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COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. 65 MONROE ST., Have on file all reports kept by Cooper’s Com- mercial Agency and Union Credit Co. and are constantly revising and adding to them. Also handle collections of all kinds for members: i 166 and 1030 for particulars. ‘VENSON. . BLOCK. L. J, 8ST ° Cc W. H. P. ROOTS. GRAND RAPIDS » WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1894. UNSEEN HANDS Which Show Us Where to Go and Where to Come. [The following story is better than most sto- ries are, because it is exactly true, excepting the names given to the parties and places. The gen- tleman whom I have called ‘‘General Glover’ has permitted me to put it in writing,that it may give the same Courage to other persons which it has given to him and to me. But, at his re quest, I have changed every name in the story from those which he gave me; and I assure the most curious reader or Critic that he will find it impossible to ascertain by any conjecture who are the parties described. No incident, how- ever,in the story is drawn in the slightest de- gree from imagination. I tell the tale as it was told to me,’and print it after it has had the re- vision of “General Glover.’’—E. E. Hale. } l was riding across the country to Du- luth when my old friend General Glover came into the palace car. We two were born at very nearly the same time; we like each other and respect each other. We have knocked about the world a good deal, and do not meet each other as of- ten as we wish we did, but when we meet we begin where we left off and en- joy the meeting. At least I am sure I do, and I think he does. As soon as the first inquiries were passed I said to him: ‘‘I want you to tell me again your story of the letter you wrote to a stranger. At the time you told me I repeated it to my wife, and af- terward to one or two other persons; but now I am afraid to tell it, itis so strange, and I am always thinking that my imagi- nation has added something to it.’’ General Glover looked at me with a surprise not wholly of amusement. It was quite clear to me that the story was a serious matter to him, as it was to me; and he told it to me for the second time. I think it is four years ago since I heard it first, and it speaks as well for my memory, as for his, that 1 should recog- nize each slightest detail, as a thing which had impressed itself upon his careful mind, so that this narrative was identically the same as the first was. It was as if you had struck a second im- pression from a stereotype plate which you had not used for four years. ‘‘] was sitting at my desk at Xeres,’’ he said, ‘‘and working through my daily mail. My custom was to attend to the business of the firm first, and to leave the personal letters to be answered in the afternoon. It was now afternoon, and [turned to the six or eight letters which I had for answer. ‘**‘Among these was one from a man for whom I had secured a place in the navy in the outset of the civil war. If you remember, I was then at the head of the Bunting Board, and had a great deal to do with the enlargement of the navy. Also, I was myself connected with the service. I had been in service on the seaboard all my life, and knew, natu- rally enough, a great many sailors in the merchant marine. Hundreds of such men came to me, and it was with my recommendation of them that they re- ceived their places in that volunteer serv- ice which was of such infinite advantage to the country in the war. Among these hundreds was a good fellow who had been, I should say, in the coasting trade; but I do not remember what he had been. He wanted to serve the country, and, at my recommendation, he was ap- pointed, as other men were appointed, a master’s mate. As a master’s mate he did his duty, rose to be a master, after- ward obtained a lieutenant’s commission, and so went well-nigh through the war, until, by an aecident—not, I think, a wound—he was so far disabled that he could no longer go to sea. I did not know this at the time; there was no rea- son why I should know it; I had nothing to do with him and he had nothing to do with me. He was to me no more than one post in this rail fence which we are passing now is as distinct from another. I had signed the papers, I suppose, dur- ing the service, of thousands of men who had more or less to do with our Bunting Board, and this man, his name or his af- fairs, made no more impression upon me than the rest of them did. ‘‘But, among the letters of this particu- lar afternoon, as I said, was a letter from this man. It was a gentlemanly letter, short and to the point, in which he told me that he received his appointment on my recommendation, that, after some years of service, he had been obliged to cease going to sea, on account of the ac- cident of which Ispeak. He now asked me if I were willing to write to the head of the Pension Bureau to ask that his claim might be examined and acted upon immediately. He said that neither he nor his counsel had succeeded in obtain- ing any letters from the Pension Office, telling them when action would be taken on his claim. He remembered that I was the person who originally introduced him into the navy, and he thought a let- ter from me might obtain an answer where he had failed. ‘I recalled, as well as I could, the cir- cumstances in which he first came to me, and I said, in a short letter, what I could do to his advantage, in order that he might use my recommendation, so far as it went in his application. and then I went on with my other letters. ‘*T had finished the whole correspond- ence, when something which I donot un- derstand, and you do not understand, made me take this letter to him out from the pile. I opened it, looke: at his let- ter again, and looked at the letter which I had written to the Pension Bureau. Clearly [had done all he asked me for, and I folded both envelopes again and sealed them. lwenton with my other work. Still, I was haunted with the feeling that this thing waa left unfin- ished, and I opened both the letters once more. I read his letter again, I read my letter to the Pension Bureau, and I read the note which I had written to him. This time, after reading his letter to me and mine to him once and again, I in- closed in my envelope to him some money, without saying why, for indeed I did not know. This ‘finally finished’ my correspondence, as I supposed; I sealed the letter again, and, finding that I could do nothing in my office, put on my coat, took all the letters I had been writing, passed from my private room through the counting room, and left letters for the mail. ‘*But I was not permitted to leave the door of the office. In obedience to the impulse which I had now obeyed twice, I went back to the mailing box, took out my letter to him again, went back to my private office and read it once more; read his letter now for the third or fourth time, and this time wrote a new letter to my old friend Colonel Sharp, who lived in the town from which the officer had written tome. I asked Sharp to be good enough to find him, to find what his con- dition was, and that of his family, and if he found that they needed any help, to render it to them at my expense, if it should be necessary. I sealed and stamped this letter, added it to my mail, and this time I was permitted to leave my office and go to my home. “We had a nightly mail, at that time, from Xeres to Abydos, which was the city in which he was living, and, as I af- terward, learned my letter to him arrived the next morning. It will save trouble if [give youa name for him. We will eall him Needles, though that is not his name. “Thirty-six hours afterl had written, I received his reply. I have itnow, and I will show it to you sometime. It wasa most modest and simple narrative of the steady decline of his fortunes, since the accident which I have described. It seemed he had a wife and four or five children, of whom he spoke with pride and confidence. But he had been educa- ted as a sailor, and knew no arts but those of a sailor; he had no way of earn- ing a living now that he could not go to sea, and he had gone through all the mis- ery of sickness, enforced idleness, his income becoming less and less until it was nothing. ‘*He and his wife had sold every arti- cle of property and dress which they could sell for the food and clothing of their children. They had been obliged to withdraw their children from school, because they could not present a proper appearance there. It was under such circumstances that, needing his pension, of course, he had written to me the mod- est letter which I had received, asking for my assistance in hastening the decis- ion on it. ‘On the night before his present writ- ing—that is, on the evening which imme- diately followed the afternoon of my writing to him—he and his wife and children were cowering around the little stove which warmed their lodging. The fire in it was maintained by coals and cinders which the children had picked up in the street. Hehad not a cent to pay for any article of food, and he and the children were all hungry. They re- viewed the position as well as they could, and it was then that his wife said that she was sure that brighter times must be before them. For she still be lieved that God did not mean that peo- ple should perish who had not intention- ally offended Him, or fought against His law. She knew that they had done their the Ey eon are THE MIOHIGAN TRADESMAN. duty as well as they knew how, and she | believed that God would earry them through. She had no ground for this be- | lief excepting her certainty that neither | should oecur. At this announcement , that the office would need three perma- | ; nent chairs for some time, Mr. Rowland | Hill was more startled. ‘In short,’ said | |on Mrs. Fonblanque, whom perhaps you | know, and he told this story. “You say he lives in this city!” said | She, very much interested in the story. she nor her husband nor her ehildren had | |Colonel Sharp to him, goodnaturedly, “Do you never go to see them?” what was as they intentionally done With such comfort could get, from such expressions as hers, they all went to bed, the earlier because they had nothing to eat, and perhaps because the} fire was not very satisfactory. “For the same reason they stayed in bed late in the is not tempted to rise early when he nothing to do and they did rise, though late, kindling the fire, | think, when the post- man stopped at the door and brought in the letter which I had three’ times opened, and in which I| had finally in- closed the money. “‘Needles wrote to me that when the bill fell te the ground from the letter, as it did, he felt as he should have felt if it had dropped from the hand of an angel. He had not asked me for money; he had not asked anybody for money. He asked slept, or morning. One has But were re- nothing toeat. and me for my influence in the Pension Bureau. Without asking the money had come. He felt, and his wife feit, as if it had come in answer to their prayer.’’ As General Glover told me this story, 1 was reminded of a phrase of my friend, Mr. Naylor, who used to say that there was no condition in human life in which a check on New York would not answer most purposes. It was clear enough that the crisp greenback which had been inclosed in General Glover’s letter had been quite as valuable a workman in that starving family as Aladdin’s slave of the ring would have been. A skillful child was at once dispatched to buy the materials for breakfast, and they were well engaged inthe first meal which they had eaten for several days, when another party appeared upon the stage. This time it was not the postman; it was Colonel Sharp; to whom General Glover’s fourth letter had been written. 1 wish I could give the reader an idea of | General Glover’s description of Colonel Sharp’s methods. He sat, cheering all! parties by his lively talk—I wish | were | talking with him now—and when he saw that the breakfast was well finished, he | took Needles with him to the great post- office at Abydos. Colonel Sharp wasa pretty important person that city, and, breaking all lines of defense, he soon found himself with Mr. Needles in the private room of the postmaster, whom, for the purpose of this story, we | will call Mr. Rowland Hill. General Glover went on to describe the inter- view. ‘Sharp told Mr. Hill that there was a deserving man, who had served the coun- try, and that I was interested in him, and Hill shook hands with official cordiality, and said he would be interested any friend of mine and his. “Colonel Sharp said that he-wanted Hill to appoint Mr. Needles to a good place in that post office. Mr. Hill at once assumed the official air of distress, and explained how many hundreds of applications he | received every day from very deserving people; but he would put Mr. Needles’ name ov the list, and would send for him | the first time he had an opportunity. ‘Colonel Sharp said, at this, that he was very Mr. Needles interested | Mr. Hill, that neither of them were much | occupied, and that they would stay ip in glad in wrong. | ‘the official methods will not answer in | this case. Mr. Needles deserves the "place; he must have the place; General | Glover and L both mean that he shall have the place; and you may as well give it to him now as to give it to him next week.’ There are men who ean Say such things, who have earned the right to say them by long and distin- guished service to the counmry. Mr. Hill knew perfectly well that this was one of those cases, and when, therefore, Mr. Needles walked home that morning to his wife, it was to explain to her tha the was to goon duty in the post office of Abydos, with a proper salary that after- noon. “All this he explained,’”’ said General Glover, ‘tin the letter of which I told you, which | received thirty-six hours after I inclosed the bill to him.” Here ends the first half of General Glover’s story to me, as he told it on the train. I wish the reader to observe, however, that the first half is accom- panied by a second half, which trans- spired several years after. Mr. Needles did his work so well in the new office that everyone liked him. Had it not been in-door work, and he a sailor, needing out-door life, this story would end here. But the close confine- ment of the office was bad for him, and the doctor told him he could not stand it. He did not repeat this to General Glover till he had fuund where he must go. Then it proved that in a bureau which is under the Treasury, which 1 will call the Bureau of Red Tape, they needed an out-door invoice man. It was work that he could do, and he applied to be trans- ferred there. He wrote to General Glover to tell him why he wanted to remove, and asked for his help at Wash- ington. Help at Washington, indeed! The head of the Treasury had been at the General’s side in those old days of ’61 and ’62, and as soon as the mail could | send it, the pew appointment was made secure. And from that time, 1 know not for how many years, there was no corre- spondence between General Glover and his friend. Years passed away; I do not know how many. General Glover, who is a man of a thousand duties, all of which he does | well, went hither, went thither, and may not have thought of the letter or the an- swer once in a month. Needles never wrote to him. He never wrote to Needles. As 1 said, borrowing his phrase as we flew along -in the express train, one such man, till the letter came, did not differ from another, more than one post in a rail fence from that which ; is next to it. But the letter, and what came from it, made a difference. Yes; and the mem- ory of that letter, and the picture of the stove, and the children, and their mother sleeping late, and all the rest which | have told you, did sometimes come back to General Glover. And so, when, as I say, years had gone by, as he was one day making a visit in the great roaring city which | have called Abydos, he told the story, as he told it to me, and as I have told it to you. He “No,’’ he said; ‘‘l have never been to | see them.’’ “Might L see them? ilive? What is his name?” somewhat eagerly. And the general confessed, that since he began to tell the story, he had been feeling for the name, but it had escaped him. “If you had not asked me, however, | think 1 should have caught it. Queer that I cannet recall it.” ‘And you have not seen him?” said she. “No. I should not know the man from Adam if he came in at that door.’’ And, at that instant, as if the man were com- ing, a knock was heard at the door. A servant entered with a card ‘‘For General Glover.” The General read it, and bade the man say he would see the gentleman in the reading room. He turned to Mrs. Fon- blanque: ‘‘What were you asking me?”’ ‘‘| was asking the name of the man whose story you told me.’’ Where do they she asked, “Yes, you were. And I did not know it.’’ | ‘You said,’’ continued she, ‘that you should not know him if he came in at that door.’’ ‘I did so. And here is his name.” “Do not tell me that this is that man’s card.’” “It is his card, and 1 am going down to see him.”? So he left Mrs. Fonblanque to her reflections. Sure enough. there was his friend. He was twenty years older than when, as a young man, he flang himself into his country’s cause. There were the marks of his accident, and there were the marks of his twenty years’ work. And both these men went back, in memory, to those eager days when the war began. But it was not of them that the younger had come to talk. He was in trouble again. ‘‘You will think lam always in trouble, and you will think I always fall back on you.” General Glover is not one of those people who turn over their own bene- factions like savory bonbons; he does not often think of them indeed. He said, cheerfully, that, quite on the other hand, it was long since he had heard from his friend.”’ ‘“‘Nor would you hear from me now,” said the other, ‘if lL could help it. But I cannot help it. I come to you, of course. My life is all to change, and I do not know how. 1 come to you to ask. I should do wrong,” he said, very seri- ously, ‘‘connected as you and I have been, if I did anything without your ad- vice, nay, without your permission.” The General looked at him with sur- prise. But the man was not weak—he was not chattering compliments. He was speaking with the deepest serious- ness. ‘*‘My life, since I entered the navy, has been all wrought in with your instructions. I should be wroug if 1 did not come for them now.” Then he unfolded his budget of wis- eries and explained that he was worse off than he had been that day of the post- man and the letter. Werse off because a second fall is worse than the first. This was the story: At the time when he was transferred | the private office until the oppurtunity was making a eall at the Hotel Esterhazy ' from the post office to the Bureau of Red_ CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. 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But in the course of five or six years, there had grown up a great feud in the party, and Governor Oglethorpe headed one side and Mr. Clodius headed the other. And a week before the time we have come to, Mr. Clodius had been appointed from Washington to be the head of our Bureau of Red Tape. And every man in the office knew that all their certificates had been examined on Wednesday, and that all of Governor Oglethorpe’s men would be dismissed on Friday. It was now Thursday evening. ‘I only heard of this to-day,” said the officer we are interested in. ‘Il would not tell my} wife. But she knew some- thing was the matter. But when the evening paper came, 1 saw you were here at the Esterhazy, ee ee ee TPE ARBRE SY pa CASE 4 iHEH MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN. STATE. AROUND THE MERCHANTS. MOVEMENTS OF Marquette—Alex. Le a grocery ship, severai miles West of this place. Lennou—W. C. Aiken, who also con- ducted stores at Pittsturd and Clayton, is succeeded in ihe grocery business by N. A. & &. Lb. Desmond. nsheck has opened store. Lansing—Owen Jones, mez has removed to Creston Ia. Holly—C. H. S. Lowe has sold his jew Braui—L. Ewiug has opened a grocery | beans are fully equal to ours in quality | and the crop over there is generally a | Comes prices of all kinds of produce and fruits The reduction of 50 per cent. | in the quantity marketed. store near his resiaeuece in Marion town-! which beans are raised, but Canadian large one. in the duty will enable Canadian hand- |lers to enter our market and compete | with us on almost equal terms; in fact, they are now quoting beans at nearly all | the points to which I ship them. They | are waking up over there, and will keep us hustling as long as their beans last. 1 | expect to start 900 cars this season, and, ers, have dissoived. The business will/as a beginning, have taken in forty be Continued by S. L. George, under the cars in the last two weeks. Beans are | going to be plentiful and cheap this year, Oronu—Wm. Haybarker will shortly elry business to H. M. Moore. , €mibark in the grocery business. His a Rie ea neber ben peechnsed father will put a line of dry goods and a ar = ee i uOtiCuS fn Lhe same store. Onekema—C. J. Vogel, me at dealer, Lancing—Gineee & i ae has removed to Manitowoe, Wis. : Muskegon—Dow & MeComb succeed M. J. Dow in the grocery business. _ |style-or & Es Geenee & Oa. Bloomingdale—Charles and Frank Traverse City—C. M. Beers has suld his Merrifield will soon open a grocery. i . se } interest in the furniture stock of Beers Lakeville—Frank L. Layton succeeds | i : oe ae | Wurzburg, to his partner, Peter John Barden in the grocery business. i : Port Austin—F. L. Sturtevant sueceeds | Wurzburg, who will conduct the busi- Ort AUSTIN—fr. LL. OTUrt ant St : Wm. Somerville in the meat business. Less hereafter. Manistee—F. C. Larsen has erected |a three story and basement store build- | ing at 61 Filer street, which he will oe- with wholesale + tel Peters X& the Marquette— Hathaway ceed Henry Mack, Jr., in hess Dryden—Smith & Fariey }cupy an succeed J. 8. exclusively Smith in the lumber and hardware busi- | grocery stock. smitl : ness | Muskegon—E. D. Haines has opened a Flushing—Heath & Frame succeed} grocery store at 17 Pine street. His who has had consid- erable experience in the grocery busi- Geo. Ba!l in the grocery and bakery busi- | brother, A. Haines, although some buyers don’t seem to know it. One chap over in Holly has been buying them right along for $1.50, and I told my men to let him have them. One of my buyers writes me that the poor fellow has at last tumbled to the truth, but not until he was heavily loaded with high-priced stock. My menare now buy- ing at Fenton and Holly for $1.35. The other fellow is bound to drop some money on his beans, for the price is receding all the time.’’ a Purely Personal. H. Brower, of the firm of Klomparens & Brower, general dealers at Hamilton, was in town a couple of days last week. Corwin F. Miller has sold his drug ness. Big Rapids—Lee C. Lincoln, wagon | hess, is behind the counter at the new dealer, is succeeded by LineeIn & Lig- | establishmant. gett. Ashland Center—J. W. Pollard has Vernon—Jobhn Barden has removed his sold his interest in the general stock of general stock from Lakeville to this! Pollard Bros. to A. McKinlay, and the place. | business wili be continued by the latter Green has} and Geo. Pollard under the style of Pol- lard & McKinlay. The new firm will erect a cold storage warehouse and em- bark in the butter and egg business. The retiring partner has gone to Ann Arbor, where he will pursue a course of medicine in the medical department of Battle Creeek—J. Howard sold his drug stock to a gentleman named Fisher. Manistee—J. A. in the wholesale produce and commission business. Johnson has embarked | Ishpeming—T. Grabowsky is succeeded | by Chas. Grabowsky in the dry gvuods| the State University. business. Lansing—Benjamin F. Simons and New Lathrop—Ziegler & Weinzier!