é Ss 2 SEE NCGNENGS BES TESA YOON oe 7 Aa GS ESTIMA EGF LENGE St AOR ey: WSO Weer y eo OO ays gr e eae ry re ws PIS N, OVE: GAN LT Fr Bn AOA RY aS a a A =i & RP ¥ a Fj Ss USN Be Bs SS Ze Vi ; Ss Kg i a N. ) Ge x ‘ J — ce \ a Oo \ aS 5 a ts Par | eee SS OSV ZI IN ees ‘ CPUBLISHED WEEKLY 4 7 RG ie RSS 1 PER YEAR < SIV ID NSS SOLO VOL. i GRAND RAPIDS, DE © ‘EMBER 13, 1893. NO. 534 GRAND RAPIDS, BRUSH GOMP'Y, BRUSHES *“s~ Our Goods are sold bv all Michigan Jobbing Houses. MOSELEY BROS.., MANUI aoe a R - JOBBERS OF .. Seeds, Beans, Fruits and Produce, If you have any BEANS, APPLES, POTATOES or ONIONS to sell state how many and will try and trade with you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa Street. FLORIDA ORANGES Are beginning to come forward. We are sole agents in this city for the “STAG” and ‘‘PALM” brands. Nothing but selected fruit goes into boxes so stenciled. DON’T BUY INFERIOR ORANGES WHEN THE BEST ARE SO CHEAP. THR : PUTNAM : GANDY : GO. » How is This Pronounced ? RaperseUrekapeanvtwarmer, ALFRED J. BROWN CO., Seed Merchants, AND JOBBERS OF and Produce. FPruits vg will pay full market valne for BEANS, CLOVER SEED — BUCKWHEAT. Send Sam ples ALFRED J. BROWN CO. WE WANT APPLES if you have any tosell. Write us A. J. B. CO. SEE QUOTATIONS. Neckwear. Toy Figures. Handkerchiefs. Mufflers. Jewelry. Dolls. Ribbons. Fancy Towels. Table Linens. Ornamental Covers. Spreads. Clocks. Fancy Baskets. P. Steketee & Sons. A. BE. BROOKS & CoO., Manufacturing Confectioners, have a specially fine line for the fall trade—now g ready RAD -:- STAR -- GOUGH -- DROPS They are the cleanest, purest and best goods in the market OYSTERS. ANCHOR BRAND Are the best. All orders will receive prompt attention at lowest market price. BF. Je DETTENTHALER. We make ‘el You Ouy én, Your trade like ‘¢. HARD PAN ,SHOES HAVE OUR NAME ON SOLE AND LINING. any Rindge, Kalmbach & Co. Agents for THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE COMPANY. ALL GENUINE STANDARD OIL CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN Tluminating and Lubricating —-OITLS- NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Dificc, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave | BULK WORKS AT GRAND RAPIDS, BIG RAPIDS, ALLEGAN, MUSKEGON, GRAND HAVEN, HOWARD CITY, MAWNISTEE, CADILLAC, LUDINGTON PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY GARBON & GRSOLIN” BARRELS MILTON KERNS’ Fl Puritano Cigar. — THE FINEST 10 Cent Cigar on Barth o——— TRADE SUPPLIED BY BATEMAN «& FOX, Bay City. B. J. REYNOLDS, Grand Rapids. R OPPENHEIMER, East Saginaw. Topac co Ae. Detroit. Mich. LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, = IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers Grand Rapids. DrtTRoIT TYTNTTT TTI TINTTTTT! ed IY TYTTYYVYTTYTTTTY e Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons Cloaks, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and wel! assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. r. & ee OYSTERS BEAT THEM ALL. PACKED BY THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. Auvevenvereeenvevenvevevevennevevevvovevevenvenents: IF YOU SUFFER FROM PILES In any form, do you know what may result from neglect to cure them? It may result simply in temporary annoyance and discom- Many ‘un in a simple case of fort, or it may be the beginning of serious rect ul disease. cases of Fissure, Fistula, Piles. At any rate there and taking the chances of at a trifling and Ulceration beg is no need of suffering the discomfort, something more serious When you can secure CITT ITTTTIM cost a perfectly safe, reliable cure. — eS TH E- i YRAMID PILE CUR has be and it has long n before the public long enough to thoroughly test its merit since received the unqualified approval and endorse- ment of physicians and patients alike. Your druggist will tell you that among the lundreds of patent isfaction than the absolutely medicines on the market none gives better. s: PYRAMID PILE CURE. It is mineral poisons or any injurious substance, guaranteed free from In mild cases of Piles, one or two applications of the remedy are sufficient for a cure, and in no case will it fail to give imme- diate relief. ZAVULUUAUALAUUAUALUAULUAUALUAULAULOULOUGULOUAULANN NAW FURKIGN NUYS Are arriving every week, and prices rule low on all of them excepting Brazils Our mixed nuts in 25 lb, Cases are fine. ORDER NOW. ‘The Putnam Candy Co. MAb dddddkddkdddd i) eam mM 2 ws - =) lb — 6 taal a) wie J) to successful sale of goods. Consum- vers have a habit of determining [ whether an article of food is pure, ¥| wholesome, reliable, convenient and economical. BORDEN’S Peerless Brand Evaporated .. Cream possesses intrinsic merit with all of the above qualifica- tions. We recommend it, and you are safe in doing the same. It is rich and wholesome milk, condensed, with its entire proportion of Cream and without sweetening. Its keeping quality is assured by perfect processing. People who like to use an unsweetened preserved milk are learning of its merits and will want it. Jobbers Are now Prepared to Fill Your Order, tie ho tie r—, ho ‘ THEH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 3 could elicit a word from Mr. subject; few that knew him would try. Years before he had lost valuable patents by being too communicative. It had preyed on his mind at the time, and re- sulted in his becoming a little eccentric in general, and very reticent on special subjects. It now became difficult to keep servants in ‘‘the haunted house.’’ It was, no doubt, owing to this und the general ex- citement in the neighborhood that Mr. E. now left his private room and every- thing in it unlocked; and no more ghostly conversations were heard there. But, as he left home now more frequently, it was suspected that he met the strange woman by appointment elsewhere. A nephew of Mrs. E., by careful watching, found that Mr. E. often resorted to a country hotel. The nephew consulted the proprietor, and he, in turn, by much inquiry among the waiters, learned that one of them had once caught a glimpse of a lady in Mr. E.’s room. The same nephew, by industry, col- lected in various places a number of wild- sounding stories such as no person would credit or any newspaper publish. For example, a certain hack-driver, who had a name for honesty, solemnly de- clared that once he was taking Mr. E. on a considerable journey at night. Going up a hill a harness-buckle broke. He got down to mend it, looked in to explain the delay, and saw some one hide behind Mr. E. Nothing was said, but a little later the driver took another peep, and the other passenger was gone. One of the best authenticated reports was that of a man who was not ac- quainted with Mr. E. but knew him by sight, and had heard the rumors about him. He happened to put up at the same house once, at an obscure town on the shore of Lake Michigan. He natur- ally kept an eye on Mr. E. He saw him go out alone in a sailboat, and kept the run of him through a telescope. When Mr. E. was far out, the gentleman called other guests of the house to corroborate him; they looked, and all declared that there was a woman with Mr. E. and they watched him return and land alone. Within six months from the time Mr. E. began his curious course, and while all was still a publie mystery, he and his wife became reconciled, constantly together as They seemed devoted and to looking after health— walking, driving, and, as the cook said, ‘‘taking their medicine together like turtle-doves.”’ They looked improved and happy; but other people were not, for nothing was explained to anybody. The nephew who had taken so much trouble on his aunt’s behalf felt ag- grieved, and swore in slang terms that he would ‘‘find the nigger in the wood- pile or bust!” Late in the following fall Mr. E. jour- neyed alone to a town not a hundred miles from Grand Rapids. At the hotel where he put up there arose a contro- versy among the servants as to who had blundered in putting two guests, a man and wife, in No. 19, a room that accom- modated only one. The clerk was ap- pealed to. ‘‘No,”’ said the clerk, ‘‘Mr. Emoren is alone, so registered, at least.” But time and again they caught glimpses of a woman as they passed the door when it happened to be open—a blonde lady, dressed in white. But no and were as young lovers. to each other E. on the | such lady came to meals or was seen by the chambermaids. The clerk told the proprietor. There was a convention of Spiritualists just gathering in the town at that time, and a number of them put up at this hotel. The proprietor, in a joking way, said to one of them that he was just about to turn out a guest who was harboring a too familiar spirit. The spiritualist inquired the particulars, and accompanied the host to Mr. E.’s door. “Mr. E.,’? said the host, as the door was opened, ‘tyou ought to know that this is a respectable house. If the lady that comes to your room is your wife you should have registered her name at the office. If she is not, you must both leave.”’ Mr. E. showed him that there was no- body with him, and denied that there had been. The host retired, muttering and undecided. The spiritualist lin- gered a moment; then, taking Mr. E.’s right hand between both of his, he said, in sepulebral tones: “Brother, I congratulate you! I yearn to you-ward! You are one of the highly favored! I saw that you knew it would be useless to explain to the earthly skep- sic.7” The spiritualists felt strengthened, and held their heads higher among the Phi listines of the hotel. It rolled the re- proach from them to be able to point to one of their number who was a powerful materializing medium. That evening his room was full of the brethren, who hungered for manifesta- tions, and some others who were not brethren, but just as hungry. He was rather reticent and made no pretensions, but said he hoped to be able to material- ize for them the next evening. Next day the skeptical nephew arrived and had an interview with the host. ‘*He’s It?s that same vile ‘Spirits be hanged!’ said he. up to his old game. woman!’ The nephew kept out of sight, and the servants were quietly told that the first ene who saw any sign of the woman was to come at once tothe host. Sure enough, after tea, one of the waiters came in haste to say that he had just caught a glimpse of the woman as_ he handed in some envelopes to Mr. E. The host noti- fied the nephew. The waiters did not require notification. ‘‘Bear in mind,” said the nephew, as they proceeded in a crowd to No. 19, ‘‘vou all will be called as witnesses ina divorce case.’’ They knocked at the door. ‘One moment,” called out within. ‘“‘Not a minute!’ said the nephew, and turned the knob. But the door was locked. They heard Mr. E. climb upon something, and saw him look out through the transom over the door. The fore- most put their shoulders to the door. “Now, all together! One—two— three!’’ The crowd shoved, the door flew open. There was a heavy fall heard within and the report as of a pistol, and Mr. E. and the woman lay upon the floor. He jumped up excitedly, and the whole crowd fied. Some forced themselves into the rooms of guests who were peeping out of their doors, and the rest made a stampede along the corridors and tumbled over one another down the stairs. “Great heavens! I didn’t bargain for (Continued on page 7.) ir. 6 Vegetable Scoop Forks. In shoveling potatoes or other vegetables from wagon box or floor with the forks as they have been made, either the load on the fork must be forced up hill sharply, or the head of the fork lowered as the push con- tinues. If the head of the fork is lowered the points will be raised and run into the potatoes. The sharp edge of oval-tined forks will bruise pota- toes and beets, and the ordinary points will stick into them. These difficulties are entirely overcome by our SCOOP FORK. It has round tines and flattened points. 1T WILL LOAD TO THE HEAD WITH- OUT RAISING THE POINTS. Italso holds its load and hangs easy to work. The superiority of our SCOOP FORK over the wire scoop is in its much greater durability and handiness. and will last for years. The utility of this fork is not limited to vegetables. It will be found excellent for handling coal, lime, sawdust, fine manure and a great variety of uses. fe STER- STEVENS {t is all made from one piece of steel ONROQ e ST. . Clothing .. Merchants . Can now buy balance of nice selections of Ul- sters, Overcoats, double and single breasted Suits at such low prices as will enable them to be retailed at wholesale prices. Write our rep- resentative, WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich, to call upon you, and if he has not what you want, will thank you for looking, or write us, ~ ALL MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY TENDED TO. AT- Wholesale Clothing Manufactures, ROCHESTER, N. Y. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Mapleton—R. M. Edgecomb has opened a hardware siore. Glad win—Geo. Keidan, at this place, is dead. Grant—L. E. Mills Mills in general trade. Gulliver—Beeson & Rindy succeed H. O. Rindy in general trade. Grant—B. J. Hill is succeeded by Leon Reddy in the meat business. Muskegon—Mrs. T. Richar her grocery stock to Mr. Nelson. Stuckbridge—Ed. Mann sueceeds J. K. Stanley in the hardware business. Freeland—Munger & Lewis sueceed Elsie A. Munger in general trade. Bay City—James Melon has purchased the book business of Mrs. Lucy Canfield. West Branch—Chas. S. Abbott & Co. Abbott, Son & Co. in general sueceeds Mills & has sold succeed trade. Charlevoix — Carpenter, Bartholomew & Co. have sold their general stock to Romeyu Emery. Grand Ledge—Van Ator, Kiser & Co., hardware dealers, have dissolved, Van Ator & Brown continuing the business. Mattawan—lIt is W. C. Moshier—not Moshier Bros., as stated— who general trade. Manton—C. O. Blake the grocery stock of Earnest Hartley and will continue the business at the old Stand. Belding—Thos. U. Balkwill, engaged in the jewelry business at Lake City, has opened a jewelry store at this previously succeeds J. M. Frost in has purchased formerly place. Lowell—Patrick Kelly given a trust mortgage on his agricultural im- to L. D. Markham for has plement stock $8,000. Ontonagon—Van Schaick & Vincent, general store partnership, J. G. Vincent retiring from the business. Shelby—F. A. Pitts and W. H. Griffin have put ina stock of groceries and a meat market in the Hedges building, un- der the style of Pitts & Griffin. Belding — Frank Holmes and Harry Ward have formed acopartnership under dealers, have dissolved the style of Holmes & Ward and em- barked in the hardware business. Burr Oak—H. Hagenbaugh, formerly engaged in the meat business at Union City, has removed to this place and em- barked in the same business here. Stan wood—E. S. Wiseman has sold his drug stock to J. Boynton and J. Fitz- gerald, who will continue the business under the style of J. Baynton & Co. Allegan—Willis Harvey has purchased a half interest in the flour and feed busi- ness of A. E. Calkins. The new firm will be known as Calkins & Harvey. Manton—Dan. Keyser iias sold his in- terest in the Beyers & Keyser meat mar- ket to Wm. Middaugh. Hereafter the firm will be known as Beyers & Mid- daugh. Cheboygan — N. Howard and D. C. Horton have purchased the grocery stock of Wheeler & Son and wiil continue the business at the same location the style of Howard & Horton. Scotts—W. F. Schroder has purchased the interest of the Wm. Schroder estate in the firm of Schroder & Co., general dealers, and will continue the business under his own name hereafter. Bloomingdale—Milan Wiggins & Co., who recently sold their general stock to under general dealer | | an Illinois gentleman, have arranged to | put in a new stock under the same firm ‘name. The stock will be purchased in | Grand Rapids, Detroit and Chicago. Detroit—Thomas G. Young, who some | time ago conducted the boot and shoe | department at The Fair on Michigan ; avenue, has obtained a verdict for $600 lin the Wayne Cireuit Court against Pin- gree & Smith. The defendants had a second mortgage for $700 on Young’s stock and, feeling insecure, pounced down on the stock under a provision of the mortgage while he was away to lunch and broke up his business. Young sued for the injury to his business, claiming that the seizure of the stock was unjusti- fiable. MANUFACTURING MATTERS, Atkinson—The Metropolitan Lumber Co.’s sawmill has this season cut 28,000,- 000 feet of lumber with four band saws. The shingle mill connected with the plant has cut 80,000 a day. Alpena—The Pine River Lumber Co. is putting up a small sawmill at Old Black River Junction, on the Alpena road, to