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SPECIAL FEATURES.
Page.
2. Detroit Detonations.
4. News of the Business World.
5. Grocery and Produce Market.
6. Gabby Gleanings from Grand Rapids.
8. Editorial.
16. Automobiles and Accessories.
12. Financial.
15. Hardware.
16. Dry Goods.
18. Shoes.
20. Woman’s World.
22. Butter, Eggs and Produce.
23. The Meat Market.
24. The Commercial Traveler.
26. Drugs.
27. Drug Price Current.
28. Grocery Pric2 Current.
30. Special Price “Current.
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WAR FOR ITS OWN SAKE.

From time to time there appear in
print arguments in favor of war for
its own sake. All that have come to
the attention of the Tradesman—and

 

they are many—can be reduced to
one; that war is a good thine because
of the virtues produced in the sur-
vivors.

This really means that thousands or
millions must be slain and other
thousands or millions maimed, in-
describable misery and_ destruction
wrought, in order that fortitude and
self-denial may be stirred up in those
left alive and whole. This seems hard-
ly fair; too one-sided, in fact. The
living have all the eain, the dead the
loss, and yet the dead have done the
work and given their all. Some of
the dead may have gained glory,
which means the approving memory
of the living, but they know nothing
of it, for they have lost life itself to
eet it.

There is no denying that fortitude
and self-denial are necessary to the
progress, and probably to the sur-
vival, of the human race. It is quite
possible that in the past the only way
to save the souls and bodies of part
of the population was to destroy the
rest in war, the most wasteful form
of the struggle of the fittest to sur-
vive. In the process of destroyinz
each other the hardy and valiant had
the best chance of surviving, and their
example was a powerful stimulus to
the next generations, and their prog-
eny was likely to be hardy anid
valiant, too; but this was before the
age of war by machinery.

Have we not come to a stage of
development when the essential qual-
ities referred to can be nurtured and
brought to their maturity without the
destruction of other lives? Are not
the brave and enduring the most like-
ly to perish in war’s abattoir? Must
their lives always be the price paid
to make the right impression on the
minds of those left behind? Is there
no other way? Surely this one sav-
ors too much of the human sacrifices
to appease savage gods whose deity
could only be conciliated by blood
and tears. Can men be made virtuous
and virile only by shedding the blood
of, other men, by the killing of other
virtuous and virile?

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9,

It is often stated as a sort of axiom
that needs no proof, that will silence
any argument, that no one can change
human nature. But is not human na-
ture continually chaneine and being
changed. Is mot education 4
micens HOt merely of instilling
knowledge into the mind of man, but
of teaching him to control his im-
pulses? Is not every child a potential
Savage as well as a potential civilized
man Or woman, and could it not he
made into a savage by another kind
of education? Are not courage and
hardihood of mind or body largely
matters of education? Have not en-
tire male populations in Europe been
made into soldiers by training only?
Who, for instance, doubts the valor
and efficiency of the Dutch and Swiss
armies, although none of them have
ever fought?

The qualities of a soldier do not
greatly differ from those of any one
who fights well in the battle of life,
and it seems an insult to the spirit
of man to say that it is so endeare'l
to sloth and materialism that it can
only be aroused to action and self-
denial by the shock of war: and no
task so great and worthy and reason-
able is before our educators, psychol-
ogists and ourselves as that of show-
ing men and women how to become
brave without killing and self-con-
trolled without the vicarious atone-
ment of the lives of others.

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The conceding by the defendant of all
the Government’s contentions, in the
civil suit against the National Cash Reg-
ister Co. under the Anti-Trust law,
marks an important victory for the De-
Justice, The
against the company, in the matter of
unfair competition, was of a kind which
will make the voluntary surrender of

partment of evidence

the defendants a precedent of value
and is likely to put a stop to suck
practices of the sort as may have ex-
isted on the part of other companies.
This phase of the matter is not affected
by the Government's consent to dismiss
the criminal suit against the directors.
In that suit, a jury in the Federal Dis-
trict Court had returned a verdict of
guilty, which was set aside by the Ap-
pellate Court on more or less technical
grounds, but which was being brought
again. The Government’s action in
withdrawing that suit is significant in
the same way as the failure of the jury
to convict the New Haven directors un-
der the criminal clause of the Anti-Trust
law. The accumulating instances of this
nature go to prove the fact, of which
most thoughtful people were convinced
beforehand, that the inflicting of prison
Sentences for violation of a law. on
whose scope and meaning even the
courts did not agree at the time the act
was committed, is repugnant to the
American sense of justice.

Number 1690

 

Manufacturing Matters.

Traverse City—William Wolgast has
engaged in the cigar manufacturing busi-
ness.

Battle Creek—The A-B Stove Co. has
increased its capital stock from $350,000
to $410,000.

Detroit—The_ Crittall Casement Co.
has changed its name to the Crittall
Window Co.

Detroit—The Kelsey Wheel Co. has
increased its capitalization from $1,000,-
000 to $1,500,000.

Delray—The Detroit Sulphite Pulp &
Paper Co. has increased its capital stock
from $800,000 to $1,500,000.

Calcite—The Michigan Limestone &
Chemical Co. has increased its capital
stock from $2,500,000 to $4,500,000.

Detroit— The Detroit Engineering
Products Co. has decreased its common
stock from $60,000 to $45,000 and $15,000
preferred stock provided for.

Manistique — The Thomas Berry
Chemical Co. has been organized with
a capitalization of $100,000. It has com-
menced the erection of its plant,

Kalamazoo—The Dunkley Co. has
been reorganized with a capitalization of
$300,000 and changed its name to the
Michigan Canning & Machinery Co.

Detroit—The Delta Brick & Tile Co.
has been organized with an authorized
capital stock of $10,000, of which amount
$5,000 has been subscribed and paid in
in cash,

Detroit—The Alpine Apron Co. has
been incorporated with an authorized
capital stock of $10,000, of which amount
$5,000 has been subscribed, $100 paid

 

in in cash and $2,900 paid in in property.

Jackson— The Michigan Concrete
Products Co. has been incorporated with
an authorized capital stock of $50,000,
all of which amount has been subscribed,
$2,000 paid in in cash and $48,000 paid
In in property.

Wizard Auto-Parts
Manufacturing Co. has been organized
with an authorized capital stock of $30,-
000, all of which amount has been sub-
scribed, $20 paid in in cash and $29,980
paid in in property.

Saginaw—The

Detroit—The Famous Oil Co. has en-
gaged in the manufacture of polishes,
oils and greases with an authorized
capitalization of $10,000, of which
amount $5,000 has been subscribed, $50
paid in in cash and $950 paid in in
property.

Detroit—The Roedding Signal Tail
Light Co. has been incorporated with an
authorized capital stock of $10,000, all
of which has been subscribed, $2,250
paid in in cash and $5,500 paid in in
property.

Detroit—The Michigan Box Co, has
been organized to manufacture boxes
and other receptacles with an authorized
capitalization of $60,000, of which

amount $30,000 has been subscribed and
$6,000 paid in in cash.

Flint—A new company has been or-
ganized under the style of the Anderson
Manufacturing Co. to manufacture
gelatine and food products with an au-
thorized capitalization of $6,000, all of
which has been subscribed and $1,000
paid in in cash.

Detroit—The Esco Manufacturing Co.,
Inc., has been organized to manufac-
accessories
with an authorized capital stcok of $100,-

ture locking devices and

000, of which amount $60,300 has been
subscribed, $1,000 paid in in cash and
$54,000 paid in in property.

The one large permanent memorial of
the Panama-Pacific Exposition, accord-
ing to present plans, is to be the Palace
of Fine Arts—by common verdict the
best product of architect and sculptor.
lt is to be hoped that it can be kept
in better preservation than has been
the “Field Columbia Museum” in Chi-
cago. But arrangements have also been
made to retain here a number of the for-
eign exhibits, and to reconstruct on oth-
er sites the buildings in which they have
been shown. The University of Califor-
nia is to receve the Japanese office build-
ing. San Francisco is to have the build-
ing of Siam, made entirely of Siamese
wood; the statuary and paintings of the
I*rench, the Greek, and the Argentine and
Bolivian buildings; the Chinese and Ha-
Wallan buildings, and nearly all the
horticultural exhibits. The Commercial
Museum of Philadelphia and the Field
Museum of Chicago also profit by sev-
eral donations; and some Western city
is to receive from Japan the substantial
reproduction of the Kinkaku Temple.
In the quick dismantling of great ex-
regrettable

Francisco, like Chicago,

positions there seems a
waste. San
Buffalo, Portland, and other cities, will
remind the visitor that books are not
entirely closed on the last day.
—_+~-~-____

A hearing on jellies, jams and mar-
malades and their ingredients will be
held by the Joint Committee on Defini-
tions and Standards at the Bureau of
Chemistry, Washington, March 9. At this
hearing the trade and all interested parties
will be given an opportunity to present
their views as to what should constitute a
proper definition or standard for jellies,
The Committee
will be glad to receive and consider

jams and marmalades.

written communications on the subject.
Those who do not desire to attend the
hearing in person may submit their
views in writing any time before or
during the hearing.
—_+~--+___

People need know nothing as long as
they don’t know they know nothing, for
once they know they know nothing they
get to know something.

——_~+~-

Love has so many components. It
is like beads threaded on the string of
trust—break that and all the beads are
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DETROIT DETONATIONS.

Cogent Criticisms From Michigan’s
Metropolis.

Detroit, Feb. 7—Learn one thing
each week about Detroit: Detroit-
made lithographs can be found in
show windows and on food stuffs in
all parts of the world.

It is reported that certain parties
in Michigan are soliciting advertisins
for what they claim to be a new rail-
way guide for Michigan, Ohio and
Indiana, to be published under the
sanction of the United Commercial
Travelers. The writer can discover
no official of the organization in De-
troit who can give any information
about the supposed new project, nor
has any of them heard of it, officially
or otherwise. Enquiries have been
sent to the Supreme Council head-
quarters and, until a response is re-
ceived, it might be well for would-be
advertisers to wait before signing any
contracts or paying out any money.
While the enterprise may be a legit-
imate one, it hardly seems plausible,
as the organization would hardly care
to jeopardize the funds entrusted to
it in any business that at best is a
risky and uncalled for undertaking.
In the matter of railway guides the
State of Michigan is already well
taken care of.

“Soldiers in trenches hungry for
religion,” reads the caption in a Sun-
day paper. As if the Lord hasn’t
troubles enough with their Masters.

. B. Henrion, President of the
Mentor Mills, Mentor, Ohio, who was
shot in his office by an unknown per-
son three weeks ago, died on Jan. 30
from the wounds. Mr. Henr‘on, a
former Detroiter, was well known
throughout the State, having at one
time traveled on the road, the last
years of his residence in Detroit act-
ing as department manager for A.
Krolik & Co.

E. S. Cheney, well known repre-
sentative for the Jewell Belting Co., of
Hartford, Conn., left this week for a
trip to the company’s factory, where
he will remain for a few days.

Pierce G. Smith, assistant sales
manager of the American Malleable
Co., with factories in Lancaster, N.
Y., and Owosso, Mich., has opened
offices at 1607 Kresge building. The
company manufactures malleable
castings for the automobile trade.

The banks of Detroit show a much
greater total savings per capita than
Grand Rapids. On the other hand,
there are many more pleasures that
a person can procure for a small
amount in Detroit, and anvway most
‘of the homes in Grand Rapids are
built of wood. Who wants to take
a frame house with him when he
dies?

Thomas R. Swasey, for a number
of years with Newcomb, Endicott &
Co., has res‘gned to become _ super-
intendent of one of the subdivisions
controlled by the realty firm of Mc-
Cormick & Lawrence, Free Press
building,

The news of the death of Charles
F. W. Hansen, Ludington druggist,
in Chicago last week, has been re-
ceived with regret by his friends in
this city. Mr. Hansen was one of
Ludington’s young business men and
snce beginning business a few years
ago he has been very successful. His
genialty won him many friends and
especially among the traveling men
was he well thought of.

An addition is being built to the
plant of the General Aluminum &
Brass Manufacturing Co., corner of
Boulevard and St. Aubin avenue.

Fred Miller, department manager
for the L. H. Field Co. department
store, at Jackson, was in Detroit on
a business trip last week.

When H, F. Heldenbrand took over
the ancient Hodges House, at Pon-
tiac, Jan. 7, he performed a regular
Alladin-and-his-wonderful-lamp stunt
in the transformation he made in the
old hostelry. Mr. Heldenbrand, bet-
ter known as “Hildy,” formerly con-
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

Arbor, and has won the friendship
of the traveling public with whom
he has come in contact. The Hodges,
which has been thoroughly remodel-
ed, has been renamed the Kenwood.
There are seventy-five rooms, all re-
fitted with new beds and furniture and
all containing running water. Thirty-
six of the rooms have private bath
and, what will prove of more interest
to the traveling fraternity, is that the
price of these rooms will be but $1.
A newly-remodeled dining room has
a seating capacity of 100, while a
cafeteria will take care of the “hurry”
business. With the Kenwood as it
is fitted out to-day, the necessity of
spending the night in Detroit in order
to have a good bed to sleep in is now
eliminated.

Charles Wright, who renounced the
road about a year ago to engage in
the retail dry goods business at 1791
Grand River avenue, has evidently
met with the success predicted by his
friends. He has added twenty feet
to the rear of his store to facilitate
the handling of his growing business.
Mr. Wright now conducts one of the
most complete dry goods stores in
that section of the city.

There seems to be a direct connec-
tion between President Wilson and
Ex-President Roosevelt. Every time
Wilson speaks Roosevelt blows up.

George B. Forrester, of Forrester
& Morden, general merchants. of
Deckerville, was a Detroit business
visitor last week.

 

Herbert D. Murray.

Herbert D. Murray was born in De-
troit and is very proud of that fact.
To be a resident of Detroit, to Herb’s
way of thinking, is a distinction in it-
self, but to claim nativity in that flour-
ishing city is a double distinction. It
was Sept. 21, 1876, when he first saw the
light of day. He lived an uneventful
life until he reached the age of 6 years,
when he applied for admission to the
neighborhood seat of learning. Stories
gathered from his father showed
Herbert’s life from then on became con-
siderably eventful, which may or may
not account for some of Pa Murray’s
present day wrinkles—not many, nor
caused by age, but wrinkles nevertheless.
During his school days Herbert, because
of his great size, strength and agility,
became famous in the city as a foot ball
player. He continued to play with the
D. A.C., one of the most famous teams
that the city can boast of, for several
vears after his school days ceased. He
still continues to follow the gridiron
games closely. His first position after
leaving school was secured with Strong,
Lee & Co., at that time in the dry goods
jobbing business. When that firm
liquidated in 1903, together with several
of the employes of the firm, Herbert
went over to Burnham, Stoepel & Co.
He had not been with this firm long
before he was promoted to a road po-
sition. In 1904 Mr. Murray and Miss
Clara Harshaw, daughter of ex-State

February 9,

1916

 

Senator Harshaw and former Mayor
of Alpena, were united in marriage.
The union proved a happy one. Herbert
continued on the road for Burnham,
Stoepel & Co. until three years ago, re-
signing to accept a similar position with
A. Krolik & Co. He remained with
this firm for two years and left them
last July to join the staff of the adver-
tising novelty firm of Guy Brewster
Cady. He is an active member of De-
troit Council and has passed through
all the chairs of that Council. He is
conceded to be one of the best informed
members of U. C. T’ism in the city.
His friends can be counted in large
numbers and will be found in all parts
of the State. He came by his salesman-
ship ability naturally, his father, John
A. Murray, being one of the best known
traveling men in the State. Herbert
is a great lover of music and seldom
fails to hear every musician of note
that comes to the city. His hustling
ability, instead of retrograding, increases
as time rolls on. If there is any doubt
in your mind about his activity and
oratorical powers, try to evade him when
he has something to sell you.

Mrs. Henry Thornhill, in the dry
goods business in Milford, was in De-
troit last week on a business trip.

With the usual slush which accom-
panies the spring thaw will be that
written by poets.

The Detroit Decorating Supply Co. is
building an addition to their place of
business at 810 Fourteenth avenue.

George A. Burns, for the past ten
years teller in the savings department
of the Wayne County and Home Sav-
ings Bank, has resigned to accept a
position with the real estate firm of
William Hillger, 2587 Jefferson avenue.

The Woodward Market Co., Fairview,
opened another market at Marlborough
and Jefferson avenues last week.
Charles J. Kohn will have charge of
both stores.

Great excitement was caused in this
country when it was found that a sub-
marine showed up safely at a Southern
port a few days ago.

C. M. Traub, who with his brother,
the late Jacob Traub, established the
Traub Brothers jewelry business in 1850,
has announced that he will retire from
business and the store at Woodward
avenue and Congress street will be oc-
cupied by Cunningham’s drug store as

‘“Michigan’s Leading

soon as the jewelry stock can be dis-
posed of by special sales, the first held
by the firm in its sixty-five years of busi-
ness.

If President Wilson desires the sup-
port of the country, why not hire Bryan
to stump the country against him?

C. K. Heidelberg, who recently too!
over the business of the Oxford Mer-
cantile Co., is a veteran traveler, having
represented a Boston dry goods house
for some time. Before going to Oxford
Mr. Heidelberg sold his interest in the
general store of Littleton & Heidelberg,
of Bad Axe, to his partner. Harry
Rhyff, of Pontiac, is associated with
Mr. Heidelberg and _ will act as
trimmer in conjunction with his other
duties about the store.

F. J, Dusen>ury, general merchant of
Utica, was in Detroit last week on busi-
ness.

The Studebaker Club, composed of
members of the factory and sales ‘or-
ganizations of the Studebaker Corpora-
tion, celebrated the first anniversary of
the organization with a dinner, followed
by a dancing party, last Saturday night.
J. R. Sullivan is President of the club.

No wonder the President is strong
for preparedness. His hand is liable
to an attack of writer’s cramp.

George Fecteau, proprietor of the
George & Henry stores at 81-85 Mich-
igan and 61-63 Gratiot avenues, has
started to remodel] the interior of the
stores. The present fixtures will be
replaced by others of the newest type.

W.H. Humphrey has withdrawn from
the stock and bond firm of Wells, Hum-
phrey, Nicol & Ford and will carry on
a similar business under the firm name
of W. H. Humphrey & Co., with offices
in the Penobscot building.

What Detroit needs is a newspaper
that is immune from street carfitis.

William F. Genicke, for over twenty
years connected with Traub Brothers
as jewelry salesman, was taken by death
last Wednesday after an illness of only
one week, Mr. Genicke was one of the
best known jewelry salesman in the city
and he leaves hosts of friends to mourn
his loss.

E. W. Carman, former advertising
manager for the Saxon Motor Co., has
been appointed sales and advertising
manager for the Wetmore-Quinn Co.

Thomas J. Doyle, Detroit distributor
for Dodge Brothers motor cars, will

Insurance Company”’

Forty-Eighth Annual Statement

of The Michigan Mutual

Life Insurance Company
FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 3 lst, 1915
Assets

Cashin Banks - - - - -
First Mortgage Liens on Real Estate

$ 335,662.99

9,682,466.29
Real Estate (Home Office Building) "100,000.00
Loans to Policy-Holders, secured by Reserves _1,932,248.52
Bonds, cash value = ee 25,000.00
Loans on Collateral - - - - 14,000.00
Interest and Rents due and accrued 165,445.31
Net Outstanding and Deferred Premiums,
secured by Reserves =| 3 136,537.62
Total Assets - - - $12,391,360.73
Liabilities
Reserve Fund (including disabilit y benefits 11,09
Premiums, Interest and Rents, paid in ene is 3B 702 62
Installment Policies not yet due -  - 35,514.63
Other Policy Claims - ~ - -. . 73,342.75
Accrued Salaries, Taxes and Expenses 33,707.24
Pits e = 1,112,976.00

Total Liabilities Z

- $12,391 ,360.73

The Michigan Mutual Has Some Lucrative Field
Positions Open for Men of Integrity and Ability

O. R. LOOKER, President

A. F. MOORE, Secretary

T, F. GIDDINGS, Superintendent of Agencies

 

 

 

February 9, 1916

move from his present quarters at 264
Jefferson avenue to 850 Woodward
avenue, the former location of the
Standard Auto Co.

Mrs. A, L. Donovan, Miss Agnes Ho-
gan, Miss Belle Gray and D. L. Austin,
department managers for D. J. Healy
& Co., are in the East in the interests
of the firm.

Waste paper is blamed for the Ottawa
fire, according to some reports. Well,
the Germans never did care for a “scrap
of paper.’

Millinery to the value of over $1,500
was stolen from the Crowley, Milner
& Co. store last Friday night. The
burglars climbed to the second floor of
a new addition nearing completion and
pried open a window leading to the mil-
linery department of the old building.

J. E. Blum, Kercheval avenue grocer,
was seriously injured last week when
a wagon in which he was riding was
upset, pinning him beneath it. He was
taken to the hospital and is now re-
ported out of danger.

The jewelry store of G. E. Miller, 64
Grand River avenue, was broken into
early Sunday morning and jewelry valu-
ed at $4,000 and $250 in cash taken.

The war zone, for the Greeks, is evi-
dently safer than the Greek settlement
in Detroit. Another one was murdered
Sunday night,

Roumania’s population is about to re-
ceive a minus mark.

Detroit Council held a successful card
Party at its hall last Saturday night.
Entertainment was furnished by mem-
bers and friends of the Council.

It wouldn’t be so bad if a fellow’s
funds wouldn’t become correspondingly
low with the coal pile.

England made a blunder in the Dar-
danelles campaign.

Austria made the greatest blunder
when she started the war.

James M. Goldstein.
—_2--___

A tug is the only animal that always

has its tows behind.

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

Jaunty Jottings From Jackson,

Jackson, Feb. 7—Jackson merchants
are commencing to advertise spring
goods.

Tabernacle meetings open on the
fair grounds Sunday, Feb. 13.

The Jackson Grocer Co., Brown,
Davis & Warner and the W. R. Spen-
cer Grocery Co. all report a big in-
crease in business for the year 1915.
This proves that Jackson is recog-
nized more and more as a distribut-
ing point for Michigan, Ohio and
Indiana.

Mayor Sparks, upon finding himself
eligible to membership in the U. C.
T., lost no time in filling out an ap-
plication. He will soon be in.

Charles K. White, of the Meade-
White Co., clothiers, will have charge
of the charity ball to be given soon
in this city.

W. G. Pickell has now secured fif-
teen applications for Jackson Council.
Class day next Saturday.

W. D. Murphy, Supreme Secretary,
Walter S. Lawton, Grand Counselor,
and many other Grand officers and
visiting members will be in attendance
at the big round-up of Jackson Coun-
cil next Saturday afternoon and even-
ing.

Like the seasons, the Lusitania case
comes and goes.

Many of Jackson’s most prominent
and successful wholesalers and manu-
facturers belong to the U. Ci.
Oscar F. Schmid, President of the
Schmid Chemical Co., is a member
and will respond to a toast at our
annual banquet next Saturday even-
Ing,

John Harris, manager of the gro-
cery department for the H. H. Fenn
Co., of Chelsea, is getting in big com-
pany as a checker player.

Roy Bouldrey, of Bouldrey &
Tucker, Concord, was in the Jackson
market last Thursday.

H. M. Brown, the Albion grocer,
does love the violin. He attended the

   

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Mischa Elman concert in our city
Feb. 3.

Applying the principle of prepared-
ness to business, all business men
should take a first-class trade journal
For the Middle West the Michigan
Tradesman is the live wire and will
pee your commercial spirit keen and
resh.

J. O. Gilbert, manufacturer and pro-
prietor of Gillbert’s chocolates, is a
sticker for quality. He knows the
business thoroughly. He has no fear
of his competitor putting out a better
class of goods than he does. His
goods go to the best dealers in the
best cities far and near and so it is,
“The world takes what Jackson
makes.” He also is a'U. C. T.

Spurgeon.
—_~++.__

Quotations on Local Stocks and Borids.
Public Utilities.
Bid Asked

*Am. Light & Trac. Co., Com. 380 385
*Am. Light & Trac. €o., Pfd. 113 116
Am. Public Utilities, Com. 45 47
Am. Public Utilities, Pfa. 744% 76
*Comw’th Pr. Ry. & Lt., Com. 61 63
*Comw’th Pr. Ry. & Lt, Pfd. 85 87
Pacific Gas & Elec., Com. 591% 62
Tennessee Ry., Lt. & Pr., Com. 9% 11%
Tennessee Ry., Lt. & Pr., Pfd. 44 48

United Light & Rys., Com. 43 46
United Light & Rys., 1st Pfd. 72% 75
Comw’th 6% 5 year bond 102% 103%
Michigan Railway Notes 100% 101%
Citizens Telephone 73 U7
Michigan Sugar 94 97

Holland St. Louis Sugar 84 9
Holland St. Louis Sugar Pfd. 10% 11%
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. ac. 142
Globe Knitting Works, Pfd. 98 100

G. R. Brewing Co. 80 95
Commercial Savings Bank 225
Fourth National Bank 225
G. R. National City Bank 165 170
G. R. Savings Bank 255
Kent State Bank 250 260
Old National Bank 195 208
Peoples Savings Bank 300

* Ex dividend.
February 9, 1916.

STANDARD PRODUCTS ALWAYS SELL

DANDELION BRAND BUTTER COLOR is a standard product. For
more than a quarter century it has been given the preference by financially

successful butter makers.

DANDELION BRAND BUTTER COLOR

Your customers expect you to carry standard products. Don’t fail them

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PURELY VEGETABLE and that it meets the FULL
REQUIREMENTS OF ALL FOOD LAWS, STATE AND

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Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and
Potatoes.

Buffalo, Feb. 8—Creamery butter,
extras, 31@32c; first, 29@30c: com-
mon, 25@27c; dairy common to good,
20@26c; all kinds, 18@20c.

Cheese—Fancy, new, 18c: choice,
1W@174c.

Eggs—Choice, new laid, 30@31c:
storage candled 22c.

Poultry (live)—Chicks per lb. 16@
18c; cox, 12@13c; fowls. 16@18c;
ducks, 19@21c; geese, 15@16c; tur-
keys, 18@22c.

Poultry (dressed)—Chicks. 18@21c:
fowls, 17@19c:; ducks, 17@18c; geese,
15@17c; turkeys, 22@25c.

Beans—Medium, $3.90: pea, $3.90:
Red Kidney, $4.50@5: White Kidney,
$5; Narrow, $4.50@5.

Potatoes—$1.10@1.20 per bu.

Rea & Witzig.

 

Fourteen Cents on the Dollar.

Gerrit Roesink, who was made
trustee in the matter of A. J. Roesink,
grocer at Walker Station, makes the
following final report to the creditors
whose claims aggregate $3,000:

Sold stock for $800.

Exemption, $250.

Paid mortgage on horse, $50.

Paid trustee, $80.

Balance on hand, $420, being ex-
actly 14 per cent. on the $3,000 in-
debtedness.

A Perplexing Question.

A Cornell professor and his wife were
entertaining at dinner a few weeks ago,
relates Harper’s Bazaar. In the midst of
the gaiety at table a child’s voice was
heard coming from the floor above.

“Mother!” he cried.

“What is it, Archie?” she asked.

“There’s only clean towels in the bath-
room. Shall I start one?”

 
 
 

 
 
 
   
 
 
  
 

 

       
   

   

 
 
 

   

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

February 9, 1916

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movements of Merchants.

Caro—J. W. Mees has opened a
restaurant in the Northrup building.

Otsego—Chris T. N. & Co. succeed
Nick Blass in the grocery business.

Portland—H. H. Whitman succeeds
E. E. Sanborn in the bakery business.

Manistee—Mrs. Louis Tibbets has
opened a restaurant in the Larson build-
ing.

Hastings—John A. Mead _ succeeds
Mrs. J. M. Engelhardt in the grocery
business.

