i ~—— pn eR REE a aT b <> LPI CON SSeS OC SIs, SYS SINR LER Se CAEN OSY DS RS STPIQY wes SL GENO Ue WWW WO QA IINNI ON SSS >; SST EGNOS A Yat ae ABC l2 OX aS WK yt Oe eo an WOR Bo COREA oN 442% 7 were SS Gee ie SAL 7 See AG A GOR Ee Y¢ 8 WG eae NC a eee ES OG oS = eck NG oe =) oe (CT Ne See ea wi aes ZZ CSPUBLISHED WEEKLY (OR SES aT IANS SS VOL. XII. GRAND RAPIDS, N viallaionnesciaell 14, 1894. NO. = To the Retail S Shoe Dealers === Our line is complete in Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Felt Boots, Socks, Ete., for your fall and winter trade. Place your orders with us now and get the best to save money. Our Celebrated Black Bottoms in Men’s Oil Grain and Satin Calf, tap sole in Congress and Balmorals, are the leaders and unsurpassed. Our Wales-Goodyear Rubbers are great trade winners. Mail orders given prom} < attention. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO, Duck __, Kersey Coats Pants : We manufacture the best made goods in these lines of any factory in the country, guaranteeing every garment to give entire satisfaction, both in fit and wearing qualities. We are also headquarters for Pants, Overalls and Jackets and solicit correspondence with dealers in towns where goods of our manufacture are not regularly handled. Lansing Pants & Overall Co., LANSING, [IICH. ABSOLUTE TEA. The Acknowledged Leader. SOLD ONLY BY TELIaoH Se | 83D, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH GOMPY, MANUFACTUR. FACTUR 7 GRAND RAPID», ERS OF Mich Our Goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing houses, EDWARD A MOSELEY Established 1876 TIMOTHY F. MOSELEY. MOSELEY BROS. Jobbers of SEEDS BEANS, PEAS, POTATOES, ORANGES and LEMONS. Egg Cases and Fillers a Specialty. Re nine SEE QUOTATIONS. PERKINS & HESS, DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, Nos. 122 and 124 Louis Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. D RINDGE, KALMBAGH 3& GO 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St.,.GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SIEGEL’S 50 and 52 [lonroe St., lige! SSE SLY rr mF % - r rr a | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ce CBE Gt Manufacturers and Importers of GLOAKS, SUITS, TEA GOWNS, WRAPPERS, MILLINERY ond CORSETS SPECIAL WHOLESALE PRICES to MILLINERS. To give the benefit to low priceson millinery, we will save the expense of travel ers. Write for prices. 12, 14 &-16 Pearl &t. GRAND xAPIDS. Manufacturers andsJobbers of Boots, Shoes and Rubbers. Our stock for fall and winter trade is comple te New lives in warm goods and Holiday Slip pers. We bave the best combination Felt Boot and Perfection made. Inspection Solicited - Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co W HOLESALE e Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks, VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & (0, T#=MaN Company. Manufacturers of Show Gases of Every Deseripticn, We Make a Sprcialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live | Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks OVERALLS OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. FIRST-CLASS WORK ONLY. 63 and 68 Canal St, Grand Rapids, Mien Volgt, Herpolshelmer & CO “° Grand Ragas sisaraecnanan a . % Hr 4 ‘ Proprietors, of ihe = Tr. ee eeilulinG Co, © Wholesale LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, Importers and Grocers Grand Rapids. ROSE,’’ ARANTEEO ee AS, Aecgihcllataen | “CRESCENT,’’ “WHITE “retry Ad...” These brands are Standard and have a National reputation. Correspondence solicited. YOIGT MILLING CO., Grand Rapids, Mick. Spring & Company, IMPORTED aes CLEANED py GRAND RAPIDS R TERE 5 \S , TCLEANING CO! ||) 4S Keng AN RAPIDS, Micy \ : “<< : IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN iis Are You Selling The Celebrated Cleaned Greek Currants and the Genuine Cleaned Sultana ‘Raisins, Prepared by Grand Rapids Fruit Cleaning Company Jress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, IF NOT, WHY NOT? Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Prints and Domestic Cottons These currants are cleaned by a new process (they are not ranted the year round; ask your jobber for them and take no | Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams ' |washed like other so-called cleaned currants) and are war- ’ ? | | We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and weil others claimed to be just as good. assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. Be sure and get them, Co., I. M. Clark Grocery Co., Hawkins & Co. | | Sold by Musselman Grocer Co,, Olney & Judson urocer | | t=" For Quotations see Price Current. ! | | ‘<_ \" ex Si S cS RR VOL. XII. SS . fy AG hy , i KS ON) , yy Vi WY. a ZL s, yy av NO. 582 Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent County Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIBS ,MICH. Jno. A. Covope Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. S. VERDIER, Cashier. K. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r, Transacts a General Banking Business, Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits, DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox. T. J.O’Brien, A.J. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee J. A.S. Verdier. Deposita Exceed One Million Dollars, THE Yen, ) FIRE TPA W INS. co. PROMST, CONSERVATIVE, SAPS. J. W. CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBAIN, See. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive (ffices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y. CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United oStates, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London. England. Grand Rapids Oifice, Room 4, Widdieomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Sapt. ’ ~ 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. Telephone 166 and 1030 for particulars. L. J. STEVENSON. , BLOCK. W. 8. P. ROOTS. MICHIGAN Fire & Maring Insurance C0 Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN. | 5 AND7 PEARL STREET. ESTABLISHED 1841. THE MERCANTILE AGENCY R.G. Dun & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada §. P. BENNETT FUEL & ICE CO MINE AGENTS And Jobbers of ALL KINDS OF FUEL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CRIPPLE DICK. “If I iver ketch yer here again, be this an’ be that, 1] break ivery bone in yey ugly body! Now go, an’ may the curse of Crumme!l go widgye!’’ The woman who shouted this was stout, middle-aged and had a double chin, big red arms and adirty plaid shawl crossed over her breast and tied behind in a knot that looked to be as hard and stubborn as herself. Mrs. Ford, that was the woman’s name, stood at the head of the stairs on the top floor of a very high and very dirty tenement, with dark halls rising ove above the other in tiers, far more forbidding in appearance than the corri- dors of the Tombs, and into which, on either side, were long rows of grimy doors, like the ei trance to celis in the walls of a fetid prison. Preceding the fierce threat and curse, an old boot, in the last stage of dilapida- tion, had been hurled down stairs at a lad of fourteen who stood panting and pale-faced on the lowest step, the left hand holding a crutch and the right clinging for support to the rickety banis- ters. The boy was dirty and ragged, and the pale, pinched face and the look of alarm in the big brown eyes gave him an aged appearance that was out of keeping with his smooih, thin cheeks and stunted growtb; yet there was acertain pathetic something in the shape and expression of his face that told of superior intelligence and a heart-hunger for sympathy that is often more cruel and burning than the hunger for food, with which this poor lad had Jong been familiar. At his birth, when his father was a fairly well to do mechanic and the drink habit had not yet brutalized and impover- ished him, the child was known as ‘‘Rich- ard Ford,’’ but his memory could not run back to a time when he was not called ‘Cripple Dick’’ by his associates. Cripple Dick was less than two years of age when one night his drunken father hurled him from the bed to the floor and dislocated his hip—an injury from which he never recovered, and which forced him to take to a crutch and bear the name. The boy was just six when his mother, a good woman who had vainly tried to win back her husband to right living, and worn out her sad life in caring for the child, gave up the struggle and was taken to the Potter’s Field. Within less than a year another mother, the woman who had just sent the poor lad clattering down the stairs with his crutch, was brought home, if home the one wretched room could be ealled, by the drunken father; and from that day on for nearly seven years every torturing influence to kill the body and every debasing influence to blacken the soul had been brought to bear on Cripple Dick. If he had had less of the dear dead mother’s noble nature in him the boy would have developed inte a moral monster, and he would have been seized and taken to some institution where the law, with its machine methods, would have fed and clothed him and tried to educate him, but, being gentle and un- complaining, he was allowed to suffer and grow up as best he could. Three months before this Cripple Dick’s father died at Bellevue Hospital from ‘‘alcoholism,’’ the doctors said, but the neighbors in the Essex street tene- ment, who had known his habits for years, called the disease ‘‘jim-jams,”’ and wondered why he had not died years before. Cruel and selfish though the father was, the boy clung to him and lavished all his affection on him, for he was the only living being with whom he could elaim kinship; and so, when the rough pine coffin was carried down the dirty stairs and away to the Potter’s Field, Cripple Dick felt as if the last ray of light had gone out of his life. Since his eighth year he had been sell- ing papers and making enough to have supported himself after a fashion, had he been allowed to spend his little earn- ings for his own humble needs; but this had never been the case. From the first the new mother had been brutally harsh and cruel, but the boy was used to this. Kindness on her part would have so surprised him that he would not have known how to take it; but his father’s coffin was hardly out of sight before Mrs. Ford’s cruelty was re- doubled, and it ended in the scene I have just described. Another man of the same type was coming to take the dead father’s place, and even the neighbors— poor as himself—acknowledged one to the other that ‘Cripple Dick had no natural claim on Mrs. Ford.’’ Before the woman had thrown the boy out she had cunningly taken from him his last cent, so that, as he stood there leaning on his crutch at the foot of the stairs, he presented as complete a pic- ture of abject poverty and helplessness as ean well be imagined. Cripple Dick was homeless, friendless and moneyless. His sole property was his crutch and the few rags that clung to his attenuated frame. Overcome with the thought of his con- dition, he limped duwn to the third hall, midway in the tenement, intending to make his way to the street, where a cold March rain was beating down piti- lessly, when, overcome by his feelings, he tottered against a doorway and cried as if his heart were breaking. A bushy headed, fierce-looking man on the floor of the hall above looked over the banister and shouted down: “Hello, you poy down dere! You shoost stop dem noises pooty tam guick or | come ride down unt make a het on you! Say, you hears vot I say, don’t it?” The boy did hear and tried to smother his sobs in his ragged hat, but this did not suit the man looking over the rail. ‘“‘Holt oop!’ he shouted with another oath. ‘‘I goom down ride avay; den haf good reason for dat noises, now you see.” The boy pulled on his hat and gr-sped his crutch, for the man was coming down the stairs with anger and an oath in each heavy step, when the door against which Cripple Dick had been leaning opened, and he heard a voice that sounded like music saying behind him: ‘*Poor boy, he has sore troobel. Come in; I vill spik vis you.”’ These sympathetic words were ad- dressed to Cripple Dick. But suddenly the sweet voice changed into tones of anger and defiance, and a lithe figure darted past him and interposed between him and the man who had come down from the hall above, with blood in his eye and the odor breath. ‘‘Wat! you ger—rait beest! not to dare hurt zees poor boy!”’ of schnapps on his You sall ‘Den, he moos stop dem tam noises!” growled the man, evidently alarmed by the bearing of the slender little black- eyed French woman who confronted him. Cripple Dick could never explain to himself just how it happened, but he re- tained an indistinct recollection of hear- ing the heavy steps retreating up the stairs, and of feeling a light, firm hand on his left arm, and of being gently forced into a room, the door of which was closed and locked behind him. It seemed as if he had been transferred on the instant intoa new and beautiful world. The room from which he had been driven was filthy and cheerless, and its rusty stove and few bits of broken furniture made it more desolate than if it were empty. But this room had a earpet on it, so light and fre-h-looking that he crouched back against the wall, as if fearful of staining it with his one torn shoe. The furniture, to use his own lan- guage, ‘“‘lookt ez ef it had jes come out of de finest store on de Bowry.” eens siebk pipackeeae cons @15 _ California ........ Breasts, new............. lberts Walnuts, Grenoble. - French.. _ ea eras RESIS TA TNE ose Tapie Nuts, COT oi ccc as see @11% nas eee chee cee @10% ieee RM, TAG eg ost pes es 6 @Oi% NCI oo oo oe ce scecs - eat sce whe 4 Hickory Nuts per bu.............. jae Vocoanuts, full saCKS............ - secu PEANUTS. Fancy, H. P.,Suns ........... @ 5% > ‘- P ae Reaeee.... vcss5-c.:. o ix ancy, H. P., Flags ...........+--.+++0 : © NINE. ccc ieee @7 Choice, H. P. Extras Dc on siebee cess @ 4% - Seeeeeee 0062-4 @é FRESH MEATS. BEEF. CO i ee ek ae ee ee 5 @6 WOCE GOAT... ow... 6s: copeeswose once 38%@ 4% Bind GUSGeere.<. . . 3.2.6 Hee (oe a7 DOR TE Bis pects ota eee . 8 @i0 I iio nee scp utoecu cee ces sete e 6 @& ME oo asc emcies eeeu saps. seuss es 5 @6 Ce coc in ees. - cope seve OO oe PONE elias pe cece eee ae eee 3 @3% PORK. OM oe sy eee ca wre 5 @5% TOE cae e cia ase ie 7% SOURS oe ccc eet ewraepeapen 5% eet Lee ee 9 MUTTON. CORON oe ise oe ee 4 @5 SIR sos noes ches cca gusienesnebesannseee 54G 6% VEAL, MON cele siiciaeunen. 6 @7K% THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ‘Be sure and reach him! It’s Loo-loo! For God’s sake, don’t let the kid fall!” shouted Cripple Dick as he reached down the bundle. The fireman took it and asked, as he started back: ‘‘Can you reach the ladder, boy?” “Yes, yes! Go on! For Godamighty’s sake, save him! I’m only Cripple Dick! Never mind me!” By this time the flames roared into the room and darted towards the window, where the boy now stood irresolutely. He looked back for an instant, then seized the hot topmost rung of the ladder and swung out. He saw the fireman safely at the bot- tom with the bundle, he heard the pit- eous cries of the people, as, with his one helpless leg, he swung himself down by his hands. Tongues of flame leaped out at him. His hands were burned to the bone. The water splashing about him was turned into suffocating steam. His sight was gone. His hold relaxed, and in a mangled heap Cripple Dick fell at the foot of the ladder. He was taken to the nearest hospital, and the doctors wondered that he lived to be examined. Yet he survived till morning. The gray dawn was breaking over the city when the attendants led Mme. Bertrand and her husband to a cot on which Cripple Dick lay, with a damp cloth over his sightless eyes. He recog- nized the dear voice and asked: **How’s Loo-l00?” “Safe,” came the answer, with a sob. “Well, ef dem firemen hedn’t asaved dat kid, dey wouldn’t a been no good. I—I ken sleep better, knowin’ dat.’’ Cripple Dick’s eyes being already closed, he sank into eternal rest. a erat . Sale of the Wierengo Grocery Stock. From the Muskegon News, Nov. 8. The wholesale grocery stock of the late Andrew Wierengo was sold yesterday to George Hume and Mrs. Eugene W. Gray, both of this city. The deal has been on for some time, but not until yesterday was it consummated. Herearter the busi- ness will be conducted under the style of George Hume & Co. The purchase price was nearly $60,000. The stock is esti- mated at $30,000 and outstanding ac- counts at an equal amount. Mr. Hume is a well-known Muske- gonite, having resided in this city for upwards of fourteen years. Of late he has devoted his attention to the lumber business. He has had considerable ex- perience in the grocery business and has a thorough knowledge of the needs of a grocery man. Personally Mr. Hume isa man with whom all will like to deal. Mrs. Gray Is the widow of the late Eugene W. Gray ahd is well known in the city. Mr. Hume will give the business his personal attention and will be assisted by the old working force, which is as follows: Edward E. Kraai, bookkeeper; Grant Hamblin, city salesman; William Averill, outside salesman; A. De Haas, shipping clerk; E. H. Lange, assistant shipping clerk; William Eadie, teamster. The business will be carried on in the present quarters for the remainder of the year set forth in the lease, about Sep- tember 1, 1895. Other changes will then be considered. ——_—>>->_— Strictly Correct. “Got any kangaroo shoes?” inquired a customer of a Columbia avenue shoe . dealer. “No,” he answered, ‘kangaroos don’t wear shoes, but I’ve got some made out of their hides.’’ >> Now that elections are over let us work for a good business. VIRTUES OF SKIM MILK. Peculiar Cure and the Wonders As- cribed to It. From the New York Sun. Although the so-called milk cure has been practiced here and abroad for a good many years, and one meets here and there a man or a woman who has taken it, few persons really know the nature of the treatment. A famous New York physician, now dead, did more than any one else in this country to reveal the vir- tues of the cure to American physicians. The popular notion that the milk cure consists in drinking a great quantity of milk every day is in part a misconcep- tion. The mere drinking cf milk is only half the treatment. The milk cure con- sists of living on an exclusively skim- milk diet, taken at rigidly regular inter- vals throughout the day for at least three weeks. The patient about to undertake the milk cure arranges in advance for a proper supply of wholesome milk, pro- vides himself with several easily cleansed vessels for holding the milk, and at least 100 cakes of chewing gum. The milk is kept over night, skimmed scrupulously of all cream that rises, and taken in small quantities at intervals of an hour and a half throughout the waking day. Perhaps the first day’s ration is less than a quart. Each of the dozen meals con- tains as nearly as possible exactly the same quantity, and the most careful di- rectors of the milk treatment insist that the patient shall be exact to the minute in taking the several meals. After each meal the patient must chew gum for a considerable time, so as to induce a flow of saliva that shall aid digestion. So soon as the quantity of milk shall be suf- ficient to give the patient the requisite strength, he must take regular daily ex- ercise. He may begin with a walk of half a mile, and this must be gradually increased until, if strength permit, he walks ten miles daily without interrup- tion. The quantity of milk is measured carefully according to an_ elaborate schedule prepared by the physician and is gradually inereased until the patient reaches the maxinium that he can com- pletely and comfortably digest. Some patients reach in less than three weeks a maximum of five quarts a day. Some go higher and others never reach this figure. The maximum is determined by the physician. It is continued, accord- ing to the needs of the patient, and then begins the gradual returu to solid food. The first solid meal may be nothing more than the juice of half a small grape fruit and a small piece of stale bread, without butter. Other things are grad- ually added, the patient’s power of diges- tion being all the while carefully watched, until the patient has reached a full and varied diet of fruits, vegetables, and meats, certain indigestible things and all stimulants being excluded, and all the while from three to five quarts of skim milk being taken. At the end of six or seven weeks the patient is per- mitted to substitute two or three quarts of ‘‘whole’’ milk for the larger quantity of skim milk, and eventually to take the milk at convenient intervals, and not ac- cording to a rigid schedule. Weakness, depression, and listlessness often accompany the first few days of the milk treatment, and the patient, what- ever his condition, usually begins at once to lose flesh. The amount lost de- pends upon the object for which the treatment is administered. If the even- tual design is to fatten the patient, the loss may be only two or three pounds. If the design be to reduce excessive fat, it may be many pounds each week. A thin man of large frame began the treat- ment at 159 pounds, fell to 157, and rose while still on the exclusive milk diet to 166. Itis usually difficult to attend to business during the treatment, but busy men sometimes resume work after the first week. Careful patients carry their milk to business and drink it at rigidly regular intervals. The patient after the first week usually begins to gain strength, aud if the treatment is successful he finds immense relief from the pains of indigestion. Some patients suffer from headaches during the early part of the treatment, and may in the first ten days acquire an extreme distaste for the milk. The average patient at the end of that, time is ravenously hungry every hour and a half, and finds the skim milk de- lightful. The most delicious dainties are never so pleasing to the palate as the half pint of skim milk to the really apt patient. When the milk cure works well the patient soon finds himself sleeping soundly and rising in good health and in fine spirits. Few patients have full work- ing strength during the treatment, and the inconvenience of a dozen meals a day becomes extremely irksome and seriously interferes with intellectual work. To the really incapacitated victim of dyspep- sia, however, the milk treatment soon brings a relief like being translated from torment to bliss. Physicians administer the milk treat- ment to persons who do not properly as- similate ordinary food. Such persons may be extremely thin or grossly fat. In either case their ailment is a form of starvation. Marvellous stories are told of the treatment. Men and women who seemed dying with clouded brains and listless bodies have been