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Our Goods are sold bv alt _Michigas Jobbing Houses. dl : ok — We have made the handling of Potatoes a ‘‘specialty’’ for many years and have a large trade. Can take care of all that can be shipped us. We give the best service—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen. Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. WM H THOMPSON & CO., Commission Merchants, 166 So. Water St., Chicago. PERAKINS & HESS, o— WM. NEIL €& CO.. 7 Sole Manufacturers, 11 and 13 Dearborn We pro ve I Ct. Street, CHICAGO DEALERS IN as : ba Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, Before you purchase, wait and see our Spring Line of the Latest Styles in Fine and Nos. 122 and 124 Louis Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. First Grade Goods, which are Unexcelled. Please Send Us Your Mail Orders. Agents for Wales—Goodyear Rubber Co 5 and 7 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. EDWARD A. MOSELEY, Established 1876. TIMOTHY F. MOSELEY Every merchant at this season of the year should have a supply on hand of CLOVER, TIMOTHY and all kinds of FIELD SEEDS. We will receive this week a fresh car each of FLORIDA and CALIFORNIA ORANGES. Your orders solicited and filled market value day of shipment. MOSELEY BROS, 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St, Grand Rapids, Mich. MUSKEGON BAKERY oF Ea UNITED STATES BAKING Coa., To increase your Sales Buy CRACKERS, BISCUITS, CAKES. ABSOLUTELY PURE GO00D8 Originators of the Celebrated Cake, ‘‘“MUSKEGON BRANCH.’ a . h6||h Lk BROOKS & CO. OF AGAIN REDUCED. P. & B. OYSTERS. ou be here he just The Lenten season will sc and this class . ods wil what 1s Wante THE : PUTNAM CANDY 00, ABSOLUTE TEA. The ee Leader. ONLY BY PEeLPER SPICE a ‘68 and 68 Canal St., AM FLAK BAKING Cont HAS NO SUPERIOR = BUT FEW EQUALS THE ONLY HIGH GRADE BAKING POWDER SOLD AT THIS PRICE 60Z.CAN 10 ~ [LB CAN 25° MANUFACTURED BY NORTHROP. ROBERTSON. & CARRIER LANSING £7/CH. LOUISV/LLE KY. Spring & Company, DEALERS IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ‘MPORTERS AND WHOLESALE Mress Goods, Snawis, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and wel! assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. AMPTY CARBON & GASOLIN’ BARRELS «| * VOIGT, HERPOLSIEIMER & tt, EMON & WHEELEN COMPANY, .¢. WHOLESALE Ury Goods, Carpets and Cloaks We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live| Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. | OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. 48, 80, 82 Ottawa St, Grand Rapids. Voigt, Herpolshemer & Co, HEYMAN COMPANY, ‘Manufacturers of Show Gases of _ Description. ~ + - FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY. ae Grand Rapids, Mich, 4 .¢. WRITE FOR PRICES , 4 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. - DEALERS IN |” r e >. Iliuminating and Lubricating - - $ ‘ <* -OITILS- iy NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. { | tic., dawkins Block. 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CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United “~ oStates, Canada, the European continent, ) Australia, and in London, England. Girand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. 65 MONROE ST., Successor to Cooper Commercial Agency and Union Credit Co. Commercial reports and collections. Legal ad- vice furnished and suits brought in local courts for members. Telephone 166 or 1030 for particu- lars. L. J. STEVENSON, Cc. A. CUMINGS, Co. &. BLO GHEAP SAP BUCKETS Re ee GE oa $10.50 per 100 Ee 12.00 per 100 H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS. CRACKER BAKERY TO LEASE. 2 Reel Ovens, Engine, Boiler, Shaft- ing, Pulleys, Belting, Office Furniture, Safes, ete. This is the best opening in the State. The only Cracker Bakeries in the city are operated by the Trust. For particulars address Robert Morton, care Morton Baking Co., Detroit Mich. HEADACHE POWDERS Order from your jobber. PECK’S Pai the best}profit. AN UNNEIGHBORLY NEIGHBOR. “Swing low, sweet chari-o-ot!’’ shrilled old Dinah from the kitchen, in a high and penetrating falsetto, whose many quavers were jerked out in a way that sounded as if the singer were undergo- ing some mysterious torture. Mrs. Stocker, tending flowers in the back garden of her country home, stop- ped to listen. ‘‘Gwine for to carry me ho-o-me!’’ con- tinued Dinah, ina deep, rumbling tone, suggestive of an asthmatic bass and ac- companied by an energetic rattling of dishes. As the negress paused for breath Mrs. Stocker heard a heavy pounding at the front door, and, still smiling at Dinah’s duet-like efforts, hurried round the house. On the porch she found a testy and ec- centric old man, who gazed with marked displeasure at her lovely face, and, un- appeased by her friendly smile, roared out: ‘‘What in thunder’s going on in this house—a prayer-meeting or a cat-fight? I’ve been hammering on this door for ten minutes, seems to me!’’ ‘‘?’m sorry if we’ve kept you waiting,’’ she answered, gently. The various hard knots into which his face seemed to be tied slightly relaxed, but he vouchsafed only a skeptical grunt in reply. “lve come to see your husband,’’ said he abruptly, ‘‘is he at home?” ‘‘No, he is not.” ‘*When’ll he be back?’’ ‘Not until to-morrow.” ‘I s’pose you don’t know how to write a receipt?” he queried, with his chin eocked scornfully in the air. “*T think I could,’”’ said she smiling. “Well, ’vebeen owing your husband some money for three years, and couldn’t even pay the interest, ’cause people didn’t pay me; but I’ve had a stroke 0’ luck and here’s the money. Gimme a re- ceipt and we'll be quits,” he said, as he flung a bag of currency on the table. “Oh, dear me!’ she exclaimed; ‘‘could you not give meacheck for it? I’m afraid to have so much money in the house.’’ He looked upon this feminine timidity with the contempt of a bitter old bache- lor, and promptly snapped: ‘‘No, I can’t. It?s all the money I’ve got. People seen me getting it at the bank, and if you don’t take it likely some one else will. I’m scared myself!” with a sardonic grin. She reflected that this crusty person might never make another effort to pay, and that no one need know she had the money; so she asked him into the house, where she counted the currency and gave him a receipt. When he was gone she hid the money among some scrapbags in a dark corner of her bedroom closet. As the day wore on she grew anxious and nervous. There occurred to her the fear that some passerby who had seen the old man get the money at the bank had noticed his horse standing at her gate and would suspect that she had the money. It seemed to her that the very birds had too knowing an air as_ they tip-tilted ona branch outside her bedroom win- dow and cocked their heads on one side to look in. If any one broke into her lonely house, which was a half-mile from her nearest neighbors, the Gordons, she and her feeble old Dinah would have no defence. It was with a feeling of relief that she saw John Gordon, her husband’s best friend, walking toward the house. He was a dark, slender man, with a nervous manner anda rather joyless smile. ‘‘How are you, Mrs. Stocker? Feeling rather lonesome, eh?” he called out. ‘*We saw your husbond driving by this morning with his best clothes on, and knew that meant he’d be gone some time. Wife isn’t very well, and wants to know if you won’t go over and stay with her while ’m away.’’ “Thank you, I wish I could, but Mr. Stocker can’t possibly be back until to- morrow, and Randall has paid me a large sum of money which I dare not leave.” ‘*Has he, at last? I saw his horse standing here, but had no idea you’d ever see that money again.’’ After a moment’s thought he added: ‘But why not leave it? Does any one know you have it?’’ ‘*No one but the man who paid it to me that I know of—but he looks like a brigand.” ‘*Nonsense, my dear woman! You’re letting your fears run away with you. Brigands don’t usually pay debts, and there’s nothing to be afraid of. Just leave the money here and go over to our house and spend the night. Darkies are a scary lot, and you haven’t even a sen- sible dog to keep you company.” She longed to yield; but she thought of all that this money would mean to her overworked husband, and, hardening her heart against Mr. Gordon’s repeated urgings, persisted in staying at her post. Saying that he was late for an engage- ment, her neighbor bade her a hasty farewell. As the early darkness of the December night began to close in Nature herself seemed to Mrs. Stocker, in her over- wrought condition, to be conspiring with evil beings to heighten her helpless terror. At last Dinah ponderously waddled in and broke the gloom by cheerfully an- nouncing the evening meal. While this was in progress a wagon drove up, and Mrs. Stocker heard the welcome voice of Ranney, a sturdy, jolly Irish peddler, with whom she had had dealings for several years. He was one of those ro- tund and jovial personalities that look like embodied jokes and the very sight of whom makes every one feel cheerful. ‘‘Now, Toots,’’ he was saying, ‘‘don’t ye be for ating me up the minit I git down. It’s so long since I’ve had a bite that ’d be mighty poor picking. Be aisy, now, and the lady’ll give ye a bone, NO. 548 maybe, with some marrow in it. Im hollow clare through.’’ Mrs. Stocker opened the door in time to hear these last words, and called out: ‘“‘We shall be glad to fill you up, Mr. Ranney, and Toots, too. Come in, both of you.” In walked master and beast, the man with something of a roll on his bandy legs, the white dog—whose legs seemed respectfully modelled on the same plan —with the air of conscious power and dignity belonging to a pure-blooded bulldog. As the peddler took his seat at the table Toots sat down beside him, and, without taking the slightest notice of any one else, looked quietly into his master’s face. “Pye been driving about without a bite since airly morning,’’ said Ranney, ‘‘and thought ’d stop here for supper and drop the things that ye ordered last trip, Mrs. Stocker. I knew Toots was hungry, too; but, ye see, he don’t beg, like common dogs. He’s too much ofa gintleman for that. He knows his mas- ter’1l feed him when he can, and he has no patience wid whining, let alone do- ing it himsilf.” “Toots is the best dog I know,” Mrs. Stocker answered enthusiastically. She took up a bone and held it out, saying: ‘Toots, nice dog, will you come and get this?’’ Toots eyed her gravely, with an expres- sion which said that he knew she ap- preciated his worth, but thought her tone was unduly familiar. Then he looked inquiringly at his mas- ter, to see if he approved of accepting a bone from a strange hand. Ranney nodded and said: ‘Yes, old boy; go and get it.” Toots walked calmly round to see Mrs. Stocker without any undignified haste, and with one polite wag of his tail took the bone, which he crushed in his powerful jaws as if it were an egg- shell. Dinah eyed him at a respectful dis- tance, and was visibly relieved when the meal was over and she could go to the kitchen. “Mr. Ranney,” said Mrs. Stocker, hastily, ‘‘my husband is away, and I feel very timid. all night?’’ *“‘Indade, mum, now I’m rale sorry, for I’d dearly love to be any comfort to ye; but I got word that me friend, Charlie Craig, was down with fever and begging every minute for me to come to him. They say he may not live the night out, and I’ve been driving like mad all day to git to him in time. If ’twas anything Can’t you stay with us else I’d stay. But you’ve no call to be anyways afeerd, me dear lady. There’s no robbers about here, and no one has iver molested ye, I know.’’ She thought to herself: ‘‘Dare Il trust him? Perhaps he could send me some one from the village,’’ and she told him of the money. ‘Oh, now,’’ said he, ‘‘I’ll fix it. Jest as well not talk about it in the village. 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. l’ll leave ye Toots, and he wont tell, anyhow. Idon’t think any one could know ye have thatin the house; but, if they did, they’d have a hard time getting it with Toots here. It ’ud be a new sort o’ man that ’ud git the better o’ him.’’ “Oh, thank you, Mr. Ranney. But would Toots mind me?’’ ‘‘Sartainly he will, if I tell him. He’s a knowing fellah. And there’s nothing he can’t do for ye, from minding a baby to chewing up tramps.”’ During this talk, Toots listened with an air of interest. Ranney turned to him and gravely spoke in the tone of respect- ful politeness that he would have used toward an intelligent man. *‘Now, me boy, ye see it’s this way. This lady needs ye more’n I do to-night, and so ye’ll plaze me best if ye bide here with her. Don’t let any one harm her, and stay here till | come for ye.” Toots walked over and licked ter’s hand. “Good boy! the best friend I have,’’ said Ranney, patting him, where- at Toots cocked up his ears and wagged his tail. “Now, lie down and show the lady ye mean to stay.”’ Toots obeyed, and quietly watched his master go. After carefully locking every door and window, Mrs. his mas- Ye’re Stocker sat down to write a letter. She found it hard toinfusea properly cheerful tone into it, and caught herself listening fearfully to The dog settled down toa comfortable nap, and seemed not in the least disturbed by the shrieks of the wind or the rattling of the windows, She began to fear that if any one broke in, Toots would not even hear it. The ticking of the clock was almost unbearable, while its deliberation seemed purposely to lengthen the minutes as they passed. The increased She peered into the darkness, see nothing Toots looked at her inquiringly, but as nothing alarming was to be heard, settled down once more to sleep. Mrs. Stocker took up a found it impossible to mind upon it. Frightful and menacing faces rose before her, and all the tales of vio- lence that she had ever heard came back to her. She walked the tloor, forcing herself to think of faraway scenes in her happy girlhood, only to be _ brought back to the present by some fresh rattle of a door or window that sounded as if some one were trying to get in. At last fatigue made her drowsy. every sound. wind in fury. but eould the swaying beyond trees. book, her but keep She earried the lamp into her bedroom and left it burning, so that any one who passed might think family were awake, and then lay down without un- dressing. As she dozed off, she was now and then awakened by the seraping of the shrubbery her window, and though she did not believe in signs and portents, the tap- ping of the willow wand that foretelis approaching death. At last she looked at the clock, and saw that in all these sleepings and wak- ings, which had seemed to occupy a life- time, a half-hour had gone by. She lay down again and at last fell into a deep | sleep. | She was awakened by a gust that shook | the house. As the wind lulled, she thought she heard a noise at the front} door. Sherushed into the parlor. There sat Toots, with his eyes fixed intently on the upon it sounded to her like the door, but not moving a muscle. The noise ceased, and she went back to bed— but could not sleep. Again she heard a metallic sound in the Jock. She got up and called: ‘‘Who’s there?” but got no answer. The dog sat upright and looked at the door, but kept perfect silence. Mrs. Stocker listened. All was quiet for several minutes, but again came that metallic click. ‘“‘Who is there? What do you want,” she cried. No answer; but this time the sound continued. “At him, Toots!” she screamed: ‘‘at him! Bark!” Why was the dog so still? In an in- stant the reason flashed before her. Toots must have recognized the step of his master, who had come back to rob her, knowing that her only protection was his dog! She saw the door yielding, and fied toward the rear of the house. On, on, she ran toward the Gordons, stumbling, falling, getting up and running again, unconscious of fatigue. Her breath came in gasps, and she could scarcely utter a hoarse cry of *‘Help! help!” as she threw herself against the door of the Gordon house. Mrs. Gordon, who was lying awake listening for her husband, who had gone to prayer-meeting and had not yet re- turned, heard the cry. She roused the household, and soon they were hurrying toward the Stocker house. As they neared it their nerves were tense. There was a pale moon strug- gling through the clouds, and even the most familiar objects looked strange and spectral. The front door was wide open. They walked cautiously toward it, and looked in. On the floor lay the figure of a masked man, while over him stood the buli-dog, bleeding from several cuts and his jaws horribly red. The man’s throat was a gaping wound, and his right hand still clutched a knife. A few feet away lay a revolver, evidently fallen from his grasp. Mrs. Stocker leaned pityingly toward him. ‘‘Perhaps he has only fainted. Do see if we can help him! Come away, Toots—good dog, brave dog!” Toots looked at the motionless form beneath him, and then limped her. Mrs. Gordon bent over the prostrate man, and pulled off his mask. An awful ery sounded through the house. The man was John Gordon—dead. A. S. WING. — > o> —— If 1 Were @ Delivery Clerk, 1 would see that all goods put into my hands were checked with the origi- nal order; that they were neatly put up, properly addressed and packed. 1 would arrange my route systematically and make deliveries at stated hours. IL would waste no time in gossiping with those to whom I delivered goods, but utilize the opportunity to catch addi- tional orders. I would have the wagon in use free from mud, the harness bright and clean, the horse well groomed, and | myself noted for neat personal appear- ance and courteous manner. I would work on the supposition that I repre- | sented the store and was regarded an in- | dex of its service. I would keep posted as to new and seasonable goods, all nov- elties, bargains, ete., and be ready to answer questions regarding the quality and price of all goods. I would be ob- liging and helpful to patrons, and win their good will through efficiency of ser- vice. ‘ toward | SEASONED. Mrs. BrAapy.—Oi don’t know phat’s th’ matther wid it. Th’ mon as sold it tould me it was made ov seasoned lumber. Brapy (in disgust).—Seasoned, is it? Well, the lumber must hov been sea- soned in th” Fall, thin, fer th’ leaves are all droppin’ ahf. Dwinell, Wright & Co's FINE COPRPEES. Royal Java, Royal Java and Mocha, Aden Mocha Mocha and Java Blend White House Mocha and Java, Golden Santos, Ex. Golden Rio, No. 37,:Blend. We have trebled our coffee business since we have been handling these brands, and any dealer can do the same. OLNEY & JUDSON GROGER CO Agents Western Michigan, Grand Rapids. H. E. GRAND GIRARD BELDEN REAGAN, M. D., Grand-Girard & Co. Manufacturing Pharmacists, DRUG BROKERS AND MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS. DRUG STOCKS oe AND SOLD. DRUG CLERK'S EMPLOYMENT BUREAU? PORTER BLOCK, GRAND RAPIDS. Correspondence Solicited. Promptness Assured. ORANGES. FLORIDAS, CALIFORNIAS WY and CATANIAS. Bin Sound fruit at bottom prices. THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. «+4 sie . sis THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 8 ABBOTT VS. OWEN. Final Words Over the Controversy Concerning Bread. Written for THz TRADESMAN. In closing his alleged reply to my last article on the “bread question,’’? Mr. Owen claims the right to have the last word. Just before making this claim he tells his readers that a certain statement of mine—relative to bread in Canada being delivered direct to consumers—is “absolutely false.’’ Now, I think that when aman gives me the lie, I am en- titled to the privilege of thrashipg him or of proving the truth of my statement. As Mr. Owen is at present in Canada, and so beyond my reach, | must content myself with the exercise of the latter end of the privilege. lam, as Mr. Owen is, a Canadian, that is to say, Canada is the land of my nativity; but I am now an American citizen, my home is here and all myinterests are here. Mr. Owen is not only a Canadian by birth, but he is still one in heart; all his sympathies are Canadian, and he is as much enam- ored of Canadian institutions as the ver- iest Canadian of them all. Mr. Owen knew that I was a Canadian when he penned article, and knew, also, that my home was for years in the city of Toronto. His reference to my ‘living for a little while in some Can- adian city’? may be intended as a sar- casin; I cannot say, but I suggest itasa possible excuse for Mr. Owen’s leaving his readers to an inference when he knew the contrary. It may surprise Mr. Owen to learn that I spent some time in the baking business in Canada, and so may be permitted to know something about the business over there, and when I stated that bread in Canada was deliv- ered direct to the consumers I stated the fact, notwithstanding Mr. Owen’s en- ergetic denial. If he has discovered one or two instances where bread is sold by grocers, | suppose he is entitled to the full benefit of the discovery. I stated what was the rule, he has found an ex- ception. It may not show much argu- mentative ability to base an argument on an exception, but that is, apparently, enough for one side of the discussion. I will not go to the length that Mr. Owen did and say that any of his statements are absolutely false—they are neither absolutely false nor absolutely true. For instance, wheat has been bought in Grand Rapids for 50 cents a bushel; but not enough comes to this market to keep the mills grinding six hours out of the twenty-four—they run twenty-four hours aday. Wheatis now 52 cents here, but the wheat used by the mills costs from 8 to 5 cents more than the Grand Rapids price. Mr. Owen stated a half truth when he said that flour was made from 50 cent wheat. But, ‘‘Il repeat,’’ that the bakers of Grand Rapids do not, as a rule, use ‘“‘thome-made”’ flour. As to the price of bread, I have not abandoned my first statement, that the price of bread is 7 and not 8 cents. Mr. Owen found an- other exception, that is all. In some parts of the city it is sold for 6 cents— good, fresh bread, at that. What Mr. Owen does not know concerning the things he writes about is a matter of sur- prise even to those who know him best. His last article contains even more Owenisms than usual. Having sent in his ‘last word” the controversy now ends, so far as I am concerned. DANIEL ABBOTT. his last he How He Caught The Trade. From the Chicago Dry Gooas Reporter. A Chicago dry goods man who, before coming to Chicago ran a dry goods store in a town of about 2,000 inhabitants, tells some ways in which he managed to attract trade to his store. “From the first,’’ said he, ‘‘I firmly be- lieved that enterprise and push were as necessary in order to obtain the best re- sults in a small town like that in which Il was located as in a largecity. 1 adopt- ed the methods | thought would be suc- cessful and proved them to be such to the astoundment of the other local mer- chants. ‘‘We had no daily papers, but I always had at least half a page and sometimes a page ‘ad’ in the local weeklies. They were not ordinary stale country ‘ads’ either, but well written, attractively dis- played and full of price items. Every week [ had one or more special sales and took pains to have the people informed of them. ‘“‘My windows were by far the best of the town and I trained one of my clerks to take care of them. There was noth- ing very elaborate about the window dis- plays, but they were always neat and attractive, and were changed at least once a week and sometimes oftener. I took pains to have everything displayed, price-marked. Every once ina while 1 would have a special sale of goods par- ticularly attractive to the country trade, and then | would advertise that to every person trading at my store on that day who came from outside the town within a radius of ninety miles, | would refund his or her railroad fare one way and pay for three meals and lodging over night. “I made special rates at one of the hotels and found the scheme a paying one. If it happened in the summer 1! would treat the ladies to ice cream in the afternoon, having had the yard in the rear of the store fixed up so as to make a very fair summer garden. In order to secure the refunding of half the railroad fare the customer simply had to present their round trip ticket to be stamped. ‘*My methods caught the people and I can safely say that in the four or five years I did business in that town my profits equalled those of all the four other principal merchants put together. i — i
