CO., 128, 130 and 182 W. Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ANCHOR BRAND | Are the best. Hungarian, Millet, Red Blue Grass, Seed Corn, Rye, Barley, Peas, Beans, Etc. All orders will receive prompt attention at lowest market price. F. J. DETTENTHALER. HEYMAN COMPANY, Manufacturers of Show Gases of Every Description, FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY. 68 and 65 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. WRITE FOR PRICES. * -_ - > dy e bod « my » ad ~ he AA Sze) ISDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1893, GRAND RAPIDS, “WEDNI | 3) NO. 522 oct a vuVVV VEY We are Fishing FOR YOUR TRADE. BLANK BOOKS Made to Order AND KEFY IN STOCK. Bend for Samples oi our new Manifold City | Receipts, Telegrams | and Tracers. A) | ad Trae, ® BARLOW proTuers ¢ wh HAVE MOVEE @ To 6 and 7 Pearl St, Near the Bridge. of ESTABLISHED 1841. THE MERCANTILE AGENCY R.G. Dun & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, nm 3 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, Grand Raid Office, Room 4, Widizon Bldg, HENRY ROYCE, Supt. THE FIRE + INS. co. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. T.STEWART WHITE, Pres’t. W. Frep McBarn, Sec’y. a ; at : ROOD & RYAN, ATTORNEYs aT Law. GRAND Rapips, Mica. WIDDICOMB BUILDING. Attorneys for R. G. DUN & CO. References—Foster, Stevens & Co., Ball-Barn- hart-Putman Co., Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., H. Leonard & Sons, Voigt, Herpolsheimer «& Co., Peck Bros., National City Bank, Olney & Judson Grocer Co., R. G. Dun & Co., Hazeltine & Per- kins Drug Co., State Bank of Michigan, Trades man Company. 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, C. A. CUMINGS, Cc. E. BLOCK. Ad. a scien — bo Mont we Sl. Eyes tested for spectacles free of cost wiht latestimproved methods. Glasses in every style at moderate prices. Artificial human eyes of every color. Sign of big spectacles. KNGRAWINGic Buildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles. PHOTO woop TRADESMAN CO Grand Rapids, Mich. JOHN RUE’S JOKE. John Howard Rue was a merchant | prince—that is, he was the owner of the largest dry goods store in Superior, which gave him a legal right to the title in that vicinity at least. He was a keen, shrewd business man, honest and straightforward in all his dealings, and with a countenance so open that trades- people trusted him implicitly. The establishment over which John Rue presided was not a department store and he didn’t advertise it as such. True, it occupied two floors, but then the rooms were not large and the goods not placed on the shelves in that compact manner so characteristic of the large city stores. Still he did a prosperous busi- ness, and since the opening of the great Silurian mines near the town his trade had increased considerably. Susan Buer was one of the three sales- women employed in the store, and, being the youngest, there devolved upon her all the odd duties which were not thought to be in keeping with the dignity of the other employes. Susan was not ugly, but just common—common girls are al- ways called Susan. She was such-a hard worker, so accommodating and even tempered that you liked her just a little in spite of yourself. Susan was the es- pecial delight of the old ladies, and made much of by the children. Mr. Rue thought a great deal of little, plain, common Susan and with good rea- son. Two years. “before, “when his wife was ill with typhoid fever and no nurse could be had, she went to the house and attended her, lavishing all the attention and care of a daughter on the sick woman. The other clerks were almost sure it was mock sympathy displayed to obtain a higher position in the store, but their suspicion, like all idle gossip, proved to have no foundation. The good lady had died and Susan re- sumed her place at the store, with no perceptible change in her manner. Mr. Rue may have talked to her oftener and more confidingly since then, but no one could say she had not done a kind, noble action; and why should he not feel grateful? It was Christmas eve. The great crowd of customers which had thronged the store all day had departed, leaving the clerks half buried in the immense pile ef goods which had been pulled down for inspection. John Rue stood by his desk looking abstractedly into adark corner. He was revolving a great question in his mind and was oblivious to all surroundings. Indeed, it was not until Mr. Worder shoved the great shutters into place with a loud bang that the proprietor was awakened to asense or his surroundings. Christmas trade was over, certainly, and now John Rue would distribute pres- ents to the clerks and then go home. He called the clerks. ‘*You shall select your own gifts this year,” he said. ‘What do you wish, Miss Hoyt?” ‘“Me? Oh, I should like a dozen of those silk handkerchiefs so much.”’ **And you, Miss Sherwood?’’ ‘Do you mean to give me anything IL wish?” “Certainly.”’ ‘*Well, I do want a muff and boa.’’ ‘““Very well. Mr. Worder, just get down a set of furs for Miss Sherwood.” ‘““Now, Susan’’—everybody addressed Susan by her given name—‘‘what do you want?” “T really don’t know, Mr. Rue; I am supplied with everything I need,” re- plied Susan. ‘Did you ever see such a simpleton?’’ whispered Miss Hoyt to Jennie, who was standing near. ‘‘Actually throwing awa her chance of getting a present!”’ “Can’t you think of anything at all?’’ continued Mr. Rue. “Not athing, unless—yes, you might send me a husband.” It was really the only witty remark they had ever heard her make, and that fact made it so ridiculously funny that they all laughed. ‘*Very well,’’ said the proprietor, still smiling, ‘‘Vll find you one in the morn- ing. Mr. Worder, you will find your present in this envelope. I wish you all a merry Christmas; good night.’’ John Rue walked toward his hotel with a broad smile on his face, which every few minutes seemed to get beyond control and break into an audible laugh. People passing on the street turned to look at him, trying, if possible, to see what amused him so much, but John did not notice their amazement— he was planning something. Susan Buer arose the next morning and busied herself in the preparation of the Christmas dinner. They were to have a real feast, her two little brothers, her mother and herself, and there was not a little labor connected with its prepara- tion. There was the turkey to roast, the eranberry sauce to make and the plumb pudding, which must be just right to be good; all this Susan had undertaken after getting her mother to promise not to interfere. She was just about to put her hands into the flour when some one knoeked at the door and a man in blue overalls entered. ‘‘Please, miss, you’ll have to sign this yourself,’’ said the young man, extending a bit of paper; ‘‘your mother took the package into the parlor.” Susan wondered a little as she reached for the paper. It was a receipt and read: “Received of John Howard Rue, in good order, one model husband.’’ “Write your name on the bottom line,” said the expressman. Susan couldn’t understand what meant. The paper plainly said model husband;” could it be that Mr. Rue had carried the joke so far. She looked at the expressman. There was just a suspicion of a twitch in the corners of his mouth, and for a minute she felt she could kill him with good grace. it *fone possible She signed her name and dropped into achair. Here was a pretty pickle; what if the husband was areal live one? Su- san wished the house would fall, but it never stood so firmly. The walls didn’t even quiver with the combined noise of ahorn and drum in the hands of the youngsters. Just then her mother came in. “Susan, the expressman just left a present for you; it is in the parlor.” This last was too much, and Susan burst out laughing at the ridiculous situ- ation in which found herself. She couldn’t back out now, and she went into the front room. Fifteen minutes later she she returned to the sitting room where her mother and the two little boys were. She had her Christmas gift with her, and seemed to be perfectly reconciled to it. It was Mr. Rue, actually blushing, with a big tag on his coat containing Susan’s name and ad- dress. They are married now, and Mrs. Rue - strictly forbids him to allow the clerks to choose their own Christmas presents. JACK Topp. i — Ble Growth of the Coupon Book Business. One of the marked tendencies of the present business depression is the great number of merchants who are abandon- ing the pass book and other antiquated charging systems and adopting the spot cash system absolutely, or a combination of the cash and coupon book system, which isa happy medium between the oldtime charging system and cash. This is practically the same as the cash business, as it enables the mer- chant to put his business on a cash basis, the coupon book restricting the time and line of credit, which is almost impossible in the the book. The Tradesman Company was the pioneer in introducing the coupon book system in this country and has kept pace with the growing demand by the adoption of fre- quent improvements and the tion of special absolute case of pass introduc- so that its output is now greater than that of all its competitors combined. machinery, Among its cus- tomers are included merchants in every state and territory in the Union, all of whom are strong in praise of the system, as its use enables the dealer to avoid all the and annoyances incident to the pass book and all other charging sys- tems. losses —_——_ >_> <——__—_—_——— A creditor seldom goes so far as to seize a coftin about to be carried to the grave. But this happened in the open street in Berlin a few days ago, and ereated considerable excitement and great indignation. A cabinetmaker’s wagon had just stopped in front of a house near the Alexander-Platz in the German capital, with a coffin for the wife of a locomotive engineer who had died. As the coffin was about to be borne into the house an Official of the court appeared, placed his seal upon the oaken box and ordered it transferred to the Berlin pawn-office. ‘The official had acted on behalf of a relentless creditor. The engineer pleaded in vain for the cof- fin. The record fails to say whether he succeeded in getting another. 2 A SUMMER OUTING, WITH RE- FLECTIONS. Written for THE TRADESMAN. It is an agreeable change for anyone to step from behind the counter, whether it be in the city or country, and drive over the roads of a well-settled and pros- perous agricultural region, in the glori- ous days of summer, drinking healthy draughts froma fresh and invigorating atmosphere not charged with carbona- ceous compounds, nor trembling with the vibration of machinery and the rush of moving trains. There is a restful quietness in this primitive method of conveyance that brings forgetfulness of the year’s commercial round. LBGehind an old roan mare, my faithful tractor in many previous summer jaunts, | sit in an easy-riding covered carriage and sur- vey the wonderful aspects of nature as they appear under the quickening rays of aJuly sun. Up hill and down dale, over level road, now winding through patches of forest glade and anon toiling through interminable furlongs of dry sand, which crunches beneath the wheels with a dreary, swishing sound, while here and there a glimpse of lake or river sparkling in the pleasure to the prospect—thus with fre- quent rests each day wasspent, and morn always found the appetite eager for more road and more scenery. It is like viewing a panorama, only the pictures are stationary and are seen from a point that is constantly moving. There is but little movement visible the landscape as the scroll seems to unwind its ever changing beauties before eyes. Of the hard working farmer seldom gets a glimpse. There instead of activity every dwelling. tises the Stretches of on one’s one is repose the vicinity of A dog sometimes adver- fact that the house is inhabited, by making a noisy demonstration and a few awkward sallies from the front gate to warn off intruders. child of tender years appears asif to join in Once in a while a the dog in his remonstrances. the from behind, blows comes a cloud of yellow fluttering side like will-o’-the-wisps. It is to Indian prince, like the Nawab of Rampur, trav- On gentle breeze, when it butterflies floating and either easy on imagine one’s self an eling in state through his dominions, and ! satellites one’s Often the and as the rideron his these gayly colored re- tainers and subjects. of a bell is heard, safety he-seems to glides noiselessly on, fitinto the pageant as a courier sent ahead A littie later in to announce one’s coming. in the season, if one starts the early morning, on either side of the road can be seen hundreds of dainty laces spread on the dewy grass, magnificent profusion and royal waste, heard a buzzing earrying out the idea of Occasionally there is sound from some meadow out of sight to machine at that experienced ears a On the hill to the right the revolving arms of a bind- ing reaper that life is not alto- gether stagnant, as the proclaims mowing work. show force field. with horse automatic moves unheard by us over the the workers, Memory recalls olden time gangs of whereas now power and brain power shorten the labors And so the curious product of man’s invention of harvest, once so excessive. moves in shortened swaths around field, not to destroy, least space of time the ripened grain. Once in a while my sensitive beast starts in fright as an object appears by the roadside, but her fears are quieted when ' been deaf and dumb, I could have easily ' Send for catalogue. sunshine adds | tinkle | the | ! but to gather in the tee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. sober second view recognizes a human form in the calico and sunbonnet so dili- gently engaged gathering berries from the bushes that flourish in the fence cor- ners. At times abusy group of threshers in some farmyard greets the vision, and the rattle of the separator singing a merry harvest refrain is heard, while the stack of refuse slowly rises to an ; immense height, and the golden grain is borne to the dark recesses of the garner. Only as one comes to compact settlements and stops at the village store is the silent communion with Nature inter- rupted by contact with men and the interchange of talk about the weather or business; for, be it known, it was not wholly from love of Nature or a wish for change that lured me to this roving life for a season. A traveler, if he keep his eyes open, is always learning something, be he globe-trotter or only a wanderer over the limits of his own county. A lesson in geography, when learned in earliest school days, was no more difficult than what I have lately been forced to acquire by painful experience. So long as I traveled where the country was level and the roads divided it into squares of a mile each, I could see my way clear to any place desired by a simple mental diagram that was as easy as the first few moves of a tyro in a game of checkers. But where river, lake, swamp or steep irregularity of surface forbade a rectan- gular system of roadmaking, that por- tion, in addition to being a terra incog- nita, was often a labyrinth that ocea- sioned noend of perplexity and delay. On leaving each town and cautiously en- quiring of someone most likely to know the chorography of his vicinity, 1 re- ceived directions that were well meant and only partially obscure. As Hope and I advanced together the way seemed clear enough until, following the well- used highway that twisted in and out to avoid material obstacles, | came sudden- ly upon a divided passage not mentioned by my at the start, and, what was worse, there was no house in sight, nor human being of whom adviser to seek coun- The doctrine of chances is not a comfortable thing to cling to in sucha strait. but it often offers | tion of the problem. intuition sel. the only solu- In some cases my me out all right, but information compelled brought more often later mie to retrace my of my mare—or those zo much further than I steps—or rather | should to reach the proper destination. 1 | Onee, desiring to go from a town in | the edge of called I received five or six different directions at as many points on the road. Finally, after losing both my way and patience, | brought up ata Jackson county toa place Pentacost, lost and canceled from the because I could find no native of given up as map, locality. ;to a railway station and to town and |ereature comforts. Thence it was easy to find a path blazed ahead, that | soon got ‘‘out of the wilderness” and safe | home once more. so I well remember acertain summer in | special purpose, to thoroughly canvass a 1 | county in Lllinois. My route lay ove ‘most of the roads then in use, and, had ; store in a small hamlet | really desired | to visit, but which for days I had entirely | that region able to determine its exact | Luckily I secured information | here thatin less than an hour brought me | the forties when it became my duty, for a| TRADE’S DULL! OP COURSE IT Is. He is simply stocked up with all kinds of unealled for, un- known and unsaleable goods under the delusive idea of a greater profit; has recommend- ed them to customers in place of tried, reliable and_ staple brands. Result—questionable customers of doubtful credit; the best trade is soon dissatis- fied with the “Unknown” brand of goods and gives its patronage to reliable dealers. You will find that the Gail Borden “RAGLE BRAND” Condensed Milk is the leading one in all the principal and successful stores. It will pay you to sell it if you do not. PREPARED BY THE New York Condensed Mik Go | iT HAS NO EQUAL. Chocolate Cooler Co., MANUFACTURERS OF hi X pedes8 me Nain UPREsE ey Tet | Pecan nition peton age i e signature, ; | io B "DRE yo conmenseo S “HudsonStrest NewYork — tig 5 KNOCK DOWN TABLES AND SHELY AND MANUFACTURERS AGENT FOR * Koch Adjustable Brack- ets for Shelving. This combination renders the furniture of a store portable—not fixtures, to be retained by the landlord and utilized by the next tenant. This arrangement move his store furniture enables the merchant to more quickly and easily than he can move his stock, | thus enabling him to resume business in a new loca- tion without loss of valuable time. Samples of each line on exhibition at office, 8315 MICHIGAN TRUST CO. BUILDING. if you cannot visit office, | } } | » te SS te » On ot car, I te found my way to every place desired, be- cause of the signs tbat hailed my atten- tion whenever indecision called a halt. We are accustomed to compare the present with the past, to the disadvan- tage of the latter as lacking in intelli- gence and public spirit in regard to local enterprise; but one thing is certain, the men of the past generation knew enough to put guideboards where they were most needed by the wayfaring nonresi- dent. It seems to be taken for granted to-day that because a free public school system has placed, at reasonable distances all over this broad land of ours, neat and comfortable houses where maps galore adorn the walls and local and physical geography are part of the curriculum, no special effort is needed in the direc- tion of affording practical knowledge to the public who are forced to travel on the highways. In old times when edu- eational facilities were few and scatter- ing, and to be obtained only by money tuition paid in installments, the people felt that at least one kind of knowledge should be free. So at every crossroad where human intelligence could not, by prima facie evidence or parole testimony, easily discern the direction one wished to go, a guideboard was set up, with finger pointed to each name of place likely to be the object of enquiry, and also the number of miles that lay be- tween. This boasted age of progress and per- fected inventions has given us nothing so good in this line save once in a while a telegraph wire stretching along from one town to