| - * < 4 a 7, 7 2 " a s M 4 - & é a ' 4 rn vi ~ » ~ e < ’ ¢ * he & = ~ ~§ 7 & VE =H Tp) Ne ae G DAI LZ! N v GF IN FG AY BLA 5 BYU im. 3 : SS, Ae — NX oe / 'S a vi Zi \ oI ae SS e/ Re 5bOS7 2, = Se a PER YEAR’ a ma SON Ved : SSE Ff, AGE v.CAD eet VOL. 11. “GRAND RAPIDS a ARC H 28, 1894. NO. 549 ARTO ais aa SEE QUOTATIONS. GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH GOMP'Y, == BRUSHES. Our Goods are sold bv all Michigan Jobbing Houses. GRAND RAPIDS, sD Before you purchase, wait and see our Spring Line of the Latest Styles in Fine and First Grade Goods, which are Unexceelled. Please Send Us Your Mail Orders. Agents for Wales—Goodyear Rubber Co. » and 7 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. EDWARD A MOSELEY, 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 382 Ottawa St, Grand Rapids, Mich. Established 1870. MUSKEGON BAKERY UNITED STATES BAKING Coa., CRACKERS, BISCUITS, CAKES. Originators of the Celebrated Cake, ““MUSKEGON BRANCH.’ HARRY FOX, Manager, MUSKEGON, MICH. N&IL Olk TANKS Cost Money AND Earn Sloney. : Karn More Money Than They po —A Good Deal More. 0 We prove it. Cost WM. NEIL & CO., Sole Manufacturers, 11 and 13 Dear’ oru Street, CHICAGO |POTATOES. many years and We give the handling of Potatoes a ‘‘specialty’’ for Can take care of all that can be shipped us. IXteen years experience—first-class salesmen. Ship your stock to us and get full Ch Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chieago WM H THOMPSON (0, csi Merchant CANDY. To increase your Sales Buy ABSOLUTELY PURE GOODS A. BE. BROOKS & CoO. BANANAS. TH E PUTMAN We have made the have a large trade. best service— ‘ago market val jin in Stock all the Time and CANDY buy from CO. PLANTS, TOOLS” ETC. For 1894 NEW CROP SEEDS. _— article of value known. You will money and customers if you buy our make seeds. seekten wholesale price rity ER and GRASS SEEDS, ONION SE TS a1 1d SEED POTA- TOES the Standard Varieties in Vegetable Seeds. ALFRED J. BROWN CO. Seedsmen, £4 and 26 North DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ABSOLUTE TEA. The Acknowledged Leader. SOLD ONLY BY Tree Sale (AR, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HAS NO SUPERIOR = BUT FEW JER THE ONLY HIGH GRADE BAKING POWDER SOLD AT THIS PRICE 60Z.CAN 10 ~ ILB.CAN 29 MANUFACTURED BY NORTHROP. ROBERTSON.& CARRIER LANSING /1/¢H. LOUISVILLE KY. Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons Cloaks, We invite the attention of the trade to our compiete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & UU, WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and bloaks We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Cu, *® 82,82 Qttawe St. Grand Rapids. A NICE ASSORTMENT of se x OATES On FOREN NUTS :- is essential to a well regulated store. Draw your supply from ane Putnam Candy Co. STANDARD OIL CU. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. a Iiuminating and Lubricatng ~, -OiTLS- NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Y Mlice, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ava ‘ ¢ BULK WORKES AT * = Ee I ae. AIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR = <4 AMPYY GARBON & GASOLIN’ BARRELS ..., LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, ~ eos (MPORTERS AND | Wholesale Grocers <. Grand Rapids. |, HEYMAN COMPANY, x” Manufacturers of Show Gases of Kuery Description. 4 FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY. 63 and 65 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Micn, WRITE FOR PRICES, STOR —— ‘Ze S AT) aS “ AUS GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1894. Buy Direct of the Manufacturers. Arthur G Graham, Manufacturers’ Agent. PAPER, TWINKS, ROPE. 3 Canal Street. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Samples and Prices on application. HATCH & WILSON, Lawyers, Rooms 23, 24, - - Widdicomb Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. We do a general law business throughout West- ern Michigan. Refer to any Bank or Judgein the city. ® AND 7 PEARL STREET. ESTABLISHED 1841. AA AE MEANS Pe AN THE MERCANTILE AGENCY R.G. Dun & Go. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United oStates, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London, 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, C. E. BLOCK. GHEAP SAP BUCKETS. es ee.........-....... $10.50 per 100 I 12.00 per 100 H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS, CASH PRICE AND TIME PRICE. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Almost every buyer, whether at whole- sale or retail, desires value received for the money expended. A few throw away cash in seeming wantonness and sheer prodigality to make men stare or with the idea that it gives them import- ance in the eyes of others. Some are lavish in expenditure to sustain appear- ances before the world for ulterior pur- poses. But the great majority of pur- chasers insist on a quid pro quo for every dollar paid out, or grumble if it is not forthcoming. Cheapness, whether applied to the necessities or luxuries of life, is a rela- tive term. As generally used it denotes a condition that favors the buyer. But as buyers do not always consider fully the conditions that determine the value of any article offered for sale, they are often disappointed in what at first was thought to be a good bargain. If quality is ignored, price cannot be a true guide to value. Nor is quantity a safe element to determine choice, if the other factors, quality and price, are not equally con- sidered. The Chinese are noted for being shrewd buyers, yet I have known them to often choose the largest pair of boots in a ease, although two or three sizes too large, because they got the most leather for the money. It is, doubtless, evident to all who have seen them in working garb that they choose the en- tire wardrobe, including the umbrella hat, for the same economical reason. Even in the ordinary staple goods which are daily bought as household sup- plies it is impossible to harmonize differ- ences so that all articles of equal value shall be sold at a uniform price. For this there is good and sufficient reason in the well-known fact that many minds can no more agree in fixing one inflexible price than their visual organs can har- monize on the details of any object so as to present the same appearance to all. Thus one dealer is often told that some competitor is selling a certain article, claimed to be identical, at a lower figure than the one in question. How much of this talk is honest belief, and how much for effect in securing a bargain is hardly worth considering. The fact remains that prices, especially at retail, are fixed without mutual consultation, under all sorts of conditions; and must, necessarily, vary, while the actual market value re- mains the same; yet the highest rate not prove in any sense an extortion. Absolute equality in values as between buyer and seller in every business trans- action is as difficult of attainment as ab- solute justice in the administration of law; absolute correctness in the diagnosis of a physician in any obscure case; or ab- solute perfection in human conduct as interpreted by a Divine standard. Yet many thoughtless and selfish buyers talk and act as if they believed the first men- tioned condition possible. Once in a while a customer tries hard to make you believe that the eggs or butter he sold you last Saturday would have brought a better price than you gave, if he had de- livered them at a neighboring town, be- cause Tuesday’s market report made them one to three cents higher. This he urges as a personal grievance; but his acute sense of equity. fails to perceive that in evening up the scales of justice on that transaction it would be fair first to consider what was the Saturday’s quotation in the same market before making a comparison. Such trifles as that are the motes spoken of in Scrip- ture, that do not impair vision in the di- rection whither self interest leads. Many an unjust charge of extortion is laid against the careful dealer on promises as vague and unreal as the above; and, when multiplied or distorted by gossip, they often seriously injure his standing in the minds of profitable cus- tomers. It would be a ‘‘consummation devoutly to be wished’’ if there was more uni- formity of price in goods which are in general demand. Frequent or violent fluctuations in market values are as bad for the dealer as for the consumer. The waste in distributing in small portions from wholesale purchasers on an even market amounts to as much as competi- tive business can afford to carry. When inereased by the chances of loss through the caprice of wide margins in market value, the only one who receives the least damage is he who turns over his stock the oftenest; or, if a consumer, he who has ready money to take advantage of lowest prices. Economical buyers are apt to forget that, even in a retail business, there naturally, a cash price and a time price. In marking goods the latter is used to cover contingencies as common prudence dictates. The difference cannot be con- veniently returned to each cash customer in small amounts. And so many dealers even up by giving bargains in leaders— not for equity’s sake alone, but in order to attract a class of buyers who prefer a soft snap once ina while to low prices all the time, with slow but sure saving of means. A wiser plan would be to make a discount of 5 per cent. to regular customers whenever assured of a liberal trade and punctual settlements in full inside of thirty days. To those who pay cash on delivery the coupon system se- cures perfect equity, since their profits will be in proportion to purchases. Five per cent. saved on purchases is better than the same rate gained by short loans at usurious interest, besides being a more honorable business. Those who prefer to buy on long credit and pay a_ percent- age instead of receiving it can do so as long as their credit remains unimpaired. They must confess, at last, that by main- taining two prices for different classes of customers the equities of commercial life are fully respected. is, It is not only in buying at retail that one finds opportunities of saving. The man of business is every day taught by experience thatin buying his supplies there is a cash price and a time price, NO. 549 which, duly noted and acted on, will go far to recoup him for the discounts he allows his best customers. Nothing greases the wheels of legitimate commer- cial enterprise and makes them easily and harmoniously like money down. Even the bad bargains one un- fortunately makes at long intervals can be viewed with equanimity in the light of this consoling fact—they are not charged up on any one’s ledger and there is, therefore, no dead horse to pay for. Above all the regrets one indulges in for a confessed blunder, it is an addi- tional pang to know that one is. still obliged to throw good money away to pay for burying it out of one’s sight. Thus being free from financial worries, when the crisis comes and it is found ad- visable to sacrifice stock to meet changed conditions of trade, the receipts are not mortgaged in advance to pay creditors, but are available to use in the purchase of new goods at the most favorabie rates. In the course of a prosperous trade there comes a time when the dealer finds it both advisable and necessary to own the store wherein he is doing business. The owner, who is anxious to sell, sets a reasonable price on the property, . offer- ing it for a small cash payment and un- limited credit for the balance. These terms would seem to nine out of ten men the best one could ask, but I mind one business man who in similar circumstances reasoned otherwise. He took it for granted that in real estate, as in personal, there was a cash and time price. He decided to find out the lowest sum the property could be secured for at cash sale. The enquiry resulted in re- ceiving an offer nearly 20 per cent. bet- ter than the first. After that all was plain sailing. The discount from first offer represented the amount of cash he could then spare from his working ecapi- tal. The remainder he borrowed from a neighbor, giving a mortgage on store and stock as security, both being insured in the mortgagee’s interest. The borrowed money could only be repaid at the end of two years; but the annual interest could be paid within each year in trade. At the end of twoyears the amount due on the mortgage was in the bank, having accumulated bulk (as geese grow fat) by accretion. The interest on the loan had been paid from the store in net- ting some profits; and the whole property, store, goods and real estate all unencum- bered stood to proye the value ofa policy that recognizes the distinction between a cash price and a time price and invaria- bly chooses the former. S. P. WHITMARSH. move have in goods, ———— 9 a A Mustard Pot Without a Spoon. A German inventor has devised alittle mustard pot from which the condiment ean be squeezed by the pressure of a spring, without messing the fingers and the side of the pot as well. Spoonless mustard pots are not altogether a new in- vention but they have hitherto been ex- pensive luxuries. It seems probable now, however, that they may come more generally into use. 3 TRADESMAN. ¥ The Canning Business in Canada. Written for THe TraDEsMAN. The history of the canning business in Canada is not a satisfactory one from a business point of view. It is a record of disappointments, barren dividends and sunken capital. There appears to be something about the business that ab- solves it from the control of ordinary business calculations. No other busi- ness is so easily affected by adverse cir- cumstances or unfavorable conditions: and no other business investment is at- tended with so many uncertanties. It is like farming in certain western sections —good crops for a series of years, fol- lowed by unforeseen, unexpected and unprovided for drouths, grasshoppers and other calamities, which destroy the source of income and use up the surplus of other One great difficulty experienced by all new com- panies is in getting the product on the market. Seasons. canning In these days of food adultera- tion the people have been humbugged so much by buying ‘‘pigs in bags,’’ that they have become very chary in making their purchases, especially when the article presented is a new brand of canned goods. The new brand may be as good as any old one, but the consuming public has no way of knowing it. True, there is an artistically designed label on the out- side of the package purporting to give some cue to the merits of the contents, but all labels, now-a-days, are branded as humbugging misrepresentations until proved, by well established usage, to be true indications of genuine worth. In sections where canned goods are con- sumed in large quantities, consumers be- come used tocertain familiar brands, and the only practical way of getting a new brand into the market is to cut in price from five to ten cents perdozen. Hence, any brand, having established a reputa- tion for genuineness and reliability, does command, as a matter of fact this advan- tage in price over new and untried goods. The new may be just as good, or per- haps better, than the old, but the con- sumer does not know it, and the only way to convince him is to tempt him by eutting the price. Investors quite fre- quently overlook this matter when they They for- get that canned goods have a more un- go into the canning business. savory reputation, owing to fraudulent practices, package found on the grocers’ shelves, and that they must prove the worth of their product at their own expense, be- fore they can reasonably expect a_ prof- itable return for their investment. This means an ample reserve capital and per- se verance—two to than almost any other food essentials success, which are found lacking in a great ma- jority of all canning adventures. Six years ago 19 canning in Canada, 9 of which have gone into bankruptey. At the present time there are 22 factories in ex- istence in the country. Outof this total, only 6 Of the re- maining 16,6 are solvent but are mak- ing no money, 8 are entangled on account of impaired capital, and 2 are insolvent. These factories all started business with from $8,000 to $25,000 capital, and yet 16 | there were factories since report fair profits. out of the 22 are unable tore turn one dol- lar of dividend to the parties who put their money in them. This is, indeed, a gloomy record of the canning industry in Canada, and one which the capitalists of Grand Rapids and other Michigan towns might well consider before they i | through the corn season. put their money in the canning business. The capitalists interested in the Can- adian canning business are organized under the name of ‘Canadian Packer’s | A meeting was recently | held at Toronto, and the above figures | Association.”’ were obtained from a member who had attended the meeting. influence it brings to bear on legislation. By combined energy properly applied, it succeeded in getting a custom duty placed on canned goods so high that the American goods are virtually prohibited from crossing the line. influence to bear on legislation, and a bill was passed regulating the canning of ‘‘soaked’”’ goods. Some Detroit parties had succeeded in interesting a few Can- adian capitalists in the county of Essex in the business of canned soaked goods. A factory was erected and the business setin motion. Up to this ‘-soaking” had never been attempted in Canada, al- though it had been practiced for years in the canning centers of the United States, to the injury of the legitimate trade. This fraud consists simply in soaking ordinary commercial peas, beans, corn and evaporated fruits, and then cooking, sealing, labelling and placing the stuff on the market as genuine goods. As be- fore stated, the association had induced the Government to pass a bill for the protection of the trade. This bill pro- vided that every package of soaked goods (or bads rather) should bear a a label with the firm name and place of doing business printed thereon; also the word ‘‘soaked’’ printed diagonally across the label in plain letters not less than one-half inch in length. The penalty provided for violation was a fine of $2 for every can of soaked goods sold that was not labelled according to law, thus making the retailer equally liable with the canner or jobber. The effect of this bill was to wind up the soaking business in Canada and bankrupt the projectors— one more evidence of the unsuitableness of Canadian soil for this kind of Ameri- can enterprise. I am indebted to William Ferguson, Esq., the association member above re- ferred to—and manager of the Delhi Canning Company’s business located at Delhi, Ont., and at the mouth of the Niagara River—for the facts and figures given in this article. He says the next bit of legislation demanded by the asso- ciation will be the removal of the duty on peaches. Canadian canners buy their peaches from Delaware orchards on account of their earliness. They are thus enabled to finish peach canning be- fore the corn season commences. This will explain the reason why they do not patronize Michigan orchards which are nearer home. The Delhi canning company’s business is the largest one of the kind in Canada. Their main factory building at Delhi is a substantial brick structure, 50 by 175 feet in size, two story in height with basement. An annex 45 by 50 feet serves as the ‘‘processing” department. The | husking shed is 50 by 150 feet through the center of which is atram-way connecting at one end with a carrier which runs up into the second story of the main build- ing. A busy scene is here enacted all On either side this tram-way sit the huskers. Disabled | old men whose hands are still in active |service; gray haired old grandmothers, some of them there because they dearly This association | is smail in numbers but strong in the} Again it brought Dwinell, Wright & Co's 4 . FINE T+ COFFEES. |". { «@ Royal Java, Royal Java and Mocha, i Aden Mocha Mocha and Java Blend 4 White House Mocha and * - Java, wie Golden Santos, (> Ex. Golden Rio, on. | No. 37 Blend. + i We have trebled our coffee bu~iness since we have been @ handling these brands, and any dealer can do the same. ULNEY & JUDSON GROGKR GO Agents Western Michigan, Grand Rapids. OYSTERS. ANCHOR BRAND Are the best. , + ¥ ’ All orders will receive prompt attention at lowest market pric E. J. DETTENTHALER., OU WANT THE BEST... = » ORDER ey * Gs is i . , e e THE MIOHIGAN TRADESMAN. 