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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1894.

 

IN SHAKE RAG ALLEY.

Shake Kag Alley was the toughest hole
within the corporate limits. Into its
short length was strained the quintes-
sence of African wretchedness and
poverty and crime, with a slight tincture
of Caucasian deviltry. There were other
distinctively negro quarters of the town.
Across the canal, adjoining Limerick,
was the aristocratic precinct of Egypt,
where dwelt carriage drivers, butlers
and the porters of Cotton Row; and
there were, also, the outlying proleta-
rian regions of Possum Hill and The
Green Doors; but these latter, though
of the genus slum both of them, paled
into insignificance when compared with
the abject misery and audacious law-
lessness of Shake Rag. And Shake
Rag lay in the heart of the city.
Within sight rose the spire of the
Church of the Good Samaritan, whose
minister, the Reverend Paul Converse,
once asserted with elation that never
during his incumbency had he for-
warded less than two hundred dollars
monthly to fields of missionary labor
abroad. Andas he uttered the boast,
a block away in one of the Alley’s
foulest dives Blue Gum Jake stabbed
Catfish Charlie to death and that for
a dime. It was wrong in Jake, of
course, but then you see he wanted the

dime. He was hungry, and the coin
meant food.
Shake Kag, however, was not alto-

gether ignored of the outside world.
The King’s Daughters, whenever the
opportunity offered, which was seldom,
strove gallantly to carry out the Mas-
ter’s precepts along its gutters. And
sometimes, on pleasant Sabbath after-
noons, enthusiastic ~ Sunday _ school
teachers and members of the Y. M. C.
A. descended into the cul-de-sac and
held open air services of prayer and
song. Had their hearers been properly
fed and clothed, these efforts might have
borne appreciable fruit. But a body
racked with hunger and cold diverts the
mind from a contemplation of religious
themes. Andif the airs of the hymns
that were sung lingered in the neigh-
borhood, the words that were applied
to them were usually the production
of some local genius, descriptive of the
fearless manner in which the latest
celebrity had paid the penalty.
Pres. Ramsey was er brave man,
They hung him mighty high.
Says he: “Mister Jailer, thanky—
There’s restin’ by an’ by!”’

To ‘“‘die game,” that was the prev-
alent ambition, and certainly it is better
than forfeiting life to society and then
dying like a craven.

A term of yearsin the state peniten-
tiary—after a preparatory course of
county chain-gang—was regarded by
the Shake Ragians not as a calamitous
possibility but one of the natural stages
of existence. The gray granite walls of
incarceration presented themselves
—usually at the dawn of manhood—
in place of the porticos of an alma
mater—a cherishing mother, indeed,
inasmuch as bread and raiment were

 

 

therein supplied, which was more than
material maternity was wont to afford.

Such was Shake Rag Alley in ordi-
nary.

There were, it is true,
the sun which shineth upon the just
less fiercely than upon their erring
brothers, the same sun that elsewhere
ripened smiling harvest fields fiecked
with shadows the lawns of luxurious
suburban homes, and sparkled in the
dancing waves of seaside pleasure re-
sorts, blazed down in_ semi-tropical
fury and bred fever and pestilence in its
courts. Then the horrors of those gar-
rets and cellars was unspeakable. Also
there was an occasion when midnight
waters swept terror and_ desolation
adown the line of crazy tenements.

But such was the Alley in ordinary.
And deep into its malodorous confines,
Slouch Givens, a lean and ragged lad of
twelve, darted one humid, stifling Aug-
ust noon. Fleeing as for life from the
avenger of theft, in the person of a
burly, blue-coated policeman, he natur-
ally sought refuge at the horns of the
altar, as typified by Shake Rag’s numer-
ous darksome dens. Homeless, half-
starved and desperate, while shuffling
up Royal Avenue’s trim swept pavement
a few minutes before, he had come sud-
denly face to face with a fairy vision of
affluent childhood, in dainty garments,
with sweet blue eyes and fluffy golden
locks that crowned her like a halo. To
saatch from either tiny hand the tempt-
ing candy and not less attractive purse
had been the work of an instant, and
then—flight.

The panting officer drew up at the
mouth of the lane only to find that his
prey had vanished, and, stalwart and
courageous Hibernian though he was,
did not feel inclined to prosecute the
search any further. Slouch’ twisted
around the first available corner, rushed
through one hovel into the yard at the
back, over a tumble-down fence, and in-
to another open door at the rear of the
next house, which led him to a room
containing a bed, beneath whose shelter
he slipped. From this retreat, an hour
later, Black Maria, a strapping virago,
the queen regnant of the rookery, haled
him forth and demanded such account
of himself and antecedents as a lively
imagination and the precocious caution
of the street Ishmaelite suggested on
spur of the moment.

The stolen purse, however, was his
most effective credential, and with its
contents he was enabled to pay for food
and lodging during the period that com-
petent advisers considered it necessary
for him to remain in hiding. And thus
he became by degrees identified with the
life of the Alley and enrolled in its mot-
ley band of juvenile free lancers.

There he lived through the weeks that
followed; weeks of windless, persistent
rain and a slowly rising river, until on
the third Friday ordinary freshet mark
had been reached and the low-lying por-
tions of the city were already under
water. The next day, however, was

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NO. 562

clear, and the river began to subside,
but on Sunday morning the fiood-gates
of heaven were opened again and a
downpour ensued such asin that region
had never been known before. This
ceasing with sunset, a raging gale arose
from the north that hastened the de-
scent of the accumulated rainfall of the
up-country, and through the long hours
of the night a gallant sub-chief of the
Fire Department rode with unflagging de-
termination on a self-imposed mission of
succor—now in advance of the creeping
flood, giving timely warning, now breast-
ing its waves and swimming his horse as
he bore person after person from drown-
ing homes to more elevated ground.

By noon on Monday the whole city
was submerged. All lower stories were
deserted, and in the small houses of the
poor the roof alone, in most cases, af-
forded precarious refuge. Wrapped in
total darkness, with the never-ceasing,
soul-subduing roar of the mighty stream
surging through the blackness, the old
town that night underwent a baptism of
dread that will ever linger in the mem-
ory of its people.

The subterranean warrens and one-
storied huts of Shake Rag had been
quickly vacated and a large percentage
of its population temporarily dispersed,
but the tottering height of ‘Crow
Camp,” with Black Maria for chatelaine,
offered delusive protection to many, and
by midnight it fairly swarmed with anx-
ious souls. The old house creaked and
groaned and swayed to the sweep of the
current that set directly athwart the
city at that point, but the one overshadj
owing menace was the adjacent canal
now brim full, with steady ripples ever
and anon slipping across the banks on a
level with the neighboring roofs. If
those banks held all might yet be well;
but if they gave way, even though the
building chanced not to be immediately
in the plunge of the escaping waters, it
would be ‘‘all day in de mornin’ wid
Crow Camp,” as Tar Heel, Maria’s major
domo, expressed it.

Amid the heterogeneous congregation
of the Camp was one strikingly incon-
gruous figure, a fairy vision of affluent
childhood, in dainty garments, with
sweet blue eyes and fluffy golden locks
that crowned her like a halo. Early in
the morning a colored nurse maid, whom
the rapidly rising water prevented from
returning from an errand, had drifted
hither with her charge, and, later on, an
acquaintance turning up with a boat and
an offer to convey her to her own home
in Egypt, had callously deserted the
child. And thus little Lily Converse
found herself in this den of iniquity,
among surroundings that were strange
and repulsive. She was wonderfully
mature for her years, however, and pos-
sessed of an innocent trustfulness that
was equivalent to self-reliance and bold-
ness. Her winsome beauty and grave
dignity gained her the admiration of the
outlaws with whom she was caged, and
though speedily despoiled of such trink-
ets and ribbons as she wore, she was not

  

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der at will about the house.

Left to herself as the fearful night
dragged slowly by, the poor child, de-
spite her uneasiness, was overpowered
with sleep and would drowse fitfully

for a moment and then wake in a sudden | canal bank had broken, and in a moment

It was after one of these start- | with a jarring tremor, the whole struct-

fright.

ling returns to consciousness, toward

morning, in a filthy, bare room lit by a

guttering candle in the neck of a bottle,
that she discovered herself again face to
face with Slouch Givens. Recognition
was instantaneous and mutual.

‘“‘You’re a bad boy,” said Lily, sol-
emnly. ‘‘You’re a thief.”’

Slouch sniffed. It the easiest
thing to do under the circumstances and
might mean anything. So he merely
sniffed by way of reply.

“You stole my purse and candy,’’ con-
tinued the child. ‘‘Why did you do it?
And ar’n’t you ashamed of yourself?”

Strange to say, he was, though he
found it difficult to recognize the sen-
sation.

‘“‘What made you do it, 1 say?’’ this
time with an imperative stamp of the
little foot.

‘IJ was hongry,’’ huskily.
hadn’t eat nothin’ fur two days.
mighty nigh starved.’’

“Oh, poor boy!” exclaimed Lily im-
pulsively, with complete revulsion of
feeling. ‘‘Why didn’t you ask me for
them? I would have given them to you
gladly,’’ and tears of sympathy rose to
her eyes.

Slouch could

was

sey
I was

have fallen down and
worshipped her, had he known what
worship meant. This lovely, elegantly
dressed unreality was actually pitying
and speaking kindly to him! Did he
hear aright?

‘“‘L-lady,” he faltered, ‘l-l’m sorry 1
done it.”

“That's right,”’ encouragingly.
if you’ll ask God—”

‘Ask which?’’

‘“‘Ask God—if you’ll ask God, He’ll for-
give you. And you oughtn’t to be so
dirty. If you’ll ask God that, too,’’ with
youthful orthodoxy, ‘‘He’ll make you a
nice, clean boy. You ought to have
prayed when you were hungry, prayed
to the Saviour—”

“Who's he?”

“The Savior?” in shocked surprise.
“Why, Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
don’t you know? Haven’t your father
and mother told you? Where have you
lived?’’

Slouch hung his head, but continued
to gaze in rapt admiration at his moni-
tress.

‘*‘J-I think,’ he ventnred, ‘‘] heard a
cully—I mean a gent—tell about Him
onet. I dunno nothin’ much, lady; |
ain’t never had no chance. I uster live
in de ate ward, an’ maw an’ sis worked
in de fact’ry an’ I toted dinner to de
han’s. But maw, she ¢ied, an’ sis went
off wid de iron jawed man in de side
show to de Exp’sition, an’ then I lived
about de wharf an’ run wid de mule
gang, till de cops nailed Foxy an’ Major
an’ Butch an’ broke us up. I reckon
I’'mahard nut. I dunno—seems like lL
ain’t never had enough to eat—but,’’
producing the diminutive porte-monnaie,

I’m sorry | took it—
but the money’s done

“And

*“*here’s yo’ purse.
an’,
spent.”

“Oh, keep it: you can have it,” inter-
rupted Lily. Then, with earnest, if un-
grammatical, commiseration, ‘‘It’s me

I’m sorry,

otherwise molested, but allowed to ‘oie | heii sorry for you! To think that I

 

 

have never known what it was to want.’’

But at that instant the steady thunder
of the flood was swallowed up and lost
in a sudden mightier rush and roar. No
need to speculate as to its cause! The

ure began to rock and yield, while a mad
uproar of shrieks and yells and oaths
and snatches of prayer went up in the
night. Several boats were moored at
the different windows, and by their
means, after a frantic fight for pre-
cedence, most of the inmates of the
Camp effected their escape. But there
would have been no place made for the
two white children, and Slouch knew it
well.

In less time than it takes to tell it, the
plastering of the room commenced to
crack and yawn and the flooring under
their feet to oscillate. With one bound
Slouch had Lily in the window; the next
second, as the old house crumbled to its
ruin, they were whirled away in a waste
of frothing water filled with floating de-
bris. The girl gave one wild scream of
terror, and then clung, mute and numb
with fright, to her protector. Slouch,
the wharf rat, could swim like a fish,
but his skill was of little avail in this
fierce torrent that swept them as lightly
as its own foam out of the Alley into a
street. Here they were dashed
against a tree, and the boy clutched it
with the grip of desperation. It was
hardly more than a sapling, but the less
likely to be washed up for that reason,
and there was room enough in_ its
branches, that divided a few feet above
the water, for his companion to rest in
safety.

“If I boost you up into de limbs,’’ he
gasped, ‘twill you hold on tight? It’s
mos’ daybreak, an’ somebody’s boun’ to
come fo’ long!”’

“Pll try,” wailed Lily, who with mar-
velous fortitude had retained conscious-
ness. ‘“V’ll try. But don’t leave me!
Oh, please don’t leave me!’’

“Pll stick here long’s I kin.
crowding her securely between the
yielding boughs, ‘‘take a tight hold.
An’, I say, next time you pray to—to
Him you made mention of, ask Him to
make allowance fur a poor devil what
never—”

3ut the sentence was never completed.
A huge beam from the wrecked, dis-
mantied Camp came driving end on and
struck him fairly in front, tearing his
grasp away. ‘‘Ask Him’’—came faintly
floating to her ears‘ and then the dark-
ness and oblivion from which he had
emerged at birth took him back into its

restful foid.
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cross

There,”’

Lily was rescued within a few hours,
and the river subsided after the flood
had held two days of devastating sway.

Slouch’s body, one of many, was
found in the swamps below the city, a
soiled, water-soaked little purse tightly
clinched in the stiff left hand.

The following Sunday Rev. Paul Con-
verse preacked from the text, ‘‘Greater
love hath no man than this,” and the
papers reported ‘‘a powerful effort.’
And then, it is to be feared, he ceased to
think about the matter.

He continues, however, to electrify at-

 

tentive audiences upon the subject of
foreign missions, and sends a steadily
increasing number of moral pocket hand- |
kerchiefs to the heathens who are for- |
tunate enough to dwell beyond seas.
And Shake Rag Alley remains as be-,
fore, the toughest hole within the cor- |
porate limits. VAL STAINES.

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Northern Michigan Retail Grocers’ Asso-
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President, J. F. Tatman, Clare; Sec’y, E. A.
Stowe, Grand Rapids.

 

Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association.

President, D. Viergever; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
Official Organ—MicHiGgAN TRADESMAN.

West Side (Saginaw) Retail Grocers’ Asso-
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Bay County Retail Grocers’ Association.
President, Thos. Walsh; Secretary S. W. Waters.

 

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association.
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Grand Haven Retail Grocers’ Association.
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Muskegon Retail Grocers’ Association.
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Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association.

At the regular meeting of the Jackson
Retail Grocers’ Association, held on
Thursday evening, June 21, President
Haefner presided. Roll call showed all
the officers present.

The Commitfee on Annual Excursion
and Picnie reported progress.

The Committee on Protest against
changes in hucksters and peddlers’ ordi-
nance, reported that a petition had been
circulated and presented to the city coun-
e1l.

A committee of five members consist-
ing of President Haefner and Messrs.
Fleming, Casey, Peterman and Porter,
were appointed toconfer with the Mayor
in regard to the peddlers ordinance.

The Committee on Hall was instructed
that the Association preferred the Red
Cross Hall as a place for meetings.

A letter was received from B. C. Hill
and wife, returning thanks for tlowers
from the Association on the occasion of
the death of their mother.

On motion, the Committee appointed
to interview the Mayor was instructed to
appoint one of their number to prosecute
hueksters and peddlers in case the Mayor
does not favor the ordinance.

The Secretary read an address in re-
gard to association work for the benefit
of visiting grocers as follows:

We have met this evening to discuss
matters of interest to the retail dealer in
groceries.

Let us first look backward, a little over
three years, and start with our organiza-
tion. It was prophesied at that time
that we would not be in existence six
months, but the ‘prophet was no good in
his own country,’”’ for we have survived
and prospered and bid fair to live fora
long period yet. Wedo not need to say
to those who have been active in the As-
sociation that the organization has been
of great benefit, financially, as well as
socially. To those who have not been
active members, and to those who have
not joined our ranks, we claim that we
have saved them many dollars and been
of great benefit to every grocer in the
city by our work and by our influence.
To those who have not been with us, and
of us, we wiil say that in many instances,
they have no knowledge of what was be-
ing done, but they have received the ben-
efit, even without knowing it. When
this organization was started it was for
the purpose of correcting some of the ex-
isting evils in trade. We have accom-
plished some of the objects which have
been undertaken. Some things are still
in the hands of the Association, which
will eventually be accomplished; and in
a few instances our efforts have not been
successful. The trade abuses and the
many different things that were found to
contend with at the time of our organi-
zation have multiplied so rapidly that, at
the present time, it seems impossible to
keep abreast of the tide while we act as
individuals, and we sincerely believe
that the time is at hand when associated
effort is the only way by which a retail
grocer can succeed in business. The
wholesale grocers are firmly associated
from the Atlantic Ocvan to the Rocky
Mountains, and it will be but a short
time until every state and territory in
eur country will have a Wholesale Gro-
eers’ Association. The Wholesale Asso-
ciations bind their members under

 

heavy penalty to maintain their rules.
Some of their rules in effect at the pres-
ent time are considered oppressive and
unjust by the retailer. Many claim that
they will not pay cartage, exchange or
boxing charges, and can get goods with-
out paying these charges. Granted that
this is a fact, the agent, traveler or
dealer who grants these concessions
must, necessarily, be dishonest, as the
firm or house they represent is pledged
against such transactions; and if they
deal unfairly and dishonestly in the one
case will they not do the same in others?
We know that the cartage, exchange and
boxing rules are unfair and unjust, so
long as we buy the goods at our place of
business, or even if we go to the whole-
sale house for them; but would it not be
better to pay the charges if quantity and
quality require it than to make the sales-
man dishonest and compel us to watch
him at every turn to keep him from even-
ing up in some other way ?

This wholesale end of our business is
but one of the many things to be con-
tended with. The candy manufacturers
put up short count and short weight
goods; the clothespin houses put up fifty-
five dozen for five gross; the pickle
houses put up 900 to 1,000 pickles for
1,200; and a large number of other
things, that a grocer, who attends to his
whole business, has to look after. Over-
production, sharp competition, dishonest
practices by manufacturers and their
agents to sell their goods keep the re-
tailer ‘“‘guessing where they are at” all
the time, if they do their whole duty to
their business. The methods used by
tobacco manufacturers in putting their
goods on the market are demoralizing
and detrimental to the retailer. The
soap powder market is overflowing—
chewing gum, stove polish and hundreds
of other things are crowded onto the re-
tailer; and he is a good business man
that can keep clear of dead stock these
days, no matter how good an article is.
A new house wishes to get its goods on
the market and it offers a better scheme
or a larger inducement and holds the
trade until the next house crowds their
way into the market. In brief, the re-
tailer has to watch every turn, and
needs the help of all his friends to keep
clear of being squeezed by the whole-
salers on one side and by the manutfac-
turers’ agents on the other side. Many
people candidly believe that the retailer
who is outside of an association will be
quite at the merey of the wholesaler or
manufacturer. A proof of the necessity
of associations is the fact, that the largest
retailers are the most active members.
There are many at the present time who
claim to be independent, but get under
the wing, and receive the benefit of the
association, without giving any eredit,
or paying anything, for the benefits de-
rived.

Bad debts is one of the greatest evils
there is to contend with, but united ef-
fort will reduce this trouble to small di-
mensions, with honest effort on the part
of the retailer. Why not prepare an al-
phabetical record of all the dead beat or
bad pay customers on your books, bring
it to the meeting and have it kept handy
for reference; and if the grocers will be
honest with themselves and their fellow
members, in three months from this date
it will be almost impossible for a dead-
beat to get credit in Jackson. Concerted
action will find a remedy for almost
every evil that exists in trade, but the
hardest part is the application of the
remedy.

The evidence of the necessity of asso-
ciations is found in the fact that new
ones are being formed throughout the
State and country, every trade journal
showing work and increase of interest in
associated bodies of retail grocers.
Owosso and Hudson have recently organ-
ized. We note by THE TRADESMAN that
on the 13th of this month grocers from
Coleman, Clare, Shepherd, Leroy, Reed
City, Ithaca, Big Rapids, and Mt. Pleas-
ant met together and formed the North-
ern Michigan Retail Grocers’ Associa-
tion. 1 quote two of their resolutions

which were adopted and shows that they
are starting right.

‘‘Resolvwed—That we place ourselves on
record as utterly opposed to the cutting
of prices and all other unbusinesslike

 

methods to draw trade and that we rec-
ommend the formation of local associa-
tions in each town having for their object
the maintenance of uniform prices on
sugar and other staple articles; also for
protection against deadbeats and poor
pay customers.

‘*Resolved— That we solicit the co-op-
eration of,the wholesale grocery trade in
shutting off cutters and influencing them
to reform their ways and sell goods at
legitimate prices.”

Thoughts govern the world, necessi-
ties produce thought. We will add a
few words about the past, present and
future. The Civil War of the country
went further toward civilizing and en-
lightening the world, within the past
thirty years, than all other causes com-
bined in a hundred years. Of the hun-
dreds of thousands that formed our arm-
ies, a large proportion had searcely ever
been outside of their own town or county,
and every step to them was a revelation
and an education. They had no ideas
beyond their daily work and their neigh-
borhood. They saw things that they had
never heard of, their power of thought
was increased and enlarged, and but a
few years after the close of the war we
find our people extending civilization to
every known portion of the globe and
struggling hard to find places which had
never been reached.

We need not record the advance in art,
science, invention, and manufacture,
only to say that by far the greater part
of the progress of the United States has
been within the past thirty years. Civ-
ilization has extended further and faster
than in any other period of the world’s
history. In fact, the boom that has been
forcing civilization to all parts of the
world has had to slacken its speed.
Heathen nations that had none of the
benefits, or even knowledge of the ways
of the world, have become enlightened.
In the land of pigtails, rice and rats, we
learn from Frank G. Carpenter’s letters
that the Chinese are manufacturing their
own cannons, comparing favorably with
the wonderful works of Krupp in Ger-
many. They are rolling their own rail-
road iron, and as wonderful as it may
seem, the heathens are making engines
that. compare favorably with our best
American manufacture. Other nations
are prospering in like manner. Civiliza-
tion has reached nearly over the known
world. Agriculture has kept pace with
everything else. Countries that had no
grain, or had to use grain shipped from
America, now raise more than this coun-
try. Wecan only depend upon export-
ing such an amount as can be sold in
competition with other countries. This
is one of the great causes of the dull
times of to-day. This country is not
alone in the panic, many of the older
countries being worse off by far than we
are. The world seems to have come toa
standstill on the lines that have been fol-
lowed for the past quarter of a century,
and in the future we will find that science
and invention will turn toward improv-
ing things that are made, rather than
adding so rapidly to new inventions. The
days for picking up fortunes in a day or
a year in this country are passed. Asa
rule, money will come slow. Economy
will be necessary and wealth will be
acquired only by diligent, careful meth-
ods; and it is our belief that association
of interest and careful study of our busi-
ness will be necessary in the future for
even a limited success in the retail gro-
cery trade. We will have to drop nega-
tive methods, and institute positive ways
in our business. The wholesale trade is
friendly to our interests and will help us,
the same as it helps the Retail Grocers’
Association in Grand Rapids, if we allow
them to do so.

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Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associa-
tion.

At the regular meeting of the Grand
Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, held
at Elk’s Hall, Monday evening, June 18,
President Viergever presidad.

The Exeeutive Committee asked for
further time in which to decide upon a
suitable location for the pienic, which
was granted.

The Committee on Flour was also given
further time to report.

The Secretary presented the report of

the financial outcome of the
as follows:

feod show

RECEIPTS,

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House receipts........... cE 237 50
Outside sales...... 148 %5
$1,403 51

DISBURSEMENTS.
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GOmeTal GX HGNACE...... 2... coos... cee sce Eee Oe
$1,670 64

RECAPITULATION.
De reernemas, -..... $1,670 64
Mecetoe:...................... . 1,403 51
Net loge. _._....__.. $ 267 13

On motion the report was accepted,

| the chairman congratulating tbe Associ-

ation that.the loss sustained was guaran-
teed by an outsider and would not fall
upon the Association.

On motion of Mr. Elliott, the guar-
antor, Chas. B. Knox, of Johnstown, N.
Y., was tendered a hearty vote of thanks
for the persistent efforts he made to
render the affair a success, and the mem-
bers of the Association pledged them-
selves to show their appreciation of his
efforts by pushing the sale of his goods
at all times and under all circumstances.

J. H. Goss moved that the grocers keep
their stores closed all day July 4.

J. J. Wagner moved as an amendment
that the stores be closed at noon, which
was adopted.

E. White was unprepared to present a
paper on the subject of ‘‘Location of the
Public Market,” but spoke in favor of a
market over the River, located midway
the stream, between Pearl and Bridge
streets, with entrances from each bridge.

A. J. Elliott stated that he would bring
the matter before the Municipal League,
with a view to ascertaining the sentiment
of that body on tbe question.

J. Geo. Lehman remarked that if Alder-
man Emmer had put the same energy
into a public market that he did into the
electric light question it would be far
better for the city.

The same gentleman suggested that it
would be a good idea to reagitate the
question discussed two or three years
ago, prohibiting the return of empty
berry boxes tothe grocers.