Laingsburge—R. B. Montgomery has
opened a bazaar store in the Hicks
building.

Frank Willet will open a gro-
cery store in the Bartley building about
March 1.

Niles—S. Barmore has closed his drug
store and stored his stock and fixtures,
temporarily.

Detroit—The Talbot Irwin. Co. has
changed its name to the Talbot Lumber
& Coal Co.

Laingsburg—Mr. Cantwell, of Chesa-
ning, succeeds Mrs. M. J. Byam in the
grocery business.

     

Allegan—Rodney Scott, grocer, died .

at his home Feb. 4 as the result of a
long siege of the grip.

Ypsilanti—H. A. Davis is closing out
his grocery stock and will engage in
some other line of trade.

Otsego—Clyde Strong, recently of
White Pigeon. has opened a jewelry
store in the Pierce building.

Evart—Mrs. L. Louden has sold her
bakery to John Blanken, of Grand Rap-
ids, who has taken possession.

Constantine—Fred Knapp has sold
his stock of furniture to Bert A. Dicker-
son, who has taken possession.

Edmore—J. H. Gibbs has sold his
flour mill, elevator and electric light
plant to W. C. Clark, of Pontiac.

St. Johns—Nick Pappas has purchased
the St. Johns Candy Works of Christ
Cooles and has taken possession.

Shepherd—F. E. Hafer is closing out
his bakery and grocery stock and will
retire from business, owing :to ill health.

Pierson—W. L. Harvey has sold
his grain elevator to Charles Sawtell
and A. F. Petrie, who have taken
possession.

Albion—E, M. Barr, grocer on East
Cass street, has sold his stock to the
former owner, Ernest W. Griffin, who
has taken possession.

Holland—The A. Klaver bankrupt
stock of general merchandise has been
sold to Otto J. Cohan, who is closing
it out at special sale.

Kalamazoo—The Bentley Shoe Co., of
Battle Creek, has leased a store at 110
East Main street and will occupy it
about Feb. 12 with a stock of shoes
under the management of Mr. Herrick,
of Detroit.

Hastings—Carl E. Waring, formerly
engaged in the elevator business at
Portage Center, will shortly engage in
the grocery business here.

Lansing—The Gately Co., of Saginaw,
conducting many department stores
throughout the State, will open a branch
store here about March 1.

Kalamazoo—F. C. Dutt has purchased
the H. V. Smith grocery stock and will
continued the business at the same lo-
cation, 749 West Main street.

Hastings—Abraham and Louis Mit-
chell have opened a confectionery store
on State street under the style of the
New York Confectionery store.

Mt. Pleasant—Nickels, Mertz & Co.,
conducting a chain of bazaar stores at
Saginaw, Cadillac and Ludington, will
open a similar store here April 1.

Evart—The Postal Hardware Co. has
sold its store building, stock and fixtures
to Adrian DeWindt, recently of Grand
Rapids, who has taken possession.

Owosso—Fire, attributed to defective
wiring, damaged the store building and
stock of the F. W. Woolworth Co, to
the extent of about $9,000, Feb. 7.

Onaway—Joseph Warnock has re-
moved his stock of general merchan-
dise from Harbor Springs to this place,
where he will continue the business.

Custer—J. B. DeLing, who con-
ducts a general store about seven
miles south of Custer, lost his store
building and stock by fire Feb. 2.

Jackson—Thieves entered the Frank
Bates grocery store, at 219 North Jack-
son street, Feb. 3, and carried away
some stock and the contents of the cash
register.

Vestaburg—W. B. Fox, who _ pur-
chased the John N. Hiller stock of gen-
eral merchandise, has removed it to
Breckenridge and consolidated it with
his own.

Red Jacket—M. Weiss, who conducts
a general store on North Fifth street,
will open a women’s and men’s furnish-
ing goods store as a branch store about
Feb, 15.

3angor—R. A. Buyce has sold a halt
interest in his fruit and produce stock
to Floyd Locker and the business will
be continued under the style of Buyce
& Locker.

Fremont—Joseph S. Gerber has sold
his interest in the Farmers Feed & Ele-
vator Co. to Frank Bradway and the
business will be continued under the
same style.

Munising—E. F. Drury, who served
the McDougall Mercantile Co. eight
years as manager of the grocery depart-
ment and three years as general man-
ager of the company, has resigned and
removed to Detroit where he has taken
the management of the Community
Groceries, a chain of twenty-one grocery
stores.

Sparta—Frank Rinehart has sold a
half interest in his grocery and shoe
stock to George King and the business
will be continued under the style of
Rinehart & King.

Battle Creek—C. F. Hicks, druggist,
will open a general store on North Mc-
Camly street about March 1 in con-
nection with his drug store opposite the
interurban depot.

Henderson—Peter Delamater has sold
his general merchandise stock to F.
Lahmann and L, Telfer, who will con-
tinue the business under the style of
Lahmann & Telfer.

Flint—Sereno Case, recently of Alle-
gan, is erecting a store building which
he will occupy with a stock of paint,
varnish, oil and builders’ hardware and
supplies about May 1.

Pontiac—Paul A. Leidy and Leigh
Lynch, of Jackson, have formed 2
copartnership and purchased the Pon-
tiac Drop Forge Co. plant and will
continue the business.

Plainwell—Ingraham & Travis, im-
plement dealers, have dissolved partner-
ship and the business will be continued
by E. H. Ingraham, who has taken over
the interest of his partner.

Detroit—The United Department
Store has been incorporated with an
authorized capital stock of $50,000, of
which amount $25,000 has been sub-
scribed and paid in in cash.

Alma—The Sawkins Piano Co. has
taken over the stock of music and
musical instruments of S. L. Bennett
and will continue the business under the
style of the Victrola store.

Kalkaska—John L. Glenan has closed
out his stock of general merchandise
and removed to Cadillac, where he pur-
chased the Goldman bankrupt stock
which was sold at public auction.

Detroit—Dennen’s Book Shop has
been incorporated with an authorized
capital stock of $25,000, all of which
has been subscribed, $7,500 paid in in
cash and $17,500 paid in in property.

New Era—J. DeKruyter & Co., deal-
ers in dry goods and groceries, have
dissolved partnership and the business
will be continued by James DeKruyter,
who has taken over the interest of his
partners.

Detroit—The M. A. La Fond & Co.
has engaged in the wholesale and retail
cigar business with an authorized capital
stock of $50,000, of which amount $45,-
000 has been subscribed and paid in in
property..

Houghton—L. H. Atkin has sold a
half interest in his drug stock to Abel
Olson, who has clerked in the store for
the past nine years and the business will
be continued under the style of Atkin
& Olson.

Holland—Louis DeKraker has tak-
en over the interest of the DeKoster
estate in the DeKraker & DeKoster
meat market, on River avenue, and
will continue the business under his
own name.

Allegan—Court & Sirrine, whole-
sale dealers in poultry, butter and
eggs, have dissolved partnership and
the business will be continued by
Perry Sirrine under the style of the
Perry Sirrine Co.

Central Lake—The Central Lake Con-
struction Co. has been incorporated with
an authorized capital stock of $2,000,
of which amount $1,000 has been sub-

scribed, $20 paid in in cash and $980
paid in in property.

Walkerville—E. W. Bromley and L.
B. Herold have formed a copartnership
and purchased the Henry B. Benton
meat stock and store fixtures and will
continue the business under the style
of Bromley & Herold.

Cadillac—Dick Marcus has sold his
stock of meats and general merchandise
to W. L. Stinson and V. H. Given,
formerly of Grand Rapids, and the busi-
ness will be continued under the style
of the Harristown Supply House.

Empire—H. H. Gruber, undertaker at
Traverse City, has purchased the stock
and undertaking equipment of the C.
B. Ackerman estate and will continue
the business under the management of
R. L. Clow, recently of Williamsburg.

Davisburg—Stiles Bros., who have
conducted a bean and grain elevator
here for the past thirteen years, have
dissolved partnership and the business
will be continued by F. S. Stiles, who
has taken over the interest of his brothers.

Detroit—The Heinold & Schnoor Co.
has been organized to engage in the
men’s wearing apparel and _ ladies’
furnishings business with an authorized
capital stock of $4,000, of which amount
$3,000 has been subscribed and paid in
in cash.

Portland—Edward M. Fineis has sold
his interest in the men’s furnishing
goods, clothing and shoe stock of Leh-
man & Fineis, to Walter H. Heaven-
rich, of Detroit, and the business will
be continued under the style of L. C.
Lehman & Co.

Owosso—Lyon & Pond, who have
conducted a dry goods store here for
more than twenty-three years, have dis-
solved partnership, H. D. Lyon taking
over the interest of Mr. Pond and ad-
mitting to partnership his son, Harold.
The business will be continued under
the style of Lyon & Son.

Marquette—Ormsbee & Atkins, who
have conducted a clothing and men’s
furnishing goods store here for the past
thirty years, have sold their stock to
Stern & Field, who conduct four other
stores. The business will be conducted
under the management of Sigmund
Stern, with no change in the firm name.

Beaverton—The Beaverton Co-Oper-
ative Produce Co. recently organized,
expects to commence buying cream and
produce about Feb. 15 under the man-
agement of W. H. Force. The company
is now on a good footing to begin busi-
ness, having sold eighty shares of its
stock, with about forty more shares
subscribed for, This gives the company
a nice line of patrons among their own
members and insures the success of the
enterprise.

Saginaw—The Melze-Alderton Shoe
Co., for the last fifteen years located at
131-135 North Franklin street, has pur-
chased the Symons building, on the
northeast corner of Tuscola street and
Washington avenue, and will move into
its new quarters at once. The building,
which is a four story brick structure,
has a frontage of sixty feet on Wash-
ington avenue and 120 feet on Tuscola
street. It is of modern construction
and ideal for use as a wholesale house,
having been originally intended for
that purpose. It was first occupied by

 

Symons Bros. & Co. and later by the
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February 9, 1916

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review of the Grand Rapids Produce
Market.

Apples—Standard varieties, such as
Baldwins, Greenings and Wagners
command $3@4 per bbl.; Northern
Spys, $4@5 per bbl.

Bananas—Medium, $1.50; Jumbo,
$1.75; Extra Jumbo, $2; Extreme Ex-
tra Jumbo, $2.25.

 

Beans—Michigan buyers are payin
$3.40 for pea and $4 for Red Kidney,
hand picked basis.

Beets—60c per bu.

Butter—The market is %c higher
on creamery and the market is strong
at the advance. Local dealers quote
fancy creamery at 30%c in tubs and
314%c in prints. Local dealers pay
23c for No, 1 and 16c¢ for packing
stock,

Cabbage—60c per bu. or $2 per bbl.

Carrots—60c per bu.

Celery—Home grown, 25@50c per
bunch; California, 75¢ for Jumbo and
90c for Extra Jumbo.

Cocoanuts—$5 per sack containing
100.

Cranberries—Late Howes are in
steady demand at $9.50 per bbl.

Cucumbers—$1.75 per dozen for
Southern hot house.

Eggs—The market on fresh is 1c
lower, and with a lowering tendency.
Local handlers pay 25c for fresh.
Storage eggs are unchanged at 20c
for case count and 28c for candled.

Egg Plant—$2 per dozen.

Fresh Pork—8c for hogs up to 200
Ibs., larger hogs, 7%4c.

Grapes—Spanish Malaga, $7.50@8
per keg of 40@45 lbs.

Grape Fruit—Florida is steady at
$3.50@4 per box.

Green Onions—Shalotts, 65c per
dozen bunches.

Honey—18c per 1b. for white clov-
er and 16c for dark.

Lemons—California, $4.50 per box
for choice, $4.75 for fancy.

Lettuce—i5c per 1b. for hot house
leaf, $2.50 per bu. for Southern head,

Maple Sugar—14@15c per lb.

Mushrooms—40@50c per Ib.

Nuts—Almonds, 18c per 1b.; fil-
berts, 15c per lb.; pecans, 15c per Ib.;
walnuts, 16c for Grenoble, 16%4c for
California; 15c for Naples; $2 per bu.
for Shellbark hickory nuts and $1.75
for large.

Onions—The market is steady at
$2.50 per 100 Ib. sack.

Oranges—California Navals, $3@
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.

Parsnips—75c per bu.

Peppers—Southern grown com-
mand $2.50 per 6 basket crate.

Pop Corn—$1.75 per bu. for ear,
4% per lb. for shelled.

Potatoes—The market is not quite
so strong, owing to the prevailing
cold weather, which interferes with
handling and shipping. Country buy-
ers are paying 75c per bu. Local
handlers sell at $1 per bu.

Poultry—Local dealers pay as fol-
lows, live weight. Fowls, 10c; cocks,
8c; chickens, 11c; turkeys, 20c; ducks,
l4c; geese, 11c. Dressed fowls aver-
age 3c above these’ quotations.

Radishes—30c for round hot house.

Squash—1%c per lb, for Hubbard.

Strawberries—40c per qt. for Flor-
ida,

Sweet Potatoes—$1.10 per hamper
for kiln dried Jerseys; $3.50 per bbl.
for kiln dried Illinois.

Tomatoes—$2 for 4 basket crate.
California stock.

Turnips—60c per bu.

Veal—Jobbers pay 12c for No. 1
and 10c for No. 2.

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Mr. Bierce Speaks at Eaton Rapids.

Eaton Rapids, Feb. 8—The annual
meeting of the Eaton Rapids Com-
mercial Club was held last evening.
Dinner was served by the members
of the K, of P. The principal speak-
er of the evening was Lee H. Bierce.
Assistant Secretary of the Grand
Rapids Association of Commerce.
who spoke on “Community Building.”
O. R. Bromley, Division Freight
Agent of the Michigan Central Rail-
road, was also in attendance and ad-
dressed the meeting.

The election of officers resulted in
the re-election of all the present of-
ficers as follows: President, James
H. Gallery; Vice-President, C. D.
Knapp; Treasurer, F. H. DeGolio;
Directors for three years, M. P.
Bromeling and H. S, Bentley. S. P.
Savage is the present Secretary, which
position will be filled at the first
meeting of the new board of direc-
tors. In all probability the present
Secretary will be re-appointed for the
ensuing year. The treasury contains
a balance of $57.42 and there were
fifty-six members enrolled. Several
new members were admitted at the
meeting.

The Speaker’s Bureau of the Grand
Rapids Association of Commerce will
supply the speakers for the meeting of
the business men and clerks of Kendal-
ville, Ind., on the evening of Feb. 16.
C. B. Hamilton, of the Brearley-Hamil-
ton Advertising Agency, will speak on
the genral topic of “Salesmanship” and
Lee H. Bierce, Assistant Secretary of
the Grand Rapids Association of Con-
merce, will speak on “Community Build-
ing.”

—_r+>___

The A. T. Van Alstyn Co. has been
incorporated to manufacture notions,
specialties and other articles with an
authorized capital stock of $100,000 com-
mon and $75,000 preferred, of which
amounts $114,500 has been subscribed
and $112,750 paid in in cash.

The Grocery Market.

Sugar—The market is unchanged,
being 6c for Eastern granulated, New
York basis, and 5.70c for Michigan
beet. The country has provided it-
self with six to seven weeks’ supply
of granulated at the lower levels
preceding the advance to 6c, and the
latter figure is obtained only where
urgent need exists for prompt ship-
ment due to the American strike.
Withdrawals have been good, sug-
gesting that the consumption keeps
up well. There is a steady foreign
demand which bulks larger than ap-
pears on the surface. Refiners are
rather well sold up for March and
are asking 5c in bond, although this
price might be shaded on a large way.
The quantity contracted to be ship-
ped during February, March and
April is fully 125,000 tons. The Unit-
ed Kingdom is expected to buy 30,000
tons for March shipment. Judging
from reports the advent of peace
would bring no outpouring of sup-
plies from countries now bottled up.
While little information is coming
from the interior of Europe, it is now
generally conceded that sugar condi-
tions within the Central European
Powers and in Russia have become
serious, owing to the fact that trans-
portation facilities are inadequate,
that large quantities of sugars have
been used for horse provender and
the manufacture of alcohol, and from
reports recently received from Petro-
grad via London it is now more thar
evident that Russia instead of being
an exporter in case of sudden peace
would actually become an immediate
importer. A representative of the
Russian government states that the
price of sugar in Petrograd was with-
in the past month 16c per pound and
little obtainable at this figure, a price
which would surely indicate a com-
bination of lack of facilities, specula-
tion on the part of producers or mer-
chants and large inroads into supplies,
caused by other uses than human con-
sumption. Of course, one should not
lose sight of the fact that practically
all of Poland is in the hands of Rus-
sia’s enemies and the product of not
less than fifty factories there located
is not presently available to the Rus-
sian consumption.

Tea—The feature of the market is
still the enquiry for black kinds, par-
ticularly India-Ceylons at full prices,
reflecting their recent advices from
the primary markets. The country
which bought well during January
is still replenishing stocks in the an-
ticipation that quotations will con-
tinue upward. Arrivals, it is figured,
will be light and readily absorbed
Undoubtedly the prime factor in the
situation is the freight famine and the
advance in insurance, which adds to
the import cost. With tea costing
more than 5c a pound to bring from
Calcutta it is not surprising that
prices should tend upward here. Some
circles are afraid that since tea steam-
ers are in the zone being patrolled
by German raiders, further losses may
be reported, reducing the available
supply.

Coffee—Rio grades are firmer than
a week ago on account of a rather
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Santos are %c higher than last week.
The demand, however, is poor. Milds
show no change and fair demand. Java
and Mocha grades are unchanged and
quiet. Good Javas are very scarce.

Canned Fruits—Phere fac been
very little movement for some time.
Stocks on spot are in fair supply and
prices are low, although held on a
firm basis.

Canned Vegetables—Spot stocks of
tomatoes are comparatively quiet, but
in spite of the lack of a demand there
does not seem to be any diminishing
in the streneth of the tone ruling in
all quarters. Prices are held firmly,
and there is no possibility of shadine
quotations for full standard goods.
All other lines of canned goods are
dull on spot. Buying is confined to
small stocks needed for immediate
requirements. Peas and corn are firm,
showing no inclination to decline
from the level held for some time.
The dullness of the spot market af-
fects the movement in futures and,
in consequence, the brokers report
that there is Practically no buying
being done at the present time for
1916 pack.

Canned Fish—With Only a mod-
erate demand in progress for al] lines
of salmon prices are held firmly, and
in several quarters appear to be in-
clined to advance a trifle. Domestic
sardines continue to find a good en-
quiry, and moderate buying is in
Progress. Prices are strong, with
brokers expecting further advances
within a short time.

Dried Fruits—Prunes are dull, with-
out change in price, either in primary
Or secondary markets. Peaches and
apricots are unchanzed and in mod-
erate demand. Raisins are moving
out every day at unchanged prices.
Currants and other dried fruits are
quiet without incident.

Rice—New Orleans grades are in
active demand and the mills have no
accumulation of supplies, so that of-
ferings are firmly held. The planters
are getting full prices for rough rice.

Cheese—The market is firm on
account of light stocks and prices
have advanced about 1c per pound
during the week. There is a good
consumptive demand, and the entire
situation is healthy, with no impor-
tant change in sight,

Provisions—Everything in smoked
meats is dull and unchanged, with a
l'ght consumptive demand. Both pure
and compound lard are steady and
unchanged. Dried beef, barreled pork
and canned meats are very dull, with-
out change in price.

Salt Fish—There has been no
change in the mackerel situation dur-
ing the week. Prices are firm and
steadily maintained. This applies to
Irish mackerel as well as Norway.
Cod, hake and haddock are selling
fairly at unchanged prices.

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George Hefferan, Vice-President o}
the Michigan Trust Company, is crit-
ically ill with pleuro pneumonia. Dr.
Herrick, the noted expert of Chicago.
was called in consultation yesterday
and pronounced the case hopeless.

A. C. Neilson, grocer at West Branch,
in renewing his subscription to the
Michigan Tradesman, writes, “we must
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Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids, Feb. 7—Hail! Hail!
Most all the gang was there and what
happened to the candidates can only
be related by themselves. One of the
most enthusiastic meetings that Grand
Rapids Council has held in many
moons was pulled off Saturday night,
Feb. 5. Even the candidates entered
into the spirit of the evening and, as
a result, made the initiation more in-
teresting. Those who were led over
rugged heights and across fathomless
chasms and into subterraneun pas-
sages are as follows: C. E. Curtiss,
A. T. Fimstod, A. E. Larrabee, J. M.
Combs, J. M. Vandermeer, J. W.
Leach, N. H. Carley, James Carton,
H. B. Phillips and A. P. Edmunds;
by transfer, L. S. Lee from Jackson
Council; by re-instatement, Clarence
Wormnest. The work was put on by
Past Counselors, as Saturday night
was set aside as a Past Counselors’
night. The officers who occupied the
cha'rs did fine and received a rising
vote of thanks from the Council. W.
S. Burns acted as Senior Counselor;
W. B. Holden, Past Counselor; W.
K. Wilson, Junior Counselor; W. S.
Lawton, Chaplain; Homer Bradfield,
Page: John D. Martin, Sentinel. From
the turnout and the number of candi-
dates on hand, things begin to look
better for the team captains and their

teams. It looks as though some one
was really working. Even though
this was a rousing good meeting,

March 4 is expected to have it all
over any of the previous meetings.
Get together everybody and turn out
and give the candidates one uproar-
ously grand reception. Among com-
mittees appointed, W. B. Holden, W.
S. Burns and J. H. Millar were select-
ed to send a letter of condolence to
the widow of H. L. Gregory. Dr. G.
W. Ferguson was appointed chaplain
and J. M. Vandermeer captain of the
degree team. A manager for the 1916
ball team was elected and T. J. Roon-
ey will have the burden of piloting
a winning team through the season.
As Tom is some nifty player himself,
we expect him to surround himself
with a capable bunch of players and
make a streak of winning wider than
Canal street in New Orleans.

Grand Counselor W. S. Lawton will
make an official visit to Jackson
Council next Saturday, Feb. 12. This
is the twenty-second annual meeting
and a big get-together meeting is
planned, with Supreme and Grand
officers in attendance. They report
twenty-eight candidates for the cere-
monies.

Feb, 12 is planned as a day long to
be remembered among the members
of Absal Guild, A.M.O.B. From the
number of acceptance cards returned
there will be one grand big blow out.
Nothing is being spared to make this
a success and every Bagman should
try and be present. A great many
surprises are planned and you may
even see the Turkish ambassador.
The ceremonial session starts at 2:30
p. m. and, as a final, a banquet will
be served at 8 p. m. with the Kings
Guards in charge. The patrol will
be in full uniform and capained by
W.N. Burgess, with Lieutenants Har-
ward and De Graff as aides. After
the banquet the committee has some-
thing up their sleeves that they refuse
to divulge, so evidently we have some
surprises in store for every turn in
the road. :

Let us all meet on the plains of
Suleman and visit the great ruler and
break bread with him Saturday even-
ing at the spread—break bread that
comes from the valley of the Tigris.

Will some one please invent a lint-
less napkin?

When you see a man standing up to
his lunches it is a sign that he has
become a victim of the skating craze.

Our attention has been drawn to
the fact that commercial men stop-
ping at the Phoenix Hotel, at Edmore,
are subject to atrocious conduct on
the part of some regular boarders.
These annoyances are subjected to
the lodgers about 5 a. m. every morn-

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

ing by some railroad men acting in
a boisterous manner for no other
reason than that of awakening the
entire house. Although railroaders
have as respectable a calling as any
laboring class, they should bear in
mind that they only pay one-half the
rate that the commercial man pays
and yet get as good as the man who
pays twice as much for the same
thing. It isn’t the price that is in
discussion, but quiet hours instead of
uncalled for boisterousness. If such
things continue, it simply means the
dodging of the Phoenix. It is hardly
probably that it is necessary for the
parties in question to get up as early
as they do. There isn’t a train out
until 9:30, but if it is necessary to get
out so early, it behooves them to use
just a little bit of good sound sense
and have some consideration for some
one else.

When you see a person who isn’t
coughing or sneezing, or both, it is
a sign he has just got over the grippe.

R . Kellogg, President of the
Grand Rapids Supply Co., has return-
ed from a business trip to Detroit,
Toledo and Pittsburg. While in Pitts-
burg he met with the Central Jobbers’
Association.

Guy W. Rouse left Saturday even-
ing for Cuba, where he will spend
two weeks endeavoring to recuperate
from the grippe.

Warren Shaull, wife and _ little
daughter, Katherine, of Charlotte, are
spending the winter months in Flori-
da. They are dividing their time be-
tween Jacksonville, Tampa and other
famous resorts.

Andrew Gaynor, popular Breeds-
ville merchant, accompanied by his
wife, has left for California and Wash-

ington to remain for the winter
months.
Former State Senator A. N. Shook,

who conducts a general store at Coral
together with his wife, have departed
for California and other Western
points. They expect to be gone a
month or six weeks. All the boys
who call on Abe wish him and his
wife a very pleasant journey.

T, D. Smith, hardware and imple-
ment dealer of Scottville, and wife,
are spending a few weeks in Florida
with Mr. Smith’s father.

F. G. Hines, popular druggist of
Charlevoix, is spending the winter
at St. Petersburg, Fla.

J. H. Bidleman, who conducts the
hotel at Scottville, has made some
needed improvements, so the old place
doesn’t look natural. Mr. Bidleman
formerly ran a resort hotel at Empire
and is wide awake to the needs of
the traveling public and should enioy
a nice business from the boys. The
hotel will continue under the name
of Hunter’s Inn, but Hunter is out.

Kent City boasts of more paved
streets than any town of its size in
the State.

Did any one see their shadow and
crawl back?

In his eagerness or haste, John D.
Martin cost the Hentschel Hotel 27
cents’ worth of milk. John evidently
forgot that he was in a regular hotel
and, thinking he was in a self serve
dairy lunch, made a dive for the
cream pitcher, but failed to connect
properly and, as a result, the milk
left the protection of the pitcher and
took to the linen. It might be well
for John to ask for what he wants
hereafter, as hotels usually have hir-
ed waitresses at your service. We'll
take a short one, John.

An important discovery was made
in Shelby last week. It was discov-
ered, upon looking for a place to
“shoot” a game of pool, that a pool
room was nix. It is a good thing to
be without for the young boys’ sake
and we venture to say that there are
not many villages the size of Shelby
which has not from one to half a
dozen pool rooms, but outside of that,
they are a good place for a peddler
who wants to kill a few minutes be-
fore retiring.

A. Q. Adams, of White Cloud, who
has just completed a fine new store

*t front, says he is going to install a

nickel in the slot machine, so that
every peddler may register when he
comes into his store.

L. G. Graff, of Fremont, has moved
into his fine new garage. Louis has
spared no expense in making this one
of the most up-to-date garages in the
State.

Paul Steketee & Sons have awarded
the steel contract for their new build-
ing, on Monroe avenue, to the Re-
public Iron and Steel Co. Work will
start March 1.

M. Braudy & Sons are building a
brick and steel addition to their store.
on Alabama avenue. The new part
will be 50x 80.

Hart expects to sport forty-six
boulevard lights in the near future.
All punch boards and other devices
have been cleaned out and she now
is about to take on some big city
decorations. Hart is surely pro-
gressive.

Clarence E. Folger, who has been
associated with the Heyman Co. for
the past seven years, has resigned to
take charge of the furniture and rug
department for the G, E. Hain Co.,
of Fremont.

A. N. Borton is feeling pretty chirp
the last few days. He even smiles
in the face of advancing prices. He
just grabbed off a $3,500 order a few
days ago. Could we land one, it
wouldn’t be a smile, but an out loud
grin.

Don’t you know that you are liable
to kick in with the grippe or some
kindred disease? Better get in with
the G. R. T. M. B. A. Ask about it and
sign an application blank.

