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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. 2ADESMAN Thirty-Third Year SPECIAL FEATURES, 2 Bankruptcy Matters, 4. News of the Business World. 5. Grocery and Produce Market, 6. Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Provisions. 7. Upper Peninsula. 8. Editorial. 9. Financial. 12. Hardware. 13. Automobiles and Accessories. 16. The Meat Market. 17. Butter, Eggs and Provisions. 18. Dry Goods. 20. Woman’s World. 22. Shoes. 24. The Commercial Traveler. 26. Drugs. 27. Drug Price Current. 28. Grocery Price Current. 30. Special Price Current. 31. Business Wants. BALKAN TOPOGRAPHY. To the person who reads the war dispatches in the light of the maps in his newspaper, the absence of a scale of distances is the cause of much darkness. The two-col- umn-width will one day represent twenty miles in the Champagne, and the next day four hundred miles in Russia. It is well, therefore, to brine the Balkan theater of war into som general perspective. The presumip- tive limit of military operations lies within a War same Qy~ about Sho miles long, measuring east and west from the Black Sea to the interior of Servia, and 250 miles miles wide measuring north and south from the Danube to the Greek frontier in Mac- edonia. The length of our parallel- ogram is about equal to the distance from Berlin to Warsaw, and its width is perhaps fifty miles greater than the distance from Budapest to Bel- grade. The diagonal, measuring from Belgrade to Constantinople across country, is about 500 miles, or about the distance from Bérlin to Antwerp. It is, therefore, apparent from the first that, in view of the possible number of troops brought into the field on either side, the lines must be much more thinly held than in France or Russia, or else that there will be no attempt to form un- broken lines, like those which stretch from the North Sea to Switzerland and from the Baltic to the Dnies- ter, but that operations will take on the older form of free maneuvers, with rapid shifting of fronts, flanking and encircling movements, dramatic advances and retreats. The Balkan terrain is mountain country and poor in railroads. From Belgrade the great Constantinople trunk line runs south up the valley of the Morava to Nish, which is the present Servian capital. At Nish the line bifurcates, one branch contin- uing south down the valley of the Vardar, through Vranya and Uskub to Salonica, the other turning south- east and running through Sofia, Phil- ippopolis, and Adrianople to Constan- tinople. The two hostile Balkan cap- itals, Nish and Sofia, are at no great distance from each other, less than parallelogram GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1915 a hundred miles across country, a lit tle more by rail. The line to Salonica comes very close to the Bulgarian frontier at Vranya, where it is less than twenty miles Bulgarian territory. Near this Point, im all probability, the Bulgarian army will make its attempt to cut the line on which Servia depends for her sup- Plies. But the maintenance of fail— way connection is fully as important for the Teuton invaders. The heavy guns, which constitute so important a factor of the German strength, could scarcely be brought into play in the difficult country. For defen- sive purposes the Serbs and the Allies will have an advantage in the moun- tain country, but in a campaign where footwork is to account for a great deal, the notable marching qualities of the German soldier must be taken into account. reat THE TIDE OF GOLD. Even in medieval wars, part of the story of the period was made up of the sending of gold to the strongest neutral market for Hamburg and Amsterdam, which were mostly out of the area of the Napoleonic conflict, were great de- Positories then. London Sreat sums from the Continent jn 1870 and 1871. New York has been the beneficiary in this war. as those other cities were in their time, first because gold placed here was from an invader: second, because we were selling enormously what the belligerents had to buy; third, be- cause, when capital from outside na- tions flows for trade and investment to a wartime central market of the world, gold moves in the same direc- tion. Government figures published last week show that the $162,000.000 gold imported by the United States in the first seven months of 1915 | aside from the $107,900,000 from Canada (chiefly for account of London), came from France, Japan, South America. from China, Mexico, and from Aus- tralia. Usually, our imports come in tie form only of gold bars or of United States gold coin sent to for- eign countries in other years. But in the month of last July alone, we imported $5,900,000 United States gold coin, $4,100,000 foreign gold coin, and $5,400,000 gold bullion. Taking our history as a whole. the largest gold imports ever made in any full fiscal years were the $100.- 031,000 of the twelvemonth ending with June, 1881; the $114,510,000 of 1907, the $120,391,00 of 1898, and the $148,337,000 of 1908. gold from safe-keeping. received safe 3ut our imports for the eight months ending with last August were $223,700,000, and we probably received at least $10,000,000 more during September. THE PROFIT IN RUGS. Very many people are iterested in Oriental rugs and those who can al: ford it, like to have them as a part of their home furnishing, They run into large sums of money rapidly and for some of them fabulous prices are paid. It is quite a fad to study Turkish rugs, their styles and makes. and elaborate books have been writ- ten on this subject. are wonderfully beautiful and deserve the attention they attract. The gen uine ones are made by hand, brought in by camels to the seaport markets, where merchants deal in make money. Those actually manufacture these rues are poorly paid and work a year for less real cash than a single profit on their product, and generally there are two or three profits or more manufacturer and user. Presumably, it frequently happens that those who think they know most about these Oriental rugs are deceived and fail to get their money’s worth. A lawsuit was tried in New York City the other day which brought out some rather interesting, not to say startling, testimony. An acknowledg- ed Oriental rug expert sued a pros- perous firm of dealers for his com- mussion on $880,000 worth of. sales. and incidentally it was brought out that the rug business certainly is a very attractive one to those who un- derstand it and want to make money swiftly. It was related on the wit- ness stand that a rug bought in Paris for $16 sold afterward in New York for $12,000. Another instance was where an Indian rug was pur- chased for $250 and after $40 had been spent in repairing, it brought $15,000. The witness told how rugs of very ordinary quality are treated with pumice stone and thus made to appear old, so that they will sell at fabulous figures. Considerable indus- try is needed in this branch of the business, because there are 800 knots to a square inch and it takes an hour to cover this territory in the aging process. Then, too, an expert can take an old and apparently worthless rug and, by filling in the holes skill- fully, taking the same number of stitches as in the original, sell it for a fine price. People who pride them- selves on their rug knowledge ought to get a stenographic report of this trial and thereby their actual knowl- elge might be very materially increased. eS Many specimens them and who between cited It was as a result in part of our own Civil War, in part of Europe’s development of iron hulls, that the American merchant marine rapidly began to lose place about 1863. As a consequence of the European war and the lower price of steel plates in America, it has now mustered a Number 1673 greater number of ships than at any time since that year. The American flag can to-day be seen on 2,768 ves- sels registered in the 1913 ships entered the ports of Great Bri- tain, for example, than did vessels of Greece, Russia, Spain, or eight other foreign trade: and whereas in fewer of our nations, we now have a tonnage run- ning close to France and Norway, or fifth in the world. likely that there will be many more foreign Fe is not vessels transferred to American reg- istry, but our own shipyards are turn- ing out an number. There was a time, when sailing navi- ever-increasing gation reached its createst develop- that the American navy stood first on the Atlantic, and was seriously trying to wrest the China trade from England. ment early in the last century, Frenssen’s hero of that day, standing on the Hamburg waterfront and try- ing to catch the flags of the largest remark: “Of Banner.” The new and unprecedented increase in tonnage is a reminder to us that we achieved our old station by build- could course—the Star-Spaneled vessels in sight, ing ships of superior speed, carrying capacity, and labor-savinge devices. Ho gain of hold’ our own after the war will challenge our builde rs, while it already puts upon our legislators the necessity of repealing laws that increase labor costs. er The Tradesman has always been al organiza tion, firmly believing that many of the steadfast friend of loc the abuses which creep into the retail mitigated or elim- inated by concerted action. business can be Due care should be exercised that organizations may not overstep the bounds of fair- ness or arrogate to themselves claims untenable. and demands which are One of the greatest abuses incident to local organization is the tendency to assume that the expense of local organization among should be borne by the jobbing trade. This frequently led to strained relations and been productive of more ill feeling than almost any other Organization is retailers assumption has retail primarily for the benefit of those banded together and the expense of maintaining should be assumed by those directly The feature of co-operat on same general rule applies to State and National organ- izations, which have been too fre- quently maintained by arbitrary as- sessments indiscriminately levied on wholesalers and manufacturers, which assessments are usually met by the victims, but in a spirit which does not reflect credit on the men responsible therefor. Such methods deprive the retailer of the dignity which should be his in the pursuit of his occupa- tion. benefited. same MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 138, 1915 BANKRUPTCY MATTERS. Proceedings in the Western District of Michigan. Grand Rapids, Sept. 20—In the matter of Frank Vincent, bankrupt, Grand Rap- ids, the first meeting of creditors was this day held. It appearing from the examination of the bankrupt and from his schedules that there were no assets of any tangible value, it was ordered that no trustee be appointed. The only asset consisted of certain stock in an electric company which was investigated and de- termined to be worthless. The estate will be closed at the expiration of twenty days allowed for confirming the report of exemptions. Sept. 21—In the matter of John H. Garvelink, bankrupt, Holland, the first meeting of creditors was held this day. The referee appointed Charles H. Mc- Bride, of Holland, as trustee. The trustee has reported as to certain assignments made by the bankrupt prior to bank- ruptcy, advising that they are valid and there will be no assets in the estate. The trustee has been instructed to file return of no assets, upon receipt of which the matter will be finally closed. Sept. 22—In the matter of the Neuman Heating Co., bankrupt, Grand Rapids, the first meeting of creditors was held this date. The bankrupts were sworn and examined. Claims were allowed. Kirk E. Wicks, receiver, filed a report which was approved. Edward L. Smith. Grand Rapids, was elected trustee. The trustee has qualified and set off exemp- tions. About the only asset for creditors is certain accounts receivable of uncer- tain value. The dividend, if any, will be a very small one. Sept. 23—In the matter of John Noord, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, the first meet- ing of creditors was held this date. An examination of the schedules of the bankrupt revealed that there were no assets and _ no trustee was elected or ap- pointed. Order was entered determining the bankrupt’s exemptions as claimed in his schedules. The estate will be closed at the expiration of twenty days. In the matter of the Holland Manu- facturing Co., bankrupt, the lumber be- longing to the estate was this day sold to the Ottawa Furniture Co. for $580 and the sale has been confirmed. The trus- tee has filed his first report and account showing total receipts of $3,083.85, dis- bursements of $1,449.59 and a balance on hand of $1,634.86 in cash and credits. The disbursements represent expendi- tures in operating the business as a going business and finishing furniture partly manufactured at the date of bankruptcy. The referee has ordered payment of 50 per cent. on the preferred labor claims at this time, which aggregate about $1,500. The estate will not be closed until the expiration of the time for filing claims, which date is February, 1916. The matter of the sale of the equity in the factory property is still open. It is not expected much can be realized from this. Sept. 24—In the matter of Arthur L. Smith, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, the first meeting of creditors was held this date. Claims were allowed. Kirk E. Wicks, receiver, made report, which was. ap- proved. By vote of creditors, Edw. L. Smith, of Grand Rapids, was. elected trustee. The trustee has qualified. An offer has been received for the assets. The estate will not pay a very material dividend, as the assets are very small. Sept. 25—Richard Haan, of Wyoming township, Kent county, has this day been adjudged a voluntary bankrupt and the matter referred to Referee Wicks. The first meeting of creditors has been called for October 21, at which time creditors may appear, prove their claims, elect a trustee and transact such other and further business as may properly come before the meeting. The schedules show assets of the value of $179, all claimed as exempt and the following are listed as creditors of the bankrupt: James Warris, Ada ..........:....$200.06 a. 20: Colby, MeCords ............ 78.00 G. R. Gas Co., Grand Rapids 4.00 Star Clothing Co., Grand Rapids .. 28.00 E. J. Smitter, Grand Rapids ...... 3.00 Peoples Credit Clothing Co., Grand Banigs §... 262.5... ....0... 3 24.00 Mrs. Frank McDonald, Grand Rapids 69.70 Wim: Murner, Ada. ..0: 02.5. 8.00 National Credit Clothing Co., iran Heonis ................. 18.00 J. Tuinhoff, Grand Rapids ........ 39.36 ior: Breece, A@a.....3.... 3.2. 12.00 Weener Bros., Grand Rapids 109.75 Edw. Wilde, Grand Rapids ...... 90.00 Schantz Impement Co., Grand BRIGS ¢ oc es le 120.00 Wrykes Fuel & Building Material o., Grand Rapids ...:....-... 8.00 Mentor-Rosenbloom Co., Grand Bands... gees. eee ee 7.00 Detroit Cash & Credit Co., Grand MARIS 2.5 ke oes sae. 4.00 a 2. Ward, Aga 2.0.0... 32... 12.00 J. Diephouse, Wyoming Twp. 14.00 Foster. Stevens & Co., Grand Rapids 30.00 J. M. Wright, M. D., Grand Rapids 65.00 Otto Thum, Harbor Springs ...... 20.00 Sept. 27—In the matter of Henry Van Dommellen, bankrupt, Holland, formerly operating a saloon business there, the first meeting of creditors was held this date. Claims were allowed. The bank- ruvt was sworn and examined by the referee and attorneys, Kirk E. Wicks, receiver. made a verbal report, which was approved. By vote of creditors, John L. Pohlman, Grand Rapids, was elected trustee. Appraisers were appointed and the meeting further adjourned to Oct. 6. In the matter of George B. Ferris, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, the final meeting of creditors was held this date. Claims were allowed. The final report and ac- count of the trustee showing total re- ceipts of $1,132.49, disbursements of $266.56 and a balance on hand of $865.93 Was considered and the same appearing proper for allowance, were approved and allowed, including addition of $16.50 for premiums received since the filing of final report and additions of $1 for the sale of accounts and interest item of $174.42, making total balance on hand of $897.85. Final order for distribution was entered and final dividend of 6% per cent. declared and ordered paid. Certain ad- ministration expenses and attorney fees were also paid. Sept. 28—In the matter of the Matrix Service Co., bankrupt, Grand Rapids, the adjourned first meeting of creditors was held this date. The matter of the se- cured claim of Wesel Manufacturing Co. was submitted and briefs of counsel are to be filled. Upon this claim depends whether there will be any assets in this estate for creditors. Sept. 29—In the matter of the Henry Motor Car Co., bankrupt, the final meet- ing of creditors was held this date, the final report and account of the trustee was considered and, the same appearing proper for allowance and there being no objection thereto, was approved and al- lowed. +.__ Putting Pep in Traveling Salesmen. A certain salesman up to last year was traveling a territory in Eastern Pennsylvania for a well known house, whose manager, while unimpeachable in every way, was unbending in his conservatism and believed that many modern methods descended to cheap- ness and even illegitimacy. For example, the manager of this house did not believe in writing push- ing letters to salesmen. If it had any effect at all, it inspired them, he ar- gued, with false enthusiasm. If their own work did not give them their enthusiasm, nothing would. The salesman referred to made a fair record with that house. It com- pared very favorably with the record of any other salesman and without doubt he could have remained there indefinitely. He was offered another position by another house, to travel precisely the same territory, and sell almost pre- cisely the same class of goods. The head of this house did believe in mod- ern methods, among them writing letters to salesmen, and a good strong typewritten push got to every man in the first mail on Monday morn- ing. The result was that from the start the salesman in question did 20 per cent. more business than he had done under almost the same-con- ditions for his other house. He said it was the letters more than anything else—the feeling that the house was 3 after him, watching him, sympathiz- ing with him, in touch with him.— Modern Merchant. —_~+-+___ Alaskan Potatoes. The potato is Alaska’s most im- portant crop, and, according to a commerce report, it is a most profit- able one. Potatoes have been grown in commercial quantities at the Fair- banks station for several years. The object of growing them there was to demonstrate that good potatoes could be grown in the interior, and the report says that the farmers in the vicinity have taken the hint. Nearly all of them now devote con- siderable acreage to this vegetable. One farmer estimated his crop as high as fifty tons, which, at 4 cents a pounds, or $80 a ton, the lowest price at which potatoes have been sold in Alaska up to the present time, would bring him $4,000. Hog rais- ing has also been started at Fair- banks, the hogs being fed on the un- merchantable potatoes. —_>~++____ Come One, Come All! Grand Rapids, Oct. 11—Don’t for- get the first, U. © J. dance is to he next Saturday night Oct. 15, and don’t forget to come. Good _ hall. Good music. Good bunch and good time. If you have not secured your season ticket, do so at once. All members of the committee have them and will be glad to furnish you. Everybody turn out to this party and help make it the best one of the sea- son. First-class check room for wraps and, remember, someone dances free at every party. Don’t for- ket the date. Next Saturday, Octo- ber 16. J. A. Burr. OWAIL, Fully Guaranteed : eT Se a aN in Sa BELA BOOED Bm SOL enh: g Pere IT TT Notes vas TMM KS x I ee ee Absolutely Pure Royal Baking Powder is made of pure Cream of Tartar, and is the highest grade of baking powder that can be made. Its quality and purity are established all over the world. That is the reason it is the easiest to sell and every grocer should always carry a full stock. You can push the sale of ROYAL BAKING POWDER with confidence as well as profit, because you know it will please your customers and make more and surer profit for you than any other baking powder. Contains No Alum NN EW JtovAL Bakine Powner ©: YWOrRK BARING POWDER an ; a c ¢ a en 20 SNH RSI MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 13, 1915 Zane HEN a a Tk Movements of Merchants. Fremont—Dextor M. Jones succeeds A. C. Massey in the feed and sales stable business. Northport—John A. Wade has opened a grist mill which he recently purchased of Gagnon Bros. Greenville — succceds Robert Cornelius, Sr., restaurant business. Flint—A. Hendricks has engaged in the meat business at the corner of South Saginaw and Eighth streets. Owosso—Edward L. Carr, meat deal- er, pleaded guilty to the sale of adulter- ated sausage and was fined $10 recently. Grand Rapids—The American Au- tomobile Supply Co. has increased its capital stock from $5,000 to $7,- 500. Howell—H. J. Sweet has sold his gro- cery stock to Samuel Curran who will continue the business at the same loca- Verne Middlebrook in the tion. Owosso—C. Z. Robinson & Co., re- cently of Vicksburg, have engaged in the dry goods business in the Wesener block. Albion—The Calhoun County Coal Co. has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $7,536, assets $2,125. Negaunee—John W. Goudge has clos- ed his branch bazaar store at Ishpeming and will remove the stock to his Ne- gaunee store. Constantine — Thieves Walter Wilson grocery and carried away cash register. Cheboygan— Henry Barber, meat dealer, is erecting a store building which he will occupy with his stock of meats about Dec. 1. Orleans—Mrs. Emma Palmer is erect- ing a store building which will be oc- cupied by Glazier & Best with a stock of meats about No. 15. Lansing—G. M. Harris has sold his interest in and resigned his position as Secretary and Treasurer of the Wol- verine Condensed Milk Co. Gilchrist—George Maher, groceryman, is suffering from a severe case of blood poisoning in his hand and has gone to Traverse City for treatment. entered the store Oct. 10 the contents of the Saginaw—Brenner & Brenner have en- gaged in the clothing and men’s furnish- ing goods business at the corner of Court and Hamilton streets. Ovid—W. R. Shaw, who has conduct- ed the grain elevator for nearly twenty- eight years, has sold it to E. C. Smith who will continue the business. Cheboygan—Nathan Roth has leas- ed a store in the Gerow block and will occupy it with a stock of wom- en’s dresses, suits, coats and waists. Nashville—George C. Deane has taken over the G. C. Deane & Co. clothing and men's furnishing goods stock and will continue the business under his own name. Walkerville—James Gleason, who re- cently opened a drug store here, has pur- chased the planing mill formerly operat- ed by Raymond Ross and will continue the business. Jackson—Thieves entered Drake Bros. cigar store, at the corner of Main and Milwaukee streets, Oct. 8, and carried away the contents of the cash register and some cigars. Detroit—The Union Overall Laundry has engaged in business with an author- ized capital stock of $2,000, of which amount $1,000 has been subscribed and $500 paid in in cash. St. Johns—Georgia & Bullard, meat dealers, have dissolved partnership and the business will be continued by Fred D. Georgia, who has taken over the in- terest of his partner. | Herps—B. A. Mulder, formerly of the Standard Grocery and Milling Co., at Holland, has purchased the store and bankrupt general stock here and will continue the business. Stockbridge — Thieves entered the Charles Hurst meat market and the E. H. Applegate general store Oct. 10 and carried away the contents of the cash registers at both places. Harbor Springs—Henry Stewart has purchased the interest of his partner, L. D. Wilson in the grocery stock of Stewart & Wilson and will continue the business under his own name. Skandia—Frank Johnson is erecting a flour and feed mill which he will operate in connection with his gen- eral store. The mill will be ready for business about January 1 Detroit—The Westgate Furniture Co. has been organized with an au- thorized capitalization of $10,000, of which amount $7,600 has been sub- scribed, $3,700 paid in in cash and $3,- 900 paid in in property. Potterville—Ada F. Cobb, who has conducted the dry goods and notions store of F. M. Cobb & Co. since the death of her partner, F. M. Cobb, will close out the stock and retire from busi- ness. Hastings—Fred R. Dodge, who con- ducts a general store at Comstock Park, has purchased the Orval A. Boyes stock of bazaar goods and millinery and will continue the business under the manage- ment of his daughter . Howell—Richard E. Barron, ness and implement dealer, buried his wife Oct. 1. Mr. Barron has been a director of the Michigan Implement and Vehicle Dealers’ Association for many years. He is also a State Oil Inspector. Sault Ste. Marie—Dave Garlinghouse. the har- formerly engaged in the grocery busi- ness here, but who went to Florida last winter, has returned to this city and will again enter the grocery busi- ness in the same o!d place he formerly occupied. Detroit—Charles J. Thiry, sale and retail jeweler, has merged the business into a stock company under the style of Thirys, Incorporat- ed, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Wheeler—Ellsworth Brothers, who have conducted a confectionery and nov- elty business in connection with the postoffice and Bell telephone exchange for some years, are branching out and have added a full line of groceries and building whole- dry goods in their large new which was erected last fall. Evart—Davy & Company, engaged in the buying and selling of general merchandise, farm and forest prod- ucts, have merged their business into a stock company under the same style, with an authorized capital stock of $75,000, all of which has been sub- scribed, $3,328.72 paid in in cash, and $71,671.28 paid in in property. Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—The Lay Manufacturing Co. has increased its capital stock from $5,000 to $7,000. E. C. Smith has sold his brick factory building to the Vaughan Seed Co. who will use it for storage pur- poses. Ovid—The Wixom & Bensinger Handle Co. is erecting a plant which it will occupy about Nov. 1, manufacturing handles, ax helves and wooden wagon parts. Detroit—The S. S. Starter Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and $2,430 paid in in property. Owosso—The Owosso Casket Co. is erecting a dry kiln with a capacity of 35,000 feet of lumber. The company’s old dry kiln is being converted into a storage and cutting room. Pontiac—The Magic Wax-Shoe Pol- ish Co. has engaged in business with an authorized capitalization of $12,- 000, of which amount $6,600 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Boyne City—The Northern Piano Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which amount $5,345 has been sub- scribed and $3,695 paid in in cash. Negaunee—Alexander Hakala, who conducted a jewelry store on Iron street for a number of years, died Oct, 7 at Dr. Holm’s hospital at Ishpeming, fol- lowing a six weeks’ run of typhoid fever. Detroit—The Medallion Register Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, of which amount $12,500 has been sub- scribed, $8,750 paid in in cash and $3.750 in property. Benton Harbor—The Regent Cigar Co. has been organized to conduct a cigar store and billiard parlor with an authorized capital stock of $1,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Detroit—The J. M. Feldstein Co. has been organized to manufacture and deal in cigars and tobacco with an authorized capitalization of $2,000, of which amount $1,000 has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Detroit—The Anti-Pyrex Company of Michigan has engaged in business to manufacture and deal in drugs and medicines, with an authorized capi- talization of $1,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Rochester—The C. E. Pritchett Co. has been incorporated to manufac- ture carbonated beverages, mineral waters, flavoring extracts, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $25,- 000, of which amount $12,700 has been subscribed and $6,350 paid in in cash. Detroit — The Detroit Valve Co. has engaged in business to manufacture and deal in metal goods and merchandise with an au- thorized capital stock of $5,000, all of which has been subscribed and $2,000 paid in in cash and $3,000 paid in in property. Detroit—The H. ufacturing Co. has Standard F. Schivier Man- engaged in business to manufacture and sell hose clamps, metal stampings and miscellaneous products, with an authorized capital- ization of $10,000, of which amount $5,000 has been subscribed, $142.73 paid in in cash and $4,857.22 paid in property. Detroit—The Detroit Merrill Sys- tem Building Co. has been organized to manufacture and_ sell building furniture, general tracting, operate or lease hotels, taurants, etc., buying, material, do con- res- and act as agents in and owning — stocks, bonds, ete. with an authorized capital stock of $300,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in prop- erty. Detroit—The Dafoe-Eustice Co. has been organized to manufacture, buy, sell and deal in automobile spe- cialties, water proof goods and mer- chandise, with an authorized capital stock of $40,000 common and $10,000 preferred, of which amounts $31,500 common and $3,000 preferred has been subscribed, $3,000 common paid in in cash and $28,000 common and $3,000 preferred paid in in property. Holland—The W. E. Dunn Mant- facturing Co. has engaged in business to manufacture and deal in machin- ery to manufacture concrete blocks, mixers, bricks, etc., and combustible engines, with an authorized capital stock of $25,000 common and $15,000 preferred, of which amounts $22,000 common has been subscribed and paid in in property and $12,500 preferred has been subscribed and paid in in cash, selling —__>--.