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Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits, DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, T. J.O’Brien, .A. J. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee J. A. S. Verdier. Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, ig FIRE INS. if. 7? co. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. J. W. CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBAIN, Sec. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y. CHARLES F, CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United oStates, Canada, the European continent, oAustralia, and in London, England. firand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg, HENRY ROYCE, Supt. CLARKSON’S PERIL. Gold! Gold!! Gold!!! The region of gold—the city of gold! Gold in the earth beneath; golden-silvery stars shin- ing inthesky above. But, alas! no gold in the pocket of the young man who, with drooping head and deepening mis- ery stamped upon his face, walks with weary step the dark streets of Johannes- burg. Where were the bright hopes with which he had set out from his Eng- lish home only one short year before ? Where was the fortune he had confi- dently come to win? Could it be only a year ago? It seemed to him asif a whole lifetime had passed since then. For the first few months everything had prospered with him. He was be- trothed to Minnie Colbeck, one of the loveliest and sweetest girls in South Af- rica, and his, prospects were of the brightest. But suddenly all was changed. Shares in which he had invested came down with a rapid run. Claims on which he had long been working and which he believed to contain rich reefs, proved worthless. Everything he tried failed, and Thomas Clarkson found, like thousands of others, how success and failure have in common the same propen- sity of accumulation. Mr. Colbeck did not believe in unsuc- cessful men, and regarded failure asa crime. He closed his doors upon Clark- son, and told him that he must consider his engagement with Minnie at an end. Clarkson had tried to obtain employment, but business of all sorts being at a stand- still, he had failed to-obtain an appoint- ment. This night, almost worn out with his fruitless efforts and struggles, he walks aimlessly along the streets in that condition which borders upon hopeless despair. He would give up the struggle —he would strive no longer. Hope had nearly fled. Money was all gone, except one solitary shilling which stood between him and starvation. What should he do? Hedecided to go to the nearest bar and spend that shilling in something that would deaden the intol- erable pain burning in his brain and heart. He walked up the steps of a lighted building bearing the extraordi- nary name of ‘‘Beauty’s Bar.” Johannes- burg is, however, remarkable for the names borne by its numerous drinking saloons and boozing dens. Within all was activity, merriment and brilliantly-lighted scenes. Clarkson stood for a moment dazzled. Then throwing down his solitary coin he ordered brandy. His strange manner, haggard face and wild-looking eyes attracted at- tention even there, where strange men and strange events were common. Many curious glances were cast in his direc- tion. Someone spoke to Clarkson, but he turned away without answering. Sud- denly from one of the rooms came the strains of music, and a voice commenced, with cruel mockery in such a place, “Home, Sweet, Home.” It was rendered, too, with such wonderful power and plaintive sweetness that the oaths, the coarse jokes and the loud, senseless GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1894, laughter were for a moment suspended and hushed into silence. Clarkson hurried from the place, leay- ing his brandy untouched. Once more he was out in the streets, alone with the stars and a great sorrow. Then followed a collapse of the physical powers, and a great languor and weari- ness, partly of weakness—he had eaten nothing since early morning of the day before—fell upon him, and, turning into a then deserted street, he lay down un- der the shelter of a galvanized iron stoop and fell into a deep sleep, or more prop- erly a stupor of exhaustion. = 2 @ It was early morning when he awoke, but still dark. He was stiff and cold, and at first bewildered at finding him- self inthe street. Giddily he rose to his feet and made his way to the house where he lodged. No one was astir but the landlady, who viewed him curiously and by no means approvingly when she opened the door. But Clarkson offered no explanations. He went to his bed- room, threw himself down on the bed and ouce more fell into a heavy sleep. It was past noon when he was awak- ened by a loud knocking at the door. Two men in the uniform of the Johannes- burg police stood outside. As soon as he opened the door they entered the room. ‘“‘Are you Mr. Clarkson?” one of the men asked. “i am. me ?” “My business,’’ replied the man, firmly and deliberately, ‘‘is to arrest you.” “To arrest me ?”’ repeated Tom, stag- gered, ‘*To arrest me for what ?”’ ‘‘For the murder of Mr. Diblin,” was the reply. “The murder of Mr. been murdered ?’’ “Yes, murdered last night or early this morning. He was found dead, shot through the heart.” Thomas was horrified beyond measure. He had often in his more prosperous days had business dealings with Mr. Dib- lin and he knew him well by report. Diblin was a hard, selfish, money-loving, close-fisted man, singularly disobliging and harsh and just the sort of person to have many enemies. ‘Twice lately Clark- son had gone to him requesting employ- ment in one of his places of business and on both occasions had he been coldly and curtly refused. ‘‘Are you ready to come with me now ?”? the policeman asked, after a time, during which Thomas had stood still, looking at him. “To go with you where ?”’ “*To the police station. Don’t you un- derstand? Itis my duty to arrest you for the murder.” ‘To arrest me for the murder ?”’ gasped Clarkson in consternation, and apparently dazed at first. ‘*Yes, Mr. Clarkson. _On the ground that Mr. Diblin didn’t deal squarely with you in the matter of those claims of yours, and that it’s well known you’ve What is your business with Diblin—has he NO. 572 got agrudge against him and that your revolver was picked up only a few yards from where the body was found.’’ ‘My revolver,” interrupted Clarkson, “has not been in my _ possession for weeks. It was stolen from my room.” ‘**That will be all right, then,” said the police. ‘Lf daresay the people in the house will beable to swear that it was stolen ?”’ “I don’t know,’? answered Thomas; ‘**1 don’t think I mentioned the loss.”’ “Its a pity you didn’t,” replied the officer curtly ‘‘are you ready ?”’ At the police station, a wretched little tin tenement just off President street, he was searched, and, judge of the poor fel- low’s horror and amazement when, in the pockets which had not for weeks con- tained a single thing of value, there were found bank notes of the value of £50, besides a watch attached to a very curious, antique gold chain, which sev- eral persons identified as having be- longed to the murdered man. ‘The re- volver, also, was produced. Clarkson acknowledged it was his, but repeated what he had already told the policeman, viz., that it had been stolen from him several weeks previous. He did not know, he said, how the bank notes and Diblin’s watch had come into his posses- sion, for it was days since he had ex- changed a word with or even seen the gentleman. He then related simply and clearly how he had spent the previous night. That availed him nothing, but rather told against his case, and he was sent up to the jail, there to await the pre- liminary examination on the charge of murder. This was much of a formal affair, and Clarkson was duly committed for trial before the criminal court. * * * The courthouse, facing the Market square, was crowded to suffocatisn, as the popular phrase runs, on the day ap- pointed for the trial. Very calm, but deadly pale, appeared the accused, as succeeding witnesses ad- duced fresh incriminating evidence. The counsel allotted Clarkson strove manfully, but his cross-examination did not shake the testimony on the primary points. The case went against the ac- cused from the beginning. The evidence was clear and strong. The notes and the watch of the murdered man had been found in the possession of the prisoner, whose revolver had been picked up a few yards from where the body had been dis- covered. Several witnesses testified to his having rushed into Beauty’s Bar late on the evening of the murder, looking wild, haggard and excited, like a man who had committed, or proposed com- mitting, some crime. The landlady swore to his having re- turned to the house at half past three the morning looking very white and strange, as if he had recently gone through some very exciting scene. More than one per- son knew that Clarkson had owed the rich, unscrupulous merchant a grudge. Closer and closer the chain was tighten- ‘3 ing about his neck, and as proof upon procf of his guilt was adduced a peculiar and ominous silence settled upon the crowd of listeners and spectators. After atime Tom had ceased to listen to the evidence, ceased even to feel that the gaze of so many eager and curious eyes was upon him. His thoughts had wan- dered sadly to his old home, his mother, his sister and the old days long ago— long ago, when his heart was young and the love of gold had not tempted him to leave the abode of his youth. Then he thought of Minnie. Was she here listen- ing while they swore away his life? This thought brought him with a bitter pang back to the agonizing present, and again he heard the questions and answers, each one of which now seemed to close the door of hope more firmly upon him. Again he felt that hundreds of eyes were gazing at him. Was there, Yes, he could feel that she was near, though he could not see her. This cumstance was perfectly explicable. The proceedings were necessarily partly in the official language the country, but many of the jury were well conversant with English, and every op- portunity was permitted the accused to rebut the damaging evidence. He was asked if he had anything to say, and Clarkson repeated his story, truthfully as before. eonceal, though the truth could belp him little. He well the against him, circumstantial might be, was too strong. and iisteners ali appeared vineed of his guilt. Very with an unconscious pathos, story of his futile efforts ployment, his hopeless misery, his reck- too ? al- she cir- of simply and He had nothing to evidence though it Judge, jury kuew quite Cuobh- calmly, aud he tuld the to obtain eim- less resulve tu spend his iast shilling and purchase that which shuuld him He and render oblivious of his suffering tur a Lime. tuid how he had gone into the bar, how the music had created calmer and better thoughts, and saved him; had the hunger how he gone forth into worn out by streels again, and taligue, slept until morning. The notes and the watch must, he said, have been put into his pockets while he lay asseried, and in the presence of God could only repeat it. and, had lain down and on the stoup. He was innocent, he he ‘The court and the crowd were skepti- cal, and few of the latter appeared to sympathize with the accused in the slightest, ‘The jury retired and a painful silence fell upon the court. In and their could, in a sense, be felt betore it was given. Very slowly and deliberately it came: ‘We find the prisoner guilty.”’ No and tainly not the pale young prisoner him- Ininutes verdict a few the jurymen returned, one seemed surprised, cer- self. Not surprised, but oh, how bit- terly fell upon his ears and heart the words that consigned him to a doom of sudden and shameful death. in a low, calm tone the judge pronoun- ced the awful sentence, and the pris- oner was about to be led away when it that was struggling the crowd toward It proved to be a young girl, with wild- looking eyes and a face the picture of despair. It was Minnie Colbeck, and ina moment she was beside her lover. The policemen offered obstacle: indeed, they appeared to fall back involuntarily. She looked pale, so fair and so unearthly that she might have been a spirit from Was seen through someone him. no THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. the other world confronting them. Clarkson gazed upon her, but his white lips remained unmoved and he uttered not a word. ‘‘Tom,”’ said the girl in a voice so low that he only heard it, ‘‘you will yet be saved. They cannot take your life; you shall not die for another’s sin. Heaven will not permit such cruel injustice.” Minnie spoke as all inexperienced people speak on such matters, women espec- ially. Clarkson did not speak. He knew that with the first word he uttered all his self command would desert him. He took her little cold hands in his and held them for a moment, as we _ hold hands that we never expect to clasp again in this world. And with one look into her sorrowing eyes—a look that seemed to bid her an earthly farewell— he was led away. eee next week. ] — _~e]2- Effect of the New Tariff on Importa- tions of Canadian Produce. Just what effect the new tariff law will have on the importation of produce is, as yet, a matter of conjecture. If, as is claimed by one political party, the im- porter pays the duty, then, undoubtedly, the change will stimulate importation, as in almost every case the duty has been reduced; but if, as claimed by another political party, the duty is paid by the foreigners, there will be no increase in importations. The fact appears to be, however, that buying in foreign coun- tries is done merely to supply deficiency inthe home market, and the price paid has been the ruling price in the market where the purchasing is done. Produce has been bought abroad only in Canada, except ina few unimportant instances. Beans may be cited as an illustration. The price of beans per bushel in Canada is 31 for country picked, while here it is 00. Under the McKinley tariff the duty was about 41 per cent. ad valorem, which would be equalto 41 cents a bushel, which, plus the freight charges, would make the beans worth about what dealers pay for them on this side of the line. Under the new tariff law the duty is 20 per cent., which reduces the duty one-half. Of course, the reduction of the duty may result in the Canadians growing more beans for export, but, as the quality of Canadian grown produce is not considered equal to that grown in this country, importations are not likely In the present coadition of business the duty is still high enough in any event to prevent foreign growers shipping into this country in quantities sufficient to appreciably affect the mar- ket. The decrease of the duty on pota- toes amounts to 40 per cent., the tariff under the new law being a trifle over 31 per cent. ad valorem. As the crop in Canada promises to bea good one while here we are threatened with a consider- able shortage, perhaps the reduction in the duty may affect the market. It will depend to some extent on whether the Canadian ships his potatoes to this coun try or our dealers go after them. In the one case the price asked will be some thing than the price paid here, while the dealer who buys in Canada will sell for the ruling price in the home market. The reduction of the duty on wheat is so small that it will make no difference either way and, then, too, wheat is higher in Canada than it is here. What bas been said of wheat ap- plies equally to corn. Eggs could be $l to inerease. less | Voigt. present low price prevailing in Canada, but the new duty would make the price received about what it is here, so that there is no inducement for the Canadian to invade this market. This is true of nearly all of the products of the dairy and farm. It may be said, therefore, that. unless Canada has a mutch larger surplus of these products than she has had in past years, the change in the du- ties will have little or no effect upon the produce market in this country. “he same may not be said of manufactured articles. The Canadian manufacturer is as farsighted, as enterprising, as his American cousin, though not nearly so numerous. So far as his facilities will allow, he will take advantage of every concession offered him in order to extend the market for his wares. If the change in duties give him no better prices than he is receiving at home, they will, at least, be as good and he will do his ut- most to extend his market. At home he has less than six millions of people, while here he would have over ten times as many, with five times the consump- tive capacity of an equal number of any other nationality. It is different with the farmer. His production is limited by the size of his farm, which can hardly be increased, by the degree of fertility of the soil, and largely by his skill asa farmer. So long as he can dispose of the products of his farm he is content; he seldom thinks of increasing his output, or of reaching out into other markets, he knows little and cares less, for any- one beYond the buyer in his own locality. Along the border there will probably be increased selling, because the border American towns are better markets than their neighbors across the line, and as accessible. It may be concluded, from the above considerations, that the change in tariff duties will not materially atfect the prodnce market, while it more than likely to affect the market for man- ufactured goods; but the change is so sma.l that, as has been said, what the re- sult will be is a mere matter of conjec- is ture. DANIEL ABBOTT. —_—-—> - wr Ar. ae |r { ere or ..34 0 te ae LAH fv r i + ee | aaGe es «+> 1 <_i> rae ey -~> <"y P cys eos aw re é¢ > we? Ah o> ae |r { are Wow w at am fe fv r + ee BENEFICIAL RESULTS. Achieved Through the Medium of the Retail Grocers’ Association. GRAND Rapips, Aug. 30—I want to ask Tur TRADESMAN a question. | have repeatedly been asked to join the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, but, so far, have been unable to see how membership in that organization will be of any benefit tome. 1 think I can see how the down-town grocer will be bene- fitted by the work of the Association, but I am away out in the suburbs. How am I affected by what the Association is endeavoring to do ? SUBURBAN. This is one of several questions which have reached this journal within a fort- night, and, as it is a matter of interest to the grocery trade generally, and not only of this city, the answer is given with the greater pleasure. First, to the negative side of the ques- tion. ‘Suburban’ is wrong in suppos- ing that the chief benefit from the work of the Association is received by the down-town grocer. His prices are usually higher than those of the dealer in the suburbs; his customers do not want cheap goods, they do not care for the price; and it is unnecessary for the down-town grocer to cut prices or go into “‘schemes’’ to draw trade. Few of the evils which afflict the trade, and which the Association is working to destroy, have any effect upon the down-town dealer, or, if he is affected by them, the extent of his business makes him indif- ferent to them. He, of all grocers, is the one least benefitted by the work of the Association. Now to the positive side. ‘‘Suburban” is benefitted directly by the work the Association has done and is doing in connection with the ped- dling nuisance. . Every time the number of peddlers is reduced it throws so much business into the hands of legitimate dealers. It is not true, as claimed by some, that to reduce the number of ped- dlers is simply to give that much more business to those who remain. Each peddler has his ‘‘route,’”? which it takes him a certain time to cover; he cannot take new territory without abandoning the old. ‘Two years ago there were over 200 peddlers of fruit and vegetables in the city; now there are less than 100—a reduction of over one-half. This isa re- markable showing, and if the Associa- tion had done nothing else there is a suf- ficient return for all that it has cost the trade of the city. But the work is by no meaus finished, and the Association is prepared for vigorous campaigning until legitimate trade has recovered the ground which it has lost. To stop now with the goal in sight is worse than folly. Does ‘‘Suburban’’ think that so much would have been accomplished without organization ? Who would have directed the work, who have been responsible for it? This much is certain—nothing was done before organization, and very much has been done since, which is, at least, circumstantial evidence ia favor of the existence of the Association, and a good reason why ‘‘Suburban’’ should be a member. The effort of the Association to maintain a level price on sugar has been productive of good, and here, too, dealers in the outlying districts have re- ceived the greater benefit. it makes little difference to the down- town grocer what the cutter may do with the price of sugar. His eustomers are not attracted by the inducements offered by the department store and other pirates, but have an eye solely to the quality of the goods. It is different with the suburban dealer. His customers are, as arule, people of small means, to whom the saving of a few cents is an important matter. They are not to be blamed for this, but, because it is true, they are al-| ways on the lookout for bargains, and an extra pound or so of sugar for a dollar is an attraction which few of them can re- sist. Suppose, for a moment, there was no Grocers’ Association, no one would feel under obligation to maintain the price which legitimate business naturally demands, and all would be free to sell at whatever price they listed. But there is an Association, and the members are bound by the = action of the Association in fixing the price of sugar at a living figure, and the con- sequence is there is not to-day one cutter where, witheut such organization and such action, there would be fifty. How does this effect ‘‘Suburban?’’ In this way: Not every one can get down town to take advantage of the so-called bar- gains, and so are compelled to do their trading near home. Perhaps ‘‘Suburban’s” nearest neighbor would be a cutter were it not for his obligation to the Associa- tion, in which event the bargain-hunter would be under no necessity to go down town to hunt for bargains. But ‘Sub- urban” may say that he could cut as well and as deeply as his neighbor. True; but would that be a desirable condition of things? Is it not much better that neither should cut, as they would be un- likely to do if they were members of the Association? Just to the extent that membership in the Association has limited cutting (and it is easily suscept- ible of proofs that it has limited it) just to that extent has legitimate trade throughout the’city been benefitted, and by as much as membership in the As- sociation increases by so much will the benefits increase. These are some of the direct benefits which accrue to grocers because of the existence of the Association but dependent upon membership. not How much the Association has done for the) members through the discussion of the various which have arisen there is no means of computing; but it has resulted in educating the members, in giving them a better understanding of their needs and a clearer sense of the most available remedy. A better spirit prevails to-day among the retail grocery trade than could possibly have been the ease without organization. Personal contact in the meetings, the free inter- change of ideas and free expression of opinions have done much to soften the acerbities and remove the prejudices which have existed too long among retail grocers. Much yet remains to be done, and how much = easier the doing would be if grocers would give, not only their sympathy, but a portion of their time to the work of the Association is easily seen. ‘Sub- urban,”’ and all others who may be in the same perplexity, are asked to give the foregoing careful attention. Another question has been received which will receive attention next week. DANIEL ABBOTT. - Purely Personal. B. 8S. Runnels, general dealer at Big Prairie, was ip town Monday and Tues- day. Mrs. John Ferguson, the South Div- ision street grocer, has returned from Albany, N. Y., inspecting her real estate interests. Frank D. Forbush, formerly Secretary and Treasurer of the Stow & Davis Furniture Co., has taken the position at the Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. rendered vacant by the retirement of W. P. Granger. Will Martin, of the Cycloid Wheel Works, will handle the Putnam Candy Co’s oyster wagon the coming season. Mr. Martin is well known to the trade through his former connections with F. J. Dettenthaler and L. F. Swift & Co. ‘LHEH MICHIGAN L. J. Ford, senior member of the firm of Ford & Kirby, crockery and wall paper dealers at Mason, was in town a couple of days last week. Isaac Van Westenbrugge, grocer at 60 Center street, has the sympathy of the trade in the death of his daughter, Martha, a bright child of 11 months, who expired Saturday evening. The funeral will be held at 2 o’elock this afternoon at the Berean Baptist Church. Geo. H. Maul, formerly engaged in the grocery business here under the style of Maul Bros., now proprietor of a saloon at 936 Grand River avenue, Detroit, shot a man Aug. 27, and the wound is expected to prove fatal. Maul became involved in arow with a quarrel- some customer, who viciously attacked Maul, and who was fired at by the latter, with the result that an innocent by- stander, Warren F. Charter, received the ballin his breast. Maul gave him- self up to the police. Fred Clark and Frank Jewell and a large and varigated party of friends have been spending several days at Chippewa Lake on an alleged duck shooting expe- dition. It is not the first time Frank Jewell has gone duck shooting, by a large majority. Just about a year ago now he and a friend went up the River beyond Cascade and attempted to shoot some ducks. They took opposite sides of the River, and, as no game appeared on the side of the River Frank’s friend was on, Frank was soon left some distance be- hind. Hearing a couple of shots fired, the friend turned back, thinking that, perhaps, there was game in Frank’s di- rection. He had not gone far when he saw something moving in the water. Cautiously making his way toward the object he took careful aim and was about fire when it turned around and he was surprised to see the triumphant face of his friend Jewell. It was Frank, sure enongh, clad in a straw hat and making his way towards the middle of the Stream. ‘Il hit him,” he shouted; ‘the fell around here somewhere. He’s a beaut, too. Here he is,’ and, reaching out, he took hold of his prize and held it up. ‘‘O, Lord, it’s a helldiver.’? he groaned. So it was and not much larger than a robin. But he took that hell- diver home and put in his spare time studying the difference between it and a duck. Now he may shcot a helldiver but he’Il keep his clothes on. _ 2 -a- The Grocery Market. Sugar—There has been ro change in price during the past week, although the market is strong and consumption enor- mous. Every indication points to higher prices and further advances are expected daily. Coffee—Mild grales continue to show signs of weakness, due to the large amount of stock afloat and in the hands of importers. Package manufacturers have reduced their quotations 1¢e per th. Pork—There has been a heavy advance in barreled, owing to the scarcity of hogs and, consequently, low stocks. Mess has advanced 75e: short eut, $1.25; extra clear, short cut and clear, $1; Boston clear, $1; clear back, $1; stan- dard clear, $1. : Lard—All brands have advanced from 4@ ke. Dry Salt Meats—There is an all around advance of 4c per th. Pigs Feet—Half barrels vanced 50c. have ad- TRADESMAN. Smoked Meats—Hams are down 4c per th. and shoulders, (ce. The rise in barreled pork will probably make a run on smoked, in which event prices will advance. Brooms—Maonufacturers that the advance in broomecorn from $20 to $30 per ton—an advance of 50 per cent.— will result in very much higher prices in brooms in the near future. Vinegar—The recent advances in grain have caused an advanced in the price of vinegar and the prospective advances in grain are likely to canse still higher price, in this staple. >_> & — “ee The Drug Market. Gum opium is dull and lower. Morphia is unchanged. assert An advance on quinine is expected daily. Sulphurie ethers have all been ad- vanced and are tending higher, on ac- count of the high price of alcohol. The following articles have declined on account of lower tariff: Boracie acid: citric acid; oil croton; castor oil. Linseed oil has declined. Turpentine is lower. Duffy’s) malt whisky has advanced. The price is now as follows: One dozen, $9.50; less than one dozen, $9.75; special prices on three dozen lots and over. The United States claying Card Com- pany has advanced its prices on cards the amount of the stamp tax and has taken advantage of the situation to largely advance all its cheaper grades, which it claims have been sold at cost and less. The list is now as follows: No. 999 or Steamboats. ... ....... #1 00 No. 101 “* Tigers / 1 No. 34 “ Cadets 1 00 Roa fh © Tomcm........ .... |... 1 3 mG ae Ulevelen wl. 2 00 No. 808 ‘‘ Bicycles, extra .. 2 50 ho. te Capita. eae No Wi * Cabmets ....... ce _<. eo0 imo. 2 * Soortsman.... ..... 3 50 No. 606 ‘* Extra Congress. . . _o no Gi. Leno... - 400 _— «oe => Gripsack Brigade. Three Grand Rapids men now travel for the National Wall Paper Co.—John Fr. Heystek, -F. BE. Kreps and B. DB. Meeker. A. S. Doak is spending three weeks at his old home at Coaticook, Quebee. His trade is being covered in the meantime by L. S. Freeman and Randall Hawkins. Ben VanLeuven hung his vest in his room in a Baldwin hotel while he went in search of brook trout. When he re- turned the vest was untouched, to all outward appearances, but his gold watch had mysteriously disappeared. —— oo 0 Seven out of Ten. Ovvosso, Sept. 1—At the examination session of the State Board of Pharmacy, held at Houghton, Aug. 29 and 30, ten candidates for registration presented themselves, of which seven passed, as follows: R. J. Burrows, St. Ignace. Henry B. Cate, Menominee. Samuel Cudlip, Iron Mountain. J. A. Gutzin, Negaunee. W. B. Minthorn, Oscoda. D. W. Mitchell, Harrisville. Arthur Uddenburg, Iron Mountain. S. E. PARKILL, See’y. a et From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Oflice during the past week from the following gentleman in trade: A. J. Hughes, Mecosta. Geo. E. Starr, Plainwell. J. Vinkewulder, Grandville. Thos. Heffernan, Baldwin. Ford & Kirby, Mason. Henry Schafer, Big Rapids. B. S. Runnels, Big Prairie. P. H. Sissions, Central Lake. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. RELIABLE DRY GOODS AND SHOE salesman desires position. Is capable of taking full charge of stocks or occupying posi tion of general manager. Address F. A. M., care Michigan Tradesman. 600 Fee SALE—SECOND HAND TINNERS’ : tools, oD. Sander’s Sons IXL pipe cut ting and ¢ > machine, hand and power combined Heat Evaporator Co., Char lotte, M : 598 W's dress H . PAY A REASONABLE PRICE, CASH, ady s wl good condition Ad 100 other business chaz tures only. usin nau Mutual Business Exe stamp for list. City. (ueice FARM OF 160 ACRES. DE living water, in Dickinson county, exchanve for stock of goods or other Give full tion—quality, quantity and value—in first letter. O. P Conklin, 26 Madison Ave., Grand Rapids, Mic! 597 Iowa, to property y * deseri 1 a9 A FINE DEPARTMENT STORE FOR SALE Good town, good store. good trade. C. C Sweet, Benton Harbor, Mic h FOR SALE—ON ACCOUNT oF trating my business to one p entire stock of dry goods. boots — Address Lock b it write unless vou mes farm in part paymen Springport, Mich. business. NG DRUG STORE IN i re: an fruit belt Average daily sales, l TOUU, part cash. Good reasons for selling. Address Druggists Box 11 Baroda, Berrein Co., Mich, 590” V JANTED FOR CASH—STOCK OF GOODS. Must be cheap. Also store building in Northern Michigan. W. H. Pardee. Freeport Mich. 584° I RUGGIST—GRADUATE, OF TEN YEARS experience in city and country—wishes sit uation to take full Charge if de sired. z No. 1 references. Ad dress N an Tradesman. 591 WA§AnSTED-A SITUATION BY A PHARMA cist of 15 years’ ex perience. Best of ref erences. Address Pharmacist, eare Michigan Tradesman, 593 “ypRUG STORE FOR part cash and _ b; party. Location first- ing for a physician: try to employ 100 hands now buildi near by. Fred Brundage Muskegon, Mich. Boa sALE—ABOUT 81,500, ce on time to sood ] OW: food open \ YANTED—POSITION AS MANAGER OR clerk in dry goods or general store. Good window dresser. Box AA, New Haven, Mich. 587 4VOR SALE—CHEAP FOR CASH. SHINGLE. mill in first-class repair, 40,000 capacity, Holmes & DeGott, Tustin. Mich, 588" \ ANTED—POSITION AS CLERK OR book keeper In a general store. Good references furnished. Address A. D. Diehm. Remus, Mich. 589 V JANTED—FURNITURE AND FIX TURES for a drug store. Price must be right. Address C vy. Vining, Lakeview, Mich. 586 WY ANTED—ADEALERIN EVERY COUN ry References. ¢ to handle the Peerless typewriter. Send for circular. Barker & Saunders, State Agents, 19 and 21 Fountain St.,Grand Rapids ~ 583 | ee SALE—TWO PRESCRIPTION CASES, one pair druggist’s prescription scales. four section druggist’s drawers (only one year old), six four foot show cases, very Cheap. 'Ad- dress °C. G. Pitkin, Whitehall, Mich. 581 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 vears for himself. Address “Pharmacist,” care Michigan Tradesman. 566 EARLY NEW BAR-LOCK TYPEWRITER for sale at a great reduction from cost- Reason for selling, we desire another pattern of same make of machine, which we consider the best on the market. Tradesman Company, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids. 564 (XREAT OFFER—FINE STOCK OF WALL paints, varnishes, picture frames XM paper, 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 $2,500 to %3,000. Address Mrs Theresa Schwind, Grand Rapids. £61 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, store 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 ta 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. 553 | ae MILL—WE OFFER FOR SALE the North Side Planing Mill, which is first- classin every respect, or will receive propost- tions to locate the business in some other thrivy- ingtown. Correspondence and inspection solic- ited. Sheridan, Boyce & Co., Manistee, Mich. 613 OR SALE—LARGE STORE, WAREHOUSE, barn, etc., with one-half interest in stock of general merchandise in the village of McBain, Missaukee county, Mich. For terms write to Gil. lis McBain, McBain, Mich. 578 THE MICHIGAN 'TRADEHSMAN. CURRENT CRITICISMS. The St. Louis Retail Grocers’ Asso- ciation cleared $1,200 on its picnic this year. They did not anything like the crowd the Grand Rapids Asso- ciation did, either. How pose they did it? have do you sup- The old man on the corner of Mon- roe and Ottawa streets has taken out a license. After living for years on the people and lying to the police all these years, it’s pretty hard, that’s a fact. Mooney, you are a hard-hearted wretch. * * * sign so it must go out into the Its own father President Cleveland refused to the tariff bill. cold world uusponsored. long ago disowned it. . 4 8 Now the members of Congress can put in their spare moments trying to con- vince their constituents that they didn’t do it. = % *% Don’t be alarmed if about man you meet on the street and shakes with you about your wife and the baby, and how’s business, and a lot of other foolish ques- tions. They are not confidence men, or anything of that sort, every third stops hands and buneco steerers or you | asks | Dry Goods Price Current. Adriatic .. UNBLEACHED COTTONS. “ Arrow Brand 4% 7 Oe. ones os | 5% “« World Wiese. Ate AA......... 6 ao | ee 4% Atlantic A.......... 6%|Full Yard Wide..... 6% _ ee G4iGeorgia A.......... 6 . r. . S&S |Honest Width...... 6 ' i cieek ee © eeree se. .....25.. 5 ge 4%/|Indian Head........ 8% eT eS ea 6% Archery Bunting...4 (KingEC. .......... 5 Beaver Dam AA.. 4%|Lawrence LL...... 4% Blackstone O, 32.... 5 |Madras cheese cloth = Bisck Crow......... & | Newmarket i senen 5X Bieck Bock ........ OX) a 5 i : - o....., 6% Capital A... ...... 5%| as DD.... 5% Cavanat V.... 5) “ cE 6% Chapman cheese cl. ST 5 Ciiften CR... . 54¢/Our Level Best..... 6 ee ... 64/Oxford R.. wis 2 Dwight ae 6% Pequot eo aes 7 Ciiftea CCC.... I eon ohooh ces 6 | |Top of the Heap.... 7 BLEACHED COTTONS. oe een nose OO, eee... © Amazon. ee, Amsburg.... oe EE eo | Art Comerte........ 10 iGreen Ticket....... 84 Blackstone AA..... 7%/|Great Falis.......... 6% Beats All.... es hee ence 7% Boston . 2 West Out..... 4%@ 5 ees... 4 «> GX iking Phillip........ 7% Cabot, & - ‘ - 6% ee Cc harter Oak. . 5%|Lonsdale Cambric..10 Conway W...... ... TiiLonedals...... - @8 Cleveland ...... ..- 6 |Middlesex.... .. @5 Dwight Anchor.. I ios ices eh 7% ‘ghorts 8 |Oak — ees sen ee 6 Edwards. . _. o...........- 5% eee 7 Pride of the West. ..12 | Farwell... « CHOI. 000 eo weses 7% | Fruit of the Loom. 8 i icine ces ns 4% Pmenviite ..... --- : Uees Wiee.....-... 8% though many of them look it. They are_ candidates. * * The papers say the President took a} dignified interest in the procession of the | K. of P. at Washington the other day. President Cleveland is not built right to take any other kind of an interest in anything. The tariff question is settled; has adjourned; the fight Congress Now if it would only rain! _> *® Cooking by Electricity. Cooking by electricity is still finding favor among an increased number of peo- ple, and has no drawback except that it is comparatively expensive. This has been all along the chief drawback to the electric light, and for the length of time it has been known, beyond that in public places. Cooking by electricity has hardly reached that point of being in common use in public places, but it bids fair to do so in the near future. The heat in the range in which coal is usedis not sointense as the appliance through which the electric cur- rent passes and the latter is also more readily controlled. Then there is no rak- ing of ashes, no soiling of the hands with ecoaldust, and no hot stove lids to lift, and burn the fingers. Then the inten- sity of the heat is regulated for the dif- ferent viands at pleasure. The popular- ity of cooking in this manner will aftera while appeal to those who live in small flats, where, in the summer time the kit- chen and the dining-room may be with comfort one and the same room. > 6 Fire from Incandescent Lamps. It has long been beld that incandes- cent electric lamps were perfectly safe, and insurance companies have not been accustomed to increase their rates on ac- count of the use of such; but recent tests go to show that the idea is erroneous, and that while not neariy dan- gerous as arc lights, fires may be started py the incandescent current. During the test an incandescent lamp was placed on the ground, covered with powder, the globe broken. No harm A lamp was then dropped into a recep- tacle full of powder, and the globe smashed. The result was not what the experimenters looked for. The powder went off with an explosion which wrecked the room and seriously burned the over-confident experimenters. a 0 Business men of New York city, who employ 20,000 boys, have determined to give preference to boys who do not smoke cigarettes. posponed. sO between Cor- | bett and Jackson has been indefinitely its use has gone little | and resulted. | Peek Crees... .-++-- 6 ' Nonpareil ..10 Fruit of the Loom %. 7% eo 8% Peres. .... ...+- 4%4|Waite Horse........ 6 Fall Value.......... — " =... 8% HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. Coe... ........--. Sas ee...» 8 ——— CANTON FLANNEL. Unbleached. Bleached. Housewife A........ 514|Housewife Q.... -.. 6% . — ' TE oshoies 7 ' “ use 7 ‘ “ T nen 8% . Pr + _ " Wiese io” ‘ = v.... 2x Y " ) eS 11% . HG 2 oe ‘ “ A 13% CARPET WARP. Peerless, white......17 |Integrity colored. ..18 colored... -—— (weeeoreet.......... 17 Integrity .. a“ "18% | Y *“ colored .19 DRESS GOODS. Geese =......--.-. : {Nameless.. uae Meee ee 25 ML pieeoee 103 ' _. + ose GG Cashmere...... 20 04 —- ee Nameoiess ..........- 16 ' ---d2% a me) 4 1135 CORSETS. CN nce nen $9 50/;Wonderful. .. ...84 50 Schilling’s.. ...... 9 00|/Brighton.. 475 Davis Waists..... 9 00|/Bortree’s .......... 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 50|A buomina! .. - 15 00 CORSET JEANS. Armory . a oe enna... 7% Androscoggin. aes i 7 Rockport. ... - 6% Biddeford ........-. 6 Coneiean eke tee 7% Brunswick . a Walworth ...... . 6% RINTS. Allen a reds.. Berwick fancies.... 5% 34 \Clyde Robes........ " pink & ‘purple 534 \Charter Oak fancies 4 - ouffs ........ 5%/DelMarine cashm’ ‘Ss. 5% ” pink checks. 54) C mourn’g 5% es staples ...... 5 Eddystone fancy... 5% . shirtings ... 3%) chocolat 5% American fancy .... i o rober.... 5% Americanindigo ie ' sateens.. 5% American cbartings- 34 Hamilton des . 5% Argentine Grays.. staple ou. oe Anchor -- a | Manchester ancy.. 5% | Arnold . ruse © ' new era. 5% Arnold Merino..... 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 5% - long cloth . a Merrim’ ckshirtings. 4 ” 7 ppfurn. 8% “ sd century coh 7 Pacific fancy epaens 5% “« gold seal....-. » as rf ee i. { dae | >> wer wAY a “4: > ae ) «a, -< dem Sos me “ef « > SIX LETTERS TO A CLERK.