Orin Wolbrink, of Ganges, narrow-
ly escaped having a very serious fire
in his store last week. The ceiling
caught fire from an overheated stove.
With the prompt use of a Pyrene fire
extinguisher the damage was slight.

Miss Eva Grace Newell, only daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Newell,
of Coral, was married Jan.
Frank D. Wells, prominent horticul-
turalist of Monroe. Mrs. Wells is a
graduate of the University of Michi-
gan and has been a successful teach-
er for the past few years in the State
of Washington and Michigan. The
newly weds will live in Monroe.

The Four Leaf Clover Club met at
the home of Mrs. A. F. Rockwell 1422
Wealthy street, last Thursday. Mrs.
J. B. Olney and Mrs. A. T. Heinzel-
man won first and second prizes.

Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lawton enter-
tained at dinner Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. John J. Dooley, Mr. and Mrs.
William Francke and Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Ferguson. It is reported that
Doc ate until he was sick. Mrs. Law-
ton was sick watching him eat.

Charles Lee and wife, of 250 Hol-
lister avenue, entertained a party of
U. C. T.’s and their ladies last Friday
evening. All men present were U. C.
T.’s and Bagmen. It is a question
whether Charlie will be able to re-
main in the same neighborhood, as
his visitors were not equipped with
Maxine silencers.

Martin and Lawton are growling
about how old they are getting, how
their youthful appearance is fading,
etc., while Fred Beardslee seems to
acquire more of the youthful bloom
every day. Perhaps Fred bathes in
the fountain of youth.

Mrs. W. E. Sawyer, who had a se-
vere attack of the grippe, is reported
better.

Mrs. Wm. H. Zylstra, 2145 Horton
avenue, who broke a limb five weeks
ago, is improving nicely.

Don’t forget the Bagmen meeting.

Don’t forget the dance Feb. 19.

Don’t forget the banquet.

Don’t forget the Oakland six.

Don’t expect too much of the scribe.

L. V. Pilkington.
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Elkton is to have a new hotel, built
of brick, steam heat in each room,
public baths and nicely furnished
throughout, twenty-two rooms. It
will be open about March 1.

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Sagacious Suggestions From Sagina,
Salesmen.

Saginaw, Fen. 7—Messrs. Pilkine
ton and Goldstein and Grand Rapid:
Council, I thank you.

C. H. Force, of Stockbridge, rr:
cently opened a general merchandis

store. He has had fifteen years ex
perience in retail work in Stock
bridge. Lee & Cady and Edson.

Moore & Co., of Detroit, furnished
the stock,

Miner & Beeman, of Fowlerville.
will open a garage there about Marcl;
1. They have taken the agency for
the King and Dort cars.

N. Jedele & Co., of Dexter, ar
closing out their general merchandise
stock.

Orin Leidlien, better known as
“Dutch,” and the ever popular rep-
resentative of the local branch of Le
& Cady, making the thumb territory,
recently entered the halls of fashion
by submitting to an operation for ap-
pendicitis. Latest bulletins out to-
day state he is doing fine and let us
hope he will soon be out among us
with his old prune grip.

The local U. C. 7. is planning a
new feature in connection with its
regular meetings for the purpose of
creating q greater interest among its
members and also as an educational
feature. At the next meeting imme-
diately after the initiation the Coun-
cil will be addressed by Mr. Pellitt,
credit man for Morley Bros., of this
city. Mr. Pellitt is an exceptionally
bright character in his line and a
great deal of good will be derived
from his talk by those present. One
of the other speakers to address the
Council a little later will be Hugh
Chalmers, of the Chalmers Auto Co..
Detroit. This is just an example of
what a live council can do.

Claud Avery, salesman for the
Clark & McCaren Co., wholesale gro-
cers at Bad Axe, reports that he lost
his sample case last week. He says
some one, no doubt, took it by mis-
take while he was waiting for a train
He said he did not care for the case
but he hated to lose the samples of
high class confections he had in the
case. If he were not a full fledged
member of Saginaw Council we might
have reason to wonder just a little.

C H. Good, Michigan sales mana-
ger for the Widlar Co., of Cleveland
was a business visitor in Saginaw and
Bav City the last of the week.

The annual election of the Saginay
Retail Grocers’ Association was held
last week. The attendance was good
and a lively meeting held. The officers
elected were: Charles G. Christen-
sen, President; Jason Clark, Vice-
President; Otto M. Rohde, Treasurer:
S. A. Sensenbaugh, Secretary. Plans
were discussed for holding a pure
food show here sometime in March
or April. Dates were not decided on
J. B. Nauer is the retiring President

Another manufacturing company
for the flourishing little town of Mid
land. The Dr. Miles Medical Co., 0:
Elkhart, Ind., has organized a com-
pany known as the American Bromine
Co. It has started to sink the wells
into the salt beds and a factory build-
ing will be started at once.

The new Chamber of Commerce
of this city is now located in its new
home in the Bearinger building. H.
L. Griffin has resigned as Secretary
and the vacancy has been filled by
the election to that office of H. B.

ry.

The Schust Baking Co. held its an-
nual stockholders meeting last week
and elected the following officers:
President, Henry Schust; Vice-Presi-
dent, F. E. Schust; Secretary-Treas-
urer, O. Schust. The stockholders
voted to cut out the word baking and
the house will ‘be known hereafter as
the Schust Co.

Saginaw beat out Jackson and De-
troit for the next convention of the
State Y. M. C, A. last week at Grand
oe Truly this is the convention
city.

This is farmers’ week here, as a

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State institute is being held at the
Auditorium. A very interesting pro-
gramme has been prepared and a big
exhibit of farm products is a feature
of the three day meet.

Many complaints are coming from
the boys making Capac about Hotel
De Burt. You enter the hostelry,
register, pay your 50 cents, eat and
return to the lobby, only to be made
a wall flower of by the barleycorn
patrons and bar flies. A 10 cent
whisky bum gets better resting ac-
commodations than the hard work-
ing and weary travelers. The writer
calls to mind an incident that occur-
red at this hotel a year ago when
making the trip, accompanied by his
wife. A drunken man was lolling
about the lobby using profane lan-
guage—certainly a fine specimen of a
hotel—not fit for an ordinary man,
let alone a lady.

One hundred and fifty hay and grain
dealers from all parts of the State
were here in convention the past
week. President Ernest L. Wellman,
of Grand Rapids, reports 3,200,000
tons of hay raised in Michigan last
year; 18,000,000 bushels of oats: 5,-
944,000 bushels of rye; 18,000,000
bushels of wheat; 63,000,000 bushels
of corn; 2,400,000 bushels of barley;
34,500,000 bushels of potatoes. The
hay crop. brought the farmers
$36,000,000, being the most valu-
able single crop raised in Michigan
last year

Do you know what happens Feb.
22, 23 and 24? Why, the biggest
State convention of retail grocers
ever held in the State at Battle Creek.

William F. Rau, implement dealer
of Reese, underwent a very critical
operation at Saginaw General Hos-
pital last week. His condition is ser-
ious at this writing.

Eugene Page, son of George E.
Page, implement merchant at Decker-
ville, has entered the employ of the
Simons Auto Sales Co., selling Over-
lands.

H. D. Ranney, Past Senior Coun-

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

selor of No, 43, goes to Owosso Sat-
urday night to visit Owosso Council,
it being an official visit. He is mak.
ing the trip for Deputy Ben Mercer.

Practically every council in the
State has entertained the State U. C.
T. officers the past year, except Flint.
Seems to be a very quiet spot for
such a busy berg.

Don’t forget the sportsman show
to be held in Saginaw Feb. 22, 23 24.
25 and 26, in connection with the con-
vention of the Michigan Wild Life
Conservation Association. If you
attend you will see the greatest col-
lection of birds and animals ever col-
lected in one show in Michigan, if
not in America. Particulars next
week,

We are very sorry to inform you
that the Czar of Michigan, Mark
Brown, has been unable to be out on
the road for a few days. On account
of his weight, he was unable to get
an air cushion which would hold him
up. We would have invited him to
our house, but we have no mantel
over the fire place. However, he is
out at this writing, selling to the
druggists a sure preventive for
boils. He represents the Hazeltine &
Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids.

Did you ever stop at a hotel where,
after a meal you had to go to some
nearby store to find a place to sit
down and rest? Also where the lava-
tory was not fit for a tramp to enter,
let alone a decently dressed man? If
not then fight shy of the Hurst
House, at Stockbridge. The lobby
(?) is filled from morning until night
by a set of town loafers and what
looks like a few remaining old bar
flies which used to seek shelter in the
bar room when the village was wet.
It is a shame that the owner of 1
hotel can not see the things that tend
to kill his business. The writer has
received many complaints from other
travelers about this same hotel. Mr.
Hurst, we are ready to boost when
things are right. No man is more

ready to forget the past than the
commercial traveler.

he many friends of Fred Huebner,
representative of the Mershon-Eddy-
Parker Lumber Co., of this city, are
extremely sorry to hear the death of
his wife. She passed away while Mr.
Huebner was on a business trip to
Pittsburg. Mrs. Huebner was a mem-
ber of the Ladies of the U. C. T.

E. F. Rohde, Jr., member of the
firm of Rohde & Son, grocers, this
city, has accepted a position with E.
C. Rich Co., of New York, as travel-
ing representative in this territory
selling and advertising Tryphosia.,

Ben Mercer goes to Jackson Satur-
day night, making his official U. C. T.
visit to Jackson Council. A large
class is to be initiated.

Whe annual U. © Ff. ball of Sag-
inaw Council was held at the Forester
hall Saturday night. Many were in
attendance. Dancing and card play-
ing were indulged in. Again we must
doff our hats to the Grant-Knoop-
Conaton crew who did themselves
great honor, both in the class of en-
tertainment provided.and, above alll,
in the decorations of the hall—beauti-
ful ferns and palms and colored
streamers forming a canopy over the
entire hall. Hundreds of colored
electric lights were used and at one
end of the hall was the emblem of the
order formed with small electric
bulbs. It was an evening long to be
remembered by all present,

In reviewing the Jan. 19 issue of
the Tradesman I found a bad spark
plug in use in Sparks from the Elec-
tric City. Mr. Steindler states in his
letter that E. Wagner, of Saginaw
Council, reported things looking fav-
orable for Stevenson in Northern
Michigan. We are glad to note Mr.
Stevenson is gaining great favor in
the upper country, but we must deny
the news coming from a member of
Saginaw Council. In the first place
we have no such person by that name
belonging here and in ‘the second
place if we had a thousand Wagners

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in this Council, with such a character
in the field as our esteemed H. D.
Ranney for the Grand Council office,
you can rest assured there would be
one thousand Wagners out boosting
for H. D. The plug needed a little
cleaning, that’s all.

The venerable John b. Root. who
for the past forty years has traveled
for the Widlar Co., of Cleveland, has
resigned his position. Just what his
plans are for the future we are un-
able to say at this time.

If it is the very best for the least
money you want, then subscribe for
the Tradesman. L. M. Steward.

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To Consider the Application for Sec-

retary.

Bay City, Feb. 8—Will you kindly
issue a call in this week’s Tradesman
that the Executive Committee of the
Retail Grocers and General Mer-
chants’ Association of Michigan meet
at Battle Creek, February 21 at 1 p.
m, and there go into executive ses-
sion for the purpose of considering
the applications for the Secretaryship
of the State Association. This will
be cons dered a great favor from you,
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cers and General Merchants’ Asso-
ciation are proceeding this year in
the selection of a Secretary. So many
mistakes have been made in the past
that it is thought best to canvass the
merits of all of the candidates for
Secretary in advance, instead of leav-
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closing hours of the convention when
matters are sometimes transacted
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AFTER THE WAR—WHAT?
Interest in the possible effects of
return of peace in Europe on business
in this country is undoubtedly in-
creasing. But actual apprehension
concerning a consequent industrial
readjustment still prevails principally
in the East, where concern is natural
regarding possible serious falling off
in exports and further tariff comp!i-
cations. Naturally, also, the East sees
clearly that some economic readjust-
ments must come when the stream
of orders for munitions of war ceases.
This latter possibility, however,
seems to us in this section to grow
daily less, because of the steady in-
crease in domestic business and the
decreasing dependence of the warring
nations upon us for these supplies.
This point of view is natural, at a
time when everywhere west of the
Alleghenies there is a recrudescence
of business activity and improving
prices that seems to be only in its
inception. But there is also wide-
spread and profound confidence in
the future of this country, especially
as regards that genuine prosperity of
which it is felt we have seen only the
beginning. This optimism is a natur-
al reaction from the feelings engen-
dered by the bad-crop years, the halt-
ing and dragging business, the lack
of new development of material re-
sources and the political, economic
and social turmoil of the past decade.
It finds its surest foundation in the
unprecedented crops of last year, the
general industrial activities of the
present and that new-born hope and
constructive feeling which is so ap-
parent in every part of the country.
This feeling, in turn, arises from
the realization, not only of the actual
but of the potential material wealth
of this country, and perhaps even
more from the consciousness that the
European war has blazed the path of
opportunity for this country. More-
over, there is absolute faith in the
power of the Federal Reserve Bank
system to avert and prevent those
financial cataclysms which marked the
panics of 1893 and 1907. There is
also an almost entire absence in the
West of the influence exerted so
strongly in the East by the Wali
Street stock market. From the point
of view of the great interior, the
speculative market and the _ specu-
lators themselves are so abnormally

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

sensitive to every possibility of trou-
ble, both present and future, that they
seem to evolve imaginary coming
calamities from their inner conscious-
ness.

When all has been said, however,
the question of the economic results
of peace is in many respects a matter
of local opinion. In the South, the
impression is that peace will be help-
ful to our industries in the main, rath-
er than hurtful. It is believed that
it will cause an increased demand for
cotton, and thus take care not only
of the price but of that increase!
volume of production which seems to
be likely for the next year.

Otherwise, the problem of dispos-
ing of a large crop might be a serious
one. It will open up the phosphate
mines of Florida, although it may
bring back in an acute stage the sugar
question to the Louisiana cane grow-
ers. It will certainly aid the yellow
pine industry by creating an unusual
export demand for lumber for the
rehabilitation of ruined Europe. It
will probably open up the European
markets again to those kinds of to-
bacco used almost entirely abroad,
and thus largely benefit certain sec-
tions of Kentucky, Tennessee. Vir-
ginia, and North Carolina. It wil!
solve the fertilizer problem for the
South Atlantic states, which are now
in sore straits for lack of phosphate.
So, on the whole, the South expects
to profit by peace.

But this is not so in the grain-grow-
ing sections, which are apprehensive
of a severe decline in prices of al!
grains when the war is over. There
are many considerations which would
mitigate that aspect of the situation;
but there does not seem to be any
escape from the general conclusion
that grains will be cheaper than in
the past eighteen months, with con-
sequent quieting effect on general
business in the grain states. On the
other hand, fruit-raising d‘stricts look
forward to increased exports with the
coming of peace.

In the mining centers, camps and
manufacturing centers, the hope is
for a domestic demand sufficiently in-
creased to offset largely, although
not entirely, the inevitable decrease
in export orders for munitions. The
bel’ef, to which the wish is father, is
that Europe will have to come to us
for materials for rehabilitation, and
that this will to a great extent take
the place of the present abnormal de-
mands. There is no delusion to the
effect that this prospective call from
Europe will keep at their present
level either the present enormous out-
put or the present high prices; but
the hope is that decline in either de-
mand or prices will not be serious
enough to disjoint the situation, or
more than simply to bring about
some readjustment. It is generally
admitted that the present high prices
of metals must decline with the com-
ing of peace, but it is not thought that
the fall will be serious enough to
materially affect the present output.

Such are the variations of judg-
ment. Underlying them all is the
sustaining belief that whatever com-
plications and troubles may result
from the period of drastic economic

reconstruction after war, the resources

of th's country and the soundness of
its agricultural and industrial situa-
tion are sufficient to withstand them.

 

GLIMMERING GASOLINE.

The most striking part of Secretary
Lane’s report to the Senate on the
shortage of gasoline is his estimate
of the soaring rate of increase in con-
sumption. He computes that 25 per
cent. more gasoline was used in
America in 1915 than in 1914, and
that 25 per cent. more will be con-
sumed in 1916. Yet this statement is
borne out by available facts. In 1904
the consumption of gasoline in the
United States was 5,800,000 barrels.
In 1909 it was 10,800,000 barrels, in
1914 18,000,000 barrels, and experts in
the industry have been estimating
that 30,000,000 barrels will be requir-
ed during this present year. Our two
to three million motor cars are the
chief consumers, but it must be re-
membered that there has been a great
extension in the use of gas engines
for motor boats, farm tractors, farm
machinery, and small manufactories.
Added to this is the circumstance that
production has diminished, due to
stoppage of the direct exports from
Mexico and the heavy slump of the
Texas and Oklahoma oil wells, which
are said to have fallen in output from
35 to 50 per cent. It is not strange
that gasoline has risen from about
15 cents per gallon to 25, and that
some authorities predict a price of
35 cents before the movement is end-
ed. The situation makes demands
upon both the skill of Americans in
contriving substitutes and our ability
to conserve supplies of petroleum and
gas which we have hitherto exploit-
ed prodigally.

As for substitutes, Secretary Lane
urges foremost the perfection of mo-
tor machinery which will consume
kerosene and other heavier distillates
of petroleum. Experts on internal
combustion engines are said to agree
that such machinery is feasible. New
processes may be found for increas-
ing the percentage of gasoline derived
in the refining of crude oils, for re-
fining oils of unusual composition,
and for better production of gasoline
from natural gas. But it will never-
theless some day be necessary to find
wholesale chemical or vegetable sub-
stitutes for practically all mineral-oit
products. The country has just be-
gun to learn the necessity for con-
servation of its petroleum supplies.
We now furnish about 65 per cent.
of the world’s stock. The Govern-
ment has estimated that the reserves
of petroleum amount to only about
5,560,000,000 barrels, and that at the
present rate of consumption and ex-
port, twenty-three years will see the
total exhaustion of the American sup-
ply. It is clear that efficient utiliza-
tion and the prevention of waste are
imperative, if we are much to prolong
the life of our oil fields. Many new
deposits may be opened in Utah, Cali-
fornia, Wyoming, and Colorado, but
they must be guarded jealously. Care-
less drilling and casing of wells, poor
storage, exposure of oil to fire, pro-
duction in excess of immediate mar-
keting facilities with consequent
waste, must be prevented. And even
then the day will come when we must
find something in place of petroleum.

 

February 9, 1915

JOHN GEORGE KALMBACH.

Grand Rapids lost a good citizen
last week in the person of J. George
Kalmbach, who was a striking ex-
ample of his own precept that a “shoe
maker should stick to his last.” Ta
his passing the last of the three
founders of the Rindge, Kalmbach.
Logie Co. has gone to his reward.

Grand Rapids, nor any other com-
munity, could suffer no greater loss.
A community, no matter how great
or how small, is worthy only in su
far as its citizens are worthy, and
Grand Rapids can take much pride
in the fact that the character of its
citizenship is typified by the man
whose death came last week to ex-
cite in the minds of his friends and
neighbors sentiments of respect and
esteem, sorrow and regret to a mark-
ed degree.

Mr. Kalmbach was a man of strone
and virile character who loved justice
and hated dishonesty and deceit:
whose standard of business integrity
was high and who lived up to his
ideals of fair and honorable dealings
Among his close personal friends he
was a generous and genial companion.
full of unique and original character-
istics, and he attracted a host of busi-
ness friends in every department of
his work, although there were not
many to whom he revealed intimately
the real depths of his character.

Mr. Kalmbach was a singularly re-
ligious man, having been a life-long
member of the German Methodist
Church. He was content with his
church. His mental powers never
were diverted to enquiry beyond its
creed. He lived by it, quietly and
cleanly. His spiritual aspect was
calm and his life was good. He had
broad sympathies and a fine love for
his fellow men. He was a faithful
friend, living his virtues unconscious-
ly, as gentlemen do; for a gentleman
he was, in the sense of heredity and
upbringing—an example of the best
produced by the ancient race in which
he was born.

Mr. Kalmbach left no impression
in enduring marble in Grand Rapids
His achievements did not result in
towering buildings, in books nor
works of art nor in statutes. His
impress is in the hearts of his cus-
tomers, associates, friends and neigh-
bors. He taught by his example good
lessons of patriotism and good citi-
zenship and civic pride. He did not
teach these lessons by precept. He
taught them by living them.

 

The lack of dye stuffs used in paper
making has been referred to frequent-
ly and it is already apparent in the
appearance of daily, weekly and other
periodicals. The shortage threatene?
to affect the Government Bureau o!
Engraving, and it was close to the
point where currency and _ stamps
would have to be of another color.
Accordingly inventors were set to
work to produce dyes identical with
those to be obtained from Germany.
regardless of cost, and enough dye
has been produced to ensure that
greenbacks will be just as green an'l
postage stamps the same shade as
before. The money and the stamps
would be as good whatever the color,
but the National engraving establish-
ment insists upon uniformity.

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Before he wakes a morning paper is put under his door—noiselessly
—with the compliments of the house.

If he wants to breakfast in his room no extra charge is made for
room-service.

If he wants to write letters in his room he doesn’t have to ask for
stationery—his desk is plentifully supplied. If he wants ice-water he
has but to open a faucet.

If he wants to loaf downstairs, comfortable, luxurious lounges, with
chairs and sofas built for tired men—and lazy men—await him. There
is good music at luncheon-time and again at dinner-time. Well-selected
libraries at his disposal—free, of course.

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AUTOMOBILES AND
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Balance Is Thing To Watch Out For.

In the ideal touring car, one ele-
ment I believe is more important than
any other, and that is the element
of balance. Under this heading, a
great engineer described balance as
follows:

“Perfect motor car balance is a
combination of weight properly lo-
cated and bearing a given relation
to the other mechanical essentials
of the car. The rear wheels must
bear a sufficient proportion of the
weight to enable them to drive the
front wheels under all reasonable
conditions. The center of gravity
of the entire supported mass must
be located sufficiently ahead of the
rear axle so that it exerts no lever
action to cause skidding.

“The center of gravity must be
low enough so that any tendency to
roll in going around corners will
be obviated. The center of gravity
must not be so low that it gives 2
direct unyielding blow at the rear
wheel center.

“The front axle should be thrown
well ahead of the motor, and, if
possible, the radiator, to prevent
the front wheels from offering too
much resistance to the driving of
the rear wheels and to make steer-
ing easier. The weight should be
kept as low as possible on the front
wheels. The manifestation of this
balance is ease of riding and low
tire and maintenance expense. All
of these points are incorporated in
the design of the well balanced car.”

Analyzing his statements, it would
appear there must be a close rela-
tion between the weight distribu-
tion on the front wheels and the
weight distribution on the rear
wheels. This explains why a great
many manufacturers do not make
unit power plants. That is why they
segregate the transmission from the
motor assembly. It is also why the
transmission is not placed on the
rear axle. It is to get a more even
weight distribution.

Foreigners have paid a great deal
more attention to this point than
Americans, with the result that there
is practically no foreign car built
with what is known as a unit power
plant. It is this close attention to
the small details that has given the
foreign car such riding qualities at
high speeds.

A few American manufacturers
have done the same, and the pros-
pective buyer of the finest car might
do well to spend a _ considerable
amount of time in looking into the
balance of his car as a whole.

In the design and construction of
cars where the owner does not ex-

pect the least possible work in road
balance, it is not necessary to pay
so much attention to these things.

For instance, if the maximum speed
the car can attain is forty-five miles
an hour, it is not particularly nec-
essary to put racing car perfection
of balance into it, but in any touring
car where sixty miles an hour can
be even approached, too much care
cannot be exercised in the perfec-
tion of road balance and steering,
and these two points are interlinked
very closely.

You can design the finest steering
gear in the world and if the car is
not balanced well, it will not handle
easily on the road. The road bal-
ance of a car also affects ease ci
riding as much as spring design does.

Just how much importance balance
has in ease of riding has only lately
been thought of and prominent en-
gineers all over the country are giv-
ing more and more attention to this
one feature.

Next to balance, I believe the mat-
ter of flexibility is most important.
By flexibility, I mean that ability of
the motor to pick up its passenger
load from very low speeds with no
apparent effort and in a very short
space of time.

In other words, how fast the car
can accelerate from ten to fifty miles
an hour on high gear. Some inter-
esting data has been obtained on
that point on the Indianapolis motor
speedway. For instance, a car which
was recently tested on the speedway
accelerated from ten to fifty miles
per hour in 17.6 seconds. I should
sav any car that can accelerate from
ten to fifty miles an hour in thirty
seconds is making a creditable per-
formance.

Take your car out some morning
and try it. You will be surprised to
see how interesting the experiment
is.

Another peculiar condition which
we have discovered on the speedway
is that any car that has rapid acceler-
ation also is a good hill climber.

F. E. Moscovies.
—_»+++___
Accomplished His Purpose.

“Charlie,” said the young mother,
“T’ve decided on a name for baby. We
will call her Imogen.”

Papa was lost in thought for a few
moments. He did not like the name
but he knew that if he opposed it his
wife would have her own way.

“That’s nice,” said he presently,
“My first sweetheart was named Imo-
gen and she will take it as a compli-
ment.”

“We will call her Mary, after my
mother,” was the stern reply.

February 39, 1916

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Motor Car To-day Is Public Utility.

“The greatest misconception con-
cerning the whole question of motor
traction is largely due to the failure
to remember the fact that the motor
car has come to stay; that motor trac-
tion is rapidly supplanting all other
forms of conveyance; that it is con-
currently revolutionizing country life
and nothing can stop it,” says Francis
M. Hugo, Secretary of State of New
York.

“The idea that the motorists are
the privileged rich and that the pub-
lic does not motor and is, there-
fore, not interested in motor cars, is
no longer the fact. To-day the pub-
lic on the road is the motoring pub-
lic, and in any city street the num-
ber of motor cars is greatly in ex-
cess of all the other forms of con-
veyances combined. It is this fact
which governs the whole question,
because the country is beginning to
live on motor cars.

“Moreover the sections which have
the best roads and ordinances are
profiting at the expense of those
benighted places that penalize mo-
toring in the name of legality. But
one of the good results accomplish-
ed by automobile associations in ad-
dition to those accomplished toward
highway improvements is the or-
ganized effort to discipline careless
and reckless drivers. Scarcely a day
passes but what some motorists com-
plain to the state author'ties against
fellow autoists for violating the rules
of the road or neglecting the courte-
sies.

“Cars are accused of rushing at
high speed out of by-roads without
thought of the traffic on the main
road, of not slowing down sufficient-
ly on roads crowded with pedes-
trains, of not allowing faster cars
to overtake and pass them, of cut-
ting in too closely in front of the
cars they have passed, of refusing
to leave the m‘ddle of the road and
forcing cars they meet into the
ditch, of running through thickly -
settled communities at high speeds
with exhausts open.

“While there is no suggestion that
misconduct of these and other kinds
is indulged in by the majority of
drivers, nevertheless, so long as it
can be asserted of any considerable
minority there need be no surprise
that the motor car is cordially hat-
ed by numbers of the non-motoring
public and the police are not sup-
posed to think that it can be safely
left to its own devices.

“Anything that motorists can do
to purge the flock of these tainted
sheep will be of service to the cause,
but it is difficult to see how the State
under existing laws could do much.
The motor associations might help,
however, by expelling or otherwise
disciplining members who have been
proved guilty of such behavior.”

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Same Appeal Not Suited to All.

The same appeal is not equally ef-
fective on all customers. A selling talk
that will make a sale to one prospect
may be wholly unsuited to another.
Different people view things differently.
With some, price is the one important
consideration. Others insist on quality
of the highest order, and still others

 

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claim exclusiveness as the paramount
issue. One cannot always hit the right
Selling talk the first time, but by care-
ful feeling around, it is usually possible
to obtain a fairly clear idea of the cus-
tomer’s particular likes.