another. Signs there are then in plenty on board fences and on barns, but all placed to serve the selfish purpose of some dealer in the next town, calling the attention of the reader to some wonderful medicine, tooth powder or cosmetic, or advertising this, that or the other concern as the only place where the buyer can get the worth of his money. ‘To one who travels these roads for the first time and, coming to where the path bisects, halts in a quandary as to what way to go next, it is like seeing the face of an old friend to find a large board nailed to the trunk of a tree just ahead. But who shall describe his vex- ation when, on investigation of that friendly looking sign, the announcement stares him in the face that ‘‘Slocum & Co., of Gunter’s Mills, are slaughtering a large stock of boots and shoes; also clothing and dry goods at prices one-third off from bankrupt rates?” When the next fork is reached, another board with its back to one’s vision appears. Eagerly searching for deliverance from doubt, on scanning the printed side the disgusted traveler reads that ‘‘An auction sale of blooded stock will take place in Hooger- hideville;’? or is informed that ‘‘the annual pienic of the Out and Outers will occur on such and such a date.” Thus, in one of the most intelligent and popu- lous counties of the State, where maps and information abound free as the air we breathe, one cannot travel from Rome to Snedicor’s Corners by private convey- ance without falling among the thieves of disappointment who steal away hope and courage by counterfeit enticements, leaving one in a state of mind productive only of anathemas that strangely contrast with the holy calm of country air and cheerful sunshine. Musing on this theme I find myself wishing I were a tenfold millionaire and THE MICHIGAN about to decide how my name should go down to posterity through the use of a portion of my enormous wealth. Unlike most wholesale givers eager to endow universities that fill the land with a sur- plus of graduates educated beyond their opportunities for usefulness, I would make a departure, though my name might never be advertised through the same channels, nor glitter in letters of gold on the front marbles of some archi- tectural wonder as a memorial of liberal- ity. Rather would I scatter my millions through every country district in this great land, leaving in every spot where ignorance enquires the way an answer true and legible. These friendly guides, in enduring colors on material lasting as the skill of man could procure, should stand for all time visible reminders that, in my love for humanity, I chose to put the wealth so many squanderin a form where it would be constantly seen and acknowledged as a boon by millions of my grateful countrymen. S. P. WHITMARSH. —_——~». << —___—_—— Revival May Be Swift. From the Northwestern Lumberman. There is one feature of the situation favorable to a speedy revival of trade when the tide shall fairly turn from dullness to comparative activity. When the June panic sent currency into hiding and prostrated credit, manufacturers were obliged to slow down in production, run on reduced time, and many shut down entirely. Merchants to a large ex- tent stopped purchasing new goods, though consumption of those on hand went forward steadily. This stagnation in the movement of manufactured goods and wares came at a time when there was no great surplus on hand in most lines. If it had come when there had been large overproduction, the result would have been much more disastrous than it was. Furthermore, the fact that the panic came when there was an active movement of products, simply for the reason that there had been little over- production and general prosperity, is a guarantee that when confidence shall be fully restored and people go about their business again with faith in the future, there will be an immediate and pro- nounced revival of demand. For this reason we may not look for such a long period of depression as followed the erisis of 1873. The country is ripe for an advance. It is seen that the panic was largely a seare about national finances and the gold and silver question, which the average business man knows little about and can prove less by actual contact with the forces that govern pub- lie affairs. Convince the average man that the trouble is over and he will go to work with zeal to make up for lost time. Invigorating fall weather will make much difference with the mood of the people, especially in the Northern States. It will be found, when trade shall be re- sumed with confidence, that the supply of various kinds of products has run low, and it will be necessary to push business with energy to meet the demand. From various points comes the intelligence, through press and commercial agency reports, that trade is picking up in this, that and the other lines. This shows that the new energy in business is begin- ning to be felt. One line starts another, and it will not be long before the volume of trade, swelled to large proportions, will be rolling over the land. —_—__—_—>- Eleazer C. Shaw, 86 years old, is the veteran merchant, in point of both years and experience, in Portland, Me., but he never fails to be at his store at 7 o’clock every morning, and enjoys the health and vigor of a man of 60. He is said to have been the first drummer who ever made a trip through the State with sam- ples. That was in 1846, and his sale on the occasion of $1,000 worth of goods was considered large. The young doctor cannot expect to do a spanking business the moment he hangs out his shingle. TRADESMAN. GLAXIER THE NO 6: ARE THE BEST OF THEIR KIND. prasren TEVENS ihiactimienct "I so a 3 Oil Neaters WE ARE AGENTS FOR AB WILGOX HEAT LIGHT 60 AND THE STOWE 60. a Qe 9 MODEL, HEATER WRITE US FOR A CATALOGUE. AS WELL AS HE PERFECT 0 MONRO ST. S & CLOTHING MERCHANTS! We have fall stock. ready-made better, few Michigan representative, Norice—William Connor will gan Fair week. Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., on Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday, Sept. 20, 21 and 22, West Michi- decided not to carry over any of our It will pay you well to see our line of clothing of every description; none as cheap; and these reduced prices place us lowest of all, as every vesture must be closed out. Write our WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., and he will soon be with you. MICHAEL KOOL & GON, WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. be at Sweets CUSTOMERS’ EXPENSES ALLOWED. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE, AROUND THE STATE. Detroit Pie Co. Detroit—G. A. Berg has sold stock to Peter J. Sauer. - Nashville—F. G. Baker has bakery to P. H. Brumm. Detroit—P. F. Nasmyth succeeds John H. Ruxton inthe drug business. Sturgis—Jas. Ryan succeeds Ryan & his drug sold his Newman in the grocery business. Hadley—Stimpson Bros. succeed Salis- burg & Stimpson in general! trade. Saginaw—Frank Profka succeeds F. J. Shoemaker in the grocery business. Burr. Oak—VanEtta & Crandell suc- eeed M. O. Rockwell in the drug busi- ness. Ovid—Haight & Morehouse succeed Haight & Bement in the millinery busi- ness. Mulliken—H. P. French has purchased the building which he occupies with his drug stock. Carleton—Mrs. P. O. Coverth has re- moved her millinery stock from Dundee to this place. St. Johns—L. J. Calkins & Co., grocers, have dissolved, L. J. Calkins continuing the business. Ishpeming — Thoney Hoch & Thoney Bros. in the wholesale Bros. succeed liquor business. Cadillae—Robt. MeCormick has re- moved his harness business from Au Sable to this place. Iron Mountain—H. ceeded by Nelson, Thorstenson & Co. in Borgren is sue- the baking business. Bad Axe—Donaldson & Kewley, drug- gists, have dissolved, O. E. Kewley con- tinuing the business. Matchwood — Larson & Schumacher, D. Co. continuing the business. Blissfield—Rothfuss & Co., grocers and hardware dealers, have dissolved, How- land & Rothfuss succeeding. Bellaire—H. A. Snyder & Co. are suc- ceeded by Hemstreet Bros. & Snyder in grocers, have dissolved, Hubbard & the grocery and feed business. Tekonsha—Simonson & Doolittle, boot and shoe dealers, have dissolved, Byron G. Doolittle continuing the business. Hastings — Frank Beamer has_ pur- chased the grocery stock of G. K. Beamer and will continue the business at the same location. 3aldwin — Thomas Heffernan, the druggist, has purchased the Oecidental Hotel nish the house. property and will refit and refur- Central Lake—Dennis Crothers has purchased the furniture stock of C. H. Whittington and will continue the busi- ness at the same location. Mancelona—C. P. Phillips chased J. L. Beebe’s stock of dry goods, groceries, boots has pur- and shoes, and moved the same to his own building. Paris—J. L. & Co. sold their drug stock only to Bradley & Co. They and will continue Davenport have stock at the their the retain grocery business same location. Ypsilanti—cC. F. Comstock has retired from the dry goods firm of E. M. Com- stock & Co., Burt H. Comstock Frank McKinstry being admitted to part- The style of the firm remains and nership. the same. Greenville—G. C. Townsend, formerly engaged in general trade and the hotel but for the past business at Baldwin, | | few years engaged in the land and lum- ber business at Kenton, has leased the Sanders House, at this place, where he Detroit—Sequin & Boehrt succeed the | will be pleased to meet his former friends among the traveling fraternity. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Harrison—Wilber Merchant will erect a stave and heading mill in connection with his sawmill here. Lilley—C. H. Myers has ceased cutting | Shingles at his mill at this place and will hereafter devote his entire attention to his shingle mill at Wellston, Manistee county. Cheboygan—Thompson Smiths’ Sons, at Dunean City, have 20,000,000 feet of lumber piled on their mill docks await- ing shipment. The docks of nearly every mili in Cheboygan are full. Saginaw—The shingle mill of S. W. Tyler & Son, which has been shut down two weeks on account of the depression, started again with a full crew, and will doubtless continue until the close of the season. Lake George— The Church shingle mill shut down a week ago for two days to make slight repairs. The firm has a large stock of logs on hand and tributary to the mill, and if business continues to pick up intend to run the mill all winter. Hesperia—J. D. Gowell, who recently purchased the interest of A. Burton in the shingle mill and general stock of Gowell & Burton, has sold a half inter- est in the business to F. E. Woodraff. The new firm will as Gowell & Woodruff. Saginaw—cC. K. be known Eddy & Sons some time ago purchased a large tract of Can- adian timber, and last fall they pur- chased a camp outfit and a small body of timber, including a quantity of logs. They have started camps, and the future stock of their large mill here will chiefly come from Canada. Bay City—The situation in financial circles has materially brightened. Cur- rency is becoming more plentiful and the banks are accommodating business men more freely in the matter of discounts. There is also awakened inquiry for lumber and shingles, and a number of that have idle are starting an mills been again. Saginaw—John G. Owen, who operates a sawmill at Owendale, expected to shut down twoweeks ago owing to the the strin- gency in the money market and inability to sell lumber, but having received some orders he decided to keep the mill in motion and itis still running and now he expects that he will be able to continue without a stop. Mancelona—The Antrim Chemical Co. has been organized to embark in the man- ufacture of wood alcohol from smoke drawn from the charcoal kilns of the An- trim Iron Co. The smoke will be drawn from the kilns by means of fans, and conducted to the condensing through a large wooden pipe, whence it passes through various processes in the manufacture of alcohol. The new corpo- ration has ample capital, and will imme- diately begin the construction of a plant 590 feet in length. The works will be in operation by Dec. 1. room Menominee—The mills are still run- ning full time. Many of them are put- ting in overtime, and three or four are running night and day. It would ap- pear that the managers are doing their best to see how quickly the stock of logs now on hand and those which are com- ing into the booms can be consumed. | The yards and docks are still crowded to | their utmost capacity, notwithstanding | the fact that lake shipments alone have increased 50 per cent. since our last re- port. Over 6,000,000 feet will go to Buffalo this week, and up to date eight of the largest Lake Michigan carriers have arrived and departed, which would represent a total shipment of over 10,- 000,000 feet. oe —_— 2 —— Weekly Report of Secretary Mills. GRAND Rapips, Sept. 16—Certificates of membership have been issued to the following new members: 3322 Joseph Marks, Saginaw. 3323 A. C. Rockwell, Grand Rapids. 3324 David Goldstein, St. Louis, Mo. 3325 Sam. R. Thrush, Ludlow, Ky. 3326 H. C. Howells, Hartwell, Ohio. Proofs of the deathof Brother William VanBuren, Lansing, who died Aug. 27 of heart disease, have been received at this office, and will be paid from the sur- plus now in the treasury. As the evenings are now growing longer, | would suggest that the officers of posts take measures to arrange for regular meetings and to make arrange- ments for the coming convention in Sag- inaw, as it is meet that as this has been the most prosperous year in our history that we close the record with one of the most. successful as well as enjoyable annual meetings’ in our existence. The Saginaw mem- bers are making royal preparations for our entertainment and 1 can assure every member that it will be time profit- ably spent to arrange to be present. Our Railroad Committee is now engaged in an effort to secure a special rate of one fare for the round trip. The hotel contracts are now in the printer’s hands and will be ready for de- livery next week, by the Hotel Commit- tee, which has been largely increased by Chairman F. M. Douglass, for this pur- pose. The time for the payment of assess- ments No. 3 and 4 has been extended to Sept. 25. L. M. MILLS, Sec’y. a lt From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: J. W. Milliken, Traverse City. H. E. Hogan, South Boardman. O. P. DeWitt, St. Johns. D. E. Crandall, Grawn. L. R. Lansing, Wayland. W. D. Hopkinson, Paris. H. Wilensky, East Jordan. F. D. Saunders, Sheffield. A, Purchase, So. Blendon. C. F. Alderton, Saginaw. T. H. Atkins, West Carlisle. Hiram Munger, Sullivan. Cc. F. Walker, Glen Arbor. Nelson & Sieber, Leland. Reed & Brown, Suntield. Walker Bros., Levering. W. W. Galloway, Mesick. A. Rogers, Ravenna. John Cazier, Conklin. Sullivan Lumber Co., Sullivan. C. H. Myers, Wellston. A. McKay, New Lathrop. J. F. Moloney, Cheboygan. Leland Lumber Co., Leland. Gowell & Woodruff, Hesperia. Frank Hamilton, Traverse City. N. Bouma, Fisher. Chas. V. Riegler, Freeport. B. Voorhorst, Overisel. ~~ + Seven Old Maxims. “Tt is well to moor your bark with two anchors.’’ ‘**A good reputation is more valuable than money.” ‘‘Learn to seein another’s calamity the ills which you should avoid.’’ “Everyone excels in something which another fails.” “Fortune is like glass—the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.”’ ‘“‘Any one can hold the helm when the sea is smooth.’’ ‘In every enterprise consider where you would come out.” in PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Pippins, Wines, Greenings and Kings are about all there are in market. They com- mand $2.25@2.75 per bbl. Cooking apples R@ 2.25 per bbl. Beans — Dry stock is beginning to arrive. Handlers pay $! for country cleaned and 91.10 for country picked. Butter — Higher. Dealers pay 21@22c for choice diary and hold at 23@%ac. Factory creamery is In moderate demand at 28c. Cabbage—Home grown, #2@3 per 100. Carrots—25e per bushel. Cauliflower—#1.50 per doz. Cranberries—The present crop promises to be a full one, according to the reports of the Amer- ican Cranberry Growers’ Association. That body has agreed to contribute three per cent. of the crop of its members for export to Europe in hopes of establishing a foreign market. Celery—Home grown commands 15 @ 16¢c per doz. Cucumbers—50e per bu. Eggs—Slightly stronger. holding at 11c. Egg Plant—$1.£0 per doz. Grapes—Concords and Wordens command 2¢ per Ib , and Niagaras bring 2c. At these prices there is little, if any, profit to the producer. Honey—White clover commands 12%c per Ib, dark buckwheat brings 10e. Melons—Watermelons command 12 @15¢e for Indiana and 3@5c forhome grown. Osage bring 50e per doz., and Musk 20@25c per doz. Peaches—Old Mixons, $1.25 per bu; Chilis, $1.50; late Crawford’s, $1.75. This promises to be a big week with the late varieties, Pears—Bartletts and Flemish Beauties com- mand $1.50 per bu. Clapp’s Favorites go at $1.25@1.50. Plumbs—Lombards, Blue Dealers pay 13c, Damsons and Green Gages are scarce and high, commanding 8@2.50 per bu. Potatoes—Dealers pay 55¢ per bu., holding at 60c. The advance of 5c per bu. is caused by drought and prospect of short crop. Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys command $4.50 and Baltimores #4 per bbl. The latter stock is the finest of the kind which ever came to this mar ket. Tomatoes—5Sve per bu. Turnips—see per bu. —— oe <—-~ Coffee—The market on Rio grades is strong, consequent upon the revolution in Brazil, and manufacturers of package goods have advanced their quotations Lie. 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. r= SALE—The only meat m tin a town of 400 inhabitants, doing a good trade. New building good lumber slaughter house and ice house. For particulars address Box 21, South Boardman, Mich, 78d ANTED—POSITION AS DRUG CLERK by a young lady, graduate, registered in Michigan. Good references furnished, Ad- dress Box 46, Brooklyn, Green Co., Wiscon sin. T82 J ANTED - CLERKSHIP IN A WHOLESALE or retall grocery or clothing establish- ment, Best references. Address No. 783, care Michigan Tradesman. 783 _ PARTNER, EITHER ACTIVE or silent, in a paying retail shoe business on one of the principal streets in Grand Rapids. Object. to increase capital commensurate with demand of trade. Address, 784, care Michigan Tradesman. U8 AN acee OR CLERKSHIP WANTED—BY P a competent, sober and industrious phar- macist, ten years’ experience, eare Michigan Tradesman. TINO EXCHANGE—A STOCK OF MERCHAN- dise for unencumbered farm or city prop- erty. Address 222 Washington Ave. N., Lan sing, Michigan. 778 QWOR SALE—Drug stock in business town of 1,200 inhabitants in Eastern Michigan, trib- utary to large farming trade; lake and rail freights; only two drug stores in town; rent, $200 per year; stock will inventory $2,500; sales #20 aday. Reason for selling, owner wishes to retire from business. Address No. %52, care Michigan Tradesman. 752 ANTED—A practical druggist, with some capital, to take charge of a first-class drug store. Address C. L. Brundage, opera house block, Muskegon, Mich. 756 USINESS HOUSE AND STOCK OF GRO ceries for sale on Union street. Will sell at a bargain. Address box 634, Traverse City, Address No. 781, G31 Mich. 747 OOKS ON WINDOW DRESSING. Window supplies of every description. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. HARRY HARMAN, The Window Dresser, Decorator and Supplier, Room 1204 Woman’s Temple, Chicago. « e / a ' « o a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Trumble & Baxter have opened a gro- cery store on Evergreen avenue. Ernest Graves has purchased the gro- cery stock of Geo. Orr, at 1066 Madison avenue, and will eontinue the business at that location. Bonnell has sold his bakery Gc. C. business Herring, chased the grocery stock of D. B. Monroe & Co., at 704 Wealthy avenue. at 307 Jefferson avenue to Mr. late of Jackson, and has pur- The Lemon & Wheeler Company bid in the Freeman general stock, at Mance- lona, at chattel mortgage sale, for $2,450. The company will coniinue the business | until an opportunity to sell the stock is presented, having placed the business in | the hands of J. M. Flanagan, whose ex- | perience with bankrupt stocks is wide and varied. ce oo i Purely Personal. Cc. S. Udell, of the S. P. Bennett Fuel and Ice Co., is spending a few days in | Chicago. O. A. Ball and daughter, Miss Jessie Ball, go to Chicago Wednesday for a few days at the World’s Fair. Fred Kineaid, manager of the Hines drug stock, at Hersey, was married last week to Miss Gooch, of the same place. Plin M. Grice, Grice & Gay, at Allegan, was married one day last week to a charming Allegan lady. Eli Lyons, general dealer at Altona, is rejoicing over the advent of a boy who was born on the third anniversary of his daughter’s birth. Cc. F. Walker, general dealer at Glen Arbor, was in town last week. Owing to the poor condition of Grand Rapids water, he left the city as soon as possible for Chicago. David Holmes, manager of the Elk Rapids Iron Co.’s mercantile department, at Elk Rapids, was in town a couple of days last week on his way home from the World’s Fair. Geo. F* Cook, the Grove general dealer, was in town Monday on his way to the Fair. He was accompanied by his wife and J. V. Crandall, who was for many years engaged in trade and the lumber business at Crandall’s Corners near Sand Lake. ’, KE. Storrs, State Dairy and Food Com- missioner, was intown Saturday on his way from Lansing to his home at North Muskegon. Mr. Storrs has made a com- of the drug firm of pilation of the food laws of the State and | the copy is now in the hands of the printer. Wm. C. Nelson, of the Leland Lumber Co., was in town last week as a delegate to the Mr. Nel- son is also a member of the firm of Nel- son & Sieber, general dealers, besides publishing a newspaper, with time to spare for sporting and politics. “Tony”? DeKruif, the Zeeland drug- gist, who has been at the U. B. A. Home here several weeks under the eare of Dr. R. M. Luton, has recovered his health sufficiently to permit his returning home. He is rapidly gaining in strength and Maccabee convention. again. cS. mM, next week for his first inspection of the Fair. He has arranged with Fred Ball to ac- company him as chaperon, but will be compelled to secure the services of an- other guide when he reaches the Mid- Lemon to Chicago goes | wealth and social station, as it is one nity befitting an official representative way, owing to Mr. Ball’s utter ignorance of the various attractions in that depart- ment of the show. The appointment of Dr. Chas. S. Haz- eltine, President of the Hazeltine & Per- | kins Drug Co., to the position of Consul lat Milan, Italy, is a compliment to the appointee, the house of which he is the | head, the city and the State. |tine is in every respect well qualified to discharge the duties of the position, and Dr. Hazel- will lend to the office the grace and dig- of cigar manufacturers of Troy, covering Central and Northern New York. Six months later he engaged with G. W. Van Slyke & Co., of Albany, for whom he itraveled in the Empire State for some time, removing to Grand Rapids twelve years ago, where he has since resided. He was married Oct. 20, Henrietta F. Nickerson, of Appleton, Wis., and has two children, Fred Hyman, who is connected with the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co., and Miss Jennie, who is attending school. 1868, They reside in this great republic. The consulate at|a handsome home of their own at 145 Milan is greatly sought for by men of|Paris avenue, where good cheer and of the few positions within the gift of the | government that social -arries with it high standing and wide acquaintance with the best people of two continents. Dr. Hazeltine and family are well versed in the social amenities of life, and their residence in Milan will reflect credit on them and the country whose official rep- resentatives they are. Gripsack Brigade. Jose A. Gonzalez has recovered from bis recent illness and left Monday for a trip through Indiana. A. L. Wirth, traveling manager for the National Distilling Co., of Milwaukee, was in town several days last week. He represents the yeast department of the corporation, which does business under the style of the Red Star Compressed Yeast. Robert Hanna, formerly connected with the cigar department of the Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co., has engaged to travel for the Banner Cigar Co., of De- troit. His territory will include all of the available towns Michi- gan. in Western Richard B. Sheeran, who was the first traveling salesman employed by Foster, Stevens & Co., and who subsequently assisted in the organization of the Gunn Hardware Co. and acted as General Man- ager of the business for a couple of years, died at his home in Detroit last week, at the age of 40, from rheumatism of the heart. At the time of his death he was connected with the Northville Knife Co. He was well known to the taade of this State and was popular with all who knew him. The funeral was held at St. Aloysius Church Friday morning. Robt. B. Hyman was born at Troy, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1843. He resided there with his parents until 12 years of age, when his parents removed to Gloversville, where his father started the first paper box factory in Fulton county. Here the young man attended a private school, which afterwards obtained considerable notoriety as anacademy, taking the Eng- iand the Shenandoah Valley under Sheri- flesh and will soon be behind the counter dan. ville and embarked in the grocery trade. | and flow of the market last week carried | He was discharged at Savannah, | iH ane | and in October, 1865, returned to Glovers- | good living always prevail. Mr. Hyman | covers the entire State of Michigan, and is probably as well known as any man in the business. Many know him as ‘Up and Up,’’ by which nickname he is known wherever he goes. He isa hearty liver and a jovial good fellow, and the world would be none the worse if it were full of just such fellows. $9 <> The Hardware Market. We are pleased to note that general | trade is getting a little better, and along with it comes an easier feeling in the money stringency. Any great revival this fall, however, we do not expect, as all dealers feel disposed to go slow and only buy what they find is absolutely necessary and what they can _ pay for. This, we believe, is the right course to pursue. Be careful what you sell, and use care in your buying and spring will find every merchant in good condition. There is but little change in all lines of hardware. Wire Nails—Still scarce, owing to the long stoppage of all mills, but now they are starting up, one by one, and assort- ments will soon be plenty. The manu- facturers have, yet, been unable to agree on any plan to secure better prices, and it looks now if there would be no higher price this fall, $1.65 @1.70 being the present price. Lead Pipe—Has fluctuated in quite a little of late, but at present 5c in full coils is asked. Pig lead has ad- vaneed $8 a ton, owing to the closing down of the silver mines, as most of the pig lead is mined from silver bearing rock. Shot—In sympathy with the advance in lead, shot has gone up 10 cents a bag, $1.50 for drop and $1.75 for buck being quoted in this market. Loaded Shells—Are now in great de- We quote 40 and 10 from stand- as as price mand. ard list. Powder—DuPont’s rifle powder is now quoted as follows: 25-tb kegs, 1214-tb kegs, $2; 61¢-Ib kegs, $1.15. Woodenware—Owing to competition, pails and tubs are being offered at lower figures than formerly. We quote as fol- $3.50; lish and classical courses, on which he | jows: graduated at the age of 19 years. He|No.1Tubs........0 --.2. sseeeeeeee $ 6 00 dozen then went to Little Falls, where he| No.2 “ .......-----+eeee eee cesses: 550 ** i ; v sea. 50 |clerked in a dry goods store about six No. 3 a 7 _ : " ie *-Hoop paile................-..--.... ix months. In 1862 he enlisted in the 153d |. i a 1 50 New York Infantry, remaining in service | No. 1 Cedar Tubs ..... ...........-- 7 50 three years and four months, during | No.2 a, 6 50 1 = € “oe RS “ce which time he participated in the Red | No.3 : a a ee aay ae - ne ' >: : . > | Horse Paiig........................... Sop © River campaign under General Banks LOE DE EG) Grains and Feedstuffs. Wheat—The market has risen steadily until it has reached 61 cents. The ebb | to Miss | | | two reasons: Wheat, as the one great | Staple, ought always to command a good price, say 90c a bushel, which would be | good money for all coneerned, and from | the present tone of the market the cereal | will bring that figure before snow flies; | again, the advancing price of wheat in- eates a decided ‘‘let up’? in the money stringency. Activity means increased circulation of money through all arteries of trade, and good times for everybody. in wheat Flour—Has advanced sharply, on ac- eount of the rise in wheat. Increased demand is a decided feature of the mar- ket, caused, no doubt, by the poorer classes of people using more bread and less of other things which cost more money. i Ae ep The Drug Market. Opium is decidedly strong and is steadily advancing in Smyrna. Quinine is still tending higher. Bromides potash, ammonia and soda have all been advanced by manufactur- ers. Linseed oil has declined. i i ll rm Sugar—The famine in granulated and | some of the C grades continues. shipments are but nowhere near enough to meet legitimate demands. While there is noadvance at the refinery, Some arriving, spot goods command a premium of ‘@ 3gc the moment they are in jobbers’ hands. A Solace Sweet and best by far, in these quiet times omoke ea Ben-Hur Cigar. GEO. MOEBS & CO. Make them, All leading dealers sell them. | | } Not liking the business, he sold out at; it le higher at the end of the week, and ! Buildings, Portraits, Cards, Letter the end of two years and took the man- agement of his father’s factory, where | direction as well, but left it with a sub- | He then went! stantial advance of 4c over the figures | he -remained ten years. on the road for Seligman & Robertson, | given last week. This is gratifying for | caused a slight fluctuation in the other and Note Headings, Patented Articles, Maps and Plans. TRADESMAN COPIPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. An Everyday Incident. Written for THE TRADESMAN *‘*Have you seen anything of my Ed’n "Aariatte or Gawrge?’’ Mrs. Applebee looked in at the store such a} door and said that she was in hurry, and was so much worried about | that she couldn’t possibly come | her boys, in. ‘““‘No’m, we haven’t about 9 o’clock this morning.” then 2 p. m. ‘Wall, I swan Uknow where they’ve got to. I sent’em to Mrs. Johnson’s to borry apple parer, an’ 1 haven’t seen hide nor hair on ’em sence. If I once get hold o’ them young ’uns—Oh, them there lovely lamps? the prettiest I ever see.” And Mrs. Applebee, forgetting her | family troubles, sailed in and proceeded | to examine the goods mentioned above. ‘‘Hain’t that just harnsome | now? Why that must a cost a heap. | Only a dollar an’ a half fer that lamp! My, ain’t it cheap! I don’t see how they make ’em fer that, an’ you have to have! your profit, too. Still I expect they’re dear enough, fer they don’t look as if they’d stand an offle lot o’ bangin’, an’ my young ‘uns air ter’ble rough on chiny. What’s that there dingerflamus on the side fer? To pump ile? Oh, to lift the wick. Why, it works good, don’t it? The feller what thought o’ that contraption don’t never need to go out to days’ work fer a livin’. Where d’ye get the ile into it? Through that hole? Waal now, ain’t that complete. An’ them sass dishes—forty cents fer a set uv ’em? They’re most too good to eat offen. 1 must have my old man me a couple o’ They’d make dried apple sass taste good just to look at’em. An’ you’ve got some new prints. My! You got lots o’ stuff, hain’t ye? Them’s dreftie nice patterns 0’ print, only that yaller’n’ green looks kinder fady. Gimme the old laylock fer all yer new-fangled faney colors. How much is yer cheapest sugar a pound? Five an’ a half? Waal, that’s pretty steep fer this time o’ year. Hev ye got any 0’ yer old kind o’ dust tea yet? The last we had was about the wust I ever We hev to hey the best er none to our house, an seen the boys since to goodness, down Why they’re shade get set. see. > when we pay twenty cents a pound we expec’ to get a first-class ar- ticle. Some folks think they can’t get nothin’ fit ter drink fer less’n half a dol- lar, but I hain’t that way. I know what's good when I drink it, I tell ye, no matter how much the price is, and 1 hain’t afraid to speak my mind, either. Oh, ve got to find that Ed’n an’ Gawrge. Hain’t you no idee where I’d better look fer ’em?’’ “If they to Johnson’s, likely they’re there yet.” *‘Land! Do you think so thought o’ that. Waal, I’m "em, when I do ketch the music o’ my wrath.” And as she passed from view treating kept time rythmic ditty, “©, #ou, Edn ’n’ went very 2? I never goin’ after an’ ’em, hark to her re- footsteps with the Gawrge!”’ Gro. L. >_> > <-> L. E. Slusser (editor Herald), Mance- THURSTON. lona: Please accept congratulations for the continued welfare and success of THE TRADESMAN. May its success of the past be eclipsed only by its suecess of the future. It was | I'd like her | where’d you get} | | | | | Dry Goods Price Current. DEMINB. Amoskeag en ie 124%[Columbian brown..12 ee COTTONS. wok..... 1344|Everett, blue........ 12 pies uke ou: Arrow Brand 5 - brown .13 ss brown. ae ee ci 6 “World Wide. 6 ee 11% Haymaker pine. .... 7% | Athenee AA... 6 © Bi ik 4% | Beaver Creek AA...10 _ brown... 7% | Atlantic eh tae 6%) Full Yard Wide..... 6% _ ee 11% i o% oer 8... 6 - or... Lancaster uc ea a 12% . ee 514|Honest Width...... 6 Boston, Mfg Ce, or.. 7 UAaWrence, 7... 13% " cece a, © \GattodA ......... 5 blue 8% No. 220....13 i. S jindian Head........ 5% « d& twist 10% . No. =.... | Am a ern 2... 6% Columbian XXX br.10 ” No. 280.... | Archery Bunting... 4 |KingEC............ .. XXX bl.19 sere a - Se na ge L nas ae GINGHAMS. ackstone 5 |Madras cheese clot : | Black Crow......... 6 |Newmarket g oe x I ans ee oe. | Black Rock ........ e1 . Canton .. 8 “Normandie 8 | Boot, AL........... [FS “ AFC.....110%|Laneashire / aes ‘ee Bi| - sl Teazle...10%|Manchester........ 5% oe en * om Permian. 8 /Nonmand.2-0 $8 Clifton CR......... |Our Level Best Arlington staple.... 614|Persian............. [oon miaeens ova 64/Oxford R Arasapha fancy.. 44 |Renfrew Dreas...... 7% | Dwight Star......... 6%/Pequot.............. ( | Bates Warwick dres Faibenmaens ie 6% (‘Ct Ccc........ ho an 6 staples. 644|Slatersville ......... 6 iTop of the Heap.... 7 paar, 1054 Rommewsot 7 BLEACHED COTTONS. Criterion .......... iTacome 0. ™% ABC. “rrr777 B4/Geo, Washington... 8 | Cumberland stapie. ‘3a Toil du Nord....... 10% Ameson.... ..... | S |Gien Milis.......... 7 | Cumberland Waba --- 1% oe 6%|Gold Medal... ||). sae “ -geersucker.. ™% Art Cambric........ 10 |Green 7renet....... ime 7% Warwick ” Blackstone AA..... 7} — ir ee 64 | Everett classics... 8%|Whittenden........ 8 Danae. 4% /H eo... Tq Exposition. “a 3 It eas 7M eee 12 Just —.....- 4%@ 5 Glenarie 61 “ indigo blue 9 | Camet......... .--. 7%4|King Phillip........ 7% | Glenarven.... ..... 6% |Wamsutta staples. . - 6% Cabot, %....-....... 6 OP..... 7% | Glenwood........... o% Westbrook ! | Charter Oak......_. 5%|Lonsdale Cambric. - ta. ; cs | Conway W........., 74|Lonsdale.... .. @ 8% | Jon nson “halon ¢l_ = lila aiai Nin 5 at ng Gia| Middlesex... @5 | we "indigo blue 9i/York ae | Dwight Anchor.. S440 Neme......... 20. 7% “ — zephyrs....16 ee Shorts 8 (Oak awe. 6 santa “GRAIN BAGS. | Edwards. . oar Oe 5% i. -. 7 |Pride of the West...12 Amoskeag. Le cei ete 15%) _—- SS T4|Rosalind..... 06... % rk... & ee ee Fruit of the Loom. 8%/Suntight............. usc | Aerecam..... ...... Poet Hee gnc oe 2 Utica on ae ; oe THREADS. me Prise... _..... 7 . onpareil ..10 , : Fruit of the Loom %. 7%|Vinyard............. 8% a oe rs ae. ta 2 Pelmount.......... 4% White ga 6 Hooks. EET Full Value.......... 6% Rock.. . 8% ar ore rence HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. KNITTING COTTON. ee v4 Dwight Anchor..... 8% White. Colored. White. Colored Farwell....... etees ma 6. oo wo eM 42 oa FLANNEL. ' 5... —:t SL 38 43 Unbleached. Bleached. r =... = lO 39 44 Housewife A 54 Housewife i ma 36 2. * fS 40 45 ts 2 CAMBRICS, . oe 6% - -. Sie | comter....... ......., Seieewards........... 44 “ cL 7 “ Jee. soos QRe | Wiltke BEBP.... 24.0. 444|Lockwood.. - 44 “ >... 7 “ ¥... So | ee Geee........... 444|Wood’s ss. Oe “ —— 7 _ ~~ Nowmarket......... 4% Brunswick ........ 4% iT 7 oe x U = elewee js RED FLANNEL, oe. 4 coos ee > - ae rl oo oe Talbot XXX......... = eee eee... 35 os M. “"10% Nancos...... ..... aeons... 82% ‘“ es MIXED FLANNEL, ° O........ 21 Red & Blue, plaid. * mora aw ........, 17% re 1444 Petes EL 224%! Western W ......... 18% CARPET WARP. —aee...... .....- 18% oor. 18% Peerless, white — 18 conn ae | colored...20 |g oz Western........ Finshing xxx... 23% colored....20 |White Star.......... a Oy, Mantioba.... ....... 23% Integrity. ates es on 18% ‘| ' “colored. .20 DOMET FLANNEL. DRESS GOODS. ack... ae = .... 9 @10% Rae... S (aaciems...... .._.- 20 aS 8%@10 Po ceeas 122% ’ ee EE 25 CANVASS AND PADDING, a es 1044) if Slate. Brown. Black./Slate Brown. Black. GG Cashmere...... . 9% % 914} 10% 0% 10% Nameless ee oe cea 6 . 10% 10% 10%4|11% 11% 11% wee eee cee 18 i 11% 11% 114/12 12 12 CORSETS, 2 12% 12%|20 20 20 Cerne... ......._- _ G3) Wonderful DUCKS Schilling’s. . 00/Brighton.. ........ : 75 | Severen, 8 oz........ 94% | West Point, 8 oz... .10% Davis Waists..... 7 00/Bortree’s .......... 9 00 Mayland, 8o0z....... 10% 10 oe ...& Grand Rapids..... 4 50/Abdominal........ 15 00 | Greenwood, 7% oz.. 9% ani: — .... 13% CORSET JEANS. Greenwood, 8oz....11%/|Stark ‘“ oes +s ee Arey 6%(N oe satteen.. 744 | Boston, 8 oz......... 10 |Boston, 10 oz........ 124% Androscoggin....... 74|Rockport........... 6% WADDINGS oa ee : oe a “* White, dos 95 |Per > Pushed Into a Fortune. It seems that chair-pushing at the World’s Fair has almost as much of pos- sibility about it as coach-driving in the way of marrying a fortune. Charles Blakely is a young collegian who thought to add something to his slender income and further his edueation by pushing a ehair. He is fairly good looking, toler- ably well informed, and wholly wide- awake. One day he found that the ocecu- pant of his chair was the daughter of a millionaire manufacturer of England. She was young and pretty as well, and Blakely made the most of his opportuni- ties. The first day he made so decided an impression that the young lady would have no chair but his, and at the end of a week they eloped. The old millionaire is furious, but there is only one sensible thing that he can do, and he will probably soon do it gracefully. When he does, Blakely will push no more chairs. The business seems to offer great possibilities for pushing young men. nel — i lm As Good as Havana. California has never been known as a tobacco growing state, but according to a paper read recently before the State board of health the industry is rapidly assuming proportions there and the prod- uct is little, if any, inferior to the best Ha- vana tobacco. The cost of production is put at $50 per acre, manure not being so necessary as in the South to the matur- ing of the crop. The average yield is from 1,000 to 1,500 pounds of cured leaf to the acre, the value of which is from 20 te 25 eentsapound. Wrapper tobacco commands a higher price, and in favored localities the smoking kind sells readily for 50 cents a pound. The main criti- cism of the California product is that it is too strong, but smoothness of flavor can be attained by scientific cultivation. Two crops are raised every year. oo **‘Ladies and gentlemen,’’ said an auc- tioneer at a sale, ‘‘I have to inform you that a gentleman present has lost his pocketbook containing $300. He offers $50 for its return.” Instantly a small man in the background sprang upona chair and cried out vehemently, ‘Ill give a hundred.’’ Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AU@GURS AND BITS. dis. as 60 Ce ee a 40 Jonata eoeeee...... ..-................ 25 SOuMInNe, HEIATION 1.2... i eke ot 50&10 AXES. First Quality, oe eee... 8 7 00 D. B. Bronze. . seencees be Ge " as eee ey 8 00 i Sb hee 13 50 BARROWS. dis. ie rece eee cee $ 14 00 eee ee net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. i ee ee eee cena cous 50&10 Ties ee 75&10 iy a ee eae neue 40&10 Sleigh ee ae 70 BUCKETS. Wet ete ee $3 50 EE EE 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Cust Loose Pui, fared........ ............- T0& Wrought Narrow, bright Sast joint.......... 608.0 vores Ree Pi. 60&10 | HAMMERS. — eee Gite | Mardole &Ca’'s............ .....-...... din. 25 WOIID PENG BUTI. ooo. ies es tse ces ene 60410 | Kip’ 8. ee 25 ergs ee 7 | Yerkes & Plumb’s. TT Ee TO&16 | Manor 1's Solid Cast Steel....... 0c list 60 puna, rareers......... es ea eas sae 70&10 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand....20¢ 40&10 oe Cw. 70 HINGES. BLOCKS Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3. - dis.60&10 on eat ate ‘ er doz. net, 2 50 Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... - 6010 | anata Hook and Strap, to 12 a 14 and CRADLES. ee 3% Se ea dis. 50é02 | Screw Hook and Eye, 4.--.---.--..e-se. net 10 CROW BARS. Les 4“ rt Bo ee Pes; ' OC ee 7 Oe pore Ss | * ' . mt ---net 7%; CAPs. | Strap and T —. «-eevera Gem, oD E! Ce B5 | HANGERS. dis. ties oe en wilt a = Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 ao 35 | Champion, anti-friction................... - 60&10 eg es a. 60 | Kidder, woodltrage meee ee 40 : | a | HOLLOW WARE. CARTRIDGES, CO 60&10 Ce 5O | Kettles. .... 0.2.2.0... eee eee ee eee wees eee s- COK10 Central Ware a te nee 60&10 CHISELS dis. Gray Guaiseied. -.-- 40810 a J HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS oe ner sear aetna teen tana seat) = Stamped Tin Ware. .. eee new lat 70 ReckOLCOrMee ee cee ‘ite T w oa a Sactiot Giteln | 70410 | ranite Tron Ware .............. “new list 3336.610 vette e eee eee FOGLO | WIRE GOODB. Butchers’ Tanged CENA ND 4¢ | Bilght.. i “ee COMBS. dis. | Screw Byes -70&10&10 Cumy, Vawrence se 49 | Hook’s...... -70&10&10 Se as | Gate Hooks and ‘Byes... , 70810410 CHALK | Stanley Rule and Le “ava” —" : ile an ve : White Crayons, per gross..........12@12% dis. 10 ' ' eae r COPPER, Sisal, % inch and er .... Planished, 14 0z Cut tosize... .. - — 28 | 8 che a sceceeosee 18 14x52, 14x56, 14x60 . M6) Sqranee. - Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x00. 0007 1202000007. et etrrnetictesrtrees Cold Rolled, 14x48. .............-..4. cee | etre cnienantey a Howome ae O65 | MIGTO ...... ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee “A DRILLS. dis. SHEET IRON. | Mores Mit Siocka SG) Nos to 14... —_ — = Taper and straight Shank................... Oe eC 405 3.05 Morse’s TaperShane SO Ra TT gaa Sl Ge DRIPPING PANS. Nos. 22 t0 24... 2... eee eee eee 405 3 15 Szaaill aiges, sor pound ...................... 07 ar ean RNR Fa x“ ] : a @\ pt le ME Seeedeosececeeeaesoes eoase oe o- ) Large sizes, per pound...... ......... 6% | All sheets No. i8 and lighter, over 30 inches ELBOWS. wide not less than 2-10 extra Com 4 proce. Gin... dos. net % SAND PAPER. Coprawated .......... eee eee ees dis 40 | List acct. 19, "86 -....- - dis, 5¢ Oe dis. 40&10 SABH CORD. EXPANSIVE BITS. dis os — . Vite A. Hat = Clarks, small, $18: larce, $26............... "30 “ rm Ay ye i = Ives’, 1, $18: 2) $24; 3,330 ee ce 25 ‘6 ee ee ro FILES—New List. dis. “ White ‘ 9x a. SS a 60&10 Ee 7 i eee ---60&10 ’ i) SASH WEIGHTS, ao cee Ae pele ae sue e edee eee ay vo | Solid Eyes...... up : .. per ton 825 ee 50 | Heller's Horee Reape 20122...00000020000000 Re ee ay GALVANIZED IRON. Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27 28 Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot... 50 List 12 13 14 15 16 17 C Ps jal Steel Dia, X Cuts, per foot. 30 Discount, 60 - — and Electric Tooth X GAUGES. dis. Coes, ber toes... es... 30 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........... , SO cone) Game TRAPs. S s i RRR kt nl al lg li a ig inet: simi san couse _ wags" Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 7 os oe aaa a recuse: aly oor eee reece 55 eae Cc eee er ' & ee 8. 70 ’ i ; spe ie ual = ouse, choker i _ -18¢ per doz oo cae peat a wee ttee ee = Mouse delisicn "$1.50 pe - doz i in, trimmings................. Bt WIRE. Poa Drawer and a a. is 70 ee eee ee 65 Russel! & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 cue Boe Le ANN "ag Mallory, Woccler & Coe................... 55 xd Marke eee ee eel ci acme p >| Tinned Market.........- ee .. Gy a sen Se .. ee... ee. ee Heceue 05 | Ganpeccd Sortng Stoel. 50 Norwalk’s.......... Orc Ta a 55 | Barb ed Fence, galvanized................ 2 86 Me 816.00, dis. 60 sige" Od ae hey 2 40 Huns Bye.......................,.... $15.00, dis. 60] an Sable 4; &1t a 618.50, die. 20810. | Poimam 00020000000 des 0s ieccmnanaaiaiin eee dig. 104160 Sperry & Co.'s, Post, ‘bandice.. a ete dh i gy Coffee sain thas oc /. — ee a nickeled.. oe 30 7 ee ee Coe’s Genuine eee . 50 a ee csr Sten ana Malleables.. 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultar al, wrought,........ 75 ip aie erry BEB... eee eee ee = Coe’s Patent, Mmaleanic....... J. .. .75&10 MOLASSESGATES. dis. Bird Cages .... SuuNUREN se Stepbias Feiterm.................... --+»-»+-60&10 | Pumps, Cistera : eee EE EE ET 60610 Screws, New List......... LTE coe ) Enterprise, self-measuring............ tee Casters, Bed a d Plate..............+... 5081010 NAILS Dampers, American.. . 40 ao pha over base, on both Steel and Wire. | Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel. goods. .. “BE &10 cet eee eee. 150 ME 8 Wire nails, base.. ee 1 75@1 30 soins i ee ae Base Base ot aa a oC 10| Pig Large......................... Mevcccuce | © mee 95 | Pig Bars..... Lowe So 28¢ OF, 35 Duty: Sheet, aaae -_ pound, 45 | 690 pound casks. eho eues 6% 45} Per pound.....................-.-0 eee eee . « 50 SOLDER. 60 | 4% - ee 75 | Bxtra Wiping ee ees mee cena cues oe, «+ io 90 The vs ng of the many cther qualities of 1 29 | Solder in the market indicated by private brands eS TaD RO ROE 1 60 | Vary according to composition. Mines 1 60 ANTIMONY. i aaa --per pound OO 1 RRS pee RnR a 2 oe 90 TIN—MELYR GRADS. Finish 10 oC i... 7 10x14 IC, Cc hercoal Cece ie eee Gab ue oui a ue 8 ea 90 | 14x20 IC, ee aaa . EE Ua =i 1x es . *10 ST 70 | 14x : ssnsit aie eo 70 | Fach additional X on this grade, es TE 90 TEs _ALLAWAY GRADE. Barrell %. at 1 75 | 10x141C, Charcoal . . --86 7% PLANES. dis. 14x20 IC, fF nent tn ee eee eee eee eee cee e es 6 7 @hio Tool Cos, faney 000.0)... @40 1oxi4 EX, fe tant etesstesssctseeree eee s BBG EE LLL EIT oe | a are et nate tenn tonnes eseees 9 25 Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy.............-... @w; Hach additional X on this grade 81.50. Bonch, first quality............cs..cgsccsses rE a 2 yy wee vu Stanley Rule and a a 8 wood. .. 50810 14x20 1x, . re 7 8 56 EE dis.60—10 | 70x28 IC, tT 13 50 lrg ee as 70|14x201C, “ Allaway Grade 6 00 RIVETS. dis. 14x20 IX, Te case. 7 50 Iron and Tinned........... 40 ee ip L fooontet seen tees 7s Copper Rivets and Burs..................+- 50—10 ’ sees cians eiete ie doe - PATENT FLANISHED IRON. —_ Fcc a as a4 00 ‘a> Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to ee eS ee 15 00 ‘*B’ Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27. 9 20| 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, | per jniii 10 00 Broken packs %c per pound extra. l4xeoIx, " “9 & Pp a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. CHT MICHIGAN TRADESMAN A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and esddress, 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. j2@"When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in Tue MiIcHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 18953. PROBLEM OF THE UNEMPLOYED. ‘‘What to do with the unemployed’? is no new demand made upon the civilized At in great multitudes have been turned upon society to subsist upon charity or to live by crime. This was a state of affairs common in Europe world. many periods the of past men loose until the discovery and colonizing of the New World furnished an outlet for the excessive population of the Old. After the close of the wars which fol- lowed the readjustment of affairs in Eu- rope consequent upon the fall of the the history of every country is full of statements concerning Roman Empire, the disorderly conditions arising from the disbandment of armies and the pres- ence everywhere of great numbers of un- employed men who mostiy lived by plun- dering the commercial and industrial The crusades carried off vast numbers to die in Palestine and upon the long and toilsome classes. march thither, while epidemics of disease decimated the pop- ulation in many countries and made it possible for the survivors to work and prosper. But for some such means of depleting the population of which Malthus have long ago been whieh the earth is found containing a population far be- excessive Europe the conditions wrote about would realized, conditions in yond its ability to feed, and a consequent until all the su- pertluous people should have been killed off and, to a large extent, eaten. The discovery of the Western Hemi- struggle for existence, sphere has been the grand salvation of Europe. From the beginning of the six- teenth century to the present, has been pouring its teeming hordes into | the Americas Australian countries | until, in this way, one hundred of the Europe | and millions souls have been got rid of, and still tide It | was not seven- of continues. of the that England emigration until the dawn teenth century began to colonize in America, and the situation in that treatise country may be discovered from a Hakluyt, 1584, in which he advises written by Richard of England, in the removal of the surplus population to | the New World. all the statutes that hitherto have been | Says he: ‘‘But we, for! | Suits; what would happen? devised, and the sharp execution of the same in punishing idle and lazy persons for want of sufficient occasion of honest employment, cannot deliver our common- wealth from multitudes of loiterers (tramps we call them) and idle bonds. Truth it is that, through our | | | vaga- | long peace and seldom sickness, two sin- | gular blessings of Almighty God, we are grown more populous than ever hereto- | fore; so that now there are of every art | and science so many that they can hardly live one by another; nay, rather they are ready to eat up one another; yea, many thousands of idle persons are within this realm, which, having no way to be set on work, be either mutinous and seek alter- ation in the State, or, at least, very bur- densome to the commonwealth, and often fall to pilfering and thieving and other lewdness, whereby all the prisons of the: land are daily pestered and stuffed full of them, where either they pitifully pine | away, or else at length are miserably hanged, even twenty at a clap out of some one jail. Whereas, if this voyage were put in execution, these petty thieves might be condemned for certain years in the western parts. Well, America is becoming filled up, and yet the movement hither from the Old World continues. There is still room for many more, particularly in South America, vast regions of which are searcely explored, much less occupied by the whites. Nevertheless it is impossi- ble not to feel that some time the end will come, when the excess of population will be unmanageable. The enormous development of machinery and its adap- tation to every industrial and economical purpose are contributing to hasten the time when there will be a vast surplus of population for which there will be no work, and, consequently, no earnings. If there are no earnings, then what? The good people who are constantly preaching peace on earth, and are advo- cating arbitration instead of war for the settlement of international disputes, do not seem to realize that war, despite its horrible bloodshed and awful brutality, is not wholly unmixed with beneficence. Even in peace, a war establishment is not utterly unproductive of good. To- day, in Europe, there are some 5,000,000 soldiers constantly under arms. They engage in no industries; they produce nothing for use in domestic economy or in commerce. They are the great mili- tary police who maintain the peace of Europe, and are always on guard. They consume. The rest of the population work for their support. But, although these 5,000,000 men are withdrawn from every productive indus- try, there is no lack of labor in the coun- tries they guard. So far from there be- ing any lack of labor, there is an excess of it, and this labor is constantly emi- grating to America. Suppose, in the in- terests of peace, all the European armies were suddenly disbanded, and these 5,000,000 men relegated to industrial pur- Why, the labor market would be suddenly and enormously overstocked, wages would decline to a large degree, and vast num- bers being unable to secure employment, and many others unable to make an ade- quate support, there would be enormous and widespread distress and numerous accessions to the army of the vicious and criminal classes. It will thus be seen that the problem of what to do with the unemployed is nothing new. Itis as old as the world, and it has never been settled by any peaceful and wise policy of legislation. Human laws have trifled and paltered with it until some vast and momentous crisis arose and an adjustment was made by bloody revolutions, by prodigious social and political outbreaks, by awful inva- | sions of disease, or by tremendous phy- sical cataclysms. In the light of the mar- shaling of the forces of anarchic social- ism, is it likely that there is any more wisdom to-day to tackle the problem than there was in past ages? AS TO STRIKES AND TRUSTS. In the course of the exercises of the American Bar Association, held at Mil- waukee a couple of weeks ago, U. M. of Arkansas, read a paper on strikes and trusts. Mr. Rose took strong grounds against all forms of monopoly which seek to advance the prices of man’s work or of the merchandise made by that work. In regard to commercial trusts and monopolies, he applauded the United States statute of 1890 against trusts and combinations in restraint of trade, and expressed the belief that this law, fearlessly executed, would control and put down all such monopolies. Rose, Without doubt the issues growing out of the relations of labor and capital are among the most important problems of modern politics. The entire business of the Government is to provide for the protection of all the classes of the people of the country in the proper en- joyment of their rights; to insure to alla fair opportunity to do the best and to get the best for themselves according to their several abilities, and to prevent combina- tions of any force or power, whether physical, moral or financial, to oppress and to destroy those not included in the combination. and the broadest patriotism are required to deal with these great subjects, and a government that addresses itself to the task of securing the greatest amount of good for its people, and of maintaining them in the conditions most favorable for their prosperity and development and happiness, is the best. In regard to strikes, the address of Mr. Rose, mentioned above, contains some interesting and valuable points. Every thoughtful person will agree with him that strikes and lockouts are serious evils, both being attended with loss and hardship to both parties, both being liable to disturb the public peace and to end in the destruction of life or property. They are the last argument of the con- tending parties. Like international wars, they are demoralizing and dangerous, victory being often purchased at too high a price. Strikes are more destruc- tive than formerly, not only because of the great expansion of the agencies of production and the grouping of vast numbers of laborers together, but be- cause, owing to the minute subdivision of labor that exists in modern times, there is a more complex interdependence be- tween different classes of laborers. Thus the strike among the cotton spinners of Preston, England, in 1839, including only 660 operatives, had the effect of throwing out of employment 1,840 weavers and others who had nothing to do with the subject matter of the quarrel. In the recent strike in the cotton trade in Lancashire, at the end of the first twelve weeks the operatives had lost in wages alone $4,500,000. Four strikes that oc- The wisest statesmanship curred in England between 1870 and 1880 involved a loss in wages of more than $25,000,000. Of 22,000 strikes investigated by the National Bureau of Labor it was esti- mated that the employes suffered a loss of about $51,800,000, while the employers only lost about $30,700,000. In some cases where strikes have been attended with riots the losses to the employers have been immense. Thus the Pitts- burg strikes of 1877 resulted in a loss of $30,000,000 of railway property, but it cannot be said that the strikers made anything, though they lost heavily in wages. Of 2,352 strikes which occurred in England from 1870 to 1880, 2,192 were lost by the strikers, seventy-one were gained and ninety-one were compro- mised. The only remedy for strikes is to stop striking. All talk about courts of arbi- tration or boards of investigation is the merest balderdash, which is only in- dulged in when strikers find they cannot gain their point by legitimate or illegiti- mate means. The recent action of Chief Arthur has given boycotting its deathblow, and the strike will, in all probability, soon meet’ the fate of its twin cauiyuouy ee NOTIONS ABOUT HOTELS. lf there is an institution which is pe- culiarly American, it is the hotel. Itis commonly a very large building, in a showy style of construction, wonderfully fitted with passenger elevators, baths, electric bells, and all sorts of conven- iences. Meals are served almost contin- uously in great halls, where large num- bers of guests assemble to eat and to look at each other, and for everything there is only one charge of so much per day. Such is the American style of accom- modation for travelers. Of course, not always are the best viands served in the finest buildings, nor are the attendance and accommodations in due correspond- ence with the outside pretensions, but there must be exceptions. A good Amer- ican hotel is the highest point yet reached in the preparation of accommodations for travelers and transient visitors. Nev- ertheless there are many people who do not like the American style. They pre- fer to hire a room by the night and to purchase a meal by the piece and to chaffer over each item. To these, what is known as the European plan is the only sort of accommodation which is ac- ceptable. In this connection the North American Review prints two expressions of opinion on hotels. One is from Gen- eral Rush Hawkins and the other is from W. J. Fanning. No two opinions on any subject could be more oppositely different. It is interesting to briefly con- trast them. General Hawkins can find nothing but evil in an American hotel kept in the American style. His opinion is thus summed up: The defects in the American system of hotel keeping are general and organic, for which no particular landlord or man- ager can or should be held responsible. Not one in fifty among them knows any- thing, practically, about cooking, and they have to depend upon the supposed knowledge of alot of German, French, Italian and Irish upper scullions, who come over here and easily pass them- selves