¥ ; ) 4 7 ’ a i a 2 ' < 4 ¢ a rm} 4 i v oy th qs D . y ) ’ 9 iy > ) & a \ | 3 ly wr nS % — KEE Waa AGES Dy ss y — Sp STE GaN Ay AP [ So) « rN ee a” en AGA % Rew? N ACH A iN Lott q 1a = SS U CY cs NEST = - $3 G4e8 04% TYEE RESTA es (ram _ =e ESR OS eA \\ C2PUBLISHED WEEKLY Si EG CoS 7] HPS: KS > SSSI LS (Gass CRE CGS FIG Pye % Rae JA (CEE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS: GR Cee "CAA CS See LLG Yo) i Nee UL ZZ ONS aS _VOL. XI The Acknowledged Leader. SOLD ONLY BY TELFER SPICE CO, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GRAND RAPIDS, AUGUST 8, 1894. ABSOLUTE TEA. MICHIGAN BARK AND LUMBER CO. Mineo SEE QUOTATIONS GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH GOMP‘Y, “2 BRUSHES - Our Goods are sold by ali Michigan Jobbing houses. GRAND RAPIDS, < MICn. . EDWARD A MOSELEY, TIMOTHY F. MOSELEY. MOSELEY BROS Fak e Jobbers of SEEDS BEANS, PEAS, POTATOES, ORANGES and LEMONS, Egg Cases and Fillers a Specialty. 30 and 32 Ottawa St.,GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. To the: Retail Shoe Dealers-==- Our line is complete in Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Established 1876. 26, 28, Felt Boots, Socks, Etc., for your fall and winter trade. Place your orders with us now aud get the best to save money. Our Celebrated Black Bottoms in Men’s Oil Grain and Satin Calf, tap sole in Congress and Balmorals, are the leaders and unsurpassed. Our Wales-Goodyear Rubbers are great trade winners. Mail orders given prompt attention. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ‘a pay highest market price. “ee. 568 18S and 19 Widdicomb Building. N. EB. CLARs, eres. W. D. Wank, Vice Pres. CLARK, Sec’y and Treas, We are now ready to make Seo contracts for the season of 1894 ~ Tee os j ’ Correspondence Solicited. Our Specialty FINE GOODS for Summer Resort Trade, Our 10 cent package of Fine Chocolates isa Send for sample order. A. E. BROOKS & Co, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Nice Line of Package Goods. Hummer. si — | They Raise Poultry Your Neck of the Woods ? Buy all the first-class Poultry you can get and ship to me. 1 want it and will F. J. DETTENTHALER, 117 and 119 Monroe St. PRAEINS & HE DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, Nos. 122 and 124 Louis Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. JOBBERS OF Groceries and Provisions, Spring & Company, Yress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and weil assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. EAM FLA BAKING a AS .NO SUPERIOR = BUT FEW EQUALS | *THE ONLY HIGH GRADE BAKING POWDER SOLD AT THIS PRICE '607.CAN ‘10 2 1LB.CAN 25 MANUFACTURED BY NORTHROP, ROBERTSON, & CARRIER LANSING 1/CH. LOUISVILLE KY. Duck __, Kersey Coats Pants We manufacture the best made goods in these lines of guar anteeing r every garment to any factory in the country, give entire satisfaction, both in fit and we aring qué alities. We are also he siclliiaiadi for Pants, Overalls and Jackets and solicit correspondence with dealers in towns where goods o our manufacture are not regularly handled. Lansing Pants & Overall Co., LANSING, [ICH. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO, WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and Gloaks, We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. STANDARD OIL GO, ¢- GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN [iiuminating and Lubricating -OILS-| } NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Works, Butterworth Ave ifice, Hawkins Block. BULK WORKS AT a> RANT) RASIN: MUSKEGON, MAWNISTEE, CADILLAC, G BAPID. GRAND HAVEN, LUDINGTON. 4 ‘ iALEGAN, HOWARD CITY, PETOSKEY, 3IGHEST PRIOE PAID FOR AMPTY GARBON % GASOLIN” BARRELS LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, Importers and Wholesale Grocers ¢ Grand Rapids. HEYMAN COMPANY, Manufacturers of Show Gases of Kuery Description. FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & C0, “°Grana Rapias Grand Rapids. 63 and 65 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Micn, WRITE FOR PRICES ADESMAN GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1894. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insurance C0. Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN. x Sl _O AND7 PEARL STREET. ESTABLISHED 1841. A NO RR ARP, A SN THE MERCANTILE AGENCY R.G. Dun & Co. teference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada Your Bank Account Solicited. Kant County Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIDS ,MIOH. Jno. A. CovopE, Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. A. 8S. VERpIER, Cashier, K. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r, Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits. DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, T.J.O’Brien, A.J. Bowne, a. Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee, J. A.S. Verdier, Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, THE FIRE got INS. co. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFPR. J. W. CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBAIN, Sec. The Bradstreet Mercantile Apency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in eee ge ge cities of the United oStates, Canada, the European continent, oAustralia, and in London, England. firand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. 65 MONROE ST., Have on file all reports kept by Cooper’s Com- mercial Agency and Union Credit Co. and are constantly sorkies and adding to them. Also handle collections of all kinds for members. ta 166 and 1030 for particulars, VENSON. Cc. E.B W. H. P. ROOTS. L. J. 8ST. LOCK. TEMPEST IN A TEA-POT. x. Widow Dorothy Dolphin stood before a brightly burning fire,in her quiet home, impatiently patting the warm rug with her slender foot. She had been very lonely since tha death of her young husband, and perhaps if she had felt free to confess what was in her mind, she would have admitted that she would be willing to marry againif the right kind of opportunity presented itself. On this particular afternoon, she had dressed with unusual care in her fashion- ably made dress of dark Henrietta cloth, and with her bright blonde hair arranged in a tasteful Greek coil, her white hands, clear complexion, and neck of ivory- like texture, her beauty enhanced by the dark hue of her apparel, she presented a most charming picture as she leaned against the fireplace, gazing downward at the glowing coals. She was evidently expecting a visitor; it might have been the minister, who was in the habit of calling in occasion- ally to console the bereaved hearts of his lady parishioners; or the handsome young doctor, who was careful that none of his widow patients, particularly if they were pretty, went into an early de- cline. But, as it happened, it was neither of these estimable gentlemen. In fact, the expected caller was an utter stranger to everybody in the town, with the possible exception of Mrs. Dorothy Dolphin herself. Her husband had left her a comfort- able home, situated on the edge of a de- lightful country village, and a modest income that sufficed for all her necessi- ties. Being an unusually pleasant as well as beautiful woman, she was con- sidered a most desirable party by men who had matrimonial intentions, not a few of whom had attempted, but unfor- tunately failed, to secure her favorable consideration. Previous to preparing herself to re- eeive her expected guest, she had put her house in pefect order; for she was an excellent housekeeper,’ and having no children to keep it in perpetual disorder, everything about the place, from the little back kitchen tothe guest-chamber, appeared neat and attractive. On this particular afternoon she had polished the windows until the glass in them ap- peared asclear as crystal, using for that purpose a piece of red flannel, which upon the completion of her work she had carefully washed and hung out through a little opening or window in the rear of the back kitchen, to dry. Now the simple act of hanging that bit of red flannel out of the opening re- ferred to was the most natural thing in the world for her to do; yet it was the means of causing one of the most sensa- tional episodes ever chronicled in the history of the town in which she resided. It wasa warm, hazy, delightful Sep- tember afternoon. The swallows, old and young, were circling through the air, preparatory to taking their Southern flight. A restfulsense of peace seemed to prevade the place, yet a storm was brewing that demure Widow Dorothy Dolphin little dreamed she would soon be called upon to encounter. Lucinda Peak was the most meddle- some old maid in town: one of those shrunken, sharp-eyed, restless, inquisi- tive creatures, who go about from house to house in almost every rustic neighbor- hood, lending their helpful service in fomenting trouble and creating differ- ences between neighbors. Once or twice in her career she had narrowly escaped being incarcerated for slander, but had been saved from that humiliation by reason of her prominencein the church, and her great pretensions regarding her own personal propriety. She was a woman of over fifty, somewhat stooping in form, with a very long, sharp nose, and pointed chin. She usually wore an old bonnet and shawl that had been willed to her by a deceased grandmother, and carried in her hand a somewhat faded large ging- ham umbrella, which from its appear- ance must have been nearly as old as herself. Now she happened upon this peaceful afternoon to be passing along the road that ran by Widow Dorothy Doiphin’s unpretentious cottage. As she came to a point opposite the little back kitchen, she stopped with a sudden jerk, craned her neck cautiously over the _ fence, jabbed the sharp point of her umbrella into the ground, and braced herself reso- lutely for an observation. Her eyes had caught the glare of the brilliant bit of red flannel that hung flapping from the little window. ‘“‘Sumpthin’ wrong there!’ she ejacu- lated, clutching the handle of her um- brella in both hands with a convulsive clasp. ‘‘Seech things as that don’t hang floppin’ from folkses’ winders without a meaning’, not’f I know myself. When Si Skinkle’s darter Kate ran ’way off with that drummer-chap from Chicago, she hung a red rag outer the winder, jest like that, to let him know how ter come when her par an’ mar was away. Aha! Widder Dolphin. You may be mighty sly, an’ all that; but ’f you think no one in this neighborhood hez got eyes but the one you hung that rag out for, you may be mistaken. ' Fearing to call attention to herself, she turned and quietly passed on down the road; but feeling, no doubt, that it was her Christian duty to further investigate the matter which had attracted her at- tention and somewhat excited her curios- ity, on arriving at the foot of the hill she climbed over a fence into an adjoining field, passed up a long ravine, ascended alittle knoll, and secreted herself be- hind a clump of hazel-bushes, from which point of observation she could command an unobstructed view of the young widow’s premises. She might have been there an hour—to her it seemed two or three—when a gen- tleman came hurriedly walking across the field, glanced about him in a some- what nervous manner, as if fearful of NO. 568 being observed, walked up to the front door of the house, vigorously plied the knocker, an¢ was immediately admitted. This was sufficient to fill the inventive mind of Lucinda with athousand evil conjectures. How long this most im- prudent affair had been going on, she was unable to determine; but, from ap- pearances, it must have been some time. Down the ,little hill, ‘back into the ravine, over the fence, and into the road again, she hurried as fast as her trem- bling limbs could carry her, and in breathlesss haste proceeded at once to the home of her most intimate friend, Miss Priscilla Perkins, a maiden lady of about her own age. After greeting her cordially, Miss Priscilla saw at once, from the excited manner of her caller, that something unusual had happened. Throwing herself into a cushioned rocking-chair, as soon as she could fully regain her breath Miss Lucinda Peak ex- claimed, ‘*Priscilla, somewhat’s up !”’ Miss Priscilla threw up both hands, and elevated her eyebrows with a look of anxious inquiry. ‘Somewhat’s up!” repeated Lucinda, energetically emphasizing her exclama- tion by violently punching the floor with the point of her umbrella; “but, for goodness’ sake ! don’ say I told you.” _> The one who sets scandal afloat would go in for lynching the man who would turn a wolf loose in the street. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Are good, bad and indifferent in qual ity. and bring from $1.75@z.50 per bu. The com- mission men manage to secure the cream of the market for shipping. Beans—Commission houses pay from $1.50@ 1.65, holding at $1.85@2 per bu. Beets—Are worth 40@50c per bu. Blackberries—Scarce and high. $1.25 per 16-qt. crate. Butter—The dry weather is making pasturage poor, and butter is consequently on the rise. Best dairy is now worth 15@i7c per lb. These were creamery prices not long ago. Creamery is now held at 2:@22c per Ib. Cabbage—Bring 60c per doz. Carrots—Are worth from bunches, Celery—Fair supply of home grown which is held at 18¢e per doz. Cucumbers—Are getting a little over ripe for comfort buta limited. supply of good pickling stock can still besecured. They bring 12¢ per doz., and 50c per bu. Eggs—‘‘Strictly fresh’? does not mean much just at present, though good lots are not infre- quently met with. They bring 11c per doz. Green Corn—Is in good supply at 10¢ per doz. Onions—The supply of ripe is only fair at 75@ 80¢e per bu. Green bring 12%c per doz. bunches. Green Peas—Are still met with occasionally. They are held at 75¢ per bu. Peaches—Good fruit has not yet reached the market, but may be expected shortly if the weather warms up suificiently. Such as they are can be bought for $1@1.25 per bu. Potatoes—Are scarce, the late frosts having in- jured the crop to a considerable extent They are held by dealers at 653%70c per bu. and may go higher yet. Pears—California fruit, first-class quality is now in the hanés of the dealers, They bring $2.25 per box—a scant bushel. Radishes—In fair supply but strong and pithy. They are held at icc per doz. bunches. Squash—Are sold at 2,¢ per lb. String Beans—(And they are nearly all string) bring 60c per bu. Tomatoes—Are held at 75@$1 crate. Turnips—Are held at 40c per bu. Watermelons—Are held at 15@20c. Plums—California fruit of first class quality can be had for $2.75 per box. Muskmelons—Arein fair supply and are held at $1.50 per crate. They bring 10@i5e per doz. per 4-basket Henry J. Vinkemulder, JOBBER OF Fruits and Vegetables, 418, 420, 445 and 447 So. Division St. Grand Rapids. We call your attention to peaches, which are better this week and will be getting better still from now on. We are handling good shipping stock only and guarantee prices to be as low as pos- sible on date of shipment. We are also handling best quality ap- ples, which we are billing out at $1.50@ 2 per bu. ' ye - ~« - - * “~ ~ va © ~ a ¥ “ ~*~ * ' - rw , + > r 7 * THER MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Martin Miller has opened a grocery store at Reed city. The stock was pur- chased at this market. E. Baker has opened a grocery store on North College avenue. The stock was purchased at this market. Jonkman & Kloet, hardware dealers at 317 South East street, have sold their stock and fixtures to Cornelius Huisenga. John Sweedyk has opened store at 254 Plainfield avenue. Barnhart-Putman Co. stock. a grocery The Ball- furnished the Peter Marema has opened a grocery store on Grandville The Ball- Barnhart-Putman furnished the stock. avenue. Co. Elon Murray & Co. have opened a gro- cery store near South Boardman. The stock was supplied by the Ball-Barnhart- Putman Co. Sikkema & Mohrhard have purchased Herman Liesveld’s meat market at 561 Cherry street and closed their old estab- lishment on South East street, E. C. Bemis, who some years ago clerked for George Voorhis, has sue- ceeded H. N. Pettit in the grocery busi- ness at the corner of Hall and South La- fayette streets. Mr. Pettit has purchased a flour mill in Berlin, when he will reside in future. The Michigan Bark & Lumber Co. has handled 1,033 carloads of bark and forty- seven carloads of lumber, wood since March 1. The corporation has also shipped during the summer forty-three cargoes of bark—aggregating 9,000 cords—from Ludington, Manistee and Frankfort to Milwaukee. shingles and Thursday afternoon will be a general holiday with the wolesale and retail grocery trade of this market, as it will be the occasion of the annual picnic of the Grand Rapids Ketail Grocers’ Associ- ation. Both wholesale and retail grocery stores will be generally closed, so that both owners and employes may partici- pate in the event. Another new enterprise is in process of ineubation, to be known as_ the Eureka Neckware Co. It is proposed to organize the company with a capital stock of $45,000, one-third of which will be issued in exchange for the patents owned and controlled Moses. K Bortree, who has been manufacturing neckware on a small seale in the New Houseman building for some months. by Two weeks ago Dwight Goss, an attor- ney of this city, published a commnunica- tion in the Daily Fayle setting forth the particulars of a visit he once made to Geo. M. Pullman to collect a note he claimed to hold against that gentleman for the rent of a house occupied by the palace car magnate when he is alleged to have lived here. THE TRADESMAN of last week proved conclusively that Geo. M. Pullman never lived in Grand Rapids and that he never contracted debts which he did not pay. Mr. Goss’ attention was called to the matter, but, so far, he bas not furnished the Eagle with a second communication, either substantiating or refuting the charges madein the original communication. Is is possible that Mr. Goss as a politician is so completely un- der the domination of trades unionism that be dare not do justice to a man he has wronged? The Grocery Market. Bananas— Gripsack Brigade. N. A. Sampson, atraveling man stop- ping at the Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, while attempting to board an electrie car Satur- day evening, fell to the ground, breaking both bones of his right leg below the knee. He was taken to Harper hospital where his injuries were attended to. L. M. Mills has invented and applied for a patent on an improved pill case, by the use of which a druggist may avoid the annoyance and inconvenience inci- dent to the sale of this staple. The case is made in two sizes—twenty-four and forty compartments—and sold ata price which brings it within the reach of any druggist. It has a glass front and glass doors on reverse side and is so simple in eonstruetion and application that the dealer can obtain a box of any brand of pills desired without a moment’s hesita- tion and also note the condition of his stock at a glance. The case evidently meets a long-felt want and will, in all probability, meet with a large sale. Arrangements have been fully per- fected for the annual picnic of the Grand Rapids traveling men at North Park on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, Aug. 18. The ball game will be called promptly at3 p.m. Dr. Evans and his bandages and Joe Reed and his water pail will be on hand to administer to the bruises and thirst of the combatants From 8 to 10:30 o’clock dancing will be indulged in on the second floor of the pa- vilion. Only those who have traveling men’s badges will be permitted to par- ticipate in this feature of the day, as the committee in charge are determined that none but traveling men and their invited guests shall ‘‘trip the light fantastic.” All traveling men are expected to be present and a cordial invitation is ex- tended all visiting salesmen to join with the local travelers in celebrating the event. ee The Drug Market. Opium is very firm and active. Morphia is unchanged. Quinine is higher and advancing, on account of higher price for bark at the last sales. Challenge Accepted. GRAND Raprips, Aug. 6—In behalf of the retail grocers ‘‘on the hill,’? we hereby accept the challenge of Ralph Rockwell to play a match game of base bali on the occasion of the groecer’s pic- nie at Reed’s Lake at such time and place as may be designated by the Committee on Sports. VIERGEVER, FULLER, ET AL. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. V ANTED—EVERY DRUGGIST JUST starting in business and every one already started to use our system of poison labels. What has cost you 815 you can now get for $4. Four teen labels do the work of 113. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. OR SALE—LARGE STORE, WAREHOUSE, barn, ete... with one-half interest in stock of general merchandise in the village of MeBain, Missaukee county, Mich For terms write to Gil lis McBain, McBain, Mich, 578 ois WANSTED—A GOOD "SMALL SECOND- hand safe. Must becheap Writeus par ticulars. Morden & Miner. Alma Mich. 577 Ree SALE OR EXCHANGE—24™ ACRES of A No. | white and red oak and hiekory timber in northwestern Louisiana, four miles from railroad one-half mile from another line, surveyed and partly built. Soil No. 1. Title guaranteed For particulars address No 576. eare Michigan Tradesman ; at7 MNO RENT—BEST LOCATION IN THE CITY. The new Wa!dron Bu!lding opposite union depot, 50x80 feet. Three stories and Suitable for wholesale trade Bros , 67 Lyon St. YW ANTED—sTOCK Oo to exceed #$1,50° basement. Apply to Seribner ice GROCERIES—NOT 1 exchange for cash and real estate in a thri g Nebraskacity. Ad dress F. H. Clark, Ashiey, Ind. : 573 j TJANTED—STOUK OF GOODS. WILL PAY spot cash. Must be cheap. Don’t write unless yon mean business Address Warner & Dunbar, Parma, Mich. 574 ‘ORE, OPERA IPO RENT_N EW BRICK 81 shelved complete. S, 5:0 house block, 24x72, M. Gay, Milan Mich. OR SALE—A COMPLETE STOCK OF drugs and fixtures. Will invoice about 00. Corner store. Nice location. Rent, #16.50 per month I have just invented and patented a cash register and want to give my entire time to manufacturing same. Will sell stock at a sacrifice. Itisa good opening for a young physician. It is in a thickly settled neigh- borhood and no doctor’s office near. Address M. Blank, 416 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘ 569 | ae SALE—A FINE CONFECTIONERY store in Traverse City, the queen city of the North. Best location intown. Will invoice about $1,800. Terms, one-half cash, balance on time with approved notes. Address No _ 567, care Michigan Tradesman. "67 \ JIL" PAY SPOT CASH FOR GENERAL stock of merchandise. J. H. Levinson Petoskey, Mich. 563° A PHARMACIST, REGISTERED, WITH thirty-four years’ practical experience in all kinds of pharmaceutical and mercantile works, wishes a situation of responsibility as clerk or manager. Has been in business for years for himself. Address ‘‘Pharmacist,’’ care Michigan Tradesman. 5k6 We HAVE 100 BUSINESS CHANCES. Send stamp for our list. We can find you a buyerif you want to sell. Mutual Business Exchange, Bay City, Mich FAD EARLY NEW BAR-LOCK TYPEWRITER for sale at a great reduction from cost- Reason for selling, we desire another pattern of same make of machine, which we consider the best on the market. Tradesman Compeny, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids. 584 REAT OFFER—FINE STOCK OF WALL paper, paints, varnishes, picture frames and room mouldings for sale. Reason for sell ing, death of proprietor. Good paying business in a very desirable location. All new stock, in voicing from #2,590 to 33,000, Address Mrs. Theresa Schwind, Grand Rapids Fé1 BUSINESS CHANCE—FOR SALE OR EX change for farm or city property in or near Grand Rapids, the Harris mill property situated in Paris, Mecosta, Co., Michigan. on the G. R. & I. Railroad. consisting of saw and planing mills, stove and 39 acres of land, a good water power, 22 foot fall, side track into mill, plenty of hard wood timber. This is a good chance for anyone wishing to engage in any kind of mill business. For further particulars address B. W. Barnard, 35 Allen street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 559 ANNING FACTORY WANTED—A PARTY with some Capital and who understands the business, to build and operate a canning factory at Grant, Newaygo Co., Mich. For particulars write to H. C. Hemingsen, Village Clerk, Grant, Mich. 55< ro SALE—A WELL EQUIPPED MACHINE shop in Detroit, Michigan. Good tools, suitable for building or repairing heavy or light machinery. Good business location and low rent. Suitable terms to responsible parties. Par ticulars from Charlies Steel, Administrator, box 46, Wyandotte, Michigan. 647 OR SALE—CLEAN DRUG STOCK IN A thriving town in Northern Michigan on C, & W. M. Railway. Address No. 639, care Michi gan Tradesman. 639 rr MILL—WE OFFER FOR SALE the North Side Planing Mill, which is first- | classin every respect, or will receive proposi- tions to locate the business in some other thriv- ingtown. Correspondence and inspection solic- ‘ited, Sheridan, Boyce & Co., Manistee, Mich. 613 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. LOADSTONES OF TRADE. Some Suggestions That Could Be Adapted to Suit the Business. From the Dry Goods Chronicle. The key-note to strike in creating an active business is in the establishing of as many features of attraction as pos- sible. Every dry goods house should make a special effort to appeal to the admiration of lady customers and shoppers. As a rule, women purchase the dry goods for the entire family, and in many instances they do the buying for the male members of the family. The average woman allows no oppor- tunities to pass for an excuse to go shop- ping. It the greatest avenue for pleasure and recreation outside of a pleasant home. The duties of society are oftimes arduous, as itis a matter of form; but she can spend one, two or three hours shopping, and be anxious to repeat the same thing the next day. While she is gratifying one of the greatest pleasures within her realm, yet she is blind as to the cause of it. She considers the vocation purely business, thereby not realizing the fascination which it has for the sex. What class of establishments do they visit? Why, those that have attractions! When a lady goes shopping she visits the points of interest to her, and usually makes her purchases where she sees something to interest and please her. Woman have great admiration for linens, laces, hamburg embroideries, ribbons, novelties in dress goods, and everything made for babywear. These departments should contain a good _ assortment; selected with an eye competent to appeal to woman’s admiration, and should be displayed with artistic taste, where they can be seen. then prove regular loadstones, magnetism of which would eontrol the business of a town Customers who patronize the ments above referred to and are pleased, would naturally be in the right humor to be pleased in other departments. No better single drawing card can chosen than the establishment of an ‘‘in- fant department,’’ where everything be- longing to the baby’s wardrobe may be found. The fair sex, from the little miss of 12 years of age, to even the spinster of 50, have a mania for seeing and handling anything intended for the ‘‘dear little dimpled darlings.’”’ A woman would go five blocks out of her way any time to simply see and handle some of those *‘cute little things.’’ A juvenile depart- ment is nut only a great stimulus to bus- iness, but if properly conducted will pay as large a percentage of net profit as any other department. It is necessary to have a true concep. tion of human nature, and to be an ob- server of things, and to take advantage of every opportunity, if a merchont ex- pects to be a leader; otherwise he will be led. is the -~- *——_ The Value of ine. From the Maritime Grocer. Business economy is something which is best taught by force of circumstances, rather than a study of commercial ethics; and we venture to say that the business man who has passed through a period of straitened finances, wherein his physical and intellectual resources were taxed to the uttermost to improvise a way of meeting current liabitities, will afterward regard it as the wholesome lesson of a life-time. The lesson to a man who has had his nose on the grind- stone of straitened circumstances counts for more in his future commercial knowledge of business management than the sunny smiles of fortune. > 2 = Only Twenty-five Dollars. If you are thinking of purchasing a cash register, send to G. Gringhuis, 403 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids, for a Rhodes’ register on ten days’ trial before purchasing elsewhere. It the most complete cheap cash register in the market. It will record three or more lines or departments and each salesman’s sales, which cannot be done onany other register. is ln Don’t cash checks for siranaers. These departments would | draw 3nd | or city. | depart- be | Dry Goods Price Current. UNBLEACHED OCOTTONS. “ Dee... .... 7 Arrow Brand 4% ee ee se ax ** World Wide. 6 Atlanta AA. o 't......-... 4% Atlantic es * om Full Yard Wide..... 6% Be. es S4Goorms A.......... 6 ’ P......... 3 iemens Weee...... : . p.......... © tere 6 ......... - eo 4%| Indian — sicko 54 a... ox meee A M............ 6% Archery Bunting... King EC. how i Beaver Dam AA.. a Lawrence LL...... Blackstone O, 32.... Madras cheese cloth ox Disc (row......... Q Newmarket - ae 5% ee — - 2... 5 moet, 4i........-... . - N ee 6% Capital A . _ ' DD. 5% ee 7... = x. 6% Chapman “ippmagat - 3% — lr Clifton C R..... Our Level Best..... 6 —— oe ae 6 Dwight Star..... a co cL. 7 Cilften CCC........ Ps oie ee oe on 6 |Top of the Geap.... 7 BLEACHED COTTONS. ssc... eaiee. Washington... 8 Ameuee.... ........ jGlen Mills.......... 7 See. Ck. |Gold Medal......... ™% Art Camebric........ 10 {Green Ticket....... 8g Blackstone AA..... - Great Falls.......... 6% Pee ee....,....... aoe... 7 eee 43. 2.55... 12 Jus t Out os 4%@ 5 oer. 6% King Phillip as 7% oe — - za... Coter Oek........ 5%/| Lonsdale on -10 as... 744|Lonsdale...... @8 Choveland ......... Middlesex.... .. @5 Dwight Anchor. 5 ae eee..........,. 7% | “shorts 8 oo — a 6 | Edwards. . foo... 5% Ruapire..... .... cess 8 Pride a "the Weat...12 _e..........-. 756 ROORIEAG....... 4.000» 7% Pruit ofthe Loom. § (|Sunfight............. 4% Pichyiie ..... ... 2 Gea Wile......... OE on Pre.....-...- 6 ‘* — Nonpareil ..10 Fruit of the Loom %. 7%/|Vinyard............. 8% Paireoens...., ..... 414;/White Horse........ 6 Pull Vatoe.......... ~~ °° &£4z»xoeoex.... 8% HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. ee 6%| Dwight Anchor..... 8 Parwell......2 o+-+ 1% CANTON FLANNEL. Unbleached. Bleached. Housewife ‘ ae s Housewife Q.... ... 6% «= 5S . Pi. 64 . oe E ae 7 ae ' ee 7 - o OF nus ves 7 ei eo 7% “ } ’ .. 81,4 ” | iD ckc ioe 8% ’ ‘ x. 9% : i... -10 ' -.......- 10% Mes es a / | 21 >, 14 CARPET WARP. Peerless, white......17 |Integrity - sipeaseeee 18 colored. ...19 |White Sta cee see 17 ae... = ' "colored -19 DRESS GOODS. a ........... S eee... .. ..... 20 ' - eee on 9 Oe 25 go -10% - ++-2T% GG Cashmere...... 20 - oa eS 16 . 2.8 ---B2% | 18 ” 00 CORSETS, Cocaiiee............ 89 50/Wonderful . .. a 50 Schilling’s.. ...... 9 @iBrignton.. . 4% Davis Waicts..... 9 @iBortree’s .......... 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 50;/Abdominal........ 15 00 — JEANS. a %| Naumk me satteen.. 7% Androscoggin....... ie Rockport . - ae ........-. Conestoga... ee 7% Brunswick. .... * on Walworth ...... --. OE PRINTS, Allen —— reds.. 5%/|Berwick fancies.... 5% eceesene 5%/Clyde Robes........ ro - pink a purple 5% - a checks. 5% . staples ...... 5 . long cloth B. 9 oe “ oe “te ° Charter Oak fancies DelMarine cashm’s Eddystone ae. mourn’g ‘ shirtings ... 3% ocolat American fancy.... 5% . rober.... 5% Americanindigo... 4% a sateens.. 5% Aierican shirtings. 33% Hamiiton a. 5% Argentine Grays... 6 — . 5% Anchor ee. _s Manchester ‘ancy .. 5% Arnold - 6 new era. 5% Arnold Merino . 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 5% Merrim’ ckshirtings. 4 “7 —- a ~~ “century cloth 7 Pacific fancy .. 5% * gold seal,.... 10% ......... 6 ‘* green seal TR10% nagerane robes... 6% “yellow seal. 10% Simpson mourning.. 5% * sorgr......... 5% “« Terme; see. ‘to : golf G biack. 5% Ballon solid black. . Washington indigo. 6% ‘colors. key robes.. a Bengal blue, green, ‘* India robes.... red and orange... 6 _ plain Tky x % ae Serlin eee 5% —oeee...... 6 a Par. os ‘* green Oe ee a. “ Foulards 5% aie ee * red xX... 7 mF cee TH os - =. ...... 9 aes _ - o4. -10 Termey wee......... . “ 34X XXX 12 Riverpoint robes.... 5% Cocheco —-. — : Windsor fancy...... 6 wi gt ticket _ oo. culls. indigo blue....... 10% . ee... S ey. ........ = TICKINGS, Aenoeione A A... cee A... 2. eon 1% Boatiiea ........ 7 |Pemberton AAA....16 ss a 8 |York. 4, " Awning. - Swift River.. 7% ES en Dee Sevee......... 12 Pee Pee... OM Warren....... eee 12% Lenox Mills ao. ome me PCemenees .........- 16 COTTON D ‘ penta, a. eee Bg... se 8 i es me Wee... ...0..6 6 ontton, Be isi dcienes Top of Heap........ 9 DEMINS. Amoskeag ee cee 12 {Columbian brown. .12 On. ..... 14 Everett, ee 12% ' brown .14 brown. ....12% ee... 11% Haymaker ae. .... 7% Beaver Creek AA...10 brown... 7% 7. tics cyt iee ‘114 - Y Lencester........... 12% Boston Mfg Co. br.. 7 Lawrence, 9o0z...... 13% blue 8% - No, 220....13 & twist 10% ” No. 250....11% Columbian XXX = = ” No. 280....10% a Amonkeoar ...... ..-. Lancaster, staple... 5 ** Persian dress oe = fancies . 7 . Canton .. 7 - Normandie 7 a AP. ....+ §%/Lancashire.......... 6 . Teazle...10%/Manchester......... 5% Ke Angola. .10%|Monogram.......... 5% - Perstan.. 7 [Normandie..... ... 7 Arlington staple.... 6%|Persian............. 7 Arasapha fancy.... 4%|/Renfrew Dress...... 7 Bates Warwick dres 74%|Rosemont........... 6 ' eee. © Wilaterevilie ......... 6 Centennial. . - Mer Oneerees.......-..., 7 eee... ares ............ 7% Cumberland staple. 0M Tol dn Mord... .... 8% Cumberland.... .... Se 7% —.. ........ i ' nen. 7% ee. T4|Warwic ; 6 Everett classics..... 8% Whittenden......... 8 Reoaeen........_. 7% ‘heather dr. 7% om. . indigo blue 9 ere... ...... on Wamsutta staples... ~ ee. ......-. 2. 7% Westbrook user Oe kee eee 10 Johnson Vhaloncl % ideals ae cere 5 eee ee ee... -.-........ 6% ” zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGS. Amoskeag...........13 |Georgia... 13% ree cc cene a SE es ae... . 2. Oe Fee ee THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's.......... 95 reer. 2. OF ....... 45 |Marshall’s oe et 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. Ss... N White. Colcred 4 37 No. 38 oO. 42 “ 3e oT 43 “ 40 be 44 _ — 45 CAMBRICS. oo ok pene neue . =eeee........... © White Star......... a tLockwood......... 4 Bae GOWO........052- 4 ae O Benmeeret......... © reece ........ 4 RED FLANNEL, eee ke re... Creedmore. EE een ons Talbot XXX.. - es me, SEX.. a eee. ........., 27% moeeere............ MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% Te cic as whens S261 Wostern W ......... 18% eee... _ Oa ce ee 18% 6 oz Western........ Pimebing XXZ...... 238% Union B “on 3 Manitoba.... .......28% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless ..... 8 9 re 9 om - 8%@10 -_ CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black./Slate Brown. Black. 9% 9% 9 10% 10% 10% 11% 11% 12% 12% Severen, 8 oz. Mayland, 8oz.. Greenwood, 1% Greenwood, 8 oz Boston, Bon.........1e Boston, 10 oz........12% WADDINGS. Wales, Gos.........- 25 |Per bale, 40 doxz....88 50 Colored, dosz........ -— wee «Cw. 7 50 SILESIAS, Slater, Tron oom. -_s ares... ...... 104% Red Cross.... 9 |Dundie..... a i 10% Bedford. . e — Valley City. o EES inde. "10% SEWING SILKE. Corticelli, doz....... 85 {Corticelli —. twist, doz..40 per %oz ball.. 50 _ doz. .40 0OKS AND EYES—PER GROSS. No : BI’k & White. 10 No 4Bl’k x “White. 15 -20 “ ; “ 1.12 | * 10 sig 25 PINS. No 2—20, M C....... 50 - 4—15 # 3%...... 40 &126,8C........ 45 COTTON TAPE. No 2 White & Bl’k..12 {No 8 White & Bi’k..20 “ ¢ “ a “ 10 “ . 28 - . . —— 1° 2 - - 26 SAFETY PINS. ccc cee me ee. 38 NBEDLES—PER M. Bh, POO. «5c oo cece ce 1 40|Steamboat........... 4) —- besseee wese 1 35\Gold Eyed.......... 150 _eeee........... Tt OL Aeeereean............8 © TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4....175 6-4... 5—4....165 6—4...2 30 COTTONT WINES. Cotton Sail Twine..28 |Nashua............. 14 ee Rising Star4ply....17 eee ........... 18 3-ply.. wT — mice cree ee a S tert Oler.......... 20 ee Wool Standard 4- plyl7% Cheney wee... +. (Powhbaettan ......... PLAID OSNABURGS BR, oon oss 6%|Mount Pleasant.... 6% a = : S eon Los hbeneuenes 5 a SE ws on Osos oe oe OE ich dunes 5 arom is thee we ene G6 fRandeiman......... fy ee ct ci Gigi mrvermee., .......... 534 | Es Saree ni gag. ge ee 6% Baw Biver......... DFU oo voc ciccees Di ieedccciaces 5 |Otis checks 7% SEEDS! Everything in seeds is kept by us— Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top, Blue Grass, Seed Corn, Rye, Barley, Peas, Ete. If you have Beans to sell, send us samples, stating quantity, and we will try to trade with you. We are headquarters for egg cases and egg case fillers. W. T, LAMBREAUX CO., w. riage se. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. A NEW IDEA You will remember that Goliah was Beans, very much surprised when David hit him He said that such a thing A good many retail grocers are in the same with a stone. had never entered his head before. predicament as Goliah was before he rubbed up against David—they have never gotten acquainted with the merits of the best selling brand of soap on the It called ATLAS manufactured only by HENRY PASSOLT, MICH. market. is and is SAGINAW, EATON, LYON & G0. NEW STYLES OF ‘ ’ ® ° . fin | ) . 20 & 22 :Monroe &t., GRAND RAPIDS. Avoid the Curse of Credit COUPON BOOKS. GRADES: Tradesman, Superior, Universal, ae THREE Manufactured only by TRADESMAN COPIPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. nano ade fanenniccnastadtbialiaannl THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Keeping Track of Expenses. I have found, in my long experience as a hardware dealer, considerable solid satisfaction in reviewing, after the close of the year, the individual items which are collectively know as ‘‘Store Expen- ses,”? and for this purpose I have a book properly arranged for convenience and time saving in which to enter the vari- ous items under their proper divisions. The principal items in my business are Rent, Wages, Taxes, Fuel, Gas, Insur- ance, Advertising, Cartage, Freight and Express, Stationery, Postage, Telephone, Interest, and a number of insignificant items which are classed under ‘Sun- dries.”’ These expenses are of two classes, the fixed expenses, which are the same throughout the year, and the fluctuating expenses, which are increased or de- creased according to the volume of trade or other influencing circumstances; and it is of value to know, for guidance dur- ing the coming year, just what amount to proportion to each division to prop- erly balance the total expenditure. In the same book | also keep a ‘‘Daily Sales Record,’’ a ‘‘Monthly Sales Record,” and a ‘Yearly Sales Record,’”’ each of these records being so arranged as to show at a glance the exact amount of cash and book sales for each day and month in the year, and the proportion which the cash sales bear to the book sales, and each to the total sales. When by prepaying an invoice for merchandise I secure a dis- count of one; two, or five per cent., I credit the saving to my interest account, and thus at the end of the year I am able to know how muck. was gained by prompt payment. In this connection it is quite surpris- ing to notice how large an aggregate these cash discounts amount to during a year. Sometimes they more than equal half my rent, and represent a respect- able portion of the year’s net profits. The ‘‘Sales Record’ is a frequently ex- amined account. It is a_ satisfaction when busihess has been duller than usual for a week to refer back to last year, and find that there was an equally dull period in the same month, and it serves to relieve one’s apprehensions that things are going backward. I have also in this ‘‘Special Accounts” book a division of the leading lines of goods which I handle, especially season- able goods, and am able to know, with- out guessing, just what quantity of skates or window screens I purchased last year, and by consulting my stock I can intelligently decide upon the proprr amount to purchase the coming season. Getting over-stocked was one of the peculiarly hard rocks I encountered when I first started in business, and the cause of many and | find my present system of decided benefit. I also keep in this book a personal! account, not of items, but of amounts of cash drawn out of the business by myself, and while I am foreed to admit that the total amount grows larger with each succeed- ing year, still | have often been put on my guard by reviewing the past year, and the result of the annual inventory. Only that man can fairly said to be rich whose income exceeds his outgo, the size of the income making little differ- losses, ence in too many eases. W. B. JoHnson. i i lpn Keep enough summer in your heart to thaw the winter in your veins. A Practice Which Should be couraged. From the Merchants’ Review. The practice resorted to by many manufacturers, of selling their goods to retail merchants, to be delivered by the jobbing house with whom they are in the habit of dealing, is becoming more .and more distasteful to the wholesale trade. It is a species of coercion, which is pro- ductive of dissatisfaction, both to the jobber and his customer. The manu- facturer’s agent has no special interest in those from whom he solicits trade. He is not held to account for the goods delivered and, in many instances, makes misrepresentations which are not borne out by facts and guarantees sales which never take place. In canvassing the trade, a stranger is universally met in the same manner. He is informed that whatever is wanted in his line will be obtained through the focal jobber, whereupon the retailer is asked to designate the house, and, upon so doing, he gives the agent another chance, who then assures him that any purchase will be delivered by the house named. If he succumbs, it is with the idea that it makes no difference anyway, that if the goods are unsatisfactory, they can be returned to the jobber, who will remu- nerate him, and he thereupon signs an order for the goods. By means of a number cf orders, obtained in this manner, the jobber is persuaded to make a purchase, thinking to accomodate his trade and being assured that his stock will be sold by the manufacturer, which latter is often the case; but the end is not yet. The retailer displays his goods for sale until they become rusty and shop-worn when they are relegated to the back of the store and forgotten until the next stock-taking, or some chance incident brings them to mind. He then returns them to the jobber, and, if any exception is taken to this action, informs him that unless they are received, he will transfer his trade elsewhere. In some instances this is all right, as the jobber can call upon the manufacturer to stand behind his goods, but in many other cases the manufacturer is no more and the jobber must bear the loss or lose his customer, which latter alternative is seldom chosen, although the jobber was in no way responsible for the sale. The practice is ill-advised, at best, and, generally speaking, benefits none of the parties interested. Unpleasant relations are created between the retail and wholesale merchant, the jobber suffers loss in many instances, and the manu- facturer, by causing a succession of difficulties, lessens his chances of intro- ducing his goods. Every merchant is best suited to look after the wants of his own customers, and any interference on the part of outside agents, ostensibly in his behalf, is not considered by him with favor. The experience of mer- chants in this respect is universally the same, and it is with great reluctance that orders of this kind are accepted. $$ A New York dealer assures his cus- tomers that the eggs he is selling are fresh laid. Then he winks to the en- gineer of the cash register and says: “You know that eggs cannot be laid stale.’’ Dis- Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who psy promptly and buy in full packages. AU@URS AND BITS. dis. ae es 60&10 (een e..........,. Ue et ee eo eee see cess. 40 ee oe... 25 wonwiaee, Werere..................... 2. 50&10 AXES. First Quality, ee $650 ¥ eee... -..--- esa ix 00 . wy oeeee............ 2... 7 50 . Dw See... ................. 13 50 BARROWS. dis. meee. $12 00 1400 CNG ee See BOLTS. dis. ee a eee eee ee Ce... 75&10 Ree 40&10 meee ee. et. 70 BUCKETS. en. eee... ........... $350 Went... ee BUTTS, CAST. dis. Co tegse Fin, Semeee,... ... w... -i et. Wal Wrought Narrow, bright Sastjoint 40 ..... 66.410 bole bee 40 wee ee 49 Wrought Inside Blind..... eeccee cect, «OO WeOneee Ee 75 Blind, Clark’s...... Ue eee eeu 70&10 | ee, FO 70&10 i 70 BLOCKS, Ordinary Tack!e, list April 1892..... ..... 60&10 CRADLES. Oe ee eee ee ae CROW BARR, Come een per 5 CAPS, eee per m 65 Hick’s C. F ee eee gn eS... ll UU [ 35 a . 80 OARTRIDGES, eee 59 Cees! Fre dis. pos] OHISELS. dis Socket Firmer . SOOROUe 75&16 eee 75&10 Socket Gueks |... hie 4 asd oc ced Butchers’ Tangod Firmer................... 40 COMBS. dis. Curry. leerences. 40 doriniitoimon (tO cath 25 OHALK. White Crayons, per gross..... -++ +. 12Q12% dia, 10 COPPER, Planished, 14 oz cut to size... .. perpound 28 “14x52, 14x56, 14x60... a 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ........... 23 Cod Eiied Mee 23 ‘me 22 DRILL8, dis. ores See 50 Taper and straight Shank........... eee 50 Moreen tencroname 50 DRIPPING PANS, Snell Gises, ser pound ...................... 6% Dargemmees scr pound 06 ELBOWS. Com 4 woe Gin. dos. net %5 eee dis 40 Ae dis. 49&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, $18; large, $96............... 30 ives 1.00: 2: 2a... ‘ FILES—New List. dis. te 60&10-10 Now Amemese 60&10-10 INICMOINOH © .*.. ok 86... ea ee 60&10-10 eee ai 50 Helier sa Home Hegee 0 50 GALVANIZED TBORK. Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 2B; 27 23 List 12 13 14 15 16 7 Discount, 60 -10 GAUGES. ais. Stanley Ruie and Level Co.’s..... . 50 KNOBS—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings ........ a 55 Door, porcelain, jap. Giiwinas... 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings ......... 55 Door, porceluin, trimmings................. 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 70 LOCKS—DOOR, dis Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Malory, Wheeler & Co.4................... 55 Ce Na 55 ON 55 MATTOCES, Adse Eye...... reesee ee. $16.00, dis. 60-10 oes $15.00, dis. 60-10 ee $18.50, dis. 20&10. MAULS. dis. Sperry & Co.'s, Post, handled............... 50 MILLS. dis, Comoe, Farmers Co........ ............... 40 “ P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.... 40 lender, Porry & Clotk’s............ 40 — Beaterene §..... ee eee 30 MOLASSES GATES, dis. Stebbin’s Pattern........ Se eee cca oc. 6010 Recut COMMIS 66410 Enterprise, self-measuring............ meee 25 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. eee: eee OMe 1 40 Wee nee Pees 1 40 te Base Base a 10 ee 25 Oe . 25 ee 35 i... 45 . 45 >.. 50 ee ee 60 Ce 75 ee 90 Se i a 1 20 ee 1 60 ee... 1 60 ee 65 - a 5 - ee ee 90 ae ee. 1 ee 90 — ee, 110 Doe na al 70 Se 80 “ S.. ...., 90 Pea e........:........., if PLANES. dis. Ole Tee Ces, foes... .. 8s... ew Re 250 Sancusay Toa! Co.'s, faney................. ReeiGen Oe GN ls Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. . ....50&10 PANS. me foe, dis.60—10 en, eee | dis. 70 RIVETS. 8. ron ene Tees. 50—10 Copper Rivete and Bursg.................... 50—10 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. ‘‘A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 ‘"B? Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken 8 4C per pound extra, HAMMER Maydole & Co.s............ Kip’s i Nerkes G Plomb/s.............. Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............. Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand HINGES. Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,8...... State lene Screw Hook and Eye, %.......... - Ks 5a ee ua c “a -.... e “ee “ x. SirapancyT.......... H Barn Door Kidder Mf Champion, anti-friction... RiGee woe@track ... ss HOLLOW WARE. eee... io Oe Borges... .__... Gray Gna HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware...... Japanned Tin Ware........ .. Granite fron Ware ...... WIRE GOODS, Pane. ..... ..... Screw Ce Hook’s.... Gate Hooks and Eyes.............. LEVELS Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 In. 4% 14 and ANGERS g. Co.. 7 8. - dis, 2h «peu 25 ..- Gis. 40&16 -..80¢ Nst 60 ...89¢ 40810 = a on » « « CRU O Ee) -per doz. net, 2 50 ie ee ce net " “dis, Wood track... .50&!0 fcc. .. 40610 .. new list 72 new list 8. - 70&10&10 eaves - 70810810 -70&104&10 ‘ 70810410 . dis.79 ROPES. Sisal, % Inch 7 Mantiia...... ol SQUARKB. dir, reociana ingm 6 7 &10 Pay eue Seve 60 mee 20 SHEET IRON, Com. Smooth. Com oe (600 14 ee ee 8? 50 moe tote... Su 2 6) Noe Into 4 05 2% DOR SECO ae 2 80 Os Weueee............. a OO 2 90 SO 3% 3 00 All sheets No. 18 and lig hter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. nase we dis. SASH CORD. Silver Lake, White A....... " Drab A. ... ae iy Pape... . Wase .. Discount, 10. 60 (a eee eed ee list 50 _ 55 “0 50 Ne " 55 _* £0 SASH WEIGHTS, Hoe ieee. +... Per ton $2 SAWS. dis. ' ee 20 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per fox... ‘* Special Steel Dex X Cuts, perfou.... w& ‘* Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, perfoct.... ‘* Champion and Electric Tooth X Cen pe 30 TRAPS. dis. ee Cae 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Oneida Community, Hawley s Norton’s.... 70 moa, chobee 0 18¢ per dos mouse Golamigg $1.50 per dos WIRE. dir. eG AE ee AOC A 7U—10 Coppcrea Markee i ee a eee MOR 62% Coppecce Guetng Sic... 50 Barbed Fence, galvanized............ oo . 29 paumee |... 2 30 HORSE NAILS. aoe. dis. 40&10 POM is. 02 POTCweNern dis. 10&10 WRENCHES, dis, Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.. 30 oe Coetine 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, as 75 Coe’s Patent, malleable. ...... es . - T5616 MISCELLANEOUS. dia, ee i a 50 roe en. : T5410 norows, Newhwe. TO&1' &10 Casters, Bed a d Piate........... .- 50610810 neers AMeIGe 40 Forks, hoes, rakes and ali steel goods..... 65&10 METALS, PI¢ TIN. a — 26¢ reine. UL 28e ZINC. Duty: Sheet, 2%c per pound. Cee pOunG Cashes... ... 6% eae. LL 7 SOLDER. Ee i ee Extra Wiping ....... 15 The prices of the many ‘other qualities of r solder the market indicated by private brande vary according to composition. Cogmeem........... ee eee... ANTIMONY. ooee+--. DOr pound se 12 eeees é IN—MELYN GRADE. T 10x14 IC, Charcoal........... 14x20 IC . 10x14 IX, . 14x20 IX, - Each additional X on this TIN—ALLAWAY 10x14IC, Charcoal .......... 14x20 [C - acces Waters, 4 14x20 1X See ies cae $750 grade, $1.75. GEADE, Cam MMs? RRA Each additional X on this grade $1.50, ROOFING PLATES Maw, * Wordedier............ . Cm 14x20 IX, ' + . a. oe I . - Se 14x20 IC “« Aliawey Grade........... 6 00 14x20 IX, - Fe eee 7 50 20x28 IC, ied ' ae 12 50 20x28 IX, “ - 15 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. aa 814 06 eee ee 15 06 oe +3 for No. : Boilers, { per pound.... 10 00 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ‘BS MicriAN TRADESMAN 4 WHRELT 200R Set. DEVOTED 7O THe Best Interestse of Business Men Pablished at 1900 Loala St., Grand Kapida, BY THE TRADESMAN COMPANY. ne Dollar «a Vear, Payabie In Advance A RTS KATES Of APPLICATION. Come ” ed from practical brs tree ¢ } name and Dut aa ng address of a second ny of our advertivers, fae that you eaw thelr advertisement in an Miewiaas Trapreamuas E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST &, 1494. IMPOTENCY OF If the much it is 788 BOTOCOTT. boycott does not amount to not because the labor organi- zations have not imposed it often enough. They have boycotted everything in sight, until now it is next to impossible to find an article which haw not been placed un- der the ban of their displeasure. The flour your baker uses and the meat your butcher sells have been boycotted and the Sitdown under your you must go hungry or eat against will of the unions. Own vine and fig tree to regale yourself with the latest news, and ten to one the newspaper has been boycot'ed. Perhaps, also, the chair upon which you are sit- ting has been placed under the ban. When you go tochurch—as, of course, you do don’t let the eloquence of the preacher or “the heavenly musie of the choir’ di- vert your mind from the thought that your comfortable chair~—a “thing of beauty and a joy forever’’——has been boy- cotted. Do you smoke? Be careful you do not incur the displeasure of “labor” by smoking a boycotted cigar. Of course, bet if did, you should know that your favorite beverage you do not drink, you has been blacklisted—you must change | your brand. If you buy it by the case | there ix only the beer to aecount for; but | if you “go in with a friend,’”’? the costly bar against which you lean, and all the other grand and gorgeous bar fixtures have been boycotted—you should gO else- where, but not to that big hotel, for its soft, plush-covered seats and magnificent furnishings are ai.o ‘tin’ the soup’’—or would be if the boycott could put them You the road’’ to secure a berth in there. will be careful when ‘on a Wagner And don’t have your freight shipped by the PrP. D. Q. Railroad And so on, clear down through the list of Pullman’s have been boycotted. ithas been boycotted. necessaries and luxuries of life, for some reason (Or no reason) about everything one needs or desires in this weary world by the What a time there would be if people at to the hurt anyone, ineans nothing, there is has been interdicted unions, tached any importance boycott! But as it does not and no reason why the unions should not amuse themselves with it if they want to. THE END OF COZEYISM. are in a bad way. has gone home and The Coxey, it Coxeyites appears, lef left his followers to shift for themselves. Evidently this was all he could do; but it was 4 most miserable outcome to his absurd and useless acheme. Coxey’s notion was to march an army of unemployed men to Washington to overawe Congress, and thereby legislation which would result in the ap- propriation of a large amount of money to employ his followers. The men who followed Coxey, if they did not pin their faith many millions of ploy millions of men in making roads all over the country, at least expected that Congress would vote money or rations 3ut they were wholly disappointed, and got nothing. for their support. After so signal a defeat in all his dertakings, ub- nothing else for Without doubt he spent considerable of his substance on there was Coxey to do but desert. his army, and he believed that it would ali end in making him one of the most conspicuous men in the world, and mark him, above all others, as the friend of the unemployed. Of course, the chief cause of failure was the inability of Coxey to collect a large body of men at Washington. He |calculated on gathering anywhere from | 50,000 to 100,000 men at the national cap- ‘ital, and with this vast horde intimidate | serious trouble. Congress. If 100,000 able-bodied and de- termined men had ever got together at Washington, there would have been very So many men, hungry and desperate, would have been capable of when a creating vast public disorder, and, started, there is no telling where it would have but the multitudes could not be assembled, because there was no disturbance was once ended; money to pay for food and trans- Many men started for Wash- ington, but their entire dependence was with which portation. upon stealing their way on the railroads and in begging for the means of subsist- ence along the route. These means were wholly impracticable, and so the Coxey enterprise wholly failed. When Coxey got to Washington with his handful of ragamuffins, he found a police in strength and numbers to his ridiculous army, and on the first be man Browne got in jail, and soascheme which had all the possibilities of a tragedy in force superior encounter and his It is cer- tainly all the better that matters turned they did. Nothing is so potential to break down any serious undertaking as to make it ridiculous. it became a most absurd farce. as For men who are in dead earnest to be laughed at in the hour of their supreme endeavor is to overwhelm them with defeat. Heroism can endure everything except ridicule That kills it. But Coxey had none of the qualities of a leader. He was merely a mountebank. He was kind of heart and had a certain sympathy for the people he tried to help. He spent considerable money on them; but his scheme was entirely impractica- ble, and he goes on record asa figure ut- terly ridiculous, leading alot of foolish people upon a most absurd quest. Coxey could never have accomplished anything, no matter how large an army of follow- ers he might have assembled; but sup- pose, instead of Coxey as the world has seen him, there had been a leader, rash, desperate and wholly resolved to capture secure | to the project for appropriating | dollars in order to em-/ ithe national capital, loot the treasury, | burn the city, and, in the midst of the} terrible confusion that would necessarily | ensue, disperse his men, and so escape | into the country before they could be caught, or even recognized. No matter) | what had been the result, there could | jhave been something very tragic done. | | There would have been something very | serious done. Let the whole population | be very thankful that Coxey was a harm- less mountebank. The only people who | have suffered were the poor people fool- | ish enough to believe in him. ‘ f | THE WELLMAN POLAR EXPEDITION. | The supposed loss of the Chicago Her- ald’s polar expedition is an event to be} expected, but itis by no means proved. While the dangers of Arctic exploration | are great, it isa fact that it is but sel-/| dom an expedition has been wholly lost. The most conspicuons if not the only | polar expedition that finally and fatally has been wrapped in hopeless mystery was that of Sir John Franklin. who sailed in 1845 to find a northwest passage through the Arctic waters. It is now a settled belief that, despite the theories concerning the existence of an open polar sea, it is impossible to reach the pole in a ship that would have to force its way through the ice. In all probability there is land around the poles, It is also possible that Greenland is not an island, but extends under the which covers it to the immediate polar locality. Atany rate, there is a region around the pole which is covered with solid ice, and that once reached, it would be possible for men properly sup- plied with necessaries to travel on the ice to the place of northernmost lati- tude. This is the notion upon which the Chicago Herald expedition has proceeded. Walter Wellman, a journalist, was at its head. He had no experience in polar travel, but was assisted by a number of Norwegians who were navigators and ski or snowshoe runners. He engaged a whaling ship, the Ragnvald Jari, to carry his party and stores to the edge of the solid ice, and then the journey north- ward was to be made by aluminum boats and sledges combined. The expedition sailed from Tromsoe, Norway, May 1. A depot of supplies was made on Dane’s Island, near the north coast of Spitzbergen, and left in charge of Prof. Oyen, a Swedish scien- tist, who was seen there with his dog by several vessels cruising in those seas, Dane’s Island is between 500 and 600 miles the pole, and if solid ice could be reached by the ship, the possi- bility of completing the journey is cer- tainly in reason. The greatest danger was from having his ship erushed in moving ice fields. This is what has been foretold of the expedition, but such a fate is by no means certain. Let us hope that the brave men will be crowned with success, and return safely home. Every- body wants to know the mystery of the pole. All honor to those whose courage and enterprise will penetrate the secret so zealously guarded. There are several expeditions now engaged in the daring quest, and sooner or later it will be suc- cessful. Since the above was in type cable- grams from Europe announce the return of some of the crew to Norway with the intelligence that the vessel has been de- stroyed by the ice, but that the explorer would push on toward the goal of his ice from ambition. | kings, | they are not the sufferers. RAILWAYS A GAUGE OF BUSINESS. There are a few very rich men who have become so by wrecking railways, or by robbing those Pacific roads to which the United States Government loaned its bonds, who always come into public view when mention is made of railroads. These are the men whose association with railways have done more than any- thing else to prejudice the American | people against those necessary corpora- | tions. When strikers stop the operations of a railroad, they may think they are getting | their revenge out of the great railway as those persons are termed, but They simply speculate in the stocks, and, when it | suits their purposes, they have a road | which they have probably bankrupted | sold out at United States marshal’s sale for a tithe of the debts it owes. The debts are canceled, and the wreckers buy back the road for a song and carry on their speculations in itsstock. The peo- ple who are really ruined are the credit- ors and the humble employes. The losses to the railways in the first six months of 1894 have been enormous, compared with the same period for 1893. The situation was aggravated by the great coal strike, the railway strike and an aggregation of unfavorable industrial and commercial conditions which have prevailed throughout the season. The Ratlway Age sums up the losses in rail- way traffic due to the conditions men- tioned. For example, in the month of May the earnings of 140 roads fell from $288,500,000 to $240,900,000 in round numbers, a decrease of $47,600,000 gross; while, what is more significant, their net earnings, which were $79,500,000 in May, 1893, decreased no less than $16,263,000. The Pennsylvania system alone suffered a comparative loss of $2,904,000 in gross and $1,685,000 in net earnings; the Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe lost $1,141,000 gross and $1,116,000 net; the Union Pa- cific, $587,944 gross. For June the fall- ing off will be found still greater when the returns are all in; the Illinois Cen- tral, for example, which earned $1,952,- 405 in that month last year, showing a decrease of $603,000 last month; while the few statements for the first weeks of July are almost incredible, the Atchison system, for instance, falling off $477,700 in the first week and $341,700 in the sec- ond, or over $819,000 in two weeks. As the railways only carry the busi- ness which is created for them by all commerce and industries, this statement of railroad losses simply means that the railroads have suffered because all other branches of business suffered. The rail- way losses gauge the depression in every other sort of business. Railways are the commercial and industrial index. When the railways are in a bad way, all other industries are also in a bad way. To re- joice in the losses of the railways is to rejoice in the general distress. Lakeview and Saranac have passed through the scourge of fire during the past week. While their losses are heavy and their deprivations great, the busi- ness men of both towns are plucky and invincible and will emerge from disaster with undaunted courage and renewed en- ergy. Square bushel and peck measures are now being manufactured and introduced. They are pronounced in every way more convenient than the old cylindrical style. “ap THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 3 LEND US 5 SECONDS POLITICAL DISHONESTY IN CITIBS.: est? Does anybody think they would) The enormous amounts.of public steal, either from the city or from