____ Algernon E. White (Jaques Manu fac- turing Co.) is very happy these days over the action of his house in deciding to keep him in the Grand Rapids field until Jan. 1. This will enable him to sleep in his own bed and eat at his own table for three months on a stretch, which is the longest period he has been permitted to remain at home for many years. During these months the Jaques Manufacturing Co. will conduct a series of domestic science lectures under the auspices of Miss Mary Harwood Wel- don as demonstrator. October 13, 1915 ne edons nibiencat aaeeeecaeatitneeam ee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Review of the Grand Rapids Produce Market. Apples—Standard varieties, such as Wealthy, Maiden Blush, Wagner, Twenty Ounce and Wolf River com- mand 50@b0c per bu. Bananas—Medium, $1.25; Jumbo, $1.50; Extra Jumbo, $1.75; Extreme Extra Jumbo, $2. Beans—$3 per bu. for medium, Beets—50c per bu. Butter—The creamery market is active at an advance of ic per pound. The consumptive demand is absorb- ing everything that arrives, no mat- ter what grade. The quality of the receipts is good for the season and apparently the market will continue to rule steady to firm for some time. There will be no foreign butter brought over this season because the markets on the other side are all higher than our markets. Fancy creamery is quoted at 2uc in tubs and 29c in prints. Local dealers pay 23c for No. 1 dairy, 17c for packing stock. Cabbage—40c per bu. or $1 per bbl. Cantaloupes—Colorado Rockyfords $2.25 per crate; home grown, 50c@$1 per bu. Cauliflower—$1.25 per doz. Carrots—50c per bu. Celery—i6c per bunch for grown. Cocoanuts—$4 per sack containing 100 Crab Apples—$1@1.25 per bu. Cranberries—$7.40 per bbl, for C.pe Cod Early Blacks. Cucumbers—75c per doz. for home grown hot house. Eggs—The market is firm at an ad- vance of 1c per dozen. New laid eggs are continuing very scarce and are commanding a premium even over the advanced prices. Storage eggs are also very firm at an advance of 1c. The consumptive demand is good and stock in storage is being rapidly reduced. The entire situation is healthy. Local dealers pay 26c for No. 1 candled. Egg Plant—$1.25 per doz. Garlic—20c per lb, Grapes—$1.50 per doz. for 4 Ib. baskets; 17c per 8 lb. basket. These prices are for Concords, Wordens and Niagaras. Delawares command 25c per 8 lb. basket. home The crop in this vicinity was greatly damaged by the last week, impair its ship- ping value and keeping qualities. Grape = Fruit—Cuban $5.50@6 per box. Green Corn—10c per doz. for home grown. Green Onions—Silver heavy frost one night which will greatly commands Skins, 15c per doz.; Evergreens, 12c per doz. Honey—18c per lb. for white clov- er and 16c for dark. Lemons—California, box Lettuce—Southern grown head, $2.50 per bu.; home grown leaf, $1 per bu. Maple Sugar—14@15c per Ib. Mushrooms—40@50c per lb. Nuts—Almonds, 18c per Ib.; filberts 13c per 1b.; pecans, 15c per 1b.; wal- nuts, 18c for Grenoble and Califor- nia, 17c for Naples. ‘Onions — Home grown command 75@90c per bu. Oranges—Valencias are steady at $6@6.25. Oysters—Standards, $1.35; Medium Selects, $1.50; Extra Selects, $1.75 New York Counts, $1.85; Shell Oys- ters, $7.50 per bbl. Peaches—All of the most varieties have been marketed. Lemon Free, Chilis and Smocks are still in market, finding an outlet on the basis of 75@85c. Pears—Clapp’s Favorite, $1.25 per bu.; Anjou, $1.25@1.50 per bu.; Kiefers, 75 @90c per bu. Peppers—Green, $1.20 per bu. Pickling Onions—$1.35 per 20 lb. box. Pop Corn—$1.75 per bu. for ear, 4c per Ib. for shelled. Potatoes—Home grown range from 50@60c per bu. The market is steady. Quinces—$2@2.50 per bu. Stock is very scarce and receipts so far this season have been very inferior, due to the prevailing wet weather. Radishes—15c for round. Squash—1%c per Ib. for Hubbard. Tomatoes—$1 per bu. for ripe and 60c for green. Turnips—50c per bu. —_+->—____. The Grocery Market. Sugar—No quotable change has oc- curred in the market for two weeks, Eastern granulated being steady at 4.90c and Michigan granulated starting in the campaign at 4.70c. Several of the Mich- igan factories are now in operation. St. Louis will begin to ship sugar next Monday and Holland will follow next Wednesday or Thursday. It is believed that the beet sugar companies will not push their crop so actively, knowing that the possibilities favor the retention of the protection which they now enjoy of over 1c a pound. Incidentally, it might be remarked that the competition of beets has recently been the cause of the break in cane refined. It is suggested that the expression of such views by an official so close to the President must carry with it the conviction that his recommendations will be adopted, and therefore probably serve to create among the producers of domestic beet and cane $3.50@4 per desirable sugar sufficient confidence to lessen the pressure to dispose of their product ahead in such severe competition with our Eastern refiners, especially in view of the prevailing low levels of prices for sugar when the position of the article the world over is taken consideration. Tea—The market is dull, with prices steady. If the present stability continues the country will be more’of a factor, as supplies have been allowed to run down. More enquiry from the dis- tributers has been noted of late, which makes for a better sentiment. Undoubt- edly, the fact that Colombo and London have been steadier of late is at the bottom of the more confident tone. The pressure seems to have been relieved, for the time being at least. Of course, prices are much more attractive after the sharp decline in black teas, especially Indias and Ceylons, although it should be noted that the weakness has been mainly in the poorer quality. Coffee—There was a better feeling in the trade as a result of the recent evi- dence that the country is disposed to do more anticipating of the future. Actual business is still moderate, but the ag- gregate is growing. Prices reflect the improvement. Mild coffees are from %@Yc higher than a week ago, due mainly to the fact that Europe is buying rather freely and paying full values. Milds are still cheap in spite of the advance. ed and quiet, Java being firm. Canned Fruits—Apples are unchanged and quiet. California canned goods both spot and future—the two are practically one to-day—are unchanged and in very light demand from first hands. Small Eastern staple canned goods unchanged and dull. Canned Vegetables—Tomatoes are held with what appears to be a slightly easier feeling, although the general con- dition is very quiet and practically no buying is in progress. The pack is about over and the situation is now unchanged, although the exact volume of the pack will not be known for sev- eral weeks. Corn is unchanged and still steady to firm on account of small sup- plies. Peas are still heavy and dull, the market being unchanged. Canned Fish—Red Alaska salmon is unchanged. Pink Alaska has had quite a career since it opened some time ago. The price opened at 75c then dropped to 65c, and is now back again to 70c, al- though many of the sellers have with- drawn from the market. Considerable poor pink salmon has been packed this year, and it will very likely affect the market adversely during the entire season. Sardines are more strongly maintained than they have been for sev- eral weeks past. Announcement is made that the pack of domestic sardines for the present season to date is about one- third short of normal, with further pack- into Java and Mocha are unchang- ing in any large quantity seriously in- terfered with, owing to the damage done by recent heavy storms to the fishermen’s weirs. The weirs, it is said, will not be repaired this year, due to the lateness of the season. Tuna fish are very strong, Coast packers reporting that they will be fortunate if they are able to make full deliveries on their contracts. 5 Prices on spot have advanced and are being firmly held. Dried Fruits—Stocks of spot Califor- nia prunes held strength on account of the shipments are with increasing which have been held up by the Panama slides. The market will be firm until the ships begin to come through. Peaches light demand. Apricots are steady to firm and selling are unchanged and in fairly under the circumstances. Cur- rants are extremely firm and most hold- ers have withdrawn from the market. The foreign war situation, now that Greece is threatening to participate, makes future supplies of currants ex- tremely uncertain and prices will con- Raisins show no change for the week and fair de- mand. It is reasonably sure that there will be no new exports of figs or of Turkish Muscate!s this year. There are some old Turkish figs carried over from last year, but they are not very desir- able and the price is already 50 per cent. higher than normal. tinue high for some time. Dates are un- changed and their season is just about opening. s firm and un- Cheese—The market changed with a moderate consumptive demand. The receipts are about normal and the market is expected to rule steady and about unchanged for some time to come. Rice—The market is firm in tone with a fair enquiry. The are not heavy, owing to the delay from the mills, and this contributes to the strength. In the Southwest, there is a good de- mand from the various sections of the arrivals country. Blue Rose is coming forward more freely and finds an active request. Provisions—Hams, bellies and bacon are firm at an advance of 4@'c. There is a good consumptive demand. Both pure and compound lard are firm at an advance of Y%c and a good demand is reported for both. Barreled pork, dried beef and canned meats are unchanged and in moderate demand. Salt Fish—The supply of Norway mackerel in this country is becoming ex- tremely light and very little of it is of first-class quality. Prices show no par- ticular change for the week,-as they were already very high. There is almost no Irish and domestic shore mackerel available at the present time, so that the market is getting pretty close to bare. Some Norway mackerel have been caught, but very few compared with the customary catch. Moreover, the season is nearing its end and the supply of new Norway mackerel available for this not be sufficient to bring prices down. The demand for mackerel is small. Cod, hake and had- dock are in very fair demand at un- changed prices. country will Opening of the New Kenwood at Pontiac. About October 25 the Kenwood (for- merly Hotel Hodges) will open for busi- ness entirely remodeled, redecorated, re- furnished and remanaged. Thirty thou- sand will have been spent. Rooms with private bath and toilet, $1 per day. Rooms with use of shower bath, 75 cents per day. No better hotel will be found anywhere for the price asked. H. F. Heldenbrand, late of Hotel Whit- ney, Ann Arbor, will be the landlord. 3 nah gilt say MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 138, 1915 STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS THOMSON & McKinnon BROKERS 123 Ottawa Ave., N. W. Are Your Net Profits Satisfactory? Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Boston Coppers Members of all leading exchanges Probably not, if you are like nine out of ten merchants. Telephone Main 218 Citizens 8063 Features of the Stock and Grain Market. Chicago, Oct. 11—Wheat: Every indication points to larger takings of our wheat by foreigners. Reports from Italy say their crop was over estimated and import needs will ex- ceed last year as military needs are large. French advices are that their requirements will be large. Recent purchases made in Bulgaria will be cancelled and Roumania will be ui able to ship. New aspirants for war honors make the opening of the Dar- danelles very improbable. Minne- apolis millers were reported as anxious buyers, cash premiums show- ing an advancing tendency. Their stocks show a decrease of over 100,- 000 in two days. An accumulation of big stocks at terminals still looks very far away. A big decrease in the acreage of winter wheat will become a factor later on should not be lost sight of. Unsettled weather is pre- dicted throughout a great portion of the belt which will delay threshing and cause more deterioration to the already damaged condition of wheat. Clearances of over two and one half million bushels to-day confirm large export sales that are being kept from the public for reasons that are not hard to guess. With speculation rampant everywhere, we expect to see some of the big money that has been made in stocks and cotton re- invested in grain, which in our opin- ion offers greater opportunities than anything else at this time. We be- lieve the December option the best investment. Corn: It will be some time before the actual damage to corn from frost will be realized. Western grain deal- ers at the Peoria convention report- ed damage in Iowa and Nebraska, as heavy damage reports from Iowa. Crop has undoubtedly been reduced; how much no one can tell; present prices are reasonably cheap. Export sales are being made quietly each and with farmers holdings for bet- ter prices (which we think will be realized) we continue our advice to own a little of the December option. Oats: Oats continue strong; most- ly in sympathy with other grains. Stocks everywhere are much lighter than ordinarily at this time of the year. The foreign requirements will be heavy and a good export business is anticipated. We look for an ad- vancing market. Logan & Bryan. New York Oct 11--The stock market was rather more of a two sided affair than of late. Realizing was detected in rails, causing irregu- larity in that group, where steel and a few industrials were buoyant. There was a fair accumulation of buying orders over Sunday, but aside from the steel tonnage statement, and the reported inclination to recognize Car- ranza, there was not much in the news to affect sentiment in one direction or the other. It is, of course, to be expected that the better class of the so-called war issues, will largely re- cover the losses forced by the recent decline in industrials, but speaking generally, it would appear that from now on discrimination is likely to be exercised as the late downturn made many realize that a hysterical buying movement will provoke unfavorable results when least expected. Judg- ing by the character of the buying in the coppers and the railroad issues, further efforts will be put forth to es- tablish a higher range of values. Thomson & McKinnon. Sparks From the Electric City. Muskegon, Oct. 11.—Harry Seitse- ma, formerly of Tuuk & Seitsema, has purchased the Charles Rasmus grocery stock on Touston avenue. Mr. Seitsema will remodel the store and put in a first-class line of fix- tures. Mr. Seitsema will carry a high grade line of groceries and vege- tables. We notice that the Pere Marquette is using a better grade of coaches on its Holland, Muskegon and Pentwater branch, which is greatly appreciated by the traveling public. The Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon electric road has install- ed safety gates on its cars, which are operated by the conductors. Acci- dents are not as likely to happen with these gates in operation. Another Safety First device. A. W. Stevenson is one of the U. C. T. boys who helped to get the new boat line which operates from Mus- kegon to Pentwater, Ludington, Man- istee and probably Pentwater. An- other reason why the U. C. T. of Michigan should elect Steve Grand Sentinel at their convention next June at Traverse City. Muskegon is a fine place to live in. This assertion is upheld by our in- creasing population. W. Gee, of Gee & Carr, Whitehall, was a Muskegon visitor last week. C. G. Pitkin, the Whitehall drug- gist, motored to Muskegon on busi- ness last week. Ernie Schroeder, the meat peddler for the Plankinton Packing Co., sure- ly does burn up the road with his new six-cylinder Buick. he next meeting of Muskegon Council will be be held Saturday, Oc- tober 16, when some important trans- portation items will be brought up for discussion and action, so be sure and attend. Bring along an applica- tion, for we need more new members or we can never win the prize offer- ed by Grand Counselor Lawton. News wanted—Help your scribe and give the writer any news you may have, so we can keep these columns going. Milton Steindler. ——_2---———_ The Blanken bakery, of Clare, was recently sold to J. F. Hileman, who also conducts a big bakery in Mt Pleasant. Wm. Veeder, of Mt. Pleas- ant, will manage the Clare bakery. With his years of experience, he should prove a big asset to Mr. Hile- man as a manager. ———— 72 2.___ Walter Lewis, sales manager for Lee & Cady, Saginaw, has returned from a two weeks’ trip to Chicago and points in Western Michigan. He was accompanied by Mrs. Lewis. Even though his trip was short, we all missed his welcome face at the front desk. —_>.—___ Many a man who imagined him- self necessary to the world’s progress has been interred in a pine box with- out trimmings, Your trouble prob- ably is (1) you have too much of some items; (2) not enough items. H. N. Harris & Co. Stocks, Bonds, i isi ill buy th Grain and Provisions If you will buy the “many lines in one bill” offered by our monthly catalogue of General Merchandise, you easily can apply the remedy. Private Leased Wire Suite 236 Powers’ Theatre Building Telephones: Bell M. 1900; Citizens 5843 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 Exchange 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 Butler Brothers Exclusive Wholesalers of eS>"F tGeneral Merchandise $c ~~ New York Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Dallas i loky omy Cxoky. © - cmme- © - cumx- CQ) - > © - > CE - > O October 138, 1915 UPPER PENINSULA. Recent News From the Cloverland of Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie, Oct. 11.—George Shields, the popular grocer at Al- gonquin, is taking in “the sights of Chicago this week. This is Mr. Shields’ first vacation for a number of years and, undoubtedly, the Windy City will be taken in to the fullest extent. The inhabitants of Kinross, a small village on the Soo Line, near the Soo, were all excitement last week over the appearance of a mysterious aeroplane over that vicinity. The residents noticed a green and_ red light, but were unable to distinguish the machine. It took practically the same course each night between 8 and 8:30 and each time disappeared , toward Canada. The machine ap- pears to be at a great height, but no one has heard any noise coming from the sky and the mysterious craft has baffled the inhabitants of the vil- lage. The U. P. Development Bureau is right on the job at all times. Upon request of C. W. Mott, general man- ager, Chairman E. H. Hotchkiss, of the county board of road commis- sioners, has had prepared a map showing the automobile roads and connections of Mackinac county. This map will be reproduced and included in a book showing the auto routes throughout Michigan, and also act as an advertisement for Cloverland. “It often happens that the first time you doubt a thing is when you here a reputable liar tell about it.” J. Nefziger, formerly of Naubin- way, has taken a position as repre- sentative of the Mutual Sales Co. of Marinette, Wis., and will make his home in Gladstone. Mr. Nefziger is well known throughout the Upper Peninsula and his many friends wish him every success. George Hoot, hailing from Ken- tucky, will have the pleasure of con- tributing the usual amount for kill- ing deer out of season. Game War- den Herman Leister, of Escanaba, heard the shots in the woods near Escanaba and succeeded in catching Mr. Hoot with the goods. The car- cass of the yearling deer was taken to Escanaba and turned over to the county almshouse, so that some good resulted from the affair. “If you want to get a big salary, the thing to do is to earn it. There are big salaries for those who are worth them.” C. W. Bretz, the popular grocer of Engadine, has inaugurated a new scheme whereby every purchaser of goods in his store will be given cred- its Or an opportunity to deposit bal- lots in favor of various candidates, the most popular one eventually win- ning a grand piano. Mr. Bretz is al- ways looking out for the _ future, which largely accounts for his suc- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN cess since entering into business. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Therrien, of the Dunham House, St. Ignace, are spending a few weeks of their vaca- tion in Detroit. Business around Engadine is pick- ing up to such an extent that the management of the Engadine Inn has been seriously embarrassed dur- ing the past two weeks, because of the increasing patronage and the nec- essity of dining rooms for all who have been anxious to share its hos- pitality. If the rush of business con- tinues, there is no doubt that either “an annex or small lodging apartments will have to be built to accommo- date the trade.. The dimmer law passed by the last Legislature, which went into effect August 23, has not been regarded by many of the autoists in the Upper Peninsula, as they fail to reduce their lights in passing other cars on the highway. This is a good law in the interests of safety and should be obeyed, but it will probably neces- sitate a few arrests before it will have the desired effect. Alf Rains, proprietor of the Cen- tral Grocery Co., has returned from a few weeks’ vacation, much improv- ed in health and reports’ having had a delightful time, but pleased to get back behind the counter to serve his patrons. D. L. Hough, of Ozark, is one of the progressive hustlers who does not wait for counties to build roads, but has circulated a petition for the open- ing of the road between Moran and Ozark, heading his subscription with $100. Numerous’ other residents have signified their willingness to subscribe. The opening of this road would mean much for the people all along the line west of Moran, as it would give them a good auto road from Trout Lake to the Straits and St. Ignace. “This would be a sad, sad world, if there was no such thing as hope, but it would be a still sadder world if we stopped there. Hope sheuld be a forerunner for energetic action.” The many friends of Joe Maltas, our popular young druggist, are sor- ry to learn of the accident to Mr. Maltas’ father, near Raber, when his horse became frightened and_ ran away, throwing Mr. Maltas and se- verely injuring him, although break- ing no bones. While Mr. Maltas’ injuries are very painful, they are not considered fatal. P. W. Murray, one of St. Ignace’s leading merchants, has been making great improvements in remodeling his store front, adding much to the appearance of St. Ignace’s main thor- oughfare. It was surprising to note’ the amount of advertising the Soo got a week ago by the little prize fight pull- ed off a short distance down the river between Jimmy Brady and Kid Parker, and many amusing incidents were related of the scramble which took place when Sheriff Bone and his deputies put in an appearance. The fight was pulled off on a scow in midstream and it had the appearance of a bullfrog concert on a summer night after being hit by a rock. There were leaps made in all directions and many who had never swam a stroke before reached shore without much trouble. The woods was the hiding place and it was almost impossible to imagine how so large a crowd could get under cover so quickly. The only disappointment was that the moving picture man was not on the scene at the time, as he could have staged a stunt that would have been equal to the Spoilers. Carl Homberg, the new proprietor of the De Tour meat market, at De Tour, reports a very satisfactory trade since taking over the business and is figuring on making numerous improvements which will give De Tour a market it has never had before. Mr. Homberg, being a young man, is a general favorite among the resi- dents, who will give him every as- sistance in making the business a suc- cess. James McDonald, postmaster at De Tour, and junior member of the firm of Goetz & McDonald, grocers, is getting the store fitted up in readi- ness for the winter and is beginning to lay in supplies in anticipation of a large winter trade. John Weston, representing the Jewel Stove Co., Lansing, is conduct- ing a demonstration sale at the Soo Hardware Co.'s store here, The first snow was seen at the Soo Friday morning when the beautiful white took the place of rain. The Soo Line train reaching the Soo in the morning from the west reported three inches of snow at Gladstone and a lighter covering at other points along the line. Calumet reported an inch of snow, but the Soo escaped with but just a sample lot. The Gamble-Robinson-Shaw Co., produce dealer, has moved _ into its new warehouse on the terminal track on South street. It now has ample room to handle a much larger busi- ness and Mr. Shaw, the manager, has been busy for the last few days getting ready for the opening, which, undoubtedly, will be an elaborate af- fair. Monday was Thanksgiving Day in Canada and, although the supply of turkeys was not up to normal, they have much to be thankful for this year and still more to wish for. John France, our popular court stenographer, and his brother, Joseph France, of the France Papering and Decorating Co., are spending a few days at their hunting cabin on the Taquamming. Their friends will be looking forward to a partridge sup- per in the near future. J. Peterson, one of our well-known grocers, has been spending part of his vacation at one of the clam bake 7 clubs and reports having had an en- joyable time and plenty of recrea- tion. William G. Tapert. ++. Berner Has Made 1915 Memor- able. Mears, Oct. 12.