  • ———— Use Tradesman Coupon Books. advertisements Boot Calks-=--- rv" wowrvrTy 4 \ 5 D 4 Pa 3 oni We We Vi - jp = o . e . ae a = uw Ball per thousand ae $1 25 Heel “ « - - - 1&0 Order Now. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO.,, 12 & 14 Lyon St., MICH. Ald CnC REMMDE! Ts GRAND RAPIDS, Owing to the general desire of merchants to buy late this spring, we will continue to manu- facture all staple lines up till May 1. thus insur ing you a complete line to select from. Our Goods Are Perfect Fitters, THOROUGHLY MADE,:LOW IN PRICE. . HM. CAMWEE & VO. Manufacturers of Men's, Boys° and Ghildren's Clothing UTICA, N. Y. Write J. H. WEBSTER, State Agent, Before You Buy SEE THE SPRING LINE OF FINE GOODS MANUFACTURED BY IR DETROIT, MICH. ———— A FEW OF OUR NEW SPECIAL TIES IN OXFORDS ARE: The Juliet Bootee, Three Large Button Newport, Southern Tie and Prince Alberts. exten enti Dealers wishing to see the line address F. A. CADWELL, 67 Terrace Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. ,; TRADEMARK, 7 ee OEE “yey Sedeponeerd: we poneerd trae POS 2 Lok tars teh —— anal Lemon & Wheeler Company, Agents, Grand Rapids. a Pais cmd Syrup Cn, Paper Packed Serew, Oo WRITE FOR PRICES. WM. BRUM Manufacturers and Jobbers of PIECED AND STAMPED TINWARE, 260 SOUTH IONIA °T., Telephone 640. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH A LADY’S GENUINE : VICI : SHOE, Plain toe in opera and opera toe and C. S. heel. D and E and E E widths, at $1.50. Patent leather tip, $1.55. Try them, they are beauties. Stock soft and fine, flexible and elegant fitters. Send for sample dozen. REEDER BROS. SHOE CO, Grand Rapids, Mich. BUYS BENCH BARREL TRUCK. Patent Applied For. The Simpliest, Most Substantial and [lost Satisfactory Barret Truck ever invented. For Prices, Terms and I[llustra- ted Cireular, call or Address, A 731 -BUuUYS EAST FULTON S . GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AROUND THE STATE. MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Hessel—Finlan Bros. succeed Cruger & Finlan in general trade. Menominee—J. Paula succeeds Jos. Hnilicka in the grocery business. Mendon—L. Cassell bas embarked the grocery business at this place. Moreuci—Frelan Smith by Smith & Cook in the meat business. Kalamazoo—E. H. Mead succeeds E. H. Mead & Co. in the harness business. in is succeeded Plainwell—C. E. Spencer has sold his baking business to Richtmeyer & Weeks. Muskegon—The Strauss & Jandorf Shoe Co. is closing out its stock of goods. South Arm—Bisnett & Williams suc- ceed Bisnett & Lewis in the grocery business. Sault Ste. Marie—V. R. Conway is} sueceeded by Conway & Co. in the drug business. Fenton—D. Horton succeeds Frank Thompson in the agricultural implement business. Midiand—Anderson & Orth succeed Anderson Bros. in the drug and shingle business. Riverdale—The general stock of Henry Langley has been closed out under chat- tel mortgage. Ann Arbor—Overbeck & grocers, have dissolved, Staebler & Co. succeeding. Shelby—Ed. Highby the confectionery and W. J. Elliott. Ishpeming—l. Simson has removed his clothing stock to Staebler, has purchased cigar business of boot and shoe and Shawno, Wis. Kalamazoo—E. De Watters has opened a@ grocery store at the corner of Vine and Locust streets. Milan—W. M. Cappel the baking and restaurant business of Clarence F. Needham. Grand Ledge—Albert Sebring, ceeds W. R. Billings in the agricultural implement business. Litchfield—W. A. Fowler is succeeded by F. H. Van Dorsten in the dry goods and grocery business. Traverse City—Kubeck & Church, clothiers, have dissolved, Frank Kubeck continuing the business. Bay City—The Miller Hardware Co. sueceeds W. H. Miller & Co. in the whole- sale and retail hardware business. Plainwell—Mary Hamblin has sold her has purchased suc- bazaar stock, which is chattel mortgaged | to the extent of $145.75, to R. D. Russel. Hartford—Mrs. M. J. Olds pur- chased the grocery stock of G. L. Daven- port and will continue the business at this place. Holland—D. Aldershof, formerly en- gaged in the grocery business at Zeeland, has embarked in the fish business at this place. Nashville—A. J. Reynolds and P. H. Brumm have purchased the stock of gro- W. Francis & Son and will continue the business. Homer—L. A. Anderson has purchased an interest in the grocery stock of J. H. The new firm will known has eeries of Geo. Darrow. be as Darrow, Anderson & Co. Big Rapids—James Smith has sold his & Graham to his partner, who will continue interest in the grocery stock of Smith the business in his own name. Kalamazoo—D. C. Higley and E. J. Clark will join hands and consolidate their dry goods stocks April1l. Thenew firm will be known as Higley & Clark. Big Rapids—C. B. Fuqua has sold his drug stock to Geo. W. Milner, who has | consolidated it with hisown. Mr. Fuqua will clerk for the purchaser, for a time, | at least. ; Charlevoix—Z. V. Payne, formerly of the firm of Harrington & Payne Bros., at St. Louis, has opened a shoe store at this | place. der for the stock. Belding—E. R. Spencer, J, M. Earle, H. J. Leonard and W. F. Bricker have subscribed $12,500 toward the organiza- | j } } gage in the manufacture of boots and shoes. Lyons—S. W. Webber Jr. and W. A. Webber will consolidate their stocks of merchandise in the near future in the building lately purchased by S. W, Jr. | from Dr. Kelley, thus making one of the most complete general stores in Lyons. J. J. Youngs has purchased the interest of J. H. Canfield in the grocery firm of Canfield & Hanigan. The new firm will be known as Youngs & Hanigan. Ionia probably realize the suecess they covet. lonia—The ciothing firm of Webber & Buck has been dissolved and the busi- ness will be continued at the old stand by Mr. J. T. Webber, who will also con- tinue the custom tailoring department. Mr. Buck will open at 407 West Main street March 24, with a line of clothing and men’s furnishings, and will also make a specialty of merchant tailoring. Saranac—S. A. Watt has closed his this place, where he stores hereafter, carrying lines of dry goods, notions, crockery and groceries at the old store and lines of clothing, men’s furnishing goods, hats and caps, boots and shoes at the new store on the corner of Main and Bridge streets. Edmore— Maley & Snyder have had plans prepared for a two-story brick store building, 27x100 feet in dimensions, which they will immediately erect on the present location of their general store. The building will have a steel roof and steel ceiling and be made as modern as the limitations of the place admit. The firm expect to be able to oecupy the new premises by the middle of June, when they will putin a line of dry goods. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Gaylord—George Fiege, of Saginaw, has sold his hoop and stave and sawmill here, to Thomas Trodle and others of Saginaw. Clarence—The Clarence Lumber Co. has taken a contract to cut 6,000,000 hemlock shingles and is putting them out at the rate of 40,000 a day. Bay City—F. T. Wilson has retired i from the Wilson Hoop Co. It is doubt- |ful if the mill is operated this season | unless the market prospects for hoops | decidedly improve. | Marquette—Signs of spring begin to be seen around the sawmills, where mechan- ics are busy putting everything in shape | for the season’s cut. Mill Co. expects tostart soon after April | 1, and the Burtis mill will probably sie a few days later. Manistee— The Canfield Sait & Lum- ber Co. has about 4,000,000 feet at the | head of the lake, that were put in during the winter by the Manistee & Grand Rapids railroad, and these will be towed | dowa to the storage booms at their saw- Frank E. Chase secured the or-| tion of a $50,000 stock company to en- | Both are energetic young men and will | store at Clarksville, moving the stock to} will conduct two| The Dead River | | | mills before they begiu towing from the | sorting gap. | Detroit—Articles of association of the | J. M. Flinn Ice Cream Co. have been filed The company intends to work | both ends of the string, to make and sell | the seductive iced cream in summer and | to can and sell the succulent oyster in | winter time. The capital stock of the concern is $6,000. | South Haven—H. W. Williams of the Williams’ Transportation Co., has closed adeal for the A. M. Prouty warehouses for a consideration of $17,000. This gives the company control of all of the river frontage from the bridge south to the T. & S. H. depot, and a monopoly of the best dock property in town. Detroit—The annual report of Alger, Smith & Co. shows the following to be the present condition of its business af- fairs: Capital stock, fully paid in, $1.- 500,000; value of real estate, $1,607,265.- value of personal property, $620,- 887.26; amount of credits, $854,948.03; amount of debts, $950,326.55. 3 Manistee—There is talk of a large tan- and 563 | nery being established here, cer- | tainly no better place could be found in | the west for such a venture. We have worlds of hemlock in this region, and no | trouble would be had in getting all the bark needed, at a saving of about $1.50 a | thousand in freight over Chicago and | Milwaukee points. | Detroit—Articles of association of the Christiansen Harness Manufacturing Co. | have been filed. The capital stock $16,000, divided into 1,600 shares, which are held as follows: Max G. Christian- sen, Detroit, 530; Hans A. Christiansen, Detroit, 10; Albert H. Christiansen, New York, 530; Emil H. Christiansen, Chicago, 530. Half of the stock has been paid in. Manistee—The sudden opening of nav- igation has been a surprise to everyone, and the prophets are trying to figure out what bearing it will have on the lumber trade in general. Nothing like it has been known for a long time. Our lake is as clear of ice as in summer, and there is nothing to hinder anyone from ship- ping lumber should he feel so inclined. There is very little inducement, as far as prices are concerned, to begin opera- tions early. So far there has been very little lumber sold, and what little has been disposed of the owners say they are in no hurry to receive, and that it will be in plenty of time if it does not come until late in May. This fine weather stimulates building and other outdoor work, and that will reduce stocks accordingly. ee Dusenbury, Nelson & Co., bankers, at Mt. Pleasant, have incorporated as the Isabella County Exchange & Savings Bank. is A little courtesy costs nothing, but it always returns a handsome profit. _> o> — Asa rule we commence being harmful when we cease to be useful. Tolman’s are fishers. See J. P. Vis- PRUDUCEKE MARKET, Apples—The market is about bare, and almost anything in the shape of an apple brings easily from %6@7. Beans—Dull. Handlers pay $1.40 for country picked, holding at$1.50, Butter—Good better is always in demand, but at present thesupply is somewhat off. With the advent of spring and grass the price may be ex- pected to go somewhat below present figures which are for choice dairy, 18@20c, and for creamery, 23@24c. Cabbage—Firm at $1 per doz. for home grown, and $2.75 per crate for Floridas. Cranberries—Jerseys are strong at $2 25@2.50 per bu. Celery—Very scarce and demand good. firm at 25c¢ per doz. Cucumbers —Are hardly in the market yet, but what few there are are held at $1.50 per doz. Eggs—The demand for eggs is usually good at this season of the year, but the supply is still somewhat in the lead. Dealers pay 12c, holding at 13c. Field Seeds-—Medium or mammoth Clover $5.75 @6; Timothy, #2; Red top, 65c; Orchard grass $1.75; Alsyke. $7. Grapes—Very few in market. Malagas are the only kind quoted and they bring $5.50 per 55 Ib keg net. Honey—White clover sells easily at 124c@l15. Buckwheat, 10. Lettuce—Grand Rapids forcing in mand at l(c per pound. Maple Sugar—Good per lb. Onions—Are in good suppiy and prices;un- changed, 50c per held at 60c, with Cubans at $3 per bu are the figures. Potatoes—Reports from afew outside points indicate slightly enhanced prices, although Grand Rapids buyers are still paying 40@45c and holding at59c. The probability is that prices may take a tumble in the near future. Radishes—Cincinnatis are in good and supply at 35¢ per doz, bunches. Spizach—75c per bu. crate. Tomatoes—The supply of Southern stock is light, but fully equal to the demand. ‘we per basket or 84 per 6—basket crate are the figures, Price good de domestic brings 9@10c bu. and demand Everything oS in seeds is kept by us— Clover, Timothy, Ilungarian, Millet, Red Top, Blue Grass, Seed Corn, Rye, Barley, Peas, Beans, Ete. If you have Beans to sell, send us samples, stating quantity, and we will try to trade with you. We are headquarters for egg cases and egg case fillers. W. TY, LAMBREAUX CO,, w:tsrase se. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | | | | { TOES. | } seeds. CLOVER and GRASS SEEDS, ONION SETS and SEED POTA All the Standard Varieties in Vegetable Seeds. ALFRED J. BROWN CO. Seedsmen, 24 and 26 North DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. For 1894 NEW CROP SEEDS. Every article of value known. You will make money and customers if you buy our tend for wholesale price list. PLANTS, TOOLS, ETC. Yr 4 , | hoe aad « % - ‘ \. i ad a. Ne | oe ra \ *.-—-————_ . > GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Isaae Ckhinnery has opened a grocery store at Scottville. The Musselman Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Wm. & T. Baker have re-engaged in the grocery business at Grand Haven. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. fur- nished the stock. A number of outside ‘towns are re- ported to be bidding for the location of a manufacturing establishment soon to be organized here. Any instutition which slips through the fingers of Grand Rapids should be pretty thoroughly investigated before it is adopted by any rival of the Valley City. Freeman Park and John L. Glenan have formed a copartnership under the style of Park & Glenan and opened a grocery store at Kalkaska. The stock was furnished by the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. Mr. Park has clerked for Hobbs & Palmer for the past three years and Mr. Glenan has occupied a similar position with B. W. Hodgeman & Co. Henry L. Houseman, Secretary of the Grand Rapids Loan, Building and Home- stead Association, is prepared to hand out checks to the face value of all stock in the organization not previously re- tired. This the first building and loan association to mature in this city, but the first series of the Valley City Building & Loan Association will ma- ture in December. Last July Ges. M. D. a mortgage for $1,700 on his general stock at Wexford, making Samuel M. Lemon trustee for the Lemon & Wheeler Company, Reeder Bros. Shoe Co. and Burnham, Stoepel & Co. The mortgagor had reduced the mortgage to $911, but recently permitted foreclosure to take place. At the sale of the stock John M. Flanagan purchased the boots and shoes and Geo. Cook bid in the dry goods, groceries and fixtures. Both purchasers subsequently re-sold the goods to Mrs. Clement, who will continue the business at the same location. Enough was real- ized to pay the first mortgage creditors in full. 1s Cc sieenil uttered M. J. Wood, of Athens, Mich., Wright Brothers hired man, in town one day last week with a silver grey fox skin, which he purchased at Big Rapids for $50. These skins are not quoted in the market reports, on account of their searcity. Not more than half a dozen have ever been known to have come to this market. The one in Mr. Wood’s possession was taken near Reed City. So far as can be learned the silver grey fox is not a distinct species, but is gener- ally considered to be a freak of nature. He is found along with the white fox, in the colder northern lacitude of Hudson’s Bay, and even much farther north. The white fox is much more numerous than the silver grey, the value of which has been discounted by the facility with which the former and other species can be dyed. While their scarcity puts a very fancy price upon them, it at the same was ‘time detracts from their value, as they cannot be put to any practical use. The attempt has been made several times to propagate them in captivity, but it has failed in every instance. THe TRADESMAN suggests that the Retail Grocer-’ Association, in recom- mending a new schedule of peddling fees Te MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN. | to the Common Council, adopt the plan | heretofore advocated by this journal— | that, instead of there being many fees of State in point of population, but itis varying amounts, there be but two, one | for baskets and another for wagons, the | fee for the former to be $25 and $50 for the latter. It is also recommended that the distinction between fruit and vege- tables be abolished, which would vastly decrease the work of the police depart- ment and materially simplify the task of enforcing the ordinance. If the Retail Grocers’ Association will go about this matter without delay, it can be in shape to submit to the incoming Council at its first meeting and the schedule passed by the middle of May. The police are ready to do their whole duty in enfore- ing the ordinance and should receive the cordial support and co-operation of every dealerin the city. The Associa- tion should see that, if amendments to the ordinance are needed, they be care- fully prepared and promptly submitted to the Council. Another attempt, on the part dealer, to swindle wholesalers has been headed off. This time it occurred at Bay City. Anton Prylinski was engaged in the shoe business there and early in 1893 concluded that his stock was not large enough to answer his purposes, so he commenced buying large bills of goods on time of any one who would sell him. If any from whom he desired to purchase hinted that they ought to know anything about his responsibility, he had a story fixed up forthem. He stated to sellers that he had a stock of $4,000, owned two stores and the house where he lived, owed nothing, or next to noth- ing, owed no relatives and that he had always discounted his bills. On the strength of these statements he succeeded in purchasing a large amount of goods and among his heaviest creditors were the Reeder Bros. Shoe Co. and Herold- Bertsch Shoe Co., of Grand Rapids. Prylinski had promised these creditors to take advantage of the discounts offered, but, as nothing was being paid, the assistance of Hon. Peter Doran was invoked by these companies in July to look over the case. He soon found that the statements made by Prylinski were wholly false and had evidently been made by Prylinskl for the purpose of getting a stock of goods on hand to turn over to his wife, for he then claimed that he owed his wife nearly $3,000. It was, also, discovered that he owned no real estate whatever, was owing other credi- tors largely for merchandise and never was known to discount a bill. On learn- Senator Doran at once commenced proceedings in replevin for Reeder Bros. Shoe Co. and the Herold- Bertsch Shoe Co. and succeeded in get- ting on his writ nearly all of the goods sold by these two houses. The cases came on for trial before the Circuit Court for Bay County and a jury on March 13, and on the following evening the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the Reeder Bros. ShoeCo. The Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co.’s case was put over until the next term, as nearly the whole panel of jury- of a ing these facts men had become conversant with the} case. i > ~ 2eo......... Portsmouth robes. . a mourning.. . — a black. Washington indigo. Turkey robes.. ‘* India robes.. 7 plain T'ky x % oe Berlin ee 5% ofl bine...... 6 * eee = os een 6 key 6% “ Foulards 5% Martha Washington “ red %.. 7 Turkey red X..... “ . =... 1” Martha Washington - 44 Turkey red........ . 13. 4xXxXxx 2 Riverpoint robes.... 5% Cocheco sa — Windsor i as ers. . 5 , ticket ” XX twilis.. 5 | indigo blue....... 10% ~ oe... & (Bermony......... . TICKINGS. 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Snisliseis wekice Sl -d | cess acknowledged, but let your measure woonane Inside Blind. . veceeeeaneeees -S0&10 | oe A ‘ Ss y his a : c ‘ ; e | MAYAOIS BW UO.B............ --.2-.-- i os a mers, or a majority of them get of success be evidenced not in extrava- Bint Gee r - ee ae | 2 ee a “5 ee me _ i , rely upon : : i NT umb’s................ his statements with implicit : gance but rather in an increased sensi-| Blind, Parker’s...-.. 0.20.20... 70&10 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel... i. 40410 confidence | tiveness t s cacaaen a 70810 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Stee gi he can rest assured that he has i sess towards meriting your customers’ aaa ee aaa ainiarsie tae nae aves, Hand... .30¢ 40410 is aes | i s attained | contidence. a BLOCKS. | Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3 ai greatest factor in business suecess. nay same Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892 60&10 | | eee ela le per dos. ee nn a ersee cee e GUA) a a oe a ae There _ merchants who advertise] Sure to oes ae ee vs CRADLES. | “os a in. 4% 14 and with the simple purpose of bringing the| ‘tA traveli a the travels Man fo eee es dis. 50402 | Serew Hook and Eye, Pa CN el = yiablic to mile aa ' rr d aveling man must put up wi CROW BARS. ir 2 oe ees ee gu aa a oe stores, their main object] all sorts of crankiness on the sl Ul ee — se “ ae inet 1 ? et them inside the store with- oe a ee Fe eee, net 7! sistent teed ape — merchants to whom he would sell goods,” Bly’s 1-10 ............. sie eae perm — 65 nenieuge yeep oor 2 i : 1e possible fu-|said one of the fraternity ; tat 60 | Barn Door Kidder Mf, cn dis. ture transactions with these el : ftv at the Merton | & : ‘Deg aitaet a g. Co., Wood track... .50&10 ‘ se chance cus- | House a few evenings ago. “If tr: _ | Musket ..... AL A A ANA : =| ae m, anti friction... 0&1! pa tisi H dull, or collections slow i Aaa Z CARTRIDGES, ce "1 Pots HARA ow : - artising which only serves to bring | or taxes high, w ; S poor, | Rim Fire. oes eee eee eee cece 50 | Kettles........... a the customers to the store is a waste s high, we are held in some way nr tices eT Conte ae Ss a waste of | to blame for it, and are punished accord-|¢ CHISELS. aoa BOd1C ida you are able to hold theirjingly. It requires - i c Seen eee 75 &10 | HOUSE FURNISHING GOOD — trade and bind their patronage witl : juires quick wit to be | SocketFraming..........00..0000. 25819 | amped Tin Ware.. . se ae age with the | always able to say just the right word a Sy a Japanned Tin Ware... ..-..new list = seen lt a. ; y jus 2 at Be errnaseicnanstoeenecnnseaee ian. ae : dence. To deserve public | at the right time. There is Pomerat TT ae se eio | Granite Iron Ware . new Lint 34.830 confidence let people know that nk ane be : ls rere is a good old eee 40| Biight WIRE ‘GOODS. ) are | German keeping store in ¢ COMBS. sarc a ato am , : ‘ I : in a tow , dis, | Screw Eyes.... 10 \ an of your word and make your word | from Saginaw, to whom I sel smi san , Lawrence’s.......................... 40| Hook's er ee ary -T0&106510 as good as your bond in even the smallest | doesn’t i hah te si 1 goods. It | Hotchkiss ............. 25 | Gate Dae -T0d&10&10 sacti ie 3 ie atter what bad luel 3 ths or tga carseat taka: THO Ve ' transaction no matter if it be to your] man, he tries to get even a pana that | white Crayons, per oa. _19@12% dis, 10 Stanley Rule and ‘tanal des dis.79 own inconvenience or loss ‘t even by not buying COPTER. ' soem 1 : waa Si ik ais ek nie ek . of me. IL had successfully combat- ne 14 — Cut to size... .. per pound 23 ae — aud 1 larger Si eu, i ' ed his various theories th: i 4X52, 14X56, 14x60 ........ 26 ac gag pa { guarantee and those which you cannot, |thing what s apnea that I had any- = aon 14x56 me = ie. | dis, and never t ee nt ' ever to do with backws 0 NE og | Try and Bevels ao OC CE mG ikay ely % pndlc r any circumstances guar- | springs, poor crops, d - ' Re in = Mitre . Le TT 6 antee any article of the quality of whic Te ps, drouths, early frosts, DRILLS. "dis SHEET iv 20 : y which | hard winters, high taxes ‘ _| Morse’s Bit Stocks F TRON. you may have the least doubt. If you] the admini ae axes or changes of | Taper and straight Shank... 50! Nos. 10 to 14. Com. + Com. persist in this straightforward 1¢ administration, but last week when | Morse’s Taper Shank........-.....-. ae —... esses ae ae » ard cours nalla : ' i le a. Nos. ee QO! your customers will soc course | I called on him for the first time in sev- DEIEFING FAN. Nos. Bon. La £0 3% s soon come to regard | eral months he had a kick ; Small sizes, ser pound ........... oo) ae rerabaerets 4 05 3 15 your statements with confidence and] was so n ; a kick a-coming that | Large sises, per pound...... 2.0.2... ooo, ae. aa - 3 25 : bs ob ke ek cee eS ee es 3 3 rec . ; ' ginal tha sheets No. ecommend your store as a reliable place | couldn’t say a w t I just sini aca ELBOWS. wiaadas ae aon — a. aa inches to purchase har say a word on my own behalf eee Git dos.net 75 Pe se hardware. Another impor-| As I entered his s : | Ce dis 40 | List ' SAND PAPER, tant point is to have strictly on / ered his store | saw there was | *ilustable........