Sloe 4 BSA One BS IMIR RUST LIER & RATEN AES REE LIT LAE A: 8 | e mal 5) (j el CY rs AS) PXe ZA (( 1 \ t Lt EY ‘ 2 ae SS Q ay, (UG Fe s, PF 9 < AG é Gf ca AG SS eC fe aN 4 sf PS rn ) m ay J >) f a AB : 5G ome a OE ON EL OCW a. gee ay. ) ern ce WY) || ( / aa Wye € x COMES Coe RA) 7 55} t) ON) N P Fg (CT ER Wtass Me eee WZZZ=yee NINOS ON 2 $1 PER YEAR 3 AAS DDILZ 7 Wo Pes aT ta 4 LZ FARSLCORK) EAD Se ft 3PUBLISHED WEEKLY & Sees E TRADESMAN COMPAN SG ar Tue NG OCF Y, PUBLISHERS (} Thirty-Third Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1915 Number 1670 FIAIAIIISIIII IIIS ID ISI ISIS ISDS ISSA II IIIS IS ISIS SIS ISSAIAI IIIS IAI IAI SSSA IIIS ISIS ISIS S ASIII III IIIS IIA AAI IIIS IAI AA AS When Will the Stream Run Dry? My chum is on the other side and I’m a helpless child; There is no bridge where I may cross, the water surges wild. I cannot build a craft to bear me on its raging crest And if I could I’d hardly dare to make the trying test. - And so upon the bank I wait as time rolls slowly by; My chum is on the other side, ‘‘When will the stream run dry?” My chum is on the other side and verdant youth is here, *Tis pleasure’s realm that holds me now, the skies are bright snd’ clear. ’Tis mine to take in all of life that to my quest belongs, And yet there’s something unapproached in all its care-free songs. I dream of perfect things beyond, its rainbow courts my eye, My chum is on the other side, ‘‘When will the stream run dry?’’ My chum is on the other side, and now at manhood’s prime I surely can his presence gain, in this, life’s golden time. In ways the world hands out its joys I’ve found success and fame, I’ve conquered much that can appeal to daring souls aflame. But there’s a still fond longing yet, a hope that ne’er can die, My chum is on the other side, ‘“When will the stream run dry?” My chum is on the other side and now life’s afternoon Brings much to me that fortune rare has woven in its loom. Care free, the best there is is mine, I come and go at will, And judged by all that ‘“‘goes’’ with men, mine is its joy and thrill. But no perfection has been found to fully satisfy, My chum is on the other side, ‘‘When will the stream run dry?” My chum is on the other side, the sun sinks in the west, With faltering step I grope my way, I crave the nearing rest. No real regrets steal o’er my soul; In word and act and deed I’ve tried to brighten this ‘‘old world’’—to help it in its need. I must believe all will be well in that “‘sweet by and by’”’ When I have crossed the stream that lies between my chum and I. Hart, Mich. L. B. Mitchell. AICI RII SI II I IS I ISI I II SI IIS SII ISS I IIIS SSSI ISIS IIIS IIIS ISI ISS I IIS III ISI IIIS IIS I IIS AI ISAS AIA SA CACAO LULU CULO ULC OOOO UO ULC UL LOO CCUUUR UU UO UOC IOLA LOR LOA LE FOI III III III III III IIS III I I A A I I a Good Yeast Good Bread Good Health Sell Your Customers FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST Citizens Long Distance Service Reaches more people in cities trib- Seay INDEPENDENT | Gee TELEPHONE NOT TY utary to Grand Rapids than can be reached through any other telephone medium. USE CITIZENS SERVICE Citizens Telephone Company Ceresota Is the (Guaranteed Spring Wheat Flour An immense crop of: splendid quality puts us in the running this year. & X& XB BB SB WRITE US FOR PRICES JUDSON GROCER CO. The Pure Foods House Wholesale Distributors GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN H. LEONARD & SONS Announce the Opening of Their Toy & Fancy Goods Department (Wholesale Only) Without boasting we can say that not a wholesale store this side of New York offers a larger or better assortment of Holiday Merchandise for your inspection. In our newly refitted salesroom we are now showing thousands of the best sellers in Toys, Dolls and Fancy Goods Chinaware, Cut Glass, Silverware, Clocks Gas and Electric Portables Toilet Articles, Brass Goods, House Furnishings, Etc. all marked in plain figures to sell at popular prices. DON’T FAIL to ask for catalogue or to visit our store in person. OUR IMPORTED LINES are, with a few exceptions, all in stock now. Last Fall we were one of the few importers who DE- LIVERED EVERYTHING SOLD and we are now ready to do the same. Don’t make a mistake, but place your orders where they will be filled as expected, i. e. at the well known H. LEONARD & SONS Cor. Fulton and Commerce GRAND RAPIDS DEAL NO. 1500. SNOW BOY FREE! Fora limited time and subject to withdrawal without advance notice, we offer SNOW BOY WASHING POWDER 24s FAMILY SIZE through the jobber—to Retail Grocers 25 boxes @ $3.60—5 boxes t REE 10 boxes @ 3.60—2 boxes FREE 5 boxes @ 3.65—1 box FREE 2% boxes @ 3.75—% box FREE F. 0. B. Buffalo: Freight prepaid to your R. R. Station in lots not less than 5 boxes. All-Orders at above prices must be for immediate delivery. This inducement is for NEW ORDERS ONLY—subiject 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. i gp ADESMAN Thirty-Third Year SPECIAL FEATURES. 2. Detroit Detonations. 4+. News of the Business World. 5. Grocery and Produce Market. 6. Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Provisions. 8. Editorial. 11. Financial. 4+. Dry Goods. 16. Butter, Eggs and Provisions. 18. The Meat Market. 19. Bankruptcy Matters. 20. Shoes. 22. Woman's World. 23. Hardware. 24. Automobiles and Accessories. 26. The Commercial Traveler. 30. Drugs. 31. Drug Price Current. 32. Grocery Price Current. 34. Special Price Current. 35. Business Wants. UPPER PENINSULA. Recent News From the Cloverland of Michigan. Sault Ste, Marie) Sept) 20-25) |S. Melody, of Union City, father of J. B. Melody, of this city, who has been visiting here, for the past week, has lett fon) mis home | This was Ma. Melody’s first visit to the Soo and he was very much impressed with the ac- tivity in business, as compared with that in other parts of the State, alco the beautiful scenery that delights the eyes of the sightseers making a visit here for the first time, and Mr. Melody returned to his own home town with pleasant memories of the Soo. Miss Jane Taylor, for the past year Pickford’s telephone operator, has re- signed her position, but it is not stat- ed whether it is for matrimonial purposes or not. Miss Taylor is one of the best known operators on the State line in the Upper Peninsula, as Pickford is the main office for the surrounding country and the lake re- gion between DeTour, the Snows and the Soo. She also handled all of the telegrams which had to be forwarded to the Soo for connection and her services will be greatly missed by all. Ed. Dynes, for several years city salesman for B. C. Campbell's music house on Ashmun street and known as the Soo’s star cartoonist, has re- signed his position to accept the man- agement of the Ed. Moore cigar store in this city. Mr. Dynes is a man of exceptional ability and his many friends wish him every success in his new vocation. If finery Ford will be as successful in launching the peace deal through- out Europe as he was in launching the Ford car, he wil make a still big- ger hit, We are pleased to note that our friend, Clyde Hecox, editor of the St. Ignace Enterprise, is making such rapid progress with his paper that it is rapidly becoming one of the big- gest and newsy papers and is now a seven-column quarto. It is conceded that Clyde is in a class by himself. CW. Bretz, proprictor of dine’s leading general store, seeing two deer just north of the town and states they are becoming very tame and friendly. We take it for granted that he means venison. Mrs. M. Wilson, proprietress of the Corrine Supply Co, at Corrine, was a Soo visitor last week, calling on Mrs. Fessant, who is in the city under medical care. Harry L. Monteith, of St. Ignace, who was the popular purser on the steamer Chippewa, one of the finest passenger crafts plying the St. Mary’s River, has returned to his home for the winter, This was Hlanrys first Enga- reports GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1915 year on the passenger boat and from all accounts he enjoyed his summer work. N. J. LaPine, traveling salesman for the Cornwell Company on the Gladstone division, paid the home office hete a visit last week, J. A. Daniels, meat cutter for the ft | i lossock meat market, at Cedarville, finished the season's work last week. Mr. Daniels has made a record as a clever meat cutter. He expects to remain in the Soo for the winter, but has not as yet decided what he will take up during the win- ter months. The summer hotel Hodek, at Ced- arville, has closed for the season. This is one of the largest hotels at the Snows and will be missed by the traveling fraternity who make the Snows, as it is practically the only hotel in that location, C. D. Bernier, well known pioneer canal employe and one of the familiar characters at the Locks for the past forty-three years, died last Friday at the age of 68 years. Mr. Bernier is next to the last living member of the original crew who helped operate the first lock built. He also carried the mail by foot between the Soo and Marquette and between the Soo and Saginaw before the stage coach made its appeatance in these parts. Mr. Bernier was a very interesting man around the locks and could relate many historic events of the early days at the Soo. Last Wednesday was a record day at the locks, one hundred and eighteen crafts of all descriptions passing this point. The 1915 season will exceed all others. The report of the death of Wm. F. Hitch, pioneer tailway man, at has home in Miarquette last Thursday, came as a shock to his large acquaint- ances at the Soo. Mr Pitch was) ac- tive in his railway career for over forty-one years, during which time he climbed from an humble clerical po- sition to President of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway. George Watson, for a number. of years one of ___ Jonesville Lands Self-Starter Plant. Jonesville, Sept. 14—At the eleventh hour, when it seemed certain that she had lost out, Jonesville got busy and landed the new automobile self-start- er factory. The new plant will manu- facture the mechanical self-starter de- vice invented by George L. Rock, pro- prietor of the Jonesville garage. The new industry will be estab- lished in the building near the race track, used at one time by the Deal Co. as an automobile assembly room. Work of getting the building in shape and of installing machinery will com- mence at once. It is probable that the new industry will furnish employ- ment for quite a force of workmen. Business will be done by a stock company under the name of the Rock- Way Starter Co. Two brothers of the inventor, Darrell and Alonzo Rock, of Detroit, will move to this village and assist in launchine the new business. These men, like their brother, are skilled machinists, Dar- rel Rock having held the position of superintendent of the service depart- ment of the Cadillac Motor Car Co. ——~-2>—____ On With the Dance. Grand Rapids, Sept. 21—The dance committee of the Grand _ Rapids Council has had a meeting, at which time arrangements for a series of dances for the season of 1915 and 1916, to be given by Grand Rapids Council, were made. Twelve dances on the following dates are to be given: Oct. 16 and 30; Nov. 20 and 27: Dec. 18; Jan. 1, 15 and 29: Feb. 19 and 26; March 19 and 26. The price of season tickets is $5: single dances. $1. No charge for extra ladies. Plans are being made for one of the best series of parties ever pulled off by Number 131. They are to be given at the U. C. T. hall, Tonia avenue, over Grand Rapids Street Railway Co.'s office, which has one of the best dance floors in the city. All members of No. 131 should plan to attend. Season tickets may be obtained from any 3 member of the committee, which in- cludes ©: € Perkins, |. H. Mann, EK. Stott, A. P. Anderson, J. A’ Burr. The famous Tuller’s Orchestra will furnish the music, which is a guaran- tee that nothing will be overlooked along that line. Everybody boost. J. A. Barr. Position Wanted As buyer or manager of general store with twenty years’ experi- ence, Have always made good. Conservative buyer, always at the head as salesman and good stockkeeper who can always find something to do without being told. If you want someone who never watches the clock or the boss, I am the man you want. Can furnish the best of recom- mends as to character, ability and honesty. 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When your customers ask for it, do not disappoint them. at [ i) — > ny vi i = (>>) ann ae? > Cael nae, Me I Butter Color the &olden shade MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Movements of Merchants. nyaer in general trade. } € Ot sBaoecs I< S STOCK oands¢ gooas. ; oe I° Detroit—The FE | ‘ t c t T ee Ts € te ‘ ang €€1 creased from $6,500 to $15.0 Nort hpor fre fo of Gra 1 Rapie 5 has opened a} accessory store in the Mork | Kalan etable | its capi 000. South his grocery Yetska wl NNalaIMmaZoOo archment Co. has increasec stock from $250,000 to $5 O0,- J. Warby has sold Ly« yn—VW . 7 c - 1 and COnrectionery stock to Fred 10 has taken POSSES- sion. Maple Rapids—McCrary & Jen- nings have engaged in the meat busi- ness under the management of John Klaver Whitehall—_Fred Wat & Co have opened a wholesale and retail commission market in the building. Freeport—G. J. > stock Long, sa 4s solid nis Nagle i has general merchandise to Burt who will consolid his own. Ovid—Leslie Spaulding, of has engaged in the dry goods business here, having Smith stock. Sparta—The Hilton purchased the FE. C that Pred 1. interest in his report has sold a half agon factory to Ed Beebevis denied by Mr. Hilton. Jackson—J. H. Phillips, Jr. has opened a grocery store at 140 West Main street Monarch under the style of the Grocery. Calumet—Hanley & have McCormick aged in the men’s. furnishing the Quello block. Kalamazoo—Van Peenen & Schrier. dealers eng clothinz and goods business in clothing, have re-organize4 and incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $30,000. Mt. Pleasant—Mrs. E. M. Cosper has sold her stock of art and fancy goods to Mrs. Kate A. Brazee who will continue the business. Jonia—A. E. Wilkinson, dealer in confectionery, has opened a branch —Joseph C. Long succeeds pital stock of $10,000, all of paid in in cash. Gaylord—The Lumber & Fuel Co. has been incorporated with stock of $5,000, peen subscriped anc elevator. moatroc an Makes th chain of elevators Welch rporated stock of $5,020 has Shoe Co. has with an authorized $8.000, of which been inco capital amount been. subscribed and paid in in Tonia—Allen sold their Hacker the business at the same location at the Main and Lana, nave grocery stock to Herman who will continue corner of Jackson streets Morley—Frank A. dry goods Hunter, dealer in and groceries, has pur- chased the general merchandise stock ot Harding & Co. and will consoli- date it with his own. Deteoie “The Slow Ciear Co. has engaged in |} with an author- ized capital stock of $1,000, of amount $500 has yuSsINESss which been subscribed and $485 paid in in property. Detroit—The Griswold Drug Co. with an au- $15,000, ot has engaged in business thorized capitalization of whch scribed and paid in in cash. Nashville—S. A. hardware amount $7,509 has been sub- Gott has sold his Stock to Hi: who Belle- here Cole, conducts a similar business at will continue the under the management of his in-law. Boyne City—Justin S. Meacham has vue and store father- sold his interest in the Meacham & Co. grocery and meat stock to his partner, Fred Hayes, who will con- tinue the business under the style of Hayes & Co. Detroit—The Miller Silk Co. has engaged in the dry goods and dress goods business with an authorized capital stock of $15,000, of which amount $7,500 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Drug Co. Lansing—The will open a branch store at 1320 South Swanton ington avenue about Dec. 1, when brick store building which is be:ng 3 Swanton erected oy TB. and Otto completed. 10 has con- rteen years, has sold his stock °D. Mosser & Co., Almont. has been formerly of Mr. Potter various business to A. For fifty years active in enterprises. sold Chi- to his part- uneeun ) A Packer has his interest in the stock of the ago 5c, 10c and 25c Store ner, ALC. Richardson, who will con- ti business under the manage- ment of €. ©. Evans. Detroit — Robinson Bros. have stock Robin- isiness into a the style of with merged their bu company under Nn son's Cigar Stores an author- ized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Detroit—The Merchants Construc- Co. has been organized to engage tion in the engineering and construction with an authorized $5,000, of pusiness stock of 2.500 has capital which amount subscribed and $1,000 bee paid in in cash. D. Mosser general Detroit—The Co. has engaged in the store, dry goods, clothing and house furnishings with an authorized capitali- $5,000, of which amount $2,500 has been subscribed and $1,000 in cash. Detroit—The business zation of paid in Jim Bonar .Co. has been organized to engage in the dry furnishings business capital stock of has goods and men’s with an authorized all of which been sub- scribed and $2 $5,000, 500 paid in in cash and $2,500 paid in in property. Detroit—The International Electric Co. has engaged in the and sale of vacuum cleaners and elec- trical and mechanical devices with an 5,000, of $18,800 has been sub- manufacture authorized capitalization of $2 which amount scribed and paid in in property. 3ronson—The Bronson Co-Opera- tive Co. has been incorporated to en- gage in the buying and selling of live stock and farm produce with an au- thorized ‘capital stock of $1,000, of which amount $500 has been’ sub- scribed and $250 paid in in cash, Howell—The Clean Water Bath Co. has engaged in business to manufac- ture and sell and novelties with an authorized cap- ital stock of $5,000, of which amount $4,300 has been subscribed, $2,200 paid bath appliances, fixtures in in cash and $100 paid in in prop- erty. : Detroit—_The N. A. Co. has the tion business with an authorized cap- ital stock of $10,000, Wood Con- struction been organized to engage in cement and construc- of which amount $5,000 has been subscribed, $2,000 paid in in cash and $3,000 in prop- erty. Muskegon—H, |. Sanford, for the past nine years buyer and manager of the West Drug Stores, at Grand Rap- ids, has purchased the wholesale and retail drug stock of the estate of Fred Brundage and will continue the busi- September 22, 19 ness under the management of R. Cosier. Calumet—Edward F. Cummins, e: eaged in the merchandise busines has filed a voluntary petition schedules his hah: and here, bankruptcy. He $5,650.17, his ities at assets $994.60, inclusive of exemptions. T] trade is valued at $285 a: at $250. Of tl claims against Mr. Cummins, $2,587.5 $2,855.46 stock in household goods are secured and are unse¢ cured. Manufacturing Matters. Flint—The Monroe Motor Co. has increased its capital stock from $250,- 000 to $375,000. Mt. Pleasant—The Mt. Motor Co. stock Saginaw—The Steel Crated Box Co Pleasant increased its $5,000 to $15,000. has capital irom has been incorporated with an au thorized stock of $100,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Detroit—The Rex Talking Machine Co. has engaged in business with an $25,000, of which amount $12,500 has been. sub- € authorized capital stock of scribed and $5,000 paid in in cash. Detroit—The Cole-Tire Protector Co. has been organized to manufac- ture tires, liners, protectors, machin- ery and accessories, with an author- ized capital stock of $100,000, of which amount $51,030 has been sub- scribed and $29,414.95 paid in in prop- erty. sattle Creek—The vanced-Rumely Co., Ad- manufacturer oi threshing machinery and pull tractor, will open its plant with a capacity force about Oct, 1. Hold- ers of commission reorganized small oil- matured Rumely certificates will be paid in full in cash Dec, 31. Detroit—The Johnson Heating Co. has been organized to manufacture, buy, sell, install and deal in heating. plumbing and steam fitting supplies, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which amount $6,100 has been subscribed and $2,700 paid in in property. Kalamazoo—The Glass business to sell at wholesale and retail all kinds of glass and glaz- ing materials with an authorized cap- italization of $5,000 of $4,000 has been subseribed, Kalamazoo Works has engaged in manufacture and which amount $900 paid in in cash and $2,500 paid in in prop- erty. Charlotte—The Duplex Power Car Co. is going ahead with the manufac- ture of two motor fire trucks for the city of Holland, in spite of the fact that a faction of the Holland Com- mon Council threatens to interpose legal obstructions to prevent the Du- plex Co. receiving payment for the same. The Fire Commission ordered the trucks, claiming the Council em- powered that body to proceed with the purchase of the fire apparatus, which has been ordered. The trouble arose after a majority of the Com- mission reported in favor of the Du- plex in the place of some higher priced machines which were compet- ing with the local truck. ‘tor ac 1in- OF-~ of ub- Op- \d- pil- ith Id - lon ish Ze Lp- int aid yp- September 22, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN _— ~~ ~ GRO CERY+»> PRODUCE MARKET a = = = s a c 4 > s Uyite Review of the Grand Rapids Produce Market. Apples—Early varieties such as Duchess, Wealthy, and Twenty Ounce command 35@45c per bu. Bananas—Medium, $1.25: Jumbo, $1.75; Extra Jumbo, $2; Extreme Ex- tra Jumbo, $2.50. Beets—50c per bu. Butter—The market is firm at an advance of 1c per pound on creamery grades, with a good consumptive de- mand. The average quality of the receipts is fancy and the market is healthy throughout on the present basis. Fancy creamery is quoted at 26¢ in tubs and 27¢ in prints. Local dealers pay 21c for No, 1 dairy, 17c for packing stock. Cabbage—40c per bu. or $1 per bbl. Cantaloupes—Benton Harbor Osage $1.25@1.75 per crate, according to size; home grown, 25c per bu, Cauliflower—$1.25@1.50 per doz. Carrots—50c per bu. Celery—16c per bunch for home grown. Cocoanuts—$#4 per sack containing 100. Crab Apples—75c@$1 per bu. Cranberries—$7 per bbl. for Cape Cod Early Blacks. Cucumbers—35c per doz. for home grown. Egegs—Fresh continue very scarce and the market is firm at an advance of 1c per dozen. There is an active consumptive demand which absorbs all of the receipts on arrival. The undertone and the outlook are healthy, with no immediate change in sight. Local dealers pay 24c for No. 1 stock, loss off. Egg Plant—$1.25 per doz. Garlic—20c per lb. Grapes—$1.75 per doz. for 4 lb. bas- kets. Moore’s Early is the only vari- ety ripe enough to market this week. The local crop promises to be large in volume and fine in quality. Green Corn—10@12c per doz. for home grown. Green Onions—Silver Skins, 15c¢ per doz.; Evergreens, 12c per doz. Honey—18c per lb. for white clover and 16c for dark. Lemons—California, box. $33.50 per Lettuce—Home grown head, $1.25 per bu.; leaf, 65c per bu. Nuts—Almonds, 18c per lb.; filberts, 13c per lb.; pecans, 15c per lb., wal- nuts, 18¢c for Grenoble and California, 17c for Naples. Onions—Home_ grown 75c per bu. Oranges—Valencias are steady at $505.25. Oysters—The season for bulk oys- ters opened this week on the follow- command ing basis: Standards, $1.35: Medium Selects, $1.50; Extra Selects, $1.75: New York Counts, $1.85; Shell Oys- ters, $7.50 per bbl. Peaches—Elbertas and Crawfords command 75c@$1 per bu.: Prolifics and Engles fetch 50@75c. Conditions have been greatly improved by the termination of rainy weather, which renders shipping to distant points possible. Pears — Bartlets, $1.50 per bu; Clapp’s Favorite, $1.25 per bu. Peppers—$1 per bu. for home grown. Plums—Burbanks, Bradshaws and Guiis, 60@75e per bu. Pop Corn—$1.75 per bu. for. ear. 4c per tb. for shelled. Potatoes—Home grown ranze from 380@40c per bu. Radishes—10c for round and 15e for long. Squash—75e per hamper for home grown. Tomatoes—Shipping stock com- mands 75c per bu. for ripe and 60- for green. Very ripe stock which cannot be shipped is selling as low as 30c per bu. Turnips—50c per bu. Wax Beans—90c per bu, Watermelons—$2.50 per bbl. con- taining 8 to 10. ——_+>-~>____ The Elfiott Machine Company, which recently voted to issue $300,000 preferred stock bearing 7 per cent. dividend, sold $120,000 of this stock to its own stockholders. The remainder of the issue was sold to Howe, Snow, Corrigan & Bertles, who are offering it at par. It is understood that $67.