Mr. Wagner stated that he had made it
a rule not to return the boxes, as he had
discovered that only second-class
growers wanted their boxes back. He
offered the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted:

WHEREAS—The sale of the package
with the fruit is conducive to both health
and convenience; therefore

Resolved—That we reaffirm our belief
in the rule adopted by the Association
several years ago, prohibiting the return
of berry packages to growers.

Mr. Elliott brought up the matter of a
uniform basket and the inspection of
fruit, asserting that he would like to see
every basket of fruit inspected and
stampted.

Mr. Lehman referred to the pleasure
in handling a uniform fruit package and
suggested co-operation with the fruit
growers on this question. He would
like to know what style of package the
grocers preferred.

Mr. Elliott stated he preferred a pack-
age one deep.

Mr. Vinkemulder said he preferred a
twelve basket crate for home use and a
twenty-four basket crate for shipping
purposes.

Mr. Goss thought the twelve basket
erate preferable to the twenty-four in
one respect—that the buyer can see what
he is getting.

On motion of Mr. Elliott, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted:

Resolved—That we recommend the
adoption of a uniform package of stand-
ard size and also the appointment of an
inspector of fruit and vegetables to
reject unwholesome goods and stamp
fruit and packages of approved standard.

On motion of Mr. Goss, the Secretary
was instructed to place the substance of
this action on the next sugar card.

On motion of Mr. Lehman, the Sec-
retary was instructed to collect the
annual dues for this year, rebating one-
half of the amount, in view of the fact
that the treasury of the Association is in
excellent condition,.

Treasurer Lehman reported a balance
on hand of $255, and the meeting ad-

 

)journed.

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

 

AROUND THE STATE.

 

MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS.
Paw Paw—Harry Longwell, of Long-
well Bros., druggists, is dead.
Palmyra—Hart & Pifer succeed Hart
& Steik in the meat business.
Nessen City—Sarah L. Hogg succeeds
Wm. Hogg in the grocery business.
Ludington—Jas. S. Lovely has sold his
musie stock to Ray Campbell & Co.
Vandalia—J. D. Bonine has purchased
the drug stock of L. L. Lavenburg.
Esecanaba—Harry Murray, dealer
hardware, has removed to Boone, Ia.
Marquette—Henry Mack, Jr., succeeds
Mack & Billings in the meat business.
Elkton—Flack & Blakely succeed
R. (Mrs. Alois) Klein in general trade.

in

Oxford—E. C. Edgerty has opened a
grocery store in F. C. Barber’s building.

West Bay City—Ingersoll Bros. sue-
ceed H. S. Ingersoll in the grocery busi-
ness.

Ellsworth—R. Gidley succeeds Gidley
& Boltze in the drug and stationery busi-
ness.

Worway—John M. Knell is succeeded
by John B. Stanchina in the grocery
business.

Iron River—E. V. Hopkins is suc-
ceeded by Rudolph Steller in the drug
business.

Kalamazoo—Cornelius Vandervliet suc-
ceeds L. Hollander & Co. in the coal
business.

Eagle—Eugene Brya has purchased the
grocery and hardware stock of Hunton &
McCrumb.

Sullivan—K. C.
burned Sunday.
insurance.

White Pigeon—Louis
Rhoades & Son, grain
dealers, is dead.

Fenwick—Bennett & Osborne, agricul-
tural implement dealers, have dissolved,
Wm. H. Bennett succeeding.

Grand Blanc—E. A. Salisbury, for-
merly of Flint, succeeds F. R. Anable in
the grocery and meat business.

Plainwell—S. B. Smith has rented a
store in the opera house block which
he will occupy with a notion and bazaar
stock.

Lake City—The grocery firm of J. V.
Moran & Co. has dissolved. J. V. Moran
will continue the business in his own
name.

Three Rivers—M. Hack succeeds Craig
& Hack in the meat and general market
business. Mr. Craig retires on account
of poor health.

Sonoma—Benjamin Trethrick has sold
his interest in the Baker & Trethri:k
drug and grocery stock to his partner,
Dr. J. I. Baker.

Sturgis—Geo. H. Klesert succeeds Pas-
sehls & Klesert in the grocery business.
Mr. Passehls returns to Chicago to travel
for a wholesale liquor house.

McBain—Wm. Lodewyk has _ pur-
chased a half interest in the general
stock of B. Lodewyk. The new firm will
be known as B. Lodewyk & Son.

Osborne’s sawmill
Loss, about $500; no

Rhoades, of
and produce

Dushville—Geo. W. Layman is erect-
ing a new frame store building, 22x50
feet in dimensions, which he expects to
occupy with his drug stock in about
thirty days.

Altena—Eli Lyons is erecting a store
building, 18x24 feet in dimensions, de-
tached from the building containing his
general stock to which he will remove
his drug stock.

 

Cheboygan—lIt is Geo. H. DeGereaux,
not Arthur R. Gerow, who will shortly
embark in the wholesale and retail con-
fectionery business at this place.

Marshall—The Peters hardware stock
has been purchased by Chas. Ricketts,
of this city, and Frank French, of Burl-
ington, who will continue the business
at the same location.

St. Louis—Clinton Satterlee
chased the grocery stock of H.
ton and leased the store at East St.
Louis, and has consolidated his two
grocery stocks in the Harrington build-
ing.

Cadillac—J. Cornwell & Sons have un-
der consideration the erection of a three-
story brick building, 44x50 feet in di-
mensions, which they will occupy, when
completed, with their wholesale grocery
stock.

Menominee—E. Lewis & Co. have
purchased the undertaking business of
D. Barelay &. Co., and the furniture
business of Brace & Hornibrook and will
combine the two stocks into one busi-
ness.

Wayland—Henry K. Gleason, formerly
engaged in the drug business at Fenn-
ville, is erecting a double store building
at this place, one side of which he will
occupy with a drug stock as soon as
completed.

Elwell—Phelps Bros. have sold their
general stock to Jay Gee, who will con-
tinue the business at the same location.
They still retain their drug stock, but
will dispose of it as soon as a purchaser
can be found. The Messrs. Phelps
began business fourteen years ago with
$500 capital. They now own a 400 acre
farm of excellent soil, stocked with some
of the best bred animals in the State and
are surrounded with every comfort and
convenience within the realm of reason-
able expenditure—all of which goes to
show that fidelity to business behind
the counter brings its own reward.

has pur-
Harring-

 

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Dundee—The Buckeye Churn Co.,
manufacturers of tables, has been closed
under mortgage.

Tawas City—The Tawas City creamery
was a failure, but it has been changed
into a cheese factory and in now receiv-
ing a good patronage.

Plainweli—The Plainwell Church Fur-
niture Co. is building an addition to its
factory, 20x60 feet in size, which will en-
able it to double its output.

Manistee—White, Friant & Co. have
started their sawmill and think they will
have enough logs from now on to keep
them at work for the balance of the sea-

son. They are to saw for Ward &
Root, who pile all their cut for yard
trade.

Otter Lake—The Otter Lake Creamery
Co. is following the footsteps of over 100
‘“‘scheme creameries’’ established in this
State by enterprising Chicago supply
houses. Davis & Rankin hold the build-
ing and real estate, while Norman M.
Stark, of this place, has been givena
chattel mortgage of $452.10 on machin-
ery to satisfy debts he footed while the
company ran the plant. The machinery
is now offered for sale by virtue of this

mortgage.
Mancelona—The festive creamery
agent is endeavoring to interest the

farmers in this vicinity in a $4,000 fac-
tory creamery. In all probability the
farmers will conclude not to invest, as a
little investigation will satisfy them that

 

 

a creamery outfit adequate to the needs
of this community can be put in for
$600 or $800, and that a building suitable
for the purpose can be erected for $800
or $900 more; moreover, the present
price of creamery butter to-day in New
York is about the same as that of farm-
ers’ butter at home, which offers meager
encouragement to factory creameries.

Marquette—Bice & Sons and the Hager
& Johnson Manufacturing Co., the two
loading wood working plants of this
city, have been consolidated under the
title of the Bice Manufacturing Co., with
a paid up capital stock of $100,000. The
Bices, who are well skilled and success-
fulin their line, will take the manage-
ment of the new concern under their
personal supervision, and try to make
the big plant known as the Polygonal
works what it has not yet been, a pay-
ing success. They have also plans in
immediate prospect which will greatly
increase the working of dressed lumber
at this point. The change is looked on
as a good one for the stockholders and
the city in general.

Manistee—Louis Sands has just com-
pleted his second salt well after 54
months’ work, and will begin immedi-
ately to sink a third. He has recently
increased the capacity of his block so
that when the second well gets to pump-
ing brine of full strength he will turn
out 1,000 to 1,200 barrels daily. Manis-
tee has struck her regular summer gait
on salt and is turning out more than one-
third of the salt produced in the State.
Tom Percy, of Ludington, aims to take
the crown away from Peters, and says he
will be the salt king of Michigan before
long, and is going to have a capacity to
turn out 2,500 barrels of salt every day.
He is reckoning without his host if he
thinks he is going to get ahead of R. G.
that way, should the business get back
into R. G.’s hands another year, of which

there now seems to be every indication.
a

Purely Personal.

Harry L. Hall, manager of the city
department of the Hazeltine & Perkins
Drug Co., is spending a fortnight’s vaca-
tion at Whitehall.

Frank C. L’ Hommedieu, a member of
the drug firm of Bassett & L’ Hommedieu,
of Detroit, died last Friday of consump-
tion. He was raised in Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio, but came to Detroit when a young
man. He was employed until six years
ago by Farrand, Williams & Co., but left
their employ to enter the retail drug bus-
iness. He has resided in Tucson, Ariz.,
much of the time since 1892, when his
health commenced to fail. In hopes of
recovering he returned to Detroit last
month. He was 44 years of age, and is
survived by a widow and three children.
He was a member of the First Presbyter-
ian Church Society.

The peculiar character noted on the
streets of Grand Rapids of late is none
other than Harry Hawkins, the Wayland
druggist, who is about as eccentric as the
world-famous George Francis Train.
Pending the addition of a second story to
his store building at Wayland, he has
closed his drug store, come to Grand
Rapids, rented a house in the suburbs,
and, while his wife is plying her profes-
sion as a dressmaker, Harry is walking
the streets, with the avowed intention of
seeing all there is to be seen in Grand
Rapids. His long black ulster, broad
brimmed white hat and Dickinsonian
whiskers render him a conspicuous figure

 

on the streets, but few people would im-
agine from his appearance that be is one
of the largest owners of government
bonds in this part of the State. Such is
a fact, however, as was attested by his
appearing before the proper officers in
Allegan county a few years ago for the
purpose of swearing down his assess-
ment. It is asserted that he is now the
owner of $30,000 worth of bonds, and, as
he never spends a cent unnecessarily, it
is natural to infer that he is adding to
his collection regularly.
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The Wheat Market,

The cereal was lifeless and fluctua-
tions narrow during the week. Exports
were only 2,000,000 bushels, against 3,-
563,000 bushels for the corresponding
week last year. To be sure there were
reports from Austro-Hungary, Russia
and the Argentine Republic of damage
to crops by frost and wet weather, but
this did not have any effect on the gen-
eral market. Another _ factor which
seems to depress wheat is the anti-op-
tion bill, which passed the House last
week. This will have the very opposite
effect on wheat prices from what its pro-
moters intended or expected, as it will
surely be the cause of depressing, in-
stead of enhancing, the price. Mr. Hatch
and all those in favor of the anti-option
bill should know that America cannot do
much exporting unless futures can be
dealt in, but time will settle that ques-
tion. 1 do not look for much decrease in
the visible supply, owing to small ex-
ports. The demand for flour has been
good; exporters offer about the same
prices as the local market, while wheat
is about 2 cents above shipping basis.
Mill feed is in good demand. Corn and
oats have been very irregular and of the
boomish order. Oats reached 53 cents,
but receded to 48 cents. Corn seems,
also, to be high, taking into considera-
tion the fine growing weather. Receipts
for the week were, wheat, fifty-eight
cars; corn, twelve cars; oats, two cars.

C. G. A. Voter.

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Grace Legalized by Statute.

GRAND RAPIDs, June 25—THE
TRADESMAN misquoted me last week.
I did not understand you to ask if the
giving of grace on notes and drafts was
a statutory enactment; I thought your
question had reference to how it orig-
inated. While the giving of three days
of grace originated in custom, it was
made obligatory by legislative enactment
in this State in 1846. The law was
passed more for the purpose of limiting
the application of grace than to make
the custom a law. It had that effect,
however, and what at first was a matter
of grace between creditor and debtor is
now a matter of law. Here is the law
(Howell’s Annotated Statutes, Chap. 35,
See. 1581-1582): On all bills of exchange
payable at sight, or ata future day cer-
tain, within this State, and on all ne-
gotiable promissory notes, orders and
drafts, payable at a future date certain,
within this State, in which there is not
an express stipulation to the contrary,
grace shall be allowed, except as pro-
vided in the following section, in like
manner as it is allowed by the custom
of merchants, on foreign bills of ex-
change, payable at the expiration of a
certain period after date or sight. The
provisions of the last preceding section
shall not extend to any bill of exchange,
note or draft payaple on demand.

A large number of people think that
this matter rests entirely on custom, and
it is, perhaps, just as well that the mat-
ter should be cleared up. As to the
abolition of the custom, or rather the re-
pealing of the law, I think it ought to
be done. There is not a single reason
for its retention. PETER DORAN.

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GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

W. J. Carlyle & Co., wall paper and
paints, have moved from 498 S. Division
street to 457 S. Division street.

 

 

Bender & Ragan succeed Williams &
Bender in the grocery business at the
corner of Spring and Oakes streets.

Adam Ludwig has engaged in the gro-
cery business at Elkhart, Ind. The Mus-
selman Grocer Co. furnished the stock.

Chas. R. Visner and Thos. Visner have
opened a butter depot at 290 South Divi-
sion street under the style of Visner
Bros.

Gady & Faulhaber, dry goods and
notions, 58 W. Leonard street, have
closed out their stock and gone out of
business.

Geo. W. Williams has opened a grocery
store at the corner of East and Union
streets. The Musselman Grocer Co. fur-
nished the stock.

The Committee on Trade Interests of
the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associ-
ation has established the retail price of
granulated sugar at5 cents straight for
the present.

Fred Sargent and W. R. Buss have
formed a copartnership under the style
of the Grand Rapids Feed Co. and en-
gaged in the flour, feed, grain, hay, wood

and coal business at 140 Elsworth
avenue.
Joseph Houseman is one of the

strongest opponents to the proposed
Saturday half holiday for bank clerks,
both as a clothing merchant and as a
director in the Grand Rapids National
Bank. Mr. Houseman says it would be
a great inconvenience to his clothing
establishment to be unable to make a
deposit after noon of Saturday, as it fre-
quently happens that they take in more
money between 11 and 3 o’clock Saturday
than any other two days in the week;
moreover, the ability to get change from
the bank up to the hour of closing is
sometimes absolutely essential. Mr.
Houseman says he was recently called
upon by a gentleman representing the
bank clerks, who informed him that, un-
less he changed front on the closing
question, the sixty-five bank clerks of
the city would boycott him. Inresponse
to this threat, Mr. Houseman informed
the gentleman that the bank clerks
might boycott him and be blanked, or
words to that effect. As both the Grand
Rapids National Bank and the People’s
Savings Bank decline to join in the
movement, the matter is probably
shelved for this year; and, considering
the underhand methods some of the
clerks have used to bring about the half
day closing movement, it deserves to be
shelved for all time.

A feature of the present depression is
the large number of girls and young
women who are out of employment.
Some of these are stenographers and
typewriters, some are book-keepers,
while others are book-keepers after a
fashion, but the great majority know
just enough about office and store work
to unfit them for other kinds of work.
Girls have an idea that office work is
more ‘‘genteel’’ than house work; that
there is something degrading about the
latter, while the former will give them a
certain standing in society. They do
not like to be called ‘‘menials;” they

prefer to take their chances in competi-
tion, not only with other girls, but with
young men in the uncertainties of com-
mercial life, with low wages, long hours
and the thousand and one discomforts
and annoyances inseparable from the
office or store. A girl accustomed to
bousework, and especially a good cook,
is almost always sure of a good place,
with all the comforts of a home, com-
paratively easy work, short hours, all
things considered, and wages much better
than the majority of girls receive in
office or store; but most girls prefer
clerking to housework, and for the rea-
son stated, that most of them are enam-
ored of the shabby gentility which seems
to be one of the perquisites of the last
named positions. In this connection the
words of a business man of this city are
interesting. Hesaid: ‘‘I advertised for
a stenographer last week, and in one day
received no less than forty applications
for the position. A few of these owned
their own typewriters, but most of them
would rent a machine for $5 a month if
engaged. Now,if the thirty-nine who
got left would turn their attention to
housework and cooking, they would
stand a show of getting work; as it is,
it will be months before some of these
will get anything to do. When one of
these girls gets married she must hire a
girl, for, as a rule, she knows nothing
about housework; her high-flown notions
of things stick to her and she still ob-
jects to being called aservant girl. Mrs.
Rorer said while here that good cooks
were at a premium; they were one of the
vital essentials of civilized life; they
were, as arule, well paid; the work was
light and pleasant, but they were the
scareest commodity in the market.
There are salesladies, and lady steno-
graphers, and lady book-keepers until
you can’t rest; but cooks—good cooks
who can be depended upon to get up a
meal that won’t give a man chronic dys-
pepsia, or cause him to raise a whole
herd of nightmares—are like angel’s
visits—seldom heard of, and, when they
are, not very well authenticated. Now,
Iean’t afford to pay a girl more than $5
a week; what I actually need is an office
boy, but I have some work for a type-
writer. Suppose the young lady I have
engaged were a good cook, or proficient
in housework, she would command bet-
ter wages, and, in addition, have a good
home. 1 don’t meant to say that all
girls could secure good places as cooks,
but many of them could, and there would
still be enough to fill all the available
positions in offices and would, perhaps,
stiffen the market for those who remain.
Just think of it! Forty applications for
one little position paying $5 a week and
the whole country crying out for good

cooks!”
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Slightly Inconsistent.

 

A prominent Monroe street shoe dealer
sent an order to a well-known Chicago
department store for a quantity of canned
goods for his own use. His order was
filled, but, on the receipt of his goods,
he found that, besides paying fully as
much as he would have paid at home,
many of the articles were not what he
had ordered. He had paid the bill, how-
over, and there was nothing to do but to
keep the goods. The shoe man went to
a local grocer and asked him to take
some of the goods off his hands. The
grocer told him that he was stocked up

 

in canned goods and could not help him

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out. He would have been a ‘‘chump’’ if
he had. That shoe dealer probably ex-
pects Grand Rapids people to buy their
shoes at home, not to go to Chicago for
them. That is exactly what they ought
todo. As good shoes at as reasonable
prices can be bought in Grand Rapids as
in Chieago, and, other things being equal,
our people should buy their foot wear at
home; but if shoe dealers go to the
Windy City for their groceries, what is
the matter with grocers buying their
shoes there? What is fair for one is for
another, and that particular dealer in
pedal coverings can find no fault if he
gets no trade from Grand Rapids grocers.
The assurance of that shoe dealer is re-
freshing—sending to Chicago for his
eanned goods and then, when he finds he
has something he does not want, asking
a home grocer to take his useless stock
off his hands!

A lady recently enterad a Monroe
street grocery and asked the price of cer-
tain small fruits. On hearing the price,
she exclaimed, ‘“‘Why, I can get them
very much cheaper from the farmers. I
won’t pay you any such price.’’ It is
supposed that she went to the farmers
for her fruit, as she bought none at the
groceries. She is one of a number of la-
dies who are continually soliciting sub-
scriptions for various objects—all more
or less worthy, no doubt, but all depend-
ent almost entirely upon the benevolence
of the business men of the city. If a
business man subscribes money to any
institution the amount must come out
of the profits of his business, and if the
people of the city do not patronize him,
but go outside to do their buying, he can-
not be blamed if he does not subscribe.
It has been said that ‘‘one good turn de-
serves another.” If this is true, then
Grand Rapids people should spend their
money in the city, even if the dealers do
make a little money out of their busi-
ness. But can city merchants be ex-
pected to give much to the many institu-
tions which live on the bounty of the

people while their promoters § are
spending their money out of the
city? There is considerable of that

sort of thing going on in the city, and
those who are doing it should, at least,
refrain from asking Grand Rapids busi-
ness men to contribute to any charitable
or other institution which must draw its
life from the pockets of home dealers.

A tt

An Assorted Stock.

It was in a little New Hampshire vil-
lage among the mountains where the
country store served as post office, cir-
culating library, shoe store, grocery
store, dry goods store and everything
else combined, that a Boston lady, glanc-
ing over the books, inquired, ‘‘Have you
Browning?”’

*“No,’? said the attendant somewhat

regretfully, and not knowing just what:

kind of an article browning might be,
‘‘we have not.” Then, more brightly.
‘But we have blacking and blueing and
have aman who does whiting. We oc-
easionally do pinking. Would any of
these do?”’

— 9
Annual Meeting of the Clark Grocery
Co.

At the annual meeting of the stock-
holders of the I. M. Clark Grocery Co.,
M. J. Clark, Frank Jewell, Sumner M.
Wells, Fred B. Clark and W. D. Weaver
were elected directors of the corporation
for the ensuing year. At a subsequent
meeting of the directors officers were
elected as follows:

President—M. J. Clark.

Vice President—Frank Jewell.

Secretary—Sumner M. Wells. i

Treasurer—Frank B. Clark. |

 

 

 

According to the advertisements in
medical journals, chewing gum impreg-
nated with various antisepties is offered
by the Germans as an agreeable and ef-
fective prophylactic against throat af-
fections, particularly for children, young
folks, and people generally who are sen-
sitive to attacks of cold, catarrh, ete.
The idea is a good one, and we may soon
look for similar preparations from our
guim-makers,

 

 

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted under this
head for two cents a word the first insertion and
one cent a word for each subsequent insertion.
No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents.
Advance payment.

BUSINESS CHANCES

OR SALE—A WELL EQUIPPED MACHINE
shop in Detroit, Michigan. Good tools,
suitable for building or repairing heavy or light
machinery. Good business location and low
rent. Suitable terms to responsible parties. Par-
ticulars from Charles Steel, Administrator, box

46, Wyandotte, Michigan. 647
XCLUSIVE RIGHT GIVEN ONE GROCER
each county; staple article; large profits.
R. Givens, grocer and commission merchant,

Corpus Christi, Tex. €49
NOR SALE—FINE BAKERY, RESTA URANT,
ice cream parlor and soda fountain in one
of the best locations in a good lively town in
Northern Michigan. Twenty years established.
Population 6,000 to 7,900. Good chance fora
smart man, Address No. 648, care Michigan
Tradesman.

 

 

648
’ ANTED—TO PURCHASE, A CLEAN
‘ drug stack, few fixtures. Must be cheap
for spot cash. Address W., care Michigan
Tradesman. 650

 

\OOD OPENING FOR A BOOT AND SHOE

XM business at Traverse City. Store, next to
my dry goods and clothing establishment and
Opera House Block, for rent. Good location,
rate reasonable. A live business man and hust-
ler can make money in it. For terms, ete , apply
to or address, Julius Steinberg, Traverse City,
Mich. 646

OR SALE—DRY GOODS STOCK IN ONE

of the busy manufacturing cities of Lower

Michigan. Best location in town, Ad@ress No.
645 care Michigan Tradesman. 645

OR SALE—CLOTHING AND GENTLE-

men’s furnishing goods stock at a bargain.

Will rent store to parties purchasing if so de-

sired. Address Lock box 270, Charlotte,
642

 

Mich.
Vy JANTED TO EXCHANGE—-TWO-HORSE
engine, upright boiler, good as new, for
electric motor. tedner Bros., Battle Creek,
Mich. 643
HO WANTS A NICE, CLEAN, WELL-ES-
tablished and good paying dry goods and
notion store, in one of the best locations in the
city, at a great bargain; good reason for selling.
Write or call at once. Address No. 635, care
Michigan Tradesman. 635
RUG STORE FOR SALE—INVOICING
$1,600, $500 down; balance on time. Good
business. Low expenses. Address Book-
keeper, 4 and 6 Pearl St., Grand Rapids. 640

N ICHIGAN DRUG EXCHANGE, H. H.
A Grand Girard, Proprietor. I have on my
list several drug stores for sale, ranging from
$°cO to $5,900, in and out of the city, and will
furnish further particulars. Ihave alsoa great
many drug clerks, registered and assistants, who
wish situations in or out of the city. Nocharge
to buyer oremployer. Address Mich. Drug Ex-

 

 

 

 

change, 128 Monroe street, Grand Rapids. 637
OR SALE—STORE BUILDING AND
dwelling combined at Levering,

Mich.
First-class place for a general dealer. A. M.
LeBaron, Grand Rapids, Mich. 636
OR SALE—CLEAN DRUG STOCK IN A
: thriving town in Northern Michigan on C.
& W. M. Railway. Address No. 639, care Michi
gan Tradesman. 639
OR RENT—THE STORE FORMERLY OC-
cupied by E. J. Ware, druggist, corner
Cherry and East streets. Also meat market, east
end same building, with good ice box. Johnc,
Dunton, old County building. 618
eS MILL—WE OFFER FOR SALE
the North Side Planing Mill, which is first-
class in every respect, or will receive proposi-
tions to locate the business in some other thriv-
ingtown. Correspondence and inspection solic-
ited. Sheridan, Boyce & Co., Manistee, Mich. 613
FFYHE BEST PLACE IN THE STATE TO
start a dry goods store is Big Rapids. Has
only two. 608

OR RENT—EXCELLENT LOCATION FOR
grocery store. No other grocery within
four blocks. High and dry basement under
store. Come and see for yourself. J. W.
Spooner, 6 Arcade, Grand Rapids. 609
A CLEAN STOCK OF GROCERIES FOR
Sale; good trade, cheap for spot cash;
the only delivery wagonin town. Stock about

 

 

 

 

$2,500. Investigate. Address box 15, Centre-

ville, Mich. 820
“ 3 HEADACHE

PECK’S “*fowprens

Pay the best profit.

