a eZ co a } a Nv = ee (ax oS es oN ial Nar O) bagi Ge 3 a NKR \ N ; RN rt 7 SEK fw PUBLISHED WEEKLY Ww NODS: SSg EEN Foto nc fs RY (eg rca A. SK AD ie x) Ey 2 NARA VEZ EN ees ae) Ite ADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS: SS (CZ — CS Ss LP, ye SYA See [$7 PER YEAR | ANSON Sy Wwe LZZ—> oN SSO) ZB FD FSS Thirty-Third Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1915 Number 1665 HAA A == = MIMMINITNUUUEAUHUUUUA LULU EAA HT TANT Forget It Forget the slander you have heard, Forget the hasty, unkind word; Forget the quarrel and the cause, Forget the whole affair, because Forgetting is the only way. Forget the storm of yesterday, Forget the chap whose sour face Forgets to smile in any place; Forget the trials you have had, Forget the weather if it’s bad. Forget the knocker, he’s a freak, Forget him seven days a week; Forget you’re not a millionaire. Forget the gray streaks in your hair; Forget the home team lost the game, Forget the pitcher was to blame. Forget the coffee when it’s cold, Forget the kick, forget to scold. Forget the plumber’s awful charge, Forget the iceman’s bill is large, Forget the coal man and his weighs, Forget the heat these summer days. Forget wherever you may roam, Forget the man who wrote this poem, Forget that he in social bliss, Forgot himself when he wrote this. Forget to ever get the blues, But don’t forget to pay your dues. Carveth. Che Knocker’s Creed I BELIEVE that nothing is right. I believe that everything is wrong. I believe that I alone have the right idea. The town is wrong, the editor is wrong, the teachers are wrong, the people are wrong, the things they do are wrong and they are doing them in the wrong way anyhow. I believe I could fix things if they would let me. If they don’t I wiil get a lot of other fellows like myself and we will have a law passed to make others do things the way we want them done. I do not believe that the town ought to grow. It is too big now. I believe in fighting every public improve- ment and in spoiling: everybody’s pleasure. I am always to the front in opposing things and never yet ad- vanced an idea or supported a move- ment that would make the people happier or add to the pleasure of man, woman or child. I am opposed to fun and am happiest when at a ‘funeral. I believe in starting reforms that will take the joy out of life. It’s a sad world and I am glad of it. Amen. IU eee Lom im AINA A UR = Good Yeast ~ Good Bread Good Health Sell Your Customers FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST Every Citizens Telephone Is a Long Distance Instrument Copper Metallic Long Distance Circuits completely cover the State, connecting with 200,000 Telephones in Michigan alone. 14,041 Telephones in Grand Rapids. 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This inducement is for NEW ORDERS ONLY—subiect to withdrawal without notice. Order from your Jobber at once or send your order to us giving name of Jobber through’ whom order is to be filled. BUFFALO, N. Y., January 1, 1915. Yours very truly, Lautz Bros. & Co. ate a SE ete a tenes ylatsaas > ee Senne en eS = —= Sistah fst i. GRAND RAPIDS PUSLIC LIBRARY 18 4&8 4 5 SUNS Lo 2 A Z h = , KY ASL HIGA Thirty-Third Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1915 Number 1665 SPECIAL FEATURES, Page 2. Upper Peninsula. 4. News of the Business World. 5. Grocery and Produce Market. 6. Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Pravisions. 7. Detroit Detonations 8. Editorial. 9. Financial. 12. Bankruptcy Matters. 13. The Meat Market. 14. Automobiles and Accessorles, 18. Shoes. 20. Woman’s World. 21. Hardware. 22. Butter, Eggs and Provisions. 23. Dry Goods. 24. The Commercial Traveler. 26. Drugs. 27. Drug Price Current. 28. Grocery Price Current. 30. Special Price Current. 31. Business Wants. ABANDON THE USAGE. The recent insulting protest of Rep- resentative 3uchanan because President Wilson refused to see him during the President’s recent brief stay in Wash- ington smacks distinctly of the ludicrous as well as of offended Congressional dig- nity. Mr. Wilson him, the Congressman Because could not receive insists that the President was opening his doors to advocates of war, when he, Mr. Bu- chanan, could not appear before him in behalf of peace. When it is considered how earnestly the President has labored to keep us out of the war, it is hardly possible to take Mr. Buchanan’s charge seriously. What Mr. Buchanan encoun- tered is what has happened to hundreds of others, for Mr. Wilson is less acessi- ble than any President of late years, so that even Congressmen, who have usual- ly been able to command an audience at any time, can never be sure that they can impress Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones, the leading citizens of the third largest village in their districts, with the ease with which they can obtain an audience with the occupant of the White House. This has been an immemorial right of Congressmen, and they naturally dislike to have it curtailed. Mr. Wilson is, however, naturally in- clined to be by himself, as studious men are. All his life he has insisted on hav- ing some free time to indulge in a habit rarely met with nowadays—that of thinking about things when he himself —and it will be admitted that he has had enough to think became President. He welcomes his stays in Cornish because they leave him free to read and study documents and reports as he is not able to in Washing- ton. And, then, as he has himself said, he is a lonely man. about since he His intimates are few, and in Mr. Tumulty and Surgeon Grayson he has two devoted guardians who are bent on shielding him from bores and mere time-consumers. How successfully they protect him is apparent from the fact that during his last visit in Cornish, prior to the present stay, he was by himself for twenty-five days, seeing no one save the newspaper men on duty and the members of his family. Not a visitor crossed his threshold dur- ing this period. It gave him the oppor- tunity to rest and recuperate, to escape the embarrassment of being in the public eye whenever he stirred and to prepare that final note to Germany which won the unanimous approval of every nation on the earth except Germany, Austria and Turkey, who have left humanity and civilization in the lurch while following the Kaiser in on the world. his murderous warfare It is neither wise nor politic to permit future Presidents to be so accessible as were Presidents Cleveland and Harrison. Paul Lindau, the German novelist, tells how he was one day casually asked in Washington by a friend of Mr. Cleve- land’s if he would like to see the Presi- dent. Eagerly accepting the invitation, he enquired whether he should not put on the dress suit of European official- dom or the frock statesmanship. American Being assured that this was not necessary, they walked to the White House, passing a single languid Coat of policeman, to be asked in at once to the secertary’s office. President ? “You wish to see the Walk right upstairs, please. You'll find him in his study.” In the next minute they were in the presence of the ruler of the freest of Lindau, who had seen the ceremonial of all the courts of Europe, declared that nations. nothing in his life had impressed him like this simplicity and openness, the guards and chamberlains, aides-de-camp and flunkies. absence of If all Americans were like our com- mercial attache at Shanghai, “Made in U.S. A.” would decorate every hamlet on the planet. The Chinese, it appears, are fond of sweets. But although a few millions of them chew the betel nut, there are something like 300,000,000 pairs of jaws that are innocent of the agree- able activity that characterizes our more Think of what these hordes of jaws could do to the advanced. civilization. If sta- tistics count for anything, China ought product of our gum factories! to be able to out-chew any other nation on earth, even allowing for inexperience. Our enterprising attache enforces his tempting invitation to our captains of industry by pointing out that once con- milk unknown to the Ce- lestials, while now its empty cans may What done in the case of a merely useful product like condensed milk ought to be densed was be found everywhere. can be outstripped by a fascinating creation like American chewing-gum. Besides. a few boxes of gum ought to make the work of the missionary much easier. a We have heard of the blessings of poverty, can’t recall ever seen any of them. but we having It is the chap who minds- his q’s and p’s that sleeps on flowery beds of e’s.. WHY HOPES RUN HIGH. More wheat and oats will be har- vested this year than ever before in the agricultural history of the United States. making. i Dig) GOrn crop is in the Immense crops are in sight, which, following the big yields and hign prices of last year, mean pros- perity for the country at large. The Government crop report prom- ised for wheat, corn, oats, barley, and rye an aggregate yield of 5,547,000,- 000 bushels, an increase of 124,000,000 bushels over the July estimate of the Government, and 260,000,000 bushels over the returns of The big increase for the month was in corn—100,000,000 wheat, corn, and oats final last year. bushels—while ; show large gains over last year, and 24,000,000 bushels above the record yields of 1912. The Department of Agriculture’s statisticians have extremely optimistic ideas of probable yields this season, in their estimate of 1,000,000,000 bush- els wheat, 3,000,000,000 bushels corn, and 1,500,000,000 bushels oats, as the The figures are records already. and oat To make g the high mark estimated by the Gov- final outcome. wheat statisticians it will be the of winter and spring wheat from the ernment nec- essary to swell estimated yield making no floods lately present large aggregate, allowance for the losses from and rains by winter wheat. excessive sustained A valuation of $1,000,000,000 is plac- wheat $2,500,000,000 on corn, and $630,000,000 on ed on the crop, Oats $4,130,000,- ‘his is Here is an aggregate of 000 for three grains. much higher than producers will likely: real- Ize, as the uneven character of the quality of this year’s wheat crop will make a Yet, considering all this, the country is to the It is a bie one, There wide range of values. be congratulated on the size of prospective harvest. and unusually well distributed. is no shortage of any crop in any section. Kansas is the banner winter wheat State, 118,000,000 bushels, The four States west of the Missouri Riv- er, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and with Texas, have 248,000,000 bushels, a loss of 54,000,000 from last year, but a gain of 103,000,000 busheis over the five-year average from 1909-13. The Central West has 194,000,000 bushels, or 8,000,000 bushels more than last year. In the three Northwestern States, Minnesota, North South Dakota and Dakota, there are 239,000,000 bushels, an increase of 85,000,000 bushels over 1914. of equaling the 1912 record of 263,- 000,600 bushels. Corn is a most irregular crop this These States have a promise 2,918,000,000 bu The sugeested is the year. shels now second largest crop on record. There has been a gain of 100,000,000 bushels over last month, despite unfavorable weather. The seven surplus states where the com- mercial crop of the country is raised, have 1,522,000,000 bushels, a gain of 86,000,000 bushels above last year s. The South has a big crop of which is about the North to mature. All in all. the pect has created a confident tone in The West abundance of grain, the best made, while that in requires sixty d brilliant CFOD ] rOS business circles. has an asse possible anywhere, and with remun erative prices gsood business iS being spelled all around and merchants are already ‘ling the effect of the good cheer Factories are enlarging their output and giy- ing more employment to workers. anc there is a general disposition among business interests to SO aheat and do things. Leemmmneremeemmninemneenteenemenenereeteet The Dardanelles campaign has been spoken Of. even in \lhed quarters, as 1 mistake. Yet the mistake was not in 1 the original conception, but in the exe cution. The great naval assault of last : March should have waited for the ering of an adequate army. Prepar: tions should have been more thorough intervention Greek been counted on have been made. is sound appears from this extraordinary fact, that after Russia’s great face of a possible « and in the of Austro-German troo political balance in the still be so delicately poised, the prob ability of Balkan intervention on the side of the Allies still so near. Had the forces which the Allies now have in Gallipoli been thrown in at one at- tempt before Turkish preparations were effect on The landing of perfected, one can imagine the the Balkan situation. what is virtually a new Allied army in Gallipoli is thus of the highest im- : oh: 1 portance im a political as well as a The determined to fight it out on tl military sense. \llies are evidently at line. In the light of the Dardanelles, t Campaion tm the west takes on ¢ aspect of a mutual defensive. strange ie : Sr The Germans are content to stand still in the west while driving hard at the weakest member of the Entente The stand still while driving at the weakest \llies are seemingly content t member of the Teutonic league—Tur- key. Probably there is nothing quite so pure as the motive of a man who lend money to another when he is morally will it back. certain he never get MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 18, 1915 UPPER PENINSULA. Recent News From the Cloverland of Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie, Aug. 16—The Soc business men are making a strong ef- fort to induce President W. R. Calla- way, of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway, to arrange a schedule which will enable people between the Soo and Manistique to come to the Soo, do their trading and get out on the same day. it is al- most certain that the railway com- pany has decided to revise its passen- ger trains schedules in the near fu- ture, as the company claims it is los- ing money under the present schedule. It is stated that the company proposes to revise the schedule so that train 86 which arrives here at 12:50 p. m. daily will arrive in the evening, and train 87, which leaves here at 1:30 pm, wall ieave in the morning, which would mean that people living along the Soo line would have to come in here at night and stay all the next day and leave the following morning, whereas under their pres- ent scltedule it is possible to reach the Soo at 12:50 p. m. from all points along the line, transact business dur- ing the afternoon and following morn- me and leaye for home at 1:30 p. m. ‘drain ¥ whach leaves daily at 5 p. mm iS an express stoppine at Rudyard and Trout Lake, between the Soo and Manistique. Train 8, also All EXD0eSsS, arriviic at 10:20 a. m. stops at the same points and it has been suggested to have these trains 7 and 8 make local stops, but Mr. Cal- laway states this is out of the ques- tion. The only recourse of benefit to the Soo 1s a revision of the sched- ule which will bring a local train here in the morning and send a local train out in the afternoon or evening. That there is some chance of this, Presi- dent Callaway admits, and it is hoped that some satisfactory schedule will be arranged, as it will not only be to the interest of the city but to the line as well. The steamer, Alexander McDougall, of the Pittsburg Steamship Company line, left De Tour last week for Cleve- land, where it will go into dry dock. When the steamer went on the rocks at Duck Island, two weeks ago, sev- eral large holes were torn in her hull, but she went to De Tour under her own power after being released. How- ever, she was leaking so badly that her Carso ef coal was removed to the barge Thomas. Before leaving for Cleveland she underwent tempor- ary repairs made by the Great Lakes Towing and Wrecking Company, put- ting her in seaworthy condition to make the trip. “Naval battles are at least shorter than land battles, even if not sweeter.” The Soo officials are very sympa- thetic, but of the Missouri class, which will be vouched for by Henry Jacobson, who decided to visit the Soo last week, claiming his home to be in Escanaba. He was found by Patrolman Reiger on Hursley avenue last Wednesday morning making a house-to-house canvass begging funds. Patrolman Reiger thought he should have a license before starting out and brought him before Desk Sergeant Roberts at police headquarters, to whom Mr. Jacobson related a very pathetic story, stating he had his shoulder broken sometime ago by a falling tree while working in th woods, this also crippling his right hand. He stated he was 55 years of age and brought forth from his pock- ets credentials from the city clerk of Escanaba and other prominent men of that city, which letters stated Hen- ry had always been a hard working man and was deserving of help. After hearing his tale of hardships and reading the letters, our officers were in deep sympathy with Mr. Jacobson, hut, nevertheless, fulfilled their duty, and after searching Mr. Jacdbson, their feelings toward him changed, as several dollars in change were taken from his pockets, in connection with a tiny book from one of his inner pockets which contained $45 in bills of one, two and tive dollar denomi- nations. Mr. Jacobson did not offer any further explanations, but was given a locker to await his trial, and it is quite evident he will not com- plete his canvass here. It is now fully realized by the ma- litia council that Camada is at war and in these times the same _ rules which apply at the British war office in London should apply to Canada, so they have decided there shall be no more hiding behind a woman's skirts and the man who has. been trained for years past at the expense of the government will no longer be able to excuse himself from going to war because of his inability to get his wife's written consent which has here- tofore been required by the militia regulations. Another clause that has been wiped out is that requiring young men between the ages of 18 and 21 to have the consent of their fathers. Now every young man be- tween these ages will be free to offer himself for the service if he sees fit to do so. A third clause removed is that which provides that a _ recruit wishing to purchase his discharge can do so by paying the sum of $15. It is quite evident that Canada now wants her men in the service and wants them to stick. “It is the great grandchildren of the present generation who will still be paying for the European war.” Mr. Pollock, of the International Hotel, in the Canadian Soo, reports that, notwithstanding the war times, the tourist trade this season is par- ticularly good. It ishard to get away from the scenic beauty of the Sault’s surrounding which are becoming known and appreciated more each year. Mr. Pollock states that he had as a guest at his hotel last week, J. ©. Simmons, of Niagara Halls No VY. who was sent a letter of introduction by Senator G. F. Thompson, of New York, who was one of the party of twenty-two senators and assembly- men of New York who visited the Canadian Soo last week. In his let- ter Mr. Simmons spoke of the courte- ous treatment he had received while in the Soo and hoped the same would be extended to the party of visitors. While returning from a trip to Manistique last week, G. Alexakes, one of the Canadian Soo’s leading candy manufacturers, sustained two fractured ribs in trying to jump on the ferry which had already started to leave the Michigan side and is now confined to his home suffering from the injury. The water is claiming its victims again this vear, the last report being that of George Kearns, who with a number of other boys went in bathing in Carson Lake, the youne boy get- ting beyond his depth. He was 14 years old and the son of Patrick Kearns at Steelton. Three years ago Mr. Kearns lost his little girl in the same way. “Life is made up of ups and downs. A man must get down to business before he can rise.” The concrete work on the construc- tion of the pier facing Brady Park is completed and work is now being done on the leveling off and. filling in of the grounds. When complet- ed, this will make a great addition to the appearance of the water front. A number of New York senators and assemblymen visited the Soo last week to attend the hearing held by the New York State Legislative In- vestigation Commission in the admin- istration building at the canal, at which the contrast between state and l‘ederal control of water was brought out. Senator Thompson, before leav- ing, stated that he was very much pleased with his visit here, as he found the American Soo progressive and awake to 1mprovements that would attract a stranger’s attention. The party also visited the Canadian Soo before leaving for Toronto. Patrolman Adam Haller was called to Mr. Clemens to attend the funeral of his brother, Matthew Haller, who was accidentally killed when he fell from the side steps of a running au- tomobile. Mr. Haller has the sym- pathy of his many friends here. The amount of primary money ap- portioned to Chippewa county by the State this year amounts to $64,000. Of this amount $29,853,55 goes to our city schools. “Walk fast until you get then stand fast.” Edward Jones, superintendent of the Soo hospital accompanied by his daughter, Miss Bessie Jones, left last week for Detroit where they spend a few weeks visiting. Evidently Charles Manning made a mistake in choosing Friday, the 13th, for his day to go on a little rampage, and the judge, after taking one look at Charley, glanced around the room, cogitating on the punishment which ought to be meted out to him, spied a calendar on the wall tnd turning to Charley said, “You'll have to pay a fine of $13 within thirteen hours or serve thirteen days in the county jail.” But Charley should not con- sider the thirteenth his unlucky day, if he only stops to consider what he would have received if he had been arrest on the thirtieth instead. H. E. Harrington, of Detroit, equip- ment supervisor for the Michigan State Telephone Co, visited the local there, exchange last week on official busi- ness, The party composed of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. O'Neill and Mr. and Mrs. C, H. Scott, who left a few weeks azo for Detroit by auto, mention of which was made in the Tradesman at the time, returned to the Soo last week. It took them fourteen days to complete the trip, the speedometer of Mr. O'Neill's car registering 1,400 miles. The route they took was rath- er round about, as they left the Soo, going to Cedarville, thence to Mack- inaw City, through Petoskey, Charle- voix, Elk Rapids, Traverse City, Cad- illac, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Yps- ilanti, Detroit, Toledo, Jackson, Lan- sins, Bay City and Saginaw. The party report they had the best of weather during the trip and that the roads were fine. Charles J. Manager, manager of the Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. mill, at West Neebish, was a Soo visitor last week. Capt. F. B. Smith and Geo. L. Ku- heck, officials of the Pittsburg Steam- ship Company, of Cleveland, were Soo visitors last week. H. FF. Stafford, of Marquette, Sup- erintendent of the South Shore Rail- way Company, was in the city last week on one of his regular inspection trips of the road, Victor Windett, Chief Engineer for the Oscar Daniels Company, of Chi- cago, who have the contract for con- structing the masonry on the fourth lock, arrived in the city last week to inspect the work. Rev. George Deeganosh, pastor of the Indian Methodist Mission at Su- gar Island, stopped off between trains on Tuesday at Newberry on his way to the Indian camp meeting at Pe- quaning, where he was to read a pa- per on “Whisky, the Bane of the In- dian Race.” “Hope is all right in its way, but men who try to live on it are hope- less.” While making a trip through Can- ada last week your correspondent met some of the former well-known travelers who wished to be remem- hered to the boys in Michigan. While they are in the war country, they are still meeting with success in their business ventures. George Laird and J. McKey are the boys. They are still in the oyster business in Toronto and, although the oyster season has not ‘as yet opened up, Mr. Laird is taking the ‘opportunity during the summer months to make a canvass of the enttre Canadian territory, lining up the trade for the winter, while Mr. Mchkkey is spending most of the time at his cosy summer home on Lake Simcoe. They are both auto enthusi- asts, beine the owners of some of Canada’s best known cars and char- ter members of the American Club and conceded royal entertainers. They enjoyed talking about the good old times they had in Michigan and al- ways have a warm spot in their hearts for their numerous friends in this country. It was my pleasure to visit Grand Rap'tds last week and get acquainted with the editor of the Tradesman, Mr. Stowe, also Mrs. Stowe, and to say that they are a happy couple would be putting it mildly. While Mr. Stowe is one of the busiest of busy men in Grand Rapids, he is a royal entertainer and one of the men who makes one feel better for having known him. The time spent in Grand Rapids will long be remembered as one of the most pleasant visits ever made by the writer. The many friends of J. B. Melody, Swift & Company's soap salesman will regret to learn that he is still at Harper Hospital, Detroit, where he had to undergo an operation. He had been reported doing nicely last week and was expected to return to the Soo, but a change for the worse came as a shock to his many friends, although the operation is reported as having been successful, and it is hop- ed that his trouble will be of short duration and that we may report his recovery and return home in the near future. William G. Tapert. Boomlets From Bay City. Bay, City) Aus 165A El. Atlanta, spent last Friday and Satur- day in Bay City, combining pleasure with business. His daughter accom- panied him. Walter Swatield, Wolverine, purchased the grocery and meat busi ness formerly conducted by M. Odell, Grayling. William Story, formerly proprietor of the Story Hotel, Wolverine, has retired from the hotel business and is now engaged in the grocery and millinery trade. John Nichols, formerly manager of the Yuill Bros. store. at logan, is now engaged in the grocery business at 914 McKinley avenue, Bay City. The store is known is the Nichols Grocery. Arthur Bollert, Mt. Forest, has sold his stock of hardware and implements to We ae Heppner, who has taken possession. George Hause, Rhodes, is erecting a store building which he will use for the hardware and implement busi- ness. He expects to be ready for business early in September. Wilkinson & Co. succeed Carr & Son. Gavlord, in the meat business. John D. Merkiel, Gaylord, former- ly clerk at the Otsego Hotel, -is now a full fledged grocer, having opened a new store last Thursday with a full and complete stock of groceries. M. H. Wright, Gladwin, one of the most prominent, progressive and suc- cessful merchants of that thriving city, has recently increased the ca- pacity of his business quarters by adding 25x 30 feet to its present size which gives him increased storage room, as well as a good sized flour room, also an up-to-date butter and egg refrigerator and fruit room. These improvements were necessary in order to accommodate his rapidly increasing business. i WoT. Irons, has Ballamy. The W. H. Chase Furniture has been organized with an capital Co: authorized stock of $15,000, of which amount $8,420 has been subscribed. $2,050 paid in in cash and $6,370 in property. LOLS of ne Ar me ike si- of ir- ub ey id al- ts 11S August 18, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 Lively Notes From a Lively City. Owosso, Aug. 16.