| David Burnham have for a number of succeed Gillett & Ziegler in the grocery !years been rival dry goods merchants In 1889 Burnham sent to the vari- Eastern wholesalers with whom Simons did business, clippings from a local paper of a notice of a transfer of property by Simons to his wife for $5,000. Attached to this was the following note: ‘The real estate transferred and marked business. here. Sturgis—A. R. his furniture busines from removed to Culver has ous Sherwood this place. Eagle—Huntoon & MeCrumb, dealers, have dissolved, Jas. A. Huntoon general succeeding. Hastings—R. 1. Hendershott has] in slip is estimated to be worth at least opened a grocery store in the Hender- $10,000; other real estate heavily mort- gaged; reported to be heavily indebted to three or four banks for borrowed money at a high rate of interest, say 8 or 10 per cent. per annum, and payable every 60 days.’’ In one instance there was added, ‘‘In time of peace prepare for war.” The result of this was that Simons was prevented from obtaining credit, re- plenishing his stock and maintaining his trade. A Circuit Court jury gave him a judgment against Burnham for $3,500 and costs, and this verdict has now been affirmed by the Supreme Court. shett block. Manistique—Mason H. succeed Middlebrook & Rose in the hard- ware business. Blissfield—Doan & Glaser, grocers and have Doan & Quick & Co. meat dealers, dissolved, Giles succeeding. Reed City—Kautiman & Merner, mer- chant tailors, have added a line of men’s furnishing goods. Hillman—L. Davidson the dry goods and millinery business of Mrs. J. H. Stevens. Manistee—John moved his jewelry Haven to this place. has purchased has re- Grand Brandstetter stock from - _> . <> Beans Plentiful and Cheap. ‘This is going to be a great year for Menominee—Ellsworth & Lewis, drug- | beans,’? said W. ‘[. Lamoreaux to THE gists, have dissolved, L. D. Lewis & Son|Trapesman last week. “The season stock at Wolcottville, Ind., to Shook Bros., formerly engaged in the drug business at Spencerville, Ind. G. V. Nash, general dealer and lumber manufacturer at Norwood and promoter and principal owner of the Ellsworth Lumber Co., at Ellsworth, was in towna couple of days last week. H. B. Fairchild (Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.) is this week taking his second vacation for nine years. He is attend- ing the annual convention of the National Wholesale Druggists’ Association at New York. F. D. Bates, of the brokerage firm of Bates & Suydam, of San Francisco, Cal., was in town Monday for the purpose of securing the accounts of the 0. & W. Thum Co, and the Diamond Wall Finish Co. Itis understood that he was suc- cessful in both cases. Henry Riechel, of whe drug firm of Thum «& Riechel, at 166 West Bridge street, was elected a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association at its convention at Asheville, N. C. This is the first time Grand Rapids has ever been represented on the membership roll of that organization. a It isn’t always the man who prays the loudest at prayer meeting that people be- lieve in most. Henry J. Vinkemulder, JOBBER OF Fruits and Vegetables, 418, 420, 445 and 447 So. Division continuing the business. | has started in a full month earlier than Saginaw—H. P. Smith, dealer in ear- usual, and beans are coming in with a riages, is succeeded by the H. P. Smith/rush. The crop is 50 per cent. larger | Buggy Co., incorporated. {than last year, notwithstanding the | Muskegon—Gerrit Witt & Co., grocers, ; drouth and the confident predictions of have dissolved. The business will be | theeo who pretend to know all about it, continued by Gerrit Witt. } and the quality is excellent. The price Rapid River—M. Glazer has removed | is on the down grade, and will touch his clothing and furnishing goods stock | $1.25 in a short time. The price is not from Escanaba to this place. | only affected by the early season and | Battle Creek—The style of the Battle large crop, but it has the Canadian crop | Creek Machinery Co. has been changed to contend with. It is true there are not | to the Battle Creek Steam Pump Co. ‘more than three counties in Ontario in | Niagara grapes 15¢c per 81b_ basket. St Grand Rapids. We quote a No.1 Apples in 3 bu. bbls. at 31.75 per bbl. No.2 Applies in 4% bu. bbls. at $1.75 per bbl. Peaches 75c to $1.50. —_a and ance Quinces $1 50 per bu. Pears $1.00 to $1.50 per se VEGETABLES. Fancy cauliflowers $1.25 to $. 50 per doz. Home- grown Celery, fine 15¢ per doz. Green peppers $1 per bu. Choice onions !0c per bu. Choice cabbage 30 to40e per doz. Tomatoes €0c per bu. Fancy Jersey sweet potatoes $3 per bbl. Send in your orders by mail or wire, They will haye our prompt and Careful attention and benefit of any decline in prices. State how to ship, freight or express and what line. Before — buy your winter apples and onions get our prices. | | PRODUCE MARKET. As the season advances and cool weather slowly rise, although there is little diminution Onereason for the rise is the competition between the home mar | ket and shippers, the latter now haying their outside customers tocare for. The commission houses have done next to nothing for some weeks in vegetables, their attention being given to fruit, but the approach of winter compels them to give more time to vegetables, Apples—The supply of summer fruit is about done, although straggling lots of snows and kings are still to be seen; they are held by deal- ers at $2@2.25 per bbl. Spies, greenings, Bald- wins and pippins are in good supply and of first class quality; they are held at !$1.75@2 per bbl. Pound sweets bring the same. Beans—Handlers pay $1.35 for country picked, holding hand picked at $150. The reason for the decline is—the season is at least a month earlier than in former years and the crop about 50 per cent. larger. Beets—Are bought on the market for 35c per bu. Butter—Is strong and steady at 20@2Ie for best dairy and 2.@24e for creamery. Crabapples—The supply is hardly fair. Only two kinds are to be seen now—Siberians and Tartarians; dealers hold them at 75¢ per bu. Cabbage—The supply is good and the quality excellent. The market price is 40¢ per bu. Carrots—Bring 35@40c on the market. Cauliflowers—Were never better than season, and the supply is good. price is $1.50 per doz. Celery—Unchanged at 12%@iéc. Cucumbers—Are bought on the market at 10c per 100. They are getting scarce. Egg Plant—Outside stock has been forced out by home-grown, which are in every way the better of the two. Dealers hold them at 81 per doz. Eggs—Supply and demand are about at par, and the market is firm and active. Strictly fresh bring 15c, Grapes—The supply is still equal to the de mands of both shippers and the home market, Concords, Niagaras, Brightons, Deiawares and Rogers are the varieties now being marketed, Dealers hold lhem at 15¢ per 8-lb. basket. Green Corn—Eyergreen has dropped on the market to 7e per doz. Lettuce—Hothouse, of good quality, is held by Browers at i0c per lb. Muskmelons—Are held by dealers at $1.25 per bu. Onions—Spanish bring $1.25 per crate. Of home-grown, yellow Denvers and reds, of which there seems to be an over supply, are the chief varieties; they are held by dealers at 35@50e per bu. The little silver skins, for pickling, bring $2 per bu, although some of inferior quality can be had for $1.75. Peaches—The better known varieties have dis- appeared. Smocks and gold drops are now the leading varieties. They are held by dealers at $1.50@1.75 per bu. Peppers—Both red and green are held by deal ers at $1@1.25 per bu. Potatoes—The market is in a very unsettled condition, the uncertainty regarding the crop making anything like steadiness impossible. Chief varieties are Empire State and Hebrons. Dealers hold them at i(0c per bu. The supply is no more than equal to the demands of the home market, Plums—Californias bring $2 per 4-basket crate, Pears—Keefers and Bells are about the only kinds now being mar. eted; the first of these are of inferior quality. They are held by dedlers at $1@1.%5 per bu. Californias bring $2.50 per crate, Quinces—Are plentiful and are good, bad and indifferent. Dealers hold them at $1.25 per bu. Radishes—Are sold on the market at 10c per doz. Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys, the best grown, are held by dealers at $3 per bbl; Baltimores, $2.50 per bb], Tomatoes—The supply is failing off on ac- count of cool weather. The price remains about the same—60@75c per bu. Squash—Hubbard, Pike’s Peak and late sum mer can be bought on the market for 144¢ per Ib. Marbleheads will be on the market in a few days. Turnips—Unwashed are worth 20¢ per bu.; washed 30c. Vegetables Oysters—Are sold on the market for 30c per doz. Watermelons—Floridas are held at 1244¢; home-grown, 8c. this Tho market Wax Beans—Sell on the market for 50¢ per bu. ‘THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. The Grocery Market. Sugar (Edgar)—Refined sugars are in| fair demand with a steadily increasing | volume of business. Nos. 1. to 4 have declined 1-16c and Nos. 5 to 14 have declined gc, except No. 6, which was reduced 3-16c. Pro- duction has been reduced materially and reports are current to the effect that the entire workinz capacity will shortly close down—probably when refiners’ sup- plies of raws have all been melted. The increased demand to which attention is called is principally for grades other than granulated, but the latter is more in request toward the close and we look for more nearly normal! conditions in the near future. Under ordinary ecircum- stances the present basis would attract a good many speculative buyers, the work- ing margin between centrifugals and granulated being only a shade over c per pound, but the manifest disposition on the part of dealers generally seems to be to work stocks down to the lowest possible point and supply their moderate requirements only on a strictly hand to mouth basis. Fish—Trout are lower. higher. Brooms—Dealers generally are advanc- ing their quotations, in consequence of the recent action of manufacturers in raising their prices. Still higher prices are looked for. Pork—Business for the past week in the local market is reported as brisk. It is believed that top figures have been reached, and, as a consequence, sales in large quantities are not reported. If the expectations of some of the wiseacres are realized, it will not be long before there will be a heavy cut into present figures. In smoked meats hams are down 4@ice per Ib. all round. Shoulders are down Ye. Baconisdown Ye. Dried beef is up 4e. Lard is down }4c on all brands. Bananas—Wholesale dealers report an increased demand, but most of them have been chary about ordering shipments Whitefish are forward until peaches and other domes- | tic fruits are well out of the way, as an accumulation of stock which ripens be- fore it can be moved out on orders means aconsiderale loss. There will be one or two cars diverted to this market during the present week. f Cocoanuts—Are now coming forward freely and, as the hot weather is nearly over, full sacks may be purchased by the trade without fear of theirspoiling. The nut is now at its best, being thick meated and juicy. The Hardware Market. General Trade—Continues very with every indication that we shall have a fairly good fall’s business. Prices re- main about stationary in most lines. The past week being ‘‘Fair Week,’’ broughta great many dealers to the city and a con- siderable number of good sized orders were booked; in fact, jobbers report that it seemed like old times. Wire Nails—The tendency downward, but at a recent meeting of the nail manufacturers it unani- mously agreed that selling nails at and below cost was all nonsense and poor business and in the future they would try to maintain better figures. The price of $1.10 at the mill was adopted, and job- bers are quoting $1.30@1.35 from stock. We do not look for any decided advance, but we do expect prices will rule higher. Barbed Wire—As the demand decreases there seems to be a slight waveriig in the price and, while there are no lower prices being named, we think for a good order concessions could be obtained from the present ruling prices, which are $2.10 for painted and $2.50 for gaivanized. Window Glass—Never so low as now. While the reduction in the tariff is only about 15 per cént., glass is now being quoted much lower, for car load orders. Ammunition—Loaded shot and powder are now moving very freely. Prices are firmly held and there is no prospect of any lower prices being made. Tin—The reduced duty of 12-10¢ pound went into effect Oct. 1, and a marked decline will probably oceur. Or- dinary sizes will be from 75 cents to $1 a box less. good, has been was shells, per as a ee Hides, Pelts and Wool. Hides—There has been a falling off demand, which has resulted in increased stocks in dealers’ hands, although the in- crease is not excessive. Prices are sta- tionary, with lower indications. Tan- ners continue to protest against the high in prices, as they cannot ‘‘get even’’ on leather. Calfskins are lower, tanners refusing to take them at the recent ad- vance. Pelts—Are in very poor demand, and prices have a downward tendency. Wool—The demand has fallen off and prices, while not quotably lower, are on the down grade. Tallow—lIs in fair demand at present prices. Ginseng—Has had a sharp advance. Late advices are to the effect that there may be a reaction, especially if the fall’s collection is large, or a fairly lib- eral one. _— <> Lower Prices in Granulated. On account of the recent reduction in sugar, the Committee on Trade Interests of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ As- sociation has reduced the ecard price of granulated to the following schedule: 6 cents per pound. 41g pounds for 25 cents. 9 pounds for 59 cents. 18 pounds - $1. ~_ i Robert Craven, whose aad stock was destroyed by the recent conflagra- tion at Elmira, has already re-engaged in the grocery business, man Grocer Co. furnishing the stock. the Mussel- | | The Musselwan Grocer Co. has secured the agency for Western Michigan for the G. H. Hammond Co.’s celebrated butter- ine, comprising three brands—Spring- dale, Springdale Creamery and Gold Nugget. These goods made many friends last season and the retail trade will be pleased to learn that they are again in market. _— 2 7 > aka é ee ee ae . ” > of Calypso and of Helen and of Re bokah Art Cambric........ 16 |Green Ticket.. - 8i¢ a Co Fd Warwicne rue er. . W, T. LAM@REAUX C0., Ww. Bridge*: ‘St, and of the Queen of Sheba.” Come off, ae AL co ees ee ce Everett classics... . 8%|Whittenden......... 8 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ae eee ee eee “i Exposition |. ‘6 heather dr. 1% ’ . brother, come an noe — a Aes xO 5 Glenarie. oe “2s e “indigo blne _ a OOS enarven.......... 6&%/Wamsutta ee. " " oe :. 7 Mayor Fisher vetoed the Common Charter Oak | * Fas Cambric_ 10 na gi oe vA ce 30 ‘And Council’s resolution to bond the city for ae oe ee .- 4 /Lonsdale site @ : Joknson Vhalon cl i Windermoor oe ia : a ' ce Clevelan : |Middlesex ... .. @ 4% ‘6 indigo blue 12'4/York ae i $150,000 for the creation of an electric Dwight Anchor... $ \No Name En « e e : - shorts 8 |Oak View S 7 pays. .. 1 I lighting plant. Hedidright. ‘The Coun- Edwards... . ea amar some S W e . ards... ........ 6 2 ree coe | cil had absolutely no information upon ease So 9 |Pride of the esi —. mite -- [orate oe 1 which to base their action, being actuated Bruit of the Loom. 7! Sunight ees 4% American... .....12%] shea aide Hu id e . oe Chvilie ..... 7 |Utiea 8. tee THREADS. al solely by a desire to create more offices First Prise... ..... 6 ‘© “Nonpareil ._10 Clark's Mile End....45 |Barbour's ..... .. 9 S 4 for the benefit of political henchmen. Pe eR. in oe ae wee seee “ Coates’, J.&P...... 45 |Marshall’s |... 90 elie ee a 014 “Be onra 4 UY * a & NG... a: —- | 8% Hotyoxe........ on ae Be sure and buy no ing but ve a aiori HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. s H it makes th " It is true an eer - ny of the a 6%|DwightAnchor .. . White. Colored. White. Colored ATLAS oap, for it es the x ‘ voters voted in favor of the city’s owning | Farwell...) 7” aie atlas. No. : a —_ = No. . = = washing easy and keeps ia its own plant, but that is no excuse for Unbleached. Bleached. : _-— = 40 | 48 °....°'39 44 the hands ce soft and the haste and carelessness evinced by the | Housewife ee af Housewife _- Ce 36 22. aE 40 45 a | ee aaa at = : white. ; Council in pushing the matter through : : ee a ” . _—/ ie) Se ai 4 without first informing themselves as to ‘ ee “ oa oe ee : erase... a : —_——_— the probable cost of such a plant, and i. . eine ae LC oe Newmarket..... |... 4 |Brunswick 4 Manufactured only by i, also as to whether the present price paid “ a, 7% “ x... 11% RED FLANNEL, l 4 . a fC ly 2 sition .. ... ne > i £ for lighting the city could not be materi- ‘ : a ‘“ 7 na ise ee nt er eee HENRY I ASSOLT, - i ; = ‘ | F, — ate ally discounted. Talbot XXX... /30 (JR ae : Nemeiom...........973¢ Buckeye... ee d i C he MIXED FLANNEL, SAGINAW, MICH. The matter was agitated and pushed o Red & Blue, viabl. Be tae It lact cnrin: , 2 vovie - “ a ne... estern a through last spring by the domngegic - Stee eee el ane 18% ionist leaders who saw the prospect of a Peeriess, white.. ...17 (Integrity colored...18 6 oz Western... ---20 |Flushing XXX...... By ' few more fat jobs. Not one of them had t colored....19 {White Star........_. 1. | een &........: 224%|Manitoba........... BK 4 a as : ' Integrity ...... oa © “colored .19 oo a4) : oe 5 ® st idea as the cost of such a DRESS 6O0ODs. Nameless 5 Bo «ll. aicvagndvandin a f : . : oe 8 | Nameless on oo or 4@10 - ne 12% NEW STYLES OF plant or the cost of operating it after its ts Te a or Pe AND PADDING. erection aie _ 4) . “0, RQ | Slate. Brown. Bink Slate Brown. Black, . _. . GG Cas mere. oe ' thee oes 9% 9% % 0% oll a Nameless a 16 ‘. +++ ++2-82% | 10% 10% 10341154 11% 1% They were not concerned about the] 00077’ - ae ---.B5 | 4116 11% I1ht2 BR B SRSETS. 12 2 : ‘ expense to the taxpayers—they Pay | Coraline ...........89 56 et an 84 50 - ” DUCES. ’ ree They hona ray 4 Schilling’s. lessee 9 00] Brig’ ton... . ... 45] Severen. goz........ an Point, 8 on. ...10% no taxes. They hoped, howe ver, that Davis Waists ..... 9 06| Bortree’s Lo 9 00 Mayland, Sos... 10% 10 oz ...12% if the city erected a lighting plant] Grand Rapids..... 4 50;Abdominal........ 15 00 | Greenwood, 7% ox. | 9% Raven, 100z.........18% ionists would get control of it. That CORSET JEANS. Greenwood, 8 ox....11%/Stark © +e unionists would get control of it. na Armory ..... ttetee ee oulteee ne. 7% | Boston, 8 0z......... 10% /Boston, 10 0z........ 12% is the heart and soul of their advocacy ae: Prreretes | mae 44 WADDINGS, ik ere ‘ i iL csece i of the scheme. 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[2 e+ *« «= PRINTS, mOreG, G0s.......20 Melorod * ..... | ‘ | Allen turkey reds.. 54/Berwick fancies 5% SILESIAs, e e But Mayor Fisher is no demagogue. saa scirpie SAIC rde Robes Slater, Iron Sea 8 jPawtucket.......... 