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Y. ae sees >. - ae seman Pagar Metso wa “Spy Sd ge aa: Ha SE Lng eet 9, One SRS sansa Ss pean ns ag i SARA — aBbeNS IGA Twenty-Eighth Year SPECIAL FEATURES. e Crop Shortage. 4. News of the Business World. 5. Grocery and Produce Market. 6. Detroit Produce Market Page. 7. Indiana Items. 8. Editorial. Financial. On the Muskegon. 12. Butter, Eggs and Provisions. Cottage Cheese. Common Sense. 16. Business Building. Dry Goods. 19. Special Sales, 20. Woman’s World. Won the Girl. 24. Profit Sharing. Behind the Counter. Hardware. 31. Eye For An Eye. Industrial Education. 33. The Fool Class. Shoes. 36. Saginaw Valley. The Commercial Traveler. Drugs. 43. Drug Price Current, 44. Grocery Price Current. Special Price Current. BOOST FOR RURAL CARRIERS. Once more the parcels post topic bobs to the surface, and this time through the increase in the salary of the rural carriers. Congress provided during the last session for the dis- bursement of $4,000,000 during the present fiscal year, leaving the method of its distribution in the hands of the Postmaster General, who has deter- mined to increase the salary of the rural carriers $100 each. “Now that the men are to receive such a generous increase in pay,” he said, “I feel that Congress should lose no time in authorizing the carry- ing of parcels on rural routes. A par- cel post system can be conducted without any extra expense to the Gov. ernment other than the $4,000,000 sai- ary increase, which in my judgement would be more than offset by the par- cels post revenue.” The rural delivery system was started fifteen years ago with eighty- three carriers, who were paid only $200 a year. The salary has increased faster than the work and to-day they receive $1,000 annually on the full twenty-five mile route, with all the possible holidays in the year except Christmas, Uncle Sam either making this an exception because he does not wish to defraud any one of a Christmas present that is strictly oa time or because the work is at best so great during the holiday rush that to put two day’s work into one—the inevitable result if Christmas was taken—would be too burdensome. There are over forty thousand carriers now, and the way others scramble for a vacancy looks as ii the pay was not so bad, even before the last increase. So long as there are a half dozen who have passed the civil service examination and are just waiting for some one to die or quit the business and give them a chance, hovering about each rural route, it looks as if the generosity might have been as well placed elsewhere. Gov- ernment employes should be paid for every bit they do, but with so many GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1911 competent people anxious to take the jobs at the old rates, there is no reason why the salary should be in- creased. There is no doubt room and need for economy in the Postoffice Department, but just now it would seem that the dilemma is being teth- ered by the wrong horn. SHADED STREETS. “I’m always glad to get back to .’ announced a promising at- torney on arrival at his old college town ior commencement. “It is a restful change from the hot city. Walking along your shaded streets is like walking through a beautiful park.” The compliment is one which may be easily realized by any city, and the magnificent trees of which many now boast are within the reach of all cities, if property owners would take enough interest along this line. Walk along any of these shaded streets on a sweltering day and the cool, shad- ed porches declare that planting trees pays. Now one of these cities is in a bit of trouble through the discord be- tween her shade trees and another interest that was supposed by the City Council to be one of reform, the widening of the street pavement. One property owner along the proposed line makes a most earnest plea for the four beautiful maples bordering his lot, the value of which he places at $500. There are also some mag- nificent elms, the fate of which is just now in the balance. The life of a tree is not a thing to be considered lightly. Some of these trees can not be replaced in the life- time oi those now laboring for their preservation. Lovers of the beauti- ful will say, Let the street paving go and spare the trees, whatever may be the decision of the practical engi- neer. The incident brings forcibly the lesson of the importance of leaving room for trees in the making of the town or city. We can not all aid in the vast work of forest preservation, but every lot owner can at least plant a tree end aid in contributing to the beauty and comfort of his home town. fle can also voice his sentiment in the protection of trees which have stood for centuries and should be al- lowed to sand for centuries yet tuo come. ORANGES AND LEMONS. There seems a bit of inconsistency as well as injustice in the attitude 0? the newspapers which one day give a half column of space to the bene fits from eating oranges and lemons, as recommended by Dr. Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry in the United States Department of Agri- day culture, and the next they deride the Doctor editorially for serving in the two-fold capacity oi public doctor and boomer of an orange growers’ industry. Dr. Wiley has emphasized what a number of people had already found out in a small way: That the orange has medicinal properties, as have the apple, the blackberry and, in fact, al- most all kinds of fruit. He says. “Eat oranges; eat them in winter, eat them in summer; eat as many as you can afford to buy;. they are better for you than physic.” He further calls attention to the plural number. Now individuals differ, and with some a single orange is equivalent to the physician’s laxative. Certain it is that in many the f drugs of this nature may be entirely eliminated by the use of this fruit. And when Dr. Wiley urges people to “eat oranges for breakfast and also for dinner—not from a medical, but an anti-medical standpoint” those who are wise will at least test the pre scription before deriding it. Person- ally, we know that it has proved all that he claims for it in certain cases; —and what drug does equally well for all patients! It is a safe and sane article of food with pronounced med:- cal qualities, and as such pushing to the front. instances use 0 ¢ i } j J deserves As for the lemon, the juice if only slightly thirst most effectively, reduces the danger resultant from drinking strange water and greatly lessens malarial tenden- cies. In hot weather especially it 1s economy to use lemons freely, both as a matter of comfort and of health. sweetened quenches THE WHOLESOME MELON. To many the adjective and noun seem incompatible. Yet if used rath- er than abused there is no more wholesome dessert. The funny man has had his say quite long enough, and it is high time that the melon came to its own. eat melon Of course one an inor dinate quantity of and then become sick. They may become a glutton with any class of food. The melon, however, is an easy subject with which to err in this direction. There seems to be little sub- stance, and the taste is so tempting. Put it is only for those who are strong enough to cast aside tempta- tions that I am talking; those who know when they have had enonugh and prefer to let the remainder of the melon spoil rather than to eat too much in trying to save it all. Those who like the taste of either watermelon or cantaloupes will sel- dom find any evil after-effects if 4 little salt is eaten with the fruit. Not only is it rendered more digesti- ble, but those who have become ac- customed to eating it in this way may so Number 1452 lacking if omitted. will find something sadly for any reason the salt is Cantaloupes served with cream and sugar are a more wholesome dessert than pastry, and it is certainly a sav- ing of iabor to the housewife to avail herself of all plans that will curtail the hardships of baking. Eaten in moderation, the melon habit as does that of eating olives or cel- grows, ery. You may press the sales with no fears that you are laying a foun dation for a cholera epidemic. The sreat watermelon, so sweet and lus cious, may lure some one to err un: goodly sized party with the goods less he invites a to his feast; but the fault is individual and not with the HELP YOURSELF. The Trade Register calls the at tention of the Tradesman to the fact that an article on the gooseberry, which appeared in our issue of July 5, was original with that publication and should have been so. credited. The cords Tradesman very cheerfully ac- the due. In this connection the desires to place itself on record by stating that the Tradesman at any time fs at the service of brothers of the with or without credit. The Trades man probably pays more for original matter than any other trade publication in the country, but when the matter has ed in the Tradesman read and digested by its subscribers, honor Tradesman anything appearing 10 its press, mercantile once appear- and has been it is satisfied and it wishes its broth- ers of the press to feel that they have the right or privilege to repro- duce anything appearing in the Tradesman in their own _ publica- tions, with or without credit, as best serves their purpose. The Tradesman is in the business to do all the good it can in all the ways it can and would not willing] hamper any publication from pursu- ing th= same policy along the sam: or allied lines or along lines of its own, seems to be _ best adapted to the community it under- takes tc serve or the district it aims whichever to cover. The Tradesman aims to be broad and generous in its methods and big and liberal in its So far as the Trades- man it has bad friends among its brother publications. [i it has any bad friends, it is a mat- ter of regret misun- derstanding or misconception, and it will out of its time to undertake to dispell the illusion. TTS in its ideas deal- with all. knows, ings no and is due to go way any Do not fret because there seems to be no opportunity open to you; if you have backbone will make openings and create opportunities un- der the most adverse circumstances. you MICHIGAN TRADESMAN July 19, 1911 CROP SHORTAGE. Canned Vegetables Will Be Higher Next Winter. 18—The protracted May had canners’ Indianapolis, July exces- sive heat and drought since the first of such a serious effect on crops 1 the Central States that the pack of 1911 is canned vegetables for esti- mated by those connected with the canning industry to be from 33! per cent. toe 50 per cent. less than normal, or the average for the last decade. This shortage means much to the canned goods packers of In- diana and to the consumer. A range of higher prices for staple canned food is almost certain next winter, without promise of re- pack brought into the market. canners say, lief until the 1912 can be Means Money To Indiana. “For the last three years, just to Paul Gilber! reach a general average,” said Fishback, of the Harry C. Ca., brokers in canned goods of this touch all the canners in Indiana and nearby city, who is in constant with states, “the three principal vegetables packed by Indiana canners have been worth to the packing industry over This corn two and a half million dollars. figure includes only tomatoes, and peas, seasonable and perishable vegetables. To include the other sea- sonable fruits and vegetables, to say nothing of baked beans, lye hominy, that can be packed at any time during the year, would mui- tiply $2,500,000 many times. It is much it will sauerkraut, etc., easy to realize how mean to the canning communities to reduce the amount of money distrib- laborers from one-third to one-half. Most of this sum comes to Indiana from other uted to the growers and states, as Indiana canned goods find a market all over the country. The average pack of tomatoes for the last three years in Indiana has been 841,- two Corn has averaged 484,036 and peas 451,560. 497 cases of dozen cans each. First Planting Lost. “In ordinary seasons the in Indiana sets plants ,afield between May 15 and June 1, but this year, on account of the lack of moist- ure, setting was delayed until as late as June 10, and by that time the plants in the cold frames had become so large that they could not be made to grow when transplanted into the fields. Thus for the growth of canners’ tomatoes were lost to the canner. Moreover, in many sections cf the state, grow- ers have not been’ successful with their tomato crops for the last three or four years, and many gave up try- ins this year. fo add to the un- happiness of the tomato canner, the catsupmakers have been coming into to establish stations, and because of the nature of their prod- uct they can afford to, and do pay the grower more for his than the canner does. Finally, after the reduced acreage was set and well on its way, cutworms, which always thrive in dry weather, helped greatly tomato grower in many acres set aside the state tomatoes to still further cut down the size of the crop. Shortage in Other States. “The the growers and packers conditions of discomfort to have not been local in Indiana. In Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey, three states which produce from one-half to two-thirds of the entire tomato nack of the country, identical condi- tious have prevailed. Missouri, which las been a factor in the packing of tomatoes for the last four or five years, reports a prospective pack of about 10 per cent. of normal, due to In fact, the conditions in Missouri have created a great deal of activity in the market for Indiana tomatoes. both 1910 and 1911 pack, and Indiana canners have been selling for prompt or fall into the River from the drought and heat. unfavorable shipment Missouri territory, which they have been excluded for the last five years on account of the lower freight rates applying from Missouri canning points. A meeting of the Tristate Association, composed of canners of Maryland, was held ago, and when reports were all in, it was found that these three states have pros- pects for about 50 per cent. of their normal The new come on to a practically market, as almost all of the 1910 packed tomatoes have gone in- There are per- haps not twenty-five cars owned by packers in the Central States, out of approximately one packed last fall. Record Pea Crop Failure. “The pea crop in Indiana was more nearly a failure than ever before since pen canneries have been established in the state. Just at the time when the vines were developing and ready to blossom, the drought set in, and abetted by the excessive heat during May, forced blossoming and the de- velopment of peas before the vines were sufficiently large to sustain the pods. Packers’ the principal Delaware and New Jersey, in Baltimore a few days pack of tomatoes. pack will bare to retailers’ hands. thousand cars The pods were small, contain- ed but few and very hard peas and in some sections the vines were so small after the peas had ripened that they could not be mowed in