cut 5,000,000 feet of pine, hem- lock and hardwood. Au Sable—Penoyar Bros. are consider- ing the question of building a sawmill at the mouth of Shelidrake River anda for the plant been located. hey own a large body of timber on that stream. Bay City—Jonathan Boyce’s band saw- mill and planing mill are in operation at Essexville, and itis the intention to run site has them all winter. Steam pipes will be laid in the booms to keep them from freezing. Charlevoix—The Williams Bowl Co., a copartnership consisting of Geo. G., D. G. and G. S. Williams, is erecting build- ings suitable for the manufacture of wooden bowls. The gentlemen com- posing the firm hail from Griffin, I]. Traverse City—The Traverse City Lumber Co. has let jobs for 12,000,000 feet of hemlock, and if the market holds firm will get out 20,000,000 feet. This company is putting two new mills in operation at East Jordan, and intends to get out about 6,000,000 feet of hemlock and hardwood. Josiah E. Jessup, who recently severed his relations as book-keeper for the West Michigan Lumber Co. to accept a similar position with the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.. was called to the office of General Manager Wright last Saturday and presented with a check for $250 in token of the appreciation of the company for his eight years’ faithful service. Rose City —The French Land & Lum- ber Co. has been negotiating for the pur- chase of the Burrel stave and heading plant. The latter company shut down completely three months ago when the plant was about ready for business. If the deal goes through, the French com- pany proposes to manufacture lumber and shingles and run a planing mill in connection with the plant. Traverse City—Cobbs & Mitchell, of Cadillac, have two camps in operation at Acme, on East Bay, and expect to get out 6,000,000 feet of pine. They have constructed side tracks adjoining the Chicago & West Michigan Railway, but are using their own rolling stock and locomotives, which enables them to haul their logs to this place, where they are transferred tothe Grand Rapids & Indi- ana for Cadillac. Manistee—The Manistee Lumber Co. is springing a new scheme on an unsus- pecting public. Realizing that it is im- | possible to keep on hand a supply of bill logs of ali the different lengths called for, and not having a logging railroad running direct to its mills from the woods so that it can get the lengths as needed, it has hit upon the scheme of putting all its logs in as long as the trees will make them, and sawing them to needed lengths at the foot of the log slide. For this purpose itis putting up a small engine with drag saw attachment to be ready for use next spring, and after this does not propose to be caught not able to bid on anything that offers. Of course, this could not be done on all the rivers of the country, as they could not drive logs 60,70 and 80 feet long read- ily, but the Manistee is an exception. Saginaw—The Cook Shingle Co. is the name of a new Saginaw firm, whose field of operations will be in Midland and Gladwin counties, with headquarters in this city. Itis composed of Col. A. T. Bliss, A. F. Cook and L. A. Bliss, all well-known business men, the latter two having been in the employ of Col. A. T. Bliss for a number of years, and who will have direct charge of the business. They already have a shingle mill in operation at the terminus of the Bliss Railroad, about six miles from Coleman, which they will run until the product of about 21,000 acres of timber is disposed of. They also have a large gang of men en- gaged in the hoop business at the same point. This firm is the sponsor fora new village which has been platted about five miles northeast of Coleman, and named Blissville, where they will estab- lish a general store and large boarding house. As fast as the timber is taken off the lands they will be opened to set- tlers. Standish—J. E. Austin has just fin- ished a shingle mili that is a decided novelty in that line. Instead of using a saw the shingles are sliced off with a large knife after the blocks are steamed, leaving the shingles perfectly smooth and wasting none of the timber in saw- dust. The cutting of shingles in this manner has been thought to be a failure, but Mr. Austin claims to have made an improvement over all other inventions in this line and has applied for a patent for his machine. The designs for all of the eastings for this machine were either made or dictated by Mr. Austin. If this machine is all that it appears to be, it will be a very profitable patent, as it will make about 20 per cent. more strokes to the minute than the best saw machines can make, saves timber and makes a smoother shingle. Mr. Austin expects to start his new mill as soon as can sufficient stock. Its operations will be watched with interest by shingle manufacturers. he secure Menominee—The mills have all shut down, and the manufacture of lumber is consequently closed for the of 1893. Notwithstanding the general de- pression in all branches of business, this particular industry, at least on the Me- nominee, has been highly satisfactory to all concerned. A larger amount of lum- ber and other mill products has been turned out than in former years, though it will be seen by a comparison of the figures that something like 60,000,000 feet less of lumber was shipped this season than last. It was said early in the sea- son, and even as late as six weeks ago, season | that less than one-half the usual cut of logs would be banked during the coming winter. From present indications this theory was based on the natural conse- quences incident upon a dull season of trade and not on facts, for it is apparent on every hand that not only a large cut, but jin some localities an increase over last season’s bankings, will be the result of the winter’s work in the pineries. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—The market is almost entirely bare of stock, ordinary Russets commanding #1 per bu., while selected Greenings, Spys and Baldwins bring $4 per:bbl. Beans—Lower and dull. Handlers pay $1.10 for country cleaned and 3'.°5 for country picked. Butter—-About the same as a week ago. Deal- ers pay 18@20c for choice dairy, holding at 0@ 22e. Creamery is slow sale at 28e. Cabbage—Home grown, $5 per 100. Carrots—20¢c per bushel. Cranberries—Cape Cod are a little weaker, commanding $2.25 per bu. and $6 per bbl. Jer- seys ure in moderate demand at $5.75. Celery—Home grown commands 15@18¢ per doz. Eggs—The market is about the same as a week ago. Handlers hold fresh at 2le and pickled at 20¢e per doz. Grapes—New York Concords command 15e per 8-lb. basket. Catawbas bring 25¢, while Malagas in 55-lb. kegs bring $4@5. California Tokays are higher, commanding # per 8-basket crate. Honey— White clover commands 16c per Ib., dark buckwheat brings 13@14c. Lettuce—Grand Rapids forcing, 12%c per Ib. Nuts—Walnuts and butternuts, 75¢c per bu. Hickory nuts, $1.10 per bu. Onions—Handlers pay 40c, holding at 50¢ per bu. Spanish are in small demand at $1.25 per crate. Potatoes—The market is lower than a week ago, handlers paying 40¢ here and 35@38c at outside buying points, Squash—Hubbard, 1%e per Ib. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys command $4.50 per bbl. Turnips—25e per bu. HARRY HARMAN’S SCHO8L OF WINUOW DRESSING AND DECORATING, A monthly publication. Displays for every line of business. HOLIDAY EDITION CTs. (No stamps.) 1204 Woman’s Temple, Chicago. 25 S wishing a small stock of holiday goods will find it to their interest to eall at | once at May’s Bazaar, 41 and 43 Monroe St. Our stock is complete, and the largest and finest in the eity. be iw 1° < & 4 of ig is of ot E> a 4 -_ «1 a ¢’ GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. F. E. Richards has opened a grocery store at Clarksville. The I. M. Clark Grocery Co. furnished the stock. Clarence N. Menold has opened a drug store at Fennville. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. furnished the stock. H. Keenan has opened a grocery store at 796 South Division street. The Lemon & Wheeler Company furnished the stock. Smith & Rathvon have opened a gro- cery store at Mecosta. The stock was furnished by the Lemon & Wheeler Com- pany. Wm. Neilan, formerly engaged in gen- eral trade at Weldon Creek, has em- barked in the grocery business at Custer. The stock was furnished by the I. M. Clark Grocery Co. A. L. Campbell, whose grocery stock at Schoolcraft was recently destroyed by fire, has resumed business at another location in that place. The I. M. Clark Grocery Co. furnished the stock. Wm. Joyce has purchased the interest of his partner in the tea, coffee and spice stock of Joyce & Visner, and removed the stock from the corner of Crescent avenue and Kent street to 404 Jefferson avenue. Ed, Farnham has traded his drug and grocery stock for a farm, E. A. Webb be- ing the new owner of the store and stock. Local creditors of Mr. Farnham are somewhat uneasy over the transac- tion, as no assurances of a positive char- acter have been received from their for- mer customer. J. P. Visner has closed out the bakery and restaurant business formerly con- ducted by Visner & Cusick, at 129 Canal street, and deposited the proceeds with the Kent Circuit Court, in accordance with the order of Judge Adsit. Mr. Vis- ner has since released the premises and resumed the same business at the same location under his own name. Leonard Kipp, the West Broadway grocer, died last Wednesday from a com- plication of pulmonary troubles induced by a severe attack of thegrip. Deceased was bornin Zeeland, Holland, in 1840, coming to this country when only 14 years of age and locating in this city. The first two years he worked for C. C. Comstock, when he entered the employ of Nelson, Matter & Co. as a machine hand, remaining in that capacity eighteen years. He then opened a grocery store at the corner of West Broadway and Shawmut avenue, at which location he conducted business uninterruptedly for nineteen years. Deceased was married in 1860 to Miss Henrietta Dogman, bore him survive—Nellie, and Jennie, who four children, two of whom Mrs. S. U. Clark. who will be associated with her mother in the management of the store. Deceased was a man of generous impulses, excellent habits and sterling integrity and was respected by all who knew him. He was a member of the Odd Fellows’ fraternity and a charter member of the Retail Greeers’ Associa- tion, by whom he was held in high esteem. As soon as it was known that death had taken place, President Smits called a special meeting of the Associa- tion, which convened Wednesday after- noon at the Morton Messrs. Rasch, Viergiver and Herrick were ap- pointed a committee to procure an ap- now Honse. THH MICHIGAN propriate floral offering, and prepare resolutions expressing the grief of the Association and its sympathy with the friends of the deceased. The funeral was held at the family residence Friday afternoon, the interment being made in Fulton street cemetery. eg pe Purely Personal. John Vaupell, Secretary of the Grand Haven Leather Co., at Grand Haven, was in town one day last week. J. W. Pollard, of the firm of Pollard Bros., general dealers at Ashland Center, was in town a couple of days last week. Clarence M. Menold, who has just em- barked in the drug business at Fennville, was in town last week for the purpose of selecting his stock. Mr. Menold has been in the employ of Geo. J. Stephen- son, the Bangor druggist, over five years, and is well qualified to enter upon the exacting duties of an established phar- macist. Frank Jewell (I. M. Clark Grocery Co.) is happy over the receipt of a pair of handsome elk horns from a former busi- ness associate at Tacoma. This gives him a trio of trophies of this sort, he having recently received a pair of Buf- falo horns from a friend at Bismarck and a pair of Texas steer horns from Brother Armour, of Chicago. Thomas Graham, general dealer at Rosedale, Chippewa county, recently killed a spike deer in the woods near his store. The deerisa freak and difficult if not impossible to classify. It is the size of an average three-year-old buck and has the mysterious ‘‘spike’’ or two straight horns like the antelope, which give to the hunter or naturalist no idea of the animal. Frank A. Stone has handed in his re- signation as buyer for H. Leonard & Sons, to take effect Jan. 1, when he will assume the management of the Michigan Vapor Stove Co. Mr. Stone has been as sociated with Leonard & Sons in various capacities for seventeen years and has come to be looked upon as a fixture of the business. His retirement will be the cause of general regret on the part of the trade, all of whom will bespeak for him in his new connection the success his en- ergy and shrewdness deserve. a MILLER VS. GROCER. Cards from Daniel Viergiver and Peter Schuit. GRAND Rapips, Dee. 8—I note the card of the Valley City Milling Co. in your issue of Dec. 6 and beg leave to say, in reply, that the Valley City Milling Co. does retail **Lily White’’ flour, as I have customers who assure me they have bought flour at the mill. [ can furnish their names, if necessary. So far as the wholesale price of flour is concerned, I beg leave to say that when reputable grocers state in open meeting that they have bought ‘‘Lily White’’ flour for $1.50, I believe them to be tell- ing the truth. When the Valley City Milling Co. says it has only one price, I know better; for its own city salesman has made me two prices. { do not pretend to possess any knowl- edge of the inside management of the Valley City Milling Co.—probably would not know anything about it if I bought my flour from that mill, instead of patronizing other mills, as has been my custom heretofore. All I care to see in the matter is honest dealing with all and one price to all. Yours for the right, DANIEL VIERGIVER. MR. SCHUIT’S CARD. Granp Raprps, Dee. 7—In regard to the card from the Valley City Milling Co., referring to the proceedings of the meet- | TRADESMAN. ing of the Retail Grocers’ Association, there seems to be a misunderstanding all | around. In the first place, the proceed- ings of said meeting were not published just as they occurred. question was taken up, the price of ‘Lily White”? flour was asked for, upon | which two prominent grocers arose and | each stated in an open meeting of about 100 grocers that they paid $1.50 per 100 pounds. Then I immediately stood up and stated, ‘It seems that ‘Lily White’ knowing that 1 had paid more than $1.50. I thought then that the information was reliable and am still of the same opinion. Hence I see no reason why I should re- eall or in any way qualify my statement. Yours truly, PETER SCHUIT, Grocer and Mgr. G. R. — Co. >< Cannot E Buy for Cash or r Credit. The cheapness of credits for some years past has furnished material for a great deal of thought and speech this year, and it is, consequently, rather un- ustial to learn of a firm that cannot buy goods for cash; yet such a firm exists and is endeavoring to do business in this State. Several years ago the firm referred to made a bad failure, all its assets being gobbled up by relatives. Business was resumed after a while and everything apparently moved along smoothly, al- though, of course, they had to pay practically cash for their goods. About two months ago they sent an order to a certain jobbing house in this city, asking sixty days’ time on a $400 order. The house, knowing the firm’s bad record, at once wrote them that they must pay cash or the goods would not be shipped. Of course, the letter couveying this in- formation was clothed in the most courteous manner, but the sum and sub- stance of it was as stated. The firm in answering wrote a scurrilous communi- cation, which went far beyond the bounds of common business decency. = was such a letter as no honest or honor- able firm would ever think of writing, even to their worst enemy. The whole- sale house wrote the following brief reply: ‘‘You cannot buy for cash from us.”? It did more than this. A circular letter was prepared and sent to other leading wholesale houses throughout the country informing them of the details of the affair and asking co-operation in not selling the firm referred to. So far as heard from, four houses have already re- fused to fill cash orders for the firm, and there have probably been others who have done the same. __ It is not improb- able, therefore, that this firm will ultimately be actually driven out of business because they cannot buy goods, even for cash. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. BUSINESS CHANCES, OR EXCHANGE—FOR CITY OR COUNTRY real estate, a new stock of clothing and fur- nishing goods, invoicing from %5,)0) to 6,000. Address No. 832, care Michigan Tradesman, 832 OR SALE—HARDWARE BUSINESS IN A town of 3,000 inhabitants. Stock about $6,000. Business established 34 years, with the leading trade. R. B. Ogiesbee, Plymouth, Ind. 834 _ SALE—LAND SUITABLE FOR SUM- mer resort, comprising 50 acres, with 210 rods of water front, on one of the inland lakes near Petoskey. Excellent brook trout; bassand pickerel fishing; fine shore for bathing or boat- ing. A better investment for capital than a campaign fund. Address Resort, care Michigan Tradesman. 835 WIDOW WHO HAS BEEN LEFT A STOCK of general merchandise by the death of her husband, and who has not the necessary ex perience to conduct the business successfully, wishes to correspond with a widower or gentle- man of middle age, with a view to matrimony. Correspondent must be experienced in mercan- tile business and able to conduct a general —_— in acountry town. Address stating age, busi ness experience and financial condition, No. . $36, | care Michigan Tradesman. When the flour | appears to be sold at all kinds of prices,” | 5 | JGIOR SALE- RETAIL MILLING BUSINESS | in Stanton, Mich. Good location. Estab- | lished business. For terms and particulars ap- | Ply to Macau ¢ Company. Detroit, Mich, +37 | Pos ANTED- “BY RkG ISTERED | assistant pharmacist of five years’ experi ence. Best of references. To Sell Dry Goods. Miss Ada Rehan did not count on be- ing converted into a shop girl when she became a model for the famous Montana silver statue of Justice, but that is just what she has come to. She is now en- gaged in selling dry goods. The silver statue is the leading attraction in a big store in Brooklyn. Itis mounted on a raised platform in the middle of the store. The platform covered with black cloth, and over the statue is stretched a canopy of green silk. It is said that it shows to better advantage there than it did at the fair, and as the statue is gradually becoming oxidized it gains in beauty daily. Itis not yet an- nounced, if determined, what will be the final dis sposition made of it. >_> - Can’t Blow It Out. A Baltimore genius has invented a philanthropic gas burner, designed to save the lives of the inexperienced rus- tics who stop at hotels and extinguish | the gas with their breaths. He calls it the ‘‘Hayseed Gas Burner,” and says that the harder one blows atit, the more stub- bornly the light refuses to go out. If by any chance an exceptionally strong pair ot lungs succeeds in extinguishing it, it is automatically relighted at once. This burner will probably prove the despair of many an unlucky farmer, who will try to blow it out in vain. | is | Amory Dry Goods Price Current. UNBLE 7 COTTONS. Adriatic ... oe ae. Lj 8 See AA... Atlantic = 2 6% Archery Bunting... “ long cloth B. 94% a“ “ “ “2 “century cloth 7 “ gold seal. ....10% “ green seal TR10% «yellow seal. .10% C — . 11 “ Turku, ted. 10% Ballon solid olack.. “ Colors. Ben; ai blue, green, red and orange .. 6 Berlin solids. ...... 5 ~~ waoee...... 6 Arrow Brand 4% = — Wide. 6 “éc 4% Full Yard Wide..... 6% meorm A.......... 6% Honest Width...... mere A ......... 5 indian Head........ 5% a 6 Meee 3% CE dis. 50&02 | 8 serew Hook snd Eye, . ese a sa net 10 OROW BARS, . << << 2. ae Cee: -..perm 5 . - _ = ............ net 7 CAPs. ase? UCL. se 5U 1 a. | HANGERS. dis. ae ge perm & | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... 50810 G.D i ee 35 | § Champion, anti-friction. .. 60&10 Muaket 00000 = @g| Kidder, wood traek «..---- =< 40 CARTRIDGES, a . TSN ME 80410 Rim Bice. __. a Sa eliiog 60&10 Central Fire. eee lee ee 25 | Spiders cs ete uees oe oe, Oe CHISELS. dis. Gray Cuameiogd ..................... .. 40810 HOUSE F Patmcs Wie ae Stamped Tin Ware (roananpenaiee ee new list 7 aoe settee eter eee e ees wees oo dapanned Tin Ware. . a ee 2 ao vw se “new ist 33410 Buccners Tanged Pirmer............ ...... 40 a sonmiie COMBS. dis. ert Kyes.. -W&10&10 a ook’ an -70&1 ae over a aay = Gate Hooks and Byes. a _ ee. 18.7 CHALE. Stanley Rule and Level Co." 8. : White Crayons, per gross.......... 12Q12% dis, 10 y ROPES. COPPER, — a inch and a Se 9 Planished, 14 oz cut to size... .. per pound 2g | Manilla..... weteresseeen ae 1B 14x52, 14x56, 14x60 . 26 | steel and Iron SQUARES. dis. Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60... 1211.22 11) 23 | ee and _ tee SS net itor diacetate = On NII WO noel asco cso0 Oe errr ntss pete = OE ee: Oeics ae i is a la 2 AGAR - | _= — Smooth. Com mores cet Siggee.. ls... 50) Nos. 10ta 14. 8405-82 98 Taper and straight Shank................... 50) Noa i5to?7.....00. 405 3 05 Mores Taper snaee ll. . Oe ee 4 05 3 05 DRIPPING PANS. Nos. a to 24 Bec 4 05 3 15 Small sizes, ser pound ...................... 07 ro tO... ..- oe. ‘> 25 : = Large alxes, per pound... 2200200027202 8% | “All sheets No. i8 and lighter, eneae incher ELBOWS. wide not less than 2-10 extra Com. 4 plece,Gim............ eae dos. net 75 SAND PAPER. Coram dis 40] List acct. 19, 86 . a Adjustable. . oo -- dis. 40810 ASH ‘CORD. Silver Lake, White a : list 50 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Drab A ‘ r, Clark's, small, $16: larce, @26............... 30 “ White a eas Coe Be ives 1 8-2 Oe ae 25 is Pee at aa ts 55 FILES—New List. dis. “ Was a 35, Dee. 60&10 Oe i) ia Now American 60&10 * gas WEIGHTS. Heller's enc oreo ecceeeD | SOME BY eee ecco cee DOP tM BBB Eiciion S| horse MaMa. 2 50 | ‘“ aa iy Es "99 @ALVANIZED IRON. | : fea — a 5 poe per foot,. 70 . 16 to 20; 2 and 24; % and 2%: § g r a al Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.. 50 — ; i 4s "1 15 7 = = . cial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot. 30 Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 KNoBs—New List. dis. Deor, mineral, jan. trimmmiligs .............. 55 Door, porcelain, jap. triniings............ 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Door, porcelsin, ceri 55 Drawer and Shutter, savadiaie ee, 7 LOCK8—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Mabon, Wheeler & Cap... 6... 2... 55 Eeaesomee 5... 55 Paw. 55 MATTOCKS, Pee 816.00, dis, 60 mee eee 815 00, dis. 60 Wares... .......... . $18.50, dis. 20&10. MA dis. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled Petes ceseccence MILLS. dig. 2 De 40 P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.'s oe 40 » Landers, ery & Ciatks............ 40 " Wecrpeee ........................ 30 MOLASSES GATES. dis. Stebbin’s Pattern........ De eee edie asta aa. 60810 Stebbin’s Genuine............ a. 86410 Enterprise, self-measuring..... 3 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. a or oe... kk. I Wionats heme... 8. 1 T5@1 30 eS Base Base ee. 10 SEE eee 25 Bee ee ps) ec oe ee. 35 ee 45 ee ecu 45 oe. 50 ee i 60 Toe. 75 - 90 i 1 2 ee 1 60 Oe. 1 60 Wee ee 65 6 .. .. 5 - ££... 90 Piawae.................... 3 De ool 90 a. fl .. 1 10 Clinch’ 10.... 70 - 80 - ©... .. 90 Barrell s ee i7 LANES. dis. Ohio Too! Co.'s, fancy... eee Pee 50 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy............ Keystone, Loomer’s Pride, Imperial, Eagle, Boston, Nubian. HIRTH KRAUSEAG GAND ARPIOS MICK We carry all the above kinds in stock, whioh | are the best and leading makes in the market. | Get your winter stock before freezing. \HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. shea Si »¥ atte x “~. ‘HER MICHIGAN 11 Rosy Future for Butterine and Oleo- margarine. Written for Taz TRADESMAN. “Omne tulit punctum, qui miseuit utile dulci,” said, of old, the great Horace, and the Legislature of Minnesota, following in the footsteps of so illustrious a prede- cessor, has decided that the imitation butter sold within its jurisdiction shall be colored pink! Rose tinted butterine! Red oleomargarine! What’s the matter with sage green, or terra cotta? Give it an aesthetic shade by all means. Why do things by halves? Now that the pub- lie’s appetite has begun to cloy of gilt- edged butter and perfumed lard, it is to be treated to bogus butter decorated af- ter the spectacular pian. This is an age of push, progress and pertinacity. Dairy butter is too slow. The milk maid and the hired man, drift- ing into the shades of antiquity, are fast becoming legendary beings for fools to flout at, and will soon be known only as a part of the unwept past. The American farmer has not the busi- ness sagacity of his city brother. There is still a chance to bring butter toa measure of its former popularity, but it will take time to accomplish this and it will take advertising. It may seem un- kind to say so, but it might even aid in the work of immortalizing this oleagen- ous product of lactation, should the farmers’ wives use a little—just a little —more care in its preparation; and I might add that, in this part of Michigan, in the springtime, the addition of leeks might be omitted without disastrous con- sequences. When popular prejudice in the matter of butterine has once been fairly over- come, it will be a hard matter to sell the old-fashioned product at any price. It will then be necessary to force it upon eustomers. It will be the regular thing to furnish a silver plated butter dish with each gallon jar, and three large bis- cuits with a single pound. I do not wish to place myself in the position of seeming to advocate every new thing that the scalp hunters of the city markets see fit to bring to my atten- tion; yet, as a man who prides himself op keeping abreast of the times, 1 take the liberty of adopting such of the latest innovations as seem to me right and good. Who is not heartily tired of the yellow glare of the ordinary butter of the farm? Yellow, as a color for third-rate epicures, may never lose its charm; but who will buy butter of that shade when he can, for the same money, procure a beautiful Tuscan red, or a Prussian blue, or a Paris green? And, as the spirit of the dream grows upon me, methinks I hear one saying to the grocer, ‘‘Mr. Ferguson, give me two pounds of royal purple but- terine to match this sample of silk in shade, and be sure to give me the exact tint. It is to match the dining room cur- tains.’’ : We shall have butterine of all the hues of the dying dolphin. We shall have polka dot butterine, and broken plaid butterine, and oleomargarine in stripes. Then will be added butterine fringe, and trimming braid, and bias ruffles, and pas- sementerie, while fluted and crimped oleomargarine will be as common as the plain beef tallow of to-day. And when the butterine question onee begins to monopolize the columns of the fashion magazines, and the New York Herald’s ‘‘Daily Butterine Hints from | | | | i Paris” become a necessity to the thought- ful housewife, then will the manufactur- ers of patent butter wage fierce and hor- rid war. Then will the weakness of the homemade article manifest itself in its utter inability to cope with the brains, the energy and the capital of the manu- facturers of fraudulent grease. Armies of skilled and high salaried artists will be maintained to devise tints, make new Styles of high art decorations and origi- nate novel and unique designs for the embellishment of the manufactured article. | schemes to catch the youth of the land, such as rapid winding Waterbury watches with butterine attachments, and pyro- technic oleomargarine for the small boy. And there will be prize package oleo- margarine. In the center of these rolls may be embedded articles of use or virtu, depending entirely upon the kind of trade which it is intended to cateh— fourteen karat rings for the hired girls, jockey caps for the stable boys, cigars and Sevres vases for my lord and lady, and rubber teething rings for the coming generation. It is safe to predict that the butter of the past will not be ‘in it” with the butter of the time to come. Gro. L. THurRston. > © > - SHE WAS HYPNOTIZED. A Dry Goods Clerk Who is a Gem in His Way. “Talking about hypnotism,’ said a Detroit lady to a friend, ‘‘let me tell you an experience of mine. I went into a dry goods store in this city to makea purchase of three yards of green silk. There was a nice, pleasant-looking man behind the silk counter, who fixed a pair of large black eyes upon me and said: ***We have no green silk to match your sample, but here is a beautiful shade of blue,’ and he rippled off the folds over his fingers after the manner of dry goods clerks. ‘**IT don’t want blue,’ I said, but so faintly my voice did not sound like my own. I felt that the salesman expected me to buy that silk—I could not resist his will, and told him to cut off three yards. When the dressmaker saw it she was surprised. ‘**{ thought you were to buy a green silk for your trimming,’ she said. ***I changed my mind,’ I answered, although I detested the blue. ‘“‘A few months afterwards | went into that same store and saw the same sales- man looking at me, and felt drawn to- ward that counter. His look was grave and respectful, but compelling. ‘* ‘Something I can show you? he asked. My eyes fell upon a piece of gray silk, a hideous mottled gray that resembled a sulky sky and made me homesick to look at it. ‘* ‘Nice thing, isn’t it?? he said, ‘and quite new. That is the only pattern of the kind that we have.’ ‘**Pll take three yards,’ I said desper- ately, and when it was done up he handed it to me with a polite bow. ‘““As soon as I was outside of the store I wondered what on earth I would do with that miserable purchase, and I don’t know yet. Now, isn’t that a clear case of hypnotism?’’ Her friend said that it was, and that the man must be very valuable to his employers on that account. A Delicious Medicine. it is now contended that flowers and the perfumes distilled from them have a most salutary effect on pulmonary com- plaints, and constitute a therapeutic agency of the greatest value. It is said that a residence in a perfumed atmos- phere constitutes a protection against pulmonary diseases and arrests consump- tion. In the town of La Grasse, France, which is largely devoted to the manufac- ture of floral perfumes, consumption is unknown. And there will be advertising | SEND US YOUR BEANS, WE WANT THEM ALL, NO MATTER HOW MANY. WillAlways Give Full Market Value BUY THE PENINSULAR Pants, Shiris, and Overalls Onee and You are our Customer for life. Stanton & Morey, DiTROIT, MICH. Gzo. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. le KALAMAZOO PANT & OVERALL CO. 221 EK. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich, Our entire line of Cotton Worsted Pants on hand to be sold at cost for cash. If interested write for samples, Milwaukee Office: Room 502 Matthew Build ing. Our fall line of Pants from 89 to 842 per dozen are now ready. An immense line of Kersey Pants, every pair warranted not to rip. Bound swatches of entire line sent on approval to the “eaee> Moalol Tata AN’S oie 5 Catarrh, Headache, Neuralgia, Colds, Sore Threat, The first inhalations stop sneezing, snuffin coughing and headache. This relief is wort the price of an Inhaler. Continued use will complete the cure. Prevents and cures e Sea Sickness On Cars or boat. The cool exhilerating sensation follow- ing its use is a luxury to travelers. Convenient to carry in the pocket; no liquid to drop or spill; lasts a year, and costs 50c at druggists. Regis- tered mail 60c, from H. D. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer, Three Rivers, Mich. ee" Guaranteed satisfactory. Hay Fever, | | j | } | ALBERT N. AVERY, MANUFACTURERS’ CARPETS ald ['RAPERIES, 19 So. Ionia S8t., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. AGENT FOR Special Sale of Lace and Chenille Curtains, Merchants visiting the Grand Rapids market are invited to call and inspect my lines, which are complete in every respect. In placing orders with me you deal directly with the manufac- turer PEACK’S Pay the best profit. HEADACHE POWDERS Order from your jobber Buildings, Cards, and Note Headings, Patented Articles, Maps and Plans. Letter TRADESMAN COPIPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Quick Sellers, WHAT? THE NEW FALL Manufactured by SNEDICOR & HATHAWAY, DETROIT, MICH, LINE All the Novelties in Lasts and Patterns, ——$9—____ State Agents Woonsocket and Lyco- ming Rubber Co. 0 Dealers wishing to see the line address F. A. Cadwell, 41 Lawn Court, Grand Rapids, Mich. A LADY’S GENUINE : VICI : SHOE, Plain toe in opera and opera toe and C. S. heel. D and E and E E widths, at $1.50. Patent leather tip, $1.55. Try them, they are beauties. Stock soft and fine, flexible and elegant fitters. Send for sample dozen. REEDER BROS. SHOE CO, Grand Rapids, Mich. PEHEREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. 