priv- | money handled, and the extraordinary | ate individuals?” Thus it is that, when | opportunities for jobbery and plunder by accusations are made, the honest men officials entrusted with the handling of; are always put forward as a sample of! public funds and public franchises have the men who are running public affairs, naturally attracted unprincipled and dis- | and, of course, such men would not in- | honest men, with every energy directed | tentionally do a public or private wrong. towards gaining control of this money. | With these opportuities it is not strange | that in nearly every city of large size in | the Union public affairs are chiefly un- | der the hands and in the power of un- | scrupulous and self-seeking men. | It has been said that the ingenuity and | skill of the burglars keep full pace with the science and progress of the tock and | safemakers, so that if the construction of | burglar-proof vaults is one of the prob- | lems to which the highest mechanicai genius is devoted. there are men with | just as much mechanical ability who are constantly seeking to overcome and neu- tralize the work of the safemakers. These men are robbers; they are crim- | inals, and they do not pretend to be any- thing less. But if treasure vaults are robbed despite the extraordinary efforts | to make them secure and to guard their contents, how vastly easier it is for bad men who devote themselves to the work | to secure coutrol of city governments, and, by consequence, of the money and the public franchises? people’s This is so, because there is no effort to guard public interests from the robbers who, seizing without resistance upon the ma- chinery of elections, falsify their results so as to let in only themselves and their | tools, and exclude all who are not under | their influence. What is everybody’s business is prac- tically nobody’s business, and thus those elasses that are commonly supposed to constitute the good citizens hold their hands and regard with more or less in- difference the seizure and ravishing of public affairs by a band of trained polit- ical brigands. Once in place, they are able to remain there against all peaceful and constitutional methods that may be adopted to remove them, and it is not oftener than once in a generation that judicial measures will avail to oust the robbers. In fact, it is only when they have become emboldened by their success and escape from punishment and they have abandoned all caution and have be- come careless of the laws and indifferent to public opinion that the rascals betray themselves and furnish proof of their erimes, so that the hand of justice may be laid upon them. It has become an ordinary maxim of the political jobber that if he can only keep out of the penitentiary he is all right. He hesitates at no crime by which his selfish interests may be ad- vaneed. He is solicitous only to so cover up his tracks as to leave no clew upon which the arm of the law can be laid. Of course, not every member of a corrupt municipal administration is dis- honest. Far from it; there are always honest and good men among the rascals. It is the majority that is made up of bad men, and thus it is the majority that gives eolor and quality to the entire ad- ministration. The minority has no power, and the good men who make it up are uncon- sciously used as stool-pigeons for the robbers. What an excellent effect it has to be able to say, when charges of polit- ical corruption are made: ‘‘There are A, iter who they may be? Band C. Do you think they are dishon- But. unintentionally, they doing great public time. They are protecting the rascals through the fact of men, associating with official freebooters, hav- ing good reason to believe that crimes are being committed, and yet failing to are being honest expose them from the dread of being | considered spies upon those with whom |} they bave to work. Such a notion springs from good mo- tives and a certain sense of honor; but it is wholly wrong-headed. Every public official and representative of the people is the custodian of a public trust. He is | on guard, placed there to watch over great publie interests. He might be brave and devoted to the last degree to defend his trust from outside assaults; but how about treason among nis fellow- officials and co-representatives? Is not ‘such a public guardian bound to protect his trust, even froma colleague? If so, and a majority of his colleagues engage in the spoils business, is not that faith- ful guardian, if even there be but one, bound to denounce the robbers, no mat- question is not diffieult. ognizes his duty is bound always to per- form it as nearly as he possibly can. A watchman protect great publie or private, can know no difference between thieves that would prey on his trust. He must fight them all and bring them all to justice, without exception. That is all of it. set to —_ > > Lse Tradesman Cowpon Books. [ BIOS. 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Thanks RINDGE, KALMBACH & Co., Grand Rapids. | Are You Selling IF NOT, WHY NOT? Jark~w ' ocer CZ a Co TO THE RETAIL CLOTHING MERCHANTS ====-=- In consequence of rumors having been circulated that the eminent firm of Michael Kolb & Son, Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers, Rochester, N, ¥., is going out of business, | am requested to contradict most emphatically any such rumor and to state that this well-known and upright firm, with a 37 years’ good record, never dreamed of retiring. 1 ought to add that I think 1 have discovered how such an unfounded report got circulated. it is well-known amongst the trade that Michael Xolb & Son rank among the very highest manufacturers in Rochester, and their name has been conflicted with that of Stein, Bloch & Co., also of Rochester, whichfirm, J. W. Rosenthal, formerly of Grand Rapips, has publicly announced, are going out of business. I-still continue to represent Michael Kolb & Son, and shall be pleased to call upon anyone with my elegant line of fall samples, of which everyone who handles them say there is none better made, or better fitting, and sold at such low prices as to meet all classes of trade. Address, WM. CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich. I shall be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, on Thursday and Friday’ Aug. 16 and 17, race week, to close out balance of fall and winter clothing. Cus- tomers’ expenses allowed. 10 THER: MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE IRON LAW OF WAGES. Early in the present century the cele- | brated David Ricardo, in his treatise | upon Political Economy, laid down the} proposition in regard to wages that “the | natural price of labor is that price which is necessary to enable the laborers, one | with another, to subsist and to perpet- | uate their race without either increase | or diminution.’’ He further said that) the market price, or the price actually | paid for labor as wages, has a tendency | to conform to the natural price by rising | and falling toward it according to de- mand and supply. His remarks have | been interpreted as meaning that wages | constantly tend to decline to the smallest | amount upon which the laborer can kee himself and his family alive, allowing them nothing (for the luxuries or even | the comforts of life. Thus understood | he has been severely condemned by | writers of strong humane feelings, and | he has been denounced by the German | Socialists, led by Ferdinand Lasalle, Karl Marx, Adolph Held, and others like | them, for having formulated a brazen, | or, as English translators render it, an | ‘‘iron’”’ law of wages, discreditable alike to his head and to his heart. j Precisely why Ricardo, or any other | person, should be reviled merely for} advancing an abstract proposition, which | is susceptible of refutation if false and | of confirmation if true, it is not easy to| discover. Some of the elementary pre- | cepts of the Gospel were assailed in like | manner when the Savior first enunciated them, as ‘‘hard’’ sayings, not to be borne by weak humanity; but nobody now for | that reason disputes their truth. The | question is one, not of Ricardo’s personal character, but of his intellectual sagac- ity, and the efforts of his opponents should be directed not to his vilification, but to the exposure of his error. What makes their conduct, however, absclute- ly indefensible is that they usually over- | look a further remark of his following that which they coudemn, and gives quite a different color to it: which | It is not to be understood that the nat- | ural price of labor, estimated even in food and necessaries, is absolutely fixed and constant. It varies at different times in the same country and very materiaily differs in different countries. It essentially depends on the habits and customs of the people. An _ English laborer would consider his wages [to be] under their natural rate, and too scanty to support a family, if they enabled him to purchase no other food than potatoes and to live in no better a habitation than a mud cabin; yet these moderate demands of nature are often deemed sufficient in countries where ‘‘man’s life is cheap’’ and his wants easily satisfied. Many of the conveniences now enjoyed in an English cottage would have been thought luxuries at an earlier period of our history. With this explanation, Ricardo’s so. called ‘‘iron law” amounts to no more than the assertion of a well-known fact. When in any country the wages actually paid for labor fall below the amount which is necessary to enable laborers to live as they want to live, their number diminishes through death, immigration, and less frequent marriages, until it is reduced to a point at which the lessened supply of their labor raises its market price to what Ricardo calls its natural price. When, on the other hand, the market price of labor exceeds its natural price, the number of laborers increases by immigration and by births until the | than equals |consists of bamboo huts, 'demand for labor, | process was about to commence. supply equals the demand and the | market price falls again to its natural level. The process in either case is slow, and often goes on in one direc- tion for many years. Thus, in this country, notwithstanding the high cost of living, the wages actually paid have been, ever since the close of the late civil war, sufficient to enable wage earners both to meet all their wants and to lay aside a surplus, either in the form of deposits in savings banks to the amount of thousands of millions of dollars, or in the purchase of homes and farms. | has continued, too, notwithstanding that our prosperity has caused a large in- crease of the supply of labor, not only by the birth of children, but by an im- migration from foreign countries, es- pecially from Germany and Italy, where both the standard of living and the market price of labor are lower than they are here. So great, indeed, have been the attractions of our country as a labor market that we have found it necessary to impose artificial barriers to immigration from China, and if the natives of India also had sufficient in- telligence and enterprise to emigrate hither we should have to take measures against them, too. In their case, as in that of the Chinese, their wages at home are low, because they live poorly, and, as they are prolific of offspring, the supply of their labor always more the demand for it, and is kept down only by famine and pesti- lence. They ask for no more food than a few cents’ worth a day of rice, mil- let, or some other cheap grain; their clothing is cotton cioth; their shelter and they use fuel only for cooking. Consequently, with them the natural price of labor is low, say ten cents per day of our money, more or less, and the market price conforms to it. It begins to look as if we had come to a halt in this country in the continued expansion of industry and the increasing and that a reverse A full year has now ‘elapsed since last sum- mer’s financial and industrial crisis, and no indications of a recovery from it are yet visible. Should this recovery be de- layed, as now seems probable, a year or more longer, Riecardo’s iron law must necessarily assert itself, and the market price of labor will not only cease to afford the American laborer a surplus above his customary expenditure, but will fall below it. The result will bea cessation of immigration, which has al- ready begun, and a decrease in the mum- ber of laborers from an excess of deaths over births. The value to the laborer of his wages is measured not by the dollars and cents paid him, but by the quantity of com- modities necessary to his mode of living which those doliars and cents will buy. We cannot use greenbacks and bank notes as clothing and fuel, nor eat and drink gold and silver coin. We must ex- change them for suitable commodities before we can make them available for our necessities. Consequently the total amount of wages in any country cannot exceed the total product of its industry, and the particular amount received by each individual will be that share of the total product which he is able to secure for himself in the struggle for existence. It is in adjusting these shares that the conflicts, of which we unhappily witness sO many, arise, not only between em- This SPECIAL HIGH GRADE. a A Strictly High Grade 28 lb. Bi- cycle, the Latest and Best English Design, °94 Model. Tool Steel, Ball Bearing throughout, Tangent Spokes, Either Wood or Steel Rims, Hardened Tool Steel Rear Sprockets, Re-enforced Frame, Hickory or Steel Forks. War- ented throughout. 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Lite a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 ployers and employed, but also between the different classes of the employed. The employer naturally seeks to retain all he can of the product of labor as eompensation for his enterprise and his services, for the risks and expenses of the business, and for interest on the cap- ital he either owns or borrows. The em- ployed, on the other hand, seek to get as large ashare as possible of the results they contribute to produce, and it is evi- dent that the more each one gets the less remains not only for his employer but! for others of the employed. The nation as a whole is a great co-operative indus- trial organization, of which the members labor not merely for themselves but for their fellow members. Whether a man makes clothing, shoes, hats, hardware, bricks, machinery, orany other commod- ity, he can consume personally only a small fraction of his product. The rest he exchanges by paying out the money he earns by his own labor for the com- modities produced by others. Money be- ing the common measure of value, the more money his wages come to the more he can buy, and the higher his wages are the higher will be the price of what he produces and the less other laborers ean procure of them with their wages. It follows from this that strikes for higher wages are aimed, not, as appears to be the case, against the employer by whom they are in the first instance paid, but really against the rest of the com- munity. Other laborers can, it is true, retaliate by demanding higher wages for their own labor, and thus make its product higher in value in comparison with other products, and, so long as every laborer is fully employed, this struggle for high wages resuits, in the long run, to no advantage to any one, and does no harm to any one. But when, as we see now, thousands of laborers are unemployed, and are living upon their savings, the continued payment of high wages to those who are lucky enough to be kept employed is a serious hardship to the rest. Even those who are em- ployed, but whose wages have been re- duced, suffer somewhat by getting for their own labor less of the commodities produced by labor paid for at higher rates than theirs. How long this dispar- ity will be allowed to continue it is im- possible to foretell, but as in good times wages advance all round from the com- petition among employers and from the exactions of laborers, so in these hard times, with the competition for employ- ment and the necessities of the unem- ployed, they must sooner or later fall. The laborers who are now in excess of the demand for their services cannot die all at once, and but few of them can em- igrate. They may continue to live fora while, as they are now living, on their savings or upon the savings of others, but eventually they will insist on shar- ing the industrial products of the nation with those who now monopolize them, and the first step toward accomplishing this result will be an offer to labor for reduced wages. That such a reduction of wages will be unpleasant to those who have to submit to it is not to be denied, but that it is better for the community to have all its members productively occupied in earn- ing even low wages, than to have a part only earning high wages and the rest ly- ing idle, is equally undeniable. The total product of the nation’s labor will be increased be setting every laborer at | work, and while the shares of some will be diminished, the aggregate of the shares of all will be increased. 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It is multum in parvo. Every- one should know that we are WY Manufacturers Se of ZINN AS Confectionery. and wholesale dealers in lemons, oran= ges and bananas and that our trade- mark is a guarantee of purity and gen- eral excellence. Dealers in our lines of goods are fast finding out that We Are The People. Your orders solicited. The Putnam Candy Co. 12 AR. MAK EGAN fA. a TERA, THE WORLD GROWS BETTER. proceedings. Itis becoming more diffi-| that respect, which is only to say that The fatal defect in the philosophy of | cult every day for a man of loose habits| civilization is constantly creating new the reformers of the present time is that it ignores the most significant conan facts. It assumes that civilization is failure, and that things are saiieaiiie | going from bad to worse. This com: | plete and persistent pessimism is a con- | tradiction of truths that are familiar to all intelligent people, and that count for more as a basis of logical analysis and reflection than all the theories by which | they are discarded and discredited. There can be no rational doubt about the steady improvement of the conditions of human existence. The process of terment can be traced in a cumulative way from the earliest period down to our own day. Each age has shown an advance over the preceding one, merely in special relations, but in a gen- eral sense, and according to a systematic plan of development. There has been no retrograde movement, strictly speak- ing: the revolutions have not gone back- ward: the blessings have not been di- minished, but multiplied, and extended in all directions. We need not go back to the primitive era for the materials of definite and sat- this t has taken place in the bet- not isfactory comparison in respect. The story of wha present furnishes of the fact that eentury ample proof the world grows better as it grows older. Never before have so many beneficial acquisitions been made in the course of a hundred years. Those who have lived during this time have seen miracies of progress, unmatched in all previous history. It is impossible to contemplate the list of achievements in all branches of profitable service without a feeling of profound wonder, as well as a conviction of the potency of sound and wholesome influences in the affairs of mankind. Not simply in material gains have former centuries been surpassed, | but also in scientific, political, social and moral triumphs. The spread of knowledge erease of physical comfuris; bas corresponded to the in- the enlarge- ment of the opportunities of labor and has been enterprise accompanied by a like expansion of the facilities of educa- tion and the appliances of charity and philanthropy. All things considered, in short, life was never so weil worth living as it is at present; and this is due to the reformatory spirit which has been a part of human nature from the begin- ning, has gradually ehanges of striking and which wrought and permanent value. Itis not only that we are pos- sessed of the railroad, the telegraph, machinery, and improved production. These gains | count for a great deal, to be sure, and | have served to wholly change the exter- | nal aspect of life; but they are not more | remarkable than the progress that been made in the adjustment of general | intelligence to higher uses and in the| substitution of honest and humane mo- | tives for selfish and cruel ones, Plans | of action that were once tolerated in | spite of their wickedness are now con- | demned by public opinion, and the indi- | viduals who venture to pursue them are | looked upon with scorn and teed | The standards of personal conduct are far above those of one hundred years ago. Public men are held to a much | more rigid accountability. The popular conscience has been quickened in dis- | criminative power and in earnestnest of | protest against corrupt and improper labor-saving methods of has | or doubtful integrity to sueceed in any profession Less is every |day forgiven in cases of moral delin- quency. The test of responsibility for deviations from the path of rectitude, in small matters as well as large ones, has never before been so distinct, so strict, and so imperative. There is room for further improve- ment, of course. Nobody contends that the work of amelioration has been com- pleted, or that all suggestions of reform are to be regarded with indifference. It is maintained, that the show- ing of increased sources of prosperity and happiness is an adequate proof of the efficiency of present means of relief, and a satisfactory assurance of continued advancement. The lot of the average citizen will be better a hundred years hence, just as it is now better than it was a hundred years ago, but the time will probably never come when reforma- tory opportunities will be exhausted. With access of new advantages, there or business. however, | eomes the discovery of other chances in tREETING < necessities vy extending the scope of knowledge and the sphere of activity. Most of our present wants are due to what we have already obtained. They would not exist, in other words, if we had not gained advantages of which they are the logical consequences. The more we get, the more we desire. it is not the province of wisdom to make us con- tented with our situation, but to disturb our complacency and stimulate our hopes and endeavors. That is the great se- cret of progress, the supreme lesson of the history of those successive changes by which the world has been pushed for- ward through ail the ages. Henry KING. So 2 Collecting a Debt. There are debts and debtors, and to get the former out of the latter some- times requires a good deal of ingenuity. The case of a livery stable keeper and a poor paying patron indicates that fact, and as one is dead and the other in Eu- rope, the story may be told. The patron had run up a big bill on the liveryman and neglected to pay. % esicemt the To HENRY KOCH, your cterhs, attorncys, saliesrmaiem e United States of 4 It amounted to $938, wished, tled at any time. But he didn’t wish. He knew that his creditor would not sue, because such course, for various reasons, would be up wise. Appeals were in vain, threats were un- heeded, aud the creditor Was at his wits’ end. Finally he hitupona scheme. He bad his bookkeeper make out a bill for $930, and sent it to hisdebtor by messen- ger, with a request for immediate pay- ment of the whole amount. Then he sat down and waited. In less than twenty minutes the office door was thrown open and aman entered. It was the debtor, and he was mad clear through. ‘‘You swindling villain!’ he howled, shaking his fist under the livery- man’s nose. ‘‘What do you mean by sending me a bill for $930? 1 don’t owe you anything like that amount, and Vi not pay it. Vil have you understand that I’m too fly for you. Here’s $93, and you'll not get a cent more.”’ had he so the detor could have easily set- and Saying this he threw the money on the desk, and glared at the liveryman with hatred in his eye. No one answered him, however, and then be demanded a receipt. It was given him in silence, he left the office, banging the door after him, and then the liveryman chuckled. Then he laughed. Then heroared. His scheme was a success. meriea, acer .. and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, Whereas, it has been represented to us in our Circuft Court of the United States for the District ot the Third Circuit, :as lately exhibited its said Bill « against the that the said jersey, in .oWw Jersey, you, mpiained of, and said on the part of the ENOCH MORGAN'S »f Complaint in our said Circuit Court HENRY KOCH, Defendant, to be SONS COMPANY, of the relieved touching the matters therein that the District Complainant, United States for ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, f Complainant, is entitled to the exclusive use of the designation “SAPOLIO™ as a trade-mark for scouring soap. low, Cherefore, we do strictly command and perpetually enjoin you, the said HENRY KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, agents, salesmen and workmen, and all .ader the pains and penalties which may fall upon you and each of you bsolutely desist and refrain from in any manner unlawfully using the word cubstantially similar thereto soap not made or produced by or fc in sound or appearance, in connection with the ox the Complainant, and from directly or claiming or holding through or under you, in case of disobedience, that you do ‘SAPOLIO,” or any word or words manufacture or sale of any scouring indirectly, By word of mouth or otherwise, selling or delivering as “SAPOLIO,” or when “SAPOLIO” is asked for, that which is said and from not Complainant's manufacture, in any way false or misleading manner. Witness 1 nes 9 The honorable MEtvitte W. Futter, Chief United Sta*es of America, at the City of Jersey, this 16th day of December, in the eight hundred and ninety two, [szaL] [sIGNED} ROWLAND COX, Complainant's Solicitor using the word ““SAPOLIO” in any Justice of the Supreme Court of the Trenton, in said District of New year of our Lord, one thousand, Ss. D. OLIPHANT, Clerh THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. CURRENT CRITICISMS. Debs declares that he will never again unite with a strike organization. Well, his friends will be glad to receive even this slight evidence of his sanity. - &£ ¢ The Pullman Car Works have resumed operations. Perhaps the labor leaders may soon have sufficient evidence to convince them that the strike has ended. + @¢ ¢ They have “cost” sales in France, sometimes, but they do things differently over there from what is done in this country. When a merchant offers his goods at cost, a government inspector calls and verifies the figures placed on them, and then the dealer is compelled to sell at cost. = + # Santo Caserio has been sentenced to the guillotine. How much better it would have been for France and humanity if he had lost his head before he killed Carnot. * 8 # China and Japan are actually at war with each other. There are 450,000,000 of Chinese and not more than 40,000,000 Japanese, yet the struggle is not nearly so unequal as it looks. * * * It has been discovered that four of the relatives of Caserio, the assassin of Presi- dent Carnot, died in lunatic asylums. The Government of France will save Santo from a like terrible fate. = * Herr Johan Most declared the other day in New York that the different governments were trying to drive the socialists into the sea. That would be tough on the sea. + * * There is about as much affinity be- tween a socialist and water as there is between day and night, and about the hardest kind of punishment that can be given a socialist is to compel him to take a bath. — = = A good many people seem to be kick- ing against ‘‘machine politics.” Is that variety any worse than the hand made variety? Because if it is somebody ought to Kick. * * * One of the big hotels in this city had three bars for accommodation of the delegates to the Democratic State con- vention. It had just that number for the Republican State convention. Now, will someone kindly inform an anxious public how the Republicans figure out such a big majority over the ‘‘other fellows?’’ + = < The daily papers of this city are scrap- ping over the question as to which is the best newspaper. They should quit jawing and toss up for it. That is the only way to settle the question. * * * Now that the world’s fair is over, the buildings burned down, and the Pullman boycott ended, Chicago should take a good, long vacation from any sort of public disturbance of the peace. a Public Order and Private Patriotism. The entire burden of the protection of property and the maintenance of law and order in the United States rests on the militia. The small army of the United States, less than 20,000 strong, would be a mere handful if it had to contend with any widespread disorder, Of course, there is no other resource in such a case than to eall eut the militia. There is always an element of weak- ness in militia in the event that the citizen soldiers should sympathize with the disturbers of the peace. It was so in South Carolina in the late whisky war there, and it was so in California in the recent railway strike. But this is not the most serious weak- ness of militia. When a majority of the people of a State are opposed to the en- forcement of a law, itis to be expected that the militia will be in sympathy with their fellow-citizens, and in such case the law will have to go by the board. All power begins at the people, and when the people rebel against a law or regulation of any sort, that fact settles the matter. But there is a worse feature than this. It is found in the fact that the militia- men, being young men and for the most part employes of commercial and in- dustrial establishments, are apt to lose their employment and means of support when called into the military service. There is not nearly so much patriotism in the country as has been commonly supposed. Atleast it does not appear among the older man, although among the younger there is no lack of it. And this fact is cropping out all the time in connection with the use of the militia in the recent troubles in Chicago. Merchants and business men are reported to be turning off their em- ployes who are absent on militia duty. It is reported by the Chicago papers that many of the militiamen who have obeyed the call to turn out in support of the civil authorities, to assist in pro- tecting private property and in main- taining public order, have become suf- ferers through their patriotism and devotion to duty. In most instances the ones to suffer can least afford it. Asa general thing, they were comparatively small wage-earners, and many of them have families to support. Their pay stopped as soon as they quit work to go into the field. Futhermore, some of the employers added insult to injury by saying in their letters they could not afford to be incommoded through the employment of soldiers to look after their business; that they preferred men who are not subject to the military orders of the Governor and who can be relied upon when their services in the office, shop or store are needed. By far the greater number have received threaten- ing notes, which naturally make them feel uncomfortable. The information conveyed in these notes is to the effect that unless the receiver can find it con- venient to report for duty within a certain specified time, his place will be filled by another. This is a most serious position for any man who has a family to support to be placed in. Next time he will be sure not to join a volunteer company, and he will tell his experience to others in his circumstances, and they will not join volunteer companies. Such treat- ment of the men who answer the call of military duty is fearfully demoralizing. Suppose it should have the effect of breaking up all the volunteer companies and all the organized militia. In sucha case there would not be any embodied force to appeal to in an emergency. Of course, all able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 45 years are bound to do military service; butif they are not en- rolled, told off in companies, organized into ,, regiments and battalions, and, above all, if they are not armed and equipped and accustomed to some sort of discipline, militia are wholly unavailable for an emergency. It requires a long time to bring un- enrolled and unorganized militia into shape, and, if there are no organized volunteer companies, the entire country would be practically defenseless against foreign attack or internal disorder. In all probability the taxpayers of Chicago will have to foot upa big bill of dam- ages; but it might have been greater but for the presence of the militia. When the selfish, hard-hearted citizens shall succeed in disorganizing all the militia companies, they may have an opportunity to learn how much cheaper it will be to let their young clerks and other employes do military service than to have half their city laid in ashes and all its industries stopped. It is certain that no country can long subsist without patriotism on the part of its people. When citizens prefer their private interests to public order and public protection, they will soon come to realize that they have lost all that is worth having, whether public or private. Young men will not go out to fight for the property and rights of a lot of human hogs. FRANK STOWELL. —_+_-- +--+ <> The Wheat Market. Wheat has during the past week ex- erted itself in the markets, slowly, to be sure, but it advanced in the face of large receipts at the primary markets. Even at this slow option it will not be long ere it is at the price where it ought to be, up in the seventies. We cannot expect to see dollar wheat right off, as the price has been abnormally low for the past eight months. The signs now point for higher prices, notwithstanding the large visible supply at present, as there are many causes operating to bring the mar- ket where it belongs after the first rush of spring wheat is over, for there are al- ways some farmers who will sell for one reason or another, and, after that, re- ceipts will drop off and the trade will wonder how it was possible that the price was so low for so long a time. Michigan farmers are very conservative in moving their crop. The fact is there is not as much to move as in former years, consequently they are in no hurry. Corn has taken another step up and it looks as though, owing to the very un- favorable weather for this crop, much higher prices may beexpected. Oats are not as strong as they were but, owing to the short crop, will hold at present prices and prebably go higher in the near future. All the mills have all the or- ders for flour, etc., they can take care of for thirty days or ae Receipts here were 68 cars of wheat, 25 cars of corn, 4 ears of oats. a G. A. Vorat. Crystal Sorings Water & Fuel Go, Jobbers of COAL, COKE and WOOD, 65 Monroe 8St., vastly GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Correspondence solicited with outside dealers. PECK’'S Pay the best profit. HEADACHE POWDERS Order from your,jobber _16 OANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbls. Pails Standard, per lb.. ia 6 7 2 ONE 6 7 C ates 6 q Boston Cream ............ 8% Cre Tee ee 8% Bie H. ........ co MIXED CANDY. bls. Pails OO 5% 6% ee 5% 6% ee eee 8% TH Bee . 8 English Rock.. cbse ee tccees ce 8 ee ae 8 PO PIE isc esse ss .. baskets 8 Peanut Squares. ee 7% 8% French Creams...... Loe el ae 9 Wealwee Crcgree.. ...--.......... - 13 Midget, 30 Ib. baskets. ee Lite e eer 8 Fancy—In bulk Pails Lozenges, plain.. Pi eeecbecemidegetegeusae Oe printed.. Desde eres eee semeiscc sacs oe Chocolate Drops... a Chocolate Monumentals. oT a Gum Drops.. _— 4... ee Moss Drops.. Reece cise eee seetuceeesce ance ea Sour Drops... eee ace eae eee ee | ee 10 FANCY—In s lb. boxes. Per Box Lemon Drops...... oe Sour Drops . es ee, 50 Pepperzaint Drops eo oeeeuae beet coe Chocolate Drops...... eee eee H. M. Chocolate Drops... ed tep eye cce. en Gum Drops. be we tte cretee eee on 40 Licorice Deen. : ——. i 1 00 A. B. Licorice Drops.. ae 80 Lozenges, Wee. es ole mrinted..... ..... aa 65 Pperieis.................. sects cel oe Meee .70 rns FOR. co cs. 5 i e Molasses Bar. eee We veces Lote oe Hand Made Creams. ... ‘ ba | ose e a Plain Creams. . LW ened a eae s deuste ee aces 80 Lecorated Ce ny 90 String Rock. SS ey le 60 Burnt Almonds... Se 1 00 Wintergreen Ce ee CARAMELS. _ i, wrapped, -- boxes. beleacetcueccas am No. 1, Le pee ou ae 51 No. : 2, o 3 _ ie es cet e cee. 28 ORANGES Maney Seedlings, 9a........................ 6 00 Rodis, We ee, Lio. Oe eee LEMONS. ee 1 50 OTRO FO iw ooo ee cece ee otc, OO Rxice fancy a... ..... ia taney ooo... 5 00 BANANAS. ————— | 1 a Small bunches - 1 OOM! 50 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Figs, fancy layers, UN eee. cca cm eeeues @12% 201 - a) eee ceeeeuasee @125 * extra eo ee ee @i15 Dates, Pard, 10-10. bOm.................. @7 “ Ee ” Persian. S0-Ib. bOx........... @5 _ a NUTS. Almonds, oe ene @16 a @i5 . Califor. Bebe a meee ees e eens @ Brasils, new. beet eae eee eee @ 8 Filberts . ee @il Walnuts, Grenoble. uiceestcecuac+ Gace . a @10 s 7 lL a Tapie Nuts, Segee........-.--.-. -...._ @i2 choice..... eieetes cena @i1 Pacens. Toes H. ©... .-.......--.+.--».- @i% eae ewe ese cmeae Hickory Nuts per bu...................- Cocoanuts, full encKs............. ....- 4 00 PRA NUTS. Fancy, a, P. ,Suns.. ee @ 5% ‘© Roasted. Qi Fancy, H. P., Flags. @ 5% a Roasted. . @i7 Choice, H. Pe Extras. @ 4% sy Roasted. . @6 OILS. The Standard Of] Co. quotes as follows: BARRELS. eee 8% oe Ww. W. Mich. Headlight .......... 7 Oe eet dae ee eee a @ 6% Stove anion See e ew aaa cele laaa @ 7% oo SS Sha sen 27 @36 TERING 2... cece wesc erence ss eece~ nse 13 @2l Black, °3 Ce @ sg FROM TANK WAGON. Eocene.. lesadeedos q Zan W- W. “Mic h. Headlig Lee eee °.5 Pou LTRY. Local dealers pay as follows: LIVE. Turkeys, TGP cre ee, Se cee scene OO cece w nee n ees fended e cae 5 ee ; We POGUE ook ee ees cep eee ee Spring chic Ce eT . 90@ Spring ducks.........--.esceseeeeeee sees 7 3 DRAWN. "PUCROVE. 60 ioe i we twedes ees ens weer - Chickens. ... UNDRAWN. MGPROUE. 0... owen nsw pw wcee ae cnwe sees eee ee cece ed eee sees esen COCR HH 8408. eae oe © th > 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs# Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Three Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Four Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. Five Years—F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. President—Fred’k W. R. Perry, Detroit. fecretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Vreasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Coming Meetings—Houghton, Aug. 29 and 30; Lans- ng, Nov. 6 and 7. Michigaa State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President— A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor. Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit. Secretay—S. A. Thompson, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutica) Society President, Walter K.Schmidt; Sec’y, Ben. Schrouder THE CUTTER AND THE REMEDY. The druggist, dealing as he does in medicines and medical appliances, seems to be the natural channel for the distri- bution of proprietary remedies. The re- tail prices of these goods are fixed by the manufacturer, and the public have will- ingly paid the established prices without murmur orcomplaint. When we remem- ber that many of them are slow sellers, that they must be kept and are often dead stock on the dealer’s hands, the margin of profit they have afforded was none too much. Within recent years, however, the cutting of the prices of these preparations has been inaugurated, and that it has been an injury to the trade is beyond question, as druggists have been compelled to handle this class of goods without any margin of profit whatever. That there must be legitimate profit in all business will be readily admitted, for without it the business man could not live, pay his clerks, his taxes, and the obligations he owes to his family. When some of our inventors succeed in discov- ering a way by which we may dispense with the ‘‘butcher, the baker. and the candlestick-maker,” not to say other nec- essary craftsmen, we may hope to do bus- iness without profit and sustain life. Various plans have, from time to time, been proposed to prevent eutting ir prices of these so-called patent or pro- prietary medicines, but thus far without producing the desired results. To sug- gest a remedy now seems almost a hope- less task. The old adage that ‘‘Fools rush in where angels fear to tread,’? may find a parallel in the task 1 have under- taken in proposing a remedy for this evil of cutting. We are assured by our friends, the wholesale dealers, that even with a mar- gin of 10 per cent. profit which the re- bate system gives them on this class of goods, they are handling them at a loss: and we do not doubt their statements. If this be so when the sales run up into the tens of thousands of dollars and where a margin of 10 per cent. yields quite a large return, how much greater is the loss of the retailer whose sales are but small and who is compelled, through this cutting of prices, to sell at actual cost? You may ask: Why does he handle the goods? Simply because he is compelled todo so. People come to his store for them, and when there possibly purchase something else. If he does not keep them, they will not come to his place at all, and the trade he may have in other lines of legitimate pharmacy will be lost tohim. Hence he keeps them, not from choice, but from necessity. That the many plans proposed to over- come this evil have not been successful, is due to several causes, not the least of which is the indifference of some of the manufacturers, if not their quiet encour- agement of the cutters, for, no matter at what price the goods are retailed, they get their full prices for them. Then, too, we have some of the jobbing trade who are only too glad, despite all efforts to the contrary, to supply the cutter in the hope of securing his general trade and thereby making some profit out of him. That many of these preparations are worthless, not to say harmful, is unques- tioned; and that by skillfully worded ad- vertising they lead to Many imaginary diseases and injurious dosing of the sys- tem, is an indisputable fact. There is no doubt the general health of the pub- lic would be improved were there a dis- use of these patent nostrums, many of which are compounded by persons who have no medical or pharmaceutical knowl- edge, and a return to the old practice of consulting an intelligent physician and following his advice. Instead of making our stores the re- positories for the thousand and one nos- trums of which we know absolutely noth- ing, the abolition of them would relieve us of much unemployed capital, bring back pharmacy to its legitimate channel, and be a positive benefit to the pharma- cist, the physician, and the public. It is my purpose to present two propo- sitions for the cure of this cut-rate evil; and whether you agree with me or not, if I but set you to thinking, and event- ually to acting, I shall have accomplished something and the preparation of this paper will not have been in vain. First: We should endeavor by national legislation to so amend our trade-mark law as to give no proprietorship in med- icines or medical preparations. I be- lieve this is the case in France. When this is done we will not have any one adopt fanciful names for old and well- recognized preparations, and endeavor to prevent their manufacture by others. Nor will we have two or three well known chemicals combined, and foisted on the public at a price twenty times their actual cost. A patent covers a period of fourteen years, but a trade- mark, like T2nnyson’s brook, goes on forever. My second proposition is, to secure, by State legislation, the enactment of a law making it an offense, punishable with fine or imprisonment, or both, for any person to sell or offer for sale any so- called patent or proprietary remedy the sworn formula of which is not registered with the Secretary of the State Board of Pharmacy, which shall be open to in- spection, unless such preparations, un- der certain restrictions, are prepared by a citizen registered under the State Phar- macy Law. When we have legislation such as is here indicated, may we hope to place pharmacy where it properly be- longs, and we shall have the dawning of a new era for the pharmacist and a ben- efit to the publie which they will learn to appreciate more and more as the years roll round. J. H. REDSECKER. _ >< How to Keep an Index, The astonishing demand in the drug business for articles not mentioned in Pharmacopeia or text-book, whose only claim or merit, so far as known, is the advertisement, leaves the pharmacist to recall the wonderful compound a quack had made from butternut bark, of which he said: ‘“The bark from the tree seraped down is a physic, scraped up an emetic, but mixed just right is a powerful good medicine.’’ To attempt to keep in mind all the synthetical scrapings of the day is a ter rible tax on one’s memory, and leads me to inquire what is the best way to keep an index. I suggest the following: When reading our journals or papers, any article we may wish to consider mark it with a blue pencil; if it is thought best to use it for reference, mark it with a red pencil; then make a card catalogue, stating on card the particular point of interest; this should be filed in an envelope, under a letter or substance as its importance may indicate. This routine takes but little time, is a “memory peg,”’ and if carefully followed will keep one in touch with the topies of the day. J. H. MANNING. OO A Valid Excuse. Employer—Late again, John. you manage to get here on time? Employe—I can’t sleep nights, sir, and am apt to be late in the morning. Employer—H’m! Sleeplessness. Why don’t you consult a doctor and find out the cause? Employe—I know the cause, sir; it is six weeks old. Employer—Oh! ——.j97rr--—ar Edward W. Bok thinks that from the very start boys should be put into the particular line of business for which they have the most talent. 303+ ____ Nine persons out of ten are better than we give them credit for. B:)- aon HEADS NO CURE, NO MUSTACHE, NO PAY. NO PAY. DANDRUFF CURED. i will take Contracts to grow hair on the head ot face with those who ean call at my office or at the office of my agents, provided the head is not glossy, or the pores of the scalp not closed. Where the head is shiny or the pores closed, there is no cure. Call and be examined free of charge. If you cannot call, write to me. State tho exact condition of the scalp and your occu: ostion i PROF. G. BIRKHOLZ, Ke~m 1951 Mascaic Temple. Cuicaas Can’t The Leading Nickle Cigar Made inthis Market. The Only Brand in the State (outside of Detroit) Made by Improved Machinery. This Cigar is made with Long Mixed Filler, Single Connecticut Binder and Sumatra Wrapper. Sold at $35 per 1,000 By the Manufacturer, 347 South Division St. G. J, Johnson, **’sreng Rapies, Telephone 1205. Seely’s Flavoring Extracts Every dealer should sell them. Extra Fine quality. Lemon, Vanilla, Assorted Flavors. Yearly sales increased by their use. Send trial order. ' Seely's Lemon, (Wrapped) Dos. Gro. loz. $ 90 10 20 2o0z. 1 20 12 60 4ozrn, 200 22 80 60z. 300 33 00 ' ’ Seely’s Vanilla (Wrapped) Dos. Gro. 1oz.$1 50 16 20 2o0z. 200 21 60 40z. ° 75 40 80 60z. 540 57 60 Plain N.S. with corkscrew at same price if preferred. Correspondence Solicited SEELY MFG. CO., Detroit, Mich, Use Tradesman Coupon Books. EVERY DRUGGIST ERDESMBRN ENS ~ Ttills’ Pill Case. Knows how inconvenient it is to keep his pills in drawers or cigar boxes, necessita- ting the handling of the entire lot to find the kind wanted at each sale, and also when ordering new stock. sale of themselves. Being out of sight of customers they never suggest a The Mills Pill Case does away with all the above objections, and offers many new attractive features to the trade. Has 24 and 40 separate compartments Easily filled. Protected from dust and pilferers. Always in sight. Glass front and rear. Increases sales. , holding from 44 to 1 dozen boxes each. Can be placed on show case, counter or shelf. You can see at a glance how stock is. Costs no more than ordinary drawers. You draw a box out of the opening at rear bottom, when sold, and the next drops into same place. Its a very useful and ornamental addition to any drug store. Finely finished, complete, larly at following prices: and securely packed for shipment and made regu- No. 1, 40 Compartments, Natural or Antique Oak.................. Ne ee i 2 a . No. 2, 40 No. interiors. Imitation Cherry, Walnut, Mahogany or Ebony...) |” . ‘4, 24 i i ey ' i ' as eae . oo Made special on orders, in all popular woods, finishes and sizes, to match store L. M. MILLS, Inventor and Manufacturer, Grand Rapids, Mich, Pa aOR eta THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 boiled.. .. 59 62 Mixture...... @ 20 | Linseed, Mo -— Toe @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter rent. Pee Y —. ants Fost, wint oo «“ Wholesale Price Cur mo os onge ap | OPM @ 80) rained on Tne 6570 ele Moschus Canton...... GS #| Snuff, Maccaboy, De @ % i ae a Myristica, No 1 . Cm we vom... a PAI a lined— 10 Snuf Scotch, De. oo oe it by Re a, Advanced— Dec Nux Vomica, (po 20). wh is a Boras, (po.i1). . 10@ 11 Oenra, yellow na a 2 00 TINCTURES. Os. - eee Sods et Potass Tart... 24@ 25 F Ree) 1% 2@3 AcrDUM, Copebes....... oe 50@1 60 i “ Pe — aa OlssdaCah “1%@ 2 Putt um . 2% 2%@3 (Py Aeitionm ...... ...... 8@ 10 et 50@1 60 | Aconitum Napellis R....... 60 Plels igs 8.6, a oa ie ret erctal....234 24@3 ceusioum German.. G0) 76 | oo aete oe... ld @2 00 ae @ 2| Vermilion Prime ‘Amer. z Baaete Geneon, omee @ 7 60 Picts Liq., quarts ee @1 00 | So an el 13@ 8 Ars Cerpoleum .......... 20@ 30 Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 0@ 7% ate @ & Spts. ee Ge oe Verusiine. English .. 65@T SN vices. _ —_ 1 25@1 40 0| Pil etinde: (po. 80).. @ 5o| * oe ] _ a G3 00| Green, Peninsclar....” 7075 oO PsGroenibe .... 2.1... 3@ Pe 50@2 00 60 | Piper Nigra, (po. 22). @ 1 vin “Reet. oni, ae 8 aes r BarOCe oo 10@ ‘oe 1 Levendals ............ 90@2 00 i TT Nie 60 et Alba, (po g5).. @ . ee si@2 41|_“ white. a bi Graton 0@ ee 1 40@1 = a oe 50 | Pilx Burgun........... @ sis a ca ze oo Whiting, white Span. 70 \ Phosphorium dil...... : Mentha Piper.......... 2 85@3 Sanguinaria covcceess OO | Pinmaht Acat ....._.. 14@ 15 es: Cr 1 40@1 45 | Whiting, Gilders’...._: @ ia nal Seoveoum ..........- 1 25@1 60 Mentha Verid......... 2 D0? 20 EM 50 | Pulvis Ipecac et opil..1 10@1 20 chn . b stal..... 24 3. | White, ‘aris American 1 Sulphuricum....... 1¥@ 5 Morrhuae, gal......... 1 30@1 40 Poreereron. 75 Fyrethrum, boxes HW aiphr, . oe. or + Whiting, Paris Eng. by Tannicum............. A me Myrcia, ounce......... @. = COMO 50 i Co., doa... @1 25 eucueil - Rae ” g@ 10|_ cliff... poses ios 73 TartariGum........... Gnee aoa on a CWCMIINE i Pyretiram, De 20@ 30 aoa Weudos oT 8O 30 Swine Villa Bropared AMMONIA, —) Liquida, (ga . 201 28 rr Ce ; Sie ea sucenene Theobromae .......... 45 48 « aa Pp “1 00@1 20 ‘vy Aqua, 16 deg.......... = tine eg aitnia, 8 German. 2D 3st Yan gcc Ong VARNISHES ee ew ss. 12@ 14 Rosae, ounce. ........ 6 50@8 45 Cinchona . sete ates noe 50 Rubia Tinctorum.. 12@ i No. 1 Turp Coach... ly 10@1 20 Ay o Cormomes ............. ; Sh eee 40@ Co ee Saccharum Lactis pv. 12@ 14 pore conti a an 0 Ce occ ae 12@ ere — Pe Hel aa 50 ase 2 10@2 25 etl Genk Be i. 89 00 \ ANILINE. ee z fo 55 Conium .. eet 50 Sanguis Draconis..... 50 i oe 70| Nod Ten nag oe 1 00@1 10 <--> 2 00@2 25 | Sassafras. 65 | Cubeba. .. cic) ee 12@ 14 | Whale, winter.. SO 85] Eutra Turk Damar..._1 55@1 60 - Black a Ooi OD Sinapte, ess, ounce. Soo Digitalis i 60 so se aaa a ee 108 12 Lard, extra in 1 $6 Tapen oa i ioc a TT Sees ER a ee " €..... 2... “@ Bitaane i... on ay ~ 75 Red... ...0....2. 20-00 = = Thyme Soot ces teens 0@ 80 no Rh Seeds eea ct. 50 @ Linseed, pureraw.... 56 59 re... 70@7 ~ Zee 2 50@3 ee @i 60 a EE a 80 BACCAE, ‘Lheobromas........... “= Guaies ......... = a — POTASSIUM. “ammo ~ oe one cet eres 7S 10 Bi Carb.. -.-«. 16@) IS) Zinetber ..... = oe ia we ae 4 { 4 Xanthoxylum... .... %@ 30 Bromide! 130 = on Fan { BAlcamum. — aaa 19@ 15] a. = Ls Cometbe ly 45@_ 50] Chlorate (po 23@25).. 24@ = Kino eal 50 ae ~ ” —.. ~ 25 Cyanide idee hee om es ose 9 903 00 Lobelia a 50 ee ‘Sasuiios. Canada .... 4 = See eee ae : Sion 50 we ee ie Potassa, Bitart, com. - @ 35 Nux Vomica. 80 : i CORTEX. otass ras, opt..... 8 gooey 50 d rl h i Abicg, Canadian............ " Potass Nitras ee an 2 : Gam porated... “an Grand Rapi S, 1c i vig an. 18] Sulphate pow... ... 15@ 18] aurantiCortex............. 50 i Euonymus atropurp........ = RADIX. mania = 2 +s] ee te. Si. 50 r Quillafa, gede-sccccccccc. 0 __ aaeeiaaeiats HBB | Canta Meat 2 7 ° Sassafras id ae eee. can dee 12 n Tea @ 2 RAEN 50 ee ee cc | ieee i my EBXTBACTUM. Gentiana (po. Ne 16@ is a hiza Glabra... 24@ 2 | Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)... Vale 50 ’ Giyeyxrhise Glabra. .. 33@ 35|Hydrastis Canaden, @ 30| Veratrum Veride........ 2.1. 50 H A RRY S ~~ Haematox . es ise | malchors, Ais: po.... a = MISCELLANEOUS. , “s oa 14@ 15 Inula, ee ee etter ee 1 BOR) 8 ther, Spts Mit, 3F.. 2@ 80 a . 6G 17] Ipeené, "po: Gags 60 iF: | FERRU val plo - . 49@ 45] Alumen............... Mos” @ 15|Maranie. igs... 272. 335. eu oy ee i ae ae eee, MB... -.-... ait Citrate and Quinia.... = o Podophyilum, po...... te = one ena eee 55@ 60 Citrate Soluble........ - Rhei a @I 75 | Antimont, po... 4@ 5 Ferrocyanidum Sol.... s 15] a, CUb.ee ee eee ees oni = et Potass T. 55Q@ 60 Solut Chloride........ @ 2 , - Loc Se wee ee aie @1 40 SSS “© las os @.. 6 9] Antionts.. @ 2 “ae a a ae Argent! Nitras, ounce @ 48 FLORA. ae Arsentoum 52 2 2 ae BE eck nce es 18@ = Similax, Officinalis. ae 2 = a. Nn a 1 60@1 70 ? themis ............. : 13 cium Chlor, is, (48 Motricaria 772222. 9D 6 | Scillae, (po. mm OTe a @ 11 - - Fovwa. Syme ~ pus, iu @ 351 Ca ntharides Russian, @1 00 : OO earaekara iene da ee a Valeriane, Eng. (po. - @ po map) & cone Acutifol, Tin- 28 German. . i » Capsici Pryetus, af... @ 3 nivelly ....-. .-..--- iene ee Lu us ‘ — “iene. 18@ 20 “ “ po. @ *» i ee 25 exMEN. aoe? 2 Is manufactured from Roots and Herbs f ..... 8@ 10] Anisum, (po. 20).. : = Cera Alba, S.&F..... 50@ 55 a’ lities. which qt) @UMMI. — (graveleons) .. 4@ 6 —_ Pee ar = of well-known mec icinal « jua ’ Te ee ee OO ee. ' Acacia, 1st picked. > Carui, bs (oo. 18)......... ap 38 Cassia Fructus... eo: are carefully selected for the purpose. * * * ae = oe 12@ 14 | Centr ese @ 40 fie as a r “gifted sorta. 3) | Cannabis Sativa....... 2 Chloroform reins 00d 88 It will be found highly beneficial as : - we... TO et ees Berd, (po. 60)... 50@ 60) Chenopodium |... 10@ 12 al H a nS "1 25@1 50 eae AI Cape, (po. 2)... @ 5 | Dipterix Odorate...:./2 40@2 60 pow ho papas 2 Blood Puri ier Socotri, (po. 60). @ Foeniculum........... ey * Cinchonidine, FP. & W 15@ 20 ia Catecha, 1s, (C48, 14 a8, Foenugreek, po....... 8@ erman 8%@ 12 oe @ 1 Meaeg cies oa and as a 16). es 55@ 60 —_ ‘era. (obi. 8K) 340 4 —— list, dis. per s é ‘ Ammoniae ............ i 45 Di, gra. . Te aot Gems ............... . viay mie. (po. 85).. 40@ —-.. 0 ine al ® % | St | t Benroinain ete : ito S ee e-:- oo ; Creta, ODL. A: 2 2 enera Imu an . if 5 OTSB.....--. a ———ea wen.......... . So s Ver. ieee oe $5, 10 | sinapis Albu..2..7.7. 1@ 8 — . 9@ i for the system. It is a delicious bever { Galbanum...... : 22 5 a... .... 11@ 12 “ : SS Clauss . @ 8 a im ] nee al in al- io Gamboge, pe.......... = = SPIRITUS. Creea .- 35@ 40 age and can be dran reely ar g 44 Hino, (p0"1'5)- ‘ @1 75 | Framenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50| Gudbear. | |. i 24 one ane | a 15) .. 80 ae &..... ; Sor = —— eee ieee 108 . most unlimited quantities. En : a +7 Seer i Sn aoe ‘ 5 ris Co. 0. T....1 65@2 00 ae... 0@ i nee 3 in — wee 2 Funtpera =. 1 7303 . Emery, ait numbers... 2 : i ID nos on onc ces o>ss . 1 ee “> i” tiesched..... oS as, a 1 75@6 50 Ergota 2 ea 70@ 7 | Tragacanth ........... 40@ aa 1 25@2 00 ta as) a 12@ 15 i ane-Tneumespesiege. te eee ioe @ B ” ?) Es. 25 we Creer... 8, 7@ ‘. i | TRRAOTIM «wo 5 oe ecco e oa = 4 oe Gelatin, Cooper....... wf 69 ~—" Mee ig sek 2 earring. ne 2 50@8 15 aise EE Aint, by box a YS RR eels tee shan! ont eA meme lue, See ccaace ie 30 | Velvet oxtra sheep’ a wae........... 13Q 2 10 Cent Bottle Makes 5 Gallons. Tanacetum, V..........-....- wool carriage....... Glycerina ............. 14@ 20 4 / Thymus, V........-....+.-+- 25 wees yellow sheeps’ 85 Grana Paradisi........ @ = . Carriage ............. Bemee........ OQ peas — 55@ 60 | Grass sheeps’ wool car- 65 Hydraag Cnler a. $ = » «Mego manga li wy bn Ae Carbonate, Pat........ 2@ OT er = 9 Ox Sor es Carbonate, K. & M.... 36 | Yellow Reef, for slate “ _Ammoniati.. @ 95 Carbonate, Jennings... =o Ee 1 40 rT) Unguentum 5@ 55 OLEUM. — SYRUPS Hydrargyrum...... Absinthium. .... 2 A 50 Ichthyobolla, Am 1 25@1 50 = i eet SOT TAGh ei oak 75@1 00 eee ee sete 60 | fodine, Resubi.... |... 3 80@3 90 81@1 90 Ipecac... secersrenveeneessees * +» gg gaat o4 70 S0@2 00 | Ferri Iod................... Oring... ....... @2 2 00@3 20} Auranti — 50 | L copodium OC 200@ "5 60@ 65 | Rhei Aro Thicinaiia’ LE aaa Oe 0@ 75 » . Ee = ae Otic Co .... 50| Liquor Arsen et Hy- @ x AXKLY i Oe as dpe cess ms Ni arictiereercrs 2 Liener Potans ati 10@ 12 e t i miss srercvesteeeenne: —z suph CR OOOTE ies senses uns leis ata ue = — _— 240 4 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Conium Mac.......... ee situa ae 60@ 68 nee TE 80@ 90| Prunusogirg.............. . annia, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERY FHICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. They are prepared just before It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the AXLE GREASE, doz gross Aurora ' 55 6 00 aae......... @ 7 00 sO 5 50. ——..........., 9 00 eee 8 eee 65 7 50 Paragon 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. — es iD, cals oz ae “5 ON eg 1 60 ee 10 dor case “ b cans 6 oz case...... ' ‘> 4 doz ee i > -_ or -2@ ca * iC” lt 9 00 Cream Flake. i Seas“ Saet «Cc.---- 45 ca tom * -.-.-. 60 ca.””:6hUCe hl. 80 (a * to ee Ce ClO ae 2 00 > “ ide a Red Star, 4 e cans = “ +> aa Telfer’s, “ ~ cans, dos. = “ 1 ol 50 Our Leader, ns .b cans 45 > coms.....- io toa ~~. t= BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. - ee... a ie ) ——S eS i. 2 Dowmretic........ 70 BLUING. Gross Arctic, 4 - ovals. 3 60 eee ee 6 75 . ints, round .. 9 60 . Ko. 2, sifting box... 275 “ No. 3, 40 se No. 5, oa g 00 * jenbell . 450 Mexican Liquid, ‘4 oz. 3 60 8 0) 6 80 BROOMS, ae .....--.— i i 2 00 No. 2 Carpet 2 2 ee 2 530 Paes... 2% Common Whisk 80 Fan ' — 1 00 Warchouse. —. 2% BRUSHES. Sieve, Me. i.....---......-. 1 2 eT eae ea te co 1% Rice Root Scrub,2 row...- 86 Rice Root Scrub, 3 row 1 25 Palmetto, goose............ 150 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 ib. pee. i Star, 40 Loe oe Paraffine ..... 10 Wee .....- 2 CASNED GOODS. Fish. Clams. Little Neck, 1 Ib.. 1 20 ........ 1 90 Ch var Chowder. Standard, 3lb...... 2 25 Co ve Oysters. Standard, og 2 1% ion ‘Star, 2 i ae a a oo. ..-...... 8 50 Ptentc, + Ib. .2 90 Se 2 90 go rte... 110 % Scie tona ee ae en Se... oo 2 2 Tomato oe. om... 2 25 as .......... . 2.2 iene Columbia River, fiat Le 1 80 e......., 1 65 Alaska, hs aS 123 I ok occ nce 1 10 Kinney’s, flate.. 1 % Gestion. American = eee cea 4%@ 5 \ -64O 7 Imported 68 bebe ie cee cs. @ See ee 15@1i6 Mustard “a . 6B Boneless . ‘ 21 Trout. Brook 2, ib .... .2 50 Fruits. Appies. Sm oeeers......... 1 20 York State, gallons... 400 Hamburgh, Apricots. core ee 5. 1 40 oct aidliglacs tte 1 40 ea 1 50 ———...... ... 10 Blackberries F. ae 90 Cherries ae eres ceeds 10Q1 25 Pitted Hamburgh = ....... 150 wt 12% Damsons, Egg Plums and Green ce eae ee 1 20 Ae ss 1 40 yseberries ee 13 Peaches ee 1 10 a... ..... 1 50 eee... ......... 150 Caloreis............. Mi ee) C§ a i Sn Pears, Domestic. eee e 13 ree. 1% Pineapples, ae 1 00@1 30 Johnson's — i .. 2 50 . ee... 2% Booth’s oe @2 5) , grated.. : @2 7% Quinces. ee ........ .. 1 10 Raspberries oe, 110 Black Hamburg....... 14 Erie. black 13 Strawberries. Lawrence ..... 123 Hamburgh i= ae... 1 20 nn ee ee 1 05 ee Blueberries ........ 85 Me Corned beef Libby’ nS 210 Roast beef Armour’s....... 1 80 Potted ham, — | Seder cea 70 tongue, i A chicken, is .. 95 Vegetables. Beans. Hamburgh stringless... fsa style. Lewis Boston Baked.... Bay State Baked........ World’s Fair Baked.... Paececeenee............ Corn. Hamburgh .... Livingston Eden . Purity Honey PE es ceca ena / a n Peas. Hamburgh marrofat early June Champion Eng.. 1 = pew....... 7 ancy sifted.. ae |... oe on oe ok — sees Harris standard.......... VanCamp’s marrofat.... aon ae oe -19@21 a a i. us wee ' early June.. Archer’s Early lossom... Pe Mushrooms. oo Pumpkin, PO ose ee Squash. Co Succotash. re. Soaked . TT Honey = a Tomatoes. a... Excelsior — ee es Ee eee... CHOCOLATE. Baker's. coment eee ke Breakfast Cocoa......... CHEESE, ce a PR as vensae ree... ns... Riverside Ce: NN en os MN 6 owe e cece oc ct Ee ee Limburger NE eee ee sceeuec eng nefort Schweltzer, imported . domestic CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. oad pint, 25 bottles bee ee : 5 Guart 1 doz bottles _.....8 50 Triumph Brand. Halt pint, per dos.......... 1 35 Pint, 25 bottles. . ee Quart, oor Oe. 3 75 CLOTHES PINS. Serves beres............ 40@45 COCOA SHELLS, i oe... @3 Less quantity ee @3% Pound packages........ 6%@Q7 COFFEE, Green. Rio. Pair... 1 Good.. es ee... eel 21 eee 21 Perey... ow. 23 Santos. ae. 19 ee... 20 i eet ee es 22 oes... 23 Mexican and Guatamala. a... 21 ee... ‘a ee ........-.. se , 24 Maracaibo. se oe... ............. 24 Java. a. ...... Mandehling .... Mocha. ae... tg... eee... 28 Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXX Bunola -. 22 80 22 30 Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case.... 22 Extract. ae City % TOSS... Hummel's _ BTOBS...... CHICORY —. 2. — |... CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 ft . per dos. “ 50 ft ae “ ot 60 fit a ‘i “ ad 73 ft a as “ 80 ft “ Tate 60 ft... ” 72 tt ” 7 CONDENSED MILK, 4"dox. in case. N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s —— Gail Borden Eagle.... aoe 3 ee. LL 5 7 Cheaplon ane oe eee 4 50 oe 423 ee iL, 3 35 Ne “ Go) Peerless evaporated cream. 5 7 CREDIT CHEC KS. 500, any one denom’n..... oon’ “ “ oe “s “ “c COUPON a. Tradesman. $ 1 books, per hundred.... 2 00 8 2 “ oe oe ce 2 50 g 3 oe “ “ a 2 00 g 5 ts “ iy ne 3 00 #10 a7 “ it) 4 OO $20 " a oo “Sn or. ” #1 books, per —- - 250 $2 -so #3 . " . -- 850 85 ° ' . -. 40 $10 i . . .. 60 #20 “ “ “ A 6 00 Universal.”’ $ 1 books, per hundred... 83 00 82 ™ . ses ae $3 . _ a 85 ' _ oo — _ -. 600 #20 te “ 7 00 Above prices on coupon ‘books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or over.. ac o one 1000 “ “ = ia] COUPON PASS BOOKS, ene be made to represent any enomination from $10 down. | = books beer aces ae $100 Ce ee eo 2 00 100 Mee eae ee 3 00 Se 6 2 a 10 00 — - 17 50 CRACKERS. Butter. oni k oo e cree 5 a ZXxX, cartoon..... 5% ee 5 Famil a cartoon...... 5% lo a 5 Salted S35, Cartoon....... 5% — Oe TH eis ese 7 Butter I heehee tes 6 Soda. pene eee.......... 5% rn 6 — oo eee eee 108 oe ee Long Island Wafers........ 11 ster. oer Bae... 5% my opeeer. BA K.......,..0. 5% Varina Oyster.............. CREAM TARTAR. eee Peee......... 2... Telfer’s Absolute ces eee 30 NI ei scce cys 15@25 FLY PAPER. Thum’s Tanglefoot. re Oe... 3 60 Bive case iot...............3 on oe te...............8 8 box Less than one case, 40c per ED FRUITS. Domestic, Apples Sundried, sliced . bbls. uartered Evaporated, rat ss boxes 12 12% ts. Pp California in bags.. ... Evaporated in boxes. Blackberries. i Oe... Nectarines. wee, eee... ............ oe. DOE... eo... Peaches. Peeled, in boxes........ Cal.evap. ‘ se “ eee 4... «.. ..-, oe * Loose mcamiogss2 in a Bags. 2 crown... 