*) | 2 ry 4 f e +a a t ( ‘f * sna ¢ \ ¥ "4 a a ‘ < 4 = SS } BS Yo) : \\ 3 ‘3 & 5 2) i SS © YZ LA ro Ay : V t,4 A 76 is e. Arye YN Ic ASS ip AX Z : YE D) rll. wuts Mead Dy i LOS A) al \\ GN aR / WY), e ae hese {SEI OR a DIY) ) PA 05) VFL 35 GRAND RAPIDE, _OOTOBER ae 1893. NO. 525 Be If you are in the market for PEACHES, PLUMS, PE ARS, GRAPES, Ete., correspond with us. Prices quoted by ing C letter or wire daily. WRITE US. e Proprietors, ~ ALP RED ede BR OWN CO., 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 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS We make én, Royal pein Caen. White Rose, You nN blll Are sold with our personal guarantee. ce ; 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 impe! you to become a . regular customer. Correspondence VOIGT MILLING CO. ALL GENUINE HARD PAN SHOES HAVE OUR NAME ON SOLE AND LINING. A Is what we're all looking for, and when we find it the GOOD most of us “tie to it” From Indge, KA mhach } (30. THING a» epicure’s standpoint Agents for THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE COMPANY. P&B OYSTERS BLANKETS, DOMETT AND WOOL. Are one of the good things to be obtained from Sept. 1 to the following April. They are put up COMFOR TS, 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. Order them through THE any Grand Rapids job- ber with whom you PU TNAM HOSE, ee eee RED, BLUE, may be doing business ai or from us direct CANDY Cc). i’. Steketee & Sons. ALL GRADES AND SIZES. LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers Grand Rapids. \aymnennnnnnrenevonnennnennnyeenonnennnnnnnapenenny. IF YOU SUFFER FROM PILES > In any form, do you know what may result from neglect to cure them? It may result simply in temporary annoyance fort, and discom- or it may be the beginning of serious rectal disease. Many cases of Fissure, Fistula, and Ulceration began in a simple case of Piles. At any 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 :—_ MOSELEY BROS., JOBBERS OF Seeds. Beans, Fruits and Produce, PEACHES furnished daily at market value. If you have any BEANS, APPLES, POTATOES or ONIONS to sell, state how mapy and will try and trade with you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa Street. OYSTERS. ANCHOR BRAND Are the best. All orders will receive prompt attention at lowest market price. F. J. DETTENTHALER. STANDARD OIL CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. 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BROOKS & CoO., Manufacturing Confectioners, have a specially fine ready RAD -- STAR -- GOUGH -- DROPS They are the cleanest, purest and best goods in the market. HEYMAN COMPANY, Manufacturers of Show Cases of Ewery Description. line for the fall trade—now FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY 63 and 68 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. WRITE FOR PRICES. NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Bloek. Works, Butterworth Ave BULK WORKS AT GRAND RAPIDs, BiG RAPIDS, ALLEGAN, MUSKEGON, GRAND HAVEN, HOWARD CITY, MAWNISTEE, CADILLAC, LUDINGTON, PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR | EMPTY GARBON % GASOLIN® BARRELS Why Not Use the Best? . OCR “Sunlight” FANCY PATENT FLOUR Is unsurpassed for whitene SS, purity and Strength. Increase your trade and place your self beyond the e ompetition of your neighbors by selling this unriy yvaled brand.” Write us fo1 price delivered at your railroad station The Walsh-DeRoo Milling Co, HOLLAND, MICH. I . i Nbc spite ; ware i t = ~~ RE a \ ¢ m 4 9 Z * GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1893. NO. 525 Rei PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. T.. STEWART WHITE, Pres’t. W rep McBain, Sec’y. ROOD & RYAN, YRNEYS aT Law. GRAND Rapips, Micu. WippIcoMB BUILDING. Attorneys for R. G. DUN & CO. ferences—Foster, Stevens & Co.. Ball-Barn Putman Co., Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., H. 1ard & Sons, Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., < Bros., National City Bank, Olney & Judson 2er Co., R. G. Dun & Co, Hazeltine & Per- Drug Co., State Bank of Michigan, Trades- Company. COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. 65 MONROE ST., S* cessor to Cooper Commercial Agency and Union Credit Co. mmercial reports and : ollections. Legal ad- » furnished and suits brought in local courts f' members. Telephone 166 or 1030 for particu- re STEVENSON, . C. A. CUMINGS, C. E. BLOCK. » HELLMAN ,SCienlitic Optician, 65 Monroe St. FQ hte pS Mm ‘yes tested for spectacles free of cost wiht 2stimproved methods. Glasses in every style moderate prices. Artificial human eyes of ‘ory color. Sign of big spectacles. ANGRAVINGE" ildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles. TRADESMAN CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. PHOTO wooD ¥ 979+ ¢ Y0 N AND Z PEARL ST. NEAR LANK THE OOKS. BRIDGE. 4@46460444% 64 ESTABLISHED 1841. A AANA EES EE TRCN THE MERCANTILE AGENCY rt. i. S0un & Go; Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet’ Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK,uPres, Offices in the principal cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London, England. Grand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomd Bldg HENRY ROYCE, Supt. Five or six men had gathered in Harvey | Greer’s rooms at the Benedict one rainy Sunday afternoon smoking and telling yarns. Everybody had toid some wonderful story of his exploits except the athletic Jack Wilmer, who sat big and calm and imperturbable, puffing away at his corn- cob pipe. ‘‘Look here, Wilmer,’? said Greer, ‘this won’t do. Any fellow that’s led the tough life you have must have lots of.things to tell. Come, brace up and give usa story. We want tobeamused.” ‘‘Never had but one extraordinary ad- venture,” said Wilmer, ‘‘and that was chiefly remarkable for the way it ended. You won’t like it.’’ ‘*Come, give it to us.”’ Wilmer took his pipe from his mouth and stretched out his frame in the chair. “Well, you see,”’ he said, ‘‘it was when 1 first went to New York. I was having a pretty hard time of it; without money, friends or any educatiomr to speak of like you fellows that have been to college. There wasn’t much that I didn’t try my hand at from porter in a hotel toclerk in a big clothing store on Sixth avenue; but I gave that up pretty soon—couldn’t stand fitting clothes on pert little dudes that I could have carried with one hand. Good thing that I got out of it, too, be- THE CLERK’S STORY. j cause if it had lasted much longer I should have knocked some of them down. ‘But while I was clerk I had a room in a cheap lodging house on the east side near Third avenue—Eighth street, I think it was. It was on the first floor, the back room, as stuffy and hot a little hole as you ever saw and I was there all summer. It had one big window in the back and there I used to spend most of my time when I was in the house, trying to get a breath of fresh air and looking at the dingy courtyard that belonged also to the house back of us on Seventh street. It was like a well, paved with stones, the children used to play in it and the women hung out their clothes. One awfully hot day in July about 5 o’clock in the afternoon I was sitting there in my shirt sleeves, drowsy and sleepy with the heat. Not having any- thing else to do, I had a sheet of paper before me on which I idly scribbled over and over again my name, John Wilmer, in my own peculiar scrawl—that looks like the trail of a fly that has just crawled out of an inkstand. I was very drowsy and mad as hops with a yellow-haired woman at a window who was ¢calling out as she lifted the lid of a box that had been hung out of the window to serve as a refrigerator: ‘‘Maggie, do you want me to bring the potatoes, too? Maggie, Maggie, why don’t you answer?”’ On the fire escape of another house two children were having a fight. My eyes closed for a moment when suddenly in the quiet came a gust of wind. I looked up in time to see the paper before me blown out of the window across the court- yard to the window in the basement where a man was sitting. The man picked up the paper, looked at it care- fully for several minutes and then taking a piece of paper from a book seemed to compare the two, looking from one to the other with satisfaction. He then put them both back in the book and sat down again, looking over at me from time to time. He was a big red-haired and red- bearded fellow whom I had often seen before at that window but I was very curious to know what was his interest in my handwriting. Well, afew evenings after that I was taking my dinner at acheap eating house on the Bowery. It was as hot as blazes; the doors and windows were all open, the flies coming in and sticking in the butter and to the pink and blue tissue paper hanging on the walls. I don’t know what they have those things for, unless it is to keep the flies from feeling homeless. But there was something that made me feel uncomfortable aside from this and 1 didn’t know what it was until I turned around and saw sitting at an- other table, the same red-headed man who had been at the window and who had been so much interested in my writ- ing. He was staring at me enough to bore two gimlet holes through my back and thatis what made me so uncomfor- table. I thought maybe he was a detec- tive who was after me for something, al- though I didn’t know what I had done, so Il got up and went out. The sun was down and the gas was lighted. People and children were swarming outside just like the flies. I knew the man was fol- lowing me and after one block I simply turned around and waited for him to come up. ‘“‘Look here,” I want with me?”’ He was all chase after me. “You are a pretty fellow,” he said, ‘‘running away so fast, when I’ve got a big piece of business to offer you. Is your name John Wilmer?”’ “Ves.” “Do you want to make $50 in a half an hour, John Wilmer?” I had exactly $1 in my pocketbook and my week’s rent due. ‘““Yes, I do,” I said, ‘‘but what’s up? What have I got to do?” “Never mind about that here. come with me.’’ We went on for several squares, then turned into Baxter street. The man seemed a mum sort of a fellow and didn’t say anything. From Baxter street we made several turns to the right toa street totally unfamiliar to me. There didn’t seem to be any hurry and as we walked along I smoked a cigar which my mys- terious employer handed me. O Ata little baker’s shop we turned off into a narrow alley dimly lighted. IL suppose it was swarming with people be- cause I could hear them bustling around and talking. When we came toa house said, ‘‘what do you out of breath with the Just that looked empty the man unlocked the door, carefully locked it again and went up a flight of stairs into a back room, I following. All this time we had been groping around in the dark but the man struck a match and lighted a candle. ThenI saw that the room was perfectly bare except for a common wooden chair and table on which stood the candle and a leather valise. ‘“‘Now,’”’ said the man, “sit down there.’? He took some papers out of the valise and handed me a fountain pen. ‘‘What I want you todo is very simple and won’t take you amoment. Itis just to write your name.’’ He began searching in the valise for something and I had time to netice him— a well dressed gentlemanly man who looked as if he might be a swell fallen on hard times. ‘“‘Here,’’? he said, ‘‘are some papers. There isa manin this city named John Wilson. You have heard of him; has a big wholesale liquor house. Well, itis a curious thing. You both write obscurely but you couldn’t tell your signatures apart. See!’’ He held out a letter to me with what I could have sworn was my own name written on it. The “John Wil” was plain enough, and the three last letters ended off in an illegible dash as mine did. ‘‘Now,” said the man, ‘‘this paper is a transfer of property by John Wilson to Some parties who have a law suit against him. If you will sign your name to it it will pass as his—and here are your $50.” He opened his pocketbook and showed me a roll of bills. ‘“‘Why,” I gasped, as the meaning of the affair burst upon me, ‘this is for- gery!” ‘‘What if it is??? He was eyeing me coolly. **] won’t do it.” Before I knew it I was sitting in the chair and he was standing before me with a pistol aimed at my head. ‘Yes, you will,’ he said. ‘I'll give you three minutes to decide, or you die.” I was helpless, without a weapon, star- ing into the man’s cool, determined face, knowing that at the slightest movement he would undoubtedly shoot me. The worst of it was that my strength seemed to be gone. I felt a sudden drowsiness and could only stare into that man’s eyes. I remember that he had a cast in one of them, and thinking that he would be quite good looking if his beard was trimmed in a point. All this time the man was raging and swearing and threat- ening my life. Suddenly there was a sound down stairs as if something had been thrown against the front door. My adversary turned. As he did so I made a quick movement and pinioned him. He was a powerful fellow but I got him un- derneath. In the struggle the pistol went off, the bullet striking the ceiling. I knocked the man down, gave him a blow on the head, enough to have settled an ox, then, picking up his key, I rushed down stairs, unlocked the door but for- got the key and left itin the lock. The street was full of people but I did not 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. dare to ask for assistance from any of them. My hat was gone, my clothes | torn in the struggle, but 1 went on sev-| eral squares looking for a policeman. Not one came in sight until I found my- | self on the Bowery. *‘Come with me,’’ | said to the first one | I met. ‘*Where to?’ he inquired. ““Come, come,” I said breathlessly. He | looked at my wild condition dently thought that l was either crazy or | drunk, but he came, while I and evi-| I told him as} best I could, about my adventure, he seeming very skeptical. After making several turns I found myself hopelessly lost. 1 couldn’t find the place. The policeman was about to} take me in charge as a dangerous lunatic when I caught sight of the little bakers’ shop. We into the alley and} went to the empty house. The door was | locked and the key was gone. turned “The baker will know about it,’’ said | the policeman. We went to the little shop and found a fat, bonest looking German. “Who lives in the empty house?” I asked. “That me. It empty. A man} rented it for a week and he was a good manu—paid in advance. He came in just a little while ago and said he didn’t want! it, and brought back the key. He was a good man and paid in advance.” The policeman told him the story and | he was horrified. Taking the key It was dark | is | to No oue lives there now. house belongs he | went with us to the house. the house had not We must confess the door. I lighted the half The There was my and stuffy inside as if been opened for weeks. stairs to the back room. | to a tremor struck a match and burned candle on the was just as I had left it. hat on the table, the wall, but the valise and the went up- as we opened tabie. room bullet hole in the | red-haired | man were gone. While the policeman was examining the sensation chair over- of Death seemed to be in the at- the room 1 sat down on come by that strange ex- haustion. mosphere of the place, and I believe that it was the effects of the cigar which had been given me, The policeman and the baker made a thorough search but clue. The rest of the house was vacant, and evidently no had ever the man’s inten- that it had been poisoned. eould discern no other room been occupied. It was tion to lure me to this place merely to get my signature, and, evidently, to make away with me afterwards. The policeman roused me from my torpor, took down the particulars of the affair, the appearance of the man and my address, but said there was of ever finding him. no hope I made my way to my own room about 3 o’clock in the morning and, without undressing, threw myself on the bed like a log, to sleep off the effect of the drugged cigar. It was late in the afternoon of the fol- lowing day when I awoke, hot. to think over and intensely 1 went to the window and sat down the events of the evening before. As Il didso I remembered where I had first seen that man—at the window of the house back. Looking over I saw sitting at that iden- tical that very same red bearded rascal and would- be murderer. saw how easy it would be for me to jump} basement window, writing, I watched him closely and | him. | fire escape. | door. | State, 40 years ago, | five years | out of my window, run across the court- yard and seize him. Looking around to see if there was a man in sight to come to my assistance in the struggle, a sense of coincidence over- came me. Everything was the same as it had been that first afternoon when I saw The children were fighting on the The yellow-haired woman was lifting up the top of the box out of the window and calling out: ‘Maggie, ve a great mind not to bring you the pctatoes. I’ve been call- jing to you for ten minutes.’ I looked ou my lap. There was the paper on which I had — my name. | It had never blown away—.’ Jack paused and walked toward the The men looked at him breath- lessly. ‘“‘Well? and the house?” ‘‘And the forger?”’ “And the drugged cigar?’’ asked one after another. ‘“‘All a dream. Never was any house or any forger or any cigar,” said Jack doggedly witha grin. ‘Il told you fel- | lows you wouldn’t like the end but you | would have it.”’ He looked around. The hoax was be- ginning to turn op them. “Good bye, I must go,’’ he said, eseap- | ing through the door just in time to miss a paper cutter which Greer aimed at his head. ANNA VERNON DORSEY. a REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. E. D. Winchester, the East Bridge Street Grocer. Edward D. Winchester was born in the | city of Grand Rapids, near the site of the Hall, Oct. 4, His Winchester, came to this New Hampshire, his native and is at present in the wood business at the corner of Cres- cent avenue and Ottawa street. ‘‘Ed.’’ passed successfully through the many dangers incident to childhood, entering when of proper age, where he continued until his sixteenth year. For previous to leaving school he ‘‘did” a paper route twice a day, clothing himself with the proceeds. Upon leav- present City 1858. father, 5. A. eity from school ing school he went to work forthe Grand | Chair Co., years in this situation. work for C. C. Comstock, Store, Canal street. mained ten years, for which he was manager of the He left this situation ness for himself. In with the late John J. Sours, he bought the grocery stock of Wagner & Clark, corner of East Bridge and North Lafayette streets. The firm of Winchester & Sours contin- ued until 1889, when Mr. Winchester purchased his partner’s interest, and the business has ever since been owned and conducted by Edward D. Winchester. Mr. Sours went into the real estate busi- dying in 1892 of typhoid fever. Mr. Winchester is a member of the Grand tapids Retail] Grocers’ Association, and is a firm believer in the principles and objects of that organization. Quiet and unassuming, caring nothing for the ‘‘trumpet blast of fame,’ he is one of the last men in the world to wish to see his name in print. He enjoys a| fair share of ‘‘hill’’ trade, which is con- | stantly growing, the result, not of catch- penny advertising, but due to the fact that Mr. Winchester has been satisfied to attract customers with good goods and several He then went to in the Peoples’ Here tapids remaining on he re- 1886, ness, hold them by fair and honorable treat- , ment. eight years of | business. to engage in busi- | Chocolate Cooler Co., MANUFACTURERS OF | | 1 ery ee anctomntain. é : \ aN nM | H Wah ee Ne | IO Croan lal Nie i mitten! , oa 3 a + KNOCK DOWN TABLES AND AND MANUFACTURERS AGENT FOR Koch Adjustable Bracke- 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 enables the merchant to move his store furniture more quickly and easily than he can move his stock, thus enabling him to resume business in a new loea- tion without loss of valuable time. Samples of each line on exhibition at office, 315 MICHIGAN TRUST CO. BUILDING. if you cannot visit office, send for catalogue. DOES IT PAY? Certainly It Does. I take no chances. The qual- ~" ity is of the very best. The NEW » YORK CONDENSED WILK | CUMPANY is a very responsible concern and guarantees the 7 tl Borden Eagle Brand = Condensed Milk to its customers. Besides it is no trouble to sell. |The majority call for it and wont take any other brand. If I don’t keep it my customers will get it elsewhere. Smaller profit? No, I gue:s not; have tried both ways and found that it pays to sell only the “BEST.” It has been demonstrated to my sat- ‘isfaction that the ‘GAIL BORDEN EAGLE BRAND HAS NO EQUAL. ty . ee ONDENSED M Soak See oe meg Aad Bor uk cco] . TR YORK Ri CONDENSED ‘ it. New YOr te a, } . U ou K le i 7 3 d. « e. ‘ 4 THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 8 Fallacy About Forcing the Markets. The farmers complain of the low prices of their products and they charge it upon speculators and traders. They claim that there has been a conspiracy to put down the prices of farm produce, just as the silver miners charge that there has been a conspiracy to reduce the price of silver. Nothing could be more erroneous than such a notion. It is absolutely impossi- ble for any combination of capitalists to control the markets of the world all the time. It might be possible to corner a market on some particular occasion and under certain circumstances for a very short time, but to carry on such a scheme systematically and without a break for a long term of years is simply impossible. No power on earth can do it, and no power ever has done it. Prices of leading articles of consump- tion are governed entirely by the condi- tions of supply and demand. An exces- sive supply will put down the price, be- cause people who are forced, by their necessities, to sell will offer their mer- chandise so as to meet the requirements of buyers. A financial panic which locks up all the money will also force lower prices. If no combination can systematically keep down prices, regard- less of the laws of supply and demand, so also no combination, either of capital or of violence, can force them up and keep them up. The fact that prices of most necessa- ries have been declining for the past twenty years is not due to any power wielded by capital and monopoly. It must be charged to the introduction of machinery and processes which have constantly cheapened the cost of produc- tion. In nearly every article of neces- sity the decline in price has been steady for a long time. The exception occurs in agricultural products, because they depend largely on weather conditions. When poor crops are had prices are higher, but several good crops in suc- cession will force down the price. But if there has been a general decline in farm products it has also been the case in regard to most manufactured articles in common use. The raw material has been cheaper and the manufacturers can turn out their wares cheaper. Whatever may be said against manufacturing trusts, which are able to tyrannize over the trade and drive out competition, they have never sought to put up prices to an oppressive figure. They understand that if articles are put above the ability of the people to buy, the people will not buy. In order to create trade prices must be put within the reach of the masses. In an article in the Forum for October, David A. Wells, one of the most distinguished statisticians in the coun- try, has presented some striking illustra- tions of the influence of machinery and improved processes of production to cheapen articles of necessity. Some facts and figures drawn from him will prove instructive. Probably there is no example of the more signal influence of ingenuity and science in cheapening products than in the experience with the metal aluminum. In 1856 it sold for $90 per pound; in 1887 for $8, and in 1889 for $2. Its present market price is about 50 cents. Copper tea-kettles, which sold in 1860 for $2.50, can now be bought for 75 cents; and this homely example illustrates the great de- cline which has taken place in the price of copper since 1880, from 25 cents to 9 to 10 cents per pound, which the com- mercial world is agreed has been wholly due to the extraordinary productiveness of new American mines and new methods of mining and smelting, and which de- cline one of the most influential syndi- cates ever organized, with command of enormous capital, was utterly unable to prevent. Consider next the recent experiences of the four great commodities that, either directly, or in their manufactured forms, constitute the bulk of the world’s trade and commerce—namely, iron, wheat, cot- ton and wool. Pig iron sold for $50 per ton in 1873; for $41 in 1880, and as good a grade can now be bought for $13. <> A Market for Peach Stones. It is reported that the buying and shipping of peach-stones has grown in| be quite an industry in North See | this season. In Newton large quantities of the stones have been bought. The} average price paid is 35 cents a bushel. 2 People who love coffee better than war | should call a halt to the political squab- | bles in Brazil. | for the first time, and his grandfather had taken him out to see the colt. “There, Roger,’’ said the old gentleman, | “did you ever see such a little horse as | that?” Roger never had, and his eyes shone; but there was one drawback. ‘“sWhat’s the matter with him, grandpa?” he said. ‘‘He hasn’t any rockers.” | Little Roger had gone into the country GOLD IS COMING! PROSPERITY IS ON THE WAY! AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY At rock bottom price is now. A high grade Laundry Soap made especially for washing, cleansing and _ puri- fying. Now is the time to buy. See price list. Order from any wholesale grocer. 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Purely Personal. Herman Liesveld, the Cherry street | grocer, has gone to Gogebic county where he wil! spend ten days or two weeks on a hunting trip. J. M. Perry, the Tustin druggist, and | Frank Smith, general dealer at Leroy, | passed through the city Saturday night | on their way to the White City. They | were accompanied by their wives. S. E. Parkill, the Owosso druggist, has | returned from his European trip, and on | Oct. 1 assumed the duties of Secretary of | the Michigan State Board of Pharmacy, | to which position he was elected last spring. L. G. Ripley, the Montague druggist, was in town last week and placed orders | for his holiday goods with local dealers. | Anticipating a large trade in this line, | he bought more largely than he has in previous years. Frank E. Leonard, who has been con- fined to his home several weeks by in- flammation of the lungs, is recovering his health and strength, so that he will probably be able to resume his duties at H. Leonard & Sons’ in a few weeks. Herbert H. Herrick, of the firm of Herrick Bros., grocers at Lansing, was married Sept. 28 to Miss Edith Baldwin, or Fowlerville. Mr. Herrick is a nephew of E. J. Herrick, the fancy grocer of Grand Rapids, but has not yet acquired the requisite experience to drive the close bargains for which his unele is noted. Miss Ollie Harwood, only daughter of G. M. Harwood, the Petoskey druggist, died Sept. 27 at the age of 16, after an illness of nine weeks. The deceased was a young lady of beautiful character and was loved and respected by all who knew her, and the parents have the sympathy of a host of friends in their great affliction. Frank Hadden is confined to his home, 357 South Union street, by rheumatism. His trade is being visited in the mean- time by Geo. R. Rose, who has been reg- ularly engaged to cover the trade visited so many years by Wm. B. Collins, who has been promoted to the position of sales manager for H. Leonard & Sons. Mr. Collins has been on the road about ten years and has rightly earned his pro- motion. Chas. E. Olney will return § from Thompson, Connecticut, about Nov. 1, and remain long enough to attend the annual meeting of the Olney & Judson Grocer Co., returning to the East in time to sail from New York on Nov. 16 on the Fuerst Bismarck for Southern France, where he and his family will spend the winter. Dr. Chas. S. Hazeltine will sail on the same steamer for Milan, Italy, to take the position of United States Con- sul there. A Window Glass—The factories as yet getting very much broken. Higher prices must come if the mills do not soon start. \ |; Man, PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—All varieties of eating apples com mand #2.50@2.75, fancy Wines and Kings bring ing $3. The latter varieties are the only ones which are up to the average in quality, the gen eral run of fruit being the poorest ever market ed in this state. Beans — Dry stock is beginning to arrive. | Handlers pay #'.40 for country cleaned and $1.50 | for country picked. Butter—Scarce and strong. Dealers pay 23@24c for choice dairy and hold at 25@z6e. Factory creamery is {n moderate demand at 30c. Grocers are beginning to take out butterine | licenses, and the sale of butterine will, undoubt edly, put an end to the present stiff demand fo the genuine. Cabbage—Home grown, $2@3 per 100. Carrots—25c per bushel. Caulliflower—#1.£0 per doz. Cranberries—Early Blacks from Cape Cod have out in an appearance, commanding $2.25 per bu. put arance anding $2.25 per t crate or #6 per bbl. The quality is fine, being | large in size and richly colored. Celery—Home grown commands 15 @ 18e per doz. Cucumbers—Pickling stock, 12@15c per 100. Eggs—The market has advanced 106 per doz , Handlers pay 19c, holding at 20c per doz. Egg Plant—#1.’0 per doz. Grapes—Concords and Wordens command 13@ 15¢ pers lb. basket. Niagaras bring 16@18c, and Delawares 18@z0c. Honey—White clover commands 15¢ per Ib, dark buckwheat brings 12%c. Onions—Bermudas command $1.50 per crate. Peaches—Smocks command $1, while small pickling stock can be had at 50@75ce per bu. Pears—A few Kiefers are coming to market, | commanding $1.:0@$2 per bu. Quinces—#1.50 per bu. Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys command $8.25 and Baltimores $2.75 per bbl. Tomatoes—60e per bu. Turnips—30e per bu. i i ll The man who does not know a gun is loaded generally wants to try it on some one else first. 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, Py 4nTEO—AN EXPERIENCED RETAIL grocery salesman used to city trade. Must speak Holland or German. Address, with city references, stating amount of experience, No. 792, care Michigan Tradesman. 792 FINE CHANCE. DRUG AND GROCERY store for sale in town of 2,300. Do not wish to trade. Want cash or good security. In- voice #4,50°. Do not apply unless you positively mean business, for this is a fine opportunity. Reason for selling, failing health. Address No. 93, care Michigan Tradesman. 793 A GENERAL STOCK OF MERCHANDISE wanted, $3,000 to $5,000. Will pay cash for good stock and business if price is reasonable. F. H. Van Dorsten, Litchfield, Mich. 791 VOR SALE—THE THEODORE KEMINK drug stock and fixtures on West Leonard street. Paying inves:ment. Will sell at half real value. For particulars, enquire of Henry — Kent County Savings Bank, Grand Rap- ids. T87 Wy Aare 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. 784 UR 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. 752, care Michigan Tradesman. T52 Vy ANTED—A practical druggist, with some capital, to take charge of a first-class drug store. Address C. L, block, Muskegon, Mich. 7 USINESS HOUSE AND STOCK OF GRO ceries for sale on Union street. Will sell ata bargain. Address box 634, Traverse City, 747 Brundage, opera house Mich. SITUATIONS WANTED. ANTED—A POSITION FOR ANY KIND of employment by a young man of twen- ty one. Has had three years’ experience in the retail grocery trade and four years’ experience in the machinery business. “Address No. 794, care Michigan Tradesman. 794 ANTED—POSITION AS DRUG CLERK 'Y by ayoung lady, graduate, registered in Michigan. Good references furnished. Ad- sg Box 46, Brooklyn, Green Co., Wiscon- sin. 790 6e ARMAN’S Class in Window Dressing,” a monthly publication, giving illus- trated window displays for dry goods, clothing, furnishings and shoes and ideas for store deco- rating. Membership fee $3 a year. Harry Har- window dresser and decorator, 1204 Woman’s Temple, Chicago. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Wm. N. Ingalls has opened a grocery store at Petoskey. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Cole & Chapel. grocers at 692 and 694 | Cherry street, recently uttered a bill of | sale on their stock to Hawkins & Com- pany, who took possession of the goods last Monday and removed them to their wholesale establishment. A. M. Armstrong and J. W. Cappy have purchased the stove polish business of Andrews, Brown & Co. and will con- tinue the business under the style of the Grand Rapids Stove Polish Co. at the corner of Canal and Newberry streets. Geo. Richards, late of Grand Ledge, has formed a copartnership with John Huff, of this city, under the style of Richards & Huff, and the firm has pur- chased the flour and feed business of Lawton Bros., at 528 South street. Division The discussion of the early closing movement at tbe last meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association has already produced tangible results, the West Bridge street and Cherry street grocers having begun the 6:30 o’clock closing movement on Monday of this week and the grocers ‘‘on the hill” having arranged to reduce the closing hour from 7 to 6:30 o’clock beginning next Monday. On July 12 of this year, in the Police Court of this city, Samuel Ovant, Max Turner and Abraham Hootkins were, with a number of others, convicted by Judge Haggerty of peddling without a license. The three peddlers named took an from that decision to the Superior Court, on the ground that the peddling ordinance was unconstitutional in that the fee was exorbitant, being pro- hibitive rather than regulative. The appeals were argued before Judge Bur- lingame, of the Superior Court, Tuesday, Oct. 4. James E. McBride, attorney for the defense, argued that the city had no right under the State constitution to put a prohibitive tax on any business and that it went beyond the terms of its char- ter and the State constitution when it fixed the peddlers’ license fee at $50; that epposition to the peddlers was instigated and fostered by the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association and THe MIcHIGAN TRADESMAN; and that the Assistant City Attorney, L. E. Carroll, had been ‘in- structed by the Grocers’ Association as to the amendments necessary to be made to the peddling ordinance. He said. fur- ther, that the agitation was especially directed at the Hebrews and was for the purpose of driving them out of the busi- ness, and drew a pathetic picture of the poverty and general wrete hedness of the people who were affected by the ordi- nance. In reply, Mr .Carroll argued that the fee imposed upon the peddlers by the city was not a tax in any sense, but was for the purpose of defraying the cost of the administration of the ordinance, and experience had shown that it was barely sufficient for