10% . interests of 2 ej ‘ 10r j a , {Var 4 TOSS aero... ‘ : The interests of the city are more to him i ir Bon] DelMarine cashm’s.5%| « Bed Cros 10% nen” ? a. than votes, and the business community] aa checks. 51%| mourn’g 54| « Bost AA.... 125 Valley City. ea 10% i : : : —.--- S ne © ie THIKK . io will know how to appreciate his manly} « shirtings 3%! chocolat 5 OA (a 8% 5 action pte sea ad al ” —- 2 ‘SEWING SILK. a as Americanindigo .. . ateens.. rticelli, doz.......55 {Cortice nittin Seren Aen meet do, | American shirtings. 3%/Hamflton fancy -5 ” twist, »dox..37| per ox ball oe ag 20 & 22 Monroe St., he Prudent Business Man’s Guide. | Argentine Grays... 6 oe ee 0z..37% z He never overloads stock Auchor —— ‘Manchester es 5 OKS AND EYES—PER GRO GRAND RAPIDS. orioads stoek. Arnold --€ hew era, He buys only what he is sure tO] Arnoid Merino 6 |Merrimack D fancy: 5 No 1 Br & White. = No 4 Br & Waite, = : sell, and no more than he can pay for. long clot > 9 |Merrim’ Hepp furs 3% “ 3 " AR, 7 i" 25 | Avoid the . He gives but little eredit and that 6 neem Pacific fan 5 : rf 7 No 2-20,M C...... No <5 2 3%...... 49 Cy f d ilt-edged. “gold seal.....10% —. 5% : P86 OF bedi ‘ He keeps his personal credit so that : Geliow seal” ot Simeon mourning. é 3-18, 8 C........ 2 : it will secure him best bargains and| om oe No 2 White & BPE. ‘INo “8 White & BP, .20 BY USING £ ee ene Poe. .... “ 6 largest discounts. «Markey zed. tog] solid biack.5 | {; 4 - ice . 2 He discounts nothing except a_bor- Ballon eolid black. on —— r iin * ( Ol ] PON rower’s word, and neither borrows nor Ben al blue, green, ‘* India robes. wee. = ieee. 3. le : lends. red and ag “i “ Plain Py kt BOOKS sticks 35 36 x it | Berlin solids..... 5 NEEDLES—PER M. e He sticks to business to make it _ aoe... 6 “ Ottoman Tur- A. a Feds ting ce 1 40|Steambost .. .. = Stick to him. . Joe...6 ian 6% | Crowely’s....... .... 1 35\Gold Eyed |||.” 150) | He never joins societies for business “ Foulards . - 544|/Marths Washington Marsha I's ste ceee ---1 OO|American...... 1... 1 00 THREE GRADES: “ purposes, unless they are purely busi- red %.... ¢ | Turkey red %. 7 TABLE OIL CLOTH. ness societies. - =F... _. as — ‘sshington A 5—4....175 6—4... Pre -165 6—4...2 30 Tradesman soc Se 1 mrkey rod... . |. % He keeps thoroughly posted on the “ os Riverpoint robes.... 5 : nT ; a. : ’ current market reports of interest to Cocueco saddens. 8 Wier ead” tickas °™ | Goto” Sell Twine..23 Rising Star piy. oat ie Superior, his business. “ XX twills.. indigo blue. a 10% 18 3-ply. Uni l He makes no risks and takes none. | oa... 5 Harmony .. oT < North Star versal, 7 2 . _ TIONING. ool Standard 4 ply17% He lives by calculation, and thrives Amoskeag AC anew il 5 (Powhsiten |... | on it. Hamilton i 4 Pemberton one... ———_0-——_—__ He takes his trade paper and reads __ York. a PLAID OSNABURGS it through carefully. Awning. tt Swift River... 22.77 3% | Aleem... 6% a Pleasant.... 6% eee ce, 8 |Pearl River......... 12 + (neon. 5 He buys from the man that adver- | wirst Prize |!’ 10 w% sao oe a Manufactured only by tises, for he knows he must be a live| Lenox Mills ......_. 18 Conostoga 16 ‘ . Randelman. ... ee a COTTON DBEILL. Wee 5 | man. a Atlanta, D.......... 6MIStark A. 4... Ea — Sibley a 6% TRADESMAN COMPANY, L ee eee cael - Use Tradesman Coupon Books. ae 5 |Otischecks. | 7% Grand Rapids, Mich. . pila ll M oy nthe emt a i piace ie A THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7 MEN OF MARE. Chas. C. Kritzer, Manager of the Sweet Electric and Manufacturing Co. Charles C. Kritzer was born in New- aygo, Mich., in the year 1862. His father, Henry Kritzer, was engaged in the milling business in that town and had succeeded in building up a large and profitable business. Charley’s boyhood was uneventful; he was probably en- gaged part of the time in getting into scrapes and the rest of the time in getting out of them, as is the manner of boys. Incidentally, he attended school and acquired the rudiments of an educa- tion. It was his father’s intention to take the boy into his own business as soon as he was fitted for it, so at 15 years of age he was sent to Swensberg’s Com- , mercial College, in this city, as a prep- aration of his entry into business life. At 16 he was given the management of the milling business, his father keeping the general supervision of itin his own hands. This continued for 10 years, until the elder Kritzer’s death in 1889. As Charley grew toward young manhood the need of a better education became plainer to him, and it was his determina- tion, as soon as opportunity served, to go back to school for further training. His father’s sudden death, however, put an end to this hope, all his time and thought being required in the The eare of the family now devolved upon him and he manfully put aside his per- sonal desires and ambitions and devoted himself to them. Changes in the officers of the Kritzer Milling Co., rendering his presence in Newaygo unnecessary, four years after his father’s death, Mr. Kritzer came to Grand Rapids and en- tered the office of Butterworth & Lowe, taking charge of the credit and collee- tion department of the business. One year after coming here his attention was directed to an invention by D. F. Sweet, the electrician. Becoming con- vinced that the device was bound to fill a long felt want, and that there was money in it, he obtained his release from Butterworth & Lowe, and be- gan, with energy and enthusiasm, the task of creating a market fur the inven- tion. At first it was not Mr. Kritzer’s intention to manufacture the device here, but to have the work done in Cleve- land and Chicago; but it was finally de- cided to put in a plant and produce the the device here. The second flat of the Reynold’s building, corner of Campau and Louis streets, was accordingly se- cured and the necessary machinery put in. This required more capital than it was thought wculd be needed, so the Sweet Electric and Manufacturing Co. was organized, with Mr. Sweet as Pres- ident and Mr. Kritzer as Treasurer and General Manager. Charley is most en- business. thusiastic over the invention, as he has good reason to be. ‘‘See,’? he said to THE TRADESMAN, “how simple the thing is. If the clectrical current be- comes too strong, from any cause, and threatens the motor or the lights, this little steel bar becomes magnetized, is drawn down to the field and the cir- cuit is instantly broken. In ease of lightning striking the wires, or if the current is turned on faster than the motor can use it, or if the powerhouse should shut down and then start up be- fore the switch could be turned, our limit switch receives the whole force of the current, and the circuit is instantly broken. There can be no danger of fire for there is nothing to fuse. The whole secret lies in the breaking of the current.” Samuel Barnes, late chief electrician of the Street Railway Co., occupies the position of electrician with the new concern. Mr. Kritzer, in addi- tion to his duties as Treasurer and General Manager of the new enterprise, is President of the Kritzer Milling Co., of Newaygo. He is a member of the Masonic order and has already attained to the 32nd degree. He was married in December, 1892, to Miss Edith Walker, of Newaygo, and has one child, a boy, who is now five months old. Charley says that Grand Rapids will be his home as soon as he ean find time to make the necessary arrangements. ee Abolishing t the Tenth Commandment. This particular commandment forbids us, as you know, to covet anything that is our neighbors. How answerest thou? Are you keeping or breaking the ‘‘tenth?” All the anarchists have the covetous eye and a great crowd of others who are not wild anarchists. It is what the Bible calls ‘the evil eyil”—the eye of the mer- ciless hawk. Among men—semi-good and bad men alike—the fellow who cov- ets his neighbors’ goods or anything he has isn’t liked. Society makes laws to protect itself against him—society has a great deal of trouble with him. He’s more Of a pest in a neighborhood than the Russian thistle In order to understand the heinousness of this evil you’ve got to own a little something that is taxable—for instance, you have saved up in thirty years fifty thousand dollars. Now many people round avout are very willing to give the tax gatherer all information about you and your property; they are desirous that your burden just here should be heavy and theirs light. The ideais that the bulk of taxation should be paid by those who have amassed much and worked hard. Those who took it easy musn’t be pressed. Let them off cheap. Is a heavy tax on industry and economy the thing? The covetous and the lazy will reply in the affirmative, but 1 opine that the rank and file of the people will not be satisfied with the law, after it has had a thorough trial. Gro. R. Scorrt. —_> >. —-— ‘‘Your wife takes great interest in the woman question.” ‘She does, sir; she is so much taken up with the rights of woman that she forgets men have any.” retainer > -o-<-—____ Mrs. Mary J. Lincoln,-a noted public speaker on the subject of good cooking, and also at the head of the Boston Cook- ing School, advocates the introduction of instruction in cooking as a part of the teaching in publie schools. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGUBS AND BITS, “dis. coo ate ft ET See ee 60&10 Mi os eee cece seats. = Bo ee ee SOUTER DOMIOM eo: 5010 First Quality, § 8. B. Pr Be see te eraes coae $550 = remee. cs 4 = oe ee a . DB es 33 co BABRKOWS, erence 812 00 a ‘00 Caen... ae oe BOLTS dis. PU eee ee 10 Carriage EE A Mm TE Hi 75&10 Re ne 40410 Sleigh Re occas 70 BUCKETS. et Oe ee $350 Well, cones PR Oa ER one Elena el Sein me 400 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Cast Loose Pin, figured.. -- .- 70810 Wrought Narrow, bright Bast ‘joint ae 66&10 Wrongs Fees Pig 40 Wrouent Tanie............ ' 49 Wrought Inside Blind... 49 Wrought Brass......... 75 ae Oe 70&16 Blind, en 70&16 Blind, er a BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 60&10 CRADLES. Ne cy 49410 CROW BARS. Com eee perib 5 Ely’s 1-10 pei @5 se... vr m 3 OE EE ” 55 ee . 35 eee i ' 60 CARTRIDGES, ee ee eee a lo . 56 Cite! wes dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. Socket Firmer 75810 Socket Framing........... 75&10 OCee ee 75&10 OCMC OOM 75&10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer................... COMBS. dis. Curry, Sanerts De oie ec. 40 Cee 5 CHALK, White Crayons, per gross.. -- 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, Planished, 14 oz cut to size... .. = — 28 14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ... Cold Rolled, 14x56 ang temo... 23 Cold Rolled, 1 oe 23 Cee 22 DRILLS, dis. Morne Bit Sipeke... 8... wl, 50 Taper and straight ee Ses eeu. ~ oO Morse’s Taper Shank.. Re eeeeoca asl, 50 DRIPPING PANS, Sel ean aernound =... Bu Large sizes, per pound.. . 06 ELBOWS. om, € olere. GO doz. net 1% Cargauiea =... ae ee ele ue dis 59 See div, 49810 EXPANSIVE BITS, dis. Clark’s, small, o18; larca. O26. ttt 30 Ives’, 1, 818: 2, $24; 3,830 —. 25 FILES—New List. eee enasie-10 New American... ee are ld Heller’s Horse ae 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 20; _—" "= mas 2a 28 List 12 13 16 7 Discount, 70 GES. dia. Stanley Rule and Level Cas. .... 5t- KNOBS—New List. dis, Door, mineral, jap. trimmings . 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings _ 55 Door, porcelain, plated ne 55 Door, percermin, trimmings. =. ii‘ié‘i(‘ié‘((#((((U(. 55 Drawer and Shitter, percorain........:.... 70 LOCKS—DOOR, dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list 55 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.'s........... eee 55 Branford’s ... _ 55 Nerweee ee 55 MATTOCKS Adse Eye .. i, din 6C-10 aa) ll! 8 die, 6f-10 Hoare. ..... ee Bis "ate 4&0 “MAULS. dis Sperry & ’o.'s, Post, handled . : 50 MILLS. . din. roffee, | J arkors a 40 *» P.S8. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malieavies. « i Landers, Ferry & Cle &’s cae 40 ' futerprise — ee, 30 MOLASSES | GATES. dis, Monee Petters. 8... -. 60&19 Stebbin’s Genuine.. oe - 6810 Suterprise, self measuring i 30 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and oe Peco meee oeee... 35 — Hale, WeNe. eo. i 35 oo... eee | ee Base 25 25 35 45 45 50 60 75 90 1 20 1 60 60 65 % 90 v6) 90 10 70 80 ss Be 90 OOO . 1% PLANES. dis. Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy .. ew Sciota Bench.. oe 50 Sandusky Tool 1 Co. 5, fancy. ek. . @40 spOe, EMR GUM @40 Stanley Rule ané _— Co.’s wood. - 50810 a See oa-* Common, calaia Se ie odes sons oul, dis. RIVETS. Iron and Tinned................ boeeu ee co. 50-10 Copper Rivets and Burs.................... 50—10 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. A” Wood's — planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 ‘*B’’ Wood's oe os. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken = G per pound extra, HAMMERS. Meydole & Co.’s.. . in. 2 Mee dis 2 wames & Plumb’s be haste ona e ys i rie Mason’s Solid Cast Steel... 80¢ list 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand... .30c 40&10 HINGES, Gete, Ciark’s, 1,2,3 ...... i. - dis.60&19 ee per r doz. net, 2 50 ae Hook and Strap, to 12 in. a 14 and Se 3% Screw Hook and Eye, 3 ee net 10 aa net 8% s“ “ “ z ae net 7% “ “ ss * eters ceeu eee. net 7% StrapandT.. eee dis. ia GERs. lin. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&1€ Champion, anti-friction.. . 60&10 Kidder, wood track . S 40 HOLLOW WARE, Pots.. aso Meee ee eee Oe een 60410 a eae 60&10 wey Ceamciog 40&16 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Seamped Tin Ware... -new list 73 capeunea Tin Ware... 25 Granite Iron Ware ........... -new lis 2t WIRE eoops, dis. - 70&10&10 Screw Eyes.. - .70810&10 ot. TO&10R10 Gate Hooks and Eyes............... TO&10&10 LEVELA, 418.7% Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s... ..... ol ROPES, Sisal, % inch aud larger 7 Manilla ...... ace 10 “SQUARES. dix, Steel and Iron..... 7? &10 Try and oe 50 Mitre ... . ee. 2 SHEET RON. Com. + om. Com. Nos, 19 to 14........ coe . 3 50 8 50 Oe 3 56 2 60 ee Tt 4 05 2 70 Nea tezt ed eeed ues. a oe 2 80 Nos. 25 to 26 ..... We oul el, <= 6S 2 90 ee 3 75 8 00 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER, ee Dh diz. 56 SA8H CORD. Silver Lake, Waites a 50 Pree : Se . Were 8. 50 ' ee . 55 - White C . ?0 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. ue ive saws. wy tl Ee 20 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, 7a ‘* Special Steel Dex X Cuts. per foot Sf . ps eins Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot BO “* Champion and Electrie Tooth X Cuts, per foot ' a“ 3 TRAPS. ‘dis. Steel, Game.... . - BOE10 Oneida C ommunity, Newhouse’ 8. 4) Oneida Community, es & Norton’ £..7¢-10 10 Mouse, choker... --.s0C per dos Mouse, delusion. . -81.25 per doz WIRE. {s. Bright Market.... i 70-10 Annealed Market. "5 Coppered Market 70 Tinned Market...... 623 Coppered Spring Steel. tea 56 Barbed Fence, galvanized 2 50 " painted 2 10 HORSE NAILS. Au Sable Melee. Qin W&it: Putnam. ..... dis, 05 Northwestern | ' i. lis. 10516 RENC BES. dik Baxter’s Adjustable. nickeled . 3u Coe’s Genuine... 5 Coe’s Patent Agricult tural, wrought 75 Coe’s Patent, malleabie. S T5&16 MISCELLANEOUS. dis, Bird Cages / ' 50 Pumps, Cistern.. ' 75&10 Screws, New List 70&1 &10 Casters, Bed a di Plate..... \ - Dampers, American.... . Forks, hoes, rakes and all stsel goods... oo “esate METALS, PIG TIN. Pig Large.. eee, 2c Pree... 8. 28e Duty: Sheet, 2c per cae rons Coes ................ : 6% a 7 SOLDER. ‘ie... ....... ee = aes £ The prices of the ‘many ‘other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY. GCommmem......... .. |. . -. per pound a... _s IN—ALLAWAY GRADE. 10x14 Charcoal ee sere ee ll, 5 ee TT 6 75 10x14 IX, ai 8 25 14x20 1x, . a 9 25 Each additional X on this grade $1.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, ) WO. 6 bu 14x20 IX, - — 8 50 20x28 IC, r a 13 50 14x20 IC, “ Allgway Grade........... 6 00 14x20 Ik. Oe 7 50 ak, * “ eal u. 12 50 ai, “* _ Dee 15 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATS. SOeeO ee. Sede e ea eas 814 06 — aa ‘ic tis bee - 15 00 14x60 IX, or 3 otlers, } per pound... 10 00 HIGANTRADESMAN A WEEELY JOURNAS DAVOTRD TO THR Best Interests of Business Men. Pablished at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. Qne Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men, Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until «ll arrearages are vaid, Sample copies sent free to any address, Entered at Grand Rapids post-office as second- class matter. "When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisementin HE MicHIGAN TRADESMAN, E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP A FAILURE. From a recent report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, concerning the ownership and operation of railroads by foreign governments, it appears from the statistics therein presented that the aver- age cost of travel and of the transporta- tion of freight is not diminished by the Substitution of public for private owner- ship and control. It is true that the rates are higher in Great Britain, where the state has no railroad property, than in Germany and France, where the na- tional governments own and manage the roads; but the rates are lower in the United States than in either of those countries. A part ofthe roads in Hol- land, Greece and Italy are owned by the state, but in each of these eountries the state railways are leased to private com- panies, and the Italian Government has formally recognized the fact that state control is more likely to increase than to lighten the burdens of industry. The question of immediate cost is not, however, the only one to be considered in dealing withthis matter. The experi- ence of the colonial governments in Aus- tralia and Cape of Good Hope furnishes actual instances of the evils which inevi- tably attend the intrusion of political authority into the department of busi- ness where government is in any degree representative or democratic. These HE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | national importance do not sufficiently jeonsider the fact that their theory in- volves the assumption by the government of the exclusive authority to construct new roads. A little serious reflection upon this aspect of the question would, it seems to us, go far to temper their zeal with a moderation which they have not hitherto displayed. Itis, of course, a very easy matter to point out some de- fects in the present system of railroad management in this country, but the same thing might be said of any enter- | prise, private or public, of anything of like extent and intricacy of detail, and all history goes to show that publie works undertaken by state or national governments have exhibited a disregard for economy and for difticulties growing out of special conditions. This fact has been illustrated by a reference to the old Roman roads and aqueducts, with their often unnecessary solidity ‘and mag- nificence and straightforward contempt for natural ubstacles.”’ Prof. Charles H. Cooley, at one time chief of the Transportation Division of the Eleventh census, in a recent publica- tion, sums up the merits of the whole question, so far as this country is con- cerned, as follows: “The guestion of what the United States should do with regard to railroads may be considered either as to their location and con- struction, or to their operation when con- structed. The opinion here advanced is that, in view of the preceding analysis, a country having the history ane the pres- ent economic structure of the United States would better leave both of these processes to the enterprise of private as- sociations, subject to a control more or less detailed and stringent as experience may dictate. It is certainly the spirit of our institutions to give private initiative the benefit of the doubt in all questions relating to the conduct of industry, and in the case of railways there appears to be very great doubt whether public con- struction and operation would be expedi- ent. It seems to me improbable that the railroad system of this country would be so well laid out at the present time had this been done by either state or federal agency. Doubtless many mistakes have been made, but the matter has been in the main determined wisely by individ- uals who have carefully studied the nat- ural and economic conditions of railway building with a view to. their own profit.” We will add asingle reflection: Railway building has been undertaken governments found that the legislation requisite to secure the building of really needed railways was obstrueted by that species of parliamentary chicanery which is known in this country as log-rolling. In other words, bills providing for the construction of necessary roads were saddled with provisions for the con- by the state in some foreign countries because private enterprise has been found insufficient; but in the United States there has been and is now no such occasion for extending the scope of goy- ernmental authority. Although the contest for a Grand Rap- struction of reads which were not de- manded by the genera] interest, and which could not be made self-supporting. In consequence of this fact, the govern- ments concerned were compelled to raise the rates over the paying lines to meet the deficits of the unremunerative roads. ids candidate for the Secretaryship of the M. K. of G. was spirited and critically close, the best of feeling prevailed and the outcome left no sore spots or strained relations anywhere. So far as THE TRADESMAN’s information goes, the cam- paign was clean on both sides and the This is an embarrassment with which an autocratic government, like that of Rus- balloting was impartially conducted and correctly reported. Mr. Owen isa strong sia, for example, does not have tc con- tend; but itis one that would probably prove a source of enormous expense and corruption in the United States. Those doctrinaires who insist that railroads should be owned and managed by the | government because they are affairs of | candidate, by reason of the solid backing of the Grand Rhpids boys and his ex- tended acquaintance throughout the State, and it stands to reason, that no other candidate can present the prestige commanded by the Grand Rapids gentle- man. eee MAYOR FISHER’S VETO. It is too late now to discuss the ques- tion whether the city should erect and operate its own electric light plant. That question was settled at the polls last spring. Notwithstanding the fact that the city voted in the affirmative, the action of a majority of the Council, in passing a resolution to bond the city for $150,000 for the erection of a plant, was none the less ill-advised and premature. While the promoters of the scheme claim to have informed themselves as to the probable cost of such a plant as would be needed by the city, the cost of main- taining and running it, and other points relative to the subject, they have not seen fit to give the other members of the Council or the publie definite informa- tion. What the public would like to know, and what they have a right to know, is, whether $150,000 is all that will be needed to erect and equip the plant, or whether it may not be the story of the city hall repeated. There are those who assert (and they know what they are talking about) that that amount will not build an electric light plant adequate to the needs of the city. Are the electric light. schemers in the Council and out of is prepared to refute that assertion? The Mayor says in his veto message that there was not a ma- | jority of all the votes cast at last spring’s election in favor of the city erecting an electric light plant, as the law requires. Does Ald. Emmer or any other promoter of the scheme know whether the Mayor’s position on that point is well taken or not? Have they an answer to any of Mayor Fisher’s objections to the resolution ex- cept the puerile one that their action was in accordance with the vote taken last spring? Itisa popular belief (upon what it is founded is not quite clear) that the Council is composed of business men. Do these members of the Council who voted in favor of the scheme act in their private business (if they have any) as they do in the city’s business? Would they invest $150,000 in any project with- out thorough investigation? The city having voted in favor of owning its own its own electric light plant, there seems to be no help for it, but before any steps are taken the matter should be thor- oughly looked into and the publie in- formed of the results of the investiga- tion. Because he believed the majority of the Council was moving upon insuffici- ent data, Mayor Fisher vetoed the bond- ing resolution. He does not believe in spending a dollar of public money fool- ishly or hastily. He would have the Council move intelligently and ecau- tiously, and upon reliable information. Business men generally will approve his action. If the vote on the bonding reso- lution be analyzed it will be found that the business men of the Council to a man voted against the resolution; the irre- sponsible and ill-informed portion, who have ne concern but to make capital with the voters, and who pay little or no taxes, voted to a man for it. This, of itself, should be sufficient to condemn the action of the majority. It is openly asserted by Ald. Emmer and his hench- men that, should the city erect a plant, the Council will have control of it. This means that, instead of the public light- ing costing the city about $55,000 a year, the bill will be nearer $150,000, for the aldermen who are active in promoting the scheme will see to it that their con- stituents get all the light they ask for. The men who passed the bonding resolu- tion are not business men, although they may think they are; how, then, can they hope to do what such men as W. T. Powers and Daniel McCoy—both busi- ness men in every sense of the term— have failed to do? The two companies operating at present in the city are not making any more than ordinary interest and for years did not do as well as that— not because of poor Management, but because of the enormous expense of run- ning and maintaining their plants and the impossibility of charging enough to give adequate returns. The two plants pay fair salaries to their officers. For some incomprehensible reason municipal corporations always pay higher salaries than private individuals can afford to pay for the same service. This would certainly be the ease if the city owned an electric plant; it would cost more for the city to run such a plant than it now costs to run either the Brush or Edison plants. Then it is certain that the next time bids are asked for the present price per light will be heavily discounted. Where, then, is the neces- sity for haste? Just here, that the schemers hope to rush their scheme through before the people become ac- quainted with the facts. THE BADGE OF SERFDOM. A new concern, which recently opened its doors for business in this city has is- sued a card to the public, on the upper right hand corner of which appears the badge of infamy, otherwise known as the union label. From a printer’s stand- point the card is a neat one, being well set and well printed; but the union label spoiled it—it was a blotch upon an otherwise good piece of work. Why any self-respecting business man should per- mit such an imposition is incomprehen- sible. When be sends his copy to the printer he, presumably, knows what he wants to say; andit isa piece of imper- tinence for a union or anyone else to add to his copy something which has not the remotest reference to the business he is advertising. Any printing office which permits such a thing is unworthy of patronage. If a business man wishes to advertise his slavish fear of the unions, the union label will do the business for him to perfection; it is the American nineteenth century badge of serfdom. It may be that those firms which submit to the imposition of the nnion label imagine their business is benefitted by it, and that their trade is increased. Possibly it is, but they must remember that there are a great many people who have little respect for the union label and less for the men who are enslaved by it, and who think that, since they have deliberately submitted their necks to the yoke, they Should look to their masters for support. That is not the way of it, however; they expect the patronage of the public gener- ally, while permitting the intelligence and manhood of every independent pa- tron to be insulted by the hideous, un- American, ultra-slayish union label. Let unionist serfs Support the wearers of the union label, let free men patrohize free men, and the union label will soon die a natural death. The Pun Has Whiskers, From the New England Grocer. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN is eleven years old and continues to Stowe away in its columns much valuable informa- tion for the trade. May it grow with oe and its power multiply a thousand old. THE: MICHIGAN BANK RESERVES. Paper Read by Geo. B. Caldwell at Re- cent Bankers’ Convention. The year 1893, which will always be a memorable one in that {t severely tested not alone the genius of our ‘Napoleons of Finance,” but the ability of all finan- cial institutions to meet their obligations in a very short period, has left with us many lessons and brought before the con- ventions of bankers in this country for discussion many questions of material value to the future wellfare and business prosperity of our peopJe. The weak and strong points in the present system of banking are now more fully and gener- ally understood than ever. In choosing the subject of ‘‘Bank Re- serves” for a paper at this time, I am called upon to discuss an asset which, while it was maintained last year at con- siderable sacrifice by many of you, is one which has served you many a good turn. What I shall say must necessarily be a matter of experience showing the rela- tion of reserve funds to practical bank- ing, and, therefore, very brief, the mo- tive being that some features may be laid before you, for your further considera- tion, from which some good may come. In the report of the Comptroller of the Currency for 1893, he refers to this sub- ject as follows: ‘Not less attention has been attracted during the present year to the subject of lawful money reserve to be held by the banks than to that of clearing house loan certificates, and the discussion provoked has been quite as widespread. The evi- dent theory of the law is, that a bank shall always have on hand such an amount of lawful money as will euable it, under normal conditions of business, to meet the current demands of its de- positors. A careful examination of Sec. 5,191, U. S. Revised Statutes, as amended, will show that it is expected that emer- gencies will arise under which this fund will fall below the legal requirements. This contingency is distinctly recognized by the plain provisions contained in the section named, prescribing what shall be done whenever the lawful money reserve of any banking association shall be be- low the amount of the required percent- age of its deposits.”’ While the report of our State Banking Commissioner for the past year is silent upon this subject, yet it is true, 1 think, that he has interpreted and applied the law of the State with reference to re- serves in a very similar manner. To the ordinary man, a bank’s reserve is some- thing that must not be touched, even though its use might be the salvation of the institution that owns it, and, per- haps, hisown. Such was evidently the interpretation of the populist Senator from Kansas who introduced a resolution in the Senate in the midst of our recent panic, directing an inquiry by the Comp- troller of the Currency concerning the re- serves of New York banks. If, however, that panic demonstrated anything, it has demonstrated the lack of elasticity to our bank loans, as well as to our currency, and the rigid regard to the limitations of bank loans in time of financial trouble, and the general use and utility of bank reserves and clearing house certificates, in supplying what the former lacks, This condition was the experience of nearly all banks holding commercial and demand deposits, as shown by the re- ports of the Comptroller and the State Commissioner. The latter reports that on May 4, 1893, the State banks of Michi- gan held as reserve funds, 1814 per cent., 6 per cent of which was cash in banks, and 124g per cent. in balances due from banks. The report of the Comptroller shows that National banks held 2349 per cent., 124¢ per cent. of which was cash on hand and 11 per cent. due from banks. On Oct. 3, 1893, the State banks held as reserve 20 per cent., 8 per cent. in cash and 12 per cent. in balances due from banks, and the National banks held as reserve 30 per cent., 16 per cent. in cash and 14 per cent. in balances due from banks. The last reports of July 18, 1894, show the net liability of State banks to depositors to be $66,700,000, and of National banks, $39,220,000, the for- mer holding 21 per cent. reserve, 74¢ per cent, cash on hand, and 124¢ per cent. in bank balances, and the latter 30 per cent. reserve, 14 per cent. in cash on hand and 16 per cent. in bank balances. Referring to the report of our State Bank Commissioner, (Page 7) for the year 1893, we find that the State banks suffered a shrinkage of deposits, between May 4, and Oct. 3, 1898, of $10,777,000, or 16 per cent., while the National banks suffered a shrinkage of $9,169,000, or about 20 per cent. posits in all banks—being largely the ac- counts of business men, non-interest bearing, and payable on demand—were the ones to suffer the greatest shrinkage, especially after savings banks resorted That commercial de- | to time limits, and the further fact that. National banks are used almost entirely | as reserve agents for all banks in the in- | terior of our State, readily explains the difference in the percentage of decrease | between the State and National banks. The phenomenal and satisfactory feature of this situation is the withdrawal of $20,000,000 of deposits within six months i from the banks of Michigan, yet still! leaving the reserves of the banks in this { State larger at the close of that time than | at the beginning. To those of you present and those now | engaged in banking in greater compliment could be paid you. Four things made this condition possible: Michigan, no! First, variety of resources, both natural | and artificial, which we as a State pos- sess; second, the quality of your assets, | showing the great care with which loans have always been made; third, the intel- ligence of our people, for which the bankers are largely responsible; and, fourth, the wisdum of your bank man- agers, exercising proper regard for exist- ing laws, both written and unwritten, in the conduct of your business. The Commissioner of Banking of our State refers to this in his report of 1893, in the following very complimentary manner: ‘‘Although the year covered by this re- port has been one of unusual distress and disaster to banking corporations throughout the United States, I am pleased to report that Michigan’s State and National banks, with four excep- tions, have withstood the financial strain which carried down so many banking in- Stitutions in other states and to-day stands as a monument to the intelligence of our citizens, the honesty and integrity of our banking officers, the financial abil- ity of directors, and the excellence of our State and National banking laws.”’ While there were several localities in the State, and numerous illustrations outside, of the inability to strictly main- tain, at all times, a lawful money re- serve, yet it is in this that the utility of bank reserves are now better understood and their importance illustrated. Let us so far digress from the question of reserves proper, as to examine the changes in deposits during the periods from May 4, 1893, to Oct. 3, 1893, and from Oct. 3, 1893, to July 18, 1894. On May 4, 1893, the tables show that the commercial deposits in both State and National banks were $73,395,000, as against $38,762,000 held in savings banks as savings deposits. The ratio of say- ings deposits to commercial deposits were at this time, as $1 to $2.15. The table fur- ther shows a shrinkage of commercial de- posits in State and National banks, be- tween May 4, and Oct. 3, of $16,686,- 219.58, as against a shrinkage of $5,250,- 730.17 of savings deposits; in other words, the withdrawals were in the ratio of $3.17 of each one dollar of commercial deposits, to one dollar of savings depos- its. It is here demonstrated why the commercial banks must carry strong re- serves, and a reasonable explanation is made for the large variation between the reserves held by State and National banks at this time. In the experience of the past year it is shown as well in act- ive banking, as in the closing of banks through receivers, that the commercial banks are also easiest and quickest to liquidate and the first to recover from financial depression. This condition nat- urally suggests a question which I think proper to ask at this time—will not de- positors from this time forward make a greater distinction between the two kinds of banks, to the extent that if they can get a certificate of deposit at the same e “CRESCENT,” “WHITE ROSE,” “ROYAL.” These brands are Standard and have a National reputation. Correspondence solicited. YUIGT MILLING 6O., Grand Rapids, Mich, QUALITY - UNIFORMITY - PRICK SEARS CRACKERS and CAKES ( Currant Drop Cakes, | Imperials, | Cream Jumbles, Have you tried ovr new goods? vse pen Jornhills, a. Jumbles. Add a box or barrel to your next order. They are splendid Sellers and sure to please. New York Biscuit Co., S. A. SEARS, Manacer, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. TRADESMAN ° v 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. rate of interest in a commercial bank, | payable on demand, they will choose it | rather than a savings bank pass book, | subject to payment at the option of the} bank? In other words, is it longer | doubted that the same laws that govern Savings banks and trust companies do} not apply to National and commercial | State banks in so far as the banks’ -s serves are concerned, the nature of their | assets, and in their relations to the de-| positor? 1 venture the statement, that 3 per cent. on deposit in commercial banks, which it has been demonstrated must carry larger reserves by reason of the business contingencies and demands which they are expected to meet, is equal to 4 per cent. on time deposits in savings banks, with the advantages which now exist in the present law in favor of the latter. I am the friend of conservative, hon- est banking methods, whether State or National, and believe in honest competi- tion, but I also believe that the two kinds of banking, whether the banks are all eventually organized under the State law, or under the National law, or if they remain as at the present time, under both, should be separated and confined each to its proper sphere and the people educated as to the relations of one to the other and the value of both to the State. I have given very little thought, so far, to the question of lawful money reserves. Suffice it to say that in this State all or- ganized banks, outside of Detroit, are re- quired to carry but 15 per cent. of their deposits as a reserve, of which 6 per } cent. shall be cash on hand and 9 per cent. may be bank balances; while in Detroit, which is a reserve city, 25 per cent. is required under the National law and 20 per cent. under the State law, one-half of which in each ease is required to be in cash on hand and the remainder can be held in bank balances. With ref- erence to savings deposits, the State law makes a distinction and requires but 5 per cent. to be kept on hand, the bal- ance, 10 per cent. to be deposited in banks approved by the Commissioner or + invested in United States bonds. Those who ;romoted the passage of our State banking law did themselves credit and the people a good service, but in making a distinction between the cash reserve on demand commercial deposits and savings deposits, they admit the force of my argument. Applying the law to the deposits, as they are reported on July 18, 1894, we find that the legal | reserve required in Michigan was but $15,- : 290,000 and that the banks held $23,557,- 470 or $8,167,000 of excess or surplus money, subject toinvestment. How long this condition will last is problematical and immaterial. The recent panic has demonstrated the ill effects of surplus money in the amount of worthless outside paper that, under a condition we regarded as healthy, found its way into Michigan banks and, later, into your profit and loss account. With the earning capacity of banks reduced by low rates of discount on domestic loans the question is one for your early consid- eration and solution, whether, as a mat- ter of safety and profit, all banks are not practically forced at this time to a reduc- tion of interest on deposits? I am glad to announce that in certain localities something has already been done in this direction and that there are also some banks in Michigan which have never paid interests on deposits and they are usually stronger in reserve, stronger in assets, and more profitable to stockhold- ers, I will, in conclusion, ask your indul- gence to one other feature of bank re- serves. As I have above stated, Michi- xan banks on July 18, 1894, held $23,557,- 470 as reserve, and of this amount $13,- 844,780 was balances due from banks ap- proved by the Comptroller and Bank Commissioner. This was a fraction over 14 per cent. of the total deposits held by the banks at that time. A Situation is here disclosed in this one item of bank reserves that makes all banks in our State and National system dependent rather than independent, and is, there- fore, worthy of much consideration. The Bank of England and its branches is said to be strong because of the uniformity of its methods and harmony in the con- ; _seisasshsc sapere he seesmasen tate tinteamneinentrtes nent ensaneniemnnenanen duct of its business. So, also, are the | banks of Canada, while we, with our in- | dependent associations, each selfishly Striving for business, have primarily but ! one tie that binds us together, and that | is this division and distribution of re- serve funds. Even though it only oper- ates as between country banks and re- serve cities, it has been demonstrated that, while it is in the power of the Bank | of England and its branches to save Bar- ing Bros., and by so doing save Great Britain, and of the Bank of France to re- lieve the Bank of England and save Eu- rope, that this division of our reserves did so govern the action of the banks of New York, of our own metropolis and other reserve cities as to make it posible to save this country, and with it much of value to all of the world. The power exercised by bank reserves should never be deprecated. Every eleemosynary institution in the United States holds a reserve. There is not a lodge, an association, or society which does not hold some reserve in its treas- ury. Insurance companies, school dis- tricts and municipalities carry funds in reserve. These funds, and the reserve of each corporation and person, are your deposits, for which you who manage banks are responsible and carry the only real cash reserve held. +2 Do We Need a Half-Cent Coin? From the Boston Transcript. Some of the conservatives and the long- headed are saying that this Government ought to resume the coining of the half- cent, dropped in 1857, as an approach to the much smaller coins of France, Ger- many, {taly—in fact, all European coun- tries. Our fault as a nation is wastefulness, extravagance. A shrewd Boston manu- facturer the other day remarked that at present he regarded the South as the most prosperous part of the country, simply because she was living within her means and paying her debts promptly in cash—or its equivalent, paper legal tender. At the North, he said, all our present financial misery is caused by our people’s extravagant standards, their feverish speculating life, and living be- yond their means. In the West it is the Same. In San Franciseo copper is scorned; car conductors refuse it, or used to. There, as well as in New Orleans, nothing is done for less than a “‘nickel.”