Pe Df Dag}
SY AFR SSS SIF) ty
> WEN 2
OVE SWS 3) PPI CO
ZO SSS ORS
») Za are) \ CF pas as TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS! DG) DASE |S PER YEAR 22
SS op TI OS LE SSE EOE REIS RB
ASL
)
3
So
eS
=
ye
/
A
¢
D>
g
KF
a dll
AR RWIZY
INS IOS
2 }
Mt il (fi
— 9
(
(
’
4
Thirtieth Year GRAND RAPIDS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1913 Number 1554
ug Sah ih ina OOOO IIIA IR III RII RI AAA IIIA A SII AAA IA SA AE
When the little toy gun
Has its share of the fun,
By teaching short-hand fo the favorite son.
Oh, the Fourth of July!
When grand souls hover nigh!
When Washington bends from the honest blue sky!
When Jefferson stands—
Famous scribe of all lands—
The charter of heaven in his glorified hands!
When his comrade—strong, high,
John Adams—comes nigh,
(For both went to their rest the same Fourth of July!)
When Franklin—grand, droll-
That could lightnings control,
Comes here with his sturdy, progressive old soul!
When freedom’s strong staff—
Hancock—with a laugh,
Writes in memory’s album his hugh autograph!
But let thought have its way,
And give memory sway;
e Do we think of the cost of this glorified day?
While the harvest-field waves.
Do we think of those braves
In the farms thickly planted with thousands of graves?
Oh, the Fourth of July!
When fire-crackers fly,
And urchins in petticoats tyrants defy!
How the great flag up there,
When all the still air Clean and pure as the air,
Creeps away in despair, Has been drabbled with blood-drops and trailed in despair?
And clamor is king, be the day dark or fair!
Do we know what a land
When freedom’s red flowers God hath placed in our hand,
Fall in star-spangled showers, To be made into star-gems or crushed into sand?
And liberty capers for twenty-four hours.
Let us feel that our race,
When the morn’s ushered in Doomed to no second place,
By a sleep-crushing din, Must glitter with triumph or die in disgrace?
That tempts us to use philological sin; iat iillians onkowe,
At night, noon and morn,
Will thank us with blessings or curse us with scorn,
*
x
*
*
*
*
»*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
rs
*
a
+
*
*
*
*
*
ve
*
+
Ps
a
ve
*
*
»
+
a
ve
+
+
ss
*
a
>
Ys
+
as
*
*
>
*
*
*
we
*
»*
*
*
%
»
Ps
*
*
> a
x
ss
>
*
*
+
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Ps
ss
*
*
Ps
+
+
*
*
*
*
*
es
*
*
+
ss
*
When the forenoon advances
With large circumstances,
Subjecting our lives to debatable chances, For raising more high
Freedom’s flag to the sky,
rer me sae eae Or losing forever the Fourth of July!
*
*
*
*
+
»*
=
Their attractions increase, *
By marching, protected with clubs of police; Will Carleton. *
»
*
*
+
*
»
*
*
KIAMA IAAKA KKK PIR KIRK IIA III II IIIA SSSI A IDI SSS SIS SIS IAS IS IAS SSIS SISSISISSISISSISSISSIS SSIS’ III IAI II IAAI AIA AAAS AS AS ASASSSAASAWCSACACA:
FOI Ito tok
*
*
*
+
*
+
*
*
*
*
%
*
pe
*
ee
+
*
+
+
*
+
*
*
+
+
*
*
%
+
*
+
*
+
*
+
*
*
*
*
*
+
+
+
+
*
*
%
*
+
*
*
+
i
*
*
+
*
+
*
*
*
*
*
%
The successful grocer makes it a point to please
his customers. Have you ever noticed that all
of them sell FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST? They
wouldn't do it unless it pieased their customers.
They also consider the profit, which makes it
worth their while. Ss Ss Sa ao
WHEN YOU SEE
THE GOOD
SIGN OF CANDY
‘DOUBLE A”’
Remember it came from
The PUTNAM FACTORY, National Candy Co., Inc.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
* Standari rd of —
suc erin ING é'ca
FRANKLIN eal ~' SUGAR.
You make the profit on EVERY CARTON in it AT ONE
SALE. You make ONE DELIVERY instead of a DOZEN OR
MORE. You make the profit on all the sugar your customer
will buy for some time and prevent her trading elsewhere as
long as the sugar you've sold her lasts. You can sell
FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR by the container if you'll
call customers’ attention to the convenience of having a
supply of it on hand, and remind them that they use sugar
EVERY DAY. FRANKLIN FINE GRANULATED and
DESSERT AND TABLE, the grades that are used most, are
packed in containers that do not hold too much for the
average family.
You can buy Franklin Sugar in the original containers
of 24, 48, 60 and 120 Ibs., according to grade.
THE FRANKLIN SUGAR REFINING CO.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
“Your customers know FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR
is CLEAN sugar.’’
Handle It
On Its Record
In all the years “White House”
Coffee has been marketed, it
has never been allowed to de-
teriorate in character or quality.
If you have followed its rise to
its present top-notch position as
re) ars
nd WRIGHT ‘ome 6s the: leader, you know we're
“CHICAS?
a
right. 2 &@ & KB KH &
JUDSON GROCER CO.—Grand Rapids, Mich.
Wholesale Distributors of
DWINELL-WRIGHT COMPANY PRODUCTS
a ox in forget news one
era) OX) 4 Boy Washing Powder
Saul Broa¥Ce, Buffalo, N. Y.
vm) |
Thirtieth Year
Number 1554
SPECIAL FEATURES. nn eee ey
Page. 7 : f :
2. Cloverland. Show tor tme mrst time the
3. Bankru pn District. 11. al
iness World. a oe re
-ady accepted by Tae
a
2 SUB EST sels dent and the War and Navy Depart-
8 O£€ ments, and awaiting the formal recog
10 Ww and Interior Decorations. se .
12. Butter, Eqqs and Provisions. ee oF
+, Clothing. The dock o
15. Items from "Lansing and the Soo. : :
16. Dry Goods. to our Union render a new arran
8.) SHOES. :
19. Bankruptcy—Eastern District. ment of the stars on t
Woman's World.
Hardware
The Commercial Traveler.
Prugs.
Drug Price Current.
Grorcery Price Current.
Special Price Current. -
Business Wants. deemed the most worthy. Mr. Whip-
THE ICE CREAM SERVICE. ple has ye gained a reputation
as an author, his recent History of
ites recently
Le flag neces-
undred designs
» the authorities at
ce cre 1 tS Various forms is no
an a ee Games Lincoln causing Robert Lincoln to
Pe ee bebe 4 be a eee et a male and silence of 7
oy. oe bach ve Ars to you my thanks and
the « F ellect is) tOo) pleasing || praise for bringing the American peo-
need eg) pawns des ple so close my fathers heart.”
cert \ slasses 1 it is within
1 vee town needs
\\ libe itt a pro
| 1s 11¢ yr | YOu Aver EO
S t] int nan among
: & helaceuved thatthe de mext a line Of four Stars: d
ae Hl We ence te prove a goon. || Me GOusists Gt three, alter th
a four, and the central one of the
oe ee ler being just
ae Led st Pesulés | Star TMZSt mentio
Pile frst is absolute cleanliness. While Pet Tow Of four,
oa a Be star, completing
ay Se ae ae maciinte Ure SHtroundine
na ded 1 Hed Canecied EWENty-live s S t
. eae i atl he dmitted during the first cen-
4 a eee a ak the Nations life Seattered
a. Mpwed Pg cade nel distances in out
ead ne a a i d are
| oe ‘ ae ten become
a Rhee are ag | entbers TOL the Granp) |e desi
al is symbolical at every stage; and it
OTe shes et Tee oe Ta \T¢ 1 [ F fi
aoa. Pe a. qe Is eininently artistic, the ves being
cae ae Piolo || au (Omee: recosnized as | very) much
a Le beautiful
i i to We
ls 4
LV EG Ly ¢ t
than the tradesman, for to no other
class will ¢] increased decor AL1Ve
element have a more practical valu
PRESSING
Did you ever
Have Once bought
ms Phere is a rich flavor/in them
which is not obtainable in any other
] C das a ie dish- i / :
Co a.. pa Vet the vast majority of h
aa 1 regularly 1
Le oarene » cherries and straw
side weeds ee ie
Pee ceri, be neat | Pace the pineapple by without even
juomink aad he | ae Hien asi|a trial it these to
whom the special appeal must be giv-
en.
THE PEACE FLAG. A physican in one community wh
Lehe
in
a few days our windows will be
had been epidemic advised
draped with bunting in honor of the’ the free use of this fruit, either in the
birth. It may be we will fresh state or canned, recommendine
another Fourth of July to it both as a preventive and a cure.
t
, with the parallel lines The remedy is so easily tried that it
is well worth the experime
ilic¢ ECG. Cc tha
Ure it at least: does n
S ean es (
tn 2 Gn CES iF ( I rT St
Pelizen. it is tt
Ul Some fr yr
alt Hees ,
mpa ligest ni
tO the ws D eapples
ust i | appl
ae ole eat j
j S holes t
hinks ¢ f it is to 1
+ ¢ 1 ' }
{ ¢ e if 1 he Ss
1
er | health is Pre
tha wthine which
promote health is che
rreater price
E prep t Lis S
ee ( + quarters
Now quat
1 1
SHIGE 5 PSeny :
Veni Size, havilie st
pinea ] { 1 ]
mf e sa stew
aaaee traj tic
was Gye ret Ul I
114 Ve band
{ ut \ al iS
the ustomer Now to. Fit
t t } }
rt \ vith f
'
therwis n unsatis
1 te x 4
Go ; Ae
ic t W ile i .
hotto1 fch stage
1 ti \ )
haat nnine
a “rin the wv
it is of vo Nissi
1] Si cis 1 (
¢ } 1 y
re tl vou are
Shino (pect ind ai \
rT () ~ yt)
| ble ,
l its deli Chere
1 ive and Oo 1
t y (| f x S¢
} 1] +] y
espe if wih t Sp
i h
nto proitt St ¢
1
to Che TE sil
pt re en =
modation of y¢ patrons
Ter iS One thine wort
;
nd that yo n -
1 / , :
tire SEC SS af EiClLe WiItoitt
WV surely ive ppre te
warder
Na 4
Make It rf
YOOdS There are nose
a Certar SPECIES W \
1 1
LLEV ¢ that ) Fe SOLES
‘ :
trial, Sali ours
4 : 1 : 4
the nead ©o the list.
| , 1
vy LKed \ 1 who «
' 1 \
n lapled TO Several
loice recipes for its pre]
sil e appreciated, an
denine Out of ifs va t
: he 1
SIZ¢ then there t
SOT Pode oaceaitand
Oni Lb Enel €xXCenent,
!
TLS €
sal
W he
1
t
“¢ \ i
RR AAR IIRC PSR OR
} +
Lé ivs
S1 1¢
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
July 2, 1913
CLOVERLAND.
Zephyrs From the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan.
Marquette, June 30—We were very
much pleased to note in last week’s
Tradesman a communication from
Geo. C. Conn, Freight Traffic Mana-
ger of the P. M. R R., speaking a
good word for W. W, Walker, Vice-
President and General Manager of the
D., S. S. & A. Railway. He could
not say too much in praise of Mr.
Walker from the traveling man’s
point of view. However, we must ac-
cuse him of having read our article
rather carelessly, because we added a
foot note, making clear that the ar-
ticle referred to was written during
the regime of a former management
and some months before Mr. Walker
became General Manager; also adding
that a number of the then existing
evils had been corrected under Mr,
Walker's management and that Mr.
Walker’s attitude toward the com-
mercial travelers was a most friendly
one and that his entire course was
governed by a spirit of progressive-
ness which became very popular with
all Upper Peninsula people.
The last issue of the Tradesman
brought tears to the eyes of all good
and true U. C. T.’s. “The Dramatic
Passing of Charles Wheeler” brought
sadness to many and many a heart
Alas, poor Charlie! The poor devil
isn't much loss, especially since the
good Lord found a man in the person
of Wilbur Burns who was willing
over his bier (not beer) to conse-
crate himself to carry out the fool
ideas begat by him. All will agree
that no more appropriate consecra-
tion could be made; also nobody could
question the wisdom of the good Lord
in selecting Wilbur Burns to carry
on the work of the departed, viewing
the situation from the angle of adapt-
ability.
But hark! Since penning the above
we have had a strange, strange ex-
perience, We visited the Clifton Ho-
tel during the silent watches of the
midnight hour, as was our wont when
poor Charlie lived, but it wasn’t as
it used to be. No, no, alas! There
was a vacant place, a missing link and
in our sadness of heart, we sought
solitude and, while there pondering,
repeated the famous soliloquy of Ham-
let, beginning “To be or not to be.”
In my solitude, while I was thus mus-
ing, a strange light surrounded me
and a strange feeling crept over me.
I thought of the old days, and an old
poem entitled “Can This Be Death?”
came to me in the form of the sweet-
est music. Then the scene changed
to the unmistakable presence of a
mighty ghost. I forgot my moments
of reverie and each particular hair
stood on end like quills upon the fret-
ful porcupine as I repeated: “Angels
and ministers of grace defend us.
Thou comest in such a questionable
shape that I will speak to thee, Tl
call thee Past Counselor Charlie
Wheeler, the only original founder
and patron saint of the order of the
Blue Goose. O, answer me! let me
not burst in ignorance, but tell why
thy canonized bones, hearsed in
death, have burst their cerements;
why the sepulchre wherein we saw
thee quietly inurned hath oped his
ponderous and marble jaws to cast
thee up again,” to which he said in
deep bass voice. “My hour is al-
most come when I to suffering
and tormenting flames must render
up myself, Not yet, but soon. I am
not dead but still liveth. Let’s have
a Blue Goose high ball!” Though
dead, he yet speaketh.
Word has been received here this
week that Wm. H. Dwyer, a former
Marquette boy, born and raised here,
has passed away at his home in De-
troit, aged 30. Mr. Dwyer was the
son of Thomas Dwyer, a highly re-
spected former resident of this city,
who survives him. He is also sur-
vived by one brother, James, and three
sisters, Ada, Laura and Bernice. We
extend our heartfelt sympathy to the
family.
it is with regret that we learn that
our old friend, Alf, Richards, of the
Soo, suffered one day last week a
stroke of paralysis. Mr. Richards
was seized after he had completed
a launch trip from his summer cot-
tage on Sugar Island to the city.
The physician demands absolute quiet,
nobody but members of the family
being allowed to see him.
Some class to that necktie, eh,
Charlie?
To-day we received the annual re-
port of the Upper Peninsula Develop-
ment Bureau, in which we noticed a
little bouquet which we take great
pleasure in pinning to our button hole
and whose fragrance we enjoy to the
full and express our most hearty
thanks. It is as follows, being an
extract from a speech of Colonel C.
W. Mott, Secretary and General Man-
ager of the Upper Peninsula Devel-
opment Bureau: “The Michigan
Tradesman, a commercial paper is-
sued weekly at Grand Rapids, has been
able to obtain a very efficient and in-
telligent correspondent, Mr. T, F.
Follis, who represents a jobbing house
and is employed as a commercial
traveler and who visits all the coun-
ties in this territory. His writings
each week are doing a wonderful lot
of good, as they are truthful and in-
telligent descriptions of what exists
here.” ;
Fine bouquet, that!
Thomas J. Nanet is incapacitated
at present at the result of a broken
collar bone. Tom was injured in the
ball game last Tuesday between Mar-
quette and Negaunee teams at Union
Park while he was officiating as um-
pire. Tom would at this time find a
policy in the U. C. T, a mighty fine
thing to have,
An enthusiastic meeting of U. P.
Council was held last Saturday even-
ing, at which it was voted to invite
the Grand Council officers to make
our Council an official visit sometime
in the near future at a time most con-
venient to the Grand Council officers,
preferably at the September meeting.
No effort will be spared to make this
event one long to be remembered
by our visiting brethren and to show
them that the Upper Peninsula is the
real missionary field for the order of
U. C. T, in Michigan to-day. We
have already appointed a committee
on entertainment and a committee
on arrangements and a general chair-
man and we have left the committees
on reception and invitations over to
another meeting.
R. P. Byrne, our highly respected
City Treasurer, W. A. Burt, of this
city, and E. C, Anthony, of Negaunee,
members of Albert Jackson Post, G.
A R., left a day or two ago for Get-
tysburg, Pa., to attend the semi-cen-
tennial celebration of the historic
battle and the reunion of the Feder-
alists and Confederates who fought
in the great battle. L. M. Spencer, of
Munising, has also left for the famous
battle field.
A delightful June wedding took
place at the home of Thomas Price,
216 West Michigan street, when their
daughter, Miss Hazel Price, was unit-
ed in marriage to Professor Hugh
Straight Buffum, formerly head of the
department of pedagogy at the North-
ern Normal School in this city, but now
a member of the faculty of a South-
ern college. The wedding march from
Lohengrin was played by the Misses
Hazel Bouron and Ethel Joung. The
bride advanced on her father’s arm
and was accompanied by her brides-
maid, Miss Daisy Shaull. The ribbon
bearers were Misses Ethel Price and
Ruth Sinclair. The groomsman was
Hiarry Price, a brother of the bride.
The new Presbyterian ceremony was
used, Rev. J, . Rodgers, of Ishpem-
ing, being the officiating clergyman.
During the festivities which followed,
both bride and groom turned up miss-
ing, having stolen away, and up to a
late hour last evening, hadn’t been lo-
cated members of the family and in-
timate friends guarding the secret.
It is believed, however, that they took
refuge in a summer cottage not very
far from the city.
An electric storm, accompanied by
the most violent rainstorm that has
visited us in many years, stuck us on
Friday last. The rainfall amounted
to a deluge. We are sorry to say that
among other of the results, the roof
of our domicile suffered considerably.
The Sweder family of this city are
doing an awfully heavy matrimonial
business just at present, Two of the
girls, Miss Matilda and Miss Anna
V., were the principals in a double
wedding one evening last week and
their brother, George is to take unto
himself a wife on July 2, during the
honeymoon of his two sisters. Miss
Matilda was united in marriage to
Hjalmer J. Beckman and Miss Anna
to John A. Hallberg, of Winnipeg.
The ceremony was performed at the
Swedish Lutheran church by Rev. Os-
car Sandahl. The double wedding
was followed by a reception to over
100 invited guests. The father, A,
Martin Sweder, is a highly respected
citizen and is proprietor of the Lake-
side Iron Works in this city.
Let’s have a Blue Goose high ball!
Ura Donald Laird.
—_o-~+-¢ —___-
There is a difference between quick
action and undue haste. It is one
thing to get at a task promptly and
perform it thoroughly and another
thing to leave it until the last moment
and then hurry through with it in a
confused manner.
NEW YORK MARKET,
Special Feacures in the Grocery and
Produce Trade.
Special Correspondence.
New York, June 30—No coffee deal-
er regrets the fact that the first half
of 1913 is gone and that with the be-
ginning of the second half there may
be a hope of a turn for the better.
lt is not observable as yet, however,
and spot coffee drags its slow length
along on a basis of 934@9%c for Rio
No. 7s and about 12c for Santos 4s.
In store and afloat there are 1,708,-
596 bags, against 2,142,904 bags at the
same time last year.
quiet and individual sales were of
very small lots. Good Cucuta, 1134c.
Teas are moving in a limited man-
ner, but the situation has been worse
and might easily be again. From
Formosa come reports of a possible
short crop, but no one need go thirsty
for tea. Quotations are practically
unchanged from those of a month
ago,
Granulated sugar has been in com-
paratively active movement and with-
drawals aggregate a very respectable
total. And naturally the demand
should be good, as the preserving
season is “in our midst.” Granulated
is quoted at 4.30@4.40 as to the re-
finery.
Rice is steady and, upon the whole,
the market closes in a_ satisfactory
manner. Supplies are not overabund-
ant but there seems to be enough to
meet all requirements. Choice. 5%c;
prime, 55£c.
Stocks of spices are reported as
rather light. The demand has been
fairly good from grinders, with quo-
tations showing no change,
Molasses, as might be expected, is
moving only in midsummer _ style.
Good to prime centrifugal, 35@40c.
Syrups are in moderate supply and
the demand is light.
Confidence is felt in every line of
canned foods market, but this is not
strongly enough developed to create
any great amount of activity. Stand-
ard tomatoes 3s, goods really stand-
ard, are worth 85c, and it is hard to
find large lots for less. Corn is well
sustained, as are peas and beans, Fu-
ture tomatoes are quoted at 824%@
85c.
Butter, under the influence of more
liberal receipts, has shown some de-
cline. Creamery specials, 26%c; firsts,
2514(¢26c; imitation .creamery, firsts,
24c; factory, 21@23c.
The demand for cheese is quiet and
quotations sag a little. Whole milk,
14!2.@14%¢,
Eggs are lower. The hot weather
is showing its effect upon arrivals
and the situation favors buyers. Stock
is going into cold storage as fast as
possible. Best Western are held at
22@24c.
—— ~~ -—__— :
The “live wire” concern takes ad-
vantage of every advertising oppor-
tunity.
Dandelion Vegetable Butter Color
A perfectly Pure Vegetable Butter
Conant one _ complies with the
pure food laws o
the United States. eee
Manufactured by Wells & Richardson Co.
Burlington, Vt.
Milds have been.
t
Hy
}
}
§
July 2, 1913
BANKRUPTCY MATTERS.
Proceedings in the Western District
of Michigan.
June 20—In the matter of John Bumb,
bankrupt, formerly baker at Big Rapids.
a special meeting of creditors was held;
the first report and account of Fred D
Vos, trustee, was considered and allowed,
and a first dividend of 15 per cent. de-
pee and ordered paid to general cred-
tors.
In the matter of Cecil Bay Stave Com-
pany, bankrupt, formerly of Cecil, the
final meeting of creditors was held. The
final report and account of Wm. J. Gil-
lett, trustee, was approved and a final
order for distribution entered. There
were not sufficient assets to pay the ad-
ministration expenses in full and no divi-
dend was declared for creditors.
June 25—A voluntary petition was filed
by Charles C. Rice and Oscar S. Rice,
GOpartners as) C. C. Rice & Son, of
Portland, merchants, and in the absence
of Judge Sessions the order of adjudica-
tion was made by Referee Wicks. Mr.
Frank E. Caswell, of Portland, was ap-
pointed custodian pending the election of
a trustee. An order was also made by
the referee calling the first meeting of
ereditors to be held at his office on July
llth, for the purpose of electing a trus-
tee, proving claims, examining the bank-
rupts, etc. The following assets are
scheduled by the bankrupt:
Stock in trade (grocery stock) ..$2,103.63
Paxmimes, €lC. ......5.-3.....5. 455 < 1,268.30
Accounts vecetyable .............. 1,931.53
Caom G1 Hang .................... $2.
The following creditors are listed:
Wee & Cady, Oetroit ...5:...0.5... 811.86
Geo. E. Lawrence & Son, Lansing 214.56
Barrett & Scully, fonia .......... 16.50
Ao. Brown Seed Co. ........:. 15.25
Berdan @& Co., Tolede ............ 50.20
Baverlie Candy ©o., Lansing -. 12.20
Royal Valley Coffee Co., Detroit 58.80
Chillis & Wilson, South Lyons .. 9.50
J. M. WitzPatrick, Butternut .... 45.54
R
Judson Grocery Co., i cies Rigas!
Hd. Eeinz Co,, Detroit .......: 57.94
Jennines Mis: Co. GRO ols... 14.65
Worden Grocery Co., G. R. 391.65
iW: 3.) Moxley, @hicazo ..... 10.80
A. °G. | Morse: @hicago 2... .. a 21.20
mH © Milles Chicago ............ 90.16
National Grocery Go., Lansing. . 396.94
National Biscuit Co., G. R. 1 54.05
Portland Milling Co., Portland — ae) SOBL46
mR. A. Pott Oil Co., Lansing 191.69
Ross W. Wier & Co., New York 279.55
Reid-Mudroch & Co., Chicago 184.3
Saginaw Beef Co., Saginaw 89.96
Swisher Brothers, Newark 50.70
Vinkemulder & Co., G. R. ... 216.95
xeo. C. Weatherly. Detroit i, 91.3
‘Harry W. Watson & Co., Flint . 28.40
The Woodhouse Co., G. BR. ..... 101.47
M. Piowatty, Gr and Rapids _ $3.85
Waille-GCarroll @o., G. ...... se & 55
D. P. Vincent, Ionia Bea siete ove £0.C0
Wilson Paper Co., Marion ...... 14.72
Harrah & Steward, DesMoines .. 10.75
Joseph Morse, Portland ......... 8.8&
Maynard & Allen St. Bk.
Chas. C. Dellonbaugh,
Portland 1,306.00
Portland 225.00
William Gibbs, Portland ........ 230.00
David Hillis; Portland ......:... 250.00
dennie C. Rice, Portland ........ 867.00
Leonard Smith. Portland ...... 24.00
$7, 384. 56
In the matter of Victor Pump Company,
bankrupt, of Grand Rapids, the schedules
of assets and liabilities were filed and
an order was made by the referee calling
the first meeting of creditors to be held
at his office on July 9th, to elect a
trustee, prove claims, examine the »ffi-
cers of the bankrupt, etc. The schedules
show that a trust mortgage was given
by the corporation under which aj! the
assets of the company were sold for the
sum of $310.00 and proceeds used t9 pay
labor debts and expenses.: The following
creditors are listed:
Marquette umber Co. oo. .60... F
Wolverine Pattern & Model Works 11.25
Standard Roljer Bearing Co., Phila. -31.50
Page Belting Co., Concord ...... 30.80
Grand Rapids Supply Co. ....... 66.41
(ie, Weatherly Cor... co... 112.25
Groswopt Erothers .............. 5.00
(he “Camera (Shop ...)...05.000. 17.60
Wright Machinery Co. .......... 3.88
Whe Dally News .........-....... 20.60
worers @ (CO. ...... .-.........., 20.50
Standard Brass Co, ......,....- 8.97
Igea, Poicry Co. ............... 37.58
B. F. Freeland & Sons, Sturgis.. 64.80
greyeten & Canticld ............ 29.68
D. N. Durant & Co., Mi]Jwaukee 19.25
PM iramivane | WO. oe ic. 41.49
Stott Crowley Mfg. Co., Detroit 05.C0
John F. Len J. J. Wernette.
BE. BE. King, A. ‘A. Mapes and H.
H. Freeland, Grand _ Rapids,
money paid as endorsers on
MOtEe 66... ee ke 425.00
And number of other small creditors
otal abilities .............. $1,224.84
A voluntary petition was filed by Arthur
W. Johnston, a contractor and builder
of Grand Rapids, and in the absence of
Judge Sessions the order of adjudica-
tion was entered by Referee Wicks. The
calling of the first meeting has been
delayed until money for expenses is ad-
vanced by the bankrupt. The following
assets are scheduled:
Real estate. Chippewa county ..$ 800.00
Rea] estate (homestead claimed
exempt)
Household goods (claimed ereePD 300. is
Tools (claimed exempt) ....... 50.0)
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
Material (claimed exempt) 100.00
Accounts receivable ..... Nebaeecccs Oluoad
The following creditors are ee
Labor debts Los
Wykes-Schroeder Co. 28.90
W:. We Seringer: ...:...5......... 194.25
Holland Furnace Co., Holland . 147.00
G. R. Marble & Fire Place Co. 114.00
Geo. FY Corel & Son ......... 13.47
mteve Stant 22. et. i 35.00
Dr W. Eyman ......... ee cal ere 64.7
Molton Weeder. coc. ck ke 38.00
Toledo Plate Glass Co. ........ ; 20.00
Dr. D. A. Dickson é
Gleye Hardware Co. Dd.
HeYboer-Tennon ...... ‘
Roseberry-Henry Co. :
Aykens & Company 9.
Be Wetellier & ©oO: oie. i... 5.0
Marquette Dumber Co. |........ 632.60
Brummeler-VanStreen Co. ...... 210.00
Dvbure-Witte Co. ............... 155.00
Stanevy Fl bataree .............. 28.20
J. H. VanWiltenberg & Son...... 227.60
Heystek & Canfield Co. ......... 24.00
Germt Vorek ..s 32... 3... ‘ 10.00
baxter brothers ......... : 99.00
Ehuyse, Backart & Reid) ........ 28.00
Hanford umber Co. ........... 151.50
a. EL Bowaten ................. 38.00
I ASOStGR 130.60
By Wononink . 0.0 icc eke 25.50
Wt Berepiam ............- ses ees 25.00
oc. Mawel ....................... 41.00
Alden & Judson ................- 60.00
$2,939.91
June 26—In the matter of Ashley &
Smith, bankrupt, formerly merchants at
Howard City, the final report and ac-
count of Henry B. Holden, trustee, was
filed, showing balance cash on hand for
distribution $815.10, and an order was
made by the referee calling the final
meeting of creditors to be held at his
office on July 14th to jconsider such
report and for the purpose of declaring a
final dividend for creditors. A first divi-
dent of 15 per cent. has been heretofore
paid. Creditors are also directed to show
cause, if any they have, why a certifi-
cate recommending the bankrupts’ d’s-
charge should not be made by the ref-
eree.
June 27—In the matter of Martin Rose,
bankrupt. laborer of Muskegon. an order
was made calling the first meeting cf
creditors to be held at the office of the
referee on July 12th, for the purpose of
electing a trustee, if desired. proving
claims, etc.
A voluntary petition was filed by
George Shields. a laborer of Grand Rap-
ids. and in the absence of Judge Sces-
sions the order of adjudication was en-
tered by Referee Wicks. The bankrupt’s
schedules show no assets, and an affi-
davit of impecuniosity was filed. ‘The
liabilities, which consist of numerous
small account, aggregate $482.89. ‘The
calling of the first meeting has been de-
layed until moneys for expenses are ad-
vanced by the bankrupt.
June 30—In the matter of the Henry
Motor Car Company, bankrupt, of Mus-
kegon, the special meeting of creditors
called for the purpose of declaring a sec-
ond dividend was adjourned and held
open until July 10th.
July 1—A voluntary petition was filed
by Joseph Brown, a merchant of [u!-
land, and he was adjudged bankrupt hy
order of Judge Sessions and the mnaiter
referred to Referee Wicks. An order has
been made by the referee calling the first
meeting of creditors to be held on July
16th for election of trust2e, ete. The
following assets are schedule?:
Stock in trade (subject to mort-
Baee Fis) «2... ee... ss... $1,900 90
Weartne apparel, efc. .....-...... 100.00
Seales. wagon. ete. .....-....... 974.50
Accounts receivable .......:..... 127.53
The following creditors are a,
Labor claims, preferred .........
Peter F. Boone, Holland. mort-
wage on Stock ..:.......-...... 775.00
Unsecured Creditors.
M. Mulder & Sons, Holland ....$ 32.00
Jos. T. Ryerson & Son, Chicago.. 83.94
Maumee Rubber Co.. Toledo .... 50.00
H. Vanderwarf, Holland vee 13.00
Bulthuis Mfg. Co., Hamilton 236.75
Fennville Milling Co., Fennville 15.00
HW. Channon Co; Chicago ....... 30.88
G. R., H. & C. Ry., Holland .... 1,075.40
VanEyck-Wearding Co., Holland 22.10
G FR. Beltline Co .........-.... 40.80
Holland St. Louis Sugar Co.,
Es 850.00
West. Mich. Furn. Co.. Holland 10.07
Zeeland Brick Co., Zeeland ...... 19.95
Challenge Machinery Co., Grand
PAON Ce oe les ca. 42.74
Cavpon & Bertsch Leather Co.,
EVOURING) aes ec cn ccs cies cee H£.41
Louis Padnos, Holland ........... 40.00
Wolverine Furniture Co., Zeeland 13.43
cM. Mavden & Co. ...00........ 12 90
Holland Gelatine Co., Holland 29.35
John Brouwer, Holland .......... 40.00
Ottawa Leather Co., Grand Haven 180.59
S W. Miller. Holland ........... 665.00
First State Bank, Holland ..... 209.00
Thompson Mfg. Co.. Holland .... 224.90
Bnterprise 1. & M. Co. ....:.. 59.00
Holland Shoe Co., Holland ..... 150.60
West. Machine & Tool Works,
PPOHSHO shoo c0o. cl bes. 15.60
Bay View Furniture Co., Holland 12.00
Ottawa Furniture Co., Holland 92.09
Fred Zalsman. Holland ........... 50 00
G. R. Rae & Metal Co. ........ 200.00
J. M. Kaden. Grand Haven...... 67.0
P. S. Boter & Co., Holland 100.00
L. Klooster, Holland ............ 30.00
P. H. Phernambucq, Holland .... 45.00
Peter Prins, Holland ............ 12.00
Geo. Huizenga, Holland ......... 15.75
3onds
Bonds
Interest payable semi-annually,
Lewis H. Withey, President.
Wallard Barnhart,
Henry Second
Gorham,
{dema,
HAN.
George
Demoninations,
Bonds authorized,
issued,
Bonds reserved in the hands of the Trustee, $3
Mortgage dated June
diie August
February
year at the
For Savings Investment
WE OFFER THE UNSOLD PORTION OF $400,000.00
Citizens Telephone Co.
FIRST MORTGAGE 6% TAX EXEMPT BONDS.
Approved by the Michigan State Railroad Commission.
These Bonds are secured by a first mortgage lien on all the prop-
erty, real and personal, of the Citizens Telephone Company,
valued by the Company in excess of $4,000,000.00,
which is
The net earnings of the Company for the year 1912 were $360,000.00,
or nearly the total amount of the bonds now issued,
and more than
15 Times the Interest Charge
PARTICULARS
$1,000
$500.