the purpose. So far from its being ultra vires of the city charter, express provision was made in the char- ter for the licensing of peddlers and the imposition of fees. Asto the claim of the defenee that opposition to the ped- dlers was instigated by the retail grocers and THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, if the defence meant by that that he (Mr. Car- roll) had been influenced by either the appeal THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | grocers or the paper mentioned, it was | too silly to speak of. His duty was to see | that the citv ordinaness were enforced, | and to prosecute violations. He had done |so in the cases at issue, without instiga- tion or advice from any one. In answer to the assertion that the agitation was |for the purpose of driving the Hebrews out of the business, it was only necessary to call attention to the fact that there were more Hollanders and Italians than Hebrews in the peddling business. At the conclusion of the arguments, Mr. McBride stated that if the court would indicate the probable direction of his charge to the jury, it might make it un- necessary to calla jury. Judge Burlin- game stated that there was but one point for him to consider and that was as to whether the fee imposed by the ordin- ance was or was not exhorbitant. If he were speaking to the jury, he would un- doubtedly charge that the fee was not exorbitant, for the reason that it would no more than defray the cost of adminis- tering the ordinance. This closed the case, as it completely sustained the find- ing of the lower court, and gave the ver- dict to the city. In view ofthe fact that the defendants had paid the license fees and taken out Mr. Carroll moved that the eases ve discontinued on payment of The motion was granted by Judge Burlingame and the eases were dropped. a The Hardware Market. The latter part of September and the first week of October have witnessed a very fair trade in most lines of staple and seasonable goods. The general ten- dency, however, is to buy cautiously and not take many chances. Few changes in prices have been made, the tendency not being upward. Wire Nails—The majority of mills have resumed operations and the price at the mill isa little lower, if anything, being $1.40@1.45 at mill and $1.65@1.70 from stock. Barbed Wire—But little moving and no change in price. Bar Iron—A searcity in staple sizes exists, as none of the iron mills are run- ning. The price, however, remains stationery, $1.80 rates being quoted in this market. Powder—As licenses, costs. the hunting season has commenced, the demand for powder is very great. Prices at present remain as in the spring, with a tendency to lower figures. The manufacturers, however, are doing all they can to maintain the present lists. Shot—There has been an advance at the mill of 5e a bag, but jobbers are still selling at $1.50 for drop and $1.75 for BB and buck. Loaded Shells—Are held quite firm at 40 and 10 to 40,10 and 5 discount from list. _ a <> Grains and Feedstuffs. Wheat—The market has weakened perceptibly during the past week and the price is off 2c. Stocks have piled up at an unprecedented rate until now the amount is in the neighborhood of 63,000,- 000 bu., an inerease of 13,000,000 bu. over the corresponding week last year. As the heaviest deliveries are yet to come, there will probably be 80,000,000 bu. on hand by Jan. 1. These figures may not be verified by the event—it is to be hoped so, at least—but there is little prospect of a rally in the market until stocks are cleaned up. | Bay State. MEN OF MARK. A. E. Brooks, the Veteran Confection- ery Jobber. Abijah Eddy Brooks, head of the firm of A. E. Brooks & Co., wholesale confec- tioners, was born dell, Mass., in the year 1842. in general merchandise in Wendell and also at Orange, but passed the last few years of his life in peaceful retirement | upon a farm. He was a native of theold The wife of Otis Brooks and mother of A. E. Brooks was an Eddy, and was a descendant of the sturdy puri- tan stock of New England. When A. E. was eight years of age the family moved back to Orange, where they had resided some years previously. Here he attend- ed school until his 18th year, when he left school and went to work upon his father’s farm. The winter months were devoted to ‘teaching the young idea how to shoot.” Thus about six years of his life were spent, working on the farm in summer and teaching in the winter, un- tii when about twenty-four years of age, he came to Grand Rapids to visit a brother and sister who were residents of this city. During this visit, which lasted the greater part of a year, he took a com- mercial course in Swensberg’s Business College, returning to Massachusetts at the close of the term and again going to work on the farm. About a year later he accepted a situation as book-keeper with A. S. Hodge & Co., chair manufac- turers, at East Templeton, Mass., but was compelled to relinquish the position in a few months and go home on account of the illness of his parents, both of whom died within five months. After another year of ‘‘life on the farm,” he sold out and returned to Grand Rapids. Mr. Brooks’ brother, Henry C., of the firm of E. F. Ward & Co., had purchased Joseph Putnam’s interest in Putnam Bros.’ wholesale confectionery business on Huron street for A. E., who, immedi- ately on his arrival, assumed the duties of an active partner in the business. About a year after Mr. Brooks entered the firm they removed to Canal street, and the firm name was changed to Put- nam & Brooks. The business was con- ducted on Canal street for several years until, the premises proving inadequate to the constantly expanding trade, and de- siring better transportation facilities, the firm removed to the Blodgett block on South lonia street. The firm of Putnam & Brooks was dissolved three years later, H. C. and A. E. Brooks disposing of their interest to the Putnam Candy Co. The firm of A. E. Brooks & Co. was then or- ganized, and the business located in the Cody block, on East Fulton street, in the premises just vacated by the Reeder Bros. Shoe Co., but the accommodations proved insufficient, and the firm moved to the Kendall block, on Ottawa street, where it has ever since been located. Mr. Brooks is a member of the Knights of Honor and for some years has been Reporter of Samaritan Lodge. He is also a member of Grand River Council, Na- tional Union, was its first President, and is at present its Treasurer. He was mar- ried in 1868 to Miss Julia E. Ward, of Orange, Mass., and has four children two boys and two girls. He and his family occupy a comfortable home on Coit avenue. To say of a man that he is a New Eng- lander is to say, in effect, that he is the soul of honor. Mr. a New Brooks is in the town of Wen- |} His father, | Otis Brooks, was for many years a dealer | 5 | Englander, and whatever of success has | attended his career as a business man— j}and that he has been successful is a mat- ter of general knowledge—may be attrib- uted to his having been endowed with the virtues and peculiar characteristics which have made New Englanders famous the world over. He is in no i sense a public man, does not seek noto- | riety in any form, but is best suited with the quiet, humdrum life of the ordinary | business man, and is happiest when ‘in | the bosom of his family.” —_— + Don’t Steal Your Employer’s Time. There are a great many people—we | hope you are not one of them—who, if | you give them an inch wili take an ell; | fellows who, although drawing the same | pay, allow you to do the heft of the |}work. The sleep of these toilers can’t | be very sweet, for they are cheats and light weights, Form partnership with them. If they won’t mend, oppose and them. There is a horse with a good steady pull bursting the | harness in his efforts. At his side isa | beast that needs the lash to keep him up | to his obligations. As with horses | with men—poor unprofitable breed. In | any gang of men there are so many skulkers absent from their post more than half a dozen times a day, ten min- utes each time at least, and an hour of seventy minutes at meal-time. Such men are thieves, for a man who will steal your time will steal your money withimpunity. Many of them are incur- ables, all of them nuisances. They are jockeys all the time, trying to get ahead by a trick. The way to get on and be beloved is to give full measure wherever you are, and if you have a boss who doesn’t reward this trait, move un- til fall in with him. You will not have to move often. Gro. K. Scort. oo The Drug Market. Gum opium is dull and weak. Morphia is unehanged. Quinine is firm. Lycopodium has advanced. Ground flax seed has declined. Ipecac root is lower. Balsam Peru is scarce and higher. Balsam fir has advanced. Conti white Castile soap has advanced, cholera at Leghorn having stopped ship- ments. Linseed oil is very firm, with upward tendency. no } | | | | | | bounce | | so are you Te / Charter Oak Prints, 4cents per yard. Order at once, if in need. P. STEKETEE & SONS. “BLOOKER' DUTCH COCOA. CHOICEST, PUREST, BEST. Lemon & Wheeler Company, Agents, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. BUSINESS WIND. Remarkable Methods Peculiar to the Business Man of To-day. E. A. Owen in Shoe and Leather Gazette. When I was a boy on the farm my uncle used to trim off a ‘‘beef-critter’’ or two every fall. He was a great believer in domestic economy of the most rigid kind, and made quite a hobby of food analysis. He considered it a great waste of resource, for instance, to feed good, marketable hay to the cattle when it contained such a smal! percentage of life sustaining and fat-producing ele- ment according toits bulk. He argued that 90 per cent. of the entire bulk sim- ply served as ‘‘packen,” and that it was a foolish bit of extravagance to use good hay for ‘‘packen’’ in feeding cattle. would use a handful or two of meal which analysis showed contained a suffi- cient quantity of the necessary proper- ties, and ‘‘pack” with turnip and buck- wheat straw. His ideaof food bulk was, one-tenth essentials and nine-tenths of ‘‘packen.” Anything possessing no com- mercial value would answer the purpose if it could be got inside of the ‘‘eritter’’ in sufficient quantities to produce an ex- pansion. If my uncle had been born a Yankee and had become an enterprising Ameri- can business man instead of an old- fashioned, conservative Canadian farmer, what a bright and shining light he would have been. Had this been his lot, his ‘-eritters” would not have limited his tal- ents to the capacity of a bovine paunch; and instead of using buck-wheat straw as a stuffing, he would have used wind. Wind, so plentiful and socheap. How he would have made their sides ‘stick out.” 1 wonder if the average American does | not adopt the same tactics in the devel- | his business? | The regular, periodical analysis which | opment and expansion of is being taken at the present time would show that such is the case. is proving once more that nine-tenths of the business bulk—judging from appear- ance—is pure, unadulterated wind. American wind is different from any | other kind of wind. It contains proper- ties that have the semblance of real sub- stance; and when we are passing through our booming periods we are simply tak- ing in the appearance, of real substantial wind not only possesses the substance, but it possesses real forces peculiar to itself. Where can wind be found outside of this country that can blow the pin feathers off a rooster with- out necessitating his removal roost? Where in the wide world, except in our own beloved land, can you finda wind that can blow a pine board right through a second growth white oak tree? Talk about wiud! Why, it only requires alittle American zephyrto fana city into existence, with street cars, tric lights. and immense plants, making it look so real that hun- to the rest of the world, business. American dreds of thousands of dollars will be in- | vested in real estate before the discovery is made that it is nothing but wind. American wind is very seductivein the influence it exerts upon foreigners. They mistake it for real, solid substance and are attracted to our shores where they soon learn that ‘‘all that glitters is not gold,” and that we are not what we pro- fess to be. They learn that we are, super- ficially, the greatest people on earth, that we occupy more surface space and make more noise, according to our size, than any other people on earth. They see that our wonderful superficiality is the result of our elasticity and national fondness for display. We are big for our age and we feel proud of it and want to show ourselves to the best advantage. This is most prominent national trait, as individuals, we exemplify it in manner of doing business and in social lives. We want sight, and so every possib brought to the surface for effect. We are too young and vain to build staple foundations. This would contract our spread-eagleism and detract from appear- | ances—a condition of things which is not | agreeable to our tastes. Let the older countries do thedeep digging while we and, our He | This analysis | wind and our expressions have semblance of | from the | great | elec- | manufacturing | our | our | everything in| le recourse is | Dry Goods Price Current. ee COTTONS. ae aoe .... ....... 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"7% Pemberton aan. ae | ae... 8% York. . ..10% ' Awning..11 |Swift ier 7 ee 8 (Pearl River......... 12 7 Pee... ...--- 10%) Warren........ sone Lenox Mus ........ 1 1 ani0ee ......-..- 16 COTTON D ‘ | Atlanta, ae ae A Ck... 8 Cee 6%|No Name.. 7 Clifton, K... : |Top of Heap . oe 9 KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored ... 38 a... 42 3¢ _ 43 40 44 41 v 45 CAMBRICS. eo GcBdwards........... &% Wane Sier........- 4% |Lockwood...... ... 4% Ric Giove........... aiwoods............ Nowmarket......... 4¥4|Brunswick .... .... 4% RED FLANNEL. Pee... oo we 32% > - eee om a eee. ... ..-... ee - -B2% Telbet £Ae......... 3 iJ R m, uee......,.. 35 aes... .. . eee Buckeye bags scueseus 32% MIXED FLANNEL, Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% Leen &...... .---.- 22 a wean ......... 18% Waoseee...... -..-.- Per.........-...; 8% 6 oz Western...... “» Flushing XXX...... 23% Coe ©..........-. 224%4|Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless ..... 8 — Uh 9 @10% CS aoe Fe 12 CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black.|s Brown. Black. %% 9% 944 /10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%/11% 11% 11K 11% 11% 1144/12 2 12 12% 12% 12% voll 20 20 DUCK Severen, 8 oz.. . 9% West Point, 8 oz....10% Mayland, 80z.......10% 10 0z ...12% Greenwood, 7% 0z.. 9% cat oe.....-... 13% Greenwood, 8 ox... 11% /St ae 13% Boston, 8 0Z........-. 10%|Boston, 10 oz........ 12% WADDINGS. Whe, Oe. :....._.- 25 |Per bale, 40 — -_ 50 Colored, dos........20 {Colored “ .7 SILESIAS. Slater, Iron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket..........10% Red Cross.... 9 ~toy sae oe eee ace 9 se ee. Der... wee wane 10% ’ Best AA..... 12% Valley aoe ......-.. 10% eee eee - ee ee oe ee SEWING SILK Corticelli, doz....... 85 (Corticelli iaeeies, twist, doz. .4¢ per 4408 ball...... 30 50 — doz. .40 OOKS AND EYES—PER GRO No : BI’k “& White. = No : BI’k & “White. 15 “ ; “ ..12 | * 10 ’ 1125 PINS. No 2—20, M C....... 50 |No4—15 J 3%...... an ge ee COTTON TAPE. No 2 White & BI’k..12 |No 8 White & Bl’k..20 ~~ ' ——- i* 2 r _- “* 6 “ ——_— i: = ' a. SAFETY PINS. ae... 28 |No3.. 36 NEEDLES—PEE X. oe... 1 40|/Steamboat.... .... «0 nape He ice ee wees i 35|Gold a 150 Pech trees 5 Oe areerrcen........... 1 00 TABLE 7 — 5—4....175 6—4.. --165 6—4...2 30 “yo Cotton Sail Twine. — eee... ...... ... 18 ere ...---.--..- 12 Rising ' Star 4-ply....17 Poeene ........... 18 ' opiy....17 —- ee i torts Str... ...... 20 Bristo «oe fee Valley. es IXL. 18% —a* ly1 Powhattan .. . ak PLAID OSNABURGS Dies... ..-- 6%|Mount Pleasant.... 6% Aioenes.........-.. hen lhe cy ST TEER 5 — SS 74 bo ox ar oeeee.......-... © Tenet... 4.4 a Ne 614|Riverside.......... ey I ese cn eei cy 5%|Sible * ee ol Bow Biver......... . Tol mo 8. Kent.”’ Directly Opposite Union Depot AMERICAN PLAN RATES, $1.50 PER DAY STEAM HEAT AND ELECTRIC BELLS FREE BAGGAGE TRANSFER FROM UNION DEPOT. BEACH & BOOTH, Props, AYLAS SOAP Is Manufactured only by HENRY PASSOLT, Saginaw, Mich. For general laundry and family washing purposes. Only brand of first-class laundry soap manufactured in the Saginaw Valley. Having new and largely in- creased facilities for manu- facturing we are well prepar- ed to fill orders promptly and at most reasonable prices. Katon, Lyon & C0, SCHOOL BOOK, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, TABLETS, SLATES. 4ND A FULL LINE O STAPLE STATIONERY, 20 & 22 Monroe St. Cuas. B. cuore Pres. E.B. Seymour, Sec’y. HANNEN, Supt. OOK INDING co. “Chicago” Linen Hinge an Mullins Patent Flat Opening Books. SPECIAL BOOK BINDING. Telephone 1243. 