PT XN re a Y/> aa ~ Mia SRG) IOS) am w al - IH LV a RE SS PUBLISHED WEEKLY © Be 25 (Ga SSH“ wy mS Hey KS as NS Sa ~ —> = 3 mn S Nasi oe & SS — . ot a ‘ No ZA Ja Q tT OF eS EA » AES PULA KE FEE See i eo) WS Os 2 ES IASG A SOIR SO ae S° OPS Ne p(B) 27rd FHS BG —~ Sie a ee AN AX EX SSNS SI) Dp a Toe) \G ho) Sc | % y) oh A D)>)\\ — Ws : Cc? EAE SoZ Ven ear a P RAPIDS, APRIL 13, 1894. ¥OL. Al EDWARD A MOSELEY, TIMOTHY F. MOSELEY. Established 1376. | MOSELEY BROS, SEEDS BEANS, PEAS, POTATOES, ORANGES and LEMONS, Egg Cases and Fillers a Specialty. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St.,.GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. POTATOES. We have made the handling of Potatoes a‘ ‘specialty’’ for many years and have a large trade. Can take care of all that can be shipped us. We give the | best service—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen. Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value. Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. WM H THOMPSON & CO., Commission Merchants, MUSKEGON BAKERY UNITED STATES BAKING Co., CRACKERS, BISCUITS, CAKES. Originators of the Celebrated Cake, ““MUSKEGON BRANCH. HARRY FOX, Manager, MUSKEGON, MICH. | EN ne & cu 2.8 n= PTneas JENNINGS extracts GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH COMP'Y, jes xx BRUSHES Our Goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. GRAND RAPIDS, __MICH. Before you purchase, wait andsee ¢ our Spring Line of the Latest Styles in Fine and First Grade Goods, which are Unexcelled. Please Send Us Your Mail Orders. Agents for Wales—Goodyear Rubber Co. 5 and 7 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 166 So. Water St., Chicago. CANDY. To increase your Sales Buy ABSOLUTELY PURE GO0D8 A. E. BROOKS & CoO. PERKINS & HESS, DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, Nos. 122 and 124 ‘i Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. JOBBERS OF Groceries and Provisions, MICHIGAN BARK a LUMBER CO. 1S and 19 Widdicomb Building. N. 5B. Chars, Pres. +\ W. D. Wane, Vice Pres. C. 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VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO, AMON & WHEELER COMPANY. - WHOLESALE fo + + : + a Dry Goods, Carpets and Gloaks a - We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks OVERALLS OF OURK OWN MANUFACTURE. 1, 48, 50, 82 O 5 Voigt, Herpolsheimer & G0. “° Grana Rapa >” nee i 5 Tran ap1das. | ABSOLUTE TEA. - The Acknowledged Leader. HEYMAN COMPANY, ” TELFER SPICE CoO,, Manufacturers of Show Gases of Ewery Description, - -. - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - Badges mh a @& SOCIETIES, Bae CLUBS, =~ For a ees Assortment of Ribbons FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY. o> | and Trimmings in the State. 63 and 65 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Micn. * & | TRADESMAN COMPANY. WRITE FOR PRICES, : <. ~ ~ - <> -~ ( var - 2 & ~ - a sa 7 * =~ mi WE (] A J A (j- eR ANY Se SUR (4 (=e Za SSH GERD UO) eos 0) SS }s i) 5 A oN) VOL. XL MICHIGAN Fire & Maring Insurance Go Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN. 8 a 5 AND7 PEARL STREET. ESTABLISHED 1841. 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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. ENGRAVING Buildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles. TRADESMAN CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. PHOTO woop THE OFFICE KEY. 1 think the time has come when some- one should protest against the departure of men in the prime of manhood. We are promised three score and ten years on this earth, and it strikes me as unwise to quit it before we need to. There no necessity of a man dying before that time, as a general rule, unless under special circumstances that cannot well be avoided, such as a railway accident, or an epidemic, although, as far as that is concerned, both accidents and epi- demics are entirely our own fault. America is the country of the young man. There is no doubt that he gets a better chance there than in any other country in the whole world. Neverthe- less, 1 think that the young man idea is carried a trifle too far in America, when worthy citizens insist on dying younger than is at all necessary. in England the people have not got into the objectionable habit of dying young. England is a country where a good deal of business is done, probably quite as much as in the United States. Men make money in England, some for- tunes accumulated recently being quite large. England, too, has the bulk of the commerce of the whole world, so, all in all, it must be admitted that the Eng- lishman understands trade and knows how to make money. What is the reason, then, that the American man of business wears out so quickly, while the English man of business continues to live long and pros- per? Itcannot be the climate, because the English climate is admitted to be the worst in the world; so we must look somewhere else for the cause of this un- fortunate state of things. Americans say they do _ business quicker than the English do. Life in New York and Chicago and other large cities is kept up at a high pressure, yet it must be admitted that the interests of the whole British Empire—which, as I have remarked, are reasonably wide- spread—are at least as important as the affairs of a dry goods establishment on Broadway. But the man at the head of the dry goods house seems to be utterly worn out at 60 or thereabouts, while Mr. Gladstone, who has been managing the British Empire on and off for ever so many years, is hale and hearty at 84. I have given some little time to the in- vestigation of this subject and have come to the conclusion that it all lies in the office key. The British office key is a ponderous affair, not quite as large as the key of a jail, but itis too big for a man to carry around in his pocket. Americans laugh at it when they see it, and pull out their little slip of glittering steel which represents the American key, but they do not realize the significance of the ponderous iron key that opens the British office door. In America you snap to the door and it locks itself. The slim little piece of steel which forms the key to the Yale lock fits easily into the vest pocket, and you close your door without even taking it out. It therefore is GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1894. goes home with you and its influence is over you; you think about business and worry Over it merely because the key is in your pocket. The vest hangs on your bedpost at night and you cannot get to sleep because of it. The demon of the office key is beside you all night and you try to think of solutions to your various office worries, and so presently insomnia becomes a fixed habit and you go to the doctor about it. He tells you to march off to the seaside or to the mountains or somewhere else. But the office key is with you wherever you go and its spirit dominates your life, and so you break down when you are 50 or 60 or 70, just at the time when a man ought to begin to enjoy spending his money. It is no use flattering yourselves that you do more business than the average Britisher does, because you don’t. You do more fussing and rushing and worry- ing. Now the British business man’s office key, as I have said, is too ancient and clumsy for him to carry about with him. He does not even lock his door; he leaves that for the porter or the clerk to do, and as the porter or the clerk has to open the door in the morning, the British business man does not bother with the key. His brow clears as soon as he leaves the office. The business cares of the day are left behind—the key not with him. He has his hour for de- parting for his home in the country, and he does not stay later. is I was up one afternoon in the private room vf one of the largest publishers in London. He is a genial, hearty young fellow, very much younger than | am, as he is only 60 by English count, and I am over 40 by American measurement. We were discussing a matter that was very much more important to him than to me. I had come there to oblige him. Sud- denly there was a light tap on the door. The door opened, and a clerk’s head was thrustin. Hesaid: ‘Five o’clock, Mr. Blank.’? ‘‘Thank you,’’ said Mr. Blank, rising at onee; his day was ended. It did not matter who was there or what subject was being discussed, his day ended when that clerk put in his head and said, ‘‘5 o’clock.” As the clerk was helping him on with his overcoat, he said tome: ‘‘I’ll call around to-morrow and see you about this.’