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The dream is, of course, soon wafted away and then itis the old story of forged checks, help from home, and the return of the prodigal, if he is fortunate enough to have a loving parent. The result is an interesting society of adventurers and lambs in every mining eamp. Others come to take the places of the departed, and there is always that bouyant atmosphere which is so mag- netic to a Western man that he clings to it after acquiring a fortune. There are, nevertheless, many true tales of suddenly grown riches, and many characters suited to that field of Western fiction which Hamlin Garland assures us will some day grow chrysanthemums instead of sage brush. Bret Harte gained fame by associating oddCalifornia charac- ters with the balsamic oders of the woods | and the echoes of the canons. Some day there will a novelist to add the color of the sage brush and the alkali sands of the plains to characters every bit as unique and interesting. Then Montanians will tell their tales of aState that is a rich and varied garden for the cultivation of both. come They will point you now to a small and unpretentious. brick building. in Helena and tell you that within is the man who, during the late panic, when banks were dropping like autumn leaves, enjoyed such sweet revenge as seldom comes in this world; that when bank presidents and alleged millionaires were chasing up and down the old gulch, now called Main street, and heating the wires to New York and Chicago for help, this man sat calmly in his banking parlor, unruffled as an August sky. It was good fun for him. He recalled the days when he went to the same men and received what farce comedians call the ‘“‘horse laugh.’? Now he had $600,- 000 in gold in the vaults of his bank, and waited for them. They waited, too, until the last minute, until the directors of two leading Helena banks decided to close the next morning; and then they eame. and got the same dose of bitter disappointment which many years ago he had taken in allopathic doses. He gaveitto them with fine humor and a crisp Scotch-lrish accent, and then drove to his elegant home on Bruton avenue behind a coachman and a team of im- ported horses. He did not forget to tell his cashier to keep an eye out for busi- ness, and that night the sheriff’s officers were kept busy attaching every bit of property owned by wealthy men who owed the bank. The next morning two ae eee cae banks closed, and this man was cursed from one end of the town to the other. They will tell you now that there would have been no financial trouble in Helena if it hadn’t been for that ‘‘damned old curse.” Nevertheless there was poetic justice for some of the fellows who had tried to jump that fabulously rich mine, the Drum Lummon. Now they take off their hats to the discoverer. Once he was Tom Cruse, Then old Tommy Cruse, Then old Tommy, Then Cruse, Then Thomas Cruse, Then Col. Cruse, Now President and Col. Cruse He is President of the Thomas Cruse Savings Bank, the largest individual holder of Government securities in the West, and, with two exceptions, the rich- est millionaire in Montana. He owns mortgages galore, and could pinch out or save an ordinary Western town as easily Aladdin found his famous cave. He is withal as plain-going and indifferent to pleasure as when he as wandered about the hills twenty-five years ago in search of ‘‘float,’? as the first indication of a mine is called. Some people in Helena will point the tourist to Cruse, and say they remember him when he couldn’t get trusted for a sack of flour. When these stories are printed by the Montana newspaper gos- sips, Cruse will write a card of denial, and say that he could always get flour when he wanted it. However that may be, all old timers remember this man when he lived alone in a little cabin the lower gulch in the winter tramped the hills by summer. ‘A Rus- sian tea! Well, Dll be blanked!” said an old-time Helena man last year, when he was overlooked in the invitations to the Cruse mansion. ‘‘l remember that fellow when a jack rabbit was high liy- ing for him.” in and But Cruse stood it year by year. Salt pork and hard tack made up his bill of fare and he did not complain. In an old worn pair of jumpers he climbed over the hills looking for prospects, and when his search failed was content to work by the day in placers for enough money for grub. Occasionally some staked him, but he never found anything. He had no companions because he had no money, and he was content to work and live alone. one The prospector is in most instances a romantic and interesting character. His mind is filled with mountain lore; he catches the spirit of solitude from long association with the hills and canons, and in time becomes as quaint in manner and original in talk as the two Wellers. What a fathomless fount of found in this harmless Ulysses of the stories is 15, 1893. !makes jis that one workman hills! Good stories, too, if the truth does get frayed and ragged before the finish. Tom Cruse belonged to this field of fic- | tion when he made such a strike as was | never known before or since in Montana. | He found it on the lower end of a moun- | tain range ending in St. Louis gulch, twenty miles north of Helena. This gulch, like the others, had been aswarm- | ing ground for gold hunters until the diggings had been worked out and left to reward the patient and easily satisfied toil of John Chinaman. still at his tireless search when he stumbled one day across a bit of gold quartz float. This, as all miners know, had been washed away from the mother lodein a journey of centuries. The thing to do is to follow it for other traces. did. His keen eye followed his footsteps until another bit of shining quartz ap- peared on the washed Day after golden trail until long-sought shoot Cruse was This Cruse down mountain day he followed this his pick struck the of ore sticking out from the mountain side. It was not a foot wide, but the old man knew that there was something below. This was the discovery of the sides. Drum Lummon, the greatest gold producing quartz ever found in this country, and the first to be purchased in an English syndicate. It itself over and Montana by has paid for again, and to-day represents the largest investment for ma- chinery ever placed in a gold mining property. Where Cruse’s picix struck the ore stands the entrance to the Cruse tun- nel, 1,000 feet long, and running down from this is the deepest mining shaft in Montana. Cut from solid rock at the end of the Cruse tunnel is a great chamber higher and wider than the Battery, and herein is a splendid hoist, rivalling the finest in the world for speed and safety. This tunnel with its shaft is but part of the mine. Two other tunnels quite as long run in from the other side of the hill, and two other hoists quite as large as the giant are whirling the ore by night and by day the These levels, running at all angles, are so timbered and painted that under the white rays of the incandescent lamps the mental impression left is that of a weird over from lower levels. and gruesome resting p!ace for the dead tocome. The silenee in these depths is broken by the dull and heavy click of the monster Cornish pumps churning water upward from the shaft bottoms, and the grind of the ore cars coming from the drifts. Within this golden ant hill 300 men are delving away for $3.50 a day. Without the scene is of greater inter- est. One hundred stamps in three great mills are making a din and a one think that would be a haven of noise that a boiler factory musi¢e One curious result of long work in these mills boxes. can hear the voice of another from any part of the building and finds it most difficult to hear the most ordinary sounds outside. The treatment of ores is on the broadest and most scien- tific plans; not a two-bit piece is wasted. The tailings or refuse from the mills are | worked over again under careful meth- ods, so that the stockholders will have every cent of profit from an investment of $5,000,000 in the plant. Each morn- ing assays from the new ore bodies are returned, so that a value as accurate as that of a car load of wheat is known by the London offices wanted. The whirr of the bursting whenever engines, 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. sounds of the stamps, and clang of the | blacksmith shop never cease to tell the | to the camp of! tale of golden labor Marysville which Tom Cruse’s pick gave the touch to the hillside. Men, children now find livelihood jack rabbits ran. But to return to Cruse. has grown up since talismanice women and where the Single-handed and alone he started in to find the size of the vein. the mountain, and found the widest gold He bored a tunnel! 600 feet into lead ever struck in this country. There were sixty feet of solid gold-producing quartz, assaying from $100 to $300 to the ton; it find that made Edmund Dantes take second place in run for luck head of many Not so er than anyone Was a and would have turned the a man less fortunate than Cruse. with him. He knew bett the value and future of this property, and he golden was willing te wait until the floodgates were fairly opened. “his man’s nerve was best shown when he went to the ground one day and found four tough-looking prospectors keeping guard. ‘“‘What are yez doin’ here?’’ said the Helena and ‘‘Locating a mine,’’ leader, a big fellow now living near known as Nervous Johnson. ‘“‘An’ who sent yez here?” Johnson grew sociable then, and told Cruse in confidence the names of three well-known Helena capitalists who had jump the the West mit there are no organized a syndicate to prop- erty. Mine jumping in is a ' dangerous business, conscientious seruples attached provid- ing the jumper wins If he loses he is an object of contempt. Cruse said nothing more to the hired men, but stuck a long six-shooter in his went Helena. He Main the leader of the syn bootleg and over to walked down street until he met After they dicate had exchanged the time of day, Cruse’s hand dropped slowly down to the six- shooter and remained there. ‘i under- stand,’” he said, ‘‘that there is a job to ic jump me mine, an’ | just thought I'd come in town to say that every man who started it wiil crape on his door be- fore the job ts Not Cruse ret more was said, and when urned the next day the Jumpers had lifted their stakes aud left. It was along time, however, before Cruse en- joyed the full frui was not dazed by his i knew the value of good fortune, and he wel his find. Va- organized to had Lummon, after the rious local syndicates were purchase the mine, waich veen named the Drum county in Ireland where Cruse was born. Times, however, grew easier, for Cruse could borrow money on the strength of his discovery. He did not blow this in, as many a weary and hopeful miner would have done, but chose to wait until itcame in alump. He built a small ten- stamp mill, which he was working while the dea! which culminated in the sale of the mine was being planned. This sale mining men get Montana is still talked about when old together in the cosy cor- Club. It English ners of the was the first Montana mines, investment of eapital in and was brought about by smart men—smart enough to make themselves wealthy on commissions of One of the ablest was Col. ‘am Word and if able to the sale. Wor d, is how a lawyer in Helena, then living in Virginia City. resist the temptation to roast people in public would rank among the best known said Cruse. | tion of his toil. He | purchased for | she will have | public men in the Western country. He is one of the smartest of men, a brilliant aud forcible public speaker, and pos- sessed of fine presence and courtly man- ners. His inability to curb his tongue has cost him many public honors and many friends. Nevertheless, he was just the man to talk to the foreign investor, because he knew the country and could tell about it. Hugh McQuaid, editor of | the Helena Independent and one of the most popular men in the Territory, wes let into the deal because he was close to | Cruse and supposed to have influence } killed | with him. Col. W. C. Child, who himself in Helena a few weeks ago be- | cause Of financial troubles, was also let! in, as were several others who happened to be friends of the promoters. made from $10,000 to $200,000 out of the sale. When the local pipes Word brought the attention the mine. were laid, Col. capitalists to sent over by Mr. Al famous London mining broker, London and made to were sent from Montana to and Cruse and refused. offers were it was a trying pull to get hold of the back again, mine, Each | of London | Experts were | Chadbourne, the | reports iong and} the | value of which had been well determined | d off for a much | mine with its Cruse he! sum than the by this time. larger great vein was really worth. The end came at last when Cruse came into Helena one evening with a compro- which was accepted. mise proposition, The purchase was closed in the back a bank, meeting | adjourned he stuffed a check for $/50,000 in the pocket of the agreement that he room of and when the his worn jumpers with should receive stock in the new company to the value of $1,250,000, at the par value of $5 a share. The Drum Lummon was sold, and Cruse kicking himself At the he was lucky enough to sell his holdings has never since ceased for selling it so cheap. same time when the stock reacted the top figure— 525 a share. Now, second then, we come to the | | | epoch of Cruse’s career—his transition by the stroke of a pen from a miner to a/| capitalist. He did not do the things that most lucky strikers do; he did not get drunk ou wine, and did not start in to! break ali the faro banks in town. His | head was not sweiled to the point where | New street or cul a Yet, after waiting that people should take their hats off in hand he made he wanted to come to clean out Wall swath in metropolitan society. all these years, he intended a few to him. After the money was York and | a tour of the residence streets and picked | house in town, $15,000 from the out the finest which he Hon. | Tom Carter, now Chairman of the Repub- | lican National Committee. Carter, too, bad made a iucky turn, and was then ‘‘on | velvet.” The house was a plain two- story brick, wit a French mansard roof, and was considered very elegant for that time. Now there are twenty finer resi- dences in Helena, but Cruse, with his old thrift, still clings to the first choice. The this old may be miner fancied, he next sensible luxury for was a wife, and, as had little eoulty in finding one. a cash capital of much in sight, is was an eligible party. He married a sister of Tom Carter. leaving a lite! golden-haired daughter, who few years later she died, apple of the old man’s eye. a fortune, With | $750,000 and twice as | is now the | Some day | but the fellow If You Want the Best, Cleanest, Heaithiest, _ Cheapest and Unadulterated, BEST QUALITY By ago WUD EES) ANS Be! ‘ — “w© CLEANED py RAND RAPIDS Utr CLEANING CO.. GRAND Rapip bina en ¥ Saw A Case: 36 Packages. 36 Pounds. FULL WEIGHT. Also in Bulk: 25 Ib. Boxes, 50 Ib. 300 Ib. Boxes, and Barrels. 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PREPARED BY THE ‘New York Condeised Milk Co. iT HAS NO EQUAL, nee one In Trade igs = "Marka tekervonc nage tion 5 prtsfonase ostit yee Borde” 0 C0 71 Hug oRK CONDE CONDENSE! ppilt pay +< 4 (2 —_ ~ seneeeel ay “+~< 4 ’ e who marries her will have to await the old man’s death. But the Cruse wedding was an his- toric event in the annals of Last Chance gulch, and to-day every stranger who asks for the romantic pictures of mining life is told about it. Bret Harte described many phases of mining life. There was the birth of ‘‘The Luck;” there was the death of Mr. John Oakhurst, who, as the gentlemanly gambler, was Harte’s great creation; there was that beautiful com- ing of Santa Claus to Simpson’s Bar, and the death of Wan Lee, the Pagan. There were all these incidents of life in mining guiches and many more, but curiously enough this author never ventured on a description of a mining camp wedding. Cruse’s wedding was the mining camp class, then quite thrown off clothes of the guich and was not exactly of for Helena had her swaddling trying to take on a civilized garb. It was, never- theless, a great event, for the old pio- neers were determined that Tommy should have a proper send-off. Business in all parts of the town was shut down, while as motley a party as was ever seen assembled at a famous old hostlery, the Cosmopolitan Hotel. This was kept by Sam Sehwab and Ed Zimmerman, two old-time landlords, known and liked by every one. There were no blue books of the ‘400” to furnish invitation lists. Every man, woman, or child who had known ‘Tom Cruse was expected. Pio- neers who lived in the hills were notified, and all came. Some rode horseback a hundred miles, others came with their wives in ecanvas-covered wagons and camped on the way. When the wedding morn arrived the town had a circus day dress. Owing to Cruse’s ignorance of the forms and etiquette of society life, a committee of well-known citizens took charge of the arrangements. Hugh MeQuaid, now a wealthy man-about-towu and the local Ward McAllister, looked after the decorations and carriages. Charley’ Curtis, the present Sheriff of Lewis and Clarke county, who won new laurels after a romantic career in the vigilante days by capturing a band of Northern Pacific express robbers in Sep- tember, was there to maintain order. Col. Sanders and Major Maginnis, rival politicians, were present to respond elo- quently to the bride’s health. Ex-Gov. Hauser, a millionaire pioneer; Banker L. H. Hershfield, the late Col. Broadwater, X. Beidler, the famous vigilante hang- man, and a hundred more representa- tives of all classes joined in the festivi- ties and lent their assistance in various ways. Hours before the ceremony the hotel parlors and office were packed with a squirming mob of guests waiting for the supper and freebar. Theseadjuncts were opened in good season. Ed Zim- merman, who always acted as steward, while his partner Schwab, kept the books, had staked his reputation on the supper, and he succeeded beyond his ambition. A chef was brought from Chicago for the oceasian, and the edibles were brought from every market in the country with- out regard for expense. The wine, of course, was an importantitem. Cruse had given orders that nothing but wine was to go, and that it should be free to all. To meet this demand, 1,600 quarts of champagne were shipped from Chi- cago, but this went before the festivities were well under way. The town was then scoured for every drop of wine, THER MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. which was purchased at the owner’s price. When the time for the ceremony ar- rived Cruse came forth in a full-dress suit, as radiant as a ‘‘bridegroom from his chamber.” In the little parlor, which was filled with distinguished guests, met the blushing bride, and there the knot was tied by the Catholic Bishop of Montana. Then the supper followed, and Mr. and Mrs. Cruse sped away in a platform wagon down the gulch, in a shower of rice and a trail of old shoes. The revelry that followed is best de- scribed by an old pioneer, who said it was a scene like the famous stampede to Bear Gulch. The dining room was filled with a mass of hungry miners, bankers, politicians and lawyers, all struggling in away that made poor Zimmerman almost insane. A small army of bartenders without were fighting their way toruna free bar. They could not open the wine fast enough, and finally the pressure be- came so great that the necks were broken from the bottles, which were passed into the crowd and thrown into the street when empty. When the night drew on the landlords had to turnthe lights out and turn the mob into the street. Noth- ing like it was ever seen until Cleve- land’s election in 1884, when a Helena banker and politician passed bottles of champagne to a great parade of Demo- erats. This show, however, ended Tom Cruse’s display of wealth for the edification of his neighbors. The cost will never be accurately known. Nobody paid a cent for carriages, flowers, wine, or food, except the old man, and he never made a kick when the bills came in. Some say that the day’s show cost $30,000, and it is probable that this figure is not too large. When Cruse returned from his wed- ding tour there was no more public rev- elries at his expense. He settled right down tothe care of his money. A sav- ings bank, which does a good business, was started under his Presidency and the management of several bright young men from the East. Tom Carter was the Vice-President for a time but retired at the President’s suggestion. Cruse said that Carter was a good fellow, but so blamed smart that it was dangerous to have him around. Public-spirited citi- zens and political managers with sub- scription lists have also learned to keep away from his office. He never loosens a dollar except for the Catholic Church. Then he gives liberally. He has also been known to bet heavily on elections when his Irish was up. In this way alone does he show his love for the Demo- eratic party. Last spring, three days before the city election, a sale of city warrants was held. The Democratic Administration was standing for re-election, and it was im- portant that these warrants should sell well. The discount had usually been from two to three cents. Owing to a smart trick of the Republican City Treas- urer, the hour of the sale was changed, and Cruse’s representative alone was there to bid. He bought in the warrants at a discount of 20 per cent. The Demo- cratic managers went in hot haste to Cruse and asked him to give up the war- rants for another sale, so that other bidders could be present and make the warrants sell for their value. Cruse consented, (Continued on page 7.) he | with the proviso that the | BUY THE PENINSULAR Pauls, Shirts, aud Overalls Once and You are our Customer for life. Stanton & Morey, DETROIT, MICH. Gro. F. OwEn, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. 