In order to materially increase the
selling efficiency of his entire force, a
certain Eastern merchant instructed his
salesmen to study all customers very
carefully, and to be sure and make note
of any selling talk that appealed with
special force to a certain customer.
These things are then brought up at the
weekly meeting of the salesforce and,
in this way, every member of the force
is then prepared to deliver to his cus-
tomer that particular argument which
is most effective

It is really remarkable how success-
ful they have been in this work, and
they claim to know the vulnerable spots
of a very large number of buyers in
their city and surrounding country.

 

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The Ancients represented friend-
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ed and rudely attired to signify ac-
tivity and aptness for service. Upon
the sleeve of his garment was written
Death and Life, signifying that in life
and death friendship is the same. On
his forehead was inscribed Summer and
Winter, meaning that in prosperity
or adversity friendship knows. no
change, except in the variety of its
service. The left shoulder and arm
were bare down to the heart, to which
the finger of the right hand pointed at
the words Far and Near, which rep-
resent that true friendship is not im-
paired by time nor dissolved by dis-
tance.

I think it was Thomas Hughes who
said, “Blessed is the man who has
the gift of making friends, for it is
one of God’s best gifts.” It involves
many things, but, above all, the
power of giving out of one’s self and
seeing and appreciating whatever is
noble and loving in another.

Friendship, like everything else, is
tested by results. If you wish tz
know the value of any friendship, you
must ask what it has done for you
and what it has made you. In my
own life my friends have meant every-
thing to me. A young women who
was one of the older girls in school
during my first term, helped me on
with my overcoat, put my _ tippet
around my neck and saw that my mit-
tens were on right and gave me a
pleasant word as I went from the
schoolhouse to my home. Thus there
is cherished in my memory one of
the sweet personalities that made an
impress upon me at a stage in life
when character is in the formative
stage.

Three or four lads and lassies in
the early school days became my
close friends and, although I have
lost sight of them and all knowledge
of their whereabouts, they still re-
main with me as companions. Later
on, in my high school days, two young
men were my intimates and even to
this day in my dreams I recall Charles
Simonds and George Wickwire Smith
as vividly as if they were still in my
presence and affected my life, al-
though they passed on to the Other
Life during our early manhood.

A teacher in this town became in-
terested in me and during my entire
college course was my correspondent.
To Emma Field, who was a strong
influence for good during her entire
life in this city, I owe a debt of
gratitude for the kindly thoughtful-

 

*Conversational address by Hon.
Charles W _ Garfield, before working
force of Grand Rapids Savings Bank.

ness that she threw about me by her
wise and helpful missives during that
period when I was away from home for
the first time.

Three college men entered into my
life in a most intimate way and to
this day they are living examples of
what a life’s friendship may mean to
one. Henry Reynolds, who was my
chum in college and who through
sunshine and shadow has been a close
advisor and helper during my entire
life, has been my strong supporter
and most intimate friend. Richard
Haigh, who made the great sacrifice
of carrying me to the seaside during
my last year in college, assisting in
every possible way for my restora-
tion to health so I could graduate
with my class, entered my _ heart
through his gracious spirit and I am
happy that he still remains in the
flesh, so that he can receive from time
to time my recognition of the value
of his friendship. And, then, there
was Charlie Bessey, the older com-
panion of my college days, who rang
true in every association in life; who,
because he was older and had an im-
pressive personality, strenghtened and
sweetened my life and until his death,
not long ago, continued to be a wise
counsellor and a true friend.

In my early boyhood I was influ-
enced largely by the thoughtfulness
and warm friendship of three grand-
mothers, who knit my mittens and
wristlets for me and always remem-
bered me pleasantly on my _ birth-
days. These noble women were the
abiding friends of my _ childhood,
whose memories I revere, because of
the gracious influence which they
threw about my life.

The choice of friends is not a mat-
ter of accident, but thoughtful selec-
tion with a purpose. Friendliness be-
gets friendship and in our choice of
close companions it is wiser to choos2
from the perpendicular rather than the
horizontal, for through our helpful-
ness to those below and the strength
that we receive from those above, the
sweetest attributes of character are
awakened into activity. You will re-
call that Jesuse prayed all night be-
fore he chose the twelve who were
to be his closest friends.

Language, in the expression of
friendship, is valuable, but not nec-
essary. The closest friends do not
need to talk to each other constantly
to make their friendship effective.
The keeping of friends through the
proper attitude and motive of life ‘s
important. An Eastern proverb puts
it this way: “Hast thou a friend?
Visit him often, for thorns and brush
grow up where no one travels.” A
friend in a large sense never dies.

It is a common occurrence for me to
recall perfectly the faces and actions
and expressions of friends long gone
into The Beyond.

Among the noted friendships of his-
tory are those of David and Jonathan
and the relationship of our Master
to the family in Bethany, Paul's
friends meant a great deal to him.
John, Mark, Timothy, Tryphena and
Tryphosa, Priscilla and Aquila were
the people who added greatly to the
sweetness of his Ife and their in-
fluence permeated his life so tuat the
impress which they gave has come
down to us with strength and _ per-
petuity.

True friendship is a harmony and
it can not always be struck between
two individuals. We take the tuning
fork and set it to vibrating, placing
it upon one substance and another,
and the tone is loud or meager, ac-
cording to the harmony between the
vibrations of the fork and the sub-
stance upon which it is placed. It
is difficult to tell betorehand where
this harmony will exist and it is also
true that we can not describe in ad-
vance just where friendships will be
formed.

It is a very common thing for the
politician to address his audience as
“my friends’ and possibly this is
proper, but I can not help but think
that there are two kinds of friends.
One may be illustrated by a large
circle and we can label it “likers.”
Then there is the inner smaller circle
which we might label “lovers.” The
basis of the friendship for those in
the inner circle is the love of truth
and righteousness which we find ex-
emplified in their personalities.

If a true friend falls, we lose more
than a friend. We lose a vision of
God. “What is the secret of your
life, Mrs, Browning?” asked Charles
Kingsley. “Tell me that I may make
my life beautiful.” To which she re-
plied, “I had a friend.” George Eliot,
I think it is, who says in “Middle--
march,” “There are natures in which
if they love us we are conscious o?
having a sort of baptism and con-
secration. They bind us over to rec-
titude and purity by their pure belief
concerning us.” This faith is of the
sort which the needy woman had who
touched the Saviour’s garment and
he said, “Thy faith hath made thee
whole.”

The attributes and functions of
friendship may be epitomized in the
words brightness, counsel, strength,
inspiration.

Death does not end friendship, but
often crystallizes it into a distinct
permanency. One time in a museum
a friend called my attention to a bit
of amber in which was entombed a
perfect insect. Its legs, eyes, anten-
nae and strippings upon the abdomen
were perfect and still the insect had
become entangled in this substance
many thousands of years ago. I think
of friendship in something of the
same way. If, then, we choose our
friends for what they are and not
for what they have and if we deserve
so great a blessing, then they will
always be with us preserved in ab-
sence, even in death, in the amber of
memory.

February 9, 1916

Rural Credits and the Implement In-
dustry.

Rural credit, in comparison with
other National subjects, is about as
intricate as is the manufacture of a
watch compared to that of the com-
mon garden hoe.

If, as some believe, rural credit js
a function of the National Govern-
ment, then the implement manufac-
turers of this country have been
usurping “Uncle Sam’s” prerogatives
for many years. If, as others think.
it is the duty of the banker to extend
rural credits, he has overlooked an
opportunity. With the possible ex-
ception of the sewing machine jn-
dustry, and I do not believe that !
should except it, the implement in-
dustry extends longer credit and turns
its capital over more slowly than any
other industry. It behooves the own-
ers of implement concerns to give the
subject of rural credits their most
prayerful consideration.

Originated ‘in Europe.

Rural credits, soon to be the topic
of National discussion in this coun-
try, originated in Europe. I believe
I am correct in saying that rural cred-
it systems were originated during pe-
riods of depression and want, the un-
derlying principle being co-operative
assistance in buying and selling. Ger-
many seems to have developed rural
credits to a point in advance of other
countries. While there have been a
large number of rural-credit bills in-
troduced in Congress, none, I believe,
has embodied the German _ system.
There is a strong movement, however,
in favor of the latter, and we face
the possibility of having bills of that
character enacted into law. European
and American conditions are quite
different, and I doubt very much
whether the German Landschaft sys-
tem could be successfully transplanted
to America. It would mean a revolu-
tion in the method of conducting
rural business,

A brief description of the Land-
schaft may be of interest. The coun-
try is divided into comparatively small
sections, each one having its Land-
schaft. A farmer who desires to bor-
row money has his property apprais-
ed by a board, who arrives at the
amount of the loan he is entitled to.
He then gives a mortgage to the
Landschaft organization and in return
receives the Landschaft bonds, which
he himself sells on the open market.
The individual who borrows is not
responsible to the investigating pub-
lic but to the Landschaft for the pay-
ment of his loan. The entire organ-
ization of farmers stand back of it.
These loans run for a long period an‘
are liquidated under an amortization
system. The money is not borrowed
to buy land, but to finance his agri-
cultural pursuits. The individual
farmer becomes a stockholder in «
co-cperative bank and his stock is
usually paid for from the proceeds of
bis loan, just described. One of the
chief functions of the co-operative
bank is to finance smaller groups of
farmers for the purpose of co-opera-
ative buying and selling.

Encourages Co-operative Buying.

I believe there is a misunderstand-
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by rural credit. Many people believe
that it is a movement for providing
better facilities for the farmer to ne-
gotiate farm loans. By that I mean
financing the purchase of farm lands.
The term as used in Germany and in
other foreign countries has an en-
tirely different meaning, for there the
ultimate purpose of rural credits is
to foster and encourage co-operative
buying and selling by various groups
of farmers. What is quite generally
understood in America by farm cred-
its is not what the proposed legisla-
tion is likely to bring about, it tend-
ing to create a plan for co-operative
buying and selling. There are no
doubt large sections of land in this
country that need cheap money bor-
rowed for a long period of years, for
its development. I have in mind cut-
over and reclaimed lands. In the set-
tled farming communities the farmer
has no difficulty in borrowing money
at a reasonable rate of interest. The
farm loan is looked upon by the aver-
age investor as the most conservative
method for investing his money. It
‘s true that the character of farm
loans varies, as does the character of
any kind of investment, and no legis-
lation can change those conditions.
The large life insurance companies,
banks and farm loan companies, seek
the privilege of lending at low inter-
est rates on farm lands, and, generally
speaking, the rate of interest is as
low as, or lower than, that paid for
the average city real estate loan.

Credit should not be expected to be
granted solely because one lives in
the country. Human nature is the
same on the farm as it is in the city
bakeshop or dry goods store and there
will always be men in rural districts who
will never be entitled to credit.

Credit cannot be created by legisla-
tion. It can only be created by hon-
esty, industry and integrity of the
individual. Legislation, however, may
create the means for extending it to
the proper parties. We have, how-
ever, in our new currency law, ample
machinery for the extension of credit
for legitimate undertakings. The
basis of rural credit is two-fold. In
the case of the farmer tenant, it is
largely based on his personal reputa-
tion for honesty, integrity and in-
dustry. In the case of the farmer
owner, the additional security of his
land is added. Credit depends upon
the individual.

Individual Farmer Needs No Aid.

The point I desire to make clear is
that the individual farmer can estab-
lish his own rural credit system,
without any legislative aid. Money
is always looking for investment in
the farm, for the right man and the
right land. Better agricultural meth-
ods, more intensive farming, crop ro-
tation, soil fertility, coupled with
honesty, integrity and industry, will
establish a credit for the individual
farmer that cannot be assailed. I
will not burden you with statistics,
but if every farmer, by more intensive
agriculture, increased his yield of
wheat or other grains by five to ten
bushels to the acre, what would it
mean to him? It is entirely possible
to do this.

We fully realize that the welfare of
the implement trade is dependent on

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

the prosperity or.the credit ability
of the farmer; consequently any leg-
islative plan that will better improve
or expand the rural credit will be
welcomed by the association. The
implement industry wants the farmer
to buy his implements at a price that
is fair to him and that will return to
the manufacturer a fair return on his
investment. The industry believes
that the best way to market its prod-
uct is through the local dealer, for
service is almost as important as the
implement itself. Co-operative buy-
ing, the probable outgrowth of rural
credits, would sound the death knell
of the country merchant and revolu-
tionize the implement business.

Two Recent Laws.

Congress has recently enacted two
most important laws affecting the
welfare of the farmer. I refer to the
Lever bill, which provides the means
for bettering the agricultural methods
of the country and the new currency
law, that makes provision for a much
larger expansion of credit in the rural
districts than was enjoyed prior to
its passage. As a matter of fact, notes
given for agricultural purposes are
looked upon as the best grade of
paper for rediscounting with the Fed-
eral reserve banks. We have legisla-
tion on our books that has not suf-
ficient time to show what it will do
for the country, and many students of
rural conditions believe that no furth-
er legislation should be enacted until
the rural community has adjusted it-
self to the benefits recently provided
for it by Congress. G. A. Ranney.

—_22>___

Members of the Michigan State
Bankers’ Association will convene at
the Agricultural College on Feb. 29
to discuss and make a study of rural
credits and ways and means of most
effectually financing the farmer. The
session of the moneyed men will be
conducted in conjunction with a rural
life conference at the College. The
conference, which will continue in
session over Feb. 29 and March 1 and
2, will devote its time chiefly to the
formulation of plans for a_ social
survey of all the rural churches of the
State. The final object of the survey
will be the organizing of country
churches of Michigan into a body for
making the church more effectually
meet the modern social needs of rural
communities. Dr. T. N. Carver, of
Harvard University, a National leader
in rural sociological work, and Rev.
C. O. Gill, of Columbus, Secretary
of the National commission on church
and country life, will be among the
men who will address the conference.
The meeting of the bankers, and the
organization of the proposed work
among the country churches, will be
features of the annual Farmers’ week
at M. A. C.

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work in the belief that this policy
will make work for many other work-
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Programme For Hardware Conven-
tion Next Week.
Tuesday, Feb. 15.

9 a.m. The exhibit hall will be
open in the Klingman Furniture Ex-
change building, at the corner of Ot-
tawa avenue and Lyon street with the
main entrance on Ottawa avenue.
The office of the Secretary will be
located in this building and members
should register there upon arrival an.J
secure identification badge, emblem
theater tickets, etc.

Applications for memberst’ and
dues for members both active and
associate should be adjusted at the
Secretary’s office.

11 a. m. Meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee at Pantlind Hotel.

12. The exhibit hall will be closed.
Tuesday Afternoon (open session)

1:30 p. m. Retailers, wholesalers,
manufacturers and traveling men are
all invited to be present at this meet-
ing. Meeting called to order in the
assembly hall in the Hotel Pantlind
by President Frank E. Strong, of
Battle Creek.

Invocation by Charles M. Alden,
Grand Rapids

Song “America” sung by the dele-
gates, lead by William Moore, De-
troit.

Address of welcome by Hon. Geo.
E. Ellis, Mayor of Grand Rapids.

Response to address of welcome
by Charles A. Ireland, Ionia.

Annual address of the President.

Announcement of committee ap-
pointments.

Song by the delegates.

Address, “Salesmanship,” by Paul
H. Nystrom, New York.

Address, “Points of Contact,” by
Roy F. Soule, editor of the Hardware
Age.

Remarks by manufacturers, whole-
salers and the press.

Adjournment at 4:30.

Committee members are requested
to remain in the hall and arrange for
meetings of their respective commit-
tees.

4. p.m. The exhibit hall will be
opened and remain so until 6:30

Tuesday Evening.

Theater party at the Empress The-
ater. Tickets given out at the Secre-
tary’s office must be exchanged at
the box office of the theater for cou-
pon seats before 7 o’clock Tuesday
evening. In addition to the usual ex-
cellent vaudeville programme a spe-
cial film will be shown dealing with

the different phases of manufactur-
ing of goods related to the hardware
line.
' Wednesday, Feb. 16.

9 a. m. (Closed session. Only re-
tail hardware men admitted.))

Meeting called to order.

Opening song by the delegation.

Annual report of the Treasurer,

‘Wm. Moore, Detroit.

Annual report of the Secretary,

Arthur J. Scott, Marine City.

Address, “Mutual Fire Insurance,”
A. T. Stebbins, Rochester, Minn.

Address National officer.

Question box.

Adjournment.

12, The exhibit hall will be opened
at this time and will remain so until
6:30. At 7:30 the general public wi!l
be admitted. The hall will be closed
at 10:30 p. m.

Wednesday Evening.

Closed session in the convention
hall for retail hardware dealers only.

Address by M. L. Corey, Argos,
Ind., Sec’y National Retail Hardware
Association.

The remainder of the evening will
be given up entirely to the question
box, which will be in charge of F. A.
Rechlin, J. Charles Ross, Charles
Miller, A. T, Stebbins, Charles Chris-
tension, E. S. Ree, Otto Sanderhoff,
William Moore, Charles A. Ireland,
J. H. Lee, Porter A. Wright and J.
H. Whitney.

Thursday, Feb. 17.
Thursday Morning (open session.)
8:30 a. m. Opening song by the

delegates.

“Our Associate Members.”’ Under
this heading brief addresses will be
made by J. A. Weston, Lansing; F.
E. Woolley, Ann Arbor, and W. G.
Bancroft, Detroit.

Address, “A Dealer’s Service to His
Community,” by Curtis M. Johnson,
Rush City, Minn.

Address, “Two Snakes in the Busi-
ness Brain,” by Stanley M. Krebs,
Philadelphia.

Discussion,

Adjournment at 12 o'clock.

Thursday Afternoon.

12:30 noon. The exhibit hall will be
open and will remain so until 9 p. m.
This will give members an excellent op-
portunity to talk personally with each
exhibitor. Be sure and see to it that
you receive one of the prizes offered in
the buyer’s contest.

9 p. m. A buffet luncheon will be
served in the convention hall at the
Pantlind Hotel.

Friday, Feb. 18.

8 a.m. The exhibit hall will be open
until 12 o’clock. Don’t go away with-
out placing an order with every ex-
hibitor whose line of goods you can use
to advantage.

Friday Afternoon.

Executive session for retail hard-
ware dealers only.

1:30 p. m. Reports of Committees
on Constitution and By-Laws.

Auditing, Legislation and Resolu-
tions.

Consideration of committee reports.

Report of Committee on Nomina-
tions.

Election of officers.

Report of the committee on next
place of meeting.

Selection of next convention city.

Unfinished and new business.

Question box.

Adjournment.

The new Executive Committee will
hold a meeting at the Pantlind Hotel
after the adjournment of the regular
meeting.

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The various plans that are being
tried to enlist the co-operation of
employes in making the business ot
a store a success, always are of in-
terest and value to other merchants.
A system which it may seem im-
practicable to adopt entire, may sug-
gest something that can be worked
out in some way that is entirely feasi-
ble.

A good-sized dry goods store which
I know recently held a social meeting
of its helpers, at which a check of
thirty-six dollars and some odd cents
was presented to each. This was in
pursuance of a plan, which in this
establishment has been in operation
some little time, of allowing to each
helper who has been with the store
six months or longer, a small per-
centage on the gross sales. The dis-
tribution is made semi-annually.

The peculiar feature of this store’s
system is that all, without regard to
rank, salary received, amount of in-
dividual sales, or length of service
(provided only they have been with
the firm the requisite half year) get
the same.

The plan seems to be working sat-
isfactorily to both employers and
workers. The firm reports the past
year as one of the most prosperous
in its history, and attributes this
good fortune largely to the loyalty
and zeal of its helpers.

To the employes, this recognition
of their energy and faithfulness is
most welcome. One of the salesmen,
with whom I happen to be acquainted,
remarked to me that the little check
of $36, “coming like so much money
found,” looked very good to him. To
most of the others it doubtless seems
larger, for he is one of the highest
salaried among the salespeople.

That this plan, while not without
some drawbacks, has strong points
to recommend it, is obvious. It seems
as well calculated as any system could
be, to build up a strong feeling of
“boosting for the whole store” as
well as working to increase one’s own
sales. It would tend to make store
workers want to hold their positions
—they would not be desirous of
changing to some other store unless
substantial advantage were offered.

As will readily be seen, the plan
is not in the least incompatible with
a commission on individual sales.
Each saleperson’s regular pay could
be so many dollars salary or wages,
and a stipulated comm ’'ssion on sales
made. The little percentage on the
sales of the whole store is additional.

More and more, firms who employ

a considerable number of helpers are
coming to realize that their working
force has an immense advertising
power. If this can be enlisted loyal-
ly and heartily for the benefit of the
employing firm, large numbers of dol-
lars will flow to its cash registers
that otherwise would go to competi-
tors. The store workers can get
their friends and their friends’ friends
to coming. Further, anything that
tends to increase the efficiency of
each individual worker—to make him
or her anxious to serve all customers,
whether personal acquaintances or
not, in the best manner possible—
anything that tends to this is very
much worth while.

Co-operation on the part of em-
ployes and their individual efficiency
—these are two great means of busi-
ness building—two great ends to be
attained. As to their desirability
there can be no question. The only
question is how they may best be
secured. Some employers doubtless
will continue to think that a steady
position with a chance of promotion
ought to be incentive enough—that it
ought not to be necessary to offer
premiums.

In the store where the plan out-
lined above is followed, the manager
is a man with a peculiar gift for ob-
taining the loyalty, even the devotion
of his helpers. It is under the di-
rection of such a manager, one with
a genial, magnetic, and at the same
time a forceful personality, that any
such method will show best results.

Fabrix.
——+2.____
It Worked.

“How'd the Stodeleys manage to
keep their family troubles and the
divorce so quiet?”

“Oh, they followed the old political
rule—addition, division and silence!’

 

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HERE is an ever in-
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women who appreciate the
all-around usefulness of
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The ‘‘Ha-Ka-Rac” line
for women is unusually
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Their prices are especially
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“LINCOLN MILLS”

Hosiery and Underwear

((ONDITIONS are such throughout the country
that it behooves every merchant to look after
his stock more closely than in the past, and every

wise merchant will anticipate his wants as far in ad-
vance as possible.

The dye situation is becoming worse every day.
Cotton and wool goods are still soaring in price, with
numbers and entire lines being withdrawn from sale
every day. Only jobbers who anticipated this trouble,
bought early and ordered early deliveries will be able
to provide for their regular trade.

A new problem, however, faces us as jobbers, as
we are getting calls almost every day from new trade
for lines they are unable to get elsewhere, therefore
it will be a question of first come, first served. We
can not advise too strongly to get in line with other
wise ones and stock up on present and futures when
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February 9, 1916

THE NEXT THREE HOLIDAYS.

 

How the Merchant Should Prepare
For Them.

St. Valentine’s Day—the sentimen-
tal event of the year—offers many op-
portunities for attractive window
trimming, and the sale of valentines,
in which there are splendid profits,
and display made up of many articles
of little cost. Unfortunately valen-
tines are merchandise which are far
from staple, and the merchant will
have to be very cautious in buying,
that he will not be caught with an
over-stock for which there is no de-
mand even the day after the occasion
when birds and birdies choose their:
mates.

Hearts and cupids, love knots, bows
and quivers, sentimental verses, and
other ensignia of young love’s affec-
tions, form the stock in trade for St.
Valentine’s Day, These will form
the backgrounds for the attractive
windows. Bright colors are permis-
sible in forming the displays—in fact,
the livelier the colors which can be
arranged in harmony, the better. This
is the beginning of the season when
the sun begins to warm the hands
and hearts of us all, and cold colors,
besides being out of all harmony with
the sentiments of St. Valentine, are
also not in accord with the approach
of spring.

As St. Valentine’s rule, on Febru-
ary 14, is over the affairs of the heart,
big red, flaming hearts may be the
most conspicuous object in the win-
dow. These can be cheaply con-
structed of pasteboard, stiff paper, or
any material which can be shaped.
Cover with dark red crepe paper, with
little or no ornamentation.

It is well to begin making the
window display at least a week before
the day arrives. This year St. Valen-
tine’s Day occurs on Monday. It
would be good judgment to have the
window trim completed not later than
the afternoon of Friday, February 4,
and ready for inspecition early the
following morning. This will give
two Saturdays and Sundays for in-
spection by those from whom the
merchant expects to draw trade. Ir
will, also, give a full week for se-
lection of valentines by intending
purchasers who, invariably, find it
hard to make a final choice.

The window should be so trimmed
that as little salable stock is used
as possible. If the merchant has been
a close buyer he will probably re-
quire all of his available goods for
sale.

A considerable number of hearts,
of various sizes, with leads of red
baby ribbon. A few yards of ribbon
will form an inexpensive labyrinth o/
color, and after it has served its pur-
pose, can be made to bring its cost,
or more, in the remnant section. A
few samples of attractive valentiries
are, of course, necessary to attract
attention to the stock inside. But
these should be so arranged that
they can be removed and replaced
by others, if purchasers demand the
particular ones shown in the window.

Attractive window cards are neces-
sary to ensure a good trade. The
popular magazines will have covers
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

weeks before it is time to make the
window display. These can be used
to advantage in making up the win-
dow cards.

In arranging the stock of valentines
inside the store, it is well to scatter
the stock. Put the valentines in one
part of the store, and cards for the
occasion in another part. It is well
to separate these stocks so that the
customers must pass through other
departments to get from one to an-
other. The far-seeing merchant will
readily understand the advertising
value of compelling buyers to pass in
front of several different lines before
leaving the store.

Don’t overlook the advantage of
having everything priced in plain fig-
ures, This will save much of the
time of the salespeople, both in
answering questions and assisting in
making selections.

Washington's Birthday.

Following right on the heels of St.
Valentine’s Day is  Washington’s
Birthday. Not much opportunity is
afforded to sell any quantity of goods
on this holiday, but it does provide
a vehicle for some attractive window
trimming effort and can be made to
call attention to goods in the store
which are not exactly relevant to
the occasion.

With Washington’s Birthday is as-
sociated cherry trees and hatchets.
Few window trims are complete w'th-
out a large portrait of George Wash-
ington, the father of our country.

Patriotic colors of red, white and
blue should go into every Washington
window. In fact, this is one of three
occasions during the year when these
colors work into the window scheme.
The others are Decoration (Memorial)
Day and the Fourth of July.

No window design for Washington’s
Birthday can be said to be complete
that does not include a man’s size
hatchet. To leave this out would
be to see Hamlet with the melancholy
Dane on a vacation. The variety
supply- houses provide hatchets for
candy, paper weights, wall and desk
ornaments, and other uses.

The window trim should be made
on the afternoon of St. Valentine’s
Day, and be ready for inspection the
next morning. This will give one
Saturday and one Sunday for passers-
by to see your offerings for the event.

This can be made the occasion of
a “drive” on candy which seems to
be about the best sellers at this time.

A patriotic display of candies can
be made of red, white and blue gum
drops, to form a flag effect. Silver
and gold foil covered chocolates show
up nicely on the blue background for
the stars.

Easter Sunday.

Few occasions during the year pre-
sent better opportunity for window
and store display than. Easter.
Shrewd merchants are taking every
advantage of the opportunity to dis-
play things for celebrating the event,
and it is becoming each year more
and more of a battle of wits and sales-
manship against the pocketbook, with
the tide of warfare in favor of the
merchant.

Easter Sunday is typified by prod-
ucts of the budding spring. This
gives excellent opportunity to

make striking displays, both in the
show windows, and inside the store.
The true artist finds opportunity for
showing his best efforts in showing
animate things, all having some bear-
ing upon the occasion. Live bunnies
and tender little chickens work into
the most attractive windows, while
they may be had in clever imitations
for display and sale. Easter lillies,
both real and artificial, lend attrac-
tion to the displays, and are freely
purchased,

This year Easter Sunday arrives
very late—April 23. Not in many
years has it come at such a late day
in the calendar, and not again in a
number of years will it come so near
the first of May. It will be possible,
this year, to incorporate into the win-
dow and store displays many natural
plants and flowers. In most parts of
this country it will be possible to
obtain sprays of flowers from fruit
trees, which will add greatly to the
attractiveness of the displays. It will
also be seasonable for showing Easter
chicks.

