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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1913 Number 1545
UMUC ANNAN
REPUTATION and CHARACTER
Reputation is seeming; character is being.
Reputation is manufactured; character is grown.
Reputation is your photograph; character is your face.
Reputation is what men say you are; character is what God knows
you are.
Reputation makes you rich or poor; character makes you miserable
or happy.
Reputation is what you need to get a job; character is what you need
to keep one.
Reputation is what comes over you from without; character is what
rises up from within.
Reputation is what you have when you come to town; character is
what you have when you go away.
Reputation is what is chiseled on your tombstone; character is what
the angels say about you before the throne of God.
ERA Meee ee ea a a ea
WHEN YOU SEE
THE GOOD
SIGN OF CANDY
‘(DOUBLE A’”’
Remember it came from
The PUTNAM FACTORY, National Candy Co., Inc.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
WorRDEN Grocer COMPANY
THE PROMPT SHIPPERS
Grand Rapids Kalamazoo
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Wien,
Weighing’sugar, putting it in bags, los-
ing by waste of time, overweight and
cost of bags and string used eats up all
the profit of selling sugar. In fact, the
grocer who follows such old-fashioned
methods loses money. No wonder the
sale of FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR
is increasing all the time. The FRANK- | THE FRANicn
LIN CARTON isa neat, handy package peers
that’s as easy to handle as a can of tomatoes; it’s ready to
sell when you get it. It pleases customers because every-
body wants clean sugar. The capacity of the containers
enables you to buy in convenient quantities and you can
get any popular sugar in FRANKLIN CARTONS.
You can buy Franklin Carton Sugar in the original
containers of 24, 48, 60 and 120 pounds
* Standard of Purity
THE FRANKLIN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
‘*‘Your customers know FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR
means CLEAN sugar’”’
White House Coffee is now SO WELL KNOWN by thou-
sands of housewives, and is being so widely and persistently
advertised, that it is merely a matter of handing it out and
pocketing the profit. It is a “nimble” stock that makes a
minimum of bother and brings
MAXIMUM SATISFACTION
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April 30, 1913
BANKRUPTCY MATTERS.
Proceedings in Western District of
Michigan.
Grand Rapids Referee.
Grand Rapids, April 22—-A voluntary
petition was filed by John H. Kinsey, a
shirt manufacturer of Grand Rapids, and
he was adjudged a bankrupt by Judge
Sessions and the matter referred to
Referee Wicks. An order was made by
the referee calling the first meetinz of
creditors to be held at his office on May
6, for the purpose of electing a truste
examining the bankrupt, proving elaims
ete. The following assets are listed by
the bankrup.:
Merchandise ..............2..5.. $ 425.08
ash on and _..... 12:5... 6.00
Household goods, etc. ............ 50.00
Machinery, ec. ........-........... 352.75
Due on open account.............. 347.04
$1,190.87
The following creditors are scheduled:
Otte Ranje, (ote) .)...........- $ 100.00
Geo. D. Harger, Laurium (note) 500.00
Sadie B. Kinsey (note) ........... 400.
Mary Kinsey (note) ..........
E. McConnell & Co., N. Y.
Wm. Anderson, N.
LaPorte Woolen Mills, Laporte,
mo ee 94.05
A. Krolik & Co., Detrojt ........ 13.71
(Gc. B. Pearl Button Co. ........-.. 6.50
Mallock Knittine Co. .............. 6.00
oS. tipiteer ...................... $0.85
mM: WaaMe ee oe 30.00
Spool Cotton Co., Chicago ........ 11.40
Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul ........ 11.25
G. W. Todd, Rochester 25.00
Donovan Building Co., Detroit .... 79.60
$2,084.90
In the matter of Charles Johnson,
bankrupt, formerly merchant at Luding-
ton, the final meeting of creditors was
held. The final report and account of C.
G. Wing, trustee, was allowed, and a
final dividend of 53% per cent. ordered
paid. A _ first dividend of 25 per cent.
was paid on January 15, making the
total for general creditors 78% per ent.
No cause to the contrary being shown
by creditors it was determined a fav-
orable recommendation as to the banik-
rupt’s discharge be made by the referee.
April 23—In the matter of Eugene D.
Tangney, merchant at Ludington, the
‘~st report of Frank A. Foster, trustee,
was filed showing cash on hand $3,281.09
and an order was made by the referee
ealling a special meeting of creditors to
be held at his office on May 8, to consider
such report and for the purpose of de-
claring a first dividend for creditors.
In the matter of Harry Leach, bank-
rupt, formerly on West Bridge street, the
final meeting of creditors was held. The
final report of Don E. Minor, trustee,
as considered and approved and a final
dividend o: 614 per cent. declared for gen-
eral creditors. Creditors having failed
to show sufficient cause to the contrary,
it was determined that a favorable rec-
ommendation as to the bankrupt’s dis-
charge be made by the referee.
April 24—In the matter of I. N. Hillard
& Son, bankrupt of Kaleva, the bank-
rupt’s schedules of assets and liahili-
ties were received, and an order was
made by the referee calling the first
meeting of creditors to be held at his
office on May 9, for the purpose of
electing a trustee, proving claims, ex-
amination of the bankrupts, ete. The
folowing assets are scheduled:
Promissory notes, all past due $1,502.76
Stock of merchandise ........... 2,100.00
MUSSER Cle ee ee 300.00
Accounts receivable ............ 2,445.49
$6,549.25
The following creditors are scheduled:
gh Co] ee $ 50.00
Lena Espo, Kaleva (labor)
miex Miller & Co. ......:..5...
( &. Bry Goods Co. ............
HMennpin Malis Co....... 5.2...
National Biscuit Co.
Northrup, Robertson & Carrier Co.
Cc. W. Mills Paper Co.
=. A. Bowman, Waterloo .........
Mayer Boot & Shoe Co., Mil-
Wratikee (oo ee
Schust Baking Co., Saginaw ......
Frank D. LaLenne Co., Phila. ..
McLaughlin, Ward & Co., Jackson 15.42
Hoffstadt & Robinson, Toledo ....
Puhl, Webb & Co., Chicago ...... 3
Saginaw Beef Co., Traverse City 129.42
gies Side Lumber Co., Traverse
ty
perce Se oeeseic ces cic ee. 22.70
F. Widlar “& Co., Cleveland ...... 38.60
Hershey-Rice Mfg. Co., Columbus 122.75
A Casablanca & ©o. .....200... 12.76
Mishawaka Woolen Mfg. Co.,
Mishawaka ....-....-..-..-..- 12.65
Walker Candy Co., Chicago ...... 25.14
Business Men’s Paper Press Co.,
Weavlnnd ..................... 29.00
Musselman Grocer Co. ........... 716.86
‘ginaw Milling Co., Saginaw 7.99
W. F. McLaughlin & Co., Chicago 15.90
Reed, Murdock & Co., Chicago .. 15.50
Dawse & Company, Chicago ..... e238
Straub Bros. & Amiotte, Traverse
lig 29.90
Moore iow & Implement Co.,
Gneenwille 2600. c. ee eee ee 45.17
American Thread Co., Chicago .. 23.76
“Ison & Andrewson, Manistee .. 4 33
Wm. Frankfurth Hardware Co.,
Aitiwaukee .... 05... 5c. e ce. 38.17
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co.,
M5amSine 2. cos ccs kee 39.15
Mich. Employment Institution for
the Blind, Saginaw ........... 13.75
Mancelona Screen Co., Mancelona 17.10
A. J. brown Seed Co. _........... 27.90
Gruce Cracker Co., Detroit .. 19.60
G. R. Stationery Co Geom cass 3.3)
Smallegan, Smith & Co., Central
ARO ee ee 4.00
1 MN. Williams, Kaleva ............ 992.42
Mdgar Hilliard, Kaleva .:........ 132.89
$4,897.65
In the matter of the Lathrop Co., bank-
rupt, of Grand Rapids, it appearing that
there were no assets above exemptions,
an order was made closing the estate. No
cause to the contrary having been shown
by creditors a certificate was made by
the referee recommending the Saaigaute
discharge.
A voluntary petition was filed by Ed-
ward W. Simpson, of Grand Rapids, and
he was adjudicated bankrupt by Judze
Sessions and the matter referred to Ref-
eree Wicks. The following are scheduled:
Two automobiles, both covered
by moreare Cs. $2,200.00
148 shares of stock in Simpson
Automobile Supply Co., bankrupt 0000
Wearing apparel and watch (claimed
CxXempO) cee cece cece cee. 50.00
The following liabilities are scheduled:
Robert Willey Auto Co., (secured
by title note on automobile) $1,000.00
Chas. V. Hilding (secured by
mortgage on automobile) .... 400.00
Frank B. Winegar, (secured by
mortgage on automobiles) - 1,000.00
The following liabilities incurred by the
Sanirapt while doing business as the
Grand Rapids Auto Supply Co., but which
it is claimed was assumed by the Simp-
son Auto Supply Co., on July 1, 1912:
Advance Packing & Supply Co.,
CHICeD ...... 8... cl. .. S 26.34
Burg Auto Trunk & Spec. Co., N. Y. 6.50
Barrett Adding Machine Co. . 110.65
B. & B. Rubber Co., N. Brockfield 34.74
Chicago Rubber Co., Chicago .... 27.49
H. Channon & Co., Chicago ...... 660.66
Wm. Crane & Co., "New York Lo 34.00
Crane Puller Co., pee hoe 5.88
Cont. Dlus. W0., N. Liglseiusssa oe 9.72
Crescent Tool Co., cies . 82.79
Crank & Carrier Co., Elmira .... i 00
John L. Dykes Co., Chicago Seeeee 8.32
J. Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City 25.05
Electrical Appliance Co., Chicago 168.00
Smpire Tire Co., Trenton ....... 1,000.00
Frey Auto Specialty Co., Buffalo 2.50
Fulton McCutcheon Co., Chicago 2.04
Ferguson Waterproof Co., St. Louis 3. 54
G. R. Label Co.
pe penser eectionec cee Zot
Heraid Publishing Co. .......... 125.90
Hoeft & Company, Chicago ....... 65.25
‘lowe Tire Cover Co., Detroit ... 41.35
Hipwell Mnfg. Co., Pittsburgh 103.12
Inner Shoe & Tire Co. ........... 331.50
Johnson Printing Co. ............ 223.50
Kraueter & Co., Newark ......... 10.88
Lockwood Ash Motor Co., Jackson 46.17
Sidney LaBarge ............. 12... 134.00
C. & A. Matissee Co., N. Y. .... 66.80
Ralph Miosner . 600) oe ll 4.81
3. €. Moore Co:, Racine ......... 95.90
New Haven Clock Co., N. H..... 66.00
Northwest Mfg. Co., Chicago See 60.50
Natl. Cash Register Co., Dayton 190.00
Pyrene Company, Dayton pee eee 114.00
Planet Company, Westfield ...... 15.93
Palmer Ger Perry, Detroit ...... 13.00
Geo S. Smith .-:................. 75.00
standard OU Co) oo ce, 74.33
Sentinel Publishing Co., 1.olland 3.19
Transcontinental Chem. Co., Clinton 808. 62
Misch-ane || Co. oo 9.10
U. S. Horn Co., New York ...... 20.00
Chas} .Weyland, New York ...... 25.00
Handy Press Col oo. 19 3)
Sands & Maxwell, Pentwater ... 212.30
Rie Nie Mfg. Co., Minneapolis .... 36.00
Zellar Mfg. Co., Chicago ........; 18.00
$5,330.88
April 25—In the matter of John Innis,
bankrupt, of Grand Rapids, the first meet-
ing of creditors was held. Creditors failed
to elect and the referee appointed Leon
W. Harrington, of Grand Rapids, as
trustee; bond fixed at $5,000.
rupt Was sworn and examined and the
meeting then adjourned to May 23.
A voluntary petition was filed by Her-
bert F. Caswell .a merchant of Portland,
and he was adjudicated bankrupt by
Judge Sessions and the matter referred
to Referee Wicks. An order was made
by the referee appointing Henry J. Hor-
rigan, of Ionia, as custodian, pending
election of a trustee. The following as-
resis are scheduled:
Cashin hank oc $_ 6.05
Stock in trade, about ............ 5,000.00
Household goods ................ 200.00
Accounts mecetwable .............. 668.27
Stock in Réady Measurement Co.,
Chicago, (12 shares) ......... 100.00
$5,974.32
The following liabmilities are scheduled:
ee Portland (borrowed
Weer eee ore $1, 032.00
Mrs. ii F Caswell, Portland (bor
Towed money) .......2....... "2,073.25
Davis Brothers Co., Toledo 417.36
J. V. Farwell Co., Chicago ...... 350.00
lL... Mane & Co., New York ........ 87.70
Geo. H. Heinnemann to., Mil-
WAUKES 22206 c oe 40.38
Dudley Paper Co., Lansing . 2.41
May Morrison Co., Detroit 25.00
Steketee & Sons .........5..)..... 49.00
West pe Pottery Co., E. Liver-
POOL) coo cect ee 40.90
acne Knitting Co., Buffalo ... 13.75
Northwestern Knit. Co., Minn. .. 158.25
Barmon Brothers Co., Buffalo .. 43.25
The Munson Company, Albany .. 191.50
Vicksburg Mfg. Co., wickopune cs 27.00
D. S. Zemon & Co., Detroit ......
Nonotack Silk Co., Chicago
Annisfield & Co., Cleveland
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J. & S. Goldstone & Co., N. Y. 20.00
F. Simmons & Co, Chicago ...... 25.60
Kops Brothers, New York ....... 24.00
Brilling & Co, Detroit) .......... 38.30
AS Krolik & Co., Detroit ........ 80.64
Hoffmasten & Co., Cincinnati .. 86.95
Benedict Mfg. Co., Syracuse .... 15.00
Chicago Rubber Co., Chicago .. 23.50
Rose Knit Goods Co., Cleveland.. 50.48
Stone Brothers, Chicago ........ 12.38
American Lady Corset Co., Detroit 57.30
Colonial Garment Co., Detroit .. 84.00
Richardson Silk Co., Chicago A RY}
Wilcox & Co, Toledo ............. 10.80
Butler Brothers, Cracaso ........ 24.30
Sidney M. Schwartz & Co,, N.Y. 1.80
m @& G. Corset Co. < hicago 115.80
Julius Kayser & Co., N. Y. ..... 46.75
ae Mnig. €o., Toledo ......... 51.00
E. Caswell, Portland .......... 200.00
M: shen & ‘Allen St. Bk, Portland 1,100.00
Webber State Bank, Portland ... 233.33
J. M. MceCausey & Co. Detroit.. 400.00
$7,722.28
St. Joseph Referee.
St. Joseph, April 23—In the matter of
Price W. Perry, bankrupt of Evart, an
order has been made by Referee Bany on,
appointing Elmer F. Birdsall, of the same
place, trustee, in place of Davia Rorison,
who refused to act. Mr. Birdsall has
filed his bond with sureties approved by
the court. James W. Turner, Dan Youngs
and Robert Seath, also of the same place,
have been appointed appraisers. The
bankrupt’s estate consists of an equity
in a house and lot in Evart, purchased
under land contract.
April 24—Fred W. McPherson, bank-
rupt, of Kalamazoo, having deposited suf-
ficient money with the referee to pay
expenses, an order has been entered for
a first meeting of creditors to be held
on May 5, at Kalamazoo for the exam-
ination of the bankrupt and the election
of a trustee if desired by the creditors.
April 26—In the matter of Clarence M.
Jennings, Robert Jennings and Jennings
Brothers, partnership, bankrupts of
Lawrence, the inventory and report of
appraisers show assets to the amount of
$1,940.64. An order has been made by
the referee directing the trustee, Amos
3enedict, to sell the assets at public sale
on May 10 at the former store of the
bankrupts in Lawrence.
April 28—In the matter of William H.
Evans, bankrupt of St. Joseph, a petition
has been filed by the bankrupt, request-
ing an allowance of $250 in cash in lieu
of his personal property exemptions.
In the matter of Charles W. Vanderbilt,
bankrupt of Kalamazoo, an order was
made adjourning the first meeting of
creditors to May 28, at the office of the
referee. The bankrupt’s assets, consist-
ing of a half interest in an ice cream
factory at South Haven, will be disposed
of at public sale at South Haven by
trustee George C. Monroe, May 2.
ont =e
Quotations on Local Stocks and Bonds.
Bid. Asked.
81
Am. Gas & Elec. Co., Com. 78
Am. Gas & Elec. Co., Pfd. 43 45
Am. Light & Prac. Co., Com. 365 375
Am. Light & Trac. Co., Pfd. 105 107
Am. Publie Utilities, Com. 62 63
Am. Public Utilities, Pfd. [> 76
Can. Puget Sound Lbr. 1 2
Cities Service Co., Com. 114 117
Cities Service Co., Pfd. 854%Z 87%
Citizens’ Telephone 93 94
Commercial Savings Bank 215
*Comw'th Pr. Ry. & Lt., Com. 6714 68%
*Comw’th Pr. Ry & Lt. Pfd. 88 90
Elec. Bond Deposit, Pfd. 72 76
Fourth National Bank 212
Furniture City Brewing Co. 50
Globe Knitting Works, Com. 125 135
Globe Knitting Works, Pfd. 100
G. R. Brewing Co. 149 «= 155
G. R. Nat’l City Ban. 180 181
G. R. Savings Bank 223 48«=—- 225
Kent State Bank 266
Macey Co., Com. 200
Macey Company, Pfd. 95 97
Lincoln Gas & Elec. Co. 28 32
Michigan Sugar Co., Com. 374%
Michigan State Tele. Co., Pfd. 100 101%
National Grocer Co., Pfd. 90 92
Old National Bank 207
Pacific Gas & Elec. Co., Com. 52 54
Peoples Savings Bank 250
Tennessee Ry. Lt. & Pr., Com. 19% 20%
Tennessee Ry. Lt. & Pr. Pfd. 74 76
Utilities Improvemt. Co., Pfd. 73 75
Utilities Improvement Co., Com. 62 65
United Light & Ry., Com. 76 W
United Light & Ry., Ist Pfd. 78 81
United Light & Ry., 2nd Id.
(old)
75 7
United Light & Ry., 2nd Pfd.
(new) 71 73
Bonds.
Chattanooga Gas Co. 1927 95 97
Denver Gas & Elec. Co. 1949 95% 96%
Flint Gas Co. 1924 96 97%
G. R. Edison Co. 1916 98% 100
G. R. Gas Light Co. 5 99% 100%
G. R. Railway Co. 1916 100 101
Kalamazoo Gas Co. 1920 95 100
Saginaw City Gas Co. 1916 99
*Ex-dividend.
April 30, 1918.
NEW YORK MARKET.
Special Features in the Grocery and
Produce Trade.
Special Correspondence.
New York, April 28—A better feel-
ing on the Coffee Exchange for op-
tions has had the effect of giving
a great deal of strength to the spot
market and the whole lot of sellers
are in glee. Supplies with roasters
must be running low and, with rather
poor assortments and very small
quantities, of coffee en route, the
whole trend seems to favor the sell-
er. In an invoice way No. 7s are
quoted at 11!4@1134c and Santo 4s
at 1336@13% In store and afloat
there are 2,117,624 bags, against 2,-
211,008 bags at the same time last
year.
Granulated sugar is quoted at 4.20
and the market is reported dull.
Withdrawals previous con-
tracts are light and buyers and sell-
ers both appear to be awaiting the
outcome of the tariff bill. With this
out of the way within a short time
there will come an increasing volume
of orders for the season is at hand
when there is “use” for sugar.
under
Teas are quiet, but there is a steady
run of rather small orders and, in the
aggregate, the total must be quite
respectable. Stocks are not especial-
ly large and there is some interest
in the market in Japan which will
soon be open.
Rice is in only moderate request
Buyers are taking only enough to
get along with and are letting the
holders carry the umbrella. Mills
South insist upon having full quota-
tions. Good to prime domestic, 5@
dKC.
The market for spices is a little
stronger and this is especially true
of black pepper. Suppiies are not
especially large and the situation at
the moment rather favors the seller.
grades. of
Grocery molasses are
doing fairly well and foreign is also
in better request at full figures.
to prime centrifugal, 35@40c.
are steady and_ practically
ed.
Canned foods are reaily feeling a
better market and dealers generally
speak in a more hopeful tone. It is
time. Considerable business 1s re-
ported in tomatoes and 80c is the usu-
ally-named rate for 3s which are real-
ly standards. Corn is unchanged,
but in better call. Fine peas are plen-
tiful and well sustained. Other goods
show little if any change in any re-
spect.
Creamery buter is a little lower-—
Good
Syrups
unchany-
81@31%c; firsts, 30%4.@31c; process,
28@30c; imitation creamery, 29@
2914; factory, 2744@28c.
The new cheese market is pretty
well cleared up day by day and prices
are well sustained at 13@14c. Old
stock, 1634@17%c.
Eggs are steady for top grades and
little if any change is to be noted in
other grades. Fresh gathered, 20@
2ic, and this is top. Other sorts are
down to 17@18c.
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BANKRUPTCY MATTERS.
Proceedings in Eastern District of
Michigan.
Detroit, April 21—In the matter of
Colonial Electric Car Co., bankrupt,
schedules have been duly filed and show
the following creditors:
Wayne county taxes ............. io CRG
City, of Detroit: taxes 6........) 0: 43.66
W. B. Sanderson, labor claim ..... 27.65
Secured Claims.
Mark W. Allen, Detroit ...........$ 50.00
©. FW. Barthel Detroit (66... ..).5 7: 200.00
J. A. McQuade, Detroit .......... 400.00
H.C. Wallis; Detroit .)..55.5....2.. 24.43
W. J. Lovelace and F. C. Willis,
Detroit co... 40.00
Unsecured Claims.
Blvd. Moving and Storage, Detroit $ 4,00
Brush Detroit Co., Detroit ........ 875.00
GW. Bolton 025.0. 06s 27.45
Central Pattern Works ............ 6.85
Cin. Ball Crank Co., Cincinnati 16.50
Central Heating Co., Detroit ...... 197.16
Det Sat. Nish oo a: 38.08
Det HNree Press Co. |)... 122.60
Douelas & Lomason Co. ........ 89
Detroit: City Gas Co. ../......55... 7.92
Detroit Houndry Co 6.12) 1.50
Det. Flectro Plating Co. .......... 2.95
Hdison [luminating Co. ......_. 362.77
Hvening News Assn .............. 50.40
Hisher Body ©o. 2.0.0 05...0.0. 00. 1,002.25
A BASHOR oe ee 315.70
Ft. Wayne Min. Lamp Co., Ft.
AYOO .- 001... 33.00
Grinnel Elec. Car Co., Detroit .... 13.51
DoW Godfrey... 85.00
Greenwood Printing Co. ... oo 2.50
Gray & Davis, Boston ............; 17.40
Horseless Age, N. ¥. City ........ 290.00
Huron Radiator Co., Detroit ...... 16.60
WS EMGKS oe. ks Se ee. 15.00
lmperial Mott Co. Wlint ../)....... 8.00
Indian Refining Co., N. Y. City .... 41.75
Db ©. James Co... Detroit 3 ....).. 39.40
Board Water Commrs, .........../; 2.04
Weston Mott Co. Blmt ...0). 7)... - 426.00
Western Union Tel. Co., Detroit -46
W. J. Marshall Auto Co, ...1..0... 3.20
OL] Barthel . 6. 53.83
Liberty Cut Glass W
bor City, N. J: 3.00
Det. Window Cleaning Co., Detroit 1.00
Kinsey Mie. Co. Toledo .......... 370.00
Kelsey Wheel Col, Detroit ........ 75.50
link Belt Co, Phila. o.0:0.......- .29
Mich. State Tele. Co., Detroit...... 6.20
Multi Color Copying Go. :....._.. oe
Motor World Pub. Co., N. Y. City.. 351.00
Motz Tine @o., Akron .........0... 500.80
Miller Selden Co., Detroit ....._... 29.01
@he McCue Co, Hartford __...._._ 31.92
Noak & Gorenflo, Detroit ......... 5.25
Phinney Walker Clock Co., N. Y. 24.00
mR. i. Polk & ©o., Detroit... .. 33.00
muda Auto Bop Co. .26.50...0.. 2. 21.05
Reliable Tine Repair Co, .......... 17.09
Roller Smith Co, .......... 19.75
Chas. A. Strelinger Co. ... 25.05
Stoddard Jakel Mach. Co. 9.85
Strong Carlisle & Hammond .. 96
SCO BROS 3.00
Stewart Warner Speed. Corp., N.
Ne CI 12.00
E. I. Rumsey Elec. Co., Detroit 5.05
He C@ Peal ee ee 8.17
Toledo Plate Glass Co. ........ . 1.50
Umion Brass Works .............° 2.72
U.S. Dire CoN. Yo City 4.000). 222.19
U. S. Light & Heating Co.,
NOY City oe 83.15
Vesta Accumulator Co., Detroit... 17.45
Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co..
Mittspure 2205.22... 40.01
Willard Stor’g Batty Co., Cleveland 371.92
Total indebtedness .......... $6,535.12
The assets are scheduled as:
Stock inj trade 2.0... 5....0....). $4,987.12
Machinery, fixtures, etc. ........ 1,760.00
Drawings and Designs .......... 2,500.00
1 die at Kinsey Mfg. Co.. Toledo 200.00
1 Hood at D. EF. Godfrey, shop .... 25.00
MOledG {20555 00... 2 Osc. 25.0
Open accounts | ....0............. 104.12
Otal jo. cs ed ale. oe. $8,976.25
Adolph W. Voege, James Ferris and
Willis Trombley, Detroit, were appointed
appraisers and have reported their ap-
praisal of the property as follows: Stock
in trade, $3,052.24. The first meeting
of creditors has been called to be held at
the office of the referee, Detroit, on
May 6.
April 22—In the matter of Alfred L.
Brooks, bankrupt, butter and eggs, De-
troit, first meeting of creditors held;
bankrupt present and was sworn and ex-
amined by Referee Joslyn. Order made
setting aside the property scheduled as
exempt. Further order that no trustee
be appointed. Case continued to June 24.
In the matter of Victor Broom Co.,
bankrupt, Detroit. Final meeting of
creditors held. Trustee reported a bal-
ance on hand of $591.80. The account was
allowed and Wunsch & Wunsch, attor-
neys for trustee, the sum of $200 for
their services and Edwin S, Bartlett, the
sum of $40 for his services to bankrupt.
Trustee ordered to pay clerk of the
court $30 deposit fees. Balance, after
payment of administration expenses,
ordered paid as a second and final divi-
dend, the estate thereupon be closed and
the trustee be discharged.
April 23—In the matter of Clarence E.
Cole, bankrupt, general dealer at Lapeer.
The property of the bankrupt had been
ordered sold to-day, but the bankrupt
has filed an offer of composition of 50
per cent. upon all unsecured claims not
entitled to priority and the sale was not
held, a notice to creditors of the offer of
composition having been given and setting
a meeting to be held at the office of the
referee at Detroit, on May 6, at which
time the creditors may vote upon the
acceptance of the offer of composition.
The bankrupt schedules his debts as
follows:
eC ec $123.29
Secured claims (attorney fees) - 250.00
Tittsworth & Snowman, contract
On auta .....,................
Unsecured Claims.
D. Auerbach & Sons, N. Y. City $ 42.95
Sentinel Printing Co., Indianapolis 42.50
Maiser Cloak Co., Cleveland ...... 279.75
Diamond Rubber Co., Akron ..... 219.06
Crowley ros:, Detroit (7.......... 218.44
Symons Bros. & Co., Saginaw .... 95.21
Wan. E Mave & Co: Boston ...... 173.64
David Scott, Detroit ............... 127.50
Swiss Embroidery Lace Combine,
IN, Ye @lGy ee 32.85
Mich. Employment Inst., for Blind,
Ma SMW ec 32.60
Mishawaka Woolen Mfg. Co., Mish-
AWea 251.52
New York Cotton Batting Co.,
NY City eo 38.75
C, EHiott & Co, Detroit .........: 217.90
Osgood & Heiner, Decatur, Ill... 105.00
Tases, beaoecr Mich. ............ 123.29
Ht. © Kudiner, Lapeer .........0... 200.00
Nat’] Cash Register Co., Dayton 170.00
ihe Bour Co. Toledo. .:.0.......: 53.60
Millington Milling Co., Millington 28.50
Mich. Knitting Co., Lansing ...... 7.00
Amn. Sales Book Co., Ltd., Elmira,
ING Ve 15.65
DesMoines Hosiery Mills, Des
MOINGS ee. 120.03
Phelps KWras Co. Detroit ........ 38.00
Kkalamazoo Corset Co., Kalamazoo 55.92
George: Buck, Lapeer .............. 70.00
Chas. Broadway Rouss, iN. Y. City 9,200.00
MOtal se ee. $11,949.66
Cash $ 20.00
Stock in groceries and notions .... 806.61
Stock in bodts and shoes ......... 835.09
CEC ee ae 6,780.30
Household 2000S, Gte! 6. .0)005 0002. 500.00
Books, prints amd pictures ........ 10.00
One autOmiopie ................... 410.00
@hoses in action .....)...........:: 627.69
Machinery fixtures apparatus tools 500.00
Property claimed as exempt ...... 50.00
In the matter of Stollwerck Brothers,
Inc., William Herron Co., Inc., and the
Paper Mills Co. to have Taylor Brothers
Co., of Battle Creek, adjudicated bank-
rupt, a petition was filed for the ap-
pointment of a receiver. The Security
Trust Co., Detroit, was duly appointed
receiver with bond of $10,000. The peti-
tion for receiver recites that the estate
of Taylor Brothers Co. consists of a large
candy factory at Battle Creek. Edwin
C. Lewis and John W. Bailey appear for
the petitioners for a receiver.
In the matter of Samuel Isberg, De-
treit, grocer, voluntary petitions and
schedules filed and referred to Referee
Joslyn for action in the absence of the
district judge. The bankrupt has filed
an Offer of composition at the rate of
20 per cent. upon all unsecured debts
not entitled to priority, which composi-
tion will be proposed at the first meeting
of his creditors, after he has been ex-
amined in open court. A meeting of
creditors has been called to be held at
the office of the referee, Detroit, on May
6, to permit the filing of claims, exam-
ination of the bankrupt and considera-
tion of the above offer. The bankrupt
schedules his liabilities as follows:
MOIS Dares 20 es. Amount unknown
Secured Claims.
Harry, Cohn Detroit i. 0. 00...) 2.5. $500.00
Raph Ishere -.0.00050 0 a. 309.60
Arthur E. Fixel & Max H. Finkle-
BOM ec cc ce 500.00
The above named creditors are secured
by assignment of contract covering real
estate at 1464 Michigan avenue, subject
to homestead exemption, such real estate
being held by entireties by petitioner and
his wife, Dinah Isberg, and such as-
signment being made by petitioner and
his wife. Value of security unknown.
Unsecured Claims.
Michigan Grocer Co., Detroit ....$3
Braue Bros ......................