the cus- tomary manner, but had to be pulled. The vield an acre was disappointing- ly small to the grower and packer alike. One factory in the state, with an acreage sufficient to make possi- ple a pack of 12,500 to 15,000 cases under normal conditions, wound up with less than two thousand cases in the warehouse. It is estimated that the pack in Indiana was about 40 per cent. of normal and the pack- ers have finished for this year. Wis- consin, New York, Maryland and Michigan, four of the most impor- tant pea canning states, are unani- mous in their report of a shortage of at least 50 per cent. of expectations. Indiana peas sold this spring in New York and other Eastern States, an almost unheard of occurrence and due wholly to the fact that it was early known that the Maryland pack would be a practical failure. Outlook for Sweet Corn. “Sweet corn for canners has been developing excellently as the weath- er, since planting time, has been al- most ideal, but a critical point has been reached and unless soaking rains soon fall over Iowa, Illinois, In- diana and Ohio, the principal central corn odacking states, this crop, too, will be materially decreased. Ever with a record breaking corn pack, there is little prospect of low prices for corn, because it has always beer the tendency of the wholesale gro- cery trade to make up for the short- age of one pack of the three stapie vegetables by heavier purchases of the other two, and corn this year will have to stand alone to fill un the holes in both the tomato and pea pack... The Price Prospect. “Although there have been advanc- es of from 10@15c a dozen cans in the wholesale cost of tomatoes, corn and peas during the last thirty days, the effect will not be felt by the con- sumer until there are still further ad- vances. Asa rule, the wholesaler and retailer absorb between them the higher prices asked by the packers, until the cost to the retailer gets above $1 to 1.10 and then the consum- er can no longer buy at 10 cents a can. It will not be surprising, how- ever, if all the three principal staple canned vegetables will be selling at 12% cents a can or even 15 cents a can next spring, when packers’ ware- houses are empty, wholesale grocers’ stccks are low and retailers’ shelves are almost bare. Such a condition seems certainly in prospect.” —— ~~ Indiana Board of Health After Dirty Grocers. Indianapolis, July 18—Twelve legal notices from the State Board of Health, directing changes in food producing and distributing establish- ments, effective on or before to-day, have been issued since July 1. Of these four are directed against estab- lishments in this city. Three are at Broad Ripple. Graff Bros., of Mishawaka, gro- cers, were ordered to protect their display of fruit from dogs. It was iound that stray dogs in the streets had access to it. John Schreyer, South Bend, was ordered to provide protection for fruits displayed on the sidewalks. At the place of J. F. Kasserpaum, a grocer, of Broad Ripple, a dirty bread box was found, and, as is usual in such cases, an order was issued for the box to be cleaned and kept clean. No time is allowed on such an order, the cleaning process being demanded at once. Concerns in Indianapolis against which orders were issued included L. S. Ayres & Co., where the bakery and confectionery, with utensils, were found unclean and “alive with flies;” J. V. Reisback and H. Knanntrin, druggists, where tuncleanliness was found, contrary to law, and William Galbreadth, a grocer, where unclean- iiness was reported on the premises. Other concerns outside Indianapo- iis against which orders were direct- ed because of uncleanliness and min- or vioiations of the law were the following: Frank E. Watts, Broad Ripple, druggist; C. W. Silvey, Broad Ripple, grocer and meat dealer; Db. Hartstine, Mishawaka, grocer and meat dealer, and the Emrich Baking Co., of Ft. Wayne. Except in the cases of a few out- side concerns, where more time than was allotted in the orders was re- quired to make changes in buildings, the orders to clean up have been complied with, according to reports received by H. E. Barnard head ot the food and drug department, who is in charge of the inspections. Simple in Operation Artistic in Appearance and prices address THE BAKER FOLDING UMBRELLA Just what umbrella users have been looking for and what the trade must have for their customers It is Perfect in Construction Length 14 Inches Folded It is Convenient, Reliable, Durable and Practical. more umbrella service for his money than he can get elsewhere. Don't buy another umbrella until you see a Baker. For photographs The Holland Umbrella & Specialty Co. Easy to Fold or Unfold Strong and Light It gives the user Holland, Mich. WoRrRDEN GROCER COMPANY The Prompt Shippers Grand Rapids, Mich. a | | aa 5 + —- | aa 5 July 19, 1911 What Other Michigan Cities Are Do- ‘ ing. Written for the Tradesman. 3attle Creek danced, or to be more exact, watched bird men wheeling in the skies, and pulled off other stunts during a four day celebration of the Fourth, and the Finance Committee has now opened an “T’ll Help” cam- paign to pay the fiddler. The deficit is not large, however, and all who saw the show agree that it was worth the price. A hundred or more business men of Port Huron will make a trade trip through the Thumb _ territory July 24 and 25, stopping at all Tumb towns. The Western Michigan Develop- ment Bureau promises Cadillac a tine exhibit of fruits, grains and veg- etables for the Northern District Fair this fall. The Fair at Howard City this year will be held Sept. 5-8 and Secretary J. B. Haskins says that it will be “some show.” The dates of the Tri-County Fair at Reed City are Sept. 26 to 29. The Kalamazoo Commercial Club will undertake to let the city’s light so shine throughout Southwestern Michigan that all people will see their way clear to make the Celery City their shopping headquarters. Reports from Flint state that the Buick factories are working to full capacity and that thousands of orders for this season’s product can not be filled. The plant is turning out near- ly 600 cars each week. The Bay City Board of Commerce is getting out a new booklet for ad- vertising purposes, which will con tain views of the principal buildings of the city. A complete course in forestry from the first to the twelfth grade has been added to the curriculum of the Saginaw public schools. Petoskey has.a Weed Commission- er, who is very much alive and in- sists that every weed, particularly burdock, growing within the city limits, must go. This is race week in Kalamazoo and one of the steps taken by the Police Commissioners is the refusal of new or special licenses for vend- ers or operators of games of chance. The idea is to shut out the game- sters who follow the circuit races. Lake Odessa will vote next Mon- day on the question of bonding for $8,000 to erect a factory building. Ne- gotiations are under way with a Grand Rapids furniture concern to occupy the same. Almond Griffen. —_2+~7<-___ Activities in Indiana Cities. Written for the Tradesman. The Evansville Business Men’s As- sociation has elected officers as fol- lows: President, Benjamin Bosse: Vice-Presidents, Phelps Darby and Emil Weil; Directors, F. W. Griese. Dr. Edward Linthicum, Max De- Long and N. W. Bryant. Indianapolis will adopt a smoke or- dinance similar to that of Chicago and attempt to eliminate smoke along scientific lines. Postal savings banks have opened at Kendallville, Decatur and Portland this month. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The South End Business Men’s As- sociation has been formed at Souti: Bend to promote the business inter- ests of that section of the city. Wabash suffers a bad blow, indus- trially, in the recent order of the Big Four Railroad, closing the shops there. The work hereafter will be done in Indianapolis and at Bellefon- taine, Ohio. The manufacturers of automobiles and auto commercial trucks in Indi- anapolis are making a trade exten- sion tour through Indiana, Illinois, Towa and Missouri. The Commercial Club of Gary has completed an elegant home at a cost of $50,000. A smoker and watermelon feast were given last Friday evening by the South Bend Chamber of Com- merce to the 274 new members add- ed in a recent membership cam. paign. Huntington will organize a Com- mercial Club to boost that city’s ad- vantages. Evansville has thirty-one furniture factories, besides many other indus- tries, including the largest broom factory and the largest buggy works in the world. Almond Griffen. —_>-.+____ Chance For Reform Among the Re- formers. “I wonder why,’ said a business woman one day last week; “I wonder why women who are trying ‘to pr)- tect women,’ are trying to save the fallen, and do all kinds of things for their sex do not reform themselves?” "SO, sof said the “Now what has happened?” “Well, just this. I’ve been in this business for a great many years. | have employed hundreds of women, and in my connection with the store have watched other hun- dreds employed in the various de- partments. I have watched women whose names have become prominent because of their efforts ‘for women’ come in, and their attitude toward the girl who is supporting herself hon- estly is little less than shameful. They patronize her, they make her friend. young feel her position of inferior financial backing at every turn, and they hu- “ miliate her. “Of course, they will help her if she is to be sent to the penitentiary for some crime, or if she turns from the straight and narrow path they will sympathize with her and_ use their influence with some of the city officials to gain her release. All of this goes into the next report be- fore the club and sounds well, but there is not a handful of those wom- en who know how to treat a really good girl who is trying to make a decent living for herself.” a In Seclusion. “Ts your mistress at home?” “Are you the manicure lady?” “No, indeed!’ “Then she ain’t at home, mum.” ————o Once in a While. Once in a while somebody — suc- ceeds in beating another man’s game, but it is because the other man is drawing him on. ing infringing machines. world. Prices range from $75.00 up. latest 1911 catalog which explains and illustrates our complete line. 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DEER COMPANY'S bill of complaint as to the in- fringement of the “ROYAL” ELECTRIC COFFEE MILL patents. very careful in buying electric coffee mills in the future to make sure they are not buy- It is our intention to vigorously prosecute all infringers of the patents on our line of coffee mills and food choppers. We manufacture the largest and most complete line of electric coffee mills in the If interested we will be pleased to forward our (The Mill That Cuts the Coffee) Meat Choppers, Drills, Meat Slicing Machines, Coffee Roasters 72 West St., Hornell, N. Y., U.S. A. DEALERS Dealers should be When you deal Sytem pr a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN July 19, 1911 Movements of Merchants. Thompsonville—Mrs. J. E. Peltier has opened a bazaar store. Grand Ledge—George Poulos ha- opened a confectionery store. Houghton—R. B. Lang is succeed- ed by the R. B. Lang Dry Goods (op. Battle engaged in the & Cook have confectionery busi- Creek—Liger ness. Union Citvy—King & King are s ceeded by C. L. Stone in the bazaar business. Dentonia—F. W. Smith, dealer in implements and produce, has retired from business. Detrcit—The stock of the Home Savings Bank has been increased from $400,000 to $750,000. Richmond—F. B. Lamb & _ Son, dealers in shoes, harness, etc., have retired from business. Detroit—The Weisman Phillips Co., wholesale jeweler, has changed its name to Weisman & Son Co. Cheboygan—The Cheboygan Tele- phone Co. stock from $30,000 to $70,000. Lansing—The Lansing Fruit & De- velopment Co. has increased its capt- tal stock from $10,000 to $25,000. Asley—Harry C. Rose & Co. suc- ceed B. J. Landi & Co. in the gen- eral merchandise business here. Harbor Springs—D. H. Readmond has engaged in the clothing and men’s furnishing goods business. Escanaba—Johnson & _ Ecklund have engaged in the confectionery business at 1302 Hartnett avenue. South Boardman — Norman Mac- Donald has closed out his stock of meats an is dlanning on movinz tv Cadillac. Evart—Davy & Co.’s warehouse burned recently. The estimated loss is $6,000, which is partly covered by insurance. Battle Creek—Henry and James Gerdou will open their new dry goods store on North Jefferson ave- nue August 1. Port Huron—F. B. Penney & Sons have purchased the Cannally grocery store, on Lapeer avenue, and will take possession immediately. Tackson—J. B. Champlin, who re- cently sold his grocery to Will Mc- Kee, will, Sept. 1, open a delicates- sen at 241 West Main street. Hastings—Gard Bennett has _ sold his interest in the meat market of Feldpauch & Bennett to Mr. Fedewa, of Fowler, who has taken sion. Thempsonville—Mrs. A. H. Hoot and Mrs. A. M. Curtice have formed a copartnership to engage in the dry goods, millinery, shoe and grocery business. - ey posses- has increased its capital - ulating Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $6,009, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. East Jordan—Sherman & Son have sold their grocery and meat stock to James M. Milford and Paul Schnelle, who will continue the busi- ness under the style of Milford Schnelle. Lansing—Harry Bopp has purchas- ed the interest of Edwin Smith in the Chicago market and Mr. Smith has gone to Buffalo to accept the position of superintendent in a packing house. meat Detroit—A company has been in- corporated under the style of the United Fruit Auction Co., with an authorized capital stock of $20,000, all of which has been subscribed and $10,000 paid in in cash. Jackson—After conducting a gro- cery at 234 East Main street for forty- two years Tom McQuilan has mov- ed his stock to East Pearl street. George McCann has bought the Main street store and occupies it with his fruit stock. 