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HE STANDS CONDEMNED. majority Deacon Ellis, with a bare of over his opponent, } | the inte OL TOFtTY-Sevel stands condemned by respectable and responsible men. of Grand Rapids No man who I: claim to de cency voted for No man who has any self respect voted for Ellis. His |Support came trom the crim : 1 . L, ne al > L er inal classes, such as. saloonkeepers, i ee bartenders and gamblers; cheap poli- aia ey oa an fo win he Fes 6 ticians' and officeholders: men Were promised [llis property in the eve holders WHO are alle ged have been intimidated the Board of Assessors / Wie eed ine PHICKE, Mr pursued a mor telling a fe\ his campaign he infa conduc inst 1 fa V employe aga 1 strife and and thus stir up where peace and contentment prevail, the result would probably have been different. A high minded campaign might do under ordinary conditions, but when one of the con- 1 one -KNOW ing it to be f: -and does no hesitate to resort to any infamy to accomplish his purpose, a clean cam- paign on the other side is not ade- t quate to the occasion. There is nom- ruld be no reason why the ination) of Deacon Ellis sh followed by his election. The Demo crats have nominated a fai good He means, but he is so fa —moral- ly other respect—that he ought to receive the man for the office of Mayor. not an ideal candidate | r ahead of intellectually and in every of every decent man in the city. he has never conducted a ga establishment VOte True, m bling Ob taro, bank and waxed fat on ill gotten gains. He has never destroyed happy homes and sent men to State prison for embez- ziement He has never broken women’s hearts and from their employers. ariven| children into pauperism. In- stead he established a fac- furniture tory when a very young man and has built up a business along reasonably He has kept his own cerrect lines. ‘lligent, | counsel, kept faith with his friends land undertaken to establish a reputa- forced to whe ) 1/ and | to | here of | OY MIeCMIDETS 01 bitterness | now | is | tion among his neighbors and asso- ciates as a good business man and an As between the two li the upright citizen. men there is no comparison. voters of Grand Rapids permit Dea- con Ellis to be elected, when they can cast their votes for a man like David Uhl, the Tradesman will be concede that Civic Rizht- usness 1S sometimes a fraud and a |farce and that good citizenship is a : byword and a scorn. CASH VALUE OF PROMPTNESS. ‘ : id you know that you can pay 2 Or 5 cents on a letter to Germany, as iyou pre € 1¢ yet Sia 6 @ilv ry 1s O Ssurer in the one case than the! ot Che difference is simply one| t ie t~ Yr promptness 1f the 2 cent stamay attached the letter will go on thi | St steame landin it a. German! { but with t - } | port DUE WIT tie ent attachment} will oo 1 ‘ { OA ad it W ) yV i Stest STC AIC! thoug a trans IS made to get 1 ti ma Sery S al : C € oO TSO x“ Wi 1 1 Say tt S NOt WOFh tat price Tr. waa { teh. ay € Nere S Oredt Taat Ti = (eal Of Mis 2 or 5 cent businiess on he ON im a very much less satist + } wy Way, Just Decause One IS never + , + } ¢ ; LE ¢ AEter Line payYIMeEnt 1s mInade tilat uP? ‘ } 1 the COELIVET yY \ ) in accordance vith ao ment With the zeneral] Dractt ( de] vering 2OO0dGS Nn the ty IrOTMIpIness 1 CHS ESDECI 1S 1 Dligatory to su SIs the h € : : wi vho orders fresh bread for din an ] f ’ E re wants it before the hour of serv ing lf she orders m handise o ily SOrt sent to the house at a cer fain tie. even thoueh | al le ae tai Ime, even though the soods ar not wanted for mmediate u | Lot antec O mmediate ws the Ve Promptly may neces canceling some important ness man orders is even more insistent upon delivery at th pecified time If you make a busi ss of dallying your trade will dally correspondingly If you agree to ce iver a ckage at the station in time for a certain train or trolley car and are a minute behind time, one cus- tomer is lost and you do) not know How far the ripples of your dilatory spirit wall scatter \ny one who tries an be prompt. The sooner you get the habit, the better you will suc- lor reputation’s sake, zet it A The man who will not be good until he knows it pays pays too much for the goodness he gets. There’s a world of difference be- tween trying to have people like you and learning to like them. THE WHEEL HOE. lt 1s none t060 soon to «et h 1 1 1 . ' wheel hoe and other garden imple 1 ‘ 1 tenes tO the front (set peopl 1 1 1 * EEGFOSted im then and am il M Lielr uses While the best ntorn far I kn , 4 1 ] hat FATINErS KHOW Hi a2 Lene ll Vay \ { ‘ > } 4) 1 ‘ st | S Lee? TOF tnes¢ IMpiemen ( i one in twenty realizes what a sav > | Eneéy are to the @ardenet it yo al 1 convince him of half their n ts he Wl ave on vith all the attach-| ments | | Show him that the eC itting at-| t nie! IS as €asy ft fH as re | ] 1 1 LW MIOWer: that it eps e@ ground mely pulverized’ for a couple of % 1 . iches below the surface, besides t ting a clean swathe of weeds where 1 + y 1 1 = t oes that His wie 1 K yt ' : 1 en im Orde Arter Ae ha t one the e€avic WOrk that SUDPpPIy 1 sh vegetab i LDI€ much easietl hat oi S| ve the cookstove ) yarIne \ ai sis 4 The se f will say n h n ( ab I VI t| tsOl ni¢ Cie foes and we ers } d Dp 1 mh better than it is possible t cd Ww Or ad th V ) rt ) ch +77 \ 1 nore SDCeaILY \ 1} earned the art of easy carde y . ' ylantin 1 ne G : 1: mM bout Ve { st d1es metimes s ) ( ti ) ~ 1 ; {a Q ClOGCS Of ¢ t | { 1 } 1 to criwsh them VI whe h Sire not oO eithe: res Bes Ges. i > quickly vailable to na WwW minttes Spare time w n | ‘ 1 1 ae | I{ VE Id mot pay tO Itch p hors | | 1 1 e it speedily WOrkKsS ttp CO OT 11 wi 14 1 tO 1¢ muicn ind those Virke ;: q 1 7 ie + <1 rarden plot inclined to bake will bs : | ; : surprised at the complete change i .. es i £ thea i| 11 | the Nature Of Ene Soil t Singic| season. | | . THE DIGNITY OF LABOR. | | - . 1 e 1 | No single feature in the recent | 7 i 1. : Ls 4 Geese aes 1 1 a elopement which surprised Washing- | high life tended more t the paternal ton tion displeasure eves of the Amer ne Tay bride’s denial of the Ske was a shop cirl I[t mat tle to a sensible public what mo so that it 1s honest, res Marden s: right to well dnoe, world has a for our own rating. we may expect others Dut if 1 if we stand up bol speak for itself a work same, let it dcne which best there is not to be honest day our ashamed. laborer is much respect ficial, recognized by the poet long ago, and still unquestioned among j | | ican people than the | | | If we belt rter we as the highest of providing he has done his best. There is true nobility in honest toil, 1 ;}peopie QO San dly and ; have of hing entitled thinking has as much richt [The shop girl who is née SHOp git l 1 faithful to respect capa- duty the ie, imdustrious and 1 to as laughte1 law of a cabinet member. of our greatest men and wom ha made menial labor a step pin One to stccess But they did by raising their work to a level th their aims \braham Lincoln sot more real pleasure out of the first lollar he ever earned, by rowing some passengers im a rude flatboat to \ steamer in the Mississippi, than in all the ihe Iks of life Was in ishamed t?.|6NG He made nc ut doing it “for acc dation’ OT HythmMme t! sort He vas in #] ace £0 in honest liv ng While President he related th dent to one oO 1 own cabinet membet evident satisfaction \ll | reSt {1 Wik 1 table ()t ( S ¢ ( nd gerade SOM nN Onge!l id Dette Dp id ; t] = \ml 1 a te vet ( th ( D ’ \ Covpviye \ 0 de pon the lower ones FOUR KINDS CF SHAMS. CTE the vorld d spis Ss an insincere li s be lackit 1 the ¢ it “ n 0) k 1 man ( t \ () ST | be T 2 nN | I nd tI © of ta 5 | S$ 1s a lone o1 but t beta, : aa Birst. { Ss {) S¢ t sham ie) t¢ f Wne?g TESHeEec bil t\ vet < ) 5S So tandit o I f oh alway HW of snotheri he siness shams. They at tHe 1 1 n hirk ho d Spise ou t d q ii¢ int 1] ] ) ‘ nwilline to pay +] ( renuine s | ( elig m They here t is honorab to be Chris tia? Phe want that honor without the wort They c erfeit the gen ne thing | e skeptic shams. All sym hiz vith the earnest and hone loub this kind of a sham is Iway cusing Christians of cant mn ine tmseli is a f d ry \lmighty demands absolute he ty of heart. He is more patient ith rlots than with hypocrites C hrist ver spoke a harsh word to he owed sinner, but with wha orchinge phrase did He speak to the fics of His day. Se Make people think better of them selves and you will not need to w or Many who talk about giving their irts to the Lord try to prove it by heartlessness to men. The new day comes by sitting up at night worrying over it. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 16, 1910 MEN OF MARK. Col. Wm. V. Jacobs, Nature Lover and Railway Promoter. In every business community there are certain men who stand in the re- lation to the public that was occupied by the minute men at the time of the Revolution. They are sometimes the direct descendants of those citizen soldiers of more than 100 years ago and often possess hereditary charac- teristics of their ancestors. In the history of nations there is no more conspicuous and _ inspiring figure than the minute man of the American Revolution. He was an in- dividual type, having no parallel in any of the other great conflicts of the past. There have been other re- bellions, when the people sprang to arms to resist unjust taxation and Oppressive measures, but no other rebellion or revolution has brought forth the type of man whose purity of purpose and steadfastness of in- tent were so evident. The minute man was a man of peace made a man Of war by necessity, yet he stood as self-sacrificing and as willing to do his duty as the man inflamed by patriotic passion. The minute man appeared not in the role of an aggressor so much as in the part of a defender. He had no intention of firing the first shot or striking the first blow; but when that shot had been fired and that blow had been struck he was as steadfast in defending himself and his home and his sturdy principles as he would have been had he been the first to make assault. To be a minute man means to be a dependence and a defense in time of sudden need—to be conservative and yet steadfast and to be ever ready to protect the public good and to preserve life and property. The minute man in business possesses the same characteristics: In times of business peace he is merely a part of the people; in times of business tur- moil he springs into view as sprang his ancestors of old at Lexington and Concord, When necessity arises he is found a live, active factor in the midst of the turmoil hastening the return of peace. William Vaughan Jacobs was born at West Chester, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1853. His father descended from Welch Quakers, his great great grand- father having come over with John Penn, brother of William Penn, and lecated in Pennsylvania. Mr. Jacobs attended the schools of his native town until he was 17 years of age, when he secured a clerkship in the bank which was then managed by Wayne MacVeagh, who afterwards became Attorney General of the Unit- ed States. Three years later he set his face toward the setting sun and located in Chicago, arriving there April 3, 1873. His first employment was in the banking house of Lunt. Preston & Keen. Four months later the manager of this house recom- mended him to the position of private secretary to Paul Cornell, who was a large operator in real estate. He remained with Mr. Cornell in this capacity for three years, during a por- tion of which time he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Cornell Watch Co., at Grand Crossing. In 1876 he engaged in the real estate and loan business on his own account, which he continued with success until 1891, when he undertook the exploitation oi the Calumet Electric Railway. This road connected Pullman with South Chicago and Roseland, a distance of forty-eight miles. His associates in this enterprise were N. K. Fairbanks, J D. Harvey, S. E. Cross, Columbus Cummings and John Turnbull. It was the pioneer electric railway line in Chicago and it has become one of the best paying properties of the kind in that city, owing to the rapid development of the region which it serves. In 1893 Colonel Jacobs made large purchases of lands at Glencoe, on the survey which follows the lake region as far as Gull Lake, when the road branches off in two directions—south- east of Battle Creek and southwest of Kalamazoo. So sanguine was’ the Colonel regarding the success of this proposition that he purchased a con- siderable portion of the right of way and a large number of farms along the line of the proposed road. Wherever he found a good location for a resort he purchased the entire property, so as to control the char- acter of the resort absolutely. Ter- minals have been arranged for in all three cities and as soon as a $2,000,- coo bond issue can be placed the con- struction of the road will be begun. The advantage the road will be to Grand Rapids and her sister cities can never be computed. Not only Col, William V. Jacobs North shore, the exploitation of which kept him extremely busy for a matter of ten or twelve years. He was one of the promoters of the Skokie Club, which is now regarded as one of the finest zolf clubs in the West. It has a considerable amount of timber in the shape of original forest trees, one of which—an enor- mous elm—was named after the Col- onel on account of the work he did in acquiring the lands and laying them out. About six years ago Col. Jacobs had his attention called to the desir- ability of an interurban line between Battle Creek and Grand Rapids. He traversed the proposed route a num- ber of times and had seven different surveys made. He finally selected a will it tend to enlarge the trade of both wholesale and retail merchants, but it will enhance the value of every village lot and every farm along the toad and cause new villages and towns to spring into existence which will develop into strong and perma- nent trading communities. Col. Jacobs was married November 19, 1890, to Miss Mary Whipple, of Winonta, Minnesota. Her father, Wm. J. Whipple, was editor of the Winonta Herald for forty years. Three children have been born into the family—Elliott, aged 18; Whipple, aged 13, and Katherine, aged 11. The family are all Episcopalians, being members of St. Elizabeth’s church, of Glencoe. Col. Jacobs was a member of the First Cavalry, Illinois National Guard, for ten years, from 1877 to 1887. He started as First Lieutenant and end- ed as Lieutenant Colonel, which gave him command of the regiment. Col. Jacob’s maternal grandfather was an English sea captain, who came to Norfolk, Virginia, in 17094 from the Bermudas, bringing his slaves with him. In 1804 he was elected Mayor of Norfolk, when tha: honor was considered by the Vir- ginians to be third only to the Pres ident of the United States and the Governorship of Virginia. His grand- father, Commodore Jesse D. Elliott, was Captain of the Niagara in the battle of Lake Erie. Before the bat- tle he took two rowboats and cap- tured the gun boats, Detroit and Cale- donia, from the British under the guns of Fort Erie. For this service he was thanked by Congress and voted a sword. In the battle of Lake Erie his ship was made the flagship of the fleet by Commodore Perry aft- er the Lawrence had been sunk. For the part he took in this battle he was thanked by Congress and voted a gold medal. The Legislature of Pennsylvania also voted him a medal for heroic service in this engagement. Col. Jacob’s great grandfather, Col. Robert Elliott, who served all through the Revolutionary War, was killed by the Indians in Muskingum Valley. Ohio. He was Colonel on General Mad Anthony Wayne’s staff. His father’s great great grandfather, Col. Thomas K. Bull, who served through the Revolutionary War, was captured and confined in the prison ship, Jer- sey, for several months. His father was a member of the Legislature that voted a charter to the Pennsylvania Railroad. He is one of the few mem- bers of that body who did not accept a gift from the railroad and he never consented to accept a pass from the Transportation Company later on. Col. Jacobs lost one brother by ill- ness during the siege of Vicksburg, in which he was engaged. Col. Jacobs has two hobbies—a love for country life and a love for flow- ers. For many years he maintained a greenhouse of his own on_ his premises at Glencoe and not anything pleases him more than an opportunity to discuss the subject of flowers with experts. He is passionately fond of the country and his highest ambition is to be a factor in the building up of the country between the different terminals of his road. He owns a fine farm on Gull Lake, where he spends his summers and vacation pe- riods and where he entertains his friends with princely prodigality. He has many plans for the development of the lake rezion in the shape of re- Sorts, vegetable, fruit and dairy farms and intensive farming, and those who know him well and are familiar with his ambitions in this direction share his enthusiasm along these lines. ‘Peronally Col. Jacobs is one of the most companionable of men. He is wonderfully well informed on nearly every subject upon which the averaze business man is able to converse. He is a prodigious reader, a fluent writer and an apt conversationalist. His Presence is an inspiration at any so- cial gathering. His long residence (Continued on page six) a 1910 —————, ——— He end- rave ther who 1794 his was that Vir- res the ind- lott, the bat- cap- ale- the vice and ake ship aft- For was La of dal nt. Ol, igh by ley. ral His Jol. izh red er- her hat nia m - ept ver the on. ill- , in Ze fer Tis Ice oa March 16, 1910 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ‘*The Crowning Attribute of Lovely Woman Is Cleanliness’’ NAIAD Odorless Hygienic Dress Shield SUPREME IN Beauty, Quality and Cleanliness Possesses Two Important and Exclusive Features It does not deteriorate with age and fall to powder in the dress—can be easily and quickly sterilized by immersing in boiling water for afew secondsonly. Atthe stores, or sam- ple pair on receipt of 25 cents. Every pair guaranteed. The C. E. CONOVER CO., Mfrs. 101 Franklin Street, N. Y. STRAW HATS You will soon have How is your stock of Straw Hats? a demand for this line of merchandise. We carry a large line of Men’s, Boys’, Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Hats. Alsoa splendid line of Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Spring Caps. It will pay you to see our line before p.acing orders. P. STEKETEE & SONS Wholesale Dry Goods Grand Rapids, Mich. The 20th Century Wardrobes are as essential to the general store—that handles men’s and ladies’ ready-to-wear garments—as to the exclusive clothier and ready-to-wear garment houses—in fact more so. The 20th century wardrobe system is endorsed by every merchant who usesthem They last a iifetime and the expense to change from the old to the new systemissmall. Let usteliyouaboutit. Write for catalogue T. Our New 1910 Cases represent years of experience. Every weak point eliminated. Thatis why we recognize no competition. Grand Rapids Show Case Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. | | | | | | | | | Our Engineers’ Coats and Overalls are not the kind usually sold by job- bers—jobbers’ goods are ‘‘skimped” in cutting and making whenever necessary. It’s simply a case of making fabric and workmanship fit the price. Empire garments are always cut to fit the Ask our salesman about the new numbers wearer regardless of the price. we are showing. Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. Exclusively Wholesale Grand Rapids, Mich. Communion Suits In Long Pants and Knicker Pants Now Is the Time to Place Your Order H. A. SEINSHEIMER & CO. Manufacturers PERFECTION CINCINNATI et. pe aie ee ot a Mitbenees oa SS ee onal BPR IRI ROR LM NETRA RIN MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Sees eee ee = = ———er JAM pete (=? SSS—_ | IYO “SS OOS Movements of Merchants. Rapid City—Daniel Huff has closed his meat market. Charlotte—John Bodell has opened a meat market here. Grand Ledge—A. C. Davis has sold his drug stock to A. O. Halsted. Portland—Frank Erdman succeeds Barton Bros. in the meat business. Petoskey—Thomas J. Carroll will shortly engage in the shoe business. Portland—H. F. Caswell will open a women’s and men’s furnishing store here. Adrian—Louden Bros. will shortly Open a grocery store in the Masonic Temple. West Highland—Walter Marshall has sold his general stock io J. &, Arthur & Son. Battle Creek—Jones & Fitzgerald have engaged in the sheet metal and repair business here. Detroit — The Payette-Reese Co., wholesale cigars, has changed its name to the Payette-Walsh Co. Hancock—Stern & Field will open a clothing and men’s furnishing store here under the management of Hugo Field. South Boardman—J. C, Darling has sold his stock of groceries and meats to Charles Weaver, recently of Man- celona. Detroit—The capital stock of Mc- Donnell Brothers Co., wholesale prod- uce, has been increased from $5,000 to $15,000. Fowler—Charles Dane has sold his steck of general merchandise to Frank Becker, who took immediate possession, Ovid—Redfern Bros, & Annis have leased the store formerly occupied by C. E. Jillson and will put in a gen- eral stock. Keeler—Fred Acker and Floyd Kel- ley, of Dowagiac, have formed a co- Partnership and engaged in the meat business here. Channing—Khoury Bros., who con- duct two stores at Iron Mountain, have formulated plans to open a gen- eral store here. St. Johns—A. H. Burk has sold his interest in the notion stock of Burk Bros. to his brother, Frederick, who is now sole owner. Newaygo—William F. Quirk has seld his interest in the Gale Chair Co. to Joseph Schneider and Henry Allman, of Chicago. Ovid—C. E. Jillson has moved his general stock to Bancroft, where he has purchased an interest in the John Watson general stock. Nunica—Chauncey Westover has purchased the general stock of War- ten Reynolds and will continue the business at the same location. Lansing—The Beck & Cole Co., grocer, has changed its name to the Ir. B. Cole Co. and increased its capi- tal stock from $20,000 to $30,000. Owosso—If Shiawassee county goes dry at the spring election, John Leh- ner will dispose of his saloon fixtures and engage in the hardware business. Allegan—Because of inability to se- cure a building suitable to their busi- ness through the summer Cronkhite & Sons have closed their meat mar- ket. St. Johns—Charles Walsh, recently of Howell, has purchased the bazaar stock of Louis Seigel and will con- tinue the business at the same loca- tion. Plainwell—Wilson & Mann, mar- ble dealers, have dissolved _ partner- ship, Caleb Wilson purchasing the interest of his Partner, Rudolphus Mann. Kalamazoo—Richard Harvey has purchased an interest in the grocery business conducted here by his broth- er-in-law, Sam Treloar, formerly of Negaunee. Kalamazoo—Geo. S. Surplice has engaged in the drug business here. He was for several years prescription clerk for John DeKruif, the Grand Rapids druggist. Eaton Rapids—William Stirling has sold a half interest in his stock of furniture to \W. O. Markle and the business will be continued under the style of W. O. Markle & Co. Bangor—S. Martindale & Son have purchased the shoe stock of Casper Oppenheim and moved it to their Store. They have also added a line of ladies’ and children’s shoes. East Jordan—Mrs. M. A. Harper and Mrs. Victoria Smythe have form- ed a copartnership to be known as Mrs. M. A. Harper & Co. and will engage in the millinery business. Houghton—A. A. ‘Tillman & Co, who conduct a furniture and under- taking business at Hancock, have pur- chased the furniture stock of August L. Krellwitz and will close it out. Eaton Rapids—H. L. Boice has sold a half interest in his news and con-: fectionery stock to Owen Stoddard and the business will be continued under the style of Boice & Stoddard. Kalamazoo—C, W. Vanderbilt, who recently sold his bakery and confec- tionery business at 114 East Main street, will engage in a similar busi- ness at Walnut and Oak streets about April 1. Alma NN. Saad, who has con- ducted a general store at Langport the past thirteen years, has purchas- ed the grocery stock of J. D. Struble and will continue the business at the same location. : Dowagiac—A new company has been organized under the style of the Fellows Hardware Co., with an au- thorized capital stock of $10,000, of which $8,100 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Plymouth—Gittins Bros., dealers in groceries, have dissolved partnership, Cass Gittins selling his interest to his brother, George, who will contin- ue the business under the style of G. A. Gittins & Co. St. Johns—Lewis Savatz and George Hutchinson, of Alma, have formed a copartnership and purchased the meat stock and fixtures of H. M. Hoerner & Son and will continue the business at the same location. Zeeland—D. I.. Meeuwsen has pur- chased the tools and apparatus per- taining to the meat business conduct ed in connection with J. Meeboer’s grocery and is erecting a building in which to open a meat market. Kalamazoo—Dirk Tolhuizen and M. J. Mersen have severed their connec- tion with the Edwards-Chamberlain Hardware Co. and formed a copart- nership to engage in a similar busi- ness at 121 North Burdick street. Chelsea—Holmes & Walker have purchased the bazaar stock of Frank Moore and have taken possession of the same. They will put in a new Stock of hardware and furniture and will occupy the entire building, South Range — William Glass has sold his interest in the firm of Glass Bros., dealers in general merchandise, to his brothers, Mandel and Samuel Glass, who will continue the business here and at Ahmeek, under the same style. Detroit—Sam Mintz, hardware deal- er, has merged his business into a stock company under the style of the Sam Mintz Hardware Co., with an authorized capital stock of $12,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Lansing—Joy & Haite, furniture dealers and undertakers, have merged their business into a stock company under the style of the Joy Furniture Co., with an authorized capital stock of $40,000, of which $31,000 has been subscribed and paid in jn property. Battle Creek—F, E. Buck, of Grand Rapids, and J. J. Putnam have form- ed a copartnership and purchased the stock of new and sceond hand furni- ture of F. A. Allen and will continue the business at the same location, also adding a line of general house furnishings. Cadillac—J. P. Johnson has pur- chased P. Cotey’s interest in the gro- cery firm of P. Cotey & Co. The new firm will be known as Johnson & Rasmuson, Peter Rasmuson retaining his interest. The store is located at Seegmiller Bros.’ old stand on North Mitchell street and was started last July. Kalamazoo—A sale of the Joseph Hecht bankrupt stock, known as the Paris Fashion Co., has been made by Receiver FE. S Bankin to John A. Wood, of Terre Haute, Ind. The price paid was $2,855. The sale was confinmed by Judge H. C. Briggs, ref- eree in bankruptcy. At a first meet- ing of the creditors of the bankrupt, Mr. Rankin was appointed trustee. March 16, 1919 cn, Kalamazoo—Benjamin F. Baumann has purchased E. M. Kennedy’s drug stock and has assumed the Manage- ment. Mr. Baumann has been em. ployed by Mr. Kennedy for the past five years. Mr. Kennedy will retire from business and take several weeks rest before making any plans for the future. Nashville — Fred G. Baker has merged his general merchandise busj- ness into a stock company under the style of the Nashville Merchandise Co. The new corporation has an au- thorized capital stock of $2,000, of which $1,000 has been subscribed, $40 being paid in in cash and $060 in property. Hemlock — The Mueller Bros. & Watson Co. has filed articles of in- corporation with the county clerk. The company is organized to carry on a general mercantile business here. The capital stock is $6,000 and is al! paid in in property, the inventory value of which is $13,497.57. The stockholders are Charles H. W. Muel- ler, Herman C. W. Mueller and Rob- ert T. Watson, all of this place. Eaci has twenty shares of the par value of $2,000. Kalamazoo—The chap who ran a commission house here a year azo under the name of H. H. Ogden & Co., and who left the city after fleec- ing farmers of the vicinity out of more than a thousand dollars, can not be brought back here for prosecution for eighteen months His real name is Arlington L, Davis, and they got “hep” to him: in MWilwaahce before they suspected here that he was dis- honest. Milwaukee was fleeced first by Davis, who came here as an after- thought, and he is serving eighteen months at Leavenworth prison for the Milwaukee jobs. Otsego—At special meetings of the stockholders and directors of the Babcock Tissue Paper Co. and the Paraffin Paper Co. the Paraffin Paper Co. formally sold ‘out to the Bab- cock Tissue Paper Co. and the Bab- cock Tissue Paper Co. formally bought the Property and assets of the Paraffin Paper Co., and papers were filed at Lansing surrendering the charter of the Paraffin Paper Co. The stock of the Babcock Tissue Paper Co. was increased to $100,000, and the stock was over-subscribed. The stock- holders of the Babcock Tissue Paper Co. instructed the directors to bond for $75,000, which, with the added stock subscriptions, will increase the size and Capacity of their mill as about three is to one, Manufacturing Matters. Marquette—Carl Wittler and asso- ciates have engaged in the manufac- ture of awnings under the style of the Marquette Tent and Awning Co. Detroit—The Sibley Motor Car Co. has been incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $80,000, of which $40,000 has been subscribed and $30,- 000 paid in in property. Falmouth—A new company has been incorporated under the style of the Falmouth Creamery Co., with an authorized capital stock of $4,280, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash, 4 gett . March 16, 1910 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Produce Market. Apples—$4@4.50 per bbl. Beets—$1.50 per bbl. Butter—Receipts of fresh are about normal for the season. The percent- age of extra creamery is very light and the market is firm at the same price ruling one week ago. Under- grade creameries are not quite so ac- tive and the market is only steady. The receipts of fancy nearby print butter are being cleaned up, while un- der grades meet with slower sale at relatively prices. The con- sumptive demand is about normal for the season. We do not look for any change in the price or in conditions during the coming week. Local deal- ers hold creamery at 31c for tubs and 31%c for prints; dairy ranges from 18@19c for packing stock to 23c for No. I; process, 25@26c; oleo, 12@a2tIc. Cauliflower—$2 per doz. for Cali- fornia, Cabbage—8s5c per doz. Carrots—$1.25 per bbl. Celery — 65@ooc for $2.50 per crate for Florida. Cranberries—$s5 per bbl. for Howes. lower California; Late Cucumbers—Hot house, $2 per doz. Eggs—Receipts are about normal for the season and the consumptive trade is above the average, owing to the high price of meat. The present market price is about 20 per cent. higher than it was a year ago and the consumptive demand is also about 20, per cent: greater. Lhe future price depends a great deal on weath- er conditions. We look for a normal production and if we have any change during the coming week it will be a decline. Local dealers are paying 18@r19c f. o. b. shipping point, holding case count at 20c and carefully select- Gt SEOCK at 21c. Egg Plant—$2 per doz. Grape Fruit—Florida is steady at $3.25 per box for 96s, $3.50 for 80s and $4.50 for 54s and 64s. Cuban is 50c per box less, Grapes—$5@6 per keg for Malagas. Honey—t5c per. th. for white clov- er and 12c for dark. Lemons—The market is steady on the basis of $3.75@4 per box for both Messinas and Californias. Lettuce—Hot house leaf, t1c per tb.; head, Southern ‘stock, $2.50 per hamper. Onions—Home grown, 85c per bu.; Spanish are in fair demand at $1.65 per crate. Green from New Orleans command 35c per doz. Oranges—Navels, $2.75@3.25; Flor- ida, $2.75 for 200s and 216s and $3 for 176s and I50s. : Pieplant—i1oc per fb. grown hot house stock. for home Pineapples—$3.50@3.75 per crate for Cuban. Potatoes—The market is utterly featureless. Outside buyers pay 18@ 25c. Local dealers hold their sup- plies at 3oc. Poultry—-Fowls, 11@12c for live and 13@r4c for dressed; springs, 12@ 13c for live and 14@15c for dressed; ducks, g@1oc for live and 13@14c for dressed; turkeys, 16@17c for live and 19@2oc for dressed. Squash—2c per th. for Hubbard. Sweet Potatoes—$3.50 per bbl. for genuine kiln dried Jerseys. Turnips—soc per bu. Veal—Dealers pay 5@6c for poor and thin; 6@7c for fair to good; 8@ 9c for good white kidney. 