off for chefs. They are cheap, and that is the reason why the average American landlord and manager employs them. They are no more cooks than they are astronomers. In European the kitchens they probably trimmed joints, peeled potatoes, stirred the soup kettles and washed the onions, but were never permitted to interfere with a joint, entree or sauce. But, like other classes in Europe, they act upon the theory that anything is good enough for the Ameri- cans, who like to be humbugged, and the American hotelkeeper is quite willing to take this particular class of impostors at their word. Possibly this is the opinion of many Americans who have had their tastes cultivated and their perceptions sharp- ened by a few months of travel in Eu- rope, but it does not voice the masses of the American people, who like every- thing in a good, generous democratic style. Many Europeans, too, find an ad- vantage init. Of course, a great deal depends on the cookery. It is not nec- essary that every dish shall have a for- eign name and be served ina so-called French style. The foundation of good cooking is to have good meats, good bread and good tea and coffee. No for- eign culture is necessary to cook these. It isa simple enough matter if good ar- ticles are provided. Mr. Fanning, who American style, says: Much has been written upon the rela- tive merits of the American and Euro- pean hotels, and the different modes of conducting them. Unfortunately, how- ever, it too often occurs that those who enter upon the discussion of this subject possess only a_ superficial knowledge thereof and not infrequently exhibit un- mistakable prejudices, which warp their judgment and render their testimony of little or no value. There is the Anglo- maniac, who, after a brief European experience, mistakes novelty for superi- ority, and, flattered by the profuse at- tentions and obsequiousness of the con- tinental landlord and _ his assistants, hastily pronounces in favor of the for- eign article. On the other hand, we have the American of the provincial type, whois unable to recognize merit anywhere outside the domain of Uncle Sam. But the econeensus of opinion expressed by unbiased travelers, both European and American, is clearly in favor of the American hotel, taken as awhole. In its appointments it is far in advance of the hotels of Europe. Until quite recently it was an admitted fact that the American cuisine was in- ferior to that of Europe. This is no longer true of our best city establish- ments. On the contrary, they now ex- cel the hotels of Europe in the variety and, in many instances, in the quality of the viands. Of course, people are entitled to their preferences in all matters of taste, but the American hotel is essentially an American institution which has grown out of the peculiar disposition and de- mands of the American people. It is universal in this country, and is becom- ing naturalized in other parts of the world. It will make its way abroad because of its obvious advantages. It will continue to grow and improve and be always more American, and so im- press itself upon the world. champions. the THE AGE OF ELECTRICITY. Probably one of the most remarkable works of engineering construction in the world is the Ferris wheel in the Colum- bian Exposition at Chicago. Mr. Ferris is an American engineer, a native of Illi- nois, and has heretofore acquired a rep- utation for boldness and originality in building bridges. He is to build one with a span of 1,800 feet. His famous wheel, which is only a plaything, was constructed as a rival work of engineer- ing to the Eiffel tower at Paris, and is considered a more daring exploit. Mr. Ferris is a designer of much bold- ness, and all his works so far have been found entirely practical. He has a great notion about the future of electricity. He believes its uses will be vastly multi- plied, furnishing power for all transpor- tation and machinery; heat for all pur- poses of smelting ores and working metals, cooking, warming houses and the like; besides its present employment in the transmission of news, in illumination and for every other economical purpose. Instead of burning coal to produce this electricity, it is proposed to use all the water power in the eountry to generate electricity. From these generating sta- tions, power, light and heat will be con- ducted to the cities and to all other places there is need for them. Electricity is the one poten- tial agent which exists in practically an infinitely abundant supply and | whose quantity’ is reduced. | There is just as much as ever there was, and the amount will never be di- minished, because electricity is never consumed, nor is its power weakened by use. It never tires and it never departs into some distant or inaccessible place. ft pervades the earth and its atmos- phere, is always at hand, and only re- quires the use of certain mechanical or chemical processes to develop it at any moment. The development may be ear- ried on by means of natural water power, and inthis way, barring the wear and tear of the machinery, what is virtually perpetual motion may be employed to furnish the electric force. Whenever the business of developing and using electricity for every purpose shall be fully established, it will be furnished for all industrial and economical pur- poses, just as gas or coal is provided. Already itis only necessary to toucha where never button in order to light up a house ora city. to touch another buttonin order to warm up the sitting room, heat the kitchen range, start up the smelting furnace or the smith’s forge, or set in motion the machinery of a great factory. This goal is already so nearly reached that buta few finishing strokes of the inventor are necessary to plete. The Edisons and the Ferrises and many others are working in that direc- tion, and it will not be long before the age of industrial and economic electric- ity will be in the full blaze of its glory. It will soon be just as practicable make every process com- With a view to assisting those who are out of work to obtain positions, Tue TRADESMAN herewith offers to insert, free of charge, the advertisements of those who are in want of employment of any kind and of employers who are in search of help. This offer will be held open until January 1, by which time it is hoped that the financial situation will be so far improved that few people who wish to work will be unable to find em- ployment. A corporation has been organized at Jackson to embark in the manufacture of potato starch. On the basis of 25 cents per bushel for potatoes at the factory, which is a low figure, the actual cost of starch is estimated at 4 cents per pound. Should the present or next Congress re- peal the duty of 2 cents per pound, it is quite likely that the people of Jackson will have oeeasion to regret their invest- ment. Overdone Organization. From the Detroit Tribune. Among the several causes for the ex- isting prostration of trade, by no means THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. the least, has been the undue oppressions of organized labor. Wages have for some years past been established arbi- trarily by trades unions, and without any just regard to the value of the pro- duce of the labor rendered. Very many branches of business have thus been made unprofitable to the investors. They have been crippled financially and finally compelled to shut down altogether and lay off their unprofitable help. Could the unions have been wise and considerate, and have fostered the enter- prises which were to afford steady em- ployment to their members, very much of the present troubles would have been averted; the unions would have remained useful agencies, and the condition of the working classes would have continued to improve. But history repeats itself. The grasp- ing labor organizations have killed the goose which laid the golden egg; and for some years to come have destroyed what for so many years the wiser men in the labor ranks have been laboring to build up. For the reign of trades unionism is over for the present, and for some time to come it will be every man for himself in the scramble for work. Such reaction is only the natural consequence of an ex- treme in the other direction. The inter- ests of labor have really been injured, and seriously injured, by the ill-consid- ered oppression which in the day of its power trades unionism inflicted on the employing enterprise of the country. A case is authentically reported to us where, a year or two since, a business, which was carried on at a loss of $100 a day, and where the employes full well knew the fact, was arbitrarily forced, to avoid the embarrassment of a strike, to pay 10 per cent. more than the regular union wage, and by so much more than was paid by competing concerns. This is only one instance of the tyranny which has been practiced, and which has con- tributed so largely to the present crisis with its hundreds of thousands of men seeking work and finding none. The gold-laying goose has truly been killed. When only loss can result from the em- ployment of labor employers are forced either to close their establishments or seek for cheaper processes by which the monthly pay roll may be reduced toa basis that will afford a margin of profit. The high wages of the past few years, too, have tempted a large immigration to this country from Canada and Europe. 9 The labor market is consequently now largely over stocked, and according to the natural laws of trade prices must de- cline. With diminished cost of produc- tion trade will again revive and an in creased demand for labor will ensue. The wise course, therefore, on the part of the working classes, is, not to remain idle waiting for work at old-time union wages, which will probably never again be realized, but to accept employment at a rate that it will be an object to em- ployers to pay. Many a house would be built if masons’ and carpenters’ wages were a fourth. or third less than at present, which will not be built at the present scale, because there is not suffici- ent profit in it to induce capital to invest in building. To illustrate: a large real es tate owner assures us that last year after his taxes were paid his property yielded him considerably less than two per cent. on its cost. This we believe is very often the case, and explains why people are slow to improve property which they otherwise could and would build upon. The sooner the working classes recog- nize the true situation and adapt them- selves to it the sooner they will again be in a position of reasonable prosperity. Wages are bound to come down, and no edicts of organized labor can prevent it. But with the reduction of wages every- thing else will be cheapened, so that in the end the loss will not be seriously felt, while a healthier condition of trade and greater certainty of employment will perhaps fully make up for all that has been sacrificed. The wise men are those who remain idle the shortest time, irrespective of wages. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association. President, J. A. Smits; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. Official Organ—MicHicaN TRADESMAN. West Side (Saginaw) Retail Grocers’ Asso- ciation. President, C. F. Alderton; Secretary, John Doerr. Bay County Ketail Grocers’ Association President, Thos. Walsh; Secretary S. W. Waters. 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. Shake off the By discarding the pass book and other antiquated charging systems and adopting the cash and coupon book system, which 1as stood the test of a dozen years and is now in_ successful operation by thousands of progressive dealers in all parts of the country. We are the originators and sole manufacturers of three kinds of coupon books, samples of which will be cheerfully sent to any dealer on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 10 Drugs 2 Medicin es. State Board ‘of Pasion. One Year—James Vernor, Detroit. E bach, Ann Arbor lonia. Four Years— Five Years—S& President—Ottr: Becretary—Sta Treast Secre et 5. A , Detroi Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. Frank H. Escott. President, John D. Muir; Sec’y, All Flesh Is The introduction of new theories in he practice of the healing art will bring oe facts. They generally kindly at first, but if tt notions fin some valuable are not accepted ¢re is any good in them the new ally come to be recognized. sease, which is The germ by no means new, theory of but is, at least, as old as Pythagoras—B. C. 500—was greeted th many protests and much resistance, but it vation in medicine has ted has conquered at last. No inno- beep more vigor- ously resis than that of Hahnemann. In a century it has gained much atten- tion and many followers. Many years ago an attempt was made to introduce ‘vegetarian diet into the med- 9 Western World. It he Hindoos and other | refu animal life. This | dietary al practic e of is an old usage of follows of endued with Buddha to se to eat any creature Jewish was probably like the law, partly a religious and partly a sani- The vegetarians of a trop- contended they free whieh attacked the habit- ual eaters of meat. tary matter. ical country were from diseases Efforts to introduce vegetarianism into not known that of Ger- meat-eating England have been L, but it is parts largely successfu in Norway and ‘ many many the people who perform the most and exhausting labors subsist milk, cheese and vegetable they are strong arduous chiefly on with but little meat, and and vigorous in every respect. Many persons of intelligence and some able medical men have written approvingly on the subject of a vegetable diet. the which man is heir are caused Probably the greatest number of diseases to by some derangement of the functions of digestion. Possibly much of this func- tional disturbance is the result of eating Every s, to a great improper food. man j extent, a law to himself in the matter of what food is wholesome to him, but there are evidently great general laws to which all are amenable. Itis claimed by some that the numerous maladies of the stomach and the intestines, from simple catarrh to the most serious dis- eases of the organs, are often due to our appetite for meat and other stimulants. Dr. Bonnejoy, a writer on vegetarian- ism, holds its real doctrines do not rest solely upon the eating of vegetable food, but they are based on three dietetic axioms: First, the general rebuilding power lies in cereals, seeds, vegetables, fruits, eggs, milk and their diriva- the food, the air, and, in general, everything that is introduced into the body should show absolute pu- rity, freshness entire absence of falsifications, and adulterations, tubers, tives; second, and mixture even in the smallest quantities; is necessary, as far as may be possible, for each one to manufacture his foods | and drinks at home, in order to reach | the desired results. third, it) | all THE cipal dogmas of the vegetarians. is not intended to eat meat. His jaw is made to grind grain and fruits. His| hands are made to gather them. The} Darwinian an instant to doubt the frugivorous na- | theory does not permit us for | aetna MIC HIGAN TRADESMAN. ‘on lis to manage affairs in general as they are able to produce. Weare not ranting ‘‘women’s righters,”’ in the common acceptance of the term. We have no fondness for women who dis- 1 |gust men, as well as members of their wae ‘ fc intactinal eg is alsc a . ture of man. His intestinal canal is also | gwn sex, by their arbitrary methods of a proof. In the lion this is three times | lattempting to secure what they are as long as his body; in man, seven or | eight times as long. The human body is a machine which, to be kept in good working order, should be nourished according to scientific rules, not at the Four classes of substances are necessary for the maintenance of life—the albumi- noids, the carbohydrates, the fats, the Now, meat contains but three while and desire of our fancies. minerals. of these, the vegetables contain all four. But itis not necessary to go to the sea for brain food. When Moleschott declared that there is no thought without phosphorus, there that this necessary element was to be found only in fish; but this tell us that phorus contained in vegetable arose a common notion is not true. Chemists the phos- food is almost double the amount contained in animal food. 3ut these are not all the advantages of vegetarianism. Those who believe that meat gives the rose color to the cheeks and lips must be shown their error. It meat, but iron that gives the red to the blood, and many vegetables are richer in iron oxide than is any meat. However, is not eolor vegetarianism is not too pre- ful demand, at the constant and intelligent sumptuous with regard to its wonder Its doctrines the practice of all sorts of hygienic rules. It calls to its aid pure air, light, heat or cold, water, excercise, and, commencing with alcohol, the condemnation of all stimulants. In these conditions it is diffi- cult to say which would prove more beneficial, the renunciation of meat or the application of a well-understood hygiene. It is, indisputable that vegetarianism, at its best, in its many powers. same time, however, comprises accessories things which make it worthy of general sympathy. so-called, is and so Since medical science, largely experiment, much re- wise to ex- idea be- but it is the opposite of wise to reject and denounce mains yet undiscovered, it is amine and to prove every new fore adopting or rejecting it, because are not introduced by the annointed and accepted authorities. A thing is not because it has been recommended by an accredited person. _" > i notions and proposed remedies they are new or is good, and good because it Woman in the Business World. Much is said and written in these days of advanced thought in relation to woman’s position in the business world. It seems to be a hobby with certain writ- ers and publications to place great stress —facetiously and sarcastically sometimes —on the fact that women are now com- ing to the front and that men must look out for their laurels. Particularly does this seem true in relation to the inroads women are making along all lines of ed- ucational and journalistic work. Now, we admire a person who treats this subject fairly and squarely, minus warped prejudices; but don’t relish the class of publications, backed we | by the sort of men who sneer at women, and say because she is a woman she is not capable of having just as much brain These are the prin-| force as they possess and just as much } | pleased to sum up as their ‘rights.’ Talk about “rights!” Why,women have more rights than they for a moment real- ize; more, perhaps than they know how to use to their best advantage. Women cannot be deprived of that which natur- ally belongs to them, the think, act, and do the thing most in line with their inclinations. There are times when she may seem to be turned from her purpose by reason of her surround- ability to ings, but to the person who firmly re- solves to win, there is no such word a failure. The time has been when women, by reason of their environment, could not follow out, to any marked degree, the possibilities of their abilities and tastes in matters outside the walls of their own homes—and often not even there; but that day has gone. It has taken the course of all worn-out theories and is banished with others of its kind to the oblivion of the past. A well-known and very successful business man said to me recently, in speaking of the relative values of work and wages, as applied to both men and women: ‘‘What an absurd thing it would be for Congress, or any other body of public officers, to attempt to establish a uniform rate of wages. What death it would be to all energy and personal am- bition; what a blow to hope, that great stimulant to personal effort and higher attainment!”’ Men and women must be measured by the same standard of excellence in this struggle of human kind for bread, posi- tion and fame. A woman, entering the business world in whatever capacity, must expect to struggle for the high round of the ladder by the same ways and means which a man must employ. She must expect to fight her way as he must fight his way— to win. Some personal favors may be shown her because she is a woman, but she is not to look for nor expect such favors. Real worth, real ability, these are the elements that must carry her through, backed with strong courage and undaunted determination. “There is always room at the top, an old saying, but it is solid truth. There is such a woeful lack of earnest- ness of purpose and ability to do some one thing well among the common run of people. Real talent, real ability, are al- ways in demand, and the publie are ready to pay for honest, genuine service. So we claim that individual ability must determine the position which we are to occupy, and the amount of money it will bring us. Let the would-be busi- ness woman understand this, and con- sider well wherein her special talent lies; and let her ever be willing to stand on her worth in all the avenues of work which have heretofore been so execlu- sively filled by men. When she has established her ability to occupy positions of responsibility in the business world, and certain old- fogyish men have banished from their brains the idea of woman’s inferiority by reason of sex, then shall we see rapid advancement toward mutual help- fullness. We are convinced that that day is not so very far distant. A. S. M. " a8 AN NIHILATOR. cffRe SMa NS Or ie Btomp before a blast. | Fragments after a blast. 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Caryophylins, (po. 15) 1g 2 ieee » ~ eee sees. e---- 8@ 10 Anisum, (p Oo. 2). 2 15 Pm Alba s: &F sold ae a GUMMI. Shas (graveleons) Be : Cera ave ae 38@ 40 Sole Agerts for the Celebratea Acacia, ist picked... @ 60] Grn (oo. ig) |, ak (Cem... @ 40 . — “ 2a eo tana is 0O@1 25 | Cassia Fructus........ @ 2% ete | ee rena > yo@ 12] Centraria.............. @ 10 ‘sifted sorta.. @ 21 Cannabis Sativa... ... 4@ 5| Cetaceum........ a @ 4 . oT nd UE CO@ 80) Geaontum.... ........ 75@100| Chloroform ........... 80D 63 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60 Chenopodium _...... 10@ 12 - — @i1 2 4 a “Cape, (po. 20).. @ ix Dipter x Odorate......2 25@2 50 Chloral Hyd 7. 1 35@1 60 So Socotri, (po. 60). @ Foeniculum a @ 15 ee 20@Q 2 «| Catechu, - (46,1 id 8, Foenu greek, po....... 6@ Cinehontding, P& WwW 15 2 c : § @ v , Is 76).. @ 1 Lin 4@4% German 38 @ 12 « 5 i Ammoniae ............ 55@_ 60 ta ae 4 @O4% — list, dis. per i Ausatostida, (po. 35) .. Oo = Lot belia . .. 35@ 40 one aa oe De eaewe sue e = ll lie ( d i cal @ § = | Creseotim ........... ; ‘a. — Canarian... eo | Creta, (obi. %8)...--.-. @ 2 +) K Euphorbium po ...... 35@ 10 Sinapiz we oa @13 | ,, PIOp...--.....+-- 5@ «5 Galbanum..... @2 50 : Nigra... 1@ 12| “ precip ee 9@ 11 * %* ~~ Gamboge, po. W@ td Aono oS ee @ 8 Guaiacum, (po 35) .. @ 30 ggg i 40@ 50 « > ino, (po QI 15 Frumenti, W. _ Co..2 W@2 OP) Cudbeae.... 0... @ 2 We are Sole Preprietors of Mastic . @ wo D. F.R.....1 75@2 00 | Cupri Sulph.... 2.0.22. 5@ 6 | a (po. 46). og = ; , ts 63.0. | oe on ee... =, 10@ 12 : Ge Gos )........ 4 Juniperis Co. 0. T....1 65@2 Wilior Galen... ....... 0@ ’ s t+ te... —— 0 SdUhU. 1 75@3 50 Weather! Mich Cat h R (l | Shellac — ease 4001 = gancharum N. ae ; ings = Emery, si > chsepesamaaa i $ 6 Ba er § 16 ] all a arr eme 4 Tragacanth ........... ( 0] Spt. Vini Gallf........ 7 Ergota Si ER 7 "5 i HERBA—In ounce packages. wees — sete eeee ees : 25Q2 ba Flake wba ee 12@ 15 a —=-- wseeecres soca oe = ' OETA 2Q2 Galle... AEN , @ is a no EN “ace | eanbien |. ee Lobelia... ia NE Mh al 38 Florida sheeps’ wool — a eae «Ss = We Have 2n Stock and Offer a Full Line of neortin .... os 0 Se ¢ > Menthe viperiia 28) ySStan “Sicopa wool” "2? “> | Glassware tint, by box 70 « 10. es « <. @ ee oan Brown.......... 22 8 WHISKIES, BRANDIES, ots Geena, ¥............... 22) " wool carriage....... a ‘ vo 25 Givcerms 14%@ 2 r ~e hymn, Voc ef saiorrsion’ Poteet ge MS GINS, WINES, RUMS. 4 - eee i Pree... ks 2350 Calcined, Pat.......... 55@ 60 Geenehete's weno 6s | Hydraag Chior Miie.| “@ 8 Carbonate, Pat........ 20@ a2 Mead Ges eee 6 Cor @ 80 « > Carbonate, K.& M.... W@ 2% Yellow Reef, for pape “ Ox ema @ 9 Carbonate, Jenning5.. 25@ 36 140 “ Ammoniati.. @1 00 oo | : OLEUM ee erases mer se tte a “ Unguentum. 45@ 55| We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. >)” ee, 2... 3 50@4 00 strminn “ * thyobollay Ai. steee ~ @ = We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarantee satisraction. Amygdalae, Dulc...... We 6 OCR i iee ius es suey 5 t = olla 25Q@ : . - i oe . ‘Ampdalae, Amaras....8 00@S 25 ee TN 75@1 00 | All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. Send a trial order ‘ . BR a veh ces cs ays 1 70@1 89 60 iodine, Resphil........ 3 80@3 9u Auranti Cortex....... 2 30@2 40 Se | lodefenn.......... - @4 70 i ae... 3 25@3 50 56} Lupulin..... @2 2 + ee 60@ 65 50 | L copodium ... 4 $5 70 OU 6 eves. css 75@ 80 60 OMe cc 7 7 eds ar He 50 | Liquor — et Hy- — - a + : Chene ail @1 60 50 meen Cinnanonil ae = ee ee 10@ 12 Citronella . @ 4 [ Oe, agnesia, Sulph Conium Mac =e @) See...................-. 6 2%@ 4 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WO oak coseeaicese Se | Fees CIGe..... 2.00.0. cece Ot Mennia, 5. F.......... 60@ 63 GROCERY PRICE The prices quoted in Gusiscsamed MICHIGAN greatest possible use to dealers. AXLE GREASE. doz gross 55 5 00 eee... - 6 ¢ Castor Oil. oc 7 00 Pies... 50 5 50 a ge 75 8 00 a 65 750 eae «.. ..---.-- 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Acme. 1g Ib. cans, 3 doz......- -. 45 Be ten ee tee 85 i: ~*~ ag 1 60 eee es Arctic. ig cans 6 doz case....... 55 %b “ 4d0z —. te is * 2008 — .......20 ee 9 00 Fosfon. 5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case. . & s* ...2 OO Red Star, 6, ® cans........ 40 ae 75 C t - 1 4¢ Telfer’ 8, % “ cans, dos. = ’ +e o oe, Our Leader, <_ibcans..... © . i cams...... % 1 becens..... . 1 0 Dr. Price’s. 94 doz Dime cans. 95 4-02 ' 4 40 6-02 2 00 8-02 2 60 Reo “ 3 90 16-0z “ ..5 90 2%-lb “ 1200 Ib 18 25 BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. ee ............-.- _. & aa... ......-. ...------ = ee Gils... ...- +--+ . = BLUING,. Gross Arctic, ‘ - ovals... 3 60 Lee ieee 6 75 pints, aa... .... oe sifting box... 2% No. 3, 2 = oe. 5, . _ - eae... Mexican Liquid, - -_ oo - 6 80 BROOMS, oo eee... ..........-.-» 17 Oe ae 2 00 Re. 2 Carpet..........- 2 a 2 50 Parlor Gem.. ee — Whisk es 90 oe Lo chen ence iS Ware eee........ i. oo BRUSHES. ore oe, 1... 12 . ee 1 50 “ “e 15 Oe 1 " Rice Root Scrub, 2 row. 85 Rice Root Scrub, Srow.... 125 Palmetto, goose..........-- 150 BUTTER PLATES. Oval—250 in crate. a 2 ..............,..--..- 60 —. lO ee 80 me 6 Cl. Ce 1 00 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes.. _ — Ce 9 ss eee 24 CANNED GOODS. Fish. Clams. Little Neck, — on = Clam Be cn : ——— 3 ib .. 2 Cove Oysters. Standard, 1 Ib . 1 00 c. . 1 85 ain is... 2 50 - £2... 3 50 Pee ee .2 00 ' .2 9 Standard, te ee eke oe 12 deseo k eee 2 10 Mustard, 2 1b ee. io ‘Tomato Sauce, 2Ib.........2 2 Soused, 2 Pa ice eee 2 Columbia River, fi. 1 80 Alaska, = pin Kinney’s, ae ice. American EE Imported eo ee 10@11 Mustard Xs a ............_..... Tront. ee 250 Fruits. Appies. 3 ib. standard......... g5 York State, gajlons.. 3 00 Hamburgh, * — Live oak.. : 1% Santa Cruz....... ‘= a s...... a 1% Overland. 1% Blackberries. a7... .......... 95 eo Red ... 110@1 2 Pitted Hamburgh . ae 1% hite . ao. . ; 50 Erie 15 Damsons, ‘Egg Plums and oun ages. es... 1 10 California. . 1 70 Gooseberries. en 13 Peaches. ~~... 123 ae ey i a 1 65 Colroeeis........ 2 20 Monitor . 1 6 ae Pears. Domestic. Louse 1 20 a e......-....... 210 rapt Common. ' -----1 G@1 BD Johnson’ 8 ‘sliced. — 230 — a 2% Booth’ s sliced. @2 5) ' grated.. @2 75 Quinces. ee... 12 Raspberries. _s ................-.- 1 30 Black Hamburg....... 1 50 Erie, black 13 Strawberries. eee ............. 123 Hamburgh ...... : i= ie ee cee ee ee : 1 20 es... 110 Whortleberries. Dieeverries ........ . 100 Meats. Corned beef Libby’s.......1 & Roast beef Armour’s.......1 70 Potted ham. _— a. = i tongue, . Lo »...-... 85 Chicken, & ib....... 95 Vegetables, Beane. Hamburga stringless. ie Frenc style = 2 2 s............. on, green. oo _ eooeed.............-. 2 Lewis Boston Baked........ 1% Bay Siete Baked.......... 1 35 World’s Fair Baked....... 1 35 Picnic Baked.. — Corn. Oe a Livingston Eden eS 1 2 Purtty ..- fea ne Honey Be 1 40 Morn ng a... ee 75 Peas, Hamburgh ereeres........ 135 early June..... Cc sin lb Eng..1 50 — oe. 1 ancy sifted....1 90 eee... ee, z Harris standard — —. = Vane: amp” 6 marrofat..... ._- early June..... 1 30 Archer's Early Blossom....1 35 i as . . Mushrooms. TORCH ..... .cccccccccceseecs 17Q22 Pumpkin. —....... 90 Squash. ee... 13 Succotash. “Tomatoes. Hancock . CHOCOLATE. Baker's. German Sweet.. ...... Premium.... . a Breakfast Cocoa... CH EESE, Bee... @!1 ee... a @i LOBRWOC...... 2+ -cores @i eee gk 1 Goid oe. .......... 1 Roquefort. ! Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors Sap Sago Qaz2 Schweitzer, imported. @% domestic ‘ @i14 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. ome pint, 2 5 bottles 2 — = 4 5D Quart 1 doz bottles . 33 Triumph)Brand. Half pint, oor o.......... 1 © Pint, 2 5 bottles ie Quart, ‘per Gon ..... a = CLOTHES PINS. 5S gross bowes...........- 40@45 COCOA SHELLS, 35 lb. bags. . ten . Less uantity ae @3% Pound packages........6%@7 COFFEE, Green. Rio. se EN ee Poe... ee Se Posey ..2 .s...-.. .......e Santos. | Se... oe 0... ae z Peaberry .. a Mexican and Guatamala. Se. 21 Good. . ee Fancy.. oe 24 | Prime . i oe Milled . __.- ‘Java. eee... Private Growth.. Mandehling . Moche. Imitation . eT Arabian.. 28 ‘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.. 24 45 Bunola..... 23 95 Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case.... 24 45 Extract. — ley City % TOSS v 115 Hummel’ 8, i. BTOSS....-. 150 ua ee CHICORY. Bulk.. . 5 Red... 7 CLOTH ES LINES. Cotten, 40Tt...... per dos. 1 25 ' —....... va 1 40 a on... . 1 60 1a on ..... ' 1 75 . ar......- s 1 90 dute GH ft. aa ' 90 72 ft- C i oO CONPENSED MILE. 4 dos. in case. N.Y.Cond’ns wy Milk Co’s brands Gail Borden Eagle..... 7 40 Rn ce cee 6 2% Daisy. dee oe C hampion eee 4 50 Magnolia ... So. oe Die... 1 oe 35 COUPON BOOKS. ‘Tradesman.’ S i, per hundrea........... 2@ .s * ee 2 50 8 3, - . 8 00 8 5, oe $10, “ oe 820, . ' 5 00 “Superior.”’ S i, oer boecree........... 2 g = as “ a _30 g 8, “a “ 3 50 8 5, “ “ 4 00 $10, ‘ C . 5 00 #20, “ “ 6 00 Universal.”’ It is impossible to giv $ 1, per hundred. ... oe 2, 2 8 3, . oe opp “* o a . COUPON PASS BOOKS. Can be made to represent any enomination from $10 down.| a . 851 © eS ee 2 00 me ee 3 00 ee le 6 2 a «| 10 00 —— 6 —Ct=#=E................ 17 50 CREDIT CHECKS, 500, any one denom’ 2... $3 00 —_— © Foe 5 00 —" << 8 00 Seces paneh................ 75 CRACKERS. Butter. Seymour XXX i os Seymour XXX, cartoon..... 6% Se eee Family XXX, cartoon...... 6% moe © oe ..........-...... 6 Salted KAZ, cartoon ...... 6% a oo oe oe... ....:..,.. 8 Bester biscuit . .. -.. O46 Soda. Soda, XXX. 6 Soda, City...... a Soda, Bere 8% Crystal Wafer. . . Long Island Wafers ....... i Oyster. S. Oyster XXX. ee City ‘Oyster. Se 6 Farina Oyster...... .--.-- 6 CREAM TARTAR. Strictly pure. ... Telfer’s Absolute.......... 39 oor. .................. 15@25 DRIED FRUITS. Domestic, Apples Sundried, sliced in bbls. quartered ‘“ Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes Apricots. California in bags. Evaporated in boxes. Blackberries, In boxes.... Nectarines. 0 10h, DON... is. 554 55>. 2 ih, ee... .......... 9 Peaches. Peeled, in boxes ae Cal. evap. i " i. bags. oe 10% Pears. California in bags 8 Pitted Cherries, Pes... sk. ......... 50 Ib. boxes ...........-- 2 “ec “oe 5% 10% Prunelles. 30 Ib. boxes Raspberries, In barrels..... ease is. bames............-. si. ~* Raisins. Loose Muscatels in Boxes, 2 crown Ca ee 1 ST eee asec eee ee ¢oe ue Loose Muscatels In sist 2 CTOWN... --.+- +000: 3 ee eee oueecece ae 6% Foreign. Currants. Patras, in bere... 3% tn RL . 4 4% ' in less quantity .. Peel. Citron, Leghorn, a boxes 20 Lemon 10 Orange . 3 o . 11 Raisins. Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes : Sultana, 20 Valencia, 30‘ ' Prunes. California, 100-120... 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. os ws 80x90 c 70x80 " _— - = 60x70 / re Tn 6 ae cas ' —__ French, = . 00... a. ° bc ca euen ENVELOPES. XX rag, white. WH EON ire eens 81 75 me Ses le 1 60 CURR’ this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. e quotations suitable for all ¢ TRADESMAN: AUN I. They are prepared just before onditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the No./1,6 1 65 No. 2, 6. | to xx wood, white. No. 1, 6% «..-----+ 2-000 1% No. 2, 6% t= Manilla, white. -..- . 2 en io oe 95 ‘Coin. aa we. 4. ..... 1 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. 100 Ib. kegs.......--.... 3% Hominy. eee. oe 3 00 ee . 380 Lima Beans. PN eee c ee ae ss 4 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 lb. box... Imported.........+.+- - cemse....-.-..- ----..- 60 HERBS, PO i ee ce aw, ose 15 Hops.. ' oe INDIGO. Madras, 5 lb. box . 55 Ss, ¥.,2 erty penta. 50 JELLY. 17 Ib. patls..... ane @ 50 oe - @i75 LICORICE. cee we 30 a apaa eae etae ee 25 Meee. 88 12 LYE. Condensed, 2 dos...........1 @ . O80... 15s 2 2 MATCHES. No. 9 sulphur.... ---1 65 Anchor parior.............-- 17 No. 2 home...... 2 Export parlor............... 4 00 MINCE MEAT. MEASURES. Tin, per dozen. . oe... $1 75 Halt gelioni...........--+. 1 40 ae 70 a, oe 45 Er pent .........-..-..- 40 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. Ce 7 00 en ee ae. ae Pe. — om MOLASSES. Blackstrap. Sugar house...........--+- 14 Cuba Baking. OrG@inary .. 2.0... .0csesese 16 Porto Rico. Pee 20 aoe... soe ceeee ene . 30 New Orleans. eS ee 18 food... .. Leena 22 Extra good. 27 ee 32 weeee... |... 40 One-half barrels, 3c extra, PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count... @5 00 Half bbis, 600 count.. @3 00 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count. 6 00 Half bbis, 1,200 count 3 50 PIPES, Clay, es 1 75 =. D. Pau comt........ Cob, No. Bo. oe POTASH, 48 cans in Case. Babbitt’s os 4 00 Penna Salt Co.’s........- 3 25 RICE, Domestic. Carolina a 6 it... 5% . O85. 5 Bichon. ........ ........-. 4 Imported. Seen, Met... oie. os 5% of Reo... eae ee RS i i sd wie ee 5% Root Beer Extract. Williams’, 1doz.. ole "3 eee 5 00 nner Sine es ~ tae 5 00 SPICES, Whole Sifted, Allspice.. oe Cass a, C hina in mats...... 7 Batavia in bund....15 “ Saigon in rolls...... 82 Cloves, Ampoyna........... 22 . Renee... 1... 12 Mines Vatavia....... ......- 80 Nutmegs oo, 7 Ne 70 . No. ee 60 Pepper, Singapore, — 10 whit “120 - fae 16 paine aaaeii in Bulk, Allspice .. Cassia, Batavia... as ion and Saigon.25 ' —............. 35 Cloves, Amboyna oe 22 reer 5 18 Ginger, ee... 16 . Coemin............ 20 C Jeeeeeen ... 22 Beco Mateves..............-. 70 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste, .22 ‘Tri ee bo etieee, Co a 75 Pepper, Singapore, k ——-- --16 : Cayenne... Ceeiacees 20 g “Absolute” in Packages, 148 ‘4S Lo: 1 55 Cinmamion............. 84 155 Creved....,.-:...-...... 84 1 55 Ginger, oameica...... 84 155 PePCR ns cue 84 1 55 Mustard ee 84 155 Peer 6. 84 155 Sege...... 84 SAL SODA. eas oa oy 1% Geena Deeee.......... 1% SEEDS. eee 44-4... @12% Canary, Smyrna,...... 6 Oo a 10 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp, Russian....... 4% Mince Bee... 5% Mustard, white....... 10 9 6 Cc Juttle ‘bone.. oe 30 STARCH, Corn. wore MON. 5x one Fe 5% Gloss. 1-lb ee. i. eee ea 514 = ne 54 5% 3% Boe 1a. oe SNUFF Scotch, In bladders. . Maccaboy, in jars.. <4 french Rappee, in ares 43 SODA, — ee eT Shy eg iain Lede e teu ue beau el 4% SALT. 100 3-Ib. sacks ie a? 25 60 5-Ib. iiecess 28 10-lb. sacks. oe. 1 85 20 14 aS 2 3 ee 1 50 ot lb, dairy in linen bags.. 32 ao. Ch drill 16 18 Warsaw. 56 lb, dairy in drill bags... 2 si. | _ ee Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56 }», dairy in linen sacks. 75 Soiar Rock. 56 lu. sacks.. —_ = Common Fine. POeeeew ......,1.......... 70 eee 70 SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs. in _— — «= BG DeLand’s . aaa Dwights.... .. be tessa os Taster e........-.)..-...,-.. 3 SOAP. Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s er Old Country, 80 1-lb.. 2) Good Cheer,G)1Ib..........: 3 90 White Borax, 100 . bomes................. 34 No. 1, . 3 . ee ee eee 51 No. 2, ban 2 eC Pree cece ceee cece, et No. 3, . 3 ge Stand wn, Sb. Dowen.......... os BANANAS. ee ie SO@I 75 Memiam ............... 4. 2 0@2 50 EOree 2... LEMONS. Messina, chefes eo... 3 50 ee Se 4 50 C choice 3... ..... ce ° fancy 300 . . 4 50 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Figs, fancy layers, cues. @12% C8 @12 . extra a @14 a _ 22. Dates, Fard, 10-lb. box ee @i% 50-lb @ 6% . vente, 50-Ib. box.. 44@ 5% NUTS. Almonds, PeEregome........... : 16% ieee... 15% a California. . Leu. o17 ec a eee @i0 Filberts Loo @11% Walnuts, Grenoble. eee @13% ie Oe @ . Cam... a 6a Table Nuts, fancy . Dies teeeae @13 choice ..... @i2 Feesns, Yewss F., -....-............ @i5 Cocoanuts, full sacks.. ce @4 00 PEANUTS. Fancy, i. Ps ae @6 we Hosnted edeae @i% Fancy, H. P., Flags. a @ 6 “Roasted. . eo @i% Choice, H. Pa Maree... @ 5 ‘Roasted. @ 6% CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE, FRUIT JARS. Pee $5 50 eres. ....... oes eekes dee ons ess oo Ge ae... Ct 8 00 Caps. 2 50 Rubbers... Ce 45 LAMP BURNERS, No. 0 Sun Oe 45 No. 1 " ce dee poem o nee wdee eee Gul aay a 50 See. eo Ze Tubular ee 75 LAMP CHIMNEYS. Per box. 6 doz. in box. No. 0San........ ee cee ee cece ee wat ¢ 8 SS Rast * . Lee epee ec ee ee ates ice ee First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top.. 2 10 wee TT 2 2 No.2 ‘ - je ee XXX Flint. = 0 Sun, crimp > eo) 2 60 No. 2+ “ Me ce ee e 3 86 Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled ee 37% No. 2 No. 2 = _ " ‘ La. Basti No. 1 Sun, ‘plain bulb, per doz. No. 2 : Wo. 1 crimp, per dosz.... . Na? (a LAMP WICKS. No. 9, per = ete ee ees alas ae 2 No. 1 ee 28 No. 2) eee eee 38 No. 3, . eee eee ee ce enue, per a 78 STONEWARE—AKRORX, Butter Cc rocks, 1 to6 gal... tcc. ¥% gal. per da ey Jugs, 4 gal. per Gem... .......... 