aN ACF SUFI aro Ry SAH IWR eer of WE Oe ee Ne a US DONG IS Ta aren cur ear age (CARS NE pO PRON ao) Sy NY GN IND fG E ASS \ @) il (AMS) Zs Xi ANE DA DP De OX Ss ey OSE 2 oN » Bi) at aye 5 Sq 7 ae ane CIE NS GH 6 rr oe ES i Sie 7A (RS Ne ad p fe aS TS y Geel. (Cn NN IG TUS RAC Cee ee CaP fn ( ( AS or f ZPYKSR QV ees CINE i SG a IONS PUBLISHED WEEKLY 97) SETRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS: STO Thirty-First Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1913 Number 1568 : _FO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OU U OULU UL UU URL OOO. OU UR LOLOL OLLI LILIA ARE IRE MOIR IR MMMM MMM oe Tere Te NT eo v | | A Little More and a Little Less A little more deed and a little less creed; A little more giving and a little less greed; MMMMUMM MMM ww ew CNN NN NNN ee - A little more bearing of other people’s load; A little more Godspeed on the dusty road; A little less thorn and a little more rose To sweeten the air and lighten the blows; A little more song and a little less glum; A cheery word for the tramp from the slum; A little less kicking the man that’s down; A little more smile and a little less frown; A little more of the Golden Rule for others; oye ye A little more charity for burdened brothers; uuu MMMMY MM ee Ot ot ot Ot Ot Ot tk tO vo ee NN ee Ne YOO OOOO OLR EER OO OF A little less care for wives not your own; A little less reaping what you haven’t sown; A little less knocking and a little more cheer; For the struggling fellow that’s left in the rear; A little more love and a little less hate; A little more neighborly chat at the gate; A little more flowers in the pathway of life; A little less on coffins at the end of the strife; A little more heaven and a little less hell; e A little more heaven here will make us all well. . SAAS III III DIDI I SII II ISSSSS SSSI IIS I ISIS III SIIIIIIIIISSSSIIIISSISS SSSI SSSI SSISISIIISISISISSSISSSSSSSSS ISIS SOO LAA II IIA AAA LAIN I ARAN AAAI IIIA AAI AI AA AAAI IIASA AI AAAI AIA AAA AAAI EEA IA AI III AOA SSSI * x * * * * * * * * * * * + * * * * : * * * > * * * * * * * x » WHEN YOU SEE THE SIGN OF GOOD CANDY ‘(DOUBLE A”’ Remember it came from The PUTNAM FACTORY, National Candy Co., Inc. Grand Rapids, Mich. 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 pleased their nie: They also consider the profit, which makes it worth their while. DD Ss & Dw an “START SOMETHING” That’s the vernacular—meaning that inces- sant activity is absolutely necessary for successful business. Start something with “WHITE HOUSE” COFFEE—it’s MIGHTY Good Coffee; and instead of merely “carrying it in stock,’ PUSH IT OUT—TALK about it—HAND IT OUT when people merely ask for “coffee.” GET THE HABIT. = x JUDSON GROCER CO.—Grand Rapids, Mich. ' Wholesale Distributors of DWINELL-WRIGHT COMPANY PRODUCTS co. aw ja < Oo FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR. San FRANKLIN FINING een You’ve noticed how customers buy a barrel of flour, a box of soap, a basket of potatoes or a box of canned goods, because they use such articles regularly and wish to keep a supply in the house. They’ll buy FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR the same way,a whole container at atime, if you'll suggest it tothem. They know what sugar is, they use it their lives. There’s no reason for selling a woman one or two pounds of sugar at a time as if she had to “try” it like some entirely new thing. Sell her a whole container! It’s a better sale for you because you make the profit on every carton in the container in one sale, you make one delivery instead of many. The most popular grades of Franklin Carton Sugar are packed in containers an average family can buy— 24, 48 and 60 Ibs. THE FRANKLIN SUGAR REFINING CO. PHILADELPHIA “Your customers know FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR is CLEAN sugar,”’ every day, they expect to go on living and using sugar all f ext tin i Saul; BrosyCo, Buffalo, N.Y. ‘Dont forget to includ abox in your next a Lautz SNOW Boy Washing Powder ADESMAN Thirty-First Year SPECIAL FEATURES. Page. 2. Detroit Detonations. 3. News Items From the Soo. 4. News of the Business World. 5. Grocery anda Produce Market. 6. Financial. 8. Editorial. 9. Representative Retailers. 10. Men of Mark. / 12. Butter, Eggs and Provisions. 14. Bankruptcy Matters. 15. Honks From Auto City Council. 16. Dry Goods. 18. Shoes. 20. Woman’s World. 22. Hardware. 24. The Commercial Traveler. 26. Drugs. 27. Drug Price Current. 28. Grocery Price Current. 30. Special Price Current. 31. Business Wants. CLOVERLAND. Zephyrs From the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Marquette, Oct. 7—The genial face of our old friend, Bill Deegan, who has most capably managed the Hotel Scott, at Hancock for the last four years, will be missed, as he has re- signed. We are glad to announce that he is succeeded by Will Beilke, who has been day clerk of this popu- lar hostelry for the past seven years. This will be welcome news to the boys on the road, as Will is unques- tionably one of the most accommodat™ ing and popular hotel clerks in the Upper Peninsula. Tommie Verran, who has been connected the hotel ever since it was built, starting in as bell hop and rising strictly on his merits, also starts up and is now designated as assistant manager. Miss Margaret Prevost, who for many years has presided at the cigar stand, will assist Mr. Beilke as day clerk. Win. Kerredge, the veteran hard- ware merchant of Hancock, has suf- fered from a severe attack of sciatic rheumatism during the past month, glad to report, with but is now, we are convalescent. Mrs. Anna J. Standish, of Denver, Colo., who has been visiting with her sister, Mrs. T. F. Folls, for the past month, has returned West. Upper Peninsula Council, No. 186, had a most interesting meeting on Saturday, Sept. 27. Although we had definitely planned to postpone the an- nual visit of the Grand Council of- ficials until a later date, it having been previously planned for this eve- ning, through some mistake our old and ever-welcome friend, for whom every boy in 186 has a warm spot in his heart, Brother John Hoffman— specially deputized Grand Counselor of Michigan—bobbed up unexpected- Gee, but you ought to see the state of excite- ment’ 186 into when it was announced quite late in the day ly, right side up with care. was thrown that John was in town and the hur- ried scramble, in which everyone nearly fell over himself to do John the honors. There were hurried talks GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1913 of banquets, wine suppers, social ses- sions and everything else and John took it all in with a most amused com7 placence. In past years we put it all over John, but this time John cer- tainly had it all over us. We had a most enthusiastic meeting, in which we initated George C. Sutherland, C. P. Dimmer and H. R. Goodman into the mysteries of the order. We made an especially good job of Goodman and his initiation provoked almost as much mirth as that of his distinguished namesake, B. C. Goodman, alias Christofferson and several other alias~ es. Brother Hoffman was at his best and filled us with new hope and in- spiration. His speech was a master- piece of eloquence. Definite work was taken up and plans outlined for the promotion of our order at Sault Ste. Marie and Escanaba, with excel- lent possibilities of early consumma- tion. Senior Counselor Follis, under the head of the good of the order, reported that the August meeting owing to the fact that a large number of our members were off on summer vacations, failed to produce a quorum. Brother Moody, of Auto City Council, Lansing, was present, having had with him a large package which resembled 1,000 cigars, and about which he seemed most stranige- ly particular that nobody get near it. In fact, once the Senior Counselor got so dangerously close to it that Brother Moody gave him a severe calling down. We gathered around the Secretary’s table and engaged in a social chat, Brother Moody having several times expressed his most poignant grief that Brother Charlie Wheeler wasn't present. We finally called on our visitor to give us an impromptu address, when our breath was taken away as he soared to the most sublime heights of eloquence and, mark you, all in eulogy of our own Council. He told our members who just sit in our own Council room of the prestige of the Upper Penin- sula Council below the Straits, of our popularity, of our high place as a part of the State organization, of the events and of the men who brought this condition about and then he went out on a little side road and told how much we were actually loved below the Straits—by Auto City Council, by Jim Hammill, by Bullen and by him- self—-and then and there bewildered us by tearing excitedly the newspaper wrapping off the large package and presenting to Council a most beautiful cabinet resembling a Vic- trola in polished mahogany, lined with containing a beautiful specimen of taxidermy in the form of our satin, that once rare but now most popular bird, the Blue Goose. Brother Follis informed the Council that he couldn’t find words to express his thanks to Brother Moody and Auto Council adequately, but assured the boys that he did it weakly, although he did his best and formally presented it to the Council, who authorized a thanks to Auto City rising vote. Brother ©. vote of Council by 2 D. Lyons, having re- stgned as Junior Counselor, his place was filled by Brother Gurney Webb, a most enthusiastic member who has rever he‘d office before, but who will prove to be a genuine booster. Oh, fie. Guy! Why, oh why, did you mix up our fair names? The naines of men so good and true with that of Harry Thaw? Goldstein takes the view that Harry is such a “warm baby” that kis presence in the frigid norih pole would have the effect of a thaw (perkaps two). We mail to Editor Stowe to-day a copy of the Miners Bulletin—a sheet gotten up by the western federation of miners in the interest of the copper country strike. We do personal information this for his and for such comment as he may see fit to make. Ura Donald Laird. 0 Go to the Root of the Trouble. Grand RKapids, Oct. 6—In the Eve- ning Sept. 27 appears an article stating that “on the ground that the importation of strikebreakers has tended to bring upon the city a reign of terror and for the purpose of safe-guarding the lives and prop- erty of the citizens of Grand Rapids, the machine hands local of the brotherhood of carpenters and joiners is calling upon the Common Council for the enactment of Press of an ordinance which shall prohibit the bringing of strikebreakers, either to the city or vicinity.’ The theory is advanced that if the importation of — strike- breakers could be stopped the lives and property of man, woman child would be safeguarded. Now, if they really want to do away with the strikebreakers, why noz strike at the root of the matter and put a stop to the coming in of the strikemakers (the organizers and the walking delegates), for they are the fathers of and are responsible for the strikebreakers?’ It is evident to every thinking man that if there were no strikemakers there would be no strike- breakers. History will. bear out the statement that no strike of any mag- nitude ever occurred but what these parasites were the instigators of it as well as the promoters and general field officers. There may be instances where strikes have occurred without this being the case, but they are few and of but little consequence and rarely are the cause of bringing in the strikebreaker. Now, as this is clearly a case of cause and effect, and minor Number 1568 why not do away with the cause and thereby prevent the effect? Think it over, brothers. It is a simple prop- osition. Suppose we turn to the Board of Wealth for into advice. Ifa person comes town bringing a communicable they disease, put him in quarantine until he is cured, for fear of spread- ing the infection. the into a town of industrious, law abiding and peaceful people and sow the seed of Why not quaran- tine man who would go discontent and hatred among them and thereby menace the public as much or more even than the man bringing in the measles. Let us close the gates of the town to him for fear of infection and if he gets in let us quarantine him the same as the Board of Health until cured, if it takes a hundred Why not protect the mind as well as the body from tions? does he is vears. virulent and poisonous infec- Citizen The suggestion of the writer is a good one and meets the hearty com- mendation of the Tradesman, as will be noted by the editorial on the same subject, which was written before the above communication was. received. The suggestion that thugs and graft- ers who come to organize strikes be forbidden the liberty of the city 1s beautiful in theory, but does not ap- ply to Grand Rapids, because every strike that Grand Rapids has suffered from for the past six years the mayor has been direct result of our gambler- into the city, meeting them with open arms, just as he went to Detroit to welcome the water thieves years ago when he was conducting a bucket shop, after inviting organizers he had been put out of business as a cheap tinhorn gambler by the police department. So long as Grand Rap- ids keeps at her head a man of such eharacter, clast and avowed icono- most of his time to concocting schemes to hamper our who is an devotes business men and destroy our manu- facturing industries, so long will we be the laughing the world and fail to take the place we are en- titled to occupy as one of the most stock of progressive cities of the common- wealth and Nation. ———>- The Mormons have dedicated a monument to the Salt Lake sea gull. The monument stands in the temple erounds at Salt Lake City and com- memorates a period in 1848, when a grasshopper scourge visited the pio- and .threatened total destruc- tion to their crops. But they -were saved when great flocks of gulls ap- neers peared and devoured the pests, and ever since then the gull has been treated kindly and is now honored with a monument, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 8, 1913 DETROIT DETONATIONS. Cogent Criticisms From Michigan’s Metropolis. Detroit, Oct. 6—This is the week the Atlantic and Pacific oceans shake hands with each other, down in Pana- ma. “Ham” Wilson, representative for Brown-Durrell Co., Boston, spent Sunday in Detroit, which was at one time his home; in fact, he still calls Detroit Ham is making his headquarters in Grand Rapids. honie. On the other hand, if we write as poorly as we speak—but then no mat- ter how poor these columns, they can- not be as poor as our speeches. With apologies to Council 131 for our buck fever. The Allen-Boyce Co., manufactur- er’s agents and jobber of ladies’ ready- to-wear garments, has celebrated the sixth month of its advent into De- troit’s wholesale market. Six months ago this young concern, composed of Wm. H. Allen, petticoat manufacturer, and Albert B. Boyce, former depart- ment manager for Edson, Moore & Co., engaged in business on Jefferson avenue with a small inside force and with but two road salesmen. In the short space of time they have been in business they have increased their in- side working force and their outside sales force now includes six live sales- men, besides Mr. Boyce, who is an old veteran of the grip (not years) and makes regular trips, going after and landing many large contracts. Mr. Boyce, who showed the writer some splendid orders landed by his concern, says that the business has exceeded his most sanguine expectations. The Allen-Boyce Co. has the best wishes of the boys for a con- tinuance of its increasing business. We often wonder why our burly friend, George McConnell, up the Rap- ids way, doesn’t sell even more goods than he which is a complet? There are so many dead ones on the road. PM. & Cady man, is sporting a hat which should make all hats turn the same shade—green with envy. The other day Paul was standing motionless on does line of undertaker’s goods. Roach, who represents Lee as their special cigar sales- other a street corner when a man stepped up and dropped a letter in his hat and valked away. He mistook the hat for a letter box. Once when we were little we heard father say that his grandfather told him that he could remember one time Michigan Central (Grand Rapids branch) pulled in on time. A. H. Seeley, charge of the drapery and carpet de- partment for the I. M. Smith Co., has showed himself a man of fine judg- when the who formerly had ment. He has packed his furniture preparatory to moving to Detroit. While Mr. Seeley has not decided what he will do, he will, undoubtedly, engage in business for himself. M. W. Whims, manager of the Grand Rapids office for Edson, Moore & Co., was in Detroit gathering new pointers on market conditions, etc., last week. About the most unreasonable per- son we know of is the women who) will ask her husband for money for a new pair of shoes after he has had bad luck in a poker game. At a meeting of the committee in charge of the entertainment to be given on Boosters’ night. Saturday, Oct. 18, by Council No. 9, final ar- rangements practically com- pleted for what is will be the greatest event in the history of the Council. Every member is again urged to gather in the eligible names of travelers for initiation into the Council. An application brought in by each member will help bring about were expected the success of Boosters’ night. E. H. Warner, whose picture adorns this page, is Senior Counselor of No. E. H. WARNER, Senior Counselor of U. C. T. No. 9, Detroit. 9 and a booster par excellence. Senior Counselor Warner, together with Past Counselor Murray, are the prime moy" ers of the event to be pulled off a week from Saturday night. Visiting U. C. T. members are cordially invited to attend. After sizing up the young ladies of to-day, we often wonder where they find a place to hide the forms. No, dear reader, the U. C. T. mem- bers are not organizing to go to the Upper Peninsula. Simply soldiers who will fight for the good of their order— and Fred Richter’s $5 (?) fountain pen. The Diamond Crystal Salt Co. en- tertained the salesmen of Lee & Cady, wholesale grocers, last Saturday, tak- ine them im a special car to St, Clair, where they operate a huge salt plant. The trip, besides being one of pleasure, also proved very instructive to the grocery salesmen, who believe it will be much easier to talk and sel! Diamond Crystal Salt in the future. Roy Newkirk, who was formerly in the employ of E. J. Fletcher, of Grand Rapids, for a number of years, has hearkened to the call of progress and has accepted a position in Detroit with A. P. French, ‘well-known druggist at 2782 Woodward avenue. His mother, Mrs. J. W. Newkirk, moved to Detroit Monday. Roy says there is no place like Detroit and, by way of reciproca- tion, we will say that Mr. French made no mistake when he secured the services of Roy. One of the most pleasing sights found on the streets for many a day was that of E. F. Rine moving about to his usual haunts last Saturday, after having undergone a serious operation at the hospital recently. Mr. Rine is a member of Council No. 9 and is the representative for the Palmer Table Co. Cadillac Council, No. 143, holds its regular monthly meeting Saturday night, Oct. 11, at which time the cap- tains of the membership contests will report their progress to date. Cad- illac Council is full of enthusiasm and is bending every energy to become the largest council in Michigan. All mem- bers are urged to attend Saturday night. Out of town members of the U. C. T. who might happen to be in the city are cordially invited to attend. Joe Kelley, imported Hibernian, with Burnham, Stoepel & Co., says he has been married enough to know that advertising cuts used to advertise muslin underwear are not taken from photographs. M. F. Stein, who sells optical goods, was thrown from a car last week and sustained very painful injuries. Mr. Stein is a member of Council No. 9, who, together with his many other friends, extend their sympathy and wishes for a speedy recovery, His residence is 37 Philadelphia, west. The cheaper a fellow is the more expensive he is—to his friends. Also there is the gink who is so busy minding other people’s business that. he forgets to look after his own. Council No. 9 gave a very prettv little dancing party last Saturday night, the crowd being large enough to comfortably fill the hall. The music was declared par excellence and refreshments were served throughout the evening. Needless to state that the success of the party was largely due to the efforts of H. D. Murray chairman of the dance committee. Elmer Brevitz, of Burnham, Stoe- pel & Co., accidently suffragetted in one of the Detroit stores last week. Elmer “busted” through a show case. Owing to stage fright, we neglect- ed to impart the discouraging news to Council No. 131 that one of the Detroit councils is going to capture the base ball trophy at Saginaw next year—and it won't be Cadillac Coun- cil either. But we absolutely refuse to name the council that will until later in the season. Grand Rapids Council, No. 131, can- not see a ray of hope by glancing over the Bulletin’s bills receivable. Last week was the Jewish New Year, but we are quite sure that all of the hotel keepers did not send out congratulations. E. Weinberg, Prescott; A. Blu- meneau, Elkton; Mr. Wallace, of the Wallace Co., Port Austin; Mr. Walla, of Walla & Susalla, Ruth; Aug. Loef- fler, Wyandotte and Joe Hirschman, of Mesick, were among some of the well-known merchants who visited De- troit last week. What has become of January water wagon? The last issue of the Sample Case published an article headed, “He will clean up hotels,” also reproduced 1 picture of A. D. Sees, State hotel in- spector of West Virginia. Notice, we said inspector of West Virginia, not Michigan that was appointed. long V. Jurkiewicz, who conducts an up- to-date dry goods and goods store at 722 Hastings street, has had the entire front of his store remodeled. L. L. Steinberg, furnishing West Jefferson avenue, Delray, has added a line of ladies’ cloaks and suits to his stock of furnishing goods. We are positive that our speech in Grand Rapids Council room will not be published. David Stocker, department manager for A. Krolhk & Co., together with Edward Wolf, of the Alaska Knitting Mills, have purchased the knitting works of Ryan Bros. and at an early date will take active charge of the business. Both young men made suc- cesses as traveling men. Later each became managers with equal success. That these two young hustlers will make a success of their new venture is a foregone conclusion. The Ryan Bros. were manufacturers of hosiery and sweaters. The plans of the Ryans have not yet announced as yet. Any items of interest to travelers, merchants or manufacturers of De- troit, regardless of what line of busi- ness, will be gladly received by the writer. Address, 211 Columbus avenue. A. Marzejon, of Dubois street, who conducts a dry goods and furnishing goods store, has caught the Detroit progressive fever and has had_ his store remodeled, both interior and exterior. Phin Pierce, who dashes hither and thither in Michigan, assisting the A. Black Co., of Cleveland, to make “Wooltex” garments even more fa- mous than they are, says that a faint heart never won a fair lady, but a good sized bank account will turn the trick. The saddest far, are move along we must close the bar. Which is just a shrewd plan we are using to gently try out the hard heart- ed editor, who, we believe, is no judge of classic (?) poetry. IH]. McCutcheon, conducts a general dry goods store at 984 War- ren, W., has been obliged, owing to his increased business, to add thirty feet more to his store building. No one begrudges Mac his success, which words we know by who he is earning by dint of hard and con- scientious effort. Henry Blumenfeld, who covers Western Michigan for Ackerman Bros., hats and caps, of Milwaukee, was seen a Short time ago looking like a herring recently released from a one year’s pack. Fle had just encountered a very rough portion of Lake Michi- gan, situated between Milwaukee and Ludington. The other day Henry hap- pened in a small town and had gone down to the depot to check out his baggage. the baggage man stepped up to him and asked if he had a cigar. “Sure,” said Henry, thinking the man wanted one, and was about to hand it to him, when the baggageman said, “Will yuh please light it?” Again Henry, who is noted for his accommodating man- ners, obeyed the mandates of the B. W. After lighting the cigar Henry was very much surprised to hear, After checking his baggage heonientn oe sinensis SRG 8 aah ITE October 8, 1913 “Will yuh blow th’ smoke in my ear, I’ve got neuralgia in my face an’ that’s the only thing that will do it any good,” and Henry smoked and blew smoke in the B. M.’s ear until the welcome train pulled into the depot. Fred Larrett, who has charge of the Grand Rapids office for Burnham, Stoepel & Co., was in Detroit last week, Mr. Larrett succeeded P. C. Palmer June 1. You can’t always judge by a travel- ing man’s expense account how much money he spends. Nor can you judge the age of wine by looking at its teeth. Fred C. Richter wound up his col- umns last week thusly: “Join the volunteers and get your discharge.” And here many of us ate working our heads off to avert that very same thing. First thing Mayor Ganiard knows, they’ll be sending him north to fight miners. Come to think of it, popularity is enjoyed by many in their days, the others savings in their latter days. Forest Campbell, who has represent- ed Edson, Moore & Co. for the past seventy-nine years, is still as hale and hearty and full of fun as ever. Forest, who is fairly well endowed with this younger while enjoy their world’s goods, says that he laughs best who laughs with a full stomach. E. Fecheimer, who has been con nected with the H. Brilling Co. since that company organized, resigned a short time ago and is now represent- ing the Massachusetts Bonding Co., with offices in 1410 Majestic building. Mr. sells all kinds of liability insurance. room Fecheimer Harry Grant is the latest acquisi- tion to the Allen-Boyce selling force. Mr. Grant resigned his position with Edson, Moore & Co. start on the road this week. In Grand Rapids they are tearing down many of the old land marks. But they can’t even put a dent in good Old Tommy Driggs and | By Gee Cripe” Jennings. Word has been received of the ser- ious illness of Ed. Collins, who has represented Burnham, Stoepel & Co. for a number of years. Mr. Collins was taken suddenly ill at Belding and has been removed to his home in Carson City. The sympathy and well THe expects to wishes for a speedy recovery are ex- tended to Mr. Collins and family. His territory will be covered by an- other man temporarily. Funny thing, but quitters quit quitting. So it is with us when writing these columns. We seem to have no in- clination to quit. However, it won't happen again for another week. Which should Relieve the Tradesman. James M. Goldstein. —__~22 > Good Example of Irishism. “Well, Pat, my lad,” said the kindly doctor, “you must drink this stuff. I’m afraid it’s a case of kill or cure with you now, my lad.” “Well, I don’t care if it kills me, so long as it cures me in the end,” said Pat. “Gimme the bottle.” cannot MICHIGAN TRADESMAN News Items From the Soo. Sault Ste. Marie, Oct. 6—The tele- phone company made a change in its manager here this week when E. E. Michael, from Tecumseh, Nebraska, succeeded A. T. Baker as local and district manager for the Michigan State Telephone Co., the change hav- ine been decided upon at a meeting in the district office at Marquette, Sept. 1. It is understood that Mr. Baker will stay with the company, but it is not as yet decided as_ to where he will be stationed. He is contemplating taking a trip through the South with his family. Mr. Baker was transferred from Detroit at the time of taking up the management here. He has made a fine record for himself while in charge of the ex- change here and largely increased the list of subscribers. The new system of changing and rebuilding the telephone system in this city, replacing the overhead wir- ing in the business district with under- ground construction work has been in charge of A. Gibson and it is ex- pected that the new system will be completed before winter. Mr. Michael, the new manager for the telephone company, comes here wel] recommended, having had charge of ten branches, and has a wide ex- perience in switch board work, but this is his first experience in Mich: igan and it is hoped that he will make a sticcess in his new field. The receivership of the Michigan Lake Superior Power Co. is ended by order of the court. confirms the sale. Judge Sessions The new company will operate the water power develop- ment purchased under the foreclosure proceedings from now on, and new developments are looked for which have long been held in check. With the additional power available we have every reason to expect good times at the Soo. The passing of the tariff bill will have a marked effect upon the Soo. Considerable being felt The Canadian beef packers are negotiating for business here now, but are held up until arrangements have been completed whereby the ap- activity is already. pointment of a meat inspector will be made by the Secretary of Agriculture. This will be a good job for some one. Undoubtedly, there are numerous ap- plications placed in due form for the office. We look for lower prices in food products, especially around the border towns, The foothall game of the season took place at the Soo last Saturday afternoon, between the Soo high school and Ishpeming. There were in the neighborhod of 3,000 spectators and much speculation was had over the game. The betting was about even as the Ishpeming bunch looked pretty good when they arrived and there was much aggressiveness on both sides. Many rooters accom- panied the team. The high school team also had many rooters who met at 1 o’clock at the Y. M. C. A., thence the two teams marched to Fort Brady, which is one of the best football grounds in the State. The local team was in the pink of condition and the score stood 98 to nothing in favor of the Soo. “Some playing,” this! Busi- ness was practically at a standstill here during the game, as in the neighborhood of 400 delivery wagons were lined up enroute and there were many late suppers, waiting for gro- ceries and meats, in consequence, but when the Soo white-washed its oppo- ments as they did, there was no grumbling and everybody seemed sat- ished. There are only a few regrets and one is that Mr. Norton, former principal of the high school, was not in attendance, as he undoubtedly would have been proud of his boys’ success, The county fairs have come and eone in this section the last week. The Chippewa county fair took place during the two days’ rain and the at- tendance was greatly handicapped in consequence. Some comments were made by the merchants this year who refused to contribute as generous as heretofore toward the fair, giving for their reasons that the farmers should seek support from the mail order houses where a great many of them spend their money and it was noticed that the representatives from the mail order houses, being very conspicuous by their absence, did not seem to re- spond very generously for the inter- ests of the farmers to encourage the fairs by their donations or subscrip- tions which they had looked for from the merchants here. One of the larg- est attendances of any fair ever held greeted Pickford during the two days of the exhibition. The races were all that could be expected