—The annual pic- nic of Owosso Council, No. 218, over which bad roads, thunder storms and other colossal epidemics of like dis- tinction have no control, was pulled off. Saturday, August 7, at McCurdy ‘ark without a hitch in the pro- gramme. A good part of the morn- ing was used up in weather prognos- tications and mild profanity, but at 11 a.m. the sun burst forth from be- hind the clouds, as did the old-time martial band, and Jupiter Pluvius threw up his hands and fled in dis- may. Everybody and their folks ar- rived at the Grove on time. Prompt- ly at 12:30, under the deft manipu- lation of the committee of ladies on “chuck,”’ the tables groaned under the load of edibles, from fried chicken to watermelon, and an hour later most of the participants were in a similar condition. The sports and games for the ladies and children, such as throwing baseball at a mark, pitching quoits, sawing contest and. driving nails, were entered into with consid- erable enthusiasm. Under the man- agement of F. E. Evans, who acted as burgomaster for this part of the programme, the old-time martial band discoursed old-time war melodies to the discomfiture of all music lovers until a collection was taken and they were bribed to stop. Everybody de- clared he had had a good time and went home happy excepting those who had bruises on their shins re- ceived during the ladies’ quoit pitch- ing contests. A similar event is scheduled to be held a year later, but the men will wear pads, so they may not he permanently injured by wild throws on the part of the lady contest- ants. They will have to do this and retire to a safe distance to ensure their safety. There will be a home coming and booster day held at Bridgeville, Gra- tiot county, on Saturday, August 21. Wesley J. Morrison, proprietor of the general store informs us that he has written to the mayors of the = sur- rounding cities, requesting them not to allow any stunts pulled off in their different localities that would draw the crowd away from Bridgeville and also had asked the Mayor of Grand Rapids if he would dam up Grand River so the water would back up on Maple River flats for boat races. Everybody is invited to attend this event. Chas. Smallenberger has purchased the restaurant and ice cream parlor of C. J. Brewbaker, at Ashley, and will conduct an up-to-date ice cream, lunch room and tobacco store. Ed. McCarty, proprietor of the gen- eral, store at Venmore, is taking a Western trip with his family, auto, camping outfit and dog. bast we heard from Ed. he was camping in Montana, eighteen miles from -For- syth. one mile to the nearest well, and had lost his dog. Ed. is an old- time sportsman and is well provided with gun and fishing tackle and we predict a pleasant and enjoyable trip for him and his family. Clark Putt, the up-to-date grocer and baker of St. Johns, is also in on a few other stunts that are worthy ot mention. We are informed he has the best crop of lettuce grown in Michigan; also is working a new ad- vertising specialty by putting out bands to be worn on rooster’s legs with his advertisement inscribed thereon. Anyone wishing samples of lettuce or bands should consult Fred Hanifan. W. D. Royce, of Ann Arbor, has been making an extended visit at the home of his old friend, George W. Haskell, and during intervals has heen measured for and had construct- ed a set of new teeth. He is spend- ing the present week at Corunna with his cousin, J. D. Royce, who, in an aggrieved frame of mind, is putting up a strenuous kick that Haskell should entertain him when he couldn’t eat what he wanted (even if he could get it) and then send him over there in the present high cost of living with a full set of new grinders and a long pent-up appetite to practically demol- ish the entire interior of his larder. Jay says it is his earnest desire to be a good fellow, but he doesn’t like to be worked. We notice that G. H. Graham. of Lansing, is the prize winner of. five gold pieces of untold denomination for selling embalming fluid. We are pleased to learn this and extend con- gratulations. George was an old-time partner of ours in the grocery busi- ness, when common molasses was drawn from barrels and soda was called saleratus: and we’re not going to try to touch him for any of the gold stock by writing him for a loan. Now, as we understand it, emblaming fluid is a preparation for making folks stay dead. Of course, when a man is dead you can give him anything you have that you cannot use for any- thing else and in any quantity you wish, without a protest from him, and his widow will pay for it out of the life insurance, but we can't help but ponder on what a more pleasant Tetrospection of the past George wovld have had in several hundred years from now had he bent his en- ergies on vending a dope that would have been as effectual in causing people to remain alive. Then his cus- tomers could have walked up to him, slapped him on the back and. said. “Hello George, glad to see you Lb it hadn't been for that stuff | bought of you, T would have been dead 500 years alo, Nix for us on that dead stuff. Hlonest Groceryman. —_2+ + >___ Honks From Auto City Council. Vansine| Ate 16 We are in re- ceipt of a copy of a very neat and finely edited roster and season's pro- gramme issued by our Ladies’ Aux- iliary, giving dates of their rezular meetings and subjects to be discussed at the literary Sessions. We. give below one of the quotation found there: “How easily we can settle the ques- tion of duty for a tired, tempted and discouraged traveler.” Those who missed the old-time barn dance given by the city of Lan- sing last Saturday at the new market missed a rare treat. About 15.000 WEEE Present. Edward D. Glaney (Michigan Knit- ting Co.) has iust closed his years selling season and reports a marked gain in business, especially in the Eastern states. E. H. Simpkins and some friends suffered the loss of twenty nice bass recently which, after being caught in the regular manner and carried to the car in which they were to be brought to Lansing, escaped by break- ing the string and flopped back into the water, a distance of over fifty feet. (2) S| Bo Potter (Emerson-Brautinge- ham Implement Co.) has been trans- ferred to North Dakota. A card just received announces his arrival at [ar- go and expresses his opinion of the territory. Our sixth annual basket picnic, hel: last Saturday at Pine Lake, was a very enjoyable affair and will be re- membered as one of the distinctive social functions in the history of our Council. An electric train furnished by the M.-U. T., leaving Lansing at 11:30 a. m., carried to the Lake many happy families, the heads of whom were members of our Council, or holding down a commercial job in the road selling line. Others made the journey in automobiles and a few even rode in fords. A large commer- cial truck gathered up and __ safely transported the cumbersome articles necessary for a successful picnic din- ner and iat 1 ip im the lane table in the maple grove fairly ¢roaned with its load of good thinzs, such as only the wives of our members know how to prepare. After dinner. ath- letic contests were indulged in and the successful contestants were as fol- lows: Rowing race—F. T. Jury. Peanut race for men—P. S. Frantz. Peanut race for ladies—Mrs. B. A. Dickey. Calling contest—Mrs. W. M. Hag- ler. Boys running race—Arvin Faber. Chinnine contest _F. 1. Bottle J. Roby. Our genial conductor, F. T. Jury, proved to be our most efficient ath- lete, winning two contests and losing a third by a narrow margin. Mrs. B. N. LaDu, President of our Ladies’ Auxiliary, addressed the as- semblage jin a few well chosen words, takimer for) her subject the UC. T. and its social zatherines. At 4 p.m. J..Pluvius got busy with his sprinkling can and all eathered at the pavilion where for two hours those who wished enjoyed thir favor- ite‘ pastime of dancing. Features in this part of the programme were an old time quadrille by all and a cake walk by Mrs. M. E. Sherwood and Geo, ©. Tooley, F. 7. Jury put con siderable life and enthusiasm into the Jury. throwing contest—Mrs. A. occasion by occasionally imitating the old Southern darky with a double shuffle shakedown to the time “slap- ped” by two members of our Coun- ci. The two engaged for a ten round go for a $200 cash prize failed to show Wp, SO a friendly bout with the gloves was arranged between two members of our Council#(names withheld), which was decided a draw pueilists after several two minute rounds o: real sport. Our out-of-town guests were J. W. Manning, of New York. and Mr. and Mrs. ©. T. Graham, of Boston. Mr. Manning, who is visiting his daughter Mrs. M,. L. Moody, was formerly a member of the order with twenty-five years of commercial life to his credit. which he spent calling on the Michi- gan drug trade. Mr. and Mrs. Gra- ham are relatives of Mr. and Mrs. M. -E. Sherwood. While the rain shortened our stay at the Lake, the day was thoroughly enjoyed by all, and the children are already looking forward to a repeti- tion of the event in 1916. H. D. Bullen. ——_><+-___ People who believe everything they hear micht be lucky if they were a little deaf. a ESTABLISHED 1868 e R> FIRE UNDERWR\E FIRST Reynolds shingles cannot rust; will not warp, split nor break. They are flexible, and are just the shingle to use on bungalow rvofs and for thatched effects. You'll soon be thinking about the condition of your roof for the coming winter, too. If it is a Reynolds it will not leak; if it is not a Reynolds it is time to call the roofer and have a Reynolds Guaranteed Shingle roof— the Fire-Safe kind—put on. Cost no more than the best wood shingles. H. M. Reynolds Asphalt Shingle Co. “Originators of the Asphait Shingle” Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr. Merchant, Can You Beat It? This 6 ft. Bevel Plate Glass Top Floor Case for only $21.00 Net Cash Height—40 in. Width—24 in. Selected Oak. Ball-bearing Slid- ing Doors. Finish is of the latest shade Golden Oak, hand rubbed. Front, Ends and Doors best double strength glass. FRED D. VOS We are entire Store and Office Outfitters in “NEW or USED” Fixtures for any kind of business GRAND RAPIDS STORE FIXTURE CO. No. 7 Ionia Ave. N. W. We have in stock all sizes from 34 in. to 8 ft. in either Display or Cigar Cases. Shelves are pressed steel finished in oak on adjustable nickel brackets. Grand Rapids, Mich. OTTO A. OHLAND MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Movements of Merchants. Ann Arbor—The Bice-Ernest Co. has changed its name to Ernest Elec- trical Co. Cetral Lake—Mrs. Grace Wightman will engage in the millinery business about Sept. 1. Flint—F. M. Kemano, recently of Plainwell, has engaged in the baking business here. Lawton—Miss Jennie Johnson ceeds Mrs. Edward Desenberg in the millinery business. Battle Creek—G. H. Howell will open an electric supply store at 100 West Main street Sept. 1. Shepherd—H. S. Murwin has sold his grocery stock to F. E. Chaplin, who has taken posession. Springport—North & Son have sold their hardware stock to B. J. Fowler, of Eaton Rapids, who has taken possession. Hart—Augustus M. Kobe, grocer, died at Grand Rapids August 14, fol- lowing an illness of about ten days. suc- W illhamston—George Klunzinger, dealer in harness, died at his home \ugust 10, following a very short illness. 3urton—Thieves entered the general store of Darwin Green August 10 and carried away the contents of the cash register. Reed City—John Upp has sold his meat stock and fixtures to Earl Ardis, recently of Evart, who will continue the business. Douglas—Thieves recently entered the L. W. McDonald general store and car- ried away merchandise to the value of about $75. Lake Odessa—The Farmers Grain & Produce Co. has engaged in business under the management of J. B. Van Sickle, of Ionia. Pewamo—The Misses Martha Carr and Hazel Cohen have formed a co- partnership and will open a millinery and bazaar store Aug. 28. Big Rapids—William G. Graham has sold his meat stock and fixtures to Leonard Carlton, of Grand Rapids, who will continue the business. Ishpeming—D. C. Raphael succeeds S. D. Cohen in the women’s ready- to-wear and millinery business at the corner of Main and Pearl streets. Hesperia—Henry Winteregg has sold his interest in the general stock of Winteregg & Hunt, to his partner, S. R. Hunt, who wiil continue the business. St. Ignace—William St. James has sold his interest in the Beveridge Cedar Co. to the other members of the com- pany and retired from the management. Allegan—C. A. Weny & Co. have taken over the A. B. Seery planing mill and all the accompanying machinery and rights, as well as considerable land about the mill. Negaunee—Louis Sher, who lost his stock of men’s furnishings and dry goods by fire last January has opened his new store in the rebuilt Pearce building. Detroit—The Elias Shoe Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $5,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Harbor Springs—H. Welling, of Pe- toskey, has purchased the J. F. Stein shoe stock and will continue the busi- ness under the management of his son, David Welling. Sparta—Frank N. Rinehart has pur- chased the interest of his partner in the shoe and grocery stock of Selby & Rine- hart and will continue the business under his own name. Gwin—George Abram & Bro., who conduct a dry goods and men’s fur- nishing goods store at New Swanzey, have opened a similar store here in the Rosenblum building, Buckley—James McQuire will remove his stock of general merchandise from Kingsley to this place Sept. 1, conduct- ing business in the store building which is being remodeled for him. Lansing—A. D. Huntington has sold his store building at 110 North Washington avenue to J. L. Zuver, | who will remodel it and install five barber chairs and two billiard tables. Onaway—The D. & D. Mahoney Lumber Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $10,- 000, all of which has been subscribed, $7,800 paid in in cash and $2,200 in property. Battle Creek—The Butcher Black Co. has been organized to engage in the retail shoe business, with an au- thorized capital stock of $20,000, all of which has been subscribed, $2,- 735.97 paid in in cash and $16,264,03 in property. Detroit—Norbury & Brown, dealers in ladies’ furnishings, have merged their business into a stock company under the style of the Norbro Shop, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Battle Creek—The J. H. Butcher Co., men’s furnishings has merged its business into a stock company under the style of the Butcher-Roberts & Millard, with an authorized capital stock of $30,000, all of which has been subscribed, $3,438,76 paid in in cash and $26,561.24 in property. Custer—J. B. DeLing has _ traded his grocery stock and store building to A. C. Hansen, for his store build- ing and stock of general merchandise at Fern and will continue the busi- ness. Mr. Hansen has taken posses- sion and has also purchased the new home which Mr. DeLing recently completed. Charlotte—The annual picnic of the employes of the Lamb & Spencer Co. was held at Narrow Lake, Sunday. Ac- cording to the yearly custom, a banquet was held on the top floor of the build- ing following the closing of the store Saturday night. The party left for the lake after midnight in an improvised prairie schooner. Sunday was spent in fishing, boating and other sports. In addition to the employes in the city store, the managers of the branch stores throughout the surrounding country par- ticipated. Manufacturing Matters. Houghton—The Copper Range Co. has increased its capital stock from $2,500,000 to $10,000,000. Charlotte—The Duplex-Power Car Co. has increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $200,000 . Detroit—The Crampton Automatic Pressure Fastener Co. has changed its name to the Detroit Lock Co. Menominee—The Lloyd Manufac- turing Co, has increased its capital stock from $400,000 to $500,000. Detroit—The Bee Manufacturing Co. has been organized to manufac- ture metal products, tools and ma- chinery with an authorized capital stock of $1,000, of which amount $500 has been subscribed and $250 paid in in cash. Holland—The Flying Dutchman Aeroplane Co. has been organized to manufacture and sell flying machines and all parts of same, with an author- ized capital stock of $30,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Detroit—The Hasseldahl-Lane Co. has been organized to manufacture plumbing and heating supplies with an authorized capital stock of $6,500, of which amount $3,400 has been sub- scribed, $920.52 paid in in cash and $2,229.48 in property. Detroit—The Savigny Co. has been organized to manufacture paints, pic- tures, artists’ supplies and materials with an authorized capital stock of $15,000, of which amount $7,500 has been subscribed, $200 paid in in cash and $2,800 in property. Clio—The condensed milk factory which was destroyed by fire July 16, will be rebuilt at once by the Detroit Creamery Co., which has bought out the Clio Condensed Milk Co. It is expected that the plant will be ready for operation within two mnths, and in the interval routes will be established to take care of the milk from farmers who formerly supplied the factory. Cadillac—At a meeting of the Cad- illac Board of Trade, held recently, a proposition looking to the estab- lishment of a shoe factory in that city was presented by R. R. Ley, of Janesville, Wis., who during several past years has been connected with the Ley-Waterson Shoe Co., of Janes- ville. Mr. Ley made a proposition that appealed to those at the meeting as a desirable one for the city, and it August 18, 1915 was voted to accept it and to endeav- or to have the stock subscribed which the new business will require. The amount of common stock that will be issued has been fixed at $28,000, with the expectation of issuing $7,000 in preferred stock. Saginaw—Proceedings leading to the condemnation and destruction of 1,000 unlabeled tin cans, said each to contain five gallons of material represented to be tomato pulp and to be &t present in the possession of Hart Brothers’ can- ning plant, South Hamilton street, have been started in the Federal Court in Bay City by District Attorney Clyde Debster. The pulp is claimed to violate the provisions of the pure food and drugs act. According to the brief filed in Bay City, the 5,000 gallons of tomato pulp were shipped by Houghton Brothers, of Underwood, Ind., June 23 and were received here July 3. Hart Brothers state that the pulp was last year's stock, and that, shortly after it had been received Federal inspectors came and took samples of it for inspec- tion. Within two weeks the inspectors returned and ordered the company not to use any of the pulp, and none has been used. The exact nature of the violation of the pure food law is not mentioned in the brief filed, nor did the inspectors tell the canning concern what was the matter with the pulp. —_+--—___ Reaping the Harvest Sown by Mr. Garfield. When Honorable Charles W. Gar- held presented the city of Grand Rap- ids with twenty-five acres of valuable land for a play ground, it started a ball rolling which increases in mo- mentum as the beneficial results of play grounds and_ breathing spaces become more apparent to the people. Dr. William E. Upiohn, of Kala- mazoo, was in the city a few weeks ago and stated to a few close personal friends that he had acquired twenty acres of land suitable for play ground purposes in Kalamazoo, but when he was shown the Garfield play ground he went home determined to add to his acreage to the extent of five or ten acres. It is understood that he will not only present this land to the city for play ground purposes, but that he will himself undertake the ex- pense of having it fully developed and beautified by Ossian C. Simonds, the famous landscape architect of Chica- g0, who has accomplished so many wonderful results along this line that he enjoys an international reputation. Along a little different line is the long-cherished determination of E. K. Warren, the Three Oaks featherbone manufacturer, to present the State of Michigan with 160 acres of land cov- ered with original timber near his home town. He is undertaking to reach a conclusion as to how he can best perpetuate this gift—whether by turning it over to the University or the Agricultural College or to the Michigan Forestry Association. It is understood that Mr. Garfield advised him to handle it in the same manner the Grand Rapids Park and Boule- vard Association is handling the splendid properties entrusted to its care in this community, SEEIG, Petar“ “SGupeaiiensicestetas — &— A es =~ OU nw © OO mm OD Sit oer ee ee eee oe cae ee eee tv August 18, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN L~ = a y Err Fx es ) Wd SS Z Ne Review of the Grand Rapids Produce Market, Apples—Harvest varieties such as Transparents, Duchess and Red As- trachans, command 75c per bu. Bananas — Medium, $1.25; Jumbo, $1.75; Extra Jumbo, $2; Extreme Ex- tra Jumbo, $2.25. 3eets—l5c per doz. for home grown. Blackberries—$1.50@1.75 per 16 qt. crate. Butter—The market is firm on the same basis as last week. There is con- siderable increase in the consumptive demand and the quality of the current receipts is averaging good for the sea- son. At the advance the market is healthy and no revolutionary change is looked for in the near future. Fancy creamery is quoted at 24@25c in tubs, 25@26c in prints. Local dealers pay 21c for No. 1 dairy, 16%c for packing stock. Cabbage—50c per bu. or $1.25 per bbl. Cantaloupes — Arizona Rockyfords, command $3 for standards and $2.75 for ponies; Illinois flat, 85c per crate of 12; Indiana Gems, 50c per basket; Indiana Standards, $2.25 per crate of 45. Cauliflower—$1.25 per doz. Carrots—1l5c per doz. Celery—16c per bunch for grown, Cocoanuts—$4 per sack containing 100. Cucumbers—60c per doz. for hot house. Eggs—Receipts are about normal and no immediate change is in sight. The percentage of fine stock is light on ac- count of heat defects. Most of the receipts are seling at shaded prices. Local dealers have increased their pay- ing price to 18c for No. 1 stock, loss off. Egg Plant—$1.25 per doz. Garlic—20c per lb. Grape Fruit—$5 per box. Green Corn—12@15c per home grown. Green Onions—Silver Skins, 15c per doz.; Evergreens, 12c per doz. Honey—18c per Ib. for white clover and 16c for dark. Lemons—Californias, $3@3.50 per box Lettuce—Home grown head, $1.25 per bu.; leaf, 65c per bu. Nuts—Almonds, 18c per lb.; filberts, 13c per Ib.; pecans, 15c per lb.; walnuts, 18c for Grenoble and California, 17c for Naples. Onions—Home grown command $1 per bu.; Louisville, $1.50 per 100 Ib. sack. Parsley—25c per doz. Oranges—Valencias are steady at $5.25 @5.50. Peaches—Receipts of home grown are confined to white varieties, which are slow sale on the basis of 75@$1 per bu. home doz. for Georgia Elbertas are still in large supply and active demand on the basis of $1@ 1.25 per bu. Pears—California Bartlett’s, $2.25 per box. Peas—Home grown are in ample sup- ply at $1.25 per bu. Peppers—40c per basket for Southern. Pieplant—75c per bu. Plums—California, box. Pop Corn—$1.75 per bu. for ear, 4c per lb. for shelled. Potatoes—Virginia Cobblers and home grown are both in ample supply on the basis of 50c per bu. or $1.50 per bbl. Radishes—10c for round and 15c for long. Squash—$1_ per grown, Tomatoes—Home grown hot house command 50c per 8 lb. basket; Texas fetch 85c per 4 basket crate. Turnips—20c per doz. Wax Beans—90c per bu. Watermelons—$2.75 per bbl. contain- ing 8 to 10. Whortleberries—$2.50 per 16 qt. crate. —_~r- -___ The Grocery Market. Sugar—Both raw and refined sus- tained a radical advance the latter part of last week, but the market re- ceded this week, so that the quota- tions of the New York refiners now center around 5.70c for granulated. As to the future movement of the market, much will depend upon the attitude of Europe, whose purchases of 50,000 tons of granulated and 30,- 000 tons of raws at the recent low levels helped lift the market from the slough into which it had fallen. Some circles see _ possibilities of a steady movement of considerable pro- portions to France and Switzerland, which countries took 10,000 tons last week at around 4.50c in bond, refin- ers subsequently raising their ideas to 5.60c. The United Kingdom, it would seem, should have ample sup- plies for some time to come, but will be a factor later on. The consump- tion in the United States has fallen behind that of last year, according to the statistics, but, on the other hand, the invisible supply is claimed to be unusually light, owing to small with- drawals by distributors and manufac- turers. Hot weather and the fall pre- serving demand will act as a stimulus from now on, hence the _ situation should improve in this respect. Of course, sight should not be lost of the fact that the beet crop will be an ac- tive factor in October, for manufac- turers will press the same to take advantage of prevailing profitable prices. Western beets, in fact, are already working eastward at conces- $1.25@1.50 per hamper for home sions under cane refined, although, as yet not a dangerous competitor. Tea—The market is high and firm, but whether it will continue to be during the next few months is an un- known quantity. Certainly, from the standpoint of the holder, the present situation is very satisfactory. No changes or developments have taken place during the week. Coffee — The market improved somewhat the early days of the week On more reassuring reports regard- ing financial conditions in Brazil, where prices were weakly held in the face of a movement of unusually large. proportions. The cause of the weak- ness in Brazils appears to be the sit- uation in Brazil itself. The supply of coffee is increasing down there and it can neither be shipped to Eu- rope nor borrowed upon in Europe. The result is a comparative glut which is having its effect upon mar- kets all over the world. Whether prices will go still lower depends upon whether the Brazilian holders are go- ing to be able to extricate themselves. If the European embargo is taken off coffee, and they let coffee in there, the situation will improve very quick- ly. If this does not happen, the chance is that the market will go still lower. The demand is for wants only. Mild coffees show no change for the week. They are already very cheap and could hardly go much low- er. Mocha is gradually working down and probably “%c decline can be re- ported for the past week. Java is scarce and strong. Canned Fruits—The slightly in- creased demand which is being made for new pack California fruits is the only activity which appears in an otherwise very dull market. Prices on spot goods are usually extremely low, but fail to tempt buyers. Canned Vegetables—Low prices continue to prevail in practically all lines of the market. Tomatoes are in- clined to have a decided weak tend- ency, with fancy grades of corn main- taining themselves in a firmer posi- tion. All lines of peas are weak, with low prices prevailing and only a light demand. Canned Fish—It is apparently im- possible to establish any firm price in canned salmon, and quotations on all lines show a very wide range, with nominal prices being shadowed in several quarters. All operators com- plain that consumption has failed miserably this summer and that the customary call for salmon which usu- ally appears with warm weather has been almost totally lacking this year. The entire summer is said to have seen only a small demand for canned salmon and last week proved no ex- ception. The consumer has refused to purchase from the retailer, and the reaction in the jobbing market has been to make conditions assume a very quiet attitude. The dull tend- ency was made more noticeable last week by the near approach of the time when prices are expected to be announced on new pack red salmon. The impression is that quotations may be made the latter part of this week, and with them operators are hoping for a revival of trade. The most active line in the spot market at the present time and under the existing unsatisfactory conditions is Alaska Red Salmon. Although sup- plies are said to be more closely cleaned up than in any other line, buyers are apparently finding a bet- ter demand for this grade, and ap- pear more anxious to receive stocks of this fish than of any of the cheaper grades. In spite of nominal quota- tions, which are given out as rang- ing from $1.50 to $1.5214, offerings are still to be found in the market at 1.45, and sales are reported at that figure. Occasional operators are holding their supplies as high as $1.55 and say that they are succeeding in selling goods at that price, but only small lots are evidently being dis- posed of at that figure. Advices re- ceived from Eastport say that the run of domestic sardines is showing signs of improvement and that the catch is becoming larger. The de- mand in the spot market continues to be firm upon the basis of low prices which were made two weeks ago. Orders are said to be arriving from all sections of the country and the sales are reported to be very heavy. Dried Fruits—Prunes are steady to firm, but are not selling very well. Prices show no change, either spot or future. Peaches, apricots, raisins, currants and the’ remainder of the dried fruit list are all dull without change in price. Rice—Advices from New Orleans indicate that the river rice will be cheaper than a year ago, as the crop is large and the quality good. The distributors here have fairly good supplies and will probably be inclin- ed to pursue a waiting game. The carryover in the South is moderate, as is indicated by the light offerings of old crop. Foreign rice is quiet, there being a moderate movement. The lack of shipping facilities is a factor in the situation. Cheese—The make is a little above normal and the quality is averaging fancy. The market is steady and un- changed with only a moderate con- sumptive demand. The outlook for the cheese market is steady at about present prices Beans—The acreage this year is 25 per cent. larger than last season and present indications are that the Mich- igan crop will be from 10 to 15 per cent. larger than ever before. The growing crop has been damaged to some extent by the long continued wet weather and of course, much de- pends on the weather between now and harvesting time. Provisions—All smoked meats, in- cluding picnic, regular and skinback hams, bellies and bacon are steady with a fair consumptive demand. Prices are about unchanged. Pure lard is in normal demand at unchang- ed prices, while compound is an eighth lower for the week and very dull. Barreled pork, dried beef and canned meats are unchanged and only in fair demand. —_>-++___ Louis Caplan, general merchant at Baldwin, has returned from a four week wedding trip. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 18, 1915 STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Features of the Stock and Grain Market. icago, Aus. 17—W heat: igher throughout the session shorts. Cash wheat shippers at premiums increased 1 to 3 cents Values } Dy by WETC over yesterday’s basis due to compe- tition among speculators. The short interest that was created yesterday on better weather conditions and large receipts, took to the buying side with return of wet weather West and a forecast for additional rains to-night. At the advance selling was of an influential character led by cash interests, the latter presumably influ- enced by the limit spot call. Primary arrivals were 1,698,000 against 1,496,- 000 a year To-day's inspection here only 456 cars, but it is believed there is considerable on track near Chicago. The market was.a weather affair with trade comparatively light. General feeling is bearish but it will be hard to depress prices until the weather becomes more settled. Corn: Corn ranged higher on cold- er and wet weather over much of the belt, but at the advance the sell- ing appeared to be of a better class than the buying. Demand for the cash article from the East was fairly good. Aggregate volume of specula- tive trade on the whole was of mod- erate proportions and fluctuations followed the trend of wheat. Present prices are high and decline with any show of favorable weather. market was affected by the wet weather and created con- siderable short offering. Cash inter- ests were on the buying side: prices in sample market were at advances of % and 34 of a cent. A sreat deal was noted, due to the ago. Mais: Oats of uneasiness forecast for additional wet weather over most of the oats territory, To- wards the end of the session some y longs carried prices below the top price. influenced by climatic protit-taking | off fractionall Market will | conditions. Provisions: Liquidation in ribs dragged the entire list. market ruling heavy throughout the day, the only support being from former _ sellers. Fairly good demand exists for meats. y e ) Otherwise the outlet for product is poor. Republic Steel resumes dividends by declaration of regular queeterly ferred, extra dividend of % tokITT dividend of 134 per cent. on preferred, extra dividend of 4% to 1 per cent. was also declared on account of ac- cumulated dividends upon preferred. This leaves 12 per cent. still unpaid on preferred, dividends payable Oc- tober 1, stock record September 15. Rome. via Paris: (atest official re- ports regarding harvest show that Italy needs 44,000,000 bushels more grain for her consumption until next year. Most of this grain it is understood, will be America. Atlantic Refining Co. has declared a dividend of $5, payable September 15 to stock record August 20. Great Britain gives International Harvester Co. war orders, i © ©C considers seduction in freight rates on anthracite amounting to about 10 per cent. Estimated roads will lose about $8,000,000 in revenues. purchased in Germany wants new loan of $2,500,- 000,000. Chicago dispatches say Rock Island plan of reorganization is making head- way. Bethlehem Steel Corporation has bought the Richmond, Ind., plant of M. Rumely Company at a price above its appraised valuation, according to local banker. It will be used for man- ufacturing war munitions and mak- ing of shells. Butte and Superior quarter ended June 30, net operating profit, $2,- 107,153, equal to $7.74 on stock against $4.27 previous quarter. Present orders on books of Press- ed Steel Car may mean profit of close to $5,000,000 for common stock, With- in the next eighteen months it is esti- mated company will show earnings of $10,000 a day. on business already booked for that length of time at least. Greater part of this protit will go to common _ stock, as_ preferred dividends require only $875,000 annu- ally on capital of $12,500,000. A s'mi- lar amount of common is outstanding and there is no bonded debt. Fact that Pressed Steel Car made exhaust- ive experiments before accepting con- tracts for shell forgings has been fa- vorably commented upon. Plants of the company are especially well equipped for turning out the class of war business accepted. New York, Aug. 17.—While better- ment, generally, was the order of things, signs were not lacking of a disposition to realize in the industrial department. For a time buying was quite spirited, but the list encounter- ed heavy offerings on the advances, which served to check the rising tend- ency. It was said quite positively that ne- gotiations are in progress having as their object the establishment of a large foreign credit here, either through means of the deposit of gold or the sale of bonds. Sterling Exchange former low, but rallied moderately later om. Whe tact that larce deliy- eries are now being made of materials ordered some months ago accounts for the plentiful supply of bills. While industrials continue to be the favorites of the tradine element, still the technical position of same through the elimination of shorts or the presence of extended lonz lines is such as to make it advisable that conservatism he exercised as demor- alization is likely to result from un- toward ocurrences. It is understood that J. P. Morgan & Co. are considering the formation of a syndicate to purchase an issue of one, five and ten year bonds of the British government, The talk on steel is widely bullish and insiders are reported as saying that this quarter’s earnings will be beyond any one’s expectations. The last wave of buying in the war order issues was stimulated by pros- pects of any early flotation of a large British loan in America. It is argued that the question of foreign payments for supplies would be solved by the receded to its successful placing of a loan. The buying of rails has been of good quality, but considerable distribution is being conducted in the industrial department under strength in rails. NEW YORK STOCKS ligh Low Close ae. 103 102%. 102% Anaconda (10... 70% 69 695% Am. Smelt ....... 82% 5 Alka M@ol@) 3... 205. 34 33% Arm fe 6... 643, 1% Aum. Wade 2c 7% i%s am C & Hay. .... ts 71% AIM OCG! eo 58% 5H Am | .Beet Suge ..... 62 61% Butte @ Sup. 260... 66 64 Bal é Ohie 12). 5 5 8334 83 Bkin. R. Trans S47 S34 Pern. Steel ........ 288 282% Balm £OCco. ..5...-: S3 81% Mes: & Of.) 1... 465% 459% (an. bac ......... 154 153% Cin 6... 45% 4514 Colo. Fuel ......... 4414 434% Cent. tea ......... 4486 44 ge) ee as 291% 28% omen St soe 17 445% Goodmch 10 ..2... 643g 63% Greate Non ose. 119% 119% Gen. Motors ....... 219 Z1i Int Met cee. 20% 20% Inspiration (22.0... 347 34% Lehigh Valley Sie 43% 1438 Mo: Paeine 2... .2.2 2% 2% Maswel ..........- 49 18 Net UWead |... ... 65M 6454 N. Yo Cent. 2.0... 9134 ot Nev. Cons ........ 14% 14% Nor Pacuwic ....... 108% 108 _ New Haven ....... 641 65% Psd. Steel Car ...... 6634 65_ Penna ..........- : 108% Rep Steel ol. 157% Rock Island 185% Ray CONS Gol es. ese: 225 Reading 2.) .00..... 149%% St Paul 9.2...) .. 83 | SO: Paces. $93 Studebaker beats 5... Tenn. Cop. [CS Steel ......... Union Pacific 32 [tan (oe... ... 6634 U. S. Rubber 524 Westinghouse 119 GRAIN AND PROVISIONS High Low Close Wheat. Mane es 110%, 109 110%¢ ceot 2 . 10614 104% 105% Dee oo. 10614 104% 105% 6526 T4235 63% Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Po- tatoes at Buffalo. suffalo, Aug. 18.—Creamery butter, fresh, 23@26c: dairy, 21@24c: poor to common, all kinds, 18@20c. Cheese—Selling well; new fancy, 1414 15c: new choice, 14€@14%c; held fancy, 15'416c. Eges—Choice fresh, 23@24c; fancy 25(a 28c. Poultry (live)—Broilers, per lb. 16 (aj29C; cox, 11¢; fowls, 14@16c; ducks. LStat5c. Beans—Medium, $3.25@3.30: pea, $3: Red Kidney, $3.50; White Kidney, $3.75@4; Marrow, $3.75@4. Potatoes—New, $1.5001.65 per bbl. Rea & Witzig. —_>+>—____ The Buying Mood. We do certain Also, in certain moods, we things in certain moods. do not do certain things. Buying is a matter of mood. Commerce is exchange. We pass a man so much money, and the man takes the money and gives us some- thing that we want. making Salesmanship consists in the “prospect” feel as you do about your products. Hear and hate are closely akin. Jealousy lives next door. The seven hag _ sisters are: Fear, Doubt, Hate, Jealousy, Indif- ference, Disdain, Disease. Money doesn’t follow the flag— money follows the mood. And this is what | was going to say: Any publication that carries with it doubt, and whose recurring theme is defama- an atmosphere of gloom, of tion, does not foster the buying mood. Hence advertisements in such period- icals will not pay, and advertisers be- ine wise give the gloomsters absent treatment. What we need in_ this world is the hand-grasp, the smile, the nod of corroboration, the word of good-cheer. A smile can gladden an entire day. We are all in process, and only a few of us approximate the perfect. A little leeway in must be In the main, mankind does thine, right Righteousness is in the conduct allowable. the right thing pays. because the line of self-preservation. The thing that makes a periodical pay is its cheerful, frank, intelligent, helpful attitude. It does not pamper nor pauperize. Neith- foot, make a good-natured, er does it stand first on one then on t’other, trying to has the pendence that tokens character. good impression. It inde- (Jn the other hand, there are mag- that them an at- mosphere ot They may be ably edited, but if they are at war azines carry with gloom. with enterprise, and the editor poses as so very much wiser than the rest of us, and is continually “viewing with alarm” and “pointing with scorn,” we go into clam-shells and pull our check-books in after us.—EI- our cosmic Hubbard. —_+++-—___ Co-operation Desired. Woman—Are you fond of children? New bert and | don't like to have the entire bringing up of them! Servant—Yes, ma’am, hope you are, too! | LOGAN & BRYAN STOCKS, BONDS AND GRAIN 305 Godfrey Building Citizens 5235 Bell Main 235 New York Stock Exchange Boston Stuck Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange New York Cotton t xchange New York Coffee Exchange New York Produce Exchange New Orleans Cotton Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Winnipeg Grain Exchange Kansas City Board of Trade Private wires coast to coast Correspondence solicited Thomson & McKinnon BROKERS 123 Ottawa Ave., N. W. Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Boston Coppers Members of all leading exchanges Telephone Main 218 Citizens 8063 H. N. Harris & Co. Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Provisions Private Leased Wire Suite 236 Powers’ Theatre Building Telephones: Bell M. 1900; Citizens 5843 A ape a ae August 18, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 DETROIT DETONATIONS. city such a state of affairs should_ex- Hitchcock & Co. He moved from grocery on Main street, Royal Oak, —— ist. The hotel is also conducted on Detroit to Philadelphia, returning about September 1. a Cogent Criticisms From Michigan’s the American plaan. The night in six years ago to take the hotel man-_ _ The many friends of John W. Fra- Metropolis. question several entered the dining agement. Surviving are two brothers, lick in all parts of the country will Detroit, Aug. 16—Learn one thing room between 7:30 and 8 o'clock and) S. A. Merritt. proprietor of the Con- read with regret of his death, which each week about Detroit: One man- were served because the meals were gress Hotel, ad Dri F.C. Merritt, occurred Ausust 11 at his home, 75 ufacturer of ladies’ skirts uses over ordered previously by them. Yet de- of Sayville, N. Y. Lincoln avenue. Mr, Fralick was a 25,000 yards of cloth every month. spite that fact and the fact that heip C. Castiglione is having an add'tion veteran traveler, the last eight years Charles Grossberg, proprietor of a was required to look after their wants built to his grocery store at 306 Di- representing the Detroit Blow Pipe grocery store at Canfield avenue and the lone traveler was obliged to seek vision street. Co., and had lived in Detroit since Hastings street, has opened another his evening meal elsewhere. Detroit Council, No. 9, holds its - 1886. He is survived by a widow and store at 2460 Jefferson avenue, East. Cliff Knoble has been appointed as- regular monthly meeting next Satur- two daughters. : Arke Schmidt, representative of sistant advertising manager of the day meht Ausust 21 in its hall in Raymond E. Kanouse, haberdasher, the Walkover Shoe Co, in Christiana, Hyatt Roller Peawine Co, oF tlis the Elks Temple Senior Counselor 24 Fort street, W est, will move into is visiting in Detroit this week. Mr. city. A new building is being erected Welker is desirous of a large attend- larger quarters at 34-36 Fort street, Schmidt reports that, despite the for the company and, when complet- ance, as there will be many matters W est. war, business remains normal. While ed. will be occupied by the office of extreme interest taken up at that Walter LE. Daily, sales man- im the city he is visiting J. BE. Wile foree imctuding the advertising de- time. There will also Dé iitiation ager of the King Motor Car son, local representative for the partment, which is considered one of of candidates. Co., has resigned and will, ei Walkover Co. the most important branches of the G. Vernier will open an up-to-date gage in a business venture of his Kk. E, Yakely, gceneral merchant of organization, erecery and) meat market at 1983 own at an early mate Kk obert r. Quincy, was a Detroit business visitor M. Davenport, of Milan, was in De- Jefferson avenue, East. about August Bishop, who has acted as Mr. Bailey's last week. troit in the interests of his veneral 28. assistant, has been a osunied to fill The deeree of success accomplished store last weel. A man in Crane, Mo., says he will the vacancy. | by many traveling revivalists nowa- Some one threw a.brick through not get a hair cut until Bryan is [Traverse City 1916. days seems to depend on the size of the show window of J. GH. Garlick’s elected) President. This will be all James M. Goldstein. the collection. jewelry store, 168 Griswold street, last right, providing he doesn’t let the hair se. One hotel in a fair sized town usu- Friday morning and obtained goods get in other people’s way, Chirpings From the Crickets. ally is the bane of the traveling man’s valued at over $200. Some person Freddy ohare ex-Grand Secre- Battle Creek, Aug. 16—Nothine but existence. One hotel and a careless has a penchant for robbing the Gar- tary of the U. C. has been having praise for the present service the M. Manager, such as is found in Manis- lick establishment by the front win- reo-'ll hard tuck a ‘the family art R. Co. is giving its patrons. They get tee, 1s a state of affairs which proves dow route, the store having been in Traverse City. Despite the fact you there and back these days. to be a greater annoyance to. trav- oe on several different occasions that he placed several extra pedigehs = ee eacee at Grand Rapids were elers. We use the milder term “care- by the same method. on the garage and his Reo car and = well attended, thanks to the dandy less,” because the manager referred The writer had occasion to visit slept with one eye open © Mis Mia- weather and high class cards. Battle to, August Field, of the Briny Inn, Traverse City during the past week chine has been borrowed | yy thieving G7 eui sent a large delezation of har- at Manistee, has many qualities which and was greatly impressed by the joyriders on three different occasions, ness horse fans are admirable, but when if comes to fustle and energy display by the com: Each time the machine has been Chatles R. Foster was booldue giving the service necessary at a ho- mittee in charge of the U. C. T. con- found in good condition, having Deen business up Grand Rapids way last tel stich as he ic ai the head of, he sention to he held in that city next abandoned in different parts of the week | shows great laxness at times. The June. Those who will be unfortunate — city. i H. D. Bullen tries awful hard to closing time for dining room doors is enough not to be able to go to Trav- C. E. Frankford has opened a gro- get something on James M. Gold- 7:30 p. m., acording to signs posted erse City at that time—or, in fact, at cery and fruit store at 1517 Mack stein. It cant be done about the hotel. One night last week amy tmie-will tiiss a fare treat. The avenue and will conduct a similar Harry Harwodd of Na. 131. has a patron who has been stopping at scemery m very direction alone store at 196%4 Park boulevard under quit the road for the time being and the hotel for a number of years en- would repay a visit, to say mothine the style of the Ahola Fruit Co is spending his time with his family tered the dining room, the door being of the hospitality which abounds If Carranza gets real naughty to one-half open, at, according to several watches, one or two minutes after the prescribed 7:30. He was not stopped and proceeded to seat himself at a table. There were several waitresses and a large number of guests in the room. After being seated a few mo- ments, he was informed that it was too late for service and he could re- ceive no meal. Later he approached the manager, who, refusing to listen to his story, quickly walked away after making the astounding admis- sion that he had no control over the oe. A short time ago an automo- bile party from Grand Rapids arrived at the hotel and registered at) 7220. After spending the time necessary to clean up after such a trip, they were informed they were too late for sup- per, it being then a few minutes after 7:30. The writer can tell of still an- other auto party which received the same treatment. The most distress- ing feature is that Manistee, despite its size and veneral progressiveness, has but one restaurant that ap- proaches the first-class and that is sit- uated at an inconvenient location. It regretted that in an othet- wise first-class hotel and enterprisine is to be everywhere. The hotels, too, are above the average, accounting in no small measure for the number of trav- elers who manage to spend their Sun- days in the city. Those in charge’ of the 1916 convention are: RS « j SN BQ CSS i S Poa y ~ >. NS 4 | BW slings Zul Al SS su; 8 Zz ¥ ar si@a i Sx Ba! s 5 NS Mai si 8a t s.7) é a 15 ' ws ee a ol my Si Sig C | i i i i| > g = iy J) e Sl list ol Mail 5 | z d ew me : rh _ - = ; 4 —— We want accounts of merchants and individuals in any form and will pay highest rates of interest paid in Grand Rapids Incorporated banks of Grand Rapids have never suffered a failure Ee er = Geanpirinss AVINGSHANK Incorporated 1870 Temporary Quarters Adjoining Corner Ionia and Monroe Ave. 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ove ae BANKRUPTCY MATTERS. tademaker-Dooge Co., Grand Secured. sets of the value of $2,350 and the lia- PAMIGS ce eee ee eee 2.49 Young & Chaffee, Grand Rapids $ 97.20 bilities are listed at $1,614.87. The fol- ene. Security Trans. Co., Grand Rapids 23 Liquid Carbonic Co., Chicago 1,124.00 oe ace shown as creditors of the i i ; : I. M. Smith Co., Grand Rapids 4.00 Grand Rapids Gas Co., Grand yankrupt: Proceedings in the Western District syiri & Co., Chicago ...... aie as 2.75 aise (a 50.00 Preferred. of Michigan. Valley City Milling Co., Grand Wilmarth Show Case Co., Grand a City of Grand pe taxes ....$ 35.19 ee ee 99} + Ras oo eo eee 18.55 Rapids ee. : 130.0 Secured. : : tc cmam or orn apie, ee nlc Ee Valley City Supply Co., Grand Grand Rapids Electric Co., Grand William Boukus, Grand Rapids en Ot filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy | Mapids | (2 foe 8.58 _ Rapids ..:..... pee. 66.00 Jos. Ushinsky, Grand Rapids .... 100.00 adjudication has been made and the mat- Van Driele & Co., Grand Rapids 9.70 National Cash Register Co., Daye Le John Mitrykiewicz, Grand Rapids ee ter referred to Referee Wicks. Kirk E. Wolverine Spice Co., Grand Rapids 36.53 tom, Ohio .......-)..----...----- 275.00 Chattel Loan Co., Grand Rapids 135.00 Wicks has also been appointed receiver Consumers Ice Co., Grand Rapids .. 6.49 Unsecured. Unsecured, : ia nol Gee: & Worcsiee ic in chance 45 Gay Mitchell, Grand Rapids ...... 64.90 Alt & Batsche, Grand Rapids $ 174.00 Shuller Co., residence unknown cs oe custodian for the receiver. The first Frank Maynard, Grand Rapids | a 4.00 Onderdonk Co., Grand Rapids .... 15.25 S. P. Lochman, Detroit kk City. 65. 89 ieee @. croditere ban been called for oO Ee & Peewan, Grand Rapids 5.00 John Gardella, Grand_ Rapids 30.10 Rosenzwieg Co... New - Seay Meee August 10, at which time creditors may Dr. E. Bigham, Grand Rapids .... 6.00 National Candy Co., Grand Rapids 93.89 Valley City Milling Co., Grand 125.00 appear, prove their claims, elect a trus- pa. Ree Grand Rapids 2.00 Pulte Plumbing Co., Grand Rapids 66.00 : ae pedo 1313 fos OG teacaek Suen Ges Gnd Gumiien ole EB. Newell, Grand Rapids 100 H. & R. Sign Co., Grand Rapids 21.50 Cc. C. Avery & ep pee oe business as may properly come. before De WW OV. ieon, Edges sone 3.00 Jtllis & Bashara, Grand Rapids .. 9.00 imine Spine & New FO 00. the meeting. The schedules on file at Dr GS. F. McBride, Grand Rapids 2.00 ©. G, Piper, Grand Rapids ........ 27.15 Carl Strauss, Buffalo Me Geauc Gye 100.00 iin ohine Ghow fhe bade acccis to be Co Me Bese Crane Soe 6.00 Walker Candy Co., Muskegon .. 4.00 Boltwood & Boltwood, Grand ad $731 and the liabilities are listed at Dr. €. H. Fairbanks, Grand Rapids 65.58 Rysdale Co., Grand Rapids .... 13.47 i Rapids Sie siclee aie teeter tees: 15.0 31,630.55. The following are shown as Dr... Robertson, Grand Rapids .. 7.00 GR. Gas Co., Grand Rapids .... 16.28 F. S$. Shepardson & Co., North i creditors of the bankrupt: McLaughlin's Business College, A G. R. News, Grand Rapids ...... 4.50 : Attleboro, Mass. peters 41.58 Prcrernad. ee ee aonb Pore e ae ee G R. Press, Grand Rapids ...... 21.00 Bi so ae eae & Klein, ieee Moar — ace Gases 95 J. riesway, Grand Rapids ...... . AO Jouvce & Go. anc C oledo 4. ....)...5- Be eecte +=: 41.5§ City of Grand a saree ----@ 12.50 J. C. Collierand, Grand Rapids .. 20.50 - od gs Sr am unknown Swartehild, & Co., Chicago’ Se, 8.80 sudbon Grocer Go. Ginnd Bavids s57500 Sonier Stele, Grand Rapins ...-.. 2% Guang Rapids “0 .)........ unknown Blectric City Box Co. Buffalo .. 35.50 J. Vanden Berge Cigar Co., Rudell Creamery Co., Grand Rapids 3.43. g Samuels & Co., Baltimore, Md. 25.00 Mike Sensibar, Chicago .....----- eed Ceand Bape 15.00 Nowacayk Furn. Co., Grand Rapids 3.00 G, R. Electric Co., Grand Rapids 18.69 Mrs. George Jukszaitis, Grand : Wattell & Baker, Grand Rapids 40.00 Bursraat & Son, Grand Rapids | iS 3.50 The assets are almost entirely held Rapids eee pt teeees eee ee 8 ae N. Schipper, Grand Rapids ...... 39.99 Rice Hardware Co., Grand Rapids 9.00 on title reserving contracts and it is very I. r. Prange, | Iing Co. feces a 11.64 3. Hansen Edmore .. 2. igog Fleishman & Co., Grand Rapids 1.85 doubtful if there will be any dividend for Valley City Milling Co., Grand J Sgr eaiy, eres ines 19.00 l_ankester Sisters. Grand Rapids 9.00 the unsecured creditors in this matter. Maids och a ween ene 5.00 Mclauenlin & Co., Chicago ....:. 3.95 C. H. Perkins, Grand Rapids .... 3.50 August 6—Andrew C. Gongwer, of Hart, Kent Creamery Co., Grand Rapids 25.00 ©: ee & Coal Co,, Grand 5 has filed i voluntary petition in bank- Diekema, Kollen & Ten Cate, Me Dee eens 2 tein por eee cece, | Oe ruptey, adjudication has been made and ist ici Holland nas coe ec. ee eee 35.00 ee a S. ee aie oe referred to Referee Wicks. Exquisitely Delicious Blne Valley Creamery Co., Grand aidington, conducting a grocery at tha The first meeting has not yet been called 7 ass i Bemis 6 (99 Pblace, has this day filed a voluntary peti- jin the matter. Assets are listed at $310, Hor co oo I. Vander Meer, Grand Rapids <9 tion in bankruptcy, adjudication has all claimed as exempt, and the liability sauces, icings, contections. H. Bamstra & Co., Chicago ...... 