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coins as well as other personal I< have taken in hand a new crusade—
longines, and even the lad robbed the crystallization of a sentiment : ’
hesitates about letting his own people which has been growing for some
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know the situation lest his standing Yyears—that the modern trend oi i :
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classed in the hated list of “tattlers.’ the old-time Yule-tide — signif 7 Le : 1
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honor of shielding crime. They mean [t@ke a rest. ae a a. 1 1 1
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well, but in their zeal to guard against Fhe movement is against useless ‘ SS ae ; Sr a
i bad habit they co to the other ex- giving and is headed by such women i lS TY _ ae i
labit n n I : | a ia eae eae | = cal } S WW l ser in ¢
treme, of aiding others in wrong @8 Jane Addams, Dr. Lena Sadler and? ee 1
doing Miss Mary McDowell. At a recent S8fandpa to some one wno will resent S ty Satis
eataeemreneemncnae — meeting resolutions were passed 4y Seeing act pees. yal : p
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BEING ON TIME. pledging against the harmful influ. tor the amusing oe
Coe bee bes cad thee ale ae - +t u will be sure to find it. Place the woman who always has goo
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elce Dbefween a man and a woman is now congest the mails as the holiday Some child with golden vit 1KINg
that the former is punctual; the latter season approaches and increase the one of your mammoth
is not UChoush in) justice to both burdens or the family Whereis just snap the effect. Send it and
it is further asserted that the daily regret over the “commercialization of a box of your newest brand of con
associations of the man enforce’ Christmas.’ The girl who said an fection and take another snap. Plac> The Stronger.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
December 4, 1912
CLOVERLAND.
Zephyrs From the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan.
Marquette, Dec. 2—About one of
the most pleasant surprises that a
traveler could get would be a visit
to Covington. This is a Finnish
farming settlement on the D., S. S.
& A. Railway between Nestoria and
Sidnaw, on the Duluth’ extension.
Through the enterprise of the land
department of the D., S.S. & A, a
small colony of sturdy Finns settled
here some fifteen years ago and un-
dertook the Herculean task of taking
off the hardwood, mostly maple, and
clearing the land. The enterprise be-
came successful—a feat that could
only be brought about by constant
and unremitting toil and self denial—
and other Finns came in and the
colony became larger and_ stronger
and, in the meantime, the land was
getting more and more cleared and
under cultivation and the returns
from the farming lands began to come
with the returns for the hardwood
logs and the wood. They have the
advantage of two markets for their
products, the copper country and the
iron country. The most of the cord-
wood, however, finds a market with
the Consolidated Fuel & Lumber Co.,
at Ishpeming. One of the settlers, a
most thrifty man who had all the
sturdy qualities of the pioneer, who
made a financial start here, prospered
and bought up considerable of the
land and put in a sawmill, which not
only affords employment, but a mar-
ket for his countrymen farmers for
their logs. This is a most remark-
able man, August Hutula. Now the
place is becoming quite impressive
to the stranger, as the first thing that
greets his eye is a large and capa-
cious depot built of concrete, a fine
two-story bulding. The agent, Mr.
Willman, is a most courteous gentle-
man. The next point of interest is,
indeed, a pleasant surprise for a
place which is yet considered in the
primitive state. It is the general
store of W. H. Oakley. On entering
the store you are amazed to see such
a stock of goods in such a seemingly
small place. You then consider, as
you look down both sides and see a
full line of showcase counters—ihe
most modern fixtures you would find
in a metropolitan store—and a staff
of clerks who are picked men and
who are all busily engaged in their
several departments. You find the
store, no matter what time of the
day or week you come, pretty well
filled with customers.
the best quality of goods that money
can buy. The stock would inventory
about $15,000 and the annual business
is about $50,000 a year. Nehls Peter-
son is the store manager. He has
been in Mr. Oakley’s employ for the
last eighteen years and has
manager here for a term of fourteen
years. The book-keeper is Ed.
3etts, who has been here for three
years, and the head clerk is Alfred
Cayamus. They are all picked men,
especially adapted to general store
work, and none quibble about his
particular part of the work. It is an
every day occurrence to see the store
manager piling goods into the ware-
They insist on
been
house and the book-keeper hauling
freight from the depot, all seemingly
putting in their time where it will
count the most for their employer.
There are also a number of lady
August Hutula, whom we
have already mentioned, came here
from Ishpeming, where he worked as
a miner in the iron mines some ten
years ago with only a few hundred
dollars which he saved out of his
earnings. By dint of hard work and
keeping a stiff upper lip and with
the assistance of a generous amount
of nerve, he swung his first deal of
$15,000 worth of land, which proved
to be the nucleus of a fortune, as he
is now conservatively estimated to be
worth from $75,000 to $100,000.
We give this somewhat extended
write-up on a seemingly insignificant
little primitive farming village, just
emerged within a few years from the
primeval forest, in order to show the
possibilities of this Cloverland region
of ours, and we are of the opinion
that, with the the Upper
Peninsula Development Bureau and
the new land development branch of
the D., S. S. & A. Railway, there will
be in the next five to twenty years
Upper
clerks.
work of
a wonderful development in
Peninsula farming lands.
The versatility of Charles’ A.
Wheeler has again been called to our
attenton. On Sunday, November 24,
we called on him at his room at the
Clifton Hotel. Our call was at 3
p. m. We were very much surprised
to find him engaged in the ablutions
which are usually performed in the
morning. His explanation was that
he was invited out for supper to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Godwin.
That evening we felt religiously in-
clined and, accompanied by Brother
Burtless, we went to church—the
Presbyterian church, to be exact
—and Burtless and the writer pretty
nearly fell dead when our friend,
Charlie, during the offertory, sang a
beautiful bass solo, “Rocked in the
Cradle of the Deep.” He was in
splendid voice ana acquitted himself
as an artist. We have known him
for fifteen years and never before
knew he could sing a note.
We are pleased to announce that
a new and very necessary stage line
has been established between Rud-
yard, an important farming town in
Chippewa county, on the Soo line, and
the thrifty inland town of Pickford,
leaving Pickford at 7:15 a. m. and ar-
ravine at Rudyard at 10:15 a. m_:
leaving Rudyard at 1:15 p. m. and
arrivine at Pickford at 4:15 p. m.
This is a service that will be highly
appreciated by our traveling boys and
will be assured a liberal patronage
from the start.
Brother C. W. Thompson, of Laur-
ium, a faithful member of the local
Committee on Railroads and Trans-
portation, is doing good work. He
recently called on the officials of the
Soo line in Gladstone and called at-
tention to the necessity of a flag stop
for Engadine for trains No. 7 and §¥.
We have now been notified that his
request has been granted and the flag
stop ordered. Brother Thompson is
an ex-railroad man.
John J. Flangan, Vice-President
and General Manager of the Sagola
lumber €o, has just ‘ssturned
from the Mercy Hospital, Chicago,
where he had been a patient ever
since he suffered a most strangely
peculiar accident which very nearly
cost him his life on July 26 last. He
is subject to somnambulism and the
day previous was suffering some from
indigestion. During the night it seems
that during an attack of somnambul-
ism he arose from bed and jumped
through the window onto a pitched
roof of a veranda and fell nine feet
to the lawn, injuring his spine so
severely that a partial paralysis of the
bowels and bladder took place. As
soon as the conditions would warrant
it, he was removed to Mercy Hos-
pital, Chicago, and an operation per-
formed by the eminent surgeon, Dr.
Murphy, in which several parts of the
vertebrae were removed. The _ in-
cision was eight inches long and,
while it will be a long time before
he is well, he is in a fair way for
recovery.
We are pleased to notice under
“Honks from the Auto City Council”
a little protest on the part of Brother
3ullen on our non-communicative-
ness on some of the jokes we played
on our Grand Council visitors in
September. If good Brother Bullen
wasn’t quite so general and gave us
a hint as to just what particular joke
bottle he refers, we wouldn’t have
the least objection to piping it off
to him. Does he refer to a 300 pound
midnight arrival at the Clifton Hotel
who had to share a davenport with
a drunken sailor? Or does he refer
to the poor little fellow who said
in a very plaintiff way, “Oh, no, I
am not sick. All I want is solitude?”
Ask Jim Hammell. Next week we
might tell you a little more.
Ura Donald Laird.
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Special Features in the Grocery and
Produce Market.
Special Correspondence.
New York, Dec. 2—No changes
have taken place in quotations of spot
coffees, Rio. No. 7s being quoted at
144%c and Santos 7s at 164%4@16%c. In
store and afloat there are 2,414,114
bags, against 2,344,488 bags at the
same time last year.
been mighty quiet.
The week has
Several reasons
are given, as, for instance, the sym-
pathy of the spot with the option
market. The latter has been any-
thing but satisfactory and buyers of
real coffee have been watching the
situation very carefully. Stocks
throughout the country are said to
be rather moderate, but buyers are
holding off; and another reason 1s
that the holiday trade is overtopping
everything else and all staples are
apt to lag for the next few weeks.
The sugar market lacks animation
and there is only the usual in-the-rut
trading going on. The prevailing
rate for granulated is now 4.90c. A
year ago the quotation for the same
was 6c, and raws were 5.06c, as com-
pared with 4.05c at present.
Some good-sized sales of Formosa
teas have been noted at what are re-
garded as good figures. Aside from
this there is only the stereotyped re-
ply of “Nothing Doing” in response
to a search for light. Improvement
is looked for with confidence as soon
as the holiday trade is over and the
perplexing position of green teas in
“officialdom” is settled.
Rice is showing up well—for the
time of year. Dealers report a pretty
good run of orders and prices are de-
cidedly firm for all grades.
choice domestic, 5144@534c.
Spices are steady.
Prime to
Stocks seem to
be ample for all demands and the out-
look is rather in favor of the seller.
Zanzibar cloves, 2034@21c. Singa-
pore black pepper, 11%@11%c.
Molasses is firm. Stocks are mod-
erate and the demand is fairly satis-
factory. Syrups are in light supply
and firm, Fancy is quoted at 25@28c,
Packers of tomatoes are said to be
offering standard 3s very freely at
82l%c f. 0. b. Maryland, without find-
ing takers. There seems to be an
impression among jobbers that a
further decline will take place and
they are not going to be caught with
the goods on them. Really desirable
corn is in very moderate supply. In
fact, there is said to be practically no
stock in first hands. Many retailers
are making drives on tomatoes and
lots of them are going into con-
sumption every day. There is not
much vim to the trade in peas and the
opening prices—on last year’s basis—
do not seem to fill the buyers with glee.
Other goods show no change in any
respect.
Butter has been steadily advanc-
ing in price and stocks have been as
steadily reduced and the amount in
transit is not so large as to give
encouragement for , lower rates.
Creamery specials are worth 37c.
There is a good demand for top
grades, while other varieties languish
slightly. Held stocks, 33@34c. Imi-
tation creamery, 24@2514c—a decided
difference between the imitation and
the real thing.
Cheese is rather quiet. The quota-
tions are at a figure that may curtail
consumption somewhat, but stocks
are not overabundant. Whole milk,
1734@18c.
Near-by eggs are hammering away
to reach the 60c mark and they lack
only 2c, but top grades of Western
stock are working out at 38@40c—
this for fresh-gathered extras; firsts,
35@38c; held stock, 25@28c.
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Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Po-
tatoes, at Buffalo.
Buffalo, Dec. 3—Creamery butter,
fresh, 33@37c; creamery storage, 30
@32c; dairy, 25@32c; poor to good,
all kinds, 20@24c.
Cheese—Fancy, 17@17'%4c: choice,
16:4¢; poor to common, 10@15c.
Egegs—Choice, fresh, candled, 35@
40c; cold storage, candled 23@24c.
Poultry (live)—Turkeys, 17@18c;
cox, 10@11c; fowls, 12@15c; springs,
12@15c; ducks, 16@17c; geese, 15c.
Poultry dressed, 17@18c;
ducks, 18@20c; geese, 183@14c; chix,
13@16c; fowl, 13@15c.
3eans—Red $2.75; white
kidney, new $3; medium, new $2.50;
narrow, new $3; pea, new $2.50.
Potatoes—60@65c per bu.
Rea & Witzig.
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December 4, 1912
BANKRUPTCY MATTERS.
Proceedings in Western District of
Michigan.
Nov. 27—In the matter of the
American Electric Fuse Co., bank-
rupt, of Muskeon, the trustee, Paul S.
Moon, filed his final report and ac-
count showing all his acts, in closing
out this estate, disclosing total re-
ceipts of $179,599.11; total disburse-
ments in conducting the business of
the bankrupt as a going business, ad-
ministration expenses, preferred
claims and first dividend of 5 per
cent., $83,858.62; balance on hand for
distribution, $95,740.49. An order was
made by the referee calling a final
meeting of creditors to be held at his
office on December 16, for the pur-
pose of considering such report and
declaring a final dividend for cred-
itors.
A voluntary petition was filed by
Martin J. Naerebout, of Grand Rapids,
and he was adjudged a bankrupt by
Judge Sessions and the matter re-
ferred to Referee Wicks. Order was
made by the referee calling a first
meeting of creditors to be held at
his office on December 18, for the
purpose of electing a trustee, if de-
sired, proving claims, examining the
bankrupt, etc. The bankrupt’s sched-
ules show no assets, excepting a cer-
tain promissory note for $207, and
household goods, claimed to be ex-
empt. The following creditors are
scheduled:
Peoples’ Savings Bank, Grand
PVavem i. ele. $ 200.00
Worden Grocer Co., Grand Rapids 74.18
‘Washburn-Crosby Co., Grand Rapids 56.00
H. Hamstra Company, Grand Rapids 56.69
Watson-Higgins Co., Grand Rapids 83.20
W: EF Murphy Co., Chicago |... 35.75
me oop, Chicaso :.0.... 00... 9.63
Sawyer Biscuit Co., Chicago .... 39.43
MeNeil-Higgins Co., Chicago 275.04
Bean Brothers, Chicazo | 7......- 44.10
H, D. Spalink, Grand Haven 60.00
C, Wilderom, Grand Haven ...... 66.33
Holland Rusk Co., Holland ...... 27.50
National Publishing Co., Detroit 3.00
Lesiie Judgo Co., Detroit |...) ... 4.50
Hodwin Pals, Howell ..5...53...... 5.00
$1,040.35
A voluntary petition was filed by
John D. Goldberg, of Grand Haven,
and he was adjudged a bankrupt by
Judge Sessions and the matter re-
ferred to Referee Wicks. Order was
made by the referee calling the first
meeting of creditors to be held at his
office on December 18. The follow-
ing creditors—all located at Grand
Haven, except the Gobleville Milling
Co.—are scheduled:
Cris Lock ...... See ee eae oe pe cctere $ 400.00
John Ni @ook .....06 6... 625.00
Grand Haven State Bank ........ 228.35
peoples; Savings Bank .......... 90.00
goun Wacker (. 0.66: ...... ce... 113.97
Henry. Weetring .....0. 00060500... 20.45
moomeand & Son ............... 11.86
Martine Stap ooo... 49.46
Gevieville Millne Co. ............ 78.00
Vantoll Brothers .......¢0...5.....4 6.02
FH. Bradwell |... el... 27.00
John & Henry Peligrim ...... su 16.60
AL Smith oo - 83.45
Henry Bolt .. 15.69
J. Wam DV Re oo ce 27.47
Dr We Demicin i. el. 18.00
J. otenan oo... ee 114.00
HeoOimam ABTOS. 2... 4.00
Charles Plate cies tee ee 10.00
HE (Straushbers ....0 0... ce ke ee 5.35
$1,799.92
Assets scheduled:
Real estate exempt as homestead
and imorteaged 3) oo. $1,200.00
Biacninery, Cre. ................... 244.00
Household goods, claimed as exempt 200.00
Stock, wagon, etc., claimed as
exempt 287.00
Nov. 29—In the matter of Belcamo
Nut Butter Co., bankrupt, schedules
of the assets and liabilities were
filed, and an order was made by the
referee calling the first meeting of
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
creditors to be held at his office on
Jecember 17, for the purpose of elect-
ing a trustee, etc. The bankrupt’s
schedules show the following assets:
Cash poe of Circuit Court
ICR cee cece aes Uc. $ 398.34
Fixtures and stock on hand ..... 212.00
Due on open account ...........; 125.00
: | $ 735.34
The following creditors are sched-
uled:
City of Grand Rapids, taxes ....$ 17.80
Belden Reagan, Grand Rapids ... 120.00
Suffolk Peanut Co., Suffolk .... 330.88
Bain Peanut Co., Wakefield .... 475.00
John King Peanut Co., Suffolk .. 634.94
Michigan Trust Co., Grand Rapids 17.00
Citizens Telepone Co., Grd. Rpds. 39.06
Tooker-O’Brien Co., St. Paul . 39.08
G. R.-Muskegon Power Co.,
Grand Rapids, ....°..0........ 12.45
G. R. Gas Light Co., Grand Rapids 8.00
$1,333.25
Dec. 3—In the matter of Glen-
garry Mercantile Co., bankrupt, of
Glengarry, the trustee filed his first
report and account showing a balance
on hand for distribution of $6,596.28
and an order was made by the referee
calling a special meeting of creditors
to be held at his office on December
20, for the purpose of considering
such report and account and declar-
ing a first dividend for creditors.
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Follis Sides With Ura Donald Laird.
Marquette, Dec. 2—Brother Ura
Donald Laird being in paroxysm of
grief over the way Bro. White, of
Traverse City, has “taken on” about
his well meaning comment on Bro.
White’s pet movement toward legis-
lation enabling travelers to vote when
away from home, he has asked me
to write for him, as Brother Laird
and myself exchange notes occasion-
ally. He is a fellow I thoroughly
understand and he understands me.
I am satisfied that he went into this
matter not superficially, but with a
good deal of thought and, moreover,
with the kindliest of feeling toward
the success of the movement and also
toward Brother White personally.
Wihen he offers the opinion that
such a law could hardly be erystalized
into a reality, for the reason that the
commercial traveler could hardly ex-
pect any special legislation favoring
his occupation and avoid the criticism
of being the beneficiary of class legis-
lation, I am of the opinion that his
position is quite tenable and his point
well taken. To my mind, his diag-
nosis of the case was by no means
a superficial one, because his guiding
star in this matter is not Bro. White’s
circular letter at all, but the press
comments all over the country deal-
ing with the subject; and it may be
said now that it is to be regretted
that this matter has come to be re-
viewed by press and public as a com-
mercial traveler’s movement strictly.
Bro. White says that the commercial
traveler is the smallest factor in point
of numbers which this law would af-
fect and that the largest number bene-
fitted would be railroad men and
makes the astounding statement that
there are about 10,000 legal student
voters in our State. Is Bro. White
aware of the fact that the legal voting
age in Michigan is 21 years and that
woman’s suffrage at the present time
appears to have been lost and that
children’s and little boy’s votes don’t
count excepting in a straw vote?
This, by a careful estimate, would
reduce Bro. White’s 10,000 student
voters to about 1,500—to be real gen-
erous. We ourselves of the U. C. T.
can show a membership of 2,500 and
we hardly represent more than one-
third of the travelers resident in
Michigan. That would make 7,000
or 8,000 travelers and I opine that
this is quite as many, if not more,
than the railroad men can muster up.
As for the vessel men, more than
three-fourths of these voters come
from New York and Ohio ports, who
would have no part in the matter at
all.
Ura is certainly not wrong in stat-
ing that this would have to apply
to all citizens of the United States,
as well as to travelers, because it is
only citizens of the United States
who have any part in voting at all.
When I became a citizen it was of
the United States and I never heard
of a document conferring citizenship
in Michigan. Ura is no fool and he
knew before Bro. White enlightened
him that the prescription he wants
filled in the way of legislation would
have to be compounded in the Michi-
gan) State (Pill Bactory. | wasn’t
aware that Minnesota or Kansas had
a law such as Bro. White proposes
for Michigan and it seems that it is
only quite recently that Bro. Whit2
himself discovered that there was
such a law. It, therefore, seems to
me that it would be well for Bro.
White to inform himself on the work-
ings of that law in these States first
before he refers my poor prostrate
friend, Ura, to the working of it.
Yes, my dear Bro. White, I know
you have had many favorable com-
ments on this move and you might
include Ura’s as a favorable comment,
too, but his point was that he was
so solicitous for its welfare that he
looked into it further and deeper than
the mere surface and was only hope-
ful that while the movement was in
a state of embryo, its defects could
be remedied before it took a more
concrete and definite form; but Bro.
White, I opine, took the criticism
to seriously on a superficial reading
of it and laid himself open to the im-
peachment of “seeing things” himself.
1 cannot refrain from offering the
opinion that Bro. White has become
so enthusiastic over this pet measure
of his that he decrees that the oppo-
site side of the question must not be
discussed at all and woe betide any
poor fellow who may look at the sub-
ject in a broader and deeper way than
he can see it, even though he may
be just as solicitous for a happy out-
come of the matter as Bro. White
himself may be. Every such impor-
tant matter as this is the better for
being discussed, pro and con, and I
join with Bro. White in his fondest
hope that the cause under discussion
will be benefitted by this little con-
troversy. Thomas F. Follis.
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What Some Michigan Cities Are
Doing.
Written for the Tradesman.
The Bellevue Improvement Asso-
ciation gave a house warming in its
new headquarters recently, with not-
able speeches, excellent music and
dancing. The Association is out after
100 active members by Jan. 1.
Kalamazoo is assured of a conven-
tion hail through the strenuous efforts
of the Commercial Club in raising a
fund of $10,000.
A foundry twice the size of the one
now in use at Battle Creek by the
Nichols & Shepard Co. will be erect-
ed by that company in the spring.
Believing that its industrial future
is well established, Muskegon will
discard the bonus plan of getting fac-
tories and endeavor to sell new in-
dustries seeking location there, factory
plants at reasonable prices.
The Michigan Central Railway has
accepted Bay City’s offer of supply-
ing its new round house and machine
shops with water.
The Michigan Central is now run-
ning freight over the Lake Shore road
from Jackson to Toledo, thus avoid-
ing the transfer at Detroit as well
as shortening the haul.
The cities of Jackson, Battle Creek
and Lansing have been promised new
street cars of modern type.
Funds for a tuberculosis sanitarium
are being solicited, both in the city
and county of Jackson.
Battle Creek has adopted an ordi-
nance forbidding the sale as well as
the discharge of air guns and sling
shots within the city.
The newly-organized Lake Shore
Commercial Club, made up largely of
Saugatuck and Douglas business men,
has adopted a resolution endorsing
stone roads throughout the country.
The Club will hold its next meeting
Dec. 11 at Saugatuck.
Alma is assured of improvements
at the union passenger station in that
city within 90 days, at least the rail-
road companies have been ordered to
make additions and betterments with-
in that period by the Michigan Rail-
road Commission.
Big Rapids has adopted and ordi-
nance requiring the painting of tele-
graph, telephone and electric light
poles, also prohibiting the posting of
bills and notices of any kind on such
poles.
Kalamazoo Odd Fellows have pur-
chased the Pratt residence property
on West South street, which will be
fitted up for lodge rooms.
Lansing advertisers have organized,
with J. W. Knapp as President and
A. T. Vandervoort as Secretary. The
club endorses the plan of holding
county agricultural fairs in Lansing,
starting the coming year.
Genessee county will probably be
next in line to secure an agricultural
expert through efforts of the Flint
30ard of Commerce and the granges
of the county.
An appropriation of $50,000, to be
used in enlarging the postoffice at
Battle Creek, will be asked for at the
hands of the next congress.
Detroit is planning for a $3,000,000
art center in upper Woodward avenue.
Almond Griffen.
Dandelion Vegetable Butter Color
A perfectly Pure Vegetable Butter
Color and one that complies with the
pure food laws of every State and of
the United States.
Manufactured by Wells & Richardson Co.
Burlington, Vt.
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Movements of Merchants.
Kalkaska—Titus & Ritter have en-
gaged in the meat business here.
St. Ignace—Joe Davis has engaged
in the grocery business in the Krue-
ger building.
Iron Mountain—A. L. Porter, deal-
er in novelty goods, has filed a peti-
tion in bankruptcy.
Alma—C. H. Smith, recently of
Reed City, succeeds Gray & Gray in
the bakery business.
Newaygo—A. L. Trask, recently of
Indianapolis, Ind., has opened a res-
taurant in the Dysinger building.
Saginaw — Slocum-Horning Co.,
dealer in implements and autos, has
increased its capital stock from $6,000
to $25,000.
Charlotte—Burglars recently enter-
ed the grocery store of A. E. Conley,
taking a quantity of cigars and tobac-
co and a small amount of money.
Port Huron—Beard, Campbell &
Co., wholesale dealers in carriage
hardware, iron and steel, have incr 2as-
ed their stock from $50,000 to $60,000.
Port Huron—Albert B. Carlisle
“as sold his stock of confectionery
to his son, Lloyd H., who will con-
tinue the business at the same loca-
tion.
St. Louis—A. A. Andrus and George
Wilson have formed a copartnership
and engaged in the grocery business
under the style of the St. Louis Gro-
cery Co.
Alma—The & Fuel
Co. has been organized with an au-
thorized capital stock of $30,000, which
has been subscribed and $15,009 paid
Home Lumber
in in cash,
Detroit—The Consolidated Lumber
Co. has been organized with an au-
thorized capital stock of $1,000, all of
which has been subscribed and paid
in in cash.
Vernon—Albert J Aldrich, recently
of Falmouth, has purchased the Will
Jones store building and will occupy
it January 1, with a stock of dry
goods, boots and shoes .
Fremont—A. C. Brink & Son, gro-
cers, have purchased the store build-
ing and grocery stock of Charles An-
derson and will remove their own
stock to the new location.
Kalamazoo—P. B. Appledoorn &
Sons, shoe dealers at 117 and 119
North Burdick street, celebrated the
fifty-fourth anniversary of the estab-
lishment of their business here Nov.
28.
Onsted—Leland F. Townsend has
sold his interest in the general mer-
chandise stock of Downsend &
Stephenson, to Harry L. Maxwell and
the business will be continued under
the style of Stephenson & Maxwell.
Iron River—The Peoples Supply
Co, has been incorporated to buy and
sell flour, feed, hay, grain, groceries,
provisions, dry goods and clothing,
with an authorized capital stock of
$10,000, which has been subscribed
and $1,000 paid in in cash.
Evart—E. F. Birdsell has sold his
implement stock to Alfred G. Sand-
berg and Walter Allison, both of
Reed City, who have formed a copart-
nership and will continue the business
under the style of Sandberg & Alli-
son, taking possession Feb. 1.
Grand Ledge—Irving Sheets, a
highly respected man of this city and
a member of the Clarke Hardware
Co., passed away Sunday. Deceased
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Sheets of Crawford county, Ohio,
where he was born January 2, 1849,
coming to this vicinity when but a
child and resided on a farm just east
of town until about ten years ago when
he moved to the city. He was a
prominent member of the Masonic
order.
Charlotte Republican: The resi-
dence property of Fred Hubbard, on
South Main, recently sold to Grand
Rapids parties, is to be used for the
location of a new three story brick
hotel, to be built early next spring,
according to the statement of a well-
known business man of this city who
is in a position to secure inside in-
formation in regard to the transac-
tion. It is a well-known fact that
several prominent Michigan hotel
men have been here during the past
few weeks looking for locations and
investigating the probable success o
a first-class hotel.
Detroit—Treasurer-elect John W.
Haarer, who by virtue of the office he
will assume the first of the year will
be official Sealer of Weights and
Measures, will probably ask the
Legislature to revise the statute
adopted a year or two after
Michigan was admitted to the
Union, relative to weights and meas-
ures. Haarer estimates that short
weights and measures cost the people
of Michigan an immense amount of
money each year, as he has received
information that the provisions of the
present statute are not enforced to
any great extent throughout the State.
Sunfield—Mrs. E. D. Mapes has en-
gaged in general trade, purchasing
her stock of dry goods of Edson,
Moore & Co. and her groceries of the
Judson Grocer Co. Mrs. Mapes was
born June 9, 1879, on a farm five miles
south of Sunfield, within five miles of
the place where she is now engaged
in business. She was marrie1 June
29, 1899, to Frank Mapes, who is now
employed by the International Har-
vester Co. in Kalamazoo territory.
Mrs. Mapes has been in the employ
of F. N. Cornell, general dealer at
this place, for the past seven years,
having had entire charge of the dry
goods department, both buying and
selling.
Detroit—Two of the large down-
town stores were victimized Monday
by a new and original bogus check
game. In the morning a man enter-
ed the Newcomb-Endicott store and
stated that he wished to pay Russell
A. Alger’s bill. He presented a check
for $100 and was given $82.75 in
change. When the check was return-
ed as worthless, Mr. Alger was com-
municated with and declared that he
knew nothing of the man. The same
plan was pursued in the store of B.
Siegel & Co., where a man offered a
$100 check in payment for a coat val-
ued at $15 which Mrs. L. A. Hubbell
had purchased earlier in the day. She
had the coat charged. The stranger
was given $85 in change. The de-
scription furnished the police by the
two firms tally.
Manufacturing Matters.
Detroit—The capital stock of the
Michigan Sprocket Chain Co. has
been increased from $50,000 to $100,-
000.
Detroit—The Detroit Auto Heater
Co. has been organized with an au-
thorized capital stock of $2,000, which
has been subscribed and $500 paid in
in cash.
Detroit—The Peninsular Tool Salv-
age Co. has been organized with an
authorized capital stock of $5,000,
which has been subscribed, $500 being
paid in in cash and $4,500 in property.
Bad Axe—A new company has been
organized under the style of the Bad
Axe Brick & Tile Co., with an au-
thorized capital stock of $6,000, of
which $3,200 has been subscribed and
paid in in cash.
Detroit—The R. C. Mahon Co. has
engaged in the flooring, roofing and
sheet metal work business, with an
authorized capital stock of $5,000, of
which $2,500 has been subscribed and
paid in in cash.
Detroit—The Murchey Machine &
Tool Co. has merged its business into
a stock company under the same style,
with an authorized capital stcck of
$40,000, of which $30,000 has been
subscribed and paid in in property.
Detroit—The Kliesner-Klenner-Enz
Co. has been incorporated to manu-
facture and sell, at wholesale and re-
tail, trunks, valises and leather goods,
with an authorized capital stock of
$7,000, of which $3,500 has been sub-
scribed and paid in in cash.
Detroit—The Detroit Manufactur-
ing Co. has engaged in business to
manufacture steel and metal baskets
and electric welders, with an author-
ized capital stock of $5,000, of which
$3,760 has been subscribed, $100 paid
in in cash and $2,000 in property.
Gaylord—The directors of the
Michelson & Hanson Lumber Co.,
have filed a petition for the dissolu-
tion of the corporation. This com-
pany has operated for over twenty
years at Lewiston and the completion
of its long timber cut two years ago
is the reason for the dissolution.
Mason—The Mason Elevator Co.
has finished the refitting of the old
cold storage building here, which it
purchased some time ago. Several
thousand dollars worth of elevating
and milling machinery have been in-
stalled, making the plant one of the
best equipped in the State. The new
elevator is run by electricity.
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What Some Michigan Cities Are
Doing.
Written for the Tradesman.
Labor conditions in the cities are
veering about, owing to the approach
of winter, and the men are hunting
jobs instead of jobs hunting men.
