a a B er RIE R ers = —~ Wes S MS Ke eo ons SS , aM Roe Ge V/ , y RIAN aS a a y Ma LVR TG. v0 TN a fon 1h AE SUL SS we ~ 2 a at FZ au) Paar eee Sere BERL eee aes ae: Zz UBLISHED WEEKLY 4 7 oi TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS: oe TESS TI SOR Se SE a " VOL. GRAN D RAPIDS, MAY. 16, 1894. NO. sg e Ox (ae N 4 aN {70}? ia ieee G i GRAND RAPIDS #). BRUSH GOMP'Y, i Ep Hy i 1 . Pn NSE rn 2. ; MANUFACTUR 7 GRAND RAPIDs, 6 s ERS OF { MICH. 4 Our Gecds are -eld bv all Michigan Jobbing Houses, 1S and 19 Widdicomb Building. ca N.B. Cuark, Pres. nm’ W.D. Wane, Vice Pres. Cc. U. CLARK, See’y and Treas. We are now ready to make = contracts for the season of 1894, 7 7 \* Correspondence Solicited. 4) > -. POTAT OES. a Before you purchase, wait andsee vur Spring ‘Line of the Latest Styles in Fine and We have made the handling of Potatoes a ‘‘specialty’’ for many years and First Grade Goods, which are Unexcelled. ty | have a large trade. Can take care of all that can be shipped us. We give the A Please Send Us Your Mail! Orders. Agents for Wales—Goodyear Rubber Co. | best service—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen. ™ rf + » and 7 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value. Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. z TIMOTHY F. MOSELEY [AMOR MOSLEY eae WM =H. THOMPSON & CO., Commission Merchants, i: MOSELEY BROS.GAnNpyY. sunssaimi : SEEDS BEANS, PEAS, POTATOES, ORANGES and LEMONS. a. j are 7 ™ Egg Cases and Fillers a Specialty. ee ee 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St.,GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ABSOLUTELY PURE GO00D8 + 4 OF ‘ A. BE. BROOKS & CO. . PERKINS & HESS, y- /Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, wl egg Fp opt poten andi panda ’ ‘ MUSKEGON BAKERY :}. UNITED STATES BAKING Co,, : CRACKERS, BISCUITS, CAKES. Originators of the Celebrated Cake, “MUSKEGON BRANCH. HARRY FOX, Manager, MUSKEGON, MICH. JOBBERS OF I craic and Provisions, SEE QUOTATIONS. Ba dges — ty SES CLUBS, CONVENTIONS, DELEGATES, COMMITTEES. 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HEYMAN COMPANY, Manufacturers of Show Gases of Kwery Description. FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY. 63 and 685 Canal St, WRITE FOR PRICES. LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, Importers and Wholesale Grocers Grand Rapids. STANDARD OIL CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN Iiuminating and Lubricating -OLlLS- NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Mice, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave BULK WORKS AT MUSKEGON, GRAND HAVEN, HOWARD CITY, MANISTEE, CADILLAC, LUDINGTON. PETOSKEY, SIGHEST PRIOE PAID FOR AMPYY GARBON & GASOLIN’ BARRELS Grand Rapids, Micn, >» AS less ts LW &S (TOES GH] ERY {sss KR US >a X Ye ClG/ GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1894. NO. 556 5 AND7 PEARL STREET. ESTABLISHED 1841. THE MERCANTILE AGENCY tt. G. Lun & Go. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. 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MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insmrance C0. Organized 1881. PREFERRED THE SOAP MAKER. Mr. Wilberforce Trott, lawyer of the firm of Lunkenstein & Trott, was the picture of prosperity and contentment, sitting in his office in the most luxuriant- ly appointed office-building in town. His private office, where we find him, was a poem in hard wood and stucco, but its spick and span cleanliness denoted its newness. In fact, Mr. Trott had not al- ways occupied quarters like these. In- deed, as he satin his rotary chair puf- fing the smoke from a Colorado Maduro with a sultanic air of limitless wea:th, Mr. Trott’s elegant surroundings bore the gloss of a week’s existence and not aday more. Not that he wore the new conditions with any the less grace on that account, however. Any one, to have observed him critically, would have acknowledged the aristocratic repose of his regular features and the exquisite taste of his fashionable apparel. But the fact remains that Mr. Trott, a week before, had been a struggling young at- torney with an inchoate practice and an unreliable sequence as to meals. As there are no such things as fairy wands to change hungry lawyers into well-fed barristers, the truth may as well be admitted—Mr. Trott had hit the races. The $10,000 retainer from a delightfully mysterious corporation in the West, which he assured his friends was the basiszof his new magnificence, was in reality a winning of that amount on a cluster of horses upon whose combined speed he had made a bet after the man- ner current among the poolrooms. For all this, Mr. Trott was by no means a ‘“sport.’”?’ He was unquestionably a young man of talent, whe would be heard from one of these days, and who knew what is meant to ‘‘toil terribly.” The reason that we do not find him at work with his books directly concerns our interest in this lucky youth; for Mr. Trott’s thoughts were floating back over five long years of professional vicis- situdes, as dreamily as the smoke that curled aloft over his biond head, until they rested upon a face of dark, healthy beauty, surmounted by curling locks as black as the tender eyes whose depths he had once celebrated in a feeble quatrain with the opinion that they rivaled the glories of a starlit night. He had truly been desperately in love with Alice Mon- roe, a fact that had been fully appreci- ated by tbat dainty little despot, who not only accepted all his attentions in the way of theater tickets, balls and bou- quets, but pouted for more. All of these things had been the despair of poor young Mr. Trott, who wondered how he was ever to marry a girl whose trivial expenses per week exceeded his income at the bar per month. To render the situation even more poignant, she re- peatedly declared that the man she mar- ried would have to have money. In her heartless opinion, love in a cottage was unqualified bosh. Often he had ex- claimed, to the four walls of his dingy DETROIT, MICHIGAN. room: ‘She is vain, flaunting, extravagant, and unworthy an honest fellow’s toil.” On every fine Sunday afternoon, for her sweet sake, he had hired a yellow cart and a large black horse, with a stride like the course of empire, whose tan-colored harness was the swellest thing that graced the Clifton drives on that day. The swellest? Alas, no. There was one rig that excelled that of Mr. Trott, even as the white glory of the diamond excels the dull-gray of the topaz. And in that rig sat the bete noir of Mr. Trott—the one being on earth whom he hated with the cheerful, cordial hate of a lover for a rival. The name of this party was Messer- schmidt, a cool, imperturbable gentleman, the unrufiled impudence of whose small, steady eyes had taken Mr. Trott’s meas- ure on the night that they had first met in Miss Monroe’s parlor, and were ever since noting the details of Mr. Trott’s suit with a stolid Teutonic amusement that betokened their owner’s confidence in his own supremacy. As arival, Mr. Messerschmidt was, indeed, peculiarly dangerous in the possession of a gigantic soap factory, inherited from a simple- minded parent, who would have turned in his grave with astonishment had he seen what his son had done for the old concern since its founder’s death, for the plant had undergone the mysterious proc- ess known only to the subtle promoter who capitalizes a small enterprise into a colossal one by the hocus-pocus of the ‘“Street.”’ Never in his life had Mr. Trott claimed the society of the capricious Miss Monroe on one of those bright afternoons but Mr. Messerschmidt could be seen in his gorgeous turnout, riding insolently alongside or else taking the road, in a manner even more insolent, just in front. This gentleman’s presence was not only obtruded upon them at these times, but he seemed to divine by a diabolical in- stinct just when and where to find them together. If Mr. Trott took Miss Monroe to the theater the other party in- variably had a seat near by, which he would change for one immediately next to the couple and engage them in conver- sation with a mild, insinuating assurance that used to irritate the young lawyer to the point of insanity. When he took Miss Monroe to the art museum—a favor- ite ruse of his to get her away from pos- sible intruders—his ubiquitous rival was there also, suave, calm, entertain- ing, agonizing! Just why Miss Monroe tolerated this insidious personage had been more than Mr. Trott could understand. Sheaverred that he bored her and that she was dis- gusted with his social stupidity; but Mr. Trott noticed that she displayed far more cordiality toward him than was con. sistent with these assertions. Having the temerity to tax her with this pal- pable fact one evening, she petulantly ad- mitted that the only obstacles that lay between her and the omnipotent Messer- schmidt was his name and his business. She did not fancy becoming a queen of society under the title of a soap factory that had to have its works extended in order to make room for the name on the buildings. .She would much rather mar- ry the man who had become the most celebrated jurist of his time. Saying this, she had looked wistfully at the modest Mr. Trott, who had been trying to convince her for several weeks that such was his brilliant destiny—that he was, in fact, already on the high road to success and revenue. As his mind dwelt on that scene, Mr. Trott’s visage lost some of its tranquil contentment on this morning, as he sat in the office, dreaming on what might have been, for he rather blamed Provi- dence for having failed to place him on the supreme bench at 23. Accidentally his eyes rested on the polished oak cover of his typewriter in the corner and he smiled bitterly at the associations conjured up by that imple- ment of modern correspondence. Well he remembered a certain morning in June, when Miss Monroe took it into her capricious head to visit him at his pala- tial quarters—as he had represented them to herin order to keep pace with the plutocratic Messerschmidt. As usual, that worthy was tagging placedly at her side. Mr. Trott shuddered with retrospec- tive horror as he thought of the hideous catastrophe of that visit and pictured the scene before him. There was Alice, as blooming and richly handsome as a Jacqueminot rose, radiating a delicate perfume, like the flower itself, which fairly intoxicated the young lawyer. The complaisant and phlegmatic Messer- schmidt near by wore his usual smile of vacant urbanity, but in his small gray eyes shone the light of a demoniacal tri- umph, and as he watched Alice sweep the office with her keen eyes and gather in every shabby detail of the place, from the bare floor to the dilapidated desks, he visibly exu!ted at the disgustin her countenance. Then she spoke. She had just dropped in to pay her respects as she passed the building. She was de- lighted to find his quarters so very com- fortable looking! Then Messerschmidt sniffed at the atmosphere like a warhorse that scents the aroma of battle afar. Unerringly those little ‘gray eyes fastened upon the cover of Mr. ‘Trott’s typewriter. ‘*What make of typewriter do you pre- fer, Mr. Trott?” asked Mr. Messer- schmidt, innocently raising the cover and disclosing—not a typewriter—but the meager and unsightly remains of some corned beef and cabbage on which Mr. Trott had been dining. That had been five years ago, and Mr. Trott had not tasted a dish of corned beef and cabbage since. The odor of that barbarous mixture used thereafter to make him both sick at his stomach and sick at heart—he who had once been so fond of it! . Messerschmidt married her that fall, but Mr. Trott had never called upon them since the event. 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. * * * * * * * A few years later Mr. Trott sat in his office, rehearsing a set speech he was preparing for the next day. His vehe- mence came to an abrupt stop. He started erect and listened, like a man transfixed, to the sound ofa soft, anx- ious voice in the other office, that was inquiring: “Is this a lawyer’s office?”’ “Yes, madame,” returned Mr. Trott’s partner affably. ‘‘What can we do for you?” ‘“‘l wish to get a divoree,”’ said a voice, more timidly still and trembling on the verge of tears.’’ My husband is a cruel wretch—”’ Mr. Trott interrupted the speech, radi- ant, precipitate, his voice vibrating with unmistakable joy. ‘‘Alice,” he cried, as he opened the door with a rush. The young lady rose in astonishment at the figure before her. “Is it possible?”’ she faltered. He took her hand and drew her inside his office with gentle foree, leaving his mystified partner staring speechlessly at the vacated chair. “What has he been doing to you, Alice?’ cried Mr. Trott, holding her hand and looking as vindictive as a Cor- sican. ‘‘He’s been deserting me,” she said, with a faint, hysterical laugh, but witha relieved look in her eyes, like a hunted fawn that has found a protector. “What! That harmless-looking moon faced idiot—” ‘“‘Was a horrid, despicable scroundel!” retorted Mrs. Messerschmidt, with ap- propriate tact. And then while Mr. Trott listened and held her hand—she poured forth a tale of such heartrending cruelty that he wept also. “Dip you ever hear anything like it, Wilber?” asked, tracting his name as she used when he had pleased her. Mr. Trott replied with an impulsive embrace and an unexpected kiss. “But I am Mrs. Messerschmidt!” she exclaimed, in demure alarm, drawing away from him. ““That’s so!” she appealingly, con to do said Mr. Trott, soberly. ‘The disability will have to be removed before a prior courtship can be stated—ahem! By the way, Alice, have you seen my new typewriter?’’—uncov- ering the machine with a mischievous grin. ‘*What do you think of it?” “It doesn’t look as palatable as the old one, Wilber,” said she, laughing and drying her tears. ‘But it isn’t nearly as embarrassing,” he returned. ‘‘Your petition for abso- lute divorce shall be prepared upon it— without alimony!—for | wouldn’t touch a cent of his found him!’ “Just as you say, Wilber,’’ she said, resignedly, dropping her eyes with a blush. And Mr. Trott’s partner in the outer office took his eye from the keyhole and observed contentedly: **Peeshness ist pooming!” JULIUS WEDEKIND. reib- oleaginous money, con- a — A carload of forty hogs was recently marketed in Kansas City and brought $936—$23.40 per head. Great is the American hog! —_—-> God sent weeds to be a standing re- minder that he expects all men to work There are men who count on getting to heaven because they soméfimés give SUGAR REFINING. Detailed Description of the Franklin Process. Written for Taz TRADESMAN. Fifty years ago sugar was a luxury in which only the rich could indulge to any extent, the poorest grades costing from three to five times as much as the best do to-day. Now sugar is so cheap that it has become a necessity on the tables of the poorest. Much has been said and written about the robberies and extor- tions of the ‘Sugar Kings,’? but when the vast sums invested in sugar refining plants, and the costly nature of the pro- cess is taken into account, and the pres- ent low price of sugar is considered, it will readily be conceded that the refiners have surely ‘‘earned their reward.” Few of the users of sugar, and not many of the sellers of it, know anything about the process by which this ‘‘delicious com- fit,” as an old writer characterized it, is prepared for use. There are even peo- ple who imagine that all the sugar used in this country is raised at home. The United States refined 180,000,000 tons of sugar last year, or the enormous aggre- gate of 360,000,000,000 pounds. By far the larger portion of the raw sugar comes from the West Indies, Brazil, Demarara and the East Indies. A considerable amount of raw beet sugar is brought from Germany, and other countries are represented at intervals. In the manu- facture of raw sugar the juice is ex- tracted by pressure, the canes passing be- tween two enormously heavy iron rollers. Sugar beets are first ground and then pressed. ‘Then the juice is concentrated by evaporation and the sugar crystallizes out. The methods of purifying and evaporating the juice and of separating the crystals from the syrup are, on a great many plantations, of the crudest and most primitive description. But most of the plantations have adopted the scientific appliances of the refiners, and have thus notonly greatly reduced the cost of sugar and improved its quality, but vastly increased the yield. The vacuum pan and the centrifugal machine are now as essential to the advanced plantation as they are to the refiner. Operations in the refineries are con- tinued day and night, the only interrup tions occurring on Sundays when the plant is shut down for twenty-four hours. Day and night shifts of men are em- ployed, and before one shift is out of the works another is already at work. The essential features of sugar refin- ing, which have undergone no material change since the introduction of bone- black into the industry in 1812, may be described in a few words. The raw sugar is first dissolved in hot water and the dark brown—almost black—solution is decolorized by filtration over bone- black, after first undergoing a process of straining by which sand and other in- soluble impurities are removed. The clarified and decolorized solution is then deprived of its water by evaporation and the sugar is again obtained in a solid form. It is while sugar is in solution and while it is passing through the pro- of evaporation that the refiner meets one of his greatest difficulties, and one, too, which often results in con- cess siderableloss. The entire bulk of sugar held in solution can, as has been said, be | obtained by simply evaporating off the | water in which it was dissolved. But all impure solutions are apt to undergoa away an old coat. change, and sugar is no _ exception. | 4 Having re-organized our business and acquired the fac- tory building and machinery formerly occupied by the Hud- son Pants & Gverall Co., we are prepared to furnish the trade a line of goods in pants, overalls, shirts and jackets which will prove to be trade winners wherever introduced. If you are not already handling our goods, and wish to secure the agency for your town, communicate with us immedi ately. An inspection of our line solicited. J. M. Ear, President and Gen’l Manager. EK. D. Voornrxs, Superintendent. Lansing, Mich. 0) Raa eh a= a To Prove the Pudding, you must send for a sample order of Tradesman, You only Chew the String when you read this advertisement. Superior or Universal Coupon Books. If youhave never used the Coupon Book System, and wish to investigate it, sample books and price lists will be mailed free on application, TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. (Baw 5 SRanin, Raripss Men, We pay Highest}Market }Prices in]Spot Cashtandfmeasure» bark when Loaded. Correspondence]Solicited. The. Sali- thals all sa€f- is fast being recognized by everybody as the best salt for every pur- pose. It’s made from the best brine by the best process with the best grain. You keep the best of other things, why not keep the best of Salt. Your customers will appreciate it as they appreciate pure sugar, pure coffee, and tea. Diamond Crystal Salt Being free from all chlorides of calcium and magnesia, will not get damp and soggy on yourhands. Put up in an attractive and salable manner. When your stock of salt is low, try a small supply of “‘¢he salt that’s all salt” Can be obtained from jobbers and dealers. For prices, see price current on other page. For other information, address DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT Co., ST. CLAIR, MICH. So! of be thi ple on mu wi be is 1 Re col sto me sul thi me wh tec as the fee act na ple sq lig sol fif ac- id- the ich If Ire di sain er. To an, On vill > e irk THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Sometimes, instead of sugar, an excess of syrup is formed on evaporation, which will not crystallize and can only be sold at a loss. . The principal cause of this undesirable result is delay in com- pleting the refining process. When once the process has been commenced it must be pushed through day and night without pause, if the best results are to be obtained. The process to be described is that employed in the Franklin Sugar Refinery, whichis substantially the same as that used in all other refineries in the country. The Franklin refinery is eleven stories in height, and the process com- mences in the basement, where the raw sugar is emptied into the ‘‘melters,’’ through gratings in the floor. In the melters it encounters the hot water in which it is dissolved. The solution is technically called ‘‘liquor,” and as soon as dissolved is pumped up to the top of the highest building, a distance of 160 feet. Here it is heated to a high tem- perature, and the process of clarification actually begins. The force of gravita- tion carries the liquor to the story below where it receives its first filtration by passing through suspended bags. Fully 14,000 of these bags are used every day in this one refinery, as from the gummy nature of the impurities in the sugar the pores of the bags soon become com- pletely clogged. Each bag presents 25 square feet of filtering surface. As the liquid empties into these filtering bags it is, incolor, not unlike muddy coffee. All solid substances are retained in the bags, and the amount of filth contained in raw sugar is appalling. Bags which have just been in service are turned inside out preparatory to being washed, and as each workman gives the bags a shake as it passes through his hands, the amount of indescribable dirt to be seen in this de- partment is enormous. No other portion of the refining process presents so many difficulties as this one, and upon no other has so many thousands of dollars been spent in the effort toimprove it. Here the visitor is impressed with the idea that everything is far behind what he sees elsewhere in the refinery. As a matter of fact most of the work at this stage of the process, especially in han- dling and washing the bags, must of nec- essity be performed by manual labor. But while it is unquestionably primitive, costly and inconvenient, bag filtration properly conducted is thoroughly ef- fective. The “liquor,” which flows into the bags in a disgustingly unclean condi- tion, flows from them perfectly bright. From the bag filters, the liquid passes down to the ‘‘bone-black” filters. These are immense cylindrical vessels nearly two stories high each having a capacity of 50 tons of bone-black. On one floor of this great refinery there are no less than fifty of these gigantic filters, and when one is told that in adjacent buildings there are a great many more, some idea is obtained of the enormous scale upon which the sugar refining industry is carried on. A stream of bone-black may at any time be seen flowing into one or another of these filters. It is extremely porous, preserving in this respect the character of the bone (from which it is obtained by calcination). Upon _ this property much of its efficiency and value as a medium of filtration depends. It is used in the form of small grains, the largest of which would not exceed an eighth of an inch in any dimension. It is free from dust and scarcely soils the hands in handling. As soon as the filters are filled with bone-black the. liquor is allowed to flow into them until the filtering substance is completely satur- ated when it it allowed to flow out at the bottom. A continuous stream of the liquid passes through the filter until the bone-black becomes clogged with impuri- ties, when the contents are removed and the filter filled with a fresh supply. The decolorizing power of this useful sub- stance is remarkable, and nothing can exceed the contrast between the condi- tion of the liquid before and after con- tact with it. So great is the change that it seems almost impossible that it could have been wrought by such simple means. The action of the bone-black appears to be purely mechanical. It re- moves or absorbs the impurities which give the liquid its dirty color, rather than destroys them, and, as a conse- quence, soon becomes so thoroughly saturated as to destroy its filtering qual- ity. The ‘spent’? bone-black can by proper treatment be restored to its for- mer condition of activity, and an im- mense amount of space is required for this purpose. After being thoroughly washed, the bone-black is heated in re- torts to a red heat, and all impurities not removed by washing are destroyed by the heat, and after cooling the bone- black is again ready for use. It is safe to say that not less than 6,000 tons of bone-black are constantly in use in the Franklin refinery. The mechanical ar- rangements for the use and revivifica- tion of the bone-black are astonishingly simple and perfect. The operations are entirely automatic. An ingenious con- trivance regulates the rate at which the black is admitted to and discharged from the retorts; a conveyor belt conducts it to an elevator, which, after carrying it up eight stories, discharges it upona sys- tem of belts by which it can be directed to any desired filter. Every day nearly1,500 tons of bone-black are washed, dried, burned, 2ad redistributed to the filters, a result accomplished with an almost en- tire absence of labor, thanks to the per- fection of the machinery employed and the skill with which it has been ar- ranged. Although bone-black may be used oyer and over again for months, it deteriorates after awhile, and new black is being constantly added and old dis- carded in order that there may not be any considerable variation in filtering activity. The discarded black is worked up into fertilizers, and so, some at least, of the phosphoric acid taken from the soil to support animal life is returned to it. After leaving the bone-black filters the liquid is earried by gravitation to another building, and runs into the vacuum pans. These are immense cir- cular vessels made of copper and surmounted by a huge pipe for the purpose of carrying off the steam gen- erated in boiling. Inside the pans are amass of coils which furnish the heat for boiling. Each pan is connected with a powerful air pump which keeps up a good vacuum within and the steam formed is rapidly condensed and the pressure from this source kept as low as possible. By conducting the opera- tion at alow pressure evaporation is ef- fected very rapidly, and, what is still more important, at the lowest possible temperature. The longer a solution of sugar is boiled and the higher the tem- perature to which it is exposed, the { darker the color of the product; hence the old-fashioned method of boiling in open pans placed directly over a fire is fatal to the production of many of the higher grades of sugar, which the intro- duction of the vacuum pan rendered pos- sible. Under ordinary atmospheric con- ditions the boiling point of the solution may soon reach 225 deg. F.,and may easily go much higher; whereas an even tem- perature of 125 deg. F. is preserved by the vacuum pan and is sufficient for ac- tive ebullition. This is the great ad- vantage of the new method over the old. Upon the skill and experience of the boiler, who is as frequently a woman as a man, depends the production of the various kinds of sugar. By slightly al- tering the conditions under which the crystals are formed the boiler is able to produce at will any of the required modi- fications. When the boiling is finished th liquor is found to have been converted into a thick paste which is discharged down an inclined plane to the floor be- low where are placed the centrifugal machines. No part of the refining pro- cess is so interesting or is so successful and simple in its details, as the method of separating the sugar and the syrup. The centrifugal machine consists of a cylindrical ‘‘basket’’ rotating on a verti- cal shaft. The sides of the basket are closely perforated with smal! holes, which, while allowing the free passage of the syrup, are sufficiently small to re- tain the crystals within the basket. The machine is filled, and then set in rapid motion, and almost instantly the mixture of sugar and syrup creeps up and spreads itself out over the wall of the basket. The rapid circular motion forces the syrup toward the surface of the machine where it escapes through the holes al- ready mentioned, into an immovable drum which encircles the revolving basket. When the bulk of the syrup has passed off, water is added tothe sugar and the last trace of syrup removed. When the machine is stopped the sugar is found adhering to the walls clean and almost dry. It is easily dislodged from its position, falls through an opening in the bottom of the basket and is carried by elevators and conveyor belts to the warehouse ready to be packed for ship- ment. The syrup thrown off by the centrifugals is boiled over again and again until no more sugar can be ex- tracted, when the remainder is run into barrels and is sold as refiner’s molasses. The refined sugar is packed entirely in barrels, of which a constant stream is carried into the refinery at the rate of about nine a minute. The \power re- quired to run this immense establishment is supplied by five batteries of boilers aggregating 2,150 horse power. There still remain the methods by which gran- ulated and cube sugar are made, but these will be considered in another issue. @® Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent County Savings Bak, GRAND RAPIDS ,MICH. Jno. A. CovopE Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. S. VerpierR, Cashier. K. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r. Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits. DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, | J.O’Brien, A.d. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno. W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee, J. A.S. Verdier. Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, SEEDS! Everything in seeds is kept by us— Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top, Blue Grass, Rye, Barley, Peas, Beans, Ete. Seed Corn, If you have Beans to tell, send us samples, stating quantity, and we will try to trade with you. We are headquarters for egg cases and egg ease fillers. 128, 130, 132, W. 7 LAMBREAUX C0 ) W. Bridge St,, GRAND RAPIDS, M:iCH. BUYS’ BENCH BARREL TRUCK Patented The Simpliest, Most Substantial and [lost Satisfactory Barret Truck ever invented. For Prices, Terms and Illustra- ted Circular, call or Address, ~ 731 A.B UYS EAST FULTON ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ALWAYS STANDARD AT WHOLESALE BY Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Ball—Barnhart—Putman Co. Olney & Judson Grocer Co. B. J. Reynolds. FINEST QUALITY. ;POPULAR PRICES. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AROUND THE STATE. MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. MeBain—G. W. Storry is succeeded by C. M. Storry in general trade. lronwood—Wm. H. Kitto succeeds H. Keese & Co. in general tirade. Pontiac—Henry M. Linabury has sold his drug stock to Weed & Co. Quincy—Greening & Hyslop sueceed E. J. Condra in the drug business. Battle Creek—J. L. Brown succeeds E. H. Young in the grocery business. Marshall—H. L. Day & Son succeed Hamilton & Day in the lumber business. Cedar Springs—A. H. Stillwell sue- ceeds T. W. Provin in the grocery busi- ness. Battle Creek—Carlton E. Hodges suc- ceeds H. H. Bidwell & Son in the hotel business. Cadillac—The Newark & Drury Co. has opened a branch hardware store at McBain. Allen—W. A. Jackson succeeds Win- chester & Ellis, bankers, coal and grain dealers. Richland—Beall & Peck are succeeded by Beall & Evans in the drug and grocery business. Homer—Dooliitle, Anderson & Co. suc- ceed Darrow, Anderson & Co. in the grocery business. Escanaba—Oliver & McNaughton, hardware dealers, have dissolved, W. W. Oliver continuing the business. Traverse City—R. W. Gane has opened a meat market in the new Kroupa build- ing on Front street. Hollard—James Meeuwsen, of Grand Rapids, has rented the meat market of Barkel & Son and will continue the business. Middleville—Having been unable to find a purchaser for his general stock, M. S. Keeler has concluded to continue the business on a larger scale than ever and will stock up accordingly. Mancelona—F. A. Price and Huvorace Hoffman, who have been engaged in the meat business at this place, have dis- solved partnership, Mr. Hoffman contin- uing the business. Kalamazoo—Jas. J. Van Kerson is mov- ing his old store building off his lot on East Main street and will replace it with a three-story brick structure, occupying the ground floor with his grocery stock. Orange—E. C. Tew & Son have sold their general stock to H. H. Jordan, who will continue the business at the same location. Tew & Son will seek another location as soon as they can close out their business affairs here. Owosso—C. Mahaney recently uttered three chattel mortgages on his dry goods stock—one to his wife for $5,200, a sec- ond to M. L. Stewart & Co. (Owosso) for $900 and a third to Burnham, Stoepel & Co. (Detroit) for $5,600. The latter then took possession of the stock on their mortgage, pla¢ing G. A. Corwin in charge. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Shelby ville—D. D. Harris has resumed operations at his cheese factory under the personal supervision of Irwin Wait. Cheboygan—As a result of I. M. Wes- ton’s failure, the Whitehall Lumber Co. has been compelled to go into the hands of a receiver, the court having appointed Flint P. Smith, of Flint, capacity. Lansing—Owing to the coal strike all over the country E. Bement & Sons have to act in that been compelled to shut down the stove | department of their factory, throwing» about 150 men out of employment. The | firm claims that their supply of coke, | used in smelting, has given out and that they cannot obtain any more. Belding—M. M. Belding purchased the plant and business of the Miller Casket Co. at assignee’s sale, his bid being $8,675, subject to a mortgage of $14,275. Work was immediately resumed in the factory and the business will be con- tinued under the style of M. M. Belding until a re-organization is effected. Menominee—lIt is estimated that less than one-third of the lumber left over from last season’s cut, most of which was sold, now remains unshipped. It is also thought that by the time the mills are able to begin sawing to their fullest capacity little, if any, of that cut will remain. Ludington—The Appeal remarks: Unless hemlock operators peel more bark than they intend at present there will not be as many available hemlock logs this season as last, as it does not pay tocut logs unless a profit can be made on the bark. Sellers want $8.50 a cord for bark, and buyers want to get it for $7.25. Rath & Cartier have a quan- tity of logs which they say they will hold until prices for lumber shal! ad- vance. Cheboygan—The men at Thompson Smith’s Sons’ sawmills recently struck for 10 hours aday and the same wages they received last year for 11 hours. The mills shutdown. The firm offered the men work at 11 hours at the wages paid last year for 10 hours, or take a reduc- tion of wages and work 10 hours. The men finally accepted the terms, and the mills started again. This has, it is thought, settled the labor question at Cheboygan for the season. Bay City—The attempt of the ’long- shoremen to dictate who shall or who shall not work at William Peters’ mill has sigpally failed. Mr. Peter is load- ing his boats right along with his own men. Neither is the attempt of the ?longshoremen’s union to draw all the mill employes into a strike for the pur- pose of aiding the union at all likely to pan out. The agitation among the mill workers is dying out. They have ap- parently concluded that the best thing to do is to do the best they can this sea- son. Any other course would’ be suicidal. Bay City—The lumbermen here have been discussing the question of a fire tug. Some taxpayers presented a peti- tion to the common council protesting against the purchase of such a tug. Joseph Turner stated his views very plainly on the subject. He said that the insurance companies had threatened to take no more risks on property along the river front unless a good fire tug was placed in service. The firm in which he was interested was to bring 75,000,000 to 100,000,000 feet of logs to be manu- factured into lumber at this point, and if he could not get insurance on the lumber he would not have it cut here. The property he represented would probably be assessed at $2,000,000 and ought to be protected. At every mil; | and lumber fire it had been impossible to, save the property, as there was no way | to get out far enough with the hose. | Finally it was decided to purchase a fire! tug and a committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements. { REE GivenAway ——~ BAe ne “DETROIT” Selt-Adding Cash Register, “A REGISTER THAT 1S A REGISTER.” All Work Done on Wheels, No Paper Used. OUR OFFER. We wiil send the above Cash Register free with 1,00 Cigars for $39. Terms 30 days, less 2 percent. 10 days. This offer includes either ‘Pretty Polly,” ‘‘Key West,” ,,.Cuban Paffs,” ‘ Little Hayana,” or “D. T. C. Havana Gems.” There are positively no better Cigars made and retailed for 5 cents. To convince the dealer that the above brands are as represented. we will send 200 for examination to be returned if not satisfactory. Ifthe Cigars suit, the balance, 800, can go for ward with the Register THE “DETROIT’”’ Is one of the most handsome and reliable Cash Registers made. EQUAL To machines sold from $125 to $200 in quality, workmanship, style and finish. It has an elegant finished large standard-sized case, with beautiful designs, best quality of nickel front and back. DISPLAYS Amount of sale from both front and rear. finished. MONEY DRAWER Is large and complete in its divisions for both coin and currency. alarm when drawer is opened. EACH PART Is constructed in the most substantial and reliable manner on strict mechanical princi- ples from the very best material. Will not get out of order. With proper usage will last a lifetime Back of machine is nickled and highly Bell rings and sounds IT IS The best and latest thing in Cash Registers. REGISTERS Any amount from | cent to $20. Indicates last sale made until next follows. DOES All the work of the most expensive machines. Charge tickets furnished with each Register. THERE Is nota handsom>r or better machine made, TOTAL CAPACITY Is $2,2 0 for each day’s work before resetting back to zero. RECORD Can be taken off and machine set back to zero in one minute's time. HAVE IF YOU One register already, another one can be used to advantage on the other side of the store for the soda water, cigar trade or some other department. SHOWS How many times the money drawer has been opened for change during the day. IMPOSSIBLE To open and close the money driwer without registering Received on account, Paid out and Dealers having no use for the 1, 2 and 3 cts. keys, they can be dropped and the following keyboard substituted: 5¢ 10c, 2c, 25c, 30e, auc, 50c, 6 1e, 70e, 8c, Change Key, $1, $2 %3, $. This keyboard and the one shown in cut are the only two styles we furnish. Take your choice, For $ extra _we will furnish a handsome glass sign with your firm’s name ground thereon, similar to W T McGraw shownincut. The glass can be either white or ruby, as de- sired by customer Every machine is furnished sign is not desired. The above order is exactly as represented, we have been in busines here since 1883. As - our responsibility, we refer to the Commercial Agencies or any Bank or Business House in the city. DETROIT TOBACCO CO, McGraw Building, DEYROIY. with a handsome top sign, even if the special firm’s name e € cr - a. - - ¥ «a * ra , , » - a e ~ a « ’ » * F 4 —4 ¥ x * =— wn cr - a. + ~ ¥ «a * x a: @ ~ - ta’ . + ; > - a e ~ ‘ « ’ » i af Fo 4 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Albert J. Bazuin has opened a wall paper and notion store at 759 East Ful- ton street. A. H. Judd has opened a grocery store at Grant Station. The stock was fur- nished by the I. M. Clark Grocery Co. H. W. James has put in a supply store in connection with his shingle mill at Pori. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Woodward & Jacobsen have opened a grocery store at the corner of North Coit and Plainfield avenues. The I. M. Clark Grocery Co. furnished the stock. moved from 45 South Division street to 130 Oakes street, where Hester & Fox be- gan business several years ago. Bear, Loew & Co., grocers at 1161 South Division street, have dissolved, Isaac J. Bear being succeeded by his son, Charles, and Elisha Loew being suc- ceeded by Fred Boone. A. P. Sriver will continue as silent partner. The new firm will be known as Bear, Boone & Co. Eaton, Lyon & Co. have foreclosed their mortgage on the drug and _ sta- tionery stock of L. Pauly, at St. Ignace, bidding it in at public sale last Wednes- day. The failure is very peculiar in many respects, being complicated by reason of the ill health of Mr. Pauly, who has been very close to death for several weeks. Martin J. Frayer and Charles P. War- ner have started a grocery at 670 Cherry street, under the style of Frayer & War- ner. Mr. Frayer was until recently with Albert Southwick, grocer at the corner of Wealthy avenue and Henry street, hav- ing been in the same store through sev- eral successive changes. Mr. Warner is a printer and has for some time been em ployed on the Democrat. itis rumored that Mr. Warner will soon enter his partner’s family in the capacity of son- in-law. Mayor Fisher has decided to defer the appointment of a Sealer of Weights and Measures until the Common Council has taken action upon the matter. There is some talk of abolishing the office alto- gether, but this could only be done by amending the charter, which can be done only by the Legislature. It has also been proposed to put the salary down to a mere nominal sum and so make it impossible for anyone to take the office. Still another proposition is to give the Sealer the fees and so cumpel him to earn his salary. Whatever is to be done should be done at once. There is no sense in letting the matter drag along in the manner in which the Coun- cil has usually done its business. Inthe meantime Mayor Fisher should insist upon the resignation of Mr. Bush. He is doing little but putting in time and waiting for the day when he may draw his salary. If this is to be a ‘‘year of retrenchment,”’ as the Mayor declared in his inaugular address, here is a good place to begin. A number of hucksters, in addition to those who appeared before the License Committee last Thursday night, have ex- pressed themselves as opposed to any change in the fee for hucksters’ licenses. They aver that $21 is all that it is worth and more than many of them can pay. 0G vv THE MICHIGAN Times are hard, they say, and where, a year ago, a day’s sales would foot up from $15 to $20, now $7 is a good day’s work. They threaten, in case the fee is raised, to join hands with the farmers and market gardeners and escape the payment of the fee entirely. They claim that a $50 fee would be out of the ques- tion and would either drive them out of the business, compel them to violate the law or find some way to evade it. The year is expeeted to be a poor one for huckstering and even at the old figure, there willnot be any money init. Many of them are physically unable to earn a liv- ing in any other way, aud, as they do not wish to become city charges, they think no change should be made in the sched- ule. These are the only arguments so far presented against the proposed changes in the schedule. The fruit peddlers are satisfied with a $50 fee, saying it pro- tects them and keeps numbers out of the business who would otherwise be com- petitors. The re-classifying of the ped- dlers meets with general favor. Itis in the interest of law and order and will be a great boon to the peddlers themselves. As to the objections of the hucksters, a word must be said: In the first place, the privilege of peddling vegetables is a much more valuable one than is the fruit privilege. Vegetables are a necessity and can be suld at almost every house. The condition of the times should make but little difference in the vegetable trade. Thatis not where expens»s are cut in hard times, or at least they are not cut to the extent claimed by the huck- ster; but fruit is a luxury, and people naturally drop luxuries to a great extent in hard times. That the combining of fruit and vegetable peddling in one class makes both more valuable it will be hard for any one to disprove, al- though, as yegetable peddlers have been in the habit of ‘‘taking orders’’ for fruit, which, of course, they have a perfect right to do, the combination will only put them on a Jevel with the fruit men. Fruit peddlers have never carried vege- tables, although they had the same right as the other class. Then, too, the sea- son has hardly opened yet, and the busi- ness may naturally be expected to im- prove considerably. In the fruit season an immense amount of fruit is sold, and always at a good profit, and if the fee be raised to $50, the extra amount can be made in one month’s business. Of this there can be no doubt, and equally be- yond question is it that the privilege of selling vegetables will add immensely to the earnings of the fruit men. Much of the time throughout the year fruit can- not be handled except at a loss, when vegetables can be sold at a good profit. The threat of the hucksters to combine with the farmers and gardeners is a foolish one, and one which, if they at- tempted to carry into effect, would prove a boomerang, and would compel the city to take other measures to protect its own interests and legitimate trade. As to their violating the law, in this they must use their own judgment. They know the penalty for such viola- tions and have too much good sense to riskit. Beside, the confession that they may be forced to violate the lawis a damaging one; it may be inferred that so far they are honest because the law has not interfered with them. The plea that many of them are physically unable to earn a livilihood in any other way is not a sufficient reason for not raising the TRADEHSMAN. fee. There is as much money in the business for a cripple as there is for an able-bedied man, although there may be more reason in the former taking to that method of making a living. Cer- tainly it would be better for even the cripples to pay a high license fee, since it would confine the business to fewer hands and, consequently, give them a better trade. There is no weight in the arguments advanced against the pro- posed changes in the license schedule. > Hardware Market. General Trade—The pleasant weather and usual demand for spring goods have caused an appearance of good business, but how long it will last is hard to tell. Prices are stationary on most lines. Wire Nails—Owing to the strike in the coal and coke regions, many mills are having difficulty in getting fuel and the consequence is extreme prices are not being made. A number of mills have been obliged to close down and others have advanced their price from 5 to 10¢ a keg. There has been no change in this market as yet. Barbed Wire—It has been impossible to get wire, as the mills have found it impossible to run, owing to labor troubles. It does seem a shame when the time of year comes when men could find work that they must strike and de- moralize the business of the country. Window Glass—Extreme prices have been withdrawn and the indications are, it will even be higher. The number of pots that are now in operation are only about one quarter as many as usual. If there is any demand for glass, it certain- ly will be searce—and that means higher prices. Wire Cloth—The scarcity in this line of goods has commenced early. But few jobbers have yet got their wire cloth, as the factories have been bothered to get the wire. Prices have advanced and it is now held at $1.75 for 100 square feet. —2 > We have made H. Schneider Co. dis- tributing agent for the old reliable S. K. B. cigar. American Cigar Co. 5 FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. ANTED—TO BUY STOCKS OF MER- chandise of any description. Will pay spot cash. Address Warner & Dunbar, Parma. Mich. 624 ryyo _ EX HANGE—ONE HUNDRED AND sixty acres of land in South Dakota for stock of goods, jewelry preferred. Address Box 75, Copemish, Mich. 623 AX ESRIENCED PHYSICIAN AND SUR- GEON (regular) married man, wants to hear of a good location in townor country. Ad dress P and S. care Michigan Tradesman. 623 N Y PARTNER MUST DISPUSE OF HIS ‘f interest in our general stock on account of ill health. Purchaser must be a live man (with or withont stock og his own) to match adver tiser and Jocation. (¢ orrespondence solicited. No. 625 care Michigan Tradesman. 62) KF 9R SALE—-LOUIS PALLY DRUG STOCK at Yearly sales from St. Ignace, Mich. $5.000 to 29,0 0. Stock inventories $200, and con sists of drugs, books, stationery, fixtures, book accounts. 23 thousand prescriptions on file. On easy terms. Address Eaton, Lyon «& Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 27 OK RENI—THE STORK FORMERLY OC- eupied by E. J. Ware, druggist, corner Cherry and East streets Also meat market, east end same building, with good ice box. John€ Dunton, old County building. 618 Poe SALE—CHEESE FACTORY AT BAD Axe, Mich., surrounded by splendid farm ing country; will sell ata bargain; also a hard- ware stock inventorying about $1,60', at Sagi- naw. Write toSaginaw Hardware Co., Saginaw, Mich «619 OR SALE—LARGE-SIZED THKEE KNIFE rotary meat chopperin good order. Cheap forcash. N.M Wilson. Sand Lake. 616 OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A %,000 DRUG stock, also the store building and a good house and lot. Here isa chance tostep into an old established business Good reasons for sell- ing. Chas. E. Mercer, 1 and 2 Widdicomb build- ing. Phones 3. 617 PLANING MILL—WE OFFER FOR SALE the North Side Planing Mill, which is first class in every respect, or will receive proposi tions to locate the business in some other thriv- ingtown. Correspondence and inspection solic- ited. Sheridan, Boyce & Co., Manistee, Mich. 013 I RUG STORE FOR SALE INVOICING about 32,0. Good business, low rent, small expenses. Address book-keeper 4 and 6 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 615 OR SALE—WELL ESTABLISHED MILLI. nery business in the finest location in Grand Rapids. Arareopportunity, Real Estate taken for part payment. Address J. W., care Michigan Tradesman. 611 Tr SALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF DRUGS with a small line of groceries, invoi ing $3,5 0, of good c.ean goods. Sales last year, $12,- 000. Good town of SU inhabitants No compe- tition, and ir the finest section of country in the State. Address Pierce & Lee, Climax, Mich. 614 {UR SALE GHEAP—STORE AND DWELL- - ing in first-class location in town of 1,000 inhabitants, Address E. L., box 1°8, Thompson- ville, Benzie Co., Mich. 598 rJ\HE BEST PLACE IN THE STATE start a dry goods store is Big Rapids. Has only two. 608 OR RENT—EXCELLENT LOUCATION FOR grocery store. No other grocery within four blocks. High and dry basement under store. Come and see for yourself. J. W. Spooner, 6 Arcade, Grand Rapids. 609 OR SALE—THE THEO. KEMINK DRUG stock, corner West Leonard street and Broadway. Purchaser gets great bargain. Henry Idema, Kent County Savings Bank, Grand Rapids, 610 ANTED—MAN FAMILIAR WITH THE cheese trade to embark in the wholesale cheese and dairy supply business at this market. Advertiser stands ready to put in $10,000 special capital. Address No. 602 care Michigan Trades man. 602 TO ANTED—A JEWELER TO LOCATE IN A town of 1,200; good business place; splen did opening now. Address “Jeweler,” care of Michigan Tradesman. 603 OR SALE—GOOD PAYING DRUG STORE in Grand Rapids Address No. 601, care Michigan Tradesman. 601 + LIVE ACTIVE MAN AS PART- ner in general store. $30,000 cash trade per year. Address No, 592, care Michigan Tradesman. 592 OR SALE—A CLEAN sTOCK OF HARD- ware and agricultural implements in good peving territory. Stock will invoice $2,500 to 000. Would sell one-half interest. Good rea- sons for selling. Address No. 589, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 589 A CLEAN STOCK OF GROCERIES FOR Sale; good trade, cheap for spot cash; the only delivery wagon in town. Stock about $2,500. Investigate. Address box 15, Centre- ville, Mich. 820 SITUATIONS WANTED. ANTED—POSITION BY A REGISTERED assistant pharmacist who is strictly tem- erate. Good references. Address No. 622, care ichigan Tradesman. 22 622 ANTED—POSITION BY EXPERT AC- countant. Books opened or closed. Bal- ances rendered, Partnerships adjusted and any other work of similar cha-acter promptly done. Address No. 578, care The Tradesman. 578 ANTED—THOROUGHLY COMPETENT and experienced young man would like position as book-keeper, cashier or other office work with jobbing or mannfacturing house. Address ‘‘H’’ care The Tradesman. re P E > K 3 S HEADACHE POWDERS Pad the be&st profit. Order from your jobber. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Bloody Hand of Unionism. Never in the history of this or any other civilized country hae there been such a number of brutal murders in the same length of time as has been com- mitted in the United States during the past twelve months. Here,in this free country, with the courts of law open to every man who thinks he is aggrieved, hundreds of men have taken the law into their own hands and slain those who have fallen under their displeasure. Murder has run riot ail over the land and the lurid tide of blocd has swept the country from end to end. ‘Then, too, the crimes have been of a most horribly brutal character, the murderers seeming to have given a loose rein to the brutal- ity of their natures. A significant fact is that a large pro- portion of the worst crimes have been committed by members of trade unions. Especially is this true of the murders committed in the coal districts, as the following dispatch will show: Port RICHMOND, Pa., May 8—For a lengthy period much lawlessness has prevailed in the Wyoming coal fields, and hardly a week has passed since Janu- ary that a crime of henious character has pot been committed. Within the last three months criminality has been upon the increase and Captain Whalen, chief of the detective department, states that thirty-nine mysterious and brutal assas- sinations have been committed in the name of unionism, besides the consum- mation of other dark and atrocious deeds. In every instance the crimes have been traced to Hungarians and Slavonians, who have managed to es- cape. Entire communities have been terrorized by members of an oath-bound organization, whose influence appears to reach from the anthracite coal regions of northern Pennsylvania to the bituminous country of central Pennsylvania, and west of the Allegheny mountains to the eoke country. The criminal records of the sections of the State enumerated show that during the last year over 200 murders have been perpetrated, and but seven of the mur- derers were apprehended. The same body of organized outlaws committing these crimes have also been guilty of the wholesale destruction of colliery and other property, and the value alone of the coal breakers and other mine works destroyed in the anthracite country amounts to nearly $2,000,000. So great has been the outlawry within a recent period that the authorities have deter- mined to adopt more resolute measures to ferret out and apprehend the law- breakers whose operations have left a crimson trail in the black diamond country. These murderers have received the support, both material and moral, of the great labor organizations of the country. They have been encouraged in their ‘““fizht against capital’? in every way pos- sible. The owners of the mines have been pictured as ‘‘monsters,”’ ‘‘living on the life-blood of the miners,” and ‘‘roll- ing in wealth’? while their employes “had barely enough to keep soul and body together.” Such expressions as these, and others far worse, have been as fuel to the flames of vicious ignorance and passion of the Slavs and Huns who constitute a large proportion of the min- ers, and trades unionism is responsible for much of the crime committed by them. DANIEL ABBOTT. _— > Toots From Ram’s Horn. One reason why some men swear is be- cause it does not take any courage or manliness to do it When a man makes a religion he tries to make one that will let him stay mean and still respect himself. When the devil goes to church he does not always sit on the back seat. Dry Goods Price Current. UNBLEACHED OCOTTONS. See 5... 7 Arrow Brand 4% a oknanenes 5% “« World Wide. 6 Aiea BA........; 6 a” ke Atlantic Bee 6%| Full Yard Wide..... 6% _ oe peers B.......... - Pe as 5 |Honest Width...... 6 . 2... © marion s ......... 5 Ace ac 4%|Indian Head........ 5% Ee ox eeee © ©... 6% Archery Bunting... are e.....,.. 2 Beaver Dam AA.. * bye Lawrence L L...... Blackstone O, 32.... 5 |Madras cheese cloth ox Donen (row ......... 6 Newmarket eee 5% Biack Rock ........ 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Coraline..... 50|Wonderful $4 50 Schilling’s . us bean sn 47 Davis Waists ..... 9 00|/Bortree’s .......... 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 50jAbdominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS ee... 6% Naumkeag st satteen.. 7% Androscoggin..... -. 74| Rockport - 6% Biddeford .........- 6 Conestoga... ee ee 7% Brunswick. ..... .. 6%|Walworth ...... --- Oo PRINTS. 5% Berwick fancies.... 5% Allen = reds.. 5%4|Clyde Robes........ Charter Oak fancies 4 . ae... 5%|DelMarine cashm's. 5% “ a checks. oY = mourn’g 5% . eames ...... Eddystone fancy... 5% ” shirtings ... ox chocolat 5% American fancy . - ' rober ... 5% Americanindigo .. - sateens.. 5% American a. a Hamilton fan .. 5% Argentine Grays.. ~~ Bc 5% Anchor _—- Mauchester ancy.. 5% Arnold “wae - new era. 5% Arnold Merino. ... 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 5% - long cloth B. 9 Merrim’ ckshirtings. 4 - C. 7% —: 8% ‘“* gentury cloth z Pacific fancy . - 5% “gold seal..... 10% weee......,., 6 ** green seal TR 10% ameeeeee robes... 6% “ “yellow seal. a Simpson mourning.. 5% © weee.... -.-- if greys .. ...- 5% « Derk: -o8. “log - solid black. 5% Ballon solid black.. Washington indigo. 6% * colors. Turkey robes.. % Ben blue, green, “ India robes. . red and orange... 6 se plain Tky > % os Berlin solids........ 54%) “ ; - eee.....- 6 . Suey ag “ “ue een ee 6 “ Foulards ... a Marcha ¥ Washington | . we ..-- nen “ ~ = ...- ou Martha ~~ + = = Turner rea.......... 9% * “ B4XXXX 12 Riverpoint robes.... 5% Cocheco fancy...... 5 |Windsorfancy...... 6 _ madders. .. : " old ticket ad XX twills.. indigo blue....... 10% _ solids.....: 5 Peey......... : TICKINGS, Ames ACA... EGR C A,.... ........ 