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- ereased facilities for manu- facturing we are well prepar- ed to fill orders promptly and at most reasonable prices. BUY THE BEST The Chippewa WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE L. “CANDEE” & CO., New Haven, “MEYER” RUBBER CO,, New Brunswick, N. J., Celebrated Rubber Foot Wear. 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Jill jlast longer than ingles. Wr the uw Siti t for i Roofing and for samples of Building Papers etc. H. M. REY? Practica! Qe, Loniv and Campau Sts. Grand I ARE THE TIMES HARD? THEN MAKE THEM EASY BY ADOPTING THE COU PON BOOK SYSTEM FUR NISHED BY THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RBAPIDS. daca Lert r covering over SI Hoofers, svete a | daha aidan Rate tei anata tent aNd ada THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE, AROUND THE STATE. Emmett—P. H. Ready, general dealer, | is dead. Central Lake—J. A. Cary has opened | a meat market. Athens—R. J. Moore has sold his hard- ware stock to James Osborne. Tustin—U. Rainey George & Son in general trade. Central Lake—Gardner & have opened a new grocery store. Muskegon—Tillie Pratt, jeweler, has | given a bill of sale to Chas. W. Pratt. | East Jordan—J. C. Peckham Beckman & Peckham in the meat sneceeds J. H.} Hinkley | succeeds busi- | hess. Harrisville—Caldwell & Mitchell suc- | ceed B. F. Buchanan in the drug busi-| ness. Otsego—E. J. Rose & Co. J. Rose in the grocery and succeeds E, | bakery busi- | ness. Vickeryville—Vern Arntz has pur- chased the boot and shoe stock of M. A. | De Hart. Bay City—E. C. succeed C. E. Rosenbury in the furniture Rosenbury & Sons | business. Bay City—Henry Kinney & Fitzgerald in the business. Kinney succeeds | hardware } City—Mrs. L. O. Cadwell has purchased the miliinery business of Miss Maxwell. Negaunee—White & Peterson are suc- | Carson ceeded by Hans Peterson in the tailoring | business. A. F. Dwiggans StoOcK Sullivan—J. ix closing | out his general and will retire from trade. Otsego — Mr. from the Derhammer has retired grocery firm of Truesdale & | Derhammer. Manistique — Thompson & Putnam, | druggists, have dissolved, A. S. Putnam | & Co. succeeding. Ithaca—S. E. the grocery stocks of Parish has purchased | Herrick & Harris and E. O. Bradley. Morley—Dodge & Strope, general deal- | ers, have dissolved, Henry Strope con- tinuing the business. Woodland his clothing and men’s stock to P. T. Menominee— Sears -Chas. C. Deane has assigned furnishing goods | Celgrove, of Hastings. & Remington, fur- niture dealers and undertakers, have dis- solved, Peter W. Sears continuing the business. Muskegon — The Michigan Washing Machine Co. has added machinery for the manufacture of washtubs of an im- proved pattern. Meredith—C. D. Bartlett has pur- | chased the interest of his pariner in the grocery firm of will continue the business under his own name. Belding—Fred G. Higbee is now sole proprietor of the groce owned by the Welsh & Belding Co., hav- ing purchased the interests of the other partners. East and crockery stock has Jordan—The H. W. King grocery urchased ocen {| by John J. Gage, manager of the mercan- tile department of the Antrim [ron Co., at Mancelonia. Belding—E. moved their grocery stock to the building Wilson & Friedly. Welsh are inter- R. Spencer & Co. have re- formerly occupied by Will Cobb Thos. ested in the business with Mr. Spencer. 3ailey—G. Hirschberg has moved into and his new brick store building, which has | horse ; that | store in | Silas | to the Olney & iClaims aggregate about $800. |elothing house here and jin both |namely: | Krolik & Co., J. Moses iz Ca, | Henry | McGraw is |Co., Cohn | Elliott & Co., Bauman |Taylor & Co., carriage | has retired from the business. ithe Thompson Lumber Co., whieh | ber Co. has just completed six Dunean & Bartlett, and | | pine ry stock formerly | The new structure is much more /ecommodious than the building destroyed by fire. Kalamazoo—Mittenthal Bros. Taxlor Bros., harness and they will oe- department of dealers in furnishings, which cupy as the wholesale | their fruit business. Belding—Will Ricaby has leased the | west half of E. R. Spencer & Co.’s store | and will move his location Nov. connection with Will Cobb, who stock of jewelry to Day and have formed a part- stationery and wall paper connected. Central Lake—Wm. Zeran & Son re- cently uttered a chattel mortgage to | Hawkins & Co., securing the latter for a | $325 account on their grocery stock. They subsequently uttered a second mortgage Grocer Co. and the Hannah & Lay Mereantile Co., whose Judson The gro- eery stock was then sold to H. C. MeFar- | lan, formerly engaged in general trade at Manton, who will continue the business. Au Sable—E. Rosenthal, who has for years been conducting a dry goods and in Oscoda, has tiled mortgages covering the entire stock stores. Robert K. Gowanlock, President of the losco County Savings eight creditors, losco County Savings Bank, A. & Co., S. Simon Rosenthal, Charles R. Switzer. Thomas S. for A. C. McGraw & R. S. Dodds, Samuel Newmark, Wallace, & Sperling, Dan- ie] Rosenthal, Lacrosse Knitting Works, Schey & Co., L. Nichols & Co., Lexing- Bank, is trustee for Pauline and Joel trustee Bros., Newman, Samuel |ton Woolen Works, A. Jacobs & Co. and the Nonpareil Manufacturing Co. All of | the above named firms are amply secured by mortgages aggregating $12,000. The stock of goods is estimated at $20,000. MANUFACTURING MATTERS, J. Abr- manufacturing Saginaw—J. Ahrens sueceeds ens & Co. in the cigar | business. Pontiac—Edward M. Murphy, of C. V. manufacturers, Thompsonville—The has been week idje all} during the winter. Trout Creek—The Trout Creek narrow gage logging road to a owned this road and will run all winter. Onekama—M. A. Farr, of Chicago, has bought the interest of I. J. the Onekama Lumber Co., and, with his brother, A. W. Farr, wil trol of that concern. tamsdell in now have econ- They will buy all the farmer logs that offer and will also log along the line of the Manistee & Northeastern. Manistee—At no time in the last ten years has salt been as low as it is to-day. Manistee blocks, however, are producing as much as ever, and the markets of Chi- cago, Milwaukee Michigan City, which ordinarily take care of all that is made here and at Ludington, have not to handle our output of late, and been able have | | purchased the building now occupied by 20, oceupying the, | nership and will run adrug store, with | shingle mill of | Lum- | miles of | belt of | by it south of Trout Creek. | | The mill will be supplied with logs over | lumber, and nearly all of the i | been in process of construction several 'and we have been compelled to send | weeks. ‘large consignments into the Northwest. Last month Manistee produced 135,000 ; barrels. Detroit—The Peerless Manufacturing | Co. has filed articles of association with la capital stock of $100,000, 75 per cent. .paid in. The corporation will manufac- | ture men’s furnishing goods and deal in | general merchandise in this city. William Saulson holds 5,720 of the $10 shares, Charles Scheuer 1,770, and Eu- gene H. Hill 10. Ludington—O. N. Taylor’s sawmill | shut down for the season last week, after | cutting 13,000,000 feet on contract. It had been intended to close down the mill for good this year and move the ma- chinery to Georgia, where Mr. Taylor has 10,000 acres of timber near Brunswick, but on account of business depression this idea has been abandoned and the mill will run as usual next season. Bay City—Lumbermen here are posed to take a more hopeful view of the outlook for lumber. Rail shipments are picking up and some good sized lots are reported as having been sold recently. The weather is fine for manufacturing mills are in motion. The burning of the McLean mill was a severe blow to the manufac- turing capacity at this end of the river. While the firm had po lumber of its own, dis- | Other parties calculated to furnish stock for it for a number of years. Manistee—The mill of the State Lum- ber Co. is the first one to shut down for the season. Twoof the Canfield mills will keep at work for at least two weeks yet. The Peters mills are both in full blast, and will run as long as they can move alog. The Mckillip mill is saw- ing for the most part for Henry Ward. The Union Lumber Co.’s mill at Stronach will shut down this week probably. Filer & Sons will run all this month at least. Buckley & Douglas will run their mill all winter as usual. Louis Sands has an extra supply of logs on hand and will have to run his mill as late as_ pos- sible. The Manistee and Eureka mills always run till the last, and will do so this year. Bay City—The destruction of lumber alarmed insurance com- difficult matter to place insurance upon saw and planing mills. The rate has many instances from ly property has panies, andit is a increased in to 3 and 4 per been cent. over former rates. The rates on summer, started up last} the average planing mill or box factory and will probably run steadily|is now from 4 to 7 and 8 per cent., and | an order has been issued directing all agents to put a clause in all policies re- quiring the holder to carry 80 per cent. of insurance on his property, or in case of Joss he shall be the loser of the differ- |ence between the amount of earried and 80 per cent. of the property. i this clause. 'owners affected are insurance the value of Sawmills are exempt from Naturally the property protesting against the clause, and assert that between taxa- tion and the increased insurance rates they are hustled to keep in the swim. _— > Gripsack Brigade. John Cummins is confined to his home |} at Traverse City by illness. being covered in the Canfield. E. K. Bennett, traveling representative for C. F. Happel & Co., wholesale jew- elers of Chicago, was in town several days last week. His route js meantime by Will M. J. Rogan, for the past four years on the road for Walter Buhl & Co., of Detroit, has resigned that position and accepted a more desirable connection with Bill & Caldwell, manufacturers of stiff, soft and straw hats at New York. Mr. Rogan will cover Michigan and some of the larger cities in the West. He is interviewing the trade of Minneapolis and St. Paul this week. The informal entertainment to be given by Post E at Elk’s Hall Saturday even- ing promises to be one of the most enjoy- able events ever undertaken by that organization. Messrs. Van _ Leuven, Lawton and Dawley, who have the mat- ter in charge, have secured Mrs. Braun’s orchestra and arranged with Hoffman to furnish light refreshments. Dancing will begin promptly at 8 o’clock and card tables and other enjoyable features will be provided for those who do not dance. Secretary Mills will be on hand to receive Assessment No. 5 from any who have not yet paid it, and Secretary Blake will beam on those who have not yet paid the annual dues of 50 cents to Post E. All regular traveling men are cordially invited to attend the entertain- ment, whether members of Post E or not, as it is believed that none will feel like leaving the hal! without identifying him- self with the work of the Post. MAY’S BAZAAR, 41 AND 43 MONROE ST, Grand Rapids, Mich. Offers to the trade special inducements for the coming holiday season. THE LARGEST LINE OF NEW TOYS, Jewelry, Brie a-brae, FANCY DOLLS, everything suitable CROCKERY, PLUSH for holiday presents. MUSIC AND A full line of masks. BOXES, LEATHER Be sure to examine SILVER- GOODS. our goods and get our WARE. prices. ALBERT N. AVERY, MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT FOR UARPETS ali LRAPERIES, 19 So. Ionia 8t., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Special Sale of Lace and Chenille Curtains, Merchants visiting the Grand Rapids market are invited to call and inspect my lines, which are complete in every respect. In placing orders — me you deal directly with the manufae- urer. o *» ww VF THH MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. S. J. Thompson & Co. have opened a meat market in the rear of their grocery store on East street. F. A. Rice has opened a grocery store at 691¢ Pearl street. The Ball-Barnhart- Putman Co. furnished the stock. Robert Archamboult has opened a gro- cery store at Copemish. The Lemon & Wheeler Co. furnished the stock. John L. Gale has embarked in the gro- cery business at Plymouth. The stock was furnished by the Lemon & Wheeler Co. The John N. Compton Furniture & Upholstering Co. succeeds the Bell Fur- niture & Upholstering Co. at South Division street. KO2Q Ve0 Anton F. Worfel and wife have em- barked in the fish and oyster business in the basement of 50 West Bridge _ street, under the style of A. F. Worfel & Co. P. Wendover has removed his grocery stock from the corner of South Lafayette street and Highland avenue to the cor- ner of Hall street and Euclid avenue. The Committee on Trade Interests of the Retail Grocers’ Association has pro- mulgated a new sugar schedule, reducing the price of granulated to the following: Single pound, 6 cents; four and one-half pounds, 25 cents; nine pounds, 50 cents; nineteen pounds, $1. In addition to the entertainment fea- tures provided for the next of the Retail has been decided to issue a general invitation to every retail grocer in the city to at- tend the meeting and discuss the present industrial situation in meeting Grocers’ Association, it the city, with a view to reaching a conclusion as to what course the grocery trade should now pur- sue with its customers. It is hoped that every retail grocer will be present at the meeting, whether a member of the Asso- ciation or not, to the end that the discus- sion may be exhaustive and the decision reached conclusive. oo Purely Personal. James Hanigan, of the firm of Canfield & Hanigan, grocers at lonia, spent Sun- day in the city. He was shown by Byron Stockbridge Davenport. Leonard Kipp, who has been very low with a pulmonary trouble for several weeks, is gaining strength so that his friends have hopes of his recovery. H. K. Gleason, who contemplated em- barking in the drug at Fenn- ville, has taken the position of prescrip- tion clerk for W. H. Smith, the Grand Junction druggist. G. Adolph Krause and Jacob Wilhelm, of the firm of Hirth, Krause & Wilhelm, sailed from Southampton Nov. 8 and are expected to reach home Saturday. They have been spending a couple of months in Germany. around business G. E. Bursley, senior member of the firm of G. E. Bursley & Co., grocers at Fort Wayne, was in town a few last Saturday, interviewing the wholesale grocery trade of this mar- ket on subjects of mutual interest. Mr. Bursley was well pleased with the trade conditions of this territory and returned home with an exalted opinion of Grand Rapids as a jobbing market. << --—- It is inevitable that, when a thing is left to run itself, if it runs at all run down hill. wholesale hours | subject. it will } 'juring tnem, and raised a clamor for its! EFFECT OF REPEAL. | How Local Business Men Regard the | Matter. | THE TRADESMAN continues its views with business inter- men on the above It is one of absorbing interest, and an expression of opinion from men who are actively engaged in business, or are in close touch with business, should be carefully considered by readers of THE TRADESMAN. That there should be differences of opinion in regard to this matter is to be expected, but the ques- | tion is in no sense a_ partisan and | should not be so regarded. Repeal was | accomplished by no one party, but by the votes of members of all parties. This removes the subject from the arena of| party politics and leaves every man, no| matter what his party affiliation, free to | discuss the question on its merits. It| was in this spirit that Tne TRADESMAN | approached the gentleman named for an expression of opinion, and in this spirit | the opinions were given: Chas. F. Pike (Cashier Michigan ates Bank): ‘'The Sherman act was certainly | one cause, though a minor one, of the | depression, but the cause of the trouble is much deeper than that, and is to be found in the fear, on the part of manu- facturers, of tariff tinkering. But the repeal of the Sherman act is a goud thing because it puts an end to the purchase by the Government of an article for which it had no use, at least to the ex- tent it was purchasing. The Govern- ment at Washington is nothing more nor of the | | | | | one less than the business managers nation, and there is no more sense in their buying a commodity that they do not want than there would be for a pri- vate corporation or an individual to do so. Any business man who did so would soon find himself bankrupt, and if the purchase of silver had been continued it would be but a question of time when the United States would be in that con- dition. As to the effect of repeal, 1 think it will be so slight as to be almost inap- preciable. The foreign loan agencies in this country, which have done practically no business since last spring, will now, no doubt, resume business, in fact some of them have already done so, but the in- dustrial and commercial interests. which are all but paralyzed, must look to some other source for help. Repeal won’t help them any, because it cannot help them to find a market for their surplus stocks, which must be worked off before they can resume operations. Ninety per cent. of the buyers of the products of the factories are workingmen, and, as many of them have no work at all, and those who are working have suffered a heavy reduction in their wages, it is difli- cult to see how relief is tocome. Lt will come, however, though very gradually. Here and there throughout the land men | as will find work, until all are again em- ployed, and so the end of the depression will finally reached. If only Con- gress will let the tariff alone—’’ Mr. Pike ended with a dubious shake of the head, as though it were a matter of uncertainty as to whether Congress would let the tariff alone or not. Wm. J. Stuart (Mayor of Grand Rap- ids, attorney): ‘If the Sherman act had been repealed when Congres first assem- bled in August, it would, without doubt, have proved of considerable benefit to the country. The people got the notion be somehow that the Sherman law was in- | repeal, and Congress should have re- | pealed it as soon as they got together. But even at this late day I think its re-| peal will help the country. My views on this subject are hardly matured and so I will not venture to give an opinion to how repeal will benefit us. But there is one thing 1 want to say, though I suppose 1 will be called partisan for | saying it. In my judgment the chief eause of the trouble is the uncertainty as to what Congress will do with the} tariff. Manufactures must languish un- til it is definitely known under what conditions they are to be resumed. At | present nothing is known and so nothing can be The Democratic party have it in their power, for the first time | in their history, to erystalize into legis- lation the theories they have been pro- pounding for so many years. Will they | doit? That is the questsion that the business interests of the country impera- tively demand an answer to.” done. Amos S. Musselman (President Mussel- man Grocer Co.): ‘‘To mind the only good result of the repeal of the Sherman act will be to restore the con- fidence of financial stability. General business will not be affected an iota. How canit? The