12 THE MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN. THE TRADE-UNION FAILURE. ¥Vrom’the Lumber World. Probably the chief feature of the clos- | ing yearin the industrial world, aside | from the business stagnation caused by the prospect of a sweeping change in the ‘ariff system of the Republic, has been | the practical collapse of trade-unionism. } or, @S more commonly named, labor or- vanization. During two decades of quite | xeneral prosperity it has been possible ‘or the organizations uf labor to wield a power out of all proportion to their num- | vers, and during ali these years they have i wielded their power, not justly, not | wisely, not for the good of either their | members or their employers, but un- | justly, unwisely, and to the detriment of | oth labor and capital. Starting in with | ‘air membership and supported by public sentiment, on the whole, the organiza- | tions have run a mad career. They have trom the start shown themselves to be more destructive than constructive, more | anjust and tyrannical to their own mem- bers than even the most unjust and tyrannic employers ever were accused of being, and more unsafe than all other; adverse elements in the industrial world combined. Their course has been such | as to call for severe laws to meet the new | forms of crime and disorder they have introduced. and in more than half the States it has been necessary tocurb their arrogance by plain and explicit penalties for the practice of some of their ‘‘car- dinal principles,’’ which have seemed to| include about every crime in the calen- | dar, as well as many not yet included. Now comes a sudden visible check to the growth, to the membership, to the influence, to the positive powers of these organizations. Prosperity has given place to general business stagnation. Capital has been forced out of invest- ment. Labor has suddenly found itself | face to face with the necessity either of | accepting less wages and doing less | | | work than usual, or of going idle and hungry. Two, three, five or ten years ago the mere threat of reduced wages was sufficient to set all the organizations | f labor in a ferment. Strikes would ‘oliow, with all their usual crimes, i Osses and excesses, any and every at-! ‘tempt of capital to cut down the rate of | wages or lengthen the hours of labor. | Then labor insisted that it had just as! much right to dictate the management of great plants as the owners themselves had. Just now all this is changed. Then no owner was allowed to have his own sons j learn his business in his own plant. | The organized laborers, generally from Europe, attended to the owners busi- | ness affairs quite as much as the owners did. To-day the situation reveals a rad- ical change in all these things. The} most compact and exclusive associations | have no longer the power to enforce | their demands upon capital. The own-, ers of establishments now shut down, reduce forces, cut wages, shorten hours or lengthen them, employ non-union laborers, permit apprentices to learn their trade, and doa score of other things that were simply impossible in the days when trade-unionism was at its climax of power and arrogance. Perhaps the loss of power by organiza- | tions is more plainly seen in the case of those related to the iron trade than in| any other. The unions in this field have | been simply supreme. Their word has | been law to their employers. The iron| and steel workers of the land have been a drilled army, with strict discipline, with guarded membership, with iron- clad rules, and with the power to incite | and sustain labor disorders that have! paralyzed business and called for State | authority to quell. The crimes com- | mitted under its banners are known to | all. The great salaries earned by its} members have excited the wonder of the | industrial world. The arrogance of its} officers was monumental. It abolished | apprenticeship. it prepared to keep up| the supply of high-priced labor by im-/} porting men from Europe. It asserted | an equal power over the conduct of a/| plant with that of the owners. It made | scales of wages to be paid by the capi- | talists who employed it. It fixed the | length of the labor day. In short, it} arrogated to itself far more than any official of the State or nation could arro- gate to -himself. Often it turned its ' ! j | | | fangs on itself and punished to the bit- | ter extreme its own members who dif- | ceivable. are one by one freeing themselves abso- | of these plants have | erating | ers’ of this and other powerful orders | can no longer fail to see what the situa- | tablishments throws off the union stamp, i by labor, as they are the powers of cap- | ital, of administration, of experience, of | Knowledge of the needs of the nation, of | combined wealth and intelligence, and of | endure quietly the usurpations of organ- | ure. fered with the ‘‘leaders” concerning the policy to be pursued on certain occasions, and in such cases its brutality was incon- To-day the great industrial plants for- merly dominated by this peculiar order lutely from its thrall. Abt last, so many succeeded in op- independently of the once om- nipotent Amalgamated Association that the members of that organization are forced to acknowledge that their long Sway is at an end, and that the doors of American iron and steel works are now virtually free to swing without orders from the organized foreigners who have so long lorded it over the property of other men. The narrowest of the ‘‘lead- tion means to ‘‘organized labor,’’ as they understand that term. As one after an- other of the principal iron and steel es- these hitherto unreasonable “leaders”? are forced to believe that new powers are coming into operation in industrial circles. Those powers are surely far greater than any that can be exercised aroused sentiment that will no longer ized labor. Other lines of work, glass, mining, railroad and textile lines, for exawple, are following the lead of the iron and steel lines. On every hand are signs that the awakening of employers and capitalists is complete. On all sides are signs that the tyranny of the ‘leaders” of labor is atan end. So soon as the members of the union cannot pay in enough fees to make the unions profit- able to the ‘‘leaders,’’ the disbandment will follow. So far has the disintegra- tion gone, in many of the more important orders, that the formal act of dissolution is wholly useless. It is now only the shell of the union that is left. The in- havitant has moved out, or been driven at last disgusted him. There is not an im- portant industry once dominated by unionism that has not practically freed itself from unionism by showing itself capable of moving right along with non- union labor. What next? Trade unionism is a fail- Co-operation is an impossibility in the United States. Capital is still the only element that can or will institute new enterprises. Labor is still the only element on which capital can depend to carry out its enterprises. Capital is bread and butter to labor. Labor is hands and feet, eyes and ears to capital. Both are legitimate entities. Each is necessary to the other. Laborers have seen the folly, and worse than folly, of organizations that go beyond certain bounds and infringe the privileges of capital, and, having seen it, they will not soon again be drawn into other al- lianeces. Each side will henceforth de- sire independence. Certainly laboring men themselves have chafed more under the regulations they have inflicted upon themselves than under any ever inflicted upon them by their employers. That is the common admission of members of the collapsed unions. In looking to the future it is by no means necessary for either side to contemplate new ironclad associations, for association has proved very futile. When every laborer has de- cided to keep his thoughts and conscience in his own keeping, the day has come when trade unions, at least such as this time knows, will be unknown. It is probabie that to-day the men who are most glad that trade unionism has virtu- ally failed are the men who have been the rank and file of the disintegrating associations. They have borne the bur- dens, and they are not displeased to be able or compelled te drop those burdens. The failure of the unions wil! work no damage to labor. It will rather tend to the good of labor, for, with bad associa- tions wiped out, the laborers of the land will be forever free from bad leadership, a consummation to be desired by all in- telligent, self-respecting laborers. +o Caution Still Needed. From the Merchants’ Review. The retail grocery trade appear to have emerged from the panic in a compara- tively good condition and to have suffered less than some other trades, judging by the weekly lists of business failures; but the grocers are not yet out of the woods, and although business has gradually grown more active since the repeal of the silver purchase clause of the Sherman act, there is still considerable room for improvement, the number of working- men now idle being much larger than a year ago, or at corresponding periods in previous years since 1874. It therefore behooves the retail trade to continue to exercise great care in the matter of cred- its, and not relinquish goods unless there is practically a certainty that they will be paid for within a reasonable time. The dead beat is always with us, but in periods of business depression the injury inflicted upon merchants by the depreda- tions of this pest are often less serious and more easily borne than the burdens that the honest but slow-paying debtors impose upon their grocers. With whole- salers carefully scrutinizing retailers’ ac- counts and pressing for remittances, the == slow-paying customer of the retail grocer becomes a very important factor in the situation. He may intend to settle as soon as times grow better, but in the meantime the grocer may fail, the jobber not being willing to wait an indefinite period for his dues. Practically it mat- ters nothing to the average grocer of moderate capital and fair credit, in times like these, whether he has suffered his goods to go into the hands of a ‘‘beat’’ or credited them to an honest customer, if the money is not forthcoming at the date agreed upon, because the leniency which is shown by the retailer is seldom shown to him, and he cannot afford to take such risks. But with many wage-earners idle, and others employed on reduced time or at lower wages than formerly, the appli- cations for an extension of credit are apt to be many and the temptation to accede to such requests very strong, because the grocer either fears to lose a steady cus- tomer or hopes to add a new one to his list. Let those whose capital and credit can easily bear the strain assume the risks of loss, but to the grocer of average resources we say, be careful, for the ex- pected revival of trade is slowin making an appearance, and, even though busi- ness were brisk, the injury that has been inflicted upon the purchasing power of the masses will for some time yet show itself in slowness of collections and more frequent applications for credit than in ordinary seasons. The resolution to shorten credits to safe limits may appear harsh, but, unless the jobber is willing to carry the retailer indefinitely, from sentimental considerations, the latter ought to refuse to extend a similar priv- ilege to the temporarily embarrassed consumer. Whether it is that the gro- cers as a class are distinguished for be- nevolence, or are simply weak and im- prudent, we cannot say, but the fact re- mains that the main support of the un- employed workman in this country is the grocer, and the worst of it is, the latter often goes unrewarded for his leniency in extending credit. During the past two months the number of idle workmen has been very large—thousands of them have been thrown out of employment, as is well known—yet we do not hear that any one has starved, and itis too much to hope that all of them were prepared for along period of idleness. No, the grocers have carried them over the crit- ical period, or are still carrying them, and, while this sort of thing may be very pleasant to contemplate, it is not busi- ness. ae > > ~ Peppermint oil is firm. Large quanti- ties have recently been brought to the New York market from the West. Opera- tors are holding off, hoping for a decline. The love that is numb until it speaks on a tombstone doesn’t say much. “it's as good as Sapolio” when they try to sell you their experiments. Your Own good sense will tell you that they are only trying to get you to aid their new article. Who urges you to keep Sapolio? Is it not the public? The manufacturers by constant and judicious advertising bring customers to your stores whose very presence Other art icles. createS a demand for ? (s a rn * iit sient ae # = SE we ee ee ' -_- ite a Riis osname OFFICERS: President—N. B. Jones. Lansing. Secretary—L. M. Mills, Grand Rapids. Treasurer—Geo. A. Reynolds, Saginaw. Annual Meeting of Post FE. The annual meeting of PostE was held at Elk’s Hall Saturday evening, the at- tendance being very much larger than usual. Henry Dawley, of the special Commit- tee on Entertainment, reported the re- ceipts of the entertainment to be $52, and the expenses $51, leaving a balance of $1. The entertainment added $5 in dues to the general fund, leaving a bal- ance in the treasury of $2.28. after the| payment of all outstanding obligations. Secretary Blake presented a communi- cation from the Legislative Committee of the Travelers’ Protective Association, soliciting the co-operation of the organ- ization in influencing the Congressmen | of Michigan to work and vote for the | measure. J. A. Gonzalez moved that a committee | of three be appointed to communicate | with the Congressmen from this State, | which was adopted, and the Chairman | appointed P. H. Carroll, Geo. F. Owen | and E. A. Stowe such committee. On motion of W. F. Blake, the posi- tions of Secretary and Treasurer were | united in one person hereafter. | Election of officers was then in and resulted as follows: Chairman—J. N. Bradford. Vice-Chairman—FE. A. Stowe. Secretary and Treasurer—George F, Owen. Executive Committee—Heury Dawley, Peter Lankester and W. R. Foster. Sergeant at Arms—C. L. Lawton. On motion of Leo A. Caro, L. M. Mills was unanimously endorsed for re-election as Secretary of the State organization. A. Gonzalez stated that he was | heartily in favor of Mr. Mills’ re-election, but that it could not be accomplished un- less Grand Rapids was well represented at the Saginaw convention. L. A. Caro and J. B. Joscelyn spoke to the same ef- fect, when Mr. Caro moved that advance | tickets be printed and placed in the hands of a special committee of five, with a view to securing additional econ- cessions from the railway companies, | order, The motion was adopted, and the Chair- | man appointed as such committee Messrs. Richmond, Blake, Owen, Dawiey and Van Leuven, Chairman Bradford being chairman of the committee ex-officio. W. R. Foster moved that Secretary | Owen obtain 100 badges from Baltimore, which was adopted. Albert Fecht moved that another en- | tertainment session be held in two weeks, but, as the date was very near to Christ- mas, it was decided inexpedient to have an entertainment at that time. It was decided, however, to hold a special meet- | ing of the organization at the Morton House next Saturday evening at 7:30 | o’clock sharp, to listen to the report of the Transportation Committee. Secretary Mills stated that four amend- | ments had been proposed to the State! constitution, as follows: | To make hotel-keepers who sign the hotel agreement honorary members. To restrict the age of applicants for membership to 50 years. | Not to confine the membership to | Michigan. The addition of an accident and insur- ance feature. The Transportation Committee met at and | | THE TRADESMAN office Sunday decided to adopt the expedient of selling advance tickets, calling for regular round trip tickets on presentation at the Union Depot. The tickets will be sold at $3.35, which is exactly half fare: but if 100 go each purchaser will receive a _i= rebate of 45 cents per ticket from the Committee; and in case 200 go a rebate of $1.05 will be paid. This is in ac- cordance with an arrangement made with the General Passenger Agent of the D., L. & N. Railway, who makes a rate of $2.90 for a party of 100 and arate of $2.30 for a party of 200. It is hoped that those who intend to go will purchase their tickets of the Committee early, to the end that the exact number going |fulness as timekeepers has long since | again on its