429 6been made and the matter referred to jis $1,390.11. The following are the cred- e CG. W. Mills Paper Co., Grand Rapids 40.00 Referee Wicks, who has also been ap- itors: National Biscuit Co, Grand Rapids 7.09 olnted receiver. B. BM. Winks, of Tad” Preferred. a eine ‘Aikman Bakery Co., Port Huron 13.00 rani oe epic pS soeae lea Joseph Pietch, Milwaukee ........ $ 49.20 Meote & Jenks, JackSon .......... 7.25 - eceling Of creagitors nas Deen came G. A. Jirich, ANHG) isle ec lowe e es icle + 5.00 : at ceclartined hae Or eried = for Sept 2, at which time creditors may ce eee b pas macier Mayor pape 6.19 ®@ppear, prove their claims, elect a trus- Qoeana © Dy uel et a! Rich and Mellow 1 Ba cea a Bega ‘7 tee and transact such other business «as ceana County Savings Bank, : : Thomas Canning Co., Grand Rapids 1.80 ee ‘ . a fart $ 25.00 Order from H. Van Eenenaam, Zeeland ...... 50.00 may properly come before the meeting A. Congman, Dayton, Ohio .. 225.00 -. Hi Citizens Telephone Co., Grand The por aul oe file satus a the aA. gmad ol sages 225: Louis Hilfer Co. as ee : 2 value of $4,836.80 anc 1e liabilities are / De secured, . e i Tt. Meee et acne Co. soul shown at $4,600. The following are listed C. W. Slayton, Hart .............8 639.43 meee: Clicace. 7 Pool ads i oe ee ee oot CRESCENT MFG. CO. Riekse / ‘%o.. Gr: tapids .. 20.6¢ reterrea. iy se cn ’ Aart ...ee sie e's sles wise 5.0 eer ae St ae ones Grand M. Hallett, Ludington 70.00 Floren Fuller, Pentwater ........ 84.00 Seattle, Wash. ast End Meat Market, Grand : Secured. 2 eee ete 80.00 amis. ee el ee ce 5.00 Ludington State Bank, Ludington $1890.00 American Art Co., Coshuton, O. 24.48 Feldpausch Bros., Grand Rapids .. 24.00 National Grocer Co. Detroit 2.2 2.500:00 J. D. Kober, Eaglesville, Ohio 210.00 wilae Go. Cleveland Ohio |... 804 First National Bank, Ludington 200.00 August 6—Frank A. King, of Grand i [ Biber & Co Ehiimore 0: 30.00 G. M. Hallett, Ludington ........ 90.00 Rapids, conducting a jewelry business at M k O ey B II J. J. Burgraaf, Grand Rapids .. 30.00 U nsecured. i that place, has filed a voluntary petition a e u our 1 S Mm 4 Hiding Go. Detreit 23°00 E. R. Godfrey & Son, Milwaukee $ 147.00 in bankruptey, adjudication has been Fulton Bakery, Grand Rapids .... 4.00 Saginaw Beef Co. 2s... esses eee 115.00 ae and the matter seaeaipee to Referee THE EASIEST WAY Standara Oil Co., Grand Rapids 12.84 Hans K. Hansen, Ludington 20-0 ieee: ie poe ee Ren eevee Te Save Time and Errors. Slicon Glass Co., c-o R. J. Cleland Arbuckle & Co., Chicago .......... ppp) caer Ge Beneress ie ie eee Send for Samples and Circular—Fr ee H. Hamstra & Co., Grand Rapids 32.00 custodian for the receiver. The first Q melon Grand Rapids Poe ce eee eet ale 19.00 E e : ee : : : ’ . : J. Van Keppel, Grand Rapids... 50.00 Crescent ‘Candy Co., Manistee .. 29.00 meeting of creditors has not yet been Barlow Bros., Grand Rapids, Mich. G. R. Fruit House, Grand Rapids 6.16 a. J. Heinz Co., Detroit .....--.- called. The schedules on file show as- Rex Cleaner Co., Grand Rapids 4.95 Armour & Co., Chicago Ct tee eeeee Alfred J. Brown Seed Co., Grand Osborn Paper Co., Lansing ...... ; Pepids 2 1.80 Smith Paper Co., Milwaukee | Ellis & Bashara, Grand Rapids 99.99 Sawyer Biscuit Co., Chicago ..... Dierdorf Cigar Co., Grand Rapids 1.64 Hale Flour Co... Tonia be eee one 0.0 = - G. H. Seymour Co., Grand Rapids 8.00 Voigt Milling Co: Grand | tapids 8.50 i= = J. Van ____ Fads and Fancies for the Motorist. A simple lined with rubber, is fitted as a man’s trav- eling toilet case with ebony fittings. The case shuts like an envelope. One of the big, warm coats for early autumn touring is made of dou- ble faced plaid material. It has a medium black and white check on the outside and a large green and blue plaid crossed with a yellow line on the reverse side. It is in raglan model, very full at the hem and of three-quarters length. A Victoria case, the size of a small suit case, has as a new feature a deep tray. All of the toilet articles are ar- ranged in the cover. It comes in soft beaver and in the fashionable black crepe leather. Waterfall sweaters come in all the pastel shades with revere collars, deep cuffs and fringed sashes. The beauty of the material makes them particularly fine for wear over lin- gerie frocks. New coats of silk corduroy are made in semi-Empire model and are trim- med around the bottom, the collar and the cuffs with raccoon fur. They are lined throughout with plain satin. One coat for evening wear is of apple green silk velvet with deep mink col- lar and trimming. Wide brimmed hats of soft felt are hand embroidered with flowers or trimmed with crocheted flowers. They are worn with the heavy touring gray linen case, coats. Plain felt hats trimmed with game bird feathers, owl heads and feather pompons are smart. Those wearing the little stitched hats are using the shaded Georgette veils or the veils that fit closely around the head and fasten up the back with snap catches. Chinese baskets are the latest for automobile use. They are deep and have high handles, the han- dles and trimmings being painted a brilliant scarlet. Parasols for automobile use are now appearing in the long handled, Chinese, cork topped model. They are gathered between the ribs and are hinged at the top to be turned sideways. They are covered in the good coaching shades in plain heavy silk. luncheon ————_e- Perhaps many a man who boasts of his honesty would go lame if an op- portunity worth while was to knock at his door, Unique Body Power Efficiency Vi ore Comfortable Oil Saver Better Service |ncreased Value Less Money Engine Perfection By all means see the Hupmobile be- fore buying. Write, phone or call for demonstration. GEORGE S. THWING & CO. Cit. 1417. Bell 1428 GRAND RAPIDS Going on that TRIP ? You want Reliable Tires Put on DIAMONDS SHERWOOD HALL CO, LTD. Distributors Grand Rapids, Mich. APPERSON SIX—The American Beauty Car Four Passenger Roadster, Aptly Called The Chummy Car, $1550 Five Passenger Six, $1485; Seven Passenger, $1550 PHELPS AUTO SALES COMPANY, Michigan St. and Lafayette Ave. Distributors APPERSON and KING Cars GRAND RAPIDS SAXON SIX 785 | | SAXON COSTS LEAST TO RUN A Saxon Roadster, with three passengers, j - pleted a trip of 632 miles, over Northern Moin lak which necessitated covering some of the worst roads of the state, averaging 28 miles to a gallon of gasoline, and 126 miles toa quart of oil. The total expense of gasoline w and oil was $3.51. Averaging $1.17 per passenger. Saxon Roadster $395 These cars are the best that can be bought for the price. WRITE FOR TERRITORY TERMS. Saxon Motor Company, Detroit GRAND RAPIDS SAXON COMPANY 572 Division Avenue, South August 18, 1915 “Jitney” a Western Idea. The jitney omnibus originated in the West. The term is applied to any automobile or mechanically driv- en omnibus carrying passengers for a 5-cent fare. The word “jitney” in Western parlance is equivalent to our Eastern nickel. The expression is said to be a cor- 1uption of a Japanese term for a small coin of such little value that it is usually spoken of with great con- tempt. Others believe the word to be of negro origin, and assert that in the old days of the Mississippi steam- boats the dock roustabouts were wont to refer to a nickel as a jitney. An- other account avers that a peniten- tiary trusty named Jedney used to smuggle tobacco, sugar and _ other supplies to the prisoners, giving them 5 cents’ worth for 10 cents, thus resulting in a nickel profit to himself, the transaction being obscurely re- ferred to as a jitney. It is said that the first jitney om- nibus appeared in Oakland, Cal., when a second-hand automobile stopped at the curb bearing the placard, “Will take you anywhere or stop anywhere for one jitney.”’ About a year ago one L. R. Draper, a citizen of Los Angeles, started a business of this kind in that city, and many regard him as the originator of the idea. Be that as it may, California is certain- ly responsible for setting up the most rapid disturbance in city transporta- tion this country has ever seen. E. Gordon Lee. —_+ +. ____ Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, Aug. 16—The late George G. Jenkins, proprietor of the Western Hotel at Big Rapids, be- sides being an able hotel man, was also one of the most active civic workers in Mecosta county. Mr. Jen- kins was prominently identified with Mecosta county development work and the development of Western Michigan. His work along these lines earned for him a directorship in the Western Michigan Develop- ment Bureau. As a hotel man he was eminently successful. Under his di- rection the hotel had grown from a second-rate hostelry of eighteen rooms to a rating as one of the finest equipped of the smaller first-class ho- tels in the State. Mr. Jenkins pur- chased the hotel about fifteen years ago and since that time until his death he gave a great amount of his time to the upbuilding of his hotel and looking after the comfort of the traveling public. His son, Wm. F., has assumed the management of the hotel and intends that the policy and principle of his father will be upheld in his management. J. L. Murray, of 511 Ethel avenue, who suffered a severe injury to his tight hand in cranking his big Aus- tin car, is in grave danger from blood poisoning. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Anderson are making the upper part of the State and expect to be gone two. weeks. Mrs, Anderson is accompanying Pete on his territory and writes that she is having the time of her life. Must be that Pete is some entertainer, C. P. Lawton, who has been on the sick list for the past six weeks, is once again on the rapid road to com- plete recovery. About the only re- sult of his illness that is noticeable is a shortage of avoirdupois. If nothing untoreseen develops, he expects to re- gain all that deserted him. Oscar Miller, one of the popular Proprietors of the Union Store Co., of Kaleva, selected himself a mate MICHIGAN T and set sail on the sea of matrimony August 14. Oscar thought he had traveled in single harness long enogh and we sincerely hope that his con- jugal felicity may never be clouded and that all his troubles will be little ones. Byerett Steffe, of the Lake City Hardware Co., made a trip to Toledo and drove a new Overland car through. He reports a nice trip. Ev- erett is a real optimist and it may be that it was because a sale was in sight that he couldn’t see troubles for dust. ‘The writer wishes to thank our ab- sent brother, Dr. G. W. Ferguson, for the write up and was pleased to learn that someone knew under what con- ditions a scribe labors and attends to business. Doc, you are one of the biggest hearted and warmest blooded men I know. I absolutely know you to be warm blooded, because when a man can endure B. V. D.s when the mercury is hovering around the 10 below mark, he has some counteract- ing heat somewhere in his body. Any- how, I wish to thank you for the timely suggestions and hope that the boys will come across with dope enough to fill a page in our popular Tradesman. I will lend my best ef- forts, but must have help from the boys making other sections of the State. Boys, do not forget that August 23 is the last day for the payment of assessment No. 128, so send your re- mittance early and avoid the rush. Don’t let your insurance lapse, as you have one of the best policies for ac- cident that is in existence and the best and only fraternal organization in the world for commercial men. August 21 is the big day for Grand Rapids Council and their friends. Don’t forget that the cars leave promptly at 8 o'clock a. m. from the Muskegon interurban depot. Dig up all the friends you can and join in to help make it a day long to be re- membered. The beautiful jake trip alone is worth the money, besides the other features that the committee have arranged for. L. V. Pilkington. —~++>____ A critic may be a man with won- derful instinct for-discovering the sore spots of his superiors. SS SN a TN A A RADESMAN Life in the Country. “Yes, sir,” he said on recovering his breath after his mad race for the 5 o'clock Muskegon interurban, “I tell you it’s the country for me! You have good, pure air and good water and nice fruit and vegetables right from your own garden and fresh-laid eggs. I honestly believe that there are inore mosquitoes in the city than there are in the country; more stag- nant pools of water for them to breed in than there are out where we live. It’s a kind of novelty to have a mos- quito nip you. Yes, and when the city folks are sweltering in their close little flats we are sitting on our piaz- zas with a cool breeze always blow- ing in the evening. If you want to really live, put the city behind you where you can have the fruit of the soil in your own little garden and be free from a lot of things there’s no escape from in the city.” And then he inadvertently drop- ped the following “Things to get in the city’? memorandum as he was leaving the car: Two bunches radishes. One small bunch onions. One head of lettuce. A little parsley for garnishing. One large or two small cucumbers. Five-gallon bottle of spring water. Fifteen yards mosquito netting. See what two electric fans would cost, one for piazza. Ask druggist what will soothe mos- quito bites. Two dozen eggs. See about filter for water. One yeast-cake (sure). One bunch celery. One box moth marbles. See if we can get our old flat back early in September. 129-131 Jefferson Ave., S. E. WAIT FOR THE REO Announcement It will be full of Agreeable Surprises W. D. VANDECAR Grand Rapids, Mich. Every unit standardized A. C. LUCE, Branch Mgr. THE SILENT WORM DRIVE TRUCK ABBOTT CO N GaLNFRA | ote iawn One to five ton capacity SERVICE MOTOR TRUCK COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS a a ach Re ge 15 i o x King Eight Truths The King Eight will duplicate any stunt that any automobile, at any price, will perform, and the King Eight sells for only $1350. The King Eight can take any of Grand Rapids hills on high so easily that it makes the owners of luxury priced cars sit up and THINK. Fifteen to twenty miles to a gallon. Economical on Oil, Tires and Repairs. Make your Demonstration Appointment Phelps Auto Sales Company Western Michigan Distributors for The New King Car and the Apperson Supplies and Accessories Michigan Street and Lafayette Avenue Grand Rapids, Mich. Purchasing Club 113 Crescent St., N. W. An Association of Automobile Owners Organized to Save Money on Tires and Accessories WRITE US Automobile Owners Grand Rapids, Mich. 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ot i oe a a a Jif Tid a . @ : A uncing a | to the grocery trade the enlarged plans and policies of the California Associated Raisin Company for . ; Fs the promotion and increased sale of a . ; SUN-MAID RAISINS Cr ll and at 5 CALIFORNIA RAISIN BREAD L 2" Made with Sun-Maid Raisins x This is the first of a seriés of advertisements appearing in this magazine. a Their purpose is to acquaint you with our great National Campaign which will : take place during the coming year commencing in August. This campaign, briefly, will consist of numerous plans to increase the consumption of Sun-Maid Raisins. But the most important consideration—so far as you are concerned—is that Raisin Bread i will also be featured—creating a double demand among your customers. So this campaign is really of primary benefit to you, for you will make the profit on this bread in addition to that on Sun-Maid Raisins. Your baker will supply you with California Raisin Bread. We have set the wheels in motion in the Bakery trade. s | e Greater Profit Ahead for YOU Glance for a minute at the first page advertisement Remember this country-wide campaign is to be appearing in the national magazines, reproduced in the handled in a big way—not in one section—but nation- upper right-hand corner (about one-sixth actual size). ally. People in your own town will be systematically Think of the influence a whole series like this will approached— not one time and in one way—but many have on American housewives—your customers. times and in several ways, so that your store wil] be Then let us hint at some other features—such as identified with a big national movement to popularize local newspaper advertisements, window displays, etc., raisins and raisin bread. which are available for your use if you merely join us in the great plan we will lay before you. Never Before Any Effort Like This This is bound to be the biggest and most effective sales campaign ever carried out for American grocers Nothing has ever been so complete—nothing so carefully strategized. This big drive will surprise even you as it comes out. You will say that this campaign has won for you additional business and new profits. Of course the grocers who see the possibilities and begin to cash in on the energy and expenditures back of this campaign will receive the largest returns. So even though this campaign will have its own tremendous force, you can get the greatest benefit from it if you become an active part of it. f Se SS ~ — nninnoeeinaan nr araecaaaeieel ‘ te MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 This is merely the first page of one of the new series of advertisements. by It appears in the Saturday Evening Post on August 28th and in the Ladies’ Home Journal in September. Remember this is but one of a big series. Every housewife who buys food for the household will receive the message about Sun-Maid Raisins and California Raisin Bread in the months commencing with August. Con- sider the number of people who will read these advertise- ments. And think of the other ways we will use to make raisins a part of every meal. Bear in mind, too, that this is merely ONE form of raisin advertising. Every housewife will be ap- pealed to through every effective channel. * Nation-Wide Advertising Campaign Later we will announce more in detail the scope of this unprecedented advertising campaign. We want you to know all about it, so you can be prepared to meet the demand created. But here: we merely want you to know when it commences and to assure you of its power. This advertising cam- paign will be backed by an intensive sales campaign—the like of which has never yet been known. Never before has there been such a campaign to give you a double demand like this. We help you to sell bread. We help you to sell package raisins. Millions Will Want Raisins « and Raisin Bread When this great force is let loose, you will be af- investigations have been made. The sole purpose, f fected. Besides an increase in package sales you will remember, has been to build up. an every-day de- i be able to build up a new and profitable business on mand. We advise you to immediately prepare for } raisin bread, for this plan has been studied for months. this campaign by familiarizing yourself with every t Thousands have been consulted. Experiments and detail. How to Capitalize on This Big Idea The first thing to do is to write us at once for our plans to help you. Then study them. Then signify your intention of taking advantage of Send me at once details of the national this opportunity. We will immediately give you all the information campaign about to start in which Sun- and keep you posted as to every move. We will explain all we are go- Maid Raisins and California Raisin Bread ing to do to increase raisin demand and consumption. Prepare now for qe teatuncd your share of the profits by writing at once, or sending in the attached INGRIG oe w coupon. SheGeh 33 California Associated Raisin Co. a. Siaie........ ‘Idi e e ° Mail this to the neare ice o ie Hearst Building, Home Office, Fresno, California 113 Hudson St. eb Wo es ae Cos ; Chicago New York 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN eee ahs ee pS ASE | é 2 = BES STOCK UP FOR FALL ON THESE ina = hAADKET S| | Pioneer--Good Service Numbers 72 OFT = ee REVIEW or SHOE MARKET me it oS = 2 ee =s ‘= Di fog Pi Coe g > mr we BQ 49 lj i) ig 2 Getting Over the Freak Style De- bauch. Written for the Tradesman. The shoe industry of America—to be more accurate, that phase of the American shoe industry concerned in the production and distribution of women’s footwear—has just passed through one of those strange, sporadic and unwholesome episodes, for which I know no better term than the phrase Style-debauch. Men lost their heads. Sober, staid, supposedly level-headed shoemen yielded to the siren charms of the female erst- “smart’ and the “fussy” in footwear appareling; while sensible and conservative shoe and many manufacturers were smitten hard by the notion—the Lord only knows where they got the idea—that the bet- ter class of actually required this gingerbread iunk miscalled foot- wear. And so they vied with one an- other—ran pell-mell in a free-for-all dash—each trying to out-do all others in novelty, smartness and piquancy of style. Smart and fussy was the big idea; fussy and smart the aim and goal. Just who started the craze, perhaps nobody knows; but when the thing got under way, others—and just lots and lots of "em—fell in with the procession, and gingerbread was the big noise. Shoe manufacturers and designers had hor- rible nightmares and sought to ma- terialize the same in terms of near- freak and freak shoes for the prospec- tive beguilement of style-queered women. The originality and daring of one or of several stimulated the same qualities in others—only the others went their competitors just a trade little stronger, as they always do. And thus it came about that, in the spring and early summer of the good year 1915, we veritable parti-colored, leather-and-ifabric crea- had a deluge of tions, variegations, combinations and conglomerations, designed, built, ex- ploited and proffered for claiming to be the very latest whis- per in female footwear of the most fashionable sort. To make the situation more ridicu- sale—each lous and distressing from the retail dealer’s standpoint, these crazy treak ideas in the high grade shoes were duplicated in the popular priced lines. In just three weeks after some new and spectacular model the display window of the smart ex- clusive shoe shop, with a price ticket stating the price as $5, $7 or $9, the same model would be on display in the popular-priced shoe emporiums marked $2.50 or $2.75. Of course it would be an imitation, but it would be on hand with the dash and snap— and appeared in that, according to hypothesis, was the main thing. A Costly Debauch, This freak style debauch from which the trade is just now recovering has been a costly dissipation. Both man- ufacturers and retail dealers have suffered. Always extreme style-departures in footwear are precarious. Fussy, freak- ish styles, over which quite a number of people were raving only a few weeks ago, have gone out—and they have gone out with a vengeance. Not in recent years has there been such a radical swing of the pendulum of popular taste in footwear. Many shoe manufacturers were caught—and not a few were crippled. Some of them will not quickly forget the lesson they have learned. shoe And what is true of manufacturers, is also true of retail shoe dealers. Hundreds of them were left in the lurch. I know dealers who have resorted to many expedients to reduce their stocks of gingerbread footwear. Fab- rics have been colored, prices cut to the quick, and the dynamics of adver- tising and window trimming and sales- manship applied to make the stuff move. But in spite of all these ef- forts, there are many retail shoe stores and department stores of the large cities that are just ruing the day of gingerbread, and wondering how in blazes they ever came to fall for it to start with. now Some of them, to be sure, went in for it rather timidly at first, and against their better judgment; but it seemed that everybody who was any- thing at all in retaildom was doing it, so they began to think that they must do it And they did—to their hurt. too. But some didn’t. And those who played it safe are now congratulating themselves. I have a friend who be- longs to this latter class. He is the shoe manager of a city department store that has a name for high grade, dependable, genteel merchandise. They get their shoes from a famous man- ufacturer of women’s. shoes down East. ing in for freakish, parti-colored crea- tions, my friend said: “None of that bizarre stuff for mine.” When everybody else was go- In Demand Everywhere In Stock for At Once Shipment Orders Solicited No. 884—Men’s 12 inch Black Norway Chrome Uppers, % Double Sole, Re-inforced Shank, Nailed Bottom. Fair Stitched, Large Nickel Hooks and Eyes, Four inch Cuffs with Buckles and Straps, Full Bellows Tongue, Blucher, exactly like cut........ 3.20 No. 883—Same only Regular six inch Blucher UD ee ee ee ' No 878—Same only Regular six inch Blucher plain....................-...0.- ee 2.25 SAMPLES ON REQUEST THEY WEAR LIKE IRON HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO. Mfrs. Serviceable Footwear GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The “Original Hard Pan Shoe” Often Imitated—Never Equaled A Shoe You Can Depend On To give your customers the greatest value for their money. R. K. L. HARD PAN SHOES are made from the best leather money can buy, They are ABSOLUTELY SOLID. If you are not already Carrying this shoe, order aa trial case You will find them to be business builders. Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie Company ‘Makers of Shoes that Wear” Grand Rapids, Mich August 18, 1915 Early in the season, when the trade began clamoring for freak stuff in my friend’s shoe department — and couldn't get it—they called him an “old fogy.” And some of them went out and bought elsewhere—bought of the current gingerbread. In less than a month most of them came back and bought something refined and prac- tical. They had had their fling. And now my friend has been dubbed: “The only sensible man in town.” Yes, this recent freak style debauch has cost like smoke. It has hurt busi- ness. And there are hundreds of good shoemen all over the country who feel like kicking themselves for hav- ing any part or lot in it. As an indi- cation of the drastic nature of the dy- namics that had to be applied in an effort to get rid of it, take this as example: A model made up of parti- colored leathers and fabric, turned out by a concern catering to the particu- lar trade, originally marked to retail at $7 the pair, cut down to $1 per pair. Some cut, eh? Yes, and they didn’t all go at that. Still they’d better be sold at 5 cents a pair rather than be carried for they are dead—hopeless- ly, incurably, everlastingly dead—and anything at all that can be got for them is so much to the good. Why Is Gingerbread? ‘Of course we are all agreed that a man’s hindsight is (and ought to be) a blame sight better than his fore- sight; still the question arises, Why is gingerbread? Iussiness went to seed. Looking at the matter now, one cannot help won- dering how anybody ever fell for this sort of junk. How did sane, intelli- gent people ever get the notion that this sort of meant style? Who nightmare upon us? Without rime or reason; sans gen- tility, durability, service—sans pretty much everything that a shoe ought to have—gingerbread got itself accredit- the sole ground grotesqueness wished this ed amongst us on of novelty. Ye gods, it was sufficient- ly novel! But who ever dreamed that novelty alone is enough to support and maintain vogue? A single color—if it be an unusual one—introduces an element of uncer- tainty; but when you add a second or a third color, the element of pre- cariousness increases in a geometric ratio that makes one dizzy. But, as if this wasn’t enough, and leathers were combined with contrast- ing colors. This isn’t business—it is is plain gambling. No wonder a lot of people got stung. It couldn't have been other- wise. The day of disillusionment simply had to come. And in locali- ties it came over night. But the most hopeful thing about this whole affair of the freak style debauch is the fact that shoemen are pretty well agreed that nobody is to blame but themselves. They volun- tarily went up against long odds, and (most of them) lost out. So they’ve learned their lesson; and next time they’ll be wiser. And the costly experiment of 1915 gingerbread will have its effect in paving the way for more rational and substantial styles for another season; fabrics MICHIGAN TRADESMAN and so, in the long run, will help to hasten the day of better things. Cid McKay. “Hello” News of Interest. Written for the Tradesman. Since March 1 the Detroit telephone exchange has installed 7,707 new tele- phones and taken out 4,196, making a net gain for this period of 3,511. The area served by the has gained 141,000 in population since last December according to estimates. exchange The Michigan Telephone Company has completed the work of rebuilding its Lansing lines, started a year ago, at an outlay of $90,000. Of this sum $80,000 was for outside work and the balance for interior improvements. J. B. Lockwood, Auditor of the United Home Company, has remove his headquarters from Ludington to Muskegon. Wires of the Michigan State ex- change at Union City have heen cut over to the Southern Michigan office. is discussing the advan- having Portland tages of change. An expert employed by the Michi- gan State at Detroit states that it costs the company $20.41 to train a telephone operator before she becomes of use to the company. one telephone ex- The Michigan State’s plant at Hud- son has been purchased by the Lena- wee County Co. for $1,500. The deal was authorized by the State Railroad Commission, extensive improvements costing over $15,000 have been made on the new switchboard and exchange of the Southern Michigan at Coldwater. H. E. Lampman, of Charlotte, suc- ceeds L. E. Johnson as local man- ager of the Hillsdale exchange for the Michigan State. Mr. Johnson has taken a position with the com- pany in Detroit. F. L. Francis, in charge of the Citi- zens’ exchange at Portland since its installation fourteen years ago, now has similar duties at Greenville’s 900 phone exchange EF. N. Burchard, formerly of Lake Odessa, is now at Portland. Almond. Griffen. —_2~++___ The Excuse. Samuel H. Church, President of the Carnegie Institute, said at a luncheon in Pittsburg, apropos of certain war atrocities: “The excuse of these atrocities re- minds me of the miner bridegroom. “A young miner got married, and for the first week’s housekeeping ex- penses he gave his wife the good round sum of one dollar. “The girl, to his surprise, accepted the dollar cheerfully, and that week they lived abundantly enough, albeit plainly. “So, for the second week, the miner doled out only half a dollar. Then his wife went for him. She told him what she thought of his meanness. The house reverberated with her indigna- tion. “The miner, in the midst of the storm, clapped on his hat and stalked out, muttering: ““T see what’s the matter here. I spoiled ye the first week.’” 19 Rouge Rex Mr No. 449—Price $2.50 This is a shoe that has stood the test of service. It is made of our chocolate colored re-tanned stock; full vamp, making two thicknesses of leather at the tip: half double hemlock sole. A shoe especially adapted to farm service. Order a case and watch the wear. HIRTH-KRAUSE COMPANY Hide.to Shoe Tanners and Shoe Manufacturers Grand Rapids, Mich. Shoe > ©JICHIGAN DAIRYMAN'S Consider This One A Great Value Built for Wear The Black is No. 2302 | ae The Tan is No. 2372 | The Price is $1.90 The discount is 5% in 30 days The net cost to you is a fraction over $1.80 per pair Grand RapidsShoe & Rubber(©. The Michigan People Grand Rapids Happiness More in Ourselves Than in Circumstances. Written for the Tradesman. No saint nor seer nor philosopher ever has explained satisfactorily the puzzles and paradoxes of human hap- Persons who, according to*all piness. reasoning, ought to be miserable in actual fact are blithe and care-free. Others who have all that heart can wish insist on making themselves wretched, Hlere is Mr. Averill, nearly 70 years old, earning a scanty living for him- self and his aged wife by days’ works. Owning not even the very plain little house in which they live, not a dollar ahead, his strength gradually dimin- ishing, his services becoming less in demand with the passing years, he still seems to have no forebodings for the future and no regrets over the past, but whistles and sings at his homely odd jobs, blissfully uncon- scious that he is what men call a fail- ure. Ile is possessed of keen intelligence, always has been an omniverous read- er, and really surprises you with his great store of information on a wide range of subjects. He had as good a chance as other young men, but he lacked the push and initiative. He was a free spender and always was satisltied to live from hand to mouth. An inheritance of three or four thou- sand dollars he toolishly squandered, and he is where he is. According to all the logic of thrift he should be bemoaning his wasted opportunities. Neither he nor his sun- have But he isn’t. ny-tempered wife seem to thought that unless their friends see lit to aid them they are probably marching straight to the poorhouse. \ striking contrast to happy-go- lucky Mr. Averill is Mr. John Ham- lin, a self-made man who is one of the financial pillars cf his town. John flamlin never did a foolish thing in As a boy he improved every opportunity and made opportunities for himself. He worked hard. As his life. he accumulated money he seemed to he guided by a sure instinct in its in- vestment, for his ventures all proved profitable, Scrupulously honest and a man of fine character, he is looked up to by the entire community. He has a beautiful wife and promising chil- dren, yet the lines of care and anxiety and extreme weariness in his face be- tray to all observers the fact that he is not happy. Some natures rise superior to all adverse conditions and circumstances: others make themselves miserable over the most insignificant trifles. The very expression, a drunkard’s wife, is a synonym of woe, nor does popular imagination exaggerate in the least the miseries of the woman whose husband is addicted to liquor. Yet occasionally—I admit the instances are very rare—the wife of a perfect sot is seen blooming and happy. Such cases, unaccountable as they are, are not more to be wondered at than the scores of wives blessed with ex- cellent husbands, who persist in mak- ing themselves miserable because they can not break John or James or Hen- ry of some little fault or peculiarity. The people who set great store by having things “just so” almost never are happy, for it is a world in which it is extremely difficult to get things Just to our minds, even in very small matters. I firmly believe that, speaking in a general way, the virtues—honestly, temperance, thrift, industry, unselfish- ness, and the like—tend to satisfac- tion and contentment; while vices and crimes lead to misery. The trite aphorism “The good are happy” is in the main true. Yet some who are very, very good are not happy, while others who are almost hopelessly bad seem to experience no compunctions nor remorse. “Conscience is a ter- ror to the wicked but a comfort to all good men,” runs the old saying. Yet who has not known hardened sinners who suffer no pangs of conscience, be- cause their consciences are so rudi- mentary and undeveloped as to cause no trouble? Who has not also known over-careful and conscientious souls, ever contrite over purely imaginary sins? : Whoever shall discover the prevent- ive or the remedy for those strange mental-physical maladies which we class under the broad general name of “nerves,” will do much to solve the great problem of happiness. Provid- ed only that the nerves keep strong and their poise steady, the normal person rises brave and hopeful from the loss of money and property, from the failure of pet projects and ambi- tions, and even from the bereavement of those who stand nearest and dear- est; and, after the first shock of dis- appointment or grief is over, will be, in the main, cheerful and happy. But let this poise be ever so little disturb- ed, and friends, fortune and the re- wards of virtuous living seem to count for little—the victim suffers from that most inexplicable and intangible of all illnesses, the “blues,” to his or her ’ own great distress and the detriment of all about. It is a common habit to set some big When or If or small Whens or Ifs between ourselves and happiness. A man now earning $1,- 200 says to himself, “When I have several TRADESMAN an income of $3,000 I shall be hap- py.” An author, now poor and un- known, feels that if only he could write a best seller he then could rest content. According to individual taste, a college degree or a twelve- cylinder car or a house spotlessly clean and in order may be the acme of desire. This setting of some definite goal may be a good method of holding one’s energies to continued effort, but it can not be recommended as at all sure to bring happiness. Often the object set up is unattainable. When it is not, getting it rarely if ever brings the expected satisfaction of mind for more than the briefest period. All experience goes to prove that the man who is not happy on $1,200 will not be ac all contented with $3,000. By the time he will receive $3,000 he already will have set a higher mark —he will want $10,000. The author who succeeds in writing a best seller will be eager to write a still better seller, and will see a dozen ways to spend the money he would receive in royalties from the greater work. And as to machines, the family that can not take great comfort with one that costs $700, will not be really happy with one that costs $7,000. Happiness is the normal state of the August 18, 1915 normal human creature. It seems to be a kind of mental health, and is best achieved, not by pursuing it di- rectly, but by keeping always some absorbing occupations and some inter- ests outside ourselves, and by main- taining a sane and rational point of view. Happiness is subjective rather than objective—more in the state of ming than in outward circumstances. “Tf solid happiness we prize, within our breast this jewel lies,” sings the poet. If we find we are failing to have the happiness which rightfully should be ours, we generally should apply correction to our own mental moods rather than make more strenu- ous efforts to obtain the objects of Quillo. our desire. OFFICE OUTFITTERS LOOSE LEAF SPECIALISTS LTA oe Ua “HIGAN STAT MICE PHONE Bi By, tomers, wherever N. B. they are, Telling it to Your Customers It is the purpose of National Biscuit aN Company advertising to iell your cus- Zot you are, just what C. products are and how good This creates a demand for Zany NBC crackers, cookies, wafers and aN snaps — by name. acim But it does more. It makes selling easier and quicker, just what they want—no time wasted “wondering” what to buy. Have National Biscuit Company prod- ucts in sight — they help to make rents COS ct) Customers know Biscuit— par- ticularly good with everages, iced or hot. Retail at 10c a package, Dy 9 Dy r not > ter, involving August 18, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN — — — —_ = Michigan Retail Hardware Association. President—Frank E. Strong, Battle Creek. Vice-President—Fred F. Ireland, Beld- Scott, ing. Secretary—Arthur J. City. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Marine Starting the Stove Campaign for Fall. Written for the Tradesman. Careful preparation is essential to a The dealer should start early to lay his Ile should for lirst, if he until September he and himself too busy probably, to plan intelligently. successful fall stove campaign. plans for the campaign. do so two reasons. waits wiil Second, stove selling is an educational proposition—the “pros- pect” steadily And must be slowly and educated to the buying point. “education” takes time. People do not, as a rule, purchase stoves on the the if a cappenter hammer he drops into the store and buys it; if spur of moment. needs a a housewife wants astewpan she does hesitate. But a These are small pur- chase. stove is a larger mat- . considerable outlav. Many nary to family councils are a prelimi- the actual Advertisements decision to buy. must be read, stove literature studied, the financial prob- lems figured out, and, generally speak- ing, the whole question of purchasing or not purchasing has to be gone into with exceeding care. These cogita- tions may extend over a month or more before the actual purchase is made. It follows that the merchant who plans a stove campaign to commence several weeks or a month before the the reach his customers just at the mo- actual opening of season will ment when they are becoming inter- ested in the subject. If he can ap- peal to them before they commence to discuss the problem—if he can start them on the way—so much the better: That him the inside track. gives With a good many hardware deal- ers, the stove department is a sea- sonal proposition; and between sea- sons it is given very little attention. Of course, stove sales, in actual ex- perience, are made at all times; but during the dull season stoves are push- ed to one side. One aggressive dealer makes a practice, however, of keeping stoves He few sea- sons, but almost every day customers, on display all the year round. may sell a stoves between waiting their turn, will stray back through the stove department and look over the stock. It is an easy matter for the observant clerk, while waiting on the customer afterward, to tactfully enquire if the customer has any thought of purchasing a If the answer is “Yes,” stove. down go the names on the prospect list. All the year round, the stove deal- er should be on the watch for new prospects. The customer who says, “No, I dont want to buy now but perhaps I will later on” should be the subject of a memorandum for fu- ture reference. A good many mer- chants keep regular prospect books, in which the are entered. customers this way, in the store, handed in by clerks, and in other ways, form the basis of the fall stove selling campaign. names of such Names secured in The compiling, from odds and ends the definite “prospect list” for the fall is one item of preliminary preparation which can be undertaken in August. of such memoranda, of Indeed, a good many foresighted dealers have their prospect lists in shape before the end of July. And the minute the pros- pect list is compiled, it is time to start the direct advertising campaign. The manufacturers, of course, sup- ply much valuable literature. A good many dealers distribute this advertis- ing material comers—children promiscuously to all included; mail it to a general list of customers and prospects of all tit ai carefully compiled list of likely stove the others kinds. purchasers—eliminating last waste Of a people bought the advertising who year—will deal of Sending stoves avoid creat good material. out printed matter is often an expen- sive business where the lists are not carefully supervised. The dealer, however, should not de- pend upon the manufacturer alone for advertising literature. He should take a hand in the advertising game him- self, and should advertise, not mere- ly the stove, but the store and its ser- vice. Almost invariably the most ag- gressive and successful stove dealers utilize personal letters in connection with their stove campaigns. Before putting together a prospect letter, the merchant should know his stove thoroughly. He should study all the advertising literature regard- ing it; and should, from this material, select the strongest selling points and play these up in his letter. He can hardly expect his letter to sell stoves, but he can fairly expect that it will bring customers to his store. That is the object of the merchant’s mail ad- vertising customer to come in and look at the stove. It is then left for A-1 personal salesman- to induce the ship to clinch the sale. That the cus- tomer comes at all is ample evidence that something in the advertising mat- ter has impressed or interested him. A good, strong letter —typewritten or imitation typewritten ten, and personally the merchant—should be, therefore, a fea- advertising signed by ture of the advertising campaign. This letter can be carefully put together weeks before the campaign starts. And, at the the chant can map out his entire fall stove same time, mer- advertising, put together his newspa- per copy, decide how much space to use, and form some definite idea of the floor arrangement and window dis- The the ample opportunity to make these im- With paign all mapped out, his advertising play. summer months, just be- fore stove season opens, afford portant preparations. his cam- copy prepared, and his prospect list ready, the merchant will find himself free to throw all his energies into the actual selling. ; : \ stove exhibit at the fall fair is often a good advertising stunt. There the merchant has an opportunity to meet his country customers, get a line on new prospects, distribute adver- tising matter and demonstrate, or at least explain, his stoves. The season just the campaign is getting well under way; and either the merchant himself or a good is opportune, when stove stove salesman should have charge of the fall fair booth. It is important to plan the arrange- ment of the stoves on the floor well ahead of time. They should be ar- ranged neatly, in rows, and, if space permits, the entire stock on the floor, with ample room for customers to examine them from all sides and for the clerk to demonstrate them. The stock must, to produce the best effect, be kept spotlessly clean and bright. One merchant has every stove brush- ed thoroughly each morning and the work cleaned week, nickel omce a a rE EE RR I 21 the floor so that they are More, all stoves on trucks, are mounted on easy to sweep under and easy to show. used as a The stoves should never be “catch all’ for odds and ends Sf stock. Besides the regular newspaper ad- vertising, circulars can be distributed on the public markets, and on mar- ket days placed in vehicles at feed stables and hotel sheds Road~ad- vertising is also good, particularly in small towns where there is a large element of country trade to be cater- ed to. One merchant puts up signs at regular intervals on every road for five miles out of town. The best si ons are made of galvanized iron, painted yellow or white, and lettered black; and the hardware or tinshop staff can Such Stems at a usually contrive min imum of expense. The stove man should, particularly at the commencement of the season, conduct an aggressive canvass of house owners. It is far more profit- } able for a man to spend an hour or two every day in such a canvass than pottering over petty business in the store. Such a canvass will usually bring the merchant into touch with numerous prospects. William Edward Park —___+-+.____ It’s better to be up and doing than to be down and done The Ventilation of School Rooms Is a State Law Requirement For years the heating and ventilation as applied to school houses has been one of our special features. We want to get in touch with School Boards that we may send them descriptive matter A record of over 300 rooms ought to be evidence of our ability. Steam and Water Heating with everything in a material line. Correspondence solicited. THE WEATHERLY CoO. 218 Pearl Street Grand Rapids, Mich Foster, Stevens & Co. Wholesale Hardware ot 157-159 Monroe Ave. —:: Grand Rapids, Mich. 151 to 161 Louis N. W: General Offices: Public Seating For All Purposes Manufacturers of American Steel Sanitary Desks In use throughout the world World's Largest Manufacturers of Theatre Seating Gmerican Seating Company 14 E. Jackson St., Chicago; Broadway and Ninth St., Grand Rapids, Mich ASK FOR LITERATURE 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WS GGS 4xD PROVIS «u( O sees em, A S (uc Zo ti = F TT] Vitis -- ‘Aiea Sine j S nu Lo =e fs fa | Ss WW qa? = ws REVS fe aa bee Y, ZS 2 (| Status of the New York Egg Market. The report of egg stocks in forty- five houses connected with the Amer- ican Warehousemen’s Association shows 3,959,000 cases in storage in forty-five houses August 1 against 3,- 136,000 cases in the same houses at the same time last year. Last year forty-six houses reported and the aggregate holdings in these were given as 3,102,400 cases, so that it is evident that there has been some change in the houses reporting other than the change indicated by the num- ber of houses reporting. On July 1, 1915, forty-five houses (presumably the same as now report- showed an ageregate of 3,151 000 cases, so that the increase during July appears to have been 208,000 ing), cases The warehouse report indicates a slight increase during July in the ex- cess of holdings compared with last year, while the report of holdings at the four leading markets indicated some decrease in the excess. But both compilations indicate the largest holdings of reserve stock on record by a large majority The statistics of receipts and stor- age koldings at seaboard markets, to- gether with recent reports as to col- lections in the interior give promise that the month of August will bring us to the point of some decrease in total reserve; but there is a slim prospect that the reduction can be greater than usual. The past years the August reduction in total reserve has been quite variable: for the four market—Chicago, New York, Boston and Philadelphia—it has been report- ed in this column as follows: August reduction 1914, 31,500 cases: 1913, 134 - 000 cases; 1912, 84,000 cases: 4941, 44,000 cases; 1910, 164,000 cases: 1909, 63,000 cases; 1908, 170,000 cases. The chances are that we shall enter the fall season with an excess of reserve stock only slightly less than appears at the beginning of August. And un- less some strong promise of large fall export outlet comes to light by that time the pressure to force outlets is likely to Already some holders of storage eges are becoming very nervous over the situation and are offering stock at prices that would not cover cost and expenses. increase. There has beena good deal of diffi- culty recently in this market in using the Exchange gradings for purposes of egg quotations in a manner which would give a fair representation of the value of stock arriving and, at the same time, harmonize with such offi- cial inspections as come to the re- porter’s knowledge. The official in- spection seems to be much more crit- ical than was intended by the trade rules governing grading. This inten- tion was, as I believe, to make the quality requirements sufficiently flex- ible from season to season so that the various grades of extras, extra- firsts, firsts, seconds, etc., should cov- er at all times reasonably uniform Proportions of the supply. This was to be accomplished in two ways—first by changing the required proportions of “reasonably full, strong bodied eggs” as the general quality varied, and second by an exercise of judg- ment on the part of the inspector as to what constitutes a “reasonably full, reasonably fresh” egg from time to time. The egg rules provide that: “With due consideration for the general character of the egg receipts the egg committee shall, from time to time, * * * indicate the approximate de- gree of maximum shrinkage passable in “reasonably full eggs.” The rules also provided that the egg commit- tee shall determine “the proportions of reasonably full, strong bodied, Sweet eggs required and the maximum loss permitted, for the different grades in the description of which these are stated to be at their discretion.” But although the average quality of eggs has certainly fallen greatly since last spring, and although dealers must of necessity have modified their views as to what eggs are passable in best trade, no change has been made in the quality requirements for the nam- ed grades and, apparently, no change has been made by the inspector in the stringency of his judgment as to what constitutes a “reasonably full” egg. Thus the plain purpose and in- tent of the egg rules has been thwart- ed, and the result is that official in- spections for grade are entirely thrown out of gear with a commer- cial acceptability of stock at valua- tions determined by the relative quali- ties when classified according to a reasonable use of the named grades. For instance, the reporter quotes as “extra firsts” the average range of values of only the few exceptionally fine lots of candled and graded stock from which dealers can candle out as may first quality eggs as the rule de- mands for that grade: in nine cases out of ten, when official inspections of these goods are called for they are classed as “firsts.” Of course most of the eggs are sold without inspec- tion and in formulating quotations based on sales of various qualities the Exchange named grades have been used simply to indicate relative quali- ties—N. Y. Produce Review. Canned Food Statistics. In a recent bulletin of the National Canners’ Association it was stated that, by direction of the Executive Committee, the structed to issue statistics on corn on October 1. The date given was an The schedule for the publica- tion of statistics on staples should therefore read as follows: Peas, Sep- secretary was in- error, tember 1, 1915; corn, November al 1915; tomatoes, December 1, 1915. Watson-Higgins Milling Co. Merchant Millers ART BIND CAMED GOD W. R. Roach & Co., Hart, Mich. Michigan People Want Michigan Producte August 18, 1915 POTATO BAGS New and second-hand, also bean bags, flour bags, etc. Quick shipments our pride. ROY BAKER Wm. Alden Smith Bldg. Grand Rapids, Mich. AS SURE AS THE SUN RISES Voigt's CRESCENT ease a Makes Best Bread and eT a “Sunbeam”? Luggage Wy |S Supine TRUNKS, SUIT CASES AND BAGS RIGHT NOW is the time to stock up on these excellent values, with the spring and summer tarvel just ahead of you. “Sunbeam” Luggage wiil withstand hard service—‘‘they are made to wear.” - They will build up a foundation for a bigger and better business for you. Your order will be shipped Promptly and you will find the goods just as represented. Our new catalogue not only shows you “‘what’s what”’ in the Luggage line, but it actually places them within your reach at prices that will surprise you. If you haven't a copy, send for it to-day—NOW. Brown & Sehler Co. Home of Sunbeam Goods Grand Rapids, Michigan Both Phones 1217 Rea & Witzig PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS 104-106 West Market St. Buffalo, N. Y. Established 1873 a Live Poultry in excellent de- mand at market prices. Can handle