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Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada Buildings, and Note Headings, Patented Articles, Maps and Plans. TRADESMAN COTPIPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Portraits, Cards, Letter The Bradstreet Mercantile Apeney, The Bradstreet Company, Props. Exeentive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, ond i in London, England. Grand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg, HENRY ROYCE, Supt. Gasino 7 FIRE ag CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. T..STEWART WHITE, Pres’t. W. Frep McBanr, Sec’y. COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. 65 MONROE ST., Successor to Cooper Commercial Agency and Union Credit Co, Commercial reports and « collections. Legal ad- vice furnished and suits brought in local courts = ne. Telephone 166 or 1030 for particu- = 7. Sa C. A. CUMINGS, . BE. BLOCK. HOP LIGHT LOO. The Household Telephone and What Came of It. It all happened through John’s tele- phone! He would have it, and he would put it in the nursery. When he first mentioned it a cold chill crept down my backbone; but all men arealike. The best of them will have everything their own way; and what can a woman do, es- pecially after she is married? Baby was two years old, and his nurse had walked off with a silver soup ladie and some spoons. I lay sick with gastric fever, and could not move. Aunt Jane had come in from the country to help. She did it by giving baby her watch, which he promptly immersed in a bowl of gruel, and then wiped it on his pina- fore, smashing crystal and hands as he did so. I gazed around in despair at the table full of medicine bottles, and John’s slippers floating in baby’s tub, and I was vaguely thinking how nice and clean angel babies look in pictures, when cook came in and said there was such a nice girl in the kitchen. John came in as cook spoke, and asked Aunt Jane to see the girl; but I said no, it was my baby that the girl was to take care of, and I would engage her. The girl came in, looking pretty and neat. She said her name was Peggy McCance, and that she was twenty years old. She said she had nursed four children for six years. Just then baby kicked Aunt Jane in the stomach, in his rage at her getting some soap in his eye as she was bathing him. Peggy ran to him, washed his eyes out, and was so deft and neat-handed that John said, ‘You can stay,’’ and I agreed. That was seven years ago, and a real treasure and comfort she has proved to be; always ready, always pleasant, and how the children loved her! John sells books; that is, he is the ‘‘com- pany’’ in Blank Book & Co., wholesale booksellers at 31 Mulberry street. John isa good man, and a good husband, as husbands go; but what he can find so in- teresting in Epicurus’ writings, and all those other dusty and musty old books, I never could find out. Many a long winter evening when the rain and wind were falling and howling, Peggy and I have sat together over the nursery fire. She loved my little ones, and her ears were as_ sharp as her heart was true. I shall never forget how she hursed baby through the scarlet fever, and ther took it herself. Her relations were allin Ireland, and she wasn’t the girl to run around the streets. She went to her church to early mass on Sundays, and had no ‘‘followers,” and I congratu- lated myself that she was going to be, like cook, a confirmed old maid. About two years ago, John announced the fact that a telephone was to be put in the house. I begged him not to do it; I said: “It will never do; one of the two chil- dren will be sure to hang the other one in the hand-phone cord; and then in a thunder-storm, think how dreadful it would be for you to hear the whole fam- ily go off with a pop, before you could call ‘Hello! ”’ This did not touch him. ‘‘Every summer I read in the newspa- pers how lightning gets in telephones, and how they crack.’ John was obdu- rate. ‘I shall never answer you when you eall,’’ | declared. ‘‘There will be no necessity for you to trouble yourself about it at all,” John ex- plained; ‘tl have made every arrange- ment to have it placed in the nursery. Peggy will take charge of it—I will give her my instructions now.” It hadn’t been in the house a month before I was using it constantly. I did my shopping and marketing through the mouth of the telephone. I was delighted with its usefulness, especially in bad weather, but I never have acknowledged it to John; and now I never will. When Jobn was in the house I avoided it, and sent Peggy to answer its calls. When John, junior, was five weeks old I was lying on the sofa. Baby was read- ing a fairy tale in two syllables to Prod- icus, our second boy, and John, junior, was fast asleep in the crib. Peggy came in with a waiter. ‘Please, ma’am,” she said, nice cup of tea for you.”’ 1 took the cup; it was the best tea I ever tasted. ‘‘Why, this is excellent, Peggy,” said ‘“‘Who made it?”’ ‘*Hop Light Loo.”’ ‘‘Hop Light who?” I asked. Peggy bent over Prodicus, his hair as she answered: ‘I have known him a long time, from talking to him at the telephone. He is the clerk at the tea store where you buy your tea. It has been about a month that Mr. Loo has been bringing our parcels himself, instead of sending them by the cart. He came this evening to bring cook and me a little present of yellowish-looking tea, and he brewed some for us. It was so good, I brought you acup.’”’ This was the beginning. WhenI went downstairs, two or three times a week, 1 would stumble over something that looked like a char-woman, except that char-women are seldom conspicuous for their urbanity, and this person bowed and scraped and smiled out of his almond- shaped eyes, and was so very polite that he made me nervous. ‘*here is a L rumpling One night when John, junior, was six months old, my John took me to hear Patti sing. When we returned home and entered our nursery, there was Prodicus sitting up in his bed screaming, and John, junior, in his crib crying. I gave John, junior, to my John, quieted Prodicus, and looked around for Peggy—she wasn’t up- stairs. I looked into the kitchen, and there she sat talking to that heathen Chinee. I was so angry, I gave them a piece of my mind and ordered him out of the house. The next day Peggy looked sad, but she did her work. About a week | after, Peggy came to me and said: ‘It is more than seven years since | came here to nurse baby. I love every- body in the house. Each one of you has been so kind to me. I am obliged to tell you that lam going to leave when the month is up.’’ ‘“‘Why, Peggy? Why?’ “You ordered Hop Light Loo out of the house; we are going to be married.” I screamed. My good, religious Peggy going sto marry a heathen! 1 forgot everything except that she had nursed my babies, and been faithful to me. I used every argument. I tore the ‘‘Middle Kingdom” from the book-shelf, and read her the most dreadful and distressing anecdotes of the cruelty and barbarity of the Chinese. It was of no avail. “He is a heathen,” I argued. ‘‘He may think me one, plied. ‘‘He may want to go back to China, and take you there.” ‘*He has been in America as long as I have, and | have no desire to take him to Ireland.’’ ‘‘He is as yellow as a marigold.”’ ‘I know how clever he is, and what a good heart he has. [ don’t object to his skin.”’ ‘But his baggy clothes?”’ *‘Are always nice, neat, and suitable.’’ As a last resort I tried the children, and asked her how she had the heart to desert my sweet babies for a Chinese tea clerk? She said: ‘‘l love him,” and left the room. I ran to my bed-room and had a good cry. I didn’t mind the lace and the fluted pillow-shams; they were quite crushed beneath the weight of my woe. too,’’ she re- The days slipped by. Peggy looked bright and was as good as gold. We had been invited to a dinner-party at the resi- dence of one of John’s business partners: after the dinner there was to be a dance, in honor of the sixteenth birthday of one of the daughters. In spite of Plato, there is nothing John likes better than to see young people enjoy themselves; and we decided to go to the dinner, and stay to see the dancing. Aunt Jane promised to help with the boys. I had never owned a set of diamonds, and John knew | wanted a pair of solitaires more than anything in the world. He had often heard me envy- ing myneighbors. The afternoon of the dinner-party, John came to my room ear- rying a bag, in which reposed four cases, each containing a set of diamonds: and one was forme. They were all so lovely I was a long time selecting. Cook, Peggy, Aunt Jane and the three boys, all had to come in and see the beauties. One set was finally decided upon; the other three cases were securely locked up, to be re- turned to the jeweler in the morning. I thought I should never get dressed. My solitaires were so much larger than those of the lady with whom we were to dine, I knew how bad she would feel The dinner was excellent: after that was finished, the young folks daneed and their elders played whist. At twelve Peggy 9 = x THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. there was supper, and it was after two |turned with a bucket of scalding salt BO F ey FT P 4 Y 6) f , o’clock before we reached home. | and water. We could hear the thief ~ . ~ 4h . . . lo . i i‘ i A crouching figure in the door-way | feeling the window; to his surprise it o started up. | yielded to his touch, and the rogue, who} € ertai I uly It Does, ®* ¢ + “Sir, ma’am, Chinee man watchee— | was kneeling on the window sill, slowly now go in,’? and Hop Light Loo followed | raised the sash. As he was raising it, cm us into the house. |Mr. Loo neared him as softly as a cat, | ee) I take ho chances. The qual- We made a bee line for the nursery. | and, as the thief was about to rise from Ae dg : 2 i. @ a. : : . ; . aty 2 } 1e yer i W { Aunt Jane was sitting bo!: upright in | his knees, Hop Light Loo soused him in ih comma ity 1S Of the very best. The NE m He the center of the room, a poker grasped | boiling brine, cook and | grabbed him, Pie oe Ly 1 Witt ‘ IMNMENQT % tightiv in her rigt co hor lnkt the |. he . } , . | a | >= 9 “ YORK CONDENSED is ILK g er right hand, in her left the | and before we could count twenty the, 1 HK } i : 7 et hand-phone. She looked ready for auy- | thief was bound a in the a Sh |S I a AN oN V a iT VE ; mane nanny tr ane [Oe ek eee ee ee eet irr CUMPANY is a very responsible thing. Peggy was rocking John, junior. | found both of you talking two blocks be- i i i Aunt Jane dropped her instruments, and threw her arms ’round my neck. “Cornelia, go down on your knees, and thank heaven that we are not all lyingin gore! is a hero and Light Loo is an ange}! our Peggy Hop Some time after you left, cook came up and said a friend had called to see Peggy. The so I told her to go and children were all asleep, and I would nursery. The quiet, my novel was trashy, the easy chair stay as long as she pleased, remain in the house was was soothing. and before I knew it [ was fast asleep. when I dozed off; it was almost I awoke with a start. hunt for Peggy. the hall-way. I said: *‘What are you doing ‘“*Waiting to let Peggy in.”’ **Where has she gone?” I suppose it was 10 12 when Cook was standing in 0 **For the potice.’’ “What is the matter?” I gasped. ‘A friend of ours heard that this house was to be robbed; he came to prevent it; you. It all over now—you can see for yourself in the parlor.’’ I looked in. A man lay on the floor, face downward, hands and feet tied. we did not want to frighten Peggy, escorting two policemen, then came into the parlor. The wretch was handcuffed, and the policemen inquired the particulars of Hop Light Loo. Mr. Loo waved his hand to Peggy, and said: ‘*You talkee—Chinaman doee, dvee, Melikan talkee. talkee.” ace. Peggy thereuponexplained to the licemen: “Mr. Loo came here and cook and ing to be myself that this house was go- entered to-night, but that if we would be quiet and brave and help him, A of is nothing would harm friend Mr. whose went at 6 o’clock on the wharf. us. Loo’s, name into an eating-house Near him, ata table, sat the porter of Zircon, Tourmaline & Co. and Wing Tee has been here with Mr. Loo. a sailor, several times He heard the porter tel! the sailor of the valuable diamond: which were to be left here to- night: how he overheard my master 1 te Mr. Zireon that his wife would wear one set to the dinner-party; that he would t - Ww pay for the set worn and return the other three sets, valued at $3,v00. in the morn- ing. The sailor was to low and give warning: enter the house. Wing Tee ran all the way and Mr. Loo. At darkened ouse. Mrs. Armstrong was asleep inthenursery. According to Mr. L rs it in the entry, told the h struction, cook sat .istening with a roll of clothesline in herhand. [| wasinthe front parlor listen- ing, too, Mr. Lov was in the back room, and the boiler 1s on the range filled with scalding er. Mr. Loo had un- barred and unlocked the parlor windows. At 11 we heard the thief cautiously ap- proaching the back par!or window; I and quickly re- erept to the kitchen, I ran downstairs to low, and brought vou here.’’ Hop Light Loo bowed, and showed his teeth. took white The policemen the inumber of the house, complimented the girls, and told the three to | testify | had | time. appear and at court to-morrow. The thief been He was scalded on his back, 1 offered him a bottle but the | his neck and head. of ointment, policemen inter- | fered. | Llooked at John, and at my boys, and iI threw my arms around Peggy and John, junior. ‘Take your Hop Light Loo, Peggy; he He heathen, saved but ask ean |is worthy of even you. has we Dr. be He is a my children. | will convert and I will | Martin to-morrow if anything | done to whiten his skin.” The next day Hop Light Loo was tri | umphantly brought him, in by John, as our guardian angel and champion burglar- is | The children adore him. have had more but ‘*Hop-lo,” him, well, if he doesn’t know exactly how to sealder. eolic than ever before, eall as they means | feed little children. i perfectly polite, and never contradicts | po- told | Wing Tee, | wait a block be- | the porter was to | 10:30 we | L have not converted him yet. me: but he smiles and remains a heathen cursing and mourning all the | and on | They | He is | concern and guarantees the «: = a Fl pa ball Borden Eagle Brand - « | ; ur: js a = pe — Condensed Milk to its customers. «y- likey Wy! iL Besides it is no trouble to sell. * = - The majority call for it and wont take any other brand. = * > If I don’t keep it my customers will get it elsewhere Smaller profit? No, I gues not; still, Hop Light Loo wanted a home where he could respect himself and be} respected. Peggy wanted him. To-| gether they had laid up $600. Aunt | Jane has given them a cooking stove and | four chromos of the Judgment Day. | | John furnished two rooms and I supplied | Peggy’s wedding clothes. married them this | has strewn their path with several pounds No it morning. of rice. one saw whence inated; it arose in jerks from the depths lof his baggy trousers. The boys cried audibly; they do not understand Latin— they thought the priest was scolding. I tore them from Peggy and brought them into the nursery—and the sight of the I hear Prodicus John, junior, yainly tries to John is absorbed in Plato. Peggy is in Chinese bliss with Hop Light I telephone makes me ill. and Baby fighting over while the new nurse soothe them. Loo, and am moaning because John |would have atelephone in Baby’s nurs- | MARY BEALE BRAINERD. i el ery. An Ecclesiastical Pawn Shop. The Rev. Dr. Denald, Phillips Brooks’ | suecessor in Trinity Church, Boston, is | proposing to establish an ecclesiastical pawn shop in that city. It is to be con- |ducted on the same lines as any other pawn shop, save that the rate of interest charged will be 4 per cent. a year, in- stead of the ruinous usury at which the poor usually borrow money. A _ collec- tion to aid in the establishment of the enterprise was taken upin the chureh on Thanksgiving day. — 4 Davis & Rankin creamery, which cost the people of Lincoln and vieinity some $5,000, recently sold for $695. This is tough on the good people of Line | but experience sometimes comes high. ema- Peggy’s priest | Wing Tee | ‘have tried both ways and found that | CY it pays to sell only the “BEST.” It | —"arasep || * ¢ ‘has been demonstrated to my sat- Re a: ‘isfaction that the ~- GAIL BORDEN EAGLE BRAND Sao w¢ . HAS NO EQUAL, “So mo 4 /FIEADQUARTERS FOR - - + 4 ee @ Py eS < es ahitornia .-. oe . aisins an e ¥ witoe . . « “|: / & a Aruit. WE HAVE ’EM ALL. , «- oo yx PatmanCo. - > 2 fx oF * © 5 ~ “WH Bb & Epc a iwh CF hectic, Se. Je L£ f Mradtien ite € THE CREED OF BUSINESS. The idea of business as uppermost in the average mind is that it is specially exempt from any incumbrances of a con- | science, and the obligations usually binding on private citizens. It is posed as a matter of necessity, to covera multitude of sins, and to inelude in its ranks no small number of decent, bugg riding and tax-paying rogues. Store windows are an exhibit of decep- tive wares, and the art of selling a com- mercial way of telling permissable and well-laundried lies. Truth in such a place has to be looked for with a lantern, and what there may be of practical Christianity left in the world has place behind a counter. So current and deeply this idea of business morality that the phrase ‘‘business is business’? atones for much that in other would lift no rooted is circumstances the hair and agitate the bile of even a relapsed moralist. Few persons sup- pose that an honest or conscientious man can succeed even in selling soap or nuts, or in paying rent for his without eventually making appear- ance in what is tersely described as the ‘little end of the horn.’’ To have the gifts of a horse trader and the alert but wayward instincts of a trickster, a wholesale reserve of gall and a well lubricated tongue, with a soul not larger than a pea and a conscience smaller than that, is the generally re- ceived idea of a suecessful vender of cut- lery, dry goods, boots, shoes and ‘gro- ceries. It is to be confessed that gentle- men of this minimized anatomy are not pea- store his all moulded in wax or kept in museums. It is also unfortunately true that many business men in dealing with customers are tempted to square or round the pegs according to the holes in the board. The public, when buying goods or paying bills, is not generally so honest or inno- cent as it seems to be at a prayer meet- ing, while the Golden Rule has a Mason and Dixon line when the pocket of the world is being drawn upon. It is more than probable that business men know more of the weak side of hu- manity than doctors of divinity, ophy or physic, and much that toa su- perficial or eee observer is incon- sistent or delinquent is really but a fit- ting of the shoe to the publie foot. The world of business is not so godless or selfish as some suppose. It has its eardinal virtues and its orthodox creed of success, without which it would sure- ly come to the dogs, the sheriff and the black list. Integrity is as necessary in building up a trade as in the construction of personal character. Dishonesty is as reactionary in busi- ness as itis in picking pockets or steal- ing a horse. Telling lies in selling a pair of shoes or a saw mill outfit comes in for a spanking as sure as it does ina school house or a family chair. Idleness has the same results in commer- cial life as it has in a corn field. Extrav- agance and waste tell the same old story philos- over of having a dry tongue when the keg runs dry, while every other vice that in private life and personal character is dis- sup- | astrous to body, soul and spirit eventual- | | being obliged to dun |} due ly makes the same scrap pile of a_ busi-| ness. These facts are self evident, and are/| as well understood in the world of trade | as elsewhere. where. Thieves are not in demand as Character counts every- | ‘quired to pay the losses tisements for reliable men posted in gain- bling dens or in institutions for inebri- ates. In fact, acter is in all much the need of sterling char- commercial affiliations, Smartbess and preciated, they when not in shrewdness is ap- are practically boycotted association with personal character. There may be much of the devil both with and without a fig leaf in modern business, but as a rule he gets into the hotel without stopping to register. FRED. +--+ <> The Utica Cheese Market. Herald, Dee. 12: There is nothing new to be said about the cheese market of last week. Prices remained just the same as before, except that a few small full creams were sold at a fraction above the best public quotations. But while busi- ness is very dull and exporters are not taking any interest in American cheese, it is noticeable that all holders of WoopRow. stock are firm in their views, and are neither urging sales nor offering any induce- | more recognized than ever, and | however reputable | ments in the way of lower prices. If a| customer wants cheese he must pay its value; if there is nocustomer the holders are not worrying; the stock will keep and is good property to hold. The mar- ket at Cuba, Allegany county, is closed, only three lots remaining unsold in that region. This is two weeks earlier than the same market closed last year. Navi- gation on the St. Lawrence bas closed for the season, and there will be no more direct shipments of cheese from Mon- treal. One of the last shipments sent out consisted of more than 50,000 boxes, and it was also one of the largest ever consigned from that port. The total shipments from Canada have been by far the heaviest in the history of her cheese trade, viz., 1,605,426 boxes, or 31,043 boxes more than last year. New York has shipped thus far this season only 1,246,885 boxes, or nearly 340,000 boxes less than Canada. But this is 385,000 boxes less than we had shipped last year at this time, and it is not likely that in a season of good production and low prices Canada would outstrip us. Two facts are to be noted in this connection: First, that a good many cheese from Northern New York have gone to Montreal to help to swell the volume of shipments from that city; and second, that for the last two months and a half American cheese has stood on the same plane with Ameri- can butter. Hence, consumers would pay more for it than foreign trade, and consequently foreigners got only a small amount of the lower grades of stock. The great bulk of American cheese stays at home and is consumed by our own people; probably four-fifths of the Cana- dian product is obliged to seek a foreign market. _ <> Cogent Reasons for Abandoning the Credit Business A leading hardware firm thus an- nounces its reasons for adopting the eash system: A long experience in the hardware business has convinced us that the sys- tem of selling goods on credit, to be paid for when ne, is a most vieious one. The increased expense of doing a credit business, on account of book-keep- ers and collectors, the amount of inevita- ble losses every year on account of bad debts, which will oeceur notwithstanding the most careful discrimination, and the loss of interest in having a large amount of capital tied up in book accounts, all render necessary a larger margin of profit, which has to be considered business expenses and be paid for by the eash buyers. Besides this, as | the bad feel- | ings constantly occurring beeause credit | is given to one customer and refused an- other, and the disagreeable us in our future to sell for cash. accounts, confirm mination in the necessity of | customers for past | deter- | In these times of close competition cash | buyers expect and are entitled to the very lowest prices, and should not be re- | book-keepers or salesmen, nor are adver- | credit business. incident to a} 3 ‘Clothing so 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 MATL eee PROMPTLY ENDED TO ~ MICHAEL KOLB & SON Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers, AT- ROCHESTER, NY. |Vegetable Scoop Forks. In shoveling potatoes or other vegetables from wagon box or floor with the forks as they have been made, forced up hill sharply, tinues. run into the potatoes. either the load on the fork must be or the head of the fork lowered as the push con- If the head of the fork is lowered the points will be raised and The sharp edge of oval-tined forks will bruise pota- toes and beets, and the ordinary points will stick into them. These difficulties round tines and flattened points. OUT RAISING THE POINTS. work. are entirely overcome IT WILL Itaiso holds its load and hangs easy to our SCOOP FORK. It has LOAD TO THE HEAD WITH- by 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 lime, excellent for handling coal, of uses. & G: is not limited to vegetables. it is all made from one piece of steel [t will be found sawdust, fine manure and a great variety ONRO aT. R Scare RaTS I res THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE, AROUND THE STATE. Boreulo—Bouwman & Co. have opened a general store. Ganges—Geo. Leland succeeds Brown & Co. in general trade. Clare—A. J. Doherty Kirkbride in general trade. Grant—B. J. Hill is sueceeded by Leon Reddy in the meat business. Utica—Sweitzer & Haines J. Sweitzer in the grocery business. Coopersville—D. O. Watson is ceeded by Jos. Walsh in generai trade. Conecord—G. M. Lamb Clar- ence & Rickard in the grocery business. Battle Creek—Frolich & Kapp succeed Torongo & Jensen in the tailoring busi- succeeds succeed H. sue- succeeds ness. Bay City—James Melon is succeeded by Mrs. Lucy Canfield in the book busi- ness. Worth—J. H. Arrison has removed his general stock from Standish to this place. Alpena—John Gauvren has purchased the boot and shoe stock of Fontaine & Lalonde. Muskegon—Gus H. Neumeister is sue- eeeded by Mrs. L. A. Johnson in the hat and cap business. Alden—Jobhn P. Smith has store building and will shortly open a flour and feed store. Jackson—The hardware stock of Claude W. Whitmore has been closed out on chattel mortgage. Kalamazoo—Loefler & Whalen, drug- gists, have dissolved, Philip H. Loefler leased a continuing the business. Gould & Co. have foreclosed their mortgage on the grocery stock of Leroy Van Wormer. Belding—Wwm. Reynolds has leased a store in the Huelster will open a grocery store about Jan. 1. Thompsonville—l. J. Quick, formerly trade at Allendale, general stock of largely thereto. Detroit—The Victor Cash Register Co. has filed articles of incorporation. The eapital stock is $50,000 of which $40,000 is paid in. The inecorporators are William G. Latimer, Alanson S. Brooks. Iron wood—Olson Greenville—W. J. block, in whieh he engaged in general has purehased Rogers Bros. and added the and Stanley Bros. & Co., dealers in groceries, provisions, crockery and feed, have made an assignment to Ed. D. Nelson, President of the First National Bank. The total liabilities are $8,173.55, divided among fifty-four creditors. The largest creditor is M. Forslund, of Iron- The only creditor in the Lower Peninsula is the Tradesman Company, of Grand Rap- ids. No statement of the assets has yet been made public. Holland—Monday evening John Strab- bing, the Hamilton came in on the Grand wood, whose claim is $1,668.47. Rapids train. He | from eating poisoned cheese. He con- ; demned the cheese on the central market and took a piece with him to makea chemical test of it. He ate a small por- | tion, but it had no bad effect and on Mon- Se | hardware dealer, | had a package of revolvers and cutlery | and also five cross-cut saws with him and tion with the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., while waiting for his train he stepped in the waiting room for a few minutes. When he out again the saws had disappeared and, as Strabbing did not want to miss his train, he could not trace them that evening. Tuesday morning he came here to investigate, but no clew to where the saws went could be obtained and he was obliged to go and order some more saws. Detroit—Dr. L. S. Harvey, Food In- spector for the Board of Health, had a narrow escape on came | to take effect Jan. 1. Monday afternoon ! day afternoon he took some more. Soon taken with violent pains and other symptoms developed which as- that he had been poisoned. The doctor immediately sent for Dr. P. M. Hickey, who worked on him for sev- eral hours before he was out of danger. Wednesday he was able to get up, but is very weak. The cheese will be analyzed and the authorities will look up the fac- tory where it was made. after he was sured him MANUFACTURING MATTERS, Pinconning—Estey & Calkins have manufactured and shipped 4,000,000 feet of lumber since April, and have 3,000,000 feeton hand. A planing millis operated in connection with the sawmill, and hardwood finishing is a specialty. A force of fifty men are employed. Alpena—The lumbering season has closed with a good outlook for next year from a manufacturing point of view. There is now on the mill docks 50,000,000 feet of lumber, the largest stock ever carried over, and there are 80,000,000 feet of logs in the stream. About 35,- 000,000 feet of Canadian logs will be rafted over next season to Alpena mills, being about 6,000,000 feet greater than the quantity brought over the last season. Operations in cedar are being carried forward extensively, the new Alpena & Northern Railroad opening up a new sec- tion, and much more cedar will be shipped from Alpena next season than in any previous year. Alger, Smith & Co. will also bring a large quantity of logs by rail to Alpena during the winter and next season. oe Gripsack Brigade. J. A. Gonzalez returned from New York Saturday night, having signed with the Ow! Cigar Co. for another year. M. Smoll, Michigan representative for S. F. Bowser & Co., oil tank manufac- turers, of Fort Wayne, was in town a couple of days last week. The Travelers’ Club of Detroit has made an assignment to Delos D. Jayne, with a debt of $2,156. The assets amount to $1,388, mostly in furniture. Post A (Lansing), Michigan Knights of the Grip, has been organized by the elec- tion of J. J. Frost as chairman and T. Knox Jeffreys as secretary and treasurer. James N. Bradford is becoming quite an adept in speaking broken Englisha la Ole Oleson, and contemplates a tour of the State as the star attraction of an ama- teur concert company. W. J. Williams, formerly on the road for the defunct firm of Eaton & Christen- son, and now traveling representative for the American Cigar Co., of Cold- water, was in town over Sunday. b. F. Parmenter has resigned his posi- His successor has not yet been decided upon, nor has Mr. Parmenter effected any arrangement for next year. W. F. Blake has resigned his position with Hawkins & Company, to take effect January 1. He declines to his intentions are in regard to the future, state what | but current report identifies him with | another wholesale grocery house at this | market. Major Jacklin, traveling representa- tive for Freeman, Delamater & Co., of | Detroit; was in town a couple of days last week. It appears to be a foregone conclusion that Grand Rapids will sup- port Mr. Jacklin for the presidency of the Michigan K. of G., in return for De- troit’s support of Mills for the secretary- ship. J. P. Visner, who has covered the city trade the past four years for E. J. Gillies & Co., of New York, will sever that con- nection January 1, to take a similar po- sition with the John A. Tolman Co., of Chieago. The place made vacant by his retirement will be taken by his brother, Chas. R. Visner, who will join the ranks of the city salesmen January 1. At the meeting of Post E, Michigan Knights of the Grip, held at the Morton House Saturday evening, it was decided to go te the Saginaw convention via the Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railway, leaving in a special car or cars attached to the regular train leaving the Union depot at 7:40 Tuesday morning, Dec. 26 From present indications from 100 to 200 people will attend from this city. A res- olution was adopted, inviting the Kala- mazoo, Grand Haven, Muskegon and Big Rapids members of the Association to accompany the Grand Rapids delegation. D. S. Haugh, who has covered the trade of Northwestern Michigan the past ten years for the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., will be in a position to make another alliance January 1. He has several offers, but says he is, as yet. undecided which one to accept. Wm. F. Bowen, who has assisted Geo. R. Perry for the past two years in the merchandise brokerage busi- ness here, takes the position rendered vacant by the retirement of Mr. Haugh. “A queer thing happened to me last trip,’’? saida shoe salesman. ‘‘] had just sold a big bill of goods to an A No.1 customer and was feeling fine a3 silk, when a stranger hailed me. He said: ‘Young man, are you a shoe salesman?’ I admitted the impeachment. He looked steadily in my eyes an instant and con- tinued: ‘Do you use rights or lefts for samples?’ I said: ‘I carry lefts, but why do you ask?’ A soft light crept into his eyes as he answered: ‘My little girl is a cripple; foot crushed when she was a baby by a runaway horse. I like to buy something nice for her but she ean only wear one shoe; the doctors cut off the right foot. Then, it’s expensive to buy a pair every time, and, besides, the sight of an empty shoe about the house makes us all feel sad. Could you sell me a sample you have no further use for?’ the man added, appealingly. ‘“‘Well,” continued the salesman, ‘‘you can just gamble [ fitted the man up to the Queen’s taste, and—was it a mascot? I should think so; I’ve been dodging customers ever since. Why,if this luck keeps up, ’ll be in the firm in two } years.’”’ —$_—< -6 From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: Phin Smith, Hastings. L. Henderson, Holland. Clarence N. Menold, Fennville. Bates & Troutman, Moline. W. M. Briggs, Shelbyville. B. W. Ellison & Son, Alma. H. M. Lewis, lonia. Sid V. Bullock, Trufant. Klomparens & Brower, Hamilton. J. D. Noah, Moline. Adam Newell, Burnip’s Corners. J. H. Lowell & Co., Wacousta. A. C. Barclay, Crosby. Too Hard Work. Victim—I’ll give you 50 cents not to talk while you shave me. Barber—Beg pardon, sir, I can earn my money easier than that. ere cee In the midst of the hard times there is one consoling thought—the supply of Columbian postage stamps will soon be used up. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Home-grown stock is almost entirely exhausted, so that dealers are compelled to go to New York and West Virginia for their supplies. The New England crop has been pretty well picked up, and the crop of the Empire State is believed to be nearly exhausted. Baldwins, Greenings, Ben Davis and Wine Sap varieties command $i@4.25 per bbl. Beans—Quiet and dull. Handlers pay $1.10 for country cleaned and $1.25 for country picked. Butter—-Lower and duler than a week ago. Dealers pay 17@18e for choice dairy, holding at 19@20c. Creamery is dull and slow sale at 22@24c. Cabbage—Home grown, $5@6 per 100. Carrots—20c per bushel. Cranberries—Cape Cod are a little weaker, commanding $2.25 per tu. and % per bbl. Jer- seys are in moderate demand at $5.75. Celery—Home grown commands 15@18e¢ per doz. Eggs—The market is a little stronger than a week ago. Handlers hold fresh at 22¢c and pickled at 20c per doz. Grapes—New York Concords are about played out. The same is true of Catawbas. California Tokays are in fair demand at $2.25@2.50 per crate of 45-lb. baskets. Honey— White clover commands 17c per Ib.‘ dark buckwheat brings l4¢e. Both grades are very scarce and hard to get. Lettuce—Grand Rapids forcing, 12%¢e per Ib. Nuts—Walnuts and butternuts, 75¢ per bu. Hickory nuts, $1.10 per bu. Onions—Handlers pay 40c, holding at 50c perbu. Spanish are in small demand at $1.25 per 40 lb. crate. Potatoes—There is no change in the condition of the market from a week ago. Dealers con- tinue to pay 40c here and 35¢ at outside buying points, the jobbing price to the retail trade being 50c. Considerable quantities of Red Rose are being stored away for the seeding demand when it starts up in the South a littie later. There is no indication of higher prices in the near future. Squash—Hubbard_ 1%4¢ per Ib. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys command $4 per bbl. Turnips—25c per bu. = a\ © rie ee | 4 conte fa ic ITA LM ava UU | wishing a small stock of holiday goods will find it to their interest to call at once at May’s Bazaar, 41 and 43 Monroe St. Our stock is complete, and the largest and finest in the city. Bi THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 4 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Mrs. O. Chapel has opened a grocery store at Talmadge. The Ball-Barnhart- Putman Co. furnished the stock. Wilbur H. Pardee, dealer in dry goods at Freeport, has added a line of groceries. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Mrs. Geo. H. Oliver has decided to re- move her drug stock from 1035 Gilbert street to Coats’ Grove, where she will continue the business. A. J. Patterson, grocer at 1207 South Division street, has sold his stock to F. L. Merrill, who will continue the busi- ness at the same location. E. J. Herrick has leased the three- story and basement building at 111 Mon- roe street and will remove his grocery stock to that location January 1. H. L. Carter has purchased the under- taking stock of W. Bartak, at Traverse city, and will shortly remove to that place to take the management of the business. Mr. Carter came to Grand Rapids twenty-five years ago, spending two years in a photograph gallery on Monroe street, and has been in business in Kent county ever since. He is well known to the business men of this city and his word and note are considered good. With fifteen years’ experience in the furniture and undertaking business, and having been under the instruction of the best funeral directors of the city, he is well qualified for the business. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. is now the owner of a hotel at Saranac, having of the property through a long and tedious legal pro- ceedure. For two years prior to Novem- ber, 1891, Elizabeth Holmes conducted a general store at Saranac, under the style of Holmes & Co. aged by her daughter, Rose Rudd, who made a statement in November, 1891, to the effect that Elizabeth Holmes was the of the On the strength of that statement, the firm was given lines of credit by the Ball-Barn- hart-Putman Co. and Rindge, Bertsch & Co., amounting to $1,099.31. The busi- ness was continued in this manner until November, 1891, Rose Rudd sold the entire stock to Franklin King, in ex- change for King’s hotel and furniture and $500 in Mrs. Rudd took the title of the hotel in her own name and claimed to own it as the ground that she and her mother had been partners in and that the firm was composed of her and her mother, instead of Elizabeth Holmes alone. In addition to her claim to a partnership interest in the business, she claimed that her mother was largely indebted to her and that she had a right to the property because she used it asa homestead. She, therefore, occupied the premises and defied the creditors to dis- her by legal means. Rindge, Bertsch & Co. assigned their claim to the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., and May 25, 1892, the latter obtained judgment in the Circuit Court of lonia county against Elizabeth Holmes for $1.009.31 and costs. The execution was returned unsatis- fied, when the plaintiff brought suit in Chancery Court by a bill of equity to gain possession of the hotel property on the ground that it really belonged to Mrs. Holmes. The case was decided in favor obtained possession The business was man- sole owner business. when eash. her own on the merchandising business possess of the plaintiff and a receiver was ap-. pointed, and at the receiver’s sale the property was bid in by the Ball-Barn- hart-Putman Co., which thus established its undisputed right to the property. The moral to be drawn from this transaction is that merchants cannot make statements on which lines of credit are based and subsequently annul those statements by Swearing to a contrary condition of things in court. The case was stub- bornly contested on both sides and the outcome is a decided victory in the inter- est of honesty and justice. — _—> 2 > Statement from Mr. Warren. Frank D. Warren, city salesman for the Valley City Milling Co., sends Tue TRADESMAN a communication in reply to the communication of Daniel Viergiver in last week’s paper, in which he states his willingness to place $100 in the hands of J. Geo. Lehman, Treasurer of the Re- tail Grocers’ Association, providing Mr. Viergiver will place $10 in the same hands, the $100 to be forfeited to the treasury of the Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion in case Mr. Viergiver can substanti- ate his assertion that Lily White flour has been sold in this city for less than $1.55 per hundred pounds. In case Mr. Viergiver cannot substantiate his claim, his $10 is to be forfeited to the same cause. With this statement Tur TrapESMAN closes the discussion, so far as its news columns is concerned. Anything fur- ther under this head will appear in our advertising columns and be subject to our usual advertising rates. —— o>

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Xv vas : : at Anchor 8%/No Name........ 7% ‘ eee 16 | so often done with a mental reservation! * = G mee — oa _ GRAIN BAGS. FROM $2 To $1.25 rzn +--+ wo a... ........ E on the part of the seller which leaves the Pride of the West...12 | Amoskeag......... .14 Georgia 1. . osal 7 8 ec. oe oe eae on warrant a mere form and affords no pro- Rosalind... --- Ty | Stark. | ; 1% |" \ | Pratt of the Loom. 8 2 Suniight ite American. rt ed ME eid oes coon an : . tection to the buyer. This fiction, how- | Fitehville ..... 7 |Utica Milis......./. sx THREADS, KX t H C I Fi rst Prize io. oe o a a i 1 i en O e 9 Pr ‘ § | | DAY AT THE ave : ge rent } i i . i « r mnd....4 iF or e......, ... ever, has been kept up till a certain! fruitoe the Loom %. 75|Vinyard . *i ae ina = seen tog a . a a, a 4%4/White Horse... & —— trees a eee ‘ Directly opposite Union Depot, ciass Of Custoiners are seldom satisfied | Holy a Ry ee it ea Reg GRAND RAPIDS with any bargain offered unless accom- HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. KNITTING COTTON, oe iy . v + : [eee -. T4|Dwight Anchor 8 ry plored. | Thite. C < r Unbleached : Bleached. a 3 2 he 44 | thing New and Clean. value. | Housewife e-- - Housewife Q... a.) 2m oa 2 le 5 At the dry goods counter the important | “ ie “ ae augue . , 0 rg 97 nl nedewn “aa <= ea hf Ue oe ss(ferrdsa 7 | BEACH & BOOTH, Prop’rs. query, *‘Will it wash?’’ or, ‘Will it vs Co “ ro White Star........ tr Lockwood...... ... 4 | J Kid Glove. .......... 444|Wood’s Ms -- “i a &“ . | Newmarket on ol «(Brunswick i a 44 | EOI Kr h} TIO NAL, BANK _ ac... RED F ‘EL, j * Zoe o or a HAL y4Y si Z ‘cea : ce j fade?’”’ has to be met by a satisfactory reply, in the shape of a guarantee. before | the feminine mind consents to closea Fire an or - . . | | ‘reedmore. a eo a ou ee ee iG a purehas he hardware dealer is com- Parsesaien ° " ae purchase. The hardware dealer is com | Talbot XXX... )/30" 9 RP XxX. Grand Rapids, Mich. » i> pelled to warrant the temper of every | | Nameless ee 4|Buckeye re piece of cutlery, though his own may be| oo one 7 Red & Blue, plaid..40 |Grey SRW | D. A. BLopexrrr, President, at the unreasonable | if } at the time fumi 224| Wi est ern WwW ; of ti 4 ' ; RPET WARP .18%|D RP... Gxo. W. Gay. Vice-President = demands of those who beat down the Peerless, v ) ene Colured...20 | 6 oz Western... ....20 Flushing Xxx Wm. H ANDERSON, Cashier, r : , + =) . | 2 20 Wh er... 18 U i ot / : ’ price of every domestic utensil to its a f ie ee Eo an | nion B............224%|Manitoba : | Jno A. Seymour, Ass’t Cashier \ lowest point and then insist that its dura- | ae “DRE c Ds aA ee ~ + A » a . - €yuaily absurd demands of the eclothier -16 son | 10% 10% 11% 1146 | C_ Bertsch A. J_ Bowne. G. K Johnson. & 0¥s and shoe dealer ither from habit ’ 6 o 1% 114/12 12 | Wm. H Anderson. Wm Sears. A. D. Kathbone na shoe dealer C1tuer i I lavIT, a de- ia . case 12 a aan | John Widdicomb N. A. Fletche 1 i 191419, 0) | h licomb. yy. A. etcher, : . %4 50 | ~% os ar . | sire to make bargain seem of greater na ae DUCKS, > , ay | SeVeren, 8 oz . 944/West Point, 8 oz 10% | value r t 2 , »¢ c 2) 5 % | Vaiue, or Wi ne purpose of hedgin aa rand 15, ra fayland, 8 oz 1044 . 10 oz 12% view of some scheme of future re conn A ~ | Greenwood, 7% 02. 9%/Raven, 1002 13% - 2 sreen wood, 8 oz 11\%|Stark 13h rl } Armory Naumkea satteen yw; vreeny 13% te 2 mber of those schemes | 474 2 : o% & *’2 | Boston. & o2 10% 10 oz 1 | ment; and the number o hose scheme Androscoggin ... Tq| Rockport 6% | Boston, § 0z.........10%|Boston, 10 0z........12 2 | . , ba is legion. Bidd@etord....... 6 \Conestoga TM | WADDINGS, } Thi a | | ey Brunswick 6%| Walworth 6% | White, doz 25 |Per bale. 40 dos B23 a hus, in the innumerable business | : . PRINTS. s ' | Colored, doz 2% {Colored “ 7 50} OO S ww > . an mn turkey reds bt Fi reaies ncie 5y% | A gy B ] transactions of everyday life, an element en gered reds . 6 Parrett Seectos 5% | SILESIas, > enters that is uncommercial, opposed to| “ pink & purple 54 Charter Oak fancies 4% | —— ao 9 fa ;" Lie i } s + f Yel M cashm’s 5\ | v ose i1€ j a. : / | I 4 Del farine ashe cf . . 4 : | the real interests of legitimate trade. | pink checks. 5% ' mourn’g 5% | Best. io peg thal AND 6s eo , Best AA 12%/\ ratley City 1% > yhich produees distru ee ce SLa pies -... 5 |Eddystone f y ~ | rn . 1 | which produces distrust on one side and! ,, shirtings 4 ‘6 a . --- 10% | > ma unblushing assuranee on the other. Each | American fancy , SE Ls iy { J ) B ‘ ‘ f : S ’ : Americanindigo 5 ss 4 14. neo : a. a - * i . > watch, musical instrument or sew 1ug | American shirtings. 4 Hamilton fan y 5 | “Orecem hea 4 reg in ac tal la UK | achine must be fitte: ith warrant to | Argentine Grays... 6 e FY | Fe r : Machine must be fitted with a warrant to Anchor Shirtings... 4 eisateeian fancy 5% yd.doz 4 a « do good service for a term of years, | Arnold ' 6 new era. iw HOUKS AND EVER--PER @koss " , 9 Arnold Merino 6 | Merrimace D fancy. 5% bits W e.. 1 ‘ 1Bik A though neither of the contracting parties + he th Bo 9s4/Merrim'ca ; : Ty eee wim can know where the other may be at the i i epi ng dl time of possible default. sisi \ t - 5 } ' 4 Patent medicines, too, whether in the OUTTON i i : fl : wioite & BI'R,.12 NG &W @& t 2 form of piil, powder or iotion, are often | ‘ t ‘ 16 * aie yw WS i j ] lio 6 j | Dee | placed before a reluctant and discour- | Baller: so! will sh li i i | FETY PINs, ‘ aged public with us attached | Bengai blue. { | No2 7 mB Th N 3 a OC A yi v tre SUG a ve . . . ° a f ie ke ese tor «w..tq |. red and orange . i GRAND R A PIDS MIC H that, if enforced to the letter, would Berlin solids ts | ' en ’ " Jidi . ee | o ao NEEDL ~-PER MW i i , i“ 4) hie : “i , y Plow , bankrupt each proprietor. Still, the | Ou OLTE a Ottoman Tur | A. James 1 40/Steamboat P| vx so 2, id | A. dames 1 en... . 4, a a i i : | green Oo | key red 7s | Crareiw a 0... t Pega meee |) 1 50] Your Bank Account Solicited. : lars } j y guarantee to cure in each case is given “ Fonulards i | Marshall’s 1 00) Americar 1 00 | } : : : | “ red ¥ 7 Turkey red & 7% | sel gece eta ta ae i “ and taken in the most matter of fact 6 re 9 ' TABLE OIL CLOTH ao we ¢ 12 . , 2 COTTONTWINES, necessary part of the transaction. No- Cocheeo fanc 5 {Wi ndsor f ancy...... 64% | Cotten Saf] Twine. 28 : ana y ’ = { . E CTE j . 2... 944|Marthsa Washington 5—4....1% 6—4. 5-4 165 §4...2 30) ql way, as though it was a material and NOU 10 | Turkey red -- 9% i fl . ’ 7 " ' ry * 34XXxXxX Riverpoint robes.... 5% rim : 5 ‘a : oie } i4 GRAND } odll MICH i lige aa “ madders... 5 gold ticket r - " where but in England have such con- | ‘“s XX twills.. 5 indigo ae | Rising Sear Ht . | JNO. A. Covone, Pres. PR” tracts been enforced by law. Only in “solids. .... ths Harmony 6” |North Star 20 es aan, Vice-Pres, : ' oo IN ICKINGS Wool § Z J. A. S. VERDIER, Cashier. this lanu, where nothing is considered | Amoskeag ACA... i24/A C A sa = |Powhattan 4 ply174 | K. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r, %/? impossible, could human credulity live — D. : 8% pr aad. |_ Transacts a General Banking Business. ' j i : : pire . 3 PLAID | oamen Res | y so long on the husks of hope defe rred, or ret Awnin ng.. 1 ‘Swit River bs ,4 | Alabama. 6%|Mount sdeeseessgene nes 6% | Interest ot = and Sayings J n a 8 earl fn Alaadnes .. 6%|Onetk Le ee f cupidity continue to work a field so/| First Prize.. -1046/ Warron...... .. ----18% ieee -- 5%] ees 5% DIRECTOR: \ ~ Nh Lenox Milis 0 10 mah... +... Uap eee ec ttt = , seemingly unpromising. | COTTOX Dr. as pepe... oo. : Randel iman......... Sic oo A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, : ; ibl ; ae aily | Atlanta, D 6%! en << 8 Georgia......... GMiRiverside........... I. J.O’Brien, A.J. Bowne, ras Idema, ; Concerning edible articles used daily emg an fo 7 i ee se ox = Bie, .., ei | Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee, 8. Verdier. »- a+ i Hl) ne tadllnické. eee EO is icen ae edn nse ag in the household, distrust not selde 3 | Clifton, x. 7 » Of Heap 9 ann istrust not seldom re « |Top of Heay re 5 Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, * 4 ~ » 7 aa ~ * T "> ¥ 4 > wg hal L * «“ » #4 / THE MICHIGAN TRADES MAIN. quires guarantees from the dealer, al- though the buyer may have expressed his firm belief In the total depravity of all who manufacture or sell food prod- ucts. Even in professional life the sly guarantee of success often turns the seale in the choice of legal or medica! advisers. The wily practitioner thus secures a case with, perhaps. a fat and trusts his wits to protect himself against claim for indemnity that by client or patient failure. Like many other evils, this uncommer- cial practice of warranting the quality or service of goods without discrimination, and without arranging for a trial in which the equities of both parties can be safely maintained, its own reform. fee, to any made of may be in the event will in time work out Already, the manufacturer, who finds his warrant only an encouragement to counter claims that eat into his they are too small and too nnmerous for ecare- ful investigation; and retail beginning with profits, because with the who, under such a system, ending dealer can never know when goods are definite- ly sold, there has sprung up a conviction that neither a written nor a verbal guar- antee is in the long run a wise policy. The former cannot follow his products to the consumer through seeond and third hands by any agency that will suffi- ciently protect his interests from the dis- honesty of buyers or the carelessness of dealers. The latter that the advantages a guarantee gives in securing custom are more than is beginning to see counter- balanced by the caprices of buyers, and the extra trouble and expense incurred in satisfying them. So ware as the hard- the custom of far trade is concerned, promiscuous warranting of the past, much to the relief of the retailer, who finds one drag removed from the wheels of a goods is be- coming a thing of business that is getting less profitable of late through excessive competition and the Other adopting a trade are course of fall in prices. lines of gradually action whereby goods are made to for themselves, leaving patent medicine men speak and manufacturers of specialties who re- tail through agents to pursue the old course so long as they find it remunera- tive. To a thoughtful observer of mercantile ethics and usages a warrant attached without thought or discrimination is not likely to be of value to either party in the end. Confidence between buyer and seller is a necessary factor in all kinds of trade. and is strengthened mostly by mutual The customers can be more maintained latter when oaths lightly taken, are like promises issued in excess, their But it is a plant of slow growth, time experience. confidence easily secured and than words. The often like They pay—when by deeds are, repeated, little to market value de- of use. also creases in proportion to the sum of excess. A reputation gained square dealing will yield better results than special guarantees can accomplish. Cus- tomers seeks such by learn know the dealer who to make startling them with low prices, yet insists that quality sales by is not sacrificed. Only the poorest and least profitable custom will respond to such methods for any length of time. The best will soon see the discrep- ancy between price and quality, and make their purchases with judgment, undazed by the glamour of a guarantee they know cannot be fulfilled. and of | 7 But, while we seek to reform a_ prac- tice that has unendurable, it must not be thought that those who make or sell goods can avoid a just responsi- bility to a public that buys and consumes. become readjusted for fairness’ sake; ignoring mutual obligations such as pro- ducers and consumers sustain to each other. Both maker and are honor bound to provide goods that are true to price asked. seller in name and grade, and worth the In many products there is a margin of risk that should be shared as equally as the dealer possible between and consumer. No manufa doubt the buyer should be allowed the benefit. In the case of foods, whether staples or that tempt the appetite, the dealer ought to be himself a perpetual! guarantee against unwholesome ucts. If spoiled or deteriorated luxuries prod- his hands he should be held responsible for their condition when sold. Then the public would have all the security that eould in and the mer- hollow mockery a rea might address him- on justice be claimed, chant, relieved from the of a system that never had sonable exeuse for existence, self hopefully to the future labors and rewards of his honorable voeation. S. P. WHITMARSH. i 2 3,830 Lae eh i 25 FILES—New List. dis. et ..60&10 New Sraceican -- 60&10 MiICnGisomwe ... 