- 000 of the issue was sold the first day it was offered and the indications are that the unsold portion of the stock will be entirely placed before the end of the present week. The business of the Company has revived with the turn of the times and the income of the Company will be greatly enhanced by the adoption of a recent device which enables the Company to en- force royalties on all wire used in its machines, whether the wire is pur- chased from the Elliott Company or not. The legality of the present method of conducting its business has been completely sustained in a decision handed down by Judge Ses- sions in the United States District Court. In view of these facts, it is not at all surprising that the stock should meet with such a hearty re- ception at the hands of the purchas- ing public. —_>+~_____ James Heynen has engaged in the grocery business at the corner of Shawmut street and National avenue. The Grocery Market. Sugar—The past week has witness- ed a further reduction in price. New York refiners are quoting granulated at 5.30c. Two Philadelphia refiners are quoting 5.20c. Beet sugar retin- ers are offering to book orders for future delivery at 5.10c. The Cali- fornia people are selling 20 points be- low the Eastern price and paying the freight as far East as Philadelphia. The Eastern refiners are feeling this competition very keenly and probably will not be able to advance their prices while it continues. Tea—The market is practically at a standstill, with merely a small job- bing enquiry noted. The country has been buying for actual requirements, but the local trade is less of a factor. Importers are taking care of the ar- rivals and hence show less interest in spot stocks. The warehouse supplies are increasing, as might naturally be expected under the circumstances, but are still moderate for this time of the year. The opinion is expressed that while prices may react further there is no occasion to fear radical weakness, since there should be a call for the available supplies before the season is over. The reaction in the primary markets has done more than anything else to unsettle senti- ment, especially at London, where there appears to be a surplus of tea accumulated in the idea that further advance might be awaited. The liqui- dation of the low grades India and Ceylons had, of course, affected the other black teas sympathetically, For- mosas and Congous being also lower. Coffee—All grades of Rio and San- tos are unchanged. Milds are un- changed also and look like good prop- erty on the present basis. Java and Mocha are unchanged for the week. The consumptive demand for coffee is fair for the season. Canned Vegetables — Tomatoes have sustained a sharp advance, due to the conviction that the pack will be short in all parts of the country where packing is conducted. Corn is strong on all erades. Peas are dull and heavy. Canned Fish — Salmon continues cull, with buying very much restrict- ed. Buyers appear to be purchasing only to satisfy their immediate needs. Domestic sardines are quiet, with no quotable change. Dried Clara prunes appear to exhibit a Fruits—Early fall Santa slightly easier feeling, although very little interest is being shown in any quarter and practically no buying is being done. Telegraphic reports from California state that the future raisin market is displaying a marked strengthening tendency, with North- ern Thompson bleached practically unobtainable at any price. The Asso- ciation withdrew its prices on this fruit about two weeks ago and indé- pendent packers have been refusing Other dried fruits— peaches, apricots, currants, etc.—are offers also. in very light, seasonable demand at unchanged prices. Cheese—The market is firm at an advance of %c and with an increased consumptive demand. The make of cheese is normal for the season and 5 receipts readily clean up on arrival. The market is healthy and no dis- turbing influences are in sight. Provisions—All cuts of smoked meats are steady and unchanged, with a moderate consumptive demand. Pure and compound lard are in nor- mal consumptive demand at an ad- vance of about 4c. Barreled pork, dried beef and canned meats are all unchanged and in moderate demand. Salt Fish—Norway mackerel are higher. The reason is continued scarcity and the naming of exceeding- ly high prices for new fish. Cod, hake and haddock are all very dull on account of the weather. —- 2 Welcome to Grand Rapids. Terminating a residence of more than thirty-five years in Ludington, Charles F. Cartier has moved with his family to this city, where he will make his home. In his coming to this community, Grand Rapids acquires one of the foremost lumbermen of the State, a progressive business man, prominent in fraternal circles, and known throughout Michigan because of ac- tivities in the lumber trade and the betterment of his former home, Lud- ington, Charles Cartier is the youngest son of the late Antoine E. was President of the Cartier Lumber Cartier, who Co., of Ludington, and for many yeers President of the Northern Michigan Transportation Co. Although still in his prime, Mr. Cartier has achieved a record in business and politics that is the envy of many an older man. After graduating from the Ludington high school he pursued a course at the University of Michigan, follow'n2 which he became manager of the Car- tier Enameling Works and later of the Handy Things Co. Ten years ago he resigned to be- come manager of the Double Brick store, then owned by the Cartier, Mc- Court & Magmer Co. Some time ago he organized the Cartier-Holland Lumber Co., with E. M. Holland, for- merly of Ludington, now also a resi- dent of Grand Rapids. Mr. Cartier is President of this corporation, which has offices in the Michigan Trust Co. building and is enjoying a prosperous business. —_——_>—»_-.~__. Trotter Has an Even Chance. Mr. M. E. Trotter has returned from Baltimore where he received an initial treatment by radium for in- cipient cancer. Dr. Howard Kelly, who is at the head of the famous institution bearing his name, states that his patient has an even chance for recovery on account of his super) physical condition. Mr. Trotter will return to Baltimore every three weeks for a treatment, which is exceedingly painful for several days following the application of the radium. J. Frank Gaskill, the Michigan ave- nue grocer, has been elected Presi- dent of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers Association im place of A. C Bertch, who declined to accept the office to which he was elected a cou- ple of months ago. Love renders a man color blind to complexions. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Features of the Stock and Grain Market. Chicago, Sept. 21—Wheat: Weath- er to-day has been ideal for garner- ing the w heat crop. There is an acute situation in the September option, which can only be relieved by a more liberal movement of cash to this market, but as an indication of the real weakness for later de ‘livery the October option declined from 98 to 94% in an effort to dispose of only 5,000 bushels. Primary receipts com- pare favorably with last year at 2,- 785,000 and it is only a question of a short time before we will have bur- densome accumulations here. There is still a little urgent demand to fill previous sales. When filled, we an- ticipate a very rapid decline in cash premiums. Very little spring wheat is being offered from the Northwest. We understand there is a difference of opinion about the rules as to al- lowing No. 1 velvet chaff to be de- livered on September contracts. This matter will probably be settled deti- nitely by our directors this afternoon, and if allowed it will probably mean an increased movement _ this Way. Kansas City reported buyers had withdrawn, leaving about 125 cars un- sold. The action of the market to- day was very erratic. An early de- cline was followed by a strong up- turn brought about by a leading house buying about 250,000 bushels Sept. After this order was executed there was another break due to almost con- tinuous selling of December by a prominent elevator interest. In look- ing at the situation from all angles,, we still believe prices are too high. Corn—While frosts were reported in the Northern corn belt, they are light and no damage expected there- from. Receipts are liberal and offer- ings are increasing, and especially so from Central Illinois. Many short lines that were covered yesterd: iy on the fear of frost were reinstated this morning. Weather prospects are for higher temperatures. A car of corn is on its way from a point in Mis- souri to St. Louis, the sample of which graded No. 3. Advices indi- cate a free movement from this ter- ritory, right away. New York wired that new Texas No. 3 corn was a ing offered delivered at New York ; 74%, in bulk for nearby ace which is several cents a bushel lower than Western corn, and only about 3 cents a bushel over Argentine corn. Some one appears to have a strangle hold on September corn and. until they lose their grip, or receipts in- crease, this option will be a nervous affair and may prevent any radical break in the futures until after it is out of the way. Barring a killing frost, we can see no incentive for higher prices, and therefore continue to advise sale-—Logan & Bryan. New York, Sept. 21—While in many instances new high records were recorded in the Industrial de- partment, that is for the current movement, the stock list presented a decidedly irregular appearance. It has been said quite authorita- tively that the Ang rlo-French commis- sion entertained views somewhat at variances with the ideas of the Amer- ican bankers in connection with the disposal of the proceeds of the pro- posed loan. As a consequence of these sayings, many evince a_ disposition to withhold further commitments on the long side, pending additioné il de- velopments. In no quarter is the opinion seriously entertained that ex- isting differences, if there are really, will more than temporarily delay the conclusion of the proposed financial arrangements, but, of course, in an undertaking of this magnitude, will always be reflected i" nervousness and uncertainty. London has become conspicuous on the selling side of the steel issues for the past few days, and there has been quite some liqui- dation for domestic account. Such is the barometer for international is- sues, and its backwardness has neces- sarily provoked hesitancy in the minds of those who have counted up- on the foreign loan proposition to stimulate rising tendencies in all di- rections. There is little question that is in a flourishing earnings trade and industry condition and that railroad are now reflecting the same, but the difficulty seems to be that the aver- age trader has been in and out of the war issues a dozen times and made protits on each occasion with the re- sult that the standard issues under these conditions not much more than a scalping market can be expected un- til there occurs something of a high- ly optimistic nature, of sufficient mo- mentum to alter the complexion of current doings.—Thompson & Mc- Kinnon. The law passed by the last Cali- fornia Legislature requiring the label- ing of imported eggs, has been de- clared unconstitutional in the Superior Court at San Francisco. The law was enacted after the considerable impor- tation of Chinese had started. They sold below current prices for domestic eggs as a result of the says the labeling os eggs were law. The decision law interferes unduly with interstate and foreign commerce and _ restricts unreasonably the right of individuals. September 22, 1915 LOGAN & BRYAN STOCKS, BONDS AND GRAIN 305 Godfrey Building Citizens 5235 Bell Main 235 New York Stock Exchange Boston Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange New York Cotton F 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 United Light & Railways Company Davenport, Iowa : Chicago Grand Rapids Preferred Stock Dividend No. 20 The Board of Directors have declared a divi- dend of 1%% on the First Preferred Stock, pay- able out of the Surplus Earnings on October Ist, 1915, to stockholders of record at the close of business, 3;00 P. M., September 15th, 1915. The Stock Transfer Books will re-open for transfer of Stock Certificates at the opening of business Thursday morning. September 16, 1915. L. H. HEINKE, Secretary. September 15th, 1915. Thomson & McKinnon BROKERS 123 Ottawa Ave., N. W. H. N. Harris & Co. Stocks, Bonds, : Grain and Provisions Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Private Leased Wire Boston Coppers Suite 236 Powers’ Theatre Building Members of all leading exchanges Telephones: Telephone Main 218 Bell M. 1900; Citizens 5843 Citizens 8063 A Recommendation For Investors in Stocks The Consumers Power Company (Michigan) con- trols water power and steam generating and electric properties supplying electricity for light and power to a number of prosperous and important communities in the Southern Peninsula of Michigan. Each year since its organization the Consumers Power Company has been able to increase substantially its earning capacity, both gross and net. For the twelve months ending July 31, 1915, this Company had gross earnings of $3,602,490, an increase of 8.43%, with a net gain of 17.80%, and an increase of 36.38% in surplus over the preceding twelve months, after all charges had been paid. The duplica- tion value of the property of the Consumers Power Company is materially in excess of all of its outstand- ing bonds and preferred stock. The Preferred Stock at its present price of 94 and dividend is, we believe, one of the most attractive investment stocks in the market. Tax Exempt in Michigan Send for Circular E-43 which contains full information Hodenpyl, Hardy & Co. Incorporated Investment Securities First National Bank Building CHICAGO NEW YORK CHICAGO or carbonize. NOKARBO MOTOR OIL It is the one oil that can be used successfully on all automobiles operated by gasoline or electricity. It will not char It is the best oil for the high grade car, and the best oil for the cheapest car. The Great Western Oi! Co. Write for prices and particulars. Grand Rapids, Michigan September 22, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN $300,000 EKLLIOTT MACHINE COMPANY 7% CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK REDEEMABLE IN ONE TO FIVE YEARS AT COMPANY’S OPTION Purchase on Redeemable Dates Guaranteed by Wm. E. Elliott Available in amounts of $100 and upwards at par to net 7% Series No. 1, $30,000—July 1, 1916 Series No. 6, $30,000—Jan. 1, 1919 Series No. 2, 30,000—Jan. 1, 1917 Series No. 7, 30,000—July 1, 1919 Series No. 3, 30,000—July 1, 1917 Series No. 8, 30,000—Jan. 1, 1920 Series No. 4, 30,000—Jan. 1, 1918 Series No. 9, 30,000—July 1, 1920 Series No. 5, 30,000—July 1, 1918 Series No. 10, 30,000—Jan. 1, 1921 After a thorough investigation, we own, offer, and recommend for investment, the unsold portion of $300,000 Elliott Machine Company 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock, and call your attention to the following :— STRONG FEATURES. 1. Cash invested in business approximately two million dollars ($2,000,000), or over six times the preferred stock issue. 2. Net quick assets over four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000), consisting principally of Savings Bank Certificates of Deposit, time loans, and high-grade securities, or over one and one-third times this issue. 3. Average net earnings over two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per annum since organization, or two-thirds this total issue. 4. Preferred stock has preference as to both assets and dividends, and the Company has no mortgage indebtedness. 5. William E. Elliott, President of the Company, whose financial responsibility is extremely high, personally guarantees the purchase of this preferred stock at par, plus any accrued dividends on the above optional dates. 6. The Company has been established since 1911 and has been remarkably successful, being rated by R. G. Dun & Company as “AAA1” —over a million dollars, highest credit.” CONDENSED STATEMENT OF COMPANY ON JANUARY 1, 1915. RESOURCES. LIABILITIES. Fixed Assets. Current. Machinery, Tools, Factory Equipment, Patterns ........ $ 140,959.97 Payroll Account ...................- sees eect eee teens $ 5,604.18 Leased and Licensed Machines .....................05. 1,541,897.75 Bills Payable .............2.-2- eee eee e cece cee cer ceee 206,500.00 Furniture, etc., Patent Accounts .................0-00005 13,573.37 Accounts Payable ................ 0s cece eee eee ee eee eens 8,597.76 oe ie $ 220,701.94 uick Assets. MROCd ASSOUG ee eel oe ee es $2,514,637.65 on eee. |. 220,701.94 Cash. Certificates of Deposit) 005.0... 0 600001 156,718.08 ens Accounts and Bills Receivable ...........ccccecccececeee 481,076.64 Ibnesent WoOnth 92.0000 ee se $2,293,935.71 Stocks, Bonds, Raw Material, Parts Under Construction, Represented By: Service Expense Inventory ......................... 180,411.84 Capital Stack Issued ........:..............----...- $1,500,000.00 Susplus and Depreciation ................-.....:... 793,935.71 $2,514,637.65 $2,293,935.71 The Elliott Machine Company was incorporated in 1911 under the Laws of Maine and has been licensed to do business in the State of Michigan since that date. The Company owns various valuable patents under which it manufactures button fastener machines which are leased on a royalty basis to shoe manufacturers and shoe dealers in all parts of the United States. The Company now has approximately twenty-two thousand (22,000) of these machines in general use. The proceeds from the sale of this issue will be used to manufacture a perfected patented meter to be attached to these machines, the use of which should greatly increase the earning capacity of the Company. The legality of the issue has been approved by Travis, Merrick, & Warner of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Price 100 to Net 7% HowE SNOW CORRIGAN & BERTLES ee eee MICHIGAN TRUST ao “GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN INVESTMENT BANKERS All figures given in this advertisement to indicate the financial condition of the Elliott Machine Company are taken from statements furnished us by the Company, certified by Walter H. Shultus, public accountant of Grand Rapids, ett. i (Unlike any other paper.) DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BUSINESS MEN. Published Weekly by TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Subscription Price. One dollar per year, if paid strictly in advance; two dollars if not paid in ad- vance. Five dollars for six years, payable in advance. Canadian subscriptions, $2.04 per year, payable invariably in advance. Sample copies 5 cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 5 cents; issues a month or more old, 10 cents; issues a year or more old, 25 cents. Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice as Second Class Matter. E. A. STOWE, Editor. ~ September 22, 1915. THE PREPAREDNESS ISSUE. Coming events cast their shadows before and it is usual to figure a year or more in advance what will be the leading issue in an approaching presi- dential campaign. Ordinarily this is pretty accurately determined before- hand, but the best laid plans of mice and men sometimes go awry, and there is many a slip between the cup and the lip. It will be recalled that in the first McKinley campaign it was confidently believed that the tariff would be the issue and the only one of a large importance. The Ohioan was an expert in this matter and had long been an able and successful advo- cate of protection. The Republicans had made elaborate preparations to conduct the campaign along these lines and then came Bryan with his free silver clap trap about the crown of thorns and the cross of gold, and the tariff straightway became a side issue and the real subject of discuss on between the convention and election was free silver. Ever since President Wilson and the Democratic majority in Congress reduced the rate and put the lower schedules in force it has been general- ly accepted that the tariff would be the great issue in 1916. As the result of the change there has been a great reduction of National income and the Government was obliged to resort to other schemes to raise sufficient mon- ey to cover the disbursements. i looks now as if the question to he most vigorously debated in the next session of Congress has to do with preparedness. There will be a very large element in both houses anx- ious that the United States shall in- vest heavily in defenses, build more ships, strengthen the forts, make big- ber and better guns, increase’ the army, etc. This will cost a mint of money if it is to be done on any scale which will make the worth while. The proposition will have op- result position from the peace-at-any-price people and perhaps from some others, on the theory that the possibility of war with Germany has been practical- ly obviated and eliminated, so that the country stands in practically the same position as it did before the European It is quite possi- ble, then, that the qvestion of pre- paredness and National defense will war commenced.. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN be an issue in the next presidential campaign. In Congress the vote will not necessarily follow party lines. Ic is understood that the President is in favor of it and there are a great many Republicans who believe as he does, but that will be debated and found out and possibly settled in the com- ing Congress, in which event perhaps it would not enter into the presiden- tial contest, and for many reasons it is to be hoped that it will not, be- cause that is a patriotic, rather than a partisan issue and one as to which opinion is not at all influenced either from a Republican or a Democratic point of view. THE WHEAT MARKET. The present recovery in wheat prices is partly due to wet weather in the grain belt, but largely also to some change in the trades’ ideas as to Europe’s requirements and available supplies. Sentiment has been lately governed by the great stress laid by foreign authorities on the large exportable surplus in this coun- try, in South America, in Australia and in India. But this argument may have been somewhat overplayed. Rather plain signs are now coming to hand that the harvest in Europe has been no more satisfactory than the winter-wheat returns in this country. That is to say, statistically and theoretically the yields were good, but how much is fit for milling is in doubt, and the final returns may show the necessity for even larger imports than last year. Russia and the Balkans have a large crop, but the Balkan surplus is going to Aus- tria-Hungary and Germany, while Russia cannot ship, owing to block- ade of her two ports. Even were the Dardanelles open, it is not believed that the usual shipments could be made, with present inadequate rail- road facilities. Although Argentine acreage has been increased, drought prevails in that country, where the present sea- son compares with May in this coun- try. General and heavy rains are necessary for a crop. India is not now a factor in the grain trade, the surplus there badly over-estimated. Australia has the promise of the largest crop on record, having been but as the government has guaran- teed farmers about $1 per bushel for their wheat, and with freight-rates to Europe 50 cents per bushel and over, Australian wheat at best cannot be called cheap. IN A NEW EXPERIMENT. Can the people of the United States afford to lend $500,000,000 to $1,000,- 000,000 to Europe, even if the sound- ness of the loan be indisputable? How would the loan affect our money and investment markets? Would institu- tions hold the bonds, or private in- dividuals? What sort of trading should we have in them, if they were listed on the Stock Exchange? These questions have been asked by many people, during the past week. The loan could easily be placed. Money is easy. The banks of New York alone hold a surplus reserve of $107,000,000 more than on January 1, and it was very large, even then. New bonds listed on the Stock Exchange in the first half of 1915 were $330,- 000,000 less than in 1905, and new stocks listed were $359,000,000 less than in 1901, and the country’s avail- able capital is far greater now than in either year. In eight months of 1900 and 1901, we took $330,000,000 bonds from the British Exchequer; even in 1898, when our own Govern- ment offered a popular loan of $200,- 600,000, subscription offers aggregat- ed $1,500,000,000. richer now. It is doubtful if such a loan would affect more than money or investment markets. Its proceeds are to be left in American banks until drawn upon for expendi- We are very much temporarily the tures, and the expenditures will be made in American markets. Further- more, it is probable that the loan’s success would check the European liquidation of our own_ securities, which has weighed on the investment market. At any rate, the British gov- ernment’s pressure on England hold- ers to sell would certainly be relaxed. Banking institutions would certain- ly be the original buyers: they might be the permanent holders. They were so in the case of our purchases of England's “Boer War loans,” although not in the Japanese loans of 1904 and 1905. If our people showed a disposi- tion to deal in the Anglo-French se- curities, they would, undoubtedly, be distributed, for large private capital- ists would be extensive buyers at the start. A public offering might be necessary, as a preliminary to listing on the Stock Exchange. But the curb would surely trade in them. If they were listed, and then dealt in freely by the investing and spec- ulative public, the day-to-day prices of the five year loan would probably vary according to two influences— the home financial developments in France and England and the war news. We may yet see a “bear raid” on Anglo-French 5s, on news of the fall of Petrograd, or a “bull move- ment” on the capture of Constanti- nople. THE FAVORABLE SIGNS. As the harvest results become as- sured, and the autumn trade activities begins, business con- ditions throughout the West are showing steady improvement. Lead- ing merchants and manufacturers take on the whole an optimistic view of the future, and with record wheat crop and prospects of new high fig- ures for oats and corn are commenc- ing to expand their business slightly. The money situation is satisfactory, and banks have plenty of money to loan on good security. There will be no business boom; but, on the other hand, there is little or none of the discouragement which pervaded mercantile circles twelve months ago. Deranged as is indus- try at large by the complications of the war, the economic soundness and strength of the country’s position is recognized by every one. Perhaps the best indication of conditions is the reports from makers of agri- cultural implements. Many are work- ing nearly at capacity on domestic orders and there are strong indica- season of September 22, 1915 tions of an increased foreign business, as the shortage of men abroad is bound to tell in the long run, and larger purchases of supplies must be made if the foreign crops are to be harvested promptly. emus THE APEX OF INCONSISTENCY. According to a Berlin dispatch the German Foreign Office has issued in English a memorial against the em- ployment of colored troops in the European theatre of the war by Britain, on the ground that they have brought with them savage practices of warfare of Yet this Ger- many, so sensitive about alleged say- France and Great their native countries. committed against her, violates and murders Bel- ageries when they are gian women, bombards cathedrals, hospitals and Red Cross nurses, tor- pedoes neutral passenger ships and encourages her ally, the unspeakable Turk, to exterminate the Christian Armenians. eer One of the reasons for the failure of Austro-Italian negotiations last spring was Austria's stipulation that the territory which she was willing to cede should pass only after the conclusion of hostilities. Italy had its doubt about the value of a bare prom- ise. Teuton diplomacy seems to have taken the Italian point of view when the promise is a Turkish promise. Bulgaria must not wait for her price. Without lifting a finger, she has won a sizable strip of territory and a free way for her railway line to Dedea- ghatch and the A2gean Sea. The trans- fer is now being conducted amicably at Adrianople. Yet it was not long ago that Premier Radaslavoff de- clared that if the Allies said the word, a Bulgarian army of 250,000 would start for Constantinople. There is, of course, no allusion in any quarter re- garding the nature of the bargain just completed. On neither side is there any love lost. Let Servia and Greece pay the price, and the present benevo- lent neutrality of Bulgaria to the central Powers would disappear. The Bulgars make no pretence about it. The present is their opportunity. Moreover, what would otherwise be international blackmail is very con- siderably mitigated in their case by the fact that three years ago they were themselves the victim of a “hold- up” by Rumania. The territory which 3ulgaria now receives from the Turk is only a fraction of what she asserts should have been her legitimate re- ward after the first Balkan War. An Oceana county physician has learned that he has many friends, but this is because he had something to give away. When he wants some- thing for himself he may find that his friends are fewer. The other day he published a notice inviting his friends to come and help themselves to peach- es in his orchard. He had gathered all the fruit he wanted and was neigh- borly enough to wish to divide his blessings. His friends came, in auto- mobiles, carriages, wagons, and draw- ing carts. They climbed trees and picked peaches upon the top branches. They carried away more than 200 bushels and they think the doctor is a fine man because of his generosity. [915 is nd be be he in m- he by he th ot Vv ed ir nd le an on SHIRLEY PRESIDENT ee BOERS ie | | ee OF oe —— Si Lens : ’ tc ev a | a f veamen’ -\ | ABresident 2 | Sepbens eos § | Supreme | | he ers | is ‘| euig2 /f| : Shirley Presidents in holiday boxes have for years been the big feature in the holiday suspender selling. About eight hundred jobbers and seventy thousand retailers are involved in the distribution of Shirley President Suspenders. Shirley Presidents are the only suspenders € Y advertised in a broad, national way. The holiday packing is advertised to women: Women buy most of the holiday boxed suspenders, and Shirley Presidents are the only suspenders they know of byname. This page willimpress you with the beauty of this year’s boxes. Note the over-lay in the open boxes. The open boxes will look well in your window. This is a new and attractive inside dressing for the Shirley President Christmas Gift box SHIRLEY ariel DRESIDENT |) Geel SUSPENDERS No Extra Charge For Holiday Boxes New Price— $4.00 per Dozen Jah eaeemee Y ORIGINAL Shirley _ PRESIDENT ==" Suspenders r a i lL yi PSA eS NN suspender is mad makers of the SI * Suspender. Be sure to read the guarantee on back of this band. a d 2, Peisdat SuspenderCo SHIRLEY,MASS.USA. ~ | L__TSaintetnassuse = | Remember = HIRLEY Aug. 16, 1898 Dec. 4, 1900 Nov. 26,1901 Feb. 18, 1913 May 26,1914 Sep 8, 1914 Read This—It Is Important a ? 14 e ° e . Pty ae SHIRLEY, in connection with President Suspenders, we have emphasized for This red, white, blue many years. Retailers and consumers and gold guarantee have bought SHIRLEY President ticket is on every a ea cc pair—easily—recog- N In all advertising to be ° published hereafter will be enlarged nized and ee - upon, so that jobber, retailer and con- men everyw ere. sumer always will associate SHIRLEY This guarantee tic- with President in a way to lead all con- ketand NO OTHER cerned to miss SHIRLEY if it be absent is the correct ticket from any box, buckle, label or band. SHIRLEY PRESIDENT as appeared on the buckles, and on covers of boxes and cartons for years. SHIRLEY product is known as SHIRLEY PRESIDENT SUSPENDERS. The RED—WHITE— BLUE and GOLD guarantee tic- ket is familiar to wearers and is one of the distinctive marks of identification. | SHIRLEY PRESIDENT SUSPENDERS are the original—the ones adver- tised continuously for seventeen years sold suc- cessfully and worn with great comfort. In all adver- tising consumers will be re- SHIRLEY ee ne USA anne waes sen eirere* minded to this effect. The closing words of every advertisement will read Remicmbon he IRLEY MEDIUM WEICHT Lesidenl Suspender Gmpany FORMERLY é A THE C. A. EDGARTON MFG. Co. FACTORIES SHIRLEY. MASS. USA. SALESROOM NEW YORK f> cry Usa ae as Wisin WR «A COdY:sCOMfenn expect Shirley Presidents “Nas ge easccc & —SHIRLEY are the ORIG- Note the script name— INAL President Suspenders —so see that the name “Shirley President Suspenders’ SHIRLEY PRESIDENT SUSPENDERS is on the box —and this light blue-box, cover. take no other packing Remember SHIRLEY New Price-$4.00 per Dozen aa =esa yaa Suspenders This is the ORIGINAL Shirley President made at Shirley, Mass. Close to 800 jo’Sers and over 70,000 retailers carry Shirley President Suspenders “ORIGINAL = The original Shirley President Suspenders are mounted with buckles impressed with the name. Not merely “President” but “Shirley President.” The buckles must bear Shirley Presi- dent, otherwise are not the ORIGINAL Shirley President Suspenders Triple swivel tubes through which the cord slides. The swivel tubes yield with every motion of the body. The cords cannot come in contact with metal edges. There is no friction—the cords slide freely and smoothly with every move Ee | SBE CP Rms Ne tronn ne ers TSAI September 22, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 i A\) . . u \ A _\ vi n°” — Zz. > Z, © > “et yy)) eu : Neer , CQSESRERTSSS) (ULC q(eetes . — m= = eee DLL Ed = ae =, —_— > = 3 2 2 & : : = = Y - ”~ ‘ as 8 = 8 | = <= Cr RS-eS . uy | = fl Le 7 [Dr ———— Wa The first annual meeting of the Bessemer, has disposed of his hold- bankers of the Upper Peninsula, or- ganized as a group of the Michigan Bankers Association, is to be held in Houghton, Oct. 14. A meeting of the bankers of the copper country was held last Saturday at the Houghton Club for the purpose of arranging de- tails of the entertainment for the vis- itors. The arrangements are only tentative because the bankers do not understand as yet the extent of the programme to be arranged. It is un- derstood that the State Association will furnish speakers, how many is not known. The copper country bankers also expect to invite one speaker of prominence. The meeting will be at the Houghton Club banquet room, as far as now has been determined. The entertainment for the visitors will in- clude a noonday luncheon and a din- ner in the evening at Club and enter- tainment features incidental to the latter function may be provided. G. A. Blesch, who has been the Cashier of the First National Bank of Menominee since its organization in 1884, has been elected President of the institution to succeed the late Augus- tus Spies. Clinton W. started as a who messenger twenty-five years ago and who has been Assistant Cashier for several years, is now the Cashier, succeeding Mr. Blesch. Frank Wanek, Teller, succeeds Mr. Gram as Assistant Cashier. Mr. Wanek has been in the employ of the Bank for fourteen years. Mr. Blesch went to Menominee from Green Bay in 1884 and has been prominently identified with the commercial life of the city ever since. Gram, Banks in Constantine are doing a most excellent business, and are an index to the generous _ prosperity which surrounds the village and its vicinity. The combined deposits of the two banks, the First State Bank and the Commercial State Bank, there is an average of $800,000 on deposit throughout the year. The St. Johns National Bank re- cently celebrated its fiftieth anniver- sary. John C. Hicks, son of the first Vice-President of the Bank, is now President. Secretary of State C. C. Vaughan serves as Vice-President, R. C. Dexter, Cashier, and W. J. Black, Assistant Cashier. The directors are C. E. Ball, O. P. Dewitt, J. C. Hicks, William M. Smith, C. C. Vaughan, P. E, Walsworth and R. C. Dexter. Hon. H. Olin Young, of Ishpeming, ‘or many years a stockholder and di- ‘ctor of the First National Bank of ings in that institution and William J Trevarthen has been chosen a di- rector to succeed him. Captain Tre- varthen has been connected with the Corrigan-MeKinney iron mining in- terests for many years and is expect- ed to be a valuable addition to the board of directors of the Bank. A syndicate of Albion men, consist- ing of Homer C. Blair, Washington Gardner, Henry R. Wochholz, George EK. Dean and B. D. Brown recently bought the old stone mill property on Superior street for $19,350. J. W. Bailey, of Leslie, did the bidding for the Albion men and it was not known until after the sale just who he was representing. Through the purchase of this property Superior street will undergo a number of changes. All the buildings on the property are to be razed at once. The Commercial and Savings Bank is to occupy a new building to be located at the extreme southern end of the present mill site, on Superior street, and the alley en- tering the market place at this point will be widened. It is likely, also that H. R. Wochholz will erect a building for a grocery store on the present brick elevator site, next to the building occupied by Smith and Lathwell. The remainder of the prop- erty will be platted for business sites. A State bank has been formed at Crystal with a capital stock of $20,- 000. The stock has been taken large- ly by the business men and farmers in the vicinity of Crystal. There have been opportunities of disposing of some of the stock to outside people, but it was preferred to have it a thor- oughly local institution. The bank will take over the business of the private bank conducted under the name of the Bank of Crystal. It is contemplated to erect a new building ‘for the bank at the northwest corner of Main street and the street leading to the lake as soon as possible. The stockholders have elected a_ board of directors as follows: Dr. R. B. Smith, E. C. Cummings, James H. Steere, Ira Cummings, F. T. Kimball. The board elected Dr. Smith Presi- dent and F. T. Kimball Vice-Presi- dent. The project is meeting with much favor and will be pushed to completion as fast as the necessary steps will permit. The new building of the First State Savings Bank of Breckenridge is pro- gressing finely. The bricklayers have finished their work on the building. There are two fireproof vaults on the main floor, one to hold the cash and THE MICHIGAN TRUST Go. of Grand Rapids Is always at its place of business, easy of access, and allowed to charge such fees as individuals could, by law, charge. It is financially responsible and disinterested per- sonally. It has BUT one DUTY—to see that all heirs are treated impartially, and the terms of the will strictly enforced. No mat- ter how small the estate may be, the same care is used as if millions were involved. Send for blank form of Will and booklet on the Descent and Distribution of Property. GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK CirrY FTRUST &@ SAVINGS BANE ASSOCIATED Combined Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $1,781,500 Deposits Exceeding Seven and One-half Million Dollars Business firms, corporations or individuals requiring reliable financial information relative to Grand Rapids businesses or business opportunities are invited to correspond with the investment departments of either the Grand Rapids National City Bank or City Trust & Savings Bank, which have at their imme- diate disposal a large volume of industrial and commercial facts. i i cl ee 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 22, 1915 books of the Bank, the other to be used as a safety deposit. There is also a storage vault in the basement. The ‘building will be heated with steam and lighted with gas and will be provided with every modern con- venience for both the Bank force and the public. When it is completed it will be a great credit to the town. Harley M. Glass, who for the past eleven years has been in the employ of the Greenville State Bank, has ac- cepted a position as Assistant Cashier in the State Bank of Carson City. W. H. Acker, proprietor of the Richmond Bank, now in liquidation has paid the second dividend of 25 per cent., making half the payments due depositors. About $62,000 is on band for the payment, and although no definite time is set for future divi- dends, Mr. Acker says, they will be paid as soon as money due on mort- gages, etc., is called in. Mir. Acker hopes that within a year from the date of liquidation that he will be able to pay the depositors in full. J. A. Heath has returned from the East- ern hospital, where he was recently operated on and says he has been made the goat by Acker, but Acker says the facts will show. Plans and specifications for the eight story Central State Bank build- ine of jackson, to be erected at Francis street and Michigan avenue, have just been eompleted. The build- ing will be a fireproof structure. Steel. concrete, brick, cement, marble and stucco will be chiefly used. Window sashes. doors and floor facings on the second stories and up will be in birch or oak but the main floor and the sub- floor for all stories will be of steel and concrete and tile. The main en- trance to the offices will face Francis street and Michigan avenue. The first floor will be 24 feet in elevation, the basement 10 feet deep and the second and other stories up to the top floor will be 10 feet and 6 inches in elevation. The top floor will be 9 feet and 7!4 inches, and the roof and cornice will occupy 8 feet and § inch- es. The Central State Bank will have a large and handsome home using the entire first floor. Marble wainscoat- ing and pillars will be employed = throughout the interior, The bank windows will be of bronzed steel and copper and set in a marble counter, running along one side and the rear of the room. There will be private offices for the President and Cashier and a rest and writing room for the public. Mahogany will be used in the woodwork and the decorations will be in soft tints. Steel and reinforced concrete construction will support the tall building. Stone pillars, hand made, burned shale brick and terra cotta will be used above the first floor. The basement will have an outside stairway on Francis street. permitting use of it for store pur- poses. The heating plant will be in the basement and will be equipped to run hot water to every lavatory and washbowl in the building. nine gallery will run around the first floor and this will add to the artistic A mezza- effect and prove of use as a place for rest and observation rooms. Stucco finish adorn the walls of the small rooms of the Bank home. Birch fin- ished in imitation mahogany will be the woodwork for the stories above the first. The main floor will be of inlaid tile. The principal frontage of the build- ing will be on Francis street. The architect’s plans cover about 50 pages of blue-print specifications besides larger blue prints of the two front elevations and cross and longitudinal sections of the skyscrapper. A cur- sory examination of the plans and specifications convince the laymen the building must be “built right,” and is designed with a view of perma- nency, beauty and service. Adequate elevator service will be given. The offices will be finished off in suites and will be serviceable for use by pro- fessional and business men. Each contractor bidding on the job must file a $20,000 bond to protect the Cen- tral State Bank and accompany each bid with a check for 10 per cent. of the amount of the bid, as an evidence of good faith. The plans and specifi- cations do not set any time limit for completion, this feature being a mat- ter for later agreement between the architects, banking house and the con- tractor. Bids will probably be made by many large contracting companies outside of the city as the “job” is one of much magnitude it should attract contractors “far and wide.’ The Chicago market shows no im- provement. Banks having a _ large country clientage find an unusual sur- plusage of funds. There is no symp- tom yet of an autumn crop demand that will create anything more than a firm market at moderate rates. In- stead of seeking deposits. some of the larger banks are avoiding special funds carrying a 3 per cent. rate. Two of the large institutions are declining to accept such offerings. Meanwhile savings depositors are holding about steady. Within the last two years eA ae se © cHIGAN STATE TELEPHONE —— ce Kent State Bank Main Office Fountain St. Facing Monroe Grand Rapids, Mich. Capital - - - - $500,000 Surplus and Profits - $500,000 Resources Over 8 Million Dollars 1 “a Per Cent. Paid on Certificates Largest State and Savings Bank in Western Michigan anufacturers and Merchants Find Frequent Opportunities to Save Money by Having on Hand Available Cash Idle cash is loss. Cash invested is not always available. Certificates of Deposit draw interest, and the money they represent will be paid on de- mand at this bank, or at almost any other bank in the country. The Old National Bank 177 Monroe Ave., N. W. Grand Rapids, Mich. ourth National Ban Savings Deposits United States Depositary Commercial Deposits Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings Deposits Compounded Semi-Annually Per Cent Interest Paid on Certificates of Deposit Left One Year Capital Stock and Surplus $580,000 WM. H. ANDERSON, President JOHN W. BLODGETT, Vice President L. Z. CAUKIN, Cashier J. C. BISHOP, Assistant Cashier a September 22, 1915 there has been made such a vigorous campaign by bond departments of savings banks to interest depositors in investments that an unusual per- centage of savings finds its way into rather high interest bearing bonds and mortgages. The real estate field has been so industriously worked and advertised that the banks are seri- ously affecting the business of the real estate mortgage brokers. The practical guarantee of a bank where a depositor has a savings account that has a real estate mortgage or bond is what its face indicates appears to be accepted as final by most savings depositors. Chicago brokers in commercial paper say 4 per cent. will be about the top as a going rate this fall. Some big banks are taking a little good paper at 3% per cent., practic- ally the minimum, but the bulk is nearer 4 per cent. and counter rates are nearer 44% than 4 per cent. De- mand for paper or funds is as slow and irregular as ever. Distant maturi- ties are more sought. Real estate borrowing is light, although there is in hand a good deal of work delayed by the building trades strikes early in the season. Some small mortgage loans have been recorded recently at 6 per cent. President Forgan of the National City Bank of Chicago, in discussing conditions, said: “General business is becoming more active and the demand in many branches is well ahead of that witnessed at this time last year. War business instead of falling off, is increasing and some manufacturers are so heavily booked ahead that they have lately been compelled to refuse very large orders which, a_ few months ago, they would have been very glad to get. The steel trade is showing the greatest activity, and prices are advancing with an excel- lent export enquiry. Large orders are also being received for railroad equipment from foreign quarters. This increase in activity has given rise to a somewhat broader demand for money from mercantile sources, but the total borrowings are. still much below normal. If the Treas- ury deposits $30,000,000 of Govern- ment money in the South, the cotton interests are likely to obtain what accommodation they need at very low interest rates. Everything should be done to extend assistance where as- sistance is really needed, but ‘care must be taken to prevent inflation. Taking the figures of June 23 last, this excess for the banks in the Fed- eral reserve system, amounts to $750,- 000,000. There are in addition excep- tionally large excess reserves held by the trust companies, state banks and other institutions operating under state charters. On the face of things, therefore, it would seem as if there were less need than usual this year for the distribution of Government deposits in the agricultural districts. The rediscount facilities of the Fed- eral reserve banks are also available, should need arise for such assistance, and if ever the banks of the country MICHIGAN TRADESMAN were in good shape to finance the crop movement demand, they would seem to be so to-day.” There is considerable discussion in banking circles about an amendment to the Federal reserve act to curtail the powers of the Secretary of the Treasury in the placing and with- drawal of Government funds with the banks. The discussion has arisen fol- lowing the announcement by the Sec- retary that he would place $30,000,000 Government deposits with the Feder- al reserve banks at Richmond, At- lanta, and Dallas. The Secretary since has cut down the amount to $15,000,- 000, but his announcement in connec- tion with the matter conveyed an in- tention to aid the cotton producers in financing themselves by enabling them to carry cotton in warehouses for a reasonable length of time until it can be marketed advantageously. The Federal Reserve Board, of which the Secretary of the Treasury is chair- man, is reported to have objected to the free hand which the Secretary has in manipulating Government funds. He may, as the reserve act now stands, deposit funds in individ- ual banks as well as Federal reserve banks, and he may or may not charge interest, in his discretion. __ fpf CLI LF, T MEL, £ LM SY uti) y fe) LT) RT OY ED OD MOT OLY MET 7 LS, (LTT, MELT, / Ji = /a > | [RS Ld, im jes (ewey / C. 