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Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits, DIRECTORS: Jno, A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, T. J.O’Brien, A.J. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee J. A. 8. Verdier. Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, THE FIRE ae INS. i. Y co. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. J. W. CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBAIN, Sec. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United oStates, Canada, the European continent, oAustralia, and in London, England. Girand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. THE JUNIOR PARTNER. The problem of getting something to do is one that seriously puzzles many young men. But if a young man has a few hundred or a few thousand dollars he can get something to do very easily, and in the end is apt to be ‘‘done” him- self. The victims are not many, for most young men looking for work haven’t a penny, and can only offer their strong arms and excellent intentions as a fair equivalent for salary received. But there are a certain class of men who are constantly on the lookout for the young man with a small capital, willing to go in and learn the business. To the per- son of a certain experience this proposi- tion at once inspires caution, although it need not occasion distrust. Not long ago, a youth of 22 went to Detroit from the country with about $3,500, and with great ambition to amount to something. As his experience in his first battle with the world is similar in the main to many others, it may be related. He was a young fellow of good habits and filled with an energy which, if prop- erly applied, would have made him a fortune ina short time. His first task was to hunt up a boarding house, and he finally selected one where the rates were quite moderate and the fare good. Then he commenced economically, for he had no intention of spending his little in riotous living. Once settled in his boarding house he started out on a still hunt to find work. He began at the foot of Jefferson avenue and worked his way up the thoroughfare until he reached the residence portion of the city. His efforts were of no avail. So with the same quiet determination—for he was made of the proper material—he began at the river and worked his way up Woodward avenue till he came to the railway crossing. He felt a little dis- couraged by this time, for the same re- plies greeted him everywhere. But there were plenty of side streets to be traversed, and he plunged into them in the same systematic manner and finished his task, a canvass of the town in about a month. Then he breathed a sigh and said to himself: ‘‘It doesn’t look as though the city was such a great place for a country boy, after all.” For a time he was cast down, but his natural exuberance of feeling and the hopeful- ness of youth buoyed him up, and he re- marked: ‘‘Perhaps I missed a few busi- ness houses.” His expénses had amounted to about $5 a week. During the time he had been in the city he had expended fifty cents but once to go to the theater and had given away forty cents in church contributions. He regretted the first extravagance only. So his capital was not seriously affected. However, it jarred upon him to remain idle. To know that the dollars and cents were going out and that nothing was coming in was a source of much dis- comfort to him. It chanced that on the particular night in question, when his future looked dubious, he read an ad- vertisement to the effect that a gentle- man who had a well-established business wanted a partner with about $2,000 to go in with him. Heavy returns were prom- ised. The offer was made simply be- cause the proprietor needed someone who was extremely energetic to take some of his business cares from his shoulders. The next morning the young man called upon the gentleman. He found him a well-dressed, middle-aged person, with rather gray hair and a manner that in- spired confidence with a stranger. “{ called to see about your advertise- ment, sir,” said the young man. ‘‘Have you $2,000?”? asked the other. “If so, we will talk business.”’ “Yes. lhave the money. I am look- ing for something to do. I have tried every place in town and have not suc- ceeded in finding any work.”’ ‘‘Well, if you are willing to invest I will give you thechance of your life. It isn’t every young man that I would take in with me, but I like your looks, and perhaps we can do business together.” “I hope so,” said the other, cautiously, for the money had represented many years of hard saving on the part of his father and he did not mean to let it go lightly. “IT am very careful whom I have around me,’’ continued the business man. ‘‘The last young man in my employ I had to discharge because he drank toohard. He lost a chance of his lifetime, for 1 would have made him a rich man. You are from the country?” “Ves. “Good! Country boys have fewer vices than city boys as a rule. Do you drink?” ‘‘Nothing stronger than cider.”’ “‘Smoke?”’ ‘*No.” “Chew?” **No.”? ‘Play cards?” “No.7 “That is well. The last young man had nearly all those vices, I am sorry to say. How he deceived me! I thought him an exemplary young fellow and would have put my entire business in his hands if he had proved trustworthy. You go to church, do you not?’’ The young man said that he made ita point to go to church at least once every Sunday, and sometimes twice. The na- ture of the business was then explained. The middle-aged man was engaged in the manufacture of paper boxes and he showed his books to explain that the bus- iness offered every opportunity of big profits if properly worked by some one outside. The middle-aged gentleman would remain inside and attend to the work there. What was needed was a hustling young fellow, with a good eye to business, a fine address and indomita- ble patience. Under the circumstances, he would give him a quarter interest. The middle-aged man would also keep the books, and that would do away with the expense of a bookkeeper. ‘‘But we want to leave all the money in the busi- ness,’’ continued the proprietor. ‘‘In that way we can build up and branch out.’? “But what salary am I to asked the visitor. “Nothing the first six months, and after that you will be entitled to your quarter interest in the profits, while the funds which shall have accumulated will be placed to your credit.’’ The other thought for a while and said that he would give his answer later. The mid- dle-aged man looked at his watch. ‘‘Lunch time,’’ he said; ‘‘we will go out together, and we can talk the matter over while we are eating.’’ They went into a restaurant, and the young man ordered a plate of buckwheat pancakes and a glass of milk. ‘“‘Ah, you are frugal,’’ said the middle- aged man. ‘‘That is good. Be saving, and you will be as well off as | am some day.’”? Then the middle-aged man or- dered a black bass, half a duck, vegeta- bles, pudding, pie, and took several glasses of port. He apologized for the wine, remarking that his doctor had or- dered him to drink it for medicinal pur- poses. ‘‘All forms of intoxicants are bad for a young man,’’ he remarked, ‘‘but they are sometimes life to us old fellows, when the springs are a little rusty.’’ Before the dinner was over the middle-aged man fixed up the springs so well that they were evidently in primé working order. Every now and then he took a sip from his glass to the new firm, and related many pleasing anecdotes which showed what wide acquaintance he enjoyed among business men of import- ance. ‘Oh, by the way,’ he said, after the fourth glass. ‘‘There is a little difti- culty in the way.’’ ‘‘What is that?’’ asked the other. ‘‘Why, I had partly given my promise to another young man. He is very anx- ious to go in. Quite a hustling young fellow. Dear me! I told him if he wanted to come in to bring the money be- fore noon to-morrow. 1 had quite for- gotten.” ‘Perhaps he won’t come,” suggested the young man, “If he only wouldn’t! But I am cer- tain he will. Said that it was the great- est chance in his life, and was so eager that he wanted to run right over to the bank and draw out the cash. He would have done it, but | reminded him that it was after banking hours, and that to- morrow would do.” ‘‘T am sorry for that. my mind to go in.”’ “Dear me, dear me! what we can do! And | like your ap- pearance so much! You neither drink, smoke, nor chew, and go to church every Sunday. Bless me, bless me; it is an awkward predicament. I don’t see my way out of it. He will be there at noon, and that will be the end of it. It’s too bad.” *“But,’’ said the young man, ‘‘suppose that I came before noon and deposited the cash with you. Then couldn’t you truthfully say that you already had a partner?”’ draw?’’ I had made up I don’t really see alee oA rs Ente ee 3 THE MICHIGAN HLA EIS MA IN. ‘Bless me, bless me, you are shrewd. I was not wrong when I said that you would make a good business man. You have all the elements for success in you.”’ *‘But do you like my plan?” “Yes, perhaps 1 could do what you suggest. 1 will think over the matter to- night, and you come around in the morn- ing bright and early with the money, and we will see. But the other young man will be so disappointed. 1 am really quite sorry for him.” Then the middle-aged man drank an- other glass of wine, and they left the restaurant, shook hands and parted. The next morning the young man and the cash were duly forthcoming. The six months that followed wasa period of great hustling for the junior partner. He worked early and late. He lived frugally, and got a good many or- ders. Still the public seemed to be afraid of dealing with the firm. The young man did not pay much attention to the books. His partner was fully capable of looking after them. But while the jun- ion partner was drawing nothing, the other was living on the fat of the land. He dined at the best of the restaurants, and it also seemed necessary for him to drink more wine as the weeks went by. Possibly the doctor had increased the prescription. Anyhow he yaried it fre- quently, for the smell of whisky filled the office at times when the junior part- ner came in weary from his hard day’s work at canvassing. Then the senior partner would express surprise at the number of orders, and tell his young friend that he was bound to succeed some day. He would smoke his cigar and en- courage him with words of good advice. The junior partner’s heart was filled with gratitude over kind words, and he pitched in and worked twice as hard. The more he worked and the faster that the firm made money, the more the senior partner plunged into extravagance of all kinds. After four months he induced his young friend to invest $1,300 more in the business. as it was necessary tor them to enlarge. The money went in, but there were no signs of enlargement. The partner grew rosier in the face daily, but he never ceased his words of kind advice to his friend on the evils of intemperance. All this lasted for six months and at the end of that time when the junior partner came to draw out his first week’s salary, he found there was nothing coming. The senior partner had kept the treas- ury properly depleted. There were also numerous debts, and the firm was de- clared insolvent. They closed out, and it was whispered that the senior partner made a nice little sum on the side by the failure racket. He parted with regret from his young friend. He gave him some more good, straight talk about not being discouraged over his first failure, and was at an interesting point in his little speech when the young man quiet- ly and calmly threw him out of the door. The middle-aged partner wiped off his clothes and then, with a last reproachful glance and a few muttered words about ingratitude, disappeared. Now that young man is earning a fair salary, and, like the good, honest fellow that he is, is trying to pay off some of the debts which were incurred in his name by the kindhearted old gentleman. He will yet succeed, too, and will probably real- ize the prophecy of the senior partner that be will be a rieh and man. these senior influential | » i EARLY DAYS AT GRAND HAVEN. Reminiscences of Ottawa County by Hon. T. D. Gilbert. Hon. Thos. D. Gilbert recently related some amusing incidents in connection with the early settlement of Ottawa county to a TRADESMAN reporter, as follows: ‘Ottawa county was, of Kent county, but in were established and the new county organized. A certain judge from the Eastern portion of ‘the State came over to set the judicial machinery in motion. I was called on the first grand jury drawn in Ottawa county. I havea very distinct recollection of the event, because in the evening, after adjournment, the Judge beat me out of my fees at poker. A friend had been giving me points on the game and I thought I could play, but the Judge was too much for me. That was my first and last game of poker. ‘There was a little frame building in the village that was used ordinarily asa school house. Religious services were held in it on Sundays and the sessions of the court were held there also. I was drawn on a petit jury and was chosen as its foreman. The case we were trying was a very serious one, the accused being charged with murder. The case was given to the jury late Saturday afternoon and we were locked up. Late Sunday forenoon we concluded to report to the Judge that we could not agree, as two of the jurors would not come in with the rest. Court was called and Judge and jury went to the school house. Preaching was in progress when we arrived, but the preacher was turned out of the pulpit and the Judge took his place. The jury occupied two seats, being seated six in a row. Just as the clerk rose up to ask if the jury had agreed on a verdict, the two recalcitrants, who were sitting directly behind me, leaned over and whispered to me that they would come in. So, instead of re- porting a disagreement, we rendered a verdict. They had evidently talked the matter over on the way up to the school house and concluded to go with the ma- jority. ‘There were only two present at the dedication of the court house at Grand Haven, July 4, who were active partici- pants in the early settlement of Grand Haven—Miss Mary A. White and my. self. Miss White came to Grand Haven in 1835 with her brother. She started the first school in that town, having about a dozen scholars. She is now an old lady about 80 years of age and still resides in Grand Haven. I reached Grand Haven until 1839, a part that year limits about forty persons. Grand Haven—the draining of the swamp land down by the river. I was told that about 500 men now make a living raising celery on that reclaimed land. They have built dykes, such as they have in Holland, and erected wind- mills which pump the water from inside the dykes. In dry season the windmills are utilized to pump water tbe other way and irrigate the celery trenches. Grand Haven was considerable of a lumber town a few years ago, but she has got over that and now depends upon other in- dustries for her prosperity.’’ A Use Trudesman Coupos Books. |TO THE RETAIL CLOTHING MERCHANTS ------ on the same boat that brought six | brothers of Rix Robinson. These, with their families, comprised a party of “I noticed one great improvement at | du consequelee of rumours having been circulated that the eminent firm of Michael Kolb & Son, Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers, Rochester, N. my is going out of business, 1 am requested to contradict most emphatically any such rumor and to state that this well-known and upright firm, with a 37 years’ good record, never dreamed of retiring. 1 ought to add that | think | have discovered how such an unfounded report got circulated. It is well-known amongst the trade that Michael Xolb & Son rank.among the very highest manufacturers in Rochester, and their name has been conflicted with that of Stein, Bloch & Co., also of Rochester, which firm, J. W. Rosenthal, formerly of Grand Rapips, has publicly are going out of business. I still continue to represent Michael Kolb & Son, and shall be pleased to call upon anyone with my elegant line of fail samples, of which everyone who handles them say there is none better made, or better fitting, and sold at sueh low announced, prices as to meet all classes of trade. Address, WM. CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich. I shall be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand ‘Thursday aud Friday, Jaly 19 and 20. Rapids, on ew Japan Teas. °* We are now receiving daily choice lines of Japan teas of our own selection and importation, which we are offer ing to the trade at from 2 to8 cents per “* - the erades SOld in this market. \f pound lower than same have ever been Our tea department has always been one ofour strongest features and no dealer should place his order without **+ * first inspecting oursamplesand prices. ‘? all fe arnhart PatmanCo. ¢. WE DO NOT CHARGE - $9.50 per box for LEMONS re mw 4 bg if they do sell for that in Chicago. We bought at fair prices, | and vive customers the benefit. Get our prices before buying. i THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. | } rif ~~ ” ' sadges ' SOCIETIES, ° * CLUBS, For CONVENTIONS, Qi ¢ DELEGATES, COMMITTEES. 4 > TRADESMAN COMPANY. a — is eo e Va 4 al ’ SEVEN YEARS HENCE. How Arbitration Revolutionized the Industrial Situation. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Looking backward from the year of grace, 1901, to the year of the great labor riots in Chicago, the last and culminat- ing effort of union labor to free itself from the shackles which capitalistic greed had fastened upon it, one is struck with astonishment that for so many years the question of how to arrange a settlement of the disputes between workingmen and their employers remained unanswered. Now that strikes and boycotts, with their attendant train of horrors, have been relegated to history, and all through the application of one simple principle, it is indeed a matter of astonishment that not only did the country suffer for years from labor troubles and their dire effects; but it actually opposed, strenu- ously and vehemently, the introduction of the only remedy that promised any measure of relief. That remedy was arbitration, and so complete and radical isthe change its application has wrought that, short though the time is since its injection into the body politic, one is inclined to regard the experiences of the past as a horrible nightmare from which the country has happily awakened. Not that we have no disputes now; human nature is to-day what it was at the time of the last great strike, but dis- putes between employers and their em- ployes are never allowed to proceed to the striking point—they are nipped in the bud, so to speak, by the operation of the Arbitration Act, to which all such disputes are referred. Perhaps the best feature of the act is that it is compulsory. An employe must take his complaint or grievance to the Board of Arbitrators; if he does not, but attempts a settlement independently of the Board, he is guilty of contempt of court and is punished accordingly, On the other hand, no em- ployer can take refuge in the claim that there is nothing to arbitrate—that isa point to be decided by the Board, anda heavy penalty is exacted from the man who dares to arrogate to himself any of the functions of the Board of Arbitrators. Another good feature of the Act is that the decisions of the Board are final. No appeals are allowed, and no one has, so far, even disputed the fairness and im- partiality of the decisions; and when one takes into consideration the complex and delicate nature of the duties of the Board and the conflicting interests which must be harmonized while justice must be meted to all, this is truly surprising. It speaks well for the temper and intelli- gence of both the people and the Board. One fact is particularly worth noting: Since the Act went into operation dis- putes between employers and employes have decreased fully 75 per cent. This is accounted for by some in this way: Much of the trouble of the past was brought about by the self-styled labor leaders and walking delegates, who for personal ends, sought to foment discord and dis- eontent in the ranks of workingmen; but since the passage of the Arbitration Act, making the submission of all disputes and grievances to the Board of Arbitra- tors compulsory, it has been impossible for these men to make capital out of these differences; consequently, the ‘labor leader” and the ‘‘walking dele- gate” have disappeared into that obscur- ity which their peculiar talents and ‘ee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. adorn. There was absolutely nothing | for them to do, and no place for them in the new economy. So it would seem that workingmen’s grievances were largely a fiction, to put it mildly, of the imigina- tion of the leaders. The dry, matter of fact records of the Board make very interesting reading to the student of industrial economies. He learns from those records how much the average workingman has to contend with, how multifarious are the annoy- ances to which he is daily subjected, and with what long-suffering forbearance he submits to his oppressors. Only when patience has ceased to be a virtue and to longer submit would mean surrender of his manhood and self-respect does he ap- peal to the Board. On the other hand it would seem from the records that em- ployers have little to complain of, the only recorded instance of their appear- ing before the Board being when depres- sion in business has (according to them) made a reduction in wages a necessity. What a compliment to the industry, in- telligence and general rectitude of con- duct of the bone and sinew, as it were, of the Republic—the American working- man! Perhaps some of our readers may not have had access to the records of the Board, and, if so, a transcription of some of the cases appearing there may not be uninteresting. The first case appearing on record is the complaint of a man who said he was not receiving enough pay to support his family. He explained to the Board that his wife was delicate, that he had a large family and was constantly running behind. His grievance was considered a legitimate one, and one calling for the interference of the Board. The verdict was to the effect that his employer should raise his wages to a sum sufficient to cover his expenses; his second plea that he be paid sufficient over and above his expenses to enable him to lay by something for a rainy day was not enter- tained, as his case was considered excep- tional. The finding of the Board was made to cover any similar cases which might arise in the same establishment. The next case was that of a servant girl who complained that her mistress objected to her having her regular com- pany in the house more than twice a week, and that she was not permitted to eat with the family. The finding of the Board in this case was as_ follows: ‘*While, ordinarily, itis to be accepted as true that the course of true love does not run smoothly, it is still the duty of this Board to remove as many obstacles from the pathway of the young and ar- dent admirers of each other as_ possible. Therefore the Board finds that the re- spondent in the cause has no right to in- terpose any obstacle to the frequent meetings of these yearning hearts and is surprised that she has so soon forgotten the experiences of her own youth and young womanhood. On the second plea the Board finds that the appellant has been unlawfully excluded fiom the family table and directs that henceforth she be considered by the respondent as one of the family.”’ The next case was that of a bricklayer who, in his plea, claimed to be worth more to his employers than he was re- ceiving, by reason of the fact that he could lay three bricks while other work- men were laying two. ‘The Board de- cided this case in favor of the appellant personal character so well fitted them to' by decreeing that henceforth he lay no more bricks than any other man on the job. To disobey would be to subject himself to prosecution for contempt of court. The young lady clerks in a large mer- cantile establishment came before the Board with a long list of grievances. They were not allowed to chew gum dur- ing business hours; they were not allowed to ‘‘see company” during business hours; they were only allowed 30 minutes twice a day to ‘‘do up’”’ their hair; they were treated just as were the young men of the store, and were not allowed any special privileges; none of them were ever invited to their employer’s house to tea, or to any other meal for that matter, and this was not treating them as ladies had a right to expect; the floor-walker did not treat them with that delicate deference due from a gentleman to a lady; and last, but by no means least, they were actually expected to earn their salary. All these grievances were held by the arbitrators to constitute a sufficient justification for an appeal to the Board. and every point but that re- lating to seeing company during busi- ness hours was conceded. On that point the arbitrators advised the young ladies either to arrange with their company to see them after hours or get married; but, in the meantime, pending such an ar- rangement as they might make, their employer was to interpose no obstacle to their seeing their company at stated hours. The next case on the record complaint of a farm laborer. only receiving $30 per month board. He thought he ought to have $31. Then he was compelled to sleep in the same room with his employer’s sons on the second story; he thought he ought to have a room to himself on the ground floor. He kicked on the food, too. They only had fresh meat twice a week and chicken on Sunday; salt pork disagreed with him and he was com- pelled to ask the Board for relief. Lastly, he had seen pie on the table but twice in the three weeks he had worked on the farm. There was no lack of cake, but he did not care for cake and he did like pie, and he gave it as his opinion that the reason there was so much cake was because he liked pie. They took this method of showing their dislike of the hired man. The Board animadverted somewhat strongly on the conduct of the respondent in the case, characteriz- ing his treatment of the appellant as tyrannical and oppressive in the extreme —bordering on the barbarous. A farm hand who was not worth $31 a month was not worth anything and he must be paid that wage untilthe end of the sea- son. On the second point the Beard said the treatment the appellant had re- ceived was enough to drive a man to strike. Did the respondent mean it to be inferred that they considered the ap- pellant was not a gentleman because he was ahired man. The appeilant was a was the He was and his gentleman, no matter what might be the opinion of the respondent, and no gen- tleman cared