? His hansom was waiting at the door to take him to the station, and in half an hour he would be far out in the country. He has a large place and many acres, about half an hour from London, and by 6 o’clock he would be among his roses or potter- ing in his workshop, where he indulges a fad for mechanics. On Saturday he does not come to town at all. He tells me that anything pertaining to business does not cross his mind after he gets into the hansom at his office door. Nor does he again think of business until he enters his office next morning. Of course, this is accounted for by the fact that he does not take his office key with him. A few years ago | met an American over here who was nearly driven mad by this habit of Englishmen not thinking of business out of office hours. He was over here on very important affairs; some big schemes. I forget for the moment just what they were, but it was vitally necessary that he should interest a prominent English business manin the subject. He placed all the arguments and papers before the business man, and then took a dash over to Paris. He set- tled his business in Paris on the keen jump, and got back to London on Sat- urday morning. During the forenoon of Saturday he did about two weeks’ busi- ness, jumping in and out of a hansom, and polishing up things in great shape, for he was to sail on Monday. His last call was upon the business man that | speak of. The American had only just time to snatch a lunch standing, and it was after 2 o’clock when he reached the office of the man whose decision he wanted. “‘Gone, sir,” said the clerk. ‘“‘zone where?” asked the American. ‘‘He’s gone home, sir,’? answered the clerk. ‘What! At this time of the day?’’ asked the American, who had forgotten all about the British half-holiday. ““Yes,’’? said the clerk in a surprised manner. ‘‘Where does he live?’ asked the Amer- ican. The clerk told him, but added: ‘‘He won’t see you on business at his home, sir.” “Oh, Vll see about that,’’ said the American, and, jumping into his han- som, he drove to the station and caught a train to the country place where the business man lived. He found the place a magnificent establishment, for the man was rich. The American met a cordial welcome, and the Englishman concealed his surprise, if he felt any, at the unex- pected visit. “Oh, no, I haven’t come to stay,’ the American. ‘‘I merely want to know your decision on this company business; 1 sail for America on Monday.”’ ‘“‘Nonsense,” said the other. ‘‘You’ve never come down here to talk business. Come in and have a glass of something to drink. What will you take?” The Ameriean took his beverage, and was then shown to a room to dress for dinner. He had no dress suit with him, but English hospitality does not stop at a little matter like that, and there was a dress suit laid out for him. He met a number of nice people at dinner, and afterwards, in the smoking-room, there were many good stories told, but there was no chance to talk business. On Sunday the ladies carried him off to church, and he had the opportunity of hearing a good sermon, which he had not done for years before. In the evening when he had to leave, he drew his host aside and said: ‘‘I hate to talk business on Sunday.’’ “So do I, my boy,” said the other; ‘‘therefore, don’t do it; it’s a bad practice, Good-bye.” ’ said 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. And away the American had to go. On his steamer he found a telegram awaiting him from the Englishman, tell- ing him that he had carefully looked into the affairs of the company, and would join in it with him. The tele- gram came from his office, and not from the house. The moral seems to be: Lead a double life. Let your business cares be locked in your office. Go in for domestic pleas- ures of some kind, and don’t allow the evil genius of the office key to dominate your lives, and then you will “‘live long und be happy,” as old Rip Van Winkle nsed to say. LUKE SHARP. ———— +4 Hostility to Accumulated Wealth. The defeat of the Seigniorage bill has had a good effect upon the market for the new issue of Government bonds, which, after selling at a trifle less than cost and interest, have advanced to a price at which the original takers can get out with a small profit. It has also lead to a considerable buying of first- class bonds and stocks for foreign ac- count, which has stimulated a like buy- ing by investors on this side of the At- lantic. With money offered in increasing abundance at i percent. per annum on eall, and at 2 and 3 per cent. per annum on time, the attractions of securities promising 4+¢ and 5 per cent. are very great, while nothing but timidity pre- vents an active speculation for a rise in the less valuable class of investments. A feeling, however, prevails about most of these that too little is yet known in regard to them to justify their purchase at present prices. The recently pub- lished report of the General Electric Company shows how even the astute managers of that concern were deceived, a year ago, in their estimate of its finan- cial condition. They supposed that its common stock was worth over par and so informed their friends. Now it turns out that its capital impaired by nearly 40 per cent., and it is doubtful whether its common stock is even worth its apparent value of 60 per cent. on the books. National Cordage is in a like situation. Whenits reorganization was first proposed last summer, its were appraised by experts at some $13,750,000 above its liabilities, but when a few months later a sale of them was made to the United States Cordage Company, their net value was put at only $5,000,000. The shrinkage in re- ceipts, and, consequently in net earnings of the railroads, not only at the West, but right here close to New York, and of such lines as the Pennsylvania, the Erie, the Long Island, andthe New York and New Haven, has been equally great, and necessarily diminishes the desire of in- vestors to buy into their ownership. Quite as discouraging, however, to purchasers of corporation stocks and bonds should be the hostility manifested to all such forms of investment by Con- gress and State Legislatures, as well as by the courts. Thus, the judge in Chi- eago who decided that the Whisky Trust was an illegal monopoly, based his de- cision upon the broad ground that all large accumulations of property and power by corporations are dangerous to the public welfare and should be pre- vented by the law. It is true that the Whisky Trust may, like the Sugar Trust and the Standard Oil Trust, devise a scheme for carrying on its operations which cannot be upset, but where there was assets is a will there is a way, and if the peo- ple of this country are determined that its wealth shall be divided in small amounts among a multitude of owners instead of being concentrated in great masses in the hands of corporations or of individuals, they will find the means of accomplishing their purpose. This antagonism to corporations and to millionaire citizens has never been so vehemently manifested as it was by Sen- ator Voorhees of Indiana, in the speech when he opened the debate in the Senate on the Wilson Tariff bill. First he de- nounced the manufacturers who had sought to have the bill modified in their interest as ‘‘arrogant, insolent, and dic- tatorial, and in some instances sinister, perfidious, and dishonest,’’ as ‘‘incarna- tions of human selfishness,’ and as “shams and betrayers of the people and the truth.’’ Then, in advocating the in- come tax, he proceeded to pay his re- spects to owners of capital in general. After this exordium the Senator went on to exult in the fact that the income tax, if it should be imposed, would be paid by only $5,000 out of the 65,000,000 of the population of the country, and to claim this as its especial merit. He cited as authority for his estimate the statement made by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the use of the Ways and Means Committee of the House, and remarked upon it: Sir, these figures may well give the country pause. They recall the worst days of Rome, and of other governments, both ancient and modern, whose liberties were lost by the accumulation and power of wealth in the hands of patrician aris- tocracies. How small in number is the income class in the United States, yet how potent! How few in comparison with the great body of the people, but little more than one in a thousand, yet how aggressive and strong! How pre- tentious, how presumptuous in dictation to the Government in regard to all its policies, yet how unpatriotic in the hour of peril, how mean in the face of danger to the country! The income class, based upon the principal ownership of the en- tire wealth of the country, is mainly the illegitimate offspring of Government paternalism and Government support, yet neither gratitude nor love of country has ever moved it to respond in aid of the Government in an hour of emergency and need. From no other class could the payment of the whole pension roll be re- quired so justly. It is not necessary here to demonstrate the emptiness of this frantic talk, and i on in the minds of men as high in posi- tion as Senator Voorhees. He has un- doubtedly reason to suppose that the sentiments he expressed will find a hearty response, not only from his im- mediate constituents, but in other quar- ters. It is time that the rich men of this part of the country, most of whom have accumulated their riches by their own exertions, and who, so far from ‘‘look- ing out upon the poor, tired, toiling world as if from a fortified castle,’’ are themselves the hardest of toilers and the most exposed to the assaults of ill for- tune, knew how they are regarded by the multitudes of whom Senator Voor- hees is the spokesman. The proposed tax of 2 per cent. on their incomes is but the entering wedge. If it is imposed now, the same majority which imposes it may increase it from year to year until, as to yield the whole pension roll of $160,- 000,000, and, instead of being collected from 85,000 citizens, it may be levied , upon only 8,500 or less. Thus, upon in quote it merely to show what is going |* SPEAKING OF CHEESE rere It may be possible for a grocer to handle poor goods in some lines without suffering material loss in trade, but any attempt to palm off on a customer poor butter or cheese al- most invariably results ina permanent loss of trade. It is not always possible for the dealer to get good butter, but it is comparatively easy to procure uniform cheese of good quality, providing the dealer insists on handling the standard brand which has been longest identified with this market. 