and the Pick- ford people were more than pleased with the During the fair week A. H. Eddy got in a few car- loads of fancy fruits which were dis- played in front of his large store on Ashmun_ street and comment was made by the visitors on so elab- orate a display. results. much Sheriff Bone is still after the gamb- lers and made another raid Sunday atternoon. The proprietor was. ar- raigned before Judge Runnels, waived examination and was bound over the present term of court, bail being fixed at $500, which he furnished. The 3 good work of Mr. Bone is meeting the approval of the people here and it is hoped that he will continue to clean out the city of the gambling vice before he lets up. The Soo automobile accident last week when Dr |. A. route for the Soo, accompanied by his goes on record for another Cameron, of Pickford, en wife and daughter, was badly hurt. It seems that they struck a cow on the road in such a manner as to disable the steering gear which was tempora- rily repaired and the doctor proceeded When about eleven miles from the Soo, the to the Soo for final repairs steering gear broke and the auto turned turtle into the gutter, pinning Dr. Cameron beneath the while the rest of the machine, occupants es- Dr. Dead- near the caped with minor bruises. man, who happened to be scene of the accident with his auto, took the doctor to the hospital here, where his injuries were attended to. It it not yet known how badly he is hurt, but slight tained for his recovery. hopes were enter- Vm. Howden, wholesale dealer in hay, located for a number of years on Ashmun street, has sold his retail business to Joe Bayliss, formerly sheriff of Chippewa county. Mr. Howden still continues in the whole- sale business. Allison, brother bers of the M. KR. of the G. just completed their work on the gar- Leigh and mem- have dening plat which they have been working on every evening during the seeding time, after completing their trip on the road. It was a common sight to see them digging with lan- terns during the night and early in the morning, but they have received their reward with a magnificent crop of potatoes, vegetables and = garden products, for which they have con- tracted with the numerous merchants here to keep supplied for the winter. This is the first year they have prac- ticed has not as yet been decided whether farming as a side line and it or not they will enlarge their opera- during their time ‘Tapert. ti0ns spare W. G. next year. Don’t Wait To accumulate $500.00 or $1,000.00 before making an investment. You Can Buy $100.00 Bonds That are a part of exactly the same issue as those of larger denomination and can Keep Your Savings Earning 6% Let us submit you details and offerings. HOWE, CORRIGAN & CO. INVESTMENT SECURITIES Fifth Floor Mich. Trust Bldg. (As far as you can go to the right of the elevator.) MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 8, 1913 —— OTA —————__——)_ {I eo Movements of Merchants. Howell—Harry Parker has engaged in the grocery business here. Gobleville—Paul Post has opened a restaurant and cigar store here. Luther—Mrs. B. W. Westfall has engaged in the millinery business here. Tustin — Arthur Lundstrom has opened a store four miles west of town. Columbiaville—C. D. Tibbetts, re- cently of Bangor, has engaged in gen- eral trade here. Tonia—T. B. Curry has closed out his stock of confectionery and retired grocery from retail business. Midland—W. H. Lange has sold his stock of bazaar goods to W. E. Ryan, who has taken possession. Howell—Theodore Shindorf ceeds Leslie Casady in the blacksmith and vehicle repair business. Detroit—The Commercial Electriz Supply Co. has increased its capital stock from $10,000 to $40,000. Middleville—Henry Dykehouse has sold his bazaar stock to Elmer E. Day, who will continue the business. Manton—Oscar Dahlgern is erect- ing a potato warehouse here and will engage in the potato shiping business. Standish—Oscar A. Marfilius has sold his drug stock to Thomas Milne, who will continue the business at the suc- same location. Austerlitz—F. R. Atwater is erect- ing a store building which he will oc- cupy with a stock of general merchan- dise about Nov. 1. Kewadin—J. Fred Roof has leased the C. D. Hollenbeck will occupy it with a stock of general merchandise Nov. 1. Battle Creek—The Eccles Furniture Co. has opened a branch store at 35 East Main street under the manage- building and ment of ©. W. Eccles. Saline—Muir & Gross have pur- chased the three-story brick Burg with their stock of hardware and tin shop. & Chap- man, formerly engaged in the grocery block and will occupy it Traverse City—Chapman business at Pelding, contemplates en- gaging in the grocery business here. Hartman—Frank Talbot, recently of Chicago, has purchased the J. G. Fish- er building and will occupy it with a stock of general merchandise about Oct 15. Detroit—The Gas-O-Lean Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $7,000, of which $3,500 has been subscribed and $3,000 paid in in cash. Kalamazoo—A new company has engaged in business under the style of the E. A. Porter Co., for the purpose of buying and selling ready-to-wear apparel, at wholesale and retail, with an authorized capital stock of $15,000, of which $7,500 has been subscribed and paid in in cash, Dimondale—Frederick A. Merritt, druggist and jeweler, died Saturday and was buried Monday. Decease4 had been in business here about thir- tv years. Conklin—Dr, E. O. Cilley has sold his drug stock to the Hessey Drug Co.. which has taken possession and will continue the business at the same location. Sparta—Burglars entered the stores of A. A. Johnson & Co., the Hub Clothing Co. and the George Tuffel- mire restaurant, Sept. 30, securing over $200 worth of goods. Amble—Chapple & Skeoch have purchased the C. H. Wells & Co. grain elevator and will continue the busi- ness as a branch to their produce, flour and feed business at Coral. Howell—Harry Williams, the whole- sale egg and poultry buyer, bought the two Hesse buildings on State street. They are now occupied by the Palace Meat Market and the station of the Durand Creamery Co. Lansing—A new company has en- gaged in business under the style of the Moneyworth Shoe Co., with an authorized capital stock of $3,600, been subscribed, $1,200 being paid in in cash and $2,400 in property. Lennon—Samuel Philips, the TLen- non merchant recently injured in an which has automobile accident in Corunna, when his car was wrecked by an Ann Arbor freight train, continues to make steady improvement and there is no doubt of his recovery. Detroit—The General Stores Co. of Pontiac has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $100,000 common and $90,000 preferred, of which $135,000 has been subscribed, $35,000 being paid in in cash and $100,- 000 in property. Satterla. Scully Co. has been incorporated to conduct a general mercantile business, with an authorized capital stock of $40,000, of $25,000 has been subscribed, $3,000 being paid in in casi and $22,000 in property. Traverse City—W. S. Anderson, who has conducted an undertaking establishment here for the past forty- seven years, has sold his interest in the Anderson Undertaking Co. stock, to his sons, Ralph A. and Wiliam H., who will continue the business under the same style. Portland—The Portland Elevator Co. has merged its business into a cor poration under the style of the Port- land Farmers Elevator Co., for the Howell—The Goodnow, which purpose of buying and selling hay, grain, beans and other farm products. The company has an authorized cap- ital stock of $15,000, of which $8,000 has been subscribed and $3,000 paid in in cash. Evart—W. M. Davis, who has con- ducted a furniture, harness and under- taking business in Evart since the beginning of the town, and during the past thirty years under his own name, announces a change in the firm’s name to Davis & Gray, George T. Gray who has conducted a similar business at Marion, being the new member. Both are well known and practical men. Coldwater—With a cash of falling bricks and timbers that could be heard for miles, the front of the three-story brick building occupied for many years by E. B. Clark & Co., grocers and druggists, morning. collapsed Monday Almost miraculously no one was injured, but the loss to the building and stock is estimated at $25,000 to $30,000. The immunity from loss of life is accounted for by the fact that everyone in the store had warning before the building fell from the creaking of timbers and sup- ports. Potterville—George Scofield, the Potterville merchant who is one of the group of depositors trying to realize something from the attach- ment of stock belonging to Clyde 3ackus, President of the Potterville Bank, lost $1,200 in the Albion Bank which went to the wall some time ago, resulting in the sending of the Deerings to a Federal prison. Mr. Scofield was about to withdraw this money to make a payment on a home when the crash came. A few months ago he sold property in Potterville and deposited the first payment 11 the Backus Bank. It is for the re- of this that he has joined the attachment proceedings against the American Tool Co. stock owned by President Backus. covery money Manufacturing Matters. Owosso—The Independent Stove Co. is building an addition, 96x72 feet, to its plant. Harbor Springs—George Mort has closed his bakery and retired from business owing to ill health. Muskegon—The Lyons Machine & Mfg. Co. has increased its capital stock from $30,000 to $75,000. Bangor—C, D. Tibbetts has sold his bakery and restaurant to A. E. An- drews, who has taken possession. Mendon—E., D. and F. C. VanNess have sold their bakery and grocery stock to Samson & Dailey, the former owners. Jackson—Mathews & Shaw, bakers, have dissolved partnership and the business will be continued by Mr. Mathews at 714 Randolph street. Muskegon— The Union Woolen Mills Co. has opened a clothing store at the of Third street and Western avenue, under the manage- ment of R. O. Bolles. Kalamazoo—The Western Paper Makers Chemical Co. has engaged in business with an authorized capital stock of $100,000, of which $50,109 has been subscribed and $10,000 paid in in cash. corner Recognition of Merit Service. The Michigan Trust Company is preparing for the winter vacation season, and this has brought well de- served promotions to four of the and Good young men in the organization who have served long and efficiently. Pres- ident Lewis H. Withey is in the habit of breaking away for some warmer climit right after the January annuals. Vice-President Willard Barnhart has no fondness for the Michigan winter and he will head for the coast when the winter becomes cold. Second Vice-President Henry Idema may try a Southern or Western trip this sea- son, and, even if he does not, he feels that the Kent State Bank is a big enough proposition to occupy all his time without looking after the affairs of the Michigan Trust Company. Third Vice-President Frederick A. Gorham has reached that point where he does not like to feel tied down when it would be pleasanter to be somewhere else. Under the old or- ganization conditions might arise when all the executives might be away, especially during the winter months. The organization is so effi- cient that this would make little real difference, so far as safety is con- cerned, but in the discharge of it many functions, the executive signa- tures are often necessary and to have all the executives away might be em- barrassing. To meet this condition the office of Fourth Vice-President has been created and George Heffer- an, long Secretary of the Company, has been elected to the _ position. Claude T. Hamilton has been advanc- ed to succeed Mr. Hefferan as Sec- retary, John T. Schouten has been made Assistant Secretary and Emer- son W. Bliss Second Assistant. The four promotions are of men who have been with the Company for from fif- teen to twenty years, beginning in subordinate positions and working up on their merits, and what has come to them is a recognition of good service. ——_+-¢ The Bedford Boot Shop Co.. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. The stockholders and the number of shares held by each are: Ebenezer S. Bedford, 349 shares; Clarkson M. Snedicor, 650 shares and Allan B. Wallower, 1 share. ———_. +>. Schwartzmiller, who has been house salesman for the Wm. P. Canaan Co. for several years, and who was operated on for abscess about three weeks ago, underwent a second operation last Friday. He is doing as well as could be expected. ———__+->—___ I’. Fields, who was manager of the tea and coffee department of the Ira M. Smith Co. for several years, has engaged in the tea and coffee business on Lake Drive, near Wealthy street, under the style of the Oriental Tea Co. George —_+—+_» - Potterville—Roy Wilson has open- ed a bakery and confectionery store here. merit and ° —4- SAR eens Sena October 8, 1913 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN y 3 ‘ ’ 1 \ The Produce Market. Apples —Wealthys, Wolf Rivers and Maiden Blush command $1. per bu. and $3 per bbl. Poultry—Local dealers pay 12c for broilers; tic for fowls; 6c for old roosters; 8c for geese; 10c for ducks; 12c for turkeys. These prices are The market has been Supplies are fairly liberal live-weight. very firm, however, and qualities are better than during the last few weeks. Dressed poultry, as usual is selling at about 2c above live prices. This week, hens and broilers were in greatest demand. Sutter — Receipts are increasing with a fairly good consumptive de- mand. The market is ruling steady at unchanged prices. The quality ar- riving is better than it has been and there is likely to be a steady market at prices ranging about the same as at present for the coming week. lan- cy creamery commands 33@34c¢ in tubs and 34@35c in cartons. Local dealers pay 25c for No. 1 dairy and 20'%4c for packing stock. Eggs—The quality of eggs arriving is better than it has been and the consumptive demand is everything on arrival at prices rang- week. absorbing ing about the same as last There is some demand for storage eggs but the market is ndt as active as it might be. No change from the present conditions is expected in the near future. Local dealers pay 24¢ for strictly fresh. Cabbage—8ic per bu. ~~ ‘arrots—65c per bu. -~ ‘auliflower—$1.50 per doz. ~~ ‘elery—17c per bunch. Cocoanuts—$4.75 per sack contain- ing 100. Cranberries—$6.50 per bbl. for early Blacks. Crab Apples—$1 per bu. for Hys- lops. Cuecumbers—75e per doz. Eee Plant—$1.50 per doz. Grapes—Malaga, $5.75 per keg; Cal- ifornia Tokay, $1.65 per 20 Ib. crate. Green Onions—20c per dozen. Honey—20c per Ib. for white clo- ver, and 18c for dark. Lemons—Verdellis, $6.50 per box. head $1.25 per bu.; home grown leaf, 90c per bu. Lettuce—Home grown Musk Melons—Home grown Osage command $1.50@1.60 per doz. crate, according to size and quality. O)nions—Spanish, $1.50 per crate. llandlers are contracting for supplies of Michigan stock on the basis of 90 (@95c per bu. $1.10 per bu. Oranges—$5.50@6 for Valencias. Peaches—Elbertas fetch $2@2.25 per bu., Prolifics, $1.75@2, according The wholesale price is to size. $1.50. Pears—Sugar, $1 per bu.; Duchess, €1.40 per bu.; pickle, $1.90 per bu.; Keiffer, $1 for large and 75c¢ for me- dium, Lemon Frees, $1.75; Chilis, Plums—Damsons, $1.65 per bu. Peppers—Green, $1.50 per bu.; Red 20c per doz, Pickling Stock—Onions, $1.35 per box; Cucumbers, 25c per 100. Pop Corn—$1.75 per bu. for ear; 54%ec per lb. for shelled. Potatoes—60@70c per bu. for home grown. Country buyers are paying around 50c, Radishes—10c per dozen. Spinach—65c per bu. Sweet Potatoes—Virginias com- mand 90c per bu. and $2.25 per bbl. Jerseys command $3 per bbl. Tomatoes—75e per bu. Veal—Buyers pay 6@13c, according to quality. —_>-.—___ The Grocery Market. Sugar—The reduction in the price of granulated to 4.45c by the New York refiners last Wednesday did not help matters, as it made the grocers all the more skeptical despite the ad- mitedly low price of granulated. The expectation that the marketing of beets will be forced tends to unsettle confidence, though they have still to appear in Eastern territory, and con- sequently are not an immediate fac- tor. Manufacturers will hardly stand on the price with the reduction of 25 per cent. in the duty, to go into effect next March, especially as the beet crop of the country will amount to about 700,000 tons. is expected to weaker Eastern factories to close down next season, but in the West little effect will be felt, as the plants in this territory are protected against the competition of cane refined by the freight rates. Word was_ received from New York this morning that some of the refiners would accept or- ders at 4.40c. Tea to the exceptionally dry weather in Japan, the third crop was rather later than usual and at first the quality was disappointing, but later arrivals showed some im- provement and the receipts there are better than expected. Basket fired teas are very firm, with increased de- mand for better grades. The total export from Japan of all teas will be several million pounds short of last year. The third or late crop summer Formosa Oolongs are now coming in at an advance of 1@2c. The quality is better than the average and greater care is being taken in preparing the leaf. The early summer teas were The tariff revision cause some of the Owing the best grown for many years. The total export to America is about 16,- 000,000 pounds. Ceylons and Indias hold firm. China greens are firm and the American demand shows a slight falling off. Coffee—Rio and Santos grades are about 34c higher. There is a good demand, both here and abroad, and Brazil is firm also. Brazil coffee is The out look for firm, al- though there is no indication of any steady to heavy advance and the market may Mild coffees are higher in sympathy, and even recede somewhat. some erades are commanding a full cent more than they did two weeks ago. Java and Mocha steady to firm and unchanged. Canned Fruits—Apples unchanged prices. quiet at California canned inactive and unchanged, staple Eastern being steady to firm and unchanged. Vegetables—The pack is still proceeding and is certain now to be fair at least. The demand is. quiet. Corn is still firm and re- ports are all of short deliveries, those goods are small canned goods Canned tomato of the Maine packers not averaging more than 40 per cent. Peas are un- changed and quiet.. sh—Domestic Canned sardines Ii are up to $2.75 f. o. b. im a large way, the scarcity having become mor? pronounced. Imported sardines of all kinds are very scarce and firm. Dried changed, prices being firm and the Bruits —_ Currants are wh- demand fair. Peaches are quiet and unchanged, as are apricots. Raisins have advanced again on the coast; in fact, there is a great shortage reported in California on all kinds of dried fruits except peaches. Cheese—The consumptive demand is very good. The quality arriving is the best of the year. reported as being short in all produc- If there is any change The stocks are ing sections. in price it is likely to be a slight advance. Starch—Muzzy bulk and Best bulk and package have declined 10c per 100 pounds. Syrup and shows no change. Molasses — Glucose Compound syrup is quiet, although the cool weather has caused some little demand; prices Sugar syrup is dull at ruling prices as is molasses also. Salt Fish—Cod, hake and haddock unchanged. are growing scarcer and higher al- fully %¢ above al < 1 abo 2¢ ab ye 2c above normal and about 8¢ abo most every day. Cod is now Scarcity is making the demand good. Mackerel is quite dull, both the Irish and Norwegian hold- ers staying out of the market on ac- a year ago. count of the pending reduction of $2 a barrel in imported fish. What mackerel there is on spot is selling fairly well at unchanged prices. No- body is offering any new Irish mack- erel, and holders of new Norway fish are also indifferent to its sale at this time. Provisions — Smoked meats are steady at unchanged Bota pure and compound lard are in good consumptive demand at unchanged prices. Dried beef is very scarce with price nominal. Canned meats are in light demand at unchanged prices. prices. Out Around for the Ninth Time. The Grand Rapids wholesalers and jobbers are making their ninth annual swing around the circle this week, visiting old friends and making new ones. The circle this year is by the Pere Marquette to Ionia by way of Grand Ledge and’ to St. Johns by the Grand Trunk, for the first day; to Lansing by the Grand Trunk the sec- ond day; by the Michigan Central to Jackson for the third and home by the Michigan Central from Jackson the fourth. In all forty-six towns are to be visited and reports received indi- cate that the tourists are receiving the most cordial every- where. The start was made Tuesday morning, with reception about sixty in the party and the return will be Friday night. The evenings will be spent in St. Johns, Lansing and Jackson and in each of these cities the commercial organizations and business men have made plans to meet the Grand Rapids missionaries, socially and cordially, and with the pipe of peace going full blast. The excursion is accompanie:l by the Furniture City band and a band concert will be the feature at every stopping point. The band will also help out at the ments. evening entertain The trip is certain to be a great success in all the purposes for which it is made. The Grand Rapids merchants will get better acquainted with their trade, and with the condi- tions under which their trade must do business, and this will be beneficial to both sides. New trade opportuni- ties will be found and local merchants will be helped to which confront them in matters of transportation. Much of the this year is in “friendly” territory, but solve problems route considerable of it is along the border where the competition from other trade centers is strong. In arrang- ing the itinerary the committee has been wise in giving this borderland the most time and attention. ——_++>—_ Eugene L. Rose, who was long en- gaged in the grocery Petoskey and who has been first and foremost in every business at good cause, has been appointed postmaster of his city. [Ef that the appointment will meet with home eoes without saying very general appreciation and that Mr. Rose’s administration of the of- fice will be such as to add to the es- teem in which he is already held and brine satisfaction to his constituents and the politeal party which has thus honored him. —_—_+- + —____ The National Fuel Savers Corpora- tion of Michigan has been incorporat- ed with an authorized capital stock of $2,500, which has been subscribed, $20 being paid in in cash and $2,480 in stockholders and the number of shares held by each are: Melville Daniels, 248 shares; Mrs. A. H.. Daniels, 1 share and L. D. Averill. 1 share. property. The —— Mrs. Florence Haas & Son have en- gaged in general trade near Empire. The Worden furnished the grocery stock, the Grand Rapids Grocer Co. Dry Goods Co. the dry goods and the Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co. the stock, shoe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 8, 1913 ~ ~~ — ~ _ ~ ~ — or ‘2 on veppreudap) CeCe reese } Two important conventions are slat- ed for this month One is of the American Bankers’ Association in Boston this week and the other is that of the Investment Bankers’ As- Chicago Clay H. Hollister and Dudley E. Waters expect to at- sociation of America in October 28 to 30. tend the Boston convention and a large and distinguished delegation will go from Michigan, headed by George H. Russell, of Detroit. The important matter before the National Association will be the proposed currency legis- lation by Congress and, no doubt, the deliberations of the bankers represent- ing the entire country will have its influence on congressional action. The Investment Bankers’ Association was organized a year ago and is made up of bankers who specialize in invest- ment securities as against commercial banking. Among those who expect to attend irom this city are C. H. Cor- rigan, B. H. Howe, Chas. Hilliker and Frank T,. Hulswit and there may also be others. An interesting programme has been arranged, with addresses on railroad, electrical, municipal and oth- er forms of financing by recognized authorities on the various topics, but it is likely the most interest will be in the reports on and discussions of the progress of blue sky legislation. Sev- eral of the states have enacted blue sky laws the past year, including Michigan, and almost without excep- tion these laws are based on the very crude Kansas law. Few of these new laws have yet been tested out and as a result the investment bankers are in much perplexity as to where they stand. The Association approves the principles which the legislation rep- resents and will lend its aid to put- ting the laws in workable form. The Grand Rapids Savings Bank will establish a new branch on Wealthy street, at the intersection of Lake drive, opposite the car barns, the entire equipment having been furnish- ed by the Grand Rapids Safe Co. This is the Bank’s fourth venture into the suburbs, the others being at Madi- son square, on West Leonard street at Alpine avenue and on East Fulton at Diamond. The two last have been established within the year. Other branches are said to be under 1amed consideration to be established as soon made for These new branches are in the as arrangements can be them, outskirts of the city, where little busi- ness centers have been created and which do not have banking facilities. Whether or not they will prove prof- itable is yet to be demonstrated, but they will serve the useful purpose of making it easy for the suburbanites to acquire the banking habit. Rumor has been busy lately with the United Light and Railways Com- pany and the possibilities of its merger with other properties to make a still greater combination of utility enter- prises. The latest report is of a deal with the Stone & Webster interests, known as the Mississippi River Power Company. The development at Keo- kuk has just been completed and is of an estimated 200,000 horse power and cost about $12,000,000. Having made the development Stone & Webster are now looking for a market for their power and the United Light and Rail- Ways properties, with Davenport, lowa, as the center, seems the most feasible outlet. Stone & Webster have had engineers looking over the United propreties for several weeks and, if a deal is made, it is likely to be soon. The United properties in Towa have the advantage of being nicely bunched, making a compact group that could easily be handled from one center. The deal may be far more extensive than with the Stone & Web- ster combination, as will be apparent by a little study of the utility corpora- tion map of Illinois. In Northern IWinois and in the territory adjacent to Chicago, as well as in the city, Samuel Insull is the dominant in- luence, with electric, gas, street rail- way and interurban properties. Then comes a stretch of territory in which what is known as the McKinley in- fluences dominate, with Springfield as the center. Then the Insull interests have a belt of properties across the middle of Illinois, and south of this belt is the Hodenpyl, Hardy & Co. zone, holding the properties which were formerly in the Union Power Railway and Light Company and now held by Commonwealth, and in the STOCK OF THE National Automatic Music Company Approved by the Michigan Securities Commission Under the New So Called “BLUE SKY” LAW This stock pays 1% per month LOOK IT UP — IT’S WORTH WHILE 40-50 MARKET AVE., N. W. 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Whether anything will come of the negotiations that are said to be under way remains to be seen, but that there is an im- pression in financial circles that some- thing is doing is manifest from the sharp rises in United securities. Besides its properties in Iowa the United holds the Muskegon _ inter- urban and the Cadillac gas properties in Michigan and the Chattanooga, Tennessee gas property. These two properties, from the nature of things, cannot be connected up with the Iowa system, but they might be used for trading purposes in bringing about the gigantic big merger in Illinois. The Muskegon interurban would be a desirable ac- quisition for the Commonwealth in- terests in Michigan and the Common- wealth might consider a proposition to trade some of its Illinois proper- ties, acquired through the merger last spring with the Union for this. The Cadillac Gas Co. is within the Com- monwealth’s territory and might also be taken over in a trade. IHlodenpyl, Hardy & Co. and E. W. Clark & Co. are largely interested in the street railway and electric light properties in Chattanooga and also in the Tennes- see Light and Power Co. and the Chattanooga Gas Co. might also be taken over to help out the Ilinois deal. For nearly a year, or to be more accurate, ever since the returns came in telling of the election of President Wilson, the country has been dis- turbed by the tariff agitation. For five mouths, ever since Congress has been in special session, this agitation has been more or less acute, and that it has been a disturbing influence upon business cannot be denied. Now the tariff has ceased to be an agita- tion. The new law is on the books and interests affected by it know ex- actly where they stand and the con- ditions under which they must do business. This certainty, even though it may in some instances be unpleas- ant, will be more satisfactory than the uncertainty that existed before and it should now be in order for everybody to accept the results with the best grace possible and get down to work. The new law serves as the rules of the game, and for the Ameri- can business man and manufacturer to know the rules is the most important basis for success. The new tariff is a revision downward, something the Republicans under President Taft promised, but failed to deliver. It is a revision downward on the food stuffs and the necessities of life in particu- lar and the new law promises some relief in the high cost of living. Wool, wheat, flour, cattle, sugar in a short time, fresh meats and other food products are put on the free list and this may make the farmers feel abused but they will have their innings with free farm machinery, lumber, coal and coke, pig iron and other things which the farmer buys. The new tariff will not produce the revenue which the old tariff yielded, and the deficit is to be made up from the income tax which hits incomes of $3,000 and above for the single man and $4,000 for the married man at rates ranging from 1 to 7 per cent. The income tax will not be popular with those whom it hits, but the number it will not affect is so infinitely greater than those it will that this wil] make little difference. The new tariff may not be ideal. It may be a disappointment even to those who framed it. The important fact, however, is that at last it is on the books and the coun. try knows exactly the conditions under which business must be done and can now go ahead. —_~+-~____ Quotations on Local Stocks and Bonds Bid. Asked. Am. Gas & Elec. Co., Com. 174 76 Am. Gas & Elec. Co., Pfd. 46 48 Am. Light & Trac. Co., Com. 354 358 Am. Light & Trac. Co., Pid. 10546 107 Am. Public Utilities, Com. 45 48 Am. 