8... - 60810 ee a 50 Heller’s Horse Rasps .. 50 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 2%; 2 and 2: 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 16 17 Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s. 50 KNOBS— New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings 55 Deor, porceiuin, trimmings ................ 55 | Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 70 | LOC KS——DOOR, dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ..... . 55 matory, Wuceler & Co#........ |... 55 Grantora’s ..... eee 55 BOrWworee.................. 5 Maydole & Co.’s -dig. 25 Kip’s : dis, 25 Yerk .& Plux . dis. 40&10 0c list 60 Blacksmith’s Solic aN Cast Steel Hand....36¢ 40&10 HINGES, Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 oe dis.604&10 ee "per doz. net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. — 14 and a a edie 3% rew Hook and Eye, \. net 10 6 " ~.... net 8% net 7% net 7% ray v : er Gis. 59 HANGERS dis. oor Kidder Mfg. We 0d track... .50&10 ‘ Om, SOC friction......... -. 60&10 Kidder, wood track _. i 40 eee GCa1E (OO -«.., GQGtO Spiders .. ee ee 60&10 Gray enameled.......... --. 4&10 HOUSE FURNISHING goops. Stamped Tin Ware. -new list ” Japanned en ee Granite Iron Ware . new list 33% &10 ) WIR dis. Bilght. > TO0&10&10 Screw Eyes ee 70&10&10 Moeee TOR1NR 1G Gate Hooks and Eyes. 70810810 LEVELS. dig. 7 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s... | ROPES | Sisal, % Inch aud larger ..... . 9 | Manilla .. : eee 13 | SQUARES dis. mecelanud ran... 6. 7 | Try and Bevels G | Mitre .. be besa ee ec. 2 | SHEET IRON, | Com. Smooth. Com. | ee $2 91 Nos ts tage 40 365 | 4 05 3 05 | 4 05 3 15 | 4 25 3 25 --- 440 3 35 | All sheets No. 18 and ‘lighter, over 30 inches | wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER, List acct. oe + uM ASH C ORD. ' Silver L ake, White <. o_o lint ron... 4... ' ‘ White B | a a : ee | . Waec |... — | Discount, 10. | SASH WHIGHTS, | Solid Eyes Ke io per ton 825 Saws, dis, ' ene 2 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,... 7 ‘" Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot... 50 ‘“ Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... ' Champion and Electric Tooth x | Cate, per foot...... aaa _. = | TRAPS, cin. | Steel, Game.... 1. oe | Oneida ¢ ‘ommunity, Newhouse’ eS... . 35 | Oneida Community, oe & Norton’s ... 7 | mouse, Choker... ..... .18e per dos | Mouse, delusion ee i “81.50 per doz | WIRE, dis. Ce ee | Apricalcd Maree 70—t1 | Coppered Market.........__- a | 60 } Tinr ied Market.. ee ee -. 62% | Coppered Spring ‘Steel... aca 50 | Barbed Fence, galvanized. 2 80 painted ....... 240 HORSE NAILS, Au Sable.. ..dis, 40&10 Foseem............ dir. 05 Northwestern... Gis. 10&10 dis Baxter’s Ad Bostende one 20 C oe’ 8 Genuine eae 50 Coe’s Patent Agricul! tural wrought, ... . 75 « ‘oe’ 8 Patent, malleable........... EN KISCELLANEOUS, dis. | Bird Cages se | 5i rome Cite 75&10 | Screws, New [ tst.. a : -. &10 | Casters, Bed a a Plate W&1041¢ | Dampers, American..... —. 40 | Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods... doce “6E&10 METALS, j PIG TIN. [re inte 26e Fiche. 28¢ WOuty: Sheet, 2c per i r¢ fread ponnd casks... 4 63% | Per pound......... : ee 7 | SOLDER ee. i Extra Wiping eee 1b The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indienaed by ivela brands vary according to Composition. ANTIMONY Coekaon......... eee ..per pound Haliews........ ie ¢ TIN—-MELYN GRADE 10x14 IC, Charcoal ues cue al 87 14x20 1C ies eeu yee 7 @ 10x14 IX, ee ua. Oa | 14x20 IX, ee —. Om | Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. | TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal ee ee ieee ee aan 75 tot 6 75 10x14 1X, c 8 25 14x20 IX, ee 9 25 >: Bach additional X on this grade 81.50. | ROOFING PLATES | 14x20 IC, " Worcester ee 6 eee : 6 5 | 14x90 TX, iy eee 8 50 | 20x28 IC, Y ee 13 50 | 14x20 IC, e Allawey Grade. oe. 6 60 | 14x20 TX, ee 7 50 | 20x28 IC; . fe See 12 5A | 20x28 IX, _ ' ee aes. 15 50 BOILER SIZE TiN PLATS. 14x28IX.. i . -. 814 06 14x31 Lo sis dBeliors Leen eee bhi s eae 15 00 | i ne for No. s lers, a. pound.... 10 00 DESMAN A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. | ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical busi- | ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address, Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- | class matter. = When writing to any of our advertisers, | please say that you saw their advertisement in | THe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1893. INOPPORTUNE AND UNREASONABLE DEMANDS. While Tae TRADESMAN office bas been known and recognized as a “union office” it has higher wages than the union It is fre- quently compelled to pay its workmen much more than their earning capacity, simply because they hold union ecards and the union rules prohibit members of for the past eight or nine years, always paid some of its employes seale. the union—notwithstanding their incom- petency—from working for less wages than competent men. The dead level of wages maintained by the unions—irre- spective of the competency of workmen but THE TRADESMAN has accepted the situa- tion cheerfully. submitting to the tyranny —works great injustice at times, and impositions incident to the exclusive employment of union workmen as one of the unavoidable aunoyanzes of the print- ing business. The employes of Tuk TRADESMAN ex- satisfied with the present schedule of wages and say that, press themselves as if they were not satisfied, they would make their wants known at the business | office, as they have every reason to be- lieve the matter would thus be arrapged | to their entire satisfaction. Unknown to THE TRADESMAN’s employes, the Grand Rapids Typographical Union took occa- sion, at a recent Sabbath day meeting, to adopt a new schedule of wages, to take effect January 1. Notwithstanding the depressed condition of business and the lessened revenues of every newspaper! office in the country, so that a business | which has continued to run full time at | the rate of wages in force prior ‘to the | panic is an exception to the general rule —which happens to be the case with THE, TRADESMAN—the Typographical Union demands a marked advance in wages, in| some cases amounting to 26 per cent. above the present schedule, which is al-| ready considerably higher than the wages | the cities roundabout. A} paid in all singular feature connected with movement is that a workman TRADESMAN office whose wages would be advanced 26 per cent. by the proposed change knew nothing of the action of the union until two weeks after it had been the in THE! THE MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN. |taken, proving conclusively that influ- ences outside of this office are responsi- ble for the attempt to advance wages at so inopportune a time. Satisfied that the present schedule of wages is satisfactory to its emzloyes, and | assured by some of its best men that they | will not submit to such unjust and un- ; asked dictation on the part of the union, | but will remain in their present posi- | tions and refuse to cease work to gratify | the caprices of a coterie of meddlers and agitators, Tuk TRADESMAN herewith an- nounces that it will not concede the de- /mands of the union. In case the union insists on enforeing the proposed sched- ule and attempts to call out the union | Men in its employ, a sign will be dis- played announcing that THe TRADESMAN office will theneeforth be an ‘open | office,’ which means that the office will | be open to any competent workman— |union or non-union, white or black, | Catholic or Protestant, native or foreign | born. THe TRADESMAN has long be- lieved that this is the only proper method | to pursue, and welcomes the opportunity i such a contingency will afford to enable it to place its working force on the same broad plane of independence which has |always characterized its editorial col- umns and its business management. | With this end in view THe TRADEs- | MAN solicits correspondence with a few competent printers—union or non-union | —who are willing to work at the present | schedule of wages—25 cents per hour | and 30 cents per thousand ems—and will | refuse to bow their heads to a despotism | which crushes the manhood out of its adherents and deprives them of the right | vouchsafed to freemen by the constitu- tion of our fathers—the right to think | and act for themselves. j MARRING AMERICAN DESTINY. The use of the term **manifest destiny” | in the discussion of themes of American | polities has been greatly ridiculed, but lif destiny may be foreseen from the ob- vious and necessary drift of events, it | does not appear to be so ridiculous a | thing to look a little ahead at the proba- | bilities. i | The tendency of the present day in | the operation of political forees is to- |ward the aggregation of small states into great nations. Whether they be | empires or republics makes no difference, | the forces in operation are identically ithe same. Within a very few decades the rise and consolidation of great im- perial powers have been seen in Europe, where before existed only separate and independent states. The German and Austrian Empires and the Kingdom of Italy are striking examples. In our own country we see the operation of the same forces in the gathering of a Majority of the American people in arms to prevent the disruption of the Union. The reason for all this is obvious | enough. It is the recognition of a neces- sity to build nations strong enough for | defense against the aggressions of the most powerful. The presence of Russia in Europe and Asia, a gigantie and bar- barian empire actuated by all the robber instincts and habits of the barbarian, has forced upon the other nations not only the necessity of organizing ail their | elements for defense, but in addition of | making closer alliances in order to as- | sure the ability for self-protection. But while the other nations of the ;earth are in the first place organizing for defense at home, and in the second are sending out ships and armies to seize upon and convert to their own uses the weak nationalities of Asia and Africa, the United States is standing still. It has no colonies, no possessions outside its own limits. It views with indiffer- ence the great powers of Europe dis- jointing and mangling and making prey of the countries of Asiaand Africa. This great Republic learns no lesson and takes no warning when it sees the nations of Europe dripping with the blood of Asia and Africa, laying their sharp claws upon the islands of the Pacific. Next they will be dismembering the countries of Central and South America. But all this time the people of the United States give no sign. They ap- pear not yet to have recovered from the bitter internal feuds and sectional hates that have given them so much oppor- tunity to indulge their passion for blood- shed. They have found it more conven- ient, if not more profitable, to cut the throats of fellow-citizens than to resent affronts or seek causes of war with for- eigners. It seems that the American people are not yet done cutting each others’ throats. But it is full time that they had glutted their desires for such carnage, unless they wish to see the whole world parceled out among the great powers of Europe and themselves environed by colossal foes instead of by weak and trembling states shaken by revolution. Itis time that some effort for self-defense was being made, some policy for strengthening the National position was being put into operation. How is all this to be done? Not so much by building ships and constructing fortifications, although these are indis- pensable, but by shaping some course of action that will make the American power dominant on the American Hemi- sphere. It is to acquire Canada and Cuba by peaceful and friendly means, and to establish paramount relations and influence with the countries to the south. Both Canada and Cuba would long ago have become parts of the Republic but for the sectional warfare in the Republic itself. The South opposed the making of more Northern States, while the North fought every scheme to make more Southern slave States. A writer in the Americon Journal of Politics re- cites some of the history bearing on the past opportunities to secure a perfect union with Canada. It is shown that terms for a close union with Canada were proposed to the people of Quebec by the Continental Congress in session in Philadelphia upon Oct. 26, 1774, and again in May, 1775. It was advocated by Washington, Frank- lin, Hamilton, Samuel Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Jay, Livingston, John Adams and Gouverneur Morris. The failure to secure its eonsummation at that time was largely due to the publication of an ultra Protestant attack upon the Roman Catholics of Lower Canada. It might have been effected in 1837 but for the cold indifference of the American people, which enabled the Imperial Government to easily crush the annexation movement then active in Canada, and drive its chief promoters, William Lyon McKenzie and John Rolph, into exile: and stil] again in 1849, when such prominent political leaders as the late Sir George Cartier and Sir Alexander T. Galt; Sir Leonard Tilley, the present Governor of New | Brunswick; Sir John J. C. Abbott, ex- Premier of the Dominion, and Sir David McPherson, a Senator of Canada, signed the Montreal annexation manifesto, but for the determined opposition of the leaders of the pro-slavery party in this country, who feared the effect of the ad- mission of several new States into the Union, and to prevent which they se- cured, through President Pierce, the re- ciprocity treaty of 1854, which gave to Canada the financial and commercial ad- vantages of political union without sep- aration from Great Britain. The prospects of such a union have not been bright for some time past, but the difficulties in the way of it are not insur- mountable. As to expansion southward, that is another great necessity, but it is receiving no consideration. The hopes of an inter-oceanic ship canal, an enter- prise of absolute necessity for the com- merce and protection of the Republic, has been suffered to fall into neglect and decay, while but little national interest is taken in the convulsions of the south- ern countries of this continent. The policy of our nation is in every case one of cold indifference to all, while European influences are being exerted there when- ever an opportunity offers. If such a policy is to be much further pursued, the United States will not exist much longer without finding herself environed on all hands by powerful foreign and probably hostile nations. Its destiny, however manifest, is being marred and impaired by a blind and fatnous desire to be at peace with all peoples except its own citizens. Civil discord is the normal condition of all the American nations. They inherit it from the Indians, whom they have plundered, murdered and dis- placed. It is the revenge of fate. The American Federation of Labor, in annual convention at Chicago last week, officially commended the pardon of the anarchists, thus placing the seal