to occupy a sleeping} apartment with a number of others. | The idea that he must was monstrous | and deserved the severest reprobation. The appellant must have a room to him- | self and on the first floor if possible. | The appellant’s complaint about the food placed the respondent in a still worse light. What did he mean by compelling & Had he no heart, no conscience? Did he want his name to go whirling down the corridors of time as that of an oppressor of the poor? Wasit true, as suspected by the appellant, that his opinion of the laboring man was shown by the food he gave him to eat? If he must evince dislike, could he not do it in some less barbarous manner? Think of getting pork three times a week and pie but twice in three weeks, with unlimited cake, for a man who did not like pork or cake but did like pie! Well for the re- spondent that this Board had no penal function, or he would be made to feel the weight of their displeasure in a way be would be likely to remember. In thejfuture he must give the appellant such food as he desired, consulting his taste so far as:practicable, remembering that it was better to err on the right side than on the wrong. his A — — —— Discouraged Under Defeat. Every man or woman who feels the re- sponsibility of making the best use of opportunities, and who has high stand- ards of work, feels at times a great de- pression from a sense of falling below the level of occasions and of doing the worst when the oceasion called for the best. It happens very often to such per- sons that, after the most thorough prep- aration, the performance falls lament- ably below the aim and leaves behind it asense of utter disappointment. This humiliation of spirit, which is the lot at times of all sensitive people who care more for their work than for themselves may either become a source of weakness or asource of strength. It is the evi- dence of the divine possibilities of life that the defeats of to-day may be made the forerunners of the victories of to-morrow, and that the consciousness of failure may become in itself a new ele- ment of success. It was said of Peter the Great that he learned the art of war at the hand of his enemies, and that he was taught how to win victories by suf- fering a long and discouraging series of defeats. To say this of amanis to pay him the very highest tribute. As a stu- dent in the great school of life, it is to credit him with that openness of mind, that forgetfulness of self, and that ab- sence of personal vanity which charac- terize the true learner in any field. For failure, if it comes through no fault of our own, drives us back upon our bold on ultimate aims. It makes us aware how variable and uncertain is our own strength and it teaches us to rely, not upon ourselves, but upon the greatness of the things with which we identify ourselves. A great object persistently pursued has power to unfold a noble out of avery commonplace man or woman, and to develop an almost unsuspected strength out of a mass of weakness. The shocks to our pride drive us out of ourselves into the greatness of the causes which we espouse; and the defeats which we suffer, if we take them aright, con- firm us in our loyalty to the things for which we fight. It is painful to fail when we have made every preparation to succeed; it is humiliating to produce an impression of weakness when we wish to make an impression of strength; but the supreme thing in life is to get our work done and to make the truth which we love prevail, and if the disci- pline of failure can be made to work for this end, it is a discipline neither to be dreaded nor to be avoided. rc nnn Not Distinguishable. Three bosom friends started out one evening to have a good time, and when the time for going home came they were so drunk that walking was difficult. They finally reached the home of Brown, and made noise enough to waken the neigh- borhood. A window was raised, and a | feminine voice said: ‘‘What on earth’s wanted?’’ In thickened accents came the answer: ‘Will Mish Brown pleesh come down his help to eat food that he disliked? | and pick out her husband?’’ Et 4 3 M 3 3 DAI” a IAS Ta La BS Ag CRIA in C0 Rae eee Coane a sae THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AROUND THE STATE. MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Hastings—Sehumann & Tucker have | opened a new meat market. Detroit—Arthur M. Parker is closing} out his wholesale grocery stock. Ypsilanti—Stone & Carpenter succeed Stone & Bell in the jewelry business. Fanton—W. E. Morrison has opened a stock of groceries in the Andrews block. Lake City— J. E. Gleason has sold a half interest in his grocery stock to E. W. Murray. Iron Mountain—A. Cruse & Co. have added a stock of groceries to their meat market. Lowell—Rudolp Van Dyke has pur- chased the grocery business of Archibald McMillan. Alvion—J. E. Gary sueceeds Reynolds & Gary in the drug, stationery and wall paper business. Fenton—G. W. Whitman & Co. suc- ceed Cole & Whitman in the furniture business. Onondaga—W. H. Baldwin has put in a stock of groceries and provisions at this place. Kalamazoo—Peter F. Swanson has purchased the business of the Chase Mantel Co. St. Joseph—The St. Joseph Iron Works has been incorporated under the same style. Jackson—Gilson & Toole, boot and shoe dealers, have dissolved, Jas. M. Toole succeeding. Fairfield—Grandy & Grandy, meat dealers, have dissolved, W. H. Grandy continuing business, Charlotte—Clark & Milner, lumber dealers, have dissolved, Hollis Clark continuing the business, Vavison—Moss & Green, general dealers, have dissolved, Chas. S. Moss continuing the business. Bay City—Schweikle Bros. succeed Schweikle Bros. & Mangold in the cigar manufacturing business. Kalamazoo—L. Hollander & Co., coal dealers, have disolved, Cornelius Vande- laare continuing the business. Quincy—Greening & Hyslop, gists and grocers, have dissolved, Hyslop continuing the business. Mancelona—P. Medalie, general dealer, has purchased the general stock of L. F. Hamilton, at Bellaire. His brother, Alex. Medalie, will act as manager of the branch store, Vernon—W. D. & A. Garrison, general dealers, bankers and millers, have dis- posed of their milling business to the Vernon Mill Co. Fremont—A notice of dissolution and accounting has been filed in the Circuit Court against C. G. Pearson & Co., general dealers. Saginaw (W. S.)—The dry goods firm of H. Bernhard & Sons has been dis- solved, Paul and Emil Bernhard retiring. The business will be continued for the present by H. Bernhard. Detroit—The capital stock of D. M. Ferry & Company has been increased from $750,000 to $800,000 and the num- ber of shares from 30,000 to 32,000. Reading—Heyman Sheyer, formerly engaged in the clothing and boot and shoe business at Saginaw, has engaged in the same business at this place. Bellevue—Fred Cole, who has had long experience as a clerk and is most popu- lar withal, will shortly open a grocery store here op his own account. The; drug- Kobt. | stock will be furnished by W. J. Quan & | Co., through their Central Michigan | salesman, Frank H. Clay. Gobleville—Ed. M. Bailey, the druggist at this place, was arrested last Thursday | for violation of the local option law. | He pleaded not guilty and his examina- tion will take place July 19. Saginaw (W.S.)—When Charles F, Alderton reached his grocery store at 416 Hancock street, last Friday morning, he was surprised to see one of the large plate glass windows in front of the store so badly broken that he could easily walk through the hole. He feared that he had been the victim of a burglary and hurriedly glanced over his stock, but was happily surprised. He found that the window had been accidentally broken by two fellow grocerymen while trying to putupajobon him. They had pas- sed his store late at night and attempted to place one of the benches in front of the store against the window. The result was that the corner of the bench went through the glass, doing about $100 damage, which the jokers paid without a whimper. They will be more careful next time, however. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Cadillac—The contract has been let for the erection of the handle factory of the Cadillac Handle Co., to replace the one recently burned. It will be equipped with better machinery than before, in- cluding a band saw. Clarence—The mills and camps of the Jlarence Lumber Co. have shut down in- definitely on account of its not being able to market the product. It is stated as a fact that many firms can purchase shingles atless than the actual cost of manufacture. Detroit—The Detroit Cycle Shade Co., with a paid up capital stock of $60,000, has filed articles of association. The incorporators are Osear O. Walmoth, Fred. A. Ruff, Thomas A. Kidd, Chas. R. Ropey and Chas. Spengler, each of whom hold 500 shares. Empire—The Empire Lumber Co. has this year shipped sixty-six cargoes of lumber, slabs, edgings, and bark, and has 7,000,000 feet of lumber on dock. The company employs 200 men about the mill and 150 in the woods. The monthly pay roll is $9,500. Saginaw—Col. A. T. Bliss has sold to J. W. Fordney a tract of pine land on the Yellow Dog and Salmon Trout rivers in the Upper Peninsula, estimated to cut 30,000,000 feet. The logs will be cut and the greater portion of them manufactured at Duluth. The consider- sideration was $75,000 and the purchaser considers it a good deal. Manistee—The salt output for June was 163,360 barrels, of which the Peters concern contributed 48,992, the State Lumber Co. being next with 32,489 bar- rels. Sands has his new well in opera- tion and is pumping good brine and has just started a third well. Heis increas- ing his grainer capacity so as to be able to make about 1,200 barrels daily. Corunna—Frank Westcott has been appointed receiver for the Leaver & Vance box crate factory. J. M. Leaver, who resides in Bay City and is the owner of the patent on which the crates are manufactured, owns $10,000 of stock in the factory, and says he offered to sell out to the other owners on fair terms rather than carry the existing differ- ences into the courts. Saginaw—Wages in lumbering are on the lower level, and it is likely to be a long time before the old-time schedule is restored. Men are being hired here at $13, and the very best offered is $16 a month. No longer than two years ago the range was $18 to $30. There seems to be no difficulty in obtaining men at this low inducement, although there is not as good a class of labor for woods work here as formerly, as a whole, for the reason that the decline of lumbering in this district has rendered it necessary for skilled labor to look elsewhere. Large numbers of men have been hired here for upper Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the south, as well as Can- ada. Just now the greater number hired are for Canadian operations. If the tariff on lumber goes through as ex- pected, those holding timber in Canada will operate quite extensively the en- suing winter, and a number of firms are quietly arranging to start into the woods early, even with the prevailing dullness. It is argued that the country cannot long be kept down, and that another season is likely to see much better con- ditions. a The Necessity of an Occasional Respite From Business. If there is one thing more than another of modern American business it is its eternity. It is on the spin for evermore. One by one, or squad by squad, the racers on the track fall out of line, but the race goes on merrily and the entries never end. The problem of perpetual motion has had its American solution. ““Get there!’ is the national motto. We carry sho» on the brain, and though we ride home on a street car, we read the paper and sleep, or, what is more truth- ful, put ourselves in a horizontal posi- tion under the cash box. It is needless to say that this stress on the grey matter we carry under our hats and the nerves that radiate from our spines, is a trifle or perpaps a ton more than the law allows. In a financial sense the milk may pay for the killing of the cow; beating the record for butter offsetting the scissors on our birthdays. The modern estimate of life value is not so much in what you do as in what you make, and the best way to ensure a mile of buggies at your funeral, a crowd of social friends before you need it, and a column of biographical data in the daily papers before the undertaker sends in his bill, is to distinguish a short life by an accumulation of bonds, stocks, greenbacks and the ineffable diamond stud. There the canonization ends so far as this world goes. There is probably a change on the other side. Of course, it is all fantasm. It is not in weight or value the substance or worth of a last year’s rainbow or the wing of a dead bee, but for the elder boys and girls in whiskers and corsets it counts for more than any moral glory that can be piled on the top of a human spine. If it were not for this rose-tinted and delicious delusion there would be fewer men to-day deliberately sacrificing soul and body in making a third story and a mansard roof to their money pile. Now, while it is perfectly plain that in the modern conditions of business no plums can fall in the mouth of a sleeper, and that for an average business man to hold his own he must be free from flies and moss, it is no reason that he should become a bundle of diseased nerves in order to succeed. He did not get plated with nickel-steel when he rented a store or built a mill; his brain was not made labor-proof, nor was his soul condemned to be the smallest pea in the pod for the benefit of his pocket. He wants his rest like other men; his body has the same claims and his higher nature the same rights. He can abuse these if he dare, but take the conse- quences whether he chooses or not. It may take time before the collector comes around with the bill, but whether it be with his body, soul or spirit, the day of settlement is as fixed and sure as the phases of the moon and the ebb and flow of the tides, He could as easily creep out of his skin as escape this inevitable payment. Sin against yourself and the hell there- of is in your own ribs. This may not be acompliment or a comfort, but it is as hard a fact as human nature ean rub against. If we could only compile a census of the physical wrecks and the mortal skeletons that have their chins on check books and their souls in pur- gatory, it would be an object lesson to some of our over-worked and over-wor- : ried business men that would keep some of them from skating on thin ice. ° We have repeatedly insisted that Rest is one of the lost words in the modern business vocabulary; we repeat it again, and we shall be a nation of aged young men, dyspepties, nervous wrecks and business firecrackers until we value rest more than we do. It is customary with many at this season of the year to attempt mental re- cuperation ina change of scene. With some of these the shop is left behind and the usual vacation crowd avoided. It is, however, a fact, that with the bulk as are found in our’ national summer resorts, recreation and rest with the shop left out are practically unknown. The saddle has grown on the back of the horse; if he sleeps he sleeps in his harness; the bishop peddles books on the cars and the promenade; the manufac- turer talks tariff and prices, the machine man carries his circulars, the real estate man his maps and the merchant his price list, and so the national farce of taking a rest keeps its nose on the Almighty Dol- lar, and its busy but foolish head out of the nightcap. Frep Wooprow. 9 < $$$ An Unfailing Test. Senior Partner—lI think that new trav- eling man of ours will make a great suc- cess. Junior Partner—How so? Senior Partner—He was in the office with his wife this morning and she didn’t get a chance to speak for ten minutes. _ Oo The Seely Manufacturing Co. was es- tablished in 1862 by the late J. M. Seely, who was one of the pioneers in the man- ufacture of flavoring extracts in this country. In 1877 the business passed into the hands of Geo. H. Smith and Justin E. Smith and in 1889 the present four-story and basement building, 50x130 feet in dimeasions, was erected with special reference to the business of the Seely Co. The house furnishes employ- ment to twelve traveling salesmen in this country and two in Canada, the Michigan trade being covered by Geo. W. Jenks (Fenton), J. A. Fisher (Mar- lette) and C. H. Mahany (Homer). The company claims to have the finest per- fume plant in the country. ~ + o e -e THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Horace J. Watters has purchased the wood and coal business of W. H. Hand & Co. at 37 West Bridge street. Wm. R. Burton has opened a grocery store at 319 West Bridge street. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. G. Gringhuis has taken the sole agency for the Rhodes cash register, manufac- tured here by the Rhodes Manufactur- ing Co. The manufacture of uppers heretofore carried on by the firm of Hirth, Krause & Wilhelm will hereafter be conducted by Hirth, Krause & Co. A. LeBaron has purchased the grocery stock of J. M. Jordan, at 323 South Di- vision street, and will continue the busi- ness at the same location. Jacob Wilhelm has retired from the firm of Hirth, Krause & Wilhelm, pro- prietors of the Valley City Upper Fac- tory, and has embarked in business his own account at 60 Pearl street under the style of Wilhelm & Co. He will also earry lines of findings and shoe store supplies. on Geo. S. Putnam, who conducted a con- fectionary, fruit and cigar business at 36 South Division street under the style of G. S. Putnam & Co., assigned Monday to M. L. Dunham. The liabilities are given out at $6,000, but no statement of the assets will be made until an inven- tory of the stock is completed. The Crystal Springs Water Co. has changed its name to the Crystal Springs Water and Fuel Co. The office of the company has been removed from 52 Pearl street to 65 Monroe street. Mrs. W. H. Fowle, who has had charge of the . office work of the Grand Rapids Ice & Coal Co. since its organization—a period of thirteen years—has resigned to accept the position of Secretary and Treasurer of the new company. If there are hard times anywhere in this vicinity they are not to be found in the neighborhood of Elliott & Co’s grocery store on Monroe street. The inside of the store is being entirely rearranged and refitted. A new office has been built in the rear of the store at an eleva- tion of about six feet above the floor of the store. Other changes are being made, which will add to the appearance and convenience of the establishment. A. J. is unrecognizable, even by _ his nearest friends at present, but, when he gets things into shape, and has time to turn round, he will throw off the appear- ance of a coal heaver and appear in all his pristine beauty. Bp —~ tio The Grocery Market. Sugar—The improvement of the in- dustrial situation has increased the de- mand and the market is strong, even at the advance of 3-16@5-16c. Indications are not lacking that very much higher prices will soon rule. Fruit Jars—The prospects for an active trade on these goods in this State are very good, owing to the large fruit crop, but the smallness of the crop in other parts of the country, together with the prevailing business depression, have reduced prices to that extent that the quotations made in this week’s paper are the lowest that have ever been quoted in this market. Coffee—Brazilian grades are a little lower at primary markets, but manufac- turers of package brands have advanced their quotations ec. Pork—The Chicago hog market is in operation and business is brisk. Receipts for the past week were 42,100, being an increase of 37,200 over the previous week. The outlook is encouraging, and, unless new industrial complications arise, it will not be long before business reaches its normal condition. There has been another advance of 50c per bbl. on pork all along the line, due to the scar- city of beef and the consequent extra run on pork. The price is not unreasonably high, however. Business in the local market is reported good. Hams have ad- vanced ge on all except picnic and bone- Dried beef less. Shoulders are up Ye. ‘and briskets are also up }4c. Bananas—Our market has been with- out a bunch of this most popular fruit for nearly a week, as several cars in- tended for different houses here were “hung up” in transit, owing to stoppage of freight trains during the labor trou- bles. Stock held at the time they began sufficed for the demand of a few days and the break was caused by the failure or rather inability of the importers to send their cargos so far West. Two cars were received here Saturday afternoon and supplied home dealers with ripe fruit and enough more will arrive during the present week to fill all orders from outside. During the searcity prices have ruled high, but, with full regular ship- ments coming in, they will recede toa point favorable to all dealers. Oranges—Virtually out of market— this market—at present. They don’t seem to be missed much, however, as really good stock is not to be had and there is such an abundance of California and small domestie fruits that any one line of fruit can easily be replaced with something equally as satisfactory. <-> Purely Personal. Christian Bertsch and _ family spending a week at Ne-ah-ta-wanta. Henry Vinkemulder is spending a week among the patrons of his wholesale department in Northern Michigan. E. C. Blanchard, junior member of the firm of O. D. Blanchard & Son, gen- eral dealers at Casnovia, was in town one day last week. Cole Bros., the live Kalkaska grocers, were in town last Friday for a few hours —the first time they have both been away from their business at the same time. O. A. Ball and Willard Barnhart are spending a week at their resort at White Binch Point, on Bear Lake, fishing and concocting fish stories of huge dimensions. -_——»>--_—__— The Chicago anarchist strike is very disgusting to Central American countries that send bananas here to be thrown away. They think we have no govern- ment, and are in constant revolution. 2 One often wonders why baggage men, are obliged to handle the big Saratoga! trunks, do not strike; they do not; — let the trunks strike. The Incongruity of Arbitration. In view of the rant now indulged in by demagogues and demagogic news- papers on the subject of arbitration, Tur TRADESMAN craves the privilege of reprinting a short editorial on the sub- ject, which appeared inits issue of Aug. 30, 1892: The idea of arbitration, as a means of adjusting conflicts between employer and employe, is rapidly growing into dis- favor, as conservative men look upon it as an unwarranted interference with the rights of both parties to a controversy. To be just and intelligent, arbitration must involve a knowledge of the business on the part of the arbitrators superior to that of both parties to the controversy. Where is this qualificatlon to be found? And when an employer is already paying all the business will warrant and all the employe is worth to that business, there is no middle ground between the existing rate of wages and the demands of strik- ing workmen. To insist upon arbitra- tion, In such cases, is equivalent to the introduction of socialism. Arbitration, however, has its legiti- mate field and uses. It may often be profitably employed to save lawyers’ fees and the befogging influences of lawyers’ pleas. Butits use is never pertinent or practically possible in any case that could not be the subject of legal discus- sion; and there are few who will contend that the price of work, any more than =o price of wheat, shall be decided by aw. >_> 2 Attention is directed to the advertise- ment of Manufacturer, who desires sup- plies of red oak and black ash lumber. The advertiser is one of the largest con- sumers of these woods in the country and is in the market for any quantity. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion, No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES EARLY NEW BAR-LOCK TYPEWRITER for sale at a great reduction from cost- Reason for selling, we desire another pattern of same make of machine, which we consider the best on the market. Tradesman Company, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids. 564 G REAT OFFER—FINE STOCK OF WALL XM paper, paints, varnishes, picture frames and room mouldingsfor sale. Reason for sel]- ing, death of proprietor. Good paying business in a very desirable location. All new stock,in voicing from $2,500 to #3,000, Address Mrs. Theresa Schwind, Grand Rapids. F61 OR SALE—ON ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH of my husband I offer for sale clean stock general merchandise inventorying 6,000. Will sell cheap for part cash and good security. Will rent building. Address No. 562, care Michigan Tradesman. 562 BUSINESS CHANCE—FOR SALE OR EX change for farm or city property in or near Grand Rapids, the Harris mill property situated in Paris, Mecosta, Co., Michigan, on the G. R. & I. Railroad, consisting of saw and planing mills, sto-e and 39 acres of land, a good water power, 22 foot fall, side track into mill, plenty of hard- wood timber. This is a good chance for anyone wishing to engage in any kind of mill business. For further particulars address B. W. Barnard 35 Allen street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 559 hg FACTORY WANTED—A PARTY with some capital and who understands the business, to build and operate a canning factory at Grant, Newaygo Co., Mich. For particulars write to H. C. Hemingsen, Village Clerk, Grant, Mich. 553 ee ee RED OAK and black ash. Address ‘‘Manufacturer,”’ eare Michigan Tradesman. 554 OR SALE—A WELL EQUIPPED MACHINE shop in Detroit, Michigan. Good tools, suitable for building or repairing heavy or light machinery. Good business location and low rent. Suitable terms to responsible parties. Par ticulars from Charles Steel, Administrator, box 46, Wyandotte, Michigan. 647 OR SALE—CLEAN DRUG STOCK IN A thriving town in Northern Michigan on C. & W. M. Railway. Address No. 639, care Michi gan Tradesman. 639 OR RENT—THE STORE FORMERLY OC- cupied by E. J. Ware, druggist, corner Cherry and East streets. Also meat market, east end same building, with goodice box. JohnC., Dunton, old County building. 