Wayne Froduce Co. ..............
Ohio Enamel Co., Cleveland .....
Novelty China Co., Cleveland we
Queensware China Co., Cleveland
Chavey Bros, Detroit) ...........
A. J. Eneleman
iM ORSCn cc Sec ccaue
Chas Grossnere ..................
Chas: Binniicn oe
J. Brown
Empire Queensware Co., Cleveland
Pillsbury: Flour Co., Detroit .... 26.85
Washburn, Crosby €o: .........,. 26.98
Charles “Apel .:......-. fie e ele. 490.00
c GUtECrMaM oa i oe 100.00
Jos: Goldstein |... cos... 199.00
Ralon Tshere oo 309.00
EE COnn ee 200.00
Wd, Wessin, Detroit coc. 0.0.6... 150.00
Aa JakahbowitZ :..:........6....... 277.24
Willard Smith oe ls. 50.00
AL EF Gilow =... 21.40
Wellsville China Co., Wellsville, O. ..49.10
Shayer’s Sons & Co., Chicago ..... 55.00
Chicago Tinware Co., Chicago -- 50.00
Porcelain Enameling Assn., Detroit 33.78
Woedler Con. 8.00
George Levin ..... Me sele acs Gia 6 soe, © S60
Ben Sehwartz 9... )..6......)..1.. 89.00
Hammond, Standish & Co. sacs 26.00
Detroit Savings Bank ............ 150 00
Standand @i1 (Go) 7)... 13.75
Potal umsecured ..1........ $ 8,991 46
Assets
Stock mio trade 2000). $3,000.00
Household goods about ........... 100.00
Ome délivery wagon ../........... 50.00
Bixtures in store .2.............. - 350.00
Choses in action about ............ 100.90
N. Y. Life Insurance policy ....Unknown
Damage suit against Louis H. Miller
for alleged breach of contract. Right
to suit undetermined in another proceed-
ing pending. Value doubtful, if any, and
subject to attorney’s claim and lien for
services,
Exemptions Claimed.
Ee Pe Goods (00 $ 100.60
Stock im trade 2 9) 250.00
If estate has any claim to realty held
by petitioner by entireties with peti-
tioner’s wife, petitioner claims a home-
stead exemption of $1,500.00 in same.
Howard C. Baldwin, Detroit, appointed
receiver with bond of $2,500.00.
April 24—In the matter of Robert
Johns Manufacturing Co., of America,
and Hershey Chocolate Co., to have the
United Confectionery Companies adjudi-
cated a bankrupt, involuntary petition
filed April 28. Petitioners also filed a
petition for the appointment of a re-
ceiver and the Detroit Trust Company
was appointed receiver, with bond of
$1,000. The receiver is authorized and
empowered to proceed at once to make a
complete inventory of all the assets and
effects of said alleged bankrupt, and to
have an appraisal made by appraisers to
be appointed by the court. Receiver
further authorized to employ such assist-
ance, including counsel, as may be nezes-
sary,
In the matter of Robert F. Hartenstein,
et. al., to have the Standard Gas Mantel
Co., adjudicated a bankrupt, petition in
involuntary bankruptey filed April 23,
also a petition for the appointment of a
receiver. Petition for receiver referred
to Referee Joslyn, who appointed the
Detroit Trust Company as receiver with
bond of $5,000 and empowering the re-
ceiver to fill any orders now on hand and
to continue the business of said bankrupt,
so far as it may appear to the said re-
ceiver to be for the benefit of creditors
and until the further order of the court.
April 25—In the matter of John Bald-
win, bankrupt. First meeting of credit-
ors held at Adrian, Franklin J. Russell,
Adrian, appointed trustee, with bond of
$1,000. Meeting adjourned to May 27.
In the matter of the National Heater
Co., bankrupt, the trustee, Charles C.
Simons, Detroit, has filed his final account
showing a balance on hand of $672. The
receiver has filed a petition for fees as
allowed by the bankruptcy act on total
receipts of $1,225.00. The attorneys for
petitioning creditors, receiver and trustee
ask for $150.00 as their compensation in
the matter. The final meeting will be
ealled for May 13.
In the matter of William Barringer and
Joseph Brayman, of Marine City, bank-
rupts. The. trustee, Richard Minnie,
Port Huron, files a report setting forth
that there are no assets above exemptions
and prays that he may be discharged
from his trust. This will probably he
done without further meetings of cred-
itors.
In the matter of Grabowsky Power
Wagon Co., bankrupt. The trustee hav-
ing filed a petition which shows that,
within four months of the filing of the
petition in bankruptcy, seven of the cred-
itors of the said bankrupt received 20
Der Gent: Of their claims; that thirty—
nine creditors did not receive any divi-
dends or payments within four months;
that in certain cases checks were drawn
for the payment of dividends to creditors
but not delivered; that nearly all of the
creditors within the four months’ period
received at least 10 per cent. of the
amount of their claims and that as to
the payments so made the creditors
might be compelled to surrender’ the
amounts so paid as a preference, and it
further appearing that to adjust the
rights of all creditors, those who have
not received 20 per cent. should re-
ceive that amount in order to avoid pos-
sible litigation over the matter, the
referee has issued an order to show cause
on the creditors, returnable on Tuesday,
May 6, at the office of the referee, De-
troit, why an order should not be en-
tered authorizing and directing the trus-
tee to pay to all creditors, who have
not received a dividend, either 10 or
20 per cent., so that all creditors will
be placed upon the same basis. Any
creditor or party in interest may appear.
In the matter of Anna Anderson, doing
business as F. Anderson & Co., bank-
rupt. Final report of trustee shows a
balance on hand of $110.19. Final meet-
ing of creditors called to be held at the
office of the referee, Detroit, on May
6, tO pass upon the trustee’s account and
to close the estate.
In the matter of the U. S. Auta &
Supply Co., bankrupt, Detroit, the trustee
has received an offer of $100.00 for the
interest of the bankrupt’s estate in a
leasehold interest of premises at 220
Jefferson avenue, east. Notice to cred-
itors of hearing on the offer May 6.
In the matter of Herman Pfeifie, bank-
rupt, trustee filed his final account show-
ing balance on hand of $274.56. Final
meeting of creditors called to be held
at office of referee, Detroit, May 6, to
pass said account, reasonable attorney
fees, receiver’s fees ($33) and other ad-
ministration expenses and to close the
estate upon a final distribution.
In re Great Northern Department Store
bankrupt. Final report of trustee showed
funds for distribution among creditors.
Final meeting noticed for May 6, to pass
upon the trustee’s account, administra-
tion expenses, order a final distribution
and close the estate.
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April 30, 1918
Movements of Merchants.
Caro—R. J. Putnam has re-entered
the grocery business here.
Pentwater—L. J. Deck has opened
a bakery and restaurant here.
Hudsonville—Mott McEachron will
open a drug store here about June 1.
Flushing—Claude M. Reed has en-
gaged in the grocery business here.
Ontonagon—Joseph 3urton
ceeds Labyak Bros. in the meat busi-
sic-
ness.
Whitehall—George H. Haverkate
has opened a grocery store on Colby
street.
Hartford—High & Thompson suc-
ceeds High & Doyle in the grain and
coal business.
Grandville—McNamara & Son have
engaged in the confectionery and
cigar business here.
Sunfield—A. H. Sayre has
out his stock of hardware and will
Tetire from business.
Fz Willison and
Puttermore have engaged in the mil-
linery business here.
closed
Misses
Menominee—The Twin City Pack-
ing Co. has increased its capital stock
trom $25,000 to $506,000.
Tonia—Fred Cutler, Jr.,
ed his former position as office man-
ager for Thomas A. Carten.
Ionia—Spaudling & Powell succeeds
Spaulding & Merriett in the hardware
and agricultural implement business.
Cheboygan — William
has resum-
(Clark thas
opened a general store here under the
style of the Pine Hill Merchandise
Co.
Coldwater—The Reed & Johnson
implement Co. has sold its stock to
E. A. Dunton, who will continue the
business.
Portland—Mrs. M. T. Hyland has
sold her stock of teas, coffee and
spices to Henry Gass, who has taken
possession.
Benton Harbor—A. L. Freeman
has leased a store in the Mills block
and will ocupy it with a stock of
groceries May 15.
Petoskey—Fire damaged the store
buildings and stock of Bunip &
McCabe, dealers in hardware, to the
extent of $17,000 April 25.
Springwells—Henry Strub, _ recently
engaged in general trade at Dearborn,
will open a clothing, shoe and men’s
furnishing store here May 24,
Sears—J. F. Bark has sold his
stock of general merchandise to B.
I. Lambert, who will continue the
business at the same location.
Pewamo—S. G. Young & Son have
sold their grain elevator to the Farm-
ers’ Elevator Co., of Ionia, which
will continue the busines under the
management of Joseph Bower.
Cadillac—McCarn Bros. have engaged
in the hardware business at the corner
of Mitchell and Pine streets under the
style of the Economical Hardware.
Freeland—George Courtright and Ed-
ward Garner have formed a copartner-
ship and purchased the James D. Smith
grist mill and will continue the busi-
ness.
Kalamazoo—G. R. Kenney & Co., of
New York City, who conduct a chain
of thirty-eight shoe stores, have opened
a similar store at 311 North Burdick
street.
Escanaba—The estate of the Rath-
fon Bros., which has been in bank-
ruptcy for ten years, was closed last
week. Creditors received 30 cents on
the dollar.
Fowlerville—M. L. [Gennett, re-
cently of Milan, has purchased the
harness stock of the late J. H. Orth
and will continue the business at the
same location.
Manistee—Christian Audrian, recent-
ly of Milwaukee, has leased the Ryan
store building and will occupy it with
a stock of confectionery and _ cigars
about May i5.
Owosso—The Owosso Outiitting
Co. has sold its stock of new and
second-hand furniture to A. W. Soper,
who will continue the business under
the same style.
ee Farmers Elevator Co.
has been organized with an authorized
capital stock of $25,000, of which $12,
500 has subscribed and $2,500
paid in in cash.
been
Fowlerville — Daniel Griffin and
William Johnson have formed a co-
leased the B. D.
meat market and wili
tinue the business.
Leshe—The Darling &
Co. dealer in hardware, agricultural
implements, carriages, etc. has
changed its name to the H. M. Free-
man Hardware Co.
Allegan — William Babcock has
stock to F. M. and
-s. W. Johnson, who will continue
the business under the style of F.
M. Johnson & Son.
Menominee—Joseph, John and Ed-
ward Kellner have engaged in the
meat business at the corner of Dun-
lap and Bellevue ztreet under the
style of Kellner Bros.
Detroit—The Dorothy Dainties
Candy Co. has engaged in busines:
with an authorized capital stock oi
$1,000, of which $500 has been sub-
scribed and paid in in cash.
Comstock--Wallace W. Baldwin has
purchased the Montague & Johnson
stock of drugs and general merchan-
dise which he sold to them last Janu-
ary, and will continue the business.
partnership and
Grover con-
Freeman
sold his grocery
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Big Rapids—Morris & Lindblom,
hardware dealers, have dissolved part-
nership and the busines will be con-
tinued by Mr. Lindblom, who has
taken over the interest of his partner.
Gwinn—Saul Saulson has sold his
interest in the clothing and general
stock of Weinstein &
Saulson to his partner, who will con-
merchandise
tinue the business .under his own
name.
Negaunee—F. Braadstad, who con-
ducts department stores here and at
Ishpeming, has purchased the
of general merchandise of the D. Mc-
Donald estate and will consolidate it
with his own.
Alima—S. S. Gallagher has traded
his stock of ‘crockery, confectionery
and bazaar goods to D. Brown for
his 160 acre farm. The purchaser
will continue the business at the
same location.
stock
Dimondale—Wayne R. who
conducts a drug store at Eaton Rap-
ids, nas opened a branch store here
under the management of Dr. R. C.
Rolls, with whom he has formed a
copartnership.
Kalamazoo—Edward Joldersma has
sold his interest in the undertaking and
embalming stock of Joldersma & Co.
to Robert Brockie and the business will
be continued under the style of the
Joldersma-Brockie Co.
Cloverdale—Hugh Campbell, of the
hardware firm of Campbell Bros., died
at his home April 25 of heart trouble,
aged 68 years. Mr. Campbell has con-
ducted the hardware store here for
more than forty years.
Mead,
Coldwater—-Wiarren Walker has
sold his interest in the Hall & Wal-
ker Grocery Co. to Frank B. Ken-
nedy and the business wiil
tinued under the style of
& Kennedy Grocery Co.
Mary Bergeron
has sold her bakery and confectionery
Walter Ber-
geron, who have formed a copartner-
ship and will continue the business
under the style of Bergeron
Osseo—William E. Burnett, who
conducted a store here for
many years, died April 26 as the result
oi an accident, his automobile turning
turtle and pinning him under the
car. Mr. Burnett was 71 years old.
J_ansing—George Hagameir has sold
his interest in the hardware stock
of Sadler & Hagameir to his partner,
who has admitted his son to partner-
ship and the business will be con-
tinued under the style of
Son.
Shelby—C. H. Tullar has traded his
store building, furniture stock and
small fruit farm to Harry Thomasma,
of Grand Rapids, for a 235 acre stock
farm near Plainwell. Mr. Thomasma
wili continue the business at the same
location under the management of A.
D. Blanchard.
Traverse City—John J. Brezina has
uttered a trust mortgage on his grocery
stock, securing an aggregate indebted-
ness of $3,568.33. Charles H. Beers is
named as trustee. Mr. Beers has had
an inventory taken of the stock and
fixtures, which he values at $1,682.76.
Book accounts to the amount of $2,500
he estimates as worth $500, making the
be con-
the Hall
Ontonagen—-Mrs.
stock to Raymond and
ros.
general
Sadler &
. Battle Creek. On January 19,
total value of the estate about $2,200.
He has issued a letter to the creditors,
under date of April 28, enquiring wheth-
er he shall wind up the business at
once or continue it during the summer
months.
Frederic-—A. Krolic & Co. and
Goldsmith & Co., of Detroit, and the
Alderman Shoe Co., of Sagi-
naw, have filed a petition in the Unit-
ed States Court, to have Max Kling.
declared bankrupt. The petitioning
creditors have claims against Kling
amounting to about $3,000.
‘lint — Warrick Brothers, dry
merchants, set a new record
for the purchase of business proper-
ty when they paid over $1,600 per
toot to Murray & Smith for the build-
ing occupied by them on Saginaw
street. Warrick Erothers plan the
erection of a large department store.
Allegan—-Siebe Baker, who estab-
lished a business here in 1890, making
combination book-cases, has purchased
the interest of the estate of George E.
DeLano, of Otsego, and his son, Hol-
lis Baker, has bought the interest of
Hiram A. DeLano, of this city. Ger-
rett Dykstra, who has been with the
firm many years, has also been taken
inte partnership. About fifty men are
employed and the business is in a very
thriving condition.
Battle Creek—Following two years of
hag oe with the Weickgenant Furni-
ture Co., the Eccles furniture store has
been Foc by order of the court, and
both Mr. and Mrs. Eccles were en-
joined from doing further business in
1911
Weickgenant bought the Eccles Furni-
ture Co.’s business under an agreement
that the latter would not sell furniture
again in this city. An injunction was
secured immediately when the second
store was opened, but Mr. Eccles
claimed that his wife, Lula J. Eccles,
was the sole owner and proprietor. The
firm was allowed to continue in busi-
ness, under bond to make good any
losses inflicted on the purchaser, and on
March 20 of this year the Supreme
Court sanctioned the opinion of Judge
North that Eccles should be restrained
from doing business.
Meize,
goods
Manufacturing Matters.
New Era—The New Era Canning
Co. is building an addition to its plant.
Port Hturon—The Center Lumbet
Co. has increased its capital
trom $12,000 to $15,000.
East Jordan—The Traverse City
Creamery Co. has leased the plant of
the East Jordan Creamery: Co. and will
conduct the business as a branch to
their Traverse City plant.
Niles—The capital stock of the
Kawneer Manufacturing Co., manu-
tacturer of metal architectural spec-
lalties, has increased its capital stock
from $500,000 to $1,200,000.
Adrian—The Home Steamer Wash-
er Co., Ltd., has engaged in business
with an authorized capital stock of
$5,000, of which $2,500 has been sub-
scribed and paid in in cash.
Seneca—Fire destroyed the George
Horton cheese factory and the A.
Dersham store building and stock
of general merchandise April 24.
Sparks from a freight engine caused
the fire.
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The Grocery Market.
Sugar—Refined is dull and with-
drawals are light, despite the more
favorable weather for consumption.
The distributors are unwilling to drop
their the tariff
uncertainty operates to restrain the
They
tinue hand-to-mouth buying until the
waiting policy, for
trade. will presumably con-
Senate has passed the Underwood bill;
for there is a feeling in some quar-
ters that a reduction of more than
l4c may be made in raws in return
for the free sugar clause being elim-
inated. The active season for retin-
ed, however, is approaching and even
on a hand-to-mouth basis the with-
drawals must increase materially.
Granulated at 4.20, which is quoted
by all the New York refiners for
prompt shipment, is only 75 points
above raws, so that the profit of re-
iners is small.
Tea—The Japan market remains
firm for high grades, the stocks of
which are not large. low grades are
easy and some lines have been closed
out at unusually low The
shipments irom Japan to America of
last season crop closed with a
decrease from the preceding year, of
nearly five million pounds. Jt is
thought that overstocking in 1911 and
unsettled trade conditions, resulting
irom non-colorineg
prices.
has
regulations to-
gether with renewed activity of Cey-
jon tea growers, are responsible for
the reduced. sales.
generally dull and
on a small scale
China teas are
transactions are
Congous are easy,
Gunpowders are firm for the
better grades. Ceylons are firm for
good cup teas ard stocks are low.
Coffee—A general feeling
seems to be responsible, aided by the
that the market in Brazil
kept steady on a basis considerably
above ours all through the siump in
this country. Holders of milds are
also feeling tirmer and believe in a
better market. Mocha is firmer and
holders ask an advance of about 4c.
The demand for coffee is somewhat
improved, though still light.
Canned Goods—Tomatoes are un-
changed. It is said that the oft
grades of corn are cleaning up and a
firmer market is expected to develop
on quality corn, although the supply
of any grade is thought to be of suf-
ficient size to meet the demand until
the 1913 pack
unchanged and moderately active.
Calitornia canned goods unchanged
and in fair demand. Small Eastern
staple canned goods unchanged and
dull.
Dried Fruits—Currants are steady
while
better
fact has
arrives. Apples are
in price, without change in demand.
The consuming demand for Califor-
lila raisins has improved quite a little
recently, though if is of a_ strictly
jobbing nature. Choice are steady
here but firmer on the Coast. Loose
raisins are inactive here, but tliere is
not much stock on the market, or at
least no more than it is thought the
trade can take care of until fall, and
therefore prices are pretty well main-
tained.. For apricots the market is
firm, under limited supplies here and
on the Coast and a steady demand for
The
demand for peaches is improving, but
spot stock on jobbing orders.
is still of a light jobbing character.
Prunes are firm, particularly on the
large sizes, for which there is most
demand. The market has an upward
tendency. Bulk dates are dull as
usual at this time of the year, but
there is a fair demiand for cartons,
the market on which is steady. Figs
are inactive. Citron for future de-
livery is attracting attention,
particularly as prices are on a lower
basis than last year. Quite a number
of orders for early September ship-
ment have been booked within the
past few days.
Cheese—The producing season of
cheese is during May and June, but
with quotations of butter holding so
high and cheese prices on as low a
level as are usually quoted at this sea-
son of the year, lower prices are
hardly expected.
Syrup and Molasses—Glucose re-
mains unchanged for the week. Com-
pound syrup is dull at ruling prices.
Sugar syrup is quiet and in demand
some
only for manufacturing. Molasses
is moderately active at unchanged
prices.
Rice—-Reports from the South are
to the effect that there is not a great
deal of activity shown in any grade,
but millers are holding stocks at full
quotations.
Canned Fish—Domestic and im-
ported sardines are both unchanged
and quiet. Some new pack domestic
sardines are now being offered at
around $2.10 in a large way. It is
still too early to tell anything definite
about the price on the 1913 pack of
salmon, but quotations have been sent
out from the Coast, which were low-
er than opening prices of last fall on
red salmon. As this is the year for
a big run of Sockeye salmon it is
expected that 1913 prices will Le low-
er than those of 1912.
Salt Fish—Cod, hake and haddock
are in quiet demand at steady prices.
The imackerel market has continued
dull and weak since the last report.
Prices are in buyers’ favor, especial-
ly on Norways, and to a lesser de-
gree on Irish. The demand is very
light.
Provisions—Smoked meats are firm.
toth pure compound lard are
steady and unchanged, with a good
consumptive demand. Dried
firm and in good demand at unchang-
ed prices. Barreled pork and canned
meats unchanged and quiet.
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The Produce Market.
Apples—Baldwins, $3; Ben
and Russets $2.50.
Asparagus—$1.50
Southern.
Bananas $3.75 per 100 lbs.
3eets—25c per dozen for new.
Cabbage—$1 per bbl. for old; $1.75
per crate for new from Texas.
Carrots—60c per box.
Celery—California jumbo, 80c per
bunch; Florida, $3.50 per crate.
Cocoanuts—$4.75 per sack contain-
ing 100.
Cucumbers—Advanced to $2 per
and
beef is
Davis
per dozen for
dozen,
Grape Fruit—$3.75 for 36s $4 for 46s,
%5 for 54s and $5.25 for 64s and SOs.
Eggs—Local dealers pay 17c.
Eez Plant—$2 per box for Florida.
Green Onions—l5c per dozen for
Texas.
Green Veppers-——60c per basket.
Hogs—Local buyers pay 10@1tc.
Honey—20c per lb. for white clov-
er, and 8c for dank.
Lemons—$5@5.50 per box for fan-
cy Messinas.
Lettuce—New Grleans head, $2 per
bu.; hot house leaf 15c per lb.
Onions—Home Grown, 25c per bu.
Texas Bermudas, $1.25 per crate.
Oranges—4.50(@5 per box for eith-
er Florida or Californias.
Parsley—30c per dozen.
Pieplant—75c per bu. for
grown.
home
Pineapples—$2.75 per box for all
sizes from 18s to 42s. e
Potatoes—Local sell at 40
@45c. Country paying
25@80c. New Florida,
$2.50 per bu.
dealers
buyers
stock from
are
Radishes—25c per doz.
Seeds—Clover $14 for either med-
ium or mammoth; Alsike, £13.50@14:
Yimothy, $2@2.25. :
Spinach—$1.25 per bu.
Strawberries—Louisiana fetch $2@
2.25 for 24 pints; Florida’ command
30c per quart.
Sweet Fotatoes—Kiln
nois $1.50 per hamper.
Tomatoes—$4.50 per crate of 6 bas-
kets—Florida.
Butter—Fancy creamery is steady
at 34c in tubs and 35c in cartons. Lo-
cal dealers pay 28c for No. 1 dairy
and 20%c for packing stock.
dried = {Ili-
Poultry—Local dealers pay 14@15c
for fowls; 7c for old roosters; 9c for
Iie for ducks; i6c for tur-
These prices are live-weight.
Dressed are 2c higher.
Veal—Buyers pay 6@1i'%c, accord-
ing to quality.
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Explanation in Order From Peter
Anderson.
Mears, April 28—I have your notice
in regard to the expiration of my
subscription to the Michigan Trades-
geese;
1
Keys.
5
man. This is, indeed, sad news. It
would be a calamity were I unable to
raise the required dollar. Jusiness
is so good that it was as easy as
stealing berries from a blind squaw
to get the
have sent
hesitated, as I
lone would
mail, but
could not fathoin the
simoleon. |
same by return
exact meaning of your application
It stated concisely, one
dollar for one year. I wanted to send
a six year subscription for $5, but
maybe you were in doubt as to my
being able to send so large a check.
You have permission to frame
the enclosed check and hang it over
your desk if you want to. What you
for renewal.
my
do with the check really does not
matter to me, so long as you keep the
iradesman coming. You may even
try te cash it On second thoucht,
it is likely wise for me to simply
renew each year.
before six
I may be in heaven
passed. The
only drawback I can see is that when
years have
[ do arrive in heaven I will sadly
miss the commercial travelers. Pete
Anderson, that big little, “way up”
tobacco salestuan arrived here yes-
terday with five other traveling ginks
and the bunch tried to get my goat.
Did them? Ask Pete. He
may the Scotten-Dillon
Co. to keep him on a salary list, but
any of
bamboozle
ouce in awhile he runs up against a
country who can put
One of Pete’s
kickers on this trip was representing
Puhl, Webb & Co., of Chicago. I
wonder if he was selling anything or
only advertising!
merchant
him.
one
over on side-
How do you sup-
pose that bunch happened to mislay
all their suit cases in Hart, and had
to go to Pentwater without them, and
who showed the bunch where to pick
arbutus in Pentwater? Also how did
it happen that they had six big lovely
bunches of arbutus when they left
Pentwater in the evening for Mus-
kegon? I rode from Mears to Hart
on the train with them and I have a
dandy big bouquet of arbutus on my
now. If you can get next to
this whole story from Pete Ander-
son, you will have some reading mat-
ter which will interest a lew hundred
traveling men who have bumped up
against Pete the Kidder.
C. A. Brubaker.
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Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Po-
tatoes at Buffalo.
April 30—Creamery but-
28W3lc; dairy, 25@29c;
poor to good, all kinds, 20@25c.
Cheese—Fancy, old 16c; choice, old
14@15c; poor to common, 6@10c.
New full cream, 13@14c.
Eggs—Choice, fresh, 1814@19c.
Poultry (live)—Turkeys, 16@22c;
cox, 138c: fowls 18@19c; springs, 18
@19c; ducks 20@21c; geese, 15@16c.
Poultry dressed, turkeys, 20@25c;
ducks, 18@20c; chicks 18@20c; fowls,
17@19c.
Beans—Red Kidney, $2@2.25, white
Kidney, new $3.25@3.35; medium, new
$2.20@2.25; narrow, new, $3.25; pea,
new, $2.20@2.25.
Fotatoes—50@55c per bu.
: Rea & Witzig.
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No, Cordelia, rum is not suitable
for a church rummage sale.
desk
Buftalo,
ter Grech,
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
April 30, 1913
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Owners of Stock in Local National
Banks.
The list of stockholders in the
state banks was given last week, and
in this issue is given the names and
their holdings of those who are stock-
holders in the National banks, and
also in the Michigan Trust Company.
The Grand Rapids National City has
409 stockholders, or more than dou-
ble the number in any other bank.
Of these stockholders 102 own less
than ten shares each and twenty hold
160 shares or better. The © stock-
holders in the Grand Rapids Nation-
al City also own the stock in the City
Trust and Savings in the proportion
of $18 in the latter to each $100 of
the former. The Old National has
198 stockholders of whom forty-one
have less than ten shares and twenty
hold above 100 shares. each. The
Fourth National has eighty-one
stockholders, of whom twenty-one
are in the less than ten class and
seven 100 shares or better. In all
the banks, state and National, omit-
ting the City Trust and Savings,
there are 1,074 stockholders, which
includes many duplicates, and of these
313 hold less than ten shares each
and sixty-nine to 100 shares or bet-
ter. The Michigan Trust Company
has sixty-eight stockholders and of
these six are under ten shares each
and four above 100 shares. Following
are the lists:
Old National Bank.
L. H. Accard, Chicago, 5; Luella V.
Allis, Syracuse, 5; . V. Agnew, 20;
. Fred Avery, 10; Francis C. Barnett,
60; Jas. F. Barnett, 50; James F. Barnett
trustee, 42; James M. Barnett estate, 300;
Catherine Barnett Williamson, 56; Miss
Lucy Barnett, 50; Mrs. Mary Barnett
estate, 55; Mrs. Helen P. Barnhart, 12;
Willard Barnhart, 100; George P. Berkey,
15; M. R. Bissell estate, 60; Mrs. Nellie
C. Blacker, Manistee, 14; Jennie Morman
Block, 8; Geo. S. Boltwood, 5; Fannie H.
3oltwood, 15; Elvira W. Boltwood, 8;
Chas. W. Boltwood, 5; Lucius Boltwood,
5; Clarinda B. Boltwood, 35; Adolph H.
3randt, 10; Mrs. Nellie R. Brandt, 10;
Mrs. C. P. Breuer, Buffalo, 80; Max M.
Brock, 10; Miss Abbie Mec Brown, 7;
John L. Buchanan, 12; Mrs. G. H. Bundy,
56; McGeorge Bundy estate, 14; R. W.
3utterfield, 30; Kate Champlin Butts, 6;
Mrs. Catherine Byrne, 58; John T. Byrne,
29; Mrs. Jennie Burchard, 15; Miss Lizzie
Clancy, Toledo, 10; Wm. D. Clancy, Trav-
erse City, 18; Estelle Champlin, 6; Fred-
erick M. Champlin, 6; Frederick M. Cham-
plin trustee, 2; Francis H. hardon,
South Grange, N. J 10; Frank S. Cole-
man, 10; M. S. Crosby estate, 60; W. W.
Cummer, Jacksonville, 190; Heber A. Cur-
tis, 25; Mrs. Helen P. Cutler estate, 23;
Martha Ross Dickinson, 12; Mrs. Carrier
E. Diggins, Cadillac, 150; John McIntyre
estate, 150; John Duffy, 51; Wm. E.
Elliott, 54; E. E. Farman, Warsaw, N.
Y., 125; George C. Fitch estate, 10; F.
W Foster, 37; Chas. Fox, 10; Henry
Frencken, 5; Mattie A. Gerber, Fremont,
40; Clark H. Gleason, 10; Chas. H. Hack-
ley estate, 74; Claude Hamilton, 29; Mrs.
Caroline Hanlin, Ann Arbor, 10; Benj. S.
Hanchett, 10; Mrs. E. B. DeCamp, 20;
Mrs. Harriett Heald, 12; Thos. Heffran,
100; Wm. G. Herpolsheimer, 40; oG.
Hinman estate, Pontiac, 150; Clay H. Hol-
lister, 88; Denis Gundrum, LeRoy, Mich.,
31; Geo. Gundrum, LeRoy, 30; George C.
Hollister, N. Y., 1; Mrs. Justina M. Hol-
lister, 5; J. C. Holt, 10; Elizabeth Horner,
i; Mrs. Sarah €. Horner, 1; Wm. S:
Howard, Washington, 165; Mary Ann
Hubbard estate, 30; Frank T. Hulswit,
26; Anna Isabella Hunt, 10; Mrs. Ruby
Hunt, 10; Mrs. Nancy H. Hunting, 32;
Mrs. E. R. Huntley, 31; Mrs. Anna D.
Idema, 10; Henry Idema, 37; S. B. Jenks
estate, 50; Frank Jewell, 10; Mrs. Kate
Johnson, 28; Anna E. Johnson, 5; George
K. Johnson, 5; Betsy H. Jones, Columbus,
O., 10; E. E. Judd estate, 1; Mrs. Harriet
G. Judd, 9; Wm. Judson, 125; M. S.
Keeler, 30; George T. Kendall, 30; A. H.
