PER SS Sos A LASS ah oF ae yD VOR REO RN ENO Va APIO TEENS A: Bere : SR Bee SS Pa DS OR LES OCR GREER ICA We a7 _ ua vA Rom ke ase 6 5 4) Ja | Cael IN TE eC G BLISHED WEEKLY 8 (05 Gai oe TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS? DSS OE ILE SG OR ASS LANES ep es IX SC) WLLL 72 TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERSS< CLD a SSS er EN SSS Twenty-Ninth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1912 Galatea A moment’s grace, Pygmalion! Let me be A breath’s space longer on this hither land Of late too sweet, too sad, too mad to meet. Whether to be thy statue or thy bride— An instant spare me! Terrible the choice As no man knoweth, being only man; Nor any, saving her who hath been stone And loved her sculptor. Shall I dare exchange Veins of the quarry for the throbbing pulse? Insensate calm for a sure-aching heart? Repose eternal for a woman’s lot? Forego God's quiet for the love of man? To float on his uncertain tenderness, A wave tossed upon the shore of his desire, To ebb and flow whene’er it pleaseth him; Remembered at his leisure, and forgot, Worshipped and worried, clasped and dropped at mood, Or soothed or gashed at mercy of his will, Now Paradise my portion, and now Hell; And every single several nerve that beats In soul or body, like some rare vase, thrust In fire at first, and then in frost, until The fine protesting fiber snaps? Oh, who, Foreknowing, ever chose a fate like this? What woman out of all the breathing world, Would be a woman could her heart select; Or love her lover, could her life prevent? Then let me be that only, only one; Thus let me make that sacrifice supreme No other ever made, or can, or shall. Behold, the future shall stand still to ask What man was worth a price so isolate? And rate thee at its value for all time. For I am driven by an awful Law. See! while I hesitate it moldeth me, And carves me like a chisel at my heart. "Tis stronger than the woman or the man; Tis greater than all torment or delight; ’Tis mightier than the marble or the flesh. Obedient be the sculptor and the stone! Thine am I, thine at all the cost of all The pangs that woman ever bore for man; Thine I elect to be, denying them; Thine I elect to be, defying them; Thine, thine, I dare to be, in scorn of them; And being thine forever, bless I them! Pygmalion! Take me from my pedestal, And set me lower—lower, love—that I May be a woman and look up to thee; And looking, longing, loving, give and take The human kisses worth the worst that thou By thine own nature shall inflict on me. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Che Bouse of Never The House of Never is built, they say, Just over the hills of the By and By. Its gates are reached by a devious way, Hidden from all but an angel’s eye. It winds about and in and out, The hills and the dales to sever. Once over the hills of the By and By And you're lost in the House of Never. The House of Never is filled with waits, With just-in-a-minute and pretty-sooos. The noise of their wings as they beat the gates Comes back to earth in the afternoons, When shadows fly across the sky And rushes rude endeavor To question the hills of the By and By As they ask for the House of Never. The House of Never was built with tears, And lost in the hills of the By and By Are a million hopes and a million fears, A baby’s smile and a woman’s cry. The winding way seems bright today, Then darkness falls forever, For over the hills of the By and By Sorrow waits in the House of Never. Zee Che Man Who Wins The man who wins is the man who works— The man who toils, while the next man shirks; The man who stands in his deep distress With his head held high in the deadly press, Yes, he is the man who wins. The man who wins is the man who knows The value of pain and the worth of woes, Who a lesson learns from the man who fails And a moral finds in his mournful wails; Yes, he is the man who wins. The man who wins is the man who stays In the unsought paths and the rocky ways; And, perhaps, who lingers now and then, To help some failure to rise again. Ah! he is the man who wins! And the man who wins is the man who hears The curse of the envious in his ears, But who goes his way with his head held high And passes the wrecks of the failures by— For he is the man who wins. t ADIN Number 1487 oe The Gold Seal - IS PURE GUM, GIVES DOUBLE WEAR Manufactured only by | Goodyear Rubber Company ” ™- (AUS Manse Milwaukee “For Mail Garrers, Policemen, Truckmen, Raioad Men "When Hardiage 10 and 12 Monroe St. =‘. 3143335-37 Louis St. (irand Rapids, Mich. ? “White House” Coffee — —W IN S— And, speaking “full and by,’ WHITE HOUSE?” is the cleanest, most honest and genuinely high-grade, straight coffee that was ever continuously marketed. There isn’t another coffee, canned or un- canned, that begins to have the record for _ uniformity “White House” has, nor any- where near its exquisite flavor and smooth, _ Slick palatableness. MAKE a BU YING _. NOTE OF THAT. It’s FACT. DWINELL-WRIGHT CoO. eta PRINCIPAL COFFEE ROASTERS Be BOSTON CHICAGO Lautz Snow Boy o CZ &y ; Daud; e)7CI aed mA oF What Is the Good Of good printing? You can probably answer ‘that in a minute when you com- pare good printing with poor. You know the satisfaction of. sending out printed matter that is neat, ship-shape and up- to-date in appearance. You know how it _ impresses you when you receive it from some one else. It has the same effect.on your customers, Let us show you what we can do by a judicious admixture of brains and type. Let us help you with your printing. : : Tradesman Company - Grand Rapids A 5 i a a eg et 8 et af Soeedy ADESMAN — Twenty-Ninth Year SPECIAL FEATURES, Plan for Merchants’ Week. 3. New York Market. 4. News of the Business World. 5. Grocery and Produce Market. 6. Financial. * 8. Editorial. 10. Detroit Department. 11. Parcels Post. 12. Butter, Eggs and Provisions. 13. Mince Pie in History. 14. Behind the Counter. 16. Shoes. 18. Dry Goods, 19. A Glance into the Past, 20. Woman’s World. 22. Hardware. 24, The Commercial Traveler. 26. Drugs. 27. Drug Price Current. 28. Grocery Price Current. 30. Speciai Price Current. GIVE FT, WAYNE A PARK. Col. David N. Foster, formerly of this city and brother Samuel M. Fos- ter, have immortalized their names in the city of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, by the gift of a strip of wooded river land from Broadway to Stellhorn’s Bridge for park purposes, the land being dedicated to the public forever. The river frontage is approximately one and three-quarters miles. Announce- ment has been made by the brothers that the remaining two miles between their present gift and Stellhorn’s bridge will be purchased by them and given to the city as quickly as the necessary deeds can be made out. The single restriction placed upon the gift is that the park be known official- ly as Foster Park. When the bro- thers have completed their purchase and turned over the land to the city they will have made a gift to the peo- ple of about 155 acres of ground and will have expended very nearly $35,000, certainly a princely mt AK great many millionaires use their money in a selfish sordid way, quite out of keeping with the altruistic spirit of the times, which teaches us that a surplus wealth beyond the needs of self and family should be held by its possessor as a trust fund to be wisely administered during his life time and not after his death, for . the benefit of mankind or more par- ticularly for the community in which he lives. The Foster brothers went to Indiana in 1870 and have been prominently connected with the furni- ture building industry since that time. They have been active in the formation and management of many of the more successful enterprises of Ft. Wayne and are probably among the largest tax payers of the city, oe +o BATTLE WITH PNEUMONIA. Disease, as surely as_ fashion, moves in cycles. In the spring it is mumps and measles; in the autumn, typhoid, and now it is pneumonia. Once we thought that to battle this disease we must keep away from the air. But now trained nurses regard fresh air as a necessity to its cure. A board of health in a Pennsyl- vania city has, recently published a GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1912 statement which is equally true in all parts of the country and may be a revelation to some. The gist of it is that: “Pneumonia, like tuberculosis, is a house disease. You get it in a closed room instead of in the open air. It goes up with the doing down of the windows, rather than of mer- cury. The fouler the air the higher the pneumonia death rate. Dirty air is far more deadly than dirty wa- ter. Ventilate. Keep your windows open a little all the time; or at least throw them open wide for twenty minutes twice every day, especially the sleeping rooms. A house tem- perature of 68 degrees is recommend- ed—better lower than higher.” The store room has every facility for the culture of pneumonia unless precaution is taken; although, as will be seen by the rules outlined above, the remedy is simple enough. Infi- nitely greater is the need for ventila- tion than in the home. There are many people entering who have come from homes of disease—not necessar- ily that known as contagious, yet still the contact is not wholesome. Colds, gtippe in mild form and various other germs are striving for mastery. Ven- tilation is the single word which in- sures the salesman. Even if the room is a little cool, get the windows down from the top, or swing the doors wide open and take a few long breaths every time you commence to feel tired and dull. Remember that all the clean air you can get now is apt to be cold, and that it repels instead of inducing pneumonia. If the wind blows, try John D. Rocke- feller’s remedy, a newspaper chest protector—and a most effectual one. Fortify yourself with this and suffi- cient clothing to resist cold air, in- stead of trying to dodge it. _———-_>--22o—______. NEW FIELDS FOR CONQUEST. Peary visited the North Pole and Amundsen has reached the South Pole. Does this mean that the work of exploration is finished, that the brave sailors and explorers must fold their hands and sigh that they have no more worlds to conquer? Sir Ernest Shackleton points out in a most timely article in view of the Amundsen exploit, that “no more foolish mistake could be made and none more disastrous in its con- sequences” than to conclude that the work of exploration is done in our little globe. Writing in the North American Review on the future of ex- ploration, he shows that in the polar regions and elsewhere tasks await the men of science and spirit who are worthy of their best qualities. There are many unread chapters in the book of geographical adventure. To mention only a few: Central Labrador is practically untrodden; Greenland is little known; the open- ing up of Thibet will be a slow proc- ess; the mountains and forests of New Guinea are still closed to their nominal owners; the Czar’s Asiatic dominions will provide plenty of work for pioneers and explorers; the study of Africa is only just commenc- ing; almost every kind of geographi- cal research is urgently called for in South America, and, finally, there is the exploration of the marvelous sub- marine world. It may be added that polar ex- ploration is still in its infancy. A “dash” is dramatic, but it does not satisfy science; the poles have been “reached,” but their regions have not been “explored” in the proper sense of the term. Much remains to be done by Arctic and Antarctic expe- ditions. The worlds have not all been conquered, annexed, mapped, described. There are thrills left in the business of scientific exploration, to say nothing of utility, interest, beauty. ———--_-e2.oe__. The Bean Market. A dull, dragging market in beans has remained with us during the week. There is just a fair demand for strictly choice hand-picked pea beans that are perfectly dry and sound. The off grades and screened beans are without purchasers, except at a long discount. There seems to be an inclination on the part of those holding beans to move off their low- er grades before the coming of warm weather, and hold the strictly choice stock, and I am rather inclined to be- lieve that when the time comes to get the long price for the good beans that the movement will be such that an advance will hardly be possible. The condition of most beans is seri- ously against their being shipped into a warm climate, and just at present those who are equipped with dryers are getting most of the business. The red kidney bean market is Practically at a standstill, and buyers at any price are hard to find. The de- mand for beans from now on will be limited on account of the coming of green vegetables from Southern markets. E. L. Wellman. —_ Don’t Smoke Here. The Louisiana State Society for the Reduction of Fire Waste has issued posters for use in places where smok- ing might be dangerous. The pos- ters are in red letters and announce, “Please don’t smoke here. You would not steal our purse, but your careless- ness with matches, cigarette or cigar or pipe might rob the owner of his business or his building.” ——_~-—-.——— The Woodhouse Co. has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $100,- 000. Number 1487 The Lansing Moving Van Ordi- nance. We give below a copy of the Lans- ing moving van ordinance, which is operating very successfully in that city. The advantage of such a meas- ure is obvious and in cities where it has been tried, notably Detroit and Lansing, it has proven a decided ad- vantage to merchants, who are thus enabled, by a perusal of the reports of draymen on file with the chief of police, to keep track of undesirable customers, many of whom move to new locations when their credit has been destroyed, and thus evade pay- ment of just claims. It will have the ultimate effect of eliminating this class. Such an ordinance would be of value in every city: An ordinance requiring common carriers of goods and chattels to reg- ister the names and residences of the owners and to provide for a penalty for failing so to do. Be it ordained by the Common ~ Council of the city of Lansing: Section 1. Every common carrier of goods and chattels within the city of Lansing operating any moving van, transfer wagon, express wagon, or delivery wagon, who may haul, move or cause to be hauled or moved any articles of household goods, trunks or personal effects in the possession or custody of any resident within the city of Lansing shall with- in twenty-four hours after such goods be so moved file with the chief of po- lice of said city a full land correct statement of the movement of such goods and chattels, which statement shall include the full name of the owner or person in possession or cus- tody of such household goods, trunks or personal effects, together with the address of the place from which and to which such hauling or moving has been done with the date thereof, and the name of the owner of the common carrier or person in charge of such vehicle. The chief of police shall keep a book for recording of such statement and shall cause such statement to be recorded in such book, which shall be open for inspection of the public at all times. Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person to give a fictitious name to deceive the person in charge of any vehicle hauling household goods, trunks or personal effects as to the ownership thereof. Sec. 