89 Pearl street, Old Houseman Block, Grand Rapids, Mich. = ( ¢ ( ' 4 —— = a 4 } ial 2 é ial THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7 remain on the surface and stretch, and reach, and expand, and inflate with wind until we swell up and burst, and then we will commence and do it allover again. Credit is wind, pure and simple, when earried beyond a certain limit. How of- ten have we heard the question asked during the past few months: ‘‘How can a man do business when he Owes more than he is worth?” The nearest approach to an answer of which I am capable is: No man, except an American, can con- duct a business successfully on a capital that is wholly borrowed. I say success- fully, for it is a fact that, while pretty much all of the business of the country is done with more or less borrowed capi- tal, a good share of it is done on capital wholly borrowed. It shows a wonderful degree of nerve and Yankee pluck, to say nothing of business acumen, on the part of any man who is able to run a $200,000 business for a term of years as his own, and yet not have a single dollar of his own in it. This bubble-pricking period has brought to light many s‘art- ling figures which will advertise to the world at-large our miraculous stretching powers and the great utility of American wind as a business ‘‘packen.” Doing business in this country consists in stretching and blowing, and the man or corporation who can stand the great- est expansion without bursting, makes the greatest business showing and wins the largest degree of praise in the mani- festation of enterprise. This is a fact put in simple language, and in it may be found the primary cause of this present stagnation in business, as well as all other like periods which have preceded it. Secondary causes, no doubt, have contributed in intensifying it but the fact remains that the underlying first cause of this and all other regularly re- curring business collapses in this coun- try, is caused by over-wind stuffing. We are such voracious consumers of wind that we keep right on gorging and inflating as though there was no limit to our stretchability. when finally, the point of utmost tension is reached and an explosion | occurs. ~o > <-> Grand Rapids Retail ciation. At the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, held at Protective Brotherhood Hall, Monday evening, Oct. 2, President Smits pre- sided. The minutes of the iast meeting were read and approved. Under the head of new business, Peter Sehuit again introduced the subject of a tea testing contest, whereupon E. J. Her- rick suggested that the practice of some of the Eastern associations, inviting local jobbers to exhibit samples of can- ned goods, be also adopted. E. J. Herrick moved that a tea testing contest be held at the next meeting and that Peter Schuit be chairman of a com- mittee to make arrangements for such entertainment. The resolution was adopted, and Mr. Schuit named as his assistants on the committee Messrs. Her- rick and Lehman. The subject of early closing was dis- cussed at some length, E. White intro- Grocers’ Asso- ni subjee y stati ine | ducing the subject by stating that nine ace years ago the West Side grocers closed their stores at 10 o’clock, whereas now their doors are locked at 7 o’clock. He would now like to see the stores closed at 6 o’clock, at least during the winter months, and suggested that some steps be taken in futherance of such a reform. J. Geo. Lehman said he would like to see some movement in the direction of closing the stores at 6:30, and would heartily join in any action looking to that end. EK. J. Herrick stated that the Monroe street grocers closed at 6:30 o’clock, ex- cept on Saturday night. He had been keeping open until 10 o’clock Saturdays, on account of the soda fountain, but would close at 9 o’clock during the winter. J. J. Wagner stated that the grocers ‘ton the hill” close at 7 o’clock, and he thought they would gladly join in a movement to close at 6:30. E. A. Stowe suggested that petitions be prepared and circulated in the sev- | eral localities where early closing is deemed desirable. E. J. Herrick opposed this method, stating that he did not believe in peti- tions or agreements but advocated indi- vidual action. Herrick & Randall closed their doors at 7 o’clock, while others kept open until 8 o’clock, but inside of three months all but one grocer on Mon- roe street followed suit—and that grocer is now ‘busted’? and ‘‘on the street.” Herrick & Randall also acted indepen- dently when they changed from 7 o’clock to 6:30, and now 6:30 is generally ob- served as the closing time by all the grocers on that street. A. Buys stated that he had kept re- ducing the hours of business until Buys & Van Duinen now close at 6:45, and they propose to keep narrowing down the time until they get to 6:30. Mr. Herrick moved that the whole matter be referred to the members inter- ested for individual action in each local- ity, which was adopted. Peter Schuit suggested that the first meeting in the month be devoted to busi- ness hereafter and the second meeting to entertainment features. The suggestion appeared to meet with favor, but was not put into the form of a resolution and adopted. It was resolved, however, to hold an entertainment session the second meeting in November, and B. S. Harris, Daniel Viergiver and J. J. Wagner were appointed a committee to arrange and conduct the entertainment. It was reported that Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle were retailing oil in small quantities to consumers, and the Com- mittee on Oil were instructed to investi- gate the matter and report thereon at the next meeting. Treasurer Lehman presented the fol- lowing report, which was accepted and adopted: RECEIPTS FROM PICNIC, Wrom ©. & W. M. Harlway............ ... S157 & From advertisements in program........ 233 50 Total receipts. . | 391 35 DISBURSEMENTS. To prize winners .......---..-..----- +++: $92 82 For printing program .............--..+++- 80 00 For newspaper advertising .... 17 50 To Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., +, supplies. 1 35 Expenses of visitors ....-. 12 00 Printing Gx pense ....-........... Neue uer es 64 75 Total disbursements ................- $268 42 RECAPITULATION. otal raceints............ 5... ..-. saves. $391 35 Total disbursements.............-.ssceees 268 42 Net proceeds of picnic .............. BI22 93 PRESENT CONDITION OF TREASURY. Received from ex-Treasurer Harris...... $277 49 Net proceeds from picnic......... ------- 122 93 Oueh on bane ........... ............ “$400 42 There being no further business the meeting adjourned. CROU PECKHAM’S CROUP REMEDY is the Chil ren’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- wavoused. Pewssnt. WHOOPING COUGH SAFE, 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. CareEnTzR, Druggist, Parksville, Mo. “Peckham’s Croup Remedy gives the best sat- Whenever a person buys a bottle I will guarantee that customer will come again for more, and recommend it to others.” C. H. Pucips, Drugyzist, Girard, Kansas. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. a ee ee 60 aare ol... 49 Jennings’, GemUINeG...... ..-..--es ee esse eee 25 Jennings’, imitation .............-.....++ «- 50&10 AXES. First Quality, S. B. Bronze..............--+- $7 00 r D. B. Bronze PS 4 S. B. S. Steel ‘ re oee.................... . 13 50 BARROWS. OO EE 8 14 00 i ee we net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. Stov eo ..50&10 LO a ee 40810 Carriage new list... Sleigh ee 70 BUCKETS. Well, plain eee te ieee a 8 : - Weil, swivel] i el eee ce BUTTS, Cast. a Cast Loose Pin, figured........ .... thu ec Wrought Narrow, bright Soest poimsk.......... 608.0 Wrought Loose Pim. ..............+-.--..-.-- 60410 | Wereuns Teule.............................. 60&10 | Wrought Inside Blind...................---. 60&10 Wieueet Peeee.......... 5. 5.8... 75 Mee Cire e........................-...... 70&10 Bod rermere......... ee 70&10 Bee Seoeees =CC..-................. 70 | BLOCKS. | Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892. . 60&10 | CRADLES. Cee ee dis. 50&02 | CROW BARS. | I per® 5 CAPS. Oe Ee a m «2 Hicks C.F... nn 60 | ae. ....... se 35 | Musket . ee - 60 | CARTRIDGES. eee 50 eee Pete eeescees dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. aoa. 70&10 Socket ena tiga Bee ee eos eens 70&10 Socket Corner. . 70&10 ee 70&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ COMBS. dis. Cures. bawromegs.......................... 40 ia... 5 CHALK. White Crayons, per gross.... . .12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, eee = ny cut to size... .. per pound 28} Cy ee 26 | Cold Rolled, nT axoG oo. oa aaa nO 23 Cold Rolled, a. ..................._..... 23 | ae 2... : 25 DRILLS, dis. Moros Oi Stocks... -.................... 50 Taper and straight Shank................... 50 Morse’s Taper Snank...................... ‘ 50 DRIPPING PANS. Small sizes, ser pound .......... ae 07 Largo sises, per pound...... ......... ...;. 6% ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, 6 In. . om. py 75 HAMMERS. Maydole Sees... 8... dis. = Boye... .............. od Cc. Yerkes & Plumb’s. See eeee dis. 40810 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. ee . .80¢ list 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Stee! Hand....30c 40&10 HINGES. -~ Ces 1 28 ..................... is.60410 er doz. net, 2 50 on Hook and Strap, to 12 in. shines 14 and longer . —« 3% | Screw Hook and Eye, en eee eee ‘net 10 occ i cette ee | oe se - . — ol, ek | hy “ ° ST net 7% a dis. 50 | HANGERS. dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 | Champion, antl fiietion.................... 60&10 Eigece. WoceGuce ....... HOLLOW WARE. ria... Ce ee ee eee 60&10 Gray Gaameiee...................... ... 40&10 HOUSE FURNISHING @O0ODB. Simeon Tis Ware................... -new list 70 Japanned Tin Ware.. Le. Granite Iron Ware ............... “new List sy a0 WIRE GOODS. Bilght.. Lo. eed Ge Toe 10810 —— ‘Eyes. a -70&10&10 OE -70&10&10 Gate Hoods and Eves ............ 70810810 LEVELS, dis.7 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.... . i ROPES. Sisal, 4% Inch and ——: Leelee, oe OE EE 13 SQUARES. dis. OO eee 7% Ore 00 Hevels.................... ca 6i Mitre. toe. 20 "/BHEET IRON, Com. Smooth. Com. Mos to 14... a 62 93 Doe er ................ eee 405 3 05 po etee....................... oOo 3 05 2s... 4 05 3 15 Nos. ES ae i 25 3 2 mom... CC, 1445 8 35 air sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide uot less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. Ce eee dis. 50 [a ........................... ey 40410 Silver Lake, White A COR a a EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Drab “6 5B Clark’s, small, 318; a —. ....... 30 6 Wee ee ‘ 50 Tyee’, t, Gis: 2 See: eee .......-..........- 25 “ eae “ RR ee List. dis. “ ee 35 eee 60&10| piseount, 10 iy ' CN ee TN ee ay 6010 gagH WEIGHTS ON 60&10 | solid Eyes......... ' per ton 825 EE a 50 | a at Heller’s Horse Rasps .. ....-.----+-------+-- 50 | - Hie 20 GALVANIZED IRON | Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 | ‘ §peeial Steel Dex X Cuts 5 Nos. 16 to 20; and 24; 25 and 2; 3), SPECI Set Dia k Gute, per foot... Discount, 60 “Champion and Electric Tooth X _ @AUGES. dis. Cuts, per foot..... rr etree a 30 rT ¥, ? Ky le a Stanley Rule and _ Bl. 50 ee 60410 KNOBS—New List. dis. | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s............ 35 Door, mineral, jap. trimmings ..........---- 55| Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s.... _ 70 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ OO Mouse, GHOMeR 18c per dos Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 50} Wause daiuaian. 0.6... ll... $1.50 per doz Door, porcelvin, trimmings................. 55 WIRE He dis Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. “ 70| Bright Market... ee as LOCKS —DOOR 8. led Maree a Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 smc ae EO — Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s...... ssneece SS) nad Mae 62% Branford’s De ee ee ieee ese 55 | Coppered Spring Steel.................. 2... Norwaik’s ......... hee boa Aan aaal 55 | Bar ed Fence, eS ~ eee. 3 - . d ce 3 Aeeetee.......... $16.00, dis. 60 P HONSE ¥. NAILS. ” Hunt Bye.........-0-.-.eeeee eee gene 815.00, dis. 60 Au Sable ee eee ay dis. 40&10 Hane 818.50, dis. m&10. | p LC * dis. 05 MAULS. 8. d Sperry & Co.'s, Post, handled.............. - 50 ertranaiaen Sees eece a aes oo MILLS. 8. | Baxter’s Ad ustable, WIGKGIOM 00.01. "3 Coffee, yey con... 40 ae so ~— an = i & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.. 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, . a 75 i ie Ferry & Clerk’s............ 40 | Goe’s Patent, malleable.. .75&10 Enterprise ee eee ae 30 MISCELLANEOUS. dis. MOLASSES GATES, dis. ied Cage 50 Stebbin’s Pattern...........--.-+--++ +++ eT 75&10 Stebbin’s Genuine........... 60410 Screws, New List.. Co _.. 20&10 Enterprise, self-measuring.........--. 25 | Casters, Bed a d Plate...............+-- -S0g108&10 NAILS Dampers, American aa Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. | Forks, hoes, rakes ary all steel goods. Le “eraio GSGGl MATA, HARG.......00.55 ceses 5 weces- en. 1 50 METALS, Wire malie, DANG...... .... .-..---. +... 1 75@1 30 A ee ee ee Base 7 Pig CET ES a nneicisl esa 260 . on | Pig Bars..... .... ----- eeeee-- eee 28¢ 25 ZINC, 35 | Duty: Sheet, 2c per pound 45 | 660 pound os on a A co. ome 45 { Per pound...... 20... ee cece cece ee eee eee es 7 50 SOLDER. 60 4% eee ceee eee en ese eseacees eocese eo eeeewerers 16 75 | Extra Wiping .........-.-20-+-.0ee essere ee ee 15 90 The prices of the many other qualities of 1 29 | Solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands 1 go | Vary according to composition. Fine3 ee 1 60 ANTIMONY a 65 | COOKBON......-2- eee eee eee eee ees DOF pound eC ee | | ReaaRRIeCaE EES Rn 13 90 TIN—MELYN GRADE. 75 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal a 87 14x20 IC, Ce ee coe ca 7 6 ‘ 119|10x14IX, “ ..... 9 25 Clinch! 10 7 Eee 9 2E cc eee a nm 80 Each t aaitional X on this grade, 81.75. . 6. oi... 90 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. cs cons 17 —_ 1 Charcoal eee ee awe o a 8 : = PLANES. dis. 10x14 Ie es es sas 8 25 = —_ oa, ee 4 14x20 x’ i os EE eee ns Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy...........--.-.- @40; Each additional : X on this grade 91.50. Bench, first quality... .... 2... cscececcesseee @40 14x20 IC ‘“ ‘Worcester 8 By Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. 50.510 14x20 x. ‘i “ Le 8 50 wry, Acme........... vival eee ao dis.g0—10 | 20x28 IC, : : westeceesecescess 18 5G Gaus polished TU dis. 70 14x20 IC, * Allaway Grade........ : = RIVETS. dis. 20x28 IC, Me a 2 12 59 Tron and Tinned.............-.- sess eeereeee 40 Ix, a a 15 50 Copper Rivets and Burs.........--.---++-++ 50—10! BOILER SIZE TIM PI. PLATE. a ma PATENT PLANISHED TRON. | +4x98TX.. _ 814 00 “Be Wood's a ans ma 35 to =. 9 =| tense oe f N ‘8 Boil t _ . oO t. plan OB to 3 or 9. oilers ‘ Broken a aee ec per pound extra. i 60 IX, 9 * 7 Ber pound 10 00 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. MicHIGANTRADESMAN A WEEELY 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 | address, not necessarily for publication, but as | a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of | neir papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- | lass matter. 7#"When writing to any of our advertisers, | please say that you saw their advertisement in THe MicHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1893. WAGES AND THE COST OF LIVING. THe TRADESMAN has than once called attentiou to the effect of civilization in ameliorating the condition of the To-day the} workman, for the expenditure of 5 cents, has a carriage (a street car) to carry him He lives in a bet- | more modern | laboring classes. to and from his work. ter house, which is provided with more conveniences, than was the residence of many a rich man fifty years ago. He lives better, and his family are able to} dress in a style and taste that would have been impossible even in the period just before the American civil war. All these facts are due to the extraor- dinary improvements and cheapening in | the production of all articles of consump- tion, caused by the wonderful progress | in machinery and in the application of science in theindustrialarts. Thesteady of consumption is a fact well known. for who money to buy with. entire of from the cheapening of most articles of prime But nothing to people The derived cheapening cheapness counts have no problem the benefit necessaries de- pends on the ability of consumers to buy The question arises. kept Have wages de- | what they need. then: the prices of products? How have wages pace with creased, stood still or increased. According to statistics prepared by Colonel Carroll D. Wright. United States Cow missioner in charge of the Bureau of Labor, they have increased. Some fig- ures furnished by Commissioner Wright | 1840, a laborer in a large} attention. him to the Forum are | | worth | shows that in brewery in the city of New York received 62.5 cents a day: in 1860, 84 cents a day: | in 1866, $1.30 a day; in 1891, from $1.90 to | by | in 1860, and the} $2 aday. Compositors who worked 1840, $1.59; $2.50 to $3, the day received, in $2; in 1866, from same in 1891. These quotations are for a well-known establishment in the State | of Connecticut. A building firm in Con- | necticut paid journeymen carpenters, in| 1840, from $1.25 to $1.62 a day; in 1860, | from $1.25 to $1.75 a day; in 1891, from | $3 to $3.25 aday. A firm of builders in New York paid, in 1840, $1.50 a day; in 1860, $2; in 1866, 1891, $3.50. | Painters Similar | | j $3.50: in received the same. quotations could be made for carpenters | day: in 1860, 54.5 cents; in 1866, from 85 | the same, earning a little more in the | day; in 1866, from $1.80 to $1.90 a day; | in 1891, from $1.38 to $1.75 a day. | ical trades. high schools in Baltimore received, per j}and girls in the same city received sala- | ries ranging at $250, $300, $700 and $696 j lowest primary schools in | service, $300 in 1860, | sidering. {the State of Massachusetts, and painters in different parts of the Eastern States. The rates of wages paid to wheelwrights were, in 1840, $1.25; in 