$750,900.00.
$400,000.00
and
50,000.00.
30th, 1913.
Ist, £923.
1st
office of
and August ist of each
THE MICHIGAN TRUST COMPANY.
WE RECOMMEND THESE BONDS FOR INVESTMENT
The Michigan Trust Co.
Resources $2,000,000.00.
OFFICERS.
Vice President.
7 ice
Third Vice
Hetteran,
President.
President.
Secretary.
Claude FHlamilton, Assistant Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
Willard Barnhart. Henry Idema. J. Boyd Pantlind.
Darwin D. Cody. Wm. Judson. William Savidge,
B. Golden) Filer, James D. Lacey, Spring Lake, Mich.
Filer City, Mich. Chicago. Wm. Alden Smith.
Wm, H. Gay. Edward Lowe. Dudley E. Waters.
F. A. Gorham. W. W. Mitchell, T. Stewart White,
Thomas Hefferan. Cadillac, Mich. Lewis H. Withey.
Thomas Hume, R. E. Olds, James R. Wylie.
Muskegon, Mich. Lansing, Mich,
Wm. Vander Veer. Holland oe
James Kole, Holland ......... c 6.1 sympathy in this v fore
John Lampen, Holland .......... 3. 42 = I ie ye ts yo" hour of sorrow,
G. R.-Muskegon Power Co....... 50.00 While the taking of our brother
VanHogen & Vereeke, Zeeland.. 11.00 ae : a :
John Bosman, Holland .......... 30.00 brings us sorrow, yet we fully realize
Citizens Telephone Co., Holland.. 10.00 ae . —s . . ol
Schwartzberg Leather Co. ...... 8.00 how oS more it means to his loved
Wm. Brusse, Holland .......... 67.00 ones. No death has occurred in years,
otal Wabilities: 0.0.10. $5,300.88 in the ranks of our commercial army,
In the matter of Bessie Smith, bank-
rupt, formerly merchant at Muskegon,
the first meeting of creditors was held
and Mr. Clarence N. Sessions. of Musike-
gon, elected trustee; bond fixed at $600.uU.
Messrs. Geo. Hume, C. C. Mouiton, cf
Muskegon, and A. H. Cleland, »f Grand
Rapids, were appointed appraisers. The
bankrupt was sworn and examined, and
the meeting then adjourned without day.
———__-~—7- >
In Appreciation of Mr. Saunders,
Port Huron, June 30—In accordance
with a resolution adopted by the
Board of Directors, President Frank
L. Day sent the following letter to
Mrs. J, C. Saunders, of Lansing:
In behalf of the Board of Directors
of the Michigan Knights of the Grip,
I wish to extend to you an expres-
sion of our love and respect for our
friend and Brother, J. C. Saunders,
who, by the will of God, has been call-
ed to his eternal rest, and to extend
to you and your family our deepest
which has brought to us deeper sor-
row and no
more than
member will be missed
our beloved brother.
We will ever be
gentle character,
reminded of his
his wise counsel, his
cordial greeting and his loyalty to
his friends. His many virtues will
be stamped indelibly upon the tablets
of our memory.
The order of the Michigan Knights
of the Grip learned to love and re-
spect him during his most successful
term of office as Secretary, his high
standards bringing honor and pros-
perity to our organization.
Frank L. Day, President.
—_+-—___.
The young man who can smoke
cigarettes or leave them alone is the
first one to be laid off when the panic
comes,
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
July 2, 1913
STM
———__ >? | ie
Se a
Movements of Merchants.
Nashville—A. A. McDonald, shoe
dealer, died at his home June 18, aged
67 years.
Holland—Charles Van Heamert has
opened a shoe store at 36 East Eight
street.
Delton—Frank Adams has opened
a confectionery store in the Ames
building.
Belding—Fire damaged the Riley
Owen meat market June 27, to the
extent of about $300.
Kalamazoo—J. O, Bernstine, re-
cently of Pittsurg, Pa., has engaged
in the fish business here.
Champion—Charles Rohl lost his
store building and jewelry stock by
fire June 25. No insurance.
Otsego—J. A. Collins has removed
his stock of bazaar goods to his new
location in the Murray building and
added a line of groceries.
Kalamazoo—C. B. Rogers has op-
ened a bakery and confectionery store
at 627 Fortage street under the style
of the Superior Bakery.
Acme—A. Green has sold his stock
of general imerchandise to O. D.
Whitson, recently of Traverse City.
who will continue the business.
Kalamazoo—F. O. Butine is erect-
ing a store building on West Patter-
son street, which he will occupy with
a stock of meats about August 1.
Battle Creek—Two new stores are
being erected at Urbandale—one for
a branch of the Eccles furniture es-
tablishment and the other for a bak-
ery.
Gladstone—I. N. Bushong, trustee
for the defunct bank of D. Hammel
& Son, expects to pay a 10 per cent.
dividend to the creditors in a few
days.
Hesperia—S. R. Hunt has purchased
an interest in the shoe and grocery
stock of Henry Winteregg. The new
firm will be known as Winteregg &
Hunt.
Three Rivers—Caldwell & Co., who
conduct a general store on St. Joe
street, have opened a branch store
on Sixth street, in the John Geiger
building.
Cheboygan—Perry J. Ritter, gro-
cer, has purchased tho undertaking
stock and fixtures of George Tuttle
and will continue the business at the
same location.
Saginaw—The Saginaw Hardware
Co. is erecting a three-story brick
building at the corner of Adams &
Niagara streets, which they will oc-
cupy about Sept. 15.
Kalamazoo—Frederick Glass, the
Kalamazoo grocer has gone to
New York, where he will meet
his brother, Adam Glass, of Mo-
bile, la. and John Steger, the
piano manufacturer of Chicago. The
party will go to Europe, Much of the
time will be spent in Germany and
Switzerland.
Albion—Hugh Jennings has sold his
interest in the Jennings & Ramsdell
shoe stock to Eugene Slowey and the
business will be continued under the
style of Ramsdell & Slowey.
Benton Harbor—Cryan Bros. have
sold their meat market at 169 Pipe-
stone street to A. W. Guyer, late of
Syracuse, Ind., who will continue the
business at the same location,
Marshall—The Rice Creek Mill &
Water Power Co, has been purchased
by W. A. Coombs and J, W. Hutch-
ins, of Coldwater. The purchase
price is said to have been $25,000.
Otsego—Mansfield Bros. have sold
their drug stock to Ray C. Eaton,
who will consolidate it with his own.
William Mansfield will be Cashier of
the new Citizens State Savings Bank.
Nashville—Willard Viemaster has
sold his interest in the grain elevator
of Viemaster & Martens, to E. V.
Barker and the business will be con-
tinued under the style of Martens &
Barker.
Ishpeming—The Johnson Brothers
Co, has engaged in the general mer-
cantile business, with an authorized
capital stock of $20,000, all of which
has been subscribed and paid in in
property.
Detroit—Baetz Bros. Inc., have en-
gazed in the clothing and general
merchandise business, with an author-
ized capital stock of $10,000, of which
$6,000 has been subscribed and paid
in in cash.
Kalamazoo—N. R. Coburn, grocer,
has formed a copartnership with L.
W. Conrad and purchased the H. S.
Philips meat stock and will continue
the business in connection with their
grocery store.
Jackson—N. F. Strum, who has
conducted a shoe store and repair
shop at 227 West Main street, has
sold his stock to Benjamin Webster,
who will continue the business at the
same location.
Macatawa Park—Fred J. Fruek and
Fred Kelley have formed a copart-
nership under the style of Fruek &
Kelley and engaged in the grocery
business at the former location of the
Walter K. Schmidt Co.
Lansing—Equipment worth $3,000
has been purchased by the State Dairy
and Food Department for inspectors,
who after August 15 will set out to
enforce the new weights and measure
law. A bill passed at the last session
of the legislature gives each board of
supervisors the right to employ a
county sealer of weights and meas-
ures. It also provides that two small
counties can divide the expense and
hire one man to perform the work.
Detroit—The Columbus Lumber
Co. has engaged in business with an
authorized capital stock of $109,090,
all of which has been subscribe1 and
paid in in cash. Operations will be
carried on at Columbus, Miss,
Lansing—C, E. Hessey, formerly in
the drug business on Butterworth
avenue, Grand Rapids, has embarked
in business at Lansing, the name of
the unincorporated company being the
{lansing Drug and Mercantile Co.
Detroit—The H. L, Hahn Co. has
engaged in business for the purpose
of dealing in lumber and all building
materials, with an authorized capital
stock of $20,000, of which $10,000 has
been subscribed and paid in in cash.
Cheboygan—Lombard & Ritten-
house, dealers in lumber, have dis-
solved partnership and the business
will be continued by John C. Ritten-
house, who has taken over the in-
terest of John T. Lambard, his part-
ner.
Jackson—While F, A. Hall, drug-
gist, was making up his cash, prepara-
tory to closing the store, June 29, a
highwayman entered and, holding a
revolver close to his head, secured
about $375 in cash and two small
checks.
Howell—The Gordon Drug Co. has
merged its business into a stock com-
pany under the style of the Fred W.
Gordon Drug Co., with an authorized
capital stock of $5,000, all of which
has been subscribed and paid in in
property.
Detroit—The Sanas Co. has engag-
ed in the general chemical, drug and
pharmaceutical business, with an au-
thorized capital stock of $10,000 com-
mon and $2,000 preferred, of which
$10,000 has been subscribed and $3,000
paid in in cash,
Detroit—The R. C. Wickham Co.
has engaged in business for the pur-
pose of dealing in groceries, meats and
general merchandise, with an author-
ized capital stock of $10,000, of which
$5,000 has been subscribed and $3,000
paid in in property.
Kalamazoo — Fire damaged the
building and stock of the Home Can-
dy Co. to the extent of about $1,000,
90 per cent. of which was covered by
insurance. In the same fire, the La
Mode Cloak House sustained a $5,000
loss, fully covered by insurance, and
the Sherk drug stock was damaged
about $500, fully insured.
Sault Ste, Marie—Max and Jacob
Barish, brothers, conducting a bank-
rupt sale at 321 Ashman street, have
been arrested, charged with violation
of the city ordinance relative to the
license of transient dealers. The men
were haled into justice court, but
were released on their own recogni-
zance. Trial has not been set. The
complaint was made by Chief of Po-
lice Edgar J. Swart. Since the reso-
lution recommended by the business
men and passed by the Council rela-
tive to the strict enforcement of the
ordinance relating to transient deal-
ers, the police have been on the look-
out for all such merchants who fail
to procure the license. This is ti
first arrest, but more will follow. A
fine of not more than $100 or impris-
onment of not over ninety days in
the county jail is provided for in case
of conviction.
Jackson—The sidewalk in front
of Smith & Winchester’s store, corner
of Mechanic and Cortland streets, has
become a rather popular place the
past few days, through a rather clev-
er piece of window trimming, which
is so realistic that a number of peo-
ple are said to have declared it af-
forded them relief from the sizzling
heat to gaze at it. The window in
question is filled with refrigerators,
and the glass is decorated with what
appears to be falling snow, and so
realistic does it appear that a person
almost feels like stretching out a hand
to arrest a few of the cooling flakes.
Kalamazoo—The dry goods mer-
chants of Kalamazoo are seriously
considering the advisability of follow-
ing the example set by the leading
houses in larger cities in closing all
the dry goods stores each Saturday
evening at 6 o'clock during the sum-
mer-months. Those interested in this
movement claim that it is due the
sales ladies and girls to have Saturday
evenings off during the sultry months.
The contention is that during the rush
of Saturday afternoon shoppers,
those behind the counter cannot stand
the strain during these summer
months.
Jackson—The members of the
Chamber of Commerce held a “Get-
Together Rally” at Wolf Lake Casino
on the evening of July 1, A fish and
chicken dinner was served in the
large, screened dining rooms at the
Casino, and Watson R. Smith, Presi-
dent of the Chamber, and H. L. Hitch-
cock, chairman of the entertainment
conunittee, arranged the special en-
teriainment features for the occasion.
The atfair was designed primarily to
increase the acquaintance of the mem-
bership, and also to give an opportuni-
ty for the new Secretary, Mr. Leidy,
to meet the members.
Manufacturing Matters
Frederic—The plant of the Walsh
Manufacturing Co. was destroyed by
fire June 30. Loss, about $50,000,
partially covered by insurance,
Grand Haven—Poel & Fongers,
tailors, have changed their name to
the Peoples Tailoring & Clothing Co.
and aded a line of women’s ready-to-
wear clothing.
Detroit—The Dean Machine Tool
Co. has been incorporated with an
authorized capital stock of $2,000, of
which $1,000 has been subscribed, $100
paid in in cash and $400 in property.
Lenton Harbor—The Morrill &
Morley Co., manufacturer of spray
pumps, is to increase its capital from
$15,000 to $50,000, thereby making it
possibly for the company to double
its capacity.
Detroit—Jos. F. Grobbel, manu-
facture of umbrellas, etc., has merged
his business into a stock company
under the style of the J. G. Grobbel
Co., with an authorized capital stock
of $3,000, all of which has been sub-
scribed, $410 being paid in in cash and
$2.590 in property.
ed
mi om
as
tre
as
tre
aay
July 2, 1913
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
—
—
—
-
=
4
\
GROCERY» PRODUCE MAR
=
x
The Grocery Market.
Sugar—The change in the market
has been predicted by the
Tradesman for several weeks has fin-
ally occurred. All of the refiners have
advanced their quotations 20 points,
the price of granulated being now
44%3c, f. o. b. New York. The ad-
vance is due to the hot weather; to
the improved fruit prospects; to the
increased demand and also very large-
ly to the postponement of the new
sugar tariff until March 1, 1914, in
order to permit domestic producers
to harvest this year’s crop of cane
and beets, The market is active and
excited and higher prices are un-
doubtedly in store in the very near
future. We are now approaching the
season of greatest consumption and
the Tradesman will not be surprised
to see the price advance anywhere
from 4%@'%c during the next six
weeks.
Tea—There is a steady demand for
all grades. The first new Japans are
commencing to arrive and show up
well in leaf and cup. The primary
markets opened considerably lower
than last season, but buyers rushing
in forced up the prices so that there
is now but little difference. The local
market is firm and steady. The over-
stocking of low grades of 1911 crop
has thrown the surplus on the market
at greatly reduced prices, so that the
warehouse stocks are now unusually
small and a brisk demand is expected
soon. The Formosa market opened
about the same as last year, with
quality much better than last year.
Second crops may show a shortage.
Ceylons and Indias are very firm and
no offering is accepted at less than
quotations.
Cotfee—All grades of Rio and San-
tos, excepting a few of the higher
grades, which are relatively scarcer
and firmer than the general assort-
ment, are weak and depressed. ‘The
consumptive demand is fair, Milds
which
-are also soft and in buyers’ favors,
barring a few grades, like Mexicans,
which are scarce and firm. Java
and Mocha are steady and firm but
quiet.
Canned Fruits—Prices on gallon
apples have advanced. The price has
been quite low and a considerable in-
crease in prices is not improbable be-
fore the new pack arrives. California
canned fruit prices, new pack, were
announced by the packers last week.
They will average about 10 per cent,
hioher than last year. Practically all
packers have now named prices on
the new pack, all quoting higher than
last year for peaches and apricots and
lower than iast year for cherries.
- Up of all
Small Eastern staple canned goods
are unchanged and dull.
Canned Vegetables—While some
packers are asking 2%4c more for fu-
ture tomatoes, others still sell at the
old price, because there have been
rains in the growing sections, and the
crop looks better. Spot tomatoes are
practically unchanged from a week
ago. Corn is unchanged and quiet,
but for very cheap grades there is a
fair demand at firmer prices. Future
corn is unchanged. Spot and future
peas are unchanged and quiet.
Canned Fish—Opening prices on
the spring catch of Columbia River
salmon were announced Monday,
June 30, as follows: Talls, $1.95;
flats, $2; % 1b., flats, $1.25. These
are the same prices which held a year
ago. Much speculation was indulged
in as to what these opening prices
would be, in view of the close clean
stock in all distributing
markets and the poor catch to date
on this season’s pack. Many seemed
to think that the quotations would
be no lower than last year, and some
looked for an advance. Domestic
sardines quiet and with no material
change. The new pack is making slow
progress owing to the light run of
fish, but there is said to be still a
considerable quantity of old goods
Jeft. which are being pressed for sale
at a concession from current market
quotations.
Dried Fruits—Apricots and prunes
are on a rather high basis, on ac-
count of last year’s clean up, togeth-
er with the poor reports of the grow-
ing crop. Spot goods are not being
bought freely at the higher prices
and futures are practically neglected
New apricots will be ready for ship-
ment early this month, but little busi-
ness has been done on account of the
high prices. Peaches are in good de-
mand, principally on account of the
low price. The talk in regard to the
control of prices by the Raisin Asso-
ciation continues, but it would not
seem as if such an organization would
be likely to control prices to an un-
reasonable figure.
Dried Fruits—Prunes are unchang-
ed and in fair request, especially the
large sizes, which are still relatively
high and firm. Peaches and apricots
are in fair demand at steady prices,
Raisins unchanged and dull. Cur-
rants are in seasonable demand at un-
changed prices.
Rice—Advices from the South re-
port better demands along the Atlantic
Coast, the decliné on low grades hav-
ing undoubtedly helped consumption
of rice in that section and continued
demand is anticipated. At New Or-
leans a steady market with only fair
demand seems to be the order of the
day, with Japans in decided call, due
to relative cheapness. There is an
anticipating stiffening of prices on
Fkancy Honduras, due to decided
shortage.
Cheese—Firm and unchanged, with
speculative demand. The quality of
the present receipts is very fancy
and everything meets with ready sale
on the present basis,
Syrup and Molasses—Glucose shows
no change for the week. Compound
syrup and sugar syrup are unchanged
and dull. Molasses is also uncl.anged
and in light demand.
Nuts—It is predicted that all varie-
ties of nuts will be on a high basis
this year. So far Brazils, almonds
and filberts are from 2@38c per pound
higher than last year’s figures. The
prices have not yet been announced
on California soft shelled walnuts,
but it is felt that these will be at
least 2c per pound higher than a
year ago.
Salt Fish—Cod, hake and haddock
are unchanged and in light request.
Mackerel shows some light improve-
ment, and an advance in Norway 2s is
predicted. The market for most
grades is still inclined to be dull, but
there is undoubtedly some improve-
ment in the demand.
Provisions---Smoked meats are firm.
Compound lard is scarce and Ye
higher. The demand is active, and
if there is any change it will prob-
ably be an advance. The same applies
to pure lard, which is firm and un-
changed. Dried beef is scarce and
hrm at 1c advance. Barrel pork
scarce, firm and unchanged. Canned
meats in better demand at unchanged
prices.
——_.- + —__-
The Produce Market.
Butter—The market in creamery
has slumped, fancy stock now being
offered at 26@28c in tubs and 29@30c
in cartons. Local dealers pay 20c
for No .1 dairy and 19c for packing
stock.
Cabbage—$3 per crate for Louis-
ville.
Carrots—30c per doz. bunches.
Celery—Home grown 25c_ per
bunch.
Cherries—$1.50 per crate of 16 qts.
for sour; $1.75 for sweet.
Cocoanuts—$4.75 per sack contain-
ing 100.
Cucumbers—60c per doz., for home
grown. |
Eeggs—Receipts are showing a
heavy percentage of goods that show
effects of the hot weather. Buyers
are therefore not only inclined to re-
duce their paying prices, but are
more careful in making offers, weed-
ing out those dealers whom previous
experience has proven to be careless
in handling them. Local dealers pay
17%c, loss off.
Egg Plant—$2 per box from Flor-
ida.
Green QOnions—18c per dozen for
home grown.
Green Peppers—50c per basket.
Honey—20c per Ib. for white clov-
er, and 18c for dark,
Lemons—Messinas have advanced
to $10 per box.
Lettuce—Home grown head, 80c
per bu.; hot house leaf 6c per fb.
Musk Melons—California Rocky-
fords command $2.50 per crate for 54s
and $3 for the other sizes.
Onions—Texas Bermudas, $1.25 per
crate.
Oranges—Late Valencias and Nav-
els command $5.50@6 per box.
Pieplant—s0c per bu. for
grown.
Parsley—30c per dozen.
Potatoes—White stock from Vir-
ginia has declined to $2.50 per bbl.,
while red Triumphs from Texas fetch
80c per bu.
Poultry—Local dealers pay 20@22c
for broilers; 12c for fowls; 6c for old
roosters; 8c for geese; 10c for ducks;
12c for turkeys. These prices are
live-weight.
Radishes—10c per dozen.
Strawberries—$2 per crate of 16 qts.
Spinach—65c per bu.
Tomatoes—$1.15 per crate of 4 bas-
kets, Texas grown; 90c per 8 lb. bas-
ket of home grown.
Veal—-Buyers pay 6@12¢ according
to quality.
Watermelons—30@40c a piece.
—~.-.-._____
G. A, Brigham, who has lived at
Buckley since 1867 and who is con-
nected with the Buckley Mercantile
Co. and also employed by the Buckley
& Douglas Lumber Co., was married
Sunday to Miss Georgiana Stanley,
of Sherman. The wedding took place
in the parlors of the Downey House,
the ceremony being conducted by
Rey. George D. Lyford, of Clare, who
was pastor of the groom during his
four years pastorate at Buckley. The
happy couple left soon after the cere-
mony for Niagara Falls and other
Eastern points. They will be at home
to their friends in Buckley after Aug-
ust 1,
home
—_+++—___
Rev. George D. Lyford, formerly
on the road for Snedicor & Hathaway,
shoe manufactures of Detroit, is now
pastor of the Congregational church
at Clare. Mr. Lyford 1s a forceful
speaker and careful thinker.
—_2++____
Wm. G. Logie and Geo. W. Kalm-
bach (Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie &
Co., Ltd.) leave July 5 for Boston to
buy goods for the spring trade.
—_>+ >
The Ted & Ed Clothing Co., of
Zeeland, has recently put in a stock
of shoes, buying them from Hirth-
Krause Company.
—_>
George E. Cook has purchased the
grocery store formerly conducted by
J. J. Matzen at 1237 Plainfield avenue.
—_2+>____
The Central Auto Company, Ltd.,
has changed its name to the Western
Michigan-Cadillac Company, Ltd.
—_>-2-~+
A. A. Campbell has succeeded L,
M. Van Heulen in the grocery busi-
ness at 593 Jefferson avenue.
Nicholas Houseman succeeds E.
Morrison in the grocery business at
924 West Fulton street.
—_>--2
W. S. Orswinger has opened a new
bakery at 1233 Madison street.
—_+->____
But a tip doesn’t always come to
_ the man who waits.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
cee
Cedtrre respon
July 2, 1913
Banks Prosper Only as the Commun-
ity Prospers.
Lansing, July 1—My attention has
been called to a timely warning in
the financial department of the
Tradesman relative to the disposition
of the Grand Rapids Clearing House
to make contributions to purely sec-
tarian propositions, such as the John
Calvin College, the Roman Catholic
high school and the Y. M ©€. A.
While I would not want to off-hand
give any opinion as to the legal right
of a board of directors of a State
bank to disburse funds in this manner,
from our point of view no serious
objection could be made, we believe,
by contributions on the part of a
clearing house, provided it was not
followed to such an extent as to be-
come harmful, or a burden on any
of the banks making up the Clearing
House Association.
It must be kept in mind that banks
prosper only in comparison to the
prosperity of the community in which
they are located. Banks must be co-
operative in order to be successful.
A strong bank is an institution that
builds up its community, not alone
in financing its manufacturing or mer-
cantile institutions, but must co-oper-
ate along the lines of public improve-
ment and education of the people
along desired lines.
At the same time a bank is not a
philanthropic institution, and it. must
be remembered that banks advance
money only where some benefit will
ultimately, directly or indirectly,
come to them. Banks in these modern
times must take an active interest in
everything that is for the best in-
terest of the people, both physically
and mentally. Anything that helps
the locality must of necessity help the
banks therein.
Banks in contributions of the kind
mentioned reflect the humanitarian
views and progressive principles of
their directors and officers.
From the fact that the officers and
directors of the board own, in many
cases, a large portion of the stock,
there is little likelihood of the prac-
tice of making such donations or sub-
scriptions to such an extent that it
will become an abuse or a danger.
From your article I take it that
such subscriptions aggregate $15,300.
When compared with the total capital,
surplus and earnings of the Grand
Rapids banks, I do not see where any
grave criticism can be made.
E. H. Doyle.
Commissioner of Banking.
The head of one of the local Na-
tional banks having a large clientele
among the country institutions, said:
“IT think I can see here and there
somewhat easier conditions. As I
talk from day to day with representa-
tives of country banks I find they
are all running a little stronger, in
preparation for the autumn. This is
desirable from every viewpoint. What
we are all striving for is not to check
business, but to keep it normal and
free from expansion. Our custom-
ers’ lines are well filled and we would
prefer that they keep them so, rather
than pay off their loans now and re-
turn later in the year. If loans were
paid we wou!ld have more loanable
funds subject to application for vari-
ous purposes.”
Concerning the selection of a
Comptroller of the Currency, George
B. Caidwell, Vice-President of the
Continental and Commercial Trust
and Savings Bank, writes the Trades-
man as follows: “After considering
the matter of my accepting the office
of Comptroller of the Currency very
carefully for several days, I have de-
sided to remain in Chicago, where the
increase in bank deposits and the
growth of the investment market is
very attractive. I am not unmindful
of the importance of the office, or of
the many indorsements of my friends,
and especially of the consideration
that has been extended to me both
by President Wilson and Secretary
McAdoo; but to give up active bank-
ing relations for a period of five
years, coupled with a considerable
pecuniary sacrifice, leads me to re-
quest my friends to no longer con-
sider me a candidate for the office.
I have so notified the President.”
Chicago bankers are almost a unit
in predicting that the condition of the
money market will not change mater-
ially during the remainder of the
year, or, at least, until the crop move-
ment has been taken care of. The
tendency is to invest in short-term
commercial paper, which insures a
good interest return up to the height
of the crop-moving period, and bank-
ers are consequently investing in
bonds to a less degree than usual.
The head of one of the largest bank-
ing institutions there said: “We are
in a strong position now and intend
to remain so. I have no belief in
or patience with the suggestion of
so many people that we are going to
run into trouble this fall. I believe
the business of the country is on a
good basis and that conditions war-
rant a continuance of active and profit-
able trade. Still, with so many busi-
ness men possessed with the belief
that there is trouble ahead, we can
not afford to ignore it,
For that
GRAND RAPIDS
NATIONAL CITY BANK
Resources $8,500,000
Our active connections with large
banks in financial centers and ex-
tensive banking acquaintance
throughout Western Michigan, en-
able us to offer exceptional banking
service to
Merchants, Treasurers, Trustees,
Administrators and Individuals
who desire the best returns in in-
terest consistent with safety, avail-
ability and strict confidence.
CORRESPONDENCE PROMPTLY REPLIED TO
Fourth National Bank
: United :
Savings Sta co Commercial
Deposits Depositary Deposits
Per Cent Per Cent
Interest Paid Interest Paid
on on
Savings Certificates of
Deposits Deposit
Left
Compounded One Year
Semi-Annually
Wm. H. Anderson, Capital Stock
John W. Blodgett, and Surplus
. $580,000
J.C, Bishop,
Assistant Cashier
The
Old National Bank
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Our Savings Certificates of Deposit form an
exceedingly convenient and safe method of invest-
ing your surplus. They are readily negotiable, being
transferable by endorsement and earn interest at the
rate of 3% @ if left a year.
¢:
wo
wo
July 2, 1913
reason we shall continue to run strong
in cash, and it appears that our neigh-
bors are doing the same. That is the
best way I know to prevent the trou-
ble so many people expect.” Another
Chicago banker says: “In looking
forward to the autumn it should be
remembered that demands from coun-
try banks on the reserve center in-
stitutions will be lighter than is
normally the case. The country banks
have already drawn on their city cor-
respondents for all balances in excess
of the reserves they are required to
keep there by law. What they have
already drawn they can not draw
again. Country banks, attracted by
the 6 per cent. rate, have invested
heavily in commercial paper, finding
that more profitable than sending their
funds to the reserve center banks.”
The business trend East is one of
curtailment, although this is more
pronounced in some lines than in
others. In the iron and steel trade
orders are falling rapidly, and this
industry is considered a general bar-
.ometer. Business sentiment is much
more depressed in the East than in the
West, Trade abroad is somewhat less
active and this probably means smaller
exports of American commodities.
But, after all, it is remarkable how
much better the feeling is, once one
gets away from the Eastern territory,
It is good opinon that when the tariff
is settled and time money more ac-
cessible, business will become more
active. As it is, mecantile interests
cannot obtain credit beyond their ac-
tual necessities. There is a large
amount of commercial paper out-
standing that was placed shortly after
January 1. This was mostly — six
months’ paper and matures. shortly
after July 1.
Now that the question of banking
and currency reform is up for con-
sideration, some attention should be
given to ways and means for encour-
aging the utilization of the funds of
enterprising small producers whose
success comprises a large part of the
prosperity of any community. The
mechanic, the- small merchant, the
dairyman, or the grower of poultry
and the truck farmer in suburban dis-
tricts represent classes of productive
enterprise which might go far towards
reducing the cost of living if capital
were more freely available for the
pursuit of their occupations. There
are banking systems in the world by
which small borrowings are studious-
ly cultivated with excellent effect
upon borrower, lender and commu-
nity as a whole.
It was a favorite view of the late
Edward Atkinson that the small in-
dustries and the handicrafts, in which
individual ownership dominated, must
in due time show marked increase,
With the progress in scientific knowl-
edge and of invention, the individual
has become much more of a factor
in material progress than when his op-
portunities were confined to fewer
branches of trade. The lender needs
only to let it be known where funds
on a small scale can be obtained, to
find how many there are who have
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
proved their ability to make a good
living in a more or less independent
occupation. And there are few ele-
ments of a community’s life which
are of much more worth to it than
the individuals who own their own
businesses and are managing them
successfully.
Enquiry among bankers proves that
there is much more lending on a small
scale now than several years ago.
Some of the leading institutions of
Grand Rapids are doing a great deal
of this, and the recent convention to
promote farm marketings at Chica-
go disclosed how generally banks
were lending to farmers and mechan-
ics who borrow small amounts at a
time. Any encouragement that can
be given to this tendency must in due
time bear abundant fruit. For as the
small borrower prospers he often be-
comes a depositor and a large bor-
rower. An instance is cited by a
prominent New York bank president
of a mechanic who borrowed $100 as
an initial venture some years ago and
is now worth half a million. That
illustrates the principle that it pays
to cultivate the springs of industry
and credit so that in due time the
flow may broaden and bring with it
a great fund of financial power.
Whether any positive legislation’ is
needed to do this is a question, But,
at any rate, nothing should be done
to check the movement towards a
freer lending to deserving individuals
and small firms who have established
a character for initiative and good
management.
——_~—->—————_
Quotations on Local Stocks and Bonds.
Bid. Asked.
Am. Gas & Elec. Co., Com. 75 17
Am. Gas & Elec. Co., Pfd. 44 46
Am. Light & Trac. Co., Com. 360 370
Am. Light & Trac. Co.. Pfd. 106 108
Am. Public Utilities, Com. 51 55
Am. Public Utilities, Pfd. 72 74
Can. Puget Sound Lbr. 1 1%
Cities Service Co., Com. 92 95
Cities Service Co., Pfd. 17 80
Citizens’ Telephone 80 90
Commercial Savings a 215
Comw’th Pr. Ry. & Lt., Com. 55 60
Comw’th Pr. Ry. & Ue” Pfd. 75 80
Elec. Bond Deposit, Pfd. 70 75
Fourth National Bank 212
Furniture City Brewing Co. 55 65
Globe Knitting Works, Com. 135 140
are Knitting Works, }fd. 100
R. Brewing Co. 155
& R. National City Bank 180 §=6181
G. R. Savings Bank 225
Kent State Bank 260 264
Lincoln Gas & Elec. Co. 30 34
Macey Co.. Com. 200
Macey Company, Pfd. 95 97
Mihigan Sugar Co., Com. 28
Michigan State Tele. Co., Pfd. 100 101%
National Grocer Co., Prd. 88 90
Old National Bank 205 207
Pacific Gas & Elec. Co., Com. 35 37
Peoples Savings Bank 250
Tennessee Ry. Lt. & Pr., Com. 15 18
Tennessee Ry. Lt. & Pr. Ptd. a 74
Utilities Improvement Co., Com. 50 52
Utilities Improvement Co., Pfd. 70 74
United Light & Ry., Com. 65 17
United Light & Ry., 1st Pfd. 75 78
United Light & Ry., 2nd Pfd.
(old) 5 7
United Light & Ry., 2nd Pfd.
(new) 1 73
Bonds.
Chattanooga Gas Co. 1927 95 97
Denver Gas & Elec. Co. 1949 95% 96%
Flint Gas Co. 1924 96 974%
G. R. Edison Co. 1916 98146 100
G. R. Gas Light Co. 1915 99% 100%
G. R. Railway Co. 1916 100 §=101
Kalamazoo Gas Co. 1920 95 100
Saginaw City Gas Co. 1916 99
July 2, 1913.
———>-e—__———
True Enjoyment.
What constitutes recreation de-
pends, of course, on the point of
view of the one who is recreated.
This anecdote shows what one small
citizen thought enjoyable:
A boy in a certain state school for
dependent children, wrote his father:
“Dear Papa—We children are hav-
ing a good time here now. Mr. Sa-
ger broke his leg and can’t work.