8 love the gossip of the place, while others sitin grim-visaged silence, thinking of the new gingham aprons that will soon be earned for the two or three motherless little tots who have been consigned to the care of a poor old widowed grand- mother by an unlucky whirl of life’s great wheel of fortune; young misses eager to add something to lighten the family burdens; girls, boys, and little children—all vieing with each other in stripping the tender ears of the protec- tion provided by nature. And as the de- nuded ears pass up the incline in an end- less procession, sparkling in the sun- light, the balmy breeze which floats through the open-sided shed seems to inspire the busy huskers, and a med- ley of strange discordant sounds strikes the earof the spectator. There is a strong sprinkling of sharp-nosed old maids, whose voices remind one of the squeak of winter frost. They are the human cobs of the motley crowd. Time has denuded them of every personal charm, and they are to the human fam- ily what corn cobs are to the corn crop. Noise? Oh, no: it is perfect bedlam let loose. Above the gossip-monger’s per- petual buzzand the squeaks of the afore- said human cobs, are heard the croaks of husky throats; the yells of unre- strained, running-to-seed boyhoood; the idiotic giggle of brazen-faced girlhood, and the occasional snatches of song, pip- ing out a few notes of ‘‘After the Ball,”’ in tones of tin-whistle melody. What food for inspiration such a scene fur- nishes for poets and artists. But the huskers are happy: and they make the ears fly—and that reminds us that time also flies, and so we must ask the reader to draw on his own imagination for a more extended description. During the busy season about 500 per- sons are on the pay-roll, consisting mostly of women and children. At one time there were four generations in one family on the pay-roll—a child, its mother, grandmother and great-grand- mother. This company pays yearly, for supplies, labor and other expenses, from $60,000 to $70,000. The capital stock of the company is about $100,000 and the yearly output runs from $60,000 to $100,- 000. Previous to the last two seasons, not a dollar of dividend had ever been declared, and once the whole concern was on the verge of bankruptcy. They no longer make their own cans, finding it cheaper to buy them already made. About 20 carloads are required for the year’s output. The factory is in opera- tion the entire year, the canning of poultry being the principat occupation during the winter season. The growing of the required amount of vegetable stock is contracted for during the pre- ceding winter with the adjacent farmers. The prices paid last season were as follows: tomatoes, 25 cents per bushel; corn, $8 per ton; and peas, 11¢ cents per pound. The corn is broken off and weighed with the husks’ on. The peas are pulled and brought to the factory on the vine where they are put through in- geniously contrived mills which sepa- rates the peas from the pods and vines. E. A. OWEN. i - > — relative to hucksters and peddlers, pre- sented to the Common Council by the Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association, passed its final reading and was adopted at the session of the Council held March 19 and goes into effect twenty days there- after. Through the zealous work of Alder- man Brewer, the President of the Coun- cil—who presented the ordinance—the good will nance Committee, and by a good majority of the Council favoring the Ordinanee, | we have won the victory. Our President, D. S. Fleming, has worked long and earnestly, with many others of the Association, to accomplish this result and we feel very grateful to everyone that has assisted in the work. We have tried to arrange our ordinance so that it would not work an injustice to anyone or do any person an injury. We have simply asked that the peddlers be placed on the same footing as the grocers in regard to paying a share of the city taxes, and at the same time we give them protection by shutting out non-residents and people who have heretofore been in the habit of taking a day, or a few hours, | now and then to sell a lot of spoiled fruit or vegetables which rightfully be-| longed to the garbage wagon. The market gardeners presented a petition to the Council, signed by aj} goodly number, asking that our ordi- | | mance be passed. They favored the or- | dinance because it was beneficial to them. This action helped much toward its pas- sage. W. H. Porter, Sec’y. | > In times of peace prepare for war; in} | times of business depression prepare for prosperity. and good work of the Ordi- | | even more uncertain. Saginaw River this season, although the | and | The rest must come | | only kind quoted and they bring $5.50 per it is} Hides, Pelts and Furs. Hides—There is little change in the bide situation since last report. Though some sections report a slightly acceler- ated movement, dulness is still the pre- vailing characteristic. Countrys show a slight improvement, though prices are Packers have ruled quiet. Pelts—A little fest in pelts though sales reported were small. Prices are unchanged. Furs—Late caught furs, including muskrat, are of decidely inferior qual- ity, and will not bring the prices that winter skins will. Prices are unchanged, but sorting will be closer. more life was mani- PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—The market is about bare, and almost | anything in the shape of an apple brings easily | from %@Q7. Beans—Dull. Handlers pay $1.25, holding at | $1.50. Butter—Supply is only medium. Choice dairy | is firm at 18@20c and creamery at 23@2ic. i> Cabbages—Are down. The big Florida yield has operated adversely to prices and home grown are selling for 75c per doz. and Floridas at $2.25 per crate Cranberries—Have advanced, ing $2.59@2.75 per bu. crate. Celery—Very scarce and demand good. | firm at 25c per doz. Cucumbers—Easily bring $1.50 per doz. Eggs—Good supply and good demand, with prices on the down grade. Handlers pay 10@ lie, holding at 12c. Jerseys bring- Price Field Seeds—Medium or mammoth clover, $5.75@6; Timothy, #22@2.10; Red top, 60@70c; Orchard grass, #1.60@1.70; Alsyke $7. Grapes—Very few in market. Malagas are the 55 lb keg net. Honey—Supply is good and prices what off, the best only bringing are some- i2K%e. Buck | wheat 10c. | at 10¢ per Ib. mill ; Lettuce—Growers hold Grand Rapids forcing Commission men hold at 12c. Maple Sugar—Good domestic brings 9@10e per lb. Onions—Are in good changed, 50c per bu. supp.y and prices un and held at s0c, with | Cubans at $3 per bu being the figures. i Important Victory Won by Jackson Grocer s. JACKSON, Mareh 22—The Ordinance! | marketed. Potatoes —Last week's cold snap has somewhat interfered with the forward movement, and only a comparatively smal] quantity The extreme cold of the past few days, coming after the summer-like weather | which prevailed all this month, may be expected | to injure the quality of the tubers, and growers | must soon bring in their stocks or see them spoil on their hands. The present price, 40@45c, is good, and even if these figures are not en- chanced (and they are not likely to be), there is no reason for holding. With new potatoes al- most in sight, and the adverse circumstances in which old are being held, there is every reason to look for depreciated values. Radishes—Cincinnatis are in good and supply at 35¢ per doz. bunches. Spinach—75e per bu. crate. Tomatoes—The supply of Southern stock is light, but fully equal to the demand. Je per basket or & per 6-basket crate are the figures. demand YOU GAN'T DO BUSINESS WITHOUT SOAP. Why not handle the best. There is no soap superior to LAS Manufactured only by HENRY PASSOLT, Saginaw, Mich. ae? \ ‘ GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. L. Johnson has engaged in general | trade at Clarksville. The l. M. Clark Grocery Co. furnished the stock. G. Pool has opened a grocery store at THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. — 5 ae : Ps : | until several grades are obtained, known | nized fact to all persons engaged in any-'| Scranton, the nearest railway point, lo- as “firsts,” “seconds,” *thirds,” | Both open kettle sugar and molasses are said to be much “‘stronger’’ than centrifu- | gal, there not being so many grades in ‘the former as in the latter. Centrifugal the corner of East and Thomas streets ‘| molasses is the drippings from centrifu- The Ball-Barnhart-Putman nished the stock. Co. ftur- J. B. Sharp & & Co. have re- e-engaged in | the grocery business at Big Rapids. The | Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. G. W. Wooden has re-engaged in the} grocery business at Kalkaska style of G. W. Wooden & Co. The I. M. Clark Grocery Co. furnished the stock. J. Hoekenga has opened store at the corner of Sixth and Wash- ington streets, Muskegon. The stock was furnished by the Olney & Judsun Grocer Co. a grocery John T. Butler, formerly of the firm of Northrup & Butler, general dealers at Lakeview, has decided to open a grocery store at that place. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. has the order for the stock. G. W. and E. T. Bolster. have formed a copartnership under the style of Bolster Bros. and opened a grocery store at Chadwick. ‘The Musselman Grocer Co. furnished the stock. The Grand Rapids Bark & Lumber Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $40,000, of which $25,000 has been paid in. W.A. Phelps is President of the corporation, C. F. Young is Vice- President and Chas. A. Phelps is Secre- tary and Treasurer. The three gentle- men named comprise the Board of Di- rectors. The company owns 400 acres of hemlock land in Oceana county, and 800 acres fof hardwood, cedar and hemlock land in Emmet county, on which tracts active operations will soon be begun. In addition to handling hem- lock bark, both by rail and by water, the corporation will deal in lumber, shingles, cedar poles and posts, railroad ties, ete. The headquarters of the com- pany will bein this} city, commodious offices having already been opened in the Michigan Trust Co. building. The Messrs. Phelps are old hands in the bark business and their new enterprise will, in all probability, play no small part in the hemlock bark field. An enquirer wishes to know the differ- ence between centrifugal sugar and open kettle sugar. Centrifugal sugar is so called because, after the molasses is{boiled to the proper consistency, it is put into a cylindrical machine which revolves with great rapidity. ‘The rapid motion throws the molasses to the surface of the machine which is perforated with a great many small holes. The fact of the molasses being thrown from the center to the circumfence is why the processis eall- ed centrifugal (from centrum, the center and fugere to flee). Open kettle sugar is so called because, after boiling down, it is allowed to settle and the drains off without motion of any kind. Centrifugal sugar is much clearer and brighter than open kettle, as more molasses is extracted; but for this rea- son it does not contain as much sacchar- ine matter as open kettle sugar. After the molasses is extracted the first time, it isagain boiled down and again put molasses sugaris the result. This under the |} | into the machine and another grade of, is repeated ' | gal sugar, and open kettle molasses is the | drippings from that process. { | Whatever may be the reason for the | meager attendance at recent meetings of | the Retail Grocers’ Association, the fact j is very much to be deplored, as now is | the time of the year for the Association its best work. Not only is the spring of the year the time for general cleaning up, but it is, also, the time for repairing fences and looking after the many things which may, perhaps, have “ron the winter months. As an example: The peddlers of the city have hardly been interfered with during the winter and have had things pretty much their own way. Many of them have been selling without the cus- tomary preliminary of taking out a license, and as many more have abused the privilege granted by the license. This is a matter that should be carefully looked into by the Association and ought to be fully and freely discussed at the meetings. Itis impossible for the few members who have been attending the meetings to do all the work that is to be done. ito do down” during Not only is discussion necessary, but, in this connection, there is much committee work to be done, and the reg- ular attendants at the meetings, few in number as they are, can hardly be ex- pected to do it all, members of the Association are not doing right in expect- ing itofthem. If the members of the Association are interested in its work, they should show their interest by at- tending the meetings, taking part in the discussions and having a share in the work. All the members receive equal benefit from the work of the Association and all should be willing to share in the labor and responsibility. It is hard to understand how anyone who is at all acquainted with the objects of such an Association can remain away from the meetings. and a The Grocery Market. Pork—The receipts of hogs for the week in Chicago were 116,000, against 140,000 for the previous week and 91,- 500 for the corresponding week last year. The total Chicago receipts from March 1 to 24 were 266,000, against 167,000 for the corresponding period last year. The enormous increase in receipts this year is due to the high prices which have ruled all winter, and which finally From now until warm weather receipts may be expected to decrease, and a few days will see prices advanced. There are still plenty of hogs in the country, however, and values are not likely to go very high. Lard—lIs a trifle off. See market re- ports. Fish—Mackerel lower. Salt—Common fine has been advanced 10¢e, in accordance with the recent action of the Michigan Salt Company. Oranges—Despite the fact that Florida fruit has nearly all been marketed and is, therefore, difficult to be obtained, Grand Rapids wholesalers are to the fore, and our local market is perhaps as well supplied as any other in the coun- try, and itis becoming to be a _ recog- brought out the hogs. and whitefish are ete. | ) Way with the handling of fruits, that | their interests are taken care of as well, if not better, by our local merchants than by solicitors for their business in competing cities. A marked advance is noted on all varieties this Cali- fornias have moved up a peg, in sym- pathy with Floridas, and it is more than probable that another advance of at least 25e a box will be announced within ten days, as three-fourths of all the groves are controlled by the exchange. It must be said, however, that as a syn- dicate they are very fair in their hand- ling of the vast interests represented and, in advancing the price, they doit so week. gradually that it gives the buyer an ad- | vantage, as he is assured that orders placed will net a profit and necessity of loading up with goods to avoid being caught short by | sharp advances or fluctuating values. Lemons—Arrivals at the ports of entry continue to be regular and of considerable volume and demand is fairly active, although very few are buy- ing the summer stocks. The brokers re- | port a firm feeling and the prices real- ized show an advance; especially on 300s. A decline is possible, but not probable, and purchases made now are safe, if sound fruit, untouched by frost can be secured. Bananas—Have been in ample supply here and at fair prices, although Eastern ports advise that the steamers have been arriving with very light cargoes of late and that nearly all the fruit has been bought by dealers right at home, to the detriment of Western trade. Prices in New York last week ranged all the way from $1.15@1.25 for seconds and $1 40@1.65 for firsts. These prices can- not last, however, and we look to see a very heavy volume of business done in this ever popular article during the com- ing season. Peanuts—Are low and the cleaners re- port that the farmers in many are holding on to their products, awaiting better prices, which are reasonably sure to come. from eases i — i Alp Purely Personal. L. W. Sprague, the Greenville hard- ware dealer, sustained a broken leg by falling on the sidewalk near his store a days ago. John Butler, who will shortly embark in the grocery business at Lakeview, was in town over Sunday, the guest of Byron Stockbridge Davenport. Geo. L. Thurston (Thurston & Com pany, Central Lake) a valued contributor of THe TRADESMAN, favors his friends with ecards, under date of March 23, bearing the laconic announcement, ‘‘It’s a boy.’”? THr TRADESMAN extends con- gratulations, at the same time express- ing the hope that Grandfather Thurston may not expire from exuberance of joy over the event. R. C. Luce has returned from Jackson county, Miss., where he has been since Feb. 20, visiting his son, Greg. M. Luce, and looking over the extensive timber | investments of R. C. Luce & Sons in that vicinity. While there Mr. Luce pur-| chased 6,000 more acres of pine land, so that the firm now has an investment of | The res- | $100,000 in Mississippi timber. ident member of the firm conducts exten- | sive logging operations and a supply, store at Basin and has been elected a di- rector in the Scranton State Bank of, | local market is there is no} perishable | different | cated at the mouth of River, onthe Gulf of Mexico, Basin. He Michigan the Pascagoula thirty-five miles from will be remem- bered by as a traveling Hawkins & Company, itified people salesman for with whom he years. was ider several a ti The Wool Market. has been somewhat the reported. Enquiry more active and general past week and some good sales are Growers, however, are still very shy of the mar- ket and little wool is coming forward, the movement being from stocks. The dull and inactive, with | prices unchanged. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequer 1t insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. | B j INESS CH: ANC ( JOR GOOD LOC ATI N TO 8 ET ATL / HARD , drugs, clot! r Or dry goot address lock box 221. Sturgis, 5 2 Y MEAT MARKET IN Good opening for sfor selling. Address Foe SALE—THE ONL | town of £00 inhabit |right man. Goodr rERKO No. 58 Michigan Tradesman 587 A LIVE ACTIVE MAN AS PART- i ner in general store. $30,000 cash trade | per year. Address No. 592, care an Michig Tradesman. 5 Pek =A A CL merchandise wi for cash. NSTOCK OF th no old goods, Stock invoices #1,200 GENERAL Will sell Will se li or » | rent store building. It wil you to investi | gate. Address Box Lae Ka , Mieh. 588 ; = a | HOR SALE- LEAN STOCK OF HARD | ware and eam implements in good | paying territory. Stock will invoice $2,500 to +$3.000. Would sell one-half interest. Good rea | sons for selling. Address No. 589, care Michi | gan Tradesman. 589 STOCK OF GEN- \ TANTED FOR CASH—ST eral merchandise. Give particulars and price. W H. Pardee, Freeport, Mich. 590 OR SALE—CHOICE MILLINERY STOCK. Reason for selling, ill health. Mary A. Rosenberg, Lisbon. Mich 591 IOR SALE—POST AND GEDAR PAVE- ments. Emil H Bradford, Agt., Mecosta, Mich. 595 OR SALE—SIX FOOT OAK SHOW CASE and iron standard, used and practically as good Company, 100 Louis st.. Gr but a short time Tradesman 1 Rapids 586 FOR \ JANTED—TO BU SPOT CASH, OR unincumbered real estate, all kinds of merchandise. Address the Manistee Mercantile Co., Manistee, Mich. 581 ( UR BUSINESS IS TOBRING BUYER AND / seller together. Your business is to write us if you want to buy, sell or ex change. Mutual Business Exc hange, say ¢ ity, Micl 582 ‘7 JERK WANTE 5_ONE WHO CAN SP German and has had some ex handling dry goods Permanent position for the right man. Address S Maudlin & Co., Brids gman, Mich 583 Fork SALE—A NICE BUSINEsS—ICE CREAM confectionery and fruit store—the finest in the city and best location. Tools for manufac | turing candy and creamin connection. Will in voice about $!.300. Terms cash. Address No. 584, care Michigan Tradesman. AS4 oo ASER FOR A TWO ¢ story frame store building at Mill Creek, alively suburb of Grand R ; Will sell cheap or exchange for farm or timber lands in Oceana or Macon counties M. A. Mosher, Mill Creek, Mich. BRA ANTED—BANK STOCK IN ANY GRAND Rapids bank. Must be cheap. E. . Stowe, 100 Louis St. 568 CLEAN STOCK OF GROCERIES FOR Sale; good trade, cheap for spot cash; the only delivery wagon in town. Stock about $2,506. Investigate. Address box 15, Centre ville, Mich. 820 : K perience in TUATIONS W ANTI ED V TANTED—SITUATION AS MANAGER OR clerk in general store. Have had twelve | years’ experience in general trade. ; accountant. bers and retail dealers. min, Caledonia, Mic bh. V TANTED—A POSITION AS FOREN A} in ageneral store. Seventeen years ex- perience. Best of references. Address Room 10 Twamley block, Grand Rapids, Mich. 1 574 W: ANTED—FOREMAN FOR FURNITURE factory making chamber suits, beds, tables, and desks. Must be competent to handle | eighty men to advantage and have some knowl Competent Can furnish references from job Address W. F. ae 79 | edge of designing and drafting. Apply imme | diately to E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 567 EXPERT AC- | WANTED POSITION BY countant. Books opened or closed. Bal- ances rendered. Partnerships adjusted and any | other work of similar character promptly done. Address No. 578, care The Tradesman. 578 COMPETENT | yy aaa THOROUGHLY and experienced young man would like position as hook-keeper, cashier or other office work with jobbing or manufacturing house. | Address ‘““H’’ care The Tradesman. 577 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Only Good Feature of Unionism. | The organization of the various trades, both commercial and industrial, into as- sociations and unions, has been produc- tive of much good. It has tended to harmonize what, viewed from the stand- | point of the individual, appeared to be | conflicting interests. It has, to a very considerable extent, unified and solidified the different trades, giving them a posi- tion and infiuence which otherwise never could have been theirs. It has given to the members of the various organizations amore intelligent conception of their needs, and enabled them, in many cases, to provide aremedy. In many other di- | rections has organization been a direct and positive benefit. But, while this is true, it has its dangers as well. The strength which accompanies union is not always wellor wisely used. Instead of | being used for the correction of abuses, it is sometimes used for selfish and mer- cenary purposes. Its strength is not al- ways used for lifting the burdens from the shoulders of the weaker members of its class. Sometimes it arrogantly as- sumes the tone of adictator and uses its strength to enforce demands which are unjustand oppressive. In every organi- zation there are to be found those who will not listen to the voice of reason, but | are swayed more by prejudice and pas- sion, and when these gain the ascendancy, | then organization becomes a curse in- stead of a blessing. Under wise leader- ship, there is no reason why an organiza- tion should not be a power for good; but under the leadership of those who have only selfish ends to serve, and who are not at all scrupulous as to the methods they employ to gain their ends, then or- | ganization exerts a baneful and not a beneficent influence. The tendency of all organizations, especially when a large percentage of the membership are searce- ly up to the average in point of intelli- gence, is generally in the wrong direction, and only by persistent and determined effort on the part of the more intelligent members can this tendency be overcome. The trouble is that those who ought to lead and whose uvpinions ought to govern are, asa rule, unwilling to take the leadership, and so the organization is left to the guidance and contrel of bad men, demagogues, who use their position and influence for the | furtherance of their own base purposes. DANIEL ABBOTT. conscienceless i + >_ Use Tradesman inant | Arnold Merino. AH _ long cloth - 9 a“ i ™%* “century ets ' <“ peion..... 10% ‘* green seal TR 10% “yellow seal..10% . oe......... 11% “ 6furh: 7 red..10% Ballon solid plack.. Lee aeetaanae D fancy. 5% |Merrim’ck shirtings. 4 . a: o% Pacific —- 5% ~ eee i: Portsmouth robes... 6% Simpson mourning.. Ho . sod. black. 5% Washington indigo. 6% colors. Turkey robes.. 7 = al blue, n, “ India robes.... 7% and orange... 6 " plain Tky x % 8% Berlin ~~ oa 5% ** yy ol bine... .... : - —— Tar- - ‘* green Ue... es. “ ~6Foulards 5 Martha Le aio “« red x“. 0 Rheem, ner oe 1% - ' A os Martha pala . nce the Ree oy _ - saxixk 2 Riverpoint robes 5% Cocheco a 5 Windsor eT . 8% ers... 5 old ticket - ZX twilks..5 | indigo tiae....... 10% ‘<< pelids...... 5 |Harmony......... oe TICKINGS. Amoskeag AC A 33 wou 110e Hamilton N eect 8 D WYIACA.. Pemberton AAA acces : ..-10% Ht Awning. Mt Swift Miver. 0... vend NE oie sy ene S ieert Biver........- 12 Pirst Proe......-... 10%| Warren....... op seeeekee Leaos Wits ......-. me hoes .......... 16 COTTON DBILL, om. Be 6% |Stark oa Kuaeecen 8 Gufton, es awe rae i Nam Top of Heap. sans. 2 DEMINS. Amoskeag Pehcee soe 12 {Columbian brown. .i2 Pox... 14 |Everett, blue........ 12% ” brown .14 ' brown. ....12% Beene... 11% Haymaker bine..... 7 Beaver Creek aah brown... an 2 wee... ._ noes ine Boston, Mfg co. se Lawrence, 90z...... 13% blue 5% . No. 220....13 “ da twist 10% : No. 250....11% Columbian oe br.10 ' No. 280....10% 2 40 ae 44 re 41 ee 45 CA¥BRICS. ae ............. = ee... Wotte Ster........- “ teeeweed......... 4 Ree Ganee........... © woore............ © Newmarket......... 4 {Brunewick........ 6 RED FLANNEL. Peewee. ik eee - - 22% Creegmore.......... ate See R% Talbot XZxX..... cc Ge ey BO... 35 Mascon. ..... ..... Broce... .... -. 2. 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid. -40 OD occ tenes 17% oe E...... ...,-. 22% ee | 18% [oe...... _..... ae F-......... 18% Gos Western........ 20 (Flushing ee 23% ee 224%4|Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL, wengeters - ae ; nl 9 @10% %@10 | eo 12% gen AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black./Slate Brown. Black. 9% 2% 934/10% 0 10% 10% 10% 10%/11% 11% 11K 11% 11% 114/12 12 12 12% 12 12% cal 20 20 puc Severen, 8 oz........ 9% West Point, 8oz....10% Mayland, 8oz....... 10% sate oz ...12% Greenwood, 7% oz.. 9% Raven, 1002. Paper Packed Screw, ee Po WRITE FOR PRIGES. 2 MOL BRUMIALE & SINS " whslaamipaie and Jobbers of PIECED AND STAMPED TINWARE, 260 SOUTH IONIA ST., Telephone 640. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH _Catarrh, Hay Fever, Headache, Neuralgia, Colds, Sore Threat. The first inhalations stop sneezing, snuffing coughing and headache. This relief is worth the price of an Inhaler. Continued use will complete the cure. Prevents and cures es Sea Sickness On cars or boat. The cool exhilerating sensation follow ing its use is a luxury to travelers. Convenient to carry in the pocket; no liquid to drop or spill; lasts a year, and costs 50c at druggists. Regis- tered mail 60c, from . D. CUSHMAN, Manufacturer, Three Rivers, Mich. ~e"’"Guaranteed satisfactory. N, LYON & Cb, NEW STYLES OF me 6 e : i ll ) 20 & 22 Monroe &t., GRAND RAPIDS. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7 AN ACCURSED INHERITANCE. It has been said, in view of the many dangerous situations into which boys seem to take pleasure in placing them- selves, that it is a wonder that any considerable number of them grow up with the proper allowance of eyes, limbs, and other bodily members, and when they do so escape mutilation their friends ought to be duly thankful. There something pathetic in the spectacle of a young person maimed or disabled by some untoward event. The pathos and pity are increased when the victim is a girl and the disability mars her comeliness. A woman has a natural right to be pleasing in person, if not actually beautiful, and any accident which deprives her of her physical charms makes quite as serious a matter as that which disables a man from prop- erly earning a livelihood. But what shall be said of those unfor- tunates who are born deformed or maimed, condemned through some fault of their ancestors and before they, the wretched victims, were ushered into this world, to live without organs, without senses, without sensations, which are common to the species and which men ordinarily share with the lower animals? Is this sort of privation not an extreme affliction which should kindle compas- sion and arouse sympathy in every breast? Just here comes into play the remark- able supporting and comforting power is of self-love. These unfortunate de- formed, instead of being driven by mortification and disappointment to a state of hopeless misanthropy, despera- tion, and even to suicide, grow up with a determination and desire to make the most of the few gifts that have ‘been vouchsafed to them, and in not a few cases such persons have risen to high places in the world’s estimation. Some- times, when physical beauty has been lost, women have made up for the lack of it by sweetness of disposition, charms of manner and brillianey of intellect; while men born without hands have be- come proficient in painting and musie, using their toes in place of their fingers which they lack. The blind are not cut off from the pleasure of reading, and the deaf and dumb are able to converse with others of their kind. But for self-love which makes these unfortunates not only willing but desirous to live, how vastly would human misery be multi- plied! Whata fearful crop of suicides there would be! But, providentially, the love of life is deeply implanted in human nature. Men who are condemned to lifetime terms of imprisonment are willing to live on while those afflicted with loath- some and incurable diseases drag out their miserable years without any effort to shorten them. Doubtless there is something good in all this, since it is generally held that man has no more right to lay violent hands upon his own life than upon that of others. Never- theless, the existence of the maimed, the blind, the deformed and the incurably diseased has been greatly ameliorated by modern philanthropy. Printing for the blind is not more than a hundred years old. No systematic education of the deaf and dumb was known until the last part of the seventeenth century. The large class of medicines in use for producing insensibility from pain is entirely the product of modern .chemistry. The hilanthro of modern times has done | Wrought Loose Pin....... ............ces000- : HAMMERS, P PY i Oe tnat0 a Oe Me di. more in acentury for the relief of the Wrought Inside Oe Ce Bie. Le dig, 25 : eee ; RO 75 | Yerkes & Plumb’s. dis. 40410 pains and disabilities of human beings | ping’ Clark's... 70&19 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. B0e Hast 60 than was ever dreamed of, much less ac- ae oe ee TOKI6 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand Be 40&10 ie cee ee nee 70 | HINGES, complished, in all the previous ages of ” eee ' | Gate, Clarks, 1,2,2......_.. ..415,60&10 : . 2 human history. _ Ordinary Tackle, list April 1992..... .....60&10 | State... iiook a Sn, se aoe ane sea In connection with those persons who ORADLES. | longe an 3% are deprived from birth of certain senses Came dis. 50&02 | Screw Hook and Eye, %-- i na “net a or physical faculties, some interesting iciiaae aaa AR — Lo. ; ie Hu ----net % problems come up for consideration. As| = a | i die, 5A a ‘ ae ‘ a, | HANGERS. dis. an illustration an incident may be cited. a = oe & | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co.. Wood track ....504610 Not long age, the writer) saw leaning | gop 3s | Champion, antt-friction. tite ecre sees COGIC : i Musket “ g | Kidder, wood track . 40 ABest tne show window Of a shoe store!) HOLLOW WARE. CARTRIDGES. eee .- 60&16 an unfortunate young fellow who had/ pm Fire. |... oe. cescee eee cece ee Cee GT 60&10 been born without feet, and only pos- Central Fire. ee ee ee dis. 25 Spiders seed eee ee ee bO&i10 CHISELS. dis Gray enameled.. . ---- 40810 sessed the stumps of legs. He was gaz- i HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. a : OCNee 75&10 | Stamped Tin Ware new list 70 ing at the handsome display of footwear | Socket Framing............-.....--..2.. 2... 75&10 | Japanned Tin Ware....... en a Le eae spread out for public view. There were | socket Sticks ...000000000020000/20.UUTITTTaBEI0 | @zamite Tron me ae shoes for men, women and children; | Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ ...... 40 Bulght. a li ! 70410410 dainty slippers in kid and satin,of various i ii — je aa Byes. r ‘aaa styles and colors, to be worn with ball | Hotchkiss ...............0 LUT. gg | Gate Hooks and Byes Donne “ae a i CHALE. 0 ' costumes. = what could that poor fel Viwtiitiiieweca 12@12% ais, 10 Stanley Rule and Level Co. ee low, who had never had any feet, be COPPER, Sisal, 36 ines — Sl TH thinking in connection with a display of Planjshod, 14 oz cut tosize... .. per pound 2g| Manilla..........0 se. i i i. Te i r tasty, 14x56, 1440)... 26 SQUARES. ais. shoes? It is impossible to say what! cola Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60... 1.21.2 Me ~ ereeenreee-encnnnene longings may have possessed this foot- Gold Rolled, 1448.......-...00.seee ceo = oe oe less unfortunate. Naturally, a man who DRILLS. dis. iui er aie never had a foot would be dreaming of ces poo oa ete entensee ee sacs a Nos. 10 to Mo. e eee eee eee 8405 8295 the enormous value of organs which | Morse’s TaperShank....................... 50] Nos oe ca ao most people consider indispensable, and DRIPPING PANS. NOB, 22 6024... 22. esse eee eee 406 315 i Small sizes, ser pound ...................... o7 | Nos. 25 to 26 .............. ee oo he would sigh at the immense loss that | Large sizes per pound 8% ~~ een one pee ete 44 3 35 sigh Se ee aos : had been inflicted upon him by an edict ELBOWS. wae = ‘30 inches Ooms 4 ene GP dos.net 75 SAND PAPER. of nature promulgated before he was Cemmgaiog .......... Se ata ous ones dis 40 | List acct. 19, 86 . .- ais 50 born. PO dis. 40&10 “SABH CORD. / And here comes up the tremendous re- EXPANSIVE BITS. rr waned = © sponsibility of parents for the physical, | C/#™™’s. small, 818; large, 826.. 30 se White B 50 Ives’, 1, 818: 2, 824 ; 3,830 i 25 ‘ ee aa 55 as well as for the moral, condition of FILES—New Li dis. ‘ LAN 2 ne i ee 60&10 Discount, 10 o their children. Sociological philoso-| New American .....°122222002 022222000012, 60&10 17 male wera, phers declare that much of the tendency ee Sa a a ee at aaa oi a Solid Eyes........... cig per ton & a2 : tis: hl een NORRIE i to crime, to vices and to depravity man- | Heller's Horse Rasps .. ........-..-........ boi a 20 i ee 4 GALVANIZED IRON. Silver Stee] Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 70 ifested at an early age by individuals is : os a: & ! “ Special Steel Dex X Cuts, aa focal 50 i il Nos. 16 to 20; an and 26; 27 28 i a direct inheritance from their parents.|List 12 13 14 15 16 17} ,, Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... 30 Nels Ae : Sa i Discount, 60 yay and Electric Tooth X iminal instincts and vicious habits ganaun dis. one, Mee 30 possessed by the parents are transmitted | Stanley Rule oe A — ih Cee Conan ay a Se to their offspring, just as constitutional Door, mineral, jap. trimmings . 55 Onelda cer wl Sn oa = diseases and disabilities are so handed oe poroslate, ja = Mouse, choker.. .18¢ per dos down, and the little ones are cursed in| Door, porcelein, trimmings. be | Mouse, deluston.. wate . 81.50 Pai mind and morals, as well as in bodily Drawer and Shutter, poreelain -_—" Bright Market... ttt as mi, ws health and physical conditions. How aes wie oe 8 new wn . = Coppered Market........... AAR eRe ERIE many people there are in the world who Branford’s ee lus Geiaeaaul 55 Gcuuaed Saeees sige oy are suffering pain and privation for the | NOTWAIR'S.......--.-----..---sece-cereeeee, 5 | Barbed Fence, ic i sins of their fathers! What a terrible | Adse Bye.................... 816.00, dis. 60 HORSE NAILS. a aes eee... ....... - 815.00, dis. 60 Au Sable.. dis 40&10 thing to contemplate! People should | Hunt’s................ .. $18.50, dis. 206610. ec nmap know where the real responsibility lies. | gperry & Co.'s, Post, handled............... ea Northwestern.......... eho “— When they contemplate the spectacle of Coffee Piiiinin tnte MILLS. . Baxter's Adjustable, ‘epee. i the unfortunates that so often appear in| * ’P P. 8. & W. Mig. Co.'s M Malleabl 40 Coe’s Palent Agsteaiturai, wrveh, 7 our streets, people who have been from] 4 Landers, 3 wa dlesnataeel ee * gp | Coe’s Patent, —— —_ birth maimed, deformed, with hideous stebbin’s Pattern eee GATES, ae Bird Cages Ea ao features and blotched and discolored — ae ------ — anne eta. : Le nua t~-- u ; nterprise, self-measuring. Casters, Bed a .d Plate.................. 50810810 faces, there should go forth with the NAILS Dampers, American... ai 0 sympathy and pity they excite a burst of | Advance over base, on both Steel and — Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods......65&10 condemnation for their parents who have a —— — UC oe —_— 20 much cursed their helpless and tnno- | $O-------rr--v-ereesveercssrse sss Bae B06 | pig Large... ee eccrtls 26 Centetepring, it should be, toe. & sei. 25 | Pig Bars..... 0... -.... eee eee ee eee -- Be emn warning to those who run the risk a 35 Duty: Sheet, eee nee pound, f st i such hid k Be 45 | 900 pound casks. 6% en ee re 45{ Per pound.. eee ae sae their own children. Ta 50 : SOLDER. 1 ; SE SES See OSA 60 | iixtea Wiping sie ols dincialaie sinnlets deinen ena eu dale 15 Hardware Price Current. oe eee St eee oe “i ‘ingle ilin of These prices are for cash buyers, who ee ic pay promptly and buy in full packages, | Rime 8... -...---- ------.--+1--er000s TIN soi per pound AUGURS AND BITS. dis. CN pe Shee ee ed ea 90 TIN—MELYN GRADE. COOK'S ......-. 2... sees 40 | Finish 10-.00.000 0. eee 75 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal. . Jennings genuine TE ny 90 | 14x20 yu Jenitiige, tinktation 0) 50&10 SD eC] 1 10 Menno Ex’ nh 25 AXES. ae. ge | ek eee i ans th gee a : First Quality, 8. B. Bronze..................8 TOO] Breen cere ceeeeeseeee tee eees > TIN—ALLAWAY GRADS. . aa 80 yatan foo nee 1 75| 10x14 IC, Charcoal . ‘ 26 ae i PLANES. dis. jioxi4ix, i aner BARROWS, a ETE eax on road...... 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ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men, Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address, Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. 2" When writing to any of our advertisers, lease say that you saw their advertisement in THe MicHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1894. MURDER MADNESS. A strange madness has come into vogue among civilized men. Itis some- thing which was never known among savage people, but it is more savage and outlandish than anything that was ever dreamed of among the wild people of any age or country. This is the dynamite-throwing craze. It is a murder madness. The only thing that bears any resemblance to it in the whole history of crime is the “running amuck’’ of the Malays. A Malay who is a drunkard, in the use of bhang, which is a preparation of the Indian hemp, or who is habitually under the influence of the narcotic of the kola nut, frequently becomes so crazed with nervous excite- ment that he seizes a knife, and, rushing stabs all who into the street, cuts and may be in his way. The phrase ‘‘running the Malay word ‘‘amok’’—that is kill—which amuck’’ is said to be derived from shouts when The rule in such cases is for the people to pursue such a madman commonly engaged in his bloody career. the maniac and put him to death as soon to stop his terrible assaults. He is regarded as a furious beast, a dog raging with hy- drophobia, as possible, as there is no other way whom the common safety de- mands shail be dispatched in the most summary way attainable. But the mad Malay is made so by ex- His are ealculation and premeditation. His crimes are extenua- ted by the fact that a powerful drug has his reason, and although by his own act, a vietim of adis- ordered and distraught system. The case of the modern murder madmen is wholly different. They deliberately provide themselves with the most deadly cessive stimulation. atrocities not the result of cold overthrown he is, neryous and they fire it in a parliament house, in a restaurant, ina in a railway station, in any place, indeed, where there are people assembled. These people are not Known to the assassin; they have never harmed him; he can have no reason to wish them harm, and seek their destruction; but, all the same, theatre, This monster, who outrages in his every sentiment of human nature, and every logical rule of human action, no} longer merits the treatment accorded men. Heisafurious beast who ought, to be killed as quickly as possible, only | taking care to ascertain that the real criminal is the one upon whom the doom is to be visited. The man who murders for revenge, for jealousy, for the purpose of remov-| ing out of his way one who troubles him, has at least a Jogical reason for his act. He who murders for the sake of piunder | or a bribe, or even to sell the body of his | victim, commits an act which can be un- | derstood. It is still human despite its | atrocity; but the man who hurls a boom into an assemblage of people in whom} he has no sori of interest commits an act which passes all explanation and all comprehension. Dynamite madness is essentially a pro- duct of this age. Is it the ready posses- sion of the power to destroy which in- spires a desire to work destruction upon the unsuspecting and the innocent? There have beep monsters of depravity who have wished that the whole of mankind had but a single neck in order that they might sever and behead it. No sane im- agination can fathom such wickedness, but we see it realized in the wretch who throws a boom of dynamite into a crowded assemblage of people. His only desire is to destroy as many as possible. This is a product of the Nineteenth Century, of the last decade of it. What can have caused such a terrible perver- sion of human reason? Whocan under- stand such monstrous madness? If there were occasionally only a rare and isolated case, the fact would be astonishing enough: but they are numerous. They are not confined to any country, they are not peculiar to any race. Here, in this free America; in France, a republic; these madmen are as numerous as they are in the domain of the most arbitrary despot. They are more plenty under the flag of liberty than they are in the dominion of the Czar. What has caused this madness of the people? Who shall stay it? HUMAN VS. IRON MACHINES. It has been estimated, probably on a basis entirely reasonable, that with the improvement in agricultural machinery, such as gang plows, seed planters, har- vesters that cut and bind grain, and other appliances that promote economy in threshing and cleaning, and with sufficient horse power, three men on a farm can do the work which was for- merly done by fourteen. Doubtless this is true of agricultural work, as it is of almost every other sort. By the introduction of ingenious ma- chines into every manufacturing and mechanical business the demand for hand labor is immensely abridged. Of |machine earns more money than when | ; he was a mere hand-worker; and destructive explosive known to man, | in a church, | jess to} eourse, the expert operative with a but it must be remembered that he is doing the work once performed by several men. Thus it appears that the extensive in- | | crime every instinct of animal life andj} THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. duction, and, consequently, cheapens the articles produced, without lowering wages. So far, machinery is a grand benefit; but it must end in bringing on a period when it will displace a vast number of hand-workers, who will be driven from one calling to another until there will be 'no place for them in the world of work. The first result will be the cutting down of the wages of the machine operatives. Then will come a time when the number | of the unemployed will be so great that | they will be a tax on the working com- munity. Human beings will be forced to give place to machines; the creatures that must eat bread will be set aside for the creatures which consume coal. Perhaps this period in the history of industry has not yet come into existence, and the human race should hope most earnestly that it has not; but it is cer- tainly a possibility. This is an age of mechanical invention, and the wonders that have been accomplished within a few years past prepare the expectation for developments still more astonishing and potential, so that it is entirely possi- ble that the power and usefulness of machinery will be vastly multiplied over what is now realized. When that time shail come, a crisis will arrive, the nature of which will be terrible. When it comes to an issue as to whether the machines of muscle and nerve, or the machines of steel and brass, are to succumb, it will be found that blood is thicker than water, and human sympathy is more potential than are steam and electricity. But let all good people kope that such a period is still faroff. The undeveloped resources of this Western Hemisphere are inconceiv- ably immense and they have scarcely been touched. This New World can sup- port for centuries the entire population of the globe. The solution to the prob- lem of relief for the unemployed is to be solved by populating and opening up the uncovered wealth of the three Americas. It means life and support for millions of people for centuries of time. With such a future, there is noneed to despond at the present gloomy industrial situation. TO REVIVE AMERICAN SHIPPING. It ought to be a source of great mor- tification to the American people that their mercantile marine cuts no figure in the commerce of the world, but that it has been practically driven from the ocean. It ought to be a cause for a blush of shame to every citizen of the United States who has any sort of publie spirit or patriotism to reflect that this great republic virtually has no shipping, except what is employed in the interior and coasting trade between United States ports. But it does not appear that there is any such sense of humiliation. Nobody seems to be in any way abashed at the fact, and nobody cares, perhaps, save the American seamen who cannot find employment afloat, because all the ships | are foreign ships, and the only sailors in demand are foreign seamen. All the cotton that goes out of this country to | troduction of machinery into industrial | operations has not lowered wages to the | individual worker, but it has resulted in displacing other workers, who are |driven, in many cases, to seek other fields of labor. Without doubt, the most Europe; all the grain, hog and dairy | products, and petroleum, which are ex- ported from the United States to foreign | countries, are sent out in foreign ships, | under foreign flags, and millions on mil- ‘lions of dollars yearly of American he fires his dynamite into their midst valuable result of the use of machinery | money is paid out to foreigners for this and kills as many as possible. jis that it enormously increases pro-| service. In the same way all the foreign manufactured goods which are imported into this country come in foreign bot- toms, and the freight money is earned by foreigners. This has been the case for many years and no attempt has been made by the American people or by Con- gress toapply a remedy, and this fact establishes beyond question the convic- tion that the American people are satis- fied, that they do not want any ships, that they do not desire to see their flag upon the ocean orrepresented among the vessels that gather in the great shipping ports of the world. But if there is no patriotic pride on this subject in the breast of any Ameri- can citizen, there ought to be some busi- ness considerations that would move the people. It should seem natural that some Americans would wish to secure a share of the money to be earned in the enormous carrying trade which is fur- nished by the import and export business of this country, and it is time that some- thing were done to wipe away the vast reproach that the lack of an American mercantile marine has placed upon this country. Gripsack Brigade. J. H. Clement, of Plainwell, has en- gaged to travel in Northern Michigan for the Lamb Knit Goods Co., of Colon. Peter Fox (Musselman Grocer Co.) and James A. Massie (I. M. Clark Grocery Co.) have both taken up their abode at Wellington Flats. The next monthly dance and ‘‘good time’’ of Post E will take place at Elk’s Hall on the evening of April 14. Due notice of the event will be given the members in the usual way. Wm. H. Pipp is this week removing his fdmily from Chicago to this city and installing them at 238 Jefferson avenue. Mr. Pipp will be an important accession to the ball club now in process of organ- ization among the traveling men here, as he is one of the most skillful pitchers in the State. Ben Van Leuven is fathering the pro- ject of organizing a base ball club, to be composed solely of Grand Rapids travel- ing men. Itis understood that similar clubs have been or will be organized at Detroit, Saginaw and Lansing, so that a series of combination games ean be played during the summer season. pectin ip enna The Drug Market. Gum Opium—More favorable reports of the growing crop and large arrivals have weakened the market, but not as much as it would if it were not for the expected duty to be placed on the article. Morphia—Steady. Quinine—Firm, but unchanged. advance is expected. Norway Cod Liver Oil—Advanced over $10 a barrel of thirty gallons in the past two weeks and higher prices are looked for on account of the small catch. The rebate on Paris Green has been fixed as follows, but the list price is not yet announced: On 500 to 1,000 pounds, 1 cent; on 1,000 to 2,000 pounds, 14 cents; 2,000 to 3,000 pounds, 2 cents. Linseed Oil is in good demand and higher prices are looked for. An i ee The American Bell Telephone Com- pany has paid in dividends from 1880 to 1893 inclusive a total of $23,100,000, being an average per year of $1,750,435 on an average capitalization during the same period of $11,209,035. ¥ r ‘does not ‘‘touch v The Tobacco Law of 1889. GRAND RApips, Feb. 28—Every tobac- co dealer and grocer in this city is bothered every day by parents sending their children for tobacco, and many dealers give it to them contrary to law, as I understand it. When some try to keep the law relative to the sale of to- bacco to minors and the duty of parents in such connection, they get into hot water because their neighbors will sell without regard to law. Only a few days ago a certain grocer was very much sur- prised to hear of such a law in existence in our State. Would not the publication of said law do good by calling the atten- of the trade to the matter? Suggestively yours, Geo. H. Cons. letter was received some time ago and Tur TRADESMAN has spent considerable time in looking into the matter complained of. There are not many grocers and dealers in tobaceo but what know of the existence of the law, and yet it is hard to find a grocer who deals in tobacco who does not violate the law almost every day. It would seem almost as though the self-respect of the dealer and his reputation as a law-abid- ing citizen ought to be sufficient to keep him from violating any law, but when it comes to supplying children with tobacco without knowing what they are going to do with it, it isnot merely that the law is broken, but it is an offense against humanity. Cigarette smoking, especi- ally, should be frowned upon by every honest dealer. It may be true that the young man or boy who has no more mind than to smoke cigarettes can hardly be injured by their use, but, at the same time, the sale of cigarettes by any dealer to one not legally entitled to purchase them is acrime punishable by law and one which no reputable dealer should be guilty of. It is a hard matter for the police department to deal with. They have something else to do besides hang- ing around stores to see that the dealers do not violate the law of the State. So far as can be learned, the only complaints that have been made have been either through jealousy the part of one dealer against another, or because a cus- The above on tomer, has for some reason or other, be- come disgruntled wishes ‘“‘to get even.” Just how this law can be best enforced it is hard to It ought to sufficient for any dealer that there is a law against selling with his grocer, and say. be tobacco to minors; but it seems that even in the grocery trade there are to be found men who will law—if it their pockets.’’ While the grocers are themselves endeavoring to make law-abiding citizens of another class of traders they ought, certainly, to be willing to keep the laws regulating their own trade. The following is the law as passed by the State Legislature in 1889: obey a Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact: That it shall not be law- ful for any person by himself, his clerk or agent, to sell, give or furnish any cigar, cigarette, cheroot, chewing or smoking tobacco, or tobacco in any form whatsoever, to any minor ander seven- teen years of age, unless upon the writ- ten order of the parent or guardian of said minor. Section 2. Any person who shall will- fully violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dol- lars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the dis- cretion of the court. | Sensible Suggestions on the Peddling | to beautify your conduct in it. | Evil. Though | have frequently referred to | the matter recently, I have not ex- | pressed a preference for change in any | given direction in the schedule of fees | for city peddling licenses. I now propose | to advocate one single fee for all classes | of peddlers, and allow the peddler who | takes out a license and pays the fee to! sell what he pleases. In other words, | call him a peddler, whether he carries his goods in a basket, a hand-cart or a | wagon, or sells fruit or vegetables, and license him as such. It may appear a little hard on the man who ean only afford to use a basket to compel him to pay as much as the man who has a horse and wagon, but of the two evils the wagon peddler is the least, and anything that promises to abate the basket nui- sance is, at least, worthy of considera- tion. If one uniform rate is adopted, it will be much easier for the police to keep track of them; every man who peddles must then have a license, and the level | rate will put an end to the question as to whether the peddler is selling in his proper class, and whether he has paid the proper fee. Then, when a man is charged with peddling without a license, the whole ground is covered, and it is unnecessary to specify or prove what he peddled. Let the Committee appointed at the last meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association get to work and put the matter into shape so that it may be ready to present to the new Council atits first meeting, and so save several weeks which were lost last year by the failure of the Council to act promptly. In line with the above, and as a remedy for the many abuses in connec- tion with the enforcement of the license ordinance under the present system, I suggest that this whole matter, the issuing of licenses, and collection of fees, as well as the enforcement of the law, be putin charge of the police de- partment. Of course, this would necessi- tate an amendment to the city charter, but it would result in untold benefit to the city, as it would put an end to the granting of licenses to undesirable par- ties. Take saloon licenses, as an exam- ple. The police are certainly in an ex- cellent position to know who should and who should not have licenses. The character of every saloon in the city is well known to the department, and no man would be granted a license who has in the past abused his license privileges. As it is now, it is largely a matter of po- litical favoritism, the man who has a ‘‘pull’? can generally get a license, or anything else he may want. The ped- dlers have votes and they have friends who have votes, and this is the chief reason for the leniency with which they have been treated in the past. There is absolutely nv polities in the administra- | tion of the police regulations ef the city, and if the department were given entire | charge of the licenses, the law would be strictly and impartially enforced. This is the way the business is done in the city of Boston, and the result has been most satisfactory. Grand Rapids has a police force second to none in the coun- try in efficiency and intelligence, and, if they were not hampered by officials who are afraid of hurting themselves political- ly, the laws would be much better en- forced than they are. DANIEL ABBOTT. lige From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the fullowing gentlemen in trade: THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. FEW SPECIALTIES CONTROLLED BY US FOR WESTERN MICHIGAN a WITHINGTON & COOLEY [inf. Co. 