2... = to4 gal., oe 07 Mix Pans, gals, per dow... —— = STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED. Butter Crocks, | and 2 gal.................. o7 Milk Pans, * gal Ld deese seus dacecesoua as = 14 Fallacious Assumptions of Unionism. Written for THE TRADESMAN. On pages 26 and 27 Labor Day souvenir programme are to be found some of the most surprising state- ments, based upon the most astounding sequences of logic it has ever been the fortune of the writer to read. ‘‘Com- pulsory membership incunions’’ is there declared to be ‘‘absolutely necessary for the greatest good to the greatest ber,” airily setting aside the fact that there may be an honest difference of opinion as to what may or may not con- stitute the much desired ‘‘greatest good,” and just as lightly ignoring another fact, of far more consequence to the position assumed in the article than’even an hon- est difference of opinion, that a vast ma- jority of the wage earners of the country are still outside the unions. This out- rageous assumption of the right to com- pel workingmen to join the unions is practically declared to be similar to that exercised by the national government in drafting men into the army during the late war. A necessity arising from im- minent peril to the very existence of the nation itself is made to do duty as a prop to the claim of the unions that they have the right. Perhaps the position was assumed in the hope that its magnif- icent audacity might outweigh its ab- surdity, if the most obtuse and prejudiced unionist must its non-sequence. The fact that the men so drafted into the army were, when drafted, members of the Union, if I may so phrase it, citizens en- joying all the rights and privileges and protected by the government of the country in which they lived, is a matter of no consequence to the individual who penned the article referred to. Enough for him that they were forced to join the pnum- same but it seems almost as see (Union) army, because the ‘‘greatest good to the greatest number” demanded it; and, therefore, the trades unions, whose object is alleged to be the ‘‘great- est good to the greatest number,’’ have the same right. What the Nation may do for the ‘‘greatest good,”’ etc., a num- ber of individuals alleging their purpose to be the ‘‘greatest good,’’ etc., may do, also. For instance, a soldier (many of them, as a matter of fact) deserted the army during the war but was captured. ‘*The greatest good to the greatest num- ber,’’ the good of the service, and, pos- sibly, the preservation of the nation’s life, demanded that such an one be shot. Accordingly, he was shot. Perhaps it is right in unionism, also. Why not? It claims the right to use force in order to compel men to join its ranks, that claim there and, conceded, is not the ghost of a reason why it may not, with} just as much right, shoot men for deser- tion from its ranks, always granting that “the greatest good to the greatest num- ber’’ appears todemand it. But the jus- tice of this analogous application depends for its force upon the claim that a ma- jority of wage earners are members of the unions. Itis readily conceded that, if it has any force, it is to be found in the truth of that assertion. Let There are, approximately, 125,000 working printers in the United States. Of that number considerably less than 30,000 are enrolled in the unions. But this very decided minority claims to have the right, because it is organized, and because it alleges its object to be ‘‘the greatest good tothe greatest number,” to compel the equally decided majority to us see. of the Columbian | } 1 | gins. _THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. become members of the union. There. are not far from 25,000 wage earners in | this city. The unions of the city have not 8,000 members, and be it remem- bered that this claim was made by Grand Rapids unionists. I must not overlook one which seems to be a favorite: ‘‘One man’s liberty ends when another’s be- > Such a meaningless, and at the same time misleading, sentence never before appeared in print. It has no meaning except to mislead. To illus- trate, anumber of men are engaged at the same calling. Several of them con- ceive the idea of forming a union. They are at perfect liberty to form one if they think proper. They are equally at lib- erty not to unite. Now see what hap- pens. Because they exercise their un- doubted liberty and form a union, the liberty of the remainder of their number is at an end—they must join the union, too. No matter that the unionists are in a minority; they have united, and ‘‘there- fore” (the writer of the article in ques- tion hangs quite a number of conclusions on the word ‘‘therefore” which have no other visible means of support), they must be right and should be allowed to compel the majority to join their ranks. What matchless effrontery, what superb eonceit! But the liberty of one man does not end when another’s begins. The liberty of one citizen runs parallel with that of every other citizen, and no man nor any number of men, whether or- ganized or unorganized, possess the right to restrict or destroy the liberty of one who does not wish to join a union, to advance the interests of another who is a member of aunion. The liberty of both has its ground and guarantee in the same instrument, namely, the national constitution, which maintains for every man the right to “‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” But here are a number of men claiming the right to starve their fellowmen to death, for no other reason than what is, after all, a mere difference of opinion. They lieve in unionism and non-unionists do not—that is the substance of the whole matter. Then sentence, be- follows a quotation from the Twentieth Century—it should have read the Twelfth Century—part of which is as follows: “Trades unionists are accused of in- humanity because they strive to cut off from the means of earning a livelihood tradesmen and other workmen who do not belong to the unions. But do not the “learned professions” do the same thing? A man is not allowed to earna livelihood by the practice of law unless he bas been formally made a member of the bar. A physician is not permitted to practice the art of healing unless he can show a diploma from some approved medical school. A preacher is refused license to minister in the churches of any denomination unless he has been duly authorized by the church authorities.” ‘“‘Accused of inhumanity!” We read with sensations of horror of the millions of human lives sacrificed by almost every conceivable means of torture during the Dark Ages, by a church which claimed to be animated by the spirit of Jesus Christ; drowned, burned, sawn asunder, torn limb from limb, hacked with knives, racked, allowed to die of thirst and star- vation, melted lead poured into the eyes, the flesh torn with red-hot pinchers—the ingenuity of man all but exhausted in the effort to invent new instruments of torture in order to ‘‘convert’’ those who differed from the church in their reli- Our Snccmiiy | CHILDREN'S SHOES And Shoe Store Shee Shee shee plies. HIRYH, KRAUSE & 60, 12 & 14 Lyon Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Quick Gellers. 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NOL SHES Wholesale Boots 2 Shoes, 5 and 7 7 Pearl 8t., GRAND RAPIDS, aa Agents for Wales-Geodyear Rubber Co. Orders by mail giveua prompt attention 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. FOURTH NAYIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLops6ett, President. Gro. W. Gay. Vice-President. Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier. A. Szymoour, Ass’t Cashier $300,000. JNO Capital, DIRECTORS. D. A. Blodgett. Geo. W. Gay. S. M. Lemon. C. Bertsch. A.J. Bowne. G. K. Johnson. Wm. H. Anderson. Wm. Sears. John Widdicomb. R. A. D. Rathbone A. Fletcher. F. H. WHITE, Manufacturers’ agent and jobber of PAPER AND WOODENWARE, 125 Court St., Grand Rapids, Mich. PECK’S Pay the best profit. HEADACHE POWDERS Order from your jobber. Meuthol Inhaler CURES Catarrh, Hay Fever, Headache, Neuralgia, Colds, Sore Threat. The first inhalations stop sneezing, coughing and headache. the price of an Inhaler. complete the cure. Prevents and cures e Sea Sickness On Cars or boat. The cool exhilerating sensation follow- ing its use is a luxury to travelers. 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 HK. D. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer, hree Rivers, Mich. ("Guaranteed mien. AN’S I 0 snuffing This relief is worth Continued use will a x, |» a - “4 ~— v » vt) Sod » ® » ¥ » ° 7 “~ - * - a > ~ 7, oe @ » ue « » ? vy * * ~ ° * “a 2 > - ~ — - —_ r sf ~ ~ « a o *® » © ~ i ~ ~ - ~ ¢ ¥ - a wv > a - « al THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. aac 4 belief. Well, why not? Was it not for ‘‘the greatest good to the greatest number?” The church believed that the eternal salvation of those stay-outers de- pended upon their ‘‘joining the church,” and, since it was right and proper for them to be saved, and the church being responsible for their salvation, ‘‘there- fore,’ the church was justified in resort- ing to any means, however cruel and “inhuman” they might seem to the stay-outers, to force them into the echurch—union—and ultimately into heaven. The church claimed to have the only means of salvation. If a stay- outer was not converted by the somewhat harsh process, at least he was forever prevented from exercising his liberty as a stay-outer. Now comes the trade union, with an arrogant assumption of superior—nay, almost ,supreme—intelli- gence, demanding that it be permitted to employ the methods of compulsion so long and so suecessfully employed by the ‘‘mother church;’’ and, in the event of these not proving efficacious for the conversion of stay-outers, then the pen- alty shall be death—by starvation or otherwise, according to the humor of the executioners. Now for the argument upon which this right to starve mento death is based. “A man is not allowed to earn a liveli- hood by the practice of law unless he has been ‘formaliy made a member of. the bar.’’ But does anyone attempt to force him into the practice of law? Or does anyone try to keep him from the prac- tice of law? True he must fit himself for such practice, and must pass an ex- amination to show that he is fitted for it, but the schools are open to him, educa- tion is ‘practically free, and not the slightest hindrance is placed in the way of his beec6ming a lawyer if he desire to become one. Again, ‘‘A physician is not permitted to practice the art of healing unless he can show a diploma from some approved medical school’’—for which wise restriction those of us who are un- fortunate enough to require the services of a physician are most devoutly thank- ful. I had supposed that medicine was a science, not an art, but possibly I am mistaken. However, the answer to the first argument quoted is applicable to this, and so I leave it. So with the third. Briefly summarized, the whole argument amounts to tnis: The law of the land refuses permission to a man to practice either law or medicine without the proper license, and (shade of Whately, what logic!) ‘‘therefore” unionists have the right to say that a man who will not join the union shall not have the liberty to provide bread for himself and family. One argument, not found in the above quotation, still remains: ‘‘A candidate for the office of teacher in our public schools is rejected without examination if he cannot show his license to teach.” The writer’s knowledge of the public school system is on a par with his knowl- edge of logic. The license, or certificate, which is probably what is meant, cannot be secured except upon passing an ex- amination. No license to teach is ever granted, but the certificate shows that the person holding it is duly qualified to teach, the only disability being a want of the necessary qualification. Entrance to the ranks of this most important class of wage earners is entirely voluntary, and any member of the profession is at liberty to lay down the work at any time. The attempt to force an analogy between the fact that teachers and doctors and lawyers are compelled to pass an exam- ination before engaging in these various callings, and the claims of the unions that they have a right to compel men to join them, are most ludicrous failures. The union pays not the slightest at- tention to the proficiency—or want of it —of its members, nor of those whom it is seeking to drive into its fold, but its motto seems to be, ‘‘The fewest possible hours for the highest possible pay.” For the attainment of its ends it is bending every energy. Methods which outrage humanity are openly advocated by the demagogues who mould its counsels and control its action. It mourns because it is not allowed to enforce “pains and penalties’? upon those who will not sub- mit to its dictation because they approve of its methods. If unionism cannot succeed by fair, honest civilized methods it ought to fail, it will fail; and the surest way to makeits failure certain is to give it the power it asks. I am no enemy to organized labor. I am a firm believer in it, and gladly confess that it has done much for the amelioration of the condition ef the laboring man. But this suecess has been in spite of, not be- eannot cause of, many of the methods employed | by unionists, and because advancing civilization demanded better things for all, and not for a portion of, the people. Had the unions been wisely led, and their leaders always menof principle, in- telligent, just, patriotic, as many of them undoubtedly are, labor would stand to- day upon a plane | which is, “and must be for. years to come, only a ‘dream, its real- ization but a hope. DANIEL ABBOTT. i li A Clever Retort. That was a clever and timely retort which a leather salesman made to a shoe manufacturer in Buffalo last week. The leather salesman had waited in the man- ufacturer’s office for more than an hour. Then, when the latter was in the act of rushing out without giving the salesman an opportunity to speak to him, Mr. Commercial Traveler said: “Can I speak with you a moment?’ “Sorry, but I’m too busy to-day.”’ ‘I only want sixty or seventy-five sec- onds.” **‘Can’t spare ’em to-day.” “Well, now, see here, Mr. ——, I’ve been sitting here for over an hour listen- ing to your conversation with people about unimportant matters. I know you might have given me a show if you had been so disposed. You may get mad, but 1 want to remind you that you send salesmen out who have occasion to ask a hearing from the trade. Would you like it if one of your salesmen had been snubbed the way you have ignored me?” That manufacturer went back to his desk and that salesman went with him and they subsequently parted most am- icably. -___——> —-- << German Demand for Corn. It is said that the demand for Ameri- can corn has grown so rapidly in Ger- many that the government of that coun- try is trying to work a plan to enable consumers to obtain their supplies directly from the producers in the West- ern States. The purpose of Freiherr von Marschall, Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, is to do away with the middle- men and get lower prices for the consum- ers. He has asked officially what help the Washington government will give him in earrving out his plans, and the United States consul there has written to Washington that the time is ripe to form a corn syndicate and gain a lasting hold on the German market. lo — lm The Russian government is_ kind enough to say that the Jews may stay in Russia until June. Unlike the Dutch Process Other Chemicals are used in the preparation of Breakfast Cocoa, which is absolutely pure and soluble. A description of the chocolate pliant, and of the various cocoé and chocolate prepz rations man ufactured by Walter Baker & Co will be sentfree toany dealer or: application. Wy. BAKER & CO., Dorchester. Mass. CROU PECKHAM’S CROUP REMEDY is the Chil.tren’s Medicine for Colds, Coughs, Whooping-Cough, Croup, Pneumonia, Hoarseness, the Cough of Measles, and kindred complaints of Childhood. Try Peckham’s Croup Remedy for the children and be convinced of its merits. Get a bottle to- day, _you may need it tonight! Once used al- San Conran!” WHOOPING COUGH cae, CERTAIN! “My customers are well pleased with that in- valuable medicine—Peckham’s Croup Remedy. I recommend it above all others for children.” H. Z. CARPENTER, Druggist, Parksville, Mo. “Peckham’s Croup Remedy gives the best sat- isfaction. Whenever a person buys a bottle I will guarantee that customer will come again for more, and recommend it to others.” C.I Puruuirs, Druggist, Girard, Kansas. an esiee & nei. 7, 1893. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going Schedule in effect Aug. th. North. For M’kinaw,Trav. City and Sag. 6:50 a m 7:20am For Cadillac and Saginaw...... .......... 4:15pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw 8:10pm 10:50 pm From Kalamazoo. ... -- 9:10a m From Chicago and K alamazoo. 9:40 pm Trains arriving from south at 6:50am and 9:10am daily. Others trains daily except Sunday. Train leaving north at 7:20 a. m. daily. does not run to Traverse City on Sundays. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. South. This train Poe Camememeee 6:30am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:05 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm Wor Cimeremast. .. oo. its... 5:15pm 6:00 pm For Kalamazoo & Chicago..... 10:40 pm 11:20 pm PE RO ci eis sccidancede 11:50am es CROW oe ccen 10:40 pm Trains leaving south at 6:00 p m and 11:20 p. m. runs daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids 10:05 am 2:00pm 7. 20pm Arr Chicago 4:10pm 9:10 p m 6:50 am 10:05 a m train ivan Wagner Parlor Car. 11:20 pm train daily, Wagner Sleeping Car. Lv Chicago 4:20pm 10:00 p m Arr Grand Rapids 9:40 p m 6:50 am 4:20 p m solid train with through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:00 pm train daily, through Coach and Wag- ner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive 6:55 am 10:15am 11:25 am 4:40 pm 5:40 pm 9:10pm Sunday train leaves for Muskegon at 7:45a m, ar- riving at 9:15 a m. Returning, train leaves Muske gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Grand Rapids at 5:50 p m. oO. L. LOOK WOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. EDO TOL AILWAY, 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 M ay 14, VIA D., L, & N. R’Y Lv. Grand Rapids at..... si :10 a.m. and 1:25 Pp. mm. Ar. Toledo a6 ......... 215 p. m. and 10:45 p. m. VIA D., @. - & M. RY. Ly. Grand Rapids re 6:50 a, m. and 3:25 p. m Ar, Tolede at. ......... 1:15 p. m. and 10:45 p. m. Return connections equally as good. W. H. BENNETT, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. 1893. | Lv. Chicago 9:30am. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 15 AUG. 1%, 1893 CHICAGO AND WEST MICHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly.G’d Rapids. 7:25am 8:50am 1:25pm *11:20pm Ar. Chicago....12:20pm 3:55pm 6:50pm *6:30am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Ly. Chicago....8:25am 9:00am 5:45pm #11:35pm Ar. G@’d Rapids.1:20pm 3:55pm 10:55pm *6:10am VIA ST. JOSEPH AND — Lv. Grand Rapids..... 1:25pm +6:30pm Ar. Chicago. .. 8:30pm 2:08am Ar. Grand Rapids 5:25 pm TO AND FROM MUSKEGON. §:50am 1:25pm 5:45pm Ar. Grand Rapids......10:45am 3:55pm 5:25pm TRAVERSE CITY CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. iv. G 2... oom Jem |... 11:15pm Ar. Manistee.10:44pm ee «(..y... 4:50am Ar. Tray.Cy.11-10pm 12: {0pm _. Ar. Charievoix...... 3:15pm 7:20am Ar. Petoskey .... 3:45pm . tom Ar. Bay View.....-. COORD ees oe 5:00am Trains stop at Traverse City for dinner and supper. Arrive from Bay View, etc., 6:00 a. m., 11:40 a m., 10:00 p. m. OTTAWA BEACH. Ly. Grand Rapids... §:50am 9:45pm ......... 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 — 8. To Chicago, lv. G. R.. 1:25pm *1 To Petoskey, lv.G. R.. : To G. KR. lv. Chicago. $:25am *5:45pm *11:35pm TeG. R..ly. Petoskey ....... 1:30pm 18:20paa Free Chair Cars for Manistee 5:45 p m. *Every day. tExcept Saturday. Other trains week days only. ; v run JULY 30, 189: —e ee LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. 1:30pm i :15pm GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand ~~ 7:00am *1:45pm 5:40pm Ar. Detroit . ‘ 11:40am *5:50pm 10:25pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ey. Detrat. ........... 7:45am *1:45pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids. 12:45pm *5:40pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST, LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. G R.11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R, R. Ly. Grand Rapids.... 7:00am 1:45pm 5:40pm Ar. from Lowell. ......... 12:45pm S:4om ....) .. 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. MICHIGAN CENTRAL “The Niagara Falis Route.’’ (Taking effect Sunday, Arrive. wapm........ Detroit Express G6 Wam.... May 28, 1893.) Depart wcescesG GoD FAtlantic and Pacific..... 10 45pm 1 Opm...... New York Express...... 5 4pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacifie ex press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 6:55am; 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. DS. GRAND HAVEN WAUKEE Railway. Depot corner Leonard St. and Plainfield Av2. & MIL- EASTWARD. tNo. 14{tNo. 16)tNo. 18/+No. 82 Trains Leave 77d Rapids, _ 6 45am/10 « 20am| 325pm| Nomis... 0... 