Kortlander, 20; Wm. Kramer estate, 60;
A. . Kusterer, 20; Mrs. Johanna Kus-
terer, 150; Miss Pauline Kusterer, 20; C.
L. and Anna Lane, Morley, Mich., 7:
Chas. M. Larrabee, Boston, 20; Susan E.
Leavenworth, 10; Kittie M. Lee, Muske-
gon, 90; Mrs. Emma Loettgert, 104; Ed-
ward Lowe, 500; Mrs. Susan Blodgett
Lowe, 100; Chas. D. Lyon, 10: George F.
MacKenzie trustee, 97; Julia Pike Mapes,
5; John B. Martin, 30; Joseph H. Martin,
510; E. G. Maxwell, 25; George Metz,
50; Mich. Trust Co., for John Canfield,
10; Laura A. Berkey, 14; Frank W. Mor-
ris estate, 54; Francis D. Howell and
Natalia Gilbert, 20; Margaret Caulfield,
10; S. W.. Osterhout estate, 18; Daisy
B. Eddy, 29; W. A. Greason and Eliza
Lyon, 57; Thos. D. Gilbert estate, 50;
Amanda Rathbone estate, 32; Caroline K.
Sands, 11; Marion W. Adams, 20; Mich-
igan Trust Co., 56: C. Morton, 71; Timo-
thy Moseley, 15; Mrs. Eva D. McBain, 5;
Rachel McMullen, 5; Florence R. Mc-
Lachlin, 30; Blanch McMullen, 5; David
McWhorter, 30; Mary F. Nancy, Ann
Arbor, 10; Mrs. Delia H. O’Brien, 35; T.
- OBrien, 25; Mrs. J. C. Packard, S.
Dearfield, Mass., 5; J. C. Palmer, Lac
DuFlambeau, Wis., 15: Edith H. Park-
hurst, 2; Christina and Chas. B. Parm-
enter, 4; Chas. W. Peck, Chicago, 5;
Fred N. Peck, Chicago, 5: Mrs. Kate
Waldo Peck, 10; Louis TT. Peek, 20;
Mabel Peirce, 160; Mrs. Delia F. Perkins,
10; Edward F. Perkins, 5; Chas. Pettersch,
20; Carrie L. Pike, 10; Mrs. Francis M.
Porter, 10; Mrs. Nellie E. Ross, 20; Mrs.
Julia A. Post, 20; Enos Putnam estate,
182; Mrs. Bstell R. Putnam, 12; Benj.
Pyle, 61; Wm. H. Ramsey, jr., Port
Washington, Wis., 22: Minnie Potter
Ranom, 70; Mrs. Helen Roberts, 20; Miss
Helen A. Roberts, 10; Robert B. Richen-
baugh, 55: F. J. Russell, Hart, 8; Richard
Schaddellee, 26; S. Sears, 35; Mrs.
Louise B. Shaw, 258; Mrs. Martha Shaw
Cole, W. Stockbridge, Mass., 5; Wm. R.
Shelby, 10; Dennie L. Slaght, 2; M. J.
Smiley estate, Chicago, 10; Mrs. Myra
Wonderly Smith, 5: Wm. Alden Smith,
50; Mrs. Frederick DeL Stevens, 20;
Wilder D. Stevens, 10; Warren P. Sutton,
Saugatuck, 10; Carroll F. Sweet, 10; Jes-
sie A. Sweet, Clinton, N. Y., 25; Samantha
Sweet, Clinton, N. Y., 30; Mrs. Mary H.
Thompson, 5; L. Agnes Tracy, 15; Caro-
line _C. Thorsen, Milwaukee, 14; Ferdi-
nand Thum, Pasadena, Cai, 35: Otto
Thum, 56; Wm. Thum, Pasadena, 25; Mrs.
Zena S. Travis, 10; Mrs. Alice Twamley,
40; Fred A. Twamley, 10; Paul Van
Denise, 5; Dirk VanderLaan, 5; C. G. J
Voigt estate, 40; John S. Weidman, Weid-
man, Mich., 30; A. S. White, Hart, Mich.,
8; Mrs. Eleanor M. Willard, 96: Cc. &
Withey, 100; Lewis H. Withey, 210; Mrs.
Marion L. Withey, 95; Mrs. Nancy Wood,
10; H. A. Woodruff, 1
City Bank.
Grand Rapids National
Edward J.
Euphrasia J. Aldrich, 127;
Aldworth, 8; George R. Allen, 10; Hattie
3ell Allen, 20; Viola M. Allen, 10; David
M. Amberg, 75; Hattie H. Amberg, 83;
Ellen R. Anderson, 6; Maud Leonard
Andrus, 6; N. Fred Avery, 10; Annia
I’. Baars, 25; Gertrude M. Baars, 25;
Mary L. Baars, 25; Mary E. Barnard, 10:
James F. Barnett, 15; Louis Barth, 100:
Abbie R. Bathrick, 55: Henry W. Becker,
6; Abbie A. Bemis, 15; Chas. H. Bender,
29; Sallie K. Bender, 7; Anna Benjamins,
63; James Benjamins, 35; John Benjamin,
4; Anna Bissell, 32; Emma Palmer Bis-
sell, 4; Myla C. Blanchard, 40; Jennie M.
Morman Block, 13; Chas. W. Boltwood, 9;
Clarinda B. Boltwood, 72; Elvira Ww.
Boltwood, 14; Etta M. Boltwood, 13; C.
Borrendamme, 10: Max Braudy, 55;
Mary E. Breed, Pittsburg, 25; Edward E.
Brewer trustee, 91; Chas. §. i :
J. L. Buchanan, 92; M. F. Butters, Lud-
ington, 25; Kate Champlin Butts, Cleve-
land, 5; Mrs. Catherine Byrne, 50; Ella
Hodgen Byrne, 21; John T. Byrne, 100;
Jessie Cady and Florence Osborne, 8;
Chas. W. Calkins, 4; Jas. H. Campbell, 10;
Louise S. Carr, Chicago, 25; Anna Carr,
8; Harvey O. Carr, 17; Julia H. Carroll,
38; Thos. F. Carroll, 15; Anna Waters,
Cassard, 111; Emma L. Chamberlain, 25:
Estelle Champlin, Cleveland, 25; Freder-
ick M. Champlin, 5; Frederick M. Cham-
plin trustee, 1; Francis H. Chardon, 40;
Emma S. Clapp, 2; M. J. Clark estate,
10; J. T. Clarke, Harbor Springs, 5; Clara
A. Collins, 58; Mary L. Collins, 2; Samuel
S. Corl, 20; John P. Creque estate, 8;
Carrie A. Cumings, 13; Fred M. Deane,
10; Aart DeJongh, Burnips Corners, 4;
Cornelius DeJongh, Burnips Corners, 4:
C. Dosker, 6; Margaret L. Duffy, 41; Wm.
P. Dreyer, 1; J. Edward Earie, 28;
Minerva E. Elliott, 3; Wm. E. Elliott, 20;
Carroll M. Fechheimer, Detroit, 5; Maude
Fechheimer, Detroit, 5; Moses A. Fech-
heimer, Detroit, 5; Reda Fechheimer, De-
troit, 5; Sydney M. Fechheimer, Detroit,
5; Mary Belle Ferguson, Larchmont, N.
Savings
Deposits
3
Per Cent
Interest Paid
on
Savings
Deposits
United
States:
Depositary
Compounded
Semi-Annually
Capital
Stock
$300,000
Fourth National Bank
Commercial
Deposits
1
3%
Per Cent
Interest Paid
on
Certificates of
Deposit
Left
One Year
Surplus
and Undivided
Profits
$250,000
service to
ability and strict confidence.
GRAND RAPIDS —
NATIONAL CITY BANK
Resources $8,500,000
Our active connections with large
banks in financial centers and ex-
tensive banking acquaintance
throughout Western Michigan, en-
able us to offer exceptional banking
Merchants, Treasurers, Trustees,
Administrators and Individuals
who desire the best returns in in-
terest consistent with safety, avail-
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We have purchased for our own account, and have a limited number of
First Mortgage 5% Bonds
$500 and $1,000 denominations with
a small amount of stock
on a public utility company operating in a prosperous community and with a dem-
onstrated earning capacity.
Citizens 1122 533-535 Michigan Trust Building
Grand Rapids, Mich
We recommend these bonds for investment.
HOWE, CORRIGAN & COMPANY
Bell M 229
24% Every Six Months
Is what we pay at our office on the Bonds we sell.
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April 50, 1913
¥., 15; Anna Worce, Rapid City, S. D., 11:
Chas. Fox, 10; Lulu Berkey Freeman, 3;
Thomas Friant, 42; Elsie M. Friedman,
4; Laura B. Friedman, 10; Morris Fried-
man, 74; Philo ¢. bWuller, 17; Chas. W.
Garfield, 42; Gertrude H. Benjamins
Gezon, 28; Wm. E. Gill, 30; C. H. Gleason
executor, 51; Adelaide M. Godfrey, 43;
Ellen L. Godfrey, 71; Florence B. Godfrey,
51; Lulu C. Godfrey, 40; May L. Godfrey,
108; Martha C. Godnam, 3; Julia C. Gold-
emith, §; R. FP. Grant, Clayton, N. ¥., 10;
Rosa K. Gronbacher, 5; Margarretta L.
Hiaines, 15; Leo F. Hale, 2; Mrs. John
T. Hance, 33; J. K. and Stella E. Hanna,
Dutton, 5: Claude Hamilton, 10; Jos. S.
Hart, 30; Chas. A. Hauser, 10; Chas. &.
Hazeltine, estate, 30; Harriet Heald, 8;
B. A, Hebard estate, 25; Wm. G. Herpol-
sheimer, 83; F. F._ Hilbert, Woodland,
Mach... 9; Margaret Hills, Muskegon, 118;
John P. Hommiller, 10; A. W. Hompe, 4;
©, B. Hooker, 5; John Eloult, (8: Wim.
Houseman, 43; Mrs. Helen K. Hoyt, 11;
Nancy A. ‘Hunting, 24; Lee M. Hutchins,
20; Loraine Immen, 88; R. W. Irwin, 88;
Eihel O. Johnson, Rapid Gity, S. D., 7:
John George Kalmbach, 50; Jas. E. Kee-
gan, 10; Isaac H. Keeler, 5; venupel N.
Keeler, Brooksville, Fla., 12; M. S. Keel-
er, 6; Willard F. Keeney, 5; Eugene L.
Kendall, 22; Alexander Kennedy, 20;
Emma Kleinhans, 8; Mary Ella C. Konkle,
8; Sophia Kramer, 30; Augustus Kuppen-
heimer, 10; Arthur Kusterer, 12; James
D. Lacey, Chicago, CL; Millison Cc. Lam-
bert, Detroit, 17; Jennie Lamos, 25;
Eugenia A, Ledyard, 5; Adolph Leitelt
estate, 17; Edith G. Lemon, 3; Prank
W. or Latta Leonard, 4; George M.
Leonard estate, 6; H. Leonard & Sons,
5; Jennie L. Leonard, 6; Francis Letel-
lier, 17; Everet P. Lewis, 8; George Liv-
erton, 10; George H. Long, 200; Edward
Lowe, 443; Edward Lowe trustee, 52;
Rowland Lowe trustee, 13; Susan Blodg-
ett Lowe, 100; Georgianna G. McFarland,
Los Angeles, 50; Wm. W. McKean, 8; Jas.
H. McKee estate, 4; Laura E. McKee, 4;
Emily W. pags sbbag Detroit, 80; Ewen
McLennan, Ellen McManus estate, 30;
G. Earl McVey" 1; S. Mainzer, 8; Mar-
tilda S. Mangold, 9; Julia Pike Mapes,
4; Joseph’ H.| Martin, 473; Warren A.
Mason, Butler, Ind., 20; W. V. Matulajtis,
Silver Creek, Penn., 5; Eva L. Meech, 3;
Charlotte G. Meigs, Jacksonville, Fla.,
17; George Metz, 25; Mary A. Miller, 22;
Amelia W. Morley, Cedar Springs, 18;
Samuel A. Morman, 19; George M. Morse,
50; John Mowat, 100; George K. Nelson,
37; George H. Newell, 100; Daniel W.
Northrup estate, 71; Thos. J. O’Brien, 13;
11; Jessie
Otto A. Ohland, 5; Anna Palin,
A. Pantlind, 49; J. Boyd Pantlind, 10;
Mary G. Pearsall, 8; O. K. Pearsall es-
tate; 17; John B. Peck, 105; Bhos. M.
Peck, 42; Martha M. Penfield, 50; Gaius
W. Perkins, 17; G. W. Perkins, jr., 4;
Chas. A. Phelps, 58; Wm. A. Phelps, 40;
Phelps & Waters Co., 70; Chas. C. Phil-
brick, 15; Carre iL. Pike, 1%; Chas. FB.
Pike, 4; Alonzo B. Porter, 72; Anna E.
Porter, 8; Enos Putnam estate, 70; Dr.
Benj. Pyle, 5¥; Joseph Rademacher, 25;
Cyanea Ramsey, 28; Emily S. Ramsey,
47; F. E. Ranney, Greenville, 15; Minnie
Potter Ransom, Columbus, O., 7; Edward
So Raymond, 3; Cyrus W. Rice, 3; Alfred
. Richards estate, 50; Carrie Richardson,
33; Wm. Richardson, 8; Rebecca L. Rich-
mon, 87; Bishop Richter, 10; Lilian B&B.
Rickenbaugh, 4; Robert B. Rickenbaugh,
1; Roselia B. Rickenbaugh, 4; Lester J.
Rindge, 17; Helen Roberts, 2; F. S. Rob-
inson, 7; Fred S. Robinson ‘guardian, ts
C.F Rood, 8: Jas. L. Rumsey, 19; Clara
C. Russell, 8; Irene T. Russell, 9; Rosalia
L. Rypens, 25; Wm. Savidge, Spring
Lake, 50; Barbara Schneider, 10; Mabel
Waters Schwarz, Chicago, 111; Robert E.
Shanahan, 4; Mrs. Robert E. Shanahan,
4; Louise B. Shaw, 80; T. H. Shepherd,
Martin, Mich., 20; Elizabeth K. Sher-
wood, 17; Geo. K. Shields, Columbus
Springs, Colo., 32; Martha R. Simonds,
Chicago, 19; Chas. FR. Sligh, 20; HEiliott
T. Slocum, Detroit, 42; Edmund T. Smiley,
25; Chas. Snyder, 8; J. S. Stearns, Lud-
ington, 60; D. C. Steketee, 6; George G.
Steketee, 8; John P. Steketee, 15; P. J.
Steketee, 6; Minnie Steketee, 6; Albert
Stickiey, 10; NW. A. Stone, 15; L. G.
Stuart, 7; Mary J. Hubbard estate,
W. P. Sutton, Madison, Wis., 10; Chris-
topher TerMeer trustee, 9; Ferdinand
Thum, Pasadena, 38; Otto Thum, 27; Wm.
Thum, 5; has. Trankla, 10; Joseph J.
Tucker, 17; Bessie A. Twamley, 17; Fred
A. Twamley, 12; Mrs. Alice F. Uhl, 440;
Marshall Uhl, 107; M. T. Vanden Bosch,
5; Paul Van Deinse, Greenville, 3; Belle
Blake Vinkemulder, 30; H. J. Vinke-
mulder, 10; Elizabeth S. Voigt, 83; John
Waddell, 8; Dudley E. Waters, 404: Dud-
ley _ Waters trustee, 19; Mary L.
Waters, 176; Ben E. West trustee, 42;
Josephine Swan White, 17; T. Stewart
White, 88; Wm. Widdicomb, 25; Caroline
B. Wilcox, 50; Frederick P. ilcox es-
tate, 20; A. T,. "Williams, Clayton, Ky., 10;
Osear R. Wilmarth, 49; Chas. M. Wilson,
10; Walter C. Winchester, 50; Frank P.
Winegar, 10; Wm. S. Winegar, 20; Abra-
ham I. Wolf, 25; L. M. Wolf, 5; Jas. R.
Wylie, 144; Chas. Yeretsky, Des Moines,
5: Dr. W. G. Young, 25; Michigan Trust
Co., 26; Michigan Trust Company, admin-
istrator, 73; Michigan Trust Company, for
Marion W. Adams, 4; F. DeLano Avery,
6; Carolina S. Baars estate, 25; Harry
M. Brown, 19; John T. Byrne, 10; Helen
P. Cutler estate, 12; Bishop Gillespie es-
tate, 6; Chas. . Hackley estate, 25;
Isaac Joslin, 25; Mary Joslin, 26;
Margaret B. Long, 8; Eliza B. Lyon es-
tate, 8; Thos. Munroe estate, 8; Mary
Ella Paine, 13; Amanda Rathbone estate,
42; Samuel Sears estate, 100; George P.
Wanty estate, 50; Edward L. Withey, 4.
25;
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fourth National Bank. Blodgett Lowe, 40; Emma V. Lyon, 15; : , o md , ies
) tion Kk Gee pb Lian to ke We Wtchele The average young man worries a
Wm. H. Anderson, 250; Louise Atkin- Cadillac, 10; Laura _S. Morey, Danville, lot more about getting his salary than
son, 6; Maude Leonard Andrus, 3; John N. 10; Amos Musselman, 10; T. J | fae 1 : oe
W. Blodgett, 10; John W. Blodgett, O’Brien, 10; R. E. Olds, Lansing, 25; J. he does about earning it.
guardian, 25; Blodgett Co., limited, 290; Boyd Pantlind, 20; Enos Putnam estate, —_—_—_—_» <-> —____
Helen C. Bradfield, 5; Catherine Byrne, 20; F. L. Heichel, 15: Wm. Savidzge, ee : : e+. : :
167; Bissell estate, 40; Max Braudy, 210: Spring Lake, 90; John H. Schouten, 5; Better a man who fails than one
Louis Braudy, 15; Saml. G. Braudy, 15; Mabel Waters. Cassard, Chicago, 26; S. who never tries
Anna Braudy, 10; Lena Braudy, 10; Eliza A. Sears, 10; Wm. Alden Smith, 10; Fred i
S. McC.
Christian
Butler, 3; Reuben Bloomer, 40;
Bertsch, 90: Caroline Be srtsch,
60: J. C. Bishop, 5; ©. EB. Conklin, 50;
Wm. P. Conklin, 30; D. W. Comstock,
10; Wm. Lb. Curtis, 100; Mary H. Cuming,
1; Gertrude Gay Carman, 39; George Gay
Carman, 3; i. Z. Caukin, 10; Mirs. Ida
Ei. Cartwright, 14: Plerence LL. Cart-
wrieht, 7; W. F. N. Davis, 25; a.
ee 20: Wm. H. Gay, 100; Wm. E.
Gill, 10; Mrs. Adolph Goetz, 10; COW.
Garfield trustee, 50; Martha J. Graves, a;
tobert D. Graham, 79; Ezra A. Hebard,
50; Wm. Martha J. Hebard, 2; Jas. L.
Hamilton, 10; Frederick Hirth, 10; Anna
ix. Johnson, 20; Chas. B. Judd, 5; George
T. Kendall, 80; Jacob Kleinhans, 20; Chas.
DP. Lyon, 20; Emma V. Lyon, 47: S. M.
I-emon estate, 120; Jennie L. Leonard, 4;
George M. Leonard, 3; Frank W. Leonard,
Amos 8S. Musse Iman, 60; John Mur-
5; Miss Bessie McNabb, 5; Mich,
Trust Co., 131; trustee, 36; trustee for
Amanda Rathbone, S05 iD) Gilbert es-
tate, 25; G. . KMittzinger estate, 36;
Anna Woodcock, 1; Marian W. Adams,
30; Florence Osborne and Jesse Cady,
exect., 17; A. D. Rathbone estate, 50;
Creellia Rathbone, 10; Mary Rodgers,
Sparta, 5; Carrie H. Richardson, 45;
tosalie Rickenbaugh, 15; Louise B. Shaw,
33; sydney F. Stevens, 10; Frank W.
Squier, 25; Robert E. Shanahan, 40; Mrs.
Mary H. Thompson, 18; Marrietta A.
Udell, 40; Elizabeth Voigt, 15; O. R. Wil-
marth, 10; T. Stewart White, 20; Robert
G. Woodcock, 2: L. BH. Withey, 5; A. EH.
Watson, 66; A. E. Watson guardian, 4.
Michigan Trust Company.
Mrs. E. J. Aldrich, 20; N. Fred Avery,
12; Noyes L. Avery, 6: Jas. M. Barnett
estate, 25; Mrs. Nellie Blacker. Manistee,
14; Willard Barnhart, 80; Lillas Nellie
Salling Burden. Detroit. 40; Geo. M. Barr,
Manistee, 10; Roger W. Butterfield, 20;
Anna Waters Cassard, 26; Olga Salling
Cornwell, Saginaw. 40; Jas. E. Danaher,
Detroit, 20; Golden Filer, Manistee.
115; Chas. Fox, 40; Wm HF. Gay, 35; EF.
A. Gorham. 30; Claude Hamilton, 127;
Susan Salling Hawes, Detroit, 40; Thos.
Hefferan, 40; George Hefferan, 18; Har-
vey J. Hollister estate, 10; Anton G.
Hodenpyl, N. Y., 30; Thos. Hume, Mus-
kegon, 10; Annie D. Idema, 10; Henry
Idema, 25; Chas. B. Judd, 10; Wm. Jud-
son, 10; Henry W. Kanouse, Detroit, 20;
Willard F. Keeney, 10; Jacob Kleinhans.
10; Jas. F. Knowlton, 10; Jas. D. Lacey,
Chicago, 10; Edward Lowe, 170; Susan
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April 30, 1913.
UF TO THE GOVERNOR
Governor [Ferris will render a valu-
able public service by a veto of the so
called “blue sky law’ which is now
betore him for approval or rejection.
He can do this and still be consistent
with his repeated declarations in favor
of affording some protection to inno-
cent investors and remain loyal to the
plattorm upon which he was elected.
A wisely carefully worked
out law regulating the issuing and sale
of investment securities in this State
would be highly desirable. The enact-
ment of such a law has been urged by
the Tradesman, and bankers, business
men and investors have favored it. The
measure now before Governor Ferris
for his signature may have been de-
signed for the protection of investors,
but it is so crudely drawn that the
amount of real protection it will afford
to investors is but an incident to the
annoyance and embarrassment, it will
cause the business interests of the State.
There is very little in the enactment
that will serve as a curb on the trick-
Ssters in finance, but there are many
and serious shackels in it for legitimate
enterprise and honest men. The enact-
conceived,
ment should be vetoed, not because the -
purpose it represents is not worthy, but
because the bill as it has passed the
Legislature is too crude to be worthy
of a place among the statutes of the
State. The bill creates a commission
to whom all securites to be sold in this
State must be submitted for approval,
and in vetoing the measure Governor
Ferris might well put this proposed
commission to work devising such a
measure as shall meet the requirements
and report the same at a special session
of the Legislature, if one shall be held,
or at the next regular session. The
State has got along many years without
a blue sky law and it can better stand
it a year or two longer than have a
law that falls so far short of what it
should be as does the present bill. An
excellent precedent for Governor Ferris
will be found in our neighboring State
of Indiana. The Legislature of that
State passed a blue sky law patterned
after the Kansas law, just as the Mich-
igan bill is, and the governor vetoed it
because of its crudities and he ap-
pointed a commission to study the sub-
ject thoroughly and recommend a wisely
framed measure that would serve the
purposes desired and not place too many
hampers on legitimate business. His
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
action has been generally commended,
both in Indiana and outside, as safe
and sane and as a guarantee that when
a Jaw is finally enacted it will be one
that will serve the public interest,
in the Michigan Legislature eleven
bills were introduced covering the sub-
ject of blue sky, and the bill that
finally passed represents a combination
of them all. The framers of the com-
bination were not experts in the matter
of finance or investment and they took
very little advice from those who have
made both of these matters life long
study. The result of their labors is
a measure that will put a great and un-
necessary burden on local, legitimate
enterprises, that will prevent the sale
in this State of the better classes of
securities that are sold at time of issue,
that will prevent the sale of many se-
curities now held in the State and there-
by depreciate their value, and that will
put curbs on investment brokers and
bankers who live in Michigan and do
business in this State, which brokers
and agents in other states with no repu-
tations or credit to maintain will not
feel. Reputable dealers in this State
would be hampered and harassed, while
the mai! order and fly-by-night sellers
of fake securities would be untouched.
Michigan should have a good blue sky
law, one that will protect investors and
prevent the flotation of wild cat schemes
of all kinds, and a good step toward
securing such a law is to veto the pres-
ent bill and then put a commission or
committee to work on something better.
MENACING THE CITY.
The Common Council last fall em-
ployed a Chicago firm of engineers
of high reputation at a cost of $2,500
to put a value on the water power
rights in Grand river and to. esti-
mate the cost of development of the
power as a niunicipal enterprise. The
firm made its report last winter and
the report was of such a nature that
it was suppressed until a representa-
tive of the city government could
se to Chicago to see if the engineers
would not alter it to meet the views
of the aldermen. The engineers re-
iused to jockey with the conclusions
they had reached. The report, when
tinally made public, showed the esti-
mate to be in the neighborhood of
$3,000,000. The report, apparently,
was made in good faith and repre-
sented the honest judgment of ex-
perts in hydro electrical development
who had reputations to sustain. But
the aldermen have refused to accept
it in the spirit intended. They in-
sist that they know more about the
subject than the experts and they
question both the estimates and the
conclusions and, under the impres-
sion that an old tax title of $2,800 on
the Powers estate will give the city
some advantage in acquiring the water
power, they refuse to release the
tax title. This would be a humorous
situation were it not so serious in its
possible consequences. The interests
building the Kalamazoo interurban
want to buy the Powers estate prop-
erties as a private right of way into
the city, and want the water power
with it. The attitude of the alder-
men is to hold up the sale and, if
Possible, prevent it entirely, compel-
ling the interurban to find some other
route into the city or driving it away
entirely. The business interests of
Grand Kapids have for years been
urging the building of more interur-
bans. The retailers want more of
such roads because of the increase
in their trade they are certain to
bring. The wholesalers want them
Lecause of the better facilities they
will have for doing business. Prop-
erty owners want them because of
the added value they give to real
estate. In spite of the long-standing
and often-professed desire for more
interurbans for the city, a few fool
aldermen have been using an old tax
title to hold up one of the best in-
terurban propositions that has ever
Leen presented to the city. It would
be supposed, under the circumstances,
that the various interests which have
been urging more interurbans would
emphatically protest against the hold
up. Thus far the only murmur that
has been heard, however, has come
from one of the west side improve-
inent associations whose chief interest
is in getting the terminal. ‘Whe As-
sociation of Commerce has taken no
apparent interest in the situation.
The retailers’ association has pass-
ed it by. The wholesalers’ association
las kept out of the controversy. This
silence on the part of the business in-
terests is not creditable to the city.
It indicates a willingness to let cheap
politics stand in the way of a great
and important public improvement.
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WELCOME RELIEF.
The regular session of the State
Legislature has come to an end, and
not many in Michigan other than
those on the legislative per diem pay
noll will be grieved thereat.’ The
session has lasted approximately four
months. It will take four months
and probably for the
people to discover all the new laws
they are expected to obey and what
old laws have been changed and wip-
ed out, and for a couple of years, and
perhaps longer, the courts will be
busy trying to put some sort of mean-
ing into some of the enactments and
trying to reconcile others to the plain
provisions of the constitution. This
is one of the evils of popular govern-
ment. The Legislature is made up
of a lot of good citizens who are
full of ideas as to what ought to be,
but whose experience with the world
and knowledge of practical affairs
is so liniited that as law makers they
would be jokes if it were not so ser-
ious a matter in the final results.
Some of the best and most useful
work of the Legislature that has just
adjourned has been to kill a lot of
the fool bills that were introduced.
Some of the legislation enacted will,
no doubt, be found to be very de-
sirable, but it can safely be said that
we could have got along without any
new laws this year and would be bet-
ter off if some of the laws that were
enacted had not been passed. It is
not altogether complimentary to the
lawmaking body that its adjournment
comes as a general relief to the busi-
ness and industrial interests of the
State. Now if the special session of
another four
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April 30, 1913
Congress would come to an end,
business would feel that it has some
chance.
DON’T SPLIT HAIRS.
The stickler often defeats himself;
and much that passes for defense of
a principle is merely a little personal
opinion. An eastern railroad at one
time sent a great many cars over a
certain western road. One day it
nled a claim for seven dollars against
the western road, and that road did
its best to keep the money. The cor-
respondence lasted four years— the
eastern road prolonged it just for fun,
to see how far the other road would
carry it. But in the meantime it quit
sending cars that way. Finally a rep-
resentative of the traffic department
called to ask why his line didn’t get
the business it used to get. For an
answer the officer of the eastern road
brought out a pile of correspondence
six inches high and placed it on the
table before him. vibhat, he said,
“is the result of our effort to collect
a claim of seven dollars from your
road. We quit sending cars your
way four years ago.”
Then the two men figured out how
much that piece of stickling had cost
the western road in four years. It
amounted to over $8,000.
It is one thing to stand your
ground when a real principle is in-
volved, and another thing to carry
your contention beyond all reason.
Good will is sometimes worth more
than petty satisfaction.
ee
The Legislature which adjourned
last Saturday did well in killing the
proposed appropriation of $100,000 or
$150,000 for the erection of a build-
ing at the San Francisco Exposition.
Under existing conditions in San
Francisco, it is almost next to impos-
sible to construct any building with-
in reasonable expense. The city is
so thoroughly unionized that every-
thing costs from two to three times
that is
does not
what it would cost in a city
honestly administered and
yield to the tyranny of the
delegate. From present
the success of the Exposition will be
very greatly jeopardized by the
less union propaganda,
is, by the political chicanery of the
city and State officials. This lawless
spirit finds ample expression in the
proposed embargo against the Japan-
ese. The japanese may not be the
most desirable people in the world,
but they are a thousand times more
desirable citizens than the union men
of San Francisco, who have done more
to retard the growth of the City by
the Golden Gate than all the other
calamities combined fire and earth-
quake not excepted. Many foreign
nations will probably refuse to take
any part in the Exposition on ac-
count of the unfortunate condition
the city is in through the domination
of union conspiracy and thuggery. .
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It is a fine thing to be thoroughly
familiar with a subject before talking
about it, because then it isn’t neces-
sary to talk so much.
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Many a frail girl has been able to
bring a powerful man to his knees.
walking
indications
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April 30, 1913
THE GARBAGE PROBLEM.
The “City Beautiful” in prospect
means your city. Of course it does. The
esthetic in your surroundings is be-
coming more and more a business
asset. Thrift is betokened by the
well-kept town. It means more en-
terprise. lf you are bidding for new
industries of any sort, the town which
can make the best personal appear-
ance has this in its favor, other
things being equal.