2 FULL CREAM CHEESES a GRAND RAPIDS. ie MICH. This brand has stood tne test of time and is universally conceded to lead all other full cream brands in uniformity, richness and general excellence. Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. We have obtained a limited quantity of the admission tickets left after the close of the World’s Fair and offer them as souvenirs of the great event as follows: Original set of four ee Complete set of ten tickets............50 cents The tickets were especially engraved for the World’s Fair by the American Bank Note Company and the plates were destroyed as soon as the editions were printed, so that on duplicates can ever be obtained. he tickets bear portraits of Columbus, Handel, Franklin, Washington and Lincoln and will soon be worth many times their present cost as souvenirs of the Fair. We control the sale of these tickets in Western Michigan and are prepared to offer the usual diseount to the trade Mr. Voorhees suggests, it may be made! | Tradesman Company, | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. lic en th mi th tir pe N ' THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 3 comes above $10,000 the rate of the tax might be made 10 per cent., upon those of $50,000 and over 50 per cent., and upon all above $100,000 it might be 90 or even 100 per cent. Once admit, too, the principle contended for, that the pro- prietors of accumulated wealth are pub- lic enemies, and the confiscation of their entire possessions becomes as rightiul as that of their incomes. Of course, it is improbable at this moment that so wholesale a spoliation of the owners of large wealth as that which I have suggested will ever be attempted, but it is not impossible, and timely pre- cautions should be taken against it. If the rich men of this country expect to secure their riches against depredations like that for which the proposed income tax will establish the precedent, they will have to enlist on their side the in- telligence and the moral sense of their fellow citizens, for, whea the sentiments expressed by Senator Voorhees become those of the majority, they will be as helpless to resist them as were the no- bility of France to resist the revolution- ists of the last century. The nation at large is no less interested in combating the error that accumula- tions of wealth are dangerous to its wel- fare. Senator Voorhees, in asserting that the liberties of Rome, or of any other country, were lost by such agencies, says that which is not true. It was not arich patrician aristocracy which over- threw the Roman republic, but military power wielded by successful generals. Greece fell a prey to internal dissen- sions which paralized her resistance to foreign aggression. Twice within a century has a republic in France suc- cumbed, not to an aristocracy of any sort, but to poor but unscrupulous and ambitious adventurers. On the other hand, there is no case on record of a people enslaved by mere money grub- bers. The amassing of wealth is incom- patible, by its very nature, with the ac- quisition of political supremacy. The man whose whole mind is given to his business has no leisure for anything else. Nor can he succeed without at the same time benefiting his fellow men. Of the usefulness of masses of capital skill- fully employed, to develop the natural resources of a country, too many proofs are visible around us to permit a doubt. Our railroads, our great manufactories, our banks and other financial institu- tions, and the numerous corporations fostered by State laws for the express purpose of combining under a single management little amounts of wealth which separately would be useless, all attest the beneficent results of that ag- gregation of capital which Senator Voorhees denounces. If all such aggre- gations are to be prevented either by confiscation under the guise of taxation or by statutes making them illegal the material progress of the country will be brought to a standstill. MATTHEW MARSHALL. Reverie of a Lead Pencil. I heard a preacher say, not long ago, that what the world needs to-day is men of power; men who have a definite purpose in life; who have the courage of their convictions; who cannot be dis- couraged by obstacles nor intimidated by opposition. The preacher was right. The trouble with most men is they are too much like the old-fashioned blunder- buss—they scatter. ‘There is not the necessary concentration of energy. Il | suppose you know it is possible to take a} piece of ice and, by shaping it like a/| convex lens, get heat enough by concen- | trating the rays of the sun to start a} fire. It is concentration that does it. It is just so witha man. He need not | be very much of a man, and he need not | have a great amount of energy or large} business capacity—if he will only concen- | trate what he has upon some one object, | he is almost certain to succeed. This re-| minds me of a conversation I overheard the other day. Said one man to the other, ‘‘There is no money in the grocery business, at least for me. I have been in it twelve years and I am not $100 bet- ter off now than when I started. I don’t understand it.’’ He reminded me of the Irishman who said that he came to this country fifteen years ago without a cent to his name and had held his own ever Do you know what ailed that man? 1 don’t mean the Irishman, I mean the grocer whose twelve years of business had left him-as poor as when he started. He had worked hard in his| younger days, saved alittle money and | started a grocery because he thought he | would have an easier time of it and/| make money faster. He had an idea that all he had to do was to rent a building, put in a few staples, and customers would flock to his counter like flies to an empty sugar hogshead. Well, he tried it and the customers did not flock and— he has held his own ever since. The trouble with this man, who isone of a thousand or more, is that he lacked con- centration. It never occurred to him that he had anything to do but stand be- hind the counter and wait on customers and take their money, and grow rich on the profits; and, when the customers did notcome, he walked about the store with his hands in his pockets, brushing down the cobwebs and occasionally dusting off since. the glass fronts of his cracker boxes. He put no thought into his business. The nearest he came to thinking was to won der why customers seemed to be so shy. | The man who does business—grocery business or any other—must get out and hustle for it; if he gets it inany other way he ought to put himself on exhibition and tell bow it was done. He must think about his business—not merely wonder why people do not buy his goods, but plan and scheme how to draw customers into his store; and, when they are in, plan to keep them there. Then if he doesn’t succeed—but there is noif about it, he will succeed. My advice to that man, or any other man in his condition, is to sell out and go at something else—saw- ing wood, for instance. He will make more money, his food will digest better and, altogether, he will be a much hap- pier and more useful man. If he stays in the grocery business people will soon forget that he ever lived. I know Il am ealled a hard pencil, and what I have said may seem somewhat severe, but when I see aman wasting his time in the grocery business when he has hardly ambition or energy enough to take him- self in out of the rain, it gives one (p)lumbago. Thatis the way it strikes me; but then, | am ONLY A LEAD PENCIL. A Frank Acknowledgment. Uncle George—lI trust, Henry, that you are out of debt? Henry—No, I haven’t got quite so far | as that, but | am out of about everything else. We have the best line of roasted coffees in the West, carefully selected from the leading roasting estab- « lishments in the country. If you want to wear diamonds handle our coffees. <> The ‘Dey Goods Market. Challies in cotton, half-wool and all- wool, in black and cream grounds, are in good demand. Prices range from 4@2I1c. Wash goods are selling well. Cottons are low in price and not ing as well as they should at the price. Crinkle formerly 10¢c, are now going freely at 7! new patterns. sell- low seersuckers, sold at 4 @8e—all Good sales on hosiery and underwear are reported during the past two weeks. Cambrics and_ silesias have ad- vanced ‘¢c. Indigo and gold, indigo and blue, and indigo and red prints are still being of- fered at 44¢c and light prints at33je. At these prices there should be a large trade in the next week or two. i a ti The Drug Market. Gum opium is dull and lower. Morphiais unchanged. Quinine is study. Aleohol declined to $2 lon in barrels, .03 net per owing to a lively between Fuller & Fuller Co. and Yor- rison, Plummer & Co. As this price was considerably below cost, the cut did not last but a few days, when the differ- gal- serap ence was adjusted and the following prices agreed upon: Barrels .... eee ue ay 8217 Cee 2 22 ae. Ck. 2 2 oer Me 227 All less 5 cents per gallon for cash in 10 days. o oe First Cost a » Trifle More, But Then--- What you want is permanency. You don’t want to be annoyed by a leaky roof. The Porter block cost $5 for re- pairs in 16 years. We roofedit. H. M. Reynolds & Son. li i Al Facts placed prominently to the front on the last page of cover by The Putnam Candy Co. Saturday Half Holiday for Banks. A movement was inaugurated time ago by the bank clerks of the city some with a view to bringing about the closing | of the banks at 12 o’clock Saturday. — There is no disguising the fact that the fame of Grand Rapids as a jobbing center and her reputation for fine goods is growing. The Putnam Candy Co. re- o~ FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this 1ead for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each — juent insertion, No advertisements taken for | ess than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. 7” CAN LEARN Or ALL KINDS OF business openings; or you can find a buyers for your business by addressing with stamp, Mutual Business Exchange, Bay City, Mich. 605 ~ VOR SALE—A DRUG store, months and cost ing $3,000. 0, one-half cash, WELL-STOCKED _ started only eight Will sell for balance long time. Rent $16.20 per month. Nice corner. Have other business that requires my entire time. Address No. 604, care Michigan Tradesman. 604 Ww ANTED—A JEWELER TO LOCATE INA town of 1, cmap good busi ness pli Lce splen did opening now. Address “Jewel ler,’ ¢ are of Michigan Tradesman 603 ‘A PARTNER A druggist with class paying drug i is good fora féw ds Ww ANTEI )— EXPERIENCED e t gage in a first This chance only hold rm. For Le tage ad dress Lock box No. 16', Grand Rapids, Mich. 600 NOR SALE—GOOD PAYING DRUG STORE : in Grand Rapids Address No. 601, care Michigan Tradesman. 601 WOR SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER. chandise acne $1,500. Rare chance; only store in place; reason for selling, death of proprietor. Address =o 114, Bravo, Mich. 599 | FOR SALE CHEAP—STORE AND DWELL- - Ing in first class "eeuen in town of 1,000 inhabitants. idress E. L., box 158, Thompson ville, Benzie Co., Mic 598 ee COMPL i B TE STORE 3 ND HOUSE furnishing ine factory, paint shop and office. with Iners ative contracting prainiypraasnn, betgaer-ane Will sel 1 for $2,000 less would | will} future | | than inventory vi ilue, or sell } half interest to de | sirable party for #5 000) Address No. 597 eare | Michigan Trade aman. 7 Fo’ SALE—STORE BUILDING AND dwelling combined at Levering, Mich. First-class place for a general dealer. A. M. Le Baron Grand Rapids, Mich 596 QYOR GOOD LOCATION HARD ware, drugs, clothing address lock box 221. Sturgis, Mich. Ree SALE—THE ONLY MEAT MAR KET I IN town of FOO inhabitants. Good opening for right man. Goodr isons for selling. Address No. o87, ¢ are Micl in Trad esman. ART V "ANTED—A LIVE ACTIVE MAN AS PART ner in general store. # 30,000 eash trade | per year. Address No. 592, care Michigan \ Tre desman. 592 7IOR SALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF GENERAL ; weere handise with no old goods. Will sell for cash. Stock invoices $1,200. Will sell or rent store building. It will pay you to investi TO RETAIL or dry goods, gate. Address Bex 107, Ke alamo, Mich. 588 pee se ‘CLEAN STOCK OF HARD- ware and agricultural implements in good territory. Stock w invoice $2,500 to Would sell one-half interest. Good rea Address No. 589, care Michi 589 STOCK OF GEN Give particulars and FM yaying 5 v0. sons for selling. gan Tradesman. \ YJANTED FOR CASH- eral merchandise. | price. W H. Pardee, Freeport, Mich. i Fes, “SALE —C HOIC E MILLINERY STOCK. | Reason for selling, ill health. Mary A | Rosenberg, Lisbon. Mi mm a 591 _ E FOR SPOT CASH, OR WANXTE D—TO BUY | unincumbered real merchandise. Address t estate, all kinds of 1e Manistee Mercantile Co., Manistee, Mich. A 581 A CLEAN STOCK OF GROCERIES FOR £ Sale; good trade, cheap for spot cash; the only delivery wagon in town. Stock about $2,500. Investigate. Address box 15, Centre ville, Mich, 820 [Ay ANTED—SITU: ATION BY “REGISTERED pharmacist, three years’ practical expe rience. Temperate, single, best of references, | Address box 46, Fennville, "Mich. 595 TANTED—POSITION BY EXPERT AC | W countant. | ances rendered. | other work of si Address No. 57 Books opened or closed. Bal Partnerships adjusted and any milar chavacter promptly done. eare The Tradesman. 578 TANTED—THOROUGHLY COMPETENT | W and experienced young man would like position as book-keeper, Cashier or other office ; work with jo bbing or manfacturing house. | Address “H’’ care The Tradesman TO MAKE MONEY In the Clothing Business you must have PERFECT FITTERS, WELL MADE, STYLISH Goods, and at prices—well they were at Rock Bottom before but we have just made another BIG CUT to clean upour Spring Stock. If you need clothing it will pay you to see this line. ceived a round order for a line of their | specialties from Tacoma, Washington. yesterday H. H. COOPER & CO.,, MANUFACTURERS, UTICA, N Y. Write to J. H. WEBSTER, Agent, OWOSSO, MICH. 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE PEOPLE’S READING MATTER. Long after the art of printing was put into active operation it was devoted to the multiplication of books of the most serious nature, principally-on religious subjects. A long time elapsed before matters of amore trivial character were dignified by being committed to print. Works on science, history and philosophy were pu up in solid volumes, with substantial bindings, and it would have been con- sidered derogatory to their importance and dignity if they had been put forth as pamphlets. Now, books of all sorts are running into cheap forms, and the sub- stantially bound volumes make up less than a tithe of the printed matter issued from the press. Many standard works on every important subject are issued in pamphlet form, placing them in the reach of every class of readers. But the newspapers lead all printed matter for quantity. Much that is given out by the great daily press is of value, although there is no little that is almost worth- less, and some thatis positively injuri- ous. But there must be tares among the wheat. Carl Snyder, writing in the American Journal of Politics for April on what the American people read, gives some figures of the issues from the newspaper and periodical press. According to his figures we have now some half a dozen monthly magazines of a high class and three times as many more that offer a good grade of popular reading; they aggregate a circulation of 1,400,000 a month. But those issues do not come up to the newspapers, which turn out thir- teen hundred million weeklies and twenty-four hundred million dailies. It is estimated that the people of the United States pay annually for their newspapers $100,000,000. They pay $3,000,000 for their monthly magazines and $5,000,000 more for their books, whether bound in boards or in paper. All this shows how enormously the news- paper issues, in extent and voluminous- ness, surpass them all. Since the newspaper press becomes the leading provider of reading matter for the American people, it follows that a tremendous responsibility rests upon it to furnish the people with wholesome, in- structive matter, free from any element that can corrupt public taste and de- bauch the morals of the people. The press cannot be too responsive to its grave duties. —— i i - Chopped Off His Sead Doctoring among the Indians is not the soft thing that it is among the more civi- lized whites. With us the undertaker quietly disposes of the doctor’s mistakes, and the doctor’s own certificate is all that is required to assure the world that everything had been done for the unfor- tunate deceased that was possible; but among the Indians, and especially among the more uncivilized of them, it is not so; and if the doctor fails to do what he professes to be able to, his head is the forfeit. Only the other day an Indian doctor was called in to prescribe for the wife of a Digger Indian living in Pleas- ant Valley,Colo. He said that he could cure her, but the woman died, and the doctor’s head was promptly cut off. Such regulations must have the effect of mak- ing the Indian medical men extremely careful of their practice. 