C. A. CONNOR,

Manufacturer of

ICE CREAM,

Owosso, Mich.

Order from your jobber

Orders for Fancy Brick Cream Filled on Short

Notice.

 

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of the reports, in relation to labor, that Atlantic A: Se a F ny, Me wid ei 7 eae tip AA. J own. i
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interesting being those in relation to the om. 5 ee =; 3 8% ee ide
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health of those who follow them, these | p7cbery Bunting... 4 |King EC. ........... . — ce
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One of the most vexatious and temper
trying episodes which occasionally arise
in a retail hardware store is the return
of articles which have been warranted
by the merchant. As arule, a dealer
will guarantee a knife, shears, plane-bit,
hatchet, axe, etc., free from flaws in the
manufacture, should they break while
legitimately used and the point of
fracture shows a flaw—which is readily
detected; he will hand out a new article,
retain the faulty one, charging it to the
jobber or manufacturer from whom he
bovght it. But impositions have been so
frequent by customers, that merchants
are careful how and to whom they war-
rant goods. A case in point—one within
the writer’s ken—may be of interest to
hardware dealers. It was ina store ata
county seat not sixty miles from Chicago,
and during the hard and severe winter
of 1876-7. A couple of farmers came in
for axes. We kept Lippincott’s, Blood’s
and Hunt’s. They were hard to suit, but
finally selected two of Hunt’s make, 414
and 4% pounds respectively. While they
were being wrapped up they were particu-
larly anxious as to the warrant, which was
as follows: ‘‘Free from flaws, should they
break and the fracture show it, new
axes will be furnished.” This ap-
peared satisfactory. Several days after-
ward the men returned with both axes
broken—a crescent shaped piece being
broken out of the blade of each. One of
these showed a slight flaw in the steel—a
dark burned appearance at the point of
fracture; this was accepted and a new
axe provided. The other was broken
out of the solid steel. On questioning
the man, he said he had been merely
chopping, the same as his partner, but,
on being pressed, admitted he had been
cutting into a frozen knot on a fallen
oak. Of course, his request for a new
axe was refused, and the man was as
mad as a wet hen, emphatically asserting
that he would never buy another thing
from that store, and no amount of
reasoning could shake his opinion that
‘“*Mr. So and So’s warrant didn’t amount
to chucks.” The writer afterwards
learned that the same man had victim-
ized several other hardware stores out
of new axes by protesting that he had
been doing straight chopping. Other
cases might be cited, but the foregoing
is sufficient to serve the purpose—care
in wording the warranty on edge tools.

Sai Re ene
In fifty-four towns and cities of England
the garbage is used for fuel to run eleec-
tric light plants. It makes the light
come cheaper than when coal was used,
and does away with the garbage diffi-
culty.

A New York cigar dealer recently ad-
vertised for a ‘‘live Indian”? to serve as
a cigar sign and 1,000 men of all colors
and races applied for the job.

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fer Michigan for this well-known
brand of Paints.

Figures can be given to compete

with any sold. The goods are guar-

anteed. We have sold them for
many years. Write us and secure

the agency for same.

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Wholesale Druggists,
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Carpet Linings,
Asbestos Sheathing
Asphalt Ready Roofing,
Asphalt Roof Paints,
Resin, Coal Tar,
Roofing and Paving Pitch,
Tarred Felt, Mineral Wool
Elastic Roofing Cement,
Car, Bridge and Roof Paints,
and Oils.

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These prices are for cash buyers, who
pay promptly and buy in full packages,

AUGURBS AND BITS, dis.
meer 4. ce 60&10
MOM eee ccc oe 40
ermreee See. ..... .....:.......-..... 25
eoceoee, weeeee.. i. .... 50&10
Firat —- 8. 3. ny Le ceebes cudese leas $6 50
B. Bronze.. lu
: s Dm meee... ...... 7 50
. ae See... ................ 13 50
BARROWS, dis,
UO ce ce a cy $12 00 1400
eee te... net 30 00
ROLTS dis.
ee, 50410
Geeciiae ——. 75&10
ee, 40&10
Sleigh TEEN
BUCKETS.
ee. ....8 3 50
Well, ee... 400
a CAST. dis.
(oe Loess Fin Geared... .... ...., .-...... 70&10
Wought Narrow, bright Sastjoint 40...... 60410

 

 

 
 
 
  
 
 
 

Wrought Loose Pin........... 40
Wrought Table........ 40
Wrought —— Blind. 49
Wrought Brass.......... 75

Blind, Clark's, Sa
Blind, gy

  

Blind, Shepard’s
BLOCKS.

Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 60&10
CRADLES.
ee ak 49&10
CROW BARS,

CRM POE perm 5
CAPS.
a per m 65
Micke GC F.. ..... 60
Ce 8. - 35
es... “ 60
CARTRIDGES.
ee ee 50
Cemerer OO dis. 25

CHISELS. dis.
Re I og oe ce coca cece ee «oe OGIO
Ce ee
eee en CAe wc cc ae eee on
eee eee 45&10
Butchers’ Tenugod Piraser............_...... 40
COMBS. dis
re. DTONNOG, U. 5... ues. 40
eee es .. 25
OHALK,
White Crayons, per gross.... -- 12@i2% dis, 10
COPPER,
Pianished, 14 oz cut tosize... .. - ee 28
14x52, 14x56, 14x60 . 26
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and re en A 23
Cold Rolled, ee. 23
Pons. ht caeues 22
DRILLS. dis.
ore cee Slee... 50
Teper and straight Shank................... 50
meerne o Sener ememe...... : 50
DRIPPING PANS.

Buell aiees gor pow... ok. | 8
ieee Olas, wer weund...... ......... ..... 06
ELBOWS,
ome, © ieee. Gi... ............... dos. net 7
wit oe dis 40
UNO ccc, dis. 40&10

EXPANSIVE BITS. dis.
Clark’s, small, 818; a. .... 30
Ives’, 1, $18: 2) 824; 3,830 a Pe eeecee ae 25
FILES—New List. dis.
Eee... 8... 6010-16
ow Awortican, ....- ... ......c,. 6010-10
Ce ie 6010-10
Bee 50
Meller 6 Horse Hegee .. ......-............. 50

@ALVANIZED IRON.

Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and A; 2% and 2; 27 28

List & 13 14 15 16 1
Discount, 60 -10

~~

AUGES. dis.

Stanley Rule and “aoe a“) ............. 50
KNOBs—New List. dis.

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55

Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55

Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55

Door, porceruin, trimmaings................. 55

Drawer and Shutter, perecwsin............. 70
LOCKS—DOOR dis.

Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s nc w list ..... 55

Mallors, Whooier & Co.’'s..................- 55

Perea... 55

err e . , 55

MATTOCES,

AG eee. $16.90, dis. 60-10

ee ee $15.00, dis. 60-10

Me... ewe. 3... $18.50, dis. —
MAU dis.

Sperry & Co.’s, Post, aes eee eee emcees 50
MILLS. dis.

om? ge 40

P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.'s —- 40

’ Landers, Berry & Clorks............ 40

* Bute ... 30
MOLASSES GATES, dis.

Pee Oe ee, 60&10

ee re —

Enterprise, self-measuring............ oe

Advance over base, on both Steel and =

Rees tee solic... 1 40
Wire nails, We ce ee i 49
ec ee ae —— Base Base
OE ee a el 10
Oe i ee 25
ee a 25,
ee. 35
ee 45
i ce, 45
se 50
Dee ee eee ee ee 60
ee vis)
ee 90
a —_____eee 1 20
a. 1 60
ee 1 60
eee Oe. cs... 65
Me eee ee eae en 7
a, ae a 90
Finish - Dee cede ye ook Gul. 75
ee 90
TC aaa 110
eee se 70
: eae ca 80
Barrell %.. 0. 1 75
PLANES. dis.
ee re Oe Pc ec ens @w
Penne es 250
Sandusky Tool Bin i Senee................. @40
eee, ee G@eeeey..... @40
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. 50&10
PaXs.
a, Ae dis.60—10
Common, calico use g bac eess dees cece es dis. 70
RIVETS, dis,
eon a eee 50—10
Copper Rivets and Burs.................... 50—10

PATENT FLANISHED IRON.

‘A’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to = 10 20

‘*B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20
Broken packs 4c per pound extra,

 

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HANMERS.
mere BOO... ii... => =
Ree...
ornon @ Pietewe. ...................... ate. "0&0
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. . . .80¢ list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand.. . B0e 40410
HINGES,
i . dis. 60619

Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3 . :
ate r doz. net, 2 59
Serew Hook and ‘Strap, ‘to 12 In. i 14 and

eee eee ued ue edu ce gcc. | 3%
Screw Hook and Eye, a net 10
: : c ae 8%
ei 6 : seem i
Strap and T. . oe .- dis. 50
HANGERS.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... 5040
Ciampron, anti-friction.................... ~~
Migec: weecGrsen
HOLLOW WARE.
AE $0&16
Le, EN 60&10
oem, 60&1¢
Gray cuemerog. 40810
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
Seamed Tin Ward................... -new lint >

Jepennea Sua Were...
Gramite Iron Ware .............. new lis a
WIBE GOODS. dis

a... i 70&10&10
Ctl ee ee
ieee. sl 70&10&10
Gate Hooks and oie eee ccc a yes. 70&10&10
VELS. dia.79
Stanley Rule and ond We... cee
ROPES.

Sunel, 56 neh and larger ................ _ @

meeeiee.......... eee ee ce eel ae

SQUARES, din.
cca OM ———

oe: a
Mitre . oo. eons. 20
" BHEET IRON.

Com. Smooth. Com
Noa. 10 to 14........ Sees ce ee $2 50
Nee tot... ee 2 60
OO 4 05 2 70
ee ceteee......................... 3 56 2 80
Noe wteme.................. 7 2 90
Ne_f7..... on 3 00

All sheets No. 18 and lighter,
wide not less than 2-10 extra
SAND PAPER,

List acct. 19, 86 . aes e se. 50
SASH corp.
Silver Lake, aie A... let 50
Drab Bo ' 55
" ae... \ 59
_ meee. . 55
' hite C . £
Discount, 10.
SASH WEISHTS.
Miia... per ton 82!
SAWS, di
ha TOO ‘2 20
Silver Steal Dia. X Cuts, per foot, . 70
. a Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.. 50
“ ps rt Steel Dia, X Cuts, perfoot.... 30
. ampion and Electric Tooth X
Cuts, ——.......,........ 30
TRAPS, dis.
ee Game. 60&10
Oneida C ommunity, Newhouse’s........... 35
Oneida Community, Hawley # Norton’s. 70
moun Gagker 18¢ per dox
mouse, Golusion. $1.50 per doz
WIRE, dis.
Bright Market.. Se
eae... 7U—10
Coppers Wares... 6C—10
Ge 24%

C Barbed Borne Stee.
ed Fence, galvanized. .
painted

Au Sable.. dis. 40&10
Ce dis. 05
Menthe womter...................... Qs. 10&10
dis,
Baxter’s Adjustable, 1 nickeled iubcetaece.. 30
ee cease. 50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, _—- 75
Coe’s Patent, malleable “i _  T5&1G
MISCELLANEOUS. dis.
rd Camee es 50
i ek  75de10
farce wow... W&1 &10
Casters, Bed a i Pinte.................. 50810810
Dempere, Amero |... ...... 40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods ace. 65410
METALS,
PIé TIN,
Pig -. Dye ieee edit ey cee oa ee cll... 26c
Pig Bars.. .. ee
Duty: Sheet, —_ ~ pound.
600 pound casks.. Se ee 6%
er Oe 7
SOLDER.
4OK Meee aed oe dele Mowe weal wmee aedie yg oul 16
an re 15

The prices of the many other qualities of
solder in the market indicated by private brands
vary according to componition.

ANTIMONY.

ae... per pound
MIMONU ccc ccc cc RP 13
—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal Diet e eels dees 8750
ae | 7 50
10x14 1x, ee 9 25
14x20 IX, nea 9 2E
Each additional X on this grade, 81.75,
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE,
10x14 ~ Charcoal ee pene cuee ace. 4 ie ae are 75
eee 67
10x14 ix! cee 8 25
x20 IX, ss eee | Se
Rach additional X on this grade 81.50.
ROOFING PLATES
14x20 IC,  Wercciae 6 &
14x20 IX, ee 8 50
20x28 IC, . eg. 13 50
14x20 IC ‘* Allaway Grade........... 6 00
—— ee ee 7 5)
mas ic, a ee 12 50
20x28 IX, - - ee 15 50
BOILER SIZE TIN an.
14x28 IX.. agus iciwoeeaccee Om
a #5: Na Baiier eee 15 00
or No. 8 Bo! ers,
14x60Ix, "9 itis per pound... 10 00

  

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1894.

 

 

THE DRAIN OF GOLD.

The summer exodus to Europe has
commenced. It is a regular business to
go abroad for asummer vacation, and it
need not cost much more than is spent
by the summer wanderer in a tour
through the seaside, lakeside or moun-
tain resorts of this country. While this
is true, it is no less a fact that a trip
abroad makes a vast difference to the
finances of the country. Tourists in our
own wide continental area only circulate
their money from one State to another.
The same greenbacks are good money
all over the country, and so is a silver
dollar. But to cross the water one must
have gold. Greenbacks and silver are
out of the question.

All of the money thus expended goes
to foreigners. All the ships which
carry passengers, with a very few ex-
ceptions, are foreign vessels, and thus a
vast amount of money is taken out of
the country. The exports of gold in the
month of May alone were $32,000,000,
largely caused by the exodus of travel-
ers to Europe. Some suggestive figures
are givenin this connection. The total
number of cabin passengers leaving New
York for Europe in 1893 was 71,859, of
whom 48,456 were adult males. Allow-
ing that the men, singly and as heads of
families, expended $1,000 each—which is
a low estimate—nearly $48,500,000 in
gold was required for the expenses of
those 71,850 tourists.

In addition to the value of money
spent by American tourists abroad, is
the amount sent by relatives to members
of their families left in the old countries.
It is also noticed that thousands of
aliens who immigrated to this country a
longer or shcrter time ago are returning
to their native places. Reports from the
railroad offices, says the Chicago Herald,
show that 7,000 or 8,000 of these persons
from all parts of the West have bought
tickets in Chicago for European points.
These people came to the United States,
not for a permanent residence, but to
make a fortune to carry back to Europe.
They have made their fortunes and are
going home. Usually it is but a few

 

Another way in which large amounts
of gold are sent out of the country is for
rents of property in this country owned
in Europe. There is a vast deal of prop-
erty in this country owned by foreign
landlords. They seldom make any im-
provements, save what is absolutely
necessary to keep the buildings habit-
able, while all the rents are taken away
as fast as they are earned.

This country, rich as it is, would
never have been able to sustain such a
constant and enormous drain of gold but
for its rich mines. At the time Califor-
nia gold began to come into circulation,
it is doubtful if $20,000,000 of gold was
to be found in the entire length and
breadth of the Union; but then there
were few American tourists abroad, and
the commerce of the country was only
required, as far as importations were
concerned, to supply the wants of some
23,000,000 of population living in the
old-time frugal way. But the discovery
of the rich mines of the West made gold
plenty, and since then these United
States have been able to endure the
drain which has grown to such enormous
proportions.

But the gold mines are rapidly being
worked out, and the production of the
yellow metal has vastly decreased within
a brief period, while the habits of the
American people are daily growing more
and more luxurious and extravagant in
their demands for foreign products and
for foreign travel. With the growing
lack of goid, its absence must be made
up either by increasing the amount of
our exports or by decreasing the im-
ports. The most certain and reliable ex-
port business is in cotton, timber and
petroleum. Grain and meats fluctuate
in amount, according to the crops and
labor conditions in Europe. The largest
amount of any single article imported
from foreign countries isin sugar. Itis
possible to produce in the United States
all the sugar consumed here. When the
time shall come that this country shall
lose the greater part of its gold supply
and be stripped of its stock of the yel-
low metal, it will become necessary to
adopt some efficient economic measures
to stop the outflow of gold.

Then statesmanship will be called in
to act in the stead of the blind and fool-
ish policy that has for so many years
been driving the richest country in the
world to financial ruin.

EVOLUTION DOWNWARD.

The ‘“‘self-made man’”’ is always and
justly proud of his successin the world.
He did not enjoy the advantages of a
liberal education; but, in all probability,
whatever of intellectual culture he was
able to get was in spite of the greatest
difficulties and by his own extraordinary
exertions. He did not have wealthy or
influential friends to help him along in
business; but, on the contrary, he started
in the lowest place, and by his own
pluck and devotion to his work, by his
energy, industry and almost incredible
exertions, he has attained wealth and
distinction.

Such is the self-made man, and there
is no wonder that he feels his superior-
ity to all who may have had vastly
greater advantages of assistance and

| opportunity and yet have not been able
|to reach anything like the measure of

thousand dollars, or a few hundred even; | success attained by him. Itis impossible

but, be the sum large or small, it goes
out of this country, and always in gold.

to contemplate the examples of men who
have made themselyes great without ex-

 

pressions of the greatest surprise and
admiration on the part of those who
know how difficult it has been, with the
aid of every advantage they could em-
ploy, to gain even the moderate success
they have attained. The man who is
made by adventitious and specially fav-
orable circumstances is a mere creature;
but the man who makes himself is a sort
of god.

It is very much this pleasing reflec-
tion which is enjoyed by those theorists
who hold that man in his highest intel-
lectual estate is the result of inherent
and potential forces which he was able
to use through a long course of evolution
in raising himself constantly to higher
and higher pinnacles, always resolved
on the attainment of a higher position of
excellence, congratulating himself that
he is self-made, that all his progress is
the work of his own hands, so that,
while less ambitious spirits may be will-
ing to accept the humbler lot of having
been made by God, the evolutionist en-
joys the greater distinction of being a
god who has made himself.

Such a proud reflection is a source of
satisfaction to the discoverers of the
self-creative power of matter and motion.
With the power of self-creation is the
power to propagate and perpetuate, and
this system of perpetuation all leads on
to a higher state of development and per-
fection, or, at least, it ought to do so.
But nothing is more disgusting to the
creator of a beautiful system of scientific
development than to have to contend
with alot of facts that persistently re-
fuse to fit into the general plan. The
best way in such cases is to disregard
them, ignore them, cast them out bodily.
Facts in such cases must be considered
foes to what ought to be true if it is not,
and, therefore, a beautiful system should
not be bothered with facts.

In this enlightened age it is taken for
granted that all progressive thinkers be-
lieve in the power of matter to create and
develop itself, making things better and
journeying on by a sure and undeviating
road to perfection. Matter having
created itself, and man, having started
in a cell of jelly, having developed him-
elf by the monkey route into the states
of the highest of all animals, arrives at a
point where it is necessary to reason and
to possess a moral nature. He proceeds,
of course, to supply those wants. But
everywhere along the route he is beset
with opposing forces. The development
is not all in the same direction. The
laws that govern it are often confusing
and contradictory.

The confusion and contradiction are
introduced as soon as the moral and in-
tellectual powers which man has created
for his own use come into play. They
refuse to work in harmony with the
physical evolution. If the law of physi-
cal evolution is that those physically fit-
test always survive, then, in harmony,
those morally fittest ought also to sur-
vive. But they do not. Crimes, such as
murder and robbery, do not have any
natural punishment attached to them,
and no punishment atall in many cases.
The moral punishment of remorse is by
no means universal, but is only the re-
sult of particular moral or religious
teachings. Actions which are immoral
and wicked do not necessarily cause any
pain or trouble to those who perpetrate
them. It is only when a vice, like
drunkenness or debauchery, damages the
physical constitution that there in any

 

necessary sting to it under the rule of
evolution. The vicious and criminal
classes not only are not exterminated by
the laws of physical development, but
they grow, increase and thrive.

This fact becomes extremely incon-
venient to the material theory of moral-
ity, and the conviction forces itself on
the observer that moral and spiritual
laws are not identical with physical
laws. The self-made man is confronted
with the fact that, although he is so
much of a god as to have created him-
self, he cannot rule and control his own
creation. He cannot govern himself.
It is hard to have so perfect a
system as physical evolution marred by
the insuperable difficulties of harmoniz-
ing it with the moral principle, and un-
less some way out of the difficulty be
discovered, it may become necessary to
discard the entire moral element. After
all, amere animal has no business with
a moral nature.

The article from the pen of Rev. H. P.
De Forest, D. D., which appears else-
where in this issue, is heartily com-
mended to the careful attention of every
reader of THe TRADESMAN. Fearless
yet moderate in tone, and sound in theory
and logic, Dr. De Forest’s positions are
unassailable, and his arguments unan-
swerable. It might be expected that
such plainly spoken truths would bring
down upon the head of the speaker the
wrath of unionist demagogues, and the
Dr. has been assailed on every hand in
the most shameless and vindictive man-
ner. He has been challenged to a debate
of the labor question by one of the labor
leaders, but declined the contest, know-
ing that he would stand little chance
against the mendacious and unscrupu-
lous methods of debate invariably em-
ployed by the trades unionist orators.
That a man occupying a position of such
commanding influence should speak out
in such a fearless tone on a subject upon
which both press and pulpit have been
shamefully silent, is a matter of congrat-
ulation, and his example is worthy of
emulation. The element which domi-
nates the trades unions is composed of
the worst and most vicious of the crim-
inals who come to this country. They
are, many of them, anarchists of the
most lurid stripe. They have no respect
for law or order themselves and do all in
their power to inoculate others with the
views of their peculiar and destructive
tenets. Those men are not working-
men—they are loafers and vagabonds,
ably seconded by the army of tramps
who are always to be found under the
ewgis of the trades union banner.

The Michigan Merchant is the name
of a likely-looking weekly publication
emanating from the Saginaw market and
designed to set forth the advantages of
the several Saginaws ina jobbing way.
The initial issue is a creditable one and
gives promise of a career of usefulness.

The walking delegate ,who lives on
the earnings of men who work, is no
more of a man than the creature who
lives on the earnings of his wife.

The Drug Market.

Gum opium has advanced on account
of cable received reporting damage to
the growing erop.

Morphia is unchanged.

Quinine is steady.

Linseed oil again advanced 2 cents and

‘is searce.

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a limit that causes the impoverishment
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ple are willing to pay something for the
government under which they live, pro-
vided it gives them corresponding bene-
fits. The function of government is to
protect the rights, liberties, lives and
proper'y of the people from foreign foes,
and as much as possible from internal
enemies. For this protection the people
must give military service and pay taxes.
it is only when the exactions made upon
the people largely outweigh the benefits
that are derived from the maintenance
of the government that the people rebel.

These observations are suggested by a
statement from the eminent publicist,
M. G. Mullhall, in regard to the finances
of the various European countries. He
deciares that in the past decade, or since
1885, taxes in Europe have increased 21
per cent., while the public debt has
grown to the extent of 17 per cent. He
holds that taxes have reached their limit,
and bankruptey in several countries
must shortly ensue. He shows how the
expenditures in the several countries
overgo the revenues, as follows. The
figures must be read as so many million
pounds sterling:

Expend- Debt

 

Revenue. iture. increase.

Peace..........-. 128 138 89
Gomes... 145 165 183
ae... 90 105 132
a 80 88 ye!
eee 60 63 30
—............ : 32 34 17
Portca ......... 9 11 20
Other States....... 52 56 36
roa... 596 660 580

From the above it will be seen that
there is not an important country in
Europe that is not increasing its debt
and living far beyond its income. Much
of the money has been spent in building
railways, telegraphs and in armaments
for the public defense; but there are no
sources of revenue developed that will
enable any such country to make up its
deficiencies of revenue. In the decade
mentioned there have been expended in
Europe:

Por state radiways................+-.-

oe Seopa Tes... 2... 6,000,

For military and naval armaments... 228,000.000
Making a total of........ £580,000,000

Railroads represent valuable produc-
tive assets, but for all the balance of the
expenditures there is very little in the
way of visible wealth to show. If the
European Governments were sold out at
sheriff’s sale, it would be found that the
aggregate debt is £4,050,000,000, while
the railroads would stand for £1,091,000,-
000, or about one-fourth of the whole;
while the other three-fourths would
have nothing to show for them. The

£336,000,000

 

 

 

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‘any case, the creditors will be helpless |

debts and the enormous annual deficits
of revenue, if paid at all, must be paid
by laying additional taxes on the people.
It is safe to say the debts cannot be paid,
and it is a question of the patience and!
endurance of the people whether they
will or can pay the yearly increasing |

taxes. |

When the people reack a point when |
they can or will pay the taxes no longer, |
they overturn the government under |
which they live, and in such a contin- |
gency they would repudiate their debt |

and begin anew. There is nothing |
strange in this idea, as the people of the |

several States of the American Union|
have already done a great deal of repudi- |
ating or wiping out of public debts. In|

to prevent such a catastrophe.