capricious career, with the ; certainty that within a few months it | Was taken back to the man who had re- | former repairs had not | the } . : | €xperience with almost any other class ; Should exhibit such a lack of eagerness | one of the principal dealers in the city Kept his shop open all day, to the great | There being no further business, the | meeting adjourned. | may be ascertained as soon as possible, Why the Jeweler Is Regarded with Sus- picion. There is no class of tradesmen whose charges are looked upon with greater Suspicion than those of the watch re- pairer. Every man seems to expect that he will be overcharged or cheated when purchasing a new timepiece, and he views with illy-concealed distrust the diagnosis of the man to whom he takes his watch when its movements become erratic or it ceases to go altogether. Much of this lack of confidence in the honesty of the jeweler can be attributed to the eagerness which this artisan ex- hibits to doctor up watches whose use- ended. There never was a watch so old or unreliable as a timekeeper that the average watch repairer would not gladly undertake the task of starting off would come back to him for further at- tention. A gentleman relates an ex pe- rience with a watch repairer that is a re- markable exception to the general rule, He had recently purchased a costly watch. which suddenly stopped going. He took it to a watch repairer, who promptly put itin order. After running for a few weeks it again stopped, and paired it. He took the watch apart in the presence of the owner, examined it closely, announced that one of the jewels had fallen out of position, and that it would be necessary to leave the time- piece for repairs. The owner, in a tone that clearly indicated a belief that the been properly performed, asked what the cost would be, and was almost dumbfounded when man said, ‘‘Nothing.” The same of artisans would have been considered natural enough, but that a watch repairer to assess the owner of a watch for the luxury of having it put in running order is so remarkable that it should not be allowed to pass without being recorded. tt Bound To Observe the Closing Move- ment. An English exchange thus describes the summary measures taken to enforce the closing of stores in a country village in that country: A few weeks ago the merchants of St. Asaph decided to close their respective places of business every Thursday after- noon. On a recent Thursday, however, refused to comply with the majority, and annoyance of his fellow tradesmen. In the evening an angry crowd gathered round the establishment and pelted the dealer with rotten eggs, lemons and all manner of filth, the goods displayed out- side the shop being greatly damaged. Not content with this, the crowd burned an effigy of the proprietor in front-of his shop. .The police interfered and pre- vented further damage. — >_>. Snarling at those who are smarter than we are is like a dog barking at the moon, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. _ THE SAGINAW MEETING. Summary of Rules Adopted by the Board of Pharmacy. Owosso, Dec. 7—A meeting of the Michigan Board of Pharmacy, for the purpose of examinating candidates for registration, will be held in Saginaw, East Side, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 9 and 10, 1894. The examination of both registered pharmacists and assistants will begin on Tuesday at 90’clock a. m., at which hour all candidates will please report at McCormick’s Hall. The examination will occupy two days. Persons intending to take the examina- tion will please note the foliowing resolutions adopted at Lansing Nov. 7, 1893: Resolved—That, hereafter, all ap- plicants for examination as registered pharmacists must have had at least th ree years’ actual experience compounding drugs in a retail drug store under the Supervision of a registered pharmacist: and all applications for examination as registered assistant pharmacists must have had at least two years’ actual er- perience compounding drugs in a retail drug store under the supervision of a registered pharmacist; but one month’s study in a college of pharmacy will be} accepted as a substitute for two months’ experience as above. Provided, That every applicant must have had at least four months’ actual experience com pound- ing drugs in a retail store under the supervision of aregistered pharmacist. No certificates of registration will be issued by the Board until the applieant has furnished affidavits from the party or parties with whom he served or studied, showing explicitly, py dates, the length of time the applicant has been under the instruction of the employer or teacher. The above resolution does not apply to persons having applications on file at the time of the adoption of the resolu- tion, upon which they are still entitled to an examination. PLEASE NOTICE ALSO THAT All applicants for registered phar- macists must be 18 years of age and of good moral character. All applicants for assistant phar- macists must be 16 years of age and of good moral character. Applicants for examination will be ex- | pected to have at least a rudimentary knowledge of chemistry as taucht by the simpler manuals of that science. To be able to read and _ translate physicians’ prescriptions, to incompatibilities, correct errors in doses, and describe methods of procedure in dispensing. To be well versed in the preparations of the United States Pharmacopeeia. point out | To have a_ general knowledge of Materia Medica, with reference to doses, source of drugs, parts used in medicinal preparations, antidotes, and treatment in case of poisoning. To be ably to identify specimens of crude drugs and give their names in Latin and English. Every applicant should have at least such preliminary training in the common English branches as is required for entrance into a high school. All applications for examination should be in the hands of the Secretary at least one week before the examina- tion. STANLEY EF. PARKILL. See’y. > 2 > —_— Commodore Vanderbilt’s Idea of Book- keeping. A nephew of the late Commodore Vanderbilt was once Summoned before his uncle and found the old gentleman in a high state of indignation over the faithlessness of a trusted cashier. “Sam, I’ve sent for you because I want you to be my eashier,” exclaimed the founder of the Vanderbilt riches, vehemently. “But, unele, I don’t know anything |about book-keeping,” protested young | Barton. | ‘*Book-keeping be the oldCommodore. ‘You know enough | to be honest, don’t you?’ | “Ves, promptly nephew. | ‘‘Well, you know how to take money | when it is paid in to you, don’t you?” “Ves, sir’? ‘And you know how to pay bills when I tell you to pay ’em, don’t you?”’ **Certainly.”? ‘Phen you would know enough to give me the balance of the money, wouldn’t you?’ | ‘Why, of course,’’ said Barton. “Well, that’s book keeping.” And Sam Barton filled the position to his unele’s satisfaction for several years. blowed!” shouted Sar” responded the <_< ~ +o -- Use Tradesman Coupon Books. NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER A SUPPLY OF PECKHAM'S CROUP REMEDY, 25c a Bottle, $2 a Dozen, 5 off with 3 Bozen, 10 off with 6 Dozen. it Ct 7} One Ream 9x12 White Wrap- W E GI\ E ping Paperin Tablet form, cut from 40 lb. book, for each dozen ordered, also a supply of Leaflets containing Choice Prescrip- tions, which the druggist can compound with a good margin of profit. All advertising bears dealer’s imprint on front side Advertising mat- ter sent free on receipt of label. Send order to your jobber, who will notify us. We will do the rest. PECKHAM’S CROUP REMEDY CoO., Freeport, Mich. The following appeared in the local column of the Salina, Kans., Herald, Oct. 20, 1893: “Our sales of Peckham’s Croup Remedy, ‘‘The children’s cough cure,” have increased rapidly ever since we began handlingit in the year 1888. Without an exception it is the best and most RELIABLE remedy of its kind we ever sold. Parents once knowing its merits will never be without it in the house. We recommend it above all others for children. We notice that in each instance where we have sold it, that same party calls for it again. This notice is not one paid for by the manufacturers of this medicine, but is ourown, prompted by past experience with, and ever present faith in Peckham’s Croup Rem edy. Get a bottle of it, you may need it any night.”—O. C. Tobey & Co., the 3d Ward Drug tore, Salina, Kans. eG <& . san’ li > al ¢ ‘ ae ie we Cr we oS : ~~ p t+ & oN & ow oo WeSC le OS Rae OOD: Oa eS THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wholesale idee Current. Advanced—Linseed Oil. Declined—Opjum. ACIDUM, ee... Cc... 10 Benzoicum German... 6! 75 Boracic . ! 20 Carbolicum 35 Citricum .. 65 Hydrochio Nitrocum 2 Oxalicum ......... . we i Phosphorium dil...... 20 Salleyiioum........... 1 30@1 70 Saiuricum.... ..... 14a & Pomme. 2... 1 40@1 60 Terercea..........- 30@ 33 AMMONIA, See, 16 Gee... 384@ 5 ~ 2 Gee aoe Ce ee ee 124@ 14 Chiotigum ............ 12@ 14 ANILINE. a, 2 00@2 25 oon... 80@1 00 ee .. 45@ 50 eee 8, 8. 2 50@3 00 BACCAE, Cubeae (po 36)...... 2@ 30 a 8@ 10 Xanthoxylum... .... %@ W BALSAMUM, OR 2. 5... 45@ 50 Peru oie @1 90 Terabin, ‘Canada .... 60@ 65 PORE oo. os iv cet cs es 35@ 50 CORTEX. Bites, Canadian............ 18 > .................... 11 Cimcpons Fiayva............. 18 Euonymus atropurp........ 30 Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20 Prague Vominl.............. 12 Gurieta, grd................ 10 eee cd. 2 Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... 15 EXTRACTUM. Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 4@ 2 Do. -. 33@ 35 Haematox, 15 lb. box.. 11@ 12 1s.......... 13@ 14 = Me... cee 14@ 15 Hs igs... . 16@ 17 FEREU Carbonate Precip...... @ 15 Citrate and Quinia... @3 50 Citrate Soluble........ @ 80 Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 50 Soelut Chioride........ @ Sulphate, com’l....... 9B 2 va pure... @ 7 FLORA. ee 18@ 20 see ..........-.. aX@ 35 oe 50@ 65 FOJUA meee 50 Cassia Acutifol, Tin- nivelly eee te cues 25@ 28 . Alx. 3@ 50 Salvia officinalis, \s Wee 8. ke. 15@ 2% reves ............. 8@ 1¢ @UMMI. Acacia, Ist a... @ 60 “ee 2a @ 40 “ @ 30 - sifted oa G@ 2 “ ie... 5... 60@ 30 Aloe, Barb, (po. 80)... 50@ 60 Cape, (po. 20).. @ 12 Socotri, (po. 80) . @ 50 Oaseohn, 1s, (48,1 14 48; cae sain / 55@ 60 Assafoatida, (po. 85). 33@ 36 Benszolnum. oe W@ 55 Camemere...........,. 50@ 55 Euphorbium po ...... 3@ 10 Gasmeaum. ........... @2 50 Gamb a... q 7> Guaiacum, (po 35 @ 3 Mine, (oe ft 36)....... 115 a ; a ee - were, (Go. )........ om eo 3 @)........ 2 25@2 3r Oe 35@ 42 = bleached..... 33@ 35 Tragacanth :........... 40@1 00 HERBA—In ounce packages. Aero ............. . eee... 20 Rope... .....:. i 25 eee... ..-....... . 28 memeen Fiperie............ 23 ' eee. Ll. ee 20 Weneeowm, ¥............... 22 co 25 MAGNESIA. Calcined, Pat.......... 55@ 60 Carbonate, Pas........ 20@ 2w Carbonate, K.& M.. 20@ 2 Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35@ 36 OLEUM. Absinthium. .........3 50@4 00 Amygdalae,Dule... .. 45@ %5 Amydalae, —. ..8 00@S 25 Anisi . , --1 70@1 8) Auranti Cortex...) 2 30@2 40 Loe, nen, ee EP Ge 3 25@3 50 CE ee, 60@ 6 =e cree ecu. 7@ 80 Ghenegadtl eee cise ee @1 & ee 1 10@1 15 SOP E eis ccs w cue Conium eo. Sopaiba cripeee... |... . = Exechthitos.......... 2 50@2 75 Erigeron ....... -2 O@2 10 Gaultheria ..... -2 00@2 10 Geranium, ounc @ 7 Gossipii, Sem. gal %70@ 75 Hedeams ........ 25@1 40 Juniperi...... 5SO@2 00 Lavendula . 90@2 00 Limonis ..... 4N@2 60 Mentha Piper 75@3 50 Mentha Verid. 20@2 30 Morrhuae, gal. 00@1 10 Myrcia, ounce. @ Cnve........ 8E@2 7 Pils peeeuea (gal. 38), 10@ 12 eee 1 22@1 28 Reeuaiion eee 75@1 00 Rosae, ounce.. 6 50@8 50 Nucci. ..... - 2 & BADIRA ...... 90@1 00 Hemi ...... 3 50@7 00 50@ 55 @ 65 @ # 40@ 50 on... 24... @ 60 Theobromas........... 15@ 2 POTASSIUM. a Le 15@ 18 bichromate ........... 13@ 14 ——™ Leek ce, 40G@ 48 ee date a 12@ 15 chiecaie (po 23@2%5) .. 2A@Q 2% ewes 55 Cee 2 90@3 00 Potassa, Bitart, _ - AB W Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15 Petass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10 Potass Nitrag.......... 7@ 9 Prete 23@ Sulphate po.. 15@ 18 RADIZ. Seema... 20@ 2 eee, 22@ 2% Bocnuee |... 12@ 15 Sram, we. @ po epstc ce ee 20@ 40 Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 " rastis Canaden, (po. _—... .,. @ 30 He eam, Ala, po.. 15@ 2 es oO. 15@ POCO PO. ... 1 60@) 75 Iris plox (po. 35@38).. 35@ aoe oe. 0@ 45 MOrania, 46... ...... @ 3 Podophyilum, pe... .. 15@ 18 CO _ 75@1 00 ue yo ee @1 75 a? Leelee ee 75@1 35 PAI ee 38 Sanguinarifa, (po 2).. 20 Berpentarig............ é 32 Senega .. Similax, Officinalis, Hi Sciliae, (po. 35) ........ — Foti- S88e98 » Booked Ss 35 Valeriana, _ (po. 50) 25 German. 1 25 Mager @............ 1 20 Per 7.... 4... 1 20 SEMEN. Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 Apium (graveleons).. LE@ 18 mare 8. oS 6 Cerul, om 7)... ..... 1 12 Ceroemeett............. 1 00@1 % Comaimaram .......... 10@ 12 Cannabis Sativa....... 4@ 5 CyGenimm.... ........ Taal Op Chenopodium |....... 10@ 12 Dipterix Odorate...... 2 25@2 50 Poonicaium.......... @ 15 Foenugreek, po..... 6@ «8 Te ae @ 4% Lini, _ (bbl. 3). - 3404 Lobel 40 Fhariaris Cansrien.. is @ 4 me 7 @8 Wiera........ 11@ 12 SPIRITUS. Frument!, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 D. F. R.....1 75@2 00 a 1 25@1 50 Juniperis Co. 0. F....1 Gee sees gee 1 75@3 50 Saacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00 Soe. Vini Galll........ 1 75@6 50 mae Cpereo ............ 1 25@2 00 Vink Alie......... |. 1 25@2 00 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool carriage vi) Nassau sheeps? “wool Carri eee 2 00 Velvet ae sheeps’ wool Carriage....... 1 10 Extra yellow sheeps’ Cleese ............. 85 Grass sheeps’ wool Car- eo ................- 65 Hard for slate use. 7 Yellow Reef, for slate ee. 1 40 SYRUPS. oe .................. Me ec 50 rs eee ieee eae 60 oe el 50 — — eee 50 edt 50 Similax ‘Ofticinalis eee teeee...... 1 60 Paragon 55 6 00 pao hy Reese 1 60 usk’ eae 1 60 BAKING POWDER. Overland 1 60 % Ib. cans, 3 doz |. 45 » Blackberries. 7 oe 75 | B. th a si i gy “ i Ce 1 60 Cherries ee 10 | Red.... ............-. 10@1 2 ‘Arctic Pitted Hamburgh . 1 75 \% D cans 6 doz case....... 55 | White ................. 150 %b * 4 doz - | to ee a 1 20 a. . coe 2 09 | Damsons, Egg Plums and Green pe * oo. Fosfon. oe... 1 30 5 oz. cans, 4 doz. incase... 80} © alifornia. . 1 €0 BM / =e - se Gooseberries. Red Star, 4 ® cans.. 40 | Common ............. 125 ce al. 75 Peaches. “ ee 1c0 Telfer’s, % lb. cans, doz. 45| Maxwell............ “4 %lb. “| ee ee ie. si "hie. a «|. 1 89 | Calffornia............ Our L eader, ¥ 1b cans ieee «||... is Tb a... 7% | Oxford a Ilbcans..... . 150 Pears. Dr. Price's. a FoR EER per doz | Riverside.............. Dime cans... 95] | am Pineapples. Zz oO a ee pRPRICE'S| |<: 2 co | Johnson's sliced... 3-0z - 2. grated..... CREAM | 202 “ _.3 9 | Booth’s sliced. : 6-02 5 90 grated... 2 75 24b * 2 00 Quinces. aS | i lL, 110 i> Ib 22 75 ee 10-Ib 1 so} Red 1 10 Black _fambure.-- 150 Erie. biac 1 20 BATH BRICK. iiatieiaiia. 2 dozen in case. eee .....-..... 1 2 TE dak cons cee 90 — 1 2 Bristol. . ae oe 80 | Erie.. 1 20 Domestic... se 70 | Terrap a 110 BLUING. Gross Whortleberries, Arctic, ie a 3 60 Blueberries ... s 100 ‘ a ea s. oa tar = Corned beef Libby’s 1% ae ifting ie 2 7 Roast beef Armour’s...... 1 £0 No. 3" 4 00 Potted ham, 6 *g oe 1 40 ‘ No.5. . | ae : es & * tenbell .... us oo “ tongue, % Ib a 13 Mexican Liquid, - oz j : - chicken, i a: aie = RROOMS, a " Vegetables. do. 2Hurl.......... 1%] wo Beans. NOY Monee oo . haa. oe 2C 2 25 c/a . 3 a oat? = agen 135 Parlor Gem. IIINIT 25 | ime. a cle = an eee — Whisk. 1 oo | Lewis Boston Baked... ..: 1 35 Mines... "* 3 oo | Bay State Baked.. bs ceca oS r World's Fair Baked........ 13 BRUSHES. ee Te 1 00 Stove, No. . ta Corn. : oes - 150] Hamburgh . ce oceeesc ae : o 15. + cltteoae * 2s civtinenion Willen... 1% Rice Root Serub,2 row.... & eee . Rice Root Scrub, so . i ene Be 1 40 Paimetto, goose. 1 50 Morning ee BUTTER PLATES ec 75 Oval—250 in crate Peas, tt . 60} Hamburgh marrofat........ 13 No. 2 . wo early June...... No. 3. . 2 . Guaeeten Eng..1 50 —s.. 1 00 c — ....... 1% CANDLES r ancy sifted....1 90 Soaked ee 75 Hotei, 40 Ib. boxes......... 10 | Harris standard............. 75 Star, 40 | 9 VanCamp’s marrofat....... 110 Paraffiine ..... 10 “ early June. 130 ae ...... . 24 | Archer's Early Blossom.._.1 % CAARNED GOODs. French M - 215 ushrooms. Giana French . een ee Little Neck, 1 20 | sees Pumpkin 1 90 SST maaan noe 85 smatael a a... 115 ove Oysters. Hamb Ccotash. Standard, 1 Ib so | Re see ceding isin Shae een acl 140 21b.. . 