-...----------- ae —... COC Te dis 50 © $ . e 20 / __ ee AS i in aicie ae jaca price, | trouble on his mind. : EXPANSIVE BITS. = Silver Lake, White _ H CORD. everybody for the same aN er aces mn Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826 8. op cv elaihe aaah ae stpts list 50 wenniite. Tethiné desea tte ow are you today?” I asked, reach- | [¥es’, 1, 818: 2, 824; 3,830 cnn 30 “ White — vette ee eres eete ees i es a customer | ing for his hand, which he s pies Now fist 0 aaa cl ae i : more than to discover that some ’ th he seemed to ex- | Disston’s ............ i ae v ee ENT 55 cate a ne other | tend rather unwillingly. ea 60&10 eo re “ 35 ‘ ,» onan equal footing, has pur- “Pineie hed * iy Nicholson's ........ 6. -ee0e-ses eee NED 60&10 SASH WEIGHTS, chased goods for just a trifl y bad,” answered he. eee TTT Solid Eyes......... a just a trifle less than he} ‘*What’s wrong now?” I continued Heller's Horse Rasps .. 2.2... 2...22.000002: eo aa —— aid, and a prejudice is < “e , / i a 1 man aes prej jice is at once produced “Vell, 1 tell you vat it is,’”’ sai GALVANIZED IRON. silver a aes ee a * which is exceedingly detrimental to the |‘ i S, said he, | Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 2 and 2%; 27 “ secial S Cuts, per foot, . 70 ae 0 the;‘l don’d got no goot lueks sine List a 14 i 7 o 28 i -_ al Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.. 50 business. 1f 1 was anxious to get rid lcKS since yOu} Discount, 60 * 6 17) cial Steel Dia. X Cuts, perfoot.... 30 my customers and do the j get rid of /come py my store. Trade vas poor und GAUGES. ai ee = and Electric Tooth X aaa . in o the job quickly 1} people don’t pay me, und the crops vas Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... ’ 0 i i 30 actice this method in _ i oe 8 KNOBS— Steel, Game...... 8. in eanaiinaid tates preference | bad, und all dot. I don’d say you vas to a at a i mee Onetda Community, Newhouse’s . a is : cla blar it vas i r, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ neida Community, Hawley & Norton's... It is not so much the price you charge ne, but it vasn’t dot vay von dime Door, eae ees chemntags a = Mouse, oe «Bertone: 70 a customer, within a certain limit pefore you don’d come. Now my vife Door, porceluin, trimmings .............. = Mouse deatnwion m 18¢ per dos i : » 48|chust ven we vas iy utter, porcelain............. wane the uniformity of your prices, which se 7 ven we vas pooty hard oop, she | pugsell & Irwi Locks —poon. dis 70 ee ee = . . : i" : o~ that ¢ i ies rwin , Co.” aled Market........ ai cures publie confidence. Still another me dwin papies ven we don’d care | Mallory, Wheeler — NEN = Copperdd Mare ~_—- metet tk secacion : Sex ibs, Sie dew eter Sat Sets Ne 55 Tinned Market.. Tens 60 ce g the customer’s confi-| pe la an SB oes, ese RMR aR hata Coppered Spring Steel... 1. OR dence is to mark your goods with the pefore dis time, und I guess you needn’t| gage g ia =| 55 Barbed Fence, galvanised.................. = " " ‘ 21a " : oe oo Te oe 2 60 selling price in plain figures so that they — py my store some more.’ And I Hunt Bye... ce ener ete == -00, ae. 60 , Pp pnssctt waa ont eee ceen anes 2 20 . : ' vicke 7 Se "AS unt’s 18% u Sable... can be seen and understood by the cus- picked up my sample case and left.” [| 0 ea — ain = "ARR ee assee gs ™ ia tomer. el il eamieterticn Sperry & Co.'s, Post, ——........, "50 eee... dis 10816 soli ay The | P ee te MILLS. a WRENCHES. _ i If the selling price is marked in cipher | B 00k of the fair, which cost the | Coffee, Parkers Co's. . Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled...... ™ Sis diiialiaes tadianis sipher | Baneroft Company such a heavy outlay,| « P. 8, & W. Mfg. Co.’ a Malicabien:| Oe ns = — naturally feels that your| iS an assured success, subscriptions hav-| Landers, Ferry & Clork’s............ 40 = Agricultural, wrought,........ 7 price is open to suspicion and that you ing already exceeded 100,000, and still erpr ieee ee eu “ 30 atent, malleable. -...... .. .75&10 sell for whatever you can get, especially keep coming in as fast as ever. What Stebbin’s Pattern..............-. SS 802610 Bird Cages ..... 0.0... .. ee si iii » espec Y | has given this work such great popul PAIR, oo oo nse os. c cscs soesccs - 604610 NE ee ere > customer be a new one and |ity has been not only the plan vg the Enterprise, self-messuring............ -... cana Bea List gy J0a10 j ‘ i ine , 7 aste: . _ acquainted with your methods. execution. Nothing could have better Advance over pase, on both Steel and «| Bases, Amerfean “pa a Carry a full variety of sizes and grades fitted popular requirements than a work eee nails, DAse...... es as and We Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods..... 65410 in each line of your business so that your ge prt the whole ground, histori- ag ee Base I oo eo cote : : -—: cal and descriptive, anc 7 ISUCOTL- | 60... 6... eee ee ee eee ee eens — ase Base PIe TIN, customers will have confidence in your| highest style a art en = Pie —- OC _ 26 * “ . o * judgment and not obliged to leave your og. = pe fe eae et tenes 28¢ store i i ou 2 a € from lack of assortment. Better Would you like to be rich if you had = Geo pound cask sem ses si ewer lines and these complete than a|' be as mean as some men that are rich? 45; Per pound......... cc 8% little of everything and nothing in par- ; ee ncssose ticular. Hardware Price Current. 7 xtra Wi moe we ee eee ts } iness i T of the many other qualities Cleanliness in the store and the per- {hese prices are for cash buyers, who} 2......... 1 20 solder fn the market indicated iat “qaaliion of ssiiah cic cadies ok We, cement Oe ee re oo bes , : ' Ee necessary to secure public confidence, | Snell’s....... pcuanaaee eRe ae : Boece teens eee eete ee cees 5 Ballet's ee ecetieauaias cise, 2: jaa Sialic ae re | on Rag ONE : me Qecceeseccececeseeseecececeeee | BNRNOED Benno -o es ama ause a disordered store is evidence of joe ny 40 Finish 10 ee = 10x14 IC, Charcoal... papouniea . a lack of system on the part of the pro- Jennings’, imitation . corre ere a Bevee esse eveeeee ere eeseeecics = 1 aL 87 = ie ‘ —en i 26 ee Dine ccederwepeniecucwetecncses 10x14 x, ee ie ea cei 7 50 printer, and itis these seemingly little | rirst Quality, 8. B “au L ere: ee : = 14x30 1X’ “ Ce ae 9 25 things which turn the tideoftrade. The a D. Sa ee $3 00 Benes esac eee ceee cee e tee eees 80 Each additional X on this grade, 81.75. 9 2 -ti a a ' § ec i) IN let lal ll el ld tld etl ag IN—ALLAW 7 old-time hardware store with its con- ’ = oo ee 3% es. neva ee 1 75 ee aa. “ ne : ee es Oe ee pe a mr er ne tre seter sere : glomeration of dirt, disorder and mer-| payroad BARROWS, dis. tate REE cell ea ae ee 6 8 75 chandise passed its period of usefulness |Gerden 002.2 a = = aentaungy tesk Cate B50 “ioe: Saati en a and profit long, long ago, and stands no a _" a frat quality cpa wv erseeaagee in $i : onal X on thie grade 1.60. = : Q | r Stove. ... : l. y Rule an 1 Go. ey 4x20 i chance in competition with modern store- | Carriage ee a Poa0 Fry, vane or oo {4a0 ix ; is ine weer ibedas aces 5 50 kee ing. Plow LD Acm ee “ ii . °° ping POW oo osoeeessoreeeciires voces setees see sf0Q&10 | Common, eee MIC,“ Allaway Grade 6 Oo Finally, ak aie iii ate cote a be we senean cues iaiitciestheeen RIVETS. dis, 14x20 IX, mn “ = se : Mo Ce eee een. 20x28 oo «© gw say, if you so conduct your affairs as to| well wie $3 | Cae ae mite ee axe it : 5 oo fo merit public confidence and meet with p L BUTTS, Cast. ina - sie — FLANISHED IRON. 14x28 IX BOILER SIZE TINPLATE. i some degree of success, let ‘nn ast Loose Pin, figured... I~ o 8 patent planished Lee ea 14 00 . ss world | Sc ae ee T0& ‘'B” Wood’s s aienished, Moa. %5 to 2?... 9 20| 14x861X, for No. @Bollers, 1 w, bright Sast joint..........60d anished, Nos. % to 27... 9 20| 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Bollera, | 16, pouna.... sn .160&.01 Broken packs ie per pound extra. OL gt }per pound... 10 00 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. MICHIGA re WueEREAS—It is impossible for a o DFSMAN large body of men, like the Congress Kc | 'of the United States, whose member- © een |ship is constantly changing, to be- : |come thoroughly conversant with | questions of A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE | |revenue from custom duties, questions | of protection to manufactures and other | products of the industrial interests of |our extensive country, especially when | these are made party questions; there- | fore Resolved—That in the opinion of the Board of Trade of Mankato, the tariff should be taken out of politics; and, that, to this end, Congress should speedily provide for a permanent, com- petent, expert, ‘non-partisan Tariff Com- ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, | mission, with power to make and change | tariff schedules, and rates of custom Communications invited from practical busi- | duties, from time to time, as the ex- ness men. igencies of the Government and the best Correspondents must give their full name and | interests of all our people require. address, not necessarily for publication, but as The party in Congress that will take a guarantee of good faith. | q : Subscribers may have the mailing address of | this advanced step will go down into their papers changed as often as desired. history as real benefactors of the eoun- Sample copies sent free to any address. try, caring more for the interests of the Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- | people than for party. class matter. 72" When writing to any of our advertisers, T ae ae k please say that you saw their advertisement in hat aggregation of solons nown as Tae MicHIGAN TRADESMAN. | the Central Labor Union has concluded | that the city of Grand Rapids must own and operate its own electric lighting plant and the fiat has gone forth that the faithful must support only such candi- dates for the Council as are known te be favorable to that scheme. That it is opposed and declared to be impracticable by many of the leading business men of the city cuts no figure with the wiseacres of theC. L. U. They know more about business than business men, though they don’t appear to have put their knowledge to much practical use. The ‘‘ieaders’’ Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. | | | | } E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1894. BUSINESS VS. POLITICS. That the business interests of the eountry have suffered through the inter- minable tariff tinkering indulged in by both parties in Congress is too generally recognized to require even the smallest modicum of proof. The legislation of the last House will, in all probability, be undone by the present one, while if the next House should happen to be Repub- lican, it will overturn whatever tariff legislation may be enacted by the present House. This may be all right from a party standpoint, but it is bad for busi- ness and detrimental to the best interests having spoken, there is nothing more to be said. Independent investigation by any individual member of the various organizations is acrime which will not be tolerated for a moment; what right has any member to question the wisdom, or judgment, or honesty, or purity of motive of the “leaders?”? Now let the members ‘‘obey and be silent;’’ let them walk up to the polls, not like sheep to the slaughter, of course, or any other simile gard for the actual needs of the country. & i iti fe . : i h .,.. | thatillustrates blind, unthinking, slavish The tariff should be taken out of politics | : : es lle Be Oe eels alt al obedience, and vote according to the will * oC ? e y 2 " ° L } r . . eg 7 : : | of the ‘‘leaders.’’? That neither the Edi- tariff law to remain in force a given | a ;son or Brush people have ever made a number of years, or by the appointment | — i ng ig | decent dividend, even by the exercise of of a tariff commission which should have : : : the closest economy, is a matter unworthy entire charge of the schedule, making, i : : | of consideration, especially when there such changes as might be deemed neces-| . ie : |is a possibility of creating a few more sary without reference to : : . . if r : . fat offices which may possibly be filled There is no reason why a question so im- : by some of the ‘‘leaders,’’ and the busi- portant, and one which affects all the} : : | ness come under the control of the people, should be made the sport and | : : : : : ae | *tunion.”’ Any aldermanic candidate plaything of politicians, or be used by | : il i : ae who permits the C. L. U., or any other them merely as party capital. Political | cm : i : i il organization, to dictate what his course parties, as a rule, care little for the| : : i : | Shall be, if elected, on any public ques- country, and know very little about its ||. A : a tion would sell his vote to the highest requirements, and the repre-| |. : bidder and is unworthy of public confi- sentatives of the party in Congress are : nea : . 7 . j}dence. Let candidates bear this in not always sufficiently well posted tu area know what the country, not their own — —————— little districts, requires, and even if they In the opinion of THre TRADESMAN, did know, they are not supposed to vote! Judge Padgham, of the Ottawa Circuit according to knowledge—their political | Court, was clearly in error when he dis- life depends upon their answering to the |missed the case against the peddler, erack of the party whip. Boards of Van der Leest, on the ground that the trade and business organizations all over | complaint was defective. The ground of the country are pasfing resolutions cal- the objection—that the complaint did ling upon Congress to take the tariff out not negative the exceptions to the statute of polities and give the business of the | —raises a point already passed upon by country a chance to settle down. At a/ the Michigan Supreme Court, of which recent meeting of the Board of Trade of fact Judge Padgham is, undoubtedly, Mankato, Minn., the following resolu- aware; and, in the light of this fact, his tion was passed: | action is subject to criticism. The Su- WHEREAS—Business throughout the} . a i : country is stagnant, and thousands of | preme Court is the court of last resort in of the country. It. makes business the} football of the two factions, to be kicked back and forth according to which party may hold the reins of power, with no re- Congress. business worth following; and if circuit judges are not bound by these decisions, the Su- preme Court might as well be abolished. Most people, however, will be inclined to regard Judge Padgham’s action in this case as unwarranted, extra-judicial and savoring strongly of either carelessness or egotism. The Establishment of Canneries in Country Towns. THE TRADESMAN has heretofore agita- ted the question of a canning factory for this city, and, while the views expressed in the interviews published were in the abstract generally favorable to such a project, it must be admitted that little hope was held out that such an industry would be suceessfulin this city. Now, however, that some of the towns tributary to Grand Rapids, notably Coloma, Hart and Traverse City, are agitating for the establishment of canneries, the matter is again taken up, and the hope entertained that the projects will be pushed through to completion. There is no reason why many towns should not have the benefit of such in- dustries. There is plenty of fruit and vegetables in Michigan, not only to sup- ply the regular table and shipping de- mand, but also to supply the demand for eanned goods. The grocery jobbers of the State can be depended on to give the product of Michigan canneries the prefer- ence. Ina matter of this kind the opin- ion of one having a practical knowledge of the business is desirable, and to se- cure such an opinion Chas. W. Shedd, a processor of long and varied experience in Massachusetts, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and this State, has been in- terviewed. He is the inventor and patentee of ‘The Challenge Can Filling Machine,’’ and other canning machinery. He is fully competent to discuss the sub- ject in a thoroughly practical manner, and what he has to say is worthy of at- tention: “One great drawback to the success of such an undertaking in a city like Grand Rapids is the fact that such a city is al- ways a good market for ‘garden truck’ or just such goods as are wanted in a canning factory. The price at which fruit and vegetables are sold on the mar- ket makes it impossible to buy them for eanning purposes with any hope of profit. A small country town is generally con- sidered preferable as a site for a canning factory. Another cause of failure is in- experience on the part of the canner. Some one with no knowledge of the busi- ness, with insufficient capital to properly equip a factory, and not enough ability to turn a grindstone, embarks in the busi- ness, runs it for a short time, and then fails, and his case is thenceforth cited as proof that there is no money in the can- ning business. It is out of the question for the business manager of a canning factory to do his own canning. He will have his hands fnil making a market for his product, and a man of experience with a practical knowledge of processing, as it is called, must be put in charge of the canning. Profitable canning also de- pends upon the ability of the factory to secure its supplies in its own vicinity at prices which will enable it to compete with other factories putting up similar goods. This is why a large city is con- sidered a bad site for a canning factory. Let me give you a few figures at which, industrial enterprises are in an uncer-| 8¥ch cases, butif its decisions are not! in my judgment, the staple supplies for tain or critical condition; and | binding; if they establish no precedents | a canning factory must be bought in order to be canned ataprofit. I willalso give you the number of cans which are ordinarily canned from a bushel of the different varieties: CANS VARIETY. PRICE, PER BU. is sas 40¢e per bu. Leteua a Peaches... ........ _aao”Ct«~=*#a we ——- hlUG 30 —" 6 30 0c * uae 16 —-lUlUC CU 16 $7 50 per ton. 30 SF 20 te hl lA “If supplies can be purchased at these figures, other conditions being right, money can be made in the canning busi- ness. Then, again, all the machinery used in a canning factory is of a special character, and utterly useless for any other business. Like all special machin- ery it is very expensive. In the canning of peas, for instance, there are the viner, huller, separator, blancher and retort. None of these machines, except the re- tort, can be used in canning any other product, while tomato machinery can be used for several varieties. Sometimes an outfit can be bought second-hand, which materially reduces the cost. It must be remembered that a canning fac- tory is only in operation about six weeks on each variety each year, and the more varieties that are put up, the more machinery will be required, and conse- quently the more money will be tied-up. A factory with a capacity of 10,000 cans a day will cost from $2,000 to $6,000 to equip according to the number of varie- ties it is proposed to ean. The labor bill of a factory of that capacity will be from $250 and $350 per week.” > 2 —_ ~ - The Wheat Market. There was a slight improvement in the movement of wheat from first hands dur- ing February. The growing crop is ina promising condition and farmer’s ex- penses have forced a little more wheat on the market in some sections. How- ever, holders are not disposed to part with their grain in excess of present necessities. The principal receiving points report a decrease in stocks equal to 7,087,300 bu for February, an excess of about 2,000,000 bu over February, 1893. Should the growing crop receive no set back, wheat may be expected to move with considerable more activity in the near future, though prices are not ex- pected to change much in any event. oc > — DGMONN 5... 2... 41 From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: J. H. Lowell & Co., Wacousta. Walbrink & Son, Allendale. S. C. Peterson, Alaska. M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake. Maley & Snyder, Edmore. C. K. Hoyt & Co., Hudsonville. Adam Newell, Burnip’s Corners. J. H. Eppink, Lueas. J. S. Toland, Ross. Kellogg & VanDusen, Leroy. Pomeroy Implement Co., South Haven. Jas. L. Felton, Burnip’s Corners. J. M. Flanagan, Mancelona. a Hides, Pelts and Furs. Hides—Countrys are undecided but quiet. Stocks are fair and dealers are will ing to sell—when they can get customers. Figures remain unchanged, although the pressure for lower prices is constant and dispiriting. Pelts—Flat and unchanged. Furs—Unchanged. Tallow—Stationary, lots, except for odd which may shade quotations a trifle either way. \ 4 ys o 4 > 4 Ve eid THE MICHIGAN 'TTRADESMAN. 9 OFFICIAL CORRUPTION. | The corruption and jobbery in muni- | cipal politics in this country are noto- | rious. The large cities, with their enor- | mous property values, which are all | taxed, furnish revenues in large amounts | which are to be handled by the public officials. These great revenues are a perpetual | temptation to those. who handle them. It is so easy to rob cities, counties and states. All that is necessary is fora par- | ticular clique or combination of politi- | cians to hold uninterrupted control of the government fora few successive terms, and then the job is done. The crime will finally be discovered, but it is sel- dom that any of the culprits are brought to justice, but if they are, they are soon pardoned out of prison with ail social rights restored. The man who only robs a public treasury is easily forgiven. | The fact is, when people pay taxes, they | consider the amount as so much money gone from them forever. They do not | expect any return or benefit from it. | They expect to be consumed in corrup- | tion and jobbery, and this is the reason why, when the financial crimes of officials are exposed they attract so little popular attention. Nobody cares. But the plunder of public trust funds is the very smallest part of official crook- edness. It is an exception when the | public treasurer is not honest. He is | commonly so, at the beginning, and will remain so provided he does not enjoy too many successive terms of office. It is opportunity that sometimes makes a thief. But the largest source of corrup- tion is in the jobbery of the administra- tors of government. They create offices at will and they make all the contracts. Most of the public money goes out in | contracts, and therein is the greatest op- portunity for jobbery. Poor men are eager to accept positions without pay so that they may handle these contracts. The greater and richer the city, the greater the amount of official corruption, and nocity has suffered more from it than has the American metropolis. An editorial in Harpers’ Weekly, commenting on the fact that the municipal adminis- | tration of New York is a mine of corrup- | tion, proposes that the city shall sell out the offices to the highest bidders, who will then be able to plunder and prey on the at their wiil, but the money which the purchasers of offices shall pay for they places shall be put out} taxpayers of their reach. Says the Weekly: ‘‘Let the city put up| its offices, the entire management of its | atfairs, to the highest bidder, which may | be one man or a syndicate. This plan would have two advantages. It would give a considerable reyenue, and the eitizens would know who governed them, and who was responsible. By the pres- ent method of elections the money paid for the offices does not go to the city, and the city does not know, officially, who its rulers are. ‘Governing’ is a valuable commodity, and if anybody makes anything out of it, it should be those who have the right of it, and have it for sale. The plan of putting it up at public auction is above-board and busi- ness like. It is not exactly public- spirited, but it suits this commercial age.”’ There are said to be single offices in New York City worth a million dollars a term. Even in cities of medium size, | like Detroit and Grand Rapids, there are’ | rid of. | ment. fat pickings. But selling out the offices is not the right remedy. I[t will be found in an election law that will take all the power out of the hands of the men handle the barrooms, the hoodlums the trades unions. Whenever the grog- | geries and trades unions are deprived of | their political influence, it will be possi- | in ble to have honest government SAFETY IN TALK. Talk is a safety vaive through which a | great deal of popular excitement is got} It operates in the same way as the escape of surplus steam from the boiler through a vent which opens of it- self whenever the pressure threatens to be dangerous. The difference between public meet- ings where many talk and those where only one person harangues or only one | Side of a question is presented, is the dif- | ference between a parliament and a mob. | In a parliament all sides of a publie ques- tion are freely debated. Thus, having expressed their opinions, all parties are | relieved and satisfied. But where one person who possesses power of leader- ship addresses an assemblage and his ob- ject is to excite his listeners to espouse some particular cause, or to arouse some | special passion into violent demonstra- tion, he is preparing a mob for an out- rage on the law. A multiplicity of talk by the individ- | uals of a crowd renders an excellent ser- vice by letting off steam, which other- wise, if pent up, may burst into danger- | This fact has been recog- | who | must go rather to savage life than to the} Ar- } cadians, the primitive people who lived | each working in his or her own ous violence. nized by political maintain that opinion is of enormous use in keeping down discontent under popular govern- It is undoubtedly true that it is an immense relief to a man with a griey- ance to express his feelings about it in words, even if he knows his words will have no immediate effect. Self-love is apt to prevent most men from thinking that anything they say with passion or earnestness will not im- press others. When they have spoken their piece they feel that they have struck their blow. Let others do as well. philosophers, The parliamentary habit so peculiar | to the Anglo-Germanic races has long preserved them from cious revolutions. fero- when sudden and By instinct, they come together ina crowd, the assem- | blage is called to order, a presiding chair- man is chosen and then the debate | to speak in turn, hence the word ‘‘parlia- | ment,’’? or talking assembly. The word > simply means it may even mean a mob, but a parliamentary body is a meeting in which ‘*congress’ gether. all who desire express their opinion upon the matter under consideration, and the ordinary resultis that all parties go home to think the matter over, and so no more violence is done. But when a mob is to be organized to carry out some violent purpose, there is no interchange of opinion; there no debate, no deliberation. is done in one line. question is presented. arouse as much prejudice, hate, hostility and malice as possible against parties or accomplish their destruction without giving them any opportunity of explana- tion or resistance. Thus it will be seen that the talking as- semblage is the foundation of all social order and all civil liberty. There is much public safety in talk. Moreover is who} aad | cities. | the free expression of | pro- |} ceedsin routine. Every person has aright | a coming to-| All the talking | Only one side of a| The object is to} ; | | a dangerous person. that t is the silent dog bites. THE MARCH THROUGH THE AGES. This is the age of education pre- eminently, of free schools, of cheap books and of a newspaper press posses- | sing enormous facilities for the gathering ;and diffusing of information on every possible subject. Education is put in the reach of every intelligent human creature in this coun- try. and those who neglect or refuse to profit by the opportunity to learn to read, and to use the vast facilities offered, have | only themselves to biame. But, after all, what is the use of these extraordinary educational facilities? Do | they make people better? Do they make | people happier? These are questions of | | ;great moment. How shail they be| answered? from violent People who are law-abiding, doing no harm to their neighbors, are commonly considered te termined by their freedom | erimes and social disorders. Oo The goodness of a people is to be de-! | another. be good. As to ‘thappiness,” that is so ‘indefinite a term that it is difficult of | definition. Perhaps ‘‘contentment”’ | nection. The people whose wants are few, whose whose habits are frugal, and whose in- dustrious labors are sufficient to provide | for their necessities, should be considered 'contented and measurably happy. Then, in order ‘to find a peaceable, simple-hearted and coutented people, one |highest civilization. The ancient in a semi-fabulous age in a sort of rural gave of its kindly produce a sufficient sustenance to the amiable and simple in- habitants, who had no other care than to enjoy, without war or contention of any sort, the sweet pleasures of love and companionship in the family circle, make up the ideal of a population entirely | peaceful and happy. | Among such a people there would be no schools, no newspapers, no | time to time, discourse to the younger generation of the traditions of the past, and upon the duties of the present, and of the hopes of the future. pictured the happy peoples of antiquity. To-day they would be characterized by the missionaries Thus were who should go among | them from civilized nations as steeped ignorance of all and desire of improvement, and as being wholly ignorant of the vaiue and uses of the This simple and |happy people would be classed as say- and devoid precious metals. | ages, and declared to be intensely in need of education and civilization. Since the civilizing of savage races is largely a process of violent treatment, if not of destruction, it should be hoped that, after all the civilizing agencies had Experience wants and a peaceful and happy race. teaches the contrary. The would be more appropriate in this con- | the ioud talker, the noisy boaster is never. ‘and happiness. From the point of view of the civilized and modernized representative of the an- cient Arcady, it could be said, in the most emphatic terms, that the result of education and civilization has not been to fill the world with peace, contentment If this be the case, then what are education and civilization good for? In order to find a comprehensive reply to this question it would first be necessary little into constitution of human nature. The most distinguish- ing result of civilization is the develop- ment of the selfish principle. So long as human beings are not too toinquire a the humerous to be easily supported on the natural products of the soil, and are shut out from asso- ciation with the outside world, they will herd together. and the gregari- ous instinct wili keep them so, with no other leadership than the advice and in- fluence of the elders. There will scarce- ly be any claim that one is better than In such a condition equality of all the membership will obtain. Butin a thickly populated country, when the manners of living become com- plex and luxurious, and the struggle for a livelihood commences, conditions come | into operation in which the love of self, mode of living is simple, | | comes the natural law. | tention come all every individual for his own interest, be- Out of this con- the enormous achieve- ments of modern life. It would, then, appear that the object of all civilization is to give each individual the opportuni ; ty to do the best of which he is capable, to reach the highest point to which his talents and exertions will carry him, special | sphere. paradise, where the climate was warm | and genial, and a rich and fruitful soil | | demands of these people would be vastly | } | enlarged. had never before dreamed would become |necessary, ambitions which they had |never before felt would inspire them, | Gratifications of which they | | ress | painfully slow; but the movement is for- | and they would be one more race or na-} | tion plunged into the hurly-burly of con- | ltention and strife for a division of the | ' fit, to what does it lead? plunder of the world. | be no ambitions, no achievements. If it were not for the extraordinary spirit of competition, of contention, to which modern education and the condi- tions of civilization impel, there would All | our science, art, commerce, wealth and the vast development of human faculties, | and the earth’s treasures, are due to this | competition. Every individual who rises | drags up toa higher standard of intelli- j books. | | y * 79 > |The old men of the tribe would, from | ! | | gress, in | ambition | gence and aspiration the generation and the age in which he There is a general advance of the procession of pro- although many individuals will be crushed, slaughtered, sacrificed in the movement. lives. There wiil be an immense will be an im- mense advance of the race. immolation, but there Gut it is not to fill the world with peace and happiness, at least not immediately; but if it be possible for finite vision to peer into the fathomless depths of infin- i ity, it is to secure the restoration of the i than all } agent of this been duly applied, the product would be. | future. state from which the human fallen. race has The traditions which are older tell Age which has been lost, and which is to be restored. The ancient prophets echo tradition and give great promises of the Christ declared himself restoration. The universal peace and happiness yet come, but the vast procession is marching on toit. The line of march is strewn with the wrecks of ruin and fail- ure; the sacrifice has been enormous and bloody beyond expression, and the prog- through so many ages been records of a Golden the age of has not has ward, and its impulsion seems to be growing ever more tremendous and terri- ble. If it tend not to final, perfect bene- 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MICHIGAN FULL CREAM CHEESE. Ali over this State and the larger por- tions of Ohio and Indiana, or, words, over as much territory as quantity made is permitted to be intro- duced, the above title labeled on a cheese will entitle it to first rank for home con- | sumption trade and will guarantee for it the highest market price. In considera- tion of this fact, and that the same sub- ject has been before this Association several times in years past, it seems al-| most out of place and entirely unneces- sary forme to say anything new regarding it. Itseems, however, that certain persons who make, or are especially interested hn some kinds of cheese other than that known and described by the heading of this paper, condemn what is termed the Michigan style of cheese and seem very anxious that all cheesemakers turn in and make their pet kind. Just why a man who makes and prefers Lim- burger, Switzer, York State, export or any of the other special and distinguished kinds and varieties of cheese which filla special place in the trade, should want all others to make just what he makes, or prefers by taste, is prehension. It is like a dry goods dealer urging all other dealers to aban-} don their lines of storekeeping and sell dry goods, notwithstanding the fact that such a course would be.-the ruin of all. Over forty years ago my father, uel Horton, came to Michigan and began the manufacture of cheese in Lenawee county from a dairy of twenty-five cows. He made the first cheese for purposes in any considerable quantities in that part of the State, or in any other part of the State, so far as known. At that time a cheese known as ‘*Ham- burg,” made in New York State and chiefly bulked in the Buffalo market for distribution. supplied the entire trade of Michigan. This brand of cheese was a great favorite with dealers and consum- ers, and under the supposition that Michigan pastures and other conditions natural to our unalterably against the production good butter and cheese, it much difficulty that dealers could at first be induced to even try the made by this pioneer in Michigan cheesemak ing. loathe when goods to give to new ideas, but the ice is made, comes complete, and it has proven so in this case. At that time, with limited supply and demand for cheese, Herkimer and other counties Central New York were making practically all the cheese consumed in the country and Our people in Michigan were imbued with the belief that cheese must from York State to be fit for food. way change it quite frequentiy be- the of strong and prevalent became this idea’ with our people, that, as an example of | our appreciative remembrances of the things that were and of the days gone by, even to-day with the Hamburg kind and style of cheese practically excluded from “York State,” the pleasantly manufacture, the when used in connection ject of tickles the palates of very inhabitants. I same term with sub- cheese, very oldest to the nature, many of our suppose, characteristics in owing our we look back, in our imagination, to the de- and the pre- licious appie dumplings, the moist sweet loaves of Indian bread and boiled dinners that mother used to pare for usin our younger days. But, the | should | beyond my com-| Long-standing customs sometimes | fairly broken and the | come | So! | chimney-cooked foods of fifty years ago, were placed before you now your fond | recollections would be fully realized? 1 think there would be many disappoint- | Change has marked all of our | ments. Ways and cultivated our tastes to relish |and enjoy many new things. There have been great changes all along the | line in the preparation of feods, new |ing. New relishes and condiments |continually appearing and we learn to ;enjoy them. The manufacturers and |dealers in all kinds of food products | would stand in their own light and bea hindrance to their own welfare and | Success if they did not encourage, rather | | than hinder, the cultivation of these new | In the manufac-} tastes and demands. ture of food products, the same as in other lines of goods intended to be sold | to the people, it frequently is a good | thing produce a specialty, or some- thing as near it as possible, as a good to | trade is more likely to be worked up on} |your goods which are not subject to so strong competition and consequent de- | pression of prices. During the past thirty years there has a great revolution in the entire business of our country. been dairy | of manufacture; new markets have been | developed and new demands have arisen | on the part of consumers tosatisfy vary- | market | ing tastes. During this period cheese | has come into more general use as an ar- | ticle of food, and, since this rapid devel- | Opment and increase of our dairy inter- | ests, we have sought markets abroad, so ithat vast quantities of our cheese now | find sale in Europe. We have, also, | found new markets in the South and in | the West and demands for all kinds, styles and tastes of cheese here at home. We must have export cheese which will stand the trip across the Atlantic and re- State at that time were | of | was with | main in stock for a longtime and fil! the must havea cheese for the trade which wil! bear distances and bear up under the severely We must have cheese for the winter trade which wili hold up well and saleable | hot climate. | under all kinds of discouraging ad- conditions and keep in And, for our trade—well, if we are good business men and look to the trade and to ourselves, verse condition. own home well interests of our we will give the people anything they want, provided the | pay is all right. Here in we have all ture, shape and taste and a trade limited or general for each and all. cheese made in Michigan was especially patterned after the then New York State style, the manufacturer thereof learned the process after several years of our country sorts of cheese in size, tex- Herkimer found favor experience in a This with the local trade and its rapidly inereased and bulking system, was adopted soon after it gained afoothold in New York State. The first years of cheesemaking in Mich- igan and al! those county dairy. cheese soon which have followed have been devoted principally to a home the which have found their way to the gro- re- commendation, as it trade and he could trade, and occasional seft cheese cers’s block when at their best have ceived the dealer’s of his suited much methods of cooking, seasoning and serv- | are | It has | | rapidly increased in quantity: new lines! Sam- of apparatus are employed in the process | demands of all speculative holdings. We)} Southern shipment for long | The first | having | manufacture the factory, or} really, do any of my readers think that | dispose of from twoto five of them while' brands of other makes. As compared |if the Hamburg cheese of old, or the | he would otherwise sell only one of the with export cheese, we have the advan- in other) | firmer and longer-keeping kind. These |soft and mild cheese at first were a sort |of accident, but the manufacturer, after hearing of the favorable comments and changing tendencies of the trade, and with the true business spirit to cater to the wants of those to whom he looks for sales, commenced to manufacture the soft grade of cheese, and at the same time tried to produce them firm enough to handle and keep for a reasonable Following the desire to please the trade came increased con- |sumption, quick sales and prompt re- ' turns, so that Michigan cheese, with |characteristics you all know, has been established. I say ‘‘established,” for the reason that our cheese has practically driven all other makes, styles and kinds out of the State, and in adjoining states where it has been offered has quickly | found permanent sale. Look over the markets of Michigan to-day: visit De- | troit, Jackson, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Saginaw and Bay City; go into the jobbing and whole- | Sale houses at those places and in nearly |every case you will find Michigan cheese | at the front and sold to the exclusion of other makes. The special brands which, through years of sales, have per- manently established themselves are many. Do you doubt the sagacity of | these business men who thus give pref- ;erence to Michigan cheese? Do they keep them to the exclusion of other |makes at the expense of trade? The 'facts are, they could sell no other and | give their customers so general satisfac- tion. Every inducement is offered them | by manufacturers and dealers in other states to purchase their brands. Prices | Of cheese in all surrounding markets, | Fast, West and South, are always lower pon those of Michigan manufacturers. ltt is almost a weekly occurrence with | manufacturers of Michigan cheese who maintain trade with the various whole- |sale houses of the State that they are reminded that they are asking too much for Michigan cheese, stating that Little Falls, N. ¥., Chicago and othe> markets quote cheese at money. The pre- vailing difference in the price is from 4 |; to 2 cents per pound in favor of Michi- gan cheese, which sells readily on our home markets. The makersof the best brands of Michigan cheese have the con- suming trade back of them, and, as long as such is a fact, there will be no trouble about the dealers, for they buy what their customers want and enquire for, no matter what the cost may be. Michi- gan commands a higher price over its market territory than does any other kind, except it be some of the | fancy and rare styles. The market for |; best Michigan full cream cheese can safely be carried 1 cent per pound above | Chicago and best New York markets, and | for the past few years it has been estab- lished on that basis. All of my October and November cheese were in job lots at 124g eents and it is well worth that price now at the factories. During a good share of the time I have been sell- ing these two months’ make, the market in Chicago and New York ruled at 104 to ll cents. They are ruling now at 113 | length of time. all less cheese j sold ; cents in New York and about 12 cents in Chicago. For the whole season, I think it is safe to say that our Michigan cheese to the trade at fully 1 cent per above asked selis pound that for the best | tage of holding the home trade. I would ;much rather havea tradein the cities | near by and within easy access by rail | than to have my customers in London or | Liverpool, or be compelled to hold my stock and wait for some buyer to come arouud, with the chancesof his not com- ing when you want him; for, if he isa sharp buyer, he calculates to buy so as to get most of the advances for his own benefit. I would rather be independent than dependent, and to those who are urging our Michigan factorymen to drop the presentstyle of making cheese and adopt the New York or the export style, it would almost seem that they do not fully understand the situation. I do not wish to infer that they have any selfish motives in view, but, really, to make the change would throw away years of labor which have been devoted to producing what the people nearest their doors wanted and preferred and had confi- dence in and on which we have a steady and permanent trade. The Michigan style of cheese, also, has the advantage of yielding more cheese to every 100 pounds of milk. The difference in the yield of cheese between the New York State and export and the Michigan style, when each is properly made, is generally enough to equal a difference in the sell- ing price of fully 4¢ cent per pound, which, during a dull season, would make quife a handsome margin toward paying running expenses. Is it not the most successful business man who keeps his ear to the sayings of the larger portion of the trade; and then if he can succeed in producing an article in line with their expressed preferences, is it not a fact that his labor, so far as seeking a mar- ket, is well established, and the most he has then to do is to keep his goods up to the standard? Michigan dealers can easily get these other kinds of cheese if they desire without changing’ the methods of the old-established manu- facturers to give them atrial. New York, Wisconsin and Ohio cheese are al! being urged upon them continually and,a I have before stated, at far cheaper rates. Michigan factorymen, asa rule, do not make cheese to keep and, hold but to sell and be consumed. This saves shrinkage | and insures quicker returns to the farm- | ers who furnish the milk, which now-a- | days is a very important matter. While in Detroit last week | was shown ten ex- port cheese which were stored in the cel- | lar ofa well-known wholesale grocery | firm there. i had heard something of those cheese before and was anxious to | see them. I thought as I saw them that ' more than likely some farmer patron of | the factory where they were made was running a store billon credit where he should have had the money outof those [cheese months before to pay his bills. ‘Keep! I should say they would keep! If that particular quality is what is wanted, I might ask why not store grind- stones in the place of cheese, as there would beno speculation as to the keeping qualities of grindstones. These ten cheese were a disappointment to the merchant, for he said, as he drew the tryer from one of them, the man said | they would get meliow with age, but they } do not seem to. I would like to see the ; account balanced between a quantity of | milk sufficient to make these cheese and | a like quantity made into the Michigan ' style, following out the difference in the THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 43 yield ofcheese for the milk, ally sell for at maturity, the debt cauce!l- invested in ete., and Then milk with interest on money each while waiting for market, see how the balance would show. let the patrons of a cheese factory vote cheese is on the question of which kind of cheese | I read somewhere | they prefer to make. not long ago that Michigan got a ‘‘black man who wrote the article said he was giad of it. I cannot see why a Michigan man product fails in a competition so broad and great as the Chicago Exposition. That man must be living very near to Canada or some other country not ours. 1 was quite well satisfied with the result at Chicago, and, considering the circum- stances, we did well. Michigan cheese is not known outside of a certain com-| paratively smal! territory and never finds its way into any of the great cheese cen- ters. Fortunately, it does not need to, tor so far the supply is not equal to the demand with near-by consumers. The competitive list at Chicago did not givea distinct class for us. It was like show- ing Jerseys with favorable to the Holstein breed. I sent one cheese from each of my six factories | | able and the score stood an average of 93 out of a possible 100 points, which was more than [expected. We exhibited our regu- lar market cheese as they averaged on our shelves and they were ready to go to the trade when they went to Chicago. They were not judged for nearly a month after their receipt and the weather was very warm. | was satisfied with the re- sult, and it cannot fairly be said that Michigan got a ‘‘black eye.” The home market will in the future be the main de- pendence of the cheese interests of the United States, for itis but natural for England to favor its own countries for their supply under equal conditions. Those who have watched for the past few years the tendencies in favor of the will, I