? In Philade!phia a boy will searcely black your boots for less than two nickels. In Vicksburg the planters used eontemptu- ously to throw coppers on the floor or ground; even the negroes refusing to pick them up. Butif the wild war ex- travagance is to cease, if we are going to practice some of the small economies of life (which are really the smal! virtues), then it follows—as the night the day— we must no longer scorn the cent or the half-cent. A thousand times a year you need the half-cent in your shopping. ‘J make nothing when I sell one copy of a cent paper,” said a Boston newsboy to the writer. ‘‘I only make a cent when | sell two papers.”’ But these newsboys (how many are there—50,000 of them in the United States?) should have the half- cent and should have the half-cent cake and half-cent bun to buy with it. Give us back the democratic coin, and jet us learn our sorest needed lesson—economy,. The half-cent was coined from 1792 to February, 1857, at the very close of Pres- ident Pierce’s term. Why was it discon- tinued? It might now be resumed and prove the mascot of the democratic party. Turn us out a few, gentlemen of Con- gress, and let us see how we like them. Let us have back the old coin of our boy- hood. We don’t want the centime, pfennig, or centesimo (each of these coins of the value of one-fifth of one cent and current in France, Germany and Italy, respectively), but we do want that convenient half-cent of a generation ago. — >. A chemist has discovered a Way to solidify whisky, and has arranged to put up solid drinks in the shape of small tablets that melt in the mouth. This will fill a long-felt want on the part of the church-goers, or theater-goers, or any other sort of goers who cannot go away from a drink and stay an hour. FIRST PRIZE BRAND CONDENSED MILK, QUALITY ies at Lansing better article. ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED. Prepared by Michigan Condensed Milk Co., at its factor- and Howell, drawing their milk supplies from the finest dairy region in the country. Natural advantages, long exverience, thorough knowledge of the business and the latest and most approved methods and machinery combine to make FIRST PRIZE the most perfect milk prepared in Europe or America. No matter what price you pay, you cannot buy™a Our other brands are, DARLING, STANDARD and LEADER. See quo- tations in Price Current. MARSHALL BROTHERS, General Sales Agents, 39 W. Woodbridge 8t., DETROIT, MICH. Ta) Al Oysters OLD RELIABLE NSHOR BRAND | orders receive prompt attention at lowest market price. See’quotations in Price Current. PF. J. DETTENTHALER. 117 and 119 Monroe Patronize Home St., Grand Rapids, I ndustry sey = Fs eee es LLZ____ EEE ZZ —_ “"° CLEANED gy . RAND RAPIps CLEANING C0. | Se GRaND RAPIDS, Mic N “Ss reine ae 1c = GRAND RAPIDS. FRUIY We Sell the Celebrated Cleaned Greek se Currants and Genuine x Imported Sultana Raisins. Try Them and You Wili Toke No Other. For Quotations See Price Current. PREPARED ONLY BY CLEANING GO, For sale by—Hawkins & Co., Olney & Judson Grocer Co., I. M. Clark Grocery Co. and Musselman Grocer Co. We Can Recommend Them as the Best and Cleanest in the Market 1 { ‘ah ROE GE it Weta cee BNE edie ass ae SSE ia iA te $ : THH MICHIGAN ‘TRADHSMAN. a3 A Lesson in Law. Here is a story that comes from San Francisco. The moral is: Better patch up your quarrel at any cost, or pitch your property into the creek, before going tolaw. Court, lawyers and audi- tors indulged in a broad smile over the outeome of the case of Rowe vs. Sim- mons. Everybody smiled except William B. Rowe, who appeared dazed and ap- parently unable to comprehend the astonishing termination of his case. For fifteen years he had been in stubborn litigation with his partner’s estate over certain property. When the lawsuit began there were several lots and the stock of a hardware store valued at over $11,000. ‘Turn over the property toa receiver until this dispute is settled,” demanded both the angry litigants. Accordingly the property was turned over to Receiver Walter F. Robinson. It was agreed that he should be paid $75 per month for his services. Then the partners went at each other hammer and tongs. They feed attorneys liberally and the latter bombarded one another with demurrers, answers, cross complaints, affidavits, reports, orders, motions and notices, to the great delight of their respective clients. Weeks became months, months melted into years, and the case went stoutly and steadfastly on its way. Receiver Robinson did less work than any of those engaged, but he collected his $75 a month regularly. He said he eould stand it as long as the litigants. Once in a while he filed a report and called the attention of all concerned to the condition and value of the property. ‘*That’s all right,’’ said the litigants. ‘You just keep everything in your hands until we settle this dispute.”’ They were on the eve of settling the dispute before Judge Slack when Re- ceiver Robinson astonished everybody by announcing that he desired to resign his position. “What's the matter,” demanded one of the attorneys, ‘‘ain’t yon getting your $75 regularly enough?” Robinson coughed gently answered, ‘'Yes.’’ ‘‘How much is left to be turned over to your successor, anyway?” asked the otker lawyer, carelessly. “I guess I may be able to scrape about $500 worth of broken hardware to- gether,’’ replied the witness. “F-five what?” demanded the aston- ished lawyers. ‘Five hundred dollars’ peated the witness. It was all very plain and very clear when the explanation was called for. Robinson’s little bill of $75 per month had simply eaten up all the property in sight; bank account, lot, fixtures, stock and everything except a lot of indigest- ible odds and ends, in hardware. As Robinson explained, there was less than $500 worth of stuff left, and he had delved among the refuse pile of scrap iron long enough to know what he was talking about. “It?s a rather odd outcome to the case,’”’? said Judge Slack to the dazed litigants, ‘but I don’t see what else could have been expected under the circumstances. It was agreed to pay the receiver $75 a month for his services. The case has been going on for a very long time, and certainly Mr. Robinson cannot be blamed for collecting what was due him. Would you gentlemen like to suggest anything?”’ The gentlemen had nothing to suggest. They regarded the stack of bills, vouchers, reports, ete., representing what was left of the money, with dumb amazement. Robinson’s resignation was accepted in silence. The eyes of the dazed litigants fol- lowed him as if mesmerized. When the door closed behind him they turned and and mildly worth,” re- stared at the stack of receipts and vouchers. Rowe, when last seen, was going to ascertain if the scrap iron had not blown away. “+s «+> Use Tradesman Cowpo.r Books. Money Will Buy More Now. The purchasing power of wages or of crops is the most important thing for the operative or the farmer. While the price of wheat continues very low, so also are the prices of nearly all the commodities sold in exchange for wheat. A St. Paul jobber says that the Minnesota farmer can buy more goods to-day with 100 bushels of wheat at forty-five cents than he could two years ago, when the grain brought sixty cents a bushel. The re- duction of prices of merchandise in many lines of goods there has approached forty per cent., and on the average is shown to be a good deal more than twenty-five per cent. The farmer who could make money raising wheat two years ago is therefore sure of a return at the lower prices for grain to-day. There has also been a reduction in the prices of provisions and clothing in manufac- turing cities at the East, so that a con- servative estimate will make six dollars a week now in such places as Fall River the equivalent of seven dollars a few years ago. A correspondent presents figures to show that wages there are on the average a little higher now than in 1885, while the things for which wages are spent are much cheaper than for- merly. >. -s> All Shoes Were Low. He was new in the business. Formerly he was clerk at a country hotel. Now he was clerk in a shoe store. He wanted to be pleasant and attractive. He was am- bitious to become a successful salesman. When a woman came in and asked to be shown some low shoes he bowed, smiled, rubbed his hands together and asked: ‘How low, madam ? shoes are all low to-day. a marked down sale.’’ —$_$_$_$_ ane The key to success, in any department of life, is self-denial. Idleness, laziness, wastefulness, come from lack of it; while industry, promptitude, economy, thrift, and a successful career are the result of it.—Neal Dow. You see, our We’re having many He Eats Paris Green. S¥A Chicago paper tells about a resident of that city, John Gustafson by name, who eats Paris green as other people take opium or drink whisky. A friend of his wasin his room, and Gustafson lay on the bed with a box of Paris green beside him, which he was eating of a little atatime, with apparent relish. After watching him consume some two table spoonfuls, and vainly remonstrating with him, the friend went out and informed a policeman that he was attempting to com- mit suicide. Two officers and the ambu- lance were soon on hand to take the sup- posed would-be suicide to the hospital, but he surprised the officers by telling them that he did not want to go with them. He was in no danger, he said, as he had been in the habit for ten years of eating Paris green whenever he felt bad. He took it for a stimulant. Gustafson’s friends told the officers that he was in love with a young lady, who had given him the cold shoulder, and that he was trying to kill himself. He denied it, but he was taken to the hospital, anyway, and pumped out by the doctors. They said that he had taken enough Paris green to kill an ordinary man, but that he seemed to be all right. He had been using it so long that an ordinary dose had no effect on him. —_———--—_>-e Selling Sickly Fish. if reports from points on the Llinois river be true, it is a thousand wonders that Chicago and other places are not suffering with anepidemicof cholera. It is said that the river has been so very low and stagnant fora long time, until the heavy rains of last week, that the fish have been dying by thousands, so that the river banks are lined with them, and that the fish which survive are slug- gish and sickly. In this condition they fall an easy prey to the fishermen, and many tons of them have been taken and shipped to Chicago and other markets. The people who live near the river and know what condition itis in cannot be persuaded to touch the fish. SARS? ESCons hoe rs are? omGowes ee = STILL ANOTHER Re; ° ° PEG) ° TWENTY CAR LOADS 9 ° ° ° °o ° ° OBVGfoM%oro8poloWalo ° ° ° CONDENSED nO ° ° °o 2) ° J ze ance aie Ele ROPRLDNL ERE PRE GRE IRI DRL IRE DRE YRS ODA? 5 ROERIIROOR Cre ete PAs(ey PRY scorns 0° AS %,0 ofoyo 0030 9,0 of. LereDe eee oe fog _ ereConeS Le SSNS IG nora COO GOOF OES SoU OES De a ; ~~ SOLID TRAIN GAIL BORDEN MiLK Shipped to San Francisco from August Milk Company, vein eed AND GOLD MEDAL EPS AR DROP Nee} doo Ney ALe “Ao(05 Bo ON io S 0038 e ok : 02.4 Me IsCoa so Sfeolsee 02/909 AS(e9 Or NS sts 23 CON c EAG iLE BRAND New Factory of the Elgin {th the 18Q4. Awarded at Mid-Winter Fair, San Francisco, Cal. LIL SII 40 9¢ SANT 19 60° Pe Bee Red SREY KING of THEM ALL 432,240 I-LB. CANS ay RO Js So ) o)Or% AN ° o Oo ° 9 30 York (Condensed ° 0 APH D9 KH WU oY PAC To ; oxo 0 \6 2S RS OD ~~. Zal ee oe Be Sure and Get Them. Sold by all Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocers and THE PUTNAM CANDY CO, 2 ele CoE dead OPM ciatats Se ee ae. 12 Laxity of the City’s License System. | It is becoming clearer every day that if the city’s various license ordinances are to be properly enferced the whole work of enforcement must be thrown upon the police department. At present no one seems to be responsible and s9 the laws are not more than half enforced. Many of the aldermen have friends among the saloonkeepers, and they use their influence to prevent their friends being ‘‘persecuted.” At least two of the aldermen are saloonkeepers them- selves, and they naturally do not like to see their craft interfered with. lf a license for a saloon in a new locality is applied for, if granted it may mean a new ‘‘pull,’’ and so the application is railroaded through. Thepresent License Committee seem to have but one ambi- tion and that is to see how many liquor licenses they can recommend during their term of office. That distinguished public servant, Ald. Shaw—better known as the ‘Poor Man’s Friend’’—and his brilliant aggregation of civic wisdom known as the License Committee, would, it was thought, after their masterly achievement in connection with the ped- dling ordinance, be satisfied to retire on their laurels; but they are still adding to their fame and swelling their record. lt is a foregone conclusion what that Committee will doe with an application for a license, and the submission of the application to them is a mere matter of fourm. If the police were given sole charge of the license business of the city a speedy end would be put to favoritism and wire-pulling. There would be more prosecution for violation of the law and many of the low dives, which are now allowed to run for ‘‘political purposes,’’ would be closed up. The installment plan of paying the license fee, which tinds so much favor at present with some people, and the still more pernicious per- mit system, by which all payment is avoided, would soon become things of the past. Then, perhaps, those fester- ing heaps which morning after morning are hauled off the market and out to the suburbs and there sold as vegetables and fruit, would cease to be more than a hideous memory. In this connection it seems strange that there is no one whose duty itis to enforce the inspection clauses of the peddling ordinance. It may be a matter of small importance that rotten and rotting fruit is sold throughout the city—at least, it may seem so to the health officers of the city, to whom a case of measles is, apparently, a nightmare, put most people will feel different about it once the facts are known. The police have no authority to enforce the law, and the health officer says he has not the time, but would be glad to re- ceive complaints. There the matter rests at present, and there itis likely to remain. There would be none of this if the entire enforcement of the license or- dinance were placed absolutely in the hands of the police department. The law would be rigidly and impartially en- forced and the many abuses which now disgrace the city’s government would be unknown. DANIEL ABBOTT. ——_— ~~ <> —-— Got Her Money’s Worth. Mother—I gave you ten cents to be good yesterday, and to-day you are just | trying to show how bad you can be. | Willy—Yes; but I’m just trying to | show you to-day that you got the worth of your money yesterday. —_—_—_>_—_—_——— | Use Tradesman Cowpon Books. “HH MICHIGAN TRADESMAL | No Red Clover Honey. | From the New England Grocer. ‘Why do we never have red clover | honey for sale 2?” said the dealer. ‘*Well, | for the simple reason that there is never any red clover honey made by honey bees. There is no blossom so rich in stores of sweetness as the red clover: 3 blossom, as every schoolboy whose privilege it is to pluck and suck their | nectar well knows. But the honey bee | never collects those sweets for its use, | because it cannot. The corolla tube of | the red clover is so deep and small that the bee cannot reach the honey stored at | the base of the tube. The bee knows | this, and if you will think a moment you} will remember that you never saw a honey bee, either wild or hive-dweller, | ona red clover blossom. ‘“*These wise and busy insects do not waste their time in efforts to obtain sweets that are beyond their reach. But the lumbering bumble bee levies tribute on every red clover patch in his baili- wick. As smart as the honey bee is, it has yet to learn a trick that is as old as the hills to its big and more stupid cousin. When the bumble bee lights on a head of red clover he punctures a hole in the base of the corolla, and thrusting in his proboscis, sucks out the nectar. It used to bea favorite but cruel pastime | ameng the boys of the rural districts to | capture the bumble bee, pull it apart, | and take out its honey bag—a transpar- | ent sack as big as a small pea, filled with | the most delicate honey, the honey of | the red clover—and eat thesweet morsel, or, rather, let it burst in the mouth and spill its incomparable nectar. Any one who has thus robbed the bumble bee of its life and its hoard of sweets will never forget the delicious quality of the honey thus obtained. Unfortunately, this big clumsy bee is not much ofa honey maker. You might rob a score of bumble bees’ nests and not get a quarter of a pound of honey; and, besides, these nests are few and far between. Conse- quently we will have to wait until the hive bee learns to drill into the blossom to get the nectar before we can have red clover honey for our buckwheat cakes and wafiles.’’ >.> ee Armour’s Impecunious Kinsman. From the Chicago Herald. It has been a matter of current report for years among Board of Trade men that Phil Armour has no poor relations. ‘‘He will not aliow any of them to remain poor,” a veteran of the Board remarked, by way of explanation of this unusual good fortune of arich man. ‘‘He makes them all rich.”’ **T have heard that story before,” Mr. Armour remarked with a smile, when one of his friends asked him about it the other day. ‘‘Butit’sa mistake. I have enough of them.”’ Then the big packer burst out in a laugh and his friend knew a good story was coming. ‘One of the poor kind—he lives down in Illinois—is one of the most persistent men [ ever knew. He keeps writing and writing for money all the time. He is not a bad fellow, only improvident, and if he displayed the same energy in at- tending to business that he does in writ- ing to me he would have been rich a long time ago. Well, he kept sending one letter after another, saying that if he only had $500 he would be all right. He repeated this so often that one day I told my secretary to write that if he wouldn’t bother me for a year I would send him $500.” “Well, sir,’ and Mr. Armour’s sides shook with laughter, ‘‘as soon as the mails could bring a reply I got it. He said, ‘Make it $1,000 and two years,’ and I thought it was such a clever turn that I sent the money.” ‘‘What happened next?” ‘‘In about three months he wrote again, saying the agreement was off because his wife hadn’t been included.”’ —~e we The world generally gives its admira- tion, not to the man who does what no- body else ever attempts to do, but to the man who does best what multitudes do well.—Macaulay. ~~ -@- ia w. The Leading Nickle Cigar} Made inthis Market. The Only Brand in the State (outside of Detroit) Made by Improved Machinery. This Cigar is made with Long Mixed Filler, Single Connecticut Binder and Sumatra Wrapper. Sold at $35 per 1,000 By ithe Manufacturer, G. J, Johnson, “76rd geoias’** Telephone 1205. Bele BIOS. ote 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 line of Leather Boots and Shoes is com- piete 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. CHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falis Route.’’ (Taking effect Sunday, May 27, 1894.) Arrive. Depart we e........ Detroit Express ........ 7 Wam 5 30am.....*Atlantic and Pacific.....11 20pm 1 = a... New York Express...... 6 00pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00am; re turning, leave Detroit 4:35 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:20 p m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains eest over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. ALMQuisT, Ticket Agent, | Ar. Chicag pm. DETROIT, Union PassengerStation. CHICAGO _ Sept. 23, 184. : AND WES MICHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly. G’d Rapids......... 7:26am 1:25pm *11:30pm > .. 1:25pm 6:50pm *6:45am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Lv. Chicago............8:15am 5:00pm *11:45pm Ar. G'd Rapids...... i .3:05pm 10:25pm *6:25am TO AND PROM MUSKEGON. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:25am 1:25pm 5:30pm | Ar. Grand R. 9:i5am 3:05pm TRAVERSE CITY. CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. Ly. Grand Rapids... 