As everyone is supposed to require
much new wearing apparel on Easter
Sunday, the event provides opportuni-
ty for showing and selling Easter mil-
linery finery, ribbons, hosiery, ete.
The manufacturers and jobbers in
millinery supplies are already making
attractive showings of their wares
and the merchant is a poor buyer, in-
deed, who can not make a most at-
tractive showing of spring millinery
goods at Easter time, at no great
outlay for stock.

Ribbons are at their best at Easter
time, and the demand for the stocks
carried in the variety stores is sure
to be large, if it is varied and in
keeping with the requirements of the
season. As ribbons are staple, and
will sell freely after the Easter de-
mand, the buyer need not be as
careful not to overbuy, as in other
goods which live but for a day.

The spring offerings in hosiery
make an attractive and profitable line
for Easter, and if well displayed will
prove good sellers. Silk gloves, and
gloves of other light fabrics, work
into the scheme with profit. These
goods also have the advantage of
being staple, and may be bought with
considerable lavishness, without fear
of loss from going out of date.

Don’t overlook the Easter dyes for
coloring eggs. These are always in

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some demand at this season. Eggs
fancifully colored with the dyes and
put on display with cards calling at-
tention to the complete stocks of
dyes carried, will serve to move the
goods. But as Easter dyes are purely
transient in their uses, it is well to
be careful not to buy much more than
the trade will likely demand,

Live chicken are, each year, coming
more and more to be required at
Easter time. The merchant can hatch
his own chickens, or arrange for their
purchase from an acquaintance who
raises chickens either for pleasure or
for profit. It should be remembered
that it requires twenty-one days to
complete a hatch after the eggs are
Started to incubate either under old
biddy or in the incubator, so it woul
be well to start the hatch on April
1 or 2, so as to have the chickens
ready for display a day or two before
Easter Sunday.

A window display that will attract
a great deal of attention can be ar-
ranged with an incubator in the win-
dow actually hatching chickens. The
incubator must be started twenty-one
days before the hatch is needed. It is
not necessary to start the hatching
machine in the window. It can be
started and attended to at home. Then
two or three days before it is due to
hatch it can be removed into the win-
dow. If the incubator has been sup-
plied with good, fresh, fertile eggs,
and the bad ones are tested out and
removed before placing the machine
in the window, the hatching opera-
tions will attract throngs to the dis-
play.

Do not be so cruel as to place
tender little chickens in the window
without supplying either a well-warm-
ed brooder, or a mother hen to care
for them. Better to not have a dis-
play of chickens, than to allow them
to become chilled and to die for lack
of attention.

The little chicks bring a good
profit at 10 cents each or three for
25 cents.

The writer has presented a few
general ideas for taking advantage
of these three spring sales occasions.
Other ideas will readily suggest them-
selves to the wide-awake merchant
who takes advantage of every oppor-
tunity to advertise his business and
add to his sales.

Kathryn T. Goodwin.

 

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has been some very stiff advances in price. This merchan-
dise was bought to sell at certain fixed popular prices, and.
therefore, our customers are getting the full benefit of our

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The Right Kind of Shoe Advertising.

I broke into the advertising game
sixteen years ago from the shoe eame.
I thought then, as did most men, tha:
advertising merely consisted of a
group of clever phrases well sprinkled
with adjectives and superlatives, more
or less, and usually less, accurate as
to facts. I thought, as did most men,
that the object of advertisement writ-
ing was to sell goods. In applyinz
for the job I submitted to my pros-
pective employer a group of rewrit-
ten advertisements of his own. He
merely looked them over and then
told me that as advertising they were
the worst he had ever seen, and that
they showed I had an imagination
that would land me in jail if it were
wrongly applied; and on the strength
of that imagination I got the job.

It was just at that time that the
kinks in advertising were just begin-
ning to get straightened out, and a
very small group of men in the coun-
try started their campaign for honest
advertising, not because of the ethics
of honesty, but just because they
knew that honesty would pay them in
dollars and cents.

At about this time advertising
men began to realize three vital facts
pertaining to publicity:

1. That there was a need for the
application of practical and applied
psychology to their business in the
sense that they must argue from and
toward the consumers’ viewpoint in
order to make them think straight,
convince them. and secure their con-
fidence.

2. That advertising was intended to
perform two functions: not only make
customers want to buy to-day certain
goods, but to make them like the
store, the goods, and want to trade
there all the time; in fact, to make
them think of the name of the store
instantly when they thought of shoes.

3. Aside from direct returns, ad-
vertising men realize their work
is not complete unless they actually
mould public opinion favorable to
their store, or their product: create
a feeling of friendship, the kind that
makes people say they are your
friends, and to tell their friends to
get on the band wagon.

Shoes have been about the poorest
advertised merchandise that I have
investigated, studied or analyzed dur-
ing the last fifteen years. The net
result of a composite advertisement
of all the shoe advertisements. written
in American in one year would sound
about as follows:

“We sell shoes. They are better
shoes than anybody else sells. They
are the most value for the money.
Our shoes will wear longer than the
fellow’s ‘next door.’ ”

Shoe advertising has violated every
accepted principle of successful pub-
licity. We have been so fearful of
competition of the fellow “next door”
that we have claimed so much for
our shoes that we have discredited
the other fellow’s shoes. He, in turn,
has done the same. The public has
bought our shoes on our own repre-
sentation and occasionally has been
disappointed. Then come the com-
plaints and shifting of trade.

We have wilfully and ignorantly
led the public to expect too much
from shoes, and in that sense shoe
publicity has been dishonest because
it claimed absolute superiority for
merchandise which is made froni
leather that varies greatly. No two
pairs will wear alike, neither will any
two people wear the same shoes alike.

he plain truth is that out of five
pairs of shoes, two will wear or-
dinarily well, two will wear a great
deal longer than should be expected,
and one pair will fall short of the
results of the other four. It is the
very nature of the variation of the
leather, and the part of the skin and
hide that the particular shoe came
from, that makes this wear variation
inevitable.

Now then, having moulded public
opinion to the point where it expects
perfect service from every ‘pair of
shoes, we feel unhappy because the
business is full of kicks and unjust
complaints. But, gentlemen, we are
ourselves wrong, and the public is
right. The people have merely be-
lieved what we, as a group, have told
them, and when the one pair goes
wrong they, for the most part, are
just as honest in their belief that their
kicks are just. And they don’t
give us credit for the shoes that wear
unusually long, but as a matter of
fact, are inclined to use those lucky
pairs as their standard of compari-
son for all wear.

I would advise shoe merchants, first
of all, to spend more time learning
at least the rudiments of the practical
side of publicity as it affects the at-
titude of your public toward your
store and your merchandise. I ad-
vise honesty in advertising because
it is the only kind that will pay to-
day, to-morrow and forever.

Do not look upon newspaper ad-
vertisements as the only kind. In-
deed, I would say that advertisements
in newspapers should be the last
sort to indulge in. Your own policy,
your own way of looking at your
public, the way you want them to
think of you, is the first step toward
a proper policy of publicity.

And your salesmen are the strong-
est force for good or evil that you
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bad, and no better, than we are our-
selves. They have for years been
doing just what you have been doing
—telling people how much they should
expect from their footwear.

Here is a brief public policy for
any shoe merchant:

Buy only good merchandise, know
that it is good, and if you make a
mistake, acknowledge it and sell the
merchandise for what it is.

Treat your entire clientele just as
you would your best individual friend.
Tell them all the truth.

Sell your shoes intelligently and
spend time and money educating your
salesforce to do the same because }t
is for their interest, to do so.

Sell service first of all. Sell the
customers just the best shoe for their
needs.

When your store, merchandise and
selling force are organized along these
lines, then tell your public in your
newspaper advertisements just the
kind of a store you are running.

I can state positively the public is
quick to respond and is quite ready
to believe that trade abuses react
against its best interests.

H. B. Scates.

—_2++>__
Foster To Serve Five Years.

J. E. Foster, Secretary of the
United Retail Merchants’ Association,
charged with using the mails to de-
fraud, was convicted by a jury in
Federal court at Detroit last week
and was sentenced to serve five years
in Leavenworth prison and to pay
a fine of $1,000.

Foster, aS organizer, promoter and
self-styled Secretary of the United
Retail Merchant’s Association, with
headquarters in Detroit, induced
seventy-two merchants in as many cities
and towns in Michigan to join his Asso-
ciation, each paying $125 as an en-
trance fee. In return they were t»
receive bill-board and newspaper pub-
licity, and coupons were to be fur-
nished to give to the trade.

Not only was Foster to furnish an
automobile to be given away in each
town, but also $5 gold pieces were to
be furnished to each merchant to be
given away at the end of each week
during the campaign.

After the $10,000 had been collected,
Foster, who was drawing a salary ot
$75 per week, left for New York to
“close contracts” with manufacturers.
Week after week he remained in New
York, wiring back to the office in De-
troit for large sums of money which
he claimed were necessary to close
the contracts, and when the $10,000
had shrunk to $400 he sent in his res-
ignation.

Then followed an investigation of
the case by Postoffice Inspector E.
E. Frazer, who presented the case to
the grand jury and obtained an indict-
ment. Foster was traced from city
to city for more than two weeks until
he was finally located in Wilkesbarre,
Pa., traveling with an actress, in one
of the automobiles belonging to the
Association. The actress disposed of
the machine for $400.

Foster has operated alleged fraud
schemes in many cities, his most re-
cent venture prior to the Detroit
game being in Cleveland where he
organized the American Business
Men’s Association, enrolled 200 mer-

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19

chants, and reaped profits ageregat-
ing $21,000, out of which the mer-
chants realized nothing.

Foster will be held in the county
jail at Detroit until the remainder of
the criminal cases in the United States
District Courts are disposed of, after
which he will be taken to the prison
in Leavenworth, Kan.

—_+++_____

Live Notes From a Live Town.

Owosso, Feb. 7—There seems to be
quite a dearth of news in this par-
ticular back forty this week, but as
Felix O’Day says, “We must try to
add what we can of our own to the
general fund of good fellowship and
good deeds.”

Fred Hanifan comes to the front
with a yarn about a ford which seems
doubtful, although from what we
know about Gratiot county roads it
looks reasonable. The ruts in that
good old clay country are about four
to six inches deep and an auto, par-
ticularly a ford, runs goods, only it
is next to impossible to turn out.
Fred said he called up a garage to
have some one come after him, 2
distance of about eight miles. The
livery man told him he was too busy
to come, but would send a ford. In
about a half an hour one came down
the road without a driver. The hotel
man saw it coming and ran out and
stopped it. He found a tag on it
reading: “Turn her around, put Han-
ilan in and crank her up.” Fred
never drove an auto or anything else
but a bargain, but finally climbed in
the back seat. The landlord cranked
her up and started her toward home
in the rut. Fred said he would not
have had any trouble only he over-
took a load of hay and bunted into it.
He sent it along down the road at
about a sixteen mile gait until the
man got where he could turn out.
Fred arrived at his next town eight
minutes ahead of schedule. The own-
er stood in the road in front of the
garage with a crowbar and when Fred
came along he pried him out of the
rut and turned the machine up to the
hotel steps and stopped it. He charg-
ed Fred $1 for the drive and 10 cents
for a bolt Fred lost out on the way
back. The regular price for the trip
is $2.50. Now Fred has $1.40 to put
in the bank to apply on the purchase
of an Easter hat.

The Eagle Hotel, at Butternut, has
had a change of ownership and also
a change of heart, besides several
other material improvements. The
new managers are Corwin & Kerr.
There are clean towels and plenty
of them. The dining room, under the
management of Mrs. Corwin and
daughter, takes us back to the good
old days when we fed on things that
mother used to make. Breathes there
a man with soul so dead who never
to himself hath fed such good home
made salt risine bread! Boys, when
you get lonesome, head this way.

Weather down here ‘varies any-
where from 8 degrees below to a
warm, rainy day and still girls dress
the same every day—low neck, short
sleeves, short skirts, silk hose, etc.
Girls, don’t.

The interior of Woolworth’s large
5 and 10 cent store was badly dam-
aged by fire this morning about 4
o'clock. This was one of the finest
5 and 10 cent stores in the State.

Next Saturday is the regular meet-
ing of the U. C. T., with a visit from
the Grand officers. The boys are
practicing grand honors in Brown &
Gray’s cellar this week,

Honest Groceryman.

 

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Abandoning an Occupation That
Yields Good Money.

Written for the Tradesman.

Which is better, an income o{
comfortable size in an occupation
that is breaking one down, or one
much less in some kind of work one
can stand up to? Putting the case
in just this way, there can be only
one sane answer. Very often how-
ever the situation does not present
itself in so decisive a manner, or there
is stubborn blindness to all warnings
until it is too late.

Two families of my acquaintance
are just now tackling the unpleasant
and difficult problem of a greatly
lessened income. In both cases the
income, which really seems none too
large as it is, is to be decreased
voluntarily and deliberately, because
it is seen to be dangerous to remain
in the present occupation. I am glad
to say that both have the clear-sight-
edness to look at stern and disturb-
ing facts exactly as they are.

Mr. Metcalf is an office man in the
employ of a large firm. He receives
$125 a month. He is not brilliant,
but is capable and reliable and stands
in line for promotion. He has been
in practically the same kind of work
ever since he was 20, and he is now
35. About two years ago the con-
finement first began to tell on him
seriously. Almost constant headache,
dyspepsia and a lack of his former
steadiness of nerves have been the
symptoms.

Anxious to hold his position, he
has tried every means of relief in
which he can place any confidence.
Nothing seems to benefit him perma-
nently. Last summer, acting on the
suggestion of his manager, he took
two months rest. His headache re-
turned in less than a week after he
went back to work.

His physician, who fortunately is
both conscientious and skillful, tells
him this: “What you need, Metcalf,
isn’t medicine—it’s the outdoors. Less
strain and intense application, less tax
on your brain, and more muscular work
in the sunshine and fresh air. I
could prescribe a tonic that might
cause your symtoms to disappear for
a few days, but it wouldn’t reach the
root of the difficulty. To regain
your health you must get out of the
office.”

The Metcalfs, after carefully con-
sidering several projects, have decid-
ed “to accept Uncle Austin’s offer.”
This seems the safest and most feasi-
ble thing to do under the circum-
stances.

Uncle Austin is a farmer. Some six
months ago his wife died. His chil-
dren all are married and away. He
needs help in the house as well as

outside, and would like the Metcalfs
to come and live with him. But he
is not a wealthy man, and all he feels
he can pay is $35 a month and “every-
thing found.”

“It’s really more than it looks,”
says Mrs. Metcalf, “No house rent,
no grocery nor fuel nor gas light
bills to pay. By using economy $35
can be made to clothe the three oi
us (the Metcalfs have a little girl of
9), and keep up the premiums on
Ned’s endowment policy. It’s con-
siderable of a comedown to step out
of a position that has a good fu-
ture, and be a farm hand. I know
my husband will feel it keenly. He
never would give up his place and his
prospects if he could see any other
way. But he worked on a farm when
he was a boy, and he knows he can
do it again. I can keep house out
there and make a home for all of us,
Uncle Austin included. We are go-
ing to put our pride in our pockets
and lead the simple life. It’s not
just our choice, but my husband’s
health regained will be worth more
than all we are sacrificing.”

With the Dormans the situation,
while different in important particu-
lars, is much the same in the main
fact that the present job would bes:
be given up. They are about the
same age as the Metcalfs and have
one boy of 10. For five years Mr.
Dorman has driven a truck for a
large ‘manufacturing concern. He has
steady work at $65 a month, and his
firm like him. While seemingly a
strong, robust fellow, like so many
others who ride constantly, he finds
the jar is injuring him. He might
go on three, four, possibly five years
longer, but a breakdown would be
inevitable. Wisely he and his wife
decide that he would better stop at
once. Therefore he already has told
his employers to find another man.

Mr. Dorman is not one who can
turn his hand to many things, and
in the city where they live jobs even
as good as he has had are very
scarce. Leaving the city means the
giving up of Mrs. Dorman’s position.
She understands book-keeping, and be-
ing the friend of the wife of an office-
holder, for some two or three years
past she has had special accounting
work in the city hall about six months
in the year, at $90 a month. She
probably can hold the place as long
as her superior holds his, but of
course there can be no assurance of
permanency.

The Dormans are trying to dec‘de
what is the wisest thing to do. “With
Harry getting his check every week,
we have been laying up a good share
of my earnings,” says Mrs. Dorman.
“And if he could keep on. we should

stay right here. But my salary alone
is not enough for us to live on, even
if I were sure of holding tke position.
I fear that what Harry could pick up
at odd jobs he could do would not
amount to a great deal, and I know
he would be restless and unhappy if
idle much of the time. So I think
likely we shall determine to buy the
grocery stock at Elmdale.”

This is one of the things the Dor-
mans have been  considering—the
purchase of this little grocery busi-
ness in a town about twenty miles
away. The present owner must sell,
so they can buy at a very reasonable
price, and the opening there seems
fairly good. As they have had suc-
cessful experience keeping grocery
before, the undertaking would not
have the hazard of a new venture.

Mrs. Dorman would expect to help
in the store. “It will be long hours
and hard work, and the best we can
do with a stock of that size, we can
not make as much as we have been
getting, within three or four hundred
dollars a year, We shall have to cut
out many luxuries, and we certainly
can’t lay up much. But I think there
is a living in it out there, and that
is the main thing.”

Each family with a diminished in-
come must work out its own solu-
tion of problems presented. The
changes involved never are easy and
pleasant to undergo. Most persons
find it difficult to be at all contente1
with less money to spend than they
have been accustomed to having.

Abandoning an occupation in which
one has gained a foothold almost al-

February 9, 1916

ways means serious loss. No one
should give up too easily, or be
frightened by a few symptoms that
may soon disappear. Sometimes im-
paired health may be restored with-
out giving up the customary work—
simply by taking it less strenuously
or making other modifications. But
when it becomes evident that only
a radical change will be of benefit,
this should not be delayed. Were
there nothing more serious than fi-
nancial considerations to be reckoned
with, even for those alone it is far
better to stop while there is strength
and vitality to achieve success in
some other calling. Quillo.
—— +> >—___

The man who chews fine cut tobacco
considers himself higher up in the social
scale than the man who chews plug.

 

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CHEESE

We have a fair supply of
special makes

The last season was particularly
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of good cheese

We have the famous Herkimer
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February 9, 1916

Bombarded With Proposition for
Double Responsibility.

Efforts to compel the name of the
manufacturer on food products. as well
as that of the distributer which covers
the labeling provision of the Pure Food
law now, are renewed in Congress,
House bill 3097. introduced by Mr. John-
son, of Washington, regulating the la-
beling of food products. It provides
that the label upon each package of food
shall state the name and address of the
manufacturer, producer, canner or pack-
er, and that it may also bear the name
of the distributer.

The New York Merchants’ Associa-
tion has interested itself in the issue,
as well as all the leading wholesale gro-
cery organizations. The current issue
of the “Merchants’ Association Bulletin”
says:

“As the protection of the public is
already adequately assured by the ex-
isting law, it seems quite unnecessary
to require that the label shall bear the
name and address of the manufacturer,
producer, canner or packer.

“Many, if not most, of the principal
wholesale grocery houses own valuable
brands or trademarks identifying grades
of food products—particularly canned
goods—which, by their quality and by
long-continued advertising, have become
well known to the public. In many in-
stances these articles are not packed
in factories owned by the distributing
wholesale house, but are prepared un-
der contract by various producers under
the strict specifications and supervision
of the distributer.

“Under the terms of this bill, the dis-
tinctive and well-known labels of promi-
nent distributing concerns would be re-
quired to bear, in addition to their own
name, that of the producer or canner by
whom the goods were packed under con-
tract. So long as the distributer’s name
appears upon the label he is primarily
responsible for any fraudulent misrepre-
sentation of the article and is subject to

prosecution.”
—_—_++.—___

Personal Sayings of a Great Living
Merchant.

“T know of no one thing that will
strengthen our resources so much as
keeping our mark-downs right.”

“The dollar -and-eighty- nine - cent
gowns should not only sell the twen-
ty, thirty or fifty dozen advertised.
but through the rest of the week
should bring customers to buy similar
goods or the same goods.”

“There is always the danger in
laying down a system that before
men get adiusted to it they will think
it looks like red tape.”

“T find, in verifying the results
from some of our rules, that some of
our employes have been allowed to
work under rules which they had no
power to enforce, and which were de-
liberately and constantly broken. i
doubt whether many of us would want
to be responsible for the kind of boy
or man we are going to turn out if
we allow this sort of thing to con-
tinue. We don’t want to develop boys
or men, or girls, who can get along by
evasion and weakness. Either we
should enforce a rule or rescind it.
Otherwise we will have the kind of
people who grow up flabby-minded,
with shifty, evasive methods. Even
if their natural goodness saves them

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

for a time, sooner or later that bad
training will show itself.”

“The twentieth century will give
its greatest prizes to the men who
can find freedom and scope for them-
selves and their best work while giv-
ing their associates—peers and sub-
ordinates—as nearly as possible an
equal or greater freedom and scope.”

“Tf we alone are not getting the
business, while our competitors are
doing it, then there is something the
matter with our stock and prices; and
this mistake is remedied by cutting
the prices, selling the stock out, and

buying new stock at the right prices.”

——_-+
Celebrating the Advent of Electric
Light.

Climax, ‘Feb. 8—The business men
of Climax very pleasantly entertained
their wives and a host of friends at
the Hotel Phillips Jan. 31 in honor
of Melvin Griffith & Son, who have
lately installed an electric lighting
plant for the purpose of lighting the
village, the lights having been turned

on Jan. 25.

A six-course banquet was daintily
served. The tables were beautifully
decorated with white and pink .rose
buds, pink carnations and quantities
of smilax, Strains of melody from
the orchestra constantly filled the
rooms. Every one seemed to do
full justice to the delicacies so bounti-
fully set before them. Very much
credit was given Mr. and Mrs. Phil-
lips.

T. E. Sinclair acted as toastmaster
and opened the programme by calling
Rev, Palmatier, who gave a short but
able address. A number were called
upon for impromptu speeches, among
them John Howard, who gave an in-
teresting review of the progress of
Climax since his boyhood days, some
seventy years ago.

Mr. Griffith, of Kalamazoo, was the
last speaker on the programme and
he spoke of Climax from a stranger’s
viewpoint, which was very flattering
to the citizens.

The keynote of each one’s remarks
was pra‘se for Griffith & Son for their
venture and the success achieved, for
now our streets are lighted to suit
the most fastidious and private resi-
dences are fast being connected.

Voting our business men royal en-
tertainers, all departed for their homes
with a glad smile and determined to
let our light shine.

One Who Was There.

—_2+>___
Sometime the wages of sin is paid
in the coin of the realm.

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President—H. L. Williams, Howell.
Vice-President—J. W. Lyons, Jackson.
Secretary and Treasurer—D. A. Bent-
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Executive Committee—F. A. Johnson,
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Sweet Potato Grades.

The office of markets and rural or-
ganization of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture was called
upon recently to assist in the estab-
lishment of temporary grades for the
shipment and marketing of sweet po-
tatoes. In several of the potato sec-
tions of Arkansas investigations were
carried on at sweet potato houses in
different parts of the State by an in-
vestigator from the office. Confer-
ences, it seemed, were held with a
number of growers, with the result
that several grades were agreed upon
and adopted December 11th.

The first grade is designated as
prime or No. 1 bakers. This grade
will include all potatoes of one varie-
ty from two to three inches in diame-
ter, with none over seven inches in
length, all to be fairly uniform in
shape, clean, bright, natural color an‘
sound. This grade must be free from
bruised, scarred, irregular, crooked,
rotten or diseased potatoes.

Choice, or No. 2 bakers, includes
all potatoes of one variety from one
and three-quarters to three inches in
diameter, with none over eight inches
in length, all clean, bright, natural
color, sound and free from decay or
disease. This grade, however. may
include crooked or irregular potatoes.

The next grade is called Jumbo and
may include all potatoes of one varie-
ty over three inches in diameter, with
none over eight inches in length, all
to be clean bright natural color,
sound and free from decay or disease.

It appears from the investigations
made that the prime and choice
grades, the latter being the principal
market grade, would include from
40 to 60 per cent. of the crop based
upon the investigations among the
Arkansas growers. From these
enough potatoes of the prime grade
could be selected to represent from
12% to 15 per cent. The remainder
of the crop would be divided between
the Jumbo grade and the seed stock,
the seed stock ordinarily taking al!
potatoes free from rust or disease,
cuts or bruises and less than one and
one-quarter inches in diameter.

The Jumbo grade is not recommend-
ed for shipment to the Northern or
Eastern markets, as these markets do
not desire potatoes of its specifica-
tions. :
However, potatoes of this grade
should find a ready sale in the South,

where they may be used for pie mak-
ing and for canning purposes.

These suggestive grade rules have
been submitted to several of the lead-
ing commission merchants and buy-
ers in different markets, and the con-
census of opinion seems to be that
a strict observance of these rules by
the growers and shippers to the entire
South would be instrumental in the
elimination of much ungraded stock
and the broadening of the market,
thus placing the industry on a more
stable and profitable basis.

—_>+-.___
Wrapped Hams and Bacon in Package
Form.

The National Wholesale Grocers’
Association, in its official bulletin, an-
nounced the results of its canvass of
the trade for the purpose of obtain-
ing a concensus of opinion of the
members on certain debatable issues,
In the current number the matter of
selling wrapped hams and bacon by
gross or net weight and the matter
of the proposed repeal of the revenue
law on mixed flours are important
subjects.

We find the following argument re-
lative to the selling of wrapped hams
and bacon in package form:

For many years past the committee
of the wholesalers has directed its
efforts to a considerable extent to-
ward the abolition of the custom of
selling food products gross for net.
The members of the Association sell
on the net weight basis and most man-
ufacturers and producers have been
persuaded to discontinue the old prac-
tice of selling gross for net.

This practice on the part of the
packers has been, in itself, indirectly
countenanced by the United States
Government, and a similar ruling ap-
plies in several states.

It seems, however, that the United
States Department of Agriculture has
determined to re-open the question
and a hearing will be held in Wash-
ington, Wednesday, March sth, at 2
o’clock in the afternoon. The United
States Department of Agriculture has
issued rulings, says the bulletin, ten-
tatively excepting bulk teas and cer-
tain other so-called bulk commodities
from the operation of the weight or
measure branding amendment, but the
omission of the requirement that a
box, bag or other conta‘ner of tea,
nuts, coffee or other commodity be
branded with the weight or measure
does not, of course, uniformly mean
that such product will be sold gross
for net. Many articles not branded
with the weight or measure are, never-
theless, sold net weight.

—___ +» _

One man’s automobile may be another

man’s juggernaut

 

A Never Failing Bread
Recipe Free

We have had prepared by the principal of the
Domestic Science Department of the Michigan
Agricultural College at Lansing a recipe for bread
making that insures even the novice an excellent
loaf of bread and enables the experienced bread
maker to make an improvement on an already good
loaf. We have had a large number printed and will
mail one absolutely free on request.

Grocers—whether our customers or not—who
would like a supply for distribution among their
customers will be cheerfully supplied on request.

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February 9, 1916

 

 

  

February 9, 1916

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Successor to MAAS BROS.

Wholesale Fish Dealer

 

SEA FOODS AND LAKE FISH
OF ALL KINDS

Citizens Phone 2124 Bell Phone M. 1378
1052 Ottawa Ave., N. W. Grand Rapids, Mich

W. P. Granger

Wholesale
Fresh and Salt Meats
Poultry, Eggs and Oysters

Shipments of Hogs, Veal and Poultry
Solicited

Daily Remittances

Telephone 61,073
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Neutral Lard.