large shipments to ad- vantage. Fresh Eggs in good de- mand at market prices. Fancy creamery butter and good dairy selling at full quota- tions. Common plenty and dull. Send for our weekly price cur- rent or wire for special quota- tions. Refer you to the People’s Bank of Buffalo, all Commercial Agen- cies and to hundreds of shippers everywhere. Mail us sample any Beans you may wish to sell. Send us orders for FIELD SEEDS. MOSELEY BROTHERS Grand Rapids, Mich. The Vinkemulder Company Jobbers and Shippers of Everything in Fruits and Produce Grand Rapids, Mich. f August 18, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 SOT Qe WME UGE — ~WV DRY GOODS, CYGOODS*” NOTIONS: Mistake to Have Wrong Kind of Frontispiece. Written for the Tradesman. The McAdams store may be called a model of its kind. It is located in a medium-sized city and handles general dry goods, women’s and chil- dren’s ready-made apparel, and shoes. The building is large, light, and well ventilated. In the selection and ar- rangement of the counters, shelving, tables, show cases, and all the equip- ment, excellent taste was used to- gether with practical ideas of conven- ience and expedition in handling trade. The stock, which is large and com- plete, is very carefully chosen with a view to the wants and preferences of the classes of people to whom the McAdams cater. The window dis- plays and all the interior showing of goods are so high class as to be really above criticism. The management of the store is extra good, and the sales- people well trained, courteous and at- tentive. As might be expected with regard to a store embodying so many points of superiority, the McAdams 1s a very popular place in which to shop, and has a large following of desir- able customers. A month or two ago the McAdams management made a mistake—not an error of great size.nor import it is to be hoped, nor one which is likely to seriously diminish patronage—but just a blunder that seemingly is entirely needless and inexcusable, and in a place that is very conspdicuous. They rented a concession, a table directly facing the main entrance as you enter the store, for the demon- stration and sale of a line of cosmet- ics, toilet goods, etc. And the woman in charge of the table is a peculiar looking elderly person with a decided bias toward queer modes of dress. She is altogether unlike the well-gowned saleswomen of the McAdams. The prominence of the place she oc- cupies—the very stage center of the store so to speak—renders her peculi- arities and the difference between her and the others all the more notice- able. The effect is grotesque and can not fail to strike every discerning ob- server as out of keeping with the good judgment and good taste usually shown at the McAdams. Why did they do it? Possibly the voor old soul is a relative and they simply felt they had to. Possibly they rented the concession to her firm with- out first seeing her. Or possibly, if they made the arrangements with her, the price was so high they did not feel they could afford to turn down her offer. At any rate she is there and has been for some weeks. The letting into a store of any sort of a demonstrator or concessionaire is something always to be looked at rather guardedly. The kind and qual- ity of the goods, the personality of the demonstrator and the way she will treat customers—all should be considered carefully. Especially should the very promi- nent places in a store, the spots that convey the first impression of the es- tablishment, be devoted to particular- ly attractive lines of goods, presided over by superior salespeople. This in order that the first impression of new- comers always may be favorable, and that previous favorable impressions of old patrons may be again and again confirmed. Other things being equal, it always is better if these places can be occupied by the store’s own goods, If one of these prominent places is let out, it should be only to a con- cessionaire particularly pleasing and competent. If the exigencies of busi- ness or relationship make it necessary to let to a person like the poor lady at the McAdams, she should be given a less conspicuous location. Fabrix. ——_> 2. ____ Traverse City Travelers Picnic at Alden. Traverse City, Aug. 16—Did any one write you of the big doings of the Traverse City U. C. VT. that was held at Alden last Saturday? Well, it was some day and believe me it was some time. The early morning Pere Marquette train took up a good- ly number which included the fam- ilies, for the children were not over- looked in any way. The Commercial Club met the boys at the train with autos and took them to the different points of interest. In the meantime many of the U. C. T. boys who own their own cars had gone by the good roads and the town was filled with the gas wagons. By the way, there are twenty-seven members of the U. C. T. Council who have autos to trav- erse their territory, so as not to over- look a single order. The U. C. T.’s are a bunch of self-starters and not a minute dragged. Sam Taylor was the “official” policeman, and his work was ably abetted by Police Judge Ray Thacker, and the sentences were as freakish as any weather’ ever thought of being. Taylor never missed an arrest, even when he went into Torch Lake after William Mur- phy who tried to resist, but nix on that for Sammy. There was a big ball game between the business men of Alden and the visitors and, of course, the hosts were generous and exceedingly polite and the travelers were victors. There were races and sports galore. Ask Ned Lowing and Archie Jourdan about their winnings. Dancing, yes—the wives and daugh- ters shone there. And that feed, there was where the Aldenites got in their crafty work. They fed the U. C. T.’s so full of good things that some say the stores went dry. Anyway, it was one of the best times the boys ever had and they are loud in praise of their treatment at this resort city. Merritt B. Holley. Publicity Pusher for the U. C. T. ——_++.>___ Don’t sit around and wait for op- portunity to knock. Keep the door ajar. We are manufacturers of TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED HATS for Ladies, Misses and Children, especially adapted to the general store trade. Trial order solicited. CORL, KNOTT & CO., Ltd. Corner Commerce Ave. and Island St. Grand Rapids, Mich. CHICAGO BOATS Graham & Morton Line Every Night 139-141 Monroe St Lg Pe 2 oe ed School Days A few more weeks and this summer's vacation belongs to the past. The children have to resume their places behind their little desks. Mothers are already busy looking over their youngsters’ clothing which bears every sign of a “Jolly Good Time.’’ The stockings especially have had their share. Wherever the kiddies went they went along until they could not stand the wear and tear any longer. Now they must be replaced by new ones. Mr. Merchant, are you prepared to meet this demand which is sure to come? If not, drop us a card. We carry a complete stock of children’s hosiery in well known brands. Paul Steketee & Sons Wholesale Dry Goods Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Our Representatives are now showing the best assortment of Fall Dress Goods we have ever assembled, consisting of Wool Serges Meteor Crepe Black and White Check Suiting and many other lines too numerous to mention An inspection will convince you that we can please you in styles and prices GRAND RAPIDS DRY GOODS CoO. 20-22 Commerce Ave. Exclusively Wholesale Grand Rapids, Mich. 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 18, 1915 / WNC Eg vied atl (( { 1 a Wyre rene Tew SAA re (CUCL Ge ; Uy AA ~~ — = HE COMMERCIAL TRAVEL tC UCC VEE VVVIT SY To = = ~ S = 3 = AM iit SPE Grand Council of Michigan U. C. T. Grand Counselor—Walter S. Lawton, Grand Rapids. Grand Junior Counselor—Fred J. Mou- tier, Detroit. Grand Past Counselor—Mark S. Brown, Saginaw. Grand Secretary—Maurice Jackson. Grand Treasurer--Wm. J. Devereaux, Port Huron. Grand Conductor—John A. Hach, Jr.. 0 yacer. edie —-W. T. Ballamy, Bay City. Grand Sentinel—C. C. Starkweather, Jetroit. ne Chaplain—A. W. Stevenson, zon. Onn Executive Committee—E. A. Dibble, Hillsdale; Angus G. McEachron, Detroit; James E. Burtless, Marquette; L. N. Thompkins, Jackson. Next Grand Council Meeting—Traverse City, June 2 and 38, 1916. Heuman, Michigan Division T. P. A. President—D. G. MacLaren. i First Vice-President—F. H. Mathison. Second Vice-President—W. J. Manning, Detroit. Saeciany and Treasurer—Clyde E. Brown. 2 State Board of Directors—Walter H. Brooks, Chairman; Fred Hi. Locke, J. W. Putnam, J. HE. Cronin, W. A. Hatcher, C. HE. York, W. E. Crowell, C. H. Gall- meyer, Frank W. Clarke, Detroit. = State Membership Committee—Frank H. Mathison, Chairman. Plea for Contributions for Wolverine Highway. Grand Rapids, Aug. 10.—Consider- able sentiment is being aroused here ‘relative to building what is proposed as the Wolverine Highway from De- troit through Lansing, Grand Rapids to Grand Haven. The route would be largely over an- eling roads and the distance measures 185 miles from the Grand Haven dock e city hall in Detroit: about 154 he country mileage and the re- under through cities and villages. The proposal is for building of con- crete or otherwise constructing for permanency. It is suggested that a vencral meeting be held at Lansing in the near future to which interest- ed parties would drive from all along the line and a permanent orsaniza— tion formed; in addition to this a board of local control might be arranged for in each county or in each prom- inent village through which the road passes. It is suggested that lithographed subscription blanks be gotten out in certificate form to be attached to the subscriber's letter head and arranged in leather cover slip-leaf binding, which would provide for the payment of one dollar or more, on the part of the signer, for each completed mile of concrete, bituminous or brick road sixteen feet wide. Some men will sign for one dollar or more per mile for the full stretch and others will subscribe the same or larger amount for build- ing on this route between certain towns or in specific counties. All construction would be made. under plans of the State Highway Depart- ment We might have some paid work- ers to put this enterprise through. The plan would be for procuring all of the full length subscriptions obtain- able and also get the farmers and little town folks to subscribe for short distances and eventually the — full course should have an equal subscrip- tion per mile. If the right organization is arrane- ed for, we can build a Wolverine highway so good that it would be pointed to with pride by all of Michi- gan and touring inclined people every- where within reach of the thorough- fare, This road would connect the two largest cities of our State with the capital midway between and would link Lake Michigan at its Eastern shore with the Detroit River at our metropolis. This would be the most useful and desirable business road in the State and would afford un- usual pleasure to tourists. Travel to and from the West and Northwest could economically boat across Lake Michigan, which would be an added pleasure to touring. Lake Erie may likewise be boated across. The great motor travel, like the rail- road trafic is east and westward. The Wolverine highway, built to attract, will divert much of the touring through Michigan cities and villages that does not now touch our State. It would be worth almost as much to us as an electric railway alone the same route. This highway passes through many Prosperous villages, aside from the several cities that would be interested, and it is a project that | think might be carried through with great pleas- ure and much satisfaction to the or- ganizers. Will you join in an endeavor to bring about results? Alvah Brown. The Man Who Makes Good. The man who is to make good is not the one who is all the time look- ins for a way to get out of doing what is put up to him to do. It js the man who shoulders his responsibili- ties and assumes his duties wherever he finds them, and who looks for the way in which to do to the best ad- vantage the thing he has to do. If one is looking for the easiest way to slip along through life, one may usually be found, but it will not be the way that leads to success, fame, glory, power, or to any other good thing. The slip-along way is no way for the man with red blood in his veins. It is merely a makeshift way for the man who doesn’t care. Whether a man is employer or em- ploye the situation is the same. Whether the responsibility is in the form of an order from a superior or in the form of an obvious duty, it should be met squarely. To meet the responsibility, perform the task and leave the accomplished work with one’s imprint of character upon it, is the mark of the man who is irresist- ibly on his way to success. To side- step, to make excuses, to say, “I was not hired to do that” “I didat un. derstand it that way,” “I didn’t think it absolutely necessary,’ is to- write failure across one’s pathway to stum- ble over in the future. —__t o> __ The best some people can do is express second hand opinions, SCENES ON THE BAGMEN OF BAGDAD PICNIC ag vi A Photos Kin t the Dinner Tables at Lamont dly Supplied by Theo. F, Vander Veen ag wf August 18, 1915 Late News of Interest to Trevelers. William L. Ballard, of Ann Arbor, has changed houses, having trans- ferred himself from the Coshocton Glove Co. to Bacon Bros., of Toledo. Mr. Ballard will make no change in his territory, in which he has sold gloves for the past ten years. Six Lansing merchants ducked the Lansing-Jackson-Flint picnic at Pine Lake last Thursday, coming to Grand Rapids instead. The party was com- posed of Roy Short, Frank Larabee, Thomas Moran, Ernest Barr, Wm. Johnson and Fred Barratt. They took in the races, Ramona theater, the filtration plant—that’s what they called it—and incidentally, partook of one glass apiece of the amber foam- ing fluid whose sale is now unlawful in Ingham county. Mr. Johnson showed them the city market and a few other attractions of similar char- acter. Mr. Barratt lost his cap some- where in the city and journeyed home bareheaded. The party reached the city on the 10:15 a. m. train and man- aged to keep busy until the 2:25 train the next morning. They insist there was something doing every minute. Friends of the Ross Food Company and of Andrew Ross and his asso- ciates in the new cereal company at Batavia, N. Y., have lately received sample packages of the company’s product, “Ross’ Whole Wheat Bis- cuit.” The product is a close imi- tation of Shredded Wheat Biscuit, but is packed ten biscuit to the carton instead of twelve of the former, and is intended to retail at 10 cents. The carton is an attractive bit of color, featuring the Ross tartan colors and design, of Scotch Highland tradition, with the biscuit printed in natural color and white lettering. Distribu- tion of the product in trade channels is not yet started, although the fac- tory is said to be fast “tuning up.” A Calumet correspondent writes: W. J. Brewster, representing the A. W. Harris Oil Co., of Providence, R. I., and the Bricton Tire Co. of 3rookings, S. D., was in Calumet Sat- urday with his ford runabout, be- decked with posters and banners from nearly every town in the coun- try and with large banners advertis- ing his products, and covered with mud but otherwise showing no ill ef- fects of the long journey it has al- ready completed. Mr. Brewster is really a traveling salesman. Since October 1, 19138, he has been contin- uously on the road, covering to date more the 15,000 miles. The auto trip, which began in Detroit, October 8, 1913, has taken Mr. Brewster twice to the Florida coast, all through the East along the coast and along the Mississippi valley. The winters he spends in the South, coming North in the summer. Harold Bradley has been advanced to the position of a traveling sales- man by his employers, the Ypsilanti- Reed Furniture Co. at Ionia. The territory assigned him is Ohio, Indi- ana, Illinois and Wisconsin, and he will leave on his initial trip in about ten days. Thomas Ford drove his namesake up to Custer last week with his wife MICHIGAN TRADESMAN and daughter, leaving them with friends for a couple of weeks. He will go after them the latter part of the week, returning home quite early next week. Richard Linsley, for some time past clerk at the Stearns Hotel, at Lud- ington, succeeds George Woodcock as landlord of that hostelry. The new manager started work at the hotel as a beil boy under the management of Fred Reed and was later promoted to night clerk. When Mr. Woodcock assumed the management of the Stearns he was placed in the position of day clerk and in that capacity prov- en a valuable assistant to Mr. Wood- cock. —_—_» +. The Tri-City Picnic at Pine Lake. Jackson, Aug. 16—The_ twenty- sixth annual Jackson grocers and butchers’ picnic took place at Pine Lake, near Lansing, last Thursday and, as is always the case with the dealers’ excursion, the outing was a. success. It was a tired and rain soaked crowd that returned to Jackson, but a happy crowd. Expres- sions indicated the picnickers were twice glad—glad they went and glad to get home and under shelter. Cloudy skies and promised rain worked havoc with the attendance from Jackson, the expected turnout of 2,000 falling far short. The four spe- cial cars were loaded and the two following limited cars were filled. Lansing and Flint dealers joined the Jackson merchants and Jackson resi- dents .at Pine Lake and the _ total crowd was around the 8,000 mark. On arrival in Lansing, the early cars were stopped at the Reo auto plant and the passengers were con- ducted on a tour through the immense shop. The Reo band and a large dele- gation of Lansing dealers met the Jackson visitors and the tour of the plant was a sight-seeing treat of no mean worth. The manufacture of parts and the intricate processes by which a finished car is made possible were elucidated in a manner, which created amazement and admiration. Most of the excursionists reached Pine Lake by noon and those who stopped over in Lansing arrived at the pleasure resort, nine miles south- east of the Capital City, by early afternoon. At the park, the usual sports, in- cluding a baseball game and tug of war and the habitual park attractions provided means of enjoyment. While Jackson was outdone in the minor events, the chief contest of the after- noon went to the Jackson ball play- ers. In the minor events only a few Jackson people entered. The baseball game developed the fact that there are nine young men connected with Jackson meat mar- kets and grocery stores who know the National game in high class semi-pro style. The Jacksonians had no diffi- culty in taking Lansine’s measure, 17 to 5. In hitting, battery work and helding, particularly ‘in hitting and pitching, Jackson completely outclass- ed the foe. Varied amusements provided enter- tainment. An ox roast, weighing about 500 pounds, was an appreciat- ed feature. Dancing, bowling, roller skating, band music and several small stands were well patronized. Side trips through the capital building and the School for the Blind were en- joyed by many Jackson visitors. xeneral Superintendent C. E. Mor- gar was in charge of the special M. U. T. cars and under his personal direction the service was the best pos- sible. A heated shoe caused a delay in the trip “over” but in both direc- tions the heavy four-car steel train made the distance in a_ safe and speedy manner. Jackson will prob- great ably entertain the Lansing dealers next year and the local merchants will then give a practical demonstra- tion of the general thanks for the royal good time afforded Jackson people. To Surpass Those of Previous Years. Final arrangements for the big outing of Grand Rapids Council, No. 131, and their friends at Saugatutk Saturday, August 21, promise the largest gathering of its kind in the history of the Council. About 200 have signified their intention of tak- ing the trip and many more will no doubt join the party. Messrs. Borden and Hydorn, in charge of contests and sports, prom- ise an unusually interesting pro- gramme with suitable prizes for the winners. The baseball game between the Slims aand Stouts furnish plenty of entertainment. A feature of the outing which ap- peals to many of the U. C. T. ladies is the making and taking of lunches optional, rather than the rule observ- ed at former picnics. A dinner will be served on the green at Saugatuck by a capable caterer having all the appearances of the family picnic and none of the inconveniences. While J. H. Schumacker will act as official photographer of the day, many will carry kodaks along and take advantage of natural and amus- ing incidents. The jolly party will leave Saturday, August 21, at 8 a. m, from the Mus- kegon interurban station for Grand Haven, where they will embark on one of the Crosby line Milwaukee boats for Saugatuck, returning by the same route in the evening. —_2>++___ An Austro-German attack upon Ser- ia, of which the bombardment of Bel- will grade may be the preliminary, would be for the purpose of subjugating the Servian kingdom, and not. as is fre- quently stated,, for the purpose of get- ting through an army to the aid of the Turks on Gallipoli. Even if Servia is overrun, the Austro-Germans cannot reach Constantinople without crossing 3ulgarian soil. In other words, Bulgaria would have to grant free passage to Under the German conception, this would be no violation of neutrality, since it is what Belgium was asked to do at the beginning of the war. Conceivably, the Bulgarians might take a different view from the Belgians and stand aside for the Teutonic armies; it is conceivable, but highly improbable. At any rate, the Allies would naturally accept such action by Bulgaria as tanta- mount to hostilities. It is a question, therefore, whether the Kaiser is pre- pared to expose the Balkan nations to the test. The probabilities, it seems, are that, in case a Servian campaign de- velops and it proves successful for the Teuton armies, the latter will be content with the actual results of the conquest and the great moral effect on the other Balkan nations. For if these nations are given no alternative to entering the war, it is not yet imaginable to find them arrayed on the side of Austria, with its ambitions in the Aegean, and of their hereditary enemy, the Turks. —_—_+-+ 2 —___ If the world doesn’t understand a man it calls him a crank, the Teutonic troops. 25 Celerity in Issuance of Official Rec- ord. Secretary Alfred H. Beckmann, of the National Wholesale Grocers’ As- sociation, issued last week copies oi the “proceedings” of the recent ninth annual convention of the organization at San Francisco, presenting a com- plete verbatim report of the doings at the sessions, including copies of all the documents, etc. the whole forming a book of 232 pages, suitably indexed and bound uniform- ly with previous issues. Mr. Beck- mann has also reference book of the Association, containing its “objects” and the new list of offi- cers and committee, together with its arbitration rules, for use by the trade. reports, issued the ——_» +. We may take it that the new “King of independent Poland’ within the Hapsburg monarchy will be some time in coming. His title at present seems to be derived from the war correspond- This aftermath of victory. ents. seems to be the regular Last autumn the defeat of the Austrians around Lemberg was followed by very much the same “separate peace” talk as we have now, and when the Austro-Germans in Sep- tember moved against Warsaw and Ivangorod, they were supposed to carry with them an Austrian archduke ready to enter Warsaw as King of Poland. It is certain that Berlin and Vienna will wait for a fair'y definite assurance of general victory before they make the dramatic venture. Aside from the ques- tion of victory, the erection of a new Slav kingdom under the Hapsburgs is not a matter to be decided in a day, or to be put through without very definite effects on conditions in the Austro-Hun- Will welcome garian monarchy as it is to-day. the Hungarians, for example, the addition of some ten million Slavs to the monarchy, with a virtual overturn of the present racial balance? At pres- ent Hungary is the dominant partner in the Hapsburg firm. That position she hopes to retain after the war. But if Austria wins emphatically enough to annex Poland. it also means victory over the Serbs in the South; in other words, an enormous addition to the Slav ele- ment in the monarchy which would crush Magyar influence under the sheer weight of numbers. —__++- +. Henry Lentz succeeds Julius Bohr in the grocery business at 901 West Bridge Street. The Hotel Barry Hastings, Michigan Re-opened for Geod Parlor Sample Rooms Free Auto to and from all Trains I will please you if given an opportunity Ask the Boys GEO. E. AMES, Prop. HOTEL CODY EUROPEAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Rates$1 and up. $1.50 and up bath. August 18, 1915 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fe Z J-& Z = z¢ SF E e Bote oe) Ue Cy kK (CUMS ) op SN [ te : o Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—K. E. Faulkner, Delton. Secretary—Charles S. Koon, Muskegon. Treasurer—George F. Snyder, Grand Rapids. Other Members—Leonard A. Detroit; Edwin T. Boden, Bay City. Next Meeting—Houghton, August 24, 20 and 26. Seltzer, Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation. President—C. a. Jongejan, Grand Rapids. Secretary—D. D. Alton. Fremont. Treasurer—John G. Steketee, Grand Rapids. Next Annual Meeting—Detroit, June 20, 21 and 22, 1916. Michigan Pharmaceutical Travelers’ As- sociation. President—W. H. Martin, Orion. Secretary and Treasurer—W. S. ton, Grand Rapids. Law- Grand Rapids Drug Club. President—Wm. C. Kirchgessner. Vice-President—E. D. De La Mater. Secretary and ‘Treasurer—Wm. H. Tibbs. Executive Committee—Wm. Quigley, Chairman; Henry Riechel, Theron Forbes. The Necessity of Increasing Prices. Are pharmacists, in view of the Prices of charging greatly advanced many drugs and chemicals, enough? The assertion is made by wholesalers that the retail trade do not watch the fluctuations of prices sufficiently closely and as a conse- quence in many cases are losing money on prescriptions and drug sales instead of increasing their bank account. We are in receipt of a monthly price list from a wholesaler in which the prices ruling for July, 1914, are given alongside those for July, 1915, and the advances since the outbreak of the war are in many cases start- Acetanilid, 35, ling. For instance: advanced to 90 cents; acetphenitidin, acid carbolic, 20 cents 1.24 to $5.77- tO S175; adeps lanae, 24 cents to $1.25: antipyrin, $3.15 to $12.55: naph- thaline balls, 3'4 to 16 cents. and so it goes all down the list. There is no doubt in considering the numerous and very important ad- Vances in prices of crude drues and chemicals which have taken place in the last year that many retail drug- gists have overlooked them (as many of these advances have been gradual) and that as a consequence the retail druggist has sold a good many items at lower prices than the cost iustifies. The necessity of increasing prices is now greater than ever. It is not merely a question of bearing increas- ed wholesale rates with which we are faced, but the general cost of living has gone up so seriously that some- thing more than an increase in re- tail rates corresponding to that in the Workers in all occupations but theirs are de- them are re- wholesale price is required. manding and most of ceiving, increased pay to meet. this increased cost of living: in all occu- pations but that of the druggist, prices are being quietly raised for the same reason; and druggists whose earnings despite the general idea prevalent with the public, has always been smaller in proportion to the nature of the work they do than those ot almost every class, must follow suit. lt is true that it is the mission on earth of the good pharmacist to re- lieve pain and not to cause pain to his customers in the region of their pock- etbooks, but we firmly insist that the knight of the night-bell Owes a duty to himself and those dependent upon him to so conduct his business as to make it yield a reasonable profit, and keep the sheriff and the padlock away from the front door. =... __ Keeping Flies Out of the Store. To keep flies from entering the pharmacy of Roberts & Echols, Glen- dale, Calif.. during the hot summer months, the concern has hit upon a novel expedient, writes Albert Marple The efficiency of the arrangement, which in the Bulletin of Pharmacy. was devised by Mr. Roberts, depends upon the combined use of a large fan and a pair of low screen doors. Although bothered considerable by the fly Roberts & Echols did not care to erect full leneth screen doors in the entrance of nuisance, Messrs. their place of business. Such a pro- cedure would, in a great measure, hide the attractive interior of the store and tend to prevent business growth. As an experiment a large electric fan was erected above the entrance This, seemed only to have the to the pharmacy. however, effect of toward the floor, along which they would then enter into the store. After watching the course taken by the flies, Mr. Roberts decided to try driving the flies a pair of low about Just as soon as the doors were put in place it was found that the fan and door combina- tion worked like Magic. screen doors, three feet in height. The flies, in trying to enter the store, are driven downward by the fan, and as they continue toward the doorway they strike the low doors. On account of the downward air cur- rents set in motion by the fan, the flies are unable to make their way to the opening above the doors and are, consequently, compelled to go back again into the street. oo Do You Care? A few weeks ago the drug depart- ment buyer of one of the large mail order houses came into my office and offered to buy from us what they needed in that line on a very proiit- able basis. He told me how much they large amount. I told him that our business was with the retail druggist; that the re- tail druggist considered the mail or- would buy and it was a very der house his enemy; that it seemed to me that we had no right to sell him as long as the retail druggist was loyal to us, and that we take the business he offered. could not But here are some of the question's that arose in my mind: Is it wise to refuse a legitimate and profitable business when it is offered to you? Have we done right in always re- fusing to sell physicians and depart- ment stores, general stores and some cut-rate drug stores that we thought might be injuring the trade of our customers? Does the retail druggist care whom we sell? Does he show it by giving us the preference when he buys? This these goods from some one. Where will it buy them. Does the druggist care? mail order house — will buy James W. Marrison. ee It is what a woman doesn't say that keeps a man guessing, Where Familiar Sayings Originated. “Two heads are better than one” is from Solomon. In Ecclesiates 4-9 he says: Two are better than one” “A live coward better than a 1S dead hero,” evidently was suggested by Solomon, who wrote, “A livine dog is better than a dead lion.’’