of anar- chy on the brow of every man in the country who owes allegiance to a trade union. No trade unionist can be a loyal member of his union without admitting that he is also a believer in the princi- ples and practices of anarchy. eerie cL Business Change--Brief Sketch of Old Firm. Burnip’s Corners, Dec. 16—The F. Goodman & Co. general stock has been sold to C. & A. DeJongh, of Muskegon, business men of ability, who come to Burnip’s Corners highly reeommended, who have already added to their stock and purpose to carry on a general trade. The Messrs. DeJongh were previously engaged in the grocery and crockery trade in Muskegon. The firm of F. Goodman & Co., con- sisting of Francis Goodman (ex-member of the Michigan Legislature), Allen Twin- ing and L. Perrigo, commenced busi- ness at the old stand of T. Castor & Co. in December, 1885, with W. H. Goodman as manager. In November, 1886, Mr. Perrigo withdrew from the firm and the stock was moved to the present location in the Dibble building. Inthe following spring J. W. Sprau purchased the inter- est of Mr. Twining and the business con- tinued under the old firm name. In Oc- tober, 1891, the interest of Mr. Sprau was sold to the senior member of the firm. Wm. H. Goodman, the manager, purchased an interest soon afterward, and the business continued to be con- ducted under the same style until the recent sale. The business was reason- ably successful, but the poor health of the senior member, and the election to office of County Treasurer of the junior member of the firm, was the reason for the discontinuance of the business by Goodman & Co. i» 2 i» 2 THE MICHIGAN TRAD AN OPERATION IN LEAD PENCILS. Written for THE TRapEsMAX. He is traveling salesman for a promi- nent stationery house, and one of the cleverest in the business. We had talked over note and letter pa- per, and legal, bill and foolscap, had dis- cussed erasers from one end to the other, had compared notes on‘‘paps’’ and ‘‘tabs’’ and had finally reached that point at which buyer and salesman exchange views upon not only the quality of goods but the relative merits of special makes and brands, and the curious—often well- nigh unaccountable—freaks which the public takes in the matter of the goods which it will or will not have. ‘*‘Now, here is a pen,”’ said he, ‘‘which is just as good as the Spencerian in every respect, even to durability—in fact, I will challenge any expert to tell the dif- ference without seeing the lettering; but buy sparingly of it, for it is nota rapid seller. And this pencil is equal to any on the mrrket at fifty cents more money, but if your customer wants a Dixon ora Faber, you can’t sell it to him, and you will save your breath not to try—keep them for the ‘don’t knows’ and ‘don’t cares.’ You will be giving good goods and making a little more money. “And speaking of pencils, did I ever tell you about our deal in plain cedars?” He never had, so, after lighting afresh cigar and smiling a large, robust smile, he said: ‘*‘We used to have a big trade on plain cedar pencils. They were the only thing that could be sold for a cent apiece, and we had lots of trade that used them, while we sold loads of them at retail as well. But when the Eagle folks put their rubber tipped hundred and forty on the market at 75 cents it knocked the plain cedars into a cocked hat. Still there seemed to be no good reason why plain cedars shouldn’t go if they could be sold at a price to induce the retail trade to push them, and when Blumen- rosen, the pencil man, offered our buyer some at thirty cents, he bought liberally. ‘*‘Next time he called on us he offered them at twenty-five, and our man, think- ing ita snap, took some more. Off and on he bought plain cedar pencils till all the available space in our store was full. We piled them under the counters till the molding began to warp; we stuffed the garret till the roof bulged; we stowed them under the typewriter tables and filled the cloak room and the private office; but when, one morning, the old man found a fresh lot of a hundred gross or more heaped up on his desk, he called a halt. ‘**He said that he had seen something of farm life when a boy, and that when his father had filled all his barns with hay he always sold what was left in preference to stacking it out in the weather. So the fiat went forth to the boys on the road: **Push plain cedars at cents.’ ‘‘We pushed. On one of my trips I made a special effort and sold a good many. Most of them are still in the hands of the customers who bought them, and I soon found that it was hurting the sale of other goods and didn’t pay. ‘‘But on one joyous occasion Blumen- rosen called again. “By the way,’ said he, when he had finished taking our order. ‘You haven’t bought any plain cedars. How many will you want this trip?’ thirty-five ** “None, I guess,’ said our buyer. ‘** ‘Better buy. Plain cedars are sure to go higher, and you must need some; you use more of them than any other jobber in the business,’ ***But you said they were sure to go up a year ago, and they are lower now than they were then.’ ““*Never mind a year ago. I know what I’m talking about and I say plain cedars must go higher. How many shall I put down?’ “What price?’ ‘* «T wenty-five.’ *‘O, rats! We can sell cedars at twenty-five cents. object nowadays.’ “Blumenrosen felt a little miffed and he said: “* We'll take all you have at twenty- five. I tell you now is the time to buy, and I am only talking for your own good. The house tells me to sell at that price now only as a special favor. How many do you say?’ ***None this time. If they go higher we'll have to stand it, and we’ll see you next time you come to town.’ ‘“‘Blumenrosen soon took his departure, and as fast as possible we boxed up our surplus stock of plain cedar pencils. When packed they made an appalling and awe-inspiring array; but no qualm of conscience deterred us from returning the goods to their original owners, for had not Blumenrosen said, ‘We'll take all you have at twenty-five cents” And could we know that he was not in earnest? Assuredly not. Cost isa good price for dead stock; eh, boy? “So the goods were bundled off as per erder of Blumenrosen, and when the pencil company received the invoice it wired that magnate, whose fortunes had by that time landed him in St. Louis, to know what it all meant. ‘‘Blumenrosen’s stock of English for- sook him as he grasped the full enormity of the affair, and throwing up both hands in fine agony he faintly gasped: “**Ach, der lieber Himmel! *% * * * * you plain That’s no ‘‘Blumenrosen was instructed by his house, and the letter which reached him ran something like this: ***In future kindly confine your efforts to the sale of goods. Should our regular buyer at any time feel himself in need of your assistance, you will be immediately notified of the fact.’ ” “How many pencils did you ship back?”? 1 asked when the tale was ended. “O! Lean’t say exactly. Perhaps six thousand gross. Gero. L. Tuurston. nt A Text for a Sermon. Written for THE TRADESMAN. I would like Mr. Abbott or Mr. Owen to take the following incident for a text and deliver a sermon to the retail gro- cers: A certain dealer, who depended upon the farmers’ patronage, was asked one day at what price he sold buckwheat fiour. He replied, “Seventy-five cents per 25-pound sack.’’ The farmer said, ‘Well, I would like to sell you about 100 pounds at that rate and I will take my pay in trade. If you don’t ‘do that, Pll have to sell to the farmers around here, and that will stop some of your salgs.”’ The dealeg thought for a moment and, being afraid that if the farmer sold to the fariners he would take the money and buy of some rival grocer, or buy dry SMAN. a goods and ‘‘stand him off” for groceries, consented. *‘Well,”’ said the farmer, “I guess [ll take two packages of XXXX coffee. How much is your coffee?” “Twenty-eight cents.” “Oh, I can get it in Petoskey for 25 cents. lf you want to do business here, you’ll have to sell as cheap as they do in Petoskey.” “Well, all right, seeing as it is you.”” The next article was 25 cents’ worth of crackers, and, as they sold four pounds for 25 cents in Harbor Springs, the dealer must put up fourpounds. The next was six bars of Lenox soap for 25 cents, be- cause ‘‘Cheboygan did.’? The balance, $1.25, was to be in granulated sugar and he wanted twenty pounds for $1 because his mother-in-law said she could get it for that in Grand Rapids. The dealer here made a decided ‘‘kick’’ and, after a lengthy discussion, in which the dealer proved that the sugar laid down cost more than that, they compromised on the basis of nineteen pounds for $1. At this point the dealer’s ‘cash book’ stood about like this: oe Losses. Total profits, 5 cents, Total losses, $2.60. Now for the sequel: Shortly after a customer came in with a basket of eggs. was agreed There upon. were for the eggs, the dealer ‘throwing in time and sack. Another customer ex- three dozen eggs; and so on through the day. buckwheat flour into the money he should have received for goods, he worked faith- fully sixteen hours, furnished four sacks for the flour, counted 48 dozen eggs, from 96 sources the prices of butter, eggs, flour, ete., in fifteen different mar- kets. eight complaints from different members of the families to whom he sold this buckwheat flour, all agreeing that the flour was composed of bran, middlings, mill sweepings and buckwheat, and was not nearly as good as the flour he usually sold. The dealer says he was a ‘“‘darn fool,” and the writer agrees with him. H. Dp. T, et, An Old Business. It is said that in the village of Brandon, England, there still survives one of the can be traced back to prehistoric times. lt is the manufacture of flints for guns and tinderboxes. There is no regular factory, but the work is done in little sheds, often at the back of the townfolks’ cottages. It will naturally be asked, who these days of phosphorous matches and Martini-Henrys? The answer to the first question is that there is a good trade in tinderbox flints with Spain and Italy, where the tinderbox still keeps its ground in very rural districts. Travel- ers in uncivilized regions, moreover, find flint and steel more trustworthy than matches, which are useless after they have absorbed moisture. Gun flints, on the other hand, go mostly to the wild parts of Africa, where our old friend, ‘Brown Bess,’ sold by auction long aga cm Comoe, Sheut... |... | 8 Onsen ahout 03 On Crackers, about. ............. 01 Vhcoear about =... $ 03 In temper, about...... ee ase 2 47 In time at $2 per day............. 10 | After some haggling, a price of 25 cents three | dozen and, after ‘finding out’ the cost | of a 25-pound sack of the buckwheat | -flour, the customer took that in exchange | 09 changed three pounds of butter for the) another three pounds | of butter for a 25-pound sack of the flour: | By the time the dealer had turned the | weighed 48 pounds of butter, and learned | Inside of two weeks he listened to | oldest industries in the world, one that | wants tinderbox flints and gun flints in | 9 for what flint muskets would fetch, has found, it seems, her last refuge. Queer Jame Nf be tee tubs Pibarinenettks all let him be ever so competent MicttheL J. Robertson, John MeQueen, James Campbell, peaensie sInpet - Neither a — Andrew I. Stokoe, Benjamin A. Almy, and John p Detroit “an a proprietor, who may have had un- Spiritual dyspepsia is harder to cure | MeQueen are complainants, and Hartley E. 7 : ve cl ' i ' , | than the other kinc Hendrick Assignee of the Middleville Manu- a limited experience, but has not served ce ata ten kind. ig c ompany yis defendant, shall sell at % a ea ——| three years under a registered pharma- Every time the devil makes a hy poerite auction to the highest bidder, for cash, r Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical clety. _. .. 2 he has to admit that nothing pays so wel! at the factory of the Middleville Manufacturing President, John D. Muir; Sec’y, Frank | cist—unless the Board changes the reso- as being good i Company the Village of Middleville, Barry % a ee cony ; in 6 ae oe = oe County, higan, on Tuesday. the 2d day of —— - lutions to fit each individual case. Many people who pray for a d eper January next (1894), at 10 o’¢lock in the fore s¥h di é é é ee »Y ’ ; : oe K The Board has issued a new: lies ee : : ij noon, the following goods sroperty and reales : ae . i ard has issu é lew applica- rk grace ‘ . ty > > : alae Sac Mr. Jesson to Mr. Vernor. i : : : pptica ge K of 1ce do not want it to come | tate of said Middieville Manufac turing Com Written for TRADESMAN tion blank, on the back of which is the | deep enough to reach the pocket. pany, by classes as follows: Idid not start this controversy wi _ CLASS NO. 1 (Real Estate). So much of the >» «+ i sn ae : following described land as — west of the the intent of casting re tions u way of the Grand River Valley Railroad : acr he same, said rig f way being i i ny Te across the same, sald right of way being ¢ > individual m 0 he Board, but ith, thatis to say, extending fif inasmuch as one of the State Boards way from the center of the track ! : cepuaeaie id, as now laid out, constructed, ry operating under one of the laws of the] co use; the entire of said land, the said icin hon il i. ee ue west part of which is hereby conveyed. being state, ha 1a cours ot va i i | bo inde dar ved as follows, towit: Be ual by that law, I feel that I or any ot ginuing on the east bank of the 'Thornapple ace : ce FROME =| | river on the south line of Main street, in the vil citizen has a right to object. Mr. Ver- | Ly co: lage of Mid ille, in the: township of Thorn yey ie dies ia le LAMOREAU* apple, Barry Cot Michigan, according to the r, i AN i pint of said village, as recorded in the office of to mv a e in THe TRADESMAN fo! the Register of Deeds in and for said county, 4 + 1 nl . Hi, dt te. ia saidiaiaia i run g thence northeasterty along said south Jec. 6, deals in sareas ngs Se Oe of janeieg : ly Rased 1D line of said Main street to the northwest corner ene ae Eee ee ‘a he service of and under the direction and of Block No. 13 of said village, according to the ut t put i assu deponent in com- plat aforesaid, thence southeasterly along the that ¢ oe Sins deeustedeas, 1e of said Block 13 to the Thornapple i nig £ I iy uous SEND US YOUR er, thence north erly along the bank of said me as mm May Pingree, ners, in a retail drug rer to the place of beginning; together with He does : tn a _ —, and this de- itfor the purpose of driving machinery vs i 1 l l sie tile ial Y end carrying on business upon the premises 97 By ata it is facts that ar vanted a not] i fl ‘ pe ol hereby conveyed, to the use of water and water i : Wd in every respect to { } power from the Thornapple river in common sarcas emarks anc sin 3 1} ties of a registered phar- a with Thomas DPD. French and Reginauld T. q : 4 : Jrenet} eir heirs and cioy © Ta ( . have always be na firm be a j ma , and to bea proper person to be on “Ey ; i aia nape 1 Ce a a _ ; os cm ii : 7 LL WE WANT THEM ALI conditions and upon the terms declared in a : an advoeate f pharma a ee | registered h by the Michigan Board NO M ATTER HOW MAN y eertain deed of conveyance and recorded in the vy i j} of Pharmacy. eee, “ wa Ld vy mel " ie R egister of Leeds for Barry County, upport any easonable law of t na- | Subseribed and sworn to before me Michigan, on the 10th day of Decemter, A. D. ture in t cts I Clihie aa. ot 1 Ws) Alera . at 1890, at 8 o'clock P M.,in Liber 51 of Deeds, on aa lo not} this—day of —, A. D. 18—. YLAIWAYS & lve Fall Market Valne pages 465, 446 and 467. —_—e, “a t y aeaees ay \ S NO. 2 desir« that 4 irg ma of | " —_— scr \ 4iUU _ CLASS NO. 2. All brass and metal goods, cast the druggists should be arrays wainst | Chis affidavit is in line wi ings, scraps, sheet metals, wires, metzl orna- yo ar hare a ments, furniture, and niture trimmings, dyes, the law, ther s nothing ever|/lutions. But, where can I tha screws, lacquers and plating appa- ; , i 3 a} ler ratus, tools, supplies and chemicals. Foundry » r neh y that wa } rarr + mah oa Hharmacist be ) wy hie ] ] i ll « : > done by 1 vat would warra such an pharma found who ] if ii iy i tools and materials and all stock mate- interpre tian, a a i eo a ake such an. affidavit? aU ZR uy Uy rials, tools, suy plies, mac hinery, and property : Ah i re ' F i included in the inventory and appraisal made pHarmacists in line for the law, and | person perfectly competent, and havi 1g | . CURES by the Assignee of the » Middleville Manufactur I do a 4 i | ae on : ing Company, under said assignment, unde r the lesire to se S oe sht | (tor the sake of argument) the thre headings of “‘stoc kK ipping room,”’ ‘‘polish in the Legislaturs as was m in | years’ experience required, but wh¢ ing room,” and ‘Foundry room.” And every- oo 1! a wa 1ade n}- I yulr ut who included in 2 **Recapitulation”’ of sa d Illinois a few years ago at vhich | unabie to obtain the above affidavit— inventory and appraisal as “stock and supplies.” a time the drugzyists sked rr «Cre-| Would the Board grant him an examina- , CLASS NO. 3. All machinery and tools not “ae +) : ice CL : i : : heretofore included in ¢] ss No. 2 and being all me peai u ss e law could be s né ed | tion nk not, unless the resolution the machinery and tools, belting, s i lers § rs, engine ] 1es8 as to forever prohibit the B rt ‘ n de- | ra repealed Th only th : ri ae nl ll = ag lathe ’ 1 i€ I s, blows a piping. emery wheels, & 3 2 priving the druggists of the State from | for the Board to do is to drop the resolu- ane and ansteri a forges and i my ements, ' | inery and m i te¢ obtaining rezgistered erks ms and comply with the law WwW} eh ( them so sea that no ( soard of Pharmacy is exnected to le d in the “Re at any p1 I : , is to give the law a fair, intelligent Ce e ventory and oe i recash.and in one parcel, the prop- ‘= 2 tered pharn st. and ma . racertain ‘‘walk”} W BK a Sat? White : rap men Sienlaremne as embraced in ’ } and 2 A : : —e Vain | pabiet form, | Class No. 4 above, pounded a few prescript ordshi | cut from 401 h dozen orde red, also After receiving such bids upon said separate » &- oii l ling ¢ hoice Pres¢ rip- | Classes I shall then « iter the entire of the prop 1ak ip Ss I : and yund with a | erty contai ned in said four ¢ as in one exami ” Ind «goes ¢t e of| made an ment ne Pigeon lebudeslll tathsnpi ha i ss_bid so re a ‘ ! ‘ : ¢ i entire property contained in said the so-called rma $ ols and,| i iucta — exceed the aggregate of the an i 1 cert n district for or each f said four respective > yarrot } Par ' r me at i t for Maid | parrot i € arh enoug tO pass soars Bo the lord s separately I shall immediately strike off the exam hoes a at des t I See te eee in gross- the entire as one a. y i but, t ourse parcel—to the highest bidder the In Case ~ ” be granted a certificate On the other|his o igons, | ss bid shall not > agyregate of SEE EE EEO a eaten rh, ce erty in classes, ' 5 mal nte 4 pharmacy ae 7 and sell said % fF 7 that does a la le _ . , to an Englisl to said high : er 2 ~ oe ( 2 | Lavendula 90@Q2 Seem - «+... : Sita 2 4°-Dz 60 Phosphorium dil...... 20 Mentha Pi : OU Salicylicum . ..