think, agree harmony above statements with It with the opinions of those who watch closely the signs of the times. Note the following statements by Geo. G. McAdam, uttered at a recent banquet of the Watertown, me. i in N. Y., Dairy Board of Trade; Another year I shall change my mode of operation, viz: instead of confining my operations to the export business, lL shall seek the business of local houses; instead of being in the market three months, I shall be on deck until all the fall cheese is disposed of. The demand for home trade cheese is rapidly growing and not only the buyers must prepare for this change, but factorymen. This somewhat disagreeable state of affairs should not and cannot be consistently charged to the salesmen, makers or buyers. Itis a combination cf causes. This perplexing situation has long an- noyed salesmen. Not being prophets and unable to see into the future, they have done as well as the best of human judgment would permit. It is now an easy matter to criticise them. One not at all familiar with the business could now do this and not exhibit a very large amount of knowledge. the hour with increase question of our dairymen How can we home consumption? I would first, by making what the people want and will consume the most of. We (and here I mean the dairymen of the United States) should all kinds The main is, answer, make readiness | that will find ready for the market, what each would natur- | our country. ing power and benefit of the quick re- | turns of the farmer who produced the | | erance of this object the skimmed | filled | frame a cheese branding eye’’ at the Chicago Exposition, and the have but two brands—full creams and, | skims. | would result in having none but full! should be glad when a Michigan | Holstein cattle, with | the deciding points of merit made out} sale, and a special | kind to meet the demands of all parts of | If this is skillfully done | the cheese trade of the United States | can be more that doubled. In the furth- | and cheese would be discouraged, if | not discontinued; for while one of those | being sold from a grocer’s | block. two rich full creams would gen- erally be disposed of. if I were to| law I would! | } law | The operation of such a ereams and the poorest grade of skims: | for, if to skim even in a smal! degree | would consign the cheese to the skim | class, the maker, if he skimmed at all, | would go to the bottom and take all the| cream. The cheese would be so poor | and sell so low that their manufacture | would be very limited. Then, also, the | consumption of cheese would be greatly | increased. | Now, as to Michigan cheese again, 1} firmly believe they are all right and that | what is needed in Michigan to-day expert instruction in the art of making | them correctly, so as to ape their | essential distinctive features, , full} creams should be moist, porous and | mild and weigh about forty pounds. | At the same time these experts be able to so instruet that all features would Farmers need educating in milk, and cheesemakers nothing but milk. and dry cheese should be no more. art of ripening milk, use of rennet, is disagree- be the of should care good Leaky, proper cooking and saiting should all be} better understood, and equal to all, the science of proper curing in the dry room should receive closer attention; in short, preserve the standard of Michigan cheese on the basis of those makers who have established our present good repu- tation and prevented so many from go- ing out to the trade which would do us much harm. I would regard as a calam- ity at the present time any movement which contemplated the changing over of our established style of cheesemaking should | | | _ | ae . . He hare Giving | : satisfaction. as thev enable catia] giving unqualified satisfaction, as they enable javoid all the losses and annoyances incident to ¢] accept | : sour | The | to some other system. It is especiaily encouraging to the dairymen of the State to know that our Agricultural | College is now moving forward in the line of dairy experimental work. It | should have started along this line sev: | eral years ago, and in not doing so, the | standing among like institutions in our country. The earnestly hope that the lost ground will! be regained and that the work now well under way may furnish material aid in| the development of this new and fast| growing industry in our State. Gro. B. Horton. Fruit Ridge, Mich. ~~ +o oa To Suppress Opium. Victoria, Australia, has passed a very severe law to suppress the opium traffic in that country. The cultivation of pop- pies is absolutely prohibited, and opium may only be imported for medical pur- poses, and that on the payment of enor- mous duties. The measure receives the | support of the best elements in the col-| ony, and is said to be immensely popular | with all classes of the whites, for the] reason that it is supposed to make the! Chinamen more uncomfortable. It will} also be a good thing for the smugglers, | as similar laws are in this country. ~ i i Elm The hens are now filling their tracts for spring delivery. | of College has lost much of its once ead farmers | sOl- To Clothing Merchants. — Michigan | flowed. YOURS ASKING. Write your name and address upon a postal card, mail it to the Traprsman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich.. and you will receive by return mail samples and price list of its several books. which the -hensive, concise and convenient system ever devised for the handling styles of coupon are most compre . A of credit transactions in any mercantile line, or for reconciling ithe unrest of cash customers where both cash and credit sales are made indiscriminately. These books are now in use by over 25.000 retail merchants in al ll parts of the country and in every case they the dealer to book i ne pass and other antiquated charging systems. We were the originators of the coupon book system and are the largest manufacturers in the country, having special ® machinery for every branch of the business. If you wish to~- deal at headquarters, you are our customers. Tradesman Company, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. > = The wholesale clothing manufacturers have made up light stocks this se ason, but we ae up about our usual Spring line, in the Newest Styles and Patterns, Long and Medium Frock Skirts regular, cutaw ay and Double-breasted Sack suits. Elegant Spring Overcoats, cut lony. See our splendid line of imported Clay Worsteds Frock and Sack Coats, V ests and in Suits, from o/.00 up. Our Staple line, so well ad apted for Farmers’ trade, is fully up to the standard No better goods made and prices in reach of all. ! ae : * , Tar ’ Write our Michigan agent, WM. CONNOR, box 346, Marshall, Mich.. to eall upon you at any time, or meet him at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids. Mic! h., on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 29, = and 31. C = pene expenses al- Mail orders promptly attended to. tablished < Michael Kolb & Son, ROCHESTER, N. Y. years. Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers. Badges The Largest Assortment of Ribbons and Trimmings in the State. TRADESMAN COMPANY. 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Electrical Wonders and Anticipations. | It is not an extravagant statement to say that never before in the history of the world has there been a scientific dis- covery about which centered such mag- nificent dreams as are being built up on certain recently discovered electrical principles. Among these the foremost piace must be given to the astounding discoveries of the young Servian genius, Nikola Tesla, which are so novel and so extraordinary that the most imaginative of inventors are unable to foresee what form their development will take. Just as experimenters were beginning to think that they knew ali that learned about electricity, and _ that further improvement must be in the line of more perfect mechanical application, Mr. Tesla shows us the electric fluid under conditions in which it differs from ordinary electricity as much as light differs from heat. A current of 2,000 voits will kilia man in the twinkling of an eye, but this modern wizard lets cur- rents pour through his hands with a po- tential of 200,000 voits, vibrating a mil- lion times a second and showeriuvg from him in dazzling streams of light. For some time after the experiment ceases his body and clothing emit streams and halos of splintereu light. The wildest dream of the could not have foreseen that while cur- rents of low frequency are deadly, these are harmiess. Mr. Tesla says that he will soon be able to wrap himself in a complete sheet of electric fire that will keep a man warm at the North Pole without harming him. Neither Merlin nor Michael Scott nor any of the wizards of old ever wrought a more potent mira- cle, even in fancy. The meaning of this is too far beyond us to be realized at present. nificance than Franklin could discern the electric motor in his captured thunder- inventor bolt. Equally astounding, and with more visible usefulness, is Mr. Tesla’s discovery that currents of such enormous | potential and frequency can be transmit- ted without the use of wires. A room can be filled with eiectricity from copper plates in ceiling and floor, so that elec- | tric lamps will Arn without any con- necting wires as soon as. they are brought in. In the same way gence and puwer may be transmitted withont acircuit, doing away with the necessity for trolleys, storage batteries, and subways. Wher it is considered that such startling changes as these are already theoretically possible, it will be seen thatin the inventions upon which we so complacently congratulate our- selves we have only paddled along the shore of the great sea yet to be explored. these sudden enlargements of the ideas | of scientific men in regard to the nature an ithe possibilities f electricity has led the New York Mail and Express to bring tozether iu a symposium the opinions of wril-known electricians as to the future developments of electrical science. Mr. Edison thinks we shal! yet be able toe get electricity eoal—a discovery compared with which the philosopher’s stone is a baubie. Then our steamships w snug little bin for 250 tons of stead of one for 2.800 tons.” aerial flight, electric cookery, a atlantic telephone, a real telescope with which one can see around the world by the medium of a wire. the formation of wholesome food products under the po- tency of electrical affinities—these are some of the things which imaginative in- ventors foresee. Most startling of all, though it was suggested nearly ten years ago by an undergraduate in a Western college, is Mr. Edison’s idea that un- spoken thought may be recorded by elec- trical apparatus applied to the cranium, and either reproduced at pleasure or transmitted to another person. fe While ten men watch for chances, one man makes chances; while ten men wait for something to turn up, one man turns something up: so, while ten fail, one succeeds, and is called a man of luck—the favorite of fortune. There is direct from ill need only ‘‘a eoal in- Suceessful no luck like pluck, and fortune most favors those who are most indifferent to | fortune. ——___—>- Some of the brightest men alive do some of the most stupid things. could be} We can no more grasp its sig- | intelli- | ! | economize, trans- | Ye Butcher. | Ye butcher kills ye cow, ye calf. Ye pig. ye sheep. ye ram; | He e’en would slaughter with delight, i Sweet Mary’s little lamb. | When ge go to his butcher’s shop He sharpeneth up ye knife. He looks as if he has design’d To take away your life. He throws ye meat upon ye scale He stands and grunts and groans He swears he chargeth for ye meat | And nothing for ye bones He wanders round to get ane wife His heart is in a stew, As ’mong ye sex not one of them Will dare to buckle to At times he goes to see ane play { Anditis his delight, | To see ye actors draw ye sword And prance and dance and fight In restaurants he’s never seen To sit and ring ye bell, And where he eats or how he eats No mortal man Can teil. For his misdeeds we well may mourn And shed ye tears profuse, Waes me! rejoice, that none of us Are stahding in his shoes _> > Do Not Taik in a Gloomy Vein. From the Chicago Dry Goods Bulletin. If you feel blue regarding the business situation, don’t talk in a gloomy vein, particularly tocustomers, it may lose you | trade. Just think for a moment how itis with |yourself. You go to the market on which you buy your goods, enter a house where you are in the habit of purchas- ing, intending to place say a thousand | worth of orders. You meet a member of the firm, or the manager, and | ask him how trade is. simply awful!” he replies. the truth, we’ve been | years and never seen it so bad. Mer- chants seem to be remarkably careful about placing orders, and when they do they call for ridiculously small lots. | doliars’ “To tell you i.” How would such a reception make you feel, anyway? Ten chances to one you ing vein: lastingly conservative about buying, I stuck by ordering too many goods. way, I ean safely hoid back awhile, be- seem to be of pretty fair size, and at the rate they’re selling now I guess there will be a sufficiently large assortment for me to choose from later on.” You go back home feeling bluer than ever, but don’t talk blue. Itis likely to effect your customers in something like the same manner thatit affected you. A customer who enters your store and hears such a tale of woe from your lips will in all probability think it wise to notwithstanding that they may be making as much money as they did last year at this time. If things are so bad, with no immediate prospects of getting better, they will think that they had better begin at once to prepare for the speedy advent of that traditionai rainy day. They may buy goods, but | they are liable to be of a cheaper qual- lity than they would have purchased oth- | erwise. | ‘Then there is another thing to be con- | sidered. The blueness of your conver- | sation is bound to depress the spirits of | your elerks. If they hear you talking ' | to customers in a discouraging way they will do the same. Then, | that everything is going to the eternal | bow-bows, they are liable to | drowsy and lose interest in their work. Now is the time you want them to make their greatest efforts, now is the time for you to exercise yourself, your wits, your iingenuity, to keep the spirits of your | Don’t | | falsify, but if you can’t talk about) | customers up to the selling point. trade in an encouraging way talk as little as possible. See things bright ahead, anyway. nc el | A preacher with dyspepsia has to keep i very close to the Lord to preach the gospel right. **] tell you it’s | here for fifteen ' Really I don’t know what we’re coming | woula soliloquize something in the follow- | ‘Well, if everyone is so ever-| guess [ had better watch out and not get | Any-| cause the stocks in the hands of jobbers | become | Patented. The above cuts show a few of the many purposes this device will serve | Cut No. 1 meagerly shows its adaptation as a Screw Driver—anyone readily understands that it | will drive a serew in, as several other devices on the spiral plan drive a screw the same way, but | there is no other one that will dothis: Take a screw out with exactly the same push movement | as it was put in. and just as quickly; this is done by simply grasping the brass sheil with the left | hand, and having hold of the wood handle with theright; simply give the right hand a twist | toward you; this reverses it to take out a screw; in like manner give ita turn from you, and itis | ready to drive the screw j In either case, when it is closed as shown in Cut No. 3, if desired, it will act as aratchet, turn | ing the screw half round each ratchet movement made by the operator, and still another valuable | position is obtained by simply turning it as before stated, but instead of clear from one side to the other, stop at half way; atthis point it will be as rigid as if it was one solid piece of iron. Cut No 2. Here weshow the spiral clear extended, another use made of it other than driving screws, here we show its usefulness in a carriage, wagon or machine shop where many smal! | burrs are to be taken off and put on; the screw driver bit is removed and asocket wrench putin | with which burrs can be run on or off, twenty times quicker than by tae old way Cut No.3. This shows not only its usefulness in the carriage. wagon or machine shop, but carpenter, plumber or undertaker’s establishment as well, in fact it is indispensable to any worker in wood or iron where screws or burrs are used, or boring, drilling. etc., is done, and in finishing up work with hard wood where a small hole must be bored or drilled to receive the nail or screw, itis a wonderful convenience. Thus it will be seen it well merits the name it bears, The Univer- sal Screw Driver and Brace. The chuck and shell are highly polished brass while the handle is finished in natural wood; it is substantial, durable and the most powerful! tool of its kind made WRITE FOR CIRCULAR. ~ Ss. F. BOWSER & Co, Manft’s. FORT WAYNE, IND. RINDGE, KALMBAGH & 60. 12, 14 and 16 Pearl St. RIVER SHOES WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE THEM, If you want the best for Style, Fitand Wear, buy our make. You can build up a good trade on our lines, as they wvill give We Manufacture and Handle only Relial AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CoO. We have received our NEW SPRING LINE of STRAW HATS 'Prices range from 40Oc to $7 8O per dozen. MEN’S, if they think | RA CHILDREN’S, | Sues Gis and | WOMEN’S. “Write for Samples, P. Steketee & Sons. ee a » e is. ied hee. ae A aan . Purely Personal. G. R. Slawson, the Greenville druggist, was in town over Sunday. He drove down with his trotter. J. M. Flanagan, the Mancelona general dealer, was in town over Sunday and called on the jobbing trade Monday. Sidney F. Stevens and wife leave Wednesday for Cincinnati, whence they go to New Orleans via steamboat down the Ohio and Mississippi They expect to be gone about two weeks. Geo. G. Whitworth, Treasurer of the Peninsular Trust Company, is spending Rivers. a couple of weeks in the Eastern States, acquainting himself with the operandi of such institutions. A Newaygo correspondent writes: ‘“‘Your reference to Frank Jewell’s fox hunting proclivities, in a recent issue of Tue TRADESMAN, reminds us of Frank’s experience with a Newaygo county reynard a few weeks ago. Mr. Jewell came here and invoked the assistance of Steve Thompson, our jolly grocer, as- serting that he was decorating a room in his new home with trophies of his skill asa hunter and that the only thing modus lacking to complete his happiness wae @ fox skin fer a rug. Steve finally coneluded to assist his friend and arranged to start up the fox if Frank would intercept him, which he agreed todo. Steve was as good as his word, but Frank was so overcome at the sight of the fox that his gun kicked him off the stump on which he was standing, but he quickly regained his composure and fired a second volley after his fox- ship. Neither shot took effect, and Frank is strongly of the opinion that the fox is running yet.’’ —————>-4- Gripsack Brigade. Byron 8. Davenport has changed his residence from Coit avenue to the Wel- lington flats. P. H. Carroll has been Vice- President for Michigan for the Commer- cial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Associa- tion of Utica, N. Y. James G. Cloyes, for many years city salesman for the I. M. Clark Grocery Co., has taken a similar position with Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co., dividing the trade with Arthur Fowle. The Oceana Herald refers to Geo. F. Owen as the ‘‘best story teller in Michi- gan.” The appellation is Mr. Owen can tell the same story more elected deserved. times and with greater variation than any other man in the State. Harry L. Hamilton, traveling represen- tative for the Michigan Clothing Co., of lonia, who had the misfortune to get kicked on the knee by his trotter, Harry H., has resumed his visits to the trade after two weeks’ panied by a pair of crutches. Jas. N. Bradford says he considers himself an adept when it comes to tell- ing fish stories, but that the crowd which gathers in the back end of Steve Thomp- son’s store, at Newaygo, knocks him out; in fact, he doffs his hat to the whole crowd, Thompson not excepted. Eben N. Thorne, Western Michigan representative for Marshall Field & Co., was called home last week by the serious illness of his child, a lad of eight or nine years. The little fellow was not expected to live Sunday, but his condi- tion Monday was much improved. confinement, accom- Shakespeare spoke of the seven ages of man. This proves his discrimination. Woman has one and generally sticks to it. The Price of Bread. From the Minneapolis Northwest Trade. In all the large cities, there has been a great deal of discussion on the price of bread as regulated by the price of flour, and a singular sort of emphasis laid on the assertion that because flour is cheap, bread also ought to be cheap. This the- ory ignores the very important factor of labor as an element of cost. It is labor and not raw material which must regu- late the cost of bread, or other bakers’ products. We reproduce here, from a letter written for publication, the opin- ion of a Baltimore baker, though it is to be noted that he evidently is not troub- led with ordinance or statute limiting the weight of a loaf. The writer is John Cruett, of 118 South Eden street, Balti- more, who says: ‘No, bread has not de- creased in price and I am glad to explain the position of the bakers, because I know there has been some complaint that it has. I always keep my bread at a uniform price, but I make up for it in the weight of the loaf. For instance, if flour is dear I take off an ounce or two of each loaf; if it goes down as much as 50 cents or $1 Ladd an ounce or so. This is a sort of unwritten law among bakers. Flour gets cheap and one baker will increase the weight of his loaf. All the rest of us hear about it, of course, and we do like- wise. Since four has been going down in price I have from time to time increased the loaf of bread J] make from two to three ounces. The loaf which I used to make weighing 14 ounces now weighs over 16. We propose to increase the size of the loaf, instead of lowering the price, for two reasons. One is that if we sell bread to the grocers and small dealers for 3 cents instead of 4 cents, just as soon as flour goes up and we would be com- pelled to raise the price again, everybody would kick with all their might, and we would have a hard time doing it, whereas a loaf of lighter weight would not be much noticed. Secondly, if we lowered the price to dealers to 3 cents, it is more then probable that they would still sell the loaf for 5 cents, thus giving the ad- vantage to the dealer instead of the con- sumer, who ought to have it. In fact, I know a large grocer who buys some bread from a small dealer for3 cents as a matter of friendship, and he sells that bread along with mine for the same price, though it weighs less. ‘People do not notice the difference,’he said. There are other things also to be taken into consid- eration. For instance, l run a good many wagons and the price of horse feed has increased, which I must count. Then labor is the same, but lard is higher, so that I make no more on a loaf of bread now than I did when flour was higher in price. A few of the smaller bakers, I believe, are selling bread for 3 cents. but with the larger dealers the price is uni- form and the weight increased.’’ ae —_ —— A Round Dozen Reasons Why. From the New York Times. There is value as well as entertain- ment in a curious canvass made in Wall street last week by a member of the Stock Exchange. He called upon a long list of acquaintances, including the fore- most bankers of the city, and asked each what he thought the most significant and most influential factor in the financial situation. Here are the answers as the millionaire interviewer has boiled them down into around dozen ‘‘living reasons’’ —such is his own phase: 1. Publie confidence restored. 2. No more seares, no more worrying over ghosts. 38. Cheap interest rates, money, and honest money. 4. National credit secure. 5. Prices away under values. plenty of o. 6. Everybody economizing. 7%. Railroad expenses cut down. 8. Merchants without goods, mills keeping behind ordinary consumption— any improvement sure to start a manu- facturing boom and a mercantile boom. 9. Failure over liquidation finished. 1u. All weak spots out of the way. 11. Bankers finally satisfied with con- ditions. 2. Wall street one great bargain coun- ter. cence eesti Use Tradesman Coupon Books. 