—William of the Judson Grocer Co., is back on the job, after a month's vacation spent in the Northwest and Canada. Maybe Bill does not realize it, but he is more tickled to get back into the harness than he was to go. I don’t think Bill believes he is the first man who ever made that trip. He only acts that way. I first met him since his return at the Wigton House, at Hart, as he was relating incidents of his trip to Gus Rose, the proprietor. You have put up at that hotel and remember Gus by his heavy, glossy and massive locks. As Bill recognized me, he held out his right hand and shoved his left hand into his pocket. I supposed he was making sure of his pocket book being safe in my presence, but, hard- ly waiting to give me a decent greet- ing, he pulled out a letter from his pocket and accused me of being the author of it. Now, I can’t see why I have to be made the goat in every- thing that happens in the Lower Pen- insula. The letter in question was on Holland stationery, was mailed at Holland and was a beautifully word- ed invitation to one William Berner, Esq., asking him to deliver a series of illustrated lectures in the city of Holland on his recent trip. It was properly signed “The Committee.” ow, Bill is willing—nay anxious-— to deliver these lectures and as often as they can get a crowd to listen in that city, and furthermore says two or more constitutes a crowd. Wiil the Committee please be more ex- plicit? Bill is waiting. I have prov- ed conclusively that the invitation was straight goods by accounting for every minute during the period of his vacation. Won’t there be a de- lightful change in traveling on the P. M. this winter? Instead of trav- eling men wasting their time in play- Mr. Serner, ing rum, setback, horse shoe or lawn tennis between stations, we will find them gathered around Mr. Berner, listening very attentively to the glories of the Northwest or discuss- ing the merits of Canadian brands cf whisky, as compared with Montague Peruna. Believe me, Bill is full— not of the aforesaid Montague Pe- runa, but of the subject of ‘ ‘My Tap In future years, people who refer to the year 1915 won’t say, “The year of Wilson’s oe marriage,” nor ‘The year of the Kaiser’s war against the world,” nor “The year of the Eastland disaster,’ but “The year 3111 Berner traveled in the North- west.” Bill is a good fellow and I am glad he enjoyed his trip. And Bill is just the fellow who wants his friends to enjoy that trip, too The Chronic Kicker. GOOD GOODS WoRDEN GROCER COMPANY Grand Rapids—Kalamazoo THE PROMPT SHIPPERS yiengmatnmnplestiay, cajiaieamlaciiapliditinin BiccanSpaneswan (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. October 13, 1915. SUBMARINE PERIL ENDED. The rise and fall of the submarine is the history of almost precisely a twelve-month. On September 22, 1914, a German U boat sank _ the 3ritish cruisers Aboukir, Cressy, and Hogue in the North Sea, and the British Empire was tottering. On October 2, 1915, a dispatch trom Washington, which found its way to the front page of a great many pa- pers, announced that the British Em- pire was saved because the submarine peril was “ended.” We shall not be far out of the way if we detect in this widely circulated Washington dispatch the inspiration of the big- ship people, as against the mosquito- fleet people, now that naval-defense discussion is drawing to a head in Administration circles. A year ago the undersea boat had scrapped the dreadnought. To-day the big ship and the destroyer have scrapped the submarine. Such dramatic fluctua- tions impress the public mind. From the unseen terror of the seas, the U boat is by way of becoming the joke of the seas, a frail cockleshell that may be caught in nets, that may be “bombed” from aeroplanes, that may be put out of business by a couple of men in a swift motorboat with a gun. But when you have read the whole story, the first impression that a sov- ereign remedy against the submarine had been discovered rather thins out. You read that the British fleet has tamed the submarine by means of submarine telephones which herald its approach, by establishing destroy- er patrols, by spreading nets along the most frequented channels of traf- fic, by planting special mines, by using fleets of swift motor-boats, by spying from aeroplanes, by keeping thousands of trawlers on perpetual guard. In other words, if the sub- marine peril has been ended, it is ap- parently through the most strenuous efforts of every conceivable’ kind. Germany might well argue that a peril which forces the great British fleet to such extraordinary exertions is not “ended” at all, but has admirably served its purpose. The truth is, of course, that ama- teur discussion on the subject has overlooked the vastly different condi- tions which obtain in the war in the North Sea, and those that would be MICHIGAN TRADESMAN met if we were at war. In the first place, the submarine has been tied up with the question of national de- fense, whereas Europe’s experience has shown that the submarine is pri- marily a weapon of offense. Ger- many has not been saved from in- vasion by her submarines, but by her coast defenses. Great Britain’s sub- marines are the only weapon precise- ly which has not been employed to end the submarine peril of the ene- my. As a weapon of offense, the sub- marine must mean one thing against England, with her narrow waters marking out the routes along which the food supply vital to her national life must come in, and another thing to the United States, with our im- mense coast line and our virtual in- dependence of foreign sources of sup- ply. England's solution of the sub- marine peril. therefore, means very little to us, since the submarine could 3ut if it that we are to use hardly be used against us. is the weapon against the foreign invader, it is evi- dent that its limitations must be carefully studied out. Against a fleet blockading our coasts the submarine would be useful. But no fleet will ever blockade our coasts with no vis- ible object to be attained thereby. It it is invasion that disturbs the dreams of the big-navy people, the submarine by itself will not prevent invasion if our main fleet is defeated. The first comments of the German press on the complete backdown of the German government and the hu- miliating surrender of the Kaiser in the controversy with the United States are significant of a division oi sentiment which must eventually re- sult in the overthrow of Kaiserism. The general expression is one of in- credulity and consternation. What, take the word of perfidious English officers against the affidavit of a brave German commander? Certain words in Ambassador Bernstorfi's letter of disavowal are considered by the Von Tirpitz party as little better than an insult to German naval officers. Count Reventlow is naturally bursting with rage. He protests that the Kaiser has consented to an act which “pub- licly brands the report and oath of the German commander and crew as inaccurate.’ Several newspapers re- fuse to believe the humiliating dis- patches and call upon the authorities at Berlin to issue a denial, or, at least, a reasonable explanation. All this was to have been expected. It shows—what was all along evident —that a very strong feeling exists in Germany against making any conces- sion to the United States on the sub- marine issue. That the Kaiser fin- ally decided to defy this public sen- timent, and to come to terms with President Wilson, even if he had to eat his own words and repudiate his own policy in the process, is plain proof of his anxiety to avoid a rup- ture with us. Incidentally, these an- gry outcries by the German press serve to heighten the American tri- umph. Happy is the girl who thinks her father is the best man on earth. GREAT HARVEST YEAR. To the public at large, the centrai and spectacular feature of the Gov- ernment grain crop report for Oc- tober—the last advance estimate of the season—is undoubtedly the to- tal indicated yield of wheat. This reaches and passes the interesting round figure of one billion bushels, whereas even last year’s great crop stopped at 891,000,000, the average of the past five years 686,000,000, and the largest previous recorded yield nearly a quarter of a billion bushels under the harvest figure now fore- shadowed. The estimate on corn passes the three-billion-bushel mark for the second time only in our his- tory; the crop as indicated would be 354,000,000 bushels over that of 1914, and second only to that of 1912. The oats crop, like the wheat crop, will break all records in our history, ex- ceeding by 100,000,000 bushels even the enormous yield of 1912. Taking the indicated harvest of the six staple grain crops, the ag- gregate yield this year would be 5,- 843,265,000 bushels, as compared with 4,914,494,000 in the season of 1914, and with 5,552,087,000 even in the hitherto record-breaking season of 1912. As compared with what was considered the exceptionally brilliant grain year, 1906, the results foreshad- owed for the present year would show a total increase of nearly a thousand million bushels, or upwards of 20 per cent., for all six crops. That this should be among the possibili- ties, in a year when grain produc- tion in the outside world is under such abnormally restrictive influences is notable testimony to the power and natural resources of the United States, The Government's estimates and forecasts on both spring wheat and corn were much more favorable than the trade had anticipated. For that reason, the general view of grain people is that the report indicates lower values. But they have looked on every successive Government re- port of the season in the same way, and there are some old hands who believe that the effect, even of the very large crops now indicated, had been sufficiently “discounted” by the decline of 75 cents in wheat and of 20 cents in corn, from the year’s ear- lier high prices. It is very recently that prices have been down to the lowest of the season, corn reaching the low level the past week, cash corn selling at 20 cents below the re- cent high point. Big supplies on the farm, and un- usually small stocks at leading mar- ket centers, are the two perplexing influences. The ‘speculator knows that the stocks on the farm are very large; but he cannot get them at pres- ent prices, and therefore has to buy in a market at times bare of offer- ings, in order to fill his contracts. This was the situation last month. Traders reasoned that with cash wheat in all markets a premium over the futures, and even the low grade selling at the December price, or even at a small premium, there was no assurance that the big crop would October 13, 1915 beat down prices further, and there is not likely to be any such result at the present level of values, until stocks accumulate much more heav- ily. A visible supply of 16,000,000 bush- els, compared with 51,586,000 bushels last year—this after three months’ movement of winter wheat arrivals, and after a steady increase in the marketing of spring wheat from the largest crop on record—has in fact developed a market condition seldom, if ever, seen at this season. We have raised 110,000,000 bushels more than last year, and harvested 60,000,000 bushels less. It impressed a major- ity of speculators, and was the basis “for most of the present week’s ad- vance. As a practical consideration in values, it has overshadowed even the widespread talk about diminish- ed exports from our present enor- mous crops. Moreover, those exports are by no means as small as had lately been predicted. Export business of late has turned mainly to Canadian wheat; but clearances from United States ports are surprisingly large, consid- ering the repeated assertions by ex- porters that little business was un- der way. So far this season, exports have been 55,000,000 bushels, or 34,- 000,000 short of last year. As to future business—which will mainly be done in the next three months—exporters are divided in opinion. Some predict a large busi- ness, fully up to last year’s; their argument being that the foreign har- vest outlook has become more un- favorable of late, and that stocks are smaller than last year. But how much domestic wheat will be taken in the aggregate by Europe, remains to be seen. It is impossible to export as much in the remaining nine months of the crop year as the previous sea- son; even the ocean tonnage is not regarded as available. It is not to be supposed that the Secretary of the Treasury would have come out for the retention of the sugar duties without the Presi- dent’s approval. Hence we may ex- pect that the Administration will urge Congress to repeal the section of the tariff bill making sugar free next year. This tariff tax can be defended as one for revenue. It ac- tually produces a large revenue. Fif- ty millions a year, or thereabouts, are not to be sneezed at by a Treas- ury with a big deficit. This fact will doubtless be the great argument used with Congress. It can retrace its steps with good grace, repudiating the platform pledges of the Balti- more convention and the traditions of the Democratic party on the plea that the war has so dislocated our fiscal programme that we must now keep our hands on a tax which, in 1913, it was believed that we could dispense with. Of course, there will be “incidental” advantages, of a po- litical sort, of which not much will be said, but which will nevertheless be potent in many minds. ee lf you have a skeleton in your clos- et, that’s the place for it. in ill O- ill )S- October 13, 1915 sails Aca SEAS MICHIGAN TRADESMAN wt — ASA COLE (CCC CEC Ai Jy) “shy a ((tirreeen rgd What the Public Owes to Banking. It is natural to human nature to value highly the pursuit in which one is engaged and it is fortunate that this is the tendency, for nothing is truer than the principal laid down by the Seer of Concord, “Nothing great was ever achieved without en- thusiasm,” and certainly we cannot be enthusiastic about anything un- less we believe thoroughly in its im- portance. So, in an audience com- posed of men interested directly or indirectly in banking, I do not need to apologize for believing very strongly in the importance of banks to the general public. There is no civilized country that has not a banking system of some sort, and it is doubtful if a commun- ity of any but the most primitive or- der could exist without a banking system. As soon as money began to be used, as soon as men and women began to specialize in occupations, instead of each family living as a completely independent industrial unit, some system of exchange and credit was necessary and banking was born. The forerunners of bankers were individuals who lent money on se- curity and received compensation for the same. All through the records of the middle ages we read of the money lenders, of their exactions and extortions from their unfortunate vic- tims. For many centuries there was a curious prejudice against demand- ing or accepting money for the use of money, and interest was spoken of as usury. Usury then meant any interest and the feeling against it was stronger than that against the most exorbitant usury of our own times. To increase this feeling, the money lending passed largely into the hands of the Jews, and the hatred and per- secution of that unfortunate race were intensified by the helplessness of a debtor in the hands of a not too scrupulous creditor. So, curiously enough, the religious intolerance and race animosity of our ancestors help- ed to blind their descendants for many generations to one of the sim- plest economic principles, that money should be paid for the use of money just as much as for the use of any other property, houses, lands or any other form of property that can be used for the production of wealth. As this childish feeling passed away the word usury, with the usual flexi- bility of language, adapted itself to the new ideas and came to mean an exhorbitant rate of interest. As civilization advanced money lending became a legitimate business, although it was carried on by private individuals for centuries before pub- lic banks were established. In the palmy days of Venice, Shylock and his confreres, who were not all of the seed of Abraham, ministered to the immediate needs of the merchant princes who waited for their argosies to come in with the rich cargoes from the golden East. That wonder- ful trade that gathered the silks and the jewels, the spices, the perfumes and the precious dyes of the Orient and scattered them through the rud- er nations of Europe, that enriched their merchants until they were ver- itable princes, that built the marble palaces of the fairy city and filled them with the choicest works of ar! —in a word, which prepared the world for the renaissance of art and learning, could never have been possible without a _ great banking system on which to base an elaborate system of credit. Although public banks controlled by the state did not come into existence until the sixteenth century, private individuals had carried on what was really a banking system, and _ the functions of banks were pretty clear- ly understood. In the sixteenth century Venice es- tablished the Banco di Rialto. Later the Banco del Giro was established, and it did practically all the bank- ing business of the great commercial city state. This bank was under the control of the government. A few years later, early in the sev- enteenth century, another famous bank, the Bank of Amsterdam, came into existence. For 200 years this in- stitution managed the financial af- fairs of what was at one time the greatest commercial city of the world; and almost fabulous treasures were hidden in its vaults. But business needs were changing and the vener- able old institution passed away, to be succeeded by newer ones better adapted to the wants of the people. In England the same conditions prevailed. For many years money transactions were managed by pri- vate individuals, then private banks were established, and later the pub- lic banks, culminating in the Bank of England, the greatest banking in- stitution in the world. The gold- smiths were the first bankers in Eng- land. It was then the custom to give receipts for the specie deposited with them, and this was the origin of bank notes. Although the formal bank- note is a Swedish invention of 1658, the goldsmith’s receipt was the fore- runner that led to its adoption. The Bank of England, like most other national banks, owes its origin GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK CIrTFY FRUST & SAVINGS BANK 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. Every person of property, large or small, should make a will and do so when in phy- sical and mental health; the weak and aged are too frequently coerced and unduly in- fluenced, thus doing an injustice to those they would wish to protect. If you make your will now, appointing this company your executor, your wishes will be carried out to the letter. Send for blank form of Will and booklet on Descent and Distribution of Property. THE MICHIGAN TRUST Go. of Grand Rapids 10 to the necessities of war. Before the establishment of this banking house and of that other modern institution, and of national debts, statesmen had great difficulty in financing wars. Macaulay gives us an interesting pic- ture of the cabinet ministers, in times of war, going out into the Rialto or the Strand or whatever was the equiv- alent of the Wall Street of to-day, hat in hand, respectiully accosting the Shylocks and their brother guard- ians of the golden treasure without which war could not be carried on. One can fancy a dignified prime min- ister parleying with the long-bearded Hebrew and speaking him iair, when only the most disdainful glance would have been vouchsafed him at any other time. This sort of subserv- ience did not suit the temper of Wil- liam of Orange, so, six years aiter he ascended the throne, the Bank oi England was founded to tinance the great wars that William was waging against Louis Fourteenth of France. The other national banks came into existence just as directly as the re- sult of the war. These banks, and the establishing of the national debts, enabled the nations to spread the ex- penses of war over many years of peace, so the burden fell less directly upon the immediate generation, and it also enabled the governments to indulge more frequently in the ex- pensive luxury of war. So, out of carnage and slaughter the great bank- ing system, unquestionably the great- est of the “war babies,’ was born. That the commercial prosperity oi bound up with its banking system no well in- formed person can possibly deny. Without an efficient system of banks only a very small percentage of the capital of a country could be employ- ed. Most of it would be hoarded in small amounts because the owners would be unable to find investments that were safe and remunerative. By furnishing a means by which this cap- ital may be made productive, and at the same time the security as nearly perfect as the business world ever permits, banks are doing an inestim- able service to the community. But this is only one side of the situation. No business of carried on without credit. ness enterprise that was ed on a purely cash basis be of the most primitive der. Corporations, business individuals need credit for operations just as much as gov- ernments do for their wars. By furnishing this credit banks enable the business world to be carried on along modern lines of economy and efficiency. The banking conditions always reflect the business conditions of the day. A panic is invariably ushered in by the failure of great banking concerns, and these failures, in turn, are caused by the collapse of great business houses. Although bankers directly create no wealth, they are performing a ser- a nation is inextricably importance can be The busi- conduct- would or- firms, their vice quite as important. They turn the stream of capital into the chan- nels where it is needed for produc- tion, so that, indirectly, they are add- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ing very greatly to the creation of wealth, and they rank among the most important of the producers. This being the case, it is no exag- geration to say that the business prosperity of a nation depends very largely upon the efficiency of its banking system. As we have said, the banker di- rectly creates no wealth. He makes no commodity. This makes his re- lation to the public quite different from that of the ordinary business man, and makes his business unique. With a manufacturer the public can see the raw material go into his plant, can see the finished product as it is sent out. Likewise with the mer- chant, the bales and boxes go visibly into his establishment, the throng of buyers attests the reality of the com- modity that he sells. But not so the banker. He has nothing to show but promises. He gives promises for the the money deposited with him; he receives promises for the money that he lends. Because there is no ocular evidence of the prosperity of his busi- ness, the banker must satisfy the public in other ways. First, he must submit to government regulations from which his manufacturing and mercantile brethren are free. Next, he must bring to his business a much higher reputation for integrity and ability than is required in any other branch of business. Any man, or set of men, may engage in a mercantile business, but before a bank can be in- corporated the men who are to be its officers are subjected to the clos- est scrutiny by the government in- spectors. Only men who show a clean record for honesty and have proved that they have ability are al- lowed to form themselves into an as- sociation for handling the people’s money. We are not pretending that there is no dishonesty among bankers, or that all bankers are capable business men, but it is made much more diff- cult for the dishonest and the in- competent to engage in banking than to enter any other kind of business. Banking is a business that is based upon public confidence, and_ that banks enjoy so great a degree of con- fidence from the public as they do is a high tribute to the character of the men engaged. Under these conditions traditions of honor and probity have been fos- tered, and even in our material, tradi- tion-scorning age and nation, these old honorable customs have much weight. In the old world it was an honor, a certificate of respectability, to be connected with one of the ven- erable old institutions, the Bank of Amsterdam or the Bank of England. Anything touching the honor of the bank was a personal matter with the employe and he would have defend- ed its credit with his life. Some of this feeling has come down to us, as much, perhaps, as can thrive in our material, Western atmosphere, but it helps to keep the business standard high, and to foster an es- prit de corps that does not exist in so high a form among any other class of men engaged in accumulating the almighty dollar. This esprit de corps, October 13, 1915 Fourth National Bank Savings Deposits United States Depositary Commercial Deposits 3 Per Cent Interest Paid ( on Savings Deposits Compounded Semi-Annually 1 3% 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 Manufacturers 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. October 13, 1915 although an intangible thing, is a mighty asset, as the people have learned when, in recent years, great banks have stood shoulder to shoul- der to save the crash of some greaz institution that would have precipi- tated a panic upon a helpless public. It seems hardly an exaggeration to say that the most important ques- tion connected with banking is how to keep this personal equation at its present high standard, or, better yet, how to raise it still higher. The men engaged in banking hold in their hands, in their personal character, a large measure of the commerciai prosperity of the community. Wise government restrictions can help the personal equation, unwise limitations can injure it very seriously. The regulations must be such as to afford the public the greatest possible pro- tection, but the banker must not be so restricted that he cannot make a fair profit on his investment, or he will carry his capital and his busi- ness ability elsewhere and leave the field to an inferior class of man. This would be one of the greatest misfor- tunes that could befall the business world, and it is to be hoped that un- wise legislation will not be carried so far as to bring about this result. No important legislation should be attempted without the co-operation of practical banking men. Banking presents problems that are not under- stood by the average layman and un- told harm can be done by the inter- vention of irresponsible lawmakers, no matter how good their intentions may be. That there should be. Government regulation of banking no one will de- ny, but the restrictions should be such as the natural evolution of the business have shown to be necessary. The greatest danger to banks seems to come from the managing officers borrowing large sums to be used in other business enterprises in which they are interested. Transactions be- tween managing officers and _ their own banks should be under the clos- est scrutiny, but the restrictions should not be such as to drive the most’ enterprising, capable men out of the banks into other lines of business. Only a com- mittee composed partly of bank- ers can grapple with this problem, but unquestionabily it can and will be met and solved in such a way that the public will have the highest degree of protection, while the strong and able men will still remain at the helm and guide the financial ship in safe and guarded channels. The busi- ness system on which the world has leaned for centuries past will furnish the sinews of war, keep in motion the wheels of industry, move the crops from place to place, the means to till the soil, harvest, provide reap the guard the home, and meet MICHIGAN all the other multiplicity of wants of complex modern life. J. M. Rumsey. —_+~+<-___ Opposes Giving National Banks Fi- duciary Power. The Federal Reserve Board in charge of the new Federal Reserve banks has been given permission, by the Michigan Supreme Court to in- tervene and file a brief in the quo- warranto proceedings brought by the trust companies of Michigan against the First National Bank of Bay City, in which the right of the Bank, as a member of the Federal reserve sys- tem to act in fiduciary capacity, is questioned. In the case, which was down for argument at this term of the Su- preme Court, but which has been con- tinued until the January term, the constitutionality of the Federal re- serve act, insofar as it tries to give National banks in Michigan, rights which it is contended are expressly denied them under the State law, is questioned. Now the Federal Re- serve Board wants to come in and file its own brief showing its side of the case and stating on what grounds the Federal authorities insist that the delegating of fiduciary powers to Na- tional banks is proper. It is thought that somebody rep- resenting the United States Attor- ney General’s department will appear in the case, either by brief or in per- son when it comes up for argument in January. Under the State law trust compan- ies are empowered to act as admin- istrator, etc. The Federal reserve act permits National banks who are members of the Federal reserve sys- tem to do so. The trust companies of Michigan, headed by the Detroit Union and Security Trust companies of Detroit and the Michigan Trust Company of Grand Rapids, obtained the use of Mr. Fellows’ name in quo warranto proceedings to test the matter out. —_~2--__ Quotations on Local Stocks and Bonds. Public Utilities. Bid Asked Am. Light & Trac. Co., Com. 349 353 Am. Light & Trae. Co. Pfd. 108 111 Am. Public Utilities, Com. 30 33 Am. Publie Utilities, Pfd. 6314 66 Comw'th Pr. Ry. & Legt., Com. 5316 55 Comw'th Pr. Ry. & Let., vid. 8016 83 Pacific Gas & Elec., Com. 54 57 Tennessee Ry., Lt. & Pr., Com. 5 8 Tennessee Ry., Lt. & Pr., Pfd. 24 2 United Light & Rys., Com. 36 40 United Light & Rys., 1st Pfd. 67% 69% Comw’th 6% 5 vear bond 99 100% Michigan Railway Notes 99 100% Citizens Telephone 68% 72 Michigan Sugar 85 90 Holland St. Louis Sugar 6% 7% Holland St. Louis Sugar, Pfd. 7% 8% United Light 1st and Ref. 5% bonds 82 85 Industrial and Bank Stocks, Dennis Canadian Co. 70 80 Furniture City Brewing Co. 40 50 Globe Knitting Works, Com. 30 140 Globe Knitting Works, Pfd. 98 100 G. RB. Brewing Co. 90 §=100 Commercial Savings Bank 220 Fourth National Bank 220 G. R. National City Bank 165 170 G. R. Savings Bank 255 Kent State Bank 250 260 Old National Bank 195 203 Peoples Savings Bank 250 Qctober 13, 1915. THE PREFERRED LIFE INSURANCE CO. Of America offers OLD LINE INSURANCE AT LOWEST NET COST What are you worth to your family? Let us protect you for that sum. 