3attle Creek—The Wolverine (Ci- at 29 East Main street, which has been owned for the last three vears by Robert Melrose, has been sold to John Hamilton, who has taken formal possession and will continue the business. gar store, Wartford—W. W. Rowan, former ly of the Hartford Stave Co., has opened a new grocery store in the Ruggles store building, which Mr. Rowan recently purchased, and has remodeled into one of the modern store buildings of the town. Grand Ledge—The Frank S. Ewing stock of jewelry, stationery and china has been sold by Receiver B.D. Niles to A. O. Halsted, who took immediate possession, the sale being confirmed Wednesday. Mr. Halsted will continue the business at the same stand and has placeu George W. Lit- tle in charge. Champion—Harry Davidson has purchased a half interest in the gen- eral mercantile business of Jacob Le- vine. Mr. Davidson has been a res- ident of this place for the past ten years, all of which he has been in the saloon business. Two years ago he established the Keystone cream- ery. Mr. Levine has been in business in Champion for the past quarter of a century. Bay City—The Grocers’ and Butch- ers’ Association added seven new members to its growing list at the last meeting and the prospects are good for several more at the next regular meeting. A committee on ar rangements has been appointed to take up the matter of sports and en- tertainment at the regular outing of the Association, which will be held at Wenona beach August 3. Battle Creek—After having been connected with the fuel, feed and building material business here for twenty-seven years, Henry Rupert, of Rupert & Morgan, East End deai- ers, has disposed of his interest in the above named firm to his nephew, George H. Schaefer, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Morgan retains his inter- est in the firm and the new house will be known as Morgan & Schae- fer. In the future Mr. Rupert will devote his time to his real estate in- terests in this city. Allegan—H. D. Pritchard, Burr McAlpine and Ward Granger have bought the Weed warehouse, near the Pere Marquette station and will engage in buying and _ selling all kinds of fruit and produce, and wiil also continue the business in baskets and fruit packages. Their principal effort, however, for the present, will be in the. apple-drying line, to con- duct which they will place in the building six kilns, getting additional! room by constructing a substantial basement to the building. Battle Creek—Workmen are busi- ly engaged in the storerooms of the Austin block formerly occupied by the Wolverine Grocery Co. and the Bromberg jewelry store. The Wol- verine store will be occupied by the Austin Crockery Co., and the store vacated by the Austins, 54 West Main, will be occupied by Sager, the jeweler, who will abandon his pres- ent quarters in the Arcade. The Walk-Over Boot Shop of the T. H. Butcher Co. will move into the form- er Bromberg jewelry store, whereup- on the shoe department of the Butch- er Shop will be abolished. Ishpeming—W. ]. Locher, who e:- tablished a candy and ice cream busi- ness in the Johnson block, on Cleve- land avenue, three months ago, has sold the business to Fred Stevens and Richard Verrant, the latter a mem- ber of the blacksmithing firm of Ver rant & Peterson, on Pearl street. The rew owners took immediate posses sion. Mr. Stevens will manage the store, Mr. Verrant devoting his time to his blacksmith business. Mr. Stevens has been a resident of this city for twenty-two years and for some time has been employed at the Cleveland Lake property. Mr. Ver- rant located here eight years ago. Manufacturing Matters. Tecumseh—The capital stock of the Anthony Fence Co. has been de- creased from $250,000 to $5,000. Saginaw—The Regal Telephone & Manufacturing Co. has changed its name to the Electrical Products Co. Munising—The Munising Wooden- ware Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $50,000, $35,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Ontonagon — The Ontonagon Creamery Co. has been’ organized with an authorized capital stock of $7,500, of which $4,100 has been sub- scribed and paid in in property. J. D. Upton, of Muskegon, will go on the road for the Booth Manufac- turing Co. He formerly carried otf many athletic honors at Olivet Coi- lege, and is an all-round athlete. Afton—The Marvin Stone Co. has been incorporated with an authori- ed capital stock of $50,000, ail of which has been subscribed, $5,000 be- ing paid in in cash and $45,000 in property. Owosso—The Owosso Canning Co has been organized with an author- ized capital stock of $40,000, of which $28,500 has been subscribed, $34 being paid in in cash and $28,- 466 in property. Detroit—The Michigan Sanitary Paper Cup & Milk Bottle Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $100,000, all of which has been subscribed, $100 being paid in in cash and $99,900 in property. Detroit—The Superior Bed Springs Co. has been organized for the manu- facture and sale of bed springs, with an authorized capital stock of $5,000, all of which has been subscribed, $361 being paid in in cash and $1,139 in property. Detroit—The Hunter Auto Lock Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $25,000 common and $10,000 preferred, of which $28,500 has been subscribed, $3,500 of which has been paid in in cash and $25,000 in property. —_—--.-s———_—- According to Charles Higginbo- tham, superintendent of a watch com- pany at South Bend, Ind. in a few years the man who wants to know the time will take a dial from _ his pocket, something like the watch which he carries now, but instead of looking at the dial and figuring out how slow or fast the watch is run- ning he will simply press a button on the watch and the waves of elec- tricity from a controlling clock, per- haps many miles away, will spin the needles around to the proper posi- tions and show him the absolutely correct time. If Mr. Higginbotham is not careful somebody will put him in the Nikola Tesla class. ——_—_++.—___ The Boys Behind the Counter. Benton Harbor—Floyd Welcher has resigned his position at the J. T. Welton grocery, after three years’ service, and accepted a position with the Benton-Harbor-St. Joe Railway and Light Co. Harold Chaddock has taken the vacancy at the grocery. Alma—Lyle Follet has the position in Rhodes drug store, made vacant by the resignation of Will Murphy. Sturgis—Wm. Smith has_ severed his connection with Loetz & Gilhams to take a similar position in Collins’ grocery. —_—_e-+-.——____ John T. Watkins, the Lansing tea and coffee jobber, has engaged Chas. Teknora to represent him among the trade of Southern Michigan. Mr. Teknova is a native of Japan, his fa- ther being a tea grower in that coun- try. He has been in this country for fifteen years, having traveled sev- eral years for a Chicago tea and cof- fee house. —_——_»++~.-—___ Anyway, George Washington didn’t use his little hammer. a ae ae a an nee July 19, 1911 MICHIGAN Taos ess me 2558 ROCERY“> PRODUCE MARKET ) Nes ZY) LF ~~ IGE FZ WRX ew ny 7 oat (f mo. ye , ye i GEG The Produce Market. Apples— Home grown Duchess, Transparent and Red Astrachans command 50c per bu. Bananas—$1.50@2 per bunch ac- cording to size and quality. Beets—New, 20c per doz. Blackberries—$1.50 per 16 qt. crate. Butter—Receipts continue normal for the season. A large percentage of the receipts show heat defects and has to be pushed for sale for what it will bring. The consumptive de- mand is falling off to some extent, owing to the extreme hot weather. The speculative demand is only fair, owing to the high prices. The mar- ket may show a slight decline in the near future. The make nearby is light and the receivts are also affected by the heat. Local dealers hold fancy creamery at 24c. They pay 19c for No. 1 dairy and 16c for packing stock. Butter Beans—$1 per bu. for home grown. Cabbage—$2.25 per crate for home grown. Celery—20c per grown. bunch for home Cherries—$1.60 per crate for sour and $2.25 per crate for sweet—i6 quart crate. Cocoanuts—60c per doz. or $4.50 per sack. Cucumbers—75c per doz. for hot house. Currants—$1.25 per crate for red. Eggs—The bulk of the receipts is showing the effect of heat and only a very small percentage is fine enough to bring top prices. The market is steady at ruling quotations and the demand is about normal for the sea- son. No material change seems in sight at this writing. Local dealers pay 15c, loss off, del. Gooseberries—$1.50 per crate. Green Corn—lic per doz. Green Onions—tic per doz. Green Peas—$1.50 per bu. for Tel- epbones. Green Peppers—$2 per bu. Honey—15@16c per tb. for white and 2c for dark. Lemons—California, $6.50@7 per box; Verdellis, $6.75@7. New Carrots—20c per doz. Lettuce—85c per bu. for leaf; $1 per bu. for head. Musk Melons—Indiana Gems fetch $1 per basket; Rockyfords command $3.25 for 54s and $3.75 for 45s. Onions—Home grown (dry) are now in market, finding ready sale on the basis of $1.50 per bu.; Louisville, $1.75 per 60 fb. sack; California, $3.25 per 100 fb. sack. Oranges—Late 4.50. clover Valencias, $4.25@ Peaches—A few stray lots of Clings are drifting in from local growers, but they are not in sufficient amount to establish a price. The offerings thus far have brought about $2 per bu. Pieplant—75c per box of about 45 ths. Pineapples — Floridas command $3.50 per crate for all sizes. Plums—Burbanks are beginning to come in freely. They find a ready outlet on the basis of $2 per bu. Pop Corn—$1 per bu. for ear; 4%c per fb. for shelled. Potatoes—Old stock, new, $5.50 per bbl. Poultry—Local dealers pay 10@11c for fowls; 6c for old roosters; 10c for old ducks and 12c for young; 12c¢ for turkeys; broilers, 14,@2 ths., 16@ 17%c. Radishes—15c per doz. Raspberries—$2 per crate for red and $1.75 for black. Spinach—$1 per bu. $1 per bu; Tomatoes — Home grown hot: house, $1 per 8 tb. basket. Watermelons — Georgia command $2.50 per bbl. Whortleberries — $1.50@1.75 per 16 qt. crate. —_—_--2-2——_——_ The Grocery Market. Sugar—The consuming demand is gradually increasing, with the in- crease in the supply of small fruits and it is expected that prices will be firm for the next four or five weeks. The first receipts of new crop beet will arrive about August 15, but the supply will not be of large enough volume to make any difference in prices before September 1. Tea--New Japans are now coming in freely. The higher grades show up fairly well, but it has generally been a poor season in Japan, with prices ruling 1@2c higher than last year. Last year’s teas are general- ly preferred to the new crop and are much hetter in style. . A man likes to repeat the smart things his children say, because he imagines it is hereditary. a eine eA . ohare MICHIGAN TRADESMAN July 19, 1911 Detroit Produce Market Page Detroit Butter and Egg Board. Detroit, July 18—Butter receipts, 480 packages. The tone is steady. Extra creamery, 24c. First creamery, 23c. Dairy, 18c. Packing stock, 17c. Eggs—Receipts, 906 cases. The tone is steady. Current receipts, 14%c Creamery is steady and we do not change in prices. Eges are still running very poor and ‘nearly all receipts show the ef- fects of the extreme hot weather. New York. ;, 6,156 packages. look for any Butte The tone is steady. Extra creamery, 25c. Packing stock, 18c. Eggs—Receipts, 13,573 cases. The tone is steady. Extra fresh, 18@19%c. First fresh, 16@17c. Chicago. Butter—Receipts, 15,174 packages. The tone is steady. Extra creamery, 24c. Packing stock, lic. Egegs—Receipts, 11,865 cases. The tone is steady. Prime first fresh, 15%4c First fresh, 14%c. J. Schaffer, Sec’y. —_—_2++—_—_ Seasons Endanger Stock. Moussu, of the French Ag- has been pointing The Wet Live M. G. ricultural Society, out to the French and other conti- nental growers of live stock the dan- gers that beset cattle, sheep and goats in the wet seasons that for several years have marked the great- er part of Western Europe. in 1910 especially there was such rainfall as to make marshy much of the pasture lands which ordinarily had been regarded as high and dry, having no need of drainage. Because... of this overplus of water the vege- tation crew rank in the wet, and with this wet and rankness of vegetation animal parasites found unusually pro- lific breeding grounds. These para- sites had opporttnity to develop strongly in the environ- ment, so that in entering the stom- ach of the were a far vegetable animal they ereater menace than usual. The re- sult was a reign of the old “epizo- otic” maladies which once worried the farmer in this country. It is explained that parasites of the kind, having found their way to the animal’s stomach, animal and take up par- asitical residence there. The general effect is to render the afflicted animal anemic, after weakness pass on into the liver of the which lean a4 follows until death ends the work. On farms where sheep and cattle have been kept in farm yards that have been drained, and where dry feeding has been resorted to, cattle, sheep and goats have not suffered, while among the animals in the wet pas- tures on the same farm the animal mortality has been heavy. As growers have recognized, sheep will avoid muck and mire if it be possible. M. Moussu suggests that in seasons of such wet pasturage should be chosen which lies high and is sub- ject to natural drainage. If this be impossible, he suggests drainage on as large a scale as possible, saying that the losses of sheep in the last two years represent an enormous amount of money, which would have great systems of drainage. That other plan is for the cutting and drying of the green pasturage, storing it, and keeping these farm animals upon the harmless dry feed which is produced in the drying proc- cos. paid for ——— <<< Aepyornis Egg of Mammoth Size. A single egg whose original con- tent might feed fifty men has lately ‘been placed on exhibition in the Mu- , seum of Natural History, ‘The enormous egg is that of the New York. aepyornis of Madagascar, greatest of all birds, but now extinct. The aepy- ornis egg has a capacity of two gal- lons, or 150 times that of a hen’s egg. The shell is one-eighth of an inch thick. Lengthwise it is 32 inch- es in circumference, and it measures around the middle. Al- though termed a fossil egg, it is not petrified, but is in perfect condition, unbroken and has a yellow color. The contents have turned into a fine dust, which comes out, when handled, through a small natural perforation on one side. The aepyornis, like the moa of New Zealand, was exterminated by the hand of man. A few centuries. ago it was quite abundant, and severa! incomplete fossil remains have been discovered, but no complete skeleton ever has yet been found. These show the bird was three toed, of massive proportions and short winged. The Madagascar natives have for many years used the great egg shell for various household purposes. In fact, the first knowledge of these eggs be- came known when some Madagascar natives came to the Mauritius to buy rum, bringing the aepyornis eggs with them to hold the liquor. Onl) three or four of these huge eggs have been brought into civilization. The present one is the most perfect as well as the largest known. 26 inches Both in the Same Boat. The new cook, who had come into the household during the holidays, asked her mistress: “Where ban you son? I not see- ing him ’round no more.” mistress, pridefully, “Oh, he has gone back to Yale. “My son?” replied the He could only get away long enough to stay until New Year’s day, you see. I miss him dreadfully, though.” “Yas, I knowing yoost how you feel. My broder, he ban in yail sax time since T’ankgiving.” —___»+2—___ The eagle is a noble bird but the old hen contributes more to the wel- fare of the human race. Egg Dept. 35 WOODBRIDGE ST. WEST McDonnell Brothers Co. Highest Price for Eggs Send for Our Weekly Offer A Postal Brings It. McDONNELL BROTHERS CO. Address DETROIT Cash Butter and Egg Buyers HARRIS & THROOP Wholesalers and Jobbers of Butter and Eggs 777 Michigan Avenue, near Western Market—Telephone West 1092 347 Russell Street, near Eastern Market—Telephone Main 3762 DETROIT, MICH. ESTABLISHED 1891 F. J. SCHAFFER & CO. BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY 396 and 398 East High Street, Opposite Eastern Market : (Ionia Egg & Poultry Co., Ionia, Mich. Associate Houses {Dundee Produce Co., Dundee, Mich. Detroit, Mich. L. B. Spencer, Pres. 9 TELEPHONES ! oe oe F. L. Howell, Vice-Pres. SPENCER & HOWES Wholesale and Commission Dealers in Butter, Eggs and Cheese 26-28 Market Street, Eastern Market Branch Store, 494 18th St., B. L. Howes, Sec’y and Treas. Western Market Detroit, Mich. included. 