restored to health such as they never knew save in childhood. ILll-nourished sallow men and women have been brought to plump- ness of body and clearness of complex- ion. Waddling masses of fat with watery eyes and chalky faces have been reduced to normal proportions. Bright’s disease in its earlier stages has been arrested if not eradicated by the treatment, and chronie rheumatism has been banished from the blood. The stories told by milk diet patients and their physicians are al- most beyond belief. It is fair to add that the treatment sometimes fails, though the believers say that this must come from the neglect or disobedience of the pa- tient. The philosophy of the milk diet lies in furnishing to the dyspeptic patient an easily digestible food that contains all the elements necessary to life and the cleansing of the system preparatory to the building up of new tissue. Great stress is laid upon regularity of the milk meals, cleanliness of all vessels used, and great slowness in taking the milk. Some physicians insist that the patient shall eat with a spoon and occupy as much as ten minutes in taking a single glass of milk. The meal at its largest seldom exceeds a pint. Persons who have gone through the treatment and found relief often return to the milk diet at the slightest sign of indigestion. In such cases the patient usually begins with as much as two quarts a day, and in a few days reaches the maximum. A gradual return to solid food follows, provided the patient has found relief; and the whole duration of this secondary treatment need not ex- ceed a week. Some persons have kept up this system for years and taken no medicine for indigestion. Obstinate cases may necessitate as much as three months of the exclusive milk diet. This in some cases is followed by a sort of water-cure treatment that is even more trying. ee How to Remember. According to the laws of mental asso- ciation, we can recall knowledge only by connecting the unknown by the known. Just here lies the whole secret of a good memory for figures, words, ideas or any- thing else. We must always proceed from the known to the unknown, and re- cently acquired knowledge should be firmly associated with facts we already have a strong hold upon. We should as- sociate a figure with an article that it be- longs to, so that when we think of the latter we will also recall the former. To remember the price of a particular thing, we should always recall its price when- ever we look at or think of it. This will stamp it indelibly upon one’s memory. The reason we never forget the price of a three-dollar shoe is because we always think of the price and the shoe together. _—_———_— oe A man may think he adores a woman. But his love is put toa terrible strain when she asks him to button her shoes with a hairpin. —_—_——— oe Use Tradesman Coupow Books. ese nre ee ee ee " : Seeing What They Do Not See. From the New York Tribune. A firm whose place of business is in the Bowery has devised anovel scheme of at- tracting people to its show windows. The window panes are large and costly. On the inside of the glass a number of lines of green paint have been put on, so that they represent a broken window plate. Every detail has been so cleverly per- fected that the deception is complete, and the curiosity of the wayfarers is so excited that they step up to the window and touchit, only to find that it is a mockery. WORLD'S FAIR SOUVENIR TICKETS ONLY A FEW LEFT. Origina! set of four - - - - << 20 Complete set often - - - - . Order quick or lose the opportunity of a lifetime to secure these souvenirs at a nominal figure. They will be worth ten times present cost within five years. Tradesman Company, —IF YOU WISH AN — Engraving of Your Store, wm. Send us a photograph and tell us what changes you may wish in the view ar- rangement of signs, etc. (we can make any changes), and it will surprise you at how low a price we can make it and do the finest work. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, [lich. WE BUY Sundried and Evaporated APPLES HASTINGS & REMINGTON, GRAND RAPIDS, M'CH. PECK’ Pay the best profit. Celer BIOS. of Ui, STATE AGENTS FOR The Lycoming Rubber Company, keep coustanily 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- plete in every particular, also Felt Boots, Sox, ete. Thanking you for past favors we now await your further orders. Hoping you wiil give our line a careful inspection when our representative calls on you, weare REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO. HEADACHE POWDERS Order from your jobber ee ERG ye <2 ¢eor os ere vores ART TTA THUme WY! AWN = SHE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AROUND THE STATE. {the business at the same location under were sold recently to Louis Sands. He} The Age of Sieal. | has about 300,000 of choice maple on; Steal a chicken, and you are a thief, MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Clayton—Bennett & Soper succeed Ed- ward Bennett in the meat business. Ann Arbor—Zachar, Roath, of the dry goods firm of Beck & Ruath, is dead. Mason—Jobn N. Thorburn Thorburn & Densmore in the meat busi- | ness. Sturgis—E. A. Bresee & Co., dealers iu | new structure will be 24x30 feet in di- | wood, have solid their business to Geo. N. Rich. Allens—A. Z. Perry succeeds Mrs. A. succeeds | j i i ) of Frank F. Ward, and | business at the same Jeeation. | the same style. Kalamazoo—C. E. Haughawout, for- meriy engaged in the grocery busines at Lansing, has purchased the grocery stock will cuntinue the Slights—Kelly & Covell are building a new stcre building to replace the one destroyed by fire a few weeks ago. The mensions and two stories high. Eiisworth—Geo. Bates chased the general stock ot the Pine Lake recently pur- B. Wetmore in the drug and grocery | iron Co, at chattel mortgage sale. He! business. Lansing—C. C. Longstreet sueceeds Everett & Longstreet in the grocery business. Big Rapids—Granger & Co. sueceed Cannon & Granger in the flour business. Lake Odessa—Fowler & Hart succeed E. F. Colwell & Son in the hardware bDusiness. : Traverse City—lves & Owen have re- Belding te and feed moved their drug stock trom this place. Brutus—Mrs. J. P. Dimling ceeded by Mrs. J. P. Dimiing & Co. in the grocery business. Albion—Jnvo. D. Hunter & Co. succeed Cooper & Hunter in the clothing and hat and cap business. Kalamazoo—J. McLinden has opened @ grocery sture at the corner of Sarah aud Rose streets. Constantine—Raup & Hayman, cers, have dissolved, A. D. Raup countin- uing the business. Mt. Clemens—Pringnitz & -Hailer are succeeded by Haller & Dahm in the gro- cery and meat business. Elkton—Horton & Schiele, dealers and undertakers, have dissulved, KE. P. Schiele succeeding. Otsego—Frank Warner has purchased suc is gro- furniture P. W. Travis’ stock of men’s cluthing and removed it to the Union biock. Sturgis—Schweeder Bros.’ grocery and bakery stock was taken possession of by their father iast Saturday claims. Holland—D. E. McLeod, who recently sold his grocery stcek to G. Smeenge, has opened a restaurant and news staud in the Beach store. Midiand—Keardon Bros., general deal- ers, have merged their business into a corporation under the style of the Kear- don Bros. Mercantile Co. Hart—The Michigan Meat Co., after less than one week’s business experience, dissvived partnership, Hanmer & Smitp succeeding to the busiuess. Central Lake—Dr. F. C. Warne sold his branch drug store at this place to satisfy has to A. A. Miller, tormerly with G. M. Harwood, the Petoskey druggist. Otsego—James Caruthers and J. D. Woodbeck have formed a copartnuership and embarked in tue grocery busines un- der the style of Caruthers & Woudveck. Eaton Rapids—R. H. Reynolds has purchased the F. J. Feighver boot and shoe stuck, at Nashville, and removed it to this city, where he has opened tor business. Ovid—W. H. Hart, who sold his eon- fectionery and bakery stuck avuut a year | ago to F. E. Burt, has re-purchased the | stock and resumed business at the same location. Big Rapids—N. N. Nicholson. of Grand > Rapids, has purchased the stock of the Big Rapids Candy Co., and will continue | | holds is undecided as tu whether he will eluse| the stock outin aiump or continue the | business at the same location. Midland—H. P. Whipple has removed | his dry goods stock from Belding to this | and consolidated it with the gen- stock L. A. Mack and the two will continne the business in partner- ship with Wm. B. Remington, under the style of Whipple, Mack & Co. Kalamazoo—Ephtraim I. Mills has pur- cbased the Star Laundry, located at 116! North Ruse street, and changed the name Banner Steam Ed. | Whalen, who has had eight years’ expe- | rieuce with the Sager and Miller Laun- piace eral of to the Laundry. dries, will act as manager. Muskegon—J. B. Wallace and Thomas Moen have formed a copartuership up- der the style of Wallace & Mven and | opened a flour and feed store at 24 Pine Mr. Wallace was formerly en- gayed in the same business here, but fur | the past six years has resided at Seattle, Wash. Manistee Dummer sireet. cS have H. been m ©. arrested under a} under the fraudu-| The complainant in the case is the First National Bank, which two notes, amounting to $826, against the Dummers. The arrests grow out of the failure of Dummer & Son last summer, just prior to which they uttered both real estate and chattel mortgages to} brothers, covering all their property and shutting out all other creditors. | Bonds were furnished in the penal sum of $900 apiece. Dummer and civil warrant issued lent debtor act. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Saginaw—The Meteor Cycle Co. will remove from Battle Creek to this place, when the capacity of the factory will be | enlarged and the capital increased from $6.000 to $18,000, the new stock being | taken by Saginaw gentlemen. Ludingtoun—KEd Keats bas taken a con-| tract to furnish the Chicago & West! Railway 150,000 cedar and | white oak ties. The timber will come | from land adjacent to the road vetween White Cloud and Thompsonville. | Eagle Mills—F. W. Read & Co. have! purchased a tract of timber near Vermil- Michigan ,lac and are now putting in camps and preparing for the winter’s work. The! jogs will go to their mills by rail over | the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Rail- | way. | Manistee—The State Lumber Co. is| only running one side of its sawmil!l and is sawing sunken hardwood logs and) other relics which accumulate in the| booms from year to year. With these! they will use up a lot of cedar as floats’ and to keep their shingle mill at work. | Manistee—The maple flooring factory at this point did not prove tu bea Suc- | cess, as there were no practical men at. the head of affairs. The plant and stock NS anion vat i ship, where he has about 5,000,100 feet | for | has sawed 4,000,000. | after which the mill will | erating very heavily and the.output for they would run this Winter, as their ; docks were pretty well crowded, but hand and will start the factory and run this all into flooring as soon as the saw- mill shuts duwn. Farweli— E. Halt will construct a ging spur read trom this place three into Gilmore town- log- aud three-fourths miles, of and 1,500,000 feet of bemlock timber. The pine will be cut this win- ter aud Camps are now being constructed. The work on the railroad will also begin atonce. The timber, it is expected, will be railed to Mr. Hail’s mill at Bay City. Saginaw—Present indications are that pine the output of hardwood lugs in the Sagi- naw district the coming winter will be sinall, owing to the low prices and stag- nant market. The output of stave bolts is also likely tobe small E. A. who operates a large stave factory here, Gyde, says that of late stocks have been work- ing off, but in the main trade in staves has been very ligbt. Traverse City—The Traverse City Lum- ber Co. has shut down here | the the The mill here has cut 15 000,000 feet dur- | its sawmill j season, cut being finished. | ing the season, and the East Jordon mill The latter mill has weeks, but is prepared to resume operation with the advent of sleighing. All the lumber in the city yards will be shipped to Chicago, be:n shut down several be overhauled and repaired. It will be started again during January. Marquette—From present indications winter has set in for this locality, it hav- ing It say that as a general thing lumbermen are not as well prepared as usual for the snow. The uncertainty be- cause of forest fires made them unusually late in making a Start, and after the ‘amps were in it proved such a bad fali with much rainy that the work has gone forward very slowly, snowed steadily for several days. safe to is so weather in the burned districts, of course, there is un- usual activity, but those whose timber escaped scorching, as a rule, are not op- this district will be hardly as large as last season. Manistee—Buckley & Douglas will run their sawmill this winter, as usual, on hardwoods and hemlock. They are getting ready to pile 8,000,000 or 10,000,000 hemlock at the mouth of the river and will assort it in sizes and lengths as much as possible as an ex peri- ment this winter. Allthe sorting will be done at the mill and the lumber will be bauled by rail to the mouth of the river. From there it will be convenient to ship either by rail or water. There was coL- siderable doubt at one time as to whether largely lately there has been so much of a de- mand for lumber that most of it bas been cleaned off and there is less on hand bow than has been the case for time. a long —_—_— The Drug Market. There are few changes of importance to note. Gum opium is still advancing. A re- action May come, but itis believed that pre-ent prices will rule for some time. Morphia is unchanged. Quinine is steady. ; Ment, and you are a defauiter, Steal a thousand dollars from your em- ployer, and you are au embezzier, Steal five thousand dollars from the govern- Rob your competitor on the Stock Exchange of ten | thousand dollars, and you area financier. Rob hem of one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand d ilars, and you are a wizard or a Napoleon of finance. Wreck a railroad and gather it in. and you area “magnate.”” Wreck a great railroad sys- tem, and you are a “railroad king.’ Con- duct a negotiation by whicha strong na- tion plunders a weak nation of thousands upon thousands of square miles of. terri- tory and makes the weak nation pay mil- lions of money indemnity tor the w ropg it has suffered. and you are a diplomat. PROOUCK Warren Apples— There is a con-iderable improvement inthe demand due largeiy tothe fact th t the poor stuck So COMmmon earher in the season has been about all work: d off. Snows are all gone but toe ordinary wiuter varieties command $ 35 er bbl. Beans—The market has susta'ned as ill furth er advance. owing to the bad weather interfering with the harvesting and threshing of the crop, Handler have advanced their paying price for cleaned stock to $1.4 per tu , holdiny at $i.:5in Ge { Carlots. Butter—Dairy is in fairdemandand ade uate supply, theadvent of cold weather ushe ir g in a deluge of butterine which supplantsthe genu- inearticle in many directions. Best gra.es of dairy 2 ¢, while creamery is in Muue. ale TeEQUeSL al .3g2ic. collmand about Beets—Av demaid tu speak of, Cabbage—‘i he price rauges from $3 per 10) for beststuck duwu iv gl per luv tor Common. The crop il Unis Viciuily turus out to be unusually la. ge. Cauliflowers—75e per doz. for choice stock. Celery—Is held by dealers at 124c¢ per doz. igg Plant—TLe market price is $1.50 per doz. Ezys—~trictly fre-h are scarce aud readily command 20e per duz. It is believed that stocks in pickle:s’ hands are very much ema.ler than u-ual. owing to the disastrous exverience of picklers last season and their fear of Canadian competition this year Grapes—N. Y, Concords command 20¢ per 8 1b. basket. All Michizan varieties have disap- pexred fromthe market. Lettuce—1 ec per lb. Onions—Ked Weathe fields and Yellow Dan- vers command 4'¢ per bu. For some reason red stock is most sought for this season, whereas yellow stock bas always taken precedence in this respect heretofore. Parsnips —Grocers pay 35¢ per bu. Parsley —25¢ per doz. Potatoes- Coming in more freely to meet the increased demand from Indiana and_ other Southen shipping points Handlers pay 40c here and 3073 ¢ at outside buying pvints. Pears—Californias bring $2 per bu. box. Quinces—Dealers hold them at #1 per bu. Radishes—Grocers pay 8@ 0c per doz, Sweet Potatoes—jersey’s prime stock, are held by dealers at 75¢ per bu., or #2.23 per b 1, >quash—The market price is !¢ per lb. Tomatoes—About out of market. Turnips—Washed are sold on the market for 30e per bu, Vegetable doz. Oysters—Grocers pay 20c_ per Henry J. Vinkemulder, JOBBER OP Fruits and Vegetables, 418, 420, 445 and 447 So. Division St Grand Rapids. We have some very nice Red and Yel- low Onions. If you can use a ecarload can make youalow price. Quote you Fancy Yellow Onions at 45¢ per bu. Fancy Ked Onions 45¢ per bu. No. 1 Winter Apples $2 per bbl. No. 2 Winter Apples $1.75 per bbl. Fancy Jersey Sweet Potatves $2.75 per bbl. Cabbage 30 to 40¢ per doz. Hume-grown celery 15¢ per doz. if you have any Fresh Eggs to offer, please quote us price. Favor us with your orders, they will Gum assateetida is very scarce and it is believed that very little can pass the cus- toms house under present inspection. always have our prompt and careful at- ,tention and benefit uf any decline in ' prices. MICHIGAN i, Le, THADEHSMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. John Grabill has opened a meat mar- ket at the corner of Fifth and Union street. avenue J. P. Visner has sold his confectionery | stock at 66 Canal street to Dr. Geo. H.! Bellamy, the Monroe street dentist. The McBain Grocery Co. has embarked in the grocery business at McBain. The stock was furnished by the Lemon &| Wheeler Company. John A. MeAtee bas opened a grocery store at the corner of Levett street and Michigan avenue. The & Wheeler Company furnished the stock. Lemon The Hake Manufacturing Co. (incor- porated) succeeds the McGraw Mauufac- turing Co. in the manufacture of carvings and mouldings at South Grand Rapids. Chas. Retting, for many years a travel- ing representative for a Boston upholstery manufacturer, has formed a copartner- ship with Frank H. Sweet and the two will embark in the manufacture of up- bolstered goods here under the style of Retting & Sweet. The firm succeeds to the business established by Martin L. Sweet, and managed by Frank H. Sweet, but will discontinue the manufacture of chamber furniture, abandoning the Wine- gar plant, on Prescott street, and erect- ing factory buildings adapted to their use near the mcCord & Bradfield Furni- ture Co.’s plant. ee The Grocery Market. Sugar—The active demand or the elec- tion, or both, or -omething else, caused an upward Jast Thursday, when Nos. 6, 7, and 14 were advanced 1-16e. This advance was followed by an- other advance of }e on hards and 3-16¢ on the remainder of the list. The mar- ket is strong and higher prices are looked for daily. An unpleasant feature last week was a quotation on granulated ot 4c flat by Chicago houses. Some mer- chants who ordered ten barrels at this price received one barrel, but very few who placed their orders on this basis re- ceived any sugaratall. This appears to be Chicago’s idea of business ethics— demoralize the market by quoting goods less than cost and then refuse to sell the gouds at the prices queted. The situa- tion reminds one of the manper in which the Wm. M. Hoyt Co. treated the Grand Haven match factory, several years ago. The buyer of the house offered the fac- tory tor its threatening to quote the goods less thab movement 12 iv a certain price produet, cost in its price current lo the Crit rion if the offer was not accepted. The fac tory felt obliged te decline tie offer—or, rather, comply with the demand—and tor several mouths the Criéecrion appeared with a matches considerably Huyt a on Grand Haven below a quotauion the cost of mMauulacture, id net pretend to keep the youds iu stock and any ove who ordered the goods at the price quoted were informed that they were notin the market. pe r, but, in the long run, biuff aud blus- The quote tin continued tu ap- ter and bull-dozing methods failed to ac- cowplish the result aimed at aud the mis The rience of the past discloses the fact that quotation was withdrawn. expe- Hoyt and some of bis competitors have not forgotten their former methods of co- ercion which worked so suecessfully in the days of Chiecago’s supremacy as a jebbing center, but which avail little in | facturers | vanced their quotations ye. | for this article and manufacturing con- these days of decency and margin mak- | ing in trade. Coffee—Recent give the market a firmer tone and manu- from Brazil) advices of package brands have ad- } reduced | | \ | { | Jelly—Manufacturers have their quotations about 14 per cent. and jobbers have reduced their prices accord- ingly. Candy—The approaching holidays are instrumental in creating a brisk demand fectioners are all busy. Bananas—Thbis warket at present has plenty of stock with which to fill orders, but the cold weather retards the placing of orders by a great many, as the fruit 1s so succeptible to climatic changes and turns black with but very little exposure to the eold. Fiorida Oranges—Are coming in freely and the fruit now the fine golden color whieh insures ready sale. Prices are very low, considering the fact that the crop is estimated at one million boxes short of last year. Figs—In ample supply and prices have reached a very low point. Foreign Nuts—Are picking up prices show a much firmer feeling. Lemons—Florida and Malaga lemons comprise the offerings at present. The new Messinas will be in for about Prices wil! be high for the first cargo, as dealers will want a few boxes of first cutting; bat after one or two vessels have arrived there will be a decline. has and not two weeks. ——— The Grain Market. Wheat has been more active and higher than the previous week, as the mills are paying 3c per bushel advance. North- western receipts, although less than cor- responding time of Jast year, are still above what was expected and our ‘‘vis- ible” to-day is about 9.000.000 bushels wore than on the corresponding date of 1893. The strength in wheat is the ex- treme low price and the amount that is being fed to stock, as it is claimed that already 40,000,000 have veeu fed, and this process will probably reach 75,000,000 to 80,000.000 for the crop year. Exports have been about 250,000 bushels less than during the pre- ceding week and show material signs of increasing in the near but this may all be changed when our foreign some bushels ~ 4 future, friends see that our receipts have fallen off in the Northwest, for they caunot hold up always, as it is claimed that more than half the sold from first hands. crop bas been In this section wheat cer- tainly is not plenty. Corn has held its own and prices have not wade any marked change, although a very Short crop. The consumption has the is too in years gone by, and also too high at pres- been less, as present price high to manufacture it in syrup, as ent for distilling. Oats, while high, are not The taet is, there is no specula- moving as freely. tion in any of these cereals as in years gone by. The are waiting to see the receipts grow less and the “shorts” deem it rather risky to put out new large lines. Receipts the past two weeks have been old-time “longs” Gripsack Brigade. J. P. Visner (Jobn A. Toiman Co.) has taken up his residence at the Eagle Hotel. Sam T. Goldberg bas resigned his po- sition with Sam Folz, the Kalamazoo elothier, and will travel for Bros. & Co., a Chicago cigar firm. territory will be Michigan. Chairman Bradford has call for a meeting of the Executive Com- mittee of Post E, to be held at the New Livingston Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock; also a call for a meeting of all the convention committees at the same place Saturday evening. The Champion Cash Register Co. engaged three additional salesmen dur- ing the past week—Geo. S. Sanford, who has traveled the past twelve years for the Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co.; Halsey Montgomery, for several years connected with the National Cash Register Co. and Theo. Schultze, formerly on the road for the Paul Bechner Co., of Milwaukee, Wis. A young Chicago drummer a vacation with his uncle in the country aud was suddenly called upon to ask the blessing, and not being used io it he promptly faced the difficulty in the fol- lowing words: ‘‘We acknowledge the receipt of your favor of this date. Al- low us to express our gratitude for this expression of good will. Trusting that our house may merit your confidence, and that we shall have many good orders issued a ¢ e has yas taking from you this fall, we are yours truly, amen.’