et i ly, menage noy es 2 2 : LEIRK CLR LOS SF rE Arey , [> Le x ay) SET Oe a stich get 5 SST OL eG NY ; ) J5 4 ‘ pe? , fy << ) ex OR CEN Nt A Es rs q a \. 7 iC. — 63:3 G@Es4aRr B io r tg Ni eat INR wee PUBLISHED WEEKLY 9 7¢ WC caie PUBLISHED WEEKL (Go 2 OS SOQ DSA 5S DLE ee FomS a laa w ey a A om gOS I fd Neat 6 ( (PES 7 i \ wy (AG a ee) | ede) me 2 oe ie - ee ae ij TA (QOEACGUNE ILA 3 ‘$2 PER YEAR So) Sa os ~ * Twenty-Eighth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1911 Number 1435 ‘“‘Katie Lee and Willie Gray.” Two brown heads, with tossing curls, Red lips shutting over pearls, Bare’ feet white and red with dew, Two eyes black and two eyes blue— Little boy and girl were they, St Q > the Katie Lee and Willie Gray. 2 -pher They were standing where a brook, Bending like a shepherd’s crook, Flashed its silver and thick ranks r Of green willows fringed the banks; -ANg ec: Half in thought and half in play Katie Lee and Willie Gray. They had cheeks like cherries red He was taller—'most a head; She with arms like wreaths of snow Swings a basket to and fro, As she loiters half in play, Chatting there with Willie Gray “Pretty Katie,’ Willie sat And there « Through the brownness of his cheek “Boys are strong and girls are weak And VH carry, so I will dca s tack « Katie s Dasket t Katie answered with a faugh “You shall only carry half.” And then tossing back her curls, “Boys are weak as well as girls.” Do you think that Katie guessed Half the wisdom she expressed? ce Om Wa re ‘ r . Xapids, who r r line fr n of the An a , ‘ ans | ies aes -. asi Michigan Retail Grocers Bae ti. ur : WiTig rm 1 > , ities . General Merct Semor D Co stir reek * re m i ite Petoskew Concec € . anes , aie . ad Tt 4 - st Hl Asttc - ‘ ' Masi | i t : YY ~ .| Business News Prom «he Hoosier i 2 State. La Grange—J]. G. Rettenmunt opened men’ " i " “ South Poolar . > | - } What Other Michigan Cities Are Do-|17"'* | ing. Kalamazo« $ stringent ¢< Written for the Tradesman. | dinance will ge { Spring business is opening in good |days. Under its provisions one @ i shape at Lansing, the railroads there | lon is the largest amount that r having added to their forces at the | stored anywhere without special per freight houses to take care of ship- | mit. Buildings for storing g ments. | must be solely for that purpose: must : — Port Huron has secured an aero-|be at least four feet from amy other plane factory, that is, when local | building and must be labeled with th ——_—_».+. Ph gag ae... stock to the amount of $25,000 has|word, “gasoline,” in large letters 07 | Business News From the Hoosier been subscribed. all sides of the building State The annual banquet of the Saginaw! Benton Harbor will vote Apr Board of Trade, held last week, was on the proposition of bonding the sold bis grocery a notable success, being attended by city for $100,00 for a permanent w South Bend } about 700 members and guests. ter system, also or . { Bay City has a new railroad now, | franchise of the Benton Harbor-St —— the Detroit, Bay City & Western, Joe Railway and Light Cc a oe 7 s which reaches across the Thumb and| [ aurium is practicalls rtait is “_ opens valuable trade territory. have free deliver in r . — Charlotte wants more factories, but; The Board Ir ) o oe how to raise the money to secure|small town in Barry county ; eh a al aan them is the question. The legality of | adopted r 7 - _ i ae 2 raising bonus money by taxation is|might well be adopted r ee : : called in question by attorneys. | Rapids and other cities aler for ts The sixth annual banquet of the|waste paper has been pur Flint Board of Commerce was held | proceeds from tt > last week, with an attendance of 400} per wil! he used for | | mmopr Ma r members and guests. |}ments. The general cust r Cedar Springs has voted to bond|ing up newspapers and magazines Daremus c ger inane for $15,000 for electric lights and new | that have a ca%h ilue ranging we La Gran industries. lup towards a cent a pound is only | openimg a gener CR SERRATE RARE ’ HE grocer really doesn't want to sell bulk starch. He realizes the trouble | and loss im handimg 1— i CL Os S scooping and weighing and ‘ to say nothing of the Isttle broken pieces which settle at the bottom of the bin and which he can’t well serve to his customers. But what is there to take its place? Argo—the perfect starch for all laundry uses—hot or cold starchimg—in the big clean package to be sold for a nickel. That’s the answer. You don’t have to explain it but once to your customer—If she tries it. she'll order i again. To sell Argo—stock it. i CORN PRODUCTS REFINING COMPANY NEW YORK MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 22, 1911 a . STM ——— I == _ 5 Movements of Merchants. signed and will be succeeded by Clare Reed City—C. H. Smith has opened! Kelly, Assistant Cashier. a bakery in the S. T. Johnson bakery. Imlay City—John Lancaster and son, James, have opened a new gro- | cery. Cass City—C. H. Mellon, of Rock Island, Ill, has leased the Fritz block and will open a confectionery |store and ice cream parlor. Lansing—Melvin Sargeant has pur- | chased the Dehn Brothers’ 110 North Butler