0 FPS RE A N oA 1S Wo pees 5 oe = AR. Ds de (Sf 4 2 _ - nr enn (oF Ae OE SarcNS GMS Nt 2 do BE OR: OT Oe RN) aS JOE arr a7 Ge & F EG CA ee AGE LY REN SP EERTAALN epee US T= Na men = LL *2sPUBLISHED WEEKLY (GANS “oe ace COMPANY. , PUBLISHERS: STP SESS a “eo : Soa yz NS ~S Ez cs SIG ONO ean IE Se eZ ys Sans VOL. 3, MUSKEGON BAKERY UNITED STATES BAKING Co., CRACKERS, BISCUITS, CAKES. Originators of the Celebrated Cake, “MUSKEGON BRANCH.’ HARRY FOX, Manager, MUSKEGON, MICH. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN AND MANUFACTURERS OF A Full Line of Confectionery, Extensive Handlers Of FOREIGN NUTS, DATES, FHS, ETC. THE Pe! CANDY COPIPANY. 7 PENH ATATITN ott PAU GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH COMP'Y, BRUSHES - Our Goods are sold bv all Michigan Jobbing Houses. MANUFAC FACTU R GRAND | RAPIDS, i Before yuu purchase, wait and see our Spring ‘iin of the Latest Styles in Fine and First Grade Goods, which are Unexcelled. Please Send Us Your Mail Orders. Agents for Wales~Goodyear Rubber Co. oand7 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. MOSELEY BROS., . : JOBBERS 01 OF . - ‘Seeds Beans, Fruits and Produce If you have any BEANS, APPLES, POTATOES or ONIONS to sell, state how mapy and will try and trade with you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa Street. ‘GRAN D RAPIDE, MARCH 14, 1894. CANDY. To increase your Sales Buy ABSOLUTELY PURE GOODS OF A. BE. BROOKS & CO. OYSTERS. ANCHOR - BRAND Are the best. NO. 547 All orders will receive prompt attention at lowest market price, KF. J. DETTENTHALER. A Large and Well Assorted Line ofs,jem_ps Prints, Outings, Percales, WASH GINGHAMS, INDIGO WIDE PRINTS, SATINES (in plain biack and fancies), COTTONS, COTTON, FLANNELS and STAPLE GINGHAMS (both Amoskeag and Lancaster), at low prices. SAMPLES SENT ON AP PLICATION. P. Steketee & Sons. To Clothing Merchants. ——— » The wholesale clothing manufacturers have made up light stocks this season, but we made up about our usual Spring line, in the Newest Styles and Patterns, Long and Medium Frock Skirts regular, cutaway and Double-breasted Sack suits. Elegant Spring Overcoats, cut long. See our splendid Tine of imported Clay Worsteds Frock and Sack C oats, Vests and in Suits, from $7.00 up. Our Staple line, so well adapted for Barmced’ trade, is fully up to the st ands rd. No better goods made and pr ices in reach of all. Write our Michigan agent, WM. CONNOR, box 346, upon you at any time, or meet him at Sweet’s Marshall, Mich., to call Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., on Thursday and Friday, March 8th and 9th. Customer’s expenses allowed. Mail or- ders promptly attended to. Established 37 years. e Wholesale Michael Kolb & Son, ,, “wii: 9 Manufacturers. ROCHESTER, N. Y. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO, LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, WHOLESALE [IMPORTERS AND Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks, #) www m= Wholesale Grocers OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. Toh, Herplshimer & Gu, *®-8°.,82 Quewe St, ee eee PERKINS & HESS, HEYMAN COMPANY, Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, sanitasturers of Show Gases of Ruery Descriptio . Nos. 122 and 124 Louis Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. H. E. GRAND GIRARD BELDEN REAGAN, M. D. Grand-Girard & Co. Manufacturing -:- Pharmacists, DRUG BROKERS AND MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS DRUG STOCKS BOUGHT AND SOLD. DRUG CLERK’S EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS PORTER BLOCK, GRAND RAPIDS Correspondence Solicited. " Promptness Assured. AGAIN REDUCED. FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY. ‘P. & B. OYSTERS. 868 and 68 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. WRITE FOR PRICES. The Lenten season will soon be here and this class of goods will be just vue: PUTNAM : CANDY : 60, STANDARD OIL CO, PLR CRS | ee SS [lluminating and Lubricating Are now in their prime : and are being sold at very close prices. Order of us and we will guarantee to please you. Tue PUTNAM CANDY CO. Spring & Company, |~_ OLlLLS-— IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, NAPTHA AND GASOLINES > Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, iMlice, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave 7 Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, a a a y ; Prints and Domestic Cottons, ‘RAND RAPID: MUSKEGON, MAWNISTEE, CADILLAC, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well Le . iaaereae PETOSKEY, ene . J assorted stock at lowest market prices. : AIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR ~~ err Spring & Company. {MPTY CARBON & GASOLIN’ BARRELS sa x Cin e ' 4 ae ae a . Ne * \~ me y ‘ ae > , j et A 4 Buy Direct of the Manufacturers. ARTH UR G . G RAHAM ’ | Written for Taz TRADESMAN, { Manufacturers’ Agent. PAPER, TWINKS, ROPE. 3 Canal Street. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Samples and Prices on application. HATCH & WILSON, ' Lawyers, wJOMS 23, 24, - - Widdicomb Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. , edo a general law business throughout West ern Michigan. Refer to any Bank or Judgein the city. | 9 AND 7 PEARL STREET. ESTABLISHED 1841. SRA NE CNA TRE THE MERCANTILE AGENCY m.G. Dun & Go. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United “ oStates, Canada, the European continent, } Australia, and in London, Engiand. Girand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. 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 for members. Telephone 166 or 1030 for particu- lars. L. J. STEVENSON C. A. CUMINGS, Cc. BE. BLOCK. CHEAP SAP BUCKETS. Wee a $10.50 per 100 re 7 ee at..-. -- ---.-- 12.00 per 100 H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS. CRACKER BAKERY TO LEASE. 2 Reel Ovens, Engine, Boiler, Shaft- ing, Pulleys, Belting, Office Furniture, Safes, etc. This is the best opening in the State. The only Cracker Bakeries in the city are operated by the Trust. For particulars address Robert Morton, care Morton Baking Co., Detroit Mich. P E . K ? S HEADACHE POWDERS Pad the best{profit.. Order from your jobber. THE REDUCTION IN WAGES. From all parts of the country come reports of sweeping reductions being | made in the wages of working people. This means, of course, a curtailment of purchasing power and a consequent falling off in the demand for such goods as working people have been in the habit of buying, not so much of the nec- essaries of life, which they must have in any event, but of the luxuries and re- finements—the things which constitute the visible evidences of American civili- zation. In this connection itis pertinent ard timely to enquire whether the re- duced wages are to be considered a_per- manency, for, if so, then the great body of the American people must make up their minds to dispense with much that has contributed to render American home life peculiarly attractive, the American working man the most intelligent and the most’ skillful in the world, and American civilization the most elevating and most comprehensive in the history of mankind. Before we can conclude as _ to the per- manency or otherwise of the present re- duced wages, we must inquire the reason why wages in this country are so much higher than in any other part of the civ- ilized world. Knowing this, we will know, also, why American working people are surrounded by so many of the comforts and luxuries of life while their brethren of other countries are still living in a semi-barbarous state, possessing only enough knowledge to enable them to supply their mere animal wants, with few aspirations after any- thing higher. It is often asserted that trades and labor organizations are to be given credit for bringing wages up to the altitude which they have attained in this country. That they have agitated for higher wages is certain, but even if they have succeeded in forcing employ- ers to pay more for labor, they could be considered merely as a secondary cause. Labor organizations are not even the seconda y cause of high wages, but have stood as an obstacle in the path of ad- vancing intelligence and_ refinement. The methods by which they have sought to enforce their demands have been the reverse of humanizing in their tendency and effects. The use of physical force (the chief weapon of labor organiza- tions) no matter what its justification, is a relic of barbarism and betokens the lingering savagery of our nature. Any resort to force, even when apparently dictated by necessity, is retrogression. Reason, enlightened by the experience of the past, has discarded force as de- structive of the elements of progress, and has sought for some better means for the settlement of disputes, whether between man and man, or nation and na- tion, and that individual, or that organi- zation, or that nation which resorts to force will find itself opposed to all that goes to make up the sum of human pro- gress. That labor organizations have, in some instances, succeeded in having DAY, MARCH 14, 1894, GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNES the wages of a certain class of working- men “‘raised’’ is readily admitted, but it is equally true that the financial loss, to speak of no other, has generally been greater than the gain. The time lost, the money expended, and, in many in- stances, the property destroyed have more than offset the gain from increased wages, and the brutalizing effect of the methods employed time can hardly efface. Viewed from the standpoint of reason and human progress labor organizations must be accounted a failure, and they certainly cannot be given the credit for raising wages to the present high stand- ard. Nor does the credit for high wages be- long to the employers of labor. Though there are exceptions, yet it is true that, asa class, they have persistently and determinedly opposed higher wages, and have only granted an increase when they could no longer refuse it. It is meant by this that they have given it grudgingly; far from it. The same in- fluence, the same force that made in- creased purchasing power a necessity for all the people, led employers at least to recognize that necessity, and meet it by increased wages to their employes. What, then, has caused the great differ- ence in wages in favor of American working people as against their less for- tunate brethren in older countries? How is the fact that the laboring classes in this country are surrounded by com- forts and luxuries, which belong only to the rich in other countries, to be account- ed for? It is due to the greater advance- ment which this country has made inciy- ilization and the arts of peace. The farther the race progresses from the bar- barism of the past andthe more intelli- gent and enlightened it becomes, the more complex will its social and political life become; more and more will it lay tribute upon both nature and art to sup- ply its ever increasing necessities. Not only so, but as its intellectual life broad- ens and deepens, the animalism of the past will not suffice it, and rudeness and barbarity must give place to luxury and refinement. And here it must be noted that only in a country where all men are politically free and equal can the bighest civilization be developed. The _ possi- bility of political preferment is a great spur to ambition, but in a country where the political offices are held by a privi- leged few there can be no suchspur. In America the humblest citizen may aspire to the highest position, the attainment of his aspirations depending upon his character and intelligence. He must have knowledge, for knowledge is power, and with it he may achieve his ambitious desires. As all the offices are open to all the people, all demand the privilege of fitting themrelves for the offices. This makes educational facilities an absolute necessity, and so we have in this country the most complete and cheapest educa- tional system in the world. As a conse- quence no people in the-world have ever reached as high a plane of intellectuality and refinement as the American people. not Books, and magazines, and papers, NO. 547 and will, even luxuriously, furnished homes are the possession of all the people. Comforts and conveniences abound and all that goes to make life well worth the living. But these things cost money; they would have been utterly out of the question with wages where they were even fifty years ago. An increased pur- chasing power was, therefore, an abso- lute necessity, and almost without con- scious volition on the part of the recipi- ents of the benefit, wages have been keeping pace with civilization and en- abling the people to make provision for their ever-increasing wants. Here, then, is the reason for the high figures which wages have reached in this country. But wages have been materially re- duced in many sections, and fears are expressed that the reduction may become universal. In view of this, the question is asked, will the reduction be permanent. or may it be expected that wages will be raised again when times improve? It is utterly impossible that low wages should ever again obtain in this country. What the people enjoy of ‘‘good living,’ with all the comforts and conveniences which constifute good living, are the natural concomitants of our civilization, as in- dispensable to civilization as air is to life—they are the expression of the higher life enjoyed by our people and the proof of it. The abandonment of these means a relapse into barbarism just to the extent that they are abandon- ed. The refining influences of a pleasant, well-furnished home can hardly be over- estimated; and if the American home, which has no counterpart in any other country, is the expression of American civilization, it is equally true that the home has contributed much to eciviliza- tion. But these homes cost money, they cannot be sustained on the prevailing in other countries. must have American wages to sustain American homes or they must be given up, and with them will go the chief civi- lizing and refining influence of our day and country. Thisis not even in the range of probability. ‘The backward track’? will never be travelled by the American people. On the contrary, with faces firmly set toward the rising Sun of Progress, they will not pause until the highest pinnacle of civilized and intelligent manhood and citizenship is reached. No, we will never again have low wages in this country. Rather will they increase to meet the increasing de- mands of our American civilization. DANIEL ABBOTT. Se Indiana Items. Jonrad & Truesdell, general dealers at Shipshewanna, have effected a settle- ment with their creditors on the basis of 40 cents on the Among the Grand Rapids creditors who settled on this basis are Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., Musselman Grocer Co. and Hawkins & Co. E. A. Metz succeeds Welt Bros. in general trade at Wolcottville. low wages So we doliar. 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Thoughts on Trade Topics in Job Lots. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Goods outside of one’s dear at any price. The percentage is always against the seller when he has to use the machinery of the law to collect a bill. One dead beat can dry up the milk of human kindness that else would afford an abundant sup- ply. None but cash buyers have any right to demand discounts, or to ask ‘‘What is your lowest price?”’ There is a class of people who almost live on samples. But it is the lowest form of animal life, and but above stealing. Look out for the customer who volun- teers the statement that he never failed to pay any debt he ever contracted. He is banking on your credulity. The man who seldom pays, or does it grudgingly, is the one that finds fault with the goods. A dealer who has never fully collected a claim by law from a hard customer can- not know the supreme joy there is in bringing one sinner to repentance. Never show surprise when an account of long standing and classed as dead is unexpectedly paid in full by the debtor. Let him be the one to be surprised when he again asks for credit. But you may offer him a cigar to soothe his feelings *‘Not to-day; Some other day, regular line are gallons of a grade most as you perhaps.”’ If a man having a long unsettled ac- count stands you off with soft promises, spends his cash elsewhere; when you get a Jawful cinch on him, don’t let up to spare his feelings. He has none to be hurt; and he is quite as likely to be a cash customer in the future. 1 have noticed that when a man who has never been a regular customer comes say, and in and begins to complain of some other dealer who has overreached him, there is a cat in the meal, or thereabouts. Heis, no doubt, filing (in his mind) an appli- cation for a change of venue. If this should prove to be so, it is best either to declare the case beyond your jurisdic- tion, him give security for ‘ or make costs. A man’s reputation is only the shadow east by character on the scene of human activities. If the latter is built up in harmonious proportion, the truthful rays of God’s moral sun- light will reveal a worthy picture of the man. Butif faulty in outline, in proportion, the resulting shadow will faithfully follow copy. For the may as well try the natural law governing visual angles as to expect a different result. his personal or false builder to reverse Those who need credit the most are the slowest toask for it. The hard-working, debt-fearing economical customer will suffer hardship rather than run in debt. But his standing is better than many of his neighbors, who often keep a balance in bank, and lend money on short time and rotund interest. At the same time they run a store account from January to December, which is never settled in full till administrators are appointed adjust their earthly estates. to Those who trade freely without exam- ining goods or asking prices often prove in the end unprofitablecustomers. As a rule they never seem to know the value of money. in hearts | ification. Butspendthrifts never make reliable customers. Some day they will want a short credit for a small amount, givinga most plausible reason. If the dealer weakens here he will be after- wards at the merey of one who seldom has a quarter and therefore can give none. It is strange how the average customer fails to realize the value of discounts, when offered for cash or punctual pay- ments. Out of twelve or fifteen regular buyers who had monthly incomes, that never failed to arrive in time, the offer of five per cent. discount on full pay- ments each month did not secure com- plete settlements in more than one case out of five. The habit of taking no thought for the morrow is socommon with the average customer that a premium for punctuality is scarcely considered asan object worthy of attention. He prefers the “‘catch-as-catch-can” scheme of one-third or one-quarter off fre- quently used to tempt the cupidity of buyers at the expense of their judgment. There was a time when most people would resent the charge of being penni- less. Now it is common to hear men in stores and other public places expose their poverty without shame or embarrass- ment on the least provocation. In fact, they will even with each other in bragging of empty purses and business losses. Whether this is done to stand off ereditors who may be within hearing, or from mere wantonness of a diseased im- agination, it is not always easy to dis- cover. But the old adage is still true, ‘The proper study of mankind is man.”’ Some dealers are apt to suspect competitors of attempting to injure their commercial records. They forget that a business character is established only by deeds. Men who pay as they go, or as they agree, need never be anxious about what is written or spoken of them mali- ciously. If the receipts for remittances equal the invoices in amount, nothing can hurt their standing on the books of any reputable commercial agency. In other words, a dealer who is rated in the A. B. C. column can afford to be D. E. F. to whatever may be said regarding his credit. S. P. WHITMARSH. a Growth of the Coupon Book Business. One of the marked tendencies of the present business depression is the great number of merchants who are abandon- ing the pass book and other antiquated charging systems and adopting the spot cash system absolutely, or a combination of the cash and coupon book system, which isa happy medium between the oldtime charging system and absolute eash. This is practically the same as the cash business, as it enables the mer- chant to put his business on a cash basis, the coupon book restricting the time and line of credit, which is almost impossible in the case of the pass book. The Tradesman Company was the pioneer in introducing the coupon book system in this country and has kept pace with the growing demand by the adoption of fre- quent improvements and the introduc- tion of special machinery, so that its output is now greater than that of all its competitors combined. Among its cus- tomers are included merchants in every state and territory in the Union, all of so vie | whom are strong in praise of the system, as its use enables the dealer to avoid all So long as it supplies their|the losses and annoyances incident to wants they spend freely; and while it} the pass book and all other charging sys- lasts there will be wants calling for grat-' tems, FINE COPREES. Royal Java, Royal Java and Mocha, Aden Mocha Mocha and Java Blend White House Mocha and Java, Golden Santos, Ex. Golden Rio, No. 37, Blend. coffee business since we have been 0. We have handling these brands, and any dealer can do the same. OLNEY & JUDSON GROCER Agents Western Michigan, Grand Rapids. trebled our shea Ming, Co, J) : a Proprietors of the sik ABUVE BRANDS, Royal Patent, Crescent, White Rose, Are sold with our personal guarantee. If you are not now handling any of our brands, we solicit a trial order, confident that the ex cellent quality of our goods and the satisfaction of your customers will impel you to become a regular customer. VOIGT MILLING CO. Correspondence solicited. ABSOLUTE TEA. The Acknowledged Leader. SOLD ONLY BY TELFER SPICE CO, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 4 Wi f es ~ > — S— — © = © -F ~~ FE Ck re ee OL ee ee oe a a a SS a le CS = ———— a oe aa THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 3 THE WHBAT SITUATION. Written for Tak TRADESMAN, Nothing of special interest has oc- curred during the past week. Millers report a little more activity. Prices ad- vanced during the week 2 cents, then re- ceded 1 cent; thus the market keeps see- sawing, as either the bear or bull news is predominant. However, should there be afew more such heavy decreases as there were last week, it would soon be- gin to tell on prices. On March 5 we had 75,599,000 bushels visible against 79,088,000 one year ago—a decrease dur- ing the week of 1,688,000 bushels, or very much more than during a number of weeks previous. This official visi- ble supply is what the boards of trade count on in the wheat centers, which are Chicago and about twenty-four other points. Chicago holds about one-third of the visible supply. The invisible amounts to about 39,000,000 bushels which is in places like Grand Rapids and mills and elevators throughout the wheat states. Then there is about 90,- 000,000 bushels in farmers’ hands and 10,000,000 bushels in flour unreported, making a total of 214,000,000 bushels, against 282,000,000 bushels last year; and then another matter comes in, and that is the amount that fed to stock, ground with oats or corn, and the great amount ground for feeding hogs, as the farmers claim it makes pork fast. If it does, Ido not see why the farmers of the Great Northwest have not caught on and taken to raising more pork. Now, tak- ing all these matters into consideration, it really is a wonder where so much wheat comes from, as the Northwest con- tinues to pour in constant supplies and the general daily receipts are from 300 0 350 cars at Minneapolis and Duluth. ix months ago the report came that country elevators were being emptied, out that process has been going on ever since and still the wheat keeps coming. In the winter wheat belt there seems to be a lull in selling at present, owing to the fact that the farmers are waiting to see how the winter wheat will come on when spring opens. Should the plant come on healthy, with a good promise for another fair crop, farmers will be want- ing to sell and prices may be lower. Of course, wheat is cheap and that seems to be the only fact or bull argument for higher prices, but we here do not make the prices. The foreigners make them for us, for the price of this staple is made by what we export, a nd, unfortun- ately for American farmers, there are several wheat growing countries, as the Argentine Republic, Australia, India and Russia—whose ports will soon be open now and she will be putting her wheaton the market, taking the other countries along the continent—and the United Kingdom seems to be able to get what wheat they need independently of America or the United States; so, taking everything into consideration, I really do not see whence much higher prices can be obtained. Had our speculators not driven wheat so high two years ago and let more of it out of the country when they were anxious to buy it ata fair price, we should not have seen the low level we see now, but our wheat dealers got it into their heads that we could ask any price and that foreigners would be com- pelled to take our wheat—and that is where weerred. The foreigners had to get a cheaper commodity to use in place of wheat, and since then the world has is had fair crops of wheat and we are carry- ing some of our surplus yet from 1892. Western farmers will have to diversify their farming, not raise wheat alone, but raise more flax, as barley is not a good product in the northwest, as the soil con- tains too much lime, which is not what barley needs, and as there seems to be plenty of corn raised in the Corn Belt the Northwest cannot go into that, also, ow- ing to the climate being too cold for corn, so they should raise more oats, flax, potatoes and those kinds of produce which will pay better than wheat. There is only one thing more in con- nection with this. I think the govern- ment makes an error when it claims that the consumption for food is 4°4 bushels per capita. Supposing we have 66,000,- 000 population, we would consume 313,- 500,000 b ushels. We have exported up to this time about 100,000,000, then there is used for seed about 55,000,000;for chem- icals 15,000,000,making a total used from this crop to this time, to say nothing of what has been used for feeding stock and pork, of 479,000,000 bushels. Now the question arises, where does this im- Mense amount come from—that shown in the visible supply and amounting to about 214,000,000 bushels when the gov- ernment makes our harvest only about 400,000,000 bushels? There certainly is something wrong somewhere. To be sure our crop year does not end until July 1 or thereabouts, but while our out- shipments are quite large at present they will have to be augmented some and kept right up to the maximum to reduce our large amount of wheat on hand in order for the grower to get a more re- munerative price. C. G. A. Volar. - 2 << - Pointers For Salesmen. A great many buyers judge of the character of the house by the appear- ance of its salesmen. Good salesmen seldom ask a manif he wants to buy goods; he doesn’t come at him that way. The successful salesman is a man who knows how to talk, what to talk about, and, more especially, when to stop talk- ing. A salesman is the firm’s representative and should, therefore, be a gentleman. When trade is brisk, the good salesman pushes all the harder. A common fault with salesmen is that, as arule, they too often give a merchant credit for knowing a great deal more about goods than he really does. No matter in how much of a hurry the buyer is, when you fairly get his atten- tion, proceed coolly. Hurry is contagious, and if you go too fast, even to save time, you will notdo justice to your cause and will inspire him with a feeling that he, also, must hurry to get through with you. We never knew a natural salesman who was not a good-hearted fellow. Try to make a man think that, if you were the buyer, instead of the seller, you would jump at the special line of goods you have to offer him. an What the Country Needs. Labor Agitator—Do you ever stop to =" sir, on the condition of this coun- tr Citizen—I have thought much upon the subject: thought long and deeply. ‘‘Ah, Lam glad to find there is one be- sides myself who has given this great subject attention. What, in your opin- ion, does this country most need at the present time?” “A fool killer.” Boot Calks--- 9 | ue & < | : mn ’ j a 3 ence i \ i a < _ 4 ' 3 = 4 td | m hu z Ye + - < : s: 42 u y= a , a Ball per thousand - - $1 25 Heel “ “ - - - 1650 Order Now. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., 12 & 14 Lyon St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Owing to the general desire of merchants to buy late this spring, we will continue to manu- facture all staple lines up till May 1. thus insur ing you a complete line to select from. Our Goods Are Perfect Fitters, THOROUGHLY MADE,:LOW IN PRICE. Hu. H. COOPER & CO. Manufacturers of Men's, Boys’ and bhildren's Clothing, UTICA, N. Y. Write J. H. WEBSTER, State Agent, OWOSSO, MICH. OD POS (Od YTD ONS. Paper Packed Serew. er WRITE FR PRES. NIMELER 6 SUNG, Manufacturers and Jobbers of PIECED AND STAMPED TINWARE, 260 SOUTH IONIA 58T., Telephone 640. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH = “A LADY'S GENUINE : VICI : SHOE,| Plain toe in opera and opera toe and C, S. heel. D and E and E E widths, at $1.50. Patent leather tip, $1.55. Try them, they are beauties. Stock soft and fine, flexible and elegant fitters. Send for sample dozen. REEDER BROS. SHOE CO, | Grand Rapids, Mich. GU Nd MEMEMET Ths. Before You Buy SEE THE SPRING LINE OF FINE GOODS MANUFACTURED BY INEDIGOR DETROIT, MICH. 0 A FEW OF OUR NEW SPECIAL TIES IN OXFORDS ARE: The Juliet Bootee, Three Large Button Newport, Southern Tie and Prince Alberts. ee (anne Dealers wishing to see the line address F. A. CADWELL, 67 Terrace Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. “ 3 TRADEMARK. ¢ : \ fe : “t Nee oe, = Sue Pap = i edeponeerd: & ws ee : 2 hae © ti: PCL kee tae ~ Lemon & Wheeler Company, Agents, Grand Rapids. BUYS’ BENCH BARREL TRUGK Patent Applied For. The Simpliest, Most Substantial and [lost Satisfactory Barrel Truck ever invented. For Prices, Terms and Illustra- ted Cireular, call or Address, A. BUYS aasr FULTON ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. AROUND THE STATE. MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Yale—D. MeKeith succeeds J. McKeith in general trade. Wacousta—R. G. C. Brisbin in general trade. Oscoda—Elmer G. Rix, of the grocery firm of Rix Bros., is dead. Traverse City—C. W. shortly open a bookstore here. Lake Linden—Jos. Bosch & Co. is suc- ceeded by the Bosch Brewing Co. D. Mason succeeds F. Calumet—M. Sterk sueceeds M. Sterk & Co. in the meat business. Benton Harbor—Rowe Bros. succeed 2owe & Hill in the meat business. Houghton—Alphonse Cote, black- smith, is succeeded by Cote & Wier. Blissfield—Lamb & Balner succeed F. D. Lamb in the grocery business. Northville—C. E. Smith has purchased the boot aud shoe stock of Stark Bros. Homer—Geo. Sanford has sold his hardware stock to Snyder & Tillotson. Bay City—Jennison & Son are suc ceeded by the Jennison Hardware Co. Muskegon—The Michigan Drug Co. has dissolved, Geo. W. King succeed- ing. Hastings—Fleming-& Son succeed A. C. Carpenter & Co. in the grocery busi- ness. Manistee—Awald Krempel has closed out his meat stock and retired from busi- ness. Battle Creek—Chas. J. Austin eeeds Austin & Co. in the grocery bus- iness. Breckenridge—L. Waggoner & Co have sold their general stovk to Chisho m & Sons. Crystal Falls—Burder & Co, have re- moved their hardware stock to Rock Isl- and, Ill. Hudson—E. J. chased the boot and Richards. Crystal Falls—Burder & Co. have re- moved their millinery stock to Rock Island, Lil. Wexford—The general stock of Geo. M. D. Ciement has been closed under chattel mortgage. Port Huron—McFarlane, Haywood & Co., grocers, have dissolved, Akers & Haywood succeeding. Beaverton—The Seeley Cooperage Co. suceeeds Seeley & Howard in the manu- facture of hoops, ete. Steiner—B. F. Rauch succeeds Rauch Bros. in general trade and the implement business. Bay City—The Ueberroth Crockery and Wall Paper Co., incorporated, suc- eeeds Ueberroth & Co. Jonesville—D. L. Powers & Co. succeed D. L. Powers in the clothing and men’s furnishing goods business. suc- Southworth has pur- shoe stock of F. S. Wayne—Steers & Kingsley, general dealers, have dissolved, C. H. Kings- bury continuing the business. Albion—Bullien & Tucker, dry goods dealers, have dissolved, Austin & Tucker continuing the business. Ludington—J. H. Mathews is suc- ceeded by Loren Louden in the restau- rant and confectionery business. Grand Ledge—Geo. A. Youngs has purehased the grocery stock of E. E. (Mrs. H. E.) Ressigue at this place. Detroit—The Hodgson & Howard Co. succeed Hodgson & Howard in the hard- ware and house furnishing business. Vandalia—John N. Curtis, hardware dealer has failed, owing about $11,000. } THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The assets have not yet been appraised. Montague—Brooks Bros., who have | peddled meat through this section for | several years, DeZoete will! have opened a market here, Grand Haven—Boer & Bolt have re- papered and repainted the interior of their store, adding greatly to its appear- ance. Lawton—J. H. Hall has been admitted to partnership in the grocery firm. of Mitehel & Hall, the style remaining the same. Traverse City—A. Goldfarb has bought the dry goods and clothing stock of 8. Yalomstein and will continue the busi- ness in the same store. Lakeview—M. J. Huntley has closed out his confectionery business and _ re- moved to East Tawas, where he will re- engage in the same business. Clarksville—Geo. E. Marvin has pur- chased the furniture stock of Joseph Post and has fitted up the second story of the grain elevator for a showroom. Freeport—C. G. Stone & Son have de- cided to close their dry goods store at this place, in order that they may devote their entire attention to the Lowell es- tablishment. Clarksville—Chas. W. Williams has sold his drug stock to H. P. French, the Mulliken druggist. The purchaser will conduct both stores hereafter, dividing his time between the two towns. Detroit—Mayor & Isham, who have conducted the produce and commission business here for thirty years, on West Woodbridge street, have dissolved part- nership. The business will be continued by Chas. S. Isham and C. S. Isham, Jr., under the style of Isham & Isham. Athens—The general stock of Ethan Allen was sold at chattel mortgage sale March 7 to satisfy a $900 mortgage held by Wm. H. Taylor, of Chicago. The stock was bid in by Mrs. Allen for 80 cents more tkan Taylor’s claim, thus cutting off unsecured ciaims amonnting to $1,200. Detroit—Taylor, Woolfenden & Co. have merged their dry goods business into a corporation under the style of the Taylon—Woolfenden Co. The capital stock is $200,000, with $129,000 paid in, of which the directors hold 8,600 shares as follows: A. W. Wright, 5.856; F. D. Taylor, 1,000; J. B. Woolfenden, 1,000; W. H. Perkins, 750. The officers are: President, A. W. Wright; first vice-pres- ident, F. D. Toylor; second vice-presi- dent, J. B. Woolfenden; secretary and treasurer, Wm. H. Perkins. Manistee—A. H. Lyman has merged his drug business into a stock company under the style of the A. H. Lyman Co. The authorized capital is $50,000, of which $35,000 is paid in, being held as follows: A. H. Lyman, $15,000: R. R. Blacker, $10,000; Mrs. Nettie L. Rams- dell, $5,000; F. H. White, $2,000; Geo. A. Dunham, $1,500; C. D. Grannis, $1,000; W. D. Barnard, $500. The officers of the corporation are as follows: President, A. H. Lyman; Vice-President, Geo. A. Dunham; Secretary, Frank H. White; Treasurer, R. R. Blacker. MANUFACTURING MATTERS, Niles—Two-thirds of the $3,000 neces- sary to establish a canning factory here has been subscribed. Beaverton—E. O. Eastman and M. C. Phipps have purchased a two-thirds in- terest in H. Seelig’s hoop and stave fac- tory here. | Manistee—The State Lumber Co. has started its sawmill on 3,000,000 hardwood, | which it will saw before beginning the season’s work on pine. Kalamazoo—C. S. DeWitt and A. H. Berry have made the necessary arrange- ments and will start a new steam laun- dry under the firm name of Dewitt & Berry. Manistee—The Union Lumber Co. has an option on a group of timber on Por- tage lake of about 750,000 feet of fair lgrade pine and will probably purchase at the price asked, $4,000. Middleton—J. F. Shultz and C. H. Schultz have purchased the plants of the Michigan Stave and Barrel Co. The former will manage the business at this place and the latter will have charge of the branch at Ola. Kalamazoo—The Kalamazoo Sled Co. has purchased of H. P. Kauffer a tract of land adjoining the G. R. &1. Railroad for $15,000, on which it will erect a factory building, 60x100 feet in dimensions, ata cost of about $6,000. Muskegon—The shingle mill of the Gray Shingle Co. is being removed from North Muskegon to a site near Sault Ste. Marie. It will be located on the line of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway, and will be even a better mill than it is now. The mill last season made a cut of 7,000,000 and has an an- nual capacity of 20,000,000. Cheboygan—It is now pretty definitely settled that the Alpena & Northern Rail- road, built last season from Alpena to Lake May, Presque Isle county, will be extended to Cheboygan the ensuing sea- son. It will open up one of the finest hard and soft timber belts in the state, and logs and other forest products can be handled both ways, to Cheboygan or Alpena. Lakeview—John S. Weidman has pur- chased of E. Hall, Whitney & Remick, the Wells-Stone Company and others, 4,000 acres of stump land in Isabella county. He will build a saw and shingle mill, and has a contract with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad to extend its line from Hall’s dam on the Coldwater to the new mill town of Weidman which he will build. Cadillac—E. F. Sawyer, assignee of John G. Mosser, has made a report of the assets and liabilities and will ask March 15 for an order from the Circuit Court authorizing him to pay a dividend of 15 per cent. to the creditors. Labor claims to the amount of $758.99 have been paid in full and the indebtedness upon which the 15 per cent. will be paid amounts to about $10,000. Lansing—E. D. Voorhees is organizing a stock company with a capital of $25,- 000, to be known as the Lansing Pant & Overall Co., to succeed to the busi- ness of the Voorhees Pant & Over- all Co. which recently went into liquidation. Itis his intention to dis- tribute stock among as many members of the retail trade as possible an@ it is understood that he is meeting with ex- eellent success in this direction. Manistee—There is often a difference in the estimates on pieces of pine lands, and it looks as though that kind of work had not yet been reduced to an exact science. This is illustrated by a piece of pine land that Louis Sands bought last summer on an estimate of 13,000,000 feet for which he paid $74,000. It is now con- ceeded that this tract will eut 16,000000, and yet some good estimators that looked it over with a view of purchasing could not find over 6,000,000. ee More on the Bread Question. A letter has been received from H. P. Whipple, of Belding, complaining of the incompleteness of my figures as to the expense of bread making. I gave merely the chief items of expense, presenting the whole matter in the simplest manner possible. Mr. Whipple wishes me to give ‘“‘the entire expense of bread mak- ing, including flour, lard, butter and sugar.”? As to flour, it costs the bakers from $3.70 to $4.25 per barrel; a barrel of flour makes about 300 loaves of bread. Any one can figure out for himself how much the flour in a single loaf is worth. As to butter, lard, and sugar, however, no separate account is kept of the amount of these ingredients used in the bread, as much more of each of them is used in other products of the bakery than in bread. Mr. Whipple says that “$50 worth of milk should make 20,000 loaves of bread; at 6 cents per loaf this would be $1,200 for the week.’’ I do not know how much milk Mr. Whipple would usein bread if he were making it, but I think he will readily see that the amount of bread a certain quantity of milk will make will depend upon how much is put into the bread. He must either use all milk, or all water, or part water and part milk; the more water used, the smaller the milk bill will be. The bakers mentioned in my former ar- ticle make all the way from 1,200 to 1,800 loaves of bread a night, using from 4to6 barrels of flour. It takes consid- erable milk, or water, as the case may be, to moisten such a quantity of flour— more, perhaps, than Mr. Whipple and a good many others imagine. Then, too, the grade of flour used by bakers ‘‘takes’? more moisture than that ordi- narily used. Mr. Whipple’s criticism was a perfectly legitimate one. DANIEL ABBOTT. mr 8 Lower Prices on Lard. The quotations of lard in the advertise- ment of the Musselman Grocer Co. on the third cover page, should read as fol- lows: Butcher’s, 80 pound tubs, 94¢c. Butcher’s tierces, 9}¢c. Choice pure, 8¥¢c. These brands are meeting witha large sale, due to their intrinsic merit and the effective advertising being done in their behalf. ~e- oe << — Tolman’s syrups are desirable. ‘‘Catch on.” *Phone J. P. Visner, Bridge St. SEEDS! Everything in seeds is kept by us— Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top, Blue Grass, Seed Corn, Rye, Barley, Peas, Beans, Ete. If you have Beans to sell, send us samples, stating quantity, and we will try to trade with you. We are headquarters for egg cases and egg case fillers. W. Y, LAMBREAUX CO, w:Seriage st, GRAND RAPIDS, MiCcH. fi F os « - i ” ” - 2 4 + { - - a ~ « ~ * % ie < | | | d ‘ < — © y ¥ THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Wm. VanHemmen has sold his grocery stock at 310 West Leonard to Folgersma & Dekker. The Musselman Grocer Co. recently furnished a grocery stock for A. Alvin, the Manton general dealer. C. Fisher has removed his grocery stock from 433 East street to the corner of East and Sherman streets. A. De Vos has re-opened a grocery store at 176 Baxter street. The Mussel- man Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Samuel Adams, dealer in crockery and glassware at Bellaire, has added a line of groceries. The Musselman Grocer Co. furnished the stock. W. I. Pitcher, formerly engaged in the confectionery business at 7314 Pearl street, has re-engaged in the same busi- ness at 117 West Bridge street. F. M. Wood, local representative for . E. Alden, the Lake Odessa butter and egg dealer, has changed his location from 25 Fountain street to 76 Island street. . 1, Kent t will shortly open a grocery store at 692 Cherry street, the former lo- cation of Cole & Chapel. The Mussel man Grocer Co. the order for the stock. has M. J. Dykstra has sold her hardware stock at 64 West Leonard street to A. VanBree, well known through his former connection with the Widdicomb Furni- ture Co. J. Leff has moved his grocery stock from 346 Fourth street to 161 Turner street, corner of Fifth street. The change enables him to enlarge his stock and increase his line of customers. Gilbert T. Haan has purchased the in- terest of Albert Stonehouse in the firm of G. T. Haan & Co., druggists at 130 Canal street, and will continue the busi- ness under the style of G. T. Haan. H. Sehultz, who has conducted a gro- eery at 9 Grandville avenue for the past three years, has sold his stock to Henry K. Lanning, fermerly engaged in gen- eral trade at Gitchel, who will continue the business at the same location. Marshall Moore, formerly engaged in general trade at Lamont, the remnants of the Walling stock and the Walling store building, at that place, and re-engaged in trade there. ney & Judson Grocer Co. for a new grocery stock. A movement is on foot among many of | the stockholders of the Grand Rapids Loan, Building and Homestead Associa- has purchased | The O1- | has the order that be a fact, then orders will not reach { | { | tion, which is winding up its affairs this ; month, to organize a new association on! old | practically the same lines as the organization—a single series association in which all the stockholders go in at one time and are retired at one payment. Such an organization avoids the detail incident to associations with several series and precludes criticism on the ground that discrimination is exercised between the members of diffirent series. oO The Drug Market. Gum opium is a little easier. Powdered opium is unchanged. Morphia is steady. Gum camphor has declined. Corriander seed is scarce and higher. Sugar of milk has declined. | | | The bulk of the demand is, The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market is strong and steady and an advance is likely to come at any time. The Senate schedule is said to be unsatisfactory to the refiners, one of whom has declined to fill further or- ders at present. Pork—Barreled has dropped 50c and will, in all probability, go still lower. Fresh pork is also down 1g to 1c per Ib. Beef—There is no change except in ex- tra mess (barreled), which is up 50e. Oranges—The Florida growers report their groves well cleaned up. It was es- timated that there were only a half mil- lion boxes in the entire producing dis- trict on March 1, and four-fifths of these were of the large and undesirable sizes, and even these are now held at $1.40@ $1.65 f. o. b. Florida. Anyone can see from this that Grand Rapids quotations are just high enough to cover cost, allow= ing hardly anything for possible arrivals in bad order. California oranges are finding their way to interior towns quite rapidly, owing to the the fact of their being offered below Floridas. They are improving in quality every day, and be- ing absolutely sound, the dealer takes but little risk in Buying. A car of Catania fruit in full boxes and flats, or half boxes, will be offered the last of this week. Prices will be about $2 for flats and $3.50 for full boxes. Lemons—The local market is steady at last week’s quotations, although there was a sharp advance Friday at the New York sales. The weather is favorable to carload shipments and doubtless many wholesalers will avail themselves of the opportunity to stock up with low priced fruit. Bananas—The pleasant weatber of the past week has awakened a lively in- terest in the banana market and outside dealers have been sending in their orders freely, which for the most part, have had to be turned down by local shippers up to Friday, when two cars came to our market from which back orders were filled as far as possible. Arrivals will be limited until April 1, however, as more or less cold weather may be ex- pected, and as Jong as there is considera- ble risk of freezing while in transit i wholesale dealers will go slow. a= ~~ oe The Wool Market. It may fairly be assumed that manu- facturers have received the bulk of their orders, although there will be contin- uous ordering on a small scale. If | more than 25 per cent. of usual business. It is certain that manufacturers will not run whentheir orders are completed, and unless stocks are unusually heavy clothiers may expect to come out short. so far, on all-wool lines, perhaps because the great reduction in the price of wool has made all-wool goods “‘dirt cheap.” The market is in a waiting attitude—the un- certainty regarding the outcome of the tariff debate being the chief cause of de- lay. Though wool seems to _ have reached a free trade basis, wages have not, and