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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. October 8, 1913. THE REAL REMEDY. The cheap politicians are urging the enactment laws to maintain the right or petition, whatever that may mean, and to make arbitration com- pulsory in the matter of labor dis- putes, and are suggesting cure alls for industrial various disturbances. The labor unions are demanding the enactment of laws forbidding the bringing of strikebreakers into the State, to curtail the power of the State militia in dealing with industrial riots, to forbid the courts to injunctions against picketing and in- timidation of men who want to work. 4 far simpler remedy against strikes —at least against nine-tenths of them —would be a law forbidding the com- ing into the State of the professional strike-makers. If MacFarlane could have drummed out of Grand Rapids, the long drawn out and ex- pensive furniture strike in this city would never have occurred. The fac- tory hands were satisfied with wages and hours. No thought of strike was in their minds. Their relations with employers was harmonious. MacFar- lane came, preached discontent, awak- ened passions, started the flames of class prejudice and hatred, and the strike lasted five months with recog- nition of the unions as practically the only issue, and then he left with enough money in his pocket to give him a trip to Europe with his wife and the workers of Grand Rapids had the bills to pay. In the copper country the mine workers had no grievances, either in the matter of wages or in the hours of work. The officers of the western federation came among them, and did as MacFarlane did with the furniture workers in this city, and for four months the copper country has been in turmoil, with the ignorant foreigners following the leadership of reckless agitators whose reward will be what they collect in union dues from their dupes. In the copper coun- try the issue is not wages, nor hours issu2 been of labor, but solely that of recognition of the federation and those who are conducting the strike are not residents of the State, nor men who have any- thing at stake in the strike district. They are outsiders who came into the State for no other reason than to make trouble for the S:ate and a little easy money for themselves. It will cost the state many millions of dol- lars in wages, production of mineral wealth and direct increase in the taxes. A law forbidding agitators coming into the State, or staying in the State when their character has been found out, would be an efficient remedy against most of the strikes that occur. A still more efficient remedy would be to forbid any man taking part in a strike in which he is not himself in- terested as an employe. This would curb the activity of the home growa agitators. It is rarely that the home grown causes any great amount of trouble. His associates know him and this makes them know better than to follow him, THE MANY SIDED MAN. As they say goodbye to him, the American people generally would like to drop into the ocean the unhappy controversies in which Theodore Roosevelt has been engaged. They would prefer to think of him merely as an engaging and outstanding per- sonality. His energy and versatility, his passion for activity, his gluttony for work, his varied and insatiate in- terest—these qualities of his continue to kindle general admiration. A‘ Americans wish the Colonel well on his latest trip. Whether addressing universities or exploring tropic jun- eles, they feel sure that he will know the stern joy of a full life and will be an active and impressive figure to all who behold him. eerie ceereeecmemeie meee With furnished and spacious new quarters, a well-equip- ped cafe service and attractive club room features the Grand Rapids As- sociation of Commerce is startin2 out upon another season of activity in behalf of a bigger and better Gran: Rapids. The Association has a mem- bership that borders on the thousand mark, and in the Association are most of the city’s best known and most progressive business men, manufac- turers and professional men. The As- sociation has an income of approx- imately $40,000 a year, which should be ample to meet all its needs. The old Board of Trade in its palmiest days had an income of about $12,000 and its quarters and equipment were not such as to be worth bragging about. The Association of Commerce should have the good wishes and cor- dial support of the right minded in every walk of good citizenship. handsomely Anything that will make gasoline cheaper interests automobile owners, and for that reason news that comes from Findley, O., to the effect that a new process for refining oils has been discovered is cheering. The new pro- cess breaks up the hydro-carbons of petroleum into whatever combination is needed, then condenses under pres- sure. By using it gasoline can be re- duced 4 cents a gallon in price. A new plant costing a million and a half has been built, which is proof that owners of the process have faith in it and believe it to be a money- making Cheaper gasoline is what the motorists want. business. ANOTHER GOOD LAW. One of the good laws enacted by the last Legislature is that which pre- scribes penalties of fine or imprison- ment for what in trade terms is known as “topping.” The grower or packer who puts the cull and inferior apples, potatoes or other products in the middle or bottom of the package and a nice layer of choice stuff on top for the purpose of deception is a “topper.” Under this new law the in- dulger in this practice if caught at it and prosecuted can be soaked and soaked hard, as he ought to be. The law prescribes that if above 20 per cent. of the contents of the package be below the quality of the surface layer, the offense shall have been com- mitted. The law is a good one, but like the “pure egg law” enacted two or three sessions ago it has one de- fect. It is nobody’s business in par- ticular to enforce the law and, there- fore, it lacks efficiency. The ordinary citizen has no hankering for the trou- ble and annoyance of bringing a cheap swindler to justice, and therefore he does not complain in a way that would make the law mean something, and it seems to be the duty of no public official to take action. The law is on the books, however, and some day it may be useful in making a needed example of some chronic offender. “Topping” is probably as old as trading in packages or bags or bulk. From the earliest day the buyer of soil products has had to be on his guard against the wiles of the man who puts the little potatoes in the bottom of the basket. It is practiced to this day, but, in justice to the American farmer, it may be said the practice is not as widespread as it is reputed to be. There are many strict- ly honest farmers who have found how much better it is to be absolute- ly on the square and who for their reward receive the highest market price for whatever they may offer. Then there is the ordinary honest farmer who will put the reddest ana best apples on top of a basket of or- chard run and who has no idea that he is using deception. The crook is the one who willfully tops off a bas- ket of culls and tries to sell them for selects, and there are just enough of these in the game to discredit the trade and make the term “honest farmer” a byword among men. On the city market in this city the buy- ers have their own way of getting even with the “topper” when they de- tect him in his trickery. They simply pass the word around and thereafter the offender has his troubles alike in selling what he may have to offer and in getting the price. As an illus- tration, a grower often seen on the market during the peach season has the reputation of being a topper and he cannot get within 10 per cent. of what his strictly honest neighbors re- ceive for their fruit, unless he sells to some stranger. His fruit may look just as nice as any on the market, but the word has been passed along and he suffers the penalty of his trans- gressions. During the strawberry season a grower who once had the reputation of producing the highest grade fruit sold a topped case of strawberries to one of the grocers, and next morning everybody on the market knew of it and thereafter that particular grower could not sell any- thing until examination had been made, and even then he had to take a lower price. The “topper” occa- sionally gets away undetected, even when dealing with the keen eyed huck- ster, but the trick cannot be turned many times without being caught, and the penalty is often long drawn out. and in an amount which no court would think of imposing as a fine. There is a law against “topping,” however, just as there is a law against offering stale eggs for fresh. The only trouble with the law is that the framers of it had too much confidence in “be it enacted” and did not pro- vide. adequately for its enforcement. THE BATTLE IS ON. The enactment of the tariff law is the first step towards the trying out of a series of great issues that are fraught with the deepest significance for the future of this Nation. The gathering at the White House last Friday night to witness the President afix his signature was not historic because it marked the enactment of the second low tariff law in seventy- five years. It was historic because it witnessed an act whose consequences must shape the future. Battle has now been squarely joined on the question whether the era of free economic op- portunity in this country is dead and must be replaced by a benevolently regulated system of private enterprise on the Roosevelt-Perkins model. The tariff bill is but the beginning. It was characteristic of President Wilson to express his pleasure in the work done and immediately to turn to point the way to the work that next waits to be done. As the days pass, those “vague” generalities of his speeches and writings on the New Ifreedom are taking on impressively concrete shape. Something like a year ago a com- mission was appointed by the late Mayor Gaynor of New York to look into the billboard problem in that city. It has recently published its conclu- sions. It holds the billboard to be a nuisance, that it is a fire hazard and a menace to public health. It is rec- ommended that restriction be en- forced by taxing advertisements thus displayed and to authorize health and fire officials to prohibit billboards altogether, where, in their judgment, the circumstances warrant. A great many other cities, and the number is constantly increasing, have come practically to the same conclusion. The billboard has precious little to commend it and offers much deserv- ing of criticism. Progressive cities all over the country are abolishing it outright or taxing it out of existence. No particular hardship is imposed thereby, except upon those who make big money out of their construction and the sale of space, because as an advertising medium it is not worth the cost. The municipal officials of every city in the country would do well to get a copy of the New York commiission’s report and read it care- fully. There is no getting away from the forcefulness of its conclusions. : | nemesis October 8, 1913 REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. Fred C. Beard, the Veteran Grand Rapids Grocer. Probably no more striking example of success, won by dint of pluck an‘ preseverence in the grocery business can be found in Michigan than that presented by Fred C. Beard, the gray haired grocer on Wealthy avenue. Mr. Beard first saw the light of day Aug. 21, 1851, in the town of Flushing, Cornwall county, in old England. At the tender age of 12 years he was seized with a desire to go out into the world and prepare himself for the business of life. This desire was 79 strong in the boy’s mind that the combined exertions of both parents and friends did not prevail against i‘, and the future grocer of Morley was bound out to a shoemaker for a per- iod of seven years. He soon learned that he had mistaken his calling; but he could not get out of it without de- serting, and desertion meant imprison- ment. It was imprisonment to re- main, but he preferred the honorable kind, and so he served out his full time. During the first year of his ap- prenticeship he received 12 cents per week; 25 cents per week during the next two and a half years; 75 cents per week for the two and a half years and $1 per week for the He was kept shod during following, last year. the term, but he had to board him- self or live at home. After regain- ing his liberty—or acquiring his trade, rather—he worked for his old master about three months at the princely salary of $2.50 per week, without board. Some time previous to this, Rev. J. M. Johns, with whom Fred was acquainted, had come to America and located at Morley; and it was through this gentleman’s correspond- ence that the 19 year old shoemaker was induced to leave his native land. When he arrived at Morley his clert- cal friend advised him to teach school. He secured a certificate and a school some distance from Morley was en- gaged for him. Mr. Beard will give you his experience as a school teacher in his own words: “IT was young and everything seem- The located ed wild and strange to me. school was supposed to be somewhere in the wilds of Michigan, about twenty miles from Morley. | shall never forget the morning I start- ed out in search of that school. I was armed with my certificate, a heart, a big ambition, and an old English carpet bag wherein was stow~- ed all my worldly possessions. All day long I tramped through the woods, passing occasional patches where the forest had been mutilated by man, and just as the shades of evening began to gather, I came to a clearing. Thinking I must ‘be near my destination, I called at a shanty to make enquiry. Imagine my sur- prise when my ears were greeted with the following response: ‘Oh, mine cracious! It wos shust feefteen miles mit dot school house.’ I wilted. The good old Dutchman saw the pitiable plight I was in, and he tried to con- sole me. He insisted on my staying stout all night with him, but between shar- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ing the Dutchman's hospitality and bearding the American lion in his na- tive jungles, there could be but one choice, and I resolved to return to Morley or die in the attempt. In the blackness of the night I scrambled along, falling over obstructions and dodging ferocious wild beasts, until, utterly exhausted, I sank down upon the ground. I fell into a troubled sleep and was dreaming of the far away home I had left, when something tugging at my feet awakened me. Rising up I saw several animals about me as large as medium sized dogs. : seized my carpet bag and suddenlv Fred C. Beard. After wandering the balance of the night in a condi- took my departure. tion of frenzy bordering on insanity, I found myself, at the dawn of day, in front of the old Dutchman's house. This was all the experience as a school teacher I wanted and I returned to Morley and went to work in J. Cum- mer & Son's sawmill at $9 per week.” In the fall Mr. Beard left the mill and secured a clerkship in the general store of Wm. Judd, at Altona. He was installed at once as a member of Mr. Judd’s family and, during his three years’ service, he became thor- oughly Americanized His next en- gagement was with the grocery firm of Peters & Anderson, of Morley. Three years of faithful service were given this firm, after which Mr. Beard opened a grocery store of his own. In a little over six years from the time the boy of 19 landed in a country he had succeeded in accumu- lating $600 by steady industry and frugal habits. Mr. Beard knew the value of every dollars of this small capital and he determined that it should help in the accumulation of more. He invested it in a stock of groceries. Some of his friends said it was a mistake; that he would lose his dollars, which had cost him so many hard days’ work; that he was young and inexperienced and that nineteen out of twenty men who put their money into the grocery business never succeed in pulling it out again. But Mr. Beard was made of the same kind of stuff that successful business men are made of. He put $600 into the grocery business in 1879, and in eleven short years he pulled out of that same business $25,000 in cold cash, which was subsequently well in- strange vested in Grand Rapids real estate. When asked to explain the secret ordinary circumstances will of his remarkable success, Mr. Beard said: “When I started my business I was strongly impressed that if it was to be a success, Fred Beard would have to work and economize. I al- ways had a mania for hard work, and I attribute my success to that as much as to any other one thing. I never put off until to-morrow what I could do to- day, and I never depended upon an- other to do what it was possible for me to do myself. I never made an engagement or incurred an obligation that I could not, or I might say did not, meet or fulfill—that is, so far as human control of ordinary events is concerned. Of course, there ars times when sickness, death of extra- thwart the best laid plans. I will say, how- ever, that during the entire eleven years I was in business, I never al- lowed a bill to pass maturity unpaid. I wish to say, also, that I attribute my success, in no small measure to the Michigan Tradesman, as a medium through which I was enabled to keep thoroughly posted in prices. By this means I was enabled to anticipate prices and buy right; and I wish you would emphasize the fact that I credit the Tradesman quite largely as being contributory to my success in busi- ness.” On retiring from business at Mor- ley, Mr. Beard came to Grand Rap- ids in 1892 and engaged in the real estate business. ment was in fifty-six lots on the north side of Wealthy street and east of Lake Drive. He has disposed of for- ty-nine of these lots to good advan- tage, so that he has only seven re- In 1894 he bought out the grocery stock of Wm. Barth, at 1497 Wealthy street. Twelve years ago he moved street to 1504 Wealthy street, where he has continued business ever since with marked suc- cess. Mr. Beard was married July 21, 1878, to Miss Carrie Bronson, of Big His wife was a daughter of the late Gen. Stephen Bronson, one of the first families of Big Rapids for Mrs. Beard died seven- teen years ago, leaving a son, Marshall His original invest- maining. across the Rapids. many years. C. Beard, who is now superintendent of Station A side. Mr. a second time. He resides in his own home at 1637 Wealthy street. He joined the Methodist church in Eng- land when he was 17 years of age and is now a regular attendant at Clark Memorial church, which he serves in the capacity of trustee. He is a mem- ber of the Woodmen, but has no oth- er fraternal ties or associations. Postoffice on the west Beard has never married As a key to Mr. Beard’s character, it is only necessary to state that from the time he entered that sawmill as a boy, up to the present time, a portion of his earnings has passed over the broad Atlantic, as regularly as the months have rolled by, to the dear old mother to whom he is devotedly at- tached. In 1911 he visited his mother at the old home in England, coming back refreshed and invigorated to a remarkable degree Mr. Beard’> attachment to his mother and his loy- alty to her are in keeping with the spirit of his entire career. He is a 9 model man in all that the term implies and the Tradesman joins with his many friends in expressing the hope that he may live to be 100 and that he may enjoy every minute as long as h2 lives. ——— 8 Manufacturing Matters. Owosso—The Independent Co. is building an addition, feet, to its plant. Pad Axe—The International Milk Products Co., of Detroit, is erecting a branch plant here and will occupy it about Oct. 15. Belding—The Belding-Hall Refrig- erator Co. has declared a 7 per cent. dividend on its preferred stock and 1 6 per cent. dividend on its common stock. Detroit — The Universal Bottle Washer Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $100,000 al of which has been subscribed an paid in in cash. Lansing—The Acme Engine Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $80,000, of which $40,- 400 has been subscribed, $8,000 being paid in in cash and $32,400 in property. St. Joseph—Frank P. Graves and 1]. W. Allen have taken over the busi- ness of the Holland Fish Rod Co., of Holland, and will remove the plant here and operate it in connection with the American Tool Works. Detroit—The Wolf merged its business into a stock com- Stove 72x96 Pipe Co. has pany under the same style, with an authorized capital stock of $50,000, of which $26,020 has been subscribed, $20 paid in in cash and $9,608 in property. Maybee—The Maybee Lumber Co. has been merged intoa stock company under the same style, with an author- ized capital stock of $10,000, of which $6,000 has been subscribed, $400 being paid in in cash and $5,600 in property. Crystal Falls—The Northern Spec ialty Co. has engaged in business, to manufacture at wholesale and retail, accessories for motor vehicles, with an authorized capital stock of $1,000, $600 has and paid in in cash. Detroit—The Wagenhal’s Motor Co. has been merged into a stock com of which been subscribed pany under the same style, with an capital stock of $300,000 common and $200,000 $350,000 has and paid in in property. Detroit—A new organized authorized preferred, of which been subscribe! corporation has been under the style of the Royal Manufacturing Co., for the purpose of dealing in merchandise, with an authorized capital stock of $100,000, which has been subscribed, $4,000 being paid in in cash amd $96,- 000 in property. Algonac—The Smith-Ryan Boat & Engine Co. has been merged into a stock company under the style of the Cc. C. Smith Boat & Engine Co., with an authorized capital stock of $25,009, of which $15,000 has been subscribed, $1,000 being paid in in cash cash and $14,000 in property. ————— oo John I. Bellaire, manager of the Wisconsin Land & Lumber Co. (rated over a million dollars) at Blaney, writes. “I consider the Michigan Tradesman the most valuable of any paper I am taking.” 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 8, 1913 MEN OF MARK. W. P. Canaan, President of the Wm. P. Canaan Co. No man gains the esteem and af- fection of his fellow man more than he who takes a tithe, or more than a tithe, of the fruits of his own labor and industry and devotes it to the upbuilding of the community and the individuals in that community without ostentation, without advertising his philanthropy and generosity with a blare of trumpets. Such a man riv- ets the bonds of affection when, re- membering his own hardships and his own struggles, he takes thought not only of the welfare of those whom he employs but of their comfort and pleasure and actually provides in a really practical way for the enjoy- ment of that pleasure. It is his relation as a business man and citizen to the community and to that entitles Wm. P. Canaan to more than passing notice in the Michigan Tradesman and among the guild of merchants. Quiet, belittling his Canaan has his employes almost. shy, own done and is doing much for the city of Grand Rap- ids in a quiet way. suc cess, Mr. The world never hears of his little acts of kindness and adhere closely to the Biblical injunction not to let his leit what his right hand doeth, and many an act of helpfulness. He seems to hand know his kindness goes unheralded and un- known. Mr. Canaan has prospered, but it has been by dint of his own effort and foresight. There was a time when he had nothing—when he sold papers on the streets of Big Rapids. He seems not to have forgotten those days and their then apparent hope- lessness, as here and there he extends a helping hand to some other poor fellow who is struggling along. William P. Canaan was born on a farm near Bie Rapids, Jan. 31, 1874. His antecedents were English on his father’s side and Irish on his mother’s side. When he was a small child his farm near Moorestown, where he attended the country school, educa- tion with a four year course at Fer- patents removed to a finishing his ris Industrial Institute at Big Rapids. His first venture in the business world was as a wholesale newsdealer at Big j Rapids. He pursued this line of work I I for a year, when he removed to Itha- ca, where for two years he managed the shoe department of the Charles Rowland store. He was married in Ithaca and subsequently located in Grand Rapids, where he engaged in the wholesale news business in 1898. Eleven years ago he added picture cards to his line, in which he has long About a year ago he removed to 5 and 7 North been a prominent factor. Tonia street, where he added a com- plete line of stationery. Was incorporated eight years with a capital stock of $10,000. The business ago, The is, he played tennis and football with the preacher. Mr. Canaan attributes his success to hard work and close application to He is certainly faithful to his business to a remarkable degree. lle is a plain, sincere man, who at- tends to his own affairs. All of the time he has away from his business business. is devoted to his family. He born with a fund of good nature and a fine quality of dry humor. He has three ambitions: To do business at! the time at a fair profit to himself Was W. P. Canaan. capital stock has since been increased to $25,000. Mr. Canaan is President and General Manager of the business. eight peo four He employs a force of ple in the store He keeps traveling men on the road and two in the city. Mr. Canaan joined the Baptist church whale he was in Ithaca and acted as assistant to the pastor—that and to his customers; to use what time is necessary in the affairs of his business; and to devote the remain- der of his time to the benefit of those about him. He is an automobilist for pleasure and profit, for he not only uses the automobile himself, but looks after the many house on ttips he interest of his automobile takes around the State. The reader of human character will recognize by the excellent portrait of Mr. Canaan, which is published herewith, that he is a man of quick, nervous temperament and of great mental alertness. ‘ ——_~ +> Doings in the Buckeye State. Written for the Tradesman. The Young Men’s Business Asso- ciation of Columbus is preparing a handbook of the city, covering in a concise way every phase of life—busi- ness, social, political and religious. The Supreme Court holds that a city council cannot fix telephone rates when rates are net provided for in the franchise. Tire Council of Tiffin pass- ed an ordinance reducing the maxi- mum monthly rental from $3 to $2.50 which will not hold under the court decision, Cleveland schools show a gain ot 5,279 pupils over a year ago. Over a million fish are being plant- ed in Ohio streams from Take Erie and the State hatcheries at London and Sandusky. The Greater Dayton Association has started off with total enrollment of 5,580, or a larger membership, it is claimed, than any other citizens’ or- ganization in the world. The Ohio State University will place special emphasis on dairying in its agricultural extension work this year. Lake Sohre on new car shops at Ashtabula, soon. The Buckeye Window Glass Co., of Columbus, whose plant was recent- ly destroyed by fire, received forty- five propositions to locate elsewhere, but has turned them down and will re- build in Columbus. Railroad starts work To assist the com- pany the Chamber of Commerce takes $25,000 mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, maturing $5,000 annually. The State Board of Health gives the city of Canton until Jan. 1, 1915 to have its new sewage disposal plant in operation. first The Retail Merchants’ Association of Columbus has elected D. Birney Neil as manager and he will give his entire time to the work. The As- sociation has sixty-seven members. The Ohio Flood Relief Commission has completed its work and reports show that $2,715,300.11 was spent for relief in the State. This does not include amounts paid by individuals, churches and fraternal organizations. Almond. Griffen. The New Stationery House Many dealers have bought from us, many dealers still will buy from us their holiday lines of Post Cards, Booklets, Seals, Toys, Enclosure Cards, Calendars, Calendar Pads, Bells, Garlands, Dolls, Toys, Toy Books, Games, Christmas Stationery We would be pleased to have you among the number WILL P. CANAAN COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. icant anemone { | | October 8, 1913 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ll You Have Got Your Work To Do Start the day on Quaker Oats What is best for your customers 1s best for you. MR. MERCHANT. You will find it the best nourish- ment---the best flavor---and a most tempting breakfast. Take home a package to-day. Let your folks enjoy Quaker Oats. ‘Lhe Quaker Oats Company CHICAGO 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 8, 1913 NPC (iM ITER, EGGS 4*» PROVISIONS = — = — Michigan Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso- ciation. President—B. L. Howes, Detroit. Vice-President—H. L. Williams, Howell. Secretary and Treasurer—J. E. Wag- goner, Mason. Executive Committee—F. A. Johnson, Detroit; E. J. Lee, Midland; D. A. Bent- ley, Saginaw. Not Quite Ten Million Dozen Eggs. Written for the Tradesman. Ten million dozen! Just think of it! At 20 cents a dozen would be two million dollars. If we spell it out another big mistake may be avoided. But we here in Washtenaw county more than 20 cents. Getting 30 cents now and going right on up until the storage eggs come out and check the advance. Say an average of 25 cents a dozen for the year. Perhaps a little high but it makes even figuring. There you have two and one-half million dollars from eggs for the Washtenaw county farmers. Who said so? Why, Dr. Eben Mum- ford, of the Agricultural college. Did he? See the Tradesman of Oct. 1. And see the scare head in the Ann Arbor Times-News following the meeting of poultrymen a short time ago for the purpose of formulating plans or inaugurating a co-operative system of marketing eggs, at which meeting Dr. Mumford spoke. But you did not see the correction included in the report of a later meet- ing admitting that Dr. Mumford said only one million dozen. The exag- gerated report may possibly be copied all over the United States and half of Canada, but how many will learn of the correction? Just stop and think. Not only in this correction but wherever you read wonderful reports from prominent of- ficials—almost increditable Stop and think. has twenty townships, each contain- statistics. Washtenaw county ing thirty-six sections or square miles. Divided into eighty acre farms would be eight farmers to the square mile or 5,760 farms in the county. That is liberal enough. Livingston county is said to have only 3,000 farmers in its sixtecn townships, less than six to the section. Now to produce ten million dozen— 120,000,000 eggs, hens to each farm each laying seventy eggs per year. We think that the number of hens on the farm run from would require 295 thirty to 100, probably not over seven- ty-five on the average, and that is about one-fourth of 295. Perhaps of late years in sections where more attention is given by farmers to poul- try the average may come nearer 100 eggs per hen. Even then each farm would need 207 hens. 3ut we have skipped one thing. Two and one-half million dollars from ten million dozen eggs at 25 cents a dozen would bring in each farmer $434.02. For the table and for hatching at least one-third the eggs are used—not over two-thirds being marketed. That brings up the value of eggs for the farmer to $651.03. And he gets an equal amount from market fowls— $1,300 from a side line. to the farm! Let's back Of course it was a big mistake— just one cipher too much. One mil- lion dozen marketed by farmers, one- half as much used at home, another half-million dozen produced by poul- trymen and families in villages and cities, and you have two million dozen eggs for the county, worth at 20 cents per dozen, $400,000. That is a big estimate. The doctor said 12 per cent. of the vallue was lost by improper methods of marketing, neglect, etc., amounting to $50,000 a year. And there you have it, $50,000 is 12 per cent. of $400,000. Anybody might have seen the mistake in the first re- port if they had had interest enough to take a second thought about it. Unbiased by other reports I would have said 5,000 farmers, seventy-five hens each or 37,000 hens, seventy eggs per hen, 25,250,000 eges, equals 2,104,- 166 dozen. Whose guess will you take? Tifty thousand dollars loss falling on 5,000 farmers is $10 each. To save that he must subtract time and labor from some other farm industry and lose on that. So it’s which and ’tother. The odds is the difference. But hold on! Here is the real kernel of the matter. It is not so much importance what the farmer loses by his neglect and im- proper methods of handling and mar- keting of eggs as it is the disappoint- ment, annoyance and loss to the con- sumer. He, she or they pay enough for eggs so that they are entitled to wholesome, appetizing, satisfying, healthgiving, strengthening eggs. Ifonor and self interest as individ- uals have helped much, but we need co- operation and legal compulsion. And they are coming. Signs are encour- aging. Progress is being made. E. E. Whitney. —_2-+-.