street. Marshall—O. L. Linn & Son have opened their new store with new fx tures, furniture and _ stock. Portland—Arthur Bailey and grocery, Bakery from R, G. Maloney. Detroit—The Riverside Storage & Cartage Co. has increased its capital stock from $15,000 to $150,000. Coopersville—C. W. Streeter has sold a half interest in his grocery store to Ray Marvin, of Berlin. East Jordan—Chas. Bacon has pur- chased the Hunnelar confectionery store and will add a lunch counter. Adrian — Adelbert Bedford has bought the Hill grocery and will con- tinue the business in the Trim store The meat market of Conner & Sons has changed hands, Chas, Chillman again having control Meri- dissolved. Merithew will continue the Fennville flint—The partnership of thew & Rapley has been Win. M. husiness. Alvordton—Mrs. W. H. Geesey has purchased the stock of dry goods of C. H. Samson and is now running the business. Marshall—C. H. Ostrander, of Al- bion, has bought the jewelry stock of G. M. Bromeling and has taken possession. St. Johns—Hugh W. Morris has purchased the old National Bank building and will conduct his art store there. Freeport—Mrs. Geo. Clarke, of Grand Rapids, has purchased the Fo- glesong millinery stock and will con- tinue the business. Fremont—C. F. Johnson has pur- chased of K. Mulder his store build- ing and residence property, also a stock of groceries. Manton—A. E. Kromer & Co-have remodeled their hardware store and now have one of the handsomest places in the State. Zeeland—Paul H. Fabiano, of the Zeeland Fruit Store, has leased larger quarters in the G. Lage building and will move this week. Manistee—Emil Johnson & Son have moved their shoe stock to 335 River street, which they have nicely painted and decorated. Trufant—John O. Doe, Cashier of the Trufant Exchange Bank, has re- Portland—Arthur S. Nunnely has | purchased the interest of his partner, Claude Lakin, in the produce busi iness and will conduct it alone. Jackson—E. E. Russell has sold the |store at the corner of Blackstone and Ern- | est Sandborn have purchased the City} j Trail streets to Charles G. Conktie, who will continue the business. Ludington—H. G. Price, of Alma, has purchased the stock of R. Leon- ard, on South James street, and wil! continue the business at the old stand. Brown City—Scott & Witmer, gen- eral store, have dissolved partnership, Mr. Witmer interest to Scott & Co., who will continue the business. selling his Kalamazoo—Saul Saloman, who bought the bankrupt stock of the South Side Dry Goods Store a few months ago, has sold to D. Welt, of Toledo, O. St. Joseph—William T. Morrison, former Cashier for the Union Bank- ing Co., has purchased an interest in the W. G. May’s children’s clothing store, Detroit. Merrill—Joseph Phelan has sold his interest in the Dillon & Phelan store and will open up a new stock of general merchandise in the former John Stanton building. Coopersville—Raymond resigned his Trish has position as clerk in Lillie & Son’s store and has accepted a similar position with the Friedman store in Grand Rapids. Boyne City—I, Nurko has purchas- ed the M. Fraser dry good store at East Jordan and will conduct the business at the same stand. He will continue his store here. Eaton Rapids—Chas. Gould, clerk at Milbourn’s drug store for several years past, is planning to engage in business for himself, although a lo- cation has not been decided upon. Owosso—The stack of the Owosso Paint & Wall Paper Co. remaining after a portion belonging to Mrs. E. H. Strahler had been disposed of, has been purchasd by J. H. Laverock, tor $300. Romeo—The Proctor-Gray Stone Co. has engaged in business to deal in crushed stone, with an authorizeé capital stock of $8,000, all of which has been subscribed and $4,000 paid in in cash. Owosso—Arthur Ward, of Muni- sing, has purchased a half interest in the furniture and hardware business of F. W. Pearce, and the business will be continued under the style ot Pearce & Ward. Kalamazoo—Charles E. Gray, a popular-priced clothier, furnisher and hatter, and P. M. Atkins have pur- chased the store at 1322 Portage street, known as the Kinney Dry Goods Company. Boyne City—E. V. Smith will open a music store on Water street. He has bought the sheet music line of Bergy Bros. Mr. Smith has also taken the agency for the Baxter Steam Laundry, of Grand Rapids. Freeport—Miller & Everhart have sold their “corner store” of dry goods, groceries and general mer- chandise to C. J. Ryker & Co. Mr. Miller will continue his business as heretofore with the Hirth-Krause Co. Traverse City—The R. J. Orchard Co. has engaged in business to oper ate and develop fruit lands and or- chards, with an authorized capita! stock of $10,000, of which $5,600 has been subscribed and $1,200 paid in in cash. Owosso—The firm name of Benkel- man & Mulhall has been changed to the Mulhall-Erb Company, Lewis Erb, of Detroit, who has been con- nected with the business for the past year, having been admitted to a part- nership. Grand Haven—A. Poel, merchant tailor here since 1877, has sold his interest in A. Poel & Son to H. H. Fongers, of Muskegon, and the busi- ness will be continued by Poel & Fongers, Met