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof be pun- ished by a fine not exceeding ten dol- lars and in default of the payment of such fine shall be imprisoned in the city penitentary until such fine is paid not exceeding fifteen days, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 20, 191° PLAN FOR MERCHANTS WEEK. Discuss Various Problems at Whole- salers’ Banquet. The annual meeting and banquet or the wholesale department of the As- sociation of -Commerce occurred Monday evening, March 18, at the Pantlind Hotel and was attended by about one hundred. persons. The program was more in the nature of : an experience meeting than anything else, although matters of vital. im- portance were touched upon from time to time, and the net result will be more concerted efforts in the fur- therance of the plans of the Associa- tion. The meeting was in charge of Chairman William B. Holden, made a few introductory remarks re- garding Merchants Week, explaining that the primary object of the meet- ing was to discuss plans, listen to suggestions and to adopt the most feasible ones. Lee M. Hutchins called attention to the influence of travel in broaden- ing the mind, believing that the trade extension trips and Merchants Week excursions served a useful purpose in taking men from the drudgery of of- fice work, expanding their horizon of thought, enabling them to cultivate friendships that would result in in- creased business and a more harmoni- ous feeling between wholesaler and retailer. Guy W. Rouse voiced similar sen- timents, stating that his experience had proven the worth of such projects and he was willing to back up his faith with a liberal contribution to carry on the good work. He suggest- ed seeking the influence of the Retail Merchants’ Association in an effort to have their annual meeting occur during Merchants Week, believing that it would be of mutual benefit; that credits, fire insurance and other questions that were of interest alike to wholesaler and retailer could be profitably discussed in a joint meet- ing. He advocated carrying a sam- ple car of Grand Rapids products on the trade extension trip with the view of popularizing this city as a jobbing who center. He suggested that the ex- cursion should reach the Saginaw and Bay City territory, known as The Thumb, recommending an inva- sion of Detroit territory.” Lester J. Rindge supplemented these remarks by saying that it was our own fault if we did not succeed in interesting patrons in coming to Grand Rapids. He said that a great deal of enthusiasm had resulted from taking a band with the party on a previous trip. Minor D. Elgin, of the Musselman Grocer Company, believed that. the trade extension excursion was of more value in an advertising way than Merchants Week. He suggested that the merchants be shown a good time when they came to Grand Rapids and that they also be given an opportu- nity to hear some good speaking, be- lieving they would be interested in talks on credits and insurance. He pledged the support of his company in making a success of the plans of the Association. Hon, Charles Belknap declared that he had been boosting Grand Rapids since 1862 and called upon the young men of the Association of Commerce to emulate the example of the Civil War heroes in their fight for the com- mercial supremacy of Grand Rapids. He said, among other things, “Make friends among your customers, spire their confidence—the will come, never fear.” A. B. Merritt opposed the use of a sample car on the excursion train, believing it should be run as a sepa- rate exhibit. in- dollars Every one present seemed to be in favor of the plan of having another trade excursion and a Merchants Week and short talks were given by G. W. Cramer, Wm. Logie, Daniel Patton, Samuel Krause, Heber Knott, H. C. Cornelius, Henry Vinkemulder, C. J. Litscher, Frank Coleman, Frank Raniville, H. B. Alexander, W. J. Kennedy, J. B. Junkins, John D. Hess, Jr., John Bertsch, E. B. Sey- mour, R. P. Irish, Charles McQuewan and Messrs. Prendergast, Shields, Clark, Todd and Jarvis. A. committee had been appointed at a previous meeting to submit sug- gestions for the entertainment of vis- itors during Merchants Week and its report was read by the Secretary. A part of the plan was a trip to Ot- tawa Beach, a ride on the lake, fol- lowed by a dinner at the hotel, an au- tomobile ride about Grand Rapids, a theater party, a dinner at the Coli- seum, followed by a ball The report was adopted and referred to a Com- mittee, who were given power to act. Transportation problems were dis- cussed by Mr. Hutchins, who explain- ed the work of the Transportation Committee and Traffic Manager E. L. Ewing in their efforts to better trans- portation facilities. He stated that the railroads had welcomed their co- operation and that much good had already been accomplished. Heber Knott spoke of the advan- tages of an interurban line between this city and Kalamazoo and Battle Creek and stated that it would serve to give an impetus to jobbing inter- ests. He announced that such a line was practically assured and at his suggestion the chair appointed a com- mittee composed of Messrs. Knott, Hutchins and Rouse to co-operate to the best of their ability in complet- ing the project. Secretary Huggett read interesting figures regarding the amount of job- bing trade of Detroit and Grand Rapids. Proportionately Grand Rap- ids is far ahead of the metropolis. Detroit, with a population of 485,000 in the year 1910, did a jobbing busi- ness Of $80,000,000; Grand Rapids, with a population of 112,000, or about one-quarter of that of Detroit, did a jobbing business the same year of $40,000,000.. The illness of Walter K. Plumb was announced. It was voted to send him a letter of condolence. The next meeting of the wholesalers will be held in April and the subject for discussion will be transportation. »—-@#_22~»___ The Eternal Question. “My wife made me what I am!” “Have you forgiven her yet?” For Grand Secretary It is currently reported that John A. Hach, Jr., chairman of the Legis- lative Committee of the U. C. T., has withdrawn his name as candidate for the office of Grand Sentinel and will become a candidate for the office of Grand Secretary. This action was taken after careful consideration, up- on the advice of friends, Mr. Hach believing no doubt that the best in- terests of the order will be subserved thereby. It is understood that F. J. Moutier, of Detroit, has aspirations for the position of Grand Sentinel and that Mr. Hach appreciates the fact that Mr. Moutier is entitled to the honor and withdraws in his be- half out of courtesy to the latter. Mr. Hach is eminently qualified for the position of Grand Secretary and will have the support of a host of friends. He has had considerable ex- perience as chairman of the Legis- lative Committee and has a wide ac- quaintance with the boys all over the State. Important matters have come up during the past year and the faith- ful attention given them by Mr. Hach proves the fact that he never undertakes anything that he does not do well. His election as Grand Sec- retary is almost a foregone conclu- sion and it is certain that he will administer the affairs of the office in a manner that will not only be highly satisfactory to the members but will reflect credit upon the order. —— Conan Doyle’s New Story. Something new in romance—so ab- solutely original that it will thrill the most hardened novel reader! Such is Conan Doyle’s “The Lost World.” Did you know that in the unexplor- ed wilderness between the Andes and the Amazon there still exist many of the monster animals that walked the earth before man was created? It has remained for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—and the irascible Professor Challenger—to discover this lost world and take you right into it. How does it feel to be chased by a dino- saur as big as a house, or attacked by a pterodactyl as large as a bi- plane? You will know before you fin- ish this fascinating story, for the author makes you see and believe. At the same time you will learn more about the prehistoric world than a dozen scientific treatises could tell you, for the story makes you live in it. The action is leisurely at first. Don’t let that deceive you. Challen- ger is a terrific and captivating hero, and when he gets away on his expe- dition look out for danger unequaled in modern romance. The story is told with the imagination of Kipling or Jules Verne and the masterly skill of the creator of Sherlock Holmes. “The Lost World” will appear ex- clusively in the Sunday Magazine of The Record-Herald, beginning March 24. Tell your friends to read it and enjoy a new sensation. News From Auto City Council. Saginaw, March 18—Brother F. D. Engle was called home Thursday from the northern part of the State because of the serious illness of his wife. Mrs. Engle is now somewhat better and continued improvement is expected. ; Brother C. S. Watters has return- ed from Columbus, Ohio, where he was recently called because of the se- rious illness of his aged mother. He reports a decided improvement in her condition and believes timately recover. Brother E. H. Simpkins has been appointed chairman of the Transpor- tation Committee for the Chamber of Commerce. Frank Marquette has bid farewell to the road and engaged in the real estate business, : Brother A. E. Krats has severed his connection with the M. Rumley she will ul- Lansing combination and secured the Ault- man Taylor line for Michigan. Two carloads of his samples have arrived, and it is understood that he will oc- cupy the same headquarters as be- fore. The newsboys of Muskegon are not far behind the small town hotel men who charge traveling men double the price they do their home people -for the same service. The writer was there a short time ago and in pass- ing from the hotel to the depot hail- ed a “newsy” and asked for a paper. After passing up the dirtiést one’ in the bunch he proceeded to make change for the quarter tendered. No- ticing the dilapidated grip was adorn- ed with a U. C. T. tag, he asked, “Are you a traveling man?” The reply was, “What difference does it make to you, son?” “Well, if you are it’s five cents.” He got it. i DB. Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Po- tatoes at Buffalo. Buffalo, March 20—Creamery but- ter, 27@31c; dairy, 23@28c; rolls, 23 @25c; poor to good, all kinds, 20@ 24¢c, Cheese — Fancy, 18@18'%c; choice, 17@17'%4c; poor to good, 12@16c. Eggs—Choice fresh, 22c. Poultry (live) — Turkeys, 17@20c; chickens, 16@17%c; fowls, 16@17c; ducks, 17@19c; geese, 13@14c. Poultry (dressed)—Geese, 13@14c; turkeys, 18@22c; chickens, 15@17c; fowls, 14@16c. Beans —. Red kidney, $2.75; white kidney, $2.75@2.90; medium, $2.65@ 2.70; marrow, $2.90@3; pea, $2.65@ 2.75. Potatoes—$1.35. Onions—$2. Rea & Witzig. Shoe See Gilt Edge. “Is his credit good?” “Good? I should say it is. Why, his grocer trusted him for a pound of butter yesterday.” March 20, 1912 MICHIGAN nA dn i eee ie deacons ebemrenet ter inseam TRADESMAN NEW YORK MARKET. Special Features of the Grocery and Produce Trade. “pecial Correspondence. New York, March 18—We have a stronger coffee market to talk about this week, and while business gener- ally in this line is quiet and of a character which shows no buying requirements, there is a firmer feel- “ing, some concerns reporting quite a Satisfactory trade. In a few cases roasters have advanced quotations about 4c. Mild grades move in about the same rut, although there is a strong feeling. Stocks are not large and drouth in producing regions is having its effect. In store and afloat there are 2,346,185 bags, against 2,432,- 778 bags at the same time last year. At the close Rio No. 7 is worth 14%c; Good Cucuta, mild, 16%4c. No change worthy of note has tak- en place in the tea district. There is something doing all the time, but it is of the routine sort, and sales are usually of rather small lots. How- ever, there is a good strong tone, and dealers anticipate a more active cam- paign later on. The refined sugar market shows a quiet appearance, and the rate of 5.60c named by one refinery seems to have no attraction for buyers. The trade generally is well stocked up through- out the country, and no great rush of orders will appear until the weather and roads are more settled. Rice is qiuet, but quotations are well sustained. Stocks are not espe- cially large, but there is no scarcity. The range of quotations shows no change whatever. Spices are unchanged in any re- spect. There is simply the usual ev- ery-day demand, with cloves and Spic- es attracting perhaps more attention than other things. Molasses is steady, and new Ponce is being taken readily and about 36@ 37c for choice. Syrups are in light supply and unchanged. With a sign or two of spring we have a better outlook for canned goods, with corn attracting rather more attention than other goods— corn of the cheaper sort, and it is intimated that quotations of recent dates have been somewhat shaded. Hardly anything is being done in fu- ture tomatoes. Packers want 85c for standard threes, and buyers are not tumbling over each other to buy. Spots are selling with a degree of ac- tivity at about unchanged rates. Other goods are moving perhaps as well as ever at this time of the year. Butter is quiet, with about 1c ad- vance. Creamery specials, 30@30%c; firsts, 29@2934c; held, 28%4@29c_ for firsts; imitation creamery, 26c; fac- tory, 24@25c. Cheese is very high and no relief in sight until we have something in the way of new make. Whole milk, either white or colored New York State make, is worth 19c. Eggs are quiet. Receipts are not quite as large, but the supply is suf- ficient to keep quotations about as low as at present Not over 25c can all the be quoted for the very best, and from this the drop is down to 19@20c. ——_s 2? >_____ In Southern Climes. New Orleans, March 13—The great United Fruit Company, composed of capitalists of Boston, is managed by a former resident of Grand Rapids, F. L. Forbush. He was interested financially during a number of years in the Stow & Davis Vurtiture Com- Dany 61d sold the company's goods on the road. His wife was a daugh- ter of the late Captain H. N. Moore. Mr. Forbush sold his stock of the Stow & Davis Furniture Company up- wards of twenty years ago and en- gaged in the produce commiss:on business. While so employed he con- ceived the idea of organizing the fruit importing business and his cor- poration now handles two-thirds of tropical and semi-tropical fruits imported by the people of the United States These facts were given to me by Gregory M. Luce, of Mo- bile, who is intimately acquainted with Mr. Forbush. The following item, copied from the New Orleans Times-Democrat. ci March 1 will be read with interest by many subscribers to the Trades- man: “Mrs. J. D. Lacey is at the Black. stone Hotel, in Chicago, for a visit of six weeks and will not go West to join her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Thrane, as she had planned. Mr. Lacey is in the far West and, upon his return to Chica- go in the late spring he and Mrs. La- cey will go to their home on the Hudson, near New York, for a sea- son. Mr. and Mrs. Lacey have dis- posed of their winter home here, bui spent a part of the winter season in New Orleans as guests of the St. Charles Hotel.” Mr. Lacey is a native of Pennsyl- vania. He came to Grand Rapids about forty years ago and entered the employ of O. N. Shepard, a drug- gist. Mr. Lacey was highly skilled in the science of chemistry and during his years in the drug trade in Grand Rapids Mr. Shepard employed among others, H. B. Fairchild, George R. Perry, Stanley W. Parkhill, all scien- tific men, and others of lesser prom- inence in business and politics. Mr. Lacey’s first experience in business in Grand Rapids was as an associate of B. R. Stevens, under the firm name of Stevens & Lacey. Their drug store was located on Canal street, east side. a few doors south of Crescent ave- nue. After several years profitably . Spent with Mr. Stevens, he sold his interest in the business to the late Samuel B. Jenks, who later acquired the Stevens interest and conducted the store successfully a decade or more. Mr. Lacey subsequently enter- ed into a partnership with Charles W. Mills and purchased the stock of James Gallup, located on Canal street. opposite the Pantlind and at present Occupied by J. C. West & Co. A profitable business was quickly estab- lished. During its development Mr. Lacey commenced a series of experi- ments with various chemicals with the purpose in view of compounding a fluid that would preserve the bod- ies of the dead. The ancient art of Way. the Egyptians embalming had been lost. Mr. Lacey conceived the idea that dead bodies could be preserved by removing the contents of the ar- teries and injecting into the same a fluid preservative. Fur the purpose of conducting its experiments scienti- fically the firm purchased a cadaver, by the use of which Mr. Lacey was enabled to prove the virtue of the fluid he compounded. The pump and instruments necessary to apply thé fluid were the invention of Mr. La- cey. Undertakers throughout the world quickly recognized the value of the system and the firm sold a great many outfits and the materials necessary for using the same. The business proved very remunerative. About forty years ago Mr. Lacey formed a partnership with William A. Robinson and engaged in the timber business, both as principals and as agents. Mr. Lacey’s record as a tim- berman is well known and need not be repeated here. Mrs. Lacey was a daughter of Jacob W. Winsor, a pio- neer resident of Grand Rapids. She was born and grew to young wom- anhood on the Winsor farm, and liv- ed in the house located on the south- east corner of -East street and Fifth avenue, now owned and occupied by J. G. Alexander. She received her ed- ucation in the public schools of Grand Rapids. William D. Mann, the publisher of “Town Topics,” was a resident of Michigan “befo’ de wah,” to employ the words of men of the South when speaking of the unpleasantness be- tween the states of the Union that existed fifty years ago. He command- ed a regiment of cavalry raised in the State and thereby gained his title. “Colonel.” He owns a piece of prop- erty near Citronelle, Ala. that is un- like anything known to mankind. Citizens of Citronelle inform the so- journer that about fifteen years ago a brother of Colonel Mann purchased a fine tract of land at Sidney, a sub- urb of Citronelle, and p-oceeded to improve it in a decidecly original Mann was, at the time he ac- quired the property, an operator in Wall street and the possessor of am- ple means. The land was covered with pine, oak, magnolia and other trees and is rich in natural beauty. In the center of the tract an artifi- cial lake nearly one-half mile long and of about the same