Kalamazoo is considering an anti-
smoke ordinance and the Telegraph-
Press counsels moderation in its en-
forcement, saying, “better 1,000 fac-
tories with great clouds of smoke
emitting from their stacks than 1,000
factories with smoke stacks which pro-
duce no more smoke than did the
paper mills last summer.”
Kalamazoo’s new ordinance creat-
ing the office of Sealer of Weights and
Measures went into effect Thanks-
giving day.
Members of the Pontiac Commer-
cial Association have posted cards in
their offices reading as follows: “The
management of this business will not
consider soliciting propositions of any
nature whatsoever unless the person
representing the same bears a card
from the Certification Committee of
the Pontiac Commercial Association,
showing that the cause represented
has been investigated and found to
be legitimate and worthy, and that
the person soliciting in behalf of such
cause is authorized to act in that ca-
pacity.”
The Central Michigan poultry show
will be held at Lansing Dec. 28 to
Jan. 4 inclusive.
Charlotte will have a new postoffice
costing about $100,000.
Business men of Hastings have
formed an improvement association.
Freeport will light its streets with
80 watt Tungstens, having accepted
the proposition of J. D. Cool & Sons.
Greenville will have a Sealer of
Weights and Measures, beginning Jan.
1. The city is also considering boule-
vard lights and will vote on a bond
issue of $5,000 at the spring election
The Civic League of Benton Harbor
has distributed $17 in prize money to
school children for proficiency in gar-
dening operations. Almond Griffen.
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Not Needed.
While a traveling man was waiting
for an opportunity to show his sam-
ples to a merchant in a little back-
woods town in Missouri, a customer
came in and bought a couple of night-
shirts. Afterward a long, lank lum-
berman, with ‘his trousers stuffed into
his boots, said to the merchant:
“What was them ’ere that feller
got?”
“Nightshirts.
or two?”
“Naup, I reckon not,” said the Mis-
sourian. “I don’t set round much
o’nights.”
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It takes a brave man to face a little
woman at the head of the stairs at 2
a. m.
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December 4, 1912
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The Produce Market.
Apples—Wolf River and Baldwins
command $2.75 per bbl. Spys and
Snows fetch $3@3.50 per bbl.
3ananas—Advanced to $3.75 per 100
Ibs.
Beets—60c per bu.
Butter—A continually advancing
market has prevailed since our last
report, and 37c is now realized for
best makes in tubs. Even a fraction
better than this is possible for ex-
tremely fancy quality. Stocks in cold
storage are moderate and reduction
of same has been satisfactory to date,
although there is more butter in stor-
age than at this time last year. Last
year butter stocks in storage were
unusually light. Holders of high qual-
ity butter at present are very firm in
their views, and there ‘is a strong ten-
dency to advance the market even at
present quotations. Local dealers pay
26c for No. 1 dairy grades and 2ic for
packing goods.
Cabbage—$1.50 per bbl.
Carrots—60c per bu.
Celery—$1 per box for home grown.
Chestnuts—18c per lb. for Michigan
sweets, and 17c for Ohios.
Cranberries—Late Howes have ad-
vanced to $9.75 per bbl. The demand
is active.
Eggs — The comparatively mild
weather which prevailed up to the last
week of November over the greater
part of the producing sections of the
country, together with no snowfall,
resulted in a production of eggs above
normal, and this, together with a com-
paratively slack demand, resulted in
a heavy and dragging market for cold
storage eggs. The present quotations
of 23c is only barely enough to let the
owner out without loss, and as plenty
of sellers are found at this price, it
may be said that there has been no
profit in the storage egg business up
to the present time. Storage eggs
from now on are dependent on the
weather for an active market and for
a profitable price. Local dealers pay
32c for all receipts strictly fresh, loss
off. :
Egg Plant—$1.50 per doz.
Grape Fruit—$4.25 per crate for all
sizes of Florida fruit. The supply is
increasing and prices are considered
very low.
Grapes—California Tokey, $2.50 per
crate of 40 lbs. Malaga, $5@6 per
keg of 50 to 60 lbs.
Honey—20c per lb. for white clover
and 18c for dark.
Lemons—$6.50 per box for Cali-
fornia.
Lettuce—Home grown hot house
head, 15c per 1b.; hot house leaf, 10c
per lb.
Onions—Spanish are in fair demand
at $1.40 per crate; home grown com-
mand 40@50c per bu.
are paying 28@30c.
Oranges—Navel, $3@3.25; Florida,
$3 for small and $3.50 for good size.
Receipts are increasing and it is ex-
pected that the quality will be much
better from now on.
Country buyers
Potatoes—Country buyers are pay-
ing 35@40c at outside buying points.
Local dealers quote 45@50c in small
lots.
Poultry—The last few days before
Thanksgiving saw a great change in
poultry and the shortage which was
looked for did not materialize or at
least not to any great extent. Local
dealers pay 10c for springs and fowls;
6c for old roosters; 8c for geese; 10c
for ducks; 14c for turkeys. These
prices are live-weight. Dressed are
2c higher. The quality of most poul-
try arriving is very fine.
Quinces—$1.75 per bu.
Squash—$1.50 per bbl. for Hubbard.
Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys,
$5 per bbl.; Delawares in bushel ham-
pers, $1.50.
Veal—6@10%c according to the
quality.
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Bean Market Dull and Depressed.
Beans for the past week have been
dull and rather on the downward ten-
dency. December is always a dull
month and wholesale grocers gen>r-
ally turn their attention to Christ-
mas buying, rather than to beans. Now
that they all have a few bags in
stock, they are not inclined to take
hold, even at the cut price. Elevators
in the State are pretty well filled up
with picking stock and there is very
little demand for future shipments at
a price which will let them out even.
There seems to be no dropping off
of receipts from farmers and nothing
in the situation that would point to
a higher price for some time at least.
There has been a fair demand from
the canners for Red Kidney beans and
for the past few days a few of the
other varieties, like Brown Swedish
beans and Cranberry beans, are just
steady, with a very light demand.
Ernest L. Wellman.
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The University of Southern Cali-
fornia has instituted a chair of auto-
mobile science, being the first univer-
sity in the country to recognize the im-
portance of the motor car as a subject
of technical study and _ investigation
from the engineering standpoint.
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The satisfied customer does not go
away comparing your stock and your
prices with those of some _ cheaper
house. He goes away thinking of the
quality of his purchase.
The Grocery Market.
Sugar—Beet sugar is about the only
kind sold at the present time, as it
is about 40c per hundred pounds lower
than cane. This is the greatest dif-
ference in years and it is said to be
caused by beet men being so anxious
to sell in order to get money to con-
tinue operations. Some people are
still prejudiced against beet sugar and
think that it is inferior to cane, but
United States chemists who have
analyzed both, say one is as good as
the other for any purpose.
Tea
There seems to be more ac-
tivity in the market, with prices firm
and unchanged. The market in Japan
is now considered closed, the total
shipments to America being about
2% million pounds short of last
year. Considerable activity is shown
in Formosas. The market is practic-
ally over, with a shortage in exporta-
tions of nearly five million pounds,
and importers look for higher prices
after January 1. Those willing to
sell now find a ready market at firm
prices. The crop of India tea will
exceed last year’s by about twelve
million pounds, but only the lower
grades have showed any decline.
Good teas have brought good prices.
Ceylon teas do not show up as well
in quality but prices for all descrip-
tions have advanced, with an increas-
ing demand. The market on China
teas is quiet and unchanged.
Coffee—Rio and Santos grades have
declined 34c. The decline is specula-
tive, being affected by foreign war
and financial conditions. There has
been a rumor from Brazil that the
valorization interests intended to un-
load its stock of held coffee in the
United States in order to placate the
United States Government and induce
it to drop its suit. This held stock
amounts to almost a million bags
and if thrown on the market would,
undoubtedly, cause a slump, if the
arge operators did not prevent this
by buying it in. This they would
probably do, however. Mild coffees
are also a little weaker in sympathy.
Java and Mocha dull and unchanged.
The general demand for coffee is
poor.
Canned Fruits—The demand is
gradually increasing, as receipts of
fresh fruit are smaller and will be
light for many months. Jobbers have
about all their future orders filled and
as these goods will last the retailer
for some time, no great demand 1s
looked for.
Canned Vegetables—There is very
little doing in the tomato market and
no change for the week, prices hold-
ing up remarkably well considering
the lack of demand. It is reported
that not more than 17 per cent. of
the pack of tomatoes is left in the
hands of the packers, which is a very
small quantity for so early in the
season. There is some little demand
for fancy corn but supplies are limit-
ed; fancy shoepeg is practically ex-
hausted. Owing to the short pack 1m
Maine other fancy corns are much
sought after. Pears are unchanged
and practically unobtainable except
‘n second hands.
Dried Fruits—Prunes are firm, es-
pecially in large sizes, which are quite
scarce and command a good premium.
Apricots are strong and in good de-
mand. There has been quite a
strengthening of the market on evap-
orated peaches on the coast, but the
price here has hardly advanced at all.
It no doubt will very shortly.
Syrups and Molasses — Glucose
shows no change for the week. Com-
pound syrup is in fair demand at
ruling prices. Sugar syrup is quiet
and unchanged. Molasses is active
and quotations in New Orleans are
higher.
Starch—There has been a decline
of 10c in Muzzy bulk and Best bulk
and packages.
Cheese—The market is firm at
prices ranging the same as last
week. The consumptive demand is
normal for the season. The market
is in a healthy condition and not
likely to change any in the near fu-
ture. There has been a much larger
make of part skim cheese this fall
than usual on account of high prices,
and it is diffrcult to get more than
13@14c for the very best of this grade.
Rice—Prices are unchanged and
while selling at reasonable quota-
tions, the market is a little higher
than a year ago. New crop Japan is
arriving and is said to be of good
quality.
Cocoa—The market is firm and
prices of many lines have been ad-
vanced within the past two weeks.
The demand is increasing every year,
as is shown by the imports, which
were larger during the present year
than in 1911.
Pickles—The market is very firm,
after the advance of some time ago
and will continue firm as supplies are
not large and the pack was the small-
est in thirty years in some sections.
Fish—The demand for mackerel
has been slack owing to the holiday
season. The market, however, is
rather in buyers’ favor, with the ex-
ception of large Norway fish, which
are scarce and firm. Cod, hake and
haddock are moderately active at
former prices. Salmon of all grades
is unchanged and quiet. Domestic
and imported sardines in light de-
mand at ruling prices.
Salmon—The opening prices on the
1912 pack of salmon were much lower
than in 1911 and it is thought to have
caused a great increase in the de-
mand... The retailer might increase
sale if he would take salmon as a
substitute for meat as it maks a much
cheaper food.
Provisions—Smoked meats are 4c
higher, with a good consumptive de-
mand. Pure and compound lard is
also firm at unchanged prices with
a good demand. Barreled pork,
canned meats and dried beef are in
slow demand and short supply, at un-
changed prices.
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Don’t wait for the time to come
when you need friends to make them.
Make them now and let them use you
first.
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To sell a customer something he
does not want is to send him hone
to develop a grouch against the store.
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You have to admire the hen that
does as much scratching when she has
one chicken as when she has a dozen.
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Wild Cat Schemes One Hundred boom period was the chartering of
Years Old.
The student of early Michigan his-
tory will find that there were get-rich-
quick schemes way back in territorial
some of these
days, and that were
of a nature to make the modern
schemes look amatuerish. One of the
earliest of these schemes was based
on the first bank established in Michi-
gan territory, in 1806.
first
In fact, this
get-rich-quick
The promoters of this
first bank as a first step built a mas-
sive bank building, one story high, but
with walls enough to
stand an and with windows
heavily barred with iron and the doors
re-inforced with bars and fur-
nished with ponderous bolts and locks.
When the bank was ready to open a
couple of impressive looking men ar-
rived from the East with $19,000 in
gold coin and this real money was
imposingly displayed in the windows.
In those days real money in Michigan
was worth traveling quite a distance
to see, even as a window display. The
bank took out a charter for 101 years,
with $1,000,000 authorized capital and
the business men of Detroit were in-
vited to get in on the ground floor
at $25 a share. When Michigan’s abil-
ity to subscribe had reached its limits,
$10,000 more stock was issued and
this was sold in’ the East at $3 a
share. Then the promoters started
the printing presses and $150,000 of
neatly engraved bills were
These bills were taken East
in bundles for circulation through the
New England states and New York.
About this time the promoters also
went East and they took with them
the $19,000 gold coin which had been
displayed in the window as bait and
not long after Michigan‘s first bank
closed its doors. The modern irre-
sponsible bank promoter is in the in-
fant class as compared with the artist
of a century ago.
was. the
scheme itself.
bank
heavy with-
army
steel
bank
issued.
Michigan history will furnish other
instances of the spectacular in mush-
room banking. When Michigan be-
came a State in 1837 the West was
having a great boom, and in Michigan
the boom was especially strong.
Towns were being built on paper
wherever the map showed that a town
ought to be built and the promoters
of those towns had their maps made
showing schools, court houses, church-
es, parks and other accessories of real
city life. Village lots were sold at
boom prices and everybody was get-
ting rich trading real estate. Among
the “cities” that were thus built in
Western Michigan were Ada and Port
Sheldon. One of the phrases of this
State banks with rights of issue. These
banks were started in every town
and at every cross road and aven
out in the woods, and every bank
could issue its own bank bills. The
State banking law required the bank
to have a certain amount of specie in
its vaults as a basis for the circula-
tion and as a guarantee of good faith.
Alpheus Felch, afterward Governor
of the State, was Bank Examiner in
the wild cat days and in one of his
reports he called attention to a con-
dition he did not approve of. The
a string of banks
as a basis for their respective circula-
tions. The first bank visited would
have the requisite amount in the
vaults and the same gold would be
at the next bank to be counted again
when the Examiner arrived, having
been hurried across country by mes-
and the process would be
repeated a third and fourth time. In
the early ’40s the boom collapsed and
Michigan had a very distressful time
for about ten years thereafter.
same gold served
senger,
John W. Sibben, former Cashier of
the First National Bank of Manistee,
was sentenced in the United States
Court in this city last week to the
Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan., for seven years and six months.
He was Cashier of the Bank for about
fifteen years and appropriated $44,300
of the bank funds to his own use.
His peculations extended over a series
of years, but four years ago he quit
and since then his chief ambition was
to keep his tracks covered. An un-
expected visit of the bank examiner
discovered the true condition and he
confessed before charges were made
against him.
Frederick A. Gorham, of the Michi-
gan Trust Company, has a handsome
new home on Kent Hills, near the
northern edge of town, about two
miles from his office. He walks to
his office nearly every morning when
the weather is pleasant and usually
walks home in the evening. He does
not go home to lunch, however.
William R. Shelby, Vice-President
and Treasurer of the G. R. & I. Rail-
road, is receiving the felicitations of
his friends this week upon having
rounded out his three score years and
ten. Mr. Shelby has lived a well
ordered and sane life and this, with a
rugged constitution inherited from
ancestors who helped make the early
history of the Nation, makes him at
an age when others often show signs
of decay still in the prime of life, with
both the ability and the willingness
to enjoy living. For more than forty
years Mr. Shelby has been an active
factor in the management of the G.
R. & I. Railroad and in the promo-
tion and development of Western
Michigan. He has been a good citi-
zen in every sense of the term, broad
gauge in his business methods, wise
as a counselor, genial as a friend, and
always ready to help along any good
cause. At the next meeting of the
directors of the G. R. & I. Railroad
in Pittsburg, on December 23, he will
tender his resignation, with the re-
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TRADESMAN
quest to be placed on the retired list
under the service rules of the Penn-
He will be entitled
to the pension which goes with re-
sylvania system.
tirement when the age limit has b2en
reached. He will continue to make
this city his home and, no doubt, will
continue to make his headquarters in
some quiet corner of the old office,
but official duties will no longer hold
him at his desk when trout fishing
time comes or when the honk of the
wild goose is heard in the land. He
is planning a trip, either to California
or to Florida, for the winter and may
Whatever
he may do or wherever he may go
the good wishes of Grand Rapids and
of Western Michigan will be with
him.
go abroad in the sprine.
Kelsey, Brewer & Co. have entered
into an agreement to purchase all the
stock of the LaCrosse Gas and Elec-
tue (Co. of MaCrosse, Wis! alll the
stock of the Peoples Light and Heat
Co. and the stock of the
Merchants Public Wtilities Co, ot
Indianapolis, in all with a par value
of something like $2,000,000, and pro-
pose to exchange the same for $1,-
700,000 preferred stock of the Ameri-
can Utilities Company, with $595,000
common stock bonus. The Ameri-
can Public Utilities Co. will increase
its outstanding capitalization of
$2,200,000 preferred and $770,009
common stock to provide for this en-
largement, and also to provide $500,-
000 additional capital for improve-
ments etc. To handle the deal Kelsey,
Brewer & Co. have undertaken to
organize a syndicate, giving the pres-
ent stockholders in the American
Public Utilities Co. subscription pre-
ferences, this syndicate to finance the
purchase and to market the stock.
Subscribers to the syndicate will be
privileged to receive par to the amount
of their payments in the preferred
stock of the American Utilities, with
35 per cent. common stock bonus, or
if they allow their payments to remain
until the syndicate is dissolved they
will participate in the profits. The
investing public will be permitted to
subscribe for the preferred stock at
par with 35 per cent. common stock
common
bonus. A brokerage of 5 per cent.
will be allowed for marketing the
stock. The subscriptions will close
December 15 and the last payment
will be due January 15. The two
Indianapolis companies to be acquired
have steam electric plants for light
and power and distribute the surplus
heat as a commercial proposition.
The two companies have heretofore
been competitors, but under the new
management will be merged. The
LaCrosse company controls the elec-
tric lighting and gas business of La-
Crosse, Wis. The three companies
have mortgage bonds outstanding to
the amount of $2,500,000 and the Mer-
chants Public Utilities Co. has an
issue of preferred stock. These bonds
and the preferred stock will remain
upon the properties as underlying se-
curities. No statement is made of the
earnings of the three properties, ex-
pense of operation, fixed charges, as-
sets or liabilities, and no information
is afforded as to the status of the
franchises and other data which is
usually regarded as essential in in-
telligent investing. The prospectus
is also silent as to what Kelsey,
Brewer & Co. paid for the properties
which they propose to turn over to
the holding company at the price
named.
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Quotations on Local Stocks and Bonds.
Bid. Asked.
Am. Gas & Elec. Co., Com. 86 90
Am. Gas & lec. Co., Pid. 45 47
Am. Light & Trac. Co., Com, 429% 433
Am. Light & Trac. Co., Pfd. 108 110
Am. Public Utilities, Com. 69 70
Am. Public Utilities, Pfd. 814% 82%
Can. Puget Sound Lbr. a a
Cities Service Co., Com. 110 115
Cities Service Co., Pfd. 87 89
Citizens’ Telephone 97 98
Comwth Fr. Ry. & Lit. Com. 66 69
Comw’th Pr. Ry. & Lt, Pfd. 90 91%
Dennis Salt & br. Co. 90 90
Elec. Bond Deposit Pfd. vr 80
Fourth National Bank
Furniture City Brewing Co. 60 65
Globe Knitting Works, Com. 115 117
Globe Knitting Works, Pfd. 99 100
G. R. Brewing Co, 175
G. R. Nat’l City Bank 180
G. R. Savings Bank 212 212%
Holland-St. Louis Sugar Com. 8% g
Kent State Bank 266
Macey Co., Com. 200
Lincoln Gas & Elec. Co. 38 40
Macey Company, Pfd. 97 98
Michigan Sugar Co., Com. 70 15
Michigan State Tele. Co., Pfd..100 101%
National Grocer Co., Pfd 91 93
Old National Bank 208%
Pacific Gas & Elec. Co., Com. 65 66
Pacific Gas & Elec. Co., Pfd. 91 93
Peoples Savings Bank 250
Tennessee Ry. Lt. & Pr., Com. 23% _ 25
Tennessee Ry. Lt. & Pr., Pfd. 77 i
United Light & Railway, Com. 79 81
United Lt. & Ry., 1st Pfd. 84 85
United Lt. & Ry., 2nd Pfd.,
(old) 79 80
United Lt & Ry., 2nd Pfd.,
(new) 5 76
Bonds.
Chattanooga Gas Co. 1927 95 97
Denver Gas & Elec. Co. 1949 95% 96%
Flint Gas Co. 1924 96 974%
G. R. Edison Co. al 9814 100
G. R. Gas Light Co. 1915 100% 100%
G. R. Railway Co. 1916 100 §=101
Kalamazoo Gas Co. 1920 95 100
Saginaw City Gas Co. 1916 99
*Ex-dividend.
December 3, 1912,
———2—
What Some Michigan Cities Are
Doing.
Written for the Tradesman.
In a recent talk at Lansing, BE. C.
Lindemann gave advice on how to
secure the “city beautiful” that will
apply everywhere. He said: “Get
parks and public grounds out of poli-
tics. Buy or secure options on avail-
able park areas near or in the city,
with an eye to the future. Employ a
competent man upon the basis of ef-
ficiency who can plan for the future
and keep him forever free from the
whims of councils or elections, so
that he will be able to work out a
plan which will have some continu-
ity.)
The Commercial Club of Howell is
taking steps toward securing free
mail delivery for that city.
The Three Rivers Commercial Club
has been formed at Three Rivers and
one of the first matters taken up will
be the securing of a farm expert for
St. Joseph county.
Lansing clothiers met and agreed
that stores will remain open until 9
o'clock each night during the week
before Christmas, except Saturday
night, when 10:30 will be the closing
hour. As to the business outlook,
every member is confident that 1913
will be better than was 1912.
Dr. Burr, a member of the special
committee on garbage disposal at
Flint, has gone to Europe, where a
special study will be made of garbage
reduction methods.
Lansing will start work soon on its
city market.
The Battle Creek Horticultural So-
ciety now has fifty-four members. The
Society plans to have the parking on
all residence streets adorned with
blooming plants and flowers.
Kalamazoo has secured the final
link in its southern boulevard system
and work in completion of the boule-
vard will be starteu in the spring.
Kalamazoo celery growers are
pleased over the season’s crop. Cel-
ery has been bringing good prices
right along. Almond Griffen.
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December 4, 1912.
GOOD ROADS.
The salvation and uplift of rural
America depend more upon the build-
ing of good roads than upon any
one other thing. The farmer and the
people of the small towns and vil-
lages do not understand this now,
therefore they need to be educated to
the fact that money spent for good
roads is not money thrown away,
whereas money spent for makeshift
improvements is worse than thrown
away. They must be taught that
good roads are not a luxury, but a
necessity, and that the cost of their
building is not extravagance begotten
of the automobile, but simply a wise
investment on the part of every com-
munity everywhere, without regard to
what sort of vehicle is favored by
those who travel over the roads.
THE SOCIAL SIDE.
December will be a busy month
with the merchants. It is the month
of the holiday trade and this ought
to mean one continuous round of
tush. Then will come the inventories
and then the clearing sales and then
what? Following the holidays there
is always a dull period of two or
three months. It is always a sort
of hibernating season with business,
as it is with bears. The wide awake
business man, however, will not imi-
tate the bears in crawling into their
holes. On the contrary, during that
time when business is in the winter
doldrums is when the live business
man will be most active in promoting
the social life of the community in
which he He should forget
dollar chasing long enough to do his
full share—and then some—toward
making everybody in town acquainted
and friendly and the long winter
evenings enjoyable. He can do this
through the church, the lodge, the
neighborhood the sleigh-
ride, the popular entertainments and
in various other ways. Incidentally,
sight should not be lost of the oppor-
tunities for town boosting which the
winter brings. Get the business men
and their wives together to talk over
lives.
gathering,
plans for making the town better.
What improvements are needed?
What betterments are needed? Are
the schools what they should be? Are
more trees and shrubs and flowers
wanted? Are the town streets or the
country roads what they should be?
Are the farmers who make your town
MICHIGAN
the trading center given the treatment
that pleases them? These are only a
few of the questions that may well
be taken up for consideration during
the dull period in winter, and these
are all questions in which the active
business man should take a foremost
part. The business man who gives
much attention to social and town
improvement work will not be work-
ing in vain. He will be getting better
acquainted with fellow citizens
and his own position as a good citizen
will be strengthened and his store
will, more than ever, become a center
of activity and public interest.
his
THE NEW CREED.
The Federal Council of the Church-
es of Christ in America, representing
thirty-two denominations, will
in Chicago, to-day and for six days
thereafter, to hold its first convention
federation work on a na-
More than 17,000,000
church members are represented by
the delegates. Formal adoption of a
new social creed which is to be the
social standard of all the
churches belonging to the federation,
is to be one of the most important
cts of the conference. The adoption
of a common religious creed is for-
hidden by the constituton of the fed-
eral council. The social creed, how-
ever, is intended to be the basis of
the work of the churches,
furtherance of which is a
purpose of the coucil.
New features of the social creed ot
the council are as follows:
The church must stand:
For the protection of the family by
the single standard of purity, regula-
tion of marriage and proper housing.
For fullest development of the
child by education and recreation.
For the abatement and prevention
of poverty.
For the conservation of health.
For safeguarding the right of all
men to an opportunity for self-
maintenance and for protection of
vorkers from the hardship of en-
forced unemployment.
The new features of the social
creed are intended to supplement
and bring up to date the humani-
tarian provisions of the social creed
of the council which has been stand-
ing for four years. Old age _ pro-
vision, abolition of child labor, living
wage, reduction of hours of labor,
equitable division of the products of
industry and protection of women
workers are the chief features of the
the existing creed.
meet
to review
tion-wide scale.
work
civic
leading
LET JOY PREVAIL.
Now is the time when the merchant
who has a grouch should take his
vacation. It is a good time, also, for
the merchant who is constitutionally
acid in his disposition and temper to
take a month off. If the merchant
feels that he cannot well get away
he should at least give his grouch a
vacation and sweeten up. Of all
seasons in the year the holiday season
is the time when cheerfulness, friend-
liness and good will should be in evi-
dence, when optimism should prevail,
when the happy frame of mind should
be to the front. All the world is
happy, expectant, loving and eager
TRADESMAN
and the merchant who would chill the
Christmas spirit by his own surly
manner has no business behind the
counter. If he cannot cheer up with
the rest of the world he ought to
quit, or give his wife a chance to run
the business for him.
The Christmas season calls for good
nature, kindliness, a desire to accom-
modate, and of all else a genial and
cordial smile. If a customer asks to
have an article put away for Christ-
mas, do not do it grudgingly, but be
glad to do it and show you are glad.
If a customer asks to have-a certain
purchase kept secret, enter heartily
into the plan and never let it be said
that you leaked. Be sure that your
delivery system is what it should be
and that there will be no disappoint-
ments by reason of your carelessness
or that of your employes. Impress
upon your employes, clerks, book-
keepers, errand boys and drivers the
importance of the cheerful manner
and cheery voice. They will, undoubt-
edly, be rushed before the glad bells
ring, but, no matter how rushed they
may be, there should be no excuse
for ill temper. Set the example your-
self.
The Michigan Inspection Bureau
has not been giving Grand Rapids a
fair deal and ought to be ashamed
of what the records show has been
its policy. The Inspection Bureau rep-
resents the fire insurance interests of
the State and through it the rates of
insurance are determined. Four or
five years ago the bureau made an
inspection of conditions in Grand
Rapids and in its report indicated how
more favorable rates could be secured
if certain changes in the water mains
and fire department equipment wer2
made. The city complied with the
conditions imposed, or most of them,
and then, instead of granting the more
favorable rates promised, the Bureau
pointed out other improvements as
essential before any concessions could
be made. These new conditions in-
cluded a new pump for the water
department, a remodeling of the down
town mains, the extension of mains,
the building of a new engine house
and various changes in the fire alarm
system. These conditions were com-
plied with and now the Bureau de-
mands still further changes and jm-
provements before the city can obtain
returns on what has already been dane.
The policy of the Bureau has been
tricky and dishonest. Instead of ap-
pealing to a management that will
stoop to such methods the city author-
ities and the Association of Commerce
should lay the matter before the
State authorities to ascertain if there
is not some way to compel the in-
surance interests of the State and
their Inspection Bureau to observe
the ordinary rules of business good
faith.
MONEY IN IT.
The plan to build an automobile
road from Chicago through Western
Michigan to Mackinaw, touching at
the points of interest along the way
and with due regard to scenic effects,
is rapidly taking form and it is easy
to believe that it is but a question of
December 4, 1912
time when such a road will be built,
not as a State enterprise, but by the
co-operation of the various communi-
ties and counties through which the
road will pass. Most of the counties
in Western Michigan now have the
county system of road improvement
and, with the Chicago to Mackinaw
road in view, the disposition is to
build the county roads so as to make
the good roads of the county connect
with the good roads of the adjacent
counties, thus creating a continuous
route. It will put in
all the connecting links, but each year
will see the mileage of good roads
take time to
made longer and the lapses made
shorter. This road will be a great
thing for Michigan. It will turn the
automobile tourist travel in our direc-
tion and this should mean thousands
of dollars brought into the State every
year. The automobile tourists are,
as a rule, people of means. They are
off for a good time and they are good
spenders. Every town along the route
will be benefitted and f
every tTarm
owner will receive his share of
the
good. The summer tourists are worth
thousands of dollars annually to Wis-
consin and Minnesota, where the pol-
icy has been to encourage them, and
they are worth millions of dollars
annually to the New England states.
Michigan can offer as varied and as
attractive scenery as Wisconsin or
Minnesota and in the Northern part
of the State will offer views that will
rival the best that New England can
do. With good roads there is no
reason why Michigan should not have
a share of this good paying and in
every way desirable traffic.
One of the sure evidences of fitness
for self government is the ability to
accept defeat at the polls in a spirit
of willingness to abide by present
results in the happy hope of having
better luck next time. Measured by
this standard the women of Michigan
are fit to vote, but they can’t—not
yet. The early returns from the re-
cent election were in favor of the
constitutional amendment giving them
the suffrage and, very naturally, they
were jubilant. The complete returns
reverse the early figures and _ the
amendment seems to be defeated by
a few hundred—by just enough to
produce vain regrets. The women—
outside of one woman in Grand Rap-
ids and another in Detroit—are taking
their defeat with a cheerfulness and
philosophy that makes the most in-
veterate woman hater almost sorry he
voted against them. They are show-
ing an excellent temper, also, in their
preparations to have another try at
the proposition at the earliest possi-
ble moment, which will probably be
in the spring election. It is not the
purpose of this paper to express sym-
pathy either for or against the cause
of woman suffrage, but the way the
women have carried themselves in
their disappointment is certainly
worthy of commendation. There has
been no emotionalism in their con-
duct, no weeping or wailing, no sen-
timental protestations and no demon-
strations of wrath. They have be-
haved themselves very sensibly, as
well as men would have done under
similar circumstances.
December 4, 1912
MEN OF MARK.
Thomas Friant, White Pine and Sugar
Pine Pioneer.
In Western
bermen are asked to point to a man
Michigan when lum-
whose success in life has been due
to the possession of great ability they
generally suggest Thomas Friant, of
Grand Rapids, as an example. Mr.
Friant’s name is interwoven with the
history of the lumber industry of the
Grand river valley and other sections
of Michigan and in later years has
become widely known among those
interested in lumber investments. The
prominence he has thus achieved
makes the story of his career of much
interest. He has had to do with
almost every phase of the manufac-
ture of lumber from the felling of
the trees in the forest, through the
processes of river driving and so on,
to ultimate use of the products of the
forest.