? The old man will say grace hereafter. ——— >_< Purely Personal. tion as book keeper for the !. M. Clark Grocery Co., and taken a position in brokerage office of Geo. R. Perry. A cer Co.) leaves Thursday for Chicago, ter. week to attend the funeral of an aunt of Mrs. Stevens. Wednesday. teem contributions of an acce ture. Canse—a nine pound girl. Fermentum Company, has been in for several days, renewing old acquaint Geo. H. Knight has taken the positiot of superintendent of the mechanical de devolving upon him in his bew position ————__—_-<—_—_—— The Commercial Channing Whitney & Co. will succeet : 2 corn, 9 ears; oats, cars. wheat has been, as usual, taken by the mills. The usual crop report has not made its appearance, as was expected on the 10th. C. G. A. Voie. —wheat, 60 cars The | | monthly | ney & Wilcox, at Adrian, Jan 1. $75,000. Channing | President and Chas. S. Whitney will ac | as Cashier. Lillienfeld His ; Perey T. Storrs has resigned his posi- the Chas. E. Olney (Olney & Judson Gro- where he spends a few days prior to his departure for Santa Barbara for the wit- Sidney F. Stevens (Foster, Stevens & Co.) was called to Trenton, N. J., last He is expected home on Chas. N. Remington (Hastings & Rem- ington) is in the market for all publica- tions ota lullaby character and would es- table na- L. Winternitz, General Manager of the town partment of the Champion Cash Register | qualified to discharge the difficult duties Exchange Bank of the Commercial Exchange Bank of Whit- The institution will have a capital stock of Whitney will be CN ee een ne Change in Management. At the annual meeting of the Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co., the old directors were re-elected, follows: Capt. H. N. Moore, Wm. P. Granger, T. Stewart White, Thomas Friant, Chas. S. Robinson, F. E. Rice and A. B. Wykes. The directors thereupon elected the fol- lowing officers: President Granger. Vice-President—Thomas Friant. _ Secretary and Treasurer—Chas. S. Rob- inson. as and Manager—W. Pr: Mr. Granger has been identified with the since its organization and is thoroughly familiar with every depart- ment of the business. company It is understood that Capt. Moore’s re- tirement from the management of the ill health and to his desire to enjoy the repose to which an active business career for a quarter of a century entitles him. business is due to re Placing ths Responsibility. Customer. I want you to take back these shoes, they are too small. Cohenisky—Oh, no, mine friendt; it’s your feet dot’s too large, de shoes vos all righdt, you musdt flav de blame on nature for de misfit, not on me. ca In the meat shops of towns in New Mexico and Arizona the visitor from the East is apt to notiee that the dressed eareasses of sheep have a tuft of. wool still attached to the head and tail. This is left bv the butcher to assure the cus- tomer that it mutton, and not goat flesh, that he is buying. for in these Territories many flocks of goats are reared and pastured by the small Mex- iean ranchmen to be killed for food for the poorer natives. Roast or stewed kid, with Chili pepper sauee, is an esteemed dinner dish at the tables of many well to-do American and Spanish-American citizens. 1s + { FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC, Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and ane cent a word for each snbsequent insertion, No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents, Advance narment. _— SAL® CHE:P IP T\KEN AT ONCE— Drug store doing good business. Vatne, Yess then $1.0". Addres No. 629, care Michigan Tradesman 629 F RW SALE— FIR~T CLASS (; ROCERY STCCE and fix nres newrly new. Good loration, good town. Go dreason for selling. Great on- roctunity for the right man. Address No. “27, eare Michigen Tradesman 627 ot ate ere ks PAYING JEW- el-v business ina Michigan ‘own of 1,00 population. Stock and fixtures, % 0 to $1,000, ineinding a first-elass fire proof safe For eash or real estate. W. G., cae Michigan Trades- man. 52 RICK STORE TO RENT: LIVING ROOMS ab ve: good trading point. surrounded by $s good arming | nds: a undance of fruit: rea- sovahle terms. Address A. L. Power, Kent City, Mich. 626 : »R SALE—A SHOE BUSINESS, OR HALF io ances and making some new ones. He ts interest in ssme on one of the principal - - streets in Grand k ids New stovk goo? trade, in excellent health and spirits and fondly | joeation Al. Address No 624 care Michigan : 7 desm 8 louks forward to the time when he can Tradesman. 624 ave Chic: Por ¢ ane residence TILL PAY \ ASiI Paik STUCK OF CLOTEH- ieave Chicago fora permanent e, \\ oT cet uk Rate Bae ee in this city. Cadillae Mich. 66 | hg TO SELL BAKING POWDER TO THE a grecery trade steacy emrloyment, ex perience unnecessary. $>monthly and expen sexs or com. If offersatisf4ctory address at once i ‘ with pertienlars e once ning yourself. U. S. Co. Mr. Knight was formerly connected | Chemical Works, Chicago. 608 with the world-famous institution of So MILL—WE OFFER FOR SALE i : ao : ae oo the North side Planing Mill, which is first- Pratt & Whitney and is in every Way | ejassin every respect, or will receive proposi- tio) sto locate the business in some other thbriv- invtown. Correspondence and inspection solic- ited. Sheridan, Bovee &' o., Manistee, Mich. u13 — NEW RAR-LOCK TYPEWRITER i for sale at a great rednuetion from Cost- Reason for selling. we desire another pattern of hine, whieh we consider the 100 4 | same make of mac | best on the market. Tradesman Compe2ny | Louis st.. Grand Rapids. 7 \ YANTED—:- VERY DRUGGIST JUST starting i» bu-iness and every 0 e already started to use our system of poi-on laels, What has cost you #14 you can now get for 3: *our- teen labels do the work of 113. Tradesman Company, Grand Kapids. i t 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. SIX LETTERS TO A CLERKE---V. Telling Tales Out of School. An Old Merchant in Hardware. One of my friends in the wholesale trade came to me as 1 was about to start on a trip selling goods, saying: ‘‘You can do me a favor, if you will; I constantly hear it said that I am selling a great many ‘seconds,’ and I find it is damaging my trade. If it wastold by my compet- itors I could fight against it, but, some- how, it sticks too well for a mere trade story. When you get among any retail- ers who have bought of me, [ wish you would feel around, and if they have heard any such tales, try and learn how they first came to them, and you will do me a favor.’’ I promised to oblige him, but was in danger of forgetting it, until one day I overheard a merchant talking to a drum- mer. The merchant answered a remark I had not heard, observing: **Your price is hig:; So and-so offered the goods for less.” ‘*Pooh,’’ said the salesman, ‘‘you know the goods that he sells; we don’t deal in seconds.’? When it came my turn to doa little drumming, L finished my own business, and then | began to in- quire on my friend’s account. I asked: **You buy some goods of ‘So-and-so”’ ” “Oh, yes; but not many.” **Isn’t he on the square?’’ “To tell the truth. I never had any- thing from him that was not all right, but I believe he handles a good many seconds, and I don’t care to get any.”’ 1 professed surprise at this. | knew him to be a shrewd merchant, much too} shrewd to sell seconds for firsts. *Well,’? said my customer, ‘I didn’t take much stock in it at first, but his own traveling man admitted it, and leon- eluded it is true.” I dropped the matter, but when I had opportunity again I examined others and found the same auswer, that So-and so’s traveling man had admitted it. My friend was much surprised when 1 told him who was authority for the stories circulating among the trade, but he satisfied himse!f of the truth of it and promptly discharged the man. Now, the truth was, he had no more seconds in stock than other houses in his line car- ried, and what he bought for seconds he sold as such; but the salesman, having lost a customer by selling him seconds at the price of firsts, had found it conven- ient to tell of the incident so often that nearly all his cronies had heard of the story about the ‘‘seconds;” and when he was through telling the tale, ail his hear- ers remembered was that his house sold seconds. As I said, he lost his place, and could not get another in so responsi- ble a position in the city. Not long since | met the bookkeeper of a merchant who was in ratner deep water, and whom a very slight push might push beyond any power to save. While we were talking, another man joined us, and, urning to the young man, asked: *“*How is M getting along in his af- fairs?” “Ain’t getting along at ali,” was the answer. **Won’t he puil through?”’ **He thinks be will.’’ **What du you think?”’ **] think it’s six of one and half a dozen to fanother.” Within an hour the questioner had put his claim against M —— in the hands of a lawyer. It was prumptiy brought before &@ justice, and before night it was known to several that M—— had been sued. Now notice how things had worked. M—— had made arrangements with a banker to help him over the crisis, and the matter was to be closed the next morning at 7 o'clock; but, in the mean- time, M——’s clerk had said what he never Ought to have said, brought his employer before the court, and frightened the banker from helping him. Tne mer- chant had to make an assignment. Said a merchaut to me while we were talking on this subject: **Boys will biab, and you cannot help it. Il remember one of my clerks destroyed a very pretty trade | once had in a patent saw. I had no monopoly of it, except from the fact that none of my competitors Kept it. Lf Went to work quietly and built up quite a@ trade on it, a trade that paid mea couple of thousand dollars in the season. rice Current. Dry Goods P Bree 22 3 7 Bieeee .. . aac 5% itkiein BA 6 — hee soo OX “se ss Chapman cheese cl. - Clifton CR Comet... ... ‘ ba Dwight Star... - 6& Cifen CCC........ 5% BB. -.6. Amazon... -s Amsburg.. Art Cambric. -10 Blackstone A A - th Beats All.... 4 Boston ... i 4 Cabot... - 6% Cabot, X..... -. 3% Charter Oak... - oe Conway W 7% Cieveene ...... ... 6 Dwight Anchor.. 8 ‘¢ shorts 8 Edwards. . -_s eee... | cerwer.......:-.. .- 7 Fruit of the Loom. is | Fitehville | First Prize foes ees é | Fruitofthe Loom &. 7% Fairmount. . 434 Pusat Vorue.... ..... 3% UNBLEACHED COTTONs. “Arrow Brand 4% : oT — 6 Full Yard Wide... rgia A.... Fonest Width. - \%l Indian Head Amory 6%|King A A.. 6% Archery er - 4 |KingEC... =o. Beaver Dam AA 4%|Lawrence L Blackstone O, 32....5 |Madras cheese _— oe Black Crow..... -. Newmarket : Black Rock .. ao» Sal Boot, AL.... 7 Capital A. a Cavanat V.. 54 BLEACHED COTTOXNS. - 84 /Geo. ee 6 6 i. 6 Top of the Heap.... 7 . 8 7 Glen Mills.. Gold Medal... 4 WE Green Ticket.. - Big Great Falis.......... 6% ee ee Te xine Pip, MO By King P.-.- 0 Or..... 3% assis Cambric. “10 Lonsdale...... @8 Middlesex.... .. @ 4% foe eo. 7% om View... so 5c: 6 or Own.......-.... 5% Pride = the West...12 mosses... sc. % Sunil ght cece oe ae 4% Tica” ee... 8% _ Nonpareil ..10 ene... 2... 8% White Horse....... “e 8% HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. ee. . | Parwell.. oe Unbleached. Housewife A 5g : cae eae CaRPET Peerless, white.. = colored... Integrity .. ea DRESs pong ececescces ss eee cee -10% GG Cashmere...... a Nameless os ace Grand Rapids..... 4 50 Armory <2... 6x/" Androscoggin ....... 7% Biddeford.......... 6 Brunswick. - 6% Allen turkey reds.. 5% robes.... ... _ pink & purple 5% uffs 5% _ 4 checks. Hr 5 “ _ghirtings ... 3% American fancy ... 5 Americanindigo .. 4% American shirtings. 1% Argentine Grays... 6 Anchor —.- . 4 Arnold --- § Arnold Merino ... 6 3 one cig 9 “ «century cloth ; «gold seal. ...10% ‘* green seal TR 10% “yellow seal. Hel se serge... = Pe hey ted. : eae re. ned | farmer First Prize.. -- 10% Lenox Mills ........ 18 stente. Oa, 6% FE eG! 6% fie acer is . RSETS. ee 89: 50 Sehtilfing’sS.. ...... 90 Davis Waists .... 9 00 dallon solid olack “ golors. sengal bl blue, green, and orange .. 6 serlin eee... 2... 5% oil blue . ... 6 “ “ een 6 “ Fonlards 5% - wee... 7 3 ea 9%)! - “ <4... - “ 3-4XXXxX 12 Cocheco fancy...... 5 madders. . “2 . XX twills.. “ solids 5 TICK pepeaent 2 AC A.....3 as Hamilto’ eu eaes > aga Anchor..... 8 Me OANTON FLANNEL. oes. Housewife e: - OY Integrity colored. ..18 See 7 are ** colored .19 e0oDs. Nameless........... CORSET JEANS. Sue Berwick fancies.... 5% 5%/|Clyde Robes........ Charter Oak fancies 4 DelMarine oer: 8 5% urn’g ee Eddystone yom chocolat 5 e rober 5 sateens. 5 Hamtiton —. 5 taple 5 Manchester Pacific — meees. ....55.. "$ % bes Portsmouth robes... 6 Simpson mourning.. 5 5 gr et told binck 5 n indigo. 6% “ Turkey ro : ** India robes. 1 plain Tky x % 5 “ Ottoman Tar- ce, % Martha Washi in ig Ron %. Martha Washington Turkey red.. % Riverpoint robes 5 Windsorfancy .... 6% we gold ticket indigo blue....... 10% Harmer... ... 46 INes. Oe ee 11% Pemberton —_ —— Swift River . chnccans 4 Pearl River......... 12 OO ok cc Conostoga ......... 16 ent A cl 8 No Name........ .. 7% Top of Heap........ 9 DEMINS. Amoskeag.......... Columbian ne 12 rg Rs cas 14 Everett, — S “a - brown .14 AnGover............. 11% Haymaker bias. bok “1% Beaver Creek .< brown... 7% S mene... 2... 11% Lancaster .......... 12% Boston Mfg co. a 7 |Lawrence, 9oz......12% blue 8% " 0, 220....18 “* datwist 10% - No. 250....10 Columbian XXX br.10 _ No. 280.... 8 XXX b!.19 GINGHAMB. Amoskeag...... Lancaster, —-: - “Persian dress 6h» fanci ” Canton .. 7 - Sennen $ = er ees £44/Lancashire.......... 4% * Teazle...10%|Manchester......... 4% ree Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 4% ' ee -2 Normandie.. on On — staple.... 64%/Persian............. 6% Arasapha fancy ... 4%|/Renfrew Dress...... 1% Bates \ —_ dres 7%|Rosemont..........- 6% taples. 6 |Slatersville......... 6 mama” Cees - oe esiesls Lode ™ cereereom ....... 5... SOT Tacemees ............ Cumberland staple. ie Toll a Bord. :..... as Cumberland.... .... UME oo a sooo oa SESS i * seersucker.. 1 “cree REE 7%4|Warwick.... ...... Everett classics..... 8% Whittenden ie cues Exposition.......... 14 heather dr. 7% eneri®.........:.. 6% “* indigo blue 9 Glenarven.......... 6%|Wamsutta staples... gg Glenwood... ....... % Westbrook oees pine een. Bo 10 Jd mse vhalon cl a Windermeer.... .... 5 * indigo blue 9% iYork..... .......... 6% ‘* sephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGs, seers Scawieccwtea is Serge... .._... -- 13 Ws snip, aE EE SS ioe cae wena Boake g ile ee ol THREADS, Clark’s Mile oe --45 [Barbour's..... .....% Coates’, J. & P....... 45 |Marshall’s ... ...... 9 Holyoke ep obec ewens 2% ENITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored me 6... oS 38 |No. 14.......37 42 go ee Sr: 66s 43 a o> ee... 44 - 2... oe 41 eS eee ow 40 45 Ca¥BRICS, Slater...... 4 (Eewards........... 4 White Star......... 4 |Lockwood | Kid Glove........... 'Wood’s.... 4 Newmarket......... 4 |Brunswick 4 BED FLANNEL, eee. Clewes cowee ew ih, 2 2% Creedmore.......... ee co --B2% Talbot XXX Seca “ad A ee io NE 35 Nameless........... 27%|Buckeye.... ........ 2% MIXED FLANNEL. soe plaid..40 j|GreySRW......... 17 eed 22y|Weetern W222, 183 Windaoe oe meee 18% 6 oz Western........ 20 |Flushing XXX...... —* ee Be 22%|Manitoba........... 23% DO: FLANKEL, _——- oe 8 @2#& sca 9 @10% ---- 8%@I10 oe 12% CANVASS AND PAD Slate. Brown. Black .|Slate ge Black 9% 9% 9¥g | 10% % 10% 10% 10% 10%/ 11% 11% 11K 11% 11% 114}12 12 2 12% 12% 1244/20 20 DUCKA. Severen, 8 oz........ ot West Point, 8oz....10% Mayland, 8oz....... 10 12% Greenwood, 7% os. ay <*: Raven, 100z......... 13% Greenwood, 8 oz. . 2.11% ee 18% Boston, 8 oz......... 10%/Boston, 10 oz........ 12% WaDDINes, White, doz.........- 2 |Per bale, 40 — a 50 Colored, dos. ---0 [Colored * .......780 SILESIas, Slater, Iron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket.... ee - Red Cross. 7 AO ec. oa. cs 9 * ie Bedford 10% " Best AA..... ia — City cee 1n\y sets eens oe a + EP nateneaees mates EWING SILK. Corticelli, doz....... 45 [Corticelli — twist, doz. .37 per oz baill...... 50 Seti wise santa cd No : BY ¢ &Y ‘White... ag f No * Brea White, 15 ” 3 " 2 | “9 “ “3 No 2—20,M C.. No 415 # 3%...... 3—18, oe... 27 a ” No 2 White & Brxi2 No 8 8 White & BI’k..20 oo 4 uo woke “ 10 “ 23 “ 6 “ .18 |“ 12 “ 128 SAFETY PINs. PG co ce 28 ‘ee Bodie bee aad 3 5—4....175 6—4... po wo 65 6—4...2 30 eerie. Cotton Sail Twine.. oe 14 Cr 3 Rising Star4-ply....17 % 3-ply....17 North Star.......... 20 Wool Standard 4 ply17% Powhattan ......... NaBURGS 6&/{“ount Pleasant.... 6% NO utcne 5 Prypmeet ...5..0..,. 5% Randelman......... 6 a cooee BYG ono Meare tte ts Otis checks... ..... 7% SEEDS! Everything in seeds is kept by us— Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top, Blue Grass, Seed Corn, Rye, Barley, Peas, Beans, Ete. If you have Beans to sell, send us samples, stating quantity, and we will try to trade with you. We are headquarters for egg cases and egg case fillers. W. TY LAMBREAUX CO., weisciagetse? GRAND RAPIDS, M1CH Betsy and T Are Out Draw up the papers, lawyer. And make ’em good and stout, For things at home are crossways, And Betsy and I are out. It’s only a very little thing That’s a-partin’ of us two; Tinsist on usin’ Atlas Soap And she’s got to use it, too. » Andif she don’t I declare to you, I'm a-goin’ to git up and git; I’ve allus been boss of the roost at home, And I’m going to be boss yit. If Betsy don’t come to terms to-day, And git Atlas Soap at the store, I’m goin’ to leave without delay, And I'll not come back any more. Menufactured only by HENRY PASSOLT, Saginaw, Mich EATON, LYON & CO NEW STYLES OF ice Siena 20 & 22 Monroe St., GRAND RAPIDS. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO. ; Headquarters for Over Gallers Od Leggins $2.50 per dozen and Upwards. Lam Wool Soles Duck and Sheepskin Sil30eF8. Mail us your order and we will guarantee satisfaction in both and quality. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. rar eee 1 cautioned my traveling men to telk clerk: there is but one safe rule for him about the saw only to our customers, and to do no outside bragging. But I ‘over- looked my entry clerk; 1 didn’t suppose he was going to go up and down the street telling of the saws we sold, but that is just what hedid. He fancied it added to his importance to show that the house was doing a big trade, and so he kept up an admiring tale of our trade in saws, often telling this when among the clerks of my competitors. It was not long till l found the saw with the other houses, and then my sales and profits be- gan to drop. That boy’s boasting cost me $1.500 a year.’’ “And what did you do with the boy?” *At first | thought I'd ship him, but he was a pretty good boy, and I concluded it would be a lesson to him, so | kept him; he’s been us dumb as an oyster ever since.” These are a few instances I recall where clerks have damaged their em- ployers by talking too much; but I am satisfied the amount of harm done yearly to merchants by just such work as tris is incredibly large. What our competitors say of us does very little good or harm; it is taken for what it is worth, ana abundant alluwances made for business rivalry. But this is not the case when our own clerks speak against us. A miserable little rat often sinks a great beautiful ship, and a mer- chant’s well-laid plans are brought to naught because a babbling clerk men- tions them where they are carried to the ears of his competitors, Udoubt if merchants realize the extent to which their business is talked over by the clerks when out of the store. And there are two kinds of talking clerks—one hears a great dea! and tells nothing of importance, the other tells everything and learns nothing; he talks for the love of talking, because he does not know any better. The proverb tells of silence being golden, but it is a great deal more than that, it is gold—the pure metal. There ean never come any good from telling about the business or the plans. If other clerks are interested in your story at all, it is only because they are picking up items about your business that they carry to their-employers. I noticed one of my traveling men in very close conversation with a compet- itor’s clerk, one day, and I began to feel uneasy about it, not knowing what might be said about our affairs before the con- ference broke up. But my man came to me with a smile of satisfaction, a while afterwards, saying, “Il was pumping Charlie to find out where their travel ng man is.” ‘Did you learn?” ‘**Yes; and I’m going out to-night to head him off.” I didn’t have much respect for the clerk who had told. I confess I cannot understand how a elerk can go on bliudly talking about his employer’s business with peuple outside of his store. If a sharp thing has beeu done in the store they tell of it as if itin some way added to their reputation four smartness. Ata social cail, one evening, it chanced that two clerks of rival houses were together. One of them, when con- versation flagged, told of an incident that was rather laughable, where one of their men had got an order from a retailer by a very sharp dodge, and so interested was he in his own story that be gave names and locations. The other clerk had a good memory and told the story in his office the next day to, among others, the traveling man, who, in turn, made a minute of itin his mind, and, when next in the store of the man upon whom the dodge had been played, used the story to such advantage that be got an order, and the other man got—the door the next time he came there. 