We went on a picnic and it rained
and we all got wet. Many children
here are sick with mumps. Mr. Hig-
gins fell off the wagon and broke his
rib, but he can work a little. The
man that is digging the deep well
whipped us boys with a buggy whip
because we threw sand in the ma-
chine and made black and _ blue
marks on us. Ernest cut his finger
badly. We are all very happy.”
Ask for our Coupon Certificates of Deposit
Assets Over Three and One-half
Million
Cc errs ae
Geno pgrinsG avincsBANK
BOND
Circular
eo Ea ’
Describing a high grade
Public Service Corporation
Security netting the in-
vestor
6%
Ready market - attrac-
tive price
Write for same
Kelsey, Brewer & Co.
Bankers
Engineers - Operators
Michigan Trust Bldg.
Grand Rapips, Michigan
INVEST YOUR MONEY
IN STOCK OF
The
National Automatic
Music Company
42-50 Market Ave. N. W.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
C. F, Sweet, President
Monthly dividends never
less than 1%
SEND FOR LITERATURE
National Piano Mfg. Co.
Kent State Bank
Main Office Fountain St.
Facing Monroe
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Capital - - - $500,000
Surplus and Profits $300,000
Deposits
7 Million Dollars
1. Per Cent.
3%
Paid on Certificates
You can transact your banking business
with us easily by mail. Write us about it
if interested.
3% Every Six Months
Is what we pay at our office on the Bonds we sell.
$100.00 Bonds—6% a Year
THE MICHIGAN TRUST CO.
244% Every Six Months
Is what we pay at our office on the Bonds we sell.
$100.00 Bonds—5% a Year
THE MICHIGAN TRUST CO.
50 per cent. of all widows in this country are compelled to work
WILL YOURS?
For an average cost of 30 cents a day we will guarantee to keep your widow
from being compelled to earn her living.
The Preferred Life Insurance Company of America,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Citizens 1122
‘You can BUY ONE SHARE or more
United Light and Railways Co.
First preferred stock to net better than 714%
HOWE, CORRIGAN & COMPANY
533-535 Michigan Trust Building
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Bell M 229
HicrcanpaprsMan
(Unlike any other paper.)
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS
OF BUSINESS MEN.
Published Weekly by
TRADESMAN COMPANY.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Subscription Price.
Qne dollar per year, if paid strictly in
advance; two dolars if not paid in ad-
vance.
Five dollars for six years, payable in
advance.
Canadian subscriptions, $2.04 per year,
payable invariably in advance.
Sample copies, 5 cents each.
Extra copies of current issues, 5 cents;
issues a month or more old, 10 cents;
issues a year or more old, 25 cents.
Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice
as Second Class Matter.
E. A. STOWE, Editor.
‘July 2, 1913
DESTROYING GRAND RAPIDS.
The Pere Marquette Railroad em-
ploying about 800 skilled mechanics
at the Wyoming shops in this city,
with a monthly pay roll of something
like $60,900, has decided to have its
car repairing done under contract in
Detroit and Chicago and to senc
locomotives needing repair to ihe
shops where they were made at [Dun-
kirk and Schnectady, and the shops
here and at Saginaw will be shut
down except for emergency work.
Three months ago the receivers of
the Pere Marquette were seriously
considering plans for a large addition
to the shops here, with a correspond-
ing increase in the number of men
employed and in the monthly pay roll.
The change in the plans from increas-
ing the capacity of the shops to what
almost amounts to a permanent shut
down is one of the direct results of
the strike of the boiler makers, ma-
chinists and blacksmiths which be-
gan six weeks ago and is still in
The leaders of the strike
look upon this as a great victory for
union labor. They insist that the
railroad was unable to secure com-
petent men to take the place of the
strikers and that contracting to have
the work done elsewhere is virtually
a confession of defeat. It may be a
defeat for the railroad. The leaders
in the strike may rejoice in their al-
leged victory. But how about the
800 men, most of whom will have to
scek elsewhere for jobs? How about
their families dependent upon them
for support? How about the business
men of Grand Rapids who received
in one form or another the big end of
the $60,000 monthly pay roll? The
strike leaders had no jobs at stake,
no families in this city to support,
no homes in Grand Rapids to pay for,
no interest at stake in the town.
They can be jubilant over their “vic-
tory,’ but will there be joy among
the workmen who are out or among
their families or among the business
men of the city and those who desire
that Grand Rapids shall grow and be
prosperous?
The Pere Marquette strike was
without grievance or provocation,
Vice-President Ryan of the interna-
tional boiler makers union, a stranger
in town, unknown as to his antecedents,
with a record that has never been
progress.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
published, came here uninvited. He
found the boiler makers at the Wy-
oming shops satisfied with their wages
and conditions of labor. He preach-
ed discontent, prevailed upon the
workmen to join the union and then
formulated demands for more wages
and shorter hours. When the de-
inand was presented to the receivers
they agreed to accept the wage and
work schedules in force on the Mich-
igan Central or the G. R. & I. and
fixed an hour for a conference. Be-
fore the hour arrived Ryan ordered
the boilermakers out on strike and
they quit work without warning or
notice. The machinists and _ the
blacksmiths, with no demands or
grievances of their own, went out in
sympathy. The railroad regarded
those who had quit their jobs as no
longer in the employ of the company
and entitled to no further considera-
tion. New men were brought on
from Chicago and other points. To
organize an entirely new force on so
short a notice has been difficult and
also costly. Contracting to have the
work done elsewhere which was
formerly done here was easier and
cheaper than to try to carry on the
fight, The leaders of the strike “win,”
but the men lose their jobs, and the
city will lose several hundred of its
wage earners and their families. What
Vice-President Ryan and his asso-
ciates have made out of the strike is
not known. The strike is not
big enough and has not lasted
long enough to give him a trip with
his wife to Europe, as in the case of
MacFarlane who lead the furniture
strike, but his rake-off ought at least
to pay his winter coal bill.
The business men of Grand Rapids
—and more particularly the daily
newspapers—are responsible for the
lost jobs at the car shops and the
disappearing payroll. Instead of de-
manding a show down from Ryan
or even looking up his record, they
accepted him at his own valuation,
bolstered him up, boosted his game
in every way and made a popular
hero of him. They gave credence to
the lies he told and the misrepre-
sentations he put forth and at the
same time put the question mark
against every statement made by the
railroad officials. It was the furni-
ture strike all over again. The fur-
niture strike cost Grand Rapids two
million dollars in wages lost. The
Pere Marquette strike will cost
Grand Rapids many more millions
of dollars in wages for work which
will be done in Detroit, Chicago and
other points which might just as well
be done here. There may have been
some excuse in the furniture strike,
as it was the city’s first experience
with the professional “friend of la-
bor.” But it is no credit to the city
that it should be bitten a second time
and in exactly the same way, If the
business men are true to their own
interests—and if the newspapers are
loyal to the welfare of the city and
its industries—the next walking dele-
gate to come this way will be escort-
ed to the city line and told to go.
‘The loss of the Pere Marquette
work is not the only loss Grand Rap-
ids has sustained this season from the
“earning.
walking delegate. The strike of the
line men in the employ of the Com-
monwealth company, equally without
cause—iomented hy men who are
alleged to have been discharged be-
cause they were caught stealing from
the company—is still in progress, but
the company is not allowing this to
disturb it. Instead of spending money
in extensions and construction work,
the money is being used in other ways
and, no doubt, to even greater ad-
vantage. The city is losing the wages
wlhich the line men might hace been
It is losing the improved
service which might have been obtain-
ed had the work gone on. The only
ones making anything out of the
strike are its managers and they will
disappear as soon as leadership of a
lost cause ceases to be profitable.
THE BOY’S FIRST JOB.
Thousands of young men all over
the land, now that school is out, are
at work or seeking work at what may
be their first jobs. These young men
may not realize it, but the first job
and their attitude toward it often de-
termines what the future may be. The
young man who takes a job, no mat-
ter how good the pay may be, which
shows no prospect for advancement
and in which there is no chance to
learn, is making a sad mistake. ‘The
young man who takes a job merely
for the present wages and looks upon
the wages as its most important fea-
ture, is making a grievous mistake.
The wise young man is he who de-
cides what he wants to be or do, gets
a job, no matter how humble, in the
line of his ambition-and then applies
himself to learn all there is to learn,
regardless of what the pay may be.
The world is full of half trained
workmen. It is full of second and
third-rate professional men. There
is always an over supply of the shift-
less, the careless and the make-be-
lieves. On the other hand, the world
is bidding—and bidding high—for
men who know every detail of the
trade, occupation or profession they
have taken up. The first-class man
in any line of activity gets the big
salary and has the steady employ-
ment. It is for the young man him-
self to decide, when obtaining his
first job, whether he shall be of the
cheap order or of the high grade,
whether he shall be one who is first
to be laid off when work slackens or
who is sure to stay as long as there
is anything to do.
Some of this country’s greatest
railroad men began as section hands
or switchmen. Some of our greatest
merchant princes started at sweeping
out the store. Some of our most suc-
cessful captains of industry began as
chore boys. These men who attained
high success did not do it by merely
working for wages and not caring be-
yond getting their pay. They looked
upon their jobs not as jobs, but as
stepping stones to something better.
They had ambitions to be the best
in their class and, naturally, they were
picked for promotion when vacancies
occurred above them. They ad-
vanced, one step after another, not
by favor, but. on their merit. Not all
men can attain to the highest stations,
July 2, 1913
but all can be thorough, all can be
honest with themselves and their em-
ployers, all can work for promotion
and most of them will get it by de-
serving it.
TREASON TO THE CITY.
The Grand Rapids Association of
Commerce sometime ago did _ itself
credit in refusing to give a letter of
endorsement for the proposed labor
day souvenir addressed to the busi-
ness men of the city and requesting
them not to give it their advertise-
ments and patronage. The souvenir
is obviously a hold-up, With past
experience as a guide, it comes close
to a blackmailing enterprise. It has
no advertising value for the business
man. Asked for in the name of union
labor, only 25 per cent. of the money
contributed goes to the unions, while
the promotors of the graft absorb
75 per cent. The Association of Com-
merce had the courage to deny the
scheme its endorsement or sanction.
But the Association’s courage appears
to have been of the oozy sort. The
souvenir promotors made a great out-
cry and even had the impudence to
appeal to the courts. Instead of
standing firm in what it knew to be
right, the Association sought to pla-
cate the grafters with a cash dona-
tion of $200. What right the Asso-
ciation, through its officers, had to
make such an offer of compromise
does not appear. The purposes of
the Association are supposed to be to
promote the city’s growth, its indus-
trial welfare and its business prosperi-
ty, Unionism is destructive in its
tendencies. It tears down instead of
building up. It is a source of turmoil
and discontent in the ranks of labor.
It is oppressive to employers, a dis-
couragement to enterprise and a wet
blanket on capital. Unionism preach-
es hatred of employe for the employer,
breeds envy and jealousy, practices
violence and denies employment to
honest men who want work for their
own support and the support of their
families. Many of the members of
the Association of Commerce having
had their bitter experience with
unionism are opposed to it in every
form. Many other members are
known champions of the open shop
and industrial freedom. To divert
any part of the Association funds as
a donation to unionism is not only
unjustifiable, but base treachery to the
men who contribute the funds to keep
the organization alive. The only ex-
cuse that can be given for such a
donation is that the officers of the
Association have not the courage to
stand for what they know to be hon-
est and right, To make such a dona-
tion would be a display of cowardice
which should make the Association
despicable, not merely in the eyes
of those who oppose unionism, but
with the union men as well.
The essence of advertising is hon-
esty, The honest advertiser who be-
lieves in his message is the only one
who can impress his readers.
A man’s value in the world is estim-
ated and paid for according to the
ability he uses, not what he may pos-
sess.
2 PAN REA RCTS SOO re rei
wipe
vy
July 2, 1913
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
Warm Weather
Flour
Ought to be the kind that responds quickly to the yeast, or cream tartar, or
sour milk or baking powder.
Lily White does.
In hot weather you don’t want to do a baking over, and Lily White is
always sure.
For shortcake and pie crust and cookies and all the light and dainty
baked goods you make in summer, Lily White is especially adapted.
Picnic sandwiches, too, made of
ILY WHITE
‘‘The Flour the Best Cooks Use’’
Have a daintiness and flavor hard to match. In fact, we don’t believe the
flavor of things made of Lily White can be matched.
Layer cake needs to be light, moist and soft. No one wants dry cake.
Lily White makes the tender, fine grained kind.
When you want cake to serve with ice cream, better make it of Lily
White. You'll be delighted—so will the guests.
If you want hot bread biscuits to serve with honey or maple syrup, well,
Lily White is ‘‘the flour the best cooks use.”
Always comes in clean, sanitary sewed sacks.
VALLEY CITY MILLING CO.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
This is a reproduction of one of the advertisements appearing in the daily papers, all of which help the retailer to sell Lily White Flour.
10
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
err sniaarmcianamacioethenchciisiae =
July 2, 1913
WINDOWaND INTERIO
=. DECORATIONS
Some Seasonable Suggestions to Stim-
ulate Summer Trade.
The merchant and his window dress-
er are not in the least bit of a quan-
dary as to the best method of dressing
a Fourth of July window, Although
there are countless developments in
fireworks and decorations, he does
not hesitate. He puts them all in.
Of course, if he has a scheme of de-
coration or an idea for a special ap-
peal, or a startling climax in arrange-
ment, so much the better. But it isn’t
the least bit necessary. He may pile
them in helter-skelter if he will, and
the small citizens will peer and pry,
and twist and turn in order to find the
clue to the labyrinth, and revel de-
lightedly in the
they find it or not.
whether
There are, every
mysteries
year, so many new ideas in fireworks,
that it is not impossible the citizens
of a larger growth may fall captive
to the fascinations of a window full
of these pyrotechnical marvels.
Nevertheless it isn’t at all a bad
idea for the window dresser so to ar-
range his stock of goods as to tell
some connected sort of story. At
least to suggest one. Suggestion is
always better than the whole story
because human nature takes pleasure
in finding out things for itself, And
to read the silent suggested story of
a layout in a shop window, not only
gives a satisfying sense of power, but
possesses much of the interest of a
play. Oftentimes more.
But in order to tell a story the
window decorator must have it in his
head first. And here is where he
should stop to consider the dramatic
possibilities of his arrangements. He
may if he wills, place a little tragedy,
a little comedy, a short story or an
historic tale before the eyes of his
public, merely by arrangement, or
juxtaposition of his details. A “Swat
the Fly” window is a tragic-comedy,
or a that
can read. A dramatic effect in a lay-
out may be
serio-comic tale everyone
gained by a jux-
taposition of a iarge and _for-
midable-looking fly with a so-seem-
ine terrible death’s-head, It suggests,
without other means, the long train
of dangers, diseases and deaths that
follow in the track of the fly. When
the dramatic climax is flanked by an
array of fly destroyers, disinfectants,
bug poisons, moth
cleaners and swatters, the
complete. The passer-by reads it at
a glance and hikes in gaily, no doubt,
to secure a supply of the necessary
armament against all domestic pests.
The historical idea is always apro-
pos for the Fourth of July decoration.
It may embrace the American flag
at different periods since the begin-
balls, germicides,
story 1s
ning of the Union as has been sug-
gested before, or it may extend to the
different varieties of guns and must
kets in use from time immemorial, or
it may show the development and
changes in uniforms worn by various
armies. This may be done by the
use of real uniforms, although a large
assortment may be difficult to procure,
as most of them are to be found in
museums. However, a series of prints
or engravings illustrating the details
of uniforms may be found, and- will
lend great interest to any display of
novelties in fireworks. Any firearms
or war implements would be suggest-
ive, whether the arrowheads of aborig-
ines, or tools of Africans or South
Sea Islanders, These may be used
either with a tragic or historic signif-
Musical instruments used in
would
icanice.
war dances be excellent, es-
pecially if the merchant could obtain
drawings, illustrations, or paintings
of Indian war dances or in fact any-
thing connected with the subject.
Incidents of Negro life, banjos, ne-
gro melodies, and early history may
not come amiss if the window dresser
happens to possess a series of good il-
lustrations of this phase. Clever car-
toons also, often give point to any
kind of arrangement in a window,
and will draw attention to the goods.
Lace is a beautiful commodity, and
would be an ornamental accessory to
many schemes of decoration, although
its value in window expression seems
not to have appealed extensively to
the trimmers. To be sure it is per-
ishable, but so is ribbon, which has
been used in bewildering profusion
this year, in many kinds and classes
of window decoration. Of course the
craze for Bulgarian colors lent a pe-
culiar kind of fitness to the use of the
strone patterns and bright colors of
this season’s ribbons. But a white
window is always pleasant, and sooth-
ing to the eye, besides it may be re-
lieved by any scheme of color that
seems desirable, Even a few silken
flags of red, white and blue might
not be amiss. Or a profusion of small
and dainty pink rose buds scattered
negligently all over the snowy ex-
panse would give a. charming touch.
One of the best possible displays is
a Niagara of lace falling over a hori-
zontal support, which is topped by
swirls and billows of lace or
malines, or chiffon, while below the
lace is arranged in convolutions to
imitate the surges of the vasty deep,
and yeasty waves. Here it would not
be inappropriate to incorporate many
lengths of pale blue-green chiffon, or
some of the thin and beautiful mercer-
ized stuffs, to suggest the color of
water underneath the foam.
some
At the top just. peering through the
the foam may be placed tiny row-
boats, or little sail boats. And on
the sails may be printed legends de-
scribing the quality and prices of this
“Sale of Lace.” Nearby, at each end
may be built a little lighthouse, each
with its own particular placard warn-
ing spectators where to go to find
the largest variety in laces, of course.
This can all be arranged upon a pale,
very pale background, The “Sail”
idea is used as a special feature in a
display of sponges and kindred clean-
ers, soaps and chamois skins, although
it would be equally appropriate to
almost any other kind of goods. It
could be used to feature groceries,
or ladies’ furnishings goods, or dress
eoods. In fact any particular line
that the merchant wishes to set mov-
ing. The “Sail” should be attach-
ed to a small boat of the yacht
type, and bear a printed legend, It
a sea of sponges. Its
masts, spars and lines are hung with
strings of small sponges, and in the
reposes in
“sea” are sponges of every size and
shape. In the rear is a row or pile,
or wall of soaps and cleaners, on
ach side is a circular decoration of
the eyes, that set off the curves and
fairness of check and throat. And
she wrote and smiled, and then smiled
and wrote, as she turned the slate.
Not at all a bad idea for the mer-
chant of the general store, in a town
big enough to furnish a crowd. The
merchant might dress up a boy of his
other boy. A
clowns costume would be picturesque,
and the boy could wear either a
masque, or paint his face thickly with
white and red, He, too, could write
messages on a slate relative to some
feature of the display and his antics
and drollery should keep the crowd
The hours of ap-
own, or any bagg
constantly amused.
pearance should be advertised:
——_++>__—_
How to Display Ribbon and Lace in
a Window.
If you want a very easily made and
altogether effective window trim ot
lace and ribbon here is a plan which
we recommend:
The background should be covered
with white crepe paper and a red bor-
der around the top.
Then arrange the fixtures as shown
in the drawing. For the upper part
of the display this consists of three
sponges or chamois skins. In front
are strings of seaweed, with a lobster
on one side and a crab on the other,
The lobster and crab may be made of
sponges too.
A white window seen recently con-
sisted entirely of white gloves, white
shoes, and white stockings. The filmy
hosiery was of silk or lisle thread, as
also were the dainty gloves. The
white shoes that completed the layout
were of the nattiest. The accom-
panying notes of color consisted of
hows and rosettes of narrow blue
ribbon mixed with narrow black rib-
bon. The effect was charming, all
the more perhaps because there was
a bewildering number of each. As a
whole the window was good, as the
details were well massed.
Another extremely striking window
that held crowds entranced before it
all day
though it illustrated the value of live
models, Also, it proved the charm
of mystery. In this particular window
sat a girl with a slate. Upon the
slate she wrote, continually, maxims
and messages relative to the virtues
and benefits of the article she was
advertising. In addition to the fact
that the girl was undeniably beauti-
ful, was the peculiar one that she
wore a masque. Just a small, coquet-
tish, teasing little black masque across
long was simple enough, al-
halves of barrel hoops arranged in
each corner and in the center.
From the center hoop drape two
pieces of ribbon. We have draped
one piece on this to show you the
On each corner hoop. drape
eight pieces of lace, letting the ends
extend to the floor and binding them
in the center with a ribbon bow.
idea.
This same arrangement should be
made in both corners. We have only
trimmed half of this window so as
to give you the idea of both fixtures
and display.
The center unit is made up of a
box and a short six-inch board. Drape
from this pieces of ribbon
partly unrolled. On top of these
build a pyramid of fifteen pieces of
ribbon.
On each
seven
center unit
from which
side of the
three T-stands
lace is draped.
——_>>__—__
arrange
Some things, like some men, Seem
easy enough to do.
to find out
them!
3ut if you want
differently, try to do
TR AG Your Delayed
Freight Easily
and Quickly. We can tell you
how. BARLOW BROS.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
July 2, 1913
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
11
He Downed the Syndicate
What if two syndicate stores sprang up in your block!
It happened to an Indiana retailer.
What did he do?
Put in the department shown above and is now beat-
ing the syndicate at their own game.
A letter mentioning this magazine and this advertise-
ment will bring you all the facts.
BUTLER BROTHERS
Exclusive Wholesalers of General Merchandise
CHICAGO NEW YORK ST. LOUIS MINNEAPOLIS DALLAS
SAMPLE | Cincinnati Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee
HOUSES Omaha Portland Philadelphia Seattle
12
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
July 2, 1913
Ve
_—
= =
= =
= =
=
-
aN ens
BUTTER, EGGS +*» PROVISIONS
Michigan Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso-
clation.
President—B. L. Howes, Detroit.
Vice-President—H. L. Williams, “Howell.
Secretary and Treasurer—J. E. Wag-
goner, Mason.
Executive Committee—F. . Johnson,
Detroit; E. J. Lee, Midland; D. A. Bent-
ley, Saginaw.
Increasing Production and Bettering
the Quality.
Canadian egg dealers have issued
the following circular letter to their
customers:
lit 6s a
that the average commercial egg seen
on the markets of Canada is of such
poor quality. Much educational work
has been done by the federal and
matter of grave concern
provincial governments with a view
of improving the quality of market
eggs, but such work has been largely
ineffective because of the fact that in
the prevailing system of marketing
no premium has been placed upon
quality.
It has been pointed out repeatedly
that the “case-count” system of buying
eggs has been largely the cause of the
general unsatisfactory condition of
the trade.
For many years eggs have been
purchased by number without regard
to quality. This has been decidedly
unfair to the farmers and other pro-
ducers who have taken pains to mar-
ket good, clean, fresh eggs, and
through placing no premium on good
eves the system referred to has really
become an incentive to the continu-
ance of careless and dilatory methods.
It has made possible the disposal of
eggs in all of decomposition
and has encouraged farmers and local
stages
buyers to hold eggs at certain sea-
sons of the year when they have no
satisfactory places for storing them,
It may have appeared to some that
the present system is really advanta-
geous to the farmer in that he re-
ceives a fairly good price per dozen
for inferior eggs and for those which
are entirely unfit for food. This is,
however, an erroneous impression, for
the wholesale egg dealers know very
well the extent of the shrinkagé at
certain seasons of the year, and their
practice in order to make good the
absolute loss from bad eggs and the
extra expense of candling all of their
receipts is simply to lower the price
to the farmer and increase the price
to the consumer. The loss, therefore,
is borne not by the dealer but by the
producer and the consumer.
This whole subject has been thor-
oughly discussed at recent meetings
of produce dealers of the provinces of
Ontario and Quebec. Officials from
both the Federal and Ontario Depart-
ments of Agriculture were present at
these meeting, and endeavored strong-
ly to present the imperative need of a
radical change in the system of hand-
ling and marketing eggs.
The following is a brief summary
of what transpired at these meetings:
The government officials pointed
out that, while the enormous loss and
shrinkage apparent in the trade and
the uncertain quality of eggs as re-
ceived by the consumer were partly
due to carelessness and negligence on
the part of the farmer, yet he was
not entirely to blame. The unsatis-
factory condition of the trade is the
fault of the system, rather than of
those engaged in it.
im the
The evil lies
fact that inferior’ eggs com-
mand as high a price as new-laid eggs,
and absolutely rotten eggs are bought
and sold in the same dozen as good
eggs. It was emphasized ¢hat so soon
as the dealers saw their way clear to
unite in discriminating against an in-
ferior product and in allowing a lib-
eral premium for a superior product,
the quality of market eggs would im-
prove and bad eggs would be elimin-
ated from the trade. :
Two methods of changing the sys-
tem have been worked out in a num-
ber of places, The first and the most
generally adopted is known as “loss-
off” buying, which consists of making
deductions from the sum total of re-
ceipts for eggs which are bad and un-
it for food. The second, which in-
volves the grading of eggs and is re-
ferred to as “quality payment,” con-
sists of paying for each separate grade
according to its real value. In the
latter system there is constantly held
out to farmers some effective induce-
ment to produce and market eggs of
the highest quality.
“Quality payment” is certainly to
be preferred to “loss-off” buying, for
the reason that it places a premium
on the best quality of eggs. ++ —__
Tell all the good stories you can
about everybody, but hide the other
kind in a good heart.
Watson - Higgins Milling Co.
Merchant Millers
RT ER GED
W. R. Roach & Co., Hart, Mich.
Michigan People Want Michigan Products
Hammond Dairy Feed
“The World’s Most Famous
z Milk Producer”
LIVE DEALERS WRITE
WYKES & CO. ed Reside. Mich.
Rea & Witzig
PRODUCE
COMMISSION
MERCHANTS
104-106 West Market St.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Established 1873
Liberal shipments of Live Poul-
try wanted. and good prices are
being obtained. Fresh eggs more
plenty and selling well at quota-
tion.
Dairy and Creamery Butter of
all grades in demand. We solicit
your consignments, and promise
prompt returns.
Send for our weekly price cur-
rent or wire for special quota-
tions.
Refer you to Marine National
, Bank of Buffalo, all Commercial
Agencies and to hundreds of
shippers everywhere,
Michigan Sales Agents
Satisfy and Multiply
Flour Trade with
“Purity Patent’ Flour
Grand Rapids Grain & Milling Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
rr
aN
G
enn
Crystal.
i
| Don’t Be Deceived |
on Salt
GEVERAL grocers have |
recently told usthat they |.
have bought another brand 1
of salt, under the impression ie
that they were getting | |
Diamond Crystal Salt put
up under another name.
In this they were fooled.
Diamond Crystal is sold under any
name but Shaker or Diamond |
All Diamond Crystal salt
has our name as manufacturers on |
the original package or container. [
Diamond Crystal Salt Co. |
St. Clair, Mich. _}
No
MICHIGAN
TRADESMAN
July 2, 1913
How a Battle Creek
Money.
Clothier Made
Occasionally we find a retail mer-
chant who is in business more as a
pastime, somethine to take up his
time, a place where he can have an
office, meet the people, jolly with the
traveling men, etc. He does not really
have to be in business and doesn’t care
particalarly how much profic the busi-
We
But “most merchants are
that way. We
ness returns him. all envy him.
not fixed
have got to constantly
keep figuring how we can make our
business better. Expenses
rents are higher,
pay us
keep creeping up,
more expensive fix-
tures are demanded, ete. The many
fads, freak styles
us to carry much heavier stock than a
Instead of turning our
wages are higher,
fancies and force
few years ago.
stocks oftener, as we should de, we
find it is hard to turn them as often.
The retail game to-day is an entirely
different proposition than it was twen-
ty years ago. The merchant of to-day
must keep an ~ on his busi-
not
eagle eye”
ness every minute. If he
the other fellow will. and beat him to
it.
Most of the merchants of to-day
watch the selling end of their business
does
carefwly, planning sales, devising sell-
ing schemes,. judicicus advertising,
bettering their store service and eaump-
ment. But how about
of it? Do they give
consideration to this most important
the buying end
enough time and
part of their business?
Ask any traveling salesman if nine-
tenths of the merchants are not care-
their and do not do
deal of it by They
Know they do. I have had salesmen
tell me that in many cases they really
felt emilty to take the
to them ana sometimes suggest going
carefully through the stock to
see if they could not proportion the
order better. The saiesman and the
wholesaler want the merchant to buy
what sells. They do not want him
to accumulate a lot of dead stuff in
their line that must be closed up at a
loss No! They want to see their stuff
sell, and at a profit to the retailer, then
the next time they come to them they
are met with a smile, not a grouch.
So I say again, Mr, Retailer, use
more care in your buying of mer-
chandise.
When
your
wear,
jess ip huving
a great guess.
order as given
more
the salesman comes _ for
order on your under-
hosiery and other lines
just how many of cer-
tain sizes, colors and styles you sold
during the past season, all your dupli-
cates, special and advance orders?
You should know in order to give
advance
gloves,
do you know
your advance order as it should be
given,
3uying might well be divided into
two essential parts;
Good judgment in the selec-
manufacturers, materials and
First
tion of
styles.
Second.
tions of
Buying the right propor-
colors and styles.
In the first part some seem to be
“natural born buyers,”
it from experience.
sizes,
others acquire
But the necessary knowledge in the
part “born into a
nor can it be acquired by ex-
perience. This particular part of the
buying, in most cases,
or less by “
second cannot be
buyer,”
is done more
That's why
most of us merchants have too much
money
gtiess work.”
tied up in poor-selling colors
aiid styles.
lor a lone time I have been work-
such a record
“red tape” and ex-
ing on a way to keep
without too much
tra time. I have spent much
theught upon it and tried out
many schemes until | finally hit upon
a plan that is so simple, and yet so
practical, that I wonder
been used long ago.
time
and
it has not
It has proved such a success in our
own business and in the business of
several of my acquaintances in the
men’s wear that it ovcurred to
me that migh wish to adopt
it. { will be pleased to send sample
sheet and explain the system to any-
interested.
T. HL. Butcher,
Ine
others
one who is
in aal
taught to work in wood and iron, to
schools children should be
understand the construction and use
of machinery, to become acquainted
with the great forces that man is us-
ing to do his work. In this way boys
will learn their aptitudes—would as-
certain what they are fitted for—what
they could do. It would not be a
guess or an experiment, but a demon-
Education should
a boy's chance for getting a living,
The real good of it is to get food
and roofand raiment, opportunity to
develop the mind and body, and live a
full and ample life. The more real
education, the less crime—and the
homes, the fewer prisons.
Robert G. Ingersoll.
———+2>—__
An automatic machine may manufac-
ture goods, but it calls for a man
with brains to make sales. ,
DEAL LOTHING
ga MICH.
stration. increase
more
LAMSON
Yitn Lamson Carriers in your
store you settle the “‘service’’ problem
at once and for all—no matter how
large your business may grow.
Lamson Carriers are elastic, they
stretch to meet the largest or they
contract to serve the smallest store.
They centralize and save expense and
lost motion.
Ask Your Neighbor!
Wire, Cable, Tube, Belt and Pick-up Carriers
THE LAMSON COMPANY
Boston, U.S.A.
Representatives in all principal cities
“=SER VICE
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.
S.C. W. El Portana
Evening Press Exemplar
These Be Our Leaders
139-141 Monroe St
Both Phonas
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH
MATCHES
THE
DIAMOND MATCH
COMPANY
NON-POISONOUS.
Price for
20 gross
and over
per case
Marguerite, Diamond 5 size,
44 boxes, 5 gross cases
Marguerite, Diamond 2 size,
Price for
less than
20 gross
per case
$4.25 $4.50
144 boxes 5 gross cases 1660 Li
Black Bird, Diamond 6 size,
144 boxes, 5 gross cases 4.00 4.25
DOUBLE DIP.
Bird’s Eye, Diamond 5 size,
100 boxes, 31% gross cases 3.35 3.50
Search Light, Diamond 5 size,
144 boxes, 5 gross cases 4.25 4.50
Black Diamond, Diamond 5 size,
100 boxes, 3% gross cases 3.00 3.15
Blue Bird, Diamond 5 size,
44 boxes, 5 gross cases
Swift & Courtney, Diamond 5
4.00 4.25
size,
144 boxes, 5 gross cases 3.75 4.00
Crescent, Diamond 5 size,
144 boxes, 5 gross cases 3:15 4.00
Black Swan, Diamond 5 size,
144 boxes, 5 gross cases 8.50 3.60
Zed Diamond, Diamond 2 size, i
144 boxes, 3 gross cases 1.60 1.79
Best & Cheapest, Diamond 2 size,
144 boxes, 3 gross cases 160 1.7
Black & White, Diamond 2 size,
144 boxes, 2 gross cases 1.70 1.80
Anchor, Diamond 2 size,
144 boxes, 2 gross cases 1.40 1.50
SINGLE DIP.
Search Light, Diamond 5 size,
144 boxes, 5 gross cases 4.25 4.59
Best & Cheapest, Diamond 2 size,
144 boxes, 2 gross cases 16 60 1.70
Globe, Diamond 1 size,
144 boxes, 1 gross cases .95 95
Globe, Diamond 1 size,
432 boxes, 3 gross cases 2.79 2.86
Little Star, Diamond L. S. size.
720 boxes, 5 gross cases 1.80 2.00
STRIKE ON BOX.