2-3. __ In the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division, in Bankruptcy. In the matter of Samuel J. Skaff, bankrupt, notice is hereby given that the assets of said bankrupt, consisting of a stock of clothing, shoes, rubbers and gentlemen’s furnishing goods, to- gether with furniture and fixtures and book accounts, will be offered by me for sale at public auction, according to the order of said court, on Tues- day, the 29th day of March, A. D. I9I0, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the store of said bank- rupt, No. 306 South Lafayette street, Greenville, Michigan. The sale will be subject to confirmation by the court. The inventory of said assets niay be seen at the offices of Milo Lewis, attorney, Greenville, Mich., Peter Doran, 307-8 Fourth National Bank building, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Hon. Kirk E. Wicks, Referce ir. Bankruptcy, Houseman building, Grand Rapids, Mich. Dated March 16, roto. John Snitseler, Receiver. Peter Doran, Grand Rapids, Mich., Attorney for Receiver. I AE nee Detroit--The Palm Vacuum Clean- er Co. has been incorporated to man- ufacture and sell vacuum cleaners and other machinery, tools and mechani- cal appliances, with an authorized capital stock of $125,000 common and $25,000 preferred, of which $75,000 has been subscribed and paid in in prop- erty. oS V. Roussin, who formerly conduct- ed drug stores at Ludington, Cadillac and Muskegon, will shortly engage in the drug business at Big Rapids. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. has the order for the stock. The Grocery Market. Sugar—Refined is firm at the last reported advance, but the demand is not heavy. The raw market has shown considerable firmness during the week. The Cuban season seems to be dwindling, and on advices of reduced receipts the European mar- ket has advanced somewhat. Tea—Japans remain quiet, with prices still firm in all lines. Active buying must soon commence and prices from first hands are expected to harden accordingly. The better grades of Formosas remain strong in price, while low grades are slightly easier. Congaqus remain cheap and sales are only fair. The total impor- tations of all teas to the United States during the year 1909 amount- ed to 104,484,550 pounds, valued at $16,553,032, an increase over 1908 of 13,553,929 pounds and $1,661,071. This country is third in rank as a con- sumer of tea. The Ceylon exports alone showed an increase of 12,461,747 pounds over 1908. Of the 40,578,872 pounds exported from Japan in 1909 the United States took 33,862,304 pounds, Coffee—Prices on all coffees are firm and every indication is that they will be so for the next few months. Futures on the exchange market are steady. An Eastern report regarding spot coffee says that at the rate the country is consuming the visible sup- plies a higher price may be maintain- ed before the shipment of Santos cof- fee is received in July. Canned Goods—The situation is very strong, for it would be diffi- cult to put one’s finger on a weak spot. All grades of peas are firm. Corn is in small supply and some grades may be hard to get soon. Tomatoes have been gradually becoming firmer for some time past. There is a fair demand for pumpkin and prices are unchanged. Strinz beans are moving slowly at unchang- ed prices. The stocks of California canned fruit have become very much reduced, particularly the better grades. The demand is but ordinary at the present time, but the feeling is one of decided strength. The mar- ket on gallon apples rules firm and. as stocks in the hands of packers are very light, the prospect for a strong- er market looks more than sure. Re- ports from Baltimore note a steady market on the different kinds of can- ned berries, with no change in quo- tations. The market for cove oysters remains firm, with a limited demand. There is a fair business being done in domestic sardines and the price re- mains firm. Norway smoked are still in good demand and the quality is fine. Prices are the same as last week. All grades of salmon are still very strong in price, the demand for pink and red Alaska being good. The stocks are limited in most every grade. Dried Fruits—Apricots are nearly exhausted and show light demand. Raisins are dull, weak and nezlected. Currants are moderately wanted at unchanged prices. Apples are weak and dull. Citron, dates and figs are unchanged and dull. Prunes show ab- solutely no change in quotation, but the demand is excellent. Peaches are inclined to be firm. Stocks in first hands are low, the bulk of the pres- ent available supply being in jobbers’ hands. The demand is fair. Cheese—There has been no change in the market price and the market is firm on the present basis. There is some increase in the production of lower grades and the market is dull at relatively lower prices. It will be about two months before we will have any new cheese that will be of good quality and we do not look for any change in the price before that time. The consumptive demand is very good considering the high pric- es, which are ruling about 15 per cent. higher than they did a year ago. Spices—Pepper has ruled higher all the season and still holds to its orig- inal level, with sales relatively light because of the present situation as re- gards available supplies. Ginger is also high. The supply is scarcely suffi- cient for the ordinary use. Cinnamon remains the same in price as for some time and is in fair demand. Nut- meg is steady, with just a moderate demand. Rice remain firm on ac- count of the firmness of the South- ern market. The prices in the South are above local parity and this keeps Prices prices here very firm. Sticks are heavy and the increase in business may advance prices. -There has been no change in corn products since March 7, when declined to points and compound syrup dropped with it Ic is the Syrups and Molasses glucose per gallon. Cheaper corn syrup is ruling reason. Compaqund selling prices. Sugar syrup is in active demand for manufacturing at steadily maintained prices. Molasses is unchanged in Price, steady and quiet. moderately at Provisions—The supply of smoked meats is very short and the marke: is ruling fully 25 per cent. higher than it usually does at this season of the year. Picnics and New York shoulders are firm at %c per pound advance. Barreled pork is firm at 50c per barrel higher. Skinbacks and rez- ular hams remain unchanged at this moment, but we look for an advance of %ec per pound in the next few days. Pure lard is also firm at 4c per pound advance and in fair con- sumptive demand. Compound is also firm at %c per pound advance, ow- ing to the advance in the price of pure lard and the high cost of cot- tonseed oil, its main ingredients. We look for continued fair trade and see no relief from the present high prices at this time. Fish—Mackerel are selling fairly well at unchanged prices, small sizes being firm. Cod, hake and haddock are unchanged, firm and in good de- mand. Domestic sardines are un- changed and quiet; imported grades are quiet and moderately priced, Sal- mon is firm but quiet. ——_>---—____ Detroit—The Lewis Motor Equip- ment Co. has been incorporated to manufacture and sell automobiles. and boat accessories, with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, of which $15,- o00 has been subscribed and $2,500 paid in in cash. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 16, 1910 nen, MEN OF MARK. (Continued from page two) in Chicago has given him a varied fund of stories and anecdotes relative to the early days of that city which makes an evening spent in his com- pany exceedingly enjoyable. Col. Jacobs’ interests are not con- fined to purely commercial enterpris- es. He is of a broad and charitable mind. He is ready not only to de- vote his energies to the promotion of business affairs, but to discharge that larger duty that the successful and the fortunate owe to the less fortu- nate and less successful. The chari- ties and the public movements of his home town have had his support, fi- nancial and otherwise, and owe much cf their success to the keen business judgment that he has brought to bear upon the problems of such or- ganizations. As a churchman Col. Jacobs is hon- ored and beloved as one who endeav- ors to sense the real meaning of re- ligious organizations and to maintain their high aspirations. His personal life has been so full of helpfulness to others that he fits naturally into any association whose foundation stone is the brotherhood of man. The life of Col. Jacobs contains little that is spectacular but much that is admirable. He has lived life simply and sanely and_ established himself in the hearts of the people with whom he comes into contact in private life and in the confidence of the men he encounters in business. This belief in his integrity and judgment is undoubtedly sufficient re- ward to Col. Jacobs for the demands that are made upon his time by the problems of others in the business world and in his particular. commu- nity. They give him opportunities for usefulness that are not unwel- come and that receive the same se- rious thought and consideration he gives to his private affairs. Col. Jacobs’ reputation has been built slowly and surely and certainly. His eminence as a business man was not won by a sudden coup or stroke ef fortune, but by that persistent per- formance of duty and the careful fore- thought that build the firmest founda- tion and create the strongest super- structure of a business career. His life is known to the men with whom he mingles and it has been a life to inspire the faith of his fellows. What Other Michigan Cities Are Doing. Written for the Tradesman. After many years of weary effort and the expenditure of much mon- ey in piecemeal dredging that has amounted to nothing Saginaw and Bay City have strong assurances that Saginaw River will be permanently improved with an 18 foot channel to Bay City and a 16 foot channel to Saginaw. Secretary Clement, of the Kalama- zoo Commercial Club, recommends the adoption of the slogan: “Seven- ty-five thousand in 1915; one hundred thousand in 1920.” Clare now has a Board of Trade with over 100 members and Mayor Mulden as President. Traverse City will yote at the April election on a proposition to issue bonds for a $50,000 sewage disposal plant. The need of such a plant seems urgent as the Boardman Riv- er is an open sewer and discharges into Traverse Bay, whence the city draws its drinking water. Bay City will buy its own cement, sewer pipe and like supplies for con- tractors and it is expected there will be no more skimping of cement and use of inferior pipe and supplies. The Petoskey Motor Boat Club has been organized in that city with some of the leading business men as members. A fine club house will be erected. The Cheboygan Chamber of Com- merce has been re-organized. Officials of St. Joseph have decid- ed that the best way to secure pure water is to install a filtration plant. Telephone and electric light poles are being removed from the business district of Hancock. Ann Arbor’s new ozone filtration plant will be completed and turned over to the private company in April. Residents have been promised the best water in the State. Zilwaukee and Carrollton, as well as intermediate rural territory, will have mail delivery twice a day by automobile from the Saginaw postof- fice, beginning April 1. Reports from Ishpeming state that, barring unforeseen interruption, there will be a larger tonnage of ore stock- ed at the various mines of the Mar- quette range before navigation opens than has ever been known before. It is predicted that ro10 will establish a new record in iron ore shipments. Kalamazoo is placing 1,900 new enamel street signs at the crossings. Bay City is sending Saginaw Bay water samples to Lansing for analy- sis. More samples will be taken dur- ing the spring freshets, completing a year’s investigation of water condi- tions there. The city’s water sta- tions will be consolidated at some point where the water is purest. The late Arthur Hill, of Saginaw, set apart in his will the sum of $200,- 000 to establish an industrial school in that city and officers of the School Board are beginning to take steps toward this end. The trade schools of Milwaukee and other cities will be visited this spring to acquire ideas for the new institution, Mr. Hill was an associate with Mr. Garfield, of Grand Rapids, on the State Forestry Commission for years. He says in his will: “I desire that a course in for- estry shall be made a part of the curriculum of the industrial school, to include the practice of gathering and planting the seeds of desirable trees, the transplanting of seedlings and the care of nurseries and all those things which are necessary to the growth and wise perpetuation of valuable trees which shall serve for economic uses.” Benton Harbor is stil] wrestling with the problem of a pure water sup- ply. Chicago engineers do not ad- vise the use of surface water from Lake Michigan or elsewhere without filtration, and they recommend thai more wells be sunk to see if an ade- quate ground water supply may not be secured, Almond Griffen, as cut THREE LOCAL PROBLEMS. ert ee: € Only One Practical Way To Look at Them. The municipal election this spring will be one of the most important ever held in Grand Rapids. Never at one time have so many or such great questions been submitted to the pop- ular vote as will be this spring— questions relating closely and vitally to the city’s welfare. With many in- terest in the election will begin and end in the choice of mayor. This, of course, is important—more or less. Mayors, however, come and go, shine briefly and pass on and usually are fortunate if their names are recalled three months under the administra- tion of their successors. The great importance of this election is in its meastires rather than its men: the special questions to be passed upon, not who shall have place on the mu- nicipal payroll. As for the candi- dates, in the American fashion, as scon as the votes are counted we will forget the campaign strife and cheer for the winner; but the wise determination by the voters on the special questions will influence this city’s future for all time to come. The first of these special prob- lems, not in real importance but in popular interest, is that of prohibition, The people will decide whether Kent county shall be “wet” or ary. | The decision of this question does not rest with the city voters alone. The vot- ers in the twenty-four townships in Kent county outside of the city have an equal voice in the decision in pro- portion to their numbers. If the ver. dict of the county as a whole is “dry” the city saloon and the country tavern alike must go. The most important of the simply local questions is that of pure water, and upon this question the city vote only will count. For thirty years this city has been agitating the water auestion. One plan, to go to Bailey Springs, north of the Soldiers’ Home, was voted down. Another plan, to seek a supply from Lake Michigan, was defeated. The present plan is to se- cure pure water by rapid sand filtra- tion. This last plan, which will be voted on this spring, has the unani- mous endorsement of a Commission which has been studying the subject for two years. It is the plan which works successfully in Toledo, Pitts- burg, Harrisburg, Cincinnati, Colum- bus and numerous other cities. Its cost is so moderate that the present earnings of the water department are sufficient to cover interest charges on the additional investment and the in- creased cost of maintenance. The plan ought to be approved at the polls and it is believed it will be. The revision of the city charter will also be voted on. This will not be a final. vote but merely the first step toward revision. If the proposi- tion receives a majority, as it ought, the next step will be the election of a Charter Commission as prescribed by the State law. The, Commission will probably be elected at the State primary in September and will be made up of one delegate from each ward and three at large. The Com- mission elected will formulate a new charter for the city, and its work wil] be passed on by the electorate in the April election a year hence. To vote for charter revision this spring does not bind anybody as to the subse- quent proceedings, but simply Opens the way to improvement in municj pal methods. Another question will be to ap prove or reject the franchise just granted by the Council to the two water power companies, the East and West Side, under which these com panies will unite in building a new dam and converting the power into electrical energy for distribution pro rata to the owners of the old water tights. The city’s share in this. im- provement will be to build the flood walls, which would have to be done under any circumstance for the pro tection of the Canal street business district, and to excavate a river bed channel six feet deep and 300 feet wide from Fulton street bridge to the new dam, which will be located about 300 feet above Bridge street bridge. The city will receive with- out cost right of way in the East Side canal for a trunk sewer, and on the West Side will receive a 60 foot river front driveway from Pearl to Bridge street. a 40 foot drive from Bridge to Fourth street and at Fourth street a small front park and swimming place. The new dam to be built by the Power Company will be ef concrete, with an electric chute at one side for the passage over the dam of power and other boats. Aside from any other benefits gained the plan will work a transformation in the appearance of the river. Opinion is divided as to the merits of the local option proposition, but cn the three purely local questions, pure water, charter revision and the power franchise, there seems to be only one way to look at them, and that is favorably. Majorities~ from these three questions will be to help along the growth, prosperity and good government of the city. Neither politics nor partisanship is involved in either of them. There is “nothing in it” for anybody. ‘Phe welfare of the city is the issue before the peo- ple. 7 So eee No man is so blind to his own hap- piness as he who will not see anoth- er’s sorrow. “Graduate” and “Viking System” Clothes for Young Men and “Viking” for Boys and Little Fellows, Made in Chicago by BECKER, MAYER & CO. Weare manufacturers of Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats For Ladies, Misses and Children Corl, Knott & Co., Ltd. 20, 22, 24, 26 N. Division St. Grand Rapids, Mich. “~ ill as # ake March 16, 1910 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN T PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY. Particulars of Life and Death of Geo. W. Miller. City, March was a pioneer of Granl Traverse county, having been born May 17, 1851, at Old Mission. He was the fourth son born to Lewis E. and Catherine Miller and his oldest brother, Henry L., who died in Butte, Montana, a few years ago, was the first white child born in Grand erse county. The surviving brothers are Edward E., the pioneer druggist, and Archibald A., the clothing mer- chant. William, fhe youngest brother, died in 188s. E. Miller, the father, was born in Canada and, being left an or- phan when but 17 years old, came to Grand Traverse, where he became very friendly with the Ottawa and Ckippewa Indians, finally becoming an Indian trader at Old Mission. He married at Mackinac to Miss Catherine Kiley, who was born in London, England, and who was the first white woman brought as a bride to Grand Traverse. In those days, Traverse W. Miller 1o—George Trav- Lewis was the only school at Old Mission was the Indian school taught by Rev. Peter Daugherty. It was in this school that the older liller boys were educated, being the only white pupils. When George W. Miller was 3 years old a change in the location of the Mission was made, it being transferred to Omena or New Mission, and it was there that George Miller received his early edu- cation, the Miller family having mov- ed when the Indians did. The In- dian boys were playmates of the Miller boys and so friendly were the Indians with the children that they gave to each of them an _ Indian name, George Miller being known as Ge-sick-o-ge-ma, or “Day King.” The children learned the language of their red friends almost as thoroughly as they did their own tongue. When George W. Miller was about 12 years old the family moved to this city and in the Traverse City schools Mr. Miller completed his education. At the age of 17 years he went to Charlevoix, where he entered the em- pioy of the firm of Fcx, Rose & But- tars, continuing until he decided ta embark in the clothing business for himself. After the death of his wife he sold out his business and went on the road for an Eastern clothing firm, traveling for about five years and making a great number of ac- quaintances all over the North. Eight years ago he engaged in the cloth- ing business in this city, retiring last spring and last fall entering the em- ploy of the Hannah & Lay Mercan- tile Co. in the clothing department. On Oct. 4; 1877, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Ida Whit- comb, the ceremony being performed at Charlevoix. Their happy wedded life continued until about twelve years ago, when the wife crossed the Si- lent River. To them three children were born: Catherine, who is sleeping beside her mother.in the cemetery at Charlevoix, and Lelah ‘and Mpyrtie, who live at home. Miss Myrtie, who for a year and a half had been teach- ing in the Detroit Conservatory of Music, had been called home shortly after Christmas on account of the se- tious condition of her father. Mrs. Thirza Miller, a sister of Mr. Miller’s wife, who made her home with the family this winter, also survives. Tt was early in December when Mr. Miller was first taken ill, apparently suffering with the grip. He was not confined to his bed, but his condi- ticn was such that he was obliged to give up his duties. Soon after the Christmas holidays he seemed to rally and went down to the store, but was compelled to return before the day ended. From then on his decline was rapid, but it was not until the last that he gave up hope. In fact, his courage was apparently all that kept him alive during the last few weeks. He bore his sufferings in a cheerful manner, being especially brave before his daughters and the rest of the family. While he was a man who made and retained a large number of friends, home to George Miller meant every- thing. His whole thought and life were wrapped up in his two daugh- ters and he was never happier than when he was with them. Their pleas- ures were his pleasures and_ their friends his friends. His character is shown by the fact that not only were the men of his own age his friends, but there is many a young man in Traverse City to-day who, when he heard the announcement that the end had come, felt that he, too, had lost a personal friend. If ever a man was repaid for care and love expended up- on children it was George Miller, for his daughters, when his illness came, never left him, night nor day, and their faces were the last he gazed upon just before the Great Mystery was explained to him. Mr. Miller was fond of the out-of-doors, loving hunt- ing and fishing, and when his daugh- ters accompanied him on his about the country satisfied. Mr. Miller was a member of Trav- erse City Lodge, No. 222, F. & A. M., having been raised in the Charlevoix I.odge shortly after his 21st birth- day. He was also a member of the Knights of Pythias.—Record. —————————2-e—______. Movements of Working Gideons. Detroit, March 14—Charles F. Gil- bert, of Kalamazoo, reports a hotel meeting in the American House the first Sunday in each month. A good many men are carrying loads on their consciences that belong to their livers. en When a man has a cause in his heart it will get to his muscles. Ideal Shirts We wish to call your atten- tion to our line of work shirts, which is most complete, in- trips he was perfectly E. C. Tucker, of Three Rivers. : called on his customers at Dowagiac cluding and Decatur last week. Chambrays Gordon Z. Gage called on the doc- Drills tors last week along the M. C. Sateens Wheaton Smith led the Griswold Silkeli house meeting Sunday evening. He — was assisted by C. H. Joslin, E. H. Percales Rider, Geo. S. Webb, Thomas P. Dia- Bedford Cords mond, C. W. Harris, Dr. Gordon, | Madras Chas. A: Farr, L. E. Allison, Miss E. Pajama Cloth Newmon, Mrs. Geo. S. Webb, Miss | Maud Slawson, Mrs. Gates, the writer | These goods are all selected and guests of the ‘hotel. 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Prepared? Everything indicates an unusually good spring. With the assistance of our you will make more sales for your investment with- out extra charge to your customer. realize the growing demand for ready made gar- ments at the right prices the more must the D. & CO. LINE appeal to you. when in Detroit visit our show room. Electro Cuts Free with Orders Cloak oe Wash Suits and Dresses Special Order Department The more you Ss. 4. Send for samples, or fenecre I Ce: 2, : hom AZT 123-125-127 Jefferson Ave. Detroit, Mich. Electro Cuts Free With Orders Michigan’s Largest Cloak House Established 1898 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 16, 1910 ALPE, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BUSINESS MEN. Published Weekly by TRADESMAN COMPANY Corner Ionia and Louis Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. Subscription Price. Two dollars per year, payable in ad- nce, Five dollars for three years, payable in advance. Canadian subscriptions, $3.04 per year, payable in advance. No subscription accepted unless ac- companied by a signed order and the price of the first year’s subscription. Without specific instructions to the con- trary all subscriptions are continued ac- cording to order. Orders to discontinue must be accompanied by payment to date. Sample copies, 5 cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 5 cents; of issues a month or more old, 10 cents; of issues a year or more old, $1 fntered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice as Second Class Matter. E. A. STOWB, Editor. Wednesday, March 16, IgIo “A DYING NATION.” The idea is occasionally dropped in the realm of the newspapers that France is dying. Attention is ca'led to the France of to-day and the France of Louis XIV., when that na- tion stood at the head of civilization’s best. “Now lies she there and none so poor to do her reverence!” Dying, however, is not always a matter of early accomplishment and it is safe to say that she who has walked a queen for so many centuries at the head of nations will be found to have more vitality than the death-predictors are willing to admit. There are certain facts, however, in the past of the dis- tinguished invalid which it may be well enough to consider and which have led to the assertion that France as a nation is passing away. Necessarily the moral point of view is the one which commands the whole field of vision. The nation even at the summit of her glory was corrupt, and the French capital to-day is the seat of the corruption, a fact which leads easily to the belief that the decadence of France as a nation is due first to the diminishing birth-rate. Posterity and the proper training of that posterity is the only hope of the continuance of life, national or in- dividual, and it was not until the cor- ruption of the court of the Grand Monarch began to permeate the mass- es that the diminishing birth-rate be- gan. With such a beginning the increas- ing sensuality which naturally follow- ed had its debasing and so its weaken- ing influence anditis a matter of fact that the physical given up to the sen- sual is short lived, and this is exactly what has taken place in France. What has alcohol done for this dying na- tion? What it always has done and always will do, weakened it, morally and physically, and the mental in France holds its own only because the mental there is under the control of the savant, the survival of the fit- test, and a confirmation of the state- ment that mind in human affairs is always ruler. Without doubt the leading element in the decadence of the French nation is the loss of spir- itual ideals. It is an easy matter to turn the leaves of her past and read! what the religious life of the French nation has been, but all along the cen- turies its grip has been a loosening one, and the condition of that life to- day needs no repeating. A sentence tells the whole story: the nation has lost its spiritual ideals. The same law governs the nation and the individual and France has for centuries been laughing at and break- ing that law. A candle burning at both ends does not last long. France insists that it does and to prove it she has cut the candle in two and is to-day burning both pieces of the severed candle, each end ablaze, either one of the four being enough to work the destruction of the nation. What then can be expected with all four burning at once? It is only a ques- tion of time and not a long time at that, and they who know the charac- ter of the French and are familiar with the life they are leading know that be the end far off or near that end is sure to come. For us at a distance as well as those near at hand it is a matter of some concern whether France is the only nation in decadence. It depends on existing conditions and it is sub- mitted that if the same causes will produce the same results the life in- duling these can not ward off nor escape the impending doom. eS HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL. The man whose “I told you so” rings out clear and sharp is certainly having his innings now. Every day and every paper daily published are proclaiming the fact far and wide. Pittsburg to the bat—if that is the right way to say it—leads off with the trial of one of the men indicted recently for the bribing of council- men. A bank President testifies that the bank has given $25,000 to be used in bribery for the passage of an ordinance making the bank a depos- itory for city funds. In Ohio a citi- zen, who was the partner of an ex- Superintendent of State Printing, has confessed that he and his partner rob- bed the State of some $15,000 by falsi- fying accounts and in other ways. A clerk in the Auditor General’s office at Harrisburg, Pa., dropped