--1 30@1 70 | Mentha Piper. --2 85@3 60 Sulphuricum.. a Mentha Verid..._ teveee SOUEE Oo Tannicum 1 40@1 60 Morrhuse, al.........1 Obed io ey. x o Tartaricum........... 30@ 33| Myrcia, ounce......... D 50 Ome 85@2 75 AMMONIA. Piels on ae 35) 10@ 12 Aqua, 16 deg.......... 34@_ 5 | Ric 224@1 28 r b doe... : 7 Hosmarini.” oe = ' osae ounce. 6 50@S8 Ki gabon id Succini...... 40@ 4! ng Reese |... 9G ANILINE, Santal @ P 9 of | Sassafras. 50@ el 2 00@2 25 ( eee mee 00 Tet es @ 45; 50 ee iia eu, @ Od. «-- weeneeseeeeereee 2 1 x Thy ae. 0@ VeOMow 1. 2 50@3 00 opt @ 6 BACCAE, Theobromas.. —.. oe Cubeae (po 36). .... 2@ 30 POTASSIUM. ——- eae 8@ 10} BicCarp...... 15@ i8 Xanthoxylum . 2@ 30 ee: oo 13@ 14 BALSAMUM Bromide. . 40@ 43 ' i" _. Carb _ Irae a cee eye ie = Chlorate @o 3%) . 4@ 26 er i tt oo 2c POveniog -. BOQ 55 Terabin, Canada .... Cee OM Toei a 2 W@3 00 SBE HI 5@ 50 Fotassa, Bitart, pure.. 27@ 30 Otassa, Bitart,com... @ 15 bi C nai 18 Potass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10 A es, is cea oe é Potass Nitvas....... %@ 9 eee at Prosaiata 28@ 30 Cepcnens Fiava............_ 18 Sulphate Hoo. 15@ 18 Euonymus atropurp.. a 2 20 RADIX Myrica Cerifera, po......... a et i2 Aconitum ree 20@ 25 inital cy ER 22Q 25 Reems .............,. iz, eochum. 12@ 15 Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... 15] Arum, po. @ 3 Calamus.. : 20@ 40 EXTRACTUM Gentiana (po. 12)... “s@ 10 Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 24@ 25] Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 po 33@ 35] Hydrastis © anaden, Haematox, 15 Ib. box.. ne (po -_... @ 30 Poison cue. 14 | Hellebore, — — 15@ 2 - Ys. ao 15 | Inglis, no... 15@ 20 ss 148. ous FO TT eean ne 1 60@1 75 FERRU Iris plox (po. 35@38).. 35@ 40 vale, pe. 40@ 45 Carbonate Precip...... @. 15] Mar camer in. ie @ 35 Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 eres, po. 15@ 18 Citrate Solubie........ @ 80] Rhe ~c.. Soead oO Ferrocyanidum Sol... @ WO} * Gut @1 75 Solut Chioride........ @ 15 “Dy T@1 35 Sulphate, com’l....... .9@ 2] Spigelia | iT g5@ 38 “ pure... @ 7) Sanguinarta, (po : . @ Ww Serpentaria. ee. ae FLORA, enega 54 60 an y a i ONG 2 Arnica ................ - 20 Similax, Officinalis, H § @ 40 Anthemis ...... *#@ 35 M @ 2% Raaease let 50@ 65] sefllae. (po. 35) -. 00@ 12 FO).A Sy mploc arpus, Fosti a —ee aus, po ial @ 35 Perot ......,...... 1I8@ 50] yoo en ne Si) Soe Cassia Acutifol, Tin- ' Valeriane, Eng. ( 1K ON nivelly snes, SQ 2 — 13q@h 9) de lx. 3@ ; lorn Salvia officinalis, ‘4s : : cen 1@ w Omg Ma........;. ‘aus 15@ 25 SEMEN. ea oo .... |. : SB 101 anisum, (po. 20) . @ 15 6UMMI. Apiu m (graveleons) F@ 18 | Acacia, ist picked @ 60| Bird, Is ‘on o a. : 2 1 WGI 26 | ot Ow - OG to sifted sorts @ wv a 5 1¢ 4 an Sq) ‘ oe AMD TQ Ov Aloe, Barb, (po. 60) SK 10a 12 ss Cape (po. 2)).. & 9 Onan \ £0 i Socotri, (po. 60) @ Biz enieuine i Pe Caiechn, 18, (4s, 14 Ke a: Q : 16) ! ‘ ~ Ammoniae : bu 3 Assafretida, (po. 35).. 36 L Benzoinum ' 2. | Pharlaris Canartan Camphore.. a Euphorbium po 10] smapis Albu. Gaibanum 7 : Nigra.. Gam boge, C re i Guaiacum, (po 35) Q@ 3 SPIRITUS, mind, (po 1 10).. @: 5| Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 OO@2 50 Mastic @ » i D7. 8.....1 mee Myrrh, (po 45) @ wv . esas -1 254 Opli (po % 50) 2 40G@- 50 | Juniperis Co. 0. T._!11 6: ShelJac 35@ 12 “ ‘ 14 as bleached 33@ 35}| Saacharum N. E mr Pragacanth 40@1 00 | spt. ni Galli... 17% 0 HERBA—Iin ounce packages, Vint Oporto ..... -1 25@2 00 Vini Aiba.. -1 25@2 00 Absiutnium 25 ni Alb Eupatorium 20 SPONGES, —.. _ “| Fierida sheeps’ wool J :: ce oo anal -. .2 BO@2 75 | Mentha Piperita. . . 23 | Nassac sheeps’ wool a Vir. ......-... 25 | carriage 2 00 | Rue..... ch S| Velvet extra sheeps” Tanscetum, - wocl Carriage. 1 10 Thymue, V “| Extra yellow sheeps’ MAGNESIA, carriage added ee a 85 Calcined, Pat... ...... 55@ 66] Grass sheeps’ wool car ‘ Carbonate, Pat....... 20@ 22] Triage .... 65 a. K 20 25| Hard for slate UKE. 75 Carbonate. K.& M.... 2@ 2 Carbonate, JenningS.. 35@ 3¢| Yellow _ for r slate a use .... 1 40 Absinthium. .. .-3 50@4 SYRUPS. Amygdalse,Duie . . 452 Actacia 50 | Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@S Zingiber 50 Anis! .... ..-1 70Q1 oes 60 Auranti Cortex.......2 30@2 40 | Ferri [od........ 8 Bergamii ... - 3 25@3 50 ead Cortes. Cou... - 60@ 65} Rhei Arom. Le eek. eo Garyophiyii 75@ 80 Similax Ofticinalis. ete scene 60 CN i 35@ 65 Ce.....: } Chenopodii | oc. a OO SeNeee 50 Cinnamonii..........1 10@1 15 Scillae... rae 50 Coe @ = ESS Gnas 5) Conium me ecenee os 35@ ee 50 opaiba . ak H@ 90 Prunus ¢irg.. 50 _ French 402 Glassware fint. by box 70 & 10, | Less than box 66%, | | | ¢ Declined— { TINCTUREs. Aconitum Napellis . 60 50 | Aled, ...,.. Meteor sec,. GO ~ . and myrrh.. tase 3 60 oe | Anatestida *° | Atrope hese a 60 Benzoin.... 60 “ 50 | 50 | Barosma ie. 50 | CAnsharideg. 75 | Cope 50 Ca dumon. i -. @] Ce.. + oo Caeter .... a 100 cCoccnn . = Cinchona ee 50 A a 60 Columba . 50 Conium U Cubeba.. Digitalis . . Rreot........ Gentian | ee oe oe Zinether (eee eee 50 PyORCvamn | 50 ote 75 Coloricag, 0) 0707) a a Cc nn Pee ee eles 35 Sa a 50 Lobelia. 50 La 50 Nix Vomida ir 50 Opli 88 . Camphorated.. . 50 a 2 00 AMIOne Cortes... ke Cie 50 Rhatany 50 Rhel. 50 Cc assia Acutifol.. tees. 50 Oe. . 50 serpentaria ........ 50 StrOmoninm........ 60 Totaten .... 6 Vaicusan 50 Veratrum Veride 50 MISCELLANEOUS, Aither, Spts Nit, 3F.. 2@ 30 ay... 2 34 Fe 24@ 3 r — (po. 7) cao ff Annatto. : econ 55@ 60 Antimont, po +. 46 5 et Potase T. 55@ 60 i b1 40 Antivebrig: 177) @ & Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 52 Arsenicum oo 7 Balm Gilead Bud. 38 40 Bismuth S. N -2 W@2 2 Calctum Chlor, 1s, ‘Cs is; as, 12)... @ ii Cc antharides Russian, po eee Coc bee aus « @1 00 Capsici Fructus, af... @ 2% sy nea @ w si yee a 2 Car -yophyllus, (po. 15) 100 12 Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75 Cera 51be, 8.47 ..... 50@ 55 Com Five... ... BE 40 Coccns QD 4 Cassia Bractus.. @ 2 Aree. | @ 10 etaceum @Q@ # Chloroform 60@ 63 ag Qi 25 hlor a} - Crat B51 Gi 10n ons oe Cine honidine P&W 156 2 German 8 @ 12 Corks, list, dig, per at ae eka as of Cre “ Q Bd Creta, (bbl. 75) i @ Op. .... va 5@ 5 ‘e precip a 9@ 11 . Rubra... ea sg Crocus 45@ 50 Cudbear.... @ 2 Cupri Sulph 5@ 6 Dextrine a 10@ 12 miner Sdinh........__. 70@ 7% Emery, all numbers. @ Pee @ § Ergota, (po.) 75. 70@ 75 Flake White..... 11.7, 12G = Gallia , Lau foe... oc. a @ e Gelatin, Cooper....... @ 7 60 | Giue, prown. 2... |. 9 15 ' were... ....... 13@ 2B Glycerina .. 144@ Ww Grana Paradisi.. a @ 2 Paes 2@ 55 Hydraag Chior a. @ @ 8% . Ox ace @ ® : Ammoniatti. @1 00 . Unguentum. 45@ 55} Hydrargyrum. @ 64 | Tehthyobolla, Am... 25@1 50 | LO 75@Q1 00 indies. Resubi ica yecs 3 80@3 90 | Iodotarm.............. @4 70 Pepi if 25 L ee 70@ 75 | ace... @ 75 Liquor Arsen et Hy- were tog... @ 2 Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 Meeneats, — & bl ). 24%@ 4 ou: i 60@_ 63 es S.P. &W. 2 10@2 35] Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 20/| Linseed, bofled.. .... 49 a. N.Y. @ & Stnapis............. -- @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter Co Omer 8 on @ 30] _ strained 65 70 ees Canton. @ 40 — _ Meceatios, De . Spirits Turpentine.” 37 40 Myristica, No 1 Cae at Von. @ 3 Nux Vomica, (po20).. @ 10 Snuf "Sockets, De. Voes @ 35 PAINTS. bbl. Ib. Oe Sema 20@ *2 | Soda Boras, (po. 11). . 10@ 11| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@8 rote Saac, H. & P. D Soda et Potass Tart. 27@ 30 Ochre, yellow Mars....1%& 2@4 ol @2 00 | Soda Carb............ 1%@ * Ber... .-1% 3 | Picts Liq, NuC., % gal Soda, Bi-Carb....... @ Putty, commercial... 2% 24 Cl OO Seda: Aah 3K@ ‘| — pore... 2% 24Q3 Picis Liq, quarts @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas. a 2| Vermilion time Amer- ss ..... @ Si Spies. BiherGo... . [ ican eae Pil Sistine (po. 80) . @ 50} “ Myrcia Dom..... “Ge ® Vermilion, English. Piper Nigra. (po. 22). @ 1 “ Mopyrcia ime. |. 00 Peninsular ca Ooi | Piper Alba, (po ¢5) . @ 3 s Vini Rect. bbl. eo, SOO buat Pix Burgan. |” @ 7 -- 18 oe 85) | Wee (@7 Plumbi Acet ... 14@ 15 ion be gal., cash ten days. | Whiting, white Span... @70 Pulvis Ipecac et opli..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal... 1 Qt 45 | Whiting, Gilders’...... 96 Pyrethrum, boxes H | Sulphur, Subhl.. |. 4@ 3 a White, Paris American 16 & Co., dos. .... @1 25 ‘ Roll. : 3 *@ 2% g | Whiting, Paris Eng. i >, 20, Tamarinds ... .. 8 10 he hihi h Glee ee fyrethrum, py........ Ton 24 | Terebenth Ventes. 28 30 | Ploneer Prepared Paint 20@1 4 Guassiae - “--. Op 10 Swiss Villa Prepared Quinia, 8. P.& Woo) 29@ 34 | ao Seumcl Fas P a) eae 22 32| Vanilla. 1 ol opeare 00} *Falnts....... 2... 1 00@1 20 Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14} Zinci Sulph --- %@ 8! VARNISHES, Saccharum Lactispv. 22@ 2 2 | : No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Sam epg Ee 2 00@2 10 | Ons. Extra Turp............ 160@1 70 Sanguis Draconis..... 40 50 | Bbl. Gal le wece Boag... .... 2 75@3 00 Sapo, a 12@ 14) Whale, winter oe, a! No. 1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 _....... 10@ 12 herd, cxiza |... SO Eutra Turk Damar.. --1 55Q@1 ' es... |. @ i Lard No, 1... i. = «5 | ap woe Dryer, No. 1 cc pureraw.... 46 7 =e... 70@75 Importers and Jobbers of ORUGS CREMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES DEALERS IN Paints, Oils 2 Varnishes. Sole Agents for the Celebratea SWISS ulhLA PREPARED PAINTS. ——— sneer tem eR Line of Staple Druggists Sandrics We are Sole Preprietors of Weatherly’s Michigan Gatarrh Remedy. We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of WHISKIES, BRANDIES, GINS, We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. WINES, RUMS. We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarantee satisraction. All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. Send a trial ordar HAZELTINE & PER ) Dave C0, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERY PRICer. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. AXLE GREASE, doz Aurora... = Castor Oil . 60 pan. ......_. 5O Frazer’s.. | 75 = .... ae 65 Paragon .. Ad BAKING POWDER. Acme. i ib. cCams,3 Gos....... .. % ~~ Q _ ~ 1 ae Bulk ee Arctic be cae cane... idoz “* . r » * a se * ian * Fosfon. 16 * Red Star, Ou 1r Leader, 34 ‘Yb cans 14 ib cans 1 given — Price’s. BLUING, Arctic, 40z ovals. 8 oz N Ni No Mexican BROOMS, Seo... 2 Carpet 1 ‘6 Stove, No. Rice Root Scrub row Rice Root Sc 2 row Palmetto, goose..... CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes.. Star Para Wie CANNED GOODS, Fish, Ciams. Little eck, 11b | ib. Clam Chowder. Standard, 3ib.. Core Oysters Standard, ilb... ss 2ib Lobsters. Star, 1 ib 2 b.. Picnic, } ne tot nt ee Ib. -....... Mackerel, Standard, 1 1b. 2 Ib... momen, 2ib..... Tomato Sau ce, 21b Soused, 2 Ib. Salmor. Columbia Rive er, fat talls Alaska, Red ; pink Kinney’s, — ardines. American se che AB Imported 268. Mustard a A Boneless . ‘Trout. Brook, 3 ib.. 5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case. @ + “ tb. car 18, dos. 1 © ommon. Joh uson ‘s sliced...... ' grated. Boot th ’s sliced erated... . Quine eB, Dime cal 1s. 1S Senee i Soaked French | sonst Sweet.. (cco. .: ....... > | Break? eat Cocoa. Fruits. Applies, 3 lb. standard... | York State gallons | Hamburgh — ‘iive oek....... Santa Crus. Lusk’s _ Overland... al Blackberries. 2... une Red.. Pitted Hamburgh . White ... — Damsons, Egg Plums and Green Gages. Erie... oo ( ‘alifornia. eee Gooseberries. Common ee eee Peaches. —_.... a Merwe peoparas ........ California... i Monitor eee a Oxford : ann Pears Pineapples. | Common Raspber ries meee i Black | Hamburg. sk. Erie — Strawberries. Law rence Hamburgh rie Terrapin Blueberries — soi... tongue, % lb i... .. chicken, i lb. ei Vegetables. Beans. Hamburgh stringiless. French style i Limas hon zreen _ Somes. Lewis Boston Baked. Bay State Baked. | World’s Fair Baked nic Baked...... Corn. yurgh ston Eden. Peas. Hamburgh marrofat..... early a... Champion Eng petit pois fancy sifted Vane amp’s marrofat. | early June..... | Archer's Early Blossom | French... Mushrooms. Pumpkin. Se eee | Hubbard . Squash. Succotash. Tomatoes. Baker’s, Cc HEESE. Si Amboy...,...-. Dt cas ound | Lenawee....... | Riverside | Gold Medal | Leiden ' ee C—O i ae 2 2 50 ' Roquefort / \ CURREINI. They are prepared just before It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the Com rt hat ph pet Whortleberries. eres ore, 5 BR SR ER SR BR = Pak a heh pe Harris standard... be a 19421 oo .-.....-.... 2. . 3 | Haces BIOF ..- eee... CHOCO LATE, Sap aoe. ....,....... Schweltzer, imported. domestic .... CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. Pint Quart 1 doz bottles - Triumph Brand. Halt pint, per Gon.......... Past, oo WOGlees.......... 4 50 Quart, per doz ..... CLOTHES PINS. Seross boxes............ 44@45 COCOA SHELLS. 35 Ib. bags..... Less quantity. a : Poun packages. oo ‘6% @7 COFFEE. Green. Rio. —............. 2 ——...... 1¢ ae... 0 Ss ‘ Peaberry ee ee Santos. eee... ee. a —.... 3 ee... - Peaberry .. 23 Mexican and Guatamala. Fair. oe : 21 Cone Fancy.. ‘Maracaibo. es. a a . . Java. —..l...lC 3 Private Growth... 3 Mandehling . | Mocha, Imitation . Arabian. Leu Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLanughlin’s XXXX. Bunola Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case. Extract. — City % TOSS Hummel 8, foil, BTOSS. tin CHICORY. Bulk... Red CLOTHES ‘LINES. Cotton. 40 ft... per dos. in one Jute 60 ft CONBENSED MILK. 4 doz. in case. N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands Gail Borden Eagle..... a, Daisy.. ‘hampion.. Magnolia ae... \ Peerless Evaporated Cream. | oF Half pint, < 25 bottles aes 2 2 R 70 SF SASSER COTPON BOOKS. ‘Tradesman.’ 8 1 books, per hundred 2 00 8 2 7 a“ “ : 2 50 8 3 “ “ a 3 00 8 5 a) “ “a Li 3 oe es . 400 sos ATEN AL Aa a . 5 00 “Superior.” % 1 books, per hundred.... 2 50 g 2 or “ “ a 3 00 g 3 ‘ se “ : 3 50 z 5 “ ‘es oe an 4 00 $10 . e . 500 820 . 6 00 Universal.” % 1 books, per hundred .. 83 00 82 ay - oe $3 ' ' ae $5 ' _ oe — « ” _. oa R20 ‘ se 7 00 Above opetocs on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or over.. 5 per cent —_— * - ee r 1000 - Y o - COUPON PASS BOOKS, |Can be made to represent any denomination from 810 down. | —_o.,........... 8. oe a — 3 00 —_— UU CT — * pec ts kee pean 10 00 moo CU** eT CREDIT CHECKS, 500, any one denom’ a...... 1000, ** oe —° * ' 4 oo Bees: wuen............ ! 7 CRACKERS. Butter. Seymour XXX.. ne .s Seymour XXX, cartoon a. oe Family xc. . © Family XXX, ‘cartoon. . 6% Salted X . i @ oe | cartoon oe Kenosha... ee | Boston. .... 8 Butter biscuit . 4 . 6% Soda. —— see............... @ Soda, tity ....... ie Roan, emees.............. 8% Crystal Wafer. oe Long Island Wafers .......11 Oyster. Se Over EAR. 6 City “Oyster. XXX. oo 6 Farina Oyster.. oo CREAM TARTAR. Strictly pure. = Telfer’s Absolute.......... Grocers’ .... — sor DRI ED FRUITS. Domestic. Apples. Sundried, sliced in bbls 7 . quartered “ 7% Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 11 Apricots. California in bags...... 14 Evaporated in boxes 14% Blackberries. In boxes.. : 8 Nectarines. OO ee cae 10 eo hee... ......... 10% Peaches. Peeled, in boxes...... CaLeran. * el 10% ' . in bage......10 Pears. California in bags 16 Pitted Cherries es eek 50 Ib. boxes ———— B ‘ 10 Pronelies 20 ib. boxkes....... Raspberries. in DAErONs.......... : re Bees... c.... em 7 wk La Raisins, Loose Muscatels in Boxes. ~~ Lorch ige Wek osu eo oa J 20 i Loose Muscatels in 1 Bags. Sete cD Mackerel, Bo. lt. We ihe......... . ee ce Foreign. Currants. Patras, in barrels......... . 