--I. First Touches on the Dangers of Leav- ing Home. An Old Merchant in Hardware. Those of us who have passed the mile- stones that mark the early roads of busi- ness, my dear Tom, often fancy that a bit of our experience might be of some value to those who are just starting out on that thoroughfare. And while we do not believe that we can lay down a chart which will invariably lead to success, we do think that our own mistakes, and the mistakes we have seen others make, ought to be of benefit to those who are treading in our steps. I chose a business career because it was the best offered me. Had I the power to choose among the professions, I might have taken one of them for my choice, but I was where most young men of to-day are—very ambitious and very poor. Iwas like the young man who told his father-in-law that he had no money ‘‘but was chock full of days’ work;’”’? I was full of the energy that seemed to tell me if 1 had but half a chance | would not ask for help—I would make my own way in the world. I was not ambitious of becoming a Vanderbilt in wealth or a Stewart in business. My ambition was bounded by very moderate limits, and I am afraid such success as I have had would strike most men, not as success, but only as the beginning of victory. And if any- thing I can say will help you to this beginning I shall be amply satisfied. The first thought that enters a boy’s head is a wish; he wishes he was like some man or older boy, who has what he has not. It is this wish and desire that spurs him on the road of life. I like it to be so; but, oh! be careful that you are aiming after a noble end. Constant effort will enable the most ordinary capacity to imitate the object aimed at. lf your model is a young man who *‘travels on his shape,” I can encourage you by saying there is no reason why you should not equal, if not excel, him. If your society is among the fast young men, who pride themselves on their reck- lessness, you may reasonably hope to compete with the leader of your set. We are most of us just what we strive to be; perhaps not to the extent we desire, but oftentimes we excel our own ideals. The difference between a man and a boy is, that one has memories—the other has none. Memory is a ghost that clings to us through life, after we have reached the age of manhood, and blessed is he who can turn to it with content and satisfaction. The sigh of every man is, that he might be allowed to live his life over again; that he might so live that the blots, here and there, would never have been. Probably there is little use in moralizing over this point, because our children are going to see for themselves just what we saw for ourselves, and they will no more heed our warning than we heeded the warning of our elders. But for all of this I cannot help writ- ing of the importance it is to every young man to choose his society care- fully. You are going out into the world with a mother’s prayer over you, her hopes around you. You have a vague feeling of what your mother’s love is, but itis only a very indistinct concep- tion of her heart. She has taught you the pure truths of righteousness till it may be they are a little tiresome to you, and all her care you have taken as a matter of course. I love to turn in the Bible to that part where the Son of God turned to his disciples and commended His mother to their care, and when I see the army of boys who every year turn from their homes to fight the battle of life, I think of the patient, praying mothers who are left at home and who can only patiently wait and pray. God pity them all, for some of them wait, and wait, and wait, and get back only curses and neglect when they gave their best love. Wherever you go, whatever you do, cling to the home that nurtured you; keep closely in communion with those at home, and whether business is brisk, or society demanding much from you, do not forget the letters that bring the light to your mother’s eyes, and that send another “God bless him’? to the throne of God. It is the habit of age to say the world | is getting worse, and that ‘we didn’t do so and so,” but that is merely a habit; there are no more dangers in the steps of our young men to-day than ever there were, and I think an independent manliness goes farther in winning res- pect than everit did. There is every reason to say that it is easier to do right now than ever it was, and the men who are your judges are better educated, I think, that any other generation of merchants; just as I am confident the succeeding generation will be in advance of us. So my first letter to you as you go out into the world is, to hold fast to your home ties; come what will, do not let them loosen; teach yourself to be proud of them, and on no account allow your- self to neglect those to whom you owe so much. The day may come when you will be glad to turn back to that home in sickness, there to be tenderly cared for: the time may be when your love of home may be the influence in the scale that will keep you on the right side, when otherwise you would have been lost; but you may be sure that no man cherished such ties without being the better man. I Sundry Sarcasms. St. Peter: ‘Minister, were you? I don’t see many souls to your credit.” New Arrival: ‘‘Didn’t have time to save souls, St. Peter. I was too busy raising mortgages.”’ * * 2 Sunday morning. Wife: ‘‘Come, John, why don’t you get up? Your breakfast was ready an hour ago, and it’s spoiled by this time.” Husband: “Is it? Very well; then I don’t want it. Call me in season for dinner.” * *& * “I think I shall eall a meeting of my creditors and try to make an arrange- ment with them.’’ ‘*You will have to see the mayor first.” “Why?” ‘To get a permit to hold a mass meet- ing.”’ Teacher: ‘‘What is the meaning of the word excavate?”’ Scholar: ‘To hollow out.” “Give me a sentence in word is properly used.”’ ‘The small boy exeavates when his papa licks him. which the * # % Exasperated Young Mistress (after a wordy argument with the cook): “Why, Bridget, it’s perfectly absurd! Either you or I must be crazy.” Bridget (proudly): ‘Sure and I wouldn’t be so bold as to think ye had no more sinse than to keep a crazy cook.” * * * ‘‘To whom are we indebted for this call?’ smiled Mrs. Waitabit as she greeted a goodlooking man at the front door. “he butcher, ma’am,” was the reply. ‘It’s $9.86. There’s the bill.’ ——-—--+9- Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. a 60&10 Cook's ...... a 40 eCuninen GOMUING | 235 oemeitien, Mietetion 50&10 AXES. First Quality, 8. B. Bronze.. .. a ' @ Bee 1x 00 ' a 7 50 ' 2 oes 13 50 BARROWS, dis. Berend $1200 1400 ee ek Oa ao BOLTS dis. are 8. el eee 50&10 Cemmeronow te 75&10 EE 40&10 ee 70 BUCKETS, Se $350 Bee Ns 400 BUTTS, CAST, diz. Cast Loose Pin, figured 70&10 Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint 40... | /6ea&10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wrought Loose Pin............. eee sees . a | Wrogaes Table... . = Wrought Inside Blind.....,. 4) Wrought Brass % | Bind Gike .70&10 Blind, Parker's........ tees T0G10 sariaames decussate ae 70 | BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... .....60&10 ORADLES, hima Ee ee 49&10 CROW BARS, bitin, per® 5 CAPS. thee perm 65 opal al . 60 ee - 35 . 60 CARTRIDGES, Ne 50 Central Fire....... ae 25 CHISELS. dis. Siatiemind ee | 75&10 SE 75&10 RGCHCNCMMG oe 75&10 CE 75&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer................... 40 COMBS, dis, rs sc tittmie, A 40 CN 25 CHALE. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, Planished, 14 oz cut tosize... .. per pound 28 Y Sate, ane fee) 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ........."" 23 eee ee 2 EN 22 DRILL8. dis, eee Ee 50 Taper and straight Shank.. os 50 Morse’s Taper Shank 50 DRIPPING PANS, Small sises, ser pound ........ Se, 8% ome beeen 06 ELBOWS. om See 6. dos. net 7 ee dis 40 caiman sa dis. 40410 EXPANSIVE BITs, dis. Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826........ ' 30 Vee Leo 2 see . 25 FILES—New List. dis. time. 60&10-10 New American...... - 60&10-10 Nicholson’s .... 60&10- 0 imo Oe 50 Meters Morse Mase 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 ana = a 6S ist 2 13 14 15 16 by Discount, 60 -10 GAUGES. dis Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... — KNOBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .... __. 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.... ...... 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings ... ‘ 55 Door, porcelvin, trimmings................. 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain........._... 7 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s 55 peemrorae.............. Norwalk’s...... 55 MATTOCKS, ee 816.00, dis. 60-10 ee ee $15.00, dis. 60-10 oer. 818.50, dis. 20410. MAULB. din, Sperry & Co.'s, Post, handled............... 50 MILLS. dis. Comee, Farmers Cae... 40 * P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.... 40 * denders, Vorry & Clerk's............ 40 re 30 MOLASSES GATES, dis. coacopuperallet ena 60&10 eee ee 60410 Enterprise, self-measuring............ Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. Steel nails, base... 40 Wire nails, base. 60. eo ae 90 Saree... 7 PLANES. dis. ome coer Cee fics. @ eee eee B50 Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy................. e440 Sea metas. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. . ....50&10 PANs. me Aone dis.60—10 Camo polled dis. 70 RIVETS, dis. STOR SI TE ee Copper Rivets and Burs.................... 50—10 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. ‘A’ Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 ‘*B’? Wood’s pat. ed, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 | Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3 State anishi Broken #4 per pound extra, 7 HAMMERS. maveate &Ca.y............ eas secs. 2° en. ‘ ass se 2 Yerkes & Plumb’s... oe dis. 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...... «oe Oe lee 60 Blacksmith’solid Cast Steel Hand....30¢ 40&10 HINGES, bey ey dis.60&10 +++e++..,POr doz, net, 2 50 Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and se. 3% mcrow Hook and Eye %...............__ net 10 “ “ “ 5¢ a net 8% . be “ % net 7% c c rT % net 7% StrapandT .. a dis. F HANGERS. dis, Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track.. 5O&10 Champion, anti-friction... 60&10 Medeor WoeG teen 40 HOLLOW WARE. Re a nc a --.-60&10 a. (ten neeeee cea Cie Cayenne... i. .. 40810 HOUSE FURNISHING goons. feempea Tin Ware.............. / -. .hew list 73 Jepeunea Tia Ware. 25 Granite Tron Ware ............_.. new lis 2t WIRE G00D8, 8, etl ape TT 70&10&10 en Se - 70810810 a... -70&10810 Gate Hooks and Eyes.... 70&10&10 LEVELS. dis.7 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... ROPES, Sisal, % inch and larger ................ 4 mane... see ew. ae SQUARES, dis. Steel and Iron.... Try and Bevels....... oon dt G10 . 60 Mitre .... SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. Nos. 10 to 14.... oueeeea OO 8 50 noe tei ............ a 2 60 4 05 27 ee ae 2 80 wee ee <> 2 90 No. 27... 3 0 a aie te 00 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER, ee ee dis. 50 SASH CORD, mevcrione WHO A list 50 ' eee " 55 . wane fo. bees . 50 " ree ' 55 hite C “ 20 SASH WEIGHTS, couc ives... ooee+ees ss DOF ton S25 SAWS. dis. eT 20 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot..... 70 ‘* Special Steel Dex X Cuts, perfoot.... 50 ** Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, perfoot.... ‘Champion and Electric Tooth X Ce er ee oe 30 TRAPS. dis. oe ee .---60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s......... |. 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 70 meee CnOkee 18¢ per dos Mouse, delusion wtteseeees ses. 81.50 per dos WIRE, dis. EE 70 eC OEM 7TU—10 Ceeree ene 60—10 ADO ORE OG 52h Copperea Spring Steel. 50 Barbed Fence, galvanised................ _ oo ” eee 2 30 HORSE NAILS. ae eee. dis. 40&10 Me dis. 05 Memmwee dis. 10&10 WRENCHES, dis. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 ee COR 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, Wreugns........ 75 Coce’s Patent, malidabie,......0 0 -- - T5&16 MISCELLANEOUS. dis. Pree Bee ee 50 Pore Cee 75&10 Horows, Newite................. --- 70810 &10 Castors, Bed a 4 Piate............... 50&10&10 Pampers, Ameren. Forks, hoes, rakes and al! steel goods...... 65410 METALS, PIé TIN, ee 260 mains... .... . 28 ZINO. Duty: Sheet, 2%c per pound, Oe ocane CMe 6% Pe q SOLDER. ee 16 Daly oe i 1 5 The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market Indicated by private brands vary according to composition, ANTIMONY See. per pound Heweae........ - 13 TIN—MELYX GRADS. eee Charon $750 14x20 IC, ee 7 50 10x14 IX, se, 9 26 14x20 IX, ee 9 2 Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE, weeetc, Cuareoee 75 14x20 IC, ee 75 10x14 TX, EC 8 25 14x20 IX, [ teed ade eee cs, | a Each additional X on this grade 81.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, cc Weta 6 Su 14x20 IX, . oe 8 50 ; . _ Cee a ae 14x20 IC, * Allaway Grade........... 6 00 14x20 IX, c . eae, 7 50 20x28 IC, " _ ee 12 50 20x28 IX, ” . OF ede owen cane 15 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. Se $14 00 ee ee 15 00 10 GO ma... | per pound... THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 8 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN A WEEELY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, Payabie in Advance. 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The value of such institutions is em- phasized in the fact that every industrial calling is controlled by trades unions, which either exclude apprentices or limit the number so strictly as that it is next to impossible for boys to learn a trade. It is not desired here to discuss the rea- son of this regulation on the part of the trades unions. Its object is to limit as much as possible the number of skilled workmen, so as to prevent the over- crowding of thetrades. However advan- tageous this may be to the adult work- man, it imposes a hardship on the boys by shutting them out from trades. In the United States there are practi- eal schools for teaching book-keeping, telegraphy, electricity and mechanical engineering and chemistry. Generally speaking, the United States is poorly provided with schools for industrial training. Several reports on the indus- trial schools of Germany recently made to the Treasury Department, by the Uni- ted States Consuls in that country, give much information of extreme interest in this connection. in Germany there are tanning schools, masons and builders’ schools, weaving schools, plumbers’ schools, clock schools, and, of course, any number for giving in- struction in engineering, chemistry, com- mercial matters and the like. To find and keep employment in any of the in- dustries in the densely settled countries of Europe is really a fight for life. The wages of skilled labor are, of course, the highest, and to be skilled is everything. The young men and women study at these schools in order to perfect them- selves in the callings they adc pt. The operations of some of these schools are worth special mention. There is the weaving school at Chemnitz. It isa weav- ing college. Instead of merely learning a particular routine, such as would be got from working in a cotton or woolen factory, the science as well as the prac- tice of weaving is taught. Consul Mon- ‘ aghan gives some interesting informa- tion. These weaving schools are sup- ported by the Government. Germany must compete with England and France in commerce, and commeree is the sale of the industrial products of the people. Here are taught all sorts of weaving in cotton, wool and silk. Along with the weaving, the care of machinery and other kindred matters, is taught the science and practice of dyeing. The cost of tuition is $65 a year. The German weaving schools send out thousands of graduates who go to all countries as mas- ter weavers. Says the Consul: ‘‘Nine- teen hundred ‘captains’ of weaving have gone out of the Mulheim school into all parts of Germany, France, England, Rus- sia, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, Italy, Switzerland, Sweeden, Denmark, North America, Japan, ete. It is no longer necessary to wonder why it is that New England’s boss weavers, dyers, bleachers, designers, ete., come from Europe, as many of them do to this day. Like the Chemnitz school for weaving, the one at Mulheim trains boys and men to be di- rectors, master workmen, designers, fix- ers, etc. Italso gives young men who wish to travel as buyers or sellers such exact knowledge of wares as will make them experts.”’ An interesting school is the clock school of Furtwangen, in the Black For- est. For centuries clocks were made there by hand labor. Black Forest clocks claimed and held sure sales at high prices. Down to the late sixties and early seventies nothing interfered with their success. About that time machin- ery began to be employed in the manu- facture of clocks. Against Waltham, Furtwangen and the Black Forest were powerless, and trade fell quickly away. The Duke of Baden began to look about for something to save the drooping indus- try. He found what was required in the wood carvings of the Austrian Tyrol and in a school system calculated to lift clock-making from a trade to a science. In 1877 the school was opened, wood- carving introduced, and clock-making in the quaint, queer, out-of-the-way places in the Black Forest took a new lease of life. The purpose of the school is to ad- vanee the interests of the Black Forest clock industry, and to give technical ed- ucation in the mechanical branches of clock-making. It is supplied with all modern machinery and is a great success. It is plain enough how the siilled labor of Europe can come over here and drive out the home workers. The for- eigners are more thoroughly trained, and they are willing to work cheaper. Our people only complain and ask Congress to shut out the foreigners. We have not yet waked up to the fact that the strug- gle for life is daily growing more des- perate. But it is. JEALOUSY OF WEALTH. A magazine writer, who writes upon “The Prevailing Jealousy of Wealth,” undertakes to show that the possession of wealth is satisfactory evidence that its possessor has earned it, or has created values far in exess of what he has him- self retained, an argument which, itis needless to say, would hardly avail a pickpocket in a police court. The writer in question declares that Jay Gould was a benefactor, and created far more wealth than he amassed for himself, which will be news to most of those who have studied the career of the greatest rail-| him as chiefly a wrecker and manipula- tor, and not at all asa creator of any- thing except barely legal devices by which a few were enabled to rob the many. Jay Gould did not create the Erie Railroad, but stole it from those who did create it, and it is to-day strug- gling almost hopelessly under a burden of obligations, which, of course, have a value for those who hold them, but are not wealth any more than the power of the ancient Rhine robbers to tax the traffic of the river was wealth. The fact is that there is no ‘‘prevailing jealousy of wealth’’ that is worth talking about. There is, however, a very con- siderable and a growing disposition to criticise the acquisition of great wealth by dishonorable means—means_ which barely keep their users out of prison, and which everybody knows should send them there. This antipathy to dishonest- ly gained wealth is wholesome, and we sincerely hope it will increase until it will become impossible for men to carry on such operations as were carried on by Gould, and are being carried on to-day by huudreds of other men who justify themselves in any rascality by which they can manage to amass wealth, so long as skillful lawyers can steer them clear of prisons. Any one who thinks of the matter at all can recall the names of dozens of wealthy men whom practically no one thinks of condemning for being wealthy —simply because they get wealth honest- ly, and are good and useful citizens. There is no ‘“‘prevailing jealousy’’ of such men, and they are really injured and insulted by being classed with manip~™ ulators, schemers, purchasers of legis- lation, etc., and by an attempted defense of them on that basis. Honestly gained and honestly used weatlh is respected and is secure; its greatest menace, per- haps, being such indiscriminating and short-sighted defenders, who would place such a man as Marshall Field in the same class with a Gould, or a Wall street gambler. There is a defense which is nothing but an unjust accusa- tion. EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION. The exodus of workmen of foreign birth from this country appears to be un- abated, in fact, to increase in volume. In the early days of THE TRADESMAN it ventured the opinion that the matter of inducing immigration to this country had already been quite overdone, but enthusiasts