dead—an important witness at the approaching trial of former State Architect-—one of the fourteen men indicted for their connection with capital frauds. To this list the reader may add as imany more instances as he cares to, every one of them, together or alone, affirming the fact that “the way of the transgressor is hard; that honesty continues to be the best policy, and that they who think differently and act differently will find that “Jor- dan is a hard road to travel.” The reason for all this is not hard to discover. It is the old story not ouly of gain but of greed, and matc- rials for this story have heen accu- mulating for lo! these many years. Beginning with the now trite maxim, “To the. victor belong the spoils,” and the upheavals which have followed it, greed gradually elbowed its way to the front and for a half century or more has been aggressively claiming the lion’s share of anything and everything upon which it has laid and can lay its covetous hands. Who that was then alive has forgot- ten the “shoddyites” that even to-day stain the records of the Civil War? On one scale of the balance was the Northern patriot, suffering and dying for his country and all that the word implies; on the other scale was greed who grew and waxed fat on_ that patriot’s. misfortunes. Shoddy displac- ed the all wool which the Govern- ment paid a good price for. Food for the army was adulterated until the thought found voice that the com- missary department killed more than the bullets of the rebels. Whoever touched a contract with the Govern- ment did so with but one pur- pose, to satisfy his greed, and the country fairly swarmed with the pes- tiferous flies, feeding on the rotten- ness prevailing everywhere. Then came the time of retribution. The dis- honesty was uncovered; high and low stood convicted in the eyes of the world, and it was firmly believed that at last dishonesty had found out that wrong is a hard road to travel and always will be. With such a parentage graft and what follows in its train are not to be wondered at. Like the old Bourbon greed learns nothing and remembers nothing. Following its one idea, keep what you have and get what you can, it stands ready to take every ad- vantage of whatever comes up. Fair means or foul its methods are the Same; it is the gain that the greed is after. What if a wise experience has said, time out of mind, that the right only prospers, there js a belief abroad that prosperity is not so. confined. What if the road is a hard one to travel, it is the getting there only that counts—a_ belief and a practice which the rascality now coming to light almost everywhere is not con- firming to any great extent. ——__— ARE YOU STILL GROWING? It is a fact unquestioned by scien- tists that when a tree stops growing It cOmmences to decay. The two Processes may proceed simultaneous- ly at different points; but it is cer- tain that when the formation process ceases, that of decomposition surely begins. It is the same in the com- mercial world. We are either going forward or womp hack There is nothing at a standstill. (We may be gaining at some points, and vet al lowing insidious decay to take root in the heart of our business. The growth may be unsymmetrical at points which must in time be pruned entirely away. The question in its modified parts appeals to everyone. Are you grow- ing, are you standing still or are you decaying? The second part of the query is surely answered in the nega- tive. To the first and third we must look for the clue to the situation, The cash profits may be increasing, but are they increasing proportionate- ly fast? Is a rival encroaching upon your trade, eventually to overshadow you? Are you developing all of your possibilities to the best advantage? Ts your growth normal or stunted? If it has been Prematurely arrested at some stage, what is the matter? The tree doctor now quickly moves decayed Parts, re- disinfects the diseased part and fills in the opening with concrete, ties and braces being first attached. The tree then takes on a new period of life. sometimes needs just as drastic treatment or it will be crowded out by a more enterprising firm or prove hollow at the base and fall into hope- less ruin. Look to it well that yours is a growth and a healthy growth. Examine your results and note where the greatest gains and the greatest losses are. The gains can flourish jn the sunlight of your prosperity; but doctor up the other side while there is yet time. Business Keep the tree growing, —__— EASTER GOODS, Eastertide has now a much deeper significance than the consumption of the largest possible number of eggs and the display of the latest millinery goods. The true import of the t, rm has touched the commercial as surely as the spiritual chord in human na ture. The symbolism of new life is apparent at every turn. It is the time for the general awakening of Nature; for the opening of trad¢ He thoroughly corivince his patrons that along new lines. who can most he is fully imbued with this new life is the one who gets the trade. Let your windows be comprehen sive yet simple. vail, yet let it be of the modest typ [f your goods seem out of Beauty should pre- keeping with the spirit of the occasion, duce some accord intro feature which wil! The may despair of combining his plows novel with it. hardwareman and stoves into anything appropri ate; yet an incubator full of chicks just emerging from the shell is the best posisible advertisement. If th: clothier has not enough faith in his new spring suits, each displayed to the best ad: antage, price mark as attractive as the goods, a bouquet of Easter lilies in the cen- ter of the window will design and stamp its originator as up to date. A bunch of daffodils, a bou- quet of pussy willows or wild flowers are unmistakable signs which will cause the passer to know that you are awake. Then back up your delicate Easter offering with some of your choicest goods tastefully arranged. A _ white and gold background is always at- tractive. The typical star may be shown in some dainty form. But whatever your method, infuse new life into the arrangement. Let the Season’s opening Start out auspicious- ly or know at least that you did your best to make it SiO. —X————_——_~—. The worst infidelity is that faith which holds that the universe is so much of a lie that you can fool it with a hypocrite’s life. If heaven advertised for gaugers of character half the world would be on the waiting list. sivas When a man aims his prayers at another he always misses the throne of grace. possible with complete th« htateninetesetasseemeee —_—_— Stress the good in your life and you will forget its distresses, —_—_—_—_— Some who advertise heaven manu- facture a good deal of hell. -¥ “~~ a, & am mn “ » a a 2 PY in 4 ¥ | ; 2 ~ ee at ~«§ & d . a <7 r 5 4 » 19 LW March 16, 1910 a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN COMMONS AND UNCOMMONS. - The colleges and universities of the country are grappling with a condi- tion that promises the liveliest kind of a contest. The big income has flcoded the land with men who are sending their boys to college with too large allowances and these boys are wasting those allowances in all sorts of lavish display to the detri- ment, so the controlling powers be- lieve, both of institution and stu- dent. True to their snobbish fore- bears these young men have formed themselves into clubs which only full purses can keep up and, the richest of the richest, the club membership is too exclusive for but the wealthiest students. Thus an_aris- tocracy founded on the Almighty Dollar has been set up, the spirit of Caste has come in, the aim of the American college has been lost sight of and “that democratic min- gling of young men which many still think of as the best thing that col- lege life has to give them” is disap- pearing from the campus and college hall to be seen there, it is feared, no more forever. One institution, Prince- ten, it seems, has aiready abolished the clubs and the trouble which oth- et colleges are having with the same absurdity indicates that there is go- ing to be “something doing” in the not distant future. Whatever trouble comes in settling these differences wil! doubtless cen- ter in “the old man.” With all the Gverbearing insolence of his shirt- sleeve period from which he fondly believes he emerged, he wants it distinctly understood that the boy is his, that the money is his and that boy and money together are carrying out his educational idea to a dot. Expensive? Yes; but as long as he pays for it whose business is it? Exclusive? any long ago It is exactly what he wants, and whose concern is it, pray, but the man’s who squares the bills? The boy is above the wash-woman’s the hod-carrier’s and the street-cleaner’s son, and the money makes the difference. He has the money and the college will govern it- self accordingly or he’ll know the reason why; while the boy in ques- tion, if left to himself, will want to know, “What’s the odds, Dad? It isn’t worth making a fuss about.” It is safe to assume that the col- lege authorities will settle the diffi- culties to the benefit of all concern- ed. This moneyed aristocracy, too often bold and impudent and vulgar are presenting claims which the col- lege is bound in no way to recognize or respect. It is unAmerican. It cre- ates a caste in a country where there is no caste and from the nature of things can never be. It is a splendid land where men are declared to be born free and equal. We are com- moners without rank or title with no difference except what Heaven itself has decreed and these men, these self-appointed non-commoners, are trying to establish a money standard and so to measure manhood by its bank account. There is no doubting the result. Public opinion has already settled it. The democratic spirit still lives in Son. son the American college and it will con- tinue to live there. The extravagance which has come boldly in and arro- gated to itself the highest seat will be directed to take the place be- longing to him, scholarship will take again its honored seat and once more, as it always has been here since the landing of the Mayflower, the prizes will go to the winner, be he the wash-woman’s son, the hod-carrier’s scn or the street-cleaner’s son—com- moners all, with no more regard for the non-commoners than that class with its false standard can ever hope to have among the better portion of mankind. NOT A BAD IDEA. Among the pages of advice flood- ing the reading world just now in- tensely that for a cooking school the home kitchen is the only place to establish such a school, and that the girls of the household should begin early the all important lessons and work late, there is an- other idea cropping out from time to time which urging does seem worth con- sideration. It is to the effect that the field of the learners should be widened so as to take in the boys of the family as well as the girls. One suggester backs up _ his proposition with the statement that half the criminals in this country are brought up to make a breakfast on a cup of strong coffee and a chew of tobacco and that a man who has eaten that sort of breakfast will do anything. It remains to be stated how a knowl- edge of cooking is going to prevent that kind of breakfast and what the conditions are which will tolerate in any well regulated kitchen a man to cook who will be satisfied with that two-itemed menu for the morning meal. Indirectly he might learn in a practical way physiology enough to keep him from crime and so save him and it is greatly to be hoped that coffee-and-tobacco breakfasts have not reached the so per cent. stated. and that if the kitchen instruction takes good care of the girls in the family much of the predicted crime may be avoided. There is, however, too much belief in the American home that teaching a boy even a few of the feminine arts will make him womanish, that to know how to make a cup of cof- fee is a disgrace, that to sew on a button is the sure sign of a "Sissy boy, and that not to keep his room 11 the direst confusion by keeping things picked up puts him beyond the pale of all mankind. It does not make a man womanish to know how to do these things and to do them. Oftentimes his comfort and happi- ness and even prosperity depend up- on them and these are the instances to place in contrast with those others where the boy sits on one foot and knits and sews because he is built that way and says “Oh, fie!” when he means “d—n”—a class that wom- en despise as heartily as do men. Under ordinary circumstances a man washing dishes and moping the floor is not an inspiring sight. His dish- cloth and his mop are not the stand- ards to measure his manhood, but there have been times in the world’s history when those very implements of toil have been the measure of manhood and that, too, of the highest order. Here is one instance: The man was one of thirteen children. A ranch in Nebraska attracted him and he and his bride were soon in pos- session of it. Then the trouble be- gan. It was an “off” year in Ne- braska and it seemed to hit that ranch first. The crops failed—every- thing failed—and when the little girl was born it was a despairing home that received her. There was no help to be obtained for love or money aud the poor fellow had to be ranch- man and ranchwoman with a_ sick wife and not very vigorous baby to do for. His home training did the business for him, and with his wife’s long apron on and his sleeves rolled up he “sailed in.” He cooked and he washed and he kept house. He did the family washing and ironing and mending and he came out all right. It was indeed a mere matter of “have fo, of “root hog or die,” if you please; but the point just now is that he “rooted” and so much to the pur- pose that to-day when he tells the story he is so glad that he was equal to the requirements that he never thinks of having been woman- ish; and he is the last man to be charged with effeminacy to-day. Moral: Teach the boys to be use- ful about the house when they are young and when they are old they will not depart from it. 66 A CHANGE OF PROGRAM. A gang of carpenters were tearing out the inside of the grocery on the corner and when that happens to a concern that has been in business for a quarter of a century without a pen- ny of repairs there is a reason for it all that is worth looking after. Questions are unnecessary. Some- body has asked them already and the proprietor in the middle of his story made a mental jotting down of the only requirement. “There had to be a change of pro- gram. When I first started in an empty cracker box was the thing called for. here only They’d come about the middle of the forenoon and hans round until dark and then after a jagging up start for home and no- body knows how they ever got there. Then the women never came and ? guess that’s what makes the differ- ence. There is a difference and we have to take it into account; but high prices or low prices the man who is going to make his grocery a success has got to look for the farmer’s wag- on and see to it that his stock holds what the folks on the front seat want. This room back in here is going to be fitted up comfortably for a resting room, where the farmers’ wives and daughters can come and feel at home. There will be easy chairs with rock- ers and without them. Pictures will hang on the wall and they won't be ten-cent affairs either. It’s going to be a good, comfortable, attractive place and as I fizgger it it’s going to pay for itself a good many times over.” That is enough. The times have changed and the farmer has changed with them and those who care to look back for only twenty-five years wiil note the change and see the reason why. Once coming to town was a matter that occurred monthly. Sup- plies then gave out and with a long list the farmer started out early in the morning with his oxen and his cart and after hours of wearisome travel would rest and eat and “re- fresh,” load up start for home. Neighborlike he is the self-appointed and pestman for everybody on his line of road and going to town is a matter of importance. That is not the pro- gram now. Every day sees his mail delivered at the farm house. The telephone has brought his remotest call and instead of waiting a fortnight to come to town for supplies he neighbor within takes his motor and lo! there he is. Thi and the means to make the most of it are at This easy communication the bottom of the grocer’s change of program. Brought into daily contact with fellowmen he becomes like them. Their wants are his, he satis- fies them. The barber and the tailor are getting to be more and more es- his isentials. Collars and cuffs are in |daily use and he is looking sharply after the quality of the goods he wears. Does the farmer now wear the brogans that his forebears did in the days when they drove a team of oxen over the heavy roads? The shoe dealer will tell you that the brogan has given place to lighter wear and that the farmer wears very much the same kind of shoes that other men do. That is not all: He wants a lighter shoe and he wants it comfortable. Fit, shape and style are matters of concern. In a word, the farmer has thrown away the hay- seed the cartoonist has given him and the city dealer, like the grocer on the corner, must change his pro- gram or lose the country trade. COSTS We have in our previous statements shown what our fees are for acting for estates of various amounts. We will be glad to explain our charges in more detail to anyone personally. Blank forms for wills furnished; also pamphlets in regard to estates and the laws of the State of Michigan regarding the descent and distribution of property. frecum PE HE MICHIGAN TRUST COMPANY AGENY. TRUSTEE 10 THE ETERNAL CITY. It Should Have More Hospitals and Fewer Churches. Rome, Italy, Feb. 12—We wonder if the readers of the Tradesman have any conception of the magnitude of the churches that are here in this re- ligious center, both in number and costliness, It is a standing joke in Rome when a citizen is asked by a stranger regarding the number of churches here to have him make reply that there is one for every day in the year and more in process of struction. To do this answer justice we will add that those which are being built are mostly of Protestant denomina- tions, which are gradually making their way into Italy. Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and thé English church are all represented here, and most of these have educational features add- ed to their missions. For instance. the Baptists are conducting a schoo! for the prosecution of their work under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Stuart, who came from Virginia to take up the work. The Presbyterians have a very fine, commodious and centrally located building in which to conduct their services and are ably led, as they have been for over a quarter of a century, by the schol- arly Dr. Grey. The Methodists have three schoals to help inculcate ambition in the Ital- izn youth. They have their own building, which can truly be said to be Methodist headquarters, for in it are located the pastor’s home, also that of the District Superintendent, who supervises the work throughout this country; also the school for young men, all of the above occupy- ing space over the two church rooms, one for the Italian services and one for the American, which follow theirs. Besides this there are two schools for females, one for the more ad- vanced being held in Crandon Hall and ably conducted by Miss Burt, who is a daughter of Bishop Burt, and the other for those less ad- vanced, of whom there are now sev- ety, being the capacity of the build- ing at present, as in it each of the children is housed and fed. This school, styled “Instituto Fem- minile Metodista,” does all its work in the native tongue and has for its directress Miss Italia Garibaldi, who is granddaughter of the justly fa- mous General Garibaldi, whom per- haps more than any one else Italy has to thank for her present form of government. The Episcopalians are building a very fine church on Quirinal Hill, one of the best parts of the city and most frequented by English speaking visitors. Thus it is that Protestantism is coming to share some of the religious work with Roman Catholicism, which has only been possible. since the downfall of the rule of the papacy, which, in turn, marks the Garibaldi victory of Sept.’20, 1870. Because of this eventful day for the Italian nation, eevry city distinguishes it by giving the name Venti Settem- con- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN bre to one of its principal streets, which refers to the above date. Rome is, of course, no exception and has accorded in a peculiar sense with the idea by naming the wide avenue coming from in front of the King’s palace (which there is named Via Quirinal) by this suggestive name (Sept. 20). But until takes into account the Roman Catholic church he has in no way numerically represented the religious side of Rome. Think of enough churches of one denomination in one city, the size of which compares with our State’s metropolis, sufficient to make it relia- ble information, when the Roman in- forms you as to the number of churches in his city in the manner to which we have before referred. It really puzzled us for a reason, not only for such a vast expense, but why the necessity of so many seem- CG. to | exist. It could not be from the fact that this city was once four times its present size, which is said-to have been true in her palmy days of the fourth century, for the churches, nearly all of them, have been built within that time, even if not all, and most of them since the fifteenth century. As we further enquired for a rea- son we were informed that in an early day many of the leading fami- lies erected their own places of wor- Ship and so the fact of numbers and nearness to-each other could be ex- plained. The above fact is clearly brought out when we explain that as one goes to St. Peter’s cathedrai just outside of the immense court in front of it is a fair sized church, and when the Vatican is reached, by go- ing to the rear of the church, another one is passed, which is directly across the street from the rear of the other. Then consider, if you will, that every block nearly in the business district of the city has a church to grace its lecation, and you can begin to draw a mental picture of the Eternal City from the religious standpoint. Of course, and to be expected, St. Peter’s is the larger, perhaps, and the more costly; yet it is not much het- ter from either standpoint than St. Paul’s or St. John’s in Laterano. It would be hard to estimate the cost of these edifices, but great is the sum represented to say the least. Almost without exception one would not detect from the exterior anything like the beautiful and cost- ly interior that awaits them, and when once inside they behold in per- fect amazement a veritable artist’s dream, a_ sculptor’s paradise; both, however, being realities. The beauty of the artistic paintings and magnifi- cent sculpture is considerably en- hanced by the whole background, in many instances it being of the most beautiful and costly marble, fre- quently embellished with the red porphyry or costly malachite green: yet the exterior is usually a very ancient and uninviting, because so unkempt, appearing edifice, although built with a solidity that reveals partially what its age might be. What has been said there as to churches will apply quite largely throughout Europe, especially when one referring to interior decorations, but one exception will be striking, and that will be found everywhere prac- tically except here, that pictures framed or on rolls, and not wall paintings, are to be seen. Some of the churches here have much connecting them with impor- tant history and have features that at once become intensely interesting to the visitor. For instance, in the Sancta Sanctorum de Urbe, where one can see what are termed the Holy Stairs, he is told that this is one of the most venerable monuments of Rome. It is believed to be the stair- way that led up to the balcony of Pilate’s hall in Jerusalem, If so these very same stairs were trodden by our Lord during His passion. Tradition says that the Empress St. Helena caused the Scale Santa (Holy Stairs) to be transported to Rome and set up in the church which became the residence of the Popes. It was fin- ally transferred to its present loca- tion in the year 15809. Popes. and peasants alike have ascended these twenty-eight steps barefoot and on bended knees, the latter only, how- ever, since the year 1870, when the Pope was compelled to take up his permanent abode within the Vatican and its grounds. The church of the Capuchin Monks has a basement in which can_ be seen the skulls and bones of over 10,000 bedies brought here to be buried in holy ground, which were from the Holy Land by _ shipload. After sufficient time elapsed their bones were exhumed and the earth was used again for similar purposes. These bones and skulls are arrang- ed in grotesque shapes about the di- visions or compartments into which the basement has been divided, and one is given a sort of shudder and feels as thouzh he were in gruesome quarters as he sees the fanciful de- signs on the wall wrought by means of sections of the spinal column or other vertebrae of the body. Dressed skeletons are placed in va- rious attitudes, standing or lying shelves. brought on Those of twin girls, said to be of the Barkerini family, one of the influential families belonging to this church in the long ago, are standing either side of a pile of skulls with their right and left hands, respectively, upon them. Rosettes on the side walls and ceilings, pendants for the chandeliers as well as for the chains, and other designs are to be seen that make one have a sort of a “shaky feeling.” We could easily continue along this line, especially that of the costliness of the interiors, in a very extended manner in order to do justice to this vast number (about 4oo) of church- €s, but the reader would only be fatigued and not farther enlightened, However, may we be pardoned for a parting thought in connection with the subject? Had we the management of such a vast sum of money as all this rep- resents we would rather have Homes or Mercy, schools for the poor, hos- pitals, etc., and, generally speaking, make the eleemosynary institutions the numerically large ones and the March 16, 1910 churches only so many as accommodate the worshippers. At some services which we have at- tended the number of those who off;- ciated were more numerous than those who came to worship, and in no instance have we seen the capaci- ty of the church over to per cent. in use, We thoroughly believe jn churches, but not in building thei too extravagantly and with a plenti- tude that might rob a Peter to make up a shortage in Paul’s due. The poor of the city, which is com- monly understood and lamented, the great need of giving many of them comfortable homes and the crying necessity of more attention to the ris- ing population would all seem to de- mand that a great change should come in the thought of the Roman citizen, and evidence exists that it is already on the way. Chas. M. Smith. would a eve Political Meeting by Telephone. A political meeting by telephone was an English innovation during the recent heated political campaign. The meeting, with an address by Mr. Bal- four and all the attendant sounds, was carried by means of a device of great sensitiveness called the electro- phone over the telephone wires seven miles to Highbury, the estate of Joseph Chamberlain, who was thus able to hear all that was going on. Twenty transmitters were installed inside the rail of the platform. These transmitters contained an extremely sensitive microphonic arrangement. Telephonic lines starting from these transmitters passed under the plat- form and united into a bundle before making connections with the Bir- mingham telephone system. Of course, devices were provided for protecting the wires from atmospheric electric- ity, and, in fact, a violent thunder storm burst over the region without affecting at all the clearness of the transmission. The connection was also made to the long distance wires, so that the notabilities of the Con- Servative party, assembled in the London offices of the electrophone company, could hear word for word the speech of their leader. It was necessary to use 25,000 feet of copper wire. The experiment made possible this journalistic prodigy: The stenograph- ic report of the speech published in the morning papers the next day was accompanied by a long letter from Mr. Chamberlain, in which he com- mented upon the declarations of his colleagues. He also stated that the double receiver held to his ears had brought the words of Mr. Balfour to him as clearly as if he had been sit- ting immediately in front of the plat- form. The hurrahs of the audience were the only unreal note. They sounded like waves breaking on the rocks. This is explained by the po- Sition of the transmitters, which were all turned toward the orator, and were thus only imperfectly influenced by the noises coming from the hall. ——_+~-~~_ Another Complaint. “T can’t see why you should howl about the cost of living. You have- n’t any children.” “My wife informs me that dog bis- cuits have gone up frightfully.” _ ffi - in Ci- in in mm fi; ke ne he ne i: aN. — March 16, 1910 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Ceresota Flour Barlow’s Best Flour Cheaper Living E beg to digress from our usual this week to call the attention of our fellow merchants and bakers to the splendid opportunity at hand for educating the public to the use of white flour bread as a principal food. The comparative cost and nutritive value of our product, recent revelations in the ‘‘Beef Trust” investigation, the agitation for a lower cost of living and the enquiry into the cause of the high cost of living make up a combination of facts and circum- stances that furnish an opportunity never equaled for us. Let everybody get in the game! A Voice from Montreal that Preaches Wheat Many reasons for the present high cost of living are being thoughtfully considered and suggestion points out numerous avenues of escape for the burdened householder; in fact, with Congress hammering at the problem and individuals proving conclusively that it all comes from the tariff, from the increased production of gold and from the trusts, there appear to be doctors enough to diagnose the trouble and get at a certain remedy. While these forces are at work with a view to curing the great public illness a voice comes up from Montreal that appears worth listening to. True, the owner of the voice, a certain Mr. Thompson, is connected with one of the greatest milling estab- lishments in the British empire, but that does not necessarily make his advice less valuable, for the investigations of the United States Government bears out much that he says. The burden of his message to starving humanity is that we should eat more bread and less meat; we are too much given to luxurious living. ‘*The trouble is not,’’ he says, ‘‘the high cost of living, but high and extravagant living and the over-indulgence in expensive luxuries.’’ In this connection a table giving results of the investigation by the United States Government is of interest. It shows the value in energy, muscle and strength-giving qualities contained in ten cents’ worth of various food stuffs, and wheat flour heads the list. In fact, it is worth double the value of beans, which come next as sustainers of human life. Eggs are placed at 385, beef at 410, mutton at 445, pork at 1035, while the same money invested in wheat flour gives 6540. The per capita consumption of flour in Canada is less than three cents per day and it is probably about the same in the United States.—Free Press. Fanchon Flour Wheat Flour Cheapest and Best Food. U.S. Government Tests Prove It. ARTICLES ENERGY 10 CENTS WILL BUY Pogs..-..3.:-... 1... 3... 0 aes ee Beef. siclomy... 55.0.5... . 5... 410 Mutton, leo .-...2....2...-..: 445 Milk ........................, 1030) (nn Pork, tou... °-3- 5 1035 es Cheese 0 1185 ee Hite... 35 Wheat Breakfast Foods ....1489 ER ice ee ee 203 Pili ae arananmmeeeseetie Beans, dried........-.......-- 3) Be aes Wheat Flour ...-....: 131) ee ea ee (U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers Bulletin No, 142.) Energy, Muscle and Strength Giving Qualities. One pound of flour, costing 21% to 3 cents, will go as far as two pounds of meat, costing 15 to 20 cents per pound. Judson Grocer Co. Wholesale Distributors Grand Rapids, Mich. Aristos Flour 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 16, 1910 BATTLE CREEK INTERURBAN. What Undertaking Means To Grand Rapids.* Connecting by a direct line the cit- ies of Grand Rapids, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo furnishes not only inter- urban transportation between cities but part of an inter-State project which will help make Grand Rapids an interurban center, with spokes reaching ultimately into Northern Ohio and Indiana, with connecting in- terurban tracks from Grand to Indianapolis and Cleveland. Rapids At your last luncheon I saw i motto which, if I remember rightly, said something about pulling for Grand Rapids. As I read it I knew I was among friends, for that is what I have been doing for the past five years. In 1907 a delegation from your body visited Battle Creek and Lee M. Hutchins said, “A direct line of rail- toad between Grand Rapids and Bat- tle Creek is a commercial necessity.” I became of this opinion within the first six months of my investigations The great Secretary of the Treas- ury, John Sherman, said, “The way to resume gold payments is to re- sume.” Deciding that the way to get a railroad between Grand Rapids and Battle Creek was to commence work. we have organized a corporation for the purpose of building it. We have surveyed seven different routes be- tween Grand Rapids, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. We have selected what we believe to be the best route not only for to-day but for the fu- ture. We have negotiated for rights of way and own about thirty miles and know exactly what we will have to pay for the remainder. We have a charter from the State and franchises from Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. We have profiles and maps of the entire route and have ascertained the cost of everything necessary from the up-to-date interurban express car down to the track wrench. We have laid some track in Kala- mazoo; in fact, we have expended over $100,000 in backing up the faith that is in us. Believing that the three cities and the demands of commerce would in the end find the financia} means we have kept our organization intact; we have complied with your railroad laws and only await the quickening touch of capital to con- struct and operate the railroad. Your city, the second in size in the State, although having two interur- ban lines to Lake Michigan, has no interurban connection with Detroit. the commercial capital of your State. Fifty miles south are the interurban tracks between Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Jackson, Ann Arbor and De- troit. The chain of interurban railroads from Detroit west to Lake Michigan is not complete. One link connects Detroit with Jackson, another con- nects Jackson with Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. *Address by Col. Committee of One Board of Trade, Wm. V. Jacobs before Hundred of Grand Rapids Then a link is missing between the last named cities and Grand Rapids with its two last links connecting your city with Lake Michigan. It is to supply that missing link of steel] between Grand Rapids, Bat- tle Creek and Kalamazoo that we are bending our energies and concentrat- ing our efforts. We do not antagonize either of the interurban projects which seek to build southerly from your city via Plainwell and Hastings. We believe that if built they will both serve their communities well and we wish them Godspeed. We seek a middle route which, with seventy miles of track, will parallel no other railroad, will serve a popula- tion of over 200,000 and, while con- necting your city with both Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, the cities they seek to reach, will open up new and fertile country of great natural loveli- ness. In addition to connecting the three terminal cities with each other connect them with about fifteen lakes of great beauty; three of them, Green, Gun and Gull, of considerable size, the first two being without rail com- munication of any kind. We seek to build a trunk line for all three cities, a direct track from | Gull | Grand Rapids to Yorkville, on Lake, dividing at that point southeast twelve and one-half miles to Battle Creek and twelve and one-half miles southwest to Kalamazoo, A train service alternating each two hours to Battle Creek and to Kalama- zoo will create an hourly service from your city southerly. Steam railways afford facilities for coming to your city three or four times a day. We desire to afford fa- cilities for coming to your city every hour for eighteen hours of the day. A two hour service between Battle Creek and Grand Rapids and a simi- lar service from Kalamazoo wil] be an hour service from Grand Rapids for the eighteen hours. We will greatly broaden the field of your city’s activities. The country to be developed is fer- tile and susceptible of intense culti- vation. The lake region invites set- tlement by well-to-do people from cities south of Michigan and Chicago. from [ will not at this time go into finan- cial details or burden you with fig- ures, simply stating that our engi- neer’s estimates for a railroad graded to a grade of 1 per cent. on private right of way, with easy curves and laid with heavy rails, properly bal- anced, fenced and safeguarded as re- quired by law, with adequate power cars and equipment, both passenzer and freight, operating a train service protected by block system of signals, will be less than $30,000 per mile of track. We expect to operate as cheaply as the present interurbans in South- ern Michigan and to earn as much net earnings per mile of track as they, possibly more. If we can do this the net earnings will pay a fair return on the capital necessary to build, equip and put the railroad in operation, We | business find that a conservative estimate of operating expense is 15 per cent., and then only How much of yo scales? This is a vital su Figure out what day amounts to, then think it over. Ask yourself if you are sure that you are not losing this One penny is all it will cost you to send us a postal asking for our illustrated catalogue computing scales. EASY PAYMENTS—You have the option of buying either by easy monthly payments, or a liberal cash discount if paid in 30 days. Old or unsatisfa purchases of new ones. Investigators representing the Press, Public, Legislatures, etc , are now delving into this live and important subject for the purpose of placing the blame and suggesting a remedy. Some say it’s the retailer. /S 1T> We are too closely allied to the retailer to let the statement go unchallenged. 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Pd a March 16, 1910 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 I will not attempt to tell you of the financial technique of interurban railroad promotion, briefly stating that it is proposed to raise the money by an issue of first mortgage 6 per cent. gold bonds for the proper cost and to give a bonus of capital stock. Under the new constitution all is- sues of both stock and bonds require the approval of the State Railway Commission both as to amount per mile and the application of the pro- ceeds. This is a wise and proper condi- tien, safeguarding the investor and helping the promoter to enlist capi- fal: As know, for the past five years it has been impossi- ble to command capital for new inter- urban railroads whose earnings must be per. Since the Armstrong investigation of insurance companies in New York in 1905 all avenues for the invest- ment of capital of large financial in- stitutions and trust companies have been most carefully guarded limitations as to their use. you doubtless showing of estimated on pa- with Consequently new construction ot interurban railroads in the State came practically to a_ standstill. I recall but one interurban company that has been able to carry on any new con- struction and that is the Michigan United Railway, with established earnings, and they are getting their monev in London. to recite the trials and obstacles which a promoter meets incident to financial panic and awakened public sentiment. It is needless for me It is hopeless to look at what is called Wall street and the East for money to build this interurban rail- road, a new project with no proven earnings. The percentage of profit in it is not big enough to be attrac- tive to parties who figure their profits must be hundreds of per cent. I have never seen the day in New York—and I go there often—when the Eastern centers were not shudder- ing at some financial bugaboo which depressed stock. Either Roosevelt was after Standard Oil, Hughes after Wall street with its Rock Island an1 Hocking Valley deals or Taft after the Sugar Trust, with its little spring in the scales—all disturbing the mar- ket and making the wise-acres of fi- nance think the country was going to the financial dogs. I tell Rapids, that so long as the surplus funds of the country pile up in New York to be loaned on the street and in the stock exchange on loans from day to day, on what they are pleased to call. “quick collateral,’ at rates as high at times as Io0o per cent., just so long will it be impossible for new railroad propositions in the Middle West to be financed in the East. An obstacle in the minds of the average house in the East when cap- ital is sought is the limitation of the time placed upon railway franchises in’ Western cities. In Eastern cities the life of most railway franchises is either perpet- ual or for ninety-nine years or more. Under your State constitution a limit you, men of Grand call of thirty years is placed on all rail- way franchises in cities where condi- tions are as they are in Grand Rapids. The public are best served by in- terurban roads coming into the city over the tracks of your local com- pany. A serious handicap in financing our project in the East comes from the inability of the Grand Rapids Rail- way to make a longer lease of run- ning rights than eleven years, which is the limit of their franchise. Your city charter limits the time to twenty years. This is considered too short a period by financial and if your charter provision can be length- ened to thirty years it will make fi- nancing easier. TECH, There is another way, however, than depending on Eastern capital. If a rail outlet from Grand Rapids is so desirable as to be cessity, why not raise the capital in Michigan? Grand Rapids is famed for doing things. Why not build this railroad yourselves? You have wealth enough to do it, a commercial ne- I am told in Chicago and Detroit that hardly an enterprise of financial magnitude is undertaken where some of the money does not come from Grand Rapids and Northern Michi- gan. Your State is canvassed daily men selling bonds and stocks. by Your city is the financial heart of the northwestern part of the Lower Peninsula, with its population of over half a million of people. Hardly a city north of you but has conspicuously rich men and rich institutions. Do you believe that if the great commercial your Board | of Trade, decides to raise the money to build this railroad they will fail? I do not believe it for a minute. body, I am told that your city has raised four million dollars on capital stock for a telephone company. If you will start a systematic move- ment under proper guidance to sell the bonds to your own people and your neighbors, to manufacturers and shippers, who will be benefited, I be- you will raise the necessary amount with ease. lieve Tt will be an object lesson to the entire Eastern country if it be said that Grand Rapids, the Furniture City, wanted an interurban road to Battle Creek and took hold and built it herself. Help me get tracks laid to Battle Creek and Kalamazoo will build from that city to Gull Lake and meet you. When one sees the vast sums the Central Western States are pouring into bond issues to develop irrigation and other enterprises in the Far West it should be possible to secure money for home development and to build this much-needed line to the southeast. With this line built to Battle Creek and Kalamazoo an im- petus will be given for projects from Elkhart to connect with the interur- ban roads of Northern Indiana and for a road from Battle Creek south through Coldwater to the interurbans of Ohio. Your city is only inferior to De- TRADE WINNERS Pop Corn Poppers, Peanut Roasters and Combination Machines. MANY STYLES. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Send for Catalog. KINGERY MFG, CO..106108 E, Pearl St. .Cincinnatl,O. BUICKS LEAD CARS $1.000 AND UP BUICK MOTOR COMPANY Louis and Ottawa Sts. Grand Rapids Branch TRACE and Quickly. 10W Columbia Batteries, Spark Plugs Gas Engine Accessories and Electrical Toys C. J. LITSCHER ELECTRIC CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. Acorn Brass Mfg. Co. 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We want to attract a stream of people from the Far South to the lakes on the line of this railroad who will build cottages. We want to af- ford an opportunity to the people from the interior of adjoining states to reach these lakes. We want to make it possible to get from Chicago to the lakes along the line in a few hours. We want to develop the rural sec- tions and put ten farmers on each farm where there is one to-day and cut the farms into truck gardens and dairy farms. Do this and Grand Rap- ids will be greatly benefited. Not a family will be located on those lakes but will spend some mon- ey each year in Grand Rapids. In this State the average annual increase of traffic on interurban road- is about Io per cent. Where can you get three better cities, Grand Rapids. the Furniture City; Kalamazoo, the Celery City, fourth in size in the State and grow- ing rapidly; Battle Creek, the health resort, with its breakfast foods and a fertile country between with its lakes and hills rivaling the famous Berkshires. Help to build this railroad by buy- ing the bonds and not only will you get the direct returns of interest and future dividends on the capital stock, but your city, your business and your- selves will get returns in increased business and pleasure from quicker and more frequent inter-communica- tion with the cities that are your southern neighbors and the trade will come from the newly developed re- gion south of your city. The Railroad Committee of _ this representative body can easily formu- late a business plan by which sub- scriptions to bonds can be © safe- guarded and be conditional upon the entire sum being raised before any subscriptions are called for or money paid in. After all things connected with this enterprise are considered the main question is, Is the enterprise com- mercially sound and will it pay? Will the railroad carry enough passengers and freight at a sufficient profit to support itself and meet the interest en the bonds and earn a surplus? We believe it will. We believe the earnings per mile will be larger than those of the in- terurban roads now operating in Southern Michigan. From the character of the con- struction and equipment which we plan we can operate at the minimum cost. With the development of the coun- try along the line, the growth and development of the terminal cities and connection with present and future interurban and steam railroads we foresee a great commercial success for the enterprise. and wisely operated, on private right of way, through a fertile agricultural country, connecting rich manufactur- ing cities, affords the very best and increasing security for money invest- ed in its bonds and stocks. Willingness To Admit Ignorance. Evansville, Ohio, March 8—I read a mighty powerful statement—more powerful than many can comprehend — made in an address delivered at the annual banquet of the Sand Lake Board of Trade. It is as follows: “I thank my stars I know enough so that I am not afraid to admit my ignorance and I can recognize and utilize a good thing for my business when I see it.” Emerson said, “There is not yet any inventory of a man’s faculties, any more than a bible of his opinions.” We should never, so long as we live, set a limit to the power of our minds. Life is a search after power, but the influence we need and must have is too intelligent to come to us until we really need it. He is, in- deed, very foolish who thinks he knows it all, Edward Miller, Jr. A Rare Bargain. Fancier—This dog, madam, would be cheap at $100. Lady—I would take him, but I am afraid my husband might object. 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Agents Wanted L A railroad properly built, honestly March 16, 1910 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN A USELESS LIFE Developed by Idleness, Egotism and Vanity. Written for the Tradesman. forty or more years ago in the city of Detroit a man died leaving, for those days, a considerable fortune, chiefly real estate, to an only son. The dominating condition upon which the bequest was based, it is said, was that the beneficiary should abandon the habit of gambling. At that time the son, a splendid physical example of manhood, full six feet tall, admirably proportioned and equipped with good health and a common school education, was distin- guished chiefly as a well groomed and successful poseur about ‘the ho- tels and other public not addicted to toxicants or who in- DOS- resorts, the and who sessed no bent whatever, aside from was use of tobacco a moderate, well-controlled devotion to games of chance. Considered superficially marked success in any one of several pations was easily within his grasp if he would but put forth an effort displaying industry, ambition and ap- plication. Everything—youth, a com- petence, striking personality, health and strength—seemed to be in _ his favor. OCCU was afflicted in conceit—somewhat physical attractions direct insult to his health, his strength and his youth—- were his besetting sins. But the youngster ways: Self authorized by his —and laziness—a two For forty years this man has ex- isted in Detroit as one having re- markable powers as a mimic: uncom- mon facility in the use of most of the humorous dialects—Negro, Irish, French, Jew, Scotch, German and Italian—and he is noted as a story teller; but his notoriety in this respect is confined almost exclusively to the telling of tales that are loud, profane and altogether unworthy the thought of a decent man. For forty years this indifferent spendthrift of inherited opportunity has lounged around, taking no part in civic affairs, in desirable social af- fairs, in everyday business affairs, in educational affairs. Satisfied to re- main useless and valueless while his real estate doubled and quadrupled in value again and again and selling only when necessary to replenish his bank account for present use, this man is at present counted as being worth from half a million to three-quarters of a million dollars. Naturally such a life of indolence has developed, along with increased self conceit, a vindictive and wholly selfish temperament. For example. an active and valuable business man in Detroit owned a fine home adjoin- ing several vacant lots on Woodward avenue which were owned by the valueless citizen. This busi- ness man had a son—a youth 12 or 14 years of age—who was so much of an invalid that for years he could get out of doors only at long inter- vals. And so the father had a large window put in the boy’s ground floor room so that lying upon his couch or in a reclining chair he could see—across the vacant lots owned by also lazy, the lazy man—the ‘life and activity for a considerable distance down Wood- ward avenue, There arose a difference of opin- ion between the two property own- ers and, as a result, the lazy. man caused to tbe erected on his own land a high fence shutting off the view from the sick boy’s apartment. The matter got into the courts and the fence came down. Later the lazy man wished to buy a small 30 foot lot to add to a larger corner lot he had inherited. The owner of the small lot and of the cozy little house he had erected there- on named a price at which he would sell. The lazy, useless man declared the price was too high, that he could not pay it and the home owner re- torted that he did not have to; that he did not desire to sell and was in noe wise auxious to move. Thereupon the citizen-cipher allow- ed that the home-owner would re- gret his decision and very promptly caused to be erected on the corner lot and as close to the home-owner’s lot line as the city’s regulations would permit a costly stone house; a residence of practically three stories and representing an investment of at least $10,000. The new structure cut off all north light from the home- owner’s cottage, but the stone house remained unoccupied and absolutely idle for twelve or fifteen years from the time of its completion, because, knowing the story of spite and sel- fishness that it birth, no one would rent or purchase the property> There remains the old, old story of the “Hog Block,” rehearsed re- cently in the Tradesman, as an ex, ample of this lazy, aimless, forty-year idler’s revengeful, reputa- tion. Now comes the preposterously ab- surd climax: The man whose life in merest out- line is given above has seriously sub- mitted a proposition to the munici- pal authorities of Detroit as follows: He offers to deed to the city of Detroit real estate valued at half a million dollars on condition that the city erect and maintain perpetually at Belle Isle Park a fountain to be known as the —_-—— fountain (using the name of the lazy man) and the design of the fountain shall be sur- mounted by a life size statue, in bronze, of the lazy man. After all, what better could be ex- pected of one who never did a repu- table day’s work in forty years; who has never done the shadow of any- thing that would entitle him to the lasting honor he covets? Charles H. Seymour. —_+-.__ Licorice for Fires. A new fire-extinguishing mixture for use especially upon highly in- flammable liquids has been subjected to severe tests in Germany and found to be successful. 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The complete hose is then vulcanized in our patent rigid moulds under very high pressure. REVERO is the only hose made by this process. This pressure, exerted from inside of hose, forces the rubber and fabric together before it is vulcanized, and thus it be- comes one complete homogeneous body. Ceiba The Old Style Readily Kinks, Causing the Plies to Separate CLARK-WEAVER CO., Agents GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. JENNINGS’ Condensed Pearl Bluing NON-FREEZABLE A 10 Cent Bottle Contains 30 Washings Packed 2 Dozen Large Size in Box, 75c Per Dozen Sprague, Warner & Co., Chicago Judson Grocer Co., Grand Rapids Stone-Ordean Wells Co., Duluth Symons Bros. Co., Saginaw Worden Grocer Co., Grand Rapids Church & McConnell, Toledo Lee, Cady & Smart, Detroit Musselman Grocer Co., Traverse City National Grocer Co., Escanaba The Petoskey Grocer Co., Petoskey The S. C. Shannon Co., Appleton Gustin, Cook & Buckiey, Bay City Godsmark, Durand & Co., Battle Creek Moulton Grocer Co., Muskegon Phipps, Penoyer & Co., Saginaw Lemon & Wheeler Co., Kalamazoo Hume Grocer Co., Muskegon J. F. Halliday & Son, Battle Creek Kidd, Dater & Price Co., Benton Harbor C. E. Elliott & Co., Detroit Kramer & Sons, LaPorte Ed. M. Lieblein, Hancock Jennings Flavoring Extract Co. C. P. B. Distributed by Manufacturers Grand Rapids, Mich. we & Q E IGA A TRADESMAN oe March 16, 1910 Se ad: : an a WAT wn j\ Y '{ )) i \\ Aa] iis >) — = oe = 5 baa = 3 = aS =o d \/ y IF Hints for Effective Displays for the Vernal Holiday. A few days from now ane Easter will be with us. As shoemen we al- most universally recognize Easter as the opening of spring business. Prac- tically every progressive retailer in the country takes notice of the day and arranges a window display and interior trim in keeping with the glad season. This year Easter comes early and in that fickle “lamb or lion- like” end of the month when the weather is never to be depended upon for a glad and gorgeous Easter. East- er comes on the 27th and at a time when spring in the Northern States is not well under way or favorable for wearing of new and lighter gar- ments, so that the sale of oxfords and light weight shoes is dependable on favorable weather to some extent. Yet for all this we strongly urge the retailers of the United States to make Easter an opportunity for a grand spring opening. From New York, Philadelphia and Boston we get au- thoritative word that fashionable cus- tomers are rushed with orders for de- livery on the 21st with little pros- pects of filling their orders for spring wearing apparel. This point of spring openings is made a matter of great capital for all branches of trade and lavish expenditures in window trims | ; |that is artistic and fitting to the ob- are being outlined by storekeepers, notwithstanding the early Easter. This play to Fashion’s demands has not been quite as prevalent among shoe retailers, but each year brings more dealers into line. The earliness of Easter this year will act as a stimulus to a large spring business. The March 1 shipments this year were far in excess of any season heretofore, largely due to the early dating of Easter. This is a criterion of the huge spring business antici- pated by retailers all over the coun- try. Factories are rushing deliveries daily of spring goods for Easter opening. Previous years brought a formal spring opening about March 20 and then an Easter sale in April, but this year the great majority of open- ing sales will be merged with the Faster one. : To properly start a spring’s busi- ness a special display, together with special announcements and advertise- ments will serve to bring patrons and visitors to view your stocks and to usually buy, whatever the time, weather and conditions. The Easter spirit is so ingrained into the public that a complete new attire seems the one essential to the perfect enjoy- ment of that festive day. A large dealer, who for many years has made a specialty of a spring opening about the middle of March, is this year to combine the two and he says, “The effort and money spent will be am- ply repaid if the public stop and no- tice and come in, not for the pur- pose of buying, but to look over the lines of spring shoes.” Whatever sales are made in this early period he con- siders the best exponents of the worth and attractiveness of his line cver all else. The period of small sales usual to March isincreased toa fair business that is appreciated by retailers from an advertising and re- ceipts-bringing point of view. The early Easter opening is a producer of business further on as well as in im- mediate sales. People of to-day are observant and a fitting display usually brings forth the following: “What shoes do I wear this spring?” or “I can not wear these old winter shoes and Easter clothes.” At any rate the policy of new Easter outfits makes the sale of shoes dependent upon fashion and not so much upon weather conditions. Now is the time to prepare for a spring and Easter opening on March 21 to 26, or if you prefer March 26 to April 2, thus taking your Easter- tide display out of Holy Week and into Easter Week. A beautiful conception of an Easter window for the week prior to that day servation of that festival is being ex- hibited: A corded veiling background gives a delicate white setting around a large white star. A pictorial scene is inside the star and back against the inner glass of the window box. The inner decoration consists of a doll to signify an angel at the foot of an electric cross. The drapery ar- rangement of the picture and star is excellent and shows great care and taste. The star is studded with elec- tric lights. At night this window scene is the true Easter beacon oi attraction, bringing people from far and wide to view its simple beauty. Naturally some other objects are needed to complete an Easter shoe window and the foreground is set with stylish and serviceable Easter shoes. People come to look at the Easter star and stop to examine the styles. The display of shoes is tasty, not too many nor yet too few, but just the proper setting for an appropriate foreground. Large artificial violets and lilies give the touch of color to star and cross. It is an Easter greet- ing without the card, but the card is well placed and artistic. A similar window would go well in almost any location and is not very expensive. Another display in a different set- ting and very appropriate for the The Race of Success Runs on Time Napoleon said: ‘‘I beat the Austrians because they did not know the ” value of five minutes. Several thousand alert progressive shoe dealers have already placed Bertsch Shoe their order for the If you are not one of that number you owe it to your good judgment and your business acumen to see this line—our salesmen are out —one of them will call on you, but to expedite matters—to get the samples of this line before you in good season, that your gocds may reach you on time—let us have a request for the samples today. Herold=-Bertsch Shoe Co. Makers of the H B Hard Pan and Bertsch Shoe Lines Grand Rapids, Mich. No. 979 Box Calf _ No. 990 Gun Metal One of the best sellers of the season Advertising, Talk or Taking Your Word for it GRAND RAPIDS i; Sal. eee will sell a man his first pair of shoes. But it's service, solid money value, wear and fit that sells the second. Back of all we say about our goods; back of all arguments we can use to con- vince you of their merits: entirely beyond our control there’s a tremendous force of word to mouth advertising which wearers of our shoes do for us—one man’s praise to another of style, quality and fit. The power of such advertising is very great; its value lies in its sincerity and its disinterestedness. The only way we get it and keep it is by making goods that deserve it. Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co., Ltd. Grand Rapids, Mich. A _—— ee eee ee ee ee ee #) ment. March 16, 1910 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 week before Easter is: A white cross stands out above all else as the token of Eastertide. Festoons of flowers and greens are upon the trellises in two windows. Plenty of white and a tone of color make the window catchy to the eye. Plenty of good sharp light is also necessary and just where it ought to be, on the shoes. To properly start the spring sea- soti tieeds a campaign of publicity on spting lines. The spifit of optimisin should be in évery advertisement of ahnouncement. Spécial botdets of Easter symbolism are to be had at slight expense for cards. The formal announcement cafd is perhaps the best method of inaugurating an Faster opening. The form universal- ly used is in simple script type, “re- questing the pleasure of the presence of Mr. Blank at the Easter Spring Opening.” This should be sent to the mailing list in ample season, say a day or two prior to the sale opening, so that the patrons will anticipate the exhibition of footwear promised them, In the newspaper advertisements the card can be used to good advan- tage of a special Easter border can be made up. The great majority of newspapers have a cut and border service open to their advertisers without charge and whatever is need- ed is made up according to their de- sires. The large city daily papers employ commercial artists who will draw figures, flowers, groups or shoes for plates to be used in their adver- tisements. For Easter if you ean de- vote a certain amiount of money put it into several large strong advertise- ments instead of spreading it over three weeks with a few inches. Your Easter spring card should show plenty of white and be without cuts. This should be run twice and varied with an itemized ad- Vertisement of cuts and type with the Easter spirit written all over it. Take the Easter spirit into your store itself; to make it all exterior is to make it but half the opening. The cheer and -feeling of Easter should be imbibed by clerk and_ proprietor and transmitted to the customers. Easter is the gladsome season of activities, and let the spirit move your shoe business, too. -Boot and Shoe Recorder. : ea The Adjustment of Complaints. The most successful retail store in Chicago has as its settling complaints er is always right. Are there shoe retailers who follow this rule? Is there one? One great mistake that ninety-nine shoe retailers out of a hundred make when customers bring back shoes that have proved unsatis- factory is to make the customer feel that he has no just claim—and then in all probability make an allowance. Retailers probably make more ene- mies, or at least lose more custom- ers by their mistreatment of dissatis- fied customers than in any other way. The great majority of customers un- doubtedly hesitate to return unsatis- factory shoes for there is always doubt as to receiving pleasant treat- When the shoe is presented announcement awakening guiding rule in that the custom- many to the salesman with the complaint the salesman usually says that the shoes are not guaranteed, and appar- ently with great unwillingness pre- the “boss” In nine cases out of ten they walk away sents the matter to from the customer and in low tones discuss the claim, making the cus- tomer feel as if he had done some- thing dishonest. The salesman comes forward and generally makes a propo- sition that is utisatisfactory. Here the proprietor is brought into the case and says that all lie can do is to re- fer the mattef to the matiufacturer and that it will be probably a week or two before he will heat from the latter. The customer leaves the shoes with reluctance and leaves the store dis- satisfied. How different would be the result if the salesmen were as cheer- ful in hearing the complaint as when first selling the shoes. How differ- ent if the proprietor would take the same interest in the complaint as he did in seeing the salesman make the sale. Think it over, Mr. Dealer! Put yourself in the customer’s place and perhaps you will wake up to the fact that sometimes a man makes more by losing a dollar occasionally than he does by saving a dollar or two in a settlement.—Shoe Retailer. aan A Crazy Test. Two German chemists have evolved a test for certain forms of insanity by the action of cobra poison on the blood, which has attracted considera- ble attention. Several other investi- gators who have tried it state that it is not reliable. Anybody who knew he was to be experimented upon with cobra would be apt to get crazy, so the test can not be depended poison upon to pick out the sane ones. MAYER Martha Washington Comfort Shoes Hold the Trade For Dealers in HIDES AND PELTS Look to Crohon & Roden Co., Ltd. Tanners 37 S. Market St. Grand Rapids, Mich. Ship us your Hides to be made into Robes Prices Satisfactory General Investment Co. Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate and Loans Citz. 5275. 225-6 Houseman Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS Costs Little—Saves You Much Protect your business against worthless accounts by using COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO., LT®., Reports MICHIGAN OFFICES: Murray Building, Grand Rapids; Majestic Building, Detroit: Mason Block, Muskegon. Country Newspaper For Sale Only one in a thriving Western Michigan town. Owner selling on account of ill health. Is paying a good profit and can be made to pay more. Write at once for particulars. firand Rapids Electrotype Co. Graed Rapids, Mich. Send for Catalogue “The Watson Shoe For Men” Is verily the top-notch ac- complishment of Western custom shoemaking. Its pronounced shape and char- acteristic lines are winning scores of new customers daily. Serviceableness Is Bringing These Customers Back For More Toes are carefully modelled to give the foot all the room required for perfect freedom —no wrinkling nor looseness in the leather—the patent skins in these shoes have ex- tra wearing qualities and a very high finish—tanned to stand very severe usage. “The Watson Shoe For Men” Is an attraction on any size of foot and is made in all Leathers 2 wt Michigan Salesmen Willard H. James S. D. Davenport Watson-Plummer Shoe Company 230 Adams Street, Chicago Factories Dixon, Il. Snow and Slush Will be here now before you know it. The dealer who is well stocked with Rubbers will get the start on his com- petitors, but he must have Good Rué- bers. We are well stocked with Good Rubbers— Hood and Old Colony Get in touch with us NOW There is no need to tell you about the famous Plymouth Line. Every one who has worn them knows that it is the best line of Rubbers made for good hard Service—extra stayed at every weak point. # + # # # J Se eC NA 18 MICHIGAN TRA DESMAN March 16, 1910 NEW PAPER MILL. How Box Board Is Now Manufac- tured Here. The American Paper Co.’s mill on Godfrey avenue is an interesting place to visit. To those who have never seen a paper mill it is a place worth visiting. It is the first mill of the kind in Grand Rapids and some nice pleasant day in spring it is promised the management will invite the pub- lic to a general inspection of that which cost $250,000 and a year of hard work to install. This mill makes paper box board for the use of the American Paper Box Company in the manufacture of its collapsable box which dry goods and clothing houses find so handy in the delivery of goods. This box board is not heavy weight, but the mill can if desired turn out the heav- iest board or thin writing paper. The weight is only a matter of detail and adjustment. The box board’ under ordinary inspection single sheet and of the same material clear through, but as a matter of fact it is made up of five thin layers and three different materials are used First is the inner surface, which is made of old newspapers. Then come three layers of what is called chip, and this is old boxes, pasteboard, pa- per and almost anything else that wil! grind up into pulp. Then comes the cuter surface, which is of old seems to be a made newspapers and new wood pulp, to give it strength and toughness. The first step in the manufacture of box board is the conversion of the raw materials into pulp. There are five vats for this purpose, two for the different surface pulps and three for the chip, but all of similar con- struction. The vats are of. circular form, and in each is what looks like the covered paddle wheel of a steam- boat. The vat is partially filled with hot water, then the wheel is started and the old newspapers, scraps or fibre, as the case may be, are fed in. The wheel keeps the stuff moving around and as it passes through the wheel it is chopped and churned to a pulp. From the vat the pulp flows to grinding machines in the base- ment and then it is pumped to tanks by the side of but higher than the paper mill proper.- From the tanks it is forced through fine mesh sieves and flows by gravity as a not too thick soup into the paper mill’s feed tanks. Through these feed tanks revolves a cylinder of perforated cop- per or brass. This cylinder picks up a thin layer of pulp and as it re- volves this layer is deposited on the under side of a endless belt. This belt passes on to the next feed tank and cylinder, where a second lay- er is deposited, then to the third and fourth and finally receives the outer surface layer of mixed old newspapers and fibre. Then the belt takes a turn around a roller and another belt comes down to cover the layers of pulp, and thus, protected it passes between heavy and hot rollers to have the moisture pressed out. When enough moisture has been squeezed out and the still soft boxboard has attained a consistency strong enough to bear its own weight it passes from - wide between the belts to the big drying rollers. These rollers are about three feet in diameter and there are scores The boxboard passes through and around these rollers. of them arranged in three tiers. They are hot and the first sets are in a constant cloud of steam. As the boxboard progresses the steam grows less and finally there is none, which means that the board is dry. Light weight board is dry enough before it goes through half the rollers and then takes a short cut over the top of the machine to the calendering machine, whose pol- ished rollers and heavy pressure give the outer surface a glossy finish on the same principle as a laundry man- gel works. Heavy cardboard has to go the full length of the machine, and for very heavy board the machine must be put on slow speed to insure proper drying. From the calendering machine the board goes to the cut- ting machine. It is first slit to the desired width and then a revolving knife cuts it to proper lengths, and the sheets are all ready for the box factory and drop into trays, to be removed by the attendants. The raw material, bails of old news- papers, scraps of wrapping paper and box board, goes into the mixing vats at one end and the finished material comes out at the other, and the only human labor is that of supervision or the turning of an occasional valve. The paper machine proper is 250 feet in length and the sheet of box board that passes between or around all the drying and other rollers must be nearly half a mile long. The mill runs without other stop than for ad- justment or change of paper from 6 o'clock Monday morning to 6 o’clock the following Sunday morning, with night and day shifts of men, and its daily capacity is forty-two tons of finished board. The board as it comes from the machine is 116 inches wide. In connection with the box board mill is soon to be started a corrugat- ed board factory for the manufacture of packing boxes. This corrugated board has two surface layers with the corrugated filler between. The two surface layers and the filler are of practically the material, and will be made as ordinary light weight box board in the paper mill. Instead cf being sliced and cut at the end. however, it will be rolled on big spools and passed on to the corru- gated board factory. will be hung in three tiers. Board the middle spool will pass through the corrugating machine and then will pass on to the press into Same Here the spools from which are fed the surface boards from the other spools. The surface beards have been given a coat of glue and as the corrugated goes be- tween them the slight pressure makes them stick. The board then goes to more rollers to be dried and is finally cut to desired dimensions. There are only a few of the corrugated board mills in the country, and the demand for packing boxes of this material is steadily growing. For certain goods and up to a reasonable weight the corrugated board box is prefer- red to the old boxes of wood. They weight, which |The Best Show Cases Bear This Trade Mark are much lighter in represents a material saving in freight; they are easier to close or open, as hammer and nails are not needed; they are cheaper and will actually stand more hard usage than the boxes of wood. The railroads are accepting them with restrictions as to weight and the character of the ma- terials packed, and it may be predict- ed the time is not far distant when for many purposes they will be used exclusively. The above show case is the original Knocked Down receding base floor case. No better case can be built at any price. This is one of twenty different styles of floor cases that we build. We carry a large stock on hand ready for immediate shipment at all times. Complete catalog and prices on request. WILMARTH SHOW CASE COMPANY 936 Jeffersom Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich, 139-141 Monroe St. Pru Cd GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ea Yd TYLE You get them in the ERVICE ATISFACTION MISHOCO SHOE Made in all leathers for MEN, WOMEN AND BOYS You should have them in stock—every pair will sell another pair MICHIGAN SHOE CO., DETROIT Our BOSTON and BAY STATE RUBBER Stock is Complete Rouge Rex Welts People do not look for style only in welt shoes. They expect comfort and service as well. Our New Rouge Rex Welt. Shoes Style, Comfort and Wearing quality. They are repeaters well worthy of Combine your consideration. LET US SAMPLE YOU Hirth-Krause Company Shoe Manufacturers Grand Rapids, Michigan . i.e 4 » * March 16, 1910 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 Excellent Example of Practical Chris- tiantity. The Catholic Settlers’ Information Bureau, just organized by Bishop Richter and the priests and prominent laymen of the Grand Rapids Catholic diocese, is a splendid example of prac- tical and applied christianity. It is designed for the prevention of fraud and for the protection of home seek- ers from the wiles of the unscrupu- lous. The priests of the diocese and prominent laymen will carry on the work for which the Association is organized and more intelligent or better qualified workers in a good cause could not be desired. The Grand Rapids Catholic diocese comprises that part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan north of the Kent county tier of counties. In this district will be found some of the finest farming lands in the State and some of the richest fruit lands in the country. But while there are thou- sands of acres of first there are thousands of other that are absolutely worthless. worthless class lands, acres These many instances have been exploited by unscrupulous land agents, presumably to their own large profit and certainly to the dis- aster of their victims. The land agents secure title to these worthless tracts from the State on tax titles at merely nominal acres in cost. They advertise ex- tensively by circulars, through the these lands pamphlets or newspapers, describing as valuable for farming sell them at prices which ought to buy good lands. All through the jack pine plains districts will be found the abandoned homes of settlers who have bought these lands. purposes. and struggled desperately for a bare liv- ing and then in despair have been compelled to move out, as no amount of industry can. extract a worthless soil. resent mere value from These wrecks rep- more than the loss of The unfortunate set- tlers retreat with their money gone, but, worse still, with hearts embit- tered, spirits crushed, hope gone and health broken, and wives and _ little children have their full share in the tragedy. As Robert D. Graham, who is personally familiar with conditions, says, the highwayman and _ the pickpocket are respectable gentlemen compared with the land agent, who, by selling worthless lands, robs his victim alike of money, manhood and opportunity. much dollars. It is the purpose of Bishop Rich- ter’s Settlers’ Information Bureau to put a stop to the land swindles, to guide homeseekers to the good lands and to warn them against the worth- less. Each priest in the diocese will cbtain all the necessary information within his jurisdiction, and in gather- ing this information the priests will be aided by prominent laymen. Then when home seekers come in there will be at least one place where ac- curate, reliable and disinterested ad- vice can be obtained. This will be at the home of the priest, and the information will be equally accessi- ble to the non-Catholic as to the members of the faith. This Bureau and its purpose are worthy of the church, in the highest degree credit- able to Bishop Richter’s wisdom and goodness, and the services rendered will be of infinite value to the State. The officers of the Association are: President, Bishop Richter; Vice- Presidents, Rev. Fr. Thos. Rafter, Bay City, and Patrick Noud, Manis- tee; Treasurer, Warren Cartier, Lud- ington; Secretary, yet to be named. The Association has no lands to sell, is not the agent of any land owner and has no personal interests to serve. Its whole purpose is to save men from calamity, to insure for them at least a fair chance at the succes; which industry should win. It is true christianity with a practical applica- tion, a The Passing of a Word. In certain quarters there seems to be a tendency to drop the word “so- licitor” and use either “representa- tive’ or “salesman,” To many per- sons, perhaps, the difference in terms not much importance, but whoever has a due regard for ex- actness and the suggestive effect of a word, and will consider the ety- mological and accumulated meaning oi the words in question will der why astute sales-managers have not long ago relegated the word “so- does seem of w On- licitor” to that linguistic cemetery where now reposes that other age- worn term, “We bes to advise.” Established in 1873 Best Equipped Firm in the State Steam and Water Heating Iron Pipe Fittings and Brass Goods Electrical and Gas Fixtures Galvanized Iron Work The Weatherly Co. 18 Peari St. Grand Rapids, Mich. Handy Lamp Gasoline Lighting System Gives a 300 Candle Power ~® Shadowless Light the instant you move the lever. 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Yet, for all this, the ques- tion is one which might well seem absurd to calm, dispassionate observ- ers, who regard it in the light of all the cumulative evidence that men and women love not only twice, but many times: who remember that some one has said that “more widows and wid- owers marry than single men and women,” while not even the more ar- dent supporters of the love theory will deny that comparatively few peo- ple marry the first person to whom they take a fancy. Jerome K. Jerome “We | never sicken with love twice. A man’s heart is a firework which once in its Meteorlike declares: time flashes heavenward. it blazes for a moment and lights with its glory the whole world beneath Then the night of our sordid, com- monplace life closes in around it and the burnt out case, falling back to and uncared for. 7 earth, lies useless slowly smoldering into ashes. But, as some one has are as many varying kinds of love as there are plants of the field, trees of the forest; and this description ap- plies only to a grand passion, such as | is felt but by the few. Undoubtedly young people, fondly | in love at the present moment, will assert what they also earnestly be- | lieve, that it is impossible to love | twice. They never have loved be- fore, they say; they perhaps may have felt a passing fancy for some one, but love—no! They are firmly convinced that now change can come over the spirit of their dream. This is probably as it should be from the lovers’ point of view; it would be unkind, not to say unfair, to them- selves and the present objects of their affection to admit for a moment that any other love which they may have felt has equaled their present devo- said, there | no | tiously imarriage it is lare right before you go ahead. It tion in intensity. Undoubtedly there is a great deal | of foolish: sentiment felt concerning first love; a sentiment which often i; productive of infinite harm, not to say misery, to those who act as if this passion were a species of obses- sion which is not te be resisted. Much sorrow may arise from some spurious emotion being mistaken for genuine permanent love. A passing fancy born of vanity or boredom; an infatuation fanned by a masterful ex- hibition of will power, sometimes amounting even to hypnotism; an ar- dent admiration which can not be| warranted to last; these are only a| few of the feelings which hurry peo- | ple into matrimony, to be deeply re- gretted later on. Opinions upon the subject of marrying one’s first love are much divided, and the only possi- ble means of settling the question is te beg it and allow that it is mainly a matter of temperament. The age at which one begins falling in love also has much to do with the matter. A cynical modern writer gives it as his opinion that no wise man ever will marry first love, since he knows that matrimony demands as much special attention as any of the learned professions. remarks: the his And, he senten- “Unqualified ama- teurs swell lists of the divorce court,” George Eliot asks: “Why should a man’s first love be his best? Does the artist or the musician produce his | masterpiece at the beginning of his career?’ There is much to justify these questions. There is no ground for supposing that all love is inspir- ed of heavenly good, and in an un- dertaking so momentous as that of well to be sure you often is a blessing in disguise, no matter how much present suffering it may cause, when one’s first love is not allowed to ripen into matrimony. The partner who seems all-desirable in youth may prove the curse of lat-! er life. Such a marriage would be like plucking a dandelion at the gar- den gate before entering to gaze up- on its floral treasures. The infatua- tion of a college boy for a woman of 35 is quite another thing from the love of his manhood; while the ro- mantic attachment experienced by a girl in her teens rarely if ever is be- stowed upon the manner of man whom she would choose as a_ hus- band ten years later. For the ma- jority of mankind the great love of life comes preliminary passages, and it would seem but nat- ural that the sincerest affection should develop in maturity, when the mind has been strengthened and after several en- larged by experience. The faculties sharpened by use, the impulses regu- lated by judgment, ought to be more trustworthy than the immature yearn- ing after the first pleasing fancy. No one can dispute the fact that disappointed love is the source of un- told pain, even “That madness lies,” suicide, murder: doubt it there agony. way for, who will, are such See that Top a ei al ee ca a Wah ri Hi Lami, il ic | A A p i { i A Sawyer’s “2: CRYSTAL Sawyer Crystal Blue Co. 88 Broad Street, BOSTON - -MASS. March 16, 1910 er Blue. ™» For the Laundry. Sold in Sifting Top Boxes. | Sawyer’s Crys- i tal Blue gives a I} beautiful tint and || restores the color to linen, laces and fi goods that are worn and faded. } It goes twice Y as far as other Blues. Terpeneless FOOTE & JENKS’ COLLEMAN’S High Class Lemon and Vanilla Write for our ‘Promotion Offer’’ that combats ‘Factory to Family” schemes. Insist on getting Coleman’s Extracts from your jobbing grocer, or mail order direct to FOOTE & JENKS, Jackson, Mich. (BRAND) Tanglefoot The Original Fly Paper For 25 years the Standard in Quality All Others Are Imitations You have had calls for HAND SAPOLIO. lf you filled them, all’s well: if you didn’t, your rival got the order, and may get the customer’s entire trade. HAND SAPOLIO is a special toilet soap—su enough for the baby’s skin, Costs the dealer the same as regular SAPOLIO, but Perior to any other in count and capable of removing any stain. _ should be sold at 10 cents per cake. ways—delicate - 4 hee ae ll + March 16, 1910 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN things as broken hearts and some have known them. But fortunately for poor humanity people get over most things, otherwise life were im- possible to be borne. In all but rare exceptions the human heart is adapta- ble and the memory short when it is ring affections. conveniently a case of transfer- The average man’s capacity for loving or pretending to love is such as to excite a certain de- gree of admiration, since after all it shows his ability to make the best of things, which in itself is mendable. com The probability is that a man’s first love, when it is more than an attack of “calf love,” is the deepest and most consuming, but like a hot fire it burns out soonest. This is as it should be, since a youth when he first falls in love rarely is old enough to marry or in a position to support a wife. Therefore the “adorable marries a more eligible suitor; the boy’s infatuation wears away; he puts in a few years of hard work, and when later on he finds a new love he probably is in a position to marry. Thackeray tells us that every man ought to be in love a few times and have at least one sharp attack of the fever. she’ After all the strongest proof that men and women can love more than ence is afforded by the large number ef men and women who marry after the death of a dearly beloved wife or husband. It would be unjust to say that those who make such marriages do so without love for those whom they espouse in either case, and the fact that a large percentage of such unions are plainly and clearly happy leaves no doubt that for them at least it is possible to love more than once. A fault with women who marry wid- owers is that they are prone to im- agine that their husbands compare continually with those into whose places they have stepped. If the marriage is happy, nothing of the kind takes place. Moreover, the fact that a man prefers to marry again is of itself ample proof that he loves the second wife well enough to put her in the place of her predecessor, Dorothy Dix. — --~o 2 —~ Cash or Credit. A large capital or a cash business— this is the alternative that is offered to the retailer. To offset certain dis- advantages of the credit system the merchant who does business on this basis must posses a large work- ing capital. Without this competi- tion with his contemporary who was fortunate enough to start business with the cash policy is an arduous and rather hopeless task. The great advantage of receiving cash is the ability to use it imme- diately in the further conduct of the business and to obtain the attendant concessions. With a large available capital, however, this benefit is also attainable by the credit-working mer- chant. But there are other advan- tages held by the cash-seller that the credit man, in spite of the large capi- tal that he may possess, may not par- take of. As a general rule the cash man re- ceives money for all merchandise that them leaves his store. On tO He is not called up- through unpaid accounts. Because of the savings con- summated through the discounting o: bills and the elimination of bad debts he is in a position to undersell the credit merchant or to maintain his prices and add to his profits. The only point wherein the credit merchant has any advantage is in the sustain loss ability to offer customers the conve- that attends the practice of his policy, and this in itself is not sufficient to outweigh the benefits of the cash system. The reduction of prices is a much more tangible at- hience traction to the public than is the convenience of buying on credit. Moreover, there is a decided ten- dency on the part of the public to- ward a realization that into debt for all purchases is detrimental to their own interests, going EP How To Relieve That Tired Feeling. “That tired feeling,” is to be over- come by deep breathing. D. F. Com- stock, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says that both mental and muscular fatigue disappear after a few minutes of rapid deep breath- ing. It has been noticed by others, says Mr. Comstock, that deep violent breathing for several minutes so changes the system as to make respir- ation unnecessary for perhaps as much as five minutes after this pre- paratory breathing is over. The effect as a mental stimulant is pronounced. He has noticed in his own case that mental fatigue may be postponed far beyond the usual point by two minutes of rapid deep breath- ing at half hour intervals. A feeling of sluggishness or sleepiness may be almost completely dispelled. He has never noticed any reaction as in the case of most stimulants. The effect in muscular fatigue is also marked. Another curious effect is the apparent rapid lapse of time dur- ing the latter half of a hard breath- ing period. The change in time sense is most notable. ———_»-~.___ Good Fishing. Willis—Any fish up at that place where you spent your vacation? Gillis—I should say so. They are sc thick that the only way you can have any sport is to straddle one of them and try to hook the boat. a Love’s real wealth is often accord- ing to its apparent waste. GROWTH INCREASES INVESTMENT But added telephones mean at once increased income. CITIZENS TELEPHONE COMPANY Has enjoyed a net growth of more than 200 telephones in its Grand Rapids Exchange during the past two months, anda great growth in others of its many exchanges and long distance lines, so that it now has MORE THAN 10,460 TELEPHONES In its Grand Rapids Exchange alone, and about 25,000 telephones in other exchanges in its system It has already paid FIFTY QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS And its stock is a good investment. INVESTIGATE IT The safety of your family The protection of your property The peace of your mind demand the greatest of protectors A Bell Telephone 90% of all fire Michigan State alarms are said to be given Telephone DISTANCE Company iv telephone ae Our specialty is Awnings for Stores and Residences. We make common pull-up, chain and cog-gear roller awnings. Tents, Horse, Wagon, Machine and Stack Covers. Catalogue on Application. CHAS. A. COYE, INC., 11 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Klingman’s Summer and Cottage Furniture: Exposition An Inviting It is none too soon to begin thinking about toning up the Cottage and Porch. Our present display exceeds all previous efforts in these lines. All the well known makes show a great improvement this season and several very attractive new designs have been added. The best Porch and Cottage Furniture and where to get it. Klingman’s Sample Furniture Co. lonia, Fountain and Division Sts. Entrance to retail store 76 N. Ionia St. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 16, 1910 Observations of a Gotham Egg Man. Much uncertainty exists among the ezgg trade at this point as to the probable storage point for eggs this spring. There has been scarcely any dealing in futures to show the drift of sentiment, but there is a very gen- eral feeling that prices will be al- lowed to fall considerably below last year’s figures before any free storage will result. There are three reasons for this opinion: First it is verv generally appreciated that the prices paid last year led to mostly un- profitable results; some who bought very early and sold early made a moderate profit on their investment, but the rank and file of last year’s storage eggs, bought at the average prices prevailing, made no profit or an actual loss, and this in spite of a ter weather from early December to middle of January. In reviewing the course of last year’s market during the season of output it is interesting to note how persistently many oper- ators continued to store at unprec- plain evidences that the dangerous position. Up to the end of April there was some ground for the high prices, in the evident lighter early production and the unusually light accumulations to that date. But | ‘later there was plenty of evidence that the light early run was being offset by a much larger late yield and it was also shown by reliable | statistics that consumptive the unusually high prices prevailing. As early as May, and certainly by June, the information obtainable as to the merits of the situation fore- | casted quite positively the later real- | ization of excessive accumulations of | high cost eggs, and yet summer sur- | plus continued to go away at prices that seemed extremely dangerous, and later proved to be decidedly un- profitable. This experience will un- doubtedly have an effect in lowering the speculative point this season. Second there is every indication of a further considerable increase in egg production this year. The ex- treme prices ruling last year as a whole are likely to have led to an increased holding of laying poultry on the farms and reports from the in. terior indicate that this has been the effect. The early spring production is likely to be very heavy, also, be- cause of the late beginning of free laying even in Southern and South- western sections; this will doubtless result in reaching a period of flush production in an unusually wide ter- very unusual stretch of severe win- | edently high prices in spite of very | situation | was working into an unfavorable and | demand | was being curtailed considerably by | ritory at about the same time, and it is expected that the supply during the last half of March and April will be heavy. The third reason for more con- servative buying lies in the wide- spread agitation of restrictive legis- lation affecting the cold storage in- dustry. Of course any material re- striction of the period of permissible storage would enforce a considerable change in the relative value of eggs at different seasons and affect the quantity of spring surplus that might safely be put away at any given price—N. Y. Produce Review. | ——_—-o -.—___ | The possibility of really entering ‘into another’s grief is a joy that iangels must envy us, The Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle, Wash. Coffee Roasters And teach you to Roast Your Own Coffee I can double your coffee business and double your profits in 6 months. Write me. Get prices on my roasted coffees. You save 20 per cent. J. T. Watkins COFFEE RANCH Lansing. Mich. Mica Axle Gri ase Reduces friction to a minimum. It Saves wear and tear of wagon and harness. It saves horse energy. Ii increases horse power. Put up ir 1 and 3 lb. tin boxes, ro, 15 and as lb. buckets and kegs, half barrel: and barrels. ne Hand Separator Oil is free from gum and is anti-rust and anti-corrosive. Put up in ¥% 1 and 5 gallon cans. STANDARD OIL CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Halt Brand Canned G00ds Packed by W. R. Roach & Co., Hart, Mich. nee ene Our Slogan, “Quality Tells” rand Rapids Broom Company Grand Rapids, Michigan Stitan Pookie Want Michivan , ER REET RE Oe 41-43 S. Market St. C. D. CRITTENDEN CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. Wholesalers of Butter, Eggs, Fruits and Specialties shall be pleased to quote you. SEEDS If in the market and wish our prices let us know. We handle all kinds and ALFRED J. BROWN SEED OO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. OTTAWA AND LOUIS STREETS Grand Rapids, Mich. The Vinkemulder Company Jobbers and Shippers of Everything in FRUITS AND PRODUCE high prices for choice fowls, chickens, ducks and highest prices. REFERENCES~—Marine National B Papers and Hundreie of Shippers Established 1873 ene: Both Phones 1217 SEALED BOXES! 2 Boxes-G6OIN Case (120'>s) . BOXES- C4 incase (120!) BEST SUGAR FoR TEA AND COFFEE) W. C. Rea REA & WITZIG A. J. Witzig PRODUCE COMMISSION 104-106 West Market St., Buffalo, N. Y. ‘‘Buffalo Means Business’’ We want your shipments of poultry, both live and dressed. Heavy demand at turkeys, and we can get Consignments of fresh eggs and dairy butter wanted at all times. ank, Commercial Agents, Express Oompanies, Trade SEEDS--=“" ready—fill your orders—all kinds clover and grass seeds. EGGS-===wit be in market daily for fresh eggs. Wholesale Dealers and Shippers Beans, Seeds and Potatoes Moseley Bros. Office and Warehouse Second Ave. and Railroad Grand Rapids, Mich. ee a eli = ¥ ' oii I owl . 4, é 4 ¥ 1 -* é g > at 4 et ah le i + T March 16, 1910 NEW YORK MARKET. Special Features of the Grocery and Produce Trade. Special Correspondence. : New York, March 12—The demand for Brazil coffee this week has shown improvement. The men with bullish proclivities are strong in the assertion that quotations advance, but buyers not falling over each other to purchase much ahead of cur- rent requirements. lot of lying over the amount of San- tes coffee held in the interior and the quantity is given by some as 400,- coo bags and by others as 2,000,000. All this probably tends to cause some unsteadiness and until later the situation is apt to be “wobbly.” At the close Rio No. 7 in an invoice way is quoted at 8%Kc. worth 93¢c in an are very firm. In store there are of Brazilian 000 bags, the same must are There is a whole are way and and afloat coffee 3,467,- against 4,185,122 bags at time last year. Milds are very quiet—brokers there is nothing at all Santos 4s invoice say doing. Granulated sugar is quoted at. 5.25c, week has been distributers’ “unanimously” cent, Phe stocks in hands are large enough tc last for a month. What business has offered has been in the way of withdrawals under previous contract and new business has nil. less I quiet per and been almost No large sales of teas have been reported, but there is a steady outgo to country dealers. Japans of good grade are firm and almost scarce. In- dias are well sustained and tend up- ward. Quietude is still characteristic of the rice market and would-be buyers continue as such. Prime to choice domestic, 54@534c. Spices are firm and the market is in good shape all around, cloves and pepper being the chief centers of at- traction. Quotations show no change, but certainly there is no weakness. Molasses extensive, ing all sustained Sales are not is something do- the time and quotations are the basis of last re- port. New Ponce to arrive is being readily sold and some delay is ex- perienced in shipping. Fancy, 38@ 40c. Syrups are steady and without change. is steady. but there on There is animation in the can- ned goods market. Tomatoes remain on the low level of the past few weeks and if there is no improvement within a month it seems likely there will be a smaller acreage and, con- sequently, a lighter pack. This seems tc be the only remedy for the “tired fecling’” that has prevailed for so many months. Standard 3s are offer- ec at 62!4c £0. b. Baltimore, | al- though, of course, some packers ab- solutely decline business at this fig- ure and will decline anything less than 65c. Corn at-72%c is enquired for, but there seems to be little of- fering at this and 75c is wanted. “Cheap” peas are also asked for and, in fact, every blessed thing must be “cheap.” “Disregard quality entirely if needs be, but give us something that may be purchased for mighty no little money,” oi purchasers. seems to be the cry Trade is the butter ket and top grades are firmly at quotations. Creamery 33¢; extras, 3ec:. firsts, creamery held stock, S2c:, extras. 31¢:. imitation firsts, 24'14@26c; Western firsts, 23%4c Cheese is unchanged, New York State full cream being held at 174@ 18c, with demand fairly active. good in mar- held specials, 30@3Ic; specials, 314@ creamery factory with arrivals the week has Eggs are firm and, lighter, the market all been well sustained. Western tras, 2714@28c; firsts, 26@27Cc. ~~» ~~» -2 An official of the National Biscuit Company states that, aside from a small output of bread and _ confec- tionery, the company is now confin- ing its operations exclusively to the making of biscuits, than 1,000 varieties. a large number of trade-marks and trade names, the titles of which have been protected with uniform success by suits involving practically all of its leading brands. Numerous supply departments are maintained, and in New York City its bakeries and shops cover twenty-three acres of floor space, in Chicago twelve, in Cambridge six, in Philadelphia 4 and 11 Indianapolis two acres. Of the company’s fifty-eight manufacturing plants in various municipalities in all parts of the United States, thirty-one ex; including more It has identified Over are owned in fee and twenty-two leased. These plants ship to 174 “selling branches.” —_.--2_____ Work Your Windows. There is a vast difference in the amount of good which different peo- ple get out of their window displays. we are ob- work” their A great many liged to admit, windows as_ they natural result the work for them. The They new, stores, don’t should “cs and aS 4 windows do not windows must be kept. alive. must be made to tell always a interesting distinct, em- phatic story to the people who pass by and look in. and You can not make a lively window without putting things there which will attract attention and cause peo- ple to keep watch of the for interesting things. windows Se eaten AAs In answer to the question, “Do hogs pay?” an Iowa editor came back in this fashion: “A great many hogs do not; they take the paper sev- eral years and then have the post- master send it back marked ‘refused’ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN cr ‘zone West.’ ” New and BAGS sree For Beans, Potatoes Grain, Flour, Feed and Other Purposes ROY BAKER ‘Wm. Alden Smith Building Grand Rapids, Mich. Post Toasties Any time, anywhere, a delightful food— ‘*The Taste Lingers.’’ Postum Cereal Co., Ltd. Battle Creek, Mich. Dandelion Vegetable Butter Color A perfectly Pure Vegetable Butter Color, and one that complies with the pure food laws of every State and of the United States. Manufactured by Wells & Richardson Co. Burlington, Vt. St io eal aur 2 SEL ETINNSR Re COMMISSION en Ground Feeds None Better WYKES & CO. @RAND RAPIDS YX BRAND THE BEST You Want the Best Peacock Brand Leaf Lard and Special Mild-Cured Hams and Bacon Are the Best And are sold by the best salesmen in Michigan and Ohio: R. J. Hill, Houghton, Mich, W. R. Goe, 203 Mansfield St., Ironwood, Mich. C. B. Fenton, Box 474, Iron Mountain, Mich. J. E. Coogan, Marinette, Wis. Chas. Haase, care The New Ludington Hotel, Esca- naba, Mich. G. P. Farney, 316 Barnum St., Ishpeming, Mich. W. A. Wilson, care Marquette Hotel, Marquette, Mich. F, L. Bents, Box 42, Ludington, Mich. A. C. Malone, 117 So. Seventh St., Saginaw, Mich. A. E. Leighton, 317 Genesee St., West, Lansing, Mich. Geo. Bessor, 297 Broadway, Niles, Mich. C. F. Gehring, 21 Bagley Ave., Detroit, Mich. H. Schiff, care The Wayne Hotel, Toledo, 0. Hot Graham Muffins A delicious morsel that confers an added charm to any meal. In them are combined the exquisite lightness and flavor demanded by the epicurean and the productive tissue building qualities so necessary to the worker. Wizard Graham Flour There is something delightfully re- freshing about Graham Muffins or Gems —light, brown and flaky—just as pala- table as they look. If you have a long- ing for something different for break- fast, luncheon or dinner, try ‘ Wizard” Graham Gems, Muffins, Puffs, Waffies or Biscuits. AT ALL GROCERS. Wizard Graham is Made by Grand Rapids Grain & Milling Co. L. Fred Peabody, Mgr. Grand Rapids, Michigan The Right Sack The fact that youallow your customers a wide range of brands to select from can’t possibly aid you in building business unless each brand of- fered has some prevailing fea- tures which make it better. Yourown good judgment will tell youthatthis cannot be truth- fully said regarding the majority of brands manufactured and sold. Then why not reduce the number of brands and increase your popularity by liberal re- commendation of Crescent Flour to your customer? VOIGT MILLING CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Get in the Lead! Don’t be a Follower! Be the first to get for your store the finished product of expert and up-to-date milling in the most complete and modern mill in Michigan today. New Perfection “The Faultless Flour’’ and let the other fellow trail behind. today for prices. You sell Write us ERAN ETE ATES, LIISA WATSON & FROST CO., Makers Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN eel tf o Ue aa UH (( i ) MMERCIAL TRAV — = —_ ~ RV VN \ Weg BO SAVES aK The Best Method of Obtaining Re- sults. Eighth Paper. The Art of Expression. Expression is the art of conveying to another in words the thought that is clear in your own mind. The skill to concisely and clearly accomplish this will determine in a large measure your success in sales- nianship. The ability to give terse, lucid and convincing expression to one’s thought is one of the rarest accom- plishments. The man who desires to become a successful salesman must, without neglecting other essentials, cultivate this art, and to do so involves no thought of assistance from any sOurce except that which is directly within his own control. While predisposition in this direc- tion is ordinarily considered to be es- sential, the facts of history and refer- ence to common experience are a full refutation of the fallacy of this thought. © No man is ever born with the abil- ity to speak well and each one must follow the same course of true edu- cation and broad culture. This you will best accomplish by careful habits of logical thought and reasoning, together with a study of the meaning of words and the prac- tice of arranging them in proper or- der and using them in exactly the right place, and the man who will do this will gradually develop into a clear, logical, fluent and speaker. One of the most common and trite forms of ridicule in school boy days was aimed at him who was said to have “swallowed the dictionary.”Such a one was usually looked upon by his associates as an unnecessarily hard worker, but if we knew the lives of all such early associates it would proba- bly be discovered that they, like many other men of note (who worked while cthers slept) are now standing at the heads of their respective professions. The deeper the knowledge, the broader the culture, the keener the easoning faculties, the stronger will be the power of expression. Knowledge comes to us as the re- sult of experience. First, we derive knowledge from an acquaintance with the traditions, his- tory and persona] accomplishments of those who have preceded us. and this knowledge comes to us from the reading of proper books. Second, it comes to us as the re- sult of our individual experience and the experience of our associates and convincing the thinking men and women of our own times. We should, therefore, seek every op- portunity to dig deep for knowledge, and this may be best accomplished by care in the selection of reading mat- ter. The average man devotes his time for reading to newspapers, pictorial weeklies, popular magazines, efferves- cent short stories and light frothy fiction, and the result of this reading is evidenced in his speech. If you have a desire to deepen your knowledge you should give some time each day to serious reading of wholesome and sound literature on such subjects as politics, ethics, phil- osophy, history or biography. You should read with a purpose and that purpose should be the clear un- derstanding of the thought of the writer in hand. Get his meaning by analyzing his statements and by making his thoughts your own. Weigh his propo- sitions and determine whether his ar- guments prove them to your satis- faction. Criticise his use of words and Sentences and, in order that your crit- icism may be intelligent, make sure that you know exactly the meaning of the words he uses. Consult your dictionary and get in mind a clear definition and correct understanding of the thought he is at- tempting to convey. Accept the word and thought that appeal to your un- derstanding and deny and refute the statements and conclusions that your Own reason rejects. A most helpful influence in the art of expression is a familiar acquaint- ance with the writings of masters of the English tongue. Reading the best thoughts of the great minds of the centuries and thinking in this lan- gtiage of simplicity, purity and no- bility soon develops the habit of speaking in the same manner. The storing of your mind with the carefully chosen sentences and sub- limely written verses contained in the works of the best writers of our own and earlier times ultimately gives a stock of riches upon which you can draw for your own use and purposes. The man who would learn to speak eloquently and express himself jn- terestingly and convincingly should read, ponder and mentally digest the poetic charm, exalting ideals, illu- minating descriptions, logical argu- ments and close reasoning to be found in such books as: The King James’ Version of the Bible. The Poetical and Prose Works of Wm. Shakespeare. The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. The Philosophy of the Human Un- derstanding by Locke. The Essays of Joseph Addison. The Ethical Works of Ralph Wal- dc Emerson. The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In addition to these there are many other valuable books which are con- sidered excellent examples of choice English composition, and among oth- ers the following may be recom- mended: Lorna Doone by Wm. Blackmoore. Prue and I by Geo. Wm. Curtis. Henry Esmond by Wm. Makepeace Thackeray. Intellectual Life by Philip Gilbert Hamerton. Across the Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson. Lecky’s Map of Life by Wm. Ed- ward Hartpole Lecky. The man who knows and uses that knowledge to gain more (by giving what he has), whose education is broadened into true culture, will soon develop the habit of logical thought. Bear in mind that no matter how great your knowledge it will be of no value to you as a salesman if you lack the ability to make it known understood by others, To be successful as 4 salesman you must have the qualities of the teach- er, and the main function of a teach- €f iS tO cause others to know that which he knows and which he wishes them to know. It is said that “knowledge is pow- er,” but the power is valueless less it is given expression. There was just as much power in the product of water and fire before the invention of James Watt as there has been since, but it was latent and valueless because it lacked a vehicle of Fression until the invention of steam engine. We may, therefore, lay down the Proposition that knowledge lacks power unless it is accompanied by the Power of expression. : How many men do you know who are carrying around a so-called “col]- lege education” who are walking en- cyclopedias on many subjects and yet who, through lack of their ability to give expression to their thoughts. are only able to earn a daily wage? So, then, knowledge of itself with- out ability to make use of it in logi- cal thought is of no commercj ue to the salesman. can not think c] ically and un- ex- the al val- and the man who early and reason log- will never be able to give a clear conception -of his thought to an- other. Clear thinking and close reasoning develop from the assimilation of what you read and the ability to use the knowledge so gained in thought and speech. The man who finds himself unable to convey clearly to another the thought which he has will probably discover that the thought is confused in his own mind. Every salesman should cultivate the habit between calls of arranging in his mind effective forms of speech for use In emergencies. He will not al- ways be able to use just the form your own March 16, 1910 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co. | S.C. W. El Portana Evening Press Exemplar These Be Our Leaders ————————— Hotel Cody Grand Rapids, Mich. A. B. GARDNER, Mgr. Many improvements have been made in this popular hotel. Hot and coid water have been put in all the rooms, Twenty new rooms have been added, many with private bath. The lobby has been enlarged and beautified, and the dining room moved to the ground floor. The rates remain the same—$2.00 $2.50 and $3.00. American plan. All meals 50c. The Handshake If you have ever noticed any difference between one handshake and an- other you'll understand the reason why so many travelers prefer the Hotel Livingston Grand Rapids, Mich. THE 1910 FRANKLIN CARS Are More Beautiful, Simple and Sensible than Ever Before Air Cooled, Light Weight, Easy Ridin; a s, 42 H. P. 7 Passengers, $3750.00 Other Models $1750.00 to $5000.00 The record of achievement of Franklin Motor cars for 1909 covers no less than a score of the most important reliability, endurance, economy and efficiency tests of the 1909 season. List of these winnings will be mailed on request. The 1910 season has begun with a new world’s record for the Franklin; this was established by Model G. (the $1850.00 car) at Buffalo, N. Y., inthe one gallon mileage contest, held by the Automobile Club of Buffalo. Among 20 contestants it went 46 I-10 miles on one gallon of gasoline and outdid its nearest competitor by 50 per cent. _lf you want economy—comfort— simplicity— freedom from all water troubles—light weight and light tire expense—look into the Franklin. Catalogue on request. ADAMS & HART West Michigan Distributors 47-49 No. Division St. SMEAR SN By ¥ Re March 16, 1910 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN that he has arranged, but if this habit is developed fully he will soon learn that he will receive what appears to be an inspiration of the moment, but which will be, in fact, the result of the planning of months. As your experience gives you a knowledge of the different types of men you meet you will devote your thought to proper methods of ap- proach and the proper forms of speech to use, and you will discover that you are never at a loss for the proper words to meet the emergency. “Never talk for the sake of using words or airing your knowledge. Have one purpose and let that pur- pose be the determination to convey to your hearer that which you wish him to know. Start at some common point of agreement and work out and up from that point, ,carrying your auditor along in the development of your proposition, making a clear and ac- ceptable demonstration of each point before you proceed to another. Do not force your thought. Let it be voluntarily accepted. Watch the eye of your hearer and make sure that you see the light of intelligence before proceeding. Keep him in a receptive mood by gradually leading up to the main point of your argu- ment. Use carefully chosen and apt il- lustrations of the things he knows and understands to make plain that which you wish him to apprehend and accept. Connect each succeeding statement with the one preceding it and make its relation so apparent and so plain that there will be no flaw or break in your demonstration. Do not leave anything to be mis- understood by failing to join togeth- er every link in the chain. Cultivate brevity and terseness in your speech. One of the greatest mistakes of the average salesman is verbosity of style and the result is an impression on the hearer of words, words, words without a single idea. Use illustrations, anecdotes and stories when they clearly illustrate the subject, but let them be clear and directly to the point. Let the relation of the illustration to the demonstration be so _ plain that no uncertainty may exist as to your purpose in introducing it. When you have made a proper in- troduction, a clear demonstration, a full and complete argument and you know you have carried your hearer with you during the entire journey al- ways make use of a brief review un- less your customer is ready to sign without it. Here is the danger point and any diffuse or wordy ending may spoil the effect of all that has gone before. Brevity, terseness and complete- ness in the review is one of the marks of the real salesman, because this en- ables him in a few well chosen words to rapidly and concisely make a sec- ond and final presentation of all of the main points which he has given in detail, and this brings the mind of his hearer into exact accord with his own, Furniture Manufacturers To Join in Loading Cars. With the object of extending and perfecting the service that has been rendered purchasers of Grand Rapids furniture by the Grand Rapids Car Loading Co., the Grand Rapids Furni- ture Association has purchased the business of the Grand Rapids Car Loading Co., leasing the same ware- house, installing its own force of em- ployes and placing the car loading business under the direct supervision of the traffic department of the Asso- ciation. This action by the Association prac- tically eliminates the car loading agencies as a factor in shipment of furniture from Grand Rapids and was only decided upon after thorough in- vestigation of conditions by a special committee and careful consideration by all members of the Association. The details of operation and _ of maintenance are not completed, but it is the intention of the manufactur- ers to render the service of greater value to the dealers and to eliminate every feature of the business that has proven objectionable or disadvan- tageous or has been subject to de- served opposition by the railroads. A decision of the Supreme Court of the United States is pending which will determine the rights of the railroads to deny rates to assembled carload shipments of divers ownership. Such cars are commonly known as “pooled cars” and have been opposed by the carriers regard- of a decision of the Inter-state Commerce Commission that owner- ship of the property should not af- fect the transportation rates. or charges. Whatever may be the the courts in the matter the furniture manufacturers of Grand Rapids, in cperating their own car loading fa- cilities, will be governed by the pub- lished and legal tariffs and classifica- tions of the carriers, fully appreciat- ing their rights and opportunities to attack any such rates and rules as may be found unreasonable and un- duly discriminatory after a fair trial. Ernest L. Ewing, Traffic Manager of the Grand Rapids Furniture Asso- ciation, will also be Manager of the car loading department, which will be combined with the traffic department. The offices will be maintained in the Board of Trade building. The ware- house on the Michigan Central tracks, at Cherry and Ionia streets, will be in charge of J. F. Morris, Superin- tendent. now carload less decision of The recent establishment of fic department by the.Grand Furniture Association and the ation of car loading agencies by the establishment of a carloading depart- ment are important moves that mark the progress of Grand Rapids as the world center of furniture manufac- ture and sale. Dealers are urgently requested to refer to the traffic de- partment of the Association any transportation difficulties they mav a traf Rapids elimin- experience in connection with their shipments of Grand Rapids furniture, and without cost to the dealer such difficulties are given expert attention until a proper and satisfactory con- clusion is reached. In undertaking to develop and im- prove the car loading service the furniture manufacturers are not seek- ing a profit from the loading of the cars and therefore expect to render more valuable service at a reduced cest to the dealer, thus facilitating to the greatest extent possible the transportation of his purchases of Grand Rapids manufacture. The car loading department of the Grand Rapids Furniture Association, organized with a definite purpose and worthy object, will have the support ci thirty-one of the largest furniture manufacturing concerns in the world and of hundreds of furniture dealers; it is viewed with approval by the railroads and is under most expert and capable management. Not oper- ated for personal or private profit, no expense necessary to the best service will be spared and the two depart- ments, trafic and car loadinz. will combine to further demonstrate and naintain the supremacy of Grand Rapids as a furniture market. -———_~~--. Death of Grand Chaplain Thompson. Hillsdale, March 12 —- One more sample case is locked and the key thrown into the sea one more pages of eternal love; order book is closed, its written full of kind acts of brotherly fraternalism. Hillsdale Couneil, No: 116, its head in humble submission to the will of the Supreme Ruler of the Universe and the Grand bows Council of Michigan mourns with them in the loss of our dearly beloved brother, Frank W. Thompson. Ever ready to minister to the needy and distressed and with outstretched ‘hands of friendship to all was the man as we knew him, truly one of God’s noblemen. For thirty-five years Mr. Thompson trav- eled his territory in Michigan and none was better known or more high- ly respected and esteemed; and when the journey of life was nearing its completion and the knew it his thoughts still were commissions to brothers nearest him of the carrying out of his cherished desires for those left behind. Twelve years ago, at the organization of Hillsdale Council, one of the charter members was our Brother Thompson, he being the first -ast Counselor for six He held 6ffice the Grand Executive Committee of Michigan and for the past five years had been Chaplain, an appointive office, and each year he was appointed by the Grand Counselor presiding. What greater tribute could be accorded any man? The funeral was held from the home in Hillsdale, Friday, March 11, and attended by over forty members of Hillsdale Council, and many of the Grand officers and was held un- der the auspices of the Knights Tem- plar Commandery, with the body of United Commercial Travelers acting as escort. LD M. Hillsdale, March 12—Grand Coun- selor Lincoln has addressed the fol- lewing communication to Burr Wil- ber, Past Counselor of Hillsdale Council: Inasmuch as the beneficent Father of all has seen fit to take from our ranks our dearly beloved Grand Chaplain, Brother F. W. Thompson, years. on Grand who has long been in the service, al- ways loyal and true, ever ready to respond to any call for the welfare and upbuilding of the U. C. T. in Michigan, as a dying request of our Grand Chaplain it affords me great pleasure to carry out his wishes, and i do hereby this day tender you the office of Grand Chaplain of Michigan for the unexpired term, which closes June 11, 1910, and I am confident that you will fill the office and discharge the duties in a manner that will com- mand the admiration of every U. C. T. in Michigan. nia cate aati _eeeeeemeetemeeed Ernest McLean Now Landlord of American House. Kalamazoo, March 15—From a bell- hop to hotel manager is the story of the career of Ernest McLean, who has just assumed charge of the Amer- ican House, Kalamazoo’s oldest hotel. Mr. McLean is a Michigan man, hav- the public in Saginaw, Bay City, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. He came to this city from Grand Rapids, assuming management of the Burdick House. When the structure burned, McLean lost everything he had, except the clothing he wore. Made penniless by the fire, he ing served traveling did not wait long to begin a search for work. Assuming an unimportant po- sition at the American soon after the fire, he demonstrated his worth as a sition at the American son