2 eee ......... ' in less quantity .... cleaned, bulk.... .. cleaned, _ kage.. Citron, Leghorn. "a Ib. boxes 2 Lemon Orange C 2 r Raisins. Oxndura, 29 Ib. boxes. Suitana, 20 Valencia, 30 “ os runes. California, 100-12).......... ° 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. “ss 80x90 “ o 70x80 “ce . 60x70 ' 7oe................. —— |... a eae Preace, G-7)........ ...... . Wee. ones ae e e.... ...- ™ ee een ee ENVELOPES, XX rag, white. me, 6c. No. 2, 6%.. ie 7.6..........--. No. 2,6.. eae No. 1, 6% No. 2, % Mill No. 4.. FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. 100 Ib. kegs..........--- Hominy. i 3 00 Grits uae oe Lima Beans. ree... «4s. 3% Maccaroni “agra Vermiceili. Domestic, 12 1b. box. Imported.. a ‘Oatmeal, Barrels 200..... Half barrels 100 Pear! bie Bees... 5... Peas. en oF. Split perlb. Barrels 180. Half bbls 90. Sago. NN ce a cee cen. ou ee CR Wheat. Cracked,..... FISH tah, Bloaters. TN ee Cod. ee Whole, Grand Bank..... 5 Boneless, bricks.. ...... Boneless, strips. Halibut. ee 11@12% Herring. Holland, white hoops keg bk “ ac ‘“ Norwegian .... Round, % bb] 100 ee “ 49 mo. i, ibe... mo. 3, 00 e..... Noe Othe ge 0 . 2, 10 Iba Trou No. 1, % bbls., j0lbs i a es No. 1 ¥ bbl, 40 We eee 2% o 80 mo. 1. Gi See... Whitefish. ot % bbls, joo Mine am 00 m7 10 Ib. atte. i 8lb. * FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Jennings. Lemon. — 202 regular oe. 75 4 ” oT 690 ™ ..2 00 No. = toner... .... 1 36 mo. < taner........ 1 50 et ee XX wood, white ee Rolled ‘Oats. an we to Sardines. cai Russian, kegs..... te , GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s ee el. 3% OE Se uereer Mees...............1 Leone. 30 4 lb cans. : 18 Choke here Decne . ee, ect ae oe Oe 2 Ww ApeesGer KPGS.. .......,.... 1 35 ore... 34 Eagle Duck— ecient 8. die ee. 11 00 ee eee 5% Quarter —: sere) oe 1 lb cans. ie ve cana 60 HERBS, con ee oS = ee INDIGO Madras, 5 lb. boxes....... 55 S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes... 50 JELLY. > pails oo @ 5O a @ 790 LICORICE. —_—...................:. = en... ....,._.......--, oe Oeeey... .-..--.,--.......... LYE. Condensed, 2 doz..... --1 25 Y es. 3. le MATCHES, Bo, § eiinhar..........,....16 ener NO... 050s 1 70 ieee... oo... ke Rept oar... ..........- 4 00 MINCE MEAT. SQ0n. Cage... |... ...--.-- 2 Odor, case ............ 8 ee 2 Gone. Ghee .. .....,-. <: 1. 0 MEASURES Tin, per énemn, Do as as 1 % Half gallon. a i. 1 40 Quart. Ls enon ae 70 Pint a 45 Half pint. ve \ 40 Wooden, for vinegar, ” doz. (oe ........ 7 00 Half eee ; 4% Qnart. oad 3% rat, 2 2 MOLASSES. Biackstrap. Suger house.. a : 14 Cuba Baking. Ordinsry .. i 16 Porto Rico. : Prime . ce 20 Fancy .. ei espes = 30 New Orleans. ee etek a \ 18 a 22 Extra ae ee 27 a a 32 Fancy.. 40 One- halt barrels, 3c extra PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count.. @i 50 Half bbls, 600 count.. @2 15 Small. Barrels, 2.400 count. 6 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 50 PIPES. Clay, ee ie — B.tercoem...-..... & Cam, mo, 8........ oe POTASH, 48 cans in case. DaDUee .......... “ 4 00 Fonne Sat Co.s.......-.. 32 RICE. Domestic. Carolina head Le ela dace 6 . ee : Se 5 oo 4 Imported. Japan, No. é oe ce eee ee. 5% eae... .. ee 5 oe as ec ewk be buen 6 SPICES, Whole Sifted Allspice Mie ceca es 9% Cassia, China {n mats...... 8 i satavia in bund 15 . Saigon {fn rolls......32 Cloves, Amboyna...... 22 - Zensibar..... «ott mace Deliv... ...:...... Bo Nutmegs, Pamey.. . me 3............., 2 No. 2 00 Pepper, Singapore, black... 10 white... .20 . shot 16 Pure Ground in Bulk. eee. . Cassia, Batavia. ae eee 28 ' and Saigon. 25 r Saigon oo Cloves, Amboyna...........22 baa Zanzibar..... 18 Ginger, Arrican...... i.e . Coecmre........... 2 " Jamaica... . 22 Mace Batavia.. 65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. 22 Trieste a .25 Nutmegs, Ne. 2 ...... 198 Pepper, S ingapore, black... .16 " White.....24 . Cayenne...... oa Sr Aheolute’ >in Packages. 4s 4s Sues Oeics eed dee a. 84 155 Crameon.. «Be 1 Cloves... -——. OF LS Ginger, Jamaica .. 84 155 . Atreee........ Sa 1S Mustard.. oe Oo Lo POE $4 155 Sane... .... ‘ 84 SAL SODA. a... il 1% Granulated, boxes.......... 1% SEEDS, soo .... @ib Canary, Smyrna. 4 eeewey............., 8 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp, Russian....... 43; Mixed Bird oo eae Mustard, white...... 10 Poeee 9 Rape ae 5 Cuitle ‘bone. oie 30 STARCH, Corn. arn Oe 5X ai “ a 5% me . Gloss, Pip peceanes. ............. 8 3-Ib . Pee eke eee oi 6-Ib oe 5% 40 and 50 Ib. boxes.......... 3% as. --+ oak SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders........ 37 Maccaboy, in jars.. oo french Rappee, in iz ars. Lose, 43 SODA, Do os enc doa ee cas a. Shy Bees, Bogiish 1... 4% SALT. = _ SACKS.......... ...82 26 _se 28 01D, sacks... Le teees 1 85 eae 2 BH 243-lb cases. _1.o & Ib, ered in linen bags. _ oo 281 aru *~ 6 i Warsaw. 56 Ib. dairy in drill bags.. 32 15, “ . . 8 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56 }h, dairy in linen sacks 7% Soiar Rock. Oe. SOCRR 8... 27 Common Fine, eee 7 memes... 75 SALERATUS, Packed 60 lbs. in box, COG 5% POO ee eee... lw, i. Oo epee eS i... o SOAP, Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands, Old Country, 80 1-Ib........3 2) Good Cheer, 601 me 3 90 White Borax, Mm X-Ib......36 Proctor & Gamble. OOO, 83 45 Ivory, 10 mi. 1. 2 7 . of. ............. 4 00 Lenox ue ee ce. 3 65 Mottled German. ae 2 Town Talk he 3B Dineen Shiai: Single oe 3 % 5 box lots, deliy ——...., 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3 %5 Jas. 8S. Kirk & Co.’s Srenie. American Family, wrp d..34 00 “ plain... 2 94 N. K. Fairbank & Co.’s Brands. penen Claue...,....... - 400 Brown, 60 bars.. “ 2 40 " on been... ra 3 25 Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Seana, Oe as 3 75 Ce a, 6 00 Marseilles....... i. 2 oe a , 4 00 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Thompson & Chute Brands. ee 3 65 eo 3 35 Savon Improved 2 50 Sunflower .... 3 05 Goiden..... 3 2 Regnomieay 0 2 2 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 ° band, Sdos.__. |. . 250 SUGAR. The following prices repre- sent the actual selling prices in Grand R apids, based on the act- ual Costin New York, with 36 cents per 100 pounds added for freight. 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. “ue bear. |... .- 8 61 Fowg@eeg 5 17 Granulated . .. 400 Extra Fine ¢ Granulated _- £2 Cubes tence Oo ae XXXX Pow dered... 5 48 Confec. Standard A.. .... 4 67 No. i Coltnbia A) ace Ne SHmpire Al...) ||. 4 42 Ne 6 4 36 ea) 4 3) Ce . _> eo _40 naw ._ ait EE 4 05 mo i... 3 92 No. 13 . 366 aoe. 3 74 SYRUPS., Corn. pare i... 20 Ce Pure Cane ee 19 — So 25 Cates —_ oo TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’ Barer... .. 47% small.. 2 7% Halford, large 13 % small ... oo Salad Dressing, large 11... 455 small . 2 65 TEAS. JAPAN—Regular. weer @17 Coen @20 Choise... .. tt+se ee ae Choleess.........- cose Gat Pee 10 @12 SUN CURED. ae. @17 Lc @20 Cage... 24 @2e Coe... 32 @34 Dust........ 10 @l2 BASKET FIRED. a 18 @20 Choice. . . @2 Choicest. . @35 Extra choice, wire leat @40 G@UNPOWLER. Common to faii.......25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choicest fanty........ 7 @s85 OOLONG, @Q26 Common co fair... ...23 @30 IMPERIAL, Common to fair....... 23 @26 Superiortofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commior. to fair....... 18 @26 Superior to fine....... 30 @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. ee 18 @22 eS ae 24 @28 Pee 40 @50 TOBACCOS, Fine Cut. P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands, mweet Husert..........3 30 @32 Tiger. 3 D. Scotten & Co’s s Brands, Hiawatha ....... 60 Cue... 34 ROGCNOS ................ 29 Spaulding & Merrick’s Brands, Bterigie we 30 Private Brands, Bazoo . 1... @30 Can Cae @27 Nee My.........,... 24 @27 Unels Ben......... —. 6a McGinty See oo ee a 27 Oe EM. 44... 26 Dandy Jim... ........ 29 Torpedo .. ee 24 in drums.. 23 eat We 28 ae... 5... . 23 ~ Coe... ....... 22 Plug. Sorg’s Brands, RpCerneaG ....... |... 39 Pe or 27 NOUby Twist........... 39 Scotten’s pen eee 26 Foeweuw....... . 6: 38 Valley C ity Lae 34 Finzer’s Brands. Old Honesty......... 4 COne PR 2 Lorillard’s Brands. Climax (8 0z., 41¢) 39 Green Torie. |. 30 Three Black Crows. 27 J. G. Butler’s Brands. Something Gooe 38 Out of Sight. 26 Wilson & Mct ‘aulay’s s Brands. Gr mose. |... 43 Happy Thought. ..... 37 Messmate 32 No Tax. i 31 met Go... a Smoking. Catlin’s Brands. Hain dried..........,. 7 Golden Shower 19 Huntress ... 26 Meerschaun .. ee American Eagle C 0.’8 a tae Myrtle Navy nto 40 Stork . 30@32 Camis... -. ie roe... oe 33 Java, ... @5 00 Above prices are for No. 1 furs only. Other grades at cor responding prices. DER ont a — os and green. Long gray, dry.. Gray, dry WOODENWARE. Tubs, 1 ae 6 00 = ................ & ao I No. Se. 4 50 Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 130 No. 1, three _— 1 50 Bowls, 11 inch.. L a 1g ‘e 90 i * to a a : “+ 1 oO ° * betes icte., oe eS Baskets, tel a . = shipping bushel... 1 15 c full hoop sg 1s e willow eP’ths, No.1 5 25 . No.2 6 25 r No.3 7 25 oites e No.1 3 75 ' ’ r No.2 4 25 i _ " Moe 4 38 INDURATED WARE, Pails.. ce 3 15 Tubs, No. 1 ac. 20 oO Tubs, a. ee on Tubs, x a... , ...10 50 Butter Plates—Oval, 250 1000 a 1, GO @ i6 es... 70 245 No. 3 $0 280 No. 5. 100 350 Ww ashi onstage Universal ....... 2 Ne Q@ucen | 2 50 Peerless Protector. 2 40 Saginaw Globe......._. 1% Double. Water Witch... . 2 25 Witton... .. 2 50 wooe ice 206 Feeniess...._... 2 85 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT, No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 55 No. 2 Red (60 lb, test) 55 MEAL. Bolted... ... 1 40 Granulated.. 1 65 FLOUR IN SACKs., Prete. 215 *Siandards........... .. 16 sete, I 55 a eae s I 35 *Graham. 1 60 Rye. . 1 60 *Subject ‘to’ ‘usual cash dis count. Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. MILLSTUFFS, Less Car lots quantity Bran. .. 815 00 $16 00 Se reenings tone 1 OO 13 00 Middlings..... 15 00 16 00 Mixed Feed... 17 0) 17 50 Coarse mea! . 16 (0 18 00 CORN. Car lots.. Lc 40 Less than ‘car fot 44 OATS Car lots..... tees oe Less than car lots.. oe Hay, No. 1 Timothy, car lots....11 99 No. 1 " ton lots .-12 50 FISH AND OYSTERS. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. ee @9 Trou ee Blacl i Bass. |. 12% Reet... @15 Ciscoes or Herring.. @ 5 Bluefish. . _ a lobster, ‘per Ib. A ce, 10 No. 3 Pickerel @10 ea eee cea a. @s8 once White... @10 Red Snappers......... 12 Columbia River Sal We ee ccc... 1214 Mackerel... . 2Q25— oy STERS—Cans. Fsirhaven Counts. @35 2. Y. Sees... @30 oo ....... eae @2% De Be cise ce... @23 ANCROFS...02....... @20 Reamaarad, ........... @is Pavarne............... @16 OYSTERS—Bulk. Extra Selects. a gal 13 BeIOGh ....... 1 50 *tandards...... 10 COMME. 1... 22 Sealops........ i. 1 5) Moroes 1 Cite... 2 13 SHELL e@oops, Oysters, per Mc 1 25@1 50 Clams, : 75@1 00 PROVISIONS The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. Mess, . hey ee 14 00 Short cut 47 Extra Clear pig, short cut 16 4 Extra clea Clear, fat Boston e Clear bac u a Standard clear, short ent, best 16 OK SAUSAGE, en ound i \ 6 Cottolne......... ; 50 lb. Tins, \ye : 20 Ib. pails, 4e wi, “ Xe ao. | we 3 Ib. ' le BEEF IN Extra Mess, warr bi b i Extra Mess, Chicago packing. ete Boneless, rump butts, : : 10 00 SMOKED MEATS—CaL Vassed or Plain, Hams, average oe 8 | 9% Ibe... : 10 i ” i to 1d ihe 10 picnic. 8 . best boneless. a 9 Shoulders. : Breakfast Bacon bx Dried beef, ham pri he Long Clears, heavy begase Briskets, medium. . 9 mt name... \ a 9% DRY SALT MEATS. Butts.. Lac. . 9 Dp. S. Bellies. Fat Backs. 7 50 FEET. PI KEED PIGs’ Barrels.... ‘ meee... ...... dele deueec es, Kits, honeycomb.... eee 65 Kits, premium a . 5 BEEF TONGUES ee Half barrels... Per pound..... . BUTTERINE Dairy, sold packed............. oo Dairy, rolls “ Creamery, solid packed. . Creamery, rolis .... .. : : \ «.. [5% (_ceee........ eee eee ea, 5S @7 Fore quarters ' 5 cine Guenter... @ 6 ROMO NG eg - 8 @l0 Mane... q Rounds ... Chucks.. eee eee. / @ 4% os An eee esc ees @ 4% reece... 6 Loins . EE 61g Leaf Lard..... Carcass Eee. ........- Carcass .... eee 0 @G CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. LAMP BURNERS, No.0Sun.. ee not Naz “ a . Tubular. LAMP CHIMNEYS. Per box, 6 doz. in box. Ba eoen............ No. 1 . Ros " Pees No. 0 Sun, crimp top. ‘ ay 1 _ ee 5 Naz “ . eee i ~ EXX Flint, No. o" crimp “4 i g No. 1 . ‘ en Nez “ ' - 3 Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped an d labeled No. 2 No. 2 Hinge, La Bastie. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. No. 2 ’ No. No. 2 i i crimp, per. doz Ledeedeaeeu a aa LAMP WICKS, me GC per ores. No. 1, C No. 2, [ No. 3 i \ sia de aaa Mammoth, per doz... ah dee cece ee STONEWARE—AKRON, ito 6 gal oe “4 ge gal. per doz hs odode ae Jugs, % gal ., per doz a sl Lie tga... per gal... .. Miik Pans, gal., per dos “ rr 7. “ Butter C Toe ks, STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED, Bitter Crocks, | and teal.................. @F Milk Pans, * gal es ote eed ee seen ooee ce oa 65 Aa THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN TWO MONEY KINGS. They Do Business. New York of them— Of ail the millionaires in City—and there is no lack there are none who are such moving as John D. and William Rockefeller. These two between them are worth oot far from $300,000,000 of their own. In addition, they are at the head of the great Standard Oil Company, a corpora- tion which extends its tentacles not alone all over the United States, but all over the world, from New York to Hong Kong and from Hong Kong to Liverpool. Its pipe lines and railroad connections stretch over thousands of miles of terri- tory. Itowns thousands upon thousands of acres of coal and oil lands, it employs an army of men and its steamships may be seen in every civilized port. Once, on the witness stand, Rockefeller told a committee ing the Standard Oil Trust that he no idea as to his wealth, and stil! less as to that of the company of which he is the head. That it was enormous, he ad- mitted. The two Rockefellers vast property. To be there are partners. H. M. Flagler, ex-Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney, repre- senting the interests of the Ohio Paynes, and others are largely interested in the Standard Oil properties. But the efellers are the streng men of the great combination. There may be men somewhere who are more plain and more unassuming than these oil kings, but I have never met them. I recently met the pair on lower Broadway. They were walking together. It was just at the luncheon hour, and Broadway was thronged with clerks and pretty typewriters on !unchintent. These latter pushed and hustled the two pedes- trians as though they were interlopers instead of being representatives of hun- dreds of millions of dollars. The brothers are alike in stature, both just a trifle above the middle height. John D. wears a rather closely cropped grayish mustache, and his brother affects side whiskers that run down a couple of inches below his ears. Both men were dressed in loose fitting dark clothes that were plainly not made by any fashion- able tailor. Indeed, they looked more as though they might have been bought ata bargain sale in some ready made clothing house. No one recognized the two men as they passed along, and they paid no attention to any one they met, being ab- sorbed in whatever affairs they were dis- cussing. It was quite early in the day when | saw the Rockefellers on Broadway, yet the two men had walked from Fifty- fourth street and Fifth avenue to Bowling Green, a good miles, and accom plished the distance in a little over an hour. This is the almost daily of John D. Rockefeller, who is a famous pedestrian. The Standard Oil headquarters in New York is at the foot of Broadw ay, facing historic Bowling Green, a massive of granite, rising ten stories above stree:. yet with nearly all its cupie:' by off-shoots of the Standard Oi! Company. There are refining companies, companies that deal in varieties of illumi mating oils—in short, companies of all John D. investigat- had dominate this sure, Rock- five custom plie the ¢ oOMmces oc | door. ; On the second floor, | sorts having for their object the turning | Of oil in some way into money. Brief Sketch of the Rockefellers--How | As the two men enter the building j they are greeted by the big guard at the They pass quickly to their offices and each goes to his | desk and to work. forces in great business channels, and | . . | yet so little Known to the general public, One might think that the heads of so great a corporation would be whelmed with work and would need to have about them a horde of clerks re- ceiving instructions, rushing to and fro, making a fuss generally. Notring of | the kind is to be seen in the eftices of the | tockefellers. A host ceived every hour, addressed to one or | A trusted | and shows | Over | of letters are re- the other of the two brothers. assistant handles this mail, his chiefs only such asis really necessary | for them to see. The system maintained | is perfect, even to smallest detail, | and the discipline of the great establish- ment is remarkable. the in the rooms of the brothers are