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Thirty-Third Year SPECIAL FEATURES. Page 2. Upper Peninsula. 4. News of the Business World. 5. Grocery and Produce Market. 8. Editorial. 9. Financial. 12. Butter, Eggs and Provisions. 13. The Meat Market. 14. Dry Goods. 16. Hardware. 18. Shoes. 20. Woman’s World. 22. Automobiles and Accessories. 23. Bankruptcy Matters. 24. The Commercial Traveler. 26. Detroit Detonations. 27. Drug Price Current. 28. Grocery Price Current. 30. Special Price Current. 31. Business Wants. PRESIDENT WILSON’S VISION. The love of balanced periods may not be the root of all evil, but it ap- pears to have led Mr. Wilson’s better judgment rather far afield. In his Columbus address, he seeks to cover the Mexican question with those eth- ical draperies, so well calculated to soften—when they do not conceal— the harsh lines of undesired results. Hle professes to find in the Virginia bill of rights a complete vindication of his attitude, although the connec- tion between that bill and the prob- lem presented by Mexico—even in his incisive words—is not entirely betrayed—one might almost imagine, from self-gen- erated heat—into the utterance of a clear-cut threat; always a regrettable indulgence, especially in matters of suspended judgment. Mexicans may have a free hand in destroying prop- erty and in taking the lives of Amer- icans, Englishmen, Spaniards, French- men and Germans, but until they set- tle upon some form of government, no one—while Mr. Wilson is in power —shall “butt in.” Inclusive of all the rest of humanity this must be con- strued as exclusive of Mr. Wilson ‘imself, since he has not hesitated to butt in, with results that are, in the opinion of many well-informed peo- It would seem obvious. And he is ple, most unfortunate. to be a dangerous as well as an auto- cratic delusion for any one to hold that his are the only hands to touch a tangled skein whose unraveling in- volves the fortunes of millions. And we may find some day that other na- tions will hold us to a strict account- ability for the logical results of our singular policy of watchful waiting. Mr. Wilson still has visions—as of old—which he refers to as the source of curious inspirations. He believes that the common man should be con- sulted as to the way he is to be gov- erned, although such deference is not exactly characteristic of Mr. Wilson himself! (his is a familias creed among those who look upon the com- mon man as the mere equivalent of a vote. For one like Mr. Wilson, however, who is indifferent to votes, and for whom history has been some- thing more than a pastime, the avow- al is a hard one to construe. Has GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1915 Mr. Wilson forgotten that a profound work on government was inspired by precisely this question put to a man whose name is a_ household word among cultured people? Of course the common man is the last one who should be consulted in such a matter, because he is the least qualified to give an intelligent answer, even in the way of his own immediate inter- ests. And Mr. admit that are timid! The men who founded our railroads, which began with a streak Wilson American would have us business men of rust from somewhere to nowhere: faced unflinchinely losses and bankruptcies, the men who conceived who our great corporations and who dared to translate conception into action, may have had all the vices which politicians are so fond of attaching to them at voting time, but they were hardly timid. Mr. Wilson’s reference to their visits to Washington is not an altogether happy one, because there have been visits to the capital, for quite different purposes from those that Mr. Wilson would have us infer. They have gone to urge Mr. Wilson, who frankly declared that he knew nothing of business, to exercise prud- ence in meddling with so intricate a matter as modern business, where in- terference held the potency of great mischief and only a vanishing chance of good. Yet in the case of his ill- Shipping bill, Mr. Wilson would reverse his attitude and have Washington take which business men have not sought and do not want. These reflections are offered for what they may be worth, with the hope that they may assist in the for- advised initiative action mation of an intelligent opinion as to the wisdom or unwisdom of support- ine Mr, Wilson, in the event of his seeking a re-election. More than a score of bartenders and proprietors of cuse admit that Billy Sunday’s cam- paign has cut down their profits. The saloons in Syra- night trade received the worst blow. One saloon-keeper, according to the Post-Standard, freely admitted that his bar receipts had not been suffi- cient to cover his expenses since the opening of the Sunday meetings and another said he was ashamed to look at his cash regster. Trade may pick up again. The evangelist’s opponents who sneer at his efforts say the con- versions are only temporary. Evenat that they will do good. As Sunday himself says, a bath is not lasting, but no one will refuse to take one on that account. May the spirit of the Christmas- tide be in your heart and dwell there both now and evermore. GERMANY TO BEND. It is known that those close to thi German Embassy expect a_satisfac- tory settlement of the Lusitania case by Christmas or New Year’s. They declare that if the Government had let the Papen case drift until after the Lusitania settle- ment, it would have been out of the way by this time. They feel that the difficulty of a settlement in has been intensified, but soy-Ed and von Berlin they are still extremely hopeful of getting one soon. Perhaps they underestimate what our State Department will in- sist upon and are, therefore, over- optimistic, but optimistic they are. lor this their reason is their be- lief that as long as the German gov- ernment has surrendered on tically everything hesitate to prac- else, it will not “go the whole hog,” hav- ing made up its mind not to get into war with the United States. Had the Germans been inclined to break with us they would recalled von Bernstorff some time ago; that they 5 have have not done so is in part explained by their strong feeling that a break- ing off of diplomatic relations would sooner or later mean war, simply be- cause there would be no one either in Berlin or Washington to interpret the purposes of one nation to the other. Again, the German government is in a position to swallow another bit- ter pill because of its control of the press. | ltlis al fact that very little about the surrenders hitherto has ap- peared in the German press—so little that it would amaze they realized it. The Americans if absolute re- versal of policy now demanded by the United States of Germany in the Lusitania matter, if agreed to, would doubtless be glossed over for the What the German public will say after the present in the same easy way. war is over and they begin to find out some of the facts, remains to be seen. “DOLLAR WHEAT.” Dol!ar wheat prevailed for a few days to the Northwestern farmers last week, and they sold freely, not only of storage tickets, but of wheat to be de- livered from the farms within a short time. There is the greatest merchandising situation known in wheat in the North- west as the spring-wheat crop this year is the only good one that can be depend- ed upon for high-grade wheat, Millers all over the country are buying it, which accounts for the limited accumulations in stocks during a period of greatest movement. Mills are grinding spring-wheat and selling flour in the winter-wheat terri- tory and have had an immense business the past three months. One of the Number 1683 i : ‘ largest millers there says the mills are sold several months ahead, and will have to run at full capacity to catch up. This situation in the face of the Gov- ernment’s estimate of 1,000,000,000 bush- els wheat, the largest by 109,000,000 bushels ever raised, looks queer. But the war has brought, ly de- and is constant veloping many strange things that have never appeared before. ALBERT AND CONSTANTINE. Albert kept faith, lost his country and saved his soul. Constantine violated his agreement. kept his country and dost his soul. Albert will go down the ages as one of the great ones in the history of the world. Constantine, on the other hand, has made his name odious for time and eternity, an \ promise is made to be kept; agreement is made to be lived up to: a pledge is never violated by a person who bears the semblance of manhood Any one who makes a promise, pledge or agreement and who fails to live up to it writes himself down as a beast and a barbarian, unworthy of association with honorable men, be- cause he violates a fundamental prin- ciple on which humanity and civiliza- tion rest. need In his annual report, Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, de- votes considerable space to the need there is for improvement in country schools. There are 22,000,000 children attending school in this country, and It is manifest on its face that they are the hope, and indeed the security of the Nation. A citizenship educat- ed-in this country can be reasonably trusted and reckoned certainly safe. Unquestionably the country schools are a great deal better now than they were fifty or even twenty-five years ago. The old saying has it that the largest room in the world is the room for improve- ment, and that is certainly true in this matter. the National might profitably department spend less money on rivers and harbors and more on education. There are hundreds of thousands and indeed millions of chil- dren who have no educational advant- ages beyond those provided by pub- lic schools. In the cities there are graded, and there are high schools, the graduates of which have a pretty good working education. The little red schoolhouse about which so much has been written could be made a good deal better than it is, and it ought to be. This will involve the expenditure of more money, incident to a demand for a higher srade of teachers who must be better paid. It will be worth all it costs, however, and more. a ah UPPER PENINSULA. Recent News From the Cloverland of Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie, Dec. 20—It was just twenty-five years ago last Thurs- day that W. R. Bacon, the Soo’s well- known druggist, came home from Ann Arbor for his Christmas vaca- tion, and from all accounts this was the last vacation that Mr. Bacon had. He believes in all work and no play and spends 365 days each year in his business, which accounts for his suc- cess. He has been in the same loca- tion for all these years and if he lives twenty-five years more he will probably have one grand celebration, if not a vacation. He is a member of the Booster Club and his cheerful disposition has won for him a large circle of friends who would miss him if he were not at his place of busi- ness when they called. Rk. T. White, manager for the Mich- igan State Telephone Co., left last week to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents in Brattleboro, Ver- mont, his former home. Mr. White expects to visit at New Haven, where he will live over the scenes of his college days and will meet many of his former friends. He expects to enjoy every minute of his stay in the Fast. President Knapp, of the Union Carbide Co., and a few friends from New York made the Soo a visit last week, being the guests of Mr. L. H. Davis, Superintendent of the Power Co. here. Mr. and Mrs. Davis gave a dinner in honor of the guests, making their visit one long to be remembered. The Canadian canal was closed last Friday for the season, which is one day later than last year. The canal will be pumped out and the employes laid off until the opening of naviga- tion next year. The many friends of A. H. and J. B, Eddy, of this city, were sorry to learn of the death of their brother, Arken Eddy, which occurred in the Canadian Soo last week. The re- mains were accompanied to St. Jo- seph’s Island for interment by his brothers. Otto Fowle, one of the Soo’s best known business men and financiers, being President of the First National 3ank, has been honored by the Ma- sonic body at Marquette, where Mr. Fowle was made President of the new Masonic class re-organized at Mar- quette session last week. Mr. Fowle is one of the Soo’s live wires and his many friends were pleased to learn of the honor extended him by the fraternity. George Shields, of the Shields ero- cery, at Algonquin, was the lucky purchaser of the A. Nicholas lemon stock and there will be no excuse for the Algonquin people going without lemonade during the winter, as George has laid in a stock which should last him until spring at a price less than the grower’s first cost. The many friends of tarry td. Marks were pained to learn of his demise last week. Mr, Marks had been superintendent of the State fish hatchery in this city since 1896 and was one of the best known men throughout: the State. He was born in Dextor, New York, in 1872, and when but 14 years of age he became identified with his father in the study of fish culture. When 20 years of age he was transferred from Detroit to Paris, Mecosta county, where he was engaged in brook trout propagating for the following two years. After this he was engaged for two seasons as messenger in charge of the dis- tribution of the fish throughout the various sections of the State, finally being made manager of a car identi- fied with this branch of service. He was thus employed for eleven sea- sons, during which he also passed in- termediate periods in the fish hatch- ery here, finally becoming the super- intendent ofthe local hatchery. He was a member of the Knights Tem- plar and Masonic order. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN “By this time there must be as many ships in the bottom of the ocean as there are on top, according to war reports.” Charles O. Pregitzer, for the past ten years with the Cornwell Company here, has tendered his resignation to enter into business for himself at Unionville. The Christmas edition of the St. Ignace Enterprise is certainly well named and is a credit to its publish- ers, Clyde W. Hecox and Mr. Hoban. It was always understood that the Chicago American was some paper, but it looks cheap alongside of the Christmas edition of the Enterprise, which certainly is a credit to the town. We note that Hon. Chase S. Os- born’s name will appear upon the ballots for the Presidential primary election, according to reports receiv- ed from a Lansing staff correspond- ent of the Detroit News, and it iS. in deed, pleasing to the Ex-Governor’s many friends here to learn this. He will receive the hearty support of his home part of the State. Lumbering operations around Hes- sel are showing much activity. The Hossock camp now has seventy men employed and anticipate adding to this number. Pickford has a new moving picture theater, the opening performance hav- ing occurred Wednesday evening of last week. Lee Young installed the moving picture machine belonging to Young Bros. and the theater has a very attractive appearance. The Pickford residents are looking for- ward to a great deal of amusement during the winter months. Miss Peterson has accepted a tem- porary position as accountant with the Cornwell Company. “While might isn’t right, it is a fine imitation.” G. G. Roe & Sons, of Pickford, have opened a new general store at 1904 South Ashmun street, in the build- ing formerly occupied by Lamb & Son as grocers, being the first and last store on Ashmun street. They expect to carry a full line of gro- ceries and provisions, also buy hay and other farm products. Mervin Roe will be the manager. He has had several years’ experience in the general store of N. L. Field, at Rud- yard, and was Secretary of the Rudyard Creamery Co. for the past two years. “You can take a day off, but you can never put it back.’ The Manistique Commercial Club has organized a credit and rating bureau to protect local merchant: against the dead-beats of the com- munity. The idea is a good one. It has heretofore been restrained from printing lists with credit ratings on the grounds that the big agencies had a monopoly on this business through their copyrights. The Soo is to have another com- munity Christmas tree. It is much larger and of better formation than the one used last year. A local com- mittee of prominent Sooites will look after the festivities, which promises to be on a large scale. Otto B. McNaughton, for the past few years Assistant Cashier in the First National Bank and one of the Soo’s most promising young. busi- ness men, was united in marriage last week to Miss Regina Carmelita Roll, daughter of Frank Roll, of the Roll repair works. The young couple are well known throughout the city and their numerous friends wish them a very successful and happy future. Langtaff Bros. have opened a new meat market at 539 Queen street, in the Canadian Soo, which will he known as the independent market, having no connection with any of the other meat companies. Frank Lang- staff will act as manager. He has had several years experience as one of the head meat cutters for the Hussey Ferrier Co., in the Queen Street store, which has given him much prestiege with the trade in the Canadian Soo. Frank is a live wire, with a pleasant smile for every one and with his experience in the busi- ness the future success of the new frm is assured. “A man is never too old to learn unless he is too young to realize it.” Frank Allison’s new Overland has arrived and Frank took a party of triends out in the country last Sun- day. It was the unanimous opinion of those present that Frank would make an expert chauffeur, having kept the road both ways, although there were snow banks at both sides of the road. The telephone service was not cut off between here and Pickford and, there being no marks on the car to show any disaster, it is evident that Frank did drive the Car. William G. Tapert. ao “A Large Order.” Granville, Ohio, Dec. 21—T note your editorial suggestion of the German evacuation of Belgium, France, Poland, the Baltic Provinces and Servia, with an indemnity to Belgium, as terms of peace to be insisted upon by England and that you refer to it as “a large order.” Large it may be, and large may be the labor and sacrifice on the part of the Allies which will still be required in order to secure it. I have no doubt, however, that I express the convic- tion of a great majority of those who have admired the moral tonic of the Tradesman during recent years in saying that peace on less terms will be a moral calamity, only to be fol- lowed by an early renewal of the Strife. Furthermore, a peace leaving Germany in possession of any of thesc territories, conquered against the will of their inhabitants by methods which have trampled the laws of war and of humanity underfoot, will do ten times more to drive our Own country into the hateful crater of militarism December 22, 1915 than the passage of the “prepared- ness” measures now before Congress. The world-wide outburst of moral indignation which followed Germany’s course at the outbreak of the war, nowhere more trenchantly expressed than in your own editorial columns, seemed to mean that civilization had reached the point at which such a course could have no hope of suc- cess. If Germany is to come out of the struggle with anything what- ever that can make her own people believe that her course has been other than a blunder and a failure, that hope is, for the time being, destroyed, I cannot conceive of anything which would play into the hands of our own extremists and seriously imperil our Own prospects of continued peace more inevitably than such a result. And if I believed, as I do not, that such an outcome was probable, I should welcome our own armed. in- terference to prevent it as the short- est, most honorable, and most life- saving path to a world-peace which could receive the moral approval of moral men, and have some likelihood of permanence. W. H. Johnson. —_+-~___ Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Potatoes. 3uffalo, Dec. 22—Creamery butter, extras, 34@35c; first, 32c: common, 28@30c; dairy, common to good, 22 @28c; all kinds, 18@22c. Cheese—Fancy, new, 16'c; choice, 15@16c. Eggs—Choice new storage, 22@25c. Poultry (live)—Chicks per lb. 12@ 16c; cox, 11c; fowls, 12@15c; ducks, 15@17c; geese, 15@16c; turkeys, 22@ laid, 34@36c; 13@16c; cox, 12c; ducks, 18@20c; 13@16c ;cox, 12c; ducks, 18@20c; geese, 17@18c; turkeys, 26@28c. Beans—Medium, $4: pea, $3.80@ 3.90; Red Kidney, $5: White Kidney, $5; Marrow, $5. Potatoes—70@80c per bu. Rea & Witzig. We Invite known. bership in one or more classes. to make up the festivities. Members starting with 5 cents and increas- ing five cents each week for fifty weeks, eo... Members starting with $2.50 and decreas- ing five cents each week for fifty $63 75 WEEKS: get. 5 ° Members starting with 2 cents and increas- ing two cents each week for fifty $25 50 WEEKS. GeL...-..--.....0.. e Father, Mother, Brother, Sister and the Children To Become Members of the Peoples Savings Bank 1916—Christmas Savings Club—1916 It Started Monday, December 20 You may join any day this week, but don’t delay—join to-day We want the whole Family to have the Merriest Christmas it has ever Every one from Father down to the Baby can easily carry a Mem- Each will receive a Check ten days before Christmas, and all will have money to buy presents and other things that go Make It a Family Affair; Let Every One Be a Member There are No Conditions—Nor Extra Costs All You Have to Do is to Make Payments Peoples Savings Bank S. W. Cor. Monroe and Ionia Aves. Members starting with $1.00 and decreas weeks, gets sen week for fifty $95 50 Members paying 50 cents a week fixed, for Members paying $1.00 a week fi fifty weeks, get a check o 50. 0 for e Grand Rapids, Mich. ' == ster tt PR. NE ee, Yo, Sa ee one oeestesepetseumenroe Veennnmeuistaenecrennescnse § 5 : en ao eRe eee a ee December 22, 1915 Recent Incorporations in Michigan. Detroit—The Kay Salt Co. has in- creased its capital stock from $100,- 000 to $200,000. Detroit—The Commerce Motor Car Co. has increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $200,000. Jackson—The Lusk Foundry Co., Ltd, has changed its name to the Pioneer Foundry Co., Ltd. Detroit—The capital stock of the Mills-Fox Baking Co. has been in- creased from $30,000 to $50,000. Birmingham—The W-S_ Truck Co! manufacturer of four-wheel drive trucks, has increased its capital stock from $30,000 to $50,000. Detroit—The Gus F. Smith Co., which is engaged in the quarry en- gineering business, has increased its capital stock from $9,000 to $25,000. Detroit—The Whitman United 5 and Redford—The Grand River Lum- ber & Coal Co, has been organized with a capital stock of $20,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Scofield—The Scofield Telephone Co. has been incorporated with an author- ized capitalization of $2,000 of which amount $1,000 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Detroit—The Onguard Auto Neces- sities Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $6,000. all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Detroit—The Joe Harris Clothing Co. has engaged in business with an author- ized capital stock of $5,000, of which | amount $2,500 has been subscribed ar $1,200 paid in in cash. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Detroit—The Independent Electric Supply Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capitalization of $6,000 all of which has been subscribed and $3,000 paid in in cash. Muskegon Heights—The Muskegon Heights Gas Co. has engaged in business with an authorized capital stock of $20,000, all of which ha been subscribed and $2,000 paid in in cash. 10 cent Stores Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which amount $5,000 has been subscribed, $100 paid in in cash and $2,400 paid in in property. Detroit—The Ferro Stamping & Man- ufacturing Co. has engaged in business with an authorized capital stock of $25,- 000, of which amount $12,500 has been subscribed and $10,000 paid in in cash. Dighton— The Dighton Grain Co. has engaged in the general grain and elevator business with an authorized capital stock of $5,000, all which has been subscribed and $3,000 paid in in cash, Detroit—The Gardner-White Co. has engaged in the manufacturing and mercantile business with an author- ized capital stock of $30,000, all of ‘which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Remus—The Anderson-Percy Co. has been organized to engage in the mer- cantile business with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which amount has been subscribed and $3,000 paid in in property. Detroit—The Foster Chemical Co. has engaged in business to manufacture chemicals with an authorized capitaliza- tion of $2,000, all of which has been subscribed, $1,100 paid in in cash and $900 paid in in property. Detroit—The Eclipse Motor Car Co. has been organized to manufacture cars, carriages, wagons, boats and tools, with an authorized capital stock of $30,000, of which amount $15,500 has been sub- scribed and $1,000 paid in in cash. Saginaw—Wrylie & Wilson, Inc., has engaged in the manufacture of slack cooperage and other wood prod- ucts with an authorized capitaliza- tion of $40,000, of which $20,000 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Detroit—The MacLachlan Paint Co. has been organized to manufac- ture paints, oils, varnishes, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and $5,100 paid in in cash. Detroit—The Huff Laboratories, Inc., has been organized to manufacture gasoline and electrical engines and ap- pliances, with an authorized capital stock of $20,000, of which amount $10,000 has been subscribed and $5,000 paid in in cash. Kalamazoo—The Acme Paper Cur- ing Co. has been organized to manu- facture paper curing machines and electric motors to operate them. with an authorized capital stock of $1,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Jackson—The C. A. S. Sales Co. has been organized to manufacture auto- mobile parts and accessories with an authorized capital stock of $60,000, of which amount $60,000 has been sub- scribed, $6,160.91 paid in in cash and $53,839 paid in in property. Detroit—A glass, new corporation § has 3 been organized to deal in automo- biles and accessories under the Style of the Apperson Motor Sales Co., with an authorized capital stock of $1,500, all of which has been sub- scribed and $375 paid in in cash. Detroit—The Detroit Auto Prod- ucts Co. has been organized to manufacture automobile parts and accessories. The company has an authorized capitalization of $50,000, of which amount $35,000 has been subscribed and $10,000 paid in in cash. ——_+-~.___ Quotations on Local Stocks and Bonds. Public Utilities. Bid Asked Am. Light & Trac. €o., Com. 3985 390 Am. Light & Trac. Co., Pfd. 109% 112 Am. Public Utilities, Com. 38 40 Am. Public Utilities, Pfd. 71 74 *Comw’th Pr. Ry. & Lt., Com. 59% 61% *Comw’'th Pr. Ry. & Lt., Pfd. 8414 86 Pacific Gas & Elec., Com. 57 59 Tennessee Ry., Lt. & Pr., Com. 10% 12% Tennessee Ry., Lt. & Pr., Pfd. 43 47 United Light & Rys., Com. 44 48 United Light & Rys., Ist Pfd. 12%6 75 Comw’th 6% 5 year bond 101 = «103 Michigan Railway Notes 100% 101% Citizens Telephone 70 74 Michigan Sugar 97 Holland St. Louis Sugar 7 Holland St. Louis Sugar Pfd. 9 10 United Light 1st and Ref. 5% bonds 86 89 Industrial and Bank Stocks. Dennis Canadian Co. 70 80 Furniture City Brewing Co. 40 50 Globe Knitting Works, Com. 130 149 Globe Knitting Works, Pfd. 98 100 G. R. 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 300 * Ex dividend. December 22, 1915. December 15, 1915. —_~+-~-~~-__ The really conceited man is the whole parade when walking alone. BANG ROWAL Absolutely Pure A liberal stock of “ROYAL BAKING POWDER” on the grocer’s shelves is as staple as gold. This value lies in the. knowledge of consumers everywhere that “Royal Baking Powder is Absolutely Pure.”’ Fully Guaranteed It is easy to sell an article which is in p> Seema constant demand. Royal Baking Pow- Fae RTL TR h ge SS der is known all over the world and will pay you more and surer profit than any other baking powder. Contains No Alum NEW WORK POW DAR Jo YAL BAKING Po WDER O' ie MICHIGAN TRADESMAN & M ¢ = f m a oy) Zz D an é = | | ra 3 tg: My s on UCL =p as FS tS ((i( === [AY D=y “SSDS GLE y S ‘3 Movements of Merchants. Belding—H. A. Smith has engaged in the grocery business. Battle Creek—Carl Moore has opened a bakery on South Jefferson avenue. lhiken—N. R. Merritt in the restaurant business. bife Lake—Orrin Harvey has open- A. Malony succeeds A. ed a meat market in the Brower build- ‘llock—George Munn & Co. are suc- i the Kunkle LeValley has opened a meat market in the old lerson Percy Co. has xcery stock of the J. ane . im a7. ce + peminge—Edwin Jc | confectionery store on Moore has at oo South ss 2a ik Soid his g¢ > bakery to L .D Keys. of Napoleon, Ohio. and engagec whe Judson has opene in connection with under the 1 ness on fixtures to Ed. Lofberg, who will continue the grocery stock and store business at the same location. Northville—The Globe Furniture Co. is building an auto truck of three-quar- ters ton capacity, which it will put on the market, commencing Jan. 3. Bangor—James Yates has so'd his in- terest in the grocery stock of Yates & Meabon to his partner, who will continue the business under his own name. Saginaw—Fire destroyed the saddlery warehouse of Morley Bros. Dec. 17. causing a loss of about $50,000. The damage is entirely covered by insurance. Battle Creek—Dewitt Sisters, man- ufacturers of feather flowers. have opened a retail store at their factory on Prairie avenue and Grand Boule- vard. pede and will take ec 27. Sigma—W. A. Murphy, who has conducted the hotel here for the past Six years, has sold ii to Mr. Hollen, taken possession Oh beck, of who has umet—William H, Richards. who 2 l ness, Jan. 1. Oak Hill—John Borucki, meat dealer. was arrested by State Inspector J. P. Fetz, charged with selling young and immature veal. He pleaded guilty and paid a fine of Evart—Razzoog & Smalley, dealers i 1 furnishing partnership men’s Ms Ea 4 OV ed ) 2 & “ a Qu. an wD continued by is own name Adrian—William Westfall, w cently sold his interest in the Nagel | I wo e 1Q = 4 om " 4 Dn ot a" aw Co: i 2 ° oO heen J a7Q oO street. Adrian—Franklin J Russell, custodian of the H. O. Erlacher grocery stock since the creditors filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy, following the disappearance of the owner, has sold the stock and fixtures to Mrs. Alice Dolph, of Blissfield and James E. Gilsen. of Deerfield. who have formed a copart- nership and will continue the business. fimt— FF. N, Tt L. and HL H. Sharp, three brothers, of Milford. Ind., have purchased the agricultural implement stock of A. Brabbs and will continue the business at the same location, 717-719 South Saginaw Street, under the style of the Sharp Hardware & Implement Co. Lines of heavy and shelf hardware will be added to the stock. —_+22.