Red Top, Diamond 6 size,
720 boxes, 5 gross cases 2.50 2.75
Red Top, Diamond 0 size,
720 boxes, 5 gross cases 2.50 2.75
Orient, Diamond 0 size, :
720 boxes. 5 gross cases 2.25 2.50
Igyptian, Diamond 0 size,
720 boxes, 5 gross cases 2.25 2.35
Aluminum, Diamond A. L. size,
720 boxes, 5 gross cases 1.80
Three Noes, Diamond 1 size,
720 boxes, 5 gross cases 4.50¢ 5.00
RAMONA
Next Friday is the 4th of July
Casino.
Various Concessions.
See a High Grade Vaudeville Show. Gusce at Ramona
Row on the Beautiful Reed’s Lake.
See start and finish of Road Races.
Get into the old-fashioned Prize Games and Contests.
Visit the
See two wonderful
Balloon Exhibitions
Afternoon and Evening.
And in the evening view the most stupendous
FIREWORKS DISPLAY
Ever attempted in Grand Rapids.
Come early and stay all day. Something doing every minute.
a
July 2, 1913
Honks From Auto City Council.
Lansing, June 30—Brother John
Raymond, who has been ill since last
winter, was taken to Detroit last week
for an operation, We are pleased to
report that the operation was entire-
ly successful and Bro. Raymond's
condition is much improved.
Brother E. F. Burke attended the
Northern Michigan lireman’s conven-
tion, held recently at Mackinac Is-
land, and during the athletic sports
suffered the loss of several pieces of
cuticle just above his shoe tops. A
local tailor repaired the trousers and
nature is doing well with the shins.
Brother George and James Ham-
mell, Jr., returned to their homes in
De Moines, lowa, last .night, after
spending the week here visiting their
parent, Bro. and Mrs, James F’. Ham-
mell, Sr.
3rother Frank Cooper has fully re-
covered from the results of a fall which
caused an enforced lay-off for more
than a week.
Brother L. L. Colton has a new
method for keeping his samples of
caudy from melting this hot weather,
but he is keeping it to himself.
Generally any candy man can work
Pinconning and Standish in less than
a day. Not do, however, with Bro.
Chamberlain, Why? Ask Bro. Col-
ton.
A certain member of our Council
was at Cheboygan recently and be-
came interested in the purchase of
twenty-seven acres of land which par-
ties stopping at the New Cheboygan
Hotel claimed they were obliged to
sell and that the property was as
cheap as the water in Lake Huron.
A deal was finally closed. The pur-
chaser, under an assumed name, de-
positing with the hotel clerk a check
for $900 on a certain Montmorency
County sand bank, to be turned over
to the vendors upon receipt of an
abstract showing a clear title and a
deed of the property. Some mighty
big talk was indulged in on both sides
and it finally developed that the land
was located somewhere between Che-
boygan and Bois Blanc Island.
3ro. E. H. Simpkins says that any
old time “George” thinks he has the
fastest car, he is mistaken, There
seems to be only one way to settle
a matter of this kind.
One on the joker: The genial Sec-
retary of our Council and erstwhile
black bass catcher, after driving miles
out of his way because of darkness,
Lake before
sunrise on the first day of the
bass season and before break-
fast time was the proud _ posses-
sor of four large black bass, either
of which would balance the scales at
four pounds or better. No joke about
this, did you say? Well, the joke
came later! Just as he pulled aboard
the old plow point anchor and was
congratulating himself over the pros-
pects of a fine breakfast—which he
didn’t get—he discovered two real
farmers rowing very hard in his di-
rection.
arrived at Argentine
The closer they came the
more they looked like deputy sheriffs
and George began to wonder if he
was correct in his dates. The longer
he thought about it the stronger be-
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
came his suspicion that he was one
day ahead of time and nearer came
the deputy sheriffs. Not wishing to
pay a heavy fine for sixteen pounds of
fish, George carefully, but quickly,
dropped each of the four black
beauties over the starboard side of the
boat. Each muttered a “Good: bye,
George,” as they sped back to deep
water to tell their fellows how it
looked inside of a red boat. A few
minutes later the two farmers drop-
ped anchor within speaking distance
and said: “Mornin’ stranger! What
luck?” “Nothin’ doin’, said George
sadly.” “That’s queer, said one,
“This is just the place to find em.”
H D. Bullen
—_~2+2>—__
News Items From the Soo.
Sault Ste. Marie, June 30—R. T.
McMasters, for a number of years
manager of the Central Grocer Co.
here, has sold his interest and moved
to Fort William to engage in the
grocery business. Prospects are
bright for a brilliant career in his new
home and he goes with the best wish-
es of many friends here.
W.. F. Knox and John A. Mueh-
ling, formerly publishers of the
Evening News of this city, but
now publishers of the Manches-
ter Leader, have purchased the
Manchester Union, the oldest and
largest daily newspaper in New Hamp-
shire, They have been making great
strides since leaving the Sou, which is
pleasing news for their many friends
here.
W. J. Reinert, representing the
Cornwell Beef Co. on the C. P. R.,
has purchased a men’s furnishing
eoods business at Bruce Mines, which
he expects to operate on the side.
Bruce Mines has lately become quite
active in business circles on account
of the Trap Rock Co, being organiz-
ed and doing business on a large scale.
lt has made a marked improvement
in the town of Bruce Mines, which
has been quiet for the past few years.
Mrs. John Anderson, wife of the
proprietor of the hotel at Rudyard,
recently died of heart failure. Mr.
Anderson has the sympathy of the
boys on the road in his bereavement.
F. Allison, the hustling traveler of
the North roads, is contemplating join-
ing the Knights of the Grip next
week. He says he will join for the
sake of getting individual towels in
hotels on his division if nothing more,
Wm. Kirkbride, of Pickford, has
been awarded the meat contract for
W. H. Murner Co., Raber,
W. G. Tapert.
————_o-2—-a————
Don’t brood over disappointment,
Don’t. harbor revenge. It is a heavy
burden a man bears when he carries
about a spite and seeks to punish
somebody for a wrong, whether it is
real or imaginary. He can’t get even
that way. He will always get left.
“Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord,”
and it is nobody’s else. There is a
real meaning in that declaration. Re-
venge always reacts on the person
who inflicts it. How many men have
never learned the lesson! How many
suffer for not having learned it! There
have been cases when men have awak-
ened the spirit of revenge on others
merely to get even with them.
15
Hawaiian Pineapple
Creates NEW Trade
For the Grocer
HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE is a non-competitive pro-
duct which secured its own market through the consumer's
instant appreciation of its delicious flavor and fine quality.
It does not “take the place” of anything else, it is not like
selling one brand of an article instead of some other brand—
the profits you make on it are profits you could not make in
any other way.
The sale of HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE has increased
more rapidly than any other product ever offered to the
grocery trade. Grocers who have stocked it from the first
have been reaping the benefit.
We Are Advertising
Again
and there is going to be a further increase in sales of
HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE. Make up your mind to get
your share of the profits on these increased sales. It’s an
easy seller; just keep it displayed and let your customers
know you have it and our advertising will stir up the sales.
Always stock with HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE,
no matter what brand: so long as it comes
from Hawaii it is sure to be “picked ripe” and
“canned right.”’’ At all jobbers-—sliced, grated
or crushed.
Hawaiian Pineapple Packers’
Association
Honolulu, Hawaii
16
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
July 2, 1913
¥
=
&
=
—
—
—
s
=
Wy = ws
DRY GOODS,
FANCY GOODS ~» NOTIONS
ot sy ie
= i \
= = ~
= =
ad —
= &
=
3: = aa
y
KK
ci
hi
el
sti):
a
Play
++
The Agony of Uncertainty.
Being interested in the progress of
matters of economy citizens of the
United States have their attention
riveted fast to the tariff. The Dem-
ocrats are now having their inning.
They have been waiting long for
this chance, and they must use it.
They have promised to do things to
the tariff, and they must make good.
They were put in power by
in the Republican ranks, but the
fact that the Republicans were will-
ing to be separated by a split shows
that they were not averse to trying
out the Democratic policy of reduced
duties. The party of Jefferson, Cleve-
land and Wilson finds itself between
a split
the devil and the deep blue sea. It
has been using revision downward
as a slogan for years, and went into
power flying that banner. Now its
leaders are not sure they meant it.
It is to them far from being a joy.
Many of them would prefer to let it
alone. But they cannot. They are
expected to reduce the tariff, and
down it must come. Politicians of
both parties now believe in going
through with: the
quickly as possible—that is the really
astute politicians. Their
that the best plan is to face the mu-
sic, and see what will be the outcome.
programme as
belief is
If good, then the sooner we enjoy
the benefits the better. If bad, then
let the revulsion of feeling hurry, so
that we can get back to the higher
duties. Obstructionists who are hold-
ine back the vote on the Underwood
bill are short-sighted. It is bound to
come, so the delay is only prolonging
an agony which should be gone
through with at once. What hurts
us is not always the actual pang of
trouble so much as the anxious antic-
ipation of it. There would be less
disturbance to business if we tackled
our troubles promptly and_ got
through with them. We magnify
them by gazing at them too long
through the glass of distance. If we
could just get the tariff reduction
immediately, accept it as good, or
say we would have none of it, there
would be no uncertainty or long
interference with business. May Con-
egress hasten and let us know the
worst or the best.
—_+2.—____
Tt is generally the man who doesn't
know any better who does the things
that can't be done. You see the
blamed fool doesn't know that it can’t
be done so he goes ahead and does it.
We are manufacturers of
Trimmed and
Untrimmed Hats
For Ladies, Misses and Children
Corl, Knott & Co., Ltd.
Corner Commerce Ave. and Island St.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Established in 1873
BEST EQUIPPED FIRM IN THE STATE
Steam and Water Heating
Iron Pipe
Fittings and Brass Goods
Electrical and Gas Fixtures
Galvanized Iron Work
THE WEATHERLY CO.
218 Pearl Street Grand Rapids, Mich.
A. T. KNOWLSON
COMPANY
Wholesale Gas and Electric
Supplies
Michigan Distributors for
Welsbach Company
99-103 Congress St. East, Detroit
Telephone, Main 5846
Catalogue or quotations on request
ELEVATORS
Hand and Power
For All Purposes
Also Dumbwaiters
Sidewalk Hoists
State your requirements, giv-
- 4 ing capacity, size of platform,
@ lift, etc., and we will name a
Money saving price on your
exact needs.
Sidney Elevator Mfg. Co. Sidney, Ohio
IMPORTANT
Retail Grocers
» who wish to please
ey their customers should
a be sure to supply them
me? Sele with the genuine
with the trade-mark
Registered on the packages.
U.S. Vat. off
They are staple goods, the
standards of the world for purity
and excellence.
MADE ONLY BY
Walter Baker & Co. Limited
DORCHESTER, MASS,
Established 1780
staples like
digestible.
Skimming the
Cream
from the breakfast cereal ‘‘fads” as they come
and go is a pleasant and profitable business for
the grocer—but while he is skimming the cream
the wise grocer will not neglect the good old
Shredded Wheat Biscuit
a cereal that is now recognized the world over as
a staple ‘‘breadstuff’’ made by the only process
that makes the whole wheat grain thoroughly
Being ready-cooked and made in bis-
cuit form it is so easy to prepare in a few mo-
ments a delicious, nourishing meal
with Shredded Wheat.
Shredded Wheat is packed in neat, substan-
tial wooden cases. The empty cases are sold
by enterprising grocers for 10 or 15 cents
each,
Shredded Wheat.
thereby adding to their profits on
MADE ONLY BY
The Shredded Wheat Company
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.
18
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
Principal Thing the Shoe Dealer Is
After,
Tradesman.
Written for the
We are now in a new era of shoe
distribution. Old things have passed
away and many things become new.
The small shopkeeper with his leis-
urely, antiquated methods of doing
business is as much out of place now-
adays as a snow flurry in June, Ile
doesn't fit in.
Small the little
and villages are developing into real
retailers,
dealers in towns
merchants. Even country
owning and operating small general
stores, are being lead into the rich
and inviting pastures of more up-to-
date merchandising.
Everywhere a_ spirit of awareness
and zeal seems to have dawn upon
men engaged in selling shoes at re-
tail.
ed and equipped with modern facili-
New and at-
Shoe stores are being overhaul-
ties and conveniences.
tractive store fronts are taking the
place of the old wooden front with
Old
torn
its small, inadequate windows,
dingy wood ceilings are being
down and replaced by beautiful, san-
itary metal Elegant and
progressive looking display cases are
Shelving is either
being transformed — by the subtle
magic of fresh paint or making way
for a better kind of shelving. Uni-
introduced
ceilings.
installed.
being
being
are untmistable
form cartons are
and everywhere there
evidences that things are doing.
The Movine Finger Writes.
to-day has
Some
The shoe dealer of
strong and active competition.
of his competitors are near at hand,
and some of them are far away. But
all of them are vigilant, aggressive
and right after his (the local shoe
dealer’s) trade. What is the local
dealer to do about it? Sit down and
deplore the competition that now is?
lark back to the halcyon days when
competition was less active and the
cost of doing business net nearly so
high as it is at present? Small profit
that. Crocodilian tears will not
help matters. And you can’t regret
stubborn facts into vacuity. The
manly thing to do is to face existing
and adjust oneself thereto.
will have accomp-
conditions
And this article
lished its purpose if it succeeds in.
pointing out to one dealer several
ways in which he can put a little new
life and energy into his business.
An Inviting Store.
It is of prime importance that the
shoe dealer make his place of busi-
ness just as neat and attractive as he
can reasonably do. Modern business
experience proves conclusively that
an attractive store pulls trade away
from the unattractive one. A classy
store—the store that looks prosper-
ous-—creates an atmosphere favorable
The
bright, clean, cheerful, richly furnish-
to selling. It therefore pays.
ed shoe stores of the cities, are the
shoe stores that have the trade. And
that the
men
is just reason conservative
business are willing to invest
thousands and hundreds of thousands
of dollars in equipping themselves
with beautiful, well-appointed places
of business.
Goods Well Displayed.
Until comparatively times
shoe merchants have not realized the
recent
want-creating possibilities implicit in
the display of their merchandise.
The shoe window is the dealer’s best
advertising medium—and that for the
simple reason that it supplements all
other mediums and accentuates their
appeals.
But the word display as now used
by the shoe dealer means ever so much
more than his windows, for interior
cases are being extensively introduc-
ed for displaying findings, shoe or-
naments and accessories, women’s and
children’s shoes, and fine footwear, for
all classes. Several years ago when
findings cases were first introduced
into stores of the more progresive
type nobody perhaps dreamed of the
extent to which display would be car-
ried. It was really a significant dec-
parture, marking as it did the incep-
To-day one fre-
stores with long
rows of display cases stretching from
tion of a big idea.
quently sees shoe
front to rear, providing ample dis-
play room for extensive hosiery and
footwear displays.
New and effective window trims and
larger and beiter interior disnlays of
shoes and footwear accessories and
subsidiary lines are becoming more
frequent. Nothing helps more direct-
ly to create a demand for articles of
than to such articles
attractively.
wear display
Better Shoe Store Advertising.
One of the most conspicuous evi-
dences of the dawn of a better day in
retail shoe distribution is the improve-
ment that has gone forward in shve
store advertising.
The retail
think he had done all he could in an
advertising way when he had inserted
his announcement in the newspapers.
Sometimes advertisement
nothing more than a card. Later on
it developed into an extravagant de-
claration as to the surpassing merit
of So-and-So’s “iine” footwear coup-
led with astounding prices, thus af-
foidine the public “unparalleled” op-
portunities, etc.
But now the shoe dealer uses his
newspaper space to far better pur-
shoe merchant used to
his was
July 2,
OPVPPHPSOPVOIPHVHSH SP YOVIVIHI ISVS H HHH? V>,,
.
;
GRAND RAPIDS
SHOE.
Back Up Your Reputation as a Shoe
Dealer with Our Reputation
as Shoemakers
With a varied assortment of our goods. For holding
the best patronage in your town and surrounding
country and gaining customers our line is a most
valuable asset.
Wa eeeeeeeeseeeaseaeeeeasaaaeeseeeataes
Our trade mark is an assured guarantee of shoe
satisfaction that is backed by forty-nine years of
successful shoe production.
Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co., Ltd.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
There are MANY dealers who are getting a GOOD shoe
and making a GOOD thing by buying this 9 inch,
Chrome Outing Bootee
No. 2611
€
Hemlock
Sole
Bellows
Tongue
;
Study this price:
$2.00—Less 10% in 10 days.
Grand RapidsShoe &Rubber®
Grand Rapids
eect OnE aN
The Michigan People
duly 2, 1913
Seasonable shoes are featured
at the right time. Better illustra-
tions are used, and the shoe adver-
tisement is built out of selling talk
rather than broad, questionable state-
about the whole.
One of the most successful advertis-
pose,
ments Stock as a2
ing men of the day contends that no
advertisement is big enough for more
than So the telling
advertisements feature certain
styles or classes of footwear—not in-
frequently a
and everything is built around this
central idea.
one idea. most
shoe
single leading style—
The shoe merchant who hopes to
keep up with the rapid progress of
to-day must make his advertising
af-
advertis-
He can't
valuable
strong and clean-cut.
ford to
ing space
paid for it.
squander
after he has bought and
frequent Stock-Turns.
Every retail shoe dealer ought to
write S. O, Martin, Director of the
Bureau. of Business Research, Har-
vard University, for a copy of the re-
cently published Report of the Retail
Shoe
appears
Business.
that
not turning their stock often enough.
From this report it
many shoe dealers are
Stock-turms range from) 1.0 to 3.6
times per annum. The report sug-
gests 2.5 turns as a realizable stand-
ard,
In view of the fact that so many
Manutacturers are now carrying ample
merchandise — this
ought not to be an impossible standard,
lines of in-stock
But the fact is many shoe dealers are
far from having realized it at present.
The shoe dealer's net protit will in-
crease proportionately with the num-
ber of stock-turns.
In a brief and cursory way I have
called attention to a items that
must be reckoned with in promoting
few
ereater shoe store efficiency. There
other matters
hardly less important, but if one has
are, to be sure, many
an inviting, prosperous looking store
illed with good merchandise artfully
displayed and thoroughly advertised,
he ought to make a’stir in the com-
munity; and then if he turns his stock
with sufficient frequency, he ought to
get a good fair profit out of the busi-
the
the principal thing the shoe dealer is
after. Chas. L. Garrison.
——_+ +. —___.
Elliott Machine Co. Upheld.
The District Court of the United
States in the Northern District of
California has issued a perpetual in-
junction enjoining Albert T. Wise
from selling wire for use in the but-
ton attaching machines of the Elliott
Machine Co., of Grand Rapids, Mich.
The court upheld the claims of the
Grand Rapids company and_ prohib-
the defendant from directly or
indirectly selling or offering for sale
to retail shoe dealers any button fas-
ness—and prolit, of course, is
ited
tening wire for use in machines cov-
ered by the Elliott patents. The es-
sential patented features of these ma-
chines have ten years yet to run and
it develops that other patents are
pending.
——_—_» +>
Bad arithmetic isn’t criminal, but
when you juggle accounts to bury in-
competence you become one, |
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
BANKRUPTCY MATTERS.
Proceedings in Eastern District of
Michigan.
Detroit, June 23—In the matter of Tay-
lor Brothers Company, bankrupt, Battle
Creek. Hearing on offer of composition.
It was determined that, up to the time
of the meeting, the offer of composition
had been accepted by 164 creditors whose
claims aggregate $151,136.82 and the hear-
ing was thereupon continued on order to
show cause why the composition should
not be confirmed. Referee Joslyn filed
his report of the acceptance of the offer
with the District Judge and the Judge
issued an order to show cause why the
composition should not be confirmed re-
turnable July 7, and a notice of hearing
and taking proofs thereon, if any, has
been duly mailed all creditors and parties
in interest by Referee Joslyn calling a
meeting to be held at his office on July
1, tor that purpose.
In the matter of the United Confec-
tionery Company, bankrupt, Battle Creek,
Michigan. The Detroit Trust Company,
trustee of this estate, has filed a petition
in the cause setting forth that the as-
sets in this estate are approximately
$1,500 and liabilities of approximately
$70,000; that creditors will receive but
little unless an audit is made and further
assets discovered; that the annual report
of the bankrupt company dated February
28, 1918, and duly sworn to by the Secre-
tary of the Company shows total stock
subscriptions of $511,200 and total stock
paid in $286,500, leaving unpaid stock sub-
seriptions of $224,700; that an audit is
necessary to determine the amount due
from the subseribers to such stock and
asks that it may be authorized to employ
competent auditors to make an audit of
the books of the bankrupt, estimating the
cost of the same at approximately $500.
Referee Joslyn has issued a notice to all
creditors and other parties in interest
calling a meeting to consider the said
petition for July 7, at his office, Detroit.
June 24—In the matter of the Standard
Gas Mantel Co., bankrupt, Detroit. First
meeting of creditors held. Detroit Trust
Company, receiver, reports the sale of
property and assets of the bankrupt in
accordance with the notice and that the
highest bid received was $625, made by
Charles Schnabel. Order made approv-
ing the sale and authorizing the Detroit
Trust Company to collect the accounts
and to sell the lease at private sale,
subject to the approval of the court. No
creditors were present. Detroit Trust
Company appointed trustee with bond of
$500. Case continued to July 8, at which
time Maurice Wolf, President of the
bankrupt company, is to appear for ex-
amination.
In the matter of Morris Levy, bank-
rupt, Detroit. The final distribution of
the funds in this estate has been made
and estate ordered closed. The total as-
sets realized amounted to $200 and was
disbursed as follows: deposit fees, $30;
fees of referee and trustee, $15.50; at-
torney, $17.72; miscellaneous expense of
administration, $136.78.
In the matter of Auto Lock & Spe-
cialty Co., bankrupt, Detroit. The final
distribution of the funds in this estate
has been made and the estate ordered
closed. The total assets realized were
$4,494.80 and disbursed as follows: pay-
ments to secured claimants, $28.15; value
of property securing liabilities of bank-
rupt, $4,219.80; deposit fees, $30; fees of
referee, -recei and trustee, $33.60; at-
torney fees, $1 miscellaneous expenses,
$63.35.
In the matter of Herman Tillack,
bankrupt, Detroit. Final distribution of
the funds in this estate has been or-
dered. The total assets realized were
$683.18 and will be disbursed as follows:
Total payments to unsecured creditors,
$253.02: total value of exemptions set
aside to the bankrupt, $250; deposit fees,
$30; fees of referee, receiver and trustee,
$57.78: attorney fees, $50; miscellaneous
expense, $42.33.
June 25.—In the matter of the petition
of Anna W. Forbes, et. al., to have Max
J. Feldman and Peter Moskowitz, co-
partners as the Michigan Cap Co., ad-
judiecated bankrupts, petition for the ap-
pointment of a receiver filed with the
9
293
District Clerk and referred to Referee
Joslyn for action thereon. Adolphus
Fixel, Detroit, appointed receiver with
bond of $5,000. The receiver is authorized
and empowered to seize and take posses-
sion of the estate, real and personal, of
the said Max J. Feldman and Peter Mos-
kowitz, and of their moneys, deeds, books
of account, papers and insurance policies
and to hold and keep the same subject
to the further order of the court; also
to continue the business of the Michigan
Cap: Co.
June 27—In the matter of Kastner Coal
& Cartage Co., bankrupt. Aexander J.
Groesbeck appointed attorney for trustee.
The trustee has recommended a sale cf
the real estate of the bankrupt at public
auction the date of which has not as yet
been determined. The appraisers have
appraised the assets of the company at
approximately $42,000.
In the matter of Samuel Swaab, bank-
rupt, Detroit. In this matter, the bank-
rupt withdrew the offer of compusition
and the Judge entered an order adjudi-
eating petitioner a bankrupt on June 28.
Referee Joslyn has called a meeting of
ereditors to be held at his office on Juty
9, to permit creditors to file claims,
elect a trustee, examine the bankrupt
and pass upon the sale of the property
of the bankrupt which has been no-
ticed to be held at public auction on
the premises formerly occupied by the
bankrupt on July 8. The property con-
sists of a stock of jewelry, furniture fix-
tures and lease. Judson M. Perry, re-
ceiver, will conduct the sale.
—_—__2 > »—__—_
A man once paid $20 for a pair of
glasses when all he needed was a dose
of salts. ‘The optic nerve is frequent-
ly blamed when the trouble is entire-
ly alimentary.
19
flow far away we wake from where
we were a while ago in
dreams!
The
Quality
Line
HONORBILT
SHOES
Exceptiona
Values
At Special
Prices
No. 3568—White 5-button poplin,
No.
No.
No.
an, Band €.........
No. 3592—White 5-button Nubuck, B, C and D.............
No. 3569—White strapless pique pump, C....-....----------
No. 3551—Tan pump, 2-strap and bow, welt, C and D.........
357—Tan 5-button oxford, welt, B, Cand D ............
3553 —Patent leather pump, 2-
No. 3554—Gun metal pump, 2-strap and bow, welt, D.......-.
3548—Gun metal strapless pump, welt, D ......--..----:
No. 3511—Tan calf lace oxford, rubber sole and heel ....-..-...
MEN’S OXFORDS
No. 512—Tan calf blucher oxford, welt, D wide ...- .--- <---
No. 505—Gun metal button oxford, welt, D wide .........-.-
No. 502—Gun metal blucher oxford, welt, D wide.......---
HIRTH-KRAUSE CO.
Shoe Manufacturers and Jobbers
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
strap and bow, welt, C and D
These popular styles are on the floor to-day and your
order for any of them will be filled upon arrival:
WOMEN’S PUMPS AND OXFORDS
$1.15
1.90
1.60
1.60
1.90
1.50
1.60
1.60
2.09
1.90
1.90
1.9u
vice shoes for men and boys.
summer specialties.
The Season for
Elkskin
is at its height
Be sure you are giving
Outing Shoes
your
customers all the value possible
for the money.
Buy your outing shoes of us and you have a line that is
unequaled from any point of view.
They are made in the same factory and by the same ex-
pert workmen that make the famous ‘‘H. B. Hard Pan’’ ser-
Send card for catalogue or for special circular showing
Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co. &tan¢_Rapids, Mich.
: MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
SS
Le /
Cane SED
OMANS WORLD |
SN
=
New Patriotism Demands Protected
Married Relation.
Lansing, June 30—The Glasner bill
has been passed—not by the Legisla-
ture, but by the Episcopal, Congrega-
tional, Christian and other church or-
Perhaps this is better
law,
ganizations,
than legislative enactment of
Right
than
sentiment is stronger
acts. When public
sentiment is right, strongly efficient,
Such
timent is a law unto itself and blazes
its own trail. The church, organized
against the solemnization of marriage
public
legislative
laws superfluous.
are a sen-
unless the contracting parties can
produce a clean bill of health, be-
comes a rock against which “the gates
of hell cannot prevail.”
The Glasner bill evoked more dis-
cussion than any other measure pre-
sented to the Legislature. The dis-
cussion evolved a new patriotism—
not new in spirit, but in manifesta-
The
was cobwebby and sentimental, on
the other, if framentary, had the ring
of reason, the the fortification of his-
tion. discussion, on one side,
tory and experience.
Historic Pictures.
Henryk Sienkiewicz, in his inter-
esting book, “Quo Vadis,” has given
the reading and thinking world a
great picture of the debauched mar-
riage relation of Nero’s time, about
the middle of the first century, A, D.,
an age in which vile women were at
a premium and virtuous ones almost
unknown. The marriage relation was
a joke and it sacredness observed as
astronomers observe the planets, at
a great distance.
The significance of this picture of
Roman civilization in its perishing,
after centuries of growth, is in sharp
contrast with that early Roman life
dominated by the Roman mothers
who gave to their offsprings an in-
born inheritance of all that was lofty,
inspiring and ideal, in the early years
of the Roman republic. It was the
Roman youth’s inheritance bequeathed
by a virtuous motherhood and a clean
home that made the “Eternal City”
mistress of the world and maintained
her as such for many centuries. “In
that early day to be a Roman was
ereater than a king.” So it may be
said truthfully and historically, that
a proper marriage mating made Rome
and a debauched miss-marriage mat-
ing destroyed her.
Coming down the pathway of his-
tory sixteen centuries, to 1620, we
come upon the world’s most inspiring
suggestive picture of race betterment
through proper marriage mating. The
New England settlers were Oxford
and Cambridge men that represented
the best blood, brafn and accumulated
culture of old England. When John
Cabot Lodge made his study of the
distribution of ability in the United
States he found that tive states outside
of New England had twenty-seven
names in the American and English
encyclopedias, while little Massachu-
Mr, Davenport, the
greatest authority we have on Eugen-
setts had 2,686.
ics, attributes this wonderful record,
the propagation of good ideas, virile
citizens, moral growth, to proper mar-
riage mating, and this attribution can-
not be reasonably doubted. Any one
at all familiar with New England’s
contribution to American race bet-
terment, home, school and Nation
building, must admit that her promi-
nence was largely due to proper mar-
riage relations. Longfellow,
Emerson, Channing, Whittier, Bryant,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Lowell,
Webster, Garrison, Dix, Alcott, Stowe.
Jolin Brown and others too numerous
to mention, made New England the
center of the most intellectual, moral,
ITer
patriotic, social-service uplift known
to the world and still makes her the
intellectual center of the United
States. Mark the intellectual history
of Northampton. During its history
this town has sent out 114 lawyers,
112 ministers, ninety-five physicians,
10Geducators, seven college preside ts,
thirty professors, twenty-four editors,
six historians, fourteen authors, among
are George John
Mothley, Whit-
G. Holland, thirty-eight offi-
cers of state, twenty-eight officers of
the United States, including members
of the senate and one president,
How comes it that this little colony
has raised up this great company of
whom Bancroft,
Loihrop Professor
ney, J.
authors, statesmen, reformers? No
mere chance is working here. Fruit
after this kind is the divine explana-
tion of Northampton’s influence upon
the nation, the influence of marriages
calculated to propagate the highest
ideal of citizenship, From this his-
torical and sociological viewpoint we
are glad the churches have passed the
Glasner bill.
The Other Side.
Two Jukes sisters, illegitimate and
immoral, of New York State, furnish
a record of vicious mating by mar-
riage that causes its own condemna-
tion. The descendants of the Jukes
sisters have been carefully enumerat-
ed and followed through five genera-
tions. They were progenitors of 709
individuals. Of the females, more
than 52 per cent. were immoral—the
whole family was one of criminals,
prostitutes, vagabonds and paupers.
This one family cost the State more
than $1,500,000 during five generations
and is still exacting a toll at an in-
creased ratio. To deny the state the
right of self defense in such an inun-
dation and propagation of vice through
marriage is to place a premium upon
degeneration, crime, and sin. Under
the bill the Jukes © sisters
would have been forbidden the privi-
lege of marriage and the State would
Glasner
have saved from the curse of growing
out of it, There are many lesser
Jukes families in Michigan contribut-
ing a harvest of sin, crime, vagabond-
age, disease and exacting a heavy tax
toll. We are glad the preachers have
passed the Glasner bill.
“Now, the morality which counts is
that which is practiced, not that which
is only taught,” say the preachers.
“Faith without works is dead.” The
times furnishes us with a picture of a
certain division of labor—the fathers
work for the sons; the sons rest for
the fathers.
This is being too much at ease in
our American Zion. Only
marriage selection can we
through
produce
men who can govern themselves and
become masters of the new world in
order to acquire the good that is in it.
The twentieth century must give us
fathers and sons of faith, action, love
and hate, who, putting their hands to
the plow leave, as their witness, a
straight furrow in the field of life.
The new patriotism demands a pro-
tected marriage relation.
up its portrait here, “
Let us hang
Patriotism is
an assembly of sentiments, of inherit-
ed tendencies, of affinities which make
us discern beyond the individual life,
beyond the life of the family, a grand
and broad common life in which we
SHARP?
NN? 3/9
F.N.R. ENGLAND
Stewart’s
GUARDIAN
Protected Coil
Safety Pins
Handsomely Carded and Boxed.
Superior Quality
Nickel and Black.
Protected Coil Prevents Fabrics
Catching.
All Sizes Retail @ 5c the Card.
.
Paragon Gold Eye
Needles
Large oval eyes, grooved so the thread
does not project, and passes
easily through cloth.
Superfine Quality
SAMPLES AND PRICES ON REQUEST FROM
YOUR OWN JOBBER
July 2, 1913
have a part.
“Patriotism is love of country. Our
country is a part of our blood, of the
nervous fiber of our individual life, of
our thought, of our speech, of our
very tones of voice. It is knit in our
bones and sings on our lips. Our
country Tt is the frail and
lovely head which comes demanding
a place at our fireside; it is he who,
lying on his mother’s knee, bears
sleeping within him all the past ana
all the future.”
The new patriotism demands that
the child shall be begotten by clean
parents.
is more.
For this cause we are glad
that certain patriotic churches have
passed the Glasner bill.
Robert E. Dixon.
—_—————
Neighborhood scandal is like a cer-
tain animal that prowls about in the
night—the more the
worse the smell.
you stir it up
You can not reap figs from thistles.
Neither can you get
out of life if all
growls, scowls
any
put
and kicks.
sweetness
you into it is
We Advertise
Mapleine
constantly in the leading
women’s magazines.
} Don’t risk losing a cus-
Ys tomer by not having it in
stock.
eo
bed = oe
or
Scent
a
ces
Order from your jobber or
Louis Hilfer Co.
4 Dock St., Chicago, Il.
Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle, Wash.
Attractive Wrappers
Excellent Profit
48-50-52 East 21 St.
PRATT & FARMER CO.
NEW YORK
ane
——-
i.
July 2, 1913
Convenient Reference for Brides.