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FFRAND RAPIDS [RUST | OMPANY Capital and Surplus $450,000 Robert D. Graham, President Hugh E. Wilson, Secretary Most business men are called upon, at sometime, to adminis- ter an estate where the situation demands the selection of conservative investments with as good yield as goes with “maximum” security. Municipal and first mortgage, serial, real estate bonds and certain kinds of public utility bonds are peculiarly fitted for such investments. Howe SNow CORRIGAN & BERTLES OSS MICHIGAN TRUST BLDG \ GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN INVESTMENT BANKERS will give you the benefit of their experience and the same competent counsel that has won for them the confidence of their large clientel and many banker patrons, wee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 22, 1915 sy = TAN Ne DRY GOODS. es = = GER =~ - . = = T- = a _— = = 5: ca A Glance at Some of the Fail Goods. Written for the Tradesman. It was on a hot August day that I made this tour of the big stores, to see the offerings in new fall goods. On every hand the effort te make a thorough clean-up of summer lines was in evidence, and some sort of special sale was going on in almost every place. being shown to reward the search of the bargain hunter, Not even the slightest disparage- ment is intended in this reference to a type of woman who is conscien- tiously doing her duty to her family, by making every dollar go just as far as it can be made to go. Boys and girls in school and older daugh- ters at work in stores and offices could not be so tastefully clad, were there Surprising values were not these shrewdly economical house- mothers who watch the sales and an- ticipate the needs of their families, often buying at the end of a season what will not be worn for several months to come. We will leave these hard-working shoppers, wrestling with their knotty problem of getting the most and the best for their money, and turn ou attention to the autumn offerings, par- ticularly in wool suitings and dress goods. One is reminded that in the dry goods business there must ever be the outlook ahead. Before the hot weath- er lines can be gotten out of the way. the fall and winter goods must be put forward. In one window the thin, cool, dainty things of summer are seen, at prices that almost compel their purchase, and in the next the heavier and more substantial fabrics and the warmer, richer colorings of fall and winter. Broadcloths, gabardines and serges will be among the main fabrics this fall in plain goods for street wear. It bids fair to be a great broadcloth season. Fancy two-tone broadcloths are be- ing shown—say black or blue or brown with an inconspicuous stripe formed by blending a little white with the ground color. Some of these are very handsome and retail as high as $3 per yard in 54 inch goods. Of course they are not so staple as the plain broadcloths. As already remarked, serges doubt- less will be good, their serviceable- ness and genuine merit keeping them Epingles, which have been selling for two years now, still seem to be in fairly strong demand in both the domestic and the imported. For street wear quite a variety of colors are to be seen, but almost wholly in rather dark or quiet tones. in favor. Maroon, crow’s wing blue, midnight blue, blackberry, taupe, reseda, Afri- can brown (which is the tete de negre of a year ago), and Russian green are shades that are being shown. told at one place that wisteria is selling decidedly better than the old helio, the latter being altogether too delicate and easily soiled to meet the requirements of wearers. A touch of the war is seen in the names of some shades. “Battleship gray,” fairly light in tone and beautiful I saw in a large and many-colored showing of epingles. “Submarine green” is qa shade that came out this summer. Thus, far, according to one dress goods man, the submarine is not selling so well as Russian green. In his opinion it is not likely to prove so lastingly popular. Plaids are coming quite strongly to the front this fall in suiting materials. Being in subdued colors, they show the great beauty of the plaid com- binations without being so trying to all but the most slender figures as are light and bright plaids. For show- ing their beauty in the piece, plaids certainly are unequalled. I was most In one store there was a handsome showing of large plaids in Surah cloth in rich dark colors—wide goods pric- ed at $3 per yard. At another place I saw an offering of ‘“three-tone” suit- ings in small and fancy plaids and stripes, the material being an all-wool 50-inch worsted and selling at $1.50 per yard. By “three-tone”’ a com- bination of three colors in each pat- tern is of course meant. In this lot the prevailing shades were brown, green, blue and black. Doubtless light and bright colors will be used as heretofore for eve- ning and house wear. In the light- weight materials and_ in _ sliks all these shades are shown. Very bright plaids are to be seen in some silks. But for street wear the more appropriate dark and quiet tones seem destined to prevail. Corduroys are still counted good and from the large stocks to be seen in the inexpensive kinds suitable for common wear, it must be thought that they will continue to sell. A cotton corduroy can hardly be called a beau- tiful fabric, but for utility skirts and suits there is perhaps nothing else that can be sold for as little money that will take its place. Velvet seem likely to have quite a vogue. Chiffon velvet is in demand for gowns and _ semi-tailored suits. The far less expensive velveteen is counted good for smaller pocketbooks and less exclusive tastes. fancy plushes The showing of FALL DRESS GOODS SPLENDID VALUES—GOOD ASSORTMENT Serges to retailat . . . 26c to $1.00 per yd. Shepherd check to retail at 20c to $1.00 per yd. Dress Flannels to retail at 25c and 50c per yd. Plaids to retail at . . 15c to 50c per yd. Suitings to retail at . . 25c and 50c per yd. Broadcloth, and others, a line that is well worthy your careful consideration. PAUL STEKETEE & SONS Wholesale Dry Goods Grand Rapids, Mich. Quality . Delivery Boxes An Investment with Big Dividends Don't bother with poor, broken delivery boxes of odd sizes. Your most profitable investment, in both time and money, will be to install “Quality’’ Wire-Bound Boxes on each delivery route. They are made of the best material, in uniform sizes, and sold to you at unusually low prices. JOHN A. GRIER & CO. 1031-35 18th St. Detroit, Michigan “STYLES THAT SELL” SOFT THE CAPS, GLOVES & NEWLAND & STIFF HATS HAT MITTENS We carry a complete line of the latest styles for prompt shipment Mail orders solicited Newland Hat Company 164-166-168 Jefferson Ave. Detroit, Michigan : Fine Furniture VEO like fine manners, is a mark of culture and refinement. That's the kind of Furniture we sell. Klingman’s The Largest Furniture Store in America Corner Ionia Ave. and Fountain St., | Grand Rapids, Michigan DMNAW NNN WW WWVAWG UN OTOU NOT OO ATOU NATION WONAY WATIATATATAN September 22, 1915 seemed especially striking. Very broad stripes are to be seen, say green and white or black and white. These will likely be selected as ma- terial for handsome outing, sport, or automobile coats. Displayed at one store were some pieces of a kind called “waterfall” plush, which were particularly showy. These were in narrow self stripes and mostly in light colors. They might be appropriately used for rich eve- ning wraps. An interesting fact about these goods is that they are not* of worm silk, but of some sort of fiber or artificial silk, that is more lustrous than the thread spun by the little silk worm. The processes and possibili- ties of makng artificial silk is too big a subject to be more than touch- ed upon here. It is said that some of these substitute materials cost only about half as much per pound as worm silk. Still these waterfall plushes—perhaps because of their great beauty and novelty—were re- tailing at $5.50 per yard. Not cheap, certainly. Indeed, as one looks at the rich and handsome offerings in the stores that cater to high class trade, the thought comes into one’s mind that neither the war, nor the general de- pression and hard times, nor the many preachments of moralists and bankers urging the need for economy, have greatly lessened milady’s liking for luxurious apparel, nor in the least al- tered the fact that if she would dress smartly, she (or her husband or her father) must pay the price. Of course this is speaking of the late, modish things. All the stores show the less expensive and more ser- viceable fabrics—adapted to the needs of customers who must count the cost. Returning for a moment to the subject of suitings it should be said that tweeds and the like are of course still staple for utility skirts. “Bread and butter” goods these are to the merchant, and indispensable to his customers when something that will stand up to long hard wear is wanted. Fabrix. —__++-__ If President Wilson is harassed by diplomatic difficulties, created by the war, his burdens must be increased rather than diminished by the appeals, public and private, that are poured upon him to do something to stop the conflict. The most popular way of making these appeals just now is ap- parently through the Pope, who is re- ported as being deluged with requests from. both neutral and belligerent countries to intercede with Wilson to hasten action leading to the opening of negotiations for peace. It is easy to understand the impulse behind these appeals, even if one dismisses the hypothesis that at present they are secretly encouraged by persons of influence who would like to see Germany realize upon her Russian successes. But, harsh as it may sound, they do credit to the appealers’ hearts rather than to their heads. Every- body who has been favored with an expression upon the subject from Wil- son is keenly aware that the individ- ual who most desires to exert the full weight of his force, personal and offi- ao tT Ba a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 cial, in the direction of a cessation of hostilities is the President of the Unted States. He is known to regard such action as the greatest oppor- tunity that could possibly come to him. But he is conscious, as too many of his petitioners are not, that nothing is to be gained, but much to be lost, by a precipitate move, and especially by repeated moves that come to naught. Such measures would only cheapen the whole idea of meditation and render it more difficult of application when the right moment arrived. To seize that moment is undoubtedly the one ambi- tion of the present occupant of the White House, who, it may be added, can be trusted to recognize it without too much volunteer assistance. Notice has been posted on the Pick- ford roads by W. B. Hutchinson, con- tractor, that it was necessary to stop all traffic on the road where they are placing stone until further notice, so that tour- ists traveling by auto will be obliged to take the Dafter and Mackinac roads from Pickford to the Soo. >> Many a man who is good has a sad look. A Safe Match Means a Safe Home GREAT SCOTT. CANT YOU SEE IT? te i NON_POISONOUS Every responsible grocer wants to sell his cus- tomers matches which are nothing short of the safest and best made. Thereby he safeguards the homes of his community. Any grocer who is not handling ‘SAFE HOME” matches, should take steps to do so at once. Ask any wholesale grocery salesman about them or drop a line to the manufacturer, who will have his salesman call and explain their superiority. nm pPn SSO Every “SAFE HOME" match is non-poisonous, strikes anywhere, is extra strong and sure, is chemically treated to prevent afterglow when blown out, and is inspected and labeled by The Underwriters’ Laboratories. Incorporated. ~ Made Only by The Diamond Match Company Write me for special delivered prices for September. J H. Smith Mine Representative 521-522 Ashton Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MICHIGAN KNITTING CO. Manufacturer of SWEATERS, SWEATER COATS HOCKEY CAPS, GLOVES, MITTENS AND KNIT GOODS SPECIALTIES LANSING, MICHIGAN 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. wy Sunbeam Mackinaws ) zoos SUNBEAM == A large assortment of attractive patterns, specially selected materials, combining style, finish and quality, correct in every detail. A better idea of the line can be obtained from our winter catalogue. Send for it to-day—NOW. BROWN & SEHLER CO. ‘‘Home of Sunbeam Goods’’ Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘Trade Stimulators For Price Advertising Our monthly cata- logue of General Mer- chandise abounds with these. Get acquaintéd with the Yellow Page Specials in each issue of “Our Drummer.” They will help you pull trade to your store. Butler Brothers Exclusive Wholesalers of General Merchandise New York Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Dallas Our Fall and Winter stocks of “Lincoln Mills” underwear and hosiery are complete and we can serve you with at once delivery with the best the market affords at popular prices. Mail orders given special attention. Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. 20-22 Commerce Ave. Exclusively Wholesale Grand Rapids, Mich. ran a ia ean Soa a MRT Boose eka September 22, 1915 _—~ = \ = . = = BUTTER, EGGS 4xD PROVIS my Production Problems of With Increased Competition. Bumper On the face of the Government re- turns, the agricultural production of the grain-growing states in 1915 will The year far surpass all records. this week last indi- cated 4,853,000,000 bushels of all grains combined, and actual out-turn at the esti- mates of harvest of 1914 was 4,941,000,000, This, although an almost unprece- dented result, was 592,000 bushels under the total grain harvest of 1912, the bumper year, when 5,533,000,000 bushels were produced. The Government forecast indicates 5,641,000,000 bushels for all grains— This indication which would break the record. remarkable September judged, moreover, in the light of the possibility that Wednes- day’s wheat crop estimate of 981,000,- 000 bushels may be raised to a thou- sand million and that if weather is favorable in the next thir- ty days, we may harvest 3,000,000,000 bushels of must be at harvest, instead of the 2,- 985,000,000 in this week’s forecast. As it is, the indicated wheat crop breaks corn, all records, the indicated corn crop would be second only to 1912, and so would the indicated oats crop. The only doubts affect quality rather than predicts, for instance, a relatively large crop of poor wheat and a relatively small crop of good wheat. quantity. The trade This immense wheat crop suggests an exportable surplus of over 400,- 000,000 bushels for the United States, which would be the largest ever known. Taking the wheat crop of the United States and that of West- ern Canada together, there should be a harvest of 1,231,000,000 bushels, whereas Canada and the United States together raised 1,051,000,000 last year. Some people claim more for the Western Canadian provinces than these figures, which mean an export- able surplus for North America of over 55,000,000 bushels. This is con- strued as indicating that the two countries will compete with each other for the export trade, with Canada having the advantage, because Eng- land will give it the preference, and having a credit there it will naturally buy as much wheat and oats as there is available this season, leaving us to get along with what business we can secure from other importers. How much export business in grain the United States will be able to do this year is uncertain. Winter wheat, which was fine last year, is the re- verse this season. Spring wheat is of excellent quality, and is expected to have preference among foreign buyers. But exporters who were bullish on prices and buying all of- ferings a year ago, are now bearish; they say they are unable to do any new business, and predict that, as soon as Manitoba wheat moves in volume, it will take the trade away from us. From their point of view the situation is not inviting to buy- ers for a speculative rise, or for a big business in exports, and 250,000,- 000 bushels exported for the season will be considered large. All indications are that Europe will get its wheat cheaper this season, as a result of the big crops, and that its shortage of 50,000,000 to 200,000,- 000 bushels, as shown by the various estimates, will be more easily sup- plied than in 1914. Should Broom- hall’s latest estimate, that the surplus of exporting countries (including Russia's 240,000,000) is 800,000,000 bushels above import requirements, prove correct, it would be hard to predict the market. Russia, however, is not able to do much exporting as yet, and may not be for some time. One estimate is made of a 20 per increase in the world’s wheat production over last year’s; but this is regarded as largely a guess, be- cause the Russian crop is regarded as too uncertain to be seriously con- sidered. A general feeling is abroad that a revival of business is at hand, as a result of the crop situation, and a lit- tle later in the season it is likely to be more marked. Steel mills are running about full capacity, and goods are being consumed at about a normal rate. There is no disposition to load up heavily in advance of require- ments, however, for interior distribu- tors know that they can secure sup- plies at any time, and are therefore running on comparatively light stocks. Dry goods houses are selling nearly as many goods for forward shipment as last year, but that is all; and this also applies to other lines of the mer- cantile trade. Financial conditions are proved to be sound by reports from business centers all over the country. That there should be a comparative tone to most lines of trade is not regretted; it leaves plenty of room for future expansion. —_>2.—____ A woman can usually manage a man if she doesn’t let bim know she is doing it. cent. Make Us Your Shipments When you have Fresh Quality Eggs. Dairy Butter er packing stock. Always in the market. Quick returns. Grand Rapids, Mich. Watson-Higgins Milling Co. Merchant Millers Grand Rapids 2 Michigan Kent Storage Co. Get your peaches from the South Haven Fruit Exchange SOUTH HAVEN, MICH. Quality and Pack the best you ever saw You can get car load lots or express shipments Telephone, telegraph or write for your daily supplies We know we can please you South Haven Fruit Exchange South Haven, Mich. The Vinkemulder Company Jobbers and Shippers of Everything in Fruits and Produce Grand Rapids, Mich. Churned Fresh Every Day MR. MERCHANT:— Are you sure that the butter you are using is satisfying your trade? If not, try Blue Valley Butter A perfect spread which is carefully made by expert butter- makers who produce good butter from the finest material that the dairy farm can produce. Good dealers demand BLUE VALLEY BUTTER every day, because good butter alone gives them perfect satisfaction.’’ Furthermore it cannot be duplicated because it is marked by its uniform quality that guarantees the trade the same quality at all times. Orders filled promptly. BLUE VALLEY CREAMERY CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. Largest Exclusive Manufacturers of Pure Cream Butter in the World Let me overhaul and re-enamel your old scale. It would make it good asnew. Work guaranteed. W. E. HAZARD, 95 Monroe Ave. Grand Rapids I do all work for Toledo Scale Co. in Michigan Mail us sample any Beans you may wish to sell. Send us orders for FIELD SEEDS. Both Phones 1217 MOSELEY BROTHERS __ Grand Rapids, Mich. September 22, 1915 SUCCESSFUL SALESMEN. L. H. Higgins, Representing Watson- Higgins Milling Co. Lee H. Higgins was born in Coop- ersville June 4, 1887. Both of his parents were born in the County of Mayo, Ireland. At the age of 12 the family removed to Jenison and Lee attended the Grandville school, grad- uating from the High School at that place at the age of 17. He devoted his vacations to working on farms. After leaving school he spent one year as book-keeper for H. E. Mose- ly & Co. At the end of that time he obtained employment with the Wat- son & Frost Co., working in the mill and on the delivery wagon the first year. He was then made city sales- man and covered the trade of Grand Lee H. Higgins. Rapids for two years. He then be- came a member of the corporation, succeeding Wm. C. Mounteer, after purchasing his interest in the busi- ness. The corporate style was then changed to the Watson-Higgins Mill- ing Co., as it is known to-day. Since then Mr. Higgins has increased his holdings in the business until he is now one of the three largest stock- holders in the company. At the end of that time he was promoted to the position of road salesman, which he has continued up to the present time, covering all the available trade with- in a radius of seventy-five miles of Grand Rapids and seeing his cus- tomers every four weeks. Mr. Higgins was married April 21, 1915, to Miss Edith Hertz, of Man- istee. They reside at 132 Buckley street. Mr. Higgins is a member of St. Andrews Cathedral, Knights of Co- lumbus and U. C. T. He has three hobbies—baseball, fishing and horse racing—and enjoys one about as much as he does the other. In addition to these hobbies he has one mania— distributing New Perfection Flour. He attributes his success to the fact that he likes his work and the large volume of business he has succeeded in acquiring and the friends he has succeeded in making are sufficient MICHIGAN TRADESMAN evidence that his recipe for success is the correct one, —__ +. Oleo Output Increases. According to the annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Reve- nue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, the output of oleomargarine in the United States, as shown by stamp sales, was 146,468,730 pounds, which is over 5,000,000 pounds more than for the preceding twelve months. Of this 138,856,724 pounds was uncolored and 7,612,006 pounds colored. Special taxes on manufacturers and dealers in addition to the tax on the product amounted to $586,914.51, compared to $561,432.83 in the preceding year. Official government reports of the output of oleomargarine for the month of June (the last month for which the reports are complete for the entire country), as shown by rev- enue stamp sales, indicate that the production for that month was %77,- 779 pounds colored and_ 8,969,152 pounds uncolored, or a total of 9,748,- 931 pounds. This was over a million and a half pounds in excess of the same month last year. Every Housewife likes a change. 