__ Michigan State Brand. The Tradesman has received a copy of the rules and regulations adopted to govern the use of the Michigan State Butter Brand, which become effective on January 1, 1916. The rules provide for the licensing of all those entrusted with the use of the brand, require the submission of sam- ples of the product whenever called for by the Dairy and Food Depart- ment and the maintenance of factory” sanitary surroundings in the licensed plants. They limit the re- ceipts of milk or cream to that com- plying with the State's sanitary law and require that the butter be made from pasteurized milk or cream, heat- ed to not less than 140 deg. F. for twenty minutes or to not less than 180 deg. if not held. In at least 75 per cent. of the scorings of the samples collected by the Dairy Department the butter must “satis- grade “commercial extras” (92 or 93 score) if less than thirty days old and if held at a tempera- ture lower than 55 deg. F. a pretty severe test if the butter is held near the limit. and no sample shall score less than 91 points. The butter must contain not less than 80 per cent. fat. must less than 16 Pet cent. per cent: carry water and from 2% to 3% salt. The reason for establishing a minimum for salt is not clear, since Michigan produces considerable sweet butter which should be entitled to the brand if filling all other require- ments. The color must be uniformly of the “highest June shade.” This requirement may help to distinguish Michigan State Brand butter from oleo produced under a color limit, but it may make the butter less ac- ceptable in certain high class outlets in the cities where a light straw shade is preferred and where butter with unusually high (the “highest”’) natur- al color is sometimes objected to. The rules properly prohibit the use of neutralizers or preservatives (other than. salt). Creamery plants must score 85 out of a possible 100 when judged on the official score. card. Creameries must make monthly re- ports to the Dairy Department, ad- vising them to whom the butter is shipped, must notify the department of changes of makers and must in- stall a thermostat or recording ther- mometer in connection with all pas- teurizing machinery and file all charts for inspection. On the whole, the prove Satisfactory to creamerymen. They can be amended easily as experience they are certainly strict enough to ensure a high grade table butter un- der the brand, if its use is properly controlled. Who will have the honor of securing the first license to use the trade mark? —_~++>—___ The villain always gets his on the stage. In real life he gets ours. should Michigan rules dictates and “In Southern December 22, 1915 Pioneer Grand Rapids Grocer Win- tering in California. Los Angeles, Dec. 17—Acting on your suggestion when I left Grand Rapids, I write to you about some of our wanderings of late. Wife and I had decided to go to California on a visit, which was not an easy matter. We left home Monday, Nov. 29. Traveling in a tourist sleeper, we tound congenial company and_ be- tween them and the scenic mountain route, the time passed quite rapidly. Colorado, along Trini- dad we saw the coal mines, remind- ing us of the fierce strife of past days. From there we traveled in a high altitude through New Mexico, with its rugged mountain scenery and _ the quaint adobe or mud houses of the Mexicans. Indians were selling or offering their wares at the depots. Then Arizona, where we remained in high altitude until Thursday evening, when Friday at daybreak we were entering the orange groves at Cali- fornia, with the accompanying plants and trees, the great palm trees, of different variety, cactus, and more of the semi-tropical kind. We arrived on schedule time, which I thought Was a great improvement over what I had experienced here in the past. Our relatives were awaiting our ar- rival and gave us a hearty welcome. We remained with them until last Saturday when we moved into a fur- nished housekeeping apartment on the ground floor. It is in the western part of the city, overlooking the San Monita range of mountains and on the south of us is the oil well dis- trict and West Lake Park—a very extensive high priced residence por- tion. After dark we look over a long stretch of valley starting at Holly- wood avenue and ending at sea shore rescrts. With its countless flickering lights in the clear California sky, it looks like a grand illumination. I wish all could enjoy it. The moun- tain scene is most inspiring, standing there like unmovable sentinels. re- minding us of the words of the *salmist, “As the mountains are around Jerusalem, so the Lord is around them that fear him.” We are gradually beginning to feel at home. Home sickness is wearing off. I wish I had our machine, which I enjoyed so much during the summer months. It is the new model ford. J just re- ceived a letter from our Jacob, at Vinkemulder’s, that our interest at home is in good condition, so the Lord blesses us that we can enjoy our stay here. I hope to see more of the Grand Rapids friends and ac- aquaintances, of whom I have met some already. Frank Dyk. ——— The decision of the education authori- ties of Geneva to discontinue the teach- ing of German handwriting in their schools, on the ground that it is injuri- ous to the eyesight, is a reminder that Germany has a bigger proportion of its people wearing spectacles than any other nation. It has, indeed, been instanced as a proof of the superior “kultur” of Germans that so many are be-spectacled. or some years before the war, however, the use of plain Roman type was be- coming general throughout Germany, but since the war this reform has been opposed as unpatriotic. Count Revent- low recently denounced the Roman characters as typically English. -_—--o.---2—_____._.... You read the Tradesman to keep abreast of the strides your business Heed some of our tips and you will be showing your heels to the fellows whose dust you are taking to-day. There never business man could not be benefited by a thorough perusal of his trade journal, competitors are making, Was a December 22, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN fl Review of the Grand Rapids Produce Market. Apples—Standard varieties, such as Baldwins, Greenings, Wagner and Twenty Ounce command $3@4 per bbl.; Northern Spys, $5@6 per bbl. Bananas—Medium, $1.50: Jumbo, $1.75; Extra Jumbo, $2; Extreme Ex- tra Jumbo, $2.25. Beans—Michigan buyers are pay- ing $3.15 for pea and $4 for Red Kidney, hand picked basis. Beets—60c per bu. 3utter—The market is active, with a good consumptive demand at slight- ly higher prices. Receipts of butter are very light and the withdrawals from storage very heavy. The mar- ket is healthy throughout on the present basis, and probably will re- main about as it is now for some little time. Fancy creamery is quot- ed at 34c in tubs and 35%c in prints. Local dealers pay 23c for No. 1 dairy and 17c for packing stock. Cabbage—40c per bu. or $1 per bbl, Carrots—60c per bu. Celery—25c per bunch for grown. Cocoanuts—$5 per sack containing 100. Cranberries—Late Howes have ad- vanced to $10 per bbl. Cucumbers—$1.50 per Southern hot house. Eggs—An active consumptive de- mand is absorbing the receipts of fresh eggs on arrival, and storage eggs are firm also. Everything good in eggs is in good demand, and the situation is very strong and healthy. Local dealers pay 30@31c for strictly fresh. Storage are held at 23c for April candled and 26c for extra can- dled. Egg Plant—$1.50 per doz. Fresh Pork—8e for hogs up to 200 Ibs; larger hogs, 7%c. Game—Dealers pay doz, for rabbits. Grapes—California Emperor, 2.50 per 4 basket crate; Spanish Malaga, $7.50@8 per keg. Grape Fruit—Florida is steady at $3@3.75 per box. Green Onions—Charlotts, 65c per doz. bunches. Holiday Decorations—Holly, $3.50 @4 per case; holly wreaths, $1.50 per doz. for single and 2.25 per doz. for double; evergreen coils, 90c for 20 yards. Honey—18c per lb. for white clov- er and 16c for dark. Lemons—California, $4.25 per box for choice, $4.75 for fancy. home dozen for $1@1.25 per Lettuce—12c per Ib. for hot house leaf, $2.25 per bu. for Southern head. Maple Sugar—14@15c per Ib Mushrooms—40@50c per Ib. Nuts—Almonds, 18c per tbs fil- berts, 15¢ per lb.; pecans, 15c per lb.; walnuts, 16c for Grenoble; 16'%4c for California; 15¢ for Naples: $2 per bu. for Shellbark hickory nuts and $1.75 for large. Onions—The market is a little stronger, on account of stock not keeping well, owing to the prevailing wet weather during the growing season. Dealers hold at 75@90c per bu, Oranges—California Navals, $3.25 @3.75; Floridas, $2.50@2.75. Oysters—Standards, $1.35: Medium Selects, $1.50; Extra Selects, $1.75, New York Counts, $1.85; Shell Oys- ters, $7.50 per bbl. Peppers — Southern grown mand $2.50 per 6 basket crate. Pop Corn—$1.75 per bu. for ear, 4c per lb. for shelled. Potatoes—Home grown range from 60@70c per bu. The market is strong, with a marked upward tendency. Poultry—Local dealers pay as fol- lows, live weight: Fowls, 10c: cocks, 8c; chickens, 11c; turkeys, 18c; ducks, l4c; geese, 11c. Dressed fowls aver- age 8c above these quotations. Radishes—25c for round hot house Squash—1'%c per Ib. for Hubbard. Sweet Potatoes—$4.25 per bbl. for kiln dried Jerseys; $3.25 for kiln dried Illinois. Tomatoes—$2 per 4 basket crate, California stock. Turnips—60c per bu. Veal—Jobbers pay 12c for No. 1 and 10c for No. 2. — ++ +___ Perry Barker, who has been manager of the Jackson branch of A. E. Brooks & Co. for several years, has taken the position of credit man for the Grand Rapids branch of the National Grocer Co. Mr. Barker was with the house of Brooks & Co. when it was established at this market and subsequently estab- lished the Perry Barker Candy Co., at Lansing. He brings to his new position a wide and varied experience, — —_—_2+>___ The annual meeting of the Worden Grocer Co., held yesterday, re-elect- ed the old directors and the latter sub- sequently re-elected the old officers for the ensuing year. Dividends were de- clared on the basis of 7 per cent. on the preferred stock and 10 per cent. on the common stock. —_——.- F. E. Leonard, a prominent manufac- turer of London, Ont., was in the city com- Thursday and Friday of last week on a: visit to his old friend, William Frederick Blake. —_++2—___ J Tinkler has engaged in the grocery business at Parmalee. The Judson Gro- cer Company furnished the stock. The Grocery Market. Sugar—Refined has declined 20 points in New York—from 6.15c to 5.95¢c. Mich- igan refined has declined 10 points— from 534c to 5.65c. The market is weak, Tea—The local tea market con- tinues seasonably dull, with prices steady. The situation is generally re- garded as satisfactory, the recent pes- simism being based on the reaction in London, incidental to large stocks. Now that steamers are being sunk and shipments delayed by the war Operations, it is felt that, statistically, the conditions are improving. Cal- cutta is cabling that no ships will be available for carrying tea before Jan- uary 1. Owing to the uncertainty re- garding the closing of the Suez Canal. there is a tendency to suggest send- ing the vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, thus keeping down the war insurance. Some firms are bring- ing tea via the Pacific Coast and overland. Both Colombo and Cal- cutta have been easier this week, due to small sales and the lack of ship- ping. Apparently the Russians are less of a factor in the situation. Coffee—Prices of all Brazilian grades are about where they were a week ago, good Santos 4s and Rio 7s being, in fact, inclined to be a shade higher. Milds are unchanged for the week, but the outlook is some- what weaker, as the new season is opening and new crop milds are be- ginning to come forward. Mocha and Java are unchanged and dull. Canned Fruit—Coast advices report that the general tone of the market continues to display stronger tenden- cies, although the range of prices that are being offered by the Callifornia packers on all lines show no material change. Apricots cherries and pears are said to be extremely short on the Coast. Apples are unchanged and quiet. Canned Vegetables—Tomatoes are higher and strong. The publication of the statistics apparently showing the 1915 pack to be much under the probable consumption is responsible for the present firmness It seems reasonably certain that prices will go still higher. The demand for toma- toes is good, especially for anything that can be picked up below the top price. Corn and peas are unchanged, corn being relatively firmer than peas. The demand is seasonably good. Canned Fish—Salmon shows no change and light request. Importe | sardines are still very scarce, espec- ially the French brands, which are virtually out of the market and prices are well maintained. Domestic sar- dines show a very strong tendency, with a steady demand in progress for small stocks. Supplies are reported to be comparatively light, with the steady demand for light quantities slowly exhausting the available stocks. Dried Fruits—Prunes are somewhat weaker on the Coast, but small sizes are firm on account of scarcity. In the East the situation is about un- changed. Eastern holders of prunes who bought early are reaping a very large profit. Peaches and apricots are unchanged and dull, both being firm Raisins, currants and all other dried 5 fruits remain week’s_ basis. Rice—The weather is unfavorable for business, apart from the holiday influence. Distributers are off until the turn of the year, and some circles expect quiet conditions until the inventories are out of the way. unchanged on fast holding The feeling is cheerful, owing to the reports from the South, which indicate that the mills are resumin» purchases of rough rice. The planter seems to be winning out in his fight for high prices. Cheese—The market is firm, with a normal consumptive demand for the season and a fair export demand. Stocks are reducing rapidly and the situation is steady to firm. Provisions—All cuts of meats are firm at unchanged prices smoked and with good consumptive demand for the season. Pure lard is firm and unchanged, while compound is also firm at an advance of K@! fe. ‘Phis is due to the high cost of cotton-seed oil. Dried beef, canned meats and barreled pork are all unchanged and in fair demand. Salt Fish—The mackerel is about as it has been three weeks. No important change has occurred in price. The supply of Norway mackerel is still very lizht and will continue to be. and haddock in fair demand at un- changed prices. situation for two or Cod, hake Late News of Interest to Travelers. Dr. G. W. Ferguson gave a stag dinner party last Sunday. The cuest of honor was his old time friend. Prof. John F. Donovan, formerly of the Ferris Institute and now travel- ing representative for a Constantine concern. The boys all enjoyed them- selves hugely, showing their high ap- preciation of Mrs. Ferguson’s deft- ness and diplomacy as a chaperon and the Doctor’s heartiness as a host. Manley Donegal Jones (Telfer Coffee Co.) is behind the tea and coffee counter at the I. M. Smith Co. this week. He frequently finds him- self away from his post of duty, fond- ling the green things for sale in the produce department. John M. Shields, who has covered the trade of the Northern portion of the Lower Peninsula several years for the Worden Grocer Co., has been succeeded by William W. Hubbard, who started with the Worden house in a minor posi- tion and has gradually worked up to special salesman. Mr. Hubbard will continue to reside in Grand Rapids. Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings have been begun against Louis Goldman, dry goods, clothing and shoe dealer at Cadillac, on the petition of the Grand Rapids Dry Goods Company, P. Steketee & Sons and the Herold-Bertsch Shoe Company, whose claims aggregate about $600. It is understood that Goldman’s liabilities are about $40,000. H. R. Benton, meat dealer at Walker- ville, has added a line of groceries. The stock was furnished by the Judson Gro- cer Company.. Stover & Faust have engaged in the grocery business at Charlotte. The Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Sagacious Suggestions From Salesmen. ifacturing ive busi- e€CcKEer g him F City he en- \ Boomlets From Bay City. ] sent Grocer ; early December 22, 19:- Annual Meeting of Jackson Grocers, Jackson, Dec. 20—At tI meeting of the Jacks cers’ ociation, the foll ficers were elected: President—R. C. Cary. First Vice-President—Arthu ling. - . Second Vice-President — H. } Dickerson. Secretary—J. rr + sai Trustee three ——Clyde Smith: one year Preparations for the according to reports lg, are progres } ¢ ‘ 4: POOTHS 107 tne a going itast. L0 concerns tions Oo ad ali -eting of the tion will be held December probably pe worked ferent lines than in the Detroit—The American Co. has been incorporated . ¢ oh ann iran in the Manufacture of brass and iron an authorized $150,000 o Ge Nn a s o ce er Ss We extend the compliments of the season, a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our friends and customers. Howe SNow CorricAN & BERTLES INVESTMENT BANKERS GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN DOOLEY & SALES, “That's Silly” In the National Costumes Worn by th eee A_BIG HAPPY NEW YEAR BILL FRANK McINTYRE & CO.—In the | MARY MELVILLE, The Lonesome Comedienne JAS. B. THOMPSON & CO.-In“* “THE INTERNATIONAL GIRL” e Eternal Feminine in the Nations at War MARTINETTI & SYLVESTER—"The Boys Wi Prices Evenings 10-20-25-30 and 50c Special attention given to mail and t “Traveling Salesman” The Burglars’ Union” ith the Chairs” Matinees 10c and 25c elephone orders December 22, 1915 Sparks From the Electric City. Muskegon, Dec. 21—F, W. Wilson, the Traverse City correspondent of the Tradesman, tells us how hard they are working to make the con- vention which will be held in their fair city a success. No doubt, Wilson, you and your worthy brothers are working hard, but unless you tell some of the other boys about it through the Tradesman, they will forget you are going to have a con- vention. We thank you for your in- vitation to come and as you say you will uncork something which you have as yet not written about, we will be there working hard for A. W. Steven- son for Grand Sentinel. W. W. Richards and John Harper had the pleasure of driving to Hes- peria last week during a snow storm. Our brother scribe, L. V. Pilking- ton, of Grand Rapids, was seen in Traverse City looking over his head- quarters for the U. C. T. convention which will be held there in June. Hats off to Editor Stowe, the cham- pion of the traveling men in Michi- gan, who went into the hotel con- vention and frankly and emphatically told the landlords where they were lacking, irregardless of whom it hurt. few more men like Mr. Stowe would have a tendency to make this world a little easier to go through than what it is now. Mr. Stowe is directly responsible for the correction of many evils which existed in Mich- igan hotels. Unless we are very much mistaken, he will stay by them until he obtains many more conces- sions for hotel patrons. The work on the new addition of the Occidental Hotel is progressing very rapidly. After declaring blue Sunday for Grand Rapids, we believe Mayor Ellis’ chances for being the Republican nominee for Governor next fall will be brighter. Just count his votes in Grand Rapids. You can purchase a package of gum in Muskegon on Sunday without being questioned. Why don’t some of you disgusted Grand Rapidites move to a good town? Charles Inman, of Heinz 57 var- ieties, was initiated into~ our mys- teries last Saturday. Charles promises to be on tap when the sound of the gavel is heard We appreciate this spirit and sincerely hope he will come often to the meetings. Harold Foote, our worthy Secre- tary, forgot there was a meeting and did not show up. Better be on hand, Foote, or you will be liable to be docked for short time. Herman Anderson is chairman of the banquet committee and promises to let the boys know when Grand Senior Counselor Lawton will honor us with a visit. Who knows more about eats than Herman Anderson? P. Monroe, our Past Counselor, is busy on the job in Illinois, but promises to be home for Christmas. S. Steindler has gone to Chicago on business. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Now we hear that a member of Saginaw Council desires the office of Grand Sentinel and is visiting the different councils with some of his friends to boost his candidacy. Six years ago Saginaw was honored by having Mark Brown elected Sentinel. He has been a worthy officer and all U. C. T. members are proud of the work done for the traveling fraternity by our present Past Counselor. We, however, believe in distributing hon- ors to be obtained in the U. C. T. circles as much as possible and be- lieve the time is not ripe for Saginaw Council to place another candidate in the field when the present Past Counselor is a Saginaw member. Muskegon Council has never had any representation in the grand body, with the exception of the year Mark srown was Grand Counselor, when he appointed A. W. Stevenson Grand Chaplain. A. W. Stevenson has the support of a good share of the trav- elers. He has belonged to the U. C. T. ever since it was organized in Muskegon. He has been Chaplain for the last nine years in Muskegon, served on the bus and baggage com- mittee for one year, has had his name on more petitions to No. 404 than any other member. In view of all the facts and for the sake of fair play, give as deserving a member as Ste- venson a chance and give Muskegon a little recognition by using all hon- orable means in electing A. W. Ste- venson Grand Sentinel in Traverse City next June, The following are the committee chosen by the Council to secure reservations at Traverse City and act as a boosting committee for A. W Stevenson for Grand Sentinel: Christ Follrath, Matt Steiner and Milton Steindler. All those intending to go to Traverse City, please notify the committee at once, so proper reserva- tions can be made. Don’t put this off, but do it now. Attention is called to the hote! keeper at Empire who has been re- ported as giving the boys as fine steaks as one can obtain anywhere. Individual towels are used and beds are as good as you can ordinarily secure for twice the money. We like to hear remarks like the above and will gladly publish any news concerning hotels. In accordance with a custom which is in vogue at this season of the year, we take this means of wishing all a Merry Christmas. Milton Steindler. ‘ —>+>—__ Honks From Auto City Council. Lansing, Dec. 20—Watch Lansing grow. Better than 50,000 now and coming faster every minute. Compliments are due Detroit on its busy appearance. The down town district looks like coming out of church all the time. The Buffalo Pitts Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., has opened a branch house in Lansing, with R. E. McHugh as manager. Several carloads of repairs for the various machines manufactur- ed by this concern have already ar- rived and are now being placed in the Reeves block, on Grand street, where headquarters have been leased for a term of years. Sample ma- chines will arrive about Jan. 1 and it is expected that the branch will also handle a line of gas tractors on a jobbing basis. S. B. Potter, former- ly with the Emmerson-Brantingham Implement Co., has been engaged as salesman and others will be added to the sales force as soon as the right men can be found. Mr. Mc- Hugh has a wide experience in the machine business and is well and fav- orably known throughout the State. F. H. Hastings, Stuart Harrison and F. T. Jury, three prominent mem- bers of our Council, braved the ele- ments last Tuesday and sallied forth with dogs and guns, expecting to lay in a supply of game which would last until Washington’s birthday. Six miles from town they stalked one lone rabbit which ran in a circle until each had taken six shots, the last of which crippled poor Mr. Cottontail to such an extent that the dogs caught it. Mrs. H. G. Gill was quite seriously burned about the face and arms last Sunday by a premature explosion of oily refuse which was being consigned to the furnace. It is believed, how- ever, by reason of prompt attention and skilled treatment no disfigure- ment will result. <. G. Poxson (Hugh Lyons Co.) reports a very successful business this season and prospects favorable for still greater in 1916. James F. Hammell, Jr., of Port Huron, and George Hammell, of Cin- cinnati, will visit their parents in this city durng the holiday season. We notice in the columns of the Tradesman frequent criticisms of the hotel inspection and we wish to say a word in defense of Brother Ham- mell, who takes to heart any unfavor- able comment (concerning what might be termed a neglect of duty) by those who are uniformed as to the true state of affairs. In the first place. there is no one who draws a salary or has his expenses paid as a hotel inspector, for the Henry law made no such provision. It is true, how- ever, that a very strong effort was made for such provision, but we un- derstand it was killed in the commit- tee for political purposes. As a last resort Mr. Hammell volunteered his services; that is, such services as he could render, outside of his regular duties as Chief Clerk for the Depart- ment of Labor, absolutely free, and thus far all inspections have been made under his direction by factory inspectors while in discharge of their regular duties, without fees, or even expenses for this particular work. Furthermore, Mr. Hammell has been confined to his home since June 5 and seriously ill We presume to say that some of those who are so apt in criticising could secure an appoint- ment as deputy inspector, provided 7 they were capable and willing to serve in that capacity without renumeration or expenses. The Perry Barker Candy Co. has enjoyed a very prosperous business during the year just closed and is now moving to more commodious quarters on North Grand street. Fe DD, ——_+--____ Status of the Bean Market. Under normal conditions Michigan produces 270,000,000 pounds of beans. This year, owing to unfavorable climatic conditions, the present esti- mate is about 60 per cent. of an aver- age. The prevalence of anthracnose has made them lose heavily in pick- ing, and it is doubtful if there will be much more than 50 per cent. of an average crop available for the trade this season. heretofore Bullen. The California crop has been practically all con- sumed on the Pacific Coast territory, in the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Arizona, New Mex- ico and Texas, so a very small per- centage will be available for supply- ing the short interest caused by the Michigan small supply, and most ot the surplus from California has al- ready been shipped into territory or- dinarily supplied with Michigan beans. Records for 1913 show that there were imported into this country something over 1,000,000 bushels, or practically 61,000,000 pounds of beans, as against practically no impcrtations this year. Even the orient, from which a considerable quantity was drawn last year, is not to be reckoned as a source of supply this season, as England, France and Russia are, through agents, buying practically all the stock available, which is being shipped direct to European countries. Between the shortage in Michigan, and the closing of European ports as a source of supply, it would seem a shortage in general develop sooner or later, On the other hand, the price of food will beans is very high, and as a product is beyond the reach of the middle and lower classes who are the real bean buyers, and it is a question of whether beans will be taken at the present high price for food, as com- pared with other commodities which are selling at a less figure. Ernest L. Wellman. —_—_+-.—___ A man can’t afford marriage on twelve dollars or so a week; but plenty of girls will try it with him GOOD GOODS WoRDEN GROCER COMPANY Grand Rapids—Kalamazoo THE PROMPT SHIPPERS Gicncanfbapesman (Unlike any other paper.) Se 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. ample copies 5 cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 5 cents; issues a month or more old, 10 cents; issues @ year or more old, 25 cents. Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice as Second Class Matter. E. A. STOWE, Editor. December 22, 1915. ——6e—SsSsSSSSS THE KINGDOM OF KINDNESS. It is a curious exercise to look back through the years and see how many great minds have agreed that the golden age is only the Christmas spirit carried into all the months. Not the buying and selling, the giving of trinkets and toys, for that is not the biggest thing in even the most ordinary Christmas. but the spirit of good will to men, the spirit that wil! not be party to the offending of the poorest child, the spirit that seeks out the unfortunates so that Christ- mas, of all the days of the year, will not be marred like other days by having our plenty spell the want of others, That is the spirit that is going to complete this world and make it the finest habitation in God’s universe. And when the day of completion is fully come, not a com- pany of angels, but a whole race, will chant the Gloria of the first Christ- mas, and the wheels of factories and the hum of stores and the busines; of banks and the various activities of the work-a-day world will be but the diapason of the song. Men are groping after the Christ- mas spirit in all sorts of ways, wise and unwise. The human family ‘s Straitened until the new relation be- tween men be accomplished. Men who say the philosophy of Christ is impracticable are ofttimes the very men who are doing most to make 1 practicable. Men who scout the story of the miracles, are to-day devoting themselves, mind and body, to doing work in the spirit which wrought the miracles. Men who balk at the hard Saying of the cloak and the added mile are giving greater gifts than these to a people who do not al- Ways appreciate them, and in a hun- dred thousand ways the spirit of Christ is becoming regnant in the lives of men. If you despair of the world, this is true of you—you are out of touch with the best things in it. If you say the world is cold, you have not by your charity brought yourself in touch with the staggering amount of unselfishness displayed every day, by persons who wear no tags and belong to no societies. If you say religion is dying out as a moving force, be sure of this—you are not in a position to know anything MICHIGAN TRADESMAN about it. No man who stands near the heart of things can doubt the widening of the frontier of the king- dom of kindness. One of the surprises that await the careful observer is the almost unbelievable increase of true religion in the world, and he who decries the indifference of the people has need to look to his own condi- tion. Christ has walked through our churches and emptied some of them because He has sent His people into the highways and byways on the mis- sions He loved best to fulfil. He has walked through our schools and His “suffer the little ones to come unto me” has resulted in the revolution of educational methods. He has walked into our hospitals and through the in- spiration of His spirit has sent the doctors and nurses among the poor and stricken and organized the social service departments whereby a can- cerous widow, with eight children, is cured also of poverty and the disease. while her dependent children are cared for. Jesus had one prescription for ailing men and women which has aptly been written by a recent writer— “Prescribed—a friend.” More people are willing to be friends to those who need them than at any time in the world. And finding friends in men, the ailing and the erring and anxious have been able to complete their cure by finding the friendship of God. This is the Christmas spirit that has found its way into all the months. If it continues to grow as it has been growing, it will be difficult to tell when the festival rolls round. for Christ will be born in some divine passion for humanity every day. Not So very many decades ago a lowly stable held every person in the world who loved the little Jewish Babe. To- day a world does Him homage, the wise men of the West along with the wise men of the East, the artisan of America as well as the shepherds on night watch in Palestine, all the moth- ers of men as well as she who was so inexpressibly exalted among women. There is no theology in this homage, any more than there is anatomy in your friendship for your friend. It is the human spirit answering unto the master of the human spirit, and ac- knowledging the authority of Jesus as the supreme teacher of rational. serene and happy life. Christmas is not a time for theology, any more than one’s birthday is a time for gynecology. For as far as the race has followed His teachings, that far have the rough places been made smooth and the drear places pleasant. eee Make it easy for the people who buy Christmas presents at your store to have them delivered to the re- cipients direct from the store. It will increase your sales. Have plenty of pens and fresh ink in the writing rooms for writing cards and notes to accompany gifts. It wouldn’t be a bad idea for the store to have some nice labels printed with a modest mention of the name of the firm. Any attempt at advertising on the label or card that you give to cus- tomers to send to their friends with their gifts would be exceeding bad taste—even disgusting. THE FINAL ESTIMATE. Perhaps what has most impressed people who studied the Government’s final report of last Wednesday, on the crops of 1915, was the estimate of total values. There were, indeed, several agreeable surprises in the estimates of quantities produced. For wheat, the billion-bushel estimate of October is more than maintained, the actual increase over that month's forecast being almost 10,000,000 bushels, all in the Northwest. The yield of oats is also placed 23,- 000,000 bushels above the October estimate. As against the trade’s con- stant reports that the Government's previous figures on both corn and winter wheat had been greatly prej- udiced by harvesting conditions, last week’s revised report cuts only 1,800,- 000 bushels from the October winter wheat estimate, whereas private ex- perts had claimed 60,000,000 loss, and adds 36,000,000 bushels to the Novem- ber estimate on corn. But the valuations, on the basis of December prices, are such as_ to strike the imagination. They far sur- pass all precedent. Taking, for in- stance, the six grain crops—corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, and buck- wheat—the aggregate estimated value, $3,417,932,000, compares with $3,236,- 523,000 even in last year’s period of large harvests and abnormally high year-end prices, and exceeds by 27 per cent. the $2,677,516,000 estimate on the same six crops in December, 1912, a year in which all previous records were broken, and in which the Secretary of Agriculture describ- ed the harvest valuations as “an un- thinkable amount of wealth.” Includ- ing the other harvests, such as cot- ton, the Government’s total valua- tion exceeds last year’s estimate by $595,00€,000, and 1912 by $811,000,000. The Department’s valuation of all the output of our farms, includinss animals and animal products. is $10,- 000,000,000. It was $9,532,000,000 in 1912. The chief considerations arising from these enormous crops and their immense money value are the result of the marketing of them and the effect of the farmers’ profits on gen- eral business. Railways have cer- tainly reflected the movement of the crops; between that influence and the “war orders,’ one of the most re- markable situations ever recorded is being witnessed, in the excess of de- mand on transportation facilities over supply; and earnings are reflecting the heavy business by the high-record results for the autumn months. The greatly improved condition of general business, which started first in the farming sections and the East- ern manufacturing districts, is spread- ing to other quarters. It is a far better situation than a year ago; in- deed, the general comment of the hour has been that there have been few years in the past when the out- look for the remainder of the season was better—always (so many of the prophets add) barring sudden cessa- tion of the war in Europe. But even in that event, the underlying belief is that while certain branches of the steel trade might be adversely affect- ed, general business—even in steel— -~ December 22, 1915 could not be greatly deranged by it. There is no surplus of manufactured goods; there is plenty of money, the West's position being the strongest in quick assets of its entire history, and with the way our manufacturers are reaching out for export business, prospects for our country after return of peace can scarcely be called dis- couraging. Among other factors, there is the available agricultural wealth on hand and yet unsold. Conditions in Europe seem to ensure a good demand. Under these conditions, farmers in the win- ter wheat section have 40 to 60 per cent. of their crop on hand; they seem to expect higher prices. In the spring wheat sections of the Northwest, as far as Montana, farmers have sold more wheat since September 1 than ever before in their history. This was due to the short crops of the previous years putting them where they had to have money. They have marketed nearly 70 per cent. of their immense crop of wheat. But even they are believed to have large supplies of oats on hand to sell: the yield was enormous. Taking the country as a whole, it is estimated by one of the most care- ful statisticians that there are 600,- 900,000 bushels wheat still left on the farms, compared with 398,000,000 bushels December 1 last year, and 374,000,000 bushels at this time in 1913. On the basis of 1,000,000,000 bushels for the wheat crop, regardless of the carry-over from the previous harvest, this would show marketings of 400,000,000 bushels in five months, ‘vhich is not doing badly. Marketing of corn has been slow, as the crop was late and farmers be- hind with their work. It is begin- ning to move more freely now, al- though below the average. Railroads in the Central West, however, have done and are doing all the business they have capacity for the past four months, and this situation is certain to continue into the new year. This means sustained volume of general trade. Railroads on both sides of our Northern boundary have moved more grain since harvest than in any pre- vious year. Duluth and Minneapolis have received 160,363,000 bushels of wheat since August 1, an increase of 44,000,000 bushels over last year. Ar- rivals of all grains and flaxseed at the two points were 236,253,000 bushels, a gain of 53,000,000 bushels over the same time in 1914. All this is being reflected in current railway earnings reports; and the huge business yet to be done, in moving the crops still on the farms, will be reflected later. As the light of the Christmas sun gradually encircles our globe, so will the Christmas carol welcome his ris- ing; and as his rays gild alike the Palace and the hut, so will the sweet influences of Christmas steal into the thoughts and hearts of men of every station. ————— Stop thoughtless giving. It is a waste of money, and no one thanks you. Far better an appropriate trifle than a costly present for which the recipient. has no use. a. ame povise SAND SANGER Serene eee eaten aon December 22, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN i = = s = ae Ss = |S 4 = = ji B ss = ~ 4 = el = Es ay ¢ = = = : cS ] A ¢ 1A ] = = A = f ~ = if ‘= ~ / Coa —_— - - = ~ 4 =a ae = = = = eRe ATM ES aS or y as ‘t = > , == my Ys AlN oo WY \ “Lending a Hand” to Those in Need.* In that famous slogan for which Edward Everett Hale was responsible— Look up and not down Look out and not in Look forward and not backward And lend a hand; there may be some people who will take exception to any one of the first three propositions, but no one will for a mo- ment think that the last one is not uni- versally applicable. As you and I day by day travel the streets of Grand Rap- ids we have constant illustrations of the value of its application. As I stepped out of the bank yesterday with a hand full of letters and my umbrella and found a little difficulty in slipping the letters into the mail box, a newsboy on the corner promptly came up and held the box open while I slipped in the let- ters. It was a little thing for a boy to do, but exhibited the right spirit. Not long ago an elderly lady driving her horse up to a pole near the opening of the bank was in a little trouble finding the hitching strap in her buggy and a newsboy, who sells papers on the corner, put his papers on the sidewalk and ran to the lady, found the rum strap and assisted her to hitch her horse. While he was thus engaged, a gust of wind took his papers and scattered them hither and yon over the street. Twenty people were immediately chasing the papers and they were gathered and hand- ed to the little boy as he returned from his act of kindness. This illustrated in a graphic way my theme for this morn- ing. Not long ago a farmer came down Jefferson avenue, turned in quickly at the corner of Fulton street, struck the groove in the curve of the car track and in an instant his load was overturned, the hay was dumped in the way of every- body and the farmer was in great trou- ble, when one of our good citizens came by, threw off his coat and waistcoat and immediately assisted in returning the hay to the wagon and very quickly the street was cleared. It took but a little while. It was only a kindly thought behind an action, but how few would have done it. Yesterday as I came along Ionia street, at the entrance of one of the large buildings an expressman and his helper were lifting a very heavy box over the tailboard of their wagon. At the first attempt they did not get it high enough to pass it over the end of the wagon. They tried again and failure seemed in- evitable. One of our good citizens, who is known for the perfection of his attire, happened along with a cane in one hand and a cigar in the other, saw the dilem- *Conversational address by Hon. Charles W. Garfield, before working force of Grand Rapids Savings Bank. ma and in an instant put his shoulder un- der the box and gave the necessary boost to throw it into the wagon. The ex- pression of wonder on the part of the expressmen, as the gentleman passed on, was quite noticeable and the respect for the one who had rendered the assistance went up a good many notches. As we carry on our various lines of activity, we are apt to think “this is my work and that is yours” and when our work is done, neglect to lend a hand to one who is less fortunate in accom- plishing his allotted task. We should not only have the good will to lend a hand, but we should develop alertness in noticing the needs of others. How often we hear people say, “What a nice thing that was to do! Why didn’t I think of it?” Thinking quickly and grasping the opportunity to be help- ful are important requisites in the fulfillment of our full duty in this world. We should cultivate the spirit of helpfulness. We sometimes divide mankindeinto two classes—boosters and kickers. Both are in a way useful, but there should be about a hundred boosters to one kicker and we should count our- selves fortunate to be classified with the former, It is well for us, as we perform our regular duties day by day, to remember that this is our town and the obligation is not upon the other fellow alone, but upon us to do what we can to make it a good town. The church to which we are attached is our church and it is our duty to do a part in maintaining its use- fulness. The neighborhood in which we live is our neighborhood and to make it a good neighborhood we must be alert to aid in its development along neigh- borly lines. This is our bank. It does not belong to the stockholders alone, nor the directors who manage it, nor the officers who are immediately con- nected with its success, but it belongs to all of us and we should feel that our obligation is always to lend a hand in making it as useful as possible to the community through the perfection of its methods and the attractiveness of its atmosphere. Everywhere about us we find the dis- couraged, the perplexed, those of dull minds and those who are sick at heart. The opportunity is always with us to say an encouraging word or to use a helping hand, to help clarify the vision, to comfort the unfortunate and to carry our sympathies to the wounded heart. That beautiful story made a classic by our Saviour, under the title of the “Good Samaritan,” should be constantly in our mind. In truth we can not avoid it, because wherever we go we find even to-day the priest and levite who neglect their duty and we can not be too grate- ful for the many good samaritans who do not fail to lend a hand. 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. OUR mind will be easier if you are sure your loved ones will be pro- tected if anything happens to you If you appoint THE MICHIGAN TRUST Co. of Grand Rapids with its 25 years experience your Ex- ecutor you will accomplish this. No matter how small your estate may be it will be carefully administered. Send for blank form of will and booklet on Descent and Distribution of Property. Safe Deposit Boxes to rent $3 to $5 per year 16 Ingersoll and Beecher were great friends, although, they differed radically in their opinions. One time, after a visit together, in which the controversy had been unusually acrid upon different views of some religious tenet, Beecher accompanied Ingersoll to the side of the street and, just as they were bidding each other adieu, a cripple walking on a crutch was. finding some difficulty in crossing the street, for it was quite muddy. Beecher said, “Robert, what would you think of a man who would knock the crutch out from under that cripple?” The quick response came, “It would be a damn mean trick and he should be thrashed for it,’ to which Beecher quietly responded, “Did you ever think, Robert, that in expressing so eloquently your views with regard to the Bible you are guilty of the very thing that you now so emphatically condemn ?” There are many ways in which we can lend a hand which have to do with the prejudices and possibly narrow mindedness of people, but we can always afford to be kind and tolerant and help- ful and strive to build up rather than to tear down. Years ago, you may possibly know, it was the custom when a_ conference came to town, to entertain the delegates at the various homes of the townspeople. An Episcopalian conference was to be enjoyed by a city in the Middle West and the committee of the local church was engaged actively in finding places to assign the visiting clergymen. There were two widows, bearing the same name, connected with the church. One was a very poor woman, living in a very modest house and having hardly the comforts of life. The other was a wealthy lady in another part of the city, enjoying large wealth and whose house was always open for such occa- sions. Through an error in the mes- senger, the bishop was taken to the home of the poor widow and the mis- sionary from the North woods was turned over to the hospitality of the mansion. There might have been a series of unfortunate incidents connected with this blunder on the part of some- body if all the parties had not had the right spirit. The bishop found his op- portunity in bringing great joy to the poor widow’s heart and by engaging in wiping the dishes and paring the potatoes and doing little odds and ends of kindly things to help out the good lady. He refreshed the scenes of his boyhood and, in appreciation of the kindly spirit of the house, he found the sweet reward of an opportunity not neglected. The poor missionary was nearly over- whelmed with the wealth of his sur- roundings, but, as a result of the hos- pitality, he awakened the interest of the well-to-do household in his missionary efforts and returned to his own home, with a good purse to help build up the work to which he was devoted. The kindly, sympathetic, beautiful spirit of all transformed the blunder of the com- mittee into a gracious opportunity. Let us appropriate the sweet lesson to our own lives in our relationships to other people and strive wherever we are to extend a helping hand. —.2 a Why Bonds Are Attractive. More than thirteen years ago, when the Boer war was dragging to a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN conclusion and Great Britain had in- creased her national debt on that account by a billion dollars, it was generally assumed that peace and a resumption of the Rand gold out- put would cause an advance in Brit- ish consols. At the risk of considerable unpop- ularity the Wall Street Journal pointed out then that not only con- sols, but all high grade securities held for fixed income, must necessarily decline with the increased gold pro- duction and its consequent smaller purchasing power. Dealers in bonds and manufacturers who read _ that article did not like this unpleasant truth. The Wall Street Journal was denounced asa “theorist” by interest- ed parties and those who do not know that there never was a good work- man, yet, who did not have a sound theory, even if he could not define it. For ten years or more bonds con- tinued to decline. Consols, admitted- ly the premier security before the present war, lost ground steadily, in spite of large purchases in the open market for the sinking fund. Bonds legal for savings banks in the State of New York in ten years showed an average decline of 15 per cent. There is now an equally sound economic reason for believing that the tide has turned, in spite of the tremendous indebtedness incurred by the belligerents and even by those countries compelled to enforce an armed neutrality. Just as it was pointed out in these columns, thirteen years ago, that a large number of new countries would put their currencies on a gold basis, so it may be said that all the world’s output of gold, and more, will be re- quired to render sound the enormous mass of fiat currency which has been issued. This will necessarily en- hance the price of gold. It will in- crease its purchasing power, even where some of the nations, in their domestic affairs at least, as, for in- stance, Germany, are compelled tu go through national bankruptcy. What this means, therefore, is that high wages will not continue long after the war, that commodity prices will show a considerable de- cline, possibly over a long period of years, and that interest rates will be lower, perhaps following a crisis in the adjustment of a stricken world’s financial affairs. Bonds, and es- pecially gilt-edged bonds, therefore, are cheap to-day, and, if the war terminates in the spring, are likely to look cheaper still in a year’s time at substantially higher. prices—wWall Street Journal. 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 Fxchange 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 December 22, 1915 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK CITY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK ASSOCIATED ira ase 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 Cty Bank or City Trust & Savings Bank, which have at their imme- diate disposal a large volume of industrial and commercial facts. Shouldering Responsibilities Our training, experience, assured existence and ample resources justify you in committing to our care the various responsibilities which always accompany the administration of an estate. [RAND RAPIOS TRUST [OMPAAY Robert D. Graham President Hugh E. Wilson Secretary SR ONO ae tke comson 8 a FS ICRP 3 wt ax-monet December 22, 1915 Broadminded Plea For Business Ex- pansion.* There has been a demonstration in the world in the past fifteen months of the wonderful extent of credit when the people are aroused and in earnest. We have seen un- heard of sums raised with apparent ease. If Great Britan and Germany can each raise approximately six billion dollars in fifteen months for war purposes, what could the United States do for industry, for its own progress, and to support the progress of the world in this time of univer- sal calamity, if a spirit of unity and high purpose could direct its action. Suppose, if you please, that it were possible for a wise and benevolent despot to direct the affairs of this country for the next few years, what an opportunity he would have to place this Nation rightfully and use- fully in the van of the world’s progress! He would threaten no ex- isting industry but breathe into every one a new confidence in its future. He would find a way to deal with piratical acts in the business field, without, in doing that, putting re- straint on all enterprise and _initia- tive and a clog upon all progress. He would see that the transpor- tation systems of the country were brought up to the highest state of efficiency, but demanding efficiency he would also recognize that those transpor- tation systems serve every other in- dustry, and that reasonable profit for the transportation lines is the truest economy for all interests. He would recognize some of the great lessons that this war has taught, one of the most important of which is the tre- mendous efficiency that an industrial machine can attain if there is unity in its direction, and, lacking a benev- olent despot, a wise and _ patriotic Congress and political administration could do all that. We have a motto in this country holding that, “United we stand; di- vided we fall.” That is just as true in industrial and commercial affairs as in political life. The efforts that have been made to enforce competi- tion have been without any care for the economic effect resulting; with- out any regard for the increased costs. Lawmakers in seeking to cure unfair practices, which form but a fraction of a per cent. of the total business, have hampered all business in a most costly manner. We have paid a tax to this theory of enforced competition that might almost be compared to the cost of the belliger- ent nations of the war, and that tax has been laid upon all of us. No consumer of goods can escape it and people of small incomes suffer most from it. Increased pay affords no relief of the wage earning people from the burdens of wasteful pro- ductions, for every increase in wages means an increase in living costs to the entire population. The only way to better the conditions of the mil- lions is by more effectively organiz- ing the forces of production, so that the output may be increased. *Address by Frank A. Vanderlip, Presi- dent National City Bank of New York, before American Association of Woolen Worsted Manufacturers. eee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN This benevolent despot, whom I have been picturing as controlling our destinies for a time, could give to our business life a security that would attract the idle capital of the country to the work of more thor- oughly organizing, perfecting and de- veloping the existing manufacturing establishments. He would instill into every em- ployer and wage earner alike the importance at this time of establish- ing the industries of the country upon an unassailable basis of efficiency and low costs. He would encourage the employer to supply the best possi- ble tools that capital can provide; and the best organization that man- agement can devise; he would call for such a fair division with labor that workmen would give the best energy and skill at their command to accomplish the desired end of ef- ficiency and low costs. He would keep our heads level and hold us down to real work. He would show us that prosperity is to be found, not in the deceptive profits of the stock market, not in higher prices for the things we buy and sell to each other, not in higher wages that must in turn be offset by higher prices, but in a greater production of goods at a low cost, leading to a broader, surer position in the world’s markets. The whole world is looking ex- pectantly to the United States. This is the richest country in the world in liquid wealth, and in equipment for the production of everything the world wants, either in war or in peace. It has the instinct and experience of growth. We know how to expand. Our industries have practically dou- bled their output in ten years. And now we are the only great industrial nation at peace, and able to give our energies to production and to build- ing-up while the rest of the world is wasting and tearing down. There ought not to be an idle man in the United States for years to come, and, if we could put ourselves under a wise and benevolent despot, or in other words, if we could have a good organization and good understand- ing with ourselves, and work to a common purpose, there would not be one. ———_»+—____ The Same Reason. A party of tourists in Ireland came across a native whitewashing the front of his house. “Halloa, Pat,” said one. “Why aren’t you whitewashing the back as well as the front?” “Well,” said Pat, “it’s jist fur the same reason that you don’t put a front on the back of yer shirt.” United Light & Railways Co. Chicago Grand Rapids Preferred Stock Dividend No. 21 The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors have declared a dividend of one and one-half per cent. (1%%) on the First Preferred Stock, payable out of the surplus earnings on January 1, 1916, to stockholders of record at the close of business 3 P. M., Dec. 15, 1915. Stock transfer books will re-open for transfer of stock certificates at the opening of business, Thursday morning, Dec. 16, 1915. L. H. HEINKE, Secretary. Davenport Dec. 15, 1915. Kent State Bank Main Office Fountain St. Facing Monroe Grand Rapids, Mich. Capital - - - ~- $500,000 Surplus and Profits - $500,000 Resources Over 8 Million Dollars 3 hs Per Cent. Paid on Certificates Largest State and Savings Bank in Western Michigan 11 Ask us about opening City Account Geno pirinss AVINGSMAANK. Coupon Certificates of Deposit pay 3% % interest Coupons cashed each 6 months after one year Most business men are called upon, at sometime, to adminis- ter an estate where the situation demands the selection of conservative investments with as good yield as goes with “maximum”’ security. Municipal and first mortgage, serial, real estate bonds and certain kinds of public utility bonds are peculiarly fitted for such investments. 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TRADESMAN BUILDING What is your rate? Safe experts. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 12 = Dandelion Vegetable Butter Color A perfectly Pure Vegetable Butter lor and one that complies with the pure food laws of every State and of the United States. Manufactured by Wells & Richardson Co. Burlington, Vt. December 22, 1915 HART BRAND CANNED GOODS Packed by W. R. Roach & Co., Hart, Mich. Michigan People Want Michigan Products Michigan Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso- clation. President—H. L. Williams, Howell. Vice-President—J. W. Lyons, Jackson. Secretary and Treasurer—D. A. Bent- ley, Saginaw. Executive Committee—F. A. Johnson, Detroit; Frank P. Van Buren, Williams- ton; C. J. Chandler Detroit. Potato Varieties Most Profitable To Growers. With the close of the potato har- vest season for 1915 the time seems opportune to call to the attention of both the grower and the seedsman the desirability of considering seri- ously a very material reduction in the number of varieties grown in any given community or section of the country. It has been the history of every other staple crop that the fewer the varieties grown the more easily are they marketed. The pioneer fruit grower in America tried to grow as large a list of varieties as he could afford to purchase, while to-day the tendency is to reduce the list to the least number that can be depended upon to meet the market require- ments. The reason for this is that it has been found a much easier task to sell large quantities of one variety than an equal quantity made up of a large number of varieties. It is believed that the same principle ap- plies to the potato crop. In a recent publication by the De- partment of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 176, a system of classification of potatoes is presented in which the leading commercial types are re- ferred to eleven groups, and a list of the varieties studied which are thought to belong to each group is furnished. In many cases the varie- ties listed in each group are so near- ly identical that in the opinion of the author of this bulletin there is no justification for the retention of more than 10 per cent. of them. The commercial grower should de- termine what group or class of po- tatoes is best adapted to his climatic and soil conditions, and then con- fine his efforts to not more than one or two varieties within that group. In this way it will be possible for him to become more familiar with the behavior of the variety he is growing; to recognize its special cultural re- quirements; and to offer for sale a much more uniform and high-grade product than where he is dissipating his energies on a dozen or more vari- eties. The potato growers of some of our Middle West states, particularly those of Wisconsin, are being strong- ly urged by their potato specialists and state associations to adapt the community plan of growing potatoes of one, or, at the most, two varieties. In this way the buyer can be assured of securing a uniform stock, in car- load lots, of Green Mountain, Rural New Yorker, or other classes of po- tatoes. The movement must come from the grower through confining his ef- forts to a few varieties, preferably not more than one or two. These should be selected intelligently, with reference to soil and climatic con- ditions. For example, the Green Mountain group is particularly wel! adapted to the cooler and moister sections of the United States. The Rural New Yorker, while succeeding under similar conditions, is also able to produce satisfactory crops where air and soil temperatures are higher, and where the summer precipitation is scant, provided moisture is abun- dant in September and October. The Irish Cobbler group, consisting of early varieties, is at its best in the North, but also produces well when planted as an early truck crop in the South. The size of the seedsmen’s lists is very largely, if not entirely, governed by the grower, and the remedy lies wholly with him. The efforts of the potato grower, dealer, and seedsman should be di- rected as follows: 1. Reduce the variety list to a few standard commercial varieties. 2. Standardize these by careful se- lection and culture. 3. Adopt the community plan of growing but one or two varieties and advertise this fact to the public. Demand a higher grade seed potato from your seed grower or dealer, but in so doing be willing to pay a cor- respondingly better price for it. May Use Poster Stamps During De- cember. The Postoffice Department will not place any restrictions during the month of December on the use of Red Cross and other stamps on the face of letters and parcel post pack- ages. It has come to the attention of postoffice officials that its order pro- hibiting the placing of adhesive stick- ers on the same side of mail matter as the postage stamp has resulted in many persons failing to receive their mail during the holiday season because of its being considered un- mailable. Many business houses have been inconvenienced because of the failure of their correspondents to comply with the postal regulations, and representations were made to the Department with a view to the suspen- sion of the order. This suspension will however, be only operative dur- ing the month of December, the or- der again becoming effective on Jan- uary 1. Watson-Higgins Milling Co. Merchant Millers Grand Rapids :: Michigan Its Loose Leaf opens like a Blank Book Write us EP “ Li OSEJEAF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Mr. Flour Merchant: You can own and control your flour trade. Make each clerk a “salesman”’ instead of an “order taker.”’ Write us to-day for exclusive sale proposition covering your market for Purity Patent Flour We mill strictly choice Michigan wheat, properly blended, to producea satisfactory all purpose family flour. GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN & MILLING CO., Grand Rapids, Michigan ° 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 Wm. Alden Smith Bldg. The H. E. Moseley Co.