3-8 COCO r sor evorecses woe Foreign. Currants. Patras, in barrels......... 2 ia — i.......... 214 sa in less quantity 24q cleaned, buik...... ss tea 4% Citron, Leghorn, => boxes 13 Lemon 8 Orange Y = . ' 10 Raisins. Ondura, 29 1b. boxes.. 5@7 Sultana, 20 - 1% @8 Valencia, 30 ‘ : Prunes. California, ee ee, 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. 64 " 80x90 : " 70x80 “ ih “ 60x70 oe I ic bade e cutee ‘8 eee 5 ENVELOPES, XX rag, white a OE steel, 81 75 We Oe... 1 60 te... ... 1 65 oa... 1 50 XX wood, white. ete... 1% oS 64 .................. 1% Manilla, ‘white. ce 1 06 athens cause 95 Coin EE FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. 900 th. Reee............. 3% Hominy DARE. csccccccccescccenes 3 00 NT s 3% Lima Beans ie. ........ 4... Maccaroni _ Vermicelli, Domestic, 12 lb. box. oeeceee....-........ -.10%@11 Oatmeal. i, 5 65 at Serres e............ 2 9 Pearl my ES ee can ene 2 60 Peas. ae 135 a Serre... 3 Rolled Oats. perce te... ........ @5 on Half bbis 90......... @2 75 Sago. IID ooo ce cetnwcee sn. 4% ee ee. 5 Wheat. Cee 3% FISH--Salt. Bloaters, eee... Cod. Qo SS Whole, Grand Bank..... A Boneless, ree... Los. Boneless. aie. Co ak, on tien Halibut, OS ES 10@12 Herring. Holland, white hoops keg 65 “ “ “ce bbl 9 50 ge Round, ~ bbl 100 Ibs.. 2 50 * 40 1 30 Scaled alee eee ies cues 19 a. Sar Deetien, Meee... 55 Trout. 1, % bbls., —" ee 47 No 1% per, © ite.......... 22 No. 1, kits, iol Sn 63 No L$ Me......... ae 53 Whitefish. No.1 family % bbls, > Ibs beac 635 B te 2 89 = 1 I. kits boca a. 78 a. | 65 35 MATCHES, Globe Match Co.’s Brands. Columbia Parlor. .......... : = poe ee Diamond Match Co.’s ieee ae eee... 1 65 er Wes. sl... 170 a EE Ne 1 10 Pees BNNEEE. kis 400 FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Souders’, Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. Regular Grade Lemon. doz 20 —-— 2 402 te Regular Vanilla. doz 2coe.....01 » f.....88 XX Grade Lemon. ee $1 50 aoe. .... 3 00 XX Grade Vanilla. noe... 81 75 i: oe. ...- 3 50 Jennings. Lemon. — 202 regular mae. %5 40% --1 50 i 00 6 oz . --2 00 3 00 a oS tape ........ 1 35 00 Bo. 4 taper........ 1 50 2 50 Northrop’s Lemon, ee 2 0z oval taper 75 10 oz 1 20 i 5 2 oz regular ‘‘ 8 1 20 4 “ “ { 60 2 25 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. a oo 3 25 oe eee... 1 90 Carer Regs............... 110 TT GORE... coccccusss oo. 30 i) oee................. 18 Choke eT —_ ee eeu --4 2 Peer Ses..............; -.2 0 Quarter _— Se nears as 1 1 1b cans. Loa _ = wae aiid tata, eet eee oe eet 8 Half MO cc. 8a, 5% Ceeeeer See. ...... ......, 3 00 CS 60 HERBS, MO ees es 15 cee secs cae 1 INDIGO. Madras, 5 lb. boxes....... 55 8. F., 2, 3 and 5 Ib. boxes.. 50 JELLY. 17 Ib. _Pails peeek cca. @ 87 SLL ll @ 53 eee @ # LICORICE. LL 3 MON 555.5. 25 CI. ice vee ses 12 MN ee 13 LYE, Condensed, : ees..... 1 20 6 Gpe...... : 25 ‘MINCE-MEAT. Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. 2 4 Pie preparation, 3 doz. in case MEASURES. Tin, per dozen. eo -. =. 76 H@f galion.. 7. — ines ones 70 ee todas 45 Halt a 40 en, for ‘vinegar, per doz. 1 Wall on. 7 00 Half gallon | base bees cue 4% ee ae 3 75 me sg ee —. = MOLASSES, Blackstrap. - Caer eee... 14 Cuba Baking. ees 16 Porto —_ Pee 20 eee. i 30 New Orleans. eee... 18 Meets ull, teens 22 meee «OE... ee 27 tea 32 WO eee es ee 4 half barrels 3c.extra + ~ a. Ns THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count.. @4 00 Half bbls, ~ count. @2 50 Barrels, 2,400 count: 5 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 00 oe Clay, ee ee 7 7. o full Couns........ 7 ee ee Oe Ls. 1 20 POTASH, 48 cans in case. ere... 4 00 Penna Salt Co.8.......... 3 00 RICE, ee Carolina —_-- ee ee 5% ’ Ne 2 i 5 eee... |. 4 Imported. I is ee el, 5% - ee ce co, 5 oeee oo, a —s............ 4% Whole CES. TR lcci cues 9% Cassia, China in mats...... 8 c Batavia in bund....1 Nutmegs et... 14... 15 No. 1 . aa black.. $0 Pe r, Singapore, blac: -" ss , white... = Pare Cones in Bulk. ee 15 Cassia, Batavia Dae de aaa ore 18 and Saigon.25 Y Male... .....-.., 35 Cloves, Amboyna........... 22 ee. 5 oa. 18 Ginger, pe oe 16 eT 20 : aa. as oe eee Valivs.....-.....-...- 65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .22 Weteate 5 Pe No. 2 paar ae Pepper, Sin a re, blac PR -_ white. .... 24 ’ Capone. .......... 20 se “Absolute” in Packages, 4s yh —— eee ces oouaes 1 55 eee 84 1 55 Cloves. . ua. of too Ginger, Jamaica ..... 84 155 ’ areoes........ 4 155 ieee _......-..-... 84 155 i cue of toe peee...... SAL SODA. Granulated, —.........- 134 WSlb cases...... 1% Tigo, Wee ................ 1 15 " ee wees... ..... 1% SEEDS, Ate @15 Canary, Smyrna....... 4 I ao cos ios 8 Cardamon, Malabar.. 90 Hemp Russian ' 4 Mixed Bird........... 5@6 Mustard, white ...... 10 ee 9 oT 5 Cuttle .. 30 ARCH, "Con. oie Geres.......... 5% oo * 5% = seeeyer-- oe 5 e Ib a 5% 40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 3% i eee cane 8% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders. ........37 Maccaboy, in jara..........-. 35 french Lppee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, Koes. huaiieh 4% e nahn gs, g SAS. ee Crystal. Cases, 243 Ib. boxes...... 8 1 60 Genreles 3320 lbs.. . oo - 115 2% Ib bags. - £0 ne 605 o.oo _ 30 10 Ib . eee Butter, 56 oe pean. ......- 65 “50141 ieee ..... 3 50 “ 00> bow ........ 2 ee 22 Worcester. ~~ Ib sacks Poe eee ae 8460 een: |. 3% 30 ob Oe oe oa a wie 3 50 oie C4... ye. 3 30 et ee, 2 60 ee 32% Melidsn sene........... 60 Common Grades. = sacks bo eeee crus ped $2 10 38 io 1b. ee... cs... 1 8 Wersaw 56 lb, dairy in drill bags. a ib. “* . oe Ashton. 56 lb. dairy = linen sacks.. 75 iggins. 56 Jb, dairy in Tren sacks. 75 Soiar Rock. 56 ly. sacks Common Fine. RTO oe rca ca caecee Manistee ......... Ss SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs. in box. eo 3 30 Dee ee cess. c ese 3 15 ween... ||. ee Taylor’s a ae poe a loz. F. M. +. 90 doz. $10 20 gro 2° 2.6 12 60 “ F. a” wine aq “ Vanilla. ion. F. w. 1 50 doz. 16 20 gro i stece 21 60 * s:° Peso aso * Rococo—Second Grade. Lemon. SO8.......cccc ee Gen... se ” Vanilla. =Gen...... 1 6Gaoe..... eo ” SOAP. Laundry. Allen B. a 8 Brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb........ 3 3 Good Cheer,601Tb.......... 3 90 White Borax, 100 %-1b...... 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. Cope. .................,. 3 45 hor woe... .... ....... 6 75 eo 4 00 Lenox. ... dette. a Mottled German........... 3 15 oe 32 Dingman Brands. ae oor Le... 3 95 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, wrp'd. a 00 plain... 2 94 N. K. Fairbank & Co. a Beams Claes... ............ Brown, alles... 3 40 oe... C..... 3 25 Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands. aoe... 3 75 eee ce..... . .......... 608 are... 4 00 BR accel. aceee £00 Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands eee o 65 Oe 3 30 Savon Improved eee, 2 50 Oe 2 Golden. i os Economical .....1 1.777)" 2 25 Passolt’s Atlas Brand, mee OG 3 65 Stox lote..... etcee 3 60 Oe ee 3 50 25 box lots del... . 340 Scouring. _ Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 40 hand, 3 doz he tcuae 2 40 SUGAR Below are given New York prices"on’sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the lo- cal freight from New York to your ae ge point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amountfof freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. ; Larisa ee ee 5 ee : at OR 4 87 Powdered ....... ee 87 XXXX Powdered..../'°"" 5 12 CeO 4 62 aon oe cies 4 62 xtra Fine ves ean 2 Granulated. 475 Seat Confec. A ee Standard A o SYRUPS, Corn. Barrels... ...,. sd 66d oa 019 rg eH a 21 Pure C ql Fair .. Sey 19 Mo 25 OM i 30 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’ @, lareo ...... 4% aman... 2% Halford, pei es eee cael as 3 75 ee 2 Salad Dressing, ioe * se MRA i... 2 65 TEAS. saPan—Regular. ee ee. @17 eee @20 Cee ct... 24 @2% Cee... es Lous 32 @H ee. Cl. 10 @12 SUN CURED. aS... @i7 Cee. js. @2 eee ............. 24 @2e Ceeoem............... 32 @34 Oe i. 10 @12 BASKET FIRED. ah 18 @20 i @% Choicest. . @35 Extra choice, ‘wire leat @40 GUNPOWDER. Common to fair..... Extra fine to finest Choicest fancy.... OOLONE. Common to fair... ... IMPERIAL. ‘“Sommon to fair....... 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 386 @35 YOUNG HYSON, ‘Common. to fair....... 18 @2s6 Superior to fine....... 30 @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Wee 4... 18 @2 meee... ... a. 24 @zs — 40 @50 TOBACCOS, Fine Cut. P, Lorillard & Co.’s Brands. Sweet Russet.. --- 00 GR Co ee 30 ». Scotten & Co’s Brands. Bawewe............. 60 A. 5. oc ec eee ee 32 Rocket . 30 Spaulding & Merrick’s Brauds. ee 30 Private _— Bazoo. ‘ Can a @27 meme Biy..........,.. 24 @25 Unele Hen,............28 Gas moan ......... _... 27 “ce 25 Dandy Jim. ....... i 29 Torpedo bie eae 24 r in drums 23 wine Vie ........... 2 ee " 23 meee... cs... 22 Plag. Sorg’s Brands, ———- Ceres ene: 39 eee eeereccccccoes ~d Nobby Swit... ........ 40 Scotten’s Brands. eee ec c........ 26 Eerewegte, 8. c 38 Valicy City .....-...-. Finzer’s Brands. Old Honesty.......... 40 Jolly Tar. . 32 Lorillard’ 'S Brands. Climax (8 0z., 41¢).. 9 Gren ‘Furtie.......... 30 Three Black Crows... 27 J. G. Butler’s Brands. = Something Good...... GUsor Bien. ......... Wilson & McCaulay’s Brands Goig Hope............ Happy Thought. Messmate . . 32 Mewer........ ....... 31 Fes Go... ........., 27 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands, ee — Golden Shower........._._. eee 2c. ro Mocerscnaum .............. 29@30 American oes Co.’s ——— Myrtle ayy... ... .40 ore ‘30@32 — Fro: . jaa, igs foil.. Banner Tobacco Co.’ ‘Ss » Penni ere... wk. tlc. aean ts oe, ole eeu ce 38 Goat _.. 2... 28 go 8 Brands. Wermeee oo... <4 money Dow................. 26 Goek Bigen................. 30 F. F. Adams Tobeeee Co,’s Brands, Pee 26 Oe ce eee ce 18 eee 22 Globe Tobacco Co.’s ee ee Leidersdorf’s_Brands. mon fy. 26 UHcie SAM.............4 28@32 WUOG CUONGN ce is 32 Spaulding & Merrick. aoe Gna Jerry... 25 Traveler Cavendish........ 38 a 30 fee Boe... tl 30@32 oem (eee... 8... .-16 VINEGAR, ee 7 @8 Oe @9 $1 for barrel, WET MUSTARD, Pare per eel 4... 30 Beer mug, 2 doz incase... 1 75 YEAST, i tee ewe een ere el, 1 00 Youst Poem ................ 1 00 einen 75 Royal ..... (aes WOODENWARE, Tubs, — ee eee 6 00 ss... - 550 . Ne: a - 450 Pails, No. 1, two- -hoop.. 1 30 No. 1, three- hoop 150 Bowls, 11 inch. oe. 13 90 oto 1 25 " nn fo , 2 * . 240 ee Baskets, a. 35 . shipping bushel. yr = 12 o willow ¢ ‘ths, Not 5 25 ' No.2 6 25 ! : “ Nests . splint ~ Nels a _ : * Noses “ a oe No. 3 4 7 INDURATED WARE, Paiis.. os . © Tubs, No. i. . “13 50 Wee We e................. 12 00 Tubs, No, 3.. .10 50 Butter Plates—Oval. 25 1000 60 210 7 245 9 28 100 350 Washboards—single: oa... 2 3 No. Queen . “nee, oo Peerless Protector. . 26 pagmaw Giobe............. 1% Double. Water Witch.. ic... oo Wee ses... 2 55 Goee luce ....._......... 27 Pee 2 9° HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- ows: HIDES. oo... 202% Fem Cored........... @3 toa «6 risers 5, @ 3% ae 4@5 Kips, green ........... 2 @3 ae @5 Calfskins, @green......5 @G eured...... 5 @ bh Deacon skins... 10 @25 No. 2 hides % of. PELTS. Shearlings. . 2 2 2 eee... 25 @ 60 OOL. Weehed.. ............2 @ie Unwashed . 2 @iz MISCELLANEOUS. ——... 3%@ 4 Grease butter ........ 1 @2 Bwreomem....._........ li %@ 2 Ginseng... ' 2 DO@2 50 GRAINS : and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT, No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 46 0. 2 Red (60 Ib. test) 46 MEAL, oes. .... ............... Le Granulated........... 1 65 FLOUR IN SACKS. Teron ... 6... esse. 216 reeGers ....... 1 55 Bakors........ bo *Oranam...... 1 40 ee, cae 1 40 oe to usual cash dis- count. voce in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. MILLSTUFFS, Less Car _ quantity en... $14 815 00 Screenings .... 12 00 12 00 Middlings..... 15 00 16 00 Mixed Feed... 22 00 22 50 Coarse meal . 22 00 22 00 CORN. Car lots.. oe Less than car lots.......... 58 OATS. Car lots. ...... ees oe Less than car a +... oe av. No. 1 Hescticy. car lots....11 90 No.1 . ton lots...... 12 50 FISH AND OYSTERS. F, = iceman quotes as follow FRESH FISH. ee ee deals @9 ee. @8 Black S609 Die e eso, 12% Pee @17 cae or Herring.. @4 Benemen.....-......... @10 ao lobster, per Ib.. 20 ee 10 No. one Se lau ees 2 8 Ome ee eee eae eeneaee a Smoked Wore.... ... @8 Red Snappers..... sees 15 = River Sal- eee eae ee 15 Mackerei ee, 18@25 OYsTERS—Cans. Fairhaven Counts.... @45 F.3d. 0. Seleets....... Selects ¥. 2. B. Anchors.... Pieces... ... 4... OYSTERS—Bulk. Extra Selects..per gal. MeO cic, ec, Siemens. ............ a... ........ Scallops...-..-... ony ee .......,..... 13 CHNES cae we 7 SHELL eoops, Oysters, per 7 ...... Clams, PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing an quotes as follows: 17 da Provisinn Co PORK IN BARRELS. ne ll... Be 13 Se &xtra clear pig, = cut. 15 00 eee Greer, Hesee. Clear, fat back. a el 14 50 Boston clear, ee ET 14 50 Clear back, short cut. 1¢ 50 Standard clear, short cut, best... 15 00 SAUSAGE, Pork, links...... 7 Bowes. ....... 5% Eiver..... 6 ae |... 8% ee Head —- eee beeccaue ly. 6 Summer.. eet ee eee 10 ee SNR Nn 7% ' LARD. Kettle Rendered.. eiseus 844 eg. a 8 lie eT 614 olor, tine 534 Cottolene. . 7 50 lb. Tins, gc advance. 20 lb. pails, ec i> 6h MG ‘ om "~~ -o—. —n The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not be- cause it is sought after. Don’t fail to carry sufficient insurance | to protect you in the event of fire. THE MORNING MARKET. How the Fruit Feature Recalled Ten- der Memories. Iv There is no pleasanter sight any where than the rows of wagons laden with fruit which are to be seen almost any morning on the market, unless it be the fruit on the trees, but not many of us have the pleasure of gazing upon the growing fruit. Some of us ‘‘city folks” don’t know whether apples grow on trees or vines, and have an idea that pump- kins grow on vines, instead of on bushes, as everyone ought to know they do. Not much general farming or fruit grow- ing is done in this city, however, so per- haps our ignorance may be condoned or excused. Anyway we like to look at fruit, so many of us get up with the lark (if we haven’t been up all night on one) and hie us down to Louis street and feast our eyes on the bounties which the generous goddess Pomona has provided. It is a good thing we can satisfy our ap- petite for fruit by feasting our eyes, for at this stage of the season the price puts most of the fruit where our neighbor’s apples were in boyhood—out of reach. Only as we pass from wagon to wagon we ‘‘sample’’ the contents unrebuked, the drivers being afraid to say anything for fear we may be buyers. We have this consolation, too, that the fruit is nearly always very sour at this time of the year. But, ‘‘as I said before,” it is a beautiful sight and one well worth the trouble it would cost to see it. Not because they are first in point of importance, but because of the tender memories clustered about them, apples are put at the head of the list of fruits. In the first place, it was an apple which, when the earth was young and youthful nature smiled aloud in its gladness and innocence, plunged the world into dark- ness and despair and made of this peace- ful, happy, beautiful earth a vale of tears. What the result would have been if the old lady had eaten some other kind of fruit—a persimmon, for instance— theologists have never informed us. Now, if the eating of one little ap—— what’s that? it wasn’t anapple? Well, now, it was, and we can prove it, and that it was a green apple, at that. Piled away back on the dusty shelves of our capacious memory are large chunks of experience with the treacherous and deadly green apple. For instance, it would have been a bright moonlight night only for the heavy dark clouds which obscured the fair face of the goddess of night. On the night aforesaid several boys, small and otherwise, might have been seen (but they were not) creeping stealthily along the dusty highway, like criminals plying their nefarious trade. Ever and anon, as the moon escaped from the pursuing clouds, and shot sil- very rays upon the scene, it disclosed the fact that the boys were four in number and that they were headed due north. Not a word was spoken, but in silence so deep that the bottom could not be seen, they continued on their course. Halt- ing finally beside a fence enclosing what, in the dim, uncertain light, appeared to be a number of trees, the boys hastily clambered over the fence and proceeded with renewed caution, Suddenly upon the still night air rose the baying of a distant dog, or was it the distant baying of a dog? Nobody knows, but ‘‘hist!” hissed the largest of the boys, and every boy in the party histed so suddenly that he could be heard a block away. As the baying seemed to keep its distance, the quartette resumed their devious way; but not for long. A short walk brought them beneath the branches of a wide- spreading Astrakippin tree. Breaking the silence with one motion of his pow- erful jaws the leader said: ‘*Now is the hour of revenge. Now shall the low- born son of a gun-wad be despoiled. To your respective places, O my worthy companions; as for me, I will ascend and you shall see and taste that or those for which your souls long.’’? Grasping one of the lower limbs, he swung himself lightly up among the branches and in a brief space of time the marauders on the ground were stowing the fruit away in the capacious receptacles with which every well regulated boy is provided. Just about here on the programme oc- curred something not down on the regu- lar bill. There was a sound, not as of revelry by night, but as of a heavy body making its way through the long grass. Whatever it was it appeared to be in a hurry to reach the scene before the cur- tain was rung down, and it did. There was ashort, sharp bark, and the dog, for it was he, was upon them. There was nostruggle. The boys were totally unprepared for the attack, and fled in every direction, that is, every direction but the right one. With the usual intel- ligence of the dog, instead of chasing all the boys, the knowing animal singled out one and started for him. He caught him, too; caught him on the identical spot where his mother had so often caught him with her slipper. But his mother had only drawn tears; the dog drew blood. Perhaps the dog didn’t love him as his motherdid. He—that is, the dog—let go, or rather, the seat of the boy’s pants did, and with a speed born of despair the boy continued his head- long flight for the fence. He reached it and climbed over with more speed than grace, and painfully and much more slow- ly made his way toward the paternal dom- icile. Satisfied with his achievement on the person of the boy just mentioned, the dog turned his attention to another. It was easy to tell in what direction they were going, for they made as much noise as an elephant ina jungle, and, follow- ing the noise, the brave beast soon found his second victim. When the seance closed that boy registered a solemn vow that he would not sit down for a month, but would take his meals standing, and he kept his vow. He was a very truthful boy. The third boy reached a fence finally, reached it so suddenly and with such force, that he thought a mule had kicked him. His’nose was broken, both eyes blacked, and he was otherwise or- namented. Much ashe disliked to, he took his face home with him, and he was plastered and patched until he looked like a Chinese laundry bill, And the fourth boy? He wasn’t born yesterday. He waited until all was still, and then slowly and cautiously made his way to the ground, then to the fence and so home. He had some apples, too, and as he walked he ate, until when he reached home he had satisfied his longing for them. But he was not the only one who had a longing. His father had been in the longing business, evidently since early in the evening, to judge by the amount of yearning he had accumulated. Taking the boy by the arm and leading him out to a sequestered spot in the woodshed, he proceeded to yearn over) oe | him in a manner to leave a _ pleasant taste in his mouth for years. He never knew before how tenderly his father loved him, and to-day, after the lapse cf nearly thirty years, the remem- brance of the hour when his father gave him such a tangible token of his affec- tion almost brings tears to his eyes. But the interesting episode was not to end in that touching manner. The all but worn-out boy finally retired to his downy couch, lying on his face to hide his emotion, when in ashort time the ap- ples began to get in their work. Justa gentle rumbling at first. like the mutter- ing of an approaching storm. Then, like the storm, bursting in fury upon a devoted land, those apples went for that boy. They doubled him up like a two- foot rule, and opened him out like the hind feet of a mule released from con- finement. They turned him and twisted him until he looked like a professional contortionist, or a base ball pitcher play- ing to the grand stand. They stood him on his head and on his feet and on all parts of his anatomy at once, and just as the first gray streaks of dawn were steal- ing over the distant horizon, they left him, a sadder and wiser boy. Did you ever hear of peaches or pears, or any other kind of fruit but apples be- ing the cause of so much misery and woe in a boy’s internal and external econ- omy? You never did, and if such a thing ever occurred it is unrecorded in history. Wrapped up in that little green apple is enough misery and wretchedness and general cussedness to supply a whole community, and, as a rule, it discharges its entire cargo into one poor little boy whose only fault is too much confidence in the guilelessness and good intentions of the green apple. It follows, therefore, ‘‘as the night the day,’’ that it was an apple that deceived and led astray old Mother Eve, and from that day to this all her children without regard to sex or condition, have been sinning and suffering through the illu- sive and delusive attractions of the green apple. Apples are not the only fruit on the market, however, as you would have seen by this time if the green apple had not again been true to its nature and di- verted us from the straight and narrow way. i Ai An Infallible Test for Butter Substitutes. Take a spoonful or two of the sample, put it in a narrow cup and quickly heat to the boiling point. If it is true butter it will boil quietly and foam up in a mass of bubbles, often overflowing over the sides of the cup. Ifit is oleomargar- ine or butterine, the sample, when heated, will foam up but little, but will crackle and sputter as it boils. After one or two trials, any one can decide with certainty what the sample offered consists of. No fraud can escape this test. a a ear Don’t place temptation in the way of your employes. Place safe guards for mutual protection. MICHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.” (Taking effect Sunday, May 27, 1894.) Arrive Depart 10pm ||. Detroit Express ........ 