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You will like this kind of bread because it is made with this kind of raisins The Essence of Co-operation When a man asks you to co-operate with him it usually means that he wants you to do something for him—in return for which he will promise to do something for you. In other words, most offers of co-operation are bogus. This one isnot. We have already done big things for you and we have contracted to do many more big things. You have seen the first page of our national advertising campaign in The Saturday Evening Post and The Ladies’ Home Journal. These pages should be to you an earnest of our inten- tion to create for you the biggest demand for raisins and raisin bread that you ever experi- enced. And these pages will be followed by continuous, sustained advertising which will prove our intention. Get This Right But let us not be misunderstood. We do not claim to be business philanthropists. Our ultimate aim is to help our- selves by selling a great many more raisins than we have ever sold before. When we co-operate with you we do it for our own sake—not for yours—but it is a fact that our co-operation helps you. Also—when you co-operate with us you do it for your own sake—not for ours—but it is a fact that your co-opera- tion helps us. This is the very essence of co-operation—some people call it “enlightened selfishness’ ’—help yourself by helping the other fellow. You Will Get Your Share of the new business which we are creating for raisins and raisin bread if you become identified in your neighborhood as the dealer who sells California Raisin Bread and Sun-Maid package raisins. Send us the coupon at once so that you begin to make extra profits at once. CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATED RAISIN CO. Home Office, Fresno, California Hearst Building, Chicago. 113 Hudson Street, New York Please send me complete details of plan by which I can make more money through increased sales of raisin bread and package raisins. (20) Namek ee cen eee des Sireee ea ee, OF oe ees sees State ........... 2... CS a ay z ERE SE ee . inne a rie eure f MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 22, 1915 THE MEAT MARKET G. B. READER Successor to MAAS BROS. Wholesale Fish Dealer SEA FOODS AND LAKE FISH OF ALL KINDS Citizens Phone 2124 Bell Phone M. 1378 1052 Ottawa Ave., N. W. Grand Rapids, Mich An Old Time Butcher To His Son. In these days economy is a neces- sity in every meat market, but too much of this economy is of a kind that defeats its own end. For instance, there is the butcher who continues to try and do business in a shop the fixtures of which are long past their best days, resulting in his market looking anything but ai- tractive. Naturally the people who deal with him switch their trade at the first opportunity. Then there is the butcher who saves a cent or two a pound on the meat which he purchases and finds that he has a large number of customers who are dissatisfied with the quality of his stock. Another common type is the butch- er who refuses to spend any more money than he can help on the paper in which he wraps his customers’ purchases and many a woman has a soiled dress in consequence. Natur- ally this is not a way of winning the good will of his trade. There are a dozen other instances that I could mention if I wanted to, but it would take too much time. Ev- ery one of them, however, presents the same line of action. The butch- ers such as these save money, it is true, but they sacrifice trade to do it. True economy is based on intelli- gence. It consists of getting the full value out of every dollar you spend. The average economy is too much like that of the miser who refuses to buy decent food, and consequently loses his health for the sake of his bank roll. Trade in these days of stiff com- petition is a mighty hard thing to get. The man who spends it in order to save a dollar here or a dollar there is the true spendthrift and is lacking in intelligence. Sometimes it makes me really mad to see how some of them go about it. There’s a butcher up here who is a fine example of this class. He runs a market that is a fairly good one, and, of course, maintains a delivery serv- ice, if it might be called such. He has a decrepit-looking delivery wagon that has been needing a coat of paint for the last ten years to my certain knowledge. The horse that draws it must have been one of the originals that Noah put in the ark, for old age sticks out on every bone in its car- cass. The boy who drives that horse is a shock-headed youngster whose acquaintance with soap and water is mighty remote; in fact, judging from appearance, I don’t think that he and they have ever met. The whole turn- out is one of the sights of the town, for we are willing to bet up here that no other town in the country can produce a combination to beat it. This butcher is continually com- plaining of the expense which he is under for this delivery service. His customers are continually complain- ing about such a looking rig stopping in front of their houses. He says that he cannot afford to spend a cent more on it than he does. His cus- tomers get tired of looking at it and change to another butcher. In other words, what he saves in cents on the cost of keeping a decent-looking rig he loses in dollars in the trade which leaves him just because of that alone. Yet he does pride himself on the fact that no butcher in the town de- livers his orders at a lower cost than he does. Perhaps some day our friend will wake up. Then he will discover that for years he has been economizing without intelligence. He will come to know that he has been wildly ex- travagant in his delivery service be- cause he has not spent enough mon- ey on it. He will probably throw the whole thing out on the scrap heap and begin to economize by giving his customers a decent-looking rig before their homes and maintaining a service that will deserve such a name. If you feel the economy bug get- ting a hold on you don’t take a one- sided view of it. Save all you can, but don’t disregard the service you are giving your customers in making additions to your bank roll. If you do you will find that the latter will shrink ers’ Advocate. begin to amazingly.—Butch- Removing Tendons. There are a number of methods of removing tendons from the leg of a fowl, but the following is probably the best: Insert a knife close to the shank bone. Pass the knife all the way up between the hock joint and the feet. In this incision slip a hook, or if no hook is handy a bent nail will do. The beginner will find it easier to remove the tendons one at a time than all at one. Give a steady pull and they will come out readily. Battle Creek—The Metcalf Gener- ator Co. has been organized to man- ufacture and sell acetylene gas gen- erators and accessories, also to pipe buildings and install acetylene gen- erators, with an authorized capital stock of $5,000, of which amount $2,600 has been subscribed, $200 paid in in cash and $1,500 in property. —~+-+»—__ The man who is always behind never gets ahead. Dandelion Vegetable Butter Color A perfectly Pure Vegetable Butter Color and one that complies with the pure food laws of every State and of the United States. Manufactured by Wells & Richardson Co. Burlington, Vt. Mr. Flour Merchant: You can own and control your flour trade. Make each clerk a “salesman” instead of an “order taker."’ Write us to-day for exclusive sale proposition covering your market for Purity Patent Flour We mill strictly choice Michigan wheat, properly blended, to producea satisfactory all purpose family flour. GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN & MILLING CO., Grand Rapids, Michigan LOOOOC The Reputation and Standing of Walter Baker & Co.’s Cocoa and Chocolate : Preparations Have been built up by years of fair dealing, of honest manufacturing, an unwavering policy of maintaining the high quality of the goods and by extensive and 8 persistent advertising. This means for the grocer a steady and increasing demand from satisfied custom- ers with no risks to nw himself on account of Registered, unsold or damaged & U.S. Pat. Of, goods; in the long run by far the most profitable trade. The genuine Baker’s Cocoa and Baker’s Chocolate have this trade-mark on the package, and are made only by % WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd. Established 1780 Dorchester, Mass. BY HART BRAND CANNED GOODS Packed by W. R. Roach & Co., Hart, Mich. Michigan People Want Michigan Producte H BOATS Graham & Morton Line ‘Every Night “Mothers Delight y “Makes Bread White and Faces Bright” VOIGT MILLING CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. bacon and fresh eggs. those who want the best. PEACOCK BRAND Breakfast Appetites can be encouraged and well satisfied with a nice rasher of _Go to your grocer’s and get some of the famous Peacock mild cured bacon and fry it. pouring off the grease as quickly as it forms. This makes it crisp. Pea- cock Hams and Bacon are cured by a special process—brine is not used—so they are not salty. pared by Cudahy Brothers Co., Packers, Cudahy, Wis., for Cudahy Brothers Co. Packers Cudahy, Wisconsin They are especially pre- e September 22, 1915 BANKRUPTCY MATTERS. Proceedings in the Western District of Michigan. Grand Rapids, August 31—In the mat- ter of Egbert J. Smitter, bankrupt, Zee- land, the first meeting of creditors was held this date. Claims were allowed. It appears from the schedules of the bank- rupt that there are no assets not claimed as exempt. However, there is some ques- tion as to the disposition of certain assets of a former partnership in which the bankrupt was one of the partners, and the referee appointed Henry Win- ter, of Holland, as trustee and he has qualified as such. In the matter of Wilmot C. Pearse, bankrupt, Muskegon, the first meeting of creditors was held this date. It appear- ing from the schedules of the bankrupt that there are no assets in the estate not claimed by the bankrupt as exempt, it was accordingly ordered that no trustee be appointed. The estate will be closed at the expiration of twenty days allowed for confirmation of exemption. In the matter of Orley M. Gibbs, bank- rupt, Grand Rapids, the first meeting of creditors was held this date. It appear- ing from the bankrupt’s schedules that the estate contained no assets not claim- ed as exempt, it was accordingly ordered that no trustee be appointed. The es- tate will be closed at the expiration of twenty days allowed for confirmation of the bankrupt’s exemptions. In the matter of Emmet R. Dunlap, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, formerly oper- ating a hardware store at that place, an order has been entered confirming sale of the assets to the Grand Rapids Store Fixtures Co. for $1,150. Certain pre- ferred claims, aggregating about $550, were allowed and a dividend of 75 per cent. paid on the same at this time. It is impossible to state when a dividend to general creditors may be paid, as certain litigation is pending in the State courts which may materially change the condition of the estate. Sept. 1—In the matter of Welch-At- kinson Shoe Co., bankrupt, Grand Rap- ids, a hearing was this day held on the trustee’s report of exempted ‘property and the objections of certain creditors thereto. The bankrupts consented to the sale of their stock in trade exemp- tions with the balance of the assets and took proportionately in cash. Good- speed Brothers now claim such cash under assignment made by the’ bank- rupts to them prior to the bankruptcy proceeding. Sept. 2—In the matter of Lillian Ter- williger, bankrupt, Ludington, the first meeting of creditors was held this date. Claims were allowed. Kirk E. Wicks, receiver, made a verbal report, which was approved... By vote of creditors, Jacob L. Deckker, Grand Rapids, was elected trustee and his bond fixed at $1,000. It developed on the hearing that the stock in trade of this bankrupt had burned since the filing of the petition in bankruptcy, and the question of insur- ance on the same had not yet been de- termined. In the matter of Frank A. King, bank- rupt, Grand Rapids, formerly operating a jewelry store at that place, the first meeting of creditors was held this date. Claims were allowed. Kirk E. Wicks, receiver, made a verbal report, which was approved by vote of creditors. Wil- liam J. Gillett, Grand Rapids, was elect- ed trustee. The assets are covered by mortgages and if valid it does not appear that there will be any material dividend for the general creditors of the bank- rupt. Sept. 3—In the matter of Fred A. Gould, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, the first meeting of creditors was held this date. Claims were allowed. It appearing from the examination of the bankrupt and from his schedules on file at the first meeting of creditors that there are no assets not claimed as exempt by the bankrupt, it was accordingly ordered that no trustee be appointed. The es- tate will be closed at the expiration of twenty days allowed for confirmation of the bankrupt’s exemptions. In the matter of Alice White, bank- rupt, Grand Rapids, the final meeting of creditors was held this date. The final report and account of the trustee, show- ing total receipts of $8375.90, disburse- ments for bankrupt’s exemptions, pre- ferred claims and administration ex- penses, $258.45, and a balance on hand of $117.45, was considered and the same appearing proper for allowance and there being no objection thereto was approved and allowed. It appearing that there was not sufficient assets to pay the adminis- tration expenses, it was ordered that no dividend be paid general creditors in this matter. Sept. 7—In the matter of Fred G. Kleyn, bankrupt, the final meeting of creditors has been held this day and the estate closed and returned to the clerk of the court. There were no assets in this estate for general creditors. The assets, consisting of a general boot and shoe stock, were all covered by mort- gage, which was determined to be valid. In the matter of the Grand Rapids Auto Company, bankrupt, the final meet- ing of creditors has this day been held. The final report and account of the trustee was considered, and the same appearing proper for allowance and was estate is there being no. objection thereto, approved and allowed. The een ee te eee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 being held open pending investigation of certain matters and a final dividend of 10 per cent. In the matter of Wesley J. Gonder- man, bankrupt, Lowell, the adjourned first meeting of creditors was held this date. The first report and account of the trustee, showing total receipts of $2,257.78, disbursements of $156.10 for administration expenses and secured or preferred claims, and a balance on hand of $2,101.68, was considered and decision reserved, The first dividend of 10 per cent. was declared and ordered paid at will be paid shortly. This estate has heretofore paid one dividend of 10 per cent. Sept. 9—In the matter of Edward Van Ienenaam, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, the adjourned first meeting of creditors was held this date. The bankrupt was sworn and examined by the attorney for the trustee and the first meeting of creditors further adjourned to Sept. ‘ ——--___ What Some Michigan Cities are Doing. Written for the Tradesman. The Lapeer Commercial Club is seeking to induce the D. U. R. to build an electric line from Lapeer to the Flint-Detroit interurban, via Nepes- sing and Hadley. St. Clair is taking steps toward se- curing boulevard lights for the busi- nes district. Ishpeming has adopted the plan of burning its garbage and the city is now looking up a site for the in- cinerator. Jackson has ordered posts for its new boulevard lights on Main street, paying $30 apiece for them. Battle Creek has plans for extensive park improvements, including the ad- dition of nearly 200 acres of land and an expenditure of $40,000. Dowagiac’s new directory indicates a population for that city of 5,189. Muskegon will entertain the Mich- igan Society of Optometrists Sept. 21-23 and 100 members are expected. It is the first time the Society has met outside of Detroit. The Northern District fair will be held at Cadillac Sept. 14-17 and it will be the big event of the year in that city, Hastings retains the Press and Tool Co., which will mean a $250,000 plant when completed and an increase of at least 500 in the city’s population. Hastings is now headed for the 10,- 000 mark. Annual statements of Lansing’s fovr banks show a gain of over 32 per cent. in deposits, the total now $7,055,995.49. reaching Benton Harbor’s new garbage in- cinerator, costing $5,321, has been completed and accepted by the city. It is located near the pumping station between Benton Harbor and St. Jo- seph. On the last day of the test 10,- 586 pounds of garbage was completely destroyed by use of 850 pounds of coal. Colon voted down the proposition to install waterworks at cost of $25,- 000. A $20,000 addition to the Buckley & Douglas salt block at Manistee in January and twenty-five to thirty peo- ple will be employed in the manufac- ture of table and dairy salt. Almond Griffen. Make Out Your Bills THE EASIEST WAY Save Time and Errors. Send for Samples and Circular—Free. Barlow Bros., Grand Rapids, Mich. SAVING WORK for the These enorm is manufactured. processes and producing pure, sweet sugar of uniform quality. We weigh it, pack it in cartons, seal the cartons, send them to you in strong fibre con- tainers or in wooden cases, READY FOR YOU TO SELL. Why bother with barrels of bulk sugar which means work for you, when you can handle FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR without work> work is hard enough without doing anything that has been made unneces- sary by modern methods, LIN CARTON SU with the barrel. Franklin Cartons. Original conta of all CARTONS and CONTAINERS guaranteed by us THE FRANKLIN SUGAR REFINING CO. ete s- oT " GROCER ous refineries are where FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR We refine it from CANE SUGAR, using the most modern Your hours are long—your Order a few containers of ready-to-sell FRANK- GAR from your jobber and you'll rever go back to bother All grades wanted by your customers are packed in Try them. : iners hold 24, 48, 60 and 120 lbs. FULL WEIGHT Philadelphia True Measure of Success. I believe there is a far more gen- eral appreciation of the great truth, that success in business life is not to be measured solely by the amount of money a man may legitimately ac- cumulate, but rather that account must be taken, and taken in very large measure, of how far the busi- ness man, before he is to-day truly called successful, has been fair-mind- ed—how far he has recognized that, higher than the desire for gain, he must hold the spirit of fair play, the spirit of fair play to his individual contemporaries in business, to the community in which he lives, to the social order whose general good has agement. sovereign rights which he must recognize, and for which he must make personal sacrifice. F. A. Vanderlip. 21 “Your shoes have been strongly recommended to me, and I have also had a number of inquiries for them from the farming trade. Please send me your catalogue and have your salesman call.”’ This extract from a letter just received is in- dicative of the condition wherever ROUGE REX shoes are known. The working man wants them, the dealer who seeks the workingman’s trade should have them. Do as this, and many other merchants have done, write for a salesman to call with samples. We tan the leather. We make the shoes. They are solid and uniform and they win constant friends for the dealer who stocks them. HIRTH-KRAUSE COMPANY Hide to Shoe Tanners and Shoe Manufacturers Grand Rapids, Mich. The Greatest Rubber Boot Value Michigan Ever Saw Hood’s “Bullseye” Boot Special Pressure Cured process With White Rubber Sole and Side Foxing Every dealer should have them No one should be without them PRICE $2.90 NET Grand RapidsShoe & Rubber (. The Largest Rubber House in the Central States GRAND RAPIDS Pieaawnispnincentsien sos 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN or CN SS 10) LR A Few If-You-Would-Be-Agreeable Don'ts. Written for the Tradesman. If you are rich, don’t talk your wealth. By the dictum of all persons of taste, it is vulgar to be prating of hits, your vastly profitable investments, and your bank account. Don’t be telling how much you paid for your house or your car or your clothes, or how much out party gar to be about your lucky big your daughter's coming- cost. It is not only vul- running on these things, it is tiresome to your hear- about ers. These are merely small person- al matters--not subjects of general Can you travesty of being interest. imagine a wretched sion more social diver- pined down to dull success in than listening to count of his ing dollars, unless it wife’s duller and less account of how she is ostentatious- ly getting rid of them? Any person of sensibility would be thoroughly justified in bolting from the ation—in refusing to be punished in any such way. If you are poor, don’t make a prac- reminding your of your poverty. Let me explain a little, so that this bit of counsel will not be construed as meaning something entirely different from what is intended. If in straigtened circumstances, it cer- some talker’s ac- accumulat- may be huis interesting situ- tice of constantly friends one is tainly is wisest and best to let one’s near friends and acquaintances know in a quiet way that retrenchment of expenditures is necessary. This will prevent many embarassing situations, and also go a long way in restrain- ing one from the folly of spending beyond one’s means to keep up ap- pearances. Some sort of informal notification of this kind is especially needed if one has but lately been enjoying a good income, and_ its lessening or cutting off is not gen- erally known. Another phase of this subject. I have no patience with that kind of absurdly foolish pride that conceals destitution, and so shuts off all possible aid. If I ever starve or even suffer for the necessaries of life in this land of plenty, it will be because not only my friends but also all charitable organizations and sources of public aid turn a deaf appeals, which will be both insistent and persistent. That any person should lack for means of life is entirely uncalled-for in this country in any normal state of af- Tf you actually need com- mon clothes tell somebody. It’s your duty not to keep it to yourself. extreme car tO my fairs. What I mean by saying not to be constantly your friends of your poverty is just this: You will say, just reasonably poor—not suffering for bread and butter, but a little short of and obliged to go without luxuries to which you have been ac- reminding are, we money many customed or to which you would like to become accustomed. It is in deci- dedly ‘bad taste to be parading your deprivations, in ordinary con- dwelling on them at. all times and in all places, to the dis- comfort of others and to the great detriment of the make. “Talking poor” should be as taboo as “talking rich.” It is hard to under- stand why some persist in it. It is difficult to know just how to take the man or woman whoalways is _ tell- There is apt to bea little suspicion that he or she is throwing out hints for assistance. In actual fact this may not be the case. More often “talking poor” is the result of pride and a kind of bra- vado—it is an attempt to effect indif- ference to a state of affairs that really hurts. It is easy to excuse a friend for wearing a shabby dress or a year- she can not afford a We can enjoy her society and think nothing about her clothes. It is not so easy to forgive her con- tinually telling how few are the dol- lars she has to spend on herself. Don’t be one of the persons that other people have to wait for. I am of course par- ticuarly, and I have to say that there versation, impression you ing financial hardships. old hat when better one. speaking to women are some of our sex who are charm- ing in every respect, but extremely annoying in being always a few min- utes behindhand. They an appointment promptly. Some- train is missed on _ their account—very often every one is kept in suspense for a time fearing that it will be missed. These dilatory sisters as a rule are not the busiest people. It is not be- cause they are overworked that they never keep times the keep others waiting. But they are lack- ing in the sense of time, or they have fallen into the habit of being ex- asperatingly deliberate and_ fussy. Other people have to do a little hustling to be on time. If you have been one of the tardy ones, chanze your ways, Cut out nonessentials, step up a trifle, and get