___ Along with other methods of pre- serving eggs, the daily papers are suggesting that consumers wrap each egg ina piece of newspaper surround- ed by salt, and then pack closely in a pasteboard box, filling in any space with paper, and tie the cover on. Place the boxes in a cool place The eggs will keep for months if neces- sary. At least, that’s what the news- papers say. —_++>_____ Some men look for trouble in order that they may be prepared to dodge. If You Can Load POTATOES APPLES OR KEIFFER PEARS Let’s hear from you. We will buy or can make you an interesting proposition to load for us. If you are in the market for these com- modities, glad to quote you delivered prices in car lots. H. E. MOSELEY CO. F. T. MILLER, Gen. Manager 30 IONIA AVENUE GRAND RAPIDS Loveland & Hinyan Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. We are in the market for car lots APPLES AND POTATOES BEANS CAR LOTS AND LESS Get in touch with us when you have anything to offer. The Vinkemulder Company JOBBERS AND SHIPPERS OF EVERYTHING IN FRUITS AND PRODUCE Grand Rapids, Mich. M. Piowaty & Sons Receivers and Shippers of all Kinds of Fruits and Vegetables GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Branch House: Muskegon, Mich. Western Michigan’s Leading Fruit House Come in and see us and be convinced ses eetesasnnmnetansiassiitsaadl October 8, 1913 Cold Storage and the Food Supply. Now that the cold storage business has become a permanent feature of the American food industries, it is a public duty to investigate the varied aspects of this mode of preservation with a view alike of correcting its shortcomings and developing its pos- sibilities. In many quarters the mani- fold aspects of cold storage and its practical applications to human health and nutrition have not as yet fre- ceived the serious consideration which the magnitude of the interests in- volved warrants. Figures sometimes serve as a stimulus for a better ap- preciation of the facts of commerce and the progress of science. A Gov- ernment report is authority for the statement that the estimated receipts into cold storage during one year amount in round numbers of 131,- 000,600 pounds of fresh beef, 20,000,- 000 pounds of fresh mutton, 176,000,- 000 pounds of fresh pork, 157,000,000 pounds of butter, and 10,000,000 cases of eggs. It appears that 3.1 per cent. of a year’s production of fresh beef, commercial slaughter, goes into cold storage; and the data for the other meats furnish even larger figures. Of the farm and factory production of butter during a year, 9.6 per cent. goes into cold storage, and of the farm and non-farm production of eggs, 15 per cent. The wholesale value of the fresh beef, mutton and pork re- ceived into cold storage totaled $35,- 000,000; of butter, $40,000,000, and of eggs $64,000,000. Influences of such magnitude bear- ing directly on so vital a matter as the food factor in National welfare assuredly cannot be overlooked by those interested in the public health. Inasmuch as some of the abuses ot objectionable features of cold storage have centered in the unduly prolong- ed retention of food products, with the consequent possibility of deteriora- tion and incipient decay, instead of perfect preservation, it is interesting to learn in an authentic way some- thing about the actual periods of time during which the food products have in the past actually been subjected to the conservation processes by cold storage in practice. It appears that the receipts into cold storage are en- tirely or very nearly exhausted by the deliveries within ten months. Very small percentages of some of the commodities were stored for a much longer time, but these are explained by warehouse men as being caused by special circumstances of an un- commercial nature. The largest “carry-over” into the second year of storage of the six pro- ducts investigated has been in the case of dressed poultry, that of eggs being decidedly the lowest. For the average length of time in cold stor- age the actual costs are surprisingly small, being reported as ranging from a fraction of a cent per pound for meats to 3.5 cents per dozen for eggs —figures representing only a small percentage of the wholesale price of the commodities. If the service thus rendered is a wholesome one, its op- erations involve a reasonably econo- mical expenditure. In so far as cold storage involves merely a readjust- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ment of price levels, its regulation 1s a matter of public concern; but that is quite aside from the real hygienic problems concerned therein. We quote the conclusion of the Government ex- pert: “Let the fact be what it will with regard to the effect of cold stor- age on prices, the fact remains that cold storage has been of incalculable benefit to providing commodities out of the natural pro- ductive season.”—American Medical consumers in Association. —_—_o2-s—___ Don’t Confuse the Two Bakers at Toledo. Toledo, Oct. 3—Recently one A. T. Baker, located at 407 Nasby building, Toledo, a buyer and seller of butter, and cheese, discontinued pay- ments and, from the best information I have, is settling with his creditors for 25 cents on the dollar, giving long time notes for the balance. A. T. Baker is doing business as the Baker Produce Co. I wish that you would kindly make note of this in your paper, as this state of affairs may work a grave in- justice to us and might possibly re- sult in many shipments going to the Baker Produce Co., the shippers being under the impression that it was M. O. Baker & Co. they were shipping to. M. O. Baker. —_2++2>—___ Big Egg Consumers. 2y OS eoos It is said that the calico printers use more than 40,000,000 dozen eggs each year and that the coffee roast- ers and photographic trades, the cracker and biscuit combines and the chemical trades consume more than twice as many. Large quantities are also used in the leather trades for tanning, etc. They are also largely used in the preparation of many patent foods and the liquor trade takes no inconsiderable number. For many of these uses inferior grades of eggs are used—not because they are better, but because they are cheaper. One bis- cuit company in New York City buys 4,000,000 eggs every week. —_~++2____ The stomach is an illustration of ceaseless activity. When it is empty and has no food to digest it turns its power of digestion upon itself and destroys tissue. So it is with the mind of the idler. Having no occupa- tion, because he is too lazy to think, it eats away at itself and destroys the mentality. Idleness is not something which can be indulged in for a while and then put aside without any harm, but that of lost time. The lazy person has become crippled in the power to think and act, and will never be as strong and full of energy as he would have been if he had been a worker always. There is something gone which can never be entirely restored. Hammond Dairy Feed “The World’s Most Famous Milk Producer” LIVE DEALERS WRITE 13 Dandelion Vegetable Butter Color A perfectly Pure Vegetable Butter Color and one that complies with the pure food laws of every State and of the United States. Manufactured by Wells & Richardson Co. Burlington, Vt. Watson-Higgins Milling Co. Merchant Millers Grand Rapids tt Michigan FOR FINE WEDDING PARTY AND FUNERAL WORK TRY Crabb & Hunter Floral Co. 114 E, FULTON ST. Citizens 5570 Opposite Park Bell M570 HART BRAND CANNED GOODS Packed by W. R. Roach & Co., Hart, Mich. Michigan People Want Michigan Products We want Butter, Eggs, Veal and Poultry STROUP & WIERSUM Successors to F. E. Stroup, Grand Rapids, Mich Satisfy and Multiply Flour Trade with “Purity Patent” Flour Grand Rapids Grain & Milling Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. IMPORTANT Retail Grocers who wish to please their customers should be sure to supply them with the genuine Baker's Cocoaand 1 Chocolate with the trade-mark on the packages. Registered U.S. Pat. off They are staple goods, the standards of the world for purity and excellence. MADE ONLY BY W alter Baker & Co. Limited DORCHESTER, MASS, Established 1780 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. Red Crescent Sweet Potatoes Have that rich yellow color and delicious flavor. A. CASABIAN The ‘“‘House of Quality”’ CA & SON Grand Rapids, Mich. Potato New and second-hand, also b Quick Shipments Our Pride ROY BAKER Wm. Alden Smith Bldg. Bags ean bags, flour bags, etc. Grand Rapids, Mich. BUY SEEDS NOW FOR FALL SEEDING Can fill orders CLOVER AND RED TOP, ORCHARD GRASS, BLUE GRASS, SEEDS. MOSELEY BROTHERS Both Phones 1217 TIMOTHY CALL OR WRITE. Grand Rapids, Mich. Michigan Sales Agents Want to Buy Winter Apples Write us what you M. O. BAKER & CO. ane TOLEDO, OHIO expect to have een RT IAAT TITTIES CTE ST STN TSS ESS IT SSSI Ld 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 8, 1913 BANKRUPTCY MATTERS. Proceedings in Eastern District of Michigan. Detroit, Sept. 30—In the matter of Ed- ward Delahunte and Daniel Kennedy, co- partners as Delahunte & Kennedy, and Edward Delahunte, individually, and Kd- ward Delahunte doing business as Dela- hunte Coal Co., bankrupt, Detroit. ‘The final account of the trustee showed a balance on hand as per first report of $285, since which time other moneys ave been received, making a total of $521.15. The Wonderland Coal Co. filed a petition asking that it be paid $49 as the costs taxed in favor of plaintiff in a suit in the Wayne Circuit Court ap- pealed from the justice court. The trus- tee will pay to the Wonderland Coal Co. for costs of suit in the Wayne Circuit Court $33.50. The trustee will also pay to Anderson & Wilcox the sum of $50 for their services as attorneys; also to Clark, Lockwood, Bryant & Klein, upon their filing a petition that they are en- tled to same, the sum of $50. After payment of these amounts and adminis- tration expenses and the maximum statutory fee to the receiver and trustee, the balance will be paid as a first and final dividend, the estate closed and the trustee and surety on its bond be re- leased and discharged. In the matter of Bush Scott Co., bank- rupt, Detroit. Final meeting of creditors held. The final report of trustee shows total receipts of $1,557.58, with total dis- bursements of $491.80, leaving a balance on hang of $1,065.78. C. L. Christie is allowed the sum of $150 in full for his services as attorney. Lucking Emmons and Helfman are allowed $108.75, being $75 attorney fee and $33.75 disburse- ments. The trustee and receiver will be allowed the full statutory fee. A second dividend will be paid at once and the ease continued to December 2 for a further final report from the trustee and a declaration of a third and final divi- dend. In the matter of Co., a corporation, bankrupt, Detroit. Voluntary petition filed and order of adjudication entered and referring case to Referee Joslyn for administration. The bankrupt has been engaged in the business of automobile body painting and trimming. On petition filed therefore, the Detroit Trust Company, Detroit, was appointed receiver by teferee Joslyn bond fixed at $3, i The receiver is authorized to continue the business and to take immediate possession of all books, papers, records, and property of receiver is further Melain-Harrison the bankrupt. The directed to make an investigation of the affairs of the bankrupt as to uncom- pleted contracts for work, whether or not it will be for the best interests of creditors to have the said contracts com- pleted and the work now in process fin- ished by the receiver, and to report to the court not later than October 7. The receiver has accepted the trust and duly qualified. The bankrupt schedules’ the following creditors Maward A. All. Cincinnati .....$ 308.91 Ann tarrow Co., Detroit ...... 981.58 Acme White Lead & Color Works 78.20 Ashtabula Hide & Lea. Co., Ashta- GIA ce 4,064.04 ger Printing o,, Detroit .... 6.50 Ol Co., Jackson ...... 8.00 J ance (Speci lity Co., Detroit 15.90 Atwood Brass Wks., Grd Rapids 62.04 Blanchard B ros. & I.uane, Newark, Me ee 4 Turpentine C Chandler Co., Glass & Cook. Detroit 110.72 Hair Co., Metheunn, Sua. . Detroit : Detroit (0... 30ston ; 4 mo, Mie. Co., & : Central Distributing Co., Detroit 34.24 Cleveland Hardware Co., Cleveland 5.40 Ditzier Color Co., Detroit ...... 49.86 Detroit Wire Springs Co., Detroit a Detroit Foundry Supply Co., Detroit Wood Pulley Co., Geo. A. Drake Co., Detroit ; Detroit Paint & Glass Co., Detroit Dumont Demours Powder Co., Detroit Detroit Wiltmineton .. 2.050562 ee 2,183.49 Detroit & Tol .Shore Co., Detroit 73.78 Pint Varnish ©o,, Flint ........ 178.90 Felton Sibley Co., Philadelphia 149.43 Cc. W. Findiater, De role 4... 64.25 : Co., Litd., Detroit 29.64 ish Co., Cleveland 776.09 uipment Co., Milwaukee 1.38 ‘ & Ohio Mining Co., CES IRa 2 ol eee eee ee r sser Coal Co., Cincinnati 4 ehman Coal Co., Detroit 97.36 Electric Light Co., Nimmo, Spaulding & Eddy, National ¢ C Governor Co., Ce ee 50 Detroit City Gas Co., Detroit TT FP. Howell Co., Newark ..... 4. Harvey Gone, Detroit ....... Harrison, Taylor & Bressler, erred. ee eee 21.67 J. H. Halsey Smith & Co., Newark 32.44 Hudson Leather Co., Newark .. 24.23 Jackson Cushion Spring Co., OOCKSON 255.5255... eae. 123.85 Al. Lampert & Bros., Detroit ... 27.00 Michigan Paste Co., Detroit .. 6.15 Michigan Aux. Fire Alarm Co., Demon |... eee. ce 20.00 Machinery Sales Co., Detroit ... 47.00 Michigan ( ‘entre al Re \ilroad Co., DetMOIt Coe ee 5.05 Motor Transfer Co., Detroit .... 6.00 O'Brien Varnish Co., Cleveland 3.20 Ottawa Leather Co., Grand Haven . 38.38 August Pasche & Son, Detroit .. 292.58 Bent Detroit |. ceo eS. 300.00 Rinshed, Gagnier Paint Co., DUO ee eae ee 617.55 Rands Mic. Co., Detroit ........ .90 Royal Varnish Co., TPoledo ...... 69.00 T, 8B. Hayl (o., Detreit ........ 32,06 Reilly & Brooks, Detroit .. ..... 8.00 Stengel & Rothschild, Sulzberger & Sons Co., Chicago 2 Jos. N. Smith Co., Detroit .... 177.35 Sherwin Williams Co., Cleveland 149.60 F. L. Sutherland Co., Detroit .. 69.24 Newark _ 2,¢ > > Standard ©i1 Co., Detroit ...... 107.73 H. Scherer & Co., Detroit ..... 664.23 Stewart & Mowrey, Chicago ... 309.25 Michigan State Tele. Co., Detroit 7.30 HE. b>. Daylor Co., Buffalo ...... 523.73 Underwood Typewriter Co., De- CHG 3 ee ee 36.75 Union Paper & Twine Co., Detroit $49.26 Valentine & Co., Chicago ...... $9.6 Wade Mife Co., Brockton ...... Fred Walpert & Co., Baltimore = 1,254.26 Bills payable represented by note Detroit Wire Spring Co., Detroit Metropolitan Mfg. Co., Detroit Murphy Varnish Co., Chicago F. LL. Sutherland Co., Detroit Flint Varnish ©Co., Flint ...... 3 Joseph Rently Hair Co., Methuen 560.77 Tufting Machine Supply Co., Detroit Ds C tH Ritter, Detroit .......... 179.00 Taxes due the city of Detroit. Max C. Koch, Treasurer, Detroit 86.94 In addition to the foregoing general creditors, the bankrupt schedules claims of laborers in the sum of $1,789.72. The property owned by the bankrupt is set forth as follows: Hepupment |... 6. ..-2. 35k ee $2, 589. 60 DiaChiNery fe. 3. Office fixtures and supplies SGUTANCe |... cee ees Paint supplies, cle. ........-... 1,3 28.94 Work im process ................ 2,491.19 Ahimmine shock ........--1.5--. 8,561.81 Kista (in bam oe ees 163.04 Notes receivable ..........5...-5 2,753.47 Accounts receivable ........2.. 13,569.42 In the matter of Maleolm Allen trading as ©. A. Ailen, bankrupt, Detroit. Zhe first meeting of creditors in this case has been called by Referee Joslyn to be held Oct. 10, at which time the said creditors may attend, prove their claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt, and transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The receiver has been authorized to offer the property of the bankrupt for sale at public auction on the forenoon of said day on the premises formerly occupied by the bankrupt and to report the sale at the above meeting for such action as may be confirmd by the court. In the matter of William H. Park- hurst, bankrupt, Detroit. The first meet- ing of creditors has been called to be held Oct. 14, to permit creditors to at- tend, prove their claims, appoint a trus- tee, examine the bankrupt and to trans- act such other business as may be proper. The receiver has been auth- orized to offer the property of the bank- rupt for sale on the premises in the forenoon of said day and to report to the court at said first meeting for further action. Oct. 3. Im the matter of Cameron Currie and Louis H. Case, copartners as Cameron Currie & Company, bankrupts, Detroit. Hearing on petition for partial distribution. Stipulation dismissing peti- tion filed April 21. Stipulation dismiss- ing appeal from order of referee in re petition of Louis 8. Levy filed. Certi- fied copy of decree of Supreme Court of Michigan filed and made a part of the petition for payment of partial dividend. After consideration, an order was en- tered directing Frederick G. Austin to pay to each of the intervening petition- ers in the proceedings in the Circuit Court for the county of Wayne in chan- eery as their names appear.in class AA and A to H, both inclusive, in the final decree of the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan 40 per cent. of the amount awarded and decreed to each of said intervening petitioners. Bankruptcy Matters in Southwestern Michigan. St. Joseph, Sept. 29—In the matter of the National Gas Light Co.,° bankrupt, of Kalamazoo, an adjourned first meet- ing of creditors was held at Kalamazoo. (aims to the amount of some _— $5,000 were allowed and the trustee, Charles lL. Dibble, made his final report as cus- todian and also report of sale of the bankrupt’s assets to Charles B. Hays for $12,000, with the recommendation that the sale be not confirmed. The referee entered an order setting the sale aside and rejecting the bid of Mr. Hays, and authorizing the trustee to solicit bids at private sale. In the matter of Frederick W. Hin- of Kalamazoo, the first richs, bankrupt, meeting of creditors was held at Kala- mazoo. Claims to the amount of some $50,000 were allowed and Walter J. Bris- tol, of Kalamazoo, was elected trustee, his bond being fixed at $10,000. A. Hamilton, George Rickman and Fred McKinstry were appointed appraisers. The bankrupt was examined by the ref- eree and attorneys present and his ex- Walter amination further continued at Kalama- zoo until Nov. 6. Oct. 1—In the matter of the Michigan Buggy Co., bankrupt, of Kalamazoo, the examination of the officers of the bankrupt was continued over for one week at the bankrupt’s office in Kala- mazoo, Oct. 2.—In the matter of the National yas Light Co., bankrupt, of Kalamazoo, the trustee filed a report of sale of the bankrupt’s assets to Charles’ B. Hays, of Kalamazoo, for the sum. of $15,000, this offer exceeding the first offer of Mr. Hays by $3000. Creditors of the bankrupt have requestd the ref- eree to confirm the sale to Mr. Hays. Oct. 3—In the matter of the Michigan Buggy Co., bankrupt, an adjourned first meeting of creditors was held at the court room at Grand Rapids. 3ids for the sale of the company’s assets were received and Edward F. Gerber, of Pittsburg, Pa., made an offer of $265,000 for the assets of the bankrupt, except the cash on hand and accounts receiv- able. The offer was rejected by the creditors present and represented, where- upon Judge Sessions entered an order directing the trustee to execute a con- tract with Samuel L. Winternitz & Co., ot Chicago, for the sale of the entire as- sets of the bankrupt at public auction on Oct. 21, Mr. Winternitz having guar- anteed to the creditors the sum _ of “225,000 for the tangible assets of the ba less the cash on hand and ac- counts receivable; also the real estate. In the matter of August Peters, bank- rupt, of Benton Harbor, an adjourned first meeting of creditors was held at the referee’s office. Claims to. the amount of some $1,500 were allowed and the trustee directed to enter into a com- promise with certain secured creditors, preparatory to making a final report and account. The meeting was further adjourned to Nov. ee Doings in the Hosier State. Written for the Tradesman. Men's Club of Terre Haute has again voted down the proposition to unite with the Chamber of Commerce of that city. The Young Business The Faultless Caster Co., a new concern at Evansville, has — started operations. Marcus S. Sonntag, of Evansville, is the new President of the Indiana Bankers’ Association. A new type of automatic block sig- nals has been installed on the electric line between Laporte and Michigan City. The signals are operated by alternating current. The Americn Association will meet in Indianapolis Oct, 11 to Prison 16 and improvement of the laws in relation to public offense and offend- ers, the betterment of penal and re- formatory institutions and the pro- viding of suitable and remunerative employment for discharged prisoners will be among the topics discussed. Almond. Griffen. When you have a clerk who likes to stand in the front door better than he likes to stand behind the counter, let him stand in somebody’s else door- way. Loe LonHINGG FACTOR WE Sie eos MICH. Make Out Your Bills THE EASIEST WAY Save Time and Errors. Send for Samples and Circular—F ree. Grand Rapids, Mich. SIMPLE, SERVICABLE URE e Barlow Bros. Duryea Light Delivery wagons solve your quick delivery prob- lems. 500 to 800 loads. $450 to $600. We also build motor buggies. C. A. DURYEA CO. Saginaw, Mich. ALLA CHIGAN STATE ee 139-141 Monroe S ; roe OL GRAND RAPIDS, MICH The NAVARRE BUILDING Oyster Week is October 20th to 25th But Don’t Wait Until Then to Push Oysters There is money in Oysters every day and YOU should push them from now until the end of the season. & & GB HB & Oyster Growers’ and Dealers’ Association of North America Will help by furnishing you with free circulars for distribution among your customers, telling them why they should eat oysters. It will also give you Free beautiful posters to display in your store and with striking Oyster Week Buttons to be worn by you and your clerks during Oyster Week. Write at once for these to FRANK W. LAWSON Manager Oyster Week Compaign Don’t Neglect This Opportunity to Increase Your Oyster Sales ST. LOUIS, MO. er LENE RTI ORME LOTT October 8, 1913 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 Honks From Auto City Council. Lansing, Oct. 6—R. E. Fair is re- covering rapidly and is now able to ride for a short distance nearly every day. He expects to return to Detroit within two weeks. Preparations are being made for a record breaker meeting of our Coun- cil on the first Saturday in December. It is expected that the Grand Coun- selor will be present and a large class will be initiated. At our next Council meeting, which will be held Saturday, November 1, our Lfadies’ Auxiliary will serve a Boheniian supper in the Council par- lors. Good music wil] be furnished by the Council and a social hour will be enjoyed by all after the business session of the Council, which will be limited to 45 minutes. Be sure and remember this date, as a good time is assured. The attendance of our Council meetings has been somewhat discouraging during the average summer months—-not over 50 per cent. of the membership—but as cooler weather comes on, many of our counselors re- member the good things in store for them and a better average attendance is expected. Many of our members, who think a 50 per cent. attendance small, were rather shocked while listening to a report of one of our members who recently visited one of the Northern councils where they were obliged to turn away two candidates for initia- tion because there were only three members and two visitors present. Frank E. Elliott, manager of the Lansing branch of the National Gro- cer Co., was compelled to submit to a second operation last week at the Edward Sparrow hospital. Some ad- justment of one of the silver plates became necessary. The patient was able to sit up again for a few minutes Saturday and no further tions are expected to complica- hinder his speedy recovery. I’. C. Wilder, the Main street gro- cer, who recently submitted to a sur- gical operation, was able to visit his store last Saturday. We take it for granted that Jim Goldstein isn’t a bit sore because hair won't grow on top of his “bean.” On the other hand, we never referred to him as having a bald head. A care- ful scrutiny of our letter will verify this statement. Chas. Nesen drove his rough rider over to Jackson Saturday and_ re- turned Monday, bringing Mrs. Nesen, who had been visiting for a few days in the central city. friends are curious to know why he drives to Jackson when he could make the distance almost as quickly on the electric limited cars. W. W. Wooll and family are visit- ing friends and relatives in Lansing. Mr. Wooll carried a grip and sample case for several years and was well and favorably known by Michigan merchants. At present he owns and conducts a very successful grocery business at Elsie. D. J. Riordan is somewhat absent minded at times. Some time ago, while Mrs. Riordan and the children were visiting in Chicago, Dan came Some of his home late and next morning the neighbors were wondering why he left his shoes on the front porch. Ever since May there has been some contention between E. H. Simp- kins and Geo. O. Tooley as to which owned the better car. This seems to be settled now, however, as Mr. Simp- kins has disposed of his junk and rides between his home and the of- fice with Mr. ‘Tooley four times a day. E. M. Beurmann, formerly of How- ell, will soon open a new and up-to- date grocery in the center store of the Ivory block, now nearly com- pleted, at the corner of Michigan and Pennsylvania avenues. Store fixtures have been purchased of the Hugh Lyons Co. and the National Grocer Co., of Lansing, has secured the or- der for the stock. The location is ideal and a bright and prosperous fu- ture is predicted for the enterprise. Mr. Beurmann has also purchased a fine new home on Kalamazoo street, east. W. E. Roach, assistant sales man- ager of the National Grocer Co., has vielded to the persistent importunity of his salesman, Mert Towne, of Fen- ton, to spend Sunday with him in an effort to land some of the finny tribe from one of the neighboring lakes. 3efore leaving for Fenton Saturday, Mr. Roach made application to the Grand Trunk for special freight rates on fish packed in 100 pound boxes. Fred Mott, the popular city salesman for the National Grocer Co., is bub- bling over with anticipation and is planning to “swipe” one or more of the boxes. H. D. Bullen. ——_2» +o Fined for Shipping Unlawful Lemon and Vanilla Flavor. Logansport, Ind., Oct. 9—Dr. J. B. Lynas & Son, a corporation of Lo- gansport, Indiana, has been fined $200 and costs for the shipment into Illi- nois from Indiana flavors said to be adulterated and misbranded. Adul- teration of the vanilla flavor was charged because a compound of vanil- lin, coumarin, and vanilla extract had been mixed with it so as to injurious- ly affect its quality. Misbranding was charged because the statement printed on the pasteboard carton and pack- age was false. The statement read “Vanilla Flavor” while said product was not vanilla flavor. remarks on the label was the informa- tion that “Quality Talks.” Among other The lemon flavor shipped by the de- fendant was charged because a dilute lemon flavor, artificially colored, had been mixed with it so as to reduce its strength. Misbranding was alleged because the product was not a gen- wine lemon flavor as the label indicat- ed and the “Compound made from pure oil of lemon, orange statement was printed in such small and inconspicious color, etc.” type that it was sufficient to the misleading impression not considered correct conveyed by the words “Lemon Flavor” in large type. The case charged the defendant made another shipment of indictment in this also so-called vanilla flavor from Indiana into [linois, which was adulterated and misbranded. Printed on the side of the cartons containing the bottles was the statement “J. B. L. Vanilla is made with the same care as a high class perfume. The finest Mexican and Bourbon Beans are used Crystal Tonka also Tincture of Vanilla the and aged in wood containers. active principle of the vanilla Beaa are used as a binder to prevent cook- A small amount This combination, together with the meth ine and freezing out. of color and sweetner is added. od of compounding makes the finest vanilla obtainable for all purposes.” —_++2s—_—_ Wanted an Easy Job. “An easy job will suit me, senator.” “Flow about winding the clock every week?” “f might make that do. But what’s the matter with my tearing the leaves off the calendar every month?” SERVICE Our aim is to give our customers the best service possible. Orders are shipped the same day they are received. This applies to mail and telephone orders as well as all others. If you are dissatisfied with your present service we solicit a trial order. WoRDEN GROCER COMPANY Grand Rapids—Kalamazoo The Prompt Shippers GENERAL D1 STRIBUTORS THE FIRST AND FOREMOST BUILDERS OF COMPUTING SCALES GENERAL SALES OFFICE 165 N. STATE ST., CHICAGO ALWAYS OPEN TERRITORY TO FIRST CLASS SALESMEN tT OO OI ESAT IE SAT STS AS SS TS ~_ a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 8, 1913 —, oa! = =e — — = ) 2 = = & Oe eg(( ny = = WS ES ‘Woy (({Uts. = -_ = => — _— Gi Cre = 2 DRY GOODS, —: FANCY GOODS» NOTIONS: | Ata * 4 SLifyy, qk Clever and Effective Bit of Adver- tising. Written for the Tradesman. ““Come right over, Mrs. Barnaby, and see what we've been getting. Just been outfitting my girls at Pelton’s —on credit. “You know High School begins Monday, and this is Friday. With three of them to tog out, I was just distracted. Some one told me about Pelton’s. “Wei went there this morning. Daisy picked out a blue serge suit, Dorothy the smartest coat, and Rosa- one-piec? dresses. Only a small payment down lie one of those wool was required and the balance is to be in easy installments. It was so lucky that I learned of Pelton’s. “*Pelton’s is the big dry goods store at the corner of Commercial and Fifth streets, and the cloak and suit depart- ment is on the second floor. They give credit to all responsible per- sons. The above, clipped from a daily paper, I call a good and effective bit of advertising. The first paragraph was printed in fairly large bold-faced type to catch the eye, the remainder in ordinary 6 point type. If you were a woman with daugh- ters starting into school for the year, and were one of the kind who never gets a thing until she just has to have it, and never has more than a few dol- lars in her purse except on pay day, when the month’s bills must be set- tled—would not such an advertise- ment as the one quoted appeal to you? Of course it would, far more power- fully than ever so attractive a setting forth of rarest bargains in desirable and stylish apparel, by some store that sells for cash only. Personally I could write a_ better advertisement addressed to the other kind of woman, the shrewd, thrifty, forehanded kind, who always’ has money in the bank and buys where she finds the best values. Mrs. Paycash Down and Mrs. Easy The patronage of the cash customer is harder to get and harder to hold than that of the credit customer. You can win it and keep it only by sheer 3ut, on the whole, I like Mrs. Paycash Down better than I do Mrs. Easy Installments, although I freely admit that Mrs. Easy often is far the pleasanter lady to deal with. merit. | like to feel that I am done with a transaction when the goods go out A sale to a cash cus- tomer may be a hard-won battle and the margin of profit may be small, but —hbarring returns and exchanges, which really cut but little figure— of the store. when you're done you're done, and the money is in the cash register. With a credit transaction, when the goods leave the store the deal is only fairly begun—you have gotten it mere- ly to the place where it can be turned over to the book-keepers and collec- tors. However, there are in the world plenty of improvident, living-from- hand-to-mouth people, who are at once the cause and the result of the credit system, and some merchants seem to be doing well by catering to the needs and the desires of such. While to me Mrs. Paycash Down seems the safer and in every way the better proposition, there are those who pre- fer Mrs. Easy Installments and be- lieve there is more money to be made on her trade. The advertisement cited at the be- ginning is a clever appeal to Mrs. iasy, and could have been written only by some one who understands her and all of her kind, and knows just what are her feelings when the opening school bells are ringing and she hasn’t “one decent dud in the house for any of the children!” She is the sort of woman who makes absolutely no provision for the future. Her larder is empty at the close of every meal. She never bakes bread—she is the unfailing patron of the bakery wagon. She puts away no fruit—she buys all her canned goods of her grocer. She herself does not make, nor does she have made by a dressmaker, any garment that she possibly can buy ready-made. She never has time for the slow and labor- ious processes of fitting and sewing. As soon as she gets a thing it has to be put on at once and worn. She buys freely and pays the long price for everything, so unless her husband has a veritable Rockefeller headpiece for management, she is bound to be always short of money. Usually she figures merely from one pay day until the next. In brief, she is one of the extreme products of our modern civilization, and the farthest possible removed from those dames of our grandmothers’ times who baked and brewed and cured meats and dried fruit and spun and wove and knit— performing many of these tasks in several months’ anticipation of actual wants. Mrs. Easy Installments and her kind are now in the world in large numbers, and whoever is bidding for their patronage should go after it in- telligently—that is, should get their attention and then say something of special interest to them, for that is the only message to which they will listen. Tsn’t that the great secret of result- LAMSON NO. 850—-$8.50 PER DOZ. NO. 1200—-$12.00 PER DOZ. LAMSON SERVICE means more than the simple Cash or Parcel Carrier. It means that Lamson men and methods get down to the fundamentals of the mer- chant’s relation to his customer. Lamson Carriers deliver Service that spells reduced ‘‘over-head expense.”’ Ser- vice that cuts out “Red Tape;’’ Service that insures instant centralization of all transactions whether they be ‘‘take,” “‘send,”’ ‘‘cash.”’ or “‘charge.” 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= ho Marchioness Corsets Are noted for Style and Quality Paul Steketee & Sons Wholesale Dry Goods Grand Rapids, Michigan The Corduroy Sheep Lined Coat Is the Big Seller This Fall Our line consists of the best values we have ever had the pleasure of offering—values that we positively cannot duplicate when stock is sold. We have them in 33, 34, 36 and 40 inch lengths. We also offer an excellent line of Leather, Moleskin, Covert and Duck Coats as well as Sheep Pelt Vests, Corduroy Vests, Etc. These are on display on the fifth floor of our store. Look us over before the stock of sizes is broken. Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. Exclusively Wholesale Grand Rapids, Michigan a October 8, 1913 ful advertising, of business getting in general—to know people, the different classes and kinds and what they want, and then to say something that will appeal to those whom you are equip- ped to supply? Getting the Feminine Point of View. An excellent article by William entitled “Getting the Customer’s Viewpoint” was published in a recent number of the Tradesman. It would be hard to find in the same brief compass a better handling of the essential points of this vital subject Edward Park than the one given in that article. There is, however, one important phase of the matter that the writer referred to did not touch upon. This is that in selling a line like dry goods, for instance, for which the customers are mostly women, the tug of war for any mere man is to get the feminine point of view. A dealer may know what would appeal to him as a mer- chant, he may know what will appeal to other men who are not merchants, but how under Heaven is he to guess what will appeal to the women? One of the most astounding of all the phenomena of nature is just sex, the thing that is perhaps hardest to account for by any theory of evolu- tion yet devised, and something that makes the old doctrine of creation seem not so unbelievable after all. In the human species of distinction between the male and the female is so marked that the mental processes of the two beings, their ways of looking at things, are entirely different. When the dry goods merchant con- siders that much domestic unhappiness and many divorce case are caused simply by the inability of the man to grasp the woman’s point of view, or the woman the man’s, he will realize something of the difficulty of the problem he is up against. Upon the solution he makes of it, depends, in large measure, his success in_ his chosen line of business. Speaking roughly, the Mrs. Paycash and the Mrs. Easy Install- ments may be said to represent about Downs all the women there are, so far as cash and credit are concerned. But there are other lines of cleavage, sep- aratine into other classes, each of which embraces both cash and credit customers. There is the stylish woman, to whom style in cut and fabric and gar- niture is the desideratum, Convince her that you are the mer- chant who can greatest whisper in her ear the very latest word from Paris and other style centers, and you will get her patronage. There is the woman of taste, the lover of the beautiful, or rather there are legions of such women, to whom your store itself, your selection and arrangement of goods, and your taste- ful window displays must make the rather printed advertisement. appeal, than any written or However, if you build up a reputation for having beautiful things, then you can adver- tise them and the woman of taste will come to see. There is the young mother with her first baby, who is more interested in soft little caps and bonnets, in cun- ning coats and blankets, and in dain- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ty slips and skirts, than in any other kind of goods. There is the fancy- work woman, to whom a well-kept-up assortment of embroidery materials is a matter of vital importance. There always is the bargain-hunting woman who will buy goods as homely as 2 mud fence if only she can get them cheap enough. There are still other kinds. Make a study of the different sorts of women, of their tastes and needs and desires. How your store and your business methods look to you is not what counts—it is how they look to the woman who is your possi- ble customer. Get the woman’s point of view and then you can talk to her in your ad vertising. Fabrix. —_~+-+.—____ The Information Bureau. Amusing in its bright satire and verisimilitude is the Boston Tran- script’s rimed sketch of a reference librarian’s day: At times behind a desk he sits, At times about the room he flits. Folks interrupt his perfect ease $y asking questions such as these: “How tall was prehistoric man?” “How old, I pray, was sister Ann?” “What should you do if cats have fits” “What woman first invented mitts?” “Who said, ‘To Labor is to Pray’? “How much did Daniel Lambert weigh?” “Should you spell it ‘wo’ or ‘woe’?” “What is the fare to Kokomo?” “Is Clarke’s mame really, truly Champ?” “Can you lend me a_ postage- stamp?” “Have you the rimes of Edward Lear?” “What wages do they give you here?” “What dictionary is the best?” “Did Brummel wear a satin vest?” “How do please?” you spell ‘anemic, “What is Gorgonzola cheese?” “Who Styx 2” ferried souls across the “What is the square of 962” “Are March?” “Are green bananas full of starch?” “Where is that book I used to seer oysters good to eat in “f guess you don’t remember me?” “Tint you der Hohenzollernspiel?” “Where shall I put this apple-peel?” "Ou est, mesieu, la rouse?” grande La- “Do you say ‘two-spot’ or the ‘deuce’ ?” “Say, mister, where's. the tele- phone?” “Now, which is right, to ‘lend’ or ‘loan’?” “Tlow do you use this catalogue?” “Oh, hear that noise! dog?” Is that my “Tiave you a book called ‘Shapes of Bear’? “You mind if [ leave baby here?” ee can’t pay an employe his wages when they are due, tell him why. Let him know what to expect and when to expect it. to him. If you It is only fair 17 Lowest Our catalogue is “the world’s lowest market” because we are the larg- est buyers of general merchandise in America. And because our com- paratively inexpensive method of selling, through a catalogue, re- duces costs. We sell to merchants only. Ask for current cata- logue. Butler Brothers New York Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Dallas Say, Mr. Merchant! Do you wish to sell out?) Why not sell your stock at auction and get the highest price and close them out in a short time? E. D. Collar, Ionia, Mich., makes a specialty of this class of work, having graduated from Jones National School of Auctioneering under special instruction of Col. A. W. Thomas, the great merchan- dise salesman. Write or phone for dates and prices. 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. Supposing To-night FIRE Destroys Your Store and with it your day book, journal and ledger, or credit account system. What would youdo TO-MORROW? WHAT COULD YOU DO? The “CHAMPION” Complete Accountant is FIREPROOF We back this statement with a $500 Guaranty Gold Bond to the merchant. No insurance company will protect your accounts—WE WILL. Open—A Desk, Money Drawer, Recorder, Filing System and Credit Register. You are not only protected against fire, but also: 1—You know every cent you pay out or take in. 2—You can instantly tell what every per- son owes. 3 Yeu save all bookkeeping 4—Your accounts are always “up to the minute.”” 5—You know how much each clerk sells. 6-You prevent disputed accounts, re- bates and forgotten charges. 7—You have your finger constantly on the pulse of yeur business. Closed—A Substantial, Fire-proof Safe. Champion Register Company 403-412 Society Savings Bldg. CLEVELAND, OHIO Use the coupon today—be protected lee a, a, Please send me information about the Cham- pion Complete Accountant (Fire-proof.) Champion Register Co. ee ee Gea oi ee i ee ae ee ee WM Ae as a October 8, 1913 Stylish Footwear’ Strongly Featured in Cincinnati. the Tradesman. Written for Cincinnati's Week” The houses first “Fashion a brilliant close. retail has come to heads Cincinnati's look upon it as a memorable event in the history, assert, that it marks the beginning ©! of annals of the city’s commercial believing, as they confidently a new era. It was a happy thought on the part of some of Cincinnati's more aggres- sive merchants that led them recently to the organization of a “Fashion Week Association,” of which Julius Kline is President. Next spring there will be a “Spring Fashion Week,” and hoped that, with more time for advertising ap- it is preparation, a larger CO-Op- propriation and morte general retail Cincinnati's semi-annual eration among merchants, the second fashion week will be even more and somewhat suc- cessful than this first— tentative—effort. Cincinnati business men are realiz- as they have perhaps never real- ing, ized before, that co-operation is the one great big idea in modern commer- cial life, and the significant thing about this Fashion Week display 1s that this is the first time in Cincin- nati’s history that her fetal «mer: chants have come together and co-op a general movement to pro- Apropos erated in mote the city’s progress. this idea one of our enterprising mer- chants said: “Hitherto our retail mer- chants held their fall and spring open- at any time over a period of 2 This scattered their effec- It is plain that by co-oper- of ings month. tiveness. ative effort and concentration merchants en- ergics into one week, the can make such a showing for Cincin- that this city’s reputation as 4 be enormously en- nati fashion center will Our plans now are to hold celebrations like this annually, spring, to mark the spring stores, hanced. two one in the openings of practically all the and the other in the autumn, to mark the fall opening. to at Formerly most efforts towards pro see on by manufacturers and the retailers as a united organizatio into the ranks of crusaders for th ‘aed of Cincinnati.’” partment stores and specialty shops appealing primarily to women’s eyes Thus there will be substituted co-operation instead of casional, wear, not to enlarge upon cut-throat competition. We will work shoe ornaments of the very latest unitedly and enthusiastically to shine type and dainty and elaborate dis- i up good old Cincinnati, and will make plays of hostery and allied merchan- her so bright that every woman with- dise. The stery is entirely too lons in 200 miles or more will be anxious the latest styles on display the great co-operative openings moting the city’s welfare were carrie: jobbers. Fashion Week marks the advent of While millinery establishments, de- were much in evidence by their smart trims and elaborate displays of fash- ionable merchandise, there was a vast that appealed The latest field in the displays strongly to men also. modes in men's clothing, neckwear, shoes, hats and other apparel were shown in this exhibition. [In fact many dealers whose business is in the more prosaic field of furniture, cut elass and chinaware, floor coverings and draperies, household equipment and similar articles, entered enthusi- astically—and not without profit to of our matter of and vari- ability to spirit As a it was this broadness ety of the displays—this satisfy many different demands—that lifted this movement out of the com- themselves—into the Fall Fashion Week. tact, monplace. Many Brilliant Shoe Cincinnati is noted for the number, Trims. size aggressiveness of her shoe retailing establishments. Never, within the writer’s knowledge, were the windows of the big shoe shops on Fourth and Fifth Avenues more lav- ishingly and temptingly trimmed with seasonable creations in fall foot-wear Not in two or three prominent and than last week. of the larger and shoe stores alone, but in many of Cin- tasteful notable more cinnati’s better shoe shops, decorations combined with showings of the very latest fashions in footwear for men, women and chil- dren, and the result was highly inter- esting to anybody in the least sus- ceptible to interest in latter-day foot- wear. Not only were display windows at- tractively dressed, but the interior of particularly several of the the stores ‘Jarger ones on Fifth Avenue—were in gala attire and becomingly decorated with the colors of the Fashion Week Association; while interior cases were brilliantly trimmed with dainty foot: wear things for infants’, children’s and misses’ wear, and nifty footwear creations for women’s dress and oc- to tell in detail. The reader must be content with a few of the more im- gained portant general impressions from a survey of the big shoe dis- plays of Cincinnati’s Fall Fashion Week. Tans Conspicuous Among Men's un Shoes. e I was a little surprised—and yet not so much surprised after all—to mmorca DO-DUmMUCcC.N nmacarnm me—____ The Hope of Enquiry. There has probably never been a time when the fundamentals of mer- chandising have been under so wide- spread scrutiny as at present, though it is regrettable that in many cases judgments are based on little real in- facts, conditions, causes, effects and reasons. Though the incisive attitude of the Govern- ment into certain financial, commer- cial and competitive ills may be an- noying, it is probable that in the end it will result in discovering publicly a great deal of truth, in which it has heretofore been impossible to inter- formation as to est the average person; especially the consumer, on the subject of food mer- chandising. The processes of food distribution, effective, involve a great deal consideration of detail and co-ordination than the average controversialist imagines and it has only been within the past five or six years that association leaders to be reliable and more have made sufficient progress to dis- cern with any clearness the lines of demarkation between the fundamen- tals of fair competition and of collu- sion for the suppression of competi- Some of the trade leaders have made a little progress, but the great bulk of consumers and most of the grocers of the country are still very vague in their ideas, and it is evident that the need of the hour is education. With a frank and open attitude on the part of the grocery trade and a disposition’ to ask questions on the part of some of the reformers and critics, the chances are rather bright for getting the business men to be better understood in the future, even tion. though an occasional legislator may float into fame on the fancied extor- tion of a congested and badly dupli- cated distributive outfit. Edmund Burke was one day ad- dressing a crowd in favor of the abo- lition of slavery. In spite of his elo- quent appeals the crowd began to get hostile, and at last a rotten egg caught him full in the face. He calmly wiped 19 “T always said that the arguments in favor of The crowd roared, and from that time he was unmolested. ———- The reason so many lines of goods his face and quietly said: slavery were rather unsound!” have turned into dead stock is simply that you stopped with merely buying them. Even self-selling merchandise needs something to make it go. No. 2130 Black The Michigan People ' ICHIGAN DAIRYMAN'S Shoe No. 2170 Brown A work line that stands the knocks. Goodyear Welt. Heavy Sole. Solid. $2.35 less 10% in 20 days. This means $2.11% fora high quality Goodyear Welt Blucher. Grand RapidsShoe & Rubber(. Grand Rapids It’s the Name that Protects You workmanship. “H,. B. HARD PAN” shoes have been made so well and so long that every FARMER, MECHANIC or RAILROAD MAN is satisfied with the goods shown him if they bear this name. They know that the name H. B. HARD PAN is a sure protection against inferior leather and poor Think what an exclusive agency for this line means to you in protection and profit. THEY WEAR LIKE IRON HEROLD-BERTCH SHOE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ST RN eNOS TS Ata Sea ines nasa aT Se canal ureaeeneeneeeneeaiaa MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 8, 1913 gts Ra . a? i Koo 1 Ne i SE 7 ar, yds a3 FY ase Sus ) | WOMANS WORLD ) \) | wl] I 4 Which Child Is More to Be Pitied? Written for the Tradesman. A dirty corner of a dirty, refuse- covered vacant lot in a thickly popu- lated part of the city is the play- ground of litthe Tommy McFadden. He can not play in the streets as poor children did twenty years ago, on ac- count of the automobiles. So he has taken to this vacant lot, and here all summer Jong he could be found, from early morning until dark, except that at noon and again after six, to get his bite of something to eat, he would run along the alley and up the rickety stairs to the two comfortless rooms that are all the home that Tommy knows. Tommy's father spends his scant and irregular earnings at the corner saloon. Tommy’s mother goes out by the day scrubbing, housecleaning, and washing, and so earns the money to buy food and fuel for the little household and to pay the landlord. Most of her own clothing and the gar- ments in which littlhe Tommy is at- tired are the cast-offs of kind-hearted patrons. Mrs. McFadden’s hands are rough with toil, and her nature has become callous from hardships and the bruta!- ities received from her drunken hus- band. She has no time to give a mother’s care to little Tommy, and from the depths of her ignorant but devout heart thanks the good Lord that ‘the ould man bein’ as he is,” no more little ones are sent to tax her strength. Tommy is now almost five. Neith- er the day nursery nor the kindergar- ten ever has claimed him. He has been a child of the alleys and the vacant lots. He is seldom alone. Other gamins, mostly older than himself, are his playmates. Unusually bright and apt, he has acquired a knowledge of evi! far beyond his years, and already has the impish face, the bold manner, and unconcerned dialect of his kind. Strange to say he has not yet lost a certain baby winsomeness_ that touches the heart. The eyes of many a daintily clad woman fill with tears as she stoops over to pat the curly brown head and thinks of the life of the slums to which he seems predes- tined. Business men going to or from their offices occasionally toss Tommy a penny or a nickel, which coins are promptly expended for can- dy or an ice cream cone. Hundreds who daily pass the vacant lot know and love the little fellow and always speak of him as “Poor little Tommy!” In another part of the city, quite distant from the vacant lot where Tommy plays, is the home of Robert Fitzgerald Mansfield. The name of this small boy of seven summers is never abbreviated to Bobby or Robbie: Robert Fitzgerald, both names in full, is what his mother says he must be called, and what she says goes. Robert Fitzgerald’s father, plain John Mansfield, is a prosperous though not a wealthy man. The mother, whose maiden name was Fitz- gerald, never has taken greatly to society nor has she espoused causes. She gives her time and energies to caring for the boy and doing her work. Both parents are intelligent and unusually conscientious persons-—— in short, the very salt of the earth— and it would be easy to believe that this household would be an ideal spot for the rearing of a child. Little Robert Fitzgerald certainly suffers no lack of maternal care and attention. To doing her whole duty as a mother Mrs. Mansfield devotes herself with the thoroughness and vigor of a nature that leaves no stone unturned to accomplish the task it sets itself. Mrs. Mansfield has done everything that she ever has heard even hinted that a mother ought to do. She has read and studied all the books she could get her hands on treating of “The Child” and every phase of its physical, mental, and spiritual welfare and development. According to the most approved fashion she has kept a minute record which tells just when Robert Fitzgerald cut every one of his little teeth, his exact weight on the first day of each month of his life, when he began to creep, and to stand alone, and to walk, and to talk, and everything else that maternal interest could magnify into an event. She has a kodak and has snapped her young hopeful in all the clothes he ever has had or didn’t have, and she has finished every one of the pictures. A great number of his little sayings and doings she has written down, while repetition of the one and ac- counts of the other have formed the staples of her conversation ever since Robert Fitzgerald began to talk. Every symptom, however _ trifling, that his body manifests is the occasion of concern if not of alarm. © Every mental tendency is carefully studied. Her son’s moral nature, it must be acknowledged, is too deep a problem for his mother, who is not gifted with the keenest insight into human nature; but if she could she would be glad to keep an X-ray turned on the boy’s not over-developed conscience all the time, and herself personally attend to the workings of his little ethical facul- ties moment by moment. Ever since Robert Fitzgerald was Are you giving your customers the best pos- sible values in hosiery: When you sell your customer a pair of Clarehose, you sell him comfort and satisfaction. Many years of experience en- ables us to make hosiery having the utmost value at the least pos- sible selling price. Our goods are RIGHT and our customers know this. For CHRISTMAS trade— mercerized lisle and silk Clarehose are put in attrac- tive Christmas boxes — 4 pairs in a box. Let us have your order several weeks in advance to insure your having them on time. For our CUSTOMERS—we are getting out an attractive counter display sign of Clarehose size 12x14 in. These signs are Hand Painted and very attractive and will be glad- ly furnished our customers only on request. Kind You Have Been Looking For C(ILARE KNITTING MILLS SAGINAW, MICH. Coffee Boston Breakfast Blend Always Uniform Exceptionally Good Blended by an Expert JUDSON GROCER CO. The Pure Foods House GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN wr wr October 8, 1913 born the house has been simply a nur- sery—arranged solely with a view to his convenience and pleasure. The lawn in front and the yard at the back are merely fields for his childish sports, The family bill of fare—the kind of breakfast food for the morning meal, the fruit for luncheon, the meat and vegetables for dinner—all are selected wholly with reference to his likings and digestive abilities. It should be explained that Mr. Mans- field was one of a large family of chil- dren; while a young man he was for a number of years a clerk working under a most exacting proprietor; so he never had the opportunity to de- velop a strong and aggressive line of likes and dislikes, whims and peculiar- ities. Accordingly, upon the coming of the wonderful little Prince into his home, Mr. Mansfield quietly and gracefully sank into the minor role of father to his son and aid to the chief Lady in Waiting. Self-abnegation has become second nature of Mr. Mansfield, so much so that it never occurs to him that things might be arranged in any other way than simply to meet the supposed needs and requirements of the youth- ful heir. Mr. Mansfield has a fine voice and his services as a singer used to be in great demand locally. But since the boy came he never responds to invitations to assist on programmes —in fact has dropped his music en- tirely. He does not like to go with- out Mrs. Mansfield. She thinks that being out evenings doesn’t agree with Robert Fitzgerald, and she will not consent to leaving the child with the most trustworthy helper. Mrs, Mansfield, in her entire devo- tion to what she conceives to be her duty as a mother, has given up every- thing else—society, books, music, and all but a perfunctory interest in her church and in one or two philan- thropies. Ter religious activities are manifested mainly in getting Robert litzgerald to Sunday School. So complete is this good woman's surrender of herself to her one domi- nant idea, that whatever subject may present itself, whether it be the com- ing of a guest, the moving of a new family into the neighborhood, a very hot or a very cold day in the weather programme, the first action that her mind takes is to consider the probable or possible effect upon her son. She lives in a state in which women can vote, but she takes no interest in politics; still she doesn’t know but she ought to register and vote “on Robert Fitzgerald’s account.” Now as to results. What is this child like, upon whom has been lavish- ed an expenditure of maternal energy and affection that would have sufficed nicely for a large family of children, or spread a little thin would have answered for a whole orphan asylum? A priggish, opinionated little chap, with more whims and crotchets than a man sixty years old ought to have. With his playmates he is overbearing and quarrelsome. To his mother he is saucy and disrespectful and seldom obedient without a long argument and a scene. At school he already has the reputation with his teachers of MICHIGAN TRADESMAN being an insubordinate and trouble- some child and one whose mother is forever complaining because he _ is compelled to reform to requirements found necessary for keeping a large number of children at work and in _order. Robert Fitzgerald always has been the hub and center of his little world —everything in his universe has re- volved around his small self. He has been the whole show. As a result of the well-meant and laborious efforts of his most conscientious mother he has acquired a distorted perspective of life. He has learned nothing of the great fact that each individual is only a tiny fraction of the great social unit and must behave accordingly — a wholesome lesson that the experience of life may sometime teach Robert Fitzgerald with a rude jolt. Superficial observers commend Mrs. Mansfield’s painstaking devotion and say. “It’s just wonderful what that woman is doing for her little son!” But wise old heads that have lived long and seen much know that old Mother Nature, while encouraging a certain amount of supervision, stern- ly insists that some things must be left to grow and develop as of them- selves—she will attend to them; that she places heavy penalties upon all excesses and extravagances, even of so excellent and sacred a thing as mother love, and that she everywhere offers stiff premiums on that quality which Mrs. Josiah Allen has so happily term- ed “mejumness;” these wise old heads look sorrowfully upon this overzealous mother and her much-trained child and say softly to themselves, “Poor little Quillo. Robert Fitzgerald!” The Age of Oil. Some months ago the Tradesman told the story of the first motor freight boat. This is a 7,000-ton Danish ship, plying between Copenhagen and Sing- apore. It is propelled by internal combustion engines, like those of an automobile in principle, but built to use crude oil. This motor ship has made so good a record that three others are being built. The success of this new venture in marine engineering inspires a writer in one of our most conservative per- iodicals to a rhapsody on the “age of oil.” He holds that the world is now standing on the threshold of such an age; and predicts that within a com- paratively short time oil will drive coal from the ocean as steam has driven sails, and will become the basis of power-driven industry on land. The Tradesman believes that much fulfilled of this prophecy will be 21 though not as quickly as the prophet hopes. The only difficulty is a possi- ble shortage of oil, and that is not likely to occur. The United States has been pumping oil since 1859, and has a larger production now than Mexican and South American fields are scarcely touched, and the industrial exploration of China has just begun. It is rather more than likely that the world’s oil supply will last until inventors perfected storage batteries and sun motors, or perhaps harnessed the tides. ever. have oe The store with an awning that slaps the tall man in the unless he ducks will be remembered by him and by every one with an umbrella or a parasol, as a nuisance. —~—+> + <-— There is one bargain your custom tace ers will always appreciate and come back for more of and that is the bar- gain of good service. The Standard Line of Gloves and Mittens which you will want to see before you buy. WRITE FOR SAMPLES WE WILL SEND THEM BY PREPAID EXPRESS The Perry Glove and Mitten Co. Perry, Mich. SPRAYING COMPOUNDS OF ok Petoskey fr Cheboygan OF e Ds @ Northport saptavoi ° ° Lime Minneapolis = = ecu @ Bay City Nicotine aE e Frankfort | ; Ss ] ti Sulphur id Vitae | f Traverse Cig _® Saginaw ie olution ; fo. | ee a Solution oe ces a“ © Port Huron ‘b Omaha fl filwaukee Pa __ghansing Detroit, ‘fal Kerosene * Rape Le a a te Emulsion oe Z A Kalamazoo a Arsenate St. Joseph Caine. enh ie Cleveland + : ee ht. Wayne ee. a of Lead a hay x . Kill Weed a Kansas City Springfield \ \ . o} Indianapolis \ + Columbus \ ° Pure St. Louis Louisville Gincinnats Pittsburg » — Paris Green p Accessible to the largest fruit producing territory on + + earth. Consignments forwarded by 5 Lines of Railroad. Cut-Worm PU WvevoRS Bordeaux 2 through Lines of Electric Roads and by Lake Steam- and Grub Mixture ship Lines to Duluth or Buffalo and Intermediate Points. Destroyer e MANUFACTURED Carpenter-Udell Chemical Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN z 7 z . 2% MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ‘October 8, 1913 22 inennmaal H. Eikenhout & Sons Pe ee a =. 2 22 eo oo. ‘ ; = STOVES «> HARDWARE? || | Jobbers of Roofing Material i, Be 7 2 nig GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. f ROI ee hel Michigan Retail Hardware Association. President—F. A. Rechlin, Bay City. Vice-President—C. E. Dickinson. St. Joseph. Secretary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine ity Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Making the Paper Profits Real. I found Hank Gayniel, the old-time hardware traveling salesman, sitting in a hammock one warm summer even- ing recently. Showing him an article on “Making the Paper Profits Real,” I said: “Read that, Hank, and tell me what you think about the subject. You were on the road for many years and have met and known hundreds of hardware merchants.” Hank read it over twice and then, re-lighting his pipe, remarked: “Well, that chap is about right. He’s certainly an accomplished magazine article writer and an expert mathe- matician, but I have a ‘slight suspicion’ that he’s not a hardware man; for in speaking of cutting prices, the only item he named is a grindstone. Now, ‘befo’ de wah,’ a grindstone was the emblem of a hardware store. You'd find a pile of them in front of every little hardware store beside a_ few cauldron kettles. In those days every farmer used a grindstone and one or two cauldron kettles ‘on the place.’ But when he speaks of grindstones as a competing article in a city of one and a half million people it sounds queer, unless he means a kitchen or family “grindstone’—not so termed in hardware vernacular. “ IT recently looked over one of my old order books used in the ‘sixties’ and smiled at the frequency of such items as cauldron kettles, grindstones, ox bow pins, snuffers, candle moulds, log chains by the cask, shot pouches, stove ornaments, brass ket- tles, fanning mills to ‘go direct, copper boiler pits, etc-—and compared them with my order book on my last trip in 1906. “T can’t help thinking of the dif- ference in amount of sales and profits required nowadays. We didn’t know of anything like a ‘boom’ until 1879, which was my banner years in sales and salary. That year my employer cleared $100,000. “Mr. Campbell shows up in an im- pressive manner the proper way of figuring the percentage of profits on amount of sales as against the falla- cious way of percentage over cost, and also calls attention to the item frequently overlooked of adding to your expenses of doing business your own salary. He also notes among ‘overhead expenses’ the main items. He, however, overlooks expense of delivery, telephone and_ telegraph charges, car fares, postage, entertain- ing, traveling expenses, collection and exchange, loss on book accounts, do- nations, taxes, catalogues issued if you're doing any jobbing, and beside all itemized above, a whole line of general expense. “When all is said, the whole thing sums up in the fact that your profits must be figured, based on your ex- penses, and while adding 20 per cent. over your cost might let you out on some lines, other lines must bear a heavier profit to ‘save your bacon’ As I recall some of my former cus- tomers, I think of some who worked on small and uniform profit base hop- ing to make up in volume of business, and in most cases they struggled in vain for a lifetime and simply held their own. “T recall one dealer whose rule for years in marking general hardwar2 was: Cost, $2 doz., sell 22 cents each: cost $5 doz., sell 55 cents each; cost $11 doz., sell $1.20 each. He was in business over thirty-five years, left $250 to his nephew and nieces, never married, slept over his store, had no home ties and comforts, and never employed over one or two clerks dur- ing his last fifteen or twenty years. “Contrast this with a modern retail hardware house not far from here, carrying a stock of $250,000, employ- ing a hundred people, business divid- ed into eight or nine departments, sales averaging $2,000 a day, inven- tory covering nearly 2,000 pages. Takes six people with two adding machines a week to extend and foot it up and takes twenty men two weeks (during leisure time) to enter the stock on paper. “A few years ago, I talked with the buyer and manager of the hardware and house furnishing department in a very large department store in my territory. He wanted to know if I could tell him where he could find a book with compiled lists of amounts from $1,000 to $100,000 giving results with 50 per cent. added. He said that his department must average a profit of 33% per cent. and that that meant 50 per cent. added to cost and tha} if he couldn’t make it average that the house would have to find a mana- ger who could. So you can see what that house considered to be a fair and necessary profit. “My father, who was an _ iron- monger in England, seventy years ago, had for his selling mark: 24234 56 7°89 0 vy. Mind thyself “That rule holds good to-day and will so continue. Too many find out at the end of the year that their in- vestment wasn’t entirely satisfactory. They're like Mark Twain and his pork PAPER For Lining Potato Cars Foster, Stevens & Co. Wholesale Hardware 4 157-159 Monroe Ave. :: 151 to 161 Louis N. W. Grand Rapids, Mich. Stock up on uns and Ammunition Be prepared for Hunting Season We carry Remington and U. M. C. Fire Arms and Ammunition Winchester Fire Arms and Ammunition Stevens’ Guns Michigan Hardware Company Exclusively Wholesale Cor. Oakes and Ellsworth GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Use Tradesman Coupons + +~* October 8, 1913 venture. Mark said he went into the pork business once. He bought a pig for 50 cents, fed it 75 cents worth of corn and later sold is for $1. ‘He made money on pork, all right, but lost on corn.’” Henry M. Gay. _——_—_» +. ___. Has Inaugurated a Traffic Depart- ment. Marine City, Oct. 6—The Michigan Retail Hardware Association has in- augurated a Traffic Department, the purposes of which are to audit the freight bills of our members in an effort to locate classification, rate and weight errors; also to secure a settle- ment of loss and damage claims. The average retailer has not got the time nor the facilities for posting himself on the intricacies of freight tariffs and so we are going to take this matter off his hands and in addi- tion to checking up current bills, will carefully audit those extending over a period of the past five years. We have secured some expert railroad men to look af- ter the clerical work of this depart- ment and hope to be able to save our members considerable money, that would be lost to them if they depend- ed up their own efforts to locate er- rors such as those referred to. the services of Our Association continues to grow in membership and we now have well over 900 of the best hardware men of the state in the organization. We are making a determined effort to reach the 1,000 mark by the time of our con- vention in Kalamazoo and with ‘the assistance of our loyal friends among the traveling men who never miss an opportunity to tell their cus- tomers what the Association has done and what it is doing, we expect to reach this figure. J. C. Van Male, chairman of the Entertainment Committee, and J. Charles Ross, manager of Exhibits, both of Kalamazoo, together with the other members of the entertainment and exhibit committee, are already at work planning for the big conven- tion and hope to make the 1914 meet- ing the biggest one we have ever held. Arthur J. Scott, Sec’y. —_—_~+-.—____ Michigan Picnic on the Pacific Coast. Los Angeles, Sept. 22—On Satur- day, Sept. 20, the Michigan State So- ciety of Southern California held their semi-annual picnic at Long Beach. Bixby Park, the place chosen by the former residents of Michigan for this reunion, lies on the ocean bluff and the booming of the surf a few rods away made a continuous accompani- ment to the hum of friendly voices. This beautiful mainly with which have grown to large size and which breathe forth a resinous odor almost as fine as that of the Michigan pine woods. In Los Angeles and the smaller cities and towns of Southern Califor- nia there are many thousands of resi- dents who formerly lived in the Pen- insular State and who still regard it as “home.” The monthly meetings of the Society and the semi-annual pic- nics serve to renew old associations and to keep alive the love for the old home State. tract is planted coniferous evergreens MICHIGAN TRADESMAN At the picnic, which was attended by 1,500 or more persons, the system of registry was by counties, there being placards suspended at conveni- ent height from the branches of trees, bearing the names of the counties of Michigan. The city of Grand Rapids was conspicuous by a large banner. Almost every one present wore a badge decorated with a pink apple blossom. There was a wonderful swapping of old yarns and comparison of old times in Michigan with present days in California. While in the matter of climate Cali- fornia has the preference in some re- spects, there are many points in which even the most enthusiastic boosters of the Sunset State are ready to con- cede that Michigan has everything else beaten to a frazzle. California apples do not have the rare flavor of Michi- gan Waganers and Spies and the big Yellowtail (fish) of the Pacific can not hold a candle to the bass and pickerel of the fresh water lakes of the Wolverine State. The day was mainly given over t> informal visiting and hunting up old friends, but there were a few short speeches, some music by the Long Beach municipal band, “Michigan, My Michigan” was sung and Dr. Guernsey P. Waring, formerly of Te- cumseh, but now of Alhambra, Cali., where he is Secretary of the Board of Trade, read an original poem entitled “California—My Michigan.” In _ this California is given rather the best of it. In fact, the Doctor, coming out here in 1909, has become so inoculated with the California bug that he has composed a most unique poem of the boosting variety, called “Never, Never Go Back East.” He will probably re- vise his opinion later. O. W. Blain, once of Grand Rapids but for many years a resident of California and now living at Holly- wood, is President of the Michigan Society. Samuel Young, formerly of Adrian, now of Los Angeles, is First Vice-President. Ella M. Rogers. ——_.-2 Without “Padding.” The teacher of the class in English, demanded that the pupils all write for their daily exercise a brief account of a baseball game. through the seemingly wrapped in thought, while One boy sat period the others worked hard, and turned in their narratives. After school, the teacher approached the desk of the a. aay “LIL give you five minutes to write lage that description,” he sternly said; “if it is not done by that time, [| shall punish you.” The boy promptly concentrated all his attention upon the theme as the teacher slowly counted the moments. At last, with joyful eagerness, he scratched a line on his tablet, and handed it to his master. It read: “Rain—no game.” OFFICE OUTFITTERS LOOSE LEAF SPECIALISTS tue Ftdcht 237-239 Pearl St. (near the bridge), Grand Rapids, Mich a OR Ra gS EN Rh 23 Reynolds Flexible Asphalt Shingles HAVE ENDORSEMENT OF LEADING ARCHITECTS Fire Resisting Reynolds Slate Shingles After Five Years Wear Beware of Imitations, Fully Guaranteed Sl \' ahaa es Gh ea ence Wood Shingles After Five Years Wear Ask for Sample and Booklet. Write us for Agency Proposition. 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This har- ness is an entirely new one with us, and will surely be worth your consid- eration Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention BROWN & SEHLER CO. Home of the’‘Sun-Beam’'Goods, Grand Rapids, Mich. IT’S PURE! Tell the Trade Mapleine Is listed in Westfield’s Book of Ne LTO in Pure Foods Order of your jobber or Louis Hilfer Co. 4 Dock St., Chicago, Ill. Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle, Wash. G. J. Johnson Cigar Co. Ss. C. W. El Portana Evening Press Exemplar These Be Our Leaders S CHICAGO BOATS Graham & Morton Line Every Night oe seternenaensaeh a) 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 8, 1913 — — - = — p (( (( SAAT saa ga a HEC Wainy yiit{( JMIMERCIAL TRAVE =— — ~ ” - > Grand Council of Michigan VU. C. T. Grand Counselor—E. A. Welch, Kala- mazoo. Past Grand Counselor—John Q. Adams, Battle Creek. Grand Junior Counselor—M. S. Brown, Saginaw. Grand Secretary—Fred C. _ Richter, 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; L. P. Thompkins, Jackson. Michigan Knights of the Grip. President—Frank L. Day, Jackson. Secretary and Treasurer—Wm. J. Dev- ereaux, Port Huron. Directors—H. P. Goppelt, Saginaw; J. Q. Adams, Battle Creek; John D. Mar- tin, Grand Rapids. 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, FE. C. Leavenworth, W. E. Crowell, L. P. Hadden, A. B. Allport, D. G. McLaren, J. W. Putnam. Wafted Down From Grand Traverse Bay. Traverse City, Oct. 6—At a special meeting of Traverse City Council, held Saturday afternoon Harold Eber- stein (Burnham, Stoepel & Co.) cross- ed the hot sands and was added to our order. Harold made a hit with the boys with a little impromptu speech he favored us with and we surely appreciate his sterling qualities. A. Ford he went a hunting, down at Wellston with a gun, asked his wife to get his license and of course she could get none. And dear wifey said- ly informed him, a license for him she could not obtain, therefore Al did not go hunting, but waited at Wellston for the midnight train. B. J. Reynolds is busy these days weaning the baby. John Neilan, of Cadillac, has sever- ed his connection with the Lee, Cady & Co. and now carries a grip for the Valley Sweet Candy Co., of Saginaw. Bert Sweet, of Bay City, is sure de- serving of a medal for protecting the American Indian at Petoskey the oth- er day. Well, Bert, is some Indian himself. L. W. Codman, who at one time was with the Lemon & Wheeler Co., of Grand Rapids, now covers this terri- tory for Steele, Weedles & Co., of Chicago. Best of wishes, Lew. With deepest feelings of sorrow we regret at this time to inform our many readers of the death of the youngest child of James J. Cawley, of Cadillac. We extend heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved parents. Have you signed the volunteer blank yet? Get busy and get your —e honorable discharge. doing it. Traverse City Council now has the largest membership it has ever enjoy- ed—130—and I guess that is going some. Better watch out or we will again pull off the largest membership gain for the year. Everybody is Boost, boost, boost! Mrs. M. J. Carrol and daughter, Virgina, and Thersa Friend, who board with our genial P. M. ticket agent, are spending a few weeks visit- ing several Western cities. Mike him- self is dolling up some, for we saw him scrubbing out the station the other day. Mike says its so lonesome up home now that he sleeps at the station, Got your honorable discharge yet? L. D. Miller’s smiling countenance was seen on the street last Saturday. Adrian Oole and family contemplate motoring to Grand Rapids this weck. Adrian says he thinks he will be a little nervous down there to drive his car, as there are so many cars and some of them are such reckless driv- ers. Another thing we might suggest is to keep your lights lighted evenings and always stop before crossing a street car track. Mrs. Jasper W. Weese is confined to her bed with a case of typhoid fever. E. C. Knowlton has been working under difficulties more or less all week, owing to illness, but Earl is one of those kind of fellows who don’t give up until compelled to do so. Harry Hurley has been taken for almost everything. Now comes the news that he was taken for a preacher at Harrietta. Geo. Woodcock now has the man- agement of the Stearns, at Ludington. George was formerly connected with the Occidental of Muskegon, and his many friends will be glad to see him at Ludington. Mr. Woodcock has a host of friends and believes in giving the boys their money’s worth every time. James Peterson, who runs a tobaceo store on River street, Manistee, is so popular with the boys on the road that whenever they miss him they send him postal cards of regrets. Well, Jim, we will promise never to tell. Have you gathered your acorns yet for the deer this winter? While accidents happen day by day, Assessment notices have come to stay. Fred C. Richter. —_»-.—____ Thought She Had Two Livers. A doctor examined a young lady and told her that her liver was not in eood order. “T trust,” replied the lady, “that my other liver is all right.” Only One Death in Four Years. Grand Rapids, Oct. 6—Four years ago a number of the members of Grand Rapids Council, No. 131, or- ganized what is known as the Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s Association, the object being to provide a burial fund not to exceed $200. No person could be a member of said Association unless a member of No. 131. We have worked quietly among our members until we have a large num- ber of them. We are still growing. Since organization there has been but one death, which required an assess- ment of $1. The amount in the death benefit fund up to $200 goes to the family immediately, but as our mem- bership has not yet passed the 200 mark, the entire amount in the bene- fit fund goes to the family. The officers of the Association are as follows: President—Walter S. Lawton. Vice-President--John D. Martin. Secretary-Treasurer—Harry D. Hy- dorn. Directors—A. N. Borden, H. Fred DeGraaff and J. Albert Keane. John D. Martin. ——__2++2>—____ The Logic Competition. While political theorists have been trying to enforce destructive compe- tition by the aid of Congress and the courts, some level-headed publicists in the United States have been trying to point out quietly in Washington that destructive competition makes in- evitable the greatest monopoly; that wars always strengthen the arm of the conqueror and always centralize power. But the voice of reason has been little heard in the outcry against capital and in the demand for lower costs through capital competition—a demand fer present advantages insuring suffering in the end: We have seen last week the cotton planters endeavoring to combine to get 15 cents for their cotton as a minimum price. Will the department of justice seek to put the cotton plant- ers in jail? We have seen last week a meeting in l’aneuil Hall protesting against cut rates in the retail tobacco trade which would wipe out the small dealer and strengthen the arm of whoever con- queread in the fight, and we have seen the domocratic Mayor of Boston in- strumental in effecting a settlement and the restoration of prices profit- able to the industry and to distribut- tors. Will the department of justice intervene? In Germany the government as- sists to keep up the. price of potash not only as exported but at home, and Germany uses more potash than all the rest of the world combined; but the government realizes that the potash industry must be sustained by a profit and restrained by combina- tion—protecting these profits and pre- venting overproduction and the ulti- mate destruction of the industry. This summer a circular was sent out in Germany calling for a meeting of the porcelain people to raise prices 15 per cent. and the movement was welcom- ed by all trades and by the govern- ment. Germany realizes that an un- ereater profitable industry can hold no great advantage for a community. There they do not object to combi- nation of either labor or capital. The leaders in organization and in indus- try determine concerning the justice of a strike and trades are so united that when in one trade there is a labor union strike against a producer it is permitted to run for three weeks. If at the end of that time there is no adjustment, the entire trade makes a lockout. Then the labor men come together and determine how far they will fight the entire trade for higher wages when the combined trade has determined they cannot be paid. In this country we allow labor te combine and make sympathetic strikes against the whole community. The Boston Elevated labor leaders last year theratened to tie up the whole city of Boston unless the Elevated, which was performing seven-eighths of its service by non-union men, should accede to its demands. What would have been thought if the city of Bos- ton had arisen and locked out the strikers and all the leaders and sym- pathizers? In Germany they do things with more science. They have just the same problems there, problems of lifting humanity by higher wages and shorter hours of labor, that we have here. In this country men are paid what they have to be paid and the lowest form of labor gets the least recognition while the relatively most overpaid arms of labor promote the greatest strikes against the public.— Boston News Bureau. ——_>-22>___ Mistaken Profession. A tramp went into a Kansas gro- cery store and noticed a big box of soap labeled, “A cake for 1 cent.” He said to the grocer, “I am broke, but if you will trust me for twenty-five cakes I will pay you in less than an hour.” The grocer had both curiosity and generosity and consented. The tramp took the soap over to where the tobacco was kept, and care- fully wrapped each cake in a bit of tin-foil procured from the tobacco boxes. He then went out upon a street corner and announced to pas- sers-by that he had for sale “the gen- uine Arabic frankincense ambroisal shaving soap, guaranteed to soften the hairs on the face until a dull knife could cut them and certain to last ten times as long as any soap in the market.” Inside of an hour he had sold every cake at 25 cents each. He returned and paid the grocer 25 cents, and then walked off with a clear profit of $6. A man with such talents must have been a tramp from choice. —_—_» 3+ Get into friendly relations with your neighbors, even if they are com- petitors, and see how you can work together for mutual benefit. HOTEL CODY EUROPEAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Best Beds That Money Can Buy te: = te. October 8, 1913 Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, Oct. 6—Grand Rap- ids Council, No. 131, met in regular session last Saturday night, with all officers present excepting Harry Me- Call. and full of interest and enthusiasm from start to finish. About 100 mem- bers were present and everybody seemed to want to talk at the same time. One victim was conducted over the mountain, this being W. J. Wer- nette, with the Handy Press Co., of Grand Rapids. C. W. Bosworth was re-instated. The dogs of war were turned loose, ammunition in the form of application blanks were handed out to members of the two competing teams, each member of which made a solemn vow that he would not only pull down a five dollars pen offered by Secretary Fred Richter, but also the wagon offered by Bro. Ingram. James Goldstein occupied a seat of honor at the right hand of Senior Counse- lor Stark, an honor rarely conferred upon anyone except a Past Senior We understand James is right in line for this title, however, having recently been appointed Page of his Council. If he lands there we venture to prophecy he will show De- During the course of ‘the evening Bro. Gold- The meeting was a rousing one Counselor. troit a real Senior Counselor. stein was called upon for a speech, which he itable chosen made im a very cred- manner. In a few © well words he paraphernalia and then invited us to come to Detroit, where he thought we would see a real outfit—one that would make us sit up and take notice. It would be well for the Bailey House, at Ionia, to change both sheets while they are about it and not put the top sheet on the bottom for the next man. J. HL. Rutka spent last week in Chi- cago on business. The Grand Council committee will give their final report at our next reg- ular meeting, “Ye scribe” has been a member of U. C. T. a little less than a year and, consequently, is not familar with all the official titles. If we make mis- takes we will be glad if any brother will set us aright. Mrs. P. H. Fox is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wim. S. Cooke at their home in Kalamazoo. this Mr. Cooke was formerly a member of Grand Rap- ids Council, No, 131. Our U. C. T. lawyer, Jonn Hon- dorp, was there with the bells on last Saturday night. When it comes to knowing the ritual and by-laws, John spoke of our week. has got them frontwards and_ back- wards and can read them with his eyes shut. It would be a good idea if more of us were better versed along these lines. John D. Martin fell asleep at the switch during the opening exercises Saturday night, but we will have to excuse John this time, as he has been working overtime of late, putting the “boost” in booster. A. A. Peters has recently engaged as traveling representative of the Otto Webber Co. May success at- tend you, old man, Three new members were added to the Grand Rapids Traveling Men’s MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Benefit Association at the last coun- cil meeting. Claude Harper, who recently under- went a serious operation, is able to be out again, we are pleased to state. He was present last Saturday night and gave us a fine talk. The Coun- cil voted that the members bring their wives and lady friends at all future regular meetings of the Council. That genial wheelbarrow artist of Hartford, Fred a hotel as a side line, created a dis- Giddings, who runs turbance among his guests last week by serving frog legs. The boys will never stop telling about that, Fred Serving fried chicken, strawberries in February, frog legs and blue gills is Ired’s specialty and the boys certainly appreciate it, Mr. Ingram, representing the Stude- baker Corporation, was present at our Council meeting last Saturday night and, in a nicely arranged speech, offered to present the member bring- ing in the greatest number of ap- proved applications, a small Stude- baker wagon. Jas. Bolen already has “dotted lines” on the wagon. We notice Landlord Stutsche, of the Hotel Lee, Buchanan, has adopted in- dividual towels and promises a new and complete system of plumbing in the near future. Keep it up! Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rutka attracted considerable attention in town last Saturday with a fine string of fish, which they caught at Spring Lake. If you wish to know just how long they were and how’ many, tloward—ask his wife. The boys who call on A. P. Haga- man, of Armada, will be sorry to hear that he broke his leg one day last week, @ont | ask We were favored with the presence of four visitors at our regular meeting last Saturday sight—W. F. Ott, Council No. 54, Milwaukee; Bro. In- graham, Council No. 1, Columbus: Bro. Davenport, Council No. 4, In- dianapolis, and Bro. James Goldstein, Council No. 9, Detroit. We understand Bro. Dickerson has sold his Ludington base ball team and is open for an engagement. It might be well for you to note this, 3ro. Captain, Grand Rapids Council, No. 18 The “smoke ordinance” was well observed during the initiation work last Saturday night. Not a match was seen, nor a lighted cigar during the ceremony. Thanks, gentlemen. “The use of wooden cars of antique designs cause heavy loss of life on N.Y N. A. & 7 RO OR News item! Wallingford, Connecticut wreck.” The above leads the writer to won- der if there is not a remedy for the present condition in Michigan. Yo purchase a first-class ticket from some point south of Kalamazoo on the G. R. & I. and board a train made up of cars of vintage of the early eighties, the seats of which may have received a cleaning during their long career, but all traces of it have disappeared. The racks for packages and grips are so small as to make it impossible to live up to the regulation to keep the aisles clear. As to sanitation and ven- tilation there is absolutely none. Some windows, too, are missing making a comfortable temperature out of the question in cold weather. The train, as a whole, would rank third-clas; when compared with those used in transcontinental lines to carry emi- grants from ports of entry to Western points on second-class tickets. Com- ing out of Kalamazoo one often meets with this uncalled for condition: Mich- igan Central section from Chicago is reported on time at union station and R. & I. section from Fort Wayne one hour late at G. R. & I station or vice versa. You board the section that is on time and are carried out a few rods to enjoy the pleasing aspect of the coal and wood yard on one side and some scrap iron sheds on the other, where if announcement had been made you could sectire supper or dinner as the case might be. At night on this line you are forced to breathe the fumes of coal oil from the unmodern lighting system, due, per- haps, to former associations of the cars back in Pennsylvania oil fields. Vestibules, too, are lacking and help- ing to make cars unwholesome and cold. Going north at 7 a. m. there is not enough of this third-class equip- ment to give those holding first-class tickets a seat and S. R. O. signs should be pasted before train leaves. The State Railway Commission issues rulings from time to time regarding rates, ete., but for some reason the human freight seems to receive little attention and we in Michigan derive from the veniences and no benetit modern con- protective devices deemed absolutely necessary to pre- serve human life in other localities. It is to: be hoped that in the near future the State Railway Commission will abandon using preferred trains and get down with common travelers and observe conditions for themselves and offer a feasible remedy. Will fol- low this with others on traffic condi- tions as seen by an ordinary every day traveler. Art. Borden paid a glowing tribute to his wife at last Saturday night’s meeting and after-~ ward said he wished she could have heard it. It might not be a bad plan to install a dictagraph in the Council chamber for Art’s benefit. Look out for a bid to Walter Law- ton’s “bee.” He is going to paint his roof. Notice: Any one desiring to know how to crank up an automobile with the spark plug in his pocket, can se- cure the information by consulting Fred Beardsley. It might bother some of us to sweat like Fred did. The gold dust twins, Geo. Clark and Bert Bartlett, assisted Conductor Cliff Herrick in his initiation train. Our official “squirt,” Frank Bierce, was there with the dope. The picnic committee reports a sur- plus for the treasury of 36 cents, which is better than a substantial de- ficit anyway. Every one of those boosters was on the job last meeting of the committee. The boys kept Senior Counselor Stark pretty busy. Ask Walter Lawton to show you his new loving cup. Only ten more days before the first dancing party. Allen F. Rockwell. brilliant and SS ag eee eee ne a ee eee ape 25 Merry Musings From Muskegon. Muskegon, Oct. 6—As Brother Lee is now off the road, the writer will try, in a feeble way, to report for No. 404. We hear that Hydorn is going after the job of Grand Secre- tary next year. Well. here’s luck to you, old man. Harry We wonder why Bro. Lulofs looks so sleepy Monday mornings? Perhaps he visits Lake street too 1 afternoon. ate Sunday Better wake up, Nick. We understand Deputy State Dairy and Food Inspector Nickels is pour- ing kerosene on bad meat in some of Muskegon’s markets. Well, we know a restaurant on the M. C., not thirty miles from Grand Rapids, that needs a whole tank of it. Will any brother having any items of interest please contribute, as I do not see many of week? them during the Boys, send them along. Let’s put the Sawdust City on the map. J. M. Goldstein seems to have it in for all the little towns of Michigan. Well, brother, size don’t count. If it did, W. H. TF. be great. and the writer would Now there is only one of Us so. Besides, Detroit is too far from Muskegon to ever amount. to very much. We are pleased to state that you can get something to eat in the little town of Coral. This is a little place across from the hardware store that is OF KK. Will President the Grand Boys, give them a boost. Ben. Hanchett, of Street Railway, please explain why he objects to run- ning the 5 a. m. car out of Muskegon around the loop, so as to get passen- gers to the early trains out of the union depot? Rapids Mr. Maughton says he When the city lines gets the fare, it is an out- make the Saginaw strain at 6:50 a. m. is to blame. Now why? when you wish to rage J If you have heavy grips or do not have a running record, you are left. Just ask Frank Bowles, of Fruitport, what he thinks of it. Slim. —_>-____ Manley Jones, (Telfer Coffee Co.) is surprising himself and his friends by taking a month’s respite from busi- This is the first real vacation Manley has ever taken during a long and pros- perous business career and all of his friends are hoping that he will come back full of new thoughts and with a determination to take at least two weeks’ vacation every year here- after. He is accompanied by his wife and daughter and among the places they will visit is Toronto, Niagara Falls and New York City. One of the pleasant features of the trip was the presentation of a $100 check by the Telfer Coffee Co. to its esteemed representative. —__+2. Saunders, of Saginaw, who Elliott & Co., of Detroit, died recently at Englewood, N. J., aged 78 years. The cause of his demise is given as angina pectoris. Mr. Saunders had been a resident of Saginaw for forty years and was well known in that city, re- siding at 432 South Jefferson avenue. ness cares and responsibilities. Wm. E. traveled several years for C. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 8, 1913 «> DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES: —_ e > 2 = = > = 2: = - id fo - = =! 7 = = = => a Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—Will FE. Collins, Owosso. Secretary—E. T. Boden, Bay City. Treasurer—E. E. Faulkner, Delton. Other Members—John J. Campbell, Pigeon; Chas. S. Koon, Muskegon. Grand Rapids Meeting--November 18, 39 and 20. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Associa- tion. President—D. G. Look, Lowell. Vice-Presidents—E. E. Miller, Traverse City; © A. Weaver, Detroit. Secretary—Von W. Furniss, Nashville. Treasurer—Ed. Varnum, Jonesville. Executive Committee—D. PD. Alton, Fremont: Ed. W. Austin, Midland; C. S. Koon, Muskegon; 2 ©. SC Cochrane, Kalamazoo; James Robinson, Lansing; Grant Stevens, Detroit. Pharmaceutical Travelers’ As- sociation. President—Geo. H. Halpin, Holland. Secretary-Treasurer—W. S. Lawton, Grand Rapids. Michigan 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. Show Windows a Great Selling Force. Speaking in reason, the more at- tention you give your show window the better. Just think of two stores side by side, one of which had at- tractive and up-to-the-minute window displays, the other having nothing in it but a large glass bottle full of color- Which store would you go Which woods? The answer is ob- ed liquid. mto first? store would sell the most ViOUs. And yet how often do we see stores—drug stores, I mean—whose windows are far from attractive and seldom changed. Windows should be store best changed as frequently as the The thing to put in a window is the goods. force makes it possible. | have hammered this fact before. As a matter of general advertising it may be sometimes permissible to put some freakish thing in the window for a short time only, but it should be for a very short time. The reason is that though the f. t. may attract a crowd, they will see only that thing, no mat- ter what else may be in the window in the shape of goods. I remember -seeing in a drug store window once a small cage of mon- keys over which was the sign, “Don't Monkey with Cheap Drugs.” The monkeys pleased the children, but I doubt if any grown person was im- pressed with the idea that this partic- ular store was the best place to go for prescriptions. An exquisitely clean window with a good display of crude drugs, each one bearing a brief placard stating its properties and uses would have made a much more posi- tive and desirable impression. On general principles it is much better to dress a window with one line of goods at a time. If you desire to put in several lines there should be a dis- tinct dividing line of some sort be- tween. Price tickets, not only in the window, but all over the store, are invaluable. They are silent salesmen Many a person, seeing a thing they desire, displayed with a price on !t which they feel they can afford, will buy it, or come back to your store for it at some future time when they have the price. People who have fre- quented your store will also become unconscious advertisers for you by saying that they saw such and such a thing in your store at what they thought was a very reasonable price. — +7 __ Will Hold Next Meeting in Detroit. The thirty-first annual meeting of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association closed Thursday at noon with the election of the following officers: President—D. |G. Lowell. Vice-Presidents—E. E. Miller, Trav- erse City, and C. A Weaver, Detroit. Look, Secretary—V. W. Furniss, Nash ville. lreasurer—E, C. Varnum, Jones- ville. Henry Riechel, the retiring Presi- dent, refused re-election. Secretary lurniss was re-elected unanimously. The morning session was devoted to the discussion of trade topics and legislation. It was decided to put a paid organizer in the field to increase membership and awaken more inter- est in the Association. The next convention will be held in Detroit, the date to be fixed by the Executive Committee. The Tradesman hopes to be able to present a stenographic report of the meeting next week. ——_-+.____ Rat-Destruction With Carbon Bisul- phide. M. de Kruyff, of the Agricultural Bureau of the Dutch Indies, has adopted the following method at Buitenzorg, Java, for destroying rats. All visible rat-holes are first stopped with earth to ascertain which holes are inhabited, these being re-opened Half a tea- spoontul of carbon bisulphide is pour- ed in each inhabited hole, and after a few seconds to allow the liquid to evaporate the mixture of vapor and air is ignited. The resultant small explosion fills the hole with poison- ous gases and kills all the rats almost instantly. A pound of bisulphide is sufficient for more than 200 rat-holes. In one trial 131 dead rats were found in forty-three holes. —_2>-.+___ Co-operation with your trade paper will pay as well as almost any form of co-operation. Help the paper to make good and it will help you to make good. on the following day. What Some Michigan Cities are Doing. Written for the Tradesman. Kalamazoo’s new concern, the Pa- per Maker’s Chemical Co., has started the construction of a $40,000 plant. It is located on the River road, east of the city. Tonia voted four to one in favor of a bond issue for the purchase of the fair grounds, to be used for amuse- ments and play grounds. Sparta has secured a new concern, the American Specialty Co. and a factory will be built on the site donat- ed by C. A. Johnson. Block I shops at Port Huron have returned to full time and additional men will be employed. The Michigan Baptist State Con- vention will be held in Pontiac Oct. 20 to 23. Vice-President Kelley of the Grand Trunk Railway writes the Chamber of Commerce, Muskegon, as follows: “In the matter of additional passenger service for Muskegon, we have given the subject careful consideration since our visit to your city and I am pleas- ed to say that we will put in service as soon as we can arrange for the con- struction, a motor car running from Ashley to Muskegon in the morning, and returning.” The Chamber of Com- merce has secured for that city the DD ©. in Joliet, Ill, and operations will be carried on in the old stamp factory, East Clay avenue. . The Hinkley handle factory has completed its cut at Brutus, having turned out over 14,000,000 handles in the past fourteen years. The Hinkley Handle Co. has been formed to oper- ate at Alanson, with D. H. Hinkley as President. Keports from Hart state that con- tractors have arrived there and have Muskegon Corset Co., formerly located started Grand Rapids & Northwestern Railroad, which will work on the operate from Grand Rapids to Luding: ton, connecting with trans-lake car ferries. Citizens of Benzonia have formed a Booster Club to advance the interests of the village. W. M. Powers is President and Frank Mott is Secre- tary. Ann Arbor has voted to-purchase the water works plant. A dozen manulacturing concerns of Harbor have petitioned the Common Council against the passage of the proposed smoke ordinance. The new Acme belting factory, at Niles, has started operations, with thirty hands. 3enton Niles has secured its first publi: park, a pretty island in St. Joseph river. promised another beauty spot in Industrial Park, a tract of two acres which is being improved by the Bryant Paper Co. Kalamazoo is Charlevoix complains of its freight service. The Sentinal says: “There is not a business man here who is not handicapped by the _ execrable freight service and the shipment of fruit and potatoes is so seriously de- layed that buyers are beginning to shun the town. The Rock Products Co. has been compelled to cancel con- tracts because of inability to get cars or move its goods. Last Tuesday the plant was obliged to shut down, be- cause of lack of switching service. It is positively unsafe to ship live- stock, for fear of their dying on the road. It is indeed a burning ques- tion.” The Kalamazoo Art Association will make its annual exhibit in the new -high school building of that city Nov. 17. The Pere Marquette is making im- provements at Grand Ledge, includ- ing a new water tank of 90,000 gallons and new coal docks. Construction work has begun on the new factory of the Invisible Door Check Co., at Niles. Portland is promised a second ce- ment tile factory by I. M. Kenyon, of Sebewa, who plans to start opera- tions in the spring. The new municipal free-hitch sheds at Three Rivers are being well patron- ized by farmers. There are thirty-five of the sheds now in use, with others that will be ready when grading and filling is completed. Stock has been fully subscribed for a creamery at Boyne City. The Peerless Fence Co., of Adrian, will take over the plant of the Mon- arch Co. of that city, which has been idle for some time, and will operate same to full capacity. A glance at the tax rolls of Otsego village show that nearly 58 per cent. of the total tax is paid by the manu- facturing industries, the paper mills paying nearly 54 per cent. of the full tax, Dowagiac is arranging for a fes- tival and fair, to be held Oct. 16 to 18. Plans have been accepted for a new city hall at St. Joseph. The Michigan Gas Association will hold its September, 1914, convention in Menominee and a joint meeting with the Wisconsin body at that time is being arranged. The play- grounds at Jackson reports an attend- ance ‘of 15,000 children during the past season. Ann Arbor business directors of the three men chronic congestion at the Central freight house, with shipments and deliveries delayed reason. A Battle Creek high school boy was and fined $5 for smoking cigarettes and the chief of police says it is the beginning of acrusade against report Michigan heyond all arrested smoking by minors. . The Battle Creek Horticultural So- ciety, organized less than a year age, has nearly 100 members. Monthly flower exhibits will be made during the year in downtown windows. A band stand and public comfort station will be built in McCalmly Park, Battle Creek. The Bay City Ad Club will meet Oct. 10 to outline plans for the year. Leighton Richmond has resigned a postion with Gumm’s at Dowagiac to become advertising manager for Brandon, Durrel & Co., of South Bend. Three Rivers will have a traffic or- Almond Griffen. —__—_.-.+. A flock of microbes may do more damage than a flock of elephants. dinance. ” ” October 8, 1918 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT Acids Acetic .......... 6 @ 8 Bore (......0... 10 @ 15 Carbolic ........ 19 @ 2 Citic foe. 10 @ 5 Muriatic ........ 1%@ 5 Nitric Sebel ces 54%@ 10 OQxalic .........; 13 @ 16 Sulphuric ....... 1%@ 5 Dartarie ........ 38 @ 45 Ammonia Water, 26 deg. .. 64%@ 10 Water, 18 deg. .. 4%@ 8 Water 14 deg. ... 34@_ 6 Carbonate ...... 3 @ is Ckloride ....... 12 @ 15 Balsams Copaiba .... .. 75@1 00 Fir (Canada) .. 1 75@2 00 Fir (Oregon) 40@ 50 Peru occ... 2 25@2 50 OM Ue cas. 1 00@1 25 Berries @ubeb oo. 2. 60... 65@ 75 BS ew 15@ 20 Jumper ........... 7T@ 10 Prickley Ash .. . @ 50 Barks Cassia (ordinary) 25 Cassia (Saigon) 65@ 75 Elm (powd. 25c) 25@ 30 Sassafras (pow. 30c) @ 25 Soap Cut (powd. BoC... aan. 15 @ 20 Extracts Eleorice 0.5... 24@ 28 Licorice powdered 25@ 30 Flowers Amica .......... 18@_ 25 Chamomile (Ger.) 25@ 35 Chamomile (Rom.) 40@ 50 Gums Acacia, Ist ...... 40@ 50 Acacia, 2nd ...... 385@ 40 Acacia, 3d .......) 30@ 35 Acaccia, Sorts .... @ 20 Acacia Powdered 35@ 40 Aloes (Barb. Pow) 22@ 25 Aloes (Cape Pow) 20@ 25 Aloes (Soc. Powd.) 40@ 50 Asafoetida ....... 7T5@1 00 Asafoetida, Powd. BUre . 0.0... @ U. S. BP. Powd. @1 00 Camphor (2.50... 55@ 60 Guaige ..51.0.0... 385@ 40 Guaiac, Powdered 50@ _ 60 HMO. ot. @ 40 Kino, Powdered .. @ 45 Myrrh ...... alae @ 40 Myrrh, Powdered . @ 50 Opium ........ - 6 80@7 00 Opium, Powd. .. 8 75@8 95 Opium, Gran. 8 90@9 10 Shellac fe 28@: °35 Shellac, Bleached 380@ 35 Tragacanth No. 11 40@1 50 Tragacanth, Pow 75@ 85 Turpentine ...... 10@ 15 Leaves Buchu .,....:... 1 85@2 00 Buchu, Powd. .. 2 00@2 25 Sage, bulk -...... 18@ _ 25 Sage, %4s Loose. 20@. 25 Sage, Powdered... 25@ 30 Senna, Alex ...... 45@ 50 Senna, Tinn, .... 15 20 Senna, Tinn, Pow. ae 25 Oya Ursi ......... 10@ 15 Oils Almonds, Bitter, true ........ 6 00@6 50 Almond, Bitter, artificial ...... @1 00 Almonds, Sweet, (rue ........ 90@1 00 Almond, Sweet, | imitation «se. 40@ 50 Amber, crude 25@ 30 Amber, rectified . 40@ 50 Anise .......... 2 25@2 50 Bergamont ..... 7 50@8 00 Cajeput ......... 75@ 85 Cassia .. see Lb OO@L Tb oe. pols. and eaece 1296@ 15 Cake” eae sees @ 8% Citronella ....... @ 60 COVER ..:....... 1 50@1 75 Cocoanut ....... 20@ 25 Cod Liver ...... 1 25@1 50 Cotton Seed ..... 90@1 10 Croton .......s;. @1 60 @ubebs ......52.. Mrigeron ........ KBucalyptus ..... Hemlock, pure Juniper Berries Juniper Wood Lard, extra Lard, No. 1 Lavender Flowers Lavender, Garden Lemon ......... 5 lL.inseed, Linseed, Linseed, raw, bbls. Linseed, raw less Mustard, true ..4 Mustard, artifi’l 2 boiled, bbl bld less .. @4 50 @2 50 75@ 85 @1 00 @1 25 40@ 50 85@1 00 T5@ 90 o¢ 50 85@1 00 50@6 00 @ 50 53@ 58 @ 49 bA@ 57 50@6 00 75@3 00 INegtsfoot ...... 80@ 85 Olive, pure ..... 2 50@3 50 Olive, Malaga, yellow ...... 1 60@1 75 Olive, Malaga, : SreGn |. .0.. 1 50@1 65 Orange, sweet ..4 75@5 00 Organum, pure 1 25@1 50 Origanum, com’l 50@ 75 Pennyroyal, ..... 2 25@2 50 Peppermint Rose, pure ... Rosemary Flowers Sandalwod, E. IL. 6 Sassafras, true Sassafras, artifi’l Spearmint ou 00@4 25 4 ‘46 00@18 00 90@1 00 25@6 50 80@ 90 45@_ 50 50@6 00 Sperm ........ ? 90@1 00 Wansy .....---.. 5 00@5 50 Mar, UWSP ....... 25@ 35 Turpentine, bbls. @ 49 Turpentine, less 53 @ 60 Wintergreen, true @5 00 Wintergreen, sweet birch ...... 2 00@2 25 Wintergreen, art’l 50@ 60 Wormseed ...... 3 50@4 00 Wormwood ..... @8s 00 Potassium Bicarbonate . 15@ 18 Bichromate 13@ 16 Bromide ........ 45@ 655 Carbonate ..... 12@ 15 Chlorate, xtal and powdered Chlorate, granular Cyanide ......... LOGIGe@ =. 205.66... e Permanganate Prussiate yellow 12@ 16 16@ 20 30@ 40 20@3 40 15@ 30 30@ 35 Prussiate, red 50@ 60 Sulphate ........ 15@ 20 Roots AiKanet 6.2.5... 15@ 20 Blood, powdered 20@ 25 Calamus ........ 35@ 40 Klecampane, pwd. 15@ 20 Gentian, powd. .. 12@ 16 Ginger, African, powdered Ginger, Jamaica Ginger, Jamaica, powdered .... Goldenseal, powd 6 Ipecac, powd. .. 2 Licorice Licorice, Orris, powdered Poke, powdered Rhubarb ...... Rhubarb, powd. Rosinweed, powd. Sarsaparilla, Hond. ground powd. 1@ 20 22@ 25 22@ 28 25@6 50 75@3 00 14@ 16 12@ 15 25@ 30 20@ 25 75@1 00 Ta3@1 25 25@ 30 Sarsaparilla Mexican, ground Squillis .......... Squills, powdered Tumeric, powd. Valerian, powd. Seeds Anise Anise, Bird, ls Canary ........... Caraway Cardamon Celery powdered Din kk. Pennell .......... WIGS oo. 5. cs. 3k, rigx, ground .... Foenugreek, pow. IGM. 6c. sc. Hobelia, .......... Mustard, yellow Mustard, black Mustard, powd. PODDY .......-.. Seg eee acs Rape .......-..- Sabadilla Sabadilla, Sunflower oes Worm American Worm Levant coors eees Tinctures ACOMITO ......... AlOGS ............ ARICA ......-.-- Asafoetida Belladonna Benzoin Benzoin Compound BUCH . 00.5.0... Cantharadies .. Capsicum Cardamon Cardamon, Comp. Catechu Cinchona ........ Colchicum ,...... Cubebs wer eee seer eee see eee 25@ 30 20@ 35 40@ 60 12@ 15 25@ 30 15@ 20 22@ 26 8@ 10. 9@ 12 12@ 18 75@2 00 380@ 35 12@ 18 2@ 3 @ 30 4@ 8 4@ 6@ 10 b@ 7 @ 50 9@ 12 9@ 12 20@ 25 5@ 20 75@1 00 6@ 10 25@ 30 85@ 45 6@ 8 Ib@ 2 40@ 50 Q99HHHHHHHSH9H999 So So Digitalis ...:..... @ 60 Gentian ......... @ 60 Ginger .......... ¢ 95 Gusige .......... 1 05 xuaiac Ammon... @ 80 Todine ........... @1 26 Iodine, =e @1 25 EDECSE .......:... @ 7 Izon, clo. ........ @ 60 King 2 ae @ 80 Mivaad \ an nn @1 05 Nux Vomica @ 70 Opnm (2... 5.0.67 @2 00 Opium Camph. @ 65 Opium, Deodorz’d @2 25 Rhubarb oo... 1... @ 70 Paints Dead, reddry .. (%@. 1c Lead, white dry 74%@ 10 Lead, white oil Tu%@ 10 Ochre, yellow bbl. 1 @1\%4 Ochre, yellow less 2 @ 5 Putty ............ 24%@ 5 Red Venetian bbl. 1 @ 1% Red Venet’n, less 2 @ 5 Shaker, Prepared 1 40@1 50 Ver million, Eng. 90@1 00 Vermillion, Amer. 15@ 20 Whiting, bbl. 1@ 1% Witting 2.00... 2@ 5 Insecticides ATSONIC, . 200.0... 6 10 Blue Vitrol, bbl. g 6% Blue Vitrol less vA 30rdeaux Mix Pst 8@ 15 Tlellebore, White powdered .... Insect Powder l Lead Arsenate .. 8@ 16 Lime & Sulphur Sohution, £4). 15@ 25 Paris Green ... 15%@ 20 Miscellaneous Acetanalid ...... 30@ 35 AQUI 3¢ 5 Alum, powdered and | Bround ...... 5@ 7 Bismuth, Subni- trate ....... 2 10@2 25 Borax xtal or powdered ... 6@ 12 Cantharadies po. 1 75@2 60 aan Sees eee 1 20@1 30 Capsicum ....... 20@ 25 Carmine ......_. @3 50 Cassia Buds _... @ 40 Cloves: |. ....... 35 Chalk Prepared 6@ 8% Chalk Precipitated oo 10 Chloroform .....; 8@ 48 Chloral Hydrate 1 toot 15 Cocaine ...._.,. 4 20@4 50 Cocoa Butter - 50@ 60 Corks, list. less We Copperas, bbls. -@ Copperas, less .. 2@ 5 Copperas, Powd. 4@ 6 Corrosive Sublm. 1 05@1 10 Cream Tartar ... 30@ 25 Cuttlebone ...... 25@ 3a Dextrine ........ 7@ 10 Dover’s Powder 2 00@2 25 Emery, all Nos. 6@ 10 Emery, powdered 5@ 8 Epsom Salts, bbls @ 1% Epsom Salts, less 2%@ > Brrot 1........; 1 50@1 to lurgot, powdered 1 80@2 00 Hlake White ..... 260 15 Formaldehyde 1b. 10@ 15 Gambier |... ..... 6@ 10 Geratine ......... 45 35@ Glassware, full cases 80% Glassware, less 70 & 10% Glauber Salts bbl. @ 1 Glauber Salts less 2@ 5 Glue, brown .... 11@ 15 Glue, brown grd 10@ 15 Glue, white <.... D@ 25 Glue, white grd 15@ 20 Glycerine _..... 234%@. 30 EIODS: ..0.000...2. 50@ 80 Indico 6.2... .... 85@1 00 FOGING ........... 4 35@4 60 Toagoform: ........ 5 40@5 60 Lead Acetate .... 12@ 18 ivyeopdium ..... 55@ 65 MAGE 2.0 co. 80@ 90 Mace, powdered 90@1 00 Menthol .. 0... 8 60@9 00 MIGPCURY ...00...0. 75 85 Morphine, all brd 4 ooo 80 Nux Vomica .... @ 10 Nux Vomica pow @ 15 Pepper, black pow 20@25 Pepper, white 25@ 35 Pitch, Burgundy 10@ 15 Quassia ........, 0@ 15 Quinine, all brds ..25@386% Rochelle Salts ... 283@ 38 Saceharine ..... 1 50@1 75 Salt Peter ...... %@ 12 Seidlitz Mixture .. ae 25 Soap, green .... 16@ 20 Soap, mott castile 10@ 15 Soap, white castile CaS6 . 0.2... - 6 25 Soap, white castile less, per bar @ 68 Soda Ash ...... 1%@ 065 Soda Bicarbonate —— 5 Sada, Sal ...... 7 £4 4 Spirits Camphor | ae @ 7 Sulphur roll¢.... 24@ 6 Sulphur Subl.”.... 2 @ 5 Tamarinds ...... 10 15 Tartar Emetic .. 40@ 50 Turpentine Venice 40@ 50 Vanilla Ext. pure 1 00@1 50 Witch Hazel 65@1 00 Zine Sulphate ... 7@ 10 Ci ” me ‘wr ” ay WHT? wR * we mn ” Our Home—Corner Oakes and Commerce Our Holiday Sample line is the largest and most complete of any that we have ever shown. It is now on display in our sample room in Grand Rapids. Weare making dates and appointments with our customers so as, to give them prompt attention upon arrival. Kindly let us know by postal card or otherwise when you can call and inspect our exhibition and we can then arrange to give you the best possible service. The earlier we can secure the orders practically insures completeness in filling and satisfactory results. Grand Rapids. HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. MERICAN BEAUTY” Display Case No. 412—one of more than one hundred models of Show Case, Shelving and Display Fixtures designed by the Grand Rapids Show Case Company for displaying all kinds of goods, and adopted by the most progressive stores of America. GRAND RAPIDS SHOW CASE CO., Grand Rapids, Michigan The Largest Show Case and Store Equipment Plant ia the World Show Rooms and Factories: New York, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Boston, Portland FOOTE & JENKS CCQLEMAN’S (BRAND) Terpeneless Lemon and High Class Vanilla Insist on getting Coleman's Extracts from your jobbing grocer, or mail order direct to FOOTE & JENKS, Jackson, Mich. Four Kinds of Coupon Books are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or denomination. Free samples on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly. within six hours of mailing. Prices, however, are liable to change at any time. and country merchants will have fheir orders filled at market prices at date of purchase. ADVANCED Cove Oysters DECLINED Ceresota Flour Holland Herring Currants—I mported Olives Pickles Index to Markets 1 9 By Columns y AMMONIA eans Doz. ee pul eas ae oo: a 12 oz. ovals 2 doz. box 75 ed ney 5 9 A Col. LE GREASE String eek ecu ee 70@1 15 ae ia. arrazer's. : 7 Wax. 75@1 25 are eee eee . Woo oxes, 4 doz. 3 Axle Grease ......-++- 4 ath Ha boxes, 8 doz. 2 35 ioimcr sos B 346%. tin boxes, 2doz. 425 Galion 67 ou 1 10%b. pails, per doz. — 4 ioe Sa Bake CanB .......-- 15tb. pails, per doz. 2 i Bath Brick ........---- i 25th. pails, per doz. ..12 00 org os ” Le @1 00 Bluing ....-.--eeceeerce AKED B ANS y; : 2 F Breakfast Food .....-- : No. oa ce 90 Clam Bouillon Brooms .....-+-++++++ 1 No. 2, per doz. ....75@1 40 Burnham's % pt. ....2 25 BrusheS_....---+-+++e++ No. 3 > doz 85@1 75 Burnham’s pts. ....... 3 75 1 - &, per doz. ...s0@ 2 5 : Butter Color .......---- BATH BRICK Burnham’s gqts. .......7 60 Cc English ..........--. 95 5 Corn alr oe eae. - 65@ 70 et Mas beans eee oe = Sau ro ey oo "ee 4 eg ennings’. SAUCY sos ee sce sss up a oe a. ; Condensed Pearl Bluing French Peas Ch aren teens cereus . 3 Small C P Bluing, doz. 45 Monbadon (Natural) cine na 3 Large C P Bluing, doz. 75 per Goz) ......... saad 1D cain aaa benesceen- > ; BREAKFAST FOODS a eee m DepiBte ..------+-+-- p. 2, Blair |... . 3 Apétizo, Biscuits .....3 00 Pa ee S oar ocd eetiiae ios OO PRY oe 2 35 Ce 3 Cracked Wheat, 24-2. 2 50 ioniny Re ee eer ee 3 Cream of Wheat, 36-2 : 3 Standard ..6... 5 ..... 85 i 4 Cream of Rye, 24-2 .. Lobster Cracked Wheat ee 5 Posts Toasties, T. io 85 CrackerS ...---seeers 5, 6 No 2 fo... 250 % 1b. .....c..:cl.. «s.0 10 Cream Tartar ....---- 6 Posts Toasties, ‘T. Mackerel Me Soo. cele £2) Ate ie 1 D Farinose, 24-2 ....... 270 MwWustar ni : s Gor con 379 Mustard, 21D. ........ 2 80 jed FrultS ..----+-. ee DO NaTa@pO sNULSH eeoscerere 0 ; a: peel ras Grape ule isin’. 4 gp Soused, fUgtb. 1 6 . Sugar Corn Flakes .. 250 ‘Tomato, 1m. 2122101111 60 Farniaceous Goods .... 6 Hardy Wheat Food .. 225 Tomato, 2b. .......... 2 80 Fishing Tackle ....--.- 6 Postma’s Dutch Cook 2 75 Flavoring Extracts ... 7 Holland Rusk ....... 3 20 Mushrooms Flour and Feed .....-. -. 7 Kellogg’s Toasted Rice HIQUEIG: 2,-2.2... .; @ 15 Fruit JarS .....+--++-:: 7 Biccult .........0% 230 Buttons, %s ..... @ 14 o Ke * Toasted Rice, . Buttons, Is ..... @ 2 a fe) sters Gelatine .....- sesreres ; Kellogg’s Toasted Wheat Cove, 1b. . beets ee @ 9 Grain Bags .....--- eee Biscuit_..... se nenes 330 Cove 2B. 2........ @1 75 H Krinkle Corn Flake ..1 75 Plums Mapl-Wheat Flakes, Plugs 0.6.05. 90@1 35 Herbs .. ...--c2--ees> : 2 dbz, .: 2.0... 2 70 Pears in Syrup fides and Pelts .....-. Mapl- oWheat Flakes. No. 3 cans, per doz. ..1 50 Horse Radish ... ..-- 8 3 doz _ Si _ 2 80 a. Mapl- core Flakes ... 2 : J Minn. Wheat Cereal 3 75 a sence 1 toed 2 cpeceeer eee bree -> 8 Algrain Food ........425 arly June siftd 1 45Q1 &o Jelly Glasses ......--- 8 Raiston Wheat Food 4 50 M Ralston Wht Food 10c 145 |. Peaches Saxon Wheat Food .. 2 6€ Pie ............. 1 00@1 25 Macaroni ....+++++-++ 4 Shred Wheat Biscuit 3 6¢ No. 10 size can pie @3 25 Mapleine ......-- Bane ee 9 Triscuit, 18 ...-...-.- 1 £0 Piorapie Meats, Canned .....-- ¢ Pillsbury’s Best Cer'l 4 25 Grated ......... 1 75@2 10 Mince Meat .......--- 3 Post Tavern Special ..2 80 Sliced .......... 95@2 60 Molasses ...-.-+-+-++- ** 3 Quaker Puffed Rice ..4 25 Pm ckin WRMERPA oe rrenceceee = Quaker Puffed Wheat 285 yoip P 80 N Quaker Brkfst Biscuit 1 90 Gang 90 4 Quaker Corn Flakes ..1 75 ay 1 00 Nuts apesce eoseesee . Victor Corn Flakes ...2 20 a. 215 oO ene Crisps . a Raspberries Whea tS oa. eee Gives .....--------->- . 8 cg Hg or 450 Standard ...... : Evapor’d Sugar Corn 90 nis Pickles ..... pee eeeee soe 8 Warrens, 1 Yb. Tall ..2 30 Pipes ......ccereeeeeees 8 Fa: ot ee wy. 475 WWarrens, 1 Ib. Flat 1.2 40 Playing Cards ......... 8 Oey eee ; Red Alaska ...... 1 45@1 50 Parlor, 4 String, 25 Th. 4 25 Potash .......++-- ote 8 Med. Red Alaska 1 25@1 35 g Standard Parlor 23 Ib. 4 00 Pink Adasica @ 30 Provisions .....++-.+s+. Common, 23 Ib. . 3 50 1 fa R Special, 23 th. ........3 00 _ Sardines a 9 Warehouse, 33 Ib. .....4 75 Domestic, %s ....... 3 25 piieee peas bes eee se 9 Common Whisk . 100 Domestic, 4 Mustard 3 00 Rolled BTS . ce eeeeeeee Fancy Whisk ......... 125 Domestic, % Mustard 2 75 $ oe we be ceeees 1028 Salad Dressing ........ 9 BRUSHES frenc We cae Saleratus ........+---- 9 Scrub ll Shrimps Sal Soda ......... ~---- @ Solid Back, 8 in. .....- 75 Dunbar, ist doz. ...... 1.30 Salt eh eerreree ; ea in. ....-. a Dunbar, 14%s doz. ....2 3 on. te - oin mas 22... : oon - es eee e eee : Stove nn Succotash tong Blacking bose sees No. 2 ...-....35.-.-55. Snu pec c bese esse esc DD Wo 2 22.005, 6. 2... ee 1 25 Soap ........ epee ne Ne f oe 1 75 ee oi becae oes > soos ee Shoe . Strawberries Spicew ....--eeeeeeeeeee 19 ~No. 8 ...... eee eee 100 Standard ..... cone 95 Starch ..... Sees eeee a No. 7 ...:-. poe ese 7 Faney ..........- 2 25 SYTUPS ..--ereeeeeeeces MO. © coc cec eee -e ees Tomatoes T ONO. B sso sccces ses ose 5s 490 Good 2... 1 05 Table Sauces .......-.- ; BUTTER COLOR a beta geu eee : = me siete teeta es Dandelion, 25¢ size ..2 00 oe 6 ...4...-- th 42, 38 n , oa 13 CANDLES CARBON OILS Paraffine, 68 .........- 7% _ Barrels : v Paraffine, 128 ........ 0 ee | Bie Vinegar .....-----ee-- - 13 Witking ....-....--..- aoc ee, O 28% Ww naan sige Deodor’d Nap’a .. @18% Winktiw .......:..-..- 13 Cylinder ....... 29 @34% Woodenware .......-.- 13 th. erantae . 90 Engine ......... 16 @22 Wrapping Paper . ot eae ies 1502 85 Black, winter .. 8 @10 Biackberriee CATSUP v re |... 150@1 90 Snider’s pints ...... su Waest GCOMe ...ccceecce- th Standard gallons @5 00 Snider’s % pints ......1 35 ee ee nO nthe ts enters 3 CHEESE WCMO ....:.....:.5 @17% Bloomingdale . @17% Carson City @17% FIODKINS ........ @18 BMC co... cs. 6 @17% ioeiden ....5..... @15 Limburger ...... GiiM Pineapple ...... 40 @60 Wdam .........- @85 Sap Sago ......- @22 Swiss, domestic @20 CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack .... 55 Adams Sappota ....... 55 3eeman’s Pepsin ...... 55 Beecnnuwt 2. ke 60 Chielets)) 600. eee. 1 25 Colgan Violet Chips .. 60 Colgan Mint Chips .... 60 MDCNEWMO .5....05-2-.- 1 10 Wlae Spruce .......-.. 55 giiey Fre .........4. 55 Read Robin ......:.... 55 Sen Sen (Jars 80 pkgs, A) TR 55 Spearmint, Wrigleys .. 55 Spearmint, 5 box jars 2 75 Spearmint, 3 box jars 1 65 Trunk Spruce ....-.-..- 55 MUCATAN .....s0.065--50 55 MOQ Chose cc deci 55 CHICORY Bulk .......... Seles ss 5 Red .. 6.5... 7 Eagle ..... sees 5 Franck’s 7 Scheuer's 6 Red Standards ...... 1 60 MWHite o..0....5.5..... 1 60 CHOCOLATE Walter Baker & Co. German’s Sweet ..... 22 PPrOMUUAN 2.4. ew cee ss 32 Oaracas .......;.. 23 Walter M. Lowney “Co. Premium, 44S .:...-:. 29 Premium, %S ...... sce | 2a) CLOTHES LINE Per doz. No. 40 Twisted Cotton 95 No. 50 Twisted Cotton 1 30 No. 60 Twisted Cotton 1 70 No. 80 Twisted Cotton 2 00 No. 50 Braided Cotton 1 00 No. 60 Braided Cotton 1 25 No. 60 Braided Cotton 1 85 No. 80 Braided Cotton 2 25 No. 50 Sash Cord ..... 1 75 No. 60 Sash Cord ..... 2 00 No. 60 Jute .......... 80 Wo, 72 Jute -:....... --1 00 No. 60 Sisal .......... 85 Galvanized Wire . 20, each 100ft. long 1 90 . 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 90 No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 COCOA Bakers oie c ese cae 37 Cleveland .... 41 Colonial, %s 35 Colonial, %s 33 MGS cs veces os os 42 Hershey's, 48S ........ 30 Hershey's, 44S ........- 28 MAUVICT 2.0.0.5... --6 foe BO Lowney, eS .......... 33 Lowney, 4S ..-..------ 33 Lowney, %%48 ......-... 33 Lowney, 5 Ib. cans ; 83 Van Houten, \s ..... 12 Van Houten,, %s ..... 18 Van Houten, %s ..... 36 Van Houten, ls ...... 65 Wan-Hie ...65--:5.¢5-+ 36 WVEDD 2 oo... oes esse ose oD Wilber, %%8 .........<. 33 MVilber, WS ..c.6--006. © COCOANUT Dunham’s per Ib ys, 5rd. case ...... 30 4s, 5ID. case ....... 29 %s, 15%. case ...... 29 146s, 15tb. case ...... 28 ds, 151b. case ....... 27 Y%s & %s 15tb. case 28 Scalloped Gems ...... 10 ws & Ys pails ...... 16 Bulk, pails ........... 14% Bulk, barrels ...... 