2 a 40am 11 25am) : 27pm) 8 ean St. Johns <2 8 25am|12 17pm) 520pm) 9 42 Oweoss>...... Ar} 900am| 1 20pm) 6 05pin 110 25am KE. Saginaw..Ar /10 50am) 3 45pm) 8 0OOpm)........ Bay City..... Ar/j11 32am! 4 35pm) 8 37pm} eee 7 40pm er Pee ......... Ar |10 05am] 3 45pm); 7 pm... Pt. Huron...Ar|1205pm| 550pm| 8 50pm]........ Pontiac ......Ar|10 53am 305pm!/ 8 25pm!.. Detroit..... -Ar|11 50am] 405pm) 925pm]........ TWARD. ‘VtNo. 81 |tN 0. 11 tNo. 13./tNo. 15 “Trains Leave ' 7 2am 1 00pm) 4 55pm/10 20pm 8 30am) 2 10pm| 6 00pm /11 26pm ae | 6 20am) 6 30am oe Ce G’d Rapids, Lv} G@’d Haven, Ar} Milw’kee Str ‘| Chi hie cago. Str. | 4 00pm ~ +Daily except Sunday Sunday only train leaves Grand Rapids at 8 a.m. for Spring Lake and Grand Haven; and at 7p. m. to connect with Sunday night steamer at Grand Haven for Chicago. Trains arrive from the east, 7:2 4:45 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. bola arrive from the west, 6:40 a. m., 10:10 @. m., 3:15 p.m. and 9:35 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Parlor Car. Westward—No. 1 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Parlor Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. Jas. CAMPBELL, City T'cket Agent. 23 Monrce Street- 0 a.m. 12:60 p.m., = THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. BIRTHDAY CONGRATULATIONS. How ‘“‘The Tradesman’s”’ Friends Re- gard the Anniversary. Cheboygan Tribune: Tur MICHIGAN TRADESMAN last week entered upon its eleventh year. It has long ranked among the best of the trade papers published and we are glad to note its continued prosperity. Wm. Judson (Olney & Co.), Grand Rapids: great deal of pleasure and profit your valuable edition of the 13th inst. I wish to congratulate you on your tenth anni- versary, and to assure you of my appre- ciation of your paper. Grand Traverse (Traverse City) Herald: THE MicniGAN TRADESMAN celebrated its tenth anniversary last week, and has the good will of every business man in the State. The paper has been a power for good to the business interests of Michigan, and the Herald congratulates Mr. Stowe upon his great success. W. H. Hoops, Chicago: I am in re- ceipt of your issue of Sept. 15 and con- gratulate you on the success of your pub- lication. Tur TRADESMAN certainly is an important factor with the merchants of Michigan. You well deserve your success, as you certainly have been, and are now, a very hard and _ intelligent worker. John T. Co.). THE Judson Grocer Il have read with a {N. K. Fairbank & Chicago: Allow me to congratulate MicHIGAN TRADESMAN upon its tenth anniversary, and express sincere wishes for the continued and future prosperity of your valuable paper. I have carefully read your journal for the past eight years, and have always placed it in the front rank of the trade journals. Mancelona Herald: Tur MICHIGAN TRADESMAN is ten years old and is one of the best trade papers in the land. As well might a merchant attempt to do business without either money or credit, as to get along without THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN in this age of enlighten- ment, where a knowledge of markets and trade methods is absolutely essential to a successful business career. Grand Rapids Evening current number of THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN is a souvenir edition in honor of its decennial anniversary. It contains articles by a number of prom- inent business men, and is a valuable issue for preservation. Tuk TRADESMAN is at all times an excellent paper, and has become a considerable factor in the city’s progress. The Press is pleased to nete that its efforts are appreciated, and that it enjoys a large measure of patron- age and prosperity. Saranac Local: THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN celebrated its tenth anniver- sary this week. From small beginnings it has worked its way to the top round and is now a model commercial paper, while the facilities of the office are sec- ond tonone. We congratulate Brother Stowe on the success attained and he is certainly entitled to these congratula- tions for the reason that he has achieved success where others met with failure. Push, pluck and persistency have all been displayed in the management of the paper since its inception. Shelby Herald: With this week’s is- sue of THe MicnigGAN TRADESMAN that journal completes the first decade of its existence. It has been conducted on practical lines from the start and has Burgess Press: The never experienced a backward move- ment, each year having developed im- provements over the preceding period. Not so much do we commend its success in a financial way—and its prosperity has not been equalled in the State in that time—but the genius of inception and the persistence of purpose which has es- tablished its claim for reliability, and has made it a necessity to 6,000 business men, constitutes a capital stock harder to acquire than money and easier to dis- sipate. The editor of the Herald is a graduate of THe TRADESMAN—to which that paper very kindly refers—and is in a position to know of the painstaking efforts required in every department to maintain the position mapped out for it by the ambition of its founder. 8. P. Whitmarsh (druggist and grocer), Palmyra: While many who were your friends and companions from birth are congratulating you on having survived | the hardships and dangers of the first decade, let me on the sly throw out the observation that, for a ten-year-old, you are a credit, both to yourself and your parents. I have watched your career for only one-eighth of your earthly exist- ence, but mustconfess it has given me} quite a fund of satisfaction. One thing | I remember is that you seem to appreci- | ate what your friends are trying to do | for you and invariably show it by grace- ful acts of business courtesy that incline | them to repeat their efforts. This, at least, lam sure isthe opinion of some contributors; and having been brought up to speak the truth, as one of them I take an early opportunity to acknowledge the fact. There is something in the ethics of the craft that aids and illumines all others, which makes one who isa worthy member susceptible to sincere praise from his friends. Encouraged, then, by what has fallen to your share of late, you may gladly enter on the second decade with bright hopes and assured prospects of success in your efforts to please a public that is often fickle, but sometimes generous and even just. In the future that awaits us both may our mutual hopes and memories be as pleas- ant as they are now. Grand Rapids Daily Herald: Tur MICHIGAN TRADESMAN has completed the tenth year of an existence that has been alike profitable to its publisher and to the commercial interests of the city. When the paper was launched, ten years ago, the jobbing trade of the city was small in comparison with its present pro- portions. What it is to-day may be cred- ited more to the influence of THE TRADESMAN than to any other single cause. Tie dealers of Grand Rapids have been brought into weekly touch with almost every merchant in their territory. The paper has been a commercial traveler of most obiquitous powers, and always able to gain the eye of the trade. It has also sought out visiting dealers, extended them many courtesies, interested them in Grand Rapids, and fastened them to this market through the influence of its good will. That Tuk TRADESMAN has gained a few dollars in the course of its career adds to rather than detracts from the merits of the missionary labors. The interest of the decennial number of Tue TRADESMAN is greatly enhanced by alarge number of articles which it prints from the pens of prominent busi- ness men of the city. These articles treat of a decade’s advance in the vari- ons avenues of commerce with which the authors are identified, and taken as a whole forms a highly gratifying sum- mary of the advance which ten years has shown in Grand Rapids. >.> The borrowing family sent their boy Jack over to Mrs. Murphy’s to borrow some tea and sugar and a plate of butter. Mrs. Murphy was busy and had no in- clination to lend to neighbors who never returned anything they borrowed. At the same time she did not care to entirely offend them. ‘‘I’d be glad to accommo- date yees,’’ she said, politely, ‘‘but o’im in a hurry and haven’t the time to wait on ye. I’ve other fish to fry just now.’’ The boy went home and reported that Mrs. Murphy was too busy to attend to him, and had other fish tofry, ete. ‘‘And why didn’t ye wait?’’ asked his mother breathlessly. ‘‘Go back and take an- other plate and tell Mistress Murphy you’re in no hurry, and mother’d be much obliged to her for a plate of the fried fish!” There is a Hebrew junk dealer in Winnipeg, according to report, who has been endeavoring to get his friends to kick him all around the town and back again. He sold a hair- stuffed chair to a green English im- migrant recently, and when the latter, finding the seat harder than desirable, took the chair to an upholsterer to have a new seat putin, he found $705 in good Canada bank notes stowed away beneath the springs. Wealth is so uncertain that a fortune may be swept away in a few hours when speculators handle the brooms. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Idex of the the Markets. Special Correspondence. New York, Sept. 15—This is the day set for a general boom to set in and busi- dess to grow to such proportions that ex- tra forces will have to be engaged. If | this does not happen, it will be acold day |for prophets. It is certain that at the {moment trade is very easily taken care lof by the forces at command, and, in | fact, it can grow to considerably larger | proportions before extra help will have to be employed. The volume of business is commonplace, and in the large retail stores the employes seem to have a vaca- tion ‘‘at home” as they stand around watching for customers. Purchasers from out of town are scarce, and, if we may judge by reports of those who do come, are simply on their way to Chicago. The trains leav- ing for that town are crowded before they leave here, and when they get out 200 or 300 miles the jam must be decid- edly uncomfortable. New York is mak- ing up for lost time, and the number of Fair visitors she is sending out is simply wonderful. It is possible that the American House of Lords is to blame for the backward- ness of trade, and, indeed, this is the statement made wherever one goes. ‘‘Just wait till the vote is taken, and you will see the stores of this city full of eustom- ers,” said one. Until then, not even the opening of the Ohio gubernatorial cam- paign attracts much attention. Prices remain low, very low, and in many instances have been unchanged for weeks. Rice has bobbed up almost Ic, but still remains the cheapest food on earth. Some anxiety is felt among coffee deal- ers at the situation in Brazil, although it is not making itself felt in the price of the berry to any great extent, although, as compared with a fortnight ago, the quotations are about 2}¢e in advance, and at the close of the market for Rio No. 7 is firm at 18¢, with some quite large consignments on the way thither from Europe. Mild coffees are smpa- thizingly stronger and buyers who se- cured a supply at recent quotations are congratulating themselves. Mocha is worth 21@22c, with Javas ranging from 22@25c and fancies, 27c. The sugar market remains quiet and unchanged for refined, granulated still being quoted at $5.5-16@5.3-8. This price has prevailed since the latter part of July. Some activity prevails in tea, which is more than could be said of the article during the past twelve months. What- ever else this nation is, it is surely not one of tea drinkers. New crop Japans are worth, for choice, 24@26c, and for the very best, 30c. Canned goods are still quiet, but it is evident that there will be some sur- prises before long, and the retailer who buys now is wise. This is in- dicated by many price lists as well as by private letters which your corres- pondent has seen and by opinions ex- pressed all through the trade. Tomatoes for less than $1 for standard No. 3s are growing scarce. Peaches are in better demand, and the prospects are that we shall see some sharp advances before many weeks. Prices for dried fruits, foreign and domestic are extremely attractive, and in ordinary times would induce liberal purchases, but now they can hardly be given away. New prunes are not quot- able, but 4%{c is reported to be top for the four sizes on the coast. Butter is meeting with better demand and best State is worth 27ce with best Western at 25c. freely and prices are well sustained, prices of State ranging 844 @10e. It seems quite the near future. If anyone ought to have a medal, it is Jay L. Torrey, of St. Louis, counsel of the Associated Whole- sale Grocers Association of that city. He has worked for years over this matter without compensation save the small amounts raised by voluntary subscrip- tions. The bill is one that has been Cheese is selling more | likely now that the| Torrey bankruptcy bill will be passed in thoroughly talked over from Maine to’ California, and the merits thereof are admitted on all hands. The delay thus far seems to have been caused by men not understanding it. Robberies, ‘‘lootings,” embezzlements, and misappropriations are the order of the day, and if people here do not rob trains as they do in Michigan, they do worse—they steal the trust funds of widows and orphans. One has far more respect for train robbers than for such a well-known and ‘popular’? lawyer-thief as F. H. Weeks, whose arrest in Costa Rica has been chronicled; but both styles of rascals ought to be where they will not be heard of again. JAY. POULTRY. Local dealers pay as follows: DRESSED. eee eee ee MOIEMOAUG. go cis eee Dee cc LIVE. — broilers 134 lbs. to 2 lbs. each, per a Live broilers less than 1-1% lbs. each, per doc.... a oe : Spring C ET 8 @i0 Powis...... pak seesa es te eee ee ae Spring turkeys. ee 10 @12% Spring Duc a 9 @10 OILs. The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows, in barrels, f.0. b. Grand Rapids: Eocene...... a en 8% XXX W. W. Mich. ‘Headlight pinecones 1% es... ee @ 6% Stove Gasoline.. ee @ 7% Cone ee ae... oe 138 @2l1 Black. 15 cold” test _ eee @s8 ASPHALT FIRE-PROOF ROOFING This Roofing is guaranteed to stand in all places where Tin and Iron has failed; for to Shingles and much cheaper. The best Roofing for covering over Shingles on old roofs of houses, barns, sheds, etc.; Will not rot or pull loose, and when painted with our FIRE-PROOF ROOF PAINT, Will last longer than shingles. Write the un- dersigned for prices and circulars, relative to Roofing and for samples of Building Papers, etc. Hi. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Practical Roofers, @ee. Louis and Campan Sts, Grand Rapids, Mich. is super- OIL PAINTINGS, Still hold their place in the front as TRADE PERSUADERS. Genuine hand painted landscapes by skilled artists, no daubs, 22 x 36in 4 inch gilt and oxidized frames, $9.75 PER DOZEN. Also MIRRORS, 18x30, $9.00 PER DOZEN. 30 days net. 3 per cent, 1o days. 500 Cards and a Punch Free. Special prices to large buyers. NATIONAL BOOK & PICTURE €0., SHicAce. > oe ide r 7 ~* mn rie ot e 1 = <2 toy “ a vr as 4 hs roe ~ a + By ¢@» vae ra > 47> “9 i * ie i « ¢ & . Be [ . 2 aj sa ~ a r a a “ a) > fr. abs ' t Lola we e A Ah Re : : ie j oe a a - & 1 An order placed with us for goods of our own manufacture. Our fac- vr | tory is one of the largest in the State, and its products are trade winners WHOLESALE Dry er 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. ~~ a b inal ee Grand Rapids. SEE QUOTATIONS. MUSKEGON BAKERY UNITED STATES BAKING Co., CRACKERS, BISCUITS, CAKES. Originators of the Celebrated Cake, “MUSKEGON BRANCH.” HARRY FOX, Manager, MUSKEGON, MICH. Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons, Cloaks, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. MILTON KERNS’ El Puritano Cigar. a THE FINEST 10 Cent ia an Earth] TRADE SUPPLIED BY 3ATEMAN & FOX, Bay City. ie § REYNOLDS, R OPPENHEIMER, Grand Rapids. Kast Saginaw. ry: ’ fosacco Co., Detroit, Mich. Detroit | wherever sold. OUR SPECIALTY: | HIGH GRADE CONFECTIONERY, TRY THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. SIDE ISSUES Oranges, Lemons, Nuts and Oysters. US. Cracker Chests. ‘ ] ‘HESE chests will soon | pay for themselves in the breakage they avoid. Price $4. Glass Covers {or DISCUS 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 another in amoment. 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. CREAM CRISP. NEWTON, arich finger with fig filling. the best selling cakes we ever made. ORANGE BAR. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. This is bound to be one of THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO.,, S. A. Sears, Mer. GRAND RAPIDS. PEREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL CSE BUY THE PENINSULAR Once and You are our Customer for life. Stanton & Morey, DETROIT, MICH. Gro, F. OwEN, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insurance Go. Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN Your Bank Account Solicited. pants, Shits, aud Orarals At ttl. sigs Bak GRAND RAPIDS ,MICH. dno. A. COVODE Pres Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. S. Verpier, Cashier. K. VaN flor, Ass’t C’s’r. Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits. DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, T. d.O’Brien. A.J. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee J. A. S. Verdier. Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, ARK THE TIMES HARD? THEN MAKE THEM EASY BY ADOPTING THE COU- PON BOOK SYSTEM FUR NISHED BY THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. ” JLLCREAM CHEESE? || GRAND RAPIDS, 2 MICH. QUALITY WINS! —$$$____ And you can depend on the best qual- ity when you buy this Brand. GRAND RAPIDS, BRUSH COMP Y, a GRAND RAPID +RA? RAPIDS, nd ‘ MICH Our Goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. MANUFACTUR ERS OF REDUCED PRICES ——FOR _ MASON “| FRUIT JARS 2 - ma 2 wi ge fim B sat ‘ ai 2 9 ROE om fAS a : B—4 the prices advance, which they are | sure to do a little later in the season. We | will hold the following quotations open | until the next issue of Tae TRADESMAN | } One pint Mason cans, packed, G6 doz. in @ CAGE. -.-~.-- 02+ sc ecesreces . $5 50 | One quart Mason cans, packed, 8 doz. in a case... ....-..-++---+++--- 6 00| One-half gal. Mason cans, packed, 6 doz. in a case....... 0 --+--+- eee e renee 8 00) One pint Mason cans, packed, 1 doz. in a case..........------ eee rere eee eee 7 50| One guart Mason cans, packed, 1 doz. im @ Case......--.---6-- +e sere eee eees 8 00 One-half gal. Mason cans, packed, 1 doz. in @ Cas€.........-----5 eeeeeeeee 10 00 Don’t delay but send your order at once to H. Leonard & Sons | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. STOP AND CONSIDER How you can obtain a Pack of A. DOUGHERTY’S Celebrated World Renowned PLAYING CARDS FREE! ween eeomerereenn{) If you want good, light, sweet Bread and Biscuits use FERMENTUM THE ONLY RELIABLE OMPRESSED YEAST SOLD BY ALL FIRST CLASS GROCERS. ——————— Save the Tin-Foil Wrappers and our White Diamond Labels, and when you have TWENTY-FIVE send them (or fifteen cents), to our ageney 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 otly reliable COMPRESSED YEAST. Manufactured only by THE RIVERDALE DISTILLERY, THE OLDEST MANUFACTURERS IN THE WEST. General Offices: 264 to Grand Rapids Agency: 270 Kinzie St., Chicago Ill. No. 106 Kent Street. The Following _——— Is the best line of Coffees in the State. & SANBORN. IF YOU WANT THE BkST THESE ARE THE COFFEES FOR YOU TO BUY. All roasted by CHASE Jewell’s Arabian Mocha, Jewell’s Old Government Java, Jewell’s Old Government Java and Mocha, Wells’ Perfection Java, Wells’ Java and Mocha, Weaver’s Blend, Santora, Ideal Golden Rio, Compound Crushed Java. Above are all in 50-pound cans, Ideal Java and Mocha in one and two pound cans. Clark, ~ yGtocery a Co.