The disposal of garbage has come
to be a problem which municipal au-
thorities cannot dodge with impuni-
ty. The remains of old boxes, bags
and refuse of various sorts in your
back yard may mean the harboring
of noxious pests, pestilential mi-
crobe. They are just as bad—no
worse—in an adjoining yard, al-
though they may seem worse to you.
The fast-growing village sometimes
fails to appreciate when it has come
to the stage where rules and regula-
tions are in order; when the every
fellow for himself rule fails to work
out because of the greater popula-
tion.
One thing is certain, the garbage
problem must be grappled with firm-
ness. Carelessness in using the pass-
ing stream as a dumping ground can-
not be tolerated in a thickly settled
community. The transportation of
garbage is unsafe except in tightly
covered cans. Its presence during
the gathering process should be
equally guarded. The crematory
rules may seem overdrawn, but they
must be made to cover every phase
of the question, rigid enough for the
worst cases. Vigilance at the be-
ginning of the season means much
from the point of view seen by the
eye. It may mean very much more
from that of sanitation. The “City
Beautiful” in the modern acceptance
of the term is also the clean city,
the city where malaria and epidemic
are the exceptions; and the disposal
of garbage is an important factor in
its existence.
ALFALFA ON EVERY FORTY.
A campaign of more than usual in-
terest is being conducted in Kent
county this week to promote, encour-
age and develop interest in the grow-
ing of alfalfa as a high grade and
profitable forage crop. The campaign
is being conducted under the direc-
tion of J. H. Skinner, of the United
States Farm Management Service,
and he has a half dozen or more ex-
perts to go with him on a tour that
will reach practically every township
in the county and which will take
most of the week to make. The party
will travel in automobiles, holding
meetings in school houses, grange
hallds and town halls and in the open
when the weather and other condi-
tions permit or where halls may not
be convenient. A schedule of thirty-
one meetings has been arranged, with
big evening meetings at Kent City,
Cedar Springs, Grattan Center and
Caledonia. The campaign has been
widely advertised by posters, through
the newspapers, through the granges
and other mediums, and it is believ-
ed the meetings will be largely at-
tended. The missionaries will tell
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
why alfalfa should be a profitable
crop to grow, how to plant and how to
grow and harvest the crop, and as
experts will answer any questions the
farmers may ask. The slogan of the
trip will be “Alfalfa on Every Forty.”
It is claimed for alfalfa that it is even
better than hay as feed for cattle,
that it is easy to grow when man-
aged properly, «hat it is a great im-
prover of the soil, as the roots reach
far down into the ground and that
taking off two or three crops a year
makes it highly profitable for the
farmer. Such a campaign as this
ought to be productive of good re-
sults, if only the farmers will receive
the gospel that is carried to them
in the same spirit it is given. The
progressive and successful farmers
undoubtedly will do so and will prof-
it thereby, but among the farmers, as
in every other class, there is an ele-
ment that knows it all and will not
take to new ideas. The alfalfa cam-
paign might well be carried into every
county in the State and then other
campaigns might be taken up—cam-
paigns for better corn, better pota-
toes, better beans and better other
crops, with experts to advise and tell
how. All this information may be
given at the farmers’ institutes dur-
ing the winter months, but regular
campaigns in behalf of single crops
such as the present alfalfa campaign
would be in the nature of specialized
effort and would attract more atten-
tion and awaken more interest than
when the instructions given. cover
the entire field. Special campaigns
might also be conducted in fruit
growing, in dairying and in poultry
raising. For the missionaries to trav-
el in automobiles would add a spec-
tacular feature that would help draw
the crowds and would be especially
appealing to the younger people, and
it is the new generation more than
any others that should be reached.
MEASURING EXPERIENCE.
A year of experience means much
or little according as we have gained
one point a day or one a month.
Did you ever hear the story of the
young man who met the girl at a
New Year’s reception? He talked
with her for three minutes that day,
saw her again in two weeks and
talked for five minutes, and saw her
at intervals of a week or two until
the first of April. Then he said to
himself, “I’ve known that girl for
three months.” As a matter of fact,
adding all the periods of conversa-
tion together, he had spent but thirty
minutes in her company. Another
man met the same girl at the same
time. but at the end of the first week
he had spent a total of ten hours
with her—just twenty times as long
as the other man had in three months.
Some men learn a business just like
that—-some learn more in a week than
others in three months. But a “year’s
experience” is credited up to both
when twelve months have rolled by.
When you count your years of
experience, consider also the gait you
have traveled,
Some people love to tell the truth—
when they think it will hurt.
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years for England to wake up to the fascinations of the
new drink, and even then, it is recorded in English Tea
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pound.
Gradually from that date Tea has become the most
economical beverage in the world, growing from a luxury
to a table necessity, until now at fifty cents per pound we
are given seven cups for a cent.
It is the revenue producer of the retail grocery store.
Great care should be taken in the selection of cup
quality.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
Fine Appearance Helps Little With-
out Knowledge.
Regarding human nature as a solid
mass, sensitive, emotional and vacil-
lating, we are struck with wonder at
the tiny thread success hangs on. A
uluisjudgnient or careless handling oi
a customer occurs and the news
spreads with startling rapidity to
many other individuals. If the fault
is often repeated the patronage that
once flowed into our store is split up
ainong our competitors. If we dealt
solely with an individual the chances
ef a might be minimized,
but this being far from possible how
best can we guard against this law
of trade?
mistake
When the stockman, by virtue of
the law of advancement, becomes a
salesman he is entrusted with a ser-
ious responsibility. Being a living
agent between his store and the pub-
lic, his actions largely determine the
rate of progress. If he is incompe-
tent he offers an unconscious resist-
ance that can be overcome only by
his absence. By graduating from his
more humble position, he has had
opportunity through observation, and
practice, to take up his new duties
with intelligence. His very associa-
tion with the men who sell has made
him a likely candidate. But
times a man becomes a salesman, or
rather 15 called a salesman, merely by
being hired to fill that position. In
some cases he is naturally gifted, but
in many cases he is merely a poor
imitation. No man can slide into the
aft-cabin through a kindly porthole
and successfully navigate the ship.
Even the most humble of callings
exacts its tribute. There is always
a starting point. The merchant who
disregards this fact by engaging men
on their word only will soon find
himself drifting about on the treach-
erous mercantile sea, with a helpless
selling machine.
A man wise in the art of salesman-
ship defines it as a combination of
knowledge, adaptability and_persist-
ence. Yes, it is all of that and more,
too. A dictionary on salesmanship
written every morning would need
such copious revisions and additions
that we would be staggered by what
little we know. We admit perfection
in salesmanship, like everything else.
never can be attained, yet there are
certain rules we can follow to become
good salesnien. Let us go over the
points that will assist us most.
It is necessary first of all that a
salesman have appearance. His cloth-
es should be scrupulously neat, his
linen fresh, and his skin well cared
for. He should always take pains
to preserve an outward show of clean-
many
liness. It has a stimulating effect on
a prospect. Many times a purchaser
has left a store never to return be-
cause of the funereal
nails. But
without knowledge is like a fortress
aspect of 2
salesman’s appearance
without guns. The overgroomed man
with a lot of useless lumber in his
head furnishes a striking example.
A fine-looking gentleman entered
a haberdasher’s and stated his wants.
The attended him
seemed of the better type—faultless-
ly attired, with intelligent face and
manners. The gentleman
the shirts placed before
him, evidently puzzled.
“These are very pretty,” he finally
said, “but | want a mercerized Ox-
ford.”
The salesman looked surprised and
hurt. He mumbled an apology, and
laid out some more with the same
result. At last, in desperation, his
face red, and perspiration fast melt-
ing his collar, he deposited two to-
tally unlike in cloth and pattern, and
said: “There you are, sir.”
The gentleman,
shook his head and turned to go out,
but the buyer, who had been watch-
ing the proceedings, intercepted him,
and asked the trouble. The gentle-
man reluctantly told him.
“Will you kindly wait one moment
while I look?” asked the buyer.
A range of the required style was
produced, the gentleman
two and departed, his
stored. The
his air
salesman who
attractive
regarded
much — provoked,
selected
humor re-
over-groomed_ salesman,
of wisdom removed, stood
a 3ilent witness. The buyer,
however, gave him a sharp rebuke,
which seemed to have the desired
effect.
Interwoven with your appearance
is personality, the force which is
present in every transaction. Writ-
ers as a rule lead us to believe that
it is a mysterious agent. It isn’t,
for personality literally means indi-
viduality or distinction between peo-
ple. None of us is born without it,
although few of us succeed in mak-
ing it commercially productive. Like
everything else worth while, it must
be devefoped. Cheerfulness, sincer-
ity, constancy and absolute natural-
ness are the prime factors in obtain-
ing the result. The visible tighten-
ing of unused muscles, the forced
smile and halting speech immediately
react on the prospect. No matter
how adept we feel, an artificial na-
ture always exposes itself.
Strive for simplicity, for with sim-
plicity comes dignity, and = dignity
closes more sales than given credit
for. Remember that when you han-
dle a customer you are dealing with
a complex machine. The slightest
provocation and he is lost or your
work must be done all over again.
He williingly enters your store and
asks to purchase. Why give him an
opportunity to change his mind? If
then, personality, nothing
else than you, is such a vital force
in salesmanship, isn’t it our duty to
develop it to the greatest efficiency?
Now, granted that we possess ap-
pearance and = attractive manners,
there is another step we must take in
order to fill our position with merit.
We must educate
able to instantly determine how to
handle a prospect immediately we
come into contact. Hesitation on
our part is felt at once by the pros-
which is
ourselves to be
pect and what confidence he had in
our ability is shaken.
There is only one way in which to
acquire this faculty, and that is
through experience. Beginners must
expect to make mistakes, because
each prospect is of different caliber.
No two can be approached or han-
dled in the same manner. But these
mistakes, which are so discouraging,
are nothing more than the true ap-
proach to — success. Intelligently
diagnosing each cause and effect will
put us into possession of facts that
we can apply to similar types. Your
mind will unconsciously make class-
ifications and store the identification
marks into their rightful niches.
This ability to judge prospects will
give you an assurance that can be
gained in no other way. When a
customer steps before you there is a
bond of fellowship immediately es:
tablished. It is almost as near friend-
ship as can be imagined, because of
that feeling of understanding your
attitude disarms him and makes him
a ready believer in your remarks. He
places a certain amount of confidence
in you, that, if asked why, he couldn't
explain. And all this because you
have intelligently studied human na-
ture.
The Merchant Who Knew Men.
A prominent
who has_ had
Boston haberdasher,
phenomenal — succes,
. Owes most of it to his ability to read
amused and
interested one day in watching him
handle one of those stout, very im-
portant gentlemen, who came in to
buy a cravat. All the salesmen being
busy, the owner waited on him.
He looked his prospect over quick-
ly, taking note of the suit, shirt and
cravat. Then, without any questions”
he reached for his most
cravats, and quickly arranged them
on the counter. The prospect's eyes
lit with pleasure, and he immediately
selected a beautiful Persian.
“How much?” he asked.
“Three dollars,” was the reply.
The fat gentleman surveyed the
owner in astonishment. “Three dol-
lars!” he repeated. “Why I can get
three ties for that money,” and he
dropped the Persian as if it burnt his
iingers. :
human nature. I was
expensive
Said the owner with an engaging
smile. “That's a beautiful suit you
have on. I have been admiring it
ever since you came in.”
“Cost me sixty dollars,” said the
fat gentleman, proudly.
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April 30, 1913
“You like nice clothes,” remarked
the owner. “Ul warrant you find
that it pays .o have things right, and
it’s great to have something the
other fellow can’t.”
“Yes,” replied the fat gentleman
with enthusiasm. “I'd hate to walk
along the street and meet a fellow
dressed in the same style of hat or
suit that | had on. I always bear
this in mind when purchasing.”
“Take this cravat,” said the owner
briskly, picking the one up the fat
gentleman dropped. “I bought just
one range in six colors. Now who-
ever buys one is sure, first of all, of
quality; second, of a richness unsur-
passable, and third, that no one can
buy one like it: When a man can
attord good clothes he always wants
his hat, shirt, shoes and cravat of
like worth. You'd be surprised how
much better even an expensive suit
looks under those circumstances.”
The fat gentleman surveyed the
cravat again with new interest, felt
of it carefully and held it up against
his suit. Without another word he
produced the required amount,
thanked the owner and departed with
a feeling of appreciation and conf-
dence in the store.
The Needed Joy of Selling
Now, coupled with all the attri-
butes so far discovered, the joy of
selling, a creator of energy, stands
paramount. You can have appear-
ance, attractive manners, and be a
keen student of human nature. but
if you lack the qualities embodied in
pure joy of selling, you will never
mediocre. Persist-
resourcefulness, enthusiasm,
tact and faith in your merchandise
and store are all born of this one
great essential. Every contact is a
delight in itself; every sale closed, a
gratifying satisfaction. Your whole
being radiates its pleasure, until cus-
tomers, salesmen and minor em-
ployes come within its influence.
rise above the
ence,
Customers wait until you are at
liberty to serve them. They
eager to purchase because you have
lessened their shopping problem.
Even the proverbial grouch cracks a
smile and digs a little deeper into
his buttoned pockets. You sell goods
to everybody at all times, in the face
ot the heralded poor business, and
why? Because the pure joy of sell-
ing entertains those who stand be-
fore you.
Salesmanship behind a _ counter
never belonged to the class of easy
jobs. It is a man’s work, for men who
will sell goods, day in and day out,
without a feeling of fatigue or dis-
pleasure; for men who will intelli-
gently study the many problems it
presents. You can’t learn salesman-
ship out of books or through friends,
but you can learn it through experi-
ence. Give each day unreservedly
to your business, don’t be afraid te
make mistakes and analyze every step
before you take it. With this deter-
mination you will be the best sales-
man possible, and will fulfil the trust
your store places in you with merit.
—-John E. Lowry in Haberdasher.
>...
A man is always willing to pay
what he owes—if it is a grudge.
seen.
April 30, 1913 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
April 30, 1913
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Michigan Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso-
ciation.
President—B. L. Howes, Detroit.
Vice-President—H. L. Williams, Howell.
Secretary and Treasurer—J. E. Wag-
goner, Mason.
Executive Committee—F. A. Johnson,
Detroit; E. J. Lee, Midland; D. A. Bent-
ley, Saginaw.
Preparation of Frozen and Dried
Eggs.
About two years ago the Food Re-
search Laboratory of the Bureau of
Chemistry undertook an _ investiga-
tion of the methods in use in the
preparation of frozen and dried eggs.
The purpose of the investigation has
been to determine the condition, from
the food viewpoint, of the eggs used
by the breakers and to devise meth-
ods of handling which would enable
the industry to maintain a product
originally good without deterioration
until it reach the consumer.
The Department of Agriculture was
not seeking facts for itself only. Its
object was, also, to give the industry
in a practical fashion any
tion which might be obtained that
would tend to better the product and
remove it from controversy. In or-
der to do this it was necessary to
informa-
conduct the investigation co-opera-
tively with the industry. The plans
were, therefore, laid before some
members of the industry, and their
hearty and continuous assistance ob-
tained.
The study has been conducted along
the same general lines as have been
successiul in the investigation of the
handling of poultry, namely, practical
work in the packing houses, chemical
and bacteriological work in the labor-
atory to furnish a definite scientific
basis for conclusions, and a tracing
of the product, step by step, to the
consumer. The work is by no means
complete. But certain fundamental
principles have been established, and
a great mass of data obtained. It is
with the fundamentals that I would
concern myself here. 1 want to give
you some idea of the up-to-date egg
breaking establishment—the kinds of
eggs that go into the output intended
for food, the construction of the room
in which the eggs are broken, its
equipment and the skilled labor that
does the work.
The canning of eggs for food pur-
poses can no longer be conducted in
some odd corner or dirty basement.
It need no longer be the step-child
of the egg industry. There is a legiti-
mate field of endeavor for the ege
breaker who will equip properly,
maintain a skilled, accurate corps of
workmen and who has sufficiently
ood business ability to insist that
any egg of doubtful food quality be
consigned to the fertilizer tank or the
product need knock at the door lead-
tanners’ bucket. Only the first-class
ing to success.
Good eggs are the first requisite
of a good product. The question of
good and bad eggs will be taken up
later. But even if a high quality egg
is used it must be handled under the
most cleanly conditions, else the num-
ber of bacteria in the product will pre-
vent good keeping. The degree to
which cleanly methods had to be
pushed to ensure a clean product was
a surprise even to ourselves.
lor example, the problem of wash-
ing the cup, tumbler, saucer or other
receptacle into which the eggs were
broken was not the problem of or-
If an egg unfit
for food touched the vessel, washing
in running water, even if hot, did not
remove the bacteria that the objec-
tionable egg contained. When the
good egg fell into the receptacle it
was contaminated by the portions of
the bad egg remaining. Unfortunate-
ly, neither sight nor smell furnished
any indication of the contamination.
The laboratory tests showed its pres-
ence. ltieating the utensil in a closed
vessel in live steam for twenty min-
utes served to kill the bacteria, and
that was the only practical way that
we found to do it.
We found, also, that the slightest
roughness in the surfaces of cans,
pails, etc., served as places for bac-
teria to lodge and to multipiy in the
very minute greasy film of egg that
ordinary washing did not remove.
The longer the pail was used the worse
it became, hence it was found neces-
sary to steam-sterilize all the uten-
sils coming in contact with the liquid
oe
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dinary dish washing.
The fingers of the breakers offered
a problem in cleanliness. They were,
of course, covered with bacteria from
the bad egg that had been opened,
and sterilization by steam was not
possible, hence a method was devised
of holding the egg and emptying the
shells so that the fingers were scarce-
ly wet. Clean squares of linen or
tissue paper, used but once for dry-
ing finger tips, were a further help
toward cleanliness. The method was
not only far more cleanly but it serv-
ed to get more egg out of the shell
than the haphazard plan generally in
vogue.
These are merely examples of the
sources from which bacteria entered
the liquid egg and of the precautions
taken to destroy them. Not only
was it necessary to prevent bacteria
from the occasional egg reaching the
good egg, but the surroundings in
which the work was performed should
be such that dust did not enter, and
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You can candle 36 eggs a
minute. Does this appeal
to you? When you receive
eggs from your customers,
test the eggs before them.
If any are bad they would
not ask you to pay for
bad eggs when they see the
bad eggs with their own
eyes. Your saving by using
our Rapid Tester on this
one item alone. would pay
for the Tester many times
over. The saving of timere-
duces your expenses. Com-
pare the work of our Rapid
Tester with any known de-
vice for candling eggs.
Send us your check for
$5.50 and we will ship the
Rapid Egg Tester to you by
express. Use the Tester ten
days and if. for any reason
whatever. you are not satis-
fied with it, return it to us
at our expense and we will
immediately refund your
money,
Mr. Merchant. you
cannot afford to
be without the
Rapid Egg Tester.
The cost is small.
It is a great time
saver. Merchants,
test your eggs be-
fore your custom-
ers, Just place
the Tester on a
small table or
counter in your
store. No dark
room or cellar nec-
essary. Can be
used wherever
electricity is avail-
able. The Tester
will be sent you
complete in every
way and ready for
immediate use. In
ordering the Test-
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specify the vol-
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local electric light
company.
Sample Tester in
actual operation at
the office of the
Tradesman.
RAPID EGG TESTER CO.
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Michigan
Dairy and Fond Department
Causing
JAMES W.HELmeE
COMMISSIONER
fr. L SHANNON
STATE ANALYS?
Mos SMITH
Curler Crern
April 17, 1923.
Rapid Egg Tester Co.,
Saginaw, Michigan.
Dear Sirs:-
Replying to your letter of April 15th,
I will state that I have examined the egg candler
that you have left for inspection and wherever
electricity is available it seems to me that this
is a great improvement over-any other device for
the saving of time.
I hope to see it generally
Yours very truly,
State Dairy and Food Commissioner.
Saginaw, Michigan
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April 30, 1913
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
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the comparatively few bacteria that
were certain to be present did not
multiply.
To comply with this requirement
meant that the work must be done
in refrigerated dust-proof rooms. It
was desirable, too, that the principles
on which they were constructed should
be, as nearly as practical, the princi-
ples of the hospital operating room,
hence these rooms are built with suf-
ficient insulation and refrigeration to
ensure a temperature between 60 and
65 degrees F., the interiors are con-
crete, finished with enamel. Daylight
is furnished through insulated win-
dows with the outermost pane of
prism glass to increase the light. The
tables and, in fact, all the equipment,
if of metal or other non-absorbent
material permitting of steam sterili-
zation.
The workers are gowned and cap-
ped in white. They are not permi‘-
ted to talk while they work. They
cannot concentrate their attention on
grading if they do. Where space per-
mits the girls are placed so far apart
they cannot hold conversations; where
they must work closer together a
discipline almost military is main-
tained. The more troublesome was
the labor in the past, the firmer the
discipline now instituted, and the
most contented and painstaking egg
breakers that we have seen are these
strictly governed girls.
The work of a great many _ indi-
vidual girls was studied to determine
the rate of speed at which eggs could
be broken and still ensure good grad-
ing. As was to be expected, the girls
varied widely among themselves as
well as because of different breaking
equipment used. Almost invariably
they misused the time devoted to tak-
ing the egg from the container,
cracking the shell, emptying its con-
tents, throwing away the shell, and
grading the liquid egg. Unguided,
each part of the operation is perform-
ed at the same rate of speed, whereas
the halves of the shell, if held per-
pendicular, require the time it takes
to count three clearly, to drain. Tf
of doubtful grade, about the same
length of time is needed to smell the
ege and decide into which bucket it
should go. In the other steps of the
operation the girls were urged to
move rapidly.
The uasual good egg breaker can
handle about twelve eges per minute
and do accurate work. Many of them
would break seventeen per minute
unless they are checked. Such a rate
sooner or later means a bad egg in
the food egg bucket. These details
were worked out by the aid of a split-
second timer.
The equipment used for the break-
ing of the shell and the receiving of
it3 contents must be based on the fol-
lowing essentials, though the mode of
their adaptation may vary consider-
ably. First, the shell must be cut on
a rigid sharp knife; second, the re-
ceiver must be transparent and suf-
ficiently far away from the knife to
prevent flying dirt from falling into it;
third, the receiver must be so sup-
ported that its exterior, especially
the base, is kept practically free from
egg; fourth, the whole apparatus must
be so constructed that it can be read-
ily washed and steam sterilized.
It is not possible at this time to
do more than to outline the most im-
portant topics of the investigation.
The details must be deferred for bul-
letin publication. However, the que3-
tion of the kinds of eggs coming to
the breaker, the eggs that can be us-
ed and the eggs that cannot, must
be touched upon.
The egg that is clean shelled and
fresh, but too small to ship in the
shell profitably, is, obviously, a good
ege and needs no comment. The
same egg slightly stale—such as are
carried by the great majority of the
grocery stores in summer time—in
the same class. The ege with the
dirty shell, if the contents are in good
order, can be handled satisfactorily
if the shell is not allowed to sweat
and if the breaker holds it with finger
tips only. Special care must be exer-
cised to prevent dirt on the shell from
coming in contact with the egg. The
lightly cracked eggs—the “checks” of
commerce, must be broken as soon as
possible. They deteriorate very rap-
idly and 300n yield a low grade pro-
duct. They are difficult to grade, also.
War more difficult to grade are the
eggs in which the yolk is just begin-
ning to mix with the white, and
where neither odor nor taste is bad.
Where only a few shreds of yolk are
in the white the egg will usually pass
muster; where more than this is pres-
ent it does not. The latter condition
is too close to the well known “white
rot” to be a satisfactory food pro-
duct. White rots, stuck spots, moul-
dy eggs, musty eggs and eggs with
blood rings have been discarded.
These eggs are all readily excluded
by either the candler or the breaker.
The egg with a green white and the
“sour” eges are the most difficult to
detect and exclude. The candler can-
not find them; when the white is just
tinged with green, or when the faint
pungency that characterizes the sour
egg is just detectable, too rapid
breaking, too many eggs in the cup
before emptying, or a girl slow of
eye and dull of nose, is sure to result
in the admission of these eggs to the
food bucket. They are highly unde-
sirable eggs, infested with millions of
bacteria per gram and showing dis-
tinct evidences of deterioration in
their chemical composition. In the
past many of these eggs, in the early
stages, have gone into the second
grade food products. They are re-
sponsible for much of the trouble
that has come to frozen and dried
eggs in interstate commerce.
M. E. Pennington, Chief Food Re-
search Laboratory.
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It Is a Bad Thing
To let your boys and girls grow
up without having a chance to read
good books and newspapers.
To keep two dogs and not do any-
thing to help support a preacher.
To never do anything that you
ought to do without bragging about
It.
To profess in public what you are
not willing to practice in private.
H. WEIDEN & SONS
Dealers in Hides, Pelts, Furs, Wool, Tallow
Cracklings, Etc.
108 Michigan St. W. Grand Rapids, Mich.
Established 1862
Fifty-one year's record of Fair Dealing
Hart Brand Ganned Goods
Packed by
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Michigan People Want Michiga
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We want Butter, Eggs,
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Grand Rapids, Mich.
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104-106 West Market St.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Established 1873
Liberal shipments of Live Poul-
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prices.
Dairy and Creamery Butter of
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Send for our weekly price cur-
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We are now located in our own new building adjoining the new municipal wholesale city market
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MOSELEY BROTHERS
Established 1876
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
M. Piowaty & Sons
Receivers and Shippers of all Kinds of
Fruits and Vegetables
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 30, 1513
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Comfort for the So-Called Incom-
petent.
So your husband’s mother has been
to visit you, and on that last dread-
ful morning, after you had been on
the stretch for three long days of her
presence, your nerves went on the
hummer and things began to go
wreng. You scorched the toast and
you forgot the eggs so that they
boiled fully eight minutes, and you
dropped a piece of Sevres which was
one of your very choicest wedding
gifts and which you had gotten out in
special honor of your husband’s moth-
er, and it crashed at your feet in
forty pieces, and—but why enumer-
ate the horrors of that terrible half
day? The blessed hour of two ar-
rived at last when your husband’s
mother had to take her train and
your tense nerves could relax. Of
course she had to drop into the
homes of all the relatives during the
forenoon to say good-bye and tell
them some of the incidents of that
deplorable breakfast and that she had
to “take hold and make some more
toast and boil a couple of eggs de-
cently so that Tom could have a lit-
tle something he could eat before he
ran to catch his car; she hated to in-
terfere but she didn’t want the poor
boy to starve quite;’ and she told
Aunt Hattie Wilson that you are
“something fierce to smash china,”
and—unkindest cut of all—she epi-
tomized all the shortcomings that
she thought she had discovered in
her three and a half days of keenest
scrutiny in one sweeping generaliza-
tion to the effect that “Louise is ami-
able and accomplished, but hopeless-
ly incompetent in practical matters.”
That was two days ago and some
one in mistaken kindness has told
you all she said, and now you sit in
tears bemoaning your inadequacies
and implicity believing your mother-
in-law’s dictum that you are hope-
lessly incapable and that you will
drive your husband, whom you love
better than your own life, to the
poorhouse.
Now, Honey, dry your tears and
listen to what I can tell you about
competent people and incompetent
people. It won’t be something that I
have read in a book, but what I have
seen with my own eyes and heard
with my own ears. For long, long
years, poor sorrowing heart, [I was
called incompetent myself, so that I
speak from what the theologians
would call an especially rich and
abundant experience.
To begin with, let me say that this
is not to be a tirade against moth-
er3-in-law, whom, as a class, I con-
sider more sinned against than sin-
ning. So I speak of Mrs. Abigail
Starkman who chances to be your
mother-in-law and whom I have had
the misfortune to know all my life
long, not as a member of a class but
as an individual. Seeing that this
august lady is your husband’s mother
and that in your eyes a halo of sanc-
tity should encircle her head, I shan’t
tell you just what I think of her, for
| never mean to be guilty of shatter-
ing perfectly good halos. So when
I say that she’s a Tartar if ever there
was one, and disagreeable in every
relation in which I ever met her,
and doubly so whenever she can find
a chance to browbeat some meek,
inoftensive soul that never has put
a 3traw in her way, I am not speaking
to you at all but only to the general
reader. Still speaking to the general
reader I may further say that, owing
to the fact that some states do not
allow capital punishment, and in oth-
ers the laws for whose violation it
is a penalty are very laxly enforced,
many persons are allowed to live and
even to be at large who really need
killing, and in my unmasked opinion
Abigail Starkman is one of them.
To return to my subject and talking
again to you, Louise darling, I sup-
pose you have been making resolu-
tions never to take your eyes off the
toast again, and never to overtime
the eggs, and always to be superla-
tively careful in handling china and
even common dinner ware, and—and
you're just going to bring up on
everything. By slow, toilsome, hon-
est merit you plan to redeem your-
self in your mother-in-law’s eyes, so
that instead of dubbing you incapa-
ble she will gladly place you in the
same class as herself.
Little one, let me tell you an eas-
ier and a better way, one which will
bring far greater results with far less
effort. Just you cultivate a bold,
aggressive, dominant disposition and
manner. Do as well as you reason-
ably can with the toast and the eggs
and the china, but let me make it
emphatic that the disposition and the
manner really are more essential.
Competence in its usual acceptation
consists largely in a certain arro-
gance of spirit. If you can manage
to keep people about you scared stiff
ail of the time, then without possess-
ing any remarkable degree of skill
or knowledge you easily can make
them believe that you are very cap-
able indeed. That is the secret of
your mother-in-law’s success.
Whenever I see some wee girl baby
that shows by the look in its eyes
that it will take things hard and be
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Gentlemen:
I used a sack of “New Perfection” Flour and find it
“Faultless” in the full sense of the word. The bread is not
only very white but also tastes so good and wholesome,
which is not the case with all white bread flour.
I hope our dealer here may handle it as I shall dislike
to use anything else since having your “New Perfection”
flour.
I find all you said in its favor true, and will gladly
recommend it to my friends.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Will A. Stone,
April 17, 1913. East Jordan, Mich.
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The Vogue of Grey.
In the higher grades of women’s
shoes changes of material seem to
be following one another about as
fast as the electrical waves of a Mar-
conigram. Fortunately the — style
waves do not all reach beyond the
limited circles of metropolitan trade.
In an increasing number of the “cus-
tom shops” it is becoming the rule
to display new effects only until they
are copied by the dealers next be-
low in the gradations of fashionable
standing. Then they are dropped
for something new. But when a
new material is adopted by the more
conservative stores it is apt to have
its run through the whole trade. Gray
cloth tops have for some time been
a proper thing in the custom trade
and gray suede has also been an ac-
ceptable topping material. Now,
however, the preferences seems to
have turned to smooth leather. Gray
calf and gray glazed kid of “goat-
skin,” have appeared as topping, pan-
eling, heel covering, etc.