1 overheard a conversation like this once between two clerks, who met just a few feet ahead of me: **How’s trade, Jim?” *Can’t complain.”’ “Pho! That’s what you always say.” “Well! Do you suppose if it was dull I'd say so?”’ If | had known the boy I would have patted him on the back. The merchants often let ont secrets and damage their trade by boasting, I am well aware, but that is Lo excuse for the , Wro toe ae —* Sp adslg iccc ens sande ocean on = BAMMERKe, ‘ : rodent Table. ...........:.... a eedaaes ' ee le ea to follow, and that is to refuse to discuss | Wrought Inside Blind.....,.............. 2 I costae dea rape teaa eee =.= matters with anyone but the people be-| Wrought Brass.............2..2..-cseeceeeee S| veskou& Piambs.... TS a ae longing in the store with him, for he | Blind, Clark’s...................--s00--++++- ae Mason’s Solid Cast Steel....... ..B0e list 60 cannot know what advantage a compet- ooo b sewn tie oktrs seinsciones ates co Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand....30c 40&10 itor may get from some careless word — Pies HINGES. dropped by him . Gate, Clark’s, 1,2,3...... SES ns d18.60&19 . Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 60&10 2s a nL per dos. net, 2 50 Ce CRADLES. —-* Hook and Strap, to 12 in. a 14 and Social Factor in Business. Grain...... Pea ee eae: ele eds maa ee 49810 | screw Hook and Eye, %................ net i o “ “ ‘ From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter. CROW BABS. “ “ “ - ey a i = me In a small town or city, the retailer's | CS#t St0el.....----.----eeeeeeeeeerreees pre 6 ota can, (eNURIRICR MII Se personality has much to do with the vol ee CAPS. Strap and T hd ide baie anecvel ani lei dla-g aidngidial lig al aumals dis. 2 : . oie oer cec cine ce gecsns e i ae = Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton. 7-10 10 over themselves in order to do @ thing] Door, porcelsin, trimmings .............-.. | OS, CR es i5¢ per dos awkwardly. No manor woman wishes | 9rawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 79 | Mouse, delusion...... peanart ae non! 81. a rag to see one of them in the house. The of- LOCK8—DOOR. dis. | Bright Market... ........ Pua 70-10 fice boy is often a terror in manners and Se tee eGo new list . = Annealed Nee a in language—not that he is much worse | granford’s ............-. : Bae ee Bh. than the average boy, but the average | Norwalk’s....................sesee-seeeeeees 55 | Coppered Spring Steel............ 1.101 % boy is no saint. eile MATTOCKS. a ta Bar| bed Fence, a. Seiad epee ean ba. 2 56 i i ’ : Sac i¢ | AGES BVO ... nc nce ce ccesee -10 oe oe Gs . . Ce TT mE ib ah go From a business man’s poipt of view it} ging ee .-. 815.00, dis. 60-10 HORSE NAILS. “7 pays to have every boy and sit WORM Hees a. $18.50, dis. 20410. oe ee EE waa dis. 40&10 avout the place polite and gentlemanly | | MAUL. dis, MM... os. cae cis dis. 05 in word and action. People like to be Sperry & Co.’s, Post, a ete oe tg aie oe oa a ‘Morthwestern............. cpa es dis. 10&10 treated well, and they will take pains to coffee, F Parkers Coo 40 | Baxter’s Adjustable, 1 nickeled Se * 30 zo where their treatment is perfectly sat- ’ es = + = Malieabies 46| Coe’s Genuine ................... eeu 5f isfactory. When a merchant is known a Lan is — 8 nea = oe ee wrought, cen a. to have polite, obliging and gentlemanly eee ster Asem® OA GATES. dis. ee Gaee = clerks in bis employ, when his errand | 3%tebbin’s Pa seen sees ++ 601 | BI OF wosinelcceaieeatnn sacsien) ad cn lain 5 I cee, fcc se ee t boys are always known to be neat, care-| epbinis Genuine oor ooo, |S et nee ful and quiet, he will have advantages in NAILS . Beda d Plate 5041010 holding his trade which the man who em-| Advance over base, 0 on | both Stoel and Wire. Dampers, American......... “0 ploys rough belp will never understand, | Steel nails, Dase pase... 35 | Porks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods..... 8&i10 although he will probably feel it to his ee —_- METALS, sorrow. ee 10| Pig LArge....---.-.eseeeeee eos ay 26¢ i > lec one ena ae ewe = Pig Bars.. A a 28r Lse Tradesman Coupon Books. Bessel ve cseesoeete sees reteeecees 35 in Pound eases per pound. ee ae Ce 6% i... 45} Per pound.. a ae alee 7 Hardware Price Current. Se oe te Ce es we) Gaere Wikies occ ? es oe 90| The prices of the many other qualitier of These prices are for cash buyers, WhO|8 «2.2.21... ee cee cece teen ee ee es : = solder in oe eens ——t by nrivate brands pay promptly and buy in full packages. agg Seer st- eesen vary according to composition aes eeu 1 60 ANTIMOXY. wees has eae eaeeednde ee le ice ee per pound ee es wal Bisseesseceeeciee eet sec 75 | Hallett’s....... wee Ms ee ui mci meses sie tama sinensis ~suancinn Hage EE I EG 95 | Pimiah 10.--. 22... eee eee eee eens 7% | 10x14 IC, Charcoal...............2.-.2-2- 40. 8750 ee qmitation ees Oia ca ae 50410 ere tener teat ete = toxia 1X, . eee 7 80 AXES. linch 10.........- -_— .* . iret Quality, 8 Misromes:. ................ 85 os . a at Rach additional X on this grade, $1.75. * s DB. Bronze CA cw sibo ute eie Ou al 00 “ eee 90 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADS. : oo seeteecceeeecenees aa Gari’ e. 6... 1% 1exi4 TO, Charcoal ..........2..002+-ceeeeeee T i SOO PLA 2. 6 7 BARROWS. Ohio Tool Co.'s, fancy .. »|} 10x14Ix, 8 2 ate i yee ened Sciota Bench... ae an 8 .. & Garden mony 4 Tool ¢ Co. a, fancy.. Ci eee ceeess sce Each additional X X on this grade 81.50. ee a PING PLATES oe he Seta prmeeniy ahyme Level Co.'s wood. - 5010 — i 5 Worcester Co addon pei eae se Carriage new iist 10 | BEY, Acme. aes vecece eco coe ees ate wx IC, pe Gag 13 5 Seca anna ee nen Santen ee yee Common, polished...................0+- 4x20 ; away Be ae } Sleigh shoe...... .. Beers 70 : " ete vate. Lexa) 1, ee... Sere Ze KETS. Iron and Tinn Seca uaee 20x28 sg ee i ie ell, Ohi cid § 3 50| Copper Rivets and Burs.................... 60—10' 20x28Ix, “ “ ee 15 56 NE ONO ores tee ns ced peesentas ose 400 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE, i PATENT FLANISHED IBROX. 14x28 1X 814 00 Rv’PrTs. CAST, Bt “an Wood's patent planished Nos. 4 to 27 10 2 14x71 TY seer ceeees aes Terre eee eee 15 00 Ui een aga . ‘. 4 RINE TT ST fr Pn geen res swmacanes eee Aisi Neat ran Aap lg ese THE MICHIGAN 'TRADESMAN. - : ra WEKEELY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THRE Best Interests of Business Men. Pablished at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollar a Year, Payabie 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 discontinned, except at the option of the proprietor, until £1] arrearages are naid. Sample copies sent free to any address, Entered at Grand Rapids post-office as second- “lass matter. te When writing to any of our advertisers, olease say that you saw their advertisement in Cae MicHiGaAN TRADESMAN, E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, NOV: MBER 14, RAILWAY WAGES AND EARNINGS. | The railways of the country have long been the subjects of harsh criticism by the agricultura! and working classes of the eople, and, alihough they have enormously lowered the cost of the transportation of necessaries, the rail- way corporations cuntinue to be the themes of much popular condemnation, and many peopie claim that the farmers and the working classes will never be prosperous until the roads shall be seized and operated by the Government. The records of the receiverships and bankruptcies, through which so many of the American railroads have passed or are passing, ought to prove that many of these corporations are far from prosperous. Nevertheless, there is preva- lent a notion that much of the trouble comes from the fact that the earnings of the reads are squandered on high- salaried officials, while the men are Wronged with starvation wages. As re- liable information on every economic Subject is both instructive and necessary to the proper understanding of such mat- | ters, Tuk TRADESMAN is glad to present | Some statistics gathered by that well-in- formed journal, the Chicago Railway Age. The Age shows that fifteen leading Western railway companies, which op- erate more than track miieage of cuuntry, employ 170.657 are pid au aggievate of $107 888 694 in wages. Out of the wages accuunt $1.205,151 1s paid to Officials who get salaries of $5,000 and over. if all officials discharged and their wages were paid to the workingmen, each laborer’s Wages would be increased by the amount of $7.06 a year or 13 cents a week. As the Aye well says, this is what the talk about high salaries comes to as at- fecting the employes, when ihe facts are reached that if, of the railway compa- nies of the West, the entire staff of presi- dents, general managers, vice-presidents, counsel, superintendents, enzineers—or any one else receiving $5,000 a year—were to be absulutely wiped away and their offices abolished, money so saved, being distributed amoung all employes, would raise the geveral one-fourth the entire the persons, to whom these high were who is the entire | level of wages by just about 2 cents a day. The Age shows that of the fifteen com- panies referred to above twelve earned some sort of a margin for dividends dur- ing the last fiscal year. Three showed a deficit. The aggregate net earnings ap- plicable to dividend payments of all the companies (treating the roads as one System and deducting the three deficits from the twelve balances of profit) amounted to $8,941,068. The total capi- tal stock of all the companies was al- most exactly $1,000,000,000. The divi- dend earned, therefore, on the total stock was a little over four-fifths of 1 per cent. If half of all that stock was watered, the dividend earning amounted to less than one and four-fifths of 1 per cent. If three-quarters of it was water and only one-quarter represented actual invest- ment, the dividend was less than 24 per cent. But, suppose that, instead of paying | any dividend to the stockholders, the net earnings of the railways in question were to be divided among the employes, each | to receive an equal share, regardless of ithe value or importance of his services. /There are 107.657 employes, each one of whom wants his share of that net |earning—his portion of the $8,941,068. | Let us suppose that he gets it; how much | does he receive? Hereceives just $52.39 a year, or $1 a week. From these figures it will be seen that | the people who have put up the many millions of dollars to build and equip | these roads are by no means getting rich ;out of their investment. The simple fact is, that many of the railways in the | United St.tes were built ahead of the needs of the country, and they will have (to suffer and struggie until the country j develops up to them, Railroads are | among the corporations which prover- bially have no souls, and they often prove | the fact, but they are at least entitled to | justice, and they ought to have it. But lait is necessary that the people shall be | better informed about them. The infor- mation given above is worth attention. | | FUTURE ADDITIONS TO THE NAVY. The main details of the forthcoming report of the Secretary of the Navy are already known, and, as the future policy of the Government with regard to the new navy is a matter of importance, the recommendations made are attracting some attention. The estimates for naval appropriations for the next year show considerable in- Crease Over past years. This is due to the greater cost of maintaining the large new ships and to the large payments which will have to be made during the coming year on ships now nearing com- pletion. The final payments on the four big battle-ships will be due during 1895, and that item of expense alone helps greatly to swell the naval appropriation estimates. it is announced that the See etary will recommend the authorization of a num- ber of new vessels and will urge Cuon- gress to continue the policy of construct- ing warships. It is pointed out that within another year all the vessels now building for the navy will be completed, and, unless new ships are authorized, work will have to stop in the con- | Struction departments of the havy-yards and at the private shipyards { 1 ' | j constructing warships for the navy. where | special facilities have been provided for. Should the Government decide to stop building ships, the private shipyards would be compelled to discharge their skilled workmen and divert their expen- sive plants to other purposes. The Gov- ernment would thus be deprived of the advantages now possessed in the way of facilities forthe prompt construction of warships. It would, of course, be manifestly im- proper for the Government to keep on building ships merely to provide work for private ship-building firms, but there is every evidence that more ships are needed in order to make our fleet thoroughly efficient. Theevents of the past two years have proven that the force of cruisers possessed by the coun- try is entirely inadequate to supply the demand for vessels on the foreign sta- tions, and American interests abroad have had to go unprotected, owing to the absence of available ships for the sery- ice required. As long, therefore, as the country needs ships it is good policy to authorize one or more every year, so as to keep the building plants in working order, and at the same time to so distribute the cost as to prove as light a burden on the treas- ury as possible. In addition to more cruisers, the coun- try needs a considerable addition to the uumber of battle-ships. While the cruisers suffice for the peace service of the navy, the defense of our harbors and coast line in the event of war would necessitate the service of a considerable leet of battle-ships and armored coast defense vessels. When all the vessels which have been authorized are com- pleted we will possess but a small! fleet of armored ships, which would secareely suffi-e to properly defend a single one of the leading seaports. It is, therefore, to be hoped that the approaching session of Congress will re- sume the policy of annually authorizing the construction of one or more ships. THE ERA OF ORGANIZATIONS. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion has recently published the results of an investigation into the number and character of the commercial organiza- tions of the country. According to these investigations, which extended to every city and town in the United States, there are in existence thirty-one national, fourteen State and 2,021 local commercial organizations. Of course, in this compilation are in- cluded such institutions as the Na- tional Board of Trade, the Bankers’ Association, the Trans-Mississippi Con- gress as national associations, and the boards of trade, chambers of com- merce and regular exchanges among the local associations. The lJoeal or- ganizations must be subdivided into exchanges devoted to certain specified industries, such as cotton exchanges, stock exchanges, prodace exchanges; and organizations combining ali trade interests as chambers of commerce, boards of trade, freight and transporta- tion bureaus. The tendency to combine the various interests into a single organization has not extended beyond the smaller towns, the great centers of trade having found it more profitable to have separate or- ganizations to look after the special | interests of the different leading in-| dustries, common needs and necessities | being looked after by a system of co- operation through committees. This is the system which obtains in Grand Rapids, and that it haz been eminent- ly successful is shown by the para- mount influence which each local ex- change wields in its special branch, and the immense and irresistible power which the commercial bodies exert when acting together. That the commercial exchanges and organizations have proven of vast ben- efit to trade there is not the smallest doubt. They have removed obstacles and corrected abuses which no amount of private effort could have successfully coped with. They have protected the commerce of their respective markets from dangerous competition and dis- crimination on the part of common ear- riers. In a word, they have greatly simplified business methods and_ re- moved many of the uncertainties and risks attached to trade. PEACE AND QUIET FOR BUSINESS. The verdict of the country, as ex- pressed in the overwhelming defeat of the Democrats, is that no more tariff tinkering is wanted. Every agitation which unsettles business must come to anend. The people want a season of peace in which to address themselves to the work of rebuilding and restoring the prosperity of the country. This demand is too imperative to be disregarded and any attempt to make any further changes in the present tariff during the short session which com- mences next month will be met with sturdy opposition on the part of the bnsiness public. The talk of more tariff tinkering, of enacting free raw material, and more of that sort of thing, is already heard, and it fills the country with un- easiness, The defeat of Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, by the coal miners, ought to be sufficient notice that the people do not want any more tariff talk, not even free coal and free iron ore; and, there- fore, the tariff ought to be left as it is. An incomplete and imperfect law is pref- erable to an unceasing agitation which unsettles business. Among the vagaries which have been overpoweringly condemned was the Hatch bill against dealing in contracts of produce for future delivery. Con- gressman Hatch, of Missouri, has wasted many hours of the precious time of Con- gress and several years of his life trying to put a stop to speculative trading in merchandise. If he had addressed him- self to co-operating in some wise system of finance for the country, he might have done some good; but his impractica- ble and wrong-headed theories took up all his time, and so his own constituents ex- pressed their appreciation of his mis- directed labors by turning bim down. When a Congressman is so blind as not to be able to see that he has gained the disappreval of a majority of the people of the country, he has to be rudely awakened by an authoritive kick from his own constituents. That settles him, and that is what settled Mr. Hatch, of Missouri. It is to be hoped that he has learned enough to see that the country is tired of his anti-option bill. But Mr. Hatch is only a sample of a large class of impracticables who have infested recent sessions of Congress. Let them learn a little reason and drop their wild schemes which have done so much to unsettle business, and if they cannot do anything useful, at least do nothing ha:mful in the last session left to them of the Fifty-third Congress. prises ese impeding apeenenct ce Bahin aah oe a TERS OE ad sigan a ae eos Be en eh eee ae ‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. v RAPID RECOVERY OF THE BANKS. For some time past it has been evident that the country was slowly but surely recovering from the effects of the panic of 1893. The recovery would probably have been more rapid had it not been for the long suspense caused by the tariff agitation in Congress. Since the final disposition of that question, trade has steadily improved, and within a few more months the country will be practi- cally where it was priorto the commeunce- ment of the panic. The Comptroller of the Currency has recently issued a statement showing the condition of the 3,755 national banks on Oct. 2. as compared with their condition on Oct. 3, 1893. According to the figures furnished, it is apparent that the banks, although they have not fully recovered all the ground lost during the panic, have made rapid strides within the past year, and will, before another year passes, re- move all the traces of the financial dis- turbance. According to the Comptroller’s state- ment, the individual deposits on Oct. 2 amounted to $1,728,418,819. This total represents an increase of over $277,000.- 000 as compared with Oct. 3, 1893, almost exactly a year before, though it shows a slight falling off, amounting to about $37,000,000, as compared with Sept. 30, 1892, which was a few days over a year before the date last mentioned. The figures for loans and discounts also show an increase on Oct. 2, 1894, as compared with Oct. 3, 1893, though a decrease as compared with Sept. 30, 1892. The ag- gregate loans and discounts amounted on Oct. 2 to $1,991,874,273, which represents an increase of over $161,060,000 as com- pared with the year before, but a de- crease of almost exactly the same amount as compared with Sept. 30, 1392. The total amount of lawful money in the banks amounted on Oct. 2 to $402,894 712. This aggregate represents an increase not only as compared with October, 1893, put also as compared with September, 1892, the increase in the former case be- ing over $56,400,000, and in the latter over $75,500,000. One fact brought out in the report is that from July 18 to Oct. 2 the national banks of the country lost but litle more than $3,000,000 in gold. The aggregate amount of stocks and se- curities was put at $193,300,072 on Oct. 2, an increase of nearly $45,000,000 as compared with October, 1893, and of over $38,000,000 as compared with September, 1892. When it is remembered that the na- tional banks suffered heavily during the panic, and many were forced to the wall, while all had their resources in deposits and cash cut down to the lowest notch, it is surprising that the recovery has been sorapid. While, in some respects, the banks do not make as fine a showing as they did prior to the panic, they are ac- tually in a sounder condition than they ever were. Their resources are now in a more available shape, and they are stronger in cashin proportion to their liabilities. The rapid recovery of the banks from so rude a shaking up testifies to the soundness of the banking system in this country. This is a most important fact, as, now that general business is resuming a healthy development, the banks are in a position to do their full share in aiding the improvement. Instead of proving an element of weakness in the work of re- habilitation of confidence, the banks have been a tower of strength. GThe Detection of Forgery.