2 The man who keeps his mouth shut prevents microbes from getting in and foolishness from coming out. Too many people never recognize a good opportunity until they have seen its back. Dry Goods Price Current. er COTTONS. ee Arrow Brand 4% eee... a “World Wide. 6 Beeeeee AA......... a 4% Atlantic Be ox Full Yard Wide..... 6% _........ Giraecorgm A.......... 6 _ r.... 5 |Honest Width...... 6 _ a S Weeriierd a ......... 5 - =... 4% Indian Head........ 5% ee jjRing A A........... 6% Archery Bunting... os iKingEC. .. —— Beaver Dam AA.. 4|Lawrence 6 4% Blackstone O, 32... 5. {Madras cheese cloth 8% Pao (ow... Lie Newmarket ee 5X eee Sec ........ 5%| ade 5 meee, Ot............ 7 | . 2. 6% ee a... AK... a . . By ——e 7... eee 6% Chapman cheese cl. a8 Noibe R.... 2 oe 544 Our Level Best..... 6 RO ok rors &........... 6 Dwieet Sar... .... ee ee. c.....--. 7 coe «ce c....-... Sree... .......,.... 6 iTop of the Heap.... 7 BLEACHED COTTONS. ae. 44/Geo. Washington... 8 Amazon . a .......... 7 eee) on ee 6 (Gold Medal......... ™% Are Comeerde........ 10 |Green_ Ticket....... 84 Blackstone A A..... vA) iGreat Falls........-. 6% ean. BI a. oc ns uses Tg eee 2 jJust Out..... 4 5 Oe 6%) \King ae... 2. 7% ee 2 — >... 7 Charter Ook... .... 5% | Lonsdale ae -10 Corey W.......... 744|Lonsdale. . . OSs Cleve .......:. 6 |Middlesex . ane @5 Dwight Anchor. . See 1% shorts 8 Ch a: ee. -....... - weer oeee.......... 5% Pe ce 7 |Pride of the West...12 Farwell.. ae TT Fruit of the Loom. - iSuntight.. ..... 2. Peeve ..... ... Utica Mills......... 8% Piet Peee.........- - Nonpareil ..10 Fruit of the Loom %. Mivieeee............. 8% Fairmount. . “a White _—.-- oe Pat Veues........... . 6% Rook... 8% HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. Cabot.. ' . 6%|Dwight Anchor..... 8 Farwell. a 1. TM CANTON FLANNEL. Unbleached. eames. Housewife A........ 5% Housewife _* 61g ' a... Cp oe 7 ‘ Ce 6 “ 5 ..7% ‘ D.. 6% ‘ en 8% ” m.--.. 0.0 7 ‘ a 9¢ P...., Ts " 7... 10 r ——— ™% ' 10% 2. 7% Ria 11% ‘ i 84 “ 7 12% ro . 8% “ Z... 13% x... 9% ' L a . 10% ” 2... ohn “ aa 21 ' | ge 14% CARPET WARP. Peerless, white......17 |Integrity colored. ..18 colored....19 (White Star.......... 17 fueerity...........1ee, *~ Soned DRESS GOODS. Sie .....,-)... a 20 - (oe ee. 25 “ cece - ee GG Cashmere...... 2 ae 30 Nameless ae teen 16 ™ see tes ee 32% eet ce 18 - \ cee CORSETS. TT % 50|Wonderful . .. 84 50 See e.......... © Oe... ene 4% Davis Waists..... 9 00|/Bortree’s .......... 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 50j|Abdominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS. cone Naumkeag s satteen.. 7% Ahdrosco ogein eo 744| Rockport - 6% Beaeerwre.........-. 6 Conestoga... ee 7% Brunswick. .... - 6% a ee --- GO PRINT Allen turkey reds.. 94) Berwtcx fancies.... 5% 5%/|Clyde Robes........ - = & purple 5%|Charter Oak fancies 4 _ 5% DelMarine cashm’s. 5% " pink checks. 5% mourn’g 5% si ee ...... 5 Eadystone fancy... 5% = shirtings ... 3% chocolat 5% American fancy.... 5%) C rober.... 5% Americanindigo... 454) " sateens.. 5% American shirtings. 34 Hamilton fancy. 5% Argentine Grays... 6 5% Anchor —-- _. Manchester # ag - 5% Arnold . - 6 new era, 5% Arnold Merino..... 6 Merrimack D fancy. 5% long cloth 9 Merrim’ck shirtings. 4 7% . Re o_o 8% “century cloth + Pacific —: 5% - ee..... — hc lhlU(Uc hl... ‘« green seal TR10% same robes... 6% “« “yellow seal..10% Simpson mourning.. " aee........- 11% re a ans “ Turkey red..10K% «solid black. 5% Ballon solid black.. Washington indigo. 6% ‘s colors. ‘“* Turkey robes.. 7 Ben al blue, green, ** India robes.. % and orange... 6 . plain Tky x « on Berlin ee 5% oil blue...... 6 “ Ottoman = ss s even .... 6 i. 6% “* Foulards .... 5%)Martha ee - wee.... ... 7 mo. a bce ™% * - %| Martha eehington | “ * 2h... 10 Turkey red........ - “ 3-4XXXX 12 |Riverpoint robes.. Be Cocheco oom owes © [WRONG ianey...... 6% - madders... 5 ' old ticket ” XX twills.. 5 indigo blue....... 10% _ ee S (Hermeny......... . TICKINGS. Amor AC A....27I8 CO A..... ........ 1% Hemliton BM ........ ; Pemberton AAA....16 a. 7_aer.. .. — :...10% - palaiontipen ry Swift River......... ™% farmer . room Bever......... 12 First Prise.......... I os cone onsen 12% Lenox Mills ........ Be ee... vies ae 16 COTTON DBILL. nee, D.......,.. 6% (Stark - ce 8 oss wees ay 6%|No Name........ .. 1% ee, &........... 7 |Topof Heap i 9 DEMINS. Amoskeag eres eee 12 {Columbian brown. .12 oon..... 14 |Bverett, blue........ 12% ” brown .14 e brown. a EE Eg Haymaker Pee. .... oe Beaver Creek ae. brown... a 4 ea ee ES " CC. : Lancaster iso ce ie Boston, Mfg Co. br.. 7 Lawrence, 902z...... 13% blue 8% c No. 220....13 ‘* d& twist 10% . No. 250....11% Columbian XXX br.10 ' No. 280....10% XXX bil.19 GINGHAMS. a 5 Lancaster, staple... 5 ** Persian dress Gis ancies . Canton .. 7 ™ Normandie 7 C AFC...... C36 ancamhire.......... 6 " Teazle.. "110% Manchester......... 5% " Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 6% . Persian.. 7 [Noemandie......... 7 Arlington staple.... 61¢)/Persian............. 7 Arasapha fancy. 4%|Renfrew Dress...... vers Bates Warwick dres Toe oeomont..........- 6% ' a. = Slatersville ......... 6 Centennial...... 10%|Somerset...... a cVeereen ..... 10%|Tacoma ....... . ™% Cumberland staple. SY Toil du Nord.. . 8% Cumberiand.... .... Wabash. . % ee, i a “ geersucker.. 7™% Pe ee ~- el meewen.... ....-. 6 Everett classics..... 8%|Whittenden......... 8 Exposition..... ~~ C heather dr. 7% Gienarie...... 6% _ indigo blue 9 Glenarven.......... 6%|Wamsutta staples... 6% Ceemeoe........... Fae Westbrook ects 5 eee... . . ...... ee 10 Jobnson Vhalon cl %!Windermeer.. ey " Seas Hae SLT eeee..... ........... 6% . zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGS. pas... bes = po eo kage 13% eee ee Fe ee 3 ‘ THREADS. Clark’s Mile End,...45 |Barbour's..... ..... 95 (meer, 2. @P....... Mersnall’s.... ...... 90 meen. ....-...-+.0 22 KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. oo -_ 6... — rom M....... 37 i 34 i 8 r = ae eit Le 44 - .....,. 36 ft SS... 45 CAMBRICS. ST . Peeeees........... © eee oee.....-.-. <” Tioekwoed...... ... 4 ee OW Pe cs ci eee Rowemrnret......... « FRRURewice ......-. 4 RED FLANNEL. Peon. .... ..... 22% oo tec. + Cypemuaere.......... oe ie 32% eres BOA......... 30 |J R w oOee......... 35 Nameless...........27% Buckeye Pie eee pene 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... ~ eee &....... -....: 2244| Western W ......... 18% ee. 18%/D R P.. 4 6 os Weatern........ 20 Flushing oon... 23% Ee eee 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless ..... 8 @9 ae 9 ons CC 8%@10 ‘e . CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black./Slate Brown. Black. 9% 9 934 /10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 11% 11% 11 11% 11% 11%)1 12 12 12% 12% 1320 20 20 Severen, 8 os........ 2% TWest Point, 8 oz....10% Mayland, 8oz....... 10% . 10 oz Greenwood, 7% oz. Greenwood, 8 oz.. 104%|Boston, 10 oz. i WADDINGS. peo, 6 o......-... eee eee......--.- 25 Oolored, Gos........0 Per bale, 40 dos... -88 50 SILESIAS, Slater, Iron Cross... 8 Red Cross.. ‘- . ae 10% . Best AA..... Ee eee 4 7 50 Perea... «+s 10% SN ye asga suk oe 9 Bedford... he eee, Valley City ie 1034 eae a 10% SEWING SILK Corticelll, dos....... 8 {Corticelli knitting, twist, doz..4C per os ball...... 30 50 — doz. .40 K8 AND EYES—PER @ No : Br. & “White.. = os ; " 1112 No 2—20,M C....... « B-20,6 C.....-. 45 COTTON No 2 White & Bl’k..12 - 6 “ 15 PINS, 50 ws 4—15 No {bhk& Wite.15 15 a . “33 a..-... 40 TAPE. No 8 White & Bl’k..20 “ 10 “ 2B “ 6 “ .18 |“ 12 “ i) SAFETY PINS, Bcc. cya a cies Bi] NEEDLES—PER XM. oe... 1 40|Steamboat........... 40 eer e....... .... . Sees Bee.......... 150 Berea s........... 2 GUL Aneerenn........... 1 00 TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4....175 6—4.. eon --165 6—4...2 30 nee. — Sali Twine..28 ‘Seeos............. seine ae 12 Rising Star £ ae: ein vere e 18 i le - ere eee... Bristol . .....13 |Wool Standard 4 pivit 5 4d Valley. i. = Poaeen ......... mites iaien eee 6%|Mount Pleasant.... 6% BIA eNOs. .... 1.004. os concen scae 5 I keene ee 7% PE ane eee ne 5% OL 6 |Randelman......... 6 Georgia Di aeene yes _ an iiss obee 54 ED pete commences MURENINE Bicevc sone aes 6 Haw a becheu es Toledo” echoes . Haw J.. a 6 Ouls COTE. «105.55 7% A LADY’S GENUINE : VICI : SHOE, Plain toe in opera and opera toe and C. 8. heel. D and E and E E widths, at $1.50. Patent leather tip, $1.55. Try them, they are beauties. Stock soft and fine, flexible and elegant fitters. Send for sample dozen. REEDER BROS. SHOE CO, Grand Rapids, Mich, Il | Paper Packed Serew. ———— WRITE FOR. PRICES. Wit Hi (NS, Manufacturers and Jobbers of ; PIECED AND STAMPED TINWARE, 260 SOUTH IONIA 5s7T., Telephone 640. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH vs EATON, LYON & C0, NEW STYLES OF 3 - a UN 4 acai v 4 ll ) 20 & 22 Monroe S&t., GRAND RAPIDS. Boot Calks--- 4 | 3 D : L «ed We We 3 ey Y i< HO = i Veo We w yA ul Z | x = a | < ws =< _ se = x Ww c Ball per thousand - - $1 25 Heel “ * - - - 1650 Order Now. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., 12 & 14 Lyonj8t., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. —_ — ’ ? 74 & ‘ - “_ ” ? \, 2 ‘THER MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7 THE ORIGINAL MONROE DOOTRINE Recently, in connection with disturb- ancesin Central America, and particu- larly in reference to the paramount pub- lie interest of the United States in the proposed Nicaraguan inter-oceanic canal, many allusions have been made to the Monroe doctrine. It will be interesting to know just why and when the famous doctrine was given out, and just what words were uttered. Itis the only expression ever made which assumes to outline a foreign policy for this republic, and while it has not been faithfully followed by the Gov- ernment on important occasions, it is still embalmed in the popular heart and is regarded by the people as a principle in which is bound up the future destiny not only of the United States, but of this Western Hemisphere. It is true that Washington in his fare- well address, delivered Sept. 17, 1796, in anticipation of his final retirement from the Presidency, warned the American people to beware of entangling alliances. But that offered ne suggestions as toa foreign policy for a country which was in its infancy, and gave but little promise of the mighty power which it was to at- tain. It remained for another President and statesman twenty-seven years after- wards to foresee that this country must necessarily, sooner or later, assert itself as a nation among nations. So it was that President Monroe, in a message to Congress, Dec. 2, 1823, pre- sented his celebrated deliverance that virtually committed the Government, without the intervention of any legisia- tion or action by Congress, to assume the arbitrament of affairs in the Western Hemisphere. ' tions of the United States with foreign countries, said: ‘‘In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy todo so. Itis only when rights are in- vaded or seriously menaced that we re- sent injuries or make preparations for defense. With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more intimately concerned, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is. essen- tially different in this respect from that of America. This difference proceeds from that which exists in their respective governments. And to the defense of our own, which has been achieved by the loss of so much blood and treasure, and matured by the wisdom of their most en- lightened citizens, and und® which we have enjoyed unexampled felicity, this whole nation is devoted. ‘*‘We owe it, therefore, to candor and to theamicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any at- tem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety. With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not inter- fered and shall not intefere. But with the Governments who have declared their independence and maintained it, and whose independence we have on great considerations and on just principles acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppress- ing them, or controlling in any other manner their destiny, by any European power, in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposi- tion towards the United States. “Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is not to inter- fere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the Government, de facto, as the legitimate Government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, and submitting to injuries from none. But in regard to these continents, circumstances are eminently and con- spicuously different. It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their ownaccord. It is equally impossi- ble, therefore, that we should behold any such interposition in any form with indifference.’’ Here, in these plain, manly words, ut- tered by a chief magistrate of the Repub- lic when it was young and feeble, are the true principles for a foreign policy for this country. There was no talk of surrendering rights to foreign arbitra- tion, no talk of submitting any purely American question to European dicta- tion, but the expression of a disapproval that amounted toa prohibition of Euro- pean interference in any of the affairs of this hemisphere. When President Monroe gave out that great deliverance he pre- sided over 10,000,000 of inhabitants. When the claims of the United States in Behring Sea were submitted to European arbitration this country had more than 60,000,000. Do we grow more timid as we grow more powerful ? Here is the whole of the Monroe doc- trine. Nobody has been able to add any- thing to its wisdom and comprehensive- ness. Nothing could make it better than itis. It is the framing of a policy for an entire hemisphere. It embraces the whole of its extent, and it looks forward far into the future. It’s a grand doctrine. Whether it is to be a national policy, as well as a doctrine, will depend on whether the Government is to be controlled by states- men or politicians. _ -O-<— He Knew His Business. Proprietor (of the shoe store)—'‘‘Be- fore I take you into my employ as clerk let me ask you one question: What do you know about the No. 2 size of ladies’ shoes?’’ Applicant (promptly)—‘'There seventeen sizes of No. 2 shoes.” Proprietor—‘‘Engaged!” are Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. are Ae 60 EE 49 muremen, Gee... .. --....... 2.2... 25 etnias, Teeeion ..................... . See AXES. First Quality, 8. B Veieee..................87 60 De Weeee.............._... 1x 00 : SO e oeeel............. es 8 00 : es oe.................... 13 50 BARROWS. dis. aes... 8 14 00 Garden tt seeee ces GR Oe ae dis. sh lL 50&10 Carriage ee CCG EE 75&10 Le a ae 40&10 sleigh ee 70 BUCKETS. We ee cee ce see $3 50 CE ee 400 BUTTS, CAST. dis. meee Tone Fim, Gere... 8... jc... Oe ought Narrow, Tright Saat joint. heed ae cue. 60h 1 Werte SO Pa. 8... eo cee ons 60&10 - HAMMERS. Weems SS tk lke 60410 | oe eee dis. 25 7 a O_O 60&10 | Kip eee eee 25 oes Oe... Yerkes etiam, . dis. 40410 a, coe... 70&10 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............ . -80¢ list 60 Blind, Deemer e................ 7... 70&10 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand....30¢ 40&10 ee Spec aces 70 | HINGES. BLOCKS | Gate, Clark's, 1,2,3......... ....- 1a.60&10 : 3 een | Gee. pe r doz. _ 2 50 Ordinary Tackle, Wat April 1902..... ..... 60&10 | Screw ‘Hook ‘and ‘Strap, ‘to 12 ; in. 4% 14 and CRADLES, OE 3% EE dig. 50&02 | Screw Hook end Eye, %................. net 10 CROW BARS. |“ “ “ eo i oe 5) " : % a net CAPS. | Strapand 7......... : OO ee | HA NGERS, dis. a = ¥ —. ' = | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 an. : g5 | Champion, anti-friction....... 60&10 Musket go | Kidder, wood track . HOLLOW WARE. EE Ee Rim Fire.. ea .- ++. Coat Central Fire. L a toeeeoe .. ... 60R10 OHISELS. dis. | Gray Cuamerod....................... --.. 40&10 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. eee — vette ttt t ee ete tee eres teen er eee ner Stamped Tin Ware. .....1... -new list 70 Seaieoee Boece tc acce cess —... 7 Scaee Japanned Tin Ware. ' Co of ee te ae 0 | Granite Iron Ware .... ... new list 3834 &10 ICKS .. 2.02. eee eee eee ee ee eee 15 WIRE GOODS. dis. Butchers Tanged Pirmer............ ...... | Bilght Se. 70&10610 COMBS. dis, | ———. =... oe > i ee os | Hook’ sees a Od16 a $2 | Gate Hooks and Eyes... 7010810 pilots a | as LEVELS. Gia.7 . | t a a 4..... Loe. White Crayors, per gross..........12@}12% dis. 10 | ee Serene ype ing r ee COPPER, Sisal, is inck and a Cea ae ou 7% Planished, 14 ox cut to size... .. ‘Per pound gg | Manilla.............. Lata veeesee D1 14x52, 14x56, 14x60... 98 | steel and I —e ay Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60... 22.2.2... 23 | re and B vels ia Naan ered cae see ae Cold Rolled, : 4X48. ooo eoee ee ete ere ee Bottoms . ie Fe SB ROG nee ete eens beset tantatetnn dace tm esa || "DRILLS. dis. Se gee ir , a Moree Mes Neggnn......................... 30 | Nos. 10 to 14.._. .- : yi ayy = Taper and stral = tse Wbeee (ues cL Mi Nos 64617 sts ce es 3 05 were Oe Teer Geene.....,................ 50] Nos. 18 to 21. ol , ... £05 2 05 DRIPPING PANS. — = - = ; .. 406 3 15 Binal) staee, dor Oud _.................... 07 | NOS. <5 to <6 : -- £5 3 25 , No. 27............ <_< 3 35 Large sises, per pound...... ......... ..... 6% All sheets No. 18 and ilghter, over 30 inches ELBOWS, wide not less than 2-13 extra Come 4 were Cie................... dos. net % SAND PAPER. oes | dis 40} List acct. 19, 86 . : dis, 50 ee... dis. 40&10 "SASH CORD. ee dis Silver Lake, White A.... oe ifst 50 Clark’s, small, 818; ry ............... 