The son of a lumberman, Mr. Friant
was born February 16, 1840, in a house
that stood where the cemetery is now
located, on the top of the hill above
Plainfield village, ten miles north of
Grand Rapids. His father, Cornelius
Friant, was born in New York State
in 1803 and in his youth helped to
build the famous locks at Lockport,
N. Y. In 1837, the year that Michigan
was admitted to the Union, he migrat-
ed West and became a pioneer of this
rapidly developing State. He settled
on a homestead and shortly after-
ward built mills at Childs’ Mills and
Gibralter, near the mouth of the
Rouge river. It was amid such sur-
roundings, which unquestionably were
the inspiration in the shaping of his
subsequent career, that Thomas Friant
spent his boyhood. For sixteen years
he played and worked around the
mills and farm, incidentally acquir-
ing education in the district school.
One winter he taught the village
school at Plainfield and the next win-
ter he wielded the birch at the Carpen-
ter school house, between Plainfield
and Rockford.
In 1858 he began the serious busi-
ness of life as book-keeper for Hop-
kins & Friant, a partnership existing
between John W. Hopkins and
George W. Friant, an elder brother.
This firm was engaged in the forward-
ing and commission business in Grand
Haven. His salary was $25 a month,
but the returns were much greater,
for it was here that young ‘Friant
learned to inspect lumber and master-
ed the fundamentals of the great busi-
ness in which for half a century he
was to be a conspicuous figure.
In 1860 Galen Eastman; a vessel
owner, tempted him with a salary of
$80 a month to make a change of
base and he remained with Mr. East-
man for a season. For a_ time
thereafter he bought shingles at Plain-
field for a Chicago concern. In 1861
Mr. Friant left the lumber business
and returned to the old home at
‘Plainfield and for three years con-
ducted a pharmacy. Then he return-
ed to lumbering as a lumber inspector
for Gilbert Young, at Muskegon. In
1865 he was book-keeper for Nelson,
Comstock & Co., manufacturers of
furniture. In 1866 he became book-
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
keeper for Comstock & Waters, com-
posed of C. C. Comstock and Harry
Waters.
At that time T. Stewart White, a
man whose name is inseparably inter-
woven with Mr. Friant’s subsequent
biography, was engaged in work for
the Government at Grand Haven. In
1868, when Mr. Friant desired to bid
for the contract for driving the Grand
river logs and assorting and deliver-
ing them, he formed a partnership
with Mr. White under the name of
White, Friant & Co. This connec-
tion existed for more than forty years.
They were entirely successful and in
1869 they took a two years’ contract
driving the Grand river, the firm
changing its name to White & Friant.
After that time the White & Friant
operations on the Grand river became
ber from the Sands tract was turned
into lumber during the next dozen
years.
The White & Friant Lumber Com-
pany, a new concern composed of
Messrs. White, Friant and Rugee, had
acquired considerable timber in the
vicinity of Menominee and in 1885 it
began the manufacture of lumber at
that. point, continuing in operation
there about eight years. Incidentally
they were concerned in hardwood
manutacture in Grand Haven.
The first railroad mill in which
Mr. Friant was interested was at
Beroy. tt was’ a band and cir
cular mill of 125,000 feet daily capa-
city and it was operated by White,
Friant & Letelier, composed of Mr.
White, Mr. Friant and _ Francis
Letelier, of Grand Rapids. After
Thomas Friant.
an established fact and no future con-
tracts were made or considered nec-
essary. For twenty-five years the
firm had complete charge of the driv-
ing of the Grand, or until the passing
of the industry on that river.
As fast as Mr. White and Mr.
Friant secured proceeds from their
river work they put the money into
timber lands on the Rouge and Flat
rivers. November 30, 1877, they paid
$105,000 for the Sands timber tract
on the latter river—their first impor-
tant purchase. In the same year they
formed a _ partnership with John
Rugee, of Milwaukee, Wis., and the
name became John Rugee & Co., but
a year later they assumed the old
title of White & Friant. The part-
ners bought the Seymour mill at
Nortonville, near Spring Lake, rebuilt
it and equipped it with a gang and
two circulars, increasing its capacity
to 200,000 feet a day. There the tim-
five years the operations were dis-
continued and the mill was sold to
the Cutler & Savage Lumber Com-
pany. Messrs. White and Friant were
also interested with Mr.
that time in the interior finish factory
which Mr. Letelier still operates on
Canal street in this citl.
Wihite, Friant & Co. bought a dou-
ble band mill, a circular mill and a
shingle mill at Manistee and operated
it in the early 90s. After eight years
these mills were sold to the Filer in-
terests. Subsequently and until 1894
the F. & F. Lumber Company, which
included Philo C. Fuller, of Grand
Rapids, operated the Delta Lumber
Company mill at Thompson, six miles
from Manistique, having a mill equip-
ped with band, circular and gang with
a capacity of 25,000,000 feet a year.
This mill was operated under Mr.
Friant’s personal supervision and he
Letelier at
lived at Thompson during the period
of its operation. This was Mr.
Friant’s last active lumber interest
in Michigan.
In later years Mr. Friant has been
known chiefly as a holder and handler
of Western timber. As early as the
80s Mr. Friant and his partners had
begun to acquire sugar pine timber
lands in California. Mr. Friant put
in a year on horseback and afoot in
personally cruising the timber of
that region. They were pionzer
Eastern investors in California sugar
pine and own nearly 25,000 acres of
timber land which is conceded to be
the finest tract of timber in the coun-
try. It is estimated that this tract
will yield not less than a billion feet
of timber.
Mr. Friant is also largely interested
in Louisiana cypress in partnership
with J. D. Lacey, of Chicago, and Mr.
White. He is also a partner in the
Tensas-Delta Lumber Compary. of
Chicago, owing hardwoods in Leuisi-
ana. Nearly all of the timber in which
Mr. Friant and his partners are inter-
ested was bought only after his per-
sonal inspection.
Mr. Friant’s interests are so varied
and so extensive and so widely scat-
tered that he spends only about two
months of each year at his beautiful
home in Grand Rapids. This home
is located at the corner of Cherry
street and Union avenue and js one
of the show places of the city, on
account of the uniqueness of its archi-
tectural effects. He spends some time
in California and some time in the
South and puts in his summers on
Moosehead Lake, in Maine, where he
owns a yacht. He is fond of fishing,
hunting, yachting and automobiling
and he is an authority on all of these
sports.
Personally, Mr. Friant is one of the
most companionable of men. He is
frank and outspoken in his methods
and no one has to think twice to
determine what he means when he
does speak. Alike big in person,
brain, heart and soul, he, like most.
men of that type, is also a paragon
of good nature as well as capability,
stamina and dignity. His is a nature
in which are happily blended all at-
tributes the possession of which are
best thought of as those of a man.
It is not literally true that he is “a
man whose like we shall not look
upon again;” it is true that his like
among men is comparatively few. Of
commanding personal stature and
mold, and his big, sonorous voice and
his stalwart physique impressively
suggestive of a commanding presence,
the man nevertheless is the very an-
tithesis of austerity or intolerance.
‘Strong in argument and well sustain-
ed by what he knows, he gains his
ends not by dogmatic assertion or
fanaticism, but by the employment of
a bearing and terms disarming con-
troversy and enlisting sympathy and
responsive support. He moves among
men a veritable leader and inspires
confidence wherever he goes by his
forceful and convincing personality.
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Be sure you understand a subject be-
fore you talk about it—then you can
cut out most of your talk.
MICHIGAN
TRADESMAN
December 4, 1912
Michigan Implement and Vehicle Dealers.
Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Convention at
Saginaw.
(Concluded from last week)
Wednesday Morning Session.
“Michigan, My Michigan’? was. sung
with spirit on the assembling of the
convention Wednesday morning.
Otis Boylan presented his annual report
as Treasurer, showing total receipts
$3,648.93 and balance on hand of $588.28.
4 Folmer then presented a report
upon the subject of ‘Cost Accounting,”’
which reads as follows:
In this month’s issue of the Hardware
Dealers’ Magazine, I read this statement,
“That the tendency to centralize the re-
tailing of merchandise through the ex-
pansion of the mail order house is on the
increase is apparent from the fact that
one mail order house received in one busi-
ness day one million dollars; the average
volume of each separate order being less
than nine dollars.”
Gentlemen, those are the conditions we
have to meet, and any dealer who thinks
he can conduct his business in competi-
tion with that house and guess at any-
thing and live, is going to have some-
thing drop on him some day, and that
day is not far distant.
You have been told that the statistics
show that from 25 to 40 per cent. of all
implement dealers go out of business
each year.
Gentlemen, I predict that the percent-
age will be changed in the next five
years; it will be higher or it will be
lower. It does not seem possible that
the percentage of discontinuances can go
beyond 40 per cent. per annum, but listen,
In the October issue of the Hardware
Bulletin, there are between forty-five
and fifty hardware stores advertised for
sale. In the June or July Bulletin, there
was an advertisement of a party wishing
to purchase a store, and there were 171
replies to the one advertisement from
small town dealers who wanted to sell.
Let us look ahead five or ten years.
Can you see where the dealer is heading?
If you stick, you will be compelled to be
a business man.
I am no pessimist, but I want to prove
to you that you must know exactly what
your business is doing, or you must quit.
You absolutely cannot have your finger
on the pulse of your business unless. you
have an adequate system of cost accont-
ing. The exact system of cost accounting
is something 1 am not going into again
in detail at this time. Last year I ex-
plained my personal system, and you have
all had opportunity, time and again, to
study systems. The point I wish to make
is, that present day conditions demand
that you possess some system and you
must faithfully work it. When you have
your system of cost accounting well or-
ganized, you commence to realize a few
difficulties. For instance, in 1912, you
paid 7% cents per pound for good, stand-
ard twine. By applying the cost account-
ing system, you find that in order to
make 5 per cent. net profit, you have to
sell it around 93, cents, depending on
what your individual percentage of ex-
pense might be,
At 9 cents per pound, you were trading
dollars, and if you sold at 8% cents, you
were actually losing something like 25
cents on every sack you handed out.
However, I do not mean to say that it
might not be policy or even a necessity
for a man to have sold standard twine at
9 cents the past season. There are times
when it requires good judgment to know
just what price to put on goods. If you
are selling Deering twine and your com-
petitors sell Plymouth, your price may
have to be governed somewhat by theirs;
and if they persist in selling it without
a profit, it is time for you to turn your
attention to something besides twine.
I doubt the policy of making your price
show a profit under such circumstances
in all cases. Personally, I think it policy
to buy lightly where you xnow you have
such conditions to meet, and put the push
of yourself and your sales force on other
lines on which your cost accounting fig-
ures prove capabie of carrying a good
living profit.
No matter what sage advice you are
given, I doubt if 20 per cent. of the deal-
ers in Southern Michigan can show a net
profit on twine. There is where your
cost accounting system comes to your
help. If it is a necessity that you show
no profit in your twine department, it is
necessary that you lift up the average in
some other way. If your system is suf-
ficiently complete, you will be in a better
position to know how this average may
pest be maintained. It is probable that
every dealer has lines he is handling
without a net profit. I do not seem to be
able to find many dealers who can show
a net profit on the line of farm wagons,
and the ever advancing price is a temp-
tation to the poorly informed dealer to
sell the wagons (bought before the raise)
at the old price. This, in turn, makes a
stumbling block for the dealer who knows
his wagon department is not showing a
net profit.
Many dealers nowadays are handling
automobile accessories. The manufactur-
ers, with their consumers’ price lists,
scattered promiscuously among car own-
ers, make it necessary to sell outer cas-
ings, if at all, at a price which does not
show a net profit. ‘Quality talk’’ does
not help you any. If you quote a man a
Goodyear casing at a price that shows a
net profit and he pulls that consumers’
list out of his inside pocket and tells you
you are trying to hold him up, because
the price is so and so, he will put his
fingers on the price the manufacturers
have said you shall sell that casing at
and you must either then quit selling
casings or you must sell without a net
profit, provided your percentage of ex-
pense is as heavy as the average dealer
must bear.
The cost accounting system drives the
dealer to put his personality behind the
profitable lines and it is up to the indi-
vidual judgment of each dealer just how
far he.,will work on unprofitable lines.
Don’t guess any more, brother dealers.
It is hard enough to make things go
right when you know what you are doing.
The Gleaner and other farm papers are
trying to teach your customer that you
are an incumbrance in the scheme of
business and that you are getting away
with the farmer's hard earned profits.
The Government is against you with the
parcel post system. The mail order house
has advantages that you cannot get to-
day in the way of buying. Taking all
things into consideration, the retailing
of merchandise is not a fool proposition
and requires that you quit guessing.
The paper was received with much
intérest by the members present and
elicited frequent applause during its
reading.
The next subject upon the program
was that of Insurance, It was expected
to be treated by Isaac Van Dyke. It was
explained by the Secretary that unavoid-
able delay in arranging for this report
made it impossible for Mr Van Dyke to
get it ready for this meeting. It was
stated, however, that the subject will be
treated by Mr. Palmer or Mr, Orr, of the
State Insurance Department, at to-mor-
row’s session.
The meeting then proceeded to the con-
sideration of the subject of National Fed-
eration, which was presented by Presi-
dent Reid, who stated that, owing to a
combination of circumstances, he was
not able to be present at the meeting of
the Federation this year; that Secretary
Witbeck was also unavoidably absent,
and the delegate who had been appointed
to attend was, through illness, prevented
from attending, that the Association,
however, was represented by Mr. Glas-
gow, whose duties in connection with the
National Association of Railroad Com-
missioners, meeting at Washington this
week, prevent his presence at this meet-
ing.
President Reid commented at some
length upon the questions referred to in
this connection, especially upon the in-
sufficiency of the laws now upon the
statute books to protect the interests of
the dealers, in that a proper penalty was
not provided, and said that he hoped that
the next Legislature would amend the
law so as to make it effective. Mr. Reid
also made a plea for proper advertising,
and stated that a great many of .our
manufacturers are advertising in papers
which are largely if not entirely owned
and circulated by tnose we may term our
enemies, but who are in a sense catalogue
houses. He also called attention to the
attitude of the gleaners’ organizations,
whose organs publish such scandalous
articles about the retailers. He also crit-
icized the manufacturers for establishing
retail branches and said it was a system
affecting many of the dealers in the West-
ern states. Mr, Reid also laid stress upon
the need of educational methods, and
spoke of what could be accomplished
through the aid of the traveling men
and local clubs.
The President then called upon E. W.
McCullough, Secretary of the National
Implement and Vehicle Dealers’ Associ-
ation, for further explanation of the re-
port of Mr. Glasgow. Mr. McCullough
said: I am extremely sorry that a rep-
resentative was not present at the Na-
tional Federation meeting. I have never
found a higher grade of business men
than those present aft the National meet-
ing, showing that the committee of that
Association are picking out the best men
in the country to meet with. We have
no connection with the National Associ-
ation of Manufacturers. They represent
about seven hundred millions of capital
invested in the manufacture of imple-
ments and vehicles and farm operating
equipment and are going to comprehend
everything that enters into the operating
of the farm. The time is coming, I
think, when you will have to divorce
this from every other line, if you are
going to become efficient men in that
line. I am glad to see this Association
is organized as an Implement and Vehi-
cle Dealers’ Association, because you are
going to have your hands full to handle
all lines of farm operating equipment. $2,200. Over 25,00 Chase Motor Wagons in use.
Write for catalog.
Adams & Hart
47-49 No. Division St., Grand Rapids
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Planning a Retail Shoe Advertising
Campaign.
Written for the Tradesman.
At the very beginning I would im-
press upon you the importance of
planning your advertising campaign.
The reader of retail shoe advertis-
ing can hardly escape the suspicion
that much of it is simply perpetrated
—not deliberately and wisely built up
on some preconceived plan.
This applies of course to all accred-
ited forms of modern publicity as prac-
tised by the retail shoe merchant, but
more particularly to newspaper an-
nouncements.
The reason so much of it is crude,
if not trite and common-place, is just
because the campaign wasn’t planned.
And this failure to plan also accounts
for the tremendous waste of good
money in shoe store advertising.
The pathway of publicity is strewn
with disappointed hopes and blighted
expectations, and hardly a day passes
that one does not hear of somebody’s
advertising ideals being rudely shat-
tered. And a goodly percentage of
those who squander real money to
little purpose in the advertising world,
are engaged in shoe retailing.
And that accounts largely for the
“gloomy doubts” that rise in the re-
tail shoe dealer's mind when some ad-
vertising man broaches the one su-
topic that lies nearest the
heart of every Simon-pure advertising
man. The shoe dealer who has burnt
up a lot of good money in his efforts
to beguile the wary customer perks
up and says something disconcerting.
Now it’s a pity for any man to lose
faith in advertising; for, though he
himself is the principal sufferer, every-
body who comes, directly or indirect-
ly, in touch with him suffers because
of his unbelief. And, a everybody
knows, it is often harder to reconvert
one who has apostasized than to go
out and win a brand new convert.
The main cause of inexpert (and
therefore unprofitable) retail shoe ad-
vertising is that so many who can’t
write good copy persist in the odd
little conceit that they can write just
as good copy as any body under the
canopy.
Now just because a man is a first
class merchant is no sign he’s a good
advertiser. He may know leather
and shoemaking down to the last de-
tail. He may be a tip top buyer and
a sales manager of uncommon ability.
He may have mastered more selling
arguments than Solomon had wives.
And yet he may break down utterly
when he comes to write a piece of
copy.
But it seems to be a pretty univer-
sal failing of mortals to believe that,
preme
without any special study or practice
on their part, they can sit down and
reel off advertising copy that’s posi-
tively clever and compelling—just as
good copy, by jingoes! as anybody
else can produce, no matter how
many laurels he’s won on big accounts
in the big agencies!
Odd, isn’t it?
And then consider the haste with
which this retail shoe copy is turned
And
not only
that he can do it as well as anybody
else, but he can also do it in far less
time than any seasoned copy man
would dream of trying to do it!
Do you wonder that so much retail
the mark?
Should it be accounted a thing strange
that so much of it hits the dead level
of unaspiring mediocrity and persists
therein to the end of the chapter?
Can you really conjure up an earthly
reason why much of it should have
paid even under the favorable circum-
stances?
If shoe store advertising is worth
doing at all, it is worth doing right.
But dashing off disconnected and frag-
mentary pieces of copy on the im-
pulse of the moment, and often under
conditions that preclude deliberate
care, is certainly not the way to get
results.
Plan your advertising campaign.
Take time to plan out a consistent
and thorough method of going after
the local business; and then devote
enough time to every single piece of
copy. Let your aim be to make every
inch of newspaper space carry the
maximum amount of punch. Let the
argument in one advertisement sup-
plement the argument in the advertise-
ment that preceded it and lead up
to the argument in the advertise-
ment to follow. Chas. L. Garrison.
—_.+ +.
Where Shoes Sell for $25 a Pair.
Think of paying $25 for a pair of
shoes! That’s what American foot-
wear retails for in Buenos Aires, Ar-
gentina. Of course, $25 dollars in
Argentina money is equivalent to only
half that amount in gold, but even so,
$12 a pair is a high price, especially
when it is considered that the import
duty is approximately $1 per pair.
An American business man who has
just returned from a trip to South
America declares there are many op-
portunities there for the establish-
ment of profitable industries, and he
cites the retail shoe trad2 as an in-
stance.
While the Argentina merchants
probably do not have a trus?,” he
says, “the same effect is produced by
maintaining high prices for all classes
of merchandise. If an enterprising
out by the merchant copy man!
the implicit assumption is,
shoe advertising misses
retailer should open a shoe store and
sell his goods at $12 a pair, he would
be receiving $6 in gold per pair which
is more than equivalent to the prices
American dealers get. The same op-
portunities exist in other lines of
trade.”
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HIRTH-KRAUSE COMPANY
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Tanners and Shoe Manufacturers
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Rouge Rex High Cuts
For the Man Who Works
This is a 12 inch Tan Moose Shoe, made just as
illustrated, full bellows tongue, half double sole, blucher cut,
A quick, profitable seller and trade builder.
Write for prices, or let us send you sample pairs.
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Leather Tops
HOW COMPLETE IS YOUR STOCK?
Sandals
Rubber Boots
Remember the season is here when most any morning
you will find yourself cleaned out of the few sizes you had
left from last year and not be able to meet the demands of
~The Wales Goodyear
(Bear Brand) Rubbers
are the standard of quality and our stock of them is com-
We can fill your orders promptly.
Price list showing cuts and listing line of warm goods
and socks gladly sent on request.
Arctics
Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co. (Distributors)
Manufacturers ‘‘H. B. Hard Pan’”’ and ‘‘Bertsch’’ Shoe Lines
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Use Tradesman Coupons
December 4, 1912
MEN OF MARK.
F. H. Bowen, Manager Kalamazoo
Branch of Lee & Cady.
In Michigan many branches of the
wholesale grocery trade are repre-
sented in an affiliation of interests
that, while not in every essential pre-
cisely identical, are, nevertheless,
mutually helpful and harmonious. To
any practicable extent they are the
embodiment of an energizing spirit
of mutual good will and co-operation.
Nowhere else is a community with
exactly a similar constituency; none
elsewhere precisely like this. It is
from an atmosphere thus of catholic
liberality, tolerance, amity and other
sterling and fraternal qualities that
Michigan derives its fame for pro-
ducing capacity, sleepless enterprise,
resources generally and, withal,
achievements in a way unique as well
as appropriately objects of pride and
loyalty. Men so surrounded and sus-
tained are rarely small; in the fitness
of things they are big, strong, re-
sourceful and dependable. That such
a man as the subject of this sketch
should have been selected to have
charge of the active administration
of a large wholesale establishment is
itself an example wholly in keeping
with the spirit and caliber of its char-
acter and objects.
Frank H. Bowen was born in Hart-
ford, Conn., Aug. 5, 1863. His family
moved to Detroit in 1870. He was
educated in the Detroit public schools,
graduating from the Detroit high
school in 1881. He then entered the
employ of Sampson, Black & Grant,
wholesale grocers, as office boy. At
the end of one year’s service with
this firm he went with the newly-
organized firm of Grant Bros. & Co.
as shipping clerk, but within six
months started out on the road as
salesman for this firm. After repre-
senting Grant Bros. & Co. in Eastern
Michigan for three years, he accept-
ed an offer for Phelps, Brace & Co.
to travel for them on the Main line
of the Michigan Central Railway from
Detroit to Kalamazoo and was with.
that old and well-known firm until
Jan. 1, 1890, when he bought an in-
terest in the Jackson Grocer Co. and
took the position of Secretary and
buyer. Jan. 1, 1895, he resigned his
position in Jackson and returned to’
the service of Phelps, Brace & Co.,
in the capacity of traveling salesman,
covering the main line of the Michi-
gan Central from Jackson-to Kala-
mazoo and the Air Line, Saginaw and
Grand Rapids divisions. In 1903 he
left the road to take the position of
house salesman and buyer, which posi-
tion was made vacant by the resigna-
tion of C. F. Johnson, who went into
the coffee business in Boston at that
time. Leaving Phelps, Brace & Co.
in 1905, Mr. Bowen went to the J. B.
Ford Co., Wyandotte, as Assistant
Manager, but remained only one year,
at the end of which time he entered
the employ of Lee & Cady, Detroit,
as Department Manager. In April,
1909, Lee & Cady bought the business
of B. Desenberg & Co. and sent Mr.
Bowen to Kalamazoo to take charge
of the new branch. Here he has re-
mained ever since and has been suc-
MICHIGAN
cessful in building up a fine business.
Mr. Bowen is married and has a
wife and four daughters. He is a
member of the Commercial Club, of
which he is chairman of the Trans-
portation Committee; Park Club; Y.
M. C. A.; Red Eagles; Director of
Kalamazoo Musical Society; Chair-
man Post K, Michigan Knights of
the Grip; and has been very active
in many other ways since coming to
Kalamazoo.
Mr. Bowen is the soul of hospital-
ity and is never so happy as when,
in his big, responsive and capable
way, he is doing a good turn to any-
body needing it. Mr. Bowen’s habits
of thought, life and instincts mark
F, H. Bowen.
him as a remarkable man among
strong men; an ever present stay in
times of need; a lovable man with a
sense of honor, the depth of which
is as fathomless as it is infinitely proof
against taint or doubt. Certain of his
achievements of a semi-public nature
are suggestive, also, of a diplomatic
bent—a tactful delicacy—by no means
commonplace. In his day he has dis-
charged numerous trusts and always
in a manner denoting rigid integrity,
capability, loyalty and becoming grace.
His personal appearance is suggest-
ive of many less years than those of
his actual age, an incident due, doubt-
less, to habitual abstinence from all
excesses, whether of appetite or men-
tal excitement. He is a man whose
splendid character combines the qual-
ities for success, the inborn push and
progressiveness which stimulate the
dormant energies of others.
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As Soon as Possible.
Paddy Dollan bought a watch from
the local jeweler with a guarantee to
keep it in order for twelve months.
About six months latter Paddy took
it back because it had stopped.
“You seem to have had an accident
with it,’ said the jeweler.
“A small one, shure enough, sor.
About two months ago I was feeding
the pig and it fell into the trough.”
“But you should have brought it
before.”
“Shure, Mike. I brought it as soon
as I could. We killed the pig only
yisterday.”
——_2.-2—___
What Sherman said about war also
applies to politics.
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The Woman Who Lacks Sense of
Time.
Written for the Tradesman.
As the phrenologists of a generation
or two ago mapped out the human
cranium, there was a subdivision or
bump that was called “time.” A per-
son who had “time” well developed
was supposed to be able to guess at
twenty minutes or half an hour quite
accurately and to tell what time it
was at any hour of the day or night
without the use of clock or watch.
Popular estimation has rather gon
back on phrenology and most of us
have ceased to believe that any long-
haired professor can correctly size up
our abilities and tendencies by feeling
of the elevations and depressions of
our skulls.
Whether the phrenologists
right or wrong, whether our bumps
have anything to do with it or not,
a sense of time—a sense enlarged con-
siderably Beyond their strict interpre-
tation of it—is a highly useful and
desirable attribute.
We all know the woman who lacks
the sense of time. She may have all
the other virtues. She may be good-
looking, sweet-tempered, tactful, af-
fectionate, kind-hearted, generous and
what-not, and yet if she is lacking
in the sense of time, friendship with
her will be a thing involving many
regrets and lamentations.
One of the chief things to be learn-
ed if one is to live in this age of the
world is that there isn’t anywhere
near time enough to do all the things
one needs to do and wants to do
and sometimes it seems ought to do.
Our day is no longer than was the
day of the cave dwellers, while by
actual count we have forty times as
many duties as they had, to say noth-
ing of amusements, lectures and other
beneficial things every right-minded
person likes to take in.
Only the most essential things can
be compassed. If you attempt more
than these you are bound to be balled
up.
The woman who lacks the sense of
time lives under an ineradicable de-
lusion. She thinks she has time for
everything. She fails to see the cry-
ing need of cutting out the non-essen-
tials, so she fritters away the golden
hours on the merest trifles. She put-
ters. She is always behindhand.
Perhaps she is invited to join a
party going away together on a sum-
mer vacation trip. She is never ready
on the day set. One indispensable
gown is not yet finished. If anyone
goes to the trouble to find out the
reason, it is easy—the material for
the gown never was sent to the dress-
maker until two weeks after it should
have gone. Of course, our friend can
were
not leave home without that particu-
lar dress. The remainder of the party
must go without her—which seems
heartless—or else the time for the
trip, too short at best, must be cur-
tailed to suit her convenience.
Every time this kind of woman goes
to church or to a theater or a con-
cert, unless she stark alone,
someone is put out by her needless
dillydallying.
goes
“Why, I'd no idea it was so late!”
is the remark forever on her lips.
Why doesn’t she have an idea? What
are clocks and watches for?
Of course, a lack of promptness—
a perpetual habit of being behindhand
—can not be set down as a deadly
sin. Perhaps that is the trouble with
it. We take it for granted that our
friends will not lie nor steal nor com-
mit murder, but it is the little foxes
that spoil the vines—the minor vices
that often interfere most
with the pleasure of living.
seriously
The husband of the woman who
has no sense of time is to be pitied.
As often as not his breakfast is late
and he must content himself with
snatching a few mouthfuls or else
lose his car. Sometimes he goes en-
tirely without breakfast and still loses
his car. Dinner is likely to be served
at 6 o’ clock to-night and at 7 o’clock
to-morrow night, with no_ especial
reason for the variation except the
old, old reason that the missis can’t
be made to realize that getting things
around on time is an essential part of
the scheme of correct and happy liv-
ing. A man whose household is un-
der this haphazard regime can not
enjoy a reputation for meeting his
engagements promptly. Indeed, a
man’s reputation in regard to such
matters depends quite as much upon
his wife as upon himself. Altogether,
belated meals and general tardiness
are severe tests of a husband’s love.
Wiho knows. how many. quarrels. and
heartaches—to say nothing#of divorce
suits—have their origin in the lack
of a sense of time!,
Among young children it is easy
to distinguish those who will do their
work in life with ease and celerity
from those who, if left to their natural
tendencies, will become putterers and
fuss budgets.
Children should be taught early the
necessity for making their time count.
The tendency to dawdle and waste time
should, so far as possible, be over-
come by inspiring the little minds
with ideals of accomplishment and
efficiency.
Do not give to a slow child such
a motto as “Not how much but how
well,” nor tell him the story of the
tortoise and the hare. He has gotten
into a world in which “how much”
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fine art of working with ease and even
with deliberation, and at the same
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TRADESMAN 17
“CHARGE IT.”
The Latest and Best Ally of the
Devil.
Irving Bacheller, the popular novel-
ist, published a book last year entitled
“Keeping Up With Lizzie.” It dealt
with the follies and frivolities of the
etrenal feminine and was full of sar-
casm and wholesome lessons. This year
Mr. Bacheller has taken up the male
side of the question in his book entitled
“Charge It,’ in which he
briefly and pointedly, the hobbies and
eccentricities of the men. The book is
well worth careful perusal and some
of the chapters are so complete in them-
selves and so unique in conclusion and
moral that they will stand re-reading
several times. One chapter deals with
the shortcomings of a newly married
man who embezzled several thousand
dollars from his employer in order to
keep the pace set by the principal char-
acter in the book. The mutual friend
and presiding genius of the book thus
described the situation:
describes,
I’m glad of one part of it all, I said
—that you have discovered each other
and learned you are human beings of
a pretty good sort. I’ve much more
respect for both of you than I ever had
before.
He looked at me in surprise.
Oh, you are a better man than you
were three months ago! I answered
him. You happen to have run against the
law and it’s shocked and frightened you,
but you are improving. Long ago you
began to incur debts which you couldn't
pay and you must have known that you
couldn’t pay them. In that manner you
became possessed of a large sum of
money belonging to other people. It
was used, not for necessities, but to
maintain a foolish display. That is
the most heartless kind of fraud. I’ve
much more respect for you now that
you see your fault and confess it. I’m
convinced now that you have a con-
science and that you will be likely to
make some use of it in the future. I’m
particularly grateful to your wife. She
has shown me that she is just a woman
and not an angel. I don’t believe that
it was at all necessary for you to have
groveled in aristocratic crimes in order
to win her heart. The yacht cruise and
the tandem and the violets and the Fifth
Avenue clothes and the ton of candy
were quite superfluous. You needed
only to tell her the truth, like a man,
and say that you loved her.
“It is true, Roger,” said the girl as
she broke down again.
