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Ottawa St.,GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 26, 28, 30 and 32 MUSKEGON BAKERY UNITED STATES BAKING Co., CRACKERS, BISCUITS, CAKES. Originators of the Celebrated Cake, “MUSKEGON BRANCH. HARRY FOX, Manager, MUSKEGON, MICH. GRAND eer te, mey 2, 1894. PERKINS & HEss, DEALERS IN : Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, Nos. 122 and 124 Louis Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. JOBB Groceries and Provisions, MGnltAN AK ANL LUMBER G0. IS and 19 Widdicomb ERS OF Building. oO. CL RK, Pres. t W. D. Wapk, Vice Pres. i Cc. U CLark, - 1s : == contracts for the season of 1894, Correspondence Solicited. tet POTATOES. We have made the handling of Potatoes a ‘‘specialty’’ for have a large trade. Can take care of all that can be shipped us. best service—sixteen years experience—tirst-class salesmen. Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value. Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. WM. H. THOMPSON & CO. Commission Merchants icago. 166 So. Water St., CANDY. 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ESTABLISHED 1841, THE MERCANTILE AGENCY MR. G. Dain & Co: 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 cStates, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and In London, England, firand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. ‘ COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. 65 MONROE S8T., Have on file all reports kept by Cooper’s Com mercial Agency and Union Credit Co. and are constantly revising and adding to them. Also handle collections of all kinds for members. Telephone 166 and 1030 for particulars. L. J. STEVENSON. C. E. BLOCK. W, HP. ROOTS. Buy Direct of the Manufacturers. Arthur G. Graham, Manufacturers’ Agent. PAPER, WINKS, 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. Réfer to any Bank or Judge in the city. ENGRAWINGisi Buildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles. TRADESMAN CO., Grand Rapids, Mich, - @RAND RAPIDS, THE DEACON’S JOKE. How a Country Merchant Entertained Drummers on Sunday. I don’t know anybody who is quicker than Byron H. Rand to see and reeog- nize ability in a man. Certainly he was one of the first to see it in himself, and nobody else has ever seen so much of it there as he has. Byron is, perhaps, the best known salesman in the ‘‘hollow- ware” trade. ‘‘1 do not wish to assert,” said he to me one day with his accustomed mod- esty, ‘‘that 1 never fail to take an order, but Vil just bet a plug hat that if Neal Dow and I were tied up in a bag, I’d sell him a hundred gross of pint flasks before he could get the string loose.’’ it happened, not long ago, that old Sam Allerton, the patent medicine man of Onaway, N. Y., had a disagreement with the firm that had made all his bot- tles for ten straight years. Byron got a private tip on this state of affairs, and he took an express train for Ona- way. For years he had been trying to get Allerton’s order away from Leblank & Company. Once when Leblank’s best traveling man went up to Onaway to take that order, Byron waylaid him, and beguiled him into a state of intoxication calculated to be highly offensive to Al- lerton, who is a deacon in the church. But Allerton persuaded the salesman to Sign the pledge, and then rewarded him for his expressions of penitence by re- newing the contract. The next year Byron again met that salesman on the train to Onaway and secretly fed seven grains of hasheesh to him, whereupon Leblank’s man went into Allerton’s office and had a trance which lasted fourteen hours. But when he came out of it he was so weak that Allerton did not dare refuse him the con- tract for fear the disappointment would kill him. Thus by every legitimate business method Byron had striven for that order, but tough luck and the per- versity of Allerton had euchered him. This time, however, he felt sure of it. On a Saturday about 1 o’clock in the afternoon Byron reached Onaway. He went immediately to Allerton’s office, and there sat old Sam wearing a smile that was as promising as one of his own advertising circulars. But he wouldn’t talk business. He couldn’t be induced to hear a word. “I’m aman of very strong religious feeling,” he said. ‘‘Sunday begins Sat- urday noon with me. I never think of business between that hour and Mon- day morning. You'll be in town over Sunday?” Byron rather thought that he would under the circumstances. ‘“Giad to hear it,’ said old Sam. “Come up to our church. Have a seat in my pew. My folks are away and there’! be plenty of room.’’ There seemed to be business in that and Byron accepted the offer with thanks. Then he went out and hunted up a citizen of that place whom he knew, accepted the man’s invitation to stay at his house, and charged three dollars hotel money in his expense ac- count. The next morning Byron directed his steps toward the church, wearing upon his countenance an expression so devout that several sinners whom he met by the wayside were brought to a realizing sense of their condition. An obliging usher showed him where Mr. Allerton’s Byron congratulated himself would pew was. on finding the pew empty; he have Allerton all to himself. His plan of combining worship with business was somewhat interfered with, however, by the entrance, during the WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1894, next five minutes, of six other salesmen in his own line of trade. They, too, had got the tip about Allerton’s con- tract and had descended on the old man during the previous afternoon. They had received the same “stand off” that old Sam had given Byron and the same invitation to attend services at the church. Presently Allerton appeared. All the drummers had been watching the door, and they began to smile and look pleas- ant the instant old Sam hove in sight. Allerton walked up to the pew where Byron, red in the face, was holding the others packed together like sardines. There was about six inches of room for old Sam to sit in, and he measures about six feet on the beam. He merely glanced into the pew, bowed politely and marched up to the front of the church, where he took a seat right under the pulpit. When the usual time for collection ar- rived old Sam arose and took one of the boxes. This was alittle more than the drummers had expected. They had been prepared to contribute something under old Sam’s eye, but they hadn’t supposed that he would pass the box. He smiled even more blandly as he handed it in, and Byron, who was _ near- est him, of course felt called upon to start the ante at one dollar plunk. The next drummer raised it the limit, which in his case was one. dollar. 3y the time the box reached the last drummer it was necessary for him to put in such a sum that he didn’t see how he was ever going to get it back from the house in ease he missed Allerton’s contract. Byron didn’t like to see the others outdo him in charity, and the other gentlemen had similar feelinzs, so that when the box came back through the pew each man added to his contribution such a sum as would make his total ex- ceed that of the next man to him. Then the fellow in the back of the pew sig- nified that his cbaritable sentiments had boiled over. He waved the long green at Deacon Allerton, and the good deacon promptly passed in the box. Everybody put in something as it went by him, and also when it came out again. But no- body had the nerve to call it in again, so Allerton passed on and the drummers thought they had done with him. He wasn’t half through, however. Old Sam walked down the aisle, and around into the other one. He walked into the pew opposite that containing the glassmen, and smiled over the rail- ing at them. As Allerton happens to have a decided cast in his eye, each drummer appropriated that smile to himself, and regarded the contract as good as signed. But just to clinch it and have a perfectly sure thing on the old man, it occurred to each of the drum- mers that an additional contribution was indicated by the symptoms. All their small bills were exhausted by this time and nobody had the nerve to make change out of the box. One of them put in hisI. O. U. On this oceasion, also, the box traveled up and down the pew several times, and when it was finally withdrawn pretty nearly every man there had made up his mind that he would have to borrow some of it back from old Sam in order to get out of town. When the drummers called at old Sam’s office next morning, each one of them believed that the contract was his, because he had bought and paid for it. But old Sam met them with a smile which shed even more of the light of Christian charity than the smile that he had worn in the church, and said: “Gentlemen, the disposition of my contract for bottles was determined by the events of yesterday. It is rare that NO. 554 business 1 allow trude upon my Sunday thoughts. when our good pastor spoke so feelingly of kindness and charity and forgiveness, it made me feel that perhaps I had been considerations to in- But hard upon that old son of a gun, Le- blank. At any rate I decided that | would not hastily break off my arrange- ments with him, and sol have renewed the contract and have sent it to him this morning. Il am pleased to have met you all, and will cheerfully bear witness to your devotion to the cause of religion. Come around once a year at least, and oftener, if you feel moved to do so.” The seven salesmen were taken out of the office in a comatose condition. They hate old Sam to a degree which makes him a very bad risk for a life insurance company. But Rev. Mr. Styles, pastor of the chureh—who witnessed the performance in pew No. 17—thinks so well of Mr. Allerton on aceount of it, that he has given the old reprobate a testimonial to this effeet: “IT have used one bottle of Allerton’s Expectorant, and have raised the debt of the chureh.’’ HOWARD FIELDING. — 2 iP The Wheat Market, This cereal has remained in market in statu while at Detroit which are winter wheat centers, the price has receded about 1!ge per bushel during the past week. therefor is ports. our local quo at 52e per bushel, and ‘Toledo, small ex- Califor- nia, and the fine growing weather gener- ally, also the throughout the country, have helped to depress the market. 1f the Coxeyites and Kellyites and all the other ites would work, in- stead of tramping, it would help matters in more ways than Not much wheat is moving from first hands, only forty-five ears of wheat and twenty- six cars of corn were in Grand The cause Rains in Kansas, also in strikes go to one. and received The store, Rapids during the week. mills are using up the stock in and, as soon as seeding is over, we antic- The wheat at however, wheat. Why is raised ipate a freer movement in great this low ebb when we 000,000 bushels, conundrum is: only 400,- while corn is firm at an advance of 1}ge over the previous week, and we raised about 1,800,000,000 bushels of corn, and yet, with this difference in amount raised, we still have the enor- mous amount of 68,425,000 bushels of wheat and only 14,566,000 bushels of corn in sight? ‘The only solution is that wheat is more generally raised through out the world and more plainly speaking, other countries do not raise corn as we do here in the United States, while they raise wheat. In years gone by, in the general market, the price of one bushel of wheat was equal to the price of two bushels of corn, while to- day corn brings 45e a bushel and wheat only 52¢c, which is rather a large change in these two How to change corn less, or, cereals. this remains for the agriculturists to solve. It looks at this moment that, if the weather keeps as favorable as it has been, notwithstanding the shortage of acreage, and the winter killing of wheat, the United States will raise as much wheat as last year. Cc. G. A. Voter. FORTY PER CENT. | aay very much like au imposition for | |any man to ask the city for $900 a year Remarkable Record Made by the City | for which he gives nextto no return. It Sealer. The city’s fiscal year reports from the will soon submitted. aud departments has elosed, various be Amoug reports there will, in all probability, other | | shows, likewise, a high degree of assur- |ancein the man who is willing to take i the under such circumstances; | but the present Sealer seems to be equal }to the emergency. There is one money conses be one from the Sealer of Weights and |jation, however—he has served his lasg Measures. He will, doubtless, submit, | term in the office. Mayor-elect Fisher, among other things, the interesting iM- | with the facts before him, will hardly formation that he has collected the €X-| Gare to reappoint him, and a new man travagant sum of $385 and a few cents. will probably take the office in a few He will also, no doubt, inform the publie weeks Tae Teapmawan bas several that his office has cost the taxpayers €X-| times within the past eighteen months actly $1,023.55. He will not inform the |e. ,osed the utter inefficiency of the public, however, that there are in the city about 800 places where weights and whieh official measures are in constant use and he is supposed to visit in his capacity, and from which he should col- lect something like $1,500. Let it be remembered that the Sealer has turned over to the City Treasurer the sum of the twelve monihs ending , and that he could have collected $385 during April 2 $1,500 or more, and it will be seen just that 600 is taken as the how much work lias been done by official. Then if, say, nupiber of places where weights and measures are used (although there fully visited them all during the year, are $00), it will be seen that, if he has he has collected but about 50 cents from each. Here are the the ceipts and disbursements for the fiscal year ending April 2, 1894: RECEIPTS FROM BUsH figures showing re- 1, 1503 May a al $ 7D June 29,.... de a . 40 U0 July 3. . : oe \ 19 48 ioe S....-4 nee ewes 24 0d Aug. 7 ‘ . eo Sept. 4 si : 44 47 Oct. 2 j ho a i oe ner, 6.... a 43 SU Pee, 6. wt ons. 3> wt con. 2. 10..... , i 20 72 Si i .--— Mar 35 8 April 2. oe ' 22 05 Total 8 383 19 PAYMENTS TO BUSH May 3, 1893 / $5 Ww June 2... . on a occa . $3 00 July 6 ch ie 85 00 Aug. Be oe eek eee ene SD Oi Sept. 7 3 55 ; 13 Sd 00 bS UO 85 LO 85 OU 85 UV 8S UU So CU April 5.. 85 UO Total os $1,023 55 It should be stated that $120 of this latter amount was for horse feed, and $3.55 for sundries. The balance, $900, was for salary. It is not contended that $900 is too much money for the work to be done, but it is too much to pay for the work as it bas been done for the past two the Sealer each user of weights and measures there worth the name, years. Even if has visited once has been inspection each year, no for, if a dealer means to be dishonest, he has ample time be- tween the It is the inspector’s duty to know who among the users of are honest and who dishonest, visits of the Inspector. weights and measures and more time be given to the latter than to the the present Sealer evi- dently gone the that all are honest or that all are has treated all alike. » has not inspected many of should former; but has either dishon- More on assumption est, for he than that, he the scaies months. it is litthe wonder that so many | people a the office, when the manner in which the | incumbent has taken into present This duties is account. would never have occurred if the werk! talk is the only one who cares to hear | had been properly done, As it is, it and measures in twenty-four | are clamoring for the abolition of | performed his | present Sealer, and because of these ex- posures by this journal, requested him to Mayor Stuart He at first promised todo so, but, after considerable delay and much urging from the Mayor, finally resign. , inasomewhat pointed letter to His Worship, refused to resign, saying the Mayor might remove him if he would. The Mayor’s duty in the premises was plain—he should have removed Mr. Bush from office. He did not do so, and the Sealer will hold Mayor-elect Fisher sor. however, until appoints his sueces- He has, since the spring elections, circulated a petition which he presented to Mr. Fisher, praying reappoint- ment. ln view of his record, this evinces office for a degree of hardihood which even those who know him best did not know he possessed. Thecity does not want any more of the Bush brand of inspection of weights and measures, and will be glad to dispense with his services at the earli- est opportunity. an investigation into Someone has suggested the affairs of the oftice. That is entirely unnecessary. No one has even hinted that the Sealer is dishonest—be is woefully incompetent, and does not possess sufficient ambition to move him to do the work even as well as he knows how. intelligence is a question which THt TRADESMAN is not disposed just now to discuss. Whether he possesses sufficient — 2 a Laying Things Down. “There is a science in doing small things just right,’”’ said a business mana few days ago, ‘‘and | notice it in my office. “| had two office boys there whose main duty it was to bring me notes or cards that were sent in to me, or to fetch things that | wanted to use. “Oue of these boys, whenever IL sent him for a book or anything heavy, would walk rapidly by my desk and toss it in- definitely toward me. If it happened to miss me and land on the desk it was ali if it fell on the floor the boy al- ways managed to fall over it in his eager- | ness to pick it up. “Then if he had a letter or card to deliver he would come close up to the desk and stand there scanning it over with minute care. This being concluded he would flaunt it dirily in my direction and depart. “The other boy always came and went so that I could hardly hear him. “If it was a book, inkstand or box of letters, he would set it quietly down at one side of the desk. “Letters and cards were always laid— not tossed—right where my eyes would fall on them directly. “If there was any doubtin his mind about whether he ought to lay a letter on my desk or deliver it to some other person in the office, he always did his thinking before he came near me, and did not stand annoyingly at my elbow studying the letter. He understood the science of little things. ‘‘When New Year’s came he got $10. The other boy got fired.” —_— - right. i The man who tikes to hear himself } j him. aT Not Use the Best? _ OUR . “Sunlight” FANCY PATENT FLOUR Is unsurpassed for whiteness, purity and strength. Increase your trade and place your self be yond the competition of your ne ighbors by selling this unrivaled brand. Write us for price delivered #t your railroad station Tne Waish-DeRoo Milling Co. MICh,. HOLLAND, To Clothing Merchants. [S- The wholesale clothing manufacturers have made up light stocks this season, but we made up about our usual Spring line, in the Newest Styles and Patterns, Long and Medium Frock Skirts regular, cutaway and Double. breasted Sack suits. Elegant Spiing Ove ‘reoats, cut long. See our splendid Tine of imported Clay Worsteds Frock and Sack Coats, Vests and in Suits, from $7.00 up. Our Staple line, so well ad: apted for Farmers’ trade, is fully up to the standard No better goods made and prices in reach of all. Write our Michigan agent, WM. CONNOR, box 346, upon you at any time, or meet him at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., on such dates as he announces in this advertisement. Customers expepses al- lowed. Mail orders promptly attended to. Established 37 years. Michael Kolb & Son, , suites Clothing ROCHESTE Marshall, Mich., to eall anufacturers , ow. ¥. SPEAKING OF CHEESE gS pet It HLeLy he possible for a @rocer handle poor woods in some lines without suffering material loss in trade, but any attempt to palin 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. ASSIARTN “sb JE \ / a Phe a KN past” ghCTOR 2) | 3 2 FULLCREAM CHEESE GRANDRAPIDS, 2 MICH. This brand has stood the test of time and is universally conceded to lead all other full cream brands in uniformity richness and vene ‘al excellence. Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. r 4 rf 8 x r * * ” as. ry 8 y * 4 ‘THE MICHIGAN TRADEHSMaN. 3 PEDDLERS’ LICENSE FEES. How They Can Be Simplified and More Easily Enforced. Next Monday night the newly elected Common Council will hold its first ses- sion, the various standing committees will be announced by Mayor-elect Fisher, and the business of the city will pass into the hands of the new administration. The consideration of the license question and the fixing of the fees for licenses for the ensuing year will, of course, be taken up by the new License Committee. A word concerning the work of the past year in connection with the enforce- ment of the peddling ordinance may not be out of place. Previous to the begin- ning of the last fiscal year, the schedule of fees for licenses was thoroughly re- vised and several important changes were recommended which materially in- creased the amounts to be paid as fees by hucksters of fruits and vegetables. These recommendations were favorably received by the Committee on Licenses, were incorporated in the report of that Committee, and adopted by the Council. Following the promulgation of the schedule of fees, various city officials were intervieved and the work of en- forcing the ordinance strenuously urged. The response was hearty and immedi- ate, with the effect that ina short time the Police Court was crowded with ped- diers who had been arrested for ped- dling without license. They pleaded ignorance of the law, claimed that the fee was exorbitant, and said they were too poor to pay the amount; pleaded everything, in fact, that might in the least mitigate their offense against the law, but without avail. They were com- pelled to take out licenses and pay the fee. All symmer long this fight was kept up, as the peddlers seemed deter- mined to evade the law and destroy its usefulness. They were checkmated at every move, however, and the season closed with complete victory for legiti- mate trade. Let it be said here, that there is no in- tention to drive the peddlerg_ out of busi- ness. They are accorded the privilege, common to all citizens of this country, of earning an herest living for them- selves and their families, and the laws of the land will protect them in the en- joyment of that privilege. At the same time they must remember that that pro- tection costs money and that they should pay a just proportion of that cost. That is our object in view in asking a fee for their license. Then, again, the business is of such a nature that it imperatively demands police supervision and inspec- tion. This also costs money, and is an- : cas ™“ other reason for the imposition of a fee. The experience of the past year clear- ly demonstrates one thing, however, and that is that the present schedule is of so complex a nature as to make it next to impossible for the police to properly en- force the ordinance. At present fruits and vegetables are in separate classes and berries in a class distinct from fruits. Then stands, wagons and baskets are separated. This makes it necessary for the police to know, first, that a peddler has a_ license; then, whether his license is for selling berries, vegetables or fruits; and, last, whether itis fora stand, wagon or basket. An officer cannot be expected to remember the features of all the peddlers whom he interviews, nor can he be expected to re- member the particulars of their licenses, | rest of the purchasers, So that, peddler is selling in his proper class, he must examine the license every time he meets the peddler. This entails an enormous amount of work upon the police force and makes it easy for the peddler to dodge the law. man would be caught selling berries whose license was for selling fruits; an- other, who had taken out a vegetable license, would be seen selling fruits, and the task of keeping them in order was endless. To obviate this difficulty and simplify and lessen the work of the police department as much as possible, certain changes in the schedule are necessary. In the first place, there should be fewer classes of licenses. Fruit and vegstables should be combined in one class, that when a peddler takes out a licence he ean sell what he pleases, according to the season. Then the distinction between berries and fruits should be done away with and _ berries classified with fruits where they properly