30 4 ee aC va a : Ives’, 1, $18: 2) see... 25 ss Drab B Cc ee 55 anes List. dis. “ Whitec _ Ce 35 Nee See Massae ee i New American ..... .........-......-.. ---60&10 gash WEIenTs. Spagna ammataiaiommgay Solid Byes...... : Vso Per tom #26 Heller’s Horse Rasps .. ......--..++........ 50 - Hand... a a 7” “20 GALVANIZED IRON Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 2% and 26; 27 28 Spectat Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 50 ina 6s 14 15 16.0 OU " ecial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot... 30 Discount, 60 ¢ ampion and Electric — x GAUGES. dis. Cuts, per foot. o l io. 30 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 ek die “TRAPS “dis. Rese, atnen, ae List. ~. Oneida C ‘ommunity, | Newhouse’s......... a Saar’ gesmeiela, . anes vais la = < C noe Hawley # Norton’s.... 70 ect reen es ouse, choker.... eter ae per dos a ae oe 55 | Mouse, delusion... ... -++0++ 01.50 per dos : eS 5 WIRE. dis. Drawer and a Nebeweceeenes “a 7 Bright Market. . eee Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.'s new list ....... now Oe Mallory, Wheeler & Co.#................... 55 Thened mae le 2 eer 55 7 a N alk? : Coppered Spring Stee 50 orwalk's oO axetcs, tee e ttaaas wee 55 | Barbed Fence, galvanized. 2 60 . ‘ q o «¢ snie..........-.. . 816.00, dis, 60 Pe pORSE Nate. 2 20 a eee eee eee es; 815.00, dig. 60 Ay Sic Le 40ee10 oe 818. 50, dis. =— —....... dis. Sperry & Co.'s, Post oe. 7a eeere..................... dis. 10810 ’ ’ ‘* ENCHES. Coftee Parkers wae r Baxter's Adjustable, “nickeled. / 30 Se ee eee oo. soe’s Genuine 50 . fh wuts. ste ee 4, | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, . 75 ee O'S... ..-.--.. = Coe’s Patent, malieable.... 75810 P MoLAsana oaTna, oe dis. eee MISCELLANEOUS wpe Stebbin’s Pattern.. ver ss++ ++, 60410 } Pumps, Cistern | vee coves : 5&10 Steboin’s Genuine.. wedeeerveseccces secs coccecs —_— Screws, New List... : / a 1. ee Enterprise, self-measuring............ 1 Casters, Ged a d Plate.................. 504510410 NAILS Dampers, American. estas G ae over base, on both Steel and Wire. | Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods......6&&10 ee 1 50 Wire vatin, Dames. eu ll. 8 OO nee a Base Base | Fie SER. : TE 26¢ os | Fig Bars..... ee eke eed ae ee veces. es 28¢ a ZINC. 35 | Vuty: Sheet, 2c per pound. an | oe potne Camee................_. 6% 45 a / 7 50 SOLDER. 80 | 4@% - a ee, li 75 | Extra Wi ing . aaa v 99| The prices of the ‘many ‘other qualitics of 1 29 | Solder n the market indicated by private brands 1 60 | Vary according to composition, 1 60 ANTIMONY en) Coomnen......... ....-.. 1... per pound 15 epee ws. ...-.--.-..-............. 12 90 '—MELYN GRADE. 75 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal. Sea ee 99 | 14x20 IC, 1 10 10x14 rr, " 99} Hach Caditional X on this grade, 81.75. “ a. Ec 90 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADR. Barrell % oe an 1 75 | 10x14 = Charcoal . a PLANES. dis. 14x20 [ io dete ete t ete te eee eee teen e 6 7s Obie oot Co's fangy ol... @40 | 10x14 SEE eerepere: precreseess + 8 25 EN AL AS TRS TT 50 | 14x20 = ost Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy.......... ve see. 40} Bach additional X on this grade $1.50. ee eT 40 1c, Woseen PLATES se Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. . ....50&10| 14x20 1C, {' Worcester............... » PAKS. ao oe aL c oe ee ea eue oo ia Gammon, poliahed 2200200000000. a 0 | MRIS, Allaway Grade. 6 00 ’ es a ai 14x2001X, “ ee - ee to a 40 a i i 7 sone Copper Rivem@ and Hurs.................... 50—{0 | 0x28 IX, BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. PATENT FLANISHED IRON. eee - = “A” Wood’s patent planiehed, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20; 14x31 IX.. ee “‘B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20} 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Bollers, t per ont - Broken a 4C per pound extra. 14x60 IX, A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advanee. | 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- ‘lass matter. te" When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in Tue MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1894, TO REVIVE AMERICAN SHIPPING Realizing the enormous pecuniary loss which results to the American people from the driving of their merchant ships from the seas, not to speak of the dis- grace to the nation of having to admit that its vessels cannot sail the ocean in competition with foreign ships, patriotic people have urged upon Congress the imperious duty of applying a remedy and of rescuing the American flag from the shameful condition of being banished from the ocean. Itis estimated that the freights paid to foreigners for carrying our products abroad, and for bringing our imports from across the seas, amount to $200,- 000,000 a year. Americans are not able to earn one dollar of this money, because here are no American ships, and there every where are no American ships because European ship-builders, having the advantage of cheaper labor, can produce vessels at least 25 per cent. cheaper than they can be made in this country. Under these circumstances many pa- who want to see arevival of their shipping ican triotiec persons have urged that Amer- should allowed to purchase foreign-built ships, have them brought in duty free and _ registered under the United States flag. To-day this is forbidden, and, as a consequence, there are ships owned by citizens of the United States, but sailed under foreign flags. Such a provision would go part of the way to remedy the evil, but it is shown citizens be foreign-built not a few that the foreign wages of seamen are so much lower than are those paid to American sailors in this country that such transferred ships would still be operated at a disadvantage. many foreign steamer lines are aided by government money subsidies, which can hardly be thought of in this country, as public sentiment appears to be against the subsidy system. In order to secure relief from the dis- advantages to which the American mer- chant marine is subjected it has been proposed to make discrimination in the duties on imported goods carried in American bottoms. Kichard P. Joy, of Detroit, has proposed legislation in that Moreover, ee eee TRADESMAN. 1 line, to the effect that it shall be enacted that dutiable goods imported in Ameri- can built, owned and manned vessels shall be permitted to enter the United States under 10 per cent. less duty than dutiable goods imported in foreign vessels for the first year; and 9 per cent. less duty on goods imported in American vessels, and 1 per cent. higher duty on goods imported in foreign vessels for the second year; and 8 per cent. less duty on goods imported in American vessels, and 2 percent. higher duty on goods imported in foreign vessels for the third year; and so on, until the tenth year, when goods imported in American ships would pay the regular duty and foreign vessels im- porting dutiable goods would pay 10 per cent. higher duty. But as only about 50 per cent. of goods imported are dutiable, there should also be required a tax upon free material im- ported in foreign vessels; that is, free goods imported in foreign ships should be compelled to pay a duty of 1 per cent. the first year, 2 per cent. the second year, and so on until the tenth year, when per cent. higher should be charged; but free goods could always be imported free in American vessels. It is possible that such a measure put in operation would have a_ profound effect in rebuilding the American ship- ping interests, but it would raise up, against our ships, a coalition of the mercantile marine of all the maritime nations. But something equivalent to that already exists, and nothing is being done to prevent it. The statement that the Postmaster- General had issued an order prohibiting the railway mail clerks from receiving mail matter on the trains except from the postoffice is undoubtedly a hoax. The postoffice officials in this city have heard nothing of it, and it never appeared in the official daily bulletin issued by the Department. Protest from the Standpoint of the Country Postmaster. Ayk, April 14—1 notice your criticism on the order promulgated by the Post- master-general, prohibiting railway mail clerks from taking letters that should be delivered to the local postmaster, and I wish to reply from the standpoint of a man who has served the people of his community and the United States Gov- ernment as postmaster for eight or nine years. What would you do for the poor, for- getful (?) fellows if they were to forget the important letter or order until the train came along? Would the train, by refusing to wait for them to write their letter, be held responsible for the delay ? They know just as well what minute the mails are to close as they do when the train due. Besides all that, these same forgetful (?) fellows never in their experience hurry after the railway mail clerk to get their mail off the train, but wait until it gets to the postoffice and then are usually right on hand to get their mail, and are ready, too, to whine at the postmaster if they do not receive an expected (?) letter. All fourth-class postmasters get their meager compensa- tion for handling the mails from the stamps cancelled, and not from mail de- livered, and it seems to me that any and every conscientious man would favor the right of every man to his legitimate earn- ings. The tendency of the whole people is too much toward ignoring the princi- ples of law and the rights of man; hence anarchy and its consequent results. GIDEON NOEL. ——_—»> 4+ A Nebraska man hugged his girl so hard that he broke one of her ribs. When she got well he forgot to hug her, 1s and that broke her heart. 