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Written for the Tradesman. No window display is so timely or so effective as that which embodies a hunting scene. Even the man who doesn’t habitually respond to the call of the wild will be halted by a pictur- ed camp; while to the enthusiastic hunter, the appeal of an effective dis- play is irresistible. Such displays take a little thought and trouble to devise. On the other hand, they are more effective than a mere display of guns and ammuni- tion. While devoted to hunting goods, the hunting scene display at- tracts the attention of all sorts of people, and helps to bring the name of the store before the public. This form of word of mouth advertising has its distinct value, as the shrewd merchant will realize. Hunting windows offer many op- portunities for the introduction of novel and striking effects. “Realism” helps, more than any other quality, to make the display a success. A touch of nature in the rough is sing- ularly attractive to the nature lover; a hint of the chase makes the hunter keen to get back to the woods. While such a display is bound to attract the attention of all classes of customers, the window trimmer will do well to play his trim so as to ap- peal particularly to hunters and pros- pective hunters. Few things interest a hunter so much as an exhibition of animals. This fact was utilized Dy a clever window trimmer some years ago, who put on a display that for many days was the talk of his own particular town and that attracted widespread notice. He secured a collection of animals —live and stuffed, and these formed the central feature of the display. The floor of the window was thickly covered with leaves. In one corner Was atranged a tent, with cards, books and incidentals for passing away the time, including a bottle of something to keep out the cold. Out- side the tent was a packing case with a spread of eating utensils and food. Nearby a campfire, with a pot sus- pended from a tripod, was set up; the fire was devised of an electric lamp, covered with red tissue, and with a pile of sticks on top. In another corner of the window was a bear cub and two black squir- rels on a tree—stuffed. Opposite was shown a gray squirrel climbing a bough of a tree. Shown in the boughs, and on the ground floor, were stuffed birds and animals, including a crane, a raccoon, qa duck and a loon On two logs, prominently placed in the foreground, were shown shot- guns, ammunition, knives, revolvers, compasses, cleaners, and other items of hunting paraphernalia. The back- ground of the window was made up of cedar and maple branches with a deer head in the center. At one end was place an eagle, stuffed; and gun cases at the other. The live animals shown in the dis- play were a pair of rabbits in a wheel. Incidentally, rabbits are-not at all difficult to secure; and a couple in a hunting scene will help to draw the crowd. So long as the window is wired off at the back to prevent their exit, they can be given a fair amount of run. Such a window takes work to put together. At the same time, the amount of work can be considerably reduced by a careful preliminary planning of the details. The display should be worked out on paper be- fore the trimmer commences the ac- tual putting together. True, details may have to be altered; but that trim- mer saves time who knows before- hand just what result he wants to achieve. A Pacific Coast hardware — store showed a good hunting window some years ago. An old fence and a dum- my in hunter’s costume were the central figures. Just inside the fence was shown a small tree with the fa- miliar sign, “No Hunting Allowed,” and a small pool of water surround- ed by underbrush amongst which could be seen pheasants and other wood fowls. The hunter carried a rifle in one hand, and was in: the act of crawling through an opening in the fence. This window was dou- bly effective from the fact that a strip was left along the front eighteen inches wide and the full leneth of the window, for the display of hunting knives, revolvers, shells, duck calls, and other incidentals; while on a rack at one end of the display were shown rifles and shot guns. It is worth while remembering al- ways that no display is effective which does not aim to produce sales. The hunting scene itself serves to at- tract attention; but it ought to be linked up with the goods in order that the attention thus secured may have a chance to induce actual pur- chasing of guns and hunting acces- sories. Therefore, the ideal window is that which, while creating the most effect, at the striking scenic same time introduces (logically) as many hunting accessories as_ possible, The good window trimmer will not be content to slavishly follow the designs of others; he will, if possible, introduce a new effect and, prefer- ably, one with a local appeal. Every locality has its own particular hunt- ing pastime which is preferred above all others. In some places the gun- men are big game hunters; in others they go after the ducks; and so on. Naturally, it pays to appeal to local preferences, and to devise the window display acordingly. Thus, a window trimmer in a town close to which are qa number of ex- tensive duck-frequented marshes, in- stead of a scene in the Northern woods showed the edge of a marsh, with a punt, and poles in place, reeds and rushes growing, a few decoy ducks, some in the water and some in the pnnt, and a half concealed hunt- er, completely equipped with boots and waterproofs, taking aim with his trusty weapon at a flock of imagin- ary ducks somewhere on the horiz- on. Incidentally, in the punt was shown a full line of ammunition and other accessories. In this instance the water was purely imaginary, the floor of the window being covered with a greenish gray cloth, which showed here and there through the roots of the genuine rushes. AI- though it would take more work, real water could be shown, and the actual marsh duplicated in almost every de- tail. What can be done in window trimming, in the way of realistic ef- fects, is limited only by the amount of time and trouble the trimmer is willing to give to the display. The trimmer will find it profitable to be a mixer. Usually, the proprie- tor himself maps out the trim, at least in small town stores; in some instances the task is entrusted to the clerk who has special charge of the sporting goods and hunting goods department. Naturally, that trimmer is well equipped for his task who knows by actual experience the marsh and the woods. He is able to intro- duce into his display many little in- cidentals which appeal by their very realism, and which the trimmer with- out actual experience of hunting will rarely chance upon. However, at the height of the hunt- ing season the average window trim- mer is too busy to take a back-to- nature holiday. For his information he must rely largely upon custom- ers. It is worth while therefore, to mix with these customers, and not merely to sell them hunting goods, but to listen to hunting stories and to learn the, subject thoroughly, As with all lines of sporting goods, the successful hunting goods seller, ad- vertiser and window trimmer is the man who gets into the game, if not actually, at least in the sense of un- derstanding all its details and being an enthusiast. The clerk who takes an interest in such things, who lis- tens to the often tall yarns of the enthusiastic hunters, who understands all about ammunition and weapons and camp incidentals, is laying a mighty good foundation to the suc- cessful handling of these lines. Various items enter into such dis- plays. The tent is usually part of the hardware stock. For a duck shooting window, a punt can easily be secured. Often a tent in replaced by a miniature log shack or hut, which can be constructed of the slen- der boughs of trees. Stuffed animals can be secured from the local taxi- dermist, who is often glad thus to advertise his work; live animals— such as rabbits—can easily be pro- cured. Some duck hunters now raise live decoys; these make an effective window feature. Leaves, boughs, reeds and other items are necessary for effective background. Practically all the minor items of such display are part of the hardware stock. William Edward Park. 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 Co. 218 Pearl Street Grand Rapids, Mich. OFFICE OUTFITTERS LOOSE LEAF SPECIALISTS Co. 237-239 Pearl St. ‘near the bridge) Grand Rapids, Mich. Foster, Stevens & Co. Wholesale Hardware . 157-159 Monroe Ave. _ :: Grand Rapids, Mich. 151 to 161 Louis N. W. “a 1916 tion om- . to not ods, and As the the not un- ing kes lis- the nds ons sUC- 1S as ur ol ve id October 18, 1915 AUTOMOBILES AND ACCESSORIES Motor Truck Saves Six Cents Per Ton Mile. The Merchants Journal has _ re- ceeived a good many enquiries re- cently from its subscribers about mo- tor trucks, or motor delivery wagons, and one of the questions most often asked is this: “Does it cost less to operate a mo- tor truck delivery than it would a horse drawn delivery?” The Merchants Journal has been able to find some exact figures on that proposition, and they are cal- ctlated to jar the horse-using busi- ness man to his foundation. These figures were compiled by the Chicago Municipal Markets Com- mission—not by some automobile concern. This municipal commission made a thorough investigation into the cost of hauling from all view- points, and based their computations on the “ton mile” basis. The “ton mile’ basis seems a lit- tle vague perhaps, but it is after all the only fair and scientific way to figure such a proposition. A “ton mile” is the equivalent of a ton haul- ed a distance of one mile. A half ton load must be hauled two miles to make one “ton mile” of hauling. Figures were taken in every line of business, under both usual and unusual conditions. They included such items as drivers’ wages, repairs on wagons, veterinary services to horses, feed, stable rent, replace- ments, in fact, every item that could have any possible bearing on the cost of hauling with horses. At the same time, they made just as thorough an investigation into motor truck hauling costs in the same city and under the same condi- tions. No comments were made on the figures. Nothing was said to in- fluence public opinion one way or another. They told the truth and let people draw their own conclusions. Based on the actual working con- ditions in the Chicago of to-day, the average cost of hauling one tone one mile over Chicago streets horses came to 1734 cents; while the average cost ot doing the same work with motor trucks, under con- ditions unfavorable to the truck, was 11% cents per ton mile. The dif- ference between these two figures, 6% cents per ton mile, is so small that unless it be taken in connection with working conditions, it makes no impression on the mind. But when it is considered that the average indi- vidual business in Chicago has sixty ton miles of hauling to do every day, that 6%4 cents takes on an entirely new value. Six and one-half cents with - on one ton mile might not be worth while, but 61%4 cents on sixty ton miles is $3.90 a day, or, for the 300 working days in a year, $1,170. That is what it is costing the average Chi- cago business man to get along with- out a motor truck. Of course these figures are for 4 big city, where there is a heavy ton- nage, but even if the saving were only 5 cents a ton mile and the total daily business only thirty ton miles, the saving would be $1.50 a day, or $450 a year. With a light tonnage, the merchant would have to buy a smaller, lighter and less expensive truck than would the man doing a sixty-ton mile business a day. These figures are not guess work; they are carefully prepared by men who had no trucks to sell, and were interested only in learning the truth. —Merchants Journal. —_~2+-+___ Highway Across the State. Much of the work preliminary to a highway from Detroit to Grand Hav- en has been done, and the enthus- iasm along the proposed good road is such that the men behind the pro- ject think there is no question about it. There are three parts to this road, one between Detroit and Lansing, one from Lansing to Grand Rapids and the third from Grand Rapids to Grand Haven, or Lake Michigan. There is no dispute as to the part running out of Detroit to the capital, for considerable work has been done on sections of that, although the road from Detroit to Lansing is not so good as the road from Lansing to Grand Rapids. A little tilt developed regarding the second section. Ionia, located on what is termed the Northern route, is very anxious for it and Lake Odessa and other places on the Southern route are just as anxious, Communities along both of these routes are thoroughly aroused. To pick out the better of the two a number of those interested and motorists went out of Lansing on the Northern route on Friday, a meeting being set for that night at Grand Rapids. The return Saturday was by way of Lake Odessa. No matter which of the central routes is picked the road will be a good thing and it promises to be a much traveled thoroughfare, —_2+~+>__ The Best Firm. A pretty good firm is Watch & Waite, And another is Attit, Early & Layte; And still another is Doo & Dairet, But the best is probably Grinn & Bar- rett. See the new Cadillac Eight It’s the Peer of Them All Western Michigan Cadillac Co., Ltd. OSCAR ECKBERG, Mer. 19-23 LaGrave Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich. 139-141 Monroe St. “* F Beth Phonus GNAND RAPIDS, NUCH FLASHLIGHTS are real profit makers—because each EVEREADY you sell brings the customer back to your store time and time again to buy the re- newal batteries and lamps which he needs to keep his light oper- ating. Figures prove that for each Flashlight dealers sell four bat- teries and two lamps each year. WRITE US FOR FULL INFORMATION G. J} LITSCHER ELECTRIC COMPANY Wholesale Distributors 41-43 S. Market St. Grand Rapids, Michigan 13 EIGHT CYLINDER 7) aa . / King Eight Truths The King Eight will duplicate any stunt that any automobile, at any price, will perform, and the King Eight sells for only $1350. The King Eight can take any of Grand Rapids hills on high so easily that it makes the owners of luxury priced cars sit up and THINK. Fifteen to twenty miles to a gallon, Economical on Oil, Tires and Repairs. Make your Demonstration Appointment Phelps Auto Sales Company Western Michigan Distributors for The New King Car and the Apperson Supplies and Accessories Michigan Street and Lafayette Avenue Grand Rapids,* Mich. 4 at Fa “THE MENOMINEE” MOTOR TRUCKS Are Built for Your Service D. F. POYER CO., Menominee, Mich., Manufacturers BURTLESS MOTOR SALES CO. Michigan Distributors, Lansing, Michigan fe x: ee mia aad 5 sa a] toh ae ae it) a ri § f S Choice territory open to reliable dealers 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 or carbonize. It is the best oil for the high grade car, and the best oil for the cheapest car. WRITE FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS The Great Western Oil Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan 14 Fads and Fancies for the Motorist. An elaborate three fold toilet case, equipped with silver hitting, is lined with yellow moire silk, the outside being of purple leather. There is no room in this bag for anything but the toilet articles. “Tuxedo” is the name of the lat- est veil that has appeared upon the market. It is of black net with an eighteen-inch border of dots finished with deep four-inch points all around the bottom. The veil is shirred on a rubber which buttons around the crown of the hat, leaving the wide veil to fall full around the shoulders. Fashionable gloves to go with the black and white costumes for limou- sine wear are in white kid, with heavy black stitching. Over the two but- tons there is a divided cuff under which there is a fringe of ermine tails that lie on the back of the hand. A black net veil with white shadow scroll that is worn over a black vel- vet toque also is finished on the ends with ermine tails. An innovation is a draped velvet muff and smart velvet boa. Reds, browns and wood colors combine well with the new tweed and forestry serge suits. Many women have toques to match the set, but usually the stitched hat to match the suit is worn. The muff is satin lined and rather small in size, while the boa is a deep crush collar, with a wide pointed bow at the side, For autumn wear in the car there MICHIGAN TRADESMAN more than eight companies represent- ed, space was allotted last week for the automobile shows of New York and Chicago. The number of exhi- bitors of both cars and accessories is greater than at any of the previous affairs and with the arrivai of late applications, there will be little space available at either the New York show, beginning at the Grand Cen- tral Palace on New Year's Eve, or the Chicago show, which opens on January 22. The committee appointed with a view to recommending a uniform time for announcing new models re- ported that with varying opinions and the fact that announcement time was a problem which each manufac- turer had to solve for himself, it would be inopportune to attempt to bring about any effective co-opera- tion at this time. The meeting formally decided <0 standardize treads in motor cars at fifty-six inches after July 31, 1916. The usual automobile banquet will be held during show week. The traffic department’s report in- dicated continued record shipments of motor cars. This has resulted in a shortage of automobile freight cars, but the makers are co-operat- ing with the railroads in having ship- ments taken up promptly. Members of the N. A. C. C. were served first with space at both New York and Chicago, the cars receiving allotments beings as follows: Over- When one thinks of these last con- siderations, the horseless age does not seem so gloomy a prophecy. But if man is wise, there will be no horseless age. If man has any real wisdom—and that belief, although often disappoint- ed, never dies—the horse will be pro- moted to the position of humanity’s chief pet and plaything, but always with a substratum of usefulness which will keep him from degenerat- ing into a mere toy. the dratt horse, the trotter—even the “general Purpose animal’—may go, but the saddle horse ought to stay and thrive. —Chicago Journal. —_~2~-<+____ there are so many people who are unable to appreciate that kind of mu- sic. The Handy Michigan Trailer For Use With Any Make of Car THREE STYLES: $50, $55, $100 It turns anywhere your car can turn—on or off in a minute. Let us explain just how a handy trailer will save you both time and money. C D. MILLER Grand Rapids Distributor 413-415 Bond Ave. October 13, 1915 somelime— you will be ; y glad you © ==. took this oS advice: “Keep a can of Diamond Cementless Patches in your tool-box all the time.” SHERWOOD HALL CO., LTD. Distributors GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Let us show you how the Studebaker Delivery Car will save you money Write or call for demonstration or catalog Peck Auto Sales Co. DISTRIBUTORS Ionia and Island Sts. Grand Rapids The Scripps-Booth Is not a copy of any car, either American or foreign. Itis a new type of car and a new branch of motor vehicle construction, as will be more fully is no better extra wrap than the plaid land, Buick, Studebaker, Cadillac, cape having the close fitting vest to Maxwell, Hudson, Reo, Dodge, Chal- match. The vest is cut high and quite Acts, Hupudbile Packad poo realized when one has seen and ridden in this remarkable vehicle, i , , : T . . . long and has a pocket at either side, Arrow Chevrolet Paige-Detroit, it oe ot ae eo uiaileees Ea ai er , £ ) : g , y into the Scripps-Booth luxurious light roadster while the cape has a cvonvertible Franklin, .Chandler, Austin, Kline, oF coupe as your next motor car possibility, collar. These capes come in all the Stearns, Locomobile, Allen, Stutz, Price $775, F. O. B. Detroit standard plaids, while “tams” to Peerless, Pullman, National, Moon, : match are worn with them. Marmon, Velie, Apperson, Auburn, George S. I hwing & Co Cretonne and chintz have invaded the interior of the limousine, appear- ing in slip covers in gorgeous color- ings. Roses in all sizes and colors are used, but as the material has been rain proofed the patterns are guaran- teed to hold their color for at least one season. Many tapestry patterns are used, as well as the floral designs, and in some cases they are being used for the entire upholstery of the car and curtains. Travelers who are touring will find the addition of a ground cloth to their outfit a great comfort. It can be spread on the ground under the luncheon outfit or hung about it and the improvised luncheon table as a wind break. An attractive coat for traveling is made of wide striped gray corduroy. It is in full Cossack model with a wide band of gray fox fur around the bot- tom. The wide collar and cuffs are of the same fur, and gray olive shap- ed buttons are used from neck to waist line, where a buckle finishes the narrow double sash. A Russian turban of the corduroy, with a band and tassel of the fur is worn with the coat. —~++.__ Automobile Shows to Be the Biggest Ever. At one of the bizges¢ meetings ever held by the National Automo- bile Chamber of Commerce, with Mercer, F. I. A. T., Moline, Lozier, Scripps-Booth, Great Western, Bris- coe, Cole, Pathfinder, Inter-State, King, Regal, Glide, Elkhart, Kissel, White, Lexington-Howard, Olds, Winton, Jeffrey, McFarlan, Cunning- ham, Westcott, Mitchell, Haynes, Oakland, Briggs-Detroiter, Imperial, Marion, Saxon, Case, Argo, Empire, Grant, Patterson, Premier, Hollier, Jackson and Abbott-Detroit. Electric manufacturers allotted space were Anderson, Baker, R. & L. Ohio, Milburn, Waverley and Woods. Among the others who obtained space were Metz, Crow, Davis, Trum- bull, Herff-Brooks, Enger, Reming- ton, Dort, Owen, Standard, Monitor, All Steel, Sun, Sterling, Elgin and Farmack. Horses and Machines. The heavy draft horse is doomed. He will not vanish suddenly, vut his hour has struck. Motor trucks already are displacing him in cities. The cheap farm tractor will do the same in the country. In a few decades the great, magnificent brutes will be lit- tle more than a memory. Their places will be taken by bloodless ma- chines, that never whinny greeting to a kind master, never search one’s pockets for sugar—and never break their legs on icy pavements or drag out a friendless old age under the whips of stupid, greedy drivers. Citz. 31883 15-17 GRAHAM STREET, S.w. delay if interested. Write for terms. SAXON SIX $785 The Equal of Any $1200 Car on the Market Territory in Mecosta, Ionia, Ottawa, Allegan and Barry Counties open for live dealers. See our exhibit Fair week. GRAND RAPIDS SAXON COMPANY 572 Division Avenue, South Do not October 13, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Lu oIingre APPERSON SIX—The American Beauty Car Four Passenger Roadster, Aptly Called The Chummy Car, $1550 Five Passenger Six, $1485; Seven Passenger, $1550 PHELPS AUTO SALES COMPANY, Michigan St. and Lafayette Ave. Distributors APPERSON and KING Cars GRAND RAPIDS ' SS SUN-BEAM == TRaot mame - Sunbeam Mackinaws 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. AND THE REO SIX are two of the most standardized cars in the world. Reo consistency has set a new world’s record REO Six, seven passenger 45 horsepower REO the Fifth, five passenger, 35 horsepower Write or Phone W. D. VANDECAR Citizens Phone 5088 129-131 Jefferson Ave. 12 Years a Reo Distributor Grand Rapids, Mich. 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN THE MEAT MARKET LL An Old Time Butcher to His Son. Perhaps the quickest way for a man to know something is to realize that he does not know it all. The reason why I say this is be- cause of something that my old boss told me when I was new in the butch- er game, and was just beginning to get the hang of the ropes. In those days I was pretty much like every other young fellow. The little knowledge that I had accumu- lated in the short time that I had been in the business seemed to me to be a regular mountain and I was su- premely confident that nothing could ever be put up to me that I couldn’+ have the answer for right off the bat. One day a woman came into the market and complained that she had been charged for meat that she had not purchased. I usually waited on her when she came to buy, and that being the case, the boss turned her over to me and told me to find out what the trouble. The both of us went over her bill very carefully and finally agreed on all the items except a leg of lamb, which she claimed she had never or- dered and had never received. Now I distinctly remembered selling her that leg of lamb. I went into all the details of the transaction, but she denied the whole thing, saying that she had not been in the market at all on the day when it was billed to her, and I claimed to have sold it to her. She was as firm in her belief as I was in mine, but the boss finally gave in to her, because if he persisted in making her pay for that piece of meat he figured that he would lose her trade, and he thought it was better to let it go the way she wanted it. Two days later a woman came into the market and proceeded to pay her bill. She said that she owed 94 cents more than what we had her charged with. She even remembered that it was a leg of lamb. Then it sudden- ‘ly dawned upon me that I had sold her that leg myself, and that I had thought I had sold it to the first wom- an. Besides that, I had made a mis- take in charging. | It was only through chance that I had discovered I was wrong and that the first customer had been right. Such a thing might not happen again in a hundred years. But until the second woman came in I was as sure that the first had had that leg of lamb as I was that 1 was alive. I felt that she was out tu do the boss, and I would have sacrificed her trade before I would have allowed her to get away with it. I would have been wrong, of course, but I figured that I would have been right. It never does to be absolutely posi- tive when it comes down to a ques- tion of memory. Time and time again I have seen men trip up over this, when they have been as posi- tive as it is possible to be positive. And when a woman is a good cus- tomer, why it sometimes pays to sac- rifice your own ideas to what she thinks. Remember that, my boy. — Butchers’ Advocate. Neutral Lard. The following description may an- swer your purpose: The first essen- tial in the manufacture of neutral lard is to have the leaf lard thor- oughly chilled, and quickly enough so that no part of it sours. If it be chilled too slowly a strong nogegy flavor develops which it is impossi- sible to eradicate from the fresh product. The leaf lard is chilled for twenty-four hours in a temperature of 34 to 36 degrees F. before being melt- ed. It is then put through a hash- er, which it, and from there to the melting ket- tles, which are made of very thin iron with a jacket. Many times the melt- ing kettle is but a wooden vat with a galvanized iron kettle on the in- side, the space between the wooden vat and the galvanized kettle being filled with water which is heated to the desired temperature for melting the product. It is not practical to use steam in this case. The heat would be excessive and it would he impossible to control it. In a kettle holding 4,000 to 5,000 pounds steam is turned in the tank before permitting any lard to go in, the agitator started to revolve slow- ly, not to exceed six to eight revo- lutions per minute, and the heat is so regulated as to have the lard all melted and ready to drop in one and one-half hours from the time of start- ing to hash. By the time the lard is melted the temperature will be about 126 degrees to 128 degrees F. As soon as it is melted it is drawn off with a syphon into the receivinz kettles, which are also jacketed and held at practically the same tempera- ture. The scrap is then drawn out at the bottom and the kettle is ready to be refilled. As soon as the lard has dropped into the kettle below it is salted with from one-half to 1 per cent. of salt, letting it stand for from fifteen to thirty minutes. Then the liquid lard is drawn off with a syphon, running it through cheesecloth into receiving tanks, where it is allowed to settle for at least four hours. The lard is then ready to be drawn off into tierces. This in the main is the meth- thoroughly disintegrates | od in use in large packing plants for the manufacture of neutral lard. —_+++___ This would be a grand old world if people could purchase experience on trial with the privilege of returning it if not satisfactory. October 13, 193: 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. 