618 LANING MILL—WE OFFER FOR SALE the North Side Planing Mill, which is first- Class in every respect, or will receive proposi- tions to locate the business in some other thriv- ingtown. Correspondence and inspection solic- ited. Sheridan, Boyce & Co., Manistee, Mich. 613 Pp E > K ? S HEADACHE POWDERS Pay the best profit. Order from your jobber ’ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The One-Price System. The following remarks, the fruit of a long and practical experience, were con- tributed to the hand book of the Retail Merehants’ Association of Illinois by Mr. Herman Alschuler, a member of the Executive Committee of the association: **For farty years [ have been advocat- ing and practicing the one-price system and feel satisfied that itis the only cor- rect way to do business. In doing so, lI kept my self-respect and gained the re- spect of my customers and of the com- munity in which I lived. This seems to me to be very desirable and of great im- portance to a new beginner as well as to an established dealer. It is additional capital to any merchant to be considered and known as aman of good repute and good standing in the community, whose word is considered as good as his bond, and the meaner and more unscrupulous the opposition to contend with, the more successful the one-price dealer will be in attracting the better class of ecus- tomers and the fair-minded portion of any community, who will be apt to be- come permanent customers and will not be likely to quit at the least provoca- tion, or when there is a new store opened in the vicinity. indeed, if I was com- missioned to select a place for a new be- ginner under the one-price system, I would select a place where there was very little one-price business done. “The one-price system does away to a very large extent with the unpleasant habit of looking around before purchas- ing, because the purchaser knows by in- stinet that in a one-price store the goods are marked out at the lowest selling price; itis take it or leave it, and he gets into the habit of placing more con- fidence in such an establishment. A humber of merchants will say, ‘Oh, I am doing very near a one-price business, at least seven-eights of it.2 Then, I told a prominent clothier, why not do it alto- gether? The same dealer, in Muscatine. lowa, adopted the one price system and told me afterwards he would not go back again to his former system for $5,000. Of course, the merchant must use good judgment in marking his goods. Staple articles of large consumption and used by laborers who receive small pay, should be marked at a small margin of profit. Higher-priced articles, more of a luxury and more seldom purchased and more subject to change of fashion, can bear a better margin of profit. In my judgment it is not the correct thing to mark everything at the same percentage of profit. In my own business | have not deviated five cents in ten years, and would quit the business" rather than break the rule. At the same time most all of my customers have not been ac- customed to buying at one-price, but they seem to be entirely reconciled to it and seem to like it. If Lean sell clothing, hats, and geat’s furnishing goods in this way, then it seems to me that any other line of goods can be sold in the same way. ‘“‘Remember that honesty is the best policy in the long run, even if it does take a long run.” nae > 2 —— How to Win Trade. ‘*‘You’ve got to push yourself out at times to win trade,” said a clerk toa Dry Goods Reporter scribe. ‘‘What’s the use of saying that if you’ve the goods they’ll sell themselves? I know better. Give me my pick of the clerks along the street and with ordinary goods and or- dinary prices, V’ll agree to put a new store in shoes, clothing or Sroceries on its feet in any city in a year’s time. The clerks I should select are people who have learned how to forget their own likes and dislikes, and caterto the whims of the people who buy and make those whims valuable for theiremployers. A disagreeable salesman who feels it his duty to consult his own preference and put forward his own personality at all times, isa bad manin astore. He will not only lose sales—he will drive trade out of the store, never to return. The clerk who succeeds needn’t bow down to a customer and sacrifice his own self-re- spect, but he can’t lord it over customers and insist on doing their buying for them, and he can’t pick and choose cus- tomers and deal pleasantly with this one and be sharp and crabbed with one he doesn’t like.” Dry Goods Price Current. een COTTONS. Adriatic . : ‘« Arrow Brand 4% —..hllUr, 5% * World Wide. 6 Adee As... | . 4% Atlantic ee 6%/Full Yard — kates 6% ee peers A... , . ....... 5 |Honest Widih., phisss 6 is ee © (Bestia ......... 5 ~ oe 4%/|Indian Head........ 8% ao... ....._.... ox ce - Archery ——- : King EC. —s Beaver Dam AA.. bs Lawrence LL...... Blackstone O, 32... Madras cheese —_ ox Deacx (row......... 2 Newmarket G Black Rock .... 4 mae, Al........ _ Capital A. io oe - ee NE 5% - Chapman cheese cl. 3a eree &............. 5 a Ce... 54%/Our Level Best..... 6 Ome... ...... ocr &.... 6 DwientSter......_.. Sx roquet.............. 7 oon CCC........ ————.. 6 |Top of the Heap.... 7 BLEACHED COTTONS. a 8%|Geo. Washington... 8 ee. . ieee... 7 Se S Gold Modail......... ™* Art Camoris........ 16 iGreen Ticket....... 84 Blackstone A A..... 7%/Great Falls.......... 6% Deus A. ae 7% ae. = Wot Ont.....- 4%@ 5 — 6% |King Phillip bane ce es 7% Ceeet, &........... 6 OF..... ™% Chartier Onk........ 54%| Lonsdale —. -10 Conway W.......... 7iiLonsdale. 8 Cleveland......... 6 |Middlesex.... .. @5 Dwight Anchor. . 8 . eee ........... 7% “shorts 8 — — ee Seweres... ......... 6 [oe 5% apes... 7 IPride of ‘the West...12 ree Vea... . TT Fruitofthe Loom. 8 (Suniight..... — 4% Fitehville ..... 7 Uien 2oe......... 8% wee Fee. ......... 6 . ene —_ Fruit of the Loom %. 7%| Vinyard a Paes... ..... 4g White Horse...._... 6 Pen Valee.......... 6 Rock.... 8% HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. ss... a Anchor..... 8 ——.... CANTON FLANNEL. Unbleached, Bleached. Mousowite A........ Housewife Q.... ...614 _ Ss .. - ........ 7 = Cc 5 ” i 7% _ ....,... ” a ... 8% as E % as 0 _ a ih si WD ciu ee 10 “ G “ _.... .. - H - Bi secusc 11% r I _ Bessa 12% _ J ‘ 2...._... 13% ce K nl oe L ' M ‘ N | i oo... 2 ss Yr... 14% CARPET WARP. Peerless, white.. ae |Integrity —- = . colored ....19 | White St BOE es oe 17 Integrity...... ae a «| ' olanel 19 DRESS GOODS. ia... . 20 - oe CS 25 ” — «27% GG Cashmere...... 20 - se Nameless ee been 16 . -- 82% cc Sl 18 way -. 35 CORSETS. Coraline...........-89 50/Wonderful. .. ...84 50 Scenes... ...... Deion... _... Davis Waists..... 9 OOiBortree’s .......... 900 Grand Rapids..... 4 50jAbdominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS. ee 6% enna... 7h yee ae ——— - ne, a, 6% Beeeeeere........... eeeeeen........... 7% Brunswick. ey Walworth ...... --. oes Allen orto reds.. 54%|Berwick fancies.... 5% eeedee Bi slyde Robes........ . pink 2 purple * Charter Oak fancies 4 “ oe .... 5% DelMarine cashm's. 5% . pink checks. 5% mourn’g 5% ° stapios ...... Rdaystone fancy... 5% . shirtings ... 3% chocolat 5% American fancy.... 5% _ precast - 5% Americanindigo... 4% - sateens.. 5h American shirtings. ax Hamilton an 5% Argentine Grays.. a 3 ae occ. 5% — ee IManchester anc 5% Arnold as 8 new -_ 5% Arnold Merino..... 6 Merrimack D fancy. 5% ss long cloth B.9 |Merrim’ckshirtings. 4 . c.7 _ Reppfurn . 8% ‘century cloth 7 Pacific a a -. 5% = soe... —. «—eore........ ‘« green seal TR 10% ieee robes... 6% ‘* yellow seal. .10% Simpson mourning.. ow vi — ie eee 11% oy ee ‘“ Turke; red..10% - sclid black. oa Sailor solid black.. Washington indigo. 6% ‘* colors. Turkey robes.. 7 oe blue, green, ‘* India robes.... 7% and orange... 6 ' plain Tky id x 8% Berlin solids........ og * x... - eee....- 6 “ Ottoman Tur- " . ae .... & er eee... ....,,.. ‘“ Foulards 5%|Marthe Washington - wee.... 7G Turkey red %. “ - — %|Martha ‘ashington - “. 10 _armey ree... ... % _ “ 34X XXX 12 Riverpo at robes.... 5% Cocheco ae 5 Windsor —, as 6% - m: ers... 5 gold ticket XX twills..5 | indigo biue....... 10% _ solids...... a - 4% TIMIACA foe) 0 4... ae Hamilton . a Pemberioa AAA.. . 8 {Yor “10% ' Awning. + Swift River.. a ™% eee. rear Biver......... 12 Piet Fries... ..4. 06 10 o% wermen....... neni — Lenox Mills ........ 18 jComostoga .......... ON DRILL, aoe, 2... 6%|Stark A beset eue 8 cot. sone o--s GIO AMND........ .. TUG Clifton, K oo Top of Heap.. eo DEMINS. Amoskeag...... -.12 {Columbian brown. .12 o Pee. ..3, 14 |Everett, blue....... 12% " brown .14 . brown. ....12% ee... = Haymaker blue..... 7% Beaver Creek a2. brown... 7% : — ee 11% ' co. Lancaster Selene ck 12% Boston Mig Co. br.. 7 Lawrence, 9oz...... 13% blue 8% . NO. 220. ...13 “* datwist 10% - No. 250....11% Columbian XXX br.10 ey No. 280....10% XXX bl.19 GINGHAMS. Benoeboee ...... .... 5 Lancaster, staple... 5 ‘* Persian dress Ge fancies .... 7 " Canton .. 7 - Normandie 7 . _..... §%|Lancashire.......... 6 C Teazle...10%4|Manchester......... 5% : Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 5% ' Persian.. 7 |Normandie.. oo. Arlington staple.... 614)/Persian............. 7 Bates Wa fancy.... 4%|Renfrew Dress. ..... T% Bates Warwick dres 744|Rosemont........... 6% — 6 (Siatereville......... 6 Centennial. . = Pe OOMNGraSt.......-.... 2 Crees .........: Pees ............. T™% Cumberland staple. 54%/Toil du Nord....... 8% Cumberland.... .... a_i e............. ™% — lc 4% ‘* seersucker.. 7% a rere... ~4... : Everett classics..... 8%|Whittenden......... Rreooon.......... 14 _ heather dr. 2% a ' indigo blue 9 ee 6%|Wamsutta ——. es Gienwood........... T™% Westbrook... ee io a 10 Jobnson Vhalon cl % niiitdiseaiacs ee . Bee hime SiG Weee..... .......... 6% ' zephyrs....16 — Bags, nae ce ee oe Georgia .. 13% a aeann ee i3 se THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's..... .....95 oy, 7. &r....... -— tMoerball’s.... ...... 90 Holyoke ee 22% ENITTING COTTON. White. Colored. oe 38 |No. , Cc my No. -33 3? - Se 34 3? ' is. oo 38 3 rc = ee = 33 44 “ & 36 -—_+* @...... 40 45 CAMBBICS, es © mawere........... 4 White Star......... 4 |Lockwood.. _s moe ere. ..........5 4 |Wood’s 4 Newmarket......... 4 |Brunswick . 4 RED FLANNEL. ee... a |... ...... + ey Cwepmeeore.... ....-.2eure @...--.--.. . .....-ee eae cae........ -— uur eee......... 35 Mamciows...... ..... 27, Barkoye.... ........ 32% MIXED FLANNEL, Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% eee ee... 2.1... 2244) Western W ......... 18% eer... .. ...... are oe ............... 18% 6 oz Western........ a0 \Wiushing XXX... - ms Tamer G...... - Mc eee. .........- 23% ~~ FLANNEL. Nameless ik ee Sd oi ace eueto _ i" CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black./Slate Brown. Black. 9% 9% 94) 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%) 11% 11% 11K 11% 11% 114/12 12 12 12% 12% 1254120 20 20 Severen, 8 oz.. . % TWest Point, 8 oz....10% Mayland, Bek -.10% ‘10 OS ...12% Greenwood, 7% ox.. 9% Raven, 100z......... 13% Greenwood, 8 oz.. "11% 18 a 13% Boston, 6 os......... 10% Seo. _-........ 12% WADDINGS, White, dos.........- 25 |Per bale, 40 dos... .88 50 (seed, Gos... 2 fomree * ....... 7 50 SILESIA8, Slater, iron Cros... 8 rPawtucket..........i ed Cross.... 9 |Dundie...... 9 ' cece pate, moernrd.... ... " Best aa coud = ‘aad City. ; SE a 10% oie 8% SEWING SIL Corticelli, doz. ...... 85 Corticellt ae twist, doz. .4¢ per os ball...... 30 50 yd, doz. .40 HOOKS AND EYES—PER GRO No 1 BI’k & White.. - sc © ‘a o No 4 Bk & "White.. 15 8 -20 aa - _ "2 ' * 25 No o-oo. Be C......- 60. ee 4—15 ¢ 3K...... 40 3—18,8 C........ No 2 White & BYE 12. No "3 White & BI’k..20 ~ «a _ ae . ae =“ 6 “ 2 €" & ' a SAFETY PINS. mee....... ....... _ . 38 HEBDLES—PER x. A. ee 1. --1 40|/Steamboat.... .... _ = Oe 1 85\Gold Eyed......... 1 50 Marsha. rs ee ---1 OOjAmerican....... coool TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4....175 64. --165 6—4.. COTTONT WINES, Cotton Sail Twine..28 |Nashua......... ... 14 I on cee esac ss. 12 Rising Star 4 =. ar Dees 18% 3-ply....17 — es ee = morte Siar... .... 20 oo Wool Standard 4 plyi7% aay Valley.... 3 Powhnattm ......... . 18% PLAID OSNABURGS ee 6%|Mount Pleasant.... 6% i so. : % ne a, 5 a % oe ..,........ 5 ae Geeek.........., 6 |Randelman......... ‘es oc, I SI 6% — a oN ee 8... a5 nae - ae ay A hee eee dee 6% Haw ee: : Toledo i tow 2........ : 5 Otis checks . oo WE HAVE MADE H. SGHNEIDER 60, GRAND RAPIDS, MIGH., Distributing Agents for the Old Reliable CIGARS. AMERICAN CIGAR CO. N, LYON & GO. NEW STYLES OF ll Ad 9 at = Mee IONet 20 & 22 Monroe &t., GRAND RAPIDS. SEEDS! Everything in seeds is kept by us— Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top, Blue Grass, Seed Corn, Rye, Barley, Peas, Beans, Ete, If you have Beans to sell, send us samples, stating quantity, and we will try to trade with you. We are headquarters for egg cases and egg case fillers. W. YT. LAMBREAUX CO., weisriave tse” GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. A NEW IDEA You will remember that Goliah was very much surprised when David hit him withastone. He said that such a thing had never entered his head before. A ap | 200d many retail grocers are in the same "| aati as Goliah was before he rubbed up against David—they have never gotten acquainted with the merits of the best selling brand of soap on the It is called ATLAS and is manufactured only by HENRY PASSOLT, SAGINAW, MICH. market. ¥ a ¥ Y iF ;* @& YP ie & Ay 4 é s vhs SOME CAUSES OF UNREST. No thoughtful citizen can, in view of recent events at Chicago and elsewhere, dismiss from his mind some feeling of apprehension. Not all the acts of violence were committed by the strikers, but the entire blame properly rests on the heads of the strikers and their leaders for inciting riot and applauding acts of violence by whomsoever conceived and executed. @All, except anarchists, or euphemistically termed individualists, will agree that a civilized people must maintain some form of government, and that behind this government there must be a potential foree—a force capable of compelling obedience to laws and res- pect for the rights of others when neces- sary. It is probable that there are—and perhaps always will be—those who must feel this force occasionally, but when it becomes necessary to employ it too often or too much, or against great numbers of people, then it is time to do some think- ing, whatever of fighting it may also be necessary to do, It is easy for those of us who can at present manage to keep ourselves com- fortably fed, clothed and housed, to simply demand the prompt imprison- ment, shooting or hanging of law breakers, and when that is done imagine the whole difficulty settled. But blood poisoning cannot be cured by surgery alone; there must be treatment to cure the blood poisoning else there will be only a succession of surgical operations and final dissolution. It our firm belief that ours the best form of government yet devised by man, but no sane man can think it is perfect or that by it the nearest possible approach to justice, and the greatest good of the greatest number aw always secured. It an indisputable fact that the security of government such as ours, and the prosperity of the people as a whole rests, and must continue to rest, finally upon what we are accustomed to regard as the lower stratum—the common laborer, and it can scarcely be denied that in legislation and in the courts this class and others similar, have been neg- lected; that money, especially when massed together, has wielded too great an influence; that there has been too much “representing millions of dollars,” and too little representing millions of men with an inalienable right to life and the pusuit of happiness, It is desirable, it seems to us, sharp line of demarkation should be drawn between the capitalist or the manufacturer on the une side, and the monopolist or manipulator on the other. Sometimes the same man all these characters, but it is our belief that the manufacturer, pure and simple, is in these days, being charged with op- pression, extortion and other sins, of which he is in no wise guilty, simply because the distinction not made between manufacturing operations, pure the more is is is that a may assume is and simple, and the operations of monopolies, trusts, and other combina- tions equally as reprehensible. FRANK STOWELL. a Selling Bicycles. The competition for the bicycle trade has become so marked that no less than four active factors are at work in the field. These inecludein the order of their importance, first and naturally, | the hardware dealers, the carriage men, | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. the regulae agencies, and, last, least and ridiculously, the sewing machine agents. As a matter of fact, these latter gentry, or many of them, are endeavoring to sell bicycles direct to the users, and their organ has come out with the argument, such as itis, that they are particularly adapted to the trade and should claim it as theirown. This is, of course, absurd, and is founded on no better reason than that because the bicycle is a wheel and the sewing machine has also a wheel the two trades should be made to go to- gether. The actual fact of the matter, as we have pointed out before, is that the sale of bieyeles does not belong or pertain to any line of business exclusively. But we argue and believe that the hardware dealers are better able to advance and enlarge their sale than is any class of business men who are at all apt to handle them. They are assuredly in a better position to handle them than are the carriage men, with whose goods the bicycles come in direct competition, can do better service, through being en abled to carry a diversified line, than any of .the direct agencies which are limited to the sale of one make of wheel. The question is not so'much the owner- ship of the trade as it is one of the resulting profit. Sewing machine agents make more money from their sales than do the manufacturers. As they have now gone into the business of seiling bicycles, it naturally follows that they have sized up the situation and know about how much they can make in their new venture. What they can make asa class, the hardware dealers can double, beside giving to the trade a more sub- stantial character than is possible from itinerant salesmen like the sewing machine agents or even from those who handle the wheels as agents for the manufacturers. _ > 0 The Kind of a Clerk Lincoln Was. As a clerk ina country store in Lllinois, Abraham Lincoln quickly became known for his honesty. He was truthful in what he said about the goods, he gave good weight, and, in particular, he lost no time and spared no pains in correct- ing mistakes. He was closing the store one evening when a woman called for a half-pound of tea. In the morning he saw from the weight in the scale that he had given her only a quarter of a pound. Leaving everything else, he weighed out the other quarter and carried it to her. Another customer paid him six and one-quarter cents more than was his due and when the store was closed at night he hastened to correct the mistake, al- though she lived two miles away. Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURBS AND BITs, dis. ee — ee dentiings’, genuine...... ..... Jennings’, imitation ... AXES. First Quality, 8. B. Bronae...... D. B. Bronze. ' =. 2 See... . i, eee 43 50 BARROWS. dis. Railroad De eee 812 00 14 00 eee... net 30 00 BOLTS. Stove. . Lee : Curvines new ia, “ , e -- 40810 Sielgh eee, BUCERTS, ee ey 8 : 50 Well, WN 400 BUTTS, CAST. dis. | Cast Loose Pin, figured...... << = ae Wrought Narrow, Srright Saat joint 2 ..... 66410 and_ 7 Wwrougns Leos Fin. ......................... @ Meee ee 40 Wrought Inside Blind..... Se ee 5 ome Ce 70&10 Beem tween. a Blind, Shepard’s BLOCKS, Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 60&10 CRADLES, oe 40410 OROW BARS. Cant Steel.......... Se eee yoas see perb 5 CAPS ass... per m ee . Ste eer CARTRIDGES, Rim Fire.. Central Fire. Socket Firmer . RO 75&10 SoekerGQurnear.............. yb aocees Shees.............. ce Duteners’ Tangod Pinner ............... | COMBS. dis. Curr enero eee 40 Hotchkis Mees ieee ae 2B CHALK, White Crayons, per gross..........12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, Planished, Be ox Cut to size... .. per pound 28 2, 14x56, 14x60 26 Cold Rolled. 14x56 and 14x60.... Louw 23 Cold Rolled: ee 23 oe 22 DRILLS. dis, Morso’s Bit Stocin.............. a en ‘ 50 ‘Taper and straignt Shank................. ag 50 ! 50 DRIPPING PANS, ae) eieee, wer pound... |... .... 6% Large sixes, por peu... Lu... 06 ELBOWS. Com, 4 piece, 6im............ eee dos. net 2 Corea diz AOneeeee 4... ais, 40810 EXPANSIVE BITS, dis. Clark's, small, $18: large, @6............... 30 Ives’, 1, B18: 2, 824 ; 3,830 Lone e. 25 FILES—New List. dis. Rime 6010-10 New Aeatrican .... ... ee In OE 60&10-10 ee 50 mcucrs Horse Maape .. ....... 4... 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 16 17 Discount, 60 -10 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 KNoBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings... 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings 55 Door, porceluin, trimmings..... 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain ee ae 70 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Mallory, Wheeler & Caw................... 55 eee. 55 —— ss ........... 55 MATTOCES, Sree Bee... .................... $16.00, dia. 6C-10 OT $15.00, dis. 60-10 oe $18.50, dis. — Sperry & Co.'s, Post, ‘anaes ee MILLS. dis. Coffee, Sis an... 40 P.8. & W. Mfg. Co.'s Mallesbles.. 49 ey Landers, Worry & Clock e.......... 40 . eee .... 8 30 MOLASSES GATES, dis. Stebbin’s Pattern.. det euede dese cadaucsiie eee — Enterprise, self-measuring............ one NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and 7" ee EE eee 1 40 eee eee Oe... 2. «4... 1 40 EE Base Base Oo ras eee en cae ccc eae 10 oe 25 Pe 25 — 35 eg 45 i... 45 0... 50 Se. 60 7&6. vis] .. 90 1 20 Sh ee Sa Ee seo c on alone gn t 1 60 ee... 1 60 ee te. 65 ~ Oe .. vis] . ee ee 90 Finish _ vio] a eee a 90 - 2. ... 110 Clineh?10............-.-. SC 70 a g.. 80 - G.. 90 Barrell ®.. tee, 6. 1 5 ANES. 8. Ohio 7 Co.'s, an en eee Mee... e. ‘oan Tool Co.’s, fancy... OO ——————eee @40 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. . ....50&10 PANS. i Ae... dis.60—10 Common, polished a hs dis. 70 RIVETS. 8. Prom Ge Se 50—10 Copper Rivets and Burs................... . —10 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. “A” Wood's oa planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 “B” Wood's lanished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken pac “r c per pound extra, HAMMERS. meveue @Cu e211. dis. 25 oe... ............. ol. a 25 Werkes & Piahs................ oo dis. 40410 Mason's Solid Cast Steel. ..-30¢ List 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand... . 800 40&10 HINGES. is -dis.60&15 ps Clark’s, 1, 2,3 . Stat per dos. net, 2 50 reuse ‘Hook and ‘Strap, to 12 in. Ms 14 and —............. i. 3% screw Hook and Eye, a es net 10 - met 8% ts a . =... net 7% iD “ se Me. Oe net 7% Strap and T.. mat : 8. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track....50&10 Cixenuem, antl-friction.................... 60410 Bigder woee gece... 40 HOLLOW WARE. ee moeee........... ee 60&10 Spice ... ... ae Gray enameled...... «« -. S016 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, Stamped Tin Ware.. --. .new list 70 Japanned Tin Ware.. eee hee ec. ‘ Granite Iron Ware . .-. new is 2t WIRE ‘e00Ds. dis. eee 70&10&10 Screw Eyes - - 70810810 as... .... -70&10&10 Gate Hooke and Byes............... 70&10&10 LEVELS As. 7%) Stanley Rule and Level Co.’n..... ... ..... ROPES. Sisal, 4 inch and —— eee : 7 7 ......... eee ae SQUARES. dix, meeci ame iron..... ........... — Try and pre ce —.........,... Ce - ' SHEET IRON. Com. ierny Com noe wieMm |... ..... -850 6250 Lo es 2 60 Noe wee. 4 05 27 Mon setae 2 56 2 80 oe tes... | = 2 90 aoe............ 37 3 00 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND P4PER, over 30 inches Peacct 1s... ' - dis. 50 SASH CORD. Silver Lake, hag ee tees. list 50 ean A... " 55 - wees es 50 C e.. o 55 ’ Wasec ... .. .... £0 Discount, 10. SA5H WEIGHTS. Solid Eyes...... aa 4 per ton 82 ‘RAWS. da ' Meee 2 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot. 70 _ Pete Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.. 50 . Champ Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 - ion and Electric Tooth X Cuts, per JOot eee 30 TRAPS, dis. Med (ame 60410 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 3 Oneida Community, Hewley & Norton’s. 70 monne Chom | 18¢ per dos Mouse, delusion.. io . -81.50 = = "WIRE. Dene eee 70 mnesied Meret TU—10 Copperce MOreee gee Tinned Market. ee ee Coppered Spring 2 50 Barbed Fence, galvanised. oe cig a... _ 20 HORSE NAILS, Au Sebie....... dis, ao Caan... ‘im. Monnwemterm. dis. 1010 NCHES, din. Baxter’s Adjustable, “nickeled Sods ede. 30 eile 50 Coe’s Patent a a 7 Coe’s Patent, malleabl T5& 16 aaiaiaanaens dis. Bred Cages ........... ieee oe 50 eee Cee 75410 porows Now ili@m ................. --»- 7081! &10 Casters, mea © 6 Pinte... — Dampers, American.. 40 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel. goods... Se 65410 METALS, PIe TIN. ae ee Pee 28e ZINC. Duty: Sheet, 24c per pound. ao wera Come. oe 5% a ee 7 SOLDER. SS ea — —— ee eee oe 15 The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY. Oe, per pound Oe Ee 18 TIN—MELYR GRADE. 10x14 = Charcoal eee 8750 ee lhl 7 50 10x14 1, a i aN IO Te 9 25 ——ss | 9 2 Each additional X on this grade, 81.75. N—ALLAWAY GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal a % ee 6 7% 10x14 IX a 8 25 14x20 IX, a 9 25 Each additional X on this grade ROOPING PLATES 14x20 IC, * =6©Woreenter.... Se 14x20 IX, - 50 20x28 IC . uy 50 14x201C, ‘“ Allaway Grade........... 00 14x20 IX, 50 ak, * _ 50 Six, ** ' 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE, poo eee dee eee ele, $14 06 14x31 IX.. 15 00 — Ee for No. § Bollers, per ee ... 1000 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. VACHIGA CD, A WEFELY JOUENAL DEVOTED TO THE VIRADESMAN Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY Tas — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical bus!- ness men. Correspondents must give their full nameand |, | pienty | strikers, address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. question; but never, if his life be spared, has anybody been punished for depriv- ing, by violence and force of arms, any man of his right to work when in a place made vacant by the voluntary retire- ment of a striker. Of course, when by a strike the pub- lic are greatly incommoded; when prop- erty is being destroyed and commerce is obstructed, and a general state of social disorder and _ disorganization exists through the violence of strikers, posses are sworn in, the troops are called out, and extraordinary means are taken to preserve order; but nothing is ever done to protect men in the right to work. And what is the result of it? Why, Subscribers may have the mailing address of | their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address, Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- | class matter. 