11% Heastiten M ....... 7 jPemberton AAA....16 « .. . a. ..- Sa - oetes.-= Swift River ........ 1% ae .... .. - 8 |Pearl River.. a eee WOO... «22000 10 | Warren....... eos 12% Lenox Mills ........ 1 jOomosiogs .......... 16 COTTON DRILL, Ate, D......-..-. 6% od me let aa 8 ce cee pecs wea 6%\No Name........ . T% CB oesisssn sce 7 Top e f Heap gabe be 9 Co.. mien, Mfg Co. br. 7 blue 8% ~ 2a twist 10% Columbian XXX br.10 XXX bl.19 Exposition.......... MN, cic cusses DEMINS. Amoskeag...... .12 {Columbian brown..12 - Sen..... 14 |Everett, blue........ 12% “4 brown .14 ig Own. ....12% Deer. os oo. 11%|Haymaker blue..... 7% Beaver Creek AA...10 ay rown... 7% - ae... So tee... a. 11% ' Ponce .......-.> 12% | Lawrence, POR. 6c: 13% No. 220....13 - No. 250 ae . No. 280....10% GINGHAMB, Amsosees ....... .... Lancaster, staple... 5 ** Persian dress 64, fancies . 7 ' Canton .. 7 . Normandie 7 . ae §%/Lancashire.......... 6 . Teazle...104%|Manchester......... 5% ie Angola. scr onerram.......... 8% “ Persian.. 7 |Normandie........ 7 Arlington staple.... 614/Persian.... ........ 7 Arasapha fancy.... 4%|Renfrew Dress...... 7% Bates Warwick dres 74%/Rosemont........... 6% - staples. 6 |Slatersvilile......... 6 Centennial,........ 10 Oe ase es 7 RE i ene ee a 7% Cumberland staple. OM Toil = Nord.. . 8% Cumberiand.... .... I oa oes 7% oe occa cect en : ‘* seersucker.. 7% Se SCIWOrwWhk.... -..... : Everett classics..... 8%/| Whittenden......... : ' heather dr. *% ” indigo blue 9 No ; Bk ‘& White.. _ Gienerven.... ...... oe Wameutta staples... 6% Glenwood...... oe i% Westhceok.......... 8 Hampton.. CS ee 10 Jobnson whalon cl *s Windermeer.... .... 5 . indies hilue SG Yeen..... --......... 6% _ zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGS. Amoskeag......... is (ecru... ...... .. 13% sci sede cnes A EN ca MRETIOO..-. os «oss 0e 13 isn THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's.......... 95 aeeer, 2. &?r....... teersbelrs.... .....- 90 Eee... 6, -c.s. 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored — 6... = Moe. M.......27 42 a ee Misia ae 338 43 casks 35 - 1 Bee 44 °° = . 36 17 we 45 CAMBRICS. er... soo. @ [Eiwards........... White Star......... 4 |Lockwood......... 4 mon cee .......... @ iWwoeoee.........;.. mewmaerket......... 4 \Brunswick . 2 RED FLANNEL, oo... 5. ee ee 2 Creedmore.......... s7% ee cys R% ee £ae....,.... ae So 35 Nameless ..... — eeeeve............ B2% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% mane B... 2. soc cs 22%4| Western W ......... 18% oe. ...-. .....- 2 a e............... 18% 6 oz Western........ 20 |Flushing eee... ne 23% a 2... 224%|Manitoba.... .......23% DOMET FLANNEL. Nameless ..... 8 9 ' 2 oi a ae 8%@10 ee 12% CANVASS AND PADDIN Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate Seow. Black. 9% 9 914 |10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%/11% 11% 11K 11% 11% 114|12 2 12 12% 12% 2Als 20 20 peveren, 6. 65........ o% West, Point, 8 =. -10% Mayland, 8oz....... 10% O0z ...12% Greenwood, 7% 03.. 9% eines Ee 13% Greenwood, 8 oz. - 11% ewe gues 13% Boston, 8 Os......... 10%|Boston, 10 oz........ 12% WADDINGS. White, dos......... 25 |Per bale, 40 dos....88 50 Colored, doz........ me ee seca 7 50 SILESIAS. Slater, Iron Cross... 8 :Pawtucket.......... 10% Red Cross... = ee a . TE. . ogan as 10%| Bedford. . te " Best AA..... — Valley City as ee 10 Bs. ons otk WET bicad cles. Veuys 10% os . 8% SEWING SIL. Corticelli, doz....... 85 Corticellt knitting, twist, doz. - per oz ball ..... 30 50 ht doz.. OOKS AND Sadan @ROB No 4BI’k & “White.. 15 8 -20 “ ; “ 1B “2 . 25 No 2-20, MC....... ar 4-15 sf 3%...... 40 S—i6,8 C........ aiamees No 2 White & BIk.12, [No 8 White & BI'k..20 “ @ “ 2 1? = 5 2 “ 6 “ ..18 “ 12 ny ee SAFETY PINs. ———————a Oe Oe a. 3S a ee a I econ nee ee 1 40|Steamboat........... 40 eer... 25 1 3/Gold Byed.......... 150 Marehall’s........... 5 Oe eeeeean........... 1 00 TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4....175 6—4... 5—4....165 6—4...2 30 OTTONT WINES. Cotton Sail Twine. J ee 14 eS Ee 12 Rising Star 4-ply....17 ee one ea 18% 3- . _ ie cae cee oie... .....: ee 13 | Wool Standard 4 ply =< gad vawy...... lt FOWRSAE ......... PLAID OSNABURG eee ce 6%{Mount ———— - 6% ——————_e eee... . 5 OE ona even eee TES ies sane: 5% Ar 8 a sateen eeu 6 |Randelman 6 —— bapa dicen eal 63¢|Riverside........... 5g eS SS el tgp, he 6% Haw mee. LS ee Ee od i 5 |Otis checks. 1% A LADY’S GENUINE : VICI : SHOE, Plain toe in opera er opera toe ont Cc. 8. saat D and E and E E widths, at $1.50, Patent leather tip, $155. Try them, they are beauties. Stock soft and fine, flexible and elegant fitters. Send for —. dozen. REKDER BROS, SHOE CO, Grand Rapids, Mich. rs ——- I) Ol. _n Packed Screw. ——0-—— WRITE FOR PRICES. HV BRIMLES 8 SON Manufacturers and Jobbers of PIECED AND STAMPED TINWARE, 260 [SOUTH IONIA :-T., Telephone 640. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH N, LYON & 0 NEW STYLES OF HO vk Hs ) 20 & 22 Monroe &t., GRAND RAPIDS. CHILDREN CRY FOR IT. ADULTS ADORE IT. DEALERS HANDLE IT. WHAT? WHY, ATLAS SOAP. Made Only By HENRY PAS‘ OLT, SAGINAW MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Helping People To Help Themselves. Not everybody has heard of Nathan Straus, but many thousand people in the great American metropolis hear his name to bless him. Nathan Straus is a rich man in New York City. He is a Jew. He is to-day one of the world’s greatest benefactors. No manin any line of benefaction has done more good, not in giving, although his giving is royal, but in helping poor people to help themselves, in assisting the needy in a way that they are not humiliated, but may _re- tain their self-respect. A proud man will resist a long time before he will consent to become a regular depend- ent; but once let his pride be utterly broken down by the _ necessities of those who are dependent on him, and he soon arrives ata state of feeling that will make him a beggar, a tramp and a common thief. Mr. Straus’ idea is to respect their pride, to save their self-respect, and this is done by en- abling people to help themselves. Pride of character, a consciousness of reasonable independence and self- respect, are the real basis of human honor. It is a terrible thing to be forced to give up these attributes of respectable manhood. How many men such are too proud to steal or to beg, and are kept from such disgrace by such a sentiment? A workingman temporarily deprived of the means of earning a living, and brought face to face’ with starvation himself and his family, should not be treated as if he were a pauper. Any form of chari- table organization which defines him as such, and considers his case as it would that of the veriest tramp, is merely an influence to degrade him. Just in pro- portion as it weakens his pride and lowers his self-respect by an indiscrimi- nate use of its methods of investigation and its picion, does it contribute to the process of pauperizing him. He may have ex- hausted his credit, stripped his house of everything he could part with, received all the help he could claim from the relief fund of his union or benefit society, but he remains one of the effect- ive elements of the productive wealth of the country. In the most purely material sense it is desirable that he should be en- abled to continue to be what he is, with- out cultivating habits of dependence or of being brutally reminded that society has no time to make fine distinctions be- tween honest want and shiftless pau- perism. All this was fully thought over by Nathan Straus when he was engaged in giving charity to the people of New York impoverished by the great finan- cial crash of 1893. He was oppressed with the condition of the poor, and he at first set out to relieve them by giv- ing. But he realized that, while he was relieving the physical necessities of the people, he was educating an army of beggars and tramps. Let people once learn to live without work, and they finally become fixed in habits of idleness and shiftlessness. After thinking the matter over, he resolved to adopt a dif- rerent plan. He opened establishments for the production and sale of neces- saries, which are sold at cost, and em- ployed as much Jabor as possible to carry on the business.. Mr. Straus’ coal yards, bake shops, milk dairies, restaurants and lodging-houses have become famous in New York. for attitude of unsympathetic sus-% This benefactor saw, as he declares, that the poor who are forced to buy their supplies in small quantities pay exorbi- tant prices. The citizen who is able to buy his coal by the ton pays $5 or $6 for it, while the poor man who buys it by the bucketful pays at the rate of $12 to $16 for his fuel. The same rule obtains in the fact cf all the necessaries which the poor man purchases. In January, 1893, Mr. Straus, realizing the enormous suffering of the working people in New York, started a great coal yard and re- tailed good coal at the wholesale rate. He paid $4 a ton for coal and sold it in 20 pound lots, so that he received for his coal $4.25. When it cost him $4.87 a ton he retailed it at the rate of $5. He saw that the enormous death rate of small children was due to the use of inferior, often adulterated and polluted milk. He started milk dairies, where pure milk, guaranteed by the Board of Health, was sold to the working people at a whole- sale rate. Then he furnished all comers fixed quantities of coal, bread, tea, coffee, sugar, or flour, in packages for 5 cents each, every package containing just weight at the wholesale rates. Mr. Straus’ sales of coal alone amounted to from 500,000 to 700 000 pounds daily, and the other articles were sold in a like proportion. The sales from his establishments from Dee 30, 1893, to March 31, 1894, are given as follows: pce Value. Come T1828 $65,533 Sugar | ao 15,125 ee. ‘370, 694 9 1278 eT 151,708 2,450 Coffee 9,812 9,200 RO oases uence. 48,563 5550 re Gnas aE $107,136 These enormous amounts were sold chiefly in 5 cent lots. In the same period more than 60,000 people had been fed and lodged at his establishments, and they all paid their nickel. Of course, as a business transaction, there was an im- mense loss on these operations; but they were intended as a benefaction, and, at the same time, to spare the feelings of the customers. Nobody was humiliated, no- body was required to answer questions; but people bought their supplies and earried them away, feeling that the whole thing was a business transaction. The benefactor must not expect any thanks. He must not work for thanks. He must do good for good’s sake, and that is his only compensation. Mr. Straus has led the way in a most valuable form of beneficence, and it is worth study by all philanthropists. The story of itis given in the May issue of the North American Review. FRANK STOWELL. Hardware Price Current. fnese prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. eae 60 Coon... be cae ee et eg 49 Jennings’, genuine ee el Cee ase ce on sieu es. 25 Jennings’, ee 50&10 AXES. Firet Quality, Go @eeeee.. ......_........ 87 00 " a 1% 00 . oe oS Gee... a: 8 00 . Ty Glee. ..... 1 ae ss 13 50 BARROWS. dis. es ..... 8 14 00 eee ae BOLTS. dis Oe ie kc 50&10 Gams Cee 75&10 TNO 40&10 Sleigh meee... CW. ee ec: 70 BUCKETS. ee, ee $350 PE oc 400 ms CAST. dis. Cast Loene Pim, Remi. oo...) ces tcc cacne 0& Wought Paine rent Sast joint.......... 60410 aN NEN Nba bionaniteRn AARNE 7 Wrought ie es o| HAMMERS. Me ee goaio aoe ACe we... 6. dis. 25 Wrought Inside Blind....................... 60410 | Kip’s... a ‘ldis. 25 Wectens Oreee............ -.. eee 75 | Yerkes & Plumb’s —_ 40&10 ee Ce | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. . 30c list 60 soe foe ee os | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand. -B0€ 40810 OEE } HINGES. ” BLOCKS. —* ee Als. — tat -per doz. net, 2 Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... .....60&10 Screw Hook and ‘Strap, ‘to 12 2 in. 4% 14 and CRADLES. ee 3% ee diz. 50802 Screw Hook and Eye, Rue -— = coe. -net 4 CROW BARS. “ “ ts . i ee a net 7 CO per 5 . . - CQ net Li CAPS Oe dis. 50 hws 1- HANGERS. dis. ee ge perm &5 | garn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track....50410 eee ‘“ Champion, anti-friction...... ' . 6O&10 GD ss vestereseeertetsen seen: 35 | Ssaaes, whoa track rs Muskei a“ Pen eara — 60 ny ‘page — i aie 60&16 meee Pee... ....... Meeeen...........,. ed Sd e wage cel ue a. 60&10 Central Pir dis. Me 60&10 CHISELS. dis Grey Gameieg |... -- 40&10 ELENA TN IOs ian. eee eee i a a eh kh ems ht i yl a 75510 Japanned Tin Ware.. 1 nei a inci 2 rn oo ea es ines aa Granite Iron Ware . i new list 3834 &10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer................... Bale mii Soin Lee 708108810 COMBS, dis, ot. Rven.......... a ee ae oedema end pes: eee pee Sites da a ae. dis.7% White Crayons, per gross.......... aA COPPER. Seal. 54 9iGh gud larger ................ ™% Planished, 14 oz cut tosize... .. per pound 28 Manilla EE nn ii 14x52, 14x56, 14X60 ..22 6.0... 26 | steel and nh Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...00 22.2.0 2001 ap | Steck and Trom..... .....----00-r+++seeeeers Cold MO ernie MN ek cine a6 aes : ele het oak cones “_" ae TInoN. oe oe pis MOTeG'H TAG SOOGNM el 50|N CC aa a Taper and straight Shank. 200022000000012, a7) ee ORME TMPCr Se BO Oe ees. ae DRIPPING PANS, Nos, 22 to 24 SS 4 05 315 Small sizes, ser pound a or oe tO 26... eee ee ee, “ee ; 2 3 -o GC MEMO, POE POUR... ig... eee voces A) aan tc i. ck... All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 sada ELBOWS. wide not less than 2-10 extra . — 4 — Oe ces. dos. ant 1 List £. 19. °88 SAND PAPER, CO EE MT RENN CCE Te dl dis. 50 eee scion aie 40410) | SASH CORD, eeeaieroe bees. dis. nn, ee Leeds beet eeuiue list 50 Clark's, small, $18; 1erge, B26..--..... +... 30 oo Remuera rrteeee esses . @ ves’ [ hy ieee es ka 25 eae ae ee atin alam ns “ FILES—New List. dis. is went Gn a lala a ul “ > EE 60&10 hioake 8 — en eee eedde deco ceecee esa, oc 60&10 : gagH WEIaHTs Co i ee GON) | SOMA BYOB. «oo. es eeeseeeesreees -- ber ton 825 Hoticrs Horna Mone 0 50 4 SAWS. dis. GALVANIZED IRON. silver steel Dia. X Cuts, er foot... 70 Nos. - - 2; 2 — WA; 2 be 206|COUe ‘Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot. . 50 List 13 16 17 . Pease Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 Tune, 60 . fon and Electric Tooth X ieee neaneein a arent dis. 1 ae............................ aniey Rule an evel Co.’s.. ‘ TRAPS, di KNOBs—New a dis. eee Game e010 Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s 0221. Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55 | Oneida Community, Hawley # Norton’s 70 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... mee ONG, COOMT 18¢ per dos Door, porcelsin, tri TN | COC, GCLINIOM $1.50 per dos Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 70 WIRE. dis aia dis OE 65 Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s ae. "55 Ameo Meee... 70—10 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’6 Coppers mane... 60 2 ae r OB. eeeee eee eeer cece Oe 62% aon ae ee ee el 55 Barbed # See Sean 50 orw Pe aaa te heer evans 55/ Barbed Fence, galvanized.................. 2 60 eee 816.00, dis. 60 gj et pea 2 20 HORSE NAILS, — sete eteeseeeee eens en ees ‘ia #18 00 mat. Ee ee eee ea dis. 40&10 Po ele che het lii Peeeeees ks. dis. 05 Sperry & Co.'s, Post, so a oo. a 2 Northwestern...... least oS MILLS. 8 . . Coffee, Parkers C08 eset coe cceesiee sees a . coe W. Mfe. = Malleables.. {0 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, ....... 75 C os erry OrR'BS...... 2. » Coe’s Patent, malleabl LL sian eet sau eaaan. “ ate. Bird Cages ae ., ee Cite ae eee Stebbin's Genning. 22.0022 “09810 | Screwe, New List... ato nterprise, #6: mem se eeee eens “° °% | Casters, Bed a -d Plate.........00. 0... Bo&10&10 ampers, Ce - Face lr — base, on both Steel and = Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 65&10 ee — nails, ce ee ec ce 1 50 ne ee es eae Base Base PI@ TIN. __ ehsseecha deat OS Bae sia 10 | Pig Large............-....+-. 26¢ eT 25 | Pig Bars..... ... . 28¢ Sa necmbeataraten ys Menon go| Duty: Sheet, 2%e per pound. S.C. oe 45 pound casks. 8 a a 6% a PD z ee ee ee 50 SOLDER. | Ni 60 ES .i6 Ee 6 eee Wee i 18 ee 90} The ces of the many other qualities of a. 1 29 | Solder in the market indicated by private brands eo 1 60 | V8ry according to compositior. Fine 3 1 60 TMONY. eee... per pound — ae 13 “ .. 90 TIN—MELYN GRADE. Finish 10 5 aaa Ic, Charcoal De dd hg ll ge gig ce gc 8750 a EO 7 60 a 1 10| 10x14 1X, SE eee SM i ae 9 25 s 4x20 IX, eee eee meee meee wee eee 9 Qe — 70| ‘Each sdditional X on this grade, #1.76, “ TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. TA oni RR “2 40x14 10, ChageoAl wo0-.seeesor eee eeorsee 7 OO 6 % Onto Tool Co."s, —<— nee 8 8 25 Sciota Ben ‘ P50 | AKAD TK, ees ee eects tenon eee e 9 25 Benduaky ool Gai fancy. a oe Each ditional Xon peo $1.50. nm vet GUATLY.......... a Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s wood. . ....50&10| 14220 IC, | Worcester.................. $* Fry, Acme........... i gail SERENE ais.co—10 | 20x28 IC, “f nh deans toon Common, polished...27.202002002000220. dis, 70|14x20IC, ‘ Allaway Grade........... 6 00 9 RIVETS. ais. — => a BE mane ini ait 4 a I I i ii oi ois segs denis one 40 | 20x28 IC, : oocennees sees - Copper Rivets and Burs.............. . BO—10 | 20x28 IX, o ‘ aa walk ma 15 50 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. 14x28 ee TM Ta 814 00 “A” Wood's —s Planished, Nos, 24 to 27 Ss 20 ee 15 00 “SB” Wood's ed, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 14556 Ix, for No. 8 Botlers, r pound 10 00 Broken © per pound extra. 