Does Christianity Pay in Business?
From Business.

When Christianity is dragged into busi- |
ness to make a part of a man’s business |
career; when Scriptural texts are scat- |
tered around offices and stores; when a/
great parade is made of one’s connection |
with churches—if that is to be called |
Christianity it certainly does not pay in
any sense of the word. It is, in the eyes |
of every man who sees and reads, a direct |
attempt to use the religion of Christ for
mercenary business purposes. lt is
bringing high things down for base
purposes. It is a deliberate, though
possibly ignorant, use of a man’s moral
convictions for purely business things. |
On this account it is to be condemned in}
the most uncompromising manner. |

But there is a way in which Christiani- |
ty can be carried into business, and in
fact carried into every act of life, which |
is the highest degree honorable and com- |
mendable. The men who most com-
pletely exemplify their Christian beliefs |
and doctrines in their work are not those |
who hang Scriptural texts on the walls!
and who begin their morning business
with prayer meetings, but they are men
who, with honesty of purpose, do what |
their hands find to do with all their
might. Such men are honest. They are
honest because honesty is right, and not |
because they consider it good business
policy to be honest. If they are manu-
facturers their goods go out of the es-|
tablishment absolutely up to their repre-
sented grade. They take neither mean
nor unfair advantages of customers.
Their words are as good as their bonds. |
They are what the world calls ‘‘perfectly |
square’? men. This kind of Christianity
is the only kind that is justifiable in|
business, and it is the only kind that is
called for by the founder of the Christian
religion. |

Benjamin Franklin’s famous moral,
‘Honesty is the best policy,’’ is only
another way of saying that the business
man ought to be a good Christian for
business reasons it for no others. ‘*Boss’’
McKane of Gravesend seems to have
been of that class of men who for a
certain time seem able to successfully
use religion as a business of practical
capital. It is such men who largely aid
in bringing disgrace upon religion any- |
where and everywhere. Such men do
more, infinitely more harm in the world,
than those who openly and boldly pro- |
claim their intentions to do wrong be-
cause wrong is for their interests. We
believe whenever we see pronounced ex-
ternal evidence of religion in a business
establishment that the proprietor is in
his heart either a bad man or one who is
so woefully mistaken that his actions are
likely to be no better than those of a
rascal.

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A machine, to do its work well, re-
quires three distinct properties: Good
material, good workmanship and motive
power. The human machine to do its
work in the world properly, needs char-
acter, education and energy.

The war of labor against capital is
really a war of cause against effect, for
capital is but the product of labor.

Ignorance is a road that leads to re-
pentance.

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AGRICULTURE AS A CAREER.

There is a very general misconception of |
the scope of farming by people not iden-
tified with the occupation. A
method of tilling the soil
able conditions of climate like that de-
lineated by St. Pierre in his account of
the way the Mothers of Pau! and Vir-
ginia maintained their simple house- |
holds, does not even remotely indicate
the equipment necessary to success in|
agricuiture.

The farmer of to-day, who, while at-
taining a fair degree of financial success
shall secure an amount of enjoyment |
commensurate with the possibilities of
his calling, must have a wide range i

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knowledge in the sciences which lie at
the foundation of his art in manipula-
tion; sciences which are developing so
rapidly that some of their findings grow
old in a generation and often inappli-
cable in a decade. This requires him to
be a student of contemporaneous scien-
tific history while it is making. Suc-!
cess does not depend upon a knowledge |
of the processes by which scientific |
truths are developed, but an intimate
knowledge of the truths themselves.

It does not require a very smart man |
to maintain himself in a very comfort- |
able condition if he has nothing to do|
but check on a bank account and expend
the money. So it does not require a man |
of great knowledge and skill in agricul- |
ture to take a rich, virgin soil and grow |
crops upon it for a living if only the
daily necessities are eonsidered, with no
regard to the future. The rich soil is |
the farmer’s bank account and thrift and |
success demand that while utilizing it he
must not deplete its fertility.

Let us glance at some of the problems
of the farm that the farmer must be|
equipped to solve. _.He must so under-
stand the nature of hisjsoil as to know
while he is drawing upon its fund of |
fertility, how, by nature’s processes, to}
restore what he takes away and still add
to his other resources. He must under-
stand what elements are utilized and
eliminated by certain crops, and what
crops are restorative to the land in
larger measure than the draft they |
make upon it.

The method {of improving seeds and
plants and the laws of life that control
variation and heredity are of vital im- |
portance to the farmer and unless he|
has some understanding of them he is|
not fitted to take advantage of the pro-
cesses that are at the foundation of agri-|
cultural progress and success. For- |
tunes have been made by taking advan-
tage of ability to distinguish values in|
the variation ef plants and often the/
margin in growing crops at periods of |
low prices turns upon the selection of |
variety or breed. The adaptability of |

| products are destroyed.
considerable knowledge of

of the water-table

| matters

| know of

| upon the farm.

| and foes to crops require knowledge of

botany and entomology that is not
merely superficial but technical. To be
a successful farmer, one must be able to
distinguish readily the enemies that are
on every hand: and, in order to avoid
making serious blunders, a thorough
understanding must be had of the bal-
ance of nature, and, with artificial con-
ditions, how to maintain it.

By this I mean that the habits of ani-
mals and plants must be so well under-
stood as to lead the one engaged in farm-

| ing to save his allies in warring against

his foes: while destroying the potato
beetle to protect the ichneumen flies,
whose special occupation is to diminish
the number of potato bettles; while de-
stroying the pestiferous English spar-
rows to protect the birds whose lives are
given up to eating noxious insects. We
seem now to be in an epoch when injuri-
ous fungi are combatting the best inter-
ests of the farmer. To make a success-
ful fight with these lower forms of life,
one must know them and their habits,
must be equipped for battle before his
This assumes a
chemistry
and the use of chemicals, for one is deal-
ing with dangerous poisons in using fun-
gicides and may destroy instead of pro-
tecting his crops. Lack of this know-
ledge has swept away incomes, and will-
ful neglect in attaining this knowledge
has rendered the pursuit of agriculture
precarious.

The influence of forest growth upon
climatic conditions, the modifying effects
of bodies of water. immunity from frost
as a result of altitude, the influence of
the average annual rainfall upon the

| selection of crops to grow, the import-

ance of free circulation of air to prevent
mildews, the relation between the depth
beneath to soil to
method of culture and immunity from
frost. and hundreds of other important
with meteorology,
are indicative of what a farmer needs to
this science and the use this
knowledge him in growing

connected

can be to

| crops successfully.

Then there is the intimate acquaint-

| ance with farm economics that must ac-

business
Every farmer must vote
upon questions of policy that have a
great infiuence upon the outcome of his
business. This involves a knowledge of
the history of prices for farm products
through long terms of years, as In-
fluenced by laws of trade, monetary con-
ditions and the development of regions
specially adapted tocertain agricultural
specialties.

The technical knowledge of manual
operations is by no means unimportant
as an equipment for farm life. There

company a successful career

breeds of animals to soil and climatic are so many diverse things to do on the
conditions and the relation of stock to farm that ability to do them well and to
the economy of farm life, as well as the| know what is a day’s work for others to
successful selection and breeding of ani- | do, often marks the foundation for a suc-
mals suited to the various methods in | cessful career. Hence the necessity of
agriculture, modified by proximity to | apprenticeship inthe hand work of the
market or wants of special markets, re-| farm. A knowledge of all science and
quires a knowledge and judgment of a philosophy and history will not take the
very high order which can only be ob- | place of this skill, which rises above

tained by as care preparation in laying | everything else in importance, whether

the foundation as solving knotty prob-'
lems in law or diagnosing complex cases
in the practice of medicine.

The question of seed and insect distri-
bution and methods of combatting nox-
ious insects and vile weeds, and the|
ability to distinguish between friends

| the safest, most enjoyable and most

upon the small garden where one does
all his own work, or upon the great farm

employing hundred of laborers and great |
| capital.

l am an enthusiast concerning rural
life and I believe farming to be one of
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dependent occupations in the worid. |

am imbued with the idea that in the suc- |

cessful prosecution of farming as a busi-
ness, because of one’s intimate con-
nection with nature’s laws, the
opportunity for the development of the
best part of man’s nature rarely found in
other occupations.

Agriculture, well followed. tends to
develop in man a catholic spirit. and the
physical and mental training which girls
and boys secure upon the farm fits them
to develop grandly in any occupation or
profession in life.

The life of a farmer has often been
called a life of drudgery. There is no
occupation that has a Jarger ratio of in-
spiriting labor to one whose tastes are in
harmony with rural life.

The weak point in American farming
has been the lack of appreciation of the
equipment necessary to a successful
eareer. Too many men have been will-
ing to be thieves of the soil’s resources
that they might swell their bank ac-
counts.

To the young man or woman, fairly
well educated, who will add some

there is

agriculture to their requirements, there

isno more promising field of enterprise |
than farming: but to insure that satis- |

faction in its prosecution which makes
any occupation enjeyable, business
spirit must be put into it and toil must
be sweetened by an appreciation of the
attributes which make rural life attrac-
tive. Cuas. W. GARFIELD.
— 2 <e- --

The Colleges and Their Graduates.
Between the first and last days
June hundred of colleges and uwuniversi-
ties turn out their graduates, bachelors
of arts, science and literature. These
are nearly all young men, and in the ag-
gregate there are some thousands of

them.

It is customary to sneer at the young
professionals, graduates in law or medi-
cine, licensed, as it has been said, to
eozzen or to kill; but much more is it the
rule to sneer at the youths who have
merely studied books without learniug
any trade or profession, and are equipped
with no technical knowledge that may
be used directly in earning a living.

Every self-educated or unedneated
man who has got along in the world is
ready to speak contemptuously of the
college graduate. Even a great-souled
and broad-minded man, like Horace
Greeley, could not resist the temptation,
and the venerable editor of the New
York Sun, the most eminent and suc-
cessful journaiist on the hemisphere,
himself a college graduate, has told how,
when heand Greeley were young men
and worked at journalism together, his
college training was always a subject
for contemptuous comment by the great
commoner of American newspaperdom.

The young graduate must expect to
meet just such a reception everywhere
in the big world of work; but he must
not suffer himself to be discouraged, or
to be ashamed of his learning, any more
than that he should be foolishly vain of
it.

The value of an jeducation is com-
monly appraised from the standpoint
every man’s estimate of whatis the most
important object in life. Not a few of

 

of

what are known as the solid men of
every community—in other
men—will say that the chief
life is to get rich, and to do

words, rich
business of
this a boy,

tech- |
nical knowledge of ourspecia!l schoois of |

1
of |

las soon as he is able to ‘tread, write and

pretty smart,’’? should go into
commercial establishment
business. From
the years that have been
preparing forand passing through cvo!-
lege are wasted.

cypher
and
of
in

some
learn
view,

such a point
spent

Because some illiterate men have
achieved wealth, it does not by any
means follow that a well-trained mind,

or a knowledge of the history and litera-
ture of the chief nations of the world, or
of science and art, unfits a man fora
career of business. On the contrary, it
will be found that every man who has by
his own exertions attained to the first
rank in wealth was either educated or he
entertained a high respect for mental |
culture, and lost no opportunity to im- |
prove his mind outside of his business. |
To-day the men who stand in the |
est places as financiers, either in Europe!
or America, are men of culture, refine- |
ment and a wide range of knowledge.
It is not among such men that contempt
for educational requirements
found.

In fact, the alleged contempt for col-
lege training is vastly more a shallow
pretense than anything else. Itis a re-
markable fact that the uneducated
who have become prosperous are ex- |

is to be}

 

|
|

men

| tremely solicitous about the education of
'their own sons, and never fail to send
| them to college. Nor should it escape
| particular observation that the greatest
| number of the men who have founded
jand endowed colleges and universities
jin the United States were not them-
|selves educated, but realized, in the
course of important and successful com-
mercial careers, that the lack of culture

and of a college training was a serious
loss to them. It is only necessary to
mention such names as Ezra Cornell,

Matthew Vassar and Cornelius Vander-
bilt, of New York; John McDonogh and
Paul Tulane, of Louisiana; Stephen
Girard, of Philadelphia;John S. Hopkins,
of Baltimore; Cyrus McCormick, of Chi-
cago, and James Lick, of California, to
provethis. Not one of these men had
enjoyed a college training: but, while
each had acquired great. wealth, in all
probability he felt the lack of suéh an
education, and so much were they im-
pressed with the need of such advan-
tages that each of them devoted large
sums of money to providing such an edu-
eation for others, and thus each be-
queathed his name te posterity and im-
mortality.

But, after all, what is the real good to
be derived from teaching Greek and
Latin. science and philosophy to our
young men? Is there, after all, any
good reason for the sneers with which
the young scholars are so commonly
greeted? If they have a mission, what
is it?

This is an important question, and it
| deserves consideration. The man who
should proclaim the worthlessness of the
higher education would convict himself
of enormous stupidity and ignorance.
Only a survivor of the Dark Ages, of the
| period of gloom and mental starvation
| which followed the irruption of the Van-
| dals into civilized Europe, would seek to
blot out the colleges and universities.
| These institutions are the lamps that are
ilighting man’s way through the een-
| turies, and the scholars they turn out
lare the beams and coruscations which
those lamps of civilization have given
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WHE MICHIGAN

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intelligence and progress that has
ered the human race as with a halo.

Education is charged with a royal mis-
sion. It isto raise the
spiritual

CcOov-

aocanancenenmanaennt

intelluctual and |
part of man’s nature to its |
highest goal. Man more than an
animal. He more than a creature
made only for the gratification of sen-
sual appetites. There are for him divine
heights, if he will but rise to them.
There is for hima lofty and noble des-
tiny, if he will but achieve it. There
a vast problem of progress and develop-
ment in honor, virtue and liberty. He
must solve it. There are in store for
him fame and immoral glory, but he
must win them. How is this to be done?
By scaling all the heights of knowledge |
reached by his predecessors, and then
rising to heights still more sublime. |
Apostle of human progress and of lib-|
erty, he must know and beware the dan-
gerous and devious paths in which for- |
mer generations were blindly groping
and were lost, and he must search out the
way for the onward march of man in the
ages which are before him.

Only they who know all the past can
give warning and counsel for the fnture.
It isto thisgrand destiny every college |
boy insensibly.dedicates himself. Even
if he be no more than a mere atom in the
great wave of progress, he still goes for-
ward and makes a part of the grand on-|
ward movement.

It is the business of the colleges and
universities of this great country to put
its young men on the road to the high-
est liberty and the truest enlightenment, |
to instill the noblest principles and the}
grandest sentiments of honor. Let them |
see that they do it.

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is

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|}morning and night,

FRANK STOWELL.
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PECULIARITIES OF YEAST.

j
|

; once.

| working chemists
; and characters of yeast plants, and at-

| To-day

|} sort is a more

Probably the earliest of these was wine
making, for the yeast plant that converts

| the sugar of the grape into alcohol grows
| apparently upon the skin of the grape,

and when the grapes are crushed sets up
in business for itself within the liquor at
Even if the grapes are not broken,
but are allowed to hang on the vine, this
fermentation begins, and many aluscious
iced brandy drop has been gathered in
that form from the grapevine after the
grapes have hung on until pretty nearly
Christmas time.

History does not tell us when leavened

| bread was not in use and the yeast came

from the dregs of the wine. But it is
oniy with the vast extension of the
delicate processes of lager beer brewing
that research has been made by practical
into the various kinds

tempts made to cultivate these in pure
varieties, as florists and horticulturists
do choice plants.

It was not until 1680 that the cause of
fermentation was known, when the yeast
plants were discovered in the dregs of
beer by Leeuwenhoeck, a German expert,
with a microscope, and it was nearly 200

| years later, in 1837, that Cagniard de la

Tour followed this up and found that it
was really the yeast plant that produced
fermentation and made alcohol of sugar.
more than 100 different yeast
plants are known and recognized. They

| are as different from one another as the

individuals in the crowd of people which
over Brooklyn Bridge every
and as various in
their dispositions and effects.

Who has not heard the housewife com-
plain that the bread would not rise?
Was it because the yeast was bad, or was
the dough too cold? Whatever it was, it
was pretty sure to spoil a batch of bread
and make trouble in the family until the
next baking.

With the brewer any trouble of that
serious matter. No man
can tell how a brewing of beer will turn
out. That was why in the old days,
when the winter’s brew was tapped in
| the spring, the event was made a sort of
beer festival, when every one went around

| trying the different brews, and the brew-
}ers began the free-lunch business

by

| serving bockwurst to the customers.

Interesting Experiments Made by aj}
Brewer's Chemist.

From the New York Sun. j
Yeast plays such an important part in}
all civilized life that it is difficult to see,
not only how we should get along with-|
out it, but, also, how we have gotten along }
for so many generations, or rather cen-|
turies, with it—that is, with the kind of}
yeasts which we have in use.
least, of the greatest interests of the}
world depend absolutely upon the use of }

Why was one beer better than another
when both were brewed in the same
manner and of the same materials?
Brewers’ chemists know that some un-

| bidden yeast plant had come tw the feast

and ruined the beer that had harbored
him. Bacilli and yeast fungi seem to
be everywhere. They lie dormant, per-
haps for years, until just the right con-

Three, at/ ditions surround them, and then away

and
How |

they go, budding out, multiplying,
working changes all around them.

 

|
\

yeast—bread making, brewing, and wine, , to keep just the right plants at work and |

and

J. C. Pennington, a chemist of this city,
believes he is close to a practical solu-
tion of it, and many of the things which |
he has observed are interesting. He was}
brewing yesterday, and on a window sill, |
where they have been exposed to air and
light tor months, lay bottles of beer,
made with pure yeast plants, and now
being put to an indefinite test as to their
keeping qualities. Mr. Pennington’s ex-
periments have convinced him that he
will be able to produce with certainty
any kind of fermented drink he pleases
by simply using a sterilized wort and a
pure yeast plant.

His wort is made in much the usual
way. The crushed malt is macerated in
hot water until all its soluble qualities
are taken out, strained into a kettle, and
boiled with the hops. Here begins the
difference of his process from the usual
one. The kettle be uses is closed, and
the steam passes out through a tube
filled with cotton wool, which intercepts
any floating yeast plants or microbes that
may bein the air which enters the ket-
tle when the wort is cooled. From that
time until the beer is finished free air is
never allowed to touch it. It is cooled
by running through pipes, instead of
over them, and eight or ten hours after

the first boiling it is boiled again. This,
Mr. Pennington says, thoroughly ster-
ilizes it.

‘‘The yeast plants,” he said, ‘tare sim-
ple cells, and are propagated both by
budding and by spores. I can kill all
the cells and buds by bringing to a boil
the first time, but the spores remain. By
giving these time to germinate and not
enough time to produce new spores, I
can kill all the ferment in the wort by
bringing it to the boiling point a second
time. This interval should be from eight
to ten hours.”

Perhaps our wives, who find that pre-
serves don’t keep, would find a second
boiling at the same interval would pre-
serve them.

The wort i3 ready now for the yeast.
The preparation of that was begun long
before. In separate flasks Mr. Penning-
ton has yeast which will produce entirely
different results. Here, for instance, is
one which will produce all. The parent
yeast cell which has produced the mil-
lions which are in this flask was once
floating around in a drop of ale dregs.
Into that drop Mr. Pennington dipped
the ends of many glass tubes. Each tube
was about as big as a hair, but flat, and
the hole within it so minute that when
fifty of them had filled themselves with
beer the drop that they had sucked from
seemed no smaller than at the beginning.
But up that tiny pole, not more than one-
thousandth part of an inch wide and not
a tenth part as deep, the beer had gone
| until the tubes were full, carrying with

 

Now began the work of selection.
cae the microscope, with a power of
350 diameters, the yeast cells were plainly
visible, each one looking to be perhaps
one-fourth of an inch across. Here were
bacteria looking like linked sausages,
and yeast cells of many sorts, some
round, more oblong, some dotted, and
each distinct in kind. The yne sought
for, the true ale yeast, is egg-shaped and
not dotted, and of medium size. The
tube has been clipped off from time to
time, until now the ale yeast cell is al-
most at the end of it. Making sure that
no wrong cell is near, the tube is grasped
in tweezers, the end introduced through
cotton wool into the neck ofa fiask of
sterilized wort, and broken off. One live
cell is enough. In ten days it will have
filled the half pint of wort in the flask,
and that will be enough to ferment
several barrels of beer. When the fer-
ment is actively at work, Mr. Penning-
ton says it doubles the numbers of its
eells every haif hour, and in twelve
hours he has enough for a_ brewery.
One of his most interesting experiments
was in producing Bavarian lager beer.

In the dregs from some of that kind of
beer he found three peculiar kinds of
cells. One was long and double, as if a
bud projected from the end: one was
oval and spotted, and the other round
and spotted. The third one was appar-
ently dead, but a brew made with the
other two made a beer which was almost
like the Bavarian, and the fermentation
was conducted at the ordinary tempera-
ture of Mr. Pennington’s laboratory in-
stead of near the freezing point, as is
customary in lager beer brewing.

Western brewers are ahead of those in
the East, and many of them are using a
patented process of fermenting in closed
porcelain-lined iron vats, where a partial
vacuum is constantly maintained over
the beer. It produces excellent results.

There is one purpose for which Mr.
Pennington says pure yeast js not useful.
That is bread making. ‘‘The yeasts one
buys,” he says, ‘tare from the distilleries,
and contain more false ferments and
bacteria than any other kind, but they
seem to be needed in making dough rise.
I have tried my pure yeasts and they
won’t do it.”

— li — il rere
The Value of Constancy.
The constant drop of water
Wears away the hardest stone;
The constant gnaw of Towser
Masticates the toughest bone;
The constant cooing lover
Carries off the blushing maid;
And the constant advertiser
Is the one who gets the trade.
—_— o>
Miss Cor a Dow owns and operates
three drug stores in Cincinnati. She
visits each one every day, and actively
supervises all the details.

 

liquor making.

PLEASES EVERY BODY.

 

BF
PRICES FOR 1894.

40 CENTS A BOX.

$3.60 PER CASE.

$3.50 PER CASE, in Five-
Case Lots.

$3.40 PER CASE, in Ten-
Case Lots.

The Dealer who sells Tanglefoot will be sure to please his customers, and will avoid all loss
and annoyance usually connected with the sale of imperfect or inferior goods.

leads,

 

O.& W.THUM CoO., Grand Rapids,

 

' to get rid of the others is the problem. | it the germs of fermentation.

TANGLEFOOT

Sealed

SYIGKY FLY PAPER. .

 

Its distinctive features, the Sealing Border,
known, the inventions and property of the UO. & W.
tensively imitated by unscrupulous parties.
ity of handling infringements, and reminded of the injustice of so doing.

Tanglefoot in its present shape has been on the market

Divided

for ten years. Tanglefoot

and is accepted by both the best trade and the best consumers as the highest standard for
Sticky Fly Paper.

Sheet, and the Holder are, as
Thum Company.

 

 

Manufactured by

These features are being ex.
Dealers are respectfully cautioned against the illegal-

Each Box Contains

I=

DOUBLE SHEETS

HOLDER.

=-ach Case Contains
10 BOXES.

AND ONE

always

is well

 

SOLD BY ALL JOBBERS

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

13

 

 

 

The Grocery Market.

Sugar—The strong position of the
market culminated last Friday in
an advance of ‘gc on_ powdered,
granulated and mould A. In re-
Bard to the tarifl bill, it is be-
lieved that the Senate will change the
date when the sugar schedule will go
into effect to correspond with the date
when the President signs the bill, while
the 1-10 cent discriminating duty
against sugar, imported from countries
that grant a bounty, may be withdrawn
when the schedule comes to a final vote.

Pork—The Chicago hog market opened
strong, but the week closed with a some-
what weaker tone. Prices averaged
about 5c higher. The week’s receipts
were 151,000, being a decrease of 16,600
from the previous week, and an increase
of about 16,000 over the corresponding
week last year. The local market for
hog products reports a fair week’s busi-
ness. Prices on all packed meats, excevt
20 lb. and 16 lb. hams, which are up ce,
remain stationary.