70am : = am.....*Atiantic and Pacific. .... il 20pm == ae New York Express...... 6 00pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping ears run on Atlantic and Pacific ex press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00am; re turning, leave Detroit 4:35 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:20 p m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains eest over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. ALmguist, Ticket Agent, Union Passenger Station. 19 CHICAGO AND WEST MICHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO ‘CHICAGO, Ly. G’d Rapids.. 7:25am 1:25pm *11:30pm Ar. Chicage ...... 25pm 6:50pm *6:45am RETU ENING ‘PROM CHICAGO. Ly. Chicago.. -.... Soe & :00pm *11:45pm Ar. @’d Rapids. . — 3:05pm 10:35pm *6:25am CHICAGO VIA 8T JOE AND = AMER. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 1:25pm **6:30pm Ar. Chicago .....8:00pm 2:00am Ly. Chicago 9:30am, ar Grand rapide 5:25 pm TO AND FROM MUSKEGON. Lv. Grand Rapids...... 7:25am 1:25pm 5:30pm Ar. Grand R. 9:i5am 3:05pm 5:25pm 10:35pm TRAVERSE CITY, CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. Ly. Grand Rapids .. 30am 5:45pm 11:15pm __ Tuly 1, 1894. ae Ar. Manistee........ 12:30pm 10pm = s....... Ar. Traverse City.... 11:20am 11:10pm 4:55am Ar. Charlevoix... .. ee «CL... 7:27am Ar. Petoskey..... .. i... 7:55am Ar. se View. —on «||... oe Local train “making all stops leaves Grand Rapids *7:45am. Trains arrive from north at 6:00am, 11:50am, 1;00 pm and *10:00pm. PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. Parlor cars leave for Chicago 7:25am and 1:25 pm. For north 7:30am and 5:45pm. Arrives from Chicago 3:05pm and 10:35pm. From north 11:50 pm and 1:00pm. Sleeping cars leave for Chicago 11:30pm. For north 11:15pm. Arrive from Chi cago 6:25. Erom north 6:00. oe day. **Except Saturday. Others week days only DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO gp June 24, 1894 Ly. Grand ~_— ee 7:00am 1:20pm 5:55pm Ar. Detroit . -11:40am 5:30pm 10:40pm RETU RNING FROM DETROIT. iy. Deo... 7:40am 1:10pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids...... 12:40pm 5:15pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS, Ly. @R 7:00am 4:45pm Ar. G R.11:40am 10:45pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R. Lv. Grand Rapids.. - 7:00am 1:20pm 5:55pm AY. from Lowell .......... 12:40pm G-l5pm ....... THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- ing train. Trains week days onl GEO. DEHA ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN & WAUKEE Railway. EASTWARD. tNo. 14)/tNO. 16/tNO. 18/*No. 8% vEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t MIL- Trains Leave G’d Rapids, Lv} 6 45am|1020am| 325pm/11 00pm Ar| 7 40amj}11 25am) 4 27pm/12 35am St. Johns....Ar| $ 25am/12 17pm) 520pm/ 1 25am Owoess....-. Ar| 900am 1 20pm) 6 05pm) 3 10am E. Saginaw ..Ar |10 50am 3 45pm! 8 00pm} 6 40am Day City. .... _ \12 32am] 4 35pm) 8 37pm 7 15am Pint... Ar/|10 05am| 3 45pm) 7 05pm! 5 4Cam Pt. Huron...Ar/12 05pm 5 50pm| 8 50pm) 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar |10 53am 305pm) 8 25pm} 5 37am Deeeront....... Ar j}11 50am} 405pm) 925pm)} 7 00am WESTWARD. For Grand Haven and Intermediate Points..... aceae Veco &. TA, For Grand Haven and Muskegon ocd +1:00 p. m. oo. 44:55 m. . ‘** Chicago and Milwau- aay Wis... *7:30 p. i. For Grand Haven and Milw aukee, #10: 705 p. m. For Grand Haven (Sunday only).. £:00 a, m. +Daily except Sunday. eDaily. Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:50 p.m., 4:35 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 6:40 a. m., 10:10 a.m.,3:15 p.m. and 10:50 p. m. Sunday, only, 8:00 a. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlor Buffet car. No.18 Parlor Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. Jas. CAMPBELL, City T'cket Agent. Grand Rapids & Indiana. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Leave goin North Wor Cadtiine & Sagitaw. .... 2... cae eae 7:00 a. m. ets aes 8:00 a. m. For Traverse City and Saginaw................ 4:45 p. m. og ee 10:35 p m. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Leave going 8 Wor Olsetanag................. For Kalamazoo and Chicago.. For Fort Wayne and the Kast Oe CMT isc seep eiceccccenccucenccenae *. o x _ For Kalamazoo and Chicago...............+ *11:40 p.m Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. Ly Grand Rapids........ 7 pyr _ - 2: ne Pp ~ *11:40 p . Are Onleeee............. 9:00 p 7:10a 0 2:30 p m train has auceun weet "puffet Parise Oar and coach. 11:40 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car and Coach. Lv Chicago Arr Grand Rapids 00 pm 3:30 p m has AE ar Bufet Parlor Car. 11:30 p m train daily,through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive 7:15 coe cue oe 30 p m 6:55am 15am 8:25am 1:00p m 1:15pm 4:40 pm 8:45 p m O.L. LOCK WOOD* General Passenger and Ticket Agent. BNGRAWIN Gis wooD HALF-TONE Buildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles. TRADESMAN CO. Grand Rapids, Mich, 20 GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis- --Index of the Markets. Speciai Correspondence New York, Aug. 4—The finding of the Senate Sugar Investigating Commit- tee that no member of the honorable body has been guiity of dabbling in sugar stock created no surprise, as it has been thought all the time that the charges made by the New York Herald were more for an advertising dodge than for any patriotism possessed by that journal. The Herald is the only paper in this city that made no editorial comment during the recent great strike one way or the other. On the contrary, it took up plenty of space telling of the coaching par- ties of ‘‘Wales and company’’§ in Europe, and discoursed at its usual length about the weather. It always waits to ‘‘see which way the cat will jump,’’ and goes with the crowd, and then says, ‘‘As we predicted,’’ ete. Happily, this is the exception among the newspapers of New York. As aruile, they speak with no uncertain sound, and. whether they agree or not, they have decided opinions. A good deal of talk is going on in the grocery trade regarding the war in China, and most dealers are pleased that the seat of complications has been trans- ferred from Chicago to the other side of the world. If Debs would only go to Corea now, he might make a great sue- cess in life. Of course if the hostilities are long drawn out, they may exert an influence upon the price of the products from the countries involvyed—rice, silk, tea, eassia, etc.; and it may be taken for granted that no chance wili be lost by the wide-awake American to put a few pennies in his purse at the earliest op- portunity, whether the circumstances justify a rise in prices ornot. Sympathy is almost universally on the side of Japan, and if China is whipped it will be a distinct gain to civilization. lt is said that the present Senate bill, if passed, will make a reduction of 66 per cent. on the duty now paid on fire crackers, and we May expect more noise than ever on the Fourth of July, 1895. The duty on raisins will be lowered 4v per cent.; peanuts, 73 per cent.; apples, 53 per cent.; lard, 50 per cent. Why has there ever been any duty on the latter? Reports from the packing districts of Maryland continue to be to the effect that the pack of nearly everything is being seriously lowered by the drought, and standard 3 lb. tomatoes are now selling there at 80c, and firmly held at that. In this market nothing of interest is transpiring in canned goods. New York gallon apples are worth $3.25@ $3.40; No. 3, $1.10; New York State corn, 70@80c. A good crop of peaches is said to be sure in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, the banner peach county of the State. Cheese is dull and the market is de- ecidedly unsatisfactory. The very high- est price is 914¢ for some fancy small State colored stock. Large sizes are dif- ficult to dispose of at 834 @8%e. ete THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The provision market maintains great strength, and so does that of grain. It is thought by many that reports of the corn failure have been greatly exagger- ated. The Cincinnati Price Current says we shall have as large a crop as last year. Butter has taken a tremendous jump, and 23c is now wanted and obtained for the best grades of Elgin and Pa. Under grades, while not showing quite so much strength, still sell readily, and holders feel that they are safe in holding on to stock. The lemon market is fairly active. Oranges are selling in an everyday man- ner. Bananas are slow sale and are worth 90c@$1.12 per bunch for firsts. This is a decided drop from a month ago. Domestic dried fruit is firm, and the promise is that it will be a good invest- ment. The quality of green apples is so poor that they are searcely saiable. Sugar is selling fairly well, but there is not a particle of speculation in the ar- ticle. Democrats and Republicans are buying stock as they ‘‘see an opening,’’ but the retailer and jobber are not load- ing up with the manufactured article. Altogether the situation among the grocery trade at the close of this week is rather more favorable than for some time past. Prices seem to have really touched bottom, a few signs of manufacturing revivals are seen, and dealers are gather- ing hope every day. JAX. +9 Interesting Meeting of the Jackson Association. The regular meeting of the Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association was held Aug. 2 with President Haefner in the chair. A large number of the members were present and a good deal of enthu- siasm was shown in regard to the third annual excursion and in regard to the eredit system adopted at the last meet- ing. The names of over 300 persons were presented on the inter-change re- port blanks. The near approach of the annnal excursion and the amount of work necessary in condensing reports made it necessary that the Secretary should have more time, and it was decided that the full report should not be issued until the first meeting in Sep- tember. The Committees on Excursion reported everything progressing in good order, and the outlook for a grand affair on the 9th of August to be very promis- ing. Correspondence from the Secretary of the Hudson Business Men’s Association was received, showing that they will be at our picnic with 1,000 or more people. Every store, shop, factory and bank—in fact, everything in the city except one retail drug store and some saloons—will be closed and the town will be at Devil’s Lake—that is, the people will. The Committee on Trade Interests made areport in regard to sugar card and also regarding the cutting of prices and read some correspondence relating to the subject from the Secretary of the Michigan Wholesale Grocers’ Associa- tion. soPECIAL NOTICE——~ BVCOBOEVOLUUs. Owe e YOUU VU See. we! now prepared to supply you with The Committee was instructed to invite representatives from the wholesale trade to act with them and to call upon the dealers who are selling sugar at less than cost and ask them to maintain card rates. The peddlers’ ordinance came to the front again, and, after discussion, a committee of five was appointed to look to the enforcement of it. W. H. Porter, Sec’y. ——-_.— From Dictator to Tramp. He was dressed as becomes a pilgrim on the dusty highways of life and Kansas, and looked as if his pilgrimage had been long and tiresome. ‘“‘Sir,’”’ said the pilgrim, to a passerby who was hurrying along as though he were going to his mother-in-law’s funeral and was afraid it was all a mistake; ‘“‘sir, will you kindly donate a paltry 25 cents to relieve the pressing necessities of a brother man who has not tasted food for six days, and whose thirst is large enough for a national convention?” ‘“‘Who are you, and why should I give you a quarter?”’? was the brutal answer. “Sir,” replied the pilgrim, drawing himself to his full height, and speaking in stilted majestic tones, ‘‘I am one be- fore whom the greatest in the land cow- ered and trembled like leaves in the wind. At my command commerce stopped, the wheels of industry ceased to whirl, railroads were tied up and blood flowed like water. I am Debs.’’ ‘Rats!’ was the unfeeling reply. ‘‘Who is Debs?’ ‘Who is Debs! Great Heavens, sir, do you ask who is Debs?’’ Why, sir, it is but a few years since I inaugurated the greatest strike in the history of union labor; my name was in all the papers and on several court records and I was BROWN HALL & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Buggies, Sleighs and Wagons. Grand Rapids, Mich. Establishe 41865 known as the President of the A. R. U., and yet you ask, who is Debs? Is it pos- sible that you never heard of Debs?’’ ‘Debs, Debs,” reflected the passerby, ‘seems to me | have heard of Debs; but, hang it all, stranger, 1 can’t be expected to remember the name of every crank who gets his name inthe papers. Here’s a quarter, I’m in a hurry.”’ And the pilgrim who called himself Debs took the coin mechanically, and seating himself upon the top rail of the fence, ruminated sadly upon the fleeting nature of the bubble fame. ‘Sic transit gloria mundi,” he murmured brokenly, as he got off his perch and wended his way toward the nearest saloon, clutching the quarter tightly in his travel-stained hand. i 9 The Wool Market. There will be a shortage of about 180,000,000 pounds this year, at least that is the expectation. This is due to the slaughtering of sheep by farmers, who say it does not pay to keep them, and to the great falling off in imports. The market in the East is active and strong, with a strong upward tendency. Enthusiastic dealers say this condition is bound to continue, as it is impossible for the present Congress to pass a tariff measure, and that if wool is left under the McKinley schedule, nothing can stop the market on the up grade to prosperi- ty. The local market is fairly active, and prices on the better grades have advanced. — et Rand, Me Nally & Co.’s publications are boycotted by the trades unions. They can be obtained at any time and in any quantity of the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. Body, 7 ft. long, 36 in. wide, drop tail gate.. The Grocers’ Safety—Made in Two Sizes Body, 944 ft. long, 361n. wide, drop tail gate.... .. FULLY WARRANTED. pL Choirs ae aa eee il ae nly. 5 in ei iene bie ee ee cdn lee ce ee es a CE 48 00 A BRIEF STATEMENT FOR BUSY MEN. The New York Condensed Milk Company takes pleasure in announcing that the trade is Borden’s Peerless Brand Evaporated Cream, UNSWEETENED; guaranteed to keep under all conditions of temperature. The process used is far in advance of any other method of preserving milk without sugar. Our new plant is constructed especially for this branch of business, and is unequaled in equipment for the various & processes employed. Having thoroughly tested all the important points in connection with the milk referred to, we are now prepared to offer the trade, through the jobbing houses, Borden’s | Peerless Brand Evaporated Cream, unsweetened, with entire confidence that it will prove, like our celebrated Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk, to have no Equal. thoroughly guaranteed in every respect, and this guarantee is substantial, as every one knows. Prepared by the New York Condensec Milk Co. It is &2™" For Quotations See Price CoLumns. Kw liad pA (Py i OUR aba STOCK ait or a 4 ~ | q < a ' + 2s + 1% & { a « % . | Tv ‘ © , “a 1s "Ts COMPLETE. < \ We have them from 12 4 l » to 20 feet long. Our line of Fishing tackle is equal to any one’s. Send for Catalogue. > ': PPV OSTERZTEVENS ° & C: Moonee | The. Sati- thils at salt is fast being recognized by everybody as the best salt for every pur- < s 2 . - ' pose. It’s made from the best brine by the best process with the ‘ best grain. You keep the best of other things, why not keep the *f best of Salt. Your customers will appreciate it as they appreciate Lh 2 pure sugar, pure coffee, and tea. e .» Diamond Crystal Salt | Being free from all chlorides of calcium and magnesia, will not get damp and soggy on yourhands. Put up in an attractive and salable manner. When your stock of salt is low, try a small supply of “‘¢he salt that’s all sait.”” Can be obtair ._ from jobbers and dealers. For prices, see price current on other page. For other information, address : DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., ST. CLAIR, MICH. ‘It’s first-class stock. ‘ The ALD BEST A are | BOX OR the \ BARREL Hi CHEAPEST. | OF || ROYAL TOAST Iced Coffee Cakes, | TO Ciaca Michigan Frosted Honey, || oe S ymour Butters, \ YOUR | Graham Crackers, /| NEXT ORDER are SOMETHING NEW the AND A GOOD SELLER. BEST. Watch out for our new spring novelties. They are sellers. eam i ea eee New York Biscuit Co., S. A. SEARS, Manager, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. T'S PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOISH We control it in this locality. USE Your Note Heads. It’s easy to write upon. IT Your Letter Heads. It’s always the same. Your Legal Blanks. It’s a credit to your business. ON Your Checks andDrafts It always gives satisfaction, and, compared withTother stock, the price is nothing, | | TRADESMAN COMPANY, ° Seasonable Goods 0 From NARD’S. Mason Fruit Jars. SPECIAL PRICES. Sabject to change without notice Packed Regular Way in Cases. PINTS. QUARTS. $4.75 gro. $5.25 gro. HALF GAL. $7.25 gro. Mason Fruit Jars. New Style Patent Boxes. Packed One Dozen in Each Box. PINTS. QUARKTS HALF GAL. $5.50 gro. $6.00 gro. $8.00 gro. Extra Caps, $2.25 gro. Rubbers, 3c gro. Flint Glass Jars, 25e per gro. advances Dandy Fruit Jars, GLASS COVERS--SELF SEALERS. Only Perfect Ajl Glass Jar on the Market PINTS. $10.50 QUARTS. HALF GAL. $11 00 $14.00 No charge for package or cartage on fruit jars or jelly tumblers. Jelly Tumblers, le Pints, 6 doz le Pints, 24 doz l¢ Pints, 6 doz lg Pints, 18 doz in Box (box 00) per Box $1.64 in Bbl (bbl 35) per Doz 23 in Box (box 00) per Box 1.80 in Bbi (bbl 35) per Doz 26 Common Tumblers. +s Pint, Plain, 6 Doz in Box (Bx 00) per bx $1.80 L¢ Pint, Plain, 20 Dozin Bb! (Bb1 35) per doz .27 Assorted Package. Engraved Tumblers. Thin Blown. 6 Doz in Box (bx 00) Per Box $3.00 NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY. BOTTOM PRICES. KEEP YOUR STOCK READY FOR THE DEMAND IS SURE TO COME, Stone Butter Jars, % Stoneware. BUTTER JARS, PRESERVE JARS, FRUIT JARS, MILK PANS. COMMON STCNEWARE. Stone Butter Jars, Stone Butter Jars, Stone Preserve Jars and Covers, Stone Preserve Jars and Covers, Tomato or Fruit Jars, Stone Milk Pans, 4 ¢ Gal. per doz -60 1 Gal. each per gal -06 2 Gal. per gal -06 l¢ Gal, per doz .90 1 Gal, per doz 1.40 Tomato or Fruit Jars, ‘4 Gal. ao 1 Gal. -90 Gal. per doz -60 Gal. each -06 Stone Milk Pans, 1 1 Gal, 1 Gal. ls Gal. L Gal. 1 Gal. 1g Gal. FINE GLAZED STONEWARE Black or White. Fine White Milk Pans, per gal .08 Fine Black Milk Pans, per gal -061¢ Fine Black Milk Pans, per doz .65 Fine Black Butter Croeks, per gal 07 Fine White Butter Croeks, low, per gal .08 Fine White Butter Croeks, per doz 40 H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich, Hepa | S 30 25 2 16 THE ONLY SCALE IS ON EARTH for the Retail Dealer. They Are The EIGHTH WONDER of the World. An Investment Paying from 10 to 100 Per Cent. Per Annum. Thousands of the BEST MERCHANTS are Using Them. if Your Competitor Says They are a Good Thing for Him, WHY NOT EQUALLY SO FOR YOU ? See What Users Say: DUNDEE, Mich., Jan. 4, 1894. Messrs. Hoyt & Co., Gen’! Selling Agents, GENTLEMEN:—We have had one of and it works as satisfactor The time and money your scales about one year, y as when first placed on our counter. saved by its use cannot be over estimated. We are more than satisfied with our purchase. Very truly, Drew & Co. For further particulars drop a Postal Card t4 HOYT & CoO.,, General Selling Agents, Dayton, Ohio.