7:30am 3:15pm Ar. Manistee........ 12:20pm 8:15pm Ar. Traverse City .... 1:00pm 8:5: pm Ar. Charicvoix...... 3:15pm 11:10pm Ar. Petoskey 3:45pm 11:40pm Trains arrive from north ati:(0 pm and *10:00 PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. Parlor cars leave for Chicago 1:25pm. For north 3:15pm. Arrives from Chicago 10:35pm. From north l:pm. Sleeping cars leave for Chi eago 11:30pm. Arrive from Chicago 6:25. *Every day. Others week days only. Sept. 23, 1894 LANSING & NORTHERN R, BR. GOING TO DETROIT. | Lv. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 1:20pm 5:55pm Ar. Detroit .............11:40am 5:30pm 10:40pm RETUKNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. Petes... 7:40am 1:10pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids......12:40pm 5:15pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND BT. LOUIS, Ly. GR 7:40am 4:45pm Ar. G R.12:35pm 10:55pm TO AND FROM LOWELL. Ly. Grand Rapids . 7:00am 1:20pm 5:55pm Ar. from Lowell..........18:409ma G:ijpm ...... THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- ing train. Trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN & MIL- WAUKEE Railway. EASTWARD. Trains Leave (|tNo. 14/tNo. 16|tNo. 18/*No. i G’d Rapids, Lv | 6 45am)10 20am) 325pm|11 00pm Ionia ........ Ar) 7 40am|11 25am) 4 27pm|12 35am St. Johns ...Ar} 8 25amj12 17pm! 520pm} 1 25am Owoel ...... Ar} 900am 120pm) 6 05pm) 3 10am E. Saginaw..Ar|10 50am} 3 45pm) 8 00pm| 6 40am Bay Ciy..... Ar/|1] 32am} 435pm) § 37pm| 7 15am ins ........ Ar|1005am| 3 45pm) 7 05pm} 5 4Cam Pt. Huron...Ar|1205pm] 5 50pm! 8 50pm| 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar|10 53am} 305pm/ 8 25pm] 5 27am Detroit....... Ar/jii 50am] 405pm) 925pm) 7 00am WESTWARD. For Grand Haven and Intermediate res. +7:35 a. m. For Grand Haven and Muskegon..... +1:00 p. m. a ' C ao +4:55 p. m. . “Chicago and Milwau- tcc VS... *7:30 p. m. For Grand Haven and Milwaukee,t10:05 am. For Grand Haven (Sunday only)...... 2:00 a, m. +Daily except Sunday. *Daiiy. Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:50 p.m., 4:35 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 6:40 a. m., 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 10:50 p. m. Sunday, only, 8:00 a. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Parlor Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. Jas. CAMPBELL. City T'cket Agent. Grand Rapids & Indiana. TRAINS GOING NORTH, Laave going North For Traverse City, Petoskey and Saginaw... 7:40 a. m. For Traverse City and Mackinaw..............1:25 p. Per Cacmioc emi Geemiaw... oS iano. po Poe Mackinaw.................... jedi dia ee ia go 10:25 p m. TRAINS GOING SOUTH Leave going South. a eee 6:50 a.m. For Kalamazoo and Chicago... ...... .. 215 p. m. Por Fort Wayneaned the East................ 2:15 p.m. ree "5:40 p.m. For Kalamasoo and Chicago................ *11:40 p.m Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids........ 6:50am 2:15pm *11:40pm Axe Codeage.............. ‘ 9:00pm 7:10am pm 2:15p m train hasthrough Wagner Buffet Parlor Oar and coach. 11:40 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car ee Vv icago 3:30 p m 11:30 Arr Grand Rapids 9: 15 oo 7:20 8 = :30 p m has through Wagner Buffet Parlor Car. 11:30 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping fan. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive 7:15am 8:25am 1:60p m 1:15pm 5:40 Dm 8:10pm L. LOCKWOOD‘ o. General Passenger and Ticket Agent. NGRAWINGit Buiidings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles. TRADESMAN CoO. Grand Rapids, Mich. LHH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 13 How the Grocer Did Not Turn ina Fire Alarm. One of the young men was a grocer away out South Division street, whose youthful appearance, dancing blue eyes and rosy cheeks are the envy of the trade. His companion was somewhat older in appearance, but guilelessness was written in every lineament of his features. He was a reporter. It was Sunday afternoon. The two had met, as hundreds meet every day, without pre- meditation or malice aforethought. Near them on the corner stood one of those newfangled fire alarm boxes. You turn the handle, open the door and pull the box in the ordinary way, and don’t have toruna mile to find the key. During the conversation the unsuspecting young grocer thoughtlessly turned the handle of the box. Two sharp strokes of a bell were the result. ‘‘Zounds! what have I done?”’? he asked, and the color faded from his cheeks and his bair rose “like quills upon the fretted porcupine.” ‘Oh, nothing,’’ said the reporter, with all the sang froid he had with him. ‘You have turned in an alarm of fire, that’s all. Let’s wait right here and see how long it will take the boys to get here. But the latter part of the remark was heard only by the wind moaning sadly through the telephone wires. The young dealer in groceries and provisions had gone—gone so suddenly that he had dropped his breath and had no time topick it up. As it was a little risky fora man to be go- ing about the city without his breath, the reporter took it and followed his fleeing friend. He found him down by the Union depot asking a section hand when the next train went to Chicago. ‘See here, my boy,” said the reporter, ‘‘you don’t want to go off like that again. You will lose your breath some day when there is no near-by friend to pick it up and return it, and the grocery trade may lose one of its most shining lights. Here’s your breath.’’, ‘‘Have they got there?”’? the young man wildly asked, as he deftly inserted his breath in its proper place. ‘Who? the firemen? Not when I left,” said the reporter truthfully. He finally persuaded his friend to leave his place of hiding. But he wouldn’t go down Monroe street; so, taking in all the back streets on the South side of Monroe, they emerged into daylight on Canal street at Lyon. Dropping into an ice cream parlor, the youthful trader ordered ice cream and cake for two. Then he solemnly entreated the reporter to say nothing about it. He meantno harm; he had been thoughtless—that was all. The reporter assured him upon his sacred honor that never, ‘‘while the lamp of life held out to burn,’’ would he mention the matter. Numerous cigars and other del- icate little aitentions have purchased his silence in the past; these having failed, there is no longer any reason for keeping the matter secret. It is now many moons since the oecur- rence recounted in the above truthful narrative transpired, and in that time the reporter has received enough cigars to stock astand. They were good cigars, too, but the snap was too good to last. The guileless young grocer has known for several weeks that he did not turn in a fire alarm—that the two bells he heard were inside of the alarm box and that a general alarm can only be turned in by pulling down a lever on the inside of the box. ~~ Use Tradesman Cowpon Books. Lansing Meeting of the Board of Phar- macy. Owosso, Sept. 25—A meeting of the Michigan Board of Pharmacy, for the purpose of examining candidates for reg- istration, will be held in Kepresentative Hall, Lansing, Nov. 7 and 8. The examination of candidates for both registered pharmacists and assistant pharmacists will commence Wednesday, at 9a. m., at which time all candidates must be present. Candidates for examination must fur- nish affidavit showing practical or college experience. No certificates of registration will be issued by the Board until the applicant has furnished affidavits from the party or parties with whom he served or studied, showing explicitly by dates, the length of time the applicant has been un- der the instruction of the employer or teacher. STANLEY E. PARKILL, See’y. ———>- SS —_____ From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentleman in trade: B. S. Mosher, Jackson. G. H. Walbrink & Sons, Allendale. Klomparens & Brower, Hamilton. F, A. Rockafellow Merc. Co., Carson City. B. F. Sweet, Carson City. W. M. Bale, Fennville. J. H. Lowell & Co., Wacousta. H. E. Hogan. Sv. Boordman. Pool Bros., Luther. Robert Armstrong, Reed City. Ellsworth Lumber Co., Ellsworth. N. Bouma, Fisher. G. V. Nash, Norwood. —_—qo- a Appointment of Standing Committees. President Tatman, of the Northern Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association, announces the following standing com- mittees for the ensuing year: Trade Interests—N. Bicknell, Clare; W. E. Haney, Big Rapids; ©. Yost, Ithaca. Legislation—J. Mason, Clare; R. D. Balmer, Mt. Pleasant; J. W. Densmore, Reed City. Insurance—Chas. B. Lovejoy, Big Rapids; F. M. Taylor, Shepherd; C. S. Chase, Clare. Transportation—J. L. Barker, Rapids; A. S. Barber, Ithaca; Marin, Reed City. ——— Coffee May Get Cheaper. Coffee is a universal! habit, this country using 4,000,000 bags and Europe 5,000,- 000. For some time coffee has been high in price and this has led to overproduc- tion, until now the householder has a prospect of having his Mocha cheaper than for years. It is estimated that this year’s yield of coffee will be 2,000,000 bags more than the great crop of 1891-92. The talk in the New York Coffee Ex- change, based on foreign reports, is to the effect that low prices for the berry will soon rule. —_—__—~- << ___—- As the various schedules of the new tariff law go into effect, marked reduc- tions in prices are made in many in- stances. Last week it was wool dress goods and this week itistin. Of course, readjustments in wages will have to be made to meet the changed conditions be- fore anything like quietness or certainty can prevail, or trade reach its normal state. No heavy buying or appreciable increase in manufacturing can be ex- pected until the wage scale is adjusted to the new conditions. ———-_—> +2 — The special anniversary edition of the American Grocer, issued in commemora- tion ofits twenty-fifth birthday, is the most pretentious publication ever under- taken by a grocery trade journal. It is replete with interesting descriptive arti- cles -relating to the grocery business, suitably embellished with characteristic illustrations, and presents a handsome appearance in point of letter press and paper. Big John In noting the fact in the last issue of THE TRADESMAN that it was no longer necessary for holders of mileage tickets on the C. & W. M., D. L. & N. and M. & N. E. Railways to purchase special tickets for freight trains, it should have been added that the ticket agent must detach a strip from the mileage ticket to cover the distance to the desired destination and issue in exchange therefor a freight train ticket. It would appear from the item published last week that the mile- age ticket itself was good on freight trains, which is not a fact. Thisisa considerable concession, but it does not go quite far enough. The trouble at many way stations is to get the agent to open his office for the purpuse of issuing the special ticket required. He may be busy in the freight house, checking out freight, or he may be at dinner when the train comes along, or he may be so inter- ested in umpiring a ball game that he cannot leave long enough to issue the special ticket which euables the travel- ing man to get off on the freight and thus make an extra town. What the traveling man needs is some sort of carte blanche to conductors of freight trains, entitling them to ride on freight trains on payment of full fare, or double fare, or any other rate of fare the roads see fitto charge. If such a custom were in vogue, traveling men would be re- lieved of much unnecessary anxiety and annoyance, and the continual friction be- tween the traveling public and local agents and freight conductors would be avoided. —— a The paper read by Geo. B. Caldwell, National Bank Examiner for Michigan, at the recent bankers’ convention at Bay City, which will be found on another page of this issue, is an admirable one in many respects. The subject of ‘‘bank reserves’’ is an important one, and one about which considerable ignorance is prevaient. Mr. Caldwell makes plain the purpose of such reserves and the place they occupy in the economy of banking. If his remark about taking de- posits without interest referred to all de- posits it will hardly touch a responsive chord in small depositors. If the Exam- iner referred to commercial deposits only little fault will be found with it; buta box in a safety deposit vault would serve all purposes as well as a bank if interest is not to be paid on deposits. If there are banks which never pay interest on deposits, and any considerable num- ber of people can be persuaded to deposit their money with them, they certainly ought to be ‘‘stronger in reserve, stronger in assets, and more profitable to stockholders.” The day will never come when very much money will be deposited with banks without interest. No fault ean be found, however, with bankers for doing what they can to increase their dividends, although depositors will probably object to particular methods of doing it. On the whole, the paper is a good one and will well repay careful perusal. “‘Enjoys Complete Support.” From the Minneapolis Commercial Bulletin. THE MicHIGAN TRADESMAN, of Grand Rapids, is eleven years old. Mr. E. A. Stowe, the genial publisher, has the sat- isfaction of enjoying the complete sup- port of the retail trade of Michigan and he can well feel proud of the paper that he has made so successful. 0 Use Tradesman Coupon Books, Caught Him with Ammonia. A New York druggist used a novel and efficient weapon on some burglars the other night. He was sleeping in the rear of his store, when he was awakened by some burglars effecting an entrance through the transom. He was not armed, and for a moment stood wondering what to do. Then an idea struck him, and stepping quietly to the prescription counter, he poured some concentrated ammonia into a tumbler and waited for the men. As they approached he threw the liquid into the face of the foremost man. The fellow did not see him, and, stopping, asked what hit him. In another moment he fell senseless to the floor. The druggist poured out another dose, and aimed it at the other burglar, but the fellow had taken alarm, and, turning to escape, the charge hit him in the back of the neck. He promptly jumped through the plate glass door, followed by the other, who had staggered to his feet. A policeman happened along and gathered them in. et The Egg Product. According to the census, the United States produced 457,000,000 dozens of eggs in 1879 and 817,000,000 dozens in 1889. These figures are probably under the mark. At the figures given, however, the annual egg product of the United States amounts to $100,000,000. If to this we add the value of the poultry sold we shall obtain a pretty high figure for the annual output of the department. One authority has placed it at $300,000,- 000. In 1893 the entire wheat crop of the United States amounted to 396,000,000 bushels, worth less than $300,000,000. KVAPORATED APPLES We want them, Send sample and quote price. HASTINGS & REMINGTON, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COUGH DROPS RED STAR Cough Drops are the cleanest, purest and most effective drop in the market. Try Them. Made by A. E. BROOKS & COo., 5 and 7 Ionia St., Grand‘Rapids, Mich. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO. Headquarters for Over Gallers (nd Leggins $2.50 per dozen and Upwards. Lam Wool Sols Duck and. Sheepskin Slopes. Mail us your order and we will guarantee satisfaction in both price and quality. Lad OE cri Noe ha lines Mita. tomid «a! aba! ab aadmabande wt ae ee. Soh dnl? a elimi iy i BR Oe ak aa Lennie be, 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy.}! One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Two Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Three Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Four Years—8. E. Parkill, Owosso. Five Years—F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. President—Fred’k W. R. Perry, Detroit. fecretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Yreasurer—Geo. Gundrum, [onia. Coming Meetings—Lansing, Nov. 7 and 8. Michigan State Pharmacentical Aass’n. President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor. Vice-President-—A. F. Parker, Detroit Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit. Secretay—S. A. Thompson, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmacentica} Society President, Walter K. Schmidt; Secretary, B. Schroude The Decline in Castor Oil. One of the most radical changes in the tariff is that affecting castor oil. The old duty was 80 cents per gallon, while the new act fixes it at 35 cents per gallon. As aresult, makers reduced their prices 4 cents per pound, hoping by this action to be able to hold the trade as against pos- sible importations of the East Indian oii. It was thought advisable to put the price down to the lowest point at one stroke, rather than take any chances on the for- eign oil getting a foothold. That man- ufacturers were wise in thus promptly giving the consumer the full benefit of the reduction in the duty is evidenced by the prompt cable cancellation of several large orders for foreign cil that had been placed abroad in anticipation of the new tariff rate creating a market here. Had our manufacturers waited a few days longer, or had they merely announced a fractional decline, there is no doubt that several hundred cases of the East Indian product would have appeared in this country in a week or ten days. Import- ers had been offering round lots at one- eighth of a cent »er ponnd above the price fixed by domestic makers. Ateven prices domestic oil would undoubtedly be given the preference, and, owing to its uniformity and very superior quality, consumers would doubtless willingly pay a higher price for it than for the im- ported. Manufacturers, however, were not disposed to give the consumer an op- portunity to make the comparison on that basis and satisfy himself as to which he would prefer. Just what effect this lowering of the duty will have on the domestic industry remains to be develop: d later on. The change could not have come at a more opportune time for the manufacturers, as their stocks are low, and the new erop of beans is now being marketed. It has been suggested that there is a possibility of the industry being practically trans- ferred from the West to the East, owing to the lower price at which the seaboard manufacturers can obtain their beans, the duty having been reduced from 50 cents per bushel to 25 cents per bushel. The price of wheat is also mentioned as a possible factor to bring about such a condition. Should this cereal advance to, say, $1 per bushel, the farmer might be tempted to discontinue the cultiva- tion of beans, thus com pelling the use of the foreign article, and making it neces sary for Western manufacturers to locate where they would be in as favorable po- sition to handle them as are the city manufacturers. It does not appear that such a state of affairs will be brought about, at least for a considerable length of time, as all indications point to low prices for wheat for some time to come, and, with wheat at or about its present figure, the growing of castor beans will pay the farmer much better at the present price of $1.25 per bushel. In fact, it is said that even at a higher price for wheat, castor beans at the present price would be more remunerative than wheat to the farmer in the territory where the beans are cultivated. Taking the aver- age prices of foreign beans for the past few years, they can be laid down here, duty paid, at $1.25 per bushel, the price last paid in St. Louis for the domestic article. Naturally, the seaboard manu- facturers will give the foreign bean the preference, with the result that do- mestic beans will decline in price, and, in time, the farmers may curtail the pro- duction, especially if wheat should ad- vance materially. Everything would then seek its level, and, the supplv of domestic beans being more in keeping with the decreased demand, prices might be expected to advance to their former level, thus restoring the market to its normal condition, leaving the seaboard mauufacturers to use the imported bean and the Western manufacturers the do- mestic bean. On the other hand, condi- tions may be such that our farmers will be content to accept less money for their beans than $1.25 per bushel. Beans have been as low as 75 cents per bushel. In the event of the market price declin- ing, even Eastern manufacturers would doubtless find it to their interest to use the home-grown beans. As a matter of fact, it is generally conceded that the price of domestic beans must decline if there is to be the same sale for them as there always has been, and from what we have stated it seems more than likely that the farmers will continue to grow them so long as the products of the farm generally bring such relatively low prices as they do at the present time. The suggestion has been advanced that the altered conditions will result in the business being transferred to the hands of the large manufacturers at the expense of the smaller ones, but with cheap beans it appears that all manu- facturers are on an equal footing. Competition, however, would no doubt produce the same results in this as in any other industry. It is confidently hoped that new uses may be found for castor oil, at the present low quotations, to compensate manufacturers somewhat for the keen competition they are now called upon to meet. It is spoken of as a substitute for high-grade