A gun metal heel foxed pump with
dark neutral gray calf quarter has
sprung into sudden popularity in the
style centers. And this has been
followed by a button boot made with
a circular vamp and covered heel of
patent leather and with a light gray
kid quarter—Shoe Retailer.
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Conveniently Placed.
A considerable number of Ameri-
cans and some Europeans connected
with the Diplomatic Service are aware
that there are streets in Washington
named for the letters of the alpha-
bet. People who live in the capital
frequently write I Street, “Eye
Street”; T Street, “Tea Street,” and
P Street, “Pea Street”; but it was
left for the car conductor imported
from London to ring another change
on those abused street names. A
woman passenger—a stranger in the
it is what he gets out of them.
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Riches do not make a man happy;
city—had asked this conductor to put
her off at Lutheran Church—which
happens to be on L Street.
“He’ye Street,” called the conduc-
tor on reaching I Street.
“Kay,” he shout at the next corner,
and then, at the next:
“FY’ell—all out for the church.”
The Line
That’s
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President—F. A. Rechlin, Bay City.
Vice-President—E. J. Dickinson, St.
Joseph. :
Secretary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine
City.
Treasurer—William — Detroit.
When and How to Take | Stock.
Stocktaking. This is a word that
means a lot and one that is thought
some with dread because _ it
Iueans extra work. In many stores
one will find clerks at this time of
ol by
year grumbling and saying to one
another, “Soon we'll have to come
back nights and take stock. I wish
it was all over.”
Everyone will acknowledge that the
job of taking an inventory of what
is on hand at the end of the year is
not a pleasant occupation, but if the
work were nat done, where would the
merchant be at? He could not tell
what lines were good sellers and what
were “stickers.” Tie would be at a
loss to know what lines to buy and
in a quandary as to just how much
money he was making. If he finds he
is only making 3 per cent, net. in his
might just as well put
his money in the bank and sit down
and watch it grow.
Pay 3 per cent.
business, he
The banks will
on all money a nran
cares to give them,
The writer once found a man who
did not keep track of his stock and
had it scattered all over the store.
He was asked how he knew he was
making money out: of the business.
‘Well,” he replied, “I
square meals a day,
am getting three
have a good bed,
so | figure T am making money.” So
he was, but he could have made a
whole lot more had he conducted his
business in a right manner and kept
good track of his stock.
Then, again, if a man does not keep
an accurate statement of his stock on
liand, how will he know how much
insurance to place? And in case he
has a fire, how is he going to fix his
claim? No insurance company will
pay a man simply on his statement
that he has lost so much goods. They
have to be shown.
Which Time is Best?
Opinion dealers as
to what is the best time to take stock.
differs among
It depends altogether on the nature
of the trade done. Some dealers have
a dull month in January, while Feb-
ruary is the slack time for others.
in most cases, however, the latter
month usually sees trade slow down
and, therefore, this seems the most
logical time to take an inventory.
One progressive dealer who does the
work in February, gives as his reason
that during January he is given a
chance to clean up a lot of stock that
was leit over from Christmas trade,
such as cutlery, brass jars and candle-
sticks, and other lines that it ‘will not
Last year, between
New Year's and the first of February,
this man cleaned out over $700 worth
of this class of goods. He
this month for
pay to Carry over.
also uses
sending out old ac-
Then,
hard-
such as pipe and carriage parts,
and these are not in great demand at
that time. Another reason is that
spring goods arrive around the first
of March, and if stocktaking opera-
tions are just being completed at that
time, the new goods can be sorted
and put in with the stock that has
been left over from the previous year-
Keep a Stock Book.
The work of stocktaking would be
counts and collecting money.
too, he carries a lot of heavy
ware,
vreatly lessened if all retailers would
adopt the methods employed by some
oF the Some dealers
keep a stock book and in this have
one or more pages devoted to each
of the many lines they carry. When
the book is started, the amount of
each line on hand is entered and when
a new shipment is received, it
larger stores.
is en-
tered up and added to the number
of that line on hand. In this way,
the dealer can tell in a minute just
how much stock of a certain line he
has and, too, at the end of the year
he knows just what lines have sold
the best and those that have
slow. This helps him greatly in his
been
buying when the next season comes
he can
tell at a moment’s notice just how
inuch stock has been lost and what
his claim will be. If you do not care
to enter up the goods as they come
in, file the statements of the whole-
salers, and at the end of every month
enter the goods in the book.
Do Special Sales Pay?
Whether or not special stock-reduc-
ing sales should be held previous to
stocktaking time is a question for the
dealer himself to decide. It depends
on the locality he is in. Some re-
tailers in outlying parts of a city say
it does not pay to slaughter prices,
for the people will-jump on a car and
go down town anyway to make their
purchases. Others say it does pay a
nan to greatly reduce his prices on
some slow lines in order to get rid
of them. The Russill Hardware Co..
Toronto, hold special sales every Sat-
urday in the year in order to reduce
stock of lines that are not moving
Starting on Wednesday
Mr. Russill and one or
two of his clerks go through the
stock and find out the “stickers” and
these are put down for the Saturday
“special.” A large advertisement is
prepared and inserted in three or four
round. Again, in case of fire,
fast enough.
of each week,
H. Eikenhout & Sons
Jobbers of Roofing Material
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Prompt shipment is our hobby. Give us a trial
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Foster, Stevens & Co.
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Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Elk, Gulf
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Lawn Hose
Clipper, Revero
Half and three-quarter inch
Lawn Mowers: “F. & N.” Complete Lines
Diamond Steel Goods
All Above Factory Brands
‘Michigan’’ Oil Cook Stoves
Michigan Hardware Company
Exclusively Wholesale
Ellsworth Ave. and Oakes St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Use Tradesman Coupons
April 30, 1918
of the Toronto dailies. The result is
that the firm gets people from all over
the city as well as farmers from the
surrounding country, for the store
is located right near the city market
where all the farmers come to sell
their produce.
Methods to Use.
When the actual operations com-
mence, the clerks, as every dealer
knows, should be set apart in twos,
one to call off and the other to write
down. The nature of the stock sheet
used varies in different stores, but
the most common one is that con-
taining columns for the article, the
total number, the cost of the thing
and the total value.
All the articles of one kind should
be gathered together before hand, in
order to save time. To save more
time, the extensions need not be made
at the time of writing down, although
the man with a sheet sometimes has
a minute while the caller-off is getting
a bunch of stuff together. He can
then extend a couple of items, or as
many as he has time for. One large
retail firm never makes an extension
till after a record of all the goods has
taken. Then they divide the
sheets in equal numbers and
each clerk his
Leen
give
share to take home
and work on. The reason for this is
that a clerk, who is writing down
might hurry to extend a few items,
while his partner is collecting, and
inake a mistake in the extension.
The loose-leaf system is a good
one to employ. It saves a lot of
time, and the records can be filed
away in better form.
Sales.
It is absolutely necessary to keep
an accurate tab on stock soid and
shipments received during stocktak-
ing operations. The stuff can be re-
Keep Track of
corded in the counter day book and
this gone through either at the end
of each day or when the work has
been finished. Records of all goods
that come in should be carefully filed
away and added to the amount shown
on the stocktakers’ reports.
Never buy in large quantities while
you are taking stock, unless, perhaps,
you get a chance to pick up a lot of
goods that you know to be a bargain.
Only staple lines should be purchas-
ed, and these in small lots.
Importance of Cost Mark.
It is essential to have the cost mark
On all goods. Most retailers do this,
but there are some who have just
the selling price. The man who has
only the latter mark will find the
work of stocktaking far greater when
he discovers that after putting down
the number of articles on hand he
has to look up old invoices and find
what the goods cost him. Not only
at stocktaking time will the absence
of the cost mark be felt, but, suppos-
ing another dealer in your town
comes in and asks you for an article
he has run out of, how will you
know what to charge him, without
looking up your invoice? Quite re-
cently the writer was in a hardware
store talking to the proprietor, when
another dealer came in and asked
him for some axe handles. He had
run out of them and wanted a dozen
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
to fill a rush order. The dealer of
whom the request was made did not
put the cost mark on his goods, and
as he wanted to give his competitor
a better price than his regular sell-
ing cost, he was forced to hunt
through a big pile of old bills to find
out what the goods cost him.
One Dealer's Good Plan.
Jobbing house catalogues are got-
ten up practically all the same, and
the prices, as a rule, are alike. Wm.
Valker & Son, Toronto, always keep
one of these in the office and when
a bill comes in, they check it with the
catalogue. If there has been a change
between the price charged on the
bill and that quoted in the catalogue,
they make the change in the catalogue,
Then when stocktaking time comes
around and they come across an ar-
ticle on which they know there has
been a change in price, they look up
the catalogue and find the prevailing
cost. If some of the old goods are
marked at a price lower than that
then being charged, they enter the
old goods on the stock sheets at the
price then being quoted. Thus they
are that much ahead.
A. FE. Brickson.
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Waiting for Orders.
The station-master on the Eastern
Indian Railway has been given strict
orders not to do anything out of the
ordinary without authority from the
superintendent. This
his sending the following telegram:
“Superintendent's Office, Calcutta.
---Tiger on platform eating railway
porter. Please wire instructions.”
accounts for
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Wholesale Gas and Electric
Supplies
Michigan Distributors for
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Telephone, Main 5846
Catalogue or quotations on request
Business
Wagons
12 styles carried in stock-12
$140.00
SHERWOOD HALL CO., Ltd.
30-32 Ionia Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids
$ 47.00 to
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The Largest Exclusive Retailers of
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Where quality is first consideration and where you get the best
for the price usually charged for the inferiors elsewhere.
Don't hesitate to write us. You will get just as fair treatment
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Opposite Morton House Grard Rapids, Michigan
Reynolds Flexible Asphalt Shingles
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Tanglefoot
Gets
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The Sanitary Fly Destroyer—
Non-Poisonous.
FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST is to-day sold by
thousands of grocers, who realize the advan-
tage of pleasing their customers and at the
same time making a good profit from the
goods they sell. If you are not selling it now,
Mr. Grocer, let us suggest that you fall into
line. You won’t regret it & &B &B BD Bw
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
April 30, 1913
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Grand Council of Michigan U. C. T.
Grand Counselor—John Q. Adams, Bat-
tle Creek.
Grand Junior Counselor—B. A. Welch,
Kalamazoo.
Grand Past Counselor—Geo. B. Craw,
Petoskey.
Grand Secretary—Fred iC. Richter,
Traverse City.
Grand Treasurer—Joe C. Wittliff, De-
troit.
Grand Conductor—M. §S. Brown, Sagi-
law.
Grand
Grand
tapids.
Grand Sentinel—F. J. Moutier, Detroit.
Grand Chaplain—C. R. Dye, Battle
Creek.
Grand Executive Committee—John D.
Page—W. S. Lawton,
Martin, Grand Rapids; Angus G. Mc-
Eachron, Detroit; James E. Burtless,
Marquette; J. Cc. Saunders, Lansing.
Michigan Knights of the Grip.
President—Frank L. Day, Jackson.
Secretary and Treasurer—Wm. J. Dev-
ereaux, Port Huron.
Directors—H. Pp. Goppelt,
J. Q. Adams, Battle Creek;
Martin, Grand Rapids.
Saginaw;
John D.
Michigan Division, T. P. A,
President—Fred H. Locke.
First Vice-President—C. M. Emerson.
Second Vice-President—H. C, Cornelius,
Secretary and Treasurer—Clyde_ Ff.
Brown.
Board of Directors—Chas. E. York, E.
C. Leavenworth, W. E. Crowell, L. P.
Hadden, A. B. Allport, D. G. McLaren,
J. W. Putnam.
Wafted Down From Grand Traverse
Bay.
Traverse City, April 28—Traverse
City U. C. T. Council held its regu-
lar meeting last Saturday evening.
Before the regular meeting was call-
ed we were entertained by the ladies
committee with a pot luck supper
which was enjoyed by all. At this
time Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Weaver were
Presented with a handsome cut glass
bowl, showing the high esteem they
were held in by our members. Mr. and
Mrs. Weaver intend to make Grand
Rapids their home in the future. Af-
ter luncheon, Senior Counselor W. F.
Murphy called the meeting to order,
all the officers being present. Regou-
lar business was transacted and, in
fact, this seemed like a good fellow-
ship meeting, for every one. had
something to say for the good of the
order. Reports of our Jurisprudence
Committee and our Booster Commit-
tee for Grand Rapids were listened
to and these committees sure have
been doing some good work. Broth-
er Stevenson, of Owosso Council paid
us a visit and favored us with a nice
talk. Come again. A hearty vote
of thanks was given Mr. Harry Oh-
mer, Manager and proprietor of the
Whiting Hotel for the many favors
he has extended the boys in the past
by allowing committees to meet at
this popular hotel. Mr. Ohmer al-
ways did make a hit with the boys.
A. L. Sorenson, of Manistee, does
not arrive in Traverse City Friday
afternoons and remain until Monday
morning as he used to. He shows
up at the Musselman office now about
noon Saturday and leaves for home
the same afternoon. Married life
does sure make a difference. Keep
it up, AL
Mrs. Geo. Creech is spending a few
weeks visiting in Waukegan, Chicago
and Milwaukee. George is home all
alone.
A number of our members attend-
ed the meeting of the Committee of
Twenty-one the other evening and
all report that this Committee is
doing a great deal of good work for
the interests of Traverse City. Frank
Gardner, Archie Jourdan and Adrian
Oole were called on for a few re-
inarks representing the traveling men
of our city. Good work. Boost it
along.
C. A. Cressy reports that his chick-
ens are a success since Frank Wilson
has put in his spring garden.
Not an officer in our Council used
a ritual during the meeting. That’s
going some.
Jay Young, (Musselman Grocer
Co.) since his election to a member
oi our Executive Committee has pur-
chased an automobile. Jay will make
his territory this summer with his
machine.
Bill Smith, of Buckley, spends near-
ly every Sunday in our city. Bill has
quite an interest on South
Union street. Well, W. E.. we can
certainly imagine how lonely it must
be Sunday at Buckley, but why don’t
you marry the girl?
The Booster Committee has made
arrangements to have W. G. Wy-
man’s mustache removed before the
Grand Rapids convention. Good!
James Flaggart, of soft drinks fame,
enjoyed a ride in a side door Pull-
man the other day from Central Lake
to Bellaire. Still Jim believes that
the P. M. does not need the money.
Jack Arata, family and household
goods have moved to Petoskey for
the summer. We hope to see you
again in the fall, Jack.
Any U. C. T. who is desirous of
obtaining a position on the road may
do well by communicating with the
writer.
Thomas Fralick has again taken
the management of the Shamrock
Hotel, at Copemish, and will try and
favor the boys with his usual good
service. Tom, the boys are all glad
to see you on the job again.
Frank Wilson, of our city, came
very near meeting with a serious ac-
e:dent while at East Jordan. Frank
wa3 riding in a closed carriage when
the pole dropped down and the horses
began to run and Frank only saved
himself by jumping. Frank says he
nearly looped the loop.
Chas. A. Cressy has severed his
connection with the Singer Sewing
taken
Machine Co., after being with them
continuously for the past twenty-five
years, and has accepted a position
with the Oswald Lighting Co., of
Chicago. Best of wishes, Charles.
Traverse City Council voted to as-
sist financially the flood sufferers in
our sister States, Ohio and Indiana.
Only a brotherly act. From the At-
lantic to the Pacific, Canada to Mex-
ico, the beneficent fruitage of U. C.
T.ism is plentiful, its protection is
permanent, its plans practical. We
mean we give a plentiful, practical
and permanent protection.
Assessment No. 116 expires Thurs-
day, April 24. Did you protect your-
self and family? There are really a
few men who comprehend the true
worth of their insurance, but who af-
terwards sincerely regret that they
lapsed. It reminds one of the old
saying that “A cow does not know
what the tail is for until she has lost
it and fly time is a hand.”
Traverse City Council has won the
flag. Our net membership gain was
twenty-six or 25 per cent. The prize
that was offered by our Grand Coun-
selor Adams certainly inspired every
council in the State and created ex-
tra enthusiacm. While every council
did not win the flag, it certainly did
every council some good to work for
it. Only one council could win it.
Chas. Cressy, of our Council, fav-
ored us with a nice talk along the
lines “Votes for Women” at our last
meeting.
Boost for the Grand Council meet-
ing in Grand Rapids June 13 and 14.
Grand Rapids knows how.
Fred C. Richter.
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Something Besides the Dollar Mark,
In sending the Retail Grocers and
General Merchants’ Association $10
for honorary membership in the or-
ganization, a leading manufacturer
writes as follows:
“In congratulating you on the
growth and added benefits which you
have developed during the year, will
say that it is our belief that the
healthy tone of the retail trade to-day
is due, largely, to the educational in-
fluence of organization. We do not
think, however, that all the eftorts of
the organization should be directed
toward the selling end of business
and would suggest the consideration
of teaching and urging discrimina-
tion in buying.
“Too often the young man trained
in a particular line enters business for
himself, experienced in every feature
except the purchasing of goods. Na-
turally, he favors the ‘long shots’ or
lines which offer the largest margin
of profit and too often finds his in-
vestment a permanent one, which
eventually winds up in a loss.
“Staple lines which yield a fair
profit are the foundation of con-
tinued trade. They have proved their
value and the customer accepts them
as legal tender. There is the retailer
who keeps saying ‘here is something
new and it costs a cent less. Try it
and, if not satisfactory, bring it back.’
He is the man who can never estab-
lish a valuable goodwill for his busi-
ness. He is running more of an ex-
periment station than a store.
“A short time ago the writer visit-
ed a city of about 20,000 population
and called on a friend who runs a re-
tail grocery store. Hle is doing a
heavy business in the suburbs and
handles nothing but staples. Never has
any bargains. His customers know
his brands. They are reliable and his
telephone carries a constant stream
of orders. He informed me that he
had done a business of $60,000 last
year and 90 per cent. of this came
over the telephone. If he should
change to unknown brand;, with a
little more profit, he would lose half
of his business in a month and load
his shelves with dead stock.
“I believe experience will bear me
out in the statement that goods for
which a demand exists and which re-
quire little time or effort to sell and
turn the money over several times a
year, even on a smaller margin, are
the money earners of trade and the
goods that have to be hitched to
others and, as a last resort, given
oxygen treatment of salestnen’s hot
air to move them, are the rocks that
bump the retail craft.”
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April 30, 1918
CLOVERLAND.
Zephyrs From the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan.
Marquette, April 28—We sincere-
ly hope that by some favorable turn
in the wind we will not lose our dear
friend and vociferous kicker, Sunny
Jim, for what would we ever do with-
out his Cogent Criticisms? In the
last issue we got ours all right, all
right, Sunny, but we took ours good
naturedly and it is just because we
believe, as we have said before, that
there is an honored place in this world
for the intelligent kicker. This is the
reason we love you, Sunny. We hope
you will come again and often. You’re
a pretty good fellow at that.
The Tamarack Co-Operative Asso-
ciation, at Calumet, is the largest co-
operative proposition in retail mer-
chandising in this State, if not in the
country; also the most successful. It
was organized in 1890—twenty-three
years ago—and has every year show-
ed a substantial gain. To give an
idea of its magnitude, its paid in cap-
ital stock is $68,100; its total sales
from Jan. 15, 1912, to Jan. 1, 1013)
were $845,930.90; it paid dividend No.
22 of 12 per cent. this year, amount-
ing to $103,947.02 and has paid in
total dividends to date since its or-
ganization $1,144,006.53 and shows
total sales since organization of $9,-
163,350. In its general merchandise
store it runs eight different depart-
nients, consisting of groceries, boots
and shoes, dry goods, clothing, crock-
ery, ladies’ ready-to-weat goods,
hardware and furniture, besides a
meat market in a separate building.
In the department or general store
ten delivery wagons are employed and
as many more in the meat market. In
employs some eighty people in all,
exclusive of the meat department, and
sells 90 per cent. of its volume to its
own stockholders. It does no whole-
saling. Some retail store, all right!
If you and I, just you and I
Should laugh instead of worry;
If we should grow, just you and I
Kinder and sweeter hearted,
Perhaps in some near by and bye,
Then what a happy world ’twould be
A good time might get started;
For you and me, for you and me.
We expect to visit the Grand Rap-
ids convention as tame as a mouse,
just on our own little hook, with no
connection with any little “stunts” of
any kind and with no particular ob-
ject in view other than to read our
report as Chairman of the Committee
on Kailroads and Transportation and
to visit with Mr. Stowe and, perhaps,
purchase some furniture with which
to “tog up” our enlarged domicile.
We last week had the pleasure of
Visiting at the office of the Keweenaw
Miner, a bright and newsy weekly
published at Mohawk, in Keweenaw
county, the most northerly county in
the Upper Peninsula. Keweenaw
county is quite an historic county,
being associated with at least two in-
teresting pieces of history. It is the
birthplace of Michigan copper, as
copper was discovered and mined on
an extensive scale there long before
the Calumet & Hecla or any other
Houghton county mine was ever dis-
covered or even thought of. It is
also the birthplace of Pythian Knight-
hood, inasmuch as Justis H. Rath-
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
bone, when a poor teacher at Eagle
Harbor, wrote the first ritual of the
Knights of Pythias, being inspired to
do so by his impression of the love
of two men, one toward the other,
the story of Damon and_ Pythias.
Within the last few years the old
school house in which Rathbone wrote
the ritual has been purchased by the
State organization of the Knights ot
Pythias. We were indeed pleasantly
surprised to find the Keweenaw
Miner housed in a substantial and
comiortable building of solid stone
and to find that it is equipped with
the most modern machinery, net only
jor the getting out of its up-to-date
paper, but also a. most astonishingly
up-to-date equipment for the getting
out of both job printing and book-
binding. It also publishes a month-
ly, a little magazine named the Nut
Shell, whose mission in the field of
literature seems to be the dissemina-
tion of choice pieces of real litera-
ture, interesting and witty sayings,
with a crispness and flavor that is
both appetizing and refreshing. It
is a pleasant antidote for pessimism
aid longfacedness and is calculated
to route the heart ache and the sad-
ness and let the other fellow do the
worrying while you do the laughing.
llere is a good sample:
“A traveler who believed himself
to be the sole survivor of a ship-
wreck upon a cannibal isle hid for
three days in terror of his life. Driv-
en out by hunger, he discovered a
thin wisp of smoke rising from a
clumb of bushes inland and crawled
carefully to study the type of sav-
ages about it. Just as he reached the
clump he heard a voice say, ‘Why in
h didn’t you play that card?’ He
dropped on his knees and devoutly
raising his hands said, ‘Thank God,
they are Christians.’ ”
C. M. Sullivan and John Keyes, two
prominent Knights of the Grip who
live at Hancock, are planning a trip
to Ireland. They expect to sail on
the Empress of Ireland the second
week in June. Wonder if they ex-
pect. to “get in” on the home rule
game!
We are all well pleased to hear
of Jay R. Pearce’s advancement to a
position of District Manager of the
company he has so ably represented
during the past year. He is to have
a statf of seventeen agents working
under him in Dakota, Minnesota,
Northern Wisconsin and Michigan.
For the present his headquarters will
be at Hancock, but he may eventual-
ly move to Duluth. We are glad to
hear of a young man making good
and Jay is a prince of good fellows
and everyone of the 150 Upper Penin-
sula traveling men are his friends.
The Durham House at St. Ignace,
under the management of its owner
lor many years past and we hope
for many years yet to come, Jim
Campbell, better known as the “my
wite and I” hotel, has been re-open-
ed, much to the pleasure and satis-
faction of his old friends on the
road. He and Mrs. Campbell took a
well-earned vacation during the
winter, closing the hotel up while
he took in the sights, and has again
re-opened it and will, in the tuture,
keep it open all the year round, re-
ports to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. “My wife will look aiter the
cuisine end of it and I will be at the
desk and in the office as usual, at-
tending to the wants of the public
and reading poetry to the lady guests
as of yore.” Ura Donald Laird.
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Chirpings From the Crickets.
Battle Creek, April 28—AlII you
fellows who find your business a lit-
tle quiet and feel that you can leave
your territory alone for a little while,
without your competitors eating you
up, come in and help your good wives
clean house. A change is as good
as a rest, you know, and it has a ten-
dency, to make you strong with
the Mrs.
Brother H. W. Ireland, out on R.
i. D. No. 4, got three of his brother
counselors out to the “farm” Friday
night and gave them a music lesson.
‘The idea is a future quartette for 253.
Norm was singing “do” when I saw
him last, with deep feeling. Don’t
know whether he had in mind the
foundation of N. B. Co.’s products,
the composition of his expense ac-
count or just the good old musical
term he is learning to strike with ac-
curacy.
James M. Goldstein the Tradesman
correspondent at Ludington, in last
week’s issue, made a note in his ar-
ticle that he felt I had a poem mailed
for that issue. Rather a good guess,
James, as I did have a poem in the
mails, composed by C. R. Foster and
printed last week. This coincident
denotes a gift you have, Brother
Goldstein. I just don’t know what
it is or whether you can use it for
your personal betterment, so don't
take it too seriously.
Where are our Grand Secretary’s
weekly items?
Did you boys read the dandy clip-
ping from the Ludington Chronicle
on page 25 of last week's issue of
the Tradesman regarding James M.
Goldstein? Sounds nice. Glad to read
such articles regarding brother U. C.
T's. It is such honorable, clean and
earnest men that have made the U.
C. T. the factor in business and social
lite they have become throughout the
country.
Clarence Van Liew, of 253, came
home for Sunday.
Oscar Ware and Charley Harvey,
of Athens, were in our city Friday.
Both of these gentlemen are the
friends and well wishers of the travel-
ing man, both being in business to
accommodate them. Oscar stayed
over night and took his family to see
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. Char-
ley went back to Athens in the after-
noon via The Trail of the Lonesome
Time.
Richard Mitchell has started out
for a Milwaukee candy house. Rich-
ard used to cover some territory for
Taylor Bros. Co.
Grand Counselor John Q. Adams
visits Adrian Council the second Sat-
urday in May.
M. L. Blakeslee called upon city
trade the latter part of the past week-
M. Tuitt, of 253, has returned from
a very successful trip into the Thumb.
25
Tilly is one of the old guard of 253
and we hope to see him up in Arcade
hall from time to time.
J. O. McIntire spent Sunday with
his family.
We have one more regular meeting
before the State U. C. T. convention
at Grand Rapids, June 13-14. This
meeting will be called in the after-
noon of Saturday, May 17, at 2 o'clock
sharp. Many details regarding the
coming convention will have to be
taken care of at this session. We
want all you boys to be with us at
vur next regular session because we
want you and yours to go to the
State convention. Our neighboring
councils are planning for this big
convention and you don’t want Bat-
tle Creek to go unprepared to show
the bunch that we are alive: that we
have two boys in the Grand Council
and timber galore for any old council
or otfce. No hotel expense for the
ladies, the largest council in the State
to entertain a “wet” town, two big
candy factories that will leave it to
the visiting ladies to decide which
turis out the goods. Breweries that
will put the same proposition up to
the men Base ball talent galore and,
if you are real nice, I am sure Mr.
Stowe, of the Tradesman, would be
pleased to have you call and extend
the day’s greetings. No, 253 must
also. decide regarding our trap-
Will we go looking like the
Emperor’s private body guard on
Coronation Day or as commercial
inen Out fora frolic? Be with us Mav
17 sure. We would especially invite
Geo. C. Steele to be with us.
Guy Pfander.
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Seepings From the Soo.
Sault Ste. Marie, April 28—Camp &
Morris, at Kinross, have dissolved
partnership, Mr. Camp taking over
the business, while Mr. Morris has
moved to the Soo.
The streams and creeks at Fibre,
which have been freshly stocked with
fish from the nearby streams, are
waiting the anxious anglers May 1.
John Crawford of Rudyard, has
opened a meat market and expects
to do a wholesale and retail meat
business. This makes two meat mar-
kets for Rudyard and we understand
that low prices are being made,
while the meats cost higher than any
other place in the states at the pres-
ent time.
pings.
Drummond Island is again in con-
nection with the outside world. The
mail boat has started making trips
from DeTour, and a number of young
folks went to the Indian Sugar camp
on horseback last week and reported
a joyful time.
Ed. Taylor, of Pickford, is a fre-
quent visitor to the Soo again with
his automobile, carrying home loads
of supplies each week.
It was a pretty sight at the canal
the latter part of last week just be-
fore the boats got through the canal
a3 they tied up eight and nine abreast,
especially in the evening when they
well all illuminated. It was a rare
treat for the early tourists who hap-
pened to be here at that time.
W. G. Tapert.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
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Michigan Board of Pharmacy.
President—John J. Campbell, Pigeon.
Secretary—W. E. Collins, Owosso. _
Treasurer—Edwin T. Boden, Bay City.
Other Members—E. E. Faulkner, Del-
ton; Charles S. Koon, Muskegon.
Michigan Scate Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion.
President—Henry Riechel, Grand Rap-
ids.
First Vice-President—F. E. Thatcher,
Ravenna.
Second Vice-President—E. E. Miller,
Traverse City.
Secretary—Von W. Furniss, Nashville.
Treasurer—Ed. Varnum, Jonesville.
Executive Committee—D. D. Alton,
Fremont; Ed. W. Austin, Midland; C.
S. Koon, Muskegon; R. - Cochrane,
Kalamazoo; Look, Lowell; Grant
Stevens, Detroit.
Michigan Pharmaceutical Travelers’ As-
sociation.
President—F. W. Kerr, Detroit.
Secretary-Treasurer—W. Ss.
Grand Rapids.
Lawton,
Grand Rapids Drug Club.
President—Wm. C. Kirchgessner.
Vice-President—E. D. De La Mater.
Secretary and Treasurer—Wm. 8.
Tibbs.
Executive Committee—Wm. Quigley,
Chairman; Henry Riechel, Theron Forbes.
Pharmacy Is Not Going Backward.
1 have no desire to rush in print, or
take up much of your valuable space.
I was very interested, however, on
this topic to iind it worthy of a reply.
“Is pharmacy going backward?” I
aml not quite certain as to the object
of your subject. It can be construed
to refer both to the moral and ethical
status or the scientific development
as retrogression, or advancement. I
will endeavor to touch on both sides
of the question as I see them.
| have always been a stickler for
pharmacy under ethical lines— not
ultra-ethical, just plain common-sense
ethics—that which appeals to charac-
ter, honesty and stability.
Pharmacy is not going backward
but the character of some of the men
are sadly deteriorating that have
taken up this one-time noble calling.
{low exasperating this existing con-
dition of sandwiches, pies and eggs
at 5 and 10 cents! The gratuitious
serving of crackers and cakes with
your soda for 5 cents a glass! Can
we sell you an umbrella? This is a
very rainy day. Can the public re-
spect such a degrading exhibition as
this? Can there be any doubt that
we are going backward?