belong. This change should be of great benefit to the peddlers, as it will enable them to sell during almost the entire year. would be wagon peddlers, and the second class would be basket peddlers. Includ- ing in the second class would be hand- sarts, which in the past have always been regarded as wagons. It is recom- mended that the fee for the first class be left, as at present, at $50, which, con- sidering that they will have, if the pro- posed changes are adopted, the privilege of selling fruits and vegtables indiscrim- inately, is far from being exorbitant. A fee of $30 is recommended for the second class. Thisis an inerease of $10, but the basket peddiers will have the same privilege as wagon peddlers, and, in ad- dition, may sell either from a basket ora eart. No change will be necessary in the fee for stand licenses, many of the owners of stands having expressed them- selves as satisfied with the present fee of $50. If these changes are made, it will simply be necessary for the police to know that each peddler has a license, and this would be sufficiently evidenced by a compliance with the provision of 30 the ordinance, which requires each licensee to put his name and the number of his license on his wagon. The ordi- nance should be so amended that the last named provision shall apply to basket and hand eart peddlers, as well as to the wagon men. It will cost a ped- dler next to nothing and will be of im- mense advantage to the police THe TRADESMAN urges, as a further and necessary amendment to the ordi- nance, that each applicant for a license be required to give a bond, with good and sufficient security, for the proper observance of the ordinance, and also to cover any damage or loss which may oceur to purchasers of his goods. To il- lustrate the meaning and necessity of this: A peddler on the West side pur- chased a large lot of bad eggs. Taking a few good eggs with him as samples he went from house to house, and was suc- cessful in disposing of a good portion of his stock. Calling finally upon a certain grocer, he succeeded in unloading twen- ty dozen of his eggs. Not one good egg was found in the lot, and the dealer made complaint against the peddler, for selling bad eggs. He was arrested and eonvicted, but the dealer was out the amount he paid for the eggs, as were the If the peddler Frequently aj in order to know whether a Under this change, the first class | had been required to give a bond for the. people to help themselves, to start up indemnification of those who might pur-|the wheels of industry, and, by their chase bad eggs or decaying fruit andj labor, to support themselves and make vegetables, no one would have lost, and| the country ‘the peddler would have been punished. | tressed It is possible that this amendment can be made by a resolution in the Council, and, if so, it will make it unnecessary to touch the ordinance this year. This matter should be presented to the in- coming Committee on Licenses at its first meeting, so that the Council may take action upen it when it considers the first report from the Committee. The matter is now, unofficially, in the hands of a joint representative Committee of the Retail Grocers’ Association and the Peddlers which will meet this week, and an amicable agreement will, doubtless, be reached along the lines laid down in this article. If the two interests can come to terms and agree upon the neces- sary changes in the schedule, it will have a considerable and positive bearing upon the enforcement of the ordinance. —-- oe < FUNNY, BUT FORMIDABLE. There has been no fact in American history within a decade or two which has furnished so mucb fun for the press and public as has the Coxey army. The witty writers have lampooned it with their pens, and the comic artists have transfixed it with their pointed pencils, and since Falstaff’s ragged reg- iment was made the butt of the great master’s humor, nothing in the same line has proved so funny. But there is a serious side to all this fun, and, perhaps, a tragic one. There is something absurd in the idea that a straggling gang of unwashed and unworthy tramps should go to Washing- ton to teach lessons in statesmanship to the great and wise patriots assembled in the national capitol. There was some sort of sense in sending Falstaff’s de- bauched rascals to fight Harry Hotspur, for even such scum will make food for gunpowder. Poins, Bardolph and Nym might stop a bullet as well as better men, but there is something irresistibly ridiculous in sending such a crack- brained creature as Coxey, and such a loafing lubber as Buckskin Browne, to instruct Congress in legislation. But funny as all this is, there serious side to it. The country is suffering from a ter- rible commercial and industrial depres- is a sion. Many mills and factories have stopped work, and others have been working from hand to mouth. Hun- dreds of thousands of people are out of employment. It is estimated that the unemployed will amount to a million. Certain it is that there is great distress among the working people, and thou- sands of them have been living on char- ity through the entire winter. It is under these circumstances that the suf- fering people are looking to Washing- ton. it under these circumstances that they have commenced to flock to Washington, and for what? For relief which never comes, for re- lief which cannot come, from a debating society of politicians. Unfortunately, the people have been taught that the Government is not a mere agency to do their business, but a paternal power to support them and pro- vide for their wants. It is not the busi- ness of Congress to distribute money among the population; but its proper is But the dis- people are not asking legisla- tive wisdom so much as they are seeking actual bounty from the Government. And they who are flocking to Wash- ington are not Coxey army. There half a dozen armies moving from all quarters of the country on the capital. They are ragged, but.rags are the banner of their cause, and that cause is relief from poverty and suffering. prosperous. alone are and his such national Their rags will excite loathing rather than sympathy at the capitol; it is reported that imprison- ment and other penal their arrival. treatment await This may but it must not be forgotten that they are cit- be so}; izens in the act of petitioning Congress. The political authorities that shall countenance criminal treatment to these people, who may be guilty of no other crime than begging help from their Na- tional Government, will be wrath for the day of wrath. Already there is something formidable in the movements of these people. They have captured the trains of great trunk- line railways, and secured by violence transportation the There is nothing comie in railways, in retaliation, tracked these stolen trains heaping up across country. that. The have. side- in the midst of arid deserts, where the intruders were left to starve. There is no fea- ture that. The determination of these people, at any risk and at every cost, to force their way to Washington is far from possessing any ludicrous char- acteristic. It is, on the contrary, most serious. It is more than It is an expression of profound discon- tent and unrest on the part great masses of the people. The Coxeyites are the froth and scum on its but under that wretched drift floated to the surface there movements of a profound ous upheaval. It may be all right to laugh at Coxey crew, but it is wise to beware of the possible tlood on whose That whieh vastly more comie in this—sinister. of surface, that has may the and danger- be and his comical surface they are the foam, is beneath may be formida- ble than funny. FRANK STOWELL. rn ii enna A Novel Decision. Four men in India, partners in busi- ness, bought several bales of India rugs, and also some cotton bales. ‘That the rats might not destroy the cotton they purchased acat. They agreed that each should own a particular leg of the cat, and each adorned with beads and other ornaments the leg thus apportioned to him. The cat by aceident injured one of its legs. The owner of that member wound around it a rag soaked in oil. The cat, going too near the hearth, set this rag on fire, and, being in great pain, rushed in among the cotton bales, where she was accustomed to hunt rats. The eotton and rugs thereby caught fire, and they were burned up—a total loss. The three other parties brought suit to re- eover the value of the goods destroyed against the fourth partner, who owned this particular leg of the cat. The judge examined the case, and decided thus: ‘The leg that had the oiled rag on it was hurt; the cat could not use that leg; in faet, it held up that leg, and ran with the other three legs. The three un- hurt legs, therefore, carried the fire to the cotton, and are alone culpable. The injured leg is not to be blamed. The three partners who owned the three legs with which the cat ran to the cotton will pay the whole value of the bales to the ; partner who was the proprietor of the function is by legislation to enable the | injured leg.” © "I t THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. rix AROUND THE STATE. jtheir regular mecting and resolved to, present, there will not be so many ayail- PRODUCE MARKET. i s | tak : : ; | " ; it| Apples—Still continue to come in small lots | take no action on it until the abuses per- | able hemlock logs another season, as 1 cise oniy hihi deotan tas 0 ae e be MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. petrated by the grocers im handling: has got to a point now where it does not Jeans-—Offerings are small, dealers pay from Locke—Price Bros. succeed L. G.! butter and eggs without charging com-| pay to handle hemlock unless a profit can | $1.50@1.60 holding hand picked at $1.70@1.80. qx Royce in general trade. | missions, and also in buying fruits in the | be made on the bark as well as on the| Butter—Supply . _ — oe . . , rat " a. 4 . " 7 u ae “abbages—Floridas bring #2 per crate. The $ Ewen—W. J. Keith sueceeds Wm. Le-|same way for their customers, be dis-| logs. Buyers think that $7.50 is just te spieliganir nad ; f : ‘ A . : i | i : : supply is oniy moderate, Roy in the meat business. | continued. rhe produce men feel very | about the figure for bark while sellers Celery—Ilas about disappeared. Anything Milan—J. Marwilsky has removed his|indignant regarding the action of the/ think that $8.50 would be nearer the| that looks like celery will easily bring 25¢ per 9 general stock to Elmore, Ohio. | grocers, and will do everything in their | mark. doz. i h Edmore—Thos. Regis suceeeds F. H.| power to make them keep within proper Menominee—A new system of lumber] Cucumbers—Are down 5vc, the a — . ® Geiver in the harness business i boundaries shipping will be inaugurated here in | bes 81 per doz. at present. nee Sree bene / 5 ' anne 7 ’ | et ICS. re reached the market, and pricesareonthe down, , _ I Millington—Hawks & Co. sueceed H.| Manistee—A statement has been sent|@bout two months, when it is expected grade. q A. Beach & Sons in general trade. | to the creditors of Stone & Christensen | that the transfer boats of the Toledo,| Eggs—Noeffort is made to get eggs, dealers viet Pontiae—S. A. Pra‘t sueceeds 8S. A.|by the assignee, Fred Lindholm, whieh} Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan peat pamcisang thcentiapeeas | lumber has been guaranteed to keep | > v ‘ have dissolved, C. H. Carry succeeding | Sets realized a total of $1,776.60, which , g I Honey—White clover, 14c; buckwheat, 12c. >; Gear ren { his | iderabiy i : them running the year round I Pierson—S. M. Geary has removed his | was considerably in excess of the ap-| “em running th ye a. Lettuce—Isstillin good supply. Dealers pay , | , general sieck from Maple Hill to this] praised value, which was $1,263.48. aisles tai se, holding at 10¢ per 1b, e place. | The two partners were allowed their ex- hake : _., <, |. Maple Sugar—What little reaches the market b : Ed “ne . : : | " € $250 | f ee L. Pauly, the St. Ignace druggist, is is bought for 9¢ per Ib , and brings 10e. hd \ ad a —~ Fe Ss aX purvess, grocers, 2n [ Box ae aferre 2 8 i © i een all Ocers, pemption of S00 each, preferred claims) gangerously ill and late reports from his| Maple Syrup—Dealers are paying 85e per gal. ve 39] 1 oh yurgess sue-|avvregated $2: vhile » assi ag? i i. a i “ have dissolved, John S. Burg u aggregated $320.40, while the assignees | peadside are to the effect that death is Onions—Old are about out of the market and * ceeding. fees were $195, attorney’s fees were $195, hourly expected are up 10¢c, being now held at G0e per bu Cubans f North Farmingion—Wm. M. Boughner | recording fees, 36.65 and the expenses of S A ih is half beside himself with eT re oe oe " . . . | " ee ee ' ' l6e per doz. ‘ sueceeds Mark b. Armsteng in the gro-| sale $364.65, leaving an actus ficit o ; : uceeeds Mark | rmstong in the gro-/| sale $364.65, leaving an actual deficit of | joy over the success of his new mixture, | Radishes—Chieago stock is held at 25 and 4 4 " ‘er usiness $99.68 j «] 2cessary ise fi . . . q 2 i « » Aas : Q cery business. a $99.68 in the name nece none to discharge which he has given the euphonious cog- | Cincinnatis at 20¢ per doz. bunches. “| t Fremont—-John J. Kiooster has re-| the preferred claims. ‘The creditors who nomen of “Royal Toast.” Spinach—Is in good supply and held at 75e { moved his hardware stock from Muske-| filed claims will probably kindly chip in Arch Cameron, Manager of the Cameron | P&T bu. crate. i" + os : oe | : ee as if Asparagus--Has reached the market and t gon to this place. aud assist the assignee to make these] J,umber Co., of Torch Lake and Central brings $1 per doz. bunches * ¢ Muskegon—S. Cascini is succeeded by | good while they whistle for their own| Lake, was in town several days last} Tomatoes— Supply is only moderate. They i Andrew Beucus, of North Muskegon, in| elaims, which range from $158.85 down.| week. Mr. Cameron is a genial gentle-| re held by the dealers at $3.50 perG-basket @ 4) 9 I the fruit business. The cost of selling $1,526.64 worth of man whose visits are greatly enjoyed by oe : | Grand Haven—Knight & Decker, hard-| goods, according to the statement as ; : : Pie Plant—Is getting to be a drug on the mar- (_' (Cand Daven Anignt & Mecner, hate | B0cas, Sccording 16 Statement, Wasi reason of the fund of sturdy good sens€/;..; it has dropped fully one half during the ware dealers, have dissolved, Isaac | $684.65. The insolvents probably could | and genuine Scotch wit which he posses-/| past week, 2%e being the best dealers could e Decker succeeding. have done better than this. If the cred-| seg, | get for it. It is on the down grade. m fi Bellevue—T. P. Martin & Co. have|itors fail to protest against the allow- J. E. Mailhot, the Manistee grocer,| Pineapples-The supply is good, though e : . . \ , ices have remained stationary, N t gi " ¥ purchased the hardware stock of Evans| ance of this amount they will searcely | recently forgot that he was summoned ti sales sige paying 7 ——— t : L ae : a i . $2 per doz. and other sizes in proportion. & Hare, dealers in general trade, lumber, | be true to their own interests. This can|to serve on jury in justice court and | potatoes—Dealers have advanced prices a. a aS grain and wool, yet be done before the Circuit Court at | failed to put im an appearance at the | another Ie holding at 8c. Not many reach this Kalamazoo—A. L. Blumenberg has re-| Manistee, as the matter is to be pre-| time stated in the notice. | about ready to start. + hese wat: niin - oe hiel present, yet they are certain to come downin c tailor, have consolidated their stocks and Cecil Bay—L. T. Dickinson started his eo ee — oF watch are | the near future, and old will have an increasing joined hands under the style of Edgar, | sawmill here last week. He has a shingle dees —ee — _ —_ — -— — yee se a Arnot & Son. mill in connection, with a capacity of on his 140 acre farm, one mile this side} with. Still old may go higher than they are at * a : ’ ' tG iville. where he has erecte i present, though it would seem to be the part of : Baton Ranids—¥rank Godding. former-| 19% ¢ io of Grandville, where he has erected new | ?*: ij vat raple rank aing, 29,000 a day. iia aiaile ceil te all eek a i wisdom for the growers to take 75c fortheir_ . ly of Onondaga, has purchase@an _ inter- Muskegon-—-Hackley & Hume, who have " san ie ; : 1 — stock. The report that a carload was sold in h est in the drug firm of Geo. D. Wilcox &|been operating in Clare county eight appliances for conducting scientific |thois market for $1 was purely imagina i ot Co. The business will be continued | years, finished hauling the last of their er Tee oe mE 3 . ae ea 4 ~—T EEA BPN " ander the stvie of Wilcox & Godding Sa a cattle and milk and furnish city patrons | 8° ff was 9c and that for only one small lot. @ Pe under the yle of i C& God g. timber last week. ss cialis deilidiiiies ak Biagie alee a ae There has been no change in price for several i Hamilton—J. Fisher & Son have sold Sanford—Eugene Rounds is building a va y . it days, and some dealers are inclined to the opin- a their grocery stock to Klomparens &]} shingle mill here where he has timber and pint bott mee Mr. Rindge takes |ion that high water mark has been reached. ®& * a Brower, who have consolidated it with] for ative year run. The mill will have po ee ” saat ae Tae Ane eee Fe SS cp i. — ie a o@ u their general stock. Fisher & Sen will | 30,000 feet capacity ee aaah aa: = Se nn mal r : oe r r . . 4 : : alevel with old. f devote their entire attention to their Seney—The Manistique Lumbering Co. Grandville is incomplete without an in- eneeneenenenennreneinae . al a drug business. and Manistique Railroad Co. will soon mpoction of ix promnions, , : : . : ' ee j Detroit—There has always been a good remove their offices and warehouses from From Out of Town. on : deal of feeling between the wholesale | Seney to Grand Marais. Calis have been received at THE *9 * " grocers and produce commission mer-} Ludington—The Ludington Shingle | ‘TrapEsMAN office during the past week re. chants here regarding encroachments on | Co. contemplates starting its mill some-| from the following gentlemen in trade: " lh eis i vn a r " -. mn \ a the territory of each other. Not long} time this month. The company at a late Chas. L. Harrison, Lisbon. > a ago a movement was started by which it| date had 7,000,000 shingles on dock, and A. S. Frey, Lakeview. e was hoped that the troubles would be! is not ina hurry to pile up more until it J. M. Earle, melting, : 7X 0 ie hae iia aniline. k aie ' ' 1 A. Norris & Son, Casnovia. rever et! 4 ) 1@ wroecers re s i reas s 2 . 9 7 : says J , if j € € ; 1f ; ma - e of product 7m 1and, F. H. Vinton, Williamsburg. iy handle butter and eggs and leaving the}; Ludington—The Cartier Lumber Co. is} W. H. Price, Lyons. ' 1 . : j — TT » ‘ Tar . produce field to the commission men./ receiving logs over the Flint & Pere| Cameron Lumber Co., Torch Lake. i - I This, however, fell through, and the} Marquette Railway, the company having Liebler - Son, Caledonia. . a. a : : co Frank Hamilton, Traverse City. t] Woodbridge street people have been feel- | 5,000,000 feet to come by that means. a 4 ’ ing ever since that they were not being| The Danaher & Melendy Co. is receiving First Cost a Trifie Higher, But--- MANUPACTU. ERS OF & : properly treated. Last Thursday the| logs from Tallman Lake over the same You don’t want to be constantly an- MATCHES and ‘ es : a. i . . f << grocers ased the Produce Exehange to! line, and will transportits entire season’s | noyed by a leaky roof. We guarantee me Ar os ‘ < ¢ Saag e ; aoe. — . = * at MATCH TPACHINERY. me join in a movement to charge for cartage | stock inthat way. The Pere Marquette| every roof for five years. That doesn’t WE CAN DO YoU > : “ " : " | ‘ . i" j CA? o ¥< GOOD. T in delivering goods in the city, and for; Lumber Co.’s mill will also be stocked | mean merely that we keep the roof in SEND FOR SAMPLES and PRICES , 7 T packages when new, and also to pay no| by rail receipts. repair, but that your roof will be perfect * exchange on drafts. The produce people | Manistee—Unless hemlock operators | at the end of that time. H. M. Reynolds GRAND HAVEN, MICH. ge 4 b brought the proposal up for action at! more than & Son. tl peel they calculate to at See quotations in Price Current. THE MICHIGAN TRADES MAN. 5 re Le a eee ee ue cei ce ec a ca ° » ‘ Pe GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. From present appearances it is un- | amount of opposition will avail wiistiton: | ew thal they have banded themselves ‘ Misc Gide wn shad 6 es likely that the vom clerks will secure against the impregnable position — and exemplified =~ saying, : Oia oe ta Pt oa es = coveted Saturday halt-holiday. — by the wholesale trade. ‘In union there is strength, it is not to 5 ' ' ; ' : ' rhe refusal of one and the evident dis- Sugar—The trade was treated to a/be wondered at that they feel like set- * via specialty of butter and CRBS. inclination of another bank to accede to | surprise party Monday morning by way | ting the stakes a little further out and g W. W. Cushman has opened a grocery the request is the principal reason as- | of a decline of 1-16th to 3-16ths, granu- | adding a little to the yveneral fund. r y~—~ Store at Clarksville. The Ball-Barn- | signed for the failure of the movement. | lated going off ‘ goods and grocery store at Worcester, _ five miles north of Fremont. P. Stek- h etee & Sons furnished the dry goods and ie ed the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished ii the groceries. is Lewis Newberry and Fred D. Shiell, . lately with the Morton Baking Co., of ll Detroit, have opened a bakery at 502 bh. " * South Division street, corner of Fifth *Y v avenue. The style of the firmis New- "5 berry & Shiell, a: Ss é G. T. Haan and Ben. Schrouder have . formed a copartnership under the style # 4 * *of Haan & Schrouder for the purpose of e placing on the market Lemo-Seltzer, a at © ~ )\ new headache remedy, and a number of n u i other er Sreperntions. ig gre l ia Base ball is once more in full swing, i 4 and the base ball crank is again abroad = in the land, and about all that can be tt ~ “heard in office, store or hotel is ‘‘Great a- 4 j hit,” **Well caught,” ‘That was a hot d one,” and ‘‘Slide, Kelly, slide.” The air : e is full of ‘‘base hits,” and ‘thome runs,’ at) and ‘‘foul tips.’