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State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Three Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Four Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. Five Years—F. W.R. Perry, Detroit. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Treasurer —Geo. Gundrum, 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. STAMPS FOR PATENT MEDICINE. If a tax is put on proprietary ar- ticles, as is proposed in the Senate, a new industry will be opened to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, an industry that was abandoned eleven years ago, as it was thought, forever. So certain was the Chief of the Bureau on that day that the Government would never return to the old system of taxing proprietary articles that he destroyed all of the plates which were used in print- ing the special stamps, and, if the new law should be enacted, a new set of de- signs and a new set of plates would have te be made. This would bea pretty ex- pensive matter, but the expense would all fall on the manufacturers, so the offi- cials of the Treasury Department are not worrying about it. The Bureau of Engraving now makes only four varieties of revenue stamps. They are for distilled spirits, fermented spirits, tobaeco and snuff. These stamps are of different denominations, and each denomination has its own design. But the tobacco stamp of one denomination issued to one manufacturer is the same as the tobacco stamp of the same denom- ination issued to another manufacturer. They are not the stamps of John Smith & Co., but the stamps of the Government. There is some distinction {made in the elaborateness and ornateness of the de- signs of these different stamps. The stamp which is to go on the box of cigars which stands on your library table is a little more picturesque than the stamp which is used on the strip tobacco pack- age. The Bureau concedes so much to art. There is this difference, too, in the preparation of these stamps. Two years ago Chief Meredith, the predecessor of Chief Johnson, determined to do the printing of the strip tobacco stamps on a Hoe press. He made the change and saved the Government more than $130,000 ayear. But when the question of print- ing the other stamps on the cylinder press was taken up he considered the question of artistic finish; and he econ- tinued to print them by hand. As the stamps printed by steam are only one- tenth of the stamps printed in the Bureau, it looks as though the Govern- ment ought to save more than $1,000,000 by putting all the work on the cylinder press. But Congress décided a few years ago that the finer work of the Bureau must be done on the hand pres- ses; so the Bureau continues to use these presses for the higher denomina- tions of stamps. The internal revenue stamps used to levy atax on ‘‘patent medicines’’ were of varied designs. There was a common stamp for these medicines, just as there is for tobacco. But under the law any manufacturer who was willing to bear the additional expense of preparing a special die and the additional expense, if any, of printing stamps after his own design, could have special stamps printed for him at the Bureau. And so many of the proprietors of well-known proprie- tary articles availed themselves of this privilege, because of the distinction which it carried, that the Bureau had on hand at the time the law taxing these articles was repealed, between 200 and 300 dies. All of these dies had been made in the Bureau. No plate made outside of the Bureau is used there, and no die has been as yet. When the Bureau takes the contract for printing the post- age stamps on July 1 it will use the dies of the contractors who are now doing the work. These dies were made by the engravers of this private concern, but they were paid for by the Postoffice Department and are the property of the Government. Not only was the engraving for the “patent medicine’ stamps done in the Bureau, but the designing of most of them was done by the Bureau artists. They were quite as competent to throw a glamor around a little liver pill as a pri- vate workman was. The Bureau was paid for their work in proportion to the elaborateness of the design. Within reasonable bounds, of course, there was no limit tothe size of the stamp which could be used. The plea of the man- ufacturers was that their distinctive labels, which had cost a great deal of money, would be spoiled by the imposi- tion of the little square stamp of faded red which was issued by the Government. So authority was given them to have stamps made to conform to these labels, and some of them went so far as to have the Bureau print the labels themselves as a partof the design of the stamp. It seems rather ridiculous for the Govern- ment to be printing labels for bottles of sarsaparilla, but that is what the Treas- ury Department may come to if the new law is enacted and the old policy of the Government is carried to a logical con- clusion. The owners of the proprietary articles had a lively taste in colors which the Government did not attempt to curb. The Bureau stood ready to print stamps in pea green or a rich magenta; in maza- rine blue or salmon pink. There was only one limit to the fancy of the ‘“‘patent medicine” man—the limit of cost. Most of tbe special revenue stamps were larger than the stamps issued for the Treasury Department. Then the Gov- ernment’s stamp was printed in a very cheap color. There is a wide variation in the cost of color printing. The ‘‘med- icine-man’’ could have made bis stamps cost more than his bottles if he had wished. The Bureau figured out for him what the design was worth; what the first engraving cost; and then the cost of reproducing the engraving on the num- ber of dies necessary to his work. After that there was an estimate of the cost of the dry colors and the cost of printing. To this was added the amount of the tax represented by each stamp, and then from the total was subtracted the actual cost of printing the revenue stamps of the Government. That was the process by which the value of the special design stamps was estimated. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing keeps several thousand dies and plates always on hand, but whenever it seems probable that one of them will not be needed again, it is taken to the navy yard, broken up, cast into the furnace and melted. All of this is done with due solemnity in the presence of a committee of Treasury Clerks. The ‘‘patent medi- cine’’ dies were destroyed in this way. There are some pretty shrewd lawyers in Washington, who make a specialty of cases against the Government. One of these, C. H. Parsons, fancied that the people who had paid for the special pro- prietary stamps had a proprietary inter- est in the dies. So he obtained authority from the medicine makers and filed a claim with the Treasury Department for the value of them. The First Comp- troller disallowed the claim, after it had been pending for several years. Only a short time ago this claim was revived and the Comptroller again disallowed it. Of course, the new stamps, if they are needed, can be redrawn from the old stamps. But the Bureau has not even copies to follow. The other internal revenue stamps, the bonds and other securities of the Gov- ernment are preserved in glass cases on the walls of the Bureau and in the offices of the Treasurer of the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury. But none of the proprietary stamps were preserved. They would make a very in- teresting collection. In fact, they are very interesting exhibits in the collec- tions of stamps of the United States in the albums of some of the philatelists. The stamp collector is after postage stamps particularly; but internal revenue stamps are an interesting side issue and many of the special designs used on _ proprie- tary medicines are rare and have a great value to collectors. This is only in the case of medicines which were taken off the market shortly after the new stamps were put in use, or those which changed the designs of their stamps. Of the stamps most in use it was not at all diffi- cult to obtain copies while they were being issued. Now some of them are hard to get. Collectors will have some difficulty in obtaining copies of the internal revenue stamps from the Bureau if the new law is passed. There has been no difficulty in obtaining India proofs or specimens of postage stamps from the Postoffice department in the past; but even that may be changed when the Bureau of En- graving undertakes the contract of print- ing the postage stamps next July. The Solicitor of the Treasury Department has made a ruling that it is contrary to law for the Bureau to give anyone speci- mens of its work on the securities of the Government. He has ruled that the Bureau chief who sent specimens of the bonds of the United States to the office of the Secretary of the Treasury violated the law. No one, he says, has any right to issue anything in the form of an obli- gation of the Government except by authority of law, and there is no law permitting the Bureau to give specimens of its work to even the Secretary of the Treasury. There are some exceptions to this rule of the department. There are some engravings done as practice work by the apprentices in the Bureau which are never used on securities, and of which copies are sometimes given to vis- itors as mementoes of the Government’s big money mill. Then the practice has grown up of recent years of giving away eopies of the portraits of public men which have been engraved for use on bank notes or bonds. This practice is not encouraged, but it is not forbidden. The Bureau people are amused at the proposition that they may be prevented by some adverse action of the Appropria- tions Committee undertaking the busi- ness of printing the postage stamps. Two of the Pennsylvania Representatives in Congress have stated recently that they would oppose an appropriation asked for extending the Bureau on the ground that the Chief had no right to undertake the stamp contract without authority of Congress. The Appropria- tions Committee may refuse to grant this appropriation, and the Bureau people will be very sorry to see this done. But the refusal will not affect the status of the stamp contract. The Bureau has not asked any appropriation for the purpose of carrying out the stamp contract. That contract carries itself out. The general appropriation for the support of the Postoffice Department provides for the printing of the stamps. The pay for the work will come to the Bureau not in the Treasury appropriation, but in the Postoffice appropriation. The Bureau people are also inclined to rid- icule the claim of the private bidders for the postage stamp contract that there are trade secrets in making the stamps which they do not know. They say that if there are any such secrets, the owners of them are quite welcome to keep them. The Bureau made its bid for the contract after figuring the cost of the stamps by its own process. If its estimates are correct, it ought to come out even on the contract at the very worst. The color work on the postage stamps will not be new to the Bureau. In ad- dition to the work which it has done on proprietary stamps, it has mixed and used every shade of color in its other work. Brown was used on the “brown backs,’”? green on the ‘‘greenbacks’’; different blues on customs stamps and on the backs of bonds. All of the mixing of colors is done in the Bureau. So if any complaint is made of the quality of the ink used on the new stamps, as has been done in some of the old ones, there will be no difficulty in tracing the re- sponsibility. GEORGE GRANTHAM BAIN. Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent Gomnty Savings Bank GRAND RAPIDS ,MIOCH. Jno. A. Covope Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. S. Verp1IER, Cashier. K. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r, Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits, DIRECTORS: Jno, A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, T. J.O’Brien, A.J. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee J. A. 8. Verdier. Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars. =f. \ Ee gta iyeh} NO CURE, NO MUSTACHE, NO PAY. NO PAY. DANDRUFF CURED. I 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 tome. State tho exact condition of the scalp and your occu- pation _ RUF. G. BIRKHOLZ, Roow 111 Masonic Temple, Cuicaeo er THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 11 Wholesa le Price Current. Morphia, 8. P. & ¥ — Setditts Mixture...... 2 2 Linseed, polled... 55 LN. ¥. @ - at” ‘oot, winte hh Cte... 2 2@2 50 Pt = Lae @ 30/_ strained. r 65 70 Advanced—Norway Cod Liver Oil. Declined—Opium, ee, —.---: at = “—. accaboy, De SpiritsTurpentine.__ 37 40 OEE Oe a @ 3% Nux Vomica, (po 2).. @ 10] Snuff, Scotch, De. Voos @ 3 PAINTS, bbl. Ib. ACIDUM, Cubebae. @ TINCTURES. on Sena. 15@ 18 | Soda Boras, (po. 11). 10@ 11] Red Venetian.......... Aceticum . 8@ 10 Exechthitos.. Oe dei Pe Bg Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30 Ochre, yellow —- Benzoicum German... 65@ 75 | Erigeron ... 9 conitum —s- + EE ee @2 00] Soda Carb............ “1%@ a Rae 20 Gaultheria ee 2 00@2 10} 4 oes - 50 Plels Liq, N.aC., % gal Soda, Bi-Carb......... @ 5) Putty, commerciai Carbolicum .......... 20@ 30] Geranium, ounce..... _2@ zi and myrrh co. Se @2 00 i 34@ 4)“ strictly pure.....2i¢ %@3 Citricum eae ae — aa... .. 70@ 7 err . = Picis Liq., Soy ae @1 00 a nee... 2} Vermilion Prime Amer- Roemer eo. 8@ 5 : a @ 85 | Spts. EtherCo........ i ee : Nae 10@ 12] Junipert.. 50@2 - © Ph Hydrarh, (po. 80) .. G@ 3, “ Myreia Dom..... @2 25 Vermilion, English.... aes Li g 70 Craton 0 10@ 12| Lavendula in - 60/ Piper Nigra, (po. 7. @ 1 « * Mini Be @3 00| Green, Peninsular. salieylicum EL oa 20 ean Paes. : pn 2 a = a Alba, » (po $5). @ . ini Rect. bbl. Bead) red), Sestoeas.... 7 5 Seweeeaa tiper..........3 Bs Gi, ~~ VW----- | ce ccc 6 6 6 USE Ol 2 25@2 35 x wae... Sulphuricum.. -. 1%@ 5| Menthe Verid. 2 2@2 30 or wtteeee - 50 Plumb! . cet a 14@ 15 aoeaus’ cash ten ao Whiting, white Span... & antien |. 1 4o@1 60 | Morrhuae, gal. 1 30@1 40 7 ponte oat ee aia 50 | Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... 1 40@1 45} Whiting, Gilders’.... | @% Tartaricum........... 33 | Myrcia, ounce. @ xX Cue B.... 2. %5/| Pyrethrum, boxes H Sulphur, See... 24@3 | White, aris American 1¢@ live . 90@3 00 sg cum ........... St) GP. D. Co., dos..... @1 2 Be 2° @ 2%| Whiting, Paris Eng. AMMONIA. Picis Liquida, (gal. 35) 10@ 12} C4 damon... .... ++ % Pyrethrum, pv........ 0@ Le ee 8@ ei) gl Aqua, 16 deg.......... 6 — a 1 2@1 28 a He = Qufnis ee &@ Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30/| Pioneer ee Painti 2g ‘ aoe 6@ 8 oo rink. ‘an = a UCC “fo | Quinia, 8. P.& W...: “aae@nnig Theobromae .......... 45 @ 48/ Swiss Villa Prepared Carbones eee 12@ 14) oreehad a = German.... 27@ Vee 9 ¥ COmI6 00 Fa 1 00@1 20 Chloride 00000010002 = 1 ‘sees ae aaa go | Rubia Tinctorum..... 126 4 Zinci Sulph.......... 7@ 8 VABNISHES, ci aa 3 50@7 00 | Columba ... 222222 50 a Lactis pv. sae aia No. 1 Turp Coach... .1 10@1 20 Black 2 on | Sassafras...... 50@ §5|Conlum........... 59 | Salacin................ 00@2 10 ’ Extra Tur - 16001 70 ee ee cece ae 00@2 2 Sintala, can. canes. @ 65 | Cubeba 59 | Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal| Coach Body. BTOWR.............++- - 00} Tiel @ 90| Digitalis ....2.222! ee ge oo a 4 = winter........ 70 70} No. 1 Turp ai EO 4 Ee 10 Se ce ee Pee edule s L Org, Getta... Se Se OG essed 2 503 00 aay a = Geamiend ae = CT @ 15| Lard, No. 1........... 4 4 Eas i — BACCAE. ne 1 9 ae 60 Linseed, pureraw..-° 52 55)" "Purp. . 70@75 Cubeae (po 36)...... 2@ 30 POTASSIUM. " roe ar ni mon.. co Juniperus ............. ~o@ 10/ Bicarn... .. -.«, 160: 18) 2ingiber 00. | = — ——— Xanthoxylum. . 2@ 30) bichromate ........... 13@ 14 Hyoscyamus...... 50 BALSAMUM. — ee eee oe | . ea ae 5 S : 4 Yolorless. 15 Conatha .. bcd ue.. nae we = ¢ ae (po. 23@25) ._ 24@ 26] Ferri Chloridum 35 Terabin, Canada .... 60@ 65) Taide.” --72-7"7"77"9 0B, S| Hino, --.--------- EH TOOee..-.. 35@ 50 | Potassa, Bitart, pare. 27@ we 50 Cues Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15; Nux Vomica....... 50 ies, Conlin ’ 18 — a opt cous 8@ 10 Opii es ee ca 85 vite teense: otass Nitras.......... 7@ 9] “ Camphorated 50 G d R. id ri h. Cassiae .... eS ‘ aa faces as eee ee — . reed 2 00 ran apl S, Ic Euonymus atropurp........ Se terns AurentiCertax...... ....__. 50 Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20 RADIX, ee =, casas Prunus Virgini.............. Wthciitve ‘ 25 ae 50 9 ee Oe Tere... 22@ 25] Hhel......... i. 50 ee SiAteoae 129@ 15 | Cassia Acutifol.. 50 a @ @ Ulmus Po (Grourd 15)...... 6p Atee, pe @ ec 50 Catena 20@ 40 Serpentarta fee one eee cea, 50 EXTRACTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..._. 8@ 10 ee eee 60 Glycyrrhiza — 24@ 25 | Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18] Tolutan. 