While I appreciate the fact of the
store, destroying our oppor-
tunities, it must be said to their credit
that which rightfully belongs to them,
that they employ, with but few ex-
ceptions, first-class clerks and pay
good salaries. In regard to the drugs
handled by them, you will find on
close enquiry that they are very dis-
criminating in their purchases, being
desirous at all times to keep in stock
the best drugs obtainable. They are
close followers of the pharmacy laws,
and are particular and careful to live
up to anything embodied within them
chain
whicn prohibits the sale of narcotics
aud drugs used for reprehensible pur-
poses. One would infer perhaps from
what I have said in defense of the
chain stores that I favored their
methods. lar from that is my ob-
ject. i do not want criticism heaped
against those that are not guilty, as
a subterfuge to cloak over the un-
scrupulous so-called ethical piharma-
cist, who tries to cover up his nefari-
ious practices of sophistication and
dilution—the kind that is done sole-
ly for greed and gain, where the dol-
lar is placed above the man.
The chain store with its enormous
capital and power back of it must
necessarily in time destroy the pros-
pects of pharmacists doing business
cities. The effects of low
prices on proprietary medicines, the
drugs, toilet requisites
aud powerful advertising are the mag-
nets that bring the trade to their
stores, which unfortunately is the
reason why so many of us are com-
pelled to abandon our pursuits in
pharmacy.
The pharmacist in the small towns
can still thrive by continuing busi-
ness On a solid business basis, i. e.,
selling his merchandise at a profitable
figure and keeping in mind at all
times that the most powerful weapon
at his command is the confidence of
his clientele, and honesty of purpose.
Let us not hide our light under a
bushel; let us be honest when giving
the real reasons for defeat and fail-
ure, when we are not in competition
or hampered by a chain store, and
say that the character of the individ-
ual did not measure up to his call-
ing, for on him depended the com-
plexion of the kind of business he
was following.
Is this clamor for higher education
to be the solution? I say no! While
1 am in favor of higher education,
and | appreciate the necessity of ob-
taining young men with at least a
preliminary knowledge on a par with
a second year high school grade, pre-
ferring, if feasible, to even go beyond
that, that of a high school diploma,
if that would help us out of the situa-
tion. But to what advantage, except-
ing to fit the individual with a quali-
ty of brain that will permit him to
absorb instruction more readily, over
a lesser degree of intelligence. That,
unfortunately, does not solve the
problem, for after he attains the ob-
ject sought, that of a graduate in
pharmacy, then comes into play the
serious part—-the character jof the
individual. Can he elevate his calling
when he lacks the moral courage,
manliness and force to stand by the
common ethics of his teaching?
in large
specials on
Within the past ten years much
has been done for our profession.
The improvement as to formule,
standardization and assay have been
iactors which have done considerable
for therapeutics in calculating their
benetits. The National Formulary is
a work of incalculable good, giving
us a contribution which should be
highly appreciated. The character of
the men in completing this work are
of the highest type of intelligence—
men of great capacity—and it is right
here at this juncture that the writer
must stop and ponder, almost to em-
barrassment, to think how commer-
cialism has victimized and robbed
them of a prestige they so fittingly
deserve.
In many of ‘our institutions where
pharmacy is taught great improve-
ments have been made for imparting
knowledge to the matriculant. The
faculties have strengthened by the
personnel of the men selected for the
work.
Our State associations through their
efforts in
given
scientific pharmacy have
birth to many new contribu-
tions which have been of inestimable
value to the medical profession. The
physician recognizes and respects the
real value of a good pharmacist and
how closely they are allied to each
other’s interests. We
ineans feel that we are subordinate
in ability or professional standing,
for in each instance the true end of
satisfaction is reached in the charac-
ter of the men of their respective
protessions. The inauguration of the
Regents Counts for the admission of
students to our colleges was an ideal
step in the right direction, requiring
of them a particular fitness to enter
in their studies. Much time and un-
tiring work has been given to legisla-
need by no
tive matters which has been the means
of strengthening our narcotic laws,
eliminating to a great degree the
traffic of habit-forming drugs. Our
activities and hearty co-operation in
the pure food and drugs laws have
done much in prosecuting this im-
portant measure to a successful con-
clusion, all of which tends to show
that we have not been lax in our in-
terests for the advancement and mor-
al progress, having at all times in
mind a high state of efficiency.
I might go on and on citing other
important things that have been done,
would space permit. It appears to
me that the most ardent critic could
find no fault with our showing, along
the lines of improvement and prog-
ress, so far as it purports to the
laws, course of study, scientific re-
search, pharmacopceial revisions, etc.
Pharmacy is not going backward,
but the individual is going backward.
Never in the history of our chosen
calling has so much advancement been
made as in recent years, in practical
and theoretical pharmacy. The men
at the head stand high in knowledge
and ability in the educational con-
gress of our country. They have
given time, patience and untiring
energy to the cause. Monumental
sacrifices have been made in their
contributions for our advancement
and betterment. Can we afford to
blind our whole future by throwing
April 30, 1913
away an opportunity that is still left
for us?
Like the swaying oak, we have
been bending; but with its vigor and
strength it stands strong and sturdy
against the ravishes of time, unyield-
ing and defant. Let us emulate this
example of fidelity and strength by an
unrelentless effort for the uplifting
of our profession, so that the old
landmark, “Our Pharmacy Oak,” will
not be entirely obliterated from our
view. David Strauss.
—_++-.
Care of Chocolate Candy.
The carelessness of retailers in the
treatment of candy, especially choco-
late, after it reaches their stores, is
often responsible for a great deal of
complaint and prejudice against his
goods. Many storekeepers give no
attention to the fact that chocolates
without a wrapper quickly lose their
aroma and absorb the aromas. of
other articles set near it. Uncover-
ed boxes and trays of goods are ex-
posed in windows sometimes for too
many days.
For the sake of the trade in gener-
al and his own in particular, the re-
tailer should be careful not to expose
his goods to dust, air and foreign
odors. The idea among storekeepers
is that the display of the naked cho-
colate attracts customers and induces
them to buy. The idea is correct,
but the very fact that candy is un-
covered might offset any inclination
to buy, especially these days when
the cry against germs and contami-
nation is heard on all sides. Package
goods, of course, are not subject to
exposure to other odors or “smells,”
as they might be more aptly termed,
but they suffer mightily from expo-
sure to the sun.
One of the most impractical ideas
is placing the whole stock in the
window or atop of the show case.
Manufacturers of bulk chocolate
goods would do well to call attention
to the susceptibility of chocolate to
lose much of its fragrance by ex-
posure to the air, and it could be
done by placing a label on the con-
tainer with the information. Small
samples might be placed in the win-
dow wrappered, but should not be
soid.—International Confectioner.
2-2
Attention is called to the adver-
tisement of the Rapid Egg Tester Co.
in the produce department of this
week's issue. This tester is meeting
with hearty recognition at the hands
of the trade. A sample is on exhibi-
tion at the office of the Tradesman.
—_++»___
Some people make light of trouble;
others keep it dark.
For Sale
One of the best located drug
stores in Grand Rapids. doing
excellent business. Complete and
up-to-date stock and fixtures,
Cutting of prices not necessary,
Good reason for selling.
Address No, 959, care Michigan
Tradesman.
April 30, 1913 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27
WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT
Acids @ubebs .......... @4 50 Digitalis 2....... : @ 60
: 8 Peeron .......- @2 50 Gentian ..... 14. @ 60
Acetic ...-....+. 6 @ Eucalyptus ..... 15@ > Sb Ginger ..1.....1.. @ 60
Bovies .) 0.0.0... 10 @ 15 eee pure ei 00 Guaiac ae . .
io , 24 uniper Berries .. 125 Guaiac Ammon. @
ae: i @® fee Wo. a at ane @1 00
Citric ...-..++-- 8 @) 88) Maravextra i). 85@1 00 Iodine, Colorless @1 25
Muriatie i) .... 14@ 9 Lard) Not)... i5@) 80 Ipecac .......-... @ 5
Nite |... 54%@ 10 lavender Wlowers @400 fron, clo. ........ @ 60
oe 13 @ 16 vender, Garden oe 00 Wing 22... 2.6... @ 15
Oxalic .......... G2? temon 4 00@4 50 Myrrh ........... @ 60
Sulphuric ....... 1%@ 5 Linseed, boiled bbl @ 51 Nux Vomica @ 50
@artaric ........ 388 @ 42 Linseed, bld. less 55@ 60 Opium ........+: @1 75
: ee Linseed, raw bbls. @ 50 Opium Camph. .. @ 60
Ammonia Linseed, raw less 54@ 59 Opium, Deodorz’d @2 00
Mustard, true ..450@6 00 Rhubarb ......... @ %
Water, 26 deg. .. 64@ 10 Mueere artin'| 2 aoe ue st
Water, 18 deg. .. 44@ 8 Neatsfoot ...... @ 8 aints
ey ao gs ¢ Olive, pure ..... 250@3 50 ead, red ary 7@ 10
ee tre ee rae, Malaga, Lead, white dry 7@ 10
Garbonate ...... 183 @ 16 ellow ...... 160@1 75 Tead white oil 7@ 10
Chloride ...... 1 12,°@ 45 Olive, “Malas, 1 50@1 65 Ochre yellow bbl. 1 @ 1%
Balsams Orange, sweet .. 4 00@4 50 ras iss 24 0 8
We Organum, pure 1 25@150 Req Venetian bbl. 1 @ 1%
Copaiba ......... 7%5@1 00 Origanum, com’! 50@ 75 Rea venet'n, less 2 @ 5
Fir (Canada) .. 1 75@2 00 core trees 2 eee 50 Shaker, Prepared 1 40@1 50
Fir (Oregon) ....40@ 50 Rose, pure ... 16 00@18 00 vcrmillion, Eng. a
Pen es... 2 25@2 50 Rosemary Flowers 90@1 00 Whiting, bbl. ..... 1@ =
Tolu 1 25@1 40 Sandalwod, EB. I. 6 25@6 50 whiting’ .........1. 2@ 5
Be ee 5 Sassafras, true 80@ 90 :
Berries Sassafras, artifi’l 45@ 50 Insecticides
Spearmint |.... 6 00@6 & Aeceni
@ubeb .-......... 65@ id Sperm ......... 90@1 00 en ei Bi ol! &@ 10
a ae Shoe pee | Oe
a a ip ae Be: SG 6 pe oe, 12
Juniper ...-.-+-++- 6@ Turpentine. bile... @49% Fy ou Mix Pst 8@ 1
Prickley Ash .. . @ 50 Turpentine, less 55@ 60 ellebore, White A
Fintan : ~ powdered .... 15@ 20
Wintergreen, true) @500 Insect Powd aie
Barks Wintergreen, sweet Tesd A oer 20@ 35
: | bireh 200): 20G2e Foe ae Oe FS
Cassia (ordinary) 25 Wintergreen, art’l 50@ 60 ee Pe 15
Cassia (Saigon) 65@ 75 Wormseed ...... @600 paris Gees gal. ne 2
Elm (powd. 25¢) 25@ 30 Wormwood ..... @8 00 ; 7 0@
a. a Miscellaneous Our Home—Corner Oakes and Commerce
Sassafras (pow. 30c) @ 25 Potassium eos a
Soap (powd. 25c) @ 15 Bicarbonate ... 15@ 18 a id ...... 80@ 35 —
Bichromate .... 13@ 16 ‘jum Se
FOMIGE ..0..... 45@ 5) © , See . . id ©
ie ee BO 13 pp GlOUMG,-- SO 7 We are distributors of the Walrus soda fountain made
icorice ......... 24@ 28 Chlorate, xtal and | / . take Pee 10@2 25 ‘ sue
Leonie powdered #@ 30 || Powdered .. 1@ W bors xialor = at Decatur, Ill. We have five complete fountains on exhibi-
‘hlorate, granular 16@ 2 : : : L i : i : :
Flowers Cyanide '..++...-, » 292, 49 cantharadies pot 364,22 | tion in our store, and we invite the inspection and con-
i Es O Bee coco aie 2 8@ x BEA oe
Ammica ........ 4: 18@ 25 permanganate .. 15@ 30 Calenicl ........ 1 25@1 35 : : se
Cue ee ba a Prussiate yellow 30@ 5 Capsicum ......, 20@ 25 sideration of all prospective buyers.
1 ; russiate, red .. 50@ 60 Bae San
Chamomile (Rom.) 40@ 50 Sursts 15@ 20 Cassia Buds @ 40
Cloves ...5..... 0@ 35
Gums Roots Chalk Prepared .. 6@ 8% i
Acacia, Ist ...... 40@ 50 eect ee 15@ 20 oe =O mn Grand Rapids. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG co.
Acacia, 2nd ...... ma 4 Gee ee Chloral Hydrate’ 1 00@1 15
Acacia, 3a 2.1...) 30@ 35 Elecampane, pwd. 15@ 20 oS uy 3 70@3 90
Acaccia, Sorts .... @ 29 Gentian, powd. .. 12@ 16 0: utter .... 50@ 60
D2 rent 20" Corks, list, less 70% Sas al Ca ? ath a A
Acacia Powdered 35@ 49 inger, African, | Copperas bbls cwt’ @ 85 | FOOTE & JENKS C.COQLKMAN’S BRAND)
Aloes (Barb. Pow) 22@ 25 Ginger, Jamaica 20@ 25 ol oe Hal re .
Aloes (Cape Pow) 20@ 25 Ginger, Jamaica, ee 2.
e
Aloes (Soe Powd.) aa : powdered .... 22@ 28 Corrosive Sublm. 1 25@1 40 Terpeneless Lemon and High Class Vanilla
Cream Tartar .. 28@ 35 :
Goeictan |. 1 one 25 poe ee, oe Cuttlebone ...... 25@ 35 Insist on getting Coleman’s Extracts from your jobbing grocer, or mail order direct to
Asafoetida, Powd. Ticonice, 144@ 16 =e AOS 7@_ 10 FOOTE & JENKS, Jackson, Mich.
ees 1 Licorice, powd. 12@ 15 mae a 2 00@2 25
eee @150 Orris, powdered 25@ 30 Emery, a os ia
U. S. P| Powd. @175 Poke, powdered 20@ 25 Emery, powdered 5@ 8
Ghee Le RaneEn 75@1 00 Epsom Salts, bbls @ 1%
iphor ........ 5@ 60 fF on ans =@19, mpsom Salts, less 24@ d
Guaige 2.000063. , 35@ 40 Beeb, Poe oe a Ergot 1 50@1 ‘td
a, Rosinweed, powd. 25@ : Sie eas eos [
Guaiac, Powdered 40@ 50 Sanaa: Hond. a oe eour = t wee »
Sano Fe 40 Sround 2)... QQ 50 pe aes ee ain y
kxkino, Powdered .. . 45 Sarsaparilla Mexican, aa . ee 10
Morn @ 40 ane ao 300 = Getatine |. 35@ 45
Myrrh, Powdered , @ 50 Saquills, powdered 40@ 60 Glassware, full cases 80%
' J 5 Glassware, less 70 & 10%
Opium 7 55@7 75 Tumeric, powd. 12@ 15 Glauber Salts bt a
oe ot : Valerian, powd. 23@ 30 cee 6S
Opium, Powd. .. 9 00@9 20 aoe Salts less 2@ 5
: ae : Seeds nue, brown .... £I@) 15
a Gran .. 9 “e 20 Anise o5..0.00.) 15@ 20 Glue, brown grd 10@ 15
2 a = ee - 25@ 30 an powdered 22@ 25 one wee we Hop
Shellac, eache 30 5 iva. is ......... 7@ 8 ue, white gr 5@ %
mee 2 Canary 660.0000 0. 1 10 Glycerine ....... 23@ 30
fragacanth .... 125@130 Garaway 12@ 18 Hops 50@_ 80
a Pow cig 15 Cardamon’ ee 1 15 2 00 page terete ees 4 8901 ne
Turpentine ..... a 15 elery ........ .. 5 60 todine .......... 7
° eer ties | JO@) 16 no si ccees 4 ioe 5 00
Eeaves. ..... (DHL ce.......... 18@ 20 4ea cetate .... 12@ 18
Buen 1 85@2 00 Fennell .......... ® 30 Lycopdium ...... 60@ 75 ;
Ron. woke oats Me oe. 4@ § «Meee ok... 80@ 90 MERICAN BEAUTY” Display Case No. 412—one
Sage, bulk ...... 18@ 25 lax, ground .... 4@ 8 Mace, powdered 90@1 00
Sage, 4s Loose. 20@ 28 Hoenusreck, pow. 6@ 10 Menthol ...... 10 og 00 of more than one hundred models of Show Case,
5 oF ° CMI cece. ace ercury ........ : . . ;
ee ee eee 50 Morphine, ail brd 4 55@4 80 Shelving and Display Fixtures designed by the Grand
ae. EO 8 Maat beck .. te i Nerveulepos i Rapids Show Case Company for displaying all kinds
» Linn, Pow. 20@ Mustard, powd. 20@ 25 Pepper, black pow 20@25 of goods, and adopted by the most progressive stores of America.
Uva Ursi 2.2... @ 15 Me ; 95 5 :
ODBY i ..fs. 15@ 20 Pepper, white 25@ 30
Oils a oe eee’ te GRAND RAPIDS SHOW CASE CO., Grand Rapids, Michigan
Almonds, Bitter, i Se ee 25@ 30 Quinine, all brds 23144@ 33% The Largest Show Case and Store Equipment Plant in the World
ck. ee 6 00@6 50 ech vali powd. 35a * Hoes Salts 2 aye x a Show Rooms and Factories: New York, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Boston, Portland
J , L unflower ...... @ accharine .... @2 2
Alaanae GREE. ce vo ee oo 6 Seidlits Mixture’ ‘the 25
. orm Levant .. @ 50 Seidlitz Mixture .. a 5
True sls... 90@1 00 é
Aiona, Dee oe ‘ Tinctures cals Beet caatiie 3 10@ is
imitation .... @ 00 Aconite .......... 60 Soap, white castil i
on py crude... 2b@ 80 Aloes’ |... |. oes 60 oe oe @6 25
Amber, rectified . 40@ 50 Arnica .......... 60 Soap, white castile -
Anise 2.0000 0) 2 25@2 50 Asafoetida ...... 10 1 G
Bergamont ..... 3 00 Belladonna ...... 80 Soda Ash .. lot 1% ° our if} S O ou on 00 S
vot ce taace ., oe. as Benain geen 70 Soda Bicarbonate 1% 5
Castor, bbls. and ? Fa Cae 30 Soe tia Camper | ; 15 are manufactured by as and all sold on the same
Cane ...... 124%@ 15 Cantharadies ... 7> Sulphur roll .... 2 ° i i i
Cedar Leet ee @ 8 Capsicum :...... 60 Suisnur Subl. .... ou 5 heals, ifregpective of size, shape or denomination.
Citronella @ 60 Cardamon ....... 75 Tamarinds ..... - @ 15 i i
oe Nene 1 po? 2 peat a Comp. 75 Tartar Emetic .. 40 50 Bree aoaies op apnhentio.
cocoanut ........ atechu ........: 60 Turpentine Venice 40 50
Cod Liver ..... . 125@1 50 Cinchona ........ 60 Vanilla Ext. pure 1 00@1 50 i i
Cotton Seed... 70@ 85 Colchicum’:...... @ 60 Witch Hazel... 65@1 00 TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Groton ......:... @1 60 Cubebs .......... @ % Zinc Sulphate .... 7@ 10
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
GROCERY PRICE CURRENT
These quotations are carefully corrected weekly. within six hours of mailing.
and are intended to be correct at time of going to press.
liable to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders filled
at market prices at date of purchase.
Prices, however. are
CHEWING GUM
Adams Black Jack .
Adams Sappota .......
Beeman’s Pepsin
Beechnut (any ee
Colgan Violet Chips ..
Colgan Mint Chips ..
DCNtWNe ......0.6562.. 2 20
Index to Markets
12 oz. ovals 2 doz.
AXLE GREASE Spearmint, Wrigleys bse
Spearmint, 5 box jars
Spearmint, 3 box, _
et
1tb. wood boxes, 4 doz.
Cc 55
Little Neck, 1!b 5 boxes one kind, 8c per
Little Neck, 2tb
roc bo oS
Bath Brick ...... es
~
&
Breakfast Food ' BAKED BEANS
Pe at et et et
Butter Color ....---+-
DPN Cie 09 9 Go CO 69 08 GO C8 FO PDS tO
9
Condensed Pearl Bluing
Small C P Bluing, doz.
Large C P Bluing, doz.
BREAKFAST FOODS
Apetizo, Biscuits ...... 3
Bear Food, Peron 1
Cracked Wheat,
Cream of Wheat, 36-2
Cream of Rye, 24-2
Fre
we (Natural) Walter Baker & Co. .
SC .- Pee German's Sweet .......
Chewing Gum ...-
Hershey’s Almond ic ..
Hershey’s Milk, 5c ....
Walter M. Lowney Co.
et suereescerees
Com DO
1
Premium, 468 ...-.--...
CLOTHES ae
be
Pac Toasties, o
No. 3
Farinose, 24-2 .....
oa
Grape Sugar ‘Flakes |” oe
Sugar Corn Flakes ..
Hardy Wheat Food
: Tomato, 1tb ..... secs
Postma’s Dutch Cook
ror bth thr
Paxinenee, Goods
Kellogg’ . Toasted Rice
DH NHR Dee
Flavoring ache ee
Flour and Feed ...---
AIIAG
DOO
ree s Toasted Rice (ite...
goon Toasted ‘Wheat, Galvanized Wire
. 20, each 100ft. long 1
. 19, each 100ft. long 2
a
Krinkle Corn Flake a
mt ee Flakes,
since yhict ce
3 doz
Grain Bags ....--++++s
Bakers 2.50.0... >
dene jag . Lae No. 3 cans, per doz.
Hides and Pe ee Mapl- am Flakes ....
Minn. Wheat Cereal
Ralston Wheat Food
Ralston Wht Food 10c
Saxon Wheat Food ..
Shred Wheat Biscuit
Triscuit ,18 .....
Pillsbury’s Best Ger'l
Post Tavern Special .
Quaker Puffed Rice ..
Quaker Puffed Wheat
Quaker Brkfst Biscuit
Quaker Corn Flakes ..
Victor Corn Flakes ..
Washington Crisps
Wheat Hearts .....
ie iomgaeg ABS oc ccisc ces
Bar! y June 12
rly June sifted 1 4501 es, Te :
Jelly Glasses ........- Pewlor | cee eee cs
No 10 size can pie
Van Houten, YB ...06
Van Houten, \%s .....
Van Houten, %s ......
Van Houten, 18 ......
nue
Wilber, %s Bee ai aisles
Olives ...cceccccccccecs Wilber, 48 .....eeeeee
PEE DHE DPN RE COD PR mCopob ft
Evapor’d. Sugar Corn
Pipe : yo 1 th. Tall ..2
Pihying ‘Cards By
tas
G0 00 00 60 G8
nc : Med. Red Al a1 gt
bee ec e e aska
Provisions ........++4+- Whittier Seah ia ee
Coaanie Whisk ......
Fancy Whisk ........
Warehouse .........-.
4s & ¥%s 15tb. case
Scalloped Gems .
eeeeeasesreeseeses
ww
oooccee 1D
Mustard 2 75
Domestic, % Mustard on
French, %s LL 18038
te bet et 0 me ome OO CD
4%
Bulk, pails ...... soe
Salad Dressing .
Dunbar, ist doz, .
TS ge een
Solid Back, 11 in. ....
ds
Seeds seeeeee Choice 6.66508 o cL,
Shoe Blacking . SASS
6 1 20
aoe BANCY ...--20+5 - 1 25@1 40
da
BUTTER COLOR Bis. 90 ........;..-
CARBON OILS
Paraffine, 6s ........ - 10
inact 428 ..5..c0: ce (holes ...:..-...... cee
CANNED GOODS Deodor’d Nap’a .
Apples
See cae Fancy (ae
Black, winter .. Java
Private Growth
Wrapping Paper .....
Y Mandling boesecss occ l Bt
Snider’s pints .......
Snider’s % pints .....1 35
4
Mocha
Short Bean ...
Long Bean
HA. L. O. G.
Fair
MANCY: 2.085003 o
Exchange Market, Steady
Spot Market, Strong
Package
New York Basis
Arbuckle
Ton
McLaughlin’s XXxX
McLaughlin’s XXXX sold
to retailers only. — all
orders direct to F.
McLaughlin & Co., ‘Ci
go.
xtract
Holland, e gro boxes :
Felix, % RTOSS occ: a0
Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85
Hummel’s tin, % gro. 1 43
CONFECTIONS
Stick Candy Pails
Standard ....... seecee| 8
Standard WH ....... 8
Standard Twist ....... 9
Cases
Sumpo, 8251p. ...2...: 8%
xtra FW .. wl... 11
Goston Cream ......... 4
Big Stick, 30 4% case .. 8%
Mixed Candy
Grocers .:.........4 o-- 6%
AO acces ee
Special | ...... 5... 3. _
Conserve ...... Selec ce. 8%
OVEN coco cscs 8
Rippon o.oo). soe 24
IBroOKen 1.6... 6s. n - 8%
Cut oat ....... L. 9%
Meader 3... ....3 ss... 8%
Kindergarten Ber ceaes 2h
French Cream ........ 9
Hand Made Creams .. 17
Premio Cream mixed 14
Paris Cream Bon Bons 10
Fancy—Iin Pails
Gypsy Hearts ....... 14
Coco Bon Bons ..... 14
Fudge Squares ...... 13
Peanut Squares ..... 12
Sugared Peanuts .... 12
Salted Peanuts .
Starlight Kisses ..
Lozenges, plain ..
Champion, Chocolate cok
Eclipse Chocolates .. 14
Eureka Chocolates .. 16
Champion Gum manne 10
1
Anise Squares .. 0
Lemon Sours . 10
Imperials ... 10
ital. Cream Bon Bons 12
Golden Waffles ...... 4
Red Rose Gum Drops 10
Auto Kisses .......... 14
Coty Tolly ..........
4
Molasses ‘Mint Kisses 12
Fancy—In 5%. Boxes
Old Fashioned fiolas-
ses Kisses 1014. bx. 1 30
Orange Jellies ....... 60
Lemon Sours ...... 60
Old Fashioned Hore-
hound drops .....
Peppermint Drops .. 70
Champion Choc Drops 60
H. M. Choc. Lt. and
Dark, No: 12 ...... 1 10
Bitter Sweets, as'td. 1 25
Brilliant Gums, Crys. 60
A. A. Licorice Drops 90
Lozenges, printed ... 65
Lozenges, plain ...... 60
imperials ............ 6D
IMOET@CS (<...--...5-..- 65
G. M. Peanut Bar 60
Hand Made Crms 80@90
Cream meters 22.05.
Strne Rock .......... 70
Wintergreen Berries . 60
Pop Corn
Cracker Jack ...... 25
cou 5e pkg. es. 3 50
wy 1008 .27..... 3 50
| oan Drops
Putnam Menthal ... 1 00
Smith Bros. ........ 1 25
NUTS—Whole
Almonds, Tarragona 18
Almonds, Drake .... 17
Almonds, California —
soft shell ..... .
Brawls’ 660... @12
Buperts ....-+0- @15
Car No. 1 ......
Walnuts sft shell ane
Walnuts, Marbot
Table nuts, fancy
Pecans, medium .. @15
Pecans, ex. large ..
Hickory Nuts, per bu.
MObio =. 2... sess e 2 00
Cocoanuts .........:
Chestnuts, New York
State, per bu. ....
Shelled
Spanish Peanuts 84%@ ;
Pecan Halves .... @70
Walnut Halves .. @38
Filbert Meats .. @30
Alicante Almonds @45
Jordan Almonds @50
Peanuts
Fancy H P Suns 6@ 6%
Roasted ....... -. 17@ 7%
Choice, raw, H P Jum-
b @T7
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April 30, 1913
5)
CRACKED WHEAT
Bul 2.2. t es. soe 3%
ot 21D OkeS. ....... 2 50
CRACKERS
National Biscuit Company
Brands
Butter
Boxes
Excelsior Butters ..... 8
NBC Square Butters .. 6%
meymour Hound ......
: Sod
NBC Sodas .......... 6%
Premium Sodas ...... Te
Select Sodas -.......... 846
Saratoga Flakes ...... 13
Malgines ooo os, 13
Oyster ha
NBC Picnic Wee sters .. 6%
Gem Oysters ...... sees Oe
SHEN ce lees. sisis sce SO
Sweet Goods
Cans and boxes
Animals
Atlantics Also Asstd. . 12
Avena Fruit Cakes ... 12
Bonnie Doon Cookies. .10
Bonnie Lassies ...... 10
Brittle Fingers ...... 10
Cameo Biscuit Choc.
(CAS) oe. 25
Cameo Biscuit Asstd.
(CANS) oo. 25
Cartwheels Asstd. .... 8%
Cecelia Biscuit ...... 16
Chocolate Bar (cans) 18
Chocolate Drops ...... Ag
Chocolate Drop Cen-
ers) ee, 16
Choc. Honey Fingers. 16
Choc. Rosettes (cans) 2
Chackmels 0.500 66. 18
Cocoanut Taffy Bar .. 13
Cocoanut Drops ...... 12
Cocoanut Macaroons .. 18
Cocnut Honey Fingers 12
Coent Honey: Jumbles 12
Coffee Cakes Iced ... 12
Eventide Fingers .... 16
Family Cookies ......, 8%
Fig Cakes Asstd.
Frosted Creams 8%
Frosted Ginger Cookies 8,
Fruit Lunch Iced .... 10
Ginger Gems Plain .... 8%
Ginger Gems Iced .... 9%
Graham Crackers .. 8
Ginger Snaps Family .. 8%
Ginger Snaps NBC
Reund ..)-. wc... cee 8
Household Cookies ....8
Household Cks. Iced .. 9
Hippodrome Bar ..... 12
Honey Jumbles ...... 12
dmperiais: 7050 6 81%
Jubilee Mixed ....... 10
Lady Fingers Sponge ..30
Leap Year Jumbles .. 18
Lemon Biscuit Square 8%
Lemon Wafers 17
Eemona ¢:...05..6....