2 ne good goods and right prices. hart-Putman Co. is positive assurance to your trade that your stock is first-class in every respect. themselves of the advertising advantage which such a connection affords? TRADESMAN. ae The following is a fac simile reproduction of an advertisement now appearing weekly in the Elk Rapids Progress: Jorn MORRISON Sells the BEST CROCERIES At the LOWEST PRICES, FOR CASH ! Of any retail dealer in Michigan, He buys exclusively of BALL, BARNHART, PUTMAN CO., The best Wholesalers in Michigan. That's Why ! o For over a quarter of a century the name of our house has been a synonym for To be able tosay that you buy goods of Ball—Barn- Is itany wonder, then, that our customers should seek to avail ee ee ee ee ORDER SOLD ONLY BY Clark, ~ y Grocery Ae CO. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. State Board of sbiehiaiadion One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—George Gundrom, Ionia. Three Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Four Years—S. E. ‘parkill, Owosso. Five Years—F. W.R. Perry, Detroit. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Treasurer —Geo. Gundrum., Ionia. Next Meeting—Grand Rapids. March 6 and 7 Subsequent Meetings—Star Island, June 25 and 26 Houghton, Sept. 1: Lansing, Nov. 6 and 7 Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass'n, President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor. Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit. Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit. Secretary—S. A. Thompson, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, Walter K. Schmidt; Sec’y, Ben. Schrouder. "When a Note is Dee. business men suppose ninety days, is due and payable when the ninety days have expired, and if payment is proffered, that the payee is bound to accept the money. That this opinion is erroneous is proved by the decision of Chief Justice Hooker, of the Supreme Court of Michigan, in Many that a note drawn for, say, the case of Michael McInerney vs. David Lindsay and Albert McKenna. This was an action brought by Mclnerney in the St. Clair Circuit Court to recover the value of a note made by the two de- fendants. At the first trial Judge Mitchell decided adversely to the plaintiff, who appealed to the Supreme Court claiming decided October, 1893, the Superior Court sending it back for re-trial. The following is Justice Hooker’s opinion: On April 29, 1886, defendant McKenna borrowed $150 from plaintiff, giving a promisory note payable one year after date, signed by David Lindsay and him- self, Lindsay’s name being above his. Lindsay was an accommodation maker, of which fact plaintiff had knowledge. An action being brought upon the note, defendant Lindsay defended, and a ver- dict was rendered in his favor by direc- tion of the court. Theonly question that need be considered is whether this direc- tion was right. The plaintiff testified that the note was not paid, stating the transaction claimed to have beena payment substan- tially, as follows: ““McKenna came to my house April 29, 1887, and just laid the money upon tbe table, and said he wanted another year. I told him I would letit go. He picked the money up and put it in his pocket. I don’t know how much money he had. I did not count it. I did not have my hands on it. Then I gave him the note, and he endorsed the interest. Then he paid me $12.”’ {f this a truthful version transaction, it did not amount to a pay- ment, or a tender under circumstances which required the plaintiff to take it. McKenna evidently did not want him to take it, and did not say he did. It was far short of such an offer of payment as would have operated to mortgage collateral tothenote. Thenote! was not due, and the plaintiff was under | no obligations to take it, if tendered. It | follows that this question should gone to the jury.t error. The appeal was is of the The same is true of the other question surety | in the case, if the claim that the was discharged by the extension is relied upon. Under the testimony of plaintiff, nothing was said about a consideration | for the extension. He agreed to an ex-| tension when asked to do so, and the} money on the table was taken and/ pocketed by defendant McKenna. wards he paid the interest to that time, and the note was handed to him for its indorsement. The defendant’s testimony is not in accord with this, but the plain- tiff was entitled to have a jury deter- mine which was true. The judgment must be reversed, and a/| new trial ordered. The other Justices concurred. A reference will show that, to the in italicised words the opinion of the Court, the note was not due, although the | they ma discharge a| have | time for which it was drawn had expired. The only conclusion is that the note | actnally run for twelve months, plus the | three days of grace. A note, therefore, | is not due and the payee need not take} the money until the three days of grace have expired. Interest, of course, runs with the note. As the State Legislature, at its last session made Saturday a legal half holi- day, the banks cannot protesta note un- til Monday when the three days of grace expire on Saturday. It seems to be a fair inference, therefore, that, in such ease the holders of notes can collect in- terest on five days of grace, instead of three, if they so elect, although this point will not be settled until it has been passed upon judicially. lr illlpieine ennai The Credit Clerk. From the Merchants’ Review. In every jobbing house there is an em- ploye whose duty is to pass upon appli- cations for credit. Heis usually called the credit man, and his position is one of great importance, for he is expected to act as a check upon the too zealous sales- man, who cannet discriminate between the retailers who are financially strong and those who are weak. If there were no such position jobbing sales would no doubt be much larger than they are, but the firms wouldn’t last so long as they do, for not only is there a constant ten- dency among some salesmen to over-sell their trade, but there is also a greater or less tendency among retailers to over- buy. And what makes the duties of the credit man the more onerous is the fact that the weakest retailers are very reckless in the purchase of goods. it is a common occurrence, therefore, when orders are submitted to the credit man for examination, for the latter to hold back part of the guods on the list, and only send a portion that he believes to befindispensable to the customer. Of course, in some cases he shuts down en- tirely on the order, but in the majority he follows the above mentioned course. He withholds part of the order, not be- cause of doubts as to the customer’s hon- esty, but because of a belief that the lat- ter will not be able to meet the obliga- tion when it becomes due, and knowing, as he does from long experience, the tendency of many merchants to over-buy, he steps in between them and the conse- quences of theirrashness. In doing this he acts in their interest as much as in the interest of his employer. The credit man is not generally popular among the financially weak patrons of the house, and this is natural. Yet considering that many tradesmen are still in the business and prospering today who, if the credit man had not put a stopper upon their recklessness in buying, would have gone under long ago, he ought to be regarded rather as their preserver, or at least their friend, than an enemy who has sought toinjure them. Would that that same care and vigilance in granting credit were the rule in retail stores. If all retailers could learn the lesson that the credit man inthe jobbing trade is taught at the start, namely that a sale is not consummated until the money is | received, the number of disasters among | the former would be fewer. 2 The Criminal Foot. Superintendent Byrnes, of the New | York police force, says that a distinctive |feature of a criminal, especially of a | thief, is his foot, and that he can recog- nize it as far as he can see it. He says | that no matter what sort of a boot or | shoe a thief may put on, it will take on After- | a rounded look and turn up at the toe. | Generally the arch of the foot is low, but whether it be or not, the turning up | of the toes is always there, and comes | from the thief’s characteristic method of | out of ten he can | honest man by the | alone. | walking. The superintendent said that he had spent many hours studying the feet of criminals, and that in nine cases tell a thief from an looks of his foot People whose toes incline to turn up should take pains to remedy the |defect before going to New York, or y get into Byrnes’ hands. usually | “ALWAYS STANDARD. AT WHOLESALE BY Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Ball-Barnhart—Putman Co. may & Judson Grocer Co. b. J. Reynolds. | FINEST QUALITY. POPULAR PRICES. ENGRAVING Buildings, wooD HALE-TONE Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles. TRADESMAN CO., Grand Rapids. Mich. ASPHALT FIRE-PROOF ROOFING This Roofing is guaranteed to stand in al} places where Tin and Iron has failed; is super- for to Shingles and much cheaper. The best Roofing for covering over Shingles on old roofs of houses, barns, sheds, etc.; will not rot or pull loose, and when painted with our FIRE-PROOF ROOF PAINT. Will last longer than shingles. Write the un- dersigned for prices and circulars, relative to Roofing and for samples of Building Papers, etc. Hi. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Practical Roofers, Gee. Louis and Campan Sts . Grand Rapids, Mich. ARE THE TIMES HARD? THEN MAKE THEM EASY BY ADOPTING THE COU PON BOOK SYSTEM FUR NISHED BY THE TRADESMAN COMPANY. PHOTO _ MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “‘ The Niagara Falis Route.’’ (Taking effect Sunday, Feb.11, 1894.) Arrive. Depart Dee m........ Detroit Express ........ 70am 5 30am.....*Atlantic and Pacific..... it 20pm 1 Som...... New York Express...... 5 20pm Tae All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex- press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00am; re turning, leave Detroit 4:55 pm, arriving at Grand | Rapids 10:20 p m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains east over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. —— Ticket Agent, Union Passenger Station. CHICAGO AND WEsT MICHIGAN R’Y. FEB. 11, 1894 GOING TO CHICAGO. iv. Ga Raia... ...... : — 1:25pm *11:30pm Be, COO ook eo cue, m 6:50pm *6:30am RETURNING iO. "CHICAGO. Ly. Chicago..... 7:35am 4:55pm *11:30pm Ar. G’d Rapids.........2:30pm 10:20pm *6:10am TO AND FROM MUSKEGON. | Lv. Grand Rapids...... 7:25am 1:25pm 5:45pm | ) Ar. Grand Rapids...... 10: ‘55am 2: 30pm 10:20pm TRAVERSE CITY, CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. Ly. Grand Rapids .. 7:30am 3:15pm Ar. Manistee........ 12:30pm . 8:15pm | Ar. Traverse City. ..» 12:40pm 8:45pm Ar. Charlevoix...... Sree tc es ee. TEE Ar. Petoskey 3:45pm 11:40pm Arrive noe Petoskey, ote., 1:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Local train to White Cloud leaves Grand Rap- ids 5:45 p. m., connects for Big Rapids and Fre mont. feturaing. arrives Grand Rapids 11:20 a. m. PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. To Chicago, lv. G. R.. a 7:25am 1:25pm *11:3¢pm To Petoskey,lv.G.R.. 7:30am 3:15pm Toc. &. 2. Chicago. 7:35am 4:55pm *11:30pm ToG.R..lv. Petoskey 5:00am 1:30pm *Every day. Other trains week days only. DETROIT LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO DETROIT. Lv. Grand mate cies. 7:00am *1:20pm 5:25pm Ar. Detroit . -.11:40am *5:30pm 10:10pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. iy. Deas. ............ 7:40am *1:10pm 6:00pm Ar. Geant Rapids. . ‘32: 40pm *5:15pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:40am 5:00pm Ar. GR.11:40am 10:55pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R, R. Ly. Grand Rapids........ 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm Ar. frou Lowell........-. 12:40pm 5:15pm ....... THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- ing train. *Every day. FEB. 11, 1894 Other trains week days only. KO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN WAUKEE Railway. EASTWARD. Trains Leave [tio. 14|tNo. 16)tNo. 18; |*No. 82 G’d Rapids, Ly | 6 45am/10 20am & MIL- : 25pm 10 45pm — r pS wan 25am)| 4 27pm |12 27am St. Johns ... aris psi 12 17pm 5 20pm 1 45am Owonss ...... 120pm)} 6 05pm! 2 40am E. Saginaw.. hw Sonn 3 45pm! 8 00pm 6 40am Bay Oy ....- 4 32am] 4 35pm) 8 37pm 7 15am Pies ........ = 10 05am) 3 45pm) 7 05pm) 5 4°am t. Huron...Ar |1205pm 5 50pm| 8 50pm 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar|10 53am] 3 05pm! 8 25pm) 5 37am Beto... .- Ar |11 50am} 4 05pm! 9 9 25pm) 7 00am WESTWARD. Trains Leave [*N ¥ G’d Rapids......... Ly 7 Gama 1 pm 45pm ae Boave......... Ar} 8 20amj 2 en 6 00pm +Daily except Sunday. *Dai Trains arrive from the _— 6: %s a.m., 12:50 p.m., 4:45 p. m. and 10:00 p, Trains arrive from the” weit, 10:10 a. m., 3:16 p.m. and 9:15 a. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Parlor Car. Westward — No, 11 Parlor Car. Parlor Buffet car. Jas, CAMPBELL, City T’cket Agent. No. 15 Wagner a V8 b HEADS Le NO CURE, NO MUSTACHE, NO PAY. NO PAY. DANDRUFF CURED. 1 will take Contracts to grow hair on the head or face with those who can call at my office or at the office of my agents, provided the head is not glossy, or the pores of the scalp not closed. Where the head is shiny or the pores closed, there is no cure. Call and be examined free of charge. If you cannot call, write to me. State tho exact condition of the scalp and your occu- pation. PROF. G. BIRK HOLZ . Room 1011 Masonic Temple, a s Grand Rapids & Indians. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Leave going North. For Traverse City, Mackinaw City and Sag... 7:40am _ Traverse City and Mackinaw City ....... 4:06 p .a re Cee. 6:00 p m TRAINS GOING SOUTH Leave going South. eis cence eee nau 6:50 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago.. ...12:05 pm For Fort Wayne and the Kast.. --. 3:33pm For Kalamazoo and Ohicago................. “UL: 20p Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. oy Gres Bees... 12:05 p m 11:20 pm ee Te, a i 5:30 pm 7:408 m oF 5p m train solid with Wagner Buffet Parlor 11:20 pm — daily, through coach and Wagner Sleeping a Ly Chicag 6:50am phan 9:35 pm Arr Grand, meets 2:15pm 9:15 7:25am 4:00 p m solid with Wagner Buffet Parlor Car and Dining:Car. 9:35 p m tra Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For a From save jen n daily, through Coach and L. LOOK WOOD, General Seninaiine 3 Ticket Agent. | - ee aE ay ye —— >. tion. 1, 1894 | R’Y. | :30pm 3:30am | :30pm 3:10am ):45pm ):20pm KEY. }:15pm 3:15pm 3:45pm |:10pm | :40pm . and »: 00pm 1:45pm UIs, ):55pm i Rap morn- ly. Ag’t MIL- ane ort » going outh. 50 am ORE. ayy A cee ellen oe — cme ee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. a iiaeites Pie Current. Advanced—Cod Liver Oil. Declined—Gum Opium, Nitrate Silver. ACIDUM. ee: ioe @ 309 TINCTURES. a ‘ )| Exechthitos.......... 2 50@2 75 a - pla eo is Erigeron RO RAG OR 2 ona? 10 Aconitum “oe ah - ultheria ..... a 2 Se ea aes ee hae eee ne 4 Geranium, ounce...... @ % Aloes.. ae. oe alee er so 85 Gosstpit, Sem. gal..... @ 7 etd myr ie : = Case iu or d le Hydrochior ..........- 7. Je an Oe Nitrocum sereseeee 10@ 12 lavendaia 902 00 | Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 - ese a _— = Tien... *..2 4ng—e 60 | Benzoin..................... 60 Salieylicum ceosereeed 30@1 70 | Mentha Piper..........2 85@3 60 | , CO... reece cee 50 y " Mentha Verid 2 20@2 30 | Sanguinaria......... .. = Sulphuricum. . ++ 14@ 51 eorrhuae ee 1 20@1 25 | Barosma ... 50 art ree Dae nEaels ails t oe = Myrcia, jae @ 50 pacer Senn 7 --- 3@ as 90@3 00 Japsicum .. teteteeesees BO AMMONIA, Piels Liqutda, ( (gal. -») a 12 Ce gee oe Aqua, ¥ Gee a 2 : Renan ary 2 00 Cuter Sede eae 1 00 eres Oe Carbone Sees ca ed nail = 14 Rosae, ounce. - sscenell —_ se Cinehona 22.200... ie Cylerigem ............ ee 90@1 00 ssitasican Os . & ANILINE. Sate 3 50@7 00 | WOsumba ............-....... 50 Sessafras...... 50@ 55 | Conium ..................... 50 Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 65 es 50 4 ie ta @ W —— ee 2 Yellow .-..2.-.- ese: ea 0 — BACCAE. ‘vheobromas. . 15@ 2 Mo, COnreeeseeereee eee es 60 Cubeae (po 36)...... 25 30 POTASSIUM. — nm = Juniperus ..-.....-..-. 82 1] Bicarn... . Wee th | Zingiber se Xanthoxylum . 25D 30 bichromate ... 13@ 14 Hyoscyamus LC 50 a romide ie 40@, 43 | Iodine ‘ ee MAROETEN " Carb.. . Te i. Colorless............ 75 foe... =. a Chlorate (po %3@2%5).. 2%@ 26 | Ferri Chloridum. a 35 eru wee Sewers... , 5 et Terabin, Canada .. 60@ 65 Todt ee 2 oc 00 = Se XQ3 50 Tolutan .........-.---- 35@ 50] Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 27@ 30 50 CORTEX Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15 50 Potass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10 Pp 85 0 aa tree tet ee es = Potass Nittas.......... 3 | = Gam Hovited 0 , 0 Rae eee ‘ “ ne Cinchona Fieve ........ . 18 Liner amp Pee to 18 pepe 00 Euonymus atropurp. 30 | 2" Persie athe Aurant!Cortex...... toe | oe Myrica Cerifera, po 20 RADIX. — ee le : Prunus Virgint..... ice oh Ul le oe Cae fa3 Je | Cassia Acutifoi 220.0202.) a Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... 15 fa 2- ae = iia Oo EXTRACTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..... s@ 10| Stromonium................. 60 Glycyrrhiza Glabra... AQ % Giychrrhiza, (py. i5).. 16@ 18) Tolutam ....20002000200000 60 aCe 33@ 35 Hydrastis Canaden, Valerian ............. reese BO Haematox, * Ib. box.. 11@ 12 (po 35). : ' go | Veratrum Veride............ 50 [ - weeeeecees 13@ Heliebore, Ala, po.. MISCELLANEOUS. a1... : + a. ... is. Aither, Spts Nit, SF... 2@ 3 35@ 40 4P.. 2B M&M ot 40Q@ 45 Alumen ee 24@ 3 Carbonate Precip...... 15 @ ground, (po. Citrate and Quinia.... 50 15@ 18 Bo 3@ 4 Citrate Soluble........ 80 75@1 00 —_— 55@ 60 Ferrocyanidum Sol.. 50 @1 75 Antimoni, ‘20. 4@ 5 Solut Chioride........ 15 75@1 35 et PotassT. 55@ 60 Sulphate, com’l....... “ Som SS Antipyrin ............ @1 40 . pure... “| Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 20] Antifebrin............. @ WB : —* pis eeees cess 30@ 32) Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 48 FLORA. i Seneg’ _. BS Gl Avmenionn |... 5@ 7 Aree... 18@ 20 Simflax, Officinalis, H @ 40| Balm Gilead Bud.... 38@ 40 Anthems ............. OS M @ Wines 5........ 2 W@2 2 a 50@ 65 | Scfilae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12] Calcium Chlor, 1s, (%s FOUMA Symplocarpus, Fosti- = ae ........ e@ ii 50 coo... @ 3 Cantharfdes Russian, — Oeil this. ™ | Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) smc @1 00 mivelly ...,-. -eaces 5@ 231 soipers German. . oo 5 | Capsiet Fructus, af... @ 2 tc Alix. 35@ 50 PLRANMOL Gene er cree veee i" 28 Salvia officinalis, 8 Pigioer 1........- i 18@ wW ‘“ ‘“ | @ 0 cae Me 15@ = SEMEN. aos (po. 15) “—, = ee ss er 1s) ig | Cera Alba, 8. aF. 00 8 - @ 60 | Bird, 19. 4@ 6 | Cera NS 33@ 40 Acacia, ist picked.... Ce fe ote @ @ a. Carat, (po. 18)... Se 1 Oni 35 | Commis Fractus...-.- @ 2 “ 2 . @ Corlandrum.. 11@ 13 Centraris... eneaa en @ i0 - sifted sorts... @ Cannabis Sativa... 4@ 5 Gomes... @ 40 “ a 60@ = Cydorium.... ... 75@Q1 00 Chloroform . oe. 60 88 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 80) Chenopodiam |... .... 10@ 12 jaibhe. Bl 3 ‘Cape, (po. 20).. @ i Dipterix Odorate “2 25@2 50 Chicral Hyd ‘Crat . 1 50@1 80 Socotri, (po. 60) . 50 Foenicuinm : @ 15 ee 20@ 2 Catechu, is, (68, 14 18, Foenugreek, “po. sees 6@ 8 Ctnchonidine, P&W 1B W 16) ......--2+- +++ © 2 tee. a German 34@ 12 Ammoniae ...... ae oe : Lini, gra. (bbl. 8%) .. . 34@ 4 — list, dis. per “ Assafcetida, (po. 35).. 4 © | Lobelia... . il. a 40 Conn ....... ‘ . Bensoinum....-.------ lage FberieriaGanarian.... 3 @4 Creasotum . 2B Camphors........----- Se ie @ 7 Creta, (bbl. 5) . 3 : Euphorbium po ...... ‘ 0 i. [_ -......... f Galbanum...........-- Ey sinapii ---. “ne ~ ; prootp.... Ce %@ " Gemboge, po......---- i wD ae Guatacum po 35)... @ 3 ona Crocus .......... 50@ 85 Kino (po 1 10).....-. @i 15] Frumenti, W., D. Co..3 00@2 50! Cydbear........ 24 i 80 ve ® Nao uabear @ io. = —— 3 = . DF. scone eat - ee : @ = tr : Se Pete see aee a7 me Werte 6... ...... Ont (po 4 AR 30) ..3 = 2 | Juniperts Co. O. 4 ba 4 = mor Sul alt * 7 a EPS 2s co cewese sacs a wae fe « mer num ers. “ bleached..... cont a ee x. oe i Toe 00 "a v $ 6 Tragacanth .....-.---; . Spt. Vini Gallf........ 75@6 50 | Ergota, (po.) 75....... 70@ 75 HERBA—In ouncepackages. | Vini Oporto ...........1 25@2 00) Flake fa, ay 122@ 15 Absinthium DT a cass nispcnuratinn eaegunties Ge OO Gata @ B Miata cle = SPONGES ee 7 @8 Lom ii Ce cigar Gelatin Cooper....... @ 70 COTE occ ce ccs ee seta secccs 2 Florida sheeps wool : ron aN a 40@ 80 Mentha a aj _Carciage...... pote sees 2 50@2 75 | Glassware flint. by box 80. entha =. ua oye = Nassar gheeps’ wool oa late hee ME oiois cerns se citcoce SO gaeeee Gee Gee Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15 a 22 woo! Garriage....... 1 10 eee 2 Thymus, V........------- *5| Extra yellow sheepr’ Glycerina ............. 20 MAGNESIA. Garriage............- 85 ee ves = poe oc Se a on = 60 — wool Car- gs | Hy draag Chior Miia: @ 8 mshonate, Pat........ met WO 85 Carbonate, K.& M.... 20@ 2) Here tor aeeorsiaia «= | «StS Ox Rubrum = @ 9% Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35@ 36 en ’ . 1 40 “6 Ammoniati.. @1 00 ee Eee “ Unguentum. 45@ 55 bsinthium. .........3 50@4 00 SYRUPS. Hydrargyrum......... @ 6 = sacs scien Dulce... ... ‘co St Anontia ................-.... 90} Fomeyonolia, Am. ..1 253i 00 ydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25| Zingiber .................5. a 75@1 00 amy sey ate wanes 1 70@1 8) | Ipecac. Se tecc dacs csaccen Ol) SO, MemOmE.......- 3 80@3 90 Auranti Cortex....... 2 30@2 40 Ferri CE | Ioeeorn..... 2.4... @4 70 etree ........-...- 3S es 50 Auranti Cortes.............. eS @2 25 Cajiputi..... COD G&/ Kher Arom........... -....- SO | Lycopodium .......... 0@ 5 Caryophylli . 75@ 80! Similax Officinalis.......... oo 70@ 75 eee oo, 35@ 65 - “ Ce... :. 2 Liquor —— et Hy- os Chenopodii ... a rare tod. ........... peer tr Lees 1 10@1 15 Scillse. . sae 50 eee 10@ 12 Co @ 45 10. 50 — Sulph (bbl em meee,......... 35@ 65) Toatan...... cn Oe. FR, 2%@ 4 ee ey. som | Prunes eire................. St Mannie, 2 P......... 0@ Morphia, S.P. &W. 235@2 60] Seidlitz Mixture..... @ 2/| Linseed, boiled... . 55 N.Y. @ & —. i , @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter = & 2... eee. hl Ut GCG... @ V'. Mereroed ........... 65 7 Moschus Canton.. 40 | Snuff, iui De SpiritsTurpentine.... 37 40 Myristica, No 1 . Gor Wee oi @ 35 bo Ib Nux Vomica, (po20).. @ 10] Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 PAINTS. - 1D. Of fee 15@ 18] Soda Boras, (po.11). . 10@ 11] Red Venetian.......... 2@3 Pepein Sac, H. & FP. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30 Ochre, yellow Mars.. “2 2@4 Co Gz Op) | Hoda Card............ 1%@ 2 Bor... 1% 2@3 Picis Liq, N.«C., % gal Soda, BiCard......... @ 5/| Putty, commercial....24% 24%@3 ith @2 001 Seda, Ash............. 34@ 4|_“ strictly pure.....2% 24%@3 Picis Liq., quarts ee @1 00 | Seda, Sulphas......... @ 2| Vermilion Prime Amer- pee... @ & Spts. Mier ca........ a & ican . 13@16 Pil Sew a 80) . oe ew “* ae Den... @2 25 | Vermilion, English. . 65@70 Piper Nigra, (po. 2). @ i Myrcta in. |. @3 00 | Green, Peninsular..... 7075 Piper Alba, (po ¢g5).. @ 3 * Vint Rect. bbl. Lead, red. sis... G@ Gite Pix Burgun........... @ 7 ae 2 25@2 "white . -+---- 6 @O% Pitt Agee... 8... 14@ 15| Less 5c gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white Span... @70 Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... 1 a1 45 | Whiting, Gilders’...... @% Pyrethrum, boxes Sulphur, Subl......... 24@ 3 | White, Paris American 1 0 PD. Oe. dou... @1 25 “ ; - Oe 2 @ 2% Whiting, Paris Eng. 1 clos ‘i 4 urchased by le for all conditioi ally buy h 7 eae re usually p : suitable redit usually ture of the les as a : otations f strong c this fea | » : h quantit . give qu those of s . make . ly, in suc oi. ssible to g i buyers or ie r aim to trade only, It is impos Cash buyers | s it is ou “1; e for the arket. urchase. issions, as : is list are he local m itions of P rs or om . © & a ted in th index of the e conditi a any erro 7 srices quo scurate inde? a averag t out RACTS. The p 38 and are an accurate ge prices for ested to poin ING EXTRA | age | u OR yress an enting averag estly req FLAV uders’, “4 going to } iven as represent Subscribers ee eee Foreign. “i with corkscrew. | 5 . or E — . I e, below are g re poor credit. Currants. ! om ee rid for the money. we «@ hose who have i to dealers. ae... Wi Bestin the wo ’ thor ssible use to —====— UP. Patras, in -bblg.........- 2% F ular st pos in CATS 7 ae a Reg —— > and. “ In less quantity... 