90c. No. 2, knock down 30 doz. centers, 14c. L. J. SMITH Ege Cases and Fillers Direct from Manufacturer to Retailers Medium Fillers, strawboard. per 30 doz. set. 12 veneer shipping cases, sawed ends and Order NOW to insure prompt shipment. sets to the case, case Carlot prices on application. Eaton Rapids, Mich We do printing for produce dealers Tradesman Company Grand Rapids 323-25-27 RUSSELL ST SCHILLER & KOFFMAN Detroit, Michigan We buy EGGS, DAIRY BUTTER and PACKING STOCK for CASH Give us your shipments and receive prompt returns. Will mail weekly quotations on application. July 19, 1911 INDIANA ITEMS. Business News From the Hoosier State. Terre Haute—According to astate- ment made by Orph M. Hall, Secre- tary of the Retail Merchants’ Asso- ciation, the proprietors of all suit clubs, soap clubs and furniture clubs now in operation in the city will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law unless operations cease at once. This action on the part of the Sec- retary was brought about by the ac- tivity of the People’s Furniture and Upholstering Co., formerly located at 1224 Wabash avenue, which recently quit business, leaving the city with about $1,200 of the people’s The proprietor of the furniture com- pany was arrested recently on the charge of running a lottery, but was released on his promise to cease operations and make good all out- standing accounts of customers. He ceased operations, as promised, but, it is| said, failed to make amounts collected from people on chairs which had been sold but not delivered. It is said that the chairs were sold for $33 and were to be paid for at the rate of 50 cents a week. At the end of each week some member of the Club was given a chair, left to the discretion of the manager, and at the end of thirty-five weeks each person was sure to get a chair. It is understood that about fif teen chairs were given away, which, according to merchants who can du- plicate them, cost about $4.50 each Customers who had not finished pay- ing for their chairs were notified last week that if they would forward the amount due on the chairs one would be sent at once. The letters came from Philadelphia, Pa., without signa- money. good ture and in an envelope with the handwriting seemingly disguised Secretary Hall took the matter up with the Federal authorities at In- dianapolis and as the communication is in violation of the statutes con- cetning sending matter through the mails with reference to lottery or games of chance, he was ordered to look the matter up here at once and prosecute the case. Ft. Wayne—Edward G. Schroeder, employed in local clothing stores for the past nineteen years, has purchas- ed a half interest in Kratzsch Broth- ers’ store of Emil Kratzsch, who re- cently secured the interests held by other heirs. The firm will be known in the future as Kratzsch & Schroe- der and the location at 618 Calhour: street will be retained. Mishawaka—All now complete arrangements are for the annual good time venture of the Grocers’ and Butchers’ Association in conjunction with the local mercantile organiza- tion of South Bend. The only nec essary thing now is for the’ mer- chants and their friends to board the trains for Rome City on July 26. BooTH COLD A perfect cold storage for Poultry and all kinds of Fruits a %c per dozen. Liberal advances. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Athletic contests of all kinds have been arranged by the joint commit- tee of the two associations, although no prizes are offered. The Misha- waka provision venders say that Rome City’s sylvan and aquatic beau- ties are unrivaled by any resort in Northern Indiana. Indianapolis—Indiana retail mer- chants favor an amalgamation of the several commercial organizations in this city. They so indicated recently when they enthusiastically applauded a speech of Charles A. Bookwalter, advocating the establishment of a central chamber of commerce, dur- ing the course of the entertainment for visiting merchants at the German Mouse garden. Almost 600 business men from outside the city were en- tertained by several hundred repre- sentatives of the jobbing houses, manufacturing concerns and banks making up the membership of the Indianapolis Trade Association. Mr. 300kwalter spoke briefly and in his remarks commended the movement looking to the formation of a central commercial organization. “It willbe for the best interests of all the busi- ness men in Indiana,” he declared, “for the things that affect the busi- ness men in the capital city also af- fect those in the other portions of the state. The time has come for quick, positive action on this ques- tion. No one would advocate the equipping of an army with shotguns, and to send that army out to fight another army carrying rifles. Yet that is what Indianapolis is trying to do. We are fighting for the commercial! supremacy of Indiana by firing scat- tering shot, while other enterprising cities are using the commercial rifle. What we need here is one big chani- ber of commerce. The busines men are paying dues into several organiza- tions now, but I, for one, would rather pay the aggregate amount into one treasury, for by that method the work could be carried on without du- plication and wasted effort. All the present organizations would fit into the chamber of commerce just like the spokes of a wheel into the hub, and the hub actuates all the spokes and they work in unison.” Portland — The Interurban meat market, owned for the past seven months by E. L. Deerduff, has been sold by him to C. W. McLaughlin. Kendallville—Sam Hess, who for many years has been employed as clerk at the Reyher store, has pur- chased a half interest from Joe Em- rick in his grocery store at the cor- ner of East and Dowling streets, and will resign his position to engage in business with Emrick. La Grange—John G. Rettenmund, after nine months of successful busi- ness in the Dr. William S. Smith building, has become the owner of the clothing and shoe stock of the Elsner department store and is now located in the Elsner white brick S Railroad facilities the best. block in the south room. Mr. Elsner has been in business in LaGrange for a dozen years or more, coming here from Sweet Springs, Missouri, where he was engaged in merchandis- ing for fifteen years. He was first located in the room now occupied by N. A. Balch, the clothier, but be- came the owner of the white brick block a few years ago and has since been located in that building. Mr. Elsner retains the departments of dress goods, ready-to-wear garments for women, carpets and curtains and will continue in the north room of his building. He is an aggressive and enthusiastic business man, loyal to his home town and its interests, and a man of high ideals, both as a mer- chant and as a citizen. Mr. Retten- mund came to LaGrange from Gar- rett three years ago and for twe vears was a salesman at the her Co. department ‘store. year Rey- About ago he leased the Smith build- ing and opened a store of his own, carrying furnishings for men, some ready-to-wear clothing and __ tailor- made suits. In these lines he pros- pered, but having it in mind to make his business more general he became the owner of the Elsner stock of clothing and footwear and leased the Elsner south room. Fountain City—Walter Strong wil! 7 assume the ownership of the meat market here Sept. 1. + —___ Pessimism in High Places. “This country’s goin’ to the dogs. “Why do you thing so?” “Why do I think so? every attorney we've had lately has wanted to make us obey the laws.” eee A A en Why, nearly general The reason why men do not under- stand women is because no woman tries to make herself plain. COFFEE Don’t pay high prices Buy for cash and get your discount No salesman’s salary, Cash and mail orders talk. Remember only 10 days on all accounts. Fine Drinking Santos 18%c to retail at 25c Fine Central America Coffee 22%c to retail at 30c Pure Mocha and Java 28c to retail at 34c Coffee Ranch J. T. Watkins,, Prop. Lansing, Mich. The Reason -— 2 aw 5 ow 2 o- Same) oe ) o> oS eee NORM lel: acl BOSTON-CHICAGO Fer tae 2 ie at a 0 eee —Why it SELLS? That’s easy—it’s because it has Quality The Right Selling That’s why nd Produce. Distributed at Wholesale by SYMONS BROS. & CO. SAGINAW .GIL) DETROIT, MICH. Eggs stored with us usually sell at a premium of Absolutely fireproof. Correspondence solicited. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN July 19, 1911 HIGANSRADESMAN DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BUSINESS MEN. Published Weekly by TRADESMAN COMPANY Corner Ionia and Louis Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. Subscription Price. Two dollars per year, payable in ad- vance, Five dollars for three years, payable in advance. Canadian subscriptions, $3.04 per year, payable in advance. No subscription accepted unless ac- companied by a signed order and the price of the first year’s subscription. Without specific instructions to the con- trary all subscriptions are continued ac- cording to order. Orders to discontinue must be accompanied by payment to date. Sample copies, § cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 5 cents; of issues a month or more old, 10 cents; of issues a year or more old, $1. Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice as Second Class Matter. E. A. STOWE, Editor. July 19, 1911 PURELY POLITICAL. Two choice bits of federal patron- age have just been passed out with the compliments of Senator William Alden Smith. Clapperton gets the Collectorship as successor to Samuel M. Lemon and Andrew Fyfe is named for Survey- or of Customs to succeed Sheridan F. Masters. It is generally admitted that Mr. Clapperton is well deserving of recognition by reason of his long and honorable service to the party. For a quarter ot a century or longer he has been a wheelhorse, ready, George Revenue always always willing and always re- liable when there has been work to do, and he has never claimed reward for the services he has rendered. He is of the type of good citizenship any party can boast of and to honor him is a credit. Mr. Clapperton’s special and particular service to Wil- liam Alden Smith was to nominate him for Congress for his first run. That was way back in °96, and every two years thereafter he made the re- nomination speech until Mr. Smith was advanced to the Senate. It was Mr. Clapperton who invented the pretty fairy story of Senator Smith having once footed boy bare- corn about the streets of Grand Rapids. He told this story so well and so often that in time not only he, but Senator Smith himself, came to believe it to be true, and it was a factor in Sena- tor Smith’s election. As a matter of fact, the only pop corn selling that Senator Smith ever did that any- body knows about was to pick up his circus money. been a ragged, selling pop 3ut nevertheless it was a good story and is a good story still, and no doubt will continue to serve a useful campaign purpose. Why Andrew Fyfe should be nam- ed for the custom house is not easy to understand except on the theory that it is an expression of Senator Smith’s gratitude for favors yet to be received. In the old Greenback days Mr. Fyfe was one of the most en- thusiastic nurses of the “rag baby,” and he was rewarded for his services by appointment as clerk of the Su- perior Court. The Greenbackers grad- ually merged into the Democracy and, when Grover Cleveland became President, Mr. Fyfe was a good enough Democrat to receive the cus- tom office as his reward. Now he is a good enough Republican to be Sen. ator Smith’s choice for the office he formerly held as a Democrat. As a Greenbacker, as a Democrat and now as a Republican, Mr. Fyfe has been or will be an office holder, which makes a record for which there are believed to be no parallels in Michi- gan history. E. D. Conger wanted one or the other of the offices that have just been given out, and if par- ty service and loyalty to the inter- ests of Senator Smith count for any- thing he was deserving of recogni- tion. Mr. Fyfe, however, is publish- er of a newspaper, while Mr. Conger is a bank cashier, and Senator Smith is grateful for what he hopes Mr. Fyfe will do for him next year, rather than for what Mr. Conger has done for him in the past. To secure the endorsements of the labor unions to his appointment is said to have been an important influence in shaping the policy of Mr. Fyfe’s newspaper in the furniture strike. A State appointment of some inter- est is that of Perry F. Powers as State Labor Commissioner and _ of Wm. H. Boyns, of this city, as Super- intendent of the State Free Employ- ment Bureau. These appointments by Governor Osborn are dictated by political expediency solely and exclu- sively and if organized labor in Mich- igan had a single honest purpose there would be a mighty protest against such a prostitution of the cause. Mr. Powers is a good citi- zen and a good business man, but he has not a single qualification other than, political for the office to which he has been appointed. Mr. Boyns has been a ward politician and lo- cal boss for several years. He may need the office, but his appointment will mean merely an increased effi- ciency of the labor department as a part of the political machine. These appointments were not creditable to Governor Oshorn. In fact, he ough: to be ashamed of them. THE ONWARD MOVEMENT. Grand Rapids has reached a wise conclusion in deciding to work for a better and a cleaner city. If we could all pull together to this end, making the open shop our leading commercial asset, we could accom- plish wonders. A city where as large a population as possible is made com- fortable and happy is the best type ot a modern city. When the commec- cial spirit is leavened by the essence of Christianity, instead of its counter- feit, the city can not fail to receive an immense impetus at the hands of the onward movement. Reece Good citizens everywhere will re- joice over the vindication of Pinchot and Glavis. It seems like too great a sacrifice to have these strong, able and fearless men removed from Gov- ernment employ for the clearing up of this situation, but it is worth all it cost to have the truth brought out in this effective manner. The Tradesman has great faith in Presi- dent Taft, but sometimes it would like to know the true inwardness of his position in this matter. THE FOREST FIRE. No one who has not witnessed a forest fire can have any idea of the horrors connected with it. Even on a small scale there is a sense of hu- man helplessness connected with it which places it apart from all other fires and more to be dreaded than any others save those containng explo- sive material. The dense smoke, shift- ing with the fitful breeze, suffoctes while concealing the danger to work- ers. Falling trees soon add to the horror of the scene, rendering at- tempts to check it doubly danger- ous. ‘The modern methods of fight- ing are handicapped if not utterly vanquished and one seems little bet- ter prepared to check the forest fire than were the pioneers. Only the elements seem able to cope with it. When a headway has once been gained, and if the wind accompanies rain even then the disaster is net ended. In its first stages a fire can some- times be checked by using ordinary garden rakes to clear away the leaves from the edge of the burning mass. Of course, this barrier of dry ground must be well guarded, lest in a sin- gle place the flames jump and con- tinue their devastating march. Water poured on the bare ground aids in rendering the work effective, but the full-fiedged forest fire is little more easily controlled than the cyclone. Even after it is seemingly under subjection, the flames may burst out any moment where but the moment before all fire seemed extinguished. Half rotten logs will hold fire for days, weeks or months. ph .... 