? The same old chestnuts ad. ™ (* are heard, too. The clerk says his jaa mother-in-law is sick, and not expected nm £4 ‘to live, and asks to be excused for the a A afternoon; the ‘old man’? is not feeling very well, and thinks he wil! go home; pd and the clerk and the old man find them- a selves side by side on the grand stand, 2 4 watching the game. Great sport! But itis not something of a nuisance as well? , » * Business men neglect their business and employes their work—all to see a number 4% of men knock a ball all over a field and , Yunthemselves out of breath in the en- =“. deavor to get back before the ball does. . . People come from a distance to do busi- : ness and go away without accomplishing ‘ p their purpose, because those they want i to see are at the ball grounds. There 4 A ean be no objection to base ball, but it is carried away beyond reason, and is be- {. “ coming a serious detriment to business. - The people are surely going base ball - ae mad. Something must be done, or it will the summer season **play ball.” convenienced to such an extent as would be the if the banks closed their doors Saturday afternoon. An amusing feature of the movement is the alleged interference of certain trades unionists. They have taken it upon themselves. te say that the bank clerks shall have their holiday and are attempting to coerce the directors of the various banks plianece. What possible they in the matter? Banks kind of institutions in which agozues and jawsmiths deposit their earnings, if they earn anything, and, if the banks depended on such as they would doors Saturday of the are case = into com- interest have the these dem- are not ever they for their business, not after- week their but all the all trious only close noon, rest and There and frugal for time. many indus- workmen who have business with the banks and the closing of these institutions on Saturday noon would be inconvenience them; but they are not the kind who interfere in what does after- to men a great of not concern them, although, perhaps, many of them members of They work hard six days a week, and on Saturday evening deposit their the banks. But the agitators, men who seldom work their from working, who have no savings to deposit, at least in the banks, and who, therefor, have not the slightest interest in the matter, are the men who presume to say that the banks shall every Saturday afternoon, to the great inconvenience of business and of a large number of sober, honest, hardworking laboring men. It is very amusing, and just a little aggra- vating, and sufficient to stamp the movement with the disapproval of every honest man in the community. _> + The Grocery Market. are unions. savings in the and themselves, do best to keep other men close up is Monday, April 30, five additional States joined the twenty-three in which the equality plan of handling sugar was already observed—tIndiana, Lllinois, Wis- and At another Minnesota. vation Wisconsin, {indiana and Michigan—an to charge 2 cents per 100 pounds for cartage on all geods except fowa time into effect in Illinois, consin, the went Minne- same inno sota, lowa, agreement sugar; an agreement to charge for boxing in the case of all new packages and an agreement to make no allowance for ex- change or express charges on remittances. Under the present arrangement the price of sugar is fixed by a committee of sugar refiners, which price the jobbers agree to maintain at all times and under all cir- cumstances. This arrangement is com- mendable from at least one standpoint— it holds the price steady, enables the small dealer to purchase as cheaply as the large merchant and places the re- tail trade in a position to obtain a reason- able profit on the staple by means of local combinations and agreements. So far as the cartage matter is concerned, , be necessary to suspend business during | and let everybody ; THe TRADESMAN is already on record, ' soon. and it remains for the retail trade to | Hogs—Receipts of hogs were 40,000 less than for the previous week, the fig- ures being 220,000 for last week and 260,000 for the previous week, making a total since March 1 1,955,000 against 1,205,000 for the s last The week’s export clearances produets show a gratifying total being 21,098,000 Ibs. against 9,979,- 000 the week last year. The exports of provisions for the of ame period year. hog the of increase, for corresponding month of March footed up the handsome total of 147,165,000 Ibs., 945,000. to valued at $15,- Contrary expectations prices of hog products have remained stationary, there being no change of any importance to note. Stocks in packers hands remain large, and, though exports are satisfactory, domestic trade has naturally decreased. Prices, however, are as low as they will be, and may be expected to go higher. Fresh Meats— Business in fresh meats has been fair, all things considered, and prices have not changed much either way. Pork—Loins have dropped = ‘ye. Through a mistake of the printer shoul- ders were quoted at 9°¢c last week. It should have read 6: quotations. ie, which are present Leaf Lard—lIs up Je. Oranges—Good stock is rather scarce and prices are held very firm. An ad- yance of from 25 to 50c per box, accord- ing to grades, was made last week and everything at present points to another advance. A few Californias are being put into cold storage, but this will not be done to any extent, as any kind of fruit melts down very rapidly after be- ing stored in a refrigerator. ‘The local market is well supplied with Seedlings, but the visible supply of Navelsis small, and Coast prices are so high that it is doubtful if many more are ordered for- ward. Lemons—Are still very low. The prices realized at the auctions do not warrant the heavy shipments that were being offered and the importers must, of necessity, feel blue over the net returns made to them. The demand is improvy- ing with the warm weather and better figures are sure to be asked very soon. Bananas—The demand increases with the season, and, far, all shipments have reached our market in prime condi- tion. very which fact piaces the wholesaler in a position to handle the fruit to the very advantage. When the good hot weather arrives, conditions will be differ- ent and the peddlers will thrive. There was a searcity of fruit ripe enough to ship during the latter part of last week, but all local dealers have good stocks at present and orders this week will be ecuted promptly as received. Peanuts—The Association has its lines well in hand and the advance in price last week is more than liable to be followed with another advance very The stock has been held at fig- ures which left very small margins for so The ripes have been scaree, best ex- meet the condition in man fashion,:as no|the cleaners for several months, but | advance from last week’s quotations. Dates—Selling fairly this over all well, but at season of the year are not Light moving briskly. stocks are held around. Priees Figs—Prices unchanged. Qt excellent and the are steady. 1ality is fruit cheap. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. RELIABLE PAYSICIAN CaN A goo location in Alanson, Mich on ANING MILL—WE OFFER the North Side Planing Mill, class in every respect, will FIND A G12 FOR SALE which is first receive proposi or tions to locate the business in some other thriv ing gto Wh. Correspondence and inspection solic ited. Sheridan Boyce & (o., Manistee, Mich. 613 j RUG STORE about $2, 00, balanceon time. Pearl St., Grand R: | ets SALE—W sL nery business in t} Rapids. A rare opport for part payment. Address J. Tradesman. se SALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF sures FOR SALE- Good bus tress Bool -INVOICING 35000 cash, keeper, 4and6 old MILLI in — take SS Mic! ESTABLISHED 1e finest loea witha small line of groceries, invoicing 43,5 0. of good c.ean goods les last year, #12, 000) Good town of uw inhabit s ae tition, and ir the finest section of cont inn the State. Address Pierce & Lee, Climax, Mich. 614 BOE S4Le QHEAP—STOKE AND BWELI ing in first-class location town of 1,000 inhabitants. Address E. L,, box 1/8, Thompson ville, Benzie Co., Mieh, tg agp BE pA PLACE IN THE STATE To start a dry goods store is Big Rapids. Las only two. eS NOR SALE A FIRST-CLASS DRUG STOCK ES in a lively little vill Chis f bonanza for aman who speaks German and has a small amount of Capital. Address No. 605, care Michi gan Trae 1 HOG Ro" RENT—EXCELLENT LOCATION FOR rocery store. No other grocers within four blocks. High and dry basement under store. Come and for yourself. J. W Spoone 5 A e, Gi nd Rapi 609 - mm ‘ THE THEO KE MINK DRUG tock, corner West Leonard street and Broadway. Purchaser gets great bargain. Henry Idema, Kent County Savings k Grand Rapids. 10 TANTED—MAN FAMILIAR WITH T V cheese trade to embark in the cheese and dairy supply business at thi Advertiser stands ready to put in $ 0,409 spec ial eapital. Address No. 602 care Michigan Trs i * man 02 » ag CAN LEARN OF ALL KINDS OF business opening Or you can find a buyers for your bus ‘ss by addressing with stamp, Mutual Busine y Bay City, Mich. 605 W ANTED—A =v ELER TO LOCATE IN A town of 1.200 , good b usit 1ess place; splen did opening now. idress ‘Jeweler,’ care of Michigan Tradesman 603 qVOR SALE GOOD PAYING DRUG STORE b in Grand Rapids Address No. 601, care Michigan Tri idesman. gol peek SALE—STORE BUILDING AND dwelling combined at Levering. Mich, First-class place for a general dealer. A. M. Le Baron, Grand Rapids, Mic b 596 WIOR GOOD LOCATION TO RETAIL HARD - ware, drugs, clothing or dry goods, address lock box 221, Sturgis, Mich. 594 WANTED— A LIVE ACTIVE MAN AS PART ner in general store. #30,000 Cash trade per year. Address No, 592, care Michigan Tradesman, 592 pes SALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF HARD ware and agricultural plements in good paying territory. Stock will rie oice $2,500 to &3.000. Would sell one-half inte Good rea sons for selling. Address ag 589, care Michi gan Tradesman. 589 V TANTED—TO BUY FOR SPOT CASH, OR unincumbered real estate, all kinds of merchandise. Address the 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 ____ SITUATIONS WANTED. W YANTED—SITUATION BY REGISTERED pharmacist, three years’ practical expe rience. Temperate, single, best of references Address box 46, Fennville, Mich. 595 V TANTED—POSITION BY EXPERT AC countant. Books opened or closed. Bal ances rendered, Partnerships adjusted and any other work of similar chavacter promptly done, Address No. 578, care The Tradesman. 578 \ — D—THOROUGHLY COMPETENT and experienced young man would like position as hook-keeper, Seahier or other office work with Jobbing or mannfacturing = Address ‘‘H’’ care The Tradesman, 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Men’s Furnishings in the Dry Goods Store. C.,G. Phillips in Dry Goods Economist. Have you duly considered the diffi- culties and drawbacks to the successful management of a men’s furnishing depart- ment in adry goods store? They exist and are of a notably different nature from those encountered in any other department. In many stores the depart- ment is nota men’s department at all, but a convenience for ladies who shop for their husbands or friends, and the strictly men’s trade is exceedingly limited. This is all perfectly right as far as it goes, but why not go further and get the gentlemen to come your way? Possibly because many men consider a dry goods sture a woman’s store, and dry goods merchants have done little to over- come that idea or make a bid for their trade. Dry goods windows are, of course, largely devoted to the display of women’s wear. But when the men’s department gets a show the facilities for displaying the goods are not to be had; consequently the goods are put in such a style that their true value and attractiveness are lost and “ladies only”’ sized than otherwise by the display. lf dry goods stores are to compete for the men’s trade with the furnishing stores they must fit up their show win- dows and furnishing department with facilities for the proper display of men’s goods. Overcome that nondescript ap- pearance in your displays and give them character. What sane merchant would think of showing cloaks on the millinery stands or smoking jackets on corset forms and expect them to present a salable appear- ance? Your men’s furnishing depart- ment should occupy a prominent and easily-found position if you want to en- couraze male patronage. If it is not im- mediately in front of the door, hang up plain signs directing seekers the right way. A window outfit suitable for the display of nearly all kinds of men’s fur- nishing goods will cost no more than the extra sales it will make in one year would pay for. And the same outfit can be used for many other departments. But thatis notall. The goods being more advantageously displayed will sell quicker. You can turn over your lines more frequently. You will have far less old stock, and, therefore, smaller loss in cleaning up odds andends. This of itself would soon pay for the display fixtures. A good reason why men don’t care to patronize dry goods store furnishing de- partments is because so many of them are little better than a choatic conglomer- ation of odds and ends, broken, ill-as- sorted lines of old-style goods and little that is up to date and attractive. This due to poor buying rather than to negligence in cleaning up stock. Staple lines are bought, partiy sold, and then, instead of being renewed, others not any better are put in their place, making two lines to close out, instead of keeping one up. How many lots of underwear, shirts, collars, ete., are kicking about your department, due to changing onto new lines and not cleaning up to the ‘bitter end’’ the old one? Look the market over; secure good staple lines of everyday goods; keep them filled up; don’t change on account of some whim, and you will have less stock to carry, fewer broken lines and less old stock. is _> > _ Corn Makes Good Beer. The representative of the Agricultural Department in Europe, John Mattes, has transmitted to the Secretary a prelim- inary report of experiments made at the German Brewing School, at Worms, Germany, in utilizing corn for brewing purposes. He says the experiments have been satisfactory, and the experts and brewers consider the beer product as of the best quality. Satisfactory ex- periments have also been made in Den-| mark. the Department in if successful this country large quantities of corn to northern Europe. Agent Mattes has gone to Vienna to represent the Department at the international food exposition to be opened this month. -_~ > <-> Use Tradesman Coupon Books. may export is rather empha- | Dry Goods Price Current. ee COTTONS. Adriatic ..... ‘“« Arrow Brand 4% Argyle .. .-. : 8% - = Wide. 6 Atlanta AA......... Oe Ae B........., ox Full Yard Wids..... 6% e cc 6%/Georgia A.......... ' Fa ee Honest Width...... 6 r cat 6 meres ......... a 4%| Indian Head........ 5% a eee & &........... Archery Bunting... 4 |King EC 4|Lawrence L ce Madras cheese cloth ox Beaver Dam A A.. Blackstone O, 32.... 5 eee Cee... ..... 6 Newmarket ee ccna 5X Deeck BOCK ........ 5% ees 5 ee 7 . 2... 6% ree 2. 8, 5% C DD. 54 eee +... 5% 1a i a 6% Chapman cheese cl. IX Noibe B............. 5 Coe ( e......... 5%/Our Level Best..... 6 | Comet. : _- Ore Me... 6 | Dwight Star. , 6% PO cl cas lo, 7 Clifton C cc. Cee sa 6 |Top of the Heap.... 7 Considerable interest is taken by | the experiments, for | BLEACHED COTTONS, Ac. ...-......., oe 4|Geo. Washington... 8 7 Amazon. wes wincet @ IOI MEUMIB, oo. ores +0 Amsburg.. EES S eld Medel... _... 7 Art Cambric........ 10 |Green Ticket....... 8g Blackstone A A..... 74|Great ek 6% Beats All........ -. 4 |Ho one aoe ehe scene 7 eee. ee 2 jJust Out..... 4%@ 5 oe... ies bx |King Phillip ee ce 7% aa -... i or... 7 Charter Oak Conway W. 7%4|Lonsdale...... @s8 Cleveland ...... 6 |Middlesex.... .. @5 Dwight Anchor. . . oe eee... ........ 7% shoris 8 |Oak View.. 3 Edwards. . tose Pe ee... 5 Erapire..... -. ee | \Pride of the West.. i, eS i“ Fruit ofthe Loom. 8 /|Suniight............. 4% Pere .....-.. 7 Wien ee......... 8% iret Prise...... : _ Nonpareil ..10 Fruit of the Loom %. Veen... ......... 8% Penns... ..... 4% White aaee......,- 6 Pu vore.......... 6% _e.... 8% HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. ee nee 6%|Dwight Anchor..... 8 Farwell....... ae CANTON FLANNEL. Unbleached. a Housewife A........ dy Housewife > - 61g _ Ca lhlUlU UU 7 “ "ean 6 ie s ae 7% “ a. 6% “ a 8% . =... q . To ee 91g . Po 71, “ ne: 10 “ C .... ae “ _.... r i 7% oa .... 11% ‘“ Dee sce - 7.4... 12 ‘ 7... 8% ' Beets 13% as K Ne .. .. 10 . - . 10% ” _.... 11 . ee 21 ig Fei 14 CARPET WARP. Peerless, white......17 {Integrity colored...18 colored....19 |White ca 17 Integrity .. soo oe * colored .19 DRESS GOODS. Soe... - B (eemere........... 20 _ cee eee eee 25 go ee -10% eee 27% GGc ashmere...... 20 ee 30 Nameless od oven es 16 | 2 " BER 4s i 18 " ‘ ee ; CORSET Coraline..... — 50 Wonderful . . 84 50 Schilling’s.. .. . 9 00/Brighton.. 475 Davis Waists..... 9 00/Bortree’s .......... 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 50j|Abdominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS. Oe 6% ee satteen.. 7% Androscoggin....... - 6% Biddeford. ........- Ss iC sn soo eon aoe Th Brunswick. .... 6%|Walworth ...... _-. on "PRINTS. Allen turkey reds.. 5%/ [Berwick eee - 5K robes 5%\Clyde Robe y “ p! nk & ‘purple 5% Charter Sak fancies 4 - buffs .-.-. 5%/DelMarine cashm’s. 5% ed pink checks. 5%! mourn’g 5% - sianeee ...... & | Eddystone fancy... 5% ” shirtings ... 3 choc olat 5% American fancy... 5x! rober.... 5% Americanindigo... 4%) e sateens.. 5% Armerican = 8% Hamilton fanmoy. ... 36 Argentine Grays. . staple .... 5% Anchor —- i |Menchester ancy. 5% Arnold | new era. 5% Arnold Merino. ... 6 eeitiaiinut Steele. 5% * long clot: B. 9 |Merrim’ckshirtings. 4 “a sé ‘“s Cc. 7% “ mony tare 8% ‘ genturycloth 7 |Pacific fancy.. -- 5% “ gold ooai..... — ° £4wao......... 6 ‘“ green seal TR 10% Portemouth robes... 6% . yellow seal. — Simpson mourning.. ox = oete....--»-» 11% im ee .. .-. “ 6 Purke; 70d. .10% _ solid black. oa wal lor solid black... Washington indigo. 6% ‘* colors. Turkey robes.. 7} al blue, green, ‘* India robes.... 7% and orange... 6 vi plain Tky x % on Berlin ee. 4.4... 5% “ ~ ot eeee...... & . oa rar “ _ een EE eee “ Foulards 5% Marthe. acess “ red ¥ 7 a eee ~~... 0 ss “ Fr ee 9%|Martha Washington - - 24... 10 Tuckey rod......... 9% ss - ‘3. ‘XEXX 12 |Riverpoint robes.... 5% C ocheco faney...... 5 |Windsorfancy...... 6% madders... 5 " gold ticket ss XX twills.. 5 indigo blue....... 10 - eanes.....- > Pereoy......... - 4% TICKINGS. |; Amoskeag ACA... a. 2 aed oho eeea 11% | Hamilton N ....... — ena 16 j - oo... York " . 10 | nc Awning. at Swift River......... 7% oe oe eever......... 12 | First Prise.......... mel Wenemn.n 1 Lenox Mills noo anne 8 (Comentoge .........-. COTTON DBEILL. | a ». iesee oes (Stark A eecnes a ae ak > No Mame........ . 7. Clifton, K Chis ia 7p er Beap.......5 9 DEMINS. Amoskeag heel wows 12 {Columbian brown. .12 SOs. ..04 14 Everett, EB... oo0 00 12% o brown. ze brown. ....12% See. — Haymaker See oo es T% Beaver Creek AA.. brown... 7% . BS... MOMIOT nc cones. eG ™ Re... Lencester........... 12% Boston Mfg Cn w.. 7 ee “ blue 8% e * dd & twist 10% si Columbian see br.10 ' X bil.19 GINGHAMB, Ansoueee ...... .-- 5 Lancaster, staple... 5 ‘* Persian dress 6 Y fancies .... 7 . Canton .. 7 ' Normandie 7 ' ....... £4%|/Lancashire.......... 6 . Teazle...10%|Manchester......... 5% e Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 6% Y Persian.. 7 |Normandie......... 7 Arlington staple.... 6144|/Persian............. 7 Arasapha fancy.... 44%|Renfrew Dress. 7 Bates Warwick dres 744|Rosemont...... - 6% C staples. 6 |Slatersville .... .s Centennial......... 10)¢/Somerset............ 7 Cyierioe ....... 104%|Tacoma .... 1% Cumberland staple. 5% ba du Nord.. - 8% Cumberland.... .... ieee......-.....- 7% i i ee 4% ' ee 7% i kes es 74%|Warwick.. : : Everett classics..... 8% Whittenden......... Beposition.......... 7% nh heather dr. 7% eeeee........... 6% ’ indigo blue 9 Gieserven.... .....-. 6%|Wamsutta staples... 6% aeeeree........... in Westbrook econo Hampton... OE ee 19 Jobnson Vhalon cl” os idles ae - indieo bine SUEiXOrR..... ...-...... 6% " zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGS. Amoskeag. . 13 ponents i oe 13% ions conn ce cas 17 chee . Amerie. .... ....- a THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's.......... 95 Contr, 0. &F....... (iersbelrs.... .....- 90 MUEPORD. 5... ss. 55505 R% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored, Ss... 38 White. Colored No. ea, Meee 42 . Fe =i ee 43 =. 40 r sh 39 44 - 2... 41 Py ae 40 45 CAMBBICS, Ee . Seeeeeee.....4,... 8 White Star......... 4 Lockwood...... ... 4 Oe — PU es nec cee © Nowmarket......... 4 erueewece ........ 4 RED FLANNEL, Peewee...... ....4 a ae 2K Creedmore...... a rr B2% et 30 -35 Namoless...... .....274/backeye.... .. - 82% MIXED FLANNEL, Red & Biue, plaid. = rer Oo W..-...... 17% ion R weer ......... 18% tet ee 18% 6 oz Western........ 20 (Fiushing XExX...... 23% Cale &............ 22344|Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless ..... 8 9%! | vee 9 @10\% | 844@10 eae 2% CANVASS AN D PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black./Slate Brown. Black. 9% 9 9%) 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%4| 11% 11% 11% 11% 11% 1144/12 12 12 12% 12% 12%)}20 20 20 DUCES. Severen, 8 oz........ we West Point, 8oz....10% Mayland, 8 oz. 03 - 1 . ie Greenwood, 7% oz. me Raven, 100z. 13% Greenwood, 8 os. 111% —_ * : -138% Boston, § ox......... 10% /Boston, 10 oma 12% WADDINGS, Weis, Gon........- 25 |Per bale, 40 dos....83 50 Cae, Gee........ Te iene 7 50 SILESIAS. Slater, Irom Croms...68 :Pawtucket.......... 10% Red Cross.... 9 |Dundie.. " es ..10 %| Bedfo "Ee ‘10% _ Best AA. aie ~ SEWIN Cortioelli, dos....... 85 twist, doz. .4¢ 50 yd, doz. .40 @ SILK. Corticelli aad ee... 10% el cee 10% Een. per %os ball...... 30 HOOKS AND EYES—PER GRO No 1 BI’k & White.. ae No 4BIk & “White.. . “u ; “ mae “ 10 “ — NS. No 2—20, M C....... 50 No4—15 # 3¥%...... 40 * 2-36,60........ li corr: No 2 White & BEI? "No is White & BYk..W ‘ 4 “ ah 23 * 6 “ om." 2 " 128 SAFETY PINS. TD es ck eee a NEEDLES—PER M. A. James............1 @|Steamboat....... 2 Crowely’s. -1 3)\Gold Eyed.. --1 50 py a 1 @iAmerican........ cool 00 TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4....175 64... --165 6—4...2 30 ee Cotton Sail Twine. eee... 4 EE 12 Rising * Star 4-ply....17 Paes 4... 24... 18 opy....% eS 16 |North Sta 20 Bristol . ec Valley... 138 |Wool Standard 4 ly17 40 PPownattan ...... P 7 ye % PLAID OSNABURG! 8 %|Mount Pleasant.... I ios as cones 6 6% Sreeees.........-.- ceca cacy 5 I sede eos scene 5% eg vese chase 6 [Rendelman......... 6 Georgia corte ee o% Sibley 4. ee tee Fly ED eed cc nae aes a os Sow Ever......-.. - oledo rhe aeeune ” WE hes ooh cence 5 fae eae: cons TO A LADY'S GENUINE : VICI : SHOE, Plain toe in - ““n opera toe ‘on G, &. soak : a E and E E widths, at $1.50. Patent leather $1.55. Try them, they are beauties. Stock 4 and fine, flexible and elegant fitters. Send for sample dozen. REEDER BROS. SHOE oo ’ 18 ONG fT) GOS. Paper Packed Serew. —_——-()-—— WRITE FOR PRIGES. AMAL ON "‘aaemenes and Jobbers of PIECED AND STAMPED TINWARE, 260 JSOUTH {IONIA °*T., Telephone 640. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH EATON, LYON & CO, NEW STYLES OF ih Hk Hs i ie IONEY 20 & 22 Monroe 8t., GRAND RAPIDS. CHILDREN CRY FOR IT. ADULTS ADORE IT. DEALERS HANDLE IT. WHAT? WHY, ATLAS SOAP. Made Only By HENRY PAS: OLT, SAGINAW MICH. bw = * + 4 i. ”~ . _ cal = * < , ’ 3 \ Mr. Reynolds’ Impressions of Cali- fornia, M. H. Reynolds, of the firm of M. H. Reynolds & Son, returned recently from an extended trip through California. In conversation with THe TRADESMAN on the state of trade on the Pacific coast, Mr. Reynolds said: ‘“‘Heavy frosts in January materially injured the orange crop in Southern Cal- ifornia and at present that country is suffering from drought, as so far this year there has not been more than half the usual rainfall. The raising of sugar beets promises to be an important and profitable industry in the not distant future. The the Santa Anna valley produces more beets to the acre, and larger ones, than any other part of the world. Anahime is the center of the beet sugar industry of the valley. The sugar making plant in that townis being enlarged and preparations are being made to largely increase the output. Barley is the chief cereal crop of that part of the State, with some wheat and corn. Vegetables grow much larger in California than in Michigan, especially pumpkins, which grow to an enormous size. One of the commonest size would easily fill a bushel basket. The yield is so great that one can cross a field with- Alfalfa and Cali- soil of out stepping on the ground. barley straw (called barley hay in fornia) are the principal fudders. General business was somewhat dull, but that is the condition in Michigan as well as in California and is due to the same causes. ‘The dullness was especial- ly noticeable in agricultural communi- ties, as the dry weather did not warrant farmers in expecting even the usual crops, and they were notin the mood todo much purchasing. are one of the most prolific sources of revenue to Californians. In every town we visited the hotels and boarding houses were full of sight-seers and health-seekers. They spend their seem bound to see everything worth seeing. The climate is, of course, the chief at- traction, which, after a taste of Eastern winter weather, is simply delightful. We spent some time in the northern part of the State, taking in the fair at San Francisco. It is a great fair, taken altogether, and a credit to the State and. city. The buildings siderable architectural merit, and present a fine appearance. The exhibits are good, especially in the art and manu- factures buildings. It has been a big thing for California and she will reap benefit from it for years. We had a good time in Frisco, visiting the various points of interest in and around the city. We visited Golden Gate park, the Cliff House, Seal Rocks, and Angel’s Island, which is a military post. By the way, Colonel Slafter is in command at Angel’s Island. He is anold army chum, and we had a good time swapping and re- counting our army “experiences. We turned our backs on the land of the rising with genuine regret. We formed many pleasant acquaintances from whom we were sorry to part. But I don’t want to live in California; | want to live in Michigan. California is all right in the winter, but I will back Michigan summer weather against the world. The man who wants better weather than we have in the summer is hard to suit. He won’t get it in this world. Iam gladto be at home again, and to see the old faces,sand mingle Tourists money freely and mid-winter possess con- stories, sun again in old associations. My wife and I went West as heath-seekers, and I am glad te say that both of us return much improved in health.”’ —_—_——~ +0 ~< My Ideal Hardware Store. ©. C. Fouts in the Hardware Dealer. I think Lam safe in saying that the average hardware dealer of to-day is as progressive as any merchant in any other line of business. The old dingy iron store of a few years ago, with its small glasses and = dark, gloomy interior, is being replaced by plate glass front and well-lighted in- terior. With the numerous excellent trade papers now published and. the many good suggestions contained therein, all tending to make business more pleas- ant, attractive and profitable, he is cer- tainly very short-sighted indeed who will not profit thereby. If L were to start into business again I would profit: by past experience as follows: I would secure the best location avail- able on the busiest street, for the loca- tion has a great deal todo with the sue- cess of your venture, I would fit up my stere with neat, at- tractive fixtures, tastefully finished, with a very few growing plants and flowers about the windows and a bird or two to help out the effect. My office would be small, but neatly and comfortably furnished, not a place for loafers, but a place for business; in fact, a business air should pervade the whole establishment, because that is what we are going to do, and do it strictly for cash, too. No use for a bookkeeper, for | should have no time to keep books and much less inclination. The amount of business will not be so great at first, but I can loek the door at night with the satisfaction of having no bad debts to worry over. I would spend most of my time in the front part of the store and learn to know my customers and their wants instead of leaving them to be waited on by a clerk. My stock would be kept in good shape, the show windows always clean and at- tractive and changed at least once a week. My show cases would be attract- ively arranged and always scrupulously clean and well polished. I would keep one or more lady clerks, who should have charge of the cutlery and silverware cases, because they are usually more careful and patient than men, and besides, many ladies prefer dealing with a lady clerk. 1 would advertise liberally, but not ex- travagantly, using newspapers and cir- culars mostly, but my best advertisement would be my uniformly low prices, which | could make low on account of buying and selling strietly for cash. All these things being according to my no- tion, | would have one more thing to do, and that is to **hustle’’ vigorously. Any hardware dealer who is a reason- ably good hand at this important part of the business and inclined to economy be- sides can readily turn my ideal hard ware store into a suecessful reality. i le Keep your eye on the man who never whistles. It is harder to hunt for lost opportuni- ties than to find new ones. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS, dis. eee a, 60 ee 40 I i eee a, 25 Jennings’, {mitation ...... 50&10 AXES. First Quality, 8 3. B. Bronze.. $700 - © orooee ............_.... sx 00 S. & &. Stecl...... ae 8 00 : ee 13 50 BARROWS. dis, te $ 14 00 ——- ...... ..... . net 30 00 BOLTS, dis. stove. ' . 50410 { ‘arriage new lst eee ea 75&10 roe 40&10 Sleigh 0 Gea 70 BUCKETS. eee i, 8350 RE I ong ca celia eee se eee we 400 — CART, po Cees eee Fan, Bored... 15... sci. Wougat Narrow, wien Sast joint....... “goat0 THRE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Peete ri... HO&10 | ieee Pee... eed aeee as 60410 | Wrought — — - W&10 | Wrought Brass. Oe ee 75 ce te FOIE | Blind, Pere... .... one TOGO Re ON ee, 70 | BLOCKS i Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892. . 6O&10 CRADLES, eo dis. 50402 | CROW BARS, ——....... Caat Steel . rere CAPs. Rly's 1-16 oe. 665 | Hick’s C. FP bree eee ae ee 0 | @.D i 3B | VMnaret ewe ees 6G | OANTRIDGES. tira Sire ae. . fw | Central Fire Fetes -- Gia. 25 | CHISELS, dis. | moceet Pirmeer.......:... .. 75810 | igor yeeeue 75818 | Socket Framing..... Socket Corner..... 75810 | Pe 75 S10 | Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.. 40 | COMBE, dir, Cues. Cewreeeb................. Loca 40 ee. ll... 3 CHALE. White Crayons, per gross.... -- 19@12% dia. 10 COPPER, en 14 oz cut tosize... .. - pound 28 Ramee PON ieee... ......-.... 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and eee 23 Cold Rolled, oe oa 23 ee. 25 DRILLS, dis, ore Wee eens |... tl... 5D ‘Taper and stratgut Shank................... 50 Moree & Teper Gmeme.............. 5. ....., : 50 DRIPPING PANS, comastestlmummarticond trace oF Dire eee wer Poue...... ......... ..... 68% ELBOWS, Com. 4 piece, 6 in. oe net z Corrugated i soon Adjustable. eee ee eee on. 40810 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark's, small, Sie; terre, Ge... ...........- 30 Ives’, 1, 818: 2) 824: 3,930... hb peecaee <5 25 FILES—New L ist. dis. Disston’s ee . 60&10 New American WA ne ede etodauaces on ne PC a 60&10 Hetier’s ...... ed ee as cease 50 Heller’ 8 Horse ‘Rasps .. 50 @ALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 2%; 2 and &; 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 16 17 Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 KNOBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, 3ap, Seleeings............ 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.. Lae cea 55 Door, powoorein, trimmings. ..-............. 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 7 LOCK8—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new Hast ....... 55 amore Weocer & Ca s................... 55 Reese el, 55 Pres... ... ....... 55 MATTOCKS. Adse Eye ..... coe .- 816.00, dis. 60 Hunt Rye - 815.00, dis. 60 Peers... ......... ; 818. 50, dia. —" Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ‘amet Dee cues a. 50 MILLS. - Coffee, - oan oe... 40 . P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.'s Malleables .. 40 _ aceee Porry & Cooim b............ 40 . Enterprise Sees pee t ee cous ce 30 MOLASSES GATES, dis. Stedbin's Pattern... Neues cucu as. oe Stebbin’s Genuine..................... eeaeg ee Enterprise, self-measuring............ . 25 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. ere oe 1 50 Wire nails, base.. Ce ee ee 1 ee a Le Base Base eee 10 i 25 +. Se 45 _.. 45 12... 50 S .... 60 oe... v 49) 4... 96 a: ....... 1 20 Oe cee ect e ect eee eu ee 1 60 Micon e oeec cee cc ces ack, 1 60 We ce ee cc 65 "Ow. ¥ (04 go 90 Finish . Oe eee ee a 75 Mee ee ce eee ee ue ae 90 6 8 Oa cede cy 110 ee Ck 7 ss Mace ne occ ae 80 “ O........ 1. 90 Barrell & . ee 1 75 PLANES. dis. Ohio Too! Co.’s, fancy . ‘ @Qw eee ee 2 Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy................. @40 Mr I oa os i en cen cues @40 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. . ....50&10 PANS. ae fee... ee. dis.60—10 Cee, Ore ........;............. dis. 70 BIVETS. dis, eee Oa eee... tl. 40 Capper Ivete aiid Bare. 20... oo cece ceec cee 50—10 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. “A” Wood's — planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 “B” Wood Os. 2% to 27... 9 W | Granite Iron Ware . t. planished, N Broken yeas ide per pound extra, 7 HAMMERA!, — ct. 4.........,.. as -Gie. yy Kip Lane ' dls. - Yerkes & Plumb’s ' . din. 40a1( Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. ade Ust 66 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Stee! Hand Be 404810 HINGES, Gate, Clark's, 1, 3,3 dis. Gti 10 Staie . per dos. net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 In * 14 end longer .. oo 3% Screw Hook and. Kye, net if ah Me: 1. mee Gee i eT ray -—... -net 7% . [ % net 7% |; Strap and T ede ace dis 5 HANGERS din. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50410 Champion, anti friction 4 b0&19 Kidder, wood track ...... 46) HOLLOW WARE a MIA TE NOnIon............. GU&16 Spiders .... - 608 1€ Gray enameled. 40816 HOUSE FU RNISHING ao ODE. Heamped Tin Ware..................... new tae v0 Japanned Tin Ware. a .. new ist 2344410 WIRE e001 a. Jia. Malebt...... aoa 7OS16416 Screw Kyes - TW&10E 10 oon e.......... 70&10410 Gate Hooks and Eyes * 704510810 EVELS. dis. 74 Stanley Ruie and Level Co.’s \ ROPES. Sisal, % inch and pion eels Th Mantin........ biseeuee OD ‘ggu ARES, dis. Beeeiaud iro... = 8, % any ond Mevels............ — ‘ _ Gt mie ........ ee ele Hal 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. Noe. 10to 4........ bed ae ee 2 9% Nos. 10 toi7 .... 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Au Benbie ..... os —. --dis, 4010 Pee dig. 05 OMEOOMNCNM. 8 Oia. 10410 WRENCHES, dix. Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled.. ' . 30 Coe’s Genuine ..... m 59 Coe’s Patent Agricultur ral, wrought, ae %5 Coe’s Patent, mallea Lo. Misc LLANE( ous. Bird Cares ....... a ae % Purape, Ciastern............ 7 5&0 Screws, New [ ist...... 7O&19 Casters, Bed a d Piste. "BO 1OEIC eee AMOR... 8. 4 Forks, hoes, rakes and all sieel ‘goods..... 5k METALS, Pié TIN, et cae 1. ao Pig Bars... . a 28¢ ZINC. Duty: Sheet, 24c per pound. Cn pOGnG COAEs............... ‘ : 6% ree poe... Les 7 SOLDER, ee i G aT Extra Wiping ... “ The prices of the ‘many ‘other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY eee per pound EO 13 TIN—MELYX GRADS. 10x14 — — Lubec t eee ec ae tas OTe 14x20 iad daa J 7 50 10x14 1x co 9 25 14x20 1x, “ 9 25 Each additional X on this grade, 91. 7%. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal . ete au. 14x20 IC, 10x14 IX, : 14x20 1x, Cc uou Each additional X on this grade $1.59. BOOFING PLATES Can Stocks x 14x20 IC, " WOmoeeer.....0.,,.,.. 14x20 IX, . ee. 20x28 IC, [ - ....... 14x20 IC, ‘* Allaway Grade. enix, = ' as 20x28 Ic, “a “ ‘a Maes ix, = a “ BOILER SIZE TIN PLATB. ON ™ 00 14x31 x for No. 8 Boll ee alow Cle eae ques 15 00 xe. gn }per pound... 10 00 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. me A WPEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the matling 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. 2 When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in Tue MicHiGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1894. EXCLUDING EUROPEAN PAUPERR. hat- that past, The movements ef the Coxeyites fact years urally attract attention to the number of whereas, for a there has been a constant flow ef popu- lation from the East to the West, a sud- den change has come, a revulsion has occurred, and from all parts of the West there is a movement of population to the Eastward. that the not it has been repeatedly stated men who are moving eastward are foreigners, but native born Americans, and, if this be so, it illustrates the fail- ure of the native Americans to compete with foreigners in the battle of life. The reason of this is not difieult to un- derstand. A majority of the people born in this country grew up in a’ land of plenty, under ordinary con di- the specially hard work or of any frugality. little hard in the old States of the East, they struck the West. exhausted and, tions, did not realize necessity of peculiar When times got a out for the new countries of Many of emigrants these their means in the long and expensive travel tothe West, and when they got into the central region, there they came into competition with the frugal and hardworking Germans, Danes, Swedes and Norwegians, who have so exten- sively occupied the country. If they went farther westward until the Pacific coast was reached, there they found the the Chinese, with whom no white man can compete. Succumbing to the over- powering adversities at a time when the entire country is suffering from indus- trial and commercial depression, these unfortuuate people, in a sort of stupid eastward, left desperation, are struggling only to find the places they filled up with Hungarians, Italians, and | The tion for such people is truly hopeless. other European newcomers. in this connection, attention is to the immigration of better classes of for- to and to a bill reported in Congress eigners, and exclude the the elasses paupers other objectionable with which European nations inundating this This bill have been eouniry many years past. was intro- duced at the urgent request of the Na-| behind | situa- | } | | gaged is, without doubt, ill-advised, and | criminals, | tional Council Junior of the Order of United American Mechanics. It has nothing to do with the foreigners al ready in this country, but applies to the future immigrations. It requires, in ad- dition to existing enactments, that each person intending to remove from a for- eign country to the United States be compelled to secure from the consul or representative of the United States, nearest the immigrant’s last place of residence, a certificate showing that the representative has made an investi- immigrant, and that the immigrant is not one of those from this country under its present laws, and does not belong to any other gation concerning the excluded objectionabie class. This bill is known as House Resolu- tion 5246, and has been reported favor- ably by the House Judiciary Committee. This contains pregnant with importance to every citi- of the United States. It declares that, by the last census, the per cent. of in foreign countries is yet this census shows report some statements zen born 14.77 per cent., that 26 per cent. of the white prisoners persons confined in jails and simple prisons are of birth. The total number of white convicts in our peni- persons foreign tentiaries whose birthplace is known is ef 13,715 born, born that 28,440, composed native 14,725 foreign more than one-half of all our white con- birth. Our lent institutions contain 69,926 inmates, of which the foreign born compose 24 per The total number of the white inmates of our poorhouses is 53,- little foreign and showing viets are of foreign benevo- cent. 696, of which number 27,648, or a over 51 per cent., were born in These with a foreign population of show that, 14.77 per cent., more than half of our white peni- tentiary convicts and more than half of the white inmates of our poorhouses are foreigners, and prove that, of the immi- zrants coming here during the past few years, too many of them are deficient in morals and are incapable physically of countries. statistics self-support. In view of the distressing conditions which aiready exist in our own country, to take American it is certainly necessary some action to exclude from shores the criminals and paupers of the Old World. CANT STOP ’EM. The industrial armies are still march- ing on Washington, and the wise men and the press that have heretofore been the Coxey business have at last been aroused to the seriousness of the situation, and are in- dignant that State and Federal authori- ties should have permitted these men to and march through States and Territories, and a peremptory demand is now made that their progress must be ridiculing the absurdity of invade stopped. Who is going to stop them? Who has to prevent citizens from traveling along the public highways? If the crusade of the Coxeyites be ridic- the frantic call upon the State any authority ulous, |and Federal authorities to step them is called | secure | vastly more absurd. the The enterprise in which so-called industrials are en- it can accomplish no good: but, on the | contrary, it may result in grave evils, at | least to the people concerned in it; but for | they are only exercising a constitutional right to travel from one State to another, and to visit the National Capital. these bands were armed, they would be violating the law; but they are not car- rying guns openly, and there is no charge that arms and military stores con- stitute any part of their baggage. They may declare their ragged and be- draggled squads to be armies, and they may bestow on their crack-brained lead- ers military titles; but the fact remains that they are citizens attending mainly to their own affairs, and they have a right, unmolested by military or mag- istrate, to go their way in peace and to proceed to Washington, and to visit the publie buildings under the ordinary reg- ulations in such cases. Of course, whenever there shall be any violent acts, or violations of law, by these industrials, they become at once amenable therefor, and liable to such prosecution and punishment as_ the statutes may provide; but the frantic cries of “Stop ’em!’ which some of the papers are indulging in are too fuuny to be seriously considered. Those people have a right to go to Washington, and in all probability many of them will get there. What will come of it all remains to be seen. The consequences may be very serious. it will not Sut, if Congress is wise, interfere with these visiting citizens, nor will it suffer them to be mo- lested in the exercise of their constitu- tional rights; and if the national and in their be prepared for Any cowardice or weak distrust at Washington will only bring merited con- tempt upon those who make the exhibi- city authorities are also wise they will every emergency, no matter what. of generation, show tion; but a display of calm strength and confidence on the part of the authorities will command a proper respect from all citizens, be their intentions good or bad. THE POWER OF THE TORPEDO. About the only object lesson in mod- ern warfare which the late Brazilian war has furnished the world is the sink- ing of the battle-ship Arwidaban in the harbor of Desterro by a Government torpedo boat. The details of this oc- currence are still exceedingly meager, but if appears that the battle-ship was attacked and destroyed early in the morning, during the prevalence of fog, two Whitehead torpedoes being used to accomplish her destruction. One account has it that the Aquidahan was only sunk after three hours’ conflict with the fleet; but the former account appears to be more plausible, as there are no details of destruction wrought by the battle-ship in the three hours’ fighting. As she was large and powerful vessel, equipped with rapid-fire guns and high- power rifles, it is seareely possible that she failed to do great damage to the Government fleet before she herself was destroyed, if there was a three fight, as alleged. While the occurrence demonstrates be- yond question the immense destructicn of the torpedo, it has not afforded a good test of the ability or inability of a war- ship to ward off the attack of a torpedo boat. In the first place, the crew of the Aquidaban were discouraged by the im- pending of the cause they fought for; in the second, the ship was sadly outof repair and deficient in sup- Government a very hours’ collapse plies, and, lastly, she was attacked by ;an entire fleet, fresh from a thorough | If | refitting. A somewhat similar incident happened during the Chilian revolution, some years ago, the battle-ship Blanco Encalada being destroyed by Whitehead torpedoes while lying unprepared in port. Both of these occurrences, how- ever, conclusively prove that the White- head torpedo is a weapon of exceeding destructiveness whenever it succeeds in reaching its mark. INCREASE IN GOLD PRODUCTION. As the official data covering the pro- duction of gold during 1893 becomes gradually available it is seen that the actual outturn was even larger than at first estimated. Owing to the increasing demand for gold and the shrinkage in the value of silver, it was known that the efforts were all in the direction of in- creasing the output of gold and diminish- ing that of silver. The New York Chronicle, a financial authority of the first rank, has obtained all the official data for 1893 at present available, and has grouped the returns from the various sources of production. These figures show that all the great gold-producing countries have increased their output, without a single exception, Africa showing by far the largest ratio of increase. That country has, in fact, made rapid strides during the last three as a gold producer, and is now pushing Australia and the United States closely for first place. The gold production in Australia also shows a The cause of this increase is given by the Chronicle, in a letter from its Melbourne correspondent, as follows: ‘*The Victor- rian yield is the largest for five years and the increase is undoubtedly due to the greater number of men whose usual years considerable increase. occupations are, in the depression now existing, barren of wages, and who, ac- eordingly, turn their attention to the gold fields. The availability of cheap labor has led speculators to turn atten- tion to fields hitherto considered non- paying, and in many cases unexpectedly good leads have been discovered. One deserted field near Ballarat, Victoria, ealled Steiglitz, has, within the last couple of months, started gold produc- tion at the rate of 1,000 ounces per fort- night.”’ The latest figures for the United States show that the inerease ‘in production in this country during 1893 official was 141,985 ounces, the total output being 1,739,081 ounces, valued at $35,- 950,000. Taking the estimate made by the Chronicle, the total gold produetion of the world in 1895 was 7,374,259 ounces, an increase over 1892 of 623,717 ounces, valued at $12,893,000. The latest re- ports from Africa, giving the output for the first months of 1894, indicate that the totals from that country for the cur- rent year will again break all records. When Thomas Jefferson went to Wash- ington to be inaugurated President of the United States he carried in his grip a fossil sloth. That interesting relic from a past age was only recently dis- covered after being lost for years. It is the United States Senate. The people will gladly donate it to the Smithsonian Institute, if they will promise not to let it escape again. Ina brand new spring suit—our ad- We come to the The Putnam Candy Co. vertisement on page 12. point at once. ee 4 ‘A ‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. v THE DRIFT TOWARD SOCIALISM. Numerous as arethe signs of reviving activity in business to be noted here and there in various parts of the country, the aggregate actual improvement is still discouragingly small, and the coutinued sluggishness of industry is evidenced by the continued accumulation at the finan- cial centers of idle circulating medium which ought to be finding employment elsewhere. That some of it, in the shape of gold coin, is going abroad, where there seems to be a little better demand for it than there is on this side of the At- lantic, is only natural. Indeed, the won- der is that it does not go faster and in larger quantities. Loans here, at even the low rates prevailing, are not merely hard to make, but, for cautious lenders, they are impossible, as frequently the interest received on them hardly pays for the risk and trouble of taking charge of the collaterals. Fresh borrowing by the Government to meet deficiencies in its income is talked of, and would be welcomed in spite of the defective authority for it. The $50,000,000 issue of last February has risen to a handsome premium on the taking price, and since nearly half of the money paid for it has already found its way back into bank vaults, a second issue to the same amount would not, probably, be hard to market. This, however, does not help trade, and is of itself an unfavorable symptom, The bad times, like epidemics of dis- ease and unusual successions of accidents on railroads, steamers, and manufacto- ries, are fruitful of schemes for their remedy and their prevention, in the efficacy of which their authors have a confidence usually inversely proportion- ate to their merits. The advocates of free silver coinage are the most numer- ous and the most conspicuous of these would-be saviors of society, but, as yet, they have failed to win over to their views a majority of their fellow citizens. The single tax men are equally sanguine that nothing more is needed to banish poverty from amony us,and to create per- manent prosperity, than the confiscation of the entire rental value of the land for the benefit of the community. The pro- tectionists insist that a protective tariff is an infallible preventive of commercial revulsions, while the free traders de- nounce the one we have as the cause of our misfortunes, and recommend free trade as acure ferthem. The Populists will have it that the trouble is due toa want of sufficient paper money, and would double our present stock of it as fast as the printing press could turn it out. The friendsof State bank circula- tion do not go quite as far as the Popu- lists, but they want the prohibitory 10 per cent. tax on State bank notes taken off, so as to allow of their unlimited is- sue. Behind all these enthusiasts is the array of socialists, communists, and an- archists who ascribe our ills to our de- fective social organization, and would remedy them for the present and prevent them for the future by substituting for individual enterprise either the State management of industry or a community of property, or the abolition of all gov- ernment whatever. In my opinion, most of the writers and speakers who declaim against the exist- ing order of society and urge the adop- tion of the improvements upon it which they have devised are ill informed as to the facts of the case, and accept for the truth the fancies of their own excited imaginations. Throughout all this past } hard winter scarcely a solitary case of | death from actual want of food has been brought to light, the supposed army of | the unemployed has been relieved at an | insignificant money cost, the wages of the still employed have suffered only a small reduction, and sufficient business | has everywhere been done to meet the | necessities of daily life. True, wheat | and cotton are selling at low prices, the interest and dividends upon investments have been reduced or stopped altogether, | the profits of trade and manufacturing have dropped to a low figure, the bands of tramps like Coxey’s army are fright- ening the peaceful inhabitants of the country through which they pass; but the great multitude have enough to eat, drink and wear, and though the increase of our aggregate national wealth is not going on as fast as it was year before last, it has not altogether ceased. When the followers of men like Coxey can be counted only by hundreds, the remaining millions of our population cannot be supposed to be in a state of utter misery. Nevertheless, if even the small amount of suffering that has to be endured by a few can be relieved and its recurrence | prevented, we ought to doit, and if by any reform in the methods and functions | of the social organization the lot of indi-! vidual members can be improved, no time should be lost in effecting it. The world has been working at the task for} thousands of years, and while it has only | partially succeeded, it has done enough | to encourage us to further effort. Of all the schemes for promoting the} happiness of mankind that of the social- | ists has the most support from expe- rience and is making the most apparent progress toward general adoption. The socialists say, very plausibly, that the evolution of society has continually been from a condition of crude isolated indi- | vidualism toward a gradually more and more complicated organic unity, and that | the logical outcome of the process is, | therefore, the absorption by society, as a whole, of all the functions that minister to the welfare of the whole, instead of | leaving them to irresponsible and un- controlled individual exercise. For ex-| ample, our primitive ancestors each de- pended for the protection of himself, his | family, and his property on his own} right arm, and if he was not strong | enough to succeed he had to yield to his! enemies. In the course of time tribes | and nations have been evolved from this | primitive barbarism, and by successive | steps an order of things has arisen in | which armies and navies defend the | peaceful citizen against foreign foes, and | the police and the officers of justice pro-| tect him from violence at home. Men in this part of the world no longer need | weapons to defend themselves in daily | life, nor to go about encompassed by guards. They usually are as safe on the | street at midnight as the barons of old | were in their castles. Exceptional out- | rages like that attempted upon Russell | Sage, and the imitations of it here and | abroad, only make more conspicuous the | improvement which the world has, by | social organization, achieved in extirpat- ing crimes against the person. Other | exemplifications of socialism in practice | are municipal highways, sewerage, water | supply, gas supply, and, at this moment, | a number of our leading citizens are working for the construction by the city | itself of a railroad either above ground | Our New Line of ooo Underwear Hosiery Gloves and Mitts Is Complete. Will be pleased to send samples to anyone who cannot come and see us. P. Steketee & Sons, The. Salt- thals ale salt is fast being recognized by everybody as the best salt for every pur- pose. It’s madefrom the best brine by the best process with the best grain. You keep the best of other things, why not keep the best of Salt. Your customers will appreciate it as they appreciate pure sugar, pure coffee, and tea. Diamond Crystal Salt Being free from all chlorides of calcium and magnesia, will not get damp and soggy on yourhands. Put up in an attractive and salable manner. When your stock of salt is low, try a small supply of ‘‘¢he sa/t that’s all salt.’ Can be obtained from jobbers and dealers. For prices, see price current on other page. For other information, address DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., ST. CLAIR, MICH. 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. le MELVILLE W. Un < [sear] ROWLAND COX, Complainant's Soltert Complainant's said agp ite 1 manufacture, and from in any way using the word “SAPOLIO” in any FULLER, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ited Sta >———— Percentage the Basis of Successful Business. A great many merchants seem to think that success in business depends almost wholly on the volume of business done. They look upon a large volume of business as the acme of success, and a very great many of them lose sight of percentages altogether—which are really the basis of all successful business. ful as a merchant in building up a _ pros- perous and paying business a reasonable percentage of profit must be made over and above the cost of goods and the ac- tual expenses of conducting the busi- This principle once established, To be success- ness. then, of course, the volume of business has everything to do with the amount of net profit. Observation, however, leads us to the conclusion that too little attention is paid to this matter of percentages in business transactions by Western mer- chants, and that this fact is one of the most fruitful sources of failure that exists in the mercantile trade. Of course, every man who engages in any line of mercantile trade does so with the idea of making a profit from the capital he in- vests, but statistics show that the num- ber of mer who fail in business very largely exceeds the number of those who succeed. In fact, it is asserted upon re- liable authority that only 5 per cent. of those who engage in mercantile pursuits make a success of their business, while the other 95 per cent. are unsuccessful, if not absolute failures. Why is this? Many reasons have been assigned, and many circumstances and conditions combine to bring about this wide difference between success and failure in retailing merchandise. Of course, a very large percentage of fail- ures is attributed, and rightly, too, to the injudicious and indiscriminate grant of credits and lack of ability to make collections. But we believe that closely allied to this, and, in fact, an equal partner in the disaster, should justly be classed the neglect of business men to figure per- centage upon their business transactions. How many merchants in this or other States can teli, to anything like a cer- tainty, what per cent. the cost of goods, what per cent. their clerk hire, their in- surance, their rent, their losses through bad accounts, is to the total-volume of business done? We will venture the as- sertion that not one merchant in a hun- dred could give such information, while many of them could not tell you the net profit or loss upon their capital invested in any One year. The large majority of merchants base their per centum of profits upon the actual cost of their merchandise, simply guessing at the percentage that should be added to cover the expense of con- ducting and maintaining their business, aud almost invariably this expense is guessed too low, and in a short time they find failure staring them in the face, all because they have failed to figure a proper percentage for the cost of doing business. | Too much importance is attached to | the volume of business, and many a mer- |chant fails simply because his desire to |attain alarge volume of trade has led |him to sacrifice needed and legitimate | profits in hopes of increasing sales. The ‘haphazard and guesswork methods of | doing work may occasionally win, but | there are ninety-fi ve failures to one suc- 'eess. The retail merchant should by all | means put more system into his business, |and reduce it to a basis of percent- | ages. Ib, Having re-organized our business and acquired the fac- tory building and machinery formerly occupied by the Hud- son Pants & Overall Co., we are prepared to furnish the trade a line of goods in pants, overalls, shirts and jackets which will prove to be trade winners wherever introduced. If you are not already handling our goods, and wish to secure the agency for your town, communicate with us immedi ately. An inspection of our line solicited. J. M. Earte, President and Gen’] Manager. E. D. Vooruess, Superintendent. Business #«##* is what we are angling for, Your Business. We are in a position to serve you to the “Queen’s Lansing, Mich. — ——$——() ——_— taste” We set the pace for competitors and want you to travel in the first carriage. Will you do it? Goods bought from first han !s—-that means us— are the most profitable. We Manutacture Superior Confectionery. You ought to sell it because there is pleasure, profit and satisfaction in handling The Best. Write or wire us for prices or information any time. When in the city make yourself at home with us, our latch string is always out. Yours for business, The PUTMAN CANDY CO. a oma age ea aa aa a asap i aap na an aca napa ae eee ae a a ae eg a a ae == ===SSS=== = =r ee ee ee < * HIGHEST AWA Chicago. wants and how to meet them. such application ? MEDAL and THREE DIPLOMAS have been given to the New York Condensed Milk Company for the excellence and superiority of its c Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk, Borden’s Extract of Coffee a. Unsweetened Condensed Milk, exhibited in competition at the World's Columbian Exposition, ‘ The unimpeachable record of the New York Condensed Milk Company, covering a period of more than thirty years, has been possible only by rigid adherence to thoroughly conscientious principles of doing business, constant attention to detzils, strict training of its dairymen and employees, careful study of the people's Our goods are sold everywhere. te” FoR Quotations See Price CoLumnNs. wetter ere ere te were ee =< SSS SS SS SS SS SSS SS = = === ~ === SSS SSS SSS 4 === = = elebrated === = SSS SS STS SSS SSS Se STs Do you consider the great value of It has no equal. emcees a ro a Ae Ly > 4s ay wea 4 rs \e eo = we a ro a Ae Li ¥ 4 os eis ay ; as ro PLEASKS EVERYBODY, PRICES FOR 1894. 40 CENTS A BOX. $3.60 PER CASE. $3.50 PER CASE, in Five- Case Lots. ‘$3.40 PER CASE, in Ten-| Case Lots. THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 15 Sealed STIGKY FLY PAPER The Dealer who sells Tanglefoot will be sure to please his customers, and will and annoyance usually connected with the sale of imperfect or inferior goods. Tanglefoot in its present shape has been on the market for ten years. | leads, and is accepted by both the best trade and the best consumers as the highest standard for Sticky Fly Paper. | tensively imitated by unscrupulous parties. Its distinctive features, the Sealing Border, Divided Sheet, and the Holder are, as is known, the inventions and property of the O. & W. Thum Company. TANGLEFOOT These features are being ex. : . é . ’ , ed by Dealers are respectfully cautioned against the illegal- S040 BY ALL ' ity of handling infringements, and reminded of the injustice of so doing. Each Box Contains'| 25 DOUBLE SHEETS AND ONE HOLDER. zach Case Contains i0 BOXES. ad < i avoid all loss Tanglefoot always well JOBSERS > Manutfac tured by O. & W.THUM CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. Pe Pp ESP Plage HEMLOCK BARK, Gy LUMBER, SHINGLES, RATES, POSTS, Baty TELEGRAPH POLES. Gran Mars Muewi, i Fie ra A PHELPS:Presideanta> mC: YOUNG VicePresidenss We pay Highest Market Prices in Spot Cash and measure bark when Loaded. Correspondence Solicited. Monthly Report of Secretary Mills. GRAND Rapips, April 30—The follow- ing members have been admitted since my last report: 517 H. P. Rockwell, Jackson. 52 E.S. Potter, Peoria. 7 R. H. Williams, Saginaw, E. S. 59 Elijah Calkins, Flint. Elburn C. Thrall, Toledo. 2 Robert Spereo, Chicago. 3607 G. A. Schonlan, West Pullman, IL. 3613 E. A. Reynolds, Detroit. 3614 J. S. Dunn, Lansing 3615 Frank C. Bury, Detroit. 3616 Edwin M. Scott, Middleton, N. Y. 3617 Chas. Drueke, Grand Rapids. 3619 3622 3625 3627 3628 H 48 3693 3602 3608 3609 3611 3612 3618 362 3621 362 3626 C. A. Bryant, Chicago, Ill. Augustus Holmes, Chicago. G. J. Phillpot, Detroit. A. H. Cadwell, Detroit. Thos. F. McNamara, Detroit. H. C. Crosby, Hartford. E. D. Verity, Portland. J. C. Cowen, Morgan Park, II. J. H. Withere!ll, Oakland, Maine. M. S. Brown, Saginaw, E. S. Harry Fox, Muskegon. F. H. White, Grand Rapids. M. Moloney, Akron, Ohio. G. S. Ferguson, Detroit U. G. Burch, Detroit. F. H. Emery, Grand Rapids. Wm. G. Lindsey, Detroit. 3637 I. D. Durgy, Saginaw, E, S. 3630 Sol Friendly, Elmira, N. Y. Under date of April 20 1 mailed each member a notice of death assess- ment No. 2, for $1, payable on or before June 20, and I would especially request each member to carefully and completely fill out the remittance blank attached to the notices, as we have several members with similar names and errors are liable. to oceur if the membership number i° not given. The New Park Hotel, Sault Ste. Marie, has been added to our hotel list. L. M. Miuus, Sec’y <2 <> - The New England Grocer says that ‘a dealer who discounts his bills can afford to undersell his neighbor who does not— aud to do se without price.”’? It doesn’t appear to be quite clear how ‘‘a dealer’’ can cutting a single undersell an- other without cutting prices, but, per- haps, the: Grocer knows how it can be done. =_—> > => Decision on Producing Prescriptions. The Supreme Court of Missouri has now a second time held constitutional, in the case of the State vs. Davis (23 S. W. Rep. 759), a statute which requires that a druggist shall carefully preserve all prescriptions compounded by him or those in his employ, numbering, dating, and filing them in the order in which they are compounded, and shall produce the same in court or before any grand jury whenever thereto lawfully required, and on failing, neglecting, or refusing to do so shall be deemed to be quilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shail be punished by a fine. It furthermore holds that under such a statute a druggist can- not be required to produce all of the pre- scriptions compounded by him or tiled by him during any specified length of time, however short, to be inspected and inquired into by the grand jury, no mat- ter what ailments they have bec pre- scribed for, or for whom; this would be an intrusion upon his affairs and busi- ness, and without warrant of law. Ss ratbtigte ici Ee ad inp sana ST CRESCENT.” “WHITE ROSE,” “ROYAL,” These brands are Standard and have a National reputation. Correspondence solicited. VOIGT MILLING GO., Grand Rapids, Mich. — CHA : : ipo) pan ce nied nO) een You only Chew the String when you read this advertisement. To Prove the Pudding, you must send for a sample order of Tradesman, Superior or Universal Coupon Books. C Book System, and ‘wish to investigate it, sample books and price lists will be mailed free on“application, “~*~ = If youhave never used the Coupon . The TRADESMAN COPIPANY, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy, One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Three Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Four Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. Five Years—F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Coming Meetings—Star Island, Jume 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. Secretay—S. A. Thompson, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, Walter K.Schmidt; Sec’y, Ben. Schrouder. How To Avoid the Accumulation of Dead Stock. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is an axiom as true in business as in medicine. How much to buy of this or that is one of the un- solved problems in everyday merchan- dising. The subject has racked the brain of the manufacturer, the importer, the jobber and the retailer. To be able to determine what the demand will be for any article, especially those that are new and novel, isa most difficult thing to do. New remedies, toilet articles, and fancy novelties are constantly brought to our notice, and while some are almost stillborn, yet many have a vigorous life, and to keep up with the procession we must have them. There- fore, I claim that it is in keeping with good business principles to put in stock new things. Should they prove to be good sellers, itis a good point made to be the first to have them; but in put- ting in new articles always observe this rule: Make your first purchase a small one. Better to use the telegraph and express to replenish your stock than to have unsalable stock left on hand. Buy with special eare of the elixir of seven chlorides combined with three iodides, which the agent represents as being a remedy used by all leading surgeons in the East, and which Dr. Blank, of your city, thinks he will use and says he will send his prescriptions to you for it. Very many staple articles are now sold on the ‘‘Rebate Plan,”’ the quantity purchased at one time determining the price. In the purchase of these we may estimate that future sales may equal past sales, and this may be a safe rule to follow. If the rebate allowed does not exceed the interest on the invest- ment, together with the necessary in- surance risk, buy the smaller quantity, . for the dead stock item must not be for- gotten even in staples. In spite of all caution the shrewd- est buyer will get some goods that move slowly. If they are strictly holiday goods, as secon as the season’s sale has fairly closed carefully put them away where no one will see them until next year; they can then be displayed as new. The second year should dis- pose of them. If you have any fears that they will not move, make a low price on them, have them plainly marked and placed in your show window before the holidays. Many persons want to pur- chase something the price of which will correspond with their means and the price plainly marked on a showy article will often sell it. If the article is shop- worn, always accept the first reasonable offer, for this reason—few people will make a present of soiled articles. In many back rooms of drug stores you will find a box full and running over | with old wide-mouthed pottles in which chemicals have been purchased—an un- sightly corner. Dead stock? Need not be. Buy 100 pounds of chloride of lime for $3, fill up these now unsightly relics and put on them an attractive label, and the bottles will soon be sold, and, what is more, you will find that your cus- tomers will want the lime thatis put up in bottles, instead of the usual carton, because it is always good. At the close of the war a certain drug- gist purchased at auction a lot of hospi- tal stores, and among them some 300 pounds of opodeldoc of a well-known manufacturer’s make—pretty large stock fora retailer. He added to this some good oils and alcohol, put it up in panel bottles as ‘‘Nerve and Bone Lini- ment,’’and the opodeldoc was soon sold and more made, and that store still has a good sale for the liniment that origi- nated in this manner. Patent medicines sometimes sell for a time rapidly, the advertising is stopped and the sale of them is at an end. Cor- respond at once with your wholesaler; there may be ademand for them some- where in his territory, and to accommo- date you, or fora slight percentage, you can exchange for other goods. Or they ean be sold bottle by bottle when some one calls for ‘‘something good for a cough,” or ‘‘Give me a bottle of blood purifier.”’ Have one place in your store to put all remedies that you wish to close out; they will then be brought to your mind when an opportunity comes, In doing this you will come to some where you will have to draw the line. Do not recommend any so-called medicines that you are well aware are swindles. If they are called for sell them, otherwise set aside as you would counterfeit money, to look at occasionally, simply as a re- minder to be more careful next time. I will mention some other ways that have been resorted to, but without rec- ommending them. In the early days of sugar-coated pills a quantity of various makes of cathartic pills were stored in a place which proved to be too damp for the coating as then made, and the result was several gross of spoiled pills. These were all made into one mass and re-rolled, podo- phyllin added, so that each pill contained i¢ grain, boxed and sold for anti-bilious pills. An actual joke on this combina- tion was that a physician (?) got to using these pills, and when he moved away he wanted to get the recipe, so that he could get them made in his new home. Jno. W. BALLARD. sel el ene Don’ts for Proprietors and Clerks. Some clerks are afraid they will get their hands dirty; some are afraid they will get theirs clean; don’t represent either of these types if you wish to suc- ceed. Don’t measure success in the practice of pharmacy by the amount of salary you draw, but by the benefit you are to your fellow-man, and incidentally to your employer. Don’t try to keep up a conversation with someone else in the store while waiting on a customer. Give the cus- tomer your undivided attention; he will appreciate it. Don’t stare in an abstracted, absent- minded way into space, or appear to be deeply interested in something going on in the street, while waiting on a cus- tomer. Suchconduct will disgust him, and he will avoid you. Don’t try to tell funny stories, Dut when your customer whispers the old time-honored joke about the porous plas- ter, smile, but not boisterously, as though it was a brand new joke, fresh from the foundry. This will probably be a great sacrifice for you, but it will make you more popular. : Don’t get angry with the woman who wants you to wrap up almanacs and post- age stamps; she doesn’t know any better, while an ill-timed remark on your part would not make her have any more re- spect for the house. Don’t get offended at the sallies of the chronic funny man, who chafes you about outrageous prices charged in drug stores for a little water. Every drug store has one or more of these fellows to contend with; they don’t mean any harm, and probably know better than anyone else how to appreciate good drug store water. Don’t appear surprised when you run across one of your regular customers in another drug store; every American citi- zen has the right to trade where he pleases, Greet him cordially and he will feel more comfortable: the chances are ten to one he is there for something you did not have when he last called for it. Don’t criticise the conduct of physi- cians; you probably know more than they, but you will find it hard to convince the public of that fact. You may be satisfied in your own mind that Dr. So-and-So is a jackass, but don’t tell anybody, just keep it to yourself as information; you may want to borrow a dollar from him some day, and if he is what you think, he will probably lend it to you. Don’t get impatient with the children who daily ask for picture cards; answer them pleasantly, as you’ll never lose any- thing by being popular with the chil- dren. Don’t snub the drummers; they have feelings just the same as other animals. A smile is cheaper than a frown. Drum- mers frequently buy toilet articles, and would lots rather trade with Bre’r Fox than Bre’r Hog. Don’t ask aman if he thinks you are running a junk shop, when he ealls for something you have never kept in stock, but direct him to the nearest place he can get it, and, if it’s not too far out of your regular line, have some for the next man who calls for it. Don’t growl about the grocer pinching your game by selling laudanum, pare- goric and flavoring essences. Why not retaliate by selling starch, bluing, bak- ing powder, etc.? Don’t insult the customer who, for lack of confidence or other reason, in- trudes behind your prescription counter while you are at work. The following lines posted behind the desk will gener- ally have the desired effect without en- gendering hard feelings: IN MEMORIAM, Here lies what’s left of Eli Burke, The victim of a whim; He bored the poor prescription clerk; Worms are now boring him. STERLING PALMER. ae A Trade-mark Decision. A decree of interest to druggists and others was rendered last month in the ease of Kerry et al. (Kerry, Watson & Co.) vs. Toupin, in the United States Circuit Court for the district of Massa- chusetts. Judge Aldrich granted a per- petual injunction. The suit was based upon common law trade-mark doctrines, The complainants contend that their trade name, ‘Syrup of Red Spruce Gum,” was a trade-mark atcommon law. The law of England and America has been that descriptive words were public prop- erty, and the courts have hitherto re- fused protection to such names. A famous authority on trade-mark questions once declared that the deduc- tion from the English and American cases was that the courts would not per- mit a man to ‘commit a fraud except by the use of a descriptive name.’’ The ease of Kerry vs. Toupin is the first case ever finally decided in which the inter- national convention has been involved, and the meaning of the words ‘‘commer- cial name’”’ or ‘‘non-commercial,’’ as used in the treaty, defined. Judge Aldrich decrees that the defend- ant has infringed upon Kerry, Watson & Co.’s rights in their trade name, ‘‘Syrup of Red Spruce Gum,” and has ordered an injunction to issue perpetually restrain- ing the defendant from dealing in an artificial medicinal preparation under the name of ‘‘Syrup of Red Spuce Gum,” or any translation thereof. The highest courts in Canada had re- fused relief to the complainants, and the result of this contest in the United States courts has been watched by drug- gists and manufacturers of chemical pre- parations with much interest. oO Father Mollinger’s Prescriptions. The quarrel over the ownership of the Father Mollinger prescriptions, and the copyright involved, seems finally to have been settled. The bill was filed by Morris Einstein to restrain A. F. Sawhill from using the formula and alleged trade-mark, Mr. Einstein claiming that they had been as- signed to him by Adolph Hepp, who had been associated with Father Mollinger. Hepp had claimed that Father Mollinger had given him a half interest in the right to use the prescriptions, etc., before his death, and all was to go to him at the death of Father Mollinger. Master T. A. Evans has decided, while Mollinger had for several years sent his prescriptions to Sawhill, there was no evidence that they were secret formulas, but, on the contrary, were well known to Allegheny physicians, and, indeed, had been pilfered from the regular prescrip- tion file in Sawhill’s pharmacy, in Saw- hill’s store. The master further ruled that it was not proven that Father Mollinger bad assigned to Hepp the sole right to use his formulas. He also decided that Hinstein had no right to the sole use of Father Mollinger’s name and likeness for a trade-mark, and recommended a dis- missal of the bill. Seely’s Flavoring Extracts Every dealer should sell them. Extra Fine quality. Lemon, Vanilla, Assorted Flavors. Yearly sales increased by their use. Send trial order. 2 oz, N. 8, Lemon doz. #1.20; gro. $12.60 (plain or in cartoon) 4 oz. N.S. Tl.emon doz. $2; gro, $22.80 6 oz. N.S. Lemon doz. $3; gro, $33. Zoz. N.S. Vanilla doz. $2; gro. $21.6". 40z.N.8. Vanilla doz. 83 75; gro, $40.80. 60z. N.S. Vanilla doz. $5.40; gro. $57.60. a # SEELY MFG. CO., Detroit, [lich. re THE MICHIGAN TRADESMA N. 15 i€ Wholesale Price Current. Morphia, 8. P. & W. | 225@2 50) Seldlits Mixture...... @ 2| Linseed, boiled. ... 51 54 : ‘heeaam thes P : © Co ¥. Q. & caese Sinapis................ @ 18|Neat’s ‘Foot, winter = sam Peru. Declined—Gum Opium, Linseed Oil. Moschus Canton... ‘@ 40 | Snuff, Ma. eceahoy, De ~ ae = > 4 Myristica, No 1... ... 65 7 ed accahoy, De a SpiriteTurpentine.... 34 36 . ACIDUM. ee sek: - @250 TINCTURES _— ma sunt Scsiei, De, Voes @ 3% ea oe i aie 8@ 10| Exechthitos. 50@1 60 . Pe ie ae 18 | Soda Boras, (po. 11). . 10@ 11| Red Venetian.. , 2@3 Benzoicum German. 65@ 75 | Erigeron .....: 50@1 60 | Aconitum Napeliis R....... 60 xm ° on | 3008 et Potass Tart 27@ 30 | Ochre, yellow Mars... 1% 2@4 3 Boracic .... 99 | Gaultheria ..... 70@1 80] ,, wo, 50 Picts i peas ee ; @ 0) Soda Carp............ “1%@ 2 Ber......1% 2@3 é Cushalioas zg 30| Geranium, oune eee, 60 dq, N.C., 4% ga : Soda, Bi-Carb.. @ 5| Putty, commercial... .24 24%@3 Citricum .... 52Q@ 55 Gossipil, Sem. gal @ 75 and myrrh...... 60 Picis Li bl tah a @2 00 | Soda, Ash............. 34@ 4] _“ strictly pure.....2% 2¥@3 ; Hydrochior . 3@ 5|Hedeoma ......... 25@1 40 Mee 50 q., quarts . @1 00 — Sulphas. ee cla, @ 2 — rime Amer- Nitrocum 7 ge Sl Jummpert...-. 50@2 00 | Asafootida 0! Pui aa 2a aa 13@16 aia... 10@ 12 Lavendula . .. 96@2 00 | Atrope Belladonne.......... 60| Pj Ni rg, (po. 80) @ 50 i Myrcia Dom..... @2 2% vonaaiun: English. 65@70 Phosphorium aii...” ap | Limonis.........7. "1 50g! 7 Ree 60 Pibee = a “ie @ 1 © Vint Imp.. @3 00; Green, Peninsular..... 70@75 * Suiean... tema een. ee 2 8503 60 oe 50 Pike Be a, (po g5).. @ 3 ini Rect. bbl. Lead, red. 6 @b% : Sulphuricum. a a Mentha Verid.. 2 20@2 30 PAUMOSTEN .....,. 5D Plumb! ion ececccecuce @ 7 2 17@2 27 white . eevoroscees @b% 4 Tannicum............. 1 40@i on | Morrhuae, gal..-°..°°°1 soi 40 | Barosma so. 0c 80 | Pulvis Ipecac et opi 14 15| Lees Se gal, caah ion days, || Whiting, whtte Span” “Grp ri F sau nee ee 30@ 33 Myrcts, Bande @ Cantharides. .. 75 | Pyroth — opli..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... 1 40@1 45 woe §: Gilders’...... @% eae 90@3 co | Capsicum ...... ol) 50 DG _ Sulphur, Subl......... 24@3 | White, Parts American 10 AMMONIA. Pick 8 Liquida, (gal. %) 10@ 12| Ca damon... 7 Co.; dos..... @1% Roll.........° 2°@ 2% | Whiting, Paris Eng. wal Aone 16 dex:......... | dey 6 OE 21 28 ae Pyrethrum ec ., 20@ a Tamarinds . -.. 2 cliff ‘ q ee. + 61 1 R@ : i ’ aanae , 3 20 deg es 6@ oor . 75@1 00 ee 1 00 Quassiae ae aie aes mi dl a 8@ erebenth Venice. + 28@ 30 Pioneer E repared Paintl ong “ 4 Carbonas Deloss uewages 12@ 14} Rosee, ounce. ....... 6 50@8 50 | Catechu. 50 | Quinia, S.P.& W..... 340054 Theobromae ..........45 @ 48| Swiss Villa eae ‘ Chioridum _........... 12@ 14 Succini ae 40@ 45 Cinchona . 50 8S. German.. 2%Q 37 Vanilla ant .9 00600; Painte....... . ..1 WO@I1 20 Satie 9@1 00 t 60 | Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14} Zincl Sulph. - @ 8 VARNISHES, \ ANILINE. aan 2 50@7 00 Columba 50 | Saccharum Lactis pv. 1° 14 N ‘* raw eee. 2 2 95 | Sassafras. .... wu Conium ... momen Ss OrLS. Extr Tee eo hae 8X1 00 | Sinapts, ess, ounce... “. a Cubebe..... 50 eo Draconis. Bbl. Gal Coach oo “Me £.160@1. 7 70 é TEE 45@ = a a Se — 50 7 rete eteeeeee eee Whale, winter ....... 70 = 70 | No. 1 Turp Roa pina 1 ‘ Tee 2 50@3 00| Thyme ................ 40@ 50} Ergot... Se a ear reinrciminicd alas Lard, extra........... SO 85 | Eutra Turk Damar... 1 oo oe @1 60 | Gentian ... 50 q oe ee mere, Ne Bo 42 45|Japan D ey BACCAE. ‘it heobromas -. BG Co. 60 Linseed, pureraw.... 48 51 waen ryer, No. 1 T0QTE i Cubeae (po ao. ~@ 30 ere uuaeuia Guaica ............ a = i TO@7T5 a 6=——i(<‘ = Carbonate Precip...... @ 15 Mesanter ice. ote. “— : Alumen el gore 24@ 3 See SS ceenyoae, be. ee Dn We offer the followi aan... a Dima UU UN SE ee tee sce ele : a SS 2 2 — pees 73 00 . Seas 55@ 60 e following very desirable Solut Chioride.......: _ 246 G1 3 ieee ee Sponges In cases: - Sulphate, cou’. Cee aed .@ 21g : a: aa et Potass T. 55@ 60 be pure... @ 7 et 35@ 38 pee bis eee ule @1 40 . sees Semaine: (po 25).. oo i Autiionm............. @ B 2 FLORA. ag PA. ss. = - ——_ Nitras,ounce @ 48 x Ree : reonieume. ......., <1 q Arntoa o-sseessss++ 19@ 20| Similar, Oitcinalis, if "@ 40| Balm Gilead Bad.” ap 4 Slate. ..... Som Pies... @35 00 per ease sy ea 50@ 65/5 a M @ 2%/| Bismuth 8. N......... " 9 0g2 2 Nee TOA se (a t 50 ae dd Cillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12 Calcium Chior, 1s, (348 ‘“« 140-A $6 5 Fojaa Symplocarpus, Fostt- wa @ 11 40-A.-..--.--- c.|hOrrti‘“(‘ an | Less than box 7 , f RPE +s 99s ++ = srrsrssereeesss 80) Welvot extra sheepa’ “| @lne, Brown 9@ 15 : Tanacetum, V... 7! gg| Velvet xtra, shops’ oe e if, e 4 _. 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" ae 45@ 55 a] re sasereecs 2 50@3 00 SYRUPS. te @ 64 y ae, Dulc...... 45@ 1%5| Accacia ...................... 50|Ichthyobolla, Am.. .. 9 Aimy, Amarae....8 00@8 ee 50 | T In oe cla, Am cn ; 701 00 ac 60 | Iodine, Resubl........ 3 80@3 90 i: : es oe eT RN. cn ean os 70 Oy eee ce @2 2 50 on os 0@ Madi 70@ 75 50 — Arsen et Hy 50 ee TO @ 2 50 | Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 7 @ = - eo Sulph (bbl - an Sl penta Oo | aencabias ac 3222777222 "A en GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERY PHICk, (Urte INI. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to 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 Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the AXLE GREASE, ee. : doz gross | | Live ee 1 40 Aurora... . 55 6 00 | Sante Cres.......- 1 40 caster O.......... @ 700) Lusk’ idee 1 50 eee... a Soe cee... - 12 ee... \ 75 9 00 Blackberries. - ....-. 65 ee ee 90 Paragon i Ss to ane, Red.. ----1 1091 BAKING POWDER. | Pitted Hamburgh - White le 150 Acme. 6 Erie eae 1 30 ig Ib. cans, 3 doz....... --- 75 Damsons, Egg Plums and Green % Ib. oS teetenesnes : S Gages. 1 Ib. 2 ee a ce aa 120 Balk..........- oa 20 | California. __ 1 40 Arctic. 5s Gooseberries. ‘> cans 6 doz case...... , >| Common C 123 Sa pes 1” Peaches. - t 2 doz SN 1 10 [tou |. : Or Manuel. , i 66 Cream Flake 1 ore |e 1 60 3 Of 6 doz = | California... 160@1 75 4 OZ 4doz ”) | Monitor 6 az 4doz sv Oxfo ord ... oo. 8 oz 4doz 1 10 Pears. i ® 2 doz or ieee 125 5 Ib_ — | o Bias... ... res) Red Star, % D cans on Pineapples. ‘ cs ™ , 4p eee 1 0@l WD 0 EH 45 | Johnson's sliced. 2 50 Telfer’s, 4 Ib. ¢ cans, Cos - ' "grated... 275 me 85 Seuth’ss liced . B2 : ' eat ir “” grated.. 275 Our Leader, be cans | ~ Quinces. , >| Common on ek i 10 re Raspberries, 2 cK } Red eneasecs 1 10 ae | Black ‘Hamburg os 146 2 dozen in case. | Erie, dDlack is Bugiish a i a} Strawberries. Bristoi. . .- Ee 9 | Lawrence a 123 Domestic a. — 1% Erie ei 1 20 BLUING. Gross | | Terray n 1% a Whortleberries. Arctic, $ OZ oval 8 —-_ 2 a I | Bix 1eberries .... RS 80s aie oe Meats. - = oe le orned beef Libby's 1% No. 2, sifting Dox... © ‘° | Roast beef Armour’s -1 80 No. 3, . 4m Potted ham, % Ib. 1 40 No. 5. so “CT 5 losball .. 430 tor gue, % Ib 5 Mexican Liquid, 4 oz 3 6 Ci : ” 5 OZ ene chicken, ¥ Ib....... 5 : Vegetables. BROOMS, oe 1 75 | Hamburgh stringless... 1 15 ao. i a French vai 19eR21 Clam Chowder. ‘on Pumpkin Standard, 2 ib 2 25 | BTIC.----...-------00---e ™ Cove Oysters in a Squash ane ndard. 11b wr, ack ie sda i disses esc 1 15 ~_ 2 Ib 35 Succotagh. L : CO 9 g, | Soaked ............. x ih Cae ccc... er eencens 150 2 § rie cn 1d 29 Tomatoes | Hancock a ie 110 Excelsior _....... bw bo bo to ee 1 § ..1 & ol Dt oi OI 1 5) Sardines. | American s..... -- 448 5 a ss 6%@ 7 Imported %45...... .. OP 6a wt 15@16 Mustard &s . ai Boneless .... Ee 21 Trout. I ok ee eee 2 50 Fruita. Apples. 3 ib. standard i @ York State, gellons 3 & Hamburgh. CHOCOLATE. Baker's. | | German DEE... cuss 2 | Premium ue 37 | Breakfast Cocoa. s CHEESE, | Amboy oe 1234 Acme 12 | Lenawee @i2 | Riverside 12 | Gold Medal @11% SS 6@i0 i oe 5 es... |... 100 STS Neale ele 23 Limburger @i5 SE vice coence os | Roqnefort...... . Os | Seb i Z2i weltser, imported. ez s domestic .... eis CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. j Half pint, 2 25 bottles. 2 7% Pint : 4 50 Quart 1 doz bottles 3 50 Triumph Brand. Half pint, per doz a ce ee 450 Quart, per doz ..... a 7o CLOTHES PINS. OO _————————_—_ 44@4i5 COCOA SHELLS. 35 Ib. bags..... i ee @3 Lom eneeGy.......... GB Pornd packages... . '6X@7 COFFEE Green. Rio. Fair. fH ne is Good. i Fraee .... 21 Golden...... 21 Peeeersy ...-....., 2. 2a Santos. Fair. ie re Good .. 20 Prime . 2 Peaberry 23 Mexican and Guatamala. a... a Good.. mn Pee... ks . 28 Maracaibo. Prime .. : |. 2 oo 24 Java. Interior ' ia 2 Private Growth. 27 Mandehling Hl 28 Mocha. Imitation rs) Arabian 28 Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add 4c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- aze. Package. a s ZR... 23S Bunol 23 4 Lion, 60 or i00 Ib. case 23 S Extract. —— City % TOSS... 7 Bi) Hommel’ ie, Coll, crom...... 3 6&3 tin waa 2 as CHICORY. Bulk 3 Red 7 CLOTHES LIN CES. Cotton, 4 ft.......per dos. 1 3 na a ' 1 40 - 80 ft 1 & _ 70 ft 1% _ 36 ft ' 1 9% Jute 8 ft. 8 i 72 ft i & raae vail Borden Crown... Daisy... Champion Magnolia Dime Eagiec.... 500, any one den 20m"n Steel: sunehh ee ee CONBPENSED MILE. 4 doz. in N.Y.Cond’ns'd Milk Co’s brands ee eee RRB AR 49 Peerless Evaporated Cream. CREDIT CHECKS. COUPON BOOKS. “Trad esman.’ $1 books, per hundred.. . 200 @2 a 2 #3 _ ’ 3 00 #5 _ _ 30 210 - 40 20 ny ae 5 oo “Superior.” # 1 books, per hundred ... 2 0 See .. 3.00 23 . : sm 25 ‘ ‘ .. 400 #10 “ . o& a2 “ “ 6 00 Universal.** 8 1 books, per hundred... 83 00 $2 - - oo 23 C 40 25 re i : 5 00 810 “ “ ‘ u 00 820 7 00 Ahowe weiomnes on coupen books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 t 00ks or over.. 5 per cent 500 a 1000 aa ‘ a COUPON PASS BOOKS, {Can be made to represent any denom!: nation from 810 down. | ) books i. es +18 50 200 im 3 00 250 6B 5» . 1000 ace 17 3 Cc RACKE RS. Butter. Seymour Xi X...... . 5% Seymour XXX, cartoon = Family XXxX.... . &% Family XXX, cartoon. 6 Salted XXX.. . %&% Salted SEH. cartoon . 2 Kenosha co ™ Boston. .. ee 7 Butter biseu! it 6 Soda. Gote, S2z.......... 5% ee . Soda, Duchess.... .. 8% Crystal Wafer. " . -10% Long Island Wafers.. san Oyster. S. Oyster XX Leveauos ose City “Oyster ee 5% Portas Oysiee.............. 6 CREAM TARTAR. Strictly pure........ Telfer's Absolute.......... 30 Grocers’ . aoe 15@25 DRIED FRUITS. Domestic, Apples. Sundried. sliced in bbls 7 . quartered “ ? Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 12 12: Apricots, California in bags.. .. 14 Evaporated in boxes. .. 14% lackberries. In boxes.... i 8 Nectarines. poo Se Oe 10% Peaches. Peeled, in boxes. — Cal.evap. “ eee _ ' in beee...... 10 Pears. California fn bags..... 1¢ Pitted Cherries. _ee........ 7% boxes . 10 Prunelies. oe. See.............8 Raspberries. oe... \ 50 Ib. boxes...... a —-- =... . Raisins. Loose a in pam. 2 crown . " | 3 1¢ 3 ee eeees cae 1 20 ius 14 2 crown. ce he . 3% oe . 4% New Orleans. ae fi 18 Pee eed... 1... 27 EN EE SIR nS TES eg 2 lea 40 Fancy One bait barrels. 3c extra; Foreign. Currants. Patras, in barrels......... 2 ” Oe ss, 2 ~ fn lesa quantity.... 2 cleaned, bulk...... 5 cleaned, package. 5% Peel. Citron, Leghorn, => boxes . Lemon Orange ' 2 : . 16 Raisins, Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes @s Sultana, 20 .7% @8 Valencia,3) * Prunes. California, 100-120.. 7 “ 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. 7 “ 80x90 “a . 7% . 7Ux80 84 “ 60x70 ot 834 Turkey Silver .... 16 Sultana . oe eee French, 60-70........ .. ' ' oe... it “ Pe ie bes eee ENVELOPES, XX rag. white. oe . 1% No. 2, 6%.. 1 60 RAGS oe eo 1 65 No. 2, 6.. cores. 1 oe xx wood, ‘white. Ro. i, 2 3 |. 1 3 No. 2 1a Saami. ‘white. 6h 1 06 Coin. a Ne. 4.. .-.. 1 00 FARINAC KOUS Goopbs. Farina. 100 Ib. kegs. .-..--....... 3% Hominy. eee cs a, ae 2% eek cele hen eyes . 300 Lima Beans. ee t 4% Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 1b. box.. Ea 404%@.1 Oa tmeal. Barrels 200. — 2 Half barrels 100...... 2 2% — Barley. ee 2% Peas, eo, 26. ~~ toe ae eee... 7 Rolled Oats, Barrels 180... .. Qs B Half bbis 90. @2 5 Sago. Ee aM NR ois oss. ces 5 Wheat. Crecked....... Lae 3% FISH--Salt. Bloaters. Tie... a Cod. Pollock . ( Whole, Grand Bank. 43;@6 Boneless, bricks.. ...... 749 Boneless, strips. 6@8 Halibut, Smoked 10@13 Herring. Holland, white hoops keg 70 bbl 9 50 mavensbes a“ ae Round, % bbl 100 Tbs a FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’. Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. Regular Grade Lemon. Regular Vanilla, XX Grade Lemon. Bon. ....41 @ oon....- 3 00 XX Grade Vanilla. = 2os.....01 i Sos,.... 3 50 Jennings. Lemon. Vanilla 20% regular pnee: 75 1 2 408 .1 50 200 6 of , 3 00 No. 3 comer ool cece 1 35 2 00 No. 4 taper.. oo 250 : Northrop’s Lemon. Vanilla. 2 02 oval taper 75 1 10 3 02% 1 20 1% 2o0z regular ‘ 85 1 2 4 02 i yr 1. 2 2 FLY PAPER. Thum ’s Tanglefeot. Siaee Caee............. .3 60 Five case lots.. 3 50 Ten case lots.. 3 40 Less than one c ase, eee box UNPOWDER. Rifle~—Dupont’s. ee cs pecs cosh acum ee ae wee... 8... 1%) Gusrter kege.......... 1 10 to oe... os to OOee.........- a. Choke ee 8. Kegs.. | ae 4 2 Hae keen 20 Quarter kegs. er 11b cans. . , ——_ Eagle Duck—Dupont 8. oe... 11 60 Half ek 2 5 % Ceerter hegs............... 200 1 © come....... 60 HERBS. Sage... 15 Hops.. a i5 INDIGO. Madras, Sim. BOmes....... 55 8. F., 2, 3 ands Ib. boxes. . 50 JELLY. 17 Ib, pails conten @ to 30 | @ 80 LICORICE aoe oc sees ceca 30 OO 25 ae ches an . = LYE. Condensed, 2 dos........... 1 . oe MINCE MEAT, » rn Oo ea, 1 33 ——......... 20 "Mackerel. No. 1 100 lbs J 10 75 Dee, 0, Oe ee sass. i... 4 GH ee el <1 2 mo. 3, Oe e..... .. 7 Wa. 2 46 tha... 3 20 | Mince meat, 3 doz. in c ase. 2 75 asa... 90 | Pie “patiiesoatsie 3 doz. in Vinee Mite... .... .5 75] Case. cerees 3 _ oe MEASURES. Sardines, Ti r dozen Russian, ae, ee Ae ae wa 5511 gslion —— a. cs ‘out. } ) No. 1, % bbis., 100ibs sd gallon. me 1 No. 1 4 bbi, 40 Ibs i 45 No. 1, Kits, 16 Ibg............ 3/ Half pint .... : 40 eg ne ce ee NR a wd i ) No 1, 8b Kits...... Wooden, for vinegar, per dos. White " 1 gallon se 00 ash Family Half galion 4 7 No. 1 ae. i 3% % bbls, 100 Ibs........ 87 00 a3 oo | Pint vette a Sy a ae on ae 3(5 150 MOLASSES, L ts. - & 8) Blackstrap. Sib. “ ..... ------- Tl Oi g@ugeehouse...........---- MATCHES. j Cuba Baking. Ba, 9 euieheur.......... ~o ST Cee uere .....-.... 18 Beer PAree.......-... ioe Porto Rico, No. 2 home... / 1 10} #vime wy Rae perder... - 5.5... €apt Peeee .. cs. au i - nig, oF » » PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count... @4 50 Haif bbis, 600 count.. @2 7h Small. Barrels, 2,400 count. 5 50 Half bbls, 1,200 count 33 PIPES, Clay, oe eee 17 a. oe. Othe COONS... .... 70 ee ee ee. 5. 1 20 POTASH, 48 cans in case. MG osc ts... 4 00 Pensa Sant Cos.......... 3 60 RICK, Domestic, Carolina Ne crew enss 6 Mm Bek oo OG a ee a... 4 Imported. Japan, No.1.... nay No.2. on... nS — é SPICES, Whole Sifted Allspice.. tovee OG Cc vassla, Cc thins in mats...... 8 Batevia In bund....15 ‘ Saigon in rolis......32 Cloves, Amboyna...... 22 . SOUSINer............ 11% Mace Batavia.. . oe Nutimegs, fancy.. cas ee Se eS 70 . Pe ec es cue 60 Pepper, Singapore, black... 10 white... .20 , —_ . . . 6 Pure Ground in Bulk, Allspice . no wo Cassia, Batavia. Lola ele etee 26 and —. 25 . Saigon . » ae c loves, Amboyna. . ‘oe Zansibar...... eas Ginger, African eas sues ee . oe... 20 . GUMORICR ........ ..2e mance Batavia...,........... 65 Mustard, Eng. and +e. oe ' ‘Triesie.. ; 25 Nutmegs, No. 2... es Pepper, Singapore, black... .16 white..... 24 . Cayenne...... sae “ Abeoiate” in Packages, ys as Bree 55 sc. & 155 Cinnamon.. wis On Le Cloves. . Li. oe 2 OO Ginger, Jamaica..... 84 155 a Brcen........ 0 1 mueeere. ......... S4 155 er i, 84 155 eee. ...,. 84 SAL. SODA. Kegs. Granulated, boxes.......... 1% SEEDS. PO ee ee @i5 Canary, Smyrna. ...... 4 Caraway . 8 Cc ardamon, Malabar... “ Hemp, Russian....... 4% Mee Beec........... 5@6 Mustard, white....... 10 Poon... 9 Be cs 5 Cuttle bone.. “a 30 STARCH Cern. = lb boxes Uk Sean ewes ot 5X 0-Ib “ i e Glos, 1-1b packages. . Hioneenas © ee a 5 6-lb Or ebew es elec e ccs 5% 40 and 50 Ib. boxes.......... 3% —....,. is6lcc, SN u FF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars.. _. french Rappee, in Jars... 42 SODA, ee ae in oe en tnglish Set acs bone ALT. Diamond Crystal. Cases, 243 lb. boxes......8 1 60 Barrels, 320 Ibs. 2 50 115 24% Ib bags... 4 00 . fos 16 * ww. $3 - OO Butter, 56 Ib bags......... 65 * mat ee, 2 25 | 2 Dee........ 9 oe = lb. sacks Veudicecae ce. 82 15 llr 2 00 a 10- ll, 1 85 OR eee was oe *43-lb Cases...... 1 50 56 Ib, dairy in linen bags.. 3 28 Ib. dr = 16 18 Warsaw. 56 Ib. dairy In drill Bass... Sib. * . - 16 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 ggins. 54}, dairy in linen sacks. 75 Sotar Rock. om is, OMEN... 11... 22 Common Fine. iy, crm al hes 85 menwees ......... \ 85 SALERA ATUS, Packed 60 Ibs, In box. Charch’s .... eee 54 Ree i oe 5% se ce et et ES 5 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. SOAP. Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s — Old Country, 80 1-Ib........: Good Cheer, 601 Ib........ 3 90 White Borax, He S-1b...... 3 65 Proctor & — Concord.. 26 Ivory, Se 6 75 SO... ia......,.. 4 00 Lome, .... au. oe Mottled German........... 3 15 WO TR oo se. 3 2 Dingman Brands. Beeeee ON. 3 95 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas, S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, wrp'd. .84 00 pian... E & N. K. Fairbank & Co.’s Brands. a 4 00 Br own, i oem i. 2 40 OO Dare ..... ...... 3 % Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands. OG oi ek, eee. 3% cere... tt Cee Marechicn ................. 4 Master peace ~s-. £00 T hompson & Chute Co.’s Brands << ees i SUVER Silver Mono... : Savon Improv ed. i susuc a Oe eG 2.80 Gen. 3 2% Reonomical ......... 2 2 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 " hand, $3 dos....... 2 50 Passolt’s Atlas Brand, meee WOE 3 65 3 box fot... .. 3 60 10 box lots.. Se 25 bo x lots del. oo. oo SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the lo cal freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. ttt mat $4 87 Powdered ...............¢.. 437 Peete. .....-....2... 412 Extra Fine Granulated... 4 25 Cope 437 Seam Powderad......_... 4 62 Confec. Standard A....... 400 No. ft ColumpiaA......... 3 87 No.5 Empire A. —.. oo wae 3 62 —:. |... 3 56 ee 3 50 8... 3 44 mee 3 44 2. LL 33 —— 335 No. 13 2 OTM ce 2 81 SYRUPS. Corn. Bares... ................... 16 oe... 18 Pure Cane. aoe et 19 —-. 25 Cyotee ....... 5... 5; 30 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’ a, as ensue 475 mal... 2 75 Halford, a Lae ees ae 3 75 ee 2% Salad eae Taree ..... 4 55 \ sinall . 2 6 TEAS. JaPAN—Regular, ee ee @i7 —. @2 WN eee cc... 24 @26 Ceeeeet,......... ....ae Ge TG occa cccu eeu ee 10 @i12 SUN CURED, : BASKET FIRED. NE oie ciel acc 18 @20 Commies... -... 25.2.2... @25 Choicest. . @35 Extra choice, ‘wire leat @40 GUNPOWDER, Common to fair....... 2% @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @é65 Choicest fancy........ 7 @s5 OOLONG. @26 Common io fair... ... 23 @30 IMPERIAL. “ommon to fair....... 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor,. to fair....... 18 @2sé Superior to fine....... 33 @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. I os cee eevee sc @2 Msi ccc ec er 24 @28 Pe oi a. 40 @50 TOBACCOS, Fine Cut. P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands. Sweet Russct.......... 30 @32 en. 30 D. Scotten & Co’s Brands. PAAWetne 60 ON 32 Rocket . 