150 i 85 Lobeters, ee! Dew scene eeeeeeee a 150 Star, 1 Ib.. ' 24 Eri ih ‘ + a “ 160 : ee... * 1% " o...... ' 1 90 Jute —......... - & a eo ..... ' 1 w CONDENSED MILK. 4 dos. in case. N.Y.Cond’ns'’d Milk Co's brands Gail Borden ae... 40 ee 6 35 I oe rk ec ee eemeeen............ . 450 Magnolia caec bens oe a... Peerless Evaporated Cream. COUTPGN BOOKS. ‘Tradesman.’ 8 1 books, per hundred 2 00 s 2 a oe oe 2 50 g 3 i “ ad 3 00 g 5 os “ a“ 3 oe $10 . e " 4 820 ae “ “ 5 00 “Superior.” 8 1 books, per nundred.... 2 50 3 2 ‘ ou “ an 3 00 g 3 ‘ “oe “ : 3 50 $5 ' . . .. 4@ $10 . ' . oa #20 ‘e “e Ty : 6 00 Universal.” #1 books, per hundred... 88 00 82 . . <2 e 23 “ - .. 400 85 " - oe —_— ~* " . 6a at rf 7 00 Above prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or over.. 5 per cent — * . — 1000 “ ‘“ 20 “ COUPON PASS BOOKS. Can be made to represent any enomination from 810 down.| ae oes... ...-... .s18 a 2 00 a 3 00 ae 6 3 ee 10 00 — * CL. 17 30 CREDIT CHECKS. 500, any one denom’ 2 8 00 1000; cues 5 00 2000, “ “ cil er 8 00 ons pune... = CRACKERS, Butter. Cover ee s.......... a. Seymour XXX, cartoon..... 6% Peer 2 E.....s ..,..-. 6 Family XXX, cartoon...... 6% ee ee 6 Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 6% Kenosha oo a 8 Butter biscuit... 6% Soda. eee, BOe........ i... ss ee ™ Seon, eeeee............... 8% Crystal Wafer.. — Long Island Wafers ....... 11 Oyster. ee City Oyster. ae 6 Partna Oyster.............. 6 CREAM TARTAR. Strictly pure... . Telfer's “Abeolute. cae en a... sex DRIED FRUITS. “aa Sundried, an bbls. 6% quartered ‘ 7 Evaporated, 50lb. boxes 11 Apricots. California in bags...... 14 Evaporated in boxes 14% Blackberries. In boxes.... ‘ Nectarines. ie See, a SN ees 1% Peaches Peeled, in boxes...... Cal, evap. “ | in b bags a 10 California in bags 16 Pitted Cherries Se SOib. boxes .... -. ....- x v Caen ee Prunelles. rh. bee... ....:... 15 mee sanenaee’ In barrels. . ‘ : om Sieee.........-..., eR ee le. Raisins. Loose — in Boxes. 2 Crown ....... ie 2 1 60 Loose Muscatels { in 1 Bags. 2 crown. 4 3 ea ialleu es auc uks 5 Foreign. Currants. Patras, in barreis.... im 1 eee ........- ' in less quantity .. cleaned, bulk...... cleaned, package.. 6% Peel. Citron, Leghorn, = boxes > Lemon Orange - = - Wc i Raisins. Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes.. @ it Sultana, 20 . : @ 8 Valencia, eS * i. Prunes, California, Oe eee... 5 ses i 90x100 25 Ib, bxs. 7% . 80x90 . 8 : 70x80 . &% . 60x70 _ ._*s ee on ee seer tees NN isis ey ogee PO, Wy secce 5s cee out ce cred ee ues r a ' ME oe pe cece ENVELOPES, XX rag, white. $1 75 te 1 65 1 50 No. 1, 1 35 No. 2, 13 Manilla, ‘white. ES 1 00 .. ...... ... 95 Coin. Ea he. -..-.. .e FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. 100 Ib, kegs........-.... 3% ominy Barrels She oec erence een 3 00 a 3 50 “Lima Beans. Dried........ 3X%@t Maccaroni and ~~ Domestic, 12 Ib. bo: DEeeereoe.....-.......- 10K@@- 1 Oatmeal. eee Oe oe. a 45) Half barrels 100...... 23: Pear! Barley. eee 2% Peas tial, 1 2 Spe perlb......- . 2%@3 a Oats. Barrels 180... .. @4 9 Half bbls 90.......... @2 38 Sago. German ....... Sa eeeee ye. dy EE 5 Wheat. ee... 5 FISH--Salt, Bloaters. Oe Cod. Pee. Whole, Grand Bank..... 5@5% Boneless, bricks.. ...... 6@8 Boneless, strips.. ....... 6@8 Halibut. ee 11@12% Herring. Holland, white hoops keg 70 eo bag ie bbl 50 ee Round, ‘% ‘bbl = lbs 2 25 C ° 1 20 Seaved......----.... ae 17 Mackerel, et vee... ....... .... 11 00 EE 4 70 te. 1, 10 ibe... 1 30 No. 2, 100 lbs.. 8 50 No. 2, 4 3 70 No. 2, 1 1 065 Family, = ~_. ae ecu 6 00 a” Reetion., Ress........... _ = Trout. Mo. 1, %& bbls, 100tbs.......- 6 00 mo. 1% bel, @ e.......... 2% ee ee 80 ie, COU Wiese 68 | Whitefish. Family No. 1 4% bbls, 100 lbs -87 00 8275 | x * @ ~ sO 1 10 1b. kits . 2. fo sm. ~ %m 4 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. | Jennings. oes eee seem. 7% i 408 «1 &@ 200) 6 oz . 200 3 00 No. 3 taper i oe 200 No. 4 taper. 150 2 50 Lemon. — | 1 20} GUNPOWDER. . Rifle—Dupont’s. | ee si. © reer Mee... wo 1 10 Le Oe oo. ci 30 ie oe... 18 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. as. 4 25 Halt kegs.. ee Quarter kegs. he ete se ou 1 35 1 Td cans . _ = Eagle Desk— eat 8. co... ae, 11 60 ar coe ................8% Cuerter Meee... ........... 3 00 [Gwe .......... ... a HERBS. lacie ches ca dedenues 15 RE oe ss ede coks oe 15 INDIGO. Madras, Sih, teeee....... 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 50 JELLY. 17 Ib. pails eee @ 30 : @ 79 LICORICE. s........................ 30 Calabria ie eee ae ewes 25 eee 12 LYE, Condensed, 2 dos........... 1 2 oe... 2 2% MATCHES. 7 2 eee ............-... 1 65 Sueme perier..............: 170 eo sees 110 Maeers were... . ........ 400 MINCE MEAT. OO 2 %5 Rook 6000..c....21...5... 2 oe ee 11 60 MEASURES Tin, 7 denen. 1 oie... 1 75 Half pee aa Quart Pere eebusieess. 70 WE hs oc ae yes 45 ge eee 40 Bi gy for vinegar, per doz. TN ie cece. ts ce 7 00 Half oon: 4% Quart .. Cpt eeis ence Wi Pee ee ok <1 MOLASSES, Blackstrap. Sugar house......... <. 14 Cuba Baking. Ordiaery ......-.. i. 16 Porto Rico. oe Se a 20 OE ow ceccss joerc oe : 30 New Orleans. We ee 18 Nc ca coteee sae on on 22 Bextra woo0d..-......-....-- 27 ——————————————————o 2 POO... 500 cone... 40 One- haif barrels. 3c extra, PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count... @4 50 Half bbis, 600 count.. @2 75 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count. 6 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 50 PIPES. Clay, a we... 1 % 7 _ coumt........ 75 i; Cob, No. 8.. oe POTASH, 48 cans in case. ee i 4 00 | Penne Salt Co.’s.......-.-. 3B RICE i Domestic. | Carolina bead................6 i ats mot... 1G | . ee Bee ia a SS DS oc ca cn ney se oon. 5 ? re se an he eS rt I oon 8 ‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 17 SPICES. Whole Sifted pe ee eee 9% Cassia, China in mats...... 8 Batavia in buad....15 . Saigon In rolis...... 1.32 Cloves, Amboyna...........22 ' eer... C.. 1% Mace Batavia.. os Nutmegs, fancy.. Lev peue sca ues 7 No. 2 eee 70 - me 2.............. 60 Pepper, Singapore, — -10 whit “120 ee oe 16 waist ie in Bulk, US cc 15 Cassi &, Batavia ees ae 18 and ae 25 _ ain on. i «oo Cloves, habe. ee eae 22 Denseeer........... 18 Ginger, yee... .,.. 16 ol 20 . Jamaica . _ Mace Batavia.. 65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste, 22 ee 25 —— No. 2 . saa = epper, Singapore, -_ 5 eae " Copomme.......... 20 “Absolute” in Packages, 48 \%s Ales wc... .. 1 55 oan... Be Me 84 155 Ginger, Jarnica ..... 84 155 Avvican........ G4 1% eee... 84 1 55 POOOr ois lcuse . 1 peee...... ‘a 84 SAL SODA. —-— ...... 1% Granulated, boxes.......... 1% SEEDS. Anise . eae @i5 Canary, Smyrna. Linea se 4 cme, es 8 Cardamon, Malabar 90 ome, Huesien....... 34 @area Bio 5@E Mustard, white ....... 10 wore ..-...... $ mee... 4. 5 Cums bene... ....... 30 STARCH. orn. 20-1b boxes ea 5 40-1b le 5% Gloss. Pip PACereeee......,.....-.., Sie 3-Ib a 54 6-lb Gee, 5% 40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 383 ee _.. On SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, myers... 5... 35 french appee, i Jare..... 43 SODA, ee ee 5by a gngiish ele eee seu a ae 4% SALT. 100 3-Ib, sacks ea cee . 02 60 5-Ib. wie ce yt ag sacks... <0. 2 oe ae 2 % 26 on............... 150 56 Ib. dairy in Hnen bags.. 32 28 Ib. drill 16 18 Warsaw. 56 Ib. dairy in drill bags.. 32 sh . ro Ashton. 56 Ib. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56)», dairy in linen sacks %5 Soiar Rock. oe Meee 27 Common Fine, Pe vi) Meeeiatoe ......... ‘ 75 SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs, in box. Coren. 5% DeLand’s ea Dwight’s.. ae as te cede ee OO og 5 SOAP. Laundry Allen B. Wrisley's Brands. Old Country, 80 1-Ib.. ‘ : 23 Goog Cheer, 601 tb.......... 3 WO White Borax, 100 %-Ib..... 3 65 gam & ee Concord -....... 2. Ivory, 10 oz. . 6% a... .. 4 00 a 3 65 Mottled German........... 3 15 TOW We. 32 Dingman Brands. ee WOR ok... 3 % 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas. 8. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, wrp d..$4 00 plain... 2 94 N. K. Fairbank & Co.’s Brands. mente Ciaus.......:.... . £0 Brown, 6 bare............. 2 40 r moe... ...... Lautz Bros, & Co.’s Brands. ek 3 75 oe. 6 00 Dares... ae ey 400 ne & Chute Brands. oie 3 65 chang COR ia 3 35 Savon Improved heen a ON POmeOwer ooo. 3 O boheme 3 25 Economical ..... 225 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 hand, 3 Moe. 2 50 SUGAR. The following prices repre- sent the actual selling prices in Grand Rapids, based on the act- ual cost in New York, with 36 cents per 100 pounds added for fre ght. The same quotations will not apply toany townwhere the freight rate from New York is not 36 cents, but the local quotations will. perhaps, afford a better criterion of the market than to quote New York prices exclusively. co toe. 2. $ 61 Feweeree 517 Creeissed .. 89 Extra Fine Granulated... 4 92 Cubes ...... 5 i7 XXXX Powdered.. cise ooo Confee. Standard a, ...40 No. 1 a. oe 4 55 No. GO Mmpire A 4 42 Oe. Oe 4 36 No. ; ee 43) No, 8... 4 24 No. 9... 417 NO. 10... 411 No. I.. 4 05 Be 3 92 No. 18. 3 86 .o8 3 74 SYRUPS. Corn. Orr 20 Heitbeie. 22 Pure Cane ee 19 eee 25 cae 30 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’ S, teres ... ... 475 email. ..... 2 % Telford, ated ....... |... 3% . eae... 2% Salad Dressing, Ines ..... 4 55 emer ..... 2 65 TEAS. JAPAN—Regular, Pee @i7 Gogg ..............,... @2v Choice. . le | Chee 32 @34 ST 0 @12 SUN CURED. Cereems. 5. 32 @34 Pes le 10 @12 BASKET FIRED, Pee 18 @2v el, @% CRcscens. 0, 2... @35 Extra choice, wire leat @40 GUNPOWDER, Common to faiz.......25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choicest fancy........ 7 @s5 OOLONe. @26 Common wo Gir... ... 23 @30 IMPERIAL, Common to fair....... 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor, to fair....... 18 @26 Superior to fine....... 30 @40 : ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Lo a 18 @22 Choice = @28 ee oe @50 TOBACCOS” Fine Cut. Swees iusset.......... "eee... ......... 31 D. Scotten & Co’s Brands. Biawade . 2... 8. 60 P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands. 30 @32 ON ie. een a 34 Cr 29 Spaulding & Merrick’s Brands, POORIM, 03, 30 Private Brands, Bate ...... 0... @30 Com Cees @27 ROR EE ce cee cna ee 24 @27 Dee pee............. 21 @2 McGinty ecncdes pa) shee 27 Ve bbis ae 25 —* ee... = eee. a. 2 K in drums.... 23 Rom Vem ........... 28 Oe : 23 < drumé.. a 22 whe: Sorg’s Brands. F naggueg eee cee 39 WOME oa i cnp tee. 7 Nobby Twist.. ¢ Scotten’s Brands. i ce oie e. 26 Hiawatha..... .. 38 Waller City ......-.... 34 Finzer’s Brands, e cabs ) ld Honesty...... $6 OER BO ceca ues es 32 Lorillard’s Brands. Climax (8 oz., 41c). 39 Green Turtic......_... 30 Three Black Crows.. 7a J. G. Butler's Brands. Something Good...... 38 Outot Sisit 26 Wilson « McCanlay’s Brands. Gora Hope... ........ 43 Happy Thought....... 37 ~~ ag ee 32 NoTax.. _ 31 Go 27 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands. man dried... ag Golden Shower......... co. Ce a Secerachaarms 29 American Eagle Co.’s Brands, myrtic Navy. (oo... 40 ee 30@32 Gusamae ie ree 33 Java, ys foil Meee 32 Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands. Pee 16 soe n o~ endia. 0. . 38 Gold C als lah Oh di gh ait 28 ia s Brands. Were 15 money Dew... 26 Gola Pigek. 30 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands, Peerless. . Gee oe 26 ee Ts 18 eee. 22 Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands, Mandaage. 41 Leidersdorf’s Brands. ion Hee Unele Sam...... | ae Rod Clover... occlu Spaulding & Merrick. Temi and Jermy....... 0... .. 25 Traveler Cavendish........38 Buck Born........-... 30 Eiow Hoy... 30@32 (“eo Coee................ VINEGAR. $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, ie, pergeal ....... ..... Beer mug, 2 doz incase... 1 %5 YEAST. ee Wernees ........._..... aa Teme Veem 2 1 00 eee... Ck, 75 Sees... 90 HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- OWS: HIDES a 202% Part Cured gees tees. @3 oe i, @ 3% cys... 4@5 Kine aréen ........... 2 @3 * cured . @4 Calfskins, _— a 3 @4 ared...... 5 @6 inven Ceca s eee 10 @2 No. 2 hides \ off. PELTS. Shearlings....... oe 5 & BD Tome |... 15 @ 40 WOOL eee... ..........., 12 @18 Unwashed ...... -.& @u MISCELLANEOUS. i 3 @4% Grease butter ........ 1 @2 Serene 2... .. nO 2 Grmeene®......-........ 2 0U@2 50 FURS. woe, toa ............. 1 00@1 40 Wem, Grees.... ....c... 00@5 a ever... ..... 1. 50@ 70 Pee 1 00@2 50 Martin, dark.. -1 00@3 00 - pale & yellow. 75@1 00 Mik dak... 60@1 80 a 3@ 15 peceeees, ............ 5 15 Mier Gare. ...... ... 5 00@10 00 Meccoem ......... .... 30@ WO Pee 1 00@1 40 Wer .................. 1 00@2 00 Beaver castors, ib.... @5 00 Above prices are for No. 1 furs only. Other grades at cor- responding prices. DEBRSKINS—per pound. ‘Thin and green......... Long gray. Gry.......... 10 Gray Gy ........-.... 15 Red’ and *blue, ayy...... 25 WOODENWARE. oe: ee 6 00 i ecw ea coun 5 50 — wes... 8... 4 50 Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 30 No. 1, three- -hoop.. 1 50 Bowls, 11 Inch -_ & . ib . -ia ' @ 1 80 . 19 240 21 oe Baskets, — eee es cones 35 a ge bushel.. 115 12 willow cr’ ths, No.1 5 25 . No.2 6 25 oe oe } oO. 3 7 25 ‘ splint “ welison “ " ~ _ 2425 o as “ee No. 3 4 q5 INDURATED WARE ae. 3 15 Ce 13 50 core Wee 12 00 ee, 10 50 Butter Plates—Oval. 250 10:0 60 2 10 70 245 . #2 280 ' . LO 3s Washboards—single. Uaioe... 2 No. Queen . eee co. oe Peerless Protector........ 2 a0 Saginaw wan eae led eos 6, 1% Double. Water Wien, 23 Wee 2 50 ce ae 2%5 Pee 2 85 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFES WHEAT, No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 56 No. 2 Red (60 Ib. test) 56 MEAL. Moe lla Granulated.........._. -_ i.e FLOUR IN SACKS, Teeceee 215 SCORMBOMEGM... |. 1 65 ti pico 1 55 7 a ae 1 25 *Graham. Ls lctecewes. 2 Ge ae, 1 60 Subject to usual cash dis- count. Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. MILLSTUFFS, es Car lots quantity Brae. ........ =< $16 Screenings .... 13 00 13 00 Middlings..... 15 00 16 00 Mixed Feed... 17 09 7 30 Coarse meal . 16 (0 18 00 CORN. Cor ee 40 Less than car lots.......... 44 oaTs. Car lots. .... eee ee Less than car lots........... 36 HayY. No. ; ee, car lots....11 90 No. _ ton lots ..... 12 50 FISH AND OYSTERS. _ See quotes as fanin FRESH FISH. Woe _ @9 o7oe8 ................- @9 Black Bam. ..... ae 12% oe... @15 Ciscoes or Herring.... @5 pone... @12% Fresh lobster, -_ Ib... 20 Cod.. Me 10 No. 1 Pickerel. . - @10 a @8 Smoked White.... ... @10 Red Snappers..... cece 12 —* River Sal- ele a mahal a a oc 2% Mackersi eet eee eu °AQ@2 OYSTERS—Cans. a Counts. . @35 j SOlOGSS....... @30 facie aaa @2 i @23 MMCNOTR 425..-..... .. @20 Standards.........-- i @18 Pavers: ............ @16 oysTzRs—Bulk. Extra Selects..per gal. 1% Selects cl. 1 50 1 00 2 20 1 50 1s 13 SHELL @00Ds. Oysters, per ee. 1 25@1 50 ee @1 00 PROVISIONS The Grand Rapids Packing and Provisi quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. cu Co, moe. 14 00 eee 15 60 deware Clear pig, short out................... 16 50 exer Clogr, hegvy........ : Clear, fal taen.............. . woe Doeson Clear Hiowteut 16 00 Caer POCR MCE GOE 16 00 Standard clear, Short cut, best........_... 16 50 SAUSAGE Qo 8% Doeeae . 4... 6 Liver. c Oe 8% oe 6 eee CEC Somer... : 10 me eee dm eeddmmels 4 ce cc .. 7% Liver.. isc cee Poa 7 LARD. Kettle eamepeadaty ee eee ca. 9% Granger . ates 9 Family ee 7 Competing : 6K COMGMMe 7% 5U lb. Tins, _ adv ance. 20 Ib. pails, % : nib. “ ec “ 5 lb. ts %e “ce oi * te . BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.. Release Extra Mess, Chicago packing............... 7 25 Boscleds tamp sate 10 25 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or weiniunes Hams, average 4 lbs.. -.. Ce 10 iy " 12 to 14 lbs.. i0 - icnic.. Ee 8 . est boneless... reese... 9 BuGtacrs..... a o Breakfast Bacon boneless................... 1 Dried beef, ham prices. eae ..10 Long Clears, a Briskets, medium. i 9 a ee 9% DRY SALT MEATS. ee 9 D's Bellies. Ren Meena ana Pat Gee... Ck 10 PICKEED PIGS’ FEET. Nae 8 00 eee 1 90 TRIPE. Mites Boneyveame 2 65 is pacman 5D BEEF TONGUES. Bete. ee on ere Pertem 11 00 Per pound..... .. ede ee, 11 BUTTERINE. SES SORE DRC 15 MN TO ee tle, 154% Creamery, solid —. 18 Creamery, rolls . 1844 FRESH BEEP. Carcass 5 @7 Pere Quetta... ......... 4.8... 44%@ 5 eG reMat @6 Oe . 8 @l0 ee 7 @? ee 5 @6 EE ee @ 4% a @ 4% FRESH PORK. PE eee pele. 6 CON. , dcce oe 8 Shoulders ee 614 fear tape... 10% MUTTON. Caseame cc... 4@5 TS eo VEAL, COMCGHe 5 @6 CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. LAMP BURNERS. me G08... aie. 45 _: ........... 