“I did it all to please you, dear,” the
boy answered, in his effort to comfort
her,
“And it did please me,” she said,
brokenly, “but I know that I should
have been better pleased if—?’
She hesitated and I expressed her
thought for her:
“Tf he had centralized on manhood.
There is something sweeter than violets
and grander than fine raiment in a sort
of character that a boy should offer to
the girl he loves.”
They were both convinced. It was
easy to see that now and I promised to
do what I could for them.
I got a schedule of the young man’s
debts and found that he owed, among
other debts, six thousand dollars to
sundry shops and department stores in
New York—the purchases of his wife
in the eight months of their wedded life.
I asked her how it could have happened.
“He opened accounts for me and said
[ could buy what I wanted, and you
know it is so easy to say ‘Charge it’,”
was her answer. “Every one has ac-
counts these days and they tempt you
to buy more than you need.”
It is true. Credit is the latest and
best ally of the devil. It is the great
tempter. It is responsible for half the
extravagance of modern life. The two
words “charge it” have done more harm
than any others in the language. They
have led to a vast amount of unneces-
sary buying. They have developed a
talent for extravagance in our people.
They have created a large and growing
sisterhood and brotherhood of dead-
beats. They have led to bankruptcy and
pay and bad debts. They have
raised the cost of everything we require
because the tradesman compels us to
pay his uncollected accounts. They are
added to your bills and mine and the
merchant prince suffers no impairment
of his fortune.
Bessie’s bank account was also ove -
drawn. That reminds me of a new sin-
ner—the bank-check. It is so easy to
draw a check—and, then, somehow, it’s
only a piece of paper. You let it go
without a pang while you would be
very thoughtful if you were counting
out the money and parting with it.
—_2->___
The Mail Order Citizen.
The man who buys his goods of a
mail-order house and expects his
neighbors at home to buy goods of
him, or to buy labor of him, or to buy
professional service of him, is eco-
nomically a leech. He is sucking in-
dustrial blood out of the town and
gives none back. He sends his profits
out of town, like a Chinaman, and has
no more right to a standing in the
community than a foreigner.
We are all neighbors industrially in
our home town, and the man who
sends away for his goods is not one
of us. He is of another industrial
system, and deserves no local man’s
support. The fact that this is eco-
nomically wrong is recognized by the
mail-order houses themselves.
They protect their customers by
offering to keep people from knowing
where the mail-ord=r goods come
from. The mail-order houses have
no “tags” on their goods. They say
in their catalogues that none of their
goods are marked and that no one
knows where they were bought.
If it is proper to hide the place of
purchase of an article, it is wrong to
buy the article at that place. Only
the man who steals is ashamed to
say where he got anything he has.
There is such a thing as “tainted”
goods, “tainted” groceries, and “taint-
ed” furniture. All of such that are
not bought at home, of men who be-
friended you, of men to whom you
owe a living, are “tainted”
they come unfairly.
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than marrying an uncertain one.
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MICHIGAN
TRADESMAN
December 4, 1912
Window Trim of Fancy Goods for
Christmas.
making the
Christmas fancy goods this is
you will need:
Merchandise.
(About $30
dow.)
1 doz. boxes Stationery.
Y% doz. Comb, Brush and Mirror Sets.
4 Vases.
trim of
what
For window
worth shown in. win-
window. It gives a rich effect and
brings out the attractive qualities of
the merchandise. Be sure to lay em-
phasis on the word “neatly.” If the
work is not carefully done the trim
will not be nearly so effective.
How to Make the Holly Festoons.
Next, place the Christmas tree in
the center of the window against the
background. It should be anchored
to a box high enough to bring it up
Photograph of Window Trim.
,
iy . Mirrors.
1 . Jewel Boxes.
1 doz. Books. .
1 doz. Gift Books.
1 doz. Work Baskets.
Two Fancy Clocks.
Two Shaving Sets.
¥, doz. Photo Frames.
doz. Safety Razor Asst.
doz. Fancy Boxes.
4 doz. Postcard Albums.
1 doz. Pocket Knives.
Fixtures.
Three large boxes.
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Three pasteboard boxes.
Two boards, 30 inches long.
One box holly garland.
Nails.
Price tickets.
Four small boxes.
Two boards, 30 inches long.
Five rolls red crepe paper.
A small Christmas tree.
Pins.
Cover the background neatly with
dark red cambric or crepe paper. Red
is a very strong color for a Christmas
to within two feet of the top of the
window. Decorate it with Christmas
tree ornaments,
Then festoon the holly garland as
There are
many other kinds of Christmas trim-
mings that can be used here. Per-
haps you will decide to use the natur-
al evergreen. We have used the holly
garland because it is big and showy,
and takes up plenty of space.
The holly garland should be fes-
tooned so as to take up most of the
upper in the window. The
lower festoon should be about two
feet from the top. Begin the festoon-
ing from the left, looping it up over
the Christmas tree in the center, mak-
ing another festoon at the right of
the tree and fastening it at the ex-
treme right. One string of garland
will make one right and left festoon
in the average window.
Careful Work is Essential.
After making three rows of these
festoons, make another row farther
to the front, fastening each end of
shown in the photograph.
space
the string to the top of the back-
ground in front of the other festoons.
Use considerable care in putting in
these decorations, as this is the most
important part of making the window.
Now cover with red crepe paper
the various boxes and boards indicated
by the drawing. Let’s fix the center
unit first—the one on the low boxes.
The merchandise on the upper box
The right unit is made the same
the left
kinds of
way as the one on and of
practically the
chandise.
same mer-
After making the right unit, run
a couple of strings of holly garland
from the left unit to the right, mak-
ing three festoons as shown in the
photograph.
Floor Plan Completes the Trim.
Drawing of Fixtures.
consists of two clocks, two mirrors,
a comb, brush and mirror set, two
gift books, and a photo frame. Ar-
range them in the manner indicated
by the photograph.
On the lower box is another large
comb, brush and mirror set,
The left unit comes next. Arrange
the boxes and boards as shown in the
drawing. In the center on top build
a pyramid of five holly boxes of sta-
tionery. On each side of this pyra-
mid, place a gift book and a postcard
album.
On the board extending down to
the floor pin half a dozen pocket
knives, leaving each in its original
box, and at the top of the board pin
another holly box of stationery.
There is nothing much to the floor
plan. Begin it by putting two fancy
boxes on end at each side of the cen-
ter unit in front. Put a shaving set
on each. In the center, next to the
glass, build a pile of various kinds
of safety razors. At the extreme
right, build another unit of two small
boxes like the one at the left.—Butler
Way.
——_+~--__
Old Oaken Bucket Makes Catchy
Window Background.
If you want an out-of-the-ordinary
Christmas window feature and are
willing to devote a few extra hours
to building it, this “Old Oaken
Bucket” idea will interest you.
The plan is to build the cover of
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An Overhead Doll Booth.
Pin four work baskets to the back-
ground next to the glass on the left
side, and under them build up a pile
of holiday books.
Then arrange the two small boxes
shown on the extreme left in the
drawing. On the top one place a
comb, brush and mirror set. On the
other, put a large vase and a couple
of jewel boxes.
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an old-fashioned well and have what
answers for an old oaken bucket dis-
charging Christmas toys through the
spout.
The arrangement is plain in the
drawing. Cover the background with
red crepe paper and at the top build
a framework like the drawing shows.
Cover this with silver tinsel. Hang
nine bells from the center with silver
seamen
December 4, 1912
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
19
tinsel. The design shown at each
side of the bells is made of beads.
The well should be built right
against the rear of the window. It
can be built of smooth boards of any
dimension—lumber 34 inches thick
being preferable. The sides of the
well are 12 inches wide and three
feet high.. The roof should be 14
inches wide. The molding on the
gable is 24%4 inches wide and % inch
thick.
You can make the well as wide as
you like. About three feet is the
best for the average window. Make
a frame work on the front like the
drawing shows, and make a net work
of tinsel, leaving an opening for the
bucket.
The spout should be 10 inches
around, 5% inch front tapering to
zoo, A. K. Edwards, of the Edwards
& Chamberlain Hardware Co., the
Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Associa-
tion, the First National Bank and B.
Cleenewerck & Sons.
Many donations of goods were al-
so received, the National Biscuit Co.,
sending vanilla wafers, nabiscos and
other goods of their manufacture.
The McLaren Imperial Cheese Co.,
of Detroit, sent jar cheese and peanut
butter. Atwood & Steele, Chicago, a
pail of Mammoth queen olives, Libby,
McNeil & Libby, Chicago, boned
chicken and turkey, genuine potted
ham, salad dressing and pickles, J. L.
Kraft & Bros., Chicago, potted cheese,
RC) Chagces Sons, Philadelphia,
stuffed olives, the Williams Bros. Co.,
Detroit, pickles, relishes and condi-
ments.
“Old Oaken Bucket” Background.
6% inches where it connects with the
well. The under side of the spout
is left partly open.
To make the old oaken bucket take
two small wooden washtubs, knock
the head from one and then connect
the two. Use a candy pail handle.
Paint the roof of the well red and
the body white. The inside should
be green and the molding yellow. The
bucket should be painted dark oak
and green.
The toys apparently coming from
the spout can be suspended by dark
thread.—Butler Way.
———_2-+ 2
Opening of Lee & Cady Branch at
Kalamazoo.
Kalamazoo, Dec. 2—Surmounted by
a handsome electric sign and with
hundreds of lights throughout the
building, sending forth a welcome to
customers and friends alik , the fine
new warehouse occupied by Lez &
Cady, wholesale grocers was thrown
open to the public last evening from
7:30 to 10 o’clock.
The office and salesroom were
beautifully decorated by G. Van
Bochove & Bro., florists, and Fish-
er’s orchestra gave a fine programme
of popular and classical music.
.Floral tributes were sent by the
Dwinell-Wright Co., Boston, Camp-
bell P. Jones, Michigan representa-
tive of the United States Tobacco Co.,
Richmond, Va., J. E. Esson of the
Quaker Oats Co., Chicago, Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Vander Horst, Kalama-
Many out of town guests were pres-
ent, among whom were Gilbert W.
Lee, President of Lee & Cady, Thos
J. Marsden a director of the com-
pany, Fred J. Fox, Saginaw, manager
of Lee & Cady, Saginaw branch, An-
drew Ross, manager of Kellogg's
Toasted Corn Flake Co., Battle Creek,
Joseph H. Dufrey, sales manager of
the Williams Bros. Co., Detroit, Her-
bert I. Lord, Detroit, J. T. Fletcher,
Decatur, Frank Wright, Cressy, W.
T. Gibson, Scotts, H. M. Hampton,
Glenwood, A. R. Peer, Comstock,
Mrs. H. Mosher, Cloverdale, Geo. S.
tHlopkins, Marcellus, W. W. Baldwin,
Comstock, and many others.
Lee & Cady purchased the busi-
ness of B. Desenberg & Co., in April,
1909 and very soon outgrew their
quarters at 227 East Main street. In
July, 1911, work was begun on the
splendid building, which the company
now occupies at the corner of Rose
and Ransom streets. Lee & Cady’s
local manager is Frank H. Bowen,
who for many years, has been con-
nected with the wholesale grocery
firms in Michigan. Under his able
management, the business of the Kal-
amazoo branch has steadily grown
and it now is one of the prominent
houses in the trade in Western Michi-
gan.
———_» 2.
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Lesser quantities ..........ccccecccscccces $2.55
SEARCH-LIGHT PARLOR MATCH
5 size—In slide box, 1 doz in package, 12 pack-
ages in 5 gr. case, in 20 gr. lots....... $4.25
Leemer quantities ....................- ae + $4.50
UNCLE SAM.
2 size—Parlor Matches, handsome box and pack-
age; red, white and blue heads, 3 boxes in
flat packages, 100 packages(300 boxes)in 4 1-6
gr. case, per case in 20 gr. lots....... $3.85
Lesiee Quantities <2. .5..50.-..4<. Gelaclasiers $3.
SAFETY MATCHES.
Light only on box.
Red Top Safety—O size—1 doz. boxes in package
60 packages (720 boxes) in 5 gr. case, per
case in 20 gr. lots ......ccscece ooe2 $2.50
ee $2.
Aluminum Safety, Aluminum Size—1 doz. boxes
fn package, 60 packages (720 boxes) in 5
gr. case, per case in 20 gr. lots ...... $1.90
Lesser quantities ..... Setccccucesediac once $8.08
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TRADESMAN
December 4, 1912
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New Way to Keep Eggs.
Considering that there are now 50
many ways of preserving eggs “‘per-
fectly fresh,” it is somewhat remarkable
that these articles of food are so diffi-
cult to obtain in this condition. The
latest plan involves the exhaustion of
all or dissolved air in the
ege and the substitution of an atmos-
phere of mixed nitrogen and carbon di-
oxid. Mr. Santolyne, who describes the
method in Cosmos tells us that the pro-
cess now most used in France employs
contained
limewater, but that cold storage still
remains the best way of preserving
eggs properly. The new gas process,
just noted, is used in conjunction with
cold storage, and enables the eggs to
be kept for some time after removal
from the refrigerating chambers, with-
out impairment of quality. Says Mr.
Santolyne:
“The method consists of keeping the
egg in an inert atmosphere of carbonic
acid and nitrogen. * * * The eggs are
placed in tin cases holding 500 each.
These cases are then surrounded with
two an outer one to
enable the cases to be set in cold-storage
chambers, and an inner to facilitate the
circulation of the gaseous atmosphere
around the eggs. A little anhydrous
chlorate of lime is placed within to
absorb the moisture, and then the cover
is soldered on, leaving a small hole
about one-quarter inch in diameter.
The cases are then introduced into a
horizontal receptacle in which a vacuum
is produced, thus removing the air sur-
rounding the eggs and the gases dis-
solved in ‘their albumen. Then there is
introduced carbonic gas, previously
heated. This is all done slowly, to en-
able the gas to penetrate into the egg,
until the pressure gauge remains sta-
tionary. Excessive pressure is avoided,
as it might be injurious to the eggs.
With a vacuum pump a certain quantity
of the carbonic gas is now removed and
replaced with compressed nitrogen.
Then the cases are removed from the
receptacle, a drop of solder is placed
on the hole in the cover, and they are
placed in cold storage at 35 degrees.
It is unnecessary now to take care of
the ventilation of the cold chamber
or of the moisture of its air.
“The advantages of this system, the
author tells us, are as follows: There
is no evaporation at the surface of the
eggs, no phenomena of oxidation, and
no stale taste; they may be eaten from
the shell even after ten months, and the
albumen preserves the fine whitish tint
that it has in fresh-laid eggs. The
eggs may be kept some little time after
taken from cold storage before being
delivered to the consumer. This is not
the case with eggs preserved by cold
alone. Bacilli, bacteria, and molds are
wooden frames,
killed by the cold and the gases, so that
there are no moldy or decayed eggs
The cost is not much more
than that of preservation by cold alone.
The tin
and no loss.
case, holding 500 eggs, costs
$1.60, and accommodation for 1,000
eggs, therefore costs $3.20. These cases
may last ten years. All told, the extra
expense comes to about 40 cents per
thousand eggs.”
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Comparative Advantages of Drawn
and Undrawn Poultry.
It was long a mooted point as to
whether poultry should be handled,
shipped, frozen and stored in a drawn
or undrawn condition. Drawn pcul-
try means that from which the entrails
or viscera has been removed, and it
was thought by many to be the only
correct way of handling, and some of
the larger cities even went so far as
to pass laws forbidding the sale of
poultry, which had not been drawn.
This brought such a storm of protest
from the poultry handlers that laws
of this kind did not live long, but it
was not until the Department of Ag-
riculture through its Bureau of Chem-
istry, as represented especially by Dr.
Mary E. Pennington, carried on dur-
ing the season of 1909 and 1910, a
series of studies to determine the rel-
ative rate of decomposition and de-
terioration in undrawn poultry as
compared with that from which the
viscera had been either completely or
partly removed, that guesswork was
set aside, and some actual facts de-
termined. The tests began at the
packing house where the poultry was
killed and did not end until it was
sold through the retailer direct to the
consumer. Actual observations and
records were kept at every stage in
the marketing. The aim was to com-
pare the relative keeping qualities of
the drawn and undrawn poultry under
actual market conditions, and to place
each method of dressing strictly on
its Own merits.
In these tests and experiments,
temperature conditions were one of
the most important points of obser-
vation, and the temperature records
were made by thermographs which
followed the shipments of poultry
from start to finish. The experiments
extended over a period of six months,
from midwinter to midsummer.
The dressing of the carcasses was
done according to three methods
known as “full drawn,” “wire drawn”
and “Boston drawn” being a sort of
partial step toward “full drawn.” The
undrawn fowls were shipped with the
heads and feet on. The birds were
cooled at an average temperatur2 of
34 deg. F.; wrapped in parchment
paper; boxed and shipped in a refrig-
erator car which had been iced and
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salted, and which was on the road
averaging 714 days. From the refrig-
erator car the goods were handled
through a chillroom at between 32
deg. F. and 33 deg. F. At the retail-
ers the average temperature of the
exhibition window was 48 deg. F.
An elaborate set of charts was pre-
pared by Dr. Pennington showing the
history of drawn poultry and un-
drawn poultry from the beginning,
and the comparative keeping qualities
of each. The conclusions reached
were that undrawn poultry decom-
posed more slowly than either the
wholly or partially drawn, and that
the full drawn as completely eviscer-
ated poultry decomposed most rapid-
ly, and that the “Boston drawn” and
“wire drawn” stood midway between
the undrawn and “full drawn” in the
rapidity of decomposition. These de-
ductions are based on a number of
shipments of dry packed, unwashed
fowls and were studied at every stage
of marketing from the shipper to the
consumer, and the fowls used in the
experiments were handled promptly,
as ordinarily understood. It is, of
course, understood that for the best
results poultry for slaughter should
not be fed for 12 hours prior to kill-
ing. There is then little food in the
crop and entrails to ferment and sour.
—Madison Cooper in Cold.
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Potatoes and Longevity.
Following his discoveries concern-
ing the properties of curdled milk,
which destroy certain bacteria in the
human system conducive to old age,
Prof. Metchnikoff rather recently
brought forth an announcement to
the effect that the potato may be
made to serve the same purpose, but
only after it has been acted upon by
bacilli which have the effect upon
starchy foods of turning the starch
into sugar in the lower bowel, where
the poisons are formed which are the
chief cause of senile decay. Sclerosis
of the arteries and liver, and nephri-
tis are the common maladies which
indicate senility. The man or woman
afflicted with them, he affirms, is old
even at 30. “These diseases,” he says,
“are due to poisons lodging in the
lower intestines, and belonging to
what chemist call the aromatic series,
such as indols and phenols—espec-
ially the former. They result from
the putrefaction caused by noxious
germs introduced into our system
from one source or another. They
are unnatura!, as they are not found
in babies nursed by their mothers.”
He states that his experiments have
disproved the theory that these germs
are the result of an animal diet, as
they are found in large quantities in
the intestine of the horse, and are
also found in the white rat after feed-
ing it upon an exclusively vegetarian
diet. The- poisons are diminished,
he states, when the rats are fed foods
rich in sugars, such as the beet, dates,
and carrots. A diet of potatoes,
which are mostly starch, was found
to be highly productive of the poi-
sons. This is due to the fact that
sugar, upon which the microbes act,
turning it into the acid which pre-
vents putrefaction—is quickly ab-
sorbed by the intestines and does not
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reach the lower bowel, where the poi-
sons are formed.
Searching for a bacillus in the in-
testines of different animals which
would turn starch into sugar without
decomposing the albuminoids, it was
found at last in the dog, and chris-
tened by Metchnikoff the glycobactor.
“To make it most effective,’ he
writes, “the subject should be fed
plentifully with potatoes, the starch
of which readily reaches the lower in™
testines where the glycobator’s action
turns it into sugar in sufficient quan-
tities to prevent the formation of the
poisons which are the chief causes of
senile decrepitude.”
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Sampling From the Cranberry Barrel.
Written for the Tradesman.
“T think when I want cranberri2s
I will not go to Blank’s,’ was the
observation of one shrewd man to
his family. “And why not?” was the
prompt reply. “That is where most
of our provisions come from.” “Well,”
explained the head of the house, “the
little boy of junior Blank and the
youngster of his head clerk have a
habit of coming in, taking a berry as
they pass along, sampling it, and not
liking the acid taste, it is returned to
the barrel. I have seen this thing
done repeatedly, and no one seems to
think it worth while to impress upon
them the fact that the next berry will
be just as sour as the last.”
Time and again the revolting prac-
tice of placing food stuffs in the way
of all classes has been scored; and
yet it still continues. Common sense,
common decency should put a ban
everlastingly upon such a_ careless
piece of work. We are aware that the
fancy wrapping demanded for certain
packages is adding to the problem of
a high cost of living; and yet most
people will prefer to have their food
products delivered in sealed packages,
even at a little extra price than sub-
mit to such liberties as the one above
cited. They will not pay you more
in the end. The purse can be stretch-
ed so far and no farther. They will
strive to hunt out the food which
gives at least promise of being clzan,
if it is expensive.
Your spoiled child may injure your
trade far more than you realize. To
the outsider his cunning little pranks
may not be so cute as to you, aspecial-
ly when they are bound to injure stock
which will be later offered at full
price. When the little folks of the
store are permitted to take such liber-
ties, there is a temptation to other
children. If you place a ban here,
some one is going to feel affronted.
It is the easiest thing to stop short
at home. Do not allow your own
children to damage the goods. It is
not only an insult to your customers,
but an injury to the little ones.
Bessie L. Putnam.
a.
Cowless Milk.
The diary interests of our prosper-
ous country are threatened—not with
injury, but with extermination! From
Germany, via England, a scientist is
approaching with a recipe for cowless
milk—synthetic milk—and his press
agent, one Slingsby, lauds this “scien-
tific’ beverage to the blue skies—aye,
to the Milky Way. Every nourishing
TRADESMAN
property of cow’s milk, but no trace
of animal matter; more readily di-
gested; far purer; will keep better; can
be altered in manufacture to suit the
particular needs of babies or delicate
persons; tastes very pleasant; immune
from disease germs; any milk left
over convertible into butter and
cheese. Mr. Slingsby says nothing
about feeding the over-supply to the
hogs. Evidently they won’t eat 1t—
but that, of course, is merely a minor
detail.
The economic effect of cowless
milk stuns the imagination. Already
milking machines have robbed the fic-
titious buxom milkmaid of her em-
ployment, and now, if science speaks
truly, the diary cow is to join the
Perchance
the butcher will some day enquire of
the housewife: “Do you prefer a cut
from the beef steer at thirty cents or
from the ex-diary cow at twenty-five
cents?” A solution of the high cost
of existence! Certainly some intelli-
gent detective work must be under-
taken at once. It may be that the
oleo fraudsman is behind this plot to
denature poor bossy! Let Flanders
meet the German scientist on the
dock, armed with a warrant for his
arrest for high treason against a
great American industry. Meanwhile
consumers will awake at the din o-
the milkman and wonder if they are
still in dreamland; the cat will fight cft
melancholia; the hen, threatened with
air-made eggs, will consort with the
cow and advocate a barnyard protec-
tive association. As for the common
run of us, nothing will lift our cloud
of gloom save the scientific announce-
ranks of the unemployed.
ment of sunless sunshine——Country
Gentleman.
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December 4, 1912
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Shirt Stocks Nearly Exhausted.
Since both an active
and substantial factor in the retail
trade, we may judge pretty well by
their volume the condition of things
generally. At least we think most
men will regard shirts as the best
basis for calculation. During the past
month the demand for spot deliveries
have been in the output
with the result that stocks are low in
It is the
belief of some of the makers that this
situation is to effect a change
in the method of buying to the former
practice of placing generous initial
orders. It will have to be so if a
large part of the retail trade deter-
mines to avoid loss of profit from lack
of merchandise. This seems contra-
dictory to the impression which gain-
ed widespread approval that the bet-
ter plan is to order sparingly in ad-
vance and fill in as necessity requires
with late introductions.
shirt sales are
excess of
the manufacturing centers.
going
In all probability the lack of stock
for immediate delivery is due prin-
cipally to better business. Manufac-
turers cannot afford to overstep the
mark in anticipating what the quan-
tity of orders will be when the season
rolls round, so there is no alternative
for the merchant but to protect him-
self against disappointment. The bills
for spring are much than a
year ago and individual dealers have
shown an inclination to be thorough-
ly satisfied with the first showings,
which to our way of thinking could
scarcely be improved upon so far as
the lines for next spring and sum-ner
are concerned.
heavier
Wiord comes from Glasgow that
there has been a very decided decline
in madras of the better grades within
the past year, so much that the mills
there have been working on less than
half time. This is attributed: to the
unusual vogue of soft shirts, particu-
larly silks and mixtures. It means
more business for domestic producers
of fabrics because they are able to
supply the most critical wants of our
trade in the finest materials. It is
seen that silk-and-cotton goods of the
crepe order are liked as never before
and they will have a prominent place
in high-class shirts, especially custom
garments, next year. They are most-
ly of silk stripes, satin finish, on cot-
ton grounds, and stripes are of so-
called “hard” colors, by
meant colors which in former seasons
were not easily disposed of. For in-
stance, there are reds and blues and
greens which have not been seen in
shirts for a decade or two.
which is
The soft shirt, by the way, is large-
ly responsible for the selling of better
qualities than ever before. With the
double cuffs they are most dur-
able and the consumer has come to
realize that there is a consirable sav-
ing in putting them through the home
laundry. For that reason he seems
willing to pay more for his shirts.
It is interesting to note that these
silk-and-cotton materials are notably
strong in the exclusive shops. One
of them has been selling at the rate
of forty a day of this class of mer-
chandise alone at prices from twelve
to fourteen dollars each.
A fault of many “ready” soft shirts
has been the width of the cuffs which
should be reduced by about two inch
es from the width of the starched
cuff. The makers of high-class jewel-
ry are selling links with shorter bars
for use with short cuffs and the aim
of many men is to get a cuff that will
fit moderately snug about the wrist
with no excess of material
the links.
beyond
The collar trade has not been very
likely but improvement has been no-
ticed as a result of pushing of new
styles. The advertising of madras
collars, the cutaway shape and the
fold collar with cut-out at the top has
stimulated sales. Yet the heaviest call
is for the plain white close-front mod-
el and improvements in the making
of it have eliminated the objections
cited against it in the early days.
Wing collars are receiving greater
publicity and instead of selling only
for evening wear they are moving
well with short-bosom shirts, which
seem to be making friends faster than
a year ago.
The fancy waistcoat continues to
gain in popularity. The new styles
in evening waistcoats, with collarette,
piping or braid instead of the collar
and with a variety of body fabrics,
have struck the popular fancy. Soft
hats have been holding on later than
usual owing to the mild weather, tan
shoes are as much worn about town
as they were in the country only a
few years ago, and hosiery with clocks
have made way for plain and ribbed
silk numbers and a small proportion
of contrasting stripes.
From a belt manufacturing house
the announcement comes that if there
is any further rise in the cost of
leather, which in the past three or
four months has advanced from fifteen
to twenty-five per cent., it will be nec-
essary to start an upward revision of
prices or a reduction in quality. “The
retailer is loath to believe,” says the
statement further, “that any such
situation exists; in fact, it is very hard
to convince him that there is such a
thing as scarcity of leather and a
need for higher prices. It is next to
impossible to raise prices to the re-
tailer—he is inclined to accuse the
manufacturer of trying to do him. It
ought to be made perfectly plain that
if a manufacturer cannot market his
stuff at a legitimate profit, conditions
are fundamentally wrong and_ they
should be corrected.”
A marked tendency in favor of the
shaw! collar is shown on sweaters of
various grades, and especially is this
experienced on lines of better quality.
This “rough neck” model was first
introduced in connection with shaker
and other heavy weight sweaters. In
popular-priced stocks maroon is a big
seller, while in the more expensive
ranges different colors are in active
demand.—Haberdasher.
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Preliminary Arrangements For the
Kalamazoo Convention.
Kalamazoo, Dec. 2—Members of
the Michigan Knights of the Grip will
hold their annual convention in Kal-
amazoo, December 27-28. Officers of
the Association who met here Saturday
afternoon arranged to make the New
Burdick Hotel the headquarters of
the Association during the two days
the members are in this city.
The big feature of the convention
will be the banquet to be held at the
New Burdick an Friday night, Decem-
ber 27. The local members of the
Knights of the Grip claim that it will
be the best and most classy feeds
ever undertaken in Michigan. They
state that the members of the Asso-
ciation are travelers who have had an
opportunity to try out the hospitality
of other cities of the State, and for
that reason the Kalamazoo members
intend to put the other places in the
shade by giving the members such a
reception as they have never heard
mentioned before.
The big banquet is expected to turn
the trick. Between 300 and 400 mem”
bers of the State organization are ex-
pected to be present.
The different committees who will
make the plans for the convention
have been selected and started in to-
day to boost the project. Committezs
were announced as follows:
Finance—John A. Hoffman,
—
chair-
man; Fred J. Bond, Hutson B. Col-
man, Alfred H. Dane, J. W. Ryder,
Wm. A. Wooden and I. A. Mills.
Executive—Frank H. Bowen, chair-
man; John A. Hoffman, Joseph D.
Clement, Eugene Cook, Frank H.
Clay and Roy E. Lee.
Reception—Frank H. Clay, chair-
man; E. D. Auch, Fred J. Bond, A.
S. Cowing, H. B. Colman, Eugene
Cook, Myron A. Crooks, John A.
Cone, Wm. S. Cooke, A. H. Dane,
Wim. €. Davis, F. U. Doubleday,
Harry M. Frame, C. C. High, Robt.
S. Hopkins, Roy E. Lee, Ward J.
Miller, D. K. McNaughton, Glenn J.
Pratt, A. H. Rothermel, J. W. Rose.
J. W. Ryder, George Shean, John D.
Thackery, C. A. Schultzz, C. D. Wal-
do, George T. Woodward, W. D. Wat-
kins, W. R. Wooden, Fred E.
I. A. Mills.
The wives of the members of the
Keception Committee will also be
asked to act on the Committee. Many
of the
will
Knox,
traveling men, it is expected,
their families to the con-
vention and it is planned to have the
wives of the members entertain the
woman folks.
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An Even Break.
Mr. Jinks: You've spent fourteen
mortal hours and $35 and what have
you got to show for it? One hat,
worth about $3.50.
Mrs. Jinks: True. And last week
you spent five days and $118, and what
have you got to show for it? One
fish story about a big trout that got
away, and an awful cold in your head.
bring
What Have You to Sell?
a DRY GOODS stock; or part of it?
a CLOTHING STORE; or part of it?
a GENTS’ FURNISHING STORE; or part of it?
a SHOE STORE or an odd lot of SHOES?
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We have a new clean stock of
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GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
December 4, 1912
REGULATING THE HOTELS.
Some Features of the Proposed New
Hotel Law.
Coldwater, Nov. 28—It is with more
than passing interest that I note the
comment and suggestions of the
Brother of Marquette, relative to the
drafting of a bill setting forth what
I would consider a qualified $2 and
$2.50 hotel. This is a very nice sug-
gestion on the part of the brother,
but it is beyond my comprehension
how a bill could be made effective
and at the same time meet all condi-
tions in the different parts of the
State. I am not familiar with the
hotels or the requirements of hotels
in the upper part of the State, but
I do know that the greatest evil
and the one that will place hotels in
this section within the appreciation of
the traveling public will be to elim-
inate the graft practiced in nearly
every detail connected with the run-
ning of the present day hotel.