* ee ili Soo clip deel yr cate oe ac I wish to put on record three new methods which | have applied success- fully for the purpose of detecting frauds in written documents. The first enables one to determine with comparative ease which of two cross- ing ink lines was made first, and con- sists in observing the crossing by a lens of low power (four or five diameters) at a very oblique angle. If alightink line be made over a darker one, the appear- ance to the eye when viewing the cross- ing perpendicularly to the plane of the paper will be that the darker line is superposed. The reason of this is that ink lines are quite transparent aud the darker line is seen through the lighter one and seems to make oue continuous line with its two limbs across the inter- section. When the paper is inclined, however, but few of the rays of light which reach the eye by reflection from the intersection traverse and lose rays by absorption from both ink films; but the greater number penetrate only the upper ink and do not suffer abserption by the lower. The second is a method of judging whether or not two lines have been maue with the same ink, and consists in pass ing over each in succession prisms of red, yeilow or blue glass (or two of these), and noting the number of millimeters through which it is necessary to move each prism from the position where its thin edge is in contact with the mark tuo be judged to that where the cvolur is ex- tinguished and the line is black. The prism is pushed horizontally over the ink mark, coutinually adding to the thick- ness of the culored glass over the latter. When the line appears quite black the thickness in millimeters over woich the prism has been pushed is read off and compared with the number of millimeters which the other line requires to attain the same result. If the inks have the same colors, these results must agree. Third method. In 1886, | read before the society a paper on the use of com- posite photography for the purpose of establishing the type of an inodividual’s writing, and especially the signature. Since then the mechanical difficulties in the way have been greatly lessened, and the method has given most valuable re- sults in cases before various cuurts. But there are many occasions where it cannot be employed for one reason or another, and in such cases | have de- vised a system of measurement and tab- ulation, which accomplishes by figures what composite photography — estab- lished automatically by form. The older method may be cailed the graphic aver- age of the handwriting aod the latter the numerical average. ‘The advantage of the former is that it takes into account at once all the elements of character, while the latter can deal only with com- paratively few, but in spite of this the results attained have been very inter- esting. By the system here alluded to a given nupiber of heights, breadths and angles of letters and spaces between them and between words are selected and meas- ured in a large pumber of undisputed signatures. The sawe elements are then measured in the signature in dispute. The averages of all the elements in the genuine series are then compared with the latter, and their agreement or dis- agreement will generally lead to a cor- rect judgment as to the genuineness of the disputed signature. This method has given successful re- suits in a direction which extends the original idea to a study of ‘*guided hands,’’ and it has been possible to ex- tractfrom the columns of measurements proofs of the existence of characteristics of each of the senarate handwritings~. *Paper read vecere the American Pulivsvpnic- al Society by Dr. Persifor Frazer. —_———_—_>?-.__——- Lelf-handed people as a rule do not kuow that left handed scissors are man- ufactured for theirspecial benefit. Also, for cooks who have this physical pecul- iarity, there are left handed frying pans with the “‘lip” on the side opposite to the one where it is usually found, and sometimes these utensils have both right and left lips. MUSSELMAN GROLKR OO, WESTERN MICHIGAN AGEN''S FOR Ummond Go. $ Gelehvlet Bieri SPRINGDALE CREAISIERY in 1 Ib. rolls, 2 lb. prints and tubs. SPRINGDALE (dairy) in 1 and 2 Ib. rolls and tubs. GOLD NUGGET (fancy creamery) in 1 Ib. prints. These goods took the lead in this market last season and we have reason to believe they will maintain their supremacy the coming season. MUSSLEMAN GROCER CO. Fall ’94 Underwear, Overshirts, ilo-~iery, Socks, Kersey and Cotton: ade Pants, Caps, Outing Shirts, Yarns, Flannels, Cotton Flannels, Skirts, Cotton and Woolen Dress Goods, Ginghams, Seersuckers, Satines, in black and fig- ured, Batts, Comforts, Blankets. We have received over 100 cases new fall prints in all the newest styles and colorings, prices from 33 to 54. Give usa Prices always the lowest. P. Steketee & Sons, Grand Rapids, [lich. QUALITY - UNIFORMITY - PRIGK SEARS CRACKERS and eall. CAKES Currant Drop Cakes, Imperials, Cream Jumbles, Cream Drops, Cornhills, Nonpareil Jumbles. Have you triad ovr new goods! Add a box or barrel to your next order. They are splendid sellers and sure to please. New York Biscuit Co., S. A. SEARS, Manager, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SOPRA ANIME REA AD LP EEN BADR ST IMA TBS PES Sis MIM SAR OP BESSON A Ae ase tlk Bha ks ah Ee 10 THE CUTTER CUT. A True Story. One dry goods house in this country | sold $10.000 worth of Sapolio annually. As the manufacturers of that article, we | were determined to protect the retail trade against the cutting of the dry goods houses and refused to sell them any | longer. The argument that ensued was | “You are making a mistake,’? | 8pirited. said the head of the dry govds house to Our manager. **You cannot prevent us from obtaining the goods. What we want in the market we obtain for cash.” the retail trade, and the drayman who! The answer was modest enough—"We | can only do our best to prevent you—no more.’”’ And it was agreed that both | sides should fight according tu their best ability. Then that great house made applica- tion to the wholesale grocers. They re- plied that they had lately signed ecou- tracts with the Enoch Morzau’s Sons Co. preventing them from supplying dry goods houses. Then a retail grocer of Providence, R. L., was induced to become a traitur to his fellow grocers and he sent an order to Thurber, Whyland & Co. for one hun- dred boxes. The order was filled. the goods were shipped back to New York, the transaction was discovered and claim was made that the great grocery house had violated its contract with the manu- facturers. Explanations followed, zuar- antees were given, but while the supply lasted the dry goods man held the day. The next move was the appointment of a force of watchers whose business it was to report any delivery of Sipolio on | the part of the trade—wholesale or re-| tail—to the dry goods house. Hour after hour and day after day for weeks these faithful watchers fortified with hot bouillon and other mixtures, as well as thoughts of their many friends in the retail trad+. Several trifling de- liveries were made by New York whole- themselves salers, who were promptly notified that | it was a violation of the manufac turer’s contract and that the next ease would be reported to the Retail Grocers’ Assoeia- tion of New York, as an instance of treachery tothe retail dealers. Ina few days there were no seilers of such lines among the wholesale grocers. At this time our salesman, Mr. W. L. Baker, who makes the great round of the United States and Canada, com plet- ing one trip per annum, reached Savan- nab. His long absence from the oftice made him unaware of the situation. He Was Surprised at the liberal orders which he received at several of the wholesale houses, but he observed that the same Mysterious individual was present at each time he closed a sale. We under- Stand that this purchaser was the pres- ident of a prominent bank of that city or represented him, and that the purchases were made in the interest of the New York dry goods house. Promptly on re- ceipt of these orders we telegraphed that we could not fill them, as their size indi- cated that there was some collusion with the dry goods trade. The buyers de- manded the goods, threatening us with lawsuits and claiming that they were sold to them by our authorized repre- sentative in the presence of their pur- chaser, who was a responsible party. Our reply was that, having equity on our side, we would prefer to take the law- suits rather that make the deliveries. There were no suits. ‘Tt i H; | Next a purehasing agent of the Central | Railroad of New Jersey appeared upon i the scene, representing one of its minor departments. Having led a jobber in the center of New Jersey to believe that ithe Central Railroad had favored him with apn order for one hundred boxes of Sapolio to be used in cleaning the cars, | which were to be repainted, this ingen- iaus buyer purchased in the name of tbe ;Central Riutlroad of N-w Jersey that quantity of Sapolio. Every employee, great or little, of the house of Morgan well Knows its determination to protect ;}made the delivery reported that there | was something wrong. The goods were | traced to the dry goods house, and notice was served upon the Central Railroad j that unless the matter was satisfactorily | settled its charter would be attacked as/| |baving entered into commercial trade, a detriment to its own patrons. The} young man was “called down” and the repetition of such a course was made impossible Many a retail grocer in the center of |New York City laughed just after this when the delivery wagons of the dry goods house stopped in front of the store and purchased at retail (and we hope in all cases at a decent profit) all the Sa- polio which the retailer had in stock. These gcods thus collected were carried to the dry go.ds house and sold at a loss of seldom less than two cents a cake— The work was labor- ious aud the loss large. sometimes more, It did net con- It proved to our frieuds in tinue jong. | the retail trade how hard driven the dry guods house was. One very funny phase of the transac- We are told that at least in one case where some favor- tion is reported to us. itism among the employes of the house existed toward the retailer that a eousiderable number of cakes were sold to the wagon at seven eents per | cake and taken to the dry goods store, ‘there sold at 5 cents per cake, carried | back again the next morning to the re- | tatl grocer, again taken by the wagon, jand thus fitty cakes of Sapolio were made to pay a profit of one doliar a day and were sold over and over again. This, however, was soon discovered and the guilty parties were prevented from continuing it. But tLe lastis best of all! We give it as it wax told toas. A salesman in whwle- sale lines, Known for years as an honest man, was lead by the great dry goods house to undertake the purchase of say ten boxes each from twenty wholesale houses, the purcheres to be made simul- taneously in order to disarm suspicion, the quantity thus bought being small ex- Cept in the aggregate. To accomplish the object a certified eheck for about /$1.000 was giveu him. The bank de- clined to cash it, but he explained the case so earnestly and so well, showing the personal interest of the head of the house in the accomplishment of this feat, that the cashier let him have the money. He has never been heard from, we un- derstand, from that day to this. We think that this shows how much it costs to cut Sapolio. Part, of necessity, we report as it was given us, but we our- selves believe the facts to be as stated and trust that this shert story may be some evidence to the retail trade of the friendship felt for them by the manufac- turers of Sapolio. MICHIGAN especially in view of the faer that it was | ‘TRADESMAN. A SERMON TO THE TRADE. An education in trade is not always an education in truthfulness, yet notwith- standing the croaking of some frauds, an education in truthfulness is the best basis ‘for success in trade. A liar soon learns | not only to deceive others but himself. Trying constantly to build his business /on false ground in his relations to others, be soon loses all realization of correct principles in relation to his own actions. | This is a sermon, you say? Yes, a trade | sermon with money in it to those who heed it. if you say your eggs are fresh you de- | sire to be believed. If you assert that | your butter is not oleomargarine you ex- | pect to be believed. But if your cus- | tomer asks for Sapolio and you give out | something else in its place do you think | your other assertions in trade will be | given credit? | Tell the trath in trade. Teach your clerks to tell the truth. Keep up your |own reputation and the reputation of your goods will be improved. Be a genuine man and sell gennine articles. Look around you, with your eyes open, and you will see that those men who have established great successes in the grocery business did not build on lies and fraud. The public likes Sapolio, but it does not like humbug. ONE TESTIMONIAL. We have countless letters praising Sa- | polio, too many indeed to print. One will serve as a sample. 1 GREEN LANE, WorCE TER, Aug. 7, '94. ENocH MORGAN'S Sons Co. GENTLEMEN—I never used Sapolio without being moved at the time to write and express my gratitude to you for put- ting on the market so perfect an article, one that does not deteriorate in a few months, as so many do that are sold to the disgust and disappointment of the buyers. Very truly yours, Mks. HaRkIET B. SMITH. [Retailers should avoid sales that cre- ate “disgust and disappointment for the buyers.” ] - = « Never ask, ‘“‘What kind of Sapolio?”’ There is but one Sapolio—just give that. if your customer asked for a pound of Java cutfee, would you suggest to her seme coffee essence? -— = | Say to your customers: ‘Don’t expect to get a cake of Sapolio for 5c. If you do, you will be sure to get a worthless imitation.’’ $10 PROFIT ON ONE CAKE. Duvall and Brown both kept stores in the same town. Farmer Ward sold his corn for $50 cash. He had not seen 80 much money for a long time, so he went to town with his wife to spend it. She asked him to go to Duvall’s store rather than Brown’s because she wauted one cake of Sapolio and Brown was selling an inferior article. So that $50 was spent at Duvall’s, and he made a profit of over $10 on the transaction. * * * Some dealers do not carefully consider the margin of profit on Sapolio, and therefore prefer to sell five cent soaps. We know that there are goods in a gro- cer’s stock which pay him a large profit, but which demand considerable effort and considerable risk in other lines. ;Cheap coal oil, coal by the bucket and | Fusty mackerel may pay a profit of 20 per cent., but they take it out of the dealer in other directions. Sapolio pays an average of about 12 per cent., often 40 per cent., is a clean, bright article, so liberally advertised that if the grocer puts in a stock he has only to take off the lid—we do the rest. - + < They all say: ‘It’s as good as Sapolio,” when they try to sell you their experi- ments. Your own good sense will tell you that they are only trying to get you to aid their new article. * * * If Out of Stock Send at once to your wholesaler for a small box of Sapolio. Do not let your neighbors have the lead on such a staple article, You will never be a lead- ing grocer until you sell lead- ing articles. You cannot af- ford to be without SAPOLIO, Ss. C. 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 the Manufacturer, Gd, Johnson, **7srsnd tenis” °* Telephone 1205, COUGH DROPS RED STAR Cough Drops are the cleanest, purest and most effective drop in the market. Try Them. Made by A. ©. BROOKS & COo., 5 and 7 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. arn ae. Sater eras ama sana : . 7 ‘ u™ fri heen canis THE MICHIGAN “THAVDES VLAN. ay THINGS I HAVE NOTICED. Written for THE TRADESMAN. How often a man can be mistaken as to articles the measure of whichis to be determined by the eye. Searcely ever can a customer calling for carriage bo ts be satisfied witb the size or length until he has taken them away and tried to use them—sometimes he makes two or three guessing trials before hitting the happy medium. This is the usual way with three out of five purchases in that line of hardware. * * * It is very much the same way with boots. A man may remember his name, age, height, weight, aud place of birth. He may be abie to state correctly his wife’s age, the exact number of his echil- dren, and, strange to say, the maiden name of his mother-in-iaw; also what “the wild waves are saying.”’ But, when asked to designate the number usually applied to the pedal coverings he wears, memory fails, and a certain part of his arithmetical education has to be done all Over again. A‘ter a customer calis tora “number seven,’’ atter vainly trying to make one quart of leather hold half a gallen of toot, be wil walk out of the store inside of a par of Dives or tens. * * * Credit is a ladder by means of which it is possible for a busiuess wan to climb to the summit of financial independence. But many fail to reach the goal because they do not select ladders of proportion- ate length. One chooses a ladder that is too short and svon finds himself at the end of his resources and far from the consummation of his wishes. Another ambitiously chooses one that is much too long, and, climbing hastily to its extrem- ity, overturns the center of gravity and fails helpless into the pit of bankruptcy. The eye that can best measure distances can also easiest foresee results. * * * How few people have a proper regard for the sanctity of money, especially coin, as a measure of value. Though it should never be worshipped or uselessly hoarded to satisfy a morbid greed for possession, neither should it be recklessly spent or made the freak of every momentary ¢ca- price, as though it were only a piece of metal. - = £ When government gives our metallic currency its legitimate impress which in- dicates to everybody its worth for pur- poses of exchange, that fact should make our national coin as sacred from the spoiler’s hand as the national flag itself. A little sentiment in this matter ought to They are now taught to honor the flag of | | theircountry, which is but a material ob ject of varying intrinsie value, but still. as an emblem, develops patriotism by the | memories it invokes. Should not the | youth of this land be alsu taught to re- | Spect the majesty of justice and honor | that is symbolized by coins minted by national authority with scrupulous regard | to equality in furm, impress, weight, fine- ness and inherent value? * * * Yet the lack of this respect is, to-day, so common as to be seldom noted until! attention is called to it by an attempt to pass a coin that has been debased in some degree from its original and legit- imate purpose. The father will drill a bole in a perfect half dollar and string it, with other jingling playthings, around the baby’s neck. When it has served its purpose as a bauble, it is plugged with pewter or zine and sent out again into the world of commerce to do duty as a representative of vaiue. He forgets that the coin thus treated is a counterfeit to the extent of the dgbasement he has in- tentiunally placed upon it, and he him- self is just as much a criminal in pur- pose as the illegal coiner or the skillful sweater of peniient.ary fame. -_ | = All classes of society are one in refus- ing to accept such coin as a commercial equivaient, and, once taken through in- advertence, anxiously endeavor to vic- timize some third party, regardless of the justice or morality of the transaction. The public mind fails to see the actual fraud on society as displayed in daily at tempts to pass defaced or mutilated cur- reney through the channels of commerce, and retail dealers are compelled to be ever on guard to detect the ingenious subterfuges sprung on them by custom- ers. * * * The boy who places a dime on the rail- road track to observe the expanding ef- fect produced by the momentum of grav- ity in motion infringing on a resisting body chuckles at the success of his feat and deems his dime as goud as it was be- fore. The idiot who gets the jeweler to fashion him a searf pin from some bright quarter and, afterwards, tired of wearing the absurd ornament, cuts it loose and puts it again into circulation as money, shows little true sentiment and less sense of the eternal fitness of things. The same may be said of the immortal noth- ingness in human form that is forever stamping the initials of his enn name upon coin or writing them on paper | Queen Flake Schum. rowder Has No Superior = But Few Equals THE ONLY HIGH GRADE BAKING POWDER SOLD AT THIS PRICE 6 oz. Can, 10 cts. 1lb. Can, 25 cts. Manufactured by — ieuneiates & CARRIER, LANSING, MICH. - LOUISVILLE, KY. FIRST PRIZE BRAND GONDENSED MILK. QUALITY ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED. Prepared by Michigan Condensed Milk Co., at its factor- ies at Lansing and Howell, drawing their milk supplies from the finest dairy region in the country. Natural advantages, long experience, thorough knowledge of the business and the latest and most approved methods and machinery cumbine to make FIRST PRIZE. the most perfect milk prepared in Europe or america. E J fase aT e No matter what price you pay, you cannot buy a better article. Our other brands are, DARLING, STANDARD and LEADER. See quo- tations in Price Current. 