Oranges—Are very searce at present
and the few that are being offered are
not such as would please the people.
As arule—although now anything that
resembles an orange is accepted and re-
sold without much complaint—the ex-
tremely hot weather causes them to
shrink rapidly, and stock that leaves the
shippers’ hands perfectly sound shows
quite a percentage of decay when opened
up by the retailer a few days _ later.
This should be borne in mind, and, if
one does not wish to assume a certain
amount of the risk, it is better not to
order, as the wholesalers decline to
stand behind them after taking shipping
receipt “in good order.” In 160s and
200s size, Naples fruit is offered this
week at from $4 to $4.50 per box.

Bananas—As the outside trade will re-
member, there has always been a tremen-
dous overstock of bananas in this market
just before the Fourth and fruit has sold
for anything offered, and then, just at a
time when everybody wanted nice
bunches for Fourth of July trade, the
market would be as bare as the back of
your hand and everyone would be kick-
ing. This season has been no exception,
so far as the glut is concerned, as for
the past two weeks local wholesalers
have been loaded, and the ripe fruit
sold at prices which barely covered the
freight charges. Now, however, the
market is all cleaned up on ripes, and
there are enough cars due to arrive in
Grand Rapids this week to supply all
who may order; and the retail dealers
adjacent to our city are assured of get-
ting just what and all they want by send-
ing their orders to this market.

Lemons—The demand has been
large during the past two weeks. Every
day the weather has been getting
warmer and every day has marked an
advance in the price; and, asa majority
of the Western dealers held only limited
stocks, they found themselves sho-t
early in the game and had to buy, and
orders have been pouring into New Yor
and other entry ports in a steady stream;
consequently, the bidding by the jobbers
and brokers who had a fist full of orders
to execute was spirited, and the push
and scramble to get ‘‘in’’? must, certain-
ly, have been gratifying to the import-
ers. The old cuttings are well cleaned
up and the fresh fruit now coming for-
ward is really worth more money than
withered stock. If the hot spell con-

very

tinues there is no doubt but that prices
will be still higher before July has
passed. There are 78,000 boxes to be
sold in New York this week, and, while
that seems a large quantity, if one stops
to consider the area which they are to be
spread over, it will be apparent that
there is nothing in the fact to cause a
decline or surfeit, as the daily consump-
tion is considerable during weather like
the present. By comparison it will be
noted that Grand Rapids quotations are
nearly ona par with those of Eastern
jobbers, which denotes that our fruit
men are not caught napping and forced
to buy at extreme prices. It also means
that the retailers who buy from this
market get a better grade of fruit for
the same money, as early purchases
were selected from the best (the import-
ers, being anxious to sell, would allow
this); but, when the demand became
brisk and prices boomed, things were
reversed and anything with a lemon
skin went, it being a matter of price
rather than of quality with eleventh
hour buyers. It’s a cold day when
Grand Rapids doesn’t get a slice from
the best that is offered, as ‘‘hustle and
get there’ is a characteristic of the men
who make her fame.

Cocoanuts—Sell fairly well, and for
this week prices have been reduced to
enable and encourage outside dealers to
order freely for Fourth of July trade.
One house at this market states that in its
entire experience as distributors of this
article it never sold so many in an entire
season as it has since January 1, which
shows that the demand is growing.
A

Gripsack Brigade.

 

 

Arthur Fowle’s raffle for a Traverse
City lot will be held at Reynold’s cigar
store Friday evening, July 6.

W. L. Vandercook, of Manton, has en-
gaged to travel in Western Micnigan for
A. T. Morris, jobber of cigars at Cincin-
nati.

THE TRADESMAN is threatened with
another libel suit. Max Mills complains
that his occupation as a Fourth of July
orator has been ruined since Tue
TRADESMAN published a graphic sketch
of his last effort, at Blanchard, several
years ago, showing Max sawing the air
and twisting the eagle’s tail on the plat-
form, while the people within the sound
of his voice were hurriedly taking to the
woods. It is not so much the financial
loss which Mills complains of (as his
regular charge for an oration is only
$1.75 and expenses), but he bewails the
loss of the opportunity such an occasion
affords to ride at the head of the proces-
sion, be cheered by sturdy swains and
gazed at admiringly by rugged country
lasses whose cheeks have no need for the
cosmetics whose merits he expounds in
larger towns. It is late in the day for Mills
to come at THe TRADESMAN with a bluff
of this kind—‘‘Find me a job for July 4
or take a libel suit’’—(especially as the
libel editor of THe TRADESMAN is con-
templating a trip to Europe and doesn’t
wish to be haunted by visions of law
courts and lawyers’ bilis) and THE
TRADESMAN herewith makes an earnest
appeal to its friends in some small town
to come to its rescue in this emergency—
get up acelebration, with Lloyd Maxi-
millian Mills as the star attraction,
making draft on this paper for the
orator’s fee and expenses, including $12
worth of fireworks. This is alittle ex-

 

pensive for THe TRADESMAN, but a

great deal cheaper than it would be to
retain a lawyer to defend such an action
as Mills insists on bringing unless he is
given a chance to re-deliver his oration
before it rusts out.

He was a bright young Chicago
traveler, and he was somewhat of a lady
killer. He was not proud of the fact,
but then again he was not ashamed of it.
It was not his fault, and if the girls
would insist on flirting with him he
could not be expected to frown down
one and all of them, especially if they
should happen to be pretty ones. That
was the way he looked at it until re-
cently. Now he would not smile at the
brightest blonde or the most buxom
brunette in the whole, wide world. His
hair used to be a glossy brown. Now it
is streaked with white. All these
changes weie brought about in one af-
ternoon. It was on a train, and the
young man was reading a morning paper,
when he noticed that a pretty girl, who
was sitting alone in the seat across the
aisle, was smiling at him. He made a
heroic effort to resist the temptation,
but he finally smiled back. The girl’s
smile broadened. So did his. A few
minutes later he had given up his paper
and was sitting beside the pretty girl,
talking about nothing in particular. The
girl took a great interest in whatever he
said and whenever he made a joke, or
what he thought was a joke, and very
frequently when he did not, she giggled
appreciatively. The bright young man
thought she was the best natured and
brighest girl he had ever met, and con-
gratulated himself on making such a
conquest. He told her all the funny
stories he could think of, and she kept
up one continuous stream of rippling
laughter to reward his efforts. She did
not say much, but showed such apprecia-
tion of what he said that he was sure she
was very clever. The mutual good time
continued until the brakeman announced
the station of Dunning. Then a big
bearded man in the seat behind the girl
arose and seized the young lady’s arm.
*“Come,’’ he said roughly, ‘‘we get off
here.’’?’ Then turning to the young man
he said grimly: ‘‘I thank you very much,
young man, for entertaining my patient
so pleasantly. [had been having trouble
with her all the way until I met you,
and expected to continue to have until I
got herinto the asylum.” That is when
the white hairs appeared among the dark
ones on the young man’s head, and that
is why he is not talking to any young

 

ladies who may smile at him on the
train any more.
A
From Out of Town.
Calls have been received at THE

TRADESMAN Office during the past week
from the following gentlemen in trade:

Cc. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville.

C. S. Comstock, Pierson.

Geo. Schichtel, No. Dorr.

B. Lodewyk & Son, McBain.

Ball & Devine, Stanwood.

Frank E. Pickett, Wayland.

OO
The Wool Market.

The market is dull and flat. There is
some wool coming in, as growers have
little hope of better prices and are not
holding on as they did last year, and last
year’s clip is being marketed. ‘The price
has receded somewhat since last week,
as will be seen by a reference to the
market columns.

a A
Honesty is a poor policy when it is

 

only policy.

The Valley City Milling Co. to Be
Merged Into a Corporation.

The Valley City Milling Co. is out with
a prospectus to the trade, soliciting sub-
scriptions to the capital stock of a cor-
poration to continue the business hereto-
fore conducted under the form of a co-
partnership under the same style. The
prospectus sets forth the fact that the
business was organized Feb. 1, 1884, by
C. G. Swensberg, Wm. N. Rowe, M. S.
Crosby and Richard M. Lawrence under
copartnership papers covering a period
of ten years. Mr. Lawrence subse-
quently retired from the business, when
his interest was absorbed by the other
partners in equal proportions. This re-
lationship continued until last Septem-
ber, when the death of Mr. Crosby neces-
sitated a change in the business, owing
to the desire of the heirs of the deceased
to withdraw from active busiress pur-
suits. It is, therefore, proposed to form
a corporation with a capital stock of
$350,000, $100,000 of which will be taken
by Messrs. Swensberg and Rowe, $25,000
by the clerks, book-keepers, salesmen
and millers of the company, the remain-
ing $225,000 to be placed among the cus-
tomers of the company in amounts rang-
ing from $500 to $2,000. The prospectus
sets forth the value of the various prop-
erties owned by the Valley City Milling
Co. as follows:
Valley City mnilis....................... $123,000 00

 

ee. waa ee, 33,000 00
model wine... a.
Seven run water power............00. 23,1€0 00
Grain elevator at Hudsonville......... 900 00
Wimronnee......... «+ Soe SS
Gran contend ......... Sl
Accounts receivable................... @sat
Bills receivable ..... i. «ace S000 Oo
oe On Bee. 2,999 00
crecnene eee. 3,500 00
OCA... 1......., $352,461 41

It was the original intention’ te
file the incorporation papers July 1,

but, owing to the closeness of the times,
it has been deemed best to postpone the
formal incorporation until Sept. 1, by
which time it is confidently expected
that a sufficient number of outside sub-
scriptions will have been made to render
the project feasible. In case the deal
ean be consummated, the company will
realize enough from the sale of stock to
pay its entire indebtedness, both fixed
and floating, so that it will not be com-
pelled to borrow money on which to do
business. The projectors of the move-
ment confidently claim that the company
will be able to pay, at least, 7 per cent.
cash dividends; and some of those on the
inside of the enterprise assert that in
good years it is not at all unlikely that
20 per cent. dividends may be paid, bas-
ing their belief on the handsome earn-

ings of the Voigt Milling Co. (Crescent
Mills) and C. G. A. Voigt & Co. (Star

Mills), both of which properties stand
high in the list of dividend payers.

 

 

 

NO CURE, NO MUSTACHE,
NO PAY. NO PAY.
DANDRUFF CURED.

i will take Contracts to grow hair on the head
or face with those who can call at my office or
at the office of my agents, provided the head is
not glossy, or the pores of the scalp not closed.
Where the head is shiny or the pores closed,
there is no cure. Call and be examined free of
charge. If youcannot call, write to me. State
tho exact condition of the scalp and your occu:
pation. OF. G. BIRKHOLZ,

 

Re-m 1011 Mascnic Temple, Caiceas

    

14

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

Drugs# Medicines.

 

 

State Board of Pharmacy.

One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.

Two Yearse—George Gundrum, Ionia.

Three Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.

Four Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso.

Five Years—F. W.R. Perry, Detroit.
President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
fecretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Vreasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.

Coming Meetings—Star Island, June 25 and 26;
Houghton, Aug. 29 and 30; Lansing, Nov. 6 and 7.

 

Michigan State Pharmacettical Ass’n,

President— A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor.
Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit.
Secretay—S. A. Thompson, Detroit.

 

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society
President, Walter K.Schmidt; Sec’y, Ben. Schrouder

 

 

THE IDEAL PHARMACIST.

 

Is Oscar Oldberg’s Picture Too Highly
Colored?

In so far as the article from the pen of
Osear Oldberg, which appeared in THE
TRADESMAN of June 13, is calculated to
incite young men entering the profession
of pharmacy to higher aims and loftier
aspirations, no fault can be found with
it; but it is doubtful if there be another
pharmacist in the country who, like Mr.
Oldberg, has reached an altitude where
**purely commercial’ considerations
have ceased to be a motive in the busi-
ness of dispensing drugs. However
desirable such a condition of things may
be, in the abstract, it is to be feared that
the hard, concrete truth will always be
that men will continue to engage in the
drug business for the same reasom that
they take to selling groceries or dry
goods—for what there is init. Not that
pharmacists ought not to strive for the
highest skill possible in their profession
—this they certainly ought to do—but
dollars and cents are a necessity even for
a pharmacist of the highest skill, and
their acquisition may be expected to
exercise a controlling influence over him.
The skill and learning of a man in any
profession, while they may be a never-
failing spring of enjoyment to their
possessor and a matter of satisfaction to
the ‘“‘profesh,”’ are, after all, only means
to an end, and that end, harsh and sordid
as it sounds, is money getting. Here
and there, no doubt, may be found an
individual who ‘‘practices’’ his profes-
sion from pure love of it, but even such
an one is forced by his bodily neces-
sities, for the sake of ‘‘dear life,” to
‘turn his talents into gold.” He may be
another Dominie Sampson, so far as
“erudition” is concerned (and it won’t
hurt him if he is); he may be the most
skillful pharmacist in the profession;
but if he be not at the same time a busi-
ness man, able to appreciate and strong
enough to meet the “purely commercial
competition’’ of his rivals, he will find
his learning and skill of little avail. It
is hard to understand just how Mr. Old-
berg figures out that ‘purely commercial
competition” is degrading, although it be
met with in connection with the ‘‘busi-
ness of furnishing medicines to the sick.”’
Competition is not incompatible with
honest dealing in the drug store any more
than itis in the grocery. Why should
it be? Are druggists any more prone to
employ dishonest business methods to
overcome this effect of competition than
are dealers in other lines? If they are
not—if they are as honorable in their
business relations and methods as the
average dealer in other lines—how can
competition degrade them? There will
always be competition even in the ‘‘busi-
ness of furnishing medicines to the

sick,” because there is money in it, and
a pharmacist has a right, and ought to
exercise it, to employ all honorable
methods to meet competition and get the
trade if he can.

When Mr. Oldberg speaks of a ‘‘stand-
ard of education,” it is not quite clear
whether he is speaking generally, or
whether he means the standard of pro-
fessional education. If it is the former,
then it can only be said that the pharma-
cist is as well read as the average busi-
ness man; perhaps he has had not more
than the ordinary difficulties in securing
what education he has, but, at any rate,
he has had no better opportunities than
his neighbor, who sells groceries or dry
goods, yet his stock of knowledge will
compare favorably, in extent and variety.
with his neighbor. It is safe to say that
the majority of the men who own the
40,000 drug stores of the country owe
what measure of success in life they
have achieved to no fortuitous circum-
stances but to their own exertions. They,
like most of our successful men, have
had to struggle with the ‘‘bread ques-
tion” while getting an education, and if
they are not classical scholars; if their
knowledge of ‘‘current philosophy” is
secant; if they are not up in the ‘‘ologies;”
if in other words, they know no more than
the average individual in other profes-
tions, who shall blame them? They
could easily be more erudite than the
physician one meets in everyday life, or
even than the average lawyer or
minister, but, if they are not, the fault
is hardly attributable to them. If the
standard of education for the pharmacist
is too low, it is only what may be said of
all classes of dealers. This in not put
forward as an excuse for the ignorance
of the pharmacist, if he be ignorant, but
he can hardly be expected to make for
himself a standard higher than that of
the general community. However desir-
able it may be to have it otherwise, and
no one will dispute its desirability, the
standard for pharmacists will be no
higher than it is for ordinary citizens.
The trouble is not that the standard of
education for any one class is too low,
but that among all classes too light a
value is placed upon education, and the
materialistic tendency of the times is
responsible for it. If Mr. Oldberg refers
to the standard of professional educa-
tion, it is still more difficult to see the
ground for his complaint. Ifit be true
that druggists are not as proficient or
skillful in the practice of their profes-
sion as they might be, or as they once
were, the reason seems to be plain. The
drug business is subject to the same
conditions and mutations as other lines
of trade, and, in common with other
lines, has been almost completely revolu-
tionized within the past twenty-five
years. The enormous quantity of pro-
prietary remedies with which the market
is flooded, and the large number of
pharmaceutical preparations which are
now generally prescribed by physicians
instead of the old fashioned ‘‘mixed’’
prescriptions, have, apparently, made
an intricate knowledge of drugs and
‘chemistry unnecessary. I say apparent-
ly for, as a matter of fact, the pharma-
cist of to-day requires to be just as skill-
ful, and to have as good a knowledge of
his business as he ever did. Further-
more, I think that, as a class, the
pharmacist of to-day will compare very
favorable with their predecessors of any

 

day in, point of professiomal skill and

hnowledge. Perhaps the standard of
professional education is too low, but
Mr. Oldberg may reflect with satisfaction
that every year it is being raised higher,
in Michigan at least. This year, out of
a class of seventy-four, only twelve came
through with their feathers on, and the
danger seems to be now that a gradua-
ting diploma will be put out of reach of
all but a very few. Perhaps this may
not be a misfortune. 1 agree with Mr.
Oldberg that the standard of education
is too low among pharmacists and I
deplore the fact that this is true not only
of pharmacists but of the people gener-
ally. PHARMACIST.

Grand Rapids, June 25.

a
Sweeping Changes Contemplated in
German Pharmacy.

There is nothing singular in the dis-
content which has long embittered a
large class of pharmaceutical assistants
in Germany against the extraordinary
privileges enjoyed by their employers.
Possessing a valuable franchise or ‘‘con-
eession,’’ protected by the Government
against undue competition, and hereto-
fore enjoying the right to peddle, barter,
lend, donate or speculate in their con-
eessions, the proprietors of pharmacies
have shown a striking likeness to the
American office-holder—few die and none
resign. Nay, more—death simply trans-
mits the franchise to the heirs or legatees
of the deceased possessor.

The only means of acquiring the right
to open an apothecary shop (save for
the slow increase in the number of con-
ecessions as population multiplies) has
accordingly been limited to purchase.
But purchase means considerable capital;
for German pharmacies, especially in the
large cities, are highly profitable enter-
prises, and the apothecaries have shown
anot unreasonable reluctance to yield
up their loaves and fishes without a fair
consideration.

Thus a large and growing number of
educated. pharmacists have found them-
selves without a future. Possessing an
expensive university education, thor-
oughly equipped for scientific work,
they have yet been condemned to spend
their best years drudging as assistants,
and sowing that others might reap.

Discontent and unrest have, according-
ly, grown apace. The Pharmaccuten-
verein (Pharmacists’ Union) has been
the chief agitator of the assistants’ griev-
ance, and has made much capital of the
speculation in concessions which has
been one of the fruits of the German
paternalistic system. The organization
further protests against a regime which
creates a class ef governmental favorites
and builds up for the protection of its
darlings a bulwark againt the competi-
tions which rage so fiercely and freely in
every other sphere of life.

So great has been the force of this
feeling that the German Ministry of
Culture now announces its purpose of
transforming the apothecary concession
system. As gradually as possible, allow-
ing a long period of time in order to
lessen the inevitable losses to present
proprietors, it is designed to wipe out
absolute, permanent o
macies, and to introduce in its stead the
personal franchise—one which cannot be
sold or alienated, and which ceases with
the life of the franchise-holder. Al)
new concessions are to be accorded on
this basis; existing absolute franchises
are to be very gradually modified. A
period of twenty-five years will be
ample, it is supposed, to effect the entire
transformation.

Naturally there is great howling in
Rome over the proposed innovation. Its
first effect will be an enormous shrinkage
in valuable properties. Men who have
paid inflated, speculative prices for con-
cessions will now be barred from real-
izing on the ‘“‘good will’? and future
profits of their trade, and must accept,
in the event of sale, a price based on the
actual value of the premises, inventory
of stock, and computed worth of fixtures
and outfit, Making a very conservative |
estimate, Dr. E. Mylius declares that the |
total shrinkage or loss to present proprie-

 

 

 

tors will far exceed three hundred andj

ership in phar- |}

 

   

For this
enormous injury no indemnity whatever is

fifty-two millions of marks!
offered. What wonder, then, that on
every hand sharp, bitter protests are
heard against this measure as an out-
rageous violation of fundamental rights
in property?

Its injustice and hardship will be most
severely felt by the proprietors whose
holdings are mortgaged. Capital is pro-
verbially timorous. At the first intima-
tion of shrinkage in the value of his
securities, the prudent mortgagor will
promptly demand payment; it will not
be possible to borrow elsewhere on the
depreciated security; and forclosure with
attendant ruin will stare the apothecary
in the face.

Great ado has been made about flagrant
speculation in concessions. Who have
suffered from this evil? Manifestly, the
speculators—not the public, for the
German consumer of medicine is pro-
tected by the tariff or schedule of
charges, established by the Government,
stringently enforced, and effectively pre-
venting the slightest extortion; and now
it is proposed to finish the flaying of
the victims who have already parted with
much of their cuticle in paying an
exorbitant price for their purchase! A
parallel case would be afforded by an
American law seeker to compel the
buyers of watered stock to suffer an
arbitrary reduction in its market value,
on the plea that stock-jobbing is an evil.
To the ungermanic mind this seems
much like punishing, not the culprit but
the victim—and pouring salt on his
wounds.

Regarded from any point of view, the
German apothecary is obviously the
victim of a system. Do what the Govern-
ment may, discontent will still be rife.
The whole problem is assuredly as
delicate an affair as could be devised for
the perplexity of the Imperial authori-
ties. Whatever may be done or omitted,
imprecations loud and deep will be the
Government’s harvest. From _ present
appearances the measure will not become
a law.

 

en

But Two Ways.
From the New England Grocer.

We note that some of our exchanges,
among other suggestions given as to how
the retail grocer may lessen his losses on
account of running accounts with cus-
tomers, mention cutting off credit when-
ever a customer fails to settle his ac-
count at the expiration of a certain num-
ber of days. This would, of course, pre-
vent bills from becoming larger and
would very materially reduce a grocer’s
losses; but it would not prevent much
loss in the aggregate of small bills.
There are but two ways of taking effect-
ive precaution. Oneis to be extremely
careful as to the ability and disposition
to pay, of customers, and the other, to
sell strictly for cash.

 

Seely’s Flavoring Extracts
Every dealer should sell them.
Extra Fine quality.

Lemon, Vanilla, Assorted Flavors.
Yearly sales increased by their use.
Send trial order.

i '
Beely’s Lemon,
(Wrapped)
Doz. Gro.
1 oz. 90 102
2oz 120 12 60
40z. 200 22 80
60z. 300 33 00
' '
Seely’s Vanilla
(Wrapped)
Dos. Gro,
1oz.$150 16 20
2o0z. 200 21 60
4 oz. 75 40 80
6oz 5 40 57 60

Plain N.S. with
4 corkscrew at same
price ifipreferred.

Correspondence
Solicited.