14x60 IX, rg pe THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 4 WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at Grand Rapids post-office as second- class matter. «When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in Tue MicHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1894. SOME SINISTER SCHEME. The great strike of union coal miners that is now taking place in every part of the United States where there is any coal mining is a most remarkable event when it is considered that the entire country is suffering from a_ business de- pression and industrial stagnation, the like of which was never seen before. It would have been reasonable to sup- pose, at a time like this, that if any in- dustries are being operated so as to give employment to labor they would be not only permitted todo so, but would be greeted with a God-speed. But, for some reason which is not explained on any rational grounds, there seems to be a de- sire on the part of the trades unions to stop everything. This, in fact, is likely to be the result of the coal strike, if, in- deed, it was not intended to have such aneffect. Every species of manufactur- ing, and all the railways and most of the steamboats, are absolutely dependent on a coal supply, and to cut that off will re- sult in a stoppage of every wheel of in- dustry in the country. While no sort of good can come to anybody from such a situation, it is plain that enormous misfortune will be caused to all the working people who will be turned out of business by a failure of the coal supply; but this does not seem to be considered by those who are managing the strike of the coal miners, and it looks as if the entire matter is the result of a deliberate move- ment to complete the ruin of all sorts of industries, so that extreme distress and utter misery may be precipitated upon the country, and the desperate people may be driven to zeneral violence. Of course, nobody supposes that the min- ers who are being forced into such a move have the faintest realization to what extremes matters may be driven, but there are those who are managing the affair who must know what they are doing. Any idea that, by destroying all the ployers or wealthy classes will be dam- aged, aud so punished, is most false and mischievous. There are two classes in every community who are equally dependent the one upon the other. These are the employers and the em- ployes. Either one is wholly undone without the other. Any idea that the wealthy classes can be bankrupted and ruined without hurting the working people isa most dangerous fallacy, and as for seizing the wealth of the former and dividing it out among the em- ployes, houses and factories cannot be divided, while the money would not be a drop in the bucket. All the money in the country equally distributed would give only a few dol- lars to each. It is the circulation of money that makes the quantity seem large. There is only so much money in the country, and, by constantly passing it from one to another, it makes a great show and supplies the wants of all; but let the flow once stop by the cessation or destruction of commerce and industries, and quickly would the suffering become general. it is just the same with the water on the earth. There is only so much, but by being constantly kept in circulation it constantly accomplishes many vast and useful purposes. The Mississippi goes on forever pouring its floods into the sea; but suppose the rains were to stop for a few years. This mighty river would run dry, and the vast region which it drains would be corverted into a desert. Itis difficult to believe that reason- able people would desire the stoppage of every industry in the country, but if the strikes of the miners shall be carried on to the extent of creating a general and prolonged coal famine, that will be the result, and it will then be impossible to doubt that such a result is intended. It will be an evil day for the work people when such a state of thing shall come to pass. The working people are num- bered by millions, and the great employ- ers are only some thousands. It will be a strange satisfaction to destroy millions of people in order that revenge may be wreaked upon a few thousand. The miners who are lending themselves to such an undertaking evidently do not understand to what terrible conditions they are tending. They are the unfor- tunate and ignorant agents of socialistic and anarchistic trades unionists who have some sinister and deep-laid scheme. THE TRADESMAN joins with the Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocers’ Association in welcoming the members of the Mich- igan Wholesale Grocers’ Association to the city on the occasion of their second annual convention and trusts that their deliberations may be characterized by breadth and harmony and result in good to themselves and the trade at large. It Was Old Mutton. A cargo of mutton was sold in Liver- pool the other day which had been killed nearly a year before. A sailing ship nawed the Wellington sailed from New Zealand on May 12 last with a cargo of 12,000 frozen carcassas of mutton and some other things. Off Cape Horn she met very bad weather, and was so much dam- aged that she had to put into Rio for re- pairs. The Brazilian war was going on, and she had to wait there six months be- fore she could get her necessary repairs, and sailed for Liverpool on Jan. 24. April | > she arrived at the end of her voyage, and the mutton was found in very good ; condition. industries of the country, only the em-| 2 The worst of all connected with the movements of the unemployed is in the fact that their ranks are always filled with men who make doing nothing a profession. Retirement of a Faithful Official. Assistant City Attorney Carroll, who will shortly vacate the office to make way for the new appointee, has held that important position for about six years, and it is safe to say that during that time no city official has given more general satisfaction, or has attended more assid- uously to his duties, than has Mr. Car- roll. In all the exacting requirements of his office he has shown himself possessed of ability and skill as a law- yer and counsel, and in every instance has made his private interests suabordi- nate to his public duty. The Retail Grocers’ Association, especially, has rea- son to remember Mr. Carroll. In the battle of the Association on behalf of legitimate trade against the peddling nuisance, what has been accomplished has been largely because of the splendid work done by the Assistant City Attor- ney. To his masterly conduct of the cases tried last summer against the peddlers is due the complete victory gained at that time, and to his vigilance in looking after the interests of the city is due the signal failure of the peddlers to evade the law. His interpretation of the peddling ordinance has been gener- ally accepted by the city courts as cor- rect. Tue TRADESMAN voices the senti- ment of the entire Grocers’ Association and of a large number of other citizens, when it expresses regret at Mr. Carroll’s retirement and wishes for him a pros- perous careerin private practice. It is to be regretted that when an official has proved himself capable and efficient, as Mr. Carroll certainly has, he must, be- cause of his politics, be retired at a time when, by reason of long incumbency of office, the city might hope to profit by his experience. Party politics is the curse and menace of municipal govern- ment, and the sooner it is banished from city affairs the better. Tur TRADESMAN would hail with pleasure the retention of Mr. Carroll in office, believing that his long experience in the duties of the office and his ability as a lawyer would be invaluable to the city. —_——— <> -9 ~» ° net. on | if Wl 4 >» ° at, oy THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 9 WHOLESALE GROCERS. Brief History of the Present Organiza- tion and Its Predecessor. The Michigan Wholesale Grocers’ As- sociation, which now includes every wholesale grocer in the State and is in close touch with twenty-three other State organizations similar in member- ship and purpose, was organized in this city Nov. 10, 1892, as the result of a call issued by the Grand Rapids Whole- sale Grocers’ Association, the movement having the hearty co-operation of the Detroit Wholesale Grocers’ Association. The action owed its existence to the as- surance of the American Sugar Refining Co. that it would be useless for the wholesale grocers of the State to at- tempt to put into effect the Equality Plan of selling sugars until the trade was united on State lines, the same as the wholesale grocery trade of the Eastern States. Twenty-four houses were rep- resented at the meeting when a consti- tution and by-laws were adopted and the following officers elected: President—R. O. Wheeler. Vice-Presidents—P. Fitzsimmons and J. W. Symons. Treasurer—Wm. Judson. Directors—J. L. Douglas, John Robson, D.L.MeMorran, A. Wierengo, S.M.Lemon. | Executive Committee—Wm. Widdi- comb, W. H. Brace, W. 1. Brotherton, O. A. Ball, B. L. Desenberg. The Executive Committee was in- structed to put in operation the Equality Plan of selling sugar as soon as prac- ticable. The convention closed with a banquet at the Peninsular Club, given by the local wholesale grocers. The Executive Committee met at Detroit, Nov. 15, when Fred H. Ball was elected Secretary of the Association and was instructed to prepare a rate book. Another meeting of the Executive Committee was held at Saginaw Dee. 20, when it was decided to put the Equality Plan in force Jan. 3, 1893. The second meeting of the Association was held at Detroit, May 9, when the following officers were elected: President—R. O. Wheeler. Vice-President—A Wierengo, Symons. Secretary—Fred H. Ball. Treasurer—Wm. Judson. Directors—Fred B. Clark, D. L. Me- Morran, John Rvubson, Edward Henkel, L. E. Hawkins. Executive Committee—Wm. Widdi- comb, chairman; James Edgar, W. lL. Brotherton, W. J. Gould, Wm. C. Phipps, Wm. H. Brace, H. S. Grigzs, S. Arm- strong, B. L. Desenberg. It was decided to prohibit traveling salesman employed by members of the Association from taking bonuses from manufacturers and to put the Equality Plan of selling package coffee into effect as early in the year as possible. The convention closed with a banquet at the Hotel Cadillac, which clearly established the reputation of the Detroit Wholesale Grocers’ Association as hosts. The Executive Committee held a meet- ing June 27 and decided to put package coffee on the Equality Plan, July 5. This arrangement continued until last month, when it was abandoned for the reason that the jobbers found it impos- sible to maintain the price so long as the manufacturer persisted in cutting the price to the retail trade. Many meetings of the Executive Com- mittee have been held during the past year, resulting in great good to the mem- bers of the Association, and finally culminating in the event long and anx- a. WS iously looked forward to—the co-opera- tion of Chicago jobbers in extending the | beneficent results of Kquality. In the effort to obtain this concession the chair- man of the Executive Committee has worked assiduously for months, giving tion whenever called upon todo so. In fact, the membership as a whole has spared no pains or expense to bring about a result which it considered so fraught with good to the organization; and to such unity of action and oneness of purpose is, undoubtedly, due the result achieved. Birth and Death of a Prior Organization. So much for the Association as it now is; but it is not the first organization created and maintained for the purpose of securing concerted action among the wholesale grocers of the State. The initial attempt in that direction culmi- nated Oct. 15, 1888, in a meeting at Lan- | Sing, called by Heman G. Barlow, for |the purpose of organizing a Michigan | Wholesale Grocers’ Association. This meeting was attended by the representa- | tives of twelve houses and was called to | | order by W. J. Gould, who was selected |to act as chairman, while Mr. Barlow 'performed the duties of Secretary, | Messrs. L. E. Hawkins, Samuel Sinclair | | and H. G Barlow presented a draft of a constitution and by-laws, whieh was! adopted, when the _ following officers were elected: President—W. J. Gould. Vice-Presidents—Jas. Stewart, M. W. | Clark, L. E. Hawkins. Secretary and Treasurer—H. G. Bar-} low. Directors—P. Fitzsimmons, Clifford | Elliott, Wm. H. Brace, Jas. Edgar, John | Robson, W. IL. Brotherton, B. Desenberg, B. W. MeCausland, F. C. Stone, S. M. | Lemon, O. A. Ball, Wm. Judson, A. A. Graves. The next meeting was held at the Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, Nov. 12 and 13, of the same year. The sugar question | and the matter of charging for cartage and boxing claimed most of the attention of the meeting. It was finally agreed to charge for cartage, boxing, and exchange, but no agreement was reached as to sugar and the meeting adjourned. A third meeting was held at Detroit Dec. 27, 1888, but nothing of importance was done, and a fourth meeting was held in the same city January | 10, 1889, when it was agreed that the charging for cartage, boxing and ex- change go into effect Feb. 18, and 6,000 circular announcements were sent out to! the retail grocery trade of the State, as follows: To the Retail Grocers of Michigan: | The Wholesale Grocers’ Association of | the State of Michigan, believing your, own interests best subserved by a care- | ful attention to watters of mutual in-! terest, that concern your own success in business, desire to present to you some | reasons for their action, that they feel | assured will be cordially assented to by! you: We firstlay down the general princi- ple thata fair competition is not feared by any one, and that the essential ele- ment of confidence is, that you be as- sured of the fact that you buy certain goods as low as your neighbor. | Under the state of affairs heretofore existing, no one has had any certainty that his competitor was not obtaining concessions or discounts that reduced his cost below a legitimate point, thus enabling him to sellat prices that might destroy the profit of another. [Continued on Page 11) The himself neither rest nor recreation, the | Gran d other members of the Committee render- } ing him valiant assistance and co-cpera- | Rapids Pure Froood FE.xposition Opens May 28th and con- tinues two weeks at Lock= erby Hall. a A Special Feature of the Food Exposition will be the appearance of Mrs Sarah Tyson Rorer, President and Principal of Philadel- phia Cooking School, Editor Household News who will lecture daily at 3 p. m.’on High Art Cookery. These lectures will be of great importance to the ladies, as they will be prac- tically demonstrated. Mrs. Rorer will go through the regular course of cooking while lecturing. Arrangements have been made with Wurzburg to fur- nish music for a promenade concert every afternoon at 2 and every evening at 8 o'clock. Also a Grand Floral Display will be a feature of the Exposition. ADMISSION TO ALL, 25 cents. K. O. WHEELER, PRESIDENT. * 1 “4 . > il _ * x ” = t ’ ° ~ we * A + a 2 gs ™ ° " * 4 z ‘ “ . > WILLIAM WIDDICOMB, CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, FRED H. BALL, + % ’ : t wet ) . ‘ * s » rr SECRETARY. % + | Pm A. WIERENGO, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT. pos OF A r & ea NVOTHOT) WILLIAM JUDSON, TREASURER. a ¢ ¥ “4 v - y a ¥ A! 4 * df : < a + a - 4 ~ «~ } c 4 t 4 + * “NOV INSaACAV aL i * wer’ THE MICHIGAN TRA DHSMAN. WW This is one of the evils our organiza- tion is intended to correct; that is to say, all goods sold to jobbers under contract to maintain certain prices, are to be held strictly to contract in all cases, giving to no one any concession whatever, thus placing all buyers on precisely the same basis. This refers to all contract goods. A regular schedule has been adopted, specifying such goods as will be sold on 30 days, 60 days or 4 mouths, and after the agreed upon time has expired, inter- est will be charged until paid. Provision is made to guard against un- fair reclamations and deductions. All important jobbing centers charge for boxing and _ cartage. These are legitimate expenses, and should enter into the cost of the goods. After the 18th of February a reasonable charge will be made for boxing, and cartage will be charged at the rate of 10 cents on 500 pounds and under, and 2 cents per 100 pounds on all greater amounts. On sugars the charge will be 5 cents per barrel. We earnestly desire your good will, and feel assured you will heartily co- operate with us in our endeavor to cor- rect abuses that have, of late years notably, added to the annoyances of busi- ness, without any corresponding benefit to any one. Further, we recognize that your inter- ests are ours, and we will also use our influence to protect you, believing that we can do much to relieve you from un- reliable and unscrupulous retailers, and also in causing manufacturers to place their goods on the market in such shape as to secure to the legitimate retailer good margins on the goods you shall han- dle through the members ofthis Asso- ciation. To this end we pledge our- selves, collectively and individually, to use every legitimate means in our power to show you that we are laboring for your interest as well as our own; and we further solicit your co-operation, that this Association may be mutually bene- ficial to both wholesaler and retailer. This circular was signed by thirty- three wholesale groceis doing business in Michigan and seven Toledo wholesale grocery houses. The announcement created so much unfavorable comment and caused such active opposition on the part of the retail trade that some of the members of the Association weakened and two days be- fore the agreement was to go into effect issued circulars to the trade, announcing their abandonment of the proposed inno- vations and their retirement from the Association. This, of course, resulted in the dissolution of the Association, which never held anotber meeting. Those who intended to live up to the provisions of the agreement naturally felt sore over the summary manner in which the work of the Association had been controverted and the unfortunate outcome of the movement left a bad taste in the mouths of some of the mem- bers for a long time. >< The ‘‘Equality Plan” in Selling Sugar. Correspondence New Orleans Picayune. New York, April has been called to the in your issue of April 7, entitled. ‘‘Let Us Avoid the Sugar Equality Plan,’’ which is evidently founded upon mis information as to the principles and working of this plan. The conditions in Boston, Phila- delphia, New York, and New Orleans are similar to refined sugar, all primary markets, and the equality plan has been worked in New York and New England with perfect satisfaction during the last three or four years, andits justice and equity have been such that it is now ex- tending all over the country. It is not an ironclad agreement be- tweeu the grocers of any particular dis- trict and the sugar trust. The grocers do not become the agents of the sugar trust. They are not barred from spec- ulating in refined or other sugars, and cannot be loaded up by the trust any 10—My attention | article published | more than if the equality plan was not in existence. Grocers are not restricted | as to the market in which they sell | their sugar, and there is no combination or trust. It is simply a plan by which jobbers of all sections name a uniform but reason- | able price in each town, so that no matter from what point the retail grocer buys his supplies they cost him the same laid down. There was some fear at first that this was a plan to exact excessive profits, but that this fear was unfounded has been proven in practice. The whole- sale grocers make about three-sixteenths of a cent a pound on refined sugars, which barely covers the average of the) expenses of doing business, but it is better than the old cut-throat plan, where goods were often handled at a positive loss, and a chromo thrown in. The system is popular with the retail dealers where it has been tried, because grocers know what their goods will cost them laid down, and that they are buying as cheap as their competitors are, and it | tends to reduce the cutting evil in the} retail trade where one reckless grocer | would demoralize an entire community, ending in bankruptcy to himself and in- jury to all concerned. So far as the interests of Louisiana are concerned, they are, in a broad sense, that of the entire sugar industry. There is a mutual interest between producers, refiners, and distributors, and all should work together forthe good of all. I would respectfully ask the insertion of this letter for the information of any of your readers who might fear that the operation of the equality plan would be detrimental to New Orleans’ interests. It certainly has not proved so as regards those of New York, Boston, or Philadel- phia, all of which are primary refining points; nor, indeed, those of interior jobbing points. Indeed, the experience has been just the contrary. Respect- fully yours, L. P. Lyox, Secretary Wholesale Grocers’ Association of New York and Vicinity. > S__—__—— Blessings on the Busy Man. The busy man, not the busybody, earns sunshine aud money for others as well as himself. He it is who enjoys life from the business point of view, to whom trade is nota mere dull grind, but for whose life commerce furnishes a field as satisfying as isthe battlefield to him who seeks the glory of clashing arms on the ground of military fame. Busy men! Among business