The problem of selecting kitchen
utensils and household necessities is
one that confronts a large number of
brides at this season of the year,
There are so many lines carried in a
hardware store that many of them are
liable to be overlooked or forgotten
by the purchaser or by the salesman.
A good plan to follow is to have list»
ready for reference The customer
generally has a list, but as a general
rule it is incomplete, and the custom-
er sometimes becomes irritated by
being offered lines for which she has
no use. When a list of suggestions
is provided, it can be handed to the
customer, who can peruse it carefully
and leisurely without being disturbed
or annoyed by a clerk offering many
lines in which the prospect is not in-
In some of the towns and
small cities there are firms who send
terested.
out practical booklets containing lists
of household necessities. By watch-
ing the newspaper announcements,
the firms are enabled to get the
names of many newly-married coup-
les.
The following list contains some of
the lines usually carried in the hard-
ware store, and can be added to if
necessary. It was compiled by a
Canadian contemporary,
Tear this page out and keep it handy
for reference. It could be used to
guide customers in their selections.
Wire Dish Covers. Cash Box.
Vegetable Baskets. Clothes Basket.
Soup Kettles. Clothes Hamper,
Potato Pot. Clothes Brush.
Slop Pail. Clothes Hangers.
Table Mats, Hammock.
Knife Boards. Coffee Percolator.
Knife Polish. Soup Strainer.
Moulding Hooks. Tea Strainer.
Screw Drivers. Spice Cabinet,
Tack Hammer. Baking Dishes.
Mixing Spoons.
Crumb Tray.
Dipper.
Soap Dish.
Dust Pan.
Sweeping Comp.
Bath Spray.
Bath Room Shelf.
Bath Room Mir.
Paring Knife.
Bread Knife. ‘Broom.
Butcher Knife. Ege Poacher,
Cook’s Knife. Ege Turner.
Pot Fork. Fruit Press.
Sharpening Steel. Ice Shaver.
Cleaver. Trays.
Cake Cutter, Scissors.
Knives. Match Safe.
Forks. Tea Pot.
Spoons. Coffee Pot,
Tea Kettle.
Fry Pans.
Double Boiler.
Preserv. Kettle.
Saucepans.
Roasting Pan.
Baking Dish.
Colanders.
Soup Strainer.
Dish Pan.
Bread Pan.
‘Pie Plates.
Bread Mixer.
Cake Mixer,
Clothes Pins.
Potato Masher.
Wood Spoons.
Wood Bowls.
Water Pail.
Door Mats.
Bread Board.
Rolling Pin.
Alarm Clock.
Muffin Pans.
Kneading Pans.
Electric Iron.
Toaster,
Electric Fan.
Vacuum Cleaner.
Carpet Sweeper.
Account File.
Sprinkling Can.
Canvas Gloves.
Furniture Polish.
Dustless Mop.
Food Chopper,
Mincing Knives.
Gas Toaster.
Coffee Mill.
Funnel.
Lemon Squeezer.
Flour Sifter.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21
Egg Beater.
Corkscrew,
Wash Board,
Manele Wrringer.
Washing Machine
Clothes Line.
Wash Bench.
Tubs.
Pails.
Meat Board.
Stove Board,
Wash Boiler.
Mop.
Towel Rack.
Radiator Brush.
Feather Duster.
Stove Brush.
Window Brush.
Sink Brush,
Can Opener.
Trays.
Ilousehold Scales
Apple Parer.
Spatula.
Ege Timer.
Asbestos Mats.
Cake Pans.
Flour Boxes,
Bread Boxes.
Cake Boxes.
Sugar Cans.
Coffee Canisters.
Tea Canisters.
lee Bick:
Graters.
Mixing Bowl,
Cake Turner.
Pot Scraper.
Meat Saw. Ice Cream Fr’zer.
Coal Scuttle. Casserole.
Stove Shovel. Bean Pot.
Garbage Pail. Custard Pot,
Step Ladder. Broiler.
Step Lad. Chair, Meat Skewers.
Tronine Boards. Saltshaker.
Clothes Driers. Flour Shaker.
Clothes Bars. Soap Shaker.
Sleeve Boards. Steamer.
Bake Boards. Fiber Pail.
Rolling Pins. Granite Pail,
3Zannister Brush.
Gas Stove.
Fireless Cooker.
Refrigerator.
—American Artisan.
——»>+ >.
Get Better Acquainted With Yourself,
You have only one life to live, and
of course you want to make the most
of it. Naturally this refers to earthly
existence. The making of what
comes afterward depends upon the
success of the life we now live. Too
many do not realize that the real
success is in living so that we may
not be ashamed of ourselves either
among friends or when alone. Men
who find satisfaction in their own
companionship are the safest. The
fellow who can not be happy unless
he is being entertained is the one
who must have something unpleasant
to think about when his thoughts are
his only companions. It is all right
to be fond of society, for we are not
supposed to live alone, but there is
no person who should not be willing
once in a while to sit down content-
edly and think it over with himself.
If some people would get better ac-
quainted with themselves they might
be induced to clean house and be-
come more respectable members of
society.
——_>-2—____
Sell Dolls Every Day in the Year.
Dolls make one of the best all-the-
year toy lines any
handle.
merchant can
There are a number of millions
of little girls in this country who like
to play with dolls every day of the
year.
The doll they get at Christmas soon
years out and a new one would be
welcome at almost any time.
Unfortunately these little girls and
their parents have formed the habit
of thinking that dolls are strictly a
Christmas proposition. And who is
to blame for this erroneous idea but
the merchant himself?
Dolls should be pushed sharply to
the front every business day of the
year,
Pl Made In Grand Rapids}
The Store Beautiful is The Store Prosperous
HIS is just as true of the SMALL store as the BIG one—in fact the “specialty
shops’’ are great users of fine fixtures, The big city store would not dream
of opening without fine equipment, and the “small town” store should profit
by their example. Everybody wants to be proud of ‘my store,’’ no matter where it
is. Because of big factory production, standardized designs and years of experience
offers you the best at a very reasonable price. We can furnish you with a com-
plete outfit—or give you the latest ideas in single cases specially designed for your
business. Many stores have found that when they have apparently reached their
limit the installation of new fixtures has increased the business from 30 to 100 per
cent. Why not send for our big catalogue?
WILMARTH SHOW CASE CO.
Chicago—233 W. Jackson Blvd.
St. Louis—1118 Washington Ave.
Tampa—215 Tampa Street
San Francisco—515 Market St.
1542 Jefferson Ave.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Minneapolis—Kasota Bldg.
Helena—Horsky BIk.
DesMoines—I. L. & T. Bldg.
Salt Lake City - 257 S. Main St.
Mmm (G4 CCD Cte A
New York—732 Broadway
Boston—21 Columbia St.
Pittsburg—House Bldg.
Let the
Other
Fellow
Experiment
Dulas
Twenty years’ experience
in building Computing Scales,
is a service that is handed you when you buy a
Dayton Moneyweight Scale. There’s as much dif-
ference in Dayton Scales and ‘“‘The Other Kind,” as
there is between a Swiss Watch and a “Dollar
Watch.”
Buy a Scale with a System
Buy a Scale with a Record of Good Service
Buy a Scale with a Ten Year Guarantee
Buy Dayton Computing Scales
Moneyweight Scale Company
165 North State Street
Have you had our booklet of Store Systems. ‘‘The Bigness of Little
Things?’ It’s free, ask for it,
Chicago, Illinois
22
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
July 2, 1913
(( Ge
LCCLecceet
Dini f
fae
pa bt
TB. nosed
a TSS
Ms
4 LN
pre Qs SN
= ~~ SO FOS
= =e — a Se = >
= S22 Ss = = os
Es th ee ee ok, ket =
a — -
= :
— —_— .
= S
— :
= >
—_— Z = =
= =~
= = = = =~
= = = = mS
= = pao e
o ,
Ce . R
jo 5 a mM iy
a
>
qi
« = x
a > |
wd
0
:
ley
Michigan cee Hardware Association.
President— A. Rechlin, Bay City.
ce ncaa E. Dickinson, St.
Joseph. :
Secret ary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine
Cit
ae r—William Moore, Detroit.
Does It Pay to Advertise a Hardware
Store?
To be a good advertiser and a live
wire in a country town is to do good
for yourself and liberate a spirit in
your advertisements that will set
people’s think tank attract
their attention by being sincere, but
not serious; be ridiculous and absurd
at times and acknowledge it; show
them that you are interested in their
welfare as well as your own; that
the only way to boost yourself is to
boost the community ‘you live im.
going,
that shooting bargains and sending
out for your goods and only using
your home merchants as a tool is a
game nobody ever got rich at; that
you have got the goods the com-
munity wants and needs, that you
know more about these goods than
any catalogue house in Chicago, that
you can do the work the community
wants done and if you fall down in
this, teil them that occasionally you
practice what you preach, that you
are only a god in process, that you
only aim to be human, that the su-
preme prayer of your heart is to be
kind and useful, and not learned, fa-
mous, powerful or rich; that you
simply want to be radiant; that you
want to radiate good cheer, calm,
peace and courage, that you aim to
be honest, natural, frank, ready to
say “No” if so it be and meet all
men on an absolute equality; that
you want others to live their lives
to their fullest and best with the
idea that we may leave the world bet-
ter than we have found it; that we
have tinted the spirit of the times
with thoughts that are helpful and
hopeful and in degree have helped to
eliminate the bugaboo “fears,” the
greatest curse to present humanity.
Can it be done? Sure I have done
it for three years now, and while it
has been hard, uphill work, I com-
mence to like it. T started out with
the idea of saying something good
about our city, some reason why I
had faith in the place, but to change
this every week, bumped me into the
study liabit, and unconsciously I cut
out some of my bad habits that I
had formed after business hours, and
the understanding I have obtained I
would not trade for all the wealth
and luxury in the world.
There is a mystery connected with
the success of every business that it
seems but few catch on to, and that
is that the heart plays first fiddle in
every man’s career, and the heart is
controlled by the soul. Get your
heart into the game so that the soul
may dictate and you make no mis-
takes, for in reality there is no such
thing as failure. Failure is only a
matter of belief; you accept it long
in your mind before you are one.
A gentleman came up to me ore day
and said’ “I can’t see how your ad-
vertisements help to sell hardware
You only write them
because you are crazy on the sub-
gect. | thanked him for his com-
pliment and politely told him that he
misunderstood me, but this did not
satisfy him, and he came back at me
in this way. “Now, Mr. Arps, would
you not rather write advertisements
than do anything else in the store?’
] told him again that he was mistak-
en; I would rather shoot any day in
the week than write advertisements,
but while my whole heart was wrap-
ped up in advertisements, there is
nothing in the world would make me
crankier than to be disturbed at it.
It is hard work to write advertise-
ments. it is a job that almost any
business man hates to do, and still in
this age and day it is a part of your
business, although my father made a
grand success of his hardware busi-
ness and never spent a single dollar
for advertising. So we come back
again to an old familiar saying: “That
the man who can preach a better ser-
mon, make a better hook or a better
mouse trap, though he live in the
backwoods, the world will make a
beaten path to his door.” This then
is service. Deal out service, courtesy
and kindness in your business and
you can beat any catalogue house in
Chicago.
and harness.
Any man that goes into any busi-
ness not knowing anything about it,
goes into it with the idea of making
money and he bumps up against a
sad illusion. For him to not go down
in disgrace will mean a hard struggle
uphill work, until he can gain the con-
fidence of the public. He has got to
learn every inch of the road, and then
some; for I have been ever twenty-
at it and I don’t know half
of it yet. The fact is one man can’t
learn it all, and we can all talk about
getting busy.
tive years
You may draw people to your store
by giving them “something for noth-
ing,’ Or you may attract their at-
tention through funny pictures and
other curiosity stunts, but my belief
is that to get the best reaction, leav-
ing out the matter of advertising new
goods and new specialties, is to lib-
erate some idea, some thought, some
suggestion, that will improve, in-
crease and pile up your customers’
income. Not long ago a customer of
H. Eikenhout & Sons
Jobbers of Roofing Material
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Our No. 20 Reds and Grays average 20 lbs. to a
roll. Have you ever weighed one of yours?
Order Hay Tools Now
AND BE SUPPLIED, AS
THE SEASON IS SHORT
We Carry
Meyers Hay Tools
Whitlock Rope
Diamond Steel Goods
Blood’s Scythes
Fenn’s Snaths
Pike & Carborundum Scythe Stones 4
Other Seasonable Goods
Michigan Oil Cooks
Continental Line Window and Door Screens
White Mountain and Arctic Freezers
Garden Hose
Revero, Moose—Half and three-quarter inch.
Sphinx, Elk—Half and three-quarter inch.
Gulf, Clipper—Half and three-quarter inch.
Michigan Hardware Company
Exclusively Wholesale
Ellsworth Ave. and Oakes St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Foster, Stevens & Co.
Wholesale Hardware
ut
157-159 Monroe Ave. :: 151 to 161 Louis N. W.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Use Tradesman Coupons
© hee
L
July .2, 1913
mine came up in my office with tears
of gratefulness in his eyes and his
heart throbbing with gratitude. He
had just paid the last dollar on his
ranch, and he accomplished it in
three years. He said at that time
he was on the verge of ruination; he
was trying ro drown his
whiskey,
blues in
when he was_ inspired
through my ads to try again and he
is a prosperous citizen to-day and he
doesn't buy his goods from ‘Sears-
Roebuck either.
You, as a hardware merchant, are
looked upon and expected to possess
a more refined spirit, you are expect-
ed to set the “horrible
What are you doing toward enlight-
ening yourself? What are you doing
toward enlightening the community,
toward making it a better place tc
live in and trade in. What are you
doing toward increasing a man’s in-
come so he won’t be nosing around a
Sears-Roebuck catalogue every time
he wants a monkey wrench?
What are you doing toward filling
the air with a spirit of hope, faith,
example.”
love, encouragement, and enthusi-
asm?
It takes time, patience. poise,
steady application, and a mind _ to
fathom a business principle out to
an end; to make it win, you must
learn to fathom the human hearts in
others, by your own, and when you
get acquainted with your inner self,
there is nothing that imbues you with
such sense of power and self reliance
as to know that the world belongs to
you, and that you can go out and
possess your inheritance; that you
belong to the great arena of life, and
have a part to play in the giving of
yourself, that with your own hands
you can accomplish the work as-
signed for you to do, that with your
own eyes you can behold the most
wondrous visions of life; that with
your own ears you may be attuned
to divine harmonies that from His
source of being you may draw your
supply for your every need, and that
all cf the blessings of life may be
yours, if you will but make use of
the opportunities for the progress and
unfoldment which are a part of your
daily lite. ,
The secret of great accomplishment
in the world lies in the careful giv-
ing to the small details pertaining to
any work, for every structure that
is reared, to stand securely must of
necessity be built upon a firm foun-
dation, and any work or character is
just as strong as its weakest point.
He who would attain the heights
must first learn just where he stands.
just how much has been the illumi-
nation shed in his soul; and then he
must start from where he is; he must
build his structure of character step
by step, knowing that he chooses the
materials which he weaves into the
fabric of his life, and by compliance
with the laws that govern him he can
make his future what he will.
Yes, i believe it pays to advertise
in your home papers, for every man
that is struggling to make something
of himself is interested in the affairs
of his community; he reads his home
paper in preference to anything else,
and so 1 believe in having a little
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23
chat with my home folks every week.
I believe all advertising should be
good literature and all good literature
is simply self-confession, and writing
a little confession every week is the
greatest stimulant to strengthen your
Edward Arps.
——_—_& > >—___
COMING CONVENTIONS TO BE HELD
IN MICHIGAN.
July.
National Amateur Press Association,
Grand Rapids, 3-4-5.
Michigan Billposter Association, Detroit.
Lutheran Bund, Grand Rapids.
The Michigan State Retail Jewelers
Association, Saginaw, 16-17.
Association of Probate Judges of Mich-
igan, Grand Rapids, 22-23-24.
Grand Circuit Races, Grand Rapids,
28-31.
Swedish-Finish Temperance Associa-
tion of America, Dollar Bay, 31, Aug. 2.
apes Golf League, Saginaw, July 31,
ug. 2.
weaknesses.
August.
Michigan Association of Commercial
Secretaries, Ludington.
Michigan Abstractors’
Grand Rapids.
Michigan State Funeral Directors and
Eee Association, Grand Rapids,
5-6-7-8.
Michigan State Rural Letter Carriers’
Association, Grand Rapids, 5-6-7.
Michigan Association of the National
Association of Stationery Engineers,
Grand Rapids, 6-7-8.
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, Saginaw, 9.
Central States Exhibitors’ Association,
Grand Rapids, 6-7-8.
Blue Ribbon Races, Detroit, 11-16.
Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons,
Ann Arbor, 18-22.
Michigan Christian Endeavor Union,
Grand Rapids, 28-29-30-31.
Social Order of Moose, Detroit.
September.
Michigan State Medical Society, Flint.
Michigan Library Association, Muske-
fon.
Mid-West Association of Deaf Mutes,
Grand Rapids, 1
Association,
Central German Conference, Grand
Rapids.
West Michigan State Fair, Grand Rap-
ids, 1-6.
Grand Council Order Star of Bethle-
hem, Detroit, 2.
State Encampment Knights of Pythias,
Kalamazoo, 2-3-4.
Grand Circuit Races, Kalamazoo, 4-8.
Michigan State Fair, Detroit, 15-20.
Grand Circuit Races, Detroit, 15-20.
Michigan Federation of Labor, Kalama-
zoo, 16-19.
Eastman Kodak Exposition, Grand
Rapids, Sept. 29, Oct. 4.
October.
Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asso-
ciation, Grand Rapids, 1-2.
Michigan Pharmaceutical
Association, Grand Rapids, 1-2.
Grand Lodge Loyal Order of Moose.
Annual Conference on Vocational Guid-
ance, Grand Rapids, 19-20.
Grand Council of the I. O. O. F., Kala-
mazoo, 21-22-23.
National Association for the Promotion
of pee Education, Grand Rapids,
23-24-25.
Michigan Bee Keepers’ Association,
Detroit.
Michigan Society of Optometrists, De-
troit.
Michigan State Teachers’ Association
Ann Arbor, 30-31.
November.
Michigan Retail Implement and Vehicle
Dealers’ Association, Grand Rapids.
National Baptist Congress, “rand Rap-
ids.
Travelers’
December.
Michigan Knights of the Grip, Grand
Rapids.
Michigan Branch of the National Bee
Keepers’ Association, Detroit.
January.
Modern Maccabees of the United States,
Bay City, t1-15.
Retail Walk-Over Association, Grand
Rapids.
February.
tetail Grocers and General Merchants
Association, Grand Rapids.
Michigan Association of County Drain
Commissioners, Grand Rapids.
March.
Michigan Association of Master Plumb-
ers, Grand Rapids.
—____->
Only Officers.
Corporal (to soldier reporting sick)
—What’s the matter with you?
Tommy—Pain in my abdomen.
Corporal—Abdomen! Abdomen, in-
deed! You don’t ’ave no abdomen,
you ‘ave a stomick. It’s only the
officers what ’as abdomens.
———
The wise young man is he who gives
until the institution or individual em-
ploying him can receive no more.
Vy Bean Harvester
\
== SUNBEAM ==
TRACE Maan. =
The time is drawing near when you will have a steady
demand for BEAN HARVESTERS. We have a very complete
stock on hand and it will certainly be to your advantage to
consider the matter. Send to-day for particulars.
Brown & Sehler Co.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Klingman’s Sample Furniture Co.
The Largest Exclusive Retailers of
Furniture in America
Where quality is first consideration and where you get the best
for the price usually charged for the inferiors elsewhere.
Don’t hesitate to write us. You will get just as fair treatment
as though you were here personally.
Corner Ionia, Fountain and Division Sts.
Opposite Morton House Grand Rapids, Michigan
MACAULEY SAID
Those inventions which have abridged distance
have done the most for civilization.
USE THE BELL
And patronize the service that has done most to
abridge distance.
AT ONCE
Your personality is miles away.
Every Bell Telephone is
a long distance station.
Fire Resisting
Fully Guaranteed
Cn
‘AUS SS Gan cone
Reynolds Slate Shingles After Five Years Wear Wood Shingles After Five Years Wear
Beware of Imitations. Ask for Sample and Booklet.
Write us for Agency Proposition. Distributing Agents at
Detroit
I Kalamazoo Columbus Youngstown Utica Milwaukee
Saginaw Battle Creek Cleveland Buffalo Scranton St. Paul
Lansing Flint Cincinnati Rochester Boston Lincoln, Neb.
Jackson Toledo Dayton s Worcester Chicago
yracuse
And NEW YORK CITY
H. M. REYNOLDS ASPHALT SHINGLE CO.
Original Manufacturer, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
24
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
July 2,. 1913
MOO hy
cu
1c
~AS88 VAN QA
i
3
+
&
—
—
—f =
=
=f-
==
=
Grand Council of Michigan U. C. T.
Grand Counse’or—E. A. Welch, Kala-
mazoo.
Past Grand Counselor—John Q. Adams,
Battle Creek.
Grand Junior Counselor—M. 8. Brown,
Saginaw.
Grand Secretary—Fred C.
Traverse City.
Grand Treasurer—Henry E. Perry. De-
troit.
Grand Conductor—W. S. Lawton. Grand
Rapids.
Grand Page—F. J. Moutier, Detroit.
Grand Sentinel—John A. Hach. Jr.,
Coldwater.
Grand Chaplain—T. J. Hanlon, Jackson.
Grand Executive Committee—John D.
Martin, Grand Rapids; Angus G. Mc-
Eachron. Detroit; James E. Burtless,
Marquette; I. P. Thompkins, Jackson.
Richter,
Michigan Knights of the Grip.
President—Frank L. Day, Jackson.
Secretary and Treasurer—Wm. J. Dev-
ereaux, Port Huron.
Directors—H. P. Goppelt,
J. Q. Adams, Battle Creek;
Martin, Grand Rapids.
Saginaw;
John D.
Michigan Division, T. P. A.
President—-Fred H. Locke.
First Vice-President—C. M. Emerson.
Second Vice-President—H. C. Cornelius.
Secretary and ‘Treasurer—Clyde E.
Brown.
Board of Directors—Chas. E. York, E.
Cc. Leavenworth, W. E. Crowell, L. P.
Hadden, A. B. Allport, D. G. McLaren,
J. W. Putnam.
Wafted Down From Grand Traverse
Bay.
Traverse City, June 30—The regu-
lar meeting of Traverse City Council,
No, 361, was held Saturday evening,
June 28, with all of the officers pres-
ent excepting one, and he was excus-
edly absent. About thirty of the faith-
ful braved the extreme heat and re-
mained in their places during the ses-
One member of the Executive
Committee had to be excused, there-
by missing Senior Counselor Mur-
phy’s detailed description of the Grand
Chairman of the
Entertainment Committee Sam Tay-
lor returned from Sutton’s Bay in
excellent physical condition. He had
been entertained all day by the Board
of Trade of that city and it was de-
cided to hold our annual picnic at Sut-
August 16, and if that
Board of Trade keeps its bigness,
every U. C. T. in Northern Michigan
should plan to attend the picnic. A
unanimous vote of thanks was ex-
tended the citizens of Omena for their
invitation to hold our picnic there.
The Executive Committee appointed
Earl C, Knowlton to the
Sentinel, advancing W. E. Bennett to
Page, H. C. Hoffman to Conduceor
and Frank Wilson to Junior Coun-
selor, the last chair having been made
vacant by the removal of R. E. Weav-
er to Grand Rapids. The newly-ap-
pointed officers, were installed by Past
Counselor Wm. Chapman. A i.
Jahraus was unable to attend the
meeting, but sent up a box of “Dia-
sion.
Rapids convention.
ton’s Bay,
oftice of
mond J's.” Other cigarmen please copy,
Tf we may believe but half the re-
ports given by the brothers who visit-
ed the State convention at Grand
Rapids, nothing of so much import-
ance has happened since the flood.
We never saw a man of so slim a
frame radiate so much enthustasm as
Harry Hurley. Harry don’t remem-
ber the flood or that Christmas day
one thousand nine hundred thirteen
years ago, but he is willing to wager
a sample sack of four that if the
Rapids U. ©. @.s had been
handling those events they would
have been pulled off in a more fitting
manner,
Grand
The flag was not in evidence in the
Council chamber this meeting. It is
not true, however, that Adrian Oole’s
baby won't give it up. Adrian is un-
able to attend the meeting, but if he
had come, he thinks he could have
gotten the flag from the child.
red Atkinson has returned from a
business trip through the West. He
reports many courtesies extended him
by brother U. ©. Ws.
Mrs. B, J Reynolds is visiting her
parents at Dublin. Brother Reynolds
is still running for the ball games.
As we grow older we pay less at-
tention to the little holidays we used
to delight in. Fred Meyers was in
Manistee a few weeks ago and dis-
covered it was his birthday. Lew
Miller is about the same age.
Grand Secretary F. C. Richter re-
turned this morning from Columbus,
Ohio, where he has been attending
the meeting of the Supreme Council
ie assured us that the trip home was
far from a pleasure ride and he ap-
preciated the cooling breezes of
Northern Michigan,
Everybody is a committee of one
to pull for the annual picnic at Sut-
tons Bay, August 16. Be sure and
bring all the children. There will be
a ball game, races, music, bathing and
something doing every minute. We
will have free use of the famous fair
grounds and the merchants will de-
clare a holiday to help us make it one
grand big day.
Brother H. S. Stucke was so en-
thusiastic when he saw W. C. Ashley
cleverly landing a big bass that his
primitive nature showed up and when
the fish got within reach of the boat
he snatched it with his bare hands.
He got the fish also a hook clear
through the thick of the thumb, The
hook was cut out with a dull jack
knife and the rest of the day Henry
used the landing net.
Brother Chas. Knapp has leased
the building on Front street, recent-
ly occupied by the Wear-U-Well shoe
store, and has put up a very nice ladies
and gentleman’s five cent shoe shin-
ing parlor with a shoe repair shop in
connection. B. E. W,
News and Gossip of the Grand Rapids
Boys.
Grand Rapids, June 30—Last Sat-
urday was a gala day for about sixty
U. C. T, members and their wives who
went out to Hydorn’s farm for a pic-
nic. A good time was reported by
all. Harry furnished the ice cream
and lemonade. F. E. Smith, the R.
B. man, furnished 500 cigars, which
were enjoyed by all the smokers.
John D. Martin brought a half peck of
oats for Harry’s horse. Games were
played and most of them returned
about 9 p. m,
Next Saturday is meeting night.
Don't forget to atiend. We reed
you there. Important business.
Ask Brothers Scott and Young how
much milk they got froin Jiarry’s
COWS?
Mrs. O. W. Stark, who had the
misfortune of fracturing her left arm
some time ago, is getting along nice-
ly. The doctor expects to remove the
cast in another week. We trust that
from now on misfortunes will leave
the home of Brother and Mrs. Stark.
We hope that the brothers who had
new members lined up to become U.
C. T.’s will not forget to bring them
up on July 5. Now that the conven-
tion is over, let us try and reach that
500 mark. We can do it. Let's get
Wm, D. Bosman.
——»-.-.
Encouraging Reciprocal Duties With
Foreign Countries,
Washington, D. C. June 30—I am
pleased to note in the issue of June
25 the regarding shoes and
hides. Of course, it is risky to proph-
esy but I would not be at all sur-
prised to see shoes and leather both
advance after the new tariff bill is
There has been a great deal
of curtailment in anticipation of free
leather. This apparently has not af-
fected the hide market and raw mater-
ial is as strong and high as ever.
it would not surprise me to see a
shortage in hides, shoes and leather
when the fall demand sets in.
busy.
article
passed.
In the Underwood bill the leather
industry is the only large and im-
portant industry with foreign compe-
tition which is placed immediately and
without countervailing duties upon the
free list. The importations of leather
for the ten months periods (the last
report by the Bureau of Statistics)
ending April 30, 1911, 1912, 1913 are
$4,545,090; $5,658,419; $7,606,110, re-
spectively. These large importations
of leather have paid an average duty
of about 734 per cent, under the
Payne-Aldrich law. With free leather
and free shoes contemplated in the
Underwood bill the importations of
leather will, doubtless, increase much
more rapidly than they have during
the past three years.
Unless the exports of shoes and
leather from the United States are
materially increased may of our tan-
neries will be compelled to remain
idle.
Nearly all the nations of the worid.
except England, impose large dutics
upon leather and leather goods. lt
shculd be the effort of our Govern-
ment to get these duties reduced. If
the United States places leather and
leather goods upon the free list with-
out qualification a great opportunity
to extend our business will be lost.
Although the Underwood bill as pass-
ed by the House has ignored this op-
portunity, the Democratic members
of the Senate Finance Committee
seem disposed to remedy the defect
by imposing so-called countervailing
duties authorizing the President, in
cases where foreign nations are not
disposed to reciprocate by lowering
their duties, to raise the duties of the
United States on the same or other
goods coming from these foreign
countries.
In other words, countervailing du-
ties gives this country an opportunity
to trade for lower duties in foreign
countries.
It is the wish of the President, as
expressed in his message to Congress,
that the manufacturers of this coun-
try should seek a larger foreign mar-
ket and “whet their wits’ by compe-
tition with the world. For the very
purpose of encouraging such world
competition the President should have
authority to treat with foreign na-
tions in the matter of tariff rates.
Some measures of reciprocity should
be made possible in this new tariff
law which proposes to so materially
open to foreign nations the markets
of this country. Van A. Wallin.
—_>-- ___
An Old Story Retold.
Four men were playing poker on a
Mississippi steamboat. They were all
wild fellows.
In some way, which he didn’t care
to discuss, one of the players had been
deprived of one eye.
Ile used the other eye to good ad-
vantage, however, and when his com-
panions seemed inattentive, with nim-
ble fingers would slip a winning card
or two up his sleeve.
After this had been going on for
some time, one fellow who had_ be-
come hoarse saying, “That’s good,”
straightened up, laid a gun on the
table, and said:
“Men, there’s a feller in this game
what ain’t playing square. He’s been
cheating. Now I ain’t going to call
no names, but if I see him do it again,
— — fim, [il shoot out his other
eye.”
od
The sassier the letter you write the
sassier will be the one you will get
back, so what have you gained? Put
it in the fire before you ever send it;
then there will be none coming back.
CHICAGO
BOATS
Graham & Morton
Line
Every Night
~4
le
~4
oe pe
July .2, 1913
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
re remerarnceneae soaps se SDE RBI
DETROIT DETONATIONS.
Cogent Criticisms From the Metrop-
olis of Michigan.
Detroit, July 1—F. F, Hughes (Ed-
son, Moore & Co.,) who does some
farm work during the day, but does
actual garden labor evenings at his
suburban home at Royal Oak, knows
the game in all its scientific phases.
Frank planted some beans early in
the season and, to his dismay, found
they had come up through the ground
beans up. Thinking they had made
a mistake and grew wrong side up,
he went about it to plant them over
again, placing all the beans in the
earth.
P, C. Palmer, young in years, yet
a veteran of the road, has resigned
the position he has held as Western
Michigan representative for Burnham,
Stoepel & Co., the resignation taking
effect July 1. Percy will engage in
the dry goods business in Windsor,
Ont., his household -goods having al-
ready been shipped to that point. He
will be missed by the traveling men
in general, but by his customers most,
who had come to respect his square
methods of doing business and his
intimate knowledge of the merclian-
dise he had to sell. Representing
3urnham, Stoepel & Co. for over ten
always a runner up
among the salesmen for that concern.
That he will make a sticcess in his
new field of endeavor there is not
the slightest doubt and the best wish-
es of travelers, customgrs and num-
berless other friends are extended to
him.
While sweltering in the trains these
days, think of the snow blocades of
but recent date!
years, he was
Fred Larrett has been appointed to
succeed BP. C, Palmer as Western
Michigan representative for Burnham,
Stoepel & Co. Mr. Larrett is a young
and aggressive man and, after serv-
ing in the house for a number of
years, was selected as the most avail-
candidate to fill Mr. Palmer’s
shoes. He will, undoubtedly, make
his headquarters in Grand Rapids and
would make a splendid addition to
a splenid council—referring, of course,
to NO. 13H.
Here’s something we overheard on
a street car the other day, the con-
versationalist referring to the suf-
frage movement. ‘Wot t’ell we want
suffrage fur? Ain’t I delivering near-
ly all th’ washin’ fur my woman? If
we git suffrage, I spose she'll git so
independent she'll ’spect me to help
her do the washins, too.”
John McMahon, Edson, Moore &
Co,’s special representative, who has
been seriously ill at home for the past
two months, is slowly recovering and
expects to resume his duties at an
early date. Here’s hoping, John, it
will be sooner than that! Huis place
has been filled by Frank Myer, as-
sistant manager of the underwear de-
partment.
A traveling man should not waste
so much time trying to accommodate
his customers that he neglects get-
ting business from them.
able
“Jimmy” Reid, who covers a por-
tion of the Upper Peninsula for Ed-
son, Moore & Co., is going to Europe
SAMSON AREER CNRS NEE NN
this week, where he will make a stay
covering nearly two months. While
in Europe “Jimmy” will exhibit and
dispense a portion of his hard earn-
ed “expense” money.
Many of the boys have saved
enough from the expense accounts
to take a trip to the back porch for
their vacation.
Everybody can have a hot time
now without spending any money for
it. The fatter the hotter.
Joe Kain, city representative for
A, Krolik & Co., is going to spend a
portion of his vacation at Belle Isle
this year.