width, was dug and the banks set with ornamen- tal trees and shrubs. The sloping hillsides were terraced and_ bridle paths, lovers’ lanes and like attrac- tions constructed. On the crest of a beautiful plateau the foundations were laid and the superstructure partly erected of a large and a very unique building. It might have been designed for a casino or a hotel and casino combined. The superstructure had been covered with a roof of fanciful design and the walls partly enclosed when the work suddenly stopped and The structure is fast becoming a ruin; the terraces are disappearing under the influences of the rains and the bridle paths are filled with growing brush wood. The owner had failed and the place is now the property of Colonel Mann, who refuses to sell or save it from ruin. Forty thousand dollars had been ex- pended upon the property before the work of improvement ceased. The park is the home of hundreds of quail and the mocking birds saucily repeat the whistled notes of the so- journers who ramble over the tract at will. The colored people of the South are a very pious but not a strictly moral class. They love form and ceremony in giving expression to the faith they profess in an all-saving Fa- ther. A great deal of jealousy ex- ists among the different sects. In the erection of church structures the ne- groes are enterprising and, taking in- to consideration their very moderate earnings, liberal. In the negro quar- ter of Citronelle three church socie- ties occupy buildings of their own, al- though the numerical strength of the colored community is less than two hundred. Three miles northward an aged darkey, who earns a precarious living by chopping wood, planned, built and owns a church, the work of his own hands. His income does not average three dollars per week. When asked why he built the church, in- volving such a sacrifice on his part, he replied: “Oh, de Lord he tole me to build it.” “How do you intend to support a preacher? “Well, you see, Captain, there is but three nigger families living near de church now. Aiter a while some more niggers will come out dere to live, then we will hire a preacher.” Arthur S. White. has not been resumed. Michigan Printers’ Cost Congress. The first Michigan Printers’ Cost Congress will be held in Detroit Apral 11-13, and there are good prospects for a large delegation from this city. [t is expected that the affair will be one of special as well as business im- portance and that the delegates will appear in Detroit wearing a blue fez. All printers and publishers will be urged to attend. Speakers have been engaged from Boston, New . York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Grand Rapids and other cities. The meet- ings, social and business, will be held at the Hotel Cadillac. Price $6.00 Complete Acme Automatic Printer Prints your ad on your wrapping Paper in one or more colors. JUST PULL THE PAPER—machine does the rest. Fits any paper rack-—also good for printing sacks, etc. Used by up-to- date merchants everywhere. Write for sample of work. American Specialty Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 20, 1919 Movements of Merchants. Holland—Peter Zalsman has open- ed a furniture store here. Tonia—Henry R. Nelson, grocer, has been discharged from bank- ruptcy. Cloverdale—Elmer Kelley, former- ly of Delton, will open a_ general store here April 1. Mendon—Wallace A. Hill is clos- ing out his stock of shoes and will retire from business. Ann Arbor—A. R. Cole & Co. suc- ceed Koch Bros. in the wall paper and decorating business. East Jordan—Richards Bros. have sold their meat stock to Ashland Bowen, who has taken possession. Charlotte—Lawrence Robinson has added a line of shoes to his stock of clothing and men’s furnishing goods. Concord—Gary J. Dunn, formerly engaged in the dry goods business at Hudson, has opened a general store here. Marquette—J. P. Hemmingsen has opened a- meat market at the corner of Presque Isle avenue and Center street. Climax—W. H. Soule, formerly en- gaged in general trade at Pittsford, will engage in similar business here April 1. Olivet—A. H. Covey will add a line of automobiles and a garage to his stock of implements, farm tools and harness stock. St. Johns—E. J. Pierce is closing out his stock of groceries and will de- vote his entire attention to his Lans- ing and Ionia stores. Pittsford—W. H. Soule has sold his Stock of dry goods, groceries and shoes to Fred Wadsworth, who will continue the business. Reed City—Brockway & Gillett, meat dealers, have dissolved partner- ship, M. A. Gillett taking over the interest of his partner. Kalamazoo—Tazelaar & Witters, shoe dealers at 119 North Burdick street, are closing out their stock and will retire from business. Freeport—Miller & Rensch, who succeed S. R. Ware in the hardware business, will add a line of machinery and vehicles to their stock. St. Louis—James A. Burgess has sold his meat stock and_ slaughter house to Mr. Porter, recently of Wheeler, who will continue the busi- ness Hastings — The Loppenthien Co. has been reorganized, Mr. Loppen- thien having taken into the firm J. Harrison Brace, recently of Sparta, who will have charge of the men’s furnishings and grocery departments. The business will be continued un- der the same style. Gaylord — Shepard & Martindale, grocers, have dissolved partnership, A. T. Martindale taking over the in- terest of partner, Willis C. Shepard. his Buckley—George Clement has pur- chased a one-third interest in the Farmers’ Mercantile Co. stock. The business will be continued under the same style. Gaylord—Marcus M. Demerest has purchased the grocery, feed and grain stock of F. C. Leonard and will con- tinue the business at the same loca- tion. Lowell—V. R. Wolcott has sold his grocery stock to John O. Clark and Edward Pottruff, who have formed a copartnership and taken immediate possession. Stanwood—C. F. Barnard has sold his stock of general merchandise and undertaking outfit to John Gogo, who will continue the business at the same location. Kalamazoo—The Johnson-Howard Co., 119-121 East Water street, has taken over the Commercial Milling Co.'s flour and feed business at 330 East Water street. Birmingham—The Bloomfield Land Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $10,500, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Lansing—W. P. Mathews has sold his interest in the women’s clothing stock of Sprowl & Mathews to Sprowl Bros. and the firm name has been changed accordingly. Berrien Springs—Charles King and Roy Aldrich have formed a copart- nership under the style of King & Aldrich and purchased the Frank L. Latta grocery stock. Fowlerville—John Major and Rob- ert Ling have formed a copartner- ship’ and purchased the meat stock of Dingman & McWithey and will continue the business. Adrian—A. M. Luther has sold his interest in the meat stock of Wenzel & Luther to his partner, George Wenzel, who will continue the busi- ness under his own name. Pt. Huron—The McDonough Mo- tor Sales Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $2,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. lonia—John Hicks and Geo. Hack- ett have formed a copartnership un- der the style of Hicks & Hackett and engaged in the vehicle and implement business at 323 Main street. Sherman — Louis Rothstein has sold his stock of general merchandise to Myron Morrell and W. T. Lyle, who have formed a copartnership and will continue the business. Owosso—D. E. Hickey has sold his stock of cloaks and women’s furnish- ings to New York men, who will continue the business under the style of the Cash Margin Store. Marquette—The Smith & Peterson Lumber Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $16,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Otsego—Frank Webster and Frank Palmer have formed a copartnership under the style of Webster & Palmer and purchased the coal, feed and ce- ment business of Frank Fairfield Detroit — The Macomb Hardware Co. has engaged in business with an authorized capitalization of $2,000, of which $1,500 has been subscribed, $100 paid in in cash and $700 in property. Leslie—The Bunker Hill Tele- phone Exchange has been incorpor- ated with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which $250 has been subscribed and $150 paid in in cash. Battle Creek—The hardware stock of Hayes & MHemstead, bankrupts, was sold by Deputy Sheriff Corwin for $69 to C. T. Allen, who had a claim for rent and was the only bid- der. Allegan—H. M. Menerey has sold his interest in the Baker-Menerey drug stock to Clarence G. Messinger and the business will be continued under the style of Baker & Messin- ger. Blissfield—Ralph Pletcher, recently of Adrian, has purchased an interest in the tailoring and men’s furnishing stock of Bancroft Bros. The business will be continued under the same style. Escanaba—Fred Hoyler and Fred Baur have formed a copartnership under the style of Hoyler & Baur and will open a bakery and confec- tionery store at 413 Ludington street April 15. Wolverine—Harry D. Wyman and Frank Carpenter, recently of Gay- lord, have formed a copartnership un- der the style of Wyman & Carpenter and purchased the Charles Peterson meat stock. Detroit—The Continental Insur- ance Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed, $1,000 being paid in in cash and $9,000 in property. Battle Creek — The Keyes-Davis Co. has merged its business into a stock company with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which $6,000 has been subscribed and paid in in property. Lansing—The Excelsior Land Co. has been organized to do a real es- tate business, with an authorized cap- ital stock of $15,000, of which $10,- 100 has been subscribed and $2,000 paid in in cash. Kalamazoo—J. D. Dowie and Cc C. Koehler have formed a copartner- ship and purchased the bakery and ice cream factory of C. W. Vander- bilt and will continue the business at the same location. Durand—Henry Hutchinson has re- tired from the hardware firm of H. Hutchinson & Sons and the business will be continued under the style of Hutchinson Bros., E. J. and F, M. taking over the interest of their fa- ther. Mr. Hutchinson has been en- gaged in business here for the past twenty-two vears. Morenci—A. C. La Rowe has pur chased the interest of the Lena M. Rorick estate in the E. B. Rorick & Co. hardware stock and will continue the business under the style of th. La Rowe Hardware Co. Jamestown—Henry Van Noord ha- sold his stock of general merchandis; to J. Vander Swaay, who will con tinue the business at the same loca- tion. Mr. Van Noord will devote his entire attention to his grain elevator East Jordan—Frank Bender has sold his meat stock to Eber Burdick, who has formed a copartnership with E. A. Lewis, grocer, and the busi- ness will be consolidated and con- tinued under the style of Burdick & Lewis. Stanton—B. L. Gaffield has sold hi: interest in the Stebbins-Gaffield Co. hardware and implement stock, to Delos Baker, recently of Walled Lake, and the business will be con- tinued under the style of Stebbins & Baker. Tustin — The Central Michigan Produce Co., which is a branch of Swift & Co., of Chicago, has leased the William Buckley warehouse and will convert it into a produce ware- house under the management of Jas. Cawley. Pt. Huron—Richard Foreman and Farrand Ballentine have formed a copartnership and purchased the W. J. Wellwood shoe stock. The busi- ness will be continued under the style of the Foreman-Ballentine Shoe Co. Sunfield—The administrator of the estate of the late David Stinchcomb has sold the stock of groceries, dry goods and shoes to F. J. Welch and son, Ray, recently of Lake Odessa, who will continue the business at the same location. Wayland—F, A. Burlington and J. F, Latourette have formed a co- partnership under the style of Bur- lington & Latourette to engage in the buying and selling of wool, -hides, potatoes, etc. Benton Harbor—W. H. Wanamak- er, formerly traveling salesman for the National Biscuit Go5 has pur- chased the Charles Brandebourg drug stock and will continue the business at the same location. —_—_~-2>————_ Good Supply of Potatoes. Toledo, March 19—Farmers and dealers have been falling over them- selves the past week to see how many potatoes they could put on the market and the consequence is trade is pretty well supplied and dull; markets are also a few cents lower. It will probably take a week. or ten days to recover and receipts will have to drop off some to allow markets to clean up. George Wager. —_22<-—___ H. T. Hartwell will succeed Edgar P. Carpenter as agent for the Ral- ston Purina Co. in the Western Mich- igan territory. Mr. Hartwell is a capable young business man, _thor- oughly conversant with modern meth- Ods of business, and the company have made a wise selection. March 20, 1912 MICHIGAN The Grocery Market. Sugar—Raws have taken another slump during the week of 10 points but refined has not as yet followed, although it is expected to almost any time. The demand is fair. Tea—The market is special interest. Prices continue to hold with fair demand. The new crop standards have not yet been anounced but are expected next week. The China tea situation remains in an unsettled state and the future is uncertain as to the production and financing the new crop. Ceylons and Indias are more in demand and a slight growth in the new Javas is noticeable. Local trade is fair and the principal demand is for high grade cup quality teas. devoid of firm Coffee—The market is fully main- tained, but “without change for the week. All grades of Rio and Santos are steady to firm, and have shown a good demand during the week. Milds are unchanged and moderately ac- tive. Mocha is scarce and firm. Java is dull and unchanged. Canned Fruits—There has’ been quite an increase in the demand for most lines of canned fruits and the market is firm, but on no line have prices advanced during the week. The supply of canned pineapple is small and the demand is gradually increasing each year. Gallon apples are meeting with better success from the retail trade, who report that con- sumers are also buying them more freely than a short time ago. Canned Vegetables — There has been little change in the canned goods situation during the past week. Spot tomatoes are held firmly with but littie buying. Future orders are prin- cipally confined to well-known brands for buyers’ labels. While it is slight- ly easier to secure future goods, pack- ers of reputation are not inclined to shade prices. Peas are very scarce on the spot, with prices fully main- tained, ana future offerings are’ ex- tremely limited. Quite a little trad- ing has been done in cheap grades of corn; in fact, on account of it being the only moderate priced arti- cle on the list, corn is receiving mtch more attention than the other two staples. If selling continues for several more weeks, it looks as if corn will be in a strong position. Other lines of canned goods remain unchanged and in very light supply. There is no change in California can- ned goods. Dried Fruits—California prunes are moving slowly, but there is no de- cline for the week. Some of the trade are acquiring a little confidence as the stocks are not heavy and it would not be at all surprising to see them all cleaned up long before new crop is obtainable. There is some little activity in evaporated peaches wherever buyers can obtain a little concession. Apricots are dull and unchanged. Rice—A good business has been transacted in all grades and while prices are still cheap the market is very firm and a slight advance in rough rice is shown in the South. With most of the mills closing down an advance of from one-half to a cent per pound in cleaned rice is looked for by some. Syrup and Molasses—Glucose has advanced 10 points during the week and compound syrup ic per gallon. Sugar syrup is unchanged and quiet. Molasses is dull at ruling prices. Cheese—The market is firm at "%c per pound advance over last week. The stocks are extremely light and decreasing very fast. The season for ‘making cheese is likely to be back- ward and there is not likely to be enough reserve stock to supply the trade in the meanwhile. The con- sumptive demand is very good con- sidering the extreme price. Fish—Salmon is unchanged. In do- mestic sardines quarter mustards are about cleaned up. Oils are not overly plentiful, but there is probably enough to carry the trade into the next season. Mackerel is firm and slightly higher. Provisions—The market on every- thing in the smoked meat line is steady at unchanged prices, with a seasonable consumptive demand. 