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 HART BRAND CANNED GOODS Packed by W. R. Roach & Co., Hart, Mich. Michigan People Want Michigan Producte Make Out Your Bills THE EASIEST WAY Save Time and Errors. Send for Samples and Circular—Free. Barlow Bros., Grand Rapids, Mich. Rea & Witzig PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS 104-106 West Market St. Buffalo, N. Y. Established 1873 Live Poultry in excellent de- mand at market prices. Can handle large shipments to ad- vantage. Fresh Eggs in good de- mand at market prices. Fancy creamery butter and good dairy selling at full quota- tions. Common plenty and dull. Send for our weekly price cur- rent or wire for special quota- tions. Refer you to the People’s Bank of Buffalo, all Commercial Agen- cies and to hundreds of shippers everywhere. ‘Mothers Del, ish fi ESCENT FLOUR “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. They are especially pre- pared by Cudahy Brothers Co., Packers, Cudahy, Wis., for Cudahy Brothers Co. Packers Cudahy, Wisconsin Dry Milk Wm. Alden Smith Bldg. WHOLESALE Flour, Feed, Hay, Bags, Twine Bakers’ Supplies and Machinery, Waxed Paper, Bread Wrappers Powdered Egg Everything for Bakers, Flour and Feed Dealers ROY BAKER Cooking Oil Compound Grand Rapids, Michigan Oo tt FRPRrehR a —_— x October 18, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN va})) ~ E _ a br > & Nh é S = (Cs fi (ti = WS Up-to-Date Poultry Packing Practice. One of the greatest problems which requires solution in the poul- try packing industry is the faulty de- sign that is found in many of these plants, due primarily to the fact that they are located in buildings which were originally intended for other purposes and which are not suscep- tible to remodeling so that the entire cycle of operation—receiving, feeding, dressing and packing—may be per- formed efficiently and economically. In many cases the labor entailed in these processes must be constantly duplicated because of the poor ar- rangement of the premises, giving rise to an additional hauling and trucking that adds considerably not only to the overhead cost of opera- tion, but also to the wear and tear on the quality of the birds and the depreciation of the equipment used. The ideal design for a modern poul- try plant would be to have the work done progressively all on the one floor, but, like many other ideals, this is not to be thought of, as the amount of space that is required for such an arrangement must always be prohibi- tive. It is therefore necessary to divide the work between two and sometimes three floors, carefully plan- ned so that the duplication of labor and effort may be reduced to a min- imum. The first requisite of a modern poultry plant is an abundance of light and air. Neither of these important items should ever be neglected. For it is only through a constant supply of these two essentials that the plant may be kept sanitary and clean—a necessity if the brand of poultry pack- ed by the house is to win a reputa- tion on the market and bring a price that will contain a fair margin of profit. Fresh air is of vital importance in the room where the feeding is done, if the birds held there are to go from the dressing room in the best of con- dition. So, in the best designed poul- try plants, this room is usually lo- cated on the top floor, although in some cases it is placed in a separate building. The first location is to be preferred, however, as it diminishes the amount of labor necessary in moving the stock about the plant through the application of a gravity system. The birds as they are received should be lifted directly free from the receiving station and scales to the feeding room, thus doing away with unnecessary handling of stock and batteries. And here a word about the weighing. The best scale to use is a floor scale, on which a platform truck, capable of holding two or three coops, can be wheeled, weigh- ing the whole in one operation. If an ordinary platform scale is used, it requires three men to handle it, two to handle the coops and one to weigh the birds. The method recom- mended above requires but two. Immediately after the weighing the birds should be placed in the feed- ing batteries, grading according to sex, age, etc. 8he old method of placing them in a large pen, while it saves a certain amount of time, hurts the condition of the stock, as many of them are unable to obtain their due proportion of feed and water. Furthermore, there is less handling of the birds, minimzing flesh bruises and broken legs and wings, and far more accurate records may be kept. The batteries should at once be trans- ferred to the feeding room and the birds held there until they are ready to be killed and dressed. The proper position for the killing room is directly below the feeding room. It should be the best lighted portion of the entire plant, yet in many cases it is the most poorly lighted one. In this room, more than any other, the principles of proper management need to be applied to- day. In many plants the methods employed are practically left to the discretion of the workmen, resulting in confusion and increased expense to the plant management. Every- thing therein should be standardiz- ed, the methods of killing and the implements used. In some cases two entirely different killing methods have been found in the same killing room, the bench and the string. Some men will be found killing and finishing their birds outright, while others will be found killing and roughing their birds and then turning them over to a gang of pinners. All this in the same killing room. The method of killing and dressing should be stand- ardized, and practical experience seems to show that the quality of the output is increased when the rough- er and pinner system is used, and that it is also more economical than when the bird is finished by the rougher. The more recent labor saving de- vices which have been installed in the killing room, such as suitable cans for holding the tail and wing feath- ers, suitable protectors to prevent the soiling of the body feather by the chicken’s blood, the trolley sys- tem by which the birds are automat- ically carried from one part of the dressing room to another, and the rei- eree system applied to each bird be- fore it is credited to the pinner and rougher, are all steps in fixing this industry on a scientific basis. It is extremely difficult to estimate accurately the saving in money and the additional price because of the better dressing of the birds obtain- ed by the installation of such de- vices and the maintenance of such routines. In one poultry plant, how- ever, where accurate book-keeping prevails, the profit from the extra number of body feathers saved during one season paid for all the new equip- ment, including the motor, the trolley, the feather cans, the feather trough, the shackles, etc., that were installed in the remodeling. Hanging racks for the chilling of chickens are another important item of equipment that should be used in every modern poultry packing plant. They not only permit the chilling more promptly, but they also permit a man to grade 25 per cent. chickens than from a side rack. The use of an overhead scale on a track and the weighing of twelve birds on this scale is a great saving, as compared to weighing the box, packing and then weighing again. By the former method individual birds on a scale can readily be changed un- til the weight is within one-fourth of a pound of the weight that is de- sired. Since boxes are marked only more Se ee 17 in even pounds, there is in this way a saving of one-fourth to one-half a pound in each box, yet the receiver gets full weight. In order to make sure of full-weight boxes it is the practice in many houses to allow one- fourth of the pound over the marked weight to allow for any shrinkage in transit. —_+++>____ Some people refuse to do thines because they are near-sighted, and some others because they are far- sighted. Make Us Your Shipments When you have Fresh Quality Eggs, Dairy Butter or packing stock. Always in the market. Quick returns. Kent Storage Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. If you appreciate uniformity and high quality in butter buy BLUE VALLEY. Blue Valley Creamery Company Grand Rapids, Mich. Watson-Higgins Milling Co. Merchant Millers Grand Rapids it Michigan Wm. Alden Smith Bldg. E. P. MILLER, President F. H. HALLOCK, Vice Pres. Miller Michigan Potato Co. WHOLESALE PRODUCE SHIPPERS Potatoes, Apples, Onions Correspondence solicited Let us hear from you if you can load good potatoes The H. E. Moseley Co. is associated with us in this business FRANK T. MILLER, Sec&Treas .Grand Rapids, Mich. The Vinkemulder Company Jobbers and Shippers of Everything in Fruits and Produce Grand Rapids, Mich. Both Phones 1217 Mail us sample any Beans you may wish to sell. Send us orders for FIELD SEEDS. MOSELEY BROTHERS Grand Rapids, Mich. 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 138, 1915 Tym MTV Ne EO OTTTUS (Qe: DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS*” NOTI — = Buying Active in the Knit Goods Line, While there is no rushing to buy the business has picked up in a man- ner that encourages the trade and proves that the buyers are expecting business right along for people must have underwear. High grade goods are selling better, lower grades have fallen somewhat in bulk which re- sults in plenty of this class and less of the former. To have a phenom- enal year the medium-priced goods must sell freely. In hosiery especial- ly, we are wearing to-day more high- priced hose than two years ago. Spring goods are not moving any too fast, but the amount is fair. Job- bers were late in ordering and mills are busy filling their needs as im- mediate delivery is always asked. This business is late, but it has as- sisted the trade. Duplicate orders are slow but come along in a steady stream that helps wonderfully in the aggregate. Ex- port business is medium, much of this being extra heavy goods _ for women that England wants. Buy- ers are seeing now that it is possible to underbuy with the idea that the de- partment is not doing the business to pay for stocking up; if not in good shape the department certainly can not de business and to-day the pub- lic is hungry for novelties. Mills are not making up stock in advance which forces the buyers’ orders if early deliveries are wished and when are they not? Silk Underwear. As a country we wear an immense quantity of silk garments and now that it has been declared that the wearers are immune as far as body insects are concerned it is used, as far as possible, with the ill, of which there are many, as well as those free from disease. The sanitary side is being well threshed out and the fash- ion side grows more powerful daily. Flesh-colored wear is favored, novel- ties sell well and at fair prices. Women will spend money on their underwear in these days far beyond what was done even ten years ago, but they will not spend if the goods are not shown to them. The Hosiery Question. Two items of interest for the av- erage woman concerning hosiery is to have them thin and either of an odd shade or patterned in a novel manner for novelty must prevail. Broken vertical stripes, plain and French knot effects. Plaid-stripe boots are combined with drop stiches. Accordian ribs are selling; polka dot effects are still in use. Something very new is to have shoes perfor- ated and inlaid with color and worn with hose the color of the inlay and embroidered with the color of the boot. Very high grade foot dress- ing often consists of a very thin silk of dark color with a black shoe or a brown, tan, gray, etc., hose with pump matching exactly. The retailer expects business nexi month. Jobbers are none too keen regarding spring business in hosiery. In pure and artificial silk goods there is fair business all of the time and better very much of the month. It is up to the retailer to show more confidence and be ready with goods that will induce women to buy. Fan- cy hosiery will sell in the winter for customers have the novelty habit. Exports of Hosiery. Our mills are sending hosiery in every direction. Late steamers have carried goods to England, France, South America, West Indies, Asiatic ports, South Africa and places so re- mote that it requires months to get the goods there. August shows the heaviest exports of hosiery ever re- corded in a month. An upward hos- iey market is predicted, one manufac- turer puts it at three to seven cents a dozen on spring goods. A Fabric Leader for 1916. The expected awakening of Eng- lish mohair will bring new life to one of the most dependable fabrics that was ever put on the market. It has been the “best seller” many times and will be again if its return or increased popularity is managed rightly. It must show improvement over the fabric of former seasons and the manufacturers must meet the ideas of customers regarding weight; then it will take when shown with authority as it will deserve all of the good that can be said of it. Mo- hair can be relied upon and is of in- finite variety in its purposes. It at- tracts attention and that clinches the subject when discussions arise be- tween manufacturer and buyer, cus- tomer and clerk. Blouses. Separate plaid silk blouses have fairly taken the market by storm. As the suits are dark, these blouses ap- parently match any suit. They are simple, tailored, with long sleeves, and have found a ready demand. Vel- vet blouses in dark, rich tones (often braid-trimmed) have sold splendidly, and when they match the suit give the effect of a two-piece garment. Chiffon, Georgette crepe, taffeta, lace, net blouses all sell well; in fact, manufacturers are satisfied with their orders and the good condition of the market. Mittens made of Mackinaw Cloth in fancy assorted pat- terns are proving to be good sellers. Have you tried them? Boys’ sizes are $2.25 and men’s $4.25 and $4.50 per dozen We also offer an exceptionally strong line of lined and unlined leather gloves and mittens at prices as follows: Muleskin and Goatskin Gloves $2.25; Horsehide, Hogskin, Salamander and Buckskin Gloves and Gauntlets at $4 25, $4.50, $8.50 and $9.00: Black Auto Gauntlets at $9.00, $12.00 and $13.50; Cape and Mocha Dress Gloves at $4.50, $4.75, $9.00 and $13.50; Sheep- skin, Horsehide and Hogskin Mittens at $2.25, $4.25, $4 50, $8.50 and $9.00 per dozen. Samples are being shown by our salesmen and they will be pleased to compare values. Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. 20-22 Commerce Ave. Exclusively Wholesale Grand Rapids, Mich. Michigan Knit---That’s It + No. 525. Heavy Jumbo stitch full fashioned sweater coat for men. Has large shawl collar, pockets lined. Made from best quality worsted yarn. Supplied in any color. Has proven a wonderful seller. Sizes 34 to 44 + Illustrated catalogue on application or sample as- sortment sent on approval. + MICHIGAN KNITTING Co. Manufacturer of Sweaters, Sweater Coats, Hockey Caps, Gloves Mittens and Knit Goods Specialties LANSING, MICHIGAN — x . October 18, 1915 Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, Oct. 11.—The Absal Guild, Bagmen of Bagdad, met Oc- tober 9 and taid plans for theic win- ter’s entertainment and also outlined the work of the committees in in- creasing the membership. The mem- bers were divided into two teams captained by Harry Harwood and H. Fred De Graff for the purpose of rounding up new members. Some captains to lead the teams and there ig no doubt there will be several sur- renders. A ways and means commit- tee consisting of W. E. Sawyer, John D. Martin and E. Stott, was appoitt- ed to forward the success of the win- ter’s entertainments. The first of the series of entertainments will be held Saturday evening, October 23, the na- ture of same to be announced later. Don’t forget the big U. C. T. dance next Saturday evening, October 16. The committees for the Grand Council meeting to be held in Tra- verse City next June have been ap- pointed and are as follows: Hotel and Transportation, Past Grand Counselor John D. Martin; Sports, P. Damstra; Parade and Uniforms, Past Senior Counselor Harry Hy- dorn; Badges, J. J. Dooley and W. E. Mellenger. Will Frankie, accompanied by Mrs. Frankie and Mrs. W. S. Lawton, mo- tored to Albion Friday, where they were joined by Grand Counselor Lawton and returned Saturday eve- ning by the way of Jackson. Our congenial Page, William E. Sawyer, was seen standing first on one foot and then another the other evening at a street crossing and upon being questioned it was learned that he was waiting for a cherry. We haven’t as yet figured out what kind of a cherry he expected to appear on the scene. Put us next, Bill. Charles T. Logie, who is located at Graveshurst, Ont., for his health, is reported to be in very delicate health. Mr. Logie is connected with the house of Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co. W. L. Berner has returned from a visit to the Yellowstone Park and reports a very pleasant trip. It was particularly pleasant due to the fact that he had no grips to lug. We are wondering where he carried the nec- essary utensils for an “all night’s” stay. Bobbie, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lee, is reported recovering nicely from an operation which he underwent at St. Mary’s hospital. Time is flying and the first we know assessment No. 129 will be past due and then what? Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Wykkel, of 1436 Wealthy street, have been en- tertaining Mr. and Mrs. Lee Corns, of Toledo, the past week. Mr. Corns is a member of Toledo Council, No. 10. Kalamazoo'’s novel celebration— Prosperity Week—was a grand suc- cess. The city. was gaily decorated with flags and bunting and every one entered into the celebration with a whole heartedness that is bound to bring success in any undertaking. One novel feature of the celebration was the offering of a prize of $100 for the first person discovering and shak- ing the hands of a man representing Prosperity. Until Friday the prize was unclaimed, but as a result of the offer every one was looking for pros- perity. May it come in free bloom. One of the main attractions was an exhibition ball game between the De- troit Tigers and the St. Louis Browns. Assessment No. 129 is due on or before October 25 and the time is near. Get busy. E, E. Kraai, of 1248 Wealthy street, is reported improving, after being confined to his home several weeks with rheumatism. The executive committee met the first of the week and allowed the fol- lowing claims: Godfrey Faude, of MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Tonia, and Warren Reading, Pa. Grand Rapids and Jackson Coun- cils, which were tied for second piace in the baseball honors at the Grand Council meeting held at Lansing last June, have split the spvils 59-50. This is the first year that Grand Rapids hasn't been in the first column. Look out for next year’s team, because they are going out for glory. No doubt some of the boys will re- gret to learn of Fred Ireland’s death. He wag one of Belding’s mest popu- lar business men and well liked by the traveling fraternity whose lives brought them in touch with him. A large party was seen journeying northward recently and as we since learned their sole object was to wn- load Crown baking powder. We also learned why a fat man is so good na- tured. It seems that an over abund- ance of avoirdupois prohibits a fistic contest and as there is no chance for any fleet foot work, it is up to the un- fortunate to be good natured. Again, like a father, we ask you to remember the U. C. T. dance and assessment No. 129. L. V. Pilkington, Nimmich, of Sagacious Suggestions From Saginaw Salesmen. Saginaw, Oct. 11.—Born to the city of Saginaw—a new Chamber of Com- merce. Harry Oppenheimer, one of Saginaw’s biggest boosters, will act as its first guide and President. Let us hope that this organization will surpass anything of its kind ever be- fore originated in Saginaw. Learn one thing about Detroit each week: She furnished a nice bunch of pickpockets for the Saginaw fair. Himmelhock Bros., formerly in the grocery business here, recently bought of Zeigler & Fox the build- ing at the corner of Sixth and La- peer streets, now occupied by Schwartz & Oldenburg, grocers. The new owners expect to open a grocery store about November 15, Stanton & Fleming’s large store, at Midland, had a narrow escape from being burned last week when their feed store adjoining was burned. The fire is thought to have started from defective wiring. Loss is fully cov- ered by insurance. W. D. Proud, for ten years in the dry goods business in Charlotte, sold out recently and bought out one of the oldest firms in Alma, Chas. De Leban, the latter having been in busi- ness forty-five years. Mr. Proud is closing out the grocery stock and will feature the dry goods and shoe busi- ness. Saginaw Council is planning the biggest revival in its history for the November meeting. In September it initiated twenty-six stalwart commer- cial soldiers of the Valley, but watch the number to be taken in in Novem- ber! With such veterans as Mark 3rown, “Czar of Michigan,” Deputy Ben Mercer, Wm. Mohler, Saginaw Valley's Meat King, and Tony San- sone, who carries a great deal of weight in the Council, why shouldn’t they win? G. H. Branch & Co. have opened a grocery store in Freeland, near the P. M. depot. Mr. Branch was for- merly in the U. S. mail service. Howell is one of the busiest towns in Michigan fixing up the streets. It is paving its main street. Good thing. John Gleason, owner of the Central Hotel, Milford, has leased the house to Frank Leadly, of Northville. A. D. McGuire, at one time in the meat business in Freeland, has open- ed a new shop opposite the P. M. depot. S. O. David & Co., druggists at Coleman, have sold out to F. : Sponenburgs & Son. Mr. Sponen- burgh, Sr., has been traveling Michi- gan the past two years for Lambert & Lowman, of Detroit. The junior member of the concern recently came from Portland, Oregon, where he was engaged in pharmaceutical work for the past five years. F. E. Hafer, of Shepard, is remodei- ing the front of his grocery and bake shop. Attention, grocers! Only 131 more days until the convention at Battle Creek. When discounting your bills lay the small change to one side for your expenses on the trip. Battle Creek is sending out the information that it expects to outdo any conven- tion ever held in the State and those tellows ‘know how. There’s where Miller lives. Remember him? A word to the Night Owls who make Marlette. The Exchange Hotel recently changed hands and one of the strict rules of the house is in regard to retiring. “When I go to bed, so also shall ye,” saith the man- ager, the retiring hour being prompt- ly at ten bells. The writer met some of the boys the past week who did not heed the call of the master of 19 the hostelry and were locked out. | Peres a reason,” The next regular meeting of Sagi- naw Council occurs next Saturday evening, October 16. Brother U. C. T.s who happen to be in Saginaw are cordially invited to attend. Meet- ings held in Forest Hall. While working along the Ann Ar- bor line the past week we met our friend and scribe from Battle Creek, Guy Pfander. He is still peddling the sweets and reports business good. L. M. Steward. —_+~--___ Wisdom of the man who knows it all is valuable, but so is the hole in a doughnut. We are manufacturers of TRIM MED 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. Wholesale Dry Goods Outings and Flannelettes A well selected stock of Outings and Flannelettes is a mighty important factor in any store. Not alone for the immediate profit resulting from their sale; but the merchant, who has a fine selec- tion of these cloths, will bring customers to his store. We have a fine complete line to select from rang- ing in price from 4% cents per yard and upwards. Paul Steketee & Sons Grand Rapids, Mich. YES--- We are particularly well-fixed to cater to your sure-to-be needs for “WHITE HOUSE” COFFEE during “Coffee Week” and forever after Distributed at Wholesale by Judson Grocer Co., Grand Rapids a 20 f { i] Hf yt l October 138, 1915 What the Crank Puts Other People Through. Written for the Tradesman. : A real crank ought by rights to | an orphan, unmarried, and without relatives or close friends. He cor sh- should live away off on some island untouched by ships and uninhabited by any other human being. Under such circumstances the rights and privileges of personal liberty, which allow one to do whatever will not injure anyone else, could be exercis- ed to the full. One cranky, as unreasonable, as full of could be as whims and crotchets and foibles as one liked, and cause no one else any inconvenience or annoyance thereby. But you never could persuade 1+ crank to go off alone like that. In fact the whole idea is impossible of realization. One never could develop into a genuine crank in such a situa- tion, nor could one remain a real crank for any length of time if plac- ed there. A hermit or a recluse may be peculiar and eccentric to a degree, but in isolation one can not continue a full line of those unpleasant traits that go to make up the sort of per- son we usually designate by the term To be a crank one must have other natures to annoy and exasper- ate, and from whom to make absurd and unreasonable exactions. Hence the necessity for lifting a voice in protest against what the crank puts other people through. Mrs. Shirley's hobby is order and Her house is absolutely spotless. No fleck of dust ever is visible on casements or furniture or floors. “A place for everything and everything in its place,’ is a law rigidly enforced. And poor Mr. Shir- ley! Although the garage and the basement and the lawn and his dress- er and clothes closet are always as tidy as it is possible to imagine, still, Mrs. Shirley constantly is lamenting that “William is so disorderly!” li he happens to stand a moment in a door, a plaintive “Won’t you close the screen, dear?” is sure to meet his ears. As the result of twenty years of his wife's never-abating discipline, he has learned “to put things back where they came from,” as few of his sev ever learn. If in pre-occupa- tion or forgetfulness he so much as drops the newspaper he has been reading on the floor, his martinet never fails to remind him to place it in the rack, Last winter Mr. Shirley was very sick with pneumonia. The clutter of dishes and bottles in the sickroom and the interrupted regime of the household disturbed Mrs. Shirley so crank, cleanliness. greatly that she seemed hardly to think of her husband's extreme dan- ger. While at present in fair health, he never seems to enjoy any relaxa- tion or solid comfort in his home— always is on a nervous strain for fear he will break the rules in some mi- nute particular. [tle is the victim of his wife’s overstrenuous pursuit of one idea. Mrs. Leighton’s tad is looking after the school training of her little daughter Lena. At the beginning of each school year, what seat Lena shall have in the school room is a matter which the mother wants to direct personally. It must be one on which the light falls from a certain direction and at a certain angle. It must be not too close to a radiator and not too far removed from one. And the pupils near by must be mod- els. Manifestly it is extremely dif- ficult to find one such seat for one pupil. It would be simply impossible to exercise such discrimination in seating every one of forty or hity pupils in a grade. Mrs. Leighton always is going to the superintendent or the school board with this or that, and wanting changes made in the curriculum, and other innovations that those in a po- sition to know best consider utterly impracticable. If Lena’s markings are not the highest, there is trouble and the teachers are accused of being partial to other children. tar be :t from me to say that a parent never ought to remonstrate against the injustices and absurdities of which school boards and instruc- tors often are (perhaps unconscious- ly) guilty. But there is a vast dif- ference between intelligent and force- ful remonstrance, made for sufficient reason, and an incessant demand for trivial changes, most of which would either not be feasible at all, or else not calculated to benefit all the pu- pils alike. The Leightons are wealthy and very prominent in business and so- ciety, so Mrs. Leighton’s carping can not be ignored, even though it really effects very little. She makes it un- Pleasant for Lena’s teachers, adding materially to their labors and wor- ries, which at best would be fully heavy enough. But the one who suf- fers most from her mother’s ill-ad- vised activites is Lena herself, the very person for whose supposed bene- fit if ther are all devised, In strange contrast to the ageres- sive character of both her parents, Lena is a shy, timid, shrinking little creature, suffering daily agonies from the notoriety given her by her moth- er’s whims. Frequently Mrs. Leigh- 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 en sale proposition covering your Woden Te sal market for 7 ' eee ta CAGO BOATS Graham & Morton Line Every Night Purity Patent eS Flour & We mill strictly choice Michigan wheat, properly blended, to producea satisfactory all purpose family flour. GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN & MILLING CO., Grand Rapids, Michigan “The End of Fire Waste” COMPLETE APPROVED Automatic Sprinkler Systems Installed by Phoenix Sprinkler & Heating Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Detroit, Mich. 115 Campau Ave. 909 Hammond Bldg Estimates Free a a Backing Up What We Say 8 When you sell an advertised article, and the Ray, | (E333! article proves the truth of all that’s said in the advertising, it helps you. National Biscuit Company products make for good trade and good will, because they back up, in every particular, all that is said of their high quality and goodness. These famous crackers and cookies, wafers and snaps, are national favorites, in constant demand. Hence, they are the most profitable line a grocer can sell, If you do not know this is so, prove it by stocking with a good assortment of In-er-seal Trade Mark packages. a Cy —___ Profit in Waste Paper. The waste paper of a dozen firms in Springfield, Mo., including the newspapers and _ printing offices, amounts to over $350 a month. This is not guess work, but is based on the assertion of B. Karchmer, who conducts an iron and metal company at Springfield, handling the waste pa- per end of the business. “There is unlimited Opportunity in this field for making money,” declar- ed Mr. Karchmer, “partly because there is no competition, because few think of its possibilities. Again, it does not seem to interest men who are out for financial returns, but want to secure it behind a mahogany desk. I have been in this twenty-six years, in St. business over Louis and the rest of the time in Springtield. Dealing in waste paper is a safe. quick financial deal, nothing practic- ally invested except hard work. If a man could devote his time to advertis- ing the business, and educate the peo- ple along the lines of Saving their old literature and wrapping paper, a town of this size should furnish him a small fortune. When you see citi- zens out in a back alley in the eve- ning, burning trash, it doesn’t strike the average intellect that those men are destroying the units of a busi- ness which would put some family now in straightened circumstances on the road to prosperity, but it would surely do so.”"