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CONDENSED MILK COMPANY For — See Price Columns SOSbG HAA b Ab 4 be bBo he bn by pn fr tn SY YO OE OE VO OPV VM? eo ee ieaiaiuaiiniinaraiiecuaiatiees te deg EAN oe REL TASES a > 123 down the stream of circulation, just as sealed bottles are sent to settle disputed questions concerning ocean currents. * * * | | | | It would seem as though an act of Con- | 2h MiCGhiIiGcAN TRADHSMAR more, perhaps, than it ever did. He might enjoy the circus, but the circus is out of fashion and moreover there is now The turkey shoot at Thanks- | ouly one. giving Day has gone out of fashion, and gress were the best agent to protect those now if he wants to use his rife he must who are obliged to use money from the; follies of fools as it does now from the | join the gun club and make a business of sport. To watch the business man try- designs of knaves. If it were once un-| ing te lay down his eounting-room you derstood that the offering of a mutilated | coin would be treated as prima facie ev- | idence of fraud, and the act punished the same as the uttering of counterfeit | money, though perhaps in a minor de- gree, the evil would be nipped in the bud. * * * The fact of the matter is that the mu- tilation or defacing of coin is seldom | done for the purpose of gain, or with | criminal intent. It is a thoughtless | folly, too long tolerated by general con- | sent, in spite of the losses it entails on the classes of society least able to bear them. The conscience that makes “cowards of us all,’’ if re-enforced by penal statutes, might gradually create a public sentiment that would control the imbecile creatures that tamper with the coin coming into their hands, to the grief of many innocent holders. They deserve to be treated with severity. * + & In the light of these observations it can easily be seen how the silver craze has taken such a hold on the minds of certain men. Those who do not recog- nize the sacredness of money as a meas- ure of value, and who punch, clip, de- form, and dishonor it, and yet expect everyone but themselves to take it at par in exchange for goods or in the liquida- tion of debts, are in harmony with the class that demands free coinage, and who declare it to be an equivalent to the emancipation of business from arbitrary financial thraldom. * * * The Weary Willies, having nothing but promises to exchange for shining coin and, consequently, nothing to lose, join in the demand for reform because they hope, in the abundance of silver currency, to secure some of the resulting overflow. Another class has some prop- erty and plenty ofdebts. They hope the millennium of free coinage will raise the value of their property and at the same time afford them cheap money with which to pay off creditors. ~~ = All financial heresies have their origin in a condition of mind that does not re- spect the sanctity of coin based on inher- ent value as a medium of exchange. Men of this ilk prefer to treat money as a creature of law brought into existence as a soap bubble by a breath, and kept alive and in motion by the same power. S. P. WHITMARSH. ee How Business Men Take Their Pleasure. Ihave heard the statement so often made that the Americans take their pleasures sadly that it has ceased to ex- cite interest in my mind, but something new in this same line seems to have oc- curred within thirty or forty years. Not only does the American take his pieas- ures sadly, but he has lost a great num- ber of his so-called ‘‘sad’’ pleasures. The business man of to-day is getting ashamed of some things, or else he has outgrown them. Fourth of July is a thing of the past. The general muster is something that no longer excites his interest. The scrub horse race he is | ashamed of, although it interests him | 'of lemonade, see one of the saddest sights likely to come to human eyes. It has been so long since he has done anything except busi- ness that he no longer has any interest outside of his counting-room. If he goes to the seashore for an afternoon he goes precisely as though he had taken a con-'! tract to transport 180 pounds of human, flesh over a certain line to a certain place, feed it with a certain amount of nutriment, pour into it a certain amount soda water. ice cream, ete., and carry it back to the place whence it was shipped, sound and in good order, ‘‘acts of God and the enemies of the United States excepted.” Itisa business contract executed in a business way. He reads the newspaper, he goes through his comic journal in the same dead-and-alive way. In.a word, itisa matter of business pure and simple.3 His methods of thought, his tastes, his habits, his life are circumscribed by this one word, business, and when he has made his pile and is ready to retire there is nothing on earth capable of giving him genuine pleasure. At a country resort some time ago Il had the opportunity to see how utterly helpless the business man is when he lays down his habits and attempts to rest and enjoy himself. Men came with their wives and took breakfast, dinner and supper. They sat on the veranda and were fanned by the cool mountain breezes. When the daily papers arrived on the noon train they sadly marched to the office, got their copies and occupied themselves in methodically going over them. Itis afortunate thing that men even in this condition are not always be- yond help and hope. When the intelli- gent clerk made suggestions of excur- sions, ordered the carriages, sent up lunch baskets and actually packed them off to go here and there to see different ob- jects of interest, with directions and maps, got up young people’s excursions and bundled the old people in with them, the old childish enjoyment seemed to return to many of them. When grave doctors of divinity, at the suggestions of a younger man, brought the whole com- pany in the parlor at night and set them to playing children’s games, there would frequently come back a riotous enjoy- ment that seems to most people only pos- sible for children. This was only done because the clerk had a deeper insight into the possibilities of human nature than have most men. He was benton making the old folks as well as the young ones have a good time, and he succeeded in a way which showed that the average business man, although dead, is not beyond resurrection when you blow the right kind of a trumpet. F. S. C. i 8 A Georgia man whose bravery is of a negative character got the worse of a dif- ficeulty recently. Some men were twit- ting a son of the former about his father’s exhibition of the white feather on the occasion referred to. The little fellow shook his head fiercely and re- plied: ‘‘That’s all mght. 1 know pa won’t fight, but if you want to get the stuffin’ tore out of you, you just tackle ma.’ = Quires, 160 pages.............. ce 3 : 240 anes eos a“ ‘ uo be “ 480 “ INVOICE RECORD OR BILL BOOK. 80 Double Pages, Registers 2,830 invoices. ..82 00 Established 1868 H. M. Reynolds & Son. Headquarters for Straw Board, Building Papers, Carpet Linings, Asbestos Sheathing, Asphalt Ready Roofing ' Asvhalt Roof Paints, Kesin, Coal Tar, Roofing and Paving Pitch, Tarrei Felt, M:nera) Wool. Elastic Rooting Cement, Car, Bridge and Roof Paints. Oils. Practical Roofers In Felt, Composition and Gravel. Cor, Louis and Campau sts., Grand Rapids | VOLUNTARY TESTIMONIAL. [From the Mancelona Herald, Nov. &.] The half tone engravings of the Re- publican candidates, which appeared in this paper a couple of weeks ago, were considered exceptionally tine spec- imens of their kind, and as we have siuee had some inquiry from our exchanges regarding the source from which they were obtained. we will say they were made by the Tradesman Company, of Grand Rapids, and considering the fact that one of them was made from an old tin-type and two of the others were made from very poor photographs, it must be conceded that the work was excellent. GRINGHUIS’ ITEMIZED LEDGERS Size 8 1-2xi14—Three Columns. $2 00 neues 2 Cee ee ete eee ce ee 4 00 TRADESMAN COMPANY, Agents, Grand Rapids, - mwuS asec c A> Cured SOce 4S CXS Hail SF eM| Hage secé wiih those #o0 cap cai) at my cfhee a a che othce of my agents. provided the head is net glossy, of the pores of the scaip not closed Where the head ts shiny or the pores closed, there isnocure Call and be examined free of charge. If you cannot call writeto me State tke exact condition of the scaip and your cecu #2800) PRUF. G. BIRKHULZ (ee > 2 wee wi CR ADRUE aes U6 ris ~ MICHIGAN CENTRAL “Tw Niagara Falls Route.’ (Taking effect Sunday, May 27, 1894.) Arrive. Depart pPem........ Detroit Express ........ 7Ham 5 30am ....*Atlanticand Pacific..... 1 20pm [ieee ..... New York Express ..... 6 00pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping Cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex press trains to and from Deirvit. 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- al Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. ALMgutsT, Ticket Agent, Union PassengerStation. Sept. 23, 1894, ICHICAGO AND West M+.CHIGAN R’Y, tOING TO CHICAGO. Ly. Gd Rapids... ..... 7:25am 1:’5pm *11:°0pm Ar. Chicago 1::5pm 6:50pm *6:45am KETURNING FROM CHICAGO. |} Ly. Chicago ......... ¢:15am 5:00pm #11:45pm | Ar. G'd Rapids......_.. 3:05pm 10:25pm *6:25am | T® AND PROM MUSKEGON. | Lv. Grand Kapids 7:25am 1:25pm 5:30pm | a= Grand KR. 9:i5am 3:45pm | TRAVERSE CITY. CHARLEVOLX AND PETOSKEY. 7:30am 3:15pm 12:20pm = 8: 15pin 1:00pm 8: pm 3 15pm 11:1 pm 3: 5pm 11:4 pm | Lv. Grend Rapids .. | Ar. Wanistee Ar. Traverse City. ... | Ar. Coarievais...... | Ar. Petoskey Trains arrive from north ati::0 pm and *10:00 | pm. a PARLOR AND SLEFPING CARS, | Parlor cars leave for «hicago 1:25pm. For ;no th 3:15pm. Arrives from Chicago 1:35pm, | From north l:pm. S! eping cars leave for Chi- leag 11:30pm. Arrive from Chicago 6.25. *Every day. Others week days only. DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHEKN R, kK, Sept. 23, 1894 GOING TO DETROIT. Lv. Grand Rapids.. 7:00am 1:20pm 5:55pm Ar. re... .. i:40am §:3upm 10:4upm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. in. Depoi....- ---++, (588m 2:l pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids...... 12:40pm 5:15pm 10:45pm TO AND PROM KAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:40am 4:45pm Ar. GR 12:35pm 10:55pm TO AND FsOM LOWELL, Lv. Grand Rapids 7:00am 1:20pm 5:55pm Ar.from Lowell.......... He;t0pmn S:idpie ....... ‘THROUGH CAR SERVICE, Parlor Carson all trains between (irand Rap- ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morp- ing train Trains week days onl GEv. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. ie GRAND HAVEN & MIL- WAUKEE Railway. BA~TWAKIs fraius weave tNo. I4/tNo. lotr. ip *No. G’d Rapids, Lv} 6 45am en Ar) 7 4am st. Johns ...Ar) § 2am Owoss)...... Ar} 900an E. saginaw..Ar jiu 50an| 3 45pm Bay City.....Ar/1] 32am] 43pm Flint ... ... Ar|1006am| 34opm Pt. Huron...Arj}205pu| ¢ 50pm Pontiac ..... -Ar/10 58am] 3 05pm Detrott..... . Arlil 50am| 4 05pm 1) 20am 11 2am lz 17pm 1 20pm 3 25pm |11 0pm 4 27pm |x 35am 5 20pan) 1 jam 6U5pmu) 3 0am 8 00pm) 6 40am 5 37pm] 7 15am 7(5pm| 54 am 80pm} 7 30am 8 25pm| 5 27am 9 25pm WESTWARD, For Grand Haven and Intermediate Points : *7:00 a. m. For Grand Haven aid or o o oe Muskegon ....¢110 p.m, Mil. aud Chi. +4.55p. m +Daily except Sunday *Daily. Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 &.m., 12:60 p.m. 4:35 p.m. Trains arrive from the west, 10:10. m. 3:15 Pm and 9:10 p.m. kastward—Nvu. 14 bas Wagner Paricr Buffet car, No. 1s Parlor Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper, Westward — No.1) Parlor@ar No, 15 Waguer Parlor Buffet car. No. $1 Wagner Sleeper. Jas. CAMPRELL, City {eget Agent. Grand Rapids & Indiana TRAIN6 GOING NORTH Leave going North ee erewerer Crepe... 6c. 5 x5 p- m Per Saree... wn. 5:00 p. m. 10:25 p m. For Traverse City, Petoskey and Saginaw... TRAINS GUING SOUTH Leave going SS ee... a For Kalamazoo and Chicago... For Fort Wayneand the East... ee ee 0 p. For Kalamazoo and Chicago,.......... |. *11:40 p. m Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids........ 6:50am 2:15 iL: 7 se esata ie 2:00pm 9 pn coe 5p m train hasthrough Wagn 1 Car and coach. ” wi — 11-49 p m train daily, and Coach. 6 50a.m,. pm Buffet through Wagner Sleeping Car Ly Chicago 3 30pm 11:30pm Arr Grand Rapids 9 45 8 7:20n nm $30 p m has through Wagner Buffet Parlor Car, 11:30 pm train daily. through Wagner Sleeping Car, Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive T2iam Bam 1: 5pm 5 20pm 0.1L, LOCK Woop? General Passenger and Ticket Agent. ENGRAWING® Buildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles, 100pm 5:40 pm PHOTO woop TRADESMAN co., Grand Rapides, Mich. Leesa ee , Organization of Expert Accountants. In view of the fact that this is pre-em- inently the age of commerce and of vast financial operations, the function of the accountant comes into enormous im- portance. It is often the case that the proprietors of a business are not sufficiently ac- quainted with the practice of bookkeep- ing to be able to gain any information from their books by a personal examina- tion, and must trust wholly to their sub- ordinates in such matters. The great railway and other corporations, with their complicated operations, need to have such systems of keeping accounts as will give, with the least amount of ex- amination, a sufficient view of the condi- tion of their business. The business of some of the commercial and financial syndicates or trusts rivals in volume that of national governments, and so the pro- fession of the accountant grows into im- mense importance. In this connection, mention of the chartered accountants of Great Britain will be interesting. According to the report to the Government of recent Con- sul General for the United States Shaw, at Manchester, there is in England and Scotland a well-organized and specially educated class of accountants whose busi- ness consists in supervising the accounts or private firms, public companies, banks, ete. By paying a retaining fee to a firm of chartered accountants, any one ean have the books of any enterprise with which he is connected carefully examined by an expert, without in any way castipg suspicion on bookkeepers, cashiers, sec retaries, or others. The practical effect of this system is this: That book keepers and those responsible for public or pri- vate trusts know that, at any time, they may expect a visit from ap accountant. sent by the firm in whose charge, in a sense, the books are placed. According to that report, it is largely the custom in England to employ these chartered accountants, to supervise the books of individuals, firms and corpora- tions. The system is well known and highly esteemed, and when an account- ant comes to examine the books, no one regards the professional examination with the least aversion or suspicion. It is a business custom, and as such is looked upon as a necessary and desirable custom. In England the publie account- ants furnish a cheap, efficient and re- sponsible agency, whereby the books of any concern, either public or private, can be properly and perfectly examined. A writer in the North American He- view for October mentions that the insti- tutes of accountants are now corporate bodies, holding royal charters, that of t e Scotch being dated !854, and that of the English 1883. Their ranks are re- cruited from the best classes, «a fact which will be readily understood when it is mentioned that a premium of 500 guineas (about $2.600) has to be paid by the novitiate to the Chartered Account- ants on signing ‘‘articles of indenture” an apprenticeship of five years has to be Served, and the candidate has to pass several searching examinations before he can receive his diploma and practice as a chartered accountant. Such persons must possess high moral character and an unexceptionable discretion, since they necessarily come into many business se- try, particularly to investigate and audit the accounts of the many railways that go through the courts into receivership or bankruptey. Of course, there are ex- pert and able acecuntants in this and other cities, and they might with benefit organize into chartered institutions, and thereby establish an official guarantee of efficiency and confidential reliability. RavDIx. a i ee Evans ‘Escapade. Crystat, Nov. 10—The business men in this vicinity have had any amount of fun this week over a practical joke they played on Dr. Josiah B. Evans on the oc- casion of his last visit to this place on Monday evening. On prior oecasions he frequently boasted of his prowess and told how brave he would be in the face of danger. Desiring to ascertain how much reliance we could place in his statements in this respect we arranged with a small boy to stop his team while driving from Bushnell to this place on the evening above referred to, and the outcome is a decided disappointment, so far as the event disclosing any great amount of bravery is concerned. Mr. Evans was accompanied by R. M. Dively, traveling representative for the Proctor & Gamble Co., of Cincinnati, and this gentleman came very near spoiling the fun by promptly producing a revolver. Mr. Evans was apparently as badly frightened by the sight of the revolver as he was by the appearance of the supposed high way- men and earnestly implored Mr. Dively to desist from sh: oting at the strangers, urging that he might hit one of the horses, in which case both travelers would beat the mercy of the marauders. The young lad did net like the looks of Mr. Dively’s revolver, but that did not give him so much concern as the fright- ened expressiou of Mr. Evans, and, fear- ful that the latter would die from fright on the spot, he speedily decamped, after bidding the gentlemen an affectionate good night. Messrs. Evans and Dively arrived in Crystal a few minutes after this escapade with their horses covered with foam and their eyes as large as saucers, while they thrillingly described how several men had intercepted them. The humor of the situation will be ap- preciated when it is understood that the ~everal supposed highwaymen was a boy less than five feet in height, and the mer- riment of our merchants could hardly be suppressed while the intrepid travelers were depicting their experience. 1 am sorry to give away so good a joke, but we have come to the conclusion that it is too good to keep and that the readers of THE TRADESMAN ought to be made acquainted with the facts in the ease, so that when Dr. Evans boasts of his bravery, anyone within hearing distance can take the wind out of bis sails by enquiring it he exhibited a large amount of bravery on the occasion of his meeting with a horde vf bandits on a certain evening while driving from Bushnell te Crystal. MERCHANT. _ eg Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Asso- ciation. At the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers Association, held at Eik’s Hall, Monday evening, Nov. 5, President White presided. Considerable time was devoted to the discussion of the further curtailment of the credit system and the location of a city market cite, both of which were made the special order of business at the next meeting. Complaiut was filed against the ‘‘Lit- tle Corner Grocery,’? now owned by Hawkins & Company, for violation of the sugar agreement, and E. White, B. S. Harris and E. A. Stowe were ap- pointed a committee to wait on Mr. Hawkins and endeavor to induce him to restore the card rate. It was reported that Scofield, Shurmer THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. The Committee above referred to met Mr. Hawkins by appointment the follow- ing afternoon and endeavored to dis- suade him from his present policy of selling 24 pounds of granulated sugar for $1, whereas the present card rate is only 22 pounds. Mr. Hawkins stated that he was already a loser in that busi- ness to the extent of $1,700, having taken a $1,000 stock from the MeInnes Tea Co. in settlement of a $2,700 claim against the firm. He did not desire to continue the business and would dispose of it to the first purchaser who presented him- self. In the meantime he proposed to hold the trade naturally tributary to the store and would cut prices to secure this result, if necessary. This being Mr. Haw- kins’ ultimatum, there was, of course, nothing for the Committee to do but to formulate a report to that effect, which will be presented at the next meeting of the Association. — lil — la Growth of Cheese Industry in Victoria, | j { Australia. MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 9—En- couraged by an export bonus of £6 ($29.20) per ton, an impetus has been given to the cheesemaking industry of Victoria, which has resulted in 220 tons being shipped to England d uring the sea- son. The Department of Agriculture obtained an expert from New Zealand, well qualified in the manufacture of cheese by the Canadian Cheddar sys- tem, to impart information in the art of making a cheese suitable for the English market. After remaining eight years in the service of the department, this ex pert accepted the offer of a permanent situation from a large cheese and butter- making company. Before leaving the department, however, arrangements were made by which students could visit the factory he had charge of and obtain in- struction in the art of cheesemaking. With the stimulus given to the exporta- tion of cheese by the bonus of £6 ($29.20) per ton, numbers of factories are now fitting up cheese plants and in- tend giving more attention to this branch of dairying in the future. Re- garding the quality of the cheese they are turning out, however, there is great room for improvement. If they hope to command top rates in the British mar- kets, a better and much more uniform quality of cheese will have to be made than any of last season’s manufacture. In order to produce the class of cheese the colony should export, a staff of the very best practical instruct- ors in cheesemaking will have to be obtained from New Zealand or Canada. By no other means can they expect to export largely cheese up to. the standard quality. They have the pas- tures, and are producing milk of ex- ceptional richness, and all that is now required is the skill necessary to con- vert that milk into cheese of a quality that will satisfy the taste of the Brit- ish consumer. DANIEL W. MARaATTA, Consul-General U. S. a A A ll When to Stop Advertising. When the population ceases to multi- ply, and the generations that crowd on after you and never heard of you stop coming on. When you have convinced everyvody whose life will touch yours that you have better goods and lower prices than they can get anywhere else. When you perceive it to be the rule that men who never advertise are out- stripping their neighbors in the same iine of business. When you can forget the words of the shrewdest and most successful business men concerning the main cause of their prosperity. When every man has become so thoroughly a creature of habit that he will certainly buy this year where he bought last year. When younger and fresher houses in your line cease starting up and using the 13 The Heat-Light, The Mechanical Marvel of the Age. 30 per cent. Discount to the trade, ‘puBys pus 4yYysPT WOH oO OJ L$ SN puss ‘uMO} INOs 10J LOMOTB 9M) YSIM nos Jy PRICK, WITH STAND, $10. Sold only by W.S. & J. E. GRAHAM, Grand Rapids, [Mich. Ml Boston, lass. Our Mr. M. J. Rogan will be in Michigan during the month of De- cember with a full line of stiff and soft hats and caps and straw gouds for the spring and summer of 1895. Due notice will be given of his pres- ence at the various cities in the State and we trust the trade will do him the honor to inspect his line, which is full and complete in every particular. 