30th pure and compound lard remain unchanged, with a somewhat increas- ing consumptive’ demand, but not enough to affect the price. The stocks are reported to be fairly large. Dried beef, canned meats and barrel- ed pork are in slow demand at un- changed prices. _—-eo2e-a____ The Produce Market. Apples — Pound Sweets, $4.25 per bbl.; Jonathans, $5.50; Baldwins, $4.50; Spys, $5.50; Russets and Green- ings, $4; Western box apples, $3 per box. Bananas—$1.50@2 per bunch, cording to size and quality. Beets—50c per bu. Butter—Creamery extras command 28@29c in tubs and 29@30c in prints. Local dealers pay 25c for No. 1 dairy and 19c for packing stock. Cabbage—3%c per tb. New. cab- bage, California, per crate, $3.50. Celery—California, $1.10 per doz. Cranberries—Late Howes, $6 per bbl. Cucumbers—$1.50 per doz. for hot- house. ac- e TRADESMAN Eggs—Local dealers are paying 19c on account of a shortage, but do not consider they are worth that much, Grape Fruit—Choice Florida, $6 per box of 54s or 64s; fancy, $7. Grapes—Imported Malaga, $4.50@ 5.50 per bbl., according to weight. Honey—20c per th. for white clover and 18c for dark. Lettuce—Hothouse, head, $2 per bu. Nuts—Ohio chestnuts, 16c per tb.; hickory, $1.75 per bu.; walnuts and butternuts, 75c per bu. Onions—$2 per bu. for home grown; $2 per. crate for Spanish. Oranges—Floridas, $3.50 per box for all sizes. Navels, $3.25@3.50. Potatoes—$1.25 per bu. Poultry—Local dealers pay 12c for fowls; 12c for springs; 7c for old roosters; 10c for geese; 13c for ducks; 16@18c for 1c per ib.: turkeys. These prices are for live weight. Dressed are 2c higher. Radishes—35c per dozen for hot- house. Squash—ic per th. for Hubbard. Sweet Potatoes—$6.25 for Jerseys. Tomatoes—Six basket crates, $5.25. Turnips—50c per bu. Veal — 5@10c, according to quality. the Desirable Promotion for a Grand Rapids Boy. Edgar P. Carpenter was born in Grand Rapids twenty-five years ago and for so young a man has achieved more than ordinary success in his un- dertakings. His first business experience was as a newsboy, and this gave him an opportunity to develop his ability as a salesman. He sold papers for sev- en years and made a good record for reliability and honesty. As a youth he entered a mercantile establishment, where he remained for a year at the modest salary of $5 per week. It served, however, to give him business experience, and later on, when he engaged in newspaper work in the advertising field, his knowledge of storekeeping served him in good stead. He lived with his parents in Neway- go for a number of years and when he came to Grand Rapids entered the employ of Charles Trankla, with whom he remained for three years. A year ago he was offered an excellent position with the Ralston Purina Co. as agent in the Western Michigan territory, with headquarters in Grand Rapids in the brokerage office of Sumner M. Wells, and now, after an exceedingly prosperous year, he has received another promotion and has been appointed Manager of the Chi- cago office of the Ralston Purina Co., with a substantial increase in salary. He enters upon his new relation full of courage, realizing that although the path to success is beset with dif- ficulties, they can be conquered by close application and that a _ good motto for every young man is, “Per- severance Wins.” ES President Geo. E. Shaw wishes to announce that at the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers Protective Association on April 2, ev- erything will be in readiness for the SA ta dh kta ccna cementite sree acennaieonembiammeniametianaad banquet to be held at the Pantlind Hotel, April 11. for the members of the Association to secure their tickets early as the number is limited to 250 tickets this year, as the Pantlind Hotel can only take care of that number of people. The ladies are also invited so that it will be necessary for those wishing to attend to get their tickets early. Several prominent speakers have been invited, among whom are such men as Fred Mason, Vice-President and Gen- eral Manager of the Shredded Wheat Co., Niagara Fajls, N: Y., and Char- les B. Hamilton, Berkey & Gay Furni- ture Co., and several others. The price of the tickets is $1. There was a heated discussion at the meeting last night as to the advisability of adopting means of increasing the membership of the Association and there was a committee appointed to devise some method of accomplishing the purpose, The committee is com- posed of Frank Gaskill, O. L. Barber and A. A. Wood. A. L. Smith, secre- tary, and E, L. May, credit man for the Retail Grocers’ Association, left for Lansing this morning to attend a meeting of Secretaries of Retail Grocers’ and General Merchants’ As- sociations to be held there March 20 and 21 It will be necessary ——_»>-.>_____ Three of the oldest and best known insurance in the have merged into a co-partnership to be agencies city known as the Grand Rapids Insur- ance Agency. The parties to the merger are Heath & Byrne, founded in 1870 under the style of Heath & Bates, the C. W. Watkins agency, dating from 1879, and the Grand Rap- ids Fire Insurance company, success- or to Fred W. McBain. The active parties in the copartnership will be Ferry K. Heath, Chas. G. Watkins, John T. Byrne, George C. Blickle, and Kathleen H. McBain. The as- sociated agencies will represent about 80 of the leading insurance companies in the world and nearly everything in the form of insurance business will be done. Particular attention will be given to automobile insurance and adjustment and surety bonds will be made a specialty. The associated agencies will have offices sin the quarters now occupied by the Grand Rapids Insurance company in the Houseman building, at Pearl and Ot- tawa streets. —-—__~~+.2—____ The Metal Office Furniture Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $75,000, of which $54,- 000 has been subscribed and $14,350 paid in in cash. The stockholders and the number of shares held by each are as. follows: A. W. Hompe, 500 shares; James Bayne, 500 shares and P. M. Wege, 2,500 shares. —_>.->—__ The Grand Rapids Motor Truck Co, has been incorporated to manu- facture and deal in motor cars and trucks and to own and operate gar- ages, with an authorized capital stock of $350,000 common and $250,000 pre- ferred, of which $493,256 has been subscribed, $50,000 being paid in in cash and $368,256 in property. FACE FINAN MICHIGAN TRADESMAN CIAL yipdeandoa) Li 9 5 > yy) TTL Banking Law Amended. The amendment to the State bank- ing law, enacted at the special ses- sion of the Legislature, is to permit State banks to pledge their assets as security for postal savings deposits that may be placed with them by the Government. The banking law as it stood forbade discrimination as be- tween creditors, and this amendment makes the Postal Department a pre- ferred creditor, with the first lien on assets in the event of trouble. This amendment makes it possible for the State banks to do direct what some of them have been doing in a round- about way ever since the postal banks were established. Directors of the banks desiring the postal deposits have been putting up the required bonds as a personal matter, the banks. of course, standing back of them. Now the banks can act in their own behalf and as principals. This is a desirable change if for no other rea- son than that it is an open and above board proceeding instead of an eva- sion of the law. The change also makes it possible easily to carry out one of the purposes of the postal banking system, which is that the postal de- posits shall be made available in the localities where such deposits origin- ate. If a State bank can not be used as a depositary in the absence of a National bank in that community the money would be sent to some other town and thus the postal bank would become a drain upon the community in which it is located, The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Michigan Bankers’ Association will be held in Kalamazoo June 11- 13. The program has not yet been ar- ranged, but it will include entertain- ing as well as instructive features. Last year the Association met in De- troit and the closing sessions were held on the boat in a trip to Buffalo. A former convention was held during a boat trip to Mackinac. There will be no lake voyages this year, but Kal- amazoo will no doubt offer entertain- ment that will be quite as interesting and which perhaps will be a novelty to many of the bankers. The Asso- ciation headquarters will be at the New Burdick. The Grand Rapids delegation to the convention will be large and representative and will probably convey a cordial invitation to the Association to meet next year in Grand Rapids. It has been sever- al years since Grand Rapids acted as host to this crowd and the local bank- ers think it is about time we tried it again. One of the pleasant features about _ month. employment in the banks is that the ghost walks with precision. For those not up in the dialect let it be said that an enquiry as to when the ghost walks is a mild and polite way to ask when pay day comes. Pay day in the banks is as cheerfully greeted by clerks, employes and officers as in the factory or the store or by the work--. ers on the street. In the matter of making up the pay roll each bank has its own system and time. The Old National pays its clerks and subor- dinate employes every week, while the officers draw their stipends once a The Fourth National pays semi-monthly on the first and fif- teenth. The Grand Rapids National City pays weekly. The Kent State Pays semi-monthly. The Michigan Trust pays once a month. The old- timers can recall when the pay days came once a month in all the banks, and they also recall that it was not at all uncommon to find the drawer well filled with slips and tickets by the time pay day came, representing money drawn by clerks who lacked the ability to make what their envelope contained stretch over the entire month. With the more frequent pay days the ticket in the drawer is not countenanced. The employe who can not make his salary last over a week or two weeks is generally eliminated as lacking financial ability. The Michigan Exchange private bank, of Grandville avenue, for a 3-year-old is certainly doing well. The bank has deposits of $317,510.51, a gain of $97,354.25 in the year, and its surplus and undivided profits account stands at $8,207.35, a gain of $5,524.13 compared with a year ago. Its sur- plus and profits now are 27 per cent. of its capital of $30,000, and its earn- ings above the 8 per cent. dividend paid represented a return of 18.3 per cent. on its capital. The dividend is likely to be increased to 10 per cent. or better the coming year. - Of the deposits $243,200.86 are savings or certificates and $65,308.65 commercial. This is certainly a handsome showing and the gratifying success of the sub- urban institution may be attributed largely to the skill in Management and personal popularity of Gilbert Daane, who has been Cashier since the bank opened. The Clearing House Association of Pittsburg in December adopted new tules relative to the collection of checks, drafts, notes, bills of exchange and other matters, and three member banks have brought suit by injunc- tion against the Clearing House As- sociation as a body and seventeen of its members individually against the You Can Add to Your Income The Preferred Life Insurance Co. of America ASK US HOW If all your time is not taken Selling Life Insurance for Grand Rapids, Mich. WILLIAM A. WATTS, Sec’y and Gen’! Mer. March 20, 191° _aeenencnnenssnncen: An Ideal Investment Carefully selected list of Bonds and Preferred Stocks of Public Utility Companies in large cities netting 5% to 7%. A. E. Kusterer & Co. Descriptive circular on request. 733 Michigan Trust Bidg., Grand Rapids Both Phones: 2435, GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK Resources $8,500,000 Our active connections with large banks in financial centers and ex- tensive banking acquaintance throughout Western Michigan, en- able us to offer exceptional banking service to Merchants, Treasurers, Trustees, Administrators and Individuals who desire the best returns in in- terest consistent with safety, avail- ability and strict confidence. CORRESPONDENCE PROMPTLY REPLIED TO Fourth National Bank Savings Deposits 3 Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings Deposits Compounded Semi-Annually ee | Capital Stock $300,000 United States Depositary ees! Commercial Deposits 1 3% Per Cent Interest Paid on Certificates of Depos't Left One Year Surplus and Undivided Profits $250,000 March 20, 1912 enforcement of the rules. The suit is under the Sherman anti-trust law, and the claim is made that the action of the Clearing House is in the nature of an illegal combination and conspira- cy, that the plaintiff banks have been deprived of their individual rights and methods of conducting affairs, and that in such matters as charges on collections, interest on deposits, bal- ances, etc., they are compelled to sub- mit to the arbitrary rates and rules of which they do not approve. This litigation will be watched with inter- est by bankers and clearing house as- sociations throughout the country, and the result will be of great im- portance as it brings before the courts for review and decision the validity of the clearing house associations, their right to employ independent ex- aminers and the legality of the well formulated system of supervision as practiced by the associated banks in the larger cities. In. answer to the allegations of the plaintiff banks the Pittsburg Clearing House insists that it has never been the aim of the as- sociated banks of Pittsburg to adopt Oppressive measures or to take ac- tion which would disturb individual control or which would interfere with the business of any single institution. It is also urged that the new rules adopted are in the interest of sound banking management and with the idea of reducing operating expenses, and that they represent a- protective measure which applies to all banks alike. If persisted in the Pittsburg litigation will bring before the court of last resort the whole question of clearing house supervision, and it is possible that this may not be alto- gether undesirable. The clearing house is usually a voluntary associa- tion of the banks in a particular city. Their primary purpose is to facilitate daily settlements. From time to time this primary purpose has been elab- orated, especially in the larger cities to supervisory powers over banks and their methods of doing business. In this city the clearing house does not exercise supervisory powers, but through the Clearing House the banks agree on certain general policies and in times of stress stand together in protecting mutual interests. In this city the Saturday half holiday, the interest rate on savings deposits and certificates and various other matters are the result of Clearing House ac- tion. Membership in the Clearing House is entirely voluntary and there is no way under the law to compel member banks to observe the rules adopted. Just as in any other volun- tary association, however, the mem- ber that refuses to play fair can be eliminated and thus cease to enjoy the benefitg of affiliation. The Clear- ing House is an exceedingly useful in- stitution and a safeguard, but its stat- us under the law is indefinite and its provinces have not been defined in judicial decisions. The Pittsburg liti- gation may serve a good purpose in putting the clearing houses on a ‘more substantial footing, or at least in pointing out the need of legisla- tion which will give them a proper standing. The Grand Rapids Clear- ing House Association is a smooth idhibasinanntadecntaeecant ten temoemrtioaneaeed tee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN working and harmonious institution, with meetings about once a_ year, when the officers are to be elected. To be President of the Association is justly regarded as an honor and it is an honor that is passed around instead of being made the object of campaign effort. There have been times in the history of the Associa- tion, however, when all has not been harmony. The last serious disturb- ance came three or four yars ago. Under the Clearing House rules 2 per cent. interest is allowed on bank bal- ances. One of the banks interpreted bank balances to be the active ac- counts and offered up-State bankers 3 per cent. interest on dormant ac- counts or time deposits. This was held to be a violation of the rules. The bank irf question was cited to appear before the Clearing House and the demand was made that it either come under the rules or be expelled. After several somewhat heated ses- sions it became apparent that senti- ment among the banks was so even- ly divided that expulsion could not be enforced, and then the subject was dropped. Except for the most fla- grant violation of the rules of safe banking it is questionable if any of the city banks could be expelled from the Association, and the extreme pen- alty is rarely even suggested. When differences arise among the banks, and to make eight banks think alike on every question is considerable of an undertaking, the customary way to reach a settlement is through nego- tiations and friendly arguments. The bankers realize and appreciate their mutuality of interest and almost any of them will concede almost any- thing if the matter be put up to them in the right way. In the instance cited a little diplomacy would have effected a harmonious settlement, but the mistake was made of trying to deal with the alleged offender too peremptorily, and he “backed up.” —— ~- 2-2 Quotations on Local Stocks and Bonds. Bid. Asked. 