lubricating oils. As a lubricant it is said to be one of the best, but its previous high price has prevented its use for such purpose. It is also spoken of as a substitute for lard oil, as a burning oil, and for use by morocco leather manufacturers. It was used for some of these purposes many years ago, when the foreign oil was practically the only oil consumed here. ~_ 2 > --—__ The Vagaries of Modern Pharmacy. American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record. The service rendered by chemistry to therapeutics is not an exhausted subject. Certainly our predecessors already pos- sessed a goodly medicinal treasury, but it seems very insignificant when com- pared with what we now utilize. Chem- istry has loaded materia medica and pharmacology with wealth; it is the mother of new remedies, and we are proud of its aid; it has given us our an- esthetics, antiseptics, hypnotics and an- tipyretics. These groups of remedies enable us to give relief in many cases where our forefathers were quite help- less. To them chloroform, ether, car- bolic acid, iodoform, creosote, chloral, | the salicylates, and antipyrine were all alike unknown. But here again, and more so than with respect to the alka- loids, there are shadows in the picture. Chemists and chemical manufacturers add more and more to our store of rem- edies day by day-without stint or truce, without heeding the despairing eries of physicians already overstocked with drugs. _We.are tempted to ery out for mercy. This is no exaggeration, for these new chemical products are all forced upon the same therapeutic mar- ket under the most attractive names, and all proclaimed aloud with the noise of most perfect advertising machinery. This is now done to an extent that, in my opinion, is detrimental to the inter- ests of therapeutics. Iam not speaking of quack remedies, the orvietana of our day, of those secret specifics which the medical man views with wholesome hor- ror, to which and to whose use the old adage, Trompeurs, Trompes, Trompettes, can be so well applied. I am speaking of genuine well-known products, for, un- fortunately, modern industrial chem- istry, in manufacturing and in placing at the disposal of medical men these drugs, does not at all object to their being pur- chased by the general public. If this be not so, why do their proprietors select for their names the fascinating names that act as veritable flags to attract the public—for instance, anti-nervine, anti- phthisine, anti-rheumatine, anti-dysen- terine, and, most expressive of all, mi- grainine? I fully appreciate the diffi- culty of finding new names for these new products, and can understand that the manufacturer would shrink from giving them the names derived from their chem- ical composition, for these, generally speaking, could only be pronounced with linguistic gymnastics and_ intolerable strain upon our memory. IL must, with great regret, note that we have departed from the ancient method which taught us to denominate new products according to their origin, and have followed freely a course of seeking for euphonious, so- norous names proclaiming the therapeu- tic use and effect of the drugs designated by them. It is not sufficient nowadays to have a good remedy—say agathine: we must be assured of its superlative excel- lence, hence aristol. Do you want to prescribe for a patient who is ‘‘out of sorts,” you have eupherine; for a lack of appetite, you have orexine. You desire to procure sleep for him, you have hyp- nal, hypnon, somnal, or somniferine. You wish to lower a febrile temperature; do not let the emergency trouble you, for you have antipyrine, anti-febrine, anti- thermine, thermomine, thermofugine, pyrodine, and thermodine. You want to assuage pain? Eh bien, you have await- ing your orders analgesine, analgeine, exalgine, exodyne, and neurodyne. Or you have to deal with a case of heart disease; you have cardine. Or you de- sire to stimulate urinary secretion; you have diuretine, phediuretine, and uro- pheine. To check the formation of pus, there is a remedy termed pyoktanine; and to combat spasms, antispasmine. I do not wish to exhaust your patience, so I will spare you the enumeration of the antiseptics, the disinfectants, the mi- crobicides e tutti quanto. Ten years ex- actly have elapsed since my honored col- league Professor Rossbach, of Jena, pub- lished an article full of wit and sound sense on the tendencies of modern therapeutics, and in those days we had not the long lists of antiseptics and an- tipyretic remedies. Nor was it then im- agined that the essential extracts of the organs of animals, of which the late Pro- fessor Brown-Sequard and M. C. Paul were the earliest to explain the thera- peutic value, would find a place in materia medica; nor cultures of microbes. It was not foreseen that we should have to chronicle in 1894 the sale not only of se- quardine, but also of veritable bacterial products such as tuberculine, tuberecu- locidine, antituberculine, antitoxine, ete. How shall we check the fury of this flood? There seems no reason why it should come to an end. —— ——— A writer in one of the magazines says that if even one-hundredth part of the area of tropical Australia were reduced to cultivation, the product of sugar from it in its present proportion to other ar- ticles would supply more than double the world’s present consumption. Este! Sorings Woter & Fuel Co. Jobbers of COAL, COKE and WOOD, 65 Monroe §t., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Correspondence solicited with outside dealers, Seely’s Flavoring Extracts Every dealer should sell them. Extra Fine quality. Lemon, Vanilla, Assorted Flavors. Yearly sales increased by their use. Send trial order. Seely’s Lemon, (Wrapped) Doz. Gro. loz. $ 90 10 20 Zoz. 120 12 60 40z. 260 22 80 60z. 300 33 00 Seely's Vanilla (Wrapped) Doz. Gro. 1oz.$1650 16 20 2o0z. 200 21 60 40z. 3 75 4030 6oz 540 57 60 Plain N.S. with corkscrew at same price if preferred. Correspondence ‘Solicited SEELY MFG. CO., Detroit, Mich: " > HEADACHE PECK’S "2 3 Pay'the best profit. “Order from your jobber NO CURE, NO MUSTACHE NO PAY. NCO PAY DANDRUFF CURED i 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 isnocure. Call and be examined free of charge. If youcannot call, write to me. State tho exact condition of the scalp and your occu- pation. PROF. G. BIRKHOLZ, Re=m 1011 Mascaic Temple, Cuicaao WORLD'S FAIR SOUVENIR TICKETS ONLY A FEW LEFT. Originai set of four = = « = = 25¢ Complete set often =< = = = = 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, ‘4, P. BENNETT FUEL & IGE C0., MINE AGENTS And Jobbers of ALL KINDS OF FUEL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. romasasnnsee eta THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Wholesale Price Current. Advanced— Declined— ACIDUM. Aceticum . 8@ 10 Benzoicum German... 6@ 75 ee 15 (areoceme .......-.. 2@ 30 Caer... RQ 45 a a Ss Rare ............ I OxACuMm .......:....- 10@ 12 Phosphorium dil...... 20 Salicvitcum ........... 1 25@1 60 Salphuricam.... .... 14@ & Tareoew............- 1 > = Varsericim....°.... AMMONIA, Aqua, - oe........., 4Q@ 6 =) Goe......... 6@ 8 Careemes .....:....... Sa oe Chioridum ............ G24 14 ANILINE, ee 2 00@2 25 oe oo 00 me 50 Tellow we 2 5003 00 BACCAR, ubeae (po 25) ..... 20@ sumieews ............. Se Xanthoxylum.. .... %@ 30 BALSAMUM. Copaiba ............... &@ 50 rere...... ade @2 00 Terabin, Canada .... 55@ 60 Teen 3... 50 CORTEX, Avion, Camegian.... .....-: : eee ce 12 Cinchona Flava . 18 Euonymus atropurp.. . = Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20 Proms Virgii.............. 2 ereeeee, Gra...,............ 10 Sassafras . 12 Ulmus Po (Ground 15) .. 15 EXTRACTUM. Glycyrrhiza — . 24@ 25 Haematox, ie ib. “pox.. 12 a8... 624 5). 14 “s ‘es. 1 15 ‘ en... 3 17 FERRU Carbonate Precip..... Citrate and Quinia .. Citrate Soluble....... or . Solut Chioride........ ww on ~— edasese isuceE Sulphate, com’!. . 2 pure. 7 FLORA. Arnica ... 12@ 14 Anthemis 30@ 35 Matricaria H@ 65 FOs.1A. Baro: 14@ 30 aa ‘Acutitol, Tin- nivell 7. 2@ 28 we 3@ WO Salvia ite i and 8 Dee c ee 15@ 2 Uave .......... . 8 te GUMMI. t picked 60 Acacia, -_ pici $ . 3d " , @ 3 . sifted sorts.. @ Ww “ as -. 6@ w Aloe, Barb, (po. 80) 5a 60 “Cape, (po. 2) .- @ k Socotri, (po. 30) @ — is, (468, 14 4gp, a sa fae . .. Bo 60 Assafostida, (po. 3 >. 232 30 Bensoinum........... WG 55 — more: ..... 48@ 52 Ruphorbiom . 35@ 10 a a = See, me... 7 i Guaiacum, 7) 35) . @ 2 Kino, (po i... @) % Maatic . @ 30 Myrrh, (po 45) Sm Ww Opii (po 3 10@3 40). -2 15@2 20 Shella 5@ 2 oe - ao & Traeacans ......-...- 40@1 00 HERBA—In ounce packages. Mupeteridm................. 20 Oe ee ene 8 5s 28 Montes Piperite............ 23 - Te... pe. ........... 30 Tanacetum, V 22 eee, Y............. 2B MAGNESIA, Calcined, Pat... ...... 55@ 60 Carbonate, Pat........ 20@ 22 Carbonate, K.& M.... W@ 2 Carbonate, Jenning5S.. 35@ 36 OLEUM. Absinthium. . ...2 50@3 00 a, Doic... 30@ 50 ae alac, Amarac....8 0O@S 25 aa ee dl aioe 5. 2 30@2 40 aeanai Cortem...... 1 80@2 00 eee 8. ice, 3 00@3 20 Cee i, 60@ 65 eve ...,.....,. @ 80 ee 35@ 65 Chenopodii . @1 Cinnamonii .. vos «2. 6G 20 Citronella .. ces @ 4 Conium Mac.......... 35@ 65 Be GE 80@ 90 Liquor i et Hy- eee fen... .... 8. aoe Sulph (b seen eeeee eee eeeee Cubebae. oe 2 00 Exechthitos ....._... 2 20@1 30 Remeron ot. 1 20@1 30 Gaultheria 50@1 60 Geranium, ounce..... @ T Gossipii, Sem. eT @ 75 eee 1 25@1 40 Junipert.... .- S0@2 0 Lavendula ~s--- SOE ee 140@ 60 Mentha Piper ee 2 10@3 00 Mentha Verid......... i SOXB2 00 Morrhuae, —-. eee 30Q1 40 a ounce. a @ 50 eee ee et uauel 90@3 00 Pict pPAanite, (gal..35) 10@ 12 pee a ek ce 96@1 04 carecahat Soca. 100 Rosae, ounce. ....... 6 50@8 50 Succini..... a. oo Sabina . tt eder tose | On On SARGRE <..... ....:....9 Shane On Pemnicas, 50@ 55 Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 6 cn... @ ‘0 Thyme eee 50 . a ... 1 60 ‘heobromas... . .. 15@ 20 POTASSIUM. BiCarb... .. 15@ 18 bichromate 13@ 14 ee a 40@ 43 Car 12@ 15 pan (pe. 7am). 16@ 18 Cyanide... 50@ 55 Todide...... 2 90@3 00 Potassa, Bitart, pare. 23@ 2 Potassa, Bitart, com. G@ Potass Nitras, opt 8% 10 Potass — 7a 9 Prussiste . ‘ae 28Q 3B Sulphate po ee —. a ea oe ae. ee eee i aside 1 10 : a c 7x80 i 64 Regular a... oe coesseme 10 Gita. 125 COCOA SHELLS. es 60x70 i Vanilla. 4b cans Kies €aco....... = aa 125 pais ll 13 Silver ET & 2 oz on Ss * ton = ... 1 aaa ia ||| Less quantity | eh a fm 4oz..... 240 1b * 2doz 2 Pie ' 1 19 | Pound packages .......6%@7 ENVELOPES, f cc ia oe * igo “ ....... ( Maxwell aie esha hie lai cic 1 50 XX rag, white co ‘ream Flake. es Bert eee oo 50 COFFEE. , / ri : XX Grade ee a ee oT 45 oe 1 50 2 First Prize....... .... .....86 50 =. 1, o% #1 35 Lemon. a a co 7 reen. nn md oe ah "h 1 1 Pex..... 81 50 ee a 80 | Oxford Rio. Standard... ............ . 450 ne a. 1 2 08..... 3 << tfc = |... te gn er oa Leader. . -+-e 3 60] NO. 2, a _ 1 00 = * 220 ~ ..... . cen. : ag anilla, white. XX Grade ib inc ~*~ |... oe een ee ] a... a cnackens. Se 5 Vanilla. Red Star, 4 cans TE gag ag oe iow SE ee Ne Pion... a 1 Se Se a. ee” ec ee Oe ce... Coin. Par ; FS Telfer’ 8, 14 Ib. cans, doz 45 Johnson’ ' bese os : = ee 19 sos ea . ‘ va a al : yet... 9c Jennings. Ra ' + 0h UU eee ee one ——— all aa a —— FE 1 -. 150 ae 2 oz regular _ o x Our Leader, %-beans..... 45 + a Salted X3x, cartoon ...... 5%] waRINACEOUS Goons, [ign ee ene 8 & on Quinces. Kenosha 7 bs % lb cans...... ‘°°! Common .. 7 1 10 Mexican and Guatamala. Boston. a ce o% 6 oz ' ...2 00 300 ie iibeans..... . 13 Raspberries. tamale 21 Boston. a aN ae g Farina, Mo. 5 taper........3 oe 2 00 ¥ H BATH BRICK ET 1 10 — FEE ee ere ne ee ae, eee 3% | No. 4 taper........1 50 2 50 i r Black Hamburg....... ee meee eas ae Soda. ‘ , p 2 dozen in case. _| Gre, black 125 | pa Maracaibo. ieee. sete ene ne Venti, ‘3 EBuglish (aoe cee esses . Strawberries. Se - [eee 7% Ceeeeridesteceeee see 3 00], a ae ta ore 1 10 : Bristol..... ea 1 25 | Milled -+-+++++....-..24 | Soda, Duchess.............. 8% | Grits .......---2--000-.--0-. se oe 8 oe 1 4 Domestic... oe 70|Hambureh............ 12 Java, Crystal Se 10% Lima Beans, 3 i a 120 Re | 1 20 es sett tenes 25 | Long Island Wafers ...... Ta (Css eT a ‘enh « = 2 35 eX . z ola er BLUING. Gross er sgt 10 | Mandehling 1.111.117”. 38 soins a ster. ws eae al | Vermtcellt GUNPOWDER. = i : L iortleberries, L Mocha ~ mage Domestic, 12 Ib. b 55 Rifle—Dupont’s, ze A re tic, 4 O£ oval S.......... 6 | Bineberrics . 85 . City Oyster. oo DE os 9 : Soz | coe io : Imitation . fe ee | re nme ee “10%@11 a. ee cee eee : = 2 “ pints, round........ 9 00 Corned beef Libby’s....... 22 Arabian.. uM shania CREAM TARTAR ew Barley. aie bes TD 1 10 a « No.2, sifting box... 2 75| Roast beef Armour’s.....2 10 ‘Roasted. Strictly pure peau 3) sissies ~— he > 4 00 | Potted ham, 4 Ib......-.--. 3) > eaaectatn cost of roasted | Telfer's Absolute.......... Peas “ye NY 18 ¢ ee ees .. 70] coffee, a c. per or roaat-| Grocers’... .... |... .... ise, G i ; *s t to ball . 450 ‘ tongue, % Ib... oe se 115 Choke een eeeare u Mexican L ig uid. 4 oz. 3 66 ss 4, 438 a oi ate 4 and 15 per cent. for shrink- DRIED FRUITS. pees perip...j..... 3 — 4 rt rents 4 25 Sen... 6 80 chicken, ¢ Ib....... g “oo a a -.2 #0 : ickem, 36 1b. ™ Package. Se Rolled Oats. Quarter kees.. .... . JS BROOMS, Beans. a gaat XXXX.. 2, . Sundried, ain bbls. 5 | Schumac — toate see 7 at" 11b cans...... 34 i ei i i ie < artered ‘ 5 bees Hoe AG. # Hurl eee ; 1 4 Se as Fe : - Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case ... 21 80 enna sO Ib, boxes _* nese ing! ets 4% Sean Eagle Duck—Dupont’ & “ No.1 . ee eel ae x C ‘“ —_— a Extract. Apricots. Monarch, ) cece oo 2 HO] BOBB.---~.200-0-- ee ee ¥ No. 2 Carpet. a. - 215] Tima, green... ens = ve u . California in bags.. ... 10) @uaker, cases............. 3 20 Half a. serecee te eeee 5 75 No. i Le leet se ts as oc veces . 2 se ty % STOSB........ vis) Evaporated in boxes. Ceerter Seee....... ...,... 3 00 PariorGem................. 230 tewis testes Mehea 2 : 115 Blackberries, Sago. A 60 Common Whiek............ 85] Bay State Baked Od. ... 6... 1% Hummel 8, foil, TOSS. EN OT ee a 4% HERBS, Fancy ee 1 00 Waite me aa ee: tin _.. 2 oo Noctarines. 5 nee cieaipe bees aoe: 3 Tomatoes Vostizzas, 56 lb. cases...... 3 Pie Prep. 3 doz. in case....3 08 Mackerel. ot rererenn erties : MEASURES, Standard, 11b...... ........1 10] BRO MOF ---2onwone----2ne0- in oa z 2 4 cn 210 a eee : + onion oi T Cozen. on le Mustard, 1b nt te Gallon = soneece tteeeet scenes Sardines. am... te a Tomato Sauce, 21b.........2 9% | Ve ----- ace =< N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands i uesten, keep... 55 erg on 76 7 See CHOCOLATE. Gail Borden Eagle..... ... out. eo oe ae se Salmon. ie He Baker's. oe 6 5 aia! No. 1, 46 bbis., 1001bs........ ee ete | _ a 45 Columbia River, fiat.... ...1 8¢ | German Sweet............ 23 | Daisy.. fll ai No. 1% bbl, 4 tba......... 216} Wooden, for vinegar, a “ talls........165 | fremiam.... ....... 2.2... ee mI! £4 50] | Bo. 1, kite, ibe 60} 1 gallon .... H ber 7 60 Alaska, fae : : . Breakfast Cocoa.......... 43 Magnolia i oO 1.60) Kite... |... 51| Half gallon | i 72 a j me Locos ace EE oe Kinney" ee as CHEESE, or Whitefish. —" ees ary - §@& Sardines, — 1134 No.1 family MOLASSES, American 4E-. omen este" berac 11% % bbls, = _ eee 87 25 2 50 Blackstrap. Le 4G 7 7 ase crates uh lly ...... 320 125] Sugar house.. ae Imported us. aga Gola Medai che a ‘ 10 Ib. kits. steeseeee ee 88 40 Cuba Bakine. ‘ ee ‘15@16 ee ere 9 * moore al Ce 7% 35! Ordinary .. ' it Muwtard AB... 6@7 | Brick |” eerie 1] Gna? Ue Porto Riu. TE ns a ND RAPIns MATCHES. Prime ... : — ‘Trout. — 2 trees Globe Match Co.'s B [roy a0 Bicck Bi et idebareee - eae GRAND Rap mecnsy : Colnmbis Parlor. oT — 25 | New cpa: Fruits, Pineapple .. a 10S. MICH, i Xe Sulphur...) 100! _, iui rete ae iia ieee Apples. ar oaset ort..-- Ce B35 a Co.’s Brands. Extra seater a a oo i i hm 2 seen ewer ae enes B20 .' ‘the cechee oun habla al York State, estions. 400 See imported. @24 pi * cartoons......... 5%g | Anchor parlor...... icine eine 1 70 on oice Hr C . _ Hamburgh, “ a Comestic .... @14 oxes, bulk......... ae We Shee. 1 10 Half. haeieseaxs ae Peerless evaporated cream. 5 75 50 Ib. boxes, bulk.....,...4%s| Export parlor............... 400 aT scan HM eee ES PICKLES, Medium. Barrela, 1,200 count. @d € Half bbi 8, 600 count. @3 (0 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count 6 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 50 PIPES, Clay, ae fee... ..-........" 1 70 7. 2), Pel count........ 70 Cob, Ne. ..... < «o-ek oe POTASH, 48 cans in case. i 4 00 Pouns Sale Co.s.......... 3 00 RICE. — Carolina meed................ 6 Ne +. i Ree ............. 5 ONO ie ce. qd Imported. Japan, Da. on ce 5% Met... <-..... 5 Ca eccccccecce 5 Pes... on ceed 4% SPICES, Whole Sifted. ATS. 9% Cassia, China in mats...... 9% . Batavia in bund....i5 “ Saigon in rolls...... 1.2 Cloves, Amboyns...........22 . — ee 11% Mace Batavia. . : nee Nutmegs, fancy... a . Mo 2... 60 Pepper, Singapore: | — — “ sho ot «50 Pure Ground in Buik. ieee... . 15 Cassia, Batavia ee toon ee 18 and Saigon .25 . Pale... 35 Cloves, Ampoyna...........22 . eee... ....... 18 Ginger, Brees. oo... 16 eee. 20 1s Jemeeice ........ 2 Mace Teteys..............- 65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .22 ec ome Ue 25 Hocees, Wo .........-..- 75 Pepper, Singapore, black.... . eg white. 7 Cayenne. ....... oo... ... ee “Absolute” in Packages. tas Areeee........ .., Cee we tu, (ace... ....,--..-. 84 Ginger, Jamaica ..... 84 Aiecen........ 84 Mustard.. _..... oO Pe ee ce 84 Sage..... : oe 84 SAL SODA. Granulated, bbls ae 144 Tip Cases.... .. l*” Lump, ee 1 15 Per0 Reee.....--...- 14% SEEDS. Aue... .- a @i5 Canary, Smyrna. be ae 434 tee 8 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp, Russian....... 4 ewee Hire. .......... 5@6 Mustard, white....... 10 rages ...... +. Adee 9 Rape . be bales 5 Cuttle bone........... 30 STARCH. Corn. = ip boxes eo 5X ee ee 5 Gloss. 1-Ib packages Lele aes oe ce 5 3-1b eae thee cece cies 5 6-Ib a 5% 40 and 56 1D, bowes.......... 35g Berrem....- .. non : 3% SNU EF Scotch, in bladders. Lecce 37 Maccaboy, in tore. .......-.. 35 french Rappee, in J: are..... 43 SODA, + ene Te eS on as eae Diamond — Cases, 243 Ib. boxes......8 1 60 Barrels, 320 mie 2 50 ' 115 2 5 1b bags.. 4 00 ’ 05 . * Ib 3.75 . 7 Ib 3 50 Butter, - mm eee. ....... 65 20 10 baes........ 3 50 ° 390 Ib ie... 2 oe - =. h Ct. 2 2 Worcester. 115 2%-lb sacks a 84 (0 ot « |... 3% ae i 3 50 oe eg 3 30 a 2 60 8 lb sacks.. es 32% linen acks........... 60 oo Grades. 100 3-1b. Backs.. ..-8 10 eof. -. .........,.... 1 99 28 10-1b. cial 1 75 Warsaw. 56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 30 oie o ae 16 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in inensacks.. 75 Higgins. 55 Jh, dairy in linen sacks. 75 Soiar Rock. 56 lv. SACks...... in a Common Fine. BAGINAW ..-.-- 2200s cceeee 80 Wane .......3.. 45. 80 SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs. In box. Chmren se... 3 30 eee 8: Si Dwight’s.. ecenssccce ou Weyteres ............... 3 00 — a loz. F. M. 2 90 0 doz. = 20 gro >" N.S tae 2G * >" Fw te 1440 * Vanilla. 1 oz. F. > i 50 doz. 16 20 gro 2“ 8.5.26 ato ° 26 M250“ 25 50 « Rococo—Second Grade. Lemon. POR... 5. ose «40 GOS... ... s@ “ Vanilla, 2doz...... 1 Odes... 0 58 © SOAP, Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’ 8 Brands. Oid Country, 80 1-tb........ 3 20 Good Cheer,G01Ib.......... 3 90 White Borax, 100 %-Ib...... 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. Coneers. ... ee Ivory, - ae _ 6 G8. ....... - 400 icone” aes oa 3 65 Mottled German........... 3 15 Towe Tare... ...... 3 2% Dingman Brands. pene BOR. 3 9 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, — d..% 33 plai 2 OF - & wl K. Fairbank & Co. — fons Cres... 4 00 Bran, 60 Pars. 2 40 e a 3 2% Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands. OS oe 3 75 Coote... . ......... €@ Morciicg. 4 00 eee 400 Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands See ee 3 65 Beno 3 30 Savon Improved becuase. 2 50 peeeower .... a+. + oO Sele 3 25 Bconomical ......00 |. 225 Passolt’s Atlas Brand, angie box 3 65 7OOk Mite 3 60 10 box lots... SE Sher totede 3 40 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 40 hand, 3 ae. 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 of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Penne. a ae Cm ione. 5 25 Coreen. 4 94 Powers 494 SEAX Powdered... . 5 8 Granwistog 4 69 Fine Granulated a 69 Mowid 4 ...... Diamond Confec. A....... 4 69 Confec. Standard = SYRUPS. Corn. Berrela..._....... a 24 Pe OR 26 19 25 30 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’ m lares ... .. 4% emaall..... 2 %5 Halford, i eee oe 37 ee 2 Salad Dressing, Terese ..... 4 55 sete 2 65 TEAS, JaAPAN—Regular. ee @i7 Gee... .... @20 Caetce. ...............28 Gao Criieaes 32 @34 Mee 10 @12 8UN CURED we... @ii Good @20 Coes. 3... @xe Choicest --.02 Qa ae... 2... 10 @i2 BASKET PLIRED. Fair . -ticceue-cke eo Choice.. @2 Cholcest. . @35 Extra choice, ‘wire leat @40 GUNPOWDER. Common to faiz....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @é65 Choicest fancy........ 7 @ss OOLONG. @26 Common to fair.. @30 IMPERIAL. Common to fair...... . 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor to fair.......18 @26 Superior to fine....... 30 @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. ee te 18 @zz hens 4.17... -24 @28 Bost... 40 @5O TOBACCOS. Fine Cut. P. Lorillard’ & Co.'s Brands. Sweet Russet.......... 30 @32 Miner... ......--.