7 MOORE, SMITH & CO. & Teagle were peddling oil from house to house around the city through the | crets of importance. Such a profession, properly organized, Would find a valuable place in this coun- medium of ten tank wagons. The mat: | ter was discussed at some length and was} then referred to the Committee on Oj! for investigation and report. | newspapers in telling the people how much better they can do for them than} you can. When you would rather have your own way and fail, than take advice and win. | A HRD NRE IEG AE BE PRN TE PT EE Ih Portraits, Letter Cards, and Note Headings, Patented Articles, Maps and Plans. Buildings, Se ea a ER EAC eg SUN BR oe LLU 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs# Medicines. State Board ef Pharmacy ! One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, .an Arbor. Two Yearse—George Gundrum, tonia. Three Years—C.A Bug bee. Cheboygan. Four Years—8. FE. Parkill, Owosso. Five Years—F.W.R. Perry Detroit. President— ¥red’k W R Perry, Detroit. £ecretary—Staniey E Parkill, Owosso. Vreasenrer—Geo Gundrum. Ionia. Coming Meetings—Lansing, Nov. 7 and 8. Wichizan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President— A. B. Stevens. Ann Arbor Vice-President-—A. F. Parker, Detroit, Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit. Secretay—S. A. Thompson. Detroit. Grand Rapide Pharmacentica) Society President, Walter K. Schmidt; Secretary, B. Schrouder Doctoring Wines in France. Numberless evils, from the beginning to the end of the life history of a bottle of Freneh wine, combine to ruin its char- acter. These evils begin with the making. Even if the natural process be followed, and the wine made honestly by ferment ing fresh grapes, there are various dan- gerous stages which make manipulations Suppose that the grapes have been, perforce, gathered before properly ripe. There is an excess of acid in the ferment which must be coun- teracted, and the sugar must be in- ereased. There are delicate and ap- proved methods for accomplishing this, but they are not always handled skill- fully or conscientiously, and some of them give opportunity for a sort of official watering—that is, prescribe a formula which saves the wine and demands enough water to double the vintage. If the wine escapes adulteration in the making, itis subject to a multitude of maladies afterwards which must be treated; and it happens sometimes, as in human medicine, that the remedy worse than the disease. Litharge, for example, is added to counteract acidity. and is transfcrmed into acetate of lead. Alum frequently used in diseased wines to give then a certain youthful- ness; salt and plaster are standard rem- edies. But an exeess of any one of these substances, or theiremployment in con- nection with certain other substances, may result in compounds positively ruinous to the health. With such manipulation it is only in abuse, willful or ignorant, that the harm lies. There are others not in themselves harmful, and the chief of them is water- ing. Thirty years ago this was done in a bold and gross way, simply by adding so much water. It was a fraud, but no- bedy’s health wasinjured by it. To-day science has come to the aid of the de- frauder. Wine weakened by water is strengthened by alcohols of inferior qualities, made from grains and beets, producing drunkenness much more quickly than the natural alcohol, and en- tailing more fatal results. To restore the color lost in watering, various cvlor- ing matters, animal and vegetable, are used. The very bouquet is imitated. But science does still more for the de- frauder than this. All these processes suppose a basis of grape juice. Science has found a way to make a wine without this supposed essential, and so perfectly that connoisseurs and chemists hesitate to pronounce it false. By mixing alcohol, water, saline and coloring matters, and a substance known as the oil of French wine, a composition | is produced which many an expert will Pass as a natural wine. ‘here is one serious difficulty about this product, however. The oil which furnishes its necessary. is is savor and bouquet is, unhappily, a dan gzerous poison, a small qu-ntity of which injected into the veins of a dog kills him in less than an hour. —— 0 Decdorizing Recovered Alcohol. Here is a method that, with slight modifications, gives splendid results in my hands. I have not as yet found an alcohol! so vile that I failed to purify it so as to render it fit for employment in general manufacturing. The alcohol is first treated with caustic soda; for alcohol recovered from drugs like arnica, buchu, ecubebs, etc., one ounce to each gallon is employed. After standing from two to five days it is dis- tilled by water bath or steam-jacket ket- tle. The alcohol first passing over must be returned to the still. This is con- tinued until the odor is either changed or lost. Usually this distillation leaves an empyreumatic and sometimes a soapy odor to the alcohol. It is then redis- tilled with potassium permanganate; the quantity to be used can be determined by experience alone, alcohol recovered from the same drug at different processes re- quiring different proportions; usually one to four drachms to a gallon is em- ployed. Thus treated it is generally clean enough for re-employment for man- ufacturing purposes, seldom producing any coloration with hydric sulphate. If further purifying is desired, again distil with the permanganate and filter through animal charcoal—but unless the charcoal is freshly prepared this is useless. If I have not fresh charcoal, I add a small quantity of distilled water and distil again after the second treatment with the permanganate. From the standpoint of economy this process certainly is unobjectionable. 1 employ a five-gallon still of my own con- struction, a fair average of three gallons an hour by water bath being its working capacity. Time, gas, and material, 1 find, are fully compensated for, and in laboratories equipped with steam the cost of purifying is reduced to a mini- mum. The process requires no attention arter it is once under way; 1 seldom go near it after complete automatic action of the still has been secured. Epwakp A. KAapeE.. ae Prescribers and vispensers.* Notwithstanding the cordial relations which in general exist between the pro- fessions of medicine and pharmacy, it was admitted that a good deal of friction occurred at times, because each imagined that the other was trespassing unduly upon his province. While in a general way the physician is the only ove who should prescribe, it was shown that the public prescribe largely for themselves and their friends. This was an evil that neither doctors nor druggists evuld pre- vent. It was admitted by the writer, who is a pharmacist, that druggists aiso prescribe muvore than they onght. Ou the other hand, it was contended that pharmacists, in a general way, are the only ones who should dispense, but it was shown that physicians do more dis- pensing than is cunsistent with harmony, it was contended that the disposition manifested in certain quarters by pbysi- claps to dispense their own medicines was @ retrograde movement, that the science of medicine had become so vast that no one man felt himself capable of attending to every case that came before him, that specialism was the order of the day and was becoming so more and more. Under these conditions it was manifestly inexpedient for physicians to attempt to acquire a knowledge of pharmacy suf- ficient to enable them to correctly, that is, scientifically, do theirown dispensing. | Nevertheless, it was claimed that more | latitude should be allowed on both sides, | so that the views entertained by both | parties should be so moderate that neither | should be expected to conform to iron- clad rules, the druggist being free to give | such information concerning the medi- cine he sells as is customary in other lines of business where the dealer is usu- ally better informed than the purchaser. A few doses of medicine for trifling ail- ments which the patient himself diag- noses should not be considered a viola- tion of medico-pharmaceutical ethics. In like manner the physician who keeps in his office a few favorite remedies for emergencies, or for the purpose of pre- venting dangerous repetitions, asin the case of narcotics, or for other purposes, not being intended as a substitute for a legitimate pharmacy, should be free to dispense these occasionally without phar- Wacists feeling that he is violating the code. Thus common sense and a mutual regard for the other’s interests would regulate both professions and the friction now too common would cease. The writer took exception to the prac- tice of many physician of allowing patent-medicine proprietors and manu- facturers of pharmaceutical specialties to do the prescribing for them, and showed that the medical profession are responsible for having aided the sale of many quack medicines, by prescribing them when first introduced. The pro- prietors of these preparations having. through the aid of physicians, established a sale for their wares, in some cases throw the profession overboard and pub- licly advertise their goods in the daily papers and by other means, so that the publie is led to supply itself with these goods and use them independent of med- ical advise. He urged that physicians and pharma- cists, instead of quarreling with each other on matters of minor moment, should unite for mutual protection against abuses which are greatly damaging to both. Among these he mentioned the manufacturers of pharmaceutical special- ties and many of the charities that exist all over the land which, as now abused, monopolize a large share of the business which should fall to legitimate pharma- cists and physicians, to the special in- jury of the younger members of the med- 1cal profession. * Abstract of a paper read before the Ameri- can Medical Assoc.ation by Prof. W. M Searhy. _ Orr Result of the Lansing Examination Ses- sion. Owosso, Nov. 10—At the Lansing meeting of the Board of Pharmacy sixty- five were present, ten of whom were can- didates for certificates as assistants. The following passed as registered pharma- cists: C. J. Anderson, Manistee. J.C. Belcher, Windsor. Jessie H. Bruce, Evart. W. E. Cooper, Jackson. James E. Davis, Detroit. W. H. Fox, Constantine. F. A. Gleason, Greenville. W. D. Hammond, Au Sable. R. C. Henderson, Millington. 1. W. Hicks, Sherman. C OU. Hubbell, Jackson. W. A. Jones, Jackson. John Kremer, Grand Rapids. T. E. Murdock, Ypsilanti. H. D. Packard, Fiushing. D. J. du Saar, Detroit. J. H. Sanderson, Edmore, Lewis Stockley, Iron Mountain. J. W. Yeomans, Detroit. The following assistants passed: E. J. Sliter, Grand Rapids. J. J. Van Haaften, Kalamazoo. R. Van Haaften, Kalamazoo. At future meetings all persons will be required to furnish affidavits showing the required practical or college expe- rience befure taking the examinations. Applications should be in the bands of the Secretary a week before the examina- tions. The Board will hold a special examina- tion at Detroit. Jan. 8. ® StanLey E. PARKILL, Bec’y. . j | a if Saranac—H. W. Dodge & Son succeed |e H. W. Dodge in the grocery business, _ Oo Use Tsadesman Coupon Books, A Queer Check. From the San Francisco Post. They were talking about queer checks, drafts, ete., in one of the local banks and a gentleman not long from Kansas City finally told the following: “‘I was once employed,’”’ he said, ‘‘to collect a balance of $470 which was due a well-known building firm of Kansas City from an eccentric old millionaire. How be made his money [{ don’t know, for it is said that he could neither read nor write, but he ha¢ it all the same. “Well, | found the old boy down in his cellar and was gratified to hear him say that he could pay the bill at onee. ‘I haven’t that much cash with me,’ he said, ‘but just wait a minute.’ “He felt around as if looking for a piece of paper and I was just about to offer him some when his eyes lit on a piece of board about eighteen inches square. **‘Just the thing,’ he said, and with that he picked it up and made a lot of queer-looking marks on it. ‘***T here,’ he said, ‘take that to my bankers, and it will be all right.’ ‘I protested, but he insisted, and finally | did as he said. 1 handed the piece of plank dubiously enough, I can tell you, to the paying teller, but what was my relief when he merely smiled, studied the heiroglyphics a moment, and handed me $470. Then he laid the board upon a shelf and that was all there was to it. It transpired that the old man had a system of signs, all his own, which his bankers had agreed to respect. All the same that bank check seemed curious even to them and itis hanging up in the bank now.”’ ce SUNDRY SARCASMS. = = Tramp (looking in the door): Please mum, give me something to eat. Farmer’s Wife: See here; if you want work you can have it right now! Our hired man left yesterday. Tramp: Very well. mum; if you’ll send for a regiment o’ soldiers Vll begin. I ain’t takin’ any other man’s job without protection, these days, mum! . ¢ <¢@ Leading Citizen: ‘‘Mr. Mayor, the rioters are getting worse every minute. You’! have to go out and read the riot act to them.”’ Mayor: ‘‘I can’t.” Citizen: ‘‘Can’t? And why not?” Mayor: ‘‘I can’t read.”’ * * ‘‘How old is your mother, Bobby?” ‘1 don’t Know, sir, but she must be pretty old. Why, she was married before I was born.” + #2 & She spoke both Greek and Latin tongue, She parley vond with joy But yet ° dat ittle tiddie sing” She called her three weeks boy. Seely’s Flavoring Extracts Every dealer should sell them. Extra Fine quality. Lemon, Vanilla, Assorted Flavors. Yearly sales incrcased by their use. Send trial order. Seely's Lemon, (Wrapped) ton 00 tee 2oz. 120 12 60 40z. 200 2280 60z. 300 33 00 Seely’s Vanilla yrapped) 1 oz.$ se 160 2oz. 200 2160 4o0z. 3 75 4080 60z. 540 57 60 Plain N.S. with corkscrew at same price if preferred, Correspondence Solicited SEELY MFG. CO., 3Detroit, Mich. meagan Sr ae ee = a" a aethaeammnenemi eg annem earnn seman penta NS eReReSehseaSNSer aeeNianemahan.crnanernentee ee ea ih ye recta oe Ba ae een a at THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 Wholesale Price Current. Advanceéd—Gum Opium, Gum Assafotida. Declined— ACIDUR. eens peice dene de 2001 = TINCTURES, Acotianm -...<- ...-<. 8@ 10} exec OB... . 2. - +0. 2 20@1 : Bensoicum German.. 65@ 75 | Brigeron,-...-.-......1 21 30) Aconitum Napeliie®....... 991 p poo ea oh ies ae 20@ 30 Geranium, ounce..... @ %5 Ale fe eee Sigs edie al aii plas. ea oe 60 iis 26 38 Gosstpit, Sem. gal..... 0@ 75 one weyeee 5... cs 60 peste plein wee woe 30 5 Wale 1 25@!1 40 — seid wie ws arches a gs al a-ak eke 50 aa RC ——. 00 OB. es nee seen eee 0 aoa pt aeons 108 is Lavendula ............ 5032 oo | Atrope Beliadonns.......... 60 Phosphorium dill...... Limonis ........... Lh ee ae) ee... 60 gs nan ibnean ae 1 3@1 > Mentha Piper.......... 2 10@3 00 oe 50 a + de en orb cceves= Ix@ 5| Mentha Verid.......7. 1 so@2 oo | Samguinaria................. 50 aoe 8 at 60 Morrhuae, gal......... 1 30@1 40 ee laste nent nts naan ean 50 Tartarieum 1.20.2... Se eee AMMONIA. Pieis ® Liquids, (gal..35) 10@ Ca .- a cou csstualou 3 oer ey 96@1 plaid cco ebailadabe Aqua, 16 oe secccccees 3 ;: cnaen ee is —. welcomes cous aseas ca 1 = 6 50@8 50 Coeccrccscocce seeece Guinea oe - Cinchona ROO sci ie ecices 4 | CURGCRODR . 20. 260. cece ese ccee 50 Chloridum ..........-- - Se a: an 60 ee ae BACCAE, iheobromas........... 15@ 2 Cubeae (po 25)..--.- 20g POTASSIUM. Fumiperus ....0.--2000> 8@ 10 BiCarb... .. 15@ 18 Xanthoxylum ... 2%@ 3 | bichromate .. 13@ 14 BALSAMUM, —— Po is cane Jose eeernneaee “2. Chlorate (po, 7@i9).. 16@ 18 Rerabin.Gaiiade’--- $9@ 501 (aide "7 ba Tolutan ........++-++-- 35@ 50 Potassa, Bitart, pure... 2Q 25 CORTEX Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15 r Potass Nitras, opt ae 8@ 10 Abies, Canadian.... ....-. 18 | Potass Nitras.......... ™] 9 Cassiae ......-2.--.-+eee e+ Bivuaee.......... 28@ 30 Cinchona Flava ......-- . - 18 Sulphate po...... .... 15@ 18 50 Euonymus atropurp.......- 30 ek SS Myrica Cerifera, po........- 20 RADIX. po Prunus Virgini..........---- 12] Aconitum ............. 2@ 2% po ee SEE = = ee = apsafras .......--.----.---- 46} ANCHUBA......... Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... * ae - perpomtertie 6.2... 5. oi. 50 EXTRACTUM. jana (po. 12) 10 | Stromonfum................. 60 Gentiana (po. 12) 8@ Tolut 60 Glyoygtniza Giabra... 34g 35] Glychrehtes (pr. 18). 30 18] Folatam ene Sai i Haematox, 15 1b. box.. 11@ 12 (po. oS eee @ 30| Veratrum Veride............ 50 eee coma i 4 s He! cgi Als, ye: ... i = MISCELLANEOUS. 1 Me... nu ~ Bo ace arcs : ss wt eal ees 16@ 17 a Sees eee 1 30@} 40 ther, Spts Nit, 3F.. 2@® Ww waiaael Tis. aie ¢ (po. 35@38).. 35@ 40 4F.. &@ 3% 15 Jee, DE... 2.55. --- 40@ 45] Alumen............... . 2%@ 8 Carbonate Precip...... 2. io | Maranta, s.....-.... @ 35 “ground, (po. Citrate and Quinia.... @: 4 Podophyllum, po...... ie 1s Oo 3@ 4 Citrate Soluble........ - eee... 75@1 00} Annatto............... 55@ 60 Ferrocyanidum Sol... @ 8) eut............... @1 75 | Antimoni, PO. 4@ 5 Solut Chioride........ @ : er. SO saree anne: 75@1 35 et PotassT. 55@ 60 Sulphate, com’l....... - spigelia SN 35@ 38 chien Le Sa @1 40 ” pure... ---- et. @o®.. @ Wi Anttenia............. Q@ % FLORA. — ici emus oe = =i4 Argenti Nitras, ounce = " Armtoa jo o-sees 100 20 14) Simi ax, Officinalis. H @ 40 Balm "Gilead Bad. ay 38,2 0 nthemis .......-....- : ss smuth 8. N......... Matricaria tise - 50@ 65] scitiae, (po. 85)....-... 10@ 12 Caletum Chior, 1s, (48 FO.A Symplocarpus, Foti- 2; 3... @ 11 14@ 30 Nt Siang aia @ %|Caniharides Russian, Seen haiti, Pin- Valeriana, Eng. (po. 80) aS) te @i 00 ‘nivel ces BW@ 2 German... 15@ > | Capsict Fructus, af @ 2% me ue’ Ale! 35@ 50|_Ingiber a.. Be 28 Salvia officinalis, 148 ener fF... 18@ W ss “a @ w Get Se. 28 i nove. 16@ 2 SEMEX. Caryophylius, i Po5) 10@ 12 Die Gee... 3s: +s > 8@ 1] anisum, (po. 20) @ 15 peg By > yee a a = @UMMI. 4 = igiaveleons) 3S . ane 38 40 NM cca A ee eee see sees Acacia, ist picked.... @ 6 pi ( he 10@ 12 eee @ # 2 os: oe 1 00@1 25 | Cassia Froctus........ @ % 7 eat ae @ 2 Corlandrum.. ie oe menos seeecccecceces @ 10 a al 80 60g 80 Cannabis Sativa. a 4@ eee Bi ee case. 3} = Barb, (po. 60 50@ 60 doniam eee Loa T5Q1 oro’ ore" “e, = = ie @ 12} Cheno ea Chloral Hyd Crt “11 25@31 50 ore (po. 60) . @ 50 en rr Odorate 2 — 15 eam ee ne 25 oeniculum..... .... omens 1s, (i814 48, @ 1 | Foenugreek, po.. : 2 a Cinchoniaine, F. ay ie - Ammonites | .-- 55@ 60 \.. 8nq@4 | Corks, Mst, dis. per Assateetida, (po bo; 50@ 62 | Fant, gt i340. 28 “so cent si Sends 75 Bensolnum.......----- we : PharlarisCanarian 40 5 @ Camphore ee 462 2) ga 4%OD 5 @ 2 Euphorbium -” coc 5D 10 Stnepis A Aiba 10 8 5@ 5 Galbanum. han aweess ‘a 11@ 12 9@ 11 Gamboge, 2 @ 7 @ 8 — os (pe 35) @ 3 ae se 40 Kino 1 %)...... @! 7 | Fruomenti, W., D. Co..2 00@z 50 ow Mastic a @ ~ “ DH... ic 5@ 6 yrrh, (po i P ff .-° - i 10@ 12 Ont Ge 3 30@3 50) ..2 — 7) | Juniperis Co. 0. T 1 65@2 00 | Rther i: 1 99 Mee ee T5Q3 “bleached... 33@ 35 a... —a. | UC, Tragacanth ......-..--- 40@1 00 _ int Glee... uc. 1 THQ 50 Ergota ee 30@ 35 HERBA—ID rere EA — veeteeeeees ; qe = Flake mu 12@ 15 Absinthium ... _ g5 | Vini Alba...........-. 2@2 eee n=. “ Q. oa. 25 an. aia ae ee 28 aot © sheeps’ -, ee French........ 30@ 50 Beas 2 pe Mentha Piperi = uae nine? ‘eit Bie pa Glensware ie by box 80. carriage Ree... se: ee = Velvet extra. seeps’ Glue, = brateas sipieicie ws 1s a bee eeeteeus 4 22 |” wool carriage....... 1 10 “a _-eianeaeesne as Thymus, V....-..----------- Extra a ciaaei slo mone a aes ersarst aa RAM 1) aa... eS. Humulus 55 Galcined, Pat... Si | Ormumgheope wootear’ | Hydrang Chior Wile. “7 Carbonate, K & M.... 20@ 2% Hard for slate use. — SC. eee g 6s Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35@ 36 — Reef, for sla 140 “ _Ammoniati.. @ 95 eee |. WRB Hennes +t ‘ Usgeentam. G6 & Absinthium. ......... 2 50@3 00 SYRUPS. drargyrum......... @ 6 Amygdalae,Dulc... .. 30@ 50| Accacia ...............--.-.- 50 Tonthyo lia, Am.. ..1 25@1 50 — Amarae.. xe NE oe cc ee = Tadigo SP beak . Po = ‘Auranti Cortex. .....1 8092 00] Werrl Tod... ............ 12. 50| Todoform..........:-:- 24 70 Bergamil ............. 3 00@3 2 yo oa ee eee a @2 CNN Sak occ ease 60@ 65/ Rhei Arom........... .-...- 50 eo param ae creas 60@ 65 Oe lea - B@ 8 Similax ‘Officinalis ae GO| Macis ...)-............ 2@ %5 — poi Pee ise dea “ a ns = = “eo — m et Hy- — encpodii .........-. MOTS .....2200.--00-00---0- SO} drarg Iod............ Cinnamonii . “yoo - ea eases 50 Liquor Potase Arainiti 10@ 12 CORGUOHE ooo ee, @ Re ies sc aeig il en oe 50 a — = Conium Mac......... 3@ & TOLGtAM «2.2.00. cccccccccees 50] 1%).. Sade opaiba........ ... &@ 90] Prunus ¢irg...... se anal sO Mannia, ‘SF. Japa pede. reerarprmnmnaainnanrs ener eB ea aa 8S. P.& W. 205@2 30} Seidlits Mixture...... @ 2} Linseed, boiled.. 59 : 8. N. ¥. Q. *, -— ees cues cet @ 18|Neat’s ‘Foot, winter a See ehChUF Uo. @ 30] strained ........... 65 70 Moschus Canton... @ 40 — Wascaber. De SpiriteTurpentine.. 34 #0 Myristica, No1.. ... Ce we. Vee... @ 3 bb. Ib at Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 snuff, “Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 PAINTS. - Ib. UMM icc Sus 15@ 18] Soda Boras, (po.i1). . 10@ 11| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 Pepatn Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 24@ 25 Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4 a @2 @ i Soda Carb............ 1% 2 Ber ein 2@3 = Liq, N C., % gal Soda, BiL-Carb......... 5| Putty, commercial....24% 24%@3 ea kee dog Galles @2 00 | Soda, Ash............. 34@ 4 * strictl pure... .2% 2%@3 Picls Liq., quarts ..... @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas......... @ 2 —- ime Amer- ae ......- @ 8 | Spts. EtherCo........ 50@ S/_lcan............ ..... 13@16 = Hyarerg, (po. 80) .. @ 50 “" Myreia Dom..... @2™ Verniiion: English.. 65@70 Piper Nigra, (po. _ @ 1 “ Myreia Imp... .. @2 50 | Green, Peninsular..... 13@15 Piper Alba, (po g5).. @ 3 vi ni Rect. bbl. toad toe 6 @b% Plix Burgun eecechsos wn oe 2 49@2 59} _“* mee 0 @b% Plumbi Acet .......... 13 Pi 5¢ gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white Span... @70 Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10g! 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... 1 45 | Whiting, Gilders’...... @% Pyrethrum, boxes x Sulphur, Subl......... 24,@ 3 | White, Paris American t . Co., doz.. @1 2 Ree... 2 @ 2% — Paris Eng. ‘a aeaeeenee cliff ................. Pyrethrum, pv... ma = 30 | Terebenth Venice... as 30 Universal Prepared . {coer 5 uinia, 8. P. & W.....34%@39% | Theobromae ..........45 @ 48) Swiss Villa Prepared German... 27@ 37| Vanilla... ........... 1.9 DOGA6 00 Paints ....... ....... 1 00@1 20 Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14} Zinci Sulph.......... ™7@ 8 VARNISHES. Saccharum Lactispvy. 12@ 14 No.1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Sen er 2 10@2 25 OIL. Extra Turp............ 160@1 70 Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal| Coach Body........... 2 75@3 00 Sapo, W........ 2-0. 12@ 14| Whale, winter........ 70 0|No.1Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 16 BO Meese csee eens eees 10@ 12] Lard. extra.......... $0 985/| Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 ee ee. @ Gi terd Ne. 1........... 