there with the rest. Don’t infringe on the rights of others in those small ways that no one can openly resent. Don’t take the time of a busy person needlessly. Return borrowed articles promptly, and in as good condition as they were when you got them. In _ general, don’t fail to treat other people’s prop- erty with care and respect. Don’t load the doing of your errands on And to accommodating friends. don’t run free horses to death. Don’t be one of the careless, heed- less souls whom others have to dun for thirty-seven cents—that is, dun or lose the money. It always is best to have ready to meet all small obligations on the spot. enough change by one But if ever it becomes neces- sary to incur a trifling indebtedness, take strenuous measures to prevent its dropping from your memory. Many persons can’t afford to lose even the dime or the quarter advanced to help a friend in a pinch. Those who can well afford to lose the small amount, often prefer not to. prising number of persons to whom one would far rather loan fifty dol- lars than fifty cents. The fifty dol- lars would surely be repaid without There are a sur- delay, while the chances of ever again seeing the fifty cents would be very slim. Quillo. ———~++2>___ To Give Celery to Passengers. Kalamazoo, Sept. 14—Kalamazoo celery—grown for you in Kalamazoo and wrapped in paper “Made for You in Kalamazoo’—will be given to thousands of people going through Kalamazoo on trains and interurbans during Prosperity Week, according to announcement just made by Fred Appledoorn, whose workers have planned this “stunt” to boost Pros- perity Week to people passing through Kalamazoo during the days of October 4 to One stalk of a) celery, wrapped in me LT September 22, 1915 vegetable parchment paper, given for the occasion by Jacob Kindelberger and fastened with a label reading, “Grown for You in Kalamazoo,” will be given to every passenger going through Kalamazoo on trains and in- tururbans during Prosperity Week. The celery growers of the county are asked to give the celery for the advertising it will bring to Kalamazoo and will be amply repaid in the in- creased trade they will have as a re- sult. The finest celery the men have grown will be used. Many have al- ready promised their choice celery for this advertising stunt. Others who have not vet heard of it will fall into line within the next few hours. Celery will play no small part in Prosperity Week. It is also to be featured in the “Grown for You Ex- hibits” and cash prizes in gold will be awarded to the best exhibits. —2+2—-? Copper Country Travelers Affiliate With Marquette Council. Marquette, Sept. No. 447, United of Hancock, has ceased to exist. Its twenty-six members have become affili- ated with Upper Peninsula Council, No. 186, of this city. The final details of the consolidation were completed at a meet- ine of U. P. Council at Fraternity Hall Saturday evening. The merger gives the organization having headquarters here a membership of 120. Hancock Council. never numerically strong, has not been particularly active the last year and it was considered best for all concerned that its members become members of the stronger branch. The official roster of the U. P. Council continues as here- tofore. Prizes have been offered by the Grand Council for the largest percentage of gain in membership this year and it is the hope of U. P. Council to garner one of the three awards to be made. It is the expectation, in fact, that the Council will show for the twelve months a gain of 50 per cent. The Council is the only branch of the order north of the Straits. Its officers and members have entered upon a campaign to enlist as a member every Upper Peninsula commercial trav- eler not now affiliated with it. 14—Copper I Council, Commercial Travelers, |— - When it comes to Canned Pineapple, why not give your customers the very best—SUN-KIST Hawaiian? There is nothing in the canned goods line which will make such quick and steady custo- mers as SUN-KIST Hawaiian Pineapple. You can safely recommend SUN-KIST as the finest quality of the Cayenne variety grown on the famous Thomas Plantation in the very best district of the Hawaiian Islands—and every can you sell will bring folks back for more. NATIONAL GROCER CO.’S Houses ASH THE September 22, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 printer’s ink to do the work that he ought to do himself. The way to go about it is, first, to wake up and appear interested. Find out what Jones wants to pain‘ Ask what colors he has in mind. Whip out the card, run through it with him, locate the approximate tints—and, if you think, from your knowledge of location and surround- ings that they won’t give satisfactory results, make alternative suggestions. Get the size of the building, figure 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, out the amount of surface to be cov- ered, the quantity of paint needed— and tell him the goods are in stock and that you'll send them up right away. In short, lead the customer, step by step, along the road of salesman- REYNOLDS ED BYLTHENATIONA, » Oo ship to the point of decision. STRADE MARINE, Now, that process won't produce / : sales in every instance. It will, how- IR Coane) ever, produce a great many more sales than are produced by the in- “IRE UNDERWAY different process of leaving a color card to do the selling. William Edward Park. SHINGLES The colors in Reynolds Shingles are nature’s own product, unassisted by chemical dyes, stains or paints. They are distinctive, and the pecullar agencies of the min- eral surfacings add beauty and protection to any roof. OFFICE OUTFITTERS LOOSE LEAF SPECIALISTS Co. tu Tisch Kine Co 237-239 Pearl St. (near the bridge) Grand Rapids, Mich. The natural slate and granite of which the surfacing is made is obtained direct from the quarries and granulated in our own factory. into these surfacings. Reynolds Shingles will not fade, rust, crack, split, curl or blow off. of good service for the money. Bell Phone 860 Citz. Phone 2713 Lynch Bros. Special Sale Conductors Expert Advertising —Expert Merchandising 28 So. Ionia Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich. Sold by all Lumber Dealers. H. M. Reynolds Asphalt Shingle Co. “Originators of the Asphalt Shingle” Grand Rapids, Mich. No dust or fereign matter goes They are fire-safe and give the most years Foster, Stevens & Co. Wholesale Hardware ut 157-159 Monroe Ave. 151 to 161 Louis N. W. Grand Rapids, Mich. f= Ss 2 eta =ae, 2S = ee : 22 oe = S ann HARDWARE: | Sean - Ose All b= Michigan Retail Hardware Association. him, you are getting him pretty well a ea A alton E. Strong, Battle infa a comer. ' Vice-President—Fred F. Ireland, Beld- Hence, whatever personal work " Seoretary—aneiae J. Scott, Marine you can get in will be well worth Oe es a MEoore, “Bebvate. while. A little outside salesman- ship, if you can spare the time, will Time To Inaugurate the Fall Paint likely do a lot of good. Paint sell- Campaign. ing can, along this line, go hand in Written for the Tradesman. hand with the selling of builders’ Pushfulness counts for much in hardware; you meet the same cus- making a success of the fall paint tomers, and it is almost as easy to campaign. Pushfulness, indeed, may sell both lines as it is to sell one. make all the difference between suc- More than that, make the most of cess and failure. your opportunities to meet people od There are plenty of good reasons personally in the store. When a why painting should be done in the man is interested enough to talk fall. The average man whose house paint to you, surely it’s good busi- needs paint, however, is apt to regard ness for you to ginger up and talk the spring and early summer as the paint to him. And talk paint, not in- cnly time when painting can be done differently, but earnestly and thor- satisfactorily. To induce house- oughly, and as if you believed it. owners to paint now, instead of post- A good many clerks, and mer- poning until next spring, is largely chants too for that matter, get into a matter of paint education; and an indifferent habit of meeting paint the education must be supplied by the customers. Thus, our old friend retailer, if co-operation with the Jones drops in and hints around manufacturer. about paint. Very often he opens up An aggressive fall paint campaign with that old stock question: “Is that has this advantage, that it paves the Blank Brand Paint you're handling way quite naturally for a good win- any good?” The question sounds ter business in interior finishes. Good _ silly, of course, but that’s not the advertising is never lost; all the point; the point is that Jones is in- time you are advertising your paini terested in paint. The indifferent ‘department yau are educating the clerk responded, “Of course it’s paint consumer to the value of reg- good" and says a word or two about ular painting. Even if, after an ag- it. Then he fishes out a color card, gressive campaign, you fail to land hands it over to Jones, and adds, “If ad this, that or the other prospect, you you're thinking of painting, we'll be at least have induced the mental at- glad to talk it over with you any titude which will predispose the pros- time or give you a figure.’ ; pect to brightening up the interior And Jones takes the hint, and the Tr of his home for the Christmas sea- color card, and goes out. son and the winter months. The I've known that to happen in up- trade in interior finishes, | rest 88° 40-date stores: it isn’t any fairy tale. sured, is a consolation prize worth The trouble is, that the clerk is feel- while; and after that your fall paint ing tired and out of sorts, or doesn’t advertising will still be helpful when want to be bothered, so he just puts it comes to landing that pores it off on the color card, and leaves ing customer next spring. That is a great point in paint sell- ing: keeping at it. Not merely ad- vertising generally, but keeping de- terminedly after the individual cus- tomer. To secure business of any kind, there’s nothing, to my way of think- ing, can equal personal salesmanship. uf The man who reads your advertise- ment gets a definite impression on the subject of fall painting, yet there is no particular pressure on him to decide one way or another. The man who receives your personal let- ter through the mail will probably read it, if it is well put together; but he has the option at the end of dropping it into the waste basket. But when you buttonhole Jones, look him in the eye, and talk paint to THE FIRST AND FOREMOST BUILDERS OF COMPUTING SCALES GENERAL SALES OFFICE 326 W. MADISON ST. CHICAGO ALWAYS OPEN TERRITORY TO FIRST CLASS SALESMEN ES 5 APRESS aE ae ia to gt Aaiatitmns SOME AP MSE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 22, 1915 AUTOMOBILES AND ACCESSORIES English Form of Automobile In- surance. The following from the piuspectus of the British Crown Assurance Cor- poration of London, announcing its new form of automobile insurance, discloses a wide difference in the methods of handling autombile risks on the other side, as compared with our system: “The car is covered while being driven by any licensed and competent driver. The insured is indemnified un- der public liability section while driv- ing any car of not greater horse pow- er than that insured. Repairs of an urgent nature, whether permanent or temporary, may be executed without the corporation’s consent, up to a limit of £10. If the car is sold, the policy can be transferred to new own- er without extra charge and without loss of bonus. The insurance may be transferred by endorsement to any other car. Replacement value can be agreed by arrangement, subject to 15 per cent. annual depreciation clause. The risk of mechanical breakdown is included to the extent that loss, in- jury or damage by accidental collision resulting from mechanical breakage is covered by the policy. The corpora- tion undertakes at its own expense the defense of any police court pro- ceedings taken against the insured, or any licensed or competent person driving with his consent in respect of any accident covered by the policy. The costs of protection and removal to the nearest repairers following damage is covered by policy. Dam- age to tires, caused by side slips, ap- plication of brakes or otherwise, is covered when insured car is damaged and finally the corporation will repre- sent the insured or any licensed and competent person driving with his consent at any inquest or fatal acci- dent enquiry.’ —_—_2+->—_____ Automobile Shipments Doubled Dur- ing August. Shipments of automobiles during the month of August were almost double that of the same month of 1914, according to the reports pre- sented by the trafic committee of the directors’ meeting of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. The figures were 15,141 carloads for last month, as compared with $,352 in August of last year. This heavy shipment has caused an unusual drain on the automobile cars, and the traffic department of the N. A. C. C. has taken up with every railroad in the country, big and little, to the surpris- ing number of 1,500 in all, the ques- tion of keeping these cars in the auto- mobile trade, instead of having them commodities. The through its De- troit office, covers each day’s ship- ment of automobiles, with a request sent to the destination that the cars be promptly returned when unloaded. It was decided to have the drawing for space for the New York and Chicago shows at the office in New York on Thursday, Oct. 7, members of the N. A. C. C. drawing for space in the morning and nonmembers in the afternoon. There were reports by committees on patents, good roads, standard treads and a uniform time for an- nouncing new models. The committee on the last-named question will have a final meeting on the subject later in the month. It was shown that the so-called jit- ney bus is a convenience that the public appreciates, and a number of the street car companies are them- selves organizing jitney bus lines as feeders to their regular traction busi- ness. There were resolutions of respect other traffic department, used for An Association of Automobile Owners Organized to Save Money on Tires and Accessories WRITE US Automobile Owners Purchasing Club 113 Crescent St., N. W. Grand Rapids, Mich. ABBOTT CO ! GENERA Sate hee THE SILENT WORM DRIVE TRUCK Every unit standardized eee One to five ton capacity SERVICE MOTOR TRUCK COMPANY A. C. LUCE, Branch Mgr. GRAND RAPIDS MODEL 5 DORT TOURING CAR, fully equipped with Electric Starting and Lighting and Demountable Runs, at the remark- able low price of $650.00. See the DORT before you buy. OSWALD MOTOR CAR CO. 66 SHELDON AVE., S. E. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE MENOMINEE Chassis Prices 4 Don... cs. sss SAD 1 Ton... - 1400 % Tons : 2 Tons (F. O. B. Menominee) Built by D. F. POYER CO., Menominee, Mich, BURTLESS MOTOR SALES CO. ‘ 2240 Michigan Distributors, Lansing, Michigan Good territory open to reliable dealers APPERSON SIX—The American Beauty Car Four Passenger Roadster, Aptly Called The Chummy C Five Passenger Six, $1485; Seven Passenger, $1 550. ar, $1550 PHELPS AUTO SALES COMPANY, Distributors APPERSON and KING Cars Michigan St. and Lafayette Ave. GRAND RAPIDS a __. Lucky Susan. One day a wicked customer Rushed in to Sleeping Sue. And Susan looked straight over her, As she was wont to do. The customer gave one quick look, Then reached up to the shelf; She seized the goods and Susan’s book And charged them to herself. And worse, far worse, within her fist She seized the carrier-cup, And, ere poor Susan could resist, She sent the check slip up. Then Susan woke and Susan wept, But all to no avail; The deed was done, for, while she slept, Poor Suse had made a sale. ——_~>..> To get a run for your money chase street car. 2 September 22, 1915 UNIVERSAL CLEANER Great for the pots—great for the pans Great for the woodwork—great for the hands. ORDER FROM YOUR JOBBER Its Loose Leaf opens like a Blank Book Write us EP Z Lr OsEJEAF @ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Go Early Muskegon, Grand Haven Interurban The only way to the GREAT BERLIN FAIR Sept 28, 29, 30 and Oct. Ist Every Day a Big Day Stay Late No flies, no dust, no pilfering and no waste. We are special agents for this new silent salesman and to get them placed with our trade in the shortest possible time we are offering it for a limited period with an assortment of ten pails of our best selling candy. We want you to have one of these cases because it will more than double your candy business. More business for you means more business for us. Ask our salesman about the proposition or write us for particulars. Quick and easy service. PUTNAM FACTORY, Candy Manufacturers Here It Is! SIZE 32 inches long 14% inches high 8% inches wide A Practical Sanitary Showcase for Bulk Candy Far ahead of globes and jars. Grand Rapids, Mich. Here’s Your No. 7 Ionia Ave., N. W. to equip your store with Up-to-date Fixtures “New” or “Used”’ We will take your old ones in exchange Grand Rapids Store Fixture Co. Opportunity Grand Rapids, Mich. wit ef ees . eee cnn ecaigpencath asaaad rs September 22 " , 1915 Asepti ; erte Hard a Sane Cream. GAN TRADESMAN sel ae n (melting point THE GRAND a ee 22 we RAPIDS W ae SUCH foe ae. 3 eae ‘ETERINARY COLLEGE HOLESALE DRUG P 31 co SOdD) oc 9 : ap Complying ape Course in Veterinary Science Pri RICE CURRENT le 1 Qi pants, Bureau at ha - the requirements of the U.S ccs quoted are nominal, based oe 68 Dz . ncorporated stry. Establish es A , sed on wh Be eee aa parts. ieee ales Sead [a Governed by Boar aoe ea aad 6 @ 8 Mustard, true ..9 0 market the day ot issue surrounded by boiling 2 a vessel 200 Louis St. a alogue. Carholte eee e eee it @ 15 oe artifi'l 5 ase2 & 50 Ipecac .... when the fats are 1 water, and rand Rapids, Michigan Ce ee : BO. ae Gite tues ies 10@ 80 Kino Clo eee, é 60 : s > melte : eceren ee 15 , ee. ee a 0 together until a ne a them Nitric. a. 7m ; Oyellow ss. ae Nux oo. a 03 ee a. oe @ 12 wunnee 16 ux Vomica .... a oe ea , white emul- Gras. 2 Olive, M 5@1 65 O ica 5. ss : Conti a Sulphuri sees 52@ 55 alaga, pium ..... < ine "gaan ntinue the beat- Taerane ssceeee 2@ 5 Ge weceesee 150@1 60 Opium, Capmh.— @2 75 above aining the temperature Ane enue 56@ 60 Organu Sweet ..3 00@3 25 Opium, Deodorz’a 2 7s o ve 700 C., and add graduall Ee Water, 26 / ie Onearuat pure .. @2 50 Rhubarb ... ass SAL Ste ally: (ied see Sees : ‘ 5G Begideced i ueacaath me Wats, 1 ae ee x Pennyroyal a 2502 50 Pai @ 7 When tl feo 2 parts. C: , deg. .. 34h@ ~ppermint 5 S ae aints 1e . arbon os 6 Ros - 2 50@2 7 Lee . all : mixture is homogeneous Gneres seeeee 13 @ 16 Beas --- 14 50@16 00 toaa re Ory. § @ 1% low it to cool by rem = se SHELDON 25 eauod a 3 150@1 75 Lead, weca @ 1% Ne 2moving : AND O : : ones, Womce Ol a a ade boiling water, and whe g the GRAND RAPI aoe Copaiba To weeeeeeeeees 7 25 Gone Yellow bi. | ew add: vhen nearly cold DS, MICHIGAN. Fir (Canada) .. 12 na See oid me oe aga 4 ; : ee (Coeae) 301 90 Sassafras, artifi' @ 10 Putty gee ee 2 = % lycermm :.._. Peru . ag 2a 2 7503 00 foe Woes bb 1°@ 1% ea a 2 parts me ‘Ges eee oo 90@1 00 Ve ai ee @ " fa [a oui ee Reale 75@1 00 Tar, USP... 4 00@4 25 Vewiilitian’ Eng. 1 “2501 50 5 _ This preparation is f part. SCALP DISEASES Berries Turpentine, bbis ma 40 Whiting, bbl. nd b@ 20 into the skin in a or rubbing P SUCCESSFULLY TREATED con cece 8 @ 90 Turpentine, ee aoe Whiting ee 10@1% : ordinary toi : uritan P se i Wi (ies boa a Oe OP rope or in shaving « lary toilet use, Cc laster Method for External duminer ...... fie a 0 Witetrcen’ ceed @5 00 HP. Brepal'1 s501 45 preparat g any part of the body ANCER REMOVAL Prickley Ash .. 10 @ 15 wa sweet ; < a1 49 atory to surgic 5 1 — @ Ge Winerereen. ar 3 00@3 nsectici gical operatio nterested persons are invi 1 intergreen, art 2 2 A selene ns OL Teatneae: invited to investi, Wo s ’ art 2 a 25@ 2 50 AFSENIC .... : sick Some ll Cassia. (opdinan Wormclea" 1" $b 90 Bs Viel al” 4g If your eyes ne A. T. HOXIE, ee ‘assia (ordinary) 2 a: SG yah, te on a - eno u Ga uty 5@ 30 Borde Ss 9@ 15 ee need attention, i ALyAa.BRORN, — Pisin oe ae 65@ 75 : Potassium Hojlohare. Mix Pst 8@ i0 wif Gl ou . q aa Sassafras aoe 28@ 30 Bicarbonate ... 40@ . powdered ae 7 en F. Smith . FOX, Superintendent Soap C "30c) @ 25 Bichromate ..... 40@ 45 Insect Powder .. ne 2 one MRS. MAE HAUCK, Supt. Ladies Dept. ae ut (powd.) Bromide os 00 35 Lead Ge 77 ao 6 ra . ee sic cele Cachonate (.. 90@2 10) Lin € .. 8%¢ aoe Cpt eEAN a 3@ 25 piri pia oe 15@ oy ne and Sulph 2@ 16 Stegli i ed, Glasses Fi Rey oeainstiens hlorate, xtal = Soluti ae icglich Jeweley Store se cea . ins a Booklet (| Licorice Extracts cis ee 42 45 Paris Pre gag +» 1L@ 2 ve. fs ICO see seeee ra 2 a cee 20095 © Im al Licorice powdered 350 40 eae Se ae ae ei le lodide coca ae 45 Miscellaneous Arnica . Pye ’ermanaganate aS Acetanali E Be aliases. 38@ 45 Prussiate, ve 45@1 50, eetanalid ...., @15 DY Ghamonilt (Ger.) 65@ 75 Prussiate, red @1 25 Alum 2.3. @1 50 ADY FLASH LIGHTS cers BE ESS EPS gh A adit whe are! & ( 30 ground F and AR Gums eciese oer aress - 9G co E PROFITABLE ace Tst ic. 50@ 60 Alkanet Roots ee, Subni- @ 12 ew eacia, % “es BE eka cea ns 35@ oo Sess 2 97@: ill send you Attractive Wi : a oe 45@ 60 Blood, powdered 35@ 49 Borax xtal or qnqa 1 indow Display Renee cont ao Pee 50@ 3 cee .. 8 Acaci s+ 9G 32 Elecampane, pwd. 5 2 aitnatades fe 3 Gl 12 C J. Li Acacle, powdered 30@ 40 Gentian, oo 1o@ 20 Galdel Bo 2 Wage io a tecaiee Ele : Aloes Barb. Pow) 22@ 25 Giiuee “Afticaa. 15@ 26 Capsicum ..... 1 78@1 82 Wholesale Distri ctric Compan noe oe ee powdered ..... 15 Carmine ....... “+ ae & stributors Grand R . ee ee re te uae iamaie’ ee te a bude ee apids, Michi As ran tne fie m@ Tao. lemele Sel aaaate ae a : ic safoetida, po * ’ Chalk Pedgacca 30 ‘ . a ee a cdidenseal pow. 6 5097 00 chalk Prensa Sie U. &. P. Powd @ 00 Ipecac, powd 6 50@7 00 Chloroform ouiated (a i Camphor ........ go@i 23 Licorice .. . .» 425@4 50 Choral Hydrate | aq % Castes ies. c ns ee Licerce. soe is@ 20 Cocaine ydrate 1 2o@1 45 aoe” powder ed 500 as oie powdered ee aan a Cocoa no 4 tee 90 sere ecees ‘ 5 AG» / P Ma rks, lis o : 3 ine jouaaead'” WB 1 RRIREE ee ee Cees ubarb, powd. Sopperas, less... @ bere powdered 6 ae ees ne aa “opperas, oe re "3 Opium fe 9 00@9 20 a Hond. Gieda Sublm 1 Bo 0 0 : Coie, powd. 9°30@10 00 See oUNd «+... se. @ 6 C ‘eam Tartar . ae 80 ur Holiday Sundry Line i Ce eat ame ee. ies coe @ oiele aisles e «6 is ~ ‘ Cisis waeiee G 5 ine .... i 4 7 «i y Line 1S i feed ek Soa ecw W@ 33 Lover's Pow as TW, lO , e Trags Squills, powdered 0@ 35 kmer er .. @2 50 OW tecncenth meric: py. dered 40@ 60 peat i 10 In fa ‘ No. 1 ...-..--e @2 5 Valerian, hows § eG 15 Eps eo apl S Tragacanth pow 1 25@1 50 n, powd. 25@ 30 oo Se oe Sg Turpentine .... ao ae Sead brane ceinee less S@ " i . oe 5 / eeds Bacet cocdeee 2 00 6 r Customers and Friends: Leaves ae te cee ase 20@ 25 Fiake Lhe Sealey 2 193 oe sae sdere a7 nise, powdered For -- BG a ene Sage, powdered .. 55@ Sia 3 @ 2% maldehyd all aware that Buchu 55@ 60 Lid oa. Gam e Ib. 10@ 16 we open ae 1 65@1 Gia 0... @ iz Riek 2... --- «15 20 pee Bk . our sale of Holiday Goods ee 1 132 $0 Caraway Sas 3@ 12 eae a : Go a Se. eager socal 47¢ r Saindamon 1 S = he take care of our : of July each year and thereby coon %s loose .. ae ze Galery au vss 2 00W@2 25 Glassware, ee a aon emb customers in the Upper Peninsula. Th Sanna, aoe ne, 80@ 86 Cae a Gane ote ce @ i% races a carloa a. is line Ss ) Dinn 2... 80 Ds “a8 ao less duri d of goods and we ship them for exhibiti sore Jo bead 350 Yeast a = Gite neten ay ug 15 uring August to Saginaw, and ibition seeseeee 183@ 20 ries Loo 10 Glue, white a ies Sce be Trey at _ return them to Grand Rapids Olls ce Baas 5@ a Glue, white aa ie 23 : . an exhibie , pow. Glycerine : 20 ee ee exhibition and ready for visit- Beas Bitter, ae See c ace ueas e¢ x Hops... eas a 40 : ee ll 50@8 75 seteseees nd Pa “ morning of September 7th with oe aye mon the oak 8500875 Mustard, Black” 16@ 20 touine a tT ith our Mr. Dudley i 4 at ..... 5 76@6 ee ee aa 20 Iodoform ..... oo extend to all our customers and fri dley in charge. We ‘cae ds, Sweet, e ee none: sq se fou aoe Cane = see this line as early a riends an earnest invitation to Almouds, | Sweet, ea Tae 3 Mace... os) ssg1 st s possible so imitati APG soc c see "a pcdenad | 85 of a little time to give we may have the advantage Amber oa a aa i) poten tts Macs. powdered 9301 00 your orders carefu . . Amber, rectified 5 o8 Se powd. cutee scrrsexs & Gag ce h att d0@ them to the b : ention and fill Anise ) 69 Sunflower 40 yy Hae - 3 50@3 75 est possible advantage : Bergamont .... 