60 Va Te 33@ 35 My aeastin eee, ee... Haematox, 151 ib. box.. 11@ 12 35) @ 30 Veratrum Veride............ 50 ay a cd ee aa es 13@ i4 eliebore, Ala, po.... 15@ 20 MISCELLANEOUS ‘“ — 1 16 imal pe... 15@ 2 i “ gs. 16@ 17| Ipecac, po............ 60@1 75 | ther, Spts Nit,3 F.. 28%@ 30 FERRU iris plox _ 35@38).. 35@ z ion . ~ 15) “oondrug ............. Caugeha, 19, (48,1448, fom oe. ‘a4 Cinchonidine, P. & W 15Q 2 ees 55@ 60] Liml............ 4 4% | oor i German 8%@ 12 Assafestida, (po.35).. 40 45 coe. Gm. 8%). a a 75 ee ds 50] PhariarieCanarian.... 3 @ 4 crea ee 3% Euphorbium Po ..... 35@ 10 Ginanis Alb setae , @ a a : Galbanom............. @2 50 ps had a, a ea Gamboge, po.......... 0@ 7 Nigra... N@ 12) , aun ae @ 11 Guaiacum, (po 35).... @ 30 SPIRITUS. ae - Kino, (po 1 10)....... @! 15] Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00g 50 | & — = wae @ 80 a DF ees Caaneer........ @2x astic . _ . D7. R.....1 Mae oo Cupri Sulph Myrrh, (po @ ae Hee REED 1 5@1 80 | Dobtine? = 2 Opll. (po 4 20@4 30) 2 908 to Juniperis Co. O.T...11 65@2 00| Riner Selph 7 1 12 ater as. lhe 1 75@3 50 wther Sulph........... 0@ % “bleached... . 330. 35 Saacharum N. B......1 75@2 00 | @mery, all numbers.. @ Tragacanth ........... 40@1 00] Spt. Vint Gallf...2 2°. 1 706 BO ee gets ars: @ 6 HERBA—In ounce packages. Vini = eee ae 1 25@2 00 oe , panne ie = 6 ies .. 95] Vint Alba.............125@200/ Gana... 7B OB 24 Handsome Shadesy ~~» Bupatorium = SPONGES. Gelatin, ¢ aa 7 $ i obelia..... 4 r. idle os a Majorum. 23 a owt we ee French........ 40@ 60 4 Special Mentha Piperita 23| wassan sheops’ wool ih Glassware Aint, OY box 80. ive | carriage ............ Sean tae bee VERMILLION, Ort ---s-- = Velvet extra sheeps’ Glue, Brown Ca = 15 CANARY YELLOW, eee Swed hen. ae DARK BLUE, MAGNESIA. CaeANe 85 ee steeeeee ah 2 BLIND GREEN. Caloined, Pat.......... 55@ 60 | Grass sheeps’ wool car- EO os ss 55 ee See — (8 | Fleor Paints Carbonate, Jennings. 3@ 30 | Yellow Reef, tor siaie a Rubra °.> dude ES Gs ST 1 40 i foo un = 4 Shades. Sein. ns 50@+4 00 SYRUPS. Hydrargyrum......... @ & mygdalae, Dulc... .. on © ees. se. 50 | Ichthyobolla, 25@: Q a . i! oo 7 > y . ydalse, Amarac....8 008 2 ee ee BOI oo Send for Sample Card and prices and make up your Sie eek ge aes Dee Ore ee ae i bans «oso OR Snrince > Auranti Cortex....... 2 Uae Ferri Re 50 foaine, Wont —— ? BA ~ Spi ing Orde : Gai a ade 3 oo = a ere. 3. oe See @2 25 PNR owe calc g ae 5 5 e «cees- OO) LvOCODOGIOM .......... 7 Caryophyiii eee ee 75@ 80 Similax Ofticinalis.. eee ceases 60 Macis ht eo oaie cong « oe % } 0 Sie sibeyis ne laces e...... S Li ava i et Hy- C0 Cinnamonit 1 10@1 15 ne em NRE SAE 60 Liquor Fotags Arsinitis 100 iz Tr cekereseek ae eo. Pp Conium Mac.......... ne 50 tay oc eS 2 4 on TT Been OI ecu. 50 | Mannia, 8. F.......... oo 63 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GROC! The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. FRY PRIC quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Co wed Ele They CURRENT. are prepared just before those who have poor credit. Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. i | AXLE GREASE. | - . Apricots. j CATSUP. doz gross; Live oak....... . ce 1 40 Aurora ce ~ € 001 este Ore........ _.. 1 40 Blue Label Brand. il ‘astor Oil 6) aie. ll 1 59 | Half pint, 25 bottles........ 2 75 ae. 50 5 0 Overland............ 1 40} Pint C wee 4 50 Frazer’s..........-- 75 900) 0 | Blackberries. Quart ‘on ae : 3 50 a lL LULL CU 7 oo FE. co ee 90 _ Triump rand. nc os ean Cherries. Half pint, per doz..........135 cies celeste Rea Hane 1 10@1 25 aa : Bz N oh. tte< amburghb ..... 75 1 Oe is woe was e “co eee... .. — a : 5p CLOTHES PINS mg SL. 1 30 cS NS. ¢ Ib. cans, 3 doz 45 iv: ee 75 | Damsons, —" and Green | 5 pross boxes..........-. 44@45 _" # 1 © | Erie - 120 Bikes ers o,f oo hen aged adel is COCOA SHELLS. Arctic Lenmar momen tea ney i I cans 6 doz case - _ 551 common Gooseberries. 125 =m oeee.............., ae ese” £60: * — r Peaches. Lees quantity........... (aM Pe eS ie go | Pound packeges.-.---..6%@7 aoz s) < ¢ Cream Flake. eeneents ae i % COFFEE. a ee 45 | California... 160@1 75 Green. 4 02Z + doz 60 | Monitor Rio 6 0z 4doz itt oo. . 8 oz “ 4doz 1 10 ' a a i : . — 2 00 Pears. ae pee eee eo . ea 9 go | Domestic..........--- 1 25| Prime 25 2 ft . a nen 40 | Riverside.............. 1 | Golden. 9 — a b me 75 Pineapples. Peaberry ... 2 Se eee 1 00@1 30 “Soa naa ri se 1 4° | Johnson’s sliced...... 2 50 ve. , Telfer’s, % lb. cans, doz. 45 “ ee ts So. 85 grated..... « © | Good 20 hip. us 7) yop | Booth’ssliced......... @25)/ prime 00207. Our Leader, %4 Ib cans. 45 aon ' Ol Pasberry 20.0.) Se se i 1) Cans...... Din ee ‘“ Mexican and Guatamala. 7 heme + 5 | Common ea 1 10) poir > Ee pupbection, 9 | MBE <----------2neer-enereees 21 BATH BRICK. a ‘ice = lack Hamburg..... 1 50 wagner egg 2 dozen in case. _| Erie. black .. 1 20] prime Vo on English a 90 . Strawberries. Miliea ee 24 1 sf ba n og 2 ae 2 aie 70 cian el i = Interi Java. me 1 20 teens Gusatl. _ BLUING. Gross 7 staat 1 05 Mandehiing eenmeen " “a hortleberries. : a. Arctic, pi ovals....-- 3 vf Blueberries ........ . 85 | tmitation Mocha. a : § : =< Se Meats. : : a — pints, round ......-. 9% | Corned beef Libby’s. sao ang “No. 2,siftiug box... 275) Roast beet Armour’s.......1 80 Roasted. >: oe op | Potted ham, % Ib...........140] To ascertain cost of roasted i cake as 4 % a eee e ene , 85 | coffee, add sc. per Ib, for roast- Mexican Liquid, 4 oz a. 1. he ' ’ tu....... 6a dice tip _ = \ - hicken, 4 Ib ...... c ackage. BROOMS, "aa McLaaghlin’s XXXX.. 23 9% so A : : ae... do. 2 Hurl........... .. 17 | Hamburgh stringless. -.....1 25) rion, 60 or 100 Ib. case... 23 95 No.1 * .8e Frence eeyee..... 2B No. 2 Carpet acy 22 i ' ——...., 1.2 Extract, i. we 9 5p | Lama, green.................125 | Valley Ci oe ints ao _ —. .,.,,lCU a aes. tl —— | Lao 1 15 Common Whisk... go | Lewis Boston Baked........1 35 | Hummel’s, foil, gross...... 1 65 Fancy é Ee i 00 Bay State Poe 2 1 3 4s tin “ 28 Warehouse.... 3 o)| World’s Fair Baked........1 3 , rieniepakod............ 1 90 CHICORY. . Corn. BRUSHES. eT 5 ase We f................ I = Baen ...........4 i) wee.- . oe 8 ss - - .. iw eee 8. ‘E, cS Lit ‘ _ = 6... ee eS saanecnaiammnated Rice Root Scrub, 2 row.... 85 | Morning Glory............. Cotton, 40ft.......per dos. 1 2 Rice Root Scrub, 3row.... 1 25| Soaked...... 5 ts ae. a Palmeiss, poews........--.. 5 DD Peas. - 60 ft " i 6 Hamburgh marrofat...... As ' _o....- - is CANDLES. . early June...... ' 80 ft _ Hotel, 40 ib. boxes.. 10 Champion Eng..1 50} Jute a e...... - 8 Star, 40 ‘ / 9 ere = Loci 1% o Oe oot “ i 00 . anc i. on oe — 10 | soaked... 63| CONDENSED MILE. sli e ae standard. wna eeene 5 4 doz. in case. anCamp’s marrofat.......1 10 : So ae = early June : 2p | sh. Archer’s Early Blossom....1 25 Clams. Pas... ..-.....,... 2 1B Little Neck, 1 lb 1 20 Mushrooms. a . oh... ...... ee oeew ee 19921 | Clam Chowder. Pumpkin. Standard,3ib........... 9 os | Brie............-..+--.-- 85 Cove Oysters. Squash. } Standard, ilb...... 75 | Hubbard ene 15 | + . . 35 . £n. Lobsters. oo hates eee eeeeedes 1 40 ar _— i. 245/15 MORO ow on0 odd tee ee 9 « -_ = Ib 2 = moeey DOW... 150 Pienic.iib.. : 2% Erte soos ee pheb ears se it el. ee : 3 90 Tomatoes N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands Mackerel. ee 1 19 | Gail Borden Eagile..... 7 40 ee a Lee Semi eee oe settee tees eee e ee eens 6 25 “s "@ th 2 410 c a i Oo see pe ne eee © OO Mustard. — oo = = aoe. se ol. etme comet 4 50 Tomato Sauce, 2 1b _.2 25 | Gallon .......-.........-- 3 50 | Magnolia veces creeee £35 Columbia River, Hat 1 90/4 Sweet. olumbia River, fiat.. : 0) erman Sweet... ...... 23 aa - > 4 y 2» " * vc _ PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count... @4 50 Half bbls, 600 count.. 2 Th Small. Barrels, 2,400 count. 5 50 Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 23 PIPES, Clay, Wee, BO 8. 1 70 = D. tolicount........ 70 Cob, No. 8.. -_... POTASH, 48 cans in case. es. 4 00 roees he (a s.......... 3 00 RICE, Domestic. Carolina — Pes sectseageuse 6 st... 5% - ; eee eee 5 eee a, 4 Imported. Japan, No. : ee a. 5% Mee... 2... 5 a — coseee 6 eee 5% SPICES, Whole Sifted. es een 9% Cassia, China in mats...... 8 c Batavia in bund....15 a Saigon in rolls...... 2 Cloves, aeeeree. 22 a... 1% Mace Datevin....... ....... 80 Nutmegs SA 5 oa 1... feces, 70 eee ees weiss 60 Pepper, saeniie Diack ....10 PR . white.. - moe. ... Pure Ground in Bulk, Allspice 15 Cassia, Batavia... TT and — = o “ce gon. Cloves, pon oar ee 22 ee .......... 18 Ginger, aos... 16 Cocnim............ 20 - Jamaica . Lo. Mace Batavia...............65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .22 tieste 1. Motes, Mo.2 ...-......... %5 Pepper, Singapore, black... .16 white. ....24 . Cayenne...... oe Oo oe ee ee “Absolute” in Packages, 4s es Brees 3... 84 1 55 Cieeeeen............. Bf 1 & wees, 84 1 55 Ginger, Jamaica ou ce 84 155 . Birieen........ 34 ie meee ..... 8 1 55 OE oobi... 84 155 ee... ( 84 SAL SODA. Beene. ................. -. 1% Granulated, peees.......... 1% SEEDS, Anise . @i5 Canary, Smyrna... 4 Caraway . ‘ 8 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp, Russian.. 4% Mixed Bird........... 5@6 Mustard, white....... 10 ee 9 mee 1... ....... 5 Cuttie bone........... 30 STARCH, Corn. 20-1b boxes We newe dd eres couse 5X )-Ib ace laces. OE ‘Gloss. = lb packages ee os Le ee 6-Ib - ate 40 and 50 lb. boxes. oo ae ee 3% SNUFF. Scotch, in biadders......... 37 maccaboy, in jars........... 35 French Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, —. Sh sg Co 4% SALT. — sacks we vaceceas .. 02 15 5- cosets = Biol, eacks.. ~... 480 eS 1 80 43 > ‘abe 1 50 56 lb, dairy in linen bags. 2 2Sslb. . ** qin = i Warsaw. 56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 30 28 lb, “ sé ce i 16 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56)», dairy in linen sacks 75 Soiar Rock. _—_ oO 22 Common Fine. eee 85 eames £. ke a 85 SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs. in box. ME oo. co wks toe pe ee Deine... .. We clas ccesetceicceses 5 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. SOAP. Laundry. Allen B: oe 8 Brands. Old Country, 80 1-Ib........: 3 20 are Cheer, 601 — ee ae 3 30 White Borax, 100 %-Ib......3 © Proctor & Gamble. Concord.. eee se 3 45 Ivory, TS an 6 75 6 oz. ee sccecee a Oe Pee 3 65 Mottled German....... 22 Town Talk.. ede ccaee a oe Tiago Sinude OO 3% 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas. S. Kirk & Co,’s Brands. American Family, wrp'd. .34 00 plain... 2 94 N. K. Fairbank & Co.’s eBrands. panes Clee 48... 4 00 Br own, @) pare............. 2 40 ' Oo OGER ..... «-+ 5s, 3 2% — Bros, & Co.’s Brands, eee peee sd oem ea le 3 75 Gouten ee 6 00 Marseilles. . _ 4 00 eeeee oo... LD eiaee 400 Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands Co ee 3 ub Mono. eee estes cl. ae ae Savon Improv en... 2 50 SUmnower ll, 2 80 omen... 3... Ses Economical . a. Sibi Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 hand, 3 doz.. . 2 30 SUGAR. The following prices repre sent the actual selling prices in Grand Rapids, based on the act ual costin New York, with 25 cents per 100 pounds added for freight. The same quotations will not apply toany townwhere the freight rate from New York is not 5cents, but the local quotations will, perhaps, afford a better criterion of the market than to quote New York prices exclusively. Cut Loaf. -85 52 Powaere .............._.. 5 06 Granulated i . 469 Extra Fine Granulated... 4 8 OO ee See RWNX Powdered... ||| 5 43 Confec. Standard A....... 456 No. i ColumbiaA......... 459 mo. & Eyapae A...... ..... 437 +... 4 31 oO... 4 2 me 8. .42 mo Y.......... . 406 ha we... . 400 aa... 3 94 No. 12. 3 87 No. 13. 3 62 aor i... 3 50 SYRUPS. Corn. —— |... Oe 17% Pure Cane. i OO 2 Oo cee, 30 TABLE SAUCES, Lea & Perrin’s, Farge... .; 4 75 email. ..... 2% Halford, Maye... é . small et eck ceo Salad Dressing, large ..... Y ' eal... 3 TEAS, JAPAN—Regular. eee o.oo... @i7 oe la @20 Coe... .-24 @2 Choloent.......... woo oe G4 ee 10 @12 SUN CURED. ee Q@lit BASKET FIRED. gee ee 18 @20 CRGIOG. @25 Choicest.. @35 Extra choice, wire leat @40 GUNPOWDER. Common to fair....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choicest fancy........ % @s5 OOoLonNa. @26 Common co fair... ...23 @230 IMPERIAL. ‘Sommon to fair....... 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Common to fair......- 18 @26 Superior to fine....... 30 @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. an... «-18 @2e ce 24 @2s BOONE foi ci, hic, 40 @50 * TOBACCOS., Fine Cut. P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands. Sweet Russet. . oe = Seeer 8... D. Scotten & Co’s Brands. eee 60 Ue. 2.5... 32 Rocket 30 Spaulding, & Merrick’s Brands, PeCeHIe . 62... Private Brands. oe... @30 Cem Cam... ..........- @27 else Miv............. 24 @25 Unele Ben. ...........26 Ges McGinty .. . 27 % bbis.. 25 Dandy Jim ee a 2g i's orpedo . es 24 . in drums... 23 ee 28 Dee... ..-..... rise 23 Ce 22 Plug. Sorg’s Brands, BpeerneaG ............ 39 Oe fe, a7 oe Tt eee............ 40 Scotten’s Brands, Ue oes. 5... 26 Pawel... 5. 38 Vantey Coy ©... ....... 34 Finzer’s Brands. Old Homesiy.......... 40 Jolly Tar 32 Lorillard’ 8 Brands. Climax (8 0z., 41c).... 39 or ¢a Tume.......... 30 Three Black Crows... 2 J. G. Butler's Brands. Something Good.. 38 Out of Sight... 24 Wilson & McC ‘aulay’ s Brands. Gold. Hope. ........... 43 Happy a aoe 37 Messmate . oe he Ot ae 31 Pet GO. il. 27 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands, colin deica 17@18 Golden Shower ............ 19 Pepitress ..... ........... 2S Meerschaum American Eagle Co.’s Brands. mice Nayy.. ............ ee ores i. Frog . Leuesa ca Java, leg fon Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands. ee 16 Banner Cavendish..........38 Gag Cut ....... / «28 Scotten’ 8 sie wee. 15 memes Dew... ... 26 Gora Broek... _...._... 28 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands, Pecrieen. ....... a Cie Wise. ...... 8. 18 Standard. — ale Globe Tobace 0 Co.'s Brands. Erameaee.....°..___....... 41 Leidersdorf’s Brands. Oe 26 Unie fae... ... 8... —_— SOE ROOVGr lc, Spaulding & Merrick. Tom and Jerry Calais eon oo 25 Traveler Cavendish. .-38 Puce ten... .......... cs 30 Piow Boy. ...... 1.11... ~~ Corn Cake) VINEGAR. 40 Bebe ete cic ee aa wie ‘ @s ee @2 $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Bie yeroal ...... ....- 30 Beer mug, 2 doz incase... 1 75 YEAST. ie ue 1 00 Warier's ..... i 1 00 ROent eam ..8 lk. 1 00 Ree... . OO nce cee ' 90 HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: HIDES. Green . petteeees ses CNG Part Cured... Lele e dees @ 3 te eS @ 3% eid d ses oe ee ul a. 4@5 Kips, Breen ........... 2 @3 eured............ @4 Calfskins, ereen....... 4@5 Gured...... 4 5w@ 6 Deaconsking.......... 10 @25 No. 2 hides ¢ off. PELTS, OE 5 @ @ Dame 25 @ 60 wooL. Were... ..... ic OG Unwashed . .& @ MISCELLANEOUS, eo ee 4@4% Grease butter......... 1 @2 Denone .............. Beg 2 oe 2 0O@2 50 FURS. Pateer,...... 5... 80@1 00 ee 15 00@25 00 Beaver. eee ei a Cat, wae .. oO Cat, house 10@ 25 Ly 3 00@6 00 OM, POO io. e tise... 1 0O@1 40 Fox, cross.... - 3 00@5 00 wom, @rey........ 8... 50q@ 70 Oe co... 1 00@2 50 Martia. dark.........- 1 00@3 00 . = & yellow. 75@1 00 Mink, dark. 25@1 00 Muskrat....... oo. os D 13 Oseem. 1.4... 5@ 15 Otter, dark.... > 0010 00 Meecoon ......... —. ooo Skunk : --1 0@!1 25 var ..... os od Wa 00 Beaver castors, ‘ib @5 00 Above prices are for No. 1 furs only. Other grades at cor responding prices. DEERSEINS—per pound. 2 hin and green......... 10 Long gray, dry... .. 10 Gray, dry Seee ne -ae 15 Red and Blue. ary ...... 25 WOODENWARE. Tae, ee. 6 00 r see 5 50 ' oos.......... 4 50 Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 30 “No.1, three-hoop.... 1 50 Bowls, titeen 0: 7 oe : 90 . eT ee ee 12 mF oe 1 80 . ~~ 2 40 ee ee Baskets, MAREEOG wo. 35 shipping bushel. 1 15 full hoop ' i 3 . willow el “ths, No.i 5 25 ‘ No.2 6 25 ef t+) | Now 25 splint \ No.1 3 7% i ; + Now 425 ' e " Neste INDURATED WARE, ee Tubs, No. De eee cree eee ee dB 50 ues, Oe. 12 00 ‘Tubs, No. 3.. 10 50 Butter Plates—Ov al. 250 1000 aot... 60 210 Oe Bo 70 24 No ole _ Ss ae me o... le 356 Washboards—single. Universal ...... ee ccescs oe oe ING, Geen... 1... 2 50 Peerless Protector.... 2 40 Saginaw Globe.. a iw Double. Water Witch. ee Wien i... 250 Coes Timer il... 275 poereds GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT, No. 1 White (58 lb. test) §2 No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) a MEAL. MomeG. 1 40 Granulated, . 1 65 FLOUR IN SACKS, Wrest. 2 0 eugene... 6 were 1 55 Dekere ............ l a WGremem 2... .......... i 50 Rye.. ei as 1 60 ¥Subject ‘to usual cash dis- count. Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. MILLSTUPFs, Less Car lots quantity Bran.......... G15 oo $16 00 Screenings .... 12 50 13 00 Middlings... 5 50 16 50 Mixed Feed... 16 09 16 50 Coarse meal .. 15 50 16 50 CORN. Car logs. ......_.... Leo. ae Less than ¢ar lots..........42 OATS, Car lots... . 04% Less than car lots.. au HAY. No. 1 Timothy, car lots....11 No.1 " ton lots......12 50 FISH AND OYSTERS. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. Woe ............ @9 ae ee. @ 9 Bleck Hass...... oo. 12! Co @15 Ciscoes or Herring.... ae 15 Fresh lobster, per Ib.. 20 = oe... 8 No. 2 Pickerel. @ 8 a @> Smoked White.... ... @8 Red Snappers...... 15 Columbia River Sal. ae he eean 12% Meeceere............... 2@25 OYsSTERS—-Cans. Fairhaven Counts.... @35 Pr. 2. D. Select....... @30 Pere @23 Fo. ...............- 23 PGR OTB. 606... n 0s Q@rx BO... eee eo @18 OYsTERS—Bulk. Extra Selects..per gal. 1% POON nou. cl... 1 50 Siemeres,..........-.. 1 00 MM 2 2 Seasiope..:...... . 1 50 Oe 123 Clams cau 13 SHELL @O0ODs, a per 100.......1 Mi Clams, Se 75@1 00 2ROVESIONS. 138 The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co quotes as follows: Mess, ...... PORK IN BARRELS. Rett cut ......... £xtra clear pig, short cut. Extra clear, heavy. Clear, fat back... Boston clear, short ¢ ut. Clear back, short cut. Standard clear, short cut, best. Fork, lints........ Pologts _......__. Saver... 12... i Qo Biood .... Head cheese .. SAUSAGE Oe eT Prager... 8 LARD. Beene bengerca eee LT Family OEE ae Compound . Cottolene.. ee, 50 lb. Tins, 4c ady ance, 20 Ib. pails, tac 10 Ib. %e 6 5 lb. ag %C ny 710 * fe . BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs. Extra Mess, Chicago _— Tibet Boneless, rump butts.. SMOKED MEA’ oem assed Hams, average = Ips... oe ‘ 6 lbs : 12 to 14 Ibs. " plenid.. * pent boneless. . Shoulders. . Dried beef, ham ites. Long Clears, heavy Briskets, medium. Barrels.... Kegs Kits, honeycomb i Hane) | TRIPE. Kits, premium BEEF TONGUES, Barrels. Half barrels... Per Dairy, sold -_ ked. Dairy, Cc reamery, ee , BUTTERINE. rol ls. solid — d. Creamery, rolls . FRESH BEEF. or Plain. Carcass. ees Fore quarters... Lee ieee, Hind —. ee Co, Lome Ne. 3... Ribs. A al gl ll Rounds eee Cnweee...........,. i al Plates oe PRESH PORK Dressed ... es ee. Shoulders ..... ieomiaa...