SEELY MFG. CO., Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

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ACIDUM, ee. epee es : 200 TINCTURES,
Acotioum ...0.. 12... 8@ 10] #xec O8.......... 2 50@1 60
Benzoicum German.. 65@ 75 ——- a ' ps % Aconitum Napellis . Leesa -
Boracte ...-.-.+.--.. uh gs|Geuninm, Gunce....  @& wm Alom....... 8000 60
Civica 0... R2@ 55 Goestptt, Sem, gal..... : oe > Anti APT oc =
Hedroohior .....,..... 3@ «5 | Hedeoma ............. et el eee tee F
wanibei 50@2 00 ROO 0
ae eek ion if lavendila ..... 90@2 00 Atrope Belladonna.......... 60
a ae ant ee 8... 1 40@1 60 | Benzoin............ 2.0.00... 60
Phosphorium dil...... a Mentha Piper 1 Sues a. . a. 5D
Soaeions vette ees 1 tee [ Mentha Verid.....____2 20@2 30 Sanguinaria 2222222707777" 50
r one Morrhuae, gal......... 1 30@i 40 | Barosma .................2.. 50
Eran ee See ener tiene 1 = = Myrcla, ounce »@ Cantharides 75
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Aqua, 16 deg.......... wn cleat 1 2@1 28 | ,,

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wa ee en see @1 00 eee 50
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Cubeae (po 36)...... 2@ 30 POTASSIUM, “ to ey
Juniperus... 0. 2@ 10) Bicar.............. 15@ 1g] Zingtber ne 8
Xanthoxylum... 25D 30 Bromide ee 13 14 Hyoscyamus Le 50
LO A ee ie Ml codiae 75
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Copaiba 45@ 50 Chiesa (po *3@%) .. 24@ 26| Ferri Chloridum............ 35
PO eee seis ceca ees. _ @2 25 | Cyanide . ! ee eee 50
—_ Canada .... oe = lodide a ‘2 90@3 00 — CT 50
a SE otassa, Bitart, _- 27@ 30 I ee 50
cia Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15 aon Youn biel aeaie deel a a4 50
: r Potass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10 —. -
Abies, Canadian............ 18] Potass Nitras.......... @ oF" ‘Chand horated........... 50
Soe ES aces = ease “a ae”)|6hC6hUeeeee 2 00
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cue Vises... ........... ‘ a 20@ 2] wHatany .................... :
Quillaie ra De eee ce 10 See... ............. 2: 25 ee 50
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eiiteeeteial “mea as Stromontiam..202202000000.2 6p
Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 24@ 2% | Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 Tolutan . iene ay 60
ce. 33@ 35 ——_ Canaden, Valerian . — ee
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‘tra tat, eg %5@1 00} Annatto.......
FerrocyanidumSol.... @ 50 DE ease ees _@l % Antimont, ‘po. 4@
Solut Chlioride........ @ 15 eee ay 75@1 35 et Potass T. 55@ 60
Sulphate, com’l. a  Cisioee Se Sl Antinyrin @1 40
pure.. @ 7] Sanguinaria, (po 2).. @ 20} Antifebrin............. @ B
“oak oa Paes... oe = — Nitras,ounce @ 48
: ee : Pee 7
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Authoes ............. 30@ 35 M @ 2%| Bismuth 8. N......... 1 65@1 7%
Ratcarka 4 ..... 50@ 65 ——., (po. 35). coe 10@ 12 — Chlor, 18, (368
FOMLA ymplocarpus, ‘cat. Pee eee i
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Guana aniline, Tin. Valeriana, _ Loon 30)  . = eee ee @1 00
nivelly .......--..... 25@ 28 natin een 13@ 20 Capsici Fructus, af.. @ x
we iin a 8@ 2} . i oe
“| eae ieee 15@ : —. Caryophylius, (po. 15) 10. 12
CeCe 8@ 10] Anisum, ( @ 15] Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75
@UMMI. aah eowntans 22@ 35 | Cora Alba, 8. ei. ==
Acacia, Ist picked.... @ 80) cara}, na. 108 12 | Cocous on @ 40
a ee ae = Cardamon............. -.1 OO@1 2% | Cassia Pructus........ @ 2%
= -- @ Slauuene........-.. 11@ 13] Centraria.............. @ 10
' sifted sorts... a w Cannabis Sativa... 4 5 | Cetaceum........ ns @ 40
ee. See 60@ 80) Codonfum. ns. ..... tapi Chloroform ........... B® 68
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Totti (po, 60). @ 60| Dipterix Odorate..---. 2 40@2 60 eS ae Cret..t 25@1 50
catecht, 18, (ssn, 14 sar, oe 4 Clachontaine, Pa W ise 2
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pom ee (po. 35).. 40@ 45 — on: 58 . eo .. is 75
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Opi (po 3 6003 80) ..2 2@2 35 Suntperts Co. 0. T. Ether Sulph........... we %
Shellac ble escesactcons 3@ rh eee Emery, all numbers.. @
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Tragacanth ........... @@i 0 opt. Vini Galli... Ergota, (po.) ae 10@ %5
HERBA—In ounce packages. . vant — Flake White.......... 129@ 15
Abeta el 25) °° " Galla .................. @ 3
towel... eed cla 20 SPONGES. Gelatin, 6 Pak : 7@ ‘aa
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Tanacetum, V.. = oe carriage (al. ee... 13 25
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Carbonate, oe... 20@ — for slate une % ‘“ Ox fo aR $ .
meee en yale Ammoniati.. @ 9%
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Cinnamonii . 10@1 15} Scillse.... 50 ee 10@ 12
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8. N. ¥.Q. & —. ecu, @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter
Oe. le. opt bee @ Wi Mraiwned........... 65 70
Moschus Canton...... @ — accaboy, De SpiriteTurpentine.... 37 40
Myristica, No1.. ... 65@ Vee, @ 35
Nux Vomica, (po2).. @ 10 snuff, “Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 PAINTS. bbl. Ib.
Cn Reg. 156@ Soda Boras, (po. 11). . 10@ 11| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@8
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 24@ 25 | Ochre, yellow —- - 1% 2@4
2... 001 Soda Car............ “1%@ 2 Ber...... 3i¥ 2@3
Picis Liq, Soda, Bé-Carb......... @ 5/| Putty, commercial.. 3 24@3
il ee sa 4h —— = Li 24% 2¥@3
Picis Liq., quarts ae 00 | Soda, Sulphas......... @ 2 — Tr eater
ne 85 | Spts. Ether Co ........ 50@ 55 13@16
Pil ee. (po. 80) . 50 Myrcia Dom..... @2 Vermilion, English. 65@7
Piper Nigra, (po. 2). 1 “ * Mint oe. @3 00 | Green, Peninsular oc. T0@75
Piper Alba, (po ¢5) .. 3 int Rect. bbl. MeO, Keel 6 @b%
po a0 oe. 17@2 27 Me white - 6 @b%
Plumbi Acet . 14@ 15 tee 5¢ gal., cash ion ron Whiting, white Span. @70
Pulvis Ipecac et opfi..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... 1 40@1 45 Wong: Gilders’...... Q%
Pyrethrum. boxes Sulphur, Subl......... 24@ 3 | White, Paris Ameriean 1
& PD. Co., dox..... @1 25 “ Men 2 @ 2% Whiting, Paris Eng.
Pyrethrum, pv........ ‘ amarinds ....... : 10} Cie .........--. 0... 1 4
Pyrethrum, et 2 Terebenth Venice... ae 30 eae Prepared Paint! 20@1 4
Quinia, S.P.&W..... “aeqepanie Theobromae ..... .45 @ 48} Swiss Villa ee
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Rubia Tinetorum. .. faa 12@ 14| Zinci Suiph._ -- %@ VARNISHES.
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— eee. Lowey 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal} Coach Body. Ll ry 00
by aed -a-- Ie PO) Weel, wWinker........ 70 70 | No. 1 Turp Furn.. ee. : 1 10
tuceencece BU fe] Ue, Goie........... 90 85 a oe. 1 60
- _ os @ Witter Net... .... 42 45| Japan Dryer, No. t
Linseed, pureraw.... 56 59 ‘tarp Le uae 70@75
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We carry in stock a complete line of

Eastman’s Extracts

QUEEN MAB,

SWEET HEATHER,

HER MAJESTY,

Including these specialties,

FLEUR DE LYS,

TUSCAN VIOLET.

PEAU DE ESPAGNE,

and all the leading odors of the following

manufacturers:

Lazelle, Dally & Co.,

Swinton,

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We also manufacture

LAVENDER WATER, VIOLET WATER,

FLORIDA WATER,4 ounces,

Ladd & Coffin,

Foote & Jenks.

We have a complete line of

FLORIDA WATER, 8 ounces.

HAZELTINE & PRRKINS DRUG CO,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only,
going to press and are an accurate index of the local market.
below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. Cash buye
those who have poor credit. Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions,

greatest possible use to dealers.

in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before
It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those
rs or those of strong credit usually buy closer than
as it is our aim to make this feature of the

 

 

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gross
ae 55 6 00
peer ORL. ..... ++ 60 7 00
eee............. 5 6065 BO
Paeers........-... 7 9 00
I oie ese wn 65 7 50
ree .. ..-.-..- 55 6 00
BAKING POWDER.
acme.
% ip. sans. 3 doz.... 45
x cece »
-_ ” GO cen 1 60
ee 10
Arctic.
i cans 6 doz case....... 55
ce * ton ~ .--- i
1 “= 200
5 “ ton
Cream
3 on “ 6doz
4 oz ** 4doz
6 os “ 4doz
9 oz “ 4doz
» “ ae
bm ~*~ ides
Red Star, % i cans
“ 1 Db a“
Telfer’s, % lb. cans, dos. 45
“ % lb. “ ~~. 85
- - \ 150
Our Leader, 4 .b cans.... 45
% ib Cans...... vi)
4 iibcans..... . 13
BATH BRICK.
2 dozen in case.
RTI ow. oo eee een e 90
En 80
eerie... ......-.-..-- ++. 70
BLUING. Gross
Arctic, 40s ovals.......--- 3 60
e a ee 6 75
. ints, round........ 9 00
. 0. 2, sifting box... 2 75
= oe. 4, _ eo
- wes - oo
“ soc .....-.--..- 450
Mexican Liquid, 4 oz....-.- 3 60
- ' a....... 6 80
BROOMS,
Pi BE ono ote ene woes 1%
‘a — S
No. 2 Carpet. . _o
—_—s hl . 250
Parlor Gem.... oo
Common Whisk. —-— =
ine ' ~o “a
is ene ca 2%
BRUSHES.
Stove, No. 1.............-.- 123
eZ a 1 50
” - 1%
Rice Root Scrub, 2 row 85
Rice Root Scrub, 3 row 1 2
Palmetto, goose............ 1 50
CANDLES.
Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes......... 10
Star. 40 SS 9
ID ie ees seen 10
ee eee ewe eee 24
OANNED GOODS.
Fish.
Clams.
cos eek, TP e........-.... 1 20
“ ee 20
Clam Chowder
ae 2 oe..........-...,.
Cove Oysters
Standard, ilb..... 7
“ -......, 1 35
Te.
oe 2 Oe... 245
eke wee 350
Pee ee 290
eae 2 90
ee 110
ii ceteceeenc 2 10
PO ee be 2B
Tomato Sauce, UB. ns. e 2 25
— —
Salmoz.
Columbia River, flat.... ... 1 80
“ * Se 1 65
MA, THOR... - cnc cc cece cee 13
' BE ssa es we ance sens 110
Kinney’s, flats.............. 1%
din
American De eee 4%@ 5
Peres 28... .......... @0
. BE ichie phen ones 15@16
EE WB. noone oe on nee 6@7
NE vos cre coerce 21
Trout.
Brook 3, Ib...... i. ems 250
Fruits.
Apples.
cS ineocne 1 20
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Apricots.
Eave oek....... .-.s+-. 1 40
ee Cree. 1 40
LE 150
ee 1 0
Blackberries.
eG. .............. 90
Cherries.
ae... 1 10@1 25
Pitted Hamburgh .....
ee. 150
ees ees 1 30
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green
Gages.
ee... =... 1 20
EE ———————— 40
Gooseberries.
a th . 123
Peaches.
ee 1 10
ook i ee i 66
eee 6... 1 60
a oo ee es 160@1 75
ie i
ee
Pears.

Dee .....-......... 1 25
Oe 1B
Pineapples.
Cee... 4... 1 00@1 30
Johnson’s siiced...... 2 50

' aeee...... 2%
Booth’s sliced. ........ @2 5)
. grajed........ @2 75
Quinces.
oes... 1 10
Raspberries.
ccs ee ccs ces 110
Black Hamburg....... 1 46
oo eeee............ 13
Strawberries.
Lae... ......... 13
ee 1s
es 1 20
poo ee en 1 05
Whortleberries.
Blueberries ........ : 85
Meats.
Corned beef Libby’s....... 2 10
Roast beef Armour’s....... 1 80
Pomes bem, 46 .......-... 123
' ee cae cui 70
. tongue, % Ib......... 13
. win i 75
” chicken, 4 Ib....... 95
Vegetables.
eans.
Hamburgh stringless....... 1 15
eg French style..... 2 00
° ee cae, 1%
eee eee 13
e Te 70
Lewis Boston Baked........ 1 35
Bay State Baked............ 135
World’s Fair Baked........ 1%
Pees... ...... 2.5... 1 00
Corn.
SE EE SI 12
Livingston Bden ........... 12%
a
ne J a... 14
ee
SS ¥ 43)
Peas.
Hamburgh marrofat........ 1 30
early June . -..15
_ Champion Eng..1 40
_ as pom....... 1 40
_ ancy sifted....1 90
ee 65
Harris standerd............. ts)
VanCamp’s marrofat....... 1 10
' early June..... 1 30
Archer’s Early Blossom....1 25
a ooo
Seana Mushrooms
cee seen on 9Q21
Pumpkin.
el 80
Squash.
ore .-....-...-..,.,..., 115
Succotash.
I. occ cee oedoden 140
On daeeebciteb eens ss 80
DO TOW eo oe. cn cce cee 1 50
ka ec cee cee eae 1 35
Hancock .
Excelsior ...
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TRADES. 0 crccccccce
eee ee 8 50
CHOCOLATE,
Baker’s.
German Sweet.. ........+. 23
ee 37
Breakfast Cocoa.......... 43
CHEESE,
BE oii ce ceadssiscs 7%
et a ees 7%
ee EE EIEN 7%
de 8
one Beeeel...........
Seki decenecouee 5@7
SE i ieclipensceves 15
Cee ck oe 1 00
I oe kc occ ees x
SS 15
PROBED occ cccccsess
a ort...... bine
Schweltmer, imported. 2
- domestic .... @i4

 

CATSUP.
Blue Label Brand.
Half pint, 25 bottles........ 2%
Pint a 4 50
Quart 1 doz bottles ........3 50
Triumph Brand.
Halt pint, per Gos......-... 135
Pa, oe See... ........ 4 50
aert, per Gee -.... .......3 vo
CLOTHES PINS.
Sagroes bexes............ 40@45
COCOA SHELLS.
ao re Deen... 2... @3
Less — cir ies @3%
Pound packages........ 6%@7
COFFEE.
Green.

Rio.
i 18
Good.. 12
ee 2
a 21
eS SS ES 23

Santos
a... 8. 19
ee ce 20
eee ws 22
Pees... 23

 

 

 

22
ree 24

Maracaibo,
a
eee 24

ava,
oo 25
Peivete Grow@h............. 27
eee .....-........- 28
Mocha,
ee 8 ek oes 25
ee... 28

Roasted.

To ascertain cost of roasted
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast-
ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-
age.

Package.
McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 22 30
idee es 21 80
Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case.... 22

Extract.

Valley City % gross........ vis)
Felix " ——_
Hummel’s, foil, gross...... 1 65

" tin Pe cicuns 2 85

CHICORY.

ee... sl ._s

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton, 40 ft....... per dos. 1 25
- 50 ft - 14
7 “ee 1 60
“ “ 1 %
“ “ 1 90

Jute eh 8
os “ 1 oo
CONDENSED MILE,

4 dos. in case.
N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands
Gail Borden Eagle..... ... 7 40
MO occ cert capetecors- 6B
Mee eee 5 %5
NE ne oe wee ae 4 50
Magnolia ...... Ce) oe 45
ce ee ce ee eee 3%

 

Peerless evaporated cream. 5 75
CREDIT CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n..... 83 00
—- ee 5 00

Th ttle: eee 8 00
eee SR... on. hase. 7%

 

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

   
  

 

 

  
 

   
  
    

 

Foreign. FLAVORING EXTRACTS.
c t Souders’.
erage er si m 8 Oval Bottle, with corkscrew.
See ig DDI... 2% | Bestin the world for the money.
. in less quantity.... 2%
cleaned, bulk...... 4 Regular
cleaned, package... 4% Grade
Peel. Lemon.
Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes 13 doz
Lemon ie 25‘ r 8 tna 25 ©
8 1 books, per hundred.... 200} Orange ‘“ oo. Sl US ion. 1
82 = ~ - Le eae Raisins.
ae sn - 8 00] Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes.. 5 @7 Regular
35 . = . -- 800) Sultana, 20 ‘ .-7% @8 Vanilla.
a . -. 400] Valencia, 30 “ doz
ee heindies » 77 5 00 Prunes. Soe... 81 =
: ‘ California, 100-120.......... 6 OZ..... 2
i se Sk :
33 “ss “ “ ag 350 i 80x90 ” i. XX Grade
85 “ te “ 400 c 70x80 . 7% Lemon
810 sé “ “ ie 5 00 Tu . 60x70 - i ° — ooewe . =
‘“ - Ye EI oc....,
#20 a - - 600 BN eee cee cee cen
XX Grade
ENVELOPES, Vanilla.
130 XX rag, white. on... 81 75
eT hues oueten 81% 4 0Z....- 3 50
Universal.” ne 1 60 Jennings.
$1 books, per hundred... 83 00 No. i, ie hoe cede ae ce 1 65 Lemon Vanilla
— : --e BOT NO. 2, 6.....-. ..-seeeeeees 150 : s
83 ‘“ “ 400 ig . 2oz regularpanel. 75 1 20
85 “ “ af 5 00 xx wood, white. — : vel = : =
“ ‘ fe oz . 2
se 8 ee SBURRRB ccc TR Rose 8
Above prices on coupon books Manilla, white. No. 4 taper........1 50 2 50
are subject to the following | Gy .................0- 0000. 1 00 Northrop’s
quantity discounts: el 95 Lemon. Vanilla.
200 books or over.. 5 per cent Coin 20z ovaltaper 7% 1 10
500 ‘“ “ "10 “ Mill No. 4 100 3 0z 20 1%
1000 “ ‘“ ..20 “ i ea 2 0z regular hi on 2
couron Pass pooxs. | Faummacnous coors. |*™ Goxsownm. *
= be made to represent any Farina. Rifle—Dupont’s,
enomination from 810,down.| | 100 Ib. kegs............. 3% | Kegs....---- eee cere seer eeee 3 25
beet 8100 Hominy. Half kegs.........-++--+++++ 1 90
~~ 9 60t Oeree. o.oo 3 00| Quarter kegs........-...--. 1 10
eg EET A AT 3% | 1 1b CamB........-..+--++0--- 30
me 6 2 Lima Beans. be ID CANS.......e ee eee ee ees 18
a 20 0) t es. .................. 4 4% Choke Bore—Dupont’r
eee ic 17 50 io ee ae Vermicelli. - co eee atte s : oe
omestic, 12 Ib. hox.... Har wers........ ca -.2
eS Peed... .5 104%@11 | Quarter kegs......... ..1%
Sere TEE. 5.0.5.0 o0ne- 5 . — - fo cae ae
ee 7 .
germsour XXX, cartoon... 0% | Half barrels 100.-......-.- $61 ge ters
Family XXX, cartoon...... 5% Pear! Barley. en. je
Rene Ee 5 | K@Q8.-----+.-.5.-- 00+ setee ® | Guarterkess....... ......: 3 00
Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 5% — 7 came ee
ee 7% | Green, bu.... .....--+..-. 145 RBS
A 7 | Split perlb ............ 3 | gage ' 15
Butter biscuit .............. 6 _, Rolled Oats. Ho Fe ee 5
: ee @5 50 PB ee eee cone oreeerece coe
oat be ......... @2 88 INDIGO.
Sago. Madras, 5 1b. boxes. ...... 55
ee cons nenencioee= = 44/8. F.,2,8and51b.boxes.. 50
Crystal Wafer............... Ce a ae JELLY.
Long Island —— cccee ey ee Ret 3% i Ib. pails esas e -
8. Oyster ey Le FISH--Salt. LICORICE.
ty Oyater. XX... 205000. OO i eee es casey econ 30
Farina Oyster.............. 6 Bloaters. Cie ciec eco ee cece 25
Yarmouth.....-......2--+9: eee ol vou, 12
CREAM TARTAR. Cod. ~~ peepee 13
Strictly pure............... ae —
Telfer’s Absolute.......... 30| Whole, Grand Bank..... 43,536 YE,
I ak oe cient ey 15@25 | Boneless, bricks.. ...... 6% Con@enaed, 2 Gos........... 1 20
FLY PAPER. Boneless, strips.. ....... 6% ia ‘oe... 22
Thum’s Tanglefoot. eames Halibut. 001 MINCE MEAT.
— —— 1 2 :
Glee Goes... cL se) °™ ried
ive case 6s........-.--...-- 3 50 Herring.
Ten Gaon Wie... o 3 40| Holland, white hoops keg _— 60
Less than one case, 40c per box . rr a oo
DRIED FRUITS.
mestic. Merwerten........+.......
Apples. Round, % bb] 100 Ibs....:. 250
Sundried, sliced in bbls. ee Oe cues. 1 30
. uarte . I i hehe sss ees 17
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 12 12% Mackerel,
Apricots. We 0, Be vesaas sss <5, 10 00
California in bags.. ... a el 4 4)| Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. 2 5
Evaporated in boxes. .. oe wee 1 00} Pie preparation, 3 doz. in
Blackberries. _ 3 rg oy ss See les 7 = OE cs clined saeco
ae 0. 2, eh ccus teehee es 3 oa
Nectarines. (OE 90 MEASURES.
eT Family, 90 Ibs...... ce Tin, per dozen.
—— i “ eS... a a $1 75
Peaches. Sardines. Half gallon. i
Peeled, in boxes........ Russian, kegs..... Mateus 55
Oe aseune.s Trout.
” - in bags...... No. 1, % bblis., 100lbs........ 475
Pears. mo. 1 i el, & e.......... 2 20
California in bags..... Ho, 1, Rate, 0 1de.......245.. 63
Pitted Cherries. Mo. 1.6 ie Site... 53 | Half gallon
ics dead cun Whitefish mart ....... * 3
HD Oe, DOIN occ secs cooes a aly ee 8k cia ee a : 2
GS becuneses 0. 1 MOLASSES.
Prunelles. % bbls, bag Ibs SSG ¥ = = Blackstrap.
i oe : nee seeee 0 120] Sugar house..........—-.- 14
_e a. berries. 10 Ib. Kits......-+++ +. 7 49 Cuba Baking.
In barrels............... CEM astve ceerers 65 35 | Ordinary pees? 16
Ek ETE SE ‘orto Rico.
— er. ie nent tl cine 20
Raisins. Globe Match Co.’s Brands, Fancy ......---- ..- oe 30
Loose Muscatels in Boxes. Columbia Parlor. a2 New Orleans.
SCLOWN ..20.-6+5 ee oe eos XXX Sulphur.... Fair 18
ae see Diamond Match a2
OF i i 434 | No. 9 sulphur... 27
Loose Muscatels in Bags. Anchor parlor. 32
SO etl see toc 4% | No. 2 home...... 40
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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

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PICKLES,
Medium.
Barrels, 1,200 count...
Half bbis, 600 count.. @2 50
Small

  

  

Barrels, 2,400 count. 5 00
Half bbis, 1,200 count 3 00
PIPES,
ee ee, so ses 1 70

~ 2. ee Poecoems........ 70

ee, mee. ©... ee. os. 1 20

POTASH,

48 cans in Case.
epee .................. 4 00
Ponma fag Covs.......... 3 00

RICE,
Domestic.
Coretne bead... ............ 6
' MO Beck eu le 5%
. me 8. 4, 5
eee... 4
Imported.
wee ee 2. i... 5%
ne "No. Sees Ue Mages ues 5
ee acs. scveccccccoe 6
Peeee. 2... ses tee medceeee 495
SPICES,

Whole Sifted.
CO 9%
Cassia, China in mats...... 8

. Batavia in bund....15

. Saigon in rolls...... 32

Cloves, Ampboyna........... 22

’ ee 1%

rege oan Deas exe acceeec =

mies. Taney............. 7

dee -< RE 70

- io. 2....- aes se
Pepper, Singapore, black....

Pre ~~ white... .20

- ac ae 16
Pure Ground in Bulk.

MS 8. ow 15

Camsia, Batavia............. 18

- . and Saigon.25

= Melee... i... 35

Cloves, Amboyna........... 22

e —_————aa 18

Ginger, I cos oinsuce 16

ieee... 20

- sees ......-. .. 22
menee Meters... .....-....- 65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .22

_ oS : 25
tng No. 2 re “—

epper, Singapore, black....
Pre — white. ....24

- Cayenne. .......-.. 20
ee a 20

“Absolute” in Packages.

8 Ms

Allspice .......... seus 1 55

CO, cs we &4 155

coowee ... ............ 64 1%

Ginger, Jamaica...... 84 155

. a 8 155

Riaere. ...........-.. 84 155

Pere ...........---. 84 155

ee aoa. of

SAL SODA.
Granulated, bbis............ 114

” 7Glb cCases...... 1%

ia, Oe... 1%

“ 1m Waee..........- 1%
SEEDS.

See... .:..,.-.-.- @i15

Canary, Smyrna....... 4

a 8

Cardamon, Malabar 90

Hemp, Russian 4%

Mixed Bird..... 5@6

Mustard, white. 10

ie 9

Bees ........ : : 5

Cuttle bone. ia 30

STARCH.
Corn.
ee Oe ic... 5%
i cae 5%
Gloss.

Tp peereees................ 5

3-1b a ee ee ee cae oe 5

6-lb eee eee 5%

40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 3%

oe bes cee ce wasn 3%

SNUFF.

Scotch, in bladders......... 37

Maccanboy, tm jars........... 35

french Rappee, in Jars..... 43

SODA,
+ pomenghs . soos — “ rr)
egs, Eng dea cae uel
” SALT,
Diamond Crystal.

Cases, 243 Ib. boxes...... $ 1 60

Herre, Se ie........... 2 50

van 115 2% lb bags.... 400

' ose me” ... ee

we ee” ll, OO
Butier, 66 1b Dbage......... 65
ci" 2eleio daee......... 350

Sie Die ss... OE

- Sie oc 2 25

Worcester.

210 We eeoks. ..:......... #4 (0
60 5-lb Re Se ee ir cua. s 3 7
eee 88 co 3 50
ae 3 30

ree. DOR Ak. 4... cee 2 60
Ae MOOR ie heey... 321%

> 1) pen Seenn.,.........
Common Grades.

wee. Ceeee.......... ...

Oem

. 2 00
ae 107, WOE 5... 1 85
Warsaw.

56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 30
os _ - oo ae
Ashton.

56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75
~¥ ns.