—Paper Dealer ——_+~-+___ Farm Names. A new Illinois law, which went into effect July 1, gave farmers an opportunity to register the names of their farms with the county clerk and to have the exclusive use of the name the same as a trade-mark for a spe- cial make of goods, says the Fairfield (Illinois) Record. “There are many farms in the country that are named and every farmer should have _ his farm name registered and have his trade-mark protected. So name your farm and put the name out where everyone can see it. Make it a trade- mark. A well-known advertised trade-mark is worth many dollars to the owner. Your farm and its prod- ucts are your stock in trade. Choose a name well suited to your surround- ings, a name that tells on its very sound some of the characteristics of your business home. Then have sta- tionery printed with your name and address and the name of your farm On it, also the product which you spe- cialize on, and you will find that you will make many sales which you would not otherwise make.” 22-2 When a man’s anger is smoldering, it’s up to his wife to turn the hose on him, IT’S POPULAR Those who use Mapleine like it—it fills a want How is your stock? Order from Louis Hilfer Co. 1503 State Bldg. Chicago, III. CRESCENT MFG. CO. Seattle, Wash. ' 70 REACH YOUR FLD rHIGAN STATE Ml Ce PHONE Fi DEST Ta ae tad Be ll Phone 860 Citz. Phone 2713 Lynch Bros. 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“Do you really think so?” Anxiety was written on the little fellow’s sym- pathetic countenance. “I can’t be- lieve it,” he went on, earnestly. “That man will come back. I know it. He looked to me like an honest man—” “Well, he’s a dead-beat.” Joe J. Thompson’s tone rang with certainty. “I had him spotted the minute I set eyes on him. Just charge up that five-spot on the wrong side of loss and gain—the occupation will help you put in your time while you're waiting for him to come back.” Matthews swobbed his bald head nervously. Yet his look was stub- bornly hopeful, “No,” he said, “I won't call it loss until I have to. And I know I won't have to. I’ve a little faith in man- kind.” “Perhaps you've enough faith to bet another V that Mister Out-at-El- bows will reappear on the screen,” said Thompson,, tauntingly. The little man from the farm down East pondered a moment. He scratched his head and hemmed and hawed. “Changin’ yer mind. eh?” demanded the big drummer, triumphantly. “Ain't certain now that our friend Down-and-Out has ever heard Billy Sunday?” In a flash Matthews was all defi- ance. “No, I’m not changing my mind.” “Then put up your money.” “Til make it a ten.” “All right. Here’s an X that says your faith in mankind is all rot.” Lacking a stakeholder they put the two bills on the seat between them, with a pebble for paper weight. The sight of the money seemed to make Matthews nervous. “What's the time limit?” demanded Thompson, presently, “Week,” nervously suggested thews. “Aw, come off, Say, fifteen utes. He promised he’d be right away.” Matthews smiled, resignedly. “Guess I may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb,” he con- ceded. “Call it fifteen minutes.” Crumpled and forlorn now, with the last shred of confidence gone, he shrank into his end of the seat. Thompson felt inclined to pity him; but the chance to triumph was gold- en. He pulled out a watch that in its blatant ticking and showy case was a mirror of himself. He counted off the minutes; presently started on the halves and quarters; eventually drop- ped to seconds. Matthews squirm- ed. “Aw, vous.” “Just one minute, twenty-nine sec- onds,” went on Joe J. Thompson, relentlessly. “Twenty-eight, twenty- seven, twenty-six, twen—” “Here you are, guv’nor.” It was the shabby man. Matthews, picking himself up with a weary smile, counted the change. Mat- min- back quit, that makes me ner- “Here’s your quarter,” he added, “and thank you, my good fellow.” “Thanks, guv’nor,’ muttered the shabby man, biting the quarter du- biously. Thompson stared. “Well, I’ll be blowed!” he muttered. Matthews turned mechanically. His eyes lighted on the two bills, with the pebble superimposed, resting midway on the seat. “Mine?” he questioned, in the tone of one who did not understand. “Well —goodbye, old sport.” Thompson stared after him as he slowly crossed the little park; then, thrusting his fingers into his armpits, resumed his whistling serenade of the pigeons that fluttered over the station. Pausing, he scanned the blackboard. “Half an hour late,” announced the chalk legand. “Guess I'll step across to the ho- tel and lubricate my pianola,” he mused. Half way through the little park, he glimpsed Matthews on a distant bench, leaning toward a companion. Thompson, pausing, watched; then, sharply, his whistle choked into si- lence. The someone else was the shabby man. Victor Lauriston. —__ e+. An innocent looking banana peel is often the first step to a downward career. HOTEL CODY EUROPEAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. $1.50 and up bath. Rates $1 and up. Snyder’s Restaurant Popular Prices 41 North Ionia Ave. 4 Doors North of Tradesman Livingston Hotel Grand Rapids, Mich. Fine Cafe in Connection Entertainment E very Evening 450 Elegant Rooms *1@ per Day-—up 5S@® with Bath *2® per Day—up German Restauront ee ce cecsoncneseceeces Peccecee Peencccccesccs oem eevcccccccces memes o S28 00000 0caccunsoeeeeceuepet Clark St.sca: Jackson Blvd. Chicago Y hos + hoe 4 October 13, 1915 DETROIT DETONATIONS. Cogent Criticisms From Michigan’s Metropolis. Detroit, Oct. 11—lLearn one thing each week about Detroit: There are half a dozen neckwear factories in Detroit which employ hundreds and use thousands of yards of the cost- liest silks and satins each month. A. A. Crumley Co. held the formal opening of the sales and display rooms at 998 Woodward avenue last week. Between 10,000 and 12,000 per- sons viewed the display and friends of the organization remembered them with a profusion of flowers. Gust H. Taepke, florist at 95 Gra- tiot avenue, is having his store en- larged and alterations made. Thieves entered the wholesale mil- linery house of Garton-Fisher-Wells Co., 231 Woodward avenue, and stole silks valued at $70. Chicago, according to newspaper reports, was “dry” last Sunday. As dry as a wet sponge no doubt. Frank Maisonville has resigned his position as assistant purchasing agent for the Packard Motor Car Co. and has entered the employ of the Tim- ken-Detroit Axle Co. At a most enthustiastic meeting of the Traveling Men’s Fair Asso- ciation held last Saturday, a tentative date was set for the staging of what will undoubtedly be the greatest in- dustrial fair ever held in the State, and incidentally, announcement of the officers and chairmen of the various sub-committees was made. The days of the big affair will be December 28, 29 and 30. Negotiations are un- der way to secure an auditorium that will be large enough to do the ex- position full justice, announcement as to the location will probably be made next week. Following is a list of officers and committee heads: President and General Manager, C. C. Starkweather; Vice-President, M. G. Howarn; Secretary, A. W. Wood: Treasurer, Lou Burch; chairmen of the various committees, units of the General Committee: Tickets and Admission, H. F. Dorweld; Booths, John Soloman; Amusements, Frank Ferris; Ushers and Attendance, I. H. Sweet; Hotels, A. F. Erz; Cartage and Express, J. J. Murphy; Music, Harry Bassett; Publicity, A. G. Mac- Eachron; Decorations, E. S. Cheney; Speakers, T. F. Burton; Concessions, George Fleetham; Donations, J. E. Bullock; Programmes, J. E. Hardy; Membership, M. F. Reed: Exhibits, W. S. Etneman: Printing, H. B&B. Jickling; Cigars, M. G. Howarn; Transportation, C, C. Gardner. G. Young (A. Krolik & Co.) says that when a man is his own worst enemy the fight is always to a finish. John Harrington, prominent busi- ness man and for a number of years President of the Harrington Cigar Co., died at his home in this city Tuesday, October 5. He was born in Detroit October 1, 1854, and lived here all his life and at one time was well known throughout the country as an oarsman of note. Since sever- ing his connections with the cigar company he founded, he has been representing the Revere Cigar Co. Surviving are three sisters. Mr. Har- rington was unmarried. There is always someone to take the joy out of life. Now John D. Martin comes forward with the sug- gestion that we take the missus on the road with us. Traveling on the road is our idea of one of the pleas- ures of married life. Bud Mendel, special pipe salesman for Lee & Cady, was in Hubbard Lake recently and while there pulled off a stunt that entitles him to hon- orable mention in this week’s Det- Onations. In fact, Bud is now men- tioned as our hero for October, as there is no liklihood of any one step- ping forward and claiming the title from him. While in the aforemen- tioned village Bud, with several MICHIGAN TRADESMAN other knights of the cushioned seats seated himself at the table in the ho- tel dining room and prepared to give the noon meal a fair deal—in other words, do justice to it. In a few mo- ments after the arrival at the table of the doughty Bud, the waitress brought forth a large soup bowl of a steaming liquid and, without more ado, Bud proceeded to start gargling it. “Hum,” he muttered between gasps, “this is my idea of exceeding- ly rich soup!” “Say,” yelled one of the boys, “when you get through drinking that gravy and if there is any left, pass it down this way.” 3ut’s excuse was that he had broken his glasses. Frank L. Day, of Jackson, and for- mer Secretary of the late lamented Knights of the Grip and at one time Grand Counselor of the U. C. rr dean of the traveling men hereabouts, 200 pounds of real man and every real man’s friend, gives his definition of a successful salesman as follows: A man that knows when to start and when to stop talking and when talk- ing, to know what to say. Cadillac Council keeps widening the gap between it and the other councils in the State in point of membership, five more candidates having been initiated at the meeting held last Saturday night. They were C, B. Sinsabough, representative for Armour & Co.; E. C. Mitchell, Kay Salt Co., 815 Ford building; Wm. H. Spooner, Spooner Cigar Co., 835 Michigan avenue; George Hoffman, John W. Ladd Co. and M. A. Nich- olson, Armour & Co. A. W. Wood resigned as Secretary of the Council and Howard Jickling, who was Sen- tinel, was elected to fill the vacancy. Immediately after the election Mr. Jickling resigned the office of Senti- nel and the Executive Committee appointed Mr. Wood to the office. Joseph Dennis, aged 90, is the May- or of Bellfontaine, Ohio. Many a man who is elected to office is named Dennis. John I. Rose, for many years a Bay City jeweler and for the past four years manager of the jewelry depart- ment of L. Black Co., 156 Woodward avenue, died at his home last Thurs- day after a short illness. Mr. Rose was associated with his father and brother in the jewelry business in Bay City and moved to Detroit on the death of the former. He is surviv- ed by his mother, two sisters and two brothers, William H. Rose, of De- troit and Charles P. Rose of Bay City. Ellis P. Lillie, of C. P. Lillie & Son, general merchants of Coopers- ville, was in Detroit last week ac- companied by his wife. The trip to Detroit was made by auto. The mud slinging tactics of the Detroit News in its municipal own- ership campaign reminds us that a mud slinger never has clean hands. The National Silk Co. has moved into its new location on the third floor of the recently completed Sal- lan building on Woodward avenue. Tadross & Zahloute, importers of oriental rugs, have moved from 84 Broadway to new. quarters in the Washington Arcade. Detroit Council holds its regular monthly meeting Saturday night, Oc- tober 16, in Elks Temple. A great deal of enthusiasm is being shown by the members over the prospects of the fall and winter meetings and a large turnout is expected next Sat- urday night. Prosperity seems to be attacking many of the hustling traveling men of Detroit, while others with like ability are not as lucky. Carl Houser for instance, city representative for the National Cash Register Co., was presented with a ford to use in call- ing on the trade. The Jackson Patriot wants to know if the Kaiser put the bull in Bulgaria. We don’t know, but some one is likely to take the area out of Bulgaria and to forestall others we will add that some one is liable to do the same thing to the bulge in Bulgaria. Sam Benjamin, who has been sell- ing ladies’ coats and suits in Michi- gan for several years, is now repre- senting the Wm. Fishman Co.. Ine., 15-17 E. Twenty-sixth Street, N.Y. manufacturer of ladies’ coats and eve- ning wraps. Sam makes his home in Cleveland but has friends every- where. No one who comes into these parts is more welcome than he and his inexhaustible fund of stories are always listened to with delight by those who are fortunate enough to hear them. *Sam’s host of friends in this State wish him the success that he deserves and no doubt the broader field he has entered will be the means of bringing about that success. The Allies will undoubtedly pre- pare for another spring drive. Be- ing housecleaning time it will be much easier to secure male recruits for the army. A. J. Lind has resigned his posi- tion with Burnham, Stoepel & Co., and will devote his time to looking after his private affairs. Mr. Lind is heavily interested in Detroit real estate. Another veteran traveling man, prominent among the fraternity in his day, who has long since forsak- en the road, but is by no means for- gotten is A. W. Stitt, former Secre- tary of the Knights of the Grip and member of Jackson Council, U. C. T. The boys on the road and the many other friends of Mr. Stitt will be pleased to hear that he is now making his home in Monroe, is Secretary and Treasurer of the River Raisin Paper Co. and has proved very successful in that capacity. He formerly re- sided in Jackson and represented the Jackson Soap Co. Mr. Stitt is but another example of the importance that former traveling men are prov- ing in the role of business men. To those who wanted a nip in Chi- cago last Sunday the closing move- ment must have looked to them tike a dry joke. Cohen & King will open a shoe store October 16 at 2240 Jefferson avenue, W., under the style of the Delray Shoe Co. “They must have our goods,” re- marked Marcus Marx, manager of the Detroit office and representative for the Phoenix Knitting Works of Mil- waukee, when he reported that burg- lars had broken into his office at 14 Avenue theater building last week and stolen his sample line of hosiery and knit goods. Harry Love and Henry Marks, who share the room with Mr. Marx, also suffered the loss of some of their clothing samples. Michigan observed Fire Prevention Day last week and many were pleas- ed and relieved to note the boss also observed it. No one was fired on that day. A, Burmeister, of Fenton, was a Detroit business visitor last week. We fear for the future of the sol- diers of Europe, so far as their re- ligion is concerned. Surely after the war is over they will have no fear of going to such a mild place as hell. A. Fetters, florist, Woodward avenue and Clifford street, will open another store at 1673 Woodward ave- nue during November. A. E. Chevrier, Buhl Sons Co., De- troit, and Bay City taxpayer, was in Detroit last Saturday. “Amy” brought with him a growth of hair on his (formerly) bald head that would put Buffalo Bill’s woolly top to shame. Although Christmas is in the fu- ture it reminds us of the present. Sarasohn & Shetzer, wholesale dry goods, 309-313 Gratiot avenue, have purchased the five-story brick build- ing on the corner of Jefferson and Cass avenues and will occupy it as soon as their present lease expires. Fire in the lumber yards of the F. L. Lowne Lumber and Finish Co. 25 plant, at Dix avenue and the Me ¢. crossing, caused damage amounting to $50,000, only half of which Was covered by insurance. Word was received in Detroit last week announcing the death in Florida of Steelman Stephenson, proprietor of the Detroit Saw and Grating Works. The body was brought to Detroit for burial. Surviving are a son and three daughters. Judging by the flagrant violations of the Henry law in the State., es- Pecially that part requiring hotels to furnish individual towels, the hotel Inspectors have either overlooked some of the towns or are a bit lax in their duties. A little jar now and then for some of the violators would awaken them to the fact that they must obey the laws or suffer the pen- alty. The Stalker Advertising Co.. of Ge ledo, has opened offices in the Kresge building. A. D. Pierce. well known in this city, where he has been con- nected with various advertising agen- cies, has been appointed manager, _ L. H. Weldin, dry goods merchant, Battle Creek, was a Detroit busi- ness visitor last week. He was ac- companied on the trip by his wife. Some space was devoted in the Tradesman last week owing to the fact that George V. McConnell, of Grand Rapids, did not attend church. If George had attended, it would have been near a news item. That the splendid opportunity for the various U. C T. councits to ad- vertise and boost themselves in the Tradesman is not taken advantage of more is beyond the writer’s under- standing. We have on different occa- sions taken it upon ourselves to boost the coming Grand Council meeting at Traverse City, because it is going to be a worth-while convention. We also know that the boys are working hard up there—all, but the Publicity Committee. At least no signs of ac- tivity have as yet been manifested by any word from them in the only real traveling man’s official Michigan magazine, the Michigan Tradesman. Why not grasp the unusual oppor- tunity thus afforded to tell us down Staters of some of the plans and why we should all go to Traverse City in 1916? Many are now making their plans for next year. 3eltramini & Rush, tailors, corner Woodward avenue and_ Elizabeth street, will open a branch at 1671 Woodward avenue some time next month. W. J. Percival, general merchant of Evart, was in Detroit on business last week, The thin ice will soon be in the limelight and no doubt will claim a few victims for its own. The Detroit News is so sincere in its efforts to better conditions for the poor citizens of Detroit, by sad- dling a street car system on them, that they neglect to state, when prais- ing M. O. in England, that the wages paid there are in nearly every case less than one-half the ratio paid by the D. U. R., of this city and that the fare charged passengers who travel the distance that most De- troiters do to reach their homes is often in excess of the Detroit fare. That’s why English cities are so con- gested. Why not be fair in mak- ing comparisons? All the world loves a lover— Our President. James M. Goldstein. —»+->___. Frank L. Day, Southern Michigan rep- resentative for the Trumbull Wagon Co., Defiance, Ohio, called on his Grand Rapids friends one day last week. His territory has been increased by the ad- dition of Grand Rapids, in consequence of which the local trade will have the privilege of shaking hands with him every sixty days hereafter. 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ~ GS™DRUGGISTS.S = ni) vo _ = ind) DRIES | Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—E. E. Faulkner, Delton. Secretary—Charles S. Koon, Muskegon. Treasurer—George F. Snyder, Grand Rapids. Other Members—Leonard A. Seltzer, Detroit; Edwin T. Boden, Bay City. Next Meeting—Grand Rapids, Nov. 16, 17 and 18; Detroit, Jan. 18, 19 ana 20, 1916. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation. President—C. H. Jongejan, Grand Rapids. Secretary—D. D. Alton, Fremont. Treasurer—John G. Steketee, Grand Rapids. Next Annual Meeting—Detroit, June 20, 21 and 22, 1916. Michigan Pharmaceutical Travelers’ As- sociation. President—W. H. Martin, Orion. Secretary and Treasurer—W. S. Law- ton, Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids Drug Club. President—Wm. C. Kirchgessner. Vice-President—E. D. De La Mater. Secretary and Treasurer—Wm. Tibbs. Executive Committee—Wm. Quigley, Chairman; Henry Riechel, Theron Forbes. Does a Pharmacist Make a Good Physician? This ig a question which is often asked me by pharmacists who con- template the study of medicine, and others who are just interested to en- lighten themselves generally with in- jormation regarding the physician and physician-pharmacist. I might say, like all other callings, the standard of a man’s ability lies entirely with the individual, his de- sire and liking for the career he wishes to pursue, Medicine, much like other professions, has its obstacles, and many of them. Pharmacists gen- erally seem to labor under the opin- ion that a medical career is a pro- fession of ease with no worries and money easily earned. Unfortunate- ly, this is not the case as the wor- ries are numerous and the money hard to collect. Therefore, a physician encounters the same difficulties as an everyday business man who buys and sells merchandise. My belief is, the reason many phar- macists are spurred on to take up a course of medicine at the conclusion of their pharmaceutical studies is due largely to present-day conditions in the retail drug store. The out- look is certainly gloomy to a young man when he figures on the long houred days which he has before him day in and day out, besides being more or less compelled to stand for all kinds of abuse from the present- day public who have become “edu- cated” through newspaper articles and pretend to know all the “mys- ter.cs” connected with pharmacy, if you charge 5 cents more than your competitor. Now that pharmacy is so commercialized, especially in the cities and larger towns, takes away the professional tone which once hung over the heads of our fathers who commanded the respect of the entire community but which has since faded into oblivion. With many such drawbacks, the young graduate with progressive ideas is often puz- zled as to just what he should do when he leaves college. A medical career seems to be one of the first thoughts to crop up in such a mind, probably because medicine is so close- ly allied to pharmacy in many ways. The initial requirements of the two schools, however, are vastly differ- ent, and this acts as the one big stumbling block to the majority who abandon the idea entirely on this ac- count. It must also be remembered that the study of medicine means a big sacrifice of time and money. The time spent in Preparation, col- lege and hospital aggregates in all about ten years of hard study. The cost of such an_ education varies from $8,000 to $10,000. While this is not an actual outlay of cash, the mon- ey which one could earn at an or- dinary occupation must be considered as money lost. After all this prep- aration, one is only prepared to start out and earn his daily bread. Is a medical career worth all this? 1 think it is, providing one can maste: his way through the hard struggle. I believe great credit is due any phar- macist who becomes a physician. What we need nowadays are more physician-pharmacists who can and would do all in their power to bring the pharmacists in closer touch with the physician, thus elevating phar- macy to a higher plane and keeping it out of the “valley” of commercial- ism into which it is constantly slid- ing. Now that the pharmacist has at- tained his medical goal, the question is, “Does he make a good physician?” From personal experience the many I am acquainted with, I venture to Says, such a combination makes an excellent doctor especially when it comes to the treatment of disease and prescribing therefor. It stands to reason that the knowledge gained by handling thousands of prescrip- tions, compounding same, is practical experience which can never be ac- quired unless one has passed through a course in practical pharmacy. The physician-pharmacist has a large va- riety of drugs at his command which he can prescribe in various ways and combinations. If he wishes to keep an inquisitive patient in ignor- ance, he can do so, or if he wishes to prescribe within the financial means of the patient, he can do like- wise. Only practical experience be- hind the counter will teach him this. He is likewise conversant on most any drug or patent on the market making it able for him to mentally an- alyze its worth with a single thought. If the patient, prior to his calling, has been doctoring himself, he knows immediately just what course to fol- low. Such knowledge is a big factor in the treatment of disease. It is this lack of knowledge which makes the average young Practitioner so “shaky” when going out on his first cases where he is compelled to pre- scribe. Patients are always ready to bombard the doctor with all kinds of questions referable to drugs and pat- ents, etc., and unless he is well post- ed is oftentimes placed in a very embarrassing position. Many physi- cians are not prone to infection with progress and would rather accept the flowery literature of some manufac- tured patent medicine as genuine and prescribe it accordingly than to write for combinations of drugs simply because they fear incompatibilities, The medical schools are mostly at fault for this as the average school spends very little time instructing its students in the art of prescription writing and incompatibles. You will find, if you delve into the history of the physician-pharmacist, that in almost every case he is a self made and was a self supporting man who has toiled day and night to accomp- lish his end, depriving himself of the luxuries of life, and who is now able to appreciate the hardships and the dollar when he encounters them. The twenty odd men whom I am acquaint- ed with have been successful right from the start, with not a single ex- ception. This is probably due to their ability to treat, handle and con- verse with patients, which art, no doubt, was acquired in their retail experience behind the counter. To- day they are reaping their harvest, living comfortably, contented and steadily climbing the ladder of suc- cess, if capital is any standard to such a destination. Besides, these men are rendering pharmacy a great ser- vice, boosting the ethical druggist, vouch for him, and direct their pre- scriptions his way, and informing the patient to shun the drug corpor- ation stores who have made phar- macy what it is to-day. Not one in this circle of physician-pharmacists ever forgets he once toiled hard be- hind the counter, nor do they forget to do anything in their power to try October 18, 1915 and give the smaller honest man a “lift” in his struggle for existence whenever they can. Summarizing, I might say, a phy- sician-pharmacist makes an excellen: doctor, capable of prescribing drugs in any combination with plenty of variety in the treatment of disease. He has confidence in himself at the onset which is a quality many lack. Success is with him from the start, but only after a long struggle; I know of no exceptions. As this is the aim of every energetic young man, the question which the individ- ual must answer for himself is “Is the sacrifice which one must make of time, labor and money worth it?” Remember, it means ten years of ad- ditional study after the completion of a pharmaceutical course, with an out- lay of $8,000 or $10,000, and then, don’t forget, you are only starting out to earn money. George Hohmann, Ph. G. ——~+>-__ It pays to be honest, but some- times pay day is late in showing up. Doctor’s Opportunity DOCTORS READ THIS—We can sell you a home for $4,000. Less than it is worth and put in a doctor’s practice from $6,000 to $8,000 a year, with office equipment. Doctor’s health failed and must change climate. Part down and all the time you want on the balance. L. M. Conrad Co., Ea So. Division Ave., Grand Rapids, ich. THE GRAND RAPIDS VETERINARY COLLEGE Offers a Three Years’ Course in Veterinary Science Complying with all the requirements of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry. Established 1897. Incorporated under State law. Governed by Board of Trustees. Write for Free Catalogue. 200 Louis St. Grand Rapids, Michigan Choice Comb Honey We sell Michigan Honey only, and in lots of 100 pounds and upwards. We guarantee safe delivery, and quality and grade as represented. Also extracted honey in 5 gallon cans. Let us quote you prices f. 0. b. cars your station. M. H. HUNT & SON 510 North Cedar St. Lansing, Michigan er UNIVERSAL CLEANER Great for the pots—great for the pans Great for the woodwork—great for the hands. 