35 d BUY aes ook 25 Vini Alba ....... (ot a: ioe is ore an Tanacetum ..V.. 39 Vini Oporto .125@200 Ga i 30 Thymus V oz pk 25 foxtra ware pe gg ees” 3 9 M f Ow : ee Magnesia wool carriage saad @1 2% lye A, 60 ore Groceries Lear a <. OO 60 Florida sheeps’ wool 3 io = ee ve COCOA a Ta carriage 5... $ 00@8 50 a re Carbonate ...... 18@ 20 yaaa ak foe J Gaz Inste d f C Oleum uae oe ee pot yg RP - 2%@ 35 ad O offee and | ea Absinthium .... 75 assau sheeps’ wool H radisi 25 Abainthium ;.-; 7 60Q8 00. cariage a: as ts Get Lee 35@_ 60 Y : rar: - ~ ere Ama 8 00 8 25 worl an a odes Ch. mt i ou may make more at first on tea and coffee. but y AMUSE ae gos ak xaos Hae te @2 00 Hydrarg Ch Cor @i 00 customers to h ote. Wet you Wane Tr SS Cortex 3 00@3 10 Miata ao » Lor Hydrarg Ox cee ee 00 TS U ave good appetites. The answer in Low -, ergamii ...... 00@6 25 CS ..:-- @1 40 Hydrarg Un +U @1i 10 Cocoa Min . ‘ris Lowney 8 sina se ie Sein ef ee is appetising. wholesome and strengthening i ""''""; 35@1 40 Auranti Cortex 1 ei s . : ° aa 1 35@1 40 Auranti Cortex 4 oA oo Am. 90@1 0v Your Lowney’s Cocoa customers will be your bes Chenopadil i. 4.5005 00 i. O8 i... ees @ 50 Iodine, Resubi ..3 as = tomers. a oe or Pasar scald 1 75@1 & he eye @ $e lodoform eel 90@4 IT’S UP T ie milax Off’s ... Liquor ig et Citronelia ...--, oe > Gee oe Sao 0g . ree oe O YOU q. Potass Arsipit 10o i 12 44 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN July 19, 1911 GROCERY PRICE CURRENT 3 4 D These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing, Mie Boo ore ao. ia case Goods f and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however, are a ie Spruce = Standard ......... soeee 8 Apricot Gece. oo se ; : : “i ea : in ..... BS Standard Bo Hs..225 8 | eee AOE... liable to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders filled at Beat” Pepsin eo 45 Stenaara re ae Hm Attention -.. 12 market prices at date of purchase. Best Pepsin, 5 boxes 55 Cases Atlantic, Assorted ... 12 ; Bisek Jack ........... 55 Jumbo 32 Ib 81% Avena Fruit Cakes 12 : as Largest, Gum (white) 59 icxtra HH .......:...10 Bonnie Doon Cookies’ .10 ADVANCED DECLINED . K. Pepsin ......... 65 Roston Cream ......2: 13 BD eee ses cade) 11 Red Bevin: ....-.....0. 55 Bi stick, 30 Ib 8 Bumble Bee Smoked Meats om sng Boe er 4 S Mixed — % Cadets (82 aa + i en Sen Brea ft i100 .... Mexea Vandy i. Gartwheels Acco: hese oe Spearmint ........ a 55 Grocers ........... i . Choo ngels Assorted 2 Package Coffee Spearmint, jars 5 bxs 2 as i sete eeeees 7 Chocolate Drp Centers is t biebaceeeccue cs OR PCEOR = 20sec ees se eevee ‘ : Dry Geane Tene | 55 Counerve i “+08 a, = pisos 16 CHICORY OVEL oc ee: <_ 5 Mee esse Ot incr arene vse 16 i CA 7 i cpt t tee eces sores 8 Cocnanut ae” Ser 2 age 5 (Cut Toat ............. R tae Gee eer ee ost 10 index to Markets 1 9 a 7 To oad ated 3? cma lamest ~ Scheners ........0.... 6 Hindergarten .......... Cc ete os on coiieins - Red Standards ........ 160 Erench Cream ....... -9 Gocoanut Pon Bingers 12 : y ARCTIC AMMONIA pita Wile £00 BOE ser eaten tee 11 Coffee Cakes Jumb’e 12 Doz. Cove, lt.” ,. 5@ 90 CHOCOLATE Hand Made Cream ...16 Coffee Cakes Toca 28 ) ag Ue om kde be Ee Gos ee ee Walter Baker & Co.'s Premio Cream mixed 14 Crumpets . ced ....11 i . eae clip oa @1 74 German’s Sweet ...... 99 Paris Cream Bon Bons 10 Dinner Bisons °° *** i . i a Pai 1 obese ce. CRO -- ee. 31 Fancy—in Pails Dixie Sugar Gookics’"""s ; Ammonia ..eeeeeeeer ees : a Soh ueee Pears in Syrup —— pie eee ee 31 tag tags eee ee 14 Domestic Cakes a ; eee ere itd. tin boxes, 3 doz. 235 No. 3 cans, per doz. ..1 25 Precast ac? edoame wa Fudge Equares oe. “| By ino Dots ....3227..33 eae : Gio : = 2 ’ Me eee ae 39 fuage squares ..... ese Sa eee B Sizib. tin boxes, 2 doz. 425 Marrowfat oo ee 30 Peanut Squares .......1 Family Oooo - 16 Baked Beans .....----- lois en * per dom..6 Marly Jone S01 - CIDER, SWEET Sugared Peanuts ..... “ Fie Cake Assartca -- 8 : Bath Brick .......--++- 1 ostb. oe tig scial Fcoagg oe 09. «marly June sifted 1 bal 80 ‘“Morgan’s” Salted Peanuts ........12 Fig Newtons Sorted ...12 ee 1 25Ib. pails, per doz, ..12 erp te W1 & Regular barrel 50 gal 10 00 «©Starlight Kisses ..... 13 Florabel ann eee cee 12 t Brooms .-..---.-------- 1 BAKED BEANS ie 90@1 95 Trade barrel, 28 gais 550 Lozenges, plain ..... - +10 Fluted Cocoanut ‘ke a Brushes ...3...-..:---- 1 Beutel’s Michigan Brand No. 10 size can pie @3 oo % Ttade barrel, 14 gal 3 50 Champion Chocolate ..11 Frosted Cre ' Butter Color .....-...-. 1 Baked Pork and Beans Pineappi we we Bolles, per gal 2 7. 60 Eclipse Chocolates ...14 Brosted Ginger Goss 6 : itor 6 Glee e 7 S@25) Band. ver eel ........ 25 Eureka Chocolates ....15 Fruit ia _ Cc No, 2, cams, per doz. 5 Sliced .... | 95@2 40 CLOTHES LINES — Chocolates 14 Gala Sugar Cakes |.” Ao 1 No. 3 cans, per doz. 85 Pumpkin co per doz, Champion Gum Drops 9 Ginger Gems 4 or 2 ee 5 eon eee) .lU lhe be No, 40 Twisted Cotton 95 Moss Drops ........... 10 Ginger Gene oie 8 } Causes pees: eae i aoe a = No. 50 Twisted Cotton 1 30 ices ag peeeue er. 10 Graham ee cis : ll 2 8m, can, ber a. Peers Yo, wisted Cotton Be sing fats Carbon “Cy ae : », Can, per doz ed pt teens I * No 80 Twisted Cotton 2 00 Ital. Cream Bon Bons 12 ae ee 2 8 ee 5 _ .. BATH BRICK Bigseicals 2) No. 50 Braided Cotton 1 00 Golden Waffles ........ 18 Ginger Snaps N' Be! eet ee tree ener nt) . we OS Geena ‘ No. 60 Braided Cotton 125 Red Rose Gum Drops 9 ca. UU tenes tee ; BLUING a No. 60 Braided Cotton 1 85 Auto Bubbles ......... 13 Hippodrome Bar 1°" """ 8 E Ghissey: : oe Sawyer’s Pepper Box oe River, talls 2 30 No 50 as oo i 60 Old Peahionea ai ggg Bene Cake HE 12 eee cere P P ss ol’ fe eae : : Fashione olas- ingore A&G 4h i Chocolate ....-------+-- Sok, ce ee oe ne Pome flats spp722 40 No. 60 Sash Cord 190 — ses Kisses 10%. bx. 1 30 Honey Fingers As. Ice 13 : Ce, Oe boa eee ee 3 No. 5,3 doz. wood bxs 700 Pink Alaska 17772 a. ag $0 ante eee eae 4 Orange aos oe 50 Honey Jumbles, pes 2 1 AMES .-+- ee eee Feces ae sees @ 1 ge sate oe emon Sours ........ ; , ee eres . — ee Pceeniti: a a 60 Sisal Wire 8 (Old Fashioned “Hore- Soncebaig Gedkida’ 7 (icon ses (coca en ae rae ; cess nec a aoa a Confections ...-.. : BR , Domestic, % Mus. ..-'3 50 No. 20, each 10Uft. long 1 90 eevee Ug, le oa = Household Cookies, Iced 8 : 4 OOMS Domestic, “% M v , 4 Peppermint Drops .. 60 Imperial Crackers ......e-seeeeee g No. 1 Carpet 4 sew ..400 ronch Ze” us a No, 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 Champion Choc, Drops 65 oe. 1 ++. 8 : Cream Tartar ........-- No 2 Garnet © cow (3 35 if p eS ee 7@14 COCOA aa 7 -nch ......., 8 ‘ : p French. 1 i. Choc. Drops 1 10 Jonni t No. 3 Carpet 3 sew ..3 50 erase oer Bakers 2... 37 H. M. Choc. Lt. and Tubiee Macca "= i ae o g No.4 Carpet 3 sew -.325 Dunbar, int abe a5 (agvelind | .--.------ 41 Dark, No. 12/...... 110 Kream Kiipe’ sree ree ' Drie 11GB 5. cee. ess Parior Gem .......... 4 50 , 9 GOZ...... . Solonial, Be ee. 35 itter Sweets, as’t -ATTL HAUIDS ....... eae E Poa Gee 119 Dunbar, 248, _ tease 235 Colonial, igs ae 33 Brilliant Gums, con $0 i Gaus F Fancy Whisk ......... i ma. uccotash DMS ee 42 2 3 Bust iced ...05.55 7.5. . oe Wilber, 4s ............ 32 3uster Brown Good 3 50 Molas oo” No. Beier : _ arise Barrels : COCOANUT oe ao : - ‘ia soo a-a8 Ds 1 eens esse rseeeceess BU Seer eee « wtteee ’ en rike No, . : Ae MMMAEO sc scees ee ests: ia. 0lUlUCh 170 D. 8. Gasoline: @18 ys preems _Per,Jb. Ten Strike No. 2....6 00 Oatmeal Crackers ....'s Hides and Pelts ........ Me 8 1 vv eee bee 20 We 5b. case. 2 | 9s Ten Strike, Summer Cae Gems ..... oes 8 Horse Radish .......... 8 BUTTER COLOR Jeodor’d Nap'a 12 ve (am, (case 27 assortment ...... 6 75 jenny Assorted ...... 8 Dandelion, 25c size ...200 (viinder ....... 7 On ee ie 26 Pop Corn Peanut Gems ......... J oe ote aneine ......., 16 @22 Saki sage: 5 Cracker Jack Pretzels, Hand Md.... 9 . rr 8 CANDLES Black, winter .. $4@10 is, 15Ib. case .-...... 25 cracker Jack ........ 3 25 Pretzelettes, Hand Md. 9 Ta. Ginko (2 fms CC CATSUP ~~ 4s & ls, 15th. case 2644 Giggles, 5c pkg. es. 3 50 Pretzelettes. Mac. Md. 8 ae Paraffine, 12s ......... 8% Columbie, % ote ...4 CoO Cale te 323 Raisin Cookies .-......10 M Witte 2. mo «Golders pints ke ee 13% Oh My 100s ........:350 Revere, Assorted “...2114 Mapleine .............-. 8 CANNED GOODS Binders i pints ....- 13> Bull barre ...... 12 Cough Drops a a ; bea” le ee eo COFFEES, ROASTED Putnam Menthal ....1 00 oa tan cas . eee ee (oa. ”...'3 20@3 50 Bear Food Pettijohns 1 95 or epnige Cikimn pe ea # allowed Geme |... 16 Blackberries = Cream of Wheat 36 2tb 4 50 NUTS—Whole Spiced Currant Cakes 10 N co. 0606 150@1 90 Egg-O-See, 36 pkgs. 2 85 Almonds, Tarragona 18 Spiced Ginger Cakes .. 9 Wate ges eek 4 Standards gallons @5 00 Post Toasties T No. 2 Almonds, Drake .... Spiced Ginger Cks Icd 10 : (Saag OA eR 80 Almonds, California Sugar Fingers ........ 12 oO Boe 85@1 30 Post Toasties T No. 3 soft shell .......... Sugar Cakes .......... 8 r cess [oe 85 @95 8 thee oc. 80 Brazils ......+.+-- 12@13 Sugar Crimp ..... saeee aa 70@1 15 Apetiao Biseuit, 24 pk 3 00 Filberts .......... 12@13 Sugar Squares, large P Wat... mes pkgs. .......... 1 95 eo BOE n= aoe bine 9 Ma cis 8 le GME i Grape Nuts, 2) doz. !12 70 Walnuts, soft shell 18@19 = Sultana Fruit Biscuit 16 Sg hed Soe 8 Rindacd 0 1 30 pie cag 36 itp. ...2 85 Peaberry 19 me ea Gio egg Jumbles ....10 Newnes Cards ...;..... ® Callan 5 Manl-Miake, 24 4b 2970 ### «= “e6a.. ; s, fa Superba ......... Sole ek 8 hee : allon ee 6 50 Pillsbury's Vitos, 3dz.425 Fair Maracaibo “ Pecans, medium .... 13 Sponge Lady Fingers 25 BPUNAIIIR coh rere neo es: 8 Little Neck, 1%. 1 00@1 25 Ralston Health Food Cite 4. » 2 ee co eee i6 > Little Neck, 2%. @1 5 a6 2. oo 450 7 0 eee Cae ones anilla Wafers ....... 16 nae R oe Saxon Wheat Food, 24 aa 19 «Hickory Nuts, per bu. Wafer Jumbles cans .:18 De me rae tee een ec ce RBurnham’'s ™% pt. i ees f pKgS. settee esas ed 00 Fancy eet eee bee we ee Cocoanuts ee AVETIY sr eeeeeeeee es 10 Ss Burmnhams pis §...... 375 Shred Wheat Biscuit, Guatemala Chestnuts, New York In-er Seal G ; ressing ‘ Pe watia Mais me 86 pkes s s, oods oe Hae 9 Burnham oe teense 7 50 cee Week Y a... cee State, per bu, .... a per doz. “ee Se 9 Coon Flakes, 36 pkgs in cs 2.80 Fancy ee 22 nee ae a4 oe coho: : : Salt ...............+.... 2 Fer 12... 4: 90@1 00 Vigor, 36 pkgs, .......275 priy Spanish Peanuts ; ait Ch pe J ee 1 tot 10 Yolge’ Gora etaies'<...4 50 Feleate Growen --.24@20 Tecan laives.s..., ges Amowrook, Biscuit 111 0 ee i, , @1 45 Washington Crisps eer 3 Walnut Halves ...45@48 oe ave : - aney 00. ... D1 45 ote : ASCO | cel. 29@31 Fibl Meat Bremmer’s Butter Bhoe Blackine .......... 10 French Peas oo ORES 22... 80 Mocha iblert ee @30 Wafers 1 00 mut... 19 Monbadon (Natural) Rolled Oats S a Alicante Almonds @42 Se ccs eee eae ae. 4 "per dos, -.-.---...245 Bolle@ Avena, bbls, ..6 50 fone Been...) 33924 | taal ga 2 8) Carson City ..... @l4 McLaughlin’s XXXX sold Soda Marshmallow Dainties 1 00 a... of a . oe. Qi o — only, Mail all N. B. C., boxes ...... 5% Uatmeal Crackers ....1 00 ie Se ee ee ee ee ae ee ee el ee iy > > * = w Soueed. fb, ..... 5. 275 Hopkins ......... 2% Mons 6 Go, ca Ce - 7 Old Time Sugar Cook. 1 00 Witte ‘1 TFomato, 1%. ......... 150: Brick @13 ” : elec ee ee Oval Salt Biscuit ...... 1 00 eae . Touts, os... 20) tee... oc. E ee ere 13 sOysterettes «+... 50 Wrapping Paper... 12 Mushrooms Timburser @14y, xtract Zephyrette ........... 13 Pretzelettes, Hd. Md 1 0@ Hotel I L Holland, % gro boxes 95 Oyster Royal ‘toast 00 Otels ......... : @ 16 Pineapple ....... 40 w6o Melis i cross 7 4445 wR OG RA Mises | gee lee ee eee eapone Y - Buttons, %s .... @ 14 Sap Sago @20 ome on 4 Steg > a: B. -- Rd. boxes .. o% Saltine ig Pe 1 00 eas A Buttons, is ..... D 2 ee. a : _ : Om, DOES ..2....6.% Saratoga akes ...... 0 @ 23 Swiss, domestic @13 Hummel’s tin, % gro. 143 Faust ..... covcseeeeee TH Social Tea Biscuit ce oo rere je July 19, 1911 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 6 Soda Crackers N. B. C. 1 00 Soda Crackers Select 1 00 S. S. Butter Crackers 1 ze Uneeda Biscuit ....... Uneeda Jinjer Wayfer 1 00 Uneeda Lunch Biscuit 5v Vanilla Wafers 1 Water Thin Biscuit Zu Zu Ginger Snaps .. 5v DWACVACK (662205 .a 2. 5s 1 Ov In Special Tin Packages. Per doz. FCGQUHO! o00is co icce oo oes z 5u Nabisco, 25¢ .........> 2 50 Maniseo, Me .....:...- 1 Ov Champagne wafer ...2 50 Per tin in bulk Sorbetto ...... eck sie 1 00 Nabisco ......... aie -1 75 Me@GENO 600. ol. ce 50 Bent’s Water Crackers 1 40 CREAM TARTAR Barrels or drums .... 33 SOKOCS foo acae ic. at 34 Square cans ea a eviale e 36 Fancy caddies ........ 41 DRIED FRUITS Applies Sundried <......... Evaporated ...... -.12@13 Apricot Ss California ........ 14@16 Citron Corsican ........ @15 Currants Imp'd 1 Ib. pkg. @10 Imported bulk . @ 9% Peaches Muirs—Choice, 25 Ib. bx 9% Muirs—Fancy, 25 Ib. b. 11 Muirs—Fancy, 50 Ib. b. 10% Peel Lemon American ... 138 Orange American .. 138 Raisins Connosiar Cluster ....3 25 Dessert Cluster .......4 WU Loose Muscatels 3 Ur »% Loose Muscatels 4 Cr i L. M. Seeded 1 Ib. 84% @ 9 California Prunes L, M. Seeded, bulk .. 7% Sultanas, Bleached ...12 100-125 boxes..@11% 90-100 boxes. .@12 boxes..@12% boxes..@13 boxes..@13 le boxes..@14 boxes..@14%2 %c less in 50%b. cases FARINACEOUS GOODS Beans Dried Lima ....... 8 Med. Hand Picked | +2 45 Brown Holland ....... 2 85 Farina 25 1 tb, packages --2 26 Bulk, per 100 Ibs, -4 00 Original Holland Rusk Packed 12 rolls to container 3 containers (36) rolis 2 8 Hl containers (60 rolls) 4 75 Hominy Pearl, 100 Tb. sack ....1 75 Maccaroni and Vermicelli Domestic. 