after the hotel man and is now manager of the hotel. Pea An Ishpeming correspondent writes: T. E. Ludlow, who has represented Franklin MacVeagh & Co. in the Up- per Peninsula for four y past, succeeding the late John Power, will take a position with the Gannon Gro- cery Co., the late Will Kinsman. Mr. Ludlow finished up his work with the Chicago concern Sat- urday. His successor has not yet been announced. a ee i Algernon E. White, who has sold baking powder long enough-to be a man 10 feet high, for Europe about July 15, where he will spend six weeks among relatives and friends in England. Mr. White has not been back to his birthplace and the scenes of his childhood for many years and 1s looking forward to the trip with great pleasure. pars succeeding sails Richard D. Warner left yesterday for Warren, Ohio, where he will spend several days with his son, Har- ry, who is studying music in the musi- cal college at that place. Mr. Warner takes very few respites from business cares and will undoubtedly enjoy this brief vacation. Soa A Port Huron correspondent writes as follows: Joseph Wittlaff, of De- troit, a former resident of Port Hu- ron, will be boomed by local men for the grand secretaryship of the United Commercial Travelers at the convention to be held here in June. ———_>- + ___ A Bay City correspondent writes: for a number of years traveled for the Peninsular Stove Co., has accepted a position with the P. D. Beckwith Es- tate, Dowagiac, stove manufacturer, and will be on the road hereafter for the Dowagiac firm. SE ee seein Rae ee eae ONE ON eR ee ee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 16, 1910 “ DRUGGISTS SUND —_ — ~=— a ~ i. ¢ = = = = = om ‘ Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—W. E. Collins, Owosso. Secretary—John D. Muir, Grand Rapids. Treasurer—W. A. Dohany, Detroit. Other Members—Edw. J. Rodgers, Port Huron, and John J. Campbell, Pigeon. Michigan Retall Druggists’ Association. President—C. A. Bugbee, Traverse City. First Vice-President—Fred Brundage, Muskegon. Second Vice-President—C. H. Jongejan, Grand Rapids. Secretary—H. R. McDonald, Traverse City. Treasurer—Henry Riechel, Grand Rap- ids. Michigan State Pharmacoutical Assocla- tion. President—Edw. J. Rodgers, Port Hur- on. First Vice-President—J. E. Way, Jack- son. Second Vice-President—W. R. Hall, Manistee. Third Vice-President—O. A. Fanck- Calkins, Ann Arbor. boner, Grand Rapids. Secretary—E. E. Treasurer—Willis Leisenring. Pontiac. The Best Method of Exterminating | Weeds. A bulletin issued by one of the ag: | gives | ricultural experiment stations the following information concerning the use of chemicals as minators: Common salt may be used for the purpose. (1) By cutting off the larger plants at the summit of the root a few inches beneath the ground and throwing into the cavity so made a large handful. If this is thor-| oughly and carefully done it may prove very effective, indeed. (2) By sowing salt freely about over the weedy spots after surface cutting the growth. This method might kill some weeds, but can not prove satis- factory in general. (3) By proceed- ing as before, but turning in stock to feed where the salt was strewn. This method would probably benefit the stock, but will zenerally fail to kill the perennial weeds. pouring cold or hot brine upon the cut ends of weeds or their roots. In this case if the soil was quite loose and the method thoroughly carried cut, it might prove very effective in- deed. Salt will certainly kill vege- tation, but it must be used in great quantity and would therefore be ap- plicable to very limited areas. Lime used profusely has often met with partial success as a weed ex- terminator. ing in soils known to be lacking in that element would serve a double purpose, as the weeds would be of a nature to be most badly affected by its use, while the land would be thereby improved for crops needing it. The use of coal oil or kerosene as a weed exterminator can not be recommended, as it will prove too costly, and at the same time only effective when poured liberally upon small areas of soil. Sulphuric acid will kill any weed; yet, strong as it is, it must be appied directly to each individual root stock whose eradica- weed exter- | (4) By| Its use on weeds grow- | tion is desired, thus a tedious and rendering the process costly one. The sulphates of metals, like sulphate of zinc, sulphate of copper, etc., might be used in the same way and prove efficacious, but the cost is to be considered. Experience and ex- periment have conclusively proved that any extended use of chemicals as weed killers is always attended by more expense and labor than the re- sults can possibly compensate for. R. E. Johnson. —_+--___ The Coming Revision of the Phar- macopoeia. There is a great deal of agitation just now in Pharmacopoeial matters. due to the forthcoming Pharmaco- poeial convention in Washinzton in May. There is a growing demand for a greater degree of publicity in the work of the next Committee of Revi- ision, but Professor J. P. Remington. chairman of the present Committee, is doing all he can to offset this move- ment. He holds that publicity will (greatly retard the Committee in its |work. The subject has been warmly discussed at two or three meetings, and there has been some talk of “Phar- imacopoeial graft.” This is entirely lunnecessary and very wungenerous | There has been no “graft,” and this iis not the reason why committees in ithe past have given very little pub- \licity to their proceedings. Now that ithe U.S Pi a legal standard, how- ever, it is generally felt that the Com- | nittee ought to take the drug trade \of the country into its confidence as it goes along. ane VU. S. Pharmacopoeia as -it stands may be a long way from per- fection, but it far surpasses any form- ler revision as a fairly accurate and | reliable index of the pharmacological jand chemical knowledge up to the jtime of its production. That very great progress has since been made | may give more promise for our next | Pharmacopoeia, but in no wise re- |flects on the work that gave us the | present one. The next revision of the Pharmaco- ipoeia will be accomplished under much more favorable conditions. Dur- ing the past decade pharmacology has made more substantia! progress than ever before. Chemistry has gone rap- idly forward and therapeutic knowl- edge has been placed on a scientific foundation only recently possible. A live interest in the Pharmacopoeia has developed, due somewhat to its adoption as a standard in the food and drug law, and a better realization of the. place it should fill has grad- ually extended throughout medical, chemical and pharmaceutical circles, The Combination of Oils and Mag- nesia. Magnesia may be mixed with cas- tor oil in such a manner as to form a powder having the unmodified prop- erties of these substances. The pow- der contains 50 per cent. of oil and is stable, odorless, tasteless, easy to ad- minister and well tolerated by pa- tients. The therapeutic efficacy is the same as an equal amount of pure cas tor oil and magnesia. The use of magnesia to transform certain liquids into solids or semi-solids is not new. The United States Pharmacopoeia of 1890 contains a preparation of copaiba in which the desired consistency is obtained by the addition of calcined magnesia and water. By increasing the proportion of magnesia a powder may be obtained. With glycerin, sug- ar and starch, magnesia forms a solid mass which may be pulverized. In this case there is a chemical combina- tion. In the case of magnesia and castor oil it is a simple mixture, no chemical changes occurring. Neither glycerin nor fatty acids may be found iti the mixture. By exhausting with ether one may recover 96 to 98 per cent. of the oil. The difference is due to the presence of a little mag- tlesium soap which is formed by a combination of the magnesia with the free fatty acid of the oil. The mix- ture of the magnesia and the castor oil is very intimate. It may be treated with either heat or cold without sep- arating the elements. ———_+-~___ The Proper Pricing of Prescriptions. I hope I may not be called a pessi- mist nor classed as a knocker, but by actual observation I know this mat- ter does not receive the attention it should. I have in mind a man who for 25 cents compounded a prescrip- tion calling for twelve powders, com- posed of veronal and trional, each 60 grains; still another, who dispensed 2 fluid-ounces of Smith’s Glyco-He- roin for the same money, an actual loss in each case. And yet these are every day occurrences, [| know how difficult it is to get more than one dollar for a bottle of Fellows’ Hypo- phosphites, although it does cost wholesale $12.50 per dozen, but is that any reason why we should put up a three-ounce Prescription, with jn- structions to copy the recipe on the label, for 25 cents, thinking it may go to a neighbor’s store to be re- newed? The druggist is paying more rent, he is paying more for help, in fact, he is paying more for every- thing that enters into his daily use. Besides, he is obliged to pay his wholesaler more for the goods he handles than he did a year ago, and yet he is not charging one cent more for his wares than he did when he was buying coal for $5.50 per ton. N. A. Cozens. —_- ~__ Pennsylvania Board Exceeds Its Ay- thority. A unique situation has arisen in Pennsylvania: This State has a new food and drugs act, based upon the Federal statute. The Board of Phar- macy, charged with the enforcement cl the law, has, however, gone be- yond the Federal rules and regula- tions and has established such radi- cal rules that in effect they amount t< an amendment and alteration of th, law itself. The manufacturers hay, combined in an effort to have th, regulations submitted to the courts It has been shown over and ove; again inthis country that an executiy, board or body can not be vested wit! legislative functions and can not go beyond the plain terms of statutory law. —_+<__ Stricter Supervision of Phenol Sales. Laws restricting the sale of car bolic acid are becoming increasingly numerous. --____ Synthetic Oil of Turpentine. Rosin oil is introduced in successive quantities into a horizontal retort. charged with soda lime and heated to about 400 degrees C. After five or six minutes the re tcrt is connected with a condenser and the distillates recovered in the latter are washed with caustic alkali and then with water. They are then treated with 0.5 per cent. of caustic soda, lye or 3 to 5 per cent. of lime- water and distilled by steam. The product is claimed to have the same chemical properties as natural oil of turpentine. —_+-.___ Keeping Hypodermic Needles Asep- tic. The hypodermic needle may be sterilized separately from the syringe by immersing it in alcohol and then passing it over a spirit flame. The al- cohol burns out. leaving the needle aseptic and dry. Another method adopted by some dentists is to throw away the little wires which are in all the needles and dry out each needle with blasts of hot air from the chip blower. smal] closed Throwing away the wires is said to prolong the life of the needles —__~+--._. Warner & Co. Buy Out Alfred Wright. An important change has_ taken place in the perfumery trade by the affiliation of Alfred Wright, Perfumer, Inc., of Rochester, with William R. Warner & Co.. of Philadelphia, phar- maceutical chemists. The business was established in 1866 by the late Alfred Wright, who conducted it un- til his death in 1891, since which time it has been continued by his sons, Al- fred G. Wright, and John S. Wright. The business will be moved to Phila- delphia. +--+ ___ Restore Color of Faded Gems. Radium salts have a wonderful ef- fect in increasing the color of some of the precious gems. Experiments along these lines are being carried cr quite extensively. It is just possi- ble that radium will enable jewelers to restore the color of certain faded gems, March 16, 1910 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 WHOLESALE DRUG G PRICE CURRENT Aceticum Benzoicum, Moracie |... 2... .% Carbolicum Citricum ..... acas 42 Hydrochior Nitrocum Oxalicum Phosphorium, dil. Salicylicum ..... 4 Sulphuricum .... 1¥ Tannicum Tartaricum sees ee eee Ammonla Aqua, 18 deg. Aqua, 20 deg. Carbonas ....... Chioridum tet bea DOA eeeeeee wee ee enone Bacec Cubebae 5 ....... Juniperus ..-.... Xanthoxylum ...1 25@1 Balsamum Terabin, Canada Tolutan see eee ene Cortex Abies, Canadian Cassiae Cinchona Flava.. Buonymus atro.. Myrica Cerifera.. Prunus Virgini.. Quiliaia, gerd. ... Sassafras, po 25.. Ulmus ere eeseve Extractum Glycyrrhiza, Gla.. Glycyrrhiza, po.. Haematox Haematox, Is ... Haematox, %s .. Haematox, 4s Ferru Carbonate Precip. Citrate and Quina 2 Citrate Solubie... Ferrocyanidum §$ Solut. Chloride Sulphate, com’) .. Sulphate, com’l, by bbl. per cwt. Sulphate, pure Flora 24 28 1 14@ 16@ Arnica Anthemis Matricaria Barosmea: oo... Cassia Acutifol, Tinnevely ..:. 1 Cassia, Acutifol . 25 Salvia officinalis, %s and %s ... 1 Uva Ursi Gummi Acacia, Ist pkd. Acacia, 2nd pkd. Acacia, 3rd. pkd. Acacia, sifted sts. Aeacta. po .-..... Aloe, Barb Aloe, Cape Aloe, Socotri Ammoniac 5 Asafoetida Benzoinum Catechu, 1s Catechu, %s Catechu, 4s Camphorae Euphorbfum Galbanum ......- Gamboge -po..1 25 Gauciacum po 35 Kino ....... po 45c Mastic beats wc. 6 00 Shellac, bleached Tragacanth Herba Absinthium .... Hupatorium Lobelia ... Majorium .. Mentra Pip. oz Mentra Ver 0z Bue cil sli. OZ Tanacetum..V.. Thymus V..oz pk Magnesia Calcined, Pat. Carbonate, Pat. Carbonate, K-M. Carbonate 55@ 18@ 18@ 18@ Oleum Absinthium .... 6 50@7 Amygdalae Dule. 175@ Dn yEdatee, Ama ’ pr AMS ee ciee se cee Auranti Cortex 3 i aa Bersami ic. .es. 5 CAMO oo sie see Caryophilli + shO1 Cotar .is6...3 se. 50@ Chenopadii ..... -38 75@4 Cinnamoni ..... 1 7%@1 Conium Mae ..., Copatha: -...5.... 1 75@1 85 8 | Cubebae 3 20 q5|Cubebae ........ @3 40 $2) rigeron | ....... 2 35@2 50 20] Evechthitos .....1 00@1 10 48| Gaultheria ..... 4 80@5 00 10|Geranium ..... 0Z 75 15| Gossippii Sem gal 70@ 75 7 Hedeoma ........ 2 50@2 75 Hpaupipera | 2... 23. 40@1 20 85| Lavendula ....... 90@3 60 “i timona .......... 1 15@1 25 Mentha Piper ...2 25@2 50 ‘ Mentha Verid ...2 75@3 0v 15|Morrhuae, gal. ..2 00@2 50 W4| Myvicia (0.. 00.2, 3 00@3 50 OUVG 2206 l 1 00@3 00 25/| Picis Liquida .... 16@ 12 O}|Picis Liquida gal. @ 40 Go| Ricina ....-.5. 02. 94@1 00 Rosaé 07 ....... 6 50@7 00 60|/ Rosmarini ...,... @1 00 Pei Sahing 6.00500. 3), 90@1 00 50 Datta 25.5.0... @4 50 16 Sassatras, |... :. 85@ 90 00 Sinapis, ess. oz @ 65 80 Muceh 6.218. ..,. 40@ 45 45 (PRYING -..5...... 40@ 50 Thyme, opt. @1 60 Theobromas ..... 15@ 20 81 Viel .........): 90@1 00 20 Potassium SEU RicCarh 221002. 15@ 18 60/ Bichromate ..... 13@ 15 avi Bromide ......... 25@ 30 C0 Care. fice: 12@ 15 15} Chlorate ..... po. 12@ 14 24 Gyanide |. 6.0.00... 30@ 40 Mr iogide ......4; 3 00@3 10 Potassa, Bitart™ pr 30@ 32 30 | Potass Nitras opt 7@ 10 3y| Potass Nitras 6@ ss 8 qo Erussiate ........ 23@ 26 14| Sulphate po .... 15@ 18 15 Radix 7} Aconitum, <..:... 20 25 Alinae oo ...... 3. 30@ 35 AQehUSa ........ lvu@ 12 A> Aum po...) @ 25 0) Calamus ......... 20@ 40 55 | Gentiana po 15.. Y@ 15 40) Glychrrhiza pv 15 16@ 18 15! Hellebore, Alba 12@ 15 2 Hydrastis, Canada @2 50 70 Hydrastis, Can. po @2 60 Tos, PO ....5..: 18@ 22 Si thecee, po .....- 2 00@2 10 iis plox 2.2.0... 35@ 40 eg ialapa, pr. .:.... 65@ 70 60| Maranta, 4s .... @ 35 35| Podophyllum po 15@ 18 Fener: 4... 75@1 00 Bhel, cut .....:. 1 00@1 25 SUTRDel DPV. ........ 75@1 00 Sanguinari, po 18 @ 15 20] Scillae, po 45 .... 20@ 25 SO|Senega: |. .6....0. 85@ 90 Serpentaria ..... 50@ 55 a0|( Smilax Mo...) @ 25 1U| Smilax, offi’s H.. @ 4 Spigella ..25..... 1 45@1 50 65 Symplocarpus : @ 25 45 Valeriana Eng... @ 2 35 Valeriana, Ger. 15 20 18 ZAneiper & ...:.. 12 16 65 Zingiber: { 22... 253@ 28 25 Semen 95|Anisum po 20 . @ 16 45|Apium (gravel’ s) 13@ 15 Q6tbhirad Is .......:. 4@ 6 90| Cannabis Sativa 1@. 8 Ba Cardamon ......; 70@ 90 413; Carul po 15 ..... 12@ 16 14| Chenopodium 25@ 30 16| Coriandrum ....- 12@ 14 65 }Cyaonlium: ....... T5@1 00 40| Dinterix Odorate 2 50@2 75 00} “oeniculum ..... f s6 35| Foenugreek, po.. 7M 9 C5 ime foes ct 6@ 8 45|Lini, grd. bbl. 54% 6@ 8 75 | GOUCNA ....5.65.- 5@ 80 45| Pharlaris Cana’n 9@ 10 TOURSOA 4.3 ia ot. 5@ 6 65|Sinapis Alba .. 8@ 10 65|Sinapis Nigra 9@ 10 00 Sorte Frumenti . D. 2 00@2 50 50] frumenti ........ 1 25@1 50 20 Juniperis Co. ..1 753 50 20| Juniperis Co OT 1 65@2 00 28 Saccharum N E 1 902 10 93|Spot Vini Galli ..1 75@6 50 o5| Vint Alba ....... 1 252 00 39 Vini Oporto: ....1 26@2 00 32 Sponges 25| Extra yellow sheeps’ wool carriage @1 25 Florida sheeps’ wool 60 carriage ..... 00@3 50 20) Grass sheeps’ wool 20| carriage ....... @1 25 20| tard. slate use.. @1 00 Nassau sheeps’ wool @o| carriage ...... 50@3 75 85 | Velvet entra sheeps’ 25|__ wool carriage @2 00 2 00| Yellow Reef, for a5: ‘slate use ...... @1 40 60 Syrups 90) Acacia ...:....%: @ 650 40| Auranti Cortex @ 50 90: Ferri fod ....... @ 650 O6i TInecac .......... @ 60 85'Rhei Arom ...... @ 60 9@ Smilax OM’s .... BO@ 60 7@ Benege ..;::----5 @ ScHiag@ oi 0.2 5.5 @ 50 SBellae ©6200... @ 50 Wolutan .....5... @ 50 Prunus virg @ 50 Aineiber ....;... @ 59 Tinctures MIOCE 2... 5 0iL.. 60 Aloes & Myrrh.. 60 Anconitum Nap’sF 50 Anconitum Nap’sR 60 AVINGR 2, 50 Asafoetida ...... 5 Atrope Belladonna 60 Auranti Cortex.. 50 Baroema ........ 50 Benzom ......... 60 Benzo Ca. ..... 50 Cantharides ..... 75 Capsicum ....... 50 Cardamon ...... 75 Cardamon Co. ... 15 Cassia Acutifol .. 50 Cassia Acutifol Co 50 Castor .......... 1 00 @Catecha =........:. 50 Cincnona ......- 50 Cinchona Co. 60 Columbia = ....... 50 @ubebae ......:.. 50 Dieitals ........ Mieeoe 2.8... 50 Ferri Chloridum 35 Gentian ......... 50 Gentian Co. ..... 60 Guinea .......... 50 Guiaca ammon .. 60 Hyoscyamus 50 TOGING 80.0.2... k. 15 lodine, colorless 1b WinG 2... 52.,.. 4 50 Bopeia ..2....... 50 MEYER 5 ee ale. 50 Nux Vomica 50 Op oo eo 1 25 Opil, camphorated 1 00 Opil, deodorized 2 00 Quagssia .5....... 50 Heatany ...¢..... 50 Hel coc. 0 le. 50 Sangeuinaria ..... 50 Serpentaria ..... 50 Stromonium ..... 60 (Pormtan 60.06.66. 60 Valerian: <......- 50 Veratrum ‘Veride 50 @ingiber ......4.. 60 Miscellaneous Aether, Spts Nit 3f 30 35 Aether, Spts Nit 4f " 38 Alumen, grd po 7 4 Aetatlog |i... 66s: 100 50 Antimoni, ne 5 Antimoni a po T 40 50 Antifebrin <...... 20 Antioyrin, ....... 25 Argenti Nitras oz 62 Arsenicum ....-- 12 Balm Gilead buds 60@_ 65 Bismuth S N ..1 90@2 00 Calcium Chlor, 1s @ 9 Calcium Chlor, %s @ 10 Calcium Chlor, %s @ 12 Cantharides, Rus. g 90 Capsici Fruc’s af 20 Capsici Fruc’s po @ 22 Cap’i Fruc’s B po @ 15 Carmine, No. 40 @4 25 Garphyllus ...... 20@ 22 Cassia ructus g 35 Cataceum ...:... 35 Centraria .......-. @ 10 Gera Alba ...... 50@ 55 Cera Plava <,... 40@ 42 Grocue. (.0.2..... . 50 @hioroform ...... 34@ 54 Chloral Hyd Crss 1 sol 40 Chloro’m Squibbs @ 90 Chondrus: ...- 20@ 25 Cinchonid’e Germ 38@ 48 Cinchonidine P-W 38@ 48 Cocaine .......< 2 80@3 00 Corks list, less 75% Creqsotum ...:.. @ 45 Creta bbl. 75 @ 2 Creta. prep. .i:... @ 5 Creta, precip. 9@ 11 Creta, Rubra .:.. @ & Cudadbear 2........ @ 24 Cupri Sulon -:.... 3@ 10 Dextrine. 2... ...- 7@ 10 Emery, all Nos... @ 8 fomery, PO ...... @ 6 Ergota -po 65 cee 65 Ether Sulph 35@ 40 Flake White 12@ 15 Cae 6. @ 30 Gambler ...:..... 3@ 9 Gelatin, Cooper @ 60 Gelatin, French 35W 60 Glassware, fit boo 75% Less than box 70% Glue, brown ..... 11@ 13 Glue, white ..... 15@ 25 Glycerina Sette 3@ 30 Grana Paradisi— @ 2 Eumulus ........ 35@ 60 Hydrarg Ammo’l @1 15 Hydrarg Ch..Mt 90 Hydrarg Ch Cor 90 Hydrarg Ox Ru’m @1 00 Hydrarg Ungue’m 50 60 |Hydrargyrum . 85 Ichthyobolla, Am. 90@1 00 INGIZO: 5 gee 75@1 00 fodine, Resubi 4 00@4 10 lodoform ........ 90@4 00 Liquor Arsen et Hydrarg Iod. .. ! Liq Potngs Arsinit 10 i2 Papen. 2. ......- @ 40| Rubia Tinctorum 12@ 14] Vanilla ......... 9 en “ Lycopodium 70@ 175|Saccharum La’s 18@ 20|Zinci Sulph .... 7@ MARGIS 13... Gh@ 70) Salacin ......... 4 50@4 75 Olls Magnesia, Sulph. 3@ 56|Sanguis Drac’s 40@ 50 ton : ny gal Magnesia, Sulph. bb @ wl 2S +: S@ pn aagp si a = Sapo, G ......... © Mita Me i |... 60@ 65 . 2... '@ — mM 10@ 12)Linseed, pure raw 80 85 Menthol ........ & 15@3 S| Sapo, W ........ 13%@ 16| Linseed, boiled 81@ 86 Morphia, SP&W 3 55@3 80 Serdlitz Mixture 30@ 22| Neat's-foot, w str 65@ 70 Morphia, SNYQ 3 55@3 80/|Sinapis .......... @ i18| Turpentine, bbl. ..66% Morphia, Mal. <6 a 80|Sinapis, opt. @ 30| Turpentine, less.. 67 Moschus Canton 40| Snuff, Maccaboy, Whale, winter 70@ 16 Myristica, No. 1 250 40 be Vdee ...... @ 651 Paints bbl. L. Nux Vomica po 15 @ 10| Snuff, S’h DeVo’s @ 61}Green, Paris ...... 21 26 Os Sepia ...... @ 40; Soda, Boras 54g! 10|Green, Peninsular 13@ 16 Poca Saac, H & Soda, Boras, po Be 16] Lead, red ...... 7% 8 PP Co. ...:... @1 00| Soda et Pot’s Tart 25@ 28| Lead, white . 1% 8 Picis Liq NN &% Soda, Carh ....... 1%@ 2)Ochre, yes Ber 1% 2 gal dor ...... 200|Soda, Bi-Carb .. 3@ 6j|Ochre, yel Mars 1% 2 @4 Picis Lia ats .... 1 GO| Soda, Ash ....... 3%4@ 4}; Putty, commer’! 214 2% Picis Liq pints .. 60| Soda, Sulphas .. 2| Putty, strict Y 242 2%@3 Pil Hydrarg po 80 Spts. Cologne ... 2 60; Red Venetian ..1% 2 @3 Piper Alba po 35 30|Spts. Ether Co. 50@ 655|Shaker Prep’d 1 25@1 35 Piper Nigra po 22 13/\Spts. Myrcia .... @2 60| Vermillion, Eng. 75@ 80 Pix Burgum a Spts. Vini Rect bbl @ Vermillion Prime Plumbi Acet .... 12@ Spts. Vi’'i Rect % b @ American ...... 13@ 15 Pulvis Ip’cet Opil 1 30@1 50 Spts, Vi’'i R’t 10 gl Whiting Gilders’ @ 9% Pyrenthrum, bxs. H Spts. Vii R’t 5 gl @ Whit'g Paris Am’r @1 25 & P D Co. doz. 75| Strychnia, Crys’l 1 10@1 30| Whit’g Paris Eng. Pyrenthrum, pv 20 26; Sulphur Subl “1: -oe 4 ON oc cceace 1 40 Quassiae ........ 8 10; Sulphur, Roll 24 3% Whiting, white S’n @ Guinea N.Y. .... 1 a7: Tamarinds ...... Varnishes Quina, S. Ger. 17@ 27 Terebenth Venice 280 30 Extra Turp ..... 1 60@1 70 Onina. SP & Ww 17@ 27 Thebrromae ..... 45 No.1 Turp Coach1 1971 90 JOWNEYS COCOA and CHOCOLATE For Drinking and Baking oe eevee snk ae Be, These superfine goods bring the customer back for more and pay a fair profit to the dealer too The Walter [. Lowney Company BOSTON 1910 Our Sundry Salesmen will call upon you in the immediate future with a complete line of samples of Staple and Fancy Druggists’ Sundries Stationery School Supplies Blank Books Sporting Goods Hammocks Please reserve your orders for them Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. 28 ICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 16, 1910 cae PRICE CURRENT uota and are Tuas — carefully corrected weekl ithi B 4 bls ts chakee at on correct at time of going within six hours ot mailin CHE & market prices y time, and country merch . press. Prices, how s, American ye lg ae Cocoanut Hon Fi at date of purchase chants will have their ord ye: ~ os Pepsin anaes . Cocoanut Hon Ju — 12 | Festino < : ers filled ar |Acams Pepsin ........ Cc mbles 12 | Bent’s Water Crac see perigee aad eda 55 | Cocoanut M ater Cra Be - ADVANCED Best Pepsin. 200. e| Cu scaroons ..18 Gagan . By Columnus 3 waa. Ginger 2. Ob 4 6 ae 6 66 12 “> 1 rb. pike. ao ARCTIC AMMONIA : ne Sweet . > “ * 92 ane son a Iced.... 9 ~ ay a . 1% i. Coli | 12 02. ovals 2 doz. box mi eve im reer? aaa crtteeeeeenaes ao. ce On American . ~ Ammonia ... AXLE GREASE -s re o_o 80@ 85 ee ee 31 eee Snaps Family 8 American "** . Axle Grease ee 7 : > “ BP ecole ove, 1tb., onl Rab a 75 a. Ys ney Co. 0 Gisces aoe Ni B: . 1% Cluster 5 a . 8 ~ eeeereee a oO. boxes, 4 oe 2u um, bs se eesese Snaps : B. ec Louxe by wn . | itb. tin bo , 4 doz. 3 00) Pi Plums c see cbbe se 80 Square uscatels sooeed 16 5 xes, 3 0;Plums ... IDER, $ ee eons tre eek: Los: 3 or. - oe eens Sp ce 1 ag ae ee 2 ee ; - M hn --1 00@2 50/ Regular “Morgan's” fore mink rol ou 7 ome ‘Musoate ‘, = * ee 1| 151. pails, per doz....6 lm omeat --- Trade rrel 50 gals 7 50| Hovey Cake ake ....14 | “Seem or. 6 want ee ee 1| 25%. nae. per doz....7 20 Early June." ”” 90@1 25/% ae 28 gals 4 50 Honey ee B. C. 12 California - 8%@ 7 a es pails, per doz Early J .-. 95@1 25 : e barrel, 14 H s, As. Ice 12 100-125 ; Prunes Brushes = -...--. eern ls ; - BAKED on " une Sifted 1 15@1 80 Se per gal’ gals 2 - tones Jumbles. Iced 12 | 20-100 a boxes. ‘ aie 3 . can Peache ce i, oe. 80- 9 : xee ‘$3 ee 1) 1%. can, per doz....... 90 ee i re ia Se S i: ma | ‘ * a 2%. can, per dos... 1 40 ic. i8siis es ae PE) 3 Gees eon nc | Eeeancnelt tes nanees1O” | 60-70, S6Ip: boxes. 6 i Salen go J SS ee cet Slane SM wo Shite ccc Bleeds Geameees | 2B BR bores Gt | ~ Carbon Olls pe prert nee 1 CC 75 Slicca 1 85@2 50 ae ou. 35 a Be slang . 30- a. boxes... q : Gateup ...-.sveve ves 2 Bee rs lie ga te oc a Ne 38/Sublice Mixed as {0 25%. boxes. ae” Cheese ees) 2/6 oz. ovals 3 doz Fair ......... one 85 eg ae ag | Kream a. oe FARINAGEOUS enn fae im .. 2... 3| 16 oz. round a bes 6 0 Pe 5. 90 -odagi Baas 36 oe Geng Dried 1, Beans oops 6A een rant tecsoeehc = 3| Sawyer’s Peppe one 2. iliac. 2 le Reus . Lemon Siscu 1¢ | Med a behieas magia Tings... 22. 8 Pe Ge iit 2 50) Va oe Lemon F scuit Square 8 Brown and Pkr’@ ...:"° 5 foe SOO8 . 22 0-55 ng :. 3 doz. wood . Standard pberries pay oo co: ” a Erult Sqiiare 12% —- po - ee eee (Baa 00 =e wos uten, ae L Lae 72 2 arin eas a et Se : Sawyer Soa a bxs 7 00/Col’a Ri Salmon @ Van Houten, a eee 20 aia sete eceecnees 17 a + th. package fe Coffee Bhelis .....:..... 3| Blue .. - Oe Col’a ol talls 1 95@2 00 Van Houten, is ....... ’ Mare ese a ede =, for a De ce 4 reese bee 8) SROoMS 4 00] Red rrp flats 2 25@2 75 Wie ee = a Walnuts 16 | Flake Hominy scare O mee ners - No. : ue 4 sew ..4 00 Pink Alaska paeed ao. 60 Wilbur. a Se 7 — ne pa 8 Pearl, eo sack 10 f iy “seam Tartar... iste rpet, 4 ao oe @1 00 9 TS secceeceee olas oe 9 |P ; . sack |||: 22) 4 om : Carpet, 3 sed i. = Domestic ca ‘ Deubhere ie a’ ui . 82 weet, Fruit Cookies io teoes Tb. sack ce " 2 : arpet, 3 - omestic. -+-.3% D ; 8 : is a 4 1 and Vermi - 8 dried ea : Parlor Gem -.ce-..3 c Domestic, Pac bx ; Se att we _ S Nato Jumbles ee 10 inporead: - th. = wae eet Fancy Whi niet ciose-ck IG ifornia, %s ..11. os (eee ...... vereeees 28 atmeal ie Pea Ib. box. -2 60 Wareh Sk .......... 1 60| california, %s a pea 19 |Orange Gems ........ 8 | Commo rl Barley Ferinaceous jos... BRUSHES 4 25 lig ei ue Pot oe ee — spades Assorted reeves 9 Chester. ee a 7 tiene bbe ek ce oe . - on ao : xe i eevee m “90 = 66864 es e's 6 Fish and Oysters ...... 8 | Solid Be Scrub Shrim ae ee ieee... oss... es, 10@13% | Eretzels. Hone a 9 cedure nee o me Fishing Tackle ...-..... Wlouna Gade wi 7, | Standard. ..... . ae 14% | Pretzelettes, Nee dat Lo = oo oo Sxtracts ... 5) 7 omted Ends. in. ...)- 951 air Succotash Set lee... cco, 16% pretpeletiog, Mac. ry ; Green, Scot bu. IOUE aio eee neon A. dS eee et es S| er cotteeceee ec Tee eee Coe. ne = teh, ba. ....8 25 : oe NO. 8 eeeeeeeeeeeeses 90 ho _ a ered le igo G G ey heer 1251s Strawberri er oS ee ee eins Bt EE hire nees ec sse cs. 9 |Germ ndia ..... = petatine eS ler lle 1 75 a ee ies me reo: 16% | Scalloped Farge ® lGer an, sacks ........ s Grain Bags weaert tenes : No, a Shoe ‘ancy cea ce aoe. 19 a Cookies ee i: — broken ‘pkg... , sn Seat eee wa “taeronseneseessnk OO omatoes ct ow Cre aoe ae api aa te ee 1 30 — ss woe Fair ..... : eae Spiced eet mie | 16 eae 110 tb. sacks . NO. 4 ---2..22-seneeees 170] Bol eeeeeeeeeee soi ian 16 Sugar Fingers Cake !'10 | peat 180 tb. ‘sacks > 8 eats cas ee 6 | w BUTTER COLOR eee @1 40| Choice Mexican » lege oe Biscuit ie |FLAV 1. pkgs. .... 1% a ‘See 10 | yw" “ : * 25¢ size 2 00 CARBON Oil @2 50| Fancy .....: tte neces, 16% Spiced einaer oe sai 9 Poo a EXTRACTS od 3 eee 8 50c size 4 = Oe ae 19 uga e Iced 10 enke WW eo cee 6 PT ER ca 00 | Perfection Barrels Choice ene Suess esa es 9 Coleman Brand ee ee 8 water White .- @10% | pers ea 16 small nape: large or |No. 2 Terpe ~ ide Wim =... 81 |B. 8. Gasoline -- ele (oo {Sunnyside Jumbles *.*. siete |, 8 peers sere e acess 6 CANNED GOODS 20 oe - @lbh O @ African .../). 17 oo be me 2: - No. 8 Perpansiees se A or’ Na ene Ma Pp. SST ess : ge Lady Fi Baer a 8 ee ¥ M 3%. St op Cylinder... Se © #5 | Sugar ngers 25 |No Vanilla Matches «=. -----+-00- g | Gallon oe eine ......... 29 @341 | 4 Mocha S lventa woes $ [No 4 Hie Gam och Mi ame... ae a 2 75@3 00| Black, winter ._ 16 @22 |Arabian ...... Victors sl nee 17. |No gh Class .. |: Mince Meat ..0000000. io. * aaa. Bickagg 2 | Waverly IT 2 | ce ‘00 $ cane ieee eae ee 6 Standards gallons wer zs poraebttakfast Foods Arbuckle. York Basis in-er cae 4 2 ox aa S A Ege s _ u Flak ite poets cheese. 20 . ea : N oe ssivetens *.. 85@1 Cream of Wheat - 1M. 2 50 ia ee reeeee 18 78 Albe ooner _— Full oe 7-316 co Hed Kidney 2.21.) 85@ 30| Egg-O-See, 36 8821 4 50) Lion Pole et per doz.|% oz. Full Meagure...'$ 96 fi oe 11] String... T0@1 yi tacstia. tacee 36 ib. 4 50 SMcLaughiin's Xxxx 75 Animale eects + oc Peco pes ses. , r : c , scu zs. Dlives ...... ce ¢ ec ee io) Aisi he ot. hie ae : e to retailers only. Ma sold Sees mone Pied . ; oz. all a Jacek 38 P tere ee® Standard .......... 1 35| Malta Nuts, 2 doz. -.12 70 orders _ direct “to vee oz. Full Measure....4 50 ee pea tee we ie Sengiis & C. W. JF [Cameo Biscuit’ ...77! 1 00| «Jennings D.C. Brand ee teeters ta ees 6 2T. cans, spiced se Mapl-Flake 24 as t<. oe Op E yaad Sandwich ee 1 50 Terpeneless Ext. Brand + Playing Cards ........ 611; ime . s Blemaes WE a Awan oe Chocolate Wafers... 1 00) y Lemon : oe eee 6 Attle Neck. 1th Ralston H 8S, 3 dz. 4 25] Feli , % gro boxes ocoanut Dai ....1 00/N° 2 Pa Dus a ee er tee = 6 Little Neck, 2% 1 00@1 25 36 2Tb. ealth Food ere , BYOSS ....... 1 : Faust —— -+.-1 00 No. 4 Panel tee cecses 1 , ce, 6 Neck, 2%. @1 50| Sunlight Flakes, 36 iit aa ues fe) is aro. 8 Foust Oyster .........1 69) no. € Panel stints ace Se Ric R Burnham's’ ¥% ‘pt. .-.-2 00 Sunlight Flakes. 20 11m 4 at U's tin.” 3° gro. 1 43 Ginger Snaps Spo rd 08] 2 Beh pramel ono scCté‘( ae s ts. os ee. oge’s T 5. ao Nati : er na Sa ek @ OZ. Full ee be eas ose 1 50 ¥ eee ee Bur = 2 -seeec 8 oasted onal Bi . ps, N. B. Meas Sa iieccie: He mean or Bivens Soe soul Company| magip Crackers, Red” ‘om Full Menrare 8 ete rents e St Vv oe Se as ) aq B fica art nnin coer Sige [BRE gt SIE Sea aan Bhs 2.0 Sak... a Get Sen AP eee BONE anne ee one erenn ees 7 ao Con = oan 4 10 ur, Round .... id Tim ers ....1 0@ feta Fair rn small pk -+2+- 6% e Sugar No. 2 Dos. 4 alt Fish ...........-.. I/Gond pkgs...2 7: Soda Oval Cook. Pane . “ Shoe Backing 2000.00 7] Good 1 78, #.] Bolted Avena. bhi 15/N. B.C. eoseesesen. gu, | Susteretten esse. J O0)NO. 4 Pane a e we ee ee ee J@1 10} Steel C : S 1.5 6 akc. s .. Peanut Water 00” : — oe $< French Pea [Bioeth cic =a Pretucletten, ti Gee 1 on paeer oe reece Soda ietteteeeeeeeeeess 8 = lg ne is Monarch, DBL ons ioc ate 1s Royal Toast Ha. M4. ..1 00/2 oz. Full Measure . -«a 09 ee oer etree iwtra Winn 22 ak oa tenes | eee eae . eevee - - mare eee hiesececesucee : Bie eda eee eara ee 19 eel 18 Regular a = x. B. C., oo ; eee Diecait oe 4 07. Full Measure cack 30 } Sree otc ate ee esn ene nee wea ee 15 ' mily ... Gem. %|So ’ akes ... 0. 2 re ....8 io ee eee 3 Standarg ee eernies: ay gp Cracked Wheat Pane Biecee’ cs oa. 37 Soda Crake NE a 00 Am (GRAIN, Baas” a 00 ee ry Poo [ca gy,|A weet Goods. Soda Cracks. ‘ C1 00 oskeag, 10 ii a ee - Packages . y,| Animals ..... : s acks, Sel Am » 100 in bale Se T Standard oy hii CATsUP”*° .2 50 Atlantics re ei 10 Sumas ae oe *. oo - than bi i A Twine Sasa ES ready ; et Lobster . Brgere say ares 415 Atlantic. Assorted 11.12 Unseen fone 1 00! Rea gaa nett ta es ee 2 25 fiders % oletn 2 35| Avena senit ||. 