| |. ll MUTTON. Carcass ........ eee >. @5% Lambs. ee @ 6 r VEAL Corceee @ 644 CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. LAMP BURNERS, No.0Sun... 45 Ee 50 Oe 75 a 75 LAMP CHIMNEYS. Per box. 6 doz. in box. No. co a . 2 6 No. sok OO No. ; 2 Oe i. 70 First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp COP. eee eee eae ae 21 No. 1 be «2 2 Rae * + Zax Flint, No. : Sun, crimp top.. 2 60 O_o -2 80 No? “ c aaa 3 80 Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and lapeled....... ue 7 No, 2 ‘ oo 4 No. 2 Hinge, “ . " ..4 8? La Bastie. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per dos. ... _.-1 2 Nag * o oi. oo No es oes per doz. ~«-k oo No. 1 © LAMP WICKS, No. 0, per gross.... 23 No. 1, a am 28 OO 38 No. 3, ' ee 75 en, per A EN eT NEED 7 STONEWARE—AKRON, Butter C roc ks, J to 6 gal. ' 06 % gal. - doz... 60 Jugs, 4% gal., per doz... ae ' *. Ito4 gal., a i Miik Pans, % gal., mer Coa... ..... 60 ‘ ‘ 1 “ : ae 72 STONEWARE-—-BLACK GLAZED. Butter Crocks, 1 and 2 gal..... OT ue eme Vee i... 65 rr “ 1 se 73 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. EDUCATION AND THE INDIVIDUAL., Every socialist project proposes the | Life is made for the individual as such. | suppression of individual effort, and at- Every human creatnre is entitled to life, tempts to handle the masses of the popu- liberty and the enjoyment of such pleas- | lation as if they were creatures without ure as may bein his or her reach, the any other will than that of the central only limitation being that each, in the force that is to manage them. Socialism enjoyment of rights and the pursuit of | pleasure, must not rights or rightful other. This is the natural law of liberty, and every enactment that contravenes it in any way is, perhaps, the result of gener- al agreement, but commonly a usurpa- tion by the majority, or by some other organized power, that assumes to exer- cise control over individuals. Civiliza- tion has greatly enlarged the sphere and arbitrary power of governmental usurpa- tions and despotisms, and the past histo- ry of human society seems to show that, after the culmination of each succeeding state of high civilization, it has been found necessary to plunge the world into barbarism, or even savagery, in order to get rid of the complicated tyranny of manners and customs, as well as of laws, that have developed the masses of the people in a hopeless slavery. The concentration of rank and wealth have never failed in any age to produce oppressions that have in the end driven the people to desperation, and hence the bloody and destructive revolutions that have marked the history of the world in the past. The only exceptions to these revolutions were when there were vast hordes of savage or barbarous people ready to take advantage of the weakness which a great access of civilization and luxury have always heretofore produced. But in the absence of such savage na- tions, for they are only to be sought in Africa and in parts of Asia, the savages are to be found in the civilized countries themselves, and if there have ever been savages more truculent, ferocious and more determinedly at war with all that civilization has produced than are the nihilists and anarchists that are to-day found in all civilized countries, it difficult to say who they were and when and whece they existed. If there should ever be another failure and overthrow of civilization, it will be when it succumbs to the assaults of some powerful social revolution whose mission is to destroy and leave the human race free to begin again from the bottom the building and evolution of a new system of civilization. interfere with the happiness of any is if there is to be any safety from such an overthrow and eclipse of civilization, it will be through the effects of the gen- eral education of the people as to their rights. The mission of education is to benefit the individual, te increase his knowledge and give him more tools with which to work, better arms with which to contend in the great battle of life. The masses are made up of aggregations of individuals, and it is only by improv- ing individuals that the masses can be improved. but the bettering of the masses means the giving of more knowl- edge and more liberty to every in- dividual, so that each person may do his or her best. No socialistic scheme that proposes to destroy ambition and to sup- press personal aspirations, and to reduce the masses to one dead level, can be al- is as despotic as the rule of a czar. The people are all required to submit to a governing force, and that without ques- tion. And there comes up in this con- | nection, a most tyrannical demand that has been repeatedly advanced by politi- cal as well as physiological theorists. It is that, recognizing the law of the sur- vival of the fittest, there should be a competent authority to decide who are the fittest and who ought to survive, and that these should be specially protected, while the others should be rejected. This notion has been repeatedly put forward by medical speculators, who de- mand that consumptives, the weak in physical constitution, the feeble in health, those who are afflicted with constitu- tional diseases and other such unfortu- nates, should not be permitted to marry or to propagate their species. It is not actually proposed that they shall be killed off outright, but that they should be pre- vented from adding to the population their diseased or weakling offspring. But who shall constitute himself a judge? Who shall be given the power to deprive a fellow-being of liberty and the pursuit of happiness on such an arbitrary pre- tense? Sir James Crichton Browne, M. D., @ prominent English medical authority, gives expression virtually to a regret that his profession has been forced to as- sist in the protection of the weaklings from the assaults of nature. He says, in the Popular Science Monthly for March: ‘‘Great numbers of weakly in- fants who would formerly have perished in their infancy are now reared to a weakly maturity and enabled to propa- gate their weakliness (for the weakly are often highly prolific), while they take part in the life batile on terms some- times made unduly favorable to them by the commiseration that their weakliness commands; and this ought not to be lost sight of when we are congratulating our- selves on our greatly diminished death rate. An enormous saving of life has been effected, but mainly in life’s earlier decades. The death rate is actually in- creasing among males at all ages above 35, and among females at all ages above 45; and it is not difficult to prove that this increased mortality at post-meridian ages is due partly to the enhanced wear and tear of modern existence and partly to the survival of weakly lives artificially protected and prolonged.’’ Out upon a philosophy, whether politi- eal or sanitarian, that selects physical strength as the standard of human excel- lence! Some of the noblest souls and grandest intellects have been confided to the keeping of delicate bodies and frail | health. All human creatures which are | not perfect and vigorous animals should | be suppressed in order to secure a super- ior race? Then why not establish a | Standard of virtue and honesty, and kill | off the population that do not conform to |it? This has also been embraced in some | | schemes of socialistic equality. | But the antidote to all these vagaries lowed to obtain in any scheme of philan- of science and selfishness is universal thropy for the masses. On the contrary, | education. The weak and delicate will every one must be given an opportunity | have intelligence enough to rise into to do his best according to his ability. | power over the bullies and athletes and control them. The fairy tales of child- | hood are replete with the narratives of; : i : Acme hand Potato Planter: & @ "ee SIMPLE, DURABLE, PRACTICAL —( 0 nit Works perfectly in Clay, Gravel or Sandy Soil, *°¢ Sod or New Ground. Plants at any and uniform depth in moist soil. y oN re My Makes Holes, Drops and Covers at One Operation. Ada A DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS . , As necessary to Farmers as a Corn Planter. \ = X. € 7" AT b ¥ v ¢ F¥ 4” ei @ PLACE ORDERS EARLY WITH— 2 . FLETCHER HARDWARE CO., = FOSTER, STEVENS & C0, +> DETROIT, MICH., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., - db : PRICE $12 PER DOZEN. We have received our » NEW SPRING LINE of pF pp iv STRAW HATS .-:- Prices range from 40c°*to $7 5O per dozen. t oo *F ~ MEN’S, Ve CHILDREN’S, 4 and » WOMEN’S. whos W rite for Samples, \& ~ P. Steketee & Sons. +\- fy ¢ RINDGE, KALMBACH &60. - > + 12, 14 and 16 Pearl St. g RIVER SHOES °*;* WEKNOW HOWTO MAKE THEM, »~ / = If you want the best for Style, »@ Fitand Wear, buy our j make. You can build 7 up a good trade on our ‘, lines, as they will give ° satisfaction. ar | We Manufacture and Handle only Reliable Goods. AGENTS FOR THE — BOSTON RUBBER SHOE Co. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. the contests for supremacy between the giants and the ordinary people, and in every case Jack, whether as the giant- killer or as the hero of the bean-stalk, was victorious. Such is the history of the contest of intellect against brute force. Intellect is always master, and education, as its good angel or fairy at- tendant, is always making intellect more potential, and will until the end. The law of survival of the fittest embraces the human mind as well as the — i i li The Drummer of To-Day. All we know is by comparison. Un- less we can call up before us the drum- mer of other days, how can we picture him as he is to-day? when | was young, and Time was younger, too, there came to the dear old place where I lived sev- eral noble fellows, who, polished to a fault, with an air and manner a Chester- field might have envied, approached the grocer or dry goods merchant and sought to sell him certain wares he needed—not all he needed, because it was usual then for the merchant himself to visit the great wholesale markets to buy his stock of goods. The effort of the drummer was to make him his friend and to lead him, through pleasant words, to visit ‘‘his house’? upon arrival in the great city. When there he took him to his arms, lit up his fancy with champagne, and by rich and generous diet made his ‘*friend’’ forget his coarse fare at home, perhaps scanty and poorly cooked. At this time the drummer was all! softness and gush—every word was weighed and every motion of hand or body responsive to a sincere desire to win the customer. It was the war which relegated this man to the realm of memory, to make room for him whose appearance made old Nick green with envy. The merchant, in the eyes of this drummer, was entitled to no consideration; he was a poor devil in his eyes, between the upper and nether stone of debt and credit. He was there to be ground to an impalpable powder, and scarcely an escape was ever known. Tosee a poor devil beset by two or three drummers was to witness the torments of one who didn’t know where he was or what he had todo. But all things have their day, and the drum- mer of this era has gone ‘‘where the woodbine twineth.”’ In place of such men and such states of society, what do we see? In business — meaning by that term the great tran- sactions of commercial life—there are changes in everything. New thoughts, new habits, new manners and modes of transacting it and new laws govern in all the operations of commercial life. In place of drummers there came upon the stage the commercial pilgrim and he for a day figured, as old things were hurry- ing away and all things becoming new. But the change came and to-day the com- mercial agent, an educated and trained business man, as accustomed to dealing with hundreds of thousands as the quon- dam drummer was with his hundreds of dollars, comes to your place of business to sell you your stock of goods, wet or dry, by the ell or by the hogshead, out of his house so many hundred miles away. No mistakes are made, no false representations as to quality, but in the severity of true business truth the mer- chant buys what he wants with a perfect confidence as to results. The struggle is no longer to undersell, no effort to mislead; on the contrary, the effort is to get the customer first and to win and to weld him to you by those ex- alted business precepts and practices which men honor and so much admire. Formerly the wholesale merchant stayed at home and sent his drummer or his pil- grim out to sell for him, because his fancy was brighter and his scruples more easily overcome. To-day it is the strong, self- reliant, discreet business man of the house who must be present to transact its business, and he has made houses throughout his own and other states the scene of transactions and his home store a packing house. No higher develop- ment now seems left, and we congratu- late the drummers of to-day that they should be willing to add this charm- ing feature to the stern realities of busi- ness. But let us not forget from whence come the tall oaks, but recall your fathers, the drummers, and express the hope that ‘‘after life’s fitful fever they sleep well.” >. <-> Unique Announcement of a Retiring Grocer. The following is certainly one of the most unique announcements of the kind ever made by a retiring merchant: After an experience covering nearly thirty-two years of the pleasures and ills incident to a grocer’s life, I feel inclined to ‘‘step out.’? My successors will be named in due time, and, | trust, will re- tain the patronage of those who have been our customers for from twenty- seven years down to the present. In the meantime my stock must be reduced, and, as an inducement, will give a dis- count of from 5 to 20 per cent. (sugar excepted), from regular price, on asingle purchase of not less than $5. That means Cash. This notice is also a reminder that I have given ‘‘Liberal Credit” and quite a few people are owing me for provisions furnished the ‘‘family table.’’? Some, of course, have passed the limitation of six years; many almost five times that, but still they are all honest and just debts for bread and butter that I had to pay for. Many, of course, made nice promises, but have long since gone to ‘*paradise,” expecting to ‘‘renew’’ the promise when they meet me there. Butl am going to ask the living to joinin a happy satisfac- tion of paying 100 cents on the dollar to every creditor. Respectfully yours, THEO. CARTER. Oneida, N. Y., March 22,$1894. SEEDS! Everything in sil is kept by us— Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top, Blue Grass, Seed Corn, Rye, Barley, Peas, Beans, Ete. If you have Beans to sell, send us samples, stating quantity, and we will try to trade with you. We are headquarters for egg cases and egg case fillers. W. YT, LAMBREAUX 6O., wosriaze st GRAND RAPIDS,:M:iCH. WALTER BAKER & CO. The Largest Manufacturers of COCOA and CHOCOLATE IN THIS COUNTRY, have received from the Judges of the World’s Columbian Exposition The Highest Awards (Medals and Diplomas) on each of the following articles, namely: BREAKFAST COCOA, PREMIUM NO. | CHOCOLATE, CERMAN SWEET CHOCOLATE, VANILLA CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, For “ purity of material,” “excellent flavor,” and “uniform even composi- tion.” SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER Baker & Co., DORCHESTER, MASS. JAVA OIL RAW AND BOILED A substitute for linseed, and sold for much less money. Purely Wegetable, adapted to all work where a more eco- nomical oil than Linseed is desired. Free From Sediment. has better body, dries nearly as quickly and with better gloss than Linseed Oil. Especially adapted to priming and min- eral painting. This Oil is a Winner! Try a sample ean of five or ten gallons. Write for prices. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ALWAYS STANDARD. AT WHOLESALE BY Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Ball-Barnhart—Putman Co. Olney & Judson Grocer Co. B. J. Reynolds. FINEST QUALITY. POPULAR PRICES. 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, IN PRICE. & CO.,, THOROUGHLY MADE,:LOW H. H. COOPER Manufacturers of Man's, Boys’ and Children's Clothing, UTICA, N. Y. Write J. H. WEBSTER, OWOSSO, MICH. Boot Calks-=-- TVY VOVVITY State Agent, GMALL BALL LARGE BALL. {3 iW uw a Hoa xc 1] < a Ball per thousand - - $1 25 Heel “ ' - - - 1 &¢ Order Now. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., 12 & 14 Lyon 8t., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 15 MICHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falis Route.’’ (Taking effect Sunday, Feb.11, 1894.) Arrive. Depart 10 2 pm........Detroit Express ---t CGM 5 30am ....*Atlantic and Pacific.....1: 20pm 1 0pm...... New York Express ..... 5 20pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacifie ex- press trains to and from Deiroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:0) am; re turning, leave Detroit 4:55 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:20 pm Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains east over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. ALMQUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Passenger Station. CHICAGO AND WESIr MICHIGAN R’Y, March 18, 1894 GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly. G’d Rapids.. : ; 25am 1:25pm *11:°0pm Ar, Chicago ...... 2a opm 6:50pm *6$:30am RETI RNING PROM CHICAGO. Ly. Chicago. . .-q- 7:35am 4:55pm *11:30pm Ar. G’d Rapids....._.°.2:30pm 10:20pm *6:10am TO AND FROM MUSKEGON. Ly. Grand Rapids .... 7:25am 1:25pm 5:45pm Ar. Grand Rapids . 9: 5am 2:30pm 1¢:20pm TRAVERSE CITY, CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSK EY. Ly. Grand Rapids.. 7:30am 3:15pm Ar. Manistee........ a—— «||... 8:15pm Ar. Traverse City. -. 12:40pm 8:45pm Ar. Charlevoix. ... .. oe 11:10pm Ar. Petoskey 3:45pm 11:40pm Arrive from Petoskey + ete 10:00 p. m. PARLOR AND = EEPING ToChicago,lv.G.R.. 7:25 ToPetoskey,lv.G.R.. 7:: To G. R..lv. Chicago. 7:35am ToG.R..lv. Petoskey 5:00am *Every day. Other trains week ‘ a DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand Rapids. . 7:00am *1:20pm 5:y0pm Ar. Detroit --11:40am *5:30pm 10: fopm RETU KNING FROM DETROIT. by. D@troit..... |... 5... 7:40am *1:l\pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids......12:40pm *5:15pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM cee ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS, Ly. GR 7:40am 5:00pm Ar. GR 11:40am 10: 55pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. & Ly. Grand Rapids.... :00am 1:20pm 5:25pm Ae. from Lowell.......... 12:40pm Sine THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn ing train. *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN WAUKEE Railway. EASTWARD. +No. 14|\tNo. , 1:00 p mm and CARS. Spm *11:30pm 5pm 7 55pm *11 :30pm 1:20pm days only. F EB. it 1894 & MIL- Trains Leave 16|tNo. 18\*No. 82 G’d Rapids, Lv homme... 