13% Baker’s’- Brazil Shredded 10 5c pkgs., per case 2 60 26 10c pkgs., per case 2 60 16 10c and 33 5c pase. i per Case ....;:...... 3 60 COFFEES ROASTED Common Se cesseeeesss 19 RD a ee eee 19% WHOIGE 2... ce ces cess 20 WAMCY, 6 owes ccc ce ces o 21 POADCITY ...:.....26 23 Santos Common Weir es... (OVC MAMACY 66a es cece cece Peaberry Maracaibo Cle eae 24 Cheice ............... 25 Mexican Choice ...... eocied se 25 WANCY, oe cet ences cee 26 Gudtetiaia MOIR og ks sheet cc ese 25 Pancy ..:... pcb en eee 28 Java Private Growth 26@30 Mandling ........... 31@35 Aukola ........-.....80@32 4 Mocha Short Bean ........25@27 iiong Bean: :......... 24@25 He ©. OF 1G... 26@28 Bogota Hair icicle, 2 25 eo Wool s | ..advance 1 Formosa, Media --.. 50@60 a er Package Good 2 oz. Flat F M per ps 2 00 ae oe! Hams, 12 _ Meats 100 Formosa, Ghai : 28 aore Agia 8 ELOU z. 2 00 hearlings Hams, 12 tb. av. 19144@20 50 eee 35 Pee le R AND FEED Hams, 16 Ib. av. 17% @18~ ‘ English Butter Cra Sc. 2 00 Rapids Grai No. Hams av. 17%@ 8 Medi sh Breakfa co Saphiede NBC Milling Co mi GONG oo Ham, toe av. 17 ay, 100 hoo deus ” Escape ES tage Winte a sets Beet 40 Choice se eeeeeeeees 25 Family “Pact NBC Purity Pat | Wheat Wo Calitecdis Halu 1 or 30@35 ack: Se tent ... Unwe ol fornia ee tel ae ‘or ao 2 50 Seal of Minnesota a oa bl wee - @is eo ao 11yoliy S lhe. |: tae Noe n Special Tin Pack eS 4 + @28 ae lll @ ¢ a n Pack izard Flour ....++-. 5 00 HORSE Boiled Hams .... 19%4@2 Ss Seylon, choi Bene mer tee, Waser Graham ..... 4a5 Per dom. ..... oe Meo eee see? Anise mane Fancy ...... CO «+. 30@35 ae oda aan 2 50 a Gran. Meal .. 5e : Jelly ot Bacon ..... m .. 18 @i2% Canary, Smyrn Se ogee ey 45@50 re 2 50 a muckwheat |. ¢ te py pails, per doz sa — 18 @24 eo ne Se .c-5 1% TOBACCO Rect ee + He ase 06 se i 040. ya ils ‘ see a ardo Seseire eae eo Walley Cit ae of Sith: gate, por ball... 2 10 i an ee Celery 18 ie. Recta ; y Milling se ail ... ver @1014 ey eget sees. ot .. eave Warr Giacker 1 50 Peaiig = . ast oo of ie a GLASSES 10 Frankfort ...... 2 O12 : Mixed ee eo | bea MA rs oicee : = : rackers 1 | trees Mule hoes 1 ab lee la wae e Spaahetiiy 10th. GB foe ‘otal 4 SPICES M Heat Ome eccease at Muirs—Fancy, i ae ae a Hotel Hook, fibre 1 15 tele iaagek, se ““ag@20 Allspi Whole Spices aeee Ze. 16 ancy Peeled aS 10 Quaker, paper ....... 70 a fibre bxs. Sheep es, Set .. 80@85 + OIC Jamaicé Sweet Cuba, 1 cooeee 3 TB he , 26m. ..18 Quaker, cloth ........ 4 90 MAP s. 1 00 » per bundle @85 Allspice, lg 1aica .. 9@10 Sweet Cuba Oc .....- 5 ean Peel Quaker Buckwheat bbi 5 00 2 oz. we aie ee Butteri a5 «Cloves, no @11 sweet Cuba, % Ib. “tin 4 50 Orange grote eg ages pbi.5 50 + bottles, ray Pdaam 3 00 a as mo a oo iantea ; @26 - aces Burley a foil 2 25 ; : +o 12% ’ q ‘ assia, 5 .14@15 Swe . be L&D 5 76 ee a ber MEAT. uli a. .12%@18 oe. a “O25 eect Gare. i on. 245 Guister ns America oO. Be eae ae _ Corned : Meats Ginger, ee oe a @ 9¥ Swe ey, 16 oz. ae «7 Se ey ee ee ee a (ae Git ie ae a he @ldiz pees feet ee a ose Muscatels 122,25 A ican Eagle, 4s 2 MOLASSES Rane beef, iit £65 Mixed nang 14% ¢ t Mist, 8 oz. 5 70 T00re cick. a ke American Hagle, is <2 5 x New Orle fe es? Th. «2.22 40 Mixed, No. 1’...... eit oo a oO U. M. Seeded. 1 tt r. 6. Spri Ae F ans toast beef, 1 (2 4e ae 2 @li Telegram, 5c reee 38 1 th. 8@g1 ng Wheat ancy Open Kettl Potted Me: hm. ......2 > wlixed, 2 ee.ee. @16 Tiger, 5 ie AS ce eens gk 7a 8@8% i ‘ Mea --2 40 r 5c pkgs. wy td jiger, oc . a 76 California ice Sea) Roy Baker Choice coin pire . a 42 pote lavors “ae eee’ ae m6 45 Tiger, aa bas Lune etiee 6 00 80- 00 25Ib. y0xes ...@ 5 Gelgen eon A a 29 ed Meat, ran ie be | 105-1102. @ oS Unele Daniel, 1 ib... 2 35 70- 80 25%, boxes -..@ 6% Wisconsin reer tl ee oe 33 Deviled Meats Hain e Bepper Was 222 fag whole Daniel on 23 32 - 251b. 7 eee q yi lees 66 83 80 ed Hen xtra Fi: 2 at, an . dv Mennc ? Vhite ..... j he cs @ Ba 40. . 2oIb. esas ne : Cer oi sige Grocer Co se Hen, ae n° 175 Devi ae pee 50 Pakrika We a 22 Plug 0 251b. box ~..@! 9% sereso a, 368 ' Nad Hen Ne 10... 17 Fla am — igarian eo Am. Nav i es ...@11 Ceresota. 4s pie 1G FE vor, %S Pure G aie aad 16 oz FAR Popccas, (cs M ° 465 Potted Tongue, Ks. 95 Allspie round i Apple, 10 sseee 82 INACEOUS GOODS Soe a % Ib. 6 i. Potied Tonaue, 4s G Aulspice, Jamaica . wesc eee at ' i : : : Ss .. e ‘ PS, 4a aia f a e at. Leaf, 2 oe ae 7 Be iae Grocer Co. : OLIVES " Fancy RICE ' a Canton. LS @ e Ormond Mt Leal 60 Soy ae one Wingo 7. pent) .5 50 ae 1 gal. kegs 1 00@1 15 Tener Siule 6 @6% We Penta @ i? Battl en -: ip an 9 eer Pca pas ee a ges cigee 5 sulk, 2 gal. kegs 95@ 5 Hey &° Sce Nutmegs ang ..... @75 WE AM veces ces ene. 6 a ead es Btn igs cloth 5 bs Bulk, 5 gal. cea ee 10 a a 33%, bey Peaner Diack a O38 po fan 28 25 1 tb oe yee US ener 5 35 Stuffed pe seul ial a need. Ave — oer? Pepper, pol a aig ae tacks 6 and 16 Ib. * Bulk, per ages .....1 50 -akers’ Patent 5 8 Stuff a, Zo... 8: 1 25 eel Cut, 10 is __& 960 epper, Cayenne .. @27 Boot rit, De , 100 Ib te 5 15 ed, 14 oz. : > Mor 0 Ib. sk 0 Paprikz yenne .. @24 so0t Jac k, “pe < 6S Original H s. ....4 00 Wyk 9 Pitted o anges 2 25 1arch, bbls. ae : 85 a, Hungari: ye Bullion r doz 90 Pac ollan = ykes & 1ot stuffed @ Monarch, 90 Tb. sacks’ rt arian @45 ee 16 Ge... a Les ked 12 rolls rina Rusk Sleepy Eye, %s Co. Mansa ea ® oe. ) : ace” 90 Tb. sacks 2 5 65 STARC Climax, Golden ote 46 container containe Sleepy E cloth 5 45 heen tees 225 @ r, 18 Reg : 2 70 H Climax 2 wins 4 ners (40) rolls 3 . Siecay fee %s cloth 5 35 Tuned. rgd oz. 90 Quaker, 20 hoes deol 45 Corn Climax 14% OZ. ... a sal Homi 27. Slee ye, Yes c Noe chavoet AEP pag a gag aR v.. 4 Kingsfore Climax, 7 og, owe cio ae eee eee eat set ay Dazeaiie, Mime wtih es 5 bape wore ei on : “ye, “4S Bye ae moth, 19. 2 Cal o, @ Di. .. 5 OF i . DPkgs. ..54 Derby. 5 > Menthe et Domestic and Vermic ower G80 acl A umbia, 1 pi ou 225 aj near. .54, Derby, 5 It the, Ib. 62 Teasertea. a oe a “ Rolted Meal Queen, os - ee large I doz. 7 00 oo Gloss'40 ik r Bros., 4 tb cana 28 , 40 ID. box .. DOME |e can tgs: OZ. ..- 7 Jurkee's, ‘ i 250 eee 1] ..mé% ee “al 6 a BE aniey 2 50 olden Granulated ... 7 Olive Chow, 2° doz. ¢ 5 75 a aa : a 5 ee — oe oo a 5 a. Edge, 3 a ol br Re Mu eae S be ch oO per d cs. Snider's sma ty doz. 2 35 Silver Gloss . x0ld Ro ra a et eee 5 Hee 3 00 Hew Red — Pe eh 2 25 cae ag 35 Silver a a ae -- 6% as Rope, t < a 38 : Pe vee Se 89 Ss Packed US S, 12 Gibs. .. 8% 4 oO P.. 13 & 2 ). 58 Green. wie LULU Ll 90 Medi A 60 Ibs. i : Muz L G@eanees Pau 24 Ib / , sconsi : a ‘ ium Arm a . in box 48 1lk eee anger Tw 4b... 40 Green, oe bu. 2 9 Michigan on eee ee count .. 7 75 Ww a aee. ten 2 — oo ie 3lb, eae. algae 5 7 T. W., 16 es << 46 Split, Ib. 5.2... .. Ce 09 Less than car Le 47 5 gallo s., 600 count 4 2G SAL %s .. 300 22 6lb. pac a 4% orse Shoe, 6 & 12 m 3 a Loe 5 lots ...... 50 n kegs .. 1 - Granulated cing 50lb oo val 6 tat Dip ee Ib. 43 oo . a. eacn 5 So Ghasuinicd. bis. 4... g ’ re olly Tar & 5&10 45 a ee 4% ee Ee a ee ia i Granuance ae Ibs. es. a0 SYRUPS 7 a Karo, No. 2... 1 30 Merry hoe. et nies PY sarl, 36 pk : S a: # Str eed : me 50 28 - sacks oS 3lue Karo, No. oe 90 Nobb 2 Ib. "39 Minute Wg BS. eee ee 9 oF Street Car Feed oe we 775 Be on a. 9 49 Blue Wara Oo Se aaa Bs y Spun Roll 6 $2 rental oo s es oe Bee Nog ER Palletion's oS % t oe TACKLE eo tee 7 Ba wa Small 4 a ie eeees 20 Red pope Ma 14... 2a ca De Laat 3 o 1 in sarge corn meal ..... : oe ‘ 56 arsaw ed Karo, Ne "i. 360 Pienie T 6-12 & 24 Ib 0 ee Cee ee Sos alt barrels wos 26 GO aS tb. dairy i i Red K: i © 2 «4... “3 ic Twist, : 40 1% te : a ee 7 a FRUIT JARS 5 gallon bees votes 8 75 28 Ib. dsivy - pate bags 40 Red eae — 2% .. 2 bp pias Heldstck, es 2h 45 He i oe 11 Mason, eo per gro. 455 Clay, N ae «nae bass 20 Red Karo, He ie 3 40 Polo, ea in Ge Co ea I hogan ., per gro. 4 92 aia o. 216 - SACKS ..... Pp omer Redicut -» per dow 4 Se 15 Mason, % gal . 495 Clay, T , per box 1 75 il 25 Fai ure Cane , 12-3 02 : ee : Mason, cd . per gro. 7 3 Con ft D. full e : Grar mmon alr we Scrapple viseeers 38 Cocues 20 1, can tops : 0 ou .. ount 60 nulated Fi Good I a 16 SI , 2 & 4 dos Cotton Sol 160 6 UBLAVING CAE ‘ Medium, F ne ..... + 05 Bd eee, Sherry Cobbl ee No. 1, 10 f Lines GELA PLAY ++ 90 , Fine .. . eae 20 Spear H er, 8 02. a , cee. ; TINE N ING CAR SALT FISH Co sar Head, 12 0 4s 3 Ro A Bp feet Cox's, 1 doz, large ..1 45 No. "90, Stetmboat 75 Lares, w God oo” eee Ps". it No. 4. oe Roa oz. sma --1 45° No. 2 assorted 1 25 Large, whole . Halford, le Ss : om . 7 No. eee 9 Knox's Sparkling no. Be Bo Rover, enam'd. 125 Small, whole a. @ 9 a large ....... 3 ae Deal, 7, 14 and 2 47 ®. 5, 1b fe . nO Knox's Spe ing, doz. 1 25 . 12, Special 150 Strips : " : @ 8 rd, small 5 ar, & 12 & 28 ‘Tb. 30 No. 6, 15 7 es 11 Knox’s ao gr. 14 00 hb 98 ‘Golf. satin fin. 1% ik bricks 8%@12- penises 2 25 Standard Way Mi .. 4 No. ee 12 Nelsons) doz. 1 25 808, Bicycle h fio, 200 | iat @ 5% TEA _ & 30 Ib. oe 7%, 15 ve feo 15 Oxford oer 50 0. 632 Tourn’t solace ; 00 Strips ae but = : Japan ae Penny, is aw 34 5 Boao gee 18 Plymouth pee 75 ba 22 nas 18 Sundried, medié vant Talk, 14 a Ib. 35 Seeeee 20 lymouth Rock. os. 125 Babbitt’ OTASH : ees ii 19 Sundried, cae . .24@26 ankee Girl, 12 -. 31 Linen LI . Plain 90 s, 2 doz Y. M Herrin Sundrie ice ...380@3:¢ & 24 30 Small .. “— GRAIN B PROVISIONS | im Pee bblse 12. 0¢ ced. a "36@40 Se eo 20 Broad Ga AGS Bar NS Yy. M. ee % bbls. 6 50 eth eb medium 30 All E rap Large oe 26 ase eu 18 Clear a Pork Y. M. wh noon kegs 15 acket-aved pep 35@37 Am hee. BC wees eee 57 Me He aes a 19 epi Cut Clear. is ue 50 one o oop Milchers Nibs oe od, fancy 40@43 Bag ae oe a onhe 4 i). hea e § 1900 5 as hi s9 |«( fae 30@3 Cutlas, 21 ac aea. : Bamboo, 3 Ee per doz. 55 ee Seta Pe Brisket, ejeay 17 00@17 50 Standard, gc cease 20 26 ce 10@12 an Oe 22.24, ’ 38 Bamboo Per dos. S85 HOpe ono te recess. 15 Big... 24 00@24 50 Standard. ke i. eee 14@15 H CrSD. 2 oz. > a » 18 ft., per doz 80 Laurel heaven ......... 15 Clear Pomily ........ 23 00 out a 62 Moy Gpeeonest : Honey ce hought, 2 oz. 30 i na Leaves ......... ee 26 00 No. 1, 100 " e yune, medi omb Scr. WS eee , Ibs Mo dium .. _ Honest S ap, 5c 5 76 i. 28 S$ Pe Dry Salt Meat No. 1, 4 cect cease 75 yune, choi - 35 ON crap, 5c 7 e s , 40 Ibs. 0 Mo Oe esas Mail P te ilies eae. 144%4@15 No. 1, 10 Ang sedess 2 26 ae fancy .... 33 Old oo 4 don. tc 2 : No. 1, 2 Ibs. ...... 7 lonees, tee ‘'50@60 Ola ‘Times, % & 78 - “ne 75 Pingsuey, cee 33 Pol Times, % Piri a 5 76 Pingsuey, ft’ e . R ar Bear, 5e fo OO ’ fancy ....5 ed Band . % gro. 5 as o@ss Red nd, 5c ¥% 76 ed Man Scrap 6c .. : a 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 8, 19138 SPECIAL PRICE CURRENT 12 Scrapple, 5c pkgs. Sure Shot, 5c 1-6 gro. 5 Yankee Girl Scrap, 20z. 5 Pan Handle Serp 4gr. 5 o 6 Peachy Scrap, 5c .... 76 Union Workman 2% 00 Smoking All Leaf, 2% & 7 oz. 30 BB, 3% oz. ...... 5. © 00 is 7 Oe. .........--- 12 00 BS, 14 oz. ......-.- wwe oe 00 Bagdad, 10c tins .... 11 52 Badger, § OZ. ...-...- 5 04 Badger, 7 OZ. ..-..-- 11 52 Banner, SC ..+.-+-+-- 5 76 Banner, 20c ......--.. 1 60 Banner, 0c .......-- 3 20 Belwood, Mixture, 10c 94 Big Chief, 2% oz. .. 6 00 Big Chief, 16 oz. .... 5 Bull Durham, 6c ..... 5 85 Bull Durham, 10c ... 11 52 Bull Durham, 15c ... 17 28 Bull Durham, 8 oz. .. 3 60 Bull Durham, 16 oz. .. 6 72 Buck Hiorn, 6c ....:. 5 76 Buck Horn, 10c ...... 11 52 Briar Fipe, 5c -..--- 6 00 Sriar Pipe, 10c ..... 12 00 Black Swan, 5c .--... 5 76 Black Swan, 14 0z. 3 50 Bob White, 5c .-.---- 6 00 Brotherhood, 5c ...... 6 00 Brotherhood, 10c .... 11 190 Brotherhood, 16 oz. .. 5 05 Carnival, SC ...-..-..- 5 70 Carnival, 44 OZ. ...... a Carnival, 16 oz ....-- 40 Cigar -Clip’g. Johnson 39 Cigar Clip’g. Seymour 30 Identity, 3 & 16 oz. 3 Darby Cigar Cuttings 4 50 Continental Cubes, 10c $0 Gorm Cake, 14 oz. .... 2 5d Corn Cake, 7 02Z. 1 45 orm Cale, 6c .....-.- 5 76 Cream, 50c pails —... 2 70 Cuban Star, 5c foil .. 5 76 Cuban Star, 16 oz pails 3 72 Cnims, 1c ..... 2)... 10 30 Dills Best, 13% oz. .... 79 Dills Best, 3% oz. i Dills Best, 16 0z 73 Dixie Hid. Ge ...-.-..- 48 Diites Mix, bc .....- 5 76 Duke's Mix, 10c .... 11 52 Duke’s Cameo, 5c 5 76 rim GE... ee 5 76 wo A 4 og. . 8... 5 04 wo ALY Of ose. 11 62 Heshion, 6C ........-. 6 09 Pashion, 16 02%. .....- 5 28 Dive Bros, GC ......- 5 16 Kive Bros., 10c ..-.-. 10 53 Five cent cut Plug.. 29 yO GB lOc ........--- 11 62 Four Roses, lic ...... 96 Full Dress, 1% 0z 712 Glad Hand, Sc ...... 48 Gola Block, 10c ..... 12 00 Gold Star, 50c, pail .. 4 70 Gail & Ax Navy, be 8 10 Growler, SC ........-- 42 Growler, (0c ......<-.- 94 Growier, 200 .....-.. 1 85 ent, GC ol. e5 ek eee 5 76 imo, 80c 2... e tee 3 96 Hand Made, 2% oz. 50 Mazel Nut, Sc ........ 5 76 Honey Dew, 10c .... 12 00 Ripriting, OC .....----. 3 cM 1. Ge oo oe eee. 6 10 7X L., im patis ...... 3 90 gust Suits, 6c .-....-.- 6 00 Just Suits, 10c ...... 12 00 iin Driec, 25c ...-.- 2 45 Mine Bird, 7 oz. .....- 2 16 King Bird, 10c ...... 12 52 Raine Bird, 5c ........ 5 76 Lm Forks, Sc ....--.. 5 76 Little Giant, 1 Ib. . 28 Taicky Strike, 10c .... 96 Le Redo, 3 oz. .... 10 80 Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz. 38 Myrtle Navy, 10c .... 11 52 Myre Navy, oc ...... 5 76 Maryland Club, 5c ... 50 mayhower, BC .......- 5 76 Mayflower, 10c ....... 95 Mayflower, 20c ....... 1 92 Nieeer Hair, 5¢ ...... 6 00 Nigger Hair, 10c .... 10 70 Nigger Head, 5c .... 5 40 Nigger Head, 10c .... “10 56 Woon Hour, 6c ....... 48 Old Colony, 1-12 gro. 11 52 Olin Ail, Ge .......... 5 76 Old English Curve a 96 Old Crop oe .......-.- 76 Old Crop, 25¢ ...--...- 20 Pr. 6. 8 oz. 20 ib. cs. 19 Pr. S.. 3 oz., per gro. 5 70 Pet Rand, 1 oz. ....-.- 63 Patterson Seal, 1% oz. 48 Patterson Seal, 3 oz. .. 96 Patterson — 16 oz. 5 00 MOCTICRS, DC ..-+---2-> 5 76 Peerless, i0e cloth .. 11 52 Peerless, 10c paper ..10 80 Peerless, 20c ........ 2 04 Peerless, 49c ......... 4 08 Plaza, 2 gro. cs. 5 76 Picw Foy, 5c .....--- 5 76 Plow Boy, 10c ...... 11 490 Plow Boy, 14 3z. ...... 4 70 PeGrO, IOC oc woces ss 11 93 Pride of Virginia, 1% 177 Pict, OC ....-.... soos. 0 1S 13 Pilot, 7 oz. doz. i Pilot, 14 og. doz. .. 2 Prince Albert, 5c .... Prince Albert, 10c .... Prince Albert, 8 oz. Prince Albert, 16 oz. .. Queen Quality, 5c .... Rob Roy, oe foil .... Rob Roy, 10c gross ..1 Rob Roy, 25e doz. .... Rob Roy, 50c doz. .... S. & M., 5¢ g@YOsS ... SS & M., 14 oz., doz. .. Soldier Boy, 5c gross ry COW OPN Sot -1te or Soldier Boy, i0c .... 50 Soldier Boy, 1 iD. .... 75 Sweet Caporal, 1 oz. .. 60 Sweet Lotus, 5c ...... 6 00 Sweet Lotus, 10c .... 12 00 Sweet Lotus, per dz. 4 35 Sweet Rose, 24% oz. .. 30 Sweet Tip Top, 5c .. 450 Sweet Tip Top, 10c .. 1 00 Sweet Tips, 4 gro. .. 10 08 Sun Cured, (0c ......-. 98 Summer Time, 5c .... 5 76 Summer Time, 7 oz. .. 1 65 Summer Time, 14 oz. 3 50 Standard, 5c foil 5 76 Standard, 10c paper .. 8 64 Seal N. C., 1% cut plug 70 Seal N. C. 136 Gran. 63 Three Feathers, 1 02. 48 Three Feathers, 10c_ 11 52 Three Feathers and White 100 grain 13 Oakland Co’s Brands. Highland apple cider ..18 Oakland apple cider me Wine, Pipe combination .. 2 25 Tom & Jerry, 14 oz. .. 3 60 Tom & Jerry, 1 oz. .. 1 80 Tom & Jerry, 3 OZ. .... 76 Trout Line, 5c ..)..-- 5 90 Trout Line, 0c .....- 11 00 Turkish, Patrol, 2-9 5 76 Tuxedo, 1 oz. bags 48 Tuxedo, 2 oz. tins 96 Tuxedo, 2ZOC ..-..655>- 1 90 Tuxedo, 80c tins .... 7 45 Twin Oaks, 10c ...--. 96 Union Leader, 50c .... 5 10 Tinion Leader, 25c .. 2 60 {inion Leader, 10c .. 11 52 Union Leader, 5c .....- 6 00 Union Workman, 1% 5 76 {incle Sam, 10c ..... 10 80 Uncle Sam, 8 oz. .... 2 25 U. S. Marine, 5c .... 5 76 Van Bibber, 2 oz. tin 88 Velvet, 5c pouch ..- 48 Weivet, 0c tin ...-.. : 96 Velvet, 8 oz. tin , 8 Ba Velvet, 16 oz. can q 68 Velvet, combination “es 5 dD Mar Path, 6c ...-.--- 6 00 War Path, 20c .......- 1 60 Wave Line, 3 OZ. ....- 40 Wave Line. 16 0Z. .... 40 Way up, 2% OZ. ....-- 75 “Way up, 16 oz. pails .. 31 Wild Fruit, 5c ---.---- 5 76 Wild Fruit, 10c ..... 11 52 Vum Yum, oC ...----- 6 00 Yum Yum, 0c -..-- 11 52 Yum Yum, 1 lb., doz. 4 80 TWINE Cotton, 3 piy ...--.-- 24 Cotton, 4 ply --...---- 24 Jute 2 oly ccs: 14 Hemp, 6 ply .......... 3 Miax, mediltim ........ 24 Wool, 1 lb. bales .....-- 6 VINEGAR White Wine, 40 grain 8% White Wine, 80 grain 11% Vinegar & Pickle State Seal sugar “ Oakland white pic kling 10 Packages free. WICKING No. 0, per Bross ...... 3 No, 1, per eross .... 40 Wo. 2, per er0ss .... 59 Wo. 3, per @ross .... 1% WOODENWARE Baskets SUBMIS 2G ee. 1 00 Bushels, wide band .. 1 15 DOGMEE .6 cee ee 40 Splint, aree ..-.-..- 3 50 Splint, medium ...... 3 00 Snlint, small .......... 2 75 Willow, Clothes, large 8 25 Willow, Clothes, small 6 75 Willow, Clothes, me’m 7 50 Butter Pates Ovals ¥% th., 250 im crate .... 35 % th., 250 in crate .... 35 1 th., 250 in crate ..... 40 2 t., 250 in crate ..... 50 $3 tb., 260 in crate ...... 70 > 1D., 250 in crate ..... 90 Wire End 1 Ib, 250 In crate .. ..3b 2 ib., 250 in erate 45 2 ib., 250 in crate 55 5 ib., 260 in crate 65 Churns farrel, 5 gal., each .. 2 40 Barrel 10 gal., each ..2 65 Clothes Pins Round Head 14 444 inch, 5 SroSs ...... 65 Cartons, 20 21% doz. bxs 70 Egg Crates and Fillers Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. 20 No, 1 complete ........ 40 Wo. 2, complete ....... . 28 Case No. 2, fillers, 15 Bets .6003565 652-525 1 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 ...... Ae) Eclipse patent spring 85 No. 1 common . 80 No. 2 pat. brush “holder 85 ideal No. 7 ..:.;:..,.. 85 12lb. cotton mop heads 1 45 Pails 2-hoop Standard 2 2 00 2-hoop Standard 2 25 S-ware Cable .......; 2 30 EMRTe 5 ..---.----.--.. 2 40 10 qt. Galvanized . a WO 12 qt. Galvanized .... 1 90 14 qt. Galvanized .... 2 10 Toothpicks Birch, 100 packages .. 2 00 BGR) ck eee e eee 85 Traps Mouse, wood, 2 holes 22 Mouse, wood, 4 holes 45 Mouse, wood, 6 holes 7 Sues: tin, 5 holes .... 65 Re MWMGOO0 ou ccsscs cs 5 80 Rat, Spine. .......6.. 75 Tubs 20-in .Standard, No. 1 8 00 18-in. Standard, No. 2 7 00 16-in. Standard, No. 3 6 00 20-in. Cable, No. 1 .. 8 00 18-in. Cable, No. 2 7 00 16-in. Cable, No. 3. 6 00 No. 1 Bipre ......:. 10 25 No. 2 Bibre .......-.. 9 25 INO: 3 agbre. |... oe: 8 25 Large Galvanized D To Medium Galvanized .. 5 00 Small Galvanized .... 4 25 Washboards Bronze Globe ........ 2 50 DGWwee | (oe oe ae 1 i Double Acme ........ 3 (0 Single Acuoie ...... . 8 15 Double Peerless ...... 8 ib Single Peerless ...... 3 25 Northern Queen 3 20 Double Duplex ...... 3 00 mOOG (cK .....3.4... 2% omiversal ..03 4.6.2 3.15 Window Cleaners 2A le ce 1 65 14 im |. ee: 1 85 16 i as. 2 30 Wood Bowls 3 in. Butter ..-.-... 1 50 15 in. Butter ........ 2 0¢ 7 in. Butter ...... i. i aD 19 in. 2 utter ........ 6 00 Assorted, 13-15-17 .... 3 00 Assorted, 15-17- 19 cece 2D WRAPPING PAPER Common Straw ...... 2 Fibre Manila, white .. 3 Fibre Manila, colored 4 No 1 Manila ......... Cream Manila ........ 3 Butchers’ Manila 23% Wax Butter, short ¢c’ nt 10 Wax Butter, full count 15 Wax Butter, ros .... 12 YEAST CAKE Maeic, 3 GOZ. ...... , 2 25 Sunlight, 3 doz. ...... 1 00 Sunlight, 1% doz. .... 50 Yeast Foam, $3 doz. .. 1 15 Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 58 AXLE GREASE [eee f C3 1 lb. boxes, per gross 9 00 3 lb. boxes, per gross 24 00 BAKING POWDER Royal (Giov<. Basen) ae A0c¢ sixe .. 90 %th cans 1 35 6 0z. cans 1 90 Th. cans 2 50 %Ib cans 3 75 1b cans 4 80 3Ib cans 13 00 5Ib cans 21 50 15 16 17 CIGARS Johnson Cigar Co.’s Brand S. €. W., 1,000 lots .... 31 El Portana Moke ecb esece OO Evening Press ..... ce oe Mxmemplar ......-.... 1,120.00 Old foundry equipment and ma- Wt oo ee ee ee 282.50 Wiel and WOR ....----+-+.+ 35s 1,883.00 New foundry equipment ........ 1,176.00 Real Estate ..... ea aes 6,000.00 ocmeemenneiltaeneserintnrenetete Accounts receivable ........0+- 716.27 $14,201.72 October 6—In the matter of E. C. B. Judd, Incorporated, bankrupt, of Muske- gon, the bankrupt’s 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 October 22, for the purpose of electing a trustee, proving claims, ex- amining the officers of the bankrupt company, ete. The following assets are listed in the schedules: Real estate, factory building, etc. $9,700.00 Cash on hand 147.22 see tees ween enero Gtock im trade .......-..-.-..-. 5,606.95 Furniture, fixtures, machinery, PGC fee es eee ase 4,525.05 Accounts receivable ........... 1,225.92 pee $21,205.14 The following creditors are scheduled: Preferred claims for taxes ....... $217.78 American Varnish Co., Chicago 47.12 American Screw Co., Chicago 112.60 Architectural Record Co., N. Y, 185.00 Attwood Brass Co., Grd. Rpds. 219.15 Berry Brothers, Detroit ........ 36.53 M. lL. Barrett Mfg. Co., Chicago 17.50 Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co., New AMiliford .............. 74.42 City Treasurer, Muskegon ...... 194.52 G. C. Chaddock, Muskegon 50.00 Canton Brass Co., Canton 385.83 H. A. Dewey, New York City 25.50 Dickenson Bros., Grand Rapids .. 65.75 Enterprise Brass Wks., Muskegon 4,305.22 Fuller & Fuller, Chicago ...... 13.00 A. L. Holeomb Vo., Grand Rapids 13.60 Kerns-Utley Lumber Co., Chicago 837.94 Lange-Chamberlain- Winter, Mus- Keeom =... 03566206. 7 ee. 45.15 J. Marquart. N. Muskegon .... 33.84 Meyercord Co., Chicago ........ 11.19 R. K. Mann Lumber Co., Mus- Ter Cy cutee nus TCR DG FS FL 35.82 Scientific Varnish Co., Chicago 324.00 Standard Varnish Co., Chicago .. 14.78 E. H. Sheldon Co., Chicago .... 20.00 S. B. Dowell Works, So. Bend 36.89 Sullivan Oil Co., Chicago ....... 24.65 Towner Hardware Co., Muskegon 55.85 Waterbury Mfg. Co., Waterbury 630.48 E. DeF. Winslow, New York ... 201.26 Charles Schoenberg, Muskegon Central Metal & Supply Co., Baltimore Standard Mnfg. Co., Toledo 48.64 Geo. McCullom, Muskegon ...... 119.20 May Brothers, Memphis (note) 287.83 Plumbers Journal, N. Y. (note) 60.00 Stearns Salt & Lumber Co., Lud- ineton (note) ...-........... 934.54 M. C. Winslow, New York City, (MOtC) «6-2 cee ess. es 3,000.00 F. P. Keeney, Chicago (note) 154.25 Domestic Engineering Co., Chi- waco (note) ...........--.... 100.00 National Lumtbermans Bank, Muskegon (note) _ ..........; 1,435.00 Commercial Savings Bank, Grand Rapids (mete) .............. 2,000.00 A. Yeager, Muskegon (note) . 2,900.00 G. McCullom, Muskegon (note) .. 950.00 MecCullom & Schoenberg, Muske- wom, (mote) ....-:.......... .3,000.00 E. ¢C. B Judd, Muskegon (note) 500.00 C. Schoenberg, Muskegon, (note) 8,536.94 V. Schoenberg. Muskegon, (note) 300.00 and numerous small creditors Total liabilities ..........- $33,591.78 _—-oo-o———— Special Features in the Grocery and Produce Trade. Special Correspondence. New York, Oct. 6—Quotations of spot Brazilian coffee showed some ad- vance at the close of the week, ap- parently in sympathy with the option market, but actual business was, as usual, rather quiet. Boosters seem to think there is no sufficient reason for the advance and buy only for current requirements. This forenoon the op- tion market made a still further ad- vance and the effect on the spot mar- ket may be to cause a further turn upward. In an invoice way Rio No. 7 is quoted at 1014@105¢c and Santos 4s 1274@13%c. In store and afloat there are of Brazilian coffee, 1,623,321 bags, against, 2,361,972 bags at the same time last year. Mild grades have been in good supply and quotations show some advance, good Cucuta being quoted at 14c. A reduction in the price of granu- lated to 4.45c failed to create any im- provement in demand. Grocers seem to think there is room for a further drop and take -only sufficient supplies for current needs. Stocks of teas in warehouse have become reduced to small proportions ard the situation is apparently, de- cidedly in favor of the seller. The enquiry is fairly satisfactory and the indications are for higher level in the not distant future. The havoc made by the floods in the South is showing its effect in the strengthening market for rice. What promised to be the heaviest crop on record has been materially reduced and this is a factor to be taken into account. Prime to choice, 534@534c. In spices we have a very firm mar- ket for pepper, although quotations are not showing any perceptible ad- vance. The whole market is stronger with the advancing season and sellers are confident as to the future. Molasses shows little if any change. The run of business has been of an everyday character, most of the call heing for grocery grades which range from 35@40c. Syrups are in light supply and firm at 20@25c for fancy. Notwithstanding the fact that sta- tistics show a smaller pack of toma- toes than for years, buyers are not tumbling over each other to purchase largely at 75c for standard threes. Nor do sellers want to take less and are reluctant to accept even this fig- ure, so the market is rather quiet. Corn is fitm for well-known brands and for other sorts there are all kinds of prices for all kinds of qualitie:. A fair price for standard seems to be 621%4@65c. Peas of desirable grade are in good request and the market for other lines seems quite satisfactory to sellers. Butter is steady. Creamery extras, 3114@32c; firsts, 28@30%4; held stock, 31(@32c; imitation creamery, 25@26c: factory, 234@24%c. Cheese is firmly sustained at 16% @1634¢ for top grades. Eges are rather quiet. Best Western whites, 28@35c, with very choice stock perhaps fetching a little more. —_——_+2+2—___ The “Rules of the Game.” From the standpoint of the average grocer, the practices of wide-open competition in handling manufactured products and branded goods, have been quite unfair. By reason of such practices as quantity prices, free deals and unprotected profits certain large buyers and certain other fav- ored and unrestrained sellers were able to undersell the small dealer and make a profit where he lost money and was ruined. True, it was all done in the open and was free from any falsification and deception, such as is claimed in the egg case; but as a strictly competitive question, the sit- uation was very analogous. Grocers do not want competition throttled, but they do want the “rules of the game” clearly defined and established along lines of good sportsmanship, without unreasonable handicaps. Any form of regulation necessarily challenges individual. advantage and not unnaturally raises the question as to whether the “rules of the game’' should be designed to give the widest latitude to the most favored, or con- fine them to certain lines of oppor- tunity open to all alike. Enforced fairness appears to be necessarily a matter of averages, and system de- mands that “the speed of the fleet be the speed of the slowest ship” to about some extent. System cannot tolerate entire individualism or the result would be chaotic. 2-2 Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Po- tatoes, at Buffalo. Buffalo, Oct. 8—Creamery butter, fresh, 26@31c; dairy, 26@27c; poor to good, all kinds, 20@22c. Cheese — New fancy 16@16'%c; choice 15%4@16c; poor to common, 6 @10c. Eggs—Choice, fresh candled, 30@ 32c; cold storage, 25@26c z Poultry (live)—Turkeys, 14@20c; cox, 12c; fowls, 14@16c; springs, 15@ 18c, ducks, 14@16c. Beans— Marrow, $3.75; medium $2.40; pea, $2.35@2.40; white kidney, $3.50@3.75. Potatoes—75@80c per bu. Rea & Witzig. —_—_+2.+—__— An Expensive Drop. Hiram Jones had just returned from a tour of Europe. “I suppose,” said a friend, “that when you were in England you did as the English do, and dropped your H’s.” “No,” moodily responded the re- turned traveler, “I didn’t. I did as the Americans do. I dropped my V's and X’s, ——_+22 lf you were a bachelor butcher and simply coining money because you had more than 300 unmarried lady customers who were in love with you and many matchmaking mothers who sent their daughters to buy meat, would you want the news of your marriage made public? This is what a Milwaukee butcher asked when he applied for a marriage license and begged the county clerk to withhold his name from publication. He knew he would be boycotted and that all the girls would be “mad’' when they heard he had taken unto himself a wife, so he was going to introduce his helpmate as his new hired girl and keen his feminine trade until his fortune is made. > Belding — Daniel « Skellenger has purchased the interest of his partner, W. J. Wilson, in the grocery stock of Wilson & Skellenger and will con- tinue the business under his name. own Durand—Mark S. Schneider has purchased the grocery store of George W. Gillespie and will continue the business in connection with his meat business. BUSINESS CHANCES. For Rent—Brick store building. with basement, electric lights, good farming vicinity, good location. Write Box 122, Manton, Mich. 471 For Sale—A small printing press with a lot of type. For particulars address Wm. Weller, Mineral City, Ohio. 526 For Sale—A good up-to-date hardware and tinshop in a good town of about one thousand inhabitants in Central Michi- gan. No trades considered. Address No, 524, care Michigan Tradesman. 524 For Sale-—An established business, best location in Michigan town about 40,000 inhabitants. Amount of stock about $7,0000, consisting of all new staple dry goods, ladies’ and gents’ furnishings. Reason for selling, ill health. A _ rare chance. Address S. D. K., care Trades- man. 523 SITUATIONS WANTED. Wanted—Permanent position by an ex- perienced general clerk. Have had _ five years’ experience in the business. Can give Al references. Could come at once. Would prefer a small town. Address No. 525, care Tradesman. 525 i. ae a The Tradesman’s Sworn Statement Business Made Under New Postal Law Statement of the ownership, management, circulation, etc., of THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, published weekly at Grand Rapids, Cultur ec Michigan, required by the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. NOTE—This statement is to be made in duplicate, both copies to be delivered by the publisher to the Postmaster, who will send one copy to the Third Assistant Postmaster General (Division of Classification), Washington, D. C., and retain the other in the files: of the postoffice. Editor—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. ; Managing Editor—E, A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. You can't make a plant grow. Business Manager—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Publisher—Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. You can, however, place it in the right Owners: (If a corporation, give names and addresses of stock- kind of soil, in the sunshine, give it sufficient holders holding 1 per cent. or more of total amount of stock.) moisture and—nature will do the rest. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. So it is with your business plant. The pub- W. N. Fuller, Grand Rapids. ie : i S. A. Sears, Grand Rapids. lic is the soil. You must supply the nutri- GW diccens Grand Rapids tion of an advertising appropriation, the Henry Idema, Grand Rapids. moisture of printer’s ink, and the sunshine of a Coane Hands, i i . E. Clapp, Grand Rapids. attention-compelling booklets and catalogues. John DeBoer, Grand Rapids. Fred Pettinga, Grand Rapids. E. L. Fox, Grand Rapids. i Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders, We will supply sunshine and holding 1 per cent. or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or moisture and the nutrition may other securities: not be as much as you think There are no bonds, mortgages or other securities outstanding against the Tradesman Company. In regard to section 2 of the law, the Tradesman does not accept pay- ment for any editorial or other reading matter printed as news. E. A. Stowe, Business Manager. TRADESMAN COMPANY Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of Sept., 1913. (SEAL) Florence E. 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