2" When writing to any of our advertisers, | please say that you saw their advertisement in Tue MicHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1894. THE RIGHT TO WORK. Everybody recognizes the indubitable right of people to work or not to work at their own pleasure. Of course, people who, for any reason, being able-bodied and able to find employment, but who voluntarily refuse to work, must not be- come burdens upon the community. But in every sense the right of work- people to go out on a strike is acknowl- edged by the law and justified and es- tablished in public opinion. If an attempt were made to force a striker to work, the person or persous so attempting would be either guilty of as- sault of false imprisonment, and would be amendable to the law for their acts. Thus the law protects a striker or apy other person in his right to be idle, while any attempt to reduce any- body to a state of slavery where he would be forced to work against his or her will is expressly forbidden in the constitution of the United States. Thus it is that a striker knows that he is free from any force or interference by any former employer. The right to work ought to be as thor- oughtly protected as is the right to be idie. Butitis not. The enforced labor, which is denominated ‘‘slavery,” is ex- pressly forbidden by the constitution of the United States, in amendment XIII, and if any attempt were made to coerce a striker into such servitude, the machin- ery of the United States courts and the entire power of the Government, is nec- essary, could be put in motion to rescue the subject of such oppression. But there is no such protection to the right to work. The man who wishes to earn his living by the sweat of his brow must fight his way as best he can. Let some poor fellow attempt to work in a place left vacant by a striker, and com- monly he does so at the risk of his life. For his protection, neither Federal nor State courts are invoked, and neither Federal! nor State trocps are turned out. He is denounced as a scab, and he may be stoned or otherwise beaten by strikers every day in the week for any protec- tion he will get from any source. Of or |ing railroad cars plainly, that although there may be of men to take the places of they will not, as a _ general thing, come forward, because they know they will not be protected. That*is the experience in this city; itis the experi- ence everywhere. The troops will fire on mobs engaged in wrecking and burn- and buildings; but | when the outlaws confine themselves to / beating and intimidating men who are | exercising their right to work, it is en- | tirely another matter. Strange as it may seem, this is a fact, and equally strange that nobody pro- poses a remedy forit. Is there no sym- pathy for the man who seeks to exercise his right to work? FIGHT AGAINST THE ANARCHISTS. Every country in Europe is now busy in devising means of crushing out the anarchists and guarding against anarch- ist outrages. The numerous crimes which have taken place in all parts of Europe, culminating in the assassination of President Carnot, of France, have thor- oughly aroused the governments of the various countries to the necessity of adopting special measures to deal with the anarchists. It has been generally recognized that the ordinary legal pro- cedure would not suffice to meet the an- archist evil. France was the first coun- try to realize this fact, and already two years ago special laws were passed mak- ing attempts or causing destruction of buildings by means of explosives a cap- ital offense. More recently other laws were enacted, dealing with conspiracy and the like. Germany in now debating the advis- ability of adopting special measures. Some of the German papers advocate the revival of the old anti-socialist laws which Prince Bismarck used to adminis- ter with an iron hand. In Great Britain uncommonly stringent measures have been resorted to to guard against anarch- ist outrages, and a bill has been pro- posed in Parliament to amend the immi- gration laws so as to prevent anarchists from using British territory as an asylum. Without doubt the main measure re- lied upon by the European Governments for the supression of the anarchist trouble is the international agreement, now understood to exist, which prevents anarchists, accused of outrages or sus- pected of complicity in outrages, from finding an asylum anywhere. THE TRADESMAN heartily commends the gathering of retail grocers, to be held at Mt. Pleasant, August 7, and trusts the proceedings of the convention will course, if such a man should be killed; mark genuine progress for the retail outright, somebody might be called in| grocery trade. Rand, MeNally & Co., of Chicago, have been boycotted by the trades unions. The concern has a capital of $1,000,000 and a surplus of over a million. If the boycott is pursued aggressively, the sur- plus will be increased to $2,000,000 in- side of three years. Loyal Americans take this means of showing their dislike of the favorite weapons of trades union- ism—murder, incendiarism, intimidation, the strike and the boycott. Arbitrating the amount of money a man shall receive will never be a success until arbitration shall also establish how much brains he shall carry around in his head. Was It Worth While ? From the New York Tribune. So, Debs, it’s over. Well, it’s sooner by afew hours than we expected. We counted too much on the permanence of your cure of neurasthenia. It was obvious several days ago that the back- bone of the strike was affected by neu- rasthenia, but we did not look so soon for the collapse of your own. The lan- guage you were engaged in throwing off led a great many persons unfamiliar with the phenomena of your malady to believe that your spinal column was the stiffest thing on the continent. Some of them, we presume, are disappointed. They were in hopes that you would continue to assert your superiority to the Govern- ment of the United States until you com- pelled it to back down. They were curi- ous to see what you would do with it when you once got it subjugated; what limitations you would place upon it, or whether you would abolish it altogether. Their confidence in your spinal column was increased when they observed that you had been reinforced by Sovereign. For they know Sovereign as a Champion of Labor who carries between his nose and chin the capacity for keeping all the industries of the country going, when coal, steam, water power and natural gas fail, by simple wind. And now some of them are thinking that, instead of helping you with his wind, he blew your backbone over. But now that it is over, and you are willing to let the Government of the United States continue business at the old stand for a while at least, the Tribune would like to ask if, when you calmly re- view your career, you think it was really worth while? You’ve been very lucky, Debs. They hanged a man in Chicago Friday for committing only one murder. He knew less than you do. He sinned against less light. There’s a dead engi- neer, Debs, lying under his locomotive in the ooze of a river bottom, away yonder on the Pacific Coast, who wouldn’t have been there but for you. And he never did you harm. There was nothing the matter with his backbone. He was try- ing to do his duty as he understood it, and he didn’t weaken under threats. So the men whom you enlisted, whom you guided, and whose willing obedience you commanded, stealthily and murderously entrapped him to his death. There’sa good deal of significance as well as pathos, Debs, in that dead engineer lying there in the ooze with his hand on the throttle. Means a great deal more, Debs, for the dignity of labor; for its honor; for the trust that can be reposed in it; for its knightly character and heroic courage—the dead hand on the throttle does—than all the sounding proclama- tions that have gone out under your hand during the last fortnight. Others are lying dead over the whole stretch of country on which your influ- ence has burned its track who would have been iiving but for you. Thousands are idle who but for you would have been reaping the fruits of industry in contentment. Thousands of families are in distress and misery who a fortnight ago were comfortable and happy, and might have continued so had you not or- dered the bread-winners to throw down their tools and walk out into vagrancy and vagabondage. Through your orders business has been suspended, trade and commerce brought to astandstill, and all productive industry discontinued through | whole neighborhoods and over a wide extent of country. Noman ever did so much mischief, ever brewed such trouble, spread abroad such distress and misery, ever caused such a sacrifice of life and made so many families wretched with so little personal inconvenience or loss and so little personal peril. For through it all your salary has gone right on. Gone on just as though it were not wrung from your victims. And what have you got for it, Debs? Your picture has been printed in a great many newspapers. Your proclamations and pronunciamentos in a great many more. You are known by name to-day wherever the English language is spoken. It’s a wide notoriety. Don’t mistake it for fame, Debs. For it isn’t. It is an unwholesome, nauseating notori- ety. You have had astomachful of it. And now that you are about to pass out of it into the obscurity from which you should never have emerged, we ask you in all candor, Was it worth while? ——__-o-<———— The Wheat Market, The market during the past week has been a waiting one, the longs watching the outcome of the harvest and the shorts thinking it rather risky to put out new lines at present low prices. There has been no wheat moving from first hands, as farmers are busy harvesting and threshing will be next in order. Our prediction that this year’s crop would be but 80 per cent. of the average will turn out to be true, as the State crop report puts the yield at 17,500,000 bushels, while last year it was in excess of 22,000,- 000 bushels—rather a large decrease. Futures in wheat were lower and corn and oats declined more than wheat, ow- ing to the better outlook for oats and the exceedingly good promise for corn. The future price of wheat depends entirely on the outcome of the spring wheat crop, which at this time does not promise any too well in the Dakotas and Minnesota on account of the extremely hot weather; but this may change at any moment. Should they have rain in these States wheat and oats will be all right yet. Re- ceipts for the week were: wheat, fifty- four cars; corn, eight cars; oats, four ears. The price of wheat in the local market remains unchanged. C. G. A. Vorer. St Corporation Gossip. At the annual meeting of the directors of the Traverse City State Bank, held July 7, a dividend of 8 per cent. was declared on the business of the past year and $10,000 carried to the surplus fund. The old officers were re-elected. A block of stock in the Kent County Savings Bank (Grand Rapids) was recently sold at 205. A.J. Bowne was the seller and W. H. Anderson was the purchaser. The Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co. has begun doing business in Indiana. It will pull out of Coloradv and Nebraska at the end of the year, owing to the ex- pense of inspecting risks and adjusting losses at so great a distance from the home office. This change will confine the field of the company to seven States, all within convenient reach of the home office. At the annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co. (Traverse City), a cash dividend of 7 per cent. was disbursed and $9,000 earried to the surplus fund. The old officers were re-elected, H. Montague continuing in the position of Secretary and General Manager. —— oe The best work need not look for com- mon credit. Sto ow y a & ¢ ;itv | Lira mv e- ¢ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 9 THE NICARAGUA CANAL. The present is pre-eminently an age. of commerce in contradistinction to the age of war for conquest which charac- terized national policy up to the last part | of the present century. From the earliest times a poor nation) sought to enrich itself by robbing some | other which it might be able to over- | come. Rome conquered every country | in its reach and grew enormously rich upon the plunder. Such examples were followed by every other nation, until the growth of a number of great powers made impossible the pillage and parti- tion of ether countries, and then the na- tions were driven to commerce for the wealth which they had been accustomed to take by force. To-day the genius of statesmanship in every great country is devoted to in- creasing trade, in improving every pro- cess of production and in opening new markets. Colonizing frica, building transcontinental railways and_ inter- oceanic ship canals are the order of the day. The shortening of commercial routes becomes a matter of the greatest importance in this age of keen mer- cantile competition. The greatest work of this sort is the construction of an in- teroceanic ship canal through the Amer- ican Isthmus. The failure of the effort by a French company to pierce the Pan- ama crossing has fixed upon the United States the burden of making the crossing, and the route is obviously through the Nicaragua Isthmus. The Atlantic and Pacifie Oceans are separated by two vast’ continental masses, but while that comprising Eu- rope, Asia and Africa is enormously wide that which embraces the three Americas is, at its middJe part, extreme- ly narrow. Continental expanses, thou- sands of miles wide, narrow down to a few score of miles, as if the route for a canal to connect the two oceans were specially marked out by the power and intelligence that created the