men the scene of work grows more complex and intricate, even if the work itself be more thoroughly systematized from year to year. Trade grows in its fields in details as well as in size until it is no wonder that labor-saving devices and _ perfected systems of work fail to relieve the head men of large interests of an increase of toil if they wish to retain their places in the commercial world. Busy men! Too busy to be blue, glum, sour, crabbed! Too busy to greet a news- paper man with so forbidding a face that the next time they need his friendship they have to palaver a half hour before they dare ask a favor. Busy men! Men who know that cour- age brings its own reward. Men to whom time is so valuable that they can- not ride the world over seeking fights everywhere—but are busy as the bee, working like the old scotchman, ‘‘Sweep- ing before his ain door.” Busy men are the men who have confidence themselves and enjoy that of others. eet Wisconsin-Made Caviare. Everybody understands that a good deal of the wine imported to this coun- try from France and Italy is made in this country, and shipped abroad, to be repacked and returned with the price largely increased; but not many persons know that a large part of the caviare im- ported from abroad is made in Wis- consin. This, however, is said to be the fact. Sturgeon, from whose roe_ the caviare is made, abound in the northern lakes, and the eggs are salted down by the fishermen there. It is shipped most- ly to Germany, and comes back in tin cans, with attractive labels, to be resold by Americans at greatly advanced prices. | Summer Goods. | LAWNS, CHA LLIES, ORGANDY, DOTTED MULL, SEERSUCKER, grades to sell at Popular Prices. In all Samples cheerfully sent on SHIRTINGS, application. P. Steketee & Sons, 83 Morroe St. gawD ariel. Rubber <= THE ONLY PERFECT RUBBER MADE. A MOULDED RUBBER. ALL ONE PIECE. UNLINED. MADE OF PURE RUBBER. Send for a Sample Pair of Women Send your orders for all kinds Blacking, !ressing, ete. Wales-Goodyear Rubber Co., Imperial Rubber Co. Price List and Discounts. A Woman's Plain Croquet 22e net. If you have not seen the ‘‘Tarvel’’ rub- ber you have missed it It is the most perfect ru ber shoe ever made, and it will sell at sight tined to havea large sale There is yet time. This overshoeis des- *s or Men's. Agents for Woonsocket Rubber Co., Write for GR. MAYHEW, Grand Radids, Mich. 1B PEQRLOT si ai *“CRESCENT,’’ “u PILLING, 7 ‘3 iS i aoe rl Co, Proprietors of the escent oller \ ill; ‘(HITE ROSB,”’’ “ROYAL.” These brands are Standard and have a N Correspondence solicited. ational reputation. VOIGT MILLING GO., Grand Rapids, Mich, 133 . Joh, MICHIGAN 'TRADEHESMATS PRODUCE MARKET Asparagus—Home-grown now rules the mar- ket. Dealers sell it for 30c per doz. bunches. Beans—Slow. Dealers pay $1.30@1.40 for coun- try picked, holding hand picked at $1.75. Butter—Supply is good. Creamery, fancy, 16@ 17e; choice, 15@16c; Dairy, extra, 14@15c; rolls, fresh 11@12%. Cabbages—Are in poor supply. Floridas are still held at $2 per crate. Cucumbers—Are down to 6‘c per doz. Eggs—Dealers pay 9\@10c, holding at llc. Field Seeds—Medium and mammoth clover, $6@6.25; Alsyke, #8@s.50; Alfalfa, %6.75@7.50; Timothy, $2.15; Red Top, 75c; Orchard Grass Hon. Thos. D Gilbert’s Hog Story. “‘T was very much interested in your interview with old settlers,” said C. G. A. Voigt to THE TRADESMAN last week, “especially in the one with Mr. Gilbert. There is one little story that Mr. Gilbert did not tell you, that is well worth repeating. A number of us, cluding Mr. Gilbert, the River one morning on the boat a few years ago, and, as we were rounding a certain bend in the River, he asked us if we had ever heard his hog story. We had never heard it and, of course, urged him to tellit. Mr. Gilbert said: ‘That bend we just passed always reminds me of the time we ran out of pork down in Grand Haven, where I resided at the time. There was no pork to be had in the town, and, as we could not get along without it, 1 started for Grand Rapids to see what I could do. I managed to col- lect together about 100 hogs and started for home. It was winter time, and the roads were almost impassable with snow. They were quite so for hogs, and there was but one thing to do, and that was to drive them down the River on the ice. So I started and everything went smoothly until we reached that particu- lar bend. There the wind had a clear sweep at the River and had not left a single flake of snow on the ice. The River was as smooth a glass. I started the hogs on the run, thinking they would slide across, but they didn’t. When a hog struck the clear ice its feet sprawled out from under it, and it lay however, in- were going down $1.80. ie oe clover, 14c; buckwheat, 12c. Lettuce—Supply is increasing. Dealers pay 6c and sell for 8e per Ib. Maple syrup—Is unchanged. for 85c and held at $1 per gal. Onions—Louisiana is now sending forward new onions and old are consequently knocked out. New are sold for $1.°5 per bu, or $4 per bbl. Green bring 8@10c per dozen bunches. Radishes—Are in good supply. Outside stock brings 25c, and homegrown 15c per doz bunches, but the latter are very poor and are seldom called for. Spinach—Unchanged at 40c per bu. Tomatoes—Still held at $3.75 per 6-basket crate. Pie Plant—Is down to %c per lb Strawberries—Are now held at 1c per qt or $2.40 per 24 box crate. Potatoes—Old are still held by dealers at 8fc per bu, but this is hardly a fair index of the market, as retailers are selling them for the same price. New have fallen off 75ec during the past week ard are now held at $1.50 or bu. The “potatoe excitement”’ is probably over. SHOE DRESSINGS Per Doz. for Russett Shoes $1 75 TAN SHINE _ « “ It is still bought DANDY POLISH 175 down, unable to help itself. In a short] WHITTEMORE’S RUSSET CREAM 175 time every one of those 100 hogs lay | WHITE'S RUSSIA for Russet Shoes 1 75 SATINOLA se it lon 1 60 helplessly upon the ice. The clear strip was several hundred feet across, had to take each hog by the ears and drag it across. The ice was nearly as slippery for me as it was for the hogs, | and it was a big job for me to get them) over; but I got them over at last and down to Grand Haven, where they were soon converted into pork. It always, seemed to me that I paid a big price for | my share of the product.’ ”’ — GILT EDGE, RAVEN GLOSS, THE ‘*400,’’ GLYCEROLE, THE IDEAL, ii, TOPSY, BIXBY’S ROYAL, BROWN’S, KEYSTONE, BOSTON POLISH. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., Headquarters for SHOE STORESUPPLIES. T, Y ~o 2 ’ Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Pen sie 89 —-> On His First Trip Out. Fresh Drummer (who got on at last station) —You will pardon me speaking to you; but when I seea pretty woman all alone [ always interest myself. And you know we drummers are hard to beat. Pretty Young Woman (coolly)—Oh, 1 don’t know! My husband, who will be back as soon as he finishes his cigar, had no trouble beating the other two chaps who tried to flirt with me.”’ It is needless to say that he beat a re- treat. Seely’s Flavoring Extracts Every dealer should sell them. Extra Fine quality. Lemon, Vanilla, Assorted Flavors. Yearly sales increased by their use. Send trial order. ~ Seely’s hemon, (Wrapped) Doz Gro. 90 10 20 12 60 loz $ Zon. t 30 2 60 4 oz, 22 80 33 00 Seely’s Vanilla (Wrapped) 60z 3 00 Gro, 16 20 Doz. 1oz.$1 50 200 3 75 5 40 2 oz. 21 60 402, 40 80 6 oz, 57 60 Plain N.S, with 4 corkscrew at same ’ priceif preferred. Correspondence ' i-_j Solicited. SEELY MFG. CO., Detroit, Mich. The Poorest Man On Earth Can afford the BEST salt. 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SO 85 | Eutra Turk Damar. ...1 1 60 ¥ ‘ en 2 50@3 00 | +4Y a BR ON i ce nse noon SO, Genet cee eee @ 1 — 7s settceee ees 42 = “—. —. - 1 i eee ‘ 52 E 70@7 BACOAR. ‘heobromas..... ..... 15@ 201 Guatca _ Rarer srierntiees S saa chattel al 5 vee ress UO@T te Cubeae (po 36)...... 2@ 30 POTASSIUM. . ....., o “ cin eens Juniperus ............- 8@ 10) Bi Carp. ae re we a TT TT Te ; 4 , Xanthoxylum ... 25@ 30|Bichromate ........... 18 14] Hyoscyamus................ 50 —< BALSAMUM Deeneee.............. om iteee..... ......... ..... 15 . eee oe th ” CColomions............. 5 Copaiba 45@_ 50 Caleense (po 23@25).. 24@ 26| Ferri Chloridum.... 1...) 7 35 - © Peru............- . ae | Ovantde............... 50@ 55] Kino oe Terabin, Canada .... 60@ 65 janie. be eee ee elu 90@3 00 Lobelia. a 50 fo 35@ 50] Potassa, Bitart, pure.. we Oi 50 ‘ ’ CORTEX Potassa, Bitart, com.. @ 15 ay ‘ie ee ce 50 ee . Potass Nitras, On. .... oe wie... ....... 85 2 ee sree see ees - Fotass Nithae os 4... 1@ Z | Camphorated........... 50 * « JABBIBEG ....-0 22 eee eee eee eee oe 28@ i 2 00 G d R. d | | h * Cinchona Flava ........ . . 18] Sulphate po...... ass Se eee 50 ran a I S Ic j Euonymus atropurp........ 30 ‘sale ae re 50 bad Myrica Cerifera, po......... 2 ° : ee 50 ao — eee 2 — Lee adda dda _— = ° ill ec 50 ea ee a ee a | naunfran ee el 12] Anchusa .............. 12@ 15 | Cassia a = ce i Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... ee at 35 | Serpentaria ........ 0.0...) 50 ik EXTRACTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10 —— Se ae 60 " Glycyrrhiza Glabra... U@ % iparastie "Un den, -— so oe | o Haematox, 15 Ib. box... “. 12 (po. 36 a @ 30 Veratrum Veride............ 50 MWB eee eee eee ae - —— Ala, po as = MISCELLANEOUS, OT) Ss 4 “ _ 16@ 17] Ipecac, po............ 1 60@1 75 | Ather, Spts Nit, 3 F.. 28@ 30 Iris werd (po. 35@38).. 35@ 40 ‘ -_ oo pons = on ——, a. — ° Avomien....... - a 24@ 3 arbonate Frecip...... aranta, 4s... aoe. _ groun: po. . i ; + 4 Citrate and Quinia @3 Podophyllum, po. oo ao fs 3@ 4 We. offer the following very desirable —— oo mee $ = Rhe a ee ees = o a Se. oe @ : ! errocy: “ OM. occ... ees, c - Solut Chloride... oe * oe... 73@135| “~~ et Potass T. 55@ 60 sponges 1n Cases: “ Sulphate, Sast. @ 218 igelia en 35@ 38 Antipyrin Se @1 40 ba : oo Ores. @ 7] Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 20] Antifebrin............. @ Fiona. a oe cle ama ge 2 ue ape bee Ge he a a ...... --. 18@ 2 Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40| Balm Gilead Bud... . Be 40 i < mec. --._. ft. Se re rae a nnn nie sc dhl = or case Anthemis ......... - @ 35 . x oO Bites 2 2W@2 25 WO. foe A... a @ tis Baca 8 —sli.-- ss 50@ 65 | Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12 Calctum Chior, 1s, (48 100 CT a ose ee a FO).A — Fosti- 12; 14).......... @ il “ 130-A 100 ss @ 850 de ee 18@ 50} dus, po......... @ 35 cantharlacs Russian, PE. 6 o's oe 8 saa hd ciel th ese ncaa - a a 4, — Acutitol, Tin- Valeriana, oo an Set ee . @1 00 ee 100 CE @ 5 00 : «> nivelly ...,-. --..-.- ee a” 6 Or Capstel Fructus, af... @ 1MO-A... 2. BO ween eee eee ee. @ . 35@ 50 Sister §.... 0.0. 18@ 2 ‘a a @ _ oF. ......... oe: cel. @ 734 «each Salvia officinalis, Me @ “ g80-B 50 6“ a a 14 “ y © F maa a.............. 15@ 2% SEMEN. Garyophylins, (po. Pos) 10@ 12 8 ae 50 Spe eerererde sem @ = : 8@ 1] Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15/6 ae _ <3 tease @3 75 10-F i 25 Mo eeeee esse eeeteeeeeees 2 . a GUMMI. — um (graveleons).. 22@ 25 aa mae ae 30 . | CO 25 Ce , @ 30 . ¥ Acacia, ist picked.... @ 60 cake (po. 18)... ones 10d a ee @ 4 “— 5O-......... 30 ee @ 40 c ere a5 | Cassia Fractus........ @ % eo EE @ 20 “ 3d ‘“ @ 30 Cardamon id eee ee ut 00@1 25 Centrari 10 ‘ abu os “i. : ab on | Corlandrum........... 11Q@ 13 on Meese enero eee @ Se 12 Ee @ 65 + sifted sorta... @ Ww Cannabis Sativa 4B 5 ST @ 4 . B R ue @ 90 sé “ a 60@ 30 fae 75@1 00 Chloroform a 60g 68 (a a le ce... ¢ - = Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60) Chenopodium |||). ||. 10@ 12 1 25 Cape we Sra 0) .- @ 12 Dipterix Odorate 2 25@2 50 Chioral _ a os. 1 50@1 80 Socotr 6). @ 80/ Poeniculum.... ..... @ 15|Chondrus ............. @ 2 » & 6 —— is, (sae 14 4s, Foenugreek, po...... 6@ 8 Cinchontaine, #. & WwW 15@ 2 ca @ i i 4 @4% erman 3%@ 12 — a po 55@ 60 Lint (gia (i ow)-. 3%@ 4 Corks, Hat, dis. per Assorted Case: 4 2 ee. (po. 3).. 40@ 45) rT oneiia. 35@ 40 —_ daa css coe 75 oo Jenn sn" 9° ~*0< > 30@ 55) PhariarisCanarian... 3 @4 | Creasotmm 0... 2 % Be Se Pienes. «3s wetall Se aneb...............-.. $2.50 t Cam MB. ccc ccvcveres 46@ 50 ae 6@ 7 Creta, ‘ob a .., @& age 10 “a ‘“ 10e * 4 00 a Eaeneee 99.--..-- 35@, 101 sinapis Albu... 7 @8 | \, Prep......... 53 5 a Cea 5 Gaibanum.........---- @2 50 P Nigra 1@ 12] * precip aa 9@ 11 se. 30 es ie 6, 4 50 Gamboge, ee, 7 7 woseeece “ weee...... @ 8 ce... 18 es se He ee > 60 «+ Guaiacum, £8) 35) .. @ 3! ne Crocus ........ 60@ 65 EG na a oe, Ge cae @) 15 Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50] Cudbear....__.. @ % esc an Me go aed a. @ 80 . D. FR . 1 T5@2 00 Cupri Sulph 5@ 6 $14 6C 71h 8 Myrrh, (po 3 a 00). 2 502 Z Juntperis Go. 6. 7. “4 eons 7 Dextrine oN = 12 PRICE $8.50 per case. ae oo Ee wet eee eee eneee a eeeeeeee q 50 »> > ar se os ched..:.. * 38 35 Saacharum N ae : Too? Ob aig cia —— $ 6 Sheep’ Wool Sponge, from..... ...-.-.-..-$ 125 to 3 . per pound é Tragacanth ...... -+--- 40@1 00 apt Vini Galli... .... 1 75@6 50 | Ergota, (po.) %5....... 7@ 75 oe 50 to 1 oC a HERBA—In ounce packages. an — sett eeeeees ; > ed Flake eo 12 18 Slate “ SE 75 to 1 50 — Absinthium ............. ee ee rr et Surgeons “ Ee 2 00 to 2 50 : Bupatorium ...............-. 20 SPONGES. ee as “ey ‘ ee 1 00 to 250 each occ 25 Florida sheepe’ ool eT seeecos @ 40 " strings ' ’ li Majo: "¢ 28 0: a ps — ct l.lUc ee. 50 € a CS Carriage...... eee 2 50@2 75 | Glassware flint, by box 80. i a 5 pe AL sheeps’ wool s* Less than box 75. wv Y MO hese ae ce ss Ot wads atc aha Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15 Tanscetum, V a a. ts aiyoetnite Sea 3% C h 1 S II S es ue eee snes % ee 2 al i } »¢ : Ss i } oF ce MAGNESIA. on * ~spuilpanias .—— 7 { 55@ Grass sheeps’ wool car. MG, oo. es a 25 : i Seameie wee 2@ = WO ons kes wae ues 65 Hydraag Chlor — $ = From $ 1 00 to $ 20 00 per kip. Carbonate, K.& M.... 20@ 25 | Hard for slate use: Sis osm 6 5 “ 60 to 850 “ doz Carbonate Jennings.. 35@ 36| Yellow Reef, for slate io “ Ammoniatl.. @ 9 o & on ae, za Ungecstan. G6 & Abinto. ss cacs oe Ce OO SYRUPS. = 2 2—_—sO| Hydrargyrum......... @ 6 a ¢ Amyatnes hina — ete... 50 Ishthyobolle, lia, Am.. ..1 25@1 50 ° alae, Amarac....8 00@8 25 | Zingiber .................... So Tene 75@1 00 Des ak eee oe oe en di sae » Aran * mesma ceeeees © DOR BO OEE TOG ese esses os OOF iodntona........ 5... @4 70 a” erg a 3 00@3 20] Auranti Cortes eG OH iain... @2 5 | Caj a eo ce eT 60 | Lycopodium .......... 70@ Cc anne -- peekan ced 75@ 80 Similax ‘Ofticinalis ao Ot meem ................. 0@ 7% Cedar’. oe ae lldlUlcUlUlL llc 50 oe Arsen et Hy- Chenopodii . ok ge: ie 50 eu costa ees @ 2 a LiZ Somement ee t — 1s cillse ger cscs tetrereennd * gscerogai 10@ 12 NE es eon sy ee a ‘ : ‘Conium Mac.......... Me OS Polata ec 50 yi sesnvees 2H@ 4 MICH. ee. 80@ 90! Prunusovirg 50 Mannie, 2 ¥. bund nyde "48 63 GRAND RAPIDS, 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the AXLE GREASE, doz gross ee. ks, 55 00 NPs one wane 60 7 00 oe... 50 5 50 ge 75 9 00 meee 65 7 50 kc 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Acme. 4 > cans, : doz oo. oe 45 ea eee 5 se . i eee 1 #0 Os ces ren 10 Arctic. ig cans 6 doz Case...... 55 —e.-””6lU Se Ch” Ct. 1 10 me See fF ccten ss 2 00 [se ste Cl 9 00 Cream Flake ae? eo hUvlUC..CL..lhCU ee tc. toc © LL. co” toe _t@ -o” son ~ - 200 5m” ico ao. Oe Red Star, is . cans....... = “ FH “ ue i 1 40 Telfer’s, “ Ib. cans, doz. 45 “ *% lb. “ -_ 85 _ im * “to Our Leader, \% lb cans..... 45 1 i) Cous...... ves] e 1dcons..... . 1B BATH BRICK. 2 —_— in case. Eaglish . Loe 90 Bristol. . rete ent ete Oe ae — BLUING,. Gross Arctic, : - ovals ooo : 60 ee iv o o ae... 9 00 ie 2, sifting ox... 2 — 3; .. 400 > . oo . 1oz ae — se Mexican Liquid, 4 oz 3 60 oe... 6 80 _ BROOMS, do. 2 Hari EES eS ae Sn nee 1 7% N 0. 2 Carpet: . No.1 CREME EN erences 275 — Whisk.. — = oo. oe = eee eka ees 2% BRUSHES. eevee, Be. 7....---...-.-... 1 25 ss a Na 1 50 a eye 17 Rice Root Scrub, 2 2 row.... 85 Rice Root Serub, Brow.... 125 Palmetto, goqge............ 1 50 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes......... 10 tar, 40 ee 9 ee ...-.-..._-. .-...- 10 a 24 CANNED GOODS. Fish. Clams. Little Neck, 1Ib.. 120 ” wees... 90 Clam Chowder. ee o............... 28 Cove —- Standard, : _ ... a ae 1 35 Samii a, t ....... .£e = sh. 2 Picnic, 1 ib 2 90 - ee oe oO a Standard, 1 tb. i oo Ib... : . Mustard, 21b.. oa Tomato Sance, 21h. = eed, 5 ib.......... 2B Salmon. Columbia River, filat.... ... 1 86 te “ talls i 65 Alaska, Red...... 125 ' a...» 1 Kinney’s. ae a <5 © dines. American = ee ele 4%@ 5 iors +c ee Imported -- bern cele Qn b+ —ce anes Mustard oe a Boneless Sheds 21 ‘Trout. eee 2 50 Fruits, Apples. 3 >. eenderd......... a: 6 York State, -. iu 3 65 burgh, cosgepes ifve oak....... . 1 40 panes (ras........ ... 1 40 ee 150 ores... 1 10 Blackberries. 2... 90 Cherries Debicees bee bene o 10Qi 25 Pitted Hamburgh ..... eee : 50 oe ee Sa : : 1 20 California. .. 14 Gooseberries. oe ......... ps) Peaches. Be i pene 110 eae .............- i 66 Seeeeeee ...... 1 60 eens... —— 75 Monitor ae ceeees ee — Domestic . i. 13 ee 1% Pineapples. Ce. Lee 1 00@1 30 Johnson’ 5 ee” 2 50 resed...... 2% Booth’ 8 es ce. @2 5) eaiee........ @2 5 Quinces. oon... 1 10 Raspberries, ae 110 Black Hamburg.. 1 46 Erie, black .... 123 Strawberries. Lares 1% Hemburgh ...... 1=& ci et " 12 =e... 1 no Blueberries ........ 85 Me Corned beef Lippy’ i. 210 Roast beef _— 2 oe Potted ham, 7 ee 1 40 bee eked ee 85 e tongue, - —.. 1 35 C a 85 " chicken, 4 Ib....... 95 Ve a Hamburgh onnend Some ens 115 French style..... 2 00 - ee: 1 35 Lima. — Se ie 13 anf 70 ere beniens oe... .... 1 35 Bay State Baked............ 1 3 World’s Fair Baked........ 1 3 Toe eee... 100 — Hamburgh . | Savinagion ee 1% NN a es oe seen ee . Moral RR GRE 140 meormens Coety............. Oe vis) Peas. Hamburgh marrofat 1 20 early June . ...1 £0 Hs pee gem Eng..1 40 “ a a. 1 49 C ancy sifted....1 90 PO 65 Harris standard....... _ 7 VanCamp’s marrofat. ._— . early June.....1 30 Archer’s Early Blossom....1 25 French.. 1S a Mushrooms. EE prcceeerkbccwosens ec 19@21 Pumpkin. TD iene Cc: 80 Squash. eee... 115 Succotash, aes... i oneiin 140 ce ee ee ie ee 80 — I oie cea. 150 cg HERE Onn Soe ee ec agi 135 Tomatoes. i . 1 10 PE ete I es i PE oitieescciued oce5 2, eee 3 50 CHOCOLATE, Baker’s. German Sweet.. .... 23 37 43 1034 10% cee een ce @1l0% Riverside . 1024 Gold Medal..........: @i0% ee bees corue 8 le ecsiecise acne 15 ioc as ok. 100 BIE dhe sek oncs dices = I os wicee bone @15 oe is ———e cep oa imported. ou domestic .... @i4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. —_ pint, 25 bottles. . so ase Soa Quart 1 doz bottles i Triumph Brand. Mimit yint, per Gos.......... Pass, So BOs... :... eee per Gee OO ee CLOTHES PINS, SO BORER... couse 44@45 COCOA SHELLS, te wee... Less — obscene Poun @3 @3% packares........ 6% @Q7 COFFEE. ee 19 Oe 20 ge 22 eee... 2 Mexican and Guatamala. EA iene 21 ee 22 7 .......... ........., 24 Maracaibo, ae. .s 23 ee ...................,. 24 Java. aaa... Lk. 2 Prevate Growtn............. 7 ae... 28 Mocha, re 8 25 eee 28 Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add \c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 22 80 i eine one 22 20 Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case.... 22 | Extract. —— City * gTOss etna 75 Fel 1 15 Hummel’s, foil, gross. ole 1 65 tin Sees OOO CHICORY. on ES _5 Red.. a CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40ft....... per dos. 1 2 oes.i..... 140 ' i... ” 1 & " oa... +s 1 7 = i...... - 1% Jute —....... ” 85 _ =o ..... . 