42 45|Japan Dryer, No. 1 Linseed, pureraw.... 5% 59 once cs ae ace 70@75 ® VALLEY CITY POULTRY POWDER Nothing Like It to Make Hens Lay in Winter. A valuable addition to the feed of laying Hens and growing chicks, and a sure preventative for Cholera Roupe and Gapes. Price 25 Cents. HAXELYINE & PERKINS DRUG O0., Manufacturing Chemists, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SN ae ee SRR EPR PE: PIE aR Ta A ie, ORR eth IIR RESIN: SPARE sates tee ate oe SE we 2 ebess SEE AE ESE 6 PALA OPEL LE SON RAE erates anton My eed se esa abl i sac Span matt eo ne A ap AERA RE aa ar eteatant 16 GROC, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. HRY PRICE CURRI The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. CUNT. They are prepared just before It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than those who have poor credit. Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make thia feature of the greatest possible use to dealers, AXLE GREASE, doz Aurora Se we 55 errr. 4... 60 ee 50 ee Mica a 65 lhl. . gross 6 00 0 50 00 "o 00 S-roN~? BAKING POWDER. Acme. %q 1D. sais. 3 doz 45 % -b C 5 1 Ib. oo 1% Bulk a — 10 Arctic, % fh cans 6 doz case. 53 —~S “ édas 110 is Pe loket en 200 > = ie 9 00 Queen Flake. i *- oeceneétao “ ......- 2 70 6 02 — . 32 ca.” aac * . 480 ee mene 4 00 6h h6chhe FC... 9 00 Reo Star. 4 B® cans au ‘ * bi a 7 1 bm oad : 1 40 " . Cans, dos. 45 Telfer 8, ‘ 7 can ae -_ oe Our Leader % .beans..... 45 " 1} cenz...... 7A _ 1 1lbcans 1 BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. Baglish . w ee oe = Dowt-atic...........- 70 BLUING. Gross Arctic. 4 oz ovals .......-. 3 60 ae 8 oz fi one . 8 a “pints, round ....... 9 00 “= No. 2, sifting box... 2 7 - mes re oy ‘ No. 5. “ i g iy - » o8 hall se : . ioutd, 6 os...... — = Co. ...... € 80 BROOMS, ao. 2 Hur! .. ' 90 oo. oe 200 No. 2 Carpet... * 1 —:t ee « 58 een... 2 F Common Whisk... : 85 Fancy co Vr Warenouse........ ... 28 BRUSHES, oe eee 2... 12 oe ~ = lice ee - ee eee wees 1% Rice Root Scrub, 2 row... 85 Rice Koeot Scrub. 3 row.... 1 25 Paimetto, goose...... ees 1 50 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 lb. boxes......... Star. 40 ' ca a“ OE ee Wicking CANNED GOODS, Fish, Clams. Littie Heck, 1 ib........ - eee Clam Chowder. Standard,3ip. ..... Lobsters. et i... ee ee Picnic, 1 ib - 21b eae eels Mackerel. Seanderd,iib........- . : ..... Mustard, 2 ib Tomato Sauce, 21b.... Soused, 2 lb Salmon, Columbia River, See ‘ ‘ ¢ Alaska, Red Po . Rinne se, Gale ......... Sardines. American 4s / es meres ta bi oe Mustard Xs Boneless roni Brook 4%, 't Fruits. A pypica, 3 lb. standard York state, galions.... Hamburgh, “ ..,. Cooke Cove Oysters. Standard, > . talis.... a % no we 32% 2B $e tow wNw eRe p to tt 2+ REKES RHSS leit Sa 3 30 tongue, & “ Apricots, eee 1 40 pee Ce 1 40 ae... 1 50 Overland .. a 18 Blackberries. ay... 85 Cherries. ee... eee @1 20 Pitted Hamburgh ..... —- ... - 147 Erte 1G Damsons, Egg Plume and Green Gages. ae 1 35 irs sl... .... 1 2 (sooxeberries, Common . 123 Peaches, re. 119 ewer... 1 50 ae 150 Caltfermia........ - 100@i 7% Monitor bee Scio ae Ceneee. kw. cL. Pears, Saas... i= Sree... 1% Pineapples, eee. 1 00@1 30 Johnson’s sliced...... 2 50 - ereted..... 2% Booth’s sliced. ........ @? 5) . graven _...... @2 75 Quinces, a... 1 10 Raspberries, be eee ee ee 95 Black Hamburg....... 14 Erie. black eee 1 20 Strawberries. Lawrenee ............. 1s oan... = cing ee io 1 20 ae. 1% Whortleberries., Blueberries... .... . Meats. Corned beef Libby's....... 22 Roast beef Armour’s....... 23 rotted ham, %%........... 1S . =~ Oe ee 7 ig Ib. - oe _ chicken, Ib....... F Vegetables, Beans. Aamburgh stringless....... :* . French style..... 2 00 . ioe 71 Poa sere 1 15 “ een — Lewis Boston Baked........ 1 5 Bay State Baked. . ........ 125 World’s Fair Baked........ :-s Paenenee 95 Corn. eee 1s Livingston Eden ........... 1” ee ee evel OD oer Ser. ee Morning Glory.......... coe Oa EC eee —~_ Peas, Hamburgh marrofat........ 1 30 - early June . ...15 wi Champion Eng..1 40 - tit pois a . ancy sifted....1 % ee ee 6" Harrie standard ........... %%5 VanCamp’s marrofat....... 110 - early June..... 1 30 Archer’s Early Blossom....1 25 PrGMe es — Mushrooms, ' Pumpkin, ec. cocccoeesecess OS Hubbard ........ eerie oe 115 crcceel oe 80 eet 14+ eee cee icetesect OO Tomatoes. eee i 90 eee . 42... 9 ee 90 re 1 30 eo. - 20 CHOCOLATE, Baker's, German Sweet.. .......... 2B ae s Breakfast Cocoa.......... 43 CHEES Ameey.... 1s... pe 11% oe a Ee 11+ Lipa: lity ele lls, Gold Medal ee 8G9 es i2 Edam eS oe 1 Ou Fe fee eRe 20 Limbarger ....... @5 Pineappes...... ... @x4 Roanefart eo — Sago 220 Schweitzer, 'mported @z2z ” domestic .... w.4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. Half pint. 25 botties ...... Pint _ ee Quart 1 doz bottler : Triumph Brand. elt pint. per oe Pint, 25 bottles Cueto Ge... CLOTHES PINS. 5 gross boxes........... 40@45 COCOA SHELLS. Pe ie... @ iaomniiy .. .. | Q3% Poun CO mm to ase SLR 0 om ee packages........ 6%@7 COFFEE. aaeltt e ee 129 Pree eee Peaberry ee eed... Pree ..... Peer 23 Mexican and Guatamala, ee 21 ee 22 ee 24 Maracaibo, Pee oe 24 Java. Interioe ....... — 25 Prevete Growin... | 2 =e 28 Mocha, ae. 25 aoe 28 Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee. add \e. per Ib. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age, Package, WeLaughlin’s XXXX.. 71 36 ee 2A Be Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case.... 21 30 Extract. Valley City % gross........ 7? Felix - : oe Hummel’s, foil, gross...... 1 6s . tin Oe hs 2 85 CHICORY. ee Red “Fu CLOTHES LINES Cotton, 40 ft....... per dos. 1 25 _ i. me 14 _ a - 1 & . 7 es... .... r is ' oo... .... - 12 Jute ....... - 8 ” oe ...... = i. CREDIT CHECKS, 500, any one denom’n..... 83 00 —- = sa ee aaa 5 00 — “= * a cas 8 00 oe en % CONDENSED MILK, 4dnx tn case, N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands Gail Burden Eagle..... ... 74W Ce 65 Daisy oo oe cee 4 5 MORRO 423 ee 3 35 Seymour XXX....... Seymour XXX, carto Peerless evaporated,cream, 5 75 CRACKERS. Butter. Crystal Wafer...............10 eee 1 ay 5% Coes Oveeer. REa............ Farina Oyster...... eee cee CREAM TARTAR. Long Island Wafers Oyster. 8S. Oyster XX Strictly pare. kw. Telfer's Absolute........ RO i ck, ems ree. ee ' ee Standard... jom..... 5% toe eS Family XXX, cartoon...... 5% eee Te. 5 Salted XXX, cartoon ...... Soeeeee ow . , = - 15@2* DRIED FRUITS. Domestic, Apples. Pree Evaporated, 50 Ib. boxes Apricots, California in bags.. ... Evaporated in boxes. .. Blackberries, In boxes. me ees ts Nectarines, eS cc, re Sees... Peaches, Peeled, in boxes........ Cal.evap. ‘ ee . ” is Sees ..... eee Pears, California in bage..... Pi Cherries. Raisins, Loose Muscatels in Boxes NT cerorn .........- ee ce Se eecces coves ; ae Loose Muscatels in Bags, ee 3% Foreign. Currants, Peres, bei. 3 Vostizzas, 56 1b. cases...... 3% RCS 36 1-1b cartons 25 Ib. boxes, bulk....._. 50 ib be xs, buik, sultena Raisins, 1 Ib, cartuons.......... ae Peel Citron, Leghorn. 25 1b. boxes 13 Lemon . > * . 8 Orange - = _ 10 Raisins. Ondura, 29 ib. boxes.. @ °% Sultana, 20 " @8 Valencia.30 ‘“ Prunes, California, 100-19).......... 8 . 90x100 25 Ib, bxs. 5 . 80x90 - 6% : 7 x80 ' 6% - 60x70 ' . Turkey te ace a... ENVELOPES, XX rag. white. No. 1, 6% ... ee 813 No. 2.6% a No. 1,6 1. Ra. 3,6. ..- 10 Manilla, white. ee 5 Coin. Mei Ma.f.. ..... 90 FARINACEOUS GOODS. FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Souders’, Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Bestin the world for the money. Regular Grade Lemon. Regular Vanilla, ece.....01 & XX Grade : Lemon. 2o¢..... #1 50 -7o..,.. 3 60 XX Grade Vanilla, cos..... $1 75 “on,.... 3 Jennings. Lemon. Vanilla 2oz regularpanel. 75 1 20 402 " a. © Noe ay Mackerel, No. 2 home.... Half barrels 3c.extra 200 Farina, 402 - woe OF 3 00 1 Oi Bees. ..........-- 2% | No. 3 taper........ 1 35 2 00 Grits. No. 4 taper........1 30 2 50 Walsh DeRoo & Co.’s..... 210 Northrop’s Lemon. Vanilla. Barrels Hominy. 300} 202 ovalteaper 75 1 Seti srteeen tis ad any | 307 a e400 175 Re nee anes aE Sanseies © % 120 Lima Beans, oz “ £0 2-25 ee... }....,. hese Q5% GUNPOWDER. Macearont and Vermicelli. Rifle—Dupont’s. ‘ Domestic, 12 lb. box.. i oF oa et nee tmpeeted. ..........--109@ 11 aarter kere. ..............1 Pear! Barley, [i com........ Peis a mio ore 18 Peas. Choke Bore—Dupont’s read, tea 105 Be gs : ‘on aor oe RB wesc cee ee ene *e er 24 Quarter kegs.. .... + 2a Rolled Oats. scans ...... on eS -- S Eagle Duck—Dupont’s. moans th... ... 4°0 = oo ae = ° Monarch, & bbl... 1245 sl A oe tae asker, enemy. ............ 3 20 itan 60 Sago. 16 ee 3 Bast India...... poocs ee 3% INDIGO. Wheat. Madras, 5!b. boxes ...... ROO 3 S. F., 2,3 and 5 Ib. boxes... 50 FISH--Salt, JELLY. ee a @ 45 Bloaters. tad @ ‘0 po ee @ 75 Cod. i LICORICE. Georpereured....... |... 4% aia keys chee nbas aes 30 Georger genn'ne ........ 6 es . 25 Georges selected......... 6% Se en teat e -» 12 toneless. DFICKS.. ..... 6% ee 10 Boneless, strips.. ....... €%@9 LYE. Condensed, 2 dos......... 1 20 ai Halibut. sais co oO ....45. 2 25 See ou. : MINCE MEAT, Herring. "l Holland, white hoops keg 6) “ oe oe bbl 8 25 reese Round, * bb] 100 Ibs...... 3 20 oe oe 40 oe 16 ee : 16 Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. 2 7 \ —— 370} P 2 ‘4 mea. me eee 1 0 a oo a apa od Family, 90 Ibs..... a MEASURES. : Se. Tin, per dezen. 1 gallon eect ee $1 7% Sardines. Half galion.... 1 40 mention, Kees. .....,....... 55 | Quart ; 70 Trout, Pint... 45 No. 1, % bbis., 100)bs........ 40°) Half pint a 40 No. 1 % bbi, @ ite... Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. mo. 1, Kite, 7 the... 1 gallon . i. 7 06 mo 1,875 kite Half galion 4 7 oo 3 7 Whitefish {bt 2 No. i family MOLASSES, % bbls, 100 lbs...... 87 U0 2 50 Blacsstrap. s =. es. Bt 135 | aaeer hones 4 ee ee aS 40 Cuba Beking ee 71 3:| Ordinary Le Porto Ric. MATCHES, Prime .. ts ie 2 ee Panes... .. RO Globe Match Co.’s Brands. _ : Columbia tarior. ......... $125) ey N-w Orleens : XXX Sulphur .... os SOO cea Trae 18 Diamond Match Co.’s Brands.| gyir, gcd - RO ec 27 we. OAs... |, 4% | Choice si 29 Anchor parlor... Pu ns 4u eile IG DSP ee OS a ha aa 1 nancies Ae8 SS i -4 : 4 PICKLES, Medium, Barrels, 1,200 conat... @5 10 Half pbis, 600 count.. G3 0 Small. Barrels, 2.400 count. 6 00 Halt bbis, 1,200 count 3 50 PIPES, Cored No. a 1 70 r. D. full count........ 70 Cob, No. 3 i POTASH, 48 cans in case. Babbitt’s ...... 4 00 Penna Salt Co.’s.. 3 Ou KICK, Domestic, Carolina bie. iL, 6 Bs Bip ae cues cunevnl cee Bee ee as 5 I nieces hone ntveen 4 Imported. Japan, No. 2 wane case see es css 5% Oat... 3. 4... 5 POPE ooo el nana. oO POUR. 5 65s a aneeee poy ai 4% SPICES, Whole sifted, PNOR oc occa ce tal ae 9% Cassia, China in mats...... 9% - Batavia in bund....15 " Saigon in rolis...... 32 Cloves, Amboyns.. <<< _ Pe oc 11% I ee su Nuimegs, _— puneip es detcune 7% PO ese ce wees 70 = No. 3 ais on caweeeams 60 Popper, es =, —- ee - shot -.10 Pure Ground in Bulk. Allepice . - 15 Cassis, Batavia... ee and Saigon.25 at I gta i ARTS 35 Cloves, Beer. .... 2... 2 SeReIee. ...<. ><... 18 Ginger, Bere cite. 1s TO oo eaeee sas 2 ” Jamaica . 2) Mace Batavia... 1...--....- 65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .22 ee 25 POE, FOO. © ooo os sco 500e 75 Pepper, Singapore, Diack ....16 white. ....24 - Cayenne...... 7 a, “Absolute” in Packages, 8 Ys IRS 5 ss a, 1 55 CO is ese hws & 155 CON isi io. 4 155 Ginger, Jamaica ..... 84 155 ' Avriean....:... 4 13% Musi. 3... 84 1 55 PORES oa sees eis 84 155 ROB. een pace 84 SAL SODA. Granulated, pe... Oe T5lb cases...... lve Lump, eee a es ‘ibkess 2. 1% SEEDS. NS os oa @ib Canary, Smyrna. ..... 4% CORNWOF coos snes 8 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp, Kussian....... 4 Bere one snc 5@6 Mustard, white....... 10 Poppy Dees dba vew ees 9 C saltle ‘pone. Ss STARCH, Corn, AUN ON so a co aos oe 5% ae ee 5% Gl 1-lb packages ere 3-lb en 6-lb “ 5% 40 and 50 Ib. boxes.......... 35g BONSe 3% SNUFF. Scotch, in biadders. . coe Maccaboy, RE SRE os wes 35 French Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, ea ee ce tees — Kegs, English 4% SAL Diamond Crystal. Cases, 243 Ib. boxes...... $160 Barrels, ee OO on ae 2 50 - 115 2% 1b opine 4 00 . O51): 3% “ wre ib ©. 2. So Butter, 6 ib Sage. ...5... 6) S01 DAMS. ... 5... 3 50 * So bits ......., $8 + 2 ee 22 Worcester. 115 24%-lb sacks.......... .. 84/0 60 5-lb Er ghedne Game sd - 3% SO A oh a 3 50 O24 ie ee 3 30 SO th. Bel: 2 FO S20 seces.. oe: 32% Umea acks..... .. ee Common Grades. =< Ib. SUCKB.......... 20. $2 10 ee ee 19) By 10-1. oe... c.ce,, 1s arsaw. 56 lb, dairy in drill bags.. 30 28 Ih. ee Ashto: 58 Ib, dairy in ao sacks.. 7% ggins. 56 J», dairy in linen sacks. 75 Soiar Kock, 56 ln. 88CKB...... 88 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, SALERATOS, Packed 60 lbs. in box. CREO oe 3 30 WORM ie es 315 Dwisgets.... .. i ERI os oa cena - 800 SEELY’s EXTRACTS, Lemon. ios. ¥. M . wo doz. $10 20 gro a oe ee 12 ov -* 2M te“ 430 ~* Vanilla, loz. F.M. 1 50doz. 16 20gro a ewes 21 60 * S- FMte “* os. * Rococo—second Grade. Lemon. 208... eT Ok ce 800 “ Vanilla, 2€0n.:.... 1 0 doz..... 10 50 * SOAP, Laundry, Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands, Old Country, 80 1-lb ....... 3 Good Uheer, 6011b.. on mame ae White Borax, 100 % a 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. Co ceo es ccs ee 3 45 Ivory, , oz. ey ee Ste ees cues S00 aed cues. anand cee 3 ud Mottled German. cons We TAPE oe. c. o. a Dingman Brands. See ES 3 9% 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3 7 Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, —e. d..%8 33 plain... 2 27 K. Fairbank & Co.’s Brands. ah Claus 39) Brown, GO} Dare...........2. 210 - oe Bare... -.:... 3 lv Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands. ee a. cedees cee. 3%5 eee Oli. .. oe Weereette 5 400 Master ...... eosege SOO Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands Silver 3 65 Mono. 3 3U Savon Improved Seeee coves 2 50 OWEN og 2 80 Oe 32 Economical . : 22 Passolt’s Aten Brand. Pe BON eoee 3 65 5 box lots.. . 3 10 box lots. era a ae oo 25 box iots del.. eT Genaeteie Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 40 hand, 3doz.. - 240 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 fur 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. SO i % 12 Cee Pee 512 RN eee «ss / 7 POWGMOG 475 XXXX Powdered.......... 5 v0 rendineee 431 Fine Granulated........... 4 Extra ee Granulated... 4 44 Mould No. r 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 No. 10 11 12 13 14 OI oe 20 TERME ONIN oe coe 2 Pure C kb i SS 19 Good Mi 25 30 TABLE SAUCES, Lea & Perrin’ 8, large ...... 4% small..... 2 Halford, a «- ‘ ca mal 23 Salad oom large ..... 4 5 oes 265 TEAS, JaAPaN—Kegular. Extra choice, wire leat @40 GUNPOWL&R. Common to faii....... 2 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @é65 Choicest fancy ....... % @ss OOLONE. @26 Common co fair .. ...28 @30 IMPERIAL. “ommon to fair....... 23 @2%s6 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor. to fair....... 18 @26 Superior to fine....... 3 G40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. 18 TOBACCOS, Fine Cut. r. ——* & Co.’s Brands. — Russet.. 30 @32 Tieer 30 . Seotten & Co’s Brands. Pigweiie.....;........ 60 OO eka ee oe 32 TE ieee eee = ones 30 Spaulding & Merrick’s Brauds, ee 30 — Brands. Bazoo . — Can Can... oa aaa @27 Wee OOF... 5. 8. 124 @25 Uncle Ben,..........-- 24 @25 Mewinty . Ceteecen ae ce 27 ae: cess 25 Cubicle i cceser edness 24 Columbia, drums......-. 23 Besse Up ... .--.-.----. 2: Baug up, drems........ 19 Plog. Sorg’s Brands, Spearhead ............ 37 Jonen 3... a Nobby awe... .).-..-... 40 Scotten’s Brands, Evie. ..-... euuaaeeces 25 Hiawatha............. 38 34 Valley City - Finzer’ 8 ‘Brands. Old Honesty...-..---- 4u Jolly Tar 32 Lorillard’s Brands. Climax (8 02., 41C).. 39 On em Tustie... 3... .... 30 Three Black Crows... Pas J. G. Butler’s Brands. Something Gvuod...... 38 Out of Sieht.......-.- 24 a ad Wilson o McCuulay’s Bran Gold Rope............ 43 Happy tinal nl 37 Messmute.... oe 32 NotvTax. 31 Let Go.. dee onde 27 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands, itn Cried. ........... --17@18 Golden shower... va REEEORE © oe ge 5 ne oo ooo oe Meerachaum_.......-«.- 29@30 American Eagle Co.’s ary Myrtie Navy.. .....---.---- Peles eae) on 3 — ie acu ceu eens’ 14 ion sepia LS Banner Tobacco Co.’s ae WE a sant nn ee Banver Cavendish Codes eel ce 33 GN OR oo ices ce es 30 Scotten’s Brands. : WOEPOUE ... - ono. one oe ne ens 4 Honey Dew. 26 Gold Block........cee:. .-30 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands, : PS oon cise et see 26 Globe Tobacco Co.'s Brands. Handmade..............-++ -40 Leidersdorf’s Brands. ROD BGS. 050... cecoess- ana Uncle Sam.....0....¢+e- 280. Red Clover..........0¢ a Spaulding & Merrick. Tom and Jerry..........+. =oa Traveler Cavendish........ ss Corn Cake oy cu Mulbee Sogeeas 16 VINEGAR, eto... are giocel @s ee So os: G9 $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Bulk, per gai ....... 2c... Beer mug,2dozincase... 1 75 east WON oo 00 Diamond........ meee See B Royal ..... ciao ae WOODENWARE, Wet, NG. 2oc5 2.65. .53.3065 €O8 er Mie cecicnedgasiccc 5 ae ae Oi OE Bios edcceneacenes 4 50 Pails, No. 1, two- hoop.. 1 30 No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 50 Bowls, 11 inch Nese cues scenes 13 qonencpees oo 90 Se oe ee 1 3 ee gE ee 1 30 _ sc cena 240 . ee es ca: Baskets, SRP oo og os 35 fail ee bushel... 1 . 12 ia willow c ‘ths, No. 15 5 . No.2 6 25 : . s ~6No.3 7 3 - splint * Nails’ se ‘ cy No.2 4 25 ' - “ Nes 4% INDURATED WARE, RM gees te caus 3 15 ieee: Net... .. 13 5v WU, NG. Boe. os 12 00 Tn ee 2 ........,......,. ea 50 1 20 245 2 80 100 350 Washboards—single. ee ee 23 eee See 2 50 Peerless Protector......... -2@ peginaw Glone............. 1 7 Double. Water Witen 700.) 23 2 50 oe 206 ROGUE cee 2 85 HIDES PELTS and FUKS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- Ows: HIDES, TE oink cee uc canoe 2a3 Part Cured... @ *% rai © ‘ @ 41% ee etn ; ; 6 NOON ssc. 4 pe ROME, coco noses, @ 5 Calfskins, green... ... 5 @6 mured...... 54S 7% Deacon skins. . -- 1-10 Gee No. 2 hides % of. PELTS. SReartives........-..- 5a 2 ieee os 2 @ 50 WwooL, Washed . caso eke Se Unwashed . oe £ @i2 MISCELLANEOUS. eee Le Delos. 4@%% Grease butter. ........1 @2 BTGCRGS 0.6. oe ce 1%@ 2 Crecee....._ 3 Omer 3 25 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF. WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 50 No. 2 Red (60 Ib. test) 5) MEAL, Co ee CONE oceans 1 05 FLOUR IN SACKS. WP MOMEN. ok 525s nea ne ins 5 Woo pene 1 45 BAmere’.. ........ 1s *Graham. : au Rye en to usual cash < co Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- itional. MILLSTUFFS. Less Car _ quantity ean... 81> Wu Screenings.... 12 00 13 60 Middlings..... 16 00 i7 ‘0 Mixed Feed... 23 00 24 CU Coarse meal . 22 00 23 U0 COBN,. Cae tee 8c... 45 Less than Car lots.......... 48 OaTs. Car lots .... a -.33 Less than car lots. feos tees 35 No. 1 Timothy, eae lots....10 No.1 - on lots...... 11 00 oc AND OYSTERS. = Batata quotes as follow FRESH FISH. — Seda suna gece 610 I ee ck gs Black Bem: <.... — 12 Caen @i5 Ciscoes or Herring.... @5 en i @i0 — lobster, per lb.. = ee ae Ge Wing ona c on wi 1 ie. Pierre. ......., @iu TEM ancsicnyeaceees @ Smoked White... ... @ 8 Red Snappers..... oeee 15 — River = OOP... coc seus 12% Mackerei. ciel Singers 18@25 a Veircearen aaa @32 ¥F. J.D. Selects....... 28 PRC CUE bcc tack se ous @2 WP, Oe i cerscasscs ns... 23 AVCROPB esac sce cace... 25 Standards. .......<<- ee 17 wee ee | 15 oYsTERs—Bulk. Ce a, 20 Extra Selects..per gal. 1 65 BONED esc ow encc es 1 50 Anchor Standare..... 110 Se 1 v0 eed ean 1 80 12 1 2 SHELL eoops. Oysters, _ as ees 1 26@1 % Clams, 75@1 00 17 CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE LAMP BURNERS. No.0Sun....... «0 ee ee 4) Te 65 ee ae SCY Beck 60 OOO Se, oo ssk cee ae 80 ST Ta °6 RON ro ee ae 145 LAMP CHIMNEYS.—3 dos. in box. Per box. No.9 Sun _ . wa 1 88 Nas * ee ee oe 2 70 First onalite a 0 Sun, crimp toy, wrapped and labeled...2 10 No. “ ‘“ “ ‘ ‘ss a 5 . 2 XXY¥ Fitnt, _ a. crimp top, wrapped and labeled. 2 FO No Ls “c “ “ “oe oe se sia . Pear! top. = 1 Sun, wrapped ana inveled i 37 No@Hings, © 8 ie $0 Fire ee Top. No. 1, = pain bulb eee. ” 3 Or Grae pea ee 44) @ Bastie, os 1 Sun, plain bulb, per dug a cia oh 123 No. 1 erlmp, per doz. Pe 138 ee ee 1 6 ne No 1. ime (65e doz) .. eee oes 3 4) wee me Cledeny ee a 7O No. 2 flint (Ue doz)... ee ae 4 30 Electric. Nes Heme Ge coz) i & 70 No. 2 flint (Be doz) Lo SO SSeS a 4 50 Miscellaneous nmaNr, MG _— Nuimeg . LN esa) 1: Illuminator ee fe 00 Barrel lots, 5 duz 9) 23 in. Porcelain >hades.. 1.0 Case lots, doz. .. 90 Mammoth Chimneys for — Lumps. No. 3 Rochester. lime . 1 ei oe No. 3 Kochester, fliut. 173 4 8u No. 3 Feuri top or Jewel Ris: 85 5 No. 2 G obe L..candes. lime...1 75 5 10 No. 2 G.vbe Incandes. flint,..2 OU 5 ss) No. 2 Pearl glass. 210 6 tu OIL CANs, 1 gal tin cans with spout.. To 1 sa: gaivirun with spout........) 7” : 2 00 2 gal Ssiviron withspout 4... 4 20 3 gal gelvi on with s:out..... Tay 5 00 5 gai Eureka or Rogers, with spout. 6 Bu 5 yal bureka with fuucet..... 00 Sen) calvin Aaa es 7 50 5 gal Tilting Cais, Sach cee. 10 ‘0 \ kal galy icon Nacefad 10 yO Vv Pump Cans, 3 gal Home Rule. oii bao. reg: Sy 10 *O See Henehae a re 2 00 oie Gomtenonre 12 10 5 gal Goovenongh i aga _ 18 50 Oo gui Farete Rtas 10 50 LANTERN GLOBES. No. 0, Tubular, Cases 1 de iz. each Siecmeeicess 45 No. 0, = No 0, Y bbis > ™ . ee No. 0, = bull’s eye, cases i doz each.1 ov LAMP WICKS, No. 6, aa iis alee Meine nie sie ds dy a 2 Be ee ee 8 No.2 a = Mammoth, per doz.. - ; 78 JELLY TUMBLERS—Tin Top. 1g Pints, 6 doz in box, per box (box 00)... 64 % : 24 i “DDI, *° dex (bbi os Se % : S * “tex “ hex (don 0).... 18 “mS mm” * bb, © doe (bbias).. 2. 26 Butter Crocks, 1 to6 gal % Jugs, % gal., per doz........ Miik Pans, 7% 34., per do 1 “e eee a ee. STONEWARE—AKRON. gal. per doz. ~| 274 gal., per gal.. STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED, Butter Crocus, i andi gai ....... Milk Paus, ye gal. per doz... Ss oe 1 a ; OILS, The Standard Oi] Vo quotes as follows: BARRELS, XXX W.W. Mich. Headlight........... Naptha.. Siave Wanoline. 0 Cylinder. ....:...... a ..io PON BOOS: FONG. oon sn ns nccw ae car Biack, 15 cold test 4 FsOM TANK WAGON. xXx we. 'W. Mich. Headlight DUPLICATES OF ENG GRAVINGS TYPE FOR Rin Seadesatcen Co. ia Beers 7a ae aMS THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Popular Ignorance of Public Questions. The obligation of the State to make provision for the education of all its children is an old theme; but it seems to be, even at this late day, by no means thoroughly understood. Itis an obliga- tion that is due to society as a whole, and its practical recognition is not to be re- garded as a mere act of benevolence to the poor.