10 Ib. box.. 60 Imported, 25 Ib. box tig 50 Pearl Barley Chester .....seee+eees 4 00 Peas Green, Wisconsin, bu. Green, Scotch, bu. ....2 . Split, iD. .....--.-- : Sage Bast India .:.........-. 6 German, sacks ...... “. 2 German, broken pkg. .. ra Flake, 100 Ib. sacks .. 6 Pearl, 130 tb. sacks .. 5 Pearl, 36 = teebes ess on Minute, 30 DMRS. ....-- 2 75 kgs. FISHING TACKLE No, 1, 10 feet .........-. 5 No. 2, 15 feet ........... 7 No. 3, 1b feet ........... 9 Wo. 4.15 feet ........... 10 INo. 5; 15 feet ...........- 11 Wo. 6, 15 feet <....0..-- ING, 1, 10 feeb ..6.n. sce 15 No. 8, 15 feet <.........- 18 No. 9, 16 feet .......... 20 Linen Lines Smen oo oc 6k. sess es ssc 20 Medium ......... cleeecceee Darge ....--.-+. cee coe Poles Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz. 55 Bamboo, 16 ft., per doz. 60 Bamboo, 18 ft., per’doz. 80 FLAVORING EXTRACTS Foote & Jenks Coleman Vanilla Wo. 2 Site 6.0560. 6.. 14 00 MG 4:26 26. eas: 24 00 No, 3 size ....... ...-36 00 No: 8 SigO.... .......-- 48 00 Coleman ‘i1crp. Lemon No. 2 size ....... scess No. 4 size ....... secs cks OO No. . SIZG oi e5. sees eet 00 No 8 me... ... 235... 38 00 Jaxon Mexican Vanilla 4 68 OVal ............80 0 2 oz. Oval ..... Jceecscasiee BOR TOE oi cc ec cccesnte a0 S O86. GAC «ec icccccsses fh) T Jaxon Terp. Lemon 1°02 OWE) : 22.2. e. 10 20 2 O8: OVGL 2602... 2 cc 16 80 4°64 HAC 3 oes es 33 00 S08, ORL 66. ese ee ee 63 00 Jennings (D. C. Brand) Terpeneless Exract Lemon No. 2 Panel, per doz. 75 No. 4 Panel, per doz. 1 dv No. 6 Panel, per doz. 2 0U No. 3 Taper, per doz. 1 5u 2 oz, Full Measure doz, 1 25 4o0z. Full Measure doz. 2 40 Jennings (D. C. Brand) Extract Vanilla No. 2 Panel, per doz. 1 25 No. 4 Panel, per doz, 2 00 No. 6 Panel, per doz. 3 No. 3 Taper, per doz. 2 loz. Full Measure duz. 2 0z. Full Measure doz. 2 00 4o0z. Fuli Measure doz. 4 No, 2 Panel assorted 1 Crescen* Mfg. Co. Map.-ine 2 OZ. per d0Z% - 20a... 3 00 Michigan Maple Syrup Co. Kalkaska Brand Maple, 2 oz., per doz... FRUIT JARS, Mason, pts, per gro. . Mason, qts. per gro. .. Mason, % gal, per gro. Mason, can tops, gro. ELATINE Cox's, 1 doz. large ... Cox’s, 1 doz, small .. kAxnox’s Sparkling, doz. Kuox’s Sparkling, gr. 14 vv Neison’s 1 Knox’s Acidu’d. doz, ..1 25 Ostora | ..3....5.2....-. Wa Plymouth Rock Phos, 1 25 Plymouth Rock, Plain 90 GRAIN BAGS Amoskeag, 100 in bale 19 Amoskeag, less than bi 19% GRAIN AND FLOUR Wheat 5 ee . eee RIOR bf a te Oo Winter Wheat ‘Flour Local Brands Straight .....-.« Second Straight Clay ce eee 3 Flour in barrels, 25c per barrel additional. Lemon & Wheeler Co. Big Wonder ¥%s cloth 4 30 Big Wonder \%s cloth 4 30 Worden Grocer Co.’s eee Quaker paper -....... Quaker, cloth ......... 4 40 Wykes & Co. Eclipse Selec esa ao ce + @ 40 Lemon & Wikeciar Co. White Star, %s cloth 5 40 White Star, %s cloth § 30 White Star, %s cloth 5 20 Worden Grocer Co. American Eagle, % cl 5 40 Grand Rapids Grain & Milling Co, Brands Purity, Patent ....... 4 80 Seal of Minnesota .....5 50 Wizard Flour ........ 4 49 Wizard Graham ......4 40 Wizard Gran. Meal ..3 40 Wizard Buckwheat ..6 00 BENG os eee, 4 40 Spring Wheat Flour Roy Baker’s Brand Golden Horn, family 5 26 Golden Horn, bakers 5 lo Wisconsin Rye ....... 4 6d Judson Grocer Co.’ 3 — Ceresota. 368 .....2...< 6 C eresota, a ee 6 10 Ceresota, Lemou & mnie’ Hrand Wingold, % 80 Wingold, Wingold, %s Worden Grocer Co.’ s "Brand Laurel, %s cloth: ...... 5 85 Laurel, ‘as ClQth. 5.0... 5 Te Laurel, %4 & 4%s paper 5 65 Laurel, ts eloth .-..... 5 60 Voigt Milling Co.'s Brand Voigt’s Crescent ...... 4 90 Voigt’s Flouroigt .....4 90 Voigt’s Hygienic Graham .........- 5 00 Voigt’s Royal ......... 5 30 Wykes & Co Sleepy Eye, %s cloth..5 65 Sleepy Eye, %s cloth..5 45 Sleepy Hye, %s cloth..5 35 Sleepy Eye, %s paper 5 35 Sleepy Eye, %s paper 5 35 Watson-Higgins Milling Co. Perfection Flour ......4 50 Tip Top Flour ........4 10 Golden Sheaf Flour ..3 80 Marshall’s Best Flour 5 50 Perfection Buckwheat 3 00 Tip Top Buckwheat 2 80 Badger Dairy Feed 24 00 — Feed 26 00 sie ace ee 1 Hoyle Scratch Feed ..1 45 Bolted aS Golden Granulated ...3 40 St. Car Feed screened 24 00 No. 1 Corn and Oats = fo Corn Meal, coarse -- 00 Winter Wheat Bran 27 00 Buffalo Gluten Feed 30 00 Dairy Feeds Wykes & Co. O P Linseed Meal ..36 00 O P Laxo-Cake- Meal 33 50 8 Cuttonseed Meal Gluten Feed ........ -26 00 bsrewers’ Grains .....25 U0 Hammond Dairy Feed 23 50 Alfalfa Meal .........26 W : ats Michigan carlots .... 38 Less than carlots .. 40 Corn Cariots 22.40... 57 Less than carlots .. 59 ay @Cariots ...:..2.... «eek 00 Less than carlots .. 23 00 HERBS Sage ...:.5. eens 6 15 ee en ee eee 15 Laurel Leaves ........ 15 Senna Leaves ........ 20 HIDES AND PELTS : Hides Green, MNO: Lb .5....... § Green? NO. 2... .2.-<- 8 Cured: INO. 1 ... -- 104% Cured, No, 2 ...... ‘ 942 Calfskin, green, No. iu Calfskin, green, No. Calfskin, cured No. 1 14 Calfskin, cured No, 2 12% Peits Old Wool A @ 3 WS sc es eee ae 15@ 2 Shearlings ...... 10@ 2u Tallow No. eccecens @s INOL A occ sae @ 4 Wool Unwashed, med. @ 18 Unwashed, fine @ 18 HURSE RADISH Per doz. ........ d5Ib. pails, per doz. .. 2 20 ldIb. pails, per pail .. 50 3uIb. pails, per pail ... yu JELLY GLASSES 44 pt. in bbls, per doz 15 2 pt. in bbls., per doz. ..16 8 Oz. capped in bbis, per do@ ........2....-. MAPLEINE 2 oz botues. per aoz. 3 V0 : MINCE MEAT er CAS6 4... cies sa SO MOLASSES New Orieans Fancy Open Kettle .. 42 Choice ti eeacas ec eccccccsecccesseeeae 20 ecccceees 3D Halt barrels 2e extra MUSTARD % 1b. 6 ID. bom ....... 18 : OLIVES Bulk, 1 gal. kegs 1 10@1 20 Bulk, 2 gal. kegs 95@1 lv Bulk, 5 age kegs — 0d Stuffed, Stuffed, 8 02, oace o . . . . Stufted, 14 euccececca ae Pitted aoe ‘stufted) T4 OF oie ees ase 2 25 Manzanilla, 8 oz. ....-.. 90 bunen, 10 62%. ........-k 30 Lunch, 16 0% .........2 20 Queen, Mammoth, 19 oz, eee cesses Queen, Mammoth, 28 on cocace: au Giive Chow, 2 doz. cs, per doz. ....6.....2 25 PICKLES Beutel’s Bottied ene 8 oz., per doz. ..... 90 10 oz., per doz, ....... 95 16 oz., per doz. .......1 49 24 oz., per doz, ......-..1 90 32 0Z., per GOZ. ..-.-.ce- 2 35 Medium Barrels, 1,200 count ..7 75 Half bbls., 600 count 3 5 gallon kegs ..........2 25 Small Barrels .....--0cc02+--+9 O8 Half barrels .......... 5 25 5 gallon kegs .......... 1 90 Gh periens BAPrele occ cce sss c ees 11 00 Half barrels ..... o+---5 00 5 gallon kegs ......... 2 Sweet Small Barrels ........ Sagea ie 3 50 Half barrels ........- 50 5 gallon —. odieaes -.d 00 PES Clay, No. s16. per box 1 75 Clay, T. D., full count 60 Cob PLAYING CARDS : No. 90 Steamboat .... 85 No. 15, Rival, assorted 1 75 No. 20, Rover, enam’d : 00 No. 572, Special No. 98 Golf, satin fin. 2 co No. 808 Bicycle ...... 2 00 No. 632 Tourn’t whist : 25 TASH Babbitt’s ...... podees « 4 00 PROVISIONS Barreled Pork Clear a 50 Short Cut ...... woos sere ereee Bie obi cess. see iene Family Dry Salt — a Pure in eseen eae Compound lard .. 80 tb. tubs....advance 60 Ib. tubs .... 50 Ib. tins .... 20 th. pails ...advance 1 ad 0 Ib. pails ... 9 5 Yb. pails ...advance 1 8 Ib. pails ...advance 1 Smoked Meats Hams, 12 @. av. 1544@16 Hams, 14 Ib. av. 15 @15% Hams, 16 Ib. av. 15 @15% Hams, 18 th. av. 14 @14% Skinned Hams ..154%@16 Ham, dried beef sets ..18 California Hams 914 @10 Picnic Boiled Hams ..15 Boiled Hams ..... 24@ 244. Berlin Ham, press’d 9@ »& Mince@ Ham ........ 1 PeQCON cee. ..ce- 144%@15 Sausages BiOIOSAR «os ce dances s 7% BAGO oo cae ewes Tyo@ 8 Brankiort ......4.. 8@ 8% UM secede Saas: ll VGME oe. 5 eo es os oo ll TEONBUG 5 ook cce ens ces il Headcheese .......... 9 Beef Boneless csc ce senso - 14 00 Rumip; NeW <......... 14 00 Pig’s Feet 1A ON ee cues aces 95 14 bois, 4000S, ...-... 1 yu She Wc. aoe chic a doe se 4 00 De es 8 ul Tripe Kits. 1S Wee. ose. ec ee 90 \% bbls., 40 Ibs. ...... 1 60 4% bblis., 80 Ibs. .......3 00 Casings liogs, per Wy. <........ 3% Beef, rounds, set ..... 17 Beef, middies, set .... 65 Sheep, per bundle . 8u Uncolored Butterine Solid dairy ...... 10 1 Country Kolls ..... 11@18 Canned Meats Corned beef, 2 Ib, ....3 50 Corned beef, 1 Ib. -1 85 Roast beet, 2 ib. ...... 3 50 Roast beef, 1 Ib. ...... 1 8 Potted Ham, %s ...... 5U Potted Ham, ¥%s .... 90 Deviled Ham, \s .... 50 Deviled Ham, Xs ..... 90 Potted tongue, 4s .... 50 Potted tongue, 4s .... 90 RICE Maney ........... @ 6% Japan Style .... 44%W 5% ERVORGH ..ccccccce 2%Ww 3% SALAD DRESSING Columbia, 4% pint .....2 25 Columbia, 1 pint ...... 4 00 Durkee’s, large, 1 doz. 4 50 Durkee’s, small, 2 doz. 5 25 Snider's, large, 1 doz. 2 35 Snider’s, small, 2 doz, 1 3d SALERATUS Packed 6v Ibs. in box. Arm and Hammer ..3 00 Wyandotte, 100 %s 3 00 SAL SODA Granulated, bbis, ..... 80 Granulated, 100 Ibs. cs. 90 Granulated, 36 pkgs. ..1 20 SALT Common Grades 100 3 fb. sacks ........ “a 40 60 5 Ib. sacks .... 2 25 28 10% Ib. sacks 2 10 SG ID. SAGES .......... 32 Qa TR, BAGS 2... cs ose 17 Warsaw 56 Ib. dairy in drill bags 40 23 Ib, dairy in drill bags 20 Solar Rock 56 Ib. sacks ...... cicce oe Common Granulated, fine ....... 95 Medium, fine .......... 1 00 SALT FISH Cod Large whole .... @ 7% Small, whole .... @ 7 Strips or bricks 74%4@10% POUOGK .6 0c. esee @ 5 Halibut SEVIDS .cccccccccesnctc 15 CRUDE coc cecsccuecce 16 Holland Herring Y. M, wh. hoop, bbls. 11 00 Y. M. wh. hoop, 4ebbl. 6 00 Y¥, M. wh. hoops, kegs 75 Y. M. wh, hoop Milchers KORM oceccccecse 85 Queen, bbls. ...... ae 50 Queen, DDIM. ....4- 5 75 Queen, kegs .......... 65 rout No. 1, 100 Ibs. ........ 7 60 Wo. f, 40 The. .nceeccns 3 25 No 1, 10 Ths. .....-.-. 90 Dio, 1. S YOR. «2.2. cases 75 Mackerel Mess, 100 Ibs. ........ 16 50 Mess, 40 Ibs. ........ 7 00 Mesa, 10 Ths. -....... 1 85 Races, © 1S .........- 1 50 Mo, {. 100 ths. ...... 15 50 Pee 0, 40 IDS. wo 45 e5 se 6 60 Me 1. 10 Ibe ........ 1 70 No TS RS ca ee 1 40 Whitefish : TOG WS <.......4...--- 9 75 GT ccs cas eeee- 5 25 TN sc ce eee scenes 112 We ee tea cee a 92 MOG WS csc cei sce ensues 4 65 a 2 10 10 OS) 2262.53 ss cs se 75 SDM foe iee cs neue 65 SEEDS DMO oe oe es che ks see 10 Canary. Smyrna ...... 4le AYAEAWAY 2 acca ccen- cs 10 Cardamom, Malabar 1 00 COlEPY 6 ccacs acces ic. 38 10 Hemp. Hussian ........ 4h. MOtkea Bird £2. +. <2, os 4 Mustard, white ....... 10 PODDY cies sas nea es 9 FRAG accede e 6 SHOE BLACKING Handy Box, large 3 dz 2 50 Handy Box, small ....1 23 Bixby’'s Royal Polish $9o Miller’s Crown Polish 85 SNUFF Scotch, in bladders ..... 37 Maccaboy, in jars ...... 35 French Rappie in jars ..43 SODA WGRGH iio. ke a aes 5% Kees, English ........ 4% SPICES Whole Spices Allspice, Jamaica ..... Allspice, large Garden 11 Cloves, Zanzibar ...... 20 Cassia, Canton ...--.<. 14 Cassia, Se pkg. doz..... 25 Ginger, African ....:.. 9% Ginger, Cochin ........ 14% Mace, Periang@ .......< 70 BMaised., ING. 2 .ccccsess 16% Based, NO. @ ioc k snes 10 Mixed, ic pkgs. doz...45 Nutmegs, (6-20 ... ce: 30 Nutmegs, 105-110 ..... 20 Pepper, Black ........ 14 Pepper, Waite ........ 25 Pepper, Cayenne ......22 Paprika, Hungarian .. Pure Ground in iar Allspice, Jamaica ..... Cloves, Zanzibar ...... 24 Cassia, Canton ........ 12 Ginger, African ......- 12 Mace, FPenane@ ......... 75 Witwiess 78-86 .......- 35 Pepper, Bisel ......... 11% Pepper, Witte ........ 18 Pepper, Cayenne ...... 16 Paprika, Hungarian ..45 STARCH Corn Kingsford, 40 Ibs. .... 7% Muzzy, 20 1tb. pkgs. .. 5% Muzzy, 40 1Ib. pkgs. ..5 Gloss Kingsford Silver Gloss, 40 1Ibs. 1% Silver Gloss, 16 3Ibs. 6% Silver Gloss, 12 6Ibs. 8&Y% Muzzy 48 lib. packages ...... 5 16 Sib. packages ...... 4% 12 6Ib. packages ...... 6 GOT DOMES 6.66.6 sess 2% SYRUPS Corn PROVEGM occa sees cee des 25 Eisalt DaArrele. ....6-<2c, 28 20Ib. cans % dz. in cs. 1 65 10tb, cans, % dz. in cs. 1 60 5Ib. cans, 2 doz, in cs. 1 70 214Ib. cans, 2 dz. in cs. 1 75 Pure Cane ON oc oe ec dee 16 MOOG 4 ons cauaeaesckcace = CHOI 66k eda causes Michigan 7. Syrup "on. Kalkaska, per doz. ....2 25 TABLE SAUCES Halford, large ........ 75 Halford, small ........ 2 25 TEA Japan Sundried, medium ..24@26 Sundried, choice . .30@33 Sundried, fancy ..... 36@40 Regular, medium ....24@26 Regular, Choice . -30@33 Regwiiar, fancy ..... 36@40 Basket-fired medium 30 3asket-fired choice 35@37 Basket-fired, fancy = 3 PRES. bode cteccsacus 28@32 GC aco ea cee 10@12 WEMMInGe 1 Sunlight, 3 doz. .......1 Sunlight, 1% doz, .... Yeast Foam, 3 doz. ...1 Yeast Cream, 3 doz. ..1 Yeast Foam, 14 doz. .. AXLE GREASE Mica, tin boxes ..75 gy Parapom ......... 5d 6 BAKING POWDER Royal ldc size \4Ib. cans 1 60z. cans 1 %lb. cans 2 %Ib. cans 3 1Ib. cans 4 $ID. cans 13 5Ib. cans 21 50 Grocer Co., Grand Rapids; Lee & Cady, Detroit; Sy- mons Bros. & Co., Sagi- naw; Brown, Davis & Warner, Jackson; Gods- mark, Durand & Co., Bat- tle Creek; Fielbach Co., Toledo. Small size, doz. luarge size, doz. ...... 75 SAFES Full line of fire and bur- glar proof safes kept in Tradesman Co.’s Brand Black Hawk, one box 2 50 Black Hawk, five bxs 2 40 Black Hawk. ten bxs 2 25 A. B. Wrisley Good Cheer ..:....... 4 00 Glad Country .......... 3 40 Soap Powders Snow Boy, 24s family Bize oc 3 75 Snow Boy, 60 5c ...... 2 40 Snow Boy, 30 10e ....2 40 Gold Dust, 24 large ..4 50 Gold Dust, 100-5¢ ..... 4 00 Kirkoline, 24 4tb, ..... 3 80 Peavriine . 2.2.0.0... 2 3 75 BOAMING .. ooo. s.ccs se 410 Babbitts 1776 ........ 3 ib BOSOImeG =. oo 3 50 AIMOUTB .....-...5..2 3 70 Wisdom ........ cesses 60 Soap Compounds Johnson’s Fine ...... --5 10 Johnson’s XXX ...... 4 25 Nine O'clock ..........3 30 Rub-No-More ......... 3 85 Scouring Enoch Morgan’s Sons Sapolio, gross lots ....9 00 Sapolio, half gro. lots 4 50 Sapolio, single boxes 2 25 Sapolio, hand ......... 2 25 Scourine Manufacturing Co Scourine, 50 cakes ....1 80 Scourine, 100 cakes ...3 50 46 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN July 19, 1911 Special Price Current = : Roof T bl End d No, 1 complete ........ 40 CIGARS stock by the Tradesman ‘ Juhnson Cigar Co.’s Brand Company, Thirty-five sizes No. 2 complete ....... 28 she odes On back ae oe Case No. 2 fillers, 15 re ae many entos Reynolds Flexible Asphalt Slate Shingles end roofing . 5 as arri y ¢ : : : R — te. is baks : : ‘eat i ie state. If poe troubles. They are practically indestructible. Frost. air, — ca naste ipl ggg ai coe wind, water and sun have no appreciable effect on them. We Cork, lined, 8 in. ...... 70 line personally, “write for know this fact thoroughly by long years of testing. and are Cork, lined, SW oct 80 quotations. OAP willing to back Cork lined, 10 in. ...... 90 s Mop Sticks Ss. C. W., 1,000 lots rae Beaver Soap Co.'s Brand ; He Fortana ............- 3 cide. dsal wicketied eens oe Evening Press .......... 32 ibe tet ate 68 OU Ef no § No. 1 common ........ 80 Worden oer Co. Brand No. 2 pat. brush holder 89 Perfection sr me re heme eee e Ideal No. 7 ...---++-++ 85 Perfection Extras ...... 35 €x1 he S 12%b. cotton mop heads 1 45 Londres ................ 85 Pails ecg paegaaay eee ened -- Wi NDER Biante §.2. 0... 5 2-hoop Standard ...... -)? Cuteness ............... 35 Slate. 3-hoop Standard ...... 235 Panatellas, Finas ....... 35 O eis Cable ..... ....