Charles Moore, veteran salesman
for Edson, Moore & Co., is slowly re-
covering from a several months’ ill-
His many friends will be pleas-
ed to see him around his old station
again and hope the time before he
appears will be short.
Glen Pope, department manager for
the Ilerpolsheimer Co., up in the vil-
lage called the ‘Rapids,’ informs us
that the reason a man does not give
a woman all the money she wants is
because there isn’t that much money.
Tradesman Ad.: “Store in Fenton
for rent. shelving, tables and living
rooms.’ We've seen rooms in hotels
that we thought were ready to walk
away. Anyway, we were sure the
beds were alive,
Some traveling men are color blind
can't tell the difference in the color
of their expense money and _ their
personal money.
We're going to hunt up Ura Donald
Laird on our initial trip into Clover-
dale—beg pardon, Cloverland—if we
are obliged to go 100 miles out of the
way to do so. We hope to find “Bill”
Pohlman, formerly known as “Happy
Bill, the workingman’s friend,’ with
him.
ness.
Our youngest son says he can’t see
why the editor should call us Sunny
Jim. “Your head looks more like the
moon,” quoth the son.
Harley Eberstein is now represent-
ing Burnham, Stoepel & Co. on the
territory tributary to Traverse City.
Harry Whitbeck, who formerly cov-
ered that section, is now covering the
territory adjacent to Detroit. Speak-
ing of Harley and for the benefit of
the unmarried female relatives of U.
C, T. members, we can state, without
fear of contradiction, that a handsomer
young and single man or a better fel-
low never stepped into Traverse City.
To the U. C. T. members, we call at-
tention to the fact that Harley is eli-
gible to membership in that order.
Both of the Detroit Councils re-
linquist all claims to the baseball cup
—until next June.
H. L. Proper, of East Lake, was a
recent to Detroit. As Mr.
Proper is a friend of the writer, we
will close the incident without further
comment.
A. F. Smith, advertising manager
for the Citizens Telephone Co., of
Grand Rapids, and former traveling
examiner for the K. U. of Michigan,
is expected to take a short trip through
Michigan in the near future in the
interests of the order.
After living in Detroit for four
weeks, we wonder how we ever stood
it in Grand Rapids so long.
visitor
One of the truly remarkable in-
cidents relative to the episode pulled
off by our friend from Cloverland
was the fact that Editor Stowe
offered to put up $100 as_ security,
Whoever dreamed of an editor having
that much “mazuma?”
The Legislature is going to see to
it that the traveling men are provided
with nine foot sheets. If some of the
country merchants don’t demand that
the Legislature pass a law compelling
traveling men to be muzzled, every-
thing will work out satisfactorily.
Some fellers who are continually
getting into debt sometimes have the
devil to pay.
We wish at this time to extend
our thanks to the largest little daily
in Michigan, the Manistee Advocate,
for the many kind remarks they have
made regarding us.
One advantage of writing a column,
we are sure of getting plenty of men-
tion for ourself.
Time to blue pencil the blue goose
stuff for the season!
We note from a recent issue of the
Tradesman, the grocery salesmen will
all take the same week for their vaca-
tions. This would also be an oppor-
tune time for the livery men to go
on a fishing trip.
Arthur Rein, hosiery salesman for
Edson, Moore & Co., was suddenly
stricken with appendicitis one day
last week and was removed to Harper
Hospital, At last reports Mr. Rein
was resting easy and will recover.
On Wednesday, June 25, Wm. M.
Mervin, Secretary-Treasurer of the
Best Stove Co., was united in mar-
riage to Miss Ida Whiteman, a young
lady of many talents many
friends. Mr. Mervin is an old Knight
of the Grip, having formerly sold gas
ranges for the Art Stove Co. Three
years ago he joined forces with Wm.
Best, inventor of their present pro-
duct, the Best gas range, organizing
the company of which he is now
Secretary, Largely through Mr.
Mervin’s executive ability and won-
derful personality is due the phenom-
enal growth of the company in such
a short space of time, shipping ranges
into nearly every state in the Union.
With the marriage of Bill Mervin
one of the best “catches” of the sea-
passes off the boards. The
Tradesman joins with Mr. and Mrs.
Mervin’s hosts of friends in wishing
them a happy wedded life.
Herb Murray, A. Krolik & Co.’s
Southern Michigan representative and
the most active U. C, T. (No. 9) mem-
ber in captivity and all around good
fellow, imparts in all confidence the
following information: “A great
many arguments advanced by sales-
men are like the appendix—of no use
—and should be cut out.”
“Nick” Ballard, veteran traveler of
Windsor, Ont., has been slated for
the minors. Nick took a trip covering
an area of about twenty-four miles
around Windsor and to show how he
has slowed up, he was unable to find
his home for four days thereafter.
We shall expect Secretary John W.
Schram, of Cadillac Council, No. 143,
to use these columns to boost his
Council. We are ready to use our
pencil to manufacture the flattery
and
son
25
stuff as soon as 143 passes 131 in
membership.
There is one incident connected
with the traveling men which drives
all humor from our system and only
goes to show that, contrary to the
U, C. T. banquet speeches, traveling
men their faults, as well as
other humans. The thought we have
in mind is the demand that Uncle Sam
keep his postoffices open at certain
hours on Sunday. Most
men get through with their week's
work on Friday and, as the
paper says—nothing to do till Mon-
day. Postoffice employes work six
days a week (exclusive of Sunday).
Have the travelers no regard for oth-
ers than themselves? It is a mighty
“mechanical” salesman who couldn't
get his “orders” on Saturday or Mon-
day. If he figures ahead where he will
have
traveling
comic
be on Sunday, surely he could stretch
a point and let his firm know; or, if
he is the “mechanical” kind, his firm
could let him know where he should
be on Monday. Give the postal em-
ployes a rest on Sunday!
Of course, merely saying Thomas F.
Follis shouldn't disturb one’s equilib-
rium,
Last Saturday the employes and
families of Burnham, Stoepel & Co.
joined together in an excursion to
Bois Blanc Island, The most in-
teresting part of the day’s festivities
was a ball game between the married
men and single men, which ended in
the fifth inning by a score of 4 to 1
in favor of the singles. The big feat-
ure decadent umpiring of
Elmer Brevits, who, being a man of
freedom (single), naturally showed
all partiality toward his own kind.
As the married men were coming
strong, it was deemed best by the
singles to call the game. One notice-
able incident showed itself whenever
the pitcher made a motion to throw
the ball to the married men, instead
of striking at the ball, they would in-
variably duck.
was the
Lots of fellows who have’ good
strong eyes use glasses—to drink
from.
Many others have brought home
packages and never went shopping.
We're going to fool E. Mather mer-
chant of Cedar Springs, again.
We're visibly affected by the heat,
For proof of this statement read our
idle prattle this week.
A little early in the game to call
for help, but we are very desirous of
making the Detroit columns as in-
teresting as possible. We wish at
this time to ask the readers who are
interested, to send or give us any
available items of interest to all the
traveling men or their victims, the
merchants. Changes in position, sick-
ness or any information of interest,
serious or will be
eladly received. Address communica-
tions to 211 Columbus avenue, De-
troit. James M. Goldstein.
either frivolous,
—_2+2—__—__
The Ira M. Smith Mercantile Co.
has changed its name to the Ira M.
Smith Co, and decreased its capital
stock from $250,000 to $100,000.
—_-—_.-—-e—_—
Erwin E. Blakeslee succeeds Rich-
ard Wiersma in the grocery business
at 363 Grandville avenue,
MICHIGAN
TRADESMAN
July 2, 1913
ee
DRUGS
ft
Michigan Board of Pharmacy.
President—John J. Campbell, Pigeon.
Secretary—W. E. Collins. Owosso.
Treasurer—Edwin T.. Boden, Bay City.
Other Members—E. E. Faulkner, Del-
ton; Charles S. Koon, Muskegon.
Michigan State Pharmaceutical Associa-
ion.
President—Henry Riechel, Grand Rap-
ids.
First Vice-President—F. E.
Ravenna.
Thatcher,
Second Vice-President—E. E. Miller,
Tre = erse City :
retary —Von W. Furniss, Nashville.
Pecacitc r—Ed.
Varnum, Jonesville.
Executive Committee—D. D.
Alton,
Fremont; Ed. W. Austin, Midland; C.
S. Koon, Muskegon; R. W. Cochrane,
Kalamazoo; D. G. Look, Lowell; Grant
Stevens, Detroit.
Michigan Pharmaceutical Travelers’ As-
sociation.
President—F. W. Kerr, Detroit.
Secretary-Treasurer—W. 8.
Grand Rapids.
Lawton.
Grand Rapids Drug Club.
President—Wm. C. Kirchgessner.
Vice-President—E. D. De La Mater.
Secretary and Treasurer—Wm. H.
Tibbs.
Executive Committee—Wm. Quigley,
& Chairman; Henry Riechel, Theron Forbes.
Personality” in the Retail
Drug Business.
“If 1 were a retail merchant,” said
a friend of mine the other evening,
“I would trademark my store. Why
don't merchants do it?”
“Some do,” 1 answered, “but the
way to trademark a store is different
to trademark a single
“Store
from the way
product.”
My friend
that ell too few
vantage of the trademark idea, Al-
merchant has a standard
manner of printing his
was correct in feeling
merchants take ad-
most every
signature or
name on his stationery ane
Some have
company
other printed matter.
fixed styles of advertising, which con-
tinue the from season to sea-
son. Very few, however, go one
short but important step further, and
“trademark” their store, by giving it
a definite, distinctive ‘‘Personality,”
to attract added publicity and produce
increased sales.
The “Store-Personality” is not
merely a pretty theory. It is not a
feature for the large store only. In
fact, since the small downtown estab-
lishment and the uptown “neighbor-
hood” store are apt to depend on
their larger number of sales to a
smaller number of regular clients,
both are apt to see definite results
from it even sooner than the larger
establishment.
The history of a new drug store in
a certain large Western city vividly il-
lustrates the value and_ possibilities
in a “Store-Personality.” In a new
business block near an uptown resi-
dence district, an enterprising phar-
macist started a drug store. His
place of business was situated mid-
way in the block. with a millinery
shop and a tobacco store on one side,
a small tailoring establishment and
same
on the other.
nothing in the outside appearance of
business to distinguish it
irom hundreds of other
stores of its kind throughout the city.
From the first, he realized that his
competition with those of
©
a grocery There was
his place of
in any way
his neigh-
His problem was to attract
windows would be in continual
the attention of the steady streams of
accustomed to trad-
another a block
and a half below, and divert them
to the new establishment. To do this,
he realized that the appearance of his
store must be hoth unique and invit-
ing. His first thought was to use
soine striking illumination. He gave
up this idea on account of the first
installation and because _ it
would be useful only after dark.
Knowing the limited capital left at his
disposal, he turned to his show win-
and there he found the solution
to his problem,
After some careful study, he in-
structed his carpenter to build a lat-
tice across the back of the window,
with a large irregular opening, sev-
eral feet in diameter, a little to one
side of the center. Through this
the passerby gains an at-
tractive glimpse of the white marble
soda fountain and white counters in-
side the store.
Over the lattice, which is colored
bors.
show
passersby, long
ing with druggist
cost of
dow
“window”
a soft artistic brown with shingle-
stain, grows a dark green vine of
artificial leaves. One week this vine
blossoms with bright colored mag-
the next it is hung with win-
dow cards and attractive hangers.
Candy boxes grow there now, to be
followed soon by the toilet articles.
At times a giant spiderweb spans the
opening in the lattice and carries its
share of the display.
The attractive combination of the
azines,
soft brown of the lattice with the
dark green of the leaves makes a
splendid background for the gayer
colors of the signs and packages. The
vista of clean white woodwork and
marble through the great irregular
window in the lattice is especially in-
viting. Many of his first customers
and visitors testified to that, when
they said they “wanted to see if it
was really as nice inside as it looked.”
The best feature of all, however,
was the immediate publicity which
came to the new store. Long before
a firm name could have become gen-
erally familiar. “The Latticed Store”
or “The Lattice Work Store” were
bywords in the neighborhood. A\l-
most every passerby remembered the
window where few could have re-
called his name. Consequently, al-
most within a fortnight, every per-
son in the neighborhood could under-
stand a reference to the “Lattice
Work Store.” ;
Since the merchandise he sells
backs up the first good impression,
the store has quickly become popular,
and is well on its way to prosperity.
The next step will be to use the
words, “The Lattice Work Store.’
on all wrapping paper, stickers, labels
and similar articles. With the pass-
age of time, and after the reputation
of the store for quality has
firmly established, the term “The
Lattice Work Store” will be used
a trade-mark on other brands. oi
merchandise. When that day comes,
“Lattice Work’ Yotlet Cream and
“Candy from the Lattice Work Store”
will help to spread its fame.
In this manner an “unconscious”
trade mark of the best type is being
established—best because it was vol-
untarily selected by the customers.
(ke ordinary trade name demands a
campaign of edu-
cation te force it on the public mind.
This one came into immediate popu-
larity, practically without effort or
expense. If you are critical, you may
say that this was all purely acci-
dental. Of course, the man behind
the idea could not foresee the remark-
abie turn which developments have
fact, that it was only his
planning and choice of his
distinctive window that made the
development possible.
The value of such a “store-person-
ality” is an asset that is almost al-
together overlooked. There is no
set way to attain it, for it is just the
element of originality and individual-
ity that is most important to its
success. No store need be without
it, because it is not a matter of cap-
ital and does not necessarily compel
the expenditure of much money.
This
window.
become
long and expensive
taken—in
careful
it through his
hardware’ mer-
chant uses a one-color scheme—a
blue front for his store, blue wrap-
blue stationery, etc.
Wants Bacterial Standard.
Dr. Bradley H. Kirschberg, city
chemist of Schenectady, arranged a
conference with ice cream manufactur-
ers of the city, to consider methods
of improving the quality of ice cream.
Dr. Kirschberg, who says he believes
the city should establish a standard
and compel all manufacturers to live
up to it, says one million bacteria
count per centimeter is regarded as a
safe standard. He says tests in
Schenectady have shown the presence
of from 1.000,000 to 20,000,000 bac-
teria.
man attained
A certain
ping paper,
+
It’s the toughest kind of tough luck
to have your watch stolen when you
are On your way to pawn it.
Toothache Drops.
The following are recommended:
Never Fail Toothache Oil.
CreosOle 2.05. cc. eek. 222.) 5)dis,
Chioroterm: ....0...:..2.... .. DB drs.
Oil of Cloves 000). 085.. . 5 drs
Oil of Peppermint .:.....-... 5 drs
Oil of Camphor ...... Bee eees 6 drs.
Phenol ....... bec eaece eo. : 6 drs
Odontalgine
Phenol ....:5........ es. 4 drs
Campion oi55 24.02) Tae. | OZ
Chiocotoria 52.5 6......55..... 2 ozs.
Od of Cajeput 2.2... .2...... 4 Ozs.
Tribute the phenol with the cam-
phor; add the chloroform, and then
add the oil of cajeput.
Toothache Jelly.
PHENOL 62. ee. 4 ozs
Menthol (65555... .200.. 5.8. 30 grs.
Thymol 30 ers.
Colledion .................: 30 min.
Shake all together to form a jelly.
British Toothache Essence.
Oil of Cloves :.....0...5..... 1 dr.
Chigretorm o.2....... oe 3 dts.
Campnor ..)..).......:...:.. 4 dns.
Gil of Mieppretase Peo. 8 drs.
leonol 2.03.6... 8 drs.
+2
The Effect of Quinine.
A loquacious woman entered a drug
store and as she made her purchases
her speech flowed on uninterruptedly.
When she asked for some quinine she
gave a long discourse upon the drug,
finally concluding thus: “Quinine is
a splendid medicine for curing colds,
but it is very injurious to the brain.
| have taken it all my life,”
——_—-o-o-o-———_
Let the Boy Do It.
Don't spend your valuable time
doing work that you might teach the
office boy to do. Once I saw a man
sitting at a big mahogany desk ruling
some sheets of paper. In the next
room sat a restless boy with nothing
to do. Nearby was a stenographer
who appeared busy, but who was
really writing “Now is the time,”
etc. In the course of our conversa-
tion the man made the usual com-
plaint of being “so busy he didn’t
have time to think.” “Why don't
you give that boy some of your
work?” I asked.
“Oh,” said the man, “he couldnt
do this the way I want it done.”
“Then why don’t you show him how?
“Oh, I haven’t time —that would
take longer than to do it myself.”
Too busy to think! Surely some-
thing was preventing him from think-
ing. I could see that the case was
typical—he was that way about every-
thing. .And there are many like him.
You never know how great a help
a bright boy can be until you take
the trouble to teach him how to help
you. Andrew Stebbins.
Business
Wagons
12 styles carried in stock-12
$ 47.00 to
$140.00
SHERWOOD HALL CO., Ltd.
30-32 Ionia Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids
RT SAAS REALS TITIES EO TI ELT ETL ANT OT A BES
oe
oe
oe
oe
July 2, 1913 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27
Acids Cubens ....... 1. a ae ieee Dee ae ee e a
; ivigeron .......: 2 eniiiam oc. 5...
Acetic .........- 6 @ 8 fucalyptus ..... %5@ 85 Ginger .......... @ 9%
Borie .....-.... 10 @ 15 Hemlock, pure .. a 90 euane ee at =
6 Juniper Berries .. @ 5 Guaiac Ammon...
Se eerie: 23 @ 2 Juniper Wood 40@ 50 lodine ........... @1 25 |
@itne 2. 55..:... 50 @ 55 ard, extra ..... 85@1 00 Iodine, Colorless @1 25 i
Muriatic ........ 1%@ 5 Lard, a qe. me 2 ete cee g a
eG! 10 Lavender Flowers C 0 ron, clo. ........ x
ae oe one 1g Lavender, Garden 85@1 00. Kano °.....7...-. @ 80
Oxalic ......++., 13 @ Wemon ies 5 s0@e 00 iver |) @1 05
Sulphuric ....... 1%@ 5 Linseed, boiled bbl @ et Bos Vomica .... @, a
i . 29 Linseed, bid. less 55@ 6 jue Ae @
Martaric ........ 38 @ Linseed, raw bbls @ 49 Opium Pasi ie @. 65
i Linseed, raw less 54@ 59 Opium, Deodora’ @2 25
sida uncle Mustard, true ..450@6 00 Rhubarb ......... @ 70
Water, 26 deg. .. 6%@ 10 Mustard, artifil 2 75@3 00 Loe
ater. 18 deze. .. 4%@ 8 Neatsfoot ...... 80@_ 85 aints
wee Zo ace 6 Olive; pure :.... 250@3 50 Lead, red dry 7@ 10
Water 14 deg. ... 3% > Olive, Malaga, __ Lead; white dry 7@ 10
Garbonate ...... 138 @ 46 yellow ...... 1 60@1 75 Lead, white oil 7™@ 10
@hioride ....... 12 @ 15 Olive, Malaga, Ochre, yellow bbl. 1 @ 1%
ereen ...... Ochre, yellow less 2 @ 5
Balsams Orange, sweet ..4 MGty 3466... 246@ 5
ok Organum, pure 1 Red Venetian bbl. 1 @ ce
Copaiba 75@1 00 Origanum, com’! Red Venet'n, less 2 @
fir (Canada) 1 75@2 00 Pennyroyal ..... 23 Shaker, Prepared 1 40@1 50
Fi Geceon) 40@ 50 Peppermint ..... 3 @3 Vermillion, Eng. 904 @1 00
ir (Oreson eb a Rose, pure ... 16 00@18 00 Vermillion, Amer. 15@ 20
Pend 6... c eee. 2 25@2 50 Rosemary Flowers s0@1 oH Whiting, bbl. .... 1@ 1%
MOM .... 6s... 1 25@1 40 Sandalwod, E. I. 6 25@ Wihitingg 2..50000. 7; 2@ 5
oe ie Sassafras, true ae ze . :
; Sassafras, artifi'l 5@ Insecticides
re Spearmint ..... 00@650 ,
@ubeb - 4.200... 65@ 75 Sperm ......... 90@1 00 Arsenic .......... 6@ 10
Fish . 15@) 20. | Gansyics ss... 475@5 00 Blue Vitrol, bbl. 6%
eae a Tar USP |...) g5@ 86 Blue Vitrol less 7@ 10
dumiper .......... 6@ 10 iia ; i 1491, Bordeaux Mix Pst 8@ 15
i Turpentine, bbls. @49%
Prickley Ash @ 50 ‘Turpentine, less 55@ 60 [flellebore, White
Wintergreen, true @5 00 é powdered -++- 15@ 20
Barks Wintergreen, sweet Heyl Powder .. 20@ 35
birch 00)... 200@2 25 Lead Arsenate .. 8@ 16
Cassia (ordinary) 25 Wintergreen, art’l 50@ 60 et isa. a:
ae $05 RE 7 See0 ...... @6 00 : , : Q
Sa coast ne i: Co @8 00 Paris Green .... 15@ 20 1c
m (powd. 5G : oa
a ates Gow. 300) @ 2 Se et Our Home—Corner Oakes and Commerce
saan | obe 15 Bicarbonate °3.. ib@ 18 cetanalid ...... 30@ 35
oe ceed. 28) @ aoe oo 13@ a ae ao. ao 92 5
romide ........ 45@ 5 um, powdered g qa ‘ . :
aerarte Carbonate ..... L2@ 13 ground ...... wre We are distributors of the Walrus soda fountain made
ticorice ....,.... 24@ 28 Chlorate, xtal and Bismuth, Subni- : “1:
Licorice powdered 25@ 30 powdered 12@ 16 trate 28... 2 10@2 25 at Decatur, Ill. We have five complete fountains on exhibi-
I a :
Chlorate, granular 16@ 20 Borax ache or | : d : : fie 3 ‘i .
= C¥anige ......... 380@ 40 powdered 6@ 12 -
i lowers eee i 2 $5q2 80 Canthavadies po. 1 30@3 30 tion in our store, and we invite the inspection and con
Pica 40.2. 8@ 25 Permanganate 15@ 30 auomer os. 1 20@1 30 290@ 95 Ginger, Jamaica, opperas, Powd. 4@ 6
cae c ji 7 ow) 20@ ap powdered .... 22@ 28 Corrosive Sublm. 1 aga 30
oes (Soc. Powd.) 40@ 50 Goldenseal, powd. @600 Cream Tartar 28@ 35
Asafoetida 100@1 25 Ipecac, powd. .. 2 75@3 00 Cuttlebone ...... ee 3D
Asafoetida, Powd. Eiecorice 00645. 14@ 16 Dextrine |...) .... 10
Pure A Licorice, powd. 12@ 15 Dover's Powder 2 0002 25
ttetceee @100 Orris, powdered 25@ 30 Emery, all Nos. 6@ 10
U. S. P. Powd @150 Poke, powdered 20@ 25 Emery, powdered 5@ 8
Camphor ........ 55@ 60 Rhubarb | 2.5.0: 75@1 00 Epsom Salts, bbls @ 1%
Guaine 35@ Rhubarb, powd. 73@1 25 Epsom Salts, less 24@ 4
Vey Sor cseecee 5@ 40 Rosinweed, powd. 25@ 30 Ergot .......... 1 50@1 ‘op
Guaiac, Powdered 40@ 50 Sarsaparilla, Hond. iuirgot, powdered 1 80@2 00
Mio |... @ 40 e Sroung ...... @ 50 = lake i hite <2... 12m 15
EA / - ,-. Sarsaparilla Mexican, ‘ormaldehyde lb. 10 15
Kino, Powdered .. @ 4 Pround) oc. S5@ 30 Gambier ........ 0@ 10
MER fool: @ 40 Squills .3........ 30@ 35 Gelatine |... .... 35@ 45
Myrrh, Powdered @ 50 Squills, powdered 40@ 60 Glassware, full cases 80%
Opium 7 25@7 50 Tumeric, powd. 12@ 15 Glassware, less 70 & 10%
Onn oa 9 ae: ; i Valerian, powd. 253@ 30 aoe Salts bbl. @ 1
arn . 9@9 35 ilauber Salts less 2@ 5 Ty) —
in Gan | 8 eas ko Seeds Glue, brown... 11@ 15 MERICAN BEAUTY” Display Case No. 412—one
Hietas |. 2@ 30 Anise ..... siecy BS 2 oe On ee ie } of more than one hundred models of Show Case,
: : Ripe . Anise, powdered 22@ 25 Wiue, te... 5 5
ooo ee 7@ § Glue, white grad 15@ 20 Shelving and Display Fixtures designed by the Grand
‘agacanth No, @i 50) Canary .)050.00 1) 7@ 10 Se aes 23@
Tragacanth, Pow 60@ 75 oe Cea. 12@ 18 Feo ets ae a ae 1 - ae ov os Company for deplaying al kinds
r varaamion ..,.. 1 75@2 00 ere ee 89) eee mee o@ s, and adopte e mos rogressive stores © merica.
Turpentine ...... 10@ 15 Galen ee 60 a Hee Snes “ re P 7 pres?
5 orm ls .
Leaves ao oe ne a beed Acetate .. wa 18 GRAND RAPIDS SHOW CASE CO., Grand Rapids, Michigan
Buehu 85@2 00 eee es @ 30 Pa epaer Salo ee To , The Largest Show Case and Store Equipment Plant in the World
uchu, Powd. .. 2 00@2 2 A oe 4 8 A Ce bGe Copco cce @ ies: ids, Chi ' , Port
oe bi na oe he pa bh g Mace, powdered _90@1 00 Show Rooms and (Factories: New York, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Boston, Portland
Sage, %s Loose. 20@ 25 Foenugreek, pow. 6@ 10 Menthol ....... 9 ce) 00
Sage, Powdered.. 25@ 30 emp a. 5@ q Wercury 22.0 1. 85
Senna, Alex ..... |) 25@) 30) | Bobelia 00 | @ 50 Morphine, all brd 4 Sad 80
Senna, Tinn. .... 15@ 20 Mustard, yellow 9@ 12 Nux Vomica .... @ 10
Senna, Tinn, Pow. 20@ 25 Mustard, black 9@ 12 Bee eee Co ;
wae Orel oo...) 0 15 fustard, powd. 2 5 , C Ww . s0@ez Se eee eee
@ 1 Poppy 20@ 35 Pepper, white” 2303 | POOTE & JENKS COLEMAN’S (BRAND)
Oils — 1 00 a oe ie - —_—_—— on eee
6¢ 10 Pes ise ee) 6 « a
Almonds, Bitter, Sabadilla Co 25@ 30 Quinine, all brds 23%4@ 35 Terpeneless L. m d High Class V II
true ........ 6 00@6 50 Sabadilla, powd. Ra 45 Rochelle Salts 20@_ 26 e on an ania
oo ee @1 00 Sunflower ...... 8 a ue - 2 ae 2 20 Insist on getting Coleman's Extracts from your jobbing grocer, or mail order direct to
artific eeces @ Wor Americ: 15@ a eter 2.1... 7%@ 12 ‘
eure a Seer Wortn te 10 a Seidlitz Mixture .. 20@ 25 FOOTE & JENKS, Jackson, Mich.
true ....:. 90@1 00 : : Heap, green ... 15@ 20
Agueone. Sweet, Tinctures Soap, mott castile 100 15
imitation .... 40@ 50 Aconite ......... @ 75 Soap, white castile
— paket o eon ee Alees e. oe ee e 25 F Ki d f C B k
mber, rectifie QO) Arnica: oes... @ 60 oap, white castile
Anise .....!.... 2 25@2 50 Asafoetida ...... @1 00 less, per bar @ 68 our nN S O oupon OO S
Bergamont ..... @8 00 Belladonna ...... @ 60 Seda Ash ........ 1%¥@ 5
Cajeput .:..... 45@ 8) Benzoin ........: @ 90 Soda Bicarbonate 1%@ 5
Cassia .. ...._150@175 Benzoin Compound @ 90 Soda, Sal ....... + 1@ 4 are manufactured by us and all sold on the same
ee ‘a ‘and Puch ......-..- @100 Spirits Camphor .. @ 75 _. ‘ : :
seeeee 12%@ 15 Cantharadies .. @1 00 Sulphur roll .... 2%4@ 0 basis, ‘irrespective of size, shape or denomination.
Geaae eae li bee @ 85 Capsicum ..... : @ 90 Sulphur Subl.....2%@ 5 oe
Citronella ....... @ 60 Cardamon ...... @ 95 ‘Tamarinds ...... 10@ 15 Free samples on application.
coves ce 1 Ly a Cardamon, Comp. @ oe ae reas z: io -
socoenut ........ Catechu @ ‘urpentine Venice 4 ‘
Cod Liver ...... 125@150 Ginchona @1 05 Vanilla Ext..pure 1 00@1 50 TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Cotton Seed .... 70@ 85 Colchicum . @ 60 Witch Hazel .... 3e 00
Croton <..-.:...- @1 60 Cubebs @1 20 Zinc Sulphate .... 7 10
28
at market prices at date of purchase.
Prices, however. are
ADVANCED
Brazil Nuts
Corn Syrups
Flour, Ceresota
Salted Peanuts
Smoked Hams
Opium
Index to Markets
By Columns
Col
A
Ammonia ......--...+.. 1
Axle Grease ........-- 1
B
Baked Beans ........- 1
Bath Brick ......-.-..- 1
Bluinge ......-. eee ee ne 1
Breakfast Fooa .....-- a
Brooms .....-+-+-+-ee¢ 1
Brushes .......-- chaeee 1
Butter Color ...-.-.---- 1
Cc
Candles ....-.-..--+---« 1
Canned Goods ......---- 1-2
Carbon Oils ........--:; 2
CatSup ....--02+--ee0e- 2
Cheese ....- 3
Chewing Gum ....-.-.-- 3
Chicory ....--+:--+---: 3
Chocolate .........-+-- 3
Clothes Lines phe 3
Cocos ....- : 3
Cocoanut : 3
Coffee .....-- : 3
Confections . 4 4
Cracked Wheat 5
Crackers ......- 5, 6
Cream Tartar ... 4 6
D
Dried Fruits ....---+-- 6
F
Farinaceous Goods .... 6
Fishing Tackle ....,.-- 6
Flavoring Extracts ... 7
Flour and Feed ......-- 7
Fruit JarS ......----+2 a
G
Gelatine ......--+- ies 4
Grain Bags ....----+:. o
H
HJerbs .. --.---2------ a
Hides and Pelts ......- 8
Horse Radish ....-.-- 8
J
Soe cee eee 8
Selly Glasses ...--.--- 8
M
Mapleine ...-..--++-++- 8
Mince Meat .....-.---- 8
Molasses .....-- cece 8
Mustard ......--+++eees 8
N
Nuts .......-2202----2 4
O°
OliveS ....--eeeeeeee 8
Pp
A enaigg La :
Pipes ...---seee ere ceeee 4
Pinving Canis ....---« . .
Potash ......-ceseccees .
Provisions ...-.+++-+e-%
R
oa a a 9
ied ats .....------ 9
i}
Salad Dressing ......-- 9
SaleratuS .....++.--+:- 9
Sal Soda ..-.--.--.---- 9
Salt oacaaad Lockbeue ,
eet a eee ieweae 2
rae ee cere eee 10
Snu ee 10
BOAP ..---sccers-eesee ae
MGA ... o-oo sere sen ne 10
Spices .....----e-ee eee 10
SEACH .ncccoecnn-sccrns 10
SYrupS ..-.--eeeeeeeeee 10
T
Table Sauces .......-- .
ee 18
MIME . noes csecccenoce*
Vv
Vinegar ....ceseeeeree 13
WwW
pe i 13
Woodenware .........- 13
Wrapping Paper ..... 14
Y
Yeast Cake. .......... 14
1
AMMONIA
OZ
12 oz. ovals 2 doz. box 75
AXLE GREASE
Frazer’s
1tb. wood boxes, 4 doz. 3 00
1% tin boxes, 3 doz. 2 35
3144%b tin ~oxes, 2 doz. 4 25
10tb. pails, per doz. .. 6 00
15Ib. pails, per doz. .. 7 20
25tb. pails, per doz. ..12 00
BAKED BEANS
No. 1, per doz. ..45@ 90
No. 2, per doz. .... 75@1 40
No. 3, per doz. ...85@1 75
BATH BRICK .
Pmeuen ....---.------ 95
BLUING
Jennings’. :
Condensed Pearl Bluing
Small C P Bluing, doz. 45
Large C P Bluing, doz. 175
BREAKFAST FOODS
Apetizo, Biscuits ...... 3 00
Bear Food, Pettijohns 1 95
Cracked Wheat, 24-2 2 50
Cream of Wheat, 36-2 4 50
Cream of Rye, 24-2 ..3 00
go Toasties, T.
bee ceeceeo ese 2 80
Posts coer ce
sesee « 2-88
icine. es... 2 70
Grape Nuts .......... 2 70
Grape Sugar Flakes .. 2
Sugar Corn Flakes .. 2
Hardy Wheat Food .. 2
Postma’s Dutch Cook 2 75
Holland Rusk ....... 3
Kellogg’s Toasted Rice
Biscuit .....-. 3
Kellogg’ s Toasted Rice
Flakes 2 80
Kelloge’s Toasted “Wheat
Biscuit ....... - 3 30
Krinkle Corn Flake .1 15
ee ‘Wheat wae
doz
stapl- Wheat Flakes, |
MOZ. .occ-ce cece se
araus ern Flakes coe
Minn. Wheat Cereal
Algrain Food .........
Ralston Wheat Food
Ralston Wht Food 10c
Saxon Wheat Food ..
Shred Wheat Biscuit
Triscuit ,18 .........-.
Pillsbury’s Best™ Cer’l
Post Tavern Special .