evil alleged act was entirely imaginary; but the hard | times are real enough; new, I don’t see | | j my Europeans in our to be the result of the Sherman how the repeal of a law which brought about only a senseless scare in the minds | of the people, could cause a return of | prosperity. The fact is this country is rich enough to purchase 4,500,000 ounces of silver a month and throw it the ocean and not be any poorer in the end. | into If it were not for the effect of the policy on Europeans from whom we are heavy buyers, the free coinage of silver would not hurt us a particle. But we do business with foreign must have a standard of money which will be equal in all respects to theirs, so long as nations we | can institutions, but it lits and our financial system must be of such a character as will inspire confidence in our integrity and stability.” W. H. Kinsey (Secretary Board of Trade): ‘‘Whateffect has the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law on Very little at this late date, further than to check the growth of dis- trust in our large money centers. Months ago, when everything depended on the banks, the repeal would have been felt immediately, but now the situation is different. No one thing, however much it may have entered into the cause of the present financial condition, can do very much, even though it be removed en- tirely, toward restoring any great de- gree of activity in trade. The consumers business? of this country have been out of em- ployment so long, and, consequently, contracted so many debts, that should they be set to work to-morrow it will take six ronths of paying up before they can again become purchasers, save in the ac- tual necessities of life, which cut but a small figure in the industrial world. The fact that the manufacturer must first have ademand, and that the demand cannot materially increase until the larger class of consumers (the laborers) are supplied with labor to furnish the means to buy, makes the progress to- ward a complete resumption of business in all its various channels very slow. No, the Sherman law, in my opinion, is not the only cause of the present trouble, but to deny that it was, through its pros- pective continuance, that which precipi-) § tated the crash. is blindness. The abuse ;of credit usually following an era of prosperity greatly accelerated the de- cline from its inception, but the bringing to the surface the real condition of things principally twofold. The financial disturbances in Europe during the past two years forced many a bloated bondholder to realize was on his securities, none of which were less liable to shrink- age than American securities. That was, of course, a great compliment to Ameri- drained heavily upon our circulating currency, and mill- ions of money that otherwise would have | found its way through legitimate chan- inels of trade and commerce was exiled, for a time at least, to the old world. Right here is where the Sherman law did deadly work. Nearly all of the se- curities so unloaded were paid in gold, | which drew heavily on our already fast decreasing reserve, and the English cap- italists, not being entirely devoid of that selfishness in which his Western cousins chooses to be dubbed ‘‘shrewd,” unloaded additional demands. He wanted his | gold while he thought there was a chance to get it. In his opinion the promise of this government to buy 4,500,000 ounces of silver per month and pay the gold for | it would soon bankrupt the United States, jas far as that cerned, so he precious metal was con- thought Sam had it ‘he’d jes’ that while Uncle es soon’s not’ pay it. These demands drove many of the East- ern banks to the wall, sending censterna- tion throughout the entire country. De- positors felt and withdrew their money from the to eollat- unsafe banks, taxing them their utmost capacity to convert eral into Buyers were cash to meet the demands, notified by their that they could no longer accommodate them and that all notes must be paid as fast as due. The merchant was com- pelled to apply his sales to the payment of his paper, and he had bankers no way to pay for his goods just ordered. Counter- mand after countermand went in to the jobber, and then in turn to the manufac- turer, who was already crippled attitude the banks were compelled to take, and he shut down when least expected it. If the purchase of silver could have suspended when its iniquitous influence was first hended, the result to-day would different.” by the his men been appre- be far ee There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in sueces- sion. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly, slowly endures. A Big Drive IN-ALL SILK (SAT. EDGE) RIBBONS. Having purchased a large lot of All Silk Ribbons at the great per emptory sale in New York for cash, we are enabled to offer you the fol- — bargains 40 NO eee ic Me No. ee 52ce¢ nT 68c /| ™ NO 28 84c Or we will assort you a box each of Nos. 5,7,9 and 12, at 52%c aver age, and you can select your own colors. We make a specialty of Ribbons, and you will find that we have the largest and most complete stock of these goods in the State. We solicit your inspection or mail orders. CORL, KNOTT & 60, 20-22 No. Division 8t., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. abba tls Steed eta Ls bgt eiahtdiadine Lenni intnae utes smh THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. MANSFIELD, Ohio, Oct. W. E. Hurd, State Dairy and Food In- spector of Ohio, undertakes to reply to my former article, published in vour journal, with reference to the Mabee cheese poisoning. This gentleman has evidently been laboring under a series of wearisome hallucinations and imagines that no one else knows anything about cheesemaking but himself, simply be- Dr. Reed’s Compliments to Prof. Hurd. | 23—I note that Dry Good s Price Current. —— COTTONS. : ‘* Arrow Brand 4% sae aes. AG@antea AA........ Atlantic a iS . ee a \ » its | Amory i Archery Bunting... Beaver Dam AA.. | Blackstone O, 32... cause he has been fortunate enough to be | Bleck Crow........ : 6 “ World Wide. 6 ; oe 4% . 6% Full Yard Wide..... 6% ‘ 6%/|Georgia Be 6% 5 |Honest Width...... 6 . © nearer ......... 5 . 5. Indian ee. ee 3% . 6%|King A A. - 6% .4 |King EC. Lin a. Lawrence LL...... 4% 5 |Madras cheese cloth | _- | Newmarket alee an appointee under the State and worked | Black Rock ........ . 1 eS ..... : * > ” ‘ r a while in a cheese factory. | Boot, AL........... ae : N...... Ov . : : | Capital A . 54 ' DD.... 0 In the first place, he assumes that I | Gayanat V0. eae 6% have no practical knowledge of cheese- | Chapman cheese cl. 3 Kolbe “R oe 5 making, and that cheese makers do not | Clifton CR......... 5%4/Our Level Best..... 6 Ba elt cl Sn enna <2 i - | Comet. son ces Se i... 1... 6 ALLOW Ter ¢ ure 0 develop acta in ort er | Dwight Star i. ire 7 to make their cheese porous and light. | Clifton CCC. ee i 8. 6 Now, Mr. Editor, I desire simply to say } |Top of the Heap.... 7 : : i a BLEACHED COTTONS. that this gentleman’s education in cheese-|a BoC. ............. 8% iGeo. Washington... 8 making has been sadly neglected and ae: 8 \Glen —s....,... 7 ‘ eee 2 Mansfie ee 6%/Gold Medal.. 7% that, if he will come to M ans field, “i aa. ” een Ticket... 8% will give him a few lessons in what hej pieckstone AA..... 7%4|Great Falls.......... 6% calls ‘‘practical cheesemaking,’’ for it | Beats All........... a. el Te ne ' ¢ — fl sor. | Boston .... 12 jJust se... 4%@ 5 as ot é é Ss } ha been -_ lo to h ave had some ex ooo yghpaandl aie ee 'king Phillip — 7% perience in that direction. and to have | Gapot, %. ie oP. ™% lived in the Western Reserve in a cheese- | Charter Oak. . 5K |Lonsdale Cambric. .10 aking district : te ractieal ¢ | Conway oa T4|Lonsdale...... . @8% making district and to have practical and an cg 6s Middlesex 7 ne personal knowledge in regard to these Dwight Anchor.... 8%|No Name............ 7% matters; and now we wish to reiterate . shorts 8 (Oak View........... 6 rhat we have already sai at **e ene | een -- 2 oe Cee... 5 wha we have alre udy aid, that **che ese | "7 |Prideof the West.__12 makers do allow their curd to stand for | > ee vi Domstind:.......... ™% the purpose of allowing it to fermeat or | Fruit cia Loom. 8% Santignt............. 4% an acid to raise,”’ as they term it, with | Fitehville . @ |Utica Mills......... ib : L ue : Soy Nonpareil .. the intention of making their cheese | Erultof the Loom %. 7%|Vinyard...:......... 8 light. And when we made this asser- | Fairmount.. i. 4%4| White Horse....... . - : : r “ tion, we did not make it from guess work | Full Value.......... 64 Rock.. 8% en : a | HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. Or from hearsay, but from personaligangs i. 7 Dwight Anchor..... 8% knowledge, Mr. Hurd to the contrary. | arwer. ...... L-.. . : . a canine FLANNEL. I do not pretend to say that everybody Unbleached. Bleached. makes cheese alike, any more than every | Housewife A. ‘ DH | Housewife Q-- 6% baker makes bread the same way, but IL} i B.. vung . i Be : do know that certain manufacturers | “ cg “ a do allow their cheese to ferment, and} . E.. a | . Doe coe 9% » . | “ "i Lg ‘“ r I do know that fermentation, no matter | : = beets 74 * “ee sees ia . . . * aa ii ll ‘ ee whether in the milk or in the curd, is the | “ ea 73% | ee a aaa result of bacterial infection and that, in | i Cs 834 | : ae 1 the presence of certain bacteria, tyrotox- | rt 2 = S| De -se see i icon is formed. Itis not necessary for oe | Mr. Hurd to undertake to protect the | Se ink i 10% cheesemakers in this nefarious practice | ' = oo it of using either fermented milk or allow- | - laa } the cheese to become acid and take ehaneces of producing The very fact that so cheese poisoning occur ing the cheese. eases of summer is the every poisonous many | best evidence in the world | that the cheese in some part of its process | has been allowed to suggestion that | made of manufacture ferment, and the in my former should be compelled by law fermenting their curd, and, | may prevent the use of fermented milk, point, Mr. Hurd to the contrary. This erudite inspector claims that he has investigated every dairy separately and could find nothing wrong except in two instances. This is a very full sen- tence, with very little init. The cheese factory may be in perfect order, every- thing may look all right to the inspector, but unless he stays through the entire process of the manufacture of cheese, from the time the milk comes from the cows until it is placed as curd in the hoop and pressed, he is as unable to determine whether they allow fermenta- tion to take place in the process of man- ufacture or not and his opinion is not worth a bit more on that subject, unless he has done so, than itis on theology or astronomy. I happen to know that in } letter add, is in many instances this gentleman has not taken the time nor the trouble to make the investigations as he has stated above and I would suggest to him that before he undertakes to criticise facts that he learn a few facts himself. In my reports I have given the proper parties full recognition and credit and have simply used their findings in estab- lishing the fact of my assertion, that tyrotoxicon is the result of fermentation and I defy the State Dairy and Food In- spector to prove to the contrary. Very respectfully yours, R. HARVEY REED, Health Officer. —_> >_> - Cobble—I see that Miss Cableton, was engaged to a traveling man, married the other day. Stone—Wasn’t it very sudden? Cobble—Yes. She found out going to Chicago on his next trip. he was that cheesemakers | to prevent | CARPET WARP. -18 |Integrity colored. ..20 Pee rless, white.. colored ....20 ‘Waite Star.......... 18 | Integrity _—ot °° si(‘<‘(sy’ «OOROEOG OO } “DRESS GOODE. (amie .......... : pe eee eee 20 eeencee “105 Fe eee 27% |G G Cashmere...... | . a | Nameless ... . == ee 22% | - a a 4 _ . usc CORSETS, Coraline .. .....89 50|/Wonderful #4 50 ee... ...--. 9 00) |Brighton a... 475 | Davis Waists ... 9 00) errece .......... 9 00 | Grand Rapids..... 4 50|A bdominal oo 15 00 | CORSET JEANS. (Ares ene. He | Androscoggin eo eee Rockport. . . 6% | Biddeford... 6 iC Te ™% | Brunswick. - . 6%|Walworth ..... oo | PRINTS. | Allen turkey reds.. 5%|Berwick fancies.... 5% who | was | cf robes. . 5% |Clyde Bones........ ' pink & purple 5% Charter Oak fancies 4% - buffs --. Sl DelMarine cashm’s. 5% - pink checks. di) mourn’g 5% . aap _..... 5 a fancy... 5% = shirtings 4 chocolat 5% American fancy.... 5 ” — ia. Americanindigo .. 5 . ateens.. 5% American shirtings. 4 | Hamilton fancy. . 5% | Argentine Grays... 6 ~ ©... 5% | Anchor Shirtings... 4 [Manchester ancy.. 5% Arnold ' + new era. 5% Arnold Merino . 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 534 = long cloth B. 9%|Merrim’ck shirtings. 4 ss Cc. 7% - Re a - 8% century cloth 7 Pacific cae. be 5% ' gold seal.....10% a... ..... “* green seal TR10% Portamouth robes. . 8% * yellow seal. = oe mourning. 5% - ooe.... 11% o 5 “ arke? red. 10% . solid black. 5% Ballon solid black.. Washington indigo. 6% “ - Golors. “ Turkey robes. . ¥ Bengal blue, green, ** India robes.... 7% and orange... 6 " plain Tky x % 3” Berlin solids. 5K) « of bine... 6 * Ottoman Tar - ‘* green 6 eT 6% ‘“ Fonlards 5%|Martha Washington ” red x. 7 Turkey red X.. 1% “s -. . 3% Martha ashington . 10 ana By a... 9% - - ‘3 EXE ig Riverpoint robes.... 5% Cocheco fancy. | Windsor a coos 6% madders. .. 5 - gold ticket _ XX twills.. 5 indigo blue.......10% . solids 2 Eon... . 4% TICKINGS. Amoskeag ACA... ae Re, meee 13 Hamilton N 7%| Pemberton AAA.....0 e - 8%/ York. -. 10% Awning. “11 Swift River..... i” Farme — |Pearl River 12 First Prise, ig ‘Lemon Mille ........ ..18 {C wiseee | COTTON D rm: | Atlanta, D 6% [Sta A cea 8 ae... ... - ie aes... wh one [Top of Heap........ 9 DEMINB. Amoskeag...... Columbian brown. .12 er ee Everett, — ues on 12% ' reown ..... brown. ....12% Aaerer, .....,.....- 11% Haymaker pane. .... 7% Beaver Creek s3--% brown... 7% Va a eee 11% ' oo RO oe nos 12% Boston Mfg Co. br.. 7 Lawrence, oon. ..... 13% blue 8% No. 220....13 “ datwist 10% . No. 250....11% Columbian 22 be. ” No. 280....10% XXX bi1.19 GINGHAMS. Anoeoes ...... .... 6% Lancaster, staple.. . ‘* Persian dress 7 fancies . ' Canton .. 7 ’ Normandie 3 " a 10%|Lancashire.......... 6 C Teazle...10%|/Manchester......... 5x . Angola. .10%/Monogram.......... 6% . Persian.. 7 |Normandie.. 7 Arlington staple.... 614/Persian.... ........ Bates Wa: fancy.... 4%|Renfrew Dress...... ty Bates Warwick dres 744|Rosemont..........-. 6% staples. 6 |Slatersville . Cumann Lessee ase 10%|Somerset............ . Caren ....... .. 10%|Tacoma .. . % Cumberland staple. on Toil du Nord.. -.10% Cumberiand.... .... Waepei...........-; 7% Se ae 4 “ seersucker.. 7% =... a werweox.... --.... . Everett classics..... 8%/Whittenden......... 8 Bapeeeeen........., 7% - heather dr. 7% GCaemere........... 14 . indigo blue 9 Cieeerren.... ...... 6%|Wamsutta staples. . ig wee... 6.5, by Wemmrook.......... Sereeen.... . ... ce uiee 10 Jobnson Uhalon cl. ° iW ingermecr....°.... 5 ' indigo blue Sig Vork..... .........- 6% ’ zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGS. ee ee e ‘semis eee el ce 14% Reeereons. ........5. 13%! THREADS. Clark’s - Bod....6 (Barbour's....... ....8 Coats’, J Pe > (mermals.... ...... 81 ee. oc 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. — N oe 38 |No. 14 37 oe 3¢ se S “ 40 te 44 “a 41 “ 45 CAMBRICS, Se 444/Edwards........... 4% White Star......... 4% |Lockwood.. -. &% Rid Giove....... -- St Wood's.... Newmarket......... 4% Brunswick ........ 44 RED FLANNEL. Popes... .. . 2 oe 22% Creedmore...... oe aes 2 ae......... mm Wee, SEE........: 35 Deeesems........... Be ieaomeye.... ........ B2% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & os plaid. -40 ore w...... 17% i ee 22% ace WD neues 18% Windsor. eee eee meee er... i. 18% 6 oz Western........ 20 Fleshing oan 234 eee E....-....... Rog ONO. ... ....... 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless ..... 8 9 ” --.-- © Gio a 8%@10 at 12% CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black./Slate Brown. Black. 9% 9 91g /10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%4)11% 11% 11\ 11% 11% 114/12 12 12 2% Be 1244/20 20 20 DUCKS. Severen, 8 oz........ 9%|West Point, 8 oz....10% Mayland, SO. ci.) 10% . 10 oz ...12% Greenwood, 7% oz.. 9%|Raven, 100z......... 13% Greenwood, 8 oz. giterk 13% Benton, 5 om......... 10% /|Boston, 10 oz........ 12% WADDINGS. White, dos..........25 |Per bale, 40 dos....83 50 Colored, dos........ _ woud = ....... 750 SILESIAS. Slater, Iron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket.......... 10% mod Geoss.... 9 Beanie.............. 19% _ ee... :.10% merece... .... 45 . _ gant eee ——_ a i. ela in a “ae SEWING SILK. Corticelli, doz....... 85 {Corticelli i tw st, doz. .4C per 40s ball...... 50 at doz. .40 OKS AND EYES—PER GRO No : BY’r ¢ & White. 10 No : BIR & ‘White. 15 -20 ~ 3 “ 7 * 10 " ».25 NB. mest-e EC....... 50 4 4—15 .f 3%...... 40 " €-26,50C........ pa No 2 White & Brk iz ‘IN 8 White & BI’k..20 - * «ae ' -.23 “ 6 “ee .18 “ 12 ia . SAFETY PINS. a... . 28 os eee ee eae 36 NEEDLES—PER M. A, Jee. ...........- 1 40|\Steamboat.... ...... 40 Cremer t...--.. -... i @iceid Bred.......... 150 —. T CR AOrCen.. ....- 000 1 00 TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4....175 64... 5—4....165 6—4...2 30 COTTON TWINES. Cotton Sail Twine..28 fNashua......... ... = crew. ..... 5. Rising Star 4-ply.. oe chee eees eee 18% 3-ply.. ot eer... ... --16 |North Star. 20 Bristol . 18 Cherry Vi Valley... eels “1 Wool Standard 4 ‘ ply 17 % Powhattan .... -18 ae _ Aree. ........<.:. 8% Alemenee,.......-.. 6% ee ee Tk Ar sa ae or teeen tees 6 ewe ..-....-. 6% Granite. oe 3% Haw River......... ee 2... Mount Pickens. - 6% ee. ee 5 eee - Rangenean......... a ede ca Sag Sibley A. oe io ee Faton, Lyon & CO, 20 & 22 Monroe St., OUR FULL LINE OF a -- Goods Now ready, including a large assortment of ALBUMS, TOILET SETS and NOVELTIES. THE LARGEST LINE OF DOLLS SHOWN IN THE STATE. RATE REDUCED FROM $2 To $1.25 PER Kent Hotel, Directly opposite Union Depot, GRAND RAPIDS. Heat thing N and Electric Bells. Yew and Clean. Steam Every- BEACH & BOOTH, Prop’rs. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLopeett, President. Gero. W. Gay. Vice-President. Wma. H. ANDERSON, Cashier, A. Seymour, Ass’t Cashier $300,000. JNO Capital, DIRECTORS, D. A. Blodgett. Geo. W. Gay S. M. Lemon. C. Bertsch. A.J Bowne. G. K. Johnson. Wm. H Anderson, Wm Sears. A. D. Rathbone John Widdicomb. N. A. Fletcher. CROU PECKHAM’S CROUP REMEDY is the Chil ren’s Medicine for Colds, Coughs, Whooping-Cough, Croup, Pneumonia, Hoarseness, the Cough of Measies, 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- ways used. Pleasant, SaFE, CERTAIN! WHOOPING COUGH ‘““My Customers are well pleased with that in- valuable medicine—Peckham’s C roup Remedy. I recommend it above all others for children.” H. Z. Carpenter, Druggist, Parksville, Mo. “Peckham’s Croup Remedy gives the best sat- isfaction. Whenever a person buys a bottle I will guarantee that customer will come again for more, and recommend it to others.” C, H. PuiLurps, Drugegist, Girard, Kansas. il BOOTS, SHOKBKS, ano RUBBERS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. oF 4 Ab oy 4 Ab re (Concluded from 3d page.) Democratic City Committee should pay him the difference in the discount. ‘What!’ said Dan Hanley, the Chair- man. ‘*Do you, a Democrat and a million- aire, mean to cinch us for $200 at a time like this?”’ “Business is business, me good mon,’’ was Cruse’s only answer, and he got the money. He is utterly indifferent to ments or criticisms of neighbors. day when the rode the com- On the Helena banks closed he in an open earriage down Main street and passed a crowd making a run the on Merchant’s National. He was dressed in the usual broadeloth suit, ex- pansive shirt front, with its guard of a massive gold watch chain, and silk hat. He leaned back in the carriage wearing what one of the boys called a double- bar- relled grin. People shook their fists at him, swore in the oaths reserved for traordinary and even hinted that he might be forced to change his policy of squeezing men out of business. to all open talk of indignation meeting. Then he relented to the point of releas- ing of the attachments assurance that his bank would be paid. His methods of banking are in line with Shylock and When the panic was near to in Helena a well-known mer- ex- occasions He was as cool as a graven image demands until there was holding a public some upon the those of other historic usurers. its height chant who is rated at from $300,000 to $500,000 wanted to borrow $4,000. He could not get it from any of the national banks, which were refusing to he went to business. **We are not lending,”’ ‘All right,” said the went out of the door. He had not reached Broadway when he was called back by a bank. ‘*T only wanted to say,’’ , ‘that Mr. Cruse hae that money on 4 per cent. as an accommodation. have always friends.’’ lend, Cruse’s bank and stated his so said the cashier. merchant as he shout from the said the cash- ier is willing to let you month— He says that you been one of his_ best The offer was declined on the spot, for the merchant said that was better suited to his taste obeisance to old Cruse’s hat. A hundred stories are told about his eccentricities. Last July Mgr. Satolli, Dr. O’Gorman of Washington University, Arehbishop Ireland, and Bishop Grace of St. Paul visited Helena on a transcon- tinental tour. Whether Cruse, miner searching a try hidden dreamed that Col, lionaire banker, would entertain the Pope’s ablegate, not to be known; but itis the words of Satolli himself that few entertainments in experience ever equalled that offered by Tommy an assignment than an the poor barren coun- for treasure, the ever Cruse, mil- is his CHE MTC JHIGAN Montana Club’s annual receptions the Colonel, along with others, became gen- ial under the influence of what is known as the Jim Collins punch. Someone said something that offended the old man’s sensitive point, which is his posi- tion in society. Hegrew soberin a flash, and turning on one of the men, names have been mentioned, said: “Damn yez, ye would ha’ been walkin’ on the range, but for Tommy Cruse.” Then he turned on another and another, and treated each with a sharp touch of his Scotch-Irish sarcasm. Not one had a word to say, forall appreciated the truth. Not one would have made acent on the sale of his mine if the discoverer knew as much as he knows now. In direct contradiction of the old adage, that whose miners and faro players never know when to quit, Cruse has shown hard sense by keeping what he won. Other Montana citizens have speculated in mines, real estate, and railway proper- ties after making a stake. Cruse locked the greater part of his money in Govern- ment bonds and placed the balance in such safe investments as savings banks and sheep ranges. If we except W. A Clark and Marcus Daly of Butte, Cruse to-day draws a larger income than any other Montanian. The household mark a very of his income. expenses of his small minimum He never travels; from his wedding tour, been outside of the State in twenty years. He never entertains, except when distin- guished officers of the Catholic Chureh to His old friends are greeted with a gruff pleasantry, but sel- dom invited to the house. His niece, a charming young woman, is permitted at times to reciprocate entertainments, in fact, aside he has uot come town. but the old man is careful to see that the cost is within proper bounds. Whenever money is to be blown in he takes personal charge, end, as has been said, these occasions are only when seeks the aid of to the world or gets angry over an election. In these, as well as in other respects, he is the most interesting character study of the many new-found millionaires of the Northwest. He very much quicker than Silas Lapham, and can best be described by the one who told of that paint king’s society. he mediators next arose sueecess in business and em ‘Shoe brusches, ten cents,’? was what caught the eye of a man passing the shop of a merchant with whom he had had some dealings. The passer-by went in and said: ‘‘That isn’t the way to spell brushes.’ Of course it isn’t,’’ said the cheerful merchant. ‘‘That’s an adver- tising dodge. You are the tenth man this morning to come in and call my at- tention to the supposed mistake.”’ “Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGUBS AND BITS. dis. Cruse. Everything not native to Mon- | Sneil’s 60 " Ce 49 tana was imported regardless of cost, | Jennings’, genuine...... ..........--...-+-- 25 : ; ’ el and the feast, which was presided over | Je2nings’, imitation ee) —— by Cruse’s niece, was as perfect as money | First Quality, 8 B. Bronze...............--. 8 7 60 : sisi a Ley ed r sal D. B. Bronze. . ee sx 00 could make it in Montana. The gossips | ‘ ee 8 00 : } ‘ See 3 50 of Helena say that when it was all over | D. B. _ oa _" Cruse kissed Satolli’s hand, and requested | Raflroad — |... eee ee eter eter eee ee es 14 00 a net 30 00 the ablegate to send a photograph of | BOLTS dis. tng i Phe Stove 1. - 50&10 himself to the Pope. Cc arriage He 75&10 On certain oceasions he finds great | Plow........-....-..:s:ccee ee cece cee e en ces 40&10 " " : " | Sleigh Oe a 70 delight in recalling to certain Helena | “BUCKETS. people the fact that their financial pros- | wo _— ee oes: “ , = perity dates back to Cruse’s tind of the} a Cast. dis. . | Cast Loose Pin, figured........ 3, 2 mysterious gold float. At one of the| Wrought Narrow, bright Sast joint.......... 6045.0 TRADESMAN. 7 Werommet Ppeee re... oe 60&10 HAMMERS. Weta eee 00010 | Mavdole @O8...5........ -.....-... Gia. 25 Wrought Inside centre Migs... eo . dis. 25 oo ee Nerves & Piumis............... Gis. 40&16 es 70410 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel....... . .80e list 60 mire, Pereers............ ....70&10 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand... .30¢ 40&10 Peene, Seceerae ..... 70 HINGES. BLOCKS Cute, Ciara 6, t,2,2............ ..- dis.60a1) ee nein | Seate----- .. per doz. net, 2 50 Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892. (010) Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. - 14 and CRADLES. raw Higa a a i ee i 3% - s 02 | Screw oo an ye, 6... : ‘net 1 ee .. dis. 50&02 a ‘ae OM CROW BARS “ “ . a eo net 7% Ouse Geeel.:................. perm. G . m : %....... ue CAPS Strap and T a .. dis : 50) , HANGERS. dis. Ake = F a Pat a Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 “ gs, | Champion, anti-friction........ B0K10 ao / a “ oa | Moomer, WOOO teem .............,.. “ . 4 Pern rises srr ar ae ates Aeae te vl ’ HOLLOW WARE. CARTRIDGES Le oe ws 60410 re ee... a Ce) eee 60410 Centra] Fire . . dis, 25 | Spiders ... Bet : onnte a ' Gray enameied...... Ode 1 sa - | HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Socket Firmer.................. --.++-++ 70&10 | Stamped Tin Ware. Looe. new list 70 Ce 70&10 | Japanned Tin Ware.. 25 Soumet Corner. |... ---70&10 | Granite Iron Ware ..... new list 38}4 &10 Socket Slicks . ee - T0810 | WIRE eo SDS. Butchers’ Tanged ie 4) thight...... ae senna COMBS. Gis | Serew Byew.......... .70&10&10 +s | Hook’s T0&10&10 Se aoe as ees nee = Gate Hooks and Eyes.. 70410410 Ee 25 | a dis. 7 CHALE. | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s . White Crayons, per gross.... --12@12% dis, 10 | ROPES. COPPER, | Sisal, % inch and larger ..... 2 Planished, 14 oz cut to size... .. ve pound 23 | Manilla ......... eae “a 14x52, 14456, 14x60 -.-. | dideland Eran Lo. wT Coid Rolled, 14x56 ane (eee an co | te and Bavele Bi Cold Rolled, Toe... 4 e. oe 23 | wtitre | i a il el a . a oe ee : : 217 CN Cae ee a ae _ cin PETG dis. | ce ‘om. Smooth. Morse’s Bit Stocks.. aaa mies Mia. ........ . 84 05 Taper and straight Shank..... 50 | Nos. 15 to17.. a Morse’s Taper Shank.. oo 50] Nos. 18 to 21... 4 05 DRIPPING PANS. | —— = to 24 - 4 05 Small wives, sor pound |..................... | @ —. uni ae 3s Large sizes, per pound...... ......... --... 8% | All sheets N To. 18 and li ighter, “over 30 inches ELBOWS. wide not less than 2-10 extra Com, 4 piece, 6 in ,. dos. net vi] / 4 SAND PAPER. ! ‘orrngated or = List acct. 19, ’86 dis. 5 Adjustable. a : .- Gis. 40&10 SASH CORD. Silv er Lake, Wente 5. ..... ligt 5 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Mana uc BE Clark’s, small, $18; large, $26............... 30 ts White B a ‘ 50 Ives’, 1, G16: 2 Oot; Se... 25 “ Drab B..... a ‘ 55 FILES—New List. dis. “ Wise |. o 26 OE .-.-.-60&10] piseount, 10. Now Apericam ..... ................... - 6010 | SASH WEIAHTS. Nicholson’s . .60&10 | | Solid Eyes...... : a per ton 825 EE 50 gaws. dis. Heller’s Horse Rasps ee re aha a 50 | ' Oe 20 @ALVANIZED IRON | ae — pa ao per wrt 7 z . ‘ 96: oF ag | “ Special Stee: Dex X Cuts, perfoot.... 50 — ay a ” = oe “- ay 16 17 — Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot. 30 acount. 60 « Chan sapien and Electric Tooth X GAUGES. dis. Cuts, per foot..... sith at / mh ‘i 20 Stanley Kule and Level Co. o..... 50 Sisal Gane 60.610 KNoBS—New List. dis. | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .... oo Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 | Oneida C ommunity, Hawley a Norton’ ” i 70) Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ | Mowe, choker ...18¢ per doz Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Mouse, delusion........ a a 50 per doz Door, porcorsin, iximmings................. 55 WIRE. dis, Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 7 Been ee ee LOCKS-——DOOR, is. | Annealed Market............... ..70—10 Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list 55 | Coppered Market 60 Mallory, Woceer & Co.8................... iain Mate ce 62% Branford’ en es 55 | Coppered Spring Steel........ ee Bp Norwalk’s .........-..-.--.++--+- 55 | Barbed Fence, galvanized...... 2 8b MATTOCKS, painted 2 40 CO .- 816.00, dis. 60 HORSE NAILB Rom eee... OM Ge OS an tale dis, 40&10 Hant’s ...........-..- $18.50, dis. — TE dis. 05 MAULS. | Nerthwaster. 3s. dis. 10410 Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled............... 50 WRENCHES. dis. MILLS, = Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled............. 30 Coffee, oe Co.’8........ ....... Oi Gaeta Genuine... RO) & W. Mfg. Co.'s Malleabies.. 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, a . Lacie Ferry & Clork’s............ 40 | Goe’s Patent, malleable. . : 75d 16 WN rier alga scene, 30 MISCELLANEOUS. dis MOLASSES GATES. dis. Co a 50 Siepetn se Fatierm.................... ee Pome Giters...... 8... : TE &10 Stebbin’s Genuine............-... sees eeen ees 68410 | Screws, New List................. 70610 Enterprise, self-measuring............ ---» 251 Casters. Bed a d Plate.. 50&10&10 NAILS Presepers, Amerie... ss... 8. 0 Advance over base, on both Steel and "a Forks, hoes, rakes and all steei goods..... 6F &10 Beer belie, Oe... eC. 50 METALS, > Spe ee a Ol 30 ee 60. : See eal a . Base Base Pig Large a 26C 50... : = Pie Bare. -..- bt cee teens. 28¢ 30. pn “ZING. Sepia panies epee nEEEN 25 | outy: Sheet, 2%¢ per pound 16. 45 | 000 pound casks................ eeee 6% es ney 45 { Fer pound..........................,....... 7 ee 0 | SOLDER. Bee sets ENS ES RESET ee 1: ri ee ee S NE a RR STAT t eee 90 The prices of the many other qualities of SC TT TAIT ASA DING 1 29 | Solder in tho market indicated by private brands CT 1 60 | Vary according to composition. Bg iz eras PIm@ B.......- see eres ee eestor cece res 0 | Cookson......... . per pound eek eee ee ana ae 65 Hallett’s e et . Se ee ve vses = a Fintsh to De ees Sone wees eucn = eI Charcoal. . ane es ae 0 pe ee 120 | 10x14 1X, a ne 9 25 ts a Bee eee pede eee ea 10 | 14x20 I ae 9 OF ar go| Bach idditional X on this grade, 81.” : patel ce stains netieietet soe tn = Se a ae ee Barrell oo... ee eens ae ee PLANES. dis, | 10x14 Ix, ne 8 25 Ohio Tool Sole, ee o | 14x20 EX. ts 9 2k Scfota Bench................ ees 50 | = ‘ 50. na a Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy...... @40; Each adaitt ee X on this grade . Manion Ge qumiity.......................-.. @40 14x20 IC ‘Worcester | 6 5 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. 50&10 14x20 1X. “i oo ee 8 5A Fry a en dir 10 | 20x28 IC, : a ses ie. 5 . oe .60-— a c ie cuen polished ET dis. 70 pine ~~ * Allaway Gra niechiaie 72 —" dis. jjzomsIc, ve. 12 50 Pe i i ae 40 20x28 Ix’ . i a 15 50 Copper Rivets and Burs..................-. 50—10' ’ ecriwis Sema ie eke PATENT PLANISHED IRON. ee ee TN 814 08 ‘“A’’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 | 14x31 IX................ ctaeenus- ena oe Oe “B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27. 9 20 | 14x56 1X, for No. 8 Botlers, | per pound.... 10 00 Broken packs 4c per pound extra. 14x60 IX, _<¢ Diba dist es tga ltis Anieh tha hase 8 MICHIGANTRADESMAN 4 WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. | disease in 1880, |Empire State, although of Connecticut Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — Be tae — TRADESMAN COMPANY. | One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, | Communications invited from practical busi- | ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. <2" When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in CHE MicHiGAN TRADESMAN. } E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1893. AN IMPROVEMENT IN SILVER. For some days past there has been a| steady rise in the price of silver bullion after which in London. Coming so ihe repeal of the Sherman law, expected to further depreciate the value of the white metal, the rise has attracted soon was ne small amount of attention. Many | have attributed it to the natural reaction | from the extreme depression prevailing | previous to the action of Congress, owing to the general! disposition to discount the | effect of action, but the | improvement has persistent and not be alto- | Congressional been considerable, hence eould gether explained by the reaction theory. Washington advices from London at- | tribute the improvement to the prospect | of a large demand for silver from Russia. | It is stated that that country has decided to employ silver largely in its monetary system as a subsidiary coin, and to cover | the very heavy issue of paper money which is now practically back- ing in The stated that | Russia in silver bullion to} without coin. dispatch the needs of effect these purposes would amount to several hundred million cunces. the silver as a Another explanation of supposed | desire of Russia to utilize | Hobart, Delaware county, N. Y. | for two | management of the business. |in this city was with 1 Co., | eighteen | was in |by a stock company composed of well- | known | Secretary and | previous to its removal to Grand Rapids, ; cient Manager, and is THE MICHIGAN MEN OF MARE. Charles P. Foote, Manager of the Wil- cox Heat-Light Co Foote was born in 1860, in His father, Wm. S. Foote, was in the hard- ware business in Hobart, dying of heart He was a native of the Chas. P. Charles attended school in Hobart about ten years, and had been a student in the Normal School at Cortiand years, when the state of his ancestry. | father’s health compelled him to relin- | quish his studies in order to assist in the The death of his father left him in sole control of | the business, in which position he con- | tinued until 188s. |} moved to Atchison, Kansas, and became a stockholder in the Blish, Mize & Silli- In that year he re- man Hardware Co., remaining about two years. He then sold out his interest and came to Grand Rapids. His first position Foster, Stevens & he remained about The Wilcox Heat- Bend, Ind., which financial straits, was bought out whom months. Light Co., of South with business men of this city and | thoroughly reorganized and _ rehabilitat- ed, with J.C. More as President, J. C. | Rickenbaugh Vice-President, C. H. Ber- and Chas. P. Foote as Manager. The business, key Treasurer, had been confined to heat light goods, but since locating here the company has been manufacturing oil stoves and gas radiators on an extensive scale. ‘*Heat- {light’? means simply a large center draught lamp of sixteen candle power heat sufficient for a room fifteen feet square. The office and fac- tory of the company are located at the of Louis and Campau streets. generating corner | Operations were begun only last March, but already over 4,000 radiators and oil stoves have been disposed of. Mr. Foote makes an energetic and efti- held in high es- teem by all who know him, either in business or socially. He was married in 1882 to Miss Alvina A. Stevens, of Har- persfield, N. Y. About a year ago he erected a pleasant home at 154 South | Union street, where he and his charming | wife reside. > ip The Short Weight Package. | From the Boston Commercial Bulletin. the that Russia covets greatly the trade of Oriental entirely sil- part of her monetary system is fact | Persia, China, India and other countries, which use almost ver. The more silver | by Russia is expected to aid that country for Asiatic trade. The whole story, while lacking confirmation, is, nevertheless, extensive use of in competing interesting at this time. | Hustling Drummers. A British sea captain, who arrived at! San Francisco the other day. reported that forty miles outside the Farallones islands, while the wind was blowing halt a gaie, he sighted a smal! skiff with two men in it, and thinking that they must be in distress, he changed his course and bore down on them for the purpose of | taking them aboard. When they came alongside one of them ran up on deck | and began at once to tell the captain about the superior quality of meat to be| had in a certain shop in the city. After | having extorted a half promise from the captain to patronize his shop he went | back to his skiff. saying that he must be on the lookout for another vessel. | The matter of underweight in package | goods is being agitated with vigor by the retail grocers of this vicinity, and the movement should receive the co-opera- | tion of kindred trades, though the retail grocer is most concerned. By the sys- tem of putting up short weight packages, due to the zeal of manufacturers to outdo their competitors, the retail grocers’ profits have been cut down to a very nar- row margin. Moreover, it is difficult for him to judge what profits can be made | under the present defective system. The nature of his business requires |him to break packages and sell by the | small quantity. | a pail ostensibly holding ten For example, he buys pounds of lard, but if it does not contain that net, | his selling by the pound will lead him to miscaleulate his price. But it is the con- sumer who is the residuary legatee, so to speak, of all these ‘‘tricks of trade,’ and who foots the bill eventually. He is en- | titled to the full weight for which he supposes he pays. So general has the tendency to put up underweight parcels become, grocers deem and for the benefit of rectify the evil if possible. that the | it for their own interest | the consumer to| They pro-| stocks in dealers’ hands. pose to commence with a few lines with which there is general discontent; thus they have taken up lard and cottolene, which have for years been sold by the package in advertised three, five and ten pound cans. Probably no manufacturer puts up packages of lard with such net weights, each one being compelled by its competitors to scale them. The Boston Retail Grocers’ Association, which has about 600 members, taking in the larger part of the trade in Boston and suburbs, means to give aid to the manu- facturers and packers who undertake to give full weight, by purchasing their line exclusively. The largest local lard pack- ers say that if the Association requests it, they will put up full weight packages, marked and guaranteed as such. The cottolene manufacturers have also made a similar promise. It would be an excellent thing for the grocery business, and in fact for all other trades where the undersized package is a feature, if the practice of skinning on weight was discouraged. The method cannot be called dishonest, as it has be- come so customary as to be regular, but at the same time it is illegitimate and it should be reformed. It would prove of general advantage all around to have goods put up with the net weight as la- beled. The more prominent wholesale grocers in Boston are in sympathy with the movement and express their willing- ness to lend their aid. In fact, the indi- cations are that, unless the tendencies in the trade are checked, underweighing will be earried to excess where endless trouble may ensue. 1 ye a. Railway Extension From Solon to Glen Arbor. From the Grand Traverse Herald. The Manistee & Northeastern Railway has completed all the arrangements for the extension of its road from Solon to Glen Arbor. The right of way has nearly all been secured, and work will be begun at once on the grade at Solon, and, if the weather holds good, will be completed to Cedar or beyond this fall. The new line runs through Maple City, thence to Bur- dickville, thence follows the south shore of Glen lake to the Narrows, where the lake will be crossed and Glen Arbor made the next objective point. The road will be completed as early next season as possible. This is in important matter for Traverse City and all the county be- tween this place and the lake shore. —_— >