-—Ec- clesiastes 9-4, talks” considered modern slang yet the essence of this with 10-19 “Money may be expression originated Solomon, when in Ecclesiates he says, “Money answereth all things.” The ment” was oint- Solo- 10-1, “Dead flies cause the expression “Fly in the another saying of mon, as recorded in Ecclesiates where he says: ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour.’ ——_e~-~._____ A Powerful Sermon. “Brudders and sistahs,” said the o!d colored preacher, “I’se kwine to de fine de undefinable, I’se ewine to ex plain de unexplainable, an’ I’se ewine to unscrew de unscrutable.’ UNIVERSAL CLEANER Great for the pots—great for the pans Great for the woodwork—great for the hands. 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"76 1 00 10 28 and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. liable to change at any time. and coun at market prices at date of purchase. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing, Prices, however, are try merchants will have their orders filled ADVANCED DECLINED Hd. Picked Beans Lake Herring Index to Markets By Columns B Baked Beans Bath Brick ime Breakfast Food Brooms Brushes sete ere cerecece ah hed pk bat ad ft pe Candles Canned Goods Carbon Oiis Catsup Cheese Chewing Gum Chicory Chocolate Clothes Lines Cocoa Cocoanut Coffee Confections Cracked Wheat Crackers _ ' Ne AH mwoew wen wonsn Dried Fruits E Evaporated Milk F Farinaceous Goods 6 Wishing Tackle ....... 6 Flavoring Extracts ... ; 7 Flour and Feed Fruit Jars eee cece cee cMerks |... cL ... 7 Hides and Pelts ....... 8 Horse Radish 8 J eee erene Belly oc. Jelly Glasses ......... Macaroni Mapleine Meats, Canned Mince Meat Molasses Mustard ee cere rcccsce Olives Pickles Des Playing Cards EPIAsh . 2... EPOVISIOnNE §..0 |. R mire oo. Rolled Gats ....... _. wow Ss Salad Dressing ...... 9 Saleratus 9 Sal Soda 9 Sait . 9 Patt ish .|.... 9 peeds 10 Bhoe Blacking ....... 10 ff 10 10 10 10 10 (ee eres cess ce Ss Boda =... Spices ..3 Starch Syrups Table Sauces ........ 10 en 2 10 Tobacco a) 2, 438 AWAGe .... 13 vinegar ............... 13 Ww Micking |... 13 Woodenware ......... 13 Wrapping Paper ..... 14 v Yeast Cake ...... sume 26 1 AMMONIA Doz. 12 0z. ovals, 2 doz. box 75 AXLE GREASE Frazer’s. 1Ib. wood boxes, 4 doz. 3 1tb. tin boxes, 3 doz. 2 35 316th. tin béxes, 2 dz. 4 10%. pails, per doz. ..6 15Ib. pails, per doz. ..7 20 25Ib. pails, per doz. ..12 BAKED BEANS No. 1, per doz. .. 45@ 90 No. 2, per doz. .. 75@1 40 No. 3, per doz. ., 85@1 75 BATH BRICK Pnelsh .. 6. 95 BLUING Jennings’. Condensed Pear] Bluing Small C P Bluing, doz. 45 Large C P Bluing, doz. 75 Folger’s. Summer Sky, 3 dz. cs. 1 20 Summer Sky, 10 dz bbl 4 00 BREAKFAST FOODS Apetizo, Biscuits .... 3 00 Bear Food, Pettijohns 2 13 Cracked Wheat, 24-2 2 80 Cream of Rye, 24-2 .. Quaker Puffed Rice .. Quaker Puffed Wheat Quaker Brkfst Biscuit Quaker Corn Flakes Victor Corn Flakes .. Washington Crisps .. Wheat Hearts ....... Wheatena _......... . Evapor’ed Sugar Corn 90 Parinose, 24-2 ...__.. 2 70 Grape Nuts ....... 1. 2 70 Grape Sugar Flakes . 2 Sugar Corn Flakes .. 2 Hardy Wheat Food .. . 25 1 We DOR Boe Com tO ~ on Holland Rusk ......, : Krinkle Corn Flakes Mapl-Corn Flakes .... 2 80 Minn. Wheat Cereal 3 75 Ralston Wheat Food 4 50 Ralston Wht Food 10c 2 25 Roman Meal ........ 2 Saxon Wheat Food ., 2 90 Shred Wheat Biscuit 3 60 Tascut i ..... 3... 1 30 Pillsbury’s Best Cer’l 4 25 Post Toasties, T-2 .. 2 50 Post Toasties, T-3 .. 2 70 Post Tavern Porridge 2 80 BROOMS Fancy Parlor, 25 th. 4 Parlor, 5 String, 25 th. 4 00 Standard Parlor, 23 th. 3 Common, 23 th. ...... 3 25 Specian, 23 i. |... 2. 2 75 Warehouse, 33 Ib. ... 4 25 Common Whisk .. 1 00 Haney Whisk ........ 1 25 BRUSHES Scrub Solid Back, 8 in. ...... 75 Solid Back, 11 in. .... 95 Pointed Ends ........ 85 Stove No. 3 64... o.- OO NG 2 1 25 No: 4A. 1 75 Shoe No, 3 ..... See e obese 1 00 Net oe 1 30 Neo: 4 26... os. 1 70 Ne: 8 io. 1 90 BUTTER COLOR Dandelion, 25¢ size .. 2 00 CANDLES Paratine, 68 ......... Paraiine, 128 ........ 7% Witkine ~. 2... 20 CANNED GOODS Apples 3 Th. Standards .. @ 85 No. 10 2)... 2 50 Blackberries 4 Oe oe 1 50@1 90 Standard No. 10 @5 25 Beans Baked ...... 01... 85@1 30 Red Kidney .... 75@ 95 Sivine ......... 1 00@1 75 Wax .oo i. 5@1 25 Blueberries Standard =.) |... 1 80 No. a6 2. cl. 7 25 Clams Little Neck, 1m. .. @1 25 Clam _ Boulllon Burnham’s % pt. .... 2 25 Burnham’s pts. ...., 3 75 Burnham’s qts. ...... 7 50 Corn ait 65@ 70 Good fo 90@1 00 HMamey | 9. 6. iis @1 30 French Peas Monbadon (Natural) per doz ....... -. 1 75 Gooseberrles No 2, Hair 1 1 35 No 2) Pancy 2/572. 2 50 ominy Standard =|. 4... 85 Lobster 4 See ce eee 1 45 dD oe 2 25 Mcnic Blot 2 80 Mackerel Mustard, 23)... .... 1 80 Mustard, 2tb. ........ 2 80 Soused, 114tb. ....... 1 60 Soused, 2b. ....... |. 2 75 Zomato, 1 ...... 1 50 Tomato, 2th. ........ 2 80 Mushrooms Buttons, %s .... @ 15 Buttons, is .,... @ 32 Hotels, 1s ...... @ 20 Oysters Cove, 1 Ip. 7). @ 7 Cove, 2 Ib. ..... @1 40 lums Pigms .. 0. 90@1 35 Pears In Syrup No. 3 cans, per doz. ..1 50 Marrowfat ...... 90@1 00 Early June .... 1 10@1 25 Early June siftd 1 45@1 55 Peaches Pie oc. ele. - 1 00@1 25 No. 10 size can pie @3 25 Pineapple Grated .......,; 5@2 10 Sliced (3.15)... 95@2 60 Pumpkin ain... eee ecul le 80 Good .......... Bele 90 Weney 2.6.6.0. 1 00 No: 10.0.8... 2 40 Raspberries Standard ...... Salmon Warrens, 1 tbh. Tall .. 2 30 Warrens, 1 Ib. Flat .. 2 45 Red Alaska .... 1 70@1 75 Med Red Alaska 1 40@1 45 Pink Alaska ..., @1 20 Sardines Domestic, %s ...... 3 70 % Mustard 3 75 Domestic, Domestic, % Mustard 3 26 French, %s ...... 7@14 Hrench, 468 ..:.... 13@23 Sauer Kraut No. 3, cans ....... : 90 No. 10, cans ........ 2 40 Shrimps Dunbar, 1s doz. .... 1 45 Dunbar, 1%s doz. .... 2 70 Succotash Pair sooo: o. 90 Good ...... oa. 1 Haney... 005.2: 1 25@1 40 Strawberries Standard <......., 95 Fancy 2 25 Good 90 Fancy 1 20 INO. 40 52.2.3... 2 90 CATSUP Snider’s pints ...... 2 35 Snider’s % pints .... 1 35 CHEESE Acme @15% Carson City a i . @16 Briek . 20120... @16 eiden 2... .. @15 Limburger ...... @18 Pineapple ...... 40 @60 Ea@am | .2....... @s5 Sap Sago ....... @18 Swiss, domestic @20 3 4 August 18, 1915 5 CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack .... 2 Adams Sappota ....... Beeman’s Pepsin ...... 62 Beechnut ........., sce ioe Chiclets 1 33 Colgan Violet Chips .. 65 Colgan Mint Chips .... 65 Dentyne ....... secscece Ge Doublemint ..... ; Flag Spruce 545 suiey, Wradt ..00 0. 59 Red Robin ............ 62 Spearmint, Wrigleys .. 64 Spearmint, 5 box jars 3 20 Spearmint, 3 box jars 1 92 Trunk Spruce ........ «. 59 Wucatan’ 5 .2.6..0.... -. 62 MONO | oo 64 CHOCOLATE Walter Baker & Co. German’s Sweet ....... 22 Premium ............ s> oe Caracas! o.oo) 28 Walter M. Lowney Co. Premium, \s ........ oe Premium, %s ........ 29 CLOTHES LINE Per doz No. 40 Twisted Cotton 95 No. 50 Twisted Cotton No. 60 Twisted Cotton No. 80 Twisted Cotton No. 50 Braided Cotton No. 60 Braided Cotton No. 60 Braided Cotton No. 80 Braided Cotton BO LBD bad ad AD et ed no an No. 50 Sash Cord , 75 No. 60 Sash Cord .... 2 00 No. 60 Jute ......... 2. 90 No. 72 Jute ......... 110 No. 60 Sisal ........ 1 00 Galvanized Wire No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 90 No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 00 No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 COCOA Bakers | .............. 37 Cleveland (6.60). .1.00.: 41 Colonial, %s .......... 35 Colonial, %s .......... 33 POPS 42 Hershey's, %s ......... 30 Hershey’s, %s ........ 28 Eyder oc 36 Lowney, \%s Lowney, %s Lowney, %s Lowney, 5!b. Van Houten, Van Houten, Van Houten, Ys ...... 36 Van Houten, 1s ........ 65 Wian-Pita 22.606... . . 36 WEDD ool. 33 Wilber, 66 ............ 33 Wdiber, 448 2.000002). ) 32 COCOANUT Dunham’s per Ib. 468, SID. case ........ 30 4S, d1D. CASE ........ 29 %s 15 Ib. case ...... 29 tos, 45 tb. case ...... 28 is) 15%p. case .......: 27 4s & %%s 15tb. case 28 Scalloped Gems ..... 10 4s & 4s pails ...... 16 Bulk, pails ........,. 13 Bulk, barrels ........ 12 Baker’s' Brazil Shredded 10 5c pkgs., per case 2 60 26 10c pkgs., per case 2 60 16 10c and 33 6c pkgs., per case 2 60 COFFEES ROASTED Common Fair Choice Fancy Peaberry Common MONT coc icic ccs sce. (ROICE oo 5s. se cae Hancy ...... Peaberry Maracaibo MBI ee oe . 24 Choice ....0.....5025- 25 Mexican y (Choice 2. oso s,s 25 HOMCy oc 8 26 Guatemala Da ee ce es 25 TUAMCY icc icc ccs cee 28 Java Private Growth .... 26@30 Mandling. .......... 31@35 AUKOIA 2.000500... 30@32 Mocha Short Bean ........ 25@27 wong Bean . H. iL. O. G. Bogota eC 24 MOMCY foe ee cs: 26 Exchange Market, Steady Spot Market, Strong Package New York Basis Arbuckle ..... secee. 19 00 McLaughlin’s XXXX McLaughlin’s xX XX package coffee is sold to retailers only. Mail all or- ders direct to W. F. Mc- ied & Co., Chicago, Ill. Extracts Holland, % gro. bxs. 95 Felix, % gross ..... « 1 15 Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85 Hummel’s tin, % gro. 1 43 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Horehound 27.077...) . 9 Standard ..0... 6.0.0. ; 916 Standard, small ..... 10 Twist, small’ ...,..:. 10 Cases sfobecleye) ae = os Jumbo, small ........ 10 Big Stick ...../ 55... - 9% Boston Sugar Stick .. 14 Mixed Candy Pails Broker ............. 8% Cut Loaf 10 French Cream ....., 10 Maney oo Grocers . 606... 7 Kindergarten ....... 12 Meader 10 Majestic ...1..1 3. |. 10 Monarch (5.0). 10 Novelty, . 6.5.5.0) 1: 11 Paris Creams ....... 11 Premio Creams ...... 14 Rover 84 ppecial fo, 10 Valley Creams ...... 13 XO O oe 71% Specialties Pai Auto Kisses (baskets) 13 Autumn Leaves ....., 13 Bonnie Butter Bites .. 17 Butter Cream Corn .. 15 Caramel Dice ........ 13 Cocoanut Kraut ...... Cocoanut Waffles .... 14 Cotty Potty | 14 Dainty Mints 7 Ih. tin 16 Smpire Fudge ....... 14 Fudge, Pineapple .... 14 Fudge, Walnut ...... 14 Fudge, Filbert ...... 14 Fudge, Choco. Peanut 13 Fudge, Honey Moon . 14 Fudge, Toasted Cocoa- MUG eee clas 14 Fudge, Cherry ...... 14 Fudge, Cocoanut .... 14 Honeycomb Candy .. 16 Iced Maroons ....... 14 Teed| Gems (2... 5... 15 Iced Orange Jellies i 13 Italian Bon Bons ... 13 Lozenges, Pep. ...... 11 Lozenges, Pink ....., 11 Manchus ............ 14 Molasses Kisses, 10 box 13 Nut Butter Puffs .... 14 Pecans, Ex. Large .. 14 Chocolates Assorted Choc. ....., Amazon Caramels .. 16 Champion .....2.05.. 13 Choc. Chips, Eureka 19 Climax 26.55.05, .07 14 Eclipse, Assorted .... 14 Ideal Chocolates .... 14 Klondike Chocolates 18 WADDDS 00.0005. 00 055), 18 Nibble Sticks ........ 25 Nut Wafers .......). 18 Ocoro Choc. Caramels 17 Peanut Clusters ..... 20 Quintette 2...) 0,.. 5. 16 Regina 12 Star Chocolates ...., 13 Superior Choc. (light) 19 Pop Corn Goods Without prizes. Cracker Jack with COUPON (.6 0622), 3 25 Pop Corn Goods with Prizes Ob My 100s .......... 50 Cracker Jack, with Prize 3 Hurrah, 1008 ........ 50 Erurrah, 508 2.2...) . 1 75 Hurrah, 248 .....,.... 85 Cough Drops xes Putnam Menthol 1 00 Smith Bros. ......... 25 NUTS—Whole Tb Almonds, Tarragona 22 Almonds, California soft shell Drake @22 Brazils 12@13 Wilberts ........, Cal. No. 1S. S .. @22 Walnuts, Naples --18@19 Walnuts, Grenoble 17@18 Table nuts, fancy 14@16 Pecans, Large .... @13 Pecans, Ex. Large @14 Shelled No. 1 Spanish Shelled Peanuts ...... 64d 7 Ex. Lg. Va. Shelled Peanuts ...., 10%@11 Pecan Halves ...., 60 Walnut Halves .... 40 Filbert Meats ..., Alicante Almonds Jordan Almonds @ @ Peanuts Fancy H P Suns Raw o0.. 6s: 5% @6% Roasted ...:.... 7@ 7% H. P. Jumbo, RAW 66565 | 71%4@8 Roasted ...... 8%@ 9 CRACKERS National Biscuit Company Brands In-er-Seal Trade Mark Package Goods Per doz. Baronet Biscuit 1 00 Flake Wafers -. 100 Cameo Biscuit ...... 1 Cheese Sandwich .... 1 Chocolate Wafers . 1 mie Newton ....).... 1 00 Five O'Clock Tea Bet 1 Ginger Snaps NBC ,. ‘ Graham Crackers 00 Lemon Snaps ..... Sle 50 M. M. Dainties ..... 1 00 WOYSUCTEULES .......... 50 ETetzeenos, ...... 0... 50 Royal Toast ........ 1 00 Social Tea Biscuit .. 1 00 Saltine Biscuit ...... 1 00 Saratoga Flakes 1 50 Soda Crackers, N.B.C. 1 00 Soda Crackers Prem. 1 00 Uneeda Biscuit ...... 50 Uneeda Ginger Wafer 1 00 Vanilla Wafers ..... 1 00 Water Thin Biscuit .. 1 00 Zu Zu Ginger Snaps 50 Zwieback Other Package Goods Barnum’'s Animals .. 50 Soda Crackers NBC 2 50 Pruitt Cake .......... 3 Ou Bulk Goods | Cans and boxes Animals ....55 1/207, 1z AUallics, Asstd. .... is Avena bruit Cakes .. iz °* Bonnie boon Cookies iv bonnie Lassies ...... lu Gauquet Wafers .... zy Cameo Biscuit ...... 29 Cecelia Biscuit ..... 1 Cheese ‘lid Bits ..... zu Chocolate Bar (cans) zU Cnocolate Drop Center 18 Chocolate Pult Cuke 1s Choc. Honey Fingers 16 Circie Cookies Cracknels ....:...... 2u Cream fingers ...... 14 Cocoanut ‘latty Bar .. to Cocoanut Drops ...... a2 Cocoanut Macaroons i8 Cocoanut Molas. Bar 15 Cocont Honey singers 12 Cocont Honey Jumbles 1z Coftee Cakes Iced ... lz Crumpets .........0.; iz Dinner Pail Mixed .. iu Ixtra Wine Biscuit .. 15 Family Cookies ...... du Big Cakes Asstd. .... 12 Vireside Peanut Jumb 10 Fluted Cocoanut Kar 12 Frosted Creams ..... lu Frosted Ginger Cook. 10 Frosted Raisin Sqs. .. lu Hull Moon’ .3..5.7.. 3. LO Ginger Drops ...3.. |. 1g Ginger Geins lain .. 10 Ginger Gems, iced .. ll Graham Crackers ... y Ginger Snaps Family 9% Ginger Snaps Round y Hippodrome Bar .... 12 Honey Fingers Ass’t 1z Honey Jumbles ...... 12 'tousehold Cookies .. 10 Household Cooks. Iced 11 imperiais (52 - 10 Jubilee Mixed ........ 10 Kaiser Jumbles ...... 12 Lady Fingers Sponge 30 Leap Year Jumbies .. 20 Lemon Biscuit Square 10 Lemon Cakes ....... 10 Lemon Wafers .....,. 18 Wemond, | ....... 6... 10 Korna Doon ...,...... 18 Mace @akes ....,.... 10 Mary Ann ...../.... 10 Manlalay 10 Marshmallow Pecans 20 Mol. Frt. Cookie, Iced ai NBC Honey Cakes a. ie Oatmeal Crackers ... 9 Orange Gems ....... 10 Oreo Biscuit .( 2717) 25 Othello (oe 15 Penny Assorted . .... 10 Picnic Mixed (....._. 12 Raisin Cookies .,.... 12 Raisin Gems 12% Reveres Acca | 7 Rittenhouse Biscuit ~. 14 Snaparoons ........., 15 Spiced Cookie ........ 10 Spiced Jumbles, iced 12 Sugar Fingers 12 Sugar Crimp ........ 10 Sultana Fruit Biscuit 18 Sweethearts ......... 25 Vanilla Wafers ....,. 20 RE SRSA NOR ei nm Nem A ugust 18, 191 t 5 ee poner : M e Ss NB CS eae Bo q I Cc H N B Cc Boe were einie xes Bam I G Gem Cc Pleni ee 4 Bambee, “a AN Oyst nic O cece % Ba oo, 1 ft. T R ers . ysters 1% =F mboo, ae ft. per doz 8 AD NBC i 2 LAVORIN fit, aa doz. a No T ES M Pp b a n G : zk Premium Sod rxtract, Te D EXTRAG 80 No 2 012: oe AN Se Sod mana ee Sea eae Soe fa a aaa A 9 a Fie ae 7y%, No th at anill Terpe U washe Wool. @ 5 Pien ines lakes ee 8 N ; i the a Me nless nwash d, feo @ 4 apie B Ds i3 ae box % oz xican oe: oe ea oie NB rents : i: No. 4. F = : Oz. price. Per pease eC .: @24 roe ee Gem 0 Plente ¢ Yee Ligon: 1 20 15 gRSE RADISH Mincea Ham ° 19%@20 10 y Y Z: oz. as . ell eas ees 7 FL me OZ. a(taver 2 25 15tb. pails aa a 12 ei aoe SEED ao ae cess Ly, Guna ks Cr. ane 301D. alle rer a ologna Sausage 15 G12 fee cen 29 a ster Soecial 8% Rapids FEE ? J alls, per oan Liver eevee es * et yin .... 20 11 Nabisco 02... pees nen wi illing "oral au ay ge eh oe roe fre 10%@11 Celery” veeteeeeeeey 2 = Festino ceteris 1 00 Purity Paten Whe: 2 Poem bbls. eee oe 2 O12 Mixed pas BI TOBA ee 1 Wiz y core i eat Z. 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Kettle 7 oe ae 8 a B o yn ars, veee 87 Ojibwe: a a oe - 9 36 DR ba. 4 V. igt’s Boca ng C 10 00d we reeeneeees 4 bbls., 40 tbs... aoa eee jars .. 35 Ones. 1 1 ae 1 80 ee es. iz vee s Royal nt 0. aie “barrels oe a Pes . a oo 90 cee a A s.. 2 Petoske ma ses ne 3 60 Hivapor’ ed Apples vham Hlouroigt tous g = Re hens Wo. 3 oo 22 Beet, Ber ee : 60 : : os sans 5% Petoskey oiet, ¥ 1 7 "ed are b Pea SET © Gra- 6 Fog Has oO ext 0 ef und. ge Isp SPICES 4 R a hie a a 1k Pe pa pa ra- 50 H , No. tra She mid a ce Al ice, ole S % ed B nd 4 oz. 5 Calif A ancy pK T rfecti ieeine en 5 1 ep dles, a a Ispic Jam pice Red ell, Ho 40 2 00 ornia pricot PKE. ip T ion ins Milliz vA ; No Bae 15 ue per aE abe Clov a wie 8 ro Be 16 a. a 4 : s Gold op F ye illin tb MUS . 10 iol 75 Sana coe bund cls @21 Ca es, oan Gar .9@ s erlin i, 8 oz. 5e 5 00 me foocn eae a en oe a6 a can Gu cae a jen Olt raat Gut fon 76 ican cisch 9@ arsh heaf Flov _ 3 ree 65 aot Ee Butterin assia, ecuian @l1 aoc Lap - 39 : n 12 Say B aici. 5 35 Bulk O! 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Summer Reed. 15 a 9:4 Saige. sat 4 aoe 225 Sliver Glo oe 7% Derby, 61D 7 & 147 i Sa Had Be ag ae Be ee aa! re ce sre HS Ae mm Rare e aes n H Raicedl ae 12. : all doz. 5 25 lan ss ES. our 4 OX ih oO 6 : en 9 S F, 02. 5 Gloss. 1a the G R an f 25 1 ee ed ace a Michi Coast ae ee 6.7 oe ee ee =) re oe . 90 Gilt proses, he a Bulk, th. arina (390 Less gan c ae 0 nnel Me LES . 28.9 Wy anal 60 aes Lt 3s 16 i tas bibs 6% e la poues ‘ a 28 Orl ne : than ae 98 7 s, 1,200 20 m and Hamm bo 12 ae” ackagcs | 8% ao None 6 Bs tetee a oF , e 5 eke : : : Bile : Packed 12 Hollai Sao cee can 58 gallon ke ae ee | eal ae a 3 00 a * packages sees 5 CGranier “i ana so containers, ( rie Sane c s than carlot Bev a 4 23 Granulated, eae a TO «SYR S 2a Fors Twist, 24. ie 58 0 ar eles a é te rs 6 Pea H ee eas ce aoe ce 86 5 ig ihanrels | ! 1 90 nulated, 100 eeee Barre RUPS 6 Hn Sho 109 an Tb.. 40 M rl, 100 omin Ns 3 2 ess than y 8 gallon rela 20 » 36 Ibs. cs 80 Half is Corn 3% ot e, 6 d 21 46 ‘Maccaron! a sack St han cariots . 8 Bar Pies er ne SA pkgs... 1 2 barrels ae ee tae ve A Tone ®. 36 tmported, sand Verm co Non cor eats’. 18 00 Half bari el 0 4 common & ad ee eeerrceen a Wu Tar, 5 an es fs rn Bi rc ‘ i: wiaee P) 5 ae a a 25 tb hoe Icelll Cracked © 7 ‘ yy | fe ce Aa a 5 60 c 1. sacks rades Blue tas Se iF ae 30 Kentucky and it igs a Sheste arl - Dox He Soars cc at Fé 33 IS verte 0 8 Se d gevanee % Mea 40. ackeret Choi ay eae oles 38040 oe or ee ae 5 60 AMPS ee eeeesess - Sa wee a vane 1 Mess, 40 he. 1% O*&F7 oice ung cy. 5@40 Scrapple, aa ¥% g 0. 5 7F ings odds 0@1 25 He ms, 1 -16 Ib eat el Mess, 10 a 1 a Hyson 45@5 Sure ae Be ap, 5 ro. 5 settee 15 23 oo 16-18 Th. 5 ee pis sees 550 F ereerreceees a“ Yankee Gl 5 a 12 10@ 2 am 2 Hs ieee” Nal 1, 100 a 75 Formos Sgicnn 28@30 Ss H Girl S Y co z a eee ea @15 wa a ce Born Medien 45@5 ee Sevag fis 8 Ca i be 4% 0. Cube” : F os fedi @i5 U hey e p 2 57 Sifotuta TE ef @15 1, 10 La elgiae ae a Son Chaise: 4 nion Scrap, 8 a 5 aa BED ase : Me 3 , s, 7 Hams 29 @ @30 100 wore sentnegt 6 a Con Englil Wanes aoe Sa ay fi 5 7h 0%@ Le goa 18 paket Ish | Br 32@35 an eo n, 2% 5 76 11 $0 Ts. eevee 9g Cc ngou, fedi eakf 50@60 BB veat okl 4 6 0 ee 3 ongou, ehalce — BB, 3% 2% & i es 3 80 Congou, ica 25 920 BB 7 oo aL e oe ene co ae o os 2 > Fa é aaa Ragdad, Besse eens : - deals eo oO n ga Mle Le D e, XN ey! cy @60 ad Z. vyineeeess 12 0 wer , Ch Ba er, 7 ch os 90 yO. P oice . 28@30 Rance Be ey 11 52 . Faney 30@35 Banner, SS 5 04 cy 40@ . & nner, Bo eeeenene {1 52 Belwood 20e seeeeee 5 76 soa, ‘Misi 1 60 ’ 2% . 106 20 ag " 60 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 18, 1915 SPECIAL PRICE CURRENT 15 16 17 Roastea BAKING POWDER K C. Proctor & Gamble Co. 12 18 14 a Dwinnell-Wright Brands jenox ............... 3 20 r 10 Oz. Ivory,| 6 oz. .......... £760 0z., 4 doz. in case 85 {vory, 10 oz 6 75 Smoking Pilot, 7 oz. doz. ..... 1 05 Faucets . a oe in case 1 25 fae 3 35 eee : es PP t—‘(‘ i ea 12 00 White Wine, 80 grain 11% 19 in. Butter ...._.._. 7 5S 2 Gloes, 100 cakes, 5e sz 3 75 Curnaiees to Dried, 25¢ ..... 245 White Wine, 100 grain 1: ? Z 3ig Master, 100 blocks 3 90 equal the aud ao. ae ic Oakland Vinegar & Pickle a ee ee Old Master Coffee .... 31 Naphtha, 100 cakes .. 3 90 best 10c kinds King Bird, ac... ee 11 52 ae rhe Hlapiel 9 ‘ Seg dl nga da 535 : San Marto Coffee ..... Saratoga, 120 cakes .. 2 40 80 - CANS - $2.90 King Bird, 5c ........ 5 76 ghiand apple cider Fibre Manila. colored 4 kland apple cider .. 13 ’ © . ‘ La Turka, 5c a 5 a Sein ete (gas, Ne 1 Manila —- |... FITZPATRICK BRO THERS’ SOAP CHIPS BBLS Little Giant, 1 Th. .... 25 idan white olde 16 Cream Manila ........ 3 : . : : : Lucky Strike, luc .... 96 Oakland white picklg ; : a White City ‘Dien Washing) ...................... 210 lb : Packace: fac Butchers’ Manila .... 2% A " see Boe... 3c per lb. Le Redo, 3 oz. ...... 10 “<4 s i Wax Butter, short ent 10 Tip Top ee 250 Ibs...... 4c per lb. Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz. 3 WICKING Wax Butter, full e’nt 15 wis i 225 Ib Myrtle Navy, 10c ....11 52 Wax Butter’ rolls a re eee eee B...... 5c per Ib. Myrtle Navy, 5c ..... 5 76 No. 0, per gross .... 30 e , See ete 300 lbs... ..6%c per Ib Maryland Club, 5c... 50 No. 1, per gross ..... 40 ae ta Dp Mayflower, 5c ....... 5 76 No. 2, per gross ..... es Macic 2 Aas. re Mayflower, a esse : . No. 3, per gross ..... Sunlight, 3 doz. ...... 1 00 a Mayflower, 20c ...... J Sunlight, 1% doz. .... 50 ’ BRAND ° WOODENWARE “ote FOOTE ) G aca ant, Be 2 = ” Bees 2 abecaey a ee - FOOTE & JENKS’ I arney REGISTERED Inger e r . eee s FO: : s Nigger Head, 5c .... 5 ’ Bushels oo... 1 00 eae TRULY Lincs (CONTAINS NO CAPSICUM) Nigger Head, 10c ... 10 Bushels, wide band .. 1 15 See wcrc ya A Market | --sececeeees. , 1 Pork and Beans 2 70@3 6¢ An Agreeable Beverage of the CORRECT Belfast Type. » i= : 2 splint, large ........ © ‘ . oye ° : aaa Ul. Be Role ahaa 359 Condensed Soup 3 25@8 60 Supplied to Dealers, Hotels, Clubs and Families in Bottles Having Qld Knglisn Crve 1%0z. 96 Splint, small ...2227, 3.99 Salad Dressing 3 80@4 50 Registered T Qld crop. be ee 5 . Willow, Clothes, large 8 00 Apple Butter .... @8 80 egistered Trade-Mark Crowns rep, 25c ....... i 2 sae : P. s, “pal "'' — 19 wince, ee sig . = Cateup ........ 2 70@6 - A Partial List of Authorized Bottlers: A. L. JOYCE & SON, Grand Rapids and Traverse City, Mich.; P. 8., 3 oz., per gro. 5 70 Macaroni ..... 1 70@2 35 KALAMAZOO BOTTLING Co., Kalamazoo, Mich.; KILLARNEY BOTTLING CO., Jackson, Mich pet Hana. 1 greets 63 soul inter Spices ........ 40@ 85 ce atterson Seal, oz. vals Patterson Seal, 3 oz. .. 96 y mm. 959 in crate 35 Ne eer ae Patterson Seal, 16 oz. 5 00 % Th., 250 in crate |." 35 Peerless, 5c ........ 576 1m. 250 in crate 40 Peerless, 10c¢ cloth ..11 52 9 4,” 250 in crate 5 Peerless, 10c paper ..10 80 3 ”’ 959 in crate _..... 70 oe ce 2 og 3 ™.. 250 in crate |...._ 90 Plaza, 2 gro. case |...5 76 Wire, End Plow Boy, 5c ....... 5 76 1 1b., 250 in crate ...... 35 Piow Boy, 10c ...... 11 40 2 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 45 Piow Boy, 14 oz. ...... 470 3 %b., a in erate ...... 55 Petro, ic ........... a1 93 5 Ih.; in crate ...... 65 : ae Pride Vig We bee The chances are that you want something more than printing ok oe 57 a - h t a job of printing—id ‘ . 9 Barrel, al., each .. 2 4¢ wnen you wan JOD OT prin ing—ldeas, possibl » Or Suggestion ete eo F i$ Barrel, 10 gai, each ..2 65 1 1. boxes, per gross 8 70 : : . : ia eer poee ya eae S oe 3 Tb. boxes, per gross 22 70 them; a plan as likely as possible to be the best, because compris- ; oo. othes Pins i i patie Jai Ace : + ound Ena ing the latest and the best; an execution of the plan as you want it ueen Quality, 5c .. 48 4% inch, 5 gross ..... 60 and when you want it. This is the servi are Roy, 5c foil . 5 76 Cartons, 20 2% doz. bxs 65 6 eee Nit C OA 5 : ’ 4 : pe Mal we talk about but Rob Roy, 10c gross ..10 52 Egg Crates and Fillers little, but invariably give. Kuob Roy, 25¢ doz. .... 210 Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. 20 Car lots or local shipments, cea mos : ” =. ; Cee se teeee ~ are com S YS ay ae Co . 