1866, $2; in 1891, $2.50. Cotton weavers (women) in Massachusetts earned, in 1840. on the average, about 62 cents a to 90 cents, on the average; in 1891, $1.05. Women frame spinners were paid about later years. Wool spinners, both jack and mule, less than $1 a day in 1840, while in 1860 they earned $1.05 a earned mechan- According to reports made Hon. W. T. Harris, United States Commissioner of Education, brain work was paid the salaries of school teachers: Principals of boys’ So much for wages earned in by follows in as annum, in 1840, $1,500; in 1860, $1,500; in 1866, $2,200; in 1891, $2,400. Princi- pals in primary schools for both boys per annum. Assistants (women) in the the city of for the first year of $450 in 1866, and $456 in 1891. The range for masters in grammar schools in the same city was from $1,500 in the earlier period to $2.880 in the last year that we are con- Stepping outside of cities, the facts are found very complete for the re- mote districts of Barnstable county, in where men received, in 1840, $20.28 a month; in 1860, $40.73 a month; in 1866, $53.60 a month; in 1890, $68.18 a month. Women Boston received, in the same counties received $6.14, $19.12, $22.53 and $34.88 a month. Prin- cipals (men) of district schools in Cin- cinnati received, for our four periods, $540, $1,200, 31,900 and $1,9v0 a year, the last two quotations being for salaries after three years’ service. From the above it will be seen that wages have not been cut down by the ex- tensive introduction of machinery and improved processes in production, and for the reason that there is in every de- partment of skilled labor a higher degree | of responsibility resting on operatives When nearly everything handwork the cesses of manufacture were and employes. was dependent on pro- slow, the production was limited, and the goods could not be sold at a price as low as the necessities of consumers required. Prices were high, and many people were forced to deny themselves indulgences which Wages and expenses had to be kept down to the lowest figure in order to meet the abilities of the masses of purchasers. Moreover, if an unskillful hand-worker should spoil his job, the loss would be confined to the particular article upon which he was en- are now common. gaged, and that would not be serious. To-day an incompetent workman may, in a few minutes, destroy machinery and material worth a great deal of money. | As a consequence, his position is one of i responsibility and must be paid for. Low prices which are the result of im-}| proved methods of production do not lower the standard of wages, but low prices which come from financial dis- turbance and industrial depression do. | The difference should be fully noted. In} order to make the country prosperous, | set all the wheels of industry in motion. | The more people earn the more they spend, and everybody gets the benefit of the situation. TWO SORTS OF DOLLARS. Any solution of the silver problem which will result in flooding the country with silver to an extent greater than the ability of the Government to maintain a parity between silver and gold will have the effect of raising the prices of farm products and manufactured articles in the ordinary markets. That is what the farmers are crying for. They want higher prices for their cotton, wheat and hogs. When prices are high, wages are low. The chief reason of it that when prices of necessaries are high the con- sumption will be brought down to the lowest possible limit. The world has only so much money to buy with and no more. When flour is a barrel and sugar is 5 cents a pound, the workpeople can afford to eat cake. When flour is $10 a barrel and sugar 10 cents a pound the people are glad to get bread. It is use- less to put prices up beyond the ability of the people to buy. Should flour go to $20 a barrel the country would be filled with hungry people and bread riots. Whenever prices of necessaries go so high that the people are pinched, the producers endeavor to meet the situation by reducing the cost of production, and that is done by cutting down the wages of the people engaged in producing the articles. Immediately after the civil war the only money in the country was a depre- ciated currency, which was worth less than half as much as gold. Never were the prices of farm products higher. But the same was the case with manufactured articles. Transportation to market was proportionately costly. If wheat sold for $3 a bushel and pork for $30 a barrel there was no profit to the Western farm- er, because the cost of living was so great and the expense of transportation so enormous that when the produce was marketed nothing was left for the farm- er. Then arose the grange movement in the West to make war on the railroads and the middlemen in trade. But the real trouble was that the money of the country was a depreciated stuff, whose real value was less than half that re- quired by the world’s standard, and, al- though prices seemed high, they were measured by an inflated standard, a dol- lar of which was far from being a dollar. is, $5 Some wisdom ought to be learned from the experience of the past. Should this country be flooded with silver coin or silver certificates beyond the ability of the treasury to guarantee in gold, there will be again a period of apparent high prices. They will be high by the domes- tic silver standard, but not by that of the world’s gold measurement. At thesame time every article which the farmer will have to buy will correspondingly increase in price. The transportation companies, too, will put up rates to correspond with the standard of the depreciated currency. Every cost will go up save that of labor. Employers will try to meet the smaller demand for their goods consequent upon the increased prices by keeping down wages. But while the farmers and the work- people will be suffering from the evils of inflated prices, caused by the use of a depreciated currency, the capitalists and bankers of the East will be reaping a harvest. They will be fattening on the premium on gold and banking on new issues of United States bonds. Let it be remembered that all the vast fortunes in this country were made while a depre- ciated paper currency was the only money the people had. The income tax of 1865-66 revealed the fact that beyond the Astors, Vanderbilt and A. T. Stew- art, who built up their fortunes by years of successful trade, there were few rich men in New York. Within adozen years afterwards rose the Jay Goulds, the Jim Fisks, and a score of other daring specu- lators who suddenly got rich by preying upon the necessities of the people. It was the two sorts of money—a paper dollar for the masses and a 100-cent gold dollar for the rich—that enabled those men to accumulate, in an astonishingly short time, fortunes which placed them among the world’s rich men. They ac- complished it by foreing the people to accept the cheap dollar and to pay the high-priced one. Another such opporunity will be offered for the sudden gathering of great fortunes by flooding the country with silver. A fifty-cent silver dollar for the masses and a 100-cent gold dollar for the capitalists will do the business. There has been a great deal of talk about a conspiracy to drive out silver and force a gold standard upon the country. The worst financial conspiracy would be that which creates in the country two sorts of dollars, with two standards of value. FINAL DEFEAT OF THE PEDDLERS. Judge Burlingame’s decision in the eases of the three peddlers who appealed to the Superior Court from the verdict rendered against them by Judge Hag- gerty in the Police Court ends another, and, it is to be hoped, the final, chapter in the farce which has been ‘‘on the boards” before the courts of the city for several months. Judge Burlingame’s de- cision settles the question (if it ever was seriously in question) as to the exorbi- tance of the fees. Judge Burlingame does not believe they are exorbitant be- cause they will not more than meet the cost of administering the ordinance. This fact was known to everyone at all acquainted with the provisions of the or- dinance and the necessary work attend- ing its enforcement. Even the attorney for the defence knew it, only it suited his purpose to ignore it so long as there was a dollar to be made out of his “clients.” But, as it was clearly a ques- tion of law, it is possible he had no knowledge of its bearing upon the case. Mr. McBride’s assertion that this jour- nal was the chief instigator of the prose- ecution of the peddlers is unqualifiedly false. His statement that the editor of THE TRADESMAN told him that the ob- ject of the agitation was to drive the peddlers out of the business is equally false, the gentleman named having not spoken a word, on any subject, to Mr. McBride for several years. Tue TRADES- MAN certainly used its influence for the protection of legitimate trade, as it was bound to do, but it never presumed to ‘‘instruct” or advise Assistant City At- torney Carroll, who has on more than one occasion proved himself to be fully equal to the duties of his office. Neither did the retail grocers of the city ‘‘in- struct” or advise Mr. Carroll. They, more than any one else, were interested in the enforcement of the peddlers’ ordi- nance, and were perfectly justified in < PEE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. using their influence to have it properly enforced. With the grocers, THE TRADESMAN feels nothing but satisfac- tion at the outcome of the appeals, al- though the result was almost a foregone conclusion. It is to be hoped that the peddling question is settled, for this sea- son, at least. FRUITS OF THE PANIC. In the last issue of Bradstreet’s, one of the most reliable financial publications in the country, there appears a statement of the business failures during the nine months of the year 1893 ending Sept. 30. This statement is of special interest, as it includes the period of the financial panic. When that memorable period is remembered, it is not surprising to find that the total number of failures is by far the largest for nine months on re- cord, the total being 11,174, or 51 per cent. more than during alike period in 1892, when the total was The total for the present year was also 26 per cent, more than in 1891, the heaviest pre- vious nine months’ total of failures on record. The significance of this increase in business embarrassments is made more apparent when the record of assets and liabilities is considered. According to Bradstreet’s statistics, ‘‘the 11,174 em- barrassments reported during the past nine months carry liabilities amounting to $324,087,768, about four and a quarter times the aggregate indebtedness of the 7,378 embarrassed individuals, firms and corporations in a like period of 1892, and nearly two and one-half times the total in- debtednesSof the 8,866 concerns reported as having suspended in nine months of 7,378. S01. | largest aggregate indebted- ness of eto traders ever reported in nine menths in any preceding calendar in whit the total number of failures reported during nine months was 8,302 and aggregate liabilities $195,951,000, only 60 per cent, of the like indebted- ness reported thus far in 1893, while the total number of failures reported in 1884 amounted to 74 per cent. of the aggre- gate thus far this year.” These figures show the stupendous character of the contraction which has been in progress, and conveys some idea of the liquidation which will be neces- sary to straighten out the financial en- tanglemeats resulting from these fail- ures. Of course, the proportion of assets to liabilities is high, as much as 70 per cent., but it must be remembered that the assets are assessed at their value previous to the panic, at least as a rule, which bears little actual resemblance to their actual worth at the present time. year 0 1884, a year of panic, also, THE NEW SECTIONALISM. The developement of the West, phe- nomenal as it has been, has searcely ex- cited the attention it deserves. But that attention will now be drawn to it by the loud and emphatic demand of the West for centrol of the National Government. In the beginning of this Union the South dominated the Government. The South had a population and social pres- tige that gaveit the first place. Aftera time the political scepter was transferred to the North, where the greatest aggre- gations of wealth and population existed. The boundary line’ between the North and the South was Mason and Dixon’s, north of the Potomac. When the na- tional capital was first placed it was es- tablished at Philadelphia. There the Declaration of ‘abies was framed and promulgated; there the first Congress was assembled. But the dominent influ- ence of Southern men removed the capi- tal to the South of Mason end Dixon’s line, and there it remains to-day, a mon- ument to the controlling power of the population south of Pennsylvania and New York for the first three-quarters of a century of the republic. But, in the meantime, the Mississippi valley was being settled up. The great- est development was in the nothern part of it. All the people north of the Ohio River were bound in political sympathy with those of the States north of Mason and Dixon’s line, and so, eventually, political and financial power were trans- ferred to the North. So long as the peo- ple of the States north of the Ohio could be kept through the force of political sentiment and prejudice, and by the in- strumentality of business connections, under tutelage and servitude to the East- ern States, the two sections of the North and the South, with the South in a hope- minority, disputed for political supremacy. But the end of the old sectionalism has come. There is actually in progress a new adjustment of. political issues and a new demarcation of sectional lines. It is the rise of the West that has done this. The political issues are no longer based on questions of sentiment and sympathy, but upon problems of finance and mater- ial development. As to the political frontiers, they are to be no longer the Ohio River and the southern boundary of Pennsylvania. It is now the West against the East, and the frontier is the line of the Alleghany Mountains. It is the vast Mississippi valley against the Atlantie slope. It is truly remarkable that this giant of the West should have consented to remain in leading strings so long, but it only needed an oceasion and an issue to arouse him to action, and that issue is found in the financial questions which are convulsing the country from the At- lantic to the Pacific. Heretofore Wall street has dictated finance and politics, with only a murmur of dissent from the West. Now the West openly revolts. No matter what may be the immediate decision, the West has determined upon political emancipation, and it will never rest until that end shall be gained. As to the elements of political power possessed by the West, a few words will show that they are enormous. Marking the frontier between the new sections at the line of the Alleghany Mountains, and counting the country upon the rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean as the East, and those which flow into the Gulf of Mexico as the West, and claiming for the West most of the region upon the great Northern lakes, is will be seen that the West is inconceivably rich in re- sources. Within its borders are pro- duced wheat, corn, cotton, iron and coal in practically unlimited quantities, while the lands are the most fertile trav- ersed by great navigable rivers, with all the varieties of climate to be found in the limits of 20 degrees of latitude. By the census of 1890 it was found that of twenty-eight cities, having 100,- 000 inhabitants or over, twenty arein the region west of the Alleghanies, and only eight east of that range. Of that twenty, two—Butfalo and RKochester—are in New York and may be given tothe East, al- though their lake trade identifies them less with the West. Pittsburg and Alle- | ghany are in Pennsylvania, but they are | more apart of the West than the East; but leaving out such debatable territory, the West has all the resources that enter- prise and labor can ask to convert into | wealth and material power, while, with | more than a thousand miles of coast line on the Gulf of Mexico, it has its own cut- |% let to the Atlantic. As to access to the Pacific Ocean, it is all and only throvgh the West. Of course, the vast region west of the Rocky Mountains is allied to Western sectionalism, and will be until such time as the Pacific Coast States shall be able to erect themselves into a section with distinct interests and de- mands upon the Federal Government. Chicago, by virtue of its enormous en- terprise in creating the grandest inter- national exposition the world ever saw, and the vast advertising it has received through sucha potential instrumental- ity, has suddenly come into the condition of a metropolis, disputing for supremacy with New York itself. The possession of power creates a desire to show and use it. Such a natural desire will not be ignored by the West. It will lose no time in consolidating its power, and ne- glect no opportunity to exhibit it. Fu- ture political struggles will be between the East and the West. The ease with which the ‘courts of this country can be prostituted and reputable citizens blackmailed out of comfortable sums of money is strikingly illustrated in the suit for damages brought against ex-Warden Davis of the Jackson prison by M. P. Gill, who was discharged on ac- count of his supposed complicity in the escape of Latimer, the matricide. The case was offered a reputable attorney, but was refused unless Gill would ad- vance a retainer fee, when he resorted to James E. McBride, who probably took the case ‘‘on shares.’