+ 5. 30 D. Scotten & Co’s Brands. mawene ee. = oc eed on 2 Rocket 30 Speukdiand "& Merrick’s _— Sterling .. Private Brands. PO nae ee awe eee se Cam Can... .s0s.--+s- @2i Nellie Bly.........--.- 24 @2 inele Hen. ...........% Gea McGinty .....-... . 27 % bbis.....-. 26 Columbia ..........-...- 24 Columbia, drums...... 23 Bane p................ 20 Bang up, drums....... 19 Plag. Sorg’s Brands. : Spearhead ........-.-- 39 a 27 Nobby Twist........---- 40 Scotten’s Brands. Bivlo......-..-+.....-.- 25 ae bie e banc coe 38 Valley City .....--.--- 34 Finzer’s Brands. Old Honesty.......--- 40) aGly Tar... _....+5-- 32 Lorillard’s Brands. Climax (8 02., 41¢).. 39 Green Turtle.......... 30 Three Black Crows.. Pz J. G. Butler’ 8 Brands. ni Something Good...... 38 Out of Sight. 24 Wilson: &, McCaulay’ s Brands. Gold Hope. .......... 43 Happy Thought......-. 37 Moats ............- 32 NoVar........ ......- 31 Tet Ge................ 27 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands. Bilin Gried......-...-...<. — Golden Shower.......------ = Huntress ee Meerschaum~~........- --- 29@30 American Eagle Co.’s — Myrtle Navy.. .-..--- ie nat we “"38@32 — ete eee 15 ee dene ea cenien 33 ion gn foll.......---.._.. 32 Banner Tobacco Co.'s nex ee ae Be a5 oa Cavendish ie eae 38 Coase ._................ 28 Scotten’s Brands. i Warpath ..............--....4 4 Honey Dew.....-..--------> 26 Gold Block........-.---....- 30 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands. Peerieas.............-----.-- 26 Old Yon.....-....-.-..-+.-- 18 ae 22 Globe Tobacco Co.’s a. Handmade.........-..+---<- Leidersdorf’s Brands. Rob Woy..........---- wee 26 Unele Sam.....-.....--- 28@32 Red Clover.............- wescee Spaulding & Merrick. Tom and Jerry.......-..---- 25 Traveler Cavendish.. oo oo oe..............,... 30 Piew Bow...:........... 30@32 Com Cize...........-..... 8 VINEGAR. a @8 Sear. .... . 2... - 8 @9 $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Halk, per Wal .......°..... 30 Beer mug,2dozincase... 1 75 YEAST. Meee si. ok OO Seacoer ®t .......-...........3 Ge Weasel vues |... 5... 1 00 eer co a vb) Royal ..... eee 90 THE MICHIGAN ~ TRADESMAN. WOODENWARE, pg eae 6 00 se No. =. U na 5 50 * De. 3. 4 50 Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 30 ‘* No.1, three-hoop.... 1 50 Bowls, it tie tee cores eet ee eee ee ee oe 90 ' i ... 13 : a ee 1 80 . a 240 el Sy Baskets, market............ 35 shi ping bushel.. 1 15 ' ful - 1 2 e willowe ths, No.i 5 25 a‘ 0.2 6 25 “ . No 3 7 ' splint ‘ 0.1 3 %5 ' ' . 0.2 4 25 “a “ “a 0.3 4 75 INDURATED WARE, Fae... $15 Tubs, No. I. Sue Me 2... 12 Tubs, No. 2.. Butter Plates—Oval, ro het... oe 210 LO 70 245 eS... $0 280 ao oo 100 350 Washboards—single. Ditvergat. 2 2 No. Queen. .1.. 2 Oe Peerless Protector. . -24 Saginaw Globe............. 1% Double. Water Wites.. 23 Wison......,_...... coe & Oe Ceood tuck |... 2% Peewee. 2 8 HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- Ws: HIDES. meen... ,.. 283 Part Cured hes oe aoe ee @ 3% Full @ 4 @6 @4 @4s @6 oo @i% Deacon sking.......... @25 No. 2 hides \& off. PELTS. Shearings............. 5 fo ee 25 @ 6 WOOL Weened.. .....- 12 @i7 Unwashed ...... e @l3 MISCELLANEOUS. Tanew...... ...... 4@5 Grease butter......... 1 @2 a 3 ae. 2 ee... 3 00@3 25 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 47 No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 47 MEAL, a 1 40 Granulated. . - 16 FLOUR IN SACKS. be cocs. 2 OO Sseanceroe................ 1 5 are... 2... 1 35 *Grenam.............<.-.. 1 40 ye. 1 40 Subject ‘to usual cash dis- ae in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. MILLSTUFFS. Less Car lots —— Hran.......... $4 00 815 Od Screenings .... 12 00 13 Middlings..... 16 00 if @ Mixed Feed... 23 00 24 50 Coarse meal . 22 00 23. 00 CORN. Car lots. hs Less than Car lots........- 58 OaTs. Gee lobe. lo... 00 Less than car — ee 36 No. 1 Timothy, eat _ -11 99 No.1 mn iots...... 2 50 FISH AND OYSTERS. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: Wee 2... §10 oon... 4... @8 oeece Dame... . |. 12 Co @1” Ciscoes or Herring.... @4 meee... 3... 10 Fresh lobster, per lb.. 20 ae 10 No. 1 Pickerel.. @9 Pane. _.....-....- Mo @7 Smoked White.... ... @8 Red Snappers -ecee 15 = River Sal- ye esau, 15 Mackecei ee eee eee ae 18@25 risa oa ag ers Counts.. @0 2.2. BOMOGME....... 35 selecis ede ee ode @30 a eet eee 4. 22 Standards... .......... 2) Maver... ... oysTERS—Bulk. eee 2 20 Extra Selects..per gal. 1 85 Gere 1 65 Siegen. ............ 115 Seeene......... es 1 50 OM es we 1 25 Clams ..... es aves. SHELL 600D8. ps coy per ee... 1 25@1 75 Clams, . - %%@1 00 PROVISIONS. ae The Grand Rapids Packing and Provisinn Co quotes as follows: meee. 8... PBOrtGut......... _.. . £xtra clear pig, short « pe Extra clear, heavy. i Clear, fat back.. ' : Boston clear, short cut. Clear back, short eut. Standard clear, short cut, beat... SAUSAGE, Porn Moke... Boeens aOCt oo... CT Pe LARD, Kettle Sa5pyeaiiee eee. Granger. Family . Compound . Cottolene.. 50 lb. Tins, we advance. 20 Ib. pails, a a oo. «CSS = om " fe BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs...... Extra Mess, Chicago - king Boneless, rump butts.. . SMOKED MEATS—C anvassed ¢ or Plat n. Hams, average 20 Ibs... : 16 lbs.. i) “|| 2 tol14 Tha, * wPplenie. best boneless... Somes... Breakfast Bacon boneless.. Dried beef, ham prices.. DRY SALT MEATS. Long Clears, heavy........ Briskets, medium. : PORK IN BARRELS. 16 OO 76 UO 1T 50 17 00 17 UO 17 CU o78 PICKLED PIGS’ FEET. Half barrels........__. ' — Danveleg. TRIPE. Kits, honeycomb. . Oe eee Kits, premium CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE LAMP BURNERS. No.0 Sun Nei “ No aS ee LAMP CHIMNEYS. 6 doz. In box. Ba osan........... No. 1 c No. “ee First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top.. No. 1 No. 2 ot ‘“ XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp top.. RE tT ca nas ~ Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled Len 9 . No. 2 Hinge, “ “ Fire Proof—Plait 1 Top. No. 1, Sam, plain bulb.............. > “ a ae No. 2, ee oe La Bastie. ‘A PPPS LANTERN "GLOBES, each — No. 0, Tubular, cases 1 doz. No. 0, ' No. 0, No. 0, bbls 5 5 ROCHESTER STORE LAMPS, OO candice power............. No. 10, Brass, 4 STREET LAMPS. Per box. Sun, plain bulb, per doz. i. crimp, per doz.... ek bull’s eye, cases 1 1 doz each.1 00 oo. on le 1d 2 45 45 40 No. 9, Globe, automatic extinguisher........ 32 LAMP WICKS. he 0, pee evoee................ 23 No. i, . ee 28 eee 38 No. 3, z aeath per doz. | 75 FRUIT JARS. Mason—old style. Pee . E 00 uarts.... ee 5 50 Half gallons... eee 7 00 Dandy —glass cover. a eee tee ee eee. ie a. 8 50 MN ice 9 00 Half ae. 12 00 _ Supplies, Boyd’s extra caps.... .. eel 2 2D Mupee: vee. 35 Sealing wax, red or white, 5 lb packages.... 2% JELLY TUMBLERS—Tin Top. 6 doz in bex, per bex (box 00)..... 1 64 24 “bol, ~~ doe (bhi S).... 4 Pints, 3 1 Le — Go” * tox * -e * tw * Op, box (box 00).... doz (bbl 35)..... 26 STONEWARE—AKRON. 4 SU Butter Crocks, 1 toG gai..... OG “ \% gal. Dun’s review says that the retail trade, which is a good barometor of gen- eral conditions, is considerably less than in anormal year, and in the more im- portant trades 20 per cent. smaller than in 1892. Noris the wholesale business what might be expected, and, in sum- ming up, they say that, comparison with other years, it is but slightly encourag- ing. Failures are few, and the amounts small. Our net exports of gold since Jan. 1 have been $66,208,000. A stranger in New York must be as- tonished at the occasional exhibition of the autocratic powers of Anthony Com- stock. He is about the only absolute ruler upon the American continent, and sometimes, when he finds it impossible to devote all of his attention to regulat- ing the universe, his lieutenants take a hand and find it quite as easy work as the boss himself. An instance occurred in an up-town hotel recently, when a Com- stock man walked up to the news stand and told the man in charge to send a pile of books displayed there back tothe pub- lisher. The books thus condemned con- sisted of a series of studies of the nude, and which are sold in every book shop in New York. These books had recently been delivered to all the news stands in the city, and the news agent in the hotel protested {that if all the other stands were allowed to sell them he did not see why he should be forbidden to offer them for sale. The Comstock agent looked at the newsdealer a moment with the air of a man who cannot believe his ears. The argument struck him as being so thoroughly flimsy that he apparently did not give it a second thought,* and he Jeaned over and shook his finger in the face of the newsdealer and told him that if the books were not returned to the publisher within an hour Mr. Comstock would come up and see him. Within six Minutes the frightened newsdealer had apologized, and was hurrying the books out of the place. The other hotel news stands were not disturbed. It was mere- ly a small exhibition of Comstockian au- thority. When Comstock ordered a ped- dler away from the Astor House with a lot of books which he chose to consider indecent the peddler hurriedly com- plied and gave up the books promptly and obsequiously. Within fifty feet of the spot there is a well-known art store, where precisely similar books are sold over the counter all the year around. Mr. Comstock’s attention was called to the store, and he was asked why this dealer was not attended to. Mr. Com- stock did not think it necessary to an- swer the query. Some day an effort will be made to find out where the Comstock- ianjauthority comes from, for it is certain- ly a remarkable thing in its limitless power and scope. Benjamin Richardson, the deceased ec- centric millionaire, whose estate is now being settled in the courts, evidently an- ticipated the claim of dower right on the part of the woman who has posed in the proceedings as his common-law wife. Mr. Richardson lived for many years ina small, old-fashioned frame cottage, which stood a few yards back of the fence line on 125th street. His household consisted of a middle-aged woman and a young colored girl, who was petted or scolded by the millionaire head of the establish- ment, as the humor seized him. The in- terior of the place was plainly furnished, and contained many curious relics of revolutionary days. Mr. Richardson was extremely close in money matters, and believed that everybody with whom he had dealings was endeavoring to gain an unfair advantage over him in the trans- action. This mistrust of human nature extended»to the people under his own roof. When the visitor entered the hall- way of the Richardson cottage the first thing that attracted his attention was u | large board sign, hung near the entrance to the parlor, upon which was painted in | huge black letters the following informa- tion: ‘‘The woman you see here is not my wife. She is my housekeeper. I am a widower and unmarried. Richardson.”’ The American Baking Powder Co. is defunct. When a new baking powder company starts in this town they have got a hard row to hoe. There is too much Royal and Cleveland and Hors- ford. A man will stand a better chance of success to begin in a lowly way with—let us say, a saloon. Prices in nearly all lines remain about as for the past few weeks, and trading is such as to call forth no remark other than that already made. Coffee is weaker and lower, with only an everyday trade taking place. Rio No. 7 is worth 15%e, and this is the top. Refined sugar is dull, and refineries are doing very little. Granulated is worth 4e. Teas are growing firmer in price and supplies of some sorts are looked at with some anxiety, but there will probably be enough to go around—war or no war. Butter is firm and a trifle higher. There is a large amount in storage and some dealers say that the article will reach 35 or 40¢ at retail; but this is hardly likely, as supplies West are said to be ample. Canned goods are meeting with very little inquiry, and the tendency is to lower and lower prices in some lines, while Baltimore reports a firm market in some vegetables. Fresh fruits are in ample receipt, and the streets are full of it. The week closes quiet. We hope for something better further on—a great deal better and not so very far on. We hope there will be no such long lines of people waiting for a free loaf as were seen last winter, and we do not believe there will be. But trade will stand a good deal more pushing than it is having at present. JAY. ee Special Meeting of Post E. In response to the call of Chairman Bradford, in THE TRADESMAN of last week, about sixty members of Post E met in the parlor of the New Livingston last Saturday evening for the purpose of nominating a Grand Rapids candidate for the Secretaryship of the Michigan Knights of the Grip. Nominations being in order, Henry Dawley presented the claims of Fred Blake and C. L. Lawton sounded the praises of Geo. F. Owen. E. A. Stowe and D. S. Haugh were ap- pointed tellers and an informal ballot re- sulted in Mr. Blake’s receiving 28 votes and Mr. Owen 27. A formal ballot re- sulted in 29 votes for Blake and 32 for Owen, when the latter was declared the unanimous choice of the Post. Brief addresses were made by both candidates, the successful candidate thanking the Post for the nomination and the unsuccessful candidate thanking his friends for their votes and bespeak- ing for the regular nominee their hearty support. E. E. Stauton moved. the appointment of a Campaign Committee, to further the interests of Candidate Owen. The mo- tion was adopted and Chairman Bradford announced that he would announce the Committee during the coming week. On motion of W. E. Richmond, the Chairman announced the regular Enter- tainment Committee for the ensuing year, as follows: W. E. Richmond, Ben. Van Leuvan, Jas. A. Massie, Henry Dawley, W. H. Pipp. On motion of Joe F. O. Reed, the Chairman announced a special Committee on Hall, to arrange for a place of meet- ing for the State convention, as follows: Geo. F. Owen, W. F. Blake, A. D. Baker. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. The next regular meeting will occur at Elk’s Hall on Sat- urday evening, Oct. 13. Chairman Richmond has called a spe- cial meeting of the Entertainment Com- mittee, to be held at THe TRADESMAN of- fice Friday evening, Oct. 5, to make ar- rangements for a social party in connec- tion with the regular meeting on the evening of Oct. 13. Benjamin | : |Montbiy Report of Secretary Mills. Chairman Mills, of the Campaign Com- mittee, has called a meeting of that body at THe TRADESMAN office Saturday even- ing of tnis week, for the purpose of formulating a plan of campaign. — —— - 2 ~<- —— 1—The follow- since Oct. have joined GRAND RAPIDs, ing new members my last report: 3587 B. F. Downs, Grand Rapids. 3689 BenS. Wilcox, Coldwater. 3693 Wm. M. Sterling, Plainwell. 3694 G. C. Steel, Battle Creek. 3695 S.S. Swigart, Grand Ledge. 3696 H. Vandenberg, New York. 3697 R. R. Robertson, Grand Rapids. 3698 E. N. Thorne, Grand Rapids. 3699 F. J. Wolfarth, Saginaw. 3700 F. H. Seymour, Grand Rapids. 3701 J. E. Roup, Constantine. 3702 C. J. Labar, Pierson. 3703 Rufus K. Stallings, Grand Haven. 3704 C. W. Granger, Grand Rapids. 3705 M. M. Mallory, Grand Rapids. 3706 C. H. Potter, Cleveland. 3707 J. W. Moore, Grand Rapids. 3708 W. W. Wyatt, Chicago. 3709 John A. Barry, Philadelphia. 3710 Chas. E. Wakeman, Pontiac. 3711 Bert Kline, Flint. 3712 Alexius Fleckenstein, Minn. 3713 A. C. Chapman, Ovid. 3714 E. A. Rasch, Detroit. Chairman Moeller, of the Railroad Committee, informs me that after Sept. 24 the C. & W. M.and D,. L. & N. Rail- ways will put into effect a new system of handling the business on freight trains, similar to that on the G. R. & I. Railway, for the better accommodation of the traveling public, as follows: ‘‘Agents at stations are authorized to detach from mileage books strips covering the dis- tance to the point to which the traveler is destined, and issue in exchange there- for a freight train order, and a number of additional freight trains will carry passengers after above date. Also pas- senger trains Nos. 3 and 4 will stop at Grand Junction on flag.” I trust our members will duly appreci- ate the efforts of these popular lines to accommodate our members. A number of our members have failed to remit for death assessment No. 3, which closed Sept. 20, and all who remit after that date must make a statement that they are in usually good health, or the remittance cannot be accepted. I have received $1 in currency in alet- ter, postmarked Boston, Mass., Sept. 15; also a postal note from Ann Arbor, dated June 4—with no name in either. L. M. Mixus, See’y. —_> — —_ — ‘“‘She has a very strong face, it seems to me.’’ ‘*Yes, I daresay she used a dash of plaster of paris.” Oysters. Note Lower Prices. Solid Brand, Extra Selects, percan$ 28 Fairbolt, Solid Brand, Selects, percan...,,,. 26 Solid Brand, E. F., per can........ 22 Solid Brand, Standards, per can.... 20 Daisy Brand, Selects, per can...... 24 Daisy Brand, Standards, percan... 18 Daisy Brand, Favorites, percan.... 16 Mrs. Withey’s Home Made Jelly, made with green apples, very fine RO 1 00 Ce 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, per earon... 12 Fine Dairy Butter, per pound. ...... 19 Fancy 300 Lemons, per box........ 4 50 Extra Choice, 300 lemons per box.. 4 00 Extra Choice, 360 lemons per bex.. 4 00 Choice 300 Lemons, per box....... 3 50 Choice 360 Lemons, per box....... 3 50 EDWIN FALLAS, Oyster Packer and Manufacturer. VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE, 215 and 217 Livingston St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Are You Selling, Hunting Season is upon us ‘IF NOT, WHY NOT? | We are avents for all th lending dines of Guns :ud Ammunition. ; Ca and Colt’s Guns Winchester, Marlin, Remington jalways in stock. Muskegon Bakery Grackers | ee Soe | We shall try and keep our assortment complete, and hope is (United States Baking Co.) ito secure the trade of Western Michigan on this line of soods, OSTERZAT EVENS There area great many Butter Crackres on the Market—only O- MONROkg ST. Butter Cracker. RINOGE, KALMBACH & GO "spavn” xoins, Pure, Crisp, Tender, Nothing Like it for Flavor. Daintiest, HEALTH SHOES. Most Beneficial Cracker vou can get for constant table use. | ASK TO SEE THE’1. Muskegon Toast, ALWAYS | - 3 one can be best—-that is the original Muskegon Nine Roval Fruit Biscuit, ASK ny sy the ae shoe in oe Muskegon Frosted Honey, YOUR 1e warmest shoe in winter, and Other Iced Cocoa Honey Jumbles, GROCER The easiest shoe ever made, Great . Jelly Turnovers, FOR Combining ease, comfort and good looks Specialties aap | ee in one pair of shoes, >~ s : “2 Are scteaen sage : ae and In addition to the above, our factory eae | a. CRACKERS and jobbing lines are complete. Styles attractive. Prices at the bottom. United States Baking Co. LAWRENCE DEPEW, Acting Manager, Muskegon, - Mich. We carry all the leading lines of Socks and Wool Boots: also Bos- ton Rubber Shoe Co.’s goods. ; SONS MICHIGAN AGENTS SELLING FOR H. LEONARD & Write us for New Sale Given to hee Wide hiiist Awake Deaicr Five or More Discount. nee an Order rated Cata mes sadeat Wht Wil Pt Llenie '> Exclusive With Us for | Se iics 5 ies ne ia D> —-— — = Se oes i h New’ Styl his S$ moe =, 5 Three New‘ Styles This Season. S S ce = & = 22 ee oa so o ~ — DF & a -— - Soa os 1 - = = Pm i i ~ nm - ~ "I — J > > = SEs | = @ = os 2 Sh j os oe Li pht oee | > = - a = 2 a ’ ao - OH =a wf > S t > = = 5 oe Sr es So a 8 noo . m SF nah —— a ee = Ss 7 =~ = = oS a2 fT ~ = a oe oe ee oe Ee Cc —_ 2 = — 2 so +s & B = 3s > a 5 A Ss 7 eS ef i Se o . — \ > = So a= TS = a S oO } ~ = a _ D ame | i es Tg eee 2 Le era 2 | 2 = ar, 2 + 22 S328 | a a oS 1 hm Ow as = SS } - eo oi se" Re; O om OS a et eS ee 3 — a = - - of — Ss { zr ‘ug ~~ ¥ | oe me oO as & i a -_ sl 1 236 ot 2 > — = ' es 3S o4 i 2 = = = — - ia = = = ss a a oe = oD oa = Style of Ne 5 Heater with radiating drum removed and tie Style of No. 35 Heater. Style of No. 30 Heater. List substitution at » four-hole extension top making the stove No. 35 Heater, Full Nickle.. - 88 00 No. 30 Heater Half Nickle ..F12 OV avai at le for Cooking purposes, No. 5 Heater is the same tize as No. 35 No. 30 Heater Ful! Nickle ........ . oe ‘0 $5 Complete with Extension Top and Radiating Drum. 810 only without Fender and Casters. No. 15 Heaters are the same style as No. 25 Heater, Half Nickle... No. 30, only smaller, using a 10 inch ao. H. LRONARD % SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich, No. 15 Heater, Full Nickie 10-00 40 5 | 140 150 180 170 18D igo addr ted to: 30 2 fi 9): 70 eine aa 7 , : sass 193 110 129 IS THE ONLY SCALE ON EARTH for the Retail Dealer. An Investment They Are The EIGHTH WONDER : 10 to 100 Per Cent. of the World. « Per Annum. Thousands of the BEST MERCHANTS Paying from are Using Them. if’ Your Competitor Says They are a Good Thing WHY NOT EQUALLY SO FOR YOU ? | See What Users Say: for Him, Bay City, Mieb., Aog. Hoyt & Co., Dayton, Ohio. GENTLEMEN: I have used one of your Standard Counter scales for the past two years, use it all the time during business hours, and would not think of doing business without it. I am satisfied it paid for itself in a short time by pre- venting mistakes in figuring and down weights. I would not take one hundred dollars for the seale if 1 could not replace it. Yours truly, : R. J. FERRIS. For further particulars drop a‘ Postal Card to * HOYT & CO., General Selling g Agents, Dayton, Ohio. | 6, 1894. anh ene MESSks. Me (tbat ara aaungean tt AN LT