30 Am. Box Board Co. Com. Am. Box Board Co., Pfd. 92 Am. Gas & Elec. Co., Com. 81 85 Am. Gas & Elec. Co., Pfd. 47 48% Am. Light & Trac, Co., Com, 299 301 Am, Light & Trac. Co., Pfd. 107 108 Boyne City Lumber Co., Pfd. 160 180 Can. Puget Sound Lbr, 3 3% Cities Service Co., Com. 88 90 Cities Service Co., Pfd. 83 84% Comw’th Pr. Ry. & Lt. Com. 64% 65 Comw’th Pr. Ry. & Lt. Pfd, 0 91% Dennis Salt & Lbr. Co. 100 Fourth National Bank 190 195 Furniture City Brewing Co. 75 Globe Knitting Works, Com. 115 125 Globe Knitting Works, Pfd. 100 101 G. R. Brewing Co. 215 G. R. Nat’l City Bank -178 181 G. R, Savings Bank 185 Holland-St. Louis Sugar, Com. 11 11% Kent State Bank 250 5 Lincoln Gas & Elec. Co. 36 37% Macey Company, Pfd. 98 100 Michigan Sugar Co., Com. 89 90% Michigan State Tele. Co., Pfd. 100 101% National Grocer Co., Pfd. 87 88 Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. Com. 67 69 Pacific Gas & Elec. Co., Com. Pacific Gas & Elee. Co., Pfd. 91 92. Peoples Savings Bank United Light & Railway Com. 5 United Lt. & Railway ist Pfd. United Lt. & Railway 2nd Pfd. 75 77 Bonds. Chattanooga Gas Co. 1927 95 97 Denver Gas & Elec Co. 1 9 Flint Gas Co. 1924 96 97% G. R. Edison Co, 1916 97 99 G. R. Gas Light Co. 1915 100% 100% G. R. Railway Co. 916 100 101 Kalamazoo Gas Co. 1920 95 100 Sag. City Gas Co. 1916 99 March 19, 1912. -—_—-—2>——___—_ Good and Bad. The times are bad for those who never have a good one. Merchant’s Accounts Solicited Assets over 3,000,000 Cc ta ae Gea DA PIDSG WINGSBANK ‘ Only bank on North side of Monroe street. GRAND RAPIDS INSURANCE AGENCY THE McBAIN AGENCY FIRE Grand Rapids, Mich. Kent State Bank Main Office Fountain St. Facing Monroe Grand Rapids, Mich. Capital - - - ~- $500,000 Surplus and Profits - 250,000 Deposits 6 Million Dollars HENRY IDEMA Soe is J. A.COVODE - - A.H.BRANDT - - - CASPER BAARMAN - 34% Paid on Certificates President Vice President Ass’t Cashier - Ass’t Cashier You cantransact your banking business with us easily by mail. Write us about it if interested. We recommend the purchase of the Preferred Stock of the Cities Service Company at prevailing low prices Kelsey, Brewer & Company Investment Securities 401 Mich. Trust Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. Public Service Corporation Securities Statistics show that in no other class of investment securities has the net profit and enhancement in value shown as steady an in- crease as in Public Service Corporation Securities. WE SELL THEM Citz. 1122 Cc H. Corrigan & Company Bell M-229 INVESTMENT SECURITIES 341-343 Michigan Trust Building Grand Rapids, Mich. 24% Every Six Months Is what we pay at our office on the Bonds we sell. $100.00 Bonds—5% a Year THE MICHIGAN TRUST CO. Grand Rapids, SOLICITS OPENS ISSUES Capital and Surplus $1,300,000 LET US SERVE YOU Old National Bank Michigan © The accounts of merchants. Savings accounts with any- one, anywhere, paying 3% semi-annually on all sums remaining 3 months. Bank- ing by mail is an easy mat- ter, let us tell you how easy. Savings Certificates of De- posit bearing interest at 344% if left one year. 3% if left six months. EXTENDS Courteous treatment to all. Resources $8,000,000 pedhuaenshatune amuntappinneamaeamasemenenatantie ecenereate ee eee The Leading Agency bed abcMD SA aur otasee DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BUSINESS MEN. Published Weekly by TRADESMAN COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. Subscription Price. One dollar per year, payable strictly in advance. Five dollars for six years, payable in advance, Canadian subscriptions, $2.04 per year, payable in advance. Sample copies, 5° cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 5 cents; of issues a month or more old, 10 cents; of issues a year or more old, 25 cents. Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice as Second Class Matter. E. A. STOWE, Editor. March 20, 1912 SEASON AGAINST THEM. This. has been a disastrous winter for the glass farmers. Far from mak- ing any money, they have all lost it and in the case of the Grand Rapids Greenhouse Company the loss _ has ben so severe that the appointment of a receiver has been necessary for the conservation of assets and the protection of its creditors. A year ago the glass farmers had an excel- lent season, the weather was favora- ble for growing, the demand for their products was good, the prices receiv- ed were above the average and they all turned a good profit on the sea- son’s work. This encouraged several of them to expand. The area under glass was larger for this season than ever before, but almost from the be- ginning conditions were against suc- cess. From early November until far into January the days were continu- ously dark, with scarcely a glimpse of the sun to be had. Greenhouses can be kept warm but without sunshine the stuff will not grow as it should. Cucumbers, which in former seasons have been one of the most profita- ble of the winter crops, were a total failure, the young plants blighting on account of the lack of sunshine. Tomatoes, which usually bring good money, were failures for the same reason. Lettuce, which is the sta- ple, instead of coming up strong and thrifty, grew thin and spindling and much of it blighted. Even the rad- ishes fell short. The glass farmers had more than dark days to contend with. Beginning holiday week for two months there was a constant succession of blizzards and zero weather with scarcely a break. This called for heavy stoking and coal bills mounted up as never before. The blizzards interfered with traffic to such a degree that shipping was al- most impossible. The blizzards re- duced the demand also because with the temperature at zero or below there is no craving for green stuffs. When the worst of the troubles seem- ed to be over, with sunshine to aid the growth and shipments once more possible, new complications arose. The delayed crops came on with a rush. The stuff had to be marketed and with heavy shipments from Tole- do, Ashtabula and other producing points the market became glutted and the prices sagged. Last year at this time lettuce easily brought 10 to 20 cents a pound and there was a good MICHIGAN TRADESMAN demand for all that could be produc- ed. The price now is 7 cents and even at this level it is hard to sell. These prices are not those quoted by the commission houses but what the growers receive, and out of this they have some marketing expenses to pay. With conditions as they have been described it is easy to see that the glass farmers have had a hard time of it, that they have had to work up a deficit on their season’s work in- stead of scoring a profit. From now until the outdoor garden stuff comes in they will do better, but not to an extent to recoup their losses. The cucumbers which blighted early in the season were replanted and are also said to be doing well, but all the growefs can hope from their lettuce is that they will be able to save something from the wreck. A disastrous glass farming season means much to Grand Rapids. This is one of the largest glass farming districts in the world. There are about forty growers and they have much money invested and during the sea- son employ much labor. The differ- ent plants range all the way from two or three small greenhouses to those so large that horses are used in culti- vating the growing crops. The larg- est plants are those of the Grand Rapids Greenhouse Company and Yonkers, and these measure their glass area by the acre. The Green- house Company is a consolidation of four or five individual growers, ef- fected several years ago, and it has two large plants, one for growing flowers and the other for lettuce, to- matoes and cucumbers. The com- pany has done fairly well in former seasons although it has never been a big money maker. Experience has shown that more than big glass area and large capital are needed to win success. The real winner is the con- cern that is not so large but that one man thoroughly familiar with every detail and trick of the trade can run it. FUTURE IS PROMISING. The Grand Rapids-Muskegon Pow- er Company is obtaining franchises to do business in Kent City, Sparta, Casnovia, Bailey and other small towns in Northwestern Kent. The main feed wire from the Croton dam to Grand Rapids passes near Kent City and the plan is to put in a transform- er at this place and make this the distributing center to the towns with- in reach. It is likely that no great importance will be attached to the fact that these small towns are to have electric service for light and power, but nevertheless what is going on in Northwestern Kent is full of significance of what the future has in store for Michigan. The Common- wealth Power Railway and Light Company, which controls the Grand Rapids-Muskegon Company, is spend- ing millions of dollars in developing the water power of the State. The dam on the Muskegon at Croton was its first large development. The dam on the Au Sable, just completed ata cost of nearly a million dollars, is its second great enterprise. A second dam is being built on the Au Sable, above the first. The waters of the Grand and of the Kalamazoo have been dammed and their energy con- verted into electric power. Steam plants to supplement and _ reinforce the water power and to insure sta- bility in the service have been or are being built in Grand Rapids, Kala- mazoo, Flint, Saginaw and at other strategic points. In due time all these sources of power will be connected up to make one great system covering the entire State, and the energy of the Muskegon, the Au Sable, the Grand, the Kalamazoo and of the steam plants will be available wherever it may be needed. The physical devel- opment of this great system is al- ready well advanced, but the distribu- tion of the power is only just begin- ning. In the distribution to reach the large cities is of course the first ob- ject, for in the large cities will be found many consumers and easily reached. The second step in the dis- tribution is well illustrated in what is going on in Northwestern Kent. Small towns will be grouped up and supplied from central. stations fed from the main wires, just as Kent City, Sparta, Bailey and Casnovia will be supplied from Kent City. It will take time to group up all the small cowns and villages within the Com- monwealth territory, but it is easy to imagine that it is only a question of time when this will be done, the towns conveniently located being first reached and those more remote from the main lines later. The third stage in the development will be the ex- tension of the lines from the smal! towns into the country for the farm- ers. When the development reaches completion, and this will take years of time and the expenditure of mil- lions in money, the State will be a network of wires, as the human body is with arteries and veins. The big feed wires from the generating sta- tions will be the main arteries, and from them in every direction will ex- tend the innumerable small wires reaching into every nook and corner of the State tributary to the great sys- tem, and the flowing waters of the Au Sable, the Muskegon and other rivers in the State will furnish the light and power and, perhaps when invention has perfected methods, heat for the people. What has already been done is but a start, and it is likely that few realize what the future will bring in advantage and benefits tc the State from this development. SE The United States leads the nations in growth of population for the last forty years. Within that period its increase has been 52,500,000; Germany comes next, with 24,000,000; then Great Britain, with 13,500,000; while France’s increase has been only 3,500,000. recesses The women are here and are here to remain. The high schools are graduating 30 per cent. more girls than boys, and everyone who knows anything about it will tell you that among college students women are much more intent on education than men. EEE ee Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie—George Herbert. March 20, 1912 POLITICAL PROBABILITIES. There seems to be a good deal of quick action in politics this season— more than usual. There are such swift changes of the scenery that it is more difficult to see all that is go- ing on than to watch all three Tings in the circus. It is off again, on again, gone again, and this applies alike to State and National affairs. A few weeks ago Roosevelt was really and truly not a candidate for the presidency; now his hat is in the ring, and so is he. Not long ago LaFol lette, of Wisconsin, was earnestly campaigning for favorabie consider- ation; he is out of the race now and admits it. Taft alone of the figure in the National game is unchanged, a candidate for another term and hope- ful. On the Democratic side there js: almost as much jockeying as amone the Republicans, with first one up and then another and no certainty as yet who will stick to the finish at Balti- more in June. In State politics the situation is even more kaleidescopic. A few weeks ago Governor Osborn and _ Senator William Alden Smith were singing a beautiful duet of mutual love and ad- miration and the names of Taft. Smith and Osborn were always link- ed that the people of Michigan might speak of these great men in the same breath. But a change has taken place. Osborn is now for Roosevelt. Smith is said to be for Taft. And there is no duet singing any more and no exchanges of bouquets. Os- born’s espousal of the progressive cause is certain to develop a candi- date against him for the nomination for governor. Smith’s adherence to ancient traditions will lose for him the clear field for re-election whicha few weeks ago seemed certainly to be his. Who will be the candidate for governor has not yet developed, but Herbert F. Baker has announc- ed that he will contest for the sena- torial honors. Baker is Speaker of the present House of Representatives at Lansing. He stands high in the State Grange. He is prominent in several of the popular fraternal or- ders. He is a good speaker, with a wide State acquaintance and a good public record. He is a_ progressive and is not afraid to tell why. He is not so rich that questions will be asked as to where he got it. His home is in Cheboygan, which should appeal to the Northern Michigan vote and at the same time make the eastern part of the State feel kindly toward him. With Baker in the field Wil- liam Alden Smith, even although he has the Federal patronage at_ his command and the Federal machine at his back, will have no easy race be- fore him. Julius Caesar Burrows two years ago had all the advantages which Smith now enjoys and it is a matter of easy memory to recall what happened to him. The cases are not entirely parallel, but there is enough similarity between them to give one side worry and the other hope. The senatorial nomination will be made by the people direct, not by the pol- iticians, and the people at times want changes in the high places. March 20, 1912 UNION DEMANDS SCRUTINIZED If work in the coal mines comes to a stop on April 1, as now seems prob- able, as soon as the situation becomes in the least distressing to the consum- ing public, it may ‘be expected there will be a revival of the demand for compulsory arbitration, governmen- tal interference or some other reme- dy. These demands will be encour- aged, as usual, by labor leaders who have nothing to lose, politicians who hope to win votes, newspapers of a certain type and an easily led public sympathy. These demands will be manufactured or emotional, not such as would be based on common sense and a true understanding of the sit- uation. The suspension of work in the mines hinges on the mine owners conceding an eight hour day and an increase of 20 per cent. in the pay. To show what this means, let a dollar represent the pay for a ten hour work day, which, of course, is much below the actual wage paid. At the dollar a day scale, however, the rate would be ten cents an hour. The demand is for $1.20 for eight hours work, or at the rate of 15 cents an hour, equiva- lent to an increase of 50 Per cent. in the wage scale. How many manu- facturers in Michigan could stand such an advance in wages? What would the merchants and storekeep- ers say if their clerks came forward with such a request? Is it surprising that the mine owners should balk when such a demand is placed before them? An additional clause in the miners demand is that the mine owners shall act as the collectors of the union dues; that what is due from members to the union shall be deducted from the payroll and handed over in a lump to the union officers. This would make the office of collector of dues a sine- cure and woud save the union from losses through members forgetting to pay; it would make the union a pre- ferred creditor as against the grocer or the landlord in the handling of the union members’ pay. This de- mand would not be insisted upon, but that it should be made illustrates to what lengths unionism would go. To sympathize with the workers is almost a matter of habit in this coun- try, and it is a habit that is creditable to the American kindness of heart. But sometimes this sympathy is mis- placed and not understandingly given. What is really needed