Poel, the son, retaining his interest. Traverse City—K. D. Lewis, Pay- ing Teller in the First National Bank, has resigned to accept a position with the Traverse City Chair Co., and Ben. I. Church has been advanced to his window and there are several other promotions. South Haven—L. C. Ryall, until re- cently a resident of this place, but now living in Chicago, has purchas- ed the Bennett drug store in Goble- ville and will take immediate posses- sion. Mr. Ryall is a graduate in pharmacy of the Ferris Business Col- lege of Big Rapids. Benton Harbor — Sam _ Enders. formerly with the Hipp, Enders & \very clothing firm, and George A. Boers, until recently manager of the shoe department at the C. L. Young & Co. store, have opened a shoe store in the Bell block under the name of the Enders & Boers Co. Lansing—The business of the late Louis Beck and that of Beck Bros., have been combined under the firm name of Louis Beck Co., and the officers are: President and Manager, Simson Beck; Vice-President, Joseph Beck; Secretary-Treasurer, Samuel A. 3eck. Simson Beck was formerly the manager of one of the largest cloth- ing houses in Denver, Colo. For the present, the business will be contin- ued at the two stores, but both will be under the same management. Stanton—The name of John W. S. Pierson & Co. has been changed to the Stebbins-Gaffield Co. E. S. Steb- bins remains as President of the cor- poration, he having held this posi- tion since the retirement of John W. S. Pierson from the active manage- ment of the corporation three years ago. Charles L. Meach, Secretary and Treasurer, retires, his stock hav- ing been acquired by B. L. Gaffield, who succeeds him. Chas. L. Meach has formed a _ copartnership with Ciaude E. White, of this place, and they have purchased the Gee Hard- ware Co.’s stock at Lakeview. Hudson — Thirty-two business houses, representing all the mer- chants of this place, have entered in- to an agreement to discontinue the use of trading stamps, cash register checks, rebates and premiums of all kinds for one year from March 1. They have become convinced that these expedients are profit cutters rather than trade producers and will stand together in eliminating the evil Kalamazoo—A new company has been incorporated under the style of the Williams & Hamacher Co. to en- gage in the dry goods and notion business, with an authorized capital stock of $40,000, all of which has been subscribed and $4,000 paid in in cash. Manufacturing Matters. Ypsilanti—The J. B. Colvan Co. manufacturer of underwear and knit goods, has increased its capital stock from $5,000 to $7,500. Adrian—George Mills, of Hudson, is at the head of the Mills Manufac- turing Company, just organized to manufacture paper baling machines St. Joseph—The Barnes Baker Manufacturing Co. has engaged in business to manufacture umbrellas and parts, with an anthorized capital stock of $40,000, of which $20,000 has been subscribed and $4,000 paid in in property. Battle Creek—A new company has been organized under the style of the Battle Creek Box Co., to manufacture boxes and deal in lumber, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, 0: which $5,000 has been subscribed and $3,600 paid in in cash. Flint—The Greissell Baking Co. manufacturer of baked goods, has merged its business into a stock com- pany under the style of the Greissell Bread Co., with an authorized capital stock of $5,000, all of which has been subscribed and $50,000 paid in in property. Scottville—Work on the W. R. Roach & Co.’s canning factory here will begin in earnest about April 1. The plant will be completed by June 20. There will be eight buildings in all, which will cover two and one- half acres of cement foundation. This will make six Roach factories in the State. —_2~-.___ Elgin Butter Prices. Elgin, Ill., March 20—The market declined 1c to-day. With other prin cipal markets at a lower range the sentiment seemed to be for the lower price here. Only one bid at 26c was put on the Board, but no goods were sold at that figure. Output shows some increase this week, the first for the season, ct seaseNANROU a Nooo i 1 1911 oe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 1 | hi ft as ever; prices this week ar Butcher tzatt | i Ooms. ee | from 13%4@15¢ per pound Butcher organizations exert 2 won ~— Z a = | (ice Tike mestiet thes bee es a i yt Rice—T se market bas be et. derful power for good. Through the , + = 3 | although prices were steady at pre : an | woe " existence marry & th isficait | vious leveis ROCERY-+*> PRODUCE MA Ss ts ep he i ble m compa = = of food. Prices of rice are c =—a— i |than a year ago and while x e = the retailers #re holdine po - ae, ii Fags - — < ae fj oye | tor fear the market may DIdceS Wilere there are weil-Teg “> eK 7 ni Z PO Ze ler, they will be compefie ed. active organization aditien oa : Wij higher price, as it seen ¢ te the trade as 2 rule wi , 1 testion to expect that pri e om 2 high plan xe eee eT eo an wer +h - Fh s due te ott ¢ The Produce Market. ihens; 1414c for springs: 9c for DE ci oats dle aM: afi a \ The produce market is quiet, which|rcosters; 15c for ducks: 12c for