MICHIGAN KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP. | are esti quoted lower than ever—$1.60 | @1.70 from stock | | the mill. OFFICERS: President—N. B. Jones, Lansing. Secretary—L. M. Mills, Grand Rapids. Treasurer—Geo. A. Reynolds, Saginaw. | | | | | | | | | } ! | | } | Weekly Report of Secretary Mills. | GRAND RAPIps, Nov. have been issued to the following new members since last report: 3337 John T. Smith, Kinde. 3338 Fred B. Evans, Columbus, 3339 Malcom Troop, Detroit. 3340 L. O. Bagley, Saginaw. 3341 E. T. Horning, Grand Rapids. Chas. R. Baxter, Grand Rapids. A. M. Henderson, Osborn, Ohio. H. E. Gardiner, Battle Creek. 3 S. M. Kent, Grand Rapids. 353 T. W. Decker, Lapeer. 3354 C. B. Seymour, Detroit. 355 Edward M. Dennis, Saginaw. 3 Geo. T. Perry, Saginaw. Chas. M. Edelmann, Saginaw. 58 R. W. Cornwell, Saginaw. Nathan C. Hickey, Pontiac. W. W. Pierce, Detroit. John B. Vanderzee, Grand Rapids. Jas. B. Childs, Jr., Perrysville, G. A. Newhall, Grand Rapids. Fred 1. Stimson, Ann Arbor. 5 John Noll, Cheboygan. Max Israel, Chicago, Ll. 7 Allen R. Chappell, Grand Rapids. 3 Geo. A. Newberry, Grand Rapids. 3369 Wm. D. Davis, Philadelphia, Pa. Notice of assessment No. 5 has been mailed to each member under date of Nov. 6, expiring Dec. 6, for $1, also a complete report of the receipts and ex- penditures of the death fund from Jan. 1 to Nov. 1, as follows: RECEIPTS. oan, 1. Darance on hand.............. $51 00 Jan. 30. From assessment 2, 1892...... 1,049 00 May 31. From assessment 1 and 2, 1893 2.137 00 Noy. 1. From assessment 3 and 4, 1893 3,350 00 ‘TOM! FeCGings .................,: 85.587 OO DISBURSEMENTS. Feb. 6. Mrs. A.C. Milne, Detroit..... $250 0) Mar. 6. Mrs. J. A. Sanborn, Maple Meee oe 500 00 April i%. Mra. H. Pike, Grand Rapids.. 50) 00 April 18. Mrs. Emma C. Smith, Lansing 5u0 00 April 18. Mrs. Helen Shepard, L uding. Oe a, 8, 500 00 May 24. Mrs. W. H. Burleson, Grand Rapids . Cost ee ee ead 500 00 July 5. Mrs. E iward Menzer, Grand Rapids... 500 00 July 27. Mrs. W. J. Russell, Detroit . 500 00 July 31. E. A. Shekell, Administrator Deter... oe, 500 00 Sept. 2. Emma E. Randall, Detroit... 590 00 Sept. 29. Julia G. Van Buren, Lansing. 500 00 Total disbursements...... $5,250 00 RECAPITULATION. ees reeoiets. .. |... 83. :,,. Socal Giehursemonts............. Balance on hand.. ae . $337 7 00 I desire to again onl the stheution of our members to the undesirability of so- liciting as new members such as are not regular commercial travelers and who cannot honestly subscribe to the state- ments in our application for member- ship, as our work with railroads will be greatly hampered by such as are not ‘‘so- licitors or shippers of freight,’’ as they are not disposed to grant concessions to any others, nor can they justly be ex- pected to do so. It is hoped that the officers of the dif- ferent posts will call meetings and make earnest efforts to have every post in the State well represented at the convention in Saginaw, as the exceptionally low rates given us by the railroads w arrant a large and successful meeting. L. MM. Minis, 2 < The Hardware Market. Trade for November is fairly good, but not equal to that of ayearago. All dealers, both wholesale and retail, seem to be buying from hand to mouth and only try to keep their stocks well as- sorted. No great revival is looked for this year, as it is too late for it to com- mence. Wire Nails—Still continue weak and Sec’y. Ohio. | 11—Certificates | $ | to lower rather than higher prices. | | | ete. and $1.25@1.30 from In many instances this brings | the wire nail lower in price than the same size of wire. How much longer | this decline will keep up is hard to tell. It does seem as though bottom must soon be reacned. Barbed Wire—For the time of the year the demand is very good. No change to note in price—$2.30 for painted and Ammunition—Demand is very for all kinds of loaded shells, paper shells, cartridges, wads, caps, primers, Rope—Sisal and manilla rope are a triflelower than last noted—7l¢e for sisal and 12¢ for manilla being regular— but these prices can be shaded for de- sirable orders. Building Papers—All kinds of build- ing papers are being used now, as every- body is getting ready for winter. We quote: Plain Board...... eee pee ec. .- 81 15 mor Deere... edie ceases, an ‘Tar Feit... 1 W. Cc. Paper.. .80¢ Roll Window ‘ined the ‘National Win- dow Glass Co. has made an open market, prices are pretty well demoralized—so and 5 to 80 and 10 being quoted in this market—but, in many instances, these prices are shaded. These low prices seem unnecessary, as but few factories are in operation, and it is impossible for a jobber to get a carload order filled with desirable sizes. _ © > — Will H. Pipp, formerly engaged in the hardware business at Kalkaska. but now on the road in this State for the Bellaire Stamping Co., of Harvey, II1., move his family from Chicago to this place March 1, after which Grand ids will be his headquarters. Rap- PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Carefully selected Greenings, Spys and Baldwins command $3 per bbl. No. 2 stock is held at $2@3.25 per bbl. Beans — Dry stock is coming in freely, Handlers pay $1.40 for country cleaned and $1.50 | for country picked. Bu'ter—Oleo and butterine are usurping the place of the genuine article, in consequence of which butter is week and the demand very much lessened. Dealers pa,...“%@23c for choice dairy, holding at 24@25e. Creamery is slow sale at 30 @3ice. Cabbage—Home grown, $2@3 per 100. Carrots—20c per bushel. Cranberries—Cape Cods are weak at #2 per bu. crate and $ per bbl. Cape Cod growers are dis- couraged over the low price of their product, one grower on the Cape who recently received returns from his first shipment of 200 bbls. fi uring out a net price of 30c per bbl. after paying for picking and other expenses. Celery—Home grown commands 15¢ per doz. Eggs—The market is about the same as week ago. Handlers pay 18c, holding at 20c per doz. Grapes—New York Concords command 22¢ per 8-lb. basket. Catawbas bring 25c, while Malagas in 55-lb. kegs bring $5. Honey—White clover commands 16¢ per Ib dark buckwheat brings 13@14e. Onions—Home grown are weak and slow of sale, owing to the large amount of stock thrown on the market. Handlers pay 4(c, holding at 50c per bu. Spanish are in small demand at $1.40 per crate. Potatoes—The market is still weaker and lower than a week ago, dealers paying 42¢ here and 35@40c at the principal outside buying points. Buyers claim that they are getting all ~ the stock they can handle at these prices, as most growers are not ina position to hold for higher prices, which may not be realized. Squash—Hubbard, 1%¢ per lb. Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys command %3.75 and Baltimores $2.50 per bbl. Turnips—25c per bu. 2.70 for galvanized—but the tendency is | large | In many cases it is impossible to | | get the goods from the factories, as they | are driven with business. will re-| tHE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | Farewell to Dr. Hazeltine. Dr. Chas. S. Hazeltine, President of the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., started | tor Washington last Saturday afternoon | to receive his final instructions from the | State Department before his departure | for Milan, Italy. He had many pleasant | farewell dinners and receptions from his | many friends, but was not more pleased | than with the farewell from the employes | of all departments of the Drug Co., out- side of the office, who invaded his pri- | vate office in a body, when Mr. M. W. | Hall voiced the sentiments of all in the | following well-chosen words: 1 Doctor — It is never a ure tO say goodbye to s&s friend, and your employes outside the office, from the basement to the top| floor, realize that, as our generous | /employer, you are our friend, and, to the most of us, have been a friend for pleas- true years. So we do not come to say good- bye to you with smiles on our faces or joy in our hearts. Weare glad for the honor that comes to you in the call that takes you away, yet we still regret your going. Men accustomed to working steam-driven machinery, matter how competent the engineer in charge, and you have a good one—in knowing there is a good safety valve on the boiler and a good governor on the engine to take care of emergencies. In our good-bye, we desire to express the earnest wish to you, and through you to your family, one and all, that you may have a safe journey, a pleasant residence abroad and, when the time shall come, an eager return to your Grand Rapids home and to your manv friends and large business, without a single dis- ;}appointment or regret that you were away. And each in our place will put 'forth our best efforts with that object lin view. And now God bless you and around feel safer—no | good-bye. WWE HAVE That which we and the ti A FANCY meee Pee... Tierces .. GH. HAMMOND COS POSUINTD FY. WHAT ? ‘ade have been looking for. BUTCHER’S LARD. ee eee Aa ie 11} 11 coeneernenemecnnstrcmsensnn lf oneness WESTERN MICHIGAN AGENTS FOR SUPERIOR BUTTERINE. WHOL Ve Make a Specialty of Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co, VOIGT, HERPULSHEIMER & Ub ESALE Ury Goods, Carpets and Cloaks Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFAC@URE. 48, 80, 52 Ottawa St,, Grand Rapids. 4 4 ‘ : Le eats ee 3 dst lebih abs Soh sash lah 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADES MAN. Drugs# Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—James Vernor, Detroit. Two Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Three Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Four Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Five Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. freasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit. Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit. Secretary—S. A. Thompson, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, John D. Muir; Sec’y, Frank H. Escott. To Prevent Cutting on Patents. The National Wholesale Druggists’ Association, at its recent meeting held in Detroit, adopted a plan by which it is hoped to put an end to cutting on pro- prietary remedies by department stores, and also make it impossible for retail druggists to obtain that class of reme- dies from any source but the regular job- bing houses. It has been the custom for a number of retailers to club together and buy in sufficient quantities so as to secure the highest discount, proprietors giving 10 per cent. on three-gross lots and 5 per cent. on one-gross lots. This, the Association claims, is an injury to and a direct interference with their legit- ima‘e business. They are determined to putastopto it at all hazards. Then there is the selling, by many department stores, of certain proprietary remedies at a heavy discount from the regular re- tail price, the goods being obtained, in many instances, direct from the proprie- tors, at least so the jobbers claim. This affects the retailer as well as the whole- saler. Under the plan proposed proprie- tors are to sell only to legitimate whole- sale dealers, the wholesalers themselves, through a committee appointed by the Association, deciding who is a legitimate dealer. A list of jobbers is to be pre- pared for proprietors and no dealer whose name is not on the list will be sold by the proprietors. No retailer will be sold a quantity exceeding $25, and at a discount not larger than 3 percent. It cannot be denied that many retailers have, in the past, secured the highest discount, by clubbing together and buy- ing in gross and three-gross lots. They cannot be blamed for so doing, however, and especially does the ‘kick’? come with poor grace from the jobbers. They have persistently sold to department stores in the face of continued protests from retailers, to which they have paid no attention. Many of the department stores are as heavy buyers of proprietary remedies as are the druggists themselves, and, as they usually sell at a large re- duction below the regular price, the re- tailers are heavy losers. The only way the retailer could get even was to buy direct from the manufacturer and thus secure the extra discount. This was touching the wholesaler in a tender spot, and he soon awoke to the fact that if he would protect his own interest he must abate the department store nuisance for the retailer, who might then be dealt with in regard to his direct trade with the manufacturer, and be compelled to buy from the jobber. Perhaps the job- ber is not more selfish in this matter than the retailer, but anyway it looks worse. He never makes an effort to sell the goods consigned to him, all the ad- vertising being done by the manufac- turer and the ‘‘pushing” by the retailer. He won’t even take the goods on con- signment until a demand has been cre- ated for them. But when, by the co-op- eration of the manufacturer and retailer. the goods are ‘‘in active demand,” then he is willing to handle them, and _ kicks if the retailer is supplied by the manu- facturer and not by the jobber. It would be better for the manufacturer to deal directly with the retailer, giving him the difference between the manufacturer’s and jobber’s price, as the retailer would then have a stronger incentive to push the sale of the goods. he consigns the goods to the wholesale houses, giving them a good profit for acting merely as distributing agencies, when he might just as well give the extra profit to the retailer, who must in the end sell the goods. The department stores have the best end of the business, however, as with them it is not so much a matter of profit as itis of advertising. The man who sells a dollar bottle of med- icine for 75 cents, and keeps it up, will gain a notoriety which he could, per- haps, secure in no other way. It is the cheapest and most effective way of ad- vertising his business, while still making a profit on the goods. perfect right to buy these goods direct But, as it is now, Retailers have a from the manufacturer, and to secure the best terms possible, and if this right is taken away from them by any ar- rangement between the jobbers and pro- prietors, they should be secured against the disastrous competition of the depart- ment stores and other cutters. This can only be accomplished by the jobbers themselves, who have been in the habit of selling to any one who had the money to pay for the goods, regardless of the consequences to the retailer. If the wholesalers want the sole right to sup- ply the retail trade with these goods, they must sell to retail druggists, and to They have practically com- mitted themselves to this in ‘tthe Detroit plan.’’ they will keep to the letter of their agreement. The outcome will be awaited with interest. no others. It remains to be seen how long -— -@- Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion. At the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, held at Protective Brotherhood Halil, Monday evening, Nov. 6,President Smits presided. The Committee on Trade Interests re- ported the change in the schedule price of sugars, which provoked considerable discussion, some of ‘the grocers thinking the limited price too low fora single pound. Julius J. Wagner stated that the city millers were not pleased at the manner in which some of their brands were be- ing handled by local merchants. He suggested that an arrangement be en- tered into with the millers establishing a uniform price on the leading brands made by the Grand Rapids mills, provid- ing the millers would agree to cut off any dealers who do not maintain the price. A. J. Elliott heartily favored such an arrangement, providing the millers would agree to maintain the price on a recipro- cal basis. J. F. Ferris stated that he believed the millers desired to see their brands sold close to cost, for the purpose of stimu- lating the demand. Mr. Wagner said he did not agree with Mr. Ferris, his experience being that cutting the price kills the sale of an ar- ticle. For instance, he formerly sold “Lily White” at 50 cents a sack, when some other dealers in his vicinity put the price down to 45 cents. Asa result of such cutting, very little fiour of that brand is now soldin his neighborhood, the trade having worked off onto the Crescent grades, which are not cut. The matter was then referred to the Committee on Trade Interests, with in- structions to interview the city millers and report the result at the next meet- ing. The following letter from the Secre- tary of the Jackson Retail Grocers’ Asso- ciation was read by the Secretary: JAcKsoN, Nov. 6—I have been think- ing for some time that it would be a good | idea to send a ‘“‘roving”’ letter around to the different Retail Grocers’ Associations and get an expression of opinion as to results that have been obtained, matters now under consideration, and action that may be, or should be, attained, for the good of the retail trade in groceries. Your organization being the oldest, strongest and with the most experience, I would suggest that you write the first letter: then send it to the next associa tion, with a request that the Secretary write and attach his letter, and forward from one Secretary to another; then, af- ter it has been the rounds, it might be returned to TuE TRADESMAN for publi- eation.. I think there is not friendship enough among the Associations. As the object of our Association is financial ben- efit, it seems to me that we ought to ex- change ideas, and thereby help one an- other. Our experience is—and | believe it is the same with every other Association— that while there are very many things that might and should be accomplished, the diffidence and lack of energy of the members in regard to attending the meet- ings prevents the accomplishment of many things that would make many dol- lars for the grocers if they would put their shoulders to the wheel, and not stay away and growl at the few faithful ones beeause they have not accomplished more. Yours respectfully, W. H. Porter, Sec’y. On motion, the Secretary was in- structed to start the ball rolling by pre- paring such a communication as Mr. Porter suggested. A communieation was received from the Newark, New Jersey, Retail Grocers’ Association, requesting a copy of the peddling ordinance now in vogue in this city, the validity of which has been sus- tained by the Superior Court. The Sec- retary was instructed to comply with the request. A considerable discussion followed on the desirability and necessity of still fur- ther curtailing credits, but no definite action was taken on the subject. Interesting reports were received from the three localities in the city where the grocers have reduced the closing hour from 7 o’elock to 6:30 o’clock, and a sug- gestion was made that Toe TRADESMAN print alist of those grocers who have lately adopted the early closing move- ment. Chairman Brink, of the Committee on Oil, reported that the complaint made against Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle was found, on investigation, to be without foundation. The next meeting of the Association, which will be held on the evening of Nov. 20, will be a social session and the entertainment features will be arranged and supervised by a committee consist- ing of B. S. Harris, Daniel Viergiver and J. J. Wagner. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. ———_—_ > <.___—_— Money in Coffee Growing. A Mexican paper, telling about the wonderful profits to be made in the cul- ture of coffee in Mexico, says that Raphael Ortega, ‘who, ten years ago, was doing a small carrying business with some eight or ten mules as his stock in trade, con- cluded to invest the profits of his buasi- ness in coffee planting. Just now he is gathering a crop which will not fall short of 5,000 quintals, which in the nearest market brings $35 the quintal. His receipts this year will amount to $175,000, and in four years more his crop will be double as much, barring acci- dents. This statement comes through a Mr. Carlos Gris, a German who is inter- ested in building np a coffee-raising colony in the department of the Palenque, and probably needs to be taken with a grain or two of salt, but making most liberal allowances for exaggeration, there seems to be a good profit in the business. —_-—~ 4. Use Tradesman or Supertor Coupons. PEA BEANS © FROM oO FT “T LaMORERUE SEND US YOUR BEANS, WE WANT THEM ALL, NO MATTER HOW MANY. WillAlways Give Full MarketValoe Tago cas ec ralind, (GLE ai as EIS Buildings, Portraits, Cards, Letter and Note Headings, Patented Articles, Maps and Plans. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. PECK’S Pay the best profit. Order from your jobber. HEADACHE POWDERS ia a leat] At ae KALAMAZOO PANT & OVERALL CO, 221 EK, Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich, Our entire line of Cotton Worsted Pants on hand to be sold at cost for cash. If interested write for samples, Milwaukee Office: Room 502 Matthew Build ing. Our fall line of Pants from $9 to $42 per dozen are now zeady. An immense line of Kersey Pants, every pair warranted not to rip. Bound swatches of entire line sent on approval to the trade. CURES Catarrh, oI Hay Fever, Bae = Headache, Neuralgia, Colds, Sore Threat. The first inhalations stop sneezing, snufling coughing and headache. This relief is worth the price of an Inhaler. Continued use will complete the cure, Prevents and cures ' e Sea Sickness On cars or boat. _ The cool exhilerating sensation follow- ing its use is a luxury to travelers. Convenient to carry in the pocket; no liquid to drop or spill; lasts a year, and costs 50c at druggists. Regis- tered mail 60c, from H. D. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer, Three Rivers, Mich. (2 Guaranteed satisfactory. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 11 Morphia, S. P.& W. 220@2 45 | Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 20| Linseed, boiled.. .... 42 45 “"Wikkelesste Firtoe Current. Pw Sitca SInapltsecveeeecs oo @ 18|Neat's Foot, winter Cc. Co --- 210@2 3 7 Dae wed lees @ hy Sane... ....... 75 80 Advanced—Balsam Copaiba, Turpentine. Declined—Nitrate Silver. | Moschus Canton. a. a = = Maccaboy, De os SpiritsTurpentine.... 37 40 ae Nux Vomica, (po20).. @ 10| Snuff,Scotch,De. Voes @ 35 emia bbl. Ib. ACIDUM,. eee. - @300 TINCTURES., Cn See 20@ 22| Soda Boras, (po.i1). . 10@ 11| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 ti 8@ 10] =xechthitos...... 2 50@2 7 . | Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30} Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4 es ican” 65@ 75 | Erigeron ...0000000221. 2 00@2 10 | Aconitum NapellisR....... 60) 5 @2 00 | Soda Carb............ 14@ 2 Ber......1% 2@3 ~ oc _ on | Gaultheria . -...2 00@2 10 P....... 30! pieis Liq, N d % gal Soda, Bi-Carb.......... @ 5 | Putty, commercial... 24 24%@3 Carbolicum .......... 25@ 35 | Geranium, ounce..... eo ti". 0} doz On Sous Ash... 3%4@ 4{_ — ? pure..... 2% 2%@3 po saan SUITED §2@~ 55 | Gossiptif, Sem. gal... 70@ 75 Soe OavEe 60 | 50 | Picis Liq., quarts - @1 00} Soda, Sulphas......... @ 2} Vermilion Prime Amer- - eet 3@ 5|Hedeoma ............. 125@1 40 | Arnica... ee. ae... @ 85|Spts. Ether Co... .... We 6). Mee... 13@16 meth ethene, 10g 12 Jumipert. 22.0.2. 502 00 Asafcetida .. ‘vsss+ (0) Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80).. @ 50| “ Myrcia Dom..... @225| Vermilion, English... 65@70 N — eee sees ada 104 12| Lavendula - “T1272 go@e oo | Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 | Piper Nigra, (po. 22). @ 1 ‘* Myreia Imp... .. @3 00} Green, Peninsular..... T0@75 eee a 20 | Limon 2022020202, 2 s0pz 60 | Benzoin..............-...... op | piper 2 ao” Ca el 8Gt Fase 70 | Mentha Piper..........2 75@3 50] « Cs ee ae 2 252 35 aga , aa. speek ne 3 Mentha Verid et eeeeeee 2 20@2 30 | Sanguinaria................. 50 | Plumbi Acet . 14@ 15| Lesss5e gal., cash re days. Whiting, white Span.. @io cores oy sv 60 | Morrhuae, gal... . 2... 1 00@1 10 | Barosma -................... 50 | Pulvis Ipecac et opli..1 10@1 20 | Stryehnia Cr stal ....1 40@1 45 ne Gilders’...... @% oe 33 a Ganda @ 50| Cantharides................. 75! Pyrethrum, boxes H Sulphur, Subl. ... 24@ 3 | White, Paris American 10 Tartaricum........... © iy 85@2 75 a eee eee estes 50 & P. D. Co., doz..... @1 25 ia 2 @ 2% Whiting, Paris Eng. AMMONIA. Picis Liquida, (gai.35) 10@ 12|C#® damon... ............... | 20@ 30} Tamarinds........... Ss 10) ee 1 40 eo go | Veratrum Veride............ 15lb. box.. 11@ 12 : @ 30 : — we. ig 14 neliebore, Ala, Po. be 4 20 MISCELLANEOUS “ a. -«. OD OS oe a, oa : 18 20 at i mi i a " ” oc as OF Ty f tpeoee, Oo............ 1 60@) 7: er, Spts i . = = 80 TT THs plox (po. 35@88) "So 40 gE. Bp Bh CREMICALS AND Seek Pt... ......... 40@ Alumen . scittces, Sn’ pure a. Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ Serpentaria ly acs. 30@ Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 6&2 — Senega . 55@ 60] Arsenicum............ 5@ 7 a Ae 18@ 20 Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40| Balm Gilead pus.. 38@ 40 DEALERS IN Anthemis ............. @@ 35 M @ | Bismuth §. N......... 2 W@2 25 Maricktia lft 50@ 65 Sclliee, (po. ~ # ~ gascharam ag ios : ho = —. ail numbers. : $ 6 ba br § 16 | all d arr BMeAt 4 Tragacanth ...... Vcuee W t in icc sues 7 5 Ergota .. tae HERBA—In ounce packages. Vint — Sette eee : 252 00 | & Fiske via, Se 12 15 ee a AUeiatite .... 2.5... ... 2s - 25 see Ne Rs ne Secly ena Eupatorium.............. ae SPONGES. samt eae 7 g ~ | ae “ee eee x5 Florida sheeps’ wool in cng oe 60 We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of Mentha Piperiia:... 0000.1. 28) CMTIAG.-------- 2 0D? 75 Giserware dint, by box 70% 10, oo $001 gine, Brown... WHISKIES, BRANDIES a. | que: Gee a Glue, Brown.......... 9 15 9 ’ a, v Se = wool carriage opel 1 10 eat On aan = INS WINE 3S RUMS a MAGNESIA. 4 a —— 85 ae renee oe on = G 9 s OGM ‘ Calcined, Pat.......... 6@ @ Wo 85 Hydraag Chlor Mite... @ & aaeeae ca” ae = Hard for slate wee. 7 i Cor @ 8 T i Carbonate, Jennings. 35@ 36 7. -anbeaesianel 1 40 : = 31 to We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only eee * Unguentum. 45@ 55 38 one " . | Absinthium. ......... 3 50@4 00 SI RUEF. 7 Grargyram......... @ 64| We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarante> satistaction. Amygdalse,Dule... .. 45@ %%/| Accacia ..................... 50 eee ee: 1 25@1 50 : } os. ir i chica tees i Se a trial orde faa alae, Amarae....8 00@8 25| Zingiber ..................., wi tne T5@1 All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. Send a trial erder Anisi sacevaed Tt OF — a. 60 Todos, a ....... 3 80@3 = ik Cortex. ..... = wee ©) Perse 000... 5... Ge | bocordrm........ 4... @4 70 Berman ............8 Mas w a Cortes. . cea oe Oe @2 25 eee. 4. Cm i Wee Avom........... ...... 50 | Lycopodium .......... MW@ 5 Caryophylli .. _-.. co oo Similax Officinalis oe ewes 60 aOie .... 70@ 75 ES ee er 35@ 65 . 50 | Li uor Arsen et Hy- LL! ay Chenopodii loves oe Me i es cue lees 50 Ore TOG. i @ 2 neem bee sega, 1 - 3 Seillae bear cttrtehtsertner ees . Hisyvria, Saini Go 10@ 12 Oe eu eee, agnesia, Sulp cy © Conium Mac... |)". 35@ 65|Tolutan..................... oe 2% @o4 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. _) Mopaiba ............. 80@ 90] Prunus virg.. sevecacs, OL Oe 2 WL... 60@ 1638 ; Death cnet it eeadtteaetenede Sadstaaeo a Caan dined sas CMake MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCEN YT Prise CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of pure hase. those who have poor credit. Subscribers greatest possible use to dealers. AXLE GREASE. doz gross ers... . i 55 6 00 Castor O11.... a 2 7 00 — ss... ....... 5 50 a 75 8 00 a 65 7 50 Paragon cee 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Acme 4 Ib. cans, 3 doz 45 % ib. 2 85 —_ 1 1 60 Bulk oe 10 Arctic. 4 . cans 6 doz case 55 Adoz ‘ 1 10 r 4 “ @de 2 00 cm ~*~ teen 9 00 Fosfon. 5 Os. cans, 4 doz i inc ase i SO s* 2 00 Red Star, % > cans 40 % , 75 1b 1 40 Telfer’s, % 1b. cans, doz 45 vat My lb. - 85 . 1 1b. 1 50 Our re 14 lb cans 5 a ¢ 1D Cans... i” 1lbcans 1 5O pePRICE’s |: ee: $ AKIN i Ib POWDER »: NT 4 B: ATH BRICK 2 dozen in case. 10-] ib Domestic. et BLUING. Are tic, 40z ovals 41 per doz j ime Cans 95 Fruits. | Apples. 3 lb. standard..... i 00} | York State, gaJlons 2 90 Hamburgh . Apricots. Live oak. i 1% Santa Cruz.... 1% Lusk’s 1% Overland ' 17% Blackberries. x & W@W... nee 96 Cherries. Red... ‘i 1 10@1 2 Pitted Hamb burgh 1% White i 159 re... = Damsons, ‘Egg Plums and Green Gages ee . 110 California 1 60 Gooseberries. Common 1d Peac hes. —_—.... co Maxwell Sh epard’s California 1 7% Monitor Oxford _ Pears. Domestic 1 20 80 | Sez Gross } 8 oz ) pints, round 9 No. 2, sifting box 2 No. 3, C 4 wo} No. 8 00 loz ball 450 Mexican Liquid, " oz 3 60 BROOMS, Wo. 2 Hurl ee 1 75 No. i 2 00 No. 2 Carpet 22 No. 1 i 2 50 Parlor Gem 2% Common Whisk su Fancy . 1 00 Warehouse.... 3 00 BRUSHES stove, No. 1.. 1s ' ~~ 1 530 Rice Root Scrub, 2 row. 85 Rice Root Scrub, 3 row 1 2% Pa.metto, goose 1 50 BUTTE R PL ATES Oval—250 in crate _e f.......... sia 6 No. 2 7 — 2... 80 Wo. 5 SS CANDLES. Hotel, 40 lb. boxes 10 Star, 40 . 9 Paraffiine 10 Wicking 24 CANNED GOODS. Fish. Clams. Little Neck, 1 lb 1 20 - 2 Ib 1 90 lam Chowder Guinteet. 3 1b 22 Cove Oysters Standard, i ib 85 ' 2 Ib. 1 60 Lobsters. Star i lb 2. © 2 ib 3 Su Picni ic, i lb 2 & 2 ib 2 Mackerel. Siaudard, iid. ‘ 1 25 = m..... .2 10 Mustard. 2lb.. 2 Tomsto Sauce, 2 1b 23 Soused, 2 Ib . = Salmon. Columb! a River, flat... 1 8 - ae... 1 65 Alaske, _— | 1. a. a Kin 1ey's, ian. ie = Sardines. American = e . oe .64@ 7 Imported ge... . @0 ee 15@16 Mustard Xe @i Boneless , i. 21 Trout. oe ee 2 50 Riv erside. teens 2 10 r --1 00@1 3 ‘ ohnson’ 8 sliced. : 2 50 grated..... 2% Booth’s sliced @2 5) ' grated. @2 75 Quine es. Common ee ‘ 1 10 Raspberries. a... 1 30 Black Hamburg.. 1 50 Erie. black is Strawberries. Lawrence . 1s Hambur rgh i= Erie a — is | Terrap ‘in. 1 10 Whort let nerries. Blueberries .. . 1 00 vf Meats. | Corned beef Libby’s. 1 95 E Armour’s.......1 80 Potted ham, % Ib eee ' a _... S5 ongue, % Ib.... 13 - ch. | BS Chicken, & ib....... 95 Vegetables. Beans. Hambr irgh string!less 1s rench style 2% —....... ta Lima, green a c soxked.... i Lewis Boston Baked... 108 Bay State Baked... 1 3 World’s Fair Bake 1 3 Picnic Baked.... .. 100 Corn. Hamburgh . 1.2 Livingst yn Eden : 1. Hambur gh marrofat. 1 35 early Jun Champion = 1 petit pois . 2 fancy sifted 1 90 Soaked oo Harr “is standard. us oo VanCamp’s ms arrofat..... 1 early June.. 1 Archer’s Early Blossom ls | French 2 15 a . Mushrooms. | French ........scsccccees ee 16@21 | Pumpkin. i Rs oe ieee eee 85 i Squash. ee 1 15 i Succotash. So ees 1 40 ee Honey Dew..........- oe Lore... .. se oe | Tomatoes. SP oe ctl anne ' 1 19 Exceisior | ec DO cee eee cee | Hamburg.....-.......- ee... sce. 3 50 | CHOCOLATE. Baker’s. German Sweet.. ...... 23 Premium ‘ eral 37 , | Breakfast C ocoa. 43 i CHEESE. Amboy no @13% ; Acme an 124%@13 ee 12% | Riverside . 13 [Gere ece........... @i2 OO oe ce / 6@10 ee 11 | Edam iota 1 Leiden . 23 Limburger ae @10 | ne @rx% ee a ee SS Sap Sago 321 Sc hweitzer, imported. 24 domestic @i4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. Half pint, 25 bottles 27 Pint . 4 bw Quart 1 doz botties 3 50 Triumph Brand. Half pint, per Gos....... 1s Pint, 25 bottles .-4 50 Quart, per doz 3 75 CLOTHE s P INS. en ee 40@45 COCOA SHELLS. Sib bags.... @3 Less quantity @3% Pel packages 6% QT COFFEE. Green. Rio. Pair... | 7 Good... . 18 —— ....... . 20 Golden.. ' . oe Peaberry : — ee Santos, Fair. a 18 oo... _. Ce ee eee. 21 Peavey .... 22 Mexican and Guatamala. Fair. 21 Good... Pay. , Maracaibo, Pee... .....-.....-.--., Milled .. ne 2 Java a... 25 Private Growth. ae Mandehling .... i. 28 Mocha. Imitation 2 Arabian - 28 Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add %c. per 1b. for roast ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. MeLaughblin’s XXXX.. 24 % Bunola .. . 24 45 Lion, 60 or 100. Ib. case... 24 95 Extract. Valley City & BTOSS.. 5 Felix 115 Hummel’s, fol, gross...... 1 50 " 2 50 CHICORY. Bulk.. 5 me. 8. 7 CLOTHES LINES Cotton 40 ft - do 5. 1 3 Pa..... 1 40 ' oe oh... _ 1 60 _ wees... .., . 17% ' Bo es...... - t= date 60 ft... ' a] 72 ft " 1 W CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz. in Case. me me \ i” . EN REE N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands Gail Borden Eagle ee Crown. i ee .62 Ce oe oe CO . oo Magnolia oo os —............3 COTPON BOOKS a —_ ‘Tradesman.’ books, per hundred O* © af “ se 81 2 $2 2 50 83 e ' _.2@ g . . 3 00 Bid 4 820 ' wig . og “Superior.” $ 1 books, per nundred.... 2 50 82 . . r 3 00} 33 3 50) 85 ' . e .. ££ $10 : c 5 00 @20 ‘ “i ‘“s / 6 00 | Universal.” i $1 books, per hundred » $5 . 810 ' ” $20 * Above prices on coupon b 83 00 3 50 a 8 00 7 00 ooks are subject to the following quantity discouuts: 206 books or over.. 5 “on ‘“ 10 as. . 2 per cent COUPON PASS BOOKS, [Can be made to represent any denomination from #10 do 25 books... ... ‘ a me eee | 100 se — — — |. .....,.,. CREDIT CHECKS. 500, any one denom’n. a * « . a lCU™ Boel CURR. ...41..4,.- CRACKERS. Butter. Seymour XXx....... Sey mour_ XXX, cartoon..... ax. 7. Family XX Family XXX, Salted XXX. \ Salted XXX, ‘cartoon: a Kenosha Boston, ..... Butter biscuit . Soda. e artoon. an 9 Soda, X22. Sods, Cty ....... Soda, Duchess. . Cryetal Warer........ Long Island Wafers Oyster. S. Oyster XXX... City Oyster. XXX. Farina Oyster. CREAM TARTAR. Strictly pure Telfers Abeolute.......... Grocers’ mn DRIED FROITS., Domestic, Apples. Sundried, sliced in bbls. o quartered ‘‘ Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes Apricots. California in bags...... Evaporated in boxes. .. Blackberries. In boxes.... a Nectarines, 70 lb. bags.... wn. | 1 00 00 00 6 2 m9 tS -. 10 00 17 50 . 883 00 5 00 80 75 3 isa 6% ‘ il 25 Ib. HOKPR.. oc. 0 10 Peaches. Peeled, in boxes.... Cal.evap. “ : Q - in bags Pears. California in bags 16 Pitted ae Barrels. ~—¥ boxes en Prunelles. DOZSB.....6 Raspberries. Se 50 lb. boxes. . 25 lb. 30 Ib. ‘Raisins. i" Loose Muscatels in Boxes. Loose Muscatels in Bags. 1 60 eo ee 51g ee ees oud 64 Foreign. Currants. Patras, in berrele.......-. ‘In %-bbls.... 3% - in less quantity .. 3% cleaned, bulk. 6 cleaned, package. 6% Peel. Citron, ar = Ib. boxes 20 Lemon ' 10 Orange . = * ” 11 atstan. Ondura, 29 lb. boxes @s Sultana, 20 . @9 Valencia, 30 Prunes. California, 100-120... i " 90x 100 25 ib DxE. i “ 80x90 ug g _ 70x80 - gy 60x70 _% Turkey Silver ... SN le he eas pes nes French, 60-70 . ate eT OP... ..---. us. I ci cet eieses ENVELOPES XX rag. white. Mo. 1,0... ark ssi oe TOG. © Oe oo ok oe 1 60 They are prepared just before It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the ee 1 65 BO ices nee enews 1 50 xx wood, white. : } BOE eye whe eens 35 No. 2, 6% 13 Manilla, ‘white. ee a 00 ea 95 Coin Ri Me.4.. .-.:. 1 00 FARINACEOOS GOODS. Farina. 100 Ib, kegs. .....-..--.. 3% Hominy. eee 8 00 Grits ... a oo Lima Beans. eee 3%@t Maccaron! and Vermiceili. Domestic, 12 lb. box. 5 Imported..... ese ..10%@il ee. Barrels 200.. a. Half barrels 100...... 2 40 Pearl ae. Becca als 2% Peas. atta 1 45 eet TD... 23;@3 Rolled Oats. Decree ... ........ @4 60 Half bbls 90. a @2 40 Sago. eee 4% ee se 5 Wheat. Cencked....... 2.0.5 ....-- 5 FISH--Salt. Bloaters. Tiree. Cod. Pome ... . Whole, Grand Bank.... 5@5% Boneless, bricks. .. 6@8 Boneless, strips... . 6@8 Halibut. eS ..4.54.....- .--- L1@125 Herring. Holland, white hoops keg 70 el . Cl »bl 9 75 Norwegian .... ie Round, a bbl 100 ibs ue 2 65 7 40 : 12 Bemeee. cs 17 Mackerel, Mo. tf, Oe e.......... .... 1 Ro, t ihe .....-.. .... 4 70 No. 1, 10 Ibe... tas oe ho, & 100 Tk... . ... _ oo No. 2, oo... 37 Bo. & 16 e................ 1 oe Family, ee oo > ibe ...... beens 70 Sardines. Rules, bees............ . & Trout. No. 1, 4% bbis., 100ibs........ 6 00 moth oe SS ie.......... 2% mo, h, Bee, Oe Ue... 04 ns. 80 Mo. 1,010 Kie.......-. 2... 68 Whitefish. ey % bbls, 100 Ibs. 87 00 $275 ly 40 tc ee 2 10 Ib. kits. ieee eee ae 90 45 8 lb mm FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’. Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money, Grade Regular Vanilla. XX Grade GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s ee ee voce as 3 25 Half kegs ae Quarter me (cles ccc. oe 1 lb cans. Le eee 30 ¢ ib cans.... 18 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. a. ee. see ci, oe . 25 Peer Wee. 2 Ww Quarter kegs.. .........-.. 135 11b cans .... 34 Eagle Duck— Dupont’ s. Kegs eee ee cae eeane seas 11 60 Half kegs .. _om Quarter kegs. ie 3 00 1 > Ooms.......... iis 50 HERBS. ae 15 meee... 1... a INDIGO. Madras, 5 1b. boxes....... 55 S. F., 2, 3and 5 Ib. boxes.. 50 JELLY. 17 Ib, pails uaa @ 50 i cicie @ 790 LICORICE. Ge 30 ee ec 25 Sire... sa 12 LYE. Condensed, 2 = es ee 1 2 ‘ oe 2 3 MATCHES. Bo. 9 ieeer.......... oo Anchor perier............... 1 be ia eee... 3 Export Sars Leyte ocean ee 4 oO INCE MEAT. BGOk. CAbO ...... <4. 0s scenes 2 %5 1 OR. COG cases ic ces ns oo 12 doz. case . 11 00 MEASURES. Tin, per dozen, o .......... Ls 3.) oo Hatt salion....... ~~ WOE eee Sheu c eee e nes 70 Pint . ae 45 Half pint . eeees . 40 Wooden, for vincent, per doz. Tc ie eehee 7 00 Half —- Lee ea 4% — i. 3 7 Pint. . 22 MOLASSES, Blackstrap. Sugar house........-..2.e+ 14 Cuba Baking. OGTOOET oie. ce wee ee... 16 Porto Rico. oo 20 DOS oi cicues, sespesce ° 30 New i. a 18 i 22 ee ee. .....----...... 27 fam beets eeneues 32 cr sisson een 40 aoe half barrels. 8c extra, PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count... @5 00 Half bbis. 600 count. @3 00 Small. Barrels, 2.400 count. 6 00 Half bbis, 1,200 count 3 50 Lemon. SOs,....0: 0 402 . 300 XX Grade Vanilla. 2Os.....00 acs 3 50 Jennings. Lemon. Vanilla 20z regular nae. vi} 1 20 40 = -1 50 2 00 6 - . 2 00 3 00 | No S taner:..:.... 1 35 2 00) No. 4 taper........ 1 50 2 50! PIPES. Clay, No. 216.. i T, D, fuli count 7 Cob, No. 3... 1 26 POTASH, 48 cans in case. Babbitt’s ., ‘ 4 00 Penna Salt Co.’s. 3 2 RICE Domestic. Carotine heeg............ a se a... “ me. 8... aca Broken oe etn e sennes i ‘Tmported. Japan, es ae ie 5% go ee 5 ee Sa ees a 6 ROR ewe ccce scene cs — nq « Ra. ++ om” + - > easy »} j ae. ae — i ws gic am & _ | * pap helen ORE ee Root Beer _——— Williams’, 1 doz.. 1 75} 3 doz 5 00 Hires’, 1 doz.. 1% “ 30m. 5 00 SPICES, Whole Sifted, Rimes. s,s... 10 Cassia, China in mats...... 7 " Batavia in bund....15 " Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, Amboyna...... 22 _ ee Mace Batavia..... ‘occ ae ane Cees 75 ° No. 2 -60 Pepper, Singapore, black....10 white... .20 - a 16 Pure Ground in Bulk, Bleeee..................,.. 15 Cassia, Batavia. . ne, 18 and ne: 25 - Saigon . a Cloves, Amboyua. 22 ' coon 18 Ginger, _— a0 Sein. cee _-_— Y Seaman eles 22 meee Petees............... . Mustard, Eng. and Trieste, . Tr leste eee eessecans 25 Peer wee 4... 75 Pepper, Singapore, black ....16 white. ....24 - Cayenne...... . 20 ee “Absolute” in Packages, 4s yes Aree ........ i. 2 | oo Cippamon........ 8 1 55 a 84 155 Ginger, Jamaica ..... 84 1 55 ' African 84 13 Mustard........ a 84 155 Hd oo | 84 155 Sage...... 84 SAL ‘SODA. ee. cl. as. 1% Granulated, boxes.......... 1% SEEDS, NS i se @15 Canary, Smyrna. 3% Caraway —— 6 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp, Russian. ' 48 Merce Bre .......... 4@6 Mustard, white ..... 10 Pemey ....c.. 9 Ra 5 Cuttle bone... 36 STARCH. Corn 20-1b boxes . 5X 40-1b 5% Gloss, LID packager. ........... 5% 3-Ilb . he Seca seueas 54 6-1b -. i. ss Oae 40 and 50 Ib. boxes...... 3% een... . 8% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders 37 Maccaboy, in jars...... ee french Rappee, in Jars.... .43 SODA, Bowes... 5... es, Sip Ron, Retin. ......... - 4% SALT. 100 3-Ib. sacks pets ae ‘ . 82 3 5-lb. 2 Ue 28 10-lb. sacks. 18 20 1 PT ieee ce uss 2 2 Sei Canes... 1 50 56 lb, dairy In linen bags. 32 =i drill 16 8 Warsaw. 56 Ib. dairy in drill bags. 32 28 Ib, 18 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in inensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56)», dairy in Huen sacks 5 Soiar Rock. 56 lu, encke....... Leena 27 Common Fine. Saginaw 70 Bankes ......... 70 SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Carers... 5, 5% DeLana s ...... 5ly Dwight’s 5% Taylor’s Looe 5 SOAP. Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 i- ma 3 2) Good Cheer, 60 1 Ib. wor oe White Borax, 100 %- Ee 3 65 Proctor & — Ceo. ....... 0... 3 45 avory, 1) OS... .... . 6% _ we... 4 00 Lenot. ... es 3 65 Mottled German. ee .3o Toews Tare........- se Dingman heads. Bree bOe.. 4.645... 3 95 5 box lots, deliver ed.......8 a 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, wrp d..$4 00 plain... 2 94 N. K. Fairbank & Co.’s Brands. Dames Cigue ........... + «oo Brown, pars............. 2@ ' 80 bars 3 2% Lautz Bros. & (o.’s Brands. eee... 2. 4 09 Cotton Oll..... 6 00} Marseilles....... 3 95 | i a ee THE MICHIG a TRADESMAN. Thompson & Chute Brands, Smoking. ce ae, ne eT \ al a. | Catlin’s Brands. Savon Improved Min Gried........ 7 mumnOwer .........., Golden Shower... — Golden a Simao tL... 26 Economical ..... | Meerschaum ae Scouring. American Eagle Co.’s Brands, ‘ » ry " Sapolio, eae hs doz.. 2 " Myrtle Navy. 40 anc doz. - 250] Stork 30@3 SUGAR. German iF The following prices repre- | Frog a a sent the actual selling prices in | J®Va, 1s foil 3 Grand Rapids, based on the act- ual cost in New York, with 36 cents per 100 pounds added for Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands, eerier.......... a |} Banner c avendish. «08 freight. The same quotations | : ; ¢ ACE. .........,.... 