Mace Cakes
Mary Ann 300300. 8%
Marshmallow Cfe. Ck. 13
Marshmallow Walnuts 18
Medora 4
Mottled Squares .... 10
NBC Honey Cakes ... 12
Oatmeal Crackers .... 8
Orange Gems ........ 846
Penny Assorted ....... 8%
Peanut Gems ,........ 9
Pineapple Cakes ..... 16
Raisin Gems ......... 11
Reveres Asstd. ....... 15
Spiced Ginger Cakes .. 9
Spiced Ginger Cakes
ACCME sees su aie. 10
Sugar Fingers ....... 12
Sugar Crimp) 02.5.2... 8%
Sultana Fruit Biscuit 16
Triumph Cakes ....... 16
Vanilla Wafers ...... 17
Waverley .......-..., 10
In-er-Seal Trade Mark
ods
per doz
Baronet Biscuit ...... 1 00
Bremners Btr Wafs. 1 00
Cameo Biscuit ...... 50
Cheese Sandwich 1 00
Chocolate Wafers 1 00
Iexcelsior Butters .... 1 00
Big Newton .......e.. 1 00
Five O’Clock Tea Bsct. 1 00
Ginger Snaps Cc 1
Graham Crackers Red
Label 10c size ..... 00
Lemon Snaps ........ 50
Oysterettes .........; 50
Premium Sodas ...... 1 00
Royal Toast ...:.... 1 00
Saratoga Flakes ..... 1 50
Social Tea Biscuit .... 1 00
S. S. Butter Crackers 1 50
Uneeda Biscuit ...... 50
Uneeda Ginger Wafer 1 00
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April 80, 1918
MIC
HIGAN TRADESMAN
Vanilla Waf 7
Water Thin eCTS -see- 1 00 8
Zu Zu Pala ys -. 1 00 FLAVORING EXTRA 9
Zwieback ..... Snaps .. 50 ,, Jennings D C B oo HIDES AND P 10 -
B oe ae oe : Not F box, per d tae Green, N a ue H Smoked Meats a
3arnum’s A oods 0. 2 » per doz. n, No.1. ams, —
Chocolate aoe ae 50 No. 4 a La per doz. ce Gece. a 114% Hams, i z av. 17 @17% Mes Mackerel a
goa ae Noa fe No. 3 Taper, per Ge ace Gee Ne 2 oe ome, 1S ie. av. 164@17 ee ie Wess +08 Young H
i ‘amily Packa 2 oz. Flat, Fr per doz. 175 Cal EO 2 oes 3 Skinned Hams _ 16 @16%4 Mes » 40 Ibs. .-.. fee 50 Choice yson
Sede Crackers no 2 50 deapuaes x per dz. 1 50 oo tices wad a ber dried oT @18% bi a7 Je re q . eee 30
amily Packa Cc Br n, green, i sets .. a one ee : 5 oo Aves
Frui eo. 2 5 Ext : and Calfs "No. 2 12% California Hams Se 100 ihe. UL 1 @50
ne Cake. a No. oc oe aanilla one ples No. 1 HAG Piente Boiled Ha oo ag 1 ras ee. 10 00 Rormiosn oe
pecial Tin Pack No. 2 F Bo it OZ. 90 » No. 2 14% Boiled H ams @1 i wos 60 For . Fancy
ages, =O 2 Xx, per doz. 1 25 elt ams ....2 eee ee 1 25 mo ican ee
gata Oe nee oe, ae 3 eee’ Poe = 2 oe oie, eon wigs @ 30 cabot Ham ee 109 Ibs Whitefish Formaso, Choice... =
ose OZ. ’ of BE Damme 20007, gos bo Sau 5 A ee i os
Rbinco Date ae 2 50 Flat FM per dz. 200 Shearlings il s0@1 00 174%4@25 ao Tbs. . 75 English Breakfa
TOG |: 10 200 ee ee 50@1 0 Sausa 0 Ibs. Medium st
ieee bitic Per tin FLOUR AND FEED 886 -Xo: 1 aes a 108 he Choice ...0eeee.. _ 2
ae {2 Grand Rapids _Grai ee @5 ee a@ney (21.1. aa ep
Bent’s Water Crackers i 40 Milling Co. eS a "Weet @ 4 on Ibs. a India or
CR Wint JInwashed Ths. eylon, choi
ee 5 Nee a Purity mae Wheat Unwashed, a @15 Tong Fancy Deve 30@35
Barca ce ims .... 33 Ree of San aad 540 p HORSE RADIS eheese) 1.1... a iets nan
Square Gang 2000001) 3, Sunburst... aa er doe... H oe eae 14 TOBACCO
ee ane cs, 26 r ee ee. 3 e Carawa. BMG 2... El
ddies | ..... 41 Wizard Se A eae bm pat Jelly poueess ++2+-20 00@ Oa Pee a He ne Cut
D izard Gra oe S40 psa pails, per do Pp, new .. @20 50 : om, Malabar 1 Be we
RIED FRUITS Wizard B n. Meal .. 4 00 15% pails, per oz. .. 2 20 ae 21 00@22 00 Celery ... ar 1 20 B gle, 16 oz. » 14
Apples PE sp eacor aieean bt -+ 400 30mm pail, ‘per Pa 6g 2 ee Pie Reet Hemp. eo eee ee eae 11 00
Evapor’ : Co 4 40 sees 900 Y eee ees ane |... SD atch, 8 and 16 « 0
epee’ Choice bulk 6% iN alley City Mill yy je GLASSES 4 Bpls:, 40) tbs, 1) 0: 105 Mustard, es 5 han Patch, 4 oz. 16 oz. 32
’ Fancy pkg. 7% ‘lily White illing Co. ae er a: bbls., ferace, (16 ea 2 10 EODDY eS eee 8 Fast “ach a6 ‘ _
Apricots Light Loaf Siu ale one oe 5 60 aan os S., per oe 5 a 25 SL 16 His : ail, 16 ao eae 6
ee OZ. pped i ee ae ce ae ace 5% iawatha, 16 | «co. 7 OO
Caliternta Groner fii... 5 10 per do in bbls. Tri SHOE 6 Hiawatha. OZ. 4.
eee 12@14 Guancny Health (| 2 30 Wee. 18 Kits, 15 ipe Hanay BLACKING May F a, 5e ee 60
Citron oe teal ee 2 40 2 oz. b MAPLEINE A A bbis., He Sieiela side uc 90 rac, Hox. large 3 dz. 3 50 No noe 16 oz. ee S a
Corsican .... - Mited (Med. 660 ; 0 . bottles, per doz. 3 00 % bbls. 80 icy oo 1 gq Bixby's rea ae oe 1095 Ne Limit, e - vol 30
pe ectecee Vv a tee MIN dee S Miller’: olish 8 jibwa, , ES aieaae
I Currants Gu Milling Co. Per case cc Mere Casin ] rs Crown Polish a Ojibwa, ae = : 40
ocd b = 9 oes Crescent ...... 4 6S MOLAS ee a Beet’ per % . Scotch, i SNUFF bd ket g ee ae 11 10
wee Joigt’s Fl it ....-- 5 40 SES Gel, pounds ea1 4 on 4 ch, in bladders oskey chee es 1 35
eles 8% Voigt’s ouroigt N Be inds, set 35 Maccaboy, ders .-.. 37 Petosk fe? 7 o
folgts Hysient 7. ew Orlea ef, middl “‘wi@in French Ha fn fara ...... 35 oskey Chi z. 2 00
a es Beat Royal na a a oe Kettle Sheep, per les, set .90@95 rench Rapple in jars .. re Lhe a. mone sos
a anes 251b. 9 atson-Higgins Millin choice ...... C 9 Greed cic. 80 el all, 16 oz. .. a7
Ps ip ‘Top Flour ........ POs passis be ont @ Sea Kegs, English 11.1...) aig duce @ue dot ate
; Peel ora Sheat eae : 00 Halt Haale Oe) extra 20 ntry Rolls a : elish ........ 41, a aa canister 9
.emon, American rshall’s Best Flour 0) Rea Bee No. 2% 75 Ganaee 2@ SPICES Ser ba, OE... =
. ani. oy Be) oe: E b --- 5 76
Orange, American a A oust fa Ginger Go 485 Red Hen, a ae 1 7 eu beef, 2 ona ae Whole Spices pecs Guha’ are 93
Raisins oe fe ee : : a0 ---- 1 6b ned beef, 1 th... gon Ge tamere mot Cuba is an 4 an
Clust er) cloth 20... 11 80 MUS Roast be itd .... 2% Allspice, nes 9 Sweet C : oz... 4
ciate cs” Xan EE ES am emom Be mee ER Geet aeter ne es en ae
oose Muscatel: r 5% ianese Ei 16 ea Earn ae 2 20 vassia, Canton 7 wees Burley, 8 4 5 76
L. M. Seede els 4 Cr_ 6 ard Wheat OLIV Potted Ham, Msi) | 56 Genie Gees ade. | 14 Gucet Gusles 24 2 45
: ai 1 tb. Ta@us Worden G B ES Devil ant, ie 2 Ginge HOG Dae: doz. 95 Sweet Irley, 24 Ib 2
Californi - 71@7% Ameri rocer Co. ulk, 1 gal. k - ed Ham, co @ eee Goan 8 oon ars ae
ok ot Prunes American Eagle, 8... 5 25 Bulk, 2 gal. Pe ted a Deviled Ham, as vee 80 Ginger, Cochin 9% Sweet Mist, 8 ETO: ++ 3 70
80- 90 25%b. boxes..@ 4 American agle, 4s..5 15 Stu k, 5 gal. kegs 1 00 20 Potted ongue, %s .. 90 Mixed oe 7) rele Toca ag [Gy a
70- 80 25Ib: boxes. .@ 6 Hagle, %4s.. 5 05 ees 5 OZ. @1 an Tongue, ue a ae et ae Aes 9S 6: en
. . boxes.. ; no ed Sod oo a 10 Mis (foo... ee) leer. fe... ..... 1... 57
ot: & ar Boxes. @ 7° po oy Say, oa a ae Or Fancy nie Noce be pkgs. doz. .. re Uasle Eos Cans 0, co
BY) Zot.) boxes. y Ba Pitted Eee eee 5 Po v gs, 70! bc. 45 Tnele Danie sete. 2 35
40- 50 25tb. Daren e ao eae Horn od il - 14 a stuffed) i coy Se 6 @6% ralibeopga Terie teeee 30 Uncle Donte. ; Sa 8 60
oS @ Ip en Horn, bakers 6 6 Mona een 2 25 en ae 2 @5% ue Bice ts f(a
cee cose me we Luneh, 19 ae cS que pores ye oe an Plug
Calif Beans c Judson Grocer Co. Queen. a OZ. .-++.05 2 35 Rolled Ave eats Paprika, eh eaa 2 aaa eke 16 oz.
cae ne Tima... 7 Neresota, Ys 0. a Mammoth, 19° Steel Cut ne bbls 4 45 ungarian Dra Tip bute 22
igan Lima . gee Cetegata, a s. 530 @ eo seca a ‘ Monarch, 00 Ib sks. fi Pure Gro rummond Nat. Leaf, 38
Med. Hand Picked ... a. ee 5 80 Queen, Mammoth, 28 425 Moree aes 28 oe fo oe oo
wn holland 5 ee eas 6 00 Quak Ib. sacks ‘loves, Z of immond Nat. Leaf. 60
te eae 65 Ww : olive seoceeees 5 75 er, 18 acks i 80 Ceacia anzibar .. 20 per at. Leaf,
eS 5 GD ea ne Co. ve Chow, "2 doz. es, : 5 Quaker, 20 me ‘4 a pate a Ae Bitte As eo . 96
25 1 Ib packag Wingold, 148 eloth a eee 20 SALA .-..4.00 Mace, Peni can ....-- 18 so (ole and 12 1b . 28
Sl Macaw 18 I ath 8 49 PlskLee ce eee Bie Four, Sana 1 15.
rig ina ne 4 00 ‘ingold, ¥% 2530 edium Colu a, #2 pl. .... ae epper, B Sage ose: 35 3 Jack, 2 th
packed oo eee Se eae ie oe 05 85 Bare 1,200 count | bine large't ae A Bomber. a Bee 15 Boot Jack, ner dia 86
8 cont aine akers’ P< ape 53 S aoe a5 B 4 MS e pee te 5 a : .- §
mtainers (40) rolls 390 oo es 5 is 5 a ae count 4 38 corel Loe 2 ae : pe Paprika oad ea 24 ona Golden “Twin ps
Homin Oe i oma aa a oe 15 33 : garian ..45 imax, 14% oz ~~
Pear y Slee 0. er’s small, 2 Z. 2 3d Climax, 7 0: . 44
eae Ib. sack .. 2 00 Sleepy aye: ¥%s cloth 5 40 Barrels lan SALER. Zoe 1S iets Days’ Work. 7 ooo aes 47
ee ae s. Veriilcatll Sleepy Bye, #8 cloth 6 39 ‘Fialf Rage en 9 50 Packed 60 pepe Kinesfor Com Creme de fan 14 Ib, 37
Imported, 25 9. box .. 60 Sleepy Eye. s cloth 5 20. © Sallon oa 595, Arm and 60 lbs. in box M gsford, 49 Ibs. . a Derby, 5 tb. b e, Ib 62
"95 lb. box .. 2 50 Sleepy ae %s paper 5 20 @Pa ees. 3 00. © Wyandott Hammer . SS in che 7% 5 Bros., axes. sas
Pearl Barley or paper 5 20 Gherkins e, 100 %S .. 300 uzzy, 40 1%. pkgs. a pial Roses, 10c ...... 65
ee u Bolted. oe Barrels... +++: 450 Granul SAL SODA Gloss oud Hane 2M va. 30
y ee eae: p seers , sees © rs aS > ses « 5
a " oo eee 4 300400 > one 7% Granulated, bbls... 80 Silver Gloss. 40 Tb Gold, Rope, aca
Pea ee aces creat ranulated, $ S. CS. Silver Gl : lb. .. 1% x O. P., _ oa
Grose -Wecons Red .......- Sweet Small ed. 86 kes. © 125 Sve a Ge aig arenes ty ak ode
Green, a bu. 2 00 Wintel 1. 104 Barrels ..... SALT y , 12 6ibs. . 8% T. W., 10ib on : 6
Sot ib Da BBO mee eee Pe Sele barcla ...--.., 14 50 Gonulan Ge 43 eae usy Horse shoe eG © a bm 3
: eae eee oy 5 ee carlots ae 5 gallon kegs ..... eee : 0 100 3 tb sacks Grades 16 3tb. Fa ciaae: es 5 Sie eae Twist 3ai0 —
ago Hichigan cariols .... 38 == PIPES - Wan ae. way loom o .. 4% J. ar, 5 & sib. 5
East India ‘ S ...-- 40 PI *1 . sacks 260 5 packages |. 614 ce 40
: iu t PES 605 Wh. sacha 1 260 501. boxes ........-05 6 ae ee & 11 tb. 0
German, s heer 5 Carlots com Clay, N 2 . sacks 0 CS cece eeeee 3 entucky Nav “ oo
Coral acks)| 0.04! ps la ee rele ‘lay, No. 216, per b ae om cee 2 40 7. Keysto avy, 12%. 32
ec eee 8 roo 1g ER mickg ee — oo Ss
- Ha Ce sees ( - sacks ... : Corn aple Di esse ees: 48
Flake, aaa pioca Carlots y sce 90 pee e wees 299 ‘Bar M Dp, 20 oz.
rs AA es arrela .... erry W deus 95
oe ge pe cncke (oe ten cto 2 tao. Me oo so & aoe i an Half barrels oe rkling fue Uv a. err Z , oe: = oq. eal, 7, + eee 7
i 1 EpoEe ee oe ee cones 28 ee Oe @i0% Halford, small "....... 375 Star, 6, 12 aan 30
No. 7, eet ...... 12 nox’s Acidu’d ee 14 00 E ear 24 DOs 5 EMipSs) -... -"" 995 Standard N 4ib.. 4%
No. 8. 5 leg oe ee GF 25 Citas way tae ol 33 00 Ce 15 TEA 2 2 1%, ‘15
No. 9, ford 50 esseeee 2800 Holland Herring 16 Ja en Pe tts ececesece
9, Plymouth Rock, Phos 75 Dry Salt - 2600 Holland Herrin Sundried bin eul Town Tale ¢ & 12 3
Plymouth R hos. 125 S P Meats Y. M. wh g Sundried, lium ..24@26 Yank 14 oz. ...
Small ock, Plain 90 Bellies ...... 1 oe ee ee eee Sonate ccs .-.30@33 ee Girl, 6,12 24 30
a oo Be GRAIN BAGS . te sa Ue bbl. 6 50 Lasket-fir bisa -36@ 40
ae a eae oaeee Pu ard vie eee Basket-fire medium All Serer
a ne 26 Amoskeag ........... 18 Compound Lard” 840 8 oe been Aes Acne fuer ie Aa ee oe 5 16
cows 18 Gommpound Esra” BQ "¥y Gusen: bons 22 » fan : on Scrap .... 5
Bamboo pity Herbs 7 . S a: me ae 8% queen, bis. oeeeee Hd a Sittings an ne 30032 Baz Pipe, o a
Bamboo, 16 ft.) per gee fe sf tins ssovadvanee “ig Queen’ Regs 2.00.0 fof fannmes ..--..- ee Oe A wee
pea, 18 coe ace o 2 pails er. 4 ia Cae Le 14@15 Happy ‘Thought, 2” ge 20
; 15 - pails .. 4 No oyune ‘ omb Ser Ps
5 Tb. pail ..advance % . 1, 100 Ibs M , medium Honest crap, 5c 57
25 8 Ib pails ....advanc % Nol, 4 f iceets ee oyune, choi _ 35 Scrap, 5 16
: el , 40 Ibs - 750 M Oice ...... Mail P , Sc .... 1 55
pails . ladvance 1 No. 1, 10 Ibs. eeees 2 25 eee faney ..... 33 Old’ PP te 4 doz. 5e 2 .
leis ngsu 50@ es, 0
No. 1, 8 lbs. ... oe 90 Bivesuse, medium .. pe Old Times rt scsess- 5 76
tease ae Pineaucy, fo oe . Bear an oo 6 50
: eeee n fe 76
50@85 mle a are & 16
I
Red Man Scrap fc ..
30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 20, 1913 .
CIGARS Oe ee eae stock by the Tradesman
: Jo Ye ’s istribute by Judson ¢ any. irty Av izes
9 13 14 ohnson Cigar Co.’s Brand Grocer €o.. Grand Rapias. ‘ eres ae five sizes 5
hed Lee & Cady, Detroit; Sy- and styles on hand at all ¥
a mons Bros. & Co., Sagi- times—twice as many safes ;
ea n oa , Pilot, 7 oz. be 1 05 \% inch, 5 gross 5 naw; Brown Davis & War- as are carrie , , . &
Scrapple, 5c pkgs. ..... 48 ilot, 7 oz. doz i742 inch, 5 gross ..... .- 65 as are carried by any other
a Fo ae oe ec op = Eeot, 14 oz. doz. .. 210 Cartons, 20 2% doz bxs 70 ner, Jackson; Godsmark, 8 ‘
“patched an Be a tzince Albert, bc .... 48 Egg Crates ca Fillers Durand & ‘Co. Battle House in the State. If you
Pan Handle Serp ay, gr 5 74 Prince Albert, 10c ..... 96 Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. 20 Creek; Fielbach Co., To- are unable to visit Grand
Peachy Scrap, 5c "4990 Prince Albert, 8 oz. ... 3 84 No. 1 complete ........ 40 ledo. Rapids and inspect the
Union Workman, 2% 6 00 FPrince Albert, 16 oz... 744 No. 2, complete ........ 28 a, COCOANUT line personally, write for
Smoking ie ent, Oe oe nee NG 7, Billers, 15 Baker's Brazil Shredded ‘I0tations. *
AN feel 24 2 von 30 OP Boy. oe Pel ...- 2 sets... 135 S.C. W., 1,000 lots .... 31 }
BE, B86 02) 6 09 Rob Roy, 10c gross 10 20 Case, medium, 12 sets 115 1 Portana ............
ee 12 09 Rob Roy, 25c doz. .... 2 08 . BUSEEGE Enese a3 € only
5 6 OZ: boo oe eee eee ae Rob Roy, 50c doz. .. .. 4 12 : aucets ay § eee ee Z
Be Ie em ee 24 00 < : e + igric tincd - 7 Eixemplar (23.05.20. 5 _ ee
Racin ioc tins 1152 S- & M,, de gross .. 5 76 Cork lined, 3 in. ....... 70 Cc
Padeer, aa race 5 04 S. & M., 14 oz. doz. 3 20 Cork lined, Oa ee 80 Worden Grocer Co. Brand
Badeen 7 on 6. 11 52 Soldier Boy, 5¢ gross 5 95 Cork lined, 10 in. ...... 90 Ben Hur Cleanser }
_ Dees cs og Soldier Boy, 10c .... 10 56 Mop Stick
meaner, OC ......---» 596 = : : p icks : : i
os so «eldier Boy, 1 ib. .-.. 480 oni airs Mepicetlod 545 534 a S43 ase 35 G
be 0 fe @ s eee : uaranteed to
Banner $502 <---- 288 weet Caporal, Yoz-... go Prien SPE, «oY Penfection Sita 0. $8 aa!
Belwood, Mixture, 10c 94 Sweet Lotus, dc ...... OP? No lcommoen |. Dee ee 3 best 10c kinds
Big Chief, 2%4 oz 6 00 Sweet Lotus, 10c .... 1200 No 2 pat. brush holder 85 Londres Grand ......... BS 80- CA
Bic Chief’ 16 oz. .... 30 Sweet Lotus, per doz. 435 jfacei No 7 : 2 Standard eee = - CANS - $2.80 4
= : rug on Saveet Bose, 244 oz. 3 Ba ona cere e PUMtANOS 4.026. 5)...... 5
: F 9 cose, 214 ) : » f 3 ie E
a peer: 0 10 2 Sweet Tip Top, 5c ... 50 tb. cotton mop heads 145 panatellas, FinaS ...... 35 SOAP
Ball Durham ise .. 1s 4g Sweet Zip top, tie .. 1 00 Pails Panatellas, Bock ...... 35 Lautz Bros’. & Co.
Bail Gurkha son 69 Sweet Tips, % gro. .. 10 08 2-hoop Standard ...... 200 Jockey @lub -.--........ 35 Acme, 30 bars, 75 Ibs. 4 00
Bull Durham. 16 oz. .. 6 72 Sun Cured, dtc .....- _ 98 2-hoop Standard ..... 2 25 10 5c pkgs., per case 2 60 Acme, 25 bars, 75 ths. 4 00 &
i Win 6s 5 74 Summer Time, 5c .... 5 76 3-wire Cable ........ 2 10 Old Master Coffee 26 10c pkg., per case 260 Acme, 25 bars, 70 Ibe. 3 so
Back Gorm. 106 11 72 Summer Time, 7 oz. .. 1 65 Cedar all red brass . 1 25 16 10 a 33 be wie Acme, 100 cakes “8 06
Briar Pipe, 5c ...__. 6 00 Summer Time, 14 oz. ..3 50 3-wire Cable ........ 23 Ss se bree ane os 30 DEP, Big Master, 100 Blocks 4 On
Briar Pipe, 10c ....°12 99 ©Standard, 2 =... 5 90 Hamer tuncka — |... 2 25 per Case ............ 2 60 Geanan Mottled i : as 15
Black Swan, ic ..... 5 76 eae SB --.-- Be ENO ene -e eno 2 40 German Mottled, 5 bx. 3 15 f
Black Swan, 14 oz. .. 3.50 Standard, 7 oz. ...... 1 68 10 qt. Galvanized .... 1 70 German Mottled 10 bx. 3 10 {
Bob White, 5c ...... 595 Seal N. C..1% cut plug 70 12 qt. Galvanized .... 1 90 German Mottled 25 bx 3.03 i
Brotherhood, 5c ...... 5 95 Seal N. C. 1% gees ed 14 gt. Gaivanizea .... 2 10 Marseilles, 100 cakes ..6 00 i
Brotherhood, 10c .... 11 00 Ltd luca i « 00 Toothpicks Marseilles, 100 cks. 5c 4 00
Brotherhood, 16 oz... 39 Jhree Feathers, 10c . Birch, 100 packages .. 2 00 Marseilles, 100 ck toil 4 00
Carnival, 5c .......... 5 70 Tine ee one Sen WN. 85 Marseilles 1% box toil 2 10
" iwal: 2%. OZ. . 2... Boke Zi i As
a 16 ac 40 Tom & one 14 OZ. .. : hens ee a so Proctor & Gamble Co.
leer Ope Jehneon “$ aon & pel 3 ie 5 6 Mouse, wood, 4 holes 45 Old Master 6............ 33 Lenox pci e esses oe 3 00
Cigar Clip’g Seymour 30 jut Line, Sc ._. 5 95 Mouse, wood, 6 holes 70 San Marto ............. — tyOUy, BI0Z | 4 00
tenets, 2 ee oe. oe Tee tie on 3 00. Mouse, tin, 5 holes 65 Pilot ivory, 10 oz. _. | 6 75
Darby Cigar Cuttings 450 Trout Line, 10c .... 1000 ¢ se, tin, 5 holes .... 65 Pilot .........+......55, Ge ee 6 75
ih arp} & . : Turkish, Patrol, 2-9 5 76 at. wood pees cic. 80 TEA DEA eke ee 3.35
4 Continental Cubes, 10c 90 , , R: Se 75
Corn Cake, 14 oz. .... 2.55 Tuxedo, 1 oz. bags .. 48 fad Sorin oo 7 bevel Garden, 4%, Y Tradesman Co.’s Brand
' Corn Cake, 7 oz. .... 145 Tuxedo, 2 oz. tins .. 96 : Tubs — oe and di Wi 6s. 40 Black Hawk, one box 2 50
Gari Gake Ge 5 76 Tuxedo, 20c .......... 190 20-in. Standard, No, 1 7 50 THE BOUR CO Black Hawk) five bxs 2 40
2 ee ae Tae ; F a re ar 7 9 + ’ ~ XS 2
Cream, 50¢ pails 460 Tuxedo, 80c tins .. ... 7 45 18-in. Standard, No. 2 6 50 Black Hawk, ten bxs 2 95
Giban Star be foil. 5 76 (wan Oaks, t0c ..... 96 16-in. Standard, No. 3 5 50 TOLEDO, O. 3 { ae
Guhan Star 16 o7 pails 9 72 Union Leader, 50c 5 06 20-in. Cable, No. i 8 00 ; A. B. Wrisley r
ae doe” 190 290 Union Leader 25c - 225 18-in, Cable; No. 2 .... 7 00 COFFEE Koen Elaiis Good Cheer 4 00 \
cae ce see ce 79 Union Leader, 10c 11 60 16-in. Cable, No. 3 .... 6 00 Roasted Gee eee Perea ear Old Country || 2 40 i
Dills Best 34, a8 an a7 Union Leater, 6c .... 2 95 No. 1 Vibre ........ 10 25 oy i wiient @o’s Bids Opex | Bacon .......:-.. AIEEE Se cls sis ele «
| Dills Best 16 oz. ..... 73 Union Workman, 1% 5 76 No. 2 Fibre .......... 9 25 ene eee oe | Abex Tard |. Soap Powders
s St, ote ee © we ct, 5 , Nr 9 Thr 8 95 be :
Dixie Kid, bc .-.....- . = eae a woe 2 x apne pete bes oe 4 73 Excelsior Hams ....... pee aa 24s family ¢
tc auc dic 1 4ase 0 6 Marine, Sc .... 609 Medium Galvanized .. 5 66 Excelsior Bacon ...... Siok Bee eo al” Be !
Duke’s Cameo, 124 oz. 41 Van Bibber, 2 oz. tin 88 Small Galvanized 4 25 Silver Star Lard ..... Snow Boy, 100 5c .... 3 75 t
Drum, 5c =... 5 90 Melvet oc pouch ....- 48 Washboards Silver Star Lard Gold Dust, 24 large .. 4 50 t
PEA Sie ........ 4.95 Velvet, 10c tin ........ 96 Bronze Globe :....... 2 50 NOE ct ua dal Geld Dust, 100 5¢ .... 4 00
ERA Jor... .:: ii 50 Velvet 8 oz tin .... 38! Wowey 1 i Family Pork .......... Kirkoline, 24 4m. |.) 3 80
i Mashion, 6c .......... 6 09 Nelvet, 16 oz. can .... 768 Pounle Acme ........ 3 75 Hat Back Pork ........ Pearline 19). 98 (04 "3 35
Mashion, 1 6ez. ...... _ 43 ren Se 9, Single Acme .......- 315 Prices quoted upon appli- Soapine, ele 4 00 .
a ae rad tee ee 2 95 War Path’ 8 ee ee Soa aig ae : - eation, Hammond, Standish Scleabla AGO) es 3 _ +
Five ee it 29 Wave Line, 302. .... 40 Northern Queen... 3 25 ; & Co., Detroit, Mich. Acmours (0) 3 70
F OB l0c ~.. 1150 Wave Line, 16 oz. ...- _ 40 Double Duplex ....... 2 00 a Wisdom (9000. 33
} Four Roses, 10c ..... 9g Way up, 2% 02 -..--- 9 19 Good Luck .......... 2 75 SAGES) 4
Full Dress, dee oz. Ww Way vag) 16 oz. pails .._ =} [iniversal (2.0.22... 3 15 Soap Compounds
iad Wand, be _..... 6 11 52 Window Cleaners CO 3 Johnson’s Fine ...... “5 10
oan ae ee le ik 65 Johnson’s XXX ...... 4 25
Gold Star, 50c pail .. 4 70 sa va fa. eee ee i as 1 85 A teed eR Rub-No-More ..... 3 85
: - Sspee ire. a : C seestee ve oe 99 4 . rer rs ~ 9 Pie Cea eee
a sc 8 4 Yum Yum, 1 lb., doz. 4.80 16 in. .............. 2 30 Saaenee : Le Nine O'clock ©...) . 33
ell 1 Wood Bowls N
Bete oe 2 TWINE in Eee 1 50 Scouring
Bee. ye esas asa 1 5B Cotton, 3 ply -....... 22 ib in. Butter ......-..- 2 00 White House, 1 ih, Enoch Morgan’s Sons
po ee oo Colton, 4:nly oo)... .: 22 17 in Bitter ......-- 372 white , 9rD ne : i
a 6 Lee 33 : iite ouse, 2IbD ......... S< , gros s
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Honey Dew, 124 oz... 40 ee Sg ae ons : . Assorted, 15-17-19 .... 429 Tip Top, Blend, Mb ...... Sapolio, hand : 2 40
ing, 124 & 3% oz. 38 ‘YO0) Be eR eae 22 0 fovea Biend@ ooo.) iL. i : Scourine Manufactari »
PX Se . ce 6 10 VINEGAR -. WRAPPING PAPER Royal High Grade ........ Full line of fire and bur- Seourine, oa 3 5
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is a — eee oe White Wine, 80 grain 114%, Fibre Manila, waite - FA i
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on ee Soo oe - Oakland Vinegar & Pickle No. 1 Manin ------- -- 4 ‘
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King Bird, 1% oz. .. 5 85 Oakland apple cider .__ 13 Wax Butter, short e’nt 13
a Curka, Sc oo 6 576 o& Sees ae Wax Butter, full count 20 ° e
; td State Seal sugar .... 11 :
tittle Giant, 7 ib. .... 28 Asa ite nicl Wax Butter, rolls .... 19
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Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz. 38 No. 0, per gross ...... 30 Sunlight, 3 doz. ...... 1” Exclusively
Myrtle Navy, 10c .... 11 80 No. 1, per gross .... 40 Sunlight, 11% doz. .... 50
Myrtle Navy, 5c .... 5 94 No. 2, per gross’.... 50 Yeast Foam, 3 doz. .. 1 15 : : : 8
Maryland Club, 5c... 50 No. 3 per gross .... 75 | Yeast Foam, 3 doz. |. 1 00 Churches We furnish churches of all denominations. designing and
Mayflower, 5c ........ 5 76 WOODENWARE Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 58 building to harmonize with the general architectural
Mayflower, aoe see 8 Baskets AXLE GREASE scheme—from the most elaborate carved furniture for the cathedral to the
eae a Misi 1 00 — modest seating of a chapel.