30 Spaulding & Merrick’s — Sterlin Private Brands, eee, @30 Ce COM. ces tess Q27 Praeoe iy... . <2. 42... 2a @25 Dies Ben... 24 @25 McGinty ——o 27 i 25 Dandy Jim ea ecec dus 29 ee 2 _ in drums.... 23 Zoe Tie os... 2 oe Gens... ........ 22 Plag. Sorg’s Brands, SeeerneaG |... ....... 39 OE cece eae, a Nobby Twist............ 40 Scotten’s Brands, et es 26 POOt wl 38 Valley City ........... 34 Finzer’s Brands, Gid Honesty.......... 40 con Tear, bs 4 Lorillard’s Brands. Climax (8 oz., 4le).... 39 Gren Turte.......... 20 Three Black Crows... 27 J. G. Butler’s Brands. Something Good...... Out of Sight.. Wilson & McC ‘aulay’ 8 Brands. Cae Hone. ......_.... . Happy T —— 37 Messmate . ae. 32 WOPes. 31 OS % Smoking. Catlin’s Brands, Bits Grieg ............. 17@18 Golden Shower............. = Huntress be eek eae mcersonaam ....... 2530 American Eagle Co.’s Brands. es io heey. 40 Ss 0 Se a i” aanuen i ree... ‘ Java, ‘48 foil.. Banner Tobacco C 0.’s + ea ee i, 16 Banner Cavendish..........38 Gad Car ow... 1... 28 Scotten’s Brands, Wereein. 15 Roney Pew. 26 Gant Bioes................ 30 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands, Veer oe 26 OM Yom... 18 Standard.. a‘ ee Globe Tobaci co Cc 0.’8 | Brands. Mandmade........ 2... -.. 41 Leidersdorf’s Brands. ee 26 UHOle S0Mh..... 6)... — Moe Clover... 4... escent Spaulding & Merrick. Tom and J CITY. +e eee eee eee ee 25 Traveler Cavendish........ 38 Puen Bom... a Piow Bee... 1... 30@32 Com Cane... 16 VINEGAR. ec 7 @8 Ser 8 @9 81 for barrel, WET MUSTARD, ieee, VOR Ger 4. |. 30 Beer mug,2dozincase... 1 75 YEAST, meee. 1 00 oc eae ees -1 00 Meese Poets ............5.4: uy 00 PeemeenG............... ee. WOON oc 90 HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- Ws: HIDES. Ce 2@2% i e............ @ 3 on Cl @ 3% BY see 4@5 Kips, Groom ...... 2 @3 * cured @i4i Calfskin, oees...... 4@5 ouree...... 4 wWw@ 6 ae seine. ; 2.2... 10 @25 No. 2 hides \ off. PELTS, ee Se 5 @ Eee 25 @ 60 WwooL Weened .............:. 12 @i7 NEO oi cee cosas & @i3 MISCELLANEOUS. i ccc ce. 4@4% Grease butter......... 1 @: se 1%@ 2 aS 00@2 50 FURS. a 80@1 00 meee 5 00@25 00 I ican cae ” OC@Z 00 Gas, wikd..........,.... 50@ 75 Cet bonne .......-:... 10@ 25 Winker 3 00@6 00 PO BO ian can cans 1 0O@1 40 } | | Boe Cyaes....:.. oi y.. 3 00@5 00 om, GoOy...... 6.8, 50Q 70 fe 1 00@2 50 Martin, Gare... 1 00@3 00 pale & yellow. 75@1 00 eek, Gark.... ...... 25@1 00 Muskrat i 3Q 15 Oppossum. 5@ 15 (iter, cark...... is 0G 10 00 Racctoam ......... ac. Oe 70 Skunk 1. -1 00@1 25 War........... -1 00@2 00 Beaver castors, ‘Ib. @5 00 Above prices are for No. 1 furs only. Other grades at cor responding prices. DEERSKINS—per pound, Thin and —— 0 , ) Long gray, dry.. We 10 rey. Gey ....... 15 Red and Blue, dry...... 25 WOODENWARE., Tubs, 1 ee 6 00 iieewccdscesees cs OF Oem . No 3. ee cat oak aw . Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 30 No. 1, three hoop.. 1 50 Bowls, a inch a Seteteoe ces) OO . 13 lg a ae a 1 ' eo, 2 40 ee Baskets, market.. << oo shipping ‘bushel... 1 15 » . full hoop . 25 ' willow el’ ths, No. 15 25 o No.2 6 25 . ~ Bost ss _ splint _ No.1 3 7% ih ‘ “No.2 4 25 . ' “ Noes ¢%75 INDURATED WARE, Pails.. Sh |. Tubs, No. ae «de OO ue, PRO. ec. se 12 00 Tubs, No. 3.. .10 50 Butter Plates—Ovy al. 20 1000 No. 1 cece a 60 2 10 ee eee 70 2 45 ; Se ecco. eae 23 280 PO We 10 350 Washboards—single. Univeral... 2 25 No. Queen . % Peerless Protector... fil Saginaw Globe.. a Double. Water Witch. Wilson . : Good Luck. peerings... 8... GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFs WHEAT, No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 52 No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 52 MEAL, Ct 1 40 Granniated............ -_ FLOUR IN SACKS, WE MUG... ey cas. 2 05 Meee. cs. 1 60 eT 1 55 Serer, Sree 6 We 4... 1 40 *Subject to usual cash dis count. Flour in bbis., 25¢ per bbl. ad ditional. MILLSTUFFs, 288 Car lots quantity ren oo: $14 50 $15 50 Screenings .... 12 50 13 00 Middlings..... 15 00 16 00 Mixed Feed... 17 50 17 SO Coarse meal .. 16 30 16 30 CORN. We CORR 43 Less than car lots.......... 46 OATS. Car Tee... ..... 2... ..... cae Less than Car lots...........41 HAY. No. 1 Timothy, car lots....11 90 No. 1 . ton lots...... 12 50 FISH AND OYSTERS. Fr. 2. a quotes as follow FRESH FISH. emcee ............ @8 Trout . ode wee @8 iach Bang 00600). 12% ee @15 Ciscoes or Herring.... @ 4 eee @15 Fresh ‘lobster, per Ib.. . ee cc... No. 1 Pickerel. . @10 Pree: kee @7 Smoked White.... ... @s8 Red Snappers. . 15 Columbia River “Sal- eee cs oi 12% 2 o............. 18@20 ogra gag ge Counts.. @40 2, oe BOROCES. ...... @33 aehecie eee ue @25 ANCHOFE ol... whee Sianoeree............. OYSTERS—Bulk. Extra Selects..per gal. POON ee POR ON, noc nena nse Eee eevee, 2 20 gy ly ga 1 50 Serre ......5....... 1% Ce ces. SHELL 600D8 Oysters, per a... 1 — 5 ae 1 00 | PROVISIONS ae The Grand Rapids Packing and Provisinn Co quotes as follows: Mess, PORK IN BARRELS, acl giela 4 i ‘ 13 50 Short cut eed eode lay ee bea. 3 &xtra clear pig, short cut................. 15 60 Extra clear, heavy. Clear, fat back so a : 14 5y Boston clear, short cut... ee 14 %5 Clear back, short ent. ae 14 % Standard clear, short cut, best... 15 00 SAUSAGE, Porm. iis... Ms 7% Bologna eee 5% POVG@lee 6 COeee 8% Blood. : cc Head cheese 1) 6 ...... ual oa 10 Preanetarg ll. 7% LARD. Kettle Rendered... ...... Mere Family eee ctes ues Compound . Cottolene.. i. % 50 lb. Tins, 4e advance e. 20 Ib. pails, Mc win “ xe i ao * %c . oa. “* fe ' BEEF IN BARRELS. Exira Mess, warranted 200 Ibs. ' 8 cO Extra Mess, Chicago _ _—_— ae 7% Boneless, rump butts. . 10 00 SMOKED MEATS—Can vassed or Plain, firms, average 20 ibs.... 10 16 lbs... ween tee cess any cae Meee ies . 1th ibe 10% pecnic. es 8% “best boneless 9 Shoulders.. 38 Breakfast Bacon boneless... oo 10 Dried beef, ham prices............. 10 Long C learn, ae Ae Briskets, medium. See | 7% el Mere... ‘ou DRY SALT MEATS. Butts.. co ._ 2 D. S. Bellies, . 1 Fat Backs.. as SS PICKEED PIGS’ FEET. ct lnighcecad ee 00 eee 90 TRIPE Kits, honeycomb........ ib Kits, premium ee 65 BEEF TONGUES. Barrels. . Eee eee Ba here as 11 00 Pee DOWN il BUTTERINE. Dairy, sold packed............ . i Dairy, rolls.. deeds eee cceg ca cye Ee Creamery, solid packed ey coe lee 17 Creamery, rolls . 18 FRESH BEEF, Carcass. 8... sn es ecdenccss & GET ose Gugreerm i, 4 @4% Hind quarters........ ee oa - 8 @lo eee dtectoceen € on o eee ee a @ 4% ao... . 34@4 FRESH PORK 64@6% oe et ods ceueu ola, 8 Se 6% Leaf Lard..... eo 9% MUTTON Carcams ......, oe .¢ € Lambe... . . os @i7 VEAL Cavea@ee ...- 8. .. €@7 CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. LAMP BURNERS. mre Oe en eee. 45 ee 50 —. hl 75 RM ce ee ee Woe es ae LAMP CHIMNEYS, Per box. € doz. in box. No. 0Sun ae wk oe Le -1 88 Re 2 70 ee quality. 0 Sun, crimp top ae 21 No. 1 ed ' 2 “ ae “se H 3 NOex Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp -- 26 No.1 ee 23 No.2 * “ 2 33 Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled Bee cece cag 3 70 No. 2 Te Ee 4 7 No. 2 Hinge, , iy ee 4 89 La Ba — sun, ‘plain bulb, per doz. bese eed ec. 12% o. Loe --1 50 No. i crimp, per. ou.. «ok oO No. 3 ee --1 60 LAMP WICKS, _ : ne BTOSS. 16. e ee eee eee eee eee eee eee 2 a ei al act a ace a gs a 28 ao vic te eeae ee ececea «go 38 No. 3, : 7% Mammoth, per doz.. uu aes Th STONEWARE—AKRON, Butter C rocks, i. | ec 06 _ 6 gal. per doz... 60 Jugs, % gal., t ver a - Looe a er Oe ‘ Miik Pans, * gal., per OM ci, wice eee 80 eee eect wrens vene ‘ STONEWARE—BLACK @LAZED, Butter Croeka, 1 and Deal... .... seis. 07 Milk Pans, * gal. Se ee = 18 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. SIXTY YEARS AGO. Reminiscenes of Early Days at Grand Haven. The men who have made Grand Rapids what itis are not altogether men of the present generation. They belong to an- other era—to the times long since past. Though many of them are still active in business life, and wield an influence commensurate with their ability and ex- perience, yet their whitened locks tell the story of the winters of adversity and hardship through which they have passed. They have borne the burden and heat of the day; they have felled the forests, turned the wilderness into a garden; and prosperity and plenty, be- cause of their early struggles and achievements, smile on all the land. The story of the difficulties they encountered, the obstacles they surmounted, the hard- ships they endured, reads more like romance than a sober statement of fact, and is, indeed, more interesting than any romance. The Grand Rapids of to-day is their pride, and will be their enduring monument long after they have passed into the Beyond. Hon. Thos. D. Gilbert, a man honored | and revered for his personal worth, and one of Grand Rapids’ most successful business men, is one of the pioneer settlers of Western Michigan. He was born in Greenfield, Mass., in 1815. His father was General Thomas Gilbert. He received his educational training in the common schools of his native town and in the academy at Deerfield, the scene of one of the most horrible Indian mas- sacres recorded in the history of this country. In 1835, after five years ina store as clerk, he came to Grand Haven, Mich., where at that time there were not more than half a dozen settlers. After twenty years of varying fortune, during which time Mr. Gilbert accumulated con- siderable property, he, with his brother, Francis B., came to this city and took up his permanent residence here. Since his first arrival in the city he has been prom- inently indentified with several important business enterprises, notable among which may be mentioned the Grand Rapids Gas Light Co., the National City Bank, and sinee its organization, the Michigan Trust Company. In 1841 he was elected Sheriff of Ottawa county. He was elected a member of the State Legislature in 1861, serving on several important committees. He was elected a member of the Board of Regents of the State University in 1863, serving twelve years. His services as a member of the Board were of great value to the Uni- versity and to the cause of education throughout the State. He also served several years as a member of the Board of Education of this city. In 1873 he was appointed a member of the Board of Public Works, and was for five years its President. Mr Gilbert represented the Second Ward in the Common Council for two anda half years. As a citizen he bas been public spirited and enterpris- ing, and, asa man, honorable, upright and generous. In conversation with Tur TRADESMAN, in referring to early times in this sec- tion, Mr. Gilbert said: ‘‘The money used in Michigan when | came here, and for some years afterward, was largely New England and New York money. There was a little from Ohio, Lllincis and Indiana, but not much. There was plenty of it, but it was used mainly for purposes of speculation. As speculation was principally in land, much of the money found its way into the public treasury, and so was practically with- drawn from circulation. So wild were settlers to engage in speculation that little or no attempt was made to develop in paper money, until 1836, when the Government issued what is known as the specie circular. This circular made it necessary to make land payments in specie. Neither gold nor silver had yet been discovered in this country, and the only specie in circulation was from the Spanish mint. You can readily see what effect that circular had upon the business of the country. The people depended upon land sales to keep money in circulation, and the issuance of that circular almost entirely put an end to land speculation. That circular pricked the speculation bubble and it dissolved atonce. The panic of 1837 followed, as a natural sequence, and entailed untold hardship upon thousands. Recovery from the effect of this panic was slow, but in the end it proved a blessing to the whole country. For one thing it turned the attention of the people toward the de- velopment of the country’s natural re- sources; they began a more extensive cultivation of the land, with the result that in afew years we were producing more than was needed for home con- sumption, and we began to export our surplus. The result was soon seen in the increased prosperity and multiplied comforts of the people. ‘I have already said something about the money of those days. In addition to the issues of State and private banks and some specie, some of our business houses issued scrip, payable in currency. Here is a specimen.”’ (Mr. Gilbert handed Tur TRADESMAN a note for 12 cents as he spoke, which is reproduced below): { > . Per Paee PEO ete: sing Nii eae ee LEE, aL eh ke seers ers te By Guvk fe ~ 2G! ae wae ‘oO . SANRPBHOBREORD POREGHE the natural resources of the country. As . a a consequence, we were heavy importers, =) os lois . buying most of what we needed in the 13 | - - 7 New York markets. Up to 1840 I do not | [*; > we = * © believe there was a thousand tons of | |=) = = ns lop products shipped out of this whole| 3; ln ~~ ii S FFE AR os | Western country. As a result money | }<} S | S \ went out of the country about as fast as | }}3; 3 f a } it came in, and was always searce. I re- tl Rr > : member a gentleman from New York, a| | . ee re —- | president of a bank, coming here to| | \ S x o 2) speculate in land. He brought with] | \N 3” = NN ~ 2 | him the bills of his own bank, signed by \ = <. ae = a | the cashier, and when he bought a piece y = i ee a ; : ce Os i of land he would sign enough of the bills} | 4 * oe 2 | A 1 ae ° to pay for the land. His signature was i X = Se . ~ = a all that was required to make the bills{ ; x =< > | watrlixS 2 S| & BH good. All land purchases were paid for| | ~ > = ’ y $ i i. = « 2 348 : i \ S : 2 ta ae Bi NE an 2S EF NIE . ; aN 4, i bs FW, Se ES te . os > S m A =| iW °s ae Ss oe ‘iy "ae: 2 || \ = ag S$ = 13 | j w% > _— — | iP wesc oD = a : oe 7 2. 2 1 _ a= im ere MH re MK oe MK Kee K2$ HS Ke, * | |i | [SAN30 J1VH VON NV 3AT3ML | ** KOK a. KY a mK “It will puzzle a good many’ people,’’ ‘continued Mr. Gilbert, “to understand 'why that note is drawn for 12% cents. The reason for it was this: As I have al- jready told you, our only silver coins were from the Spanish mint. The Spanish coins were the dollar, halves, be es aie et 5 quarters, eighths, and sixteenths. This note is an eighth of a dollar, or 12} cents, and was, undoubtedly, redeemed with Spanish money. When silver was discovered in this country, and. our Government began its coinage, Spanish money commenced to disappear and finally passed out of circulation. “We did business almost outtleet on the credit system in early times. If, when Saturday night came, we had $100 in cash, we considered ourselves well off. We had sone bad debts, but not more in proportion than we would have to- day. Human nature has not changed much in fifty years; there were some people then, as there are now, who could pay but wouid not; some who would pay but could not, and some who always paid. We were pretty well secured, however, as most bills were paid in shingles and lumber, and as it was shipped from our port, we had little difficulty in collecting our pay. We trusted the Indians as well as the whites. They were good pay. Part of their bills were paid in furs, and they usually paid up when they received their money from the Government. The Indians were general- ly honest, but they seemed to take natur- ally to whisky, and it ruined them. They would drink as long as they could get liquor, and there were some whites who were unprincipled enough to sell them whisky as long as their money lasted. ‘Prices ranged considerably higher than they do now, although not to the extent one would imagine. Prints sold at from 15 to 20 cents a yard. I remem- ber how excited everybody was when we ! announced that we had a lot of prints which we offered at 121¢ cents a yard. We occasionally sold New Orleans yellow sugar at 20 pounds for $1, although the general price was somewhat higher. White sugar, or loaf sugar, as it was ealled, was seldom less than 10 cents a pound; usually it was about double the price of the yellow. Everything, even to pork, had to be shipped in from outside, coming by way of the lakes in vessels. Let me tell you a story in this connec- tion: One fall, when supplies in Grand Rapids had run low and winter was close at hand, the boat containing the winter’s provisions was several days overdue. Finally she reached Grand Haven. No time was lost in transshipping to the Grand Rapids boat, as there was danger of the river freezing over. The people turned out en masse to meet the boat and inspect her cargo. This proved to be fifty barrels of pork, 100 barrels of flour and fifty barrels of whisky. Some- one in the crowd remarked, ‘The cargo is all right, but I don’t see what they want with so much flour.’ At least, the story was told by the Grand Haven people as a good joke on the people of this town, and 1 guess it was true. Nearly everyone drank whisky in those days and no one thought it was wrong; but times have changed and so have the manners. Whether the people worked harder then than now, and so were able to drink more liquor without its having the effect so commonly seen to-day, 1 do not know; but for some reason there were fewer drunkards in those days than there are to-day and yet liquor drinking was much more general. Another thing, there was not anywhere near the quanti- ty of money in circulation that there is now; yet poverty was almost unknown in early times. There was not the popula- tion, for one thing, and, besides, those early settlers were all workers. Then, too, nearly everyone raised more or less vegetables, and so was not altogether dependent upon the condition of the labor market. You report Mr. Luce as saying that wheat once went as low as 25 cents. That is beyond my recollec- tion, but 1 know it was much cheaper than it is now; but prices fluctuated then, as they do now, and I have for- gotten the figures.” ll — ela Impotence of the Union Label. From the Boots and Shoes Weekly. The trouble which the workers in certain branches of the shoe industry ap- pear to be having with reference to the use Of a label to designate’ that the goods are the product of union labor creates considerable amusement among those who are aware of the small influ- ence that the label has upon boots and shoes. A large handler of footwear gives it as his opinion that not 2 per cent. of the sales of goods are influenced by any label. One would think, to hear the talk of certain labor union secretaries, walk- ing delegates, etc., that the label played a very important role with the consumer of boots and shoes, An observer of shoe trade conditions, a gentleman very intimate with retailing features, states that, in his opinion, the label movement is nothing more or less than a genteel blackmailing operation. He does not look upon it as being very serious, and does not think it cuts much of a figure in trade operations; but the number of the schemes give him some concern. He thinks that labor organiza- tions use the label as an instrument whereby they can work certain manu fac- turers along a line, the following of which would materially aid the walking delegate. Ina word, the value of the label depends upon its influence in coerc- ing manufacturers who know not the flimsy foundation upon which it rests. 4 Ser mmmscccatese gl TTT cap nee he ~~ ae dia’. a ae all E> oe eS eS aS i we “— _ 2 =| 2s L — ~ owt a 1 oS mi As oO @ wae NS « oo se * ea 1 Saas ae dia’. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 19 THE OPPOSITION TO OLEO. Written for THE TRADESMAN, The dairy and creamery men through- out the country still continue their senseless opposition to oleomargerine- At a meeting of the local branch of the National Dairy Union, held in New York recently, Hon. C. W. Horr, of Ohio» stated that the Union was organized to fight oleo, and that he had accepted the presidency of the Union because he had large interests at stake. Some time ago he (Mr. Horr) sold his creamery butter for 16 and 17 cents a ponnd, and he real- ized a handsome profit on stored butter, but since oleo was introduced he found that his goods were worth next to noth- ing and very hard to sell. Mr. Horr said that the right to manufacture oleo was not disputed, but the fight is on the ground that the product is disposed of by misrepresenting its true character. Mr. Horr’s frankness in stating the object of the fight against oleois com- mendable, and will go a long way toward disabusing the public mind of the pre- judice which has so long existed against oleo. It has so long been claimed by the opponents of oleo that the opposition was on hygienic and moral grounds, be- cause oleo was injurious to health anda fraud upon the public, and its makers a band of pirates or worse, that to be told it is merely a matter of dollars and cents is a great relief. But, after making such an admission, it has something of the appearance of begging the question for Mr. Horr to say that ‘‘the fight is on the ground that the product is disposed of by misrepresenting its true character.” M. Horr says nothing about the true character of oleo, but makes the bald statement that it is disposed of by mis- representing its true character. The ‘“‘character’’ of the product will depend upon the ingredients which enter into its composition. The chief component of oleomargarine is oleo oil, which was dis- covered by M. Mouries, a celebrated French chemist, in 1870. He demon- strated by many careful experiments that the formation of butter contained in milk was due to the absorption of fat from the animal tissues, and that oleo oil, which is pressed from the sweet fat of beeves, corresponds exactly with the oil found in natural butter. Oleo oil is sweet to the taste, of a yellowish color and, be- cause of the method employed to obtain it, is absolutely pure. The other com- ponents of oleomargarine are neutral lard, cottonseed oil and creamery butter. it has been demonstrated, time and again, thatthese elements are wholesome and of great nutritive value, and the only question is whether the method of manufacture is such as to insure a clean and wholesome finished product. About this there is no question raised except by interested parties. The finest quality of imported salt is used in the process; the coloring used is annotto the same as is employed by farmers and creameries for coloring genuine butter. All the utensils and vats used in the manufac- ture are scalded and cleaned every day, and the floors of the factory are flushed daily with hot water and everything is kept scrupulously clean. In this respect the butterine factory would make a good model for many creameries and dairies. No attempt is made either by the manu- facturers or handlers of olemargarine to misrepresent its true character. No secret is made of either the ingredients or the process of manufacture. Its name dis- tinguishes it from genuine butter, and the law provides against the fraudulent substitution of oleo for butter. Then in what way is its true character misrepre- sented? As to the legislation against oleo, it is of a piece with the rest of the opposition. It is class legislation, pure and simple. In the face of scientific demonstration of the wholesomeness and nutritive value of oleomargarine as an article of diet, Congress has attempted to legis- late it out of existence and has presumed to say that the people shall use nothing but genuine butter. But in spite of the determined opposition of those interested in the dairy and creamery business of the country, and the truckling and dis- criminating legislation of Congress and State legislatures, the consumption of oleo has continued to grow until last year 70,000,000 pounds were required to sup- ply the demand. Mr. Horr says oleo can be made for 13 cents a pound. That is one great reason for its growing popular- ity with the people, and cannot reason- ably be urged as an argument against it. Good creamery butter retails at 28 cents a pound and dairy at 22 cents a pound. Butterine retails for 15 to 17 cents a pound. In times like the present, in- deed in any times, such a difference in price would work in favor of the cheaper as against the dearer article. No one blames the buttermakers for getting the highest price possible for their product, that is their privilege; but it is equally the privilege of consumers to refuse to pay the high prices demanded by butter- makers and to use a good wholesome substitute which is from five to ten cents a pound cheaper, and it is little short of childish for buttermakers to ask the help of Congress to enable them to sell their product. Oleomargerine can never en- tirely displace butter, it will only be used as a substitute for butter when the price of the latter puts it beyond the reach of the mass of the people. This much is sure, however, oleo will drive poor butter out of the market and compel farmers and dairymen to make a better article than is much of the butter now offered to the public, and if buttermakers will turn their attention to this phase of the question, and likewise to cheapening the cost of production and to increasing the yield from the cows, and cease their childish and futile opposition to oleo, it will be much more to their credit and they will be money in pocket in the long run. DANIEL ABBOTT. i Nese When an honest workingman rides he must pay full fare. When a drove of tramps travel they can steal a freight train and deadbeat themselves across a continent and be applauded and feasted by trade unionists all over the country. YO MAKE MONKY 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 ig will pay you to see this line. H. H. COOPER & CO,, MANUFACTURERS, UTICA, N. Y. Write to J. H. WEBSTER, Agent, OWOSSO, MICH. Established 1868, HM. REYNOLDS & SON, Building Papers, Carpet Linings, Asbestos Sheathing Asphalt Ready Roofing, Asphalt Roof Paints, Resin, Coal Tar, Roofing and Paving Pitch, Tarred Felt, Mineral Wool Elastic Roofing Cement, Car, Bridge and Roof Paints, and Oils. Practical Root In Felt, Composition and Gravel, Cor. LOUIS and CAMPAU Sts.. Grand Rapids, Mich. H. M, REYNOLDS & SON Avoid the Curse of Credit we BY USING COUPON BOOKS. THREE GRADES: Tradesman, Superior, Universal, — ) Manufactured only by TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Michigan. See quotations in Grocery Price Current. Your Bank Account Solicited. Ket County Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIDS_,MIOH. CovopE Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. d. A. &. , Cashier, K. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r. Transacts a General Banking Business, Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits, DIRECTORS: dno. 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.S. Verdier, Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars. JNO. A. NO CURE, NO MUSTACHE NO PAY. NO Pay. DANDRUFF CURED. i will cake Contracts to grow hair on the hea: 31 face with those who can call at my office or at the officg of my agents, provided the head is 1ot glossy, or the pores of the scalp not closed Where the head is shiny or the pores closed, there is mocure. Call and be examined free of charge If you cannot call, write to me. State tho exact condition of the scalp and your occu petico PROF, G. BIRKHOLZ, MIGHIGAN CENTRAL ** The Niagara Falis Route.’’ (Taking effect Sunday, Feb.11, 1894.) Arrive. Depart 10 Wpm........ Detroit Express ........7 00am 5 30am ....*Atlantic and Pacific.....11 20pm 1 30pm...... New York Express 5 20pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlanti press trains to and from Detroit Parlor cars leaye for Detroit : turning, leave Detroit 4:55 pm, tapids 10:20 p m. Direct Communication made at Detroit with all oe trains erst over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. ALMQuiIsT, Ticket Agent Union Passenger Station. CHICAGO AND.WES?r GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly. Gd Rapids......... 7:25am 1:25pm *11:3 Ay. Chicago ...... . 1:25pm 6:50pm RETU RNING F ‘ROM CHICAGO. Ly. Chicago. bam 4:55pm *11:30pm e and Pacifie ex- 7:00 am; re arriving at Grand Mare h 18, 1804 MICHIGAN R’Y. Opm *6:30am Ar. G@'d Rapids... a aeeeeee. 2 pm 10:20pm *6:10am TO AND FROM MUSKE@ON, Ly. Grand Rapids..... i 55am aoe 5:45pm Ar. Grand Rapids.. TRAVERSE CITY, 15am :30pm 10:20pm c HARE EVOIX AND PETOSKEY. Ly. Grand Rapids.. 7:30am 3:15pm Ay. Manisioe........ 12:20pm See aa 8:15pm Ar. Traverse City .. 2:40pm 8:45pm Ar. Ceeariover...... Z:ibpem ....... 11:10pm Ar. Petoskey oom ||... 11:40pm Arrive from Petoskey ~ te., 1:00 p. mu. 10:00 p. m. PARLOR AND 8L EEPING CARS. To Chicago, lv. G. R. 1: 25pm *11:3¢pm To Petoskey,lv.G. R.. 3. 15pm and To G. R..ly. Chicago. 7:35am re 55pm *11 — ToG.R..ly. Petoskey 5:00am 1: 30pm *Every day. Other tas 1ins week days only. FEB, 11, 1804 DETROIT 2 LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am *1:20pm 5:25pm me Detroit... ....... 11:40am *5:30pm 10:10pm RETURNING FI ROM DETROIT. oy. Pero. 1.0 ia 40am *1:lGpm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids.. 2:40pm *5:15pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS, Ly. GR 7:40am 5:00pm Ar. G@R.11:40am 10:55pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R. Ly. Grand Rapids........ 7:00am 1:20pm 5: 25pm Ar. from Lowell.. -12:40pm 5:15pm THROU GH C 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. iS GRAND HAVEN & MIL- WAUKEE Railway. EASTWARD, +No. 14|tNo. 16\tNo, 18)*No. 82 Trains Leave G’d Rapids, Lv 6 45am) 10 20am 3 25pm 10 45pm Ionia . ..-Ar| 740am veer fs 4 27pm /|12 27am St. Johns LAT] 8 8 25amj12 17pm) 5 20pm) 1 45am Owoss)......Ar| 900am/} 1 20pm Spm} 2 40am EK. Saginaw..Ar/10 50am] 3 45pm) 8 0Obm| 6 40am Bay City.....Arj11 32am] 4 35pm) 8 37pm! 7 15am Wet Ar/10 05am} 3 45pm} 7 05pm! 5 4am Pt. Huron...Ar}1205pmj 550pm)| 8 50pm| 7 30am Pontiac .... LAr {10 53am) 305pm) 8 25pm) 5 37am Detroit.......Arj11 50am} 4 05pm} 925pm} 7 00am WESTWARD. — 81 ea 11 [tNo. 13, Trains Leave Gd Raptds......... Ly| 7 O0am| 1 vopm| 4 55pm G@’@ Hayen......... Ar 8 20amj 2 10pm] 6 00pm +Daily except Sunday. *Da Trains arrive from the east, 6: 35 a. m., 12:60 p.m., 4:45 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 9:15 a. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Parlor Car. Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car. Parlor Buffet car. Jas. CAMPBELL, Grand Rapids & Indiana, TRAINS GOING NORTH, No. 15 Wagner City T*cket Agent. Leave going North. NO For Traverse City, Mackinaw City and Sag... 7:40am For Traverse City and Mackinaw City........ 4:10pm ee ie dose esc a cs 5:00 p m TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Leave going South, cima lei oee 6:50 am For Kalamasoo and Ohicago... .........ceeeee 12:05 p m For Fort Wayne and the East................. 2:15pm Wor Kalamasoo and Ohicago............cc05< 11:20pm bona via G. R. & 1. R.R. Lv Grand Rapids... _— pm 2:15pm 11:20p - oer Opcaee............. | 30pm 9:00pm 7:40 a 12:05 p m train has aecnal Wagner Buffet Paster Oar. 11:20 pm io daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Lv Chicag 6:50 a m 4:00 pm 9:35 pm Arr Grand Rapids 2:15 pm 9:15 pm 7:25am 4:00 p m has through ice Buffet Parlor Oar. 9:35 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive :35 am 9:40 am 5:20 p m 0. L. LOOK WOOD, Genera! Passenger and Ticket Agent. PECK’S 5:40 pm HEADACHE POWDERS Room 1011 Masonic Temple, Cuicaa? Pat the be8t profit. Order from your jobber. 20 GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis- --Index of the Markets. Special Correspon ence, New York, Aprii Grocers’ Association time ago issued a call of New York State retailers to be held in their hali here last Wednesday. The invitation included non-association mem- bers as well as those belonging to or- ganizations, and was quite well attended in the evening. The object was to dis- cuss the best means of increasing the number of associations and to make more effective existing ones. The credit question was also talked of, and papers were read relating to the sale of pack- age goods; whether it was advisable to have the price printed on the packages, and whether the retailers should give prizes; whether the grocer should help the manufacturer introduce his goods, ete. J. H. Callahan, of Nyack, a 27—The_ Retail of this city some for a convention read most creditable paper on the question of | eredits, taking the ground that, was a convenience, it was too frequently abused to ve allowed to increase beyond its present limits. In facet, the number | of cash grocers is so rapidly growing that the things lay in now, and that more and eredits. Taken speaker that in more a altog thought the drift of direetion altogetber the future we would contraction of ether, the conven- see tion was productive of good, and it is hoped it is but the beginning of more | such meetings. Tbe Thurber Grocery Co. is the name under which the re-organized firm of Thurber-Whyland Co. will sail. A Mr. | Marcellus, of the Lone Star Staie, is to} be President, he having put considerable | “‘atelt’’ it on a thoroughly sound footin gs. itis said that F. B. Thurber will be Vice- | gh this is se the detaiis of President, althou settled, as the re-organiza- tion have not yet been made public. Many changes wiil be made in the sales force, and some of the boys who were supposed to be ‘solid’ with any change of management are now out in the cold. This is the hardest part of a failure—the throwing out of work of so many em- ployes. However, as others take their places, it is not so bad as if the concern’s | is | affairs were wound up aitogether. It stated that the American Grocer, well-known in connection with the corporation, will appear without the price list of the house in the future, but undoubtedly, the so of its own which will be justas reliable. In these days it is impossible to kill a} live trade journal. The Grocer has been a profitable venture from the start, | and the trade generally wili wish it prosperity under the new regime. John T. Burgess, Secretary of the National Retail Grocers’ Association, of Chicage, is here looking better ever. Coffee is, seemingly, continuing downward flight, and for Rio No. is the nominal quotatien. seems to regret the declir and Ly o lar ~ Ty look for a larger business as the s than its 4. to i, i No ie while it} into the eoneern in order to place | definitely | late | *| been reache paper will publish one} Cj one | holders decline | THE “MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Spices are meeting with 2 demand than a fortnight ago, particu- larly nutmegs, which have become firmer | in value as the supplies have decreased. Ginger, cloves, pepper, etc., are doing | fairly well. Syrups and molasses than last week and in very little demand. A buyer can have his own way. The market for lemons has improved a little since last writing, although sup- plies are“‘still ample. Oranges and pineapples in fairly good request, and bananas are quite firmly held, in some instances running up to $1.60 per bunch for firsts. | Canned goods continue to be the best | thing on the list, and are firm for nearly everything. The stock of California fruits is light. Prices are higher for peaches, and the market is strong. Some offers of $3.50 for gallon apples are said to have been refused. Small fruits ——cherries and berries—are strongly held. Butter has its every day, with and downs nearly downs having the inning. It requires strictly fancy bring 21 cents; State dairy, Cheese is firm, with best marks held at 12';e. Eggs are weaker, and the market is badly demoralized. The provision market is dull, and | prices are generally unchanged. Mess | pork, $14@14.50; short clear, $14@16. The weather is very warm, and from | all directions come encouraging reports regarding growing crops. Coxey and his army take up much val- uable space in our newspapers, and we are all holding our breath until after May 1. We hope for the best. Retailers are all doing a good trade and the big stores are packed with buy- ers, indicating that the masses have some money left yet. JAY. o> —-_ The Drug Market. Gum opium is dull and lower. Specu- | laters in this article outside of the drug | trade were induced to buy large lots, on ups the last | stock | 19(@20e. to to growing crops anda of reports, report of damage tariff The crop | prospective S| or #2 per pound, as usual at | this season of the year, were not correct |and the present prospect of a large crop tariff legislation and, in conse- broken the bottom has and the uncertainty of unnerved large forced sales it holders, quence, have is believed that d. is unchanged. ; market. Morphine, Quinine is lower from outside holders, | while manufactures are firm. Balsam Peru has again advanced on account of searcity. Linseed oil has declined, on account of | lower prices for seed. moving freely The price is higher, of any | Paris g is for so green early in the season. i'but there is no prospect lower prices this season. London purple and blue vitrol are also in large demand for spraying purposes. German Household Dyes | artic! introduced in i The line consists 30 colors, silk, are a new this State. each > lately of one |of which will eolor wool or cotton. continues. Mild coffees, too, are not so} firm, yet we can trace no decrease in price. There are to be some very large auc- tion sales of teas next week, and this fact is probably retarding trade in legit imate coods, which are in the corner imaginable. Why not drinks teain this country anything, and whether the cents or down a few, does not least attention save among a directly interested. Domestic rice is searce, and, were it not for supplies of the foreign nica we would see some very striking adyances in price. Sugar excites no more than interest. There has been a some of the soft grades, improvement in demand thereby. most to amount ey are up a few excite the few parties becoming a decline no special was caused but everyday demand, with buyers —_— ing only as they need stock. Granu- lated is held at 4‘,c, although we ob- serve thata Chicago bazar is retailing it at4c. Great city, that! quiet i ? Nobody | te | dee idedly | he ample} passing | j on} aie ,| players or not, are invited to be present Refined remains quiet and in| he price is 50e a dozen: cabinet fur- nished with order for 30 dozen. —_— > i Gripsack Brigade. Wm. Conner (Michael Kolb & Son) | will be at Sweet’s Hotel again Friday, | May 4. The Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s | Base Ball Club will meet for practice at i Reereation Park, Saturday afternoon, | May 5. All traveling men, whether ball on that occasion. Walter T. Palmer, who has clerked for E. St. John (Saginaw, W. S.) for the past fifteen years, has taken the position of traveling salesman for J. W. Fales & Co., of Detroit. His territory comprises the i } { j } i | j i | i j are even duller | a1) the ills Elaborate preparations are being made | | by the ladies of Post E for the ‘‘return | party”’ given the gentlemen of the Post | The and furnish ments, aamea the balance, the copay of the Post. -_- o> —_ A Combination. See our advertisement on page 12. The warp is truth—the body matter fact. Turn to it. The Putnam Candy Co. The Poorest Man On Earth Can afford the BEST salt. The Richest [lan On Earth CANNOP afford any other. jon May 2 ladies propose to pay) the refresh- if any, into See Quotations in Price Current. M. GLARK GROCERY 60, GENERAL AGENTS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ASPHALT FIRE-PROOF ROOFING This Roofing is guaranteed to stand in ali pli Tin and Iron has failed; for to Shingles and much cheaper. wes Where is super The best Roofing for coveri on old roofs of houses, barn will not rot or pull loose, and when painted with our FIRE-PROOF ROOF PAINT, ng over Shingles , Sheds, ete.; Will last longer than shingles. Write the un dersigned for prices and circulars, relative to Rooting and for samples of Building Papers, etc. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Practical Roofers, « er. Loui? and Campan Sts., Grand Rapids, Mich. little better Saginaw Valley and Southern Michigan. a. | | | | | | | CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbis. Pails. Standard, pert 1b. ......:- 6 q Be: 6 7 . Me ook cse 6 q ; Boston a en a ae Oe eee 8% Extra H. “ee . MIXED “CANDY. Boils, Pails. BeMMAAG ...4.. coos cee en evens ~seccne 6% e—_ . 6% — e ee eae eee +++ OH i Seeeesoceeecerveoees Ceeeeoteoo ‘ Buelish Ree. 3 -..-2.2.- foes 7 8 Conserves . ea 7 8 Broken Taffy. Sake sn aes baskets 8 Peanut Squares.......... . 1% 8% ee 9 Valley Creams.. ...........-....- 13 Midget, 30 Ib. baskets. peek ee ete eee ence 8% Modern, 30 lb. Spee eoeicces © FaNcy—In ‘bulk Pails. Lozenges, re. : ieeeee ae 8% WOO oc e c os ae eeee eerew cee nean 9% Chocolate Drops.........-.++0s- base Gacwouns 12 Chocolate Monumentals..........0-....se0e- 12% ee ee a Moss DLOpe.... 2. 20s seccceses cues Ts Mimic SON... ee ek ek es 8% ee 10 YANCY—-ID 5 ib. boxes. Per Box Lemon Drops ........62 --ceeccsreeceves or 4 Sour a eked chee tesueeus Celedeoues 50 Peppermint ‘Drops.. eae he ees ea cd 60 Chocolate Drops..... i ee im ee dae Peed... $0 Gumi DIGDS. ... ...0..-sccce ses ehadeeeae seas ches 40 ee A. B. Licorice Drops. Coe ee Lozenges, EB ee iene ees dc acon css ea yen 60 printed. ees eee 65 RA a ee etna es ce eee 60 ee Ua leases deusece. cu 70 ee 8 a ck cic ie bhies esi ee 55 Molasses Bar.. ee 55 Hand Made C ee 85@Q95 i ee, ee 80 Dee CR nn cs ee eee le as. 90 String Rock....... oe . 00 ME OP ne ene ses ce se Siiunen ce 1 00 Wintergreen Berries. a a CARAMELS. No. 1, wrapped, 2 i. Soee................. 3 No. i; 3 . ee cae 51 No. Z. ‘a 2 ae 28 Navels, 96- -11zs. 230 es 3 O - 150. 176- 200-2 26s 3 50 Fancy Seedlings, 126s..... 20 - fe 150-176- 200 2268. ce 2 oe 2508 ae oe ckonee« 250 LEMONS. Chotee,. TO. i561 eee 3 00 Choice 300 ....... 3 25 Ruira Cociee O.... ..-...... 25 xtre TROY Oe... se ke. ee 4 00 Bxtra fancy 30........- ee 4 00 BANANAS. ee ee 2 60 OE OOO 13 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Figs, fancy layers, 8B..............-.<. @12% _ “ - ee. @i4 - cir ee soeees @15 Dates, Fard, 10-1b. box oe Dae ee Qt . 50-1b. beatae es ae cere @d% . Persian, 50-Ib. box.. eee @5 NUTS. Abnonds, —— oe ee @16 Ee @15 - ( valifornia. @ ONIN: WN os ee sek wey eee @ 8% ee eee @il Walnuts, NR a a G@i3 - Preneh..... ea eee @i0 . OO @iz Table Nuts, ee @il2 Cree 5. 2 al @ii Pecans, Tine, Wi ec ct ee @7% ee cee eas aces rCuery Puts er OH... sn... 1 3 Coceanuts, full sacks..... 3 50 PSANU™S. Fancy, H. P.,Sums........--..-. @ 5% ' “ Roasted... @7z Fancy, H. P., ¥ lags a eine @ 5% “ Beeee...... @i C hoice, H. P., PN ion eke cease @ 4% - Tees... cos... @ 6 OILS. The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows: BARRELS. ae 8% XxX W. W. Mich. Headlight .. “se. 7 I i oe i oe ctu e ce ee ata @ 6% Stove Gasoline.......... Svieeenuees cate @ 7% corm Weed eV cess eeneete wens eeks —— oo ee has se ° Bleck, aan ee iebeaks ork FROM TANK WAGON. MINE one cen edeeh senna. cues ecevece 7 XxX W. W. Mich. Headlight bole eek ous 5 POULTRY. Local dealers pay as follows: LIVE. isis sad chs ccdwe Lacuna 8 @8% EE 7 @8 is eee ee ee a 6 @6% ee ee i ee oe et ee sw 8 @9 DRAWN. TRIN oa cove ss cchee pee reese eae .-11 @I2 ME oe cee peu k vee ces tee vies cs ie Ge a aca oa eben a Ah ens dees 11 SGN ss wien ieee uc be ue cone ieee 10 @ll ee -10 @12 UNDRAWN. ce cre, ane honceielee Chickens...... + FEW »,- SPECIALTIES CONTROLLED BY ; Us |. FOR ++ WESTERN |. MICHIGAN ny oe an : ’ WITHINGTON & COOLEY /inf. Co. AGRICULTURAL TOOLS, WICKWIRE BROS. \ WIRE CLOTH, x The FAVORITE CHURN The ACME POTATO PLANTER, The TRIUMPH CORN PLANTER, TERMINATOR. Also Tackle as anybody carries. T EVENS ere RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO. 12, 14 and 16 PearlSt. oO RIVER SHOES WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE THEM, If you want the best for Style, Fitand Wear, buy our make. You ean build up a good trade on our lines, as they will give satisfaction. We Manufacture and Handle only Reliable Goods. : AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO BABCOCK’S MONITOR CORN PLANTER, BARTHOLOMEW’S POTATO BUG EX:-| as Complete a Line ot Fishing New York Biscuit Go., MANUFACTURERS OF WM. SEARS & COS Grackers and Fine Sweet Goods, have the interests of the in view by E constantly W novelties and using the best of material trade introducing new in the manufacture of a superior line of goods. The Continued Patronage of the Oldest Established Grocery Houses in the State is our BEST TESTIMONIAL. OUR GOODS ARE ALWAYS IN DEMAND, AND NO WELL GROCERY STOCK IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A FULL SEND IN A TRIAL ORDER AND BE APPOINTED LINE. CONVINCED. We also take Orders for the Celebrated made at our Chi A. KENNEDY BISCUIT, ‘azo Factory. SEARS, Manager, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. S. Patented. NO. 3. The above cuts show a few of the many purposes this device will serve. Cut No. 1 meagerly shows its adaptation as a Screw Driver—anyone readily understands that it vill drive a screw in, as several other devices on the spiral plan drive a screw the same way, but ine is no other one that will dothis: Take ascrew out with exactly the same push movement as it was 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 give the right hand a twist toward you; this reverses it to take out a screw; in like manner give itaturn from you, and itis ready to drive the screw. it will act as aratchet, turn operator, and still another valuable but instead of clear from one side to the atthis pointit will be as rigid as if it was one solid piece of iron. In either case, when it is closed as shown in Cut No. 3, if desired, ing the screw half round each ratchet movement made by the position is obtained by simply turning it as before stated, other, stop at half way; Cut No, 2. screws, Here weshow the spiral clear extended, another use made of it other than driving here we show its usefulness in a carriage, wagon or machine shop where many smal] burrs are to be taken off and put on; the screw driver bit is removed and a socket wrench putin with which burrs can be run on or off, twenty times quicker than by the old way Cut No. 3. This shows not only its usefulness in the carriage, wagon or machine shop, but carpenter, plumber or undertaker’s establishment as well, in fact it is indispensable to any worker in wood or iron where screws or burrs are used, or boring, drilling, etc., is done, and in finishing up work with hard wood, where a small hole must be bored or drilled to receive the nail or se rew, 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 is finished in natural wood; it is substantial, durable and the ant powerful tool of its kind made. WRITE FOR CIRCULAR. S. FR. BOWSER & Co., Mant's. | FORT WAYNE, IND. Leonard’s Summer Leaders. Lawn Mowers. ask tor cheap ma-|§& chines. FIRST GHOIGE LAWN MOWERS. 32 mm. Mower... .: 4: $ 2 75 14 in. ue eon eterna 2 88\Se 16 in. ee 3 00) Every machine guaranteed. Refrigerators. THE LEONARD GLEANABLE REFRIGERATOR now trigerators made. illustrations. We handle only the Best quality,at a price| no higher than others) We manufacture the | Order a sample line | and secure the) Agency of the best re- | W rite for prices and | New Process Stoves. We want an agent inevery town. Write to us for discounts. The Standard Light- ings Co’s NEW PROGSES STOVE Leads all others. New Process Cook Book given with every stove. Children’s Carriages. Great variety. Allthelatest designs. High grade goods. Quick sellers. Good profit dealer Ask us for illustrated catalogue and price list, to the | | H. “LEONARD &e ‘SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich. lo They Raise Poultry i Your Neck of the Woods 2 Buy all the first-class Poultry you can get and ship to me. l want it and will pay highest market price. F. Jd. _DETTENTHALER, 117 and 119 Monroe &t. FINE COFFEES. Royal Java, Royal Java and Mocha, Aden Mocha Mocha and Java Blend. White House Mocha and| Java, Golden Santos, Ex. Golden Rio, . No. 37 Blend. we We have tre bled our ris since have been handling these brands, and any dealer can do the same. OLNEY & JUDSON GROGER 60 Agents Western Michigan, Grand Rapids. Dwinel, Wright & Gos | dup jlicates can ever be obtained. Weds A Se Tg We tickets left after the close of the World’s Fair and offer them have obtained a limited quantity of the admission as souvenirs of the great event as follows: Original set of four tickets............ 25 cents Complete set of ten tieiets. . ia: .090 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 no The 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 discount to the trade Tradesman Company, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.