? The matter never came to trial, as Gill was unable to give security for costs, but the defend- ant was compelled to make all prepara- tions for a trial and was thus subjected to an expense of a couple of hundred dollars, which could just as well have been avoided were the courts of this country so constituted that they could not be made the vehicles of adventurers and blackmailers, Should “Avoid Fake Merchants. From the Jackson Patriot. There are two or three fake concerns doing business in different sections of the State and one of them, itis asserted, is casting longing eyes on thiscity. The present winter will be one in which they expect to do a profitable business. The stringency of the times makes the poor man look at his dollar harder than usual. He devours with greed the prices quoted by merchants in his anxiety to make the aforesaid dollar go as far as possible. It is this condition of the poor people that has attracted the attention of the skin dealer, but, if the buyer will reason with himself, the fakir will not prosper. Just a little reasoning will show that the home merchant can and does give better values than the fake concern. The home merchant is honest—must be honest, in fact. He sells goods and stays in the city while they are being worn. Were he to treat his customers anything but honestly his business would soon be ruined by the exposure of his crooked methods. With the fakir it is different. He sells at low prices, and before the fraudulent character of his business is discovered, he has flown. His goods are dear at any price in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred. ln Artificial rubber is one of ‘the latest | | industrial products of cottonseed oil. — POULTRY. | Local dealers pay as follows: DRESSED. | Fowl. Bee eee erie cents cutee eas Oo | Turkeys. eee —-..... LL. 12 @iy | Chickens eee. Ct. 2 ae LIVE. iL va broilers 134 lbs. to 2 lbs. each, per Live broilers: less than 1% 1 Ibs. each, per doz Li. cd. "s Spring «C bfeiter's > ._. 7,86 Fowis:..... 5 ne 2 tt oe Spring turkeys a ede cue, 10 @i2K% pomring DUCKS. .-...1...-.-.-4,-«7+---:- 8,9 rs. 7 ; ors, : The Standard Oil Co. quetes 4 as : follows, in barrels, f.o. b. Grand R oe Eocene.. . a 8% XXX W. W. Mich. ‘Headlight . cee. 7% —.... @ 6% Gave COegeG @ 7% Do Lo. 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Belknap, in the course of which that gentleman was asked | for his opinion as to the business pros- | pects of the country. “The “y arg ant foubtedly brizk said: Mr. Belk ‘Money’ is easier, not only in the iets, .buf all o¢er- the have probably seen by tening,”’ mnen } aap. . . L country. the papers, inilis and factories which have been shut down for weeks, and some of them for months, have resumed operations. As they were forced to close for want of money, their starting up again must be taken to indi- cate that they have secured what money they need.”’ Asked as to the prospects for the final repeal of the Sherman act, Mr. Beiknap said: ‘‘It will be repealed, no doubt of that. there ean be 3ut it will not be un- conditional repeal, by any means. The House bill has served its purpose, and it Its prompt passage served to allay the pan- icky feeling, and, in a measure, the fast-waning confidence of the people, That sentiment, is hardly likely to be heard of again. restored but the Senate will not pass it. body is very conservative in and is not given to radicalism. It is hard to say what will be the nature of the financial legislation of the present claiming to bea . L think it will be something like this: a clause of the Sherman Congress; but, without proph the repeal of the purchasing then the en- law somewhat similar to the act, actment of a act in force previous to 1890, or before the passage of the Sherman act; or, pos- sibly, the reenactment of the old law, which provided for the purchase of a of silver, as against ices under the law of 1890. > Secretary of the Treas- ury will be authorized to coin the ‘‘seign- iorage’’ which remains in the vaults. This will be a clear gain to the Govern- ment of $50,000,000, Goy as it represents the profit on the hases of ernment’s pure silver.” In reply to the question as to » when the Silver legislation would be ef ffected, Mr. Belknap replied: ‘It is impossible to say, but I do not think anything will be done this session. As I said before, the Senate will hardly pass the House bill, so that whatever leg islation is passe: . by the Senat nust go to conference. “his means considerable delay. Then, too, and I am simply stating the fact, the Democrats have attacked the federal election a measure which Repub- licans be re to be absol utely essential. The Democrats depend upon Republican votes to help them out in the passage of , they cannot The agitation | legislation: in fact get along without them. for the repeal of the election law may compel the Republicans in the House, in self defense, to withdraw their support and leave the out its own work means still Administration to salvation. This further delay, so that final action on the financi this s¢ | problem will hardly be reached } 2ssion.”’ added my opinion, “I want to say,” Mr. Beiknap, ‘that, in the Sherman act is not responsible, to anything like the ex- tent claimed, for the panic which has al- | most paralyzed the business of the coun-| try. of the planks in the Demo- | eratic platform upon which that party / went before the country last fall practi- | One great money cen: | As yeu } | go | Stand-point. eally declared for the free coinage of silver, if it meant anything at all. They were successfu! upon the declarations of that platform. Either the people did not know what they were voting for, or else they wanted something very much like free coinage. The Sherman act limits the purchase of silver to 4,500,000 : duces, and was introduced in the first piace to prevent the passage of a free coinage measure. It will hardly be t claimed that the people have changed their’ minds completely in a few months as now to desire the entire aboli- tion of the coinage of silver. The prin- cipal cause of the depression (and this is not the opinion of Republicans only, but of many prominent Democrats and Dem- ocratic newspapers as well) is to be found in the uncertainty as to what is to be the nature of the tariff legislation of the present majority in Congress. Will it be absolute free trade, or tariff for revenue only, or what? Nobody knows. And so the great industries of the coun- try, which have been built up under a protective tariff, are at a standstill, be- cause of the uncertainty as to the extent to which they will be affected by new tariff legislation. Ithink the effect upon business would be the same if the change to be made were from free trade to pro- tection, instead of from protection to free trade, while possibly not far reaching and long continued. But, in the case, it would necessitate the business of the country adjusting itself to new conditions with the prospect of a greatand growing market right at its door, with little or no competition from without; while, under a change from protection to free trade, it means just radical a change in conditions, of so so one as course, but with practically unlimited competi- tion from abroad. It remains to be seen which condition will be beneficial to the country at large. most Mr. Belknap is a business man, a keen observer, and well posted in public af- fairs and on the inner workings of Con- gressional politics, and his views and opinions on public questions are worthy of close attention. oe 8 ee Have Business Men Any Use For the Sabbath? Written for THE TRADESMAN. { do not ask this question from a pure- ly moral stand-point. I have rubbed up against all kinds of people for nearly half a century, and I am aware of the fact that there area great many good, con- scientious, well-meaning people who look upon Sunday observance as a relic by-gone superstition. These good ple are very merciful in their judgments. They attribute this one day in seven as of desire a day activities, whether on the part of the Hebrew and Sabbatarian Christian who hold that Saturday is the worldly business proper day or the regular orthodox Christian who holds that Sunday, or the first day of the week, is the day to be observed, to a superstitious taint which is becoming weaker as the generations by, and tirely extinct. Now, as before stated, this question is not asked from a moral I ask every Hebrew, Chris- tian and Gentile, engaged in business, do | we need a day of complete rest from all worldly business cares and perplexities at regularly recurring intervals? If so, is every seventh day a proper division? Leaving out the question as to how, and by what authority, this division was peo- | to set apart | of rest from | which will soon become en- | first made, or the moral reasons advanced in support of it, I claim from evidence deduced from the writings of scientfic men, that the physiological laws which govern the human system demand, at regular intervals, a certain portion of our existence for absolute rest, and that every seventh day has been demonstrated, scientifically, to be the proper propor- tion as well as the proper interval. It has been proved, beyond possibilty of controversion, that the man who turns the key on his worldly avocation and all worries and perplexities connected with it, at the close of every sixth day, and retires toa day of absolute rest, quiet meditation and serious reflection, will live longer, enjoy better health, get more real satisfaction out of life and accomplish more _ hard work than the man who never takes his nose off the grindstone. The man who ean never find time to look up at the twinkling stars, or sit down in some quiet nook and listen to the voice of nature in her multiplicity of symphon- ies, ripples, murmurs and _ plaintive cadences, burns up his existence without realizing that he ever had one. Sucha man is like a beast of burden, kept tug- ging and straining in the traces until, through sheer exhaustion, it drops dead in its own tracks with the harness on. Why is it that so many of our most ac- tive business men die, nowadays, with their boots on at an age that should find them right in the prime of life? The hearty, ruddy-cheeked, white- haired, jolly old octogenarian is not seen as of- ten, to-day, frollicking under the trees with his grandchildren, as he was in the davs of our forefathers. We are living in the days of the dynamo, while our forefathers lived in puritanical days when every seventh day was religiously observed as a day of rest and total ab- stinence from all brain-exciting and tis- sue consuming exercises, whether in the nature of labor or so-called recreation. This fact, more than any other, accounts for the great scarcity, in our day, of the jolly old octogenarian. The laws of health require that one- third of every day of a business man’s life should be devoted to sleep. maining portion, for six consecutive days, should be devoted one-half to the keen, uninterrupted pursuit of business and the other half to preparation and recreation, while two-thirds of every seventh day shonld be consecrated to ab- solute rest and serious meditation. I do not believe that a perfectly developed manhood is otherwise attainable. The seventh day rest is not a time for recrea- tion, as the term is generally understood, but aday of rest, pure and simple; a time when the muscles are allowed to relax and the wrought up nerves soothed into a condition of perfect quiet; a time when the tired, feverish brain is unhar- nessed and turned out to roam at pleas- ure in that pure region of thought whence cometh all our noblest aspirations and fondest anticipations: a time when we lay the galling yoke of Adam’s curse aside and listen to the whisperings of Nature—which is the voice of God— beckoning us on to nobler deeds and in- spiring us with renewed energies for bat- tling with the duties of the coming week. The business man, above all others, can- not violate with impunity the old com- mand, ‘‘Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.”’ E. A. OWEN. 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Qi 25 "Cape, (po. o). @ = Dipterix Odorate......2 25@2 50 a Hyd Crat...... 1 35@1 2 Socotri, (po. 60). @ Foeniculum........... @ 15 er 8k. oe UO Catechn, is, (48, 14 8, @ 1 |Foenusreek, po... | 6@ _8| Cinchonidine, P. & W 32 2 16) ....-- +--+ +++ SE ee 4 @4% “ Ammomiae ro : Lit, igr4, (bbl. 3) °4@ — list, dis. per eo ’ OER ee eee es B5D 40) OOS wn wows eres on 4 Sonn eee eu oe = ee. - 4@ 4% crea #8) ee g 7 (- Huphorbium po ----- 8@ 18] sinepis Aiba. /°°°". 8 io | ie 3 5 bouvveeecs oe 6 . si Nigwa........ ¢ cece cceves beds, po........-. 70Q@ 7 i @ 8 oe Gualacum, (r {Po 35) .. @ 30 cg Cree ............... 0 Kino, (po 1 10)......-. @1 15 Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50] Cudbear..............- @ 2% Mastic i @ = aee....3 =o Cupri Sulph 2.222.551. 5@ 6 ‘ ete, COG ye ee eee e « xe Pees |. 1 12 Outi (pe 3 ea 2 — 85 Juntperts co. oO. TF 1 Teas = Wither Suinh........... we re] —_—_—————a ee 2 Emery, all numbers.. ss bleached..... 33@ Saacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00 Pe 3 6 * Tragacanth ........... 40@1 00] Spt. Vini Galli........ 1 75@6 50 | Ergota, (po.) 75....... 7@ 75 ¢ HERBA—In ounce packages. van — sees eeee es 4 25@2 = Flake White.......... 12g 1s ee Eee 25 Te ev ™ Bupatoriom ................- 20 SPONGES. 7 . .. Pe ah Leh allo ak wie nie ola = Florida sheeps’ wool 3 40@. 60 a 18 Piperiia. “ee 23 | carriage .. 2 50@2 75 | Glassware fini, by box 70 & 10. Mentha — saacs ote 25, —— sheeps’ wool Less than box 66% tetree cae ee Garage |... ..4,.--- ee ei. 80 Velvet extra sheeps’ Glue, — ne we = Tanacetum, V........-....-. «<1 wool carriage....... 10 ‘ , ee, Yo ce as 25 > Givoerins ............. ‘14%@ 20 a y ’ Extra yellow sheepa Geane Pascual © 2 MAGNESIA, One... os... 5... 85 ieee 25@ 55 Calcined, Pat.......... 5@ 60 Grass sheeps’ wool Car- Hydraag Chior. Mite... @ 8% 4 Carbonate, Pat.. W@ 22/1, ria vor re S @ 80 Carbonate, K.& M.... 20@ 25 | Hard for slate use. f Mt Ox aia @ W , Carbonate, JenningS.. 35@ 36 — Reef, for slate ‘ “ Ammonia. 6100 eee ' Unguentum. 45@ 55 Absinthe. ......... SYRUPS. Hydrargyrum......... @ 64 Amygdalae, Dulc Aceaole ..................-.. 60) [entnyopelia, Am... ..1 206i Ge i alae, Amarae snamaee > oe a . Ses op 00 Ss 2 oac...... edine, Resubl........ a Auranti Cortex....... 2 30@2 40 | Ferri Iod.......... bet logemorm.............. @ 70 Sergent ............. 3 25@3 50 Aurant Coen. 50 | Lupulin.... @2 25 ; Cajiputt ee 60@ 65/ Rhei 50 Lycopodium 70@ 75 ude eo hee oh oe ee 7@ 80 Stmflax iain neaeees = —— ee ee 7 fi q ees 35@ 65 Oe f uor Arsen - Cpenenodh ........... i OP i eee... 50 ro i + Giironetie ones oove C001 Scillae Shae ceed econ ese rucenans 50 Lagnes Sateen kent 10@ 12 2 ‘Contam Mas: ek scecene . = Ht ee = — Sulph (bbl onium Mac. 3 EE eee Sopaiba 80@ 90| Prunus virg.. | Mannta, 8... MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. eos P&W. 20@2 5 RK. ¥. @ & C. Co --- 2 10@2 35 Moschus Canton... .. 40 Myristica, No 1 .. ... 65@ 70 Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 Oe Goel. 2 22 — Saac, H. & P. D. cee eee @2 00 Pieis Liq, N.wC., * i” doz @2 00 Plels Liq., quarts . @1 00 mete... @ 8 Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80) . @ 50 Piper Nigra, (po. 22 a2) @ i Piper Alba, (po g5) .. @ 3 | fee Dorgan. .......... a ft Plumbi Acet . 14@ 15 Pulvis Ipecac et opi. 4 10@1 20 Pyrethrum, boxes a P. BD Co., dos..... @1 2 Pyrethrum, py........ 20@ 30 Crigeetee .... 5... ....- 10 Quinia, oF. a&e..... 29@ 34 . S. German.. 20@ 30 Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14 Saccharum Lactis pv. 20@ 22 eaecen 8... 75@1 80 Sanguis Draconis..... 50 Sapo, yy... 12@ 14 -— @.............-.. 10@ 12 qo @ 15 Seidlitz Mixture...... @ Ww Sinapis a @ 18 a, @ 30 ~~, Macecaboy, De Vou. ............... @ 35 Snuff Scotch,De. Voes @ 35 Soda Boras, (po. ny. . he Soda et Potass Tart... an 30 seas Carn. .......... 4G 3 2 Soda, Bi-Carb.. 5 Soda, Ash.. a or 4 Soda, Sulphas.. iso eas, 2 Spts. Meher Co ........ on 55 * Myre Dom..... @2 2% e Myrcia Im @3 00 . V ini Rect. bbl. oS 2 19@2 29 Less 5c gal., cash ten. days. Strychnia Cr amin Lous 1 40@1 45 Sulphur, Subl. -«. Sa a oer... 2 @2% eres ........-... 8@ 10 Terebenth Venice..... 2%@ Theobromae . 4 €@ e Vanilla..... 9 16 Zinci Sulph.. 7@ Oris. Bbl. Gal Whale, winter........ 7 70 Lore Oeae........... 7 SO hard, Oe, f........... 2 45 Linseed, pureraw.... 37 40 Linseed, boiled.. .. 40 43 Neat’s Foot, winter eiyareea ........... 7 80 SpiritsTurpentine.... 33 39 PAINTS. bbl. Ib. med Venctian.......... 1% 2@8 Ochre, yellow oa 1% 2@4 " ..... 1% 2@3 Putty, commercial....244 24%@3 “strictly pure.....24% 2%@3 Vermilion 'rime Amer: ican . 13@16 Vermilion, English... 65@70 Green, Peninsular..... TOOT Teed. reo.............. 64{@Q7 c whit he . 64GI Whiting, aie Span.. 76 Whi 8 Giidery’...... @% White, Paris American 1¢ Whiting, Paris Eng. coun... 30 | Pioneer Prepared Paint1 ng! 7" Swiss Villa ; aor Paints . 00@1 20 VARNISHES, No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Extra Tur ci... :.-160@1 70 Coach Body. ee 75@3 00 No. 1 Turp “Furn. ay a 1 00@1 10 Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. 