they are the chief item of ex- pense in wool goods manufacturing, as in many other lines. Reports from Boston indicaate slight falling off in sales for the week as com- pared with the previous week, the total for the week being slightly in excess of 1,500 000 pounds. The finer lines have been almost uncalled for, the demand being on fine and fine medium territory, coarse and low braid combing, 14 blood and unwashed combing,and unwashed and unmerchantable. There has been no speculative buying, but merely for orders. New York reports business unusually dull, a condition not altogether unex- pected and ocecasioning little surprise. Pulled wools have been asked for fre- quently, but prices are unchanged. Sales for the week were less than a mil- lion pounds. The situation has per- ceptibly improved in this market, and from now considerably more business will be done than has been done for months. Philadelphia reports increased activity although some lines which have been held firm for months show signs of giv- — ay Sales for the week foot up to 1,228,300 pounds. It is not expected that there will be any great improvement in the wool mar- ket for months, possibly not at all. If the duty is taken off wool and woolen goods (and even that may be done by Congress) it means the death of the woolen industry of the country. This is not an assertion made for political effect, for the tariff has ceased to be a party question. It a certainty, because American manufacturers cannot compete with the Europeao manufacturers. If in this connection free trade means cheaper clothing, an assertion that lacks confirmation, it means also lower wages for workingmen. Already has the tariff discussion in the House and the threat- ened danger of free wool completely de- moralized the woolen industry, curtailed business fully 75 per cent, and thrown thousands of operatives out of employ- ment. The actual enactment of a free wool schedule will destroy the industry altogether. is <> Purely Personal. H. B. Rice—better known as ‘‘Bert’’— who has served the Ball-Barnhart-Put- man Co. as shipping clerk for the past three years, succeeds to the position of house salesman rendered vacant by the resignation of Geo. T. Williams. The vacancy thus made in the shipping de- partment will be filled by Chas. Zylstra. Geo. T. Williams, who has been iden- tified with the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. for the past nine years in the capaci- ties of shipping clerk and house sales- man, severed his connection with that institution Saturday night and will take an extended trip through the Pacific Slope, with a view to locating there if the proper opportunity presents itself. Ee The Dry Goods Market. Bleached and brown cottons are still low in price and large sales are made on them at present prices. Spring dress goods are moving at prices ranging from 10/¢ @40c. Indigo and shirting prints are sold way ahead of the mills, a large trade being done on the goods at the low price of 4g and 3%e.

INO. eee Cc ZIN Ne Pe 84c Or we will assort you a box each of Nos. 5,7, 9 and 12, at 524%c aver- age, and you can select yourown colors. We make a specialty of Ribbons, and you will find that we have the largest and most complete stock of these goods in the State. We solicit your inspection or mail orders. Corl, Knott & Co., 20-22 No. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, (ICH. THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. Daniel Viergever, The Clancy Street Grocer. Daniel Viergever, of D. Viergever & Sons, was bornin the town of DeRuyster, Province of Zeeland, Holland, ago. and important event in his history the family emigrated to the United States, coming direct to Grand Rapids. When old enough Daniel was sent to school, His scholastic career was terminated when he was 13 years old, however, and he went to work ina stave mill, where he remained some three or four years. While running the engine in the mill managed to learn wood-turning, putting in his spare moments at the lathe when the regular turner was absent—stealing the trade, so to speak. This trade followed for about thirteen years, years of which period was passed with the Widdicomb Furniture Co., and the remainder of the timein the Oriel factory. He spent one year on the police force, but being ‘‘one the finest” did satisfy his ambition, he resigned, purchased a team and wagon and began buying butter and eggs from He prospered in this undertaking and about three years ago opened a grocery store at 157 Clancy street. By the exer- cise of diligence, economy and honesty, he has built up agood business, some of the credit for which must be given to his two sons, Martin C. and w., former assisting his father in the store and the latter taking his father’s place **on the road,’’ purchasing butter, eggs and produce. Mr. Viergever is a member of the K. QO. T. M., and alsoof the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, of which he is the present President. He was mar- ried in 1870 to Miss Mary Klink, and is | the proud father of four children, two | girls and two boys. ten of no so farmers. James the —_————_—__--o-<—>—__—__——-— What She Wanted. A certain floorwalker in one of large dry goods establishments in this city is noted for his severity to those under him in business. One day he ap-| proached a junior assistant from whose | counter a lady had just left. ‘You let that lady go out without her making a purchase?” he asked severely. “Yes, sir—I— ‘“‘And she was at your counter fully | ten minutes?”’ “Doubtless, but then you see—” “Exactly, | saw that, In spite of all the questions she put to you, you rarely auswered her, and never attempted to} get what she wanted. ' *Well, but—” **You need not make any excuse. I shall report you for carelessness.’’ «‘**Well, I hadn’t what she wanted.’’ **What was that?” “One dollars and fifty cents! She’sa book canvasser, getting subscribers to the ‘Life of Pope Leo.’” The fioorwalker retired crestfallen, amid the audible titters of all the as- sistants in the department, who greatly enjoyed his discomfiture. the ee A Terrible Twist. A story is told of two Irishmen who} were caught asleep one night in the loft | of a burning building. One of them | hastily drew on his trousers and jumped | from the window. In his fright the garment wrong side foremost, with an effect which, when he recovered his | H equilbrium after the jump, excited his | profound consternation. **Pat! Pat!’ called out his companion, still in the loft, ‘‘air ye kilt entirely?”’ **No, Moik,”’ replied Pat in hopeless | tones, ‘‘its not kilt Oi am, me bye, but Oi fear me Oi’m fatally twishted. 43 years | Three years after this interesting | he | he | and | hurry he had unconsciously pulled on } Dry Goods Price Current. 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' a _ a... 7 | ' a... 6%) a... 8% ‘ ee : id a | ' Pe The} i ice ecle 10 | - Po Ty) ' , -10% | “ a. 73%! - a 11% | LC 8} “ Yr... 12% | os 8%) : Pe. 13% | \ 944) | L oe | | : 2 10%] va N. 1 ‘ oO... 21 | ” Fr ... 1444) | CARPET WARP. | Peerless, white... ....17 ao colored. ..18 colored....19 |White Star.......... iy | Integrity .. ——a ** colored .19 “DRESS GOODS. | Soon: . .s if — bese ce oueee “ |G G@ Cashmere..... “ | Nameless oe oe “16 | De semen etn 18 | * | CORSETS, | Coraline ..-.++-89 50/Wonderful . . 84 50 [Scoumaee........ SU een. .... 4% | Davis Waists..... 9 00|Bortree’ SS 9 00 | Grand Rapids . 4. 50|Abdominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS. a 6%|N one ag satteen.. 7% | Androscoggin....... pt 6% | Biddeford.......... 6 |Conestoga.......... - % Brunswick. .... . 64%|Walworth ...... - 6% PR INTS. Allen turkey reds.. 5%|Berwick fancies.... 5% TroUes.....--- 5% (Clyde Reoe........ ex = & purple 5% Charter Oak fancies 4 | ' se... 544 | DelMarine Cashm’s. 5% ' pink checks. 544) mourn’g 54% ' staples ...... & |Eddystone fancy... 5% - shirtings - 3% - chocolat 5% | American fancy.... 5%| . rober.... 5% | Americanindigo... 4%) sateens.. 5% American shirtings. 3%|Hamilton a --». oe | Argentine Grays... 6 ss aple.... 5% | Anchor Sbirtings.. _ ‘Manchester 1 ancy.. 5% Arnold coos © new era. 5% | Arnold Merino..... 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 534 - long cloth B. 9 |Merrim’ckshirtings. 4 ss C. T% - Repp furn . = ‘© century cloth 7 Pacific = nT ° ee... ee lee... ¥ ‘* green seal TR 10%) Port aE. 5 robes... 6% | | * “yellow seal..10%|Simpson mourning.. 5% a a cae oe na greys 5% | “ urkei; red. -10% . rol a black. 5% | Ballon s solid black.. | Washington indigo. 6% | “colors. “ Turkey robes.. Hi | Ben ee blue, green, “India robes... | and orange... 6 - plain Tky a & 24 Berlin e........ 5% * | oil blue...... 8 ‘* Ottoman a 66 ~ oo... & hoe ree. ......... 6% | “ Foulards .... 5%/Martha Washington i = red %... 7 | Turkey red X..... ss %........ 9%) Martha Washington | - 44.. 10 | ZUemoy fee........ 9% . 7 ‘3. 4X XXX 12 /Riverpoint robes.... 5% | Cocheco Com -. 5 |Windsorfancy...... 6 ers... 5 | . goid ticket - XX twills.. 5 indigo blue.......10% = ak...... 5 ary... . + i TICKINGS. [Ame ACA... TA A... 8... 11% amilton 2 ee : |Pemberton AA “ Awiiing, a lacie River Lae... |Pearl River.. | First Pee ‘one NINN ooo ae econ ss 12% | Lenox Mills - «ee Perens .......... 16 “COTTON DRILL. ae 3.4. GX|sterk A. ........ a Maino Mame........ 7% | Clifton, aE Roe 7 [Roper Heap........ 9 DEMINS. ie -. noeaee wees 12 {Columbian brown. .12 aes 14 |Everett, blue........12% ' po 14 " brown. ....12% are... 11% Haymaker blue..... 7% Beaver Creek AA...10 brown. on oe... 9 Werrey......,.....-- 11% cc... Lancaster. .......... 12% eine Mtg Co. br.. Lawrence, PO es = blue 3% No. 220.. “* d & twist ag ' No, 250 “HK Columbian XXX br.10 ” No. 280....10% XXX b1.19 GINGHAMB, Auaoekoes ...... -... 5 |Lancaster, staple... 5 “ Persian dress 64 na fancies .... 7 c Canton .. 7 ' Normandie 7 _ BPG isis &%|Lancashire....,..... 6 _ Teazle...10%4|Manchester......... 5X - Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 6% . Persian.. 7 i[Notmandis......... 7 Arlington staple.... 64%|Persian............. 7 Batos Wai fancy.... 4%|Renfrew Dress...... 7% Bates Warwick dres 744/Rosemont........... 6% staples. 6 |Slatersville......... 6 Centennial......... 10% |Somerset............ 7 Criterion ..... eee ™ Cumberland staple. 5% ace) Gu mord....... 8% Cumberland.... .... _eeeee........,.. 7% ES a ‘© geersucker.. 7% meee, Ta ereren.... ...... 6 Everett classics..... 8%|Whittenden......... 8 Expoaen.......... 7% . heather dr. 7% NEED, face oes cs 64 ” indigo blue 9 Glenarven. 6%|Wamsutta staples. . ws Glenwood.. .- Westbrook ede ea oe ieee... ....... 5 Jobnson Uhaloncl % _ indigo blue 9% . zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGS, Amoskeag.. ecuskee POROMWIEML...- .--... 2. 13% Stark. .........0e0. 18 | ae MREIOONN «2-4 conse ee . THREADS. Clark’s ey nd....6 (Barbour's..-.. . ....% Coats’ Fo — (‘Mermbars.... ...... 90 as GRE RE 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored Be, ©... 38 O i, Ot 42 ~ 6 hh 34 -— i> me... 43 a. 35 40 a ........— 44 - we ae 36 41 ee 40 45 CAMBRICS, ee 4 {Edwards...... _ 2 Were Geer......... 4 |Lockwood.. .4 aoe ee... <...- 4 |Wood’s. 4 Newmearket......... 4 Brunswick . 4 RED FLANNEL, ea 32% - = ed ed eee R2% Creooimore.........- oe B2% Talbot XXX. ; J R recs e eee 35 Nameris...... .-..- 27% Buckeye Mtoe orca oeee 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% J 224%|Weatern W ......... 18% Windsor....-. eo ee 6 oz Western... -20 |Flushing XXX......23% Union B -206| Mamitobea.... ....... B% DOMET FLANNEL 9 Nameless ..... 8 @ ca 8%@10 ’ A 9 @10% CANVASS AND PADDIN Slate. Brown. Black./Slate Brown. Black. 9% 9 914 /10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%/11% 11% 11K 11% 11% 1144/12 12 12 Be 12% 1244 |20 20 20 DUCES. Severen, 8 os........ 9%|West Point, § oz....10% Mayland, 8oz....... 10% «“ 1 12% Greenwood, 7% o4.. 9% Raven, Pee i, 13% Greenwood, 8 oz.. 11% i 13% Boston, 8 0z.......-. "740% |Boston, Wee.......- 12% WADDINGS. Waite, Goa........- 25 |Per bale, 40 doz....88 50 Colseed, Gos........2 omerea ™ ....... 750 SILESIAS, Slater, Iron a. -s Pewee... ...... 10% Red Cross.. Dundie...... Sedu 9 . Bam. ........, Seater... .... .... 10% “ Hee aA. 12%|Valley City......... 10% i es de eee 10% i oe ours ues ones 8 SEWIN Corticelli, doz....... 85 {Corticelli ae. twist, doz..4C per %oz ball...... 30 50 eco doz..40 KS AND EYES—PER GRO: No ; BY ¢ & ‘White.. _ No 4Bl’k & White. 15 8 -20 “ : a "2 “ 10 “ = PINs. No 2—20, M C....... 50 oo 4—15 # 3%...... 40 * 3—18,8C........ 45 COTTON TAPE. No 2 White & BI’k..12 |No 8 White & BI’k..20 “a 4 “ oe “ 10 “ oe “5 - ae 1"? ia «26 SAFETY PINS. ee 28 _ beets oueae 36 NESDLES—PER M. A. a. paces eeeme 1 40/Steamboat........ a eee e....... -... i Beene Beee.......... 150 Marsha Vs bea 1 00|American....... ose OO TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4....175 6—4... 5—4....165 6—4...2 30 COTTONT WINES. Cotton Sail Twine..28 |Nashua......... ... 14 Nee so 12 Rising Star4-ply....17 ae... 18% . Pils eh Bees i... re 1eerte Bie... 20 ES 13 — Valley...... > IxL 18% Wool Standard 4 plyi7% Powhattan ......... PLAID OSNABURBG See... oss 6% {Mount Picesant.. . 6% Aiomenee,.......... ie 5 See... 25... es Nt SET 5% Ar sapha.. octee A SE ow ccs Si Georgia... Ne eeiiecee nes 6% nog es Gramies .......... ou 5% |S - cee eaes eek oa ow Biver......... a pd cei ae BO Bie cece cncsas 5 Otis po iedaneo 7% Menthol Inhaler CURES ; Catarrh, Hay Fever, Headache, Neuralgia, Colds, Sore Threat. The first inhalations stop sneezing, snuffing coughing and headache. This relief is worth the price of an Inhaler. Continued use will complete the cure. Prevents and cures * Sea Sickness On cars or boat. The cool exhilerating sensation follow ing its use is a luxury to travelers. Convenient to carry in the pocket; no liquid to drop or spill; lasts a year, and costs 50c at druggists. Regis- tered mail 60c, from D, CUSHMAN, Manufacturer, Three Rivers, Mich. ("Guaranteed satisfactory. In large or small quan- titles. Guar- anteedright in every re- spect. Tradesman Company, EATON, LYON & C0, K BOOKS i Ol 3 | 20 & 22 Monroe St., GRAND RAPIDS. = i = Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent County Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIDS, ,MICH. Jno. A. CovonE Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. S. VERDIER, Cashier. <. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r, Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits. DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, T. J. O’Bri A. J. Bowne, Henry Idema, rien, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee 8. Verdier. Deposits Exceed One Million Dellars, AYLAS SOAP MANUFACTURED ONLY BY HENRY PASSOLT, SAGINAW, MICH. This brand has now been on the market three years, and has come to be regarded as a leader wherever intro- duced. See quotations in Price Current. r 4 (" © @ « ~~; « | vita r x ~~, | _— © Yr ~ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE TURN OF THE TIDE. The Long-Continued Business Depres- sion About Ended. The indications of returning prosper- ity are increasingly apparent. There can be no doubt as to this. The signs may not be so highly colored as some might wish, nor so hurried as men less wise or patient than Job are prone to ex- pect, but, that a revival of business is certain, no man who is not a tank of bile or a blind pessimist can for a moment doubt. It is true that business has been in the dumps, and that depression, like Exgyp- tian darkness, hasfor atime halted the march of progress; but, as this is by no means a new experience, it is not neces- sary to give up the ghost and die. Neither are we alonein this calamity. Other nations with less recuperative powers are being dosed with the same medicine and languish in the same tor- pidity. The wave of depression is world wide, and has left no country, however richand great, without its cold bath. Where stagnationis the result of ex- hausted resources, or of financial or me- chanical ability to use what it has, it is needless to say that faith in a dead tree is thrown away in expecting apples where they can never grow. In the en- terprises that constitute business, and in the monopoly of markets that have made it asuccess, it is possible that some na- tions have reached their noon and are leaving it behind them. Where this is the case, commercial decay, if slow, is inevitable, and its supremacy, if a bright chapter in the past, will be but a mor- tuary paragraph in the future. In such conditions depression is but the feeble pulse of old age and exhausted vitality. No such inference is possible in the American instance. We are not in dotage but in youth. Our resources are comparatively untouched, and for many proximate decades are practically un- limited. In all the essentials of growth and prosperity the Western Hemisphere is prodigiously endowed. In area and population the margin for development and expansion is broad enough for the march of centuries. In products and climate we are in possession of the gifts of every zone. In breadstuffs and min- erals, in cotton and fibres, and in nearly all the requisites of a self-sustaining na- tion, the American nation is unique in modern history. On such a basis the superstructure of commerce and indus- try cannot possibly be a sandhill ora mushroom. We cannot flatten the Andes as wecanamolehill. In this light the folly of measuring prosperity on the lines of a local watermelon is transpar- ently sarcastic. In the present—or, rather, the past— erisis of business affairs, it is a misfor- tune that so many men who are weak in the knees are sitting in sackcloth and ashes, and, like Jonah of old, are pre- dicting the fall of Nineveh in forty days. These forecasts of calamity do no good. They not ouly announce what never hap- pens, but deter other men from bracing up to the duties and opportunities of the hour. We are not lacking in the vital factors of recuperation, and the cessation of their exercise may be postponed; it may also be true that the publie confidence is still suffering from a weakened spine, and that idle money prefers a stocking to immediate investment in dormant en- terprises. No sane man expects busi- ness to leap from green grass into a well- filled hay mow, though the reaction from depression is frequently graphic and swift. Public confidence is sometimes as ec- centric in its revival as it is inits re- lapse, and money is spread at the same pace with which it was hoarded. In this instance it is an encouragement to a rapid return to its sober senses that idle capital is in abundance for every pros- pective enterprise. It may be true that tariff uncertainties are handicapping production and trade. These, however, at their worst, are but temporary. As to tariff uncertainties, it is not probable that suspense will be of long duration. It is more than possible that whatever may be the policy of the ad- ministration that pessimistic fears wili have to be revived. It has yet to go through the sieve,and what survives the process be less hurtful than popularly supposed. Be that as it may, the sooner the fact is determined the more immediate the accommodation of business to new con- ditions. It is in our favor that whatever obstructions may be in the way of busi- ness, the energy and enterprise that have hitherto characterized the nation will re- peat the old story of overcoming them all. There may be justifiable apprehension as to the result of this or that, but the basis and scope of business are on so broad and permanent a foundation that the men who face the situation with faith in the future are those who will garner the heavier sheaves in the harvest of coming prosperity, the date of which is certainly nearer than some suppose. ai The Business Outlook. The third month of the year opens with better promises of improvement, and, although the depression is by no means over, business men are better able to judge of future probabilities and dis- count them than they were thirty or sixty days ago. The worst is over, and we have now to do mainly with conse- quences. Legislative deliberations have some- what to do with the hesitancy to push forward in business circles, but, apart altogether from this more or less decep- tive there are at work which will continue to act until they ex- haust themselves; and, when exhausted, the resulting or following improvemen} willcome. Years of extravagance and inferior management have brought their fruits. Inflated and abnormal values have prevailed until a reaction came, and we are now ‘“‘in it.”’ The corrective agencies have already done much good. The volume of idle money is increas- ing, but this is only a result of condi- agency, causes tions last year. We are not suffering from any blight. The foundations on which we have builded are sound. There are money, brain and energy enough to make up for past slothfulness and the recovery will come in its own time. While there is distress and complaint ap- parent everywhere, there is yet a spirit of faith and confidence, and even deter- mination, to overcome what has crowded us down. Capitalists and bankers are waiting for spring. Builders do not doubt but that there will be even more building than last year. Stores, ware- houses aud factories everywhere small stocks, have and bank borrowers have been scaled down within safe limits. The readjustment of values has done vast good for all, and makes possible a prolonged period of profitable activity, the setting in of which cannot be very much longer delayed. CuaAs. J. REED. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. Re i a ee 60 Me ee ae oe si eee ee eo = agenniees gorvamne ..... -.................. eeniaws , Weneie ...... 6... 65c.. ss. ce 50&i0 AXES. First Quality, =, B. romee..................8 9 OG ' D. B. Bronze.. me teas 1x 00 ' om eeeen 8 00 oe... 13 50 BARROWS. dis, Moles .....:..............._..._...... Crees. ss pet 30 00 BOLTS. dis. ewe 8 50&10 Carrlige Bewie .:.. 75&10 Bicigh REN 70 BUCKETS. wen, wae... ntaccesee oe Oe Ween ee ae 400 BUTTS, CA8T. dis. Cast tdose Pin, flgnred........ ........... -70& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 604.0 We Ot ROS 60&10 HAMMERS. MI cn ee ecco are Maydole & Co.’s..... Deesees asec eves 2 Mi 60&10 | Kip’s i heal cea ce oS Wrought = a nS 75 | Yerkes & Plumb’s....... << - 40816 Blind, Clark’s. -70&1% | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. aes tnt =... cee ee Oo Blind, Parker’s...... ..-70&10 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast S Hand... .30c 40&10 Blind, Co 70 | HING eee | Gate, Clark's, 1, 2,3 ...... ..........,.. dts, 60610 a . ee eee per doz. net, 2 50 Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 60410 | | Serow Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and CRADLES. eel 3% ES ESE na SE vane dis, 50&02 | | Screw Hook and Eye, s- — cRoW BARS, [es 6 coc nM Coe eee... perb 5 _ . . es ccc... | «oe CAPS, | StrapandT........ dia. 5 1 | “RAN rm = was lll ' Hunt Bye... vee e tees teat entree ee cere eces $15 Nee a dis. 40&10 HON B... ee eee ee eter eee $15.50, “ais, 0. PR dis. 05 MA 8. 77m 46 Sperry & Co.'s, Post, ina die a 2 50 Northwestern...... igs ate oats ais. — MILLS. 8. 7 oes Parkers Co.'s........ ... wicnigintte 40 ao — Ce 50 i P.S.& W. Mfg. Co.'s Malleabies... 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........ : Landers, Ferry & Cle: Besson enone 40 | Coe’s Patent, maileable............. a Téi0 © BOQORPTING = «2... 6... cess we oe ee 30 MISCELLANEOUS. dis, MOLASSES GATES, Gi | Bird Camee 00 Siebbin’s Patterm..............seeeee renee ees 60&10 | Pumps, Cistern................ i "os saan PCIE COMTI. oon ee co ise ewes oe GOGO Scrowe New Gt, 70&10 Enterprise, self-measuring........... . Casters, Bed a d Plate................-- B0&10610 NAILS Dampers, American.. ——o. 40 oe over base, on both Steel and Wire. | Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods... .S5&10 SeCOl MANS, DENS... ee tee ase 1 50 META ee 1 50 — ee ee . 2e (GE SE AE UO Tr ks es 28¢ EE Re em 25 ZINC. - pohige sneenieaemso 35 | Duty: Sheet, 2c per pound. Eh 45 680 pound Cee ee 6% a Oe ‘ _ A ee ea acigea or es NON . pains PO ee ee 16 aise ante eee nen ReD aeaintehyioapororavamners 18 AT TN 99| The prices of the many other qualities of a 1 29 | Solder in the market indicated by nrfyate brands Ns ieee des 1 60 | Vary according to composition. Ee 1 60 ookson ca we a 5g, aa oe RRO ee eee eee 90 MELTS GRADE. Finish 10 ee ee rtd a IC, Charcoal... teeter eee 8 = Co eer weer cces core ccoecseses ‘ R SS epiau ana a aoa Reaaee 110 iOxis TX, © erectecteeteceneecteeen 92 . ET eee tk sak aha le ae a md ak esa 9 2E — 70 | 4eech additional X’ on this grade, 61.75. . ee 90 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE, Barrell % ... ! stn .oi oe cn PLANES. ee i0xi4 Ix. ede eee me ae oe ae § = — Tool Co.’s, fancy . | 54x20 20 TX’ 2 emuae teal ta 1 “each edditional X on this grade #1.50. Bennh, Aint GOMNte ie ls ee Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. . ....50&10 4x0Ix pe oes eee: PANS. “ps neta ee eeee ee ecen es ee Ae 1is.60—10 | 20K23 TO, eet ncee cee ceees cae polished ae dis. 70 a « Allaway Grade... BIVETS. dis, 20x28 IC li “ a MON A Fe ie ce eae 40 ooxoeTx tt a “ Copper Rivets and Burs...................4 50—10 | x28 TX, sae cea ' _ PATENT FLARISHED IRON. Pee i 814 69 “A” Wood's a pianished aye 24 to - ew 15 00 “B” Wood's lanished, Nos. 26 to 27... 9 2 | 14x66 Ix, for No. : Boilers, | per pound 10 00 Broken pa c per pound ‘aie. 14x60 IX, ‘ a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. RAPS ct Re, 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. to push the passage of the bill, but the facts brought out will force the Com- mittee into the position of acting with a full Knowledge of the serious men- ace to the business interests of the country whieh the passage of such a bill will occasion. The main argument advanced by the advocates of the bill is that the farmers of the country demand its passage. It is clear from this that itis to be passed solely in the interests of the agricultur ists, and is, therefore, strictly class leg- |islation. This fact, as well as the other | unconstitutional features of the Dill, its promoters clearly recognize, as they are | seeking to make it appear as much as possible in the light of a revenue meas- 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- “lass matter. =" When writing to any of our advertisers, olease say that you saw their advertisement in THE Micwican TRADESMAN, E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEPNESDAY, MARCH 114, 1894. THE NEW SUGAR SCHEDULE The schedule, de- cided upon by the sub-committee of the Finance Committee, provides for a duty as Senate sugar as on sugars not above 80 degrees test, shown by the polariseope, of 1 cent per above -80, but not above test, an additional duty of 1-100 of a cent for every degree pound; on sugars 90, degrees or fraction of a degree of test; on sugar above 90, and not abeve 96, 2-100 of a eent additional for each degree of test, and sugar above 96 test, a duty of 1 4-10 cents per pound. This schedule places a duty of 1 and 22-100 of a cent cent per pound on 96 test sugar, which is the average grade of dry centrifugal Grades this fined sugars, will pay a duty of 1 4-10 cents per pound, so that the Senate Com- sugars. degree of test, which includes re- mittee allow an additional protection on hundredths, for refined sugar of eighteen which, when allowance is made loss in refining, is equivalent to 1-8 of a cent per pound. The fore, accorded a tariff protection of very domestic producers are, there- nearly 1 1-4 cents per pounds on 96 test diminishing protection lower grades, while sugars, with a down tol cent on the refiners of the country are allowed cent un- an additional protection of 1-8 of a per pound, as compared to 1-2 cent der the McKinley bill. The tariff bill prepared by the Senate Committee has yet to run the gauntlet of and there- after reference back to the House should it pass the along debate in the Senate, upper body. There are in- terests which will do all that is possible to either prevent a sugar duty or cut down that fixed by the Senate Com- mittee. THE ANTI-OPTION BILL. The Agricultural Committee of the House of Representatives has commenced to grant hearings to in the Hatch anti-option bili, and al- ready several prominent representatives persons of the commercial bodies of the country | have been before the committee. These hearings will probably not alter the very | evident determination of the Committee above | interested | | ure, and not a prohibitive act. The power which the passage of the | Hatch bill will put in the hands of for- eign markets is clearly exemplified in the case of sugar. London is the great speculative market for sugar, and, as a result, that city, although in no sense a eenter of sugar production, dictates the sugar prices of the world. Liverpool would be placed in identically the same position with respect to cotton should the Hatch bill become a law, and our cotton producers would be completely at the mercy of the operators of Liver- | ! . . pool, whose interests, lying entirely with consumers of cotton, would seek to purchase the American crop as cheaply as possible. DEFICIENT IN SHIPS. THE TRADESMAN has already pointed out the fact that in spite of the number of new ships recently added to the navy list, the Navy Department is still defi- cient in the number of available vessels. This is being exemplified just now by the difficulty experienced in securing a sufficient fleet to properly patrol the Beh- ring Sea during the fishing season, now but a couple of months off. At the moment the only available ship is the Yorktown, and it is understood that the Bennington has been taken from the European statien for use in the Beh- ring Sea. The sending of these two ships makes it necessary to strip other stations where ships are needed. More- two not sufficient to properly patrol the fishing grounds if it is proposed to properly protect the seals. Owing to the complications in South America it is impossible withdraw any of theships on that station. The loss of the Kearsarge has greatly weak- ened the North Atlantic squadron, and the Chicago is now the only vessel left on the European station. In the Pacific there is an equal absence of ships, so that the Navy Department is seriously embarrassed to provide the vessels act- nally needed to meet pressing emergen- cies. Congress would do well to keep these facts in mind when making appropria- tions for the Navy Department this year. It would be wretched economy to stop the addition of new ships to the fleet in the existing condition of inter- national affairs. over, vessels are to An exchange notes the fact that cheese was a prominent feature on the bill of fare at a recent dinner of the New York Vegetarian Society and facetiously en- quires, ‘‘What sort of a vegetable is |eheese, anyway?’ Cheese comes, indi- rectly, from grass and wears a vegetable ; Mold as soon as it is old enough. | A Startling Revelation in the Business of Bread-Making. Written for Taz TRADESMAN. The dear people who have been buy- ing bread made by the bakers of Grand Rapids, under the impression that flour is its principal ingredient, will lose con- fidence in their mental equipoise when they learn that such is not the case. This may have a nonsensical ring, but it is the ring of Daniel Abbott, who re- cently went out among the city’s bake shops, armed with authority to examine books and papers, and learn, if possible, why it is that the price of bread remains the same with wheat at 50 cents a bushel, as it was when wheat was worth $1 a bushel. He examined white-aproned witnesses, worming the secrets of their profession out of them; inspected their private books of account; serutinized their expense bills; looked into fheir ovens; weighed and carefully analyzed their loaves, drawing comparisons be- tween them and the loaves our wives, mothers and sisters make, stigmatizing the latter, at first, as ‘‘stuff,’”’ but, being threatened in his own domicile with an application of ‘‘mop-stick” if he did not recant, dropped the offensive epithet and now uses the term ‘‘home-made bread’’ instead. The report of this ex- haustive research into the mysteries of the baker’s art was published in THE TRADESMAN of February 28, and so fear- ful was he that the astonishing revela- tion contained therein would seriously strain the credulity of his readers, that he assures them that he endeavors to post himself concerning any subject upon which he writes. He would have you understand, right from the start, that he is *‘posted;” and yet he tells you that he objects to having his ‘‘knowledge”’ measured by my ‘“‘ignorance.’’ This isa dead give away and shows that his knowledge, after all, is only a small mat- ter. It takes a large-sized measure to hold my ignorance, and Mr. Abbott is afraid to dump his knowledge into the measure, because he knows it wouldn’t cover the bottom. [ am afraid this acknowledgment on Mr. Abbott’s part will seriously impair the value of his statements. If I were to ask any child in Grand Rapids to tell me what bread is made of, the answer would invariably be, ‘‘flour.’’ Poor child! He has been taught this at home and in our schools, and his parents and teachers are alone to blame. He reads in his school books that flour is the principal ingredient in bread—bread in Grand Rapids, as well as in Canada— and it has been demonstrated to be a fact by frequent object lessons in_ his mother’s kitchen; and as soon as he ar- rives at ‘‘the rule of three,”’ in arithme- tic, and his ‘‘common sense” begins to show signs of sprouting, he discovers that the intrinsic value of a thing is »ro- portionate to the cost of the ingredients entering into its composition; and if the ingredients fluctuate in cost, then no just ratioof values can be maintained be- tween the thing and the ingredients of which it is composed, unless the thing itself fluctuates correspondingly. But some people after they mature, seem to forget what little they may have learned at school, and Mr. Abbott is one of them. It is amazing how a man of Mr. Abbott’s age and experience could so far forget himself as to put into print, over his own name and inthe columns of a jour- nal read, not by romantic school girls, but by experienced, matter-of-fact busi- bread does not and should not fluctuate with the price of wheat because flour is not its principal Ingredient. I say it is ness men, the statement that good perfectly amazing how any man could live among civilized people as many years as Mr. Abbott evidently has with- out having learned what bread was prin- cipally made of. If he had told us that flour is not the principal item of ex- pense in the manufacture of bread in Grand Rapids where labor, rents, etc., are high, it would have been more par- donable; but to assert that flour is not the principal ingredient in good bread, and that bread that fluctuates with the price of wheat is cheap bread, is just a little too ridiculous to be excusable. If Mr. Abbott had lived a little while in some Canadian city—like Toronto, for instance—and got used to the taste of baker’s bread and posted himself on bakers’ wages, before he came to Grand Rapids, he never would have stated, in substance, that Canadian bread was ‘“‘cheaper,’’ in the sense of being poorer; or that the wages received by Canadian bakers were only half what they are in Grand Kapids. Mr. Abbott has labored hard to disprove my statement that bread sells, or did sell, at Scentsaloaf. After making an examination and finding that such was the case, he discovers a hole and jumps through it by asserting that the grocers—because they receive the us- ual commission for selling, thereby add- ing, by so much, to the cost to the con- sumer—are direetly responsible for the Scent price. This is a dodge. What cares the consumer as to what proportion of the 8 cents the baker pays the grocer for selling? The consumer buys his bread of his grocer and the price charged by the grocer is the cost of bread to him, and when it costs 8 cents fora ounce loaf on a 50 cent wheat basis it costs too much. This isall I claimed in the start, and Mr. Abbott has failed to show that the price is not too high. He need not ‘trepeat once more’’ that bakers do not receive 8 cents a loaf for their bread, for every sane person knows that the grocers do not serve for nothing when acting as the bakers’ selling agents. The grocers are entitled to their margins /on the handling of bread, but when the | consumer pays 8cents it is too much. He has nothing to do with the baker’s rents, fuel, light, labor, or the arrange- ments he may wake with his selling agents, the grocers, but when heis com- pelled to pay as much for a loaf of bread as he did when wheat was worth double what it now is, he knows that it is unjust and unreasonable. Mr. Ab- bott would have his readers believe that the 4 cent pound Canada loaves l referred to in my last article were delivered direct to the consumer, thereby saying the gro- cer’s profit. This is absolutely false, as are some of his other statements, and shows that Mr. Abbott does not ‘‘post himself” on subjects on which he at- tempts to write. These Canada loaves are sold by the grocers just as Grand Rapids bread is sold by the grocers of that city. The commission or profit may be less, but the grocer sells it, and the consumer receives it, for 4 cents, as stated by me. Mr. Abbott says, ‘‘I think enough has been said, ete.’’ He is quite right. Enough has been said, but he must re- member that Lam entitled to the last word. If heso dearly loves controversy, 9o aw | 1 would advise him to preserve his com- ve = Pr. iT + « be - ‘ ad ¥ ~ + | —~— y 7. al ~ Pr. iT + « - - ‘ - ¥ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 9 bativeness for the discussion of some subject which would be of more impor- tance to the readers of the TRADESMAN. Ihave nothing further to say on the bread question. E. A. OWEN. a tn Fifty-Two out of Seventy-Four. At the regular examination session of the Michigan State Board of Pharmacy, held in this city last week, seventy-four applicants for registration presented themselves for examination. Of this number twelve were granted certificates as registered pharmacists, forty were granted certificates as assistant phar- macists and twenty-two utterly failed. The record is not considered a good one and the outcome was a source of much annoyance and regret to the members of the Board. The following were passed as regis- tered pharmacists: Allgeo, H. DeV., Bradley, Ball, J., Nashville, Bradshaw, C. E., Yale, Burch, Florence, Adair, DePree P. J., Grand Rapids, Jones, L. E., Grand Rapids, Johnson, Robt., Grand Rapids, Menold, G. J., Luther, Moore, E. L., Melvin, McGregor, J. C., Ann Arbor, Scott, J. H., Carland, Wiese, F. W., Saginaw. The following were granted certiti- cates as assistant pharmacists: Anderson, C. J., Manistee, Bates, L. D., Burnside, Bearrs, B. T., Carsonville, Bechtel, Collin, Wayland, Burrows, R. J., St. Ignace, Cowing, Caleb, Henrietta, Cudlip, S., Marquette, Dickerson, A. W., Conklin, Fisk, B. C., Edwardsburg, Fletcher, > J., Grand Rapids, Foster C. . Webberville, French, n C., Dimondale, Fuller, A. E., Richmond, Gardner, G. G., North Star, Goodfellow, Robt., Clio, Green, F. J., Manistee, Greening, M. D., Quincy, Henderson, R. C., Millington, Hills, M. J., Grand Rapids, Howson, J. A., Saginaw, Hull, H. P., Muskegon, LeFever, W. E., Muskegon, Loveland, L. O., Charlotte, Minthorn, W. B., Oscoda, Mitchell, D. W., Harrisville, Moody, W. C., Shelby, Moss, LeR. H. Whitehall, Nivison, E. S., Mendon, Ormsby, E. E. Clio, Osterle, W. F., Grand Rapids, Otto, G. W., Lakeview, Packard, H. D., Flushing, Smith, J. W., Benton Harbor, Swartout, S., Marshall, Tietz, C. J., Saginaw, Warner, F. C., West Bay City, Butzbach, E. F., Benton Harbor, Bruce, Jesse H., Evart, Deislex, A., Jr., Saginaw, Failing, F. S., Grand Rapids. The next meeting of the Board will be held at Star Island, June 25 and 26. The examination will be based on the Pharmacopoeia of 1890. All applicants intending to take the examination should file their applications with the Secretary a week before the examination. i i Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion. The regular fortnightly meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion was held in Protective Brotherhood hall Monday evening, March 5, President Daniel Viergever presiding. A. Brink, from the Committee on Oil, reported that Manager Bonnell, of the Standard Oil Co., told him that the Stan- dard people had not sold oil for 2, 8, or 4 cents per gallon at Zeeland. He had not had time to look the matter up _ thor- oughly, and, as Mr. Bonnell’s time was | limited, he had not much of a report to| make. full explanation, however, at the earliest opportunity. Peter Schuit. from the Committee on Crackers, reported that Mr. Christensen had informed him that first-class crackers could not be made so as to wholesale for less than 51 cents per pound. A factory in Lansing was selling a cracker for 4| cents and Grand Rapids factories could | make us cheap goods if the trade desired | it. Henry Vinkemulder, from the Com- mittee on Bread, said the bakers wanted | the matter of a reduction in the whole- sale price of bread left in abeyance for a time. They were endeavoring to ar- range the matter among themselves, and, as soon as possible, would inform the grocers of the result. The Secretary read a report on the peddling question, which fully corrobora- ted the statement made by Mr. Herrick at the previous meeting, that half a dozen peddlers were selling from one wagon under one license. As the sub- stance of the report was embodied in an article which appeared in a recent is- sue of THE TRADESMAN, it is unneces- sary to reproduce it here. Under the head of new business, Mr. Elliott moved that a committee of two grocers from each ward be appointed to interview aldermanic candidates and as- certain their position on the peddling and other questions vital to the interests of grocers. The motion prevailed and the President will appoint the committee and notify the appointees. Mr. MeInnes was absent, and so the Association heard nothing regarding his scheme for putting an end to scheme baking powder and tea. At this point the Committee dn Re- freshments presented their report, which, after adjournment, was promptly adop- ted, heartily discussed, and, it is to be hoped. properly digested, by all present. President Viergever announces the fol- lowing ward committees for the purpose above set forth: First—A. Brink, A. Stryker. Second—aA. J. Elliot, E. J. Herrick. Third—A. Buys, H. M. Liesveid. Fourth—J. J. Wagner, John H. Goss. Fifth—H. A. Olney, Frank Englewood. Sixth—M. A. Tuinstra, Peter Seven. Seventh—A. Vidro, B. Van Anrooy. Kighth—J. Geo. Lehman, Edward C. Jenkins. Ninth—A. Stratton, Homer Klap. Tenth—E. J. Carrel, Aug. Barthol- omew. Eleventh—Geo. H. Cobb. Twelfth—B. S. Harris, Phil. Graham. noma > 2 Hides, Pelts and Furs. Hides—The market shows no improve- ment. Buying is of the hand to mouth order, on account of poor business. Prices are merely nominal. Pelts—Are bought for the wool, and cheap wool means cheap pelts, and they cannot improve until wool does. When will wool improve? Echo answers, ‘*When!” Furs—The London sales are on and nothing definite can be known as to the market until the report from the sales is received. Tallow—The market has weakened, on account of receipts from South Amer- ica. Supply is short, however, which is ominous for lower prices. Prices are unchanged. I tp on Good Words Unsolicited. Stinton & Linton, general dealers, Kingsley: ‘‘We cannot get along without your paper.” J. W. Balcom, general dealer, Tawas City: “I have now taken Tur TRADESMAN about three years and have become so attached to it and the solid business points and suggestions con- tained in its pages that I feell can scarcely do business without it. I also fully appreciate your efforts in making so valuable a journal.” Wm. Hogg, general dealer, Nessen City: “Your paper is very highly prized by your hum- ble servant.” Merton E. Town, geueral dealer, Crystal; “The business pointers it contains are too valu- | able to one in trade to lose a single number.” Mr. Bonnell promised to make a] EDWARD A. MOSELEY. TIMOTHY F. MOSELEY. Established 1876, Every merchant at this season of the year should have a supply on hand of CLOVER, TIMOTHY and all kinds of FIELD SEEDS. We will receive this week a fresh car each of FLORIDA and CALIFORNIA ORANGES. Your orders solicited and filled market value day of shipment. MOSELEY BROS, 26, 28, 30 and 82 Ottawa St, Grand Rapids, Mich. Badges The Largest Assortment of Ribbons and Trimmings in the State. TRADESMAN COMPANY. Acme Hand Potato Planter SIMPLE, DURABLE, PRACTICAL. 0 Works perfectly in Clay, Gravel or Sandy Soil, Sod or New Ground. Plants at any and uniform depth in moist soil. Oo Makes Holes, Drops and Covers at One Operation. —_—_——_.—_—_ A DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS. As necessary to Farmers as,a Corn Planter. PLACE ORDERS EARLY WITH— FLETCHER HARDWARE CO, s& DETROIT, MICH., FOSTER, STEVENS & CO, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., PRICE $12 PER DOZEN. To You only Chew the String when you read this advertisement. Prove the Pudding, you must send for a sample order of Tradesman, Superior or Universal Coupon Books. If youhave never used the Coupon Book System, and wish to investigate it, sample books and price lists will be mailed free on application, TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Three Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Four Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. Five Years—F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, [onia. Next Meeting—Grand Rapids. March 6 and 7. Subsequent Meetings—Star Island, June 25 and 26; Houghton, Sept. 1; Lansing, Nov. 6 and 7. Michigaa State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor. Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit. Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit. _ Secretary—S. A. Thompson, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, Walter K.Schmidt; Sec’y, Ben. Schrouder. THE TRAINING OF THE SHOP. Professor Oscar Oldberg has contrib- uted to the columns of the Apothecary quite a lengthy paper on ‘‘Compulsory Pharmaceutical Education in America.’’ The arguments to be chiefly di- rected against the possibility of an ade- pharmaceutical education being attainable in the shops; ergo, the curricu- lum of the college is the means by which a thoroughly practical knowledge of the art may be secured. This is a view from one standpoint only. Five of the lead- ing teaching institutions of the country have been in existence by average forty- seven years, and now we are told that there are comparatively no educated pharmacists in the shops competent to instruct apprentices. Is this to be ac- cepted as the result of forty-seven years of systematic collegiate instruction? If it not a flattering testimony, cer- tainly, to the efficiency of that system. By common assent among pharmacists no single cause has tended more to lower seem quate Is so, the status of pharmacy in a scientific as- pect than the rivalry the number actually needed and tablished meet and tions business the already es- inseparable of colleges. Beyond to the gradual growth of the time, these institu- enterprises with pecuniary interests, and these interests became paramount toc every sideration. Then that the true sentiment in regard to pharmaceutical education found expression tion passed ceutical demand became solely other con- it was in a resolu- by the American Pharma- Association in 1871 **That colleges of pharmacy should be controlled by pharmacists,” and that ‘‘a practical experience’ in the shop should be declaring a sine qua non among ments for graduation. truth of and it has repeatedly emphasized by demanding that this term of ‘‘practi- cal shall not four years. Colleges of pharmacy had begun to multiply as business ventures because pharmacy was growing and the country was extending. the require- The forcible these assertions yet remains, been experience” be less than One notable institution, in order to se- eure a share of the patronage of the older schools, declared its purpose to open a short cut into the realm of pharmaceuti- cal practice and science, and professed to make better qualified pharmacists un- der newer metheds its of instruction than the tutelage of the shop and the | then existing institutions could possibly | supply. This was a tempting offer to the novice, but it received the severe disapproval of the prominent represen- tatives of the pharmaceutical profession. In addition to this profusion of promise it was even claimed that under its thorough methods it was not deemed an essential requirement that the student, tion, should even see the interior of a drug store! This plan substituted a limited term of months of necessarily disjointed theoretical instruction, and of practice, for a four years’ service of continuous exercise in the manipula- tions of an art which the limits of an average life, with uninterrupted labor and study, cannot compass! As reason- ably might it be expected that an artisan could acquire a knowledge of his trade by studying models of tools and simply inspecting the material of which he should construct his work. that time, and subsequently, the major- ing into every accessible quarter? To the earnest seeking student, then, no better illustration of the invaluable resources of shop-training for acquiring an intimate knowledge of the practice and of the science can be presented than is found in the histories of Scheele in the old world and of Procter in the new. Wo. B. THOMPSON. —_—— ~— 2 > - Sensible Suggestions for Salesmen. Rich people are really the only ones who can afford to wear shabby or seedy clothes, and even they are not greatly addicted to the pursuit of happiness in this way. boxes 12 Lemon 8 Orange ia = © . 10 Raisins. Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes Qs Sultana, 20 .7%@s Valencia, 30 “ “i Prunes. California, 100-120.. 5 90x100 25 ib. bxs. 5% ss 80x90 . 6% . 7Ux80 ey 6% . 60x70 “A . Ti IE esse aves a 10 ee French, aa)... -..... Oe ko ee ens - ae : te ENVELOPES, XX rag, white. oe $: 7 No, 2, 6% 1 60 mo 1, 6.-. 1 @ Ho. 2, 6.. . 1.2 Xx wast, am. eo er .. N 2’ 6% 13 Manilla, ‘white. eT 1 00 CE 95 Coin Mill No. 4. 1 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina, 100 Ib. kegs. ...........- 3% oe. aa i... 27 Grits 3 W a 3@3 Maccaroni and Vermiceili. Domestic, 12 lb. box... Reaewed.... secs a 10%@.- 1 Oatmeal. ee 4 25 Half barrels i00.. 2 25 Pearl Barley. i oo... 2% Peas. oon. ee... ....s..-s. 1 2 Pee perib..........-. 3 Rolled Oats. oe @i Half bbis 90. @2 5 Sago. a 4% Bost indme........... ee 5 Wheat. 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Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. 2 7% Pie preparation 3 ~— in i eee wee «-- 300 EASURES. a. per dozen 1 gallon . Lies an a Hal? ae... i ae ee 7 i: .. 4. 45 Half pint besa eee eas 40 Wooden, for ——— - doz. 1 gallon . 7 0 Half gallon . ea 4 7 Cee a. eae es Cae a, ok MOLASSES. Blackstrap. Sugar house.......+..----- 14 Cuba Baking. Co 16 Porto Rico. ee ace 20 Saey .....-- ore beubenene x” yw + a. ‘ , ~x THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count. @4 50 Half bbis, 600 count.. @2 7 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count. 5 50 Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 3 PIPES, eee oe ee... es... 1 70 oo * full count... esc see 70 Cob, No. 3 : 1... oe POTASH, 48 cans in case. eee. cc... 4 00 Penna Salt Co.s.........- 3 00 RICE, Domestic. Coren bene... ....2.......6 ' — 5% . ee. 2. .............. 5 ss. 4 Imporied. Japan, No. 2 SS SS 5% ee ee 5 eO7e. 04. -00... evescccecose 6 Pee... 5% SPICES, Whole Sifted. NOS co. ioe ec 9% Cassia, China in mats...... 8 . Batavia in bund....15 . Saigon in rolis...... 32 Cloves, Amboyna.. _ Zanzibar..... Kteeued Mace Batavia.:..... ... Nutmegs, ee me 8... ™ ee ee ee 60 P epper, Singapore, ——- 10 sh Pure ane in Bulk. a... .... . 15 Cass la, Batavia es 18 and Saigon .25 . Peo... 4... 5 Cloves, Awberne. .........- 22 2. ......... 18 Ginger, BN... oie, 16 Cee. 4... 1... 20 . Jamssicn ........ 2 Maco Eatevis............... 65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste, .22 Trieste bee cuee es 25 Demers pee ............ 4 Pepper, "> black....16 ise. .... 2 . Gite. Ceti 20 eee... “Absolute” in Packages. 4s Ks ae... .... 1 55 Cereos............. Se 3 oe a 4 15 Ginger, Jamaica ..... 84 155 races ........ & 155 eters... ........... & 155 Peeper -...-..-...4-+.- 84 155 Gases, ..... on 84 SAL SODA. oe. |... 1% Granulated, a... 1% SEEDS. ——_——————ooO @i5 Canary, Smyrna,...... 4 eo ee 8 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp. Russian . 4% Mixed Bird .......... 5@6 Mustard, white 10 Poeey...._............ 9 ee 5 Come SOs... .....-: 30 STARCH. Corn. 20-1b boxes ea cee leses cease 5% oe 6 C#. ss ...- 5% —— 1-lb packages. . oe Se Cel 5 6-1b ee ESE 54% 40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 3% eee cae 3% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders.........37 Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, Wied sces oesacdeescaeeees 5h moe *gnglish See ae 4% SALT. 1000). encks........-. -82 15 sib, ‘ . 200 25 20-1. OOGRs............. 1 85 oe 7 CL... 1 80 —— se 150 56 lb. $6 ed . _— bags. . b »4 28 Ib. 16 18 ‘ee 56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 32 28 lb L a“ oe “ oe 18 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in inensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56 )h, dairy in nen sacks. 75 Soiar Rock. OS ti. ORORS....... «. «.--.. 25 Common Fine. LO, 1 ee ee 75 SALERATUS, Packed 60 lbs. in box. Church’s DeLand’s Dwight’s. Saas Vesta S.-- oa. +s-- he euns encase 5 SOAP, Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands, Old Country, 80 1-lb........ 3 Good Cheer, 601 lb.......... 3 90 White Borax, 100 %-lb...... 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. Cees... eee 3 45 ee Oe. a oo ee eS pane 4 00 Leno — Se ae eG 3 65 Mottled German coc. oo OCS 3B Dingman Brands. i 3% 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3 % Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, ——. d..34 00 plain... 2 94 N. K. Fairbank & Co.’s Brands, Se COO. 4 00 Brown, de 2 40 Meme cto 3 25 — Bros. & Co.’s Brands. Aces... ..e.. 3 75 Cotton Wee. . > Reeeeee....... ..... nr oe .... 400 Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands WOR cs 3 05 moe... ..-s-....... 3 30 Savon Improved .......... 2 50 PUMeeeWEr ........... ou... 2 80 Golden ....... 3 25 Beoncrsicel ... Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, $3 doz... 2 50 hand, 3 Momo 2 50 SUGAR. The following prices repre- sent the actual selling prices in Grand Rapids, based on the act- ual costin New York, with 30 cents per 100 pounds added for freight. The same quotations will not apply to any townwhere the freight rate from New York is not 30 cents, but the local quotations will. perhaps, afford a better criterion of the market than to quote New York prices exclusively. Cus Loer...................05 GF Powdered .................. > it ee 4 i4 Extra Fine Granulated... 4 86 ee 5 11 XXX Powdered..... . 548 Confee. Standard A....... 4 61 No. i ColambimA......... 455 -- 44 _ = a SYRUPS. Corn. Barrels......- a 15% Wiedt Gae..«-...,.--..+------ 17% Pure Cane. eee ese ae 19 Goee......... bot esee veceen ss 25 ———........ ... . a TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’s, ee... -4 % emieit...... 2 75 Halford, ie ......,. 3% oott..-........... 2 Salad Dressing, lee ..... 4 55 aualr ..... 2 65 TEAS. saPan—Regular. a @i7 ec @20 Chotee. ...... eee 24 @26 oO ee 32 @34 Pee ci 10 @l12 SUN CURED. OEE gone ceece ccs sss @17 ee @20 (eee ....-.......... A @2 oe ee 32 @34 ee 0 @12 BASKET FIRED. RE oie ce cree en eine ge 18 @20 —................ @25 Choicest. . @35 Extra choice, ‘wire leat @40 GUNPOWDER. Common to faii....... 2% @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choiceat fancy........ 7 @85 OOLONG. @26 Common co fair... ...23 @30 IMPERIAL. Common to fair....... 23 Qs Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor to fair....... 18 @%6 Superior ta fine. ...... @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. mee ee 18 @z —_ eee 244 @23 ae 40 @50 TOBACCOS. Fine Cut. P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands. Sweet Russct.......... 30 @32 en ee 31 D. Seotten & Co’s Brands. Hiawatha. et Cwm... i ; Co Spaulding & Merrick’s siceans Sectne..............- 30 Private Brands. Can Can... Nellie Bly... s Unete Bom. ..:........ 2 Mecrey......... .... . \% bbls Dandy Jim.. Torpedo ' in drums.. 7a Vue... 28 Pee, . 23 ~ Gram... ........ 22 Plag. Sorg’s Brands, Spcarniead ...-..... 39 ee 37 Nevey TWikc............ Scotten’s Brands, Bue... 26 Eeawecns........, .... 38 Vales (ty ._.......... 34 Finzer’s Brands. Old Honesty.......... 40 7... ....... 22 Lorillard’s Brands. Climax (8 oz., 4ic).... 39 Green Turtie.......... 30 Three Black Crows... P7i J. G. Butler’s Brands. Something Good...... = Outer Sieol.......... Wilson & McCaulay’s Brands Gord Hope. ........... Happy T Cane —.. 3 | 32 i 31 nes Go... 27 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands, Bim ree 17@18 Golden Shower ............ 19 rerene 6... -..... Mecrscnaum .. .........- 29@30 American Eagle Co.’s Brands. oe ee: ree ae con |. 8... _. ..degar German .... .. el Frog secre ae Java, 4s foil.. J eeeg Loe Banner Tobacco Co. ’s Brands. Banner...) 16 ee - — eee eee 38 Gold C s cc ee ela s ‘Send, Ware... 15 Hone, Dew. ................ 26 Geld Bioek. .-. e.. L 30 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Srands, Poormens.....-.. .....-..¢ 26 Ce 18 Standard... | sae Globe Tobac co Co.’ 8 Brands. Men@msede......._-.._ 41 Leidersdorf’s Brands. oe ey_.........---... 26 Uncle aon bese ce. 5 ae 28@32 moa Clover... ..... 2.44... 32 Spaulding & Merrick. ‘Tom and Jerry..........++-- 25 Traveler Cavendish........ 38 Pacem Elem... .........,. 30 Free Gey.............- 30Q32 Corn Cake.. VINEGAR. ee 7 @8 weer..... 4 cc... 8 @9 81 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Bum per gel .....:. .... 30 Beer mug,2dozincase... 1 75 or a : .1 00 Warner's ..... eas cesun Ge Meus POO .............-.. 1 00 ane. ............. .... 7 MONE be cece tenes. 40. 90 HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: HIDES ee. 2B2% Part ‘Cared a @3 Full H @ 3% eo, 4@5 Kips, green be ea ese 2: @3 a @4 Calfskin, _—— » a England, France and other countries “ The Niagara Falls Route.’’ > % ~ still maintain the system of deporting (Taking effect Sunday, Feb.11, 1894.) . | s i . | Arrive. Depart their vicious and pauper classes, and in 10 200pm........Detroit Express ........7 00am rps most cases they send them to the United 5 am ....*Atlentic and Pacific.....11 20pm : rf u : a 7 : 1 cepm ..... New York Express -. 520pm States, to fill up its cities, demoralize its | noe All others daily, except Sunday. me " i : i" : | Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex- people with Old-World abominations | press trains to and from Detroit. and to dominate its public affairs. The | Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00am; re y < oe i ’ i | turning, leave Detroit 4:55 pm, arriving at Grand United States accepts this enormous in- H AS NO SU PE 0 | Rapids 10:20 p m. ce a xo | Direct communication made at Detroit wit - & « flux of moral refuse, and gives the men RI R B UT F EW EQ U A LS | all through trains east over the Michigan Gan the power to vote and to control munici- THE ONLY HIGH GRADE BAKING POWDER pon Ce a meu " i j - ALMQUIST, Ticket Agent, viv pal politics. This is the situation to-day. SOLD AT THIS PRICE Union Passenger Station. Europe is vomiting its poverty and vice 6 0 7 CA N 10 cTS. | | B CAN 2 5 cis. NG FEB. 11, 1894 . . 1 Fait upon us; our cities are filling up with a ‘CHICAGO ce : idle and criminal classes; the cities are MANUFACTURED BY | AND WEST MICHIGAN BY > ‘ : es . ie a controlled in the interest of jobbers and NORTH RO Pp. RO B ERTSON ‘ & CAR RI E. R, GOING TO CHICAGO. corruptionists; despite the laxity with LANSING (/CH. Ly. G’d Rapids. 7:25am 1:25pm *11:30pm a ¢ LOU/ f a : ie ne which the laws are administered, crime : QUISVILLE KY. Ar. Chicago ...... pm 6:50pm *6:30am : aws are s _ ec , . RETURNING PROM CHICAGO. 1 ‘ ases s s vio 4 v. Chicago.. i 35am 4:55pm *11:30pm =} increases so rapidly that the ee - Ar. Gd Rapids. : ia 10: anon *6: “on crowded and are all too small. This is Y 0 8B B BS Fly TO AND FROM MUSKEGON. ag aoe is . : ae LV. Grand Rapids : 0am 1:25} m 5:45pm ( not a reassuring situation. And = this a Ar. Grand Rapids...... 10:55am 2:30pm 10:200m juncture, when some reform in political _OUR | L Giud Weaaas CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. 7 i v. Grand Rapids... 7:30ar : 3:15p - methods is absolutely necessary, citizens i Ar. an Asie 12:20pm i ote { who are supposed to be best informed in § Quiz I nuigl 2 ad aaa if oo Ha 11t0nen be -~ / < TALAW VID 2 we eae ), . , “ eonstitutional law, and whoare naturally a Pe ae ei 3:45pm ....... 11:40pm : Arrive from 2tos cc., 1:0 i . & appealed to for advice, gravely announce FANCY PATENT FLOUR 10:00p.m. foe gal on UE ben Pra t . . . i Local train to White Cloud leaves ( iR in effect that no reform is practicable, eke ee cuuaasin tx We meu ee SS : ne Is unsurpassed for whiteness, purity and |», 56: p m., connects for Big Rapids end Fre Ch because it would deprive the political strength. Increase your trade and place your mont. Returning, arrives Grand Rapids 11:20 " : a.m obbers and raseals of the pow xf con- self beyond the competition of your neighbors il ' i . J : [ ean i r I sugnbis sag by selling this unrivaled brand. Write us for SeChaene te a. - Sesh sei 4 » trolling the country in their own interest. 5 ; price delivered at your railroad station ira Petoeen ie GB a a Fortunately, the people who realize the ae “173 To G. R..lv. Chicago, 7:35am 4:55pm 11:30pm a ee _ _ " "SYLL. ING GE 7 Wal fj } ToG.R..lv. Petoskey 5 “0am ioe necessity for a change will pay no atten- HOLLAND, MC d § : p HH ] Ing f}.. *Every day. Other trains week days only. tion to such counsel. : DETROIT gccon % i HOLLAND, MICH. 11, 1894 f Giving Away a Trade Secret. LANSING & NORTHERN R, KR, a . One evening, being perplexed at seeing : GOING TO DETROIT. the Italian _image sellers continually RI }) Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am *1:20pm 5:25pm r " hawking their trays of statuettes on their ’ } | Ar. Detroit . -11:40am *5:30pm 10:10pm heads through the streets without a hu- ‘ RETURNING FROM DETROIT. ~ 4 » man creature ever appearing to buy one, hoe een i. eee tga guage eee i . . é x 1 SIGs. ..... das! *) : lop J:45p laszed one if he had exercised his voca-[t5i‘ ili —etstststi<‘iOCOCSC : rc il oT sai ti Seen TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS, ton | ng. : : i Lv. GR 7:40am 5:00pm Ar. G R.11:40am 10:55pm ‘Thirty years, ? replied the man. TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R, BR ’ ‘‘And did you ever chance to sell one 7 homage et ee i of your figures?” inquired I. WE KNOW HOW TO!" a ae eee aa “Never, sir.’’ Parlor Cars ‘trains between G 2 \ : ’ i oe or Carson all trains between Grand Rap ee ‘“‘My good man.’’ said I, ‘‘do me the MAKE THEM, ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- favor of telling why you have been thus : ae : se ware Other trains week days only. a ~ walking about for the last thirty years If you want the best for Style, wy GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass'r Ap’t with that load upon your head. Is it in Fitand Wear, buy our . #& » Obedience to a vow you have made?” make You ean build ETRKOIT, GRAND HAVEN & MIL- “No sir; certainly not. It is to get my f ? D ee ee living.’ up a good trace on Our EASTWARD. ce “But you say you never sell anything.” lines, as they will give] Tt#!ns Leave |tNo. 14/tNo. 16 tNo. 18/*No. 82 ‘I never sell anything, itis true,” re- satisfaction. G’d Rapids, Lv 6 45am|10 20am! 325pm 10 45pm T turned the man, ‘‘but there are so many fonia ........ Ar 7 40am} 11 25am) 4 27pm /12 27am 317 »j > Ww t . . | . 2 ae ee i St. Johns ...Ar! 8 25amj12 17pm; 520pm) 1 45am clumsy people in the world that a day We Manufacture and Handle only Reliable Goods. Ga ‘Ay! Sodaiml 4 30nml 60 oa anaes ~ > ld Q fithout s c ; : se dom passes withou ' someone running ce CCC E. Saginaw..Ar}10 50am] 3 45pm 8 00pm | 6 40am against me os my —_~ ‘ My AGENTS FOR THE —e ity — = — : —_ 83 _7 soe i figures are broken and a crowd collects Flint ........Ar|10 05am) 3 45pm) 7 54 am - Ti - oc Pt. H _Ar |1205 550pm| 85 ) and makes the person pay for them.”’ BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO. oo. “ar 110: 53am 3 05pm 85 25pm| 5 ssa é Detroit.......Ar|i1* 50am 4 05pm) 251 Spm] 70 7 00am Pe Ww VESTWARD. HEY A LL Ss. A Yy “Trains Leave —«|*No. 81 |tNo. 11. |tNo. 13. Gd Rapids..... a Ly| 7 Ooam| 1 00pm) 4 55pm - | ———————— Gd Haven......... Ar} 8 20am} 2 10pm| 6 00pm +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. ‘ “ Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:50 s+. 2 Gc I d S c | : p.m., 4:45 p. m, and 10:00 p. m. t’s as good as Sapolio” when they try |i trans serve trom the west, 10:10 a. m., 3:16 « o - i ~ . . Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Parlor Car. to sell you their experiments. Y OUP) ectwara Noli Pirtor car. No. 15 Wagner n arlor Buffet car. ‘ id . d " 1] Jas. CAMPBELL, City T'cket Agent. Ta own good sense will tell you that they ira ran apids ndiana, : og : TRAINS GOING NORTH. a are only trying to get you to aid their Leave going North. . For Traverse City, Mackinaw City — . 7:40am i. bg n e Ww Qa rt ] eC l e Kor Traverse City * and Mackinaw ( City... 4:00 p Oe os 5:00 ° TRAINS GOING SOUTH. . < Leave going —— * Sor i Whe urges you to keep Sapolio?7? Iisizme=.... sacs ¢ * For Fort Wayne and the East.. : . h l . > ey For Kalamazoo and Chicago.............-+.: 11:20 pm it not the public” he manufacturers Chicago via G. R. & I. B. RB. 4 >- > ae Geom Megeee..... 12:05 p m 11:20 pm l ° . ° ° a Arr eee ae neces oe m am , by constant 204 jiticious advertising =<" ~~ <.... ‘ ar. > ™ 11:20 pm train daily, through coach and Wagner i" t i Car. . : - v Chicago 6:50 am pea 9:35 pm ~~ b ri ge g u r Y VW | Arr Grand Rapids 2:15 9:15 p 7:25am Cc S O mM € S to O u . S to res 7 OSE 4:00 p m solid with WwW ee Buffet tole Car and ‘ ! i — ne - :35 p m train daily, through Coach and agner Sleeping Car. very presence other articles. ereates a demand for Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. From Muskegon—Arrive 9:40am 56:20pm 0. L. LOOKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. For Muskegon—Leave. 7:35 am 6:40 pm THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence. New York, March 10, 1894—During the past week the jobbing grocery trade has pursued an even course, and the hopeful feeling which has given en- couragement to dealers for the past three weeks grows stronger every day. The out-of-town retailers are buying ouly from hand to mouth, but they all speak hopefully and seem to ‘‘point with pride” to the amount of empty shelving they must fill up very soon. Prices of provisions and breadstuffs are tending upward and, all in all, the situation is better than for a long time past. Collec- tions are rather slow, but this is to be expected and yet even here we find an improvement during the week. The Food Exposition is proving a great success at Lenox Lyceum and is pat- ronized in throngs. Manufacturers take a decided interest in expositions and just how far the latter agree—or dis- agree—with legitimate advertising med- iums is growing to be an interesting question. The reorganization of the Thurber- Whyland Co., though sa slow matter, seems to be sure of ultimate success. The sales of the concern, even during these troublous times, are about $10,000 a day, which would gladden the hearts of many concerns having had no financial difficulties. Mr. F. B. Thurber is so- journing in the South for a fortnight. Retail trade is reported as good in al- most every store visited, while others say “growing better every day.” The sugar stocks have been the center of attraction for the past few days, and ‘fortunes have been made in a few min- utes. The position of the ‘tpaper’’ is very strong, and the Senate schedule is decidedly favorable tothe Trust; at least, it is so considered by conservative men. Sugar itself is in only moderate demand, and there is no buying for speculative purposes. Coffee is improving as the season ad- vances and every day sees some good- sized purchases. No. 7 Rio is worth 171¢¢ and is fairly strong at this figure. The total United States stock is only 177,000 bags. Teais dull and dragging. Sales are being made that show some concessions in certain instances and decided firmness in others. Canned goods are still slow of sale and the quantity available seems to be limit- less. Fresh stock is appearing in greater plenty every day. This, of course, di- minishes the call for the canned article. In no one thing is there any special activity. Rice is meeting witb the usual daily eall, although the foreign product is hardly as active.as it was hoped would be the case. Fresh fruits, such as apples, oranges, eranberries, etc. are in good demand, and prices are high. Butter is still weak, and with large ar- rivals and smaller demand during the past few days the price has again fallen; for the very best 2ic is about the top noteh. Cheese is quite firm and small, size full cream is fetching 13c. Eggs are in demand for strictly fresh, but theyfare hard to find. Western, 18@ 19}¢¢. Beans are in light demand and for pea $1.75 is almost extreme. The week closes with a feeling of cheerfulness, and, now that the much- discussed Tariff bill will soon be settled, our jobbers are in a better frame of mind than they have been for many a week. On every hand are heard words of en- couragement; returning salesmen are united in saying that the tide keeps coming stronger and, with the return of the robin, comes the whirr of machinery. Let us hope the happy combination may last for a decade. JAY. areal arene A very bad mistake in addition is to make your expense account foot up more than youincome account. The best legacy you can give your children is a life they can emulate. Gripsack Brigade. Geo. W. Jenks, Western of days last week. James N. Bradford has issued tions to the annual reunion of the 26th Michigan Volunteer Infantry to be held in this city on the anniversary of Lee’s surrender at Appomattax, April 6. W. K. C. Manley, who represented the Gunn Hardware Co. on the road six or seven years and who resigned a year agoon account of his health, has returned from the West and resumed his former connection with the company. Wm. Connor, the Anglo-American representative for Michael Kolb & Co., was in town last week and will visit this market again on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 29, 30 and 31. Mr. Connor reports his business as decidedly on the gain, a fact that will be heartily appreciated by his many friends. Chas. D. Richardson, who has covered the trade South and East of Grand Rapids forthe H. Schneider Co. for the past five years, has resigned that posi- tion to embark in business at Chicago. The trade of that territory will be visited hereafter by Geo. H. Seymour, who will be compelled to lengthen the visits to his Northern trade from five to six weeks, in consequence of his assuming the additional duties. A Bloomington, Ill., dispatch notes a case of the most rapid courting on rec- ord, as follows: John Hiler, a traveling man of Chicago, Friday afternoon met Miss Grace Washburn for the first time ina grocery store. He was presented and was invited tocall thatevening. He did so, and before he took his departure proposed marriage. The proposal was accepted, and they were married Satur- day at noon at the parsonage of the Sec- ond Presbyterian Church. Hiler’s home is at Grand Haven, Mich. Later—Recent dispatches state that Mr. Hiler’s mother-in-law is after him on a charge of perfidy, claiming she has discovered that he has already a superfiuity of wives. **You can nearly tell the length of a drummer’s service on the road by the size of his baggage,’’ remarked a veteran salesman the other day. ‘‘When a young man first starts out he is more than likely to carry a trunk, two valises, a blanket, a cane and umbrella and a leather hat box. That means that he is earrying clothes for all occasions, and about four times as many samples as necessary. He soon gets tired of pay- ing for a trunk full of clothing for which he has no use, and sends that home. He then learns that a silk hat is not neces- sary for the sale of goods; that umbrel- las can be hired at hotels; that a cane is in the way; that Pullman cars are sup- plied with blankets; that samples of the goods he sells are on the shelves of his customers; that extra overcoats are a burden; and a year later you find him in a neat suit of dark clothing, a dressy derby hat, a middle-weight overcoat and single valise, one side of which contains his linen and his slippers and the other such samples as he must carry.” Saginaw Evening News: One of the brightest traveling men who drops in on Saginaw merchants occasionally is Dave Smith, who runs for a large Chicago gro- cery house. ‘‘Dave,’’ as his friends de- light to call him, is always neatly dressed apd smoothly shaven. He looks like Denman Thompson, the actor. He is a | good story teller and tells one on a Jack- Michigan ' representative for the Seely Manufactur- | ing Co., of Detroit, wasin town a couple | | and a couple of gallons of prunes. invita- | son grocer. Mr. Smith entered his place of business one day and solicited an order. The grocer ordered a ham or two After the order had been put down on the order book Mr. Smith asked if there was any- thing else. The grocer answered in the negative and assured him that he had simply given him this order to help him along. ‘‘Thanks,’’ said Dave, ‘‘But who is the next manto drop inon you?”’ “Oh, his name is , and he comes from Grand Rapids.’? ‘‘Well, you give him that order when he calls, for if 1 sent it to my house they would think I had gone daft and I’d get fired. We sell prunes, but not picayunes.” de " 126-200-216-226 bees eog 50 BANANAS. Small Se eee ace accep ies he anes 150 iS... 2 50 LEMONS. Misi OO I ei se, 3 50 ees Oe ee. i ee Extra fancy 300.......... boon pees cae boas 4 00 meta Temey O00... 01... 2... 4 00 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Figs, fancy layers, ag @12% ae @i4 “extra Oo MAE ce oe ccc cescee cs @15 Dates, Fard, 10- > box eee ely ae. g q a iia @ dK . mene. 50:Ib, MOE. 6. 4... c.s @5 NUTS. Almonds, ew Se g 16 ee ee 15 ot California Pieeieac ene ssle scan @ Soe. eee ERG AAEM neo @y eee @il Walnuts, ——-. bo French.. Pee ea “ ee oi Table. Nuts, fancy.. Me eee Same ee @i2 one... @i1 Pecans, Temas, i. F., ....... coe @7 ——————_————————_ee Hickory Nuts per be. ode ca eceee 13 Cooeenues, fel Ga0ne........5.... -.... 4 00 PEANUTS. A ot @5 “ ou “ Ri @ 6% Fancy, i P. Flags Bae eed Oe eh ce, @5 @ 6% Choice, H. Ps ee... @4 —— @ 5% OILs. The Standard Oi] Co. quotes as follows: BABRELS. et, Zak W. W. Mich. ——— Siete eee 5. se Stove Gasoline..... Cormaeer .......-..- oe ua 5 5s Black, 15 cold test FROM TA eee. ae ek 7 xix W. W. Mich. Headlight...... m3 5 POULTRY, Local dealers pay as follows: Turkeys oe 8 @8% UG oie eee sc tec apne eer 7 @8 6 @ 6% 8 @9 -8 @P [ny «se 12 CeCe... .45.-. 2 S33 We esas 11 RO... ina 10 @u i -10 @12 Turkeys Te 9 @% I eee a T%@ 8 ee, ue 6%4%@ 7 MO 5 si ee vs sdadep ences ns Santi vee s 8 g 9 POI ciecoeds bee cescemedeeisesl us le 8 9 i ~ Pee “< TEYou Want Gund, Light, Sweet Bread aud Bissist PR YOU WANT THE BEST USE - FERMENTUM THE ONLY RELIABLE __ COMPRESSED YEAST Ae a a | ORDER MANUFACTURED BY -» TheFermentUmGompany — MAIN OFFICE: Kg CHICAGO, 270 KINZIE STREET tw | iw MICHIGAN AGENCY: GRAND RAPIDS, 106 KENT STREET. Address all communications to THE FERMENTUM CO < - New York Biscuit Co., a MANUFACTURERS OF Ke — ~~ “ “WM. SEARS & COS o« b> t © Crackers and Fine Sweet Good ah 1 a Pe ne etre — oo JOBBERS oO} «, » * a . * F | We constantly have the interests of the i t i {> trade in view by introducing new | novelties and using the best of material 4 - ° . ° ° . | in the manufacture of a superior line of i 2 goods. —™ Our BUTCHER’S LARD is a Pure Leaf Kettle Rendered . « The Continued Patronage of the Oldest Established Grocery} Lard. If you want something cheaper try our CHOICE Houses in the State is our BEST TESTIMONTAL. PURE, in tubs or tins, and guaranteed to give satisfaction. r = Note these prices: ‘ oe eee F 9 ry. fe OO I i nn ce ees 103 b OUR GOODS ARE ALWAYS IN DEMAND, AND NO as a oe le ee. 102 GROCERY STOCK IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A FULL LINE. siygs - 4 is SEND IN A TRIAL ORDER AND BE CONVINCED. I a a Lada ee ee ss fs) a +e —_—_——o — tie > + we also take Orders for the Celebrated KENNEDY BISCUIT, _* made at our Chicago Factory. WESTERN MICHIGAN AGENTS FOR ' ai ae G. H. HAMMOND GOS SUPERIOR bu ‘ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | » ib TTERINE. Your Judgment i: Willtell you thata few New, Nice, “§ Bright pieces of Giassware will attract ” » more aitentionand make your old stock ’ ‘1 look and sell better than all the adver- . jf} tising you can do. 2 Sie e Did You Ever qe Notice how much better pleased a customer was after she had bought °*§ * q j } [ae . eh a : 3 i 4 ‘i ; } | dh : aie j i Ais | om teh % } A 7 \ = e 7 sak . ii . , SS neteeta nares Sia won C , . , se something nice, than she was when a}, - 15016 nuby Engraved assorted Package. she had bought some cheap article? It is 7 1-6 dozen 4 piece sets..............-.-- $30 00 s, 90 Some credit to a dealer to have a cus- oe ee * 4 tomer remark to a iriend: “I bought that : oa ae isi nice water set of mine of Smith & CO.” re ae 1-6 ‘** Molasses Cans ee ee 2 co : i a a ae Salis oe eee eee be 3 40 1 Peppers ‘ i ae ‘ a 1 7 ¥ : near 43 > itn. Berr, wepes. 4... re ae 1 39 No I O10 Rub 43¢ 1 “+ Comports saeco 4 00 ‘ it. $26 72 This handsome, Engraved Colored Regular less 50 per cent.... 13 36 —“ Glassware is all the go and just what 73° you want to make your old stock look -—— like new. Buy a package and mix it in * We allow this EXTRA ten per cent. on this * Extra ten per cent... 120 with your old stock and see if it don’t package for early orders. Ask our traveling men ee chek dk. Package 35 net........ 11 18 help to sell it. Vv Special less 10 per cent... H.iLEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich. PLAGE your orders with us for Fruit Jars before prices advance. Our prices are lewest and all right. ‘ [maLrtit 16 ESSENTIAL } ' ===, to successful sale of goods. Consumers have a habit of determining 4 YW wheiher an article of food is pure, wholesome, reliable, convenient and economical. Borden’s Peerless Brand Evaporated Cream #| possesses intrinsic merit, with all the above qualifications. We recom- : mend it, and you are safe in doing the same. [1 1s rich and whole- some Milk, condensed, with its entire proportion of Cream, and with- out sweetening. Its keeping quality 1s assured by perfect processing: $ People who like to-use an unsweetened preserved Milk are learning , of its merits, and will want it. t ‘ + 4 a ' : 4 ‘ 4 pec et EMS I ce a INN EAM sg carte : a . ¢ ‘ 7 \ Mil SCLD EVERYWHERE. tS" For QuoTaTIONS SEE Price COLUMNS ee x = \ t greens in t a 4 SD LU areas If so, and you are endeavoring to get along without using our improved Coupon Book system, you are making a * \ > most serious mistake. We were the originators of the coupon book plan and are the largest manufacturers of these “Ih _ books in the country, having special machinery for every branch of the business) SAMPLES FREE. > TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ,f{.