told the people, who readily believed them, that every emigrant who could be induced to come here repre- sented, in his person, a good round eash value, and so it came about that corporations and great companies im- ported the very lowest classes from Europe, native born workmen and those that had come here for citizenship standing but a sorry chance of making an honest and respectable living in competition with those who were con- tent to live off the contents of ash bar- rels and lodge like beasts. The coun- try could, to its advantage, spare a good many thousand such workmen, but the trouble is that unfair competition is driving back a good many honest in- telligent men whose presence is in every way desirable. If it were only those of the imported type who were going back it would be a matter for con- gratulation. They would be well got- Of course, one of the principal rea- sons for the present exodus is the scar- city of work here and the high cost of living. It is not a desirable place in which te be idle. In one instance, with which we are acquaiated, there is a fam- ily of four, the husband being a carpen- ter. Searcely expecting to find work this fall and winter he estimates that it will be a saving in money for them all to return to Sweden and remain until spring, even though he gets no work there; then, if there are fair prospects of work here, coming back again. That is, that the cost of the passage both ways will be more than balanced by the cheaper cost of living there. But putting aside the question of dull times, which is substantially universal throughout the world, in the best of times it has been evident for some years that there were more men here than there was work for. The great army of tramps has been steadily increasing, and not all of them, by any means, began their tramping from choice. Necessity has had a good deal to do with it. This condition of affairs has been, to a great extent, brought about, not by the natural law of emigration, but by the importa- tion of the worst part of European labor, for purely selfish motives. It has been carried to such an extent as to be abso- lutely a menace to the country. FROM THE LAKES TO THE SBA. While there is a little prospect for the construction of the Nicaragua _ inter- oceanic canal, other canal projects for in- terior navigation are being agitated with great activity. A canal isin actual progress of being excavated to connect Lake Michigan at Chicago with the Mississippi River, above St. Louis. The leading object in view in this work is to open a channel by which the waters of the lake will flow through the excavated channel and the Illinois River into the Mississippi, so as to carry with it the sewage of the city. But it is intended to make the canal so large as that it will float considerable steamboats and barges, and se furnish an important waterway for transportation purposes. Another scheme which is being actively brought into prominence is a project to connect the Ohio River by a large canal with the waters of Lake Erie. There are already small canals connecting those waterways. One is from Erie, Pa., to Pittsburgh. Another is from Cleveland, Ohio, to Marietta, in the same State, on the Ohio River. The third route is from Toledo to Cincinnati, on the river. The existence of these small canals proves the practicability of the project for the construction of waterways capable of floating vessels which can navigate the lakes. The principal demand for such a water route is made by Pittsburgh. That great center of iron manufacture is dependent on Michigan for its best supplies of ore. This ore, if brought by water, has to be trans-shipped from the lake vessels to boats which can get through the small canals. This rehandling is expensive and hurts Pittsburgh in competition with the cheap ores of Alabama. It is pro- posed to make a canal which will permit ships which bring iron ore through the Great Lakes to float through the country to the great iron mills of Pittsburgh. It would be a great consummation for Pittsburgh, and it would do no harm to road wrecker of history, and who regard ten rid of by paying their passages home | Michigan. Sore —— -~¢3 sr +P mn =a Fr THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. v THE GENIUS OF INVENTION. The magicians of the present age are the engineers, the chemists and elec- tricians. They are the men whocan call up and control powerful and mysterious forces, transform apparently worthless substances into articles of value, and an- nihilate space by transmitting intelli- gence from the most distant places in a moment of time. The enormous practical value of the discoveries in the sciences of engineer- ing, chemistry and electricity have at- tracted many persons to the study of those subjects, and the fear has been ex- pressed that those departments of eco- nomic science will soon be overcrowded. In this connection some interesting in- formation was recently given by Prof. De Volson, of the Society for the Promo- tion of Scientific Education at Chicago. Speaking of the increasing interest man- ifested in scientific studies, it appears that in less than forty years about 100 professional engineering schools, includ- ing special courses in universities, have eome into existence in this country, graduating 1,200 persons annually. Be- sides these, many of the other schools include some instruction in the mechan- ieal arts and engineering subjects. The Professor thinks that there is not a demand in the country for 1,000 or more new professional engineers an- nually, but the fact that that number find useful employment, and that these sehools are more and more crowded with applicants, shows that this kind of edu- eation is growing in popularity. But all graduates do not follow the profes- sion of their school for life’s work. These schools have opened new lines of work and raised the standing of others, as well as enlarged the field of engineer- ing. Graduates are found in many, if not all, of the other learned professions and in many departments of business. Thus it is coming about that a scien- tific education is being made a prepara- tion for practical life, just as a college eourse in Greek, Latin and menta! and moral philosophy is considered a neces- sary preparation for any professional eareer. There is, in all probability, no actual demand for all the engineers, ehemists and electricians who are grad- uated out of the scientific schools, but the education they receive is valuable all the same. In the meantime, the practical appli- eations of science are constantly opening new fields of industry. Fifty years ago economical electricity was unknown. To-day its various departments furnish employment to hundreds and thousands efmen. Fifty years and more ago the engine, lathe and drill were about the enly special mechanisms in use in ma- ehine shops. Nearly all the balance of the machinists’ work was done by hand. Now all -is accomplished by ingenious machinery, and the hand-worker has lit- tle to do save to adjust the raw mate:ial into the machine, and finally to put to- gether the completed parts as they are turned out from the lathes, planers, punches, drills, slotters and screw cut- ters. Itis much the samein a newspa- per office. The intelligence is trans- mitted from the most distant places by electricity. The narratives and state- ments are prepared on typewriting ma- shines. The writing is transmuted into metal plates of types by machinery. The metallic plates are fixed on a rotary printing machine, which turns out the completed newspapers with their numer- ous pages bound together, leaves cut for the convenience of readers, and the whole folded ready for the mails. These are only instances of the cerca- tion of new industries through the ap- plication of science, whose wonderful in- fluence is felt in every department of life. The genius of the inventor and the skill of the mechanician and chemist, when assisted by capital, are capable of revoluticnizing human society. Al- ready, in the building and operating of canals and railways, in the extracting of metals, in the use of steam and electricity in agricultural and all labor- saving machinery, in sanitary improve- ments, in the construction of ships for both war and peace, in the improve- ment of weapons and military muni- tions, and in a thousand other discov- eries and changes in economical methods, the modern scientists are changing; the customs and habits of society in a most remarkable manner. The labor-saving machine is also labor- making. It not only opens new lines of manufacture, but furnishes new fields of labor for those displaced. It forces a redistribution of labor. It may increase the number of mechanics, shippers, salesmen, clerks, officials and promoters of new enterprises, or it may increase some of those and diminish others; but there is always’ progress, always growth. The vista never closes; but new scenes are constantly opening, and always man’s dominion over the forces |. of nature increases and strengthens. Man is given this power for good, and, if he shall use it for evil ends, he com- mits a crime, he can only blame himself. Spontaneous Combustion of Colored Paper. A correspondent of the London Times says: ‘One of my children complained that a smell of burnt paper was percep- tible in the house. This smell had been noticed some hours previously, but was not then traced to its source. A careful search led to the discovery that a paper lamp shade in one of the rooms had been entirely consumed by fire. For two days prior to the accident the lamp, a duplex, had not been lighted, and there had been no fire in the room. Since the morning of that day, when the room was dusted and the shade apparently in its usual condition, no one had entered the room. The shade was made about a year ago from so-called crinkled tissue paper, one white and one yellow sheet, gathered to- gether on the upper part where it was fixed to the wire frame, where it formed a considerable bunch, and spreading thence over the frame below. On exam- ination, the yellow paper was found to be colored by chromate of lead, and this no doubt was the cause of the accident. There can, | think, be no doubt that this was a genuine case of spontaneous igni- tion, though I have not as yet been able experimentally to reproduce the neces- sary conditions leading to such a result. Fortunately there were no readily im-! flammable articles near, or a serious fire might have resulted, the origin of which would probably never even have been suspected. The dangerous paper is read- ily recognized by setting fire to a piece of it and blowing out the flame. In the case of ordinary paper it will be found that the glow along the burnt edge is very soon extinguished, whereas in the case of these chromate papers it continues un- til the whole is consumed, as is the case with ordinary touch paper. I find that besides the yellow paper, pale green paper also contains chromate of lead, and would no doubt be equally danger- ous, and possibly there are papers of other colors containing the same mater- ial. It would be interesting to learn whether any similar case has been ob- served before.’’ | WING Co, Proprietors of ihe “CRESCENT,”’’ “WHITE ROSB,”’ “ROYAL.” . These brands are Standard and have a National reputation. Correspondence solicited. VOIGT MILLING 6O., Grand Rapids, Mish. QUALITY - UNIFORMITY - PRIGK SEARS - CRACKERS and CAKES Currant Drop Cakes. Imperials, Cream Jumbles, Cream Drops, Cornhills, Nonpareil Jumbles. Have you tried our new goods? Add a box or barrel to your next order. They are splendid sellers and sure to please. New York Biscui tCoa. S. A. SEARS, Manager, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 10 ‘on j Hh; MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AN EXASPERATING EXPERIENCE. A friend of mine—a clerk in a grocery —came to me the other day with the re- quest that I take his place behind the counter, as he wanted to get off for the day. I willingly consented, of course, more especially as I did not expect to have much to do, and anyway all this talk about the hard times clerks have Was moonshine. At 6 o’clock the next morning 1 was on hand ready for work. My friend had given me an idea of what was to be done first, so I went to work. I carried out about half a ton of flour, several bushels of potatoesand fruit, and other articles ‘‘too numerous to men- tion,” and then proceeded to sweep the floor. By this time the boss had arrived, and after watching for some time he said “Don’t you think you had better move some of those boxes and barrels and Sweep behind them?’’ Of course Il thought so when he suggested it, and every box and barrel in that store was moved and. removed. That fioor had never had such a sweeping as it got that morning. Then the boss went to break- fast, and I was left monarch of all I sur- veyed. The customers, women, came in just here, and the first wanted a loaf of bread. “Is itfresh? I don’t want it if it isn’t fresh.” Of course it was fresh. We kept nothing but fresh bread. ‘*Well, it don’t feel fresh, and I don’t believe it is. How much is it?” Seven cents was the reply. ‘‘Why that is the price uf fresh bread. I never paid that much for stale bread;’’ and she turned and went out the door with the air of an offended queen. The next customer wanted a dozen eggs, and she too had alot of fresh questions to ask. { examined every individual egg with the tester, and finally satisfied her that the eggs were fresh, and turned to the next. She wanted a quarter’s worth of sugar. ‘‘How much do you give for a quarter?’ Itold her. ‘‘Why, they give 20 pounds for a dollar over to S’s—!”” I asked her why she did not go there, and she picked up her quarter and left. I had been three-quarters of an hour sell- ing one dozen of eggs for 13 cents and of- fending two customers. The next to en- ter the store was a farmer’s wife. 1 went out to the wagon and brought in several crocks of butter and some crates of eggs, weighed the butter and counted the eggs, and put up what goods she wanted, giv- ing her the balance in cash. No trouble then. business with after all; finding. take it without questioning, and the pleasure of waiting on these ‘‘country cousins,” almost destroyed the bad taste left in my mouth by my previous exper- iences. [I had told several customers that we had no butter, and regretted to see them go elsewhere to get what they wanted. Now we had four large crocks of *‘best dairy;’’ I could tell from the ap- pearance of the farmer’s wife from whom I bought it that it was of the best qual- ity, and I waited in pleasant anticipation for another call for butter. It was not long until a lady came who wanted some, ‘“*the very best, mind; if it isn’t good I don’t want it.’’ Lassured her I had some fresh, just brought in, which I would warrant to be the best in the market. I took off the cover of one of the crocks, and discovered about an inch and a half of salt asa starter. I scraped this off and finally reached the butter. If that 2utter was not old enough to vote it had j i The farmers are the people to do no fuss, no fault- They know what they want and | developed a remarkable strength in its youth. It was the strong- est butter lever saw. And the amount of bric-a-brac, that that butter had col- lected was astonishing. There was a clothespin, several hair pins, the top of a pepper castor, some thread, a clipping from a newspaper, etc., ete. That was not ordinary butter; it would not do to let it go at the regular price, or to an or- dinary individual who would not appre- ciate its peculiar talent. So I set it aside and tried another crock—with sim- ilar result, only more so. It was the same with every crock. I called the boss’ attention to the matter and, when he understood how matters stood, he looked at me in a peculiar manner, and asked me if 1 did not think there was an- other sphere in life which I was better fitted to adorn than a grocery store. His manner was very insinuating. So much so that 1 put on my coat and hat and de- parted. I am still of the opinion that the amount of ability necessary to make a good grocery clerk has been overesti- mated, and that there are many things which make a grocery clerk’s existence peculiarly agreeable. RapIx. — 2 Get onto the Loaded Wagon. I find the business world divided into two great classes—the men who get onto the loaded wagon, and the men who walk behind. The former are writing the history of their successful business attainments for publication in the maga- zines. The latter are reading the hints as to how toclimb on. Meanwhile the driver is lashing the horses into a brisk trot and the dust is getting thick around the hind wheels; while not infrequently the occupants of the wagon are calling to the driver to ‘‘ecut behind.” Under these circumstances itis more pleasant to write magazine articles on the front seat than to hang on to the tail board. From extensive and impartial observa- tion 1 have found that there are several and divers ways to mount the loaded wagon. One way—and a fine old-fash- ioned way it was too, back in the days of our parents when the land was broad and degree of new—one way was to pile in boys while | the wagon was empty and standing still! Ah, but those were famous old times! Rich lands and running water all about | you ‘‘fur’s you could look ’er listen,’ | and all to be had for the taking. No cordon of United States cavalry then to | surround our forefathers and _fore- mothers; zle of a carbine till the signal gun on the appointed day should let them loose in a wild rush for a little strip of dried-up land that wouldn’t furnish summer pas- ture for a brace of jack rabbits. Not by a large per cent.! Our forefathers waded into the fat of the land up to their boot tops and taking out their carving knives carved out a fortune as far as they could reach this way and that. Then the world was so wide that nobody said ‘‘why do ye rob,” for his neighbor was equally busy with his own carving. This load- ing up was done while the cargo was standing still and ‘*‘Uncle Sam was rich enough to give us all a farm.’’ Another way of getting on the wagon— a way that extensively obtained between the years of 1860 and 1880, was to have the vehicle stop and back up to your front door while a printed invitation was sent up to you and your friends to oc- cupy upholstered seats in the wagon. I might not have been that you were thus co to hold them back at the muz- | r. & Be O-y-s-t-e-r-s The Banner brand of Michigan—regular season opens Sep- tember 4th. Your orders will receive prompt attention. THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. n returning thanks for the large increase in trade for the fall and winter of I 1894-5, it affords us much pleasure to acknowledge receipt of many letters from leading merchants expressing their pleasure on finding that we have in- troduced so many Impoved Styles in Overcoats and Ulsters. The Paddock Over- coat is a surprise and leading feature, is dressy and shows the figure to perfecti on Our Clay and Fancy Worsted suits are in great demand, and our large line of. Double and Single-Breasted Suits in Unfinished Worsteds, Chevoits, Cassimeres, Etc., sold at popular prices, have afforded our customers the pleasure to meet all competition. Write our Michigan Representative, WILLIASI CONNOR, Marshall, Mich., Box 346 (his permanent address), who will be pleased tu call upon you, and you will see and learn something to your advantage. All mail orders promptly attended to. MICHAEL KOLB & SON, Wholesale Clothiers, ROCHESTER, = = - = - N. ¥. William Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 10 and 11 and on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 26, 27 and 28, Fair week. BUY ORANGES LEMONS and BANANAS of THE PUTNAM CANDY CO, Let them come. BAKING POWDER S.NO SUPERIOR = BUT FEW EQU ONLY lak GRADE BAKING “POWDER D.AT THIS PRICE 507.CAN “10 2 ILB.CAN 25S MANUFACTURED BY NORTHROP, ROBERTSON,& CARRIER __ LANSING #1/ CH. LOUISVILLE Rit PEANUTS. A Leading feature with us—no matter whether you want a sack or a carload—we are the people to draw a supply from. The PUTNAM CANDY Co. COUPON BOOKS IF YOU BUY OF HEADQUARTERS, YOU ARE CUSTOMERS OF THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, Rise ~ Vv : = « mi ow ‘THH MICHIGAN PHAVWES MANN. 11 honored but some railroad corporations | were thus taken in and given estates larger than great kings have taxed their kingdoms for, and for which they have butchered their friends and their foes by tens of thousands through years of war- ring. Yet another method of getting on the front seat of the wagon is to slug a score or so of your compeers and use them for @ mounting block. This is a popular way and now muchinvogue. Jay Gould reached the driver’s box in this fashion and his brethern of the Standard Oil Company got close ap behind the horses by similar means. Sometimes, when the seats are full, comfortable seats may be had by pitching your seatmate over the wheel. The big officials in the Northern Pacific, the Wisconsin Central, the Union Pacific, and heaven only knows how many other combines, got soft seats by this means. Then there is the desperate and bril- liant method of going gunning for a seat and holding up the wagon. It takes nerve to get aboard by getting the drop on the whole load, but by standing in with the driver (as note the Sugar Trust and the Coal Trust) it can be done smoothly and with large success. But what shall that great swarm of weary trampers do who run behind and eat the dust kicked up by the wheels or drag along yet farther back with fading hopeless poor, far out of sight or hearing of the wagon, who plod the road, or sit by the wayside and beg? The anarchists among them say: ‘Blow up the wagon, and let us make a rush for the pieces.” The communists want wagons for all or foot passage for all. The Coxeyites mod- estly ask to build the road for the wagon. The populists would have the govern- ment issue wagon tickets for everybody. But all these are outvoted by those who, dazzled by the hope of some day riding on the front seat, are willing to run in the dust till the day of doom for the one chance in ten thousand of climbing over the dashbvard. THE DEACON. i A Cincinnati man describes a novel sight he saw recentiy at a mill devoted to making paper of pine tree pulp. ‘I was invited to select a tree, which I did, and it was cut down for me in the morn- ing. I watched it during the day under- going the various processes of paper- making, and at 6 o’clock that evening the tree was paper. At midnight a por- tion of it was sufficiently dry to be taken to a printing office, and a few of the copies of the next morning’s paper were printed on this product. From a tree to a printed newspaper in twenty-four hours is probably the best time on record.”’ THE DANGER OF OVERSTOCKING. Practical Discussion of an Important Subject. R. W. Humes in Hardware. The numerous failures in mereantile houses, especially in the smaller towns and cities, during such times particularly as the present, lead me to make a few re- marks on one of the principal causes leading thereto: The evils of buying from too many houses and overstocking is prob- ably the most fruitful cause of disaster. Under the present ‘‘drummer system”’ of selling goods, hardly a day passes but that the merchant is called upon by one or more representatives of the different lines of business in which he is engaged, and from far-distant cities. As the drummer’s living depends upon selling goods, he naturally uses every means at his hand to induce the merchant to give him an order. With eloquent tongue, he preaches the excellence of his wares, and the superior advantages he can offer. If from a near city, it is the advantage of getting goods quickly, and the saving of freights. If from adistant market, the advantages of buying at headquarters far outweigh the difference in freight, ete. All kinds of inducements in the way of large discounts and long dating of bills, are offered. The result is that, although the merchant is fully convinced in his own mind that his stock is as heavy as it should be, he allows himself to be per- suaded into placing an order, and be- fore he is aware of it, he has more goods on his shelves than his trade requires. His sales not keeping pace with his in- creased purchases, he finds when state- ments begin to pour in on him, that he is without funds to meet the demands, and he must humiliate himself by asking fav- ors from parties with whom he is barely acquainted. These parties, having no interest in him further than to collect | the amount due them, will be very apt to |turn a deaf ear to his entreaties, and adopt such a course in collecting the debt as their self-interest dictates. The report that a merchant is hard pressed is quickly started, and before long, all who have claims begin to clamor for settle- meat. Unless his pusiness rests upon an exceptionally strong foundation, it goes under in the storm. The question naturally presents itself: What is the proper safeguard against the evils pictured? We would suggest this: Let every merchant make a careful esti- mate of what he needs in each line. Let him establssh his business relations with a few good houses in these lines, and stick to them so long as they treat him right. By following this plan, he makes friends who are well acquainted with his affairs, and who know all about him per- sonally. In case he needs favors, he can get them without trouble. He is looked upon as a valuable customer, and be may rest assured that he will get every advan- tage that can be afforded. The drummers from other houses will, of course, do their best to convince him that he is paying too much for his goods, and that he would fare better if he trans- ferred his patronage to them, but in that matter he must stand firmly on his own judgment. What has been said of making friends of good houses is equally true, and per- haps more so, of their representatives, the traveling salesmen. First-class houses are usually represented by first- class, capable men. The salesman re- gards you as his customer. He knows that you appreciate his worth, and has no special anxiety lest others may lure you away from him. He ealls on you with his samples, knowing that you await his coming, and will have an order for him. He also knows that strenuous ef- forts are being constantly made to cap- ture your trade, and consequently he makes it his business to watch your in- terest inevery possible manner. He gets his house to provide such lines of goods as are specially wanted in your section, aud gets permission to shade prices down to the lowest notch. In short, he appreciates your patronage, and does what he can to deserve it. There are times, such as the present, when the best and strongest merchants are closely pressed. It may be that they have sold too many goods on long pay- ments; failure of crops or many other causes might be assigned. Aithough their resources are ample, they are not in available shape to meet present liabil- ities. At such times the value of friends is put to the test. There are many cases known to the writer, where merchants were saved from impending ruin by the efforts of their drummer friends, who, be- ing well acquainted with all the facts, worked in behalf of their customers with a good will, and got from the creditors such extensions as would carry them safely over the difficulty. The value of friendship in business, whether with the firms of their represen- tatives, the travelers, cannot be overes- timated, and such friendship is not es- tablished by buying a bill here and there from fifty different parties, but by iden- tifying your interests with afew good houses and sticking to them. The best manner of keeping a stock in good condition must be learned from ex- perience. As arule. it is best not to buy too heavy at a time, but to assort up gradually as the demand for certain kinds of goods calls for it. The great point is to reduce the stock down to its lowest level at the end of seasons, so that the shelves are not encumbered with a lot of goods which by the following sea- son may be ruined or out of style. a ep The Baby’s Medicine. The mistress of the house had been to a concert, and when she returned she was met by the servant with: ‘Baby has been very ill while you were out, mum.” “Oh, dear,’? said Mrs. Youngwife, ‘‘is he better?” “Ob, yes, mum, he’s all right now, but he was bad at first. I found his medicine in the cupboard.” “Good gracious! the child? There’s no medicine cupboard.’’ “Oh, yes, mum, there is; it?s written on it.” And then the girl triumphantly pro- duced a bottle duly labeled ‘Kid Re- | Viver.” What have you given in the History of the First Mammoth Cheese. A recent United States Consul in Switzerland devoted a good deal of his time to the collection of facts about cheeses, beginning with some that are alleged to be more than 200 years old, which facts he intends to work into a book. There does not seem to be any- Uning that saves credulity in the state- ment of the age of foreign cheeses. Judging from the obtrusive odor of some of these cheeses, the afflicted smeller is ready to believe they are not less old than the pyramids. Speaking of cheeses, the patriotie American may find something of which to boast in the dairy records of his own land. Notas to age, but as to bigness in cheeses. For example, the great polit- ical Cheshire cheese, made in honor of Thomas Jefferson, which weighea 1,600 pounds and was too large to be carried on an ordinary wagon. The history of that cheese would be interesting to the smallest details, but only the larger facts are known. When Jetferson was first candidate for the Presideney he was an object of particular dislike and fear to the New England theologians. He had spent much time in France and was known to be an ad- mirer of Voltaire, as any man with a Keen sense of literary excellence must be. Voltaire, at that time, was supposed to be Satan’s chief agent on earth. Al- though he would pass for a tame and amiable infidel in these days of positiv- ism, at that time he was thought to have horns, and to have a good deal of tail concealed about his cadaverous person. So Jefferson was easily eharged with infidelity, and New England was warned that the anger of Heaven would be called down if he should be made President. Elder John Leland, of Cheshire, in Massachusetts, being a man of calmer mind and with a sense of justice, raised his sonorous voice against the campaign of intolerance and slander, and he suc- ceeded in bringing his entire congrega- tion over to his view of Jefferson. When the latter was elected, Elder Leland, in order to show that Cheshire was glad of it, asked every cow owner in the town and environments to send in at least a quart of milk on acertain day, or else the amount of curd a quart would make, for the construction of a mammoth cheese. It was done. Captain John Brown, the man who first discovered the treason of Benedict Arnold, had a huge cider mill, and on the appointed day every man, woman, boy and girl in the town marched in gaudy attire, carrying milk to that mill. A great hoop was made and into it the curd was poured, and in due time the largest cheese in the world was produced. I[t was drawn on a specially constructed wagon to Wash- ington and presented to the great man. Beside the 22,000 pound Canadian cheese exhibited at the Columbian Ex- positiun, the 1,600 pound Jefferson cheese would cut but a small figure: but the incident tends to show the significance of such a cheese as a gift, embodying, as it does, the contributions of hundreds of donors. met by reliable one to sell. Prepared and guaranteed by the New York Condensed Milk Co. and it highly indorses same. . ee +A COOKING SCHOOL now exists which, recognizing the importance of having plenty of pure Borden’s Peerless Brand Evaporated Cream, Merchants interested in supplying their milk on hand for cooking purposes, has found its requirements fully aie. sie. ails. customers with satisfactory goods, at a reasonable profit to themselves, will find that the Peerless Brand is a good article to purchase and a E2™ For Quotations SEE Price CoLUMNS. 1:2 CHEH. MICHIGAN TRADESMAL WHAT THE SLATE DID. | Wm. H. Maher in Hardware. My companion is aow the honored and | trusted president of a prominent bank, but for more than forty years previous | he had been connected with the retail | trade, and his name to-day is at the head | of a large and prosperous incorporated | eompany in the wholesale trade and well- | known in three states. We had been discussing some details of bank mavagement when he asked: **Did I ever tell you about my lucky slate?” l answered that he never had, but I was quite ready, then and there, to be told about it. He sat back in his chair, and his face took on a look of enjoyment, as if the recollections and associations were pleas- ant to recall. ‘«sWhen I went into business,’’ he said, “J had but very little money. Just as we had got fairly started, the panic of *57 struck us. I literally did net close my eyes for two suecessive nights, while 1 worried over the situation. We had bought goods too freely; many bills were now due, and though we had enough eoming to us to make us easy, if col- lected, there wasevery reason to suppose that our customers would plead the panic as a good excuse for their inability to pay. I had a partner who was of no use whatever to mein this crisis. He wasa fellow who was expert in scattering, but a failure in drawing loose ends together. 1 blamed myself for having ordered goods so blindly and so recklessly. I de- termined that if 1 pulled through I would make a change in methods or go out of business. “J went to the bank and said to the cashier: ‘1 am in trouble—great trouble. If 1 can’t get scme help I shall be forced to the wall.’ ‘What’s the matter,’ he asked; ‘trusted out too much, like every young fellow who starts business?’ eres.” . ““*Yes.”’ said he, ‘1 know just how it goes; you are acquainted with everybody and everybody is acquainted with you. Anything they want in your line they have only to ask for; payment can take eare of itself. 1 suppose about every farmer in the county owes you, but tells you that he can’t pay?’ <> ves.” ‘“**Just so; it’s the same story every- where. money?’ +All lean give youis my own note. I shall not ask anyone to endorse for me, for 1 will not endorse for any man. If> you can lend me some money on my note, I will go through all right, and I have learned a lesson.’ ***How much did I want?’ **] told him. ‘**All right; make out your note.’ “On my way back | went to a book | store and bought a double slate and a} pencil, which I tied to the frame. I) called my partner and our one clerk to; look at this slate. ‘This is to be at the | eash drawer, and from this moment I} want every sale we make entered on this | left side, and every payment, no matter how small, minuted on the other side.’ My partner poohpoohed the notion. ‘You can’t keep it up three days,’ said he. ‘No one can stop toenter a sale when an- other customer is waiting for his atten- tion.’ 1 told him it could be done and must be done. If he couldn’t do it with his sales, I would doit for him. I! told him it was absurd to say that we two and our clerk could not do business with some system. That the cash must be made up every night, and if out of the way, we must have our business so well in mind that we could recall every trans- action of the day and correct any errors. ‘Then,’ said I, ‘1 shall enter these daily sales in a book, and my purchases next month will not be one dollar more than our sales foot up for this present month. I am not going to lie awake again over bills that I can see no way to pay. As our sales increase, if they do increase, I shall also add to my purchases; but un- til that time my limit for any month shall be the amount of the previous month’s cash sales.’ ‘“‘My partner still felt disposed to rid- icule the slates, but he saw that I was mightily in earnest. We began the new Well, what have you to offer for }- Every night for five years I made up the cash myself. and if it was out cf order, | kept at work among all of us until we finally recalled the missing transaction that was necessary to make a balance. | paid off my note in the bank when it fell due, but 1 gauged my purchases by our sales so that 1 was not cramped again. “One day the banker came into the store smiling, as if he had a joke on me, saying: ‘Lon, what is this Carter tells me about some slate you have? What is it? I'd like to see it.’ “I pointed to the slate lying on the ledge near the cash drawer: There it is.’ ‘“**But what is it? I didn’t catch Car- ter’s point, but 1 was interested enough to come over here to see it.’ ‘J told him to go behind the counter and look at it. He did this, and then looked for an explanation. I gave it, telling him it was started the day that | made the loan at his bank; that it gave me a picture each day of my business, and educated us all as to the value of a little item, if that item happened to prevent our cash from balancing, and also that by the lessons it taught me one month I gauged my purchases the next. ‘“‘He looked at the slate in an amused way, laid it down and started for the door, but before he reached that he turned around and said, in a voice intended for my own ears: ‘Lon, whenever you want to borrow any more money, come to me and you can have it.’ “But my slate took me out of the ranks of the borrowers, very soon, placing me where I could pay cash for goods, and even discount my bills. We have been through some severe panics since that of 57, but | was able to sleep at nights, so far as worry about business was con- cerned. Thatis the story of my slate; but now to get back to our business here.’’ But it seems to me that the story is worth telling to a larger audience. —>>- -> << Use Tradesman Coupon Books. The President of the Mnit GREETING : Ne.s Jersey, it has lately exhibited its said Bill of Complaint of New Jersey, complained of, and that the said To HENRY KOCH, ed States of America, your Clerks, attorneys, ager ., salesmen and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, Whereas, it has been represented to us in our Circuit Court of the United States for the District of in the Third Circuit, on the part of the ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, that in our said Circuit Court of the United States for the District against you, the said HENRY KOCH, Defendant, to be relieved touching the matters therein ENOCH MORGAN'S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, is entitled to the exclusive use of the designation ‘‘SAPOLIO” as a trade-mark for scouring soap. Mow, Cherefore, we do strictly command and perpetually enjoin you, the said HENRY KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, agents, salesmen and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you .ader the pains and penalties which may fall upon you and each of you in case of disobedience, that you do absolutely desist and refrain from in any manner unlawfully using the word ‘‘SAPOLIO,” or any word or words substantially similar thereto in sound or appearance, in connection with the manufacture or sale of any scouring soap not made or produced by or for the Complainant, and from directly, or indirectly, that false or misleading manner. atituess, which is not Complainant’s s [SEA ROWLAND COX, system that very hour, and we kept it up. | Complainant A1¢ 1 manufacture, and from in any way valicttor By word of mouth or otherwise, selling or delivering as “SAPOLIO.” or when “SAPOLIO” is asked for, using the word ‘‘SAPOLIO” in any The honorable MeLvitLeE W. FuLver, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America, at the City of Trenton, in said District of New Jersey, this 1th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundrci and ninety-two. [SIGNED] Ss D, OLIPHANT, Clerlt a (uate » t: Dr.l ROL, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN . MEN OF MARK. Daniel Lynch, Manufacturer of Ex- tracts and Baking Powder. Daniel Lynch was born in 1852, at Newport, R. L., but a year later his father came to Grand Rapids. Here Daniel was sent to school until he was 16 years old, when he was apprenticed to Arthur Wood at blacksmithing. He remained with Mr. Wood four years, and then, at 20 years of age, he went to Painesville, Ohio, where he worked at his trade; he remained there one year. At 21 he returned to Grand Rapids and bougbt an interest in the earriagemak- ing and blacksmithing business of Chas. E. Bisnette, corner of Mt. Vernon and West Bridge streets. The great fire of 1875, which devastated the entire busi- ness portion of the West Side, swept away the business of Bisnette & Lynch, and Mr. Lynch was forced to turn his at- tention to something else. He finally bought a lot on the corner of Grandville and First avenues, erected a building and started a grocery. This he conducted for two years when he sold out and moved to Blanchard, Mich., and engaged in general trade. Six years after locat- ing in Blanchard, he was again visited by the fire fiend and building and stock were almost a total Mr. Lynch once more returned to Grand Rapids and this time bought an interest in the lum- bering firm of Wood, Beeson & Co. Nine years ago he sold out and bought Chas. S. Yale’s interest (which amounted to two-thirds of the whole) in the business in which he is at present engaged, the firm name being F. D. Yale & Co. Eighteen months later he bought out his partner and assumed entire control of loss. the business. When Mr. Lynch first went into the business it was located at 40 and 42 South Division street, but five years ago it was moved to its present lo- cation on South Ionia street. These premises have long been inadequate to the requirements of the business, and Mr. Lynch decided to build. He finally chose as a building site the northeast corner of Ellsworth avenue and Island street, and the commodious and conven- ient five-story building is now nearly A cut of the new connection ready for eccupation. building is shown in with this sketch. The new building is nearly, if not quite, twice as large as the present premises, and will give ample acecommo- dation to the business for years to come. Mr. Lynch manufactures baking powder, flavoring extracts and perfumes and has a heavy trade in grocers’ and saloon- keepers’ sundries. Itis the only estab- lishment of the kind in Western Michi- gan. Mr. Lynch is one of the most modest and unassuming men in the world, attends strictly to business, is economical and practical, and, hence, is successful. He is a member of the K. of P. and also of the A. O. H. He has just settled in his new home, at 146 South Lafayette street, where, with his wife and four charming daughters, it is hoped he may live long and happily. A countryman was so impressed with a gas stove on exhibition in a city store that he invested in one, altogether ignor- ing the fact that there was no gas in the small village in which he lived. The joke was that he did not know why the thing would not work, until he had made a second trip to the city with his com- plaint. —————— -- > A good demand for machinery could be built up in China, but it would be for the cheapest sorts. The masses in that country are very poor, the fishermen on the sea coast being unable to buy com- mon twine. — _— oP =. Use Tradesman Coupon Books. 