5... Ar 6 45am/10 20am) 3 25pm 10 45pm 7 40am/11 25am) 4 27pm) 12 27am St. Johns ...Ar| 825am/12 17pm! 520pm) 1 45am Owoss>..... Ar}; 900am/} 1 20pm) 6 05pm) 2 40am E. Saginaw..Ar j}10 50am} 3 45pm) 8 00pm} 6 40am Bay City.....Arj11 32am} 435pm) 8 37pm) 7 15am Flint ........Arj10 05am) 3 45pm 7 05pm} 5 4 am Pt. Huron...Ar|1205pm]| 550pm| 8 50pm| 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar |10 53am 3 05pm) 8 25pm 5 37am Detroit.......Ar (4 50am) 4 05pm! | 9: ) 25pm] 7 7 00am | einen a as, Trains Leave \*No. 81 +No. 11 |tNo. 13. G’d Rapids... Lv| 7 O0am| 1 vOpm} 45 55pm G'd Haven. _Ar} 8 20am| 2 10pm} 6 00pm tDaily except Sunday *Daily. Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., p.m.. 4:45 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains atrive from the west, 10:10 a, m., 3:16 p.m. and 9:15 a. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Paricr Buffet car. No. 18 Parlor Car. Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car. Parlor Buffet car. Jas. CAMPBELL, City T’cket Agent. 12:50 No. 15 Wagner Grand Rapids & Indians TRAINS GOING NORTH. Leave going North, 7:40am For Traverse City, Mackinaw City and Sag... For Traverse City and Mackinaw City ....... 4:10pm ee, ce eee 5:00 p m TRAINS GOING SOUTH Leave going South, | ioctl ect elesiecronmieg te HOH pO GE PE Disar ia Genie Tra 6:50 am Vor Zalamasooand Oticage... ...........++.. 12:05 p m For Fort Wayne and the East... acces SL For Kalamazoo and Ohicago................. 11:20 p m Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids........12:06pm 2:15pm _ 11:20pm Arr Chicago............. 5:30pm %:0 pm 7:40am 12:05 p m train has through Wagner Buffet Parlor Car. 11:20 p m train daily. through Wagner Sleeping Car. Ly Chicago 6:50 a m 4:00 pm 9:35 p m Arr Grand Rapids 2:15pm 9:15 pm 7:25 a m 4:00 p m has through Wagner Buffet Parlor Car. 9:35 pm train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive 7:35 am 9:40 am 6:20 p m 0. L. LOCKWOOD, Genera! Passenger and Ticket Agent. P E .: K ) S HEADACHE POWDERS Pad the beSt.protit. Order from your jobber. 5:40 pm 16 GOTHAM GOSSIP. | News from the Metropolis- --Index of | the Markets. Special Correspondence. New York, March 24—Trade during | the past week at this center has been very much as during the previous week —the gain is small, but constant. There is plenty of room for improvement and | some impatience is expressed that a **boom’’ does not come. Certainly noth- ing of this sort will appear and no rea- sonable man can expectit. It will be a long time before trade returns even to its | normal condition. Prices remain pretty | much unchanged and are as low as can be made on many things without losing money. The weather remains very pro- pitious and the season is about a month ahead all around. Peaches are not killed, and we are promised a big crop. Eggs, eggs, eggs! They have descend- ed upon us from North, South, East and West, by the barrel, by thecrate. Never were So many gathered here in so short a time—and still they come. The mild March weather aceounts for this rush, and the price has gone down until 12c a dozen has been reached, at which they are quotable at the moment for fresh. In the line of the great staples the course of coffee is being watched by dealers with much more interest than pre- vailed two months ago. For Rio No. 7 174gc is still the prevalent rate, and the market is firm. Peace in Brazil will in- sure a constant increase in production, and lower prices must inevitably prevail. Sugar has taken a drop. Immense quantities of raw stock are being brought in, in anticipation of any tariff changes, and in view ofthis the situation is quiet. Granulated sugar is quotable at 444c and isin only everyday request. Buyers are not speculating at all. Teas are in the same old rut, and noth- ing whatever of interest can be written of the market. Prices are low and de- mand moderate. Spices are irregular, up and down. Upon the whole there is a feeling of con- fidence that better prices will prevail ere long. Rice is steady. The demand is preceptibly greater than last week. The canned goods market is awfully dull. There is decidedly a ‘‘tired” feel- ing among packers, and the probabilities are that 1894 will see a much smaller pack than usual; in fact, if we may be- lieve the packers themselves, the output will be only half that of last year. But, of course, allowance must be made for this as coming from ‘‘interested’’ parties. Oranges are quite firmly held and prices are satisfactory. Lemons are dull and the demand is small and unimport- ant, at a range from $1.75@3. Pine- apples are selling well and the supply is becoming quite liberal. Florida pine- apples are expected within a fortnight. Prices range from $9@20 per hundred. Bananas are still firmly held, and the advance made last week is firmly held. Dried fruits are in everyday sale, but nothing more. Raisins and prunes are slow sale at prices which can scarcely be called any better than the lowest. Currants, citron, dates, figs, ete., all re- main extremely quiet. Butter is fairly firm for the best grade, but, aside from this, the whole range is low and the supply is ample. The range is from 17@20c, with best Elgin fetching 2244e. Cheese remains steady. Trad- ing is not large, and dealers are hesitat- ing about prices. For fancy smail size full cream State checse, 13c has been the quotation for some time; larger sizes, 12@12%4e; skims, 8@10e. Manufacturers of desiccated cocoanut are somewhat agitated over the clause in the new tariff bill establishing a duty of 20 per cent. upon the raw product. They claim that if they are compelled to pay this, they cannot compete with the Ceylon product, and so ‘will have to go out of business.” The week closes with traders in an amiable state of mind, and the convic- tion generally prevalent that the ‘“‘hum of industry” will keep growing louder. “AX. not a The best thing about a debt is its set- tlement. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion. The regular meeting of the Grand) change in the schedule of fees for ped- diers’ licenses as would do away with all classes of licenses but two, namely, for baskets and wagons, the fees for these to be $25 and $50, respectively. He sug- gested, also, that a special committee be appointed to confer with Assistant City Attorney Carroll, ascertain if the ped- dling ordinance needs amendment in any direction, to compare the city ordinance with the State law on the same subject, | and look after the matter of changes in the schedule. The suggestions ceived and acted were favorably re- upon committee J. Geo. Lehman, Vinkemulder and A. Brink. A motion was made, also at the sug- gestion of the Secretary, that, hence- Henry | forth all committees make their reports | in writing, but the motion was rejected. | The Association then adjourned, after | which lunch was served by the Refresh- ment Committee. a Grains and Feedstuffs. Wheat—The cold wave has sensibly strengthened the market, and prices for May delivery have advanced. have, however, fallen off, and the pros- pects for improvement are none of the best. The local market is strong at 52c, with receipts small, although much bet- ter than previous week. a ee “If at first you don’t succeed, fail, fail again,’? appears to be the motto of some business men. by the Associa- | tion and the President appointed as such | Exports | j CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. | The Putnam Candy Co, quotes as follows: | STICK CANDY. | Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association was | Cases «Bis. Fate. /held in Protective Brotherhood hall on! — co 6 : Monday evening, March 19, President | “Twist .......... : 6 7 Daniel Viergever presiding. fe Speen Honan 5% 8% The minutes of the previous meeting | ExtraH. H......... ae | were read and approved. | MIXED CANDY. | A. Brink, from the Committee on Oil, | gtandard...... ....-.ec-.0---2000 _- = | reported that he had had another inter-/| Leader........................ 002. 5% 6% | view with Mr. Bonnell, but had not re-| Ro -< settee eet ee eer eee este ee cranes Sh 7 ceived a satisfactory explanation of the | oe ee o § : sn y BE ee 7 8 course of the Standard Oil Co. in relation | Conserves .... ............00. 00005 7 8 to their method of doing business in| Broken Taffy.............. baskets 8 Zeeland PeanutSquares............ ™% 8% =. _ | eee ee 9 A. J. Elliott wanted to know how this | Valley Creams.. ................ 13 matter interested the Association? He | Midget, 30 lb. bsskets. wet e nce sseaceeens 8% Meath wie bho 6 ee ing the Standard Oil Co., but he could Pails. not see that the Association had any bus- | Lozenges, plain. ........... 20.00... eee ee eee 8 iness to interfere in such matters. We | chocolate oe see enter oh had heard but one side of the story, and | Chocolate Monumentais........1..2221/121) 12% should not be in a hurry to draw con- Rc se ecu ewe 5 clusions eee 7% pea ee 8% Phe. Secretary read two letters from | hnperiale........... 10 Albert Lahuis, general dealer of Zee- Francy—In 5 Ib. boxes. Per Box land, purporting to give the facts in con- — Ge en an Rana hs alt > nection with the oil controversy. Mr. | Peppermint Drops.................. 2.02.22, 60 Lahuis lays the whole blame for the Chocolate Drops ecbesessen so recccecccoucncooace 75 fight on the Standard people, who, he oe eee ° says, want to drive every one else out of | Licorice Drops.. ......-...-... see. ees eee ed 00 the business. The letters also state that iB. Be Cierioe Dees ...................2 5. 80 the Standard Oil Co. sold oil at 3 cents | L02e28es: al Se ean sates ss ene = per gallon. Dee ee No action was taken by the Assecia- | Mottoes................... 2... eee ee eee ee eee 70 tion, and the subject was dropped for | Molasses Bar..2. 20... 2000s the present. ine ae Oo 85@95 Henry Vinkemulder, from the Com- i 80 mittee on Flour, reported that, so far as ——e Se rae nneae nate ea > he knew, everything was quiet. ete: oP Pease a eas ae ET Some of the members, however, said | Wintergreen Berries........................+. 60 that they knew of grocers who were sel- CARAMELS. ling flour considerably below the regular No. 1, pease 3 BD, BONES. -- ooo s--vvennse 7 retail price, but no one had any sugges- | No. Ce tions to offer as to how this evil was to LEMONS. be remedied. It was also asserted that Pog — . _..... 3 the mills retailed as much flour as the | G20/ce #00... wi grocers, although no particular instances | Extra fancy 300........... were given. xtra Ginley WO 4 00 A communication was received from UB iiczamng re — 2 the Grand Rapids Board of Trade, stat- ak ote aslen. “ae = iain ou" ing that a movement has been inaugur-| “extra “14... «2... eee ee @i5 ated by the Board of Directors to estab- Dates, Fard, 10-1b. box ieee ec Z sxe lish an auxiliary committee to act with} “ Perstan, 50:1b, a. ee the Committee on Municipal Affairs of NUTS. the Board of Trade in their deliberations | Almonds, Tarragona.................... @16 upon matters pertaining to the adminis- & Calttoraia cee ¥ tration of our city government. Brazils, new. as @ 8% Mr. Elliott moved that the suggestion | Filberts . @il of the Board be complied with and said | ¥#!2™Uts, Grenoble. oe te Sis committee appointed. Carried. ee ee The President appointed as such com- | Table Nuts, fancy.. trrsttes teers = @RR mittee, J. J. Wagner and A. J. Elliott. | peeane, eo o% The Secretary read an article from| Chestnuts............. oe i. Tue TRADESMAN recommending such a| Hickory Nuts per bu.....-.............. 1% Coooenamts, Tull ORORE............. ..... 4 00 PEANUTS. Fancy, H. P., ge ec ee ee @5 ‘ Roasted Ooh eee S 6% Fancy, H. P., ON @5 = moe .............- @ 6% Choice, H. Ps Extras. ed. @4 “ Roasted.. @ 5% OILS. The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows: BARRELS. et ‘a2ax W. eee Stove Gasoline. | Cylinder | eo Black, 15 cold test Eocene : (xa OW. Ww. Mieke, Beadie.......... 5 POULTRY. Local dealers pay as follows: | LIVE, ee oe ec ee eee. 8 @8% | Cees... ......2- ESI tele is 7 @s OO rn ee ee ee tees 6 @ 6% PO oie 8 @9 PEON eset e cr ec eee se cresacsesesss BOO | DRAWN, SURE. ee 11 @l2 C—O 12 @13 ee 11 Co ee 10 @ll eee 10 @i2z | UNDRAWN. Ae ee a ee ae 9 @92% SES ae ee 7%@ 8 ee a 64@ 7 Wc § @9 Geese ..:..... _——- o-oo DISSOLUTION NOTICE, BENDON, Mich., March 9, 1894. The ee heretofore existing between H. H. and F. O. Pratt of Bendon, Mich., is this | day dissolved by mutua] consent. F. O. Pratt will continue the business, pay all bills and col- lect all accounts. B. H. Puate, F. O. Pratt. Lemon & Wheeler Company, Agents, Grand Rapids. BUYS’ BENCH BARREL TRUCK. Patent Applied For. The Simpliest, Most Substantial and [lost Satisfactory Barrel Truck ever invented. For Prices, Terms and Illustra- ted Circular, call or Address, Mis TUITE ccorwins GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Before You Buy SEE THE SPRING LINE OF FINE GOODS MANUFACTURED BY NMED DETROIT, MICH. ’ ‘0 A FEW OF OUR NEW SPECIAL- TIES IN OXFORDS ARE: The Juliet Bootee, Three Large Button Newport, Southern Tie and Prince Alberts. —_———— Dealers wishing to see the line address F. A. CADWELL, 67 Terrace Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Saag aot 9 5, ale JOBBERS OF Groceries and Provisions, Our BUTCHER’sS LARD is a Pure Leaf Kettle Rendered Lard. If you want something cheaper try our CHOICE PURE, in tubs or tins, and guaranteed to give satisfaction. Note these prices: : : mee © ee es od Butcher’s, We a See Gea ae KY ; 94 Cnoiee Pure... .....:. Os Oa gL 84 nn | J ae WESTERN MICHIGAN AGENTS FOR HAMMOND GOS SUPERIOR BUTTERINE. b. Hl. VOIGT MILLING CO., Proprietors of the CRESCENT HOLLER MILLS. OUR PRINCIPAL BRANDS Royal Patent, Crescent, White Rose, Are sold with our personal guarantee. If you are not now handling any of our brands, we solicit a trial or- der, confident that the excellent quality of our goods and the satisfaction of your customers will impel you to become a regular customer. Correspondence solicited. YOIGT MILLING CO, brand Rapids, Mich, The above cuts show a few of the many purposes this device will serve. Cut No. 1 meagerly shows its adaptation as 2 Screw Driver—anyone readily understands that it will drive a s' rew in. as several other devices on the spiral pls drive a screw the same way, but there is no other one that will dothis: Take a screw ont with exactly the same push movement as itwas putin and just as quickly: this is done by simply grasping the brass shell with the left hand, and having hold of the wood handle with theright; simply giv ight hand a twist toward you; this reverses it to take outa screw; in like manner give itaturn from you, and it is ready to drive the screw. . etner In either case, when it is closed as shown in Cut No. 3, if desired, it will act as aratehet. turn ing the screw half round each ratchet movement made by the operator, and still another valuable position is obtained by simple 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 carrixge. wagon or machine shop where many smal! burrs are to be taken off and put on; the screw driver bi removed socket wrench putin with which burrs can be run on or off, twenty times quicker than by tae old way and a Cut No. 3. This shows not only its usefulness in the carriage. wago1 carpenter, plumber or undertaker’s establishment as well, in fact it is indisper »t0 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 smal! hole must be bored or drilled to receive the nail or screw, it is 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 finished in natural wood; it is substantial, durable and the most pow tool of its kind made. ine shop, but WRITE FOR CIRCULAR. S. PF. BOWSER & Co., Man?’s. FORT WAYNE, IND. UNew York Biscuit Co., MANUFACTURERS OF WM. SEARS & CO.’S Crackers and Fine Sweet Goods, E constantly have the interests of the trade in view by introducing new novelties and using the best of material in the manufacture of a superior line of goods. oO The Continued Patronage of the Oldest Established Grocery Houses in the State is our BEST TESTIMONIAL. —-——0 OUR GOODS ARE ALWAYS IN DEMAND, AND NO WELL APPOINTED GROCERY STOCK IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A FULL LINE. SEND IN A TRIAL ORDER AND BE CONVINCED. oO We also take Orders for the Celebrated KENNEDY BISCUIT, made at our Chicago Factory. S. A. SEARS, Manager, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. poYou* Y + : > RUN ONE? ’ If so, and you are endeavoring to get along without using our improved Coupon Book system, vou are making a Y most serious mistake. We were the originators of the coupon book plan and are the largest manufacturers of these 7 hooks in the country, having special machinery for every branch of the business). SAMPLES FREE. e TRADESIIAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. * y you In handling our Assorted Packages of Tinware than any other WILL way you can buy Zand in buying pieced tinware 11 this way you 4 are always sure of getting Perfect New Goods. i Ma : by i » 4 ¢ Y ‘Chicacvo S ‘ , he > =< ’ Copper Bottom Tea Kettles. ‘ IX'Chicage ———— Flat Copper Bot nl i Fancy Tin Bottom Coffee Pot. “FILMORE ASSORTMENT. y ‘JACKSON’? ASSORTMENT, / Covered Pails. “ADAMS”? ASSORTMENT. , Doz No. 3 1X common spout Tea Kettles , Doz. No. 8 IX Chicago spout Tea Kettles **“MONROE”’ ASSORTMENT. % Diz 3 pit offee Pots at $159 doz. 4 i ane ues at . @ #169 doz... $255 1 es cork Ss «4 a 1'Doz. 4 pi Las 175 “PIERCE” ASSORTMENT. ‘ ~ rm? sce MENT atic 630 Sic 1.2) 1%... 487 % Voz opt A ‘—* ict '; Doz. No. 9 IX commen spout Tea Kettle u a pos tkINCOLN” ASSORTMENT. “JOHNSON”? ASSORTMENT. SEE vm oh doz. 2 | @ %5 doz : 250 1Gross2qt covered pails _ 9730 ee 1 ‘. QUICK SELLING TINWARE FOR SPRING TRADE. F v Y ”) a A — a Fancy Tin Bottom Tea Pots. Favorite Tea Kettle, with Flat Copper Bottom and Rim, as shown. “BUCHANAN ASSORTMENT. ‘‘Washington’’ ASSORTITIENT. % “oTVLER” oe 7 oT 1X Tin with copper bottoms, assorted as below: Doz. 3 vt Tea Pots @ $1.59 « g TYLER” ASSORTMENT TX Tin with copger batiouss, seeo 3 ag %4 Dov. 3 pt Tea Pots @ #159 doz ; oe Ye copper rim planished Tea Kettles @ 86.45 doz ane 53 Doz. No. 91X Boilers @ 112% doz Bu a ‘ 190 “i . 1 ae ‘ “POLK” ASSORTMENT. a ee a. 4 Doz. copper rim planished Tea Kettles @ 47.15 do : 3 58 Sold by the Gox only............83 90 \ Hy. LEO! TARD & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich. »4 ea rE Ea A COOKING SCHOOL a s ee oe a oe 3 . ° 1 } now exists which, recognizing the importance of having plenty of pure . milk on hand for cooking purposes, has found its requirements fully 4 met by Borden’s Peerless Brand 4 Evaporated Cream, » and it highly indorses same. Merchants interested in supplying their customers with satisfactory goods, at a reasonable profit to themselves , will find that the Peerless Brand is a good article to purchase end a > reliable one to sell. Prepared and guaranteed by the New York Condensed Milk Co. t2" For Quotations SEE PRICE COLUMNS é OEE LARISA \ ee ee ee ed \ <