is public edu- cation not in sympathy but in justice. We should learn to submit demands that may be made in the name of labor to the same scrutiny of reason and right to which we give demands that come from other sources. In the case of the coal miners, the industry is “unionized.” Leadership in the coal miners’ union, as in the other unions, is gained not by those who are known for their wisdom, good judgment, hon- esty and prudence, but by the fellows who can talk the loudest, hit the hardest and promise the most. Uned- ucated, untrained, often unscrupulous and usually puffed up by alittle brief authority, these leaders feel that they must justify their leadership, and a great industry may be tied up and the whole country be made to suf- MICHIGAN fer because employers can not. see their way clear to conceding the ex- tortionate demands that may be made. With the strike on, no matter how unjustifiable the leaders appeal for sympathy, the politicians with labor votes to win take up the cry, a cer- tain class of newspapers join them and the impression is sought to be given that the employers are hard hearted oppressors. How this works was very well illustrated in Grand Rapids last summer during the furni- ture strike. When a strike is ordered by the union it is proclaimed as a fight in behalf of labor, but the facts are that it is for the exclusive and sole bene- fit of that small portion of labor which may belong to the union. There may be a thousand men every bit as worthy and as needy of the employ- ment willing to take the places of 100 who may be on strike and at the wages that are offered, but to let any one of these outsiders have a chance forms no part of the union philoso- phy. The non-union man may be hun- gry and his children in rags, but is he permitted to find work where it is offered? Not if the union man can prevent it. The American people need to be educated in the divine and what should be the constitutional right of every man to find employ- ment for the support of himself and his family, and no small body of men under reckless and irresponsible lead- ership should be permitted to dictate to a whole industry or make terms which in results will be felt by the entire country. Instead of demanding compulsory arbitration it would be more credit- able to American good sense if the demand were for the open shop, the right of every man to work without dictation or interference and the sup- pression of leaders of the agitator class who make it their business to foment trouble between employer and employe. Honest toil is deserving of all the sympathy that can be bestow- ed upon it, but it should be borne in mind that non-union labor is as hon- est and as deserving of sympathy as union, and there is infinitely more of it and because it is not organized is the more reason why it should be protected and the square deal de- manded for it. SHORTAGE IN PROVISIONS. The recent cold snaps have render- ed shortage in fruit and vegetables in many markets, although there was an abundance of material within the radius of a dozen miles, simply be- cause mercury maintaining a steady place below the zero point promised only frozen products as a reward for the enterprise required in marketing them. One local dealer, however, deter- mined that he would have potatoes, and offered to take all risk of deliv- ery providing they were hauled ac- cording to his directions. His plan was simple and effective. Thick, heavy blankets were first laid in the bot- tom of the sled, and the bushel crates neatly packed in side by side. In the front and rear ends of the sled were left two vacant places large enough for a crate. In each.of these TRADESMAN Then the blankets, the sides of which were left to hang over the sled box, were gathered together and folded tightly over the potato crates, enclosing and distributing throughout the load the heat from the two lanterns. “One lantern will do,” asserted the confi- dent buyer; “but two are better.” No one who has given the lantern process a trial will dowbt the efficien- cy of the plan. Yet it is wise for the man who knows what he is talk- ing about to guarantee the risk. If he really wants the produce this is the quick way to secure it. The man who has his goods safe in the cellar and sees no probability of prices go- ing down is not going to start out with his team just for the fun of floundering through snow banks: or seeing how much cold his tubers will stand. But let the merchant signify that he wants the goods bad enough to take the risk, and it is a different matter. Show him how to deliver in perfect condition, and he will take pride in following directions, as you will take pleasure and find profit in supplying necessities when your fel- low tradesmen only cry, “Potato famine.” It is no light matter to al- low a scarcity of the commodities of life, a lighted lantern was placed. EL It is a good thing that a man can change his mind without obliged to change his clothes. being GROUND HOG VINDICATED. At various times and in different ways the scientists have endeavored to discredit the ground hog as a weather prophet. Statistics have been cited and weather records have been brought forward to prove that the best the gound hog can do is to make a guess as to what will happen and that he guesses as often wrong as right. With no desire to take up the continued controversy between the scientists and the ground hog it will be pretty generally conceded that in so far as this winter has been con- cerned the hog has been vindicated. The sun shone the day he came out of his hole to look around, and taking this as a bad sign he ducked back for another nap. And the next day a blizzard came and the first blizzard was followed by another and then an- other, and they kept coming. The six weeks period set by the ground hog for his second nap expired last Friday and perhaps it was good guessing and perhaps just a coincidence, but the day before the time limit expired brought one of the wildest storms of the season, putting a fine finish to the prediction of February 2. The scien- tists may scoff, but this winter ought to establish the ground hog more firmly than ever in popular esteem as a prophet of character and ability. In- cidentally it may be remarked that the Weather Bureau has been known to miss its guess. \ \ \ — SUNBEAM GOODS N . Are Madeto ~—S > WZ S. Co NE, > Wear —=SUN-BEAM ee TRADE -MARK SUNBEAM GOODS Are Strongly Advertised OB = oa =—=— — Get the Catalogs To-day F you haven't Catalog No. 8 showing Harness, Collars and Whips, the Implement Catalog or our new Trunk, Suit Case and Bag Catalogs, get busy right now and write for them. Learn what the BEST really is. Near Wayne County Bldg. Brown & Sehler Co. SS es Z A.T. Knowlson Gas and Electric 99-103 Congress St. East, Detroit Home of Sunbeam Goods Grand Rapids, Mich. 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A statement recent- CA Boies el Bae road trip are a factor in the prices of vertised. ly issued is a comparison with the ee + hath ok Te merchandise, besides many of u pe e : ° ine e@ tailors, b . : ; : Advertising matter on Detroit's horse-drawn system, and emphasizes Liege: ee ied them | ES children or sweethearts wait ee Lees ee : : Bee i i : - troit, have recently associ eae Ee a oe Cadillaqua Carnival, which begins the advantages of the motor truck, The faa oe for us at home, hence the ac July 22 and continues for four days and nights, is distributed States being throughout the United and Canada. Newspapers are being ask- ed to publish articles on the fete, with invitations to visit the city during the event. Here is part of the first official statement made by the pub- lictiy Department of the Carnival: “Cadillaqua this year will commem- orate the two hundred and eleventh anniversary of the founding of De- troit by Antoine de la Mothe Cadil- lac. The unique and significant his- tory attached to the early days of the city affords an extraordinary op- portunity for the presentation of land and water pageants of more than passing interest. “Cadillaqua takes its name from Cadillac and the Latin noun for wa- ter. The name was chosen as a re- sult of a competition to which more than 28,000 entries were made. They came from competitofs in all of the states and territories of the United States, and most of the towns and cities of Canada. As the name vould Suggest, the carnival will take place on the water largely. For this pur- pose the ideally located Detroit Riv- er and the lagoon-laden Belle Isle will be utilized. Among the water events will be yacht and motor boat races, contested by the fastest craft in America and Europe, rowing races between world-famous crews, swim- ming races for both sexes, canoe rac- es, a canoe carnival, a magnificent naval parade, and two gorgeous wa- ter pageants on which ingenuity and many thousands of dollars will be ex- pended. Za “Cadillaqua’s historical and indus- trial parades on land will be larger, costlier and more representative than any similar pageant ever undertaken in this country. An automobile pa- rade will include $25,000,000 worth of beautifully decorated motor cars, and will serve to demonstrate Detroit’s supremacy in this distinctive indus- try. The display of fireworks, which will start the carnival, will have a definite connection with Detroit’s genesis and will be the most costly, the cost complicated and the most beautiful pyrotechnical arrangement ever touched off.” The relative efficiency of motor and horse drawn vehicles was tested recently.by the Acme White Lead & Color Works. They have had ‘in operation a five-ton truck, and since its installation have béen keeping a strict account of its performance and The truck took the place of two terms and two men, but for a month both were in operation in order to While the two teams were only able to carry 250 tons of material during the month, the truck, during the same period, carried loads aggregating 789 tons. The teams covered 1,144 miles, against 1,430 miles by the truck. The biggest surprise was regarding ex- pense. It took $229.16 to maintain the two teams—pay wages of drivers and feed for the horses. The motor truck involved an expenditure of $152.10. This included the wages of the driver, gasoline and oil. It not only cost $77.06 less to maintain the truck for the given month, but with it they were able to cover 286 more miles and carry 530 more tons of ma- terial. A record like this is convinc- ing and conclusively proves the claims made by manufacturers. make the comparison. How effective has been the cam- paign in behalf of Priscilla Inn and the great need which it will meet among young girl wage earners, is demonstrated by the response which is coming from all quarters. The members of the Finance Committee are jubilant over the fact that they are now in possession of $80,000. One subscription was for $2,500 worth of stock in the pretty new hotel which will be started at Cass avenue and Ledyard street as soon as the requir- ed $100,000 is in. It is felt that with the extension of information concern- ing conditions that hamper the beauty- loving, life-loving young girl who spends her days in the service of oth- ers, little trouble will be experienc- ed in acquiring the necessary funds. The Elmer store announces the opening of seven new departments which have been added to this down- town store, which will make it dis- tinctly a store for women and one of the most convenient shopping places in the city, inasmuch as the new de- partments are all located on the main floor and within easy access. The new departments are corsets, gloves, hosiery, underwear, muslin under- wear, jewelry, neckwear, leather goods and umbrellas and parasols. The Detroit Steel Products Com- pany has received a large Govern- ment contract for fenestra windows, to go into all of the shop buildings of the new United States naval sta tion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Building permits taken last out selves in a_ partnership. Barnes & Bader. establishment is R. street. will be known as The new tailoring located at 18 John Two steamers have been chartered for the annual outing of the Retail Grocers’ Association which will be held- at Tashmoo Park July 31. eae Asks For Courteous Treatment. The life of a traveling salesman up- the road is one continual round of pleasure, as some appear to think, but, rather, the contrary, therefore without being personal, the object of this appeal is to ask your co-operation in trying to alleviate some of the unnecessary evils that be- on not Set his path. This can be accom- plished if buyers would recognize more fully the importance of a sales- man’s time by giving him their at- tention at the earliest moment con- sistent with their other duties, and also if they would fulfill all definite ability of conserving time. Promises not fulfilled are far are common than you might suspect. snd the bad feature of this is the Jo: of time, and disappointment to the «jes. man, and sometimes disappointinent leads to other things. At any rate, it would seem that a good portion these evils could be eradicated if hi ers would be more considerate. \Ve have no unions, and therefore are more or less at their tender mercy. Your assistance is asked. A Traveling Salesman ———— >< —__ Fame: To have your name paged by the “buttons” of a fashionable ho- tel. KEMBERLING & BLISS (English and German) EXPERT MERCHANDISE AUCTIONEERS 516 Chamber of Commerce, Detroit, Mich. Manufacturers FOR USE OVER GAS, GASOLINE AND BLUE FLAME OIL BURNERS Order of your jobber, or A. T. Knowlson Company, The APEX BREAD TOASTER TOASTS BREAD AS YOU LIKE IT Detroit, Mich. Butter, Eggs and receivers of receive prompt returns Dressed Veal On Consignment Give us your shipments and Schiller & Koffman WE ARE SPOT CASH BUYERS and Poultry 323-25-27 RUSSELL ST. DETROIT Uf A perfect cold storage for Poultry and all kinds of Fruits and Produce. Eggs ee with us usually sell at a premium of ac per dozen. Liberal advances. Railroad facilities the best. Absolutely fireproof. Correspondence solicited. S SQ March 20, 1912 PARCELS POST Meets With Active Opposition on All Sides, Washington, March 18—Advocates of parcels post have learned there is no likelihood of the Senate Postoffice Committee reporting a bill providing rates regardless of distance upon mer- chandise. Commercial clubs and sim- ilar organizations have represented that such carriage would be hostile to local industrial development. The big retail mail order houses have been anxious for a flat rate. They have grown upon this carriage up to four-pounds limit. They want to ex- tend this now to eleven pounds and later place the limit much higher. The Senate Committee is working upona zone system like Germany’s. Oppo- nents of parcels post say that, if we must follow European examples in our country of long distances, this would be far preferable to a flat Tate. Realizing this situation, emissaries of retail mail order houses have furi- ously bombarded the House. Not only members of the Postoffice Com- mittee but many other representatives have been threatened with defeat if they did not strive to secure such leg- islation. The report now is that the House Postoffice Committee has bowed to the will of the retail mail order house, that the Committee has agreed upon a bill to be reported within a few days. Members of the Committee are pledged to secrecy re- garding its contents. The first report was that this bill povided only an experimental rural route service and a Commission to investigate the opera- tion and effects of parcels post: sys- tems abroad. Other information is that a general flat rate of 12 cents a pound is provided with the limit rais- ed to eleven pounds and rural rates beginning with one cent for each two ounces and graduated upon a scale up to a carriage of eleven pounds for 25 cents. ; This new legislation is said to be attached to the House appropriation bill for postoffices. The advocates of parcels post have felt that, although the Senate Committee has discarded the flat rate proposition by attaching it to an appropriation bill, the sen- ators would have to surrender their convictions. Under the Holman rule of some years ago such measures might be attached to appropriation bills if they made reductions and not Whether the rider sticks remains to be seen. It is said that these provisions were. attached to the appropriation bill at the request of the Postmaster-General. That the whole propaganda for par- cels post aims at Government owner- ship and operation of railroads and other socialistic schemes, with the effect of wiping out state lines and local self-government, in the building of a huge centralized system is ap- parent. Advocates of parcels post claim that the whole tendency of the times is toward centralization of trade and government. Louis D. Brandeis recently showed the House Commit- tee investigating the steel trust that centralization did not make for effi- ciency, but, that since the organiza- increases. MICHIGAN tion of this trust, the United States had fallen far, behind other nations in production of steel. The Postmaster-General has used as