Quaker Puffed Rice ..
Quaker Puffed Wheat
Quaker Brkfst Biscuit
Quaker Corn Flakes ..
Victor Corn Flakes ..
Washington Crisps ..
Wheat Hearts .......
Wheatena ........-.
Evapor’d. Sugar Corn 90
eH eS DOH eH Dm De OOD mm CoD tS
te
ou
BROOMS
argon ccc ec ees 00
BOWE cece ccc cee cess 70
Winner |... ..sc6..s05 25
Whittier Special .....
Parlor Gem .........
Common Whisk ......
Fancy Whisk ........
Warehouse .........
BRUSHES
Scrub
Solid Back, 8 in. ...... 75
Solid Back, 11 in. ...... 95
Pointed Ends .......... 85
ee bt tO me me 00 0
ao
on
Stove
INO. DB -ccecc- soso oc . oF
Ne. 2 625026. 1 25
NO. 2 oo cc scc esse s5--k 1D
Shoe
NO: B -ccceccnnccccco cd OD
NO. TF ccccccccccccccceed 30
NO. 4 ccccccccccccccceed 10
No 8 ......--.-...--.4 O08
BUTTER COLOR
Dandelion, 25c size ..2 00
CANDLES
Paraffine, 6s ..........10
Paraffine, 12s .........10
Wicking ...............20
CANNED GOODS
Apples
3 tb. Standards @. 90
Galion .......... 2 50@2 75
Blackberries
2 iD, .ousscneces 1 DOA OD
Standards gallons @5 00
sche BE A ATA) PD I GERI RRR BE
Hs
Cc
Little Neck, 1Ib
Little Neck, 2t
e
noe (Natural)
Mo. 2, Pair ..5....3... 1
No. 2, Fancy ....:.... 2
Tomato, a1 oc:
No. 3 cans, per doz.
y June @1 2
Early June. sifted 1 45@1
Pie . .
No. 10 size can pie
ee
Ss
weneer 1 tb. Tall ..2
...-1 65@1 7
Med. Red yeas 1 35@1
@ 90
Domestic, % Mustard Y get
French, %48 .......--
Pp
Dunbar, ist doz,
Dunbar, 1%s doz.
CARBON OILS
ioetne +e
Black, winter i
Snider’s % pints
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
GROCERY PRICE CURRENT
These quotations are carefully corrected weekly. within six hours of mailing.
and are intended to be correct at time of going to press.
liable to change at any time. and country merchants will have their orders filled
3
CHEESE
Acme 2-05... @15%4
Bloomingdale . @16
Carson City @15%
Hopkins ..... @15%
Brick .... @16%
Leiden @15
Limburger ...... : @17%
Pineapple ...... 40 @60
Gam... ........ @85
Sap Sarco ....... @22
Swiss, domestic .. @20
CHEWING GUM
Adams Black Jack ... 55
Adams Sappota ....... 55
Beeman’s Pepsin ...... 55
Beechnut ............- 60
(Whiclets ...:........- 1 25
Colgan Violet Chips .. 60
Colgan Mint Chips .. 60
Dentyne .............. 1 10
Flag Spruce ........... 55
Juicy, Rruit ........-... 55
Red Rebin ......-. 55
Sen Sen (Jars 80 pkgs,
$2.20)
: 5
Spearmint, Wrigleys | =. DD
Spearmint, 5 box jars 2 75
Spearmint, 3 box jars 1 65
Trunk Spruce ...:.... 6d
Nuecarman ...-.-.- ee eelae 55
WENO ..---..------ be ics (BD
CHICORY
OMIM 4.5.45. oe 5
Red |......-. eecicipelee 7
tagle ..... De elses
pagans a et,
July 2, 1913
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
29
oa oo Red a FLAVORING EXTRACTS HIDES AND PELTS Smoked Meats Mackerel Young Hyson
been Sens ot 50 Jennings D C Brand Hides Hams, 12 tb av. 17 @17% Mess, 100 Ibs. Cholee -........-5..- 30
Oysterettes .......... 50 Terpeneless Extract Lemon Green, No. 1 ........ - 11% aa a Lg Ns eee Mess, e aor Fancy .....-++-+--- 40@50
Premium Sodas ...... 100 No. box, per doz. 75 Green, No. 2 .......-. bo oie ee ee a pee Se
Royal Toast ........- 1 00 No. oF box, per doz. 90 Cured, ING | ool cus ee ari Ae, . 9 @19% 7 t ae. e Oolong
Saratoga Flakes '....1 150 No. 4 F Box, per doz. 175 Cured, No. 2 ........ 12 ee ON ee Formosa, Fancy ... 50@60
Social Tea Biscuit .... 100 No. 3 Taper, per doz. 175 Calfskin, green, No. 215) Galitornia Hams oi ct bi: Formosa, Medium .. 28
S. §. Butter Crackers 150 2 0z. Flat, FM per dz. 1 50 Calfskin, green, No. 2 13% Cas ae 12 Qi No. 1, 10 lbs. . Formaso, Choice .... 35
Uneeda Biscuit ....... 50 5 Calfskin, cured, No. 116 9 Boiteg H ono Whitefish
Uneeda Ginger Wafer 1 00 ennings D C Brand Calfskin, cured, No. 2 14% winSta Ham 1. 18 ais 109 Ihe, ......).. e--0- 905 English Breakfast
Vanilla Wafers ..... 1 00 Extract Mexican Vanilla ‘ 50 Ibs 2.4.5.2... 5. 5 25 ;
Cee ee ig Meter ae 8) oe! lets is 10 TDS... eee eee ee ee 1 oa
Zu Zu Ginger Snaps .. 50 No. 2 F Box, per doz. 1 25 en Saus 8 IDS... esse eee ee eee wae
No 4FB mba <2......- 0@ 25 edges 100 tb Fancy
Zwieback ........ 1 SG Taper’ iia soe ; a Shearlings ....... 10@' 20 Bologna ..... ae Be : G
Other Package Goods 2 oz. Flat F'M per dz. 2 00 Tallow oe ee We... / a ine
cscs Aniwain |. 80 FLOUR AND FEED Mo 2 5.010... @ 6 Frankfort ceeee oe 8 § he ........ “iI 65) Ceylon, choice 30@85
bracts Geena... 20 Now 2 fie. @ 4 treceeeeees 15° @14 Wen yy bec. ce. 45@50
Grand Rapids Grain -& Weal oo. ct... 11 SEEDS
Butter Crackers NBC Milling Co. Wool Tongue .... 11
Family Package .. 2 50 5 Unwashed, med. @18 Headcheese ......0... 9 eure es - - TOBACCO
Soda, ae NBC or Winter Wheat Unwashed. fine .. @13 Canary, Smyrna weeeee a aca 6.4
Family Package .... Purity Patent 40 HORSE RADISH Beet eee S ciesescits = u
Pruit Cake ....--...- e000 gee ee ee BON ber doe | ....---.---- oo ee ce Cb ee 1 45
In Speclal Tin Packages oe seeseeeees-D 00 Jelly Rump, new ... 21 00@22 00 Hemp, Russian ....... 5 Bunic. a VEE 2 a
per doz. Wisard ees wee -5 20 5mm pails, per doz. .. 2 20 Pig’s Feet Mixed Bird .......... 5 Dan Patch, 8 and 16 oz. 32
Mestinog oc... .lee5. BO Wied Gea sai 2°) 22 15% pails, per pail... 48 % bbls. «...........++. 105 Mustard, white ...... 8 | Dan Patch, 4 oz. .... 11 52
Nabisco 25¢ ...-+++- .. 250 we - Meal .. 4.00 30% pail, per pail.... 90 % bbis., 40 Ibs. ....... BG MOREY co 2 cerns esse ns 11, ‘Dan Patch, 2 oz 57
00 Wizard Buckwheat .. 6 00 1 Rape 1 F : oo 6
Nabisco 10c_....... 9 ge 4 40 JELLY GLASSES a sa ieess aa Lanes we fee ee OS
ia uk per ia rere OD ee le 8 50 Hiawatha, 16 oz. 60
Mabiees 0... 195 Valley Clty Milling Co. 226 id pm’ tec ace is Tripe Hendy me ease ae Hiawatha, Se ........ 5 40
. ie . 2 x, large : y 7
— rater ace : Hs ee ee see 5 60 8 oz. capped in bbls. Kits, 15 Ibs. ..... g9 Handy Box, anal 7 1 8 xo fo a a ‘oe t ie
aon cate ao oe . + 8 10 per doz. ........+5. 18 ¥y pbis., 40 Ibs. ....... 160 Bixby’s Royal Polish 85 No Limit, 16 oz. ..... 3 60
ote poesia a ae ak. REL EING eu % bbls. 80 Ibs. .....--. 300 Miller's Crown Polish 85 Sunes. oe 16 oz. 40
ea ll. 2a Gran Meal... 16 : ot 1 anor oes 11 10
Square Cans ........- 36 Bolted Med. ........... 1 65 MINCE MEAT Caninae Scotch, in bladders .... 37 ae BC nee ete e ee 1 8
i 41 Hogs, per % ......... 35 Maccabi j etoskey Chief, 7 oz. 2 00
Fancy caddies... Voigt Milli Per case ........... . 285 oy, in jars ...... 35 petosk i
DRIED FRUITS Gran Pate illing Co. Beef, rounds, set a 20 French Rapple in jars .. 43 a ey Chief, 14 oz. 3 90
‘Apples Voigt’s ao 4 60 MOLASSES Beef, middles, set ..90@95 SoD ao ane Honey, 5c 5 76
Bvapor’ed, Choice bulk 6% Voigt’s Mlouroigt <<. 6 40 New Orleans Sheep, per bundle ..... 7c A fo ee 3 96
Evapor’ed, Fancy pkg. 7 yours Hygienic tee. 4 60 waviey Open Kettle ... 2 Uncolored Butterine eas Hrelish |... a Sterling, L & D 5c .. 5 76
t oigt’s Royal ........ oice ....-. seen ees 9 Soli iry . ee Sweet Cuba,
oe * 12014 Watson-Higgins Miling, Co Gest Soe ee reece = Gouna Gale Bu O18 SPICES Sweet Cuba, ean 3 78
Ceccincccseesicice sic mowee
ee Citron 15 The feo ware 8 a Half barrels 2c extra Canned Meats ae nes Spices Sweet Cuba, + he iia 4 30
orsican .......-+eee- Gdiden Sheof Flour... 2 go Red Hen, No. 2% ....175 Corned beef, 2 Ih. .....4 20 Pouica: Jamaica ..... 9 Sweet Cuba, % Ib. foil 2 25
Currants Marshall's Best Flour 485 Bed Hen, No 6 ..... 95 Cqned tee im 2 a Geo ee Garden 11 = Sweet Burley, fe LED 5 7¢
soctea 1 ty oke ..-.- 8% Red Hen. No. 10....165 Roast beef. 2 tb. ..... 420 ClOve® Zanzibar ..... 27 © Sweet Burley, 8 oz. .. 2 45
Poarerted, (OR + So MUSTARD Rewtbet tm | ..28) eo conten - 14 Sweet Burley, 16 oz. .. 4 90
Peaches Quaker. Gan B40 % tb 6 Ib. box 16 ae ae ee ees ee aes Creican ee 8 act eee ee 7
€ , oo 4 . BOX ...... otted Ham, ee os - cooess 92 Sweet Mist, ae 1
a lees Sam... 19 Quaker Buckwheat bbl 6 50 OLIVES Fever Gel) ee eo 14% Sweet Mist, 2 @
Fancy, peeled, 25tb. .. 18 Kansas Hard Wheat Dewar 4a. moa Ne ro i Seleavem. we ........ 5 76
Te Worden Grocer Co Bef eet et oe ae Peeled ponuee. Ye ee ee Me Sir, Ge _. 5... .-2--, 6 90
; ulk, 2 gal. kegs Potted To Neat a a ese y Tiger, 25e cans ...... :
Lemon, American .... 12% American Eagle, %s ..5 35 Bulk, 5 gal. kegs 1 00@1 15 ngue, 48 -- 90 Mixed, 5c pkgs. doz. .. 45 Uncle Daniel, 1 ae ’ 80
Orange, American .... 12% American Eagle, %s ..5 25 Stuffed, 5 oz. ........ 90 RICE Nutmegs, 70-80 ...... 0 Uncle Daniel, 1 oz. .. 5 22
Oe American Eagle, 45 -.5 15 Stuffed, 8 0. ..... C626 Beney ....... 8a fee eee : |
tuffe 1 25 * Br » DIACK .....-08
Cluster, 2@ cartons ....2 25 Spring Wheat Pitted” (not stuffed) » 225 ee : @5% Pepper, White ....... 25 Plug
Loose Muscatels 3 Cr 5% Roy Baker ae 2 25 tee @4% Pepper, Cayenne .... 22 Am. Navy, 16 oz 32
Loose Muscatels Cr_ oy, Golden Horn, family ..5 20 Manzanilla, 8 oz. ..... | 90 ROLLED OATS Tape. Egarian Apple, 10 Ib. butt ...... 38
; , Golden Horn, bakers 1.510 Lunch, 10 oz. ..... -. 135 Rolled Avena, bbls. ...5 25 Pure Ground: In Bull Pons Sat. Leak. 2
California Prunes ‘ Wisconsin Rye ....... 3 390 Lunch, 16 oz. ... 225 Steel Cut, 100 tf. sks. 250 Allspice, Jamaica and 5 Ib .-........ 60
oe an: Dee 2 ; Aiidson Gioces Co Queen, Mammoth, 19° cs pe nble eo 495 Cloves, Zanzibar ..... 30 Drummond Nat. Leaf,
- OTD. . . O86... cece aes onarch, 90 Ib. sacks 2 35 ssi 9 yér doz ..........., 96
70. 80 2atb. boxes. .@ 8% Ceresota, Ys ....... 5 Queen, Mammoth, 28 erg Quaker, 18 Regular ..1 oe aa a Battle AX wwe, 32
~ afb. - ver ae : OF 5 uaker, 20 Family ....4 00 : ; 5 sracer, G6 and 12.15. 30
one a a bares ig Ceresota, 348 .......... 6 Olive Chow, 2°doz. cs, ‘5 eal ate GOUSSiNG ee ay 2 Big mie aon 6a
- a 5 = is
Worden Grocer Co per OZ. secsee ces oO i Pepper Black ... 15 oot Jack, 2 th wos | 80
FARINACEOUS GOODS i : Columbia, 1% pt. ...... 2 25 Pp : i A Boot Jack, per doz... 90
Wingold, %s cloth ....5 PICKLES ‘ ; hs .? epper, White ....... 35 :
Beans } 78 Columbia, 1 pint .... 400 p 7 9 Boliion, 16 aa ...... 46
California Lima ..... . 1% Wee - ies - 2 Medium Durkee’s, large 1 doz. 4 50 Paprites:, ae 8 Climax, Golden Twins 48
Michigan Lima .-...... Wingold, %s paper ...6 65 Barrels, 1,200 count .. 7 75 Durkee’s, small, 2 doz. 5 25 Cima, 12% O% .--+-. 44
Med. Hand Picked ....2 40 Wineold’ Ge caoue .. (5 86 Half bbls., 600 count 4 38 Snider's, large, 1 doz. 2 35 STARCH Clima, 7 07... 125... 44
Brown Holland ....... 165 | Taaieana? "oe "*'ts 45 5 gallon kegs ........ 200 Snider’s small, 2 doz. 1 35 Corn ae Work, 7 & 14 1b. 3
Barings) ee a SALERATUS Kingsford, 4 Ty reme de Menthe, Ib 62
Small ingsford, 49 Ips. .... 14% bp
Bulk, Ge i 4 00 Sleepy wee ace 5 60 Barrels i. 950 «A Peseed oy ie, In bee Muzzy, 20 lb. pkgs. ..5% 5 ly PS 58
Original Holland Rusk Sleepy Eye, 4s cloth ..5 50 Half Bards 5 25 eden te ee oe Muzzy, 40 lt), pkgs. .-5 = Four Roses, 10c ...... 90
Packed 12 rolls to container Sleepy Eye, %4s cloth ..5 40 5 gallon kegs occ tcc e 00 ‘ - Gloss Gilt Bdee, 2 ib ...... 50
3 containers (40) rolls 3 20 Sleepy Eye, %s paper 5 40 SAL SODA Kingsford Got hoa cei.
Sleepy Eye, %s paper 5 40 Gherkins | Silver Gloss, 40 1tb. .. 7% Gold Rope, 4 & 8 lb. 58
Hominy Barrels 14 50 Granulated, bbls. .... 80 Silver Gloss, 16 3Ibs 6% G. O. P., 12 & 24 tb. 40
Pearl, 100 Ib. sack .. 2 00 Meal oe ae -.++ 1450 Granulated, 100 ibs. cs. 90 Silver Gloss, 12 6Ibs. . 8% Granger Twist, 6b... 46
een eae vere Bolted ........ 3 80@4 00 5 gallon Rene ooo. Granulated, 36 pkgs... 125° "''\* Muzzy ae Ww. 0 & a 2 36
omestic, . box... Golden Granul’d 380@400 ~~ 7" "* Horse Shoe, 6 & 12 th. 48
Imported, 25 Ib. box .. 2 50 Sweet Small SALT 48 1b. packages ...... 5 ana ae “
Pearl Barley Re ee 1 07 Barrels ....-..-. wee. E400 Common Grades a ping pee 2: ;* ace Oe are Sate 8
@hester f)0) 21> | wite 2 “"t"'"" 3 97 Half barrels ..... ey MOS ee a oa eae gy 3:7. 5% & 1 mh .. 35
Pompire: 0626 ee 1 Oates Gea: 5 gallon kegs ..... oe oo e5 2 5 ee pices ecciey 2 40 Cee ee ete: LB sthoa pha oe 12%. 32
' sacks ...... 2 40 eystone Twist, 6Ib. 45
Green, ries scan. bu. 2 00 Pee oe a PIPES ae a oes oe baie hil alg lata 2
Green, Scotch, bu. 2 00 Gorn Clay, No. 216, per box 1 75 a ue sacks ee iacle Din, 20 of. .... | 26
oe oe gg GR Reman ERE | BR sews ST Bares io ap Merry widow, timo, 3
Sago Less than carlots ...... 70) COD eae soe: cae " i _ Warsaw Bhis Karo. No. 2)... 160 Barcot, 12 th. ......:... 36
= oa ee Maes es ia ay PLAYING CARDS 96 &. dairy in drill bags 40 Blue Karo, No. 2% .. 2 06 Patterson’s Nat. Leaf 93
erman, sacks ......- Garlots ......72...... 00 28 tb. dairy in drill bags 20 Blue Karo, No. 6 .... 210 Peachey, 6-12 & 24 Ib. 40
German, broken pkg. Less Tusa carlots 17 00 No. 90, Steamboat ... 75 Blue Karo, No. 10 ... 2.00 Picnic Twist, 5 Ib 45
Tapioca ced No: D> Beet oor te Solar Rock Red Karo, No. 2 ..---- 198 Piper Heidsick, 4 & 7b. 69
Flake, 100 tb. sacks .. 4% Street Car Feed oe we 20, Rover, enam’d. 150 56 tb. sacks ............ 25 Red Karo, No. 2% .. 240 Piper Heidsick, per doz. 96
Pearl, 130 tb. sacks .. 4% No. 1C Oat Fee No. 572, Special .... 1 75 Rea Hare, No. i ...... 235 Polo, 3 doz., per doz. 48
o. orn & Oat Feed 33 No. 98 Golf, satin fin. 2 00 Common > 7
Red
Pearl, 36 pikes. sete : 2 Cracked corn ......-.- 32 No. 308, Bieycle Oh Ghanwietcd. ine ve Red Karo, No. 10 .... 2 25 a icut, 1% 0Z. ...... 38
ncaa oa aie ee Coarse corn meal ..... 82 No. 632, Tourn’t whist 2.25 Medium, Fine ....... 110 ere aes Srouh cet: Gen.
FISHING TACKLE, FRUIT JARS POTASH oe Bec Bee |
ason, pts., per gro. Babbitt’s, 2 doz. ......1 75 Cod Ghoice .......-..-- 25
Mason, qts., per gro. 4 95 : ee ; ; a pecs Beet FOR
Mason, % gal. per gro. 7 30 PROVISIONS a myer ee oe TABLE SAUCES ae ae 14 and 28Ib a
ason, : i ee : ; :
nm, can tops; gro. 1 65 Barreled Pork Strips or bricks 74%@10% Bee ee EEC eC Re 7° Standard oe Th, 15
GELATINE Clear Back ....22 00@23 00 Pollock ...... ee @ 4% Toe fo 2 34
Cox’s, 1 doz. large ..1 45 Short Cut Clear 20 50@21 00 Halibut TEA Ten Penny, 8, & 12%. 35
Cox’s, 1 doz. small .. 90 Bean ........ 18 00@18 50 Strips ..... Coes. eas Japan Town Talk OZ. ..,. 30
Knox's Sparkling, doz. 1 25 — Clear 23 50@24 00 Chunks 16 : Yankee Girl, 6 12 & 24 30
Knox’s Sparkling gr. 1400 Pig ...........+--eee 3 00 : Sundried, medium ..24@26
Knox’s Acidu’d. doz. 1 25 Clear Family ....<.. ri 00 Hollana Herring Sundried, choice ...30@33 Scrap
Nelson’s ..... es 50 Y. M. wh. hoop bbls. 12 00 Sundried, fancy ....36@40
Gmot 8, 75 Dry Salt Meats YM wh hoop % bbl 6 50 Eaeket-fired, medium 30 All Red, Se __........- 5 76
Plymouth Rock, Phos. 125 S P Bellies ......144%@15 Y! M. wh. hoop kegs 72 + Pasket-fired, choice 35@87 Am. Union Scrap .... 5 40
Plymouth Rock, Plain 90 . ¥, M. wh. hoop Milchers et teed, fence ae Ciuse me wet ae
GRAIN BAGS Pure in tierces ..12 @Q12% Ques, Mei oan i: Sittings ........... . 10@12 Globe Scrap, 2 0z..... 30
Broad Gauge ........ 18 oranenna Lard .. z 7, Fannings ......... . 14@15 Happy Thought, 2 oz. 30
8%@ 9 Queen, % bbls. ..... 5 7
se. rsss 3g Amoskeag ......-.-+-. 19 80 lb. tubs ....advance % Queen kegs ........ | 6s Gunpowder ener cae aoe & Se 5 76
farce 0 se Herbs 60 Tb tubs ....advance % Moyune, medium .. 35 Mail P of oe sc
50 th. tins ....advance Trout ail Pouch, 4 doz. 6c 2 00
% Moyune, choi 33
Poles eee 15 20%». pails _...advance % No. 1, 100 Ibs 750 M y ’ Ce ....-. Old Songs, ec 5 76
Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz. 55 mecacee ies... 15 10 tb. pails ....advance % No.1, 40 lbs sess 0 Moyune, fancy ..... 50@60 Old Times, % gro. . 5 50
Eemeboo, * fe per gos. % Latire “Leaves ........ 15 65 th. pails ....advance 1 No 1.40 Ibs 90 pig ml oe = 2 oad act Bes 1% gro. 5 76
mboo, r doz enna VOB .....--. 20 4 ae » oats e n ce 4 0. 5
pe 8 Ib. pails ....advance 1 No. 1, 8 lbs. .......... 75 Pingsuey, fancy .... 50@55 Red Man Scra: os a 1 i
30
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
July 2, 1913
SPECIAL PRICE CURRENT
12
Scrapple, 5c pkgs.
Sure Shot, 5c 1-6 gro. 5 76
Yankee Girl Scrap, 2 oz 5 76
Pan Handle Serp % gr. 5 76
Peachy Scrap, 5c .... 1 90
Jnion Workman, 2% 6 00
Smoking
All Leaf, 24% & 7 oz 30
BB Ste Oz: ....5-2--. 00
Oe, 1 OR. 2 cw wen es 12 00
Bi t4 om ...--....- 24 00
Bagdad, 10c tins 11 52
PaGgeer, 5 OF. ..--...- 5 04
Badger, 7 OZ. ...... 11 52
Banner, 5c .......-+. -.5 76
Banner, 8 _ pele ee ce 1 60
Banner, 16 oz. ......-- 3 20
Belwood, Mixture, 10c 94
Big Chief, 2% oz. .. 6 00
Big Chief, 16 oz. .... 30
Bull Durham, 5c ..... -5 85
Bull Durham, 10c ....11 52
Bull Durham, 15c ....17 28
Bull Durham, 8 oz. .. 3 60
Bull Durham, 16 oz. ..
Buck Horn, 5c 5
Buck Horn, 10c ....
Briar Pipe, 5c ...
Briar Pipe, 10c
Black Swan, 5c
Black Swan, 14 oz. .. 3 50
Bob White, 5c .......-- 6 00
Brotherhood, be ----s- 5 95
Brotherhood, 10c .... 11 00
Brotherhood, 16 oz. .. 39
Carnival, 5c ..--..--.. 5 70
Carnival, % OZ. ..... 39
Carnival, 16 0Z. .....- 40
Cigar Clp’g Johnson 30
Cigar Clip’g Seymour 30
Identity, 3 & 16 oz. .. 30
Darby Cigar Cuttings 4 50
Continental Cubes, 10c 90
Corn Cake, 14 oz. .... 2 55
Corn Cake, 7 oz. .... 1
Corn Cake, 5c ......-. 5
Cream, 50c pails ..... . 70
3
Cuban Star, 5c foil ..
Cuban Star, 16 oz pails
Chips, 10c 10 2
Dills Best, 134 oz.
Dills Best, 3% oz. .... 77
Dills Best, 16 oz. .... 73
Dixie Kid, Bc ........ 48
Duke’s Mix, 5c ...... 5 76
Duke’s Mix, 10c .... 115
Duke’s Cameo, 5c -. : 76
Drum, 5c
r. EA.
Fashion, 5c
Fashion, 16 oz. .
Five Bros., 5c .. _ 2
Five Bros., 10c ....... 10
Five cent cut Plug oo 29
E © 6 i0c .......-.. 50
Four Roses, 10c ...... 96
Full Dress, 1% oz. .. 712
Giad Hand, 6c ....... 48
Gold Block. 10c .... 11 38
Gold Star, 5c pail
Gail & Ax Navy, 5e 5 76
Growler, 5c ...-..-- 42
Growler, 10c ......... 94
Growler, 20c ......... 1 85
Giant, Be .............5 16
Ginnt, 15 Of .-.-..--- 33
Hand Made, 2% oz. 56
Hazel Nut, 5c ...... 76
Honey Dew, 134 oz. .. 40
Hunting, 5c ........... 50
[Xi Se... 6 10
[x () in paiis ...... 32
Just Suits, Bc ........ 6.00
Just Suits, 10c ...... 11 8&8
Kiln Dried, 25¢ ...... 2 45
Kine Bird, 7 oz ...... 16
King Bird, 10c ~osead 52
Kine Bird, 6c ........ . 5 76
im Form, 6c ........ 76
Little Giant, 1 Ib. .... 28
Lucky Strike, 1% oz. 94
Lucky Strike, 1% oz. 96
Le Redo, 3 0g. ......
Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz. 38
Myrtle Navy, 10c ...11 52
Myrtle Navy, 5c ...... 5 76
Maryland Club, 5c ... 50
Mayflower, 5c ....... - 5 76
Mayflower, 10c ...... 96
Mayflower, 20c ...... : : 92
Nigger Hair, 5c ...... 6 00
Nigger Hair, 10c ....10 70
Nigger Head, 5c ...... 5 40
Nigger Head, 10c ....10 56
Noon Hour, 5c 14
Old Colony, 1-12 gro. 11 52
Old Mill, 5¢ 5
Old English Curve 1% ie 96
Old Crop, 5c
Old Crop, 25c
P. &S., 8 oz. 30 ib. ‘cs. 19
P. 8S., 3 oz., per gro. 5 70
Pat Hand, ton 63
Patterson Seal, 1% oz. 48
Patterson Seal, 3 oz. .. 96
Patterson Seal, 16 oz. 5 00
Peerless, 5c ........... 5 76
Peerless, 10c cloth aa 52
Peerless, 10c paper ..10 80
Peerless, 20c ........ 2 04
Peerless, 40c ....... 4 08
Plaza, 2 ero. cs. .... 5 76
Piow Boy, 5e ........ 5 16
11
Pride or wieinis. 1% 17
Fo Sc ..,...-- 5 76
eecere
13
Pilot, 7 oz. doz. ....
Pilot, 14 oz. doz. ....
Prince Albert, 5c .... 48
Prince Albert, 10c .... 96
Prince Albert, 8 oz. ...
Prince Albert, 16 oz. ..
Queen Quality, 5c ....
Rob Roy, 5c foil ...
Noe
_
Oo
Rob Roy, 10c gross ..10 52
Rob Roy, 25c dez. .... 2 10
igge Roy,
& M., 6c gross .. 76
& M., 14 oz. doz.
Soldier Boy, 5c gross
Soldier Boy, 10c ....1
Soldier Boy, 1 th. .... 4 75
Sweet Caporal, 1 oz... 60
Sweet Lotus, 5c ...... 6 00
Sweet Lotus, 10c .... 12 00
3
7
5
0
2
50c doz. .... ; 10
3
5
0
Sweet Lotus, per doz. 4 35
Sweet Rose, 2% oz. 30
Sweet Tip Top, 5c ... 50
Sweet Tip top, 10c .. 1 00
-
.
COME OOH ON Or
on
o
Sweet Tips, %4 gro. ..
Sun Cured, 10c
Summer Time, 5c ....
Summer Time, 7 oz. .
Summer Time, 14 oz.
Standard, 5c foil ....
Standard, 5c paper ....
Standard, 10c paper ..
Seal N. C., 134 cut plug 70
Seal N. C. 1% Gran. 63
Three Feathers, 1 0z. 48
Three Feathers, 10c_ 11 52
Three Feathers and
Pipe combination .. 2 25
Tom & Jerry, 14 oz. .. 3 60
Tom & Jerry, 7 oz. ... 1 80
Tom & Jerry, 3 0z..... 76
‘Trout Tine, 5c ...... 5 95
Trout Line, 10c .... 10 00
Turkish, Patrol, 2-9 5 76
Tuxedo, 1 oz. bags .. 48
Tuxedo, 2 oz. tins .. 96
TuKeHO, ZOC cccececcce
Aas
©
oS
Tuxedo, 80c tins .. ...
Twin Oaks, 10c ..... 96
Union Leader, 50c .. 5 06
Union Leader 25c .... 2 25
Union Leader, 10c .. 11 60
Union Leader, 5c .... : ee
Union Workman, 1%
a0c .-..
8 oz. .... 2 20
_
o
o
o
Uncle Sam,
Uncle Sam,
U. S. Marine, bc .... 6 00
Van Bibber, 2 oz. tin 88
Velvet, 5c pouch ..... 48
Velvet, 10c tin ........ 96
Velvet, 8 oz. tin .... 3 84
Velvet, 16 oz. can .... 7 68
Velvet, combination es. 5 75
War Path, 5c ........ 5 95
War Path, Som ...--. 1 60
Wave Line, 3 oz. .... 40
Wave Line, 16 0z. .... 40
Way up, 2% oz. ...... 5 75
Way up, 16 oz. pails ... 31
Wild Fruit, 5c 5 76
Wild Fruit, 10c
Yum Yum, ic .
Yum Yum, 18c ..--.- 11 52
Yum Yum, 1 lb., doz. 4 80
TWINE
Cotton, 3 ply ........ 22
Cotton, 4 ply ......... 22
gute, 2% ply .-.-.----- 14
Hemp, 6 ply ....-..-.- 13
ax, medium ....... 24
Wool, 1 lb. bales ...... 6
VINEGAR
White Wine, 40 grain 8%
White Wine, 80 grain 11%
White Wine, 100 grain 13
Oakland Vinegar & Pickle
Co.’s Brands.
Highland apple cider ..18
Oakland apple cider .. -
State Seal sugar ....
Oakland white pickling 10
Packages free.
WICKING
No. 0, per gross ....
No. 1, per gross .... 40
No. 2, per gross .... 50
No. 3 per gross .... %5
WOODENWARE
Baskets
BuUsheIs ......-..... - 100
Bushels, wide’ band | wo 4 15
ArKO oe oc no. 40
Splint, large ... - 3 50
Splint, medium ...... 3 00
Splint, small ........ 2 75
Willow, Clothes, large 8 25
Willow, Clothes. small 6 75
Wilow, Cothes, me’m 7 50
Butter Plates
Ovals
\% Ib., 250 in crate ...... 30
vA Ib., 250 in crate .... 30
lb., 250 in crate .... 35
Ib., 250 in crate .... 45
lb., 250 in crate .... 65
lb. 250 in crate .... 85
Wire End
Ib., 250 in crate .... 35
Ib., 250 in crate ..