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Acids Mustard, true ..900@9 50 I 2 ACEHG ooo... @ Mustard, artifi’l 5 50a8 75 Hon al ee ec Boor A a Gn, cla. ||. @ 60 ee 1 @ 15 ~Neatsfoot ....... (0@ 80 Kino ........... D 80 . ae Ho 1 77@1 80 Olive, pure + 250@S 50 Myrrh .......... @1 05 ur oli ay Sundry So ae eee we oe Malaga, eee Nux Vomica .... @ 70 ULC ag ce Ls @ t ellow. ...... Opium @2 7 I | d Nityie (2.3.0.0, 12 Olive, Mal Bee ees cee @2 75 Oxalic 2.005. 0. 52@ 55 ; eso ; Opium, Capmh. @ 90 J Sulphuric 24@ 5 Oates Seca” 3 0003 3S ae, endorse oh ine Tartaric A - 66@ 60 Oreanum, pure |.. @250 $6 ° = ° "" 4 mmonia Origanum, com’l @ 7 L mee ee eS bees: 2A ae ea an a eppermint .... 2 T5@3 00 4ead, rE r t @ TY ae M4 deg. ++ 34@ 6 es pure ... 14 50@16 00 en white acy 7 @ 1g : arbonate ...... F ze > 1 @ as We extend to all our customers and friends Chioride ... fo8 Seen 5001 75 deme. sane a. Se Se avue siediige ieay 7 25@7 50 Ochre, yellow less 2 @ 3 ae i Conaiia -....... Sassafras, | true @1 0 Mesut tenes 2%@ 5 an earnest invitation to see this line soon so that Fir (Canada). 1 Ol 8) Sassafras, arti’! @ 60 Red Venet'n’ bot i" 1% Fir (Oregon) 40@ 50 oo hoa. 2 75@3 00 a coo less 2 @ 5 i MORI 0.05... 90@1 00 ermillion, Eng. 1 25@1 50 we ma have the al . PEE 2.50.50... 475@5 00 Tansy (117.77! 4 00@ Vermillio A ¢ y advantage of sufficient time to a. 75@1 00 Tar, USP ...... “a <¢ Whiting. bb a id : evities Turpentine, bbls @ 46 Whiting |||... 5 give your orders careful attention and be able to Gibb ..... ed wo ae oe ee 351 45 Mish oo 0600 - 15 @ 20 Wintergreen, sweet ici : be n » 8 ae Insecticide duniper ..,..... Ga twa... 3 25@3 50 . fill them completely. Prickley Ash @ 50 Wintergreen, art 3 00a 3 25 mae eel we 6@ 10 Wormseed \... $ 50@4 09 Blue Vitrol, teds @ 84 de eee ormwood .... 4 00@4 25 Bordeaux Mix P g ° t Our sundry department has been unusually Cassia (ordinary) 25@ 30 Petassium Hellebore, W hite = unt So, ae es Bicarbonat 45 0 nae der | an @ i m owd. 30 « 31CE OBE es o@ 5 ec -owder 5 busy since September Ist, and we respectfully ask Sxceanin Gon, oc) @ 28 Bichromate 12.7, S20 35 Lead Arsenate 1. 8@ 18 Soap Cut (powd.) pecs cee 2 90@3 00 Mae and Sulphur ‘ she) 2.8. oes 5 EG esc t- 5@ 50 Olution, 5¢ 5 that you arrange a date with this department as : Ci sae alas Gece agin a powdered ...... 42@ 45 ie 20@25 / : i be xtracts 0@ 35 Chlorate, granular 47@ 50 Miscell early as possible. We will make as usual a liberal Licorice powdered 35@ 40 Jodide *..2222227°%4 389, 8 aia ql Flowers Permanaganate. 1 aga eh) ay ecece @1 50 : Abies 44. 34 Prussiate, yellow Mi 25 UD we eee eee . allowance upon the expense of the trip. ee ae (Ger.) ne @5 PMussiate, red .. os 00 Alum, paved fey - Chamomile (Rom) 55@ 0 Sulppate ........ @ 3 SOU 3... 9 12 Bismuth, § . Yours respectfully, Gums Roots trate b Subuit 2 97@3 10 Alsi cog an ‘Aleamet .......... 40@ 45 Borax. xtal or Acacia, 2nd ..... 45@ 650 ee powdered zu@ 25 oe aersa 6%4@ 12 ‘ 2 Acacia : an _ Calamus -...:.... 50@ 75 antharades po 2 WuW5 7s Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Acacia, Sorts’. 20g 25 ‘lecampane, pwd. low 20 Culomel 27." 1 T8gi 32 ae Se Gentian, powd. 15@ 2 Capsicum ....... 30@ 35 Acacia, powdered 30@ 40 7 : Semciat Y@ = 36 Aloes (Barb. Pow) 22@ 25 ee a Se ini sons 3 19@4 v0 B | (@ar 5 rE powdered ..... a@ MUGS 4... Hloes (Cape Pow) 20@ 45 Gilczor, Jamaica 96@ 30 Cloves .......2 |. 3 @ 35 Aloes (Soc. Pow.) 40@ 50 7} Y@ 3d Atos... We 1 COR, Ieee, Challe Prepared - io i : 1° powdered ...... 26@ 30 la. -recipitated 7 Asafoetida, Powd Goldenseal pow. 6 50@7 00 Chloroform no 20 48 Pure ........ : @1 00 Ipecac, powd. .. 4 2ow4 59 Chloral Hydrate 2 du@2 25 _U. &. P. Powd _,.@1 25 Eicorice|......... 18m 20 Cocaine ...... ++ 4 60@4 yo Camphor 9.) 2.0... o6@ 60 Licorice, powd. .. 12@ 13 Cocoa Butter .. 55 65 ee aan ie 40@ 45 Orris, powdered 30@ 35 Corks, list, less 70% & aiac, pow exes 50@ 55 Pboke, powdereu Zuw zs Copperas, bbls. .. @ O01 RIO) ata + @0@ (5 Khubard ......... 75@1 00 ~Opperas, less .... 2@ 5 lit Kino, powdered .. 75@ 80 Rhubarb, powd. 75@1 25 ~Opperas, powd. 4@ 6 ua 1 y Niverh ......... @ 40 Rosinweed, powd. 25@ su Corrosive Sublm { 73@1 80 onuae nee ots 7 oe Hond. Cok seniae ecee 41@ 48 ‘co . c..:”:C«*~«~s*CiC Opium «|e. 259 oO ground ........ 65 Cultiebone ..., 4aq@ 6 Delivery Boxes plies powd. 10 25@10 45 Sarsaparilla Mexican, o Dextrine ....... i@ aa orcas fran. 10 s0@10 70 ground ........ 20@ 35 Dover’s Powder .. @2 50 ae peicagean.| so So) Squilis | | 2.0.) 20@ 35 Hmery, all Nos. 6@ 10 Sat d . Shellac, Bleached 30@ 35 Eni powdered 40@ 60 oe powdered 5@ 8 urda i Trazacanth Lumeric, powd. 12@ 16 bpsom Salts, bbls. 4 Y y S Ne ee @2 5» Valerian, powd. 49@ 50 ao Salts, ss % * : -@2 5 t kescsesss 2 OGUND 18 our Busy Day Tragacanth pow 1 25@1 50 s ee yug Turpentine ...... 10@ 15 eeds rgot, powdered 2 (o@3 00 i ; - -FHKlake White 15 20 Anise ..... eccecces 20@ 25 Formaldeh esee 16@ : ia OF ¥de Ih. 10 The safest and quickest way to handle rush delivery orders Sa ay @ 6 Bird” cc o 2 Beet cites: EA 16@ 20 . Sage, powdered .. 55@ 60 QS ° : Gelatine .. 75@ is to provide the man on each wa ith « ty"? Bochu: ....1.... 1 60@1 65 Canary 8@ 12 Glassware, full’ cg ” gon with “Quality’’ De- Buchu, powd. 175@2 00 Cataway 18@ 20 Gianaie. _ cases “0s livery Boxes. They enable him to keep his orders straight Sage, ae aeons a. 8 Ci Gees tay 5) 400° 5) Glauber Salts bbl @ 1% ' Sage, %s loose .. 52@ 55 ° ° and to carry a full load with perfect safety. Senna, “alex a on 30@ 33 Coriander ...... lo@ 1s Glue, te tag = ig 13 Senna, Tinn. .... 35@ 40 Dill .............. 20@ 25 Glue, brown gerd. 0g i3 ° Senna, Tinn powd 45@ 50 + aay eee eereeae 43@ zs Glue, white .. 15@ 23 va Ursi ...0..0. ax... cece! 5@ el. ‘ i. 18@ 20 flax, ground 121. BO ip “ius, White “gid.” io@ 20 IER & co. Gitte Even ered, pow. 8@ 10 ops j 66 ‘ eCMp ......-...-. 6@ 10 Indigo !! 25 5 A i . i : Min | age ep ose ..-..... @i1 50 1031-35 18th St. Detroit, Michigan amends. Bitter, a Pee Sa eeuel ce: seas 91 sees pees @ cae odotorm i 18@6 30 Almonds, Bitter Mustard, Lead Acetate 15@ Sear , a. eoee @ 20 artificial ..... 75@6 00 Mustard, Lycopdium 1 35@1 50 Almouds, Sweet Poppy ... Mace ee 80 9 ; j Pew cece seers TOM 60) Mace @ 90 true... 2 2 Quince ........ dé 5@ Almouds, Sweet, “re ei sce 38 eee, Rime 5003 75 imitation ...... 65@ 75 Sabadilla M ag. @3 75 Amber, crude 40@ 50 Sabadilla, powd 40 Mc gb eee 5 808 $0 ITIZENS LONG DISTANCE _ Site mis’ #2 2 SANG GE 08 Mtoe 2 Bites 2 00@2 25 Worm American wg 25 Nux Vomica pow. @ 20 Ss E RV I C E oo aes 1 ats 75 Worm Levant .. 1 00@1 10 Papua. black pow. @ 30 Pur eo... y mepper, white .... @ a Cassia: o5. 0... 1 75@2 00 Tinctures Pitch, Burgundy @ 15 Castor, bbls. and : assi “104 oe 16@1T% Avonite ......., @ % Quinine, ail'brds Wo 38 Cedar eat dee og ou a g . Rochelle Salts ... 35@ 40 s a was cee se eee ® Saccharine SUG q To Detroit, Lansing, Jackson, Holland, Cloves -0i1022"4 13ga ap Asafootida ...-.. @1 35 Salt Peter... K@ $0 : : Cocoanut ...... selladonna ..... J Seidlitz Mixture Muskegon, Ludington, Traverse City, Cod Liver ... pee go @1 00 Soap, green... 1b@ 20 Petosk : : Cotton Seed Benzoin co @100 Soap, mott castile 12@ 15 etoskey, Saginaw; also to all inter- ee iesre es enue 1 go 5082; White castile mediate ana e : : cus ee ene. ies ... = * Case <.0.... 0. 7 onnecting Points. Eucalyptus .... 00@1 Cardamon ...... @1 50 ~ white castile @ 7 Connecti ith 200,00 Bente pure .. @1 00 oa Comp. = = Soda Ash ....... 1%@ 5 10n Wi + Juniper Berries 2 75@3 00 aleCNu ....--.. 6 Soda Bi 'b ie ,000 Telephones in Juniper Wood ».. fog” $0 Cinehona Gt 05 ot ee ra, extra ..... - 80 90 oichicum ...... Spirits C ichigan. mee ae et Se. ee” ee Laven’r Flowers. @6 00 Digitalis ....... @ 80 Sulphur Subl. .... 83@ 5 Lavender, Gar’n 1 25@1 40 Gentian ........ @ 7 Tamarinds ....... 15@ 20 et be6MmoOn ....... 2 00@2 25 Ginger .......... @ 95 Tartar Emetic .. @ 60 Citizens Tele h Linseed, boiled, bbl. @ 60 Guaiac ......... @105 Turpentine Venice 75@ 85 p one Ompany Linseed. bld. less oe 70 Guaiac Ammon. @ 80 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 00@1 50 Linseed, raw, bbl. @ 59 fedine .....2.... @2 00 Witch Hazel .... 65@1 00 Linseed, raw, less 64@ 69 [odine, Colorless @200 Zinc Sulphate ... 7@ 10 to press. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected week! are intended to be correct at time of going liable to change at any time. and country mercha at market prices at date of purchase. y. within six hours of mailing, Prices. however, are nts will have their orders filled ADVANCED Holland Herring DECLINED Rolled Oats index to Markets Breakfast Food Ph deh pak ped fom pet Ne Cracked Wheat PD Om 09 C0 09 CO CO OO COT RO ND a Ee Evaporated Milk Flavoring Extracts Flour and Feed A111 ND an Hides and Pelts eet eees 2 0 -] ~ ww Ss Salad Dressing Buices 0 Peewee reece reecene Wrapping Paper i ae d AMMONIA Doz. 12 oz. ovals, 2 doz. box 75 AXLE GREASE Frazer’s, 1Ib. wood boxes, 4 doz. 3 00 lIb. tin boxes, 3 doz. 2 35 34%Tb. tin boxes, 2 dz. 4 25 10%b. pails, per doz. ..6 00 151b. pails, per doz. ee 20) 25tb. pails, per doz. .-12 00 BAKED BEANS No. 1, per doz. .. 45@ 90 No. 2, per doz. .. 75@1 40 No. 3, per doz. 85@1 75 BATH BRICK Masitsh 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 ..,. 00 Bear Food, Pettijohns 2 13 Cracked Wheat, 24-2 2 80 Cream of Rye, 24-2 .. Quaker Puffed Rice .. Quaker Puffed Wheat 3 45 Quaker Brkfst Biscuit 1 90 Quaker Corn Flakes Victor Corn Flakes , moo So o Washington Crisps . : 85 Wheat Hearts ....... 05 Wheatena 50 Evapor’ed Sugar Corn Farinose, 24-2 ....... Grape Nuts ......... . Grape Sugar Flakes . Sugar Corn Flakes .. Hardy Wheat Food .. Holland Rusk ....... : 0 Krinkle Corn Flakes 1 75 Mapl-Corn Flakes .... 2 80 Minn. Wheat Cereal 3 75 Ralston Wheat Food 4 60 Ralston Wht Food 10c 3 25 Roman Meal ...... ee Saxon Wheat Food .. 2 Shred Wheat Biscuit 3 riscult, 18 .......... 4 Pillsbury’s Best Cer’l 2 2 2 Ld ee Cee Cry a o bo So Post Toasties, T-2 .. Post Toasties, T-3 .. Post Tavern Porridge BROOMS Fancy Parlor, 25 tb. 4 25 Parlor, 5 String, 25 tm. 4 00 Standard Parlor, 23 th. 3 50 Common, 23 Ib. ...... 3 25 Special, 23 ib... 2 75 Warehouse, 33 tb. ... 4 25 Common Whisk .... 1 @@ Fancy Whisk ........ 1 26 BRUSHES Scrub Solid Back, 8 in. ...... 765 Solid Back, 11 in. .... 95 Pointed Ends ..... oo2 OD No. 90 No. 1 26 No. 1 1 75 No. 1 00 No. 7 1 30 No. 4... 1 70 Ne: 3... Seceessces 2 OD BUTTER COLOR Dandelion, 25¢ size .. 2 00 CANDLES Parafline, 68 .........- 7 Paraffine, 128 ........ 7% Wicking ........... oe 20 CANNED GOODS Apples 3 tb. Standards .. @ 85 Noe. 10 ..... 2 50 @1 90 @5 25 Blackberries 2 eee cee cae 1 50 Standard No. 10 Beans Baked .....- 85@1 30 Red Kidney .... 75@ 95 Sirige -...3. 1 00@1 75 WAS oc 75@1 25 Blueberries Staniara 2.00.0 40 No. 10 ........-)3..2, 8 5D 2 Ci Little Neck, 1m. .. Clam Boulllon Burnham's % pt. Burnham’s pts. Burnham’s qts, Corn French Peag Monbadon (Natural) per doz. No. 2 No. 2, Fancy Lobster Tb. Tb Mackerel Mustard, 1b. Tomato, tb. Mushrooms Buttons, Ys ||. SultCns, 1S... Hoteis, ig 64: Oysters Cove, 1 ib: Cove, 2 tb, _.._; Pl Plums (22.05 3) Pears in Syrup No. 3 cans, per doz. Peas Marrowfat ..... s Early June .... Peaches Pie 1 00@1 No. 10 size can pie Pineapple Grated Sliced ....... 2. Pair Gopd ....... ancy .... No. 10 ....... Raspberries Standard ...... Salmon eee eesee Warrens, 1 tb. Tall .. 2 Warrens, 1 Ib. Flat .. so 2 BOL Med Red Alaska 1 "el . 1 Red Alaska Pink Alaska ... Sardines Domestic, %s ...... Domestic, % Mustard 3 7 Domestic, % Mustard 3 25 Hrench, i¢9 (02.7) French, %s ....... Sauer Kraut No. 3, cans Shrimps Dunbar, 1s doz. ... Dunbar, 1448 doz. .... Succotash MOU, cee c cco s. Good Cee reccrcene 12 Fancy ......... 1 25@1 Strawberries Standard Fancy seer ecces 4s, 4 doz. in case Yes, 4 doz. in case 1s, 4 doz. in case CATSUP Snider’s pints Snider’s % pints ey CHEESE Acme (.... Carson City |... Brick ...... eiden 6... Limburger ...... Pineapple ....., 46 mGam ........ | Sap Sago ....... Swiss, domestic ams ee Gooseberries : 5 Oe ionic Mit | Mustard, 91h. | 262 7) Soused, 1%Ib. ...... Soused, 2th |. cee Tomato, 2m. ...... . 90@1 1 10@1 Early June siftd 1 45@1 1 75@2 eee rceees Ceereces eeccccce No. 10, cans ........ be 3 + October 13, 1915 5 CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack .... 62 Adams Sappota ....... 65 Beeman’s Pepsin ...... 62 Beechnut Joo... 2 a8 Chicleta 2000... a 33 Colgan Violet Chips .. 65 Colgan Mint Chips .... 65 Dentyne 230s. ge Doublemint ..........., 64 Flag Spruce .......... 69 Juicy Bruit ............ 59 Red Robin ...)......50 6¢ Sterling Gum Pep... 62 Sterling 7-Point |||... 62 Spearmint, Wrigleys .. 64 Spearmint, 5 box jars 3 20 Spearmint, 3 box jars 1 92 Trunk Spruce .......... 59 Yucstan o) 62. ge MONG es CHOCOLATE Walter Baker & Co. German’s Sweet ....... 22 Premium ~ Caracas .:...........2). 93 Walter M. Lowney Co. Premium, Ks .......... 29 Premium, is | .6) 0." 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 .... 2 00 No. 60 Jute ........ 3). $0 No: 42) Gute (0)002 0 4 10 No. 60 Sisal ........ 100 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 Baker’s Cleveland saticeeicescins. 4a Colonial, %s .......... 35 Colonial, 1s .......... 33 EPPS ee ae Hershey’s, \%s ......... 30 Hershey’s, s ce ceee ce isder ooo. Lowney, Ks ... Lowney, Ws .......... | Lowney, %s ........... 38 Lowney, 5tb. cans .... 33 Van Houten, %s ...... 12 Van Houten, Xs ...... Van Houten, ss ...... 36 Van Houten, 1s ........ 65 Wan-Pta ..2.. 56.3... 8e RMPDR eos ek ee Wilber, pe ..... 5.2.5.) 33 Wilber, 48 ........:..: 32 COCOANUT Dunham’s per tb. Wes, 5Ib. case ........ 30 4s, 5ID. case ........ 29 %3 15 Th. case ...... 29 Yes, 15 Th. case ...... 28 1s, 15tb. case ........ 27 4s & Ws 16tb. case 28 Scalloped Gems ..... 10 4s & Ms pails ...... 16 Bulk, pailg .......... 12 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 ....... 2) COFFEES ROASTED Rlo Common ....)>,-..... 19 BART ol eee: Choice .... : Fancy Pesbery ....0.5:5)50 38 Fancy ..... Peaperry ...5....5... 88 Maracaibo OI ee. ee. Be (Choice 3.) 85 Mexican Choice 2.0. 86 Pancy .....0. 0063055. 86 Guatemala Ue oe HANCY 2.) ee Java Private Growth .... 26@30 Mandling .......... 31@85 AUEBIG, ooo ci: Mocha Short Bean ........ 25@27 Long Bean ........ 24@25 H. L. O. corse. 26@28 Bogota MIT es ek FANCY, 225.500.5005... 86 Exchange Market, Steady Spot Market, Strong ge New York Basis Arbuckia: 200.2 McLaughlin’s XXXX McLaughlin’s xXXXX package coffee is sold to retailers only. Mail all or- ders direct to W. F. Mc- Laughlin & Co., Chicago, Il. Extracts Holland, % gro. bxs. 95 Felix, 4% gross ...... 15 Hummel’s foil, % gro. 8&5 Hummel’s tin, % gro. 1 43 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Horehound {...°...... 9% Standard ........ sso, 9% Standard, small ..... 10 Mwist, small ........ 10 Cases SUMO 2. cases O56 Jumbo, small ........ 10 Big, Stick .........5.. 9% Boston Sugar Stick .. 14 Mixed Candy Pails Broker 8% Cut loaf ........3.. - 20 Hrench Cream _...., 10 BANCV oe eas! GTOCETS 25000... ~ oo Kindergarten ...... 42 eeaden |... - 10 Majestic .........., -< a0 Monareh ...).../. 022: 10 Novelty .......... coee 48 Paris Creams ....... 11 Premio Creams ...... 14 ROVal es 8% Special 6)... | Ao Valley Creams ...... 13 x UO 7% Specialties Pa Auto Kisseg (baskets) 13 Autumn Leaves ...... 13 Bonnie Butter Bites .. 17 Butter Cream Corn .. 15 Caramel Dice ........ 13 Cocoanut Kraut ....., Cocoanut Waffles .... 14 Coly Toffy, ....... 5. Gia Dainty Mints 7 tb. tin 16 Empire Fudge ....... 14 Fudge, Pineapple .... 14 Fudge, Walnut ...... 14 Fudge, Filbert ..... - Ue Fudge, Choco. Peanut 13 Fudge, Honey Moon . 14 Fudge, Toasted Cocoa- UD cece ct esos esse. 14 Fudge, Cherry ....., 14 Fudge, Cocoanut .... 14 Honeycomb Candy .. 16 Iced Maroons ....... 14 Iced Gems ..,...... |. a5 Iced Orange Jellies .. 13 Italian Bon Bons ... 13 Lozenges, Pep. ...... 11 Lozenges, Pink ...... 11 Manchus ..........., 14 Molasses Kisses, 10 1D, DOK oo... Ae Nut Butter Puffs .... 14 Pecans, Ex. Large .. 14 Chocolates Assorted Choc. ...... 1 Amazon Caramels .. 16 Champion cesses. 48 Choc. Chips, Eureka 19 Climax 020. a. 14 Eclipse, Assorted .... 14 Ideal Chocolates .... 14 Klondike Chocolates 18 Nabobs .........)..., dg Nibble Sticks ........ 25 Nut Wafers ......... 18 Ocoro Choc. Caramels 17 Peanut Clusters ..... 20 Quintette .,........, ie Regina)... 554: Seseece Le Star Chocolates ..... 18 Superior Choc. (light) 19 Pop Corn Goods Without prizes. Cracker Jack with coupon ..... seceee. 3 20 Pop Corn Goods with Prizes Oh My 100s ........ es 50 Cracker Jack, with Prize Hurrah, 100s ........ 3 50 Hurrah; DOS ........: 1 7 Hurrah, 245.0...) - «. (85 Cough Drops B Putnam Menthol ... 1 90 Smith Bros. ......... 1 25 NUTS—Whole 8 Almonds, Tarragona 22 Almonds, California soft shell Drake @22 Brags .65 66. 12@13 Filberts ee Cal. No. 15S. 5S. .. @22 Walnuts, Naples - -18@19 Walnuts, Grenoble 17@18 Table nuts, fancy 14@16 Pecans, Large ..., @13 Pecans, Ex. Large @14 Shelled No. 1 Spanish Shelled Peanuts ...... 6%Ib 7 Ex. Lg. Va. Shelle@ Peanuts ..... 10% @11 Pecan Halves ...., @60 Walnut Halves .... @40 Filbert Meats ..., 30 Alicante Almonds 60 Jordan Almonds Pails 6 Peanuts Fancy H P Suns Raw oo. - 54 @6y Roasted ......,. H. P. Jumbo, Raw ..255..... Roasted CRACKERS National Biscuit Company Brands In-er-Seal Trade Mark Package Goods Per doz. Baronet Biscuit ..,. - 100 Blake Wafers ......, 1 00 Cameo Biscuit ...... Cheese Sandwich ..., Chocolate Wafers .... Big. Newton .....0... Five O'Clock Tea Bet Ginger Snaps NBC .. Graham Crackers ,,. Lemon Snaps ...... ‘ bt ek et ek fe o > M. M. Dainties . 1.00 Oysterettes ...., : 50 Pretzeenos A - 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 0d Water Thin Biscuit .. 1 00 Zu Zu Ginger Snaps 00 4wieback ........... 1 00 Other Package Goods Barnum’s Animals .. 50 Soda Crackers NBC 2 50 Hruit Cake .....;.... 8 00 Bulk Goods Cans and boxes Animals 2120...) ab allantics, Asstd. .... 13 Avena Fruit Cakes .. 12 Bonnie Doon Cookies 10 Bonnie Lassies ...... 10 Banquet Wafers .... 20 Cameo Biscuit ...... 26 Cecelia Biscuit ...., 16 Cheese Tid Bits ..... 20 Chocolate Bar (cans) 20 Chocolate Drop Center 18 Chocolate Putf Cake. 18 Choc. Honey Fingers 16 Circle Cookies ...... 12 Cracknels ........... 20 Cream Fingers ....., 14 Cocoanut ‘Taffy Bar .. 16 Cocoanut Drops ...... i2 Cocoanut Macaroons 18 Cocoanut Molas. Bar 16 Cocont Honey tk ingers 12 Cocont Honey Jumbles 12 Coffee Cakes Iced ... 12 Crumpets ........5... 12 Dinner Pail Mixed .. 10 xtra Wine Biscuit .. 15 Family Cookies ...... 10 Pig Cakes Asstd. .... 12 Fireside Peanut Jumb 10 Fluted Cocoanut Bar 12 Frosted Creams ..... 10 Frosted Ginger Cook. 10 Frosted Raisin Sqs. .. 10 Hull Moon 92725055... 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 Imperiais <1... 66... 16 Jubilee Mixed ........ 10 Kaiser Jumbles ...... 12 Lady Fingers Sponge 30 Leap Year Jumbles .. 20 Lemon Biscuit Square 10 Lemon Cakes ....... 10 Lemon Wafers ...... 18 Hemona) ........55022 10 Lorna Doon .......... 18 Mace Cakes ......... 10 Mary Ann .......... 10 Manlalay ............ 10 Marshmallow Pecans 20- Mol. Frt. Cookie, Iced 11 NBC Honey Cakes .. 12 Oatmeal Crackers ... 9 Orange Gems ....... 10 Oreo Biscuit ........ 25 Othello 22.0005.) ag Penny Assorted . .... 10 Picnic Mixed ........ 12 Raisin Cookies ...... 12 Raisin Gems ........ 12% Reveres Asstd. ...... 1% Rittenhouse Biscuit .. 14 Snaparoons .......... 15 Spiced Cookie ........ 10 Spiced Jumbles, Iced 12 Sugar Fingers ...... 12 Sugar Crimp ........ 10 Sultana Fruit Biscuit 1 Sweethearts ......... 35 Vanilla Wafers ...... 20 Pt he a be et fk pat et bed et beet ed et eee ‘f CR a aa ere ree ee a a or October 13, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 6 Butter Boxes N B © Square ...:.. 736 Seymour Round .... 7% NB C Sodas. ....... - 7% N B C Picnic Oysters 7% Gem Oysters ......... 7% Soda IN EB © Sodas ........ 7% Premium Sodas ...... 8 Select Sodas ........ 10 Saratoga Flakes .... 13 Saltines .:..........< Sle Oyster N B C Picnic Oysters 7% Gem Oysters ........ 7% BME oe ele 8% Sugar Wafer Specialties Adora, ......;5....--.. 1 00 Nabisco >....:........ 1 00 Nabisco: -....5..:.2.; 17% Hestino ....:..;. Socee 1 oO Festino ..... .. 2.00 Lorna Doone - 100 Anola ........ ee . 100 Champagne Wafers .. 2 50 Above quotations of Na- tional Biscuit Co., subject to change without notice. CREAM TARTAR Barrels or Drums ...... 40 BOXES oc 41 Square Cans ...... |) a3 Fancy Caddies ........ 48 DRIED FRUITS Apples Evapor’ed Choice blk Evapor’ed Fancy pkg. Apricots California, ..2..).. 8%@10 Citron Corsican ..:.......... 16% Currants } Imported, 1 Tb. pkg. .. ve Imported, bulk ........ 9% Peaches Muirs—Choice, 25!tb. .. 646 Muirs—Fancy, 25tb. .. 7% Fancy, Peeled, 25tb. ..12 Peel Lemon, American ... 12% Orange, American ... 12% Raisins Cluster, 20 cartons - 2 25 Loose Muscatels, 4 Cr. 7% Loose Muscatels, 3 Cr. 7% L. M. Seeded, 1 th. 8@8% California Prunes 90-100 251. boxes ..@ 7% 80- 90 25tb. boxes ..@ 8% 70- 80 25%. boxes ..@ 91% 50- 70 251b. boxes ..@10 30- 60 25tb. boxes ..@10% 40-50 25tb. boxes ..@11 EVAPORATED MILK Red Band Brand 5 case lots, 5c less; 10 case lots, 10c less. FARINACEOUS GOODS Beans California Limas .... 6% Med. Hand Picked .. 3 50 Brown Holland ..... 3 20 Farina 25 1 tb. packages ....1 60 Bulk, per 100 th. .... 4 50 Original Holland Rusk Packed 12 rolls to container 3 containers (40) rolls 3 20 Hominy Pearl, 100 th. sack .. 2 50 Maccaronl and Vermicelli Domestic, 10 Tt. hox .. 0 (mported, 25 th. box ..3 50 Pearl Barley @hester 2508s lar, 8. 3 50 Portage 6. .0..2.:5... 4 75 Peas Green, Wisconsin, bu. 2 90 Split, TH. ........... 6% Sago Bast India 23.......... 5 German, sacks .......... 5 German, broken pkg. Tapioca Flake, 100 tbh. sacks ..5% Pearl, 100 th. sacks .. 5% Pearl, 36 pkgs. ...... 2 25 Minute, 36 pkgs. .... 2 75 FISHING TACKLE to loin, .....5.... 6 1% to 2 in) 220.0. ...: 7 Ae to 22 Ins ct. 9 13% to De ee. 11 2 im cole ee eo 15 BM ea. 20 Cotton Lines No. 1, 10 feet ........ No. 2, 15 feet ...... coca Wizard, Gran. Meal Wizard Buckw’t ewt. Relic io apee ae 6 2 y City Milling Co. White ...00...5. : 1 Granena Heaith oe Voigt’s Crescent Voigt’s Flouroigt 9122! Voigt’s Hygienic Gra- I Lip Top, Mlour 22... 5. Golden Sheaf Flour .. Marshalls Best Flour er Co. Quaker, paper .. 5 Wisconsin Rye ..... rocer Co. s Voigt Milling Co. Worden Grocer Golden Granulated .. Michigan carlots Less than carlots ... Less than carlots .... Less than carlots ’\. Feed Street Car Feed No. 1 Corn & Oat Coarse Corn Meal ... Calfskin; cured, No. Shearlings eee Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz. 55 Bamboo, 16 ft., per doz. 60 Bamboo, 18 ft., per doz. 80 FLAVORING EXTRACTS Jennings D C: Brand Ixxtract Lemon Terpenless Extract Vanilla Mexican Both at the same aie F box, 1% oz. 1 F box, 2% oz. 2 ; oz. Taper 2 | 2 1% oz fat i... 1 FLOUR AND FEED Grand Rapids Grain Oe 2 4 2 1 1 6 6 6 na ee soos ae 5 35 ggins Milling Co. 35 o a Kansas Hard Wheat Voigt Milling Co. Calla Wily =. . 6 Worden Grocer Co. American Eagle, American Eagle, American Eagle, 6 6 6° Mazeppa (new) ...... 5 Golden Horn, (new) 16 18 eae ol Fd 30 30 30 pts., per gro, 4 per gro. 5 1% gal. per gro. 7 can tops, gro. 2 Cox’s, 1 doz. large .. 1 Cox's, 1 doz. small . Knox’s Sparkling, doz. 1 Knox’s Sparkling, gr. 14 Knox's Acidu’d doz. .. Minute, 2 qts., doz. 2 qts., 3 doz. q 1 ok Sega lle cue e i a Plymouth Rock, Phos. 1 Plymouth Rock, Plain D PELTS 9 Unwashed, med. 5Ib. pails, per doz. 15tb. pails, per pail .. 30Ib. pails, per pail JELLY GLASSES % pt. in bbls., per doz. % pt. in bbls., per doz. 8 0z. capped in bbls., oz. bottles, per doz. 3 1 oz. bottles, per doz. 17 16 oz. bottles, per dz. 82 oz. bottles, per dz. Fancy Open Kettle Half barrels 2c ‘extra Red Hen, No. 21% gal. kegs 1 10@1 gal. kegs 1 05@1 gal. kegs 1 00@1 Z 9 CrOlEI S Pitted (not stuffed) 14 oz. Manzanilla, 8 oz. 1.11, oe bn Tuneh, 1602... ||” Queen, Mammoth, 19 Queen, ‘Mammoth, "28 Of ..4...,........ | 5 Olive Chow, 2 doz. es. PEANUT BUTTER Bel-Car-Mo Brand 24 Tb. fibre pails ... 14 Ib. fibre pails 23 0Z. jars, 1 doz. ..2 25 2 tb. tin pails, 1 doz. 2 85 6% oz. jars, 2 doz. 1 80 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Red Crown Gasoline ..12. Gas Machine Gasoline 19.9 TM E&P Naphtha .. Capitol Cylinder Atlantic Red Engine Barrels, 1,200 count 5 gallon kegs ..... Half barrels... : gallon kegs ........ 5 gallon kegs oe 2 5 Clay, No. 216, per box 1 Clay, T. D. full count COB ee. PLAYING CARDS . 15, Rival assorted 1 . 20, Rover, enam’d 1 | 5¢2, Special ...... 17 - 98 Golf, Satin fin, 2 - 808, Bicycle ..... . 2 0) . 632 TPourn’t whist 2 ASH @ Short Cut Clr 20 00@21 Clear 24 00@25 Dry Salt Meats Pure in tierces Compound Lard 80 Ib Hams, 14-16 tb. 15 @15% Hams, 16-18 th. 14%@15 Hams, 18-20 Ib. 144% @15 Sets... 02... 29 California Hams 10%@ Picnic Boiled Hams _....... 19% @20 Boiled Hams .. 21 @22 Minced Ham .. 12 @12% Bacon 2... |. 15 @25 Sausages Bologna ...... - 10%@11 HAver oe. 94%4@10 Frankfort ...... 12 @12% Bork |... ceces LE @12 Veal Selec ccs « - Tongue : us auc Headcheese .......... 10 Beef Boneless ....., 20 0020 50 Rump, new .. 24 50@25 00 Pig’s Feet % bbIs| oe «oss 1 00 % bbis., 40 Ibs. ...... 2 00 % bbls. 4 t bbe 6 ecoeee 8 50 Tripe Kits, 15 ths, Soeceeeece 90 % bbis., 40 thos. ....! - 1 60 % bbis., 80 ths. ...._! 3 00 Casings Hogs per ih 2... |. - 36 Beef, rounds, set -. 20@21 Beef, middles, set .. 85 90 Sheep 210. 1 25@@1 50 Uncolored Butterine Solid Dairy ..., 124%@16% Country Rolls .. 13 @19% Canned Meats Corned beef, 2 th. -. 470 Corned beef, 1 tb. Roast beef, 2 tp. eos 470 Roast beef, 1 fp. soos 2 50 Potted Meat Ham Blaver, ta (|| | wa (48 Potted Meat, Ham Hlavor, tq |. e.. S90 Deviled Meat, Ham Flavor, 4s ....., -. 45 Deviled Meat, Ham Blavor, ta | 0 90 Potted Tongue, %s .. 48 Potted Tongue, Ys .. 90 RICE Haney 0. 7 @1% Japan Style ..... - 5 @5% Broken ...)...... 3% @4y, ROLLED OATS tolled Avenna, bbls. 5 60 Steel Cut, 100 th. sks. 2 90 Monarch, bbls. ...... 5 35 Monarch, 90 th. Sks. 2 55 Quaker, 18 Regular .. 1 45 Quaker, 20 Family .. 4 50 SALAD DRESSING Columbia, % pint .... Columbia 1 pint C Durkee’s, large, 1 doz. Durkee’s small, 2 doz. Snider’s large, 1 doz. Snider's, small, 2 doz. SALERATUS Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Arm and Hammer -« a 00 Wyandotte, 100 %s .. 3 00 SAL SODA Granulated, bbls. sidaccs SO Granulated, 100 ths. es. 90 Granulated, 36 pkgs. .. 1 25 ht DO Ol te He b> v ol So SALT Common Grades 100 3 Ib. sacks sececee 2 60 (0 40h. sacks |... 9 40 60 6 ID. sacks |... 2 40 28 10 tb. sacks ..., 2 25 56 Ib. sacks ...... 40 28 Th. sacks ....... 20 Warsaw b6 ID. sacks) (00... 26 28 Ib. dairy in drill bags 20 Solar Rock 5G ID) sacks. i. 26 Common Granulated, Fine .... 110 Medium, Fine ....... 1 15 SALT FISH Cod Large, whole .... @ 7% Small, whole . 7 Strips or bricks .. 9@13 Pollock 2.055...) bE Smoked Salmon Strips) 0. 9 Halibut Slips 06. 18 Chunks 19 Holland Herring Y. M. wh. hoop bbls. Y. M. wh. hoop % bbls. Y. M. wh. hoop kegs Y. M. wh. hoop Milchers Kegsig oo Standard, bbis. ...... Standard, % bbls. .... Standard, kegs ..... 95 Trout No, 1, 100 tbs. ...... 7 60 No. 1,40 Ips. .....: 2 25 Novel £0 isi... . 2. 90 No. 7) 2 tos... soe. 75 Mackerel Mess, 100 ths. ...... Mess, 40 Ibs. ...... Mess, 10 Ibs. ...... Mess, § Ibs. .....:.. No. 1, 100 tbs: ...... NO. 1, 40 ts: . 08... No. ft, 10 ths. ......:. Lake Herring 100; THs: 2.00... 40 IDSs oo. a. Seccace LOWS cl. | GS S De ..ccc.. ok. iy ry no Dm et et DO a o Canary, Smyrna .... Hemp, Russian Mustard, white SHOE BLACKI Handy Box, large 3 dz. 3 Handy Box, small Bixby’s Royal Polish Miller’s Crown Polish SNU Scotch, in bladders Maccaboy, in jars .... French Rapple in jars .. SODA Kegs, English ......- CES Allspice, Jamaica ..9@10 Allspice, lg Garden @l1 Cassia, Canton Cassia, 5e pkg. dz. Nutmegs, 105-110 . ‘ Paprika, Hungarian Pure Ground In Bulk Allspice, Jamaica .. Cloves, Zanzibar Pepper, Cayenne 2 Paprika, Hungarian @45 Tv c Kingsford, 40 Tbs. Muzzy, 20 lth. pkgs. .. Silver Gloss, 40 1Ib. Muzzy, 40 1th. pkgs. Argo, 24 5c pkgs Silver Gloss, 16 3tbs. 16 3Ib. packages |. 12 6Ib. packages ...... Half barrels .. a ie Blue Karo, No. 1%, d Blue Karo, No. 2 Blue Karo, No. 2 Sees gec cea. 3 Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 2 0, Red Karo, No. 1i4° 4° aOZ. ..... ees eeeeuu. 3 80 Red Karo, No. 2 ,2 dz. 2 Red Karo, No. 2%, 2dz. 2 Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 2 Red Karo, No. 10 1% doz. Cigtee Folger’s Grape Punch TEA Uncolored Japan Basket-fired Med’m Basket-fired Choice Basket-fired Fancy Siftings, 1 tb. pkgs. Moyune, Medium Moyune, Fancy .... Ping Suey, Medium Ping Suey, Fancy . Formosa, Medium .. Formosa, Choice Formosa, Fancy . English Breakfast Ex. Fancy 63@80 c Pekoe, Medium Dr. Pekoe, Choice . Flowery O. P. Fancy 40@650 29 TOBACCO Fine Cut Biee 1 45 Bugle, 16 og. 3 84 Bugle, 10c 00 Cnc caeceae 11 Dan Patch, 8 and 16 oz. 32 Dan Patch, 4 oz. «ee BE G2 Dan Patch, 2 Oz. 5 Fast Mail, 16 oz. 7 Hiawatha, 16 oz, Hiawatha, 5c ..... - 540 ay Flower, 16 oz. | 9 No Limit, 8 oz. eeccaa 8 Opp emt, 16 om. .... 3 6@ wa, and 16 \ Ojibwa, 10c . i0 Ojibwa, 6c... 1 Petoskey Chief, 7 oz. 2 00 Petoskey Chief, 14 oz. 4 00 Peach and Honey, 5¢ 5 76 Red Bell, 16 oz. ...... 3 98 Red Bell, 8 foil] <<., 2% $8 Sterling, 1, & D be 6576 Sweet Cuba, canister 9 16 Sweet Cuba, 5c .... 