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. Seelys Lemon. rapped) loz. Pe she Zon, 130 18 60 40x. 200 22 80 60z. 300 33 00 Seely's Vanilla (Wrapped) 1 oz. $ 136 16 20 20z 200 21 60 40z. 3 75 4080 60z. 540 57 60 of 2,000 pounds of sulphate of ammonia may be produced at an approximate ex- + pense of $21.11. - This field is said to be four times as great as that of illuminat- ing gas field. Here we are carried into all the great and smal! industrial con- Plain N.S. with corkscrew at same price if preferred, Correspondence Solicited This A Good Thing ? $15 for $4 You Want It! You Have Yo Have It | The haw Says You Shall Have It! 2,800 Labels All in convenient form for immediate use as illustrated below, with in- structions for using. NO LABEL CASE NECESSARY. THEY NEVER CURL. THEY NEVER GET PIXtD UP. Is TRADESMAN (© COMPANY'S CLASSIFIED UST OF —=|POISONOUS DRUGS —- ARRANGED IN FOURTEEN GROUPS WITH AN ANTIDOTE FOR EACH GROUP. HOW G0 USG THGM 2:22 SSc re aerate aE ae ele ac eer \ CAUTION —Use nd ones systeia of Poison Labels with this list There are 113 poisonous drugs sold, which must all be labeled as such, with the proper antidote attached. Any label house will charge you but 14 cents fer 250 labels, the smallest amount sold. Cheap enough, at aglance, but did you ever fig- ure it out—113 kinds at 14 cents ?—$15.82. With our system you get the sa:ne re- sults with less detail, for less than one-third the money. Sent prepaid to any address, when cash accompanies order, for $4. Tradesman Company, Grand{j}Rapids, Mich. SEELY MFG. CO.,} Detroit,joMich - wou ee aQrire THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Wholesale Price Current. Advanced— Declined—Borrac Acid, Citric Acid, Gum Opium, Castor Oil, Linseed Oil, Croton Oil, Turpentine. ACIDUM. ae edie waaues . 2 00 TINCTURES. 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[oli ake as 50 Chioridum ............ 12@ 14 | QUAM. ---+- seeeeeeee one = rf f 60 ANILINE. Sental sprite cere 50@7 00 ee: = ae 2 00@2 25 | Sassafras... S0@ 55] 6 tee a - cea 80@1 00 a ess, ounce. = Digitalis - 50 ee 45. 50 ma wri ben eee oo. a Ergot........ 50 Se coy 2 50@3 00 | Thym oe 3 ao | Gentian ” 50 BACCAE. ‘heobromas........... 15@ 20 a . S ubeae (po 25)...... 20@ 2 POTASSIUM. a gan 22 6 Juniperus .......-..... a rae... ae ae. le Xanthoxylum.. .... 2 30] Bichromate ........... iam 14) Hyoseyamas....... ........ 50 BALSAMUM. — ee 2 . Todi ag ae lS Pia ah ab li a A a fT 7 Copaiba . 45@_ 50 | Chlorate (po 23@25).. 2 26 | Ferri Chloridum.......1/)1) 35 Peru vices | OS Sl wenide os. ET 50 Terabin. Canada ae |. eo engiene Some Oo LObeM 50 Tolutan . ----- 35@ 50] Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 23@ 25|Myrrh....................... 50 CORTEX. Potasse, Bitart, : & ™ on os... = ~ | Pota ao... Se wee § Abies, Canadian.... ......- 18] Potass Sen. ae ™]@ 9 R cane eee 50 Coasiae aa a Prusetate .. ea ee er ee ‘inchona Flava .....--- .-- erpeete ye........... 1 18 Euonymus atropurp........ 30 * orn = Auranti Cortex. tite ee sees = Myrica Cerifera, po........-. 20 . atau Pica end recap aac... = Prunus — ae eas = So So , 20 = Vo vrer ccc e erences ore - ctu etme se MPO IMM ech at coun ey 2 P| gai lot al hd alt Sassafras ¥e a srgaars = — ee = 3s Cassia en. west ereee one - ‘o (Ground 15)...... Pare ee, | ee ee rs ee. 20@ 40 Serpentarta .. soteereeee 50 EXTRACTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10 Stromontum.... a 60 Glycyrrhiza Glabra... U@ 2% Glychrrhiza, (py. 15).. 16@ 18 i 60 po. 33@ 35 —_ conten, Ve. os an waa v+++. 50 Haematox, iS Ib. ‘pox.. 11@ 12 Go. 3 @ 30 Cretrum Voride............ 60 TB coos ces 13@ 14} He tebore, Ala, po.... 15@ 20 MISCELLANEOUS. ‘“ Oe sees: 14@ 15] Inula, =. aS ee 15@ 2 “ Beye san 16@ 17 Ipecac, p Le, 1 40@) 50} ther, Spts Nit,3 F.. 2@ 30 FERRU Iris eine a. 35@38).. 35@ 40 ' " 47.. oo M ene, 0 ............ 40@ 45 24@ 3 Carbonate Precip...... @ 15] Maranta, ¥s......... @ 35 Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 Podophyllum po. 15@ 18 3@ 4 Citrate Soluble......-.. @ 80! Rhei..._.. 75@1 00 |. soa oo Ferrocyanidum Sol. @B Oa oe @1 75 a... .. I1@ 5 Solut Chloride.. : = 5 py Aen .. T5Q@1 35 et Potass T. 55@ 60 Sulphate, com’l....... 9% 7 a Se Sl Avtipyrm............. @1 40 " pure... «... @ Sanguinarfa, (po 25).. @ 20] Antifebrin............. @ 2 — Seta el 30@ 35} Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 5) —_- on | Sen Snap GO| Arecnicum. =... |. | 5@ 7 Avaiee ...)..-5.... 4... See Simflax, Officinalis. H g 40 | Balm Gilead Bud.. 38@ 40 Anthemis ........-.--- 30@ 35 M 25 | Bismuth 8S. N.. -1 60@1 70 Matricaria—_—ié‘éi ees 50@ 65 | Sotilae, (po. 85)........ 10@ 12] Calcium Chior, ‘ts, ‘(Ks FOUIA ee, Fosti- aes MR, 14)... 11 18@ 50] dus, po......... .... @ 3 | Cantharides Russian, Cassin, Acuiitol, Tin. _ valeriana, Eng. (p0.30) @ 25) PO-..----..--..-..--. @1 00 nivelly ..-.-- --..-+- @ 28! ioiera et BS 3 | Capac Fructus, af... @ 2% s Alx. 353@ 50 cuentas 3 rete seee eens 18 20 i : @ 28 Salvia officinalis, 148 eiper 7.-......... a si . @ 20 and i68.............- 15Q@ 25 SEMEN. cnet aS a ) 108 : Cate ..........-- 8@ 10] anisum, (po. 20). @ si Athen . 73 oe a 8 OUMMI. aye (graveleons) .. - 18g 73 | Cera Flava...........) 38@ 40 tk phoked.... GS Cle ae >| Coccus .... i 40 —— 2d oe i @ 40 peat La IBY. ea A = Cassia Fructus. S $ 25 ee oo. tos j2 | Centraria........... @ 10 ‘gifted sorts.. G wl as Ga. COOnGeeS ....,......., @ 40 Wi Me cand 80@ 80 — ail so Chloroform . 80@ 63 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60) Cydoniam, ........ TL 0 « aquibbs. 1.5 Cape, (po. 20)... @ I”) Dinterix Odorate..... 2 40@2 60 | Chloral Hyd rst. 251 50 i @ ©! Foeniculum........ @ 15 wate : a po = —— 1s 8 nchonidine, —_—. af i, ag eee a German 8%@ 12 ammmsaiae | + 8 : rd. (bbl. = 4 orke, liat, dis. per tl Assafcstida, (po. 35).. 40@ = = ilheaetanell if Se at ee. 75 Bensoinum.......----- 2 8 | paar iarinCanartan | 4@ 5{Creasotum .......... @ 3 Camphors......------: 48@ 52 a 6@ 7 i (Dbl 7%)... a = Euphorbium po ...... >@, 10) sinapis Albu......... = s,s = 2 Galbanum.........---- _ 50 } igra - 1@ 12 ; Sede ees 9@ 11 Gamboge, po. | an nc ubra...... @ 8 Guaiacum, (po 35). @ 30 SPIRITUS. Crocua .... 35@ 40 Kino, (po 1 = we teeee @) 4 Frumenti, ee os ~ 2 00@z 50 | Cudbear... S@ 2a Mastio ... .....------ @ pod F. R.....1 7%5@2 00 | Cupri Sulph.... 5@ 6 Myrrh, (po. 45) wi @ 4 ea eee a 1 25@1 50} Dextrine...... ..... 10@ 12 Opii (po 3 003 G0)..2 20@2 25 | Juntperia Co. 0. T..111 65@2 00 | Bther Sal ph a 00@ % Shellac ........2+-+++: . 35@ Z “6 ae 75@3 50 Emery, all numbers. @ mf “ pieached..... 33@_ 9% | Saacharum N. E...... 1 73@2 00 @ 6 Tragacanth ........--- 40@1 00 Spt. Viet Gell.......- 1 T5@6 50 | Ergota APO.) 7 70@ 75 HERBA—In ounce packages. a — ee beccete : 25Q2 00] 5 Fiake a 12@ 15 5 MEN EER ce cvs sno +k MM OO 8 CREED a ons ten ncsen soe er ea a Geum. Ea 7 $ - Kupatorium ......----------- * SPONGES. Gelatin Cooper oe @ 60 —- Ss ee = Florida sheeps’ wool can rua 30@ 50 Majorum .-...----- co oan Cae o0 00 .. 2 50Q@2 7 Genin flint, by box 80. Mentha 18 Piperiia..- ‘"7"'"" Os | Nassau sheep’ woo! Less than box 75. easton ae walele Geass: sau 20 Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15 Tanacetum, i EU EE 22 | "woo! carriage....... 1 10 ae 183@ 25 Thymus, V......---------- > a yellow shee CrpOertie 00.6)... 14@ 2 Extra y a Grana Paradisi @ 2 —— RENE - «0 + ao <= & Hone 253@ 55 Calcined, Pat.....--.-- = — er es | Hydraag Chior Mite.. @ 75 Sit. wsitncwiin S| . _- S&S ai ‘ x Rubrum Gaenaie. Jennings. 35@ 36] Yellow Reef, for slate ca a aso @ % cide ee a toon wa = bsinthium. .........2 50@3 00 SYRUPS. Grareyrum ......... @ 6 Amygaalae, Duic... “: oa = Acousta ne zie ishthyabotia, Ae = = Amarae.. ! NS Aniel oops ime... 60 aes Resubi........ 3 503 90 Auranti Cortex....... t Oe OO) Perret tod... ............ SOT tetorerm......:....... @4 70 Bergamii ........-..-- 3 00@3 20| Auranti Cortes.............. eT 25 Cajiputi ...........--- 60@ 65] Rhei Arom......... 50 | L copodium . ee 20@ 5 Caryophylli . 75@ 80} Similax Officinalis.. aimee... at 0@ 75 Cedar oe = - » os “ “ 3 = Li eae et Hy- en heno ae. ie eri Somers ...................... Ot eee noe. .......... Seunecnenti ew leese -1 2031 95 | Heltiae.........<.. 50 a 10@ 12 Citronella ..........- - 2 & - Oe. a —. ulph (bb i 2 Conium Mac.......... es 465) Toaten ..................5.- 50} 1%). sees SHO MI ec iscs er sy os S60 0! Prunes ¢irg.............. - Mannis, OW ussias 63 _— S. P. &W. 205@2 30] Seidlitzs Mixture.. @ 20} Linseed, boiled.. .... 53 56 _u. 7G & —. @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter C. OT @ SM mtaine........... 70 Moschis Canton. _ = 40 — I Ca De SpiritsTurpentine.. 35 40 yristica, No 1 .. 6 mr vow... ...... @ 35 Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 snuff. “Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 cslzmioininiine — Poe Os. Sepia.. 18 | Soda Boras, (po. 11). 10@ 11] Red Venetian.......... Pope Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 24@ 25 Ochre, yellow ee ie 204 Co @e @ i Soda Carb............ pe fti....lUd ee... 1% 2@3 Picis Liq, NG. % gal Soda, BiCarh......... @ 5/| Putty, a, - 234 2%@3 ec a ea gi @2 00/ Soda, Ash.............34@ 4] strictly pure..... 2% 2%@3 Picts Lig., quarts ..... @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas.. i @ 2/{| Vermilion Prime a ee 85 | Spts. Ether Co ........ 50@ 55] __ican. 13@16 Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80) . @ 50] ‘ Myrcia Dom..... @2 25 | Vermilion, English. 65@7 Piper Nigra, (po. 22 @ 1 ‘© Myrcia Imp... .. @3 00 | Green, aaa 2, 70@T Piper Alba, (po $5) .. @ 3 * Vini Rect. bbl. Lead, red. % 1D Cans...... o) r 1 lb cans 1 53O BATH BRICK 2 dozen in case. ire .....-........ = ee 80 Dae ....__.-..- i... = BLUING. Gross Arctic, : - ovals eae 3 60 ee » 6% . pints, soaed........ 9a - mee sifting box. 2% - mee . £@ “ Ko. 5, ' se 1 ox ball a Mexican Liquid, 4 0z 3 60 fx....... 6 ae BROOMS, Ao. 2 Hurl eu . 150 No.1 o a No. 2 Carpet. ee 2 00 No. 1 Senet ee ee Pitertieme 2 50 Common Whisk............ 80 Fanc ' a. 100 Warehouse.. 27 BRUSHES, Stove, No. 4 eee ee ce 13 eee ee 1 50 e _ 15 eee 1% Rice Root Scrub, 2 row.... 85 Rice Root Scrub, 3row.... 1 25 Palmetto, poose............ 1 50 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes.. —. Star, 40 — 2 Paraffine cues foes 10 ee OANNED GOODS, Fish. Clama. Little Neck, >... 1 20 ' 2... 1 90 Clam Chowder. Standard, 3 Ib.. 2 25 Cove Oysters, Standard, 11b = 2ib. : 13 Lobsters. Star, : ~~ oa 2 Ib td oo Picnic, ; Ib... 290 Pee i 2 90 Mackerel. Standard, _ ee 110 ee 2 10 Mustard, 3 ib” be ence 2B Tomato Sauce rn........ 22 Soused, 2 rs ee a Columbia River, . 2. 1 65 : ae EST: 13 Scene oe 110 Siuineahs ee 1 95 Sardines. American ee 440 5 Bee on oe Imported ee Sw DE eas ocr ue. —_— a ee oo 21 ‘Trout. aroek 6, ........- -2 50 Fruits. Applies. 3 Ib. standard......... 1 20 York State, gallons 4 00 Hamburgh, ——— oe eek....... : 1 40 amen Cee........ ... 1 40 i. ..............- 1 50 Overland... a 1 #0 Blackberries. oe 90 ' Cherries. ae. 1 10@i 2 Pitted ee ' ae... as 1 50 Erie 125 Damsons, ‘Eee Plums and Green Gages. S.C 1 20 California. .... 1 40 Gooseberries. Common 13 Peaches. Pie . ce 1 10 Maxwell . a es i 50 peor... 150 Cito, 160@1 75 Monitor Oxtord.... Domestic .. 13 ek eee ee 1% Pineapples. CO 1 00@1 30 Johnson’s sliced...... 2 50 [ grated... 2% Booth’s sliced. @2 5) grated .. @2 % Quinces. eee 1 10 Raspberries, eee Ez Black Hamburg Lec. 1 46 Erie, biack .. 123 Strawberries. Lawrence . 13 — a Oo Erie.. \ 1 20 Terrapin - ee 16 Whortleberries, Bineberries ........ i 85 Meats. Corned beef. Laney. ....... 22 Roast beef Armour’s....... 1 80 Potted ham, a_i... ask a... 70 tongue, ..-.....- 1 3 a Chicken, % Ib....... 9% Vegetables. Beans. Hamburgh stringicss....... 1% French style..... 2 00 oe... 1 35 teed rere ce 13 . » cee paella 70 Lewis Boston Baked........ 13 Bay State Baked............ 1 35 World’s Fair Baked....... 13 Picnic Baked.. a Corn. Hamburgh ~ a oe Livingston Eden . ee 1 2 a na — See 140 Morn ng Glory.. eee 7 Peas, Hamburgh mearrorest........5 early June . -..1 50 Cc hampion Eng..i 40 — ooe....... -< 40 ancy sifted....1 90 Soaked ee ee 65 Harris standard... a. a VanCamp’s marrofat....... 1 10 - early June..... 1 30 Archer’s Early Blossom....1 25 Preeee.........- a ~ . Mushrooms. RE ieee tiene oe 1921 Pumpkin. ON otc ec 7 Squash, es... 16 Sneccotash. eee 1 40 Tomatoes. a ................. eee a eee CHOCOLATE, _ Baker’s, Gormen Sweet... .........- 23 eee... ok oe 37 Breakfast Cocoa.......... 43 CHEESE, eee i 11 es cc 11 eee... 1 Riverside . (oe 11 Gold Medal. hee ae ee 10% Ski 8@a 15 1 00 Pes A 21 Limburger ee @15 Pineappie ...... @25 Hoauele ese @35 bse ee ores 22 Schwettrer, imported. @24 ’ domestic S14 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. Half pint, 25 bottles 2% Pint " 4 50 Quart 1 doz bottles 3 50 Triumph Brand. Eeit pint, per Gos........ 35 —E_L o_o 4 50 ert per Gok ..... ...... Bae CLOTHES PINS. 5 gross boxes...... a 40@45 COCOA SHELLS. et @3 Less — ok @3% Pound packages... 6X%@7 COFFEE Green. Rio. _—.......,............... oe raee............ cic. ee Santos. —.............. .... —-............... Peeee......... 1... 22 Peaberry ... .23 Mexican and Guat famala. Fair. os | Good. ae Fancy .. Lee ee a Maracaibo. ee ——............. ... a Java, ere. hone Private Growth. . 1 Mandehling . oe Mocha, Imitation . / a Arabian..... | oe ecdted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add \c. per !b. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 22 36 Bunola 21 76 Lion, 60 or 100 1b. case ... 22 30 Extract. — City « BTOSB........ 75 Fel 115 Hummel 8, foil, gross... oe 1 65 tin see 2 OO CHICORY. a 5 CLOTHES LINES, Cotton, 40 ft.......per dos. 1 2 _ eee... : 1 40 " oere....... _ 1 66 r oe... ' 1 %5 . —....- wa 1 90 Jute oc..... " 85 72 ft 1 00 CONPENSED MILE, 4 dos. in case. N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands Gail Borden Eagle..... ... 7 40 Re cl Seno 6 25 oe, fe Ee 5 75 eee... ere... lL. 2 ne ...... “: 3 35 Peerless evaporated cream. 5 75 CREDIT CHECKS, 500, any one denom’ ~.... 83 1000, “ e ‘“ 2 00 5 00 2000, 00 Steel Sees... 2... COUPON BOOKS, “Tradesman. ' 8 1 books, per hundred.... 2 00 e 2 “ “a “ ae 2 50 g 3 “ “e “a 2 00 & 5 “s “ cry 3 oC eee 4 00 sa + ek Las, (> OO “Superior.” % 1 books, per hundred ... 2 50 $2 - - e oe 83 ' o . 3 50 85 , ' - 4 00 #10 ' c C 5 00 #20 oe “ “ 6 00 Universal.” % 1 books, per hundred... #3 00 $2 - _ oc eo 83 - ss .. -_o $5 wes - .. 500 $10 . - . 6 00 $20 a 7 00 Above sited on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or over.. 5 per cent 500 te “ = “ 1000 a “ oe “i COUPON PASS BOOKS, {Can be made to represent any denomination from $10 down. | 7 ook... ............. 8 2 oe — Ca . 2a — * 3 00 a lO + eo oo * . 108 ee” eet ee 17 30 CRACKERS. Butter. oe gt ET 5 Seymour XXX, cartoon..... 5 Malte See 5 Family XXX, ‘cartoon oe. 5% Salted EXX....... es Salted SSX, cartoon ...... 5% Kenosha. neeees Te Mk cc eee 7 ar Se... ..., © Soda. eee, Bee... .....,. Soda, City. Leena. ra Soda, Macken... 8% Cayeu Weeer.............. ‘10% Long Island Wafers ....... 11 — 8. Oyster XXX. 5% City Oyster. XXX. — Farina Oyster.. ie © CREAM wipeieiinen Strictly pure. Lee Telfer’s Saesieae.. 30 ee 15@25 FLY PAPER. Thum’s Tanglefoot, pees Ghee............ 3 60 Rive come ioe... ...........3 oe oi... 3 40 Less than one case, 40¢ “yg box DRIED FRUIT Domestic, Apples Sundried, sliced in bbls . quertered ‘* Evaporated, 50 Ib. boxes Apricots. California in bags . 10 Evaporated in boxes Blackberries. In boxes.. Nectarines ore weee................ me te. WORN... .......... Peaches. Peeled, in boxes........ en o in bags...... Pears. California in bags.. Pitted Cherries. ele iol ce dl caval ina OC ne =~ eee ete pe Prunelies, __ Raspberries. re wee... 50 Ib, boxes.. Ib. Raisins. Loose Muscatels in Boxes, UN ae 3 ee 4 ee ee ae 5 Loose meres in _——. 2 crown ae . 4% 3 ance oo» 6 Foreign. Currants. en - Saree. ........ 2% bbls. . 2% ' = lees quantity .. 3 cleaned, buik...... 4% 5 cleaned, package.. Peel. Citron, Leghorn, bt boxes 13 Lemon 8 Orange - 25 - - 10 Raisins, Ondura, 29 lb. boxes @ Sultana, 20 o @8 Valencia, a Prunes. California, _t......... 90x100 25 Ib, bxs. 5% . 80x90 [ . 6% . 70x80 . 6% a. 60x70 " eee... ck. ne eee ENVELOPES. XX rag, white, No. 1, 6% .. $1 75 Wo. 2, 6%... 1 60 mee e.. 1 65 a 6... 5 1 50 xx wood, white. wa. e....... 1 35 No. 2, 6% a. 1 3 Manilla, white. Re eee pedes 4 oe 1 06 Coin Mill No. 4 1 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS, Farina, om. beee...........;. 3% Hominy. MI eee ce eens. 3 00 oe a 3% Lima Beans. eee @4% Maccaroni ~_ Veriateelit. Domestic, 12 1b. b Pepeeted..............- ioyeu” Pearl ny ei cee lata os 2 60 Peas. roe, Oe os... 135 Spee Peres 3 Rolled Oats. Schumacher, bbl......... $5 50 ae \% bbl 300 Poe I C.......... 4 90 Monarch, % bbl... .... .. 266 Quaker, cases... 3 20 Sago. oreen ....... 0. i 4% Bast India..... TT 5 Wheat. OOM ce 3% FISH --Salt. Bloaters. ere. Cod. Georges cured............ 4% Georges genuine......... 6 Ceorges selected......... 6% Boneless, bricks.. ...... 6% Boneless, ee ou 6% Halibut. ee... 8, Herring. e Holland, white hoops as 70 YY _ 8S eeetaita eu e. Round, *% bb] 100 Ibs...... 2 50 _ me eo enaee 1 30 iia a, 19 Mackerel. No.3 10 Me ott. e Family, 90 dag oe pho: eT Sardines, Reon, Roe... 55 Trou No.1, % =, Toots caine 4 75 No. 1 4 b 40 } bs.. a OC ‘Ro. 2, tite ‘sme “- 63 mo 1.01) se. ..........; 53 Whitefish, No. 1 family % bbls, 300 Ibs... ae ing) 8 252% 1% ves. 280 120 10 Ib. kite idelelen ee os 8B ee oo MATCHES. Globe{Match Co.’s Brands, Columbia Parlor........... “ 25 ae Oe 1 00 Diamond Match Co.’ 8 Brands. me. © Cee... .. ...,,.., 1 65 Jao ea is 170 Mes oie ci ccs. 110 ade cies, 400 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’. Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. Regular Grade Lemon. 20a ....8 8 6. Regular Vanilla, Jennings. Lemon. = 2 . regular ee. 75 40 1 50 ; 00 60 . 2 00 3 00 No 3 reer... ua 35 2 00 No. 4 taper........ 1 50 2 50 Northrop’s Lemon. Vanilla. 202 oval taper %5 1 10 3 0z i nz 2 oz regular ‘‘ 85 1 20 OZ . ° te 2 2 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. oa... Le. 3 3 Half oe. 1 90 Quarter kegg........-...... 110 1 come. .......°....... 30 eee 18 oo ey sn Half ce oe ce 112 40 Quarter a Lo eee ed to 11b cans. _o- Eagle Duck—Dupont’s, 8 oo ‘11 00 Halt eee fe 5 % ee 3 00 Oe oe. 60 ERBS, Sage.. a Hops... ae 15 INDIGO. Madras, S ib. boxes. ...... 55 S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes... 50 JELLY. 15 Ib. pails iene leds u @ 53 a. hl, @ 57 ~~” le. @ W aaa LICORICE. Calabria ee 25 a i. tones 10 LYE. Condensed, : —- ia es 2 2% nine MEAT. Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. 2 5 Pie preparation, 3 doz. in one. a «(OC MEASURES, Tin, re dozen. i eelion....... _<- | = eee ee... Sc... 1 4 MN oe eda cecal 20 oe cae ne oi ee 45 oe Oe... ee. 40 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. 1 gallon 7 00 Half gallon | Ce rm. “a MOLASSES. Blackstrap. a i4 Cuba Baking Cacieery .......:....