argument a situation to which he has contributed, to say that our do- mestic rate must be brought down to equal international rates, made not by Congress but by the Postoffice De- partment. The average length of haul for each pound of merchandise under domestic rates is 687 miles. The aver- age length of haul for each pound under the international conventions is less than 200 miles. Under the in- terational rate a fraction of a pound is charged as much as a pound. The annual report of the Postmaster-Gen- eral for 1902, page 535, stated: “Of the parcels received from Germany more than 35 per cent. are delivered in the cities of New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, Boston, Phil- adelphia, Baltimore and Washington, and more than 72% per cent. are de- livered east of the Mississippi.” Congressman Griest, of Pennsyl- vania, has introduced a bill for pro- viding carrier service in the smaller cities and towns not having the same. Many citizens of such towns complain that they have to pay box rent or fre- quently wait in line at the general de- livery and believe they ought to have this service before parcels post is add- ed. Only about half of the farmers yet have rural free delivery. Those yet deprived of it say that Congress should not add extras to routes now established before giving them this service. Congressman Goeke, of Ohio, has introduced a bill for parcels express. This is said to eliminate many of the objections to the ordinary parcels post as a delivery system for retail mail order houses. It provides for condemnation of the express com- panies and fines against all railroad companies refusing to carry parcels at such rates as the Interstate Com- merce Commission shall determine. Advocates of parcels post have been calling wholesale and retail merchants ‘ parasites upon our economic system. Edward B. Moon, Secretary of the American League of Associations, demonstrated that the wholesaler en- abled the manufacturer to use capital in production which otherwise he must employ in marketing his prod- ucts; that the wholesaler by taking a consignment of manufactured goods frequently finances a meritorious struggling industry; and that his ex- tension of credits to the retailer en- ables the retailer to credit his patrons. To bring the country suddenly to a cash business, necessary if concen- trated in great retail mail order cen- ters, would work hardship. He show- ed that the profits of these retail mail order houses were usually greater than those of wholesaler and retailer combined and that, if present meth- ods of trade distribution were de- stroyed through parcels post the country might look for a trust of great retail mail order houses. It has been argued before the Sen- ate Committee that rural carrier wag- ons are now seldom filled and that lowering the rate and increasing the weight limit would fill these. Lower- TRADESMAN ing of rates upon second-class mat- ter is not advocated to just fill each mail sack and no more. It has been shown that many rural carriers trav- el on horseback and use motorcycles, and that additional equipment would be necessary; that many _postoffices would have to be enlarged or rebuilt and many employes added, if first and second-class matter is not to suffer continuously the delays of the Christ- mas season. Bred EF. Loftin. Ban on Saccharine in Foods. By a vote of two to one the Board of Cabinet Officers charged with the enforcement of the pure food law has entered a final decision against the use of saccharine in prepared foods. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Secretary of Commerce and La- bor Nagel confirmed the decision that li food containing saccharine was adul- terated. Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh dissented. One month’s grace will be given manufacturers to arrange for the elimination of saccharine. The decision settles a controversy of nearly four years’ standing. Secre- tary of Agriculture Wilson, by direc- tion of former President Roosevelt, having referred the question of the use of saccharine in foods to the Board of Scientific Experts for their investigation and report. TRADE WINNERS Pop Corn Poppers, Peanut Roasters and Combination Machines. Many Srvies. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Send for Catalog. CINGERY MFG. CO,, 106-108 E. Pear! St. ,Cincinnati,0. each customer. The Coming Universal Staple— HOLLAND RUSK To make its excellent qualities and many uses better known. we have now ready for distribution our beautifully illustrated booklet: ‘“‘The Dainty Dutch Delicacy”’ Will you help to place this in the hands of YOUR CUSTOMERS? Send us a list of names of best customers and your rubber stamp and we will mail these booklets with your name stamped on inside cover page to Rubber stamp and list will be promptly returned. SAMPLE OF BOOKLET SENT ON REQUEST Holland Rusk Co. : Holland, Mich. [NCREASE AOt ary bY requesting your cus- tomers to write for one of these books. They are absolutely free. THE FLEISCHMANN CO. 427 Plum Street, CINCINNATI, - OHIO. Our cases have many improvements—superior to all others. Prices lower. Why? Be- cause we manufacture in reality only ONE STYLE in quantities and are satisfied with a smaller margin. Write for catalog and prices. : FISHER SHOW CASE CO., 886-888 Wealthy Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich. (PROMPT SHIPPERS) “Where Quality Rules” Case No. 11 fi : f ‘in the fields. 12 MICHIGAN = = o. = New Methods Displacing Old Style Hennery. The old-fashioned hen with head- quarters in the barnyard and an im- provised roost of rough poles under the shed, had the whole range of the farm. She would select her nesting place in the haymow, in the straw- stack, in unusual mangers, under out- buildings not set close to the ground, sometimes in orchard and meadow; and once selected it was hers by right of original entry and no vandal fowl dared disturb. Eggs in those days came to the table fresh, like the butter churned from cream of milk drawn from udders of healthy kine No packing nor cold storage there, no musty taste, no sug- gestion that the eggs had come to us from the period of Rameses. The old-fashioned hen lived the .simple life, and her eggs seemed to partake of lush, grasses, wild flowers and clover blossoms and the flesh of those fowls was as sweet and tender as that of the peaches and apples which grew in the old orchard. The old-time hen mother would turn her head aside and look with an eye of doubt at the royal ones which never knew the nest, the care of the mater and the proud strutting and crowing of the pater familias in the presence of a new brood hatched in the way that was an inspiration of the ancient days the patient, self-sacri- ficing sitting on the eggs; the delight of the first chipping of a shell; the place of accouchment being selected by herself; the initial chirp of the initial chick; the advent of the whole brood of little ones; the sublime guarding of them by the mother and the fierce, bellicose, defiant mien of the father against all that seems to be of preda- tory, whether human, animal or car- nivorous bird, are features of the old methods, delighting, sentimental, poetic, that are unknown to _ blue- bloods produced artificially. The old- fashioned hen would cast eyes at these far more doubting, if not con- temptuous, than any that take in the unfortunate figure of the incubator baby. Of course the primitive kind of nesting that has come down from the ancient forbears of the gallinacious race is still in vogue on a million farms, but the invasion of the incu- bator and brooder may be said to be universal. Breeders for eggs and for the poultry market and for magnifi- cent fancy fowls must use it perforce for production on any considerable scale. But the two artificial ma- chines for forcing the creation of chickens and eggs has gone farther than this. Volumes have been pub- lished telling how any person hav- ing a back yard to his dwelling may use the incubator and brooder with amazing profit, if all the stories are to be believed, which seem to be au- thentic. Although it doubtless mark- ed the beginning of a wonderful evo- lution of the blue-blooded cock and hen, the primitive nesting would nev- er produce a fascinating exhibit. As a matter of course Noah se- lected the domestic fowl among the first of the feathered genus to enter his yacht, and not solely for the pur- pose of perpetuating their species, but also that the family might have chick- en roast, stewed and saute, with waf- fles and griddle cakes; and eggs fried, poached, shirred, boiled three minutes by the ship’s chronometer, or in the form of plain and fancy omelettes; but how long before that the domes- tication came of the wild birds no history tells. At times it seemed that the propa- gation of the domestic fowl was waning, concludes the Pittsburg Dis- patch. Hundreds of years ago in his “The Governeur,” Sir T. Eylot wrote that “It is ryght lykely that within a short space of years our familiar poltrie shall be as scarce as be now patrriche and fesaunt.” Certainly the prophecy has been proven false. — 7+ ++ ___ Storing Table Grapes. Six years ago the Department of Agriculture began to investigate the problem of storing table grapes. The importations- of fresh grapes from Spain during the present season amount to nearly 900,000 barrels, which have sold at wholesale prices ranging from $2.50 to $7 per barrel. In the meantime the California, grape- growing industry has been making steady progress, and it is now clear that unless some way can be found either to broaden the area over which the fruit may be distributed, or to lengthen the marketing season, the industry will soon be face to face with the serious problem of over-pro- duction. The Spanish packers have heretofore had a great advantage over their American rivals in being able to secure at small cost the ground cork, without which, as a filler, the grapes will not ship or keep well. This material being both scarce and expensive in California, persistent ef- forts were made to find a satisfac- tory substitute. After a number of failures, the redwood sawdust, which is a waste product of sawmills, was found to be not only as good as the ground cork, but in some ways even better, provided it is dry and the finer particles are removed. Of the varieties of grapes experimented with last autumn, the Emperor was found TRADESMAN to possess the best keeping quali- ties; it may be held from ninety to one hundred and ten days. It might be well for the Department of Agri- culture to keep an eye on Luther Bur- bank and follow his example of com- bining keeping qualities with flavor— a point too often neglected. —2.2.2——— Plenty of Provisions. A lumberman was wrecked on a desert island in the Pacific ocean, and was slowly starving. Each day he walked the beach and vainly search- ed the horizon for a sail. Then he had an inspiration. He decided to write a message on a piece of pa- per, place it in a bottle, and cast it adrift, in the hope that some vessel would find it floating and pick it up and come to the rescue. Being a lum- berman he had the bottle. He went down into his pocket after a piece of paper on which to write the message, and all he found was a fire insurance policy. He started to read it, and found enough provisions in it to last six months. re ooo A farmer does not need a medical diploma in order to be able to cure pork. March 20, 191° POP CORN We are in the market for old or new crop shelled or on the ear. If any to offer please write us. Alfred J. Brown Seed Co. Grand Rapids WANTED Butter, Eggs, Veal and Poultry STROUP & WIERSUM Successors to F. E. Stroup, Grand Rapids, Mich. 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Wager, Toledo, Ohio Wholesale distributors of potatoes and other farm pro- ducts in car loads only. We act as agents for the shipper. Write for information. SUCRENE Wm. Alden Smith Bldg. The ideal dairy feed. Palatable. Digestible, Nutritous; increases milk production. Stands the test with the World’s Largest Milk Producers. A money maker for the dealer. ROY BAKER, Agent Grand Rapids, Mich. March 20, 1912 MINCE PIE IN HISTORY. Originally Seasoned Pie of Shredded Mutton, Apropos the Washington decision as to what constitutes real mince meat, the story of the career of the mince pie is worth relating. over the Christmas Its sway has been long, for its origin is lost in the midst of the cuisine of the Middle Ages. In the literature of the late Tudor times we often find it refer- red to under various names, affections such as mutton pye, shred pye, Christmas pye, December pye, as well as under va- tiations of its present name, such as An Eng- the seventeenth minced pie and minct pye. lish writer of cen- tury in a Christmas ode says: ; “Without the door let sorrow lie, And if for cold it hap to die We'll bury it in a Christmas pie, And evermore be merry.” But it is curious how the contents of the mince pie has changed. Orig- shredded mutton or inally its basis was mutton, or minced, hence “shred” “minced” pie. This mutton, in hon- or of the season, was specially flavor- ed ‘with various sweets, such as rais- ins, currants and spices. The mix- ture was then baked in oblong crusts, the shape of which was supposed by some to refer to the manger in which the Holy Child was laid. was not inappropriately known by the the By de- proportion of .-meat to This crust 5 c ee al ”? quaint name of coffin. grees the sweetmeat diminished, and nowadays it is often wholly omitted and the mince meat is merely a conglomera- tion of currants, raisins and apples, with only suet to represent the ani- mal world. In Puritan days the mince pie fell on evil days, for to the rigid ideas of the Roundheads: Plum broth was popish and mince pie— Oh, that was flat idolatry. In 1647 the Parliament ordained that the nativity of Christ should be no longer observed. Chistmas day was to be kept as ordinary days. Naturally enough this edict caused a great outcry, among those who did not hold these ascetic views, and an Oxford scholar bemoaned that at his hall “the scholars came into the hall, where their stomachs had thought to have found good brawne and Christmas pie, roast beef and plum porridge, but no such matter. Away, ye profane! These are super- stitious meats. Your stomachs must be fed with sound doctrine.” This very name of Christmas, with its hateful allusion to the “mass,” was anathema to the Puritans, so the term Christmas pie quickly disappeared even when the pie itself was found, and “mince pie” alone it became, and remains to this day. But with the Restoration the mince pie promptly came into its own again, and Pepys tells us that on Christmas Eve his wife sat up until 4 in the morning seeing her maids make mince pies. We might well apply here his hungry MICHIGAN TRADESMAN favorite wretch.” ——_»~+~>—____ Advantages of ‘Refrigeration. The use of the refrigerating plant, its conveniences and advantages to- ward economy and health have been impressed so forcibly on a member of the Pittsburgh meat trade that he has written the following: “Electric-driven refrigerating plants for butchers, meat packers, grocers, bottlers and milk distributors have be- come a necessity in every city and practically every large modern plant in the Pittsburgh district is now us- ing electric motors to operate this machinery in place of steam or gas engines. “The economy and superior results obtained by mechanical refrigeration in stores and plants of this kind have displaced the old method of packing the storage boxes with ice. The dry, cold air where mechanical refrigera- tion is used has been found to be of much greater value in preserving meats and vegetables. In fact, fresh meats are found to have improved in flavor and tenderness by keeping them in cold storage for from one month to six weeks. As a result, high- er prices are secured for such meats. “Very attractive glass cases con- taining cooling coils connected to re- frigerating systems are used in stores and shops for the display of- meats, fish, vegetables and other perishable provisions. Eatables so kept look tempting to customers and the result has been that sales have largely in- creased and new customers have been attracted. Meat scraps trimmed and other waste that were formerly allow- ed to stand in barrels to attract flies to the store are now frozen in cans to prevent decomposition until the garbage man arrives to cart them away. This helps to keep down the fly nuisance and make the store clean, sanitary and wholesome.” epithet of her — “poor _——_.