°is associated with us in this business FRANK T. MILLER, Sec&Treag Grand Rapids, Mich. The Vinkemulder Company Jobbers and Shippers of Everything in Fruits and Produce Grand Rapids, Mich. Mail us samples BROWN SWEDISH, RED KIDNEY, MARROWFAT or WHITE P to sell, Both Phones 1217 MOSELEY BROTHERS EA BEANS you may wish Grand Rapids, Mich. Our Entire Line of GROCERY BAGS BEAR THIS Our Improved Square, self-opening, Grocery and Sugar Bags are the standards of quality. MARK OF QUALITY Every bag full size and uniform strength. Write for jobbing price list. THE CLEVELAND-AKRON BAG CO., CLEVELAND December 22, 1915 THE MEAT MARKET Shortage of Mutton Likely. We have been investigating the number of sheep and lambs on feed this year compared with last, and find that about 22,000 less went on feed from all the markets, including stuff shipped direct from the range, says a Western live stock house. Figuring that 200,000 of the fed stuff has already been marketed, and con- sidering the shortage in the natives throughout the country, which every- one concedes, there is no question but that there will be about half a million less on feed Dec. 1 than one year ago. From what information we can get from Montana, Idaho and other Western states, there are 50 per cent. less on feed there than there were last year; so there is bound to be a shortage this year when the fed stuff is marketed. However, it could be no other way, as the number of sheep and lambs marketed at the various Western markets show over two million decrease up to date com- pared with a year ago. This con- dition, and the high prices skins and wool are selling at, with prospects of even higher wool markets, mean noth- ing but higher prices for the balance of the season; and while last year’s late market was extremely high, we would not be surprised to see it even higher than last year. The only dark spot in the whole sheep business is that a good many of the lambs are in inexperienced hands and up to this time only a small percentage of them have made them good. _———__ Liver Sausage. Take two pigs’ livers and one calf’s liver and cut into slices, remov- ing all the veins Pour boiling water on the livers and repeat the operation until the livers are freed from all blood and look white and clean. Then chop the livers quite fine and add all the fat obtained from the intestines of one pig after it has been boiled half an hour and chopped fine. Add two and one half pounds of fat pork in small cubes and season with the following: Six ounces of salt, one ounce of ground marjoram, one-half ounce of ground thyme, one-quarter ounce of ground sage, two ounces of ground pepper and one ounce of ground allspice Stuff into narrow hog casings and place in hot meat broth used in preparing it. Keep there thirty minutes over a moderate fire without boiling. Unless clear broth or water is used the sausages will not be white. While cooking they must be continually turned, lifted to the surface and pricked with a fork to prevent the fat from gathering in one place. After removing from hot water place in cold water, allowing them to remain long enough to thor- oughly cool. Difference Between Mutton and Goat Meat. Mutton is distinguished by firm, dense, fine fibers and its dark red color. Its consistence is moderately firm. The muscles are not intermixed with fat. Rich deposits of fat will be found, however, between the groups of muscles in well fattened animals. The fat is pure white, hard, firm, brittle and has no odor. The bone marrow is firm and slightly red. Goat meat is in general paler than mutton. The fat and bone marrow look somewhat like that of sheep. The fat is chiefly located in the kidney capsules. The muscles contain but little fat. The odor of the meat an fat is strong, resembling the odor of the living goat. If these characteristics are looked for there should be no trouble in dis- tinguishing between the two varieties of meat. No More Sunday Meat Selling in Montgomery, Ala. The city authorities of Montgom- ery, Ala., have ruled against a peti- tion to permit the opening of retail meat shops in that city on Sunday from 4 to 9 a.m. The plea was made that, on account of the warm climate and lack of refrigeration in many cases, it would be a convenience, if not a necessity, to permit this Sun- day morning opening, Retail meat dealers appeared in a body to pro- test against the opening order. If it was permitted all would have to open, as competition would compel it. No retailer wanted to open his shop on Sunday unless compelled to do so to prevent loss of trade The City Commissioners by a unanimous vote denied the Sunday opening peti- tion. Fortunately, Sunday closing is now more the rule than the exception. Over Salty Meat. The only method to rid meat of some of its saltiness is to soak it in cold water for twenty-four hours, changing the water every six hours. By this method a great deal of the salt can be withdrawn from it. Have the water as cold as possible, addinz some ice to it if necessary. After it comes out of the water pack it in a brine of 40 degrees salometer test. Small Mind. She—I hear you and Grace quarreled last night. He—Yes, I was angry and spoke my mind. She—Yes, she said you went away without a word. LSA oe eS ies a CHIGAN STATE A CEL EPHONE 13 YOUR OLD SCALE Let me overhaul and re-ename! it and make it good as new. Work guaranteed. Charges reasonable. W. E. HAZARD, 1 Ionia Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids I do all work for Toledo Scale Co. in Michigan W. P. Granger Wholesale Fresh and Salt Meats Poultry, Eggs and Oysters Shipments of Hogs, Veal and Poultry Solicited Daily Remittances Telephone 61,073 112 Louis St. Grand Rapids G.B. READER Successor to MAAS BROS. Wholesale Fish Dealer Ss SEA FOODS AND LAKE FISH OF ALL KINDS Citizens Phone 2124 Bell Phone M. 1378 1052 Ottawa Ave., N. W. 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 every where. those who want the best. PEACOCK BRAND Breakfast Appetites can be encouraged and well satisfied with a nice rasher of bacon and fresh eggs. 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 35-45 Prescott Street, S. W. NOWACZYK REFRIGERATED DISPLAY CASES Write for Quotations NOWACZYK HANDCRAFT FURNITURE COMPANY Circulating and ventilating system superior to any other case. Recommended by the Health De- partment of Buf- falo. Grand Rapids, Michigan 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 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN y= VN (Ce CPt Hst §: — = Mohair Again Coming Into Public Favor. The mohairs of to-day are exam- ples of the wonderful textile progress that is interesting the entire world; their weaves, coloring, texture, finish and resilient qualities are indicative of the perfection wished for and de- manded in these days of art and the Practical in dress fabrics. Their former objectionable features, and there were a few, have been elimi- nated and the average woman's verdict is that mohairs are comfortable for all the year. “Light enough for hot weather and made warm for cool weather; comfortable for all days.” This is a woman’s verdict as to the present attainments among the mohair manufacturers trying to please the up-to-the-minute shopper. The coming vogue for mohairs is probable; their intrinsic worth is acknowledged and appreciated and the almost universal use to which they may be applied is fore-shadowed by present and coming styles and the world-wide feminine desire for that elusive “something new.” Fash- ion points to mohair as the fabric able to, in the vernacular of the day, “fill the bill.” There are many indications from the textile world that point to mo- hair as being the fabric destined to be worn by all classes in nearly all seasons as it is of more than one weight. Mohair has been worked with until of a chiffon weight: and also heavier and of a soft texture as all exclusively fashionable materials must be. The introduction of “trop- ical” cloths for summer wear as well as for winter resort use gave the idea to perfect mohair until it became ideal, which point it seems to have reached, and to-day this country is reaping the benefit in men’s and women’s mohairs made with every known improvement and which will be eagerly accepted by dressmakers, tailors, costumers and the cutting trade as soon as the fact is driven home to them. The fabrics are appearing in mot- tled, striped, plain and checked ef- fects with a very high finish and delightful softness; more sheer and with a higher luster. To see them confirms the indications that many opinions point to mohairs as the ex- tensively desired fabric for the spring and summer season. In men’s wear the call for mohairs during 1915 has been more extensive than in several years and such a trade in- dicates a big move coming in wom- en’s mohairs as well. This is the crucial time for mo- hairs to succeed, and with the trade Press and agents, fashion writers and buyers united in showing the public that the best mohair made is right here now, no power will pre- vent its progress. After a favorable season for men’s wear similar fabrics for women always feel the trade thus secured out of ordinary channels. The present condition of mohairs fits them for Many purposes among which we may list suits, dresses, sport coats, skirts, petticoats, romp- ers, children’s coats, suits, baby car- riage covers, bloomers, bathing suits, automobile coats, motor caps, sport smocks, furniture slips, men’s suits, office coats, raincoats for all, Pull- man car gowns, men’s auto coats, porch table covers, and more to fol- low, for new ideas will arise as the fabric becomes talked of and dis- played in its revival. Manufacturers and buyers will make a great mis- take to push the cheaper grades in these days when intrinsic worth, real quality, count for much. It is said by fabric experts that this fabric will withstand the mOis- ture of a humid climate better than any other fabric known and hold its appearance longer. It is a dust “re- peller” and has the smart swing and standout touch from its resilient tex- ture that keeps it in the fashionable humor of the day, The coming styles are well adapted to the ultilization of mohair and can be worked to- gether in complete harmony. A fabric may come, but its remain- ing depends upon the manner it is treated by the trade and customers; the latter are prepared for mohair fabrics as witness their reception of the tropical cloths and the trade should recognize the immense pos- sibilities of mohair and act at once. Mohair is a textile fiber holding a Prominent position in the manufac- ture of women’s and men’s wearing apparel. Yet every few years it has been allowed to be retired until dame fashion looking for “something new” brings forth mohair as a lucky find. Mohair should be prominently be- fore the public as a can’t-do-without- it staple. From its inherent merits mohair deserves all of the populari- ty that will come its way. The dyes are always reliable and the colors of the goods now in hand include all of the smart shades from white to black with such effects as plain, changeable, stripped in plain and fancy designs as well as checks. French designers have been suffi- ciently interested this fall to send out a model suit of mohair trimmed in fur, a very smart innovation. -_——_-e-- Any man can give advice, but not every man can prove its value, A Sidewalk Suggestion. Place a piece of carpet on the sidewalk in front of your window dis- play of vacuum cleaners. Then put a card in your window stating that at a certain specified time the car- pet will be cleaned by one of the machines in the window. This rather unique idea seems likely to create some interest and comment. Just how many people will go out of their way to attend the demon- stration remains to be seen by those who test it. But even though the sidewalk is not crowded with specta- tors during the demonstration, the advertising value of the scheme is not lost. On the following day show the pile of dirt with a card stating that this was taken from the carpet on the sidewalk the day before. The ac- cumulated dirt is an interesting and convincing argument in favor of the efficiency of the cleaner. It is a con- crete illustration of the claims which are made for it, One dealer has utilized the dirt and dust ‘taken from the cleaner as the basis of a novel guessing contest. He offers to give away free a cleaner to the person who will guess nearest to the weight of the dirt removed from the carpet on display. Every person entering the contest registers his name and address and if his home is wired for electricity. By this means the names of many prospects are se- cured. ———_>-¢___ The Old Town, “Where’s the old blacksmith shop where I picked the hot penny off the anvil?” “The blacksmith organized the Gluetown Garage and Gasoline Cor- poration, sold the stock and went to Europe.’ “Where's the old aalen bucket from which I sipped many a cool draft?” “The health department has it in a glass case as a horrible exhibit.” “What’s become of the little red schoolhouse?” “Mrs. Can Coin bought it to use as a hospital for her Pomeranians,” “How about the common where we used to play one old cat?” “The Confederate league has bought it and we're going to have a game there as soon as we can get Bill Duffy to jump to us.” Y YN N We wish all > a y=24 a G 6 '°. G6 ° YESSSeecccecs December 22, 1915 “The old tavern is the same, I sup- pose?” “No; Billy went out of business rather than cater to the motorist taste for drinks with seven kinds of liquor and vegetables in them.” “The post office?” “Not much changed. But Joe Gimp isn’t postmaster any more. This post card craze drove him blind try- ing to keep up with his reading.” “Isn’t anything the same as it used to be?” “Yes, just one. When you go to get shaved, you'll find that the bar- ber’s conversation and his razor are exactly the same as they were when you went away.” — There are lots of good things in this world. Are we one of them? Montana Imitation Buffalo Robes 52-in. 62-in. 72-in. $7 $8.50 $10. Sherwood Hall Co., Ltd. 30-32 Ionia Avenue, N. W. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN We are manufacturers of TRIM MED AND UNTRIMMED BATS 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. Waterproof Horse Covers Write for Prices Chas A. Coye, Inc. Grand Rapids, Mich, Raw Furs Hides, Wool and Tallow Write for Price List 24-26 Louis St. Grand Rapids Michigan AQ | POO EE’D’DOOAAPPPPC PCS SS SSS \ ==>» BIFPSSS>SSSS235S555555 ay Patrons a Merry Christmas. Paul Steketee & Sons Wholesale Dry Goods Grand Rapids, Mich. W q our friends and a VALI -4 e o ° e SS SS SS . Ss st of e? December 22, 1915 What Some Michigan Cities Are Doing. Written for the Tradesman. J. S. Brock has resigned as Presi- dent of the Otsego Commercial Club, believing that someone should be at the head who is not connected with the retail business. His successor is E. W. Eady. Jitney owners of Pontiac have or- ganized and adopted rates of fare, which range from 5 cents on paved streets to 10 cents on unpaved in the mile circle. Mt. Pleasant officials, after inspect- ing the boulevard lighting system at Cadillac, have reported in favor of adoption of a similar system at home. W. R. Simons is the newly chosen President of the Marshall Board of Commerce. An iron foundry has been secured for Marshall, which will be in operation in January. Secretary Mangum, of the Mar- quette Commercial Club, reports that two new industries have been secured during the year and that there are five more “warm” prospects in sight. Five directors were re-elected as fol- lows: E. S. Rice, M. W. Jopling, J. R. Van Evera, E. L. Pearce and F. S. Case. Howell’s two business organiza- tions, the Commercial Club and the Boomers, will unite. Freight and passenger traffic at Baldwin show an increase this year. The Pere Marquette has built large extensions to its tracks there which will relieve congestion in the new yards. Flint has installed new city scales, which may be used free of charge at any time by farmers for the weighing of farm produce. Benton Harbor has about forty-five miles of water mains as compared with twenty-one miles five years ago; also 307 fire hydrants in use, and in- crease of ninety-two over last year. In view of these and other improve- ments and the addition of a new fire truck, Mayor Ryno believes that the city is entitled to a better classifica- tion and lower insurance rates. Fire Chief Delfs, of the Lansing department, recommends the purchase of an aerial truck and the adoption of a building code in order to lower the city to a second-class rating in fire insurance. Lansing’s fire loss during November was only $225. Fire undewriters state that there is a large amount of defective electric wiring at Albion and that a local electrical inspector is needed. Almond Griffen. —__+<-+___ Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, Dec. 20—The fifth dancing party given by Grand Rapids Council came to a close Saturday evening at midnight with the largest crowd of the season, which proves the fact that the parties are growing in popularity and that those who at- tend do not hesitate to advertise the good times to be had tripping the light fantastic under the auspices of the U. C. T.’s hustling committee. All the parties have been ‘very suc- cessful, but the New Year’s party is expected to outdo all previous ef- forts. The ladies have charge of this dance and report a large sale of tickets. As to the programme they have arranged, they absolutely refuse to divulge any secrets. Queer, isn’t it? Nevertheless, we can safely say MICHIGAN TRADESMAN that there will be some doings and that the old council chambers will hold a jolly bunch of peddlers and their friends. Remember that Jan. 1 is the date for the culmination of the ladies’ efforts. W. P. Drake is on the job again after a few days’ illness. Bill says he isn’t all here now, as he had a tonsil removed. He also reports he has had two sick babies for the past week. Hull Freeman, of 1430 Sherman street, fell on icy steps in front of his home Thursday and, as a result, received a severe scalp wound. A. P. Anderson entertained his father from Greenville over Sunday. q Tasker, of Holland, and a member of Grand Rapids Council, has signed a contract with the Brown & Sehler Co. to handle its line of silo fillers and farm implements. Mr. Tasker will act as a special repre- sentative and have the entire State. The National Grocer Co., of Cadil- lac, has purchased the property in which it has been quartered for the past eight years. The property was purchased of W. H. Parrish, of Gran Rapids, and the consideration was $22,000. It will make extensive im- provements, among which will be a new heating and sprinkling system. The Hotel Hodges, of Pontiac, which was remodeled and renamed the Hotel Kenwood, opened for busi- ness last week. Everything was not in readiness, but due to the fact that the salesmen for the Oakland Auto- mobile Co. held their convention last week, the Hotel was opened to ac- commodate the visitors. The Hotel will be run on the European plan and will have good rooms for $1 per. The dining room has not opened as yet, but will be ready for business by Jan. 1. We wondered why Charles Perkins was wandering around in a listless sort of a manner and, upon enquiring the nature of his troubles, learned that the firm with whom he has been for the past thirteen years has decided to go out of business. A. M. Amberg, of the firm of D. M. Amberg & Bro., has been ill for the past five years and it is due to his ill health that the firm has decided to discon- tinue business. They have been in business for the past fifty-four years and during that time have enjoyed a flourishing business. Charley says it is like leaving home, he has been with them so long. He has several offers of a new position, but has not decided upon any of them as yet. May he leave the old firm with all their bless- ings on his head and may he enter a new position with all the enthusiasm he has always shown for his old em- ployers’ interest! Fred Buck is confined to his bed in St. Mary’s hospital with typhoid fever. Tt looks slim for Fred for any Christ- mas turkey. Most of the boys must have “holed” up some place yesterday, because we were unable to arouse many of them by telephone. As a result, Gabby Gleanings is a small bundle this week. Wishing every one a Merry Christ- mas, I promise to dig up more for next week, L. V. Pilkington. —~>++.___ Back of all the numerous evils that beset the grocer, both the jobber and the retailer, are two main motives—ig- norance and cupidity. Nor is it always outside the ranks of the grocer that either or both originate. All of which suggests that there is plenty of room for education in competitive law as well as administrative methods. It is undoubtedly true that the ignor- ant grocer, with little real knowl- edge as to the cost of doing business, is a bad competitor; an enemy not only to himself but to every man who is forced to compete with him. It is also true that the manufacturer and the job- ber who play favorites in trade and sell goods at lower prices to some than to others, do much to make fair competi- tion impossible. Likewise it is true that the grocer is the natural victim of fifty- seven varieties of schemer, for about fifty-six of which the grocer will usu- ally “fall,” through both ignorance and cupidity; ignorance of the laws of economics and cupidity which deceives him into chasing will-o’-the-wisps, But another enemy to the grocer, along both lines, is the man within the ranks, sup- posed to be a trusted and safe adviser, who really conjures up trade evils in the hope that the net result may inure somehow to his benefit. The net result of his activity is a great deal of trade dissatisfaction that is not justified and of discontent for which there is little, if any, occasion. . Our Leaders La Zoos 10c Murphys 5c_ El Mara 5c Order through the Worden Grocer Co. or direct Jas. J. O’Meara Manufacturer of Miss Kazoo 5c Cigars Kalamazoo, Michigan 15 Are Your Net Profits Satisfactory? Probably not, if you are like nine out of ten merchants. Your trouble prob- ably is (1) you have too many of some items; (2) not enough items. If you will buy the “many lines in one bill” offered by our monthly catalogue of General Merchandise, you easily can apply the remedy . Butler Brothers Exclusive Wholesalers of General Merchandise New York Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Dallas per dozen. PARKER MAIS -\\ HOSESUPPORTER 4 ©) COMBINED 4 We sell and recommend this hose supporter waist. Sizes assorted or solid 2, 4. 6, 8, 10,12, 14 years. Price $2.00 Try our Notions and Fancy Goods Department. Good merchandise at reasonable prices is our aim. Exclusively Wholesale Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan 16 MICHIGAN Ce. o SS =. To = OS S ¢ = = ie = — 2 Ss —" ¢ = = =p saa ~ =“ —_ = oe = ; = = = : = 3 = = = =— = 1 2 sees 3 ee » = STOVES « np HARDW Fe : A ~ = & O, = = = ’ “4 = . 2 So = | S t = = = - = = 2 _— 2 5 = = ie eee 2. =. = = oe x a SS ee er eS ere on a eh or ones Ro Zz, js | ee So “a Oy B@ \ Vy) fo, Op ani : ———— ~ aR Michigan Retail Hardware Association. President—Frank E. Strong, Battle Creek. Vice-President—Fred F. Ireland, Beld- n ing. Secretary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine City. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. a. Stoves and Tinware After Christmas. Written for the Tradesman. Foresight is a prominent attribute of the successful hardware merchant. Be- fore Thanksgiving Day he is looking forward to and planning for Christmas; and before the Christmas campaign is over, he must commence to lay his plans for the new year. In this connection the average mer- chant is apt to leave his stove stock out of the reckoning. It has been pushed back in most instances to make room for Christmas specials; and the tendency is to leave it there. “We can’t sell stoves after Christmas” is the view of the average merchant. “They may sell in other places all right, but they won't sell here.” Yet there are instances—not a few— where hardware merchants have con- ducted very successful stove sales in the early winter months, These in- stances illustrate what can be done along this line. As a matter of fact, although many stove prospects have determined to set- tle down to the use of an old stove or range through the winter, the hardest part of the winter is yet to come. Just about New Years, if not before, the old heater undergoes a heavy pull; and the heavy pull is apt to emphasize the deficiences of the old model as com- pared with modern heater which the hardware merchant has in stock and has been trying to sell. When the de- ficiencies are emphasized by hard ex- perience, the stove owner is apt to say: “Well, we'll have a new heater for next winter, sure.” The hardware dealer whose aggres- sive advertising steps in at this junc- ture and asks, in effect, “Why go through an uncomfortable winter with an old stove?” stands a good chance to do a little profitable business. Stock taking is as necessary in the stove department as in any other branch of the hardware store. The stove in- ventory is not, however, a difficult one to take; and, if taken immediately after Christmas, it affords the excuse for a stock taking sale in which stoves can be featured very effectively. Indeed, a pre-inventory sale is not out of place. It will not interfere appreciably with stock taking, for the merchant can in most instances take stock almost at a glance. There is no dead stock; he is a poor merchant indeed who allows a range or heater to remain in stock until it is out of date. Numerous instances are reported where hardware dealers have secured good results by offering special in- ducements. Price is, of course, a fea- ture that will always appeal; and the fact, skillfully emphasized, that these special prices are for the month of January only, will guard the merchant against “come-backs” when the regular stove season recurs and he sells at nor- mal prices. Results just as good can, in many cases, be secured, by varying the inducements so that. at least nom- inally, the price is maintained. Under this plan “combinations” are featured in the January stove sale. Thus, each stove purchaser will receive a razor, a lamp, a carving knife, or some other article of hardware of sufficient value to Serve as an inducement. It is almost always possible to secure the necessary Premiums by going over the stock and selecting articles which, while still good, have been in stock for some time, and which, normally, the merchant at this time of the year would have to offer at a sacrifice in order to move them. In a good many cases merchants, even at the height of the holiday season, do not allow their stoves to drop entirely out of sight. Occasionally a stove or range will be purchased for gift pur- poses at the Christmas season itself. They can be advertised along with the regular Christmas lines, and clerks can suggest them where comparatively ex- pensive gifts are desired. Where this has been done, the mind of the pros- pective customer is in some measure prepared for the stove sale which al- most immediately follows the holiday season. It will in any event be easier to awaken public interest than where the stoves have been allowed to drop en- tirely out of sight. The minute the holiday season is end- ed, active steps are in order. The stoves should be brought to the front, and ag- gressively advertised, They can be fea- tured in window displays. The selling campaign must be energetic, since it is usually advisable to time the sale so that it will be over before the big drive of the January stock taking com- mences, about the middle of the month. The featuring of stoves, however, does not mean that stoves should be featured exclusively. This is far from desirable. Where there is one chance of selling a stove or range at this sea- son of year, there are scores of chances of selling kitchen utensils. The stoves have this advantage, however, that they harmonize thoroughly with the house- hold goods. In fact, they supply a sort of background or coloring; just as Christmas decorations in red and green supply a background for the Christmas specialties featured in December. A display featuring a modern range as a TRADESMAN center af attraction and a complete line of household accessories in connection with it, will prove to have greater pull- ing power than a range displayed in itself, or a display confined entirely to kitchen utensils. By linking the two together, you help the sale of household goods and at the same time lose no chance of selling a stove or range. Excellent displays can be devised along this line. With heaters, a model living room can be shown—the heater in the foreground, perhaps an electric reading lamp, electric foot warmer, chafing dish, and convenient accessor- ies of one sort and another. A model kitchen will show, not only the modern range, but a complete line of kitchen utensils, By displaying the latter suita- bly arranged in a kitchen cabinet, the latter important kitchen accessory can incidently be advertised. It should not be forgotten that, in addition to the immediate sales, which are worth considering, these January displays have a distinctly educative value. The immediate returns are by no means to be despised. Ag an in- December 22, 1915 REYNOLDS ono By THE NATION, . SA-TRADE MARIOS 2, Ih (HMR) SRESTABLISHED 1868, STABLISHED 1868 ” ‘a> FIRE UNDERWRIE SHINGLES Reduces Fire Insurance Rates Will Not Ignite from Flying Sparks or Brands Sold by All Lumber Dealers H. M. Reynolds Asphalt Shingle Co. “Originators of the Asphalt Shingle” Grand Rapids, Mich. General Offices: Public Seating For All Purposes Manufacturers of American Steel Sanitary Desks In use throughout the world World’s Largest Manufacturers of Theatre Seating Hmerican Seating Company 14 E. Jackson St., Chicago; Broadway and Ninth St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ASK FOR LITERATURE Foster, Stevens & Co. Wholesale Hardware wt 157-159 Monroe Ave. _ :: Grand Rapids, Mich. 151 to 161 Louis N. W. cessories. word. The “Dick Famous” Line HAND AND POWER FEED CUTTERS 40 Years the Standard You can’t buy anything better—and you can’t beat our service, for as Distributors for the Central Western States we always carry a full stock of machines, parts, and ac- This means instant action when you say the Ask for Our Dealers’ Proposition Get your share of this business. Ask for our printed matter and catalogues. We have the goods and are glad to tell dealers all about them. Distributors for Central Western States Grand Rapids, Michigan We Stand Back of Every Order We Sell | Clemens & Gingrich Co. . 