The Committee has considered near-
ly every phase of the questions in-
volved in the drafting of a suitable
bill for the Legislature, and in
‘vching that conclusion it is the re-
sult of careful consideration and co-
operation through said Committee
from each council in the State and
the bill as now proposed will cover
every phase of the hotel proposition
that can be overcome by legislation,
without the possibility of unpleasant
antagonism and possible litigation.
To this end the Committee will meet
with several members of the Legisla-
ture, as well as the Attorney Gen-
eral and the heads of the various de-
partments, and also Grand Counselor
\dams, at Battle Creek, on Novem-
ber 30, at which time it is expected
that the last details in the interests
of proposed legislation will be con-
sidered and the bill put into the
proper hands to be presented in the
Legislature.
The Committee has been flooded
with correspondence from all parts of
the State and a great many of the
several states in the Union, each urg-
ing by suggestion the various meth-
ods of securing a betterment of con-
ditions in hotels and all public utili-
The last to reach this Commit-
tee was a suggestion that we include
in our bill the appointment of a li-
censed stationary engineer. When
the fact is considered that only about
one hotel in fifty would come under
this code, it would seem to me as
though that would be an expense
shouldered upon the few unjust and
unreasonable. There are a_ great
many features in connection with the
yresent day hotel that are of far more
importance to the rank and file of the
commercial traveler than is the ques-
tion as to whether the hotel shall be
heated under the supervision of a li-
censed engineer, natural gas or a
hard coal stove. The main features
and those that will be provided for
in the bill will be sanitation, safety
and comfort. Any other features not
immediately considered will be taken
care of through the commission under
whom the bill will be operated and
under whose supervision and juris-
diction the hotel inspector will apply
his duty
ties.
MICHIGAN
The chairman of this Committee,
in submitting his report to the con-
vention at Bay City this year, offered
a resolution in connection with the
report of the Committee on the all
important subject of tipping. This
resolution, however, was not taken
up by the conventon, deeming it ad-
visable to defer action on same and
concentrate a united effort in the in-
terest of our hotel bill. I am, how-
ever, a firm believer that it is one
of the most important things to be
considered by the traveling fraternity
and it should be the next move of
this organization. As the abuse of
this practice has grown to be so
flagrant that it is almost impossible
for a man to secure even legitimate
service, to say nothing of that to
which he is entitled and for which he
pays two and three prices.
One of the most flagrant cases
brought to my attention was that of
the Hotel Stattler, recently opened in
Cleveland, Ohio. Several months
ago Mr. Stattler, in commenting on
the subject of tipping with the open-
ing of his new hotel, stated over his
own signature through the columns
of the Sample Case that it was his
intent and purpos to discountenance
the practice of tipping with the open-
ing of his new hotel. He stated in
so many words that the practice was
un-American and was absolutely un-
necessary in the disbursement of
adequate service to guests. In the
‘ace of all this and within thirty days
of the time that the Hotel Stattler
opened its doors to the public, the
management of the hotel sold out its
entire tipping privilege to the trust,
being, as I am informed, one of two
hostelries in the city of Cleveland
that has taken this action. There are
many other cases which might be
brought to the attention of the fra-
ternity that have come to my notice
in my travels, but same being in my
territory, which is Ohio, it is out of
the jurisdiction of this Committee
and, perhaps, without interest to our
members or the traveling public. I
merely mention the case of the Stat-
tler Hotel to show the drift of senti-
ment. It is simply a case of graft
from start to finish and the practice
is growing stronger every day, and
unless some action is taken, there are
ome of our brothers who will be
looking for new positions by virtue
of big expense accounts not justified
by business conditions.
For the benefit of the members
from the several councils who have
rendered this Committee such valu-
able service in the cause of this Com-
mittee, | want to assure them of the
hearty appreciaton of same on the
part of this Committee and in behalf
of our noble order, and as soon as
the details of our proposed measure
pass the inspection of the Attorney
General, each council will be notified
through the chairman of their Com-
mittee of the bill in detail of which
we have no doubt of the ultimate
success. John A. Hach, Jr.,
Chairman Grand Legislative Com.
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A millionaire of the future is the
boy who insists upon a reduction in
the price of cookies that have holes in
them.
TRADESMAN
Honks From Auto City Council.
Lansing, Dec. 2—Don’t forget about
Assessment No. 114. Bro. Tociey is
anxious to pass over your receipt.
The second of the series of parties
given by was held last
proved a
our Council
saturday night and
pleasing event, about fifty
present. The committee in
charge of these social events has suc-
very
couple
being
ceeded in bringing about a corgen-
iality among the participants which
speaks well for its management.
A wreck on the Ann Arbor, north
of Alma, last Saturday caused many
extra drives and roundabout home-
ward routes for several of our coun-
selors.
A. D. Barnes, who for several years
past has been the only restaurant
man in Perry, moved last Wednesday
into the recently vacated hotel build-
ing and will continue to cater to the
traveling public in his new quarters,
to be known as the Barnes Hotel.
Bro, G. A. Wiley, of Saginaw Coun-
cil, No. 48, who for the past two years
has very efficiently represented Lee
& Cady, severed his connection with
that house last week. Bro. Wiley
finds that the great amount of driving
necessary in this line is more than he
can stand and will probably accept
a position less exposed to the weather
We are thoroughly convinced that
3ro. L. L. Colton knows how to play
rum,
The foot ball now over
and Bro. Josh Evans relapsed into a
tranquil mood and settled down to
business once more.
Don’t forget the Council meeting
next Saturday night. Initiation and
other sports. Our Ladies Auxiliary
will serve a Bohemian supper at 6:15.
Let’s show the girls we appreciate
their efforts.
Can you beat this? James Shaft,
the man who put the Shaft in Shafts-
burg, owns a farm near Perry and,
according to his own statement, em-
ployes a tenant who works it on
shares, each furnishing half the seed
and the crops are divided eqally. Last
Tuesday the stork left a pair of lively
twins at the farm and now Jim claims
one of them. According to the exist-
ing contract he insists he is entitled
to half the crops—and that this is
no exception.
Bro. M. E. Sherwood owns a bird
dog which has increased in value
about 800 per cent. since the season
season 1s
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opened and is said to be a champion
smeller. We don’t know the real
value of this dog, but we are sure
about the 800 per cent. and woe unto
the man who shoots this one!
Michigan Central train No. 71 was
over an hour late this morning and
the several travelers who intended to
connect with the Ann Arbor road
north were obliged to revise their
pians for the week. H. D. Bullen.
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She Felt Duly Qualified.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley said the other
day in Washington of a well-known
canning concern:
“These people, when we objected to
some of the poisonous chemicals used
in their canned peas and asparagus,
laughed at us.
ignorant
They said we were
inexperienced. They
pointed out that they had been many
years in business, and that they turn-
ed out millions of cans a year.
and
“Tt reminded me of a woman whom
I once saw in my young days feeding
a babe a few months old on bits of
fried fish and pickle.
| Dont do that, | said.
that, madam!
‘Dont do
It’s most unhealthy to
give fish and pickle to so young a
child.’
“The woman frowned upon me.
7 Huh, she said, domt you try te
teach me how to feed babies. Why,
young feller, I’ve buried seven!”
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All Habit.
The telephone girl from the city
was fishing one day during her two
weeks’ outing in the country. Some
one from another boat called,
“Hello!”
Just then she got a bite.
“Line’s busy,” she answered.
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Why is a fashionable woman like a
soldier going to battle? Because she
carries her powder with her.
We are manufacturers of
Trimmed and
Untrimmed Hats
For Ladies, Misses and Children
Corl, Knott & Co., Ltd.
Corner Commerce Ave. and Island St.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
from $1.10 to $8.50 per dozen.
Wholesale Dry Goods
JEWEL
BOXES
Make appropriate and useful Xmas gifts.
and French Grey finish, Silk and Satin lined. Prices range
Write for circulars giving full particulars.
PAUL STEKETEE & SONS
Ormula Gold
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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MICHIGAN
TRADESMAN
December 4, 1912
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Grand Council of Michiacn U. C. T.
Grand Counselor—John Q, Adams, Bat-
tle Creek.
Grand Junior Counselor—E. A. Welch,
Kalamazoo.
Grand Past Counselor—Geo. B. Craw,
Petoskey.
rand Secretary—Fred C. Richter,
Traverse City.
Grand Treasurer—Joe C. Wittliff, De-
Grand Conductor—M. S. Brown, Sagi-
Page—W. S. Grand
Grand Sentinel—F. J, Moutier, Detroit.
Chaplain—C. R. Dye, Battle
Grand Executive Committee—John D.
Martin, Grand Rapids; Angus G. Mc-
Eachron, Detroit; James E. Burtless,
Marquette; J. C. Saunders, Lansing.
Michigan Knights of the Grip.
President—C, P. Caswell, Detroit.
Secretary—Wm. Devereaux,
Huron.
Treasurer—John Hoffman, Kalamazoo.
Directors—F. L. Day, Jackson; C. H.
Phillips, Lapeer; I. T. Hurd, Davison;
H. P. Goppelt, Saginaw; J. Q. Adams,
Battle Creek; John D. Martin, Grand
Rapids.
Lawton,
Port
Chirpings From the Crickets.
Battle Creek, Dec. 2—The travel
on steam and electric roads was heavy
Wednesday. Coaches all crowded.
The U_C T.
plentiful each day.
button becomes more
IT sat at a large dining room table
last week where every man (eight of
Cg
Did you get home in’time to help
us) wore the U. button.
arrange the dinner or were you only
there for the dinner?
Wm. Masters and Guy Pfander got
together last Sunday afternoon, bent
on’ dividing 253 into two parts, pre-
paratory to our attendance and mem-
bership contest. Neither of the cap-
tains had a list of members and Geo.
C. Steele, the man we all go to for
imformation, etc., was out of town.
The work was postponed until a fut-
ure time.
Bro. Fred Barney and family spent
Thanksgiving with relatives in Flint.
Assessment No. 114 was called Nov.
Time for payment expires Dec.
Don’t neglect this matter.
A number of councils are regularly
represented in these columns.
There are some good live councils
around this section which could send
in notes pertaining to U. C. T. affairs
and commercial news. Where are
Kalamazoo and Jackson Councils?
Claude De France, of Kalamazoo
Council, would make a good official
scribe. Wish Mr. Stowe would get
in touch with him. He is the boy
who helps the B. & B. Carriage Co.,
at Flint, declare dividends. He was
at one time a grocery salesman out
of Kalamazoo. He and H. B. Ger-
ould, of Battle Creek, are in posses-
sion of information that any good
scout would be pleased to get, for his
personal enjoyment and_ entertain-
ment. Mr. De France is a_ hard
worker for U. C. T.ism and is always
nw
cr or
no
on hand at the events Kalamazoo
Council pulls off.
John Q. Adams makes his official
Visit to Jackson Council Saturday
evening, Dec. 14.
John Hach, Jr., of Coldwater, was
in Battle Creek on U. C. T. business
Saturday.
Bro. Guy Ramsdell is a busy man.
His work calls him out of Battle
Creek most of his time. He took a
Grand Trunk train not long ago to
make a connection at Charlotte. In
his haste to leave the train he forgot
his grip and had to wire ahead to
have it sent back.
Our next meeting is Saturday, Dec.
21. Be on hand. Several important
committees have reports to make and
we want the Council to be present in
good numbers. We will also have
a class of candidates.
Any items you want sent to the
Michigan Tradesman for these col-
umns will be accepted with thanks.
Call me on Bell phone or drop a card.
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Third Annual Re-union of the Old
Boys.
Detroit, Dec. 2—Our worthy Presi-
dent issued a proclamation,
commanding that the annual roll call
of the Veteran Traveling Men’s As-
sociation take place in the Turkish
room of the Hotel Cadillac, Thurs-
day. December 26, 1912, at 2 p. m.
sharp, and declaring that it is impor-
tant for the welfare of the brother-
hood that there be a full attendance.
It therefore behooves you to “Sit
up and take notice” that you are
lhereby ordered to drop your grip
and sample case and report for duty
on that day and hour, that there be
no delay in getting down to business
pertaining to the third annual re-
union of the Old Boys, the Pionzers
of Commercial Supremacy in our
great country and to renew the old
acquaintance of long ago.
You are also commanded to go
down in your “Jeans” and fish out
$2 and forward without delay. This
sum will cover all your expenses, in-
cluding annual dinner at Hotel Cad-
illac, at 6:30 p. m., unless, peradven-
ture, you desire to have your good
wife or best girl participate in this
festive occasion, in which event, you
will make your remittance $3.
The Executive Committee request
you to extend to any veteran travel-
ing man who may not receive a sim-
ilar notice a cordial invitation to join
with us on this occasion.
Not-full dress.
Samuel Rindskoff, Sec’y.
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A man may smile and smile and be
a villian still—especially if he does his
smiling in the wet goods department.
having
Does Not Approve of Mr. Martin’s
Action.
Grand Rapids, Dec. 2—I note in
the issue of last week’s Tradesman
an article signed by John D. Martin,
headed, What is the Answer? As a
member of the order of United Com-
mercial Travelers and Grand Rapids
Council, No. 131, I take the liberty
of answering the dirty insinuation
contained in said article. We might
as well call a spade a spade, as we
all know that this stab in the back
is for our Grand Secretary, Fred C.
Richter. The writer of this article
happens to know that Mr. Richter
had left his order book and had
phoned for it) and was naturally
anxious that the book be returned to
him before the departure of the train.
I make this explanation in justice to
Brother Richter and out of respect
for his wife and children. One of the
teachings of our order is, “We are
united in a common purpose to shield
each other’s good name.” Now, I
realize that John D. Martin has no
loving wife and little children to love,
protect and care for, but is that any
reason why he should write such an
insinuating article on one of our
members? If we have wolves in
sheep’s clothing, let us know who
they are. Grand Rapids Council does
not approve of such dirty work and
I am sure that the boys of No. 131
will resent it. We hope, Brother
Richter, you will have no hard feel-
ings against G. R. Council. John D.
Martin dearly loves to see his name
in print and we all know he never
fails to put it in every chance he can,
either when the Executive Committee
of the Grand Council meets or when
he wishes to give someone a stab in
the back. Every U. C. T. in the State,
Brother Richter, has the highest re-
gard for you and your family and we
extend to you our sympathy.
Past Grand Counselor and
one who has always stood for fair-
ness and decency, I feel that, our or-
ganization should purge itself of a
man who has always been a disturb-
ing element in the order—always in
an underhanded way.
Wilbur S. Burns.
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Plea For Full Attendance at Kala-
mazoo.
Grand Rapids, Dec. 2—Just a little
over three weeks, and the twenty-
third annual conventon of the Michi-
gan Knights of the Grip opens in
Kalamazoo. For two days we will
be the guests of Post K. of that city.
The Kalamazoo boys are certainly
planning on putting up a royal good
time for the visitors. Any of you
who have even been entertained by
the Kalamazoo traveling men know
what royal entertainers they are.
Brothers, arrange the work of your-
self and the good wife and attend this
coming meeting. You are assured of
a good time while there and the meet-
ing will be one of great importance
to every member of the organization,
for matters of vital importance will
be brought up to be passed on. Your
vote may be the very one to decide
some important matter. Do _ not
leave all the responsibility of govern-
ing the affairs of the organization on
the shoulders of a few, but be there
As a
in person, enter into the debate, favor
or disfavor motions as they may
come up, and by so doing help make
for the coming year, a larger, better
and stronger Michigan Knghts of the
Grip than ever before.
John D. Martin,
Member of the Board of Directors.
“Mechanical Horse’ Used Abroad.
A real “mechanical horse” is being
experimented with abroad. It is a
“tractor” that is easily hitched to
any horse drawn vehicle, just as a
team of horses may be, and combines
all the advantages of the horse with
those of the auto truck at an exceed-
ingly low price. The outfit comprises
a steel bar and coupler and sprocket
wheels and tongue of the wagon.
There is only one wheel on the
“horse,” and that is at the front, the
most of the support for the tractor
depending upon the front wagon
wheels by which it is driven. The
engine, mounted under the front hood
as in an automobile, is of forty or
fifty horse power, and drives the
wagon at a speed of from eight to
thirty miles an hour, the latter speed
only being used when it is designed
for fire engine service. The front
wheel is used to steer by, and it al-
lows a turn being made at an angle
of eighty-five degrees, thus giving re-
markable turning ability in narrow
streets. One of the greatest advan-
tages of the “mechanical horse’ is
the fact that it may be kept constantly
at work while unloading or loading
is going on.
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Hard Work.
Jim and Joe, respectively aged ten
and twelve years, were told to go out
and cut and pile wood. Both played
until dusk. After supper their mother
inquired of Joe: “Well, my boy,
how much have you done to-day?”
Very meekly came Joe's
“I have done nothing.”
To Jim, entering just too late to
hear his brother’s remark, was put
the second question: “And what
have you been doing?”
Ouck as a flash the
young fibber answered:
been piling it up.”
answer:
unfortunate
“Oh, I’ve
Cause and Cure.
“T’m fond of watermelon,” remarked
Mr. Gummey, “but it always gives me
cramps.”
“Just wait till my idea is perfected,”
replied Mr. Glanders, “and then you
can eat watermelon with impunity.”
“What is your idea, may I ask?”
“To graft the watermelon to the
Jamaica ginger plant.”
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Still, you don’t have to smoke the
cigars people give you.
FOR SALE
Lease of Field House, only hotel
in Grand Ledge: also title to annex
Good
Best proposition in
with 11 rooms additional.
transient trade,
Michigan, Must sell at once on ac-
count of ill-health. Both phones,
A. A. ROGERS,
Grand Ledge, Mich.
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December 4, 1912
News and Gossip Around Grand
Rapids.
Grand Rapids, Dec. 2—The benefit
ball given by U. C. T., No. 131 at
St. Cecilia building last Friday night
will go down in history as one of
the most successful balls ever given
by the traveling men. The attendance
was greater than at any other of the
dances given this or last winter and
the dance in every detail was ex-
quisite. The hall was beautifully dec-
orated with smilax. The programme
contained twenty dances and the mu-
sic which was rendered by Tuller’s or-
chestra was entrancing, all the latest
music having been selected. A gen-
erous sum was realized, which will be
used to entertain our guests at our
1913 convention. Everyone seems to
be in favor of another similar ball
and it is likely one will be given in
the near future.
Saturday night No. 131 will hold
a regular meeting. Be sure and come
up and bring your wife or girl, as you
know they will be entertained. Dur-
ing the meeting the ladies will play
cards, suitable prizes being offered for
the winners. After the meeting a
short musical programme will be giv-
en.
The next dance of the regular series
of U. C. T., No. 131 will be given
a week from Saturday night at Herald
hall. This dance will be a leap year
party and programmes will be furnish-
ed for the ladies. This dance promises
to be a dandy, for when the ladies do
things they do them right. Be sure
and take this dance in. You can not
afford to miss it.
Arthur N. Borden reports that John
Sieting has opened a hotel at Kal-
kaska. The hotel has twenty-five
rooms, with steam heat in every room
and is beautifully furnished and dec-
orated throughout. The office is large
and the dining room will accommo-
date forty people at one sitting. There
are two bath tooms for guests.
Sounds like a good place to stop.
Ned Clark was seen bringing home
a large basket the other day from
Pewamo. He was asked what he had
and he said he was taking home some
iine snow apples and he was anxious
to show the fine eats and upon dis-
playing the fruit, was told that what
he had was nothing but a lot of Ben
Davis apples. You all know how
punk they are. Someone had stung
Mr. Clark and he is a fruit salesman.
The idea!
Lou G. Heyer has opened the Na-
tional Hotel at Owosso. You all
know Mr. Heyer. He has had the
building renovated and has put in new
springs and mattresses in all the
beds, also a lot of new furniture.
The interior has re-decorated
and papered. The meals served are
fine. The rates are $2 and $2.25 a
day.
Harry Hoag, 19 (old) Central ave-
nue, is confined to his home on ac-
count of illness. Mr. Hoag has been
sick for some time and would be glad
to see the boys.
A. A. Rogers, who for years has
conducted the Field House, at Grand
Ledge, was in the city yesterday on
business and met many old friends.
Owing to the poor health of his wife
been
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
and himself, Mr. Rogers is going to
sell the hotel. Fine chance for some-
one who wants to get in the hotel
business.
Saturday afternoon the chairmen of
the various committees for the Grand
Council convention, to be held here
next June, met at the Association of
Commerce rooms. All the committee
leaders reported that everything was
moving along fine and that the con-
vention will be a grand success.
If every member of U. C. T., No.
131, was as much of a hustler for No.
131 as is Arthur N. Borden, we would
be going some. We would be leading
the parade by five miles, instead of
our and a half No, Arthur didn’t
know I was going to put this in these
columns, although I will expect a
cigar.
Doc. Hudson’s upper lip is almost
totally eclipsed now.
F. C. Hubbard, 250 South Fuller
avenue, was in town for a few days.
Mr. Hubbard is a member of No.
131. He travels for Stickley Bros.
Co., in New York City and vicinity
and seldom gets back to his home
town. He went back to New York,
Monday, for a week, but will be home
for the holidays.
Harry Hydorn, our genial Secre-
tary, also the Beau Brummel of No.
131, must have overslept the other
day. He came tearing into the union
depot with his tie untied and only
one shoe laced. Not a bit like Harry,
who is always so neat. He made his
train.
Charles Gidding, who runs the
Hartford House, at Hartford, is very
popular with the boys who make
that town. Mr. Gidding is always
at the depot to meet you and ready
to accommodate. No _ lonesome
evenings are spent in his hotel, as he
always furnishes some amusement.
Bill Bosman has secured another
advertisement and subscription for
the U. C. T. Bulletin. Bill is a hustler.
Remember J. A. Keane can use all
the advertisements for the Bulletin
you turn in and don’t forget to sub-
scribe.
Ask Walter Ryder if there is any-
thing to the rumor that he is going
to be married. You know there is
talk that Walt. is about to marry.
Walter’s answer is that he didn’t
know just when he would be married,
as no one had asked him yet.
J. W. Parker spent Thanksgiving
at Manistee and helped Mr. Filer, of
Filer & Son Lumber Co., distribute
4,000 pounds of turkey to the resi-
dents of Filer City. Mr. Parker had
some of Mr. Filer’s turkey.
My girl and I had dinner at Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Finch’s Sunday, just
as predicted in these columns last
week. Mrs. Finch had prepared some
fine dinner. She is a grand cook.
They coaxed us to stay to supper.
We (my girl and I) did not have to
be teased much to stay.
Mrs. William Berner is at Butter-
worth Hospital, convalescing from a
serious illness. Mrs. Berner will be
able to see her friends in a few days.
Dave Robbins, 1107 Jefferson ave-
nue, has recovered from his illness
and is out on the road again.
Mrs. F. H. Buck is in Cleveland
with her brother, who has been seri-
ously ill, but who is now on the road
to recovery. Mrs. Buck will be home
in a few days.
" Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Fox, 348 Lafay-
ette avenue, S. E., had F. H. Buck,
of No. 131, and his daughter and son-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. Cook, of
Kalamazoo, and their baby for
Thanksgiving dinner at their home.
The afternoon and evening were
spent playing hearts. During short
intervals refreshments were served.
We understand the _ refreshments
came in cold bottles.
Abe Peters failed to do a cent’s
worth of business last Friday and it
is said he hustled too. Mrs. Peters
says married life is fine and will con-
tinue to be as long as Abe minds.
If proposed plans go through, it
will not be long before the Electric
Light & Gas Co., of Cheboygan, will
have an electric railway between Che-
boygan and Petoskey. A_ special
election will be held at the company’s
expense and if the people show that
they will support the project and
grant a franchise, the deal will be a
sure so.
Mrs. and Mrs. James Goldstein and
son, Gaylord, of Ludington, spent
Friday, Saturday and Sunday in our
midst. The Goldsteins were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Pope.
Mr. Goldstein and Mr. Pope went to
the Elk’s gathering and afterwards
attended the auto show Mr. Gold-
stein is thinking of purchasing an
auto. Later we learned he is only
thinking. Saturday night another trip
was made to the auto show, followed
by a spread at the Pantlind. Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Pope gave a party in
honor of their guests from the north.
Come down to our city again soon,
James.
Fred Lyke, of Detroit, the Lion
Collar man, who is a U. C. T., is in
our city and reports business fine.
What’s the matter, Fred Richter?
No news this week. Lottery busi-
ness keep you too busy?
F. C. Mooney.
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Status of the Local Stock Market.
While the amount of trading, due
to the holiday breaking into the week,
was in less volume, the undertone
was good. Fundamental conditions
are clearly shown in security prices
holding practically firm, with buying
orders about taking care of offerings,
in the face of a very tight money
market. In addition to this, there has
been considerable liquidation to take
up the various new issues of securi-
ties which have been offered in this
market. All of these securities have
found a ready market at very satis-
factory prices. The various banking
interests and statistical bureaus on
fundamental conditions report a grad-
ually improving condition and are
anticipating a much easier money
market after January 1. The demand
for a higher interest yield has im-
proved the market for issues of first
class preferred stocks, and prices on
these should work higher over a
period.
There is a very good demand for
all of the stocks of the local banks.
Grand Rapids National City was
traded in at 181 and Kent State at
266. A bid at 210 for Grand Rapids
aaa cence IEE TE
25
Savings Bank has failed to bring out
any of the security. There are active
bids for all of the other issues.
There is almost no Commonwealth
Power Railway & Light Co. preferred
stock offered for sale. Last sales
were made at 90%. The common
showed a slight easing off with sales
at 6614@67.
American Light & Traction is hold-
ing very firm. Latest quotations
show no stock offered under 434 with
bids at 480.
The decline in sugar stocks seems
to have about reached its limit. Michi-
gan sugar is offered at 80 with no
stock coming out at lower prices, and
Holand-St. Louis has shown no fur-
ther softening than was reported in
last weck’s quotations,
Citizens Telephone Co. stock is
being traded in at current quotations
with bids about caring for the offer-
ings,
United Light & Railways Co. sec-
ond preferred stock, old, is up two
points to 80 bid 82 asked, with very
little stock at these prices. There
is almost no change in either the first
preferred or common, but the demand
continues for both issues. In spite
of the very conservative policy of the
management, the handsome increases
now being shown in the company’s
earnings, together with very satisfac-
tory surplus already accumulated,
would warrant a dividend payment on
the common stock during the early
part of 1913.
American Public Utilities Co. com-
mon and preferred stocks have been
very active in anticipation of the new
offering, announcement of which was
made on Monday of this week. The
new subscription opens Dec. 5 and
closes Dec. 15 at noon, and enquiries
already received indicate that the en-
tire issue will be promptly taken up.
At the present prices for the two se-
curities, the underwriting shows sub-
scribers an immediate profit.
€ Ef Corrican
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A Williamston correspondent
writes: J. J. Glaser and C. W. Row-
ley have purchased the Hotel An-
drews from Charles F. Andrews, who
has been in the hotel business for
the past twenty-five years and the
traveling public will miss the pleas-
ant greetings of Charlie, as he was
well known throughout the State.
Glaser & Rowley took possession
Monday. They expect to make a few
changes and improvements and have
everything in fine shape.
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Mary Had a Hen.
“Mary had a little hen
Upon her little farm.
Against the wolf before the door,
It proved to be a charm.
“Each day it laid a little egg
Which Mary sold in town,
And thus she bought her groceries
And now and then a gown.
“The years they passed and Mary paid
The little mortgage due,
And sent her girl to boarding school,
Her boy to college, too.
“She has a nest egg in the bank,
And even keeps a cook,
And everything about her has
A thrifty, well kept look.
“Says she to those who daily fail
With needle, brush and pen,
If you would do as well as I,
Just keep a little hen.”
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You don’t have to lead some men
to water to make them drink.
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Michigan Board of Pharmacy.
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President—John J. Campbell, Pigeon.
Secretary—W. E. Collins, Owosso.
Treasurer—Edwin T. Boden, Bay City.
Other Members—-G. E. Foulkner, Del-
ton; Ed. J. Rodgers, Port Huron.
January meeting—Detroit.
March meeting—Grand Rapids.
Michigan State Pharmaceutical Associa-
ion
President—Henry Riechel, Grand Rap-
ids.
First Vice-President—F. KE. Thatcher,
Ravenna.
Second Vice-President—E. E. Miller,
Traverse City.
Secretary—Von W. Furniss, Nashville.
Treasurer—Ed. Varnum, Jonesville.
Executive Committee—D. D. Alton,
Fremont; Ed. W. Austin, Midland; C.
Ss. Koon, Muskegon; R. W. Cochrane,
Kalamazoo; D. G. Look, Lowell;
Stevens, Detroit.
Michigan Pharmaceutical Travelers’ As-
sociation.
President—F. W. Kerr, Detroit.
Secretary-Treasurer—W. SS.
Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids Drug Club,
President—Wm. C. Kirchgessner.
Vice-President—E. D, De La Mater.
Secretary and ‘Treasurer—Wm._ H.
Tibbs.
Executive Committee—Wm Quigley,
Chairman; Henry Riechel, Theron Forbes.
Grant
Lawton,
Displaying Confectionery in the Win-
dow.
“While we are fond of
displaying the goods makes
them sell, still that is not strictly
true. It is the card on them that com-
pletes the sale, that furnishes the in-
saying that
is what
formation that brings the customer
in to make a purchase. A _ beautiful
display of the finest goods and the
in the store will at-
tract attention and make people want
to buy, will not buy
they know what the price is. There
should be
most appetizing
but they until
good price cards wherever
And in the win-
dow it is often profitable to make the
goods are displayed.
price card the main feature of the
display. For instance, if there are
shown some candies that are being
sold at a low rate, the card may well
feature this fact. By making a card
so large that no one going by can
miss the sentiment on it, it will be
made certain that .its message will
get to the people. The display may
be a lot of boxes of a regular fifty-
cent grade that are being offered for
thirty-nine cents for a day. The card
of the full size of a sheet of bristol
board might read:
Regular
50c Chocolates,
To-day 39c
By making the words “50c Choco-
lates” and “39c”’
the offer would be apparent to every-
one glancing toward the window from
the street. The card
itself would be the eye-catching feat-
ure of the exhibit, and it would draw
attention to the goods.
as large as possible,
either side of
A window display that will interest
and attract people is one in which
an exhibit is made of perfectly plain
boxes of a certain grade of candy with
a card calling attention to the fact
that the
by the
brand is a new
itself and that no name
has yet been chosen for it.
one put out
store
Announce
that a five-pound box of candy will
be given to anyone suggesting an ac-
ceptable name. Show the five-pound
box, give the time limit for the re-
ceipt of the suggested
preferably make it
names, and
a condition that
suggesting a name shall
a purchase. It may be made
a rule that a name ticket will be given
out with and on this a
written and dropped
into a box kept for the purpose.
everyone
make
every sale,
name may be
A catchy
setting
display
two or
may be made by
shelves across
the window eighteen or tw enty inches
back from the glass and placing along
the back of these shelves rows of
small mirrors, perhaps ten or twelve
such as are sold in bar-
fain depattments. A lot of the mir
rors could be borrowed or rented for
a small sum for the purpose. Then
in front of each mirror place a tray
of bulk candy, preferably a glass dish
on a standard.