56 lb, dairy in linen sacks. 75
Soiar Rock.

oo oe es | oe
Common Fine.
ee es. 80
ee cae 80

 

SALERATUS,
Packed 60 lbs. in box.
meee oi 3 30
eee 315
Co 3 3
meee a. ....- 5... asus 3 00
SEELY’S EXTRACTS,
Lemon.
loz. F.M.$ 90doz. $10 20 gro
2 “ N. \ 1 20 oe 13 60 “
-- Fut xe”
Vanilla,
loz. F.M.150doz. 16 20 gro

2 See | ae eet
2“ Fee * = oo
Rococo—Second Grade.

re

Lemon.
208. ........ 90 GO... Sa *
Vanilla,
= Gon. ..... T dos... 58 “
SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.
Oid Country, 8) Lib........ 3 20
Good Cheer, 601 Ib.......... 3 90
White Borax, 100 %-Ib...... 3 65

Proctor & Gamble.
Comeere, ............ 2.0... 3 4
ore, OR. ww... 6 75

= © Oe ............. 5, 400
OT
Mottled German........... 3 15
oo ae 3B

Dingman Brands.
Simeie box. .............. 3 95
5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered...... 3 7%

Jas. 8. Kirk & Co.’s Brands,

American Family, wrp’d..84 00
C a’ plam... SO

N. K. Fairbank & Co.’s —

Hanee Ciaus.............1.. 4
Be yn, @ ere... ..-. 2... 5. 2 40
. we tere ,.... ...... Pe
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.
CS ee 3 76
cc. cee e es Oe

aren... .. . 5... 400
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eee cescesce & Om

eee 3 30
Saven lnprovyed........... 2 50
hgh noah fee 2
eee 3 25
Pee le  L, , 2 3
Passolt’s Atlas Brand,
Ries Ol, 3 65
i 3 60
oes en |... .- 4... 2... 3 50
=o 0x Iotedel _.......... 3 40
Scouring.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 40
" hand, 3doz..,.... 2 40
SUGAR.

Below are given New York
prices on sugars, to which the
wholesale dealer adds the lo-
cal freight from New York to
your shipping point, giving
you credit on the invoice for
the amount of freight buyer
pare from the market in which

e purchases to his shipping
point, including 20 pounds for
the weight of the barrel.

 

COE ee 5 06
Powdered ........ esse ces +s 4 69
OPIN. co ia 437
Extra Fine Granulated... 4 50
Coen... as. © OO
ZXZx Powdered.......... 4 94
Confec. Standard A....... 412
No. t Columbia A......... 400
foe, SP eee. 4 00
mo. G eapire A... 3 94
N * 6
Pee @..........
ee Bi, 3 69
Me Oe 3 62
Rew. 3 50
he ......, 3 44
Se ee, 3 37
CO 3 00
Oo 14... eee bebe ee 2 94
SYRUPS. -
Corn.
errem. ......5 1. wedesccuseu le
Het Wee. e..... .. 20
Pure Cane.
oe onic ecs 19
ce, Ce 25
eo eo - 30
TABLE SAUCES,
Lea & Perrin’s, large ...... 475
- a 2 %
Hatond, large... 3%
. ee. 2B
Salad Dressing, large ..... 4 55
& © Mente |... 5 2 65

 

 

    
   

TEAS.
JAPAN—Regular,
LT eecs crus @i7
Gaee .... lc. = @20
Choice..... 2A @2
Choicest 32 @34
MG . 44 oe ous @i2
SUN CURED.
ee @17
We ois ice... @20
Coes... 4... 2A @2xe
Cmoteemt......_........ 32 @34
Tee ee. 10 @12

BASKET FIRED.
Wee... 18 @20
ek, @2%
CeeOens. 4.0.0.1... - @35
Extra choice, wire leaf @40

GUNPOWDER.

Common to fair....... 25 @35
Extra fine to finest....50 @é65
Choicest fancy........ 7 @s5

OOLONG, @26
Common to fair... ... 23 @30

IMPERIAL,
Gommon to fair....... 23 @26
Superior tofine........ 30 @35

YOUNG HYSON.
Commor. to fair....... 18 @26
Superior to fine....... 30 @40

ENGLISH _—.
oe ee 24 @28
moe. -40 @50

TOBACCOS,

Fine Cut.

P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands,
Sweet Russet.......... 30 @32
ey ns 30

D. Scotten & Co’s Brands.
oS 60
eS ct cue ae 32
Horeee.... 5... 30
Spaulding & Merrick’s Brauds,
ee

Private Brands.

Besoe ...............
Ce @27
etic Biy............. 24 @25
Uniele Bon. ..........- 24 @25
Gey ..-- 55... 27
“ AG bels....... 25
Denes dim. ........... 29
Torpedo ee eens eecuas 24
' in drums.... 23
Wom Vem...) 4c. 28
TO oo eee ca cas - 23
~ Grae. ........... 22

Pilag.

Sorg’s Brands,
Roeerhead ............ 39
a 37
Noniey Twiet............ 40

Scotten’s Brands.
= ce eeue yee asia. cs
ceewrete......... .... 38
Valley City ...........

Finzer’s Brands.

Old Honesty....... oe
Oly Ter... 32

Lorillard’s Brands.
Climax (8 0z., 41c)....
Gren Purtie.......... 30
Three Black Crows... 27
J. G. Butler’s Brands.

Something Good...... 38
Ontot Signt.......... 24
Wilson & McCaulay’s Brands.
Gola hone. ........... 3
Happy Thought....... 37
Mowminges ||... 32

ee 31
bet Go... ............ 27

Smoking.
Catlin’s Brands,

im Gree... 2.4... Lo. 17@18
Golden Showoer............. 19
Ce a
Moecrechaum ............. 29@30

American Eagle Co,’s Brands.
Myre Navy... ............, 40
Stork..

   
  

     
   

 

 

- 30@32
a
i ee —
aaee, Meter... 1... 32
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
a 16
Banner Cavendish.......... 38
Cee Cee... 28
Scotten’s Brands,
waren <4
pes Te 26
Caer Siege... 30
F, F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s
Brands.
Pere ce 26
ee we 18
Pe 22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
oS SS ee 41
Leidersdorf’s Brands.
oe Oe... ddeeec nese 26
Uncle Sam..............28@32
Pe ooosae
Spaulding & Merrick.
ome Gnd Jorty............. 025
Traveler Cavendish........ 38
Me oa ee ees cos cae 30
Pe 30@32
ee Cee. ee... 16
VINEGAR.
@8
-8 @9
81 for barrel.
WET MUSTARD,
Se er eee sc s
Beer mug, 2 doz incase... 1 75
YEAST,
oe a |
NN ois hore sccecc ccs. 1 00
me ee co 1 00
Rismond...... ec. eS oe
Royal ..... [ce ee dees 90

 

WOODENWARE,

 

- oe

Pails, No.1,two-hoop.. . 1

“No: 1, tiree-heop.... 1
aw, £1 ee... i...
' ee ee

 

27 15 “
iy 17 ce
“o 19 oe
ag)
Baskets, market............ 35
- Por gee bushel.. 1 15
ac ful 00 oc §

No.2 6 2

' . “« Nests
bay splint * Boise
' . * No24s
- . 6 C6NO.3 4%
INDURATED WARE,
PP ce 3 15
trom, No, 1........_....,.. 13 50
ae, 300.2... 0... 12 00
ane, ee oe 0 50

CL 21
we... 7% 26
me 3... 80 280
Ma 5.2... 100 350
Washboards—single.
Raiversat ....... 225
me Gee... 2 50
Peerless Protector.......... 2 40
Saginaw Globe............. 17%
Double.
Water Wien... 2250
Ween. 2 59
Goce fmen 275
Pee 28

HIDES PELTS and FURS

Perkins & Hess pay as fol-
Ows:

 

HIDES.
ree 282%
Wart Cured...........- @3
ee @ 3%
ee. 4@5
Kips, green ell oa wencs 2@3

eee, @4
Calfskins, green...... 4@5
- Gared...... 4 WO 6
Deacon skins.......... 10 @%5
No. 2 hides \ off.

PELTS.

‘ @ Ww
@ 60

WOOL,
Neaened...... 8... 12 @16
Unwashed ......-..... & @l2

MISCELLANEOUS.
eo 4 @ 44
Grease butter......... 1 @?2
Scenes .............. 1%@ 2
Cemeeee............. 2 00@2 50
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

WHEAT,

No. 1 White (58 1b. test) 53
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) be
MEAL,
a 140
Granulated,........... .
FLOUR IN SACKS.

OP OOS. 88. eas on seoe. 206
Seer. 1 55
WOON os... ... cu 1 3
Grenam............. ce, 2

MG eee ce ae. 1 40

*Subject to usual cash dis-
count.

Flour in bbis., 25¢ per bbl. ad-
ditional.

MILLSTUFFS,
ess
Car lots quantity
Bren. ........ $14 00 $15 00
Screenings .... 12 00 2 00
Middlings..... 14 50 15 50
Mixed Feed... 19 50 20 00
Coarse meal .. 18 00 18 50
CORN.
ree WOR a 45
Lees than car lots.........-. 48
OATS,
Car Wee... cc... 45
Less than car lots........... 48

m lots. ..... 12 50

FISH AND OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as
follows:
FRESH FISH.

HAY,
No. 1 Timothy, car lots....11
No. 1 =

wee sk... sa... @8
eee @s
Meee Wet... .... J... 12%
oO @15
Ciscoes or Herring.... @4
eee... 5... @ic
Fresh lobster, per lb.. 15
ae... ok... 10
me 1 Pickere)......... @s
Wiese. ot ....., @i7
Smoked White.... ... @s
Red Snappers..... coer 15
Columbia River Sal-
ee. ia... 15
Mackerd.............. 18@25
OYsTERS—Cans,
Fairhaven Counts.... @45
y./3. 0D. Selects.......
Bemeeae ........ «.,...-
2...
ANCHOFS...00....0- eres
Standeards.......+ nee
OYSTERS—Bulk.
Extra Selects..per gal.
el
Geeeees....:.., sc.
ee eae oe soa
Seallone......... aig
Pe ck 1 25
Clams ..... ence cae ae
SHELL GO0OD8.
Oysters, per 100....... 1 26@1 %5
Clams, ” ia - %T%@1i 00

 

PROVISIONS.
The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co
quotes as follows:
PORK IN BARRELS.

   

lima A eT 12 50
Sete 27
Semere Clear ple, short cut................... 14 50
ES Li
Clear Te eee 13 50
Boston clear enor Gut...) 18 75
Clear baGM Sect Gne 14 00
Standard clear, short cut, best............ 14 00
SAUSAGE,
a a 7
NIM ancl... ude eed sc s.c
— eee oie ade -
Mirna
ope ™
Heed cheese a ae 6
ee 10
Prankfarts.......... ————a T%
i LARD.
Bemle Menara 8%
eee a
Family Coe eta eee Whale | dele ob twee we 6 ~ OM
Coun. . 5%
Nee 7
50 lb. Tins, 4c advance,
20 lb. pails, 4c _
ih 66 OMe .
Sip ~ ec .
om °° Le si
BEEF IN BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 !bs............. . <a
Extra Mess, Chicago peching............... 7%
Bouctows ram Gta 9 50
SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain.
Heme, agverssesite. 0%
' ae Ce 103%
‘ Cee ae
0 cree aT 18%
7 | Sree 9
ST 7%
Breakfast Bacon boneless.................._. 10
Ded beet, ham prides. 11
PO CICME OR
Ce 7%
i i %%
DBY SALT MEATS. :
eS i.
a a i a 8
ee 1%
PICKLED PIGS’ FEET,
Lond lamba 3 00
Ce 2 00
ee 90
TRIPE.
saat nit hgnta i HEE 75

Sie WOR ‘icccu, oo

 

FRESH BEEP,

 

eee 5
wore Guattere ce te
MG GUeTICM 7 @s
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18

—_

THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR.

It is a tendency attested by history
that as wealth and luxury increase there
should come a widening of the chasm be-
tween classes and a louder clamor against
privilege. We are experiencing now a
social conflict which is bitter and umap-
peasable by ordinary means, and which,
in the opinion of some of the wisest
thinkers of the country, threatens revo-
lution unless checked. It is striking at
the very roots of our republican methods
of government and smothering individual
rights under the tyranny of organiza-
tion.

The remedy for this state of things
cannot come, as the socialists dream,
from any violent overturning of present
conditions, or the adoption at once of any
new theories of the state or of society.
All our theorists utterly ignorethe prime
factor with which any social theory must
deal—the existence of laziness, shiftless-
ness, vice and crime in the individuals
who help to make society at any given
time. They assume that if organizations
or governments could only conduct all
things for the individual, he would at
once acquiesce, and fall into line, and be
as easily managed as an automaton: but
all history shows that forever the indi-
vidual is the most important factor in
either progress or decline; that his en-
ergy and enterprise, protected in their
exercise by just laws, have made all ad-
vance; and that his resistance, inspired
by his selfishness, his laziness or his
criminal conduct, has been the most ser-
ious check on the development of the
race. Real progress is possible only
when the resistant elements of society
are in sufficient contro! to allow business
to go on and enterprise to seek its legiti-
mate ends, in subordination to the good
of the whole.

We need no revolution to produce a
better social condition. Revolution can-
not doit. What we do need is a higher
sense of responsibility on the part of the
privileged and the capable, to lead them
to use their opportunities, their educa-
tion and their wealth for the betterment
of the whole body. We need no less a
higher moral standard among the less
fortunate members of the social fabric
and a conviction on their part that it is
for their interest to be honest and frugal
and humane, while lying and cheating
and stealing and dictation are worse foes
to labor than all weaith or combinations
of wealth whatsoever.

Itseems to me that much of the con-
fusion of the time is due to the fact that
the air is so full of finespun theories
which noman can understand, not even
those who advocate them; and that it
may help those who really desire to work
towards the solution of the probiems of
the hour to clear away the rubbish and
look at one or two plain and simple
truths, as old asthe experience of the
human race.

How comes oppression? Not by wealth
of itself. Wealth that is won by legiti-
mate means—that is the product of effort
and industyy and self-sacrifice and honor-
able dealing—helps in the development
of the race and the elevation of society.
All classes in the community are better
off for the existence of such wealth. The
attacks of labor agitators upon wealth,
as such, are sheer idiocy.

Oppression comes only when wealth is
acquired by base means that crush others
in the process and is held without any

sense of the responsibility expressed in |

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

the fine old motto, ‘‘noblesse oblige.”’ It
comes in a marked degree in the ten-
dency of our own time towards unjust
combinations which, for the sake of
purely selfish gain on the part of a few,
crush out the small tradesman and the
small manufacturer and interfere with
the freedom of individual striving and
energy. Oppression exists when wealth
and privelege take no measures for the
relief of need, or for the bettering of un-
just social conditions.

But there is another source of oppres-
sion that does not come from wealth at
all, and is heavier by far than any other
at the present time.

Combination is not in itself an evil.
The combinations of eapital are unjust
only when they interfere with the rights
of free men, and it is legitimate enough
that when capital combines in its own in-
terests labor should dothesame. Within
their legitimate sphere labor unions
are a good thing. But, to say noth-
ing about their relations to capital, they
are, as conducted today, the heaviest
tyranny that the workingman has.
They not only dictate terms to capital,
but they dictate action to the laborer and
enforce their mandates by violence. The
spirit of Anglo-Saxon freedom, for which
our fathers contended, is that every man
has the right to work and do the best he
can for himself. The labor unions say
tohim, ‘‘You shall only work when we
say you may, no matter if you and your
family are starving and work lies at
your hand waiting for you; if we say
strike, strike it is;’’ and if any indepen-
dent working man attempts to use his
right to do the work the strikers refuse,
he is dubbed a ‘‘secab’’ and his head is
broken for his industry.

The difficulty at the bottom of the
whole business is that we are living in
the age of the bogus workingman. For
the real workingman we have the high-
est respect. His industry honors him
and never demeans him; but the real
workingman of the older day, who still
exists, is not the workingman that is
heard from inthe present state of af-
fairs. The heel of the imitation laborer
is on his neck and his freedom is a thing
of the past.

The bogus workingman is of two
kinds: First, there is the shiftless and in-
competent workman, largely an impor-
tation from the slums of Europe, who
outnumbers the competent and energetic
workman sufficiently to demand that the
labor unions shall be handled in his in-
terests, so that laziness and incompetency
shall have the same pay as ability and
steadfastness. To turn off a laborer for
poor work or incorrigible laziness is a
crime in the eyes of the bogus working-
man, which is speedily punished by the
union which he manages. Therighteous
premium on industry and skill is ren-
dered null and void.

The other bogus workingman is the ag-
itator who makes speeches in our Ar-
beiter Hall and elsewhere, and tries to
inflame the ignorant masses against the
legitimate laws of society and set them
on to riot and bloodshed. He is seldom
ready todo any work himself, but much
prefers to live well on the profits of his
appeal to angry passions. Were he well
out of the way there might be some
chance of getting the workingman to lis-
ten to reason, but to a mass of people,
led by their feelings and unused to clear
thinking, he is the spark that touches off

 

the powder magazine and plunges the ig-
norant mob to its own destruction.

The labor union, as it is to-day, is the
workingman’s worst enemy. It was
meant to be his friend; it has become his
tyrant, and every intelligent and thrifty
laborer knows it. It says to the boys,
“You shall not learn a trade except at
our dictation, and in our way.’’ Some
gentlemen in our city were interested a
year or two ago in the formation of a
manual training school, to be conducted
under the oversight of the city, where
boys might have a chance to learn to
work in wood and iron and fit themselves
for high usefulnessin the trades. These
gentlemen were ready to put generous
sums of money into the foundation of the
school as a matter of public interest and
welfare. The scheme was broken up by
the trades unions. And so crafty are
the trades unions, in their control of
votes, that the politician, who is lord of
the earth to-day, will not lift his finger
to control or limit their power.

Add to this power for evil the actual
reign of violence so often inaugurated
by the unions, as in our riot recently at
Connor’s Creek and in the coal strikes
and miners’ strikes, which have defied
law and snapped their fingers in the face
of state authorities, and it needs no more
evidence to show where the worst ty-
ranny under which the workingman and
the poor man labors is situated.

What can we do about it? Three
things can be done at least: Give every
man a chance for free, untrammeled ac-
tion within the limits of public safety.
If the gentlemen who are sent to make
laws for us could be persuaded, by the
force of indignant public sentiment to
stop long enough in their lining of their
own pockets and their promoting of their
own political ambitions to attend a little
to the interests of the nation, that could
be done.

Then to use the scientific method in
our measures of relief would help much.
We squander thousands in ‘‘charity”
which only helps to make paupers and
encourage tramps. New Haven (Conn.)
found last winter that there were only
175 more applications for relief from
their own citizens than in the previus
winter, but 2,607 more from tramps.
Baltimore, by the institution of lodging
houses, where work was required to pay
for board, reduced the number of tramps
applying for lodging at the police sta-
tions from 320 daily on Jan. 1, to zero on
Feb. 3—not because the tramps wanted
to work and went to the lodging houses,
but because the police sent them there
and so they fled the town. Absolutely
demoralizing is all relief which does not
develop instead of crush manhood.

Most of all the remedy for the existing
injustice and feverishness will be found
in the attendance of every educated and
privileged man en his duties. The pres-
ent social condition and also most of the
remedies suggested for it are a direct
menance to our freedom, bought with
bloody sacrifice. Yet how many men
who know it will not even vote! How
few will speak out in a trying time the
words of honest conviction! When the
agitators of every sort are sending broad-
cast the leaflets and papers that teach
social heresy, what are we doing to en-
lighten the ignorance of the poor in re-
gard to the laws of society that are
eternal, founded in the experience of the
race? When governors are recreant and
the strong arm of the law paralyzed, how

 

many who mourn over it lift their voices
in protest, and how many, in those states
where public officials are violating their
trust, will rebuke them at the polls if it
means deserting their petty partisanship
to do it ?

There is need of organization, not to
constitute another tyranny, but to con-
sult on wise measures, to secure incor-
rupt government, and to diffuse intelli-
gence. I believe this is imperative.
Desultory warfare is vain. In union
only is strength.

H. P. De Foresr, BD. D.,
Pastor Woodward Ave. Congregational
Church, Detroit.

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be Days of Grace.

That there may be two sides to every
co question is so true as to need no argu-
a ment. Therefore, in considering the
! advisability of abolishing the days of
grace given beyond the date of a note or
+ @ draft, in may be found that the banks
| are not to have if all their own way.
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expressed themselves on the subject,
~ and without a single exception desire to
see the law (for such it proves to be) re-
pealed. It is the opinion of THE
TRADESMAN, also, that the law ought to
be repealed; but there may be another
side to the question. Business men gen-
erally are interested, and, perhaps, they
may not agree with the _ bankers.
Whether they do or not, they have a
right to be heard, and so Tue TRADEs-
~~-MAN representative called on a number
the leading business man in the city,
with the result as given below:
John A. Covode (Berkey & Gay Furni-
¢ ture Co.): The three days of grace is a
relic of past ages, of the days of the
stage coach and the many hindrances
and obstacles to travel. It undoubtedly
served a good purpose in those days,
but its usefulness is gone and it ought to
be abolished. Why should not the date
of a note or draft mean just as much as
the amount? Ifanote is given for 30
days, why should it not be collectible in
30 days ‘instead of 33 days? I don’t
think it makes much difference to the
banks, though it is very often a cause of
annoyance. But there is no sense in
\ making a note for 30 days and then ex-
pecting it to run three days longer.
Chas. H. Berkey (Royal Furniture
Co.): Ihave never given the matter a
thought, and so perhaps my opinion
may not be worth much. We always
manage to take care of our paper when
it comes due, but [can understand how
| the three days of grace may help a man.
; He may be expecting a remittance which
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for some reason is belated and the ad-
ditional three days of grace help him
out. But if a man expects something to
happen that may interfere with his pay-
ing the note at the end of 30 days he
could make it for 33 and that would
serve the same purpase as the days of
grace. After all I don’t see what good
it does, so perhaps it would be as well
to repeal the law.

C. G. A. Voigt (Star Mills): I think
it would be a good thing to abolish grace
on notes and drafts. In our business,
when wheat is shipped to us, the sender
draws on us at sight; the draft reaches
us several days before the wheat and the
three days of grace allows the grain to
come forward and be examined before
the draft is due. But that would be
easily arranged between buyer and seller

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ture Co.): I don’t see why the law
a should not be repealed. Of course it
{ might take some time for business men
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tion, but there would be no difference
\) 4 in the end. We would have to look a

little sharper after our paper, that is all.
Now in addition to the notice from the
bank we have the three days of grace;
if the law were repealed we would still
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a Henry Spring (Spring & Company): U1
think it is a great accommodation to the
business public. I don’t want the law
repealed, because I think it is good
enough asit is. As to making a note
for 53 days instead of 30, as was sug-
gested, it is not always that we want the
three days, and when we doit is gener-
ally because of some contingency aris-
ing after the note is given. If we could
always see what was ahead of us it
would be all right to abolish the three
days of grace, but as we can’t, | think
we had better let the law alone.

Wm. T. Hess (Perkins & Hess): I say,
abolish it; it serves no good purpose and
is only an incumbrance. In the days
when there were no railroads, or tele-
graphs or express companies, and a man
had to carry his money in person to his
creditors, the law was all right, but now
we have all these quick methods of
transportation, and the old stage coach
methods are a thing of the past. <A note
can be left until the last hour and
though it has to travel fast it can get
there on time. We don’t need more
time than the face of the note calls for.

Amos S. Musselman (Musselman
Grocer Co.): There is no sense in it.
If a man wants 93 days instead of 90, let
him say so, and not make a note for 90
days and then demand 93. If he has to
hustle to get the money, let him do his
hustling before the note becomes due.
He can do it before just as well as after.
I say repeal it.

Ben. W. Putnam (Putnam Candy Co.):
Inasmuch as the banks always figure in-
terest on the extra three days, I don’t
see how the public is benefitted to any
great extent. So far asits being an ac-
commodation, what difference does it
make to a business man, so long as he
has to provide for his paper, whether it
is for 30 or days? Occasionally it
may be a benefit, but I think that, as a
rule, it is more of a nuisance. I believe
in repealing it.

W. A. Stowe (wholesale paper): I
can’t see why a man who gives a note for
30 days can expect to get even three days
more. It’s anuisance, not only to the
banks, but to business men, because of
the extra work accompanying it and be-
cause it means nothing. It may be an
accommodation sometimes, but if the law
was repealed business would soon ad-
just itself to the new way of doing
things.

QO. <A. Ball (Ball-Barnhart-Putman
Co.): How many makers of notes ever
think of the three days of grace? The
bank sends out a notice and tells the
maker of the note that his note falls due
on a certain day; that is always the last
day of grace, and if the law were re-
pealed, the banks would only send out
the notices a few days earlier. If aman
wants 33 days instead of 30 he should
make the date of his note accordingly.
I think it would look better. Repeal the
awbyall means.

A. J. Elliott (Elliott & Co.): I think
that, if as the bankers say, the repeal of
the law would simplify business, it
would be just as well to abolish three
days of grace. If it is any benefit at all,
it very little, and every purpose
would be served by putting extra time on
the note. But I think there are few
merchants who want very long dates on
their paper.

K. J. Herrick: Personally I have no
interest in the subject. But I don’t see

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

three days or one day’s grace on his
paper. He must pay it at the end of
grace, and could just as well take care
of it at the expiration of thetime. I
think the banks are right. The law
ought to be repealed.