5b. & M., Nooo ) > ee eo. ¢ ee S. & M., 14 oz. doz. ..3 20 Case No. 2, fillers, 15 eae Tradesman Company oe Grand Rapids Soldier Boy, 5c gross 5 76 Sets paw M.O. DEWEY CO.., Jackson, Mich. Soldier Boy, 10c ... 10 50 Case, medium, 12 sets 1 15 August 18, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN : 31 USINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT continuous insertion. Advertisements inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each IT aen een a No charge less than 25 cents. Cash must accompany all orders. BUSINESS CHANCES. For Sale —Stoe k of ‘dry eral stoc k of about $6,000 in rich corn land of Illinois. A small town of 600 peo- ple. Have double room with rents very low. Doing a cash business. Would take in part pay a dwelling house with $1,000. (has Stock for ‘sale On account of © il health. \ddress, The Burford Company, Kenney, Mlinois, 369 goods and. gen- Restaurant, For “Sale sungalow res- taurant at Wellington, Kansas; write for particulars; feed 10 trains per day; just east of Santa Fe depot. Address R. A. Hedden & Co,, 511 S. Wash. Ave.. Wel- lington, Kansas. 859 l’ace cabinet, new invention. Ww ill se 1 State rights. Every merchant will buy this. Splendid opportunity. Don’t wait. Write for information if you want to make money. J. KE. Nace, Hanover, Pa. 360_ One of the best Opportunities in Mich- igan. Located here 6 years. Ill health forces me to sell the Springport bakery and confectionery. M. lL. Hunt, Spring- port, Michigan. 361 For Sale—-A small. up- to- date stock of dry goods and notions and fine fixtures. Am retiring from. business. Write for particulars to the address of Mrs. Geo. Davidson, 1001 Grand River Ave., Detroit, Michigan. 362 Drug Stock For Sale—The has for. sale at private sale the drug stock and good will of the business be- longing to the estate of Albert Morsman, deceased, located at Falls City, Nebraska. This is a good investment for anyone desiring to locate in a thriving town. Hor further panticulars address T. LL. Himmelreich, administrator of the estate of Albert Morsman, deceased, Falls City, Nebraska. 354 undersigned feed business in Also poultry sup- For Sale- General growing town of 3,000 plies and small harness repairs. Low rent. Inventory about $1,200 including fixtures. Poor health reason. Gillette & Heavener, Royal Oak, Michigan 355 For Sale—Stock of crockery, wall paper, mouldings, sewing machines, carpets, Mies. Curtains, etc,, located in icity of 1000 population: junction G. TT. & M. C. tC E.: surrounded by beautiful farming country. Business established — thirty vears. Have reduced stock to about $4,500, ini ‘Tuding fixtures. Wish to retire from: trade: ©. Ll. Yorker, Lapeer, Mich- igan. 56 House and lot. fine location in “‘thri iving town; steady tenants; value $1,000 to ex- change for grocery or mixed stock. Ad- dress Exchange, care Tradesman. ool Me srchandise unsalable 20008, Turn Old He Cash Send me all your merchandise, out of style, dry shoes, clothing, job lots, countermands, etc. Sales every day. Cash returned within 10 days. Highest banking and mercantile references. Joseph Tandau, 2002 Beaver avenue N. S., Pitts- burg, Pa. Merchandise Broker and Cash Store Buyer. 358 Merchants Notice. Our system and methods turn the trick. Our business is to get business for your business. Great- ¢st advertising force the world has ever Tnown. Now at your service. The best und largest reference any one can give is to produce results. Rosy promises count for naught. Our staff consists of twenty wide-awake sales managers and eight high class ad writers, our methods are to-day discussed all over the United States as the most original and unique in the sales business You risk nothing, first we produce results, then you pay us a small commission. 3e the leader not the straggler Contract right now for a sale. Don’t let some other merchant beat vou to it. We guarantee a positive profit above all expense hesitate, write to-day for free information placing yourself under no obligations to the live wire concern. Write or wire. Repre- sentative will call. United Sales Co., 402 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Toledo, { Onto. 363 Me ns nec ckwe: ar for special sales—One thousand dozen fine silk open-end _ ties, 5O and (5 cent sellers, $1.75 per dozen net. Write for sample dozen. American Neckwear Exchange, 621 Broadway, New York. 364 For Sale or Trade—Meat market. Old stand. Good location. Complete outfit. Four good country meat routes’. estab- lished. Auto, fitted with refrigerator ice box for meat. Price right. Address Box 302, Red Key, Indiana. 347 For Sale—Prosperous dry goods busi- ness in best manufacturing town of 3,000 population in center of excellent farming section. Factories busy despite depres- sion elsewhere. This is a rare oppor- tunity to get into a well established business. Steck about $7,000. For sale at 65 cents on the dollar. Address No. 366, care Michigan 3 Tradesman. 366 For Sale—About 75 feet of modern show cases, also about 125 feet of counters and shelving. These coun- ters are of good white oak and in splendid condition. Can be bought for one-half of real value. Come and see them. Must be moved out be- fore September 20. O. M. Smith & Co., Flint, Mich, 368 For Sale—199 acres stock and grain farm, good buildings, on main traveled road, four miles northeast of Dowagiac. Easy terms. Will take some property in part payment. Wallace, 1419 Forres ave- nue, St. Joseph, Michigan. 346 Candy and confectionery store, new, fine outfit, fountain, show-cases, chairs, tables, glassware, charging outfit, elec- tric mixer, everything. Will sell all or part, cheap. Write Al H. Weber, Che- boygan, Michigan. 348 Stock general merchandise—For Sale— Invoice $434; stored. C. Kohl, Lake Zurich, Illinois. 349 For Sale—Furniture store and_ stock, building, $1,000; stock will invoice about $1,800. Reason for sale—have general ee to take care of. Cle ments, Minnesota. Miesen & oc For Sale— First- class bakery doing a business in one of most prosperous towns in Central Michigan. Will inventory. Other business interest demanding my time. Address No. 352, care Tradesman. 352 For Sale—Stock and fixtures. Grocery and meat market. Annual business $30,000. Building can be bought or rent- 18 Market St. ocd ed. Judson Grocer Co., For Sale or Exchange—Double_ brick store and stock general merchandise, situated in good town. Want good farm, 80 to £00 acres. ET. Herkimer, May- bee, Michigan. 329 grocery stock doing Fine location. Cheap if Good reason for selling. eare Michigan Trades- 330 For Sale—C ‘lean good business. taken at once. Address No. 330, man, i 2 ee For Sale—V Tarie ety stock and store; or will rent store. Vill exchange for small fanm. b. W: : _Colon, Mich. 33 SO For Sale —General | “merchandise ~ “stock invoicing $7,000 at 50 cents on the dollar. Address No. 341, care Michigan Trades- man. 34 Wanted to hear from owner of good general merchandise store for sale. State ‘, Bush, asia 4 Cash ‘price: BD. on: Minn. Wanted to Buy—Merchandise _ stock. Am financially able to handle deal up to $30,000. Prefer to deal with owner. Address No. 318, care Michigan Trades- man. 318 Restaurant -Fixtures—Good “restaurant fixtures, 12-chair counter, showcases, etc., cheap; have poor health. Address Box 148. T.ander. Wyoming. 303 Merchants Please Take Notice! We have clients of grocery stocks, general stocks, dry goods stocks, hardware stocks, drug stocks. We have on our list also a few good farms to exchange for such stocks. Also city property. If you wish to sell or exchange your business write us. G. R. Business Exchange, 546 House- man Bldg... Grand Rapids, Mich. 859 If you are looking for good location for garage in good live town, good coun- try with plenty of autos, address B. F. Haskins. Adrian, _Missouri. 266 For Sale—Four Station for $25. David Gibbs, Ludington, n cash carrier Mich. 181 Wante d A large second-hand retrig- erator, size about four feet in width, seven feet high and two feet eee: Ad- Gress Mitchell Brothers Co. Cadillac, Michigan. 365 For Sale—A shoe stock in good town of 1,500. Good business. Am compelled to get out of business on account of ill health. Address No. 345, care Michigan Tradesman. 045 Here is a chance to buy a thriving fuel and feed store in Grand Rapids, in fine location. Owner must sell for a very good reason. Address Fuel and Feed, care Tradesman. 202 Wanted—I want to buy a shoe stock for spot cash. Price must be low. Ad- dress ‘‘Hartzell,’’ care Tradesman. 907 THE GRAND RAPIDS VETERINARY COLLEGE Offers a Three Years’ Course in Veterinary Science Merchandise Sales Conductor. For clos- ing out entirely or reducing stocks, get Flood, Dexter, Michigan. ES: Safes Opened—W. L. Slocum, safe ex- pert and locksmith. 97 Monroe Ave., Grand Rapids, Michigan. l pay cash for stocks of inerchandise. Kaufer, Complying with all the requirements of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry. Established 1897. Incorporated under State law. Governed by Board of Trustees. Write for Free Catalogue. 200 Louis St. Grand Rapids, Michigan or part stocks Must be cheap. H. Milwaukee, i _ Mi uke Wis. 925 Move your dead stock. For closing out or reducing stocks, get in touch with im —_ | us. Merchant’s Auction Co., Resear: Wisconsin. 963 Stocks Wanted—If you are desirous of selling your stock, tell me about it. may be able to dispose of it quickly. My service free to both buyer and seller. EB. Kruisenga, 44-54 Ellsworth Ave., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 870 Account File Simplest and Most Economical Method of Keeping HELP WANTED. Mr. Drug Clerk—$2,500 cash and $500 security will set you up in business in good location in best city of 50,000 in the ae ‘ sed areas complete stock, goo oun ain, and 20 daily sales to start with that can be doubled. Address Petit Accounts No. 227, Michigan Tradesman. 227 File and 1,000 printed blank bill heads... ...::...... $2 75 File and 1,000 specially printed bill heads...... 3 50 Printed blank bill heads, per thousand........... Specially printed bill heads, per thousand..... wese 200 SITUATIONS WANTED. Wanted—The to make dry goods job the other fellow ‘faile d good on. If and you your store want a dry goods man that can advertise, conduct special sales, increase the business and do things, Address No. 367, sells Tradesman. 367 1 25 Bell Phone 860 Citz. Phone 2713 Lynch Bros. Special Sale Conductors Expert Advertising —Expert Merchandising 28 So. Ionia Ave. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. Pewee Grand Rapids, Mich. It is of such surpassing deliciousness that it is creating a sensation wherever we have placed it on sale. Thousands of people, all over the United States, regard it as infinitely superior to any other brands, and gladly recommend its use to friends and neighbors. \ The people around this section are “wise to” the excellence of “White House:’ should be just as ‘ ‘ and the dealer ‘wise.’ JUDSON GROCER CO. Wholesale Distributors GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN No other Coffee ever suited folks so well No other Coffee ever will 32 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 18, 1915 DOLLAR MEASURE OF VALUE. Last Wednesday there occurred in Wall street two incidents, one dra- matic and smacking somewhat of the spectacular, the other quietly unob- trusive, that measured in striking fashion the transformation that has come in the financial relations of the United States and Great Britain be- cause of the Kaiser's war. A year ago England was recalling its capital from the United States on so enor- mous a scale as to force the balance of international payments in an un- precedented manner in London's fa- vor; her control of the financial mar- kets was so great and her demands so insistent that $5 was being paid at New York to remit a pound ster- ling to London — against a normal $4.865s—and gold was beginning to be shipped under special arrangement to Canada, because there was not enough exchange to make all the re- mittances to London that it was de- manding, Last Wednesday was the anniver- sary of the first shipment to Canada under that special arrangement. On that morning there clattered into Wall street from Broadway a squad- ron of mounted police, heading twen- ty-three motor trucks that bore to the $19,534,000 gold which had been transferred across the Atlantic from London. That was the dramatic incident measuring the transformation in the financial relations of the United States and Great Britain. The unobtrusive incident was a decline in the price of sterling bills on London to 4.74% in the pound. In just the manner that a year ago a $5 rate for bills on London measured England’s con- trol of the financial markets, so did this low rate of bills on London last week measure the control of the mar- lets that has come to America. Sub-Treasury Ten days ago even the best-inform- ed lankers—save those who knew hat gold was on the Atlantic, found for New York — would not have predicted such developments as have been recorded for the past week. Since completing the $3,000,- 000,000 last month, Eng- ‘land's bankers were known to have devoted their attention to remedying the international credit machinery, which had been thrown so badly out of balance, and against England. But that they were contemplating record gold shipments here was not thought oi; rather a banking credit or an out- and-out government loan was thought possible. war loan For reasons known best to them- selves, England’s bankers have chos- en to see their country part with gold for a loan. That this country would take British credits up to a certain point has all the time been accepted as foregone. French and Russian credits have been instead of negotiating That credits even were of- ferel is not unlikely. But the motor trucks drawn up at the New York Sub-Treasury last Wednesday embod- ied England’s reply to any possible offer of credits. -Plainly it had been “No, thank you, we’ll pay gold.” As coming from proud Lombard accepted. street, the central market of the world for centuries, there can be no cavil- ing at the magnificence of paying a foreign nation in gold now, when gold is so sorely needed at home. But are there not other considerations? Gen. Pierre Bosquet said of the charge of the Light Brigade at Bala- klava; “It is magnificent, but it is not war.” To say the same of the pres- ent gold shipments, without knowing all the circumstances and also without knowing the purpose of the millions of British-owned securities that came with the gold, would be premature. But gold is a precious thing in Europe to-day, Granting a continuance of the war for some time to come, and a further growth of our unparalleled merchan- dise export trade, what is likely to be the course of exchange? That is a question whose answer puzzles the imagination. Brakes against the de- cline might be imposed in a number of ways; England might sell more of its vast store of American securities; credits might be arranged with New York bankers for London account; extensive further gold shipments might be made to this country; there might be a general rise in money values abroad, inducing American capital to seek employment there. In any or all of these ways it would be pessible to stem the fall in ex- change on London. But he would be a rash man who said that any one of them could definitely check the fall in progress. It is an economic proposi- tion that if England sends enough gold, present sterling rates cannot en- dure. But enough gold might be an amount equal to England’s munition purchases; manifestly so much can- not be sent. Right now, London is planning to send gold to us from South Africa and Australia; further shipments by the way of Halifax will probably be attempted. The question then is, can Engiand possibly finance the move- ment of war material, now that im- mense payments on munition con- tracts are coming due, unless much larger advances are obtained from this market, either through the sale of short-term paper or the negotia- tion of one or more direct loans? The answer cannot be long delayed. AN ALTRUISTIC INTEREST. The reports as to the situation in Mexico indicate a more favorable pros- pect than has hitherto prevailed. The obstacle to speedy peace is with the lead- ers and would-be leaders who are put- forward their personal and in- dividual ambitions, seeking their own gain at the expense of the people. The welfare of the latter does not seem to be taken into any serious account at all. They are not reckoned of as much im- portance as pawns on a chessboard, Each man thinks that by sheer force he can push himself forward into a position of power with opportunities for gain and that is the only thing he has in mind. That the country is being devastated, its industries paralyzed and its people impoverished does not matter as much to him as the wind that blows. Where these revolutionist leaders get the money ting with which to buy their powder and food for their men is a mystery not to say a problem. Certain it is that the country can not stand a continuance of these unhappy conditions very much longer. The purpose of President Wilson and the representatives of other American republics is simply to restore peace for the good of the country and its citizens. They have no other aim or ambition. They want no territory nor any indem- nity, nor any favoritism. They are not particular whether Carranza or Villa or somebody else is finally chosen chief magistrate or administers the govern- ment. What they want is to see a solid, stable, safe government established there which shall rule in fairness and wisdom and give the people of Mexico a chance to return to their various industries and make a living by their work. An appeal has been prepared and it will be sent to all those who count themselves lead- ers, and there are half a dozen of them. When the people understand what has been done they will appreciate that those are the real patriots and the real friends who put the popular interest before their own. Those unwilling to talk and act toward peace will put themselves in the proper light and attitude before their constituents as selfish and self-seeking. Those who respond to the appeal and enter into negotiations will be consid- ered as exponents of national patriotism and the others counted as unworthy of respect and support. There is no de- sire on the part of the outsiders to in- terfere except for the benefit of the Mexicans themselves. eee, APOTHEOSIS OF CRIMINALS. To a rational and reflective mind, the vivid interest that attaches to crime and its perpetrators will prob- ably always remain a mystery. For years the reading public of our be- loved country has had the minutest particulars of the lives of two of our most noted criminals served up for its delectation, ad nauseam, and these items are so arranged with black lead- ed headlines that one cannot take up a paper without being literally slap- per in the face by them. We have had a nine years’ dose of Thaw end- ing up with his triumphal entry into Pittsburg, and more recently we have ° been confronted with the nauseating details of the death and burial of the departed Becker, with the usual ac- companiment of a vulgar crowd of cu- riosity-seekers and the expenditure of maudlin sympathy and_ sentimentali- ty over a rascal whose exit from life was a blessing to the community. Those connected with the daily press who set this pernicious stuff perpetu- ally before their readers do two things: First, they fill the matured and serious minded with disgust and ut- ter discouragement. Next, they edu- cate children and youth—for they, too read the papers—not only in the methods of criminals, in a contempt for law, indifference to self-control, and rebellion against authority, but in the conviction that perfect safety lies, for the criminal, in a fat pocket- book. The men who, whether as lawyers, doctors, jurymen or other officials, RA ES ren ee Te have enabled Thaw to escape the con- sequences of his crime, have brought discredit upon themselves and their professions and have covered the ju- diciary of New York with disgrace. The constant reporting in detail of crime does not produce horror of it; ‘t simply makes it seem a matter of course. Only one murderer out of seventy-four is executed in this coun- try, according to recent statistics. Considering this appalling fact, we cannot wonder at the terrific trag- edies that occasionally are visited by the Almighty upon a people so care- less. The stern mandate issued by Moses, “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood by man shall his blood be shed,” is the only law by which a deliberate murderer should be judged, and until our people can be made to realize this, and to make death the absolutely certain fate of such criminals, the present deplorable state of things will continue. If some of the sympathy and in- terest so freely granted to murder- ers and conspirators should be shar- ed by the victims and their families, it might make a marked difference in the results of some of our judicial procedures. ee Some thoughtful and kind hearted Americans who probably on their trav- els had a good time in Paris or some other town in France sent cigars and other forms of tobacco to the French soldiers. The gift is one calculated to call forth real gratitude from the recip- ients. The donors have been surprised and grieved to learn that the French gov- ernment refused to forward tobacco to the ranks. The reason is that over there tobacco is a government monopoly and a very important source of revenue. Gifts of this commodity interfere with local business, and hence are discour- aged. It will be hard for Americans to understand this attitude on the part of the French authorities. The total donated would not be enough to inter- fere very much and surely some special consideration should be shown the brave fellows in the trenches. Then, too, there is an ancient adage which says that one should never look a gift horse in the mouth. er, Edward Farrell, proprietor of nd Grand Rapids Produce Co., has sold his stock to John Steward, who will continue the business at the same loca- tion, 742 Wealthy street. ————_©.-2--2______ Many a man carries a mortgage be- cause he is unable to lift it. BUSINESS CHANCES. For Sale—Stock of dry goods. In- voices about $4,000; in ‘town of 1,300 Southern Michigan, Enquire 371, care Michigan Tradesman. 371 For Sale—Twenty acres of fruit land, near railroad, with one thousand apple, cherry and pear trees set four years ago, soil specially adapted also to small fruits and melons, to exchange for or toward stock of general merchandise. Address No. 372, care Michigan Tradesman. Lee 372 _ Will trade the leading restaurant and ice Cream business in the best restaurant town in Michigan for stock of groceries, notions or something similar. Address 370, Michigan Tradesman. 370 POSITION WANTED. Position Wanted—Middle aged man with many years of mercantile experi- ence desires a position as manager of general store. Capable of handling every detail of business. Address No. 373, care Michigan Tradesman. 373 Are you getting all the business you are entitled to? Do you know that you are losing profitable business? Your own regular customers do not buy all their groceries of you. Some of these are going elsewhere for their tea and coffee, salt, flour, soap, etc. If you could get all their trade, Mr. Merchant, you could double your business. You know that. How can you find out just where this business is going? We can help you find out. As a part of our service to merchants who stock and push goods containing United Profit-Sharing Coupons, we have prepared a TRADE DISSECTIFIER, a plan whereby you can ascertain for yourself how much profitable business you are losing. & Be Bs oe - x ro 2 ed ie fe a : = z es You want this dissectifier of your accounts. It will be immensely valuable to you. We will send it free with full information. Write to-day. No obligation on your part. Use the Coupon « ) es . | ‘ Service Bureau Dept. 18 | United Profit-Sharing Corp. | Lnted Frottstaring cov. | @ : 44 West 18th St., New York City. : Sirs:—Please send your trade dissectifier an 44 West 18th Street es eee New York City a ee ae Stare Nae: oo ee IGQNCGS oo a ee “Little Buster’ as a Salesman Naturally you are interested in pushing the sale of such articles as will repeat and will induce sales in other departments of your store. “Tittle Buster’? Popping Corn does that. It is a constant, persistent sales force. The customer who purchases a package of “LITTLE BUSTER,” in addition to being pleased with her purchase, will buy butter, salt, chocolate, lard, eggs, honey, flavoring, etc. You make a handsome profit and give the customer the largest obtainable value for the money—16 full ounces for ten cents. Order a case from your jobber to-day. Full cases 48, half case 24—1 pound packages. THE ALBERT DICKINSON COMPANY Chicago, Ill. : Sy A ss : FE RS NZ ns i ZY a | mane” me, WES eS SS SV ae Franklin Carton Sugar Is Made From Sugar Cane Don’t forget to tell your customers that FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR is made from SUGAR CANE, because there is a decided preference for cane sugar on the part of the consumers and that makes it easier to sell. It is also true that FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR is refined by the most modern processes, and then packed in the substantial cartons with the head of Franklin printed in blue on them, and sealed against dust, dampness and insects.” It therefore comes to you as the sweetest, cleanest, daintiest sugar you can offer your customers, and the ready-to-sell cartons save you time and prevent loss by overweight. Original containers hold 24, 48, 60 and 120 Ibs. FULL WEIGHT of all CARTONS and CONTAINERS guaranteed by us THE FRANKLIN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY Philadelphia ra itv can cuanii AQ OM = When You Want Something Ont Particulary Nice— = You can always depend upon K C not to disappoint you: The double raise makes doubly certain—nothing is left to “luck.” If the batter is a little thin, K C will raise it light and j feathery and it will be all the better. Jarring the Es) — stove or turning the pan around makes no differ- ence—K C sustains the raise until baked: When there’s a birthday or wedding cake to bake, or refreshments for reception or party | to provide, take no chances— Use KC The above is one of a series of advertisements we are running in daily papers throughout the country. We are spending thousands upon thousands of dollars doing this to help the sales of K C BAKING POWDER THIS ALSO HELPS YOU. Ill grocers like to self standard goods—particularly if they comply with the Pure #ood Laws and pay a profit. Of course you sell it. JAQUES MFG. CO., CHICAGO NOT SOLD BY WEIGHT When we sell the customer a package of Shredded Wheat we are charging him not only for the wheat that goes into it, but for the patented process by which it is made digestible in the human stomach. We want our distributors to remem- ber that you can grind up any old thing and call it a breakfast cereal, but Shredded Wheat is not made that way. The whole wheat is steam-cooked and baked in the finest, cleanest food factory in the world. The Biscuit is packed in odorless spruce wood cases which may be easily sold for 10 or 15 cents, thereby adding to the grocer’s profits. The Shredded Wheat Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y.