The first essential in the produc-
tion of neutral lard is to have the
leaf lard thoroughly chilled. This
should be done quickly enough to
prevent any part of it souring. If it
be chilled too slowly a strong hoggy
flavor is developed which it is im-
possible to eradicate from the fresh
product. The leaf lard should be
chilled for twenty-four hours in a
temperature of 34 to 36 deg. F. be-
fore being melted.

After chilling the lard is put
through a hasher which thoroughly
disintegrates it, and from there is
taken to the melting kettles, which
are made of very thin iron with a
jacket. Often the melting kettle is
but a wooden vat with a galvanizel
kettle on the inside, the space be-
tween the two being filled with water
which is heated to the desired tem-
perature for melting the product. 1
is not practical to use steam in this
case; as the heat would be excessive
and it would be impossible to con-
trol it.

In a kettle holding 4,000 to 5,000
pounds steam should be turned on
before any lard is permitted to enter,
and the agitator started to revolve
slowly, not to exceed six or eight
revolutions a minute, and the heat
should be regulated so as to have the
lard all melted and ready to drop in
one and one-half hours from the time
of starting to hash. By the time the
lard is thoroughly imelted the tem-
perature should be at 126 to 128 deg.
F. As soon as it is melted it should
be drawn off by a siphon into the re-
ceiving kettles, which are also jacket-
ed and held at the same temperature.
The scrap is then drawn out of the
bottom and the kettle is ready to be
refilled.

As soon as the lard has dropped
into the tank below it should be salt-
ed with % to 1 per cent of fine salt,
letting it stand from fifteen to thirty
minutes.. Then all the liquid lard
should be drawn off with a siphon,
running it through cheesecloth into
the receiving tanks, where it should
be allowed to settle for at least four
hours. It is then drawn off into
tierces through a pipe raised far
enough from the bottom to leave one
and one-half to two inches of lard in
the tank, care being taken that no
bottoms get into the tierce, as these
contain tissues which are, for the
most part, indiscernible, and also what
moisture may be left in the lard. If
either of these ingredients get into
a tierce of neutral the result is that
it, being only partially cooked and
still more or less of a raw nature,
immediately begins to decompose. It
is a delicate article to handle and the

settling of all impurities is essential.
After the lard is drawn into tierces
they should be left in a room held
at a temperature of about 75 deg. F.
for about fifteen hours and then put
into a cooler at a temperature of from
45 to 50 deg. F. The tierces should
always be filled from the sides, and
while the lard is lying in the first-
mentioned temperature the bungs
should be left out, permitting the
heat to escape out of the tierce and
carrying with it considerable flavor,
and leaving the material more neu-
tral than if bunged up as soon as
chilled. The neutral when drawn in-
to tierces should be drawn at a tem-
perature of 115 to 118 deg. F.

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Take twenty pounds of extra lean beef
chucks free from sinews, 110 pounds of
extra lean pork trimmings free from
sinews, twenty pounds pork shoulder
fat, five pounds salt, three and one-
half ounces white pepper. The beef
is ground fine together with the shoul-
der fat, which has been shaved as
thin as possible and cut in the shape
of small dice. Mix the whole with the
seasoning for from seven to ten min-
utes, then add the pork trimmings
and chop the whole for from thirty
to thirty-five minutes, after which it
is taken to the cooler and handled
the same as all other summer sausage.
It is stuffed into short, lean hog bungs
that are free from fat. Smoke lightly
at a temperature as near 65 deg. F.
as possible for thirty-six to forty-
eight hours.

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the grease as quickly as it forms. This makes it crisp. Pea-
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is not used—so they are not salty. They are especially pre-
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Gran Rapite, * Buyers are here from all over the
Grand Junior Counselor—Fred J. Mou- Western country to pick the new

tier, Detroit.

Grand Past Counselor—Mark S. Brown,
Saginaw.

Grand
Jackson.

Grand Treasurer—Wm. J. Devereaux,
Port Furon.

Grand Conductor—John A. Hach, Jr.,
Coldwater.

Grand Page—W. T. Ballamy, Bay City.

Secretary—Maurice Heuman,

Grand Sentinel—C. C. Starkweather,
Detroit.

Grand Chaplain—F. W. Wilson, Trav-
erse City.

Grand Executive Committee—E. A.
Dibble, Hillsdale; Angus G. McEachron,
Detroit; James E. Burtless, Marquette;
L. N. Thompkins, Jackson.

Next Grand Council Meeting—Traverse
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Pickings Picked Up in the Windy
City.

Chicago, Feb. 7—One of Chicago
sights: Halsted street from Lake to
Twelfth, one and one-half miles.
Every other store has most of the
stock hanging out in front with a
man walking up and down calling out,
“Big Sale Inside.” Some sight.

Having lived at the Morrison Hotel
for over one year, the writer wishes
to say a few words in behalf of the
rates and especially the “$1.50 with
bath.” A good many of the boys
have been disappointed on arrival
to find the $1.50 rate was exhaust-
ed. Of the 225 rooms at “$1.50 with
bath” I can safely say that over
half of the rooms are paid for week
in and week out by traveling men
who cover territory tributary to Chi-
cago, thus leaving a small percentage
open for incoming guests. As a reg-
ular guest, of the Morrison, I feel as
though both sides of the story should
be told. I would advise a week or
ten day reservation in advance to
give the hotel management a chance
to take care of as many of the boys
as they can who insist upon getting
this rate.

One more game of ten pins in Chi-
cago. This time they call it a spare.
Policeman John Aylward shot down
by crooks, but, thanks to nature, still
living, Until such time as the police-
man can have the same chance with
fire arms as the crooks this news
will attract attention very often.

Cooper Brothers, proprietors of the
Harmony Cafeterias, 326 South Wa-
bash, 15 South Wabash, 21 South
Dearborn, 58 West Washington, have
given up space in each of their res-
taurants as a free check room. The
idea is new in Chicago from the free
standpoint, and is meeting with the
approval of all travelers, as it gives
them a chance to leave their baggage
while shopping at no cost.

Harry M. Gillette, formerly with
the John T, Woodhouse Co., of De-
troit, now representing the Webster
cigar in Chicago, reports business
very good. Well, Harry always did
get the business by looking on the
bright side of all things. Harry is
a member of Cadillac Council of De-
troit. Go to it, Harry, your old as
well as new friends wish you luck.

President Wilson and wife arrived
in Chicago Jan. 31. It was hard to
tell who received the most attention,
Mr. or Mrs. They both made a big
hit. Everybody was a good Demo-

rat.
All Chicago hotels are filling up
this week with millinery salesmen.

styles for my ladies’ headgear.

The street car fare in Chicago is
5 cents straight. No tickets. You
are entitled to a universal transfer,
which will allow you to travel the
entire length of the city on any
number of different lines if you
are traveling in one general direction.
This is very acceptable to the Chica-
go people, and is some ride for 5
cents. Time on transfers from ten to
fifty minutes. Conductors issue trans-
fers with the time of their arrival at
the end of their line properly punched.

Tunis Johnson and wife—the pop-
ular young factory manager of the
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co., Grand Rap-
ids, passed through Chicago on Feb.
1 on their way to California. Mr.
Johnson, after spending a few weeks
in the Golden West, will return ac-
companied by his mother, who has
been spending the winter in Florida.
_ Clever idea! A deserter from the
United States army who has. been
tending bar in Chicago surrendered
himself this week, stating that he
much preferred to take a chance with
his life facing the Mexicans on the
border than facing the bandits who
are at large in Chicago.

Grand Rapids is the most demo-
cratic town in the country. You do
not require membership in the 400.
On arrival in the city, any respectable
looking citizen is made to feel at
home by some of the biggest and best
business men who carry you back and
forth in the’r beautiful cars. Grand
Rapids surely knows how.

C. W. Reattoir.
SS
Wafted Down From Grand Traverse
Bay.

Traverse City, Feb. 7—Charles Dye,
Secretary of the Grand Traverse Re-
gion Pair Association, attended the
meeting of the State Fair Associa-
tions at Grand Rapids Tuesday and
Wednesday. He reports a very suc-
cessful meeting. The Grand Trav-
erse fair has always been one of the
best in Northern Michigan and Mr.
Dye thinks now he will make it the
best in the State.

W. F. Murphy has been selected as
official potato cooker for our annual
banquet. Murphy is looking for a
man with a wooden leg or a woman
who wears wooden shoes to help him
mash potatoes.

_Mrs. Otto Powers and children are
visiting friends in Traverse City on
their way from Petoskey to Port
Huron, where Mr. Powers has charge
of the Grinnell Bros. store.

Mrs. Hecox, wife of George Hecox.
buyer for the Drury & Kelley Hard-
ware Co., at Cadillac, died this week.
Mrs. Hecox was a very prominent
society lady at Cadillac and her death
will be mourned by a large number
of friends.

U. B. Hobbs, of Williamsburg, has
added a line of dry goods to his hard-
ware store. Mr. Hobbs is one of the
most enterprising merchants’ in
Northern Michigan and has a hard-
ware trade which would be a credit
to a dealer in any of the large cities.
He is a graduate of the Traverse City
high school and a young man of ex-
ceptional business ability and_ his
many friends wish him the same suc-
cess in the dry goods line as he has

achieved in the hardware and imple-
ment business.

George Liesveld, formerly with the
Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co., has
resigned his position to accept a sim-
ilar position with Crowley Bros., of
Detroit. Mr. Liesveld has traveled
Michigan for a great many years and
Crowley Bros. have added a very de-
sirable traveler to their pay roll.

Don’t forget the hardware conven-
tion next week and prove that you
didn’t forget it by attending.

Jay Force, of Grand Rapids, is be-
lieved to be the champion oil sales-
man of Northern Michigan for the
Campion Motor Oil. Through the
efforts of Jay there is scarcely a ho-
tel or business place where the walls
are not decorated by Champion motor
pennants. His personel acquaintance
with every auto driver in Northern
Michigan has added much to _ his
flourishing business.

W. G. Wyman is the most lonesome
man in Michigan. He has his house
all furnished and is waiting for his
wife and babies to finish up the home.
Mrs. Wyman is in Burlington, Ver-
mont, and is afraid to chance the
change of temperature until spring.
Saturday Mr. Wyman could stand the
strain of home sickness no longer and
sent to Gaylord for a couple of chick-
ens. We do not know just what kind
of chickens he referred to, but hope
they will bring about the desired re-

sult. F. W. Wilson.
—— ++ 2s
Will Mr. Hopkins Please Take No-
tice?

Fulton, Feb. 7—What has become
of genial Bob Hopkins, of Kalamazoo
Council, No. 156? Since leaving the
road for the Johnson Paper & Supply
Co. Jan, 1 and locating with my fath-
er in a general store at Fulton, I have
been a constant reader of the Trades-
man. Have enjoyed articles from
Chicago, Detroit, Lansing, Bay City,
Grand Rapids and also a few lines
from my old friend Pfander, of Bat-
tle Creek, but not a measly word
from Kalamazoo.

Now Mr. Editor, as a brother U.
C. T., I am appealing to you to find
the whereabouts of our old bald-head-
ed scribe from Kalamazoo. Some of
my best personal friends are mem-
bers of No. 156 and to hear from
them through the Tradesman would
be a real pleasure. Bob always had
plenty of time for a rhum game or a
bowling match and I think, if proper-
ly approached, he would find time to
write you a nice bunch of news items
from Kalamazoo each and_ every
week.

Our very best wishes to the Trades-
man. Karl L. Kelser.

—_+2>>___

The woman who can make up her

face successfully is seldom able to make

up her mind that way.

—~+2>___

If you want to see a small boy slop

over with ingratitude present him with
a manicure set.

February 9, 1916

 

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February 9, 1916

UPPER PENINSULA.

Recent News From the Cloverland
of Michigan.

Sault Ste. Marie, Feb. 7—The long-
established flour and feed store of
Joseph and Wm. T,. MacLachlan,
which started business in 1989, was
re-organized Feb. 1 and merged into
a stock company, including the two
sons, Ira D. and Munn MacLachlan,
and will continue under the name of
MacLachlan Bros. Co. The new com-
pany will occupy the same stand and
buildings as the former firm; also re-
tain the Dafter branch store. Ira D.
MacLachlan, one of the new mem-
bers, is one of the Soo’s best known
young men, being a graduate from
the Michigan Agricultural College and
was for a number of years employed
on the Government locks on construc-
tion work. Munn MacLachlan has
for a number of years been managing
the firm’s business at Dafter. He is
a young man of sterling business
qualities and sound judgment and has
made a success of the Dafter branch.

It is going to cost Newberry more
for, booze, as the dealers will be
obliged to pay a village license of
$250 hereafter. This will bring the
fee necessary for the dispensing of
intoxicating beverages up to about
$800, but whether or not this will
make any difference in the consump-
tion will be a question.

We are advised that the Dominion
land agents are working this country
to induce Americans to settle in the
Canadian Northwest, proclaiming that
there never will be conscription in
Canada, but the question of conscrip-
tion in Canada is a much mooted one
and, if the war continues for a much
longer period, will, undoubtedly, be-
come a law. It would seem unreason-
able to believe that as there is so
much good land right here in Clover-
land that Canada would have any
land inducements to offer that would
equal our own. We can hardly see
where it would induce any one to
immigrate, especially under present
conditions.

“When you put off anything until
to-morrow unnecessarily, you are
making the next day’s work so hard
that some regular duties may have
to be postponed.”

C. G. Clark has resigned his posi-
tion with the Cornwell Company as
book-keeper to enter the race for
City Comptroller on the Republican
ticket. Mr. Clark is well qualified for
the office, having been Comptroller
several years ago and made one of
the best officers that the city has ever
had. Mr. Clark is well and favorably
known throughout Chippewa county
and his many friends here wish him
every success.

The first hold-up in the Soo for
some time occurred last week, when
R. H. Taylor, Jr., one of the Soo’s
society men, was relieved of $80 in a
lonely spot near the Soo high school
building. How Bob. should carry
around so much money is a mystery
to his friends, as we have so many
good banks and safety vaults that
could just as well have been utilized
had Bob only taken due precaution.
However, he is none the worse for
the beating up he received and is
able to be around as usual without
the extra jingle in his pockets.

Chester Black, formerly with the
Cornwell Company, Saginaw, has been
transferred to the Soo branch, where
he has succeeded C. G. Clark as book-
keeper. Mr. Black expects to move
his family in the near future and
thinks he will like the North country
of snow and ice better than the dusty
winters in the Southern part of the
State.

The announcement of the death of
William Davis in Detroit, which was
received here last week, came as a
shock to his many friends. Mr. Davis
had been a resident of the Soo for a
number of years and was one of the
best known meat cutters in the city,
having been for a number of years

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

head meat cutter in the J. H. Roe
market.

C. H. Byrns, general manager of
the Soo Lumber Co., and one of our
prominent business men, who always
believes in advertising his home town,
has announced that the Soo Lumber
Co. will pull off a mirth-provoking
and side-splitting dog race in front
of its office and yards on Bingham
avenue Saturday, Feb. 12, at 2 p. m.,
to which the general public is invited.
Numerous attractive prizes are offer-
ed the winners. This used to be one
of the events for the winter sports,
but has not been pulled off for the
past fifteen years, and will undoubt-
edly prove a rare treat to the old
residents of the Soo, as well as the
newcomers, as the Soo is noted for
its many dog teams and much rivalry
developed.

C. D, Empey, district manager of
the Manufacturers’ Life Insurance
Co., known as the Soo’s best story
teller, also the greatest jollier in
Cloverland, arrived home after a ten
day business trip in Mr. Ford’s town.

Guy C. Kemp, one of the Soo’s best
known young men, was recently unit-
ed in marriage to Miss Gertrude Kel-
liher, formerly of this city, but now
residing in Detroit, the wedding tak-
ing place in Lansing, where they will
make their future home. Mr. Kemp
has been with his father in the coal
business here and was born and rais-
ed here. The bride is also well and
favorably known here, being one of
the Soo’s society girls, and was con-
sidered one of the prettiest girls in
Cloverland.

The safe arrival of F. B. Raymond,
of the Raymond Furniture Co., and
family at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky,
was reported here this week. They
are en route to Florida, where they
expect to put in the remainder of the
winter.

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Fowle left last
week for a Southwestern trip to spend
the remainder of the winter and expect
to visit New Mexico, Arizona, Colo-
rado and California. Mr. Fowle is
Vice-President of the First National
Bank here and this is the first vaca-
tion he has taken for some time.

Lyle Wilson, for the past twelve
years clerk in the clothing store of
B. M. Morris, has tendered his resig-
nation and left to help swell the popu-
lation in Detroit. Lyle feels that the
large city will have more inducements
to offer and, being one of the live
kind himself, will probably get more
high living in the metropolis. of
Michigan.

Kibby & Shields have enlarged their
boat plant here, purchasing the boat
building plant and business of F. X.
Payment and will operate same in
connection with their launch storage
and livery. The equipment and force
of employes will be increased as rap-
idly as the demand justifies. This
gives Kibby & Shields the largest
launch livery in Cloverland. The Soo
is well located for this work and gives
us one of the best equipped plants of
its kind in the State.

Charles Fields, one of our leading
cigar dealers, is branching out and
remodeling the store across the street
from his present location and will
equip same with bowling alleys.
When all is installed, it will be mod-
ern in every respect. Mr. Fields is
one of the progressive kind and be-
lieves in pushing ahead and branching

out. ‘

The Dafter grangers held their
meeting last week, at which James
Thompson, of Brimley, the well-
known creamery and cheese manufac-
turer, was the principal speaker. Mr.
Thompson is a booster and was loud
in his praise of Dafter people as en-
tertainers.

“Remember that the money you in-
tend to save does not draw interest.”

The Soo Knights of the Grip held
their first annual banquet at the Park
Hotel Saturday and that it was a grand
success would be putting it mildly.
After the splendid feast provided by

mine host Marriott, which was a credit
to the Park Hotel, had been disposed
of, C. C. Collins presided as toastmaster.
While this was Mr. Collin’s first at-
tempt—so he says—it would be hard to
convince any of the traveling men that
he had not made a specialty of this line
for years, His witty remarks in intro-
ducing the various speakers were well
received. A few of the toasts were
responded to as follows: “Our First
Annual Banquet” was given to Stanley
(Isaac) Newton and the speech delivered
by him will long be remembered as a
masterpiece, which was carefully pre-
pared and delivered with the ease and
grace of William J. Bryan. The vocal
selection rendered by J. Newhouse, con-
sidered the sweet singer of Israel made
the hit of the evening. Mr. Newhouse
had to respond to several encores, the
last being a special written by Mr. New-
ton to the tune of “It’s a long way to
Tipperary,” a take off on several of
the travelers, which was cheerfully re-
ceived. While Mr. Newton did not
claim to be the composer of this song,
we have it from pretty good authority
that no one but a man of his ability
could produce it. “Get Together’ was
the toast assigned to Charles Fields, and
while this is said to be Charley’s first
attempt as a speaker, he certainly got
his wits together and entertained the
travelers in a side splitting manner that
would make Chauncey Depew take notice.
R. R. Reinhart responded to “The Good
an Organization Can Do” in an able
manner, but as Dick is an old war horse
on speech making, being in politics and
being largely responsible for bringing
the convention of the B. P. O. E. here
next summer, the guests were not dis-
appointed in his remarks. Dick was
long on the poetry which fitted his sub-
ject and it was a rare treat. Louis Mc-
Pike, one of the best known readers
and elocutionists in Cloverland, was at

his best and caused much merriment. «

Ted McKinney responded to the toast
to the ladies. This was Mr. McKinney’s
maiden speech. He made his maiden
trip last week on the road as a traveler.
Being the last speaker of the pro-
gramme, he did not want to prolong
the social procession with a thirty min-
ute talk, but after saying a few nice
things about the ladies and assuring
the guests that he would have a lady
of his own for the next annual banquet,
he was let off without further remarks.
The Nordyke orchestra furnished the
music, while Charley Haase and J. Mc-
Kenzie looked after the details, being
on the reception committee. It is plan-
ned to perfect a prominent organization
among the travelers of this city, known
as the “Soo Knights of the Grip” and
this first Get Together was pronounced
an unusual success and promises to be
an annual affair. William G. Tapert.

Mr. Tapert’s Characteristic Modesty.

Soo, Feb. 7—Knowing full well the
modesty of your honored correspondent
at the Soo and realizing that he would
hesitate to make mention of his part in
connection with the enjoyable banquet
that the travelers of the Soo partook
of at the Park Hotel Saturday night,
T would respectfully ask that you at-
tach the following to the Soo items of
this week:

Among the interesting things in con-
nection with the banquet and the pro-
gramme following same was the toast
responded to by William G. Tapert on
the general topic, “The Future of the
Soo.” Mr. Tapert handled the subject
in his usually able manner and if half
of the things come to pass that he fore-
tells, the Soo will continue, as it always
has been, the leading city in Cloverland.
We were pleased to note, however, the
rosy hue blush which overspread the
above mentioned speaker’s face when
the audiences sang the new song, “It’s
a long way to Sault Ste. Marie in a
Winton six.” J. B. Melody.

—_++ >

Every one likes to be run after, but
the difference in this matter between
men and women is that men don’t want

to be caught and women do.

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Beware of Grip Drugs Salesmen.

Calumet, Feb, 7—“Beware of the
grip drug salesman” is the warning
that came the past week to pharma-
cists and druggists of Calumet and
vicinity. It is said that a number
of salesmen who sell directly to the
pharmacists from “sample” stocks
carried in grips, have been operating
in the Northwestern and Central
states of late. They have offered cer-
tain drugs, it is said, at astonishingly
low prices, considering the fact that
the war has forced most drugs away
up, and sales have been many and,
in some cases, large.

It is claimed, however, that analysis
of some of the samples have shown
them to be fakes, pure and simple,
many of them containing upwards of
90 per cent. sugar or white sand or
both. Arrests have been made in
some places of the vendors of the
fake drugs.

Calumet druggists state that there
has lately been a great demand for
the cheap 10 cent package dyes, es-
pecially in the colors red, green and
purple. Wholesalers, it is said, have
had agents about the country buying
up these package dyes, especially in
these colors because the dyes of
these colors are very scarce and are
going up rapidly in price.

It is stated, furthermore, that un-
less manufacturers in this country
commence making these colors soon
they will be unobtainable before the
end of the year. Many firms have
been experimenting in the manufac-
ture of these colors but it is claimed
that success has not attended their
efforts.

Inks of these colors are also becom-
ing very scarce and high priced and
the copper country is feeling the
effect of the scarcity of coloring mat-
ter for inks as well as is the remain-
der of the country.

>>> ___

Plea For Larger Membership.

Jackson, Feb. 7—We are at the be-
gnning of another year and as I look
out upon the broad open field and
view the great opportunities I can
see in the distance, I am wondering
if the retail druggists of Michigan are
going to be ready to grasp them as
they come and make them worth
what it was intended they should be.
Will we gather our army of druggists
together and make this year one to
be long remembered or are we going
to still be found sleeping at the switch

until after the opportunity has
passed?
Brothers, let us get busy. Let us

get started right at the beginning of

this, the new year. The first thing

we should do is to send Mr. Alton

our dues for our membership in the
7S. Bak.

If we are not a member, let us send
him two plunks anyway and have him
enroll us at once,

The harvest is great and the reap-
ers are few. Will you be one of the
reapers Or are you going to stand
back and see the grain go to waste
for the want of a few more men to
help gather it in?

Let us march down to Lansing,
metaphorically speaking, next Jan-
uary 4,000 strong and get our phar-
macy laws repaired so they will be
up to date and meet the requirements
of the trend of the times. Such a
condition will change the aspect of
the retail drug trade in the State.

We have the generals, the colonels,
the captains and lieutenants. All we
need is more real live men and the
battle is ours. Will you be one of the
men? Let us hope so.

F, J. Wheaton,

Chairman Membership Committee.

—+++___

With William Judson in Washing-
ton and New York and Guy W. Rouse
in Cuba, the wholesale grocery trade
of Grand Rapids is in a bad way this
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Michigan Board of Pharmacy.
President—E. E. Faulkner, Delton.
Secretary—Charles S. Koon, Muskegon.
Treasurer—George F. Snyder, Grand

Rapids.
Other Members—Leonard A. Seltzer,
Detroit; Edwin T. Boden, Bay City.
Next Meetings—Detroit, Jan. 18, 19

and 20; Grand Rapids, March 21, 22
and 23.

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asso-

clation.

President—C. H. Jongejan, ‘Grand
Rapids.

Secretary—D. D. Alton, Fremont.
Treasurer—John G. Steketee, Grand

Rapids.

Next Annual Meeting—Detroit, June 20,
21 and 22, 1916.
Michigan Pharmaceutical Travelers’ As-

sociation.

President—W. H. Martin, 165 Rhode
Island avenue, Detroit.

Secretary and Treasurer—Walter S.
Lawton, Grand Rapids.

 

 

Beautiful Preparation For a Show-
Window Attraction.

The following is not new, having
first been prepared by Professor
Platsau at his laboratory at the Uni-
versity of Ghent many years ago to
illustrate one of his lectures on the
diffraction of light, but it is a vari-
ation of the old soap bubble ex-
periments, and the effects are beauti-
ful:

To make the apparatus, take any
easily bent brass or copper wire, and
bend it in the outline of a flower,
with five petals around a circular
center. The stalk, a continuation of
the wire, is then fixed in a block of
wood large enough to hold it upright.
Then make the following solution:

Castile soap, best quality,

Baawed 626), 1 part
Boling water............. 40 parts
Glycerin, best refined..... 6 parts

Dissolve the soap in the water, and
when the solution is cold, add the
glycerin, and mix thoroughly by agi-
tation. The soap should be perfectly
clear before adding the glycerin, and
if it is not so, it must be filtered.

Now dip the imitation flower in the
solution, and to be sure that the lat-
ter adheres to every part of the wire,
it will be well to dip the fingers, or
a bit of cloth, in the liquid and rub
the wire with it and let dry before
dipping. Place the flower near the
window, where the light will fall upon
it, and cover with a bell-glass. Now
place in a slanting position in front
of the bell-glass a slip of board about
three or four inches wide, and painted
dead black or covered with a piece
of black cloth, so that it will form
a dark or black background to the
flower when viewed from a position
in front of the table or stand, and
facing the window.

At first the petals of the flower ap-
pear white and almost transparent,
but they immediately begin to take
on the most marvelously beautiful
colors, rivaling the most gorgeous
tints of the rainbow, slowly passing

from opal to polished labradorite,
and finally glowing with the fire and
brilliancy of the diamond, If the
table is kept quite still this marvel-
ous play will continue an entire day,
or even longer, and when it disap-
pears all that is necessary to repro-
duce it is to dip the wire frame into
the liquid. All dust, jarring the table,
etc., must be avoided and a mirror
should be arranged so as to throw
the color changes to the eyes of those
passing by.
—_+r2+.___
Effective Trade Getter.

There is one way of getting new
trade and making friends for your
store which is rather ahead of any
other in directness and effectiveness.
Whenever you have a call for an
article which you do not happen to
have, offer to get it at once. Of
course all druggists follow this rule
more or less, but we mean bear on
hard on the offer; make the customer
feel that it would really be a pleasure
to you to do it, and then if you get
the order, send for the goods and get
them at once. The customer will feel
that you have gone out of your way
to be obliging. If you don’t make
a cent on the article ordered, still
there will be a profit on the transac-
tion later. Get the people in the way
of coming to you when they want
something that they know they can’t
get elsewhere. There is nothing that
will build up the business of a store
any faster that the reputation of hav-
ing things when they can’t be found
elsewhere.

—_++>____

Tooth Brush vs. Chewing Gum.