Attention attfacted to a
special price on a window display of
goods by cutting out square or dia-
mond-shaped pieces of white card and
marking the price on these in figures
as large as the cards will permit. Then
place a border of these cards all the
way around the window. The mark-
ing should be put on in such form
that the cards may be placed point
up rather than square with the sides
of the window. A large white card
with the price and quality of the goods
placed right in the middle of the back-
more
inches in size,
may be
ground will complete the marking
plan.
An attractive crepe paper back-
ground and top for the window dis-
play may be made by cutting the
paper of the desired color or combi-
nation of colors into strips the length
of the roll and of about an inch in
width. These can be cut quickly if
the cutting is done before the paper
is unrolled, unfolding it only a part
of the way so that it will not be too
thick for the shears to penetrate.
Fasten each of these strips to the
top of the window glass and put it
over a wire stretched across at the
back of the window and perhaps a
foot lower than the top to which the
strips are attached. Twist the paper
so that it will have a spiral effect the
full length, across the top and as it
hangs down the back. If a solid-
color effect is desired, strips of one
color may be used and placed closely
together. If two colors are to be used,
alternate the strips of each color.
Use care that two colors are selected
which will combine harmoniously or
TRADESMAN
with a pleasant contrast rather than
two colors which kill one another.
Most men are not qualified to judge
of these color effects, and they will
do well to ask their wives to advise
them about the combination.
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Get Out of the Rut.
It is the common thought of many
druggists that because of their loca-
tion they cannot or do not need to
advertise in any way. And yet these
same druggists are the very ones who
complain that the downtown syndi-
cate store or the department stor2 is
making inroads on their trade. They
say there is no longer any more mon-
ey in the drug business, and they sigh
for an apple orchard in Maine, or an
orange grove in California. The grass
is always sweeter on the other
of the fence.
With little hope of reaching the
more fatuous of: these folk I am
bound to say that I do not believe
there is any druggist anywhere who
will not be the being on
the alert for some new ways of at-
tracting the attention of his patrons.
It does not matter if his is the only
drug store in the place. If it is, there
is sure to be a nearby city or larger
town to which people are tempted to
go for many things that might just
as well be bought at home, if only you
had made it known that you had them
in town at reasonable prices. You
owe it to your town, to your patrons,
to have a store that is as attractive
and as up-to-date as you can make
it. And fresh paint, clean glass and
tastefully arranged goods will go a
long way in that direction,
side
gainer by
The same is true of the store in the
suburban sections of large cities.
Make your store so attractive that
people will buy there rather than in
town. You already have the prestig=
of neighborliness and acquaintance to
help you out. You have only to make
it known that the goods are here in
goodly variety and at the right prices.
In the small store goods are
apt to be seen, and, if rightly dis-
played will seem more attractive—
this on the principle of the boy and
the jack-knife. At the store among
the other knives it didn’t look much,
but at home by itself it turned out
to be a beautiful knife, that was at
once his joy and pride.
more
Neat, compact displays of goods,
frequent re-arrangement, attractive
December 4, 1912
price cards and placards—these ar2
things that any store can accomplish
and which will sell goods.
at a
If you call
store week after week and see
the same things always in the same
place you either forget they are or
you get an unconscious
that they are not fresh
Think of a
impression
goods.
with
almost no ar-
not let
the job;
“silent salesman”
the goods in disorder,
rangement at all.
your other
You would
salesman loaf on
why let this one? I go in many stores
where I feel that I would like to take
my coat off and things up a
little. Neglected opportunities—that’s
what they are.
brace
Think these things over if you want
next year’s profits to be better than
this. Don’t be too sure about your
peculiar conditions. Study them—
study your community. Think what
these people are buying and then con-
sider methods to make them buy from
you. And don’t take any
my remarks.
offense at
Remember that the man
on the outside of the scrimmage can
see better where points can be made
than the ones in the thick of the ficht.
If it were not so there Would be no
need for a captain to a baseball nine
or a football eleven.
Amos Woodbury
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Niceties in the Serving of Hot Soda.
It will be
to make a
Rideout.
found well worth while
special ar
keeping cups warm.
cold day, the
rangement for
Especially on a
drop in temperature
when the hot liquid reaches the cup
will often make the difference between
a drink that pleases and one that
does not.
Tastes differ as to seasoning. The
dispenser should either let the cus-
tomer season his drink wholly, calling
fact that it has not
or should ask the cus-
tomer what his taste is in that regard.
Coffee is the morning drink—tea is
more for
to the
been seasoned,
attention
afternoons-and evenings.
Nearly every hot drink calls for
something—be it ever so slight—to
just “nibble” while drinking. Be pro-
vided with an assortment of wafers
suitable for the drinks you serve.
Do not be stingy with the cream,
when it is called for, and don’t forget
to dress the top of those beverages
that call for it with a bit of whipped
cream. Nothing so adds to the finish”
ed appearance of the product.
A small glass of ice water should
be set beside the hot drink in serving.
and face.
book to-day.
Your Jobber Has It
Your Customers Want It
DO NOT IGNORE the growing demand for a
popular priced cream that will cure chapped hands
PERRIGO’S MARSHMALLOW CREAM
is a ready seller at 15 cents.
The Marshmallow Cream Company
Allegan, Mich.
Put it on your want
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Acids @ubebs o. 0.0.55. @4 50 Digitalis ..... . @ 60
Acetic ......... -. © |@ 98 EWrigeron ........ @2 50 Gentian ........ @ 60
oe ---10 @ 15 WBucalyptus 16@ 85 Ginger ..... eee @ 60
@arbolie ...5. |. 24 @ 28 Hemlock, pure @1t 00 Guaiae ...... @ 60
Gltric 66... ....45 @! 50 Juniper Berries @1 25 Guaiac Ammon. @_ 70
Muriati 1%@ 5 Juniper Wood.. 46@ 50 fedine ......... M1 00
MPlAtiC ----- coe ee Lard, extra .... 85@1 00 Iodine, Colorless M1 25
Mitrie -- 0...) ...: 5%@ 10 Lara, be eas 7 gz a ee 75
So. . 13 16 Lavender Flowers ron, 60
haw ie 5 Lavender Garden eas at Fane 75
ee : Legion ...-....... 5 Tyrrh @ 60
Tartaric ......... 38@ 42 {.inseed, boiled bbl @ 45 Nux Vomica @ 50
Linseed, raw less 48@ 52 Opium @2 00
Ammonla Linseed, oe en sa 46 eres Camph. .. @ &
Water 26 deg. 64%4@ 10 J.inseed, boiled less 49@ 53 pium, Deodorz’d @2 25
) Mustard, true ..450@6 00 Rhubarb -)....:. @ 1715
Water 18 deg. rae : Mustard, artifi’l 2 75@3 00
Water 14 dex. .. 34@ 6 Neatsfoot ....... 80@ 85 Paints
Carbonate .....-. 13, @ 46 Olive; pune... - 250@3 50 Lead, red, dry 74@ 10
Chloride ........ 12 @ 15 Olive, Malaga, ro@1 6p Lead white dry 7%@ 10
oe 1 50@1 60 meee white oil 7%@ 10
, , @ 11
ue green ws... 150@15) Gone tclw ices? @ 6
Copaiba ......... 70@ 75 Orange, sweet ..3 50@4 00 nae 2%@ 8
Fir (Canada) 1 00 Organum, pure, 125@150 Red Venetian bbl 1 @ 1%
Fir (Oregon) .... 25@ 35 Bee cont ooOs 2 Bed Venet n, less 2 @ 5
em 6 eeeeeeee-s 2 20@2 40 Peppermint ....... Qs won Prepared 1 a 1 60
nillion, Eng. @1 00
Poli, :.... pees 1 25@1 40 Rose, pure ... 16 00@18 00 Vermillion, Amer. is 20
Rosemary Flowers 90@1 00 whiting, bbl. .. 1@ 1%
Berries Sandalwood, EB. 1. 4 75@5 00 Whiting ...... _ ae 8
@ubeb .....)....-; 65@ 7 Sassafras, true . 80@ 90
Fish 15@ 20 Sassafras, artifil 45@ 50 Insecticides
GW) vo. case. ae Spearmint ..... 6 eo ne Agaents 6@ 10
Juniper ..... see Sperm .......... Ot 00 eee ey as
aa Ash 40@ 60 Dancy o.:../.... @4 06 —e Vitrol, bbl. @ 6%
. Tar, USP ...... o@ 35 oie Vitra) less i@
Ars ae @421 Bordeaux Mix Pst 8@ 15
Barks lurpentine, bbls. 42% Helleb
: : Ae Turpentine, less 45@ 50 ene a “ee 1
Cassia Pecan ae - Wintergreen, true @500 4, BF owe a 20
Cassia (Saigon 5@ 75 Wintergreen, sweet pect Eowde, «- 0G &
: i 2 00@2 25 Lead Arsenate .. 8@ 16
Elm (powd. 25c) 25@ 30 irch ..... Ti
Dp me & Sulphur
‘ - Wintergreen, sar 50@ 60
Sassafras (pow. 30c) @ 25 wWrormseea 6 00 Solution, gal 15@ 25
Soap (powd. 25c) @ 15 Wormwood ..... @s 00 Paris Green .... 15@ 20
Extracts Potassium Miscellaneous c
fuicorice .....:.. 24@ 28 Bicarbonate .... 15@ 18 qcenelia steee a2 %
Licorice powdered 25@ 30 pote Be a ‘Alum, (powdered and :
Carbonate ...... 12@ 15 SE ea:
ead FtOWers 18@ 25 Chlorate, ital ® and G ee Subni- 2 10@2 25
eee ewer ece oY Ow a Sinica ce
Chamomile (Ger.) 25@ 35 Chigrate, granular 16@ 20 Borax aa :
. : 50 Cyanide ........ 30@ 40 powdered .. 12
meta (en) ede. eee de Conia as now "Ql 25
Gums Permanganate .. 15@ 30 oor seeceee : eo =
: Prussiate yellow 30@ 35 D Meese @_ 2
Acacia, ist ..... 40@ 50 russiate, red .. 50@ 60 ears ct eeeees @3 50
Acacia, 2nd 35@ 40 Sulphate ........ ne 0 ee oe
Acacia, 3d ...... 30@ 35 Chalk Pre; jared. 6@
: Roots Pp 2: 8%
Acacia, Sorts .. @ 20 Chalk Precipitated 7@ »
aie Alkanmet 225.070. 15@ 20 GChlorof ae
Acacia, Powdered 35@ 40 iooa, powdered 20@ 25 Chloral Hyarate ‘ Ber 4 re
Aloes (Barb. Pow) 22@ 25 Calamus ...... 35@ 40 Cocaine ........ 5@4 05
Aloes (Cape Pow) 20@ 25 Hlecampane, nowd 23@ 30 Cocoa Butter... 50@ 60
Wiees (Soc. Fowd,) 40@ 69 Somtiam™ Powe. 2@ 15 Corks, list, less 70% :
Ginger, African, Copperas bbl
Asafoetida 1 00@1 25 powdered jaa a eee ee OE a Ge
tees : tee a v pperas, less .. 5
Asafoetida, Powd. _. Ginger, Jamaica 20@ 25 Copperas, Powd. ra 6
ure) ...-.... @1 50 eS a 2@ 28 Son eetie Sublm. 1 25@1 40
U. S. P. Powd. —@2 0° Goldenseal, powd. _@6 50 Guttlebone co fee
Camphor ....... =e Pe Ipecac, powd. .. 2 ne . Dextrine | 6). | a@ 10
Guaiac ......--.- 3 licorice ....... 5 Dover’ @2 25
eine pomacrea 0@ 5) ficorice, pena. Be 18 Bac an Mos 8G ie
HImO ¢.0.-..-...- @ 40 oe tesa 2 25. Emery, powdered 5@ 8
- Poke, powdered 20@ 25 Wpsom Salts, bbls @ 1%,
Kino, Powdered: . @ 4 eae sense Lay es a Epsom Salts, less 28 mS
ee @ 40 ubarb, _powd. E ec eae. @1 75
Myrrh case ; 59 Rosinweed, powd. 25@ 30 reek. powdered | 80 ee 00
ae, Powder’ g25q8 60 Sarsaparilla, Hond. a, Blake White ...... @ 15
Opium .......-- o@ ground ...... Formaldehyde lb. 12g 15
Opium, Powd. ..9 20@9 40 Sa apse 39 Gambier ake 6@ 10
ana . 2ee9 50@Q 70 ground .....- Gelatine 2... ... 35@ 45
Opium, Gran 9 ae : Squills ........., 20@ 25 Glassware, full cases 80%
Shellac ....... ee d@ 0 Squills, powdered. 40 60 Glassware, less 70 & 10%
Shellac, Bleached 30@ 35 are Loa ae an Glauber a bbl. 14%
Tragacanth .... 1 00@1 25 1 . g abe er Salts less 2@' 6
a ue, b aoe
Tragacanth, Pow 60 @ 7% Seeds Glue, Booey, grd i =
Turpentine ...... 10@ 15 Anise ........ 15 20 Glue, white .... 15 25
Anise, powdered = os Glue, ues gra 15 20
Leaves itd, Ws. ccs ao eoee 23@ 385
Buchu .....0. .. 185@2 00 Canary ......... 5 7 Dee ee wec 50 80
Buchu, Powd. ..200@2 25 Gardamen 11... LHW Indigo 100
’ tose ardamon ..... i ee
Sage, bulk ...... 18@ 26 So a : eT ae a 4 - 5 a
) 5 oriander ....... etate ...
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Sage, Powdered 25@ 30 frennell .......... 80. Mace Go ei.) 80 90
Senna, Alex. .... 25@ 30 es cea 5% a4 aoe ones at oe
nN 3 Ox, ground .... 8@ 10 Menthol ......
eee ae Po: ao : Foenugreek, pow. 6 10 Mercury ....... 8@ 90
Senna, Tinn, Pow. 20@ 25 Hemp .......... 5@ 7 Morphine, all bra 4 55@4 80
Wve Ural ....... 10@ 16 Hobelia ......... « 560 «Nux Vomica .... 10
Mustard, yellow 9 12 Nux Vomica pow 15
Olis eo ee os a = popper pent pow 20 25
ustard, powd. epper, white .. 25 35
oe Pp oope sn Poe .----- 1, 16@_ 20 Pitch, ‘Burgundy’ 10@ 15
1 a, Bitt Quince ....... cee 100 Quassia ...... 10 15
Almon: sc 175 RAPCL seseseeeee 6@ 10 quiuius, all brds 21%4@31%
artifiicia @ Sabegillia ... 1.” 25@ 30 Rochelle Salts .20@ 36
Almonds, Sweet, Sabadilla, powd. 35@ 45 Saccharine .... 2 00@2 20
true ......... 80@1 00 Sunflower ...... 6 8 Salt speter ...... G 12
ne Worm American 15 20 Seidlitz Mixture 20 25
Almond, Sweet, 40@ 59 Worm Levant .. 30@ 35 Soap, green .... 15@ 20
a . oes : . Soap, mott castile 10@ 15
Amber, crude .. inctures Yoap, white castile
Aconite ......... 60 Cane ........ 6 25
oo ee ee Aloes 60 Soap, white castile
Anise ... ...-. 2 00@2 25) Arnica vi........ 60 less per bar @ 65
Bereamot ...... @8 00 peeceuae Sec case 1 Hi soe oe Sen 14%@ 5
ee 7 elladonna ..... oda Bicarbonate i129 5
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as oo Ss. an Menu. |... ee eee iri ologne 80@3 00
cee 24%@ 15 Cantharadies ... 7 Sulphur roll .. : iene 5
Cedar pe cess @ 85 Capsicum ....... » 60 Sulphur Subl. 2% 5
Citronella ....... _@ 60 Cardamon ..... ) 7 Tamarinds ..... 10@ 15
(lowes ..... 1... . 165@1 75 Cardamon, Comp. ) 7 Tartar Emetic .. 40@ 50
Cocoanut ........ 18@ 20 Catechu ........ » 60 Turpentine Venice 40@ 650
Cod Liver ...... 115@1 25 Cinchona ...... 60 Vanila Ext. pure 1 00@1 50
Cotton Seed .... 70@ 85 Colchicum ...... ) 60 Witch Hazel .... 65@1 00
Croton .......... @1 60 EDM <2 607.... @ % Zinz Sulphate ... 7@ 10
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Our Home—Corner Oakes and Commerce
Our sales of druggists’ sundries and holiday goods for the
season of 1912 has been far beyond our expectations. We
are yet equipped and stocked to take care of the belated
buyer, and can only say that the season is nearly over for
this class of goods, and if you contemplate making us a visit
for the purchase of these lines then the earlier you call the
better we can serve you.
Grand Rapids. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO.
MERICAN BEAUTY?” Display Case No. 412—one
of more than one hundred models of Show Case,
Shelving and Display Fixtures designed by the Grand
Rapids Show Case Company for displaying all kinds
of goods, and adopted by the most progressive stores of America.
GRAND RAPIDS SHOW CASE CO., Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Largest Show Case and Store Equipment Plant in the World
Show Rooms and Factories: New York, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Boston, Portland
FOOTE & JENKS COLLEMAN’S (BRAND)
Terpeneless Lemon and High Class Vanilla
Insist on getting Coleman's Extracts from your jobbing grocer, or mail order direct to
FOOTE & JENKS, Jackson, Mich.
Four Kinds of Coupon Books
are manufactured by us and all sold on the same
basis, irrespective of size, shape or denomination.
Free samples on application.
TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich.
and are intended to be correct at time of going to press.
liable to change at any time. and country merchants will have their orders filled at
market prices at date of purchase.
MICHIGAN
GROCERY PRICE CURRENT
These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing,
Prices, however, are
Jordan Almonds
Pecan Halves
Peas
Sago
Tapioca
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Erevisions ...........-
oro
Rolied Oats .......___
Salad Dressing .......
et Coe ce
Bat Fash oo) os.
Syrups .......... eeeeee
Ww
Wicking ........
Wrapping Paper as
1
AMMONIA
Doz.
12 oz. ovals 2 doz. box 75
AXLE GREASE
azer’s
1tb. wood boxes, 4 doz.
llb. tin boxes, 3 doz.
314Ib. tin boxes, 2 doz.
10%. pails, per doz. .
15th. pails, per doz.
25tb. pails, per doz. ..1
BAKED BEANS
No. 1, per doz. ...45@ 90
No. 2, per doz. ....75@1 40
No. 3, per doz. ...85@1 75
BATH BRICK
Pneiish «ole. 95
BLUING
Jennings’.
Condensed Pearl Bluing
Small C P Bluing, doz. 45
Large, C P Bluing, doz. 75
BREAKFAST FOODS
Apetizo, Biscuits ..-..
Bear Food, Pettijohns
Cracked Wheat, 24-2
Cream of Wheat, 36-2
Cream of Rye 24-2
Egg-O-See Wheat
Posts Toasties, T.
DNAS proce
So
o
bo We Ne OO
ov
o
tw
oo
o
Posts Toasties, T. ""
Ne: 8 solo
ae eee 80
Farinose, 24-2 . -. 270
Grape Nuts ......-...+ 70
Grape Sugar Flakes ..
Sugar Corn Flakes ..
Hardy Wheat Food ..
Postma’s Dutch Cook
Holland Rusk ........ 3 20
Kelloge’s Toasted Rice
sick 6...
Kellogg’s Toasted Rice
ue ee 2 80
Kellogge’s Toasted Wheat
Biscuit =... 3
Krinkle Corn Flake .
Malt Breakfast Food
Maple Flakes ........
Maple Corn Flakes ..
Minn. Wheat Cereal
Algrain Food ........
Ralston Wheat Foo
Ralston Wht Food 10c
Saxon Wheat Food ..
Shred Wheat Biscuit
Qyiscuit, 18 ........--
Pillsbury’s Best Cer’l
Post Tavern Special
Quaker Puffed Rice ..
Quaker Puffed Wheat
Quaker Brkfst Biscuit
Quaker Corn Flakes .
Victor Corn Flakes .
whrbttrppr
o
o
TO OO LOO DO HE OO DO DO EO
o
°
Washington Crisps 85
Wheat Hearts ........ 1 90
Wheatena ......00.5..2 4 50
Evapor’d Sugar Corn 90
BROOMS
PaMior oo ec ce 00
DEW. co. c.s eee 3 70
Minner 20. 050......- 4 25
Whittier Special ..... 4 55
Parlor Gem ......... 3 75
Common Whisk ..... 1 00
Pancy Whisk ....... 1 25
Warehouse .......... 4 00
BRUSHES
Scrub
Solid Back, 8 in. ..... 75
Solid Back, 11 in. .... 95
Pointed Ends ......... 85
tove
No. 3 ....5... Spee one. 90
No. 2 -.. 0... ce eee a 25
Ne: 2) 3... ee ce seeecee 1 75
Shoe
Noe: 8 ......: eeepc ee 1 00
No. 7 2... Sees cece 1 30
NO. foo eo ee 1 70
Me. 3 ...55.-3- 5. 1 90
BUTTER COLOR
Dandelion, 25¢c size ..2 00
CANDLES
Paraffine, 68 ........
Parafiine, 128 ........ 10
Wiking | oooe ee. 20
CANNEB GOODS
Apples
ds
3Ib. Standar cae @ 90
Gallon ...... --- 2 50@2 75
Blackberries
bo ooee eee sie. 50@1 90
Standards gallons @5 00
eans
Bpeked ........:;
Red Kidney .... 85@ 95
Sirine 22. 600.6: 70@1 15
Wax
Standard ............. 1 80
GatON 2... ceccccceee. 6 ID
Clams
Little Neck, 1tb.
Little Neck, 21».
ten ee
Burnham’s ats.
Picnic Talis... 5...
Soused, 1146Ib. ee
Buttons, Y%s ....
Pears in Ss rup
No. 3 cans, per
@
Early June sifted 1 45@1
Standard ...... _.
Domestic, % Mustard 2
me ae Mustard
PAnGSN oe
D. S. Gasoline ..
Deodor’d Nap’a
Snider’s % pints .
Carson City .....
Riverside .......
Pineapple .....
eam ess.
TRADESMAN
3
CHEWING GUM.
Adams Black. Jack ... 55
Adams Sappota ....... 55
Beeman’s Pepsin ..... 55
Chiclets
ete eee ee is 1 25
Colgan Violet Chips .. 60
Colgan Mint Chips .... 60
Dentyne .......°... +. 2 20
Flag Spruce ..... see. Oe
Juicy Pruitt ........).. 55
Red) Robin ...2)....... 55
Sen a 80 pkgs,
Spearmint, Wrigleys .. 55
Spearmint, 5 box jars 2 75
Spearmint, 3 box jars 1 65
Trunk Spruce ........ 55
Watcatem: 0.66: 55
ZENO. ee. se 5
55
5 boxes one kind, 8¢ per
box less.
CHICORY
Bulk bees cee ee cee 5
eM ieee lac. 7
MAPIE oe ee ke ees 5
BTOMCKS ok ic
sehneuers (oo... 3.2.2: 6
Red Standards ...... 1 60
MVnilte oo... cores 1 60
CHOCOLATE
Walter Baker & Co.
Germian’s Sweet ...... . 22
Premium ....... beee eee 32
Caracas esas,
23
Hershey’s Almond 5c .. 85
Hershey’s Milk, 5c .... 85
Walter M. Lowney Co.
Premium, %4s ..... A ee |
Premium, 465 1... 5...) 27
CLOTHES LINE
per doz.
No. 40 Twisted Cotton 95
No. 50 Twisted Cotton 1 30
No. 60 Twisted Cotton
No. 80 Twisted Cotton
No. 50 Braided Cotton
No. 60 Braided Cotton
No. 60 Braided Cotton
No. 80 Braided Cotton
No. 50 Sash Cord .....
DR DHE poe
bo
Oo
No. 60 Sash Cord ..... 00
No. 60 Jute ...... peese 80
No. 72 Sute 2. .0..2005. 1 00
Noe. 60 Sisal 20). : 85
Galvanized Wire
No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 90
No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10
COCOA
Baker’s ...... pels ec ic 37
Cleveland ............. 4%
Colonial, 48 .......... (86
Colonial, %s ......... - iss
BPDS coe ok cule 42
Hershey's %'s ........ 30
Hershey's, %S ........ 28
VME oe . 36)
Lowney, s ..... betes BC
Lowney, Ys ........ o- se
Lowney, 268) .25....... 32
Lowney, 5 Ib. cans .... 32
Van Houten, %s .... 12
Van Houten, %s ...... 18
Van Houten, %s ....... 36
Van Houten, is 8
MVEDD ... 2.3.2). 33
Wilber, %s ..
Wilber, \%s .. oe
COCOANUT
Dunham’s per lb.
468, DID. Case . 22... 30
Ys, 15T. case ..... 28
is, 15ib. case ...... 27
4s & +S 15ib. case 28
Scalloped Gems ..... 10
4s & Ws pails .... 16
Bulk, pails ........ 14%
Bulk, barrels ...... 12%
Cer ree ROASTED
°
Common ............ 19
BIG Ceeeece sss ce o2sc AOEG
Maney, (000.0 1115 220) ex
Peaberry .:........- 28
Santos
Common ............ 20
Ghoice| ....... 21
Fancy .. 23
Peaberry Seeeeeeese ee
Maracaibo
JE A So a |
Mhoice ...5.....:..2. 25
Mexican
Heir ....-.- ae
MANCY 2... cee: ; 28
Java
Private Growth ..26@30
Mandling ...........o%
Aukola ........ eee. 30@32
Mocha
Short Bean .......-. 25@27
Long Bean ........-. 24@25
WH. i, 0. G .......,20@20
Bogota
Par 2... te ees Sec5 e
Paney 2) i... c secs +s; OS
suxchange Market, Steady
Spot Market, Strong
Package
New York Basis
Arbuckle ....... Cas oe
TAO oe eek ies pees 2k 00
McLaughlin’s XXXX
McLaughlin’s XXXX sold
to retailers only. Mail all
orders direct to W. b
McLaughlin & Co., Chica-
go.
4
Extract
Holland, % gro boxes 95
Felix, % gross 115
ee cic cic s 1
Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85
Hummel’s tin, 4% gro. 1 43
CONFECTIONS
Stick Candy Pails
Standard -..... 7; Sesee Bhe
Standard HH ....., 814
Standard Twist ...... 2
Sumo, 32 1h, ........
Batra Te 1)
Boston Cream |... |||) 14
Big Stick, 30 th. case 9
ixed Candy
Grocers: 060.0000,
OO 7%
Special... | 10
Wonserye . 208 844
ROVE 8
BIDDON 200 14
Broken 26006 834
Cut Moat ...... 0... 9%
eager 834
Kindergarten .......... aby
French Cream 2
Hand Made Creams ..17
Premio Cream mixed 14
Paris Cream Bon Bons 10
Fancy—In Pails
Gypsy Hearts ........
Coco Bon Bons ...... 14
Fudge Squares ....... 14
Peanut Squares ...... 17
Sugared Peanuts ....12
Salted Peanuts ...... 12
Starlight Kisses ...... 13
Lozenges, plain ....... 11
Champion Chocolate ..12
Eclipse Chocolates ....15
Eureka Chocolates ...16
Champion Gum Drops 10
Anise Squares 1
Lemon Sours
Imperials blsieiscicas Jc
Ital, Cream Bon Bons 13
Golden Waffles ......
Red Rose Gum Drops 10
eee coos 14
Auto Kisses
Cofty, Toffy .........); 14
Molasses Mint Kisses 12
Fancy—Iin 5tb. Boxes
Old Fashioned Molas-
Ses Kisses 10Ib. bx. 1 30
Orange Jellies ...... 60
Lemon Sours .......
Old Fashioned Hore-
hound drops ..... .
Peppermint Drops .. 70
Champion Choc Drops 65
H. M. Choe. Lt. and
Dank, No. 12 .....: 1 10
Bitter Sweets, as’td 1 25
Brilliant Gums, Crys. 60
A. A. Licorice Drops 1 06
Lozenges, printed ... 65
Lozenges, plain .... 60
imperiais |.......... 65
Mobtiees 2.2.03. 55.... 65
G. M. Peanut Bar .. 60
Hand Made Crms 80@90
Cream Wafers ....... 65
Sining Rock .......... 70
Wintergreen Berries . 60
Pop Corn
Cracker Jack .......3 25
Giggles, 5c pkg. cs. 3 50
Oh My 100s .........3 50
Cough Drops
Putnam Menthal ....1 00
Smith Bros. ......... 1 25
NUTS—Whole
Almonds, Tarragona 18
Almonds, Drake .... 17
Almonds, California
soft shell ........
Brazis ......... @12
EiiGerts ......... @15
Cal. No. 1
Walnuts sft shell 17@17%
@16
Walnuts, Marbot ..
Table nuts, fancy .. @16
Pecans, medium .. @15
Pecans, ex. large... @16
Hickory Nuts, per bu.
OMO . 0.2... ...;. Ard
Cocoanuts ..........-
Chestnuts, New York
State, per bu. ....
Salted Peanuts ... @12
Shelled
Spanish teanuts 8@ 8%
Pecan Halves ... @75
Walnut Halves .. @35
Filbert Meats .. @30
Alicante Almonds @45
Jordan Almonds @50
Peanuts
Fancy H P Suns 6@ 6%
Roasted ....... -- 71@ 1%
Choice, raw, H. P. Jum-
DO. fos eo. : %
CRACKED WHEAT
Be oe ce oe 3%
24 21D. pes. ..... secs 2 OO
CRACKERS
National Biscuit Company
Brands
Butter
N. B, C. Sq. bbl. 7 bx. 6%
Seymour, Rd. bbl. 7 bx. 6%
Ss
N. B. C. boxes a 61%
Premium ......-..- See %
Delect 2 ook co. sci 8
Saratoga Flakes ...... 13
Zephyrette ...... oecuae 13
Oyster
y
N. B. C. Picnic boxes 6%
Gem, boxes ........... 6%
SNOW 2... cso ss. sas
December 4, 1912
5
Sweet Goods
Animals 10
Armada Cakes .....,. 8
Atiantics ............ - 42
Atlantics Assorted ....12
Avena Fruit Cakes ...12
Bonnie Doon Cookies 10
Bonnie Lassies ....... 10
Brittle Fingers ..... s.10
Bumble Bee |. .4.: 1
Cameo Biscuit, cans 2.25
Cameo Biscuit Asstd
CAMS ea ale ee 2e
Cameo Biscuit Choco-
dae; cams | 6) 5
Cartwheels Assorted .. 8
Cecelia Biscuit ....... 16
Chocolate Bar, cans +218
Chocolate Drops .......17
Chocolate Drp Centers 16
Choc. Honey Fingers 16
Chocolate Rosettes, en 20
Circle Honey Cookies 12
ou
Cracknels |), ) 2) ceca aS
Crackermeal ... 05200: 6
Crystal Rosettes |... 20
Cocoanut Taffy Ban 3
Cocoanut Drops ......12
Cocoanut Macaroons 18
Cocanut Hon. Fingers 12
Cocoanut Hon, Jumb’s 12
Coffee Cakes, Plain ..11
Coffee Cakes, Iced ....12
Crumpets (2.002. : 10
Diana Marshmallow
Cakes) 0500): cece 16
Dinner Biscuit 6... 3. 25
Dixie Sugar Cookies .. 9
Domestic Cakes 8%
Kventide Fingers ....16
Extra Wine Biscuit .. 10
Family Cookies ....... 8%
Fancy Ginger Wafers 12
Fig Cake Assorted ....12
Fig Newtons .......... 12
Fluted Cocoanut Bar ..11
Frosted Creams ....... 8
Frosted Ginger Cookie 8%
Fruit Lunch, Iced 10
Gala Sugar ‘Cakes //)) 81%
Ginger Gems ..........