10 | IN NEW QUARTERS. C N. Rapp & Co. Remove to the Wm. Alden Smith Block. Seven years ago C. N. Rapp came to this city and opened a commission house on North Ionia street, under the style of Geo. E Howes & Co. A year later the interest of Mr. Howes was purchased by C. B. Metzger, and the firm name be- came the Grand Rapids Fruit & Produce Co. This arrangement continued a couple of years, when the partnership was dsisolved, Mr. Rapp resuming busi- ness on his own account under the style of C. N. Rapp & Co. The firm was lo- lated at 9 North lonia street, where it carried on a large and constantly increas- ing business, due to the superior quality of goods carried and the manner in which the customers of the house were treated. Realizing that the rapid growth of business would require more com- modious quarters, Mr. Rapp has been on the lookout for a couple of years past for a suitable location, and, as soon as the Wm. Alden Smith block was pro- jected, he entered into negotiations with the owner with a view to securing a long-time lease of the entire first floor and basement. This he succeeded in doing, and the firm is now in possession of its quarters where it claims to have the most commodious and best arranged commission house in the State of Michi- gan. The first floor is 50x100 feet in di- mensions, with front, side and rear en- trances and a freight elevator in the rear. The basement is of the same pro- portions, being high, dry and well ven- tilated, with a clean brick floor. Be- tween the basement walls and area walls, the firm has fitted up five banana rooms, each twelve feet wide, which have a combined capacity of 1,300 bunches of bananas, equivalent to three car-loads. With an office and ware- house equipped with every convenience known to the trade; with a location cen- tral to the wholesale and retail trade of the city and within a few rods of the principal freight depots of the city; with desirable connections with the orange growers of Florida and the banana im- porters of Philadelphia and New York; with a working force of ten loyal and energetic employes; with a standing with the trade won by years of persist- ent effort and honest dealing, Messrs. Rapp & Co. have every reason to believe that they are in a position to handle no inconsiderable portion of the produce and commission trade of this market. > <> Sentiment in Trade. From the N. Y. Shipping List. President Martin, of the Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association, _ re- marked in his annual address at the New Orleans convention last week that it is a grievous mistake to imagine that there is no sentiment in trade, for it is ‘‘evi- denced in nearly every business transac- tion, and we should feel ourselves in dangerous company when dealing with men who had none, as it is the main- spring of honesty and the keystone of honor. If there is anyone in whom this noble passion does not have being it surely must be in the heart of him who buys goods under the contract plan and then deliberately cuts the price or per- mits his traveling salesmen to do so.” Mr. Martin is rignt, as there is no sen- timent among professional cutters. They are in business to make money through selfish motives, and not to elevate the standard of trade; they are non-progress- ive; they strive to overthrow co-opera- tive measures for lessening growing evils, and endeavor to place every ob- stacle in the path of organized efforts between manufacturers and distributers. It is necessary that legitimate methods be adopted to restrict suicidal compe- tition without the objectionable features of combination, but so long as the guerrilla warfare continues, the contract or rebate plan as recognized by ~the wholesale grocery and drug trades will experience an uncertain existence. The trouble is due to a lack of sentiment. According to Mr. Martin’s statement, there has been considerable complaint about the cutting of prices by grocery jobbers on limited or contract goods, but when reported to the manufacturer with the request that the penalty for such vicious methods be enforced, the proof required by him before taking action must be so conclusive that it in fact vitiates all penalties, as it cannot be furnished in the manner prescribed. He suggests in cases where com- plaint of this character is made that the burden of proof be put upon the offender, and that the manufacturer require the accused to purge himself of the charge. There are various loopholes of escape, and it is not an easy matter to place the blame because of the lack of sentiment and sympathy. a Sensible Suggestions from the Ladies’ Auxiliary. Detrorr, April 10—As your excellent paper is the best medium for reaching many readers interested in the Michigan Knights of the Grip, will you kindly publish the following in the K. of G. de- partment? As enquiries are being made by the wives of members of local K. of G. posts regarding the organization of Knight- esses formed at the annual convention at Saginaw, we offer the following sugges- tions and general reasons for such local auxiliaries to a State organization: 1. To promote acquaintance and _ se- cure co-operation. 2. In order tochoose the most capable and intelligent as delegates to the annual meetings. 3.. To interest and secure a larger at- tendance of both sexes by diffusing in- formation as to the objects of said or- ganization and the desirability of repre- sentation. 4. While locals may not be consid- ered necessary or expedient by some, they can be made useful and helpful in many ways. 5. To emphasize the idea that we ap- preciate the high moral and temperate standard adopted by the Michigan Knights of the Grip, as expressed by never offering wine at their banquets, and to aid them in all efforts for worthy charities and sanction the respect shown for all religious sects. By-laws and resolutions will be pre- sented at the annual board meeting in Grand Rapids in December, 1894, and submitted to the members for discussion and adoption. Mrs. N. B. Jones (Lansing), Pres. Mrs. C. F. BALLARD (Detroit), Sec’y. ee te Purely Personal. Cornelius DeJongh, senior member of the firm of C. & A. DeJongh, general dealers at Burnip’s Corners, was in town Monday. Peter De Pree, prescription clerk for Grand-Girard & Co., has taken a similar position with J. E. Doty, at 59 South Division street. N. B. Clark, President of the Michigan Bark & Lumber Co., left Monday for a fortnight’s tour among the tanners of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Geo. Kerry, formerly connected with the commission business here, is now a petty officer on the old Michigan, at present stationed at Erie, Pa. Mr. Kerry hopes to have the pleasure of meeting many former friends on the occasion of the Michigam’s cruise around the Lakes this summer. a A Pluck and industry ‘‘will out.’’ advertisement on last cover See page, signed The Putnam Candy Co. oh, Go mwverQGaw +: * ww wre eye OS oe er \- n d e, mp > The Grocery Market. Sugar—No change from a week ago. There is almost an entire absence of speculation and refiners appear to be as much at sea over the final outcome of the | Wilson bill as the smallest dealer in the country. Jelley—Advanced 5e per pail, Prunes—California goods continue to advance. Pork—Receipts of hogs at the packing centers were below all expectations last week and, as a consequence, the market developed a strength that made the bears’ headsswim. ‘The result is a clear rise of 75e all round. This almost makes the tremendous slump of several weeks ago a matter of history. The seers all predict a furtheradvance. The export movement of hog products con- tinues large, the clearances for the week aggregating 21,955,000 against 10,176,000 for the corresponding period Ibs., as last year. These figures are almost phenomenal and clearly indicate the favor with which the great American hog is received on the other side of the Atlantic. The total receipts for the week, so far as reported, were 230,000, as compared with 305,000 for the pre- vious week and 180,000 a year ago. The total since March 1 is 1,475,000, as against 850,000 for the same period last year. 3arreled Pork—Has gone up = 7Z5e. There is a good and growing jobbing demand, as the season has arrived when the demand for pork products usually enlarges.