Ib., 250 in crate
Ib., 250 in crate
Churns
Barrel, 5 gal., each
Barrel, 10 gal., each’
Clothes Pins
Round Head
anes
oo hte
2 40
2 55
14
41% inch, 5 gross ....... 65
Cartons, 20 2% doz bxs 70
Egg Crates and Fillers
Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. 20
No. 1 complete ........ 40
No. 2, complete .,..... . 28
Case No. 2, fillers, 15
Bere ...-..-.:-..... 35
Case, medium, 12 sets 1 15
Faucets
Cork lined, 3 in. ....... 70
Cork lined, 9 in. ...... 80:
Cork lined, 10 in. ...... 90
Mop Sticks
Trojan spring ...,...:.. 90
Eclipse patent Sen 85
No. 1 common .......... 80
No. 2 pat. brush holder 85
Ideal No. 7
12lb. cotton mop heads 1 45
Pails
2-hoop Standard ......2 00
2-hoop Standard ..... 2 25
3-wire Cable ...... os. 2 10
Cedar all red brass . 1 25
3-wire Cable ...... 2 30
Paper Eureka 2 25
Mire oo ee . 2 40
10 qt. Galvanized .... 1 70
12 qt. Galvanized .... 1 90
14 qt. Galvanized .... 2 10
Toothpicks
Birch, 100 packages .. 2 00
eA fee eee 85
Traps
Mouse, wood, 2 holes 22
Mouse, wood, 4 holes 45
Mouse, wood, 6 holes 70
Mouse, tin, 5 holes .... 65
Rab weed .....-.:.... 80
Het spring .......... 75
Tubs
Standard, No.
20-in. 1 7 50
18-in. Standard, No. 2 6 50
16-in. Standard, No. 3 5 50
20-in. Cable, No. 1 .. 8 00
18-in. Cable, No. 2 .... 7 00
16-in. Cable, No. 3 .... 6 00
No. | Mibre ........ 10 25
No. 2 Wibre .......... 25
9
No. 3 Fibre ....-5.... 8
Large Galvanized ... : 75
4
Medium Galvanized ..
Small Galvanized ....
Washboards
Bronze Globe 2 50
DEWEY oo cece le 1 75
Double Acme 3 75
Single Acme . 3 15
Double Peerless ...... 3 75
Single Peerless ...... 3 25
Northern Queen ...... 3 25
Double Duplex ....... 3 00
Good Luck ......... « 240
Universal ..........-- 3 15
Window Cleaners
a2 tne ce eee tees 1 65
10 1 ec access ces 1 85
WG ame coe. o. 5.3. 2 oD
Wood Bowls
13 im. Butcher ...---.. 1 50
15 in. Butter ...-.... 2 00
a7] in. Butler ....- sce B dO
19 in. Butter .....-.- 6 00
Assorted, 18-15-17 .. 3 00
Assorted, 15-17-19 .... 4 25
WRAPPING PAPER
Common Straw ...... 2
Fibre Manila, white .. 3
Fibre Manila, colored 4
No: 1 Manila ..-....... 4
Cream Manila ........ 3
Butchers’ Manila 2%
Wax Butter, short e’nt 13
Wax Butter, full count 20
Wax Butter, rolls .... 19
YEAST CAKE
Magic, 3 doz. ...... 1
Sunlight, 3 doz. ...... 1 0
Sunlight, 1% doz. ....
Yeast Foam, 3 doz. 1
Yeast Foam, 3 doz. 1
Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 58
AXLE GREASE
1 Tb boxes, per gross $ 00
3 Tb. boxes, per gross 24 00
BAKING POWDER
Royal
10c size .. 90
%%b cans 1 35
6 oz. cans 1 99
%b. cans 2 50
%Ib cans 3 75
1% cans 4 80
3Ib cans 13 00
5Ib cans 21 50
15
16
17
CIGARS
Johnson Cigar Co.’s Brand
S. C. W., 1,000 lots .... 31
Hl Poertana ............ 33
Evening Press ........ 32
Exemplar .)...... secs, Be
Worden Grocer Co. Brand
Ben Hur
Pertecmon 2.02.25... 566 35
Perfection Extras ...... 35
MUONGTES ce 35
Londres Grand ......;.. 35
Standard (2.0; ....56 ssc. BD
PUWIGATOS oo ccc scics 35
Panatellas, Finas ...... 35
Panatellas, Bock ...... 35
Jockey Clib .......... .. 35
Old Master Coffee
Old Master 6......-..... 33
San Mario ....0000..... _
PAGt Coie eee oe
TEA
te aanen. 4%, %
and 1 i. ............ 40
aE BOUR co.,
TOLEDO, O.
COFFEE
Roasted
Dwinnell-Wright Co.’s B’ds
a tamed Tae
White House, 2tb ....
Excelsior, Blend, 1Ib .....
Excelsior, Blend, 2b ......
Tip Top, Blend, 1b
Royal Blend ....... beeceee
Superior Blend ......cecccee
Boston Combination
Distributed
Grocer Co.,
Lee & Cady,
mons Bros. &
by Judson
Grand Rapids;
Detroit; Sy-
Co., Sagi-
naw; Brown Davis & War-
ner, Jackson;
Durand & Co.,
Godsmark,
Battle
er Fielbach Co., To-
COCOANUT
ledo.
Baker’s’ Brazil
10 Bc pkgs.,
Shredded
per case 2 60
26 10c pkg., per case 2 60
16 10c and 33 5c
per case
Apex Hams ....
Opex Bacon ....
Apex Lard .....
Excelsior Hams
Excelsior Bacon
Silver Star Lard
Silver Star Lard
Family Pork ...
Fat Back Pork
pkgs.,
ete eee
Prices quoted upon appli-
cation, Hammond, Standish
& Co., Detroit, Mich.
SAFES
Full line of fire and bur-
glar proof safes kept in
stock by the Tradesman
Company. Thirty-five sizes
and styles on hand at all
times—twice as many safes
as are carried by any other
house in the State. If you
are unable to visit Grand
Rapids and _ inspect the
line personally, write for
quotations,
ieee
i
i |
The only
5c
Cleanser
Guaranteed to
equal the
best 1@c kinds
e- 80 - CANS - $2.80
SOAP
Lautz Bros’. & Co.
Acme, 30 bars, 75 Ibs. 00
Acme, 25 bars, 75 tbs. 00
Acme, 25 bars, 70 Ibs. 80
Acme, 100 cakes ...... 3 00
Big Master, 100 blocks 4 00
German Mottled ...... 3 15
4
4
3
4
German Mottled, 5 bx. 3
German Mottled 10 bx. 3 10
German Mottled 25 bx 3
Marseilles, 100 cakes ..6
Marseilles, 100 cks. 5c 4
Marseilles, 100 ck toil 4
Marseilles % box toil 2
Proctor & Gamble Co.
TECNOX oe a. 3 00
Ivory: 6 OZ. 2.2 e.. 00
Ivory, 100%, 1250. 6 | 6 75
Siar ee. 3 35
Tradesman Co.’s Brand
Black Hawk, one box 2 50
Black Hawk, five bxs 2 40
Black Hawk, ten bxs 2
A. B. Wrisley
Good Cheer
Old Country
Soap Powders
Snow Boy, 24s 7
size 2. ee
Snow Boy, 60 5s" ak
Snow Boy, 100 5c ....
Gold Dust, 24 large ..
Gold Dust, 100 5e ....
~
ss
00 68 Co C0 CS FSH mw CO DO Ce
a
a
Kirkoline, 24 4tb. .... 80
Pearline teehee adce
Soapine ¢..5:..¢ Miele ae 00
Baubitt’s 1776 ....... 75
Roseine ....:.. peace. 50
Armour’s ..... sesecsss 8 TO
Wisdom ...... aes. 30
Soap Compounds
Johnson’s Fine ...... 5
Johnson's XXX ...... 4
Rub-No-More ........ 3 85
Nine O’clock 3
Scouring
Enoch Morgan’s Sons
Sapolio, gross lots .... 9 50
Sapolio, half gro. lots 4
Sapolio, single boxes 2 40
Sapolio, hand ....... fie
Scourine Manufacturing 2
Scourine, 50 cakes .... 1 8
Scourine, 100 cakes .. 3 5
Churches
Schools
Lodge Halls
We Manufacture
Public Seating
Exclusively
for the merits of our school furniture,
and materials used and moderate prices. win.
We furnish churches of all denominations, designing and
building to harmonize with the general architectural
scheme—from the most elaborate carved furniture for the cathedral to the
modest seating of a chapel.
The fact that we have furnished a large majority of the city
and district schools throughout the country. speaks volumes
Excellence of design. construction
We specialize Lodge. Hall and Assembly seating.
Our long experience has given us a knowledge of re-
quirements and how to meet them. Many styles in stock and built to order,
including the more inexpensive portable chairs, veneer assembly chairs, and
luxurious upholstered opera chairs,
Write Dept. Y.
American Seating Company
GRAND RAPIDS
215 Wabash Ave.
NEW YORK
CHICAGO, ILL.
BOSTON
PHILADELPHIA
ce RR EE eR mn teen Aa
’
a
|
A RN AEE mca ANT. emo emen aie
4
July 2, 1913
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT
31
Advertisements inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each Reet a
continuous insertion.
Cet bao ma temo
Cash must accompany all orders.
BUSINESS CHANCES.
General Stock of Merchandise—Located
in Barry county, Michigan, in a city of
5,000 population; will inventory $25,000;
annual trade $60, 000; will take income
city property up to $15,000,.balance in
cash. Write G. R. Business Exchange,
540 Houseman Bldg., Grand Rapids, eels
24
For Sale or Rent—-A country store, lo-
cated in Missaukee county, Holland set-
tlement. All good farmers. Stock about
$4,000. Deal with owner. G. DeBree,
Vogel Center, Mich. 239°
Candy and ice cream for sale, a bar-
gain, best candy and ice cream parlor
in good town of 10,000. Address Box 216,
Nevada, Missouri. 238
Wanted—Grocery or general stock. Give
full particulars. Address V. C. Wolcott,
Union City, Mich. 247
Sale__First- class _ "$1,500 grocery
stock. Best town Southern Michigan,
1,500 population. Fine paying business.
Might exchange for small farm home in
western Northern Michigan and pay dif-
ference. Lock Box 147, Union City, Mis
For
For Sale_-Bakery, ‘restaurant and con-
fectonery. Enquire or write. Star Bak-
ery, Marion, Mich. 246
One good investment is worth a life-
time of labor. That opportunity is now
presented to you in the development of
an immense ledge of silver-lead ore;
located in western ore zone that has pro-
duced the richest silver-lead mines in
the world. Managed by honest and prac-
tical men. Engineer says: ‘‘Greatest lead
I ever saw; will make a great mine.’’
This is your chance to invest at bottom
price and reap the immense profits of a
developed mine. Full particulars, Edwin
B. Gillespie, 2717C Warren Ave., Chicago,
Th. 245
Building—For rent, good building; fine
location for small, clean business in one
of the best towns in Kansas. L. L.
Humphrey, Independence, Kan. 244
480 acres best Colorado irrigated dis-
trict in alfalfa, sugar beets, potatoes,
small grain, ete. Excellent water rights;
good buildings. Will take up to thirty
thousand dollars in good mercantile biusi-
ness or income property, balance easy
terms. Address Owner, Box 164, Inde-
pendence, Ia. 243
WwW anted__ Specialties | for local eataogue
business. Can use any article of merit.
Let us know what you manufacture and,
if practical, we offer big output. Address
Box 112, Alpena, Mich. 242
30ttling Works—Oldest established in
Okmulgee, Okla.; town of 8,000; located
in center oil and gas fields; paying busi-
ness and a good proposition, $3,000. If
interested, address O. Gorpel, Okmulgee,
Okla. 241
plumbing and. “pum
small town _in Central MIli-
For Sale—tTin,
business in a
nois. Address C. W. DeForest, Cerro
Gordo, Tl. a oe 24 /
For Sale—Soda fountain, candy and
fruit store.
Mich.
Michigan corporation wants three suc-
cessful business men to take complete
charge of branch offices in other cities.
Must be well recommended and invest
$3,000 in securities to insure permanency.
Liberal salary and working interest in
business. Walter G. Abbott, 16-18 Mon-
roe Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 227
H. W. Snyder, South Haven,
231
Hotel For Sale—Good commercial hotel,
centrally located on the St. Joseph river.
Three-story brick building, furnished,
steam heat and electric lights, 30 rooms,
large barn and other out buildings and
ten acres of land. Will sell separately.
Easy terms. Good paying business. Fail-
ine health reason for selling. Address
. F. Marantette, Mendon, Mich. 226
For Sale—Racket store, new_ stock,
cheap rent. Good trade and_ location.
County seat. H. C. Austin, Wray, Colo.
225
If you want to pass any state pharmacy
examination, write me. I am prepared to
give you just the kind of help you need.
Robert L. Wright. No. 2306 E. Broad St.,
Richmond, Va. 223
We buy for cash merchandise stocks
of all kinds; discontinued lines, salesmen’s
samples, mill ends, seconds, miscellan-
eous lots. We buy anything you are
willing to sacrifice for spot cash. What
have you to offer? Western nee oo
229 S. Canal St., Chicago.
For Sale—Up-to-date grocery, fine fix-
tures, in heart of business district of
Kalamazoo. Fine trade. Reason, going
into wholesale business. Address A. W.
Walsh, Kalamazoo, Mich. 190
For Sale—A good tailoring, clothing
and furnising business in one of the best
Western Pennsylvania towns, population
7,000. Reason for selling. sickness. Ad-
dress J. iB. Bedard, St. Marys. Pa. 208
Drug store for sale at less than invoice.
Would sell half interest to druggist w po
would take management of store.
Sun Drug Co., Colorado Springs, Golo,
192
For Sale—Nice clean stock of dry goods,
ladies’ shoes and ready-to-wear Located
in one of the best towns in Montana.
Might consider Minneapolis property or
good automobile in trade for part. Ad-
dress L. T. Moon, Livingston, ae
SPECIAL SALES.
Let us do a season’s business at a profit
for you in a ten days’ sale Write for
date and terms. A. EB. Greene, 116
Dwight Bldg., J Jackson, | Micho 217
For Sale—Furniture and undertaking
business; good reasons for selling. Ad-
dress W. 80, care ‘Tradesman. 205 _
For Sale—Grocery and meat market,
centrally located in Grand Rapids. Well
established. Estimated at $3,000. Must
sell on account of health: Bargain for
quick sale. Address No. 189, care Michi-
gan Tradesman. 189
room_ residence,
Mich. Bath,
Exchange for
care Trades-
186
For Exchange—Ten
finely located, Frankfort,
electric light, city water.
merchandise. Address B,
man
For. ‘Sale—1912 “Rambler Cross- Country,
driven 3,509 miles, completely equipped.
Tires first-class condition. Will sacrifice
$700 for quick sale. Address Edw. F.
Kruse, 210 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Sug
Proposition in Wisconsin, Iron county.
9,600 acres timber and land, 86,480,000
feet saw timber. A. W. Trickey, Spring-
vale, _ Maine. : 222
For r Sale—Clean stock shoes and gent’s
furnishings. Write for particulars. J. L.
Hopkins, _Hebron, Ti. 164
I pay cash for stocks or part stocks
of merchandise. Must be cheap. :
Kaufer, Milwaukee, Wis. Lo
We offer for sale, farms and business
property in nearly all counties of Mich-
igan and also in other states of the
Union. We buy, sell and exchange
farms for business property and invite
your correspondence. J. E. Thom & Co.,
7th Floor Kirby Bldg., Saginaw, Mich. 659
Merchants Please Take Notice! We
have clients of grocery stocks, general
stocks, dry goods stocks, hardware stocks,
drug stocks. We have on our list also a
few good farms to exchange for such
stocks. Also city property. If you wish
to sell or exchange your business write
us. G. R. Business Exchange, 540 House-
Grand Rapids. Mich. 859
For Sale—A complete plumbing ‘and tin
shop with garage in connection. A fine
location for the right man. Large trade
worked up in plumbing, tinning and
roofing; the only garage in town. Build-
ing and business open for inspection. Ad-
dress 1. BF 127, Covington, Ohio. 220
$30,259 stock of clothing, shoes. men’s
furnishings and notions, also two-story
solid brick building, worth $9,000. All
clear, to exchange’ for a good farm or
timber lands. Please do not answer un-
less you have farms that are clear. Ad-
dress P. O. Box 493, New London. Wis.,
where stock is. located. 206
Cash for your business» or property. I
bring buyers and sellers together. Busi-
ness places. and real estate bought, sold
and exchanged. If you want to get into
or out of business, write me. I have
farms that can be exchanged for stores
and stores that can be traded for real
estate. I have cash buyers looking for
openings and business places for sale. Let
me know your requirements. Established
1881. Frank P. Cleveland, Real Estate
Expert, 1261 Adams Express Building,
Chicago, Til. 198
Merchandise of all kinds bought for
cash. Sales strictly confidential. Detroit
Mercantile Co.. 345 Gratiot Ave, Detroit,
Mich. 215
For ‘Rent—At ‘Elmira, Mich., large light
double store. $15 month, with gas, furnace,
shelving, tables, living rooms. :
Stein. Fenton, Mich. 214
We buy and ‘sell second- -hand store fix-
tures. Grand Rapids Merchandise & Fix-
tures Co., 803 Monroe Ave. 236
Sale or Exchange—Clothing, shoes and
furnishings, doing a good business, long
established in a cit-- of 5,500, Southern
Michigan. Will exchange value for value
for a general ni-rchandise stock in a
smaller town, with a good farming trade.
Address No. 233, care Tradesman.
For Sale—Stock dry soods, shoes, gro-
ceries, small town in good farming coun-
try. Established 10 years and have good
trade. Stock and fixtures inventory about
$9,000, which can be reduced. A splendid
opportunity. Good reasons for selling.
Address No. 234, care Tradesman. 234
We pay CASH for merchandise stock
and fixtures. Grand Rapids Merchandise
& Fixtures Co., 803 Monroe Ave. 235
To Exc hange—Fine 160 acre Noble
county. Oklahoma farm; this is extra
good land; price $50 per acre; $3,000 in-
cumbrance. What have you to offer in
exchange for the equity? Will give you
a good bargain. Address Frank P. Cleve-
land. 1261 Adams Express Bldg., Chicago,
TL 203
To trade Arkansas, Oklahoma,
farms for merchandise or
Texas
city property.
106
Box 67, Hatfield, Ark. 8
For Sale—Confectionery, ice cream,
business lunch and bakery. Located op-
posite union depot and boat landing, in
town of 35,000 inhabitants on Lake
Michigan. Have other business to at-
tend to and will sell very reasonable.
Sales average $50 per day. 75 per cent.
transient trade. Address No. 941, care
Tradesman. 941
Grocery and ice cream
cash business. Will sell
cash. Reason for selling, too old to at-
tend to business. Good location. 321
Kansas Ave., Kansas: City, Kan. 146
parlor, doing
reasonable for
For Sale—Clean stock of general mer-
chandise, located in town 1,400 popula-
tion, doing $25,000 annual business. Good
reasons for selling. Address Box 205,
Yale, Mich. 30-
If you wish to buy, sell | or exchange any
legitimate business of any kind, anywnere,
consult our Business Chance Department.
Its operation is national in scope and
offers unexcelled services to the seller,
as well as the buyer. Advantageous ex-
changes for other properties are often
arranged. In writing, state fully your
wants. The Varland System, Sonne
Bank, St. Paul, Minn. 814
Safes Opened—W. L. Slocum, safe ex-
pert and locksmith. 97 Monroe Ave.,
Grand Rapids, Mich. 04
Furniture Business For Sale Will in-
voice at about $12,000. Located in Tur-
lock, in the famous Turlock irrigation
district. Over 175,000 acres in the dis-
trict. Populatton 3,000. Growing every
day. Good reasons for selling. Sales last
year, $30,000. Address Box 217, Turlock,
Cali. 20
“Will “pay ‘cash for ‘stock of shoes and
rubbers. Address M. J. O., care Trades-
man. 221
For Sale—Double brick block. The
elothing and furnishing store is stocked
with about $8,000. The dry goods store
is ready for stock. Shelvings, fixtures,
everything needed. Business established
27 years. Always prosperous. Reason
for selling, wish to retire. Address A. J.
Wilhelm, Traverse City, Mich. 130
HELP WANTED.
Wanted—Good salesman for city trade.
Also man to carry sideline in Michigan,
Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin. Do not
reply unless you mean business. Nation-
al Liquid Soap Co., 702 Bridge St., Grand
Rapid S, Mich. 232
Wanted— Subscription - “solicitors who
have had actual experience in securing
subscribers for trade journals. State ex-
perience, length of time employed and
names of former employers. Address No.
$97, care Michigan Tradesman. 897
Wanted—Clerk for general store. Must
be sober and industrious and have some
previous experience. References required.
Address Store, care Tradesman. 242
SITUATIONS WANTED.
Wanted—A position by
pharmacist. Address No.
igan Tradesman.
registered
224, care Mich-
224
AUCTIONEERS. ‘
Auction Sale—Expert services guaran-
teed closing out or reducing
merchandise. For dates and information
write to Henry Noring, Auctioneer, Reeds-
burg, Wis. 115
OFFICE OUTFITTERS
LOOSE LEAF SPECIALISTS
237-239 Pearl St. (near the bridge), Grand Rapids, Mich
Co.
stocks of.
AWNINGS
Our specialty is AWNINGS FOR STORES AND
RESIDENCES. Wemake common pull-up,
chain and cog-gear roller awnings.
Tents, Horse, Wagon, Machine and Stack
Covers. Catalogue on application.
CHAS. A. COYE, INC.
Campa Ave.u and Louis St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH
Safes That Are Safe
SIMPLY ASK US
*‘Why do your safes save their
contents where others fail?”
SAFE SAFES
Grand Rapids Safe Co.
Tradesman Building
Parcels Post Zone
Maps
We are prepared to furnish local
zone maps, about 10x 14 inches in
size, showing towns located in first
and second zones from the place of
computation (similar to the map
printed in the Michigan Tradesman
of Dec. 11). as follows:
500,........... $11.00
HOOO.. os... 13.00
1500.2... 1. 15.00
Z0QQ coc. 17.00
This includes the making of an en-
graved plate about 8x 10 inches in
size and the printing at top or bot-
tom of plate several lines setting
forth who is responsible for the dis-
tribution of the map. On account of
the timeliness of the map, due to the
interest in parcels post at this time.
no souvenir would be more generally
appreciated than this.
Tradesman Company
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Use
Tradesman Coupons
32
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
July 2, 1913
The Keynote of Success in City
Building,
Menominee, July 1—In the inter-
ests of a bigger, better and busier
Menominee 200 of its business and
professional men sat down to a “Get
Together” dinner held in the dining
rooms of Hotel Menominee.
Not in recent years and perhaps
never in its history has there been
gathered together a larger body of
men intent on the single purpose of
Menominee’ betterment and_ pro-
gress.
The long tables were filled to their
capacity and when the excellent menu
had been served and the repast was
over, it was equally true of those who
had partaken of the feast.
During the banquet Montpas’ or-
chestra furnished music and as pa-
triotic and folk-lore song selections
were banqueters sang
heartily and all arose and joined in
the singing of “The Star Spangled
Banner,’ the closing number.
L. L. Prescott, President of the
Commercial Club, called to order and
introduced ex-Mayor H. T. Emerson,
who spoke briefly on co-operation
and its splendid manifestation in
“Made In Menominee” week prepara-
tions and in the meeting of the
evening. ile complimented the com-
mittee of young men who had_ in
charge the programme for “Made In
Menominee” week and expressed the
appreciation of the business men of
the city for what they had done.
W. S. Fellows, chairman of “The
Made In Menominee” week, said it
did the business men and citizens
good to touch shoulders in this move-
ment and that if everybody would
pull together the results will be sur-
prising. He urged a more definite
co-operation of employers and em-
ployed and said that there was need
of creating a little better feeling
among the working-men of the city
as well as the business men. He
made several helpful suggestions
along lines of city development and
city loyalty which were well re-
ceived.
Col. C. W. Mott spoke on organi-
zation at sonie length, giving some
valuable suggestions about the
growth of the community.
“The real foundation for Menomi-
nee’s success,’ said Col. Mott, “as a
manufacturing and commercial loca-
tion is by being supported by an in-
teiligent and up-to-date agricultural
population.
“If Menominee county, in the next
twenty years, can become the proud
possesscr of a large rural population
three times greater than its urban
population, will stand upon a concrete
foundation of permanent prosperity.
“No financial panic, or other dis-
turbing element, would be able to
shake or crumble its success, and
that condition is arrived at,
manufacturers and commercial houses
will seek, through their own efforts,
locations in Menominee county.
“You have better advantages for
the upbuilding of a prosperous city
of a hundred thousand or more in-
given the
when
habitants than many other locations
that have succeeded in doing this.”
Warry T. Atwood, the speaker of
the evening, of the Chicago Associa-
tion of Commerce, gave an address
on “The Value of Organization and
Co-operation.” Mr. Atwood is a
pleasing speaker and gave many in-
cidents of city growth and in elo-
quent manner and style drew a pic-
ture of the Greater Menominee and
the underlying forces of city develop-
ment as well as National greatness.
Mr. Atwood’s address was listened to
with intense interest and was liberal-
ly applauded.
Closing the exercises of the even-
ing, Mr. Bender, who is at the head
of the promotion forces of the pres-
ent movement, explained its purposes
and methods more fully and called for
volunteers who would work for an
increased membership among the men
of the city in this commercial associa-
tion which was about to take active
and important steps for the practical
up-building of the industrial and civic
life of Menominee.
—_+2.___
To Stimulate Trade By Rebating
Fares.
Benton Harbor, July i—At the
last meeting of the Business Men’s
Association, a commitee consisting of
C. J. Peck, F. G. Prideaux and S. W.
Trick made a report on the plan of
arranging to have the merchants
make a rebate of fares to those who
come in from other towns to trade.
The committee favored the plan and
after considerable debate, in which W.
S. Waite, C. J. Peck, H. U. Rapp,
B. D. Johns, Secretary Hall, Treas-
urer Rahn, President Young and oth-
ers participated, it was decided that
fares should be refunded to ali per-
sons coming here to trade on the in-
terurban or steam roads within a dis-
tance of thirty miles provided they
trade to the extent of $3 with the
merchants who affiliate with the As-
sociation. The committee was re-
quested to continue its work and as-
certain the sentiment of the retail
dealers of the city, also to map out
a plan of procedure.
J. O. Rowe was called on and made
a very interesting address in which
he explained the methods by which
the merchants held trade in Benton
Harbor forty years ago. He said that
in those days all worked together
in harmony and used every effort to
His remarks
were listened to with close attention
keep trade at home.
and warmly applauded.
The committee appointed to confer
with the Development Co. in regard
to the hiring of a paid secretary re-
ported that owing to the absence of
members of the executive committee
of the Development Co., from the
city no definite action had so far been
taken. The committee consisting of
E. C. Harner, H. U. Rapp and M.
J. Hail will meet with the Develop-
ment Co. officials in the near future.
It was said with funds in the treas-
ury to secure factories, now is the
time to have some one interview
Chicago manufacturers who are com-
pletely disgusted over the unreason-
able attitude of the labor unions and
are determined to remove their
plants to open shop towns.
The Cost of Being Late.
A young Kentuckian has lost a big
fortune by being twenty minutes late
in keeping a business engagement,
The cheerless old fellow with the
scythe always gets all that is com-
ing to him.
And there is many a bad scar on
our fortunes where he has had to
prod us up to the mark.
Time is cheap, and we are apt to
think we can filch it as we will. But
it is always ourselves we rob, not
time.
There are. few, if any rules of con-
duct more important and yet more
lightly neglected than that of prompt-
ness in keeping appointments.
Maybe you can waste your own
time by being late in keeping engage-
ments and feel that the loss, is your
own affair. But it is also the affair
of the man you keep waiting. You
waste his time, too. If your time is
worthless, maybe his is not. He may
conclude that his time is worth more
to him than you are,
In many cases it may not matter
much. But one never knows until
afterward whether it matters or not.
And through false politeness we are
usually assured that it does not matter
even when it does.
Only the idle and careless, whose
time is of the least value can afford
to waste it by looseness in keeping
engagements.
It may be hard to acquire the fixed
habit of always being on time, but
it can be done and it is worth while
to do it.
Great business men have this habit.
Napoleon would not have been Napo-
leon but for his unfailing promptness.
Men of great affairs, whose time is
most completely taken up, are usu-
ally on time. It is they who know
best the value of time and the im-
portance of saving it by being prompt.
—_+--—____
The Elongated Mr. Peck.
Conductor Peck, the cadaverous
representative of the Passenger De-
partment of the G. R. & I. on the
Traverse City division, is very much
thought of by the people along the
line, but they would think a heap more
of him these days if he would pull out
of Walton Junction with a little more
expedition and thus save them the
necessity of fighting the army of in-
vaders in the shape of mosquitoes
which swarm in upon the passengers
while the train is waiting at the sta-
tion. Knowing ones insist that Peck
has a regularly enlisted army of in-
vaders and that when his train is not
in Walton, they sit behind the stumps
sharpening their bills, so as to be in
readiness to make a charge when the
whistle announces the approach of the
train. Not content with his success
in the mosquito line, he recently lost
two swarms of bees out of a carload
of bees which was going to Traverse
City, greatly to the amusement (?)
and somewhat to the dismay of the pas-
sengers, who naturally resented the
intrusion. Mr. Peck undertook to
take one swarm of the bees home,
but they left the train at Traverse
City and assembled in a tree in the
park connected with the depot. A
passenger who thought he could save
the price of a bed by sleeping under
a tree in the park woke up the next
morning to find that the bees had
stung him in the face so many times
that he could not see out of his eyes.
Mr. Peck probably knows more peo-
ple in Northern Michigan and more
tourists who visit Northern Michigan,
than any other man in the Grand
Traverse region and despite his age—
he will be 67 in August—he is the
livliest live wire on the line of the
road.
—_22>___
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Po-
tatoes, at Buffalo.
Buffalo, July 2—Creamery butter,
fresh, 25@27c; dairy, 23@25c; poor
to good, all kinds, 18@21c.
Cheese—Fancy, old 17@18c; choice,
15@16c; new fancy 15@15%4; poor to
common, 6@13c.
Eggs—Choice, fresh candled, 21@
22c; at mark 20@20%c.
Poultry (live)—Turkeys, 13@14c;
' COX, 12@12%c; fowls, 16@17c; springs
17@20c; ducks, 14@15c.
Beans—Red Kidney, $2@2.25; white
kidney, new $3@3.25; medium, $2.40;
narrow, new $3@3.25; medium, $2.40;
narrow, new $3@3.40; pea, new $2.30
@2.35.
Potatoes—New 1.75@2 per bbl.
Rea & Witzig.
Detroit—The Miller-Selden Electric
Co. has purchased from Joseph Mack
the property at 115-119 State street,
a brick building occupied by the
Joseph Mack Printing Co. with a
frontage of 50 feet and a depth of 90
feet. The deal also involves the pur-
chase of a lease running to Mr, Mack
from the Vinton Co., covering the
Property at 121-123 State street. The
value is estimated at about $50,000.
Detroit—The Charles
Co., manufacturer of pickles, has
merged its business into a stock
company under the same style, with
an authorized capital stock of $20,000,
which has been subscribed, $1999
being paid in in cash and $19,000 in
property.
Uelsmann
—_~++>___
Detroit—The Detroit Laundry,
Machinery & Supply Co. has merged
its business into a stock company un-
der the style of The Detroit Laundry
Machinery Co., with an authorized
capital stock of $10,000, all of which
has been subscribed and paid in in
cash.
——_~+->___
No matter how busy you are, you
can never afford to ignore a message
showing how men in your business
are making money.
—__2+>—___
Some men have a wonderful aim,
but never deliver because they lack
the punch.
BUSINESS CHANCES.
ATTENTION MERCHANT!
require financial help? Are your credit-
ors pushing you? If so. we would ad-
vise that you see us. We may be able
to help you. We charge nothing for in-
terview. Everything strictly confidential.
C. W. Moore & Co., 803-805 Monroe Ave.,
Grand Rapids. Mich. 250
Wanted—To correspond with party or
parties desiring to embark in the dry
goods and ladies’ furnishings business,
in the best city in Michigan. with excel-
lent opportunity for success. Address
John S. Walker, Muskegon, Mich. 251
For Sale—A small drug stock and soda
fountain. well located in Muskegon. No
time for it. Address Dr. J. O. Bates, 13
First St. 252
Do you
“
et none
i
Piatt eed
SUMMER TIME
IS TEA TIME
TETLEY’S
INDIA
CEYLON
TEAS
Are good for that tired feeling
Fragrant
Delicious
Invigorating
Hot or Iced
Call and see our Tea Tree grow-
ing from a seed from the Imperial
Gardens.
THE TEA HOUSE
Judson Grocer Co.
The Pure Foods House
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Modern Plant
Complete Stock
Competent Organization
Location
These advantages enable
us to guarantee prompt
and satisfactory shipment
of all orders intrusted to
our care. Special atten-
tion to mail and telephone
orders. 2 coc @2weoeeeze
WoRDEN (JROCER COMPANY
Grand Rapids—Kalamazoo
The Prompt Shippers
“| Told You So”
Pouring vinegar into an open wound will sooth and heal
it just as quickly and effectually as “I told you so” will cor-
rect a mistake.—W. L. Brownell.
When your trouble comes, when the fire destroys
your books of account or the thief steals your money
we shall simply feel sorry for you. We shall not
say “I told you so.” But we do say right here and
now, and we say it candidly too, that if you are not
already supplied, you should at once place in your
| store or office a good dependable safe. We can save
you money, big money, and also furnish you with the best safe made.
WRITE US TO-DAY AND LET US GIVE YOU FURTHER INFORMATION
GRAND RAPIDS SAFE COQ, Tradesman Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich.
esas
sins iveidniDias
Manufactured
SI OM Ns oN
BUN WW
CMGAR MANUFACTURE
= = E
‘Ina
Class by
Itself”
Under
TANT) FH TG AA
Sanitary
Conditions
Made in
Eight Sizes
G. J. Johnson
Cigar Co.
Makers
Grand Rapids, Mich.