2s - “~ a 15 SS =a — oa — aa December 22, 1915 stance, some years ago in a city of 18,- 000 people a hardware firm held a kitchen utensil sale early in February. The sale was backed by brisk advertis- ing, and brought over $500 worth of business in this one line—surprising volume of business considering that it was made up of small individual sales, and the time of year at which it was held, The educational side of the sale can be stimulated by demonstrations, The season is a quite one, normally: and the salespeople will have ample time to show the goods and to urge their selling points. Hence, it is an excellent time to demonstrate new lines, with an eye not merely to im- mediate sales but to later business. Thus, electrical goods can be demon- strated incidentally; they represent modern methods of handling house- hold problems and, in places where there are many users of electric cur- rent, a hardware dealer can often build up quite a business in these lines, So, too, aluminum can be advan- tageously demonstrated at this sea- son. It is a new thing, and it offers opportunities to the merchant who secures the agency for a good line and who pushes it systematically, per- sistently and comprehensively. These lines need not be included in the general scheme of price-reduction: rather, the aim should be to seize the opportunity to introduce and demonstrate them to customers, new and old, who may be attracted by price advertising and who will un- doubtedly be interested in household goods. William Edward Park. The Crank. I am an old crank. I know it, because I hear them say so behind my back. It makes me peevish when I see buyers spending time and energies on bum jobs when they can’t take care of their regular customers who want to pay full price. I always get cross when I see a dozen saleswomen gossiping while customers are trying to spend money with us. I lose my temper when I see any- one sell a garment that doesn’t fit— for I hate to see us making enemies for the store. I’m a crank about people being on their jobs, keeping their ambition going at top speed, looking bright and cheerful, and serving customers as best they can. I never can get used to buyers wait- ing until all of a wanted article is sold before they begin to think of getting more. I fuss over all the unnecessary de- lays I see every day in almost every department of the store; I don’t see why everybody can’t do it now. I am ill-natured over salespersons making out addresses wrong and then kicking because of their credits, I always have a grouch when I see expensive stock thrown around care- lessly. In short I’m a grump, grouch, fuss- budget and first-class crank—but there’s a lot of things to be cranky about in a big store like this! MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Activities in Michigan Cities. Written for the Tradesman. A. M. Herrington is the new man- ager of the Citizens telephone ex- change at Freeport. A fine office building with walls of pressed brick is being erected for the East Jordan Chemical Co., at Bast Jordan. The Houghton County Macaroni Manufacturing Co. has started oper- ations at Hancock and is turning out forty boxes of macaroni per day at the start. A drying plant is being installed which will care for a larger output. The Republic Motor Truck Co., of Alma, recently secured an order from a Chicago firm for 700 trucks, which involves over $1,250,000. Over 300 men are employed at the plant and the force will be increased. The Commercial Club of Eaton Rapids favors continuing the street paving work in the spring to include Canal, State and Hamlin streets. The Grand Ledge Boosters’ Club has completed its organization by electing Howard S. Thompson Sec- retary and Treasurer. Regular meet- ings will be held and new chairmen will preside at each meeting. Walter Vanderbilt is appointed to preside at the next dinner meeting. Reports from Ishpeming show a much larger movement of iron ore this year than was anticipated early in the season, the figures showing close to 100 per cent. more ore than was shipped last year. Railway com- panies are buying new locomotive; and equipment and the ore carrying fleets are being increased, prelimin- ary to what promises to bea record- breaking year in 1916. Albion has close to 8,000 people, according to a recent census, and is one of the growing towns of Mich- igan. The auto dash plant at Milford which was burned during the sum- mer has been rebuilt and is in oper- ation again. Jackson has outgrown its city hall and is looking up a site for a new building. The Michigan employment institu- tion for the blind at Saginaw has in- stalled a new telephone switchboard and students will be taught how to use the board, adding another trade resource. Saginaw plans to turn on its new boulevard lights Jan. 1 Bay City has let the contract for an addition to its municipal lighting plant on the west side of the river Boys in the Arthur Hill trade school, at Saginaw, will build a real house from basement to roof for a citizen there, for the sake of the ex- perience gained. The Michigan Wild Life Conser- vation Association will hold its an- nual convention in Saginaw Feb. 23- 26, with an exhibition in connection. For the sixth time in ten years Sagi- naw voters have refused to author- ize a bond issue for a new water- works plant. Almond Griffen. ——~+--.—____ Nothing pleases people more than to see a worthless boy “make a man” of himself. 17 Safe Expert W.L. Slocum, 1 N Ionia, Grand Rapids, guarantees to open any safe, also change combination. Wire, phone or write when in trouble. Citizens phone 61,037. Bell Phone 860 Citz. Phone 2713 Lynch Bros. Special Sale Conductors Expert Advertising—Expert Merchandising 28 So. Ionia Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich. City Phone 5995 Bell M 995 We have the finest of Cut Flowers Baskets, Plants, Etc. for Christmas All flowers packed in neat Christmas boxes A. Hannah & Son Floral Shop 18 Monroe Ave. OFFICE OUTFITTERS LOOSE LEAF SPECIALISTS 237-239 Pearl St. (near the bridge) Grand Rapids, Mich. Make Out Your Bills THE EASIEST WAY Save Time and Errors. Send for Samples and Circular—Free. Barlow Bros., Grand Rapids, Mich. Malek School of Music Grand Rapids, Mich. ') Artist Highest (> ¥ ‘} Teachers Standard Ottokar Malek, Pianist Founder and Director The permanent Xmas gift to your children is A Thorough Musical Education Under Capable Teachers For Catalogue address 234 East Fulton St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Jobbers Like to sell you the Li A a A l0¢ CIGAR as well as they like to smoke it, because it’s ALL THERE allthe time. Try it. H. Schneider Co. 132 Monroe Grand Rapids Christmas Candy Everything for Your Holiday Trade Hard Candies Cream Candies Chocolates Pop Corn Balls Folding Candy Boxes Nuts, Dates, Figs, Etc. Largest Candy Manufacturers in Western Michigan Also distributors of the world famous WE LOWNEY’S CHOCOLATES in Fancy Christmas Packages SHIP PROMPTLY National Candy Co., Inc., PUTNAM FACTORY Grand Rapids, Mich. Always at Your Service INDEPENDENT Lo a 2 2 ey TELEPHONE SS NOT LD The Citizens Telephone Company’s Long Distance Lines Connecting with over 200,000 Telephones in the State of Michigan alone Citizens Service Satisfies 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN December 22, 1915 Sh 9 Hj A Vid ZIM Te ~ : al BEER Nt Pree aa a FA EAae = LG A = = - — SV! = as ees = = = me = > e — - = > REVIEW °F t« SHOF MARKET ; = es 2S a ae = \ Problems of the Small Town Shoe Merchant. The small town retailer who pays close attention to the buying end of his business usually gets his share of the shoe trade of his community. In one town of some 300 inhabitants a new merchant arrived. He bought his store from an established mer- chant, who had specialized in grocer- ies, and prepared to sell shoes. He had never lived in a small town; he had heard somewhere that the class of citizens from which his trade would be recruited were strong for bargains. He judged that late styles would not be in demand. He decided that high- grade shoes would be beyond the purse of the majority of the citizens. With these ideas in mind he stocked up with odds and ends, which he bought cheaply and could retail at moderate prices and still make a good profit. He desired to give his cus- tomers good bargains, but his shoes didn’t sell. Youths from the country looked over his stock, smiled behind their hands, and filed out of the door. When the dealer mentioned reduced prices they traveled all the faster. The only sales the dealer made were to customers who didn’t care par- ticularly what they bought, just so it was cheap. “This won't do,” explained the dealer to another business man who had become chummy with him. “TI am doing the poorest business I ever heard of. I’ll have to move out and go where shoes are in demand.” “The right kind of shoes are in de- mand here,” replied the young barber, He extended his neatly shod feet. “See these shoes,” said he. ‘They’re the new English style,” replied the dealer. “Shoes of that grade do not retail for less than $5. “T could have sold twenty pairs like these if I had been supplied, dur- ing the past two days,” explained the barber. “All the boys like this style. Why don’t you stock up with up-to- date quality shoes. The styles you are selling, or trying to sell, were in fashion five years ago.” The dealer asked his young busi- ness friend to assist him in selecting a new stock. He gladly complied. “Now,” said the dealer, “when those shoes arrive I want you to inform each of your interested friends that I have the new style on hand, and will guarantee satisfaction. If the boys want style, they'll get it; there is no use for them to go to the larger towns. Fire away.” His young business friend began to recommend the shoe dealer’s stock. Customers arrived and the dealer be- gan to make sales. His late model shoes sold on sight; salesmanship was not required. The dealer began to realize that mouth to mouth adver- tising was a trade pulling proposition in a small town. Where so many citizens were intimately acquainted, mouth to mouth advertising progress- ed automatically. If the dealer car- ried the proper stock he would do a good business with a minimum amount of effort. If he sold out-of- date goods, the news would quickly spread, and his store would be avoid- ed by shoe customers. The above facts relate to the sale of dress shoes, but work shoes, or shoes for the laboring man, are “best sellers” in the town where farmers trade. The farmer, no matter if he is worth $500,000, is apt to wear work shoes five or six days in the week. There is one dealer in a town some- what larger than the first mentioned, who does a larger business than any of his competitors. He occupies a modest store and is not very favor- ably located. But he sells shoes! A friend who was interested in the mat- ter asked the dealer why he had such good success. “I specialize on the sale of popular shoes,” replied the dealer. “I do noi attempt to carry a wide variety of styles. I have two styles of work shoes; one style is lighter than the other and sells for less money. Both styles are manufactured by the same firm. “I have built up a large business through the advertising which these two styles of work shoes have given me. I sell the majority of the labor- ing men in this vicinity. Carpenters, masons, farmers, etc., have found that these shoes are exceptionally serviceable. By selling large quan- tities of these two styles I can make attractive prices.” When retailing shoes in the smaller towns dealers have many problems of advertising to face. Frequently an advertising campaign gives dis- appointing results. There is only one successful method of advertising shoes. The shoes should be allowed to advertise the store. There are several methods of accomplishing the desired result; but each method bears directly upon the main object. If A Good Many Retailers Have found they didn’t have enough WALES GOODYEAR (Bear Brand) RUBBERS And we’re getting a lot of re-orders— “Bear Brand” Rubbers are the thing this year. You'll find it hard sledding trying to satisfy your trade with any other make- shift brand. Many bright retailers have caught on and are pushing Bear Brand Rubbers hard. Send in YOUR order now, we can send the goods promptly, but the sales you lose running short of sizes will pay the freight many times over. Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co. Manufacturers of Bertsch and H. B. Hard Pan Shoes Grand Rapids, Michigan Leather Top Rubbers For the Lumberman’s and Farmer’s Trade The bottoms of “Glove” brand, duck Lumbermen’s Overs; the tops of heavy, serviceable leather, with full bellows tongue. Carried in 8 inch, 11 inch, 14 inch and 17 inch heights. Also made with Red Pressure Process bottoms and brown leather tops. Send for catalogue and prices. Hirth-Krause Company Grand Rapids, Mich. —¢... anmineeicimancaaienneanaas Messen en hk ge , ner Eee came Soren tn December 22, 1915 quality shoes are well advertised, the dealer will be well advertised also. Newspaper advertising, moving pic- ture advertising, and outdoor adver- tising are all time tried and success- ful methods of attracting customers to the dealer’s place of business. Newspaper advertising is perhaps the peer of any other method, although in some instances other methods might give better results. The deal- er who requires the assistance of a well-directed advertising campaign will find that the three methods, used in conjunction, will be most helpful. Moving picture advertising has given Satisfactory results for the ma- jority of small town shoe retailers who have given the method a fair trial. In the small town the moving picture show is appreciated. Every- thing thrown upon the screen receives marked attention. The best class of citizens can be found among the audience. In the average small town the moving picture show is the place of high class amusement. The re- tailer who wishes to increase his sales usually does so after throwing advertisements upon the screen. One dealer who has sold shoes in a small town for more than ‘ thirty years believes outdoor advertising is the best method of giving publicity to a stock of shoes, He generally uses postures put out by the manu- facturers, and distributes them thor- oughly over the country. When a dealer draws considerable of his trade from the rural districts outdoor ad- vertising is especially advisable. “I didn’t appreciate or understand the advantages of window display until I tried it,’ remarked another small town dealer. “I moved into a store which had two large windows. A salesman advised me to let the show windows assist me in drawing trade. He gave me some advice re- garding how to display shoes and I decided to get busy. I wanted to get the trade of the young men and boys; for this purpose I had stocked some nobby styles. I displayed samples of the stock and watched for results. My show window was well lighted; at night the shoes showed up well from the street. While a display such as the one I made would be classed as ordinary in any city, it was superior to anything of the kind which had ever been done in my town. “The town was filled with farm hands and farmers’ sons the follow- ing Saturday night, My window dis- plays took with them. My two clerks, as well as myself, were kept busy until a late hour. I was elated with the success of the window displays.” The dealer mentioned makes his displays as natural as possible. He wants the attention of the citizens who pass along the street to be at- tracted to his shoes. Foreign mat- ter, excepting a limited amount of attractive trimming, is kept out of the window. He attaches a small, neat card to each pair of shoes. He ex- plained that this method makes many sales before the customer enters the Store. The dealer believes it is a good plan to display an attractive Pair of socks above the shoes. He LSE SCOR AST Naa ee aeraacnancneSeeedeaeereseeee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN keeps his show window spotlessly clean at all times, and the shoes on display are dusted daily. Good salesmanship assists the re- tailer in selling prospective customers who have attracted to his place of business. The shoe salesman should make a point of fitting his customer with the greatest possible care—and expeditiously. If the dealer knows his stock, and the customer knows what he wants, the sale can be quick- ly made. The salesman should be able to explain the superior merits of his shoes, and give a perfect fit in every case. The satisfied customer comes again and he recommends the store to his friends—Shoe Retailer. Italian Army Shoe Contract. The Italian army shoe contracts for 1,000,000 pairs was placed last week. The makers are working with the greatest energy to make deliver- ies as per terms of the contract. This Italian army shoe does not differ es- sentially from the one ordered sev- eral months ago, with the exception that it has sort of a tip and wing re- inforcement, intended to make the shoe more serviceable. This neces- sitated changing the last by heighten- ing the toe a little to allow more room for the toes in marching, as this wing tip had the effect of making the forepart of the shoe a little more rigid Another change was the stitch- ing of the counter on the outside of the quarter. This did away with the neces- sity of the counter pocket, which was a ‘source of a good deal. of bother, and when not properly sewed in caused discomfort to the wearer. Farm 100 Feet Under Ground. Operating a mushroom farm 100 feet under the surface of the earth is the pleasant and profitable experi- ence of William Krumlaugh, an Ohio farmer, Two years ago he began growing mushrooms in beds located in the worked-out rooms and entries of a small coal mine on his farm. The mushrooms net more than the coal durinng the winter months. First he planted 150 square feet to test out the plan. Now he has 1,000 square feet of mushroom beds. They mix fresh manure with straw, wet it down, and let it stand four or five weeks. Spawn is then broken up in small pieces and mixed with manure and straw. Then it is piled into coal cars and hauled 400 yards into the mine to the beds which are 100 feet under the ground. Leaf mould is placed on top of the manure and spawn to a depth of 11% inches. Within ten weeks the mushrooms raise themselves above the loam. Their delicately fragile pink-and- whiteness blooms weirdly in the dark- ness, These beds form what is be- lieved to be the only strictly subter- ranean farm in existence. The mushrooms are picked when they are three inches high. Every two or three days a new crop is ready for market. They are packed in boxes and are sold to restaurants and hotels. The nearest market pays 35 cents a pound. The mushrooms mar- keted in Pittsburgh and Chicago bring nearly twice that price. To All Our Friends and Customers We extend to you Our Heartiest Christmas Greetings + Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie Company Merry Christmas To You —, and here is something that will make it so HOOD RUBBERS The People’s gauge of Quality The Merchant’s Get HOOD’S and you will be merry Write us Grand RapidsShoe & Rubber The Michigan People Grand Rapids 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 2 i — WOMANS WORLD | — ZF Gh OO WH, (OS GALS Suggestion For a Little After-Christ- mas Thinking. Written for the Tradesman. It is wise to take stock of ourselves occasionally, or, to use an old hack- neyed but still very expressive phrase, “to pause and consider the path in which our feet are walking.” Would it not be a good idea for each one of us after Christmas is over and as we are about to enter upon a new year, to sit down quietly some eve- ning and apply to ourselves the test of Christmas—that is, to review the thoughts and feelings that have come to us with the holiday season, with a view to determining the tendencies of our own development. Very likely before this Woman’s World gets a reading in many Trades- man household—or certainly soon after—the great Day will be over. Have we had a merry Christmas? With all of us who have passed the rosy years of early youth, the answer depends largely on whether or not we have retained the power to he merry. “Heap on more wood, the wind is chill, But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still,” runs the old carol. It is possible to be glad in spite of adverse circum- stances. Indeed gladness, if it come at all, usually must come, in spite of some untoward conditions. Joyous- ness depends, not upon freedom from all ills, but on the ability to rise above and forget sorrow and disappoint- ment. Nothing but a sharp and recent be- reavement or the hurt of a fresh and deep wound should keep us from be- ing joyous at this season. If we are letting work and petty cares so en- gross us that not take the time to be glad even at Christmas, if our common everyday thoughts have gotten to running in dismal channels so that nothing looks bright and hopeful to us, then it is time to face about and change our course. We Can Christmas is pre-eminently the sea- son of kindness and good will, o relief of suffering and want, of sym- pathy and warm fellow-feeling, of the renewal and strengthening of the ties of blood and of friendship. These emotions and activities taken to- gether have been happily personified under the name of the Spirit of Christmas. Have we responded to this Spirit? As we have selected and purchased gifts, or as we have with our own fingers fashioned dainty remem- brances, as we have sent out our greetings and invitations, as we have decked trees and filled stockings, have we entered heartily into the spirit of the occasion, have we hon- estly tried to confer pleasure, have we sought to make fitting expression of genuine love and regard, or have we taken up these tasks in a mechanical sort of way, the main thought being to discharge burdensome obligations —to do what was expected of us— as speedily as possible? What Christmas has come to mean to us depends mainly upon our out- look on life and the estimate in which we hold our fellow-beings, Youth is normally optimistic and over-trust- ful. But after a few years experience we see things through sorrowfully disillusioned eyes. Then gradually and at first almost imperceptibly there is apt to come on a hardening of the nature. The thrifty and industrious person, shocked at the waste and shiftless- ness that is all about, is likely to be- come selfish and even parsimonious. Possibly endeavors to help others have been received ungratefully or donations have been misapplied. At any rate the tendency with such a one is to turn a deaf ear to the cries of poverty—to say that those in wretched circumstances have brought their unhappy condition upon them- selves, and that it is a waste of money and effort to try to alleviate their woes. Pained and embittered by seeing continually the greed, the deception, the hypocrisy, the treachery, of which poor human nature furnishes count- less examples, the upright, conscien- tious man or woman is liable to grow suspicious and mistrustful and to im- pute wrong motives where they do not exist. Cynicism is the natural mental tendency of advancing years. And we are likely to become ex- acting, over-critical, censorious, harsh in our judgment of others. If con- cerning Christmas we find our minds inclined to dwell chiefly upon the follies and abuses of an unwise and extravagant celebration of the day, so that we are blinded to the great outpouring of affection and tender- ness of which also there is abundant evidence, it will be well to take a little warning. If we find ourselves in our general habit of thought en- dorsing the sentiment of that witty misanthropist who remarked “The more I see of people the better I like dogs,” it is high time to call 4 halt. A young middle-aged man whose daily occupation threw him much with people and gave him constant reminders of the seamy side of human nature, so that he felt he was grow- ing almost to hate his fellow men. observed playfully, “I sometimes wonder what I’ll be like if I should live to be seventy years old.” This was spoken lightly, more in jest than in earnest, yet it expresses an idea that each one of us well may take seriously. The whitening of the hair, the fad- ing of complexion, the weakening of the muscles—these are not the worst nor the saddest of growing old. The loss of love and kindly feel- ing, the shriveling up of the sym- pathies—these are far more to be dreaded. And it is the little begin- nines of misanthropy, allowed to take root and flourish during middle life, that result in a cross and crabbed and perhaps even a friendless old age. To keep faith in humanity after many individuals have broken faith with us, to see the pure gold in humankind after bitter experience has made our eyes keen to discern the dross, to deal fairly with those strange con- tradictions of character in which much of good and much of evil are mingled in the same person, and al- ways to be ready to recognize merit and to overlook and forgive faults and failings—all this comes not with- out effort, But it is worth while. Becoming gloomy and misanthrop- ic is not inevitable if a little struggle | unknown kind. December 22, 1915 is set up against the tendency. The alternative qualities can be cultivated. We ourselves must determine whether as the years glide along we shall grow to be like Scrooge—that is, a; Scrooge was before his marvelous transformation—or like sweet and ever adorable Tiny Tim. Quillo. All Dolled Up. “Mrs. Judkin read a paper before the suffrage club yesterday afternoon.” “Did it show careful preparation?” “No; but Mrs. Judkin did.” At Holiday Time There’s a greater demand han ever for t Maplei the “‘mapley”’ flavor for making syrup and flavor- ing desserts and dainties. Order from Louis Hilfer Co. 1503 State Bldg. Chicago, Ill. CRESCENT MFG. CO. Seattle, Wash. Citizens 4120 What’s In a Name? The name of every National Biscuit Company product has a selling value to the grocer, Biscuit baked by us bear names persistently advertised and easily recalled—names backed by the highest baking skill. Your customers know what to ask for by name if you carry N. B. C. goods. You do not have to explain or insist that “they're just as good,” as does a grocer who sells an You can see the advantage of selling the best biscuit baked. Grocers who sell National Biscuit Company products hold the most desirable trade in any community. The I. X. L. Upholstering & Mattress Co. Mfrs. of Driggs Mattress Protectors Pure Hair and Felt Mattresses Link and Box Springs Boat. Chair and Window Seat Cushions rite for Prices Grand Rapids NABISCO Sugar Wafers— the most popular RIE, dessert confec- tion. Retail at 10c and 25c. a) NATIONAL BISCUIT COM PANY a nn December 22, 1915 HYSTERICAL HATRED. It Has Been Transferred From Eng- land to America. Holland is full of anecdotes illustrat- ing the fanatical, unreasoning non-hu- man temper of Germany at war. I was told on good authority, and at first hand as such stories go, of a Berlin woman who telephoned her friends to come to the house in the evening: her son had just fallen in a hero’s death for the fath- erland, and they were going to toast the event in champagne. I was inclined to believe the story. After having been in Germany I am ready to concede that such an event might have happened in the early months of the war, although I should doubt whether it could have been frequent even then. I know that it would not happen now, except on the part of the sporadic pathological neurotic that crops up in every country even in time of peace. The German father or wife to-day meets the shock of the death of son or husband at the front with exactly the same sensa- tions, and with exactly the same reac- tions of the emotions as would an Amer- ican or an Englishman. This is not hearsay. I speak from knowledge which is not hard to obtain, with fifteen hundred deaths coming in day after day. I admit it may have been different at first. But the Germany of the autumn of 1915 is a very different thing from the Germany of the autumn of 1914; and this change of spirit Ger- mans themselves confess to. To begin with, and to prevent miscon- ception, it must be said emphatically that the change is not one of loss of con- fidence. In England I finally encounter- ed one or two clear-headed pessimists who thought a draw was the best Britain could look forward to. In Germany every soul I met was absolutely confident that Germany would triumph. Broadly, and in view of the Central advances in the past six months, it may be said that sentiment as to the outcome is exactly parallel in the two countries. The only difference is that the average English- man expects to win next year, and the German believes he has won now. But, with unshaken confidence, it is an infinitely soberer Germany than it must have been at the outset. The un- conciliating patriotism remains; but the exaltation has gone out of it. Even the hate has gone. After ten days in Ber- lin it occurred to me that I had not heard “Gott strafe England,” nor seen it on paper. I asked my friends about it. Most of them laughed sheepishly. Yes, that had been, but it wasn’t any longer. Perhaps the naval officers among whom it started still used the greeting. Every one else had stopped long ago. The only time the phrase came into my experience was on a railroad station at Vienna, where a solitary, bedraggled placard with “Gott strafe Italien” re- mained on the wall. The Viennese, who, whatever their faults, are not given to deceiving themselves, laughed openly at the characteristically lagging Austrian imitation of the Prussian sentiment. And that in spite of the fact that if there is one thing in the war in regard to which the Austrian shows real feeling it is Italy. And the Hymn of Hate is dead. One hears it in England—in parody; but not MICHIGAN TRADESMAN in Germany, in either seriousness or jest, Instead, they are discussing whether the sentiment it expresses is a wise one to have. One man, as cultured a gentleman as there is in the land, had never heard tHe verses. His wife got out her scrap book and read it. It rings even better in the original than in the translation, of course; and I maintained that, worthy or unworthy as its springs might be, it was genuine white-hot poetry that would last. The family was divided in opinion. They have even got to criticising Lis- sauer for writing his hymn. He defends himself by admitting that he would not write it now, but insists that at the time it represented a deep national feeling. He is very likely right; and we can let the defence go at that. But they are not singing the hymn to-day. In fact, there is far more bitterness against America than toward England Friends, chance acquaintances, strange fellow-travelers, it was always the same. They were careful to make it clear that they were trying not to be personally offensive; but the way they flashed up at the word America left no doubt that the resentment sprang from a deep and sensitive source. I am certain that one can count on the fingers of his hands the Germans in all Germany who are not convinced that our country has play- ed them unfair. That may only prove Germany blind and wrong: it is a deli- cate subject, and I am not judging any people; I am only stating facts. Perhaps the feeling will die down, too. “Let Americans do what they consider to be to their own interest,” seemed to be the German attitude, “but let them not pretend to be neutral about it.” The explanation that the great major- ity of the American people were not neutral in sentiment seemed to strike most Germans as a ray of illumination. “Oh, well, of course, in that case, it is different,” and somehow something in them seemed content. That may also seem illogical; but again it is German. I doubt whether any German could ade- quately explain to any American the mental process involved; but I am sure that practically every German would feel it. You can talk all the English you want in Berlin with impunity. I have heard it frequently and done it repeatedly, on the subway, on trains, in restaurants, on the streets, in the Tiergarten. I have had some occasional looks of curiosity; but never a word. I have had no occa- sion; yet I should feel deep hesitation at speaking German in a street of Lon- don. They have no hymn of hate in Eng- land. That is not the English way. But they have something in their hearts that is appalling in its quietness, like being face to face with an elemental force. I should not want any man to feel to- wards me, or any nation to feel against my people, as England feels toward Ger- many.