2 Grade *1 4 ———————————— Apricots. 140 tery wenn a 2 = cleaned, ar ag 5% Lemon, a , FASE, Live oak.......... . 1) | walt pint, 25 en cleaned, Pp 6 7 ¢ AXLE GR "=, “caslnees Coan. 1 36, | Pint doz bottles oe — Ib. boxes 12 a . “8 6 00 | Santa Cras 14 gy neg - 21d. boxes 12 40s... a 60 7 00] see a wn Quer Triumph Brand. 35 Citron, Leghorn ae a RS | ae ei ee ‘oo Blackberries. 90 Half pint, per can 22 Lemon “95H Regular r acl 75 9 0 " : 25 So aries -« iy r r . Diamond : = THIF G W Cherries. 0Qi % hese ‘per ok... a ee. 2 00 | Orang Raisins. s Van doz Frazer's 65 6 00 ote wenn sno nn 11 7 | Quart, ieee ties $ 1 books, per hun a :> dura. 29 Ib. boxes ngs ia i --- OL ws 4 » Mica .. " oars burgh .... 1 50 CLOTHE: c a i Caceres, = >. ° -«6 4 .2 ragon ne Pitted Ham anil 20 me ie - 800) Coitana, 20 a y 4 oz... Pa KING POWDER. White ... wane E80) wens DOREE. 66060. o @ aoe . -. 4.00] Fencia, 30 bbe BAKE Erie ...... Plums and Gri 5g . la TE "500 Prunes. XX Grade Acme. 45 Darsons, Ege F oT a COCOA SHELLS. ~~ = Fe ql ae Lemon. ean S EEB------> ee i” : Qs | 0 ee ... 20s 90x100 25 ib, bx. rs zoz.....81 50 ee a sss... a iis ............ ne a r hun 300 “ Se a. : ss ‘alifornia. Se - books, pe ‘6 : 80x90 : 6% % lb. * 1 - 10) Celiftornia seberries. a5 | 3 uantity.... 6%4@7 | 8 1 books, pe 3 50 : 80 7 {ib. co cn Goo cai 1 Less ackapes....... = i i“ oa “ 70x8 “ 74 rade Lo — a coe 2 Common Peaches. 9 Pound “ COFFEE. es = . iS . = oie Lee 10 —— " | 36 doz case 11 oe ‘ ‘ of - ee oe a1 7 Bt doz ieee 20 a a Green. mp ss on ele a on... 350 7 im“ 2d “ cs Maxwell a 1% ( Sultan eee . 5 2 i Lae Flake 45 Saiee onan e pst . 2 —. 70-80. cena. Vanilla ' oy ee 60 | Sronitor ele ae aaa eE 3 ] ae oer mE? oo a 4 doz i ie) ‘| Oxford Pears. 125 foe ence eueees Lee ae ” : ee neon 2 ox regular pane ‘1 50 : oe : oz“ 4doz (ee ic conte ito... Ce Universal.” . 83.00 ENVELOPES. - |4os ...2 00 oa ¢ 4 > 6 ne ‘| oe | i 2 ed eee . Peaberry ... .. an books, per hundr oe white. 6 of ee co : b aos c 9 - eames 1 00@1 30 San a 19 .; . c te ee $1 75 | No. 3 on i shea 150 2 co x > com 7 Common.... ae 2 50] Pair... a ae fee i “ - °> ee iS --- +0 cL = No. 4 Northrop’s _ ila. “a Red Star, 4 a» * 1 4 Johnson's acne . pe. ed a Lo 23 85 : “ ea 7 00 | No. 2, ce eee : : 50) Lemon, V os 10 vs _ . " gp | 200R erated .... R25 rime ...... be ._ = ‘i a. 1.6... en 75 x ‘“ 1b doz $5 i" cas ee teee @2 % worry ...- tamala, 81 $6 books : i. val taper 1 7% ~ i" , ib. cans, do 85 oth’s slice : : @- © | Pea ican and Guat 21 #20 n coupon No. 2, 6. te. 20z ov “ 1 9 “= Sie: « «| 4 §9] Boot “a. 1 10 oe 2 - ie the following XX wood, whi 1 35} 302 egular “ > 2 25 ' ; cape a 45 ‘ a ee a. *5 | 2 oz regular * 1 Ri seadeen ok th ene. 79 | Common berries, SO quantity discoun 5 per cent | No. 9" “ paler aces th 402 APER. rer ioe oe) i» cans.....- 1 50 Raspberri i 10 Fancy.... Maracaibo. 23 200 books or over. 10 “ No. 2, Se antlia, white. 100 FLY PA naan “ Ibcans.... . 1 te SG & eee... “ar Hy “ ++ eeses ’s Tang ae . 7 oe oe Black Hamburg...... 1 20 Frawe CE aE 2 oe 8 coil Be chet erinonienire mieet ae —— See so awe BATH BR a es ee a COUPON PASS ae of ee ee ae 2 dozen in case. Se ii ceueues i 1 2 | Interior... ... a a Can be made to m 810 down.| 4. one os anne - Son cae eee box we ery - i | Hambureh 1 05 Mandebling 2.20.38 enomination from 2 0)| FARINACEOUS GOODS. es A UNPOWDER. a ra . = a teeter eee 1 65 | wande " cha, a PM oe ee eae 200 F ‘arina, GU? ’ \ Bristol, - Erie.. oh oo Mo os 20 boo emnes F ae 3% —Dupont’s. 3 95 + ee UING Gross rune er 85 | Imitation ... ae 100 aU 4 100 Ib. oa" 27] cogs — Lee oe eae a : 90 sUiNnG. mu ee ' tm i oe ae we ---+ 3 69) Bineberries Meats. ‘oO Roasted. a een 10 = ee 3 00 Halt kegs... > ys ee beef Libpy’s...... 1 80 fe. per iby forroast-| 500 See occ —— Grits Cee =e Quarter kegs.. 5 ee ee Houst beet Armour's.----1 80) dd 4c. per Ib, for roast-| 300 sia sweat. uit Bean. eee: . «ROS attting box 400 | Potted ham, — = org and 15 per cent. for s wen ‘ego ‘wage (- ae stustgibinvecnaseege rT es 800} «: ened a 5 ia voters. i0%@.1- | Choke Bore—Dupont’s. «Nes 1 800 ee Tb. 8 | ane (in'e RXXX.. at 95 | Seymour EXE nee 6% | Domortt, 1 1b. box tag ee 3 bs me o 2 60 . ea . XX ** oe gel Sis CL Impo: wer al. Ha Tt « i why eae agree al. chicken, ¥% Ib... en ee oe S| vanity a wn. oy —— 4% ee or Fe Mexican Liquid, | a... oe Vegetables. Bunola Seat” ieee. 23 95 Family = 4 re 8 Barrels =. “360. oe 2 2 ripeness ....... Do a ie ; Beans. -----1 25) Ton, 60 or ; Salted XX cartoon ...... Half barrels 1 Barley. Eagle Duck— po oie or . Ooms, eh eee. ---s Extract. a) eae, CER .-.+-- % — “mete ae ie BRO 175} Bambu: French vecaearenee | City % gross... .... 15} Kenosha . et a A ; Kegs...... °°" Peas, 9° Hall Kegs. 20ssseceseess 3 00 : a 2 00 Pee se ss Valley / ts i. : 1 65 ce ears i 2. pi Quarter kegs. sscecc00 60 s + to. 2 Hur i "| 225 5 Jae an 65 | Felix ei’s, foll, gross. ...- 2 85] Butter b ree Green, m. ERC IETAN _ an re . 290) ee iat tae 1 % | Homme! eS lee sone - BAI Split per lied Oats. as |} HERBS, 15 No. 2 Carpe ee etal art os 1 35 a eee _™ a ot = teh tne Sorte ~\ a parlor Gem... SE sees 1 OO ol ‘Duchess... mae a | Sa wie... - 200 | World’s Fa ice iM 7 | Soda, Du spun cbowery a Sago. 7 i ae. 3 00 Picnic Baked... a. Bulk..... TL aed Nand Waters ttereres ft .. l Ce eels se os ae a eT Fancy nee _ -----140 Red............ ES Long Island ter. German -. tte seeeeeeeees 5 Ib. boxes..... 50 Warehous Hambureh «eo... iw CLOTHES LINES. ae. 5% | Bast India... Madras, | a kah Seok | ly BRUSHES. 1 sit ivineston en po ft per doz. 1 = s Ome 5 eee a on Wheat. 3% so, “yo JELLY. cn ~ ‘ 1 25 | Living a Ne ea : peters 6] whe a : aes 1 50 oe, ee ae Cotton, on LL. a : 60 Sean aouee ieee. = ae aoe 17 Ib. palls..-.-0-..-.- @ 770 \ . eo on ' i 7% wuing Glery...........-. 75 7 Be OU 1 75 TARTAR. Bloaters. Te sceeaticiee “' ‘ oa : 85 | Mornin - |. 90 CREAM eee 301 vermoutn eon . ORICE. + ot Scrub, 2 row... 1 25 | Soaked . 5 1 35 in + oe r 1 8 Strictly ica. seca eae 30 Yarmouth.... eee ’ ee aes Guan, ow. “en a. . ar hs ya... “ 1 08) Telfer's Absolute.......-. 15@2 Cod. ie ne 12 +) * 102e@ MOOt 5S . i . yur pariy Ju se esae om nL wo # ae Rikd FRorrs, | Goa. a! ai j pi gooKe e eamoten Eng..1 50) Ju ae aa Grocers IED FRUITS. Pollock ..... ak 5B5% Sicie on CANDLES. ss ‘petit ne : 4 CONBENSED MILK. DR Domestic. Whole, ee veeee- 6@S LYE. 1: eb 1, 40 Ib. boxes % « Paney’ atfted. -_ "4 dos. In case. iar ae tele. iq | Bonelens. sertpe.. =... er is — -s= 10 |. Beaten te = Z sundried, slice “ 7 Halibut. 2 “4 doz...... i ; 49 i.e Soaked. ..... g Sun tered 11 94@12% SAT. _—" Star ) standard ip “ uarte i : SoM E 4 y Paraffine es Harris —_ marrofat.... - : 0 aioe. 50 lb. boxes a aaa ‘MINCE 7 Wicking .. VanCamp early June.....1 5 Evapo: Apricots. 14 He Does "0 cua \ ce o > | 0 en = JASNED GOODS. Archer's Early inca 2% ee ree. . om Holland, white hoop - wv i" ere Fish. ara 1921 ee ‘ “ ig ° a is i ‘ jams. Lt wees = seeeeees sa ek etel ane i an capeesees 25 Neex, 11> 4p] Prone 85 ip DOxC®: ectarines. | Berean bal 77 = ae LAttie Neck, | b........ 7 ee a bags......-.----- 10% ae nes ‘ ' “A a Erie .. : : 70 Ib. ae ee cies Senertee oe 4 — Heese lip 115 25 lb. boxes Peaches. Scaled... “Mackerel. 11 00 e " Standard, ove Oysters. 7 | Hubber ‘Succotash, 140 Peeled, in a Mo. 4, mole......... ) 2 75 ) ndard, 1ib 145) Hambarg..... cece ae *s brands | Cal. evap. in bags...... 10 = : eat, 3 doz. in ee mT 2 Standa 2 ib. t ee eee eonnnerceet ete -1 50 ‘ond’ns'd Milk Co's brat ao; — Mince ouuien. 3 doz. i 3 00 Lovatera. 5 a) | Honey Dew........ ei 1 35 Gall Borden barle eoee ** 895 Sn in bows. .... 16 Pie prep oe Guvee i + it ——o 250 c So een oe 2 orn Pt an. iid Ster. ib 2 m0 Erie ae oc Poca teeta e eee i ae 5 = Calif . vinings — — » 1 ib 2 9 COCK ..........4. os Daisy....... + 4B] Barrels. --- 2... +>. er dozen. 7% > Pienic, il ; Han i acc ce : jon. «Ss mee .... 10 Tin, p aes " a St eee neemennteene re Champ’ . 50 Ib. bo: ae) 40 : eer = Bcltpee dea 3 50| Magnolia seen Prunelles. — 55 Hale gallon ooo 1% ST "2 25 SC — MN..-..--.--<>- 28 a. 5 75] Quart...... ee & ad : te "5 on | Gall CHOCOLATE. 30 lb. box pberries. : Xs bbls. 1001be........5 ee se 40 Tomato Sauce, 2 2% — z Tn barrels.....--.2-----. No. I' wg eats ot | "Woodons for vineass, per “P60 F — 42 “- ‘ 2 37 boxes...... a i 4 kits, eta 6 oO cee 4% Vo 4 Soused, gat ig 1 % | German Swe ee 43 50 lb. . No. 1, ai... regen +n eee é | iver, flat i Premium... Coa. 25 Ib. Raisins. No 1,8 1f gallon .... ee A 37% \ Columbia i ; : = Breakfast Cocoa Hn Loose Muscatels in 7 16 Whitefish. Family a einer £8 : , ° . "110 SHEESE, ote erika er aa No. 1 Bers eaeeaes , Alaska, ae 1 9 _— Pee 4 45 M 50 83 50 MOLASSES Z ‘i. is Amboy.. coves RH Dg rere ete Seer Is, 100 Ibs....... 350 165 ckstrap. ‘ ~ Kinney’s. fia en . @2% 3 Muscatels in Bags 3% | 4 bb ‘oe 90 50 Bla ae ~sameoelet net Hiversige Ss. gil 2 crown... eM 10 1b. Kits.......... .- 90 50 Sugar no Guba Baking. 16 , rican ‘ 6% i 3c is i a o* sac RE EU aT i eels Amagon mere tireee st Sis — Medal es “— 3 New Orleans. 1g | 8 lb. MATCHES. 1 65 | Ordinary Porto Rico. 20 » rted %s..... 15@16 | cei : E | cerca [pu teromem lt ee ores nangere 3 vos 78 Brox. 1 00 Evaporated Cream. [po eek 2 | No.9 op ~aehpabemaetats ieee sk ae a eee 3 og Cat wiie.............. % Cat, ve - ape oe pe ee ing 25 Fisher. . CLIT s co@s 00 Fox, red. -1 00@i 40 Pom, Grogs... .... 3 00@5 00 Fox, grey.. a. oo 2 — el che on aas 1 00@2 50 Martin, dark.........- 1 00@3 00 “ pale & yellow. 75@1 00 so. ..... el 00 Muskrat poe a eere aco 3@ 13 Cpponsam............- 5@ 15 Otter, Gave... |... 5 00@10 00 WemeCOOn ....,.. 5. |... 30@ 75 a, 1 00@1 25 Wolf . . «eee O82 OO Beaver castors, ‘Ib @5 00 Above prices are for No. 1 furs only. Other grades at cor- responding prices. DEERSKINS—per pound. ‘Thin and gréen......... 10 Long gray. dry......... 10 Gray, dry ee 15 Red and Blue, “dry. a“ 25 WOODENWARE. pe ee 6 00 ' Me et 5 50 — wee... 4 50 Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 30 No. 1, three- -hoop co. 2 8 Bowls, 11 fee . Bese e ese nee 90 © eee ae 1 2 . —O 1 80 hi a 2 40 ee Baskets, — Le ee wee 35 as bushel... 1 15 ful hoop . 125 o willow cl’ ths, Not 5 25 - No.2 6 2 - * Nests ° splint ° Nod az . . “ Hess - ' ~ Neat INDURATED WARE, ee Tubs, No. 1 ee Louk eee Tubs, No. 3.. ! Butter Plates—Ov al. 10°00 No 8... 7B 2 10 me © ee 7 245 mo 2................ 28 Nos 100 350 Washboards—single. eee 2 2 NO Geeer 8... 2 50 Peeriéss Protector.......... 2 40 Saginaw Giobe............. 5 Double. Water Witch.. eee se ee Wesee........e...... 2 50 Goong ives. ............ 2% Peerless. . . 2 86 GRAINS. ‘ial FEEDSTUF FS WHEAT, No. 1 White (58 1b. test) 52 No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) b . MEAL. Hosted... ........... i... 1a GCravuiated........... - 16 FLOUR IN SACKB. me, 2 0 —oeroe................ 1 60 Gi 1% i. . 1 35 *Subject ‘to usual cash lis count. Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. MILLSTUFFSs, Less Car lots quantity Bren........-. So OF $16 00 Screenings.... 12 50 13 00 Middlings..... 15 50 16 59 Mixed Feed... 16 09 16 50 Coarse meal .. 15 50 16 50 CORN. Car lots.. oe Less than car ota 43 OaTs. Car lots.. <<. ooo Less than car lots.. a7 HAY. No. —— _— —-S = Net * toule...- iz & FISH AND OYSTERS. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. Were ............ @3 Trout Beene @9 Black Bass...... ' 124 Halibut.. @15 Ciscoes or Herring... @5 aeee.....--......... @15 Fresh lobster, per lb.. 20 8 oo 8 No. 1 Pickerel. @ 8 Pie... @8 Smoked White.. @ 8 Red Snappers..... 12 —_— River Sal- ; ered eee 20@25 oYsTERS—Cans, Fairhaven Counts... @35 F.d.D. Selects....... @30 eee @23 w. 2 Y................ @2 ANnGHOF#.........225... @r Standards... ........-. @18 Wasdee ... .......... @16 orystTerRs—Bulk. Extra Selects..per gal. 1 % ee 1 50 Sieaaees............. 1 01 Oo a 2 20 Seallops......-.-. - 150 Bavere ..........-..: 1 2 a 1% SHELL 600D8. i Oysters, per Me a ce 1 25@1 50 Come, letueue 75@1 00 PROVISIONS The Grand Rapids Packing quotes as follows: PORK IN BARREI moe. kk. el. , Short cut . Extra clear pig g, short cut Extra clear, heavy. Clear, fat back... .. Boston clear, short cut... Clear back, short cut : Standard clear. short cut, best SAUSAGE, Form, Huks........ 1... . poromae Cs OMe Oo Hee... Head cheese ...... oo Se SONG. 8 a. nn Frankfurts....... a : LARD. Kettle Rendered... ..... (Toner ......... Pay Compound ...... Cottolene.. eee 50 lb. Tins, 4c ady ance. 20 Ib. pails, jae ' 10 Ib. eC a. | %C r om: ~ te ii and Provisinn Co 8 BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 ibs Extra Mess, Chicage packing. Boneless, rump butts..... SMOKED ME ats—Canvassed or Plain Hams, average 20 ibs... vs 16 lbs. ce ' : 12 to 14 ‘Tbs. , “ picnic. . ” best boneless... Shoulders...... Breakfast Bacon boneless Dried beef, ham prices Long Clears, heavy Briskets, medium. ” Ment... DRY SALT MEATS. Butts ec ' ol Fat Back . ....,............. " PICKEED PIGS’ FEE Perreis....... : . ee “PRIPE, Kits, honeveom)........ _........ Kits, premium ....... cue BEEP TONGUES, Barres. ......... aoe Halt barrels........ Fer pound..... .. BUTTERINE. Dairy, sold packed.... Dairy, rolls..... Creamery, solid paci ked. Creamery, rolls .... FRESH BEEF. Cerciee .... .... Fore y-vinsecca ae Hind sr rs. Loins No. : Ribs.. a Rounds ..... Chueks...... Plates Dressed ... . POrn..... «1... Geen 8... ee. i... ..... T, a $ LQ 5 MUTTON, ——....... ..... eee. : VEAL, ee -o @ oe G6 @ 6% CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. LAMP BUBNERS, a nai “ no? * coe Tuboiar..... LAMP CHIMNEYS. Per b 6 doz. in box. mo OGes........--.. No. 1 c a Bae " ; Firat quali ty. No. 0 Sun, crimp oo No. 1 N 2 “ce ‘ Xxx Flint. No.0 Sun, er ‘imp — .. 2 © No. 1 ..2 90 Ras ~ 0 8 Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapp ped a id labels ee 30 No. 2 hos 4 70 No. 2 aces py 4 89 La Bastie. No. 1 Sun, plain bulo, per doz x Boe i Fs : 1 50 Wo. 1 crimp, per dox.... .. 1 MO2 _ ' t 60 LAMP WICKS, No. 0, per gross 23 No. I, ee ee 28 CO ee 38 No. 3, Eee - Mammoth, per doz Tf STONEWAREK-—AR RON Butter ¢ rock Oo 1eeGee...... 06 4 gal. per doz 60 Jugs, % gal., per dos........ 70 *- 1 to 4eal., pereal...... Waa aes 07 Milk Pas, 44 wal. per dow......... ........ 60 _ [ : aga ee 72 STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED. Butter Crocks, 1 and 2 gal Ov Milk Pans, % gal.... ' 65 ee 78 4 } 3 : 4 we a 48 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. MEN OF MARK. Lester J. Rindge, of Rindge, Kalmbach & Co. To the young man who has just en- tered business, embarking his all upon the uncertain, dangerous and turbulent waters of business life, nothing can be more inspiring, or possess more interest, or be more instructive and helpful, than the life history of a man who has been successful in business, who has himself risen from the ranks, and whose success is builded upon the solid rock of integ- “ity and uprightness. On the other hand, nothing will assert so baleful an influ- ence, or be so potent in sapping the sub- structure of manhood, than the biogra- phy of ohe who has attained position or wealth through chicanery or fraud. The one will encourage and inspire to noble effort and honorable exertion, the other debase the mind to the practice of deceit and fraud. While it is true that ‘What man has done man can do,”’ it is equally true that to achieve success as other men have achieved it, it is neces- sary to follow the same principles, to live by the same rule. The principles of truth and righteousness are as potent now as ever in the past, and success is sure to him who listens to their dictates. It is far short of flattery to say that no man better deserves a place in the ranks of successful business men than Lester J. Rindge, head of the wholesale shoe house of Rindge, Kalmbach & Co. Born 52 years ago in Sherburne, Chenango county, N. Y., and coming to Grand Rapids when this whole section was a veritable wilderness, he has literally “grown up with the country.” During his boyhood educational advantages were very limited, even in the older sections of the country, and on the frontier were the crudest of the crude. Not only so, but work was the order of the day, for boys early age, entered as well as for men, and at an Lester Rindge left the employ of Smith & Waterman, gro- cers on Canal street, about opposite Huron street. A few later a better position was offered him by John W. Peirce, general dealer, corner of Erie and Canal streets, where the Fifth Na- tional Bank is now located, and he ac- cepted, remaining with Mr. Peirce eight years. This was his last situation, as at the end of that time he entered into part- nership with George Whitley, under the style of Whitley & Rindge, for the sale of school and months boots and shoes. For fifteen months the firm did business in asmail wooden build- ing, 20x40 feet in dimensions, located where the Nelson & Matter Co.’s showrooms now are. They then moved to the Clancy block, 8 Canal street, and the firm name was changed toWhitley, Rindge & Co., John Bertsch and Isaac Cappon being admitted to partnership. A smal! jobbing trade had been done by the firm for some time, but now they em- barked in the wholesale earnest, and, in the spring of 1866, Mr. Rindge went on the road. He was the first drummer from the Grand Rapids market. business was removed to 16 Canal street, where Rindge, Krekel & Co. are now lo- cated. One year later Mr. Whitley retired and the firm became L. J. Rindge & Co. In 1870 Messrs. Cappon and Bertsch sold their interests in the business to Christian Bertsch, Frederick Krekel, God- fry and J. George Kalmbach, the firm name remaining the same until business in shoe Furniture | In January, 1867, the | 1878, , when the wholesale department was re-| moved to the corner of Pearl and Campau | streets, and the firm style was changed | to Rindge, Bertsch & Co. This copart- ' nership continued until January, 1893, ; when Christian Bertsch retired, and the | firm name became, as at present, Rindge, | Kalmbach & Co. | The firm of Whitley, Rindge & Co. were the first shoe jobbers in Grand | Rapids, and among the very first to en- | gage in the jobbing trade in any line in | the city. L. H. Randall & Co. were jobbers of groceries at that time, but no member of that firm as then constituted is now in the business. The late Charles N. Shepard had quite a wholesale drug trade, but he is gone, and the personnel of the house is completely changed. W. D. Foster did a wholesale as well as a retail hardware business, but he, too, often necessary to trust much to the innate honesty of human nature; and this much can be said, we were seldom deceived. Let me give you an illustration of how some men did business in those early days: One evening, when on one of my trips, I got stuck in the mud, and was compelled to put up for the night at the log house of a settler. After supper, we sat down for a chat before going to bed, and my host asked me if Il knew W. D. Foster. On my answering in the af- firmative, he said: ‘l came to this coun- try with next to nothing. We had no stove, and no plow, and badly needed both, and had no money to buy either. Finally, | made up my mind to go to Grand Rapids and see what I could do. 1 went to Mr. Foster and told him just how I was situated. After looking at mea moment he said, ‘‘My friend, you has joined the great ‘‘silent majority,’ and none of the old firm are now in busi- ness, whereas Mr. Rindge has thirty consecutive years actively en- been for ness. Though the.style of the firm has changed several times Mr. Rindge’s name has never been eliminated from it, and has always occupied a prominent place in it. ‘“‘Not many of the old timers are now in business,’? said Mr. Rindge, ‘‘and many of them have closed their earthly books of account altogether. I can hardly be called an old man yet, but it makes me feel somewhat patriarchal to remember that I antedate almost every active business man in the city. Those | were the days that tried a man’s mettle, and brought out the best that was in |him. No loafer or shirk could possibly succeed, for work, and the hardest kind of work, was the common lot of all. | ‘Rough and ready’ was the watchword to which all answered. We were compelled i to pull together in those days, too, and | our customers were our personal friends. | The country was new, the roads were |and pay me when you can.’’’ gaged, as at present, in the shoe busi-| | ad and the people poor, and it was {must have a cook stove and you must | have a plow—take them along with you, Did Mr. Of course he did, never have looked Foster get his money? and that man would | an honest man in the faceagain if be had bought hardware of any one eise. This is only one of many proofs of his kind- ness of heart, which made him honored and loved wherever he was known. “In the fall of 1866, shortly after I went on the road, the roads were the worst ever known in this section. Be- tween here and Newaygo they were ex- ceptionally bad, and no livery man would let out a buggy. Lleft Grand Rapids one morning in a skeleton wagon with a team attached and reached Newaygo at 5 o’clock in the evening. The stage left Grand Rapids about the same time I did, and about 11 o’clock at night the passen- gers walked into the hotel, tired out and covered with mud. The stage had broken down about twelve miles out and they had come in on foot. I was accom- panied on that trip by Julius Houseman, one of the jolliest and most entertaining traveling companions who ever lived. We got an early start from Newaygo the { . » . morning after our arrival, and reached Croton in time to finish our business be- fore dinner. After dinner we started for Big Rapids. About dark we reached a place then called Rogers, but now known as Mecosta, and put up for the night. The “hotel” was a log building, and we occupied a room with twenty others, sleep- ing in bunks. We left Rogers at 6 o’clock the next morning and reached Big Rapids at 3 in the afternoon, having made six miles in that time, and for a mile and a half of that distance the road was good. The mud reached to the horses’ coliars, and much of the time we eouldn’t see the axles. A tug came un- hitched on that trip, and 1, as the younger man of the two, thought I ought to get out and fasten it. Mr. Houseman thought that was hardly fair, and we sat there and argued about who should get out in the mud and hitch that tug. It wasn’t a very desirable job, and so | finally suggested that we draw cuts. Julius prepared the cuts and we drew— I hitched the tug. On another occasion, lL was accompanied by Julius Houseman, D. K. Hurlburt and C. M. Goodrich. Night overtook us between Croton and Big Rapids, at a hotel called Mitchell’s. It was two log houses, side by side, with a passage way between, one side occu- pied by the family and the other by guests. The sleeping apartments were above the dining room and were ranged around the room like stalls in a stable. The tables were simply rough boards guiltless of tablecloths or napkins. Rude benches were the seats. Our evening repast that night was interrupted by Charley Good- rich, who suddenly dropped his knife and fork, threw up both hands, opened his mouth, which was noted for its capac- ity, and excitedly exelaimed, ‘Look! look!’ at the same time pointing to the other side of the room. Looking in the direction he indicated we discovered the corpse of aman, from which our wait- had, in pulled the covering in such a manner as to ex- Did it spoil our Any man who that ranch was not likely to have his digestion impaired by such a trivial occurrence as discov- ering a corpse in the room. D. K. Hurl- burt and myself put up one night at a certain hostelry in Holland. The door of our room had no lock, but there were two beds in the room and we put one of them against the door in such a manner as to fasten it securely. That night the landlord and another man robbed every- body in the house except us two. We heard them at our door, but they could not get in escaped. They skipped to Chicago that night and were never heard of again. You see, we would sell on one trip and collect the next, and it was no uncommon occur- rence for me to be on the road on a dark night with several thousand dollars on my person. I carried a pistol, but I was afraid it might go off and injure me, and so I put it away down in the bottom of the box under the seat. I never had oc- casion to use it, and I was on the road sixteen years when the country was at its wildest. Speaking of being on the road, for a good share of the time I trav- eled for the house, I had to get out my own orders, packing and shipping them myself when 1 got home. But the first thing 1 did when 1 got home was to go out into the woodshed, strip and turn my pockets inside out, and get rid of the ress passing, carelessly pose the lower limbs. appetite? Not much. could eat the ‘grub’ of and we 4 6 “eo THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 19 bedbugs and other acquisitions which I was almost sure to pick up, especially on my Northern trips. Those log houses were full of them. My wife wouldn’t let me into the house until she was sure I was rid of them. “Grand Rapids had only one railroad when we began jobbing, most of our goods coming across the lake from Chicago to Grand Haven and up Grand River to this place. If we were ih a hurry for them we had them shipped by rail to Kalama- zoo and teamed the rest of the distance.” Mr. Rindge enjoys in a high degree the esteem and confidence of the business community. His word is as good as his bond. He is beloved and honored by his associates and employes, and respected by all who know him. A good judge of men, he has gathered about him a work- ing force which for skill and efficiency can hardly be surpassed. Two members of the force, Mr. Logie, who is one of the firm, and Mr. Formby, the book- keeper, have been many years with the house, the former twenty-nine years, and the latter twenty-three years. Mr. Rindge is in no sense either a club or society man, but spends his leisure moments with his family in his beautiful home on Barclay street. He is an excellent credit man and is seldom called upon to com- promise a claim or close out a debtor. He was the first President of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Exchange and has served the Board of Trade in the capacities of Director and Vice-Presi- dent. He is always a leading spirit in every public movement having for its ob- ject the enlargement of trade, the im- provement of the city or the enhance- ment of the morals of the _ people. Whether the work in hand is the raising of funds for a hospital or a fair associa- tion; whether the duties to be performed are in line with his avocation or are vol- untarily assumedgfor ‘‘the good of the cause,’’ he never fails to do his full share nor to do it well. Conservative toa marked degree and accustomed to care- fully consider every step he takes, he still acts with promptness and precision and his decisions are invaribly in line with progress and pro-perity. >. <—_-— Business Aphorisms. They always talk who never think. Mark your natural tendencies and ap- ply them. Have a smile for all, a pleasant word for everybody. To succeed work hard, earnestly and incessantly. A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market. Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body. Study people for the knowledge they can impart to you. There are many echoes in the world, and but few voices, An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. The luxury of doing good surpasses every other enjoyment. Strive to obtain every kernel of know- ledge within your reach. If you are governed by reason you will govern many others. An indiscreet person is often more harmful than an ill-natured one. Liberality consists less in giving pro- fusely than in giving judiciously. Time sooner or later vanquishes love, friendship alone subdues time. Kind words. Kind looks. Kind deeds. ‘These are what win. Try and see. Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rotten- ness. People seldom improve when they have no model but themselves to copy from. SUIT WITHDRAWN. M.C. Goossen Discontinues His Libel Suit Against This Paper. March 16, 1892, THe TRADESMAN pub- lished in the advertising space of the Fermentum Yeast Company an affidavit by F. W. Schwartz, who was then ‘en- eral Manager of the business, purporting to give the substance of a conversation between Messrs. Schwartz and Goossen, in which the latter is alleged to have stated that he would cease the agitation he was then conducting in the interest of bulk yeast for a cash consideration of 200. Mr. Goossen called at the office after the advertisement was published, stating that he was not disturbed by the publication, as he believed it would prove a good advertisement for him; in- deed, as an evidence of his good will to- ward the paper, it may be stated that he wenf so far as to place an advertisement in the succeeding issue of THE TRADEs- MAN, setting forth the merits of the yeast he handled. In the meantime, however, he took occasion to deny the truth of Mr. Schwartz’s aflidavit, and THE TRADESMAN cheerfully gave place to his denial in its issue of March 23. Subsequently Mr. Goossen began suit against E. A. Stowe and the Tradesman Company for alleged libel, and recently the parties got together and settled the matter out of court. Mr. Goossen says the suit was begun not because he had any ill feeling towards Mr. Stowe, but as a matter of principle. There has never been any ill feeling between the gentlemen; the suit has been discontin- ued, thus abruptly terminating a litiga- tion which could not have been produe- tive of great results to either party to the controversy. Now that Mr. Goossen has discontinued his suit, THE TRADESMAN feels free to state that the publication complained of was made in the utmost good faith and in the belief that it was legitimate sub- ject matter to admit to its advertising columns. That it did Mr. Goossen no injury is plainly evidenced by the con- stant growth of his yeast business, which is larger than ever before, and the re- markable increase in his grocery trade, which has outgrown the single store in which he begap several years ago and now requires two full stores, with a cor- responding increase in his force of coun- ter and delivery clerks. As THe TRADES- MAN stated the week following the alleged libelous publication, Mr. Goos- sen’s character is so well established in this community that his friends will re- fuse to believe that he was actuated by any sinister motive in his negotiations with rival yeast companies, and THE TRADESMAN joins with his friends in congratulating him over the happy out- come of his first law suit. So Too Much Dignity. It is all very well for a traveling man to be on his dignity, but if he overdoes it he is apt to encounter the fall before which we are told, pride goeth. When I first went on the road, I had a mortal ob- jection to the word ‘‘drummer” and re- sented the term whenever applied to me. On my second journey I called upon an old-fashioned merchant whose name was on our books and to whom my predeces- sor had always sold large bills. I intro- duced myself with a good deal of dignity and handed him my ecard. “Oh, you’re ’s new drummer,” re- marked the old gentleman in a somewhat patronizing tone. I was nettled consid- erably, and correcting him, said: ‘‘No, [ am their traveling man. not a ‘drummer.’” The merchant was quite as good at _ re- partee as I was, and looking at me half in pity and half in contempt he said with a sneer, which he made no attempt to disguise. “Oh, thats so, is it? Well, looking for ’s drummer, but ain’t he I’ve nothing for you.’’ No amount of persuasion or apologiz- ing had any effect on the old gentleman, to whom the representative of a rival house sold a first-class bill the same af- ternoon. The lesson was not thrown I am I was if you away on me, and now a man can call me Hottentot, provided he accompanies the salutation with a good order. Post’s Eureka Sap Spouts. i, id OVER 20,000,000 SOLD. These Spouts will not Leak —c Highest Award of Merit from the World’s Industrial Exposition. ——————— Spout No. 1, actual size, with Heavy Wire Hanger, that does not break like hangers cast on the spout. Parent Improvep—Sugar makers acknowledge a very large increase. in the flow of Sap by the use of the Self-Sealing Air Trap in the Improved Eurekas, as claimed for them. GET YOUR ORDERS Write for prices. Prasren TEVENS IN AT ONCE so as not to get left ONRQ MST S nN \ PROVE LF peas DE You only Chew the String when you read this advertisement. To Prove the Pudding, you must send fora sample order of Tradesman, Superior or Universal Coupon Books. If youhave never used the Coupon Book System, and wish to investigate it, sample books and price lists will be mailed free on application, TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, mich. re a nt a ete ge: 5 ee ag THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. COUNTRY PEDDLERS. Sudden Termination of the Ottawa County Prosecution. Merchants of other towns are com- plaining of the peddling nuisance as well as those of this city. There is no dif- ference in them, either, for that matter. These itinerant traders take a meager as- sortment of dry goods, notions, groceries, etc., and go out among the farmers, tak- ing produce in exchange for the goods they sell, thus injuring to a considerable extent the business of legitimate mer- chants in country towns. As a rule, they do not take out licenses from the State, as they are required to do by the statute, but sellin defiance of the law, and, when attempts are made to enforce the law and compel them to take out licences and pay for them the cry of *‘persecution’’ of the‘‘defendants’’ is pleaded, and it is asserted that they are being deprived of their only means of gaininga livelihood. It is claimed that these people are ‘‘law- abiding citizens.’’ They are not citizens at all in the sense in which citizenship is understood by Americans. Law-abiding citizens do not openly violate and per- sistently defy the law; they obey the laws and, if they are injust, take the law-abiding citizens’ method of amend- ing them. Law abiding citizens cheer- fully pay taxes for the support of public institutions and the Government under which they live; but whoever heard of a peddler paying taxes, cheerfully or otherwise, unless the alternative ap- peared to him to be a greater evil than the payment of taxes? What possible interest have they in American institu- tions? They are mostly foreigners, speaking a foreign tongue and having foreign customs. Whoever heard of a peddler obeying the laws regulating his trade? On the contrary, the people are put to more expense, and the officers of the law are given more trouble and an- noyance by these peogle than by any other class in the community. Grand Rapids peddlers are extending the scope of their operations into the surrounding country, and, as might be expected, some of them are entangled in the meshes of the law. In January ‘last, Martin Waalkes and Brink Van der Leest, two peddlers residing in this city, were arrested in Ottawa county for ped- dling without a license; they had a trial before John N. Waite, Justice of the Peace, at Hudsonville. The case against Waalkes was dismissed without any trial for lack of evidence, but Van der Leest was tried, convicted and sentenced to pay a fine or goto jail. Through his attorney, Charles O. Smedley, of this city, the defendant appealed the case to the Circuit Court at Grand Haven, where the case wasto be tried March 12. The proceedings were quashed and the prisoner discharged, Judge Padgham holding that the complaint and warrant were defective for the reason that they did not affirm the fact that the defendant was not a manufacturer, farmer,etc. The statute (Howell’s Annotated Statutes, vol. 3, sec. 1263) reads as follows: Nothing contained in this chapter shal! be construed to prevent any man- ufacturer, farmer, mechanic or nursery- man from selling his work or production, by sample or otherwise, without license, nor shall any wholesale merchant be prevented by anything herein contained from selling to dealers by sample with- out license, but no merchant shall be al- lowed to peddle or to employ others to is raised, and the poverty | peddle, goods not his own manufacture, without the license in this chapter pro- vided. Judge Padgham’s decision in this case is directly opposed to a decision of the Supreme Court of Michigan in the case of the People vs. Phippin, in this case, which was submitted on appeal from the finding of the Kent Circuit Court, the objection being identical with that raised by Mr. Smedley in the case above cited, that the enacting clause of the statute contained an exception which was not negatived in the complaint. Wm. W. Phippin was charged with holding him- self out as a medical practitioner without possessing the necessary qualifications. He was convicted and broughterror. In giving his opinion Justice Long said: The other objection, that it does not charge ‘‘that defendant was not practic- ing with and under the instruction of any person legally qualified to practice medicine and surgery,” and that it does not allege that he has not obtained his permit to practice from the County Clerk by filing with said clerk his sworn state- ment, which would entitle him to practice medicine and surgery, and authorize him so to do, and that ‘‘it is not alleged on whom he practiced, and by what means he practiced, medicine,’’ are not well taken. Therule of pleading a statute which contains exception in the enacting clause is that the party pleading must show that his adversary is not within the exception; but if there be an exception in a subsequent clause or subsequent statute, that is matter of defence, and is to be shown by the other party. (Com. vs. Hart 11 Cushing 134: The reason of the rule is obvious, and is simply this: Unless the exception in the enacting clause of a statute, or in the general clause of a con- tract, isnegatived in pleading the clause, no offense or no cause of action appears in the indictment or declaration when com- pared with the statute or contract. Da- cota vs. Scott, 6..N. W. Rep. 435. The question is, of course, as to what is the enacting clause of a statute, Judge Padgham apparently holding that, as the whole statute is an enactment, there- fore, no matter whether the exception is found in the first or any subsequent clause the complaint must negative such exception. But, according to Cushing, the enacting clause of a statute is sep- arate and distinct from every other clause, and the Supreme Court of Mich- igan holds in accord with Cushing. Why, if the whole statute is, legally, an en- acting clause or clauses, should Justice Long use the words which have been italicised, or Cushing say that ‘‘unless the exception in the enacting clause of a statute, or in the general clause of a con- tract, is, ete.’’? That there is a distinc- tion, anda plain reason for it, is per- fectly clear, and Judge Padgham should take it upon himself to override a Su- preme Court decision, and re-open the question, is pastcomprehension. It will be necessary now to re-submit the ques- tion to the Supreme Court, entailing useless expense upon the taxpayers, and causing useless delay in the execution of the law. Perhaps it would be as well that future complaints should negative the exceptions to the law, at least until Judge Padgham’s arrogant assumption of superiority to the highest legal tribu- nal of the Commonwealth is set aside. The Prosecuting Attorney of Ottawa county writes THe TRADESMAN as fol- lows in regard to the matter: HOLLAND, March 15—Your favor of March 14 to hand, enquiring as to the case of Van der Leest. 1 am very willing to give full information in this matter and appreciate the fact that you intend to do justice to all parties concerned. Complaint was made on January 28 before Justice Waite, of Georgetown, cna two siniitiaies Wale der Leest being | | one of them. These complaints were | alike in form. I questioned the suffici- | ency of the complaints as to manner of charging the offence, and, at my motion | or suggestion, one of the complaints, the | weaker one as to evidence, was dis- missed, and I was willing the other) should stand, especially since trial by | jury was waived and the expenses of a | justice trial would only be nominal, | since, if appeal were taken, I would have | more opportunity to look up the case} from a legal point of view. After the case was appealed, upon a| more careful examination, I became fally | satisfied that the complaint and warrant did not set out- any crime under the statute, and, being positive of this fact, | I did not cause the witnesses to be sub- | poenaed. Before the case was called I submitted the papers to the Judge, and he fully concurred in my view, so, when the motion to dismiss the case was form- ally made in open court, I did not op- pose it, but signified my assent to have it dismissed. I am ready and willing to have a new complaint made at any time, if proper evidence can be obtained, and make a test case of it, but 1 am anxious to have the complaint and warrant sufficient under the statute before | proceed to trial. In the case referred to I had nothing to do with the drafting of the papers, was not consulted and, therefore, am not responsible for its defects. Yours respectfully, A. VISSCHER, Prosecuting Attorney. “nmi i —- 2 te neni The Hardware Market. General Trade—It is a pleasure to be able to announce that dealers report that with the bright spring weather a very marked increase is noticeable in the vol- ume of business offered. All dealers in the outside towns are having increased demands upon them for goods, which, owing to the light stocks they have been carrying, necessitates their calling on their jobber, who, in turn, has to call on the manufacturer. The result is that every one has a busy air about him, and it now begins to look, as though the *‘frost’? was over, Reports from other states indicate marked revivals in trade. We hope this condition of affairs will not change, and that the balance of March will show a still further increase. Wire Nails—Owing to the very large number of orders whick were placed early in the year for March 1st shipment there are many instances were delay has occurred in filling orders promptly. A large number of the mills, however, say that by April 1 they will be caught up on back orders and ready for new ones. What effect this may have on the future price it is hard to predict, but it does not seem possible for them to reach as low a figure as in December. Prices are firmly held at $1.15 from mills and $1.40 from stock. Barbed Wire—This is the time when everybody wants his wire and, conse- quently, the majority have to wait until they getit. It is impossible for the mills to fill all of their March orders as prompt- ly as dealers would like them to. The price remains firm, while a number of mills have advanced their figures $2 a ton. We quote from stock $2.10 for painted and $2.50 for galvanized. Window Glass—The tide has turned and much better figures are wanted by | : Glass is certainly be- | ing sold at a loss, and the result is a/| the manufacturer. large number of makers have ciosed down; consequently, the few who are in operation decline to sell at the low prices | ruling in February. We quote glass by the box at 85 per cent. to 85 and 5, ac- cording te specifications. CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbls. Pails. | Standard. per ib......... 6 7 _ me... 6 7 " WE ook eens ~ 6 7 Boston Cream ............ 8% 1Cut Loet.............-.. : 8% Retra OH. U.......- ~~ oO MIXED CANDY. Bbis. Pails. ee i eee, 5% 6% — ————————— 5% 6% a wea ens 6% * by. by 8 | English Ree nga 7 8 DO ik eee ee 7 8 Broken Taffy.............- baskets 8 Peanut Squares............ 7% 8% French Creams.. Sek ee dees 9 Saree Crees... ......-....... : 13 Midget, 30 Ib. beske eo le 8% Modern, 20 Ib. Oe Sey aes cee 8 FaNncy—In bulk Pails, Lozenges, ae ee 8% eee. eee ee ee 9% OO Ee 12 Chocolate Monumentals.......-..........+-- 12% ee oe 5 EE ee % ee, en Oe a 8 ee eee oe 10 rancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per — Mah TN, oo aan de eee cee ee ces ier I TI a oe oi es ede eee ee ee 30 Peers ea css 60 i ok i ee deen 7 ee eee ee, 30 cel ies ie 40 Re ec cl e e A. B. Licorice Drops. a ee a 80 Lozenges, a ee 60 wrrtee.... ... oo 65 Pere. cs 60 a 7 Re PE, 0465 es oe 55 Molasses Bar.. Hand Made Creams..... (eo a }eecorated Croams.............. eo String Rock.. EE Burnt ae A = Wintergreen Berries.. ba eeice ees CARAMELS. No. 1, eee. = boxes. 34 No. i, 51 No. 2, ' 2 . ese sk 28 LEMONS. oe... 3 2 Extra choice 360 . bil ee Goes ole a ee ee 3 50 mets Tey Oe ee 4 00 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Pies, tency layers, Oe... ... @i2% “ “ ae @14 - oxo y 1. @15 Dates, Fard, i0-lb. box. ' @7 “ “i os | C _ @ 5% . Pee Oe OOe.......,..... @5 NUTS. Almonds, a Peeeee Stee encee ee @16 eee... ce... @15 . California 2 Dresiie, oew,........ @9 Filberts . : @lli Wainuts, Grenoble. @i13 - French. @lvu _ ON oe kee te eee @12 Table Nuts, fancy.. eu ee wee @12 WO ee ect @i1 Pecans, Tones, H. F., ....... eh aee es @i% eee Hickory ae Be 1 3 omens, Fall WAGER... 0.0.0... ...., 4 00 PEANUTS. Fancy, H. P., Su ae @5 o Roasted oe .. @ 6% Fancy, H. P, Flag eee eee @5 ge @ 6% Choice, H. P. inane @4 “Roasted. . @ 5% OILS. The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows: BARRELS. Mucene. 8% Zak W. W. Mich. Hendiight.......... 7 ak re eee eds. oes... @ 6% Stove Gasoline.......... eee Selec k ae @ 7% I eee ecko c cl ie euneee 27 @36 ss ee 13 @2i Piece, Cola tent... Ct... @ 8% FROM TANK WAGON. HOCONC - woew oe ewe ee teens cr encecese 7 a W. W. Meee, BOAGe......-... 5 POULTRY, Local dealers pay as follows: EE og is hee ie cee 5 ites eee ects 8 8 NN abe is, 7 S . OWE s ses se. .6 @b6% BP ic i G. 8 @9 ee DRAWN. TULROJS.... .... 2.22 owewncacess. cesses il @l2 Geese .. @lz2 Turkeys.. 9 @% Chicken 74%@ 8 owls 64@ 7 DuUcks..... 8 @9 ee ee 8 @9 i@y 7 y DISSOLUTION NOTICE. Benpon, Mich., March 9, 1894. The a heretofore existing between H. H. and F. O. Pratt of Bendon, Mich., is this day dissolved by mutual consent. F. 0. Pratt will continue the business, pay all bills and col- lectall accounts. H. H. Pratt, F. ©, Prat. . ee re te ee ‘ New York Biscuit ia. | MANUFACTURERS OF WM. SEARS & (O'S td Grackers and Fing Sweet Goods, JOBBERS OF WF constantly have the interests of the i t i >is trade in view by introducing new 4 ia novelties and using the best of material rOGBl BS Al} ravs 18 ‘ in the manufacture of a superior line of B vr goods. + v a Our BUTCHER’sS LARD is a Pure Leaf Kettle Rendered «| he Continued Patronage of the Oldest Established Grocery| Lard. If you want something cheaper try our CHOICE Houses in the State is our BEST TESTIMONIAL. PURE, in tubs or tins, and guaranteed to give satisfaction. « - Note these prices: eo oe —_————0O i : Re, Oa et ee es esse %4 % v OUR GOODS ARE ALWAYS IN DEMAND, AND NO WELL APPOINTED Butcher's Tierces ee OT ny gi GROCERY STOCK IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A FULL LINE. 4 . : 7. | SEND IN A TRIAL ORDER AND BE CONVINCED. ( hoice I EE ee Os Che ee J We also take Orders for the Celebrated KENNEDY BISCUIT, + made at our Chicago Factory. WESTERN MICHIGAN AGENTS FOR a S: A SEAR xp marie, ace. | G A, HAMMOND COS SUPERIOR BUTTERINE, If You Want Good, Light, Sweet Bread and Biscust USE Bo | | ae ig : — Co, 7! 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Merchants interested in supplying their 5 L : . customers with satisfactory goods, at a reasonable profit to themselves, a. b will find that the Peerless Brand is a good article to purchase and a ; e reliable one to sell. 4 a ; Prepared and guaranteed by the New York Condensed Milk Co. RS For QuorTaTIONS SEE PRICE COLUMNS. ; P F Saf i ie Pie Pie Ph Pi ah i i hh Eh a le lc i ic i he i hh ai i Ml i i i lh ig he he hs ss se sg oe * ) a iN U iY O N a i] 4 - fs If so, and you are endeavoring to get along without using our improved Coupon Book system, you are making a i most serious mistake. We were the originators of the coupon book plan and are the largest manufacturers of these books in the country, having special machinery for every branch of the business) SAMPLES FREE. : he TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Your Judgment ok Willtell you thata few New, Nice, oa" Bright pieces of Glassware will attract pa more attentionand make your old stock : lcok and sell better than all the adver- 3 tising you cando. Did You Ever : y Notice how much better pie@ased a9 .. ff ' customer was after she had bought ‘ / : & P something nice, than she was when ‘ 15016 — ee Assorted cases she had bought some cheap article? [tis °* -tdumsienden 2c ee $0 SOme credit to a dealer to have a cus- , zs . oe eae ata 20 00 o 44 " e se Jugs. oo a :o9 tomer remark to a friend: “I bought that : ; oft tee eres ee 167 nice water set of mine of Smith & A " +) nde ee 217 ee as , es Salts a _ : 3 40 | 7 3 : Peppers. (eee. a 1 70 4 i? * 8 i Berry Mawes. fo, -16 60 1 39 N 0 R b lL ig cia. tee oe... . 4 00 4 00 O. I50I ui ¥ » oe $26 72 This handsome, Engraved Colored + Regular less 50 percent... 15 36 —— Glassware is all the go and just what ca” hitsiel ae shies tak ‘33 you want to make your old stock look |. : no juke new. Buy a package and mix it in . * We allow this EXTRA ten per cent. on this * Extra ten per cent 120 with your old stock and see if it don’t = ee eee Package 35 net 11 18 _— to sell it, - / iH. LEONARD & SONS, Grmueat Wendde. Mich, a7 i . PLACE your orders wit! Jars before prices advance. Our prices are lowest and all right.