Resolved that chewing gum cleans
the teeth better than a tooth brush
and tooth paste was the subject of a
little debate held at a meeting of the
board of education of a Western
Canadian city not long ago. The
discussion was started by a recom-
mendation that a supply of tooth
brushes and paste be bought for the
girls’ and boys’ home and other chari-
ties. One physician upheld the af-
firmative while another made a touch-
ing appeal for gum—the real hard
stuff. Gum chewing was certainly
vindicated by this Canadian medico.
It was more than vindicated. It was
recommended. If the Canadian
medico had his way, the small boy’s
request “lend me your gum at recess”
would no longer be whispered while
the teacher was a safe distance away.
Every one would have his or her
chew and the old pastime of chewing
somebody else’s gum would vanish.
Gum chewing would be universal and
the tooth brush would be discarded
as a relic of the barbarous ages.

Sparks From the Electric City.

Muskegon, Feb. 7—On account of
a short circuit we are unable to ob-
tain sparks to illuminate our way in
the large Electric City.

We hear a great deal about Detroit,
Grand Rapids, Flint, Saginaw and, in
fact, all good sized cities in Michigan.
Here is a little one about Muskegon:
Muskegon stands second among the
cities of Michigan in commercial
growth, Detroit being first.

The writer has received a postal
card from a brother who mailed it in
Pentwater to save a room for him
at the annual convention at Traverse
City. But the brother, in his excite-
ment to obtain a room, forgot to sign
his name.

Quite a number of the boys who
intend to go to Traverse City have
neglected to send in their cards, stat-
ing they are going. It is absolutely
necessary to have a large delegation
‘rom Muskegon to be able to swing
the job of Grand Sentinel for A. W.
Stevenson.

Some of the Muskegon boys are
figuring on traveling up in automo-
biles. Perhaps we can all arrange to
go that way. Those who are not
blessed with cars perhaps can make
arrangements with their more for-
tunate brother to go with him, so he
will have enough weight to keep in
the road.

A. W. Stevenson left for Mackinaw
City this week. Icebergs are in sea-
son at that point now.

Matt Steiner is suffering from a
small inflammation of the eye.

The boys will be glad to hear that
Ernest Hentschel is out of the hos-
pital and looking fine. He is on the
job at the Hentschel Hotel with his
little cane.

John Porter has had his route
changed and is now traveling in ter-
ritory adjacent to Grand Rapids.
John states he is sorry he cannot be
with the boys oftener, but he will do
the best he can to be with us at our
annual in March.

Muskegon has secured a franchise
in the Central League and, although
the smallest town in the circuit, the
League managers see quite a pros-
perous baseball year ahead in Mus-
kegon. One of the local papers is
endeavoring to secure a nick name
tor the ball team. Some want to call
them the boomers coming from a
boom city. As long as we don’t call
ae Tigers every one will be satis-

ed.

The Chamber of Commerce of Mus-

February 9, 1916

kegon and the Board of. Trade at
Fremont are assisting Muskegon
Council in obtaining connections at
White Cloud with the Traverse City
train and Muskegon train at night.
Here is hoping you get it, for the
boys sure would appreciate it.

Two years ago the people of Mich-
igan at the polls said they did not
want Chase Osborn for Governor.
To-day we are hearing that some
politicians are boosting Osborn for
President. Perhaps the voters of the
United States will show Michigan
what a great mistake she made.

D. Christie is rebuilding his bakery
and, when completed, will have one
of the most up-to-date bakery outfits
in Western Michigan.

Milton Steindler.

 

 

 

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SPRAYING MATERIALS very soon.

Announcement to the Trade

BUSINESS OF CARPENTER-UDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY
WILL BE CONTINUED
By Receiver

Write, call or telephone us for “IMPERIAL BRAND” LIME SULPHUR SOLU-
TION, PARIS GREEN, ARSENATE OF LEAD, NICOTINE SOLUTION, ETC.

Our salesmen now calling on the trade.

Our quotations on ARSENATE OF LEAD and LIME SULPHUR SOLUTION
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CARPENTER-UDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Bell Main 1145

 

 

 

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

sundries.

 

1916

Announcement

We have engaged for the present year
Mr. F. L. Raymond and Mr. L. W. Hoskins
fo represent us in the interest of our
sundry department. One of these gentle-
men will call on you in the near future
and we ask you to reserve your orders for
Our stock is larger and more
complete than ever before and we can

assure you of good service.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.
Grand Rapids

 

 

 

 

 

 

Putnam’s

Price $1.15

Each carton contains a certificate, ten of

which entitle the dealer to

ONE FULL SIZE CARTON

FREE

when returned to us or your jobber

properly endorsed

 

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MAKERS
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

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WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT

 

 

Prices quoted are

Acids

Acetic: 0005.1: t @ 10
BORIC oo. al. i @ 20
Carbolic ....... 1 72@1 75
Clee cc... 80@ 85
Muniatic ......... 5@ 8
Nitric .....5...... 11@ 15
Oxalic: ......5.... 70@ 75
Sulphurie ........ 5@ 8
Martanic ......... 65@ 75

monia
Water, 26° aa ae t @ 12
Water, 18 deg. ..5 @ 9
Water, 14 deg. .. 4 @ 8
Carbonate ...... 18 ‘@ 16
Ghioridé ...... 10 @ 25

Balsams
Copaiba 2.2.52... 80@1 10
Fir (Canada ... 1 25@1 50
Fir (Oregon) 40@ 50
Pere 6. .60.0... 6 75@7 00
POW 3.3 ooo. e.-. 75@1 00

Berries
Mubeb ......... - 70 @
Sigh a. ok e. 15 20
dUBIpPer 2.06555. 8 @ 15
Prickley Ash @ 650

Barks
Cassia (ordinary) 25@ 30
Cassia (Saigon) 90@1 00
Elm (powd. 30c) 28@ 30
Sassafras (pow. 30c) @ 26
Soap Cut nee)
SUG soc 23@ 25

Extracts
Licorice ....... 80@ 35
Licorice powdered 40@ 45

Flowers
APMIGa 2.02.0... 3. 50@ 55
Chamomile (Ger.) 8@ 90
Chamomile (Rom) 55@ 60

Gums
Acacia, lst ...... 50 60
Acacia, 2nd ...... 45 50
Acacia, 3rd ...... 40@ 45

Acacia, Sorts ....30@ 50
Acacia, powdered 30@ 40
Aloes (Barb. Pow) 25@ 30
Aloes (Cape Pow) 20@ 25
Aloes (Soc. Pow.) 40@ 60

Asafoetida ...... 90@1 00
Asafoetida, Powd.
Pure 20.0. 1 15@1 25
U. S. P. Powd. 1 30@1 50
Camphor ........ 56@ 60
Guaae (2.26.8... 50@ 55

hi powdered 55@ 60

KInO 2... cec.e. 8 75

tine, powdered +. (6 80
Th

Myrrh ........- 40
Myrrh, powdered 50
Geceees 13 25@13 45

Oe tuis. powd. 15 00@15 2v
Opium, gran. 15 00@15 20

Sheliae <........ 81@ 35
Shellac, Bleached 35@ 40
Tragacanth

NO. EF oc... @2 75
Tragacanth pow 1 15@2 00
Turpentine ...... 10@ 15

Leaves

Sage, powdered .. 55@ 60
Buchu ......... 1 75@1 85
Buchu, powd. - 1 85@2 00
Sage, bulk ...... 67@ 70
Sage, %s loose ..72@ 78
Senna, Alex ...... 30@ 35

Senna, Tinn. .... 35@ 46
Senna, Tinn powd 45@ 50

Uva Ural :........ 18@ 20
Olis
Almonds, wees
true ....... 2 00@12 25

Almonds, tities

artificial eooee 5 T5Q@E 00
gi Sweet,

tru ccccesee. | 5G)
Aneauaa Sweet,

imitation scecee GE@ 75
Amber, crude .... 75@1 00
Amber, rectified 1 75@2 00
Anise... 2.5.6; 2 00@2 25
Bergamont ..... 4 50@4 75
Gajéput ....... 1 35@1 60
Cassia. ......... 2 00@2 25
@astor oo. 5. 2 00@2 25
Cedar Leaf ...... 90@1 00
Citronella ..... ae Ret 00
Cloves ......... 1 85@2 10
Cocoanut ........ 20@ 25
Cod Liver ...... 3 90@4 00
Cotton Seed .... 95@1 05
Croton ........ 2 00@2 26
Cupbebs ....... 3 75@4 00
‘Bigeron ..... -» 1 75@2 00
Eucalyptus ...... 80@1 00
Hemlock, pure .. @1 00
Juniper Berries 6 25@6 50
Juniper Wood .. 1 25@1 50
Lard, extra ...... 95@1 05
Eard, No. 1 ...... 85@ 95

Lavender Flowers @6 00
Lavender, Gar’n 1 25@1 40
Lemon ......... 2 00@2 25
Linseed, boiled, bbl. @ 78
Linseed, bld. less ve 89
Linseed, raw, bbl. (ce
T ‘nseed, raw, less 83 88

nominal, based on market the day ot issue.

Mustard, true 20 00@20 25
Mustard, artifil 15 — 25
Neatsfoot eee ca. 95
Olive, pure .... 3 5008 50
Olive, Malaga,

yellow Saceese 1 55@1 65

1 50@1

Orange Sweet ..3 00@3 25
Organum, pure .. @2 50
Origanum, com’] @
Pennyroyal .... 2 25@2 50
Peppermint .... 3 00@3 25
Rose, pure ...12 00@14 00
Rosemary Flows 1 50@1 75
eno E.

Secsicestiece 8 50@8 75
Sassafras, true @1 10
Sassafras, artifi’l @ 60
Spearmint ..... 2 75@3 00

perm .......- 90@1 00
Mansy ......... 4 00@4 25
tar, USP ....... 30 40
Turpentine, bbls. @ 63
Turpentine, less 68@ 75

Wintergreen, tr. 5 50@5 75
Wintergreen, sweet

birth ...... 4 60@4 75
Wintergreen, art 4 50@4 75
Wormseed ... 3 60@4 OU
Wormwood .... 4 00@4 25

Potassium

 

Bicarbonate .... 1 25@1 35
Bichromate « @G@
Bromide ..... eons @E 50
Carbonate ...... 1 20@1 25
Chlorate, xtal and
powdered ...... 67@ 70

Chlorate, granular 70@ 75
Cyanide ......... 49@ 60

FOGIdG: .. 5.5... 4 75@4 380
Permanaganate 2 20@2 25
Prussiate, yellow @1 75
Prussiate, red .... @8 00
Sulphate ... 5.5... @ 50
Roots
Alkanet .......... 90@1 00
Blood, powdered 20@ 25
Calamus ecsece.. 75@1 75

blecampane, pwd. 15@ 20
Gentian, powd. 380@ 35
Ginger, African,

powdered ..... 1@ 20
Ginger, Jamaica 30@ 35

Ginger, Jamaica,
powdered ...... 30@ 35
Goldenseal pow. 6 50@7 00

Ipecac, powd. .. 4 75@5 00
RACOEICG ......... 22@ 25
Licorice, powd. .. 21@ 2a
Orris, powdered 30@ 35
Poke, powdered ue 25
Rhubarb ......... 75@1 00
Rhubarb, powd. 75@1 25
Rosinweed, powd. 25@ 30
Sarsaparilla, Hond.

ground ........ 65
Sarsaparilla Mexican,
around ........ 25@ 30

Squiisn: 200.00 0o, 20@ 35
Squills, powdered 40@ 60
Tumeric, powd. 13@ 20

Valerian, powd. 7@ 7
Seeds
ARISG) 2.2... 6... 20@ 25
Anise, powdered @ 2
Bird, Is ....°5.... @ 10
Canary .....:.... 8@ 12
Caraway ........ se 25
Cardamon ..... 2 25

Celery (powd. bs) ‘ag 50
Coriander 18
Dio... ec...

  

Fennell ‘:

Blax ...... << GG
Flax, ground . 56%@ 10
Foenugreek, pow. 8@ 10
EIGID .... 2.1... 5. 8@ 12

40@
Mustard, yellow ..20@ 25

Mustard, black .. 15@ 20
Mustard, powd. 22@ 380
FPODDY) 2 ...500 0. 6. 35 40
Quinea ........ 1 00@1 25
WIGDG oc ccc cc ace 10@ 15
Sabadilla ........ - @ 35
Sabadilla, powd. @ 40
SUNHOWEr ...... 10@ 15
Worm American 2@ 25
Worm Levant .. 1 50@1 75
Tinctures

ALCOMIEG: bo. @ 75
AlGOS 22.512... @ 65
ALMICA (. 68. c.... @ 7
Asafoetida ...... @1 35
Belladonna ..... @1 65
Benzoin ......:.. @1 00
Benzoin Compo’d @1 00
Buchu ........., @1 50
Cantharadies @1 80
Capsicum ......; @ 90
Cardamon ...... @1 50
Cardamon, Comp. @2 00
Catechu  ........ @ 60
Cinchona ....... @1 05
Colehicum ....:. @ 7
Gubebs ......... @1 20
Digitalia ........ @ 80
Gentian ........ @ 7
Ginger .......... @ 95
@uaige .......... @1 05
ooo Ammon @ 80

Gennes cess @2 00
Todine, Colorless @2 00

Ipecac ......... o 75
won, Cla 1.22). 60
RUG co.cc oe, 80

Myrrh ..........
Nux Vomica ....
Opium 0.0.0...
Opium, Capmh.
Opium, Deodorz’a
Rhubarb .......

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Paints

Lead, red dry .. 8y% A@ 8%
Lead, white dry 84@ 8%
Lead, white oil 84@ am
Ochre, yellow bbl. 1 @ 1%
gos yellow less : @ 6
Oe. c. 2%@ 5
Red Venet’n bbl. 1 @1%
Red Venet’n less 2 @
Vermillion, Eng. 1 25@1 6
Vermillion, Amer. 15 20
Wainee: bbl.
hitin

Insecticides
ArSemicG - 2... | 8@ 15
Blue Vitriol, bbl. @ 29
Blue Vitriol, less 30@ 35
Bordeaux Mix Pst 8@ 10
Hellebore, White

powdered eeecee 35@ 40
Insect Powder ., 30@ 50
Lead Arsenate ., 8%@ 16

Lime and Sulphur
Solution, gal. ., 15@ 25
Paris Green ..... - 30@ 35

Miscellaneous

Acetanalid .... 1 756@2 00

AU 15@ 20
Alum, powdered and

Sround 2.24...) 18@ 25
bismuth, Subni-

ate ........ 3 60@3 65
Borax xtal or

powdered ..... 7T%2@ 12
Cantharades po 2 23@5 75
Calomel . 0.55. 3 29@3 35
Capsicum ...., «- 80@ 386
Carmine _.... . 5 50@5 75
Cassia Buds .... @ 40
CIOVGS eo. 30@ 35

Chalk Prepared .. 5@ 8%
Chalk Precipitated 7@ 1
Chloroform ...... 85@ 95
Cutural Hydrate 2 0U@2 %
Coésine ...... 4 o
Cocua Butter .. 53@ 66
Corks, list, less ~

Copperas, bbls. .... @1%
Copperas, less .... = 6
Copperas, powd. . 4@ 6
Corrosive Sublm 2 06@3 lu
Cream Tartar 48@ 55

Cuttlebone ..... we 45@ 50
Dextrine Ssasecce 7 10
Dover’s Powder @2 50

Emery, all Nos. 6@ 10
Emery, powdered 6@ 8
Epsom Salts, bbls. @ 4%
kpsom Salts, ries Bs . 8
MOG ......... 25@1 50
Ergot, powdered 3 75@3 00
Flake White .... 15 20
Formaldehyde Tb. xs 16
Gambier ..:...... 20@ 26
Gelatine ......... 76b@ 80
Glassware, full” cases 80%
Glassware, less 70 & 1
Glauber Salts bbl. @ 1%
Glauber Salts less 3@ 5
Glue, brown ..... ll 16
Glue, brown grd. 10 15
Glue, white ...... ig 25
16

Glue, white grd. 20
Glyeerime ...:.... 60@ 70
RODS 25 ...0 45@ 60
Hoppa) 22.22... coors 45@ 60
lodine ......... 5 68@5 91
lodoform ...... 6 18@6 30
Lead Acetate .... 18@ 25
Lycopdium 2 25@2 35
Mace -...... 1... 8@ 90
Mace, powdered 95@1 00
Menthol ...... «. 450@4 75
Morphine ..... - 6 30@6 55
Nux Vomica ..... 20

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Nux Vomica pow. @ 2
Pepper, black pow. 30
Pepper, white .... 35
a, _pursundy J 16
Quassia ...... e+. 12@ 15
quae 5 ol. cans @1 20
Rochelle Salts .. 40@ 45
15 00@16 00

Saccharine ...

Salt Peter ...... 46@ 650
Seidlitz Mixture ae 40
Soap, green ...... 25

Soap, mott castile 29 16
Soap, white castile

CAG ce 8 00
Soap, white castile

less, per bar .. @ 85
Soda Ash . 4%@ 10
Soda Bicarbonate 1%@ 5
Soda, Sal ...... 1% 5

@
Spirits Camphor @ 7
Sulphur roll ..... 2%@ 5
Sulphur Subl. .... 3@
Tamarinds ....... 15@ 20
Tartar Emetic ....
Turpentine Venice @1
Vanilla Ex. pure 1 00@1
Witch Hazel .... 65@1
Zine Sulphate .... 10@ 15

SSRs

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT

These quotations are carefully corrected weekly. within six hours of mailing.
and are intended to be correct at time of going to press.
liable to change at any time. and country merchants will have their orders filled
at market prices at date of purchase.

Prices, however. are

 

DECLINED

 

 

 

Index to Markets

AXLE GREASE

lIb. wood boxes, 4 doz.

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10ib. pails, per doz.

fae 8
bo AT) Hm DO CO

25tb. pails, per doz. ..
BAKED BEANS
Breakfast Food

ak et peed bt ft et pet

_Condensed Pearl

Large, 2 doz. box

Summer Sky, 3 dz. cs. 1 20
Summer Sky, 10 dz bbl 4 00

BREAKFAST FOODS
0

Bear Food, Pettijohns
Cracked Wheat,
Cream of Rye, 24-2 5
Quaker Puffed Rice ..
Quaker Puffed Wheat
Quaker Brkfst Biscuit
Quaker Corn Flakes

Victor oe Flakes ..

Cracked Wheat

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Evaporated Milk
F

Farinaceous Goods

Fishing Tackle .......
Flavoring Extracts ...
Flour and Feed ......

Evapor’ed Sugar Corn
Grape Nuts .......... 37
Grape Sugar Flakes .
Sugar Corn Flakes ..
Hardy Wheat Food .

Krinkle Corn Flakes

AUNIAIAAH

he
Minn. Wheat Cereal
Ralston Wheat Food
Large 188 ... S
Ralston Wht Food 188
Ross's Whole veo

Saxon Wheat Food ..
Shred Wheat Biscuit

Pillsbury’ s Best. Cer’l
Post Toasties, T-2 .

8
Hides and Pelts .

 

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00 G0

Post Tavern Porridge

 

00 00 69 © 00 00

Parlor, 5 String, 25 Ib.
Standard Parlor, 23 Ib.

~

Pp
Petroleum Products..

Ss
Solid Back, 8 in. ......

ipes
Adee Cards ....... Solid Back, 11 in. ....

@0 00 G0 60 00 GO 00

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Salad Dressing

eeereseesceveves

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Gy comarce = Hs poes

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Dandelion, 25c size .. 2 00

Paraffine, 68 .........

CANNED GOODS
Appies
8 tT. Standards ..

2
Standard No. ae"

 

Wrapping Paper

v
Toast Cake ....00:.<.

| Clams
Little Neck, 1t. .. @1 25
Clam _ Boulllon

Burnham’s % pt. .... 2 2
Burnham's pts. ..... 8 75
Burnham's qts. ...... 7 50

Corn

 

French Peas

Monbadon sina ise
per dow. ....... - 176

Gooseberries

No. 2, Fair ....:,.+05 2 35
No. Z, Fancy ....... - 2 50
Hominy
Standard ............ $85
Lobster
1b. 4... cee

% 1D. 22.5.
Picnic Flat_

Mackerel
Mustar@, 1 ib ...... 1 80
Mustard, 2 Ib. ...... 2 80
Soused, 1% ID. ...... 1 60
soused, 2 ID. ...5.... 2 75
Tomato, 1 Th: ..:.... 1 50
Tomato, 2 I. ........ 2 80

Mushrooms
Buttons, %s ...... @22
Buttons, is ...... @35
Hotels; is)... .. 4: @30

Oysters
Cove, 1 Ih. ..... @ 7%
Cove, 2 Ib. ..... @1 40

Plums
Plums .......... 90@1 35

Pears In Syrup
No. 3 cans, per doz. ..1 50

Peas
Marrowfat ...... seat 00
Harly June .... 1 10@1 26
Early June siftd 1 45@1 55

cece |

PIO ...ccccscecs 1 OOM1 25
No. 10 yer can ‘pie @3s 25
eapple
Grated ........ +i 10
Riiced ..:...... 95@2 60
Pumpkin
Ole occ e sae. cee 80
O00 oo... ss cwse se so 90
BPANCY ..25.s00 cemece 2 OD
No: 10° 1.55. .00.. Sass 240
Raspberries
Standard ......
Salmon

Warrens, 1 Ib. Tall .. 2 30
Warrens, 1 Ib. Flat .. 2 45
Red Alaska .... 1 80@1 90
Med. Red Alaska 1 40@1 45
Pink Alaska .... @1 20

Sardines
Domestic, %s ....... .2 85
Domestic, 4% Mustard 2 85
Domestic, % Mustard 3 25
French \s .... 7@14

French, %s ........ 13@23
Sauer Kraut
No. 3, Cans ......-...-.
No 10; cans <-.....---. 2 30
Shrimps
Dunbar, 1s dos. .... 1 45
Dunbar, 14% doz. .... 2 70
Succotash
BMir .cccccsssnccss
[GOOG socceescecos ; 1 20
Fancy ......... 1 25@1 40
Strawberries
Standard ........... 95
PANCY .s.c- 025s scse 2 25
Tomatoes
(SOGG" CeGE oo occ e sees 1 20
Pancy, .3-5-..---.---. 1 50
MO. 19) 2. oe. eee cs 3 75
Tuna
Case
%s, 4 doz. in case ..2 60
%s, 4 doz. in case ..3 60
1s, 4 doz. in case ....5 60
CATSUP
Snider’s pints ...... 2 85
Snider's % pints .... 1 85
CHEESE
Soo ase es @19
reo City xs @19
Brick: os csses @20
TPIGOR og eae ese s @15
Limburger ...... 21

Pineapple ...... 40 60
MGR 5 cccc cess
Sap Sago ........ @27
Swiss, Domestic

 

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CHEWING GUM
Adams Black Jack .... 62

Adams Sappota ...... 65
Beeman’s Pepsin ..... 62
Beechnut 62

Chiclets 1
Colgan Violet Chips" ea 5)
Colgan Mint Chips .... 65
Dentyne bee

 

 

Doublemint 64
Flag Spruce 59
Juicy Fruit 59
Red Robin 62
Sterling Gum Pep. .. 62
Sterling 7-Point ...... 62
Spearmint, Wrigleys .. 64

Spearmint, 5 box jars 3 20
Spearmint, 3 box jars 1 92

Trunk Spruce ......... 59
Mueatane os oso. cs cs 62
BORO oe ee 64
CHOCOLATE

Walter Baker & Co.

German’s Sweet ...... 23

Premium .......... ASA tS

Caracas ....... seeieee - 38
Walter M. Lowney -

Premium, \s ........ 35

Premium, BOS i... 65.555 OD

CLOTHES LINE
Per doz.
No. 40 Twisted Cotton 95

No. 50
No. 60
No. 80
No. 50
No. 60

No. 80
No. 50

60

No. 60 °

. 72 Jute .. ais

60 Sissel ........
Galvanized Wire

No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 90

Twisted Cotton 1 30
Twisted Cotton 1 70
Twisted Cotton 2 00
Braided Cotton 1 00
Braided Cotton 1 25
Braided Cotton 1 85
Braided Cotton 2 26
Sash Cord .... 1 75
Sash Cord

  

   
 
 

No. 19, each 100ft. long 3 10
No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 00
No. 19, each 100ft. long 3 10
COCOA

BAKCre@ oo. cec spas s -- 39
Cleveland ...cscccccscoe 61
Colonial, %@ .......... 85
Colonial, %e . 33

FOODS oe cease 42
Hershey’ Ss, Ss 32
Hershey’s, %s .. 30
Huyler ....... oo 86
Lowney, %s 38
Lowney, %8 37
Lowney, %8 ........ sie ad
Lowney, 5b. cans .... 37

Van Houten, %s ...... 13
Van Houten, se ...... 18
Van Houten, %s ...... 36
Ven Houten, 1s ........ 66
MVON-BtM coc ccccscecess SS
MWODD cesses. -scscsceess Be
Waiber, 468 ........-... Os
Wilber, %8 ..........02 83

COCOANUT
Dunham's per Ib.
ys, 6ID. case ........ 30
Ya, 5Ib. case ......0. 39
%s 15 Th. case ...... 29
gs, 156 ID. case ...... >

4s & Ms 16%. case 323
Scalloped Gems ..... 10
4s & Ys pails ...... =

Biulk, pails. 2...
Bulk, barrels ........
Baker's’ Brasil Shredded
o = pkgs., per case 2 60

pkgs., per case 2 60
is ive and 33 bc pkgs.,
per case ..... scoce a 60

COFFEES ROASTED
Rie

Common ...

Beat ooo seo

Choice .....

Fancy

Peaberry ...

 

 

 

33
33
Maracaibo
ROBIN) cc cccecccccccccas aS
COIS oo. cc, occ cnsss5 20
Mexican
Choice 25
Fancy 36
MAI ccc ccc cesses ae
MOANCY «2002s sccesces 0

Java
Private Growth .... 26

30
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Mandling
Auko! 30@32

Mocha
Short Bean ........
Lo; SOON .cccecse
H. Oo. G.

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Bogota

eet cccccccsecces _

Fancy .......
Exchange Market, “Gneny
Spot Market, Strong

Package
New York Basis

Arbuckle 16 50

McLaughliin’s XXXX

McLaughlin’s xxxxX
package coffee is sold to
retailers only. Mail all or-
ders direct to W. F. Mc-

ee & Co., Chicago,
Extracts
Holland, % gro. bxs. 95
Felix, % gross ...... 15
Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85
Hummel’s tin, % gro. 1 43
CONFECTIONERY
Stick Candy Pails
Horehound .......... 94%
Standard .........:.. 9%
Standard, small 9%
Twist, small ........ 10
Cases
JUMDO oo eke wee ce 9%
Jumbo, small ....... - 10
Bie SticGk) 050s... 9
Boston Sugar Stick ..14

Mixed Candy

ails
BVOMCN oc ts es 3 8
Cut oat ....... cess. 10)
French Cream ...... 10%
AIANCY. Gia cs case ecauic
Grocers .......; sca

Kindergarten ....... 12

WCAGEr ook ccc sce c ace 9
MIO IeStiC 4.6... ese 10
Monaren ..5. 2.5... -- 10
NOVGICY 2.0225... e soe an
Paris Creams ....... 11%
Premio Creams ...... 14
ROYAL en ie cd ecieces
Special <......-.