-210 Panatellas, Bock ........ 35 100 cakes, large size..6 50 . Ced eli red brase 1 25 Jockey Club ............ 35 50 cakes, large size..3 25 l es COCOANUT 2 os at oe hing es whe dca >; Baker's Brazil Shredded size. . Paper Bureka ......... 2 . sn Gowans & Sons Brand. abre ....----5--- so-- BS i : Toothpicks with a ten year guarantee. Actually this perfect roofing Birch, 100 packages ..2 00 material lasts much longer than ten years and with neither on 6. wenees . 89 painting nor repairs. Traps Mouse, ean : he “ Reynolds Flexible Asphalt Slate Shingles resemble slate yood, 1 : oe a | 6 holes 70 Single boxes ..........3 20 in appearance and add much to the looks of a building. They : me g Five box lots ..........3 15 a, l . . Mouse, tin, 5 holes .. 65 Ten a 0 3 10 lay as easily as wooden shingles—do not color rain water and Kat, wood ..... creceee 8u Twenty-five box lots ..3 00 are fire resisting. With the use of Reynolds Flexible Asphalt Peter eres : _— niwedea facue ss 4 00 Slate Shingles the most durable part of the building will be Tubs _.. 10 5c pkgs., per case 260 Dusky Diamond 508 oz 2 80 the roof. zu-in, Standard, No. . 7 5. . = eee -~ — 260 Dusky D’'nd _ 6 oz = -In, Standard, No. z2 6 d e an Cc pKgs., Jap Rose, 50 bars .... f be isin, standard, No. 3 a 0 per case ....5.-..: 2 60 sn Imperial ....... 3 00 Send for trade prices and agency proposition, Zu-in. Cable, No. 1 ....3 Uv White Russian ..... ..3 60 is-in, Cable, No. 2 ....7 UU COFFEE Dome, oval bars ......3 00 mil Oe ee ib-in. Cable, No, 3 ....6 U0 Roasted Gatinet, oval .......... 2 70 SSS yyy : : — te : i. coors ese ae ~ Dwinell-Wri,_. Co.'s B’ds Snowberry, 100 cakes 4 00 uU, 4 LUV wc eeeeccees E St : Lautz Bros, & Co. No. 3, bibre .......... 8 zo Acme, 30 bars, 78 Tbs. 4 00 H. M. Reynolds Roofing Co. Acme, 25 bars, 75 Ibs. Washboards : = . . e Bronze Giobe ........- 2 bu oe es Pe Established 1868 Grand Rapids, Mich. BIB WEY occ c cece oes i ia C ;: kes ....-- D : 3 4 Big Master, 72 blocks 2 85 nto Pico a : i 3 ‘3 German Mottled ...... 3 50 iiubie Peerless ....... 3 7a German Mottled, » uxs 3 4? Single Peerless ....... 3 Ze German Mottled, 10 bx 3 40 Northern Queen ...... 3 za German Mottled, 25 bx 3 35 Double Duplex ........ 3 UU Marseilles, 100 cakes ..6 00 Good tuck ...........- 2 7a Marseilles, 100 cks 5c 4 00 Limiversat ..2........- 3 uu Marseilles, 100 ck toil 4 00 Marseilles, %bx toilet 2 10 a O n Cc a e S Window Cleaners i. Henry Pass olt a2 in. ....- eo ccee bio eee 5 a OE. peace toca ceca eee 1 8a FN | : a6 iG. 26.8 ce. 2 30 Pao \ ) mec Are the only true representatives of the Moneyweight ms J AY \ System of weighing merchandise into money value. 13 in oo Sawie: 1 60 # eo ) K ) quickly, accurately and automatically. Your goods don’t is i, Meer 8.2. . £2 wan, aaa KY N have to lift a “heavy weight” on the END of a PEN- 17 in, Butter .......... 41s i a... or DULUM as in some so-called automatic scales. There , 6 10 White House, 2tb. ce tuett y HENRY PISSOUT. Saginaw Mich ~ ee (i 3 09 Excelsior, Blend, 1th, ..... : _— are no parts of our scales subject to heavy strain which lana. 45-17-19 4 25 a. Fa gl oe Atlas BOAD ............. 3 25 wear down the knife-edge bearings and make the scale Rapal Blend oo. Proctor & Gamble Co, sluggish in action, Our automatic scales actuated by . eee cbesteatie Royal High Grade ........ Lenox -cibcetl ce 3 25 two perfectly controlled spiral springs are the quickest, ere Manin, white .. 3 ee eee vibe re SO eee : ed most accurate and sensitive scales known to modern Fibre, Manila, colored 4 “Distributed. by. Judson Star’....... ee scale construction. ELECTRIC FLASH This device is one of the most remarkable of modern scale construction. When the merchandise is placed on the platform, the cylinder is brilliantly illuminated from the inside. This light penetrates the chart and makes the weight indications aud values appear with striking clearness. A cleverly arranged apparatus at the top of the scale and on the customers side permits the use of signs such as “COME AGAIN,” “SUGAR 5 CENTS LB, etc. With each action of the scale the sign flashes its message to your trade creating astonishment and interest by its novelty and perfection of action. MADE IN DAYTON DAYTON, OHIO is the home of the computing scale. Beginning in an humble and small way The Computing Scale Company has in twenty years expanded until today its im- mense, new, modern, fire-proof building is one of the models of that wonderful manufacturing city. DAYTON, OHIO. They built the first computing scales; they introduced them to the trade: they created the demand: they made the improvements which have brought their scales to the present high state of perfection: their scale has done more to protect the merchant against loss by error than any other known device: they deserve your first consideration. THE MONEYWEIGHT SCALE CO., distributors of DAYTON SCALES have sales offices in all large cities. They will be pleased to assist you in your investigation and selection of your weighing system. . If you have computing scales of any make which are out of date or not giving satisfac- tion ask for our EXCHANGE FIGURES. Our allowance for your old scale will surely in- terest you. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS TODAY. Moneyweight Scale Co. 58 N. State St. -MASONIC TEMPLE, CHICAGO Grand Rapids Office, 74 So. Ionia St. Detroit Sales Office, 148 Jefferson St. Please mention Michigan Tradesman when writing The Computing Scale Co. Dayton, Ohio Direct Sales Offices in All Prominent Cities 7 ame 0 spenpsimepeneim te oc iinet tte July 19, 1911 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 47 BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT \dvertisements inserted under this head for two cents a word the frst insertion and one cent a word for’ each subsequent continuous insertion. No charge less than 25 cents. Cash must accompany all orders. BUSINESS CHANCES. For Sale—Drug stock with soda foun- tain. teason for selling, not registered pharmacist. G. W, Potter, Saranac, Mich. 526 For Sale—The Rexall Drug Store, Spar- ta, Mich. Now best town of size in Michigan and still growing—1600 to 18vv population. One other drug store. Stock consists of drugs, medicines, books, sta- tionery, wall paper, paints, oils, etc. A live stock making money all the time. Reason for selling, other business. Allen b. Way, Sparta, Mich. 524 For Sale—Stock drugs, groceries, no- tions, stationery in thriving northern railroad and resort village of 500. Sur- rounded by thickly settled country. Ad- dress No. 523, care Tradesman. 523 For Sale—Clean up-to-date stock milli- ner goods and fixtures. Only millinery store in town of one thousand. Good rea- son for selling. Address No. 529, care ‘bradesman. 529 For Sale—Drug and grocery stock, very profitable trade, ruil prices, finest location. Kent low, town growing, unlimited water power. Very little cash required. Ad- dress Dr, Pierce, Beaverton, Mich. 528 Best Location—For a general store in Northern Michigan, is at Sherman just now. Investigate at once by addressing Box 126, Sherman, Mich, 510 | Only bakery, confectionery in fast growing town, 12,000. Modern machinery, god retail trade. Can't miss it here. Kkeason for selling, poor health. Write E, DeMuth, Gadsden, Ala. 503 Merchants—lf you want spot cash for your stock, address R. W. Johnson, 616 Third St., Peoria, Il. 493 Our 13 yellow reasons digested in 138 minutes saves 1300% on Florida land in- vestment. Just opened 500 ac. richest muck in Sanford celery delta at $a. Flowing wells, irrigation, proven district, rail and water transportation, Title Bond «& Guarantee Co., Sanford, _ 96 For Sale—Meat market business, ba- zaar business, small grocery, confection- ery. All good businesses. Globe Realty Co., Ludington, Mich. 494 For Sale—First-class stock dry goods, notions, furnishings, shoes, etc. Enjoy- ing good cash business. Expenses very light. Snap for some one if taken_by July 20. Going west. Address Lock Box 28, North Adams, Mich. -488 For Sale—The entire stock of The Lou- don Clothing Co., at Manistee, Mich., con- sisting of men’s and boys’ clothing, hats, caps, and turnishing goods. Cheap. In- vestigate. Must be sold by August 1. Roy s, Loudon, Assignee. 527 Well established business consisting of groceries, hardware, paints, oil, crockery and window glass; horse, wagon and sleigh. Will invoice $5,0vU—will sell for $4,00u. E. A. Sauer, 198 Bates Ave., St. Paul, Minn, 522 For Sale—Soda fountain, confectionery, groceries, tobaccos, etc. Michigan fruit belt town with good summer resort trade. Present owner netted $1,200 last year. Address No. 521, care Tradesman. 521 For Sale—A general store at a sacrifice on account of sickness in Green River, Utah. On D. & R. G. railroad. Address Tr. A. Creighton, Green River, Utah. 520 For Sale—A clean stock of groceries and hardware; will consider a dwelling or small place near town. Address J. N. Douglas, Belvidere, Dlinois, 519 For Sale—An up-to-date stock of gen- eral merchandise and fixtures in the best farming community in the state near Grand Rapids. Good railorad facilities. A rare opportunity. An ideal place to live. Better investigate this. Address L, care Michigan Tradesman, Drug Store—Owing to failing health, I want to sell out. Terms to suit. Dr. Bolio, Coral, Mich. 513 For Rent—Large roomy brick store building. Good point for general store. Dr. Bolio, Coral, Mich. 514 For Sale—An up-to-date drug _ store, modern in all respects, in hustling town of 3,000. Enjoying a good business. A fine location. Will sacrifice if taken at once. Address G. W. F. Hesse, Midland, Mich, 508 For Sale—First-class stock general merchandise. Best business and location in town. Address Box 606, Vassar, — To Exchange—I will trade general mer- chandise for a national cash register and good computing scales and Oliver typewriter. Address Lock Box 87, ul. For Sale or Trade—340 acres of fine unimproved Wood Co. Wisconsin land. No waste land, all drained. Want stock general merchandise, about $15,000. Pay one Address Box 176, Mt. a For Sale—Store building and small stock, centrally located. Party must leave town account ill health. Particu- lars enquire P. O. Box 295, East Jordan, Mich. 512 For Sale—Clean shoe stock in a neat, live manufacturing town in Michigan of 10,000. Stock will invoice about $5,000, fixtures $550. Can be reduced to suit purchaser. Fine location. Rent reason- able. Elegant chance to make some money Liberal discount if sold soon. IL wish to leave the state. No agents need apply. Address No. 511, care eT For Sale—Private bank, splendid chance for anyone wishing to start banking in a growing mining town in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan. Prospects very good for the near future. Banker selling out on account of poor health. Address J. G., care Tradesman. 492 For Sale Or Exchange—Stock of goods and fixtures, inventorying $6,000, in hus- tling city of 10,000 population. Address No, 478, cart Tradesman. 478 For Sale—Drugs and fixtures and soda fountain, in storage. Will sell cheap for eash. W. C. P., care Tradesman. 163 For Sale—Grocery store situated in cen- ter of business district in Sturgis. Es- tablished business of over forty years. Present owner wishes to retire. Will give lease on store. Address No. 445, care Tradesman, 445 LISTEN, MR. MERCHANT We are ready, right now, to conduct a business building. profit producing advertising campaign, that will increase your cash sales from three to six times, dispose of old goods, and leave your business in a stronger, healthier condition than before. me Comstock-Grisier Advertising & Sales Co. 907 Ohio Building Toiedo, Onio For sale or rent. Store building in Manton, Michigan, fitted up and used for general merchandise stock. Country set- tling up fast. Address Good, care — man. Write us for plans and prices on a rousing ten-days’ sale. Address Western Sales Company, Homer, La. 411 Safes Opened—W. L. Slocum, safe ex- pert and locksmith. 62 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 104 For Sale—One 300 account McCaskey register cheap. Address A. B., care Michigan Tradesman. 548 Will pay cash for stock of shoes and rubbers. Address M. J. O., care Trades- man. There has been millions of money made in the mercantile business. You can do as well. We have the location, the build- ing and the business for you. We have all we wish and want to get out. Write us for full information. Address No. 220, care Tradesman. 220 Cash for your business or real estate. I bring buyer and seller together. No matter where located if you want to buy, sell or exchange any kind of business or property anywhere at any price, address Frank P. Cleveland, Real Estate Expert, 1261 Adams Express Building, Chicago, illinois. 9R4 “— pay cash for stocks or part stocks of merchandise. Must be cheap. H Kaufer. Milwaukee, Wis. HELP WANTED. Wanted—Clerk for general store, Must be sober and industrious and have some previous experience. References required. Address Store, care Tradesman. 