3 es 95 Worm American Lo is Woe Vanion ©. 5 65@5 90 i L see 0 : . omica . rl Cajeput ae aes 75 Worm Levant .. 1 0091 io a Varnes pow. g 15 Ai the dates when it will be 7 rite us or telephone us, giving ps nea Tinctures Pepper, ‘white Ps 3 30 : We wi possible for you to visit G : sae eee Aconite . bitch, “Burgundy 15 e will make as usual a liberal all rand Rapids. eae Lacs MOE See SEE es ae Soe io@ 16 Le i sesiics se Quinine, ¢ saa at the trip and again ask fo jowance upon the expense of Coven secceeeee 1 ie2 oo peared @ 7 Rochelle Salts ao 350 40 r an early acceptance of this invitation Cod en cng ie “ 2 Helladonna eee gt 2 Salt Peter v8 abe ‘0 le Gatton Sacd teens 3 05@3 25 ao Sei ali eter ..... 22%@ 30 eae 70@ 30 Benzoi see @1 00 idlitz Mixture Yours respectfully, Socks eae ae Siete aeae exali ba 20 Bigeron ....... 3 75@4 00 Cantharadies ... @150 § ee castile 12@ Hazeltine & sti oon PAGER Gaon cc. Bsc walle come a ne & Perki Hemlock, pure 29 Cardamon ...... Soap, whit @6 % ae eeseee , t erkins Drug Co. juniper Berries 2 soma 00 parent Comp. ¢ s less, per e ‘castile Juniper Wood ... 10@ OS Chae on ee tn Lard, extra ....-- 1ONA ss eee Soda Bicarbonate 5 Lard, No, 1 ca soe Gee an 4 oo ee “I vaven’r Flowers hehe ....... Spirits Camphor = 3 \ pa. Gar’n 1 2501 40 eae . q 20, Sulphur a3 3 % emon ..... QUEM «5.00... Ss oe : Linseed, boiled, ae 25 Ginger .... aoe s * ound. sie Ee Linseed, bld less 6 @ 55 Gualac Sag @ % Tartar En wannare MG 28 Linseed. raw. bbl 60@ 66 Guise ‘Ammon. @10% T meee: @ 60 Linseed, ee Hap 5 ¢ 54 Lodi co @, 80 Varia Bx. Venice 75@ 85 > : ss | ) Re ere | Tee ace cs Ve Eeeg Gc ton, Goupics «= Gata ne | al eae @2 00 Zin zel .... 65@1 00 c Sulphate ... 7@ 10 32 at market prices at date of purchase. y. within six hours of mailing. at time of going to press. Prices. however. are and country merchants will have their orders filled ADVANCED Currants Hotel Mushrooms Some Coffee Blueberries Some Flour Whole Codfish Index to Markets By Columns Bath Brick ms RSNA ec ewe cs Breakfast Food ...... Brooms ............ Ae raeies ...--.5....5... Butter Color ......... Cc antics... ..c ese Canned Goods ...... Carbon Oils .......... A Cg eee eae EReCBR oo oe i Chewing Gum ........ MONOCOTS, ooo oec lace ese Chocolate .........cee- Clothes Lines ....... KOBODA | 2 ob oc cw occ e ci cl MOBCOAMUEL ....-2c000-0s Coffee ......-seeeeeeee Confections ........... Cracked Wheat ..... Crackers ....2.....-+ Cream Tartar ........ D Dried Fruits .......... E Evaporated Milk ..... F Farinaceous Goods Fishing Tackle ....... Flavoring Extracts ... Flour and Feed ...... Pralt Jams .........-- Gelatine .......secceee Grain Bags .......... Herbs .......--. bocce. Hides and Pelts ....... Horse Radish ........ Macaron! ..........0-e Mapleine ..... eso Meats, Canned Mince Meat chance Molasses ........ cee Mustard ........--2e. ° ives .....--.-.--.- oe Pp PACHSPR oo. cok ce see ee s RIDES «33. Geese Playing Cards ....... Pome .....-...-....5. Provisions ............ Rice (2. -..cs6 po eeere Rolled Oats s Salad Dressing ...... Bereratus .......2..... Sal Sede ... 1. sce ek Seeds . 3... sees Shoe Blacking Se: CG kee ec, Wicking ..... peer eee ee Woodenware ...... eee Wrapping Paper ..... y Zonst Cake ...ccacccce Pash pad fea at ft bat pt PH Om 69 C0 9 69 CO CS COIS ORO tO 1 AMMONIA OZ. 12 oz. ovals, 2 doz. box 75 AXLE GREASE Frazer’s. 1fb. wood boxes, 4 doz. 3 ltb. tin boxes, 3 doz. 2 3%Ib. tin boxes, 2 dz. 4 25 10%. pails, per doz. 6 15Ib. pails, per doz. 7 25%). 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 Mmelish ....5.5....... 95 BLUING Jennings’. Condensed Pearl Bluing Small C P Bluing, doz. 45 Large C P Bluing, doz. 75 Foiger’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 .. 3 00 Quaker Puffed Rice .. 4 25 Quaker Puffed Wheat 3 45 Quaker Brkfst Biscuit 1 90 Quaker Corn Flakes 1 75 Victor Corn Flakes .. 2 20 Washington Crisps .. 1 85 Wheat Hearts ....... 2 05 Wheatena .......... . 4 Evapor’ed Sugar Corn 90 Farinose, 24-2 ....... 2 70 Grape Nuts .......... 2 70 Grape Sugar Flakes . 2 50 Sugar Corn Flakes .. 2 50 Hardy Wheat Food .. 2 25 Holland Rusk ........ 3 20 Krinkle Corn Flakes 1 75 Mapl-Corn Flakes .... 2 80 Minn. Wheat Cereal 3 75 Ralston Wheat Food 4 66 Ralston Wht Food 10c 2 25 Roman Meal ........ 2 30 Saxon Wheat Food .. 2 80 Shred Wheat Biscuit 3 60 ariscuit, 18 .......... 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 8€ BROOMS Fancy Parlor, 25 th. 4 25 Parlor, 5 String, 25 tb. 4 00 Standard Parlor, 23 tb. 3 50 Common, 23 Ih. ..... - 3 25 Special, 23 ib. ...... 2 75 Warehouse, 33 tb. ... 4 25 Common Whisk -.- 100 Fancy Whisk ........ 1 25 BRUSHES Scrub Solid Back, 8 in. ...... 175 Solid Back, 11 in. .... 95 Pointed Ends ........ 85 Stove NG) 8) foo ec. 90 No: 2 ...2.4 62.5. ~seee 4p NO. 2) oo bees 75 Shoe No: 3 2.2. 1 00 Ne: 7 3... 5.5......: 1 30 Noe: 4 2. ceo. eee 1 70 Ne: BB o:oo occ... 1 90 BUTTER COLOR Dandelion, 25c size .. 2 00 CANDLES Paraffine, 6s ......... Paraffine, 128 ........ 7% Wieking. 262055057. :. 20 CANNED GOODS Apples 3 tb. Standards .. @ 85 No. 10 :55:-..5; : 2 50 Blackberries 2 ae -- 1 50@1 90 Standard No. 10 @5 25 8 Baked ..... ecceee 85@1 30 Red Kidney .... 75 95 String ......... 1 00@1 75 OE oie eee 75@1 25 Blueberries erandard ....2......c. 1 40 NO. AD . cele: 6 50 2 clams Little Neck, 1!b. Burnham's % pt. ... Burnham’s pts. Burnham’s ats. Monbadon (Natural) No. 2, Fancy ........ Ficnie Plat (3... 8 Buttons, 1s ae Pears In Syrup No. 3 cans, per doz. . Early June sifta 1 IO bo ceecs ce. ; No. 10 size can pie Warrens, 1 Ib. Tall .. Warrens, 1 Ib. Flat .. sigs 0@ Med Red Alaska 1 40@ Ka |... @ % Mustard a 2 Dunbar, 1s doz. Dunbar, 1%s doz. No: 40 .-.. secs Snider's % pints C - Limburger ...... Pineapple ...... 40 GAM: - oo. s MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected week] and are intended to be correct liable to change at any time. 3 CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack .... 62 Adams Sappota ....... 65 Beeman’s Pepsin ...... 62 Beechnut .........:2... 62 Chiclets ....5.... sscee 1 Of Colgan Violet Chips .. 65 Colgan Mint Chips .... 65 Dentyne ..... 62 Doublemint .. 64 Flag Spruce - 59 Juicy Fruit . sess DO Red Robin ..... Scene. OF Sterling Gum Pep. .. 62 Sterling 7-Point ...... 62 Spearmint, Wrigleys .. 64 Spearmint, § box jars $3 20 Spearmint, 3 box jars 1 92 Trunk Spruce .......... 59 Yucatan’ ......... poses Oe Aoty e y CHOCOLATE Walter Baker & Co. German’s Sweet ....... 22 Premium ......... pokes Oe Caracas .2)..05 010... -. 28 Walter M. Lowney Co. Premium, \s ....... SAA Premium, ¥%s ........ 29 CLOTHES LINE Per doz. No. 40 Twisted Cotton 95 No. 50 Twisted Cotton 1 30 No. 60 Twisted Cotton 1 70 No. 80 Twisted Cotton 2 00 No. 50 Braided Cotton 1 00 No. 60 Braided Cotton 1 25 No. 60 Braided Cotton 1 85 No. 80 Braided Cotton 2 25 No. 50 Sash Cord .... 1 75 No. 60 Sash Cord .... 3 00 No. 60 dute ........... 90 No. 72 Jute ...... «ce 2 40 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 ...:..... seces iBn Cleveland ..........:... #1 Colonial, %s .......... 35 Colonial, %s .......... 33 Epps .5.. 05. . Socosseces ae Hershey’s, \%s ......... 30 ershey’s, %s . myder: . ce. 5 - $6 Lowney, %s . 34 Lowney, %s . . 34 Lowney, %s ........ - 38 Lowney, 5fb. cans .... 88 Van Houten, %s ...... 12 Van Houten, \%s ...... 18 Van Houten, %s ...... 86 Van Houten, 1s ........ 65 Wan-tta ...........:.. 38 Wilber, Us ............ $8 COCOANUT Dunham’s per Ib. ws, 5Ib. case ........ 30 %s, 51D. case ........ 29 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 5c pkgs., per case ..... cones COFFEES ROASTED Rlo Common ........0..0. 19 OMT cos ese a ese 9% @hoice ...5..5.5..5 ase 20 Fancy ..... pices ou csl] ae Peaberry .......- oe 23 Santos Common cecceseses aD Bae ees es cee 20% (Choice... . 6... . 21 HANCY occ csa ss ses 28 Peaberry ........ cose ae Maracaibo MOAT ccecc ces epee. 28 Choice ..:...5.....6, . 25 Mexican Choice <......0.:..... 5 Fancy ....... eeccosce 20 Guatemala eit... osc e 5 Fancy ..... eee e so aS Java Private Growth .... 26@30 Mandling .......... 31@35 Aukole <.0.......2 - 80@82 MANCY 5 ...c.cc6 scees 20 Exchange Market, Steady Spot Market, Strong Package New York Basis Arbuckle ........... 16 50 4 McLaughlin’s XXXX McLaughlin’s XXX xX package coffee is sold to retailers only. Mail all or- ders direct to W. F. Mc- ee & Co., Chicago, Extracts Holland, % gro. bxs. 95 Felix, % gross ...... 115 Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85 Hummel’s tin, % gro. 1 43 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Horehound .......... - 9% Standard ........ sone, Soe Standard, small ..... 10 Twist, small ........ 10 Cases IUMHO 6... . ws 5, 2-6 Oe Jumbo, small ....... - 10 Big Stick ...... ele sees 9% Boston Sugar Stick .. 14 Mixed Candy Pails Broker 08.2 s 8% Cut Loaf... |. cas 0 French Cream ...... 10 Haney, 600s... 4 Grocers ...... 7 Kindergarten see 48 eader: . 2. .s. - 10 Majestic ...0......... 10 Monarch .............; 10 Novelty, ...0.5.5..... » a1 Paris Creams ....... 11 Premio Creams ...... 14 ROvVAl ec) ol. 8% Special oe... 10 Valley Creams ...... 13 RG @ oie... 1% Specialties Pa Auto Kisses (baskets) 13 Autumn Leaves ...... 13 Bonnie Butter Bites .. 17 Butter Cream Corn .. 15 Caramel Dice ..... o. a3 Cocoanut Kraut ... Cocoanut Waffles .... 14 Coffy Toffy .......... 14 Dainty Mints 7 Ib. tin 16 Empire Fudge ....... 14 Fudge, Pineapple .... 14 Fudge, Walnut ...... 14 Fudge, Filbert ...... 14 Fudge, Choco. Peanut 13 Fudge, Honey Moon . 14. Fudge, Toasted coer Fudge, Cherry ...... 14 Fudge, Cocoanut .... 14 Honeycomb Candy .. 16 Iced Maroons ....... 14 Iced Gems ......... 15 Iced Orange Jellies .. 13 Italian Bon Bons ... 13 Lozenges, Pep. ...... Lozenges, Pink . Manchus ....... ooces 14 Molasses Kisses, 10 ib) bOxX: 2.60... 55.. Nut Butter Puffs .... 14 Pecans, Ex. Large .. 14 Chocolates Pails Assorted Choc. ...... 16 Amazon Caramels .. 16 Champion ....... eee AG Choc. Chips, Eureka 19 Climax oc... es « 14 Eclipse, Assorted .... 14 Ideal Chocolates .... 14 Klondike Chocolates 18 IN@DDDS 5.62... 5... oo a8 Nibble Sticks ........ 25 Nut Waters .......:; 18 Ocoro Choc. Caramels 17 Peanut Clusters ..... 20 Quintette ...... 16 Regina ...... eeeboces 1a Star Chocolates ..... 13 Superior Choc. (light) 19 -Pop Corn Goods Without prizes. Cracker Jack with COUPON 6.565. .5 sec 3 25 Pop Corn Goods with Prizes Oh My 100s ........ ce Cracker Jack, with Prize Hurrah, 100s ........ 3 50 Hurrah, 508 <......... 1 75 Hurrah, 248 ........., 85 Cough -Drops Boxes Putnam Menthol ... 1 00 Smith Bros. ........ - 1 26 NUTS—W hole 8. Almonds, Tarragona 22 Almonds, California soft shell Drake @22 Braviis’ .......... 12@13 Hilberta’ ......... Cal. No. 1S. 8S... @22 Walnuts, Naples ..18@19 Walnuts, Grenoble 17@i8 Table nuts, fancy 14@16 Pecans, Large .... 13 Pecans, Ex. Large @14 Shelled No. 1 Spanish Shelled Pecan Halves ..... @60 Walnut Halves .... @40 Filbert Meats .... @30 Alicante Almonds @60 Jordan Almonds ., September 22, 1915 5 Peanuts Fancy H P Suns ROW 62.6.6. .6e 3s 5% @6y% Roasted .......¢ 7@ 7% H. P. Jumbo, Raw | ....5..2. - 7%4@8 Roasted ...... 8%@ 9 CRACKERS National Biscuit Company Brands In-er-Seal Trade Mark Package = er doz. Baronet Biscuit ..... 1 00 Flake Wafers ...... - 100 Cameo Biscuit ...... 1 50 Cheese Sandwich .... 1 00 Chocolate Wafers .... 1 00 tg Newton ......... 1 00 Five O’Clock Tea Bet 1 00 Ginger Snaps NBC .. 1 00 Graham Crackers ... 1 00 Lemon Snaps ....... 50 M. M. Dainties ..... 1 00 Oysterettes: ..:....... 50 Pretzeenos. 5... 6.62... 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 ..... eee 1 00 Other Package Goods Barnum’s Animals .. 50 Soda Crackers NBC 2 50 Fruit Cake .2......). 3 00 Bulk Goods Cans and boxes Animals .. 0500) 2. 12 Allantics, Asstd. .... 13 Avena Fruit Cakes .. 12 Bonnie Doon Cookies lu Bunnie Lassies ...... 10 Banquet Wafers .... 20 Cameo Biscuit ...... Cecelia Biscuit ..... 16 Cheese ‘Tid Bits ..... 20 Chocolate Bar (cans) 20 Cnocolate Drop Center 18 Chocolate fkulf Cake 18 Choc. Honey Fingers 16 Circle Cookies ..... - 12 Cracknels ........... 20 Cream Fingers ...... 14 Cocoanut ‘laffty Bar .. 15 Cocoanut Drops ...... 42 Cocoanut Macaroons 18 Cocoanut Molas. Bar 15 Cocont Honey t‘ingers 12 Cocont Honey Jumbles 12 Cottee Cakes Iced ... 12 Crumpets ..0.2..050.. 12 Dinner Pail Mixed .. 10 Extra Wine Biscuit .. 15 Family Cookies ...... 10 Fig Cakes Asstd. .... 12 Fireside Peanut Jumb 10 Fluted Cocoanut Bar 12 Frosted Creams ..... 10 Frosted Ginger Cook. 10 Frosted Raisin Sqs. .. 10 Full Moon .......... - 10 Ginger Drops ........ 13 Ginger Gems Plain .. 10 Ginger Gems, Iced .. 11 Graham Crackers 9 Ginger Snaps Family 9% Ginger Snaps Round 9g Hippodrome Bar .... 12 Honey Fingers Ass’t 12 Honey Jumbles ...... 12 Household Cookies .. 10 Household Cooks. Iced 11 Imperials ....... secon 20 Jubilee Mixed .... ° Kaiser Jumbles ..... - 12 Lady Fingers Sponge 30 Leap Year Jumbles .. 20 Lemon Biscuit Square 10 Lemon Cakes ....... 10 Lemon Wafers ...... 18 Memona 230.5)... 10 Lorna Doon .......... 18 Mace Cakes ......... 10 Mary Ann ...... cose 40 Manlalay . 10 Marshmallow Pecans 20 Mol. Frt. Cookie, Iced 11 NBC Honey Cakes .. 12 Oatmeal Crackers ... 9 Orange Gems ....... 10 Oreo Biscuit ........ 25 Othello .........25.. 15 Penny Assorted . .... 10 : Picnic Mixed ........ 12 Raisin Cookies ...... 12 Raisin Gems ........ 12% Reveres Asstd. ...... 17 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 9. ae September 22, 1915 MICHIGAN TRA DES MAN 33 6 7 8 9 10 11 se Butter cs N — Box NRCS ee ee 7% Bamboo, ete NB C Sodas 0. 1% Bamboo, 18 i ber dex § . oo oe 1% enites: me doz. _ No. 1 Tallow ers .... rs ed ecrane [a ate esta Waa 7 i i yon = eee eeesee x lam N Soda Extra ue Ee _ 3 é : i: ae ee Extract oe PP ldelate Goenee veal @4 Boiled “Ha ms. 1 ait ea aoe ore ae wh Re at pig Meee HOR: = RAI - = pat, a geines” eee 10 No: 2, iP oo % oz price. Per doz SE RADISH 20 on ee iy on caragme “ai au La voce 18 oO. x, Ble og decieee : , ‘ ec oe i No ‘ ae er, 0z. : Me 5Ib. Jelly soee 90 Bologna Sausages 3 Celery a Malabar 1 165 TOBACC N Oyster No. : 2% oz. % oz, 2 25 15tb. pails, pe be oe 10% emp, Russian . ‘5 Bug ca. er . Picnic Oy e 1% oz. ae 209 (BOtb. pert Hee oo: .2 30 Frankfort sieege: 9% O10 Musta pee : Be ; Shell ysters sters 4 Gra LOUR AN teee 125 J ails, per pail a Be 12 @12% BoP ques He f a, eee ESE : : resem 1 FLOUR ace % ELLY 1.95 Ton es 11 @1 fe aeveas t * Paton. ¥ lil - 3&4 eis Wace Susan 8% ate Gran % pt. in thin. peo ae Tongue o--seevevveee) a es 18 Ban Batch “fee i 2 Ad afer S ing Co & pt. in b per d adcheese ..... ee ee! = a ro ae ae is 8 oz. bls., oz. 15 sao 11 Hand BLACKIN 10 Fa atch, oz. .. 32 Nabisco de s urity P er Wh capped per doz. B ces Ha ee ae a a ' see ce Doo fanicy Gore — oe ae ee ie Powders Beef 1 Bape, ae ae ae Hiawatha, 16 oz. “ade et a 1 09 Wieara pring Oo 530 2 ee 18 mp, new... 20 0020 Miller's Royal rhe so 1 36 Hiawatha, Gon. 7 80 Mesto (oe 1 75 izard, G ham 6 75 oz. bott LEINE = ie 8 Z 7 : ea a : i Wizard oe Meal g a aon et per doz. 3 00 4 La Pig’s Feet @25 00 Scotch, i auGe NO Limit, 8 16 on : 40 nola ae ee 0 a ewt. 32 z. bottles per doz. a eae a ae | : 4 Anola ees oe 1 00 Valle lel oie /ei ola ee : 60 2 oz. b es, per d e Lo % bbls. libs” 100 F neh Rap rs ibe : "i i val 2 ey pence 6 60 ottles z. 18 00 1 bb (ee Sl scsece a rench Ra n jars wee B2 © ©OSID 8 an : 0 Above afers .. 2 0 Ligh White illing Per MINCE per dz. 30 ttc : aoe - = : : = — be & tet 00 SUM eg 425 Box SOD jars .. 43 a 40 iscui ns of ight Loaf ......... Co 6) |UtCse % - ir E = ae fee ae oe ei moLAsses 2 85 i Bbls. the vee 350 Kegs, English ......: 5% Petoskey Coed "7" Ge . a CREA otice. B n. Meal 1S Fancy w Orlea bbls., a: 90 ol an. i a a u = ae rage ai so Ee Open Ke ns , 80 ths... ca All Whole S Red Bel nd Hon oz. 40 Bo or Drums R ee . 220 Good Cee ttle ... 42 Hors of. : a i F = = a | BOXOS is aaeecceeeeee 49 Moigt’s gt Millin west 220 GOOd -.sssssesessseeees 35 Beet, ounds, i « = i r. f a ; - Fancy cone Loose. 41 Voigt’ Cc Co. alr epee eisielcisisicie te Beco midales, et os = ct = Ba: : ae eee 41 veers Royal “2! 610 8 Te bee Bb egy 2 Sh middles set .. 20 gg Cassia, C zibar 11 Swe Cuba, 5e 98 ae +. mt 0 ed H els 2c ext 20 eep, 8, set .. 0@21 Cassia ee @22 s et Cub canis 5 76 a E os — gi Red a ee extra U per bu -. 8@ Gi ia, 5c -- 14@1 weet ba, 5 = 9 FRUITS He s Hygienic Gra. 61 R Hen, N 2% Soli ncolored cee a0 niger, oe : = Bu Ev Apple Ww. wo. c Gra- 0 ed Hen, O 6... seo 2D d Dai Butterin 90 Ginge ’ frican | =e S et Cub : 3 a 4 ae Watson: ene nies 4 95 7 No. 10 seoed 15 Country maa Krein woe pe = @ 9% qo Cuba, ( % tb. tik 4 95 ae pkg. ae Soo pine illing Co, % tb. 6 hed ag ob cae Ca ae -- 18 aa xed. woo ae or0" oreacs Burley eae : si Far oe me Bio . box Cc ed be Meat xed, No. clas Sweet urley, D5 : e oe . : a rb bos i: orned b ef, 2 tb. 8 Mixed, 5c. eo. @17 Sw Burley 8 oz. 76 4 a ate oy e 1 gal. S Roast eef, 1 7a. 47 Nutme c pkgs. az. @16 s eet Mis vy 16 on 2 45 = re . sak ie 40 ae F kegs 1 Ro beef, 2 th. 0 N egs, 70-18( dz. @4 weet M t, & oz. 49 ; ae ae EB ane eet feet 10@1 20 _P ast beef, he 2 50 Pelee 180 5 Tel ist, 8 gro. 0 a » 105- se eg Oo ce Imported oc 16% Quaker, ee ee oo. 60 Stuffed, eer ae 1 opel ae — Meat, ioe tee : ( Pose ae O25 meer: 3 ee ; heel i" oa Kansas Hard Whe 5 70 Stutted, 1 Coe "= 90 Fuued Tent aie Pepper, oear i oie Unele Be aang tte ta , - . . x a a A # ae 25 s oe %e Ham 48 Parribs eacen weer oon Uncle Dance ii 2 40 = 2 et | ee : ad Meat. Fa. a, H @ «. el, laa Mutrs—Fancy, 25m. 6% American is Sritsert Go! ities 2 25 nese ate a : = he 3 ee —Ben 2b a Americz Sagle, % L 10 o eee Flav eat Han oo Clov , Jamai ulk Appl avy, 16 a a ME de Go. nace ee 90 ©Pott or, %s Iam 8 Ca es, Zanzi ca .. Gr D ple, 10’ oz. be ican E Ms 6 Queen, oz. wees 135. Bi ea Te a i es = =a 7 Lemon, . Peel s Hagle, %s 6 20 Mam 2 otted ngue, \%s _. 9 Gaia rican 2 ; ee = , Ame pring wi! los 6 oz. |. moth, 25 Ton Ys . ¢ we African ... mm oie Orange, Fon on) 2s Mazeppa (hl Baker v 10 Queen, sae 4 25 ve ie a : ee ee : : ey ae : Clus Ralsin soc See olden Ho OW) o..5. one weetuedecs 28 oe a a : E 2 : ei . bakers ie (new) — 5 40 oe aoe 2 doz. cs. 5 75 nee ae : @i% deat wa ee baer Bracer, AX a oo: 96 ose els, 4 oe Bol isin Rya ..... 5 sa H's yeh HARD 8 rt rike 5 a | a ‘a L. M. Mesetele, 3 Cr. ie eur aE eee oap 34 See a5 Ee led Avena, ane @4% Panes, eunesra 24 Boot sec = : es Californi: Ib. 8@8% Cerca coe ex 5 65 (14 “fibre pails s+. Moar ae fee =e 30-100 2 nia Prunes Cereso a, 8 Co. 23 tb. fibre pails .... 0 M narch, bt daa on Muze eh 3 af : = tor - . ae an 91% onarch, Ses: 3 00 M ord, 4 max G ee -- 96 i = : : ay a . : a rt tow “aol See 18 Resal ae 5 i) no 20 1. ea 1% nae rel Twins a . = a ee oo ae z. jars, 2 oz, 2 85 , 20 Fa ar... 1 75 Silver G ngsford 5% Day’ Gono ‘ e = : 5 . a : om. Se cee 7s SAL mily .. 4 45 Muzz loss, 40 Cre Sy a re 44 2 . = a cog ag . UM PROD 0 Cok ee . 450 y, 40 lib. itp. . me de hum ne 2 2 a : i E k -1% BE 2 i ae te a8, on ies clout oie | ror a Iron ee Columbia’ _ Lay one, ane 24 _ less. gs. .. 5 5 tl - ib Tb. a R ee M Wir sold, as oo 6 20 Gas oa) Gascon) 5.9 Durkee’ s lar ¥ 1. ae a ay Be : Baby ed Band oer Winccla. ls a 216 io VM ee Gene saa erigers oy i : 2 E : : . ae 7 a 3 ' Us ee 6 05 Ca N ne 1 S r’s | aos) 12 6ids . 6% rold on 9 oo S pz . D: pito apht 6.9 nid arge, oz. 5 48 M Ibs. Ro i 0 Loe lots, 5¢ les oa pores ai ie an Atlantic Red. Hi oS aaa er a2 Zoe 2 a 16 aa peemeaes 8% as Rave ; on 12 th. as oe = a ee : ane Red. Bnéine ae Packed LERATU z. 135 12 6Ib. packages .... Gran PP, 12 aa 8 Th. 5 =e 8 aaa! 4 89 eine) es ee AE a and g Ibs. o b bOI. cae es on G. nger Twist, Hae Ng 10 Califor Beans DS N w Red at . PIC se eccresee 28. agen: 100. % 7 on : e : ia ae Ete KLE 9 te, 1 r.. SYRUPS Hones “Di ma ? % fei oe. . M Ss 00 %s 3 00 UPS 3% oney e, 6 an th. 36 Brown and Picked oa Michie _ Oats ese e es ae Barrels, 1,200 count crane af it me : a : ia etn Onis ses arlo 5 ts 6 oe nula Ss. ro NO. ii,” oe B 1 ib woneee 220° s than Scie enc 38 gallon ao 4 a Granuied a Ibs. es 80 Blue Karo, No. i Bae * Seal Me ena it i i - : ; af sek an ve 38 Barrels : Small ose 190 woe oe 1 ee Bie moe We 7 *, 3 Keystone Navy, bs tb. 40 | ak 0 Half barela’ see “ ee cue i an cnulots a a 5 ee ae aa me 3 wo Side aoe Karo, No. 2% 5 1 o mo be en 6 Tb. a n oO ar. a ccnie oe t ack Ss Blue Karo, } Poa E ‘ att co : > Barrels Grackice 2 oe 60 é oes eo . 2 60 Blue Here Ree 2 35 Nobby Whiow. 3° oe pS rea 100 ony Street ol . . a Halt, barrels cee eecece 13 00 36 Tb. iach Le s ie i ns = a : e 7 accaro sack N Car F Ree eS kal 40 ed Karo, No.” “ : | | Dome al and Verm 2 50 6.16 eed . egs ... s- 6 25 28 tb acks 0.0.01: 29 aro, No. 1% 4 P Seep a tes 2 : naa , é euce Cracked Com vat Fa 2 o Barrels ves Smali 2 50 56 a ae ee : Red ce 4 a ae Dene a eat 2 , _ box re se Corn Meal .. 34 barrel se ceeeeee 1 Ss Ae - : ia Me 8 oe z yi 2 ee a c teal oy 5 gallon k SB seeee 600 28 tb. ae ae Red Ka 0, No. 2% dz. 230 biper eldsieck, ih .. 45 Porta Tusa: ey Mason UIT JAR 00 cen 8 50 airy in drill ba; 2 ee Kare, No. io gin Be i = “tan rer u FRUI Ss Cl. PIPES 32 rill b 6 aro, No. 1 1 dz 0, 34 ck. p 69 ee 3 50 aon! ate. per gr ay, No. 2 ES 0 56 Ib Solar R ags 20 doz ee 200 gern ‘ ee Gre Bea | 4 75 Mason, qts., per 0. 4 65 Clay, T. 16, per b . sacks ock ee a a a She me i 2 wh cou oe % gal. per gro ? i Cob bela full ee 1 is Granul Ganune Rie cic << 26 — 2a Pure Gia. 2 60 seem ane e dae a 2 (500 OP raving A Se East Ind oa 6% Cox’s GELATINE 22 90, AYING CARDS 90 Granulated, ‘Fine = Choice Se, 16 Spear ee : e G ndia . Corn. oz. la o. 15, oat . SA Pe 0 olg eee : Sq] ah. By Gernan, sacks reeeeeeees 5 enti fe - 1 a No . Eee “sna | . pares. oo | ret a = : uh a ) | eee nox's ~ re 0 . 572, S » enam’d Ss whole ABLE case ar, 6, 4&2 47 pkg Knox’ Sparkling, oz. 1 25 No. 98 pecial 150 2mall w ee Hatt sea - s : eh i | noes Sb — 5 N Golf, Satin ‘fir 17 Stri hole : ari, H rd, la UCES andard N nd 24 th, 30 , 10 ca Min du’d d . 14 00 o. 808, atin fi 5 ps or oe Ee alford eo 1 4 3 : " : ca cat 3 at ie “14 00 Bee a Bleycle n fin. a Pollock _ bricks” a o@1s ; small ...... 375 Ten ee Tb. oe Ua: 3 earl, 36 . sacks ro % Nelso ’, qts., 3 ei eco hO rn’t whist 00 Ss Smoked. Salr P i ee s : “ Pearl op 1 n's , 3 doz. 3 Bab POTAS st 2 25 trips ed Sal @ 6 + Y Taik 12 th. fee. % = #a, Pe 7 i aL i ep mon M scot ankee Giri, ve Cn 35 :e - = a : ae oye eeu Halibut 9 ae as Japan All & 24 th. 31 1% i i TACKLE “ee Rock, oree 195 Clear ao Dock Chunes os 18 ancy, Pe He a 2 1 ae a eoeseee 6 B RAI ’ n 90 Sho ack .. cS idind Honing’ Backed fel ; ge = Ro : } as e ie : ae oe bs sor : r Mw. alla nd Herring _ 19 Baaece ace Med’m 36@45 as ML 5c fap .... 8 Hs 2 in. Sit ee 9 Bheta 1........; ws 48 Bite. Clear 14 SOO ts ere = a x aS a . S a : POEM coo ri case Heche oo 19 Roe odes ear 24 b0@ 25 te Y. M. an hoop so aia Nibs Fancy 318 pacuy when 2 om. = ea es Sa ory eal te : * 7 = ef : = No. 1 Cotton Lin ++ 20 HOPS ose eveeeeeees 15 ry ee seeeee 26 Standa Reece p Milchers Siftings, i Bea “ore Honest an Scrap te 30 : , : — Bhs “ ' be pry "salt ee 00 Standard, ae eee: ; Moy unguedee’ 12015 ear acch 4 - . ¢ : as 0. 3, 15 Bet es 5 HIDES et Pr : [aca 1444@15 tandard, bbls... 175 Mo one, Cha ‘ : ee “ af ; = i : = ak oe : fees Cane 6 13 Wocune. Choice. -- 28@33 Pola Times, % seceeee ’ b> : : me zi ren oi No. ces... 80 Ping ne, Fancy “° 35q@40 «Red r Bear, 5c Bro.” 5 80 . - Sr ; sy i 8 No 7 50 Ping ee Medium 50@60 Red ae 5e % a 5 76 s , : ies ' : : tubs "advance i No. 2 25 Ping et ee oice 38040 saxon Pbigiee oe : ip ured, No. 2 isto, 6 : “adv : o. 9, 15 feet . Calfskin. Erect, ‘No. 1 15 " 7 oa :“Taavanes Z Mess soMackerel 75 Choice "eves Hyson “ee Yankee Girl Se et : cen ine ie Sti trey Re bla ected» Sef hott Bs fom oer 7 a : va , 10 tbs. aieia asic orm ong 55 nio rap, 5 76 : a : cured, No i e Smok vance 1 Mess, 8 8. 675 F osa, Medi g n Workm: Gc. chee : red, No. | ie ams, 1 ed Meat No. 1 ao 17 ormosa. ium man. 21, 5 76 oe a - : Hame, 4-16 tb. s a meme... 5 Formosa, Ghoiea: °. 25@28 s , 2% 6 00 se 2 oe a s, 16-18 15 @1 No. 1, eo 1 50 osa, Fa e .. 