-2-- American Apples in Norway. Approximately one-half of the apples imported into Norway are American. The exact amount imported is not ascertainable owing to the large quan- tities transshipped from Germany and England and not in all cases credited to the United States. Statistics show that in 1910 there were imported into Norway 3,279,056 pounds of apples and pears, mostly apples, pear imports being small. From Great Britain there came 1,425,732 pounds, valued at $104,215; from the United States direct, 1,099,538 pounds, valued at $80,373; from Germany, 676,236 pounds, valued at $49,417; from Den- mark, 41,206 pounds; from Australia, 14,102 pounds; and from Canada, 5,610 pounds. Most of the American apples coming to Stavanger are purchased by local importers in Hull and _ Liverpool, through agents who generally buy the apples at auction and supply the Stavan- ger firms as the demand requires many of the Stavanger orders being sent by telegram, the apples reaching here in two days. The price paid wholesale to the English firms for the American apples is 20s. to 25s. ($4.86 to $6.07) per barrel of 60 kilos (132% pounds.) The duty is 0.12 crown ($0.03)per kilo or about $1.97 per barrel. American apples sell at retail in Stav- anger at ‘II to 16 cents per kilo, choicest varieties selling later the in the Im- porters all state they have lost money (some report losses of $100 to $400) on American apples this season because season at 21 to 29 cents per kilo. Notices have appeared (Feb. 17) in the local papers offering American apples.that are not choice and have begun to decay at 2% cents per kilo. The varieties of American apples sold in largest quantities on this market are the Baldwin, Kingston, Ben Davis, and Russet.—U. S. Consul at Stavanger. a When the wolf is at the door we are not likely to have any other call- ers. so many failed to keep. PEAGO CK ER} /4\ INI (0) For Easter Display Ham, Bacon Peacock Brand The people will be drawn by its attractive appearance and your customers pleased by the excellent quality of the goods. 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No one can be a music virtuoso, for instance, without infinite practice. The Abbe Liszt used to say that when he neglected his scales one day he noticed it in his perform- ance; two days his friends noticed it; three days and the public noticed it. That absolute precision, that ma- chine-like and almost uncanny accu- racy, which amazes you in Kubelik or Pachmann or Paderewski, simply means hours upon heaped-up hours of going over the same things. There is no other road to such efficiency. “Repetitio mater studiorium,” goes the adage; repetition is the mother of This is the secret of learn- ing a foreign language if you want to know. It is aptitude for tongues, it is not learning grammar and vocabulary, it is the se- lecting of a number of the most un- usual forms of speech and repeating them often enough. So a_ skillful carpenter, butcher, painter, cabinetmaker, golf player, en- gineer, cheese expert or what-not; the number of times is the answer to the mystery. learning. not an strange We are quite right, therefore, in seeking experienced workmen. Even in the subtler arts this is true. Take writing, for instance. The general public do not realize to what extent good writing is mere practice; how little of it is divine afflatus and how much of it is regular daily grind. Dr. Johnson went so far as to say that any man could write well if he set himself doggedly to it. Jack London says the same thing, and if any read- er of this has the cacoethes scribendi, or writer’s itch, let him produce, pro- duce, produce, every day, just as he would go about learning wood-carv- ing or typewriting. That easy, flow- ing, fascinatingly careless style you so much fancy in your most admired au- thor is the result of boundless pains and practice. But routine is not enough. You must have diversion. You can do much better work if you go away and come back to it again. In some strange way, when we lay a thing by and then return to it, we bring to it a peculiar illumination. Robert Louis Stevenson advised that one write his stuff, then leave it alone a week or a month and let it simmer, and then take it up again. Many a woman would be a better mother if she could go out awhile and play. The parson ought to go fishing often. The learned judge and bishop ought to have some pasture where they can retire and romp and kick their heels. So that whenever you find any inef- ficient or unbalanced or cranky or morbid or slip-shod work, you may rest assured it is due to one of two things—either the man has not rou- tine enough, or he has not diversion enough. It is so even in character. Consis- tency is a fetich that has spoiled many a worthy soul. Anyone who tries unremittingly to live up to some ideal he has marked out for himself becomes in a measure false and arti- ficial. Be yourself. Be as different from your reputed self as you feel. Give yourself scope. Let yourself Go out into the woods, if neces- sary, and whoop and yell. Then you can come home and do your little task of living up to your reputation much better. And, of course, the contrary is true. [f a man is all whoop and yell, and freedom, and doing as he pleases, he will never get that technique that comes only self-control and routine. One must mix routine and diversion to make life, jist as a woman mixes sour milk and soda to make biscuit. _——-2. 2a Talent in the kitchen and a balance in the bank should form a combina- tion for generating domestic bliss. for go. from TRADESMAN Learn To Do Better. There are undoubtedly thousands of mediocre stenographers employed in the world. Why do they not become experts? There are offices where not more than fifteen or twenty letters a day are turned out. Why do not the women employed in such offices use their spare time to. perfect their shorthand? Yet they complain of the monotony of their work, but monot- ony does not travel in the company of the expert. It is more often the companion of the inefficient and dis- couraged woman. The woman whose soul is truly pierced by the iron of monotonous and uncongenial work will use all her powers to fit herself for something better. She may have to endure the iron for a time, but only for a time. She soon rises to better things. It is the same on other spheres of life. It is rarely the excellent and perfect housekeeper who complains of the monotony of domestic life, but the woman who is an incompetent and careless housekeeper nearly al- ways does. That monotony*is deadly every one acknowledges, but so are complaints. No Polishing Required of fire plating which makes them durable. New York Denver March 20, 1912 The best way to avoid both is to work up and out of them. —_---.—___ To Help Out at Lunch Hour. Nearly all merchants, and especial- ly those who employ but 4 few clerks, usually find themselves short of help at lunch hour, and lose trade thereby. A good plan made use of by some retailers to remedy this dif- ficulty is to keep a record of each clerk’s time out during the lunch hour, and give them credit, either in cash, or in holidays, for the time they save for the store by returning in less than their allotted hour. You will, with this arrangement, find most clerks will have from one to two weeks holidays coming to them asa result of time saved at lunch hours. These holidays they can take during the dull seasons, and it will simplify the handling of your noon hour trade. As a rule, clerks are glad to adopt this plan, and to make either extra pay or holiday time.’ —_22.-.___ Particular. “Is she proper?” “Proper? She’s so darn proper she won't even accompany a man on the ‘piano without a chaperon.” Brecht’s Sanitary Steel Meat Racks Tin or Nickel-plated, with Detachable Hooks These Racks are perfect in construction, ornamental in appearance, and superior to anything heretofore offered to the trade. Hooks are detachable and can be removed and replaced quickly. Rails are locked in brackets and can’t be lifted out when in use. but are quickly unlocked and easily removed. Wood uprights. nicely varnished, with screws in place to receive brackets, furnished with each rack. Brackets can be lifted off post or uprights. Uprights are fastened to the wall and brackets hung in their respective places. : The rails with hooks attached are laid on the brackets. There are not any Racks made finer in appearance and finish. They are nickel-plated by the Electric Process also go through a process : ake Our tin-plated racks are tinned in strictly pure tin and will not rust. They will improve the Appearance of any market. and on account of their con- struction are strictly sanitary and easily cleaned, and are always bright and shining. WE CAN MAKE TO ORDER ANY COMBINATION OF RAILS DESIRED Write us for prices and any information regarding market outfits, etc. Dep't **K.” THE BRECHT COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1853 MAIN SacTORIES” 1201-1215 Cass Ave., ST. LOUIS. U. S. A. San Francisco Hamburg Buenos Aires to be most convenient for you. Dig with it—Scratch with it—Pry with it. Just Try One in the Brown Sugar Bin No More Sticky Fingers to Wash a Dozen Times Does Not Save You More Than Fifty Cents the First Week, Send it Back to Your Jobber. Smith’s Sanitary It is made of the best quality steel. heavily nickel-plated, and just the size Worth of “‘Cuss Words” a. ss ff & Scoop Does the Work Every Day. If it Use the four steel fingers instead of your own. They are stronger, more sanitary and ‘‘so easy to clean."’ A Money-back Guarantee with every scoop if you are not perfectly satisfied with it. SMITHS SANITARY SCOOP! PALL APPUED £8 YOUR JOBBER SELLS THEM AT FIFTY CENTS EACH. Add one or two to the next order you give the salseman, THE RESULTS WILL PLEASE YOU, EK. R. SMITH If your jobber does not carry them in stock, se address, and I will send you a scoop by prepaid express. nu ue fifty cents in stamps with his name and -: Oshkosh, Wis. March 20, 1912 Activities in the Hoosier State. Written for the Tradesman, Smyth’s general store at Grayville has been removed to Enfield, Ill. Jasonville will vote on the ques- tion of becoming a city. The Ft. Wayne Park Board has ordered 4,000 seedling shade trees at a cost of a cent and a half apiece and they will be cultivated at the city greenhouses. It is figured that in the course of two years the trees will be worth a dollar apiece. The Kendallville Commercial Club, which was organized sixteen years ago, will soon dissolve, owing to waning membership and lack of in- terest. A Commerce Club to look after traffic matters will be formed March 28 at a meeting of the Ft. Wayne Commercial Club. The new body will co-operate to some extent with the Indiana Manufacturers’ and Ship- pets’ Association. There are sixty- three members of the latter organi- zation in the city. The City Inspector of Weights and Measures at Evansville met with the berry growers and market gardeners of that section recently to instruct them regarding the ruling of the State Commissioner on short weights and measures. The H. J. Ash stove store at Ft. Wayne, one of the oldest exclusive stove concerns in the country, has been purchased by the Pickard House Furnishing Co., of that city. Mr. Ash retains the furnace end of the busi- ness and his son, Fred H. Ash, has accepted a position as_ traveling salesman for the Michigan Stove Co., of Detroit. The alfalfa train, a farmers’ insti- tute on wheels, will be operated over the Erie Railroad in Northern Indi- ana March 27-29, with lectures and exhibitions at the principal towns by experts from Purdue University. Negotiations between Ft. Wayne and the Pennsylvania Railroad garding track elevations appear to be at a standstill. The Merchants’ wholesale house of Evansville, has plans for erecting a brick building, three stories and basement, near the L. & N. depot. The Eli D. Miller folding bed and chifforobe plant at Evansville will be doubled in size by the addition of a three story building this year. Construction work on two new trac- tion lines at Evansville, the Evans- ville, Henderson & Owensboro and the Evansville, Chrisney & Eastern, will be started soon. These’ roads will open up important trade terri- tory. rc Grocery Co, a MICHIGAN Secretary Biederwolf, of the Ft. Wayne Commecial Club, reports an increasing number of enquiries as to the city’s advantages as an industrial center. While Ft. Wayne has nine steam railroads, low shipping rates, freedom from labor troubles and many other advantages, the civic awakening there and the progress made toward a more beautiful city seems to have made an even stronger impression on outside manufacturers looking for new and better loca- tions. : A corn improvement train will be operated over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Northern Indiana April 2 and 8, under the auspices of the Purdue University. The sum of $11,397 weekly to workers in nine is paid out the twenty- factories of Kendallville. The city has 5,000 population. School gardening will have an au- start in Ft. Wayne _ this The Director of the School Gardens in Cleveland is assisting in the start-off and vacant lots in the vicinity of the schools are being donated for the work. spicious spring. Allerton & Co., formerly of Ft. Wayne, will open a store on South Michigan street, South Bend, han- dling a complete line of leather goods, trunks, etc. Ft. Wayne is going into the smoke nuisance problem very thoroughly. The General Committee has been broken up into five sub-committees, and each one is taking up some phase of the subject. The Manufacturers’ Club of Ft. Wayne recently discussed the alleg- ed unfair methods of manufacturers of plumbing supplies and fixtures in refusing to sell the non-union plumb- er supplies at wholesale rates. Almond Griffen. ——_++.___ Mill in Operation. There has just gone into operation at Winona, Minn., a flour mill which that city and the owners claim is the finest milling plant on the American continent. This mill is the property of the Bay State Milling Co. and was built to replace their plant, which was totally destroyed by fire last July. The mill, fire and vermin proof throughout, stands on the banks of the Mississippi and is eight stories in height. It is capable of turning out 4,000 barrels of “Wingold” daily and has flour warehouse storage capacity of 50,000 barrels. All that modern architecture and construction could offer by way of sanitation both for workmen and for product, seems to be embodied in this mill, and the machinery and TRADESMAN equipment are the finest and most modern that could be procured. The pride and show place of the entire plant, as well as one of the sanitary and ornate features, is the fourth, or grinding, floor. Standing on a pearl white, blue-bordered tile floor and surrounded by walls cover- ed from floor to ceiling with glazed white tile, are fifty-six nickle-trimmed stands of rolls. Within each of these stands is concealed a double set of rolls; it is between these rolls that the grinding or crushing of the wheat takes place. The men (millers) on this floor are clothed in uniforms and caps of white duck, as are also the packers and truckers on the floors be- low. These uniforms are furnished and kept freshly laundered at the ex- pense of the mill. It takes about 18,000 bushels (eigh- teen cars) of wheat daily to keep this big mill going, every kernel of which is washed and scoured before being ground. In the construction and equipment of this milling plant a time record 15 Without sacri- ficing thoroughness to haste the work was broken by half. was accomplished in the unprecedent- edly short period of six months. For a mill of this and character a record even approaching this is un- heard of. size Starting with a capacity of 1,600 barrels in 1899, the business of the 3ay State Milling has grown until at the present time it is regard- ed as one of the largest and foremost milling concerns of the country. A No Chance For Him A Kansas City man has a divorce because his wife insisted on keeping thirty-five cats in the house. It was a physical impossibilty for him to kick them all around at once. Sj P10NG DISTANCE SERVICE HE MICHIGAN STATE TELEPHONE CO. Co. obtained CORN MEAL 1 doz. 3 lb. sax 1 doz. 3 lb. sax Michigan Yellow Granulated Packed for Shipment Bales of 5-10 lb. sax 100 lb. jutes Illinois White Granulated Packed for Shipment Bales 5-10 lb. sax 100 lb. cotton sax JUDSON GROCER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Distributed by Are YOU Selling IT REPEATS LEMON & WHEELER CO. WINGOLD FLOUR? Grand Rapids TRADESMAN March 20, 1919 16 MICHIGAN r : Ze 5 iw LAE = Ses = > =~ LG < => = = = = me = ay = e! : = 7% = = é =, zs “ : ‘ = 3 | REVIEW oF SHOE MARKET | ke al = —_— SS zs 3 logy = = — = = <2 A x = /4n all Mayer shoes Every shoe manufactured by this company is made with full vamps. It costs us $50,000 per year to carry out this one quality feature ---using full vamps instead of cut off vamps. And this is only one of the extra quality points of Mayer Shoes. We put just as good workmanship in all the rest of the shoes. , All Mayer Shoes are Made with Full Vamps Full vamps add strength and wear. Shoes made with cut off vamps break down, rip and cause trouble for the merchant. Because of their exceptional wearing qualities and snappy style Mayer Honorbilt Shoes give wonderful satisfaction. With the Mayer line it will be difficult for your competitors to compete with you. Our salesman will be in your territory soon. Drop a line if you would like to have him call. F. MAYER BOOT & SHOE CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS. Largest makers of full vamp shoes in the world ~ d } We spend $50,000 e * Fn ge pnaceacioaae eens