16 needa Jinjer Wayfer 56 | atria 07" * 0 asl 0b 6 5 9 P 08 * st ao 8 2 0 8 5 0 i6 prints ..... 135 Bri Fruit Cake oT Uneeda r Wayfer 1 White ae Mcewdiescee Ek Le y Vinegar : eee vSaclioost aes 2 5 — oe @ : Bumble Bee See 4 wo Wale et 1 be gg ee Wheat ‘hier . cashes wesee e Pint Ee ee oe oe ew 6 : er ts see ¢ = .... 9|Mustard. Ib. ......... a 17% | Cadets ee 10 | Zu Zu Thin Biscuit 1 do” | Patents Soar ece ‘ue Wicking Soused. 1 5 A Sa en 2 30 Riverside ==" @ix |Ch shal ogitiag Assorted 10 Zwieback ger Snaps 50 Seconds Patents ..... 610 Woodenware ” sttetecenes jf i 80| Springdale ... Or liars dee kee” i 1 09| sttaight _....... weeee 5 60 ’ alex Pepe! 2! 5) Tometn. 2th. :....... 2 75 ere Ae @17% | Currant Fruit Cookies 12 n Special Tin Pp ae Straight ..... 4 10 — Bie I arc ts 1 eI rick iB = arg Cracknels Biscuits 12 | Festino ftig, poy a gg scree & 70 bette eens wanes... - : Benen eens ie 0 n barrels, 35. Yonst Cake a . Limburger .. so ais ae oe aa Je "|Nabisco, 26¢ ... 00777 26 wag i — » 4 bee Wk ee hbase ce elu vaue sass appl seeee c » ice nee ° aon dee. 6 mon . 10| Buttons 9200005227! $ ai »o ee lo a ee cone Whe i 00| Be Wondex no eS A 25| Swiss. domestic 22 unmet Dro os. Tokens" Be wo Pier and is cloth 5 85 e : seas rde 18 | Cocoanut Honey gcan--ES | Bornetsc Per tin in ue Guaker cor Coe Brand ‘ . We oe (ue ot wees 1 0 Quaker. paper: .... 5 60 Nablecs 20002700 EBB] ain, WvMes. & Gos IB 80 | ‘ 6 Eclipse oe & Co, 5 ® < ¥ March 16, 1910 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 6 7 8 10 Kansas Hard Wheat Fleur Judson Grocer Co, Fanchon, %s cloth ...6 30 Lemon & Wheeler Co. White Star, %s cloth 5 90 White Star, 4s cloth 5 80 White Star, %s cloth 5 70 Grand Rapids Grain & Milli Das Purity, Patent .....:-.8 70 Wizard, Fiour ......- 6 tu Wizard, Graham ...:.. 6 60 Wizard, Corn Meal .. 4 00 Wizard, Buckwheat ..§ 00 opring Wheat Flour oy Baker’s Brand Golden. Horn, family..5 95 Golden Horn, bakers..5 85 Duluth Imperial ...... 6 00 Wisconsin Rye ....... 4 55 Judson Grocer Co.’s Brand | jj; Ceresota, %s 6 40 Ceresota, 4s ... «2-6 30 Ceresota, SB sis. cee 6 20 Lemon & Wheeler’s Brand Wingeold, 36s 2.2.2... 6 40 Winged, Ys oo. 6... 6 3 Wingold, 468 ..:...... 6 20 Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand Laurel, %s cloth ....6 35 Laurel, %s cloth .....6 25 Laurel, 4s%s cloth ..6 15 Laurel, 34s cloth ..... 6 15 Voigt Milling Co.’s Brand Voigt’s Crescent ...... 6 60 “ Voigt’s Flouroigt : (whole wheat flour) 6 00 Voigt’s Hygienic Graham .....:. ee Voigt's oval ..0...... Wykes & Co. Sleepy Eye, %s cloth..6 Slepy Eye, %s cloth..6 Sleepy Eye, %s oe 00 6 aon > o Sleepy Eye, %s paper.. Sleepy Eye, %s paper.. Meal Olle) ois oe 3 90 Golden Granulated ....4 St. Car Feed screened 28 50 No. 1 Corn and Oats 28 5b Corn, erackéd (0.0... .. 28 or Corn Meal, coarse ...28 50 Winter Wheat Bran 24 00 Middliings: .:......... 26 00 Buffalo Gluten Feed 33 00 Dairy Feeds Wvykea & Co. O P Linseed Meal ..40 00 O P Laxo-Cake-Meal 37 00 Cottonseed Meal .....35 06 Gluten Feed |... ..... 31 50 Brewers’ Grains ..... 28 00 Kammond Dairy Feed 25 00 Alfalfa Meal .¢.. |. 25 On Oats Michigan ecarlots ..... 49 Hess than carlots ,... 62 Corn Cavmiots oo. 62 Less than carlots 65 Hay Camiots 2.5 17 Less than carlots ..... 18 RBS Sage ....2.. pe eGleee ca. 16 Ope 15 Laurel Leaves ........ 15 Senna Leaves ......... 25 HORSE RADISH Per @0%. .6.0..50.02... 90 JELLY 5Ib pails, per doz.....2 25 161d. pails, per pail ... 55 30Ib. pails, per pail .... 98 MAPLEINE 2 oz. bottles, per doz 3 00 MATCHES Cc. D. Crittenden Co. Noiseless Tip ...4 50@4 75 MOLASSES New Orleans Fancy Open Kettle .... 40 Choice ................ 35 eo] 22 Per 22... ..50......2..: 2 Half barrels 2c extra MINCE MEAT Fer COG... 0.05... ae. .8 90 OLIVES Bulk, 1 gal. kegs 1 10@1 20 Bulk, 2 gal. kegs 1 00@1 10 Buk, 5 gal. kegs 95@1 05 Manznilia, 3°02. :.....; ie Queen: pints .........- 2 50 Q@uean) 19 of ......... 4 50 Queen; 28 of. .......... 7 00 Stutred, 5 of. .......... 90 Stumed S$ of. ....:.... 1 45 PIPES lay, No. 216, per box 1 75 Clay, T. D., full count o PICKLES Medium Barrels, 1,200 count ..6 25 Half bbls., 600 count 3 65 Smati Half bbis., 1,200 count 4 50 PLAYING CARDS. No. 90 Steamboat .... 85 No. 15, Rival, assorted 1 75 No. 20, Rover, enam’d 2 00 No. S72, Special :...:.. i 7 No. 98 Golf, satin fin. 2 00 No. 808 Bicycle ...... 2 00 No. 632 Tourn’t whist 2 25 POTASH Babpites 0003.04... 400 PROVISIONS Barreled Pork Mess, new ...........22 Clear Back 4 Ghast Cut Cceeesecece cde Sse Short Cut Clear ...... 21 50 ean Se 20 30 mrisket, Clear (2)... 24 00 I 6 ec cee tse es ec ss 24 00 Cléar Family ........ 21 vo Dry Salt Meats S P. Bellies .§.... 1 Lard Pure in tlerces ...... 13% Compound Lard ...... 30 Ib. tubs ....advance \% 8@ Th. tubs....advance % ou ID. ting). |=. advance 20 tb. pails....advance 10 Ib. pails....advance % 5 Ib. pails....advance 1 8 Ib. pails....advance 1 Smoked Meats Hams, 12 tb. average..14 Hams, 14 Ib. average..14 Hams, 16 Ib. average..14 ams, 18 Ib. average. .14 skinned Hams ........ lo+ Ham, dried becf sets -- 16% California Hams ..... 1l% Picnie Boiled Hams ..15 Boiled Ham .,...05.:.. 22 Berlin Ham, pressed ..11 Minced Ham .....0.. 0) il BACON 2. 17; Sausages Boone 60 8 EAVGR oe. 5 BPranktore io 0000 oo. 10 POE ole li Vea ee ee 11 WOURUG eo. a Pleadeheese 2.05.0... 9 Eeef Boneless os. 14 00 Rump, new .........) 14 00 Pig’s Feet % Dblg. 20... 1 00 Mm bbis., 40 Ips. 2.2.6... 2 00 Ma DIS. soo ee. 4 00 i) 9 00 Tripe mits, 15 Ibs) 70.0... 80 Mm bbis., 40 Tbs 20.00. 6: 1 60 % Dbis., 80 Ibs, ...._. 3 v0 Casings FIORS, per Tho. oe: 3z Beef, rounds, set ...... 25 Beef, middies, set .... 80 Sheep, per bundle .... 90 Uncolored Butterine . Soud dairy ..... i @12 0 Country Rolls ...10146@16% Canned Meats Corned beef; 2 ib ..... 3 00 Corned beef, i tb. ..... a 7 Roast beef, 2 Ib. ......3 00 Reast beef, i Ip. ......1 75 Ported ham, 4s ...... 50 Potted ham, ts ....; -. 90 Deviled Ham, %s .... 50 Deviled ham, %s .... 9v Potted tongue, %s .... 50 Potted tongue, %s .... 90 RICE Paney oo 000) oo. 7 SADOM 6c. co 5%@ fl Broken <...5..:.... 2@ SALAD DRESSING Columbir % pint ....2 26 Columbia, 1) pint ...... 4 v0 Durkee’s, large, 1 doz. 4 50 Durkee’s, small, 2 doz. 5 25 Snider’s, large, 1 doz. 2 35 Snider’s, smail, 2 doz. 1 35 SALERATUS Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Arm and Hammer ....3 00 Delang’s .....5..20.: 3 00 Pwiehts Cow ........° 3 00 Mo ee. 3 00 Standard 235 .....50.24 1 80 Wyandotte, 100 %s ..3 Ov SAL SODA Granulated, bbls. ...... 80 Granulated, 100 tbs. cs. 90 bump, bbs: 62. 28.0.) su Hump, 145 ip Kees .:.. 9 SALT Common Grades 100 3 t. sacks |... ..... 2 40 60 5 Ib. saeks ...... ARPA Ay 28 104% tbh; sacks ....2 10 OG ID. BACKS 2... 1465... 32 28 ID. sacks) ...... |. to ee Warsaw 56 Ib. dairy in drill bags 40 28 Ib. dairy in drill bags 20 No. 1. 100 tha. .......14 00 No: ft, 40 he 2.25502, 6 00 No. F. 10 Ibe. <........1 66 aWOl 2, SS TAR ccc a OO Whitefish No. i, No. 2 Fam. C00: Wie os, eee: 976 3 5 50 IDs. -........,6' 20 2 90 10 ths: 3. Ek EZ du 8 Ms 5203. 92 48 SHOE BLACKING Handy Box, large 3 dz 2 50 Handy Box, small ....1 25 Bixby’s Royal Polish 8o Miller's Crown Polish 85 SNUFF scotch, in bladders ..... 37 Maccaboy, in jars ..2...: 35 French Rappie in jars ..43 SOAP J. S. Kirk & Co. American Family ..... 4 00 Dusky Diamond, 50 80z 2 80 Dusky D’nd 100 6 oz 3 80 Jap Rose, 60 hars -.... 3 6U Savon Imperial -...... 3 00 White Russian ........ 3 15 Home, Oval bars ...... 3 00 patinet, Oval 23... 6. 2 70 Snowberry, 100 cakes 4 00 Proctor & Gamble Co Benoe 2. ..5..4:. diceae & OO EVOUY, G OZ. ..1..5..... 4 vv EvOny, 16 62. 020522... 6 75 Sta cece sede cele 3 50 Lautz Bros. & Co. Acme, 70 bars Acme, 30 bars Acme, 25 bars Acme, 100 cakes ......3 85 Big Master, 70 bars ..2 85 German Mottled ......3 00 German Mottled, 5 bxs.2 95 Germar Mottled, 10bxs 2 90 German Mottled, 26bxs 2 85 Marseilies, 10 cakes ..0 vu Marseilles, 100 cakes 5c 4 00 Marseilles, 100 ck toil 4 00 Marseilles, %bx toilet 2 10 A. B. Wrisley Good Cheer ........ ...4 00 Ole Country 2......0..: 3 40 Soap Powders Snow Boy, 100s, 1tbs. 4 00 Snow Boy 24 4tbs. ....4 00 Snow Boy, 60 be ..... 2 40 Snow Boy, 30 No, 2 ...2 40 Gold Dust, 24 large ..4 50 Gold Dust, 100-5bc ..... 4 00 Kirkoline, 24 41b) 2... 3 80 Pearine oo 6... k 3 75 SOGMNG 220000000100. - £10 Bavpitt 6 1776 20.0... . 3 75 ROOSCING (10006 ke 3 50 MeO © 6.2. cu: 3 70 WHISGOM 2002.00.00 0.5, 3 80 Soap Compounds woOhnson's Fine ....... 5 10 JOnUSOH S MOCK ....... 4 25 Nine Ocldek ..52...... 3 30 Rub-No-More ......... 3 85 Scourin Enoch Morgan’s Sons. Sapolio, gross lots ....9 00 Sapolio, half gro. lots 4 50 Sapolio, single boxes..2 2: Sapolio, hand ......... 22 Scourine Manufacturing Co Scourine, 50 cakes ....1 80 on Scourine, 100 cakes ..3 50 ODA ORCS ea. ble Kegs Emelish .....:.. 4%, SPICES Whole Spices Alispice, Jamaica .....13 Allspice large Garden 11 Cloves. Aanzibar <.... 16 Cassia, Canton: ......: 14 Cassia, §¢ pike, doz.... 25 Ginger, African ..... - 9% Gimger, Cochin: ......... 14% Mace, Perane ........ 50 Mixed. No. t .. 0... 05. 164% Mixed, No: 2). .:....... 10 Mixed, 5c pkgs. doz.. 45 Nutmegs, 75-80 ......25 Nutmegs, 105-110 .....20 Pepper, Black ......... 14 Pepper, White ........26 Pepper, Cayenne ..... 22 Paprika, Hungarian Pure Ground in Bulk Solar Rock Alispice, Jamaica .... 1 56 Ib. sacks ..2........ 24| Cloves, Zanzibar ...... 22 Common Cassia; Canton ....... 12 Granulated, fine ...... 100/Ginger, African ...... 12 Medium, fine ......... 95|Mace, Penang ........ 55 SALT FISH Nutmegs, 75-80 ...... 35 Cod Pepper, Black Legacy 11% Large whole .... @i7 Pepper, White ........ 18 Small whole ..... @ 6%|Pepper, Cayenne .... 16 Strips or bricks 7%@10). |Paprika, Hungarian ..38 Pollock (2.0.5.5... @ 5 STARCH Halibut Corn A METIDS 26,055.25. 0-5. . 15| Kinesford, 40 tbs. ..... 71 CRGNES 60.5650 06.600. 28 16| Muzzy, 20 1th. pkgs. .. 6% Holland Herring White Hp. bls. 10 50@11 00 White Hp. % DIS. 2.05.5. 5 25@5 75 White Hoop mchs. 60@ 70 Norwegian ...... Mess, 40 Ibs. ... Muzzy. 40 1)b. pkgs. .. 5 Gloss Kingsford Silver Gloss, 40 llbs. 7° Silver Gloss, 16 3Ibs. 6%, Silver Gloss, 12 6Ibs. 8% Round, 100 tbs. ....... 3 75 Muzzy Round, 40: ips. :........ 1 90/48 1Ib. packages ...... Gi. Sealed ..... Seesccecucc 4/16 5tb. packages ...... 4% t 12 6D. packages ....... 6 MO. 3, 100 tba. 2.0... “ SO|G0Ib. boxes .-.......... 4 No.) 40 isis a. 3 25 SYRUPS INO. 1. 10 The 22 c. 90 Corn INO: £08 Yes, Tae BATPClS egos ic ac css 27 Mackerel Half barrels waste eeese 29 Mess, 100 Ibs. .......15 50/20Ib. cans % dz. in es. 1 65 «2-6 60 Mess, 10 Ibs. .........1 78 M 088, 8 tba. covcceccced 10%. cans, % dz. in cs. 1 60 bib. caus, 2 G2. in cs.. 1 70 84gIb. cans, 3 dz. in cs, 1 75 Pure Cane POMP oo 16 Good .:...... 20 Choke 25 TEA Japan Sundried, medium ..24@26/| Sundried, choice ....30q@43| Sundried, fancy ....36@40/| Reguiar, medium ...24@26| Regular, choice ._... 30@33 Hesular; fancy ...... 36@40 Basket-fired, medium ..30 Basket-tired, choice 35@37 | Basket-tired, fancy .40@43| Nils 2 26@30 | Sitti... . 10012) Hannings ........... 14@15 | Gunpowder | Moyune, medium ....... 28 | Moyune.' choice ...... |. 3 Moyune, faney ...... 40@45 Pingsuey, medium ..25 28 Pingsuey, choice ....._.. Pingsuey, fancy ....4 )@45 Young Hyson CHOICE geo 30 Maney 0 7 40@50 Oolon Formosa, fancy ..... 45@60 Amoy, medium Weaseewe ao eamoy, cheice™ 00 4 32 English Breakfast Medium: =... 7. decces can CHOIG (2.0.02... © eels ae PANO ec 40@45 india Ceylon, ehaies ....., 30@35 Raney oo 45@50 TOBACCO Fine Cut CAGUIG 200 54 Sweet Loma .......... 34 Hiawatha, 5tb. pails ..56 beleeram =... 0.20... 30 Ray Car 0. 33 Prainte Rese 2.2.0... . 49 Protection. § ........... 40 Sweet Burley ......... 41 BGG 2202. 41 Plug Hea €rogs (00020 30 Palo .... 30 MVlIG |... 1. , oo. do Battle Ax... oe 3s American Hugie es Standard Navy ae ae spear Hlenud, 7 ug..... 47 Spear Head, 149, uz. 44 INGbby ‘Twist .... .....66 VOUY Tar 2... .... 39 Cid Honesty ........__. 43 hOGge 4. 34 moe ee 33 Pipe: Heidsick ....... oy Boot Jack ... ooo oe Honey Dip Twist ..... 43 Blach stanucaru .4u Cadillac . eee 40 POrge ..... : : ic. oe Nickel Twist ..... -02 Me. aon ae Great Navy ....... 3h Smokin Sweet Core ...... . 34 Migt Cae 0... 76a Warpath ... “6 Bampuoo, 16 oz ...... 26 ax ol .......... ae Pom 16 of. paila . .91 Honey bDew ...... «40 Ged Bioek =. 22... 4u Flagman . | ; -.<40 Chips .. ..:.. ee Kin Deicd ....... 34 Doses Mixtura ...... 40 Duke's Canieco .._..... 43 Myrtle Navy ......... 44 Yum Yum, 1% oz. ....39 Yum, Yum, lib. pails 3: PEGG Me ee oe 38 Corn Cake. 246 os..... 26 Corn Cake, 1h. ......91 £i0OW BOY, ity Of.... .a9 Plow Boy, 34, oz.....39 Peerless, 3% oz. ae Peerless, 1% of ...... 39 Air Brake _. ee Cant Hook ...........: 3u Country Club «

. ae-e4 Forex-X XXX 4 .. a0 Good Indian .......... 26 Selt Binder, ltoz. soz. 20-22 Silver Foam ........... 24 mweet Marie .......... 32 Royal Smoke .........42 TWINE Cotton, 3 ply ........ 24 Cotton, 4 ply .. .......%4 wate, 2 ply ........... 14 Elemp: G ply ........ «one Eilax, medium N ...... 24 Wool, 1 Ib. bails ...... 8 VINEGAR tate Seat oo i. 12 Oakland apple cider ..14 Morgan’s Old Process 14 Barrels free. WiCKING INO. 0 Der gross ........ 30 ING. I per gross ...... 40 ING. 2 per gross ....... 50 No. 3 per grogs ....... 75 WOODENWARE Baskets Bushes 208s, 110 Bushels, wide band ..1 25 Market... o.oo cake 40 sent. laree .......2.. 3 50 Splint, medium ....... 3 00 Splint, small .......... 2 75 Willow, Clothes, large 8 25 Willow. Clothes, me’m 7 25 Willow, Clothes, small 6 25 Butter Plates Wire End or Ovals. % ib.. 250 im Grate ...... 30 % ID... 2a@ in crate ...... 30 L ib., 250 in erate ........ 30 6 §D:. 250 in crate ....... 35 o ID.. 260 in crate ........ 40 S i. 250 in crate ..._.. 50 Churng Barrel, § gal.. each ..2 40 Barrel, 10 gal.. each..2 65 Clothes Pins found Head. = ech. & gross ......:. 50 44 inch. &@ gross ......, 35 Cartous, 20 24% doz. bxs..60 Egg Crates and Fillers finmaty Dumpty, 12 ds. 20 a @. I complete ........ 40 No. 2 complete ........ 238 Case No.2 fillerslisets 1 35 Case, mediums, 12 sets 1 15 F aucets Cork lineu & im....... 70 Cork lined. 9 ih........ 80 Cork lined, 16 in....... 96 Mop Sticks SEO Siting ........ 9uv Eclipse patent spring 85 ING: 1 compion .....°.. ou No. 2 pai. crush holder a 1zIb. cotton mop heads 1 40 ideal No 7 .......... 85 Pails 2-hoop Standard ...... 2 16 3-hoop Standard ...... 2 35 a Wire. Cable ......... 2 25 Wie. Cable _........ 2 46 Cedar, ail red, brass ..1 20 Paper, Wureka ........ 2 20 BiUre foe 2 70 Toothpicks Elargwood ............ 2 60 SOLCWOOd .. 2... 2 7a MANGUCE .. 0... 1 bu Bo a ae 1 60 Traps Mouse, woo, 2 holes... 22 Mouse, wood. 4 holes.. 46 Mouse, wood, 6 holes.. 70 Mouse, tin, 6 holes .... 65 Nat, Wood ............ 8u Hat. SOrine _........... 76 Tubs 2U-in. Standard, No. 1 8 18-in. 5S‘ ndard, No. 2 7 16-in. Si-ndard, No. 3 6 40-in. Cable. No. 1 ....§$ 18-in. Cable. No. 2 ae 26 a 9 8 iG-in. Cable, No. 2 ....7 3 No. |} Fibre ......... ld 25 No. 2 Fibre .......... 26 NG. © Wibre ........... W ashboards Bronze Giobe ......... 2 50 BIGWey .. 4... 1 75 Double Acme ......... 3 75 wineie ACME .......... 3 15 Double Peerless ....... 3 75 Single. Peerless ....... 3 25 Northern Queen ...... 3 20 Houble Dupiex ....... 3 vu GOOG [uel ...0.....2.. 2 75 Uaiversal 4. ....5..... 3 00 Window Cleaners Ee Me eo es: 66 WT see acne wae -1 85 1G th 3.5... 30 Wood Bowls id in. Butter ..... scsek OC et Batter 4... 2 26 it in, Batter ..........4 @ 19 tm: Botier ......... 5 90 Assorted, 13-15-17 ....3 00 Assorted, 15-17-19 ....4 25 WRAPPING PAPER Common straw ..... 2 Fibre Manila, white .. 3 Fibre Manila, colored ..4 NO. I Miata ........... 4 Cream Manila .......<.. 3 Butcher's Manila ....... 2% Wax Butter, short c’nt 13 Wax Butter, full count 20 Wax Butter, rolis .....19 YEAST CAKE Magic. ¢ dow ..... “ack Ie Sunlight, 3 dos. ....... 1 Ov Sunlight, 1% doz. .... 60 1.east Foam, 3 doz....1 16 Yeast Cream, 3 doz...1 00 Yeast Foam, 1% doz.. 58 FRESH FISH Per Ib Whitefish, Jumbo ....16 Whitefish, No. 1 ...... 12 UEOUU i ae ee cece 11% PAHO ooo... 10 Ei@pring@ 22.6.3. 55265 5 7 BIMGHON .ocs cc ccaccee 14% Live Lobater ........«:- 29.-.- Boiled Lobster ........ 29 Cag 22... . 10 EINGGOCK gg ccc cece ccs 3 PiGHGTel 266.6. cee seas 12 PURE 12200016. ace, 3 Peren ...2..- 0.022.065, 8 Smoked, White .......12% Chinook Salmon ...... 16 Mackerel .......... — Finnan Haddie ........ Hoe Siia@ .....2.4....; Shad Hoe, each ....... Speekled Basa ........ 844 HIDES AND PELTS Hides Green No. boc. i cccec es il Green NO @ ..........- 10 Cured NO. Y .. oe ccie, 13 Cured No. Fo oc... 2... 12 Calfskin, green, No. 1 18 Calfskin, green, No. 2 11 Calfskin, cured, No. 1 14 Calfskin, cured, No. 2 12% Pelts Old Week ........ Lambe |. 2.2... 50@ 16 Shearlings ....... 40 66 ‘ Tallow MO Boao | @s NO. 2... @4 : Wool Unwashed, med, @ 28 Unwashed, fine @ 23 Standard Twist ...... a Extra H H Boston Cream ‘deecea. ae Big stick, 30 1b. Cage 8 Mixed C Grocers eRe ke Shy Competition ......... 7 TUCCIME foo deacc, oo. 4 Conserve Sccdecccsocee 1% Royal 1426060 eeaues ce ae MibGn |. Sénccen Broken ..... Ctedaudeas © Cut Loaf ........ BOO ici cncues Preeaten ees rene [ream Star Jumbo, 32. ......... 1% << ae 10 S* OP 66 de eed ane Hand Made Cream . Premio Cream mixed 14 Paris Cream Bon Bona 10 i" Fancy—in Pal Gypsy FGGrta ....... . -14 Coco Bon Bons theeeeaee Fudge Squares oeccacele Peanut Squares cadece § Sugared Peanuts . coecdd Salted Peanutg Starlight Kisses . ||| "* 1 San Blas Goodies ||" "" 13 Lozenges, plain 1é Lozenges, printed ....12 Champion Chocolate ..13 Kclipse Chocolates ...14 Hureka Chocolates ....16 Quiutette Chocolates 14 Champion Gum Drops 3 see eZ 1 Moss Drops ......... 10 Lemon Sours ......... 19 Imperials i ital. Cream Opera ‘on aee ital, Cream Bon Bons 12 Golden Watfties Sa aes Be Red Rose Gum Drops 1¢ Auto Bubbles 13 Fancy—in 651b. Boxe Vid }>shioned Moias- es isses, 10Ib. bx 1 39 Oran, je Jellies ....., be Lenk Sours ....... Old ft'ashioned Hore- heund Grope 60 Peppermint Drops . 60 nee Choc. H. - Choc. Drops 16 BH. M. Choe Lt. as Park Na 4 .... 1 iy Bitter Sweets, as’td. 1 3% Brilliant Gums, Crys. 6@ A. A. Licorice Drops. .90 Lozenges, printed .. - - 65 lozenges, plain ....._. ge imperiaia ........... 60 Mottoes Cream Har ... ..... 89 G. M. Peanut Bar .. 69 Hand Made Crms 80@90 Cream Wafers 85 Screg Hock ....... - 6 Wintergreen Berries 60 Olu Time Assorted 3 75 Buster Brown Good 8 60 Up-to-date Asstm’t 8 75 Ten Strike Neo. 1 Ten Strike No. 2. Ten Strike, Summer as- sortment Po Cracker Jack .....-. 3% Giggies, 5c pkg. cs 8 50 Pop Corn Balls 2008 1 35 AZUURIC idde ......, ; 2% Op My 1006 .......2. 58 Cough Drops Putnam Menthol ...1 00 Menith Brom ..ccccccd NUTS—Whole Almonds, Tarragona 16 Almonds, Drake ......16 Almonds, California sft. SGM cs. eca. wdecaca Brass .......... ous PUBGrts 2.06 cccuce 12@13 Cal. NG. 2 ..ccce ' Walnuts, soft shell 15@16 Walnuts, Marbot .. 1 Table nuts, fancy 13@13% Pecans, Med. ...;. 13 Pecans, ex. large .. p14 Pecans, Jumbos ... 16 Hickory Nuts per bu. OHIO, OW 2... ~--__ In the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division, in Bankruptcy. In the matter of Harold M. Collins. bankrupt, notice is hereby given that the assets of said bankrupt, consist- ing of a general stock of jewelry, to- gether with store furniture and fix- tures and book accounts, will be of- fered by me for sale at public auc- tion, according to the order of said court, on Tuesday, the 29th day of March, A. D. tg10, at to o’clock in the forenoon of said day, at the former store of said Harold M. Collins, at No. 305 Howard street, Petoskey, Michigan. The sale will be subject to confirmation by the court. The in- ventory of said assets may be seen at the office of Hon. John J. Reycraft, Petoskey, Mich. and at the office of Hon. Kirk E. Wicks, Referee in Bankruptcy, Houseman building, Grand Rapids Mich. Dated March 15, roto. John J. Reycraft, Trustee in Bankruptcy. Peter Doran, Grand Rapids, Mich., Attorney for Trustee. 2.2 Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Po- tatoes at Buffalo. Buffalo, March o—Creamery, fresh, 27@32c; dairy, fresh, 22@27c; poor to common, I9@2I!Ic. Eggs—Strictly fresh, 23c. Live Poultry — Fowls, 18@18i4c; springers, 18@18'%4c: ducks, 17@18c; old cocks, 12@13c; geese, 14@I15c; turkeys, 20@22c. Dressed Poultry—Old cocks, 13@ 14c; fowls, 18@1o0c: chickens, 19@atc: turkeys, 20@26c: ducks, 18@2o0c; geese, I3@I5c. Beans — Pea, hand-picked, new, $2.40; red kidney, hand-picked, $285@ 3; white kidney, hand-picked, $2.75@ 3: marrow, $2.00; medium, hand- picked, $2.35. Potatoes—30@4oc per bu. Rea & Witzig. SUCCESS THROUGH FAILURE. Some one has said _ that failures interest him, not simply, because they are failures but because he wonders how the defeat will be taken; what the man will do next. History re- peats itself in the fact that great ob- stacles generally block the way to great results. Drake was classed as a fanatic, his credit for a sack of flour gone, when he finally tapped the hole which set the pulse of the Stand- ard Oil Company to throbbing, which made people rich in a day and revo- lutionized the entire industrial world. His repeated failures but increased his persistence. And while others scoffed or jeered, he plodded steadily away, even although credit and friends were gone, “Failure,” says Jordan, “is often the turning-point, the pivot of circum- stance that swings us to higher ley- els. It may not be financial success; it may not be fame; it may be new draughts of spiritual, moral or men- tal inspiration that will change us for all the later years of our life. Life is not really what comes to us but what we get from it.” Leighton ex- presses the thought more poetically and concisely, that “Adversity is the diamond-dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.” We have, perhaps, almost consum- mated a sale, and by some chance over which we have no control it goes through at the last moment. Do we sit down and bewail the bad luck? Not a bit of it. The next best thing is to watch the market and get rid of it at the best price possible; and the chances are that the market turns and we are in the end several dollars better off than if the first deal had gone through. Setting aside the reckoning in ma- terial things, the seeming defeat which gives us more energy, more push, more self-reliance, a keener in- sight into human nature, a better con- ception of business methods, a higher faith—this is success through failure. ——_~+~-<-___ Entertaining Customers. An Ohio firm is the Originator of a unique idea for increasing business. Put into operation last vear, the scheme worked out so well that it is going to be repeated in the very near future. This firm’s announcement to its patrons gives full explanations, It reads: “The American people are always on the alert for something new, orig- inal and entertainingly instructive. The busy store realizes this fact, and makes arrangements to Zive its pa- trons a royal treat. It is the custom of many merchants to give premiums, either in cash or in presents of some kind; but we do not believe in this system, as it can only benefit one cus- tomer among many, and it is our in- tention to give all our customers the benefit of a present. “Our proposition is just this: We have arranged for three entertain- ments, to be given at the opera house, and to these entertainments we are going to send our customers free! We will do this in the following man- ner: Every 25-cent purchase entitles the customer to a ticket. When tick- ets amounting to $5 are returned to us, we will issue one ticket of ad- mission to the entertainment. There is no limit to the number of tickets to one customer. “As an illustration: If a customer purchases $25 worth of goods, that customer will be entitled to five tickets to the entertainment, which he can distribute to either his family or friends. There will be no_ tickets sold by us whatever. If you want to go to these entertainments you must get the tickets through the pur- chase of goods or from some one who did purchase the goods. As to the merits of the entertainments, we can assure the public that none excelling them were ever given in the opera house.”’—Playthings, ——_-~+-----__ Buy Goods, Not Prices. “The last word will never be said, probably,” a retail man remarked 4 few days ago, “in regard to policy in buying stocks, since every day pro- duces new conditions and new wants that the buyer must meet. But there is one condition that confronts the buyer all the time, and I am inclined to regard it as a constant temptation. It is ever recurring Opportunities to buy prices and discounts instead of buying merchandise. which makes a That develops manufacturer or a wholesaler want to dispose of certain goods, and as an inducement a price is fixed or some very good terms are granted and the goods are offered. Now my idea, at least up to a certain limit, is to endeavor to buy the goods that I want, not the terms that I would like. If certain lines and styles are desirable I would pre- fer to have them than to have less desirable goods at a special price or upon more desirable terms. I have found it true, at least so far as my own especial business is concerned. that my customers would rather have just what they want than something that does not quite suit them, even if [I have passed the price advantage along to my retail figures. Of course, this is not a rule to which no excep- tion could be made. There are cer- tain times when the retailer can not refuse to take advantage of some of the special things that come to him, and for this reason I say that the temptation to buy prices instead of merchandise is an ever recurrent one.” —Boot and Shoe Recorder. —_—_2~-. ___ Most of us are willing to take les- sons in patience at the other man’s clinic, BUSINESS CHANCES. Wanted—Several good salesmen with established trade in Western and South- western States to Carry complete line of hats and caps for a_ well established house on commission basis. State terri- tory, amount of sales and references. A fine opportunity for the right man. Miller- Allaire Co, 623 Broadway, New Yor, NY. je _Wanted—TLocation in small town or city for general stock. Address Mer- chant, care Tradesman. 490 For Sale—$2,500 stock general mer- chandise, g00d factory town 3,000. No. 1 farming country. Good business, offer at low price to ‘sell quickly as other business demands attention. Address No. 488, care Tradesman. 48§ For Sale—Clean 8rocery; stock in Grand Rapids, good fixtures and delivery outfit; good location; store building and barn at reasonable rent; $1,500 buys stock; reason for Selling, poor health. Address No. 489, care Michigan Trades- man, 489 _ : ae an, r es - in - ~ 7 ¥ If you have nota McCaskey Account Register you probably Know the Details of Your Business do not know just how miich money is due you. You cannot know what any one or all of your customers owe without referring to one or more books and possibly adding several columns of With THE McCASKEY you can tell at a glance what one or allowe, THE McCASKEY will give you more informa- ‘tion about your business in five minutes than books will in hours. Will you let us tell you about it? The informution is free. figures. THE McCASKEY REGISTER CO. Manufacturers of the famous Multiplex Duplicating and Triplicating Sales Pads. Alliance, Ohio Also single carbon pads in all varieties. Detroit Office, 1014 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Phome Main 3365 Grand Rapids Office, 256 Sheldon St., Citizens Phone 9645 Agencies in a]l Principal Cities Our Friends Say Things to Us== Just a Sample: = <«T am now using White House Coffee and Know it to be the best sold. I have had coffee all my life three times a day, and tried nearly all brands before we got the ‘White House,’ and now none of us would change for anything.”’ (Mrs. New Orleans, La. You'll find all users of ‘‘White House” in the same mood. BOSTON-CHICAGO aananoe? THEY WILL NOT CHANGE a THEY STICK Distributed at Wholesale by JUDSON GROCER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CORN FLAKES NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THIS SIGNATURE ut 1; 1llegg BATTLE CREEK, MICH. ad A Square Deal to Everybody North — East — South — West One price to everybody—that’s the basis. No special privileges to Chain Stores, Department Stores, Buying Exchanges, etc. The average retail grocer is our best friend and we give him the square deal—small lots with the assurance of fresh goods. The bottom price is the price you all pay, and it allows you a good profit on KELLOGG’S TOASTED CORN FLAKES We protect our own interests in protecting yours. We long ago discovered that ‘‘free deals” frequently meant overstocking—stale goods, etc., that eventually affected the entire trade. Every customer knows that Kellogg’s Toasted Corn Flakes sells on its merits. Ten cents’ worth of the best for ten cents, anda good, ¢/ean profit for you. That’s why you have stuck, and why you are going to stick, to the one big thing in the cereal market today—Kellogg’s Toasted Corn Flakes—the ‘‘square deal” cereal. KELLOGG TOASTED CORN FLAKE CO. BATTLE CREEK, MICH. No. 216 Detail Adder with all latest improvements 1i Keys Registering from 5c to $1.95, Amount. “BD Purchased (44 No. 313 Total Adder with all latest improvements 15 Keys Registering from 5c to $1.95, or from ic to 59c High Grade National Cash Registers At Low Prices Every merchant wants a National Cash Register. Eventually we believe you will buy one. That will be after we have shown you that it will pay for itself in your store in a short time. After you use a National Cash Register you will very likely say, ‘‘I wouldn’t take several times the price I paid for it. I wish I had used one every day since I started in business.” & We say this because it is almost the unanimous expression of every user of a National Cash Register. Are you not willing to make an investment which requires only a small payment each month and which will pay you back the amount of the principal the first year? Over 800,000 merchants are using National Cash Registers. Last year we sold 104,198 new Nationals. A National Cash Register Pays for Itself We would never have done this enormous business if the claim, “It pays for itself,” was not fully realized by our users. No matter whether you have a large or a small store, or what kind of business you are in, there is a National Cash Register just suited to your particular needs. We make over 200 styles and sizes, with prices as low as $1 5.00. We sell our registers on easy monthiy pay- OUR GUARANTEE We guarantee to furnish a ments or give a liberal discount for cash BETTER CASH REGISTER | payments. for LESS MONEY than any Send today for illustrated. catalogue show- other concern in the world. we Pe This will not obligate you in any way. The National Cash Register Co. Salesrooms: 16 N. Division St., Grand Rapids; 79 Woodward Ave., Detroit Executive Offices: Broadway and 28th St., New York, N. Y. OT TL No. 332 Total Adder with all latest improvements 22 Keys Registering from 1c to $3.99, or from 5c to $1.95 SRE AM NT is = PURCHASEDZ® CD) AY No. 420 Total Adder with all latest improvements | 27 Amount Keys Registering from ic to $9.99 4 Special Keys: Received-on-Account, Charge, Paid-Out, No-Sale (ENS x Amount Purchased ) ie a i : ——— cents 7 ‘i ae a 8 Wel Gy ape = Wi Wt & E 0 aC. A HOS GS) = No. 1054 Total Adder, drawer operated, with all latest improvements; prints each sale on a strip of paper 32 Amount Keys Registering from ic to $59.99, or 5c to $59.95 5 Special Keys