planet on which these conditions are found. The arguments which urge the con- struction of a canal at that place are too familiar to need repetition, and too po- tential and convincing to be gainsaid. They embrace every consideration of commercial policy and every demand for the public defense. If the people of the United States propose to continue in competition with the other great powers for the commerce of Asia and of the western coast of South America and of Oceanica, they must open this canal. If they should ever become involved in a foreign naval warfare they will discover | that for the lack of such a canal they will be placed at a disadvantage tre- mendous and terrible. But it is needless to dwell on these points. If the United States shall neg- lect the urgent duty which devolves on this conutry to build the Nicaragua Canal the prize will be snatched up by some other power. That is all there is to it. The opportunity is now and the duty is urgent. The Congress which is now in session should never conclude its sittings until the Nicaragua Canal shall be provided for. } | | } RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN 1894. The year 1894 will be memorable for the great financial panic that started in 1893 and continued far over into the next twelve months, its evil effects being enormously aggravated by the strike of the coal miners and of the railway men. The railways are the gauge and index of all other business, and the effects of /such an aggregation of financial mis- | fortunes is seen not merely in the tre- mendous losses scored by those vast agencies of commerce, but also in the remarkable stoppage of railroad con- struction. | The Chicago Railway Age has footed | up the returns of railway construction | for the six months of 1894, and finds that it is the worst showing made in thirty | years past. The work done figures up| for the six months of 1894, ending June 30, only 525 miles on 51 lines in 25 States. In 23 States and territories no new track has gone down in the last six) months; in 17, only a single line has|/ been added in each; 2 have 2 new lines | each; 2 have added 3; 1 has built 4; 2) boast 5, and 1(Penusylvania) can claim | % new lines, but they average only 6 miles each. The largest mileage has} been laid in Colora o, 54 miles, chiefly in the econstruetion of 2 roads to reach | the Cripple Creek mining camp; South Carolina adds 50 miles, Florida 48, West | Virginia and Louisiana 46 each, Penn- sylvania 42, New Jersey and Texas each | 34; the rest much smaller amounts. | The largest extension this year is a} branch of the Atlantic Coast Line in South Carolina, 44 miles: the next, the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River extension to Fort Worth. Fla.; the next, a stretch of 40 miles on the Flor- | ence and Cripple Creek in Colorado. Not a single trunk line of any import- anee increased its length. The work bas been confined to the completion of work previously under way or to build- ing little branches which seemed im- peratively demanded. From the present outlook, the Age forecasts that the new railway mileage of 1894 will not exceed 1,500 miles. No year since 1865, when civil war had checked progress, has shown so insignif- icant a total. In 1893 the construction amounted to 2,635 miles, in 1892 it was 4,200 miles, in 1887 it reached nearly 13,000 miles, or possibly ten times the meager mileage which this year wil! eon- tribute. Yet there is a demand for many more railways. What with Debsism, Coxeyism and the many terrible blows that have been struet at every industry and enterprise in the country, it will be wonderful if another mile of railway shall be built in the country for a long time to come. Had a Presentiment. William Brummer, a 16-year-old boy employed by a druggist at Union Hill, N. J., when he came to the store last Tuesday morning told his employer that he had a strange presentiment that some- thing serious would happen to him be- fore the end of the day. The druggist laughed away his fears, telling him that his digestion was prebably out of order, and he had better go home and go to bed. He refused togo, however, and presently was as cheerful as ever, and had appar- ently forgotten all about the matter. In the afternoon he went into the back room of the store, and ina moment the drug- gist heard a tremendous explosion. He hurried into the room and found that a small cannon, which he had there, had exploded, the contents lodging in the ab- domen of the unfortunate youth, who lay on the floor in the agonies ofdeath. The druggist says that the cannon was un- loaded, and it is supposed that the boy had undertaken to load it, with fatal re- sults. ar eee Use Tradesman Coupon Books. } } ANANA The PUTNAM CANDY CO. 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Tradesman Company, oa : alt 10 THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. i YY « Free Speech and Its Abuse. | national or municipal officers sworn to! Pp I H IG H GRADE | ———— ' | preserve public tranquility. A i ua € aly The founders of this — held od But late experiencé in the last decade | cain ‘truths to bo self-evident—to wit, |... clearly shown that unless controlled | x 2 that all men were created equal and en- by the same power that punishes its | at See sieht ayy nenls a a abuse when directed against individuals, | A Strictly High Grade 28 lb. Bi- Tt credly respected. In the first amendmen esa : : : 4 J . fa oe speech may be the means of destroy- | a : to the Constitution, Congress is prohib- et i dean oc at ee cycle, the Latest and Best English ¥ , WP ited from . passing laws that seg founded, as we fondly hoped, on a basis | Design, 794 Model. Tool Steel, sh. “‘abri the freedom of speech, or of}, a ce i : abridge vag sone Pp iebi | firm enough to withstand the vicissitudes | Ball Bearing throughout, Tangent the press.”” Tbe constitution of Michi-| 9- so4. for all time. adh eoneen te . 4 gan has a similar restriction, and, to bews been mando te creeds of laboring Spokes, Either Wood or Steel Rims, : | va 7 — oe ae | nenaggin dhs men not only in secret council but’ Pneumatic Tires, Hardened Tool ‘. this respect more emphatic, adds, ‘‘but | . oo d | openly in mass meetings, attracting the, ; u " i : every person may freely speak, write and | + inorant and discontented classes, | Steel Rear Sprockets, Re-enforced Frame, Hickory or Steel Forks. War ‘ Bea — - — = - — |are as deadly as the torch of an incen-| ented throughout. : ah sites responsible for the abuse of suc | diary applied to buildings in the com- We sell direct from our factory, as the time has come when riders — | pact blocks of cities. If we cannot, con- . . 7 . j r ia , y 4 ngth and Lightness com- At the time these authoritative ex-| . : must have a strictly High Grade Wheel with Streng g a pressions concerning the freedom of speech were put on record they were con- sidered a sufficient protection for every citizen from a tyranny common to all! lands not having a republican form of} government. The abuse of this right} 25, but referred only tothe law of per-| sonal libel, and did not contemplate the control of treasonable speech. Courts} have, from time to time, establisheda uniform construction on all the laws passed in harmony with the above arti-; cle; and so far justice and social order | are fully satisfied. ditions that have been gradually chang- | ing within the past generation or two, by which new and powerful dangers ap- pear in connection with the abuse of free speech, the power of law as a protector of individual rights would still be sufficiently effective. It is not strange that our wisest st«tes- men of revolutionary fame foresee and provide for the changes that acentury has accumplished. From the time when the flow of immigration to our | Shores began, and every facility was ex- tended to augment our population in a} greater ratio than was possible by nat-| ural increase, causes were set in that, at first with glacier-like siowness, but later with obviously accelerated mo- | tion, have brought us face to face with an evil that it is folly to ignore. There was a time when free speech was as harmless as the ingredients that enter into the manufacture of gun- powder before they are skillfully mixed. There was, too, a time when the ele- ments that form a modern anarchist were separate and innoxious, like chemi cals in a erude state, and, therefore, safe from all dangerous effects that can only be developed by combination. There was also a time when the people of this land were of a character not liable to be} inflamed by appeals such as the anarch- ists of to-day are by speech and press, distributing among the tinder of human passions made more susceptible to con- flagration by the warm rays of Liberty’s sunshine. That every man is a sovereign, free to give expression to his thoughts, wishes or opinions has been by | considered the saving element of a repub- | lican form of government. Many even in- | sist that it is contrary to the spirit of our | institutions to make mere words, how- ever rash, hostile or venemous, when ut- tered against the peace of society sub- | ject to legal repression by penal statute. | They consider threats made to the ears | of an excited crowd of peace disturbers, | unless accompanied by some overt act, as not deserving interference by state, i | fire the passions of the ignorant and law- | Stitutional goyernment, all the sacrifices : : _..,,... | made by patriots hitherto will have been was provided forin Article VI, Section Fin denies | destruction was introduced in harmless | Were it not for con- | failed to| motion | and | some | | They openly command their followers | not to overstep the sistently with present legal limitations, protect the life of the republic from trea- sonable speech, or printed threats that less, thus destroying respect for our con- Troy fell because the agent of guise. Unless we awake to the real dan- ger in time, free speech will prove to be the Trojan horse through which the cita- | del of liberty may be captured by the in- veterate enemies of all forms of govern- ;}ment. One who has been taught that he a natural right to say what he pleases is pretty sure to go further and insist, as a natural sequence, that he may | do as he pleases if he gets the power into his own hands. It is easy to descend | from liberty to license, as every strike of labor unions in the last score of years | fully proves. | has Crimes committed during these strikes, |confessedly to enforce the claims of | labor, whatever their number or magni- tude, no longer shock the public mind as they ought. On the other hand they are looked upon as the common incidents of the day. They make the newspapers more interesting to readers, who never seem to care so much for the reproach they cast on our national reputation as | they do for the inconveniences suffered | | by themselves in the matter of transpor:| tation facilities. .Men of national repute are often disposed not only to ineeaiii’ them, in a desire for popularity, but | even to lay the guilt on the acts of capi- | talists or government. They forget that | if their charges were true, under a gov- | | ernment of law one wrong can never ex- cuse another. If every man is to main tain his rights by force, either singly or | by combination, civil war is the result- ing condition. To repress this war and | restore social order the government must rely on the military power. But where | that force has to be recruited largely | |from combatants or sympathizers with | | the lawless element the task is difficult | if not hopeless, and the end is anarchy. | It is apparent to every careful ob- server that tothe abuse of free speech may be charged most of the crimes lately committed by men enrolled under the standard of labor. The leaders, it true, disavow such unlawful acts, and claim to be loyal to the laws of the land. } | | j | | | | i | is bounds which pro- tect persons and property, but to depend only on fair persuasion and argument. But the instruments used are not amena- ble to reason, because the passions of some have been previously excited by appeals to the baser instincts of human Price $75. CYCLOID WHEEL WORKS, Grand Rapids, [lich. 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One may as well ask the ball not to kill after it leaves the gun. as to order/| the year. the brutish element, largely dominant in every large strike to foregoits sweet re- venge, where the bow of organized authority releases the arrow of ultma- tum as the signal for attack. The mis- chief is done by those who in speech and print lay the fatal train, requiring but a tiny spark to produce the catastrophe. A great part of the expense of our gov- ernment is incurred either in trying to correct former mistakes that should have been avoided, or in repairing their natural consequences. The power that isnow used to protect individual char- acter from unjust attack by speech or press, if framed into law and enforced as impartially as the statutes defining libel, could be made more effective in preventing unlawful acts of irrespon- sible men, than scores of sworn deputies, or regiments of armed militia. Unless some general method is devised to reach | are manufactured, and | get on the inside, he is looked upon by all connected as a spy trying to learn | spread eagle enthusiasm, but truth in- spired by exact justice that will live and | animate the American people throughout S. P. WHITMARSH. >