2 will) not apply toany townwhere | esa aes " the freight rate from New York | Scotten’s Brands. is not 36 cents, but the local | Warpath ........... ko quotations will. perhaps, afford | Honey Dew %%6 a better criterion of the market | Gold Block. .30 than to quote an ee 1 FF. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Cut Loaf. bebe is uae | Brands, Powaored 6... 5 48 | Peerless......... ween RO Gianalated .......,.. 6 ost 7G Yom.............. «iG Extra Fine Granulated... 5 17 | Standard. .: we —.... ...........,. sa Globe Tobac co Co.’s Brands. XXXX Powdered.....) 71!) 5 80 Handmade 1 Confee. Standard A.. .... 4 98 i | No. f Columbia A......... 4&8 Leidersdorf’s Brands, | No.5 Empire A ..... oie oon OW... 1... — Ie 6.0. cn... sic, 4 67 | Uncie Sam....... | ef... Ol | Mem Clever... mm | eg . wee ene nee . ; = Spaulding & Merrick. | wi (2 ag) Onn ang Jerry... o “hh... _. 496) Lraveler C avendish. | No, 2. 4 2] | Buck Horn. | Me... a wp biow Boy.....- | 2 En 3 s9| Corn Cake.... SYRUPS. Corn. HIDES PELTS and FURS | Barres... ..... 3 ' Batis. 23 Perkins & Hess pay as fol Pure Cane. lows: | WOM ee ., 19 HIDES. | ROOM Sites... ot Choice oO | Fart Cured...... } SWEET GOODS eg c we ceeee 7 Ginger Snaps...... i 8 | Kips.green ... a. Suger Creams. ..... 8 ¢ Gored. Frosted Creams. 9 | Calfskins, green : Graham Crackers... 8% “a eured...... 5 Oatmeal Crackers.... 8% | Deaconsking...... 1 VINEGAR. No. 2 hides 3% off. 40 eee a Soca piee ete @s PELTS 50 gr. See Oe Shearlings....... 5 81 for barrel. * nT TE WET MUSTARD, a | WOO! | Bue, HOP eal ow... os... 30 — Beer mug, 2 doz in case 175 | Washed... ..... ----12 @is YEAST Unwashed .... = Ge | Magic, 1 MISCELLANEOUS, Warner's / --1 00] Tallow ... i .3 @ 4%! Yeast Foam -1 00] Grease butter 1,es Diamond ® Switches Le -.. 1K%@ 2 | toyal ....... | Ginseng wus. 1 @2 60 | TEAS. | | JAPAN— Regular. GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS | Fair . Leu @l17 i" Geog @20 —_— eee... 24 @26 No. 1 White (58 lb. test) Oneteemt.......... -.,.38 Gas No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) ae ......-. 10 @12 : Se eae MEAL. Pate... ee @i7 | Bolted... .......... 1 40 | —-. @20 Granuiated,........ ‘ 1 $5} Cholee,..... es Coe | Choicest..... © @oM Pon Dust.. : -10 @12 raight, in sacks : 350] BASKET FIRED. . " Derreis........ 3 15) a... | 18 @x Patent ‘ sacks. 4 50} Choice. .. ' @25 ' a —. 4% | Cc hoicest.. @X Graham sacks... 1 70} Extra choice, ‘wire leat @40 Rye _ Oe ET @UNPOWLER. MILLSTUFFS. , Common to fah.......25 @35 Less | Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Car lots quantity | Choicest fancy........75 @85 Bran. ........ 612 50 $14 00 | ; 0 | Screenings . 13 00 13 00} Common co fair... ...23 @3) |Middlings..-.° 1450 15 00/ IMPERIAL. - | Mixed Feed... 17 59 18 00 | Common to fair..... ..23 @26 =| Coarse meal 17 00 17 50} Superior tofine..... --30 @35 CORN | YOUNG HYSON. ae dete 43 | Commor, to fair......- 18 @%x6 Tee Pe eta ia Superior te fine.......30 @40 Wess CHAN CAF 1Ots..........45 | ENGLISH BREAKFAST. oats. | eee ie 18 @22z j Chote. "Taq Goa Car lots... s | Best . 40 @50 Less than car lots. 36 | » | TOBACCOS. HAY. i" No. 1 Timothy, car lots 10 90 | Fine Cat. No.1 - ton lots 13 00 | Pails unless otherwise noted _ a“ —— cy Baroo .... @30 | Can Can... @27 WOODENWARE, } Nellie Bly @2 [ Unele ben @22 Tubs, No. 1 6 00 | Hiawatha 60 c No. 2 5 50 | pweet Cuba......... ; 34 ~ Meg...... 4 50} McGinty — ce 27 Pails, No. a two hoop.. 1 30) a 2 | No. 1, three hoop 1 50} Dandy dim... ... | Bowls, 11 tne a Lo | Torpedo Be 2 13 90 in drums. 23 a | -1% va Yom 2... 28 ’ 7 . 1a aoe... ..-<..----- —o. 23 " 2 OCL.cL. . 2 40 “ drome ae 21 Baskets, meskes. is eeeey 35 Plug. shipping bushel.. 1 15 Sorg’s Brands. . full hoop * 12 Sooarnead ......... 33 " willow cl’ths, No.1 5 25 ONE fan cs —— S7 : c Bea: Noaony Twist....-..;... 39 ' C * es 7 ml “a . t s » or Seotten’s Brands, : splint ie No.1 3 25 | Kylo... / i os | No.2 4 00 Hiawatha...... | ichidiccwie —_ 475 [yaa oT ol Baile... 315 Finzer’s Brands. Tubs, No. 1 18 5 old Honesty. 4; | Tubs, No. 2 .12 00 oouy Tar.-... 32 | Tubs, No.3 10 50 Standar« Pork, | Kettle | Parity... | Compound PROVISIONS The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. | quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. es. Boor. cut ......... . 1S Extra clear pig, short cut. 20 90 Extra Clear, heavy. Clear, fat back...... . Boston clear, short cut. Clear bac k, short cut. ch i clear, short cut, ‘best SAUSAGE, Dues... ....: " ee we S34 Solacna Liver.. Tongue . . : ' \ Blood . ‘ ee 6 oo 19 0 19 0 i9 BO 20 00 | Head cheese ... a 4 ROM ios ee. a 14 : 10 1 qgugieapen he enwenasane « “ 8 Liver ‘ LARD. tendered a . RROUNON once ces ea eye. wd oe 1d Cottoline SW 1b. Tins, ye advance, 20 lb. pails, 4%e 10 Ib 2 1b. r 3 Ib. BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs...... 8 GO Extra Mess, Chicago packing... . 2 oo BOncionr, rump dutts,..............- : 11 00 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain, Hams, average = stoning ao. Mee... i 12 to 14 lbs ee (AON. ....... * best boneless. eee ee BBOUMIONS. 0... 0.......... Sl 8% Breakfast Bacon boneless ..15 Dried beef, ham prices... | ‘ 10 Long Clears, hoivy............... Briskets, medium. i. Meme ....... : 11% DRY SALT MEATS. ee ace 8 De Bee 1214 | Pat Gacks...2.. il 10 | PICKEED PIGS’ FEET. Pree 8 CO Oe ee ee 1 90 TRIPE Rice, DomeyCOIND ... ....... uss. 65 | Bits, premium ...... ee co 55 BEEF T Barrel Is.... Half barrels. Per pane oc. 2) Lc | BUTTERINE Dairy, solid packed........... Leveeus io | Dairy, rolls... ol , 15 | Creamery, solid pac ‘ked : Is Creamery, rolls i8 All buiterine is delivered. | FRESH BEEF. fC ee f @5 Fore quarters . eos eeectece @ 4 MING ar tore.... 5... ccwe.--- --- se, © @ OG ee es 8 @10 | Ae. ee nt igo deel wane “+ 6a7z Pee 514 6 CO eee 4@4% Plates oc @ 4 | FRESH PORK, [Pressed ... ..... Cd een ae 8 LOMMS..... sacsee eee ose cae 9% | Shoulders .. sit tec emee ee w% Poeec cere... 11 ON. Carcass Cues eee , ieee 4 @5 Lambs Lie eset ce cece es... 8 eS VEAL PO eee cee eas 5 @ 6 KISH AND OYSTERS. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH Whitefish Bie aos ceaueccues @9 Trout : : _. @ 9 Diack Hass...... . 12% Halibut... le. Ciscoes or Her rring Bluefish..... Fresh lobster, ‘per Ib ee ee No. 1 Pic kerel. eee | Smoked White Red Snappers.... Columbia River Salmon.......... | Meceere:............ OYsTERS—Cans. Fairhaven Counts. Rod Botesta, Selects . ro i. a ee @ Pe ee @18 | Favorite... .. os @16 OYSTERS—Bulk. Extra Selects. ..per gal 1 Selects ...... oa. Saue 1 50 Standards....... 10 APOIO oo es ee 2 2 Scallops * 2 UO Shrimps 1 25 Oe ee 12 SHELL GOODS. | Oysters, per me ....... 1 25@1 53 Clams, ee eeu @1 00 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbls. | Standard. per lb 6% a. 4 ; 6% bi *wist the Boston ¢ ‘reain Khe | Cut Loaf... ‘ 8% | Extra H. A 8% MIXED CANDY. | Bbls, Pails, | Standard...... 6 a Leader eee 6 7 more. ......... 7 8 Nobby. ee. 7 8 English Rock Hy 8 CAeerves ............ nay 8 Broken T affy. baskets 8 Peanut Sqt lares. 8 9 French Creams. uo. ay Valley C rime _ 13 Midget, oh it baske 218 : Q | Modern, : 1b ; PANCY—In bulk Pails. Lozenges, plain 9% printed a 10% Chocolate Drops ‘| . 12 Chocolate Monumentals .. 13 Grim Froos........ \ 5% Moss Drops..... ol c. 8 Sour Drops ee S% Imperials o. < ie 10 FaNCY—In 5 1b. boxes. Per Box Lemon Drops 5 | OOUr DIQne .....,.. | Peppermint Drops c aE colate Drops. . M. Chocolate Drops Sans Drops. Licorice Drops. A, 5, So Lozenges, io } $6 65 Imperi als Hl 60 Mottoes. as . : : 70 Cream Bar ' ' i. +, oo Molasses Bar ) Hand Made Creams Plain Creams. Decorated Creams String Rock Burnt Almonds, | Wintergreen Be errles ‘ ‘ARAMEL 5, No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb. boxes. 34 No. 1 " mae 51 No. 2 _ , 28 ORANGES 2 50 a 216 3 60 BANANAS Messina, ex choice ¢ choice 300 OTHER POE Figs, fanc , otb 10 Pe ee 14 1b Dates, Fa a 10-Ib. box . ~“ to “ i a * Persian, 50-lb. box NUTS. | Almonds, Tarragona } vy Tvaca. j ve 4 ‘alifornia F ancy, H. E _F , B. Pe Choi Roasted CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. LAMP BURNERS, | No.6 Sun ee rmot “ " i 50 Woe i a a6 oy ee 75 LAMP CHIMNEYS er box 2.2 -. 68 oo 00 210 ot fee 3 25 «2 @ «tse OO a 3 80 No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labs led i. te ‘ : ge, | No. | ta Bastie. No. 1 Sun, } plat n bulb, WwW ‘ per doz rimp, p er doz LAMP WICKS, | No. 0 » per gross 23 No. 1, ce eess 28 ee 38 No. 3 Vis | Mammoth, per doz 7h STONEWARE—AERON, | | Butter Crocks, LteG@8).... 6.4, O68 | “ $ 60 | Jugs, Me gal. r be aa cee euencteecouase 70 | 1 to 4gal., perg EN) a. Miik Pans, %% gal., 60 ' . 1 72 Butter Croc oT Milk Pans, } 65 v 7 78 i ey i ' 14 NEEDED CURRENCY LEGISLATION. | The Silver Purchase Repeal bill hav-| redeemable in silver dollars or in any | ing finally become a law, all danger of the displacement in this country of the gold standard by that of silver, as the re- sult of the Government purchases of the metal, has been averted. Free silver coinage, too, has been so decisively re- jected by the nation, through its repre- sentatives, that further efforts in its be- half are hopeless, and aithough the Re- peal bill has tacked on to it a stump speech in favor of bimetallism it enacts fore, continue to be conducted, as it has been since 1834, on the basis of gold alone. The single gold standard having been thus permanently adopted, the matter nextin order for consideration is the maintenance at par with gold of our sil- ver and paper money. We have now in circulation in the country silver dollars, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. as | have said, the national bank notes are kind of legal tender paper money. At/| DA WSON’S | this moment, therefore, the whole ane! ' 7 of our currency amas aa gold and gold | Pea rl W h Ca i Fla kes, | certificates, amounting in round numbers to $1,200,000,000, remains at par with gold | merely because nobody demands gold for | jit. If the demand should be made, the |Government has only about $85,000,000 | power to procure more. with which to meet it, and it has no It might, in- | deed, get a little, as a matter of favor, nothing practical toward establishing it. | The business of the country will, there- | from the holders of it here and in Eu- rope, by selling them bonds in pursuance of a strained construction of the Resump- | tion act, but it could apply even what it) | thus obtained only to the redemption of | | the old legal tenders and to nothing else. | Senator Sherman, in the last speech which he made in the Senate, just before the passage of the Silver Purchase Re- | peal act, called attention to the small iand diminishing stock of gold in the silver fractional coins and silver certifi- | cates representing dollars, amounting al- together to $448,750,000, and 350,000,000 more are soon to be coined. We have of paper money $346,000,000 old greenbacks, $153,000,000 Treasury notes, and $209,- 000.000 national bank notes. The silver coins and silver certificates derive one- half of their currency value from the fact that they are received by the Gev- Treasury, and read a bill which he pro- posed to offer when the opportunity ar- | | rived for it authorizing the issue of three | | per cent. three-year ‘‘coin’’ bonds to the | jamount of $200,000,000, ‘‘to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain 3 Zz. E A N, Ww HN Oo Z. BE & Oo M EB ‘ the parity of all forms of money coined jor issued by the United States, and to | strengthen and maintain the ,reserve in} ithe Treasury authorized and required” | ernment and by the people as the equiv- | alent of gold, and the greenbacks, the Treasury notes, and the national bank | notes get the whole of theirs from public confidence in their redeemability in gold on presentation. the gold standard for our currency de- } by the Resumption act. Even this pro- iposed act says nothing about ‘‘gold,” | +. It | and, although it speaks of the ‘‘reserve } y é in the Treasury authorized and required”? | | by the Resumption act, it does not estab- | The maintenance of | pends, therefore, entirely upon popular | faith, and to prevent this faith from | being impaired, as it was last spring, by the export of gold from the country, is of the highest importance. Practically, the duty of fortifying it devolves upon the Government alone. not required to pay these depositors, nor debtors their creditors, in actual gold coin. The silver dollars, the greenbacks, lish such a reserve nor require it to be in gold. It has, indeed, frequently been said, and by nobody mere frequently than by | Senator Sherman himself, that the Re- sumption act provides not only for the| redemption in gold of the old legal ten- | cn iders, but for keeping them at par with} The banks are | |gold, and for the establishment and} | maintenance in the Treasury of a gold} tender; the silver certificates are convert- | ible only into silver dollars, and bank notes are payable in anything that is legal tender. The greenbacks and the Treasury notes. if the Government should fail to redeem them in gold on demand, would immediately fall below par in them not only the national bank notes, but the silver coin and the silver certifi- | cates. It is hardly credible, but it is the fact, that Congress has never yet made pro- vision for preventing the depreciation of our currency below par in gold. It has put on record numerous declarations in favor of keeping every dollar equal to ' made for the sale of bonds to replenish | mentioned, also denounced as a breach : ... |or faith the paying out for other pur-| gold, and they would drag down with} . | | poses than the redemption of the green-; {originally provided for redemption pur- | | poses only. every other dollar, and, by implication, | equal to the gold doliar, but it has not clothed the Secretary of the Treasury with the power necessary to make these declarations good. The Resumption act reserve for the purpose of redeeming | } oe i , _.| them in gold, or at least $100,000,000. | and the Treasury notes are by law a legal | A belief that such a provision of law exists led to the alarm felt last spring when the gold in the Treasury fell to near $100,000,000, and to the clamor then | it. Senator Sherman, in the speech just backs of the gold now remaining in the Treasury, on the ground that it was! The truth is that the accum- | ulation of gold to which he refers was made by himself, in 1877 and 1878, when | he was Secretary of the Treasury, upon his own responsibility and without any ; The Resumption act | plainly provided for the retirement and | warrant of law. leancellation of the legal tenders, and | does not mention ‘‘goid” at all, but pro- | vides only for redemption in ‘‘coin,” and it applies to none but the old legal ten- ders. The Sherman act, indeed, author- izes the Secretary to redeem the Treasury notes issued for the purchase of silver bullion ‘‘in gold or silver coin at his dis- cretion,’’ but it does not instruct him how to procure gold, if he should desire to exercise his discretion in favor of that metai. cates are not exchangeable for gold: and, The silver coin and silver certifi- | for nothing else, and when, in 1878, | Congress forbade their retirement and | eancellation it practically forbade their | redemption. Secretary Sherman, how-! ever, ingeniously devised a scheme to! give the act some kind of efficacy. He said in a speech delivered at Toledo, | Aug. 26, 1878: i My predecessors had taken no steps under the provisions of the Resumption act. WhenlI assumed the duties of my! present office I determined it would be necessary to accumulate, in addition to the surplus revenue, the sum of $100,000,- | 000 of gold coin, and that it ought to be accumulated at the rate of $5,000,000 | Case. THE FINEST BREAKFAST DISH C IEF gait TRADE § MARK (9 ati | | | RECISTERED- | } PREPARED BY HERS ay OT ‘ DAWSON BPNCTURERS OF RODUCTS CEREAL FOOD AC, MICHIGAN. Free from Dust and Broken Particles, Put up in neat Cartons of 2 pounds each, 36 Cartons per Case. Sells at 15 cents per package, two packages for 25 cents. Diy Ul. tise Tt! Sold by all jobbers in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Price $3.50 per MANUFACTURED BY DAWSON BROTHERS, Pontiac, Mich. The Following ——— Is the best line of Coffees in the State. All roasted by CHASE & SANBORN. IP YOU WANT THE BEST THESE ARE THE COFFERS FOR YOU YO wif Jewell’s Arabian Mocha, Jewell’s Old Government Java, Jewell’s Old Government Java and Mocha, Wells’ Perfection Java, Wells’ Java and Mocha, Weaver’s Blend, Santora, Ideal Golden Rio, Compound Crushed Java. Above are all in 50-pound cans, ideal Java and Mocha in one and two pound eans. “yy ‘-< ‘3 “#5 » ’ ’ : » ° ~ ~ . ’ _ * fe . -¢- { a month from the -ist of eee to the date of resumption. It is, therefore, to Mr. Sherman and not to Congress that the credit is due of contriving the means of establishing gold payments in 1879, and to say that his device, although adopted and carried out by his successors, has the force of an act of Congress, is to say that which is not true. A clause in the act for ex- tending the charters of the national banks, passed in 1882, and misdescribed by Mr. Sherman as of the priation bills,” did, indeed, reeognize the existence of the 3100,000,000 gold reserve, but it provided no means for keeping it to the $100,000,000 limit. This act is the only ene in the whole body of the acts of Congress which men- tions the reserve fund at all, and when it was under consideration in the Senate, IST, ‘fone appro- up in 1882, several Senators expressed their regret that maintenance no law for the creation or of the fund existed. The fund was referred to as existing in fact, however, and this, they Senator Sherman said in his speech in the Senate, heretofore mentioned: There is no jaw whatever that has any reference to this fund in any of the vari- ous acts that have been passed upon the subject. In any event the Resumption act, it is admitted on all sides, needs an amend- ment providing for the issue of bonds payable expressly in gold, interest, and at a lower rate of interest and for a shorter term than those which are authorized by it as it stands. Conceding that under the act the Seere- tary migbt now sell to maintain gold payments, the only bonds he could offer would be 4 per cent. thirty years to run, 41g per having fifteen years to run, or would himself hoped, suffice. principal and how bonds bonds having cent. bonds 5 per cent. bonds having ten years to run, and all payable in ‘‘coin.” To issue any of these three classes of bonds now would be so extravagantly wasteful that, as Mr. Sherman well said in advocating his proposition for a short term 3 per cent. the Treasury Besides amendment bond, no Secretary of would dare to doit. in this respect there should bea legaliza- tion of the gold fund arbitrarily created by Mr. Sherman in 1877 and 1878 and maintained by his successors, and power should be vested in the Secretary of the Treasury to replenish it whenever it was necessary by the sale of not only tenders, bonds for gold, for the benefit of the old legal but for that of the notes issued for purchases of Even the silver certificates should be made redeemable in gold, as well as in silver, if we are to make effectual the declaration of the Repeal bill in favor of “*such safeguards of leyislation will insure the maintenance of the parity of the coins of the two metals.’’ MATTHEW MARSHALL. ——_ o <> se Treasury silver. as Would Have Created a Sensation. From the Albany Express. Last Sunday a Catskill groceryman, who is prominent in one of the village churches, handed his pastor a notice to read from the pulpit, and was somewhat surprised and indignant when service was concluded, without his announce- ment being read. The minister was equally surprised when about to read the | notice to find the following on the paper: ‘Dear Sir—Please find enclosed $2 for which send me a basket of peaches, if | they are good, also two pounds of cheese and four pounds of good ecodfish.’’ The groceryman had been a little eare- less and got his papers mixed up. | everything to them—took them into my THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. i REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. confidence. In addition to this L let|to one mean?’ as was asked so often them have what they needed for the oles the discussion of the Sherman “Tony” Vidro, the Stocking Street | week in 1891, so that they might begin law. ie / : Gener Denke. the new year by paying cash. i Mectlaeaer teense. ccaani cee a. Anthony Vidro was born in Senete, |think I lost a single customer by the/| thing of finance which they did not know Bohemia, Empire of Austria, in 1859. | change, or, if I did lose any, they were before. H. - father was a farmer and so was not | of so little account that I have forgotten r in a position to give his children many | 41) apont them. Since Jan. 1, 1892, when | POULTRY. educational advantages; in fact, the I closed my books, my business has| Local dealers pay as follows: country did not afford such advantages, | grown steadily and substantially, and is | : DRESSED. except to the rich. ‘“Tony” began his | in every way more satisfactory. I have | ee. an IIS yes school life at 6 years of age in a country made more money and am much better | So ee _ = school which, so far as the subjects off than if I had continued the credit | ie a on (ee taught are concerned, was about ona j business. When I close my store at | Live broilers 19g lbs. to2 lbs. each, per bar with American country schools, but | rion 1 can go home and rest in peace. | seat ie ‘than 1-1% ibs. each, as all schools there are sectarian, much I have no bad accounts to worry over, / ong enone ee oer of the time is taken up with the study of | 44 no dead-beats to wrestle with, and, Fowls er sors i et ey 54@ 6% and examination in the catechism, oA is better than all, 1 don’t have to] xing Deckee BUMMER as 39 that they are far behind Amerizan vear myself out trying to collect money | OILS. schools of a similar grade and nothing pee to pay my bills. As I said in| The Standard So as follows: like as good work is done in them. the cireular I issued to my customers | Bocene. .. ae . sce 814 Tony’s school days ended when he was | tw, years ago, ‘Cash is King,’ and ho | maces. Ye escent onreunnaneree oc 11 years of age, as in that year the family will rule so long as I am engaged in a ae ee 7. emigrated to America, going first to the | pusiness, Nothing could induce me to | Engine ee: 21 city of Chicago, where they remained go pack to the old way of doing business. Black, 1 cold et TANK WAGON. _— ec ag ho i. = It is a delusion and a snare, without a| XXX" W. w. Mich. Heaaifahi 07 5% quainted with Mrs. O’Leary, who owned the cow which kicked over the lamp which started the Chicago conflagration in 1871, having been for seven weeks her ‘next door neighbor.’’ The family came to Grand Rapids in [870, residing first on Davis street. Tony went to work when but 12 years of age in the Widdicomb furniture factory. He ‘‘machine hand’? in this factory for eight years, months, during was a with the exception of six single redeeming feature.’’ Coming to this country at 11 years of age, without a dollar, a stranger to customs and institutions of the country, and unable to speak a word of English, Mr. Vidro has not only mastered the language, which he now speaks readily and fluently, but he has built up a busi- ness and made a place for himself in the | business world of which any man would have good reason to be proud; and this, too, inthe face of obstacles which might thie j > » ; ‘ ‘ + a which time he tried hard to learn shoe well have daunted the heart of one bet- making. Tony says it is the “‘last’’ thing ter equipped than he to face them. His » 4 4 y 9 on earth he wants to work at. When 70 | success is a notable example of what may years of age he rented a building on |p, accomplished by determination and Fourth street and put in a stock of gro- ceries, and began a career as a merchant which has been satisfactory and success- ful to an unusual degree. Two years later he added a small line of dry goods to his business, and in this connection, intelligent perseverence in this ‘‘land of the free.”’ a Takes Issue with Mr. Voigt. GRAND Rapips, Nov. 10—I note that C. G. A. Voigt, in your issue of Nov. 8, says that the repeal of the purchasing too, he has been successful. In the fall | gjause of the Sherman act ‘“‘will show of 1890 he began the erection of a two-|the world that the United States is not story brick block on Stoeking street, into which he moved his business the follow- ing The ground plan of this building measures 50x64 feet, of the most commodious places of busi- summer. and is one ness in the city, outside of Monroe street. Stocking street Mr. Vidro has added clothing and men’s fur- to stock and nearly everything to be class dry he has by cery business, but has pushed it as he has the other departments, until it out- grew its quarters in his own block and he was compelled to rent the adjoining building, 28x64 feet, for its aeecommoda- Since locating on nishings his now carries found in a first- In the meantime means neglected goods store. no his gro- committed to a dual standard of money.” How is it possible for any country to | 99 ‘have a dual standard of money? There has never been a time or country where this has been the fact, although a number of countries have attempted to make it so by law. For many years pre- vious to 1873 both gold and silver were legal tender and legal standards in this country, but gold was the only standard of value, although at one time the differ- ence between the two metals was only 3 per cent. Mr. Voigt also says that the repeal ‘‘will stop the purchase of silver by the Government, which demanded an enor- mous outlay of money every This money will now stay in the treas- ury.” He evidently loses sight of the fact that the silver purchased was paid for with new treasury notes issued for that special purpose and increasing the _—- available currency of the country to that Mr. Vidro is a member of the lL. O. O. | extent. F., Knights of the Golden Eagle and This is not written in criticism of Mr. : Voigt, personally, except as he repre- Royal Arcanum, He was married in 1887 to Miss Josephine Roth, who has been a most efficient helper in the business. Mrs. Vidro is a lady of more than aver- age business ability and to her he owes a large share of his success. They have one child, a manly little boy of 5 years. About two years ago Mr. Vidro began} which Mr. Voigt used, of which the} doing business for cash and now his best ;@rand Rapids Democrat was one. As i . i most people look to the press for much | friend cannot get credit in his store.| 96 tor knowledge, such statements | He was the first grocer in the city to/ lead the people astray and should be cor- | abolish credit. —— I began doing| rected. Our country can never settle on | business for cash,” said Mr. Vidro, ‘| 4 Stable and right financial policy until | was afraid I should lose my trade; but lL talked with my customers and explained sents the carelessness of a large number of business men in thinking and speak- ing of financial matters. If representa- tive business men like Mr. Voigt can make such mistakes, what can we expect | from the average citizen? A number of leading newspapers have used the same argument against silver the average citizen knows much more on | the subject than he seems to now, and it | will be imposssble for apparently intelli- gent people to ask, ‘‘what does sixteen | the | month. | ‘A LADY'S GENUINE : VICI : Plain toe in opera od opera toe an Cc. S. he a SHOE, D and E and E E widths, at $1.50. Patent leather tip, $1.55. Try them, they are beauties. Stock soft and fine, Hexible and elegant fitters, Send for sample dozen. REEDER BROS. SHOE CO, Grand Rapids, Mich. Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent County Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIDS ,MICH. CovovE, Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. S. VerpieER, Cashier. K. Van Hor, Ass’t C's’r. Transacts a General Banking Business, duo. A. T. 2.0’ Brien, A.J. Bowne, Henry Idema, A. McKee, a. Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits, | DIRECTORS: | Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, | Jno. W. Blodgett, J. A. S. Verdier. Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, (juick Sellers, WHAT? THE NEW FALL LINE Manufactured by SNEDICOR & HATHAWAY, DETROIT, MICH All the Novelties in Lasts and Patterns. ——_—_-}———_-__ | State Agents Woonsocket and Lyco- ming Rubber Co. 0 Dealers wishing to see the line address F. A. Cadwell, 41 Lawn Court, Grand Rapids, Mich. THE MICHIGAN TTRADHSMAN. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence. New York, Nov. 11—During the past week trade in this city has been very fair, as regards the volume done. It | certainly is a fact that there is a better | feeling in the grocery trade since elec- tion, as the result leads many to believe that the administration will take it asa warning that no change in the present tariff will be tolerated atthistime. Job- bers are encouraged, and are going to work with renewed hope. Retail gro- cers are selling as many goods as usual, but this rule is not true in all retail branches, for many of the big stores up- town are getting along with much less help than usual. Collections from the interior are slow, and not as good, in fact, as a fortnight ago. In this respect we are hoping for something better further on. The demand for sugar has greatly lessened lately and those who made lib- eral purchases, thinking there would be another dearth, are now kicking them- selves. Some large dealers are said to have lost considerable money by the re- cent decline. Granulated is now sell- ing at 4%c. Coffee is selling slowly., Purchasers are not buying large amounts and the market is a waiting one. Brazil No. 7 is worth 18 4c. Canned goods are on a decline and the rush after tomatoes has come to an end. Maryland goods are offered at 97¥%e and New Jerseys at $1 per dozen here. Peaches, $1.25@1.40 for standard yel- lows. Gallon pie peaches can be called searce. They fetch $2.20@2.50 per case. Corn, dull and unchanged at $1.10@1.20 for Maine. Lemons are meeting with very little inquiry. They are selling for $1.75@ 4.25 per box, the latter for fruit which is strictly fancy. Oranges are worth $5.25 for repacked Jamaicas and $1.25@2.50 for Floridas. Many Florida oranges ar- riving are in very poor condition and must be disposed of at once. Apples are selling at prices ranging from $2.75@3 for Greenings to $4.25 for Kings. Cran- berries are in liberal supply and fancy sorts can be purchased at $4.75. Other fresh fruits are selling slowly and at nominal prices. In domestic dried fruits there has been a slump and prices are unsteady. For evaporated apples 10¢c is almost the out- side price. Dried Delaware peaches, 16 (@18e; cherries, 9@11c; apricots, 11@13¢; California unpeeled peaches, 9@10c. Foreign dried fruits are not selling at all, in comparison with other years, and dealers are ‘‘down in the mouth.” Cur- rants can be purchased for 1°4c¢, or even less, in barrels; Valencia raisins, to ar- rive, 6c; French prunes, 6'/c, to arrive. The arrivals of molasses are not alto- gether satisfactory as to quality and this suspicion affects the price accordingly. New crop New Orleans, 36@37e for fair | and up to 42e for choice. Syrups are | selling slowly at 12@25e. Butter is dull and weak. The market} is very unsteady. Best State and West- | ern creamery, 27(@28c, and so on downto} 20¢ for a third-rate Western. Cheese, in sympathy with butter, is also dul! and in very light demand, selling at 10@12%c. Western eggs, if good quality, 25@2614e¢. Receipts of eggs quite liberal, but there is always ready sale for first-class stock. The latest thing out seems to be maple sugar from California—a genuine article. | JAY. Eighty-Nine Out of One Hundred and Twenty. | } | i | — ~—-— 2. => } | i | | | | At an examination session of the State | Board of Pharmacy, held at Lansing last | week, there were 120 applicants, of whom 27 passed the required examination and | will receive pharmacists’ certificates: 52 | will receive assistants’ certificates, and | 31 failed to pass. The following named | persons received certificates as regis- | tered pharmacists: H. Biddlecomb, Detroit: J. C. Brock- man, Bettsville, O.; H. V. Buell, Mal- vor, 0.: 5S. D. Collins, Hart. J. J. Fitz- gerald, Hart; F. W. Gallagher, Racine, O.; C.S. Gibson, Batesville, O.: J. H. Goodhue, Detroit; T. D. Harris, Owosso; | H. Heffieblower, Detroit; J. H. Joyce, Detroit; M. E. Keyes, Morenci; F. K. Kineaid, Hersey; J. S. Kerchner, De- troit; F. M. Klussman, Ada, O.; W. B. ’ Knapp, Grand Rapids; W. H. Lamb, Ada, O.; F. J. Lane, Detroit; J. D. Lober, | Jerusalem, O.; N. T. MeLean, Chatham, | Ont.; G. Martin, Litchfield; D. C. Mohler, Carleton, O.; H. A. McKenna, Yale; H. | J. Neville, Green Bay, Wis.; H. W. | Packert, Detroit; B. J. Palver, Ypsilanti; T. M. Richardson, Windsor, Ont.; E. J. Riordan, Sauit Ste. Marie; R. D. Rowley, Ypsilanti; W. A. Rudell, Sault Ste. Ma- rie; C. E. Shindler, New Corydon, O.; C. Schriben, Moravia, O.; E. D. Taylor, Ozark, 0.; H. J. Thompson, Manchester, O.; J. H. Vold, Pigeon Falls, Wis.; E. A. Webb, Casnovia; C. E. Woolloy, Brown City. Assistant Pharmacists—H. Agnes, Ot- tawa, O.; R.S. Armstrong, Chelsea; E. | Bassett, Grand Rapids; J.C. Belcher, | Windsor, Ont.; H. C. Blair, Leslie; Flor- ence Burch, Adair; George J. Buss, De- trot; H. W. Cadwell, Detroit; F. B. Chadwell, Detroit; E. M. Clapp, Oshtemo; M. &. Cooper, Jackson: P. J. De Prose, Grand Rapids. E. Eastman, Detroit; B. C. Fish, Edwardsburg; C. E. Foster, Webberville; J. M. Freeman, St. Charles; A. E. Fuller, Richmond; Sama Gallagher, Saginaw; G. G. Gardner, North Star; G. W. Gankell, Bay City; M. E. Gibson, Lansing; R. Goodfellow, Clio; F. J. Greene, Detroit; F. W. Hamilton, St. Cnaries; J. M. Hines, Ada, 0.- C. 0. Hubbell, Jackson; N. E. Leighton, Kala- mazoo; W. F. Launt, Kalkaska: L. O. Loveland, Charlotte; G. J. Menold, Lu- ther; E. L. Moore, Melvin; J. Murray, Merrill; F. L. Melelintic, Charlotte; G. H. McGillivray, Muir; J. M. McGregor, Ann Arbor; J. A. McOmber, Hastings; A. McWain, Fenton; C. Niendorf, Colon; E. E. Ormsby, Clio; C. H. Patterson, St. Johits; W. J. Reid, Port Huron: J. H. Scott, Carland, O.; L. C. Smith, West Branch; V. Homar, Fowlerville: L. P. Vogel, Chelsea; E. Wallace, Detroit; F. W. Withelm, Bay City; B. Whitniore, South Haven; W. D. Hammond, Au Sable; R. H. Leece, Munith; W. B. Winthrow, Oscoda; F. G. Thatcher, Nashville. The next meeting of the Board for the examination of candidates will be held at Saginaw on the second Tuesday of Janu- ary, 1894. The Board adopted a resolution requir- ing all applicants for examination in the future, as registered pharmacists, to have had at least three years’ actual ex- perience in a drug store where physi- cians’ prescriptions are compounded; and applicants for certificates as registered assistants must have had two years’ ac- tual experience. One month in acollege of pharmacy will be counted as two months’ experience in a store, provided the applicants have had at least four months’ actual experience in a drugstore under the supervision of a_ registered pharmacist. This resolution will not affect applications now on file with the, soard, upen which applicants are still entitled to examinations. > © => What Constitutes a Transient Mer- chant. From the Mancelona Herald. Considerable interest has been mani- | fested in the case against Moses Yolem- | stein, a clothier from Traverse City, who | {is here with a bankrupt stock of goods ; and who was arrested Monday by the vil- lage authorities, charged with being a transient dealer and selling goods with- outa license. It is claimed by many | that the ordinance under which he was | tried is unconstitutional, but we under- | Stand that the same ordinance is now in | effect in Kalamazoo and that it has been tested in the courts. The case was tried | before Justice Kimball, and resulted ina | disagreement of the jury. On Tuesday the case was again brought totrial, when the defendant was acquitted. The main question involved was as to whether the defendant was a transient dealer or not. He pleaded his own case and proved that he had rented the store building for a month in advance, which was for as long a time as most permanent dealers paid their rent. The burden of proof rested with the village, and while it is one thing to be a transient dealer, it is some- times quite another thing to prove it. | | | Vegetable Scoop Forks. ee i a LL aa ta oot > Sa ee ET In shoveling potatoes or other vegetables from wagon box or floor with the forks as they have been made, either the load on the fork must be forced up hill sharply, or the head of the fork lowered as the push con- tinues. If the head of the fork is lowered the points will be raised and run into the potatoes. The sharp edge of oval-tined forks will bruise pota- toes and beets, and the ordinary points will stick into them. These difficulties are entirely overcome by our SCOOP FORK. It has round tines and flattened points. OUT RAISING THE POINTS. work. 1T WILL LOAD TO THE HEAD WITH- It also holds its load and hangs easy to The superiority of our SCOOP FORK over the wire scoop is in its much greater durability and handiness. and will last for years. It is all made from one piece of steel The utility of this fork is not limited to vegetables. It will be found excellent for handling coal, lime, sawdust, fine manure and a great variety of uses. STERZT EVENS e ONRQ MONROR and FRIDAY, DEC. 1, WNT 183 It will pay merchants to see our samples and learn our reduced prices of the balance of our stock of READY MADE CLOTHING. Having been established for thirty-six years is, we trust. sufficient proof of our stability. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO, or you_ can write our Michigan representative, MR. WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., to call upon you, and buy or not buy, we will thank you for the compliment. WIGHAEL KOLB & SON Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers, ROCHESTER, N. Y. WILLIAM CONNOR will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich.. on THURSDAY, NOV. 30’ Customers’ expenses allowed who meet him there. . a ie »™ i bd . a * , r tC FULL CREAM CHEESE} 4. GRANDRAPIDS, 7 | ¥ MICH. fh. > I # va i ntl { QUALITY WINS! rm t ee ‘= And you can depend on the best qual- ity when you buy this Brand. THE ABOVE BRANDS, Royal Patent, Crescent, White Rose, Are sold with our personal guarantee. If you are not now handling any of our brands, we solicit a trial order, confident that the ex cellent quality of our goods and the satisfaction of your customers will impel you to become a ' { | If You Want Good, Ligh, Sweet Bread and Biscuits USE -FERMENTUM THE ONLY RELIABLE COMPRESSED YEAST SOLD BY ALL FIRST-CLASS GROCERS. a MANUFACTURED BY TheFermentUm Company MAIN OFFICE: CHICAGO, 270 KINZIE STREET. MICHIGAN AGENCY: GRAND RAPIDS, 106 KENT STREET. Address all communications to THE FERMENTUM CO. Glass Covers for Biscuits. Cracker Chests. 7 ‘HESE chests wil] soon pay for themselves in the breakage they avoid. Price $4. UR new glass covers are by far the handsomest ever offered to the trade. They are made to fit any of our boxes and can be changed from one box to anotherin a moment. They will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. NEW NOVELTIES. We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: CINNAMON BAR. CREAM CRISP. NEWTON, arich finger with fig filling. the best selling cakes we ever made. ORANGE BAR. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. This is bound to be one of Correspondence solicited. regular customer. ‘VOIGT MILLING CO. |S. A. Sears, Mgr. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO.,, GRAND RAPIDS. ~H. LEONARD & SONS, { WHOLESALE CROCKERY, LAMPS AND HOLIDAY GOODS, f° GREAT SPECIAL SALE OP LAMPS. a * GOLDEN : WEDDING NO. 7-D NO. 388 LIBRARY LAMPS = Contains six Decorated Bisque finish! Removable Brass Founts. Each Lamp has a different decoration |Lamps, with No. 1 Royal Center Draft) except chimners) five of the lamps have 30 cut y on delicate tinted Bisque ground. All| B e aie . ¢ a ees glass prisms each. ; oc s, re ! ass fc s, | y . = have Royal Center Draft Burners, re- | PUPPETS, removabie brass founts, 10 In-) No. 3 Arctic Burners and Tri-| A NO. 30 ASSORTMENT. | | a swarm 44) r ' ’ - } . i‘ — pe ~ =» . ~ ASSORTMENT. ASSORTMENT. ASSORTMENT oe Oe a ee STANTIAL STOCK, . Assorted Packages Decorated|The Cheapest Center Draft) Contains Six Beautiful Deco- Vase Lamps. Lamp on. the Market. rated Vase Lamps, three , ’ Colors, Assorted ' Decorations. | 7 " ( 4 it + a aw YY ~~ 4 ¥ 4 { | = é - | | . | | 2 . ra s 10 in. Ring Dome Shades. | Six beautiful lamps, all spring extensions, 29 | rich gold, beautifully decorated, bisque finish 1 | shades and founts to match, trimmed complete movable brass founts, and 10 in. dome| | Dome Shades. ds trac ~—_ i | po 8. shades to match. . : | | 6 only Lamps as above (complete 16 only, Lamps as above (complete | One No. 079, nies each gerietsteresenes esos $7 = Ss " : , oN ink ooh ae 4 90] ma Soe tas. o » |