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Patterson Seal, 3 oz. .. 96 2 Ib., 250 in crate .... 45 BAKING POWDER :
Patterson Seal, 16 oz. 5 00 3 Ib., 250 in crate .... 65 Royal Write Dept. Y. ;
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Plow Bow’ 100 Pe 11 90 Churns %Ib cans 3 75 215 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO. ILL.
Plow Boy, 14 oz. ....-. 470 Barrel, 5 gal. each .. 2 40 1t cans 4 80
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April 30, 1913
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT
31
Advertisements inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent
continuous insertion.
No charge less than 25 cents.
Cash must accompany all orders.
SUSINESS CHANCES.
For Sale—Grocery and college supply
store right across the street from college
buildings, in one of the best college
towns in Michigan. Good cash _ trade.
Address College Store, care Tradesman.
51
if interested, to write
for particuars in starting livery and auto
business in connection with fine hotel.
No competition. Some capital required.
~ Wanted—Party, |
A snap, act quick. r. hompson,
ee Hea) ee
For Sale—Retail | “hardware, plumbing,
stove and tinware business established
for over 40 years in a prosperous town,
now on the commencement of unusual
business prosperity. This is an_ extra-
ordinary opportunity for anyone desiring
to engage in this business, with a cap-
ital of about $7,000. 3est of reasons
given for selling. Correspondence solicit-
ed. Wm. H. Hackenberg, Milton, a
For Sale—A good hardware and paint
business, with repair shop in connection,
$2,500. Monthly business over $500. Store,
Washington and Main streets, Los Ange-
les, Cali. Owner wishes to retire from
hardware — business. Address W. KE.
Johansen, 1843 S. Main St., Los Angeles,
Cali. 46
For Sale—Half interest plumbing, tin
stock and tools. Invoice at cost. Ker-
mode, Milliken, Colo. 45
For Sale—Up-to-date stock of furniture,
rugs and draperies, ete., in a good, pro-
gressive town of about 18,000 population
in Wisconsin. Well established trade.
factory reasons for selling.
si Wausau, Ww is.
‘or Sale Cheap, half ton truck, 20
horsepower, solid tires. Jansen & Joos-
ten, Flanagan, Ill. 43
For Sale—General stock, “except shoes,
doing cash business of $380,000 per year,
located in railroad town of 700. Stock
and fixtures inventory about $7,000. Ap-
ply to H. ©) Stanton, 18 Market street,
Grand Rapids. 52
A stock of $8, 000, ‘consists of dry goods,
clothing, gent’s furnishings and groceries;
does a $28.000 business; buiiding, 26x88;
best location in the city; building can
be rented from one to five years; two
factories in city, sash and door and four
wheel-drive automobile factory. Address
Schmiedeke Bros., Clintonville, Wis. 35
For Sale—Drug stock in a live Western
Michigan town. Good reasons for selling.
Price and terms to suit you if taken at
Address No. 81, care Michigan
man. 31
‘Sale—Clean stock of general mer-
chandise, located in town 1,400 popula-
tion, doing $25,000 annual business. Good
reasons for selling. Address Box 205,
Y Mich. 30
Sale— General _ “store located 25
miles west of Detroit on M. C. and D.
U. R. in a dairy farming locality but a
few rods from way station. Stock will
invoice $2,000. Fixtures and buildings,
$1,000. Very little competition. Sales of
1912, $10,000. Good reasons for selling.
Address P. T. Burgess, Denton. _
Satis
Address
44
“For Sale—Cheap. practically new panel
top delivery wagon. bevel plate glass in
sides and end. Very swell. Want elec-
tric coffee mill. Address Lasher’s Gro-
cery, Plainwell, Mich. 28
For Rent—Store building in Vicksburg,
Mich., six living rooms above, good loca-
tion. W. J. Smith, Hotel McEHivain,
Vicksburg, Mich. ea
For Sale—General stock merchandise in
best Central Michigan town of 2,000 in
best farming district. Stock $15,000,
cleanest and safest proposition for capa-
ble man. Business always thirfty and
competition normal. Reasons for selling.
Address No. 26, care ‘Tradesman. 26
For Sale—At Irving, cheese factory out-
fit complete, or boiler separate; make
offer. Address Mrs. Mary Hills. 46 Post
Ave., Battle Creek, Mich. 25
For Sale—One carpet rack, one curtain
rack, one shoe rack. Cheap if taken at
once. J. E. Lugibill, Bluffton, oe
Merchants! Do you “want to sell out?
Have an auction. Guarantee you no loss.
Address L. H. Gallaghar, Auctioneer, 384
Indiana Ave., Toledo, Ohio. al
For Sale—Owing to necessity aa imme-
diate change, I will sell my stock mer-
chandise and groceries and rent my store
in fine brick block. Address Box 20,
Nottingham, Cleveland, Ohio. 16
Get our list of “Lands and Business
Chances” in Grand Traverse fruit belt of
Michigan. If we sell your land or stock
of merchandise, the entire cost will be
but $25. Send for proposition. Pardee
Business Exchange, Traverse City, ae
We offer for sale, farms and business
property in nearly all counties of Mich-
igan and also in other states of the
Union. We buy, sell and exchange
farms for business property and invite
your correspondence. J. E. Thom & Co.,
7th Floor Kirby Bldg., Saginaw, Mich. 659
I pay cash for stocks or part stocks
of merchandise. Must be cheap.
Kaufer, Milwaukee, Wis.
Good opening for drug and stationery
store in town 3,500. Good room in brick
lock. Reasonable rent. For particulars
write D. J. Sloan & Co., North Balti-
more, Ohio. : 895
For Sale—Drug stock and store build-
ing at Thompsonville, Mich. Good clean
stock, doing nice business. Or will trade
stock and building for small stock in city.
Address C. N. Menold, Thompsonville,
Mich. 986
For Sale—One of the best variety
stocks in Central Michigan. Invoices
$3,800. If taken at once will sacrifice
for $2,500. Address No. 956, care Trades-
man. 956
1a Take |
Merchants Please Notice! We
have clients of grocery stocks, general
stocks, dry goods stocks, hardware stocks,
drug stocks. We have on our list also a
few good farms to exchange for such
stocks. Also city property. If you wish
to sell or exchange your business write
us. G. R. Business Exchange, 540 House-
man Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. 9
"An exceptional opportunity to pur
an up-to-date hardware and_ furniture
business, a moneymaker, centrally lo-
eated in one of the best little cities in
Eastern Montana. Will require $15,000
cash to handle. Best of reasons for sell-
ing. Will bear closest investigation. Ad-
dress C. S. Hefferlin, Livingston, Mont. 10
~ Merchants—Do you want $5,000 to $25,-
000 cash in 10 days? You can get it
through a 10 day special sale conducted
by Anning, the sale specialist. Eleven
years of continual success. Every sale
has my personal supervision from start
to finish. No salesmen in my employ.
Contract with me and you deal with the
man direct. Just closed my seventh sale
for the same firm, on an $80,000 stock in
Northern Wisconsin. What better rec-
ommend do you want? Hundreds of
other references. Address W. A. Anning,
Aurora, Ul. 2
Mr. Merchant! Why not add a mail
order department? Take advantage of
pareel post. Two large mail order firms
did a $100,000,000 business last year.
Some of that business belonged to you.
We have a proposition that should ap-
peal to every merchant. It will appeal
to you. Copyrighted prospectus free.
Mississippi Valley Sales Co., Inc., Pitts-
burg, Kan. 1
For Sale—Extra clean stock variety
goods and wall paper, in county seat
town 5,000. Invoice about $2,700, with
fixtures, clearing above expenses. $1,800
yearly. Leading wall paper and variety
business in town. Would sell building or
rent reasonable. Reason, poor health. O.
A. Finney, Hobart, Okla. 999
For Sale—Bakery and restaurant. Ice
cream parlor in connection. Small stock
groceries. Desire to sell building. Owner
in poor health. Address C. Losure, Mill-
ington, Mich. 994
Retail lumber yard for sale. “Owing to
a serious accident, which leaves me un-
fitted for active business, I must sell my
long established yard and small but well
equipped planing mill. Located in a
hustling town of 4,000 in the Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia, at the junction of two
trunk lines of railroad. Am doing a good
business. Stock new and well selected.
a F. Preston Jones, Basic o0t
For Sale—Stock of shoes. and groceries
in good condition, best town in Southern
Michigan, or would trade for farm of 80
acres in Southern Michigan. Address
Lock Box 47, Colon, Mich. 40
We manufacture show cards for any
retail business, 350 varieties. Write for
eatalogue. Agents wanted. Industry Sup-
ply Co., Dept. |, Elgin, Hi. 39
Cash for your business or real estate.
I buy, sell and exchange all kinds of
business places and real estate. No mat-
ter where located, if you are i
market to buy or sell write me.
lished 1881. Frank P. Cleveland, 1261
Adams Express Building, Chicago, * a
0
For Sale—Nearly new bazaar store,
consisting of bazaar, groceries, dry goods
and shoes, all good, clean staple stock;
good location; best store in town of 1,000
population. Stock and _ fixtures about
$5,500. Room 30x80, rent $20. If sold
before May 1 will take 75c on _ invoice
price. Adamson & McBain, Saranac,
Mich. 19
Rid your place of cock roaches. 35c
per package. Costello & Son, Tustin,
Mich. : 973
For Sale—Good clean stock general
merchandise, located in best town 800
population in Central Michigan. Invoices
about $4,000. Fine business, excellent
farming country. Will sell at inventory.
be with owner, no agents. Address
No. 907, care » Tradesman. 907
€. W. Johnson, Fairfield, Iowa, mer-
chandise auctioneer, can sell your stock
quickly and economically. Write early
for date and terms. 980
For Sale—Short leaf pine ae
small tracts. One and one-half million
feet, with or without portable mill, two
and one-half miles from railroad, part
eash, balance as timber is cut. Five
million feet, railroad running through,
reasonable terms. Eight million feet,
railroad running through tract, % cash,
balance as timber is cut. Taylor & Co.,
Pine Bluff, Ark. 976
For Sale—-Stock of groceries, invoicing
$1,700 and doing a $16,000 business. Cash
trade. Low rent. vV. €. Wolcott, Union
City, Mich. 974
Wanted—To buy, good live
W. HH. Mitchell, (228
Chicago, i.
: grocery.
Vincennes Ne
Guo we. are ee fora As
live salesman to take an interest in our
business and have a fine opportunity for
the right man. If you can deliver the
orders upon good manufactured articles
that are in good demand, we would be
pleased to get into correspondence with
you. Address Push, care Tradesman.
966
$3.000,000 monthly dividends now being
paid to investors in Oklahoma oil com-
panies; $2.20 returned for every dollar in-
vested last year. Oil production § sur-
passes in value that of any other state.
Only state whose production is increas-
ing; $100 invested now may make you
independent; information free. Oklahoma
Oil Development Association, 419 cea
National Bank, Tulsa, Okla. 8
Look Here Merchants! You can “eal.
lect all your old given up accounts your-
selr by our new plan. Enclose stamp for
sample and full particulars. Pekin Book
Co., Detroit, Mich. 7
Drug store for sale.
Michigan town of 6,000. Excellent oppor-
tunity. Good trade and full prices. Ad-
dress No. 996, care Michigan Tradesman.
96
Good Southern
Furniture Business For “Sale—Will ine
voice at about $12,000. Located in Tur-
lock, in the famous Turlock irrigation
district. Over 175,000 acres in the dis-
trict. Population 3,000. Growing every
day. Good reasons for selling. Sales last
year, $30,000. Address Box 217, Turlock,
Cali. 20
For Sale—General stock in “town of one
thousand. Annual business, twenty-two
thousand. H. T. Stanton, 18 Market St.,
Grand _Rapids, Mich. 18
For Sale—Our stock, consisting _ of
groceries, dry goods, shoes, men’s fur-
nishings, hardware and farm imple-
ments; also buildings and grain elevator
in connection. Good lively town and
farming section. Stock about $10,000.
Good reason tor selling. V. omsen &
Co., Trufant, Mich. 828
For Sale—Soda fountain. Fine onyx
fountain manufactured by Tufts, Boston,
fourteen syrup cans, five draught arms,
three soda tanks, all exposed — parts
nickeled, carved columns with plate glass
mirror and onyx decorations in the crown
of the upright. Original cost $1,200. Is
an old model but serviceable. Will sell
for $150. Address M. Erwin, Barret
Spri ings, Mich.
Safes Opened—W. L. Slocum, safe ex-
pert and locksmith. 97 Monroe Ave.,
Grand Rapids, Mich. 104
Will pay cash for stock of shoes and
rubbers. Address M. J. O., care eT
man.
For Rent—Store suitable for dry goods
or general stock. No better store or lo-
cation in the city. Good opening for dry
goods store here now. H. M. Williams,
Mason, Mich.. 754
If you wish to buy, sell or exchange any
legitimate business of any kind, anywnere,
consult our Business Chance Department.
Its operation is national in scope and
offers unexcelled services to the seller,
as well as the buyer. Advantageous ex-
changes for other properties are often
arranged. In writing, state fully your
wants. The Varland System, oe
Bank, St. Paul, Minn. 814
For Sale—Nice clean stock general
merchandise and fixtures, will invoice
about $10,000, located on best corner,
brick store, in good hustling town South-
ern Michigan. Long lease if desired.
If you wish a good paying business it
would pay you to look this up. Address
No. 882, care Tradesman. 882
Canning factory and coal business for
sale or trade. Splendid reasons for de-
siring change. Address No. 919, care
Michigan Tradesman. 919
For Sale Three 8- foot sections of pat-
ent me odicine Shelving, two 8-foot sec-
tions of tincture shelving, one circle cor-
ner cigar show case, 5x3 ft., and one
prescription case, with desk, drawers,
two lable drawers and French plate glass
mirror, 30x52 golden oak finish, in use
about one year and in as good condition
as when new. Made by the Grand Rap-
ids Show Case Co. Will sell for $200,
which is about 50 per eent. of their
original cost. Address M. J. Erwin, Har-
bor Springs, Mich. 992
HELP WANTED.
Wanted—Ten good wide-awake demon-
stration men for road. Good pay for
right parties. B. J. Partridge, Reed
50
Cc ity, Mich.
WwW anted—Register ed
druggist.
expected.
man.
Wanted—Subscription solicitors who
have had actual experience in securing
subscribers for trade journals. State ex-
perience, length of time employed and
names of former employers. Address No.
897, care Michigan Tradesman. _897
Wanted—Clerk for general store. "Must
be sober and industrious and have some
previous experience. References required.
Address Store, care Tradesman. 2
SITUATIONS WANTED.
pharmacist. : or
State particulars and_ salary
Address No. 38, care Trades-
38
Positions—Fifteen calls for help in two
days. One young man placed in a gov-
ernment position at $75 a month. An-
other with the railroad at $65. A _ posi-
tion waiting for every graduate. No
charge for placing students in positions.
A postal will bring you full information.
Special rates for summer term. Grand
Rapids Business institute, Opposite City
Hall. 47
SARNIA, CANADA
If you are contemplating manu-
facturing or locating in Canada write
H. F, Holland. Secretary Publicity
Committee. Board of Trade. Sarnia.
Ont.
General Stock
For Sale
Desiring to enter a larger field.
we offer for sale our clean general
stock, including
Dry Goods, Clothing
Shoes, Groceries
Stock inventories about $12.000.
Reasonable rent.
Railroad town, surrounded by
fine farming country. Established
patronage. mostly cash,
Opportunity of a lifetime.
Address Radix, care Michigan
Tradesman,
Tell Your Trade
Mapleine
Suits the Fastidious
It’s different, dainty, de-
licious. Used like Lemon
or Vanilla in Cakes, Icings.
Ice Cream, Candies and
Desserts and for Table
Syrup.
Order of your jobber or
Louis Hilfer Co.
4 Dock St.,
Chicago, Ill.
Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle, Wash.
Tradesman Coupons
32
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
April 30, 1913
SWAT THE FLY FOOLISHNESS.
The cry has gone forth to “swat
the fly” as a safeguard against the
usual summer nuisance, and also as
a precaution against the spreading of
communicable diseases by means of
the pests. “Swatting the tly” may be
good enough, so far as it goes, but
a far safer, saner and better method
is to swat the places where the flies
breed. A fly left undisturbed may
bring forth several millions of its
kind in the course of a season and a
little judicious slaughter may save
the need of much slaughter later, but
the same energy expended in chasing
a spring fly to its lair used energet-
ically in cleaning up the premises will
produce similar results and with
greater certainty. The breeding place
of the fly is in filth, refuse and rub-
bish, in decayed fruits and _ vege-
tables, in festering manure piles and
open cess pools. Their presence is a
sure sign that sanitary conditions are
not what they should be and an un-
mistakable indication that a clean up
is needed. This applies fully as
much to farm and country life as to
cities and villages, and the presence
of flies should be a notice that ac-
tivities with the implements of clean-
liness are needed. The “swat the
fly” campaign may be useful in call-
ing attention somewhat spectacular-
ly to the need of a spring cleaning,
but care should be taken that the
real lessons of such a campaign are
not lost sight of. The conditions
which breed flies are as much a men-
ace to health as the fly itseif and as
much energy should be used against
conditions as against the flies. The
fly, however, is a real menace——as
much so as the yellow fever and ma-
laria carrying mosquito of the tropi-
cal countries. Flitting from the cess
pool to the butter dish, from the
raanure pile to the baby’s dinner
plate, the fly carries the germs of
typhoid, tuberculosis and other com-
municable diseases and thus becomes
a menace to health. New Orleans,
Panama, Havana Manila and other
cities, once hot beds of disease, have
been made as wholesome as the cities
of the North, not by swatting the
mosquitoes, but by obliterating or at
least by screening their breeding
places and by persistent cleaning up.
The North can do the same by the
use of similar methods—by cleaning
up. Jn connection with the move-
ment to abate the fly nuisance is a
popular demand that merchants shall
screen their fruits, vegetables and
other perishables against the flies
when displaying them in their stores.
There is sense in such an agitation,
and not much persuasion should be
needed to bring merchants into line.
lies, whether roosting on the goods
displayed or buzzing in the air, con-
stitute an exceedingly bad advertise-
ment for any store and the wide-
awake merchant should do all he can
to get rid of the pest without outside
urging. To do so is very largely a
matter of keeping the premises and
surroundings clean, and then to use
window and door screens and an oc-
casional sheet of fly paper. This
may call for a little extra work, but
as betweer a well-kept, flyless store
and one that is full of the pests, even
the careless customers will prefer the
former, especially when the articles
purchased are things to eat.
Spring is now here and warm
weather is not far distant. A vigorous
cleaning up now not only of the store
but of the cellar and the alley will do
much to abate the fly evil and, if
the clean up be made a concerted
movement, so much the better.
— >
Doings in the Buckeye State.
Written for the Tradesman.
Toledo must cut out 307 of her 643
saloons under the new liquor license
law on the basis of the last Federal
census. The liquor interests are al-
ready figuring on a new census in
order to save as many saloons as pos-
sible.
The first act of President Starr, of
the Zanesville Chamber of Com-
merce, was the appointment of a
commission in the matter of rehabili-
tation of the city and the building of
Zanesville along comprehensive lines
bigger and better than ever.
The Ohio State University, located
at Columbus, has a faculty of 250 in-
structors, iifty departments, thirty-
eight buildings a campus of 440
acres and 4,000 students.
Toledo continues to be the world’s
greatest clover seed market.
Dayton merchants, manufacturers
and jobbers are again doing business
and Dayton people are being urged
to trade at home.
Dr. Griggs, of the Department of
Botany, Ohio State University, will
be a member of the Government ex-
pedition which leaves Seattle May 1
for the Kodiak region of Alaska,
where the summer will be spent in
studying the kelp groves. Later a
report will be made on the feasibility
of utilizing them as a source of potas-
siun. The United States has. de-
pended heretofore on Germany. for
its potassuim.
The American Railways: Co. of
Philadelphia has accepted a new
twenty-five year franchise grant from
the city of Springfield, giving valu-
able concessions in return. Its oper-
ations are placed in the control of
the city with respect to schedules,
routing of cars, etc., and the city has
the right to purchase the road at its
physical valuation at any time after
five years and may at any time take
possession of same if the service is
unsatisfactory, paying an annual rental
equal to 6 per cent. of the physical
valuation. The company must build
ten niiles of extensions and expend
$500,000 in improvements in the next
three years. The fare remains at
six tickets for a quarter until the
gross earnings reach $800,000 yearly,
when sevei tickets must be sold for
a quarter.
Four of the large concerns of Can-
ton, the Barker Manufacturing Co., °
the United Steele Co., the Canton
Stamping & Enameling works and
the Geiger Jones Co. will build this
summer in the East end and main-
tain jointly a $5,000 neighborhood or
settlement house, designed to pro-
mote the welfare of employes and
their families.
Canton’s water supply comes from
artesian wells and the water contains
iron, which is fast destroying the
pipes or the city. Chemical action
will be resorted to in softening the
water, if a satisfactory process can
be found.
The recent donation of a tract of
fifteen acres of land for vacant lot
cultivation at Columbus gave the De-
partment of Public Recreation more
land than it had applicants for, but
the extra plots were quickly taken.
A movement for a more beautiful
Akron has been started by the Real
Estate Board of that city. Clean
streets, proper care of trees, lawns
and back lots, and a uniform build-
ing code will be among the reforms
aimed at by the realty men.
Almond Griffen.
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Honks From Auto City Council.
Lansing, April 28—Brother Charles
Flowers has removed to St. Johns.
We are pleased to announce that
Brother J. A. Raymond is on the road
to recovery. He was able to take a
short drive about the city last Fri-
day, but it will be sometime before
he will be able to again carry his
grips.
We are requested by two promi-
nent members of our Council to reg-
ister a vigorous kick about the meals
now served at the New Cheboygan
Hotel, at Cheboygan.
The last of the series of parties
given by our Council during the past
winter took place last Saturday night
at K P. hall and proved a very en-
joyable affair. The committee in
charge report on the whole this ser-
ies has been self-supporting, which is
much better than was expected at the
beginning. Preliminary arrangements
will be commenced at once for an-
other series next winter.
Ilagamier & Saddler have moved
their stock of hardware from the old
stand at 118 Washington avenue,
North, to their new quarters at 331.
Brother Saddler is a prominent mem-
ber of our Council and formerly trav-
eled for the Robert Pott Oil Co.
Brother A. E. Krats reports busi-
ness as r-o-t-t-e-n. He is subject to
such spells, but usually comes through
the season with a good business.
Brother C. E. Chamberlain called
on the candy trade at Wolverine last
Tuesday while a teachers’ institute
was in session. Nothing very unusual
about this, as teachers’ institutes are
quite common, but it is wonderful
how much lighter his sample cases
were when he left town.
Brother Geo. O’Tooley and wife
visited their parents at Belding Sat-
urday and Sunday, making the trip
overiand with the new car. George
says there are some unpleasant things
about driving a car, and one is to
run out of gasoline when it is a long
walk to the next town.
Don’t forget the Council meeting
next Saturday night. Three candi-
dates are waiting initiation and more
are expected.
There is much talk these days about
the Pere Marquette but for all that,
they have it all over the Grand Trunk,
so far as being on time is concerned.
Brother L. L. Colton has recently
acquired the habit of attending church
whenever he happens around Topin-
abee. Ask him to tell you about it.
H. D. Bullen.
to Ketire.
At a meeting of the creditors and
officers of the Fletcher Hardware Co.,
held at Detroit April 24, it was de-
cided to wind up the business to the
best interests of alt concerned and
Messrs. Sherman Ladd, of the law
firm of Warren, Cady & Ladd, oi
Detroit; Kemp, of the Wabash Screen
Door Co., Chicago; Mead, of the
American Steel & Wire Co., Chica-
go; Biggers, of the Owosso Manu-
facturing Co., Owosso, and Kauf-
mann, of the Youngstown Sheet Met-
al & Tool Co., of Youngstown, Ohio,
were appointed a committee to form-
ulate a plan for liquidation. The al-
leged reason for this action is tha:
the Pletcher Hardware Co. has made
no money for ten years. One of the
reasons contributing to this result is
said to be the establishment of sev-
enteen retail stores in the city of De-
troit, which were conducted under
the name of the Wolverine Hardware
Stores Co. While these stores were
valuable feeders for the parent cor-
poration, the plan proved to be so
unpopular with the retail trade that
the business of the house suffered in
consequence. A recent statement of
the company shows that it has nomi-
nally about $288,000 in excess of the
liabilities, which are about $210,000.
Tt is not thought the creditors will
lose anything by the transaction, the
loss falling solely on the stockhold-
ers. This statement is corroborated
by the action of some of the larger
stockholders by withdrawing their
goods from the stock, which the other
creditors would not consent to if
there was any question as to the
estate paying out in full.
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Fletcher Hardware Co.
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Some people are as unpopular as
a last year’s popular song.
BUSINESS CHANCES.
For Sale—Confectionery, ice cream,
business lunch and bakery. Located op-
posite union depot and boat landing, in
town of 35,000 inhabitants on Lake
Michigan. Have other business to at-
tend to and will sell very reasonable.
Sales average $50 per day. 75 per cent.
transient trade. Address No. 941, care
Tradesman, 941
: For Sale—Stock general merchandise,
invoicing $4,500. Cash business last year,
$22,500. Reason for selling, poor health.
Address Morrell & Lyle, Sherman, Mich.
56
Agents Wanted—Send 35c for one tube
of waterproof shoe polish in case with
dauber and polisher complete and one of
each of our catalogues, of rubber stamp,
noveties, etc., with agent’s terms. A.
S. Mankin & Co., Alexandria, Va. 55
For Sale—The finest and best located
up-to-date ice cream parlor and confec-
tionery store in city of 15,000, doing
large business. Reason for selling, en-
gaged in other business. Price very
reasonable to cash buyer. Address Palace
of Sweets, Manistee, Mich. 53
$50 per week and up. How far up de-
pends on you. Enormous sums are being
made by Oxygenator Salesmen—one had
made $21,500 in three years; another
$6,000 in one year; another $4,500 in six
months. Western Oxygenator Co., Be-
atrice, Neb. 58
HELP WANTED.
Wanted—An experienced saleslady for
the summer. State wages and give rec-
ommendations. Address No. 57, care
Tradesman. 57
Wanted—Agents to sell teas and coffees.
Burns & Reed, 209 Hudson St., New
York. 54
SITUATIONS WANTED.
Wanted—Position in either grocery or
shoe store. Have had four years’ experi-
ence In grocery store and three years
in shoe store. Town of 2,000 or 3,000
population preferred. Address No. 59,
care Tradesman. 59
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Consumers ‘are Wedded to the
Hart Brand Canned Foods
Because Quality is Always Notable
All products packed at our five plants in West Michigan, in the finest fruit and vegetable belts
in the Union, are grown on our own lands adjacent to the various plants; packed fresh from the
fields and orchards, under best sanitary conditions, insuring exquisite flavor, fine texture. nat-
ural color. Every can is well filled.
The HART BRANDS Satisfy Consumers
They Are Trade ‘Winners and Trade Holders
Vegetables:—Peas, Corn, Succotash, Stringless Beans, Pork and Beans, Pumpkin, Red Kidney
Beans, Tomatoes, Spinach, Beets.
Fruits:—Cherries, Strawberries, Red Raspberries, Black Raspberries, Plus. Pears, Peaches.
W. R. ROACH & CO., HART, MICH.
and pays a good profit.
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Every where
Karo sales are jumping. Effective advertising in the magazines,
g newspapers, bill-boards and street cars is proving a powerful sales maker.
It is influencing millions of housewives to use more Karo than ever—
telling them about the great food value of Karo, its purity, its nourishment, the energy it supplies
and what’s all important, its economy.
With the cost of living so high, these Karo facts strike home with double force, they are
increasing sales quickly.
Karo is the great household syrup—the syrup of known quality and purity—specially whole-
some and delicious, and of highest food value.
Your customers know it—they know that the Karo label stands for highest quality, best
flavor, and full net weight. Stock generously with Karo. It sells quickly, is easy to handle
Corn Products Refining Company
New York
“Little Gem” Candy Equipment
Y7. “Little Gem” Candy Gounterr sir 'tivay sie and price tickets
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1 only Y8256, 6 ft. Display Case—Consisting of counter and taper-
ing front top case. white oak. golden finish, hand rubbed and
polished. copper oxidized legs, double strength. AJ quality
glass throughout, polished wood shelf in top case. Counter
case has no top glass. although fitted for glass, Total
height 52 in.. width 27 in. Shipping weight about 60 lbs. per
rmnine foot = Each, $35.00
7 only Y8262. Clear Plate Glass Dividers—8x21 in., seamed edges.
divides top case into 8 compartments. 7 in case. Case. $2.80
.....Case. $3.00
13 only pairs P4289, Nickel Plated Brackets—With screws to hold
Giwaders im place... .:..........-....-....-_-.. (Pr. 25c) $3.25
6 only Y8263—As above. 12x21. 6incase.....
1 only Y716, Fairbank’s Confectioners’ Scale—Brass scoop and
beam, weighs 4 lbs, by half ounces............... Each, $5.00
1 only Y958. Brass Candy Scoop ................. .-- Each, 25c
500 only W1570, 4% lb. White Laid Confectionery Bags.
NOTICE: 22m
10C0 only W1571. '% lb. White Laid Confectionery Bags.
Pkg. of 1000, 74e
500 only W1572, 1 lb, White Laid Confectionery Bags.
Pkg. of 500, 48c
1 only Y653, Candy Asst—i2 kinds. 10 lbs. each cocoanut. bon
bons, cream wafers. burnt peanuts, asstd. buttercups. crys-
tallized jelly drops. red and black raspberries. asstd. kisses.
rainbow caramels, etc. 120 ]bs. at 7igc...........--- $9.00
1 only Y669, 5 pkg. Asst—Consisting of one 30 lb. pail or case
each asstd. fudge. marshmallows. popular mixed. jelly beans
and asstd. wrapped caramels. 150 lbs. at 74¢c ... SLU25
1 Asst. Y670, ‘‘Blue Bird’’ Chocolates—To sell at 10c per % lb. 12
5 lb. boxes. 5 asstd. flavors. nut tops. caramels, nougats, chips.
marshmallows. dates. peanut squares. 60 lbs. at 14c... $8.40
Any separate item here listed will be sold at price quoted.
Total value at retail price. $79.47
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writing our CHICAGO house and MENTIONING THIS JOURNAL.
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