—A. L, Kroeber in N. Y. Evening Post. —_+-<__ A pat on the back is better than a blow. Your competitor is just as human as you are. A _ kindly word will make his heart gl a foxy” trick will make it bitter. We are all out for business, but every one of us can get it with due respect for our — competitors. ie Claus never devised a better Christmas gift than a good piece of FURNITURE, which is always appreciated and , affords comfort and genuine pleasure to the entire family. : 9 Klingman’s The Largest Furniture Store in America Entrance Opposite Morton House Corner Ionia Ave. and Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Michigan WAT ATONNATATATATAT MATATAWATAN eo; >a EAC) Quality Delivery Boxes An Investment With Big Dividends Don't bother with poor, broken delivery boxes of odd sizes. Your most profitable investment, in both time and money, will be to install “Quality’’ Wire-Bound Boxes on each delivery route. They are made of the best material, in uniform sizes, and sold to you at unusually low prices. JOHN A. GRIER & CO. 1031-35 18th St. Detroit, Michigan CO) =F EF Pod al “WRIGHT eto da aslcanee a ae c° Lots of Rush Orders Carloads after carloads of that splendid “WHITE HOUSE” COFFEE are taxing the capacity of the Boston factory of Dwinell- Wright Co., although recently increased fully 25%. Mighty good coffee, isn’t it? Distributed at Wholesale by Judson Grocer Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN December 22, 1915 AUTOMOBILES AND ACCESSORIES The Auto Industry Now on Sound Basis. “The trend of the motor car in- dustry in America toward a sound, practical basis of production and selling, particularly visible last sea- son, is a purely natural use of motor cars,’ writes Charles W. Fraser, in analyzing the situation affecting the American automobile manufacture. “Perhaps no more clean exposi- tion has been given of the place the automobile occupies in present day existence than that put forth by a great New York National bank in one of its advertisements: ““The automobile’” this advertise- ment read, ‘has long ceased to be merely an expensive luxtury, and is now an economic necessity as well to the farmer as to the department store or in any occupation where expedition or economy can make its use valuable. ““By means of the automobile the outlying country is being brought closer to the big cities, and the val- ues that are created in this way more than offset any ordinary expenses which the motor car may develop either in the way of daily upkeep, depreciation or wear and _ tear. ““This bank would be glad to see every farmer and merchant in pos- session of an automobile, first for his use in his industry, and, sec- ond, for his pleasure, for there is a weighty economic factor of efficiency in the social conditions that sur- round labor.’ “So long as the use of the motor car was confined to a comparative few, who found it a new toy and dis- traction, excessive prices, due large- ly to extravagance in manufacture and marketing and to limited pro- duction facilities, were possible. The self-propelled vehicle was a new thing, must establish its own pre- cedents, and those who could afford them as luxuries paid luxury prices for them. “Gradually, however, this field proved too constrained, and there arose a demand from less exclusive sources. To meet this the cheap car was developed, and for some time, two extremes, the very expen- sive car and the comparatively very cheap one, dominated the market. There was no middle strain worthy of consideration. “In the last seven years this hiatus in price has been completely spanned by the development of several makes of medium priced automobiles of generally satisfactory ability. But it was not until the season just end- ed that the producers of the highest grade cars, the real aristocrats of the industry, realized the significance of this great central market and set about to serve it. “To bring their product within reach of this market herculean econ- omies must be effected. Five ele- ments enter into the cost of motor car manufacture. They are: Cost of material, cost of labor, overhead expense, dealers’ discount and the manufacturer’s profit.- Since the early days of the industry heavy re- ductions in the latter two items have greatly increased values. But furthe;- sacrifices were made in this direc- tion, as far as possible. “Savings in the buying of mater- ial other than by means of increased buying facilities were impossible if the manufacturer would bring to this market a car of the same quality as he had hitherto produced. The an- swer lay in reducing the cost of la- bor through increased and improved manufacturing facilities and in re- ducing the overhead expense by en- larging his output. The more the output could be enlarged practically the less portion of overhead expense each car would have to bear. “How well the leaders of the in- dustry adjusted themselves to this new condition is seen in the value offered last season, when better cars were marketed at lower prices than ever before. The tendency toward sound, businesslike practices in pro- duction and marketing was general in scope, and almost every great company shared in it. True, a very few concerns kept to the old idea, and strove to compete with the new, while handicapped by the old prac- tice of limited outputs and high prices, but their market had narrowed to alarming and almost vanishing pro- portions, and the real prosperity of the season was enjoyed through the greater market. “The general use of the automo- bile has brought it to face conditions similar to those faced by any other utilitarian commodity, and as has al- ways been the case the public, which provoked these conditions, has gain- ed the benefit.” —— Pick It Up. Whenever you talk with an inter- esting person with ideals and worth- while principles you are bound to be stimulated both by that personality and by the mind beyond that person- ality. There is something in every one for you, so therefore, if that something crops out— Pick it up. Every book that you read, if it is of any value at all, has something in it distinctly and especially for you. All through the various strata of business are priceless treasures await- ing the sharp, ready eye of the alert, and the growing man or woman is the one who not only faces these things, but who picks them up. Get these three little words firmly fixed in your mind in connection with everything useful and valuable to you in this world. Remember in their connec- tion, just as soon as you see anything that you can use— Pick it up. George Matthew Adams. — 77 .____ Farmers Buy Cars. Reports to state officials from Iowa motor car dealers show that the farm- ers of Iowa have spent $36,000,000 this year for new cars. 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 se N every community there are many Motor Truck prospects to whom a sale can be made when factory requirements are not too rigid. We will help dealers with prospects to make the sale: also, it may be a step toward establishing a permanent and profitable connection. You don't have to buy a “demonstrator.’’ The United Motor Truck Company Grand Rapids, Michigan EVEREADY FLASHLIGHTS Last year dealers every- where found real money Meeting the big Christ- mas rush for EVEREADY Flashlights. Many who ordered at the last minute had difficulty in getting their goods on time. Make sure right now that your stock is in good shape. Send in your order to-day to EVEREADY Headquarters. C. J. LITSCHER ELECTRIC COMPANY Wholesale Distributors 41-43 S. Market St. Grand Rapids, Michigan A Good Salesman. “What!” cried the careful housewife. “you charge me $1 a bushel for these potatoes?” “Yes, madam,” answered the polite grocer. “That is the very lowest price we can sell them for.” “How is it that I can get them from Brown’s for 90 cents then?” “T cannot say, madam. Perhaps Mr. Brown has taken a fancy to you. He is a widower and you are beauti- ful. Unfortunately, I—yes’m, $1. yo is the time to buy your Maxwell Automobile. I sell on the pay as you ride plan. Phone, write or call for dem- onstration. JOHN VLASBLOM Kent County Distributor 214-16 Ionia, N.W. Grand Rapids Holiday Suggestions Plush Robes................ $ 3.00 to $ 25.00 Pur/Robes...0/.( 03.5... 900to 100.00 Auto Robes.................. 400to 2500 Tonneau Robes ............. 9.00to 22.00 Steamer Rugs, 60x80 in...,.. 5.00to 11.00 Riding Saddles............... 5.00to 3000 Riding Crops ................ 2.25 to 5.00 Budles.. 3 1.50to 1250 Coach Whips................ 100to 6.00 Driving Whips .............. 15to 15.00 Carriage Heaters ............ 1.75 to 4.00 Mur Goats... 22.00to 55.00 Fur Gauntlet Gloves ........ 300to 7.00 Fur Gauntlet Mittens........ 1.25to 4.00 Pittees 250to 4,00 Sleighs and Swede Bells .... 50to 5.50 Ford Robes .......... 2.00to 300 Ford Radiator Covers....... 2A0to 225 Universal Robes, fit all Care... . 60. 3.50 Sherwood Hall Co., Ltd. 30-32 Ionia Ave., N. W. Grand Rapids, Michigan B. & S. Famous 5c Cigar Long Filler Order direct or through Worden Grocer Company Special Holiday Packages Barrett & Scully MAKERS Ionia, Michigan December 22, 1915 BANKRUPTCY MATTERS. Proceedings in the Western District of Michigan. Grand Rapids, Dec. 10—Ulysses G. Gil- bert, Grand Rapids, has this day filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, ad- judication has been made and the matter referred to Referee Wicks. The first meeting of creditors has been called for Jan. 3, at which time creditors may ap- pear, prove their claims, elect a trustee and transact such other and further busi- ness aS may come before the meeting. The schedules of the bankrupt reveal that he has no assets not claimed as exempt and the following are listed as his creditors: Campbell Bros., Marquette ....... $228 37 Russel Morin, Marquette .......... 16.16 Chas. H. Wheelock, Battle Creek 15.00 R. W. Boyer, M. D., Marquette ... 6.00 W. B. Lunn, M. D., Marquette .. 29.00 H. W. Sheldon, M. D., Negaunee .. 26.00 Russell C. Markham, Marquette .. 29.00 Z. Vadnais, M. D., Marquette 44.00 W. Sam Shipp, M. D., Battle Creek 11.75 St. Mary’s Hospital, Marquette 32.95 Stafford Drug Co., Marquette 6 We F. B. Weed, Battle Creek ....... - 11.00 Union Clothing Co., Marquette .... 24.25 Hager Bros. Co., Marquette ...... 2.40 J. Barabe, Negaunee ............. 92.06 S. S. Thomas, Negaunee .......... 40.71 Kelly Shirt Co., Grand Rapids .... 10.00 Gately-Wiggins Co., Calumet ..... 38.00 Ira M. Smith Co., Grand Rapids 9.48 Dr. B. A. Nelles, Grand Rapids .... 7.75 F. H. Vandenboom, Marquette 35.00 E. A. Beaumont, Marquette ..... 32.00 H. J. Hornbogen, Marquette ...... 4.00 Gil Hodgkins, Marquette ......... 16.00 Consolidated Fuel & Lbr. Co., Ne@raUunes Co ce , 33.00 In the matter of John Spore, bankrupt, Mulliken, the first meeting of creditors was held this date. It appeared from the examination of the bankrupt that the estate contained no assets not claimed as exempt by the bankrupt and it was accordingly ordered that no trustee be appointed. There will be no dividends. The principal claim against the estate consisted of judgment for damages caused by automobile accident. In the matter of William C. Walsh, bankrupt, Boyne Falls, formerly owner of a private bank at that place, a special meeting of his creditors was held this date. Claims were allowed. The third report and account of the trustee shows a balance on hand, as per second report and account of $3,709.63; additional re- ceipts of $979.40; total, $4,689.03; and cisbursements as follows: administration expenses, $195.14; attorney fees, $368.30; preferred claims, $403.65; second divi- dend of 20 per cent., $1,958.58; total, $2,926.67. The balance on hand, $1,762.36, was considered and the same appearing proper for allowance and there being no objection thereto was approved and al- lowed. Sale of certain real estate to the B. C.. G. & A. Railway for right of way for $50 was authorized. Decrees of Char- levoix Circuit Court in the suits of the trustee against certain parties for the recovery of preferences was approved, and the trustee directed to sell the lands recovered by such suits for this estate. Order for distribution was made and a third dividend of 8 per cent. was de- clared and ordered paid. Total dividends paid to date in this matter aggregate 53 per cent. Dec. 11—In the matter of George Hall, Jr., hearing on trustee’s report of offer of $450 for certain of the assets of the estate was held this date. No cause be- ing shown to the contrary, the trustee was directed to make sale in accordance with the offer. Dec. 13—In the matter of Jacob Tan- genberg, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, a spe- cial meeting of the bankrupt’s creditors was held this date. The first report and account of the trustee, showing total receipts to date of $644.55, disbursements of $10.25, and a balance on hand of $634.30 was considered and the same ap- pearing proper for allowance and there being no objection thereto was approved and allowed. Certain administration ex- penses were approved and ordered paid, and preferred claims and first dividend of 5 per cent. paid. Dec. 14—In the matter of Frederick C. Wise, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, the first meeting of creditors was held this date. It appeared from an examination of the bankrupt and his schedules that the es- tate contained no assets not claimed as exempt’and it was accordingly ordered that no trustee be appointed. There will accordingly be no dividend for general or preferred creditors. Dec. 15—In the matter of the Welch- Atkinson Shoe Co., the hearing on cer- tain contested claims, which was fixed for this date, has been adjourned, by consent of the parties to Dec. 22. Dec. 16—In the matter of Edward E. Stein, bankrupt, Herps, the trustee has filed his report and account as follows: total receipts from sale of assets and ac- counts receivable to date, $983.58; dis- bursements: account of bankrupt’s ex- emptions, $113.27; administration ex- penses, $23.08; balance on hand, $847.23. A special meeting of the bankrupt’s creditors has been called for Jan. 3, at which time the first dividend will be declared and ordered paid. In. the matter of George W. Roup, total, $136.35; ATTN RN SE STARE SNRNGrSONasN vege eOTEncasemeeyageTeEeanEe sere eeere MICHIGAN TRADESMAN bankrupt, Comstock Park, the first meet- ing of creditors was held this date. Claims were allowed. Kirk E. Wicks, receiver, reported and was discharged. By vote of creditors Walter H. Brooks, Grand Rapids, was elected trustee and bond fixed at $1,000. An inventory and appraisal has been made and the assets will be offered for sale at once. The estate should pay a substantial dividend to creditors. Ralph L. Meyers, of Alanson, has this day filed a voluntary petition in bank- ruptcy, adjudication has been made and the matter referred to Referee Wicks, who has also been appointed receiver. H. Taylor, Alanson, is in charge as cus- todian. The first meeting of creditors has been called for Jan. 4, at which time creditors may appear, prove their claims, elect a trustee and transact such other and further business as may prop- erly come before the meeting. The sched- ules of the bankrupt show assets as fol- ows: Grocery and hardware stock ....1,100.00 Real estate ooo eco. 025.00 Bills receivable ............. sesee S04 05 Machinery, ete: 26 .6..5.)..... «e+. 10.00 Accounts receivable .............. 905.81 MOtAN ee 5 $2,215.56 Liabilities are listed at $7,286.56, and the following are shown as creditors of the bankrupt: Preferred. Emmet county, tax claim - 9 87.34 Tretta Myers, Alanson |.......... 63.0 Secured. First State Bank, Petoskey ...... $555.36 S. F. Bowser & Co., Ft. Wayne 90.00 Young & Chaffee, Grand Rapids 60.00 Unsecured. Blackney Cigar Co., Saginaw ....$ 5.03 Puhl-Webb ‘Co:, Chicago’ .......:. 1 21.34 Hammond, Standish & Co., Saginaw 11.84 Donaldson Bros., Mt. Clemens .... 75.47 Sherwin-William Co., Chicago .... 13.51 Inland White Lead Co., Chicago .. 29.68 H. EKikenhout & Sons, Grand Rapids 40.33 M. Piowaty & Sons, Grand Rapids 7.23 Brown & Sehler Co., Grand Rapids 36.30 F. Votruba Harness Co., Trav- erse (City foe, 21.80 Moore Plow & Implement Co., Greenville (orl... 3.3 Commercial Milling Co., Detroit 46.75 John Deere Plow Co., Lansing .. 107.50 E. J. Brach & Sons, Chicago o- Lb65 Jewett & Sherman Co., Milwaukee 16.00 Dr. Hess & Clark, Ashland, Ohio 11.95 Standard Oil Co., Grand Rapids .. 10.40 Valley City Milling Co., Grand Ramis fcc he ee 39.30 Union Cutlery Co., Olean, N. Y. 52.22 Hankey Milling Co., Petoskey .... 227.60 Alma Roller Mills, Alma ......... 44.01 Reniro Bros: «Chicago ........... 2.98 F. E. Moore Co., Lakeview ...... 12.00 Petoskey Grocery Co., Petoskey .. 449.48 Foster, Stevens Co., Grand Rapids 205.68 Clark & Host Co., Milwaukee 3.85 Cc. W. Mills Co., Grand Rapids 10.06 Lakeside Biscuit Co., Detroit 4.58 Champion Potato Machinery Co., EVAMMONG oc ee i 77.35 Butler Bros:, Chicago ........... 69.56 R. Herschel Mfg. Co., Peoria 5.99 mR. W Myers; Alanson .......... 2,700.00 Iretta Myers, Alanson ........... 398.00 Michigan Wire Fence Co., Adrian 303.00 Association Mfgs. Co., Waterloo 58.43 American Ag. Chem. Co., Detroit 25.00 American Steel & Wire Co., @hicaeo fee 80.00 Armour Fertilizer Works, Chicago 6.00 Cornwall Beef Co., Traverse City 14.71 TIretta Myers, Alanson ............ 75.00 Cheboygan Electric Light Co., ChebDOVEAN soc ek eas cas 3.00 Citizens Bank of Alanson, Alanson 41.64 The bankrupt has, in addition to the above liability, a liability as endorser on notes given to him and by him dis- counted at various banks, ete., which contingent liability is $986.11, very little, if any, of which will actually be a lia- bility against this estate. Dec. 17—In the matter of James Vetger, bankrupt, Zeeland, the first meeting of creditors was held this date. It appeared from the bankrupt’s examination that there were no assets in the estate not claimed as exempt and no trustee was appointed. There will be no dividends for creditors and the estate will be closed at the expiration of time for confirmation of the bankrupt’s exemptions. In the matter of Ebel J. Norden, bank- rupt, a special hearing was held on the trustee’s report of offer of $415 for the stock in trade of the bankrupt. No cause being shown to the contrary, it was ordered sold for ‘the sum stated. ———_+ > ____- Lingering Doubts. The patient explained his symtoms fully. The specialist regarded him closely over the top of his spectacles. “Yes, I see,” he commented gravely; “now tell me, have you ever been oper- ated on for appendicitis?” “Well,” responded the patient, dubi- ously, “I certainly had an operation, but I have never been quite sure whether it was due to appendicitis or profession- al curiosity.” 23 Satisfied Customers Are the biggest asset a manufacturer, a jobber or a dealer possesses. You cannot make money unless you sell your goods. You cannot sell your merchandise profitably to a disgruntled lot of people. Get your friends enthusiastically talking about the excellent service you render, the high quality of your goods, the fair treat- ment accorded them by you and your organization and you will be obliged to enlarge your quarters and increase your stock. The best flour for you to sell is one that will give the best satisfaction to the greatest number. You not only want a flour that sells readily but one upon which you can realize a good margin of profit. We believe you can turn money invested in ILY WHIT “The Flour the Best Cooks Use’”’ oftener, and the high quality of the flour will secure for you an excellent margin of profit. It’s results that count and it’s results you want. some of the right kind: Louis Christianson of Muskegon, Michigan, says: “I have been handling Lily White since 1887, and during that time have never had any returned. It outsells any other flour ten to one.” Here’s one from H. O. Kent, Montpelier. Vermont. ‘‘In the fourteen years I have been handling Lily White I have failed to find another that gives the satisfaction to the consumers that this brand does. I have never had a barrel returned.” A Pine Tree State opinion from E. A. Goding, Masardis, Maine: “IT have been handling quite a number of grades of flour and feel satisfied in saying that Lily White Flour is far superior in color, quality and flavor to any other grade I have handled. I have found that Lily White once used, always used when it can be obtained, From the land of cotton: ‘I hear from the office that you do not intend to ship but 1,000 barrels this week, but I am under contract to get 1,500 barrels a week, and you must arrange in some way to get it to me.’’—W. M. Crosby. Birmingham, Ala. From Indianapolis, Indiana: ‘‘Mrs. Goodwin is noted among her friends as a fine cook and she says: ‘Lily White is equal if not superior to the well known brand I have been using. It is sweeter and does not dry out so quickly.’ "’—A. T. Goodwin. Enough said—write us for our co-operat!ve sales plan. Valley City Milling Company Here are Grand Rapids, Michigan Tyo Trail of — ii 1 j i aed White =} Familiar Sight Until the introduction of SAXOLIN , no material improvement had been made in the Cotton flour package. SAXKOLIN — The Paper- Lined COTTON, Sanitary Sack is DUST PROOF DIRT PROOF And insures absolute protection to Flour from the Mill to the Home of the Con- sumer. Ask Your Miller. ANE seat at 24 35 the Flour /W- and the Dirt OL/7 — bp id? I MEUM AM MUA ME yg Uftit Mbt My THE CLEVELAND-AKRON BAG COMPANY, CLEVELAND 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ICE gJ - TT Ht (( { 1 HEC ACK pCCHE u( ( AS ye yay OY Wil ey 4 > \ tS , 2 /MIMERCIAL TRAVE st (({ eee oT : : oo WMunteezg AUDI { ti j ra ey Grand Council of Michigan U. C. T. Grand Counselor—Walter S. Lawton, Grand Rapids. Grand Junior Counselor—Fred J. Mou- tier, Detroit. Grand Past Counselor—Mark S. Brown, Saginaw. Grand Jackson. Grand Treasurer—Wm. J. Devereaux, Port Huron. a Grand Conductor—John A. Hach, Jr., Coldwater. Grand Page—W. T. Ballamy, Bay City. Grand Sentinel—cC. C. Starkweather, Detroit. Grand Chaplain—F. W. Wilson, Trav- erse City. Grand Executive Committee—E. A. Dibble, Hillsdale; Angus G. McWachron, Detroit; James E. Burtless, Marquette; L. N. Thompkins, Jackson. Next Grand Council Meeting—Traverse Citv, June 2 and 8, 1916. Secretary—Maurice Henman, Waited Down From Grand Traverse Bay. Traverse City, Dec. 20—Louis Henke gave a farewell supper at his home in Petoskey to E. C. Konken- hoff, the Brook’s candy man, who leaves soon for Jackson to look after his business interests there. About twenty friends sat down to a very generous feed and a jolly good time. We are pleased to learn that the Michigan East & West Railroad has been adding some new equipment and has changed its time card, which should meet with the hearty approv- al of the traveling public and espec- ially the citizens of Manistee. It is now running a train starting from Manistee about noon and connecting at Tustin with the G. R. & I. North and South bound trains. It has also established a Sunday train, giving the boys who Sunday at Manistee, as well as the business men, a chance to get out their Sunday mail so it will reach Grand Rapids and Detroit Monday morning. We hope the pub- lic will give this little road business enough to warrant a continuance of this schedule and show their appre- ciation of the same, The Walton Inn, at Walton, is one of the many good hotels in Northern Michigan which deserves the patron- age of the boys. Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Kinney, the proprietors, have added many conveniences, such as electric lights, owning their own system, steam heat and individual towels. Mrs. Kinney’s home cooking, as well as her pleasant smile and courteous treatment, ably assisted by their lit- tle daughter, Gladys, robs the mo- notony of that lone wait for G. R. & I. connections and makes one think life is worth living after all. The boys wish the Kinneys a Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year! R. L. Myers, Jr., of Alanson, con- ducting a general store business, has gone into voluntary bankruptcy. Mr. Myers has been in business several times in Alanson and, this is the outcome of his last venture, which is only of about a year’s duration, We are informed that Mr. Myers purchased a car last summer and during the busy season spent several weeks making a pleasure tour of the Southern part of the State. Had he put this time and money in his busi- ness, which rightfully belonged to his creditors, I do not think there would be any occasion for the firms who trusted to his honesty to pay for their goods to now be losing nearly two thousand dollars. We have a lot of sympathy for a person that through fire, sickness or other great financial troubles fail; but it seems to show a yellow streak for a young man in the prime of life to think so little of that one great es- sential asset in business—his credit— to petition the courts for voluntary bankruptcy. Fred C. Richter, the hustling sales- man of Freeman, Delamater & Co., will spend the next week with his house in Detroit. Archie Jordan, the old stand- by in the hardware line, will spend a few days with Hibbard, Spencer Bartlett & Co., of Chicago, from whom he gets his spending money. W._F. Murphy says twenty-five good Irishmen could do more toward stopping the European war by lick- ing about eleven hundred and hity Germans than Henry Ford will do with his crew on the Oscar {i Murphy is going to Detroit next week. He did not say whether he was going to visit his house, Buhl Sons Co., or talk it over with Ford's secretary. E. C. Knowlton, the prune sales- man, who says the Monarch brand is always on top, will talk it over with the Reid-Murdoch Co., in Chicago next week. We are somewhat surprised that a city the size of Grand Rapids, with the many good officers they have, should start such a foolish game of petty politics as they did in the ad- ministration of the blue laws last Sunday. Talk about horse play! It isn’t in it with this deal. It is more foolish than the rows of olden times in a country school. Brace up, Grand Rapids, you have all you can look after in the city hall. A. D. Supernaw left home in some- what of a hurry Monday morning, and if he misses any trains this week the Empire Cream Separator Co. should find no fault with him this time; but if he forgets his Ingersol again fire him. We believe the propricior of the Hotel Compton is a good fellow and means to do what is right, but his inexperience as a hotel keeper leads us to think that a few litrle hints might be of service to him. First, don't forget that the basement and toilet rooms are a part of the hotel and that the condition of these-—a part of time at least—is inexcusable and unbearable by the most hardened Knight of the Grip. Now we are very fond of strictly fresh eggs, but it isn’t necessary to keep hens in the basement as an advertising feature for home grown eggs. We also like to be called in the morning in plenty of time for the trains; but Costolo & Son keep a nice assortment of first-class alarm clocks at a moderate price; therefore we think it unneces- sary to keep roosters in the base- ment to awaken the guests at all hours of the morning. We think for $2 a day we are entitled to more modern conveniences . One of the best meetings held by our Council in the past year was held Saturday night. There was a good turnout and initiation of candidates. After the meeting a nice little lunch was served, with lots of good cigars for desert. The feed was a treat given by W. F. Murphy and Harry After the supper Hurley. several good talks were given by the mem- bers. The coming convention was very thoroughly discussed and many of the members not on the main com- mittee were very much surprised to know how much of the heavy part of the arrangements had been com- pleted and how thoroughly every little detail had been worked out by the committee. Some time after January all of the sub committees will be announced, as many of them are already selected. Then we ex- pect to see everything boom. F, W. Wilson. —~7+2>___ To the German Merchant Who Lost Business. Detroit, Dec. 20—I read with sin- cere regret about your declining busi- ness and social position, for which you blame the disgrace which the Kaiser has brought on the German name. I do not agree with you. If you heed the President’s request to be neutral and would not be so “out- spoken in your condemnation of Germany,” your friends would still be your friends, but as loyal Ameri- cans they do not care to listen to your tirades against one of the bel- ligerents. Furthermore, as a mer- chant, you cannot afford to be pro- German nor pro-Ally. The writer is of German birth, but an American first, last and all the time. We _ should respect our flag and keep it aloof from the terrible war. Be reasonable to that voice which tells us to stand by our flag and to help our President maintain the exalted position of our country as the savior nation of the world. Our foreign affairs are serious enough these days without us, as individuals, . passing judgment, one way or the other. I grant you, as free born men, we have a right to express our personal opinions, but as loyal Americans we must be neu- tral. Budd J. Mendel. ——~++.__ Mark’s Rebuke. Mark Twain was lunching one day with a friend in a cafe. Two over- dressed young men entered, and the first said, in a loud voice: “Waiter, bring me some lobster, a bottle of white wine, and a chop. Just mention my name to the chef, too, so that everything will be done to my liking.” The second said: “Bring me some sole with peas, and tell the chef who it’s for.” Mr. Twain gave his order a mo- ment later. He said, with a wink at his companion: “Bring me a half-dozen oysters and mention my name to each of them.” —_~+-— Big Business. Willie was small, but he had learn- ed that big things are achieved by dealing with matters in the mass in- stead of in detail. “Now,” he said to. his mother, shortly before Christmas, “I’ve writ- ten a letter asking for what I want, and I think it covers everything.” “That’s good,” said his mother; “what did you ask for?” “Two toy shops and a candy store.” December 22, 1915 HOTEL CODY EUROPEAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Rates$1 and up. $1.50 and up bath. Bryant Hotel Flint, Mich. $2.50 AND $3.00. PER DAY Hot and Cold Running Water in All Rooms Rooms with Bath C. H. BLISS, Proprietor Snyder’s Restaurant 41 North Ionia Ave. 4 Doors North of Tradesman Special Dinners and Suppers 25c Livingston Hotel Grand Rapids, Mich. Fine Cafe in Connection Entertainment Every Evening Hotel Charlevoix Detroit EUROPEAN PLAN Absolutely Fire Proof Rates, $1 for room without bath: $1.50 and upwards with bath. Grinnell Realty Co., Props. H. M. Kellogg, Manager 139-141 Monroe St. Both Phones GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Park Place Hotel Traverse City, Mich. The leading all the year ‘round hotel in Northern Michigan. All conveniences, All outside Rooms. American plan. W. O. HOLDEN, Mgr. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year, We are your obedient servants, J. J. THOMSON JEWELRY CO 327 Monroe Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. O. W. Stark, Mgr. December 22, 1915 areca TE ST SE ESE Te AE Eo ESN RSNA NMOS NCR RLS eR RT ane Sie soPeeee eee ene MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25 Greetings of the Season As we approach the Holidays our thoughts naturally turn to the good cheer of Christmas time and also to the thought of the closing of another year of the calendar: and the beginning of a new year with its hopes and ex- pectations. Our reflections lead us to be thankful for the asso- ciations and friendships which have come to us through our business relations. We are thankful, too, because we believe we have passed out of the rather trying busi- ness conditions which have prevailed during the last few years, and are on the threshold of a year of great pros- perity, which will bring to you and to us greater success, and, we hope, greater happiness. With this thought in mind, we offer to all of our friends and the people of Western Michigan our best wishes for a very Merry and Happy Christmas, and our heartiest desire that each one may have a very happy and a very prosperous New Year. : WoRDEN GROCER COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS—KALAMAZOO The Prompt Shippers 26 DETROIT DETONATIONS. Cogent Criticisms From Michigan’s Metropolis. Detroit, Dec. 20—Nearly all ar- rangements have been completed for the opening of the Traveling Men's Fair at the Detroit Armory on Dee. 2 and to continue for three days. Through the wide acquaintance of the traveling men, the fair and hippo- drome has been well advertised and every indication points to one of the most successful fairs ever held in Detroit. Entertainment and novel features will be introduced as only can be done by a bevy of hustlins traveling men. The Traveling Men's Fair Association, is composed ot members of Cadillac Council and foz originality, aggressiveness and abil- ity, they can not be surpassed by any body of traveling men in the world. That is why the fair is bound to be a huge success. Robert Lowenberg, for a number of years with A. Krolik & Co., has tendered his resignation to take ef- fect Jan. 1. He will join the firm of Sarasohn & Shetzer, wholesale dry goods, at 309-313 Gratiot avenue. Mr. Lowenberg came to Detroit from Elkton about ten years ago and has been in the employ of A. Krolik & Co. ever since that time. At present he is assistant manager of the under wear and men’s furnishing goods de- partments. Sarasohn & Shetzer have leased a large building on Jefferson avenue, in the heart of the wholesale district and will take possession with- in a few weeks. The growth of the frm during the past, few years has been marked. From a small begin- ning, several years ago, when they were doing a strictly local business, they have developed until to-day they are represented in many parts of the State. Mr. Lowenberg becomes a member of the firm. Germany is about to float another loan. Can it be that Belgium has been squeezed dry? Arthur Lee, well-known represen- tative for the Buhl Sons Co., has re- signed and on Jan. 1 will join the sales force of the Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett Co., of Chicago. Mr. Lee. who makes his home in Milford, will continue to cover practically the same territory as before. “England’s part in the war,” says a writer, “might have been worse.” Mebbe, but how? Burr Vesey, in charge of the house furnishings department for the JL Hudson Co., has been confined to his home for a few days by illness. Mr. Neddermeyer, of the Nedder- meyer Co., general merchants of Richmond, was a business visitor in Detroit last week. According to letters received by members of the Fair Association, traveling men and merchants from all over the State will attend the Fair at the armory the week between Christmas and New Years. Harvey E. Skillman, representative for the Grand Rapids Shoe & Rubber Co., Grand Rapids, was a business visitor in Detroit last week. Mr. Skillman has had Detroit added to his territory recently and will spec- ialize there with the Hood Rubber Co.'s line. The Grand Rapids house is the Michigan distributor. Accord- ing to reports, Mr. Skillman is well pleased with the new addition to his territory and to date the results have been gratifying. Mr. Skillman is the pioneer traveling man of his house and has many friends in all parts of the State, as well as in this city, and now that it is his intention to visit Detroit at intervals of from fou to six weeks, his list of friends here will be greatly enhanced The ability of Grand Rapids traveling men is gen- erally recognized, wherever they go. F. Lincoln, general merchant of Drake, was in Detroit last week on business. It is understood that the Retail MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dealers’ Association resolutions condemning the practice occasionally indulged in by some wholesalers of selling goods to the consumer direct. No doubt the wholesalers will gladly welcome such a movement on the part of the re- tailers and will use all means in their power to suppress the habit. Mrs, M. Ratigan, at one time with Edson, Moore & Co., has assumed charge of the women’s department o! the National fe Insurance Co., of have passed Life Vermont, with offices at 433 Majestic building. Her work will include so- liciting, in connection with her duties as manager of the women’s depart- ment of the local offices. It looks as though an expedition would have to be sent to settle the controversy between the Ford peace advocates. Lafer Bros., grocers on Cadillac Square for a number of years, will move into a new building being con- structed for them at 31-33 Broadway about May 1. The building, when completed, will be one of the most modern retail stores in Michigan, as well as the largest. The structure will be five stories high and will be occupied entirely by Lafer Bros. Frank D. Ferris. Frank D. Ferris, as is the case with most of the chairmen and workers of the Traveling Men’s Fair Asso- ciation, is going about his duties with vim and enthusiasm. To make a suc- cess of any undertakng one must be enthusiastic over his work. Mr. Fer- ris’ official title is that of chairman of entertainments. From all available information to date the fair will pro- duce, through his efforts, more fun, frolic and entertainment to the square foot than any circus extant. Frank D. Ferris was born in Elkhorn, Wis., January 28, 1881: “and a mighty cold January it was,” he remarked to the writer. He lived in Elkhorn until he completed a grammar and high school education, after which he started out to make his own way in the world. He secured his first posi- tion with the Chicago Portrait Co. in Chicago and was given entire charge of the shipping department. He re- mained with this house for three years, leaving to accept a position as sales- man for the Royal Worcester Corset Co., of Chicago. He has represented this house for fourteen consecutive years. His first assignment was to cover some of the Western states, which he did for three years, being subsequently transferred to Michigan. From a mediocre business some elev- en years ago and with a mere hand- ful of what could be called regular accounts, the volume has increased until Mr. Ferris to-day handles 504 accounts in the State. During the course of his travels he met Miss Hazel Abair, of Bay City, and while she_was attending the Conservatory of Music in Detroit they were mar- ried July 6, 1907. For a number of years he has been interested in the U. C. T. and at present is holding the office of Junior Counselor and next year will see him occupy the highest office in the gift of the Council. He modestly attributes his success as a salesman to the merits of the goods he has been selling, but we are of the opinion that his personality and per- severance have largely contributed to the result. We say this without wish- ing in any way to detract from the merits of Royal Worcester corsets. Mr. Ferris finds relaxation from his strenuous duties every year by a fishing trip, usually spent near the scene of his boyhood home. Frank D. Ferris is a successful salesman, a man of honor and, as all who know him will attest, a loyal friend and a gentleman Samuel Netzorg, the well-knowr clothing merchant at 1191-1193 Jet- ferson avenue, had a narrow escape from death last Thursday night when a bandit who, together with two others attempted to rob him, fired twice point blank at him. The bullet went wide of its mark and Mr. Net- zorg grappled with the man and held him until the police arrived. The other two escaped. Mr. Netzorg has received many compliments for the pluck and bravery he displayed. William T. Radcliffe, dean of the traveling force of the D. M. Ferry Co., was tendered a dinner by twenty of his fellow associates at the Hote! Statler last Thursday night. The oc- casion was the forty-fifth anniversary of his connection with the house. Mr. Radcliffe has relinquished his duties on the road and now holds a desk position in the house. 3ert Green and Julian Krolik, de- partment managers for A. Krolik & Co., were in New York last week on business for the firm. Plans are completed for the recep- tion of the veteran travelers at the sixth annual banquet and reunion to be held at the Hotel Wayne Dec. 29. Many have sent their remittance for dues and tickets. Those who have not yet done so are requested to advise Secretary Samuel Rindskoff, care of the Detroit Safe Co., at once. The dues and tickets are $2 and an extra charge of $1 will be charged for ladies. The re-union begins at 2:30 p. m. in the sun parlor of the hotel and the banquet begins promptly at 6:30. It is a wise man who can make a fool of himself and get away with it. J. P. Dietrich has succeeded Cusick Bros. in the grocery business at 2125 Jefferson avenue. C. D. Hamilton, of Fowlerville, was in Detroit last week on a business trip. Speaking of its army, England has a very strong navy. A. Bahooth has opened a grocery and fruit store at 291 St. Aubin avenue. The Tradesman goes ’round the country, but its policies always re- main square. “Pat” Cowan has returned to the employ of the Bullock Green Hard- ware Co., after having been employed by a down-town hardware store for some time. Mr. Cowan is one of the best known hardware men in the city and is especially well known to the builders and contractors, having spec- ialized in builders’ hardware. The 3ullock Green Co. conducts six stores in different parts of the city. Trombly & Murphy have opened a restaurant at 840 Kercheval avenue. While we have given special men- tion of many of the active workers in the Fair Association, there are others whom we, through lack of time, have not given the credit due them. Many of these members are the real power behind the large un- dertaking and their work has been an invaluable aid in its perfection. The executive ability of Lou Burch. Mich- ael Howarn and E. S. Cheny, the hard work of John Soloman, Tom Burton, O. E. Jennings, S. C. Pungs, George Fleetham, Howard Jickling, J. E, Bul- lock and James Hardy, all contribut- December 22, 1915 ed toward the promised success of the Fair. Never has the writer come in contact with a more enthusiastic, hustling crowd of U. C. T. members. We say this with all due respect to Grand Rapids and other councils. Joseph Barsa, 939 Mack avenue, has enlarged his store building and increased his stock of groceries. H. Forgue, 1747 Mack avenue, will open a branch grocery store at the corner of Hillger and Goethe. The Mears News is being quoted with regularity in one of the coun- try’s most original and humorous columns, the “Afterthoughts” in the Detroit News. Behind the keen hu- mor, we believe we detect the virile pen of the Kronic Kicker. William Fixel, with A. Krolik & Co., is home from a long Northern trip and has brought with him many amusing stories of incidents which occurred on the G. R. & I. coaches when the brakemen and conductors attempted to enforce the rule prohib- iting passengers from placing their feet on the seat ahead of them. It is a well known fact to those who have ever ridden ona G. R. & I. coach that it was really nauseating even to en- ter them. A few alleged new coaches have been placed on the Northern run and the rule mentioned was promul- gated. This rule really works a hard- ship on those that have a long trip to make on the Slow Running Line, not being able to stretch their weary I'mbs. But why mention any of Bil! Fixel’s report of funny happenings | when the hired help of the road are following out their instructions. The service that has always been handed the traveling men by the G. R. & I. has always been a huge joke in itself. {The Tradesman is assured by J. W. Hunter, Superintendent of the Northern division of the G. R. & L., that no such rule as above described is now in effect. He savs he promul- gated such a rule last June to apply on the passenger coach attached to the fast train which was run during the resort season, but that the rule lapsed when the train was taken off in September. If any employe is still undertaking to enforce the rule, Mr. Hunter says he is exceeding his au- thority in an excess of enthusiasm or for some other cause.] We might suggest as a motto for the G. R. & IT. “Michigan last and forever last.” The Stahl Hardware Co. has open- ed a new hardware store at 1578 Gratiot avenue. The Park Hotel, recently purchased by William (“Dad”) Schultz, of Sag- inaw, is now opened to the public. President Wilson hasn’t much on some of the rest of us when it comes to signing a number of notes. Zanhoutte Bros. have opened an up-to-date meat market at 1903 Mack avenue. M. J. Adams, formerly with the Carl M. Green advertising agency, has soined the forces of the Frank Sea- man, Inc., agency with offices in the Kresge building. Hale & Kilburn Co., of Philadelphia, have opened offices in the Garfield building in charge of Charles H. Bren- nan, well known to the automobile trade in Detroit. The company manu- factures automobile parts, The Peninsular State Bank will build a branch bank building at the corner of Harper avenue and Dubois street. “William Alden Smith Favored for President in Kalamazoo.” From the headline in the Free Press. May- be he is—in Kalamazoo. W. G. Smith, formerly traveling representative for the Lozier Motor Co., has joined the sales force of Scott Sinclair, better known as “Scot- ty the Ford Man.” 815 Woodward avenue. The Wayne County and Home Savings Bank moved into the new building last Monday. The building and property, valued at over $1,000,- 000, is ten stories high and is the larg- Men ME 5 epee tee en Ne ee ee OE Oe eS Ses December 22, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN oun cnet fea La irl est building in Michigan devoted ex- clusively to banking, A. M. Kuerth has been appointed salesman for the Detroit branch of the Chevrolet Motor Co., succeeding Morgan Douglas, who has been ap- pointed assistant sales manager with offices in Flint. The annual convention of the dis- trict managers and salesmen of the United States Tire Go. was held in Detroit last week, the convention being concluded on Friday night with a dinner at the Ponchartrain. “Bavarian Soldier Goes to Prison for Pelling Lies,” from a daily paper. Lucky liar. G. H. Breitenwisher, general mer- chant of Manchester, was in Detroit last week. Thousands of traveling men are home for their holiday vacations. Tt is thought that most of the families will stand the strain of the protracted Stay. No use talking, Christmas is very “dear” to us. Last call for the Big Fair. Meetcha there any night. James M. Goldstein. 2-3... Try to set your employes—partic- ularly the half-baked and unfledged youngsters—an honest business dealing and high-minded citizenship, The office or store or shop is not a church, but it need not be an apprentice room for the “old example of boy” with the horns. ———— ooo ——SSS=====aa== UNIVERSAL CLEANER Great for the pots—great for the pans Great for the woodwork—great for the hands. ORDER FROM YOUR JOBBER oil for the cheapest car. 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 WRITE FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS The Great Western Oil Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan 1915 the New Year. 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Almouds, weet, true ......... 1 26@1 60 Almouds, Sweet, c imitation ...... 65@ 75 Amber, crude .. 50@ 75 Amber, rectified 3 ere 00 ANIB@) 6.05... 6 ‘ @2 25 Bergamont ..... 4 50@4 15 Cajéput ....... 1 35@1 60 Oassiai 6.56.55... 2 00@2 25 Castor, bbls. and : Cane eo ec... ar, Cedar leat ...... 90@ Citronella ........ 75@1 00 Cloves ......... 1 85@2 10 Cocoanut .:...... 20@ 25 Cod Liver ...... 3 35@3 50 Cotton.Seed ...... 85@ 95 Croton ........ Cupbebs ....... CORD. a a Q - oS o Bigeron ....... 75@2 00 Mucalyptus ...... 80@1 00 Hemlock, pure .. @1 60 Juniper Bours 5 50@5 75 Juniper Wood .. see extra ......90@1 00 Lard, No. 1 ...... 75@_ 85 Lavender Flowers @6 00 Lavender, Gar’n 1 25@1 40 Lemon ......... 2 00@2 25 Linseed, boiled, bbl. @ 67 Linseed, bld less 74@ Linseed, raw, bbl. @ 66 Linseed, raw, less 783@ 78 Sarsaparilla, Hond. @iOUnG 2.2.5... @ 65 Sarsaparilla Mexican, SrOound ........ 20G@ 35 Squilis .......... 20@ 35 Squilis, powdered 40@ 60 Tumeric, powd. 12@ 15 Valerian, powd. 45@ 50 Seeds Anise ....... cooee 20@ 25 Anise, powdered @ 2 Bird, ig ........ @ 12 Canary .... - &@ 12 Caraway 20@ 25 Cardamon ..... 2 0U@2 25 Celery (powd. 65) 40@ 650 Coriander ...... 10@ 18 Diy se... .c----. 20@ | 26 Pennell ........; @1 25 HIge% .....-.--... 544@ 10 Flax, ground .... 54%@ 10 Foenugreek, pow. 8@ 10 Efemp ...... 0... 1@ 12 Lobelia ....42.. -. 40@ 50 Mustard, yellow ..20@ 25 Mustard, black .. 15@ 20 Mustard, powd. 22@ 30 POMDY ....0.....4. 385@ 40 Quince .... 1 00@1 25 Rape ..... @ 15 Sabadilla .... @ 36 Sabadilla, powd. @ 40 Sunflower ...... 10@ 15 Worm American 20@ 25 Worm Levant .. 1 75@1 85 Tinctures Aconite ..... Vacs @ % BIOEGS 2c ulo. @ 65 AQHiCa 22.0... .. @ Asafoetida @1 35 Belladonna @1 65 Benzoin 22.5... .. @1 00 Benzoin Compo’d @1 00 BUCMU oe. ocak @1 50 Cantharadies ... @1 80 Capsicum ....... @ 90 Cardamon ...... @1 50 Cardamon, Comp. @2 00 @ateehu ........ @ 60 @inchona ....... @1 05 Colchicum ...... @ 6 @Cubebs ......... @1 20 Digitalis ........ @ 80 Gentian ........ @ 75 Ginger ...... ous @ 9% Guaiae .......... @1 05 Guaiac, Ammon. @ 80 Todine .......... @2 00 Iodine, Colorless @2 00 Corrosive Subln 2 03@2 05 Cream Tartar .,, 44@ 46 Cuttlcbone . 9. |. 40@ 50 Dexteme (0. 7 7@ Dover's Powder -> @2 50 iimery, all Nos. 6@ 10 Emery, powdered 5@ & iipsom Salts, bbls. ipsom Salts, less 5@ 8 Ergot Sed deeess 1 25@1 50 irgot, bowdered 2 75@3 00 Blake White .... 18@ 20 Formaldehyde Ib. 10@ 16 Gambier 2... 20@ 25 Gelating ......_.. 75@ 80 Glassware, full caseg 80% Glassware, less 70 & 10% Glauber Salts bbl. @1% Glauber Salts less 2@ »o Glue, brown ..... 11@ 15 Glue, brown grd. 10@ 15 Glue, white ...... 1b@ 2 Glue, white grd. 15@ 20 Glyeerme ........ 60@ 70 HIOBS .o0..5.c 45@ 60 Hops ............ 5@ 60 lodine ... +. 5 68@5 91 lodoform ..... 6 18@6 30 Lead Acetate .... 15@ 2 Lycopdium 2 25@2 35 Mace .......,. 2 85@ 90 Mace, powdered 95@1 00 Menthol ....... - 450@4 75 Morphine ...... 6 380@6 55 Nux Vomica @ 15 Nux Vomica pow. @ 2 Pepper, black pow. @ 30 Pepper, white .... @ 35 Pitch, Burgundy .. @ 15 Quassia ......:.. 12@ 16 Quinine, 5 oz. cans @ 70 Rochelle Salts .. 364%@ 40 Saccharine 16 00@17 00 Salt Peter .._._. 46¢ 50 @ Seidlitz Mixture 31@ 35 Soap, green .... 15 2 Soap, mott castile 12@ 16 Soap, white castile COMO oc icie aly, @7 00 Soap, white castile less, per bar .. @ 75 Suda ASH ....... 38%@ 8 Soda Bicarbonate 1%@ 5 Soda, Sal .... 1 1-10@ 4 Spirits Camphor @ 7 Sulphur roll ..... 2%@ 5 Sulphur Subl. - 8@ 5 Tamarinds: ....... 15@ 20 Tartar Emetic - @ 60 Turpentine Venice 90@1 00 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 00@1 50 Witch Hazel .... 65@1 00 Zinc Sulphate .... 8 @12 28 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN December 22, 1915 GROCERY PRICE CURRENT 3 4 5 9 These quotations are carefully corrected weekly. within six hours of mailing. CHEWING GUM wise” ex Peanuts . . . . Adams Black Jack .... = package coffee is sold to Fancy H P Suns and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however. are Adams Sappota ......: retailers only. Mail all or- a liable to change at any time. and country merchants will have their orders filled Beeman’s Pepsin ee e ders direct to W. F. Mc- foo : ‘ a: Beechnut .....+++...+0 68 Laughlin & Co., "Chicago ge ae 2% at market prices at date of purchase. Chiclets ....... "33 * H. P. Jumbo, Colgan Violet Chips .. 6 teach Raw .......50. 7%@8s ADVANCED DECLINED roe Chips .... . ie % gro. bxs. : 96 Roasted ..... . 8%@ 9 essccee coe elix, Bross ...... : Doublemint .. 64 Ud Y h ° ummel’s foil, %& gro. 85 pes Cheese Sauer Kraut Flag Spruce c 88 Hu el’s tin, % gro. 1 48 : enter Peanut Butter neh Gea CONFECTIONERY National Biscuit Company Whole Cloves Sterling Gum Pep... 62 Stick Gandy Pails —_ Sterling 7-Point °°” ¢¢ Horehound .......... 9 In-er-Seal Trade Mark Spearmint, Wrigleys .. 64 Standard ............ 9 Package Goods Spearmint, 5 box jars 3 20 Standard, small .... 9% Per doz. ne Twist, small ........ 10 Baronet Biscuit ..... 1 00 Spearmint, 3 box ene 1 92 “le I to Markets Trunk Spruce . - 02 say ~~ re a ce > MIRDO)| - 3. cc ccc ce eeee meo cu seccee ndex to Marke 1 2 aetee ise ae : Jumbo, small ........ 10 ne raigge e sees 1. Ti eee Big Stick .........6.. 95% Ocolate Wafers .... By Columns AMMONIA Doz. Little Se ee .. @125 CHOCOLATE Boston Sugar Stick .. 14 Fig Newton ...... 1 00 = :«—=siC oz. ovals, 2 doz: box 75 Clam Boullion Walter Baker & Co. Mixed Candy aay renee Tea Bet 1 D Col AXLE GREASE Burnham's % pt. .... 225 German’s Sweet ...... 23 Pats fo, a A : Frazer’s. Burnham's pts. ..... 375 Premium ........ -e- 35 Broker ....... cercss | Soe ae aps ete ene 50 hee 1 tb. wood boxes, 4 doz. 3 00 Burnham’s qts. ...... 750 Caracas ............... 38 Cut Loaf ..... ssccces 10 M. M. Daindes ae 400 Kes Grence 2: 1 gg tg cdg a 2 ne Corn . . oe a Co. : ee, Cream .:..., 10 Oysterettes ........0. 50 ae B 4 ae nig fad aa — - Good a a 10 Premium, %s ..---. oe Sapa Soe a ee ea 1 00 Bake eaus ........ - pails, pe eee MANCY ...ceccccce neergarten ....... -: Bath Brick .......-- : 25%. pails, per doz. ..12 00 y dideede @1 30 CLOTHES one a Sales eee eects oe : oo. baa 100 Bluing ..-....--.-.<02- BAKED BEANS . BRCRUIC oe ccc. ce a4 Saratoga Flakes .... 1 50 Breakfast Food .....- : No. 1, per doz. .. 45@ 90 gp og sy weminieade 116 pio. 2 a tera ‘ “4 Monarch .......... --. 10 Soda Crackers. N.B.C. 1 00 Brooms ....-----+e+0+- No. 2, per doz. .. 75@1 40 Gooseberries No. 60 Twisted Cotton 170 povelty ase ts: coos 11 Soda Crackers Prem. 1 00 Brushes ....-..- seeeee 1) No. 8, per doz. .. 85@1 75 wo. 2, Fair 135 : nm Paris Creams ....... 11 Tokens 4000) 1 00 Butter Color ........ [4 we oc No. 80 Twisted Cotton 200 Premio Creams ...... 14 Uneeda Biscuit 50 - 4 Fancy ........ 250 No. 50 Braided Cotton 100 Roval .. 8 aoe on BATH BRICK Homi VAL wessseseessseeeee 8% Uneeda Ginger Wafer 1 00 c English 95 piny No. 60 Braided Cotton 125 special (02777777272. <. 10 1 nglish ........ oeceee Standard 85 Vanilla Wafers ..... 1 00 Candles .........--..- oe ecceccceee No. 60 Braided Cotton 1 85 ‘alley Creams ...... 18 Water Thin Biscuit .. 1 00 Canned Goods ...... 1-2 BLUING Lobster No. 80 Braided Cotton 235 x 1, tapeereesecres Wb Zul Zu Glngar Suave 450 Carbon Oils .....++.+. S (Gena Bluing 4 Ws cerceeteeceveeee 1 46 ges4 Soeb el aa 4 Specialties Zwieback s-....++2-, 100 Eee deaiapaaeaae “2 Small CP Bluing, dos. 45 Bionic Fiat’ 272227221. 330 NS F Pails Chewing ion .....--- 3 Large C P Bluing, dos. 75 Mackerel eae = Sheekow) : Other Package Goods Chicory ......-..ese-s ; Folger’s. Mustard, 1) ...... 1 80 ie Gonute Gutter Bites .. 17 Barnum’s Animals .. 50 Chocolate .-.++++++++ 3 Summer Sky, 3 dz. cs.120 Mustard, 2 Ib. ...... 2) Galvanized Wire Butter Cream Corn .. 15 Soda Crackers NBC 2 50 Clothes Lines .....-. 3 Summer Sky, 10 dz bbl 4 oe Soused, 1% ID. ...... 160 No. 20, each 100ft. long 190 Garamel Dice Pa eas Frui (Gacoa ...--.-....->-- : poused, 2 Ib. ........ 275 No. 19, each 100ft. long 3 10 ome an ruit Cake .......... 3 00 Cocoanut ......-+-++- ; ce ee _— Zomaro, 1 ih. ....... 150 No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 00 Coconamt Waties .. 14 a Coffee... eeeeeeeeeeee ; petizo, cults .... 300 Tomato, 2 Ib. ........ 280 No. 19, each 100ft. long 3 10 Cofty Toft ot oe ulk Goods Confections .......--. : Bear Food, Pettijohns 2 13 Mushrooms COCOA Dainty Mints 7 Ib. tin 16 Cans and boxes Cracked Wheat ...-. 3 Cracked Wheat, 24- 7 2) fittous, ue -. Bakers ........ seeeeee 39° Empire Fudge ....... 14 Animals ............ 2 Crackers ..--++-+++++ i. “a P i ey _. 8 9, Buttons, Is . Cleveland .............. 41 Fudge, Pineapple .... 14 Atlantics, Assid. .... 13 Cream Tartar ......- eae a cS 5 ; = Hotels, 1s .. Colonial, 448 .......... 88 Fudge. Walnut ...... 14 Avena Fruit Cakes .. 12 D Quaker Brkfst Biscuit 1 90 Cc 1 mo Colonial, BGS .cc-cccccs OS Fudge, Filbert ...... 14 eee Lassies ss. i. Dried Frutta es eee te ee BO oe eee Ett a i, E Victor Corn Flakes .. 2 20 : a eae oer ae . s Bouquet Waters coos 20 Evaporated Milk ..... 6 Washington Crisps .. 1 = Bia Piums 90@1 35 a ‘os ee - — Toasted atime Cameo Biscuit ...... 25 F : eo ees c P Paane in Syrup Lowney, %8 .......... 38 Fudge, Cherry on ag ae ziscult Sieccs 646 ae ae 6 Evapor’ed Sugar Corn 90 No. 3 cans, per doz. ..1 50 ene ee 7 oe eo Chocolate Bar (cans) 20 ee eee wney, SBS ceccccccce oneycom ndy .. % ciavering Mixtemets --- 7 cues ae Flakes". 2 60 M tat oe go@i oo Lowney, Sib. cans 1... 37 Iced Maroons ....... 14 Conese oe i Flour and Feed ...... 3 C Flak * 3 60 arrowfat ...... Van Houten, %8 ...... 12. {ced Gems ....... as PS .... Te aes 7 ugar Corn oS .. Barly June .... 110@1 25 18 Chocolate Puff Cake 18 eae Hardy Wheat Food .. 225 Early J ita 145@1 55 Van Houten, is ...... Iced Orange Jellies .. 18 © Cnoc Honey Fineets 13 G Holland Rusk ..... 320° ee Van Houten, is ...--- $$ Italian Bon Bons ... 13 Circle Cookies is Gelatine .....s0s---ce 4 Krinkle Corn Flakes 1 7% Peaches 1 0001 35 Van Houten, 1s ........ 65 Lozenges, Pep. ...... 11 Cracknela ........... 20 Grain Bags ......e.- Mapl-Flake, Whole Le pebcesec ee WYMDR=TOR ooo cécccoscs BE Lozenges, Pink ...... 11 Cream Fingers ....-. 14 H Wheat ......- 3 60 No. 10 gered og $26 Webb ................-. 88 | Manchus ....... secee 24 Cocoanut Taffy Bar .. 16 Kerbs ....-.-.--- eee 7 Minn. Wheat Cereal 3 75 Pineappl tl WaB occccccecees 4 se eee Kisses, 10 Cocoanut Drops ...... 12 Hides and Pelts ..... 8 Ralston Wheat Food Grated ........ 4 75@2 10 OF, YS cccccceseces iD. DOK ...c2.-s0 13 Cocoanut Macaroons 18 Horse Radish ........ 8 eae a ay aot : = Siiced <.....5.. 95032 ¢6e COCOANUT Nut” Butter’ Pulls +. Cocoanut Molas. Bar 16 I . ston . : Wh : : Pumpkin Dunham’s per Ib. , oe Cocont Honey Fingers 12 Ice Cream ...... poe 8 oss’s Whole ea) Fair : ys, BID. case .....-.. 80 Chocolates Pails Cocont Honey Jumbles 12 Biscuit ............ 0 is, 51D. case ........ 39 Assorted Choc. ...... 16 Coffee Cakes Iced ... 12 a. ee, ce eg ae caas cScS a Alteaon, Carainels 18 Grumpets os pee cece eee ee ee as reat ee ft iy GIBBBEB .2ccccce S @iscult, 18 23. 1 80 48, 15 Ib. case Choe. Poni 8 Eureka 19 Extra Wine Biscuit .. 12 : : . Raspberries is, 15Ib. case ........ 37 ps, uxtré ] M Pillsbury’s Best aah =. cha e \%s & %s 16tbD. case 38 Climax .2.........)5. 14 Family Cookies ...... 10 Macaroni ............ 8 See co ge ** 8 70 Salmon Scalloped per a9 scene 7 Beteee, Deseret aAaS at aod Se ie _ ee ean 9 Post Tavern Porridge 2 80 ee i ae ee ge’ oats cco 1s Klondike Chocolates. 18 Fluted Cocoanut Bar 12 : aa . arrens, : a a . eocesevere ne Mince’ Meat 8 BROOMS . Red Alaska .... 180@1 90 Bulk, barrels’ ....... oo eet ce Ga a : § igi Seen n gy 4 2 ae eer ee te ee oka par ihireddea Nivbie, stick i. 8 Frosted Raisin Sqs. .. 10 Mustard ne Parlor, § oe 53 Ib 409. 6Pink Alaska .... @120 96 I0c oe. Ser came 260 Ocore Choc. Caramels 17 eeiied Ovi als “eed” 8 4 Common, 23 ID. ...... 3 75 Sardines 16 10c and 83 5c pkgs., Peanut Clusters ..... 20 os i a vals, iced .. 9 Pree sores ranee re Bperisl, 2S ib ..-..--- a2 ee kee eee OM Ce a aie: ° Warehouse, 23 Ib. ....475 Domestic, % Mustard 2 85 OASTED _—Resina, ....-.-.- ees Ss) See oi eae Olives .....+++eesseee 8 Common, Whisk ..... 110 Domestic, % Mustard 3 25 COFFEES R E Star “Chocolates ..... 18 Ginger Germs Plain .. Faney, Whisk ....... 140 French Xs ........ 7@14 ; Rio Superior Choc. (light) 19 oo ru: ced .. “ Petroleum Products E BRUSHES French, %S ........ 13@23 Pop Corn onda Glee grace oe as: i. PickleS ......esseeeee Sauer Kraut Without prizes. IDES. - ceo. t 8 Scrub Nose 80 Codie Sock Sik Ginger Snaps Round 9 Solid Back, 8 in. 16 , ‘ Hippodrome Bar .... 12 Piaying Cards 8 Solid Back. ll i eee os 6 No. 10, cams -..-:.-... 2 30 coupon ... 3 26 Honey Fingers Ass’t 12 Petaeh ....... 8 Pot ‘ch’ wanes MR. scce 4 Shrim Pop Corn Goods with Prizes Honey Jumbles 2 as Provisions ...... se 8 oin - Looeee ee Dasher i = .... 145 Oh My 100s ......... 8 iene Coe ia R " Dunbar, 1%s dos. .... 2 70 Cracker Jack, with Prize Imperials ............ 10 Ri g No. 3 Hurrah, 100s ........ 850 Jubilee Mixed 10 Rolled Die 2 > =? Supoptash Hurrah, 508 ......... 1 75 Kaiser Jumbles ...... 12 : cee eeee No. 1 a Fancy oe = Hurrah, uel oa aa 85 Lady ss Sponge 30 Salad Dressing ...... 9 oe Peaberry ...cccccccce Coug rops ap Year Jumbles .. Saleratus iihned ates » No. 8 ...........0.... 1 00 pi eee Maracaibo xes Lemon Biscuit Square 10 Sal Soda ............. 9 NO. 7 ......csesee0-. 130 rawberrles Pair oe a Putnam Menthol ... 100 Lemon Cakes ....... 10 a eco 0 4 OSE eaeenegansad 190 oe RAE oo Che... S| Smith Bro ......... 18 Lemon Waters 18 Balt Fish .......-..--. 9 o oo cccccceccece sececes seeece easdcan NUTS—Whole emona ..... Seeds .......+..+- vee 10 BUTTER COLOR ws 0 a ee . oe - ae Blacking eeecere rf Dandelion, 25c size .. 3 00 mney ste eta Ci 140 FANCY .......ccc-ccce 26 Almonds, Tarragona 20 Macaroon Jumbles .. 18 ne ee CANDLES ee oe 3 60 Guatemala Almonds, California ma. hl Soe 19 Paraffine, 6s ......... 7 Tuna BONE nccsccccrcnscsces MB See | 6M 10 Spices pepseheeshesere: TE aan. 2s ........ 2” Case Fancy .............. 38 Sata es cis ss ce a Marshmallow pecans 20 coerce esccces Mocking 2.2 /.05.....) is, 4 doz. in case .260 = 9 = (eee tr 6d 6Mberts 42... ..... °. rt. Cookie, Iced 11 RENOB - 2 occ 5e rcs oe 10 . Cal. No.1 8. S. @18 T CANNED Goops == i” ,*ags in caso ..18 8 Private Growth .... 2. HS Wainuts, Navies ‘iéw@17 Oatmeal Crackers... : alnuts, Grenoble .. Pen en IIT Jy $b. Standards .. @, 20 __ CATSUP Table nuts, fancy is@r4 Oreo. Biscuit. «20222. 1° Tobacco ........ 11, 12, 18 “® °" icine Fes Sailers pints ...... = ee ee, Sie inal ......5: 5 Wayne 2.502620. 66 le. 12 9» Snider's % pints .... Pecans, Ex rge @ Penny Assorted . 10 ME ie ge CHEESE Shelled Picnic Mixed ........ 12 Vv CMC 2... @18 No. 1 Spanish Shelled Priscilla Cake .. 8 Winegar, .....-......,. 13 Beans x01 Garson City .... SS 24 Bay a ae 8 eee aoorine ie a w Rea die". 2 Brie eee gece a oe x , Va. elled Raisin Gems ........ ‘ cece eigen... ...<.. @15 ICY ooeeccceee Peanuts ....... 10@10% See Saw, S. or M. .. 8% ee = he 100@1 75 Limburger @20 Exchange Market, ‘Steady pecan Halves ..... @60" Reveres “Agstd. ... 47 Wrapping Paper .... 14 oe 75@1 25 Fineapple -eeeee 40 @60 $Spot Market, Strong Walnut Halves .... @36 Rittenhouse Biscuit .. 14 eee Blueberries oes @85 Package Filbert Meats .... @30 Snaparoons ........06 = os lek Y “s enterd bicwcoee a0. 2 40 foe Soe eeee @24 New York Basis Alicante Almonds @60 Spiced Cookie bebeeees ccc, Ue oes domestic @20 Arbuckle ............ 1650 Jordan Almonds ... Spiced Jumblea, iced 2 _— December 22, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 6 7 8 29 Sugar Fingers 12 Pol 9 et es Sugar Crimp ...... .. 10 Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz. 6 N Vattow 10 11 anilla Wafers ...... 20 Bamboo, 16 ft., per dos. 60 are ; ecie cies cece. @ 5 Smoked Mackerel 2 Bamboo, 18 ft.. per peice +4 Sale sles atiele ele @4 Hams, 14 16 Meats Mess, 100 lbs 15 Oolong inter FE oan i Wooi a , 14-16 . 15 @15% Mess, 40 ba 10 50 Formosa, Medium NBCS Hon densisus @ © Bae” taveee ae oss Hie iss fo idee Mess, 10 Ths. 1.02.07, tae pormoss, Choice .. 32038 quare ....... 7 Extract L os Shed, fine .. 20 H aaa - 144@15 Mess, © a 20! ormosa, Fancy .. Seymour Round 7 Dixie emon Terpenless HORSE am, dried beef No. 1 Ne lcecs se aue 1 50 y .. 50@60 ate act Vanilla Mexican P RADISH sets .. 29 » 100 ths. ...... 14 50 English Breakt Both at me Fee doe 2. California’ Ham @20 = No. 1, 40 ths. 22222! 39 © Congou, =e Soda No. 1, F bor hos ons Jelly Picnic toting 11 @11% No. 1, 10 tbs... 1 65 Congou, to +: iae Premium Sodas ...... No. 2, F box, 1% 02.126 72/2: Palls, per doz. ..2 30 Hams -...... 19% @20 100 tb Lake Herring Congou, Fancy ."" 30@36 Saratoga, Flakes 1. 13 40 NO. 4 F box, 2% ow, 235 «jai: Balle, ber pail sae) Hela Feue tqaue = 40 the. 22222277777 go Congou, Ex Fancy s99%0 Saltines ........-..5-. 13 i é if oz. Taper 2 00 301. pails, per pail | u Minced aa 12 * 12% 40 oe weeecee ccc ca- 2 05 oa Ceylon cy 69@30 . 2, oz. flat .... Con) 5...) as Peace SS ores, Oyster FLOUR A Dee eee mee tte Ba Dr. Pokow um +++ 28@30 Dandy. Oveters a ND FEED ce Cream Co. Brands Sausages i SEEDS Flowery 6, pe, 7;, 89@35 y. Oysters ...... i Grand Bulk Ani 7c Ff NE G Ovecens Sanare 7 Rapids Grain & » any flavor A Poem... iets) Ganaey Sais * "7 18 Aeacy 40@60 eC ee ee | piling. co Bxtra Fancy, any favor 6 BV gegeccceee~ BMGT, Caraway rn a8 ToBAcco seen ee eee ere cease ¢ / inter Wheat >. : DN ccleisiars ce a 00 7 ooo 12 12 | Malahan 3 16 Bl ~ Cut eo, hi eek Purity Patent a / Brick, Fancy ee a Pork Le even 11 iu” Pi aa Malabar 1 20 Busia: “ié’3: eee gel.