-- 16 Porto Rico. NN ee ces 20 row .....- a 30 New Orleans. 18 2 27 32 40 v Half barrels 3c.extra ~—fes ~~ oe ~& je I ~—fes me ne ~s Ibo f TT? <-o THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 17 PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count.. Half bbis, 600 count.. @: Small. @5 50 3 25 Barrels, 2,400 count. 6 00 Half bbis, 1,200 count 3 50 PIPES. Clay, Re A6........:... 1 70 ~ 2. 2. oe couss......:. eee 8... Lo 1 20 POTASH, 48 cans in case, eee 4 00 renna Galt Coe.......... 3 00 RICE, Domestic. Carolina ae fhe 6 me 8... ae ” ee ae 5 RS co 4 Imported. Japan, _ 4 eaee eae eee es clue 5% Se ace ae ees 5 wee ecccccecccce 5 PO deraad 4% SPICES, Whole Sifted, Bee. 9% Cassia, China in mats...... 8 . Batavia in bund....15 ' Saigon fn rolls...... 2 Cloves, Amboyna...... i. e oe 11% mace Eeterm....... ..-.... 80 Nutmegs, _ cea eee %5 Die uaes 70 . No. ie oe nese cea 50 Pepper, Singapore; —-- .10 120 " one... .. -16 Pure Sean in Bulk. eee... ess... 15 Cassia, Batavia... ee and Saigon.25 ° a 35 Cloves, Amboyns...........22 . ne 18 Ginger, African Dace cea 16 Po... .....- 20 . 5 amaica . 22 meeoe Meters. .............. 65 Mustard, ‘teste and Trieste. .22 eee ees ue 25 Mutmees, No.2 ............. vs) Pepper, Ricans black....16 : - white. ....24 c Cayenne...... 20 ............ “Absolute” In Packages, 4s Ys Bemeere.-...-.. .cc.., 1 55 ere. ............ oF 1 A sk, 84 1 55 Ginger, Jamaica ..... 8 155 " Brrreen........ 413% eee 4 156 Poeeet ................ 84 155 cc rns wae 84 SAL SODA. Granulated, We a 114 7G1D cases...... 1% Lump, a |... 1 15 16> Kees........._- 1% SEEDS. OO os. a... @i5 Canary, Smyrna....... 4 Cee ok es. 8 Cardamon, Malabar.. 90 Hemp. Russian... 4 Mixed Bird........... 5@6 Mustard, white....... 10 ee 9 Meee LL... 5 Cree bone........... 30 STARCH, Corn. ere Sonor... 5X oo ee eee Oe Gloss. 1-lb ae. veces _o 3-ib bee erie aes 5 6-1 ee so and SD ib. boxeés........-. 35g Barrels.. ee, “SN U FF Scotch, in bladders, . na Maccaboy, in jars.. oo french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, i a es cane ne Shy Kens. Sgngiish oss be ews a 4% SAL’ Diamond Gr ry stal, Cases, 243 lb. boxes......8 1 60 Barrels, —————eeee 2 50 115 2% Ib — 4 00 , C65 Ib ss . a0 i> “ » ooo Butter, 66 > baee......... 65 - 50 Co ee 3 50 - SOD ORs ........ 2 ee 22 Worcester. 115 2%-lb sacks | 84 (0 ee 3% aa i. 3 50 ore 3 40 en 2 60 7 o... ........... 32% linen mie 60 * Common Grades. 100 3- -. sacks ee ...82 10 ee el 2 00 28 10- 1b. — Gee a wc ie 1 85 56 lb. dairy In drill. bags. . 2 238 lb. “ “ “ 16 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 iggins. 656 1b, dairy in linen sacks. 75 Soiar Rock. 7s, GOORE....... . ...... 22 Common Fine. on cic aac. go CN ik coos cya ces. 80 SALERATUS, > Packed 60 lbs. in box. Church’s o.oo DeLand’s ee Dwight’s i... 2S Taylor’s 3 00 SEELY’S EXTRACTS. Lemon. oz. F - . 90 doz. $10 20 gro " x 20 ne ~ . y M. 14 40 : a ** Vanilla, 108. 7.0.1 50don. i¢ gro a ey 21 60 s* Feeow ao Roecoco—Second Grade. Lemon. 2 0z. ott Ge... so “ Vanilla. 2Goe...... 1@0Goes8.....0 co ‘ SOAP. Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands, Old Country, 90 1-Ib........% 3 A a - Good Cheer, 601 Ib.. ; -.3 65 White Borax, 100 %- Ib.. Proctor & Gamble, Comoderd........ a Ce Ivory, - oz. ee case 6 75 ee 4 00 cae eae weno eels cs 3 65 Mottled German........... 3 15 Town Tee................. 20 Dingman Remade. emer Be. 1... 3 %5 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 10 box lots, delivered...... 3 7 Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, — "d..83 33 . plain... 2 27 N. K. Fairbank & Co.’s Brands. elite (late............... 4 oe Brown, 60 bars.. ie - a 3 25 Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands. ome... 3% Cotton Oil... .. 6 00 Peemertee. 4 00 oe, 4 00 Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands i 3 65 Sone. 3 30 Savon Improved...... i. oe OO SuBnower 2 80 Cote. 3 25 Eeonomical ......... 2 2 Passolt’s Atlas Brand, Minme BON, 3 65 SOOk To 3 60 10 box lots. t deeeee a 2 oe 25 box lowiaen 3 40 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 40 hand, 3doz....... 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 shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount'fof freight buyer Ewe from the market in which 2€ purchases to his shipping point, including 20 ‘pounds. for the weight of the ba rrel. Pomme... Cut Loaf. Cubes . Powdered a XXXX Powdered... Granulated . Extra Fine Granulated Boa n Diamond ( ‘onfee, A... Confec. Standard A 1 SYRUPS, —_ Barrels.. a Heese 26 Pure Cane. TA BLE SAUCES Lea & Perrin’ S, are ...... 4% Omall..... 2% Halford, a 3 75 Pe _22 Salad Dressing, laree ..... 465 Meh... . 4 2 65 TEAS. JAPAN—Regular. | Pee i @l7 | ME oc ceric se @20 Cneice....... iodo or | Cuceeess.....,.... ....08 Ge | Dust Lele owe --10 @12 SUN CURED. i @l7 moan. ....... coma. Bw Caeenee. 2... 24 @2e CxrCeee......-...-....28 Ge ee eee -_ .... Bie BASKET FIRED. at. .... «16 Gm Choice. . oe B25 Choicest. @35 Extra choice, ‘wire lear GUNPOWDER. Common to faiz.......2% @35 Extra fine to finest... .50 Choicest fancy....... 15 @85 OOLONG, Common to fair... ...23 IMPERIAL. Common to fair.. Superior tofine..... YOUNG HYSON. Commor to fair.......18 26) Superior to fine....... 30 @40 ENGLISH euunaruic’ we ae... ......, ....... 22 Choice. . 24 @28 Ome... ....-...- 40 @5O TOBACCOS, Fine Cut, P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands. Sweet Russet..........30 @32 (Winer... 30 1 D. Scotten & Co’s Brands. Hiawatha. . 60 ee 32 Rocret.....- ... 30 Spaulding & Merrick’ s Brauds. a 30 Private Brands. Bazoo. ‘ @30 Can C an. od ee ewees se @27 Nellie ee - Teacher—Now, Johnnie, we’ve beep hearing of the changing seasons; how can we tell when fall is here? Johnnie—’Cause everybody’s smell of camphor balls. There are 68,000 post offices in the United States. About 67,000 of them do not pay their running expenses. The profit of the New York city post office is $4,000,000 a year. Oid maids are not so particular as might be supposed, judging from some of the specimens of men they accept in the course of time. clothes SPM ELE 0 And Jobbers of ALL KINDS OF FUEL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WORLD'S FAIR SOUVENIR TIGKETS ONLY A FEW LEFT. Original set of four - : -—)- 25¢ Complete set often - - - am a4 50c Order quick or lose the opportunity of a lifetime to secure these souvenirs ata nominal figure. They will be worth ten times present cost within five years. Tradesman Company, Crystal Springs Woler & Fuel Go. Jobbers of COAL, COKE and WOOD, 65 Monroe St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Correspondence solicited with outside dealers. Have you seen our ‘‘Sunbeam’’ line Children’s and Patent Sewed Shoes ? of Machine Misses’ Dongola Tip, Heel or Spring. 6 to 8 @ 65e—8% to 1146 @ T5e—12 to 2 @ 900. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO. coer BIOS. SMOG G0, STATE AGENTS FOR The Lycoming Rubber Company, keep constantly on hand a full and complete line of these goods made from the purest rubber. They are good style, good fitters and give the best satisfaction of any rubber in the mar- ket. Our lite of Leather Loots and Shoes is com- plete in every particular, also Felt Boots, Sox, ete. Thanking you for past favors we now await your further orders. Hoping you wiil give our line a careful inspection when our representative calls on you, weare REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO. WE WANT TO BUY 1,000 to 2,000 Cords Dry, 16 in. Beech and Maple. Office Y. M. C. A. Building, Grand Rapids. C. & W. M. delivery preferred. GRANT FURL X IGK 6O., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Anthracite and Bituminous Coal. Correspondence Solicited. 1 4 « Cm ~— j « s ~ yr Vu > ao ie = . { «. Deacon Hess’ Impressions of Toronto. Wm. T. Hess has been to Toronto. He wanted to let the readers of THE TRADES- MAN know what he thinks of the Queen City of the Dominion, so he wrote a let- ter, of which the following is a copy ver- batim et literatim: Toronto, Aug. 27—Il presume you know befor: this that I have skipped. That pill which Grover had to prepare himself to swallow was so large, and he had to expand himself to such an extent, that I feared he might engulf me, so, like a number of financiers we know, I took refuge with Queen Vic. [THe TRADEs- MAN announced tho fact of Mr. Hess’ disappearance last week, but was misin- formed as to the cause: But if the Presi- dent must swallow either Hess or the tariff bill, he is advised to take the tariff bill.] Some years ago I wrote you about her frog pond, meaning that portion of Ontario comprised in the counties of Es- sex, Kent and Elgin. There is no frog pond there now. - Instead I found myself being whirled through as pleasant and well-cultivated a section of country as one could wish to see. This is a great country to live in—plenty of water to wash and fish in, and good whisky to drink, good company enough to keep one from being miserable and enough to see to fill in the time. [Given these condi- tions the Deacon’s friends will see no reason why he should not be perfectly happy.| We put up at the Queén’s Hotel. In 1860 the Prince of Wales stopped here and I thought what was good enough for him was good enough for a Michigander. The people of this city date everything from the time of the Prince’s visit, but I suppose all that will bechanged now and history will date from the time I affixed my million dollar signature to the, Queen’s Hotel register. Why not? {Canadian air has not decreased the size of the Deacon’s head any, evidently. | Toronto is a handsome city, whose churches, Government and other public buildings and business blocks are the pride of every citizen. But more to me are the well-built private homes and ten- ements, with their well-kept grounds and beds of flowers. Flowers everywhere— on private and public grounds; around the engine house and switchman’s shanty; about the guard’s cabocse at the railraad crossing, and on the peanut stand on the street corner—flowers until you can’t rest. The parks are aglow with flowers which are now in full bloom and at their best. They say that is the English way, and it is a good enough way for me. It adds greatly to the attractiveness and beauty of the city. The streets of this city are kept marvelously clean. They are swept every night—not scraped with a shovel. Manager Johnson could come here and get some good ideas on street car service. We make the claim that our system is as good as any in the country, and, indeed, few are better; but this city has a street car service that has no superior on the continent. The roadbed is smooth and solid, and there is no jolting or jarring. The various lines diverge from the cen- tral part of the city towards all points of the compass, and running far out into the suburbs. A belt line connects all the outlying districts with each other and with the heart of the city. The fare is 5 eents, with transfers which are good from main lines to belt line and vice versa. Tickets can be bought from the conductor at six for 25¢e or 25 for $1. From 6 to 7 a. m., from 12m. tol p. m. and from 6 to 7 p. m. the fare is still less, giving the laborer cheap transportation to and from his work. Cars run from 6a. m. until midnight every 15 minutes on all lines; after midnight one car per hour until morning. No Sunday cars. They run at about the same speed that cars do at home, but with very little noise. All the lines are owned by the city, which leases them to acompany at a fair rental. It is all so ‘‘Hinglish, you know,”’ but if some of our American cities were not so free in donating valuable franchises to private parties they would save a good many dollars. We can safely pattern after this fair city in many things with good results. Preparations are nearly completed for holding the Toronto Industrial Exposi- tion, which opens Sept. 3, which, it is claimed, will be the best ever held. 1 have nearly reached the end of my rope, but may find something more to say be- fore | return. I must not forget to men- tion their natural parks; there are sev- eral of them and they are the largest and finest | have ever seen. What a magnifi- cent field they would make for some of our boodle aldermen to get in their work! Just appoint a commission, make an ap- propriation—and the thingis done. Just one thing more. [ have not seen one sign reading ‘‘Keep off the Grass.” One and all run over and picnic on the grass and no one dares to molest them or make them afraid. Does it hurt the grass? Not a bit. It looks better than with us in spite of all our exasperating signs. A good place for Coxey. Wma. T. HEss. THE TRADESMAN has a great and very kindly interest in Deacon Hess, but it does not think he will remain long in Toronto. If he should stop long his friends would not recognize him on his return—or Toronto would lose its repu- tation. The Demand for Smaller Packages. There is a subjeet which should en- gage the serious attention of the Grand Rapids Fruit Growers’ Association with- out delay, and that is the size of the baskets in which fruit, especially peaches, is brought to market. There is no objection to the bushel baskets for delivery to this market, or for home con- sumption, but the fruit will not carry any considerable distance in large pack- ages. The air cannot circulate through the fruit and, if itis more than twenty- four hours in transit, the fruit in the bottom of the basket becomes soft and unfit for use. Michigan peaches are conceded to be the finest in the world; the climate appears to be just right for their proper and perfect development, and it is a pity that they should be spoiled in shipment. California peaches are sent out in small packages holding about one-fifth of a bushel, and, as a re- sult, they stand the journey across the continent without appreciable deteriora- tion. Their appearance sells them, and sells them for fully twice as much as Michigan peaches bring. This is not the ease in the early part of the season only, but it is true at present, and will con- tinue to be true until Michigan peach growers awake to a realization of the fact that their package is a failure. If a smaller package were put up, say one holding one-third of a bushel, the fruit could be shipped to any part of the country without damage. Says the Minneapolis Commercial Bulletin: “The Michigan peach has never had a fair show in this market, and it is not at all probable that any reform will be worked in this line this season, The more showy California peach—that large, fair and leathery fruit, with staying and showing qualities—has taken the popu- ular eye, and, for this reason, has hin- dered the Michigan fruit from proving its excellence to the popular palate.’’ This preference for California fruit cannot be overcome without an effort, nor without the expenditure of time and money, but the result is worth working for. If Michigan peaches are given a fair show it will need no prophet to predict the end. A reduction in the size of the package to, at least one-third the pres- ent size, and careful handling, coupled with the vigorous work the Association is now doing in other directions, will soon accomplish the desired result. Per- haps it may be too late to do much this season, but itis not too early to begin the work of reform for next year. Established 1868. H. M. Reynolds & Son. Building Papers, Carpet Linings, Asbestos Sheathing. Asphalt Ready Roofing, Asphalt Roof Paints, Resin, Coal Tar. Roofing and Paving Pitch, Tarred Felt, Mineral Wool, Elastic Roofing Cemcnt Car, Bridge and Roof Paints, Oils. Practical Roofers In Felt, Composition and Gravel. Cor. Louis and Campau Sts., Grand Rapids PECK’S Pay the best profit. HEADACHE POWDERS Order from your jobber ~~ ih WW. 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 $385 per 1,000 By the Manufacturer, G. J. Johnson, Telephone 1205. [ Collar and Hoide Holds any pipe. Fits any flue. Ab solutely soot and spark proof. Im possible for pipe to work loose. is neat, durable, inexpensive Patented. Liberal discount to the trade 347 South Division St" Grand Rapids, Mich. One dealer in towns of 1,000 or less. Write for prices to L. D. Sanborn, Grand Rapids, Mich., ..& et Sole Agent for this State. J.jK. Randles, Manufacturer, Quincy, ill NO CURE, NO MUSTACHE. NO PAY. NO PAY. DANDRUFF CURED. 3 will take Contracts to grow hair on the head or face with those who can 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 nocure. Call and be examined free of charge. If you cannot call, write to me. State tho exact condition of the scalp and your occu- prtion. PROF. G. BIRKHOLZ, Re-=m 191i Mascnic Temple. Cuicao* MICHIGAN CENTRAL “‘ The Niagara Falls Route.” (Taking effect Sunday, May 27, 1894.) Sleeping cars run on Atlantie and Pacifie ex press trains to aud from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00 am, 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. ALMquisT, Ticket Agent, | Union PassengerStation. | | | | \ ) Ar. Chicago Lv. Chicago.... 8:15am Ar. @’d Rapids..... 3:05pm_ 10 | CHICAGO VIA ST OE | Lv. Grand Rapids " Arrive. Depart 1 Dyem.....-... Detroit Express ..7 0am 5 30am.....*Atlantic and Pacific.....11 20pm 150pm..,... New York Express...... 6 00 pm | *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. 19 L, 1804. CHICAGO Sul AND WEsIr MICHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly. G’d Rapids 7 »e 2 1:25pm *11:30pm ‘0pm *6:45am beaae 1 1 RETURNING FROM CHIé AGO. Ar. Chit . Lv. Chicago 9:3 . TO AND FROM Ly. Grand Rapids Ar. Grand R. MT 6:00am, 11:50 Parlor cars le pm. For north Chicago 3+ LANSING & NORTHERN R, BR. GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand Rapids 7:00am ypm Ar. Detroit .... 11:40am m 10:40pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. Detroit 7:40am i:lupm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids 12:40pm 5:15pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST, LOUIS, Lv. GR 7:00am {:45pm Ar. GR.11:40am 10:45pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. Nh. Ly. Grand Rapids.... 7:00am mn 5:55pm Ar. from Lowell 12 f Oe uaa THROUGH CAR RVICE. Parlor Carson all trains n Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn ing train. Trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen as ois Pass’r Ag’t, ETROIUT, GRAND HAVEN & WAUKEE Railway. MIL- EASTWARD. rrains Leave tNo Gd Rapids, Ly Tonia ... 3 OE, Owos E. Sa it oe Pt. Huron Pontiac Detroit. WESTWAR ,Y For Grand Haven and Intermediate Points i ic a. ¥ For Grand Haven and Muskegon +1:60 p. m “ “6 “ ‘ +455 p. 1 kee, Wis ' For Grand Haven For Grand Haven (Su tDaily except Sunday. Trains arrive from ¢ 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 Parlcr Buifet car. No.18Parlor Car. No. 82 Wa r Sleeper Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car. No. 15 W No. 81 Wa City Teket Agent rner Sle Parlor Buffet car. Tas CAMPBELI Grand apids & indiana TRAINS GOING NORTH ,4eave goin North For Cat naw wee For M ocean ..-.8:00 a. m For Tra ity and Saginaw ..4:45 p. m For Mack -.10:35 p m. TRAINS GOING SOUTH For Oincinnati... euuees For Kalamazoo and Chicago For Fort Wayne and the East For Cincinnati ‘ For Kalamazoo and Chisaeo.................0-00 oo Chicago via G. R. & 1. RB. R. Lv Grand Rapids........7:00am 2:30pr *11:40 p m Ave Chicage............. S00 pu 2 7:10am 2:30p m train bas through Wagner Batfet Parlor Car and coach. 11:40 p mtrain daily, through Wagner sleeping Car and Coach Lv Chicago 6:50 am 3:34 Arr Grand Rapids 2:00 p m 3:30 p m has through Wagner B l 11:30 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. 11:30 p m 6:55 a m For Muskegon—Leave From Muskegon—Arrive 7:15am 8:25 a m 1:00 p m 1:15pm &:40 pm 8:45 p m Co. L. LOCKWOOD‘ General Passengerand Ticket Agent. PHOTO woop Buildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles. TRADESMAN CQ., Grand Rapids, Mich, 20 GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence New York, Sept. 1—There has been the greatest transformation scene in this city during the past six days ever ex- perienced, and it would not seem possible unless one was an actual witness of the change. A week agothe acme of dull- ness seemed to have been reached in the dry goods district, while now the side- walks are crowded to the eurbs with boxes and bundles. Truckmen who found time to have a good long nap at noon in their wagons a week ago are now swearing as only truckman can swear, and rushing hither and thither hardly having time to eat. The hotels are almost swamped, the heaviest con- tingent of buyers being from the South, although every section of the country ia well represented. It seems as though a wand of magic had struck us, and for the present, at least, New York is hump- ing. The theaters, of course, are crowded, and everything is lovely. While the grocery jobbing houses do not show such a sharp contrast as do the dry goods districts in comparison with a week ago, the influence is, nevertheless, felt, and a more cheereful feeling is ex- perienced than for many months. It may not last long, but the probabilities are that we are *‘on the way up.” Yes, trade is good. The rush of brokers at the custom house for two or three days was fright- ful. They tumbled over each other and even waited all night in order to ‘be there early.”’ The warehouses have litterally been packed with goods, and now we begin to see ‘‘Immense Reduc- tions on account of Lower Tariff. These trousers reduced from $14 to 1.75,” and other equally important reductions—all made by Sol. Isaacs and Abe Cohen. Several loads of English sugar have been sold this week in New York. Is this a straw? We read with interest of big floods in Texas. Brazil coffee remains weak at 16c, and the visible supply is sufficiently large to justify the assertion that we will not soon see higher figures. The amount afloat is 475,000 bags, against 320,791 last year. Mild sorts are unsteady, good Cucuta bringing 183/c. Spices generally are a trifie firmer and reports are firmer abroad. Granulated sugar is held at 4 13-16@5e. The market is quiet. The first sales of Taw under the new tariff were made to ‘independent refiners,” whatever that may mean. The California people are getting in some very contradictory reports as to the future of the fruit prospects there. One party knows everything will be high, while the opposite side says the outlook is for exceptionally low rates. Here canned goods are moving in a everyday sort of way, and while prices are not any higher than they were, they are firmer than ten days ago, and holders feel encouraged. Butter is dull and holders anticipate no advance for a fortnight, 24¢c being paid for best stock. Eggs which ought to have been sold a month ago are coming, and altogether re- ceipt are hardly as good as during the extremely hot period. Best Michigan are worth li7c. The market is glutted with fruits and nothing is bringing more than nominal quotations. Lemons are lower. Oranges are selling slowly, and bananas are down to $1 per bunch for firsts. To people outside of insurance com- panies the report of the New Jersey Insurance Commissioner is full of amaz- ing statements and, although not exactly in the line of this correspondence, it may not be uninteresting to show your readers a few figures regarding policies which “cease to be in force.” The United States Industrial Company reports that during 1893, 83,427 policies ceased to be in force, 1,584 of them by deaths, and 81,843 by lapses— sixty lapses to one death! That is on business throughout the country. In New Jersey 34.614 policies ceased to be in turce during the year. They represented $3,582,556. If the above proportion holds good, over 34,000 of the polices represented lapses. Other companies show about the same proportion. JAY. ne — A The Hardware Market. General Trade — Continues good. Agents are bringing in fairly good or- ders and the mail order business indi- cates that buying has commenced. As the fall of the year approaches, we al- ways look for and have a much greater demand for goods than during the sum- mer months, and, with legislation out of the way, affairs ought to resume their normal condition. We can note but lit- tle change in prices, as the increased trade has not reached such a volume as to produce any marked advances. In the majority of lines we do not look for any higher prices, but in some cases, where goods have been sold so very low, it is to be hoped the manufacturers will be enabled to get proper returns for their investment. Barbed Wire—The demand is very ac- tive, which we presume is accounted for by the burning down of many fences, which are replaced by wire. The price remains firm as quoted last week—$2.10 for painted and $2.50 for galvanized. Wire Nails—Are in good demand and prices are stationery, although many fac- tories are now getting into working or- der, which will prevent any advance and may have a tendency to weaken prices. Sheet Iron—In good request. The price is firm at $3 for No. 27 common iron, Window Glass—Good sizes are getting searce, but the price is not firmly held, ae the new tariff rate will have a ten- dency to make the price lower. Sheet Tin and Tinware—On this line of goods no change has yet been made, but we may with reason look for lower prices later in the year, as the duty on tin has been nearly cut in two and on pig tin removed entirely. —_——2 The Wheat Market. There is no change to note in the wheat market. Prices have remained the same. There was no foreign demand and very little speculative buying for the week, and about the only feature to note is the continued reports of the fay- orable outturn of the spring wheat har- vest, together with a considerable in- crease of receipts at spring wheat mar- kets, although there has been a falling off in the receipts of winter wheat. In this immediate vicinity the receipts from farmers amount to almost nothing. Some mills meet great difficulty in get- ting enough to supply their manufactur- ing wants. This being the case, and coarse grain being relatively higher than wheat, we cannot expect much of a movement until these markets adjust themselves. This will only be a ques- tion of time. The drought still con- tinues, and wheat is being fed to stock as freely as other grains. The actual increase for the week was 870,000 bushels, which is small and jess that an- ticipated. Bradstreet reports exports of wheat, flour included, from this country and Canada, as 3,520,000 bushels during the past week; same week last year, 5,592,- 000; two years ago, 3,241,000, and 5,441,- 000 three years ago. The guesses on the visible increase are 1,750,000 for the coming week, of which 1,250,000 is expected to be the in- crease in the Cnicago market. F. A. Vorer. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. QUARTERLY MEETING Of the Directors of the Michigan Knights of the Grip. GRAND Rapips, Sept. 1—The regular quarterly meeting of the Boara of Direc- tors, Michigan Knights of the Grip, was held at Lansing to-day, President Waldron in the chair. The committee to whom was referred the claim of Mrs. J. V. Sine reported that they had been unable to obtain any additional evidence regarding the matter, aside from the facts reported by Secretary Mills at the last board meeting, and did not feel justified in making any recommendation to the board. Report accepted and committee discharged. lt was moved, supported and carried that this matter be referred to the annual convention in December, for final disposition by the members, and that the Secretary write Mrs. Sine to that effect. The Secretary was granted permission to enclose a circular or application for membership of the Commercial Travel- ers’ Home Association in the next notice mailed to our members. The Secretary was instructed to re- quest the Railroad Committee to confer with the General Passenger Agents’ As- sociation regarding rates to our conven- tion in Grand Rapids in December: also to mail notice of annual dues of 1895 of $1, payable on or before Jan. 1, to each member under date of Dec. 1. A communication from Senator Patton, regarding the Raynor Bill, was read and placed on file. The report of the Secretary was then presentad, as follows: Regardless of the fact that the present year has been one of unusual commercial depression, which has in no small degree affected the salaries of our members, I am pleased to report that our member- ship has steadily increased, and also that the loss of members by delinquences has been very small. As a rule, the responses to assessments have been prompt. As per your instructions I mailed a notice of Death Assessment No. 3 to every member, under date of July 20, and also placed in same enclosure, to all who were delinquent for former assess- ments or dues, a circular letter, stating the amount of their indebtedness and urging them to continue their member- ship. The result has been the reinstate- ment of very many of them. There are ninety-five members who have failed to pay the annual dues for 1894, and forty-six are delinquent for Death Assessment No. 1, and 118 for No. 2, but a number are remitting each week for the latter. My financial report will show that our membership has been increased the past quarter by forty-nine new members, five honorary members and thirty-eight old members reinstated—a total of ninety- two, making our total membership to date 1,636. My financial report is as follows: DEATH FUND. Balance on hand June 1..................8 539 25 Received from death assessments.....__ 1,309 00 Total receipts ...... .81,848 25 Our disbursements bave been $1,500— $500 each to the beneficiaries of the late R. J. Coppes, W. C. Lynes and S. MeM Toal—leaving a balance on hand of $348.25. GENERAL FUND. Balance on hand June 1.......... oso 00e.8a04 22 Application fees and dues................. 92 00 Total receipts........ $396 22 Our disbursements during this time were $338.63, leaving a balance on hand of $57.59. The following accounts were audited and orders ordered drawn on the treasury for the amounts: E. P. Waldron, traveling expenses.........848 R. W. Jacklin, . i 5 85 F. R Streat, S i Ee 3 60 L. M. Mills, a . - «1. ooo Postage and office expenses.............° 1” 77 68 L. M. Mills, salary Smmonths............._ 88 45 Tradesman Company, Stationery and p’tg.. 31 55 The meeting then adjourned to Dec. 26, when the meeting will be held in Grand Rapids, just prior to annual con- vention. L. M. MIL1s, See’y. enn nnn, Use Tradesman Coupoir Books. Lakeview Business Men Imitating the Phenix. LAKEVIEW, Sept. 3 —The popular dis- trict fair, heretofore held here each year, will be omitted this season, owing to the burning down of this village. Lars P. Sorenson, Lakeview’s popular dry goods merehant for the last twenty years, has bought some of the fixtures of the old Mather bank and will engage in the banking business. More than a dozen new brick build- ings are now being erected here. The South side of Main street will be built up solid this fall and about one-half of the opposite side of the street. A. M. Decker is rebuilding his hotel, 36x90 and two stories high and of brick. No people could be more resolute than are ours in rebuilding a burned town. The mason-work on our new town hall is about finished. C. F. Braden has ecncluded not to re- sume the drug business, but will remove to Lake Odessa and embark in the lumber business with his brother. His departure will be sincerely regretted by our people. Dr. John W. Kirtland will shortly re- open a drug store here. CC A te - The new bank, to take the place of the Commercial & Savings Bank of Lud- ing, which recently closed its doors, and and is now in process of liquidation under Receiver Frank Filer, has secured all the subscriptions for stock necessary for or- ganization, and will commence business in a few days. The stockholders are al- most all interested in the First National Bank and the new bank will be operated in conjunction with the First National Bank, although located in the old quar- ters of the defunct Commercial Bank. The capital stock is $50,000. >> ++ Tallman—The Danaher & Melendy Co. has removed its lumbering headquarters from this place to Brookings, where a post office will probably be re-established under another name, as the corporation has enough timber in that locality to keep its mills going four or five years, POULTRY, Local dealers pay as follows: LIVE. re ee . ee ee, Nee " Booelers.. . ES EON a Nasi: Spring chickens..... rote tevesae o en re OO 7 DRAWN. lenin eee tty ON ec CO Oysters. The season commences Sept. 5. Note the following low prices fora starter: Solid Brand, Extra Selects, percan$ 30 @8 Solid Brand, Selects, per can....... 28 Solid Brand, E. F., per can........ a5 Solid Brand, Standards, pert can.... 20 Daisy Brand, Selects, per can... .-. 26 Daisy Brand, Standards, per can... 20 Daisy Brand, Favorites, per can.... 18 Mrs. Withey’s Home Made Jelly, made with green apples, very fine tig a 1 00 ee 65 Mrs. Withey’s Condensed Mince Meat, the best made. 85 cents per doz. 3 doz. in case. Will quote bulk mince meat later. Pure Cider Vinegar, per gallon.... 10 Pure Sweet Cider, Der walion...... 12 Fine Dairy Butter, per pound. ..... 19 Fancy 300 Lemons, Der Sen... 5 00 Choice 300 Lemons, per box....... 4 50 Choice 360 Lemons, per box....... 4 00 EDWIN FALLAS, Oyster Packer and Manufacturer. VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE, 215 and 217 Livingston St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 4 ‘ v i‘ ae e.. ‘ 4 hi A ~ % f ey IF NOT, WHY NOT? Clark, ~ y Grocery Ae— C0. Muskegon Bakery Grackers (United States Baking Co.) Are Perfect Health Food. There are a great many Butter Crackres on the Market—only one can be best—-that is the original Muskegon Bakery Butter Cracker. Pure, Crisp, Tender, Nothing Like it for Flavor. Daintiest, Most Beneficial Cracker you can get for constant table use. Muskegon Toast, ALWAYS Nine Royal Fruit Biscuit, ASK Muskegon Frosted Honey, YOUR Other Iced Cocoa Honey Jumbles, GROCER Great Jelly Turnovers, FOR Specialties Ginger Snaps, MUSKEGON Are Home-Made Snaps, BAKERY’S Muskegon Branch, CAKES and Mlik Lunch CRACKERS United States Baking Co. LAWRENCE DEPEW, Acting Manager, {| Are You Selling FISHING TACKLE! — | i OUR STOCK or IS COMPLETE. We have them from 12 to 20 feet long. Our line of Fishing tackle is equal to any one’s. Send for Catalogue. frost TEVENS &EN vive 12, 14 & 16 Pearl & ST. RINDGE, KALMBAGH %& GO "fi," fe HEALTH SHOES. ASK TO SEE THES, ——" = They are the coolest shoe in summer, The warmest shoe in winter. and The easiest shoe ever made. Combining ease, comfort and good looks in one pair of shoes, In addition to the above, our factory. and jobbing lines are complete. Styles attractive. Prices at the bottom. We carry all the leading lines of . Socks and Wool Boots; also Bos- Muskegon, ” Mich. | Pton Rubher Shoe Co.’s goods. Sl cnnienensteanntiiieniemastaieatmraieliniinieibilieiniesinanneieatiatientemimetatimatnamdiindaeell x MASON FRUIT JARS — HRD RH No: Charge for Cartage on H ‘ LEO NARD & SONS a No Charge for Boxes on ig Fruit Jars. Fruit Jars. % Frat J Corks and Sealing Wax. Crimp Top Sun ¢ himney. Lan ern Globes. Mason’s rhe — : . J or d ets Common grade. Sold by the case only. Per Doz From now on is the season to push the sale of Corks for % gal Tomato Jugs _ doz . ar Case} Bo. 6 Tabiies sees mock ea 8 45 : these goods. The most profitatle line you can a ae ee , ° ce 0244 | No. 0 Sun, 6 doz in case beccceecesesees st ¢ [By the barrel, 5 doz (barrel 35) ccc ae J ee ee eeeee Per Gro : = : he, | Sa 6 Genin eabe........-... : i pe No. O Pabaha. Bull's Eye Globe. ...°:.... 1 25 i No. 2 Sun, 6 doz in ease. 23 - e uarts, 8 doz in box ea - ou Flask and Jug Corks. . loth:s Lines Balt gallons. 6 doz in box...... i: . oo : Per Gro WH L&S Flint (Chimney. Cloth. Pints, 1 doz in case : i -- 4@) Flask and Bottle Corgs, assorted sizes, No. Jute 30 foot line, per doz......... a oa ae ‘i Half gallous, 1 doz in case ‘ 5 6- 0, 5gro in bag . i. 2 Selected firsts. Each wrapped and labeled. Jute, 66 foot line, per doz... ee le Extra covers for pint, quart and half gal: on = 25] Jug ¢ ‘orks assorted clues. Nos. 11-26. 73 gro Case of 6 Open, Per | Jute, 120 foot line, per doz. eae 60 Rubber rings for Masun’ . ee... oo ne ....- ee ee ee ‘ Doz. Doz. Cotton. 0 foot line, per ee a ae 1 28 & No. 0 Sun Crimp Top.......82 10 $ 4 _ Fiint Glass Mason Friit Jars. an Jars, No. 1 sun ¢ imp Top . 2 2% . Writing Pa: er. : : i doz in case. No charge for case. No, 2 Sun Crimp Top ++. BS 7 Per Ream. Clear fine glass. oo Open Stock Per | No. 2 Sun Hinge..... —-+---. 360 £ | Com’! Note. $16 Mecciaier:. .. 2 24 Quarts, % groin ae per gro sree e eo ED bi per doz. Case | No. 2 Electric a" sr crecce = - tie Cous'l Note, 5 ib Excelsior... 0 2.226. 2. 49 Half Gal Hons, gro i a ee Gal Tall ese i ueds ioate 2 Oe 1 5" | ped and labeled. Will not crack from heat. Ne ts Pints, 6 doz in box (box 0 ) per box -.- = 64 Git Weel. 3 50 3 00° Case of 6 Open, Per | Size Per 1.000 4% Pints, 21 doz ia bbl, ‘bol 35) rer — 1 = RING JARS— GLASS COVERS : ee Doz. Doz. X5 White..... dee CWC ane aY $ 5 a % Pints, 6 doz in box. (box!) per box..... an | 6 Gal Senator Tall... c:.,)..... 2 50 oi). ‘i Oh is to a gs X6 White... oe cau : 85 % Pints, 18 doz in bbl (bbl 35¢) per doz * | 4 Gal Squat or Tall...2. 02000022 3 5s 30: mo. @ San Crimp... - —— Tee ee WM coses cs ocask ve uae cig 85 1 Gal Squat or Tall....... 5 0 4 50 No. 2 Sun Crimp... ner ae is | NO MEO isha ceguaiye stu ee ‘ Common Tumblers. am am JaRe—GL GLASS COVERS on sil MeteG eael bat ke Chole suet | % Pint, plain, 6 doz in box, (box ™) per box 81 £0 | 7 Soe "Saunt oo ee + 00 | ment Showing chimney for every burner. Sent | Oil Cans. 4g Pinte. plain, 29dozin bbl. (bbl35¢) perdoz 2% | Maal en . 500 4 20 | by mail on receipt of postal. | ‘ Po | % Gal Tin, with Spout, per des. 2... ee Go Engraved Tumblers. Flasks. Tubular Lanterns. | 1'Gal Tin, with spout, per doz... ae . 7 Pant : Ny dd 1d n crate 20) Orient Assortment, 3styles, nicely engr: ne Pic-Nic or Shoo Fly Shape Per Gro |, OMY the latest patterns of the heaviest ma- i Oe ee ae ae die mite ae thin blown glass, per box of 6 doz, a 00 : : . $ 2 40 terial. Every lantern warranted. No charge |’ 2 Gal Galy Iron, ofl or gasoline Te 3 75 a a a ee ee c-ecceese Oo ‘ na > we lh . j oe ees ae : a ie as ae pote : TI22. 8 gg | for case. 'doz incase. Price per doz. | 3 Gal Galv Iron, oil or gasoline............ 5 06 4 Cc s Quart, 4 gro in re SH es a: oo spring lift, inside attethisse best " 5 Gal Galv Iron, with faucet............. . a 00 a OoOmmon Stoneware. »% oe ios... $3 50 | 5 Gl Galz Iron tilting a (0 2 * v v- 2s 3 3 I p “> i oe { Sates eee se. TaD ame ane: | Ro Toor coger =~ 48 Bal Gly on. Home Rate “Pamgr. Stone Butter Jars. 1 to ry . te g PENS Sole Agents for extra toughened a LaBastie” | 0) 15 Jap'd Tubu ar, dashboard and reflec. 8 Gal Galv fron “Good Enough”.......... 13 50 i Se ne go | French glass chimney. Positively the strongest tor r attachment, bulls eye globe % doz in 5 Gal Galv Iron, “Good enough”..... ..... 12 00 7 Pi “+. a ae gees i gas ‘per “ | and most durable lamp chimney made. 5 Ov Stone Preserve Jars :n -0V : zal, ° a . : = i eee r ‘2 a mg te a 3% _ 'B Tablas Side spring lift takes 1 tin 550| See our catalogue for full line grocers’ Tomato or Fruit Jngs % gal. pe- doz ee ee ae oo I aa nes ene " : : i ' Tomato or Frnit Jugs,1zal per doz..... 99] No, 2sun Bulb, per doz__...... - 150 a oa ie oe ote os sundries as Pails, Tubs, Fibre Ware, ¥ Stone Milk Pans, % gal, per doz.... et = No 2 Electric, 4-3 doz soe enieeart : = ub g g se 7 7a es au as sia stone Milk Fans,1 gal. each . weet ce eee. 16) No. 1 Sun Crimp Top. per doz............... < ash Boards, Tin and Iron Pails, Lamps. Ston No. 2 Sun Crimp Top, perdoz. . ......... 1 60 Store Lamps. as a eon a ye 28 ’ 4 Fine Glazed Stoneware Pearl Top ¢ homneys. 400 candle power. Slates, Papeterie, Toilet Soaps, ation- . . 0 The well-known, easy selling, popular ‘Pearl 2n flector. ‘ seas 1 Gal, Fine all lack Mil Pans, per gal.” 03% | Tops.”" Nostore can get slong without them, | Rochester. complete, in reflector... . | ery. Shaving Soaps, Blank Books, Pen r 5 hant wishes to tices guar- - 1, Fine all Black Milk Pans. perdoz 65. | and no good gh : : Banner, complete, 20 in reflector............ cee i ne : Gal, Fine all Black Butter Jars, pergal 07 | anteed. o dozincase. No charge for case Incandescent, complete, 20 in reflector. Holders, Slate Pencils, Toilet Paper and » 1 Gal, Fine all White Butter Jars per pal 08 No. 1 Sun Pearl Top, per CABE........ ee 7 Send for catalogue showing all. Step Lad ers. ‘) % Gai, Fine all White putter Jars, per doz 75 Mo. 2 San Pesrl Top. yer case... .........,.. 4B : . «i fi ‘ a J 8 t xi . { THE ONLY SCALE ON EARTH for the Retail \ ‘ Dealer. <"| m | cA i a: Trane Ea An Investment (| . ae = They Are The , Thousands of the qi : Paying from ‘ EIGHTH WONDER BEST MERCHANTS ae 10 to 100 Per Cent. : ig of the World. are Using Them. : Per Annum. ~ i eel If Your Competitor Says They are a Good Thing } for Him, WHY NOT EQUALLY SO FOR YOU ? 4 See What Users Say: ‘ TRAVERSE City, Mich., Sept. 21, 18¢2. The Computing Seale Co.. Dayton, Ohio. ; 6 GENTLEMEN:—Since the adoption of i ~ your Computing Seales I have made more } money in my business than ever before. u The Howe Scale | had, while new, had such a radical variation that I lost money every time | weighed upon it. I would retire from business before return- ing to the use of regular weighing * scales. Yours truly, FRANK DANIELS. “ a For further particulars drop a Postal Card to HOYT & CoO,, General Selling husans ‘ Dayton, Ohio. \| ail HHT ARE . apa i Mo