Frank Jewell (I. M. Clark Grocery
Co.): [have never giventhe matter any
thought, but speaking on the spur of the
moment, I think the repeal of the law
would tend to simplify business. It oe-
easions an extra amount of figuring and
is sometimes a source of annoyance. It
would have the effect of shortening time
on notes and that is an important con-
sideration. A 30 day note now runs 33
days, giving the maker that much extra
time, of course, but once used to the new

condition the difference would not be
noticed.
A. Heyman (Heyman Company): I

don’t see what reason the banks have to
kick against the three days of grace; they
get paid for it. Personally I cannot see
that it serves any purpose whatever, ex-
cept, perhaps, iu the case of sight drafts.
They usually come in unexpectedly and
the three days give one a chance to get
into shape to meet them. On notes
there is nothing gained by having three
days beyond the date. A note must be
paid in any event, and generally that
will be as easily done in 30 days as in 33.
I think the law is better off the statute
book than on.

Wilder D. Stevens (Foster, Stevens &
Co.): I should be glad to see that sense-
less law repealed. Itis a relic of past
ages, and should have no place among
the progressive business methods of our
day.

A. W. Ferguson (R. G. Dun & Co.): So
far as my observation goes the sentiment
of business men is in favor of the repeal
of the law. Rhode Island passed an Act
on May 11 last abolishing grace on notes
and drafts; New York had already done
so, as had several -other states, and the
movement in Michigan is simply in the
direction of uniformity of financial regu-
lation over the whole country.

Henry Royce (Bradstreet’s): I don’t
see what use the three days of grace are
to any one. A man who knows that he
has three days beyond the date of his
note will always calculate on the last
day, and if he did not have the three
days he would prepare for payment just
the same. As to whether it ought to be
repealed or not, that is for the people
most interested to say—the bankers and
business men.

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MicHIcan AN CENTRAL

“* The Niagara Falis Route.’’
(Taking effect Sunday, May 27, 1894.)

Arrive. _Depart

Wo m........ Detroit Express ........ 70am

5 30 &m ....*Atlantic and Pacific.... it 20pm
cep m...... New York Express...... 6 0pm
*Daily. All others daily, except Sunday.

Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex
press trains to and from Detroit.

Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00am; re
turning, leave Detroit 4:35 pm, arriving at Grand
Rapids 10:20 pm

Direct communication made at Detroit with
all through trains erst over the Michigan Cen
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)

A. ALMQuIsT, Ticket Agent,
Union Passenger Station.

CHICAGO

ANDoOWEST MICHIGAN R’Y,

 

_May ets 1894

GOING TO CHICAGO.

Ly. Ga Rapids... ..... :25am 1:50pm *11:30pm
Ar. Chicago .. 25pm 7:15pm *6:45am
RETURNING PROM CHICAGO.

Ly. © hicago.. --.. 7:35am 4:55pm *11:45pm
Ar. Gd Rapids.. ao 22! 2:95pm 10:20pm *6:25am
TO AND FROM MUSKEGON.

Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:25am 1:50pm 5:45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids......9:i5am 2:25pm 10:20pm
TRAVERSE CITY, CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY.

 

  
  

Ly. Grand Rapids.. 7 — am 3:15pm
Ar, Manistee........ Seem 14... 8:15pm
Ar. Traverse City... 8:45pm
Ar Ciexieveix...... S:iiom ....... 11:10pm
Ar. Petoskey. pet ||... 11:40pm

nc from ‘leidehin. ete., 1:00 p. m. and

00 p. m.
PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS.

To Chicago, lv. G. R.. 2am 1:50pm *11:3¢pm
‘ToFetoskey,lv.G.R.. 7:30am 3:lopm .....1..
To G. R.. Iv. Chicago. 3am 4:55pm *11:45pm

ToG. R..lv. Petoskey
*Every day.

DETROIT,

LANSING & NORTHERN R, R,

5:00am 1:30pm
Other trains week days only.

 

FEB. 11, 1894

 

GOING TO DETROIT.
Lv. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am *1:20pm 5:25pm

Be. OUrOe 11:40am *5:30pm 10:10pm
RETURNING FROM DETROIT.

Ey. Detate............. 7:40am *1:106pm 6:00pm

Ar. Grand Rapids......12:40pm *5:15pm 10:45pm

TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T, LOUIS.
Ly. GR 7:40am 5:00pm Ar. GR.11:40am 10:55pm
TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R, R.

Ly. Grand Rapids........ 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm
Ay. from Lowell.......... 12:40pun GilGpea ..... ..
THROUGH CAR SERVICE.

Parlor Cars on all trains between Grand Rap
ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn-

ing train.

*Every day. Other trains week days only.

GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN & MIL-
WAUKEE Railway.

 

 

EASTWARD.
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Trains Leave . 82

 

Gd Rapids, Lv) 6 45am|10 : 20am) 3 25pm /|11 00pm

louie ........-Ar; 7 amiiii 2 5am | 4 27pm |12 35am

 

St. Johns ...Ar| 8 25amj12 17pm) 5 20pm 1 25am
Owoss)...... Ar! 900am} 1 20pm! 6 05pm! 3 10am
E. Saginaw..Ar |10 50am} 3 45pm} 8 OOpm | 6 40am
Bay City ..... Ar/11 32amj 4 35pm) 8 37pm] 7 15am
Wine... Ar/10 05am| 3 45pm) 7 05pm) 5 4Cam
Pt. Huron...Ar/1205pm 5 50pm) 8 50pm} 7 30am
Pontiac ......Ar}10 53am] 305pm| 8 25pm] 5 37am
Detroit....... Ar Fe 50am 405pm| 9 925pmj 7 00am
WESTWARD.

For Grand Haven and Intermediate
Pométs..... T7356. m.
For Grand Hay en ‘and Muskegon... Loe. +100 p. m,
+4:55 p. m.

‘“ “a “

Cc mans and Milw au

kee, Wis.. :30 p.
For Grind Hayen and Milw aukee, +10: :05 p-
For Grand Haven (Sunday only)...... £:00 a,

m,
m,
m.

+Daily except Sunday. Daily.

Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:50
p.m., 4:35 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.

Trains arrive from the west, 6:40 a. m., 10:10
a.m., 3:15 p.m. and 10+50 p. m. Sunday, only,
8:00 a. m.

Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlor Buffet
car. No. 18 Parlor Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper.

Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car. No. 15 Wagner
Parlor Buffet car. No. 81 Wagner Sleeper.

Jas. CAMPBELL, City T'cket Agent.

Grand Rapids & Indiana.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.

 

Leave going

North
ee as ccc etc cece ees 7:40 a. m.
For Traverse City and Saginaw....... dad a ae 4:50 p. m.
ee ecwee es was 10:25 p. m.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Leave going

South,
ee Ci ice dere cctc cee. 7:00 a .m.
For Kalamazoo and Ohicago 2:30 p. m

 
 
 

For Fort Wayne and the Ka: : a
740 p. .m

Oe COON lies sue

For Kalamazoo and Chicago..........ce.ss° *11:40 p. m.
Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R.

Lv Grand Rapids........ 7:00am 2:30pm *11:40pm

Aer CRAG cw 2:00pm 9:00pm 7:10am

2:30p m train hasthrough Wagner Buffet Parior
Car and coach.
11:40 p m train dally, through Wagner Sleeping Car
and Coach.
Lv Chicago 6:50 a m 3:30 p m 11:30 pm
Arr Grand Rapids 2:00 pm 9:15 pm 6:55am
3:30 p m has through Wagner Buffet Parlor Car.
11:30 p m train daily,through Wagner Sleeping Car.
Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
For Muskegon— Leave. From Myskegon—Arrive
735 am 9:40am
&:40 pm 6:20p m
0. L. LOOK WOOD,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent*

   

2°)

GOTHAM GOSSIP.

 

News from the Metropolis- --Index of
the Markets.
Special Correspondence

New Yorks, June 23.—Seldom does N.
Y. have such an intolerably hot spell at
this time of year whicn is so long drawn
out. Visiting merchants—what few of
them are here—do not tarry longer than
necessary, but are off to the seaside to
take a cooling dip. Salesmen are taking
matters as easily as possible and the usual
dullness is made doubly stagnant by the
tremendous rays Old Sol is pouring out
upon us. It is a consolation to think
that the surplus heat is doing good to
growing crops, thus putting ‘‘money in
our pockets.’’

Erastus Wiman, whose sentence is just
beginning, probably had as many warm
friends as any man in New York. He
knew nearly every merchant, and bis
personal magnetism seems to hold them
in his powereven now. Expressions of
sympathy are heard on all sides, yet it
is generally conceded that the verdict is
ajustone. A man who is getting $80,-
000 a year, it is argued, certainly ought
to be pretty well satisfied without mak-
ing use of other men’s names. There
was one redeeming feature, howe ver—
whatever money he spent, or would have
spent, went not merely for personal uses,
but he seengd to be looking out for the
largest numiber, and, if he had succeeded
in his enterprises, thousands of workmen

would have had reason to have called
him blessed.
This week sees the passing of the

name of Thurber from the grocery trade
of the city after a period of nearly or
quite forty years. Forty years of strug-
gles and triumphs and final failure!
There is something sad in contemplating
the affairs of men who have built them-
seives up by hard, personal work until
the summit is reached, and then to see
the labor of years undone, with nothing
left but to begin the long route over
again, lacking that important essential—
youth. Frank B. Thurber is truly a man
of undaunted energy. He has done three
men’s work and still seems able to carry
on another vigorous fight for fortune—
and everybody wishes him success.

The new firm is to be called the Amer-
ican Grocery Co., but is not to be con-
founded with the old reliable trade jour-
nal, the American Grocer. It is likely
that the two companies may find their
mail ‘‘mixed together up,’’ but there is
absolutely no connection between the
two, and the American Grocer will count,
measure, weigh and guage for the next
quarter of a century, just as in the past,
‘fearing no foe.”

The grocery trade, in sympathy with
all others, is waiting for something to
turn up, hoping thai the thing will not
be an income tax; but, from all appear-
ances, this is just what will happen.

Rio coffee is quite well held at 16e,
and the feeling is that this price will be
no lower for some time. An average
amount of trade is being *done, but no
more. Mild sorts are selling fairly well,
with Mocha at 2314 @24c.

Teas are smitten with more than a
midsummer dullness and sales are on a
very low basis, indeed. Purchasers are
only taking supplies from hand _ to
mouth, and the outlook is not encourag-
ing to any one interested.

Granulated sugar is not attracting
more than the average amount of atten-
tion. Of course, there is always a bet-
ter sale for the article at this season of
the year, but no purchases are being
made as a speculation—that is only done
by United State Senators who dabble in
sugar stocks.

The rice market has taken on a firmer
tone than existed a fortnight ago, and
high qualities are almost searce. For-
eign grades are selling fairly well at
hardening values.

Spices are dull, as is
season.
arrive.

Canned goods are dull for the whole
line. Future gallon apples are reported
as selling at,$2; spot stock, $3.75; sup-
ply limited.

Lemons seem to be looking for the
glorious Fourth. At any rate they are

natural at this
Pepper is quoted below 5c to

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

selling unexpectedly well—one effect of
the hot wave. Choice Sicily are worth
at the moment $3.50 for 300s, and this is
about inside rate. Oranges, too, are
well held, and the rate of $4@$5 is paid
for desirable stock. Pineapples, bananas
and coccanuts are all meeting with good
demand; but it is, of course, but tem-
porary in its nature.

Butter is doing better, and so is cheese.
Both are showing the effects of the hot
weather. Eggs are in limited demand,
and no one eats an egg without some
qualms of conscience at this time. For
Michigan, Northern Ohio, etc., 12¢ is top.

Domestic fresh fruits are becoming
plenty, the festive water melon selling
from $20@$35 per hundred.

Apropos of the effect of the general
dullness upon manufacturing towns,
there are 2,300 vacant residences in
Newark N. J., against 400 ordinarily.
The better part of the city shows a
larger number, proportionately, than the
poorer sections. The population is
about 150,000 when everything is busy.

While the tariff discussion seems to
have neared the end, the outcome seems
to please no one, and probably the next
Congress will be in for it again; but it is
hardly likely that it will bear meddling
with for some time to come.

The week closes dull and apathetic.
The grocery trade is holding its own
better than most any other, and for this
we give thanks. JAY.

ws —_— 2. —-_
In Hard Lines.

The Consumers’ Wholesale Grocery
Co., of Detroit, which has caused much
annoyance to country merchants by sell-
ing goods direct to consumers at alleged
wholesale prices, appears to be playing
to hard luck, having uttered a chattel
mortgage for $1,100 on its stock, fixtures,
horses and wagons to Chas. L. Beagle as
security for two notes for even amount.
Judging by this circumstance, the sale
of groceries at ‘‘wholesale’’ prices to
farmers is no more lucrative tothe seller
than to the buyer.

—_—~.-4 <> __

An effort is being made by the planters
of Ceylon to find an English market for
the seeds of the tea plant. They con-
tain some 35 per cent. of an oil which

resembles olive oil in appearance and
flavor.

 

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apricots—Royals, #1 per 4-basket crate.

3eans—The market is firm for dry at $2 for
hand picked; wax, $1.50 for full boxes and $1.25
fortwo-third boxes.

Beets—Home grown are now worth 20c per
doz. bunches,

Butter—Best dairy, 11@12c; creamery

Cabbage—Home grown, 50c per doz.

Celery—Is in fair supply and brings 23¢ per
doz,

Cherries—Bring about #1 per 16 qt. case in
open market. They will be much lower in a few
days.

Cucumbers—25e per doz. ; $1 per box.
Carrots—lfc per doz. bunches.

Eggs—Are bought for 10@1lc, and held at 12c.
Field Seeds—Medium and mammoth clover,

. 16Q17e.

$6@6.25; Alsyke, $8@8.50; Alfalfa, %6.75@7.50
Timothy, #2.15; Red top, 15c; Orchard Grass,

$1.80; German Millet, £0@90c; Common Millet,
7o@s85e ; Hungarian Grass, $1.10@1.20.

Greens—Beets, 40c per bu.; Spinach is about
out of the market.

Honey—White clover, 14c; buckwheat, 12c.

Lettuce—By the bu. basket, 30c; 3c per lb.

Onions—Californias, $2.50 per 2 bu. sack. Lou
isianas, $2 per 144 bu.sack; green, 12% per doz,
bunches.

Peaches—#1 per box of 20 Ibs.

Peas—Are unchanged at #1 per-bu.

Pineapples—Large, $1.75; small, $1.58.

Potatoes—Old are unquotable; New bring
$2.25 per bbl. of 244 bu.

Pie Plant—So nearly out of the market as to be
unquotable.

Squash—Illinois summer are held at 3c per Ib.
and #1 per bu.

Strawberries—Are up to $1.50@1.75 per 16 qt.
erate. They will be lower later in the week.

Tomatoes—Mississippls are held at $1.25@1.40.

Watermelons—The first car of Georgias
reached this market Monday morning. They
are of fine quality and bring #85 per {hundred or

 

35c apiece,

 

CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:
STICK CANDY.

  

 
 
  

 

  

  

Cases Bbls. Pails.

Standard, per Ib......... 6 7

» See — 6 7

- cy eee re 6 7
mosbem Ceonmh......-..... 8%

oe ee, 8%
ke . 8%

MIXED CANDY. ‘ Pails
Se 5 6%
Leader... 5% 6%
ap v4 7%
_—es........ 8
English Rock. 8
I os ce cen cae ence coun 7 8
ee baskets 8
Peanut Squares............ 7 8%
I cc cas tte een cs 9
alee Cees... ......-........ ; 13
Midget, 30 Ib: baskets eek ee cue seas eee 8%
ye 8

FaNcy—In bulk
Pails.
Lozen ee 8%
ve. EN AB 9%
NE ici eteetcu uses detnbewcee seen 12
Chocolate Monmmentals. ..............0. 0: 12
ee 5
OE 7%
OE 8%
a 10
vical 5 lb. boxes. a Box
Lemon Drops.. . a <<. socue
Sour — Gee ee ce ee eee eee ae 50
Peppermint Drops : -60
Chocolate Drops....... oo
H. M. Chocolate Drops .-80
Gum Drops......... ..40
Licorice Drops. . 1 00
A. B. Licorice Drops. Liceetee teks heed ould oneal 80
Lozenges, eae. SS a NE ae 60
ik mee ces cote 65
ce 60
i ee cet esd peck eid 70
| eee enon obs deuseeees
Molasses Bar.. eles ate deaece se -55
nn Make eee "1 85@95
Se 80
PO on kee oe cet cine tena ee 90
MN os ie eee ete eee e eins 60
Me ook sl cos cole uencn 1 00
Ms a neo es ts 60
CARAMELS.
No. 1, wrapped, 2 1b. boxes. . eceeees 34
No. 1, DT ten etc cence aa. on
Na. 2, . 2 ce tees 28
ORANGES.
Dancy Bonitines, Oi. ..........se50........5 3 00
Sorrentos, 160s..... dio a ee 4 00
eee ees eee ee aa dee kines 4 50
Rodis, _ Leen ed poe ee ke es lee
seisian, fate, DE i ee
LEMONS.
OE OE 40
ee ee ce eee, 4 50
OEE Eee 5 00
OEE OE 5 00
BANANAS.

Dies Wea i, we, ee 2 00
Smail ee 1 2%
OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS.

Figs, fancy layers, _ i bihdecesewals pos
<« extra - ab iodeetec scien os @15
Dates, Fard, 10-lb. box a @7

“ a @ 5%
“ Persian. 50-Ib, box............... @5
1 lb Royals... Peder ae i oe
NUTS,
een, Teen. 6 cs @16
vi I seas cok oped uae s @15
_ RNIN osc ss icp cena sees @
i i, @i
Filberts . pie sab uuepeliscunss @i1
Walnuts, ee @i2%
. Prouen....... ose ee dee eas @10
. MO a @12
Tabie Nuts, cc eetre sie, teense @12
eee ee a @i1
es le
ieee ckiee sce cue eee: oo
Eickory Mute per Pn... ..-......-......
Coconsitite, Pull SOCKS... 6... cece. coses 4 00
ANUTS.
Peery. &. ©. Gee... ................,. @5%
' eeeeee 4.554. ..,.. @7z
Fancy, H. P., PUNE. «4 0- @ 5%
“Roasted. @7
Choice, a. Pe aes... g 44

= Boe... ........

OILS.
The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows:
BARRELS.
I ike ee ec
ao = W. Mich. Headlight co

Cylinder
Bleck. 15 cold tes
FROM TANK WAGON.
OI ann ob on hsb ras eve dess ous
XxX Ww. W. “Mich. Headlight...

POULTRY,

   

Local dealers pay as follows:
LIVE,
i, ,$. OOOO 7 @8
I oi os bles hones kon asus nee 6 @7T
ee olkee hk eeaduda aay cos 5 @6
jbetoks oh baaue as 8 @9
eee cce ie sey ches ecu, @
DRAWN,
is whos poe Fee Keddhbe sa senis 11 @l2
oa eee reek ce pe peas edie Cieeke ead 10 @ll
ee @10
Ducks a ok 10 @ll
sep deerhnanenans eocveeel® @IZ
UNDRAWN.
bo ee he EE TS ide dawe -9 @2%
CRICRNE wee sescciseeses toeviveeetecnses SOO
a ET dobbs t heee acess 6%@ 7
Reo tec a cy cecinededescics @ 9
GND occcneccee, ‘crncembbs chs his dab cn ee 6

FOR SALE.

 

Store Building and Interest in General
Stock.

Mrs. Alice Hughston owns a large
two-story store building and an undi-
vided interest in a stock of general mer-
chandise in the village of McBain.

Being desirous of retiring from ac-
tive management of the business, she
has placed the property in my hands for
sale. The upper story is finished off
into comfortable living rooms.

There is a large wareroom, barn, ete.

Will sell the buildings separate if de-
sired.

For terms, etc., address
Gittis McBAIN,
McBain, Mich.

 

SEED

BUGKWHEAY °

Choice Stock.

$1 PER BUSHEL.

 

0

W. Y. LAMOREAUX 60,

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

Typewriter Supply Office.

H. B. ROSE, Manager.

 

STALE A iM NCYcFUOR THE

|
The Edison Mimeograph—The Simplex
Duplicator—Typewriter and Mimeograph

Supplies of all kinds. Mail

orders re-

ceive prompt attention.

 

Y.M.C. A. Building,
Grand Rapids, Mich

 

   
  
 
   

Have you seen our **Sunbeam?’’ line
of Machine Sewed Children’s and
Misses’ Shoes ? Dongola Patent

Tip, Heel or Spring.
to 1144 @

6 to 8 @ 65e—8K
75ce—12 to 2 @ 20c..-.

 

 

HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FISHING TACKLE!

OUR

 

 

 

 

Is
COMPLETE.

We have them from 12

to 20 feet long.

Our line of Fishing tackle

is equal to any one’s,

Send for Catalogue.

rast STEVENS
&

 

 

 

Lae Omen
a The. Salf-

is fast being recognized by everybody as the best salt for every pur-

pose. It’s made from the best brine by the best process with the
i £ . y + 4 am . _
+ ° best grain. You keep the best of other things, whv not keep the
oe any ; : ; os : !
‘ | best of Salt. Your customers will appreciate it as they appreciate
r*€ pure sugar, pure coffee, and tea.
*
-« | Diamond Crystal Salt
. wv | Being free from all chlorides of calcium and magnesia, will not get damp and
soggy on yourhands. Put up in an attractive and salable manner. When
oe your stock of salt is low, try a small supply of ‘‘¢he salt that’s all salt.” Can be
} obtair. _ from jobbers and dealers.

For prices, see price current on other page.

The

ADD

* BEST’ :
BOX
are
OR
the BARREL
CHEAPEST. OF
ROYAL TOAST
| Iced DY iffee Cakes, TO
Sears | Michigan Frosted Honey, aes
ars Ss ymour Butters. YOUR
Graham Crackers, NEXT
ORDER
are SOMETHING NEW
the AND A

GOOD SELLER.

Pe.

Watch out for our new spring novelties.
sellers.

They are

i at {ane ee

New York Biscuit Co.,

S. A. SEARS, Manager,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

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“CRESCENT,” “WHITE ROSE,”
“ROYAL.” - GEE <—

le

These brands are Standard and have a Nationa! reputation,

 

For other information, address
| DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., ST. CLAIR, MICH. j

Correspondence solicited.

YOIGT MILLING CO., Grand Rapids, Mich,

 

 

 

A STORE run one:

If so and you are endeavoring to get along without using our improved Coupon Book system, you are making a
most serious mistake. We were the originators of the coupon book plan and are the largest manufacturers of these
books in the country, having special machinery for every branch of the business.) SAMPLES FREE.

TRADESIMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US com Shi Geteiean er Gn eee mine Gente ea

We are still selling Jars at the lowest spring prices Send us your orders at once or write for quotations for
immediate shipment. PRICES NOT GUARANTEED

  
  
 

 

 

The Dandy. The Mason

perfect sealing glass top Is without question the most popular

in the market. It is perfectly aud Best selling Fruit Can in the mar-

zit and fer simplicity in opening or ket. We are prepared to ship them #&
las no equal. Especially either packed one dozen ina box or put
for canners and preservers as it up six and eight dozen in a case.
tcp rea the fr te vegetables “ae » . " i" ° FE

elf as the fruits, vegetable Write for quotations for immediate jy

are cooking by leaving fastener 2 shipment

 

have any demand

Jar try a few boxes of c cr : ch : te
¥. Enterprise Combination Fruit
JE a

and Wine Press

Enterprise Cherry Stoner. Has no equal for pressing fruit for

Wines or Jellies.
ecommend this as the Best in in uy

 

It will be found rapid in Mason's Cans. Packed One Dozen in a Box.
its work and a decide bi a :
—— — Queen City Fruit and
improvement over any

other. Can be adjusted

to fit different sized cher-

Jelly Press
is something that every fam-
ies ily needs during the canning
season. Made in four sizes.

 

 

WRITE ee
FOR SEE
PAG!
PRICES.
455
IN
OUR
— 115 CATALOGUE. —
Enterprise Fruit Press. Queen City Fruit Press.
A. LEONARD & SONS,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
I eee eae

‘ HOW TO SECURE > AND TOLD

the best trade is a perplexing problem to some people, but its solt-
tion is simple.

First. Make the best goods possible ; not once in a while, but
always.

SECOND. Let the people know of it, early and often.

Tuirp. Don’t neglect details.

Attention to these principles has placed the

Gail Borden Eagle Brand

Ses temo #*/| CONDENSED MILK at the head, and
: “ilbearths s
§ Jom, Fost Babess Borden’s Peerless Brand

ceneeeeewccsweensen x

 

 
 

f (aw TILIA I a w/w

) NEWYORK CONDENSEDW . ‘ :

% SSS EVAPORATED CREAM is sure to obtain an equally high place in

y ai ne aah e the consumer's favor, because it has INTRINSIC MERIT.

$ IT HAS NO EQUAL. Prepared and guaranteed by the NEW YORK CONDENSED [LK CO. ABSOLUTELY PURE.

8 Don’t fail to order a supply now. 62" For QuotTaTIONS SEE PRICE COLUMNS 2
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