57 Sweet Cuba, 10c .... 95 Sweet Cuba, 1 fb. tin 4 50 Sweet Cuba, % th. foil 2 25 Sweet Burley, 5¢ L&D 5 76 Sweet Burley, & oz. .. 2 45 Sweet Burley, 16 oz. 4 90 Sweet Mist, % gro. «« & 76 Sweet Mist. 8 Of, ... 11 16 . Telegram, 5c ........ 5 76 Miger fe (2 6 00 Tiger, 25¢ cans ..... 2 40 Uncle Daniel, 1 th, 60 Uncle Daniel, 1 oz. «« 8 22 Plug Am. Navy, 16 Om i, 32 Apple, 10 th. butt .... $¢ Drummond Nat. Leaf, 2 and 5 ib 2. 60 Drummond Nat. Leaf, Der dow ...._.. sesee §=696 Bate Ae 32 Bracer, 6 and 12 i. .: 36 Big Four, 6 and 16 th. 32 pot Jack, 21h |. 90 Boot Jack, per doz .. 46 Bullion, 16 oz. ......7° 46 Climax Golden Twins 48 Climax, 142% oz. 1... .. 44 Cllmex, oz | 47 Day’s Work 7 & 14 TH. 2 Creme de Menthe, th. 6 Derby, 5 th. boxes ..., 39 Bros, 4 66 Four Roses, fe 90 Gilt Edges, 2 tp. ||| *’ 50 Gold Rone, 6 and 12 th. 58 Gold Rope, 4 and 8 TH. 658 G. O. P., 12 and 24 ™. 40 Granger Twist, 6 ID... 46 G. T. W., 10 and 21 Th. 36 Horse Shoe, 6 and 12 th. 43 Honey Dip Twist, 5 ane 10 i 45 Jolly Tar, 5 and 8 TH. 40 J. T., 5% and 11 ty. <. 46 Kentucky Navy, 12 th. 39 Keystone Twist, 6 tb. 45 Wismet! @ th 1... | 48 Maple Dip, 20 oz. casa ae Merry Widow, 12 th. 32 Nobby Spun Roll 6 & 3 58 Farret, 12 Patterson’s Nat. Leaf 93 Peachey, 6, 12 & 24 ™H. 41 Picnic Twist. 5 Wh .. 45 Piper Heidsieck, 4 & 7 tH.69 Piper Heldsieck, per dz. 96 Polo, 3 doz., per doz. 48 Redicut, 1% oz... |. 38 Scrapple, 2 and 4 doz. 48 Sherry Cobbler, 8 oz. 82 Spear Head, 12 oz. «. & Spear Head, 14% oz. . — Spear Head, 7 oz. .. 47 Sq. Deal, 7, 14 & 28 th. 30 Star, 6, 12 and 24 fp. 43 Standard Navy, 7%, 15 Th. end, 30 Wy 2 34 Ten Penny, 6 and 12 Th. 35 Town Talk, 14 oz. so. 2 Yankee Girl, 12 & 24 th. 31 Scrap Al Red, Se ......_... 76 Am. Union Scrap 5 40 Baz Pipe. fe ....... 88 Cutlas, 2% o7 _..... 26 Globe Scrap, 2 oz. ... 30 Happy Thought, 2 oz. 2 Honey Comb Scrap, 5e 5 76 Honest Scrap, Sc .... 1 55 Mail Pouch, 4 doz. 5e Old Songs, fe ....... Old Times, % gro. . Polar Bear, 5c, % gro. Red Band, 5c % gro. Red Man Scrap, 5c .. Scrapple, 5c pkegs. Sure Shot, 5c % gro. Yankee Girl Scrap 2oz. Pan Handle Scrp Yer Peachey Scrap, 5¢ .... Union Workman, 2% Smoking All Leaf, 24% & 7 oz. 30 BB, 2% OF 2.2 .5.054; 6 00 ANAM HMoOCIOIoD of Banner, 406 .......; Belwood, Miture, 10c 4 Big Chief, 2% oz. .. 6 00 LEP DARIN II NN NNR EE 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN October 18, 1915 SPECIAL PRICE CURRENT 12 13 14 Smoking Big Chief, 16 oz. .... Bull Durham, 5c .... 5 Bull Durham, 10c .. 11 Bull Durham, 15¢ .. 17 Bull Durham, 8 oz. .. 3 Bull Durham, 16 oz. .. 6 Buck Horn, 5c ...... 5 Buck Horn, 10c .... 11 Briar Pipe, 5c ...... 5 Briar Pipe, 10c .... 11 Black Swan, ic .... 5 Black Swan, 14 oz. .. 3 Bob White, 5c ...... 6 Brotherhood, 5c ...... 6 Brotherhood, 10c .... 11 Brotherhood, 16 oz. 5 Carnival, 5c 5 Carnival, 4% Oz. ...... Carnival, 16 oz. .... Cigar Clip’g, Johnson Cigar Clip’g, Seymour Identity, 3 and 16 oz. Darby Cigar Cuttings 4 Continental Cubes, 10c Corn Cake, 14 oz. .... 2 Corn Cake, 7 oz. .... 1 Corn Cake, bc ....... 5 Cream, 50c pails ..... 4 Cuban Star, 5c foil .. 5 uban Star, 16 oz. pis » ips, 10c ..........- 10 Dills Best, 1% oz. Dills Best, 3% oz. Dills Best, 16 oz. Dixie Kid, 5c Duke’s Mixture, 5c ..57 Duke’s Mixture, 10c ..11 92 Duke’s Cameo, 5c 5 76 a oc Cee =-se- D 16 Lm. AL, 4 oz .. 5 04 mF AL 7 oz. .......44 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 " @ 6 ie ..........14 52 Four Roses, 10c .... 96 Full Dress, 134 oz. .. 72 Glad Hand, 5c ....-.. 48 Gold Block, 10c ..... 12 Gold Star, 50c pail .. 4 Gail & Ax Navy, Be 5 Growler, 5C .....eee- 4 Growler, 10c ......... Growler, 20c ........ 1 lant 50 ©.........-- 29 Giant; 40c .......... 3 Hand Made, 2% 0z. Hazel Nut, 5c ...... 5 Honey Dew, 10c ....12 Hunting, 5c .......-.. : Ex 1, oc 2... ....-.- 6 T X 1, in pails ...... 3 Just Suits, 5c ........ 6 Just Suits, 10c ...... 12 Kiln Dried, 25c ..... 2 King Bird, 7 oz. .... 2 King Bird, 10c ...... 11 King Bird, 5c ........ 5 Lea Turkana, Sc ...-.-- 5 Little Giant, 1 Tb. .... Lucky Strike, luc .... Le Redo, 3 oz. ...... 10 Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz. Myrtle Navy, 10c ....11 Myrtle Navy, 5c ..... 5 Maryland Club, ic ... Mayflower, 5c ....... 5 Mayfiower, 10c ...... Mayflower, 20c ...... a Nigger Hair, 5c ..... 6 Nigger Hair, 10c ....10 Nigger Head, 5c .... 5 Nigger Head, 10c ... 10 Noon Hour, 5c ..... . Old Colony, 1-12 gro. 11 Old Mill, Sc ......... 5 Qld Mnglish Crve 1%oz. Ola Crop, bc ...-..... 5 Old Crop, 25c ....... P. S., 8 oz. 30 Ib. cs. P. 8., 3 oZ., per gro. 5 Pat Hand, 1 oz. Patterson Seal, 1% oz. Patterson Seal, 3 oz. . Patterson Seal, 16 oz. 5 Peerless, 6C ........ 5 Peerless, 10c cloth ..11 Peerless, 10c paper ..10 Peerless, 20c ........ Peerless, 40c ........ Plaza, 2 gro. case .... Plow Boy, 5c Plow Boy, 10c Plow Boy, 14 oz. ...... Pedro, llc ......... ook Pride of Virginia, 1% OL De oe ee eee Pilot, 14 oz. doz. .... 2 Prince Albert, 5c : Prince Albert, 10c .... Prince Albert, 8 oz. ..3 Prince Albert, 16 oz. 7 Queen Quality, 5c Rob Roy, 5c foil .... Rob Roy, 10c gross ..10 Rob Roy, 25c doz. .... Rob Roy, 50c doz. S. & M., 5c gross .... S. & M., 14 oz., doz. . Soldier Roy, 5c¢ gross Soldier Boy, 10c ... 1 o Ocresorm rs Pilet, 7 Oz: doz. ..... 1 Soldier Boy, 1 fb. Sweet Caporal, 1 oz. Sweet Lotus, 5c .... 5 Sweet Lotus, 10c ...11 Sweet Lotus, per doz. 4 Sweet Rose, 2% oz. Sweet Tip Top, 5c .. Sweet Tip Top, 10c .. 1 Sweet Tips, 4% gro...10 Sun Cured, ife ....... Summer Time, 5c _o Summer Time, 7 oz... 1 Summer Time, 14 oz. 3 Standard, 5c foil .... 5 Standard, 10c paper 8 Seal N. C. 134 cut plug Seal N. C. 1% Gran. Three Feathers, 1 oz. Three Feathers, 10c 11 Three Feathers and Pipe combination .. 2 Tom & Jerry, 14 oz. 3 Tom & Jerry, 7 oz. ..1§ Tom & Jerry, 3 oz. Trout Line, 5c Trout Line, 10c ..... 11 Turkish, Patrol, 2-9 5 Tuxedo, 1 oz. bags Tuxedo, 2 oz. tins Tuxedo, 20c Tuxedo, 80c tins .... 7 War Path, 5c War Path, 20c Wave Line, 3 oz. .... Wave Tine, 16 oz. .... Way up, 2% oz. .... Way up, 16 oz. pails .. Wilda Fruit, 5c 5 Wild Fruit, 10¢ Yum Yam, 5C ....... Yum Yum, 10¢ Yum Yum. 1 fh. doz. 4 TWINE Cotton, 3 ply .-..-.... Cotton, 4 nly ...-...- snte: 2 ply. .o.6 le. Hemp, 6 ply ......... Flax, medium Wool, n VINEGAR 1 th. bales .. 10% White Wine, 40 grain 8% White Wine, 80 grain 11% White Wine, 100 grain 13 Oakland Vinegar & Pickle Co.’s Brands 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 No. 2, per eross ..... 50 No. 3, per gross ..... iD WOODENWARE Baskets Bushels 1 Bushels, wide band .. 1 Market Splint, lange ........ 4 Splint, medium ...... 3 Splint, small ........ 3 Willow, Clothes, large 8 Willow, Clothes, small 6 Willow, Clothes, me’m 7 Butter Plates Ovals Ib., 250 in crate .... Tb., 250 in crate .... » 250 in crate ...... -» eo0 im erate ...... a 250 in crate ...... 250 in crate ...... Wire End , 200 in erate ...... , 250 in crate ...... -, 200 in erate ...... Tb., 20 In crate ...... Churns eT Aa 333 3359 ow De Barrel, 5 gal., each .. 2 4 Barrel, 10 gal., each ..2 Clothes Pins Round Head 4% inch, 5 gross ..... Cartons, 20 2% doz. bxs Egg Crates and Fillers 40 5 0 90 35 45 55 60 65 Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. 20 No. 1 complete ...... . 40 No. 2, complete ....... 28 Case No. 2, fillers, 15 BRIS foe cee. coc. 35 Case, medium, 12 sets 1 15 Faucets Cork lined, 3 in. ...... 70 Cork lined, 9 in. .... 80 Cork lined, 10 in. ...... 90 Mop Sticks Trojan spring ........ Eclipse patent spring No. 1 common No. 2 pat. brush holder ideal No. 7 ........ See 121d. cotton mop heads 1 Pails 10 qt. Galvanized - 2 00 12 qt. Galvanized .... 2 2 14 qt. Galvanized .... 2 50 Pibre 2.0.) 00 - 2 40 Toethpicks Birch, 100 packages .. 2 00 ideal 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 .... 6! Rat, wood :..)).. 0). - 80 Rat, spring 2.6.0) 27 75 Tubs No. 1 Mibre ....,.... 16 50 No. 2 Eibre .....0. 15 00 No. 3 Hibre 13 50 Large Galvanized .... 7 50 Medium Galvanized .. 6 50 Small Galvanized .... 5 50 Washboards Banner, Globe ....... - 3 00 Brass, Single ....... . 4 25 Glass, Single ........ 3 60 Single Acme ........ 3 50 Double Peerless 5 75 Single Peerless 4 00 Northern Queen 4 50 Double Duplex ...... 3 75 Good Mnengh .:..... 4 00 Umiversal 220.00 4 00 Window Cleaners a2 im so. 2 6D ae im ee. wee. 2185 6 tn 2 30 Wood Bowls 13 in. Butter ......... 1 75 15 in: Butter... 0... 2 50 a7 im, Butter 2. 4 75 19 in. Butter ......... 7 50 WRAPPING PAPER Common Straw ...... Fibre Manila, white .. 3 Fibre Manila, colored 4 No. 1 Manila ....:)... 4 Cream Manila ........ Butchers’ Wax Butter, short ec’nt 10 Wax Butter, full e’nt 15 Wax Butter, rolls ... 12 YEAST CAKE Maric; 3 doz (672... 1 15 Sunlight, 3 doz. ...... 1 00 Sunlight, 1% doz. .... 50 Yeast Foam, 3 doz. ..1 15 Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 85 AXLE GREASE 1 Th. boxes, per gross 8 70 3 Tm. boxes, per gross 22 70 TELFER’S ness COFFEE DETROIT Jamo, 21D. tim oi: 31 den 1 ib. Gn i: 27 Belle Isle, 1 th. pkg. 27 Bismarck, 1 tb. pkg. 24 Vera, 1 Ib. pke. .... 33 Koran,:1 ib. pke. ..). 22 Telfer’s Quality 25 .. 19 Moesan ~ oo). 18 Quality, 20. 0002.2. 16 OV. J. 4G. Tea fo 37 Cherry Blossom Tea 37 Telfer’s Ceylon ... 40 Ter Na OLOy- UB Car lots or focal shipments, bulk or sacked in paper or jute. Poultry and stock charcoal. 3 Manila .... 2% M. O. DEWEY CO., Jackson, Mich. 15 16 17 BAKING POWDER Roastea Proctor & Gamble Co. kK Cc Dwinnell-Wright Brands [Lenox ............... 3 20 Doz. ivory, 6 OZ. .e002.0. 4 00 10 oz., 4 doz. in case 85 = {[vory, 10.02 ..2.,... 6 75 15 oz. 4 doz. in case 1 25 Star 7202) Ee ees 886 1 - 0z., 3 doz. in case 1 2 0Z., 4 doz. in case 2 50 oz., 2 doz. plain top 4 00 ve 50 oz. 2 doz screw top 4 6 6 et ; 80 oz., 1 doz. plain an Switt's Pride .,;..... 2 85 $0 os, 1 doe. eeccw isp White Laundry ...... 3 50 Wool, 6 oz. bars .... 3 85 Barrel Deal No. 2 J 8 doz. Gach 16 16 2A Wool, 10 oz. bars .... 6 50 29),0% oe 32 80 Tradesman Co.’s Brana With 4 dozen 10 oz. free Barrel Deal No. 2 6 doz. each, 10, 15 and 20.0%. 2 oe | 24 60 With 3 dozen 10 oz. free Half-Barrel Deal No. 3 4 doz. each, 10, 15 and 2b 02. oes 16 40 With 2 doz. 10 oz. free All cases sold F. O. B. jobbing point. All barrels Black Hawk, one box 2 50 Black Hawk, five bxs 2 40 Black Hawk, ten bxs 2 25 A. B. Wrisley Good Cheer .......... 4 00 Old Country ......... 2 4¢ White House, 1 tm. ....... Scouring and _half- barrels sold F. O. B. Chi- White House, 2 th). ....... Sapolio, gross lots .. 9 50 cago. Excelsior, Blend, 1 tm. .... oo pend a lots 4 85 7 2 Sapolio, single boxes 2 49 Royal ee en a Be ee 2 46 Tip Top Bland, 1 th. ..... Scourine, 50 cakes 1 80 1@c size .. 90 Royal Blend ............ . Scourine, 100 cakes .. 3 50 4% cans 1 35 Royal High Grade ..... oo 6 ez cans 190 Superior Blend .......... . lb cans 2 50 Boston Combination ..... Seep Compounite : Distributed by Judson Johnson’s Fine, 48 2 3 25 %Ib cans 375 Grocer Co., Grand Rapids; Johnson’s XXX 100 be 4 00 1b cans 4 80 Lee & Cady, Detroit; Lee Rub-No-More ....... 3 85 3Ib cans 13 00 & Cady, Kalamazoo; Lee Nine O'Clock. .... 00. 3 50 BID cans 21 50 & Cady, Saginaw; Bay City Grocer Company, Bay Washing Powders CIGARS City; Brown, Davis & Warner, Jackson; Gods- Armour’s Sin wineic ees eae 70 mark, Durand & Co., Bat- tle Creek; Fielbach Co., Toledo. Babbitt’s 1776 ........ Gold Dust, 24 large Gold Dust, 100 small Kirkoline, 24 4tb. .... Lautz Naphtha, 60s .. 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 (S00 iots) ........ 10 00 Gee Jay (300 lots) ..10 00 Lautz Naphtha, 100s 75 El Portana ..........33 00 Pearling ..00..2. 5. .., 15 SC. WwW. 222.) --.32 00 Roseine ......;...... 90 Snow Boy, 60 5c .... Snow Boy, 100 Sc .... Snow Boy, 24 pkgs., Family Size ........ 3 75 Worden Grocer Co. Brands Canadian Club Londres, 50s, wood ....35 Wr 8 & & PD DD wd mM we ~ o Londres, 25s tins ......35 Londres, 300 lots ...... 1 «Royal Genden Tea, pkgs. 49 Snow Boy, 2) Pkg, THE BOUR Co. aundry Size ...... 4 00 COFFEE TOLEDO, OHIO Swift’s Pride, 24s .... 3 65 OLD MASTER COFFEE : Swift’s Pride, 100s .. 3 65 SOAP Wisdom ......:..... § 80 Lautz Bros.’ & Co. Acme, 70 bars ...... 3 05 Acme, 100 cakes, 5c sz 3 75 The only Acorn, 120 cakes ..., 2 40 Cotton Oil, 100 cakes 6 00 Cc oon ae, 100 cks 3 90 l ircus, cakes 5c sz 3 75 Re Climax, 100 oval cakeg 3 05 C eneet = 2 7 oo ” erty 5¢e sz 3 75 Guneatened to —_ g Master, 100 blocks 3 90 a eee Old Master Coffee .... 31 Naphtha, 100 cakes as 3 90 best 10c kinds San Marto Coffee ..... Saratoga, 120 cakes .. 2 40 80 - CANS - $2.90 FITZPATRICK BROTHERS’ SOAP CHIPS BBLS White City (Dish Washing)........... foe Be cece -210 lbs......38¢ per Ib. Tip Top (Cauatic).............. eee eo. -+...200 Ibs...... 4c per lb. me tleondy Ory. ................ tereeeeees 225 Ibs......5Mc per Ib. Palm Pure Soap Dry.................. trtteeeeeeees ees. .300 Ibs... ...64%c per Ib FOOTE GJENKS’ Killarney ( geceit?.») Ginger Ale (CONTAINS NO CAPSICUM) An Agreeable Beverage of the CORRECT Belfast Type. Supplied to Dealers, Hotels, Clubs and Families in Bottles Having Registered Trade-Mark Crowns A Partial List of Authorized Bottlers: A L. JOYCE & SON, Grand Rapi i i 7 f. ; pids and Traverse City, M i: KALAMAZOO BOTTLING Co., Kalamazoo, Mich.; KILLARNEY BOTTLING CO., Jackson ick aay SOMETHING MORE The chances are that you want somethin when you want a job of printing g more than. printing —ideas, possibly, or suggestions for them; a plan as likely as possible to be the best, because compris- ing the latest and the best; an execution of the plan as you want it and when you want it. little, but invariably give. Tradesman Company :: Grand Rapids This is the service that we talk about but - 1915 wet Dot eh oO ~ Se 70 1% 3 3 f 30 3 85 2 80 » 40 } 75 } 75 } 90 ; 40 ; 75 65 65 ly PE 2.90 October 13, 1915 BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT PAU RCO GAIL SN Cet TT Saree] under this head for two cents continous insertion. BUSINESS CHANCES. For Rent—Best store building in best location in town of 1,200 population, about Jan. 1, 1916. Address, Ben Davis, Galesville, Wisconsin. 507 For Sale By Owner—Seven thousand acres of fertile land in the Mississippi Valley, Craighead county, Arkansas. Part in cultivation, part cutover and part in virgin timber, not subject to overflow and well drained with natural drainage and canal. Fourteen miles from town of fif- teen thousand people. Four miles to Cotton Belt railroad, four miles to Frisco, nine hours run to St. Louis and Kansas City and four hours to Memphis. Stand- ard gauge logging road through the center of the tract. Will sell land and timber but prefer to sell land only. Will put balance of land in cultivation. Will sell this proposition as a whole or in blocks to suit with land cleared ready for the plow, properly fenced and_ suitable houses. This proposition will net better than 10 per cent. on the investment and will bear a strict investigation. TL. A. Goodrich, Box 597, Jonesboro, Ark. 508 To Trade—A farm for a stock of mer- chandise. Address Phillip Lippert, Stan- ton, Michigan. 510 oe My up-to-date suburban gro- of groceries and modern residence. One of the best locations in the city. Full description upon request. C. A. Garside, Atchison, Kansas. 511 For Sale cery. Stock Les | all For Sale—Drug stock including soda fountain in best farming and manufac- turing village 2,100, in Southwestern Michigan. Cash deal or might trade for small farm. Address No. 513, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 513 For Sale—Good bakers’ gasoline engine. Also soda fountain and ice cream fixtures. Enquire H. N., Coombs, Box 325, Edmore, Michigan. oven, mixer, 514 Barber Shop For Sale—Two chairs, best business; a bargain, Box 32, Laingsburg, business ;a bargain, Box 82, Laingsburg, Michigan. 515 For Sale or Exchange—For farm prop- erty. New $4,000 stock of hardware in one of the best towns of 600 population in the State. Good surrounding country; eighteen miles from Saginaw. Address, A. L. Hall, Montrose, Michigan. 509 For Sale—Store in good busine s loca- tion and doing a good business; will sacrifice same on account of health; worth while investigating. Ed. ¢c. Lem- erand, Monroe, Michigan. 516 Shoes—We are stock buyers of all kinds of shoes, large or small, parts of or any kind of merchandise. Largest prices paid. Write at once. Perry Mercantile Co., 524 Gratiot avenue, Detroit, Michigan. 517 eee For Sale—New all steel } fazen paper baler. Cost $40. Will sell for $18. Ad- adress; (Al 7. Hall, Montrose, Michigan. . 518 Watchmaker—Situation or location wanted. Work first-class. Write, Jew- eler, 606 Steond Ave., Detroit, Michigan. 519 For Sale—Drug store ai a bargain. Stock and fixtures formerly owned by J. H. Watson, of Ithaca. For particulars write H. §. Phillips, trustee, Ithaca, Michigan, or the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 498 For Sale—Old established undertaking business in town of 3,000 in Wastern Michigan. Death of Owner reason for selling. Address, Estate, care Trades- man. 501 For Sale—A $875 National cash reg- ister, one drawer, six keys, registers $99.99, delivers cash slips, just overhauled and adjusted. element has to be taken into account. This is the fact that peopie read newspapers for more purposes than the primary one of obtaining infor- mation, even information that, as he notes, they wish to be true rather than information that is true. Some read newspapers because this is thei- chief form of reading anything. They do not desire to be deceived about who has been elected Governor or President, although they rather like to have their hopes bolstered up fora day or two after the election, but they are not so particular about many classes of “news.” What is the dif- ference whether the prominent couple are or are not in the divorce courts? Their affairs make as interesting reading as those of the equally life- like couple in “Lady Jane’s Lost Lover.” To term the taste for this sort of thing mere love of gossip is to conceal its kinship to the taste for melodrama. ——_—_e2-__ Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Po- tatoes at Buffalo, Buffalo, Oct. 13.—Creamery but- ter, fresh, 23@29c: dairy, 22@26c: poor to common, all kinds, 18@21c. Cheese—Selling well, new fancy, 15c; new choice, 14@14'4c: held fan- cy, 1514@16c. Eges—Choice fresh candled, 30c: fancy. 32@36c: at mark, 27@30c. Poultry (live)—Chicks, per lb. 14@ 7C: COX, 11c; fowls, 12@ 16c: ducks, 3@15c. Beans—Medium, $3.75: pea, $3.30; Red Kidney, $3.75; White Kidney, $4; Marrow, $4. Potatoes—New, 70@81c per bu. Rea & Witzig. ) TRADESMAN Death of Well-Known Store Man- ager. Baltic, Oct. 12—John B. Dee, man- ager of the South Range Mercantile Co., died recently at his home here after an illness of more than a year. His death is mourned by virtually the entire population of the south range district as well as by a legion of friends throughout the copper coun- try. Mr. Dee went to Rochester, Minn., about a year ago for a serious opera- tion. This was believed to be suc- cessful. He returned to his active duties in the copper country and al- though he failed to regain his strength he maintained a cheerful outlook on the future and advanced only the complaint that his voice, which had been affected by the op- eration, had not regained its strength. But his physical condition continued to be affected and it became neces- sary some two months ago to resort to new treatment. The sufferer went to Battle Creek and there learned that it was cancer that was his malady. A consultation with a specialist in Chicago meant Mr. Dee’s death warrant. He came home prepared for the end and has waited it with a cheerfulness and fortitude that has been an inspira- tion to his friends. John B. Dee was born forty-seven years ago at the Phoenix mine in Ke- weenaw county and thus, although a man in the prime of life, was one of the oldest residents of the copper country. When about 20 years of age Mr. Dee associated himself in the telephone business with his brother, James R. Dee, who was the pioneer of the telephone business in the Up- per Peninsula. John B. Dee was manager of the telephone office in Marquette for a number of years and resigned to take the position of solicitor for the Pen- insula Electric Light & Power Co. in Houghton. He held this position until shortly before the sale of the company to the Stone & Webster in- terests of Boston. He then became associated with his brother, James R. Dee and H. S. Goodell, in the organ- ization of the South Range Mercan- tile Co., with large establishments at Baltic and Painesdale. He was ac- tively engaged with the business until his death, being the active manager of the Baltic store and making his home here, Mr. Dee was prominent in the so- cial affairs of the copper country. He was a member of the Houghton, Oni- gaming Yacht, Miscowaubik and Portage Lake Golf Clubs. He also was a member of the Hancock lodge of Elks. He was a director of the Copper Country Commercial Club and always took an active interest in matters relating to the promotion of the commercial interests of the dis- trict. John B. Dee was possessed prob- ably of as large an acquaintance as any business man in the copper coun- try. He had an attractive personali- ty and temperament. In the south range district his death will be mourned particularly as he was look- ed upon as one of the leading men of that particular section and was held in high esteem by all classes. Mr. Dee is survived by a widow and by three brothers, James R. and William H. Dee, of Houghton and Thomas S. Dee, of Boston. —_2+>____ Peninsula Bankers hursday. Houghton, Oct. 12—The first meet- ing of the Upper Peninsula bankers —Group I of the Michigan Bankers’ Association—takes place in Hough- ton Thursday. There will be three important incidents. The business meeting is to take place at. the Houghton Club at 12:30 p.m. At 2 o'clock the party will be taken in automobiles for a tour of the county, the particular objective being the Upper Meet October 18, 1915 Calumet & Hecla stampmills at Lake Linden. The party will return to Hough- ton in time for dinner at 7 o’clock at the Houghton Club. Following the dinner, John H. Rich, of Minneapo- lis, Federal reserve agent of the Min- neapolis Federal Reserve Bank, will deliver an address. Mr. Rich is the principal speaker, but there will be other addresses and other programme details for later arrangement. The visitors to Houghton on this occasion will number 125, represent- ing all of the National and State banks of the Upper Peninsula, or- ganized as Group I of the Michigan Bankers’ Association. E. S. Bice. Vice-President of the First National Bank of Marquette, is President -of the group and R. A. Packard, Cashier of the Commercial Bank of Menom- imee, is Secretary and Treasurer, The copper country bankers have an informal organization largely for the purpose of arranging the enter- tainment for the group. Welcome Change at the Hotel Phelps. The Muskegon Brewing Co., which owns the Hotel Phelps, at Greenville. has retired Frank R. Green from the management and placed it in the hands of S. A. Story, who conducts the express office in the same block. Mr. Story is reported to be a young man of good character who will undertake to conduct the hotel with due regard to the com- fort of his guests. He will not maintain a blind pig for the convenience of him- self and guests. The Hotel Phelps enjoyed an excellent reputation while under the management of the late Mr. Phelps, but Landlord Green was anything but acceptable to the commercial trade. An old-time traveler who has traveled in Western Michigan territory for thirty years, re- cently stated to the Tradesman that the Phelps Hotel under the Green auspices was the poorest excuse for a hotel in his territory. One Blessing. Grubbs—I have just thought of something we ought to remember and be grateful for on next Thanks- giving day. Stubbs—What is it? Grubbs—That there will be migh- ty few returning European travelers to whose experiences we shall have to listen. —_2-<.____ Ishpeming—A. R. Meen, recently of Rhinelander, Wis., who is establishing a creamery, will begin operations about Nov. 1, —___ oo. P. J. Karman has opened a boot and shoe store at the corner of East Fulton and Holland streets. ——_2~._ Houseman Bros. will open a meat market at the corner of Fulton street and Carlton avenue. BUSINESS CHANCES. For Sale —Up-to-date, established, high- class grocery business, Stan Diego, Cali- fornia, population 100,000. Center of high- class shipping district. Best up-town lo- cation. Lowest rent, long lease. Stock and fixtures about $4,000, will sell at invoice as I must leave city. Address, 316 W. Douglas St., San Diego, California. 521. clean department c principally dry goods, china and notions, in city of 3,000, with good farming country. Attractive price to a quick buyer. If you do not mean quick business, do not bother me, C. J. Tucker; t Ledge, Michigan. 522 a Merchant—My guaranteed collec- tion system will get your past due ac- counts cleaned up. Write me—you can’t lose. Fred Gallaher, Sabina, Ohio. 520 For Sale—Good, store stock, F ranklin Carton Sugar Is - Made From Sugar Cane Don’t forget to tell your customers that FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR is made from SUGAR CANE, because there is a decided preference for cane sugar on the part of the consumers and that makes it easier to sell. It is also true that FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR is refined by the most modern processes, and then packed in the substantial cartons with the head of Franklin printed in blue on them, and sealed against dust, dampness and insects. It therefore comes to you as the Sweetest, cleanest, daintiest sugar -you can offer your customers, and the ready-to-sell cartons save you time and prevent loss by overweight. Original containers hold 24, 48, 60 and 120 Ibs. FULL WEIGHT of all CARTONS and CONTAINERS guaranteed by us _ THE FRANKLIN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY Philadelphia ag on 2m aa or i |. Welfare Work Among Employes Takes the Grand Prize At the great International Exposition at San Francisco for Purity and Excellence of Product Clean, Hygienic Factory High Commercial Standing Shredded Wheat Also two Gold Medals for unique shredding and baking machinery, and for completeness in oper- ating exhibit in Food Products Building. _ Millions of men and women have awarded Shredded Wheat first place among cereal foods for purity and nutritive value. It is first in the favor of youngsters and grown-ups; first in the affections of men who do the work of the world with hand or brain. & MADE ONLY BY The Shredded Wheat Company - Niagara Falls, N. Y. We, The Manufacturers would not make a baking powder which was illegal under the pure food laws. You—Mr. Dealer do not want to sell a baking powder which is illegal under the pure food laws. And You—Mrs. Housewife do not want to use a baking powder which is illegal under the pure food laws. Some Powders Baking Are Illegal KC Baking Powder Is Legal under all pure food laws, state and national. It Contains No Albumen (sometimes called white of egg) and we have never used the fraud- ulent ‘‘water glass tést.’’ At all grocers, who sell and guar- ‘antee it to you to be pure, legal and to please you or will refund your money.» ” Ounces for (Mcre thana pound and a half for a quarter) Jaques Mfg. Company, Chicago ace te Sea eS ie tna st ion (ims, . || DUTCH MASTERS go as CIGARS “Tittle Buster’ as a Salesman Naturally you are interested in pushing the sale of such articles as will repeat and will induce sales in other departments of your store. ‘Little Buster’’ Popping Corn does that. It is a constant, persistent sales force. The customer who purchases a package of “LITTLE BUSTER,” in addition to being pleased with her purchase, will buy id butter, salt, chocolate, lard, eggs, honey, flavoring, etc. a You te a eee ge 7 give the ee Made in a Model Factory gest obtai t —1 Le ee Handled by All Jobbers Seid by All Dealers Order a case from your jobber to-day. Full cases Enjoyed by Discriminating Smokers 48, half case 24—1 pound packages. THE ALBERT DICKINSON COMPANY G. J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO., Makers Chicago, Iil. GRAND RAPIDS We're going to give this $2.25 Solid Pure Aluminum 10:-in. M(@LO Griddie (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF) to every one of your customers who sends us S85 cents in cash and the labels from 50 CENTS’ WORTH OF KARO ‘ed or blue (Griddle sent by parcels post, prepaid) We are featuring this offer in our big advertising campaign and you'll have a rush of a KARO sales and KARO profits as a consequence. ‘ See » ne rr - MAKE A DISPLAY OF KARO cen aa and tell your customers about this wonderful offer and you'll sell 50 cents’ worth of KARO to every woman that comes into your store. We are making this offer to increase KARO con- sumption; a griddle that will bake the best cakes for the best syrup—KARO. This will also increase your sales of pancake flour. All in all, it means a bigger KARO business than you've ever had before. (eee. s.r. 07) . - ( Te) Corn Products Refining Co. a New York Se rela anus L OFFICE S-NEW P. S.—Get one for your wife and you will understand what this means to your customers.