32@ All Le mokin rh 2 : a ie P. 14913” No. 1, i0 ae aoa s a Cua” ae Breakt 50080 ae a. at of eoeseee 10@ = C sets ried beef %@15 100 ne entice 1 PH Congou, oo ag BB, 14 3 °% cao i : alif. oe ca ae n “ ne : ue a oe : es rey foe blbe Saraee wanes ae 50038 Bagdad, rye ecu ue. 12 00 a ~ eeee < a gou, Ex. Fancy 40@60 Badger, io tas... 24 00 8 TDs. aie ue 205 Ce _ ee = S ae Soe Pekoe, weseyion @30 tanner & 7 oe coreeees 5 04 eeeesee eee 5 2 3 a 54 Flo Pekoe, Choice .. eo Banner, ae i" wery O. P. Fal sy so@ee Belwoo ‘ ee F “Ba eS ee 3 20 a chine aaa 10c a Larg: oz. .. 6 00 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 22, 1915 SPECIAL PRICE CURRENT 12 13 14 Smoking Big Chief, 16 oz. .... 30 Bull Durham, dc .... 5 85 Bull Durham, 10c .. 11 52 Bull Durham, lic .. 17 28 Bull Durham, 8 oz. .. 3 60 Bull Durham, 16 oz. .. 6 72 Buck Horn, ic ...... 5 76 Buck Horn, 10c .... 11 52 Briar Pipe, ic ...... 5 76 Briar Pipe, 10c .... 11 52 Black Swan, ic oF Black Swan, 14 oz. .. 3 50 Bob White, ic ...... 6 00 Brotherhood, ic ...... 6 00 Brotherhood, 10c .... 11 10 Brotherhood, 16 oz. 5 05 Carnival, 5c .......-- 70 Carnival, % OZ. .....- 39 Carnival, 16 OZ. .... 40 Cigar Clip’g, Johnson 30 Cigar Clip’g, Seymour 30 Identity, 3 and 16 oz. 30 Darby Cigar Cuttings 4 50 Continental Cubes, ilc 90 Corn Cake, 14 oz. .... 2 55 Corn Cake, 7 0z. ...- 1 48 Corn Cake, 5c ...-... 5 76 Cream, 50c pails ..... 4 70 Cuban Star, 5c foil .. 5 16 uban Star, 16 oz. pis s 72 hips. 10c ...-------- 10 30 Dills Best, 1% oz. .... 79 Dilis Best, 3% oz. .... 77 Dills Best, 16 oz. .... 73 Dixie Kid, 5c ....---- 48 Duke’s Mixture, 5c ..5 76 Duke’s Mixture, 10c ..11 52 Duke’s Cameo, fc ....5 76 Drum, 5c _.......----- 5 76 for A 4 og. .....- 5 04 EF. F. AG a Om |. eee 11 52 Fashion 5C ...---++-+- 6 00 Fashion, 16 OZ. ....-- 5 28 Five Bros., 5c ......- 5 76 Five Bros., 10c_....- 10 53 Five cent cut Plug .. 29 EF © B i0c ...-----.- 11 52 Four Roses, 10c .... 96 Full Dress, 135 0Z. .. 72 Glad Hand, 5c ....--- 48 Gold Block, 10c .....- 12 00 Gold Star, 50c pail .. 4 60 Gail & Ax Navy, 5c¢ 5 76 Growler, 5c ....---+-- 42 Growler, i0c .....-- ce 94 Growler, 20c ...-- oe 8. 85 Giant, SC --.ccsscccoe DB 76 Giant, 40c ........-. 3 72 Hand Made, 2% 0ozZ. 50 Hazel Nut, ic .....- 76 Honey Dew, 10c ....12 00 Hunting, 5c ......---- 38 Ri 5c -..-.------- 6 10 I X L, tn pails ...... 3 90 Just Suits, 5c ........ 6 00 Just Suits, 10c .....- 12 00 Kiln Dried, 25¢c ..... 2 45 King Bird, 7 oz. .... 2 16 King Bird, 10c .....- 11 52 King Bird, 5c ........ 5 76 La Turka, 5c ....... 5 76 Little Giant, 1 th. .... 28 Lucky Strike, lUc .... 96 Le Redo, 3 oz. ...... 10 80 Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz 38 Myrtle Navy, 10c ....11 52 Myrtle Navy, 5c ..... 5 76 Maryland Club, 5c ... : 5 Mayflower, 5c ....-.-. 76 Mayfiower, 10c ...... 96 Mayflower, 20c ...... 1 92 Nigger Hair, 5c ..... 6 00 Nigger Hair, 10c ....10 70 Nigger Head, 5c .... 5 40 Nigger Head, 10c ... 10 Noon Hour, Be. = Old Colony, 1-12 gro. ~ 2 Old Mill, 5c ....... 5 76 Qid Knglish Crve 1ihoz. 96 Old Crop, 5c ........ 5 76 Old Crop, 25c ....... 20 P. S., 8 oz. 30 Ib. cs. 19 P. S., 3 oz., per gro. 5 70 Pat Hand, 1 oz. ...... 63 Patterson Seal, 1% oz. 48 Patterson Seal, 3 0z. .. 96 Patterson = 16 oz. 5 00 Peerless, 5c ..,...-.. 5 76 Peerless, “ cloth oil 52 Peerless, 10c paper ..10 80 Peerless, 20c ....... - 2 04 Peerless, 40c ..... see 4 8 Plaza, 2 gro. case ....5 76 Plow Boy, 5c ....... 5 76 Plow Boy, 10c ......11 40 Plow Boy, 14 oz. ......4 70 Pedro, 1lUc ........ 1 93 Pride of Virginia, 1% V7 Pilot, 6c .......... 5 76 Pilot, 14 oz. doz. .... 2 10 Prince Albert, 5c .... 48 Prince Albert, 10c .... 96 Prince Albert, 8 oz. ..3 84 Prince Albert, 16 oz. 7 44 Queen Quality, 5c .. 48 Rob Roy, 5c foil .... 5 76 Rob Roy, 10c gross ..10 52 Rob Roy, 25c doz. .... 2 10 Rob Roy, 50c doz. - 416 S. & M., 5¢ gross .... 5 76 S. & M., 14 oz., doz. ..3 20 Soldier Boy, Be gross 5 76 Soldier Boy, 10c ... 10 50 Pilot, 7 oz. doz ..... 1 05 Soldier Boy, 1 Ib. .... 4 75 Sweet Caporal, 1 oz. 60 Sweet Lotus, bc .... 76 Sweet Lotus, 10c ...11 52 Sweet Lotus, per doz. 4 60 Sweet Rose, 2% oz. 30 Sweet Tip Top, ic .. 50 Sweet Tip Top, 10c .. 1 00 Sweet Tips, % gro...10 08 Sun Cured, 10e ......- 98 Summer Time, 5c 5 76 Summer Time, 7 oz... 1 65 Summer Time, 14 oz. 3 50 Standard, 5c foil .... 5 76 Standard, 10c paper 8 64 Seal N. C. 1% cut plug 70 Seal N. C. 1% Gran. 63 Three Feathers, 1 oz. 48 Three Feathers, 10¢c 11 52 Three Feathers and Pipe combination .. 2 25 Tom & Jerry, 14 oz. 3 60 Tom & Jerry, 7 oz. ..1 80 Tom & Jerry, 3 oz. .. 76 Trout Line, Sc ....- 90 Trout Line, 10c ..... 11 00 Turkish, Patrol, 2-9 5 76 Tuxedo, 1 oz. bags .. 48 Tuxedo, 2 nag tins se Tuxedo, 20c ....----- 1 90 Tuxedo, 80c tins 7 45 War Path, 5c .....- 6 00 War Path, 20c ...... 1 60 Wave Line, 3 oz. mee Wave Line, 16 02. ea 40 Way up, 2% oz .... 9 £9 Way up, 16 02 pails . 31 Wild Fruit, 5e ...--- is Wild Fruit, 10¢ ...-- 11 52 Yum Yum, 5c ......- 5 76 Yum Yum, 10c ...-- 11 52 Yum Yum. 1 %b. doz. 8u TWINE Cotton, 3 ply ..-.---- 20 Cotton, 4 ply ....-- ae) Jute, 2 ply ....------- 14 Hemp. 6 ply -..-------- 13 Flax, medium .....-- 24 Wool, 1 th. bales 10% VINEGAR White Wine, 40 grain 8% White Wine, 89 grain 11% White Wine, 100 grain 13 Oakland Vinegar & Pick Co.’s Brands le Highland apple cider 18 Oakland apple cider .. 13 State Seal sugar 11 Oakland white picklg 10 Packages free. WICKING No. 0, per gross .... 30 No. 1, per gross ..... 40 Wo. 2. per eress ....- 50 No. 3, per gross ..... 75 WOODENWARE Baskets Bosneis .. 3... es, 1 00 Bushels, wide band .. 1 15 Blareket 8 ete 40 Splint, large --.-.--- 400 Splint, medium ...... 3 59 Splint, small ........ 3 90 Willow, Clothes, large 8 00 Willow, Clothes, small 6 25 Willow, Clothes, me’m 7 25 Butter Plates Ovals % Tb., 250 in crate .... 35 % vh., 250 in crate .... 35 1 th., 250 in crate ...... 40 2 th., 250 in crate 50 3 Th., 250 in crate ...... 70 5 Th., 250 in crate ...... 90 Wire End 41 ib., 250 in crate ...... 35 2 th., 250 in crate ...... 45 3 ib., co0 im erate -...... 55 5 Ib, 20 in crate ...... 65 Churns Barrel, 5 gal., each .. 2 4€ Barrel, 10 gal., each ..2 55 Clothes Pins Round Head 4% inch, 5 gross ..... Cartons, 20 2% doz. bxs ee Egg Crates and Fillers Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. No. 1 complete No. 2, complete Case No. 2, fillers, 15 20 28 Sets 0... cease 1 35 Case, medium, 12 ‘sets 115 Faucets Cork lined, 3 in. ...... 70 Cork lined, 9 in. .... 80 Cork lined, 10 in. ...... 90 Mop Sticks Trojan spring ........ 90 Eclipse patent spring 85 No. 1 common ........ 80 No. 2 pat. brush holder 85 Ideal No. 7 .. cues se 12%. cotton mop , heads 1 Palls 19 gt. Galvanized .... 2 00 12 qt. Galvanized 2 eo 14 qt. Galvanized .... 2 50 Wibre 2.52.52 oo. a Toothpicks Birch, 100 packages .. 2 00 ideal ooo 85 Traps Mouse, wood, 2 holes .. 22 Mouse, wood, 4 holes .. 45 10 qt. Galvanized .... 1 55 12 qt. Galvanized .... 1 70 14 qt. Galvanized .... 1 90 Mouse, wood, 6 holes .. 70 Mouse, tin, 5 holes .... 65 Rat, “WOOO 26. 5o6252 6: 80 Rat, spring ooo. 75 Tubs No. 2) Mibre: 5.062 16 50 No. 2 Fibre ......:.. 15 00 No 3 fibre ......- ~-18, 50 Large Galvanized .... 7 50 Medium Galvanized .. 6 50 Small Galvanized .... 5 50 Washboards Banner, Globe ........ 3 00 Brass: Sinele 2003 4 25 Glass, Single ........ 3 60 Single Acme ..... cos 2S BO Double Peerless ..... 555 Single Peerless ...... 4 00 Northern Queen 4 50 Double Duplex ...... 3 75 Good Enough ....... 4 00 Universal 2202 4 00 Window Cleaners 2 in 1 65 an im 1 85 15 tn 2225.3 2 30 Wood Bowls 13 in. Butter ......... 1 75 15 in: Butter... 2... 2 50 7 in. Butter .....22. 4 75 9 in. Batter ._......; 7 50 WRAPPING PAPER Common Straw ...... 2 Fibre Manila, white .. 3 Fibre Manila, colored 4 No. 1 Manila 4 Cream Manila Butchers’ Manila .... 2% Wax Butter, short c’nt 10 Wax Butter, full c’nt 15 Wax Butter, rolls ... 12 YEAST CAKE Magic, 3 dOz) 2.30522 15 Sunlight, 3 doz. ...... 1 00 Sunlight, 1% doz. .... 50 Yeast Foam, 3 doz. 115 Yeast Foam, AXLE GREASE 1 Tb. boxes, per gross 8 70 3 Th. boxes, per gross 22 70 TELFER'S ke COFFEE DETROIT Jamo, 1 ib. tie ...... 31 den, 2 ib) fin > oles 27 Belle Isle, 1 Ib. pkg. 27 3ismarck, 1 Th. pkg. 24 Vera, | i. phe ..2. 33 Koran, 1 tb. poke. .... 22 Telfer’s Quality vests bi) Mosam osc) 18 Quality, 2.2.32... 16 W. 3. G. Pea 23... 37 Cherry Blossom Tea 37 Telfer’s Ceylon ... 40 OPV eOLer- ue Car lots or local shipments, bulk or sacked in paper or jute. Poultry and stock charcoal. M. O. DEWEY CO.., Jackson. Mich. 1% doz. 85 15 16 17 BAKING K. 10 oz., 4 doz. 16 oz. 4 doz. 20 oz., 3 doz. in case 25 oz., 4 doz. in case 50 oz., 2 doz. plain top 50 oz. 2 doz screw top 80 1 doz. plain top 80 0 1 doz. screw top 6 75 Barrel Deal No. 2 8 doz. each 10, 15 and 29) OZ. 22. sc. 32 80 With 4 dozen 10 oz. free Barrel Deal No. 2 6 doz. each, 10, 15 and BOOM eee ese 24 6¢ With 3 dozen 10 oz. free Half-Barrel Deal No. 3 4 doz. oo 10, 15 on" My Oe eo 6 40 with. * doz. 10 oz. dl All cases sold F. O. B jobbing point. All barrels and_half- barrels sold F. O. B. Chi- cago. POWDER Cc in case 85 in case Dm DO et > Ss Royal 1@c size .. 90 % cans 1 35 6 oz cans 1 90 %ib cans 2 50 %Ib cans 3 75 1% cans 4 80 3b cans 13 00 5Ib cans 21 50 CIGARS Johnson Cigar Co.’s Brand Dutch Masters Club 70 09 Dutch Masters, Inv. 70 00 Dutch Masters, Pan. 70 00 Dutch Master Grande 68 00 Little Dutch Masters (300 lots) ...,.... 10 00 Gee Jay (300 lots) ..10 00 il Portana ........ --33 00 Se. We Coote. -..32 00 Worden Grocer Co. Brands Canadian Club Londres, 50s, wood ....35 Londres, 25s tins siceaD Londres, 300 lots ...... 10 COFFEE OLD ae COFFEE Old Master Coffee .... 31 San Marto Coffee White House, 1 fb. White House, 2 tbh. Excelsior, Blend, 1 tb. Excelsior, Blend, 2 tb. Tip Top Bland, 1 tb. Royal Royal High Grade ....... Superior Blend Boston Combination ..... Grocer Co., Lee & Cady, & Cady, & Cady, City Grocer Company, Bay City: Warner, mark, Durand & Co., Bat- tle Creek; Toledo. Acme, Acme, 100 cakes, 5c sz 3 75 Acorn, Cotton Oil, Cream Borax, 100 cks 3 90 Circus, 100 cakes 5c¢ sz 3 75 Climax, 100 oval cakeg 3 05 Gloss, 100 cakes, 5¢ sz 3 75 Big Master, 100 blocks 3 90 Naphtha, 100 cakes .. 3 90 Saratoga, 120 cakes .. 2 40 Roasted Dwinnell-Wright Brands Blend eee erce neces Distributed by Judson Grand Rapids; Detroit; Lee Kalamazoo; Lee Saginaw; Bay Brown, Davis & Jackson; Gods- Fielbach Co., Royal Garden Tea, pkgs. 40 THE BOUR CO.. TOLEDO, OHIO. SOAP Lautz Bros.’ 70 bars & Co. scosee & O85 120 cakes .... 2 40 100 cakes 6 00 FITZPATRICK BROTHERS’ SOAP CHIPS Proctor & Gamble Co. Lenox ..... Bisel slesac 3 20 Ivory, 6 oz. ae bis ace 4 00 fvory, 10 oz. .......). 6 75 MORE occ ceiccls “8 SO Swift & Company Swift's, Pride ....... 2 86 White Laundry ...... 3 50 Wool, 6 oz. bars .... 3 85 Wool, 10 oz. bars .... 6 50 Tradesman Co.’s Brana Black Hawk, one box 2 50 Black Hawk, five bxs 2 40 Black Hawk, ten bxs 2 35 A. B. Wrisley Good Cheer .......... 4 00 Old Country ......... 2 40 Scouring Sapolio, gross lots .. 9 60 Sapolio, half gro. lots 4 &5 Sapolio, single boxes 2 40 Sapolio, hand ........ 2 46 Scourine, 50 cakes 1 80 Scourine, 100 cakes .. 3 50 Soap Compounds Johnson’s Fine, 48 2 3 25 Johnson’s XXX 100 5c 4 00 Rub-No-More ....... 3 85 Nine O’Clock ........ 3 50 Washing Powders ATMOUIS oc. 25. see os Babbitt’s 1776 ........ Gold Dust, 24 large Gold Dust, 100 small Kirkoline, 24 4%. .... Lautz Naphtha, 60s .. Nw Ww ds 8 Awww ~~ o Lautz Naphtha, 100s 75 Peariine (3.6.65 5 Wwaled -Situation in dry } goods “by all round man. Can trim windows Grant Grove, Sandusky, Ohio. 163 Salesman, twelve years’ experience, wants staple line grocery or drug trade. Southern Michigan _ territory. Hf you want steady man please write No. 448, eare Tradesman. 448 Situation Wanted—Registered pharma- cist. Had good experience. Will enter- tain any reasonable _ offer. teferences. Bax S. S.. Jones, Michigan. 400 Position W anted—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 oN aN COAT nas hed re Get our Swatches Grand RapidsShoe & Rubber. CAN be. The Long Years ‘“‘White House’’ Coffee has been on the market has conclusively demonstrated IT to be as nearly PERFECTION as a coffee possibly People are enthusiastic over its superb quality, deliciousness, uni- formity and absolute honesty; and its sale is rapidly on the increase. The time is ripe for YOU to take it on—and make it a distinct feature in your stock of ‘the-best-of-their- kind” food products. DWINELL-WRIGHT CO. Judson Grocer Co. Wholesale Distributors Grand Rapids, Mich. BOSTON -—- CHICAGO. ist 36 Honks From the Auto City Council. Lansing, Sept. 21—We are much pleased to report an improvement in the condition of James F. Hammell, who has been ill since June. E. S. Koons, who lost his entire stock of groceries by fire some three months ago, has purchased the C. J. Harris building, at 905 Chestnut street, which he has remodeled and stocked with an up-to-date line of groceries. As usual, Fred Mott, of the Elliot Grocer Co., secured the stock order. The Lansing branch of the Nation- al Grocer Co, reports a decided gain in volume of business during the past few weeks and it was necessary for the shipping force to dispense with their usual half holiday last Saturday on this account. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mott are en- tertaining for a few days their uncle, Rey. J. Mickel, of Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Mickel is 81 years of age, but walks with a firm step and takes a keen interest in current events. He bears the weight of years remarkably well for one so advanced and at the fiftieth annual reunion of the 20th Michigan Infantry, recently held at Ypsilanti, he enjoyed the distiction of being the oldest member present, as well as the one who came farthest for the oceasion. A splendid luncheon was given in his honor by his Binzham street hosts, to which eleven of his former Michigan friends and com- rades were invited. The average age of those preseit was 77 and it was very interesting to note the extreme pleasure of renewing the acquaint- ance of those gray haired veterans who had been separated for nearly fifty years. Uncle Jerry, as he is now familiarly called, was one of Mich- igan’s pioneers, and for many years was Chaplain of the State Legisla- ture. We notice more or less frequently in the columns of the Tradesman jocular references and sometimes al- most cutting remarks concerning mothers-in-law, which from a_ per- sonal standpoint we are inclined to criticise. Surely if none had any more fault to find with their mother- law than yours truly, there would be no joke about it. We admit, of course, the possibility of some being more fortunate than others in this respect, but since the subject has been men- tioned so often, we wish to state that when cruel death called the sweetest and best woman in the world, our mother-inlaw stepped into the home and ever since has planned and cared for the children, besides keeping the home in a neat and economical man- ner without a single word of com- plaint or criticism. Fact is, we haven't been “called” once. We verily believe that if there is any exception- ally bright spot in heaven, it will be reserved for the mother-in-law. H. D. Bullen. —_—_++2>—___—_ Consumer Has Last Word in Fixing Prices. Saginaw, Sept. 21—I believe the at- tempt of bean growers to fix the price at which this year’s crop will be marketed should be made only with reference to past conditions and ques- tion whether this has been done. - The Michigan bean crop for 1914 was about 75 per cent. of the normal crop. The shortage and the pros- pective foreign demand led both grow- ers and elevator men to expect high prices. The foreign demand was con- fined almost entirely to that created by the Belgian relief commission. Its purchases brought the price attainable by elevator men to $3.25, but this in- cluded bags. Then the commission substituted other legumes for beans and the price of Michigan beans de- clined. The crop of cow-beans in the South was bought for shipment. Pinto beans grown in Colorado and New Mexico were bought for ship- ment and California bean dealers MICHIGAN TRADESMAN bought beans in Manchuria which were shipped via the Panama canal to France and England. Michigan bean growers know what the effect was on the price of Michi- gan beans, even though all may not know what the cause was. Beans last year reached the price that re- sulted in a large curtailment of the home consumption. In the face of these a loss to understand how the growers expect to maintain schedule of prices agreed upon. facts | am at bean the Last years beans are not worth $3 per bushel to the.growers to-day. The markets probably range from $2.60 to $2.75. In view of this history does even the anticipated shortage of the Michigan bean crop warrant the idea that growers can obtain $3 per bushel for new beans, and in the condition that beans will be harvested, is it a safe proposition for farmers to at- tempt to hold them for any consider- able time, with the hope of obtaining prices higher than present conditions and the experience of the last year warrant? The price obtainable is not left en- tirely to the grower, the elevator man or the jobber. The consumer has the last word, and when he gets the no- tion that the high price of beans makes them a luxury, he seeks econ- oiny by using rice, or some other sub- stitute for beans. This is not entirely a theory, but can easily be verified as fact if the statements of jobbers and grocerymen are accepted. M. J. Mart. —_>2>____ Proposed To Contest Milk License Law. Jackson, Sept. 21—The Jackson Re- tail Grocers Association is carrying out its intention, announced last win- ter, to make the dead-beat pay his old and his current grocery bill. The Association has directed its collection agency to furnish each member with a list of delinquents who refuse to pay old accounts. The practice has been to call the collector and ask if “Mr. B. is a good risk?” Now every member is to know who has a de- linquent account with any other mem- ber. “We are not after the fellow who can't pay and satisfies his creditor he is unable to settle, nor are we after the man who is paying as he can, but we want to classify the dead-beat and protect other members against him,” said C. W. Gulick, Treasurer of the Association. ~ The Jackson organization will, lat- er, elect delegates to the State meet- ing at Battle Creek. Several delegates and a number of others not delegates will attend the meeting February 21 to 25. About 1,500 delegates are ex- pected. A pure food show will be held in connection with the conven- tion at the Masonic temple in “food town.” President Reid C. Cary authority of the Association to ap- peal the conviction against him for not paying his $1 milk license fee, under the new weights and measures ordinance of the city. The larger part of the grocers have paid, but Mr. Cary and six or seven others have not and have been arrested. The As- sociation is making a test case of the Cary prosecution, although some members oppose this action. The or- ganization has about $800 in the treas- ury. has the SS a Muskegon—The Telesign Manufac- turing Co. has engaged in business to manufacture and advertising devices, with an author- ized capital stock of $5,000, of which $4,000 has been subscribed and $1,000 paid in in cash. ——————— Thomas Lee succeeds Harlan Cut- ler in the grocery and confectionery business at 149 Valley avenue. sell show window amount Plans For the Tenth Trade Extension Tour. The tenth annual Trade Extension Tour conducted under the auspices of the wholesale department of the Grand Rapids Association of Com- merce will be participated in by wholesalers, bankers, newspaper men, public utility men oth- cials. The party will be made up of the heads of the houses instead of the They will take a train and eat and sleep en route. The train will be solid vestibuled and elec- and railway salesmen. special tric lighted throughout and will con- sist of combination baggage and smoking dining standard Pullman sleeper for Furni- ture City Military Band news- paper men, three compartment Pull- man sleepers and one Pullman com- partment observation car. Each com- Car. two cars, one and partment will accommodate two men and is equipped with running water, wash stand and private toilet. The the train are equal to those of a first-class hotei. The train will be known as the West accommodations of September 22, 1915 ment and the convention will be held on the main floor. The display will be something new to Battle Creek and will be of interest not only to grocers themselves but to housewives, who will be invited to inspect it. All sorts of foodstuffs, in fact everything sold in grocery stores will be on dis- play. ; Grocers are now busy arranging for the appointment of committees. This work will be done before a meeting will be held next Monday evening. There is much work to be done in order to accommodate the crowd and to arrange for the program and for entertainment. — +> >—___ Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Po- tatoes at Buffalo. Buffalo, Sept. 22+-Creamery bu‘ter, fresh, 23@26%4c; dairy, 21@23c; poor to common, all kinds, 18@2Ic. Cheese—Selling well, new fancy, 14(415c; new choice, 144d4%c; held fancy, 154%4@16c. Eges—Choice fresh candled, 26a 27c; fancy 28@30c; at mark, 23@25c.. Poultry (live)—Broilers, per lb., 15 (ad9c; cox, llc; fowls, 13@17c; ducks, 13a 15ce. Beans—Medium, $3.40@J8.50; pea, $3.15(@3.20; Red Kidney, $3.50; White rape t2) hes, + gl 4 . ck ieee . 7 cone The Jobbers’ Special Michigan. special. At the stops at Hart, Ludington, Traverse City and Charlevoix there will be joint meetings with the retail chants and other business evening mer- men. At these meetings there will be public speaking, band concerts and numbers by two male singers. vocal In all probability 90 to 100 people will be on the train. Thirteen towns will be visited the first day (Oct. 5), fourteen towns on the second, sixteen the third and eight towns the day. The itinerary appeared in the Tradesman of Sept. 1 and will be re- published in our issue of Sept. 29. towns fourth —___--e___ Planning For the State Convention. Battle Creek, Sept. 21—The 1916 annual meeting of the Retail Grocers and General Merchants’ Association of Michigan will be held in Battle Creek, February 21 to 25, inclusive. The convention proper will be on the twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth, but there will be a pure food exhibit and grocery display on the twenty-first and twenty-fifth. It is expected that 1,500 delegates and several hundred visitors from all parts of the State will be here for the event, in addition to many State and Govern- ment officials. Plans are made to hold the entire proceedings in the Masonic temple. The display will be made in the base- Kidney, $3.75'44; Marrow, $3.75@4. Potatoes—New, 50@65c per bu. Rea & Witzig. ——_2 By established practice and common usage one of the duties governor at incumbent upon a this season of the year is to appear at county fairs and make a few remarks to his con- stituents. It has come to be regard- ed as a regular part and feature of the job, agreeable or otherwise, ac- cording as the executive looks at it. That there are advantages in it both Ways is manifest. association, It helps the fair because it is an aid in drawing a crowd who must pay the entrance fee to see and hear the gov- ernor. There is advantage also to the incumbent, because it affords him an opportunity to meet and greet a large number of men whom thereby he may interest in his political fortunes, and some of whom perhaps may be in- duced to help the cause of re-election. —~»+->__ There is one thing to be favor of the egotist: he lonesome, said in never gets BUSINESS CHANCES. Special Sales Conducted, Stocks re- duced or closed out entirely. Greene Sales Co., Jackson, Michigan. 465 Sieur CRS REST comemaetinne RE 9 25) We are not asking you to buy United Coupons. _ We want to make this point as clear as it is possible to make it—that the Mr. Grocer:— There should be no sort of misunderstanding about our mutual relations. We have nothing whatever to sell you. In fact, you could not buy United Coupons from us—nor could your com- petitor, as they are not for sale to retail grocers in your territory. service of the United Coupon is in no way a tax on you, direct or indirect. 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