|| 1 45 date ee 1 00 Wizard ae cas ce: 6 75 og at GLASSES ae 11 Hemp, Hicue 45 Bugle, 10 S seegac -- 8 84 Nabisco 100 Wiserd Priel esis 560 a n bbis., per doz. 15 Headcheese .......... 11 Mixed Bird ........ Dan Patch, § avd‘sé° 11 00 Nabisco 1% Wind Soe 1 80 pt. in bbls, per doz. 16 © * 16 ee ee la Dan Patch, 4 oe 16 om. 32 ee } 78 Wizard’ Buckw't ewt. 3 40 8 oz. capped in bblis., rae 16 n Pater’ 4% ++. 11 63 meso 1. aoe Pa oe eae 6 25 per doz ........07).. 1g Boneless ..... . 20 0020 50 Rape ..... Bocioesness 25 Fast Mall,’12 OF *+++ 5 78 Lorna Doone 10 ty wa ee MAPLEINE Rump, new .. 24 50@25 00 SHOE BLACKING. E a ees » 20 i et Se | Sida a edie a 5@1 35 i ee Fored Sancy mms 7 Golagn bneat bio’. 342 Red Hem NO So "tt gout Beer’ Sutaing Clin zizian Zt Svea Cuba’ the 9 30- 10 25m. boxes ..@10 Wingold is men 23 oz. jars, 1 doz. 1.225 ree! Cut, 100 Tb. sks. 2 90 Holton, ice ae 50- 60 25tb. boxes ..@10% aoe %s cloth .. 700 2 I. tin pails, 1 doz. 3 00 Monarch, bbls. ...... 5 35 SEAner Citas Golden Twins a Bu ee ee a Re Me clown hap | OF Jame 2 doz... 1 20 Monarch, (90 Ib. sks. 255 Kingsford 40 tb Cree 1 on... “4 vingold, %s cloth .. 6 60 : er, egular . ’ me .... 7 oe Om evscausnee vik Wingold, $8 paper ©) 6 69 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Quaker, 20 Family 1. 49 MU22¥. 20 11D. pkgs. .. bi Day's Work, 7 & 141 a Red Band Brand ingold, 4s paper .. 6 60 Perfecti en Harve SALAD Singaiats Derpe 2°, Menthe, tp = Boe 2 40 Meai Red Crawal Gols «-.. 8 Columbia, % pints nS Silver Gloss, 40 11D. .. 7% § “Broa.” 7poxe® 28 an ae 240 Bolted veectcetisesee £60 Gan wromn, Gasoline “18 Columbia’ 1 pint <4 90 Muzzy, 40 lip. pkgs. <1 6° Four Roses, 36 me is a iy olen Gienuiied =! 400 Ve © Naptie coe Deese tne a ae 3 aces Gite wa ite -..... 30 case lots, 10c less. heat Caniter Naplitha .. 185 Surpcon ase 4 20m £%8 Argo, 24 5c pkgs. .... 90 Hit Edges, 2 t. (°° ** 90 FARINACEOUS GOOD MeO veces, pitol Cylinder ..... 29.9 ee’s small, 2 doz. § 25 Silver Gloss, 16 3 Gold Rope a2 hn ee Goans Ss White eee aa Atlantic Red Engine 13.4 ae large, 1 doz. 235 Silver Gloss, 12 ae oy old Rice ‘ and 12 th. 58 es a ae Suueee Black .)..... 7g Snider’s, small, 2 doz. 1 35 Renan L 8h a. 0. P., 12 ann aa = 58 Med. Hand Picked .. 3 7 Mie cae ee es 28.9 SALERATUS 48 1Ib. packages ...... xranger Twist, 6 th... 40 Brown Holland ..... 329 Less than carlots .... 47 PICKLES Packed 60 tbs. in box i a ee 41% Fr T. W., 10 and 21 tb 38 Farina oe Corn Barrels 1,200 coe Arm and Hammer .. 3 00 ai packages ...... 6 Horse Shoe, 6 and 12 tb. 3 85 1 th. paskawes ...-260 [oss than aici me wee oo a ree ee .- #00 [ee 3% lame § Bulk, per 100 1b. 160 Less than carota .... 78 5 re cunt Se SAL SO oa ne te 6 a eee re . gallon kegs ....... EM Gronulaied bie “a tee. Jolly Tar, 5 and 8 th. z hp ere sy rolls to container oe 1600 Barrels .. oe 9 50 Granulated, 100 ths. cs. o Half barrels i. 2 Kentucky Ne 11 Tb... 4 containers (40) rolls 3 20 a 8 .. 1800 Half barrels ......)) 5 00 Granulated, 36 pkgs. .. 1 26 Blue Karo, No. 1%. .--<- 30 Keystone Twist 2m. 3 Dead 108 th Gok i950 Nod Com a ‘i. ee econ: ae Save Wine war ie ryrigese 8 45 Maple | — is ’ - Sack .. o. 1 Co RG herki ue Ka "3 as aple D a oes: 'Maccaron! an r Vermicelll Gricked = Oat Fa 30 90 Barrels aon yoy oe _Grades g9 Blue Karo ee "et 1” Merry whic $2 tb. . a : : Ox. DAKGA GO Mba ‘ a arrel l 20 4 eeepc doz. Ie : obb: ’ wee Domestic, 30 Tb. box'...'0@ Coarse Com ‘Meal .. 50.00 ganon' kegs’ 20001... 289 0 81. sacks coos. 2 40 cau wicia td Bet ee Pearl Barley Mason, pts., pe ne Sweet Small 28 10 Th. sacks ...... 2 25 Blue Karo, No. 10, % Patterson’s Nat! Tea?’ $2 ane sao Mao Pee: Bet Se EG Barrels ...-------- 600 BB ID. sacks 22.125.) 40 pdO% tereseeeesscens 2 20 Peachey, 6, 12 & 24 tb. 4 Portage ..0.:....5 52), 475 Mason, % gal. per cre oi une ce Mcelesisls Seg th Adem ow... 20 — Karo, No. 1% 4 prcnlc Twist, Sih 41 ao Macc wel pat axe. ae "ea lara Do ene 8 00 eldsieck, 4 & 7 | Green Wisconsin bu. 3 25 GELATINE oy ee 56 Tb. sacks ......... eo Bo Be 3A 2% Pole, peidsleck, per az. 98 a sap Cox's, 1'dom large .. 1 45 ciy. No. 28, Ber box 175 28 Tb. dairy in drili bags 20 Red poh No. 2%, 2dz. 2 75 fonts “a = Per doz. 48 Ss ox’s, 1 doz. small .. » T. D. count 60 Solar a teat ‘ ot _— India) .0....-..... 5 pee eee: doz. 1 4 oe PLAYING CARDS 90 56 Ib. sacks saat 26 eS ~ 2 2 60 ieee ivan . doz. ia eae Pt. 's par ing. . eee er eeees r, oz. German, broken pkg. Knox's Acidu’d oe a 28 Ho. Ot, Sreamnoas .... 75 Gran on eee cae rene wae a, os “4 Miicate oe oc No. 15, Rival assorted 1 25 ulated, Fine .... 110 OO cece eweccc ce 16 Spear Head, 14% © Taploca Minute, 2 qts., doz. ..110 No. 20, Rover, enam’d 1 50 Medium, Fine ....... Bie GOO conse cesses. 10 Seeat Head, Yon” oe Flake, 100 Ib. sacks ..5% Nelson’ ats., 3 doz. 3 26 No. 572, Special 1 75 Choice: 2.050 “OB Sa. Deal, 7,'14 a ~ 2 ee ee ae ROBE +e ov 160 No. 98 Golf, Satin fin. 2 0 SALT FISH Folger’s Grape Punch Star, 6, 12’ana 2m 3¢ ae hoe ie EN aco a 75 No. 808, Bicycle ...... 2 op Cod Quarts, doz. case .. 600 Standard Navy 1% er Minute 36 pkgs. ...--. 275 Plymouth Rock, Bes 125 No. 632 Tourn’t whist 225 (278° Whole .... @ 1% TABLE SAUCES mee FISHING TACKLE GRAIN BAGS” POTASH Small, whole :... @ 7 Halford, large ..... ~ 375 Len Penny, 6 and 12 th. 35 % tot im so...) 6 Broad Gauge : Babbitt’s, 2 doz. 1 75 ore oe buehe «--0Gees Halford, small ...... 225 Down Talk, 14 oz 3 mol 7 foe oe PROVISIONS ee ees, TEA Yankee Giri, 12 & 24 tb. $1 iz = ‘ a Crepe Siess erbs a Ganvaled Pork twa oo “ane Japan All Red, so ba ga at NE ae ant i Hops TG be ae ar --22 00@23 00 Halibut Guus” ceceecseee 20@% Am. Union gagearts: 5 76 fi 20 laurel Leaves . ee Fe te te ETIDN cece sseeeseee BB FOS a ge ee a Sas Cotton Lines Senna_Laves Be Beare Clea no ug CN es 18 Dasket-fred Med'm 28030 Glee stan ot 26 No. 1, 10 feet ........ 5 HIDES AND PELTS fee Holland Herring Basket-fired Choice 35@37 Hape Scrap, 2 oz. ... 30 No.2) 15 feet. 0, 7 Hides Clear Family .... 26 00 Y. M. wh. hoop bbis Basket-fired Fancy 88@45 H Ppy Thought, 2 oz. 30 No. 3; 15 feet ...:...: 9 Green, No. 1 ........ 15 Dry Salt Meats Y. M. wh. hoop % bbis No. 1 Nibs ..... 30@32 fee Comb Scrap, Se 5 76 No. 4, 15 feet .......- ees Nel 2 14 $8 P Bellies .... 14%@15 | Y- M. wh. hoop kegs _ Siftings, bulk /.:/) "9910 Mall Pouuk i oon’ é, 4 55 No. 5, 15 feet 2100.00. 1 fet Ne 1 .-.-..-. ae Lard Y. M. wh. hoop Milchers —‘“Iftings, 1 Tb. pigs. 12914 Old Sonuce’ ga S0% Se 2 90 . 6, Stee 12 , 1 al ure in tierces 1 kegs coco. unpowder age stsse 5 76 ING. 7 165 feet ........ 15 esor lat green, No. 1 15 Compound Lard io Sion Standard, bbls. ... Moyune, ‘Medium -- 28@33 Pa Times, % gro. ..5 50 No. 8, 15 feet ........ 18 eee Se No. 2 13% 80 tb. tubs ....advance..% Standard, % bbls Le Moyune, Choice .. 35@40 Red Bear, 5c, % gro. 5 76 No. 9, 15 feet ....... 20 Saale. cured, No. 1 17 60 Tb. tubs ....advance % ‘Standard, kegs “" gg» Moyune, Fancy .... 50@60 Red uate, 5c % gro. 5 76 a ae skin, cured, No. 2 15% 50 tbh. tubs ....advance % Ping Suey, Medium 25@30 Scrap le, ae + 3 oe Smal 0 ee 20 Old Wool 20 tb. pails ...advance % No, 1 Trou Ping Suey, Choice 35@40 Sure She c pkgs. ... 48 Medium ........+-0+0 0. e tae 60@1 25 10 tb. pails ‘lladvance % No. 1) 40 Ibe w.sccs, 750 Ping Suey, Fancy .. 45@50 Yankee Girl Scrap ‘ao, & 46 Se ee 50@1 00 5 Ih. pails ...advance 1 a op . ‘ 25 Young Hyson Pan Ha ‘ah Scrap 20z. 5 76 BS ...... 30@ $ % sails ud, al ls | 80 Choice ........:2.. 3 ndle Scrp gr 5 76 P -.-advance 1 No. 1, 2 Ibs. 6 eee 28@80 Peachey Scrap, & . dy cecccece WENCW 2.506 i ccc @88 Union w co @ ssca 8 16 orkman, 3% 6 00 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 30 December 22, 1915 BAKING POWDER Roasted Proctor & Gamble Co. K. ¢. Dwinnell-Wright Brands I 12 13 14 a fees Gap 10 ox., 4 doz. in case — 85 very, oe, Smoking Queen Quality, 5c .... 48 Mop Sticks 1s oz. 4 doz. in case 1 25 Slee oe ee. All Leaf, 2% & 7 oz. 30 Rob Roy, 5c foil .... 5 76 mroian spring 90 25 a ; a fe ao 2 00 BB, 3% oz. ........ . : one ay ae oe . Eclipse patent spring 85 50 oz. 2 doz. plain top 4 00 Swift & Company BB, 7 0%. ........-. 24 00 Rob Roy, 50c doz. .... 4.19 No. 1 common ........ 80 50 oz. 2 doz screw top 4 20 Swift’s Pride 2 BE 14 Ox. ..-.-.---- 2 S. & M., 5e gross //.. 576 No. 2, pat. brush holder 85 80 oz., 1 doz. plain top 6 50 White I ao , 85 Bagdad, 10c tins .... 11 52 , I 80 1d Ae A eUnGLY) |. . -/. - 3 50 eo 504 S. & M., 14 0z., doz. ..3 20 [deal No. 7 ............ 85 0z., 1 doz. screw top 6 75 Wool, 6 oz. bars ..... 3 85 er, 8 OZ. ........ 11 52 Soldier Boy, 5¢ gross 5 76 12M. cotton mop heads 1 30 Barrel Deal No. 2 Wool, 10 oz. bars .... 6 50 ee ee 5 76 Soldier Boy, 10c .... 10 50 8 doz. eich 10, 15 and. : on J ye aeecedaas Pilot, 7 oz. doz. ..... 1 05 Palis OS: eters esse eee 2 80 Tradesman ; NES ~ oe ee ; = Soldier Boy, 1 tb. .... 475 49 ot he With 4 dozen 10 oz. free Ges Brand anner,, Oc cccce""ig ° g4 Sweet Capcral, 1 ox. 60 at. Galvanized .... 2 00 Barrel Deal No. 2 Black Hawk, one box 2 50 Bien Chtee ios OS oi Sweet Lotus eles 6 8 J2 at Galvanized dbarrels sold F. O. B. Chi- White House, 2 ID. ....... Sapolio, gross lots .. 9 5¢ Briar Pipe, be... 5 76 Standard, Se foil - 8 18 Mouse, wood 4 holes "” 45 ca&o. Excelsior, Blend, 1 th. .... Sapolio, half gro. lots 4 85 ee Gunn, 1s ox. -. 3 60 Standard, Wc paper 864 19 oi Galvanisen “1 55 Royal Excelsior, Blend, 2 tb gapolio, single boxes 2 40 ag ef oi E 0%. -- € op Seal N. C. 1% cut plug 70 12 qt. Galvanized .... 1 70 y Tip Top BI a4 * **** Sapolio, hand ......., 2 40 eek be... sop Sou NS % Grat - SF sk ot Galveniesd = 1 op 0c size .. 90 Sek eg. Beefine, 50 caken <> 1 40 ~~ he hood, 10c .... 1110 Three Feathers, 1 0z. 48 Mouse, wood, 6 holes 370 oe Royal Blend ......... sees Scourine, 100 cakes .. 3 50 Tuan 16 ox. 605 Three Feathers 100 1468 foune tin, € hbins ..” ae 4b cans 185 Royal High Grade ..... * purateal be 5 70 Three Feathers and Rat, wood ............ 80 6 ezcans 190 Superior Blend ........ Te Soap Compound Carnival, % oz. ...... 39 ce Ge = 2 Hat, spring (29/20!) | 75 %lb cans 2 50 Bina hee aes as ee casei ms 16 ee - Tom & Jerry, 7 oz. ..1 80 %Ib cans 375 Grocer Co., Grand Rapids; Jonae ve axe i - ; - Cigar Clip’s, Seymour 30 Tom & Jerry, 3 oz. 76 Tubs 1f cans 480 Lee & Cady, Detroit; Lee Rub-No-More 3 85 dentity, 8 Cand 16 02. 30 ‘Trout Tine, be ....- 5 20 No. 1 Fibre ......... 16 50 $b cans 1300 & Cady, ee ate Nine O'Clock |... 3 Bo ; Trout Line, Cc ee. i oO. Hibre ....... --15 0 ady, aginaw; y Darby ee abe oO Turkish, Patrol, 2-9 576 No. 3 Fibre sees te 13 Hi Sib cans 21 50 City Grocer Company, Bay Washing Powd ere Oke, 14 oz. .... 255 Tuxedo, 1 oz bags .. 48 [Large Galvanized .... 7 50 CIGARS City; Brown, Davis & , oe oe Cake, 7 0z. .... 1 45 Tuxedo, 2 oz. tins ... 96 Medium Galvanized .. 6 50 Warner, Jackson; Gods- Armour’s ........ 3 70 oo oe ce... BE Texel, She ....-..- 14, Small Galvanized .... 5 50 Johnson Cigar Co.'s Brand mark, Durand & Co., Bat- Babbitt’s 1776 ...... oe *50c ails . .. 470 Tuxedo, 80c tins 7 45 Dutch Masters Club 70 09 tle Creek; Fielbach Co., a Ss lee silo ee 3 75 ae ee gol | 68 8 War Bath be ...--- 00 Woskbpands Dutch Masters, Inv. 70 00 Toledo. Gold Dust, 24 large .. 4 30 Cuban Star 16 oz. pls 5 72 War Path, 20c ...... 1 60 enue Git 3 15 Dutch Masters, Pan. 70 00 Gold Dust, 100 small 3 85 Cuban 10c ... 1030 Wave Line, 3 oz. 40 ee aa 459 Dutch Master Grande 68 00 Kirkoline, 24 4Ib 2 80 a ik ae 79 Wave Tine, 16 oz. .... 40 Brass, Single ....... 450 Tittle Duteh Masters e, ae pais Laity a. oe 77. Way up, 2% oz. .... 5 75 anes Peet sini aisles ce (300 lots) ........ 10 0 Lautz Naphtha, 60s .. 2 40 ld Secettg io oe 713 Way up, 16 oz. pails .. 31 ena oa. feteceee 575 Gee Jay (300 lots) ..10 00 Lautz Naphtha, 100s 3 75 - : aa ce... OE WT at. be --.-- 5 76 ee SEE nonce 675 1 Portana .......... 33 Poaning ae Pike's Mixture, 50 .. 6 76 Wild Fruit, 10c ...... 2 ip of OW oe 32 00 MA algaags Duke's acta We 41 Ge Nam Yum, Ge ....---- 5 76 ae vgn aa ore OBCING | <8. ess. . 3 90 Duke's Tames, be... 5 78 Yum Wm, We ....-- “ ee Cant acncn eae 425 Worden Grocer Co. Brands Snow Boy, 60 5¢ .... 2 40 ey er ga ee oe Universal —........... 4 o5 Canadian Club Snow Boy, 100 Se .... 3 75 F. F. A., 4 02. ..--+- TWINE Tioudres| 560s wood 35 Snow Boy, 24 pkgs., Er. F. A., 97 OZ. cocnccse 11 52 22 0 ’ ’ o 22 2 Family Size ae 3 75 ; ... 600 Cotton 3 ply .......... Wind 1 Londres, 25s tins ...... 6 2 eet «amily Size 304... : oe . Ao lad Gil 5 28 Cotton 4 ply .......... 22 i. ndow Cleaners 165 Londres, 300 lots ...... 10 Royal Garden Tea, pkgs. 40 Snow Boy, 20 pkgs., Five oe .. B Gb duce 2 ply... 25) 2. . cin ee THE BOUR CO., Laundry Size ..... - 400 ie Bree APE eee ween 2 i 2 30 COFFEE TOLEDO, OHIO, Swift's Pride, 248 ..., 3 65 me ot eat sito i162 Wool, 1 th. bales .-.-= 10% OLD MASTER COFFEE uc Bede Pride, 100s 3 : woe ae isdom ..... Ssccecse 8 ent press, "1% 02. _ 2 VINEGAR a bed ii Bowe re Lautz Bres.’ & Co. Glad Hand, 5c ......-. White Wine, 40 grain oe eee ee ee Acme, 70 bars ..... . 3 05 Gold Block, 10c ...... 12 00 white Wine, 80 grain 11% 15 jn ee ioe Acme, 100 cakes, 6c sz 3 76 The only Gold Star, 50c pall .. $69 white Wine, 100 grain 13) 15h: puter -----+-- 7 50 Acorn, 120 cakes .... 2 40 Gail & Ax Navy, 5c 5 76 Oakland Vinegar & Pickle n. Butter ......... Cotton Oil, 100 cakes 6 00 Cc Growler, BC ..--.+++++ . Co.’s Brands Cream Borax, 100 cks 3 90 Growler, 10c .....-+«. 1 = Highland apple cider 18 WRAPPING PAPER Circus, 100 cakes 5c sz 3 75 Cleanser Growler, 20c ......-- cag Cexiand apple citer .- 3) common Eitaw 2 Climax, 100 oval cakes 3 05 Giant, 5C ....--+.- "** 379 State Seal sugar .... 11% ipre Manila wile 8 We Gloss, 100 cakes, 5c sz 3 75 Guaranteed te Giant, 40c .......-.. 3 39 Oakland white picklg 10 Fibre Manila, colored’ 4 mS = Big Master, 100 blocks 3 90 equal Hand Made, 2% oz. .. 50 Packages free. ie Old Master Coffee .... 31 Naphtha, 100 cakes .. 3 90 best 1éc kinds — mut eae sense oo WICKING Gream Manila (60077 3 San Marto Coffee ..... Saratoga, 120 cakes .. 2 40 80 - CANS - $2.99 tee BS Ne 0) cep eeoes 3 Butchers’ Manila .... 2% Hunting, G01. 0.--.---. 610 NOY Der gross Uc" 43 Wax Butter, shore oni 10 FITZPATRICK BROTHERS’ SOAP CHIPS gii37 I X L, in pails ...... 3 90 No. 2, per gross . 5 Woes fiace ee White City (Dish Washing) ....... te eeeecceececeeeee 210 Ibs......8¢ per Ib. Just paths, ae 4 No. 3, per gross .... Tip Top KCauatioy os eeceee.. 200 IDS...... 4c per lb. Kiln Dried, 25¢ ..... 2 45 WOODENWARE YEAST CAKE No. 1 Laundry Dry......... feces eee b occa. ose sc ses ceo LDS... 5c per lb. King Bird, 7 oz. .... 2 16 Baskets Magic, 3 doz. ....... 5 Palm Pure Soap Dry................ a cleue teeeeeees+sse+-300 Ibs... ..6Kc per Ib ng Bird, 10c ...... 11 52 Sunlight, 3 doz. ...... 1 00 gi 5 a tk 1 00 ; eee ce [oe ee wee te ee ae a a Market ............; . nie ——— Little Giant, 1 Th. .... 28 © Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 85 ° R e plint, large ........ 400 ’ ’ K Il ( BRAND ) Te Redo, 3 oz. 2.10 80 Splint, medium’... $59 FOOTE SJENKS’ Alilarney ( recistereo Inger Ale , Splint, small ........ esse Mary. 100 OZ. 4 Willow, Clothes, iarge 8 90 AXLE GREASE (CONTAINS NO CAPSICUM) : foe Willow, Clothes, sma ae, Nay Oo sa 7, © 2) Willow, Clothes, me’m 7 25 An Agreeable Beverage of the CORRECT Belfast Type. Mayflower Be sees 5 76 notte Ligue Supplied to Dealers, Hotels, Clubs and Families in Bottles Having 5 a0c .___.. i i Mayflower, 20¢ ...... i ee Ee Registered Trade-Mark Crowns er Hair, 5c ..... ” eer Nicer Hair, 10e ....10 70 eee coe : A Partial List of Authorized Boftlers: A. L. JOYCE & SON, Grand Rapids and Traverse City, Mich.; Nigger fo a ese - 4 2 Db. Panda auate 8 KALAMAZOO BOTTLING CO., Kalamazoo, Mich.; KILLARNEY BOTTLING CO., Jackson, Mich. ee Home, bc ...... 48 3 Ib., 250 in crate Old Colony, 1-12 gro. 11 Be 5 Th., 250 in crate ...... 90 Old Mill, 5c ......... 57 Wire End Qld Kinglish Crve 1%%0z. 43 1 tb., 250 in crate ...... 35 1 Tb. boxes, per gross 8 70 Old Crop, 5c ........ 5 2 Th., 250 in crate ...... 45 3 Ib. boxes, per gross 23 10 gg i. _— eS 3 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 55 i P. “ 3 0z., per ‘gro. 570 Tb., 20 in crate ...... 65 TELFER’S Roast COFFEE Pat Hand, 1 oz. ...... 63 Churns Patterson Seal, 1% oz. 48 Barrel, 5 gal., each .. 2 40 Patterson Seal, 3 oz. .. Patterson Seal, 16 oz. : 5 Peerless, 5c ........ Peerless, 10c cloth ..11 Peerless, 10c paper ..10 Peerless, 20c ........ 2 Peerless, 40c ........ 4 Plaza, 2 gro. case ....5 Plow Boy, ic ....... 5 Plow Boy, 10c ...... ii Plow Boy, 14 oz. .... 4 Pear, 10c 2.) 11 Pride of Virginia, 134 PMG, BC cece ee ee 5 Pilot, 14 oz. doz. ..... 2 Prince Albert, 5c .... Prince Albert, 10c .... Prince Albert, 8 oz. .. 3 Prince Albert, 16 oz. .. 7 Barrel, 10 gal., each ..2 55 Clothes Pins Round Head 4% inch, 5 gross ..... 60 Cartons, 20 2% doz. bxs 65 Egg Crates and Fillers Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. 20 No. 1 complete ....... 40 No. 2, complete ....... 28 Case No. 2, fillers, 15 BetS .. 5... SS 35 Case, medium, 12 sets 1 15 Faucets Cork lined, 3 in. Cork lined, 9 in. ... Cork lined, 10 in. ISR Jamo, 1 th. tin ....<.81 Eden, 1 %. tin ..3..0.: 27 Belle Isle, 1 tb. pkg. 27 3ismarck, 1 Th. pkg. 24 Vera, 1 Ib. pke- .... 28 Koran, 1 th. pkg. .... 22 Telfer’s Quality 25 19 Mosan 2 es 18 Quality, 20 .......... 16 WW. J. G. Tea 320.2. . 37 Cherry Blossom Tea 37 Telfer’s Ceylon .... 40 and when you want it. little, but invariably give. Tradesman Company The chances are that you want something more than printing when you want a job of 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 This is the service that we talk about but Grand Rapids ee ee 7 i — . = AE LSE Cate ~~: RUBS AR ath eee Sido ~~ se, — . = December 22, 1915 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 31 BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMEN Advertisements inserted under this head for two cen BUSINESS CHANCES. For Sale—140 popular books good for rental use and large revolving book rack, in good shape. $50. f. 0. b., Kalamazoo. Dunwell Drug Co., Kalamazoo, Michigan. 689 For Sale—Retail shoe store in Sche- nectady, N. Y. Business established five years. Weekly sales $1,200. Reasonable terms to a hustler with some capital who will continue the agency for our established line. Stock exceptionally clean, fixtures most attractive. The Hurd & Fitzgerald Shoe Co., Utica, N. Y. 691 For Sale—Clean stock of dry goods in one of the best towns in the State. Steam heated rooms 26x80 rent reasonable. Could be continued as an exclusive dry goods store or other lines could. be added. There is no general store in the town. Owner has other business. Joseph Warnock, Harbor Springs, Mich. 692 For Sale—Millinery business in the prosperous town of Alma, Michigan. Good reason for selling. Cheap rent, with lease. Only three stores in town. Small stock goods, all new. sargain to quick buyer. Address No. 697, care Michigan Tradesman. 697 For Sale—Or might exchange for farm Or vacant lots in Detroit, hardware stock, old stand, established business. Inventory about $4,500. Good reason for Selling. Address No. 696, care Trades- man. 696 For Sale—One number S 48-7 Ideal Sectional Steam Boiler. Slightiy used; good as new. Cost $600; will sell for $300 cash, f. o. b. Moberly, Missouri. If you want a bargain in a boiler, write J. Oscar Smith, Moberly, Missouri. 695 For Sale—New Stimpson computing scale cheap. Computes to 100 pounds. Address 1036 Madison Ave., Grand Rapids. Bell phone South 1695. 698 For Sale—New modern shoe store. Owing to death of Heavy Lemon, the popular shoe merchant of Mansfield, Ohio, the entire new stock is offered for sale, including new fixtures, valuable lease; oldest and best established business in city. Address Mary A. Lemon, Exec., De Soto Hotel, Mansfield, Ohio. 688 1 have two choice land investments which will net very good profits to pur- chaser. One requiring $50,000 and the other $15,000. To see is to appreciate. Half on deferred payment if desired. I Own most desirable factory sites also near cheap electric power and two rail- roads. Write J. Hopwood, Menomonie, Wisconsin. 687 For Sale—$4,500 stock of dry goods, shoes, hats, groceries, fixtures for $3,500 cash. No trades. Town of 300 in very rich farming community. O. B. Price, Tina, Missouri. 677 For Sale—General stock and fixtures at Walker, Kent county. Good location. Inventory $1,100. enquire G. Roesink, 121 Indiana Ave., Grand Rapids, a ‘ For Sale—A general store in small but good town; old established business. On account of poor health will sell very cheap. Address W. B. Spike, Ney, Ohio. io Big Opportunity—For rent, three story corner building, 28 x 135, best location in city of Zanesville, Obio. Now occupied by the Bon Ton, established in the same location 48 years, in ladies’ and children’s ready-to-wear, hosiery, waists, under- wear, etc.; immense toy business. Will lease for other lines if desired. Lease to suit from next April. Rent reasonable. Inspection invited. Address Sol Whit, Zanesville, Ohio. 676 For Sale—New ventilating plant cheap; suitable for school building, hotel, large cafe or underground’ kitchen. Write Delta Hotel, Escanaba, Michigan. 678 For Sale—For cash. General mer- chandise business. Profits averaging $8.00 per day. Other business demands attention. Address No. 679, care Trades- man. 679 For Rent—Jan. 1. Store 22x44 or double store 44x44, suitable for any business. On corner; best location in city of 5,000. Enquire of N. M. Welch, Charlotte, Michigan. 680 For Sale—Or might exchange for other property or business, Lake Vista farm and resort. Write for booklet. Address owner, C. S. Pyle, Allegan, Mich. 682 Wanted—To hear from owner of gen- eral merchandise store for sale. State cash price and description. D. F. Bush, Minneapolis, Minn. 657 Stocks Wanted—If you are desirous of selling your stock, tell me about it. 1 may be able to dispose of it quickly. My service free to both buyer and seller. EB. isenga, 44-54 Ellsworth Ave., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 870 continuous insertion. Arrange January Sales Now—Expert advertising will reduce your stock % to % at a profit. Big cash results guaran- teed. Greene Sales Co., Jackson, Michi- gan. 6 For Sale Cheap—Sheet metal works in town of 5,000. No competition. Top prices for work. Investigation cheerfully invited. Located twenty miles east of Tampa, Florida, in heart of good farming community. Address Plant City Tin and Sheet Metal Works, Plant City, we ok 67 For Sale—General store. Clean stock. Well located. Tontogany, Ohio. Invoices $5,500. F. A. Brown, Nicholas Bldg., Toledo, Ohio. 669 For Sale—Opportunity for industrious young man, Start in planing mill busi- ness for yourself in a manufacturing town of Northern Iowa. Run by electric power. Address G. A. Zimmerman, Mason City, Iowa. Only $2,000 necessary to start with. 659 Real Estate Broker—Parties wishing a location in a moderate climate in farms or fruit lands or good village property, address W. C. Amerman, Koshkonong, Missouri, Representative National Co- Operative Realty Co. 660 For Sale—Stock of staple and fancy groceries, crockery and glassware, locat- ed in a good trading point in Central Michigan. Reason for selling, death of owner. Address No. 661, care Michigan Tradesman. 661 The Detroit Mercantile Adjusters, coun- selors and executors of high grade spe- cial sales, 505 Whitney Bldg., Detroit, Michigan. 664 I will buy a stock, small or large, if cheap. Arthur, 212 RB. Main., Jackson, Michigan. E Wanted—Side line agents to carry our gas mantles in all parts. Erie Gas Man- le Mfg. Co., 507 French St., re ee 2 Wanted To Buy—For cash, stock of general merchandise from $4,000 to $10,000. Enquire of G. D. Caplon, Walkerville, Michigan. 655 For Sale—First-class restaurant, aver- age daily business over $50, three-story building, living rooms and furnished _ rooms, rent $30; population 6,000; reason, sickness. Henry Robinson, Charlotte, Michigan. 54 Men’s neckwear. 50c styles open end $1.75. Send money order. Soltan Radu- ziner, 621 Broadway, New York. 665 For -Sale—Stock general merchandise, including dry goods, groceries, furnish- ings, trunks, ete., only one in good town. We wish to give our time to our orchard, therefore must sell. Investigate. Lock Box 292, Thompsonville, Mich. 666 For Sale—Good profitable harness and leather goods business located in a live country town of 2,000. Stock consists of harness, horse collars, strap work, sad- dlery, hardware, trunks, bags, suit- cases, ete. Good repair shop, well equipped with electric motor, harness stitching machines, shoe finishing ma- chine, tools, ete. Will inventory about $2,200. If you want a money-maker write at once, as this must be sold quick on account of ill-health. Address owner, K. W. A., 1104 Jefferson avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 447 For Sale—Good bakers’ oven, mixer, gasoline engine. Also soda fountain and ice cream fixtures. Enquire H. N. Coombs, Box 325, Edmore, a For Rent—Building at 949 Cherry St. A-1 place for meat market. Next to Maloney’s grocery. Enquire G. Heyt, 949 Cherry St., Grand Rapids, hie I pay cash for stocks or part stocks of merchandise. Must be cheap. H. Buyer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 925 Safes Opened—W. L. Slocum, safe ex- pert and locksmith. 1 Ionia Ave. N. W., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 104 Merchants Please Take Notice! We have clients of grocery stocks, general stocks, dry goods stocks, hardware stocks, drug stocks. We have on our list also a few good farms to exchange for such stocks. Also city property. If you wish to sell or exchange your business write us. G. R. Business Exchange, 540 House- man Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. 859 Move your dead stock. For closing out or reducing stocks, get in touch with us. Merchant’s Auction Co., heels Wisconsin. Hardware For Sale—About $5,000 stock and fixtures in a town of 1,500 population, Central Michigan. Annual business $20,000 to $22,000 per year. Stock clean, location best. Furniture and fixtures avout $700. Enquire W. C. Hopson Co., 220 Ellsworth Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich- igan. 569 eM Cel es Ga Los Seam ast EET COM Tae tt ae word for each subsequent Wait ba:d os Sats eC TTT Toe ~ . Cash must accompany all orders. For Sale—Clean stock general mer- Wanted—Dairy supply and cream sep- chandise in one of best towns 800 popu- arator salesmen. Patented dairy appli- lation Central Michigan; finest country ance fully guaranteed. Weight 5 ozs. around. Will reduce stock to $2,000 or Retails $3, 100 per cent. profit. Write $2,500, and sell stock and fixtures at in- us. Indicator, Mainesburg, Pa. 693 ventory, one-half down, balance on con- tract. Address No. 583, care Tradesman. 583 Wanted — Experienced salesman. to Carry B. S. K. silk and cotton petticoats for Western and Southwestern states. ae ae. we hea ate oe Principally Iowa and Nebraska. Large ise, consisting of clothing, s! oes, TdY commission | basis. Splendid values. goods, groceries, etc. Stock will invoice Stitching fourteen to eighteen stitches to inch. Address, Skadan, Kerns & Co., Weedsport, N. Y. 684 about $4,500. For particulars, write the owner, B. Newberger, Avoca, Mich. 672 Business Opportunity—Wanted, a re- sponsible firm or individual, experienced in the grain business to establish and Operate a second elevator in a live town in the center of the best agricultural district in this State. Located on the industrious. Wages according to ability. T. S. & M. Branch of the Grand Trunk Reference required. Address No. 648, Railway. No better opening in the State care Michigan Tradesman. 648 for a_responsible dealer with available Wanted—A clerk for general store in country town, 25 to 30 years of age, (married preferred), with at least two years’ experience. Must be bright and capital. Local capital can be secured if POSITION WANTED. desired. For particulars call on or ad- dress the Farmers & Merchants State Wanted—Successful) young merchant Bank, Carson City, Michigan. 572 retiring from retail business, desires Merchandise Sales Conductor. For clos. Wholesale connection, preferably travel- ing out entirely or reducing stocks, get ing. ‘Thoroughly familiar with ee Flood, Dexter, Michigan. 18 thing in merchandise and merchandising. r Salary no object if good opportunity for of ee ee ey ee ne advancement exists. Address No. 690, kind of merchandise. Largest prices C@T fradesman. - paid. Write at once. Perry Mercantile Co., 524 Gratiot avenue, Detroit, ae 5 Wanted a Position—As clerk, any kind. Three years experience in candy and tobacco store, or would like to learn good trade. Can give best of references. Lee J. Lemerand, Monroe, Michigan. 630 Position Wanted—Middle aged man with many years of mercantile experi- ence desires a position as manager of general store. Capable of handling every detail of business. Address No. 373, care Michigan Tradesman. 373 HENRY SMITH, Florist GRAND RAPIDS HELP WANTED. Wanted—Grocery man competent to take full charge. Permanent position and good salary to man willing to work for it. Write full particulars as to ex- perience, salary expected and references. McDougall Mercantile Co., Munising, Michigan. 94 Wishes his friend and customers a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Why 19,000 People Have Bought 8-Cylinder Cadillacs The willingness of so many thousands of people to pay a higher price for the Cadillac Eight must. of course, be founded on reason. The refusal of so many other thousands to pay more for a car than the Cadillac price—in spite of their known ability to do so—must likewise be founded on reason With all of them the question of price is the smallest consideration. They know what they want, they find it in the Cadillac and they buy it. May We Demonstrate the Cadillac Eight to You? It’s Better to Buy a Cadillac Than to Wish You Had ‘Western Michigan Cadillac Co., Ltd. Oscar Eckberg, Mer. 19-23 LaGrave Ave. Grand Rapids Use Tradesman Coupons MICHIGAN TRADESMAN December 22, 1915 Interesting Meeting of Local Grocers. The Grand Rapids Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers’ Association enjoyed an evening of music, woven in with business, Tuesday evening in the Association of Commerce rooms. After the regular grind of business had been cleared away Guy W. Rouse, man- ager of the Worden Grocer Co., was present and addressed the Association upon Better Merchandising, touching up- on the subject of food distribution, know- ing the exact cost of doing business, to the care of business regarding all over- head expenses, and that the merchant should always know where he is regard- ing his business. He called attention to the enormous fire losses over the State of Michigan, caused through inadequate fire protection; to a great extent, also, due to the carelessness of many mer- chants regarding the exposures around their premises. He also called attention of the merchants to the fact that effi- ciency in better merchandising could be brought about by more solid corporation among the merchants. It was a unanimous decision of all the members present, after Mr. Rouse had finished his address, that he had handed out some stern facts to mer- chants rearding their own business from which they could derive great benefit. J. Mickel, State Dairy and Food Inspector, was present and informed the Association that he had received instruc- tions from the Deputy Food Commissioner to open up a campaign in Grand Rapids against scales which are not in good condition. He took this opportunity of calling the matter to the attention of the Association and handed Cut as a warning to the Association what. his intentions were, and in return was asked by the Association to visit every member of the Association and see that. their scales were in proper condition, regard- less of any seals that had been previ- ously put on the scales. The Association is heartily in favor in assisting Mr. Mickel in this work, knowing that this will be one means of better merchandising. The