Ginger Gems, Iced .... 9
Graham Crackers ..... 8
Ginger Snaps Family .. 8%
Ginger Snaps N, B. C.
ROUMG | 26 gee 8
Ginger Snaps N. B. C.
PauAare! (oo 8%
H. H. Cookies, Sugar
Pigin 28
H. Cookies, Sugar
e
o
H. H, Cookies, Molasses
COG ee q
Hippodrome Bar ..., 12
Honey Fingers As. Ice 12
Honey Jumbles Iced
Assorted ........... 12
Honey Jumbles, Plain.. 12
Honey Hiakes .2......
Household Cookies .... 8
Household Cookies, Iced 9
Household Cookies,
Molasses, Plain .... 8
amperial <.. 2. ......... So
Jack Frost Gems ..... 8
Aves oval ee coe BAG
Jubilee Mixed ......... 10
Kream Klips ....... oe
26
Lady Fingers Sponge 30
Leap Year Jumbles ..18
Lemon Biscuit Square 8%
7
memon Thins ...57.... 1
lemon Wafers ........16
Lemona)....: Siecle siicie cis, Oo
Mace Cakes ........... 8
MaugaiaAy ............ 10
Mary Ann) ..5.55.; 8
‘a
Marshmallow Walnuts 18
Medora ee
Molasses Cakes ....... 8%
Molasses Cakes, Iced .. 9%
Molasses Fruit Cookies
NCAA Ge es oe
Molasses Sandwich ....12
Mottled Squares .....
N. B. C. Honey Cakes
aed os... 12
Oatmeal Crackers .... 8
Orange Gems ......... 8%
Orange Sponge Layer
Makes (50) jk
Penny Assorted ...... 8%
Peanut Gems ......... 9
Picnic Mixed .........11%
Pilot Breag |.......; 7
Pineapple Cakes ...... 16
Pineapple Wafers .....16
Pretzels, Hand Made .. 9
Pretzels, Medley .....10
Pretzellettes, Hand Md 9
Pretzelettes, Mac. Md 8
Raisin Cookies’ :........ 10
Raisin Gems ....0..c0.k8
Raspberry Cakes .....12
Reveres Assorted .... 15
Rittenhouse Fruit
PRIGOUIT 64k seca 12
Hoveal Luneh .......... 8
moval Toast . 5 ....... 8
UDO se. oe 8%
SalteMeS 206s iso. 13
(Former name Zephyrettes)
Sea Foam Biscuit ....1
Spiced Currant Cakes 10
Spiced Ginger Cakes .. 9
Spiced Ginger Cks Icd 10
Sugar Fingers ... ...1
Suear Cakes ......<...< 8%
Suear Crimp .......... 8%
Sugar Squares, large
or small ......; oe.
Sultana Fruit Biscuit 16
Sunnyside Jumbles ...10
sec SB
December 4, 1912
6
7
MICHIGAN
8
TRADESMAN
9
Muperoe ........,..... b
Triumph Cakes ....... 16
Vanilla Wafers ....... 17
Wafer Jumbles cans: Ha
Waverly ............
In-er Seal Goods
per doz.
Albert, Biscuit ...-.... 1 00
Wars cw... sees. i
Arrowroot Biscuit 1
Baronet Biscuit ...... 1
Bremmer’s Butter
Waters) .o0. 0.05... 1
Cameo Biscuit ...... ao
Cheese Sandwich ..... 1
Chocolate Wafers ....1 00
Cocoanut Dainties i
Dinner Biscuits ....... 15
Faust Oyster Crackers 1
His Newton 20.0.0... i
Five O’clock Tea ..... a
Mrovwana .........-..-- 1
Mmroit; Cake .....-...-. 3
Ginger Snaps, N. B. C. 1
Graham Crackers, Red
Label, i0c size ..... 1
Graham Crackers, Red
Label, 5c size
Lemon Snaps .........
Oatmeal Crackers e
Old Time Sugar Cook. 1
Oval Salt Biscuit ..... 1
Oysterettes ...........
Premium Sodas ...... 1
Pretzelettes, Hd. Md. 1
Royal Toast ..........
Rykon Biscuit ........
Saltine Biscuit ........
Saratoga Flakes ......
Social Tea Biscuit ....
Sultana Fruit Biscuit
Soda Crackers N BC
Soda Crackers Select
S. S. Butter Crackers
Uneeda Biscuit .....-.
Uneeda Jinjer Wayfer
Tneeda Lunch Biscuit
Vanilla Wafers cee
Water Thin Biscuit ..1
Zu Zu Ginger Snaps
Zwiepack ....-.------
Other Package Goods
Barnum’s Animals ...
Chocolate Tokens ....2
American oa 2
Ginger Snaps ......
Butter Crackers, NBC
Pe hk et a et et
family package .. 2
Soda Crackers, NBC
famil ypackage .... 2
ial Tin Packages.
In Specia Per doz,
Mestine 2255-5. ---6-<
Minaret Wafers .....-.- 1 00
Nabisco, 25c ....-.----: 2
Nabisco, 10c_ ......---- 1
Champagne Wafer ....2
Per oe in bulk
Sorbetto L
Nabisco
Festino
Bent’s Water Crackers 1 40
CREAM fARTAR
Barrels or drums .....
IBOXCS: fos e ewes c se
Square Cans .......-.
Fancy caddies .......
DRIED FRUITS
Apples
Evapor’ed, Geoice bulk
Evapor’ed, Fancy pkg. aug
Apricots
@alitornia -...2.-. 12@14
Citron i
Worsican .....-.....-. 15
Currants
Impid 1 Ib. pkg. .....
Imported, bulk ........ 91%
Peaches
Muirs—Choice, 25 Ib. b 9
Muirs—Fancy, 25 tb. b 10
Fancy, Peeled, 25 lb. 18
Peel
Lemon, American .... 12%
Orange, American ....12%
Raisins
Cluster, 20 cartons ....2 2
Loose Muscatels y Cr
Loose Museatels 4
L. M. Seeded, 1 Ib. Si 4@?
California Prunes
90-100 25tb. boxes..@
80- 90 25Ib. boxes..@ 6%
70- 80 25tb. boxes..@ 7
60- 70 25tb. boxes..@ 7%
50- 60 25Ib. boxes..@ 8
40- 50 25tb. boxes..@ 9
FARINACEOUS GOODS
Beans
Dried Tima ......... 7
Med. Hand Picked ...2 65
Brown Holland ...... et
Farina
25 1 th. packages ....1 50
Bulk, per 100 Ibs. ....4
Original Holland Rusk
Packed 12 rolls to container
3 containers (36) rolls 2 85
5 containers (60) rolls 4 75
Hominy
Pearl, 100 th. sack ....2 00
Maccaroni and vere
Domestic, 10 lb. box ..
Imported, 25 lb. box ..2 50
Pearl Barley
@nester .3.:..-...:...
Mimpire --.....-...-.. 8 10
Peas
Green, Wisconsin, bu,
Green, Scotch, bu. ....2 50
SpHe ID) «05.22... Sceee oO
Sago
Hast india ............ 5
German, sacks). 0.0. 5.
German, broken pkg.
Taploca
Flake, 100 Tb. sacks ..5
earl, 1380 Ib. sacks 5
Pearl, 36 pkgs. ....... 2 25
Minute, 36 pkgs. ...... 2 75
ore TACKLE ‘
1% to 2 a Cae gies sce el
146 to 2in, ..... ia ors ele 9
136 to 2 tin. ¢.........- 11
2 in 12... ..., ges csee cdo
SAN ee oc i ©. 20)
Cotton Lines
No, 1, 10 feet .......... 5
No. 2, 15 fect ......... C
INO: 3; 15 feet ....:..... 9
INO: 4 06 feet .::....... 10
Wo. 5, to feet ......... 11
No, 6; 15 feet .::...... 12
INO. 7, 15 feet .......... 15
Wo. S$ 15 feet .......... 18
INO: (9) 15 feet oc. 5....: 20
Linen Lines
Small ..... Oe ease ee aa. 20
Medium ¢ooco. 6... 26
WARR@ cs... 34
Poles
Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz. 55
Bamboo, 16 ft., per doz. 60
Bamboo, 18 ft., per doz. 8@
FLAVORING EXTRACTS
Jennings D C Brand
Terpenless Extract Lemon
No. 1 F box, per doz. 75
No. 2 F Box, per doz. 90
No. 4 F Box, per doz. 1 75
No. 3 Taper, per doz. 1 75
2 0z. Flat, F M per dz. 1 50
Jennings D C Brand
Extract Mexican Vanilla
No, 1 F Box, per doz. 90
No. 2 F Box, per doz. 1 40
No. 4 F Box, per doz. 2 25
No. 3 Taper, per doz. 2 00
2 oz. Flat F M per dz. 2 00
FLOUR AND FEED
Grand Rapids Grain &
Milling Co.
Winter Wheat.
Purity Patent -.....
Seal of Minnesota
Sunburst ............
Wizard Hlour).)......
Wizard Graham .....
Wizard Gran. Meal ..
Wizard Buckwheat
mVe ....,....5........ 4 40
Valley City Milling Co.
Eily White ........:. 6 7
Light Loaf ..
Granam ........ .
Granena Health
Gran?) Meal... 2.0...
Bolted Med. .)........
Voigt oe Co.
Graham <............ 6 10
Voigt’s Crescent .....5 70
Voigt’s Flouroigt .....5 70
Voigt’s Hygienic ..... 5 10
Voigt’s Royal ....... 6 10
Watson-Higgins ee
DAP OTOTR OO
~
—)
Perfection och aoa.
Tip Top Flour ..... -- © 10
Golden eGheat ipisar -. 480
Marshall’s Best Flour 4 85
Worden Grocer Co.
Quaker, paper ........ 5 40
Quaker, cloth ....... 55
Quaker, Buckwheat, 5 50
Kansas Hard Wheat
Worden Grocer Co.
American Eagle, ¥%s ..5 10
American Eagle, 4s 5 00
American Eagle, %s ..4 90
Spring Wheat.
Roy Baker
Golden Horn, family 5 00
Golden Horn, bakers ..4 90
Wisconsin Rye ..... - 400
Judson Grocer Co.
Ceresota, 468 .......... 5 50
@enesota, $65) 120 cac. 5 70
Ceresota, 495 ......... 5 60
Worden Grocer Co.
Wingold, %s cloth ....5 50
Wingold, 4s cloth ....5 40
Wingold, %s cloth -5 30
Wingold, %s paper ...5 35
Wingold, %s paper ..5 25
Bakers Patent’) ........ 5 15
Wykes & Co.
Sleepy Eye, \%s cloth 5 50
Sleepy Eye, 4s cloth 5 40
Sleepy Eye, Y%s cloth 5 30
Sleepy Eye, %s paper 5 30
Sleepy Eye, 4s paper 5 30
Meal
Bolted ......00..05... 4 40
Golden Granulated ...4 60
Wheat
Red. - 32... see ess 1 05
Wihite oc cccc ue cs. 1 05
Oats
Michigan carlots ...... 35
Less than carlots ..... 3
Corn
Carlots .......-........ 56
Less than carlots wege OS
Hay
Carlota woes. cic... - 15 00
Less than carlots ... 17
Feed.
Street Car Feed..
secee oo
No. 1 Corn & Oat Feed -
Cracked corn ..... Soce ca
Coarse corn meal...... :
FRUIT JARS
Mason, pts., per gro.
Mason, qts., per gro.
Mason, ¥% gal. per gro.
Mason, can tops, gro.
GELATINE
Cox’s, 1 doz. large ..
Cox’s, 1 doz. small .
Knox’s Sparkling, doz.
Knox’s Sparkling, gr. 1
Knox’s Acidu’d. doz.
Nelson's ...:.........
Oxford: 2.0.0 .55005..-.
Plymouth “Rock, Phos. 1
Plymouth Rock, Plain
GRAIN BAGS
Broad Gauge ..........
AmosKeae Oooo. occ ele
be WOOT
bt ee
Laurel Leaves erellslar area
Senna Leaves ........
HIDES AND PELTS
Hides
Green, No. 1) .:..... 11%
Green, No. 2 ........1036
Cured) No 2 ..........38
@ure@di No. 2 .......-1
Calfskin, green, No. 1 15
Calfskin, green, No. 2 13%
Calfskin, cured, No.
1
Calfskin, cured, No. 2 14%
Wool
Unwashed, med.
Unwashed, fine
Berner RADISH
Per doz ........ ae ears
JELLY
5lb. pails, per doz. ..2
15Ip. pails, per pail ....
80%. pails, per pail ..
JELLY GLASSES
% pt. in bbls, per doz.
% pt. in bbis., per doz.
8 oz. capped in bbls,
per daz .............,
MAPLEINE
2 oz. bottles, per doz. 3
MINCE MEAT
Per €as@ ............. 2
MOLASSES
New Orleans
Fancy Open Kettle ..
CHOICE ...cceecesceces
Good .....-......-. noes
ain 3... ecco.
Half barrels 2c “extra
MUSTARD
% Th. 6 Ihe Dox ......
OLIVES
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs 1 05@1
Bulk, 2 gal. kegs 90@1
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs 90@1 q
Stuffed, 5 oz .......-.
Stuffed. & oz. .........1
Stuffed, 14 oz. ........ 2
Pitted (not stuffed)
TA OZ ce ccc ccc ec a
Manzanilla, 8 oz ......
bunch, 10 of. «....5...1
Lunch; 1G OF ........2 2
Queen, Mammoth, 19
Oz.
Queen, Mammoth, "28
no &
OZ0 eee ace cs
Olive Chow, 2 doz. cs,
per goz. ...:..::. 2
PICKLES
Medium
Barrels, 1,200 count ..7 7
Half bbis., 600 count :
5 gallon Kees |. .620505.
Small
Half barrels
5 gallon kegs .
Gherkins
Barrels (2.24: ....... 14
Eialt barrels ........ 7
5 gallon kegs ........
Sweet Small
Barrels: ......+ +e ce
Half barrels ........ 8
5 galion kegs ........ 3
PIPES
Clay, No. 216, per box 1
Clay, T. D., full count
CGH ...-.6........ 26...
PLAYING CARDS
No. 90, Steamboat ....
No. 15, Rival, assorted 1
No. 20, Rover, enam’d 1
Prarrels ............. oe
5
No. 572, Special ......17
No. 98 Golf, satin fin. 2
No. 808, Bicycle ...... 20
No. 6382, Tourn? t whist 2
POTASH
Babbitts <........... 4
PROVISIONS
Barreled Pork
Clear Back .. 22 00@23
=o Cut Clear 21 00@21 50
Selec 19 50@20 00
Beet Clear 22 00@23 00
Bigg ccc ccs... s-. 23 @
Citar “Family ecese. 26 00
Dry Salt Meats
S P Bellies .......-. 18
Lard
Pure in tierces ..12%@13
cae ane Lard 9 @9%
L
80 Ib. tubs ....advance %
60 Ib. tubs ....advance a
50 tbh. tins ....advance 14
20 Ib. pails ....advance %
10 th. pails ....advance 7
5 Ib. pails ....advance 1
8 Ib, pails ....advance 1
Smoked Meats
Hams, 12 tb. av. 16 @16%
Hams, 14 Tb. av. 154@15%
Hams, 16 th. av. 154%@16
Hams, 18 tb. av. 144%@15
Skinned Hams 16 @16%
Ham, dried beef
S€ts -.. 63... 20 @20%
California Hams 13 @13%
Picnic Boiled Hams ..15
Boiled Hams ....231%4@24
Minced Ham ...12%@13
Bacon ..554...% 15%@16
Sausages
Bologna ........ 9%@10
Wiver -..........
Erankfort ...... 11..@11%
BORG eos:
Near oo cc... 11
MOMBUC occ... 11
Headcheese motu. 9
Beef
Boneless ............ 17 00
Rump, new ........ 19 00
Pig’s Feet
46 DIS ees .. 1 00
4 bis. 40 Ips. ........ 2 00
eB ODIs: ee ee 4 00
Tobbr 2... 5... 8 00
Tripe
Kits, 15 Ibs. ...5....... 90
% bbis., 40 Ibs. ......1 60
% bbis., 80 ths. ...... 3 00
cae
fogs, per Ib. %.......
5
Beef, rounds, - set .. 17@18
Beef, middles, set ..90@95
Sheep, per bundle -.. 30
Uncolored Butterine
Solid Dairy . 12 @16
Country Rolls * 1214 @18
Canned Meats
Corned beef, 2 tb. ..d 80
Corned beef, 1 Ib. «.1 95
Roast beef, 2 lp. .....: 3 80
Roast beef, 1 Ip. ...... 1 95
f£Otted Ham, %s ...... 50
Potted Ham, 44s .... 90
Deviled Ham t%s .... 50
Deviled Ham, ¥%s .... 90
Potted Tongue, 4s .... 50
Potted Tongue, %s .. 90
RICE
Maney cocci. 6 @6%
Japan Style ..... 5 5%
Broken -......... 3% @4%
ROLLED OATS
Rolled Avena, bbls. ..4 75
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sks. 2 60
Monarch, bbls. ....... 4 50
Monarch, 90 Ib sacks 2 10
Quaker, 18 Regular ..1 45
Quaker, 20 Family ....4 00
SALAD DRESSING
Columbia, % pt ......2 25
Columbia, 1 pint ...... 4 00
Durkee’s, large, 1 doz. 4 50
Durkee’s, small, 2 doz 5 25
Snider’s, large, 1 doz. 2 35
Snider’s, small, 2 doz. 1 35
SALERATUS
Packed 60 lbs. in box.
Arm and Hammer ....3 00
Wyandotte, 100 %s, ..3 00
SAL SODA
Granulated, bbls. ..... 80
Granulated, 100 lbs. es. 90
Granulated, 36 pkgs. ..1 25
SALT
Common Grades
100 3 Ib. sacks ........2 40
60 5 Ib. Sacks ........ 2 25
28 10% Ib. sacks ....2 10
56 Ip. sacks ........ 40
28 ih. sacks .......... 20
Warsaw
56 Ib, dairy in drill bags 40
28 Ib. dairy in drill bags 20
Solar Rock
66 ID. saeks <......... 24
Common /
Granulated, Fine ...... 1 05
Medium, Hine ......... 1 19
SALT FISH
Cod
Large, whole, ... @i%
Small, whole .... @7
Strips or bricks *VA@10%
Pollock ......... @ 4%
Halibut
SEIDS 2622.3 cc. 8... 15
Chunks ..... pees cee se 16
Holland Herring
Y. M. wh. hoop bbls. 12 00
Y. M. wh. hoop %bbl. 6 50
Y. M. wh. hoop kegs 72
7 M. wh. hoop Milchers
kK S
ore Malabar 1 20
4
SHOE BLACKING
Handy Box, large 3 dz 3 50
Handy Box, small 5
Miller's Crown Polish
35
French Rappie in jars ..
ae Janata
Cassia, 5c pkg. doz.
Ginger, African
Puucr. Cayenne ......2%
Pure Graund in Bulk
12
Paprika, Hungarian
Corn
Kingsford, 40 Ibs.
Muzzy, 20 1Ib. pkgs
Silver Gloss, 40 ltbs. .
Silver Gloss, 16 3Ibs. .. 6
Silver oo 12 6Ibs.
48 1tb. pacha ssuu ee
16 3Ib. packages ......
12 6Ib. packages ......
Blue es No. 2%
Blue ay No 5 Lo.
Red Karo, "No. 2
Red Karo, No. 2%
Red Karo, No. 10
TABLE SAUCES 4
Sundried, medium
Sundried, choice
Basket-fired medium
Moyune, medium ....
29
1
Moyune, fancy .... 50@60
Pingsuey, medium ... 33
Pingsuey, Gndice .....
Pingsuey, fancy ....50@55
Young Hyson
Choice oo. 3
Faney ..........,.. 40@50
Oolon
Formosa, Fancy ... .50@60
Formosa, medium ... 28
Formosa, choice ...... 35
English Breakfast
Medium .:..... 7. i 25
Cholee 80@35
Waney (..). 0.0. 40@60
Indla
Ceylon, choice ..... 30@35
Maney (oo. 5@50
TOBACCO
Fine Cut
BOG) oe eo: 1 45
Bugle, $6 om ......... 2 84
Bugie;, Ide ...... 2. 11 6@
Dan Patch, 8 and 16 oz 32
Dan Patch, 4 oz ....11 &2
Dan Patch, 2 oz. ..... 5 76
Fast Mail, 16 oz. .... 7 80
Hiawatha, HG OZ .... 60
Hiawatha, Se .........8 4¢
May Flower, 16 oz. .. 9 36
No Limit, §$ oz. .....; 1 78
No Limit, 16 oz .... 3 55
Ojibwa, 8 and 16 oz. 40
Ojibwa, 10c j
Ojibwa, 5c .......... 1 85
Petoskey Chief, 7 oz. 2 00
Petoskey Chief, 14 oz. 4 00
Peach and Honey, Be 5 76
Red Bell 16 07; (2.1... 3 96
Red Bell § folk ....... 1 98
Sterling 1. & D Se ..6 76
Sweet Cuba, canisten 9 16
Sweet Cuba, fe |... 5 76
Sweet Cuba, l0e ...... 93
Sweet Cuba, 1 lb. tin
Sweet Cuba, 16 oz.
Sweet Cuba, % Ib. foil.
Sweet Burley 5c L&D
Sweet Burley, 8 oz.
Sweet Burley, 24 Ib. .
orm ROOTS
a
a
Sweet Mist, % gro. 70
Sweet Mist, 3 oz. ...11 10
Sweet Mist $ oz .... 35
Telesram, 5¢ .....(... 5 76
Miger 56 .....:.....4.. 6 00
Miser, 250 Gans ....... 2 35
Unele Dantel 1 ib. .. 60
Unele Dantel, 1 oz ..5 29
Plug
Am. Navy, 16 oz. ..... 32
Apple, 10 Ib. butt ... 38
Drummond Nat Leaf, “2
anid 5 i> .. ........, 60
Drummond Nat Leaf,
per dd. ........... 96
Battle Axe 2.000 7 28
Bracer, 6 and 12 Ib . 30
Bis Four, 6 and 16 tb. 32
Boot: Jack: 2 ib. 12... 86
Boot Jack, ae doz .. &€
Bullion, 16 oz. .... |. - 46
Climax, Golden Twins 48
Climax, 2 OZ 4
Climax, 7 67% ...._... 4
Days’ Woe 7 & 14 lb. 37
Creme de Menthe, Ib. 62
Derby, 5 Ib. 28
5 Bros... 4 ib. 65
Four Roses, 90
Gilt Edge, 2 1b 50
Gold Rope, 6 & 12 tb. 58
Gold Rope, 4 & 8 th. 58
G@ COP UW € 24 Ib. 36
Granger Twist, 6 Ib. 46
GT. WwW. va eS 36
Horse Shoe, 6 & 12 1b. 43
Honey Dip ‘Twist, 5&10 45
Jolly Tar, & & 8 Ib... 40
J. ., O64 & fi i. .. 35
Kentucky Navy, 12 tb. 32
Keystone Twist, 6 lb. 45
Kismet, 6 Ib. 2. ....... 48
Maple Dip, 20 oz. 25
Merry Widow, 12 Ib. 3
Nobby Spun Roll 6 & 3 58
Parrot, 12 ib.
Parrot, 20 ib. 28
Patterson’s Nat. Leaf 93
Peachey, 6-12 & 24 Ib. 40
Picnic Twist, 5 tb. 45
Piper Heidsick, 4&7 Ib. 69
Piper Heidsick, per doz. 98
Polo, 3 doz., per doz. 48
Redicut,| 136 oz. ..... 38
Red Lion, 6 & 12 lb. 30
Scrapple, 2 & 4 doz. 48
Sherry Cobbler, 8 oz, 32
Spear Head, 12 oz. ... 44
Speer Head, 14% oz. 44
Spear Head, 7 oz. 47
Sq. Deal 7, 14 & 38 ip 2
Star, 6, 12 & 24 ib... 43
Standard Navy, 7%, 15
& 30 tb.
Ten Penny, 6 & 12 lb. 31
Town Talk, 14 oz. ... 30
Yankee Girl, 6, 12 & 24 30
Scrap
All Red, 56. .......... 5 76
Am. Union Scra p. 5 40
Bae Pine, fe . 2.2... 5 88
@utlas, 336 Of. 61. 26
Globe Scrap, 2 oz. 0
Honey Comb Scrap, 5c 5 76
Honest Scrap, 5c ..... 1 55
Mail Pouch, 4 doz. 5c 2 00
Old Songs, Be eeu 5 76
Old Times, MY gro. ..5 50
Polar Bear, 5c, % gro. 5 76
Red Band, 5c 4 gro. 5 76
Red Man Scrap ic 1 43
30
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
December 4, 1912
Special Price Current
12
Scrapple, 5c pkgs. .... 48
Sure Shot, ic, % gro, 5 7§
Yankee Girl Serp 2 oz 5 76
Pan Handle Serp % gr 5 76
Peachy Scrap, 6c ...1 90
Union Workman, 2% 6 00
Smoking
All Leaf, 2% & 1 oz 30
Be, 3% OF .......---. 6 00
is, 2 OE. oe eee 12 00
Bs 44 02; ec. 24 00
Bagdad, 10c tins ..... ai 52
meaner, 3 OZ. .-....-. 5 04
Bageer 7 Oz. 2... 2. 11 52
memuer, SC _...-....-- 5 96
Bammer, S 07. 2... 1 60
Manner, 1% om ........ 3 20
Belwood Mixture, 10c 94
Bie Chief, 2% oz. ....6 00
Bie Chief, 16 oz. .... 3
Bull Durham, 5c .... 5 90
Bull Durham, 10c ....10 80
Bull Durham, l5c ....18 48
Bull Durham, 8 oz. 60
Bull Durham, 16 oz. ..6 72
Buck Worn, 5c ....-.. 5 76
Buck Horn, 10c ...... 11 50
Briar Fine, 5e ...-.-. 6 00
Briar Pine, (0c .....- 12 00
Biack Swan, 5c .....- 5 16
Black Swan, 14 oz. 3 50
Bob White, Sc ....... 5 90
Brotherhood, 5c ...... 5 95
Brotherhood, 10c 11 60
Brotherhood, 16 oz. .. 39
Warmnival 5c .3 2.5... 5 70
Carnival, 3% oz. ..-- 39
Carnival, 1607. ...... =
5f
Cigar Clip’g Johnson
Cigar Clip’g, Seymour
Identity, 3 & 16 oz. ..
Darby Cigar Cuttings 4 5
Continental Cubes, 10c
Corn Cake,
Corn Cake, 7 oz.
Corn Cake,
Cream, 50c
Cuban Star, 5c
Cuban Star, 16 oz.
Chips, 10c
Dills Best,
Dills Best, 3 C .
Pills Best 16 oz. ......
Dixie Kid, 124 foil ....
Duke’s Mix, 5c
Duke’s Mix, 10c
Duke’s Cameo, 1
Drum. 5c
Fashion, 5c .
Fashion, 16 oz.
Five Bros.,
Five Bros.,
Five cent cut
F O B 10c
Four Roses,
Full Dress,
Glad Hand,
Gold Block, 124 0
Gold Block, 10c
Gold Star, 16 oz.
Gail & Ax Navy,
sromwser, Gc ......-.--
Growler,
Growler,
Giant, 5c
Giant, 16 oz.
Hand Made, 2% 1
Hiazel Nut, oc .....-- 5
Honey Dew, 1% oz. ..
Honey Dew,
Hunting, 123 & 31%
1X ©, 5
ioc 2... 340
Plug ..
a4
it oz. ....2%
1x © in pails ....... 32
Just Suits, 5c - _. 6 00
Just Suits, 10¢ 1 88
Kiln Dried, 25c . 2 45
ing Bird, 7 oz. 25 20
King Bird, 3 oz. 1 00
King Bird, 1% oz. . » 10
ia Turka, SC 2.2... 5 76
latiie Giant, 1 ib. _.... 28
Lucky Strike, 114 oz. 94
Lucky Strike, 13% oz. 96
te Bedo, 3 oz. ...... 10 80
Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz. 3
Myrtle Navy, 10c ....11 80
Myrtle Navy, 5c .... 5 94
Maryland Club, 5c 50
mayuower, 5c ........ 5 76
Mayfiower, 10c ...... 96
Mayflower, 20c ...... 1 92
Nigger Hair, bc ..... 5 94
Nigger Hair, 10c ....10 56
Nigger Head, 5c ..... 4 96
Nigger Head, 10c . 9 84
Noon Hour, 5c ...... 1 44
Old Colony, 1-12 gro. 11 52
Cid Bil, Se .......... 5 76
Old English Curve 14%0z 96
oa Crop, be ........ 5 76
Bid Crop, Zc ........ 20
. &., 8 oz., 30 Ib. cs. 19
Pe. SS. 3 0z., per ero. 5 70
Rat Hand, i oz. .....- 63
Patterson Seal, 1% oz. 48
Patterson Seal, 3 oz. .. 96
Patterson Seal, 16 oz. 5 00
Peerless, 5¢ ...-.5..--- 5 70
Peeriess, 10c ....--.... 1 92
Peerless, 3 OZ. ......- 10 20
Peerless, 7 oz, .......23 76
Peerless, 14 oz. ..... 47 52
Piaza, 2 £Te. CS. ...... 5 76
ow Oy, Se ...--.-- 5 76
Fiow Boy, 10c ...-.-- 11 00
Plow Boy, 14 oz. ..... 4 50
TO, FOG 24 o sn os-- 11 80
Pride of Virginia, 1% 7
Pilot, Ge -............-5 76
13
14
White Wine, 40 grain 8
White Wine, 80 grain 11
White Wine, 100 grain 13
Pilot, i oz. doz |... 105
Pilot, 14 oz. doz. |..:. 2 10
Prince Albert, 10c .. 96
Prince Albert, 8 oz. .. 4 92
Prince Abert, 16 oz. .. 8 40
Queen Quality, 5c 48
Rob Roy, 5c foil .... 5 90
Rob Roy, 10c gross 10 20
Rob Roy, 25c doz. .... 2 10
Rob Roy, 50c dez. :. 4 12
=. 6 ML, be Sross ...-5 76
5. @ M., 14 02. doz. ..3 20
Soldier Boy, 5c gross 5 95
Soldier Boy, 10c ...... 10 56
Soldier Boy, 1 ib. ....4 80
Sweet Caporal, 1 oz. .. 60
Sweet Lotus, 5c ...... 6 00
Sweet Lotus, 16c -12 00
Sweet Lotus, per doz, 4 85
Sweet Rose, 2% oz. 36
Sweet Tip Top, &c .. 2 0@
Sweet Tip Top, 3% oz, 38
Sweet Tips, %& gre 10 08
Sun Cured, 1@c ...... 11 75
Summer Time, 5c ....5 76
Summer Time, 7 oz. ..1 65
Summer Time 14 02. ..3 56
Standard, 2 oz, ...... 5 90
Standard, 3% oz. .... 28
Standard, 7 ez. ..... - 1 68
Seal N. C., 1% cut plug 76
Seal N. C., 1 ran 63
Three Feathers, 1 oz. 63
Three Feathers, 10c 10 20
Three Feathers and
Pipe combination .. 2 25
Tom & Jerry, 14 oz. ..3 60
Tom & Jerry, 7 oz. .. 1 80
Tom & Jerry, 3 oz. .. 8 75
Trout Line, 5c ...... 5 95
Trout Line, 10c ....10 00
Turkish, Patrol. 2-9 5 76
Duxedo, 1 oz. bags .. 48
Tuxedo, 2 oz. tins |. 96
Tuxedo, 4 oz. cart 64
Tuexdo, 16 oz. tins .. 64
Twin Oaks. j0c ..... 94
Union Leader, 50c 5 06
Union Leader, 25c .. 2 55
Union Leader, 10c ..11 60
Union Leader, 5c .... 5 95
Union Workman, 1% 5 76
Uncle Sam, 10c ..... 10 80
Uncle Sam, 38 oz. ....2 20
U. S, Marine, 5c .... 6 00
Van Bibber, 2 oz. tin 88
Velvet, 5c pouch . 1 44
Velvet, 10c tin ....... 1 92
Velvet, 8 oz tin ...... 3 34
Velvet, 16 ez. can .... 7 68
Velvet, combination es 5 75
War Path be ........ 5 95
War Fath, & oz. ...... 1 60
Wave Line, 3 oz. ... 40
Wave Line, 16 oz. : 40
Way up, 2% oz. 5 75
Way up, 16 oz. pai 31
Wild Eruit, be ...... 5 76
Wild Fruit, 10c -11 52
Yum Yam, se ...... 6 00
Yum Yum, 10c ...... 13 62
Yum Yum, ltb., doz, 4 80
TWINE
Cotton, 3 ply
Cotton, 4 ply
Jue, 2 OIF ...- oes
Hemp, 6 ply
Pipx, medium ........ 24
Wool, 1 th. bales ..... 6
VINEGAR
M
%
Oakland Vinegar & Pickle
Co.’s Brands.