1 MON cee ace cou 70@75 AAELTINE & Pi Importers and Jobbers KINS DaUG of DRUGS CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES DEALERS IN aints, Oils “= Varnishes. Sole Agerts for the Celebratea SWISS WALA PREPARED PRINTS. Fl ine of Staple Drnggists Sundries We are Sole Preprietors of Weatherly’s Michigan Gatarrh Remedy. We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of WHISKIES, BRANDIES, GINS, WINES, RUMS. We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarante? satistaction. All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. HAZELTINE & PER ) Send a trial order: Dave 6B, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERY PHICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. going to press and are those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. It is impossible to give They are prepared just before quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the ag 0» e S eh ee 20 vis) 1 50 2 10 70 se 12 nr wa So KSB et ee ee et ' ak bak bet ree orey gi ek et ss 8 et ? n ] Qo ee See maow te Fo te Fema © _ Suse AXLE GREASE. Fruits. doz gross Apples. Aurora... . 55 6 00 | 3 lb. standard..... Castor Oil i. 2 7 €O | York State, gajlons Piemeoed............ 30 550/Hamburgh, * ye 8 00 a. — ........... 65 7 '0 | Live oak.. Paragon . 55 6 00 | Santa Cruz... BAKING POWDER. Lusk’s..-........ Acme. Overland : 14 lb. cans, 3 doz...... 45 Blackberries. % Ib. “i ao 85 B.& W rear i i a Ee aT gg ea 100} 264 Cherries. ... St i. orce er nn wes ors ‘Arctic. 10) Pitted’ Hamburgh | 4 I cans 6 doz case 55 ite % sia © 2 a ee... 1 b ia. *§ oe Damsons, ‘Egg Plums and Green 5 } ldos “ 8 00 | Gages. Fosfon. j ae... 5 oz. Cans, 4 doz. in case go | California...... 16 * ‘i. « “a 2 00 Gooseberries. d Star, > cans 49 | Common .. Res | tar ap i “ : ean: “ Se Telfer’s ... 3 OV 4 a ? 6 80 chicken, % Ib.... ’ Vegetables. 1% : Beans. 2 00 Hamburgh stringless. 2 25 v French style. 2 50 ' Limas ae ParlorGem........... 2 75 Lima. ea a h on, (EE A bbe soos een — a Whisk i = Lewis Boston Baked....... Warehouse i 35 Bay State Baked. ben oo Cr ~ ™ | World’s Fair Baked....... BRUSHES. ienic ee Stove, No. 1. oo 5 . : i 75 Rice Root Scrub, 2 row... 85 Rice Root Scrub, 3 row. 123} 1 - ana Pa.metto, goose __. 150} Mic rning Glory |. BUTTER PLATES. j Soaked ..... a Oval—250 in crate | Peas, _ +.......... . 60 | Hamb argh marrofat...... No. 2 701 early June No. 3 80 } Champion Er = o........ L.-T petit pois... CANDLES. fancy sifted | Soake« j ii Hotel , 40 Ib. boxes 7 Harris standard. co St ) 9 VanCamp’s marrofat. .. < 10 early June 1 - --- 24 Archer’s Early Blossom CANNED GOODS. French ms usbrooms. Fish. ae Little Neck, 1 Ib 120/ pe Pumpkin 2 Ib ; 90 | Se sob “Si Shee o mide Chowder. : Squash a 2 25 | | Hubbard ......... Cove Oysters Standard, 1Ib 35 | 2 1b 1 Ef Lobsters Star, i ib 2 50 Pienic, tip 3 . | Hancock 2 Ib 2 gq, | Bxcelsior Mackerel. | Eclipse “+ Standard, 1 ib 1 95 | Hamburg «-.--... ‘ 2 Ib 9 i | Gallon . — Mustard. 2 1b > CHOCOLATE. Tomato Sat nce 2 It 2 on | Baker's. used, 2 ib os, | German Sweet. Salmor.. Premium y} lumbi a River. flat 1 99 | Breakfast ¢ tocoa ” talle 1 6&5 CHEESE, Alaska Red ...1 & | Amboy E nk 1 10 | Acme ao Kinney's, | flats EE eee Sardines. | Riverside American = oe @ 5; Gold Medal .6%@ 7 | Skim...... Impor ried = -.-10@11 | Brick ..15@16 | Edam .. Mustard us : .. @7 | Leiden Boneless 21 | Limburger mt ; Pineapple peoek. 5 ®..... ..2 50 ' Roquefort Sf Sap Sago.. 221 Schweitzer, imported. @24 domestic. @i4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. _ pint, 25 bottles a 2% i 4 50 ouet 1 doz bottles - 3 50 Triumph Brand. Half pint, per dos..........1 35 Pint, 2 botiies....... nee 50 Cuert, oer Gos ..... ..- 3 CLOTHES PINS 5 -_ a eee 40@45 COCOA SHELLS, 351b bags.. ! Less quantity o @% Poun packages. | ‘6X@7 OFFEE, a Rio. —...... on a, a aoe... oe LS ..20 Peaberry ee ae Santos. —.... —. Ll ae... 21 Peaberry .. 22 Mexican and Guat tamala. Fair. i. 21 Gee 22 aa... .-o8 Maracaibo. Prime . oo me on Java. Interior . _. Private Growth..... a Mandehbling .... 28 Mocha. Imitation Val 2 sreeee......... | Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add %c. per Ib. for roast ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLanughlin’s XXXX Bunola cA tg Lion, 60 or 100 1b. case . Extract. Vv alley City * gTOES 7 Felix 18 Hummel’ 8, a. gross. 1 50 2 50 CHICORY. _—..... 5 Red 7 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 0f.......perdos. | & o a... - 140 60 ft : 1 60 vor... . 1% £0 ft . _ 1 90 Fuie —.... ' 90 r 72 ft 1 CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz. in case. S i, por hundred. ........ 83 00 8 2, . aoe 8 3, a oe 4 00 8 5, . i . 5@ $10, . . 6 00 $20. 700 Above prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 or over. ores 2 BEE COnt. 500 oo “ a 20 o COUPON PASS BOOKS, {Can be made to represent any denomination from 810 down. | ees... _...........80 SS 2 00 — 3 00 ol a ne 6 25 500 ee CREDIT CHECKS. any one denom’n..... $3 00 5 500, 1000, 2000, Secel punch... ..... OD CRACKERS. Butter. Seymour XXX.. a Seymour XXX, cartoon nn 6% Pauiig Ree... Family XXX, cartoon...... Salted XXX. ae Salted XXX, ‘cartoon ...... Kenosha oo Boston. .. Butter biscuit . Soda. pean, 2 ae....... a. eo ae 7 Soda, Duchess. let ue tee Crystal Wafer. ae Long Island Wafers. Oyster. ee City Oyster. = a 6 Farina Oyster.. 8 CREAM TARTAR. tery sore... Telfer’s Absolute.......... é oor. 15@25 DRIED FRUITS. oe Apple Sundried, sliced = bbls. quartered ‘ Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes Apricots. California in bags...... Evaporated in boxes. .. Blackberries. Nectarines. ae ee... oe eee. 9 Peaches. Peeled, in boxes....... Cal.evap. “ “cs se “ 30 w 6 10% In boxes. a in bags. 8 tted sapaneme Barrels. . 50 Ib. boxes . B ‘ Prunelles. om. Saee....... - 7 ( ond ’ns’d M.'k Co’s brands | 1 Borden a ee 7 40 ( soe hotest do ela .6S ee. ‘oo Champion...... Magnolia / Dime COUPON BOO Tradesman.’ | 8 1, per hundred 2 OC] 8 2, 2 50] ® 3, ac 3 00} 3 5, “ 3 00 810, “ 4 ou! 820, ' 5 00 “Superior.” & 1, per hundred...... 2 50 $ 2, c i # 3, . 350 8 5, 4 00 $10, 5 00 a, 6 00! Universal.” Raspberries, oe... = = ee Raisins. Loose Muscatels in Boxes. crown - i‘ Loose Muscatels in 1 Bags. crown... .. Patras, in barrels.. oa -— o.......... “ in less — io 10 Orange = " 11 | Raisins, | Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes. @ 8X ; Sultana, 20 @s | Valencia, 30 | Prunes. California, 100-120. i C 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. 7% 80x90 8 70x80 8% j c 60x70 _. Turkey : 6% | Silver I ee eee cy French, 60-70 . ae ee 80-99. ' Ie ese as ENVELOPES, XX rag. white. ma, 16. ..... $1 7 No. 2, 6%.. 3 me 8G .. 1 65 No. 2, 6.. 1 50 XX wood, white, Mo. 1,64 ...- 1% No. 2, 6% . t= Manilla, white. Se eS ee .- 12 6 o 95 Coin Mill No. 4.. 1 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina, iO Th. keee..-.-...-... 3% Hominy. I ote eect econ ann 3 00 — |. .. 3 50 Lima Beans. e.....:sCtsCi«é«Cc Maccaroni and | Vermicelit Domestic, 12 Ib. 55 ee 10%Q@- % Oatmeal. Barrels 200.............-.. 4 60 Half barrels 100........... 240 Pearl Barley. eee. 2% Peas ae oe. 1 45 poe perm... ....... 2%@3 Rolled Oats. Daerreis 16)... ..... @4 60 Half bbis90.......... @2 40 Sago cree ........-......,. 4% ee ies.................. 5 Wheat. oie ee 5 FISH--Salt. Bloaters. were... Cod. ae... Whole, Grand Bank..... 5% Boneless, bricks.. ...... 6@8 Boneless, strips.. ...... 6@8 Halibut. a 104%@12 Herring. Holland, white hoops keg 70 a iL c bbi 9 50 awe ... 8... Round, % bbl ie e...... 2 90 - a 1 50 Sealed.. 18 "Mackerel, No. 1, 1001bs «1k he 1, @e................ 4 70 ht eee........... .. 3 No. 2, 100 Ibs... leis .s Oo Bo. S, © Tbe....... cs mo. &, 0 e..... - Pease, So le.............. 6 00 - Pe ec —“ @ Sardines. Ten, Sees... 65 Trout. No. 1, % bbis., 100]bs........ 6 00 Bio. 1% bbl, © ibs..........2 % Mo. 1, kite, 6 ibe...... —_ ae 1s o.............. 68 Whitefish. aun X¥% bbls, bag Ibs es ele “87 00 $275 tiie Oe 1 = Ib. kits Seepleee oa 90 48 8 Ib rr ite 95 42 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’, Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. Regular Grade Lemon. 7... won... Regular Vanilla, XX Grade Lemon. XX Grade Vanilla, --...,. 2 2 cane..... . 2 Choke Bore—Dupont'’s. 8. eee le 4 50 ae 2 Ww Quarter kegs.. .... heer 1 0 1 1b cans. _ 3 Eagle Duck— Dupont’ s. ee 11 00 nom bees... po kegs.. . 3 00 1 lb cans. 60 ‘HERBS, EE a 15 wee ee. ee 15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 Ib, boxes...... 55 S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes. . 50 JELLY. 2 Ib. pails..........-- @ 55 Se @ 89 LICORICE. a 30 MU eee eee ee ee. 25 Peer. ig. 12 LYE. Condensed, 2 doz.. oe oon... ..., 2 25 MATCHES. ee 1 65 Beis Gereer............... 1 70 (OO 110 Report Perer...............- 4 00 MINCE MEAT. Soom Coes... .- 2 15 on oe... oo aes Gee .....-...... ...11 08 MEASURES. Tin, per dozen. [oe 81 7 eer Glee.......... 1 40 oe... os. ae 70 Poe... 45 Half pint . me 40 Wooden, for vinegar, er doz. Leno .... 7 00 Half gallon . 4 % Quart . oo ee ee i 22 MOLASSES, Blackstrap. Sager ome... .........-..- 14 Cuba Baking. —s. 16 Porto Rico. eee... a... 20 Pee ...... +. so eee 30 New Orleans. ee as 18 Ee 22 a good.... 27 merce ...... 2 ancy.. uae ee ores 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 Haif bbls, 1,200 count 3 50 PIPES. Clay, No. 216.. 1% “"'T. D. fullcount .. vi on. oe. ©... ........, 1 26 POTASH, 48 cans in case Babbitt’s / 400 Penna Salt Co.’s. 32 RICE Domestic Carolina a oe 6 i we a : 5K C No, 2 . ‘ 5 Peenee.......... .,..; 4 ee. sagen. Ho. t-- nad hee see a apse es 5 awe 6 PO 5% ‘ 4 ‘ Cr oho Or siec seo wWwanwe ro ON Te: na OS i i ye re se an he 3 50 00 30 18 1 50 | 40 3 1 CO 3 00) 60 15 9 5 1 ba AON & . Pe ae ‘ 3 " ss agate A. a Root Beer Extract. Williams’, oe... 1% Soe... 5: .. 5 00 Hires’, 1 io Cs eed ee ces 1% Sao... 5 00 SPICES. Whole Sifted. Allspice. ee Cass a, China in mats...... 7 Batavia in bund....15 . Saigon in rolls...... 2 Cloves, Amboyna...... ....22 ° eS Ss 2 Mace Betarvia....... .......@ Nutmegs, a - Ged erea sees 7 . ee OF gi .-- ee... . eS 60 Pepper, Singapore, black....10 white “120 - ee 16 Pure - ede in Bulk, Atos... .......----.--...- 15 Cc assia, Batavia hha ees 18 and ae. 25 Y saigon . an . oo Cloves, aosbat ewe eee 22 a 18 Ginger, —- a eee 20 ” a. 22 Mace Eteeee......-...-.-.. TH Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .22 c aa 25 Meteees, Na. 2 -..........- vis} Pepper, = a -16 Lee . 124 a Cet. ee ewes 20 eee... “Absolute” In Packages. 4s 48 a 84 155 Ceo... 5... OO ee 84 155 Ginger, Jamaica ..... 84 155 . Burpee ....-.-. 84 1% meee .............. 84 155 PE ee ce ees 84 155 Sage. ..... 84 SAL SODA. cee... 1% Grenulased, bowen. .s 1... 1% SEEDS. ae... @12% Canary, Smyrna....... 6 Cosauee ........-.-.-. 10 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp, Russian....... 4% mice Wee .......... 5% Mostard, white....... 10 Poo. ......--...,..,- 9 — 6 Cattle bone........ 30 STARCH. Corn 2 bomee......-..... 5X ae 5% Gloss. 1- > packages Pee bees eee a 54 Le en om oe 54 sib ae oe i and 60 ib. boxes......-... 3% Barcoe.................. . one SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jare......-...-- 35 french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, Meee... se. eee Sys — eee .....-......... 4% SALT. 100 3-lb. sacks cee . 2B 60 5-lb acs 28 10-lb. sacks. iste . oe eee 2B See oee............... if 56 lb. dairy in linen bags.. 2 28 1 . ms & Warsaw. 56 Ib. dairy in drill ——- 32 28 Ib. 18 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56 Jb, dairy in linen sacks 75 Soar Rock. EE 7 Common Fine. Gaerne ......,....,...... 70 Memes ......... -+. «-- % SALERATUS Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Church's ..... 5% DeLand’s ...... 5g Dwight’s.... lo ae Taylor’s .. ei SOAP. Laundry. Allen B, Wrisley’s Brands, Old Country, 80 1-Ib........ 32 Good Cheer, @ 1 ib.......... 3 90 White Borax, 1 &-D...... 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. ee eee ee 3 45 Ivory, moe. 8 6 75 ee cs 4 00 ee 3 65 Mottled German. a Town Talk,........... .. oo Dingman Brands. ie ee ewe 3 9 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s ne American Family, wrp d..34 00 " plain... 2 94 N. K. Fairbank & Co.’s Brands. SOIR CHAM is 5 es os 4 00 Brown, Oe Wee oct 2 40 Pore ..... cu 3 25 a Bros. & Co.’s Brands. eee beled ecu wean ; Cotton Oil. ies oO Marseilles. : 4 eee ey 4 35 | THE _Thompson & Chute Brands. eee y ul. ng rth vill ow ent il: ris- S in, on ed en cy he ge a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Why she had taken the articles—they were mere trifles, all told not worth more than five dollars—I could not understand, nor have | been able to find any satisfac- tory explanation to this day. She was wealthy, and the son with whom she lived was a prosperous merchant. She had many influential friends who rallied to her assistance when they heard of her plight. Among them was a prominent lawyer—who had once been a judge of a high court—a man well acquainted with the vagaries of human nature. He ar- ranged the affair so that the prosecution was dropped. He said to me before he had looked into the facts: “Why, this is a terrible mistake. A great injustice has been done this woman. Why, man alive, she has a large income of her own, and can have anything in reason without cramping herself in the slightest degree. It is folly totalk of her stealing. Besides, | have known her for forty years, and afiner or more cultivated lady 1 never met.’’ Later on he said to me sadiy: “It’s terrible. It’s aclear case of kiep- tomania. She took the things, of course, but the Lord knows why; I don’t. As I was acting in a confidential capa- city, it would not be proper for me to mention names. Besides, the woman is still alive, and all her friends and fam- ily except the lawyer still believe her innocent. Far be it for me to disabuse them or cause her another pang, for I, too, believe that if ever there was a case of kleptomania, that was one. Coming down to the merchant’s prac- tical side of the question, it is a problem well worth studying. The New York dry goods firms are pretty well agreed on one point. If a woman has many in- fluential friends, they won’t prosecute her unless circumstances force them to. if the woman insists that she is innocent, and threatens damages, of course the firm that accuses her must prosecute if it has the evidence. The prosecution is pretty sure to make the woman realize that she has made a mistake in making threats. If, however, the woman admits having tak- ing the article, but lays it to an ‘‘irresist- able and uncontrollable impulse,” to ‘tan act of unconsciousness,’’ to kleptomania, or any kindred mysterious agency, the firm will almost invariably be content to drop the affair and say nothing. There is nothing to be gained by any other course. A prosecution in spite of the allegation of irresponsiblity would only look like persecution, and would be sure to react upon the firm. All the relatives and friends would become its enemies, and even a disinterested public would be more apt to sympathize with the accused under the circumstances than with the stern and relentless prosecutor. Realiz- ing that, the big firms won’t prosecute such offenders if they ean avoid it. In another respect they show good seuse by such leniency. The offender of this kind will never make another attempt after being caught once. Therefore, there is no further danger from her, and no rea- son for pursuing her. It is not with her as with the professionals who return to their evil ways as soon as they are re- leased. If the big firms of the metropolis find it politic to show that they have ‘‘bowels of compassion” in such cases, how much more important that merchants in smaller towns should do thesame! Itfrequently happens that the merchant in a small place will take the initiative in a prose- cution of one whom he detects, on the theory that it will redound to his credit to appear in the role of one who is con- scious of his duty to the public in up- holding the law and punishing the trans- gressor. But such advertising will cer- tainly be expensive in the end. The in- fluence of all the friends and relatives of a person of any standing is usually mighty in a small town. If it should prove powerful enough to arouse ever so slight a public sympathy for the accused, it may result in the ruin of the too zeal- ous prosecutor. oo - < ‘*May they ‘always live in peace and harmony,’”’? was the way a marriage no- tice should have wound up; but the com- positor, who couldn’t read manuscript very well, put it in type and horrified the happy couple by making it read, “May they always live on pease and hominy.”’ A Puzzle in White and Black. The origin of the various races of men is a problem which has occupied the at- tention of modern scholars to a very great extent, yet it presents so many difficulties that it can by no means be declared to We find peoples of the various races seattered about the world with no traces by which to connect them with a cummon starting point or a common parentage. The trouble is that ords, have been solved. all the earlier rec- save the Hebrew and Egyptian, are lost, and they treat chiefly of their own people and only incidentally of the races with whom they came in contact. The similarity or connection in languages has furnished the chief source from which the origin and relations has been sought, but the facts elicited are more than ever confusing. widely separated are found possessing kindred languages, while the intervening nations use speech which belongs to a totally different school. The effort to derive all races from a common Peoples the origin, perhaps, the beginning The fixed law that ereature must various or from a single pair, is, of the trouble. every seed and gate after its common origin, leaving the vagaries of evolution of the There seems to be just as good reason to be- lieve that races of man same from distinct and separate types that the various species of animal life are separate and peculiar. The two greatest puzzles in ethnology are the negro at one extreme and the blonde white race at the other. The at- tempt to derive the negro from Ham, the son of Noah, is no longer accepted by a great number of Christians and Semitic ethnologists. Rev. Prof. Grau, of Koen- igsberg University, Germany, in a recent article on the Noachian race, declares that neither the Chinese, the African negroes, nor the American Indians are ldncluded among the descendants of Noah. Ham, he says, means hot or black. Egyptitself is called Chemi; perhaps on account of the contrast of its black earth with the yellow sand of the desert. But the Hamites, or the sons of Ham, are not to be taken for the Ethiopians—that is, the blacks. ‘They receive their name from the worship of the The ancients liked to call themselves after their deities, and thus, as the Hamites served the natural God, they received their name from him in the same manner as the Jews were called the people of propa- kind seems to cut off the out question. the primary as sun. lahwes—i. e. Jehovah. The main char- acteristic of the Hamites is that they divide the Godhead into sexes, the gods always finding goddesses. They the Deity as much by sexual functions as by sacrifice of limb and life (in the service of Moloch). This religion was the center of a highly developed material and spirltual civilization in Mesopo- tamia, Egypt, and among the Pheeni- cians. The latter, however, were more the disseminators than the this civilization and culture. The Egyptians were long at the head of the nations in science and learning. They were the crown of the Hamitic races, but their mummies, preserved for thousands of years, seem to have been especially designed to testify in the last ages of our era thatthe Egyptians were white, not negroes. The negroes have |always covered a vast extent of country | served creators of in the heart of Africa. They have from the first ages been savages, possessing no civilization, save what they learned from contact with other races and, chiefly, in slavery. The Egyptians, the Arabs, the Phenicians, the Persians, the Greeks and Romans all enslaved the negro in early times, just as the English, the Spaniards, Turks and other modern nations did in latter. All the in civilization and religion made by the negroes their has been their his- progress was gained from and enslavers. This tory for thousands of years, and if this captors progress is to be considered a blessing it is all due to slavery. The other great puzzle in ethnology is the blonde white race of Northern Europe. Called dolicocephalous, or long-headed, the people who represent this race were first found where they now are. There is no history to show that they originated in Asia and emi- grated to the west. From the very and traditions which men- tion them these long-headed white peo- ple inhabited the northernmost parts of Europe. In Norway and Sweden, Den- mark, Iceland and all the region on the Baltic Sea and in the great forests of North Germany they were found. They were called Teutons, Seandinavians, Germans, Goths and Anglo-Saxons, and, although barbarous, they were a power- ful people, fighting with the Romans and never subdued by them. Blonde as to the beard and hair, blue-eyed and white of skin, they formed a strong contrast to the dark-haired races of the south of Europe. Long-headed—that is, wise and prudent—as well as powerful in war, these northern races have been able to hold their own in civilization, in religion, and all the factors of progress, on an equality with the best of the other races, first records and as conservators of human liberty and free institutions they have been first. That races in close proximity, hold- ing constant intercourse together, should mingle their blood is natural, but the blonde races of the north of Europe and the negro races of the heart of Africa have preserved all their peculi- arities intact, as have the yellow races of Asia. They representthe extremes of the human puzzle. A. S. MM. AILWAY. a in connection with the Vetruil, La Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milw abe e R’ys offers a route making the best time be tween Grand Rapids and Toledo. Time Table in effect May 14, 1893. Vid DL, oa, we Ly. Grand Rapids at..... 7:10 a. m. and 1:25 p. m. Ar. Tolede at ......... 1:15 p. m. and 10:45 p. m. Wis D., @. H. & RY. Ly. Grand Rapids at... oo a. m. and 3:25 p. m. Ay, Toteeo as.......... 15 p. m. and 10:45 p. m. Return connections came as good, y. H. BENNETT, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect Aug. 27, 1893 TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going North From Kalamazoo 9:10am From Chicago and Kalamazoo.. 9:40 pm Trains arriving from south at 6:50am 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. and 9:10am This train South. For M’kinaw,Trav. City and Sag. 6:50am 7 20 am | For Cadillac ‘and Saginaw...... 2:15pm 4:15 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw. . 8:10pm 10:50 pm 15 Lv Chicago 4 00pm 10:00 p m Arr Grand Rapids 9:40 p m 6:50 am 4:00 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:00 p m train daily, through Coach and Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indian: Re For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive 7:00 am 9:40 a m 11:25 am 4.40 pm 5:40 pm 5:25pm ron at 7:45a m, ar- . train leaves Muske at Grand Rapids at 5:50 p m. ©. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHICAGO SEPT AND WESTF MICHIGAN R’Y. Sunday train leaves for Mus skeg riving at 9:15am. Returning gon at 4:30 p m, arriving GOING TO CHICAGO. Lv. G’d Rapids......... 7:30am 1:25pm *11:20pm Ar, Chicago .... 1:55pm 6:50pm *6:30am RETU RNING FROM CHICAGO, Liv. Colcago............¢40eam 4: bpm *11:35pm Ar, G’d Rapids.........2:30pm T020pm O:item VIA ST. JOSEPH AND STEAMER. Ly. Grand Rapids 1pm 16:30pm AY Ceeeeeo |... La 3 pm 2:00am Lv. Chicego 9:30am...Ar Grand Raplds! 5:25 pm TO AND FROM MUSKEGON, Lv. Grand Rapids...... :30am 1:25pm 5:45pm Ar. Grand Rapids... am 2:30pm 5:25pm TRAVERSE CITY CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. = Grand Rapids :3 2:45pm Manistee Locee Sete oo ol 5pm oa oo 8*O6pm Ar. CHArIGVOm...... ZDi0pie ...... 10:45pm Ar. Petoskey 11:15pm Ar. Bay View....... G:c0pm ...... 11:25pm Arrive from Bay View, ete., 1:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Local train to White Cloud le: ih +s Grand R¢ ~ ids 5:45 p. m., connects for Big Rapids and Fr mont. Returning arrives Gran 1d Rapids 11:20 a.m. PARLOR AND SI To Chicago, lv. G. R To Petoskey, lv.G. R.. . To G. B a ( —— Cie a 4:55pm #11 :35p1 m ToG. R..lv. Petoske 5:00am 1:30pm .... *Every day. tlexee pt Saturday. Other trains week days only. EPING CARS. nm 1:25pm * m pm 11:30pm DETROIT, Jl LY 30, 1893 LANSING & er R, Re GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand Rapids 7:00am *1:45pm 5:40pm Ay ewer ........... 11:40am *5:50pm 10:25pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. Detroit. .- .. 7:45am *1:45pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Re ipids a 2:45pm *5:40pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8ST. LOUIS, Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. G R.11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R. Ly. Grand Rapids 7:00am 1: Av. from Lowell.......... 12: {5pm 5:40pm Spm 5:40pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- ing train. *Every day. Other trains week days only, GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. MICHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.’ (Taking effect Sunday, May 23, 1893.) Arrive. Depart 10 2a m........ Detroit Express ........6 56pm 6 00am ....*Atlantie and Pacific 10 45pm 100pm New York Ex Xpress 5 40pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Ath antic and Pacific ex- press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 6: turning, leave Detroit 5 p m, ar 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. le GRAND HAVEN & WAUKEE Railway. Depot corner Leonard St. and Plaintield Av2. a) &m; re at Grand riving MIL- Trains ns Leave 18 *No. 82 Gd Rapids, Lv 3 25pm | 10 45pm Tons ......-..a" 25am) 4 27pm /12 27am St. Johns ...Ar| 825am]|12 17pm) 5 20pm) 1 45am Owoss)......Ar| 900am)| 1 20pm) 6 05pin| 2 40am E. Saginaw..Ar |10 50am} 3 45pm) 8 00pm} 6 40am Bay City.....Arj11 32am) m)} 8 37pm) 7 ldam | Flint . Ar|10 05am) 3 45pm) 7 (5pm) 5 4 am ire. Huron...ar 12 05prn} § 60pm) 8 a 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar j10 53am] 305pm) 8 2 | 5 37am Detroit. Ar |11 50am] 4 05pm 925 i WESTWARD Trains Leave |*No. 81 |tNo. 11 [tNo. 13. | Arrive from Leavegoing 19 a »| > OO; On ) al Mile ga ey i. Soe 1 00) m) : re m - 20pm | For Cincinnatl................-- 6:30am 7:00am|@ OG laven, Ar) o~ am) ~ 1 pm) eee /pm | For Kalamazoo and Chicago. 10:05 am | Milw kee Str }.-- i | 6 20am! 6 30am | For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm | Chicago Str. Ts 00pm ue 1 @ Cem ....... | For Cincinna Oe ieee paeue 6:15pm 6:00 pm | aay ma So | For Kalamazoo & Chicago..... 10:40 p m 11:20pmj| tDaily except Sunday. *Di uily. L | From Saginaw.........+-++-- .. 11:50am Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:50 From Saginaw........ ees nana 10: > am | p.m. 4:45 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains leaving south at 6:00 p m anc 20 p. m, runs | Trains iv fror the west, 6:40 a.m 10:10 daily: _all ot other trains daily except Sunday. a. aaa rT 5 p.m pi = 15 en un i oe . | ae ee | « 7. i" " | Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Paricr Buffet lny@rand Rapids 10:05am 2:00pm 11:<0pm/|car. No. 18 Parlor Car. seein | Arr Chicago 4:10pm 9:10pm 7:05am; Westward—No. 11 Parlor Car. No. 15 Wagner | KO p : | 40:06 a mtrain through coach and Wagner Parlor Parlor Buffet car. | Oar. Jas. CAMPBEI | 1:20 pm train daily, through coach and Wagner | i ne Car. ., City T’cket Agent. 23 Monrce Street. 16 GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence. New York, Oct. 7—‘*Trade is as good as we want it to be under the cirecum- stances,’’ said a leading grocery jobber to your correspondent. The trouble is with the ‘‘circumstances,’’ and, until they are changed, nothing but a dull market will be presented. Wholesalers are chafing under the delay of the Sen- ate, taxes are due, and cold weather not far off. itis bound to be a hard winter and much suffering wiil prevail. Of course, people must eat, but they will not indulge much in luxuries or goods that pay big profits. The retail trade is satisfactory in some parts of the city, but not so in others. ‘The army of the unemployed is about as large as ever, and although 50,000 people could afford to pay from $3 to $5 each to see the yacht race, it signifies nothing, and charitable institutions are crowded. We yearn for the good old days ‘‘befo’ de wah,’’ when New York was the trading place of the continent and such great competitors as Chieago and St. Paul and Denver had hardly an existence. The yacht race actually made a dull market on the days appointed, and for the time everything else was forgotten. It was to New York what the circus is to smaller places, although compara- tively few could go. The rest crowded in front of the bulletin boards. The matter of deliveries of mains as annoying as it has been during the past month, and goodness knows when the demand will be supplied. The refineries are running unceasingly nights and Sundays, but they are still far be- hind. No advance has taken place in price. Coffee is very firmly held and sellers are confident of obtaining higher prices. Rio No. 7 is worth 1814e and is about 3¢ higher than a year ago. There are only about 70,000 bags held in this city, and the stock of the country to-day is about 320,000 bags, against 570,000 _ bags, a year ago—figures which show that the high value now placed upon. cof- fee is a legitimate value, and one bound to appreciate. Canned goods attract more and more attention and tomatoes are worth $1.10 for extra standards, New Jersey pack, and $1 tor Maryland; Delaware command $1.05. Peaches and other fruits, as well as corn—the latter in particular—are meeting with more and more inquiry, while salmon is dull, owing to the huge pack. Dried fruits are slow of sale and low in price. Still if apricots can be dried and put on the cars for 2c a pound, as it is claimed they can be, Californians ought to feel satisfied with prices rang- ing from 9@12c here. The provision market is firm, and while fluctuations are frequent they are smallin amount. Pork is worth $18.75 @$20 per barrel. 3eef, $12@14 for family mess. Dairy products are firm, although no very large transactions are reported, buyers being seemingly content to let matters drift. The best Western and State creamery are fetching 29@30c readily; imitation creamey, 24@26c: Western dairy, 17@21c. Full cream fancy State colored cheese is worth 11@ | 1i44e and is well held; white, 10% @10%,¢. Eggs — Northern Indiana, Northern Ohio, and Michigan, 23c; nearby fresh, 26c. Market firm, and supplies not very ample. Poultry is beginning to meet with ready sale, dressed turkeys being quoted at 12@16c, and 10@12c alive. Chickens, dressed, 12@18c; alive 10@12c. Beans are selling at $1.95 for new pea; and $2 for medium. Receipts not large and the market is rather quiet. Potatoes are in abundant supply, over 100 earloads being on the D. L., & W. tracks in Hoboken. They are worth about $2 per barrel, and in bulk, $1.75. Apples are in good demand, and re- ceipts are fair. Greenings, $2@2.50 per bbl.; king, $2.25@3.25. The market is hardening for foreign green fruits, and lemons, in particular, sugar re- | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. are in request. Oranges, bapanas and pineapples are all selling pretty well, and holders are not as anxious to part with their holdings as they were a fort- night ago. Dates, figs, prunes and nuts | are all meeting with better request. In| domestic nuts, hickorynuts are worth $2.50. Chestnuts are still out of reach, being quotable as high as $6 per bushel. White Clover honey is held at 14@15e for 1 th. boxes, and 6@7e for extracted. Another new sugar refinery is to be erected. This time it is said to be in Boston. The annual output of all refin- eries outside the Trust will amount to nearly 350,000 tons, and it is to be hoped the good work will continue, although, as yet, we have learned of no “‘independ- ent” refinery that has been ‘‘independ- ent’? enough to sell their product below the Trust’s price. Why should they, if they can get the same as the Trust? The latter is not at all troubled by the new enterprises, and claims to welcome them. Politics will attract a good deal of at- tention from now on, though luckily the campaign is to be short. If Tammany is victorious, as it invariably is, it will be called a ‘‘glorious victory,” just as if it wasn’t a regular thing. To nominate is to elect so far as Tammany is concerned. JAY. ——_— 2 <—>- Gripsack Brigade. Hub Baker has returned from his five weeks’ vacation and resumed his regular trips to his trade. Frank Stone, buyer for H. Leonard & | Sons, is confined to his house by illness |in the shape of fever. Wm. D. Weaver, city salesman for the I. M. Clark Grocery Co., is spending ten days in Chicago taking in the World’s Fair. Wm. Connor was in Grand Rapids last Thursday and Friday, and will make an- other stand here Thursday and Friday, Oct. 26 and 27. Dr. Josiah B. Evans, traveling sales- man for the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., is taking in the World’s Fair this week. He is accompanied by his wife, Jas. A. Morrison left Friday for his old home in Pennsylvania, where he will scenes and friends of his boyhood days. Ed. L. Forsyth, State agent for Col- burn, Birks & Co., of Peoria, Ill, was in town acouple of days last week in the | interest of the liquor department of that | house. Mr. Forsyth was formerly on the road for Williams, Davis, Brooks & Co. and the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. He will continue to reside at Kalamazoo. Sam. B. Morrison, formerly on the road for the Olney & Judson Grocer Co., but more recently with the Wells-Stone | Mercantile Co., of Duluth, with head- | quarters at Grand Forks, North Dakota, has gone to Colorado Springs, Colo., | where he is employed by the Shields- | Morley Grocery Co. as traveling sales- | man. B. F. Emery, formerly of this city, but for the past two years at Colorado | Springs, Colo., is now at the Lincoln Park | Sanitarium, at Chicago, undergoing a | delicate surgical operation. In case the operation is successful, he will return to Grand Rapids with his family and re- enter the employ of the Chicago Pack- ing Co. Jas. G. Cloyes, city salesman for the I. M. Clark Grocery Co., broke his left col- lar bone in alighting from a Lyon street electric car Oct. 2. He will be confined to his house for a month or six weeks, and in the meantime his trade will be visited by Fred Morley, who formerly covered the Upper Peninsula trade for that house. spend a week or ten days among the! Louis Immegart, who covered the Michigan territory three years for the Catlin Tobacco Co., subsequently travel- ing a year forthe Olney & Judson Gro- cer Co,, after which he conducted a gro- cery business at Traverse City for a year and has been representing the Catlin people in Indiana for the past year, has had Michigan and Kentucky added to his territory, and will make quarterly visits to the trade of this territory here- after. He was in town last week, call- ing on old friends and acquaintances. ip