50 sl, R wens... Se LAMP CHIMNEYS. Per box. 6 doz. in box. No.@Sun............ 17 ey ee toad OO Mas” «Le 2 70 First quality. No. ~~ crimp —................ ae No -. om ae No. : ae oe oe a : PP 25 XXX Flint. No. . crimp top.. i me eS 2 8@ Nes “ _ a 3 80 Pearl top. No. ne wrapped al and labeled ed, 3 70 as. lUcCUlUC LULL ee LL 470 No. 2 > Hinge, me _ “ bi ece ee es eae Oe La. Bastie so plain bulb, per doz. ieee ec No. i Cramp perG@es.... ............ 13 as * ' 1 60 LAMP WICKS, No. 0, ee ede eee a ae Neo. i, ee 28 No 0.2, eo 38 No. 3, ‘a eee oe Mammoth, per ST 78 STONEWARE—AKRON, Butter ( ‘rocks, ae 06 16 wel per Gok... ........... 60 Jugs, Meal. perGee.. 70 a eS ee 07 Mik Pans, * gal., per Cee iL. deces : STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED, Butter Crocke, £ and 2 gal..............54.- ov Milk Pans, % gal ese eee eee de wa nee = 18 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE GLUT OF CURRENCY. The accumulation of idle money is hav- ing its legitimate effect in lowering rates of interest and in stimulating speculative buying, not only of stocks and bonds, but, as the market reports show, of mer- ehandise and real] estate. As might be} expected, too, the supply of first-class bonds and stocks for sale has become nearly exhausted, and purchasers have turned their attention to those of the sec- ond and lower grades, many of which | have advanced in price very considerably | during the week. The unfortunate debt- ors who, in the agony of last summer’s | crisis, could not borrow money on any | terms whatever, and who were, in conse- | quence, compelled to sell their property at whatever they could get for it, must | witness with indescribable pangs the} present condition of things. As the} event has proved, they were made vic- tims, not of any real scarcity of money, but of the terror-stricken imaginations of their creditors. Many people attribute the prevailing superabundance of currency to a dull- ness in trade. Transactions involving the actual payment of cash being re- stricted in amount, less currency, they say, is needed for actual use, and the surplus, therefore, congests at monetary centers like New York and Chicago, as the blood congests in the central organs of the human body when its circulation is impeded. This is true, but it is not the whole truth. Certainly, as much business is done now as was done last summer, so that the demand for currency, everything else being equal, ought to be as great now as it wasthen. The differ- ence is caused by the different condition | of men’s minds. Then, thousands of people were gathering up and hoarding currency in anticipation of general bank- ruptey. Now that their craze is over and general confidence restored, these hoards have come out of their hiding places and have found their way into the banks. Whatever may be tke explanation of it, the fact remains that currency is now in superabundant supply in all the large cities of the country, and that an immense amount of itis lying idle. It also a fact that during the intensest period of our last summer’s panic the quantity of currency in existence was very nearly as great as it is now. These facts com- pletely dispose of the theory that the supply of circulating medium required in a country should be fixed by its pop- | ulation or by any other arbitrary stand- ard. What may be amply sufficient in one state of the public mind, may, as we have lately seen, prove entirely inade- quate in another. They also refute the popular doctrine that prosperity is caused by an abundance of currency, and de- is | have a value as materials for lestablished and stroyed by its scarcity. The country never before in its history had so much currency as it had during the three years which preceded last summer’s crisis, and | yet the crisis came and proved most dis- astrous. Still, in spite of the teachings of his- tory and of our own experience, the pre- vailing sentiment in this country un-| doubtedly is, and has been for the last | century, if not longer, in favorof making currency as plentiful as possible. It isa| sentiment, too, which many things, it | must be conceded, go to support. Money, | if not wealth itself, is at least the means | | $152,750,000 in Treasury notes | under the Sherman act, | the increase from other sources, the total purposes both orpamental and useful, are to that extent real wealth in themselves. Then, | too, it having been found that paper money can be made to serve in the ex- change of commodities the same purpose that is served by gold and silver coin, the inference is naturally though illogic- ally drawn that an addition to the supply | of paper currency is an addition to real wealth. Moreover, prices being regu- | lated by the total volume of currency in use, and an increase of that volume tend- jing to raise prices, every one who has goods or laber to sell gets, apparently, more for them when currency is abun- dant, and is proportionately happy. Indeed, long before the introduction of paper money, the conviction was so well so prevalent with the most enlightened nations of the depend- ence of a country’s prosperity upon its supply of gold and silver coin, that in all | commercial countries laws were made to prevent as much as possible such coin from being exported. A survival of this sentiment, by the way, was revealed only a year or two ago in this country by a director of our own Mint, who took great credit to himself for hindering the ex- port of gold by refusing to furnish gold bars for the purpose, and by offering in- stead only gold coins, which were less desirable. As a consequence, the Gov- ernment is now going to great expense in manufacturing the bars, which were thus kept in the country, into coins to take the place of those which were fool- ishly sent abroad to be melted up. When the utility of paper money was demon- strated the same prejudice in favor of an abundant currency led, bothin Europe and inthis country, to its excessive fabri- eation. The people of Great Britain, un- der the guidance of sagacious men like Adam Smith, John Locke, Sir Isaac Newton, and their successors, have suf- fered less than others from this cause, but France had John Law’s Bank and the assignats of the Revolution, while the history both of the thirteen colonies and of the United States records along series of financial disasters caused by overis- sues of paper. The campaign in behalf of free silver coinage, which began in 1877 and ended at the beginning of last month in the passage of the Silver Purchase Repeal bill, also proceeded upon the assumption that the more currency a country has, no |; Matter what its quality, the more pros- perous it will be, and that a scarcity of currency is a potent cause of financial depression. Fortunately, the effort to establish the silver standard has failed for the present, and is not likely to suc- ceed for many years to come, but the fallacy which inspired and supported it has survived. years we have added to the volume of our circulating medium $419,332,550 in | Silver dollars and silver certificates, and issued making, with amount of money in use $1,726,994,000, against $729,132,634 July 1, 1878, and yet the craze for more of it still exists and will inevitably make itself felt in an- other form. That form, according to all indications, will first be advocacy of the repeal of the present prohibitory tax upon State bank | notes, thus opening the way for each State During the last fifteen: of procuring wealth, and gold and silver to create them as largely as it pleases. money, being made out of metals which |The New England and the Middle States »a< Se — SS ARRON. aC NPA ‘i é as & Everybody Wants One! Everybody Expects One! : © ~ They Are Always in Sight! ; * » * r Wr. Let Your Name h Be Written La Ca okt There! | here ? gina aan : On a Calendar! wl a, ; Many Styles to Select From. Bhs Don’t Wait Until Jan. 1st. { " >» Samples on Application. \ TRADESIAN COPPANY > eo ' a | a - } -_ | a } > ( » . Pat. July 5 4 Oct. 4, '92 heg’d, Eng., Aug. 23,793. Patented July 6 and Oct. 4, 1892. “ \ ® } - KITTENS, PIGKANINNIKS, BUW-WOWS, | } , ' 7 7 ’ 7 DOLLS AND MONKEYS, “\> Two to the yard, 12}4¢c per yard. A fast retailer at 10c. Any child can put them > together. (Twenty yards to the piece.) ORDER AT ONCE. ] . “~ P. Steketee & Sons, |! | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. r ; v S SOCIETIES, - 4 CLUBS, CONVENTIONS, e\ DELEGATES, | COMMITTEES. ye The Largest Assortment of Ribbons > } if and Trimmings in the State. Mb TRADESMAN COMPANY. ° ’ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 19 will not prebably avail themselves of this liberty if it is given to them, but the utterances during the recent debates on the Silver Purchase Repeal bill, made by the Senators and Representatives from the West and the South, leave little doubt that the States of those sections will repeat the financial legislation of the period preceding secession. Their eciti- zens have always suffered from ascarcity of money, and, mistakenly supposing that if more money were brought into existence they would get more of it, they will heartily support all measures for increasing it. Some Eastern financiers also advocate the re-establishment of State bank circu- lation, not so much upon the ground that the country needs more currency, but for the reason that, as they say, the cur- reney should be more elastic than it pos- sibly can be under the national bank system. Because every year during the harvest season the Eastern portion of the country is inconvenienced by the withdrawal of coin and notes and their shipment to the West and the South for the purpose of moving the crops to mar- ket, they fancy that an issue of State bank notes can be contrived which will bring them into being when they are wanted and withdraw them from exist- ence when they cease to be wanted. The idea is plausible and attractive and has numerous supporters, but it is as unattainable in practice as perpetual motion is, or the transmutation of base metals into gold. If the proposed ‘‘elas- tic’? currency is to be money at all, it must be money to the full significance of the word, and when once created it will continue to exist just as all other forms of money exist. At this moment the ex- cess of money over the country’s require- ments is stored up in bank vaults, but it is ready to come out again whenever a demand for it springs up. If, now, to this stock of unused money an indefinite amount of State bank notes is to be added, they, too, will await a demand, and will supply it as soon as it shows itself. They may be laid away as our present specie and notes are laid away, but they will not be annihilated. One possible remedy there is for the evils of the superabundant currency with which we are threatened, and that is an enlarged use of it in everyday busi- ness transactions. Making payments by bank checks is undeniably convenient, but the practice has its drawbacks. It fosters the expansion of credits to which we Owe our periodical revulsions in busi- ness, and promotes excessive speculation. If men had to pay more cash fer what they buy, they would buy more carefully, and, if instead of a mere credit to a bor- rower on its books a bank had to hand him over the amount of his borrowing in currency, it would not be so lavish as itis at present in accommodating him. Should the experiences of last summer lead to areform in this respect, they will not have been altogether worthless. MATTHEW MARSHALL. a pe Standing in Their Own Light. From the New York Shipping List. That is a peculiar case of ‘‘bossism’’ on the part of the hatters’ trade union, reported from Danbury, Conn. As far back as 1885, the workmen forced the hat manufacturers to enter into an agree- ment which was then considered benefi- cial to both sides. The general plan con- templated the restriction of the number of factories engaged in the manufacture of hats in this country; or, in other words, giving a monopoly of the work into the hands of the trade unions, and, by so do- ing, restricting the factories and growth of the business, guarding against over- production, so that the consumers would be forced to pay more for their hats, which excess could be shared by the em- ployers and workmen. Independent concerns started up with non-union help, and the increasing com- petition indicated that theindustry could not be monopolized by a few manufac- turers. Employers of union workmen wished to alter the agreements recently, but the trade union would not consent to the changes. Asa result, every man or woman belonging to a union has been discharged, and 5,000 persons are now idle. The manufacturers could not do otherwise. They must control their own business enterprises. The dictatorial and impudent spirit manifested by the trade union in this case has no parallel. Unwilling Shopping. A gentleman who visited Tunis that he found it dangerous to venture into the shopping district unless he wanted to buy. His guide did not try to protect him, and he was immediately surrounded by lads who exclaimed: *‘Look this way, this way!’ and tried to drag him to the shop by which they were employed. The only way to get rid of the shouting, gesticulating crowd was to allow one of them to take possession of him. He drags you which he will cent. says away to a shop from receive twenty-five per of whatever price you pay for goods. But do not fear for the mer- chant; he will lose nothing; he will charge you three times the regular price if you are astranger. Do not struggle. You are caught like a fly in a spider’s web. His associates regard him envi- ously, but they do not try to rob him of his prey. Perhaps you say, ‘*To-morrow, to-mor- row I shall be passing,’’? and try to get away. it is in vain. **Will you have coffee?” asks the mer- chant politely. ‘*No, no, thank you,” you reply. ‘*Here, coffee seller, two cups of coffee! Quickly!’ cries the merchant to the neighboring cafe keeper, who is his ac- complice. You find yourself seated in the shop and served with delicious hot coffee, and helping yourself to a cigarette. ‘*Here, boy, a light!” cries the shop- keeper, and you thank him involuntarily for his gracious courtesy. Then before your bewildered eyes are displayed rugs, silks, embroideries, pot- tery, sabres, guns, daggers, tables, cabi- nets, cotfers, wooden boxes trimmed with mother-of-pearl, and bric-a-brac from all parts of Islam. Confused by the flattering attentions you have received and by the dazzling display of colors and merchandise which has been made for your benefit, at last you make your escape. Alas! your guide follows you carrying a carpet and g drum which you have bought, you know not how or why. ———q» oe _—_ A Point for Mrs. Maybrick. A fact has recently been discovered in London which tends to throw more doubt than ever on the justice of the punish- ment now being suffered by Mrs. May- brick, in Woking prison, for having poi- soned her husband with arsenic. One of the strong points of the circumstantial evidence against Mrs. Maybrick was the fact, shown by chemical analysis, that the glycerine which she administered to her husband contained arsenic. Messrs. Byrd & Son, of Birmingham, have in- formed a trade paper that shortly before the death of Mr. Maybrick they analyzed a quantity of German glycerine which was offered them for sale, and refused to buy because they found that it contained arsenic in considerable quantities. Later they learned that a good deal of this glycerine was sold in the midland coun- ties. It is more than probable that this was the glycerine which Mrs. Maybrick bought, knowing nothing of the poison in it. A New Food Grain. A recent exploration in the Himalaya Mountain region has discovered there a grain cultivated by the natives which has hitherto been unknown to civilized agriculture. Its native name is kownee. In appearance it is similar to wheat, though the ears are much longer, witha peculiar inward curve, and the grains, which are brown and shiny, are much smaller than grains of wheat, and dis- similar in shape. This cereal yields very heavy crops with very primitive cultivation, and flourishes at a high alti- tude, where the seasons are necessarily short and cold. What sort of food it makes is not stated, but if it is at all pal- atable and nourishing, kownee would make a valuable addition to the food crops of our higher latitudes. tc What a Woman Can Do. From the Allegan Gazette. Miss Minnie Cook, the milliner, has been the means of doing considerable work upon the North Watson road this fall. The farmers living along and near the road have been spreading gravel upon the grade and have completed it nearly or quite to the eastern town line. Miss Cook offered a $5 hat to the woman or girl who would draw the most gravel in one day. There were five competitors, the winner being Miss Ida Sprague, who drew ten loads comprising twelve ecubie yards and six feet, driving her team at all times. The American Cranberry Growers’ As- sociation has been successful in intro- ducing this American fruit in foreign markets. Large shipments of New Jer- sey berries have been sent from Phila- delphia to Liverpool and London mar- Kets, and they have been sold at a good profit, notwithstanding the fact that many of the dealers had never seen them before. A. J. Rider, Secretary of the Association, was chosen as its represen- tative, and he personally attended to the preparing of the cranberries in the American style, and had all the princi- pal restaurants bountifully supplied with the sauce, hoping to bring this delicious fruit before the public in time for the holiday season. The sauce was thor- oughly tested and it was thought advis- able to place the berries in the Liverpool fruit markets. Notice was given to pro- vision dealers and the stewards of all the large hotels in England. This re- sulted in a large sale of the berries at $2.25 per crate of thirty-two quarts, net- ting a profit of about 20 cents per crate. Berries were selling in the Philadelphia markets at the same time for $1.60 per erate. NORTH MICHIGAN RAILWAY. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee R’ys offers a route making the best time be- tween Grand Rapids and Toledo, Time Table in effect May 14, 1893. VIA D., L. & N. RY. Ly. Grand Rapids at..... 7:10 a. m. and 1:3 p. m Ar. Tovede at ......... 1:15 p. m. and 10:45 p. m VIA D., @. H. & M. R’Y. Ly. Grand Rapids at.....6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m. Ar. Toledo @.......... 1:15 p. m. and 10:45 p. m Return connections equally as good. BENNETT, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohin, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect Nov. 19, 1893. TRAINS GOING NORTH. rrive from a ae So uth. vero For M’kinaw,Trav. City and Sag. 7 7:40am For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 5pm 4:50 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw...... 8:10 pm 10:25 pm sa lai al 9:10am 950pm From Kalamazoo. From Chicago and Kalamazoo.. Trains arriving from south at 7:20am and 9:10am daily. Others trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from ag North. 2: 08 am 10:40 am Yor Oinciunad................. For Kalamazoo and Chicago For Fort Wayne and the Eas 2:00 pm Wor Olmoimnadt, ........ cose. Pp 6:00 pm For Kalamazoo 7 Pp 11:20 pm From a’ a From Saginaw. .......-cccsccoees :55p m Trains SC actea south at 6:06 p = nd 11:20 p. m. run daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. | Car. Chicago via G. R. & 1. BR. R. Lv Grand Rapids - 40am 2-00 p = 7 = P a Arr Chicago 00 pm 9:00 p enn 40 a m train solid with Waaeer ‘Buffet Poses ar. 11:20 pm train daily, throngh coach and Wagner Sleeping Car. Ly Chicago 6:50am 4:15pm 11:40 pm Arr Grand Rapids 2:15pm 9:50 p m 7:20 am 4:15 p m through Wagner Buffet Parlor Car and coaches. 11:40 p m train daily, Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon— Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive 7:35 am 9:40am Pipi 5:20pm Sunday train leaves for Muskegon at 7:45a m, ar- riving at 9:15am. Returning, train leaves Muske gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Grand Rapids at 5:50 p m. 0. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHICAGO AND WEST? MICHIGAN R’Y. through Coach and NOY. 1¢ 1893 GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly. G'd Rapids... ..... 7:30am 1:25pm *11:20pm Ar. Chicago -- 1:45pm 6:50pm *6:30am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO, Lv. Chicago.. ..7:45am 4:55pm *11:30pm Ar. @’d Rapids... .2:30pm 10:20pm *6:10am TO AND FROM = ie & Lv. Grand Rapids...... 7:30am 1:25pm 5:45pm Ar. Grand Rapids. ..... 10:55am 2:30pm 10:20pm TRAVERSE CITY, CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. Ly. Grand Rapids .. ek |... 3: Ar. Manintec........ 12: om AY. Traverse City... 12:40pm 8°45pm Ar. Charlevoix. ..... 3:15pm 11:10pm Ar. Petoskey Sop 86....... Tics Arrive from Petoskey , ete., 1:00 p. m and 10:00 p. m Local oe to White Cloud leaves Grand Rap- ids 5:45 p. m., connects for Big “er and Fre mont. Returning, arrives Grand Rapids 11:20 a. m. PARLOR AND SLEEPING To Chicago, lv.G. R.. 7:30am To Petoskey, lv.G. R.. To G. R..lv. Chicago. ToG.R..lv. Petoskey 5:0 *Every day. CARS. opm *11:30pm OPN ios... 4: 55pm *11:30pm 1:30pm Other trains week days only. DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. NOV. 19, 1893 GOING TO —— Ly. Grand wean 7:00am *1:20pm 5:40pm Ar. Detrois.... .. 11 40am *5:25pm 10:25pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. Detroit. ..-.. 7:45am *1:45pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids. aa. 12:45pm *5:40pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS. Lv. GR 7:40am 4:50pm Ar. G R.11:40am 10:55pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. BR. Ly. Grand Rapids........ 7:00am 1:20pm 5 Ar. from Lowell.......... 12:45pm 5:40pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE, Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap- ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- ing train, *Every day. Other trains week GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. :40pm days only. Pass’r Ag’t. MICHIGAN CENTRAL *‘ The Niagara Falls Route.’’ (Taking effect Sunday, Nov. 19, 1893.) Arrive. Depart 10 Dom........Detroit Express ........7 @am 5 30am ....*Atlantic and Pacific. .... 1:20pm 1 dpm...... New York Express...... 5 pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacifie ex press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00 a m; re- turning, leave Detroit 4:55 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:20 p m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains east over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. ALMQUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Passenger Station. ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN WAUKEE Railway. Depot corner Leonard St. and Plainfield Av2, & MIL- EASTWARD. +No. 14/tNo. 16)/tNo. 18/*No. 82 Trains Leave G’d Rapids, I Lv 6 45am] 10 20am) 3 25pm | 10 45pm onia ........Ar| 7 40am/11 25am) 4 27pm /12 27am St. Johns ...Ar| 825am|12 17pm! 5 > 20pm | 1 45am Owoss)......Ar| 900am| 1 20pm} 6 0 Spin| 2 2 40am E. Saginaw..Ar |10 50am) 3 45pm 8 0Opm| 6 40am Bay City .Ar |11 32am] 4 35pm 8 37pm} 7 15am Flint . ...Ar |}10 05am] 345pm/ 7C5pm/ 54 am Pt. Huron... Ar [32 05pm 550pm) 8 50pm] 7 30am Pontiac ....,.Ar |1053am) 305pm) 8 25pm} 5 37am Detroit... .... Ar |11 50am] 405pm)} 925pm} 7 00am WESTWARD. |*No. 81 |tNo. 11 itNo. 13. Trains Leave 7 Gapads......_.- Ly] 7 7 00am} 1 UOpm)} 4 55pm Gea Haven......... ‘Ar| 8 20am] 2 10pm} 6 00pm +Daily except Sunday *Daily. Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., p.m., 4:45 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 9:15 a. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet No. 18 Parlor Car. Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car. Parlor Buffet car. Jas. CAMPBELL, 12:50 No. 15 Wagner City T'cket Agent. 23 Monrce Street. 20 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ‘ GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of | the Markets. Special Correspondence. New York, Dec. 9—Market conditions in the grocery business present few fea- tures of interest and during the week the fluors of the leading jobbing houses have presented only the usual animation. With the retailers trade is good, but not very profitable, as the people are buying necessities, not luxuries, and the red j| raspberries in quart cans ata dollar are | being looked at for beauty, while the ever-interesting tomato is being con- sumed. So it is all along the line. Staple goods are selling—fancey products are not. The political outlook is still so over- cast that large dealers are moving in a very conservative manner as ‘canieie purchases. They do not know what to} depend on and are, consequently, confin- ing themselves to routine transactions. Trade with the big bazars is unmistak- ably dull. Go into any of them and you would not believe by what you see that Christmas at hand. Salesmen there all report duil trade and it is said that many of the stores, contrary to their usual custom at the holidays, will not be open evenings. At the great candy store of Huyler’s there are usually many orders taken that none are received for three weeks before Christmas; this year every order will be filled and they will be thankfully received up to the last moment betore the festive day. These are but straws, but they prove the strin- gency of the money situation. If trade right here in the metropulis is so dull, it shows that it is very likely the same all over the country. Naturally, a man ought to advertise when times are dull, but, if he can’t pay the printer, where- with shali the printer buy his toys? The sugar trust stocks suffered a de- cline as soon as a dividend had been de- clared last Wednesday, but this faet has no special significance, although the sugar men areadmittedly not over happy. Prices of sugar remain about as last quoted—perhaps practically lower. Coffee is waiting for something to turn up, but, so far, nothing has happened. The tone of the market toward lower prices, but it is not easy to see just how any lower figures can be made while so much uncertainty exists regarding Brazil | —the great source of supply. A big extra tea sale on Friday at-| tracted a good deal of attention—for tea | A prices were fairly well sustained. Con-| sumption of tea in this country does not | expand per capita, and no interest at- | taches to the future of the article, as the case with coffee. Canned goods are dull and nothing in the entire line is anxiously sought for. Dried fruits are, perhaps, holding their | own by force of circumstances. ~ Butter and cheese, in sympathy with |N everything else, are in light request, and | prices are low and unsatisfactory, for | best Elgin wiil bring scarcely 27c. Oranges and lemons are moving slowly and at prices ranging from 25(@2.00 | per box for Floridas. JAY. —_ Oe Not So Dead as He Might Be. DETROIT, Dec. 7—It has been reported | by a traveling map that I was dead. |} Some of my customers in Isabella county | asked him where Windy Williams was and he said I was dead. I cannot see} why he told any such thing, and I wish you to put something like this in your next issue: Windy Williams, who has | charge of the Saginaw Valley for P. | Lorillard & Co., is not dead, as reported | by a tiaveling man to further his inter-| ests, but is alive and will call on his} trade in a short time to sell them all the} goods they need in his line. I have taken your TRADESMAN for two |} years. is SO is is i | $1.° Please help me out of the grave. Yours with respect, i. —_ - >. <—_- Annual Meeting of the Old M. DeEtTRoIT, Dec. 7—The Mic bine mercial Travelers’ Association is very flourishing condition, noted increase in membership for the, year. The Board of Trustees held their | regular monthly meeting Dec. 2 and de- | WILLIAMS. . &. Com-| in a} with aj} |; MAN, ; occurs on Friday, Dec. at the Cadil- lac Hotel. We hope to see a goodly number of the Grand Rapids boys pres- ent, including the editor of THE TRADEs- D. Morris, Sec’y. a 29, The Grocery Market. Sugar—With a strong demand for re- fined and a higher market on raws abroad, it looks as though the antici- pated decline would not be realized, at least until the conditions are materially changed. Willett & Gray, whose authority on the sugar market is seldom questioned, assert that the enactment of the Wilson bill will not make sugar any cheaper; that holders of raw sugar out- side of the United States will raise the | price of their stocks to meet the changed conditions. Refiners claim they are from three to five days on almost every grade except granulated. oversold CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbis. Pails. Standard, per tD......_.. 6% 7% oo... 6% 7% _ ee 24. 6% 7% poston Cream ...........- 8% Cut Loaf. a 8% Sie Bo 8\% MIXED CANDY. Bbls. Pails. See... 6 7 CE ee eee ee 6 7 eee ee 7 8 Nobb a Si 8 Boh Rote 7 8 eee. 7 8 Sromen Taey.............. baskets 8 Peanut Squares. peoee 8 9 Prom (teen... . 2... ....-..,. 9% a 13 Midget, 30 lb. baskets. eee eee Ghee eeees cane sees 8% Modern, : ee 8 Fancy—In bulk Pails. Lozenges, poe... ........ 9 cee one a 10 Censor 12 Chocolate Mouumerntals....................- 13 a re 5% oes rens........... eee 8 Pe ee aces 8% ene ee ee 10 Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box Lemos Ieee. 55 eee ee 55 Peppermint Drops.. eee Chocolate Drops.. oe eee ac ee H. M. Chocolate Drone it ao pons ees ore Oreee 8... ...40@5u ee e Droj —.. a 1 00 B. Licorice Drops.. nooo comeaee oe ae | Lozenges, a a ce ..60 —- . 05 Imperials.. : ieee ecbeyect deo ae 60 | Mottoes. a Cream Bee --50 Molasses Bar.... 55 Hand Made Crea ms. ene Plain Creams. ... Decorated Creams. | String Rock..... Burnt Almonds.. Wintergreen Berries. ek see eke ciel alee ee 60 ARAMELS, dias te 2 Ib. ON oe 34 No 3 eee 51 No. 2 _ 2 Ce ee 28 ORANGES BM OO ls eee etc cca cs cet ace ste ae Oe ek eee be eee eee ey ca 2 75@3 00 ee ee 3 00 BANANAS. PP ce RU ee LEMONS. Messina, ae eee eee ee ee 4 50 / fancy 300 ...... Leas leeuee eee 4(6 . meee Me . Ceeeee ee... coe... eee OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Figs, fancy layers, = Leh en oa ae dae @12% ee ee cas @13 “ exe ' Mb ee @i5 Dates, Fard, 10-Ib. box atceren oe she ace @8 . om 8, @i7 ' Permian, 50-10. Dex............... 4%@ 5% NUTS. Almonds, Terese. ..... .............. @18 Se @17 . California.. @ | Beasiia, wew....... @i2 Filberts il @i2 | Walnuts, ee NN @i4 : Pee a Ziz% “a ee | Table Nuts, fancy.. ee @i3 Shee @i2 oe ore Fess... ,, 9911 ere Porno oer me... 1 2 WRITE US FOR PARTISULARS The Permentdm Company + IM Clark. CHICAGO, 270 KINZIE STREET MICHIGAN AGENCY: Es ~ yarocery GRAND RAPID, 106 KENT STREET | ZF ae Co. Address all communications to THE FERMENTUM CO. .. OC. G. A. VOIGT & CO.) Cracker Chests, Glass Govars fer Biscuits <«, \ a» os 2 | - o Po cr 0 GOLDEN SHEAF vay NLL "+ MPROVED vi~ ai ii: L ROLLER FLOUR ee agk, SOs "| 2 chests will soon | HR now pinss covers ane bv far the Pe ete Es pay for themselves in the | handsomest ever offered to the ge breakage they avoid. Price $4. | trade. They are made to fit any of our boxes and can be changed from ~*~ a one box to anotherina moment They will save enough goods trom flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay w | for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. | }e See = ; NEW NOVELTIES. me - aon a ages ; ee res We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: -¢* STAR ROLLER MILLS) o=smos san ORANGE Ban 2 CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. " OUR LEADING BRANDS ARE : . ‘ NEWTON, arich finger with fig filling. This is bound to be one of OM Patent, Gilt Edge, Star, Calla Lily and Gouden Sheps, |e oe sete cates we ver mat j 3 5 a 4 TE GUARAN" , SACK. NaN TY nN FS ee THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO., = Write for Qnotations. ‘ . * VOIGT * MICH. IS. A. Sears, Mgr. GRAND RAPIDS. ABSOLUTE TEA. |. “essen y = The Acknowledged Leader. UNITED STATES SOLD ONLY BY TELFER SPICE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. |Originators of the Celebrated Cake, HARRY FOX, Manager, i BAKERY BAKING Co.,, CRACKERS, BISCUITS, CAKES. . “MUSKEGON BRANCH.” MUSKEGON, MICH. Apadguariers for Crockery and Ho ay Goods = NO 4300 Haviland French China 98-piece Dinner G —_ ) China 56 pleco . “==Set. For composition of pieces and dis NO. 9993- ce en count see page 23. Catalogue 111. $i2 oo Want te for discount or look on page 20 it List price voce weteceee weee cece cece es caer es BGG OD our No. 111 eatalogue WE EXTEND TO ALL DEALERS A most cordial invitation to visit our salesroom where we are showing the largest and most com- plete line of HOLIDAY GOODS. ever offered by any house in the West, and we know it will pay you to give us a call no matter how. much or how little you may want. NO 1] 8 aisheein's ks If you have not already ordered don't delay any [B---ngiish Poree lai 00-piece Dinner Set. Pencil longer, hut come and see us or send a mail order We also keep this pattern in opet at once. stor r assorted crates For