1 0 CONDENSED MILE, 4:doz. in case. N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s wer Gail Borden Eagle..... ... 7 40 ee. 6 2 Peerless evaporated cream. 5 76 CREDIT CHECKS, 500, any one denom’ Reese $3 60 000, ones 5 00 ws 8 60 % as “i “ 2000, Steel SOR. 44s... COUPON BOOKS. ‘Tradesman.’ # 1 books, per hundred.... 2 00 $2 - * ss so g 3 “ “ “a ao 3 00 $5 . 08 ” . £@ $10 ri - ” -. 400 $20 ' ig » . '@ “Superior.” % 1 books, per hundred .. 2 50 g 2 ee “ “ va 3 00 g 3 “ “ “ io 3 50 » 5 “ “ it) : 4 00 $10 _ a Oo $20 . . * .. 600 Universal.” $ 1 books, per hundred... 83 00 [. “ ee $3 a ss .. 400 8 5 “ee “ a 5 00 —_— ss -. 600 — * +s 7 00 Above prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or over... —_— * . Ee he «| $6 a0 _ COUPON PASS BOOKS, 5 per cent . an be made to represent any enomination from 810 down. | 20 books eee $100 onal ie eee aN ate 2 00 — Le 3 00 es a 6 2 eT ee 10 00 eT 17 50 CRACKERS. Butter. evar EAE... .... 5 Seymour XXX, cartoon..... 5M i a a Family ae cartoon...... 04 oars 2 e................. Salted eae, oe 24... 3% coon Speen eee ce TH I obec ese tessa, 7 Butter ROS cc 6 Soda. wens, EOE... ai .. . 5% oe See, is Bede, Pacem. .........0.. Crystal iis esse ok. ton Long Island hate gy soobeses 11 - oer 2 ee............. 5% Coy Cyeter, A ak............. 5% Farina Oyster....... havin é CREAM TARTAR. ee oe, ... Telfer’s Absolute biel 30 eee... oc. 15@25 FLY PAPER. Thum’s Tanglefoot. Beane Cane................ 3 6) Pave came tots. .............. 3 50 oo ee. 3 40 Less than one case, 40¢ per box DRIED FRUITs. Domestic, Apples Sundried, sliced in bbls. uartered ‘ Bvepenete’, 50 Ib. boxes 12 12% Apricots. California in bags.. ... Evaporated in boxes. .. Blackberries, Nectarines. batt nates. an Se Pore See Peaches. Peeled, in boxes Seba Cal. evap. Erie cee _ eee... In boxes.. ear California in bags..... Pitted erries ee al, PON hose ices cee 2B a “ ‘wneud : 30 lb. boxes.. phe 2 CLOWN woes sees cere eens 3 eeu ie a 44 Se 414 4 Loose Muscatels in Bags. ; eeeee... 43.5... 3% psteeestenes ee | Foreign. Currants. Patras, in barrels......... 2 . - i ee.......... 214 ” fn less quantity. ... 214 cleaned, bulk...... 4 cleaned, package... 5 Peel. Citron, Leghorn, 25 Ib. boxes 13 Lemon 5 ° 8 Orange = “ 10 Raisins. Ondura, 291b. boxes. 5@7 Sultana, 20 - Phin @s8 Valencia, — * Prunes, California, _—......... 7 90x100 25 Ib, vas. 7 - 80x90 . 1% “ 70x80 - 8% . 60x70 _ . 8% ree... 5 eer 10 ENVELOPES, XX rag, white. ee ean $1 75 Pie oe -.... 1 60 me... 1 65 eaoe i. 1 50 XX wood, white. ie 1 3 4 i 2. oe Manilia, white. aes... 1 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. S00 tb. Repe............. 3% Hominy. PN os cic ccccesce ED MU cca, « wecee CO Lima Beans, ee... @41% Maccaroni =e I sppgpsamaa Domestic, 12 Ib. b 55 aported.......... 10%@1l1 meal. — eee... 4 25 Malt barre 100........... 2 2% Pearl Barley. ee Peas. een, Oe ls. 135 Sot perm) ........ . 3 Rolled Oats. Darrela 160... ........ @4 50 Maik bie W.......... @2 40 Sago. German . eee. 4% East India.. hole eels. 5 Wheat. ee... 3% FISH--Salt. Bloaters. Te, cs, Cod. aor... : Whole, Grand Bank..... 44@6 Boneless, bricks.. . - 7@9 Boneless, strips... ....... 6@8 Halibut, ee 10@13 Herring, Holland, white hoops keg 70 “ “e “ bb] 9 59 “ “ oe “ ONAN oi ines. Round, % bbl 100 Ibs ..... 2 50 oe te 40 ae " 1 30 Pee. 17 Mackerel. me.t, eee... tk. 10 7 SC 4 60 No. 1, 10 Ibs. 1 23 awe. C.... 730 No. 2, ee 3 30 Soci... 90 oe, ee... 5 75 D peewee ci enee 5 Sardines, Russian, kegs..... oie eee. 55 Trout. No, 1, & Dbia., 100ibs........ 5 75 No.1 14 bbl, oie 2 55 iro, 4, Baee, ee... ....... 73 me 76 oe... .-: 8, 61 Whitefish. ered % bbls, 100 Ibs ed 6 50 83 00 oF 299 150 me Be... 80 45 PT Seber haces 67 639 MATCHES, Globe Match Co.’s Brands, a rarer. .....,: . 25 Ae ME iecc sk, 5. 1 00 Diamond Match Co.’s Brands. i © I ia een es 1 65 PE ica cci. 170 eee... a 1 10 Export parlor......... seveee4 00 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’, Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. Regular Grade Lemon. doz 20 ...52 © 402 -1.a Regular Vanilla, Oz me 2 0Z.....81 2 -2o8..... 2 40 XX Grade Lemon. ORs. $1 50 ron... 3 00 XX Grade Vanilla, Toe..... 81 75 -o..... 3 50 Jennings. Lemon. Vanilla 20% regular —_— 7 1 20 40s 1 2 00 6 oz ' <-.o 3 00 No. 3 taper........1 35 2 me. & taper... ..... 2 50 a ~ Lemon. Vanilla, 202 oval taper 75 1 10 3 0z 20 1% 202 regular | . 85 1 20 4 02 1 60 2 25 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. co. ees el eeee a alee ec. 25 ae oe... 1 90 eeveer BGee.:...... 02.04. 1 10 io oe 30 Oe 18 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. 4 Ne 2 40 eee ROWE. .:.. 15. .... 2 oe OO ee 34 Eagle Duck—Dupont’s, -— 36 MOCO MORE. 8. oon cons 3 00 Ce 60 HERBS, el Hops... bees suk peepee sie sees ied 15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 lb. boxe 55 8. ¥., 2, Sands ib. Sonia. 50 JELLY. 5 Ib. pails. Woo. LYE. Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. 2 75 Pie preparation, 3 doz. in OU ie ence cee ecccee 3 OO MEASURES, Tin, per dozen, | oe... $1 75 mee WOR. cs... 8. 1 40 a rab oe eceber ee cues « 70 ee 45 a ee... 40 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. ee. 7 00 — = seen oon eee as eee 47 ee eed 3 7% Pint. ies ole 2 MOLASSES, Blackstrap. Sugar house...... a ola 1 Cuba Baking. Ordinary ...... edd ae 16 Porto Rico. ree ...... peta One ea eben 20 i ee ne 30 New Orleans. oe... Nbasiepieasuaes 18 i ied, jestee 2 Extra good................ 27 Choice ...... ceuecsessonnie 32 a, ee 40 One-half barreis. 3c OxITR&, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ae PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count. . @4 00 Half bbls, 600 9 count. @2 00 Barrels, 2, 400° count. 5 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 00 PIPES. “ve a 170 ~. BD, far ooent........ 70 Cob, ey, 1 20 POTASH, 48 cans in case. Sees... es. 4 00 Pounea Sant C0.68.......... 3 00 RICE. Domestic. Carolina head See ee met... 5K . EN 5 Breken.......... oe . 4 Imported. Japan, _ . oe eco 5% ao Pee. 4% SPICES. Whole Sifted eee. 8 9% Cass a, China in mats...... 2 Batavia in bund.. as Saigon in rolls...... “BS Cloves, ee 22 a de os oe 1% Mace egg i te ccue . Nutme cee ween a ae 70 - ee 2... -60 Pepper, Singapore, a: 10 20 “os .16 ne. ceal in Bulk. ES 15 Cassel a, Batavia aaa 18 and Saigon .25 o eee 35 Cloves, Amboyna........... 22 . ( 18 Ginger, ee 16 ee 20 - anaes eee = Mace Baters:......-.-..-. 65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. . “eee 5 Nutmegs, No. 2 bag Ip Pepper, ee = = c Guana. es 20 eee a es tae 20 Abaoiute® in Packages, 8 KB ENS oo. oe ac. =o. +o CC eee 8 155 eee. 28... 84 155 Ginger, Jamaica ..... 84 155 ' a. owed 4 15 eee... ........... Oe tS We cc. e, 4 15 Sage...... 84 SAL SODA. Granulated, bbls.. ccs Ooe Wlb cases...... 134 Lump, eee 4... 1 15 1p koes..........- 14% SEEDS. : ae oc... @i15 Canary, Smyrna. ...... 4 ee nl 8 Cardamon, Malabar.. 90 Hemp Russian....... 434 Mixed Bird........... 5@6 zaee, white....... " MOO coi ces... Meee... ul. 5 Cuttle bone.. 30 STARCH. Corn. 20-1b DOKEB....-.-.-..--.--. 5% gle NS PGI Tn al eee 5% — Smeenyen:--- is : 6lb ers BY 40 and 50 Ib. boxes.......... 3% oc , 3% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars...... > a french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, edie adhd sik oo acme wine uae —_ mee English .. oe 4% SALT. Diamond Crystal. Cases, 243 Ib. boxes...... 8 160 Barrels, es 2 50 115 2% Ib bags... 4 00 ‘ €05 Ib hao SS . aaa. LL. aa Butter, ue ip DARS....,.... 65 fl Serebee ........ 2eo “« Ze01b bbls ....+.-. 2 50 ° fate 2 25 Worcester, 115 2%-lb sacks Weds ck 84 (0 ——.. ht. 37 ae: 6h 3 = 56 lb linen bags...... chee oe: |. gore Common Grades. 100 oy sacks eee ueas ue 82 10 eee 2 00 28 io Tb. eeeee. ee. 1 85 Warsaw. 56 lb. dairy in drill bags. . -— 28 lb. oe se ‘ i 16 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56 Jh, dairy in linen sacks. 75 Soiar Rock. ee ee 22 Common Fine. pe oe ug Es Meee... 6... ats. 80 SALERATUS, Packed 60 lbs. in box. Dwigures.... .. ee Taviers ..,.....: Ss ee SEELY’S EXTRACTS. Lemon. loz. F. M.8 90 doz. 25 NS. 1 soe _ ne 14 4 ** Vanilla. 1 os. F. M. 1 50 doz. 16 20 gro 2" N.S. 260 % 60 * 2” 2 eae 25 59 Rococo—Second Grade. $10 20 gro ee Lemon. SOS... .««s.40 GOE,.... sa “ Vanilla, Gee. .... 1 @doz..... 1080 “ SOAP. Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Oid Country, 80 t-ib........ 3 20 Good Cheer, 601I1b.......... 3 $0 White Borax, 100 %X-ib...... 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. Conte... ....._.. edge aces 3 45 ioe oe on... ee oo Oe 4 00 meme 3 65 Mottled German........... 3 15 [ee 2 Dingman Brands. pee OM ck 3 9% 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands, American Family, wrp d. -_ 00 plain... 2 N. K. Fairbank & Co. ——— eee Cee... 4 00 Pr em, Oe Were... ......... 2 40 ’ mm O8n 3. 3 25 Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands, Meee i. ue: ao 375 ee Seeleceteg.... 5.1. 4 00 meee | oa Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands Biiver..... 2 MO oc 3 30 Savon Improv ee... 2 50 SuMnOWEr 2.0.12. .... <<. 2 on Cee 3 2 moonomical 000 lL. 2 2% Passolt’s Atlas Brand. poe Gee. 3 65 mee Me 60 10 box lots Cote g S 25 box lotsdel............. 340 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 40 hand, Kdoa iS 40 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the lo- cal freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Ce BONE $4 94 PWIA oe 444 Greneieiog. .......... 0. 418 Extra Fine Granulated... 4 31 ——.. ... . 4 44 AAEM Powdered.......... 4 69 Confec. Standard A.. .... 406 No.t ColumbiaA......... 3 94 No. einai 4. oe No. SYRUPS. Corn. eee, ccc, We bednsmen oe 16 Pee Oe 18 Pure Cane. od : Cee co TABLE SAUCES, Lea & Perrin’ By igiee ...... 4% | 27 Halford, — eee ec ued 3 7% a ee 2% Salad Dressing, large .. 455 email ..... 2 65 EAS. JAPAN—Regular. eee @17 Reece @20 eeeee 24 Q26 Cpeeeces ......... ....28 Ge Oe 10 @12 SUN CURED. Weer ll. @l17 aoe. @20 ceeee ................ 24 @2e Ceteem........4.--.-. 32 @34 Pee 10 @i12 BASKET FIRED. POOR occ 18 @20 Chenee. ... ..- 5... @25 Choicest. . @35 Extra choice, ‘wire leat @40 GUNPOWLER. Common to faiz....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choicest fancy........ 7 @s85 OOLONG, @2% Common to fair... ...23 @30 IMPERIAL. “ommon to fair....... 23 @26 Superiortofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor. to fair....... 18 @% Superior to fine....... 30 @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Meee... 18 @z Chetee................- 24 @28 Best 40 @50 TOBACCOS, Fine Cut. P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands. Sweet Russet.......... 30 @32 ats 39 D. Seotten & Co’s Brands. ae “oe. .+..,.... < 32 a 30 Spaulding & Merrick’s Brands, Sic Private Brands, Bazoo . | \< an Can @27 ete Bly............. 24 @25 ng fon... .c. 24 @25 meowiy.. 7 “ 25 Dandy J im acd es eles 29 Torpedo . ; ae 24 in drums.. 23 Yum Yue ........... 26 ee : 23 - oe ;....... 22 Plug. Sorg’s Brands, BOCRERORG ............ 39 I ook ie uci e ou a7 Mopoy Tawt............ 40 Scotten’s Brands. Bevo... ...... oo 26 Pereyra... 38 ‘Vaniey City ........... 34 Finzer’s Brands. Old Honesty.......... 40 Oly Peel. 32 Lorillard’s Brands. Climax (8 oz., 41¢).. 39 Gren Turtle, ......... 30 « Three Black Crows.. 27 J. G. Butler’s Brands. Something Good...... 38 Out of Sight. ......... 24 Wilson & McCaulay’s Brands. Com howe. .......:. 3 Happy a a 37 Messmate . a 32 NoTax.. ea 31 oo... : 27 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands, Bile @eteg............. — Golden Shower.......... Femereme os, mocweenata . 29@30 American ene Co.'s a eee Myrtle ane ao 4 Stork .. ee cans as ee nu 32 Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands, Deter, 8. 16 Banner _ a 38 Con Ont .... ....... 28 sea Ss Brands, es 15 Posey ee 26 Gone Broek 30 F, F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands. WOGTIOMM o,f cae cue 26 OMe Fem 18 Pee 22 Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands. ieee. 41 Leidersdorf’s Brands. MO RO canoe. 26 hele Oems..............2eeee ed Clagee. oe, 32 Spaulding & Merrick. Zoi Gnd Jerry. ............. 25 Traveler Cavendish....... 38 eon Oe 30 cow ow... occ, 30@32 Ooem €Gne..... 5... 16 VINEGAR. er. su. ce... @s Me @9 $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Stn, POP Ga 44... c... 30 Beer mug, 2 doz incase... 1 %5 YEAST, Co on oc ee cass 1 00 Oe ee 1 00 Riamond....... 1c Royal ..... ss oO WOODENWARE. wee Oe i, 6 00 oe 5 50 2 ee 4 50 Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 30 No. 1, three- -hoop.. . 180 Bowls, 11 inch Dees ces 13 “ 15 “ oe 7 oe ee 19 “ee oo . Baskets, wegen... 35 oe bushel.. 115 ° ful i eS willow c ‘ths, No.1 5 25 . No.2 6 2 ‘ Ty oe No. zs a - . splint a 3 75 “ ‘ “ee No. 2 4 25 “ cay “e No. 3 4 75 INDURATED WARE, Pees we, 3 15 meee Be. 11... ............ 13 5¢ ‘hoe Mae. ............. 12 00 Cae 10 50 Butter Plates—Oval. 230 1000 ee EL... 60 210 No. 2.. : 7 24 PO Goes ) 28 =o... af 3 5 Ww aldeinsdbiaaaie. Univers ||... 2 me. (ices... 2 50 Peerless Protector. ......... 2 4 Sagtmaw Giobe............. 1 % Double. Were Wilcn. 2250 Wenge oe. SB Goce tien ||... 27 POCMMAs. .. 08... 2... 2 85 HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- WS: HIDES. Green... 282% Part Cured a @ 3 $e = eee tee ees @ 3% oS 4@5 Kips, groom ........... 2 @3 Cured..... ee. @4 Calfskins, green...... 4@5 Gured,..... 4n@ 6 Deacon sitiee eee ee 10 @25 No. 2 hides \& off. PELTS. penne heuewes . @ 2 aa cL. 25 @ 60 WwooL Wee .. ........... R @i7 Unwashed . - & @i3 MISCELLANEOUS. Tatlow ... 4@4% Grease butter......... 1 @z Se 1%@ 2 Ginseng ..... -2 00@2 50 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFSs WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 52 No. 2 Red (60 1b. test) 52 MEAL, a Granulated,.........-. _ i= FLOUR IN SACKS, OMA oe cnc sms ccee, 2 ween. 8 1 60 Oeareeeee.. . 8... 1 55 Memere .... 2.2.5... 1 3 *Graham . 1 50 Se 1 *Subject to usual cash dis- count. Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. MILLSTUFFS, ess Car - quantity —es.......... $14 $15 50 Screenings .... 12 30 13 00 Middlings..... 15 (0 16 00 Mixed Feed... 17 50 17 50 Coarse meal 16 30 16 30 CORN. cn ae 44 Jeon them Car lote.........- 47 OATS. Car lots. ...... eT Less than car — ee ees 45 No.1 Timothy, ce joie. ...11 0 No.1 “ ton lots...... 12 50 FISH AND OYSTERS. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. Whitefish @s Prous ...... a @8 Black Bags...... : 12 a @i15 Ciscoes or Herring @ 4 OGM eee, 5 gg lobster, per Ib.. 20 De et oe nce 10 No. a a @10 Cceeecerseseseccevers ‘ Sone White.. os @8s Red Snappers... w FY PP « >< = 27 p ae THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Business Getting. It is a problem not readily solved, one which baffles more or less every one who enters.the contest for a livelihood. From contact with the omnipresent conflicting forms of competition, it becomes percep- tible that business does not come by sheer chance to our door, but is only in- duced into our presence after the most laborious persuasion. There are only two things of extreme importance in ob- taining business. First, you must let those from whom you expect to derive your business know that you desire their patronage; and, second, ensure them that you are capable of handling their busi- ness in a way which will prove satisfac- tory and remunerative to them. In accomplishing the first you must go before the people; that is, advertise. Make liberal use of the newspapers. Into the presence of thousands, yea mil- lions, the business man’s business is thus brought daily, until this vast number of people seem his acquaintances. Under this powerful influence he sees his_ busi- ness prosper and grow to such gigantic proportions that he often marvels that such a zenith of success was ever pussi- ble, and much more that itis real. But just any kind of approach will not make a man hear, and one must be as particu- lar about the medium and style of the advertisement he sends before the peo- ple as he is about the clothes he wears when among them. Know people, and have people know you, is the prime ob- ject. In answer to the question, nuw that you have gotten before the business senders, how are you to let them know you are capable of transacting their busi- ness in a satisfactory manner, it will suffice to say, instill into them confidence in you and then never betray that trust. Confidence in yourself, and confidence of the other man in you, is the paramount quality of success. - ~~ © ——» . Will Get a Dividend. At a meeting held in Chicago the other day it was decided that the stockholders of the World’s Fair should have a divi- dend of 10 per cent. The treasurer re- ported that he had a eash balance in hand of $1,450,000, Chicago having paid back the $250,000 loaned the city last summer to build the Hyde Park pump- ing works and the Hyde Park police station. The treasurer was instructed to begin at once the preparation of the 30,000 checks necessary to pay the divi- dend. The city of Chicago will get $500,000, the Columbian Museum §$150,- 000, stockholders $410,000, and the re- maining $400,000 will be held by the treasurer until all the affairs of the company are settled. = _> > Use Tradesman Coupon Books. 19 et Out of the Old Rut by discarding antiquated business methods and adopting those in keeping with the progressive spirit of the age. If you are still using the pass book, you should lose no time in abandoning that system, supplying its place with a system which enables the merchant to avoid all the losses and annoyances incident to moss grown methods. We refer, of course, to the coupon book system, of which we were the originators and have always been the largest manufacturers, our output being larger than that of all other coupon book makers combined, We make four different grades of coupon books, carrying six denominations ($1, $2, $3, $5, $10 and $20 books) of each in stock at all times, and, when required, furnish specially printed books or books made from specially designed and engraved plates. Briefly stated, the coupon system is preferable to the pass book method because it (1) saves the time con sumed in recording the sales on the pass book and copying same on blotter, day book and ledger; (2) prevents the disputing of accounts; (3) puts the obligation in the form of a note, which is prima FaciE evidence of in- debtedness; (4) enables the merchant to collect interest on overdue notes, which he is unable to do with ledger accounts; (5) holds the customer down to the limit of credit established by the merchant, as it is almost im- possible to do with the pass book. If you are not using the coupon book system, or are dissatisfied with the inferior books put out by our imitators, you are invited to write for samples of our several styles of books and illustrated price list. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich, PLENSES BVERYBODY, £ ¥ PRICES FOR 1894. '40 CENTS A BOX. $3.60 PER CASE. Case Lots. $3.40 PER CASE, in Ten-) Case Lots. O & VV. STIGKY FLY PAPAR The Dealer who sells Tanglefoot will be sure to please his customers, and will avoid all loss and annoyance usually connected with the sale of imperfect or inferior goods. Tanglefoot in its present shape has been on the market for ten years. $3.50 PER CASE, in Five-| leads, and is accepted by both the best trade and the best consumers as the highest standard for Sticky Fly Paper. Its distinetive features, the Sealing Border, Divided Sheet, and the Holder are, as is well known, the inventions and property of the O. & W. Thum Company. tensively imitated by unscrupulous parties. ity of handling infringements, and reminded of the injustice of so doing. Each Box Contains TANGLEFOOT Sealed 25 : | DOUBLE SHEETS AND ONE HOLDER. Each Case Contains 10 BOXES. Tanglefoot always These features are being ex Dealers are respectfuily cautioned against the illegal- SOLD BY Abb JOBSERS Manutactured by te CO), Grand Hapids, Mich. 20 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. Arguments, Pro and Con, on the Pro- posed License Schedule. A representative delegation of grocers, members of the Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion, waited upon the License Committee of the Common Council last Thursday night and urged upon the Committee cer- tain changes in the schedule of fees for peddlers’ licenses. A memorial was presented by the grocers’ committee and was read by Chairman Shaw of the License Committee. It will be found in the report of the last meeting of the As- sociation. Daniel Abbott, of Tur TRADESMAN, first addressed the Committee on behalf of the Grocers’ Association, and briefly pointed out the necessity for the pro- posed changes. Mr. Abbott stated that the police found it next to impossible to keep track of the peddlers under the old schedule, the number of classes into which they (the peddlers) were divided by the old system, and the difference of opinion existing as to the definition of the word ‘*huckster,”’ giving the police an endless amount of trouble, and enabled many peddlers to evade the law. The grouping of the different classes into two classes would make it unnecessary for the police to know more than’ that the peddler had a license, and this would be shown by the name and number of the licensee being on the wagon, cart or basket of the peddler. The police force were pleased with the proposed changes for that reason, and were anxious that they should go into effect. It was gen- erally conceded that the business needed police supervision and regulation, and the changes recommended in the memorial promised to give the desired result. As tothe proposal relative to a bond, it was asked for on the same ground that one was demanded of hack- men and expressmen. As it is now, ifa peddler disposes of decaying fruit and vegetables, the purchasers have no re- dress, they must pocket their loss with as good grace as possble. If a bond be required of the peddlers, the bondsmen will be responsible for their good be havior and the people who patronize them will have protection. It was not contended that all peddlers are dishonest but alarge proportion of them do not purchase the best grades of fruit and vegetables, but take what is left in the commission houses after the regular trade has been supplied. The intention is not to drive the peddlers out of busi- ness, but to so arrange the schedule as to greatly simplify the work of the po- lice, and to give legitimate trade, and honest peddlers as well, the protection to which they are entitled. Alderman G. H. DeGraaf said that grocers, as a rule, were heavy taxpayers and were under large expense for doing business. He (Mr. DeGraaf) had paid $150 in taxes the past year. Two ped- plers could do his business, and would only pay $100 to the city. The peddlers paid no taxes, their living expenses were @ mere bagatelle; they live ten or twenty in a house and are a positive det- riment to the community. If the pro- posed changes are adopted, it will be a good thing for the peddlers themselves, for two reasons: It will confine the business to fewer hands, and, in addi- tion, give them the privilege of selling both fruits and vegetables. This would enable them to more than pay their fee. They could pay the fee in a month when the fruit seasen opened. Mr. De- Graaf said he saw no reason why legiti- mate trade should be taxed to support a class of men who paid no taxes and whose business was a damage to every grocerin the city. It was not justice and that was all the grocers asked for. J. Geo. Lehman said it had been urged by the peddlers present that there were as many dishonest grocers as peddlers. The statement was not true, although it was not denied that some grocers were dishonest. A grocer who misrepresented his goods would not only lose a customer, but he would have his goods returned to him. But with the peddlers it was al- together different. They sold from door to door, and if the goods they sold were bad they could not be returned by the purchaser. Besides all this, peddlers were not expected to carry as good stock asa regular grocer. The grocers were in the commision houses early in the morning and took the cream of the stock, while the peddlers went down late in the afternoon and got the skim milk for which the grocers had no use. If the peddlers bought first class goods and sold them at a fair price, they could not do business. From the nature of their business they were compelled to sell cheap. This they were enabled to do by buying second and third rate stock, and by doing business in such a way as to have little or no expense. Mr. Leh- man believed that the poposed plan was fair to all parties and that it would be a great benefit to the peddlers themselves. Daniel Viergever also addressed the Committee, pointing out other advan- tages of the proposed plan, and between the different speakers the ground was thoroughly covered. A number of peddlers were present and spoke against the plan, urging, as their one objection to it, that the fee was excessive. They said the hard times had cut into their business to such an extent as to make it impossible for them to pay for their licenses. The delegation of peddlers was an eminently respectable one and it is safe to say that if all the peddlers were the equals of those who met the License Committee the police would have little trouble; but the delega- tion-could not be said to be represent- ative in any sense. The Committee gave both delegations a patient and attentive hearing, and promised to give the arguments pre- sented due consideration. > Not Yet Decided Upon. When the Michigan State Pharma- ceutical Association adjourned last June, the time and piace of holding the next annual convention was left with the Executive Committee. That Committee has had various projects under consid- eration, including the chartering of a lake steamship for the purpose of tak- ing atrip to Duluth, but this plan has been abandoned, owing to the large ex- pense involved. It is understood that no definite plan has yet been decided upon. me 8 The Drug Market. Opium is quiet, but well sustained at last week’s prices. Morphia is unchanged. Quinine is firm, with manufacturers’ prices unchanged. Balsam Peru is scarce and higher. Linseed oil is firm at the advance. —__-+—~.- +2 Many of us regard work as a blessing, if we can get the other fellow to do it. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence. New York, May 12—Trade remains quiet, and dealers are studying the latest phase of the tariff and wondering whether there will be any change after all. Considerable quantities of currants have changed hands, at about 1!4¢ for barrels and 11¢¢ for cases. At the mo- ment the market is decidedly stronger in anticipation of the proposed 1}¢c duty. During the week wheat has broken the lowest record here, as well as at Chi- cago, and, as crop reports are exceilent, the prospects are not good for an im- mediate advance. The market for lemons has quite de- cidedly improved. Orders from out-of- town dealers are coming in frequently and are of good size. The stocks here are ample for all immediate require- ments, but the warm weather stimulates demand. Oranges are in lessened demand, and, with the increased supply of berries, the orange takes a back seat. It is difficult to find Florida fruit that is really good, the majority being pithy and soft. Pineapples are in better inquiry, and sell at full rates. Bananas are firm and in good demand. French prunes are not in extremely large supply, but there are enough. Evaporated apples and other domestic dried are in light supply and firm at a range of from 12'%@l15c. Peeled peaches, 17@19c. In eanned goods the tendency is toward special drives and holders seem to refuse no offer within reason. Trade is dull, and prices generally tend down- ward, except for gallon apples. Toma- tees are weak, with prospects of a big pack. Keports from Baltimore say that trade is taking a rest after the small boom of a fortnight ago. The tone of the coffee market is cer- tainly firmer than a week ago, although prices are not quotably higher for Rio. Mild sorts are steady, with a good Mocha obtainable at 24c. Tea remains dull and in no way changed unless toward a lower level. Auction prices are, apparently, unprofit- able. The butter trade it improving. The tone of the market is decidedly firmer, but quotations are hardly any higher for best grades, which remain at 17@17¢e¢. Under grades are slow of sale. Cheese is rather quiet and the supply ample to prevent any great improve- ment. For full cream, Jarge size State goods, 11°{c is about top price. The glut of eggs has finally ceased and really fresh stock is not overabundant. Fresh Michigan, Northern Ohio and Ind., 11%e and nearby, 12}¢c. Receipts of vegetables are even more than usual. New potatoes, $6@8 per bbl; old, $2.50 for Maine. Provisions are generally dull. New mess pork, $13.75@14; clear, $14@15.50. The week closes with almost exactly the same feeling as last week. There is much room for improvement, and prices are so extremely low there is scarcely any profit to the dealer; but with every day we are so much nearer the long- looked-for return to prosperity. Jay. sf V Bb HEADS | NO CURE, NO MUSTACHE, NO PAY. NO PAY. DANDRUFF CURED. 1 will take Contracts to grow hair on the head or face with those who can call at my office or at the office of my agents, provided the head is not glossy, or the pores of the scalp not closed. Where the head is shiny or the pores closed, there is no cure. Call and be examined free of charge. If you cannot call, write tome. State tho exact ——— Ss of the he scalp a and mone, occu: Room 1011 Mesento Temple, Cuicage CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbls. —_ Standard, per lb 6 Ya. 6 7 = Twist . 6 7 Boston Cream... 8% Cust Loeat........ : 8% poere 1. EA ........ 4 8% MIXED CANDY. Bbls. Pails, MOONEE ok 8k. owes ccc esene ce 5% 6% oe ec oc cee: 5% 6% - . Beha e hese be covet aie ee sok Ss 7% ao giieh Rock.. bias cube cede et eacue- 4 4 8 ON is eee tess cciccos ese: 7 8 Broken Taffy .. cite Gebess use. baskets 8 PeanutSquares............ 8% i ee 9 emer Comoe... ...-....-..-..... 13 Midget, ae baskets. ee ee 8% a io oases ose y oe ocacens 8 rancy—In bulk Pails. Lozenges, —_ Be ees oben tse eee ce tens cuce 8% Sap c uh vcnuby ee ccmeuessce aed 9% Chocolate rope ee eee bee eed eees oc aesc eae 12 mig mo Mionemnontam...... .. 6.5.55 6.5055 te 12% Oe i oc is ce see 5 eee ee ek. T% Pe oe se ee ew ee 8% BC oan oo nk eee es sees won eso 10 Fancy—In 5 Ib. boxes. Per Box ee ee -.50 Sour Drops ........ -.50 Peppermint Drops ~ Chocolate Drops....... " H. M. Chocolate Drops Gams Droee............ Licorice A. B. Lieniiee Drops.. Lozenges, ee pedeeec meee se 60 a woe ce ie 65 Seoniiels.” eee eens pes tect ecee coe c ses 60 a ie ee pe cee acces 70 Mi res wees oc ace ee epee ose 55 NE Mane sear tene cess cee ee 55 eet Sees Croan... ...........+.. 3... 85@95 I eis iii cdidies. Sa deccee ens. 80 — ——————————— 90 oie es oc ee tees cope ches scenes 60 as 4 ee... 1 00 Tere Tee... . os. os. 60 CARAMELS. No. 1, wrapped, 2 ee es No. i, kee aie 51 No. 2, . 2 —O 28 ORANGES. TRC, Pa ii nw ce ee ee eee ee oe 2 %5 av ee ee 3 50 bos 150-176- 200- 226s ia Sd oe eel oesnee 4 00 Panty Deciiings, oe....................... 2% _ . 50-176-200-226s.... ...... 3 00 ’ i ee eh ee ae 2 6 LEMONS. eee, i 3 00 Choice 300........ 25 Extra choice 360 . Extra fancy 300.... Pes Cy Fa a ee ol 4 00 BANANAS. Te PONTE I aos ee ce iad ec uueccetapess- 12 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Pies, fancy layers, SD....--............ @i2 ~ bg eo. @li4 « exira eT ik ei a ccdewen @15 Dates, Pard, 10-Ib. box Se cha a kad onae @7z ” oe i @ 5% - Pere, Geom. OO... ..........- @5 NUTS. Almonds, ON ii oes ces ores @i6 “ng ESSE Sees Tee ee @15 - a 2 ee ee 8... @s Filberis . @ii Walnuts, ee er @13 - ib citeiies vies nase cacy @i0 - PE ei lies sue deus ns @12 Table Nuts, oe eh desta ea @i2 ee ee eee @i1 Pecans, cian Dm Py os, @7% Ee Mickery Mule per ba............... i. 13 COOCORIIIER, FETE PROM, 2. cee teu se 3 75 PEANUTS, Fancy, H. P., SUMS... 00. ++ @ 5% m Roasted ai Fancy, H. P., Flags che eae @ 5% Roasted. @7 Choice, H. P., Extras...... @ 4% le = meeee............ @6 OILs. The Standard Of] Co. quotes as follows: BARRELS. eas es eee eon oe 8% an Ww. W. Mich. Headlight .. ne 7 cece be dk beeeaedee sir enes cu c @ 6% Stove ~ainiios ieee bas eee @ 7% a Sie cold bees n odes eememeding 27 G36 ee EE TEE SCRE ET Siebel EapEh 13 @21 eee, ce eee OOM @ 3% FROM TANK WAGON. TO ne wc brhverecob ese ssece cscs ccccce 7 Zax W. W. Mich. Headlight.......... 5 POULTRY, Local dealers pay as follows: LIVE. oe eet deter cisege pecene 8 @9 OU ic iba dih cols! o6oy veces senna 8 @9 i or ek ee as pee e 6 @ 6% i oy a oe pes oe a ee 8 @9 eas ce mncee eae mee ans @ DRAWN. Cj ER EES Coa PEICIgMe sions Gar pagiot rine see 12 @I13 bo ee ci ae ee 12 @13 ee ceei sewn ance os bane dbabed sees 11 g@12 EE ne 10 @ll I gai one hoot cee eee coe ecensphas 10 @12 UNDEAWN NN oes iss cu caus cancesnecesceess @ GRee Niece dg iste iis Cpe seks eee 7%@ 8 NN lg ic ate pe ae ee 6%4@ 7 BI osu cccace eens vees pace benetedenns 8 @9 ; + 3 » ~~ Me Ty te fr ‘ e 4 ata ¥ « r + { « » FEW SPECIALTIES CONTROLLED BY US FOR WESTERN MICHIGAN "== WITHINGTON & COOLEY [inf. Co. AGRICULTURAL TOOLS WICKWIRE BROS. WIRE CLOTH, The FAVORITE CHURN, The ACME POTATO PLANTER, BABCOCK’S MONITOR CORN PLANTER, The TRIUMPH CORN PLANTER, BARTHOLOMEW’S POTATO BUG EX- TERMINATOR. Alsoas Complete a Line ot Fishing Tackle as anybody carries. Paste TEVENS ST. & CG: MONROg RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO. 12, 14 and 16 PearlSt. 0 RIVER SHOES WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE THEM, If you want the best for Style, Fitand Wear, buy our make. You can build up a good trade on our lines, as they will give satisfaction. We Manufacture and Handle only Reliable Goods, AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO The ADD BEST . | BOX | are OR the \/ BARREL CHEAPEST. Iced Coffee Cakes, Michigan Frosted Honey, S. ymour Butters, aout | | Graham Crackers, xy OF ROYAL TOAST TO YOUR NEXT ORDER SOMETHING NEW AND A GOOD SELLER. Sears are the BEST. Watch out for our new spring novelties. They are sellers. we — New York Biscuit Co., S. A. SEARS, Manager, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Patented. NO. 3. The above cuts show a few of the many purposes this device will serve. Cut No. 1 meagerly shows its adaptation as a Screw Driver—anyone readily understands that it will drive a screw in, as several other devices on the spiral plan drive a screw the same way. but there is no other one that will do this: Take a screw out with exactly the same push movement as it was put in. and just as quickly; this is done by simply grasping the brass shell with the left hand, and having hold of the wood handle with theright; simply give the right hand a twist toward you; this reverses it to take out a screw; in like manner give itaturn from you, and it is ready to drive the screw. i In either case, when it is closed as shown in Cut No. 3,if desired, it will act as aratchet. turn ing the screw half round each ratchet movement made by the operator, and still another valuable position is obtained by simply turning it as before stated, but instead of clear from one side to the other, stop at half way; atthis point it will be as rigid as if it was one solid piece of iron. Cut No. 2. Here weshow the spiral clear extended, another use made of it other than driving screws, here we show its usefulness in a carriage, wagon or machine shop where many small burrs are to be taken off and put on; the screw driver bit is removed and a socket wrench put in with which burrs can be run on or off, twenty times quicker than by the old way Cut No. 3. This shows not only its usefulness in the carriage, wagon or machine shop, but carpenter, plumber or andertaker’s establishment as well, in fact it is indispensable to any worker in wood or iron where screws or burrs are used, or boring, drilling, etc., is done, and in finishing up work with hard wood, where a small hole must be bored or drilled to receive the nail or screw, it is a wonderful convenience. Thus it will be seen it well merits the name it bears, The Univer- sal Screw Driver and Brace. The chuck and shel! are highly polished brass while the handle is finished in natural wood; it is substantial, durable and the most powerful tool of its kind made. WRITE FOR CIRCULAR. S. F. BOWSER & Co., Mant’s. | FORT WAYNE, IND. FUMES cw vow poosoousu9eusosseoussIEa99GesoResDDETeDOEs=OREsNEEsOEEsNEGeoOREGoNeEOREERS an © SPECIAL. NOTICE — > | ae is A BRIEF STATEMENT FOR BUSY MEN. { The New York Condensed Milk Company takes pleasure in announcing that the trade is * j > A now prepared to supply you with Borden’s Peerless Brand Evaporated Cream, w Res Abd ited bid id dba Giine VuUWwwwwww.. ~ VYVVVeUVYV eye wYUYUwueVw UNSWEETENED); guaranteed to keep under all conditions of temperature. The process ° used is far in advance of any other method of preserving milk without sugar. Our new plant is constructed especially for this branch of business, and is unequaled in equipment for the various © processes employed. Having thoroughly tested all the important points in connection with the LAO milk referred to, we are now prepared to offer the trade, through the jobbing houses, Borden’s € } Peerless Brand Evaporated Cream, unsweetened, with entire confidence that it will prove, © like our celebrated Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk, to have no Equal. It is & © © © § thoroughly guaranteed in every respect, and this guarantee is substantial, as every one knows. ARIAAROOOOOOOOOOUG ‘ Prepared by the New York Condensec Milk Co. ES For QuoTATIONS SEE PRICE COLUMNS. . ' ANAM ANNA MANERA AMMA AAANANOMNONAHNNHNAMOAHON r e enonnennnnnens tod «= vr ia CROCKER _ GLASS WARE. - m a IF : About Whee to is i in ho pis TOILET SETS HAVE Dinner Sets ey oa or anything in yf * BINS Crockery or Glassware ny DOUB'! come and see our assortment or write for special prices and list of new goods. Soe: 2) {5021 Pattern qe ‘THE BEAUTY : 4 Of buying this assorted Package is, we carry the vest selling pieces in open stock so you can keep your assortment up at a very slight outlay. The package contains: * -2 dozen 4 piece Sets 1-4 dosent Celeries 1-2 hp -2 Gallon Jugs 1-6 Pickles t - Tumblers 1-4 ‘** 5 in. Bell Jellies oS 7m. Covered Bowls 1-6 ‘* Molasses Cans $! _ ~~ 6 ‘ 1-6 7 in.Oblong Dishes - 7 in. Nappies of a -4 - 8 in. 1-6 + re 4 in. - 1 ‘** Salts and Peppers 1-6 - 10 in. Salvers a bt pet ek pt ® - — 5 me OOF COS’ SOW... .. ++ oie ieee 10 POT CPE. cook 1.35 ™ Pkg. 35e Net. aS Pe $12.18 ty Shaker Salt. % Gallon Piteher. Tumbier. 10 in. Saiver. NO. 15021 PRISM ASSORTED PACKAGE This gives you a Nice, New Stock at very little money. H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich. ANS arpa - If so, and you are endeavoring to get along without using our improved Coupon Book system, you are making a |: most serious mistake. We were the originators of the coupon book plan and are the largest manufacturers of these *'y * books in the country, having special machinery for every branch of the business) SAMPLES FREE. TRADESIIAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.