2 Local Representative Wanted—Splendid income assured right man to act as our representative after learning our busi- ness thoroughly by mail. Former ex- perience unnecessary. All we require is honesty, ability, ambition and willingness to learn a lucrative business. No solicit- ing or traveling. This is an exceptional opportunity for a man in your section to get into a big paying business without capital and become independent for life. Write at once for particulars. Address E. R. Marden, Pres. The National Co- Operative Real Estate Company, L 371 Marden Bldg., Washington, D. C, 443 Wanted—Salesmen with established trade in Michigan, Indiana and North- western states to carry complete line of hats and caps for a_ well established house on a commission basis. State ter- Wanted—Experienced salesman to sell factory line of men’s Goodyear Welt shoes in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Iowa. Address J. W. Carter & Co., Nashville, Tenn. 525 ritory, amount of sales and references. A F fine opportunity for the right man. The Wanted—Salesman calling on shoe Miller-Allaire Co., 623 Broadway, New trade, sell oak set, price $12, commis- 38 sion $4. Photo and sample mailed. Sales Department, 161% Market St., Hannibal, Mo, 505 York. Want ads. continned on next page. Here is a Pointer Your advertisement, if placed on this page, would be seen and read by eight thousand of the most progressive merchants in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. We have testimonial let- ters from thousands of people who have bought, sold or ex- changed properties as the direct result of ad- vertising in this paper. Michigan Tradesman 48 THE BACHELOR GIRL. Dr. A. E. Winship, in one of his lectures, divided women into four classes: Those happily married, those happy and not married, those unhap- py because not married and those un- happy because they were married. The first he classed as the most happy and the last as by far the most wretched. The bachelor girl, a term especial- ly significant, was not known a few Yet she has in a way revolutionized the conditions of her The opprobrious term, “old maid,” is heard. The single woman of to-day is free to go and come, to make an honest living in a multitude of ways, and yet not to lose by this independence one bit of true femininity. net stand the physical work of wash- ing and cooking, does not like sewing and is not fitted for teaching, she is still not forced to the old alterna- tive of marriage for a home, but may gain a comfortable living in one of many other ways unless the right party should happen along and per- suade her to join Dr. Winship’s first group. There is no possible reason why a girl should stay at home and help in the economy of making a little money go a great way unless she is needed there. Her brother would be called lazy and the parents who per- mitted such procedure would be deemed foolish. Independence is as desirable in successful womanhood as in successful manhood. Queen Vic- toria was wise and far-seeing in in- sisting that each of her daughters be taught some way to make a living. The bachelor girl has learned many things—and she has been a teacher as weil. She has proved that language may be emphatic without being pro- fane; funny without descending to vulgarity. Her presence in shop and office has had a refining influence. She has increased her own strength years ago. Sex. now seldom Because she can financially, physically and morally, and the business world is the better for her presence. FAMILY HEIRLOOMS. Mrs. Russell Sage is about to pre- sent the First Congregational church of Hanover with a seventy-two piece solid communion which is $700. This comes as a result of not being too proud to use the two old silver cups presented to the church by her great-great-grandfather in 1782. Mrs. Sage recently found out that they are still in good condition, although having been used by the church dur- ing all the years. She at once enter- ed into negotiation with the churcn to exchange them for a more modern communion set, desiring to museum. incident silver for service, the value of set of place them in her The mind the priceless treasures which have been blotted out through the craze for things modern. The up-to-date housewife would now give a nice lit- tle fortune for the canopy bedstead which was consigned to the flames a couple of generations ago to make room for the chean cottage hbed- stead which she would rot now toi- erate. The highly polished andirons brings to MICHIGAN TRADESMAN and candlesticks now hold a place of honor—the few of them that have escaped the junk pile. The Bible, a century old, has a commercial value which insures its preservation even if family ties are not binding enough to hold it sacred. The spinning wheel is honored. The old fashion- ed ink well and goosequill pen are no longer subjects of ridicule. There are heirlooms in every household which should be preserved, even although they contain no pre- cicus gems. They tell of past strug gles; record the evolution of art and science. In the effort to free our homes of trash we have been guilty of destroying some valuable articles. Let us gather together the few treas- ures handed down from past genera- tions and enshrine them with the sa- ered memories which surround ther. We have had in our own homes ar- ticles which historical societies would value. There is no reason why we should not show a similar respect. LEST WE FORGET. But a few days ago we heard aa old lady commenting on the fact that she was not invited to a birth- day party of an acquaintance. Vainly we strove to comfort her with the as- surance that it was only relatives and near neighbors who were invit- ed, or to shift the conversation to a more cheering channel. She inva- riably returned thoughtfully to the old topic, “She did not know what she had done to be omitted.” ‘It is the way of the world. When she was 60 and the one in whose honor the party was given was only 30 they had met frequently at sociai gatherings; but now that she was 99 and he 60—things were different. True, she had been a semi-invalid for years, yet the fact that she was not invited quite overshadowed the one that it would have been impossible for her to go. She was forgotten, or even snubbed. There was pathos in this one bit of heart-sore memory of yesterday, although most of the yesterdays were forgotten or crowded out by the memories of childhood. How easy it would have been to remember “Aunty” with an invitation even al- though the feeble limbs could no longer bear her beyond her own yard. The simple post card greeting or the inexpensive birthday gift make the day happy to the recipient; for it is not the intrinsic worth of the thing but the idea of being remem- bered for which we are grateful. A single rose or carnation will bring with its color and fragrance memo- ries still more beautiful. We can not afford to pass by, omitting the little attentions just because they are lit- tle. ne kindly greeting, the simple gift, may strike a responsive chord. There is enough of sadness in this world without more being added just because we forget some little atten- tion. —ESEEE_—EEEEE Nothing is more fatal to self-ad- vancement than the lack of confi- dence in one’s self—or fear. You should have the nerve to dart at 2 chance like a robin at a worm. FRIENDLESS ANIMALS. A Pittsburg paper anounces its first annual outing of the Animal Rescue Farm with a picnic dinner for the fifty cats and one hundred dogs which now call this their home. They are strays picked up in various parts of the city and, instead of being allowed to starve or steal, victims of the small boy’s love for fun(?), a con- tinual annoyance to residents in the vicinity as well as to themselves, they are placed where they can at least be comfortable and happy. More than this, there are homes in which just such animals will prove not only welcome but useful. The feline portion of the group may weil be scattered among the farmers who are finding the rat problem a serious one. There are many communities in which the grain destroyed in a year is a burdensome loss. Rats have the habit of wasting very much more than they eat; they are too cute to fall into any trap after one or two of their kind have tested it to their sorrow; they multiply rapidly, and to hold them in check there is nothing more effective than a few cats. When they are numerous, one cat alone is not able to cope with them. Two or three will make it so unpleasant that they soon vacate the premises in dis- gust if they escape Tabby’s claws. There seems to be no reason why this humane establishment can not be at least in part self-sustaining. While there are many worthless dogs, some of them are such through lack of friends, the friendship of a dog, when once gained, is true and lasting. Ad- versity never lessens its faithfulness. and it will cling as closely with only a dry crust for reward as when a feast awaits it. The friendless ani- mal is justly entitled to our help. The picnic for cats and dogs is sug- gestive of possibilities which we as human beings can not consistently pass by; and there may be much more than pure charity in the move- ment. ——————— “TWO FOR FIVE.” A lady and child made a purchase at a 5 and 10 cent store, and as they passed out the girl observed the ice cream cones at two for a nickel. It was an extremely warm day and the half size cones appealed to the slen- der purse as just enough to refresh the tired system without encroaching much on the pennies allotted to need- ed articles. As they stepped back to give an order a couple of ragged ur- chins who were a little ahead secured the attention of the clerk, who drew from a drawer a very much soiled cloth atid proceeded to clean a spoon for filling the order. The woman quietly slid away, remarking to the child that she guessed they did not want any. As they were seen to go directly to one of the best soda foun- tains in the city it was evident that the craving for something cool was not abated. There was no reason why the “two for five” cones might not have been served in a neat, attractive manner. A lucrative business could easily be worked up, for there are many who crave just a mouthful of the cooling July 19, 1911 product more frequently than they can affcrd to indulge in a full sized cone; but comparatively few will pat- ronize at any price a booth run cn such a slack basis. [t is the way we are served that counts more than half in this world. The “two for five” process may mean a saving of pennies in a cheapei1 sub- stitute which will pose just as well. It may be but a defective product, which deceives some people once, and then is let se- verely alone. Cheapness may always be divided into two grades, the one of which is cheap and the other oniy cheap(?). If it is in your power, even at the expense of a small jaun- dry bill, eliminate the question mark. ee answer the pur- The Atlanta Constitution, one of the leading papers of the South, is being commended by the better ele- ment for its outspoken denunciations of the officials for permitting the lynching of two negroes recently, who were charged with a crime of which, however, they had not been proven guilty, and are calling for an investigation to ascertain the respon- sible parties, and bringing them to account. There is no doubt the great mass vf people are law respecting, and such acts can not but be abhor- rent to them. In speaking of the oc- currence the Constitution declares: “Somebody is responsible, and some- body ought to be held accountable, not only for the purpose of fixing the blame for criminal official indiffer- ence, but to prevent a repetition of such an outrage in the future.” An editorial in a recent issue of the Chicago Tribune, reviewing the recent meeting of the National Edu- cational Association at San Francis- co, will meet with hearty approval. It emphasizes the importance of in- treducing into our public schools in- struction on the obligations of citi- zenship. In filling our curriculum with a vast amount of rubbish, we have overlooked the fact that the children of to-day are to be the men of to-morrow in a democracy, and this should be our greatest considera- tion in arranging plans. our educational BUSINESS CHANCES. For Sale—Bazaar stock, good estab- lished business of five years, in a wealthy farming town of about 1,100 inhabitants. Stock invoiced $1,225 July 1. Will seli cheap if sold at once. Reason for selling, poor health. Address No, 518, care Trades- man, 518 For Sale—Stock of general merchandise and fixtures which can be reduced to about $6,000 in good manufacturing town of 1,300. Monthly pay roll of factories $10,000. Yearly business $30,000, best lo- cation and enjoying best trade. Two good summer resorts 2% and 4 miles dis- tant. Good market town. An Al oppor- tunity for a live one. Write No. 530, care Tradesman. 530 For Sale, Rent or Exchange—New two- story and basement brick store building, with living rooms above. Nicely shelved and countered. Good show window. Ocon- to Falls, Wis. Good opening for dry goods or general store. Will give easy terms or exchange for land. Address Box 52, Independence, Iowa. 531 We paid 30 per cent. dividends in 1910; still have some stock to Sell. Send for booklet, Profitable Investment. Empire A tga aria Company. East eles 4 io. 53 HELP WANTED. ‘Wanted—At once a young man experi- enced in dry goods department. Must be a fair trimmer and a good salesman. None but thoroughly competent need apply, Ap- ply stating age, experience, salary want- ed. Address H. Drebin, Cadillac, ich. snes Bien ei Sunday Creek Coal Co. Buys Twenty-Four McCaskeys HE SUNDAY CREEK COAL COMPANY, of Columbus, Ohio, has just ordered eighteen more McCaskey Account Register Sys- tems, after giving a most severe trial to six McCaskeys pur- chased some months ago and after an open competitive test in which other so-called ‘‘accounting systems” assayed to prove their superiority. In all, The Sunday Creek Coal Company has bought twenty-four McCaskey Systems for its twenty-four stores. No other method of handling accounts is used. The same reasons why The Sunday Creek Coal Company bought only C With Onby eM CAS Y The End of One Writing SYSTEM Drudgery should move you when you consider the installation of a one writing method of handling accounts of goods, money, labor—anything. Whether you have one store or fifty, one hundred accounts or ten thousand, The McCaskey System will take care of every detail of your business just as it does for more than seventy thousand merchants in all lines of business in all parts of the country. This is what The McCaskey System will do for you: It will cut out your useless bookkeeping, copying and posting from one book to another, and from book to billhead and statement. It will prevent your forgetting to charge an account and in this way alone it will pay for itself several times in the first year it is in your store. It prevents errors and the disputes with customers that follow. It collects money faster than any human agency, because every sale slip is a reminder to the customer of the money due you. It automatically limits the credit of those you wish to set a credit limit on. It enables you to prove your loss to the penny if your store burns. The McCaskey System keeps every account posted and totaled to the minute. It ends all book work, night work, worry and trouble over accounts. The McCaskey System furnishes each customer with an itemized bill after each purchase and the total of his account to date—all footed up. The installation of the McCaskey System will speak more loudly for you to your trade than anything you can say or do, that you want your customers to “ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THEY OWE.” Every day you delay in installing the McCaskey System means a loss of dollars and trade to you. Write today for free information. We’ll be glad to send you testimonial letters from merchants you know, in your own state, county and city. It is cheaper to own a McCaskey than to do without one. Act now; write before you forget. The McCaskey Register Company Alliance, Ohio Agencies in all Principal Cities The Largest Manufacturers of Carbon Coated Salesbooks in the World For the Picnic Basket There’s nothing better to take than light and wholesome bread or biscuits. Ham sandwiches are much better if the bread is home-made. There's more substance to the bread and a better flavor. It isn’t dry and tough. At least not if it’s made of LILY WHITE “The Flour the Best Cooks Use” And of course we wouldn't expect any well regulated family to use anything else. Besides, it makes beautiful looking and most delicious tasting cake, and while you're making the bread it’s a good plan to bake a cake also. A nice, smooth, well rounded, frosted, evenly layered chocolate cake! Doesn't it listen good? Try a Lily White home-made picnic and keep father and the boys good natured. Valley City Milling Co. 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