tele- | graph tickers, and near their respective desks stenographers | The rooms of the two brothers are near together, and now and then they hold short consultations. As they go to their desks in the morn- are swift-fingered and typewriters. ing, they find awaiting them a small pile} small part of all that | came into the hands of their secretaries. | of mail, a very The letters are read and in many eases a note of instruction is dictated to some | EGEIVER'S SALE . THE PLANT AND STOCK OF . Nelson, Matter Co., Manufacturers, head of a department and the letter and | instructions are sent to him. scores Of well-paid employes with their chiefs save through the medium of these typewritten messages. Out of all the letters received every | day by John D. Rockefeller he probably | answers not more than a score himself. Letters may come detailing the loss of a Standard Oil steamship in the China Sea. itis sent along to the proper department; and so it is with a hundred and things of more or less import. no bustle or hurry communication and less than two hours a day is given to correspondence by these engineers of a vast enterprise. There are no two men in this country whom it is harder than these Standard Oil kings. There are scores of their employes who have never seen them in their There are many who would to see offices. others not know they met them on the street. the doors their offices, ness of moment who can gain admission. Probably a hundred or more men call | every day—men of some importance, tov, and try to secure interviews with either of the They invariably find themselves turned over to the Inagnates. mercy of some subordinate. D. Rockefeller does not out of all the men who come primed for him. an interview with Nearly all his moves are made through subordinates. | An instance of this was given last winter | the Mail pany practically went when Pacifie Steamship Com- into bankruptcy | sold its vessels. and knew Ves-¢ls we A practically un- | n man made the running when the} re sold at auction, and finally bid them in for a fraetion of their vaiue. There was a bowl when it was found that the stranger represented John D. hiecketeller. Had it been known that Rockefeller wanted the vessels he would These ves- | Mr. Rockefeller is have had to pay big money. sels are lying idle. There are | of the} Rockefellers who have never held any | them if| On many days ae PARGEL TH RKK--- see half a dozen Grand Rapids, [lich., | Will be sold under an order of the United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Michigan, 6 § e one There is | The order of the Circuit Court directs that bids be received for the en- | tire plant and stock (with the exception of one lumber yard) as ONE | PARCEL, and also for each of FIVE PARCELS into which the prop- erty is divided, as follows: PARGKL ONE Factory and Warehouse, including real estate, “"" buildings, photograph gallery, and machin- ery and fixtures in the buildings. Once in| , : . r aaa PARGEKI, TWO Furniture manufactured and in process of tlosed behinc | j -_—=— = " " na . . y them, he is an important man upon busi- | U manufacture - and materials in the W hole- sale Department; also store and office furniture and fixtures, horses, wagons, sleighs, tools «and other per- sonal property not included in the Retail Department. Real Estate, comprising what is known as the West Side Lumber Yard. PARCEL FOU R---au of the lumber. PARCEL FIVE Real Estate, comprising what is known as Db i w" the old or Kent street lumber yard. Moi Th @9 % Grand Rapids, lich. x oo sae 4 yo Ss »y of Tf AE MICHIG. AN paying a big sum for wharfage, but when asked what his plans are he only smiles. No talker is Mr. Rockefeller. He keeps up a thinking just the same. There are no meetings of -~ directors among the Standard Oil magnates. Half a dozen men the great machine, Dur- drop ip eontrol and the Rockefellers control these. ing the day some of these men for achat upon some matter of more or less importance, but none of them inter- fere in the actual management of affa They know that while the are in the saddle there is no need for any Lirs. Rockefellers one else to interfere in the management of the Standard Oil interests. Both these men are hard were brought up to They living, and to work hard, and they have not got over the habit. None of their work more hours than they do, and yet if you should see either of them at desk, even at his busiest time, you would be led to think that they do little. They have that rare quality, to get through a great deal of work with- out making any about it. It is a quality that valued. These men workers. work for a clerks his very the ability noise or fuss may not be over- almost always work eight hours a day, and sometimes more. Not a detail of their vast business is over- looked. They know its every twist and turn. Their army of employes, of course, they cannot know, but they know their division commanders, and posted as to every move No one knows what the polities of the Rockefellers is. Jay he was a Republican or a Democrat just as his railroad interests dictated. But the Rockefellers seem to have no polities. The Standard Oil Company is their poli- tics and that it is of the are fully Gould used to say profitable sort no one will deny. The Rockefellers are as quiet in their tastes as in their dress and business methods. Neither they nor any of their respective families appear to take any special interest in society. The early part of their lives was spent in other than social pursuits, and now, when they have money and leisure, they do not care for the glare of tions. The daughter of feller was married she bas crowded recep- D. Rocke- but figured in New York’s social world, and probably cared to. Mrs. John D. then appears at some public function that she cannot well overlook friends are connected, does, she can, if every present jewels are concerned, for is said to Astor jewels that envy of the fair sex. bers theater, when they do appear in way only a The oil kings keep horses and earriazes as a matter of course, but women folks. John D. Rockefeller, be- sides walking to his office each morning, John some years ago, not has not Rockefeller now and her intimate when since and she she wishes, outshine other woman SO far as her eolleetion be second only to the famous are the wonder and You may see mem- of the scarcely ever at an opera, and few persons know them. it is for their takes tramps in Central Park every evening. Twenty miles a day on foot not think excessive Formerly he had ane he does exercise. in his office, but since he has taken up publie in this | $130,000,000 family now and then at the | | tom they have found rat ‘shrewdness of xereising apparatus | | faces stamped wit walking he has found that sufficient. The Roekefellers have magnificent houses on Fifth avenue, but their mode | of life is simple in the extreme. John D i lives on Fifty-fourth street, just west of Fifth avenue. William lives on Fifth avenue hear Fifty-fourth street. This is the millionaire district. H. M. Flagler, the Vanderbilts, William C. Whitney, | Andrew Carnegie and other big men live not a stone’s throw Like the are steady away. the Chey Vanderbilts, Roekefellers churehgoers. sit under Dr. John R. P the preacher, the also pre axton, famous soldier who was pastor of Jay Gould and who zaches to the daughter and sons of that great financie A dozen the New York, who do not seem in or more of richest any way displeased with the habit Dr. Paxton has of saying hard things attend The oil their little the spent ehurch. with but Most of way is the same kings are liberal men money, although they make their charities. this Dr. heard of it in the Take money they under the spend in direetion of publie press. them all in all they are the sort of men whom wealth in no way changes. They are the same men to-day that they were when they were struggling for wealth in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio, and when physical courage as well as mental acumen of the highest sort was needed in order that they might hold their own against the > tion of desperate men. But the fellers had the Rocke- ' requisite nerve, and in the end they won. They are ealled ‘‘monopolists’’ and other hard names, but it is not necessary here to consider | the fitness of such epithets. One fact} stands clear—these men started with nothing, practically speaking, and to-day | valued as the As an object one of them is being worth | and other almost much. lesson in i how to do it these figures and faets speak | more forcibly than almost anything else FosTER COATES. ~ EE -- e—-- — The World’s Fair for Sale. Lock at it! The Michigan Central has arranged with one of the best publishing houses in the United States for a beauti- fully printed series of World’s Fair pie- tures, to be known as the Michigan Cen- ral’s Portfolio of Photographs of the World’s Fair. could. TRADESMAN. men in against the rich, | Paxton, and nothing is ierce Opposi- | as | | the art of | 15 Alfred J. Brown Co., AGENTS FOR SOLE THE CELEBRATED STETSONS HAT BRAND ORANGES PEGISTERED ORANGES We guarantee this brand to be as fine as any pack in the market, Prices Guaranteed. 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From time morialit has beent Chinese to bury with their departed friends a ecnsiderable sum of money, | that they might not find themselves | world. This her costly, and, high opinion ot Spiritual! paupers in the other having no very shopkeepers, a have taken to manufacturing a very | heap counterfeit of the Mexican dollar | . pass off in the other world. It is sim- ply a bit of pasteboard wi Hadi, Al PD ape | There are still some people in the] Church who feel injured whenever the devil gets a backset. your | the | Centra! | imme- | he pious custom of the | Ccus- | the | th tin foil sur- | 1undred of | these dollars in a box retails for 34 cash. | | Originators of the Celebrated Cake, ‘“MUSKEGON BRANCH.” | : ry eh Ss ae HARRY FOX, Manage MUSKE i ‘wien. ! : + | : i i+ €. c- , a! am . << a.’ 3 2 35 > ml x ca LeERS EN } ype - Pegg rycen ay ry : 2 4 S a mt | 1 one » feos wf’ 6 - | atmalbcall, VAL <7 6 y Ww < VO! ‘ - i Cg id Llow. é | NOS. 122 and «24 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, Al ' t AKT TALLOW FOR MILD Cm =. = 6) = co cS = etuaedgars oo — “tJ — cae co em es CO SOAP Is Manufactured only by HENRY PASSOLT, Saginaw, Mich. me OR Other Chemicals used in the are preparation of W. Baker & (0's Breakfast Cocoa, which is absolutely pure For general laundry and family washing purposes. Only brand of first-class laundry soap manufactured in the Saginaw Valley. and soluble. | A description of the chocolate plant, and of the various cocoe | andchocolate prep: rations man Having new and largely in- | ufactured by Walter Baker & Cc i f | will be sent free to any dealer or creased facilities for manu- application. facturing we are well prepar- ed to fill orders promptly and at most reasonable prices. | W. BAKER & C0., Dorchester. Mass. 16 GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence. New York, Dec. 15—Nothing has oc- curred to break the monotony of trade circles during the week. The report of the Thurber, Whyland Co. is not yet out. It is said to be very encouraging. The proposition of the Haas Brothers to put $500,000 into the concern has fallen through, as these gentlemen naturally wanted the cream, leaving the skim milk for the present stockholders. a thought the latter class will be assessed an amount that will bring in a consider- able additional capital; and, as the man- agement will be looked after by several well-known financiers, there is decidedly a bright outlook for the future. The intense cold has injured a good deal of produce arriving. This is par- ticularly true of butter, very much of which shows signs of frost. While the market is fairly firm, the prices do not reach so good figures as in former sea- sons. For the very best, entirely free from frost, 29¢c is the top price, and oftener 28c, or even 27c, prevails for any- thing at all off in quality. A rate of 6c per 100 pounds on butter is reported as having been made from Chicago to sea- board, and this will, perhaps, affect sup- ply at this point. Cheese is steady, and prices are quite firm, ranging from lic for large sizes to 124¢e for small fancy New York State fullcream. Eggs are in small supply of really fresh and for any- thing else there is but a moderate de- mand. Western are worth about 264¢¢ and near-by 28c. The coffee market remains as quiet as usual. We hear no more about the war in Brazil affecting the supplies and stocks in Europe are ample to furnish this country for some time. Holders seem to feel a good deal of confidence that the market will stiffen; and, in fact, a higher quotation prevails now than a fortnight ago, as Rio No. 7 is quotable at no less than 18i¢c. Sugar is quiet as to refined. There promises to be such a large yield of raw that lower rates are looked for all around. Granulated, 43¢¢e Canned goods of all descriptions arein a quiet mood, though for the solitary thing of string beans there has been in- | quiry enough to raise the price. Toma- toes are in usual every-day request— nothing more. Dried fruits sympathize with the canned stuff. Nearly all business is from near-by trade and the amounts pur- chased are small. Citron is lower and has sold for9%¢c. Raisins, both Calfornia and Spanish, are selling with a little more freedom. New California bags, 344 @4e; 50- “pound boxes, 4@4}¢e; Valen- cia layers, 5}¢@6c; New California prunes, 6°4c for the sizes 60-70 in bags and 7@7i¢ge in boxes; 40-50 in boxes 88{@9c. Currants attract no &ttention. They are worth 124c in barrels, and range from that price, to 3c in boxes. Nuts are meeting with some holiday demand. There has almost been alemon famine. Orders have come in from all parts and it has been difficult and even impossible to fillthem. While a supply is due here the fact has not sufficed to keep prices down and holders have been ‘making hay.” They are quoted at $3.50@5 and even more. Bananas are dull and lower, selling from 75c@$1 per bunch for firsts. For domestic green fruit there is a very seasonable demand and prices are firm. Nice apples are worth from for greenings to $4.50@5 for Spitzenbergs. Florida oranges, $1.50@2 per box. At the latter price they can be bought by the single box at the grocers—nice oranges, too. Potatoes are in light supply and prices $3.50 are firm at $1.25@2.25 per bbl. They re- tail at $2.50, delivered anywhere in the city. JAY. eee i i Ale Utilizing Ability. It is not somuch a matter of ability that causes one man to succeed above his fellows, as it is the faculty to see his op- portunity and push his efforts in the right direction. A merchant may have all the qualifications necessary for the eonduct of his particular line of trade, such as an intimate acquaintance with its details, the stock needed and the de- | mands of his locality, and still never rise above a mere nominal success, for the reason that he fails to appreciate the daily opportunities which present them- selves. He may even be able to note the opportunity and still not avail himself of its benefits, through a lack of enter- prise, pluck and nerve to follow the new opening to its ultimate and successful termination. It is not the men who work hardest in a mechanical sense who achieve the greatest success, but those who think ahead of their work. A man who can by his own labor earn $1,000 may have reached his personal limit, but if he has the executive ability and neces- sary force of character to employ the services of ten other men who can earn a similar amount, for which he pays them $900, his net income will have been doubled. Combination of forces is the order of the day, and great success means the ability to utilize collected efforts toa common end. Nw Use Tradesman Coupon Books. CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbls. Pails. Btengerd, per ib......... 6% 7% - mo... 6% 7% ' eee 6% 7% Peten Coeem............ 8% Ee 8% eee 8% MIXED CANDY. Bbls. Pails, earnings agi Ee 6 a re eee cae 6 : Nobby emg el 7 8 ee ie ol 7 8 este Beek... ey 7 8 (eevee... 8 Broken Taffy.............. baskets 8 PeanutSquares............ 8 9 Preeen eco... ik... ol. 9% oes toe... 13 oo 30 Ib. baskets. eee else each eae o cee 8% eee Oe 8 Fancy—In bulk Pails. Lozenges, ore a ee 9 orinted.. 10 Chocolate Drops. . 2 Chocolate Monumentals..................... 13 a ee ee 5 oe cae 5% eee... 8 eile Se 8% ee ees 10 Pancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box [eee eee... ce 55 | Sour Drops .. eee epee n eases Cede ae cae Peppermint Drops.. ee 60 cctierrnniing ce Eee i nae 75 i. Oh, Coens Pees... £0@,90 ee Ri cc eect ec wees 1 00 eo, eee 80 Loze NESS, we ee cee ee 60 Se ee eS ee 65 sy topaumeagt te CCA ne cnn mel Weel 60 ee 7 ee 55 Molasses Bar.. ene < Cece ee cea eee e Hand Made ¢ ‘reams... oo i Decorated Creams........ een 65 Bart Ae i 00 wees ree 60 CARAMELS. Bo. i, wrapped, 2 Ib. boxes ee 34 No. 1, Cee 51 No. 2, ' 2 2 a 28 ORANGES. 7 ee ee a @2 2 178, 200, 2 Se a i a ne i ab @2 75 BANANAS, —... .......,... Ce 8 LEMONS. Messina, orem tenes... .......... hcg don I 5 00 . fancy 300 oe 5 . eee ee. ' cueeee Se... ......_ OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Figs, fancy layers, = ee @13 “ - se nee @13 ‘om “