Highland apple cider ..18
Oakland apple cider ..14
State Seal sugar .....
Oakland white pickling 10
Packages free.
WICKING
per gross ......30
per gross ...... 40
per Sross ...... 50
per gross ...... 75
WOODENWARE
Baskets
Bushels 1
3ushels, wide band ...1
Market
Splint, large
Splint, medium
Spunt, small ......... 2
Willow Clothes,
Willow, Clothes, small §
Willow, Clothes, me’m 7
Butter Plates
Ovals.
4 ib, 250 in crate ....--
2 lb., 250 in crate
ib., 250 in
Ib., 250 in
tb., 250 in
Ib., 250 in crate
Wire End.
ou i Crate ...-....
250 in crate
250 in crate
250 in crate
5 gross
20 2% doz bxs
Churns
Barrel, 5 gal., each ...2
Barrel, 1@ gal., each ..2
Clethes Pins
Round Head.
4 inch, 5 gross
CoO
ery
ib.,
2 4b.,
3 1D.,
5 1D.,
41%4 inch,
Cartons,
ececcene
large 3 23
4% inch, 5 gross ...... s4
Cartons, 2@ 214 doz, bxs
50
55
Egg Crates and Fillers
Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz.
No. 1, complete .......
No. 2, complete ..... bey
Case No. 2, fillers, 15
BCS . 266.5...
Case, medium, 12 sets 1
Faucets
Cork lined, 8 in. ......
Cork lined, 9 in. ......
Cork lined, 10 in. ....
Mop Sticks
arojan spring .. |...
Eclipse patent spring
No. 1 common ......
No. 2 pat. brush holder
eal No 7 oo.
12th. cotton mop heads 1
Pails
2-hoop Standard ...... 2
3-hoop Standard ...... 2
2-wire Cable ......).; 2
Cedar all red brass ..1
s-wire Cable .......:.
Paper Bureka ........ 2
Pibre 2. 2
10 qt. Galvanized ....1
12 qt. Galvanized ....1
14 qt. Galvanized ....2
: Toothpicks
Birch, 100 packages ..2
ideay oo
Traps
Mouse, wood, 2 holes
Mouse, wood, 4 holes
Mouse, wood, 6 holes
Mouse, tin, 5 holes ....
Hat, wood ...........
mat, spring .. (2:
Tubs
Standard, No. 1 7
Standard, No. 2 6
Standard, No, 3 5
Cable, No. 1 ....8
. Cable, No. 2 |. .7
- Cable, No. 3 ....6
0
9
20-in,
18-in.
16-in.
20-in.
Fibre
Mibre . 6k... 8
Galvanized ....5
Medium Galvanized 5
Small Galvanized
Washbeards
Bronze Globe ........
Dewey
Double Acme .........
Single Acme .........
Double Peerless .....
Single Peerless ......
Northern Queen .....
Double Duplex .
Good Luck
Universal
Wood Bowls
Buiter ooo
Butter
9
13 in.
15 in.
17 in.
19 in. Butter ......
Assorted, 13-15-17 ...
Assorted, 15-17-19
.
Choe
6
3
4
WRAPPING PAPER
2
Common Straw
Fibre Manila, white .. 3
Fibre Manila,
No. 1 Manila ..
Cream Manila .
Butchers’ Manila
eecesee
_-- 2
. 2
colored 4
4
%
Wax Butter, short e’nt 13
Wax Butter, full count 20
Wax Butter, rolls ..... 19
YEAST CAKE
Magic, 3 Goz. ...:.....
Sunlight, 3 doz.
Sunlight, 1% doz,
Yeast Foam, 3 doz. ..1
Yeast Cream, 3 doz. ..1
Yeast Foam, 1% doz.
AXLE GREASE
1 Ib. boxes, per gross 9$
3 Tb, boxes, per gross 24
BAKING POWDER
Royal
10c size ..
%Qb, cans 1
6 oz. cans 1
tb. cans 2
%4 lb. cans 3
1m. cans 4
3b. ens 13
5Ib. ens 21
90
90
50
75
80
00
50
15 16 17
CIGARS Superior Blend ......... ‘ SOAP
Johnson Cigar Co.’s Brand Boston Combination ...... Lautz Bros. & Co.
Distributed by Judson Acme, 30 bars, 75 Tbs. 4 00
Grocer Co., Grand Rapids; Acme, 25 bars, 75 Ibs. 4 00
Lee & Cady, Detroit; Sy- Acme, 25 bars, 70 Ibs. 3 80
mons Bros. & Co., Sagi- Acme, 100 cakes ..3 00
naw; Brown Davis & War-_ Big Master, 100 blocks 4 00
ner, Jackson; Godsmark, German Mottled ..... 3 15
Durand & Co. Battle German Mottled, 5 bx 3 15
S. C. W., 1,000 lots ....81 Creek; Fielbach Co., To- German Mottled 10 bx 3 10
El Portana .........+06.88 ledo, oa Mon = bx a .
Evening Press ...... os - Be COCOANUT arseilles, 100 cakes ..
, Marseilles, 100 cks 5c 4 00
Hxemplar 2..,.)... 0... --32 Baker’s Brazil Shredded ysarseilles, 100 ck toil 4 00
Winton Grocer Ge. Grace Marseilles, % box toil 2 10
Ben Hur : Proctor & Gamble ce
i PONOX 6.506 cece cs nee
Bernmection 20.50 ..55:. +2235 Ivory, 6 oz. .. : 4 00
Perfection Extras ......35 ivory, 10 02. .......-..6 4
Londres Ca ares ar .....: oe ss ee teense ee
aa i Tradesman Co.'s Bran
Puritanos ....... Black Hawk, one box 2 50
Panatellas, Finas ....... 35 Ba Black Hawk, five bxs 2 40
Panatellas, Bock ........35 4 oe es Black Hawk, ten bxs 2 25
Jockey, Club ............; 35 ea he g A. B. Wrisley
COFFEE eee 2 oe eee =scces s 4 00
p OURErYy oc. ...2 38) 40
Roasted 10 5c pkgs., per case 2 60
Dwinell-Wright Co.’s B’ds Soap Powders
36 10¢c pkgs., per case 2 60
16 10c and 38 5c pkes. eee
oe SIZe ce 5
Per Came ......--.. 260 Snow Boy, 60 5c .....2 40
ado a 100 5¢ ....3 75
0 ust, 24 large ..4 50
The only Gold Dust, 100-5e 174 00
Kirkoline, 24 4tb. -3 80
5c Pome 3 75
oe peel e ec 4 00
BUDLUGS A7TG) Ue os 3 75
Cleanser cece oo eee 3 39
: MMOUrS .. geeccal 3 70
Guaranteed to Wisdom ......... oo 3 80
equal the
best 10c kinds’ * Soap Compounds
; Johnson’s Fine .......5 10
SAFES Peace XR |. a eb
Full line of fire and bur- ; RUb-No-More ......... 3 85
glar proof safes kept in §,Nine O’clock .......... 3 30
stoc’. by the Tradesman Scouring
Company. Thirty-five sizes
and styles on hand at all
times—twice as many safes
as are carried by any other
Enoch Morgan’s Sons
Sapolio, gross lots ....9
Sapolio, half gro. lots 4
White House, 1%. ....... .
White House, 2tb. 50
85
erccese
Excelsior, Blend, lb. ..... house in the State. If you @Sapolio, single boxes 2 40
Excelsior, Blend, 2tb. .... are unable to visit Grand f§Sapolio, hand ......... 2 40
Tip Top, Blend, lt. ..... Rapids and inspect the @Scourine Manufacturing Co
Hoya Blend ee esses see © line personally, write for SScourine, 50 cakes ....1 80
Royal High Grade ........ quotations. Scourine, 100 cakes ...3 60
Switzer Glass
Sales Jars
For five years have helped 10,000 up-to-date retailers
sell bulk pickles, oysters, pickled and fancy meats, pea-
nut butter, etc.
Jars, clearest tough flint glass.
Hinge cover attachment of non-rusting aluminum
metal.
Cover, polished plate glass. Always in place, easily
removed and stays tilted when raised.
1 — complete, each.... )
134 gal. complete, each 7 i
30 gal. complete, each ss ( F. O. B. Chicago
4 gal. complete, each........ )
Send your jobber an order to-day for prompt shipment
or we can supply you.
O. S. SWITZER & CO., sote’vres
Chicago
FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST is to-day sold by
thousands of grocers, who realize the advan-
tage of pleasing their customers and at the
same time making a good profit from the
goods they sell. If you are not selling it now,
Mr. Grocer, let us suggest that you fall into
line. You won’tregret it. & G&G & HD BD
ee ne Sicimncnni
December 4, 1912
MICHIGAN
TRADESMAN
31
BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT
- Advertisements inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion an
No charge less than 25 cents.
continuous insertion.
Cash must accompany all orders.
d one cent a word for each subsequent
BUSINESS CHANCES.
For Sale—Cheap, Toledo and Dayton
computing scales. Floor coffee mill, oth-
er fixtures. Box 601, Shelby, Mich.
598
An old-establised, successful cash busi-
ness wishes to expand into a cash de-
partment store, in a fast growing city
of 20,000, which has no store of this
description. It is surrounded by richest
sricultural and mining country. Com-
pany wishes a few experienced mercan-
tile men of ability and good habits, to
take charge of and manage different
departments, at good salary, and also
invest from $10,000 to $15,000 in busi-
ness, Bank reference given and_ re-
quired. A splendid and conservative
opportunity to make money. Correspond-
ence solicited from persons interested
who can fill above requirements. M. F.
Hancock, Agent, 722 Pierce St.,
Phoenix, Arizona, 590
Steam shingle mill Northern Michigan,
to exchange, cost $13,000. What have
you to offer? Owner not able to run it.
P. O. Box 704, Delavan, Wis. 589
Have you lost money in worthless
stocks? Protect yourself before it is
too late. Handbook of information and
advice, one dollar. Joseph A. Plouff,
Counsellor at Law, National Bank Bldg.,
Ware, Mass. 588
For Sale—Hardware store in Southern
Florida; good town; established business;
owner has other interests demanding his
time. Stock invoices about $10.000, If
interested address R. T. Bower, 986 W.
Warren Ave., Detroit. 587
Wanted—To exchange one of the best
eighty acre farms in state, valued at
$7,000, for a stock general merchandise.
Will pay cash. difference for a larger
stock. Ezra Bishop, Millington, Mich.
596
To lease for term of years, glove and
leather goods, corset and underwear and
lingerie departments, in store established
thirty-one years. Gocd Michigan city
25,000. Address Snap, care ‘T'radesman.
597
For Sale—Manufacturing plant built
for cabinet furniture or other manu-
facturing purposes. Main building 100x50,
cement, two stories. Annex 50x50,
cément, one story. Engine and_ boiler
first-class condition. Nice office building
in connection, located on L. S. & M. S.,
26 miles from Grand Rapids. No labor
troubles, plenty of land with plant, in
one of the prosperous towns in Western
Michigan. Will bear inspection for man-
ufacturing purposes. Address Box 55,
Hopkins, Mich, §95
For Sale—First-class restaurant and
eafe, with living rooms. upstairs. A
moneymaker. Best chance for a couple.
Long lease, rent $35. You receive 25 per
cent. for serving refreshments from down
stairs, which are sent up by dumb waiter.
This pays your rent. Owner- will stay
with buyer for a week to show the
business. Cash only. Reason for selling,
owner has other business. Address Her-
man the Chef, 11408 Michigan Ave.,
Roseland, Chicago, Ill, 594
Will exchange for general mereandise
store, 320 acres unimproved wheat, corn
and alfalfa land, Gove Co., Kansas.
Thickly populated neighborhood, % mile
to school, 8 miles to county seat. Water
at 20) teet. Price $8,000 Box 71, Lin
coln, Kansas. 593
Bakery, lunch room and confectionery.
On principal street. 700d paying busi-
ness. C. C, Evans, Agent, Chillicothe,
Ohio. 592
Wanted—Clean stock of goods in ex-
change for 160 acres. solid timber in
Wisconsin, near railroad. Don’t answer
unless you are willing to give value for
value. Address No. 591, care Tradesman.
59
Kor Sale—Dry goods stock in good
condition, inventories for $3,500. Locat-
town of about six
hundred population. In fine farming and
fruit section. Best reasons for selling.
Enquire Baumberger Dry Goods Co.,
Northport, Mich. 583
For Sale or Trade—720 acres land, a
good lumber, coal and feed business, 60
ed in good resort
head cattle, 12 head_ horses. Health
resort in sight of Rocky Mountains.
Good paying proposition. C. O. odder,
Keota, Colo. 581
For Sale or Trade—Property consist-
ing of two lots, new eight room house,
with porches, furnace, cistern and other
conveniences. Located in excellent town,
equipped with electric lights. Has five
good stores. Churches. Good business
center. This property is a bargain. Ad-
dress Lock Box 345, Jewell, Kan. 579
For Sale—Variety store in good town
in Southern Michigan. Stock in fine
condition, about $1,400. Best location,
brick, low rent, only store of kind. Good
business. Bargain for someone. Address
No. 576, care Tradesman. 576
Farm For Sale—An extra fine quarter
section in Jefferson county, adjoining
the celebrated Scott land near’ Win-
chester; 60 acres blue grass; everlasting
water; 20 acres orchard, third year bear-
ing. Two-story house and all necessary
outhouses, $110 per acre, part on time,
if desired. Address Dr. T. Craig,
Easton, Kansas. Oct
Meet Parcel Post Competition. Study
cash methods and plans. These solve
competitive difficulties. Thirty-one years
successful cash grocer. Prospectus free.
S. R. Grebill, Lancaster, Pa. 580
Get ready for spring by getting nice
little seven acre fruit and poultry farm
in suburbs of Grand Haven; house
electric lighted; three outbuildings, tools
and chickens, $1,700. A. Stone, Route 1,
Grand Haven, Mich. 574
For Sale or Rent—Store building
54x 24, in a German inland town. Ad-
dress Katherine Braus, St. Leo, (ae
7
Merchants closing out, an absolute
guarantee of 100 cents or no pay. Sell
now when money is plentiful. Et,
Gallagher, Auctioneer, 384 Indiana Ave.,
Toledo, Ohio, 584
For Sale—One large carpet rack, hold-
ing 12 large rolis carpet: one curtain
rack, holding 80 curtains: one shoe rack
holding 96 pair shoes. All in good con-
dition. Address 567, care a
Dé
Ill sell a Smith Premier typewriter,
good condition, regular price $97.50, only
$9 cash with order. Speak quick. Bur-
ton M. Osborne, Camden, New tore.
For Sale—I have several very desir-
able timber investments, ranging in price
from $1,650 to $5,000 each. B. B. Luten,
310 Lumbermen’s Bldg., Portland, Onc-
gon. 565
Wholesale ice cream and candy factory
needed in town of 8,000 population.
Widow wishes to retire from active life,
15 year established business for sale.
Territory comprises 300 miles. $12,000
business yearly. Write Pine Hill Land
Co., L. B. 744, Cheboygan, Mich. 562
For Sale—Good clean’ stock general
merchandise, about $2,000. Will invoice
and discount or trade for small home
in Michigan. Address Geo, Coffenberry,
Conrad, Indiana. 560
For Sale—$5,000 stock general mer-
chandise. Good location in one of best
small towns in Michigan. Address B,
cane iradgesman a i aT
Wanted—Stock of general merchandise,
clothing or shoes. Address O. D. Price,
Macomb, Ill. 541
: AUCTIONEERS.
Col. W. B. Carpenter, President Mis-
souri Auction School, 14th and Grand
Ave., Kansas City, Mo., can convert your
stock into cash. Send him $2 for Fact,
Fun & Fiction for Auctioneers, 288 pages,
morocco bound. 537
Physicians and druggists. Will sell my
drug store and property in one of the
best Central Michigan small towns and
give physician a fine unopposed territory.
Property first-class. Don’t answer un-
less you mean business. Address 522,
care Tradesman. 522
For Sale—Good live grocery business,
strictly up-to-date stock. Best location
in town. Good chance for a live man.
Address Lowrie & Coles, Traverse City,
Mich. 535
Agents—With or without experience,
make big money during spare time.
Something new. Big seller. Liebig
Medicine Co., Richmond Hill, N. Y.
529
Plant And Business For Sale—Fine op-
portunity for anyone wishing to manu-
facture furniture, refrigerators, wooden-
ware or automobile bodies and acces-
sories. The A. J. Phillips Co., Fenton,
Mich. 526
Stores bought, sold and exchanged.
If you want to get in or out of business
write me. I handle all kinds of business
places and real estate. Frank P. Cleve-
ed 1261 Adams Express Bldg., Chica-
go, : 38
Business Wanted—I am looking for a
good opening for cash; agents and specu-
lators need not answer; give full par-
ticulars in first letter. Address M.
Tradesman, Box 1261, Cherry Valley, IIl.-
nois, 478
Bakery—Will stand investigation. Par-
ticulars given. A. Johnston, 846
Grand Ave., Port Washington, Wis.
554
Large profits made with a ‘Long”
erispette machine. One man_ reports
profits of $1,500 in one month; another
$1,465; another $600 gross in one week:
another $250 in one day. Many report
excellent profits. Splendid locations are
open everywhere. Put a machine in a
window, small store or small place in
any city. It draws crowds—everybody
buys. Costs little to start. Big profits
soon made. No skill required to operate
machine. Send for free book ‘How To
Make Money in the Crispette Business.”
W. 2 one, Gi High St; Springfield
hio, 524
I pay cash for stocks or part stocks
of merchandise. Must be cheap. H.
Kaufer, Milwaukee, Wis. . 92
8080 acre stock ranch for half its value
for quick sale; address owner for further
information. A. J. Johnson, Merchants
Bank Bldg., Springfield, Mis-
513
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Free—Investing for profit magazine.
Send me your name and I will mail you
this magazine absolutely free. Before
you invest a dollar anywhere, get this
magazine. It is worth $10 a copy to any
man who intends to invest $5 or more
per month. Tells you how $1,000 can
srow to $22,000—how to judge different
classes of investments, the real earning
power of your money. This magazine
six months free if you write to-day. H.
lL. Barber, Publisher, 433-28, W. Jackson
ve Shiecago. 515
Auctioneers—We have been closing out
merchandise stocks for years all over this
country. If you wish to reduce or close
out, write for a date to men who know
how. Address Ferry & Caukin, 440 South
Dearborn St., Chicago, Il 134
For Sale—Drug stock and fixtures, in-
ventory about $1,500. Must be sold at
once. For particulars write Peoples
National Bank. Bronson, Mich. 481
Merchandise sale conductors.. A. E.
Greene Co., 135 Grand River Ave.,
Detroit. Advertising furnished free.
Write fer date, terms, ete. 549
For Sale—Owing to ill health, I offer
for sale my general stock, inventorying
between $6,000 and $7,009, living rooms
above, storage below. Location excep-
tionally good. Business established 18
years. Store has always enjoyed an ex-
cellent trade. Address John Harriman,
Snover, Mich. 512
Will pay cash for stock of shoes and
rubbers. Address M. J. O., care Trades-
man. 221
Safes Opened—W. L., Slocum, safe ex-
pert and locksmith. 97 Monroe Ave.,
Grand Rapids, Mich. 104
HELP WANTED.
Salesman to call on. retai?
grocery trade, Detroit, introducing new
store fixture. Saylor Mic. ©o. 168 N.
Michigan Ave., Chicago. 559
Wanted—Clerk for general store. Must
be sober and industrious and have some
previous experience. References required.
Address Store, care Tradesman. 242
SITUATIONS WANTED.
A young married man with five years’
experience in general store, wishes em-
ployment. Ai references. Allen Pratt,
1101 Caulfield Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.
582
Want ads. continued on next page
The Trade can Trust any promise made
in the name of SAPOLIO; and, therefore,
there need be no hesitation about stocking
HAND SAPOLIO
It is boldly advertised, and
will both sell and satisfy.
HAND SAPOLIO is a special teilet soap—superior to any other in countless ways—delicate
enough for the baby’s skin, and capable of removing any stain.”
Costs the dealer the same as regular SAPOLIO, but should be sold at 10 cents per cake.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
December 4, 1912
Doings in the Buckeye State.
Written for the Tradesman.
The Dayton Fancy Feather Club
has passed a resolution opposing any
action by the city prohibiting the
raising of poultry within its limits.
The Larrowe Co. will establish a
factory at East Toledo for the manu-
facture of beet pulp products.
J. P. Orr, of Pittsburg, First Assist-
ant Traffic Manager of the Pennsyl-
vania lines west, states that the great
trunk lines are planning for the future
in the fixed belief that Cleveland is
destined to be the greatest ore port
in the world.
The Quaker Oats Co. has plans for
erecting an immense ten story mill at
Akron.
The Younstown Sheet and Tube
Co. has been securing many workmen
in New York and Eastern cities.
Foremen of Akron industries met
at the Y. M. C. A. and outlined cour-
ses of study that would best meet the
needs of working boys and girls of
that city. Courses in the rubber in-
dustry, in commercial pursuits and the
mechanical trades will be started.
Columbus is considering an ordi-
nance requiring uniformity in side-
walks. All new walks must be of
cement, five feet wide and at least
three feet from the curb.
Toledo has a new savings bank and
trust company, called the Commerce
Trust Co. The institution is allied
with the National Bank of Commerce.
The Columbus-Credit Men’s Asso-
ciation will recommend to the Legis-
lature the enactment of a sales in
bulk law.
A report from Port Clinton says
that Catawba Island fruit growers are
trying to secure lower rates for ship-
ping peaches and other fruits by boat.
The bulk of the fruit goes to Detroit.
Five million white fish and herring
eggs have been placed in the State
hatchery at Put-In-Bay and when
hatched will be placed in Lake Erie.
J. Ed. Good, of the Hardware &
Supply Co., Akron, has been elected
President of the Chamber of Com-
merce of that city. Mr. Good direct-
ed the campaign which resulted in
raising $50,000 for the armory-audi-
torium to be built next year.
Fifteen additional patrolmen have
been asked for by the Chief of Police
of Canton, which will bring the force
up to fifty-five men.
Plans for the new $250,000 Hardin
county court house at Kenton have
been approved. It will be built of
Bedford stone.
Bryan’s Common Council has ap-
propriated $5,000 for cluster lights in
the business section.
An ordinance has been introduced
at Akron creating a sub-department
of forestry, with the present park
superintendent at its head. The or-
dinance regulates the planting or de-
struction of all trees and shrubbery.
Akron has voted a bond issue of
$117,000 to purchase a city hall site.
To make use of the school buildings
at Zanesville centers this winter is the
plan of the City Federation of Clubs.
Comfort stations on or near the
square and a central ticket office up
town, where tickets may be purchased
for any road leading out of the city.
Plans are under way for a perma-
nent exhibition building at Cincinnati
for the manufacturers and merchants.
are among the things being worked
for by the Canton Business Men’s
Association.
The sixth annual banquet of the
Youngstown Chamber of Commerce
was a brilliant success, with Chas. M.
Schawb, T. A. Daly and Dr. C. H.
Pendleton as the leading speakers.
Mr. Schawb, the steel king, said in
part: “There is no one who knows
more about the deviltries of business
than myself, because I have participat~
ed in about every feature, notably ac-
cepting rebates and acting in restraint
of trade. From my wide experience
I can testify that the successful busi-
ness of the future will be the busi-
ness founded upon sentiment. The
way to success for all is in giving and
in taking information and acting in
accordance therewith. Germany has
encouraged co-operation in having a
common price. Laws cannot force
apart business combinations. They
will have to come to do what the best
interest of business demand. Corpo-
rations have many faults that must
be corrected, but the start has been
made and must go on. I am a firm
believer in the regulation of great cor-
porations. When I first came into
the business world I thought it was
necessary to put my competitors out
of the running. Judge Gary founded
a new principle—that has its basis on
sentiment—and to-day there is no
stronger subscriber to it than myself.
The memories of business achieve-
ments that will give you pleasure in
after years will be those which meant
retention of friendships—where busi-
ness was done without crushing, but
rather in the spirit of helping your
kind.”
Zanesville has a new wholesal2
house, the Stevens Grocery and Cof-
fee Co., capital $25,000.
The State Board of Agriculture will
ask the Legislature for an appropria-
tion of $150,000 to erect a coliseum
at the State fair grounds, Columbus,
to be used for live stock exhibits.
Almond Griffen.
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Doings in the Hoosier State.
Written for the Tradesman.
A shelter house costing $15,000,
one of the finest buildings of the kind
in the State, has been erected in Sun-
set park, Evansville.
The corner stone of the $100,000
Masonic temple at Evansville was
laid Thanksgiving day.
The Ft. Wayne Auto Motor Co. has
been absorbed by a Canadian concern
at Moose Jaw, and the business will
be removed to that city.
The Ft. Wayne Anti-Tuberculosis
League is negotiating for the purchase
of land for a tent colony.
The C., H. & D. Railroad has with-
drawn its application for more time
and will hasten the installation of
block signals. The interurban lines
are arranging to install blocks on 280
miles of road, at cost of $250,000.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has dis-
tributed 50,000 copies of a book of
“Don'ts” to its employes, as one of
the features of its safety campaign.
It is published in English, Italian and
Polish.
Ft. Wayne will award its contract
for garbage collection during the com-
ing year Dec. 5.
Plans are being prepared for a Car-
negie library at Kendallville. The
building will cost $12,500.
Benj. Bosse, President of the Evans-
ville Business Association, is renew-
ing his efforts to secure a coliszum
for that city.
The C. B. & Q. steam road has
placed motor cars on the run between
Huntington and Portland. The cars
will stop on flag at all road crossings.
Over $1,000 has been contributed
for playground purposes at Ft. Wayne
and $500 more is needed.
Indiana’s jail system is denounced
as worse than the horrors of the Congo
by Amos Butler, Secretary of the
State Board of Charities. He says
that last year 36,380 men, women, boys
and girls were admitted to Indiana
jails, 15,000 of whom served sentences.
They lived in idleness at the expense
of the taxpayer. They learned vice,
immorality and crime. They became
educated in criminal ways and degen-
erated physically and morally. Mr.
Butler makes a plea for a state penal
farm.
More than 1,000 farmers will attend
the short course at Purdue university
Jan. 13 to 18.
A new railroad bridge costing $2,-
000,000 has been opened for traffic
across the Ohio river, between New
Albany and Louisville.
Mishawaka is raising funds for a
beautiful park entrance and fountain.
All turkey raffles were called off by
the Mayor of South Bend this year.
The Ad-Sell League of South Bend
added ninety-nine new members dur-
ing the recent campaign and a big
banquet will be held Dec. 23, the
speakers being Dr. Wiley, of pure
food fame, and Chas. M. Schwab, the
steel magnate.
E. L. Shinkle, of Martinsville, Ill.
has bought the stock and fixtures of
the Averitt-Dorsey Drug Co., at Terre
Haute. It was bought at receiver’s
sale for $5,075.
The Commission on Industrial and
Agricultural Education, which has
been looking into the needs of the
State for more than a year, has made
its report. The Commission recom-
mends enlarging the school work to
include departments for industrial anc
agricultural education and domesti:
science and urges changes in th
school system so as to give the bes
possible preparation for life work fo:
all the people, whether they earn thai:
living with their head or with thei
hands. A legislative bill providing fo:
this vocational training has been pre
pared for introduction at the coming
session. Almond _ Griffen.
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If you ask your friends to tell you
what they think of your store or its
service, don’t get sore if they tell
you some unpleasant truths.
—_ -_~~»-e-_o—___——_
It is a good man who cures himself
of a bad habit, but it is a better man
who never contracts the habit in the
first place.
Twenty-Five Dollars
For a Name
We want a new name for a popular
priced coffee that shall be the best coffee
sold in this market for the price, and
would like to have a name that shall be
as good as the quality of the product we
shall put inside of the package.
Ask any retail grocer who sells our
product for particulars regarding contest.
&
WoRDEN GROCER COMPANY
The Prompt Shippers
Wholesale Grocers and
Coffee Roasters
GRAND RAPIDS—KALAMAZOO
The One Universal
Cereal Food
The one universal staple “breakfast food”
that has survived the ups and downs of public
fancy and is eaten in every city and hamlet in
the United States and Canada is
Shredded Wheat Biscuit
The plans for increasing the consumer
demand in 1912 are more extensive and far-
reaching than ever. Are you ready to help us
supply this increased demand?
Shredded Wheat is now packed in neat,
substantial wooden cases. The thrifty grocer
will sell the empty cases for 10 or 15c each.
thereby adding to his profits.
The Shredded Wheat Company
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
“White House,’’ and ‘‘White House’’ is right
Feature it—in your window-—in big piles.
The holiday season is a good atmosphere for
in its element when the ‘‘Goose hangs high.’’
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GRAND RAPIDS
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS
-—LAMSON—
Your Store Needs
Centralized
Service
A Lamson Carrier CENTRALIZES
Does away with the out-of-date Local
Cashier plan or the discourtesy of obliging
customers to carry check and money to
cashier’s desk.
Eliminates the shortages which cash
tills can’t stop and can’t prove.
Isolates the cashier from clerk and
customer, supplies her with business-like
saleschecks, makes bookkeeping and _ bal-
ancing easy and accurate without duplica-
tion of work.
Saves time and temper: fixes responsi-
bility immediately, lowers operating cost
and PROTECTS YOUR INCOME—BY
CENTRALIZING.
ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR
The Lamson Company
@°:) BOSTON, U.S. A.
Representatives in all Principal Cities.
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