 

aragt Creams
xXx LO

Speciaities

a
Auto Kisses (baskets) 1%
Bonnie Butter Bites .. 17
Butter Cream Corn .. 15
Caramel Bon Bons .. 14
Caramel Dice ........ 18
Caramel Croquettes .. 13
Cocoanut Waffles .... 14
Coffty Toffly ...... 14
National Mints 7 Ib ‘tin 16
Empire Fudge 14
Fudge, Pineapple .... 14

Walnut ...... 14
Filbert ...... 1¢
Choco. Peanut 13
Honey Moun 14
White Center 14
Cherry ...... 14
Fudge, Cocoanut .... 14
Honeysuckle Candy .. 16
Iced Maroons
Iced Gems
Iced Orange Jellies .. 13
Italian Bon Bons ... 13

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eee eecce

Jelly Mello ........... 12
AA Licorice Drops

5b ib: box 2.2.0... 10
Lozenges, Pep. ...... 11
Lozenges, Pink ...... 11
MANCHNS  cicc oc see ies 14

Molasses Kisses, 10

1D: (DOX 220... ss. 13
Nut Butter Puffs .... 14
Star Patties, Asst. .. 13

Chocolates Pails

Assorted Choc. ......

Amazon Caramels .. 16
Champion ........... 13
Choc. Chips, Hureka 19
CUMBK) oli cccescueces 16
Eclipse, ‘Assorted tees ae
Ideal Chocolates .... 14
Klondike Chocolates :

MNeapops 22 os00.. se. 8
Nibble Sticks ....... 25
Nut Wafers ...... 13
Ocoro Choc. Caramels 17
Peanut Clusters ..... 21
Quintette ..... ne .
PROPANE ooo. 2 aa ce 6 12
Star Chocolates ..... 3

2
Superior Choc. (light) 19
Pop Corn Goods
Without prizes.
Cracker Jack with
coupon ........ eee. 8 25
Oh My AOOB 2. 2.5.5. 3 50
Cracker ack 7 Prise
Hurrah, 100s . 3 60
Hurrah, 60s ......... 1 75
Hurrah, 24s .......... 85

Cough Drops

 

XOs
Putnam Menthol ... : 00
Smith Bros. ........ - 1 26

NUTS—Whole

Almonds, Tarragona 20
Almonds, California

soft shell Drake 18
Brazile .:.:...2.. es

18. 5S. 1
Walnuts, Naples "16%@17
Walnuts, Grenoble ..
Table nuts, fancy er
Pecans, Large

Pecans, Ex. Large ois
Shelled
No. 1 Spanish Shelled
Peanuts: c.. 5... 7
. Lg. Va. Shelled
Peanuts ...... %@12
Pecan Halves ...... @60
Walnut Halves .... @36
Filbert Meats .. @30
Alicante Almonds @60

Jordan Almonds

 

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Peanuts

Fancy H P Suns
Raw

 

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CRACKERS

National Biscuit Company
Brands
in-er-Seal Trade Mark
Package Goods

Per doz.
Baronet Biscuit .....
Flake Wafers .......
Cameo Biscuit ......
Cheese Sandwich ....
Chocolate Wafers .... 1
tig Newton .. 1
Five O'Clock Tea "Bet 1
Ginger Snaps NBC .. 1 00
Granam Crackers ... 1
Lemon Snaps .......
M. M. Dainties . 1

   

Uysterettes ... 50
bretzeenos .. - 580
Koyal Toast . 1 00
Social Tea Biscuit e- 100
Salltine Biscuit ...... 100
Saratuga Flakes .... 1 50
duua Crackers, N.B.C. 1

Soda Crackerg Prem. 1

(ORCS ee sais. sic 1 00

Uneeda Biscuit ...... 50

Uneeda Ginger Wafer 1 00
Vanilla Wafers ..... 1 00
Water Thin Biscuit .. 1 00

Zu Zu Ginger Snaps 50
Zwieback 1

Other Package Goods
Barnum’s Animals .. 60
Soda Crackers NBC 32 50
Fruit Cake .......... 8 00

Bulk Goods

Cans and boxes
Animals ...........05
Allantics, Asstd. .... 18
Avena Fruit Cakes .. 12
Bonnie Doon Cookies 10
Bonnie. Lassies ...... 10
Bo Peeps, S. or M.
Bouquet Wafers .... 30
Cameo Biscuit ...... 26
Cecelia Biscuit
Cheese Tid Bits ....
Chocolate Bar (cans) 20
Chocolate Drop Center 2
Chocolate Drops ....
Chocolate Puft Cake ie
Choc. Honey eee 16
Circle Cookies ...... 13
Cracknel® .....cce0000 30
Cream Fingers ...... 14
Cocoanut ‘Taffy Bar .. 16
Cocoanut Drops ...... 12
Cocoanut Macaroons§ 18
Cocoanut Molas. Bar 16
Cocont Honey Fingers 18
Cocont Honey Jumbles 12
Coitee Cakes Iced
CrUIMPCLB .coccereceee 12
Dinner Pail ‘Mixed ee 10
Extra Wine Biscuit .. 12
tamily Cookies ...... 10
Fig Cakes Asstd. .... 13
Fireside Peanut Jumb 10
Fluted Cocoanut Bar 12
trosted Creams ..... 10
Frosted Ginger Cook. 10
frosted Raisin Sqsa. .. 10
Fruited Ovals ....... 8
Fruited Ovals, Iced .. 9
Full Moon ........... 10
Ginger Drops ........
Ginger Gems Plain .. 10
Ginger Gems, Iced .. +
Graham Crackers ...
Ginger Snaps Family 3%
Ginger Snaps Round 9
Hippodrome sces| 42
Honey Fingers Ass’t 12
Honey Jumbleg ......° 12
Household Sa Iced 10
[mperials
Jubilee Mixed .
Kaiser Jumbles ; ceccce Le
Lady Fingers Sponge 30
Leap Year Jumbiles .. 20
Lemon Biscuit Square 10
Lemon Cakes ....... 10
Lemon Wafers ...... 18
Le@mone .........+66
Lorna Doon .
Mace Cakes ..

 
  

Mandalay ......
cele Pecans 2»
Mol. Frt. Cookie, Iced 11
NBC Honey Cakes ..
Oatmeal Crackers ... 9
Orange Gems ........ 10
Oreo Biscuit ........ 26
Otheho ..cciocccces.. 1S
Penny Assorted . ..
Picnic Mixed
Priscilla Cake .....
Raisin Cookies ......
Raisin Gems ........
See Saw, S. or M. .. 8%
Reveres Asstd. ......
Rittenhouse Biscuit .. 14
Snaparoons .......... 16
Spiced Cookie ........ 10
Spiced Jumbles, Iced 13

12%

 

 

 

 

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February 9, 1916

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

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Sugar Fingers ...... 12
Sugar Crimp ........ 10
Vanilla Wafers ...... 20
Butter
Boxes

N BC Square .......

Seymour Round ...... 7

Soda

Premium Sodas ...... 8
Saratoga Flakes .... 13
Galtines .....0.:.. ous 10

Dandy, Oysters ......

N B C Oysters Square 7
Shell. ..:; Pee coe ees
Sugar Wafer Specialties
MOOVA 2 i. oie. oss 1 00
Nabisco ....... cecdes 200
Nanisco .......... 1 75
Hestine <...-......... 1 50
Besting ...-::.:5..:.. 2 50
Lorna Doone ........ 1 00
AMO) cle cca ee Ss 1 00

Champagne Wafers .. 2 50
Above quotations of Na-
tional Biscuit Co., subject
to change without notice.
CREAM TARTAR

Barrels or Drums ..... 45
IBGOXCS0 ic) ore rc ce ticle seles 46
Square Cans. 2222.05... 49
Fancy Caddies ........ 54

ee a

Evapor’ ed ce blk @09
Evapor’ed Fancy pkg.

pricots
California ....... 9%@.0%
Citron
Corsican: 2.552 -2... ./- 16%
Currants
Imported, 1 tb. pkg. 12
Imported, buix ...... 11%
Peaches
Muirs—Choice, 25tb. .. 6%
Muirs—Fancy, 25%». 7%

Fancy, Peeled, 25!b. 12
Peel

Lemon, American .... 13%
Orange, American .... 13%
Ralsins
Cluster, 20 cartons ..2 25

Loose Muscatels, 4 Cr. 8%
Loose Muscatels, 3 Cr. 8%
L. M. Seeded, 1 th. 8% @9
California Prunes
90-100 25tb. boxes
80- 90 25m. boxes
10- 80 25. boxes
50- 70 25tb. boxes
30- 60 25tb. boxes
40-50 25%. boxes ..@11
EVAPORATED MILK
Red Band Brand ¢

Bapy .2.625....- ce cge. 40
Wall i... oo... cc se 3 50
5 case lots, i less; 10
case lots, 10c less.
FARINACEOUS GOODS
Beans
California Limas .... 6%

Med. Hand Picked
Brown Holland ..... 3 20
Farina iE
25 1 tb. packages .... 1 70
Bulk, per 100 th. .... 4 50
Original Holland Rusk
Packed 12 rolls to container
8 containers (40) rolls 3 20
Hominy
Pearl, 100 Ib. ack .. 2 50
Maccaronl and Vermicelli
Domestic, 10 tb. box .. 60
{mported, 25 Tb. box ..3 50
Pearl Barley

Chester ............. 3 40
Portage ........--.<- 4 75
Peas
Green Wisconsin bu. 3 25
Split Ib. 3..2...----.-- 6%
Sago
East India ........... 7
German, sacks ........ ad

German, broken pkg.
Tapioca

Flake, 100 Ib. sacks 7

Pearl, 100 tb. sacks .. i

Pearl, 36 pkgs. ..... 2 5f

Minute, 2 qts., per doz. 1.25

FISHING TACKLE

46 to 1 in. -. 3... 6
1% to: 2 in)... 3... 7
146: to: 2 ins coo...) 0. 9
1% to 2 in. .......... 11
BAN oo is cle aletete s eieisicls 15
Bie i ee cas se 20
Balan Lines
No. 1, 10 feet ........ 5
No.2, 15 feet 2... sect
No.3, 1p feet ....... 9
Rin: 4. 15 feet... 5... 10
INO. 5, 15 feet... .... 11
No. 6, 15 feet ........ 12
No: 7, 16 feet ....-.-. 15
No. 8, 15 feet ........ 18
No 9, 15 feet ..... se 20
Linen Lines
Gmiall oe eos. 20
Medium: ....5.......... 26
Werwe 30. es eee es . 34

Poles
Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz. 55
Bamboo, 16 ft., per doz. 60
Bamboo, 18 ft., per dos. &0

FLAVORING EXTRACTS
Jennings D C Brand
Pure Vanilla

ING. 1,0 9% OZ. 2.35.0 5566. 8b
INO: 2) Ta ome oa. 1 20
NO 4/7236) O%:) osc03. ke 2 26
No. af wat oz. Taper 2 00
2 oz. Plat <2... tre uicie S's 2 00
pees. ie
Pure Lemon
No. 1, % oz Panel .. 75

No. 2, 1% oz. Panel 1 13
No. 4, 2% oz. Panel 2 00
No. 3, 2% oz. Taper 1 75
207.) Mlat (so oe. ee cs 75
FLOUR AND FEED
Grand Rapids Grain &
Milling Co.
Winter Wheat
Purity Patent ......:
Pancy Spring ........
Wizard Graham ....
Wizard, Gran. Meal .
a Buckw’t ewt. 3 5

Ry 6 00
ae City “Milling Co.

Lily White 25
Light Loaf
Graham oc oe.
Granena Health
Gran. Meal
Bolted Meal ..... seats

Voigt Milling Co.

Voigt’s Crescent .... 7 25
Voigtis Royal ......: 7 65
Voigt’s Flouroigt ‘

vew* s Hygienic Gra-

wm DID
eoctInI-]

5
0
50
0
0

  

Beco one snneosad 10
Watton Higgins eng o
Perfection 7250...) . 035
Tip Top Flour 66
Golden Sheaf Flour .. 6 00
Kern's: Success: .....: 7 40
Marshall Best Flour 7 20

Worden Grocer Co.
Quaker, paper 65
Quaker, cloth ........ 6 60

Kansas Hard Wheat

Voigt Milling Co.
Calla Elly 22.555. . 25. 7 50

Worden Grocer Co.

cs
o

American Eagle, %s 7 00
American Eagle, 4s 6 90
American Eagle, %s 6 80
Spring Wheat
Roy Baker
Mazeppe .:...ss 2... 6 80
Golden Horn bakers .. 6 70
Wisconsin Rye ..... . 3 80
Bohemian Rye ...... 6 10

Judson Grocer Se.

Ceresota, 46S ..:... Be) o
Ceresota, “4S Seat acue 8 20
Ceresotas 36S 0c, 8 10
Voigt Milling Co.
Columbian .i2........ 7 50

Worden Grocer o

 

Wingold, as cloth 7 70

W ingold, %s cloth .. 7 60

Wingold, %s cloth .. 7 30

Wingold, %s paper .. 7 50

Wingold, %s paper .. 73
Meal

BOMCd so. cccucccccccs 4 60

Golden Granulated a. 4 80
Wheat

LZ

1 23

Michigan carlots ...... 52

Less than carlots ..... 54
Corn

Carlos 3.535. so. 5. es 80

Less than carlots .... 82
Hay

Carlots <....:....- -- 16 00

Less than carlois -. 18 00

Street Car eed gece oa 00

No. 1 Corn & Oat Fd ‘ 00

Cracked Corn ...... 2 00

Coarse Corn Meal .. 32 00
FRUIT JARS
pts., per gro. 4 65
qts., per gro. 5 00
\% gal. per gro. 7 40
can tops, gro. 2 25
GELATINE
Cox’s, 1 doz. large .. 1 45
Cox’s, 1 doz. small .. 90
Knox’s Sparkling, doz. 1 25
Knox’s Sparkling, gr. 14 00
Knox’s Acidu’d doz. .. 1 25
Minute, 2 qts., doz. ..1 10
Minute, 2 qts., 3 doz. 3 26
Nelson’s 1
Oxford
Plymouth Rock, Phos. 1 25
Plymouth Rock, Plain 90
GRAIN BAGS

Mason,
Mason,
Mason,
Mason,

Broad Gauge ..... cco 1S
Amoskeag ...... se cesses he
erbs
Sage 2.00... 3. acces ce 16
HOODS (2 02.5:.2- 72. ase 1 LO
Laurel Leaves ....... 15
Senna Laves .... 25
HIDES AND PELTS
Hides
Green, No. 1 ........ 15
Green, No. 2 ......+- 14
Gured, Nov it ........ 17
Cured, No. 2 ..... oes YG
Calfskin, green, No. 1 15
Calfskin, green, No. 2 13%
Calfskin, eured, No. 1 17
Calfskin, cured, No. 2 15%
Peilts
Old Wool ........ 60@1 25
Lambs .......... 50@1 00
Shearlings ...... 30@ 75

Tallow
INO. Fg. oe ae @ 5
No: 2 0. ccccc cee. @4
Wool
Unwashed, med. @24
Unwashed, fine .. @20
HORSE RADISH
Per GOS 622005. coc ccces
Jelly
Sib. pails, per doz. ..2 30
15m. pails, per pail .. 70

30tD. pails, per pail ..1
ICE CREAM

25

Piper Ice Cream Co. Brands

Bulk, any flavor ....
Extra Fancy, any flavor

Brick, Plain ..0.......
Brick, Pancy <.2...... 1
JELLY GLASSES
% pt. in bblis., per doz.
% pt. in bbls., per doz.
8 oz. capped in bblis.,
per doz oo .03.. ce.

MAPLEINE
2 0z. bottles, per doz. 3
1 oz. bottles, per doz. 1
16 oz. bottles, per dz. 18

65
00
20

15
16

32 oz. bottles, per dz. 30 00
MINCE MEAT
Per case ......:2.... 2 85
MOLASSES
New Orleans
Fancy Open Kettle ... 42
Cholee ioc cccs cs eee 80
Good coos: 27
Stock puso: 23
Half barrels 2c extra
Red Hen, No. 2% ...1 75
Red Hen, No. § ......1 75
Red Hen, No. 10 ....1 65
MUSTARD
4% ib. 6 Ib: box ...... 16
OLIVES
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs 1 10@1 20
Bulk, 2 gal. kegs 1 05@1 15
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs 1 00@1 10
Stuffed, Bi OZ i... 90
Stuffed; § 07. ...:.... 2.26
Stuffed, 14 oz. .... 2 25
eae ee stuffed)” -
Maeve 8 oz. Cras oe 1 OO
Bunch, 10 oz. ........ 35
Lunch, 16 oz. ... 25
Queen, Mammoth, “ig”
Oy SR A 25
Queen, Mammoth, 28
Sialeiicloeble weacic ace 75
Olive Chow, 2 doz. cs.
per dom .......... 25
PEANUT BUTTER
Bel-Car-Mo Brand
24 Ib. fibre pails .... 09%
14 Yb. fibre pails vere 010
23.02. jars,;.¥ doz. .:..2 30
2 Yb. tin pails, 1 doz. 3 00
t oz. jars; 2 doz. .... 1 80

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Iron Barrels

Perfection. .....-<..... 8.
Red Crown Gasoline 18.
Gas Machine Gasoline 27.9
V M & P Naphtha .. 17.5
Capitol Cylinder ..... 29.9
Atlantic Red Engine 13.9
Summer Black ...... G0
POIQVING. ..:2...2...... 29.9

PICKLES

Medium
Barrels, 1,200 count .. 7 50
Half bbls., 600 count 4 25
5 gallon kegs ..... coe 2 80

small

IBOPrels 2. losses sa ce
Half barrels
5 gallon kegs ...
Gherkins
Barrels ..... een en ee
Half barrels ......... 6
6 gallon kegs .:...... 2
Sweet Small
Barrels 20... ...c. 4
Half barrels
5 gallon kegs
PIP

Clay, No. 216, per box 1
Clay, tT. D. full count
Cob

PLAYING “CARDS
No. 90, Steamboat ....
No. 15, Rival assorted
No. 20, Rover, enam’d
No. 572, Special ......
No. 98 Golf, Satin fin.
No. 808, Bicycle ......
No. 632 Tourn’t whist

POTASH

Babbitt’s, 2 doz. ....

PROVISIONS
Barreled Pork
Clear Back .. 22 00@23
coer Cut Clr 20 00@21
Beano. 20.005. 15 50@16
Brisket Clear 24 00@25
Pie oc oe. aluiste
Clear’ Family ...... 26
Dry Salt Meats

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00
00
00
00

00

SP Bellies ..-. 144%@15

Lard
Pure in tierces

11%@12

Compound Lard 11 @11%
80

tubs ..:
. tubs ....advance
tubs ... "advance
. pails ...advance
. pails ...advance
pails
pails

advance. .%

%
Yu
%
%

...advance 1
-. advance 1

Smoked Meats
14-16 th. 16 @16%
16-18 Th. 154%4@16
18-20 Ib. 17 @18
dried beef
sets 2... ccc... 29
California ‘Hams 11
Picnic Boiled
HYAMS). ..c.'s
Boiled Hams .. 25%@26
Minced Ham .. 12 @12%
Bacon)... 2... 1 @ 2

Sausages
Bologna .......
Biver co... ss:

10 ugh
ea “3 age

11 3
Veal... ... ©

TRONBUG ois cis cc cen oi « i
Headcheese .......... 1@

Hams,
Hams,
Hams,
Ham,
@30
@11%
194%4@20

eer
Boneless ...... 20 0020 50
Rump, new .. 24 50@25 00

Pig’s Feet
% bb

cee were occ ene

 

Tr
Kits, 15 tbs.
% bbis., 40 ths. ..
% bbis., 80 ths. ...... 8 00

Casings
Hogs, per fb. ..:...... 88
Beef, rounds, set .. 19@20
Beef, middles, set .. 85@90
Sheep 1 15@1 35

Uncolored Butterine

Solid Dairy .... 12%4@16%
Country Rolls .. 13 @1i9%

Canned Meats
Corned Beef, 4 50
Corned Beef, 1 th. .. 2 40

4
9

Roast Beef, 2 th. 50
Roast Beef, 1 tb 40

Potted Meat, Ham
Rlavor,, 48 ....... - 48
Potted Meat, Ham
Flavor, %s access OO
Deviled Meat, Ham
Flavor, 4s .. . 3 @
Deviled "Meat, Ham
Flavor, 468 ........ 90
Potted Tongue, %4s .. 48
Potted Tongue, %s .. 90
RICE
Pancy ...:....... 7 @i%
Japan Style ...... 5 @5%
Bronwen |. ........ 8%@4
ROLLED OATS
Rolled Avenna. bbls. 6 25
Steel Cut, 100 tb. sks. 3 20
Monarch, bbls. ....... 6 00
Monarch, 90 tb. sks. .. 2 90
Quaker, 18 Regular .. 1 45
Quaker, 20 Family .. 4 50

SALAD DRESSING

Columbia, % pint .... 2 25
Columbia 1 pint .... 4 00
Durkee’s, large, 1 doz. 4 50
Durkee’s small, 2 doz. 5 25
Snider’s large, 1 doz. 2 35
Snider’s, small, 2 doz. 1 35
SALERATUS
Packed 60 Ibs. in box.
Arm and Hammer .. 3 00
Wyandotte, 100 %s .. 3 00
SAL SODA

Granulated, bbls. 2
Granulated, 100 Ibs. es. 1 3
Granulated, 36 pkgs. .. 15

SALT
Common Grades
Ib. sacks ...... 2 60

28 10 tb. sacks ...

 

 

56 Ip. sacks ......
28 ID. gaeks) ........ 20
Warsaw
56 Tb. sacks . 26
28 Ib. dairy in “aril ‘bags 20
Solar Rock
5G ID. Saeks .2..... 5... 26
Common
Granulated, Fine .... 110
Medium, Fine ....... 1 15
SALT FISH
Cod
large, whole .... @i7
Small, whole .... @ 7
Strips or bricks ...9@13
Pollock: ......2... @ 5%
Smoked Salmon
Stripe ...<.¢ inl bia) ala oie
Halibut
Strips seieccaaeecvecs Ee
@hunks .......- ea cinta -. 49
Holland Herring
Y. M. wh. hoop bbls.
Y. M. wh. hoop % bbls.
Y. M. wh. hoop kegs
Y. M. wh. hoop Milchers
RGgs 2 ..4..4
Standard, bbls.

Standard, % bbls.
Standard, kegs 95
Trout
No. 1, 100 ts. ...... 7 60
No. 1, 40 Ibs. ........ 2 25
No. 1; 10: The. ........ 9%
No. 1, 2 Ibs. .....0s 16

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Mackerel

Mess, 100 Ibs. ........15 50
Mess, 40 Ibs. ........ 6 75
Mess, 10 Ibs. ........ 1 75
Mess, 8 IDS. ......... 50

Oo: TF, 100 tbs. ..... . 14 50
No. J, 40 Ibe. ....:..- 6 3
No. ¥, 10 tps. ......... 1 65

Lake Herring

100 Ths. 4 00
40 23
10 58

8 54
Amise. . i... cecccce EG
Canary, Smyrna &
Waraway <2. eee cea e ses 18
Cardomon, enter 1 20
Celery ...5..-..... | 40
Hemp, Russian - 6%
Mixed Bird ........
Mustard, white ...... 16
POOOY ooo. he sces 30
Rape) coc. acc ccace 10

SHOE BLACKING

Handy Box, large 3 dz. 3 50

Handy Box, small

1 26

Bixby’s Royal Polish 85
Miller’s Crown Polish 85

SNUFF
Scotch, in bladders .

cae OC

Maccaboy, in jars ..... 35
French Rapple in jars .. 43

SODA
BOsee 23.4.6... ce,
Kegs, English ........
SPIC

Whole Spices
Allspice, Jamaica ..9
Allspice, lg Garden
Cloves, Zanzibar
Cassia, Canton .. 14
Cassia, Sc pkg. dz.
Ginger, African
Ginger, Cochin
Mace, Penang
Mixed, No. 1
Mixed, No. 2 ......
Mixed, 5c pkgs. dz.
Nutmegs, 70-180 ....
Nutmegs, 105-110
Pepper, Black
Pepper, White .....
Pepper, Cayenne
Paprika, Hungarian

@10
@l1
@24
@15
@25

@22

Pure Ground in Bulk

Allspice, Jamaica ..
Cloves, Zanzibar
Cassia, Canton
Ginger, African .
Mace, Penang
Nutmegs
Pepper,
Pepper,
Pepper,
Paprika

Black

White

Cayenne
Hungarian

STARCH
Corn
Kingsford, 40 Ibs.

Muzzy, 20 1!b. pkgs. ..

Kingsford
Silver Gloss, 40 1b.

Muzzy, 40 1th. pkgs. :

Gloss
Argo, 24 5c pkgs. ...
Silver Gloss, 16 3Ibs.
Silver Gloss,
Muzzy
48 1Ib. packages ....
16 3M. packages
12 6Ib. packages ....
60Ib. boxes
SYRUPS
Corn
IBOrrel® <2). 0c.4 4-5
Half barrels ........
Blue Karo, No. 1%,
@ OOF. 26.225... s-

12 6Ibs.

@12
@28
@22

- 90
- 6%
8%

oe
<6
-. 3%

Blue Ware. No. 2, 2 dz. 1 95

 

 

Blue Karo, No. 2% 2
GOR ie ct ccc, 2 35
Wie Karo, No. 4 ‘1 dz. 2 30
Blue Karo, No. 10, %
GOW. oeca cess. 20
Red "ake No. 1% 4
COM. 2c. sacs scuaae Gcan
Red Karo, No. 2 ,2 dz. 2 30
Red Karo, No. 2%, 2dz. 2 75
Red Karo, No. 1 dz. 2 70
Red Karo, No. 0 *
GOR occ oe 60
Pure Gane
BO co ccc cee en dacusd 16
Good .... 20
Choice 25
Folger’s Grape Punch
Quarts, doz. case ..
TABLE SAUCES
Halford, large ...... 75
Halford, small ...... 2 25
TEA
Uncolored Japan
Medium .......... 20@26
Ghoiee <...:.-. --e- 28@38
Fancy ... 36@45
Basket- fired *Med’m 28@30
Basket-fired Choice 35@87
Basket-fired Fancy 388@45
No. 1 Nibs ........ 830@32
Siftings, bulk ..... 9@10
Siftings, 1 tb. pkgs. 12@14
Gunpowder
Moyune, Medium .. 28@33
Moyune, Choice .. 35@40
Moyune, Fancy .... 50@60
Ping Suey, Medium 25@30
Ping Suey, Choice 35@40
Ping Suey, Fancy .. 45@50
Young Hyson
Choice ......--.--- 28@80
Fancy ...-:s-serss 46G54

ong
Formosa, Mediuca +» 26@28
Formosa, Choice .. 32@35
Formosa, Fancy .. 50@60
English Breakfast
Congou, Medium .. 25230
Congou, Choice ... 30@36
Congou, Fancy .... 40@80
Congou, Ex. Fancy 69@30
lon
Pekoe, mean’ eeee 28@30
Dr. Pekoe, Choice .. 30@35
Flowery Oo. P. Fancy 40020

TOBACCO

ll
Blot ‘ — “

Bugle, 16 o ... e
Bugle, 10c pees - 11 0
Dan Patch, 8 and i6 ox. $2
Dan Patch, 4 - e+. 11 63
Dan Patch, 2 om. .... & 74
Fast Mail, 16 a coee 7 80
Hiawatha, 16 Of .... 60

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Hiawatha, Be . 5 40
May Flower, 16 os.
Neti $a" 7 3 1 36

No Limit, 16 oz. aa
Ojibwa, 8 and 16 oz. ie

Ojtbwa, EG .2...... 3 16
Ojibwa, 6c mecoecuss. 85
Petoskey Chief, 7 oz.
oe ae 14 oz. 4 00

an =
Hed tell 14 aa

wo
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~

aot L & D 5e
weet Cuba, ca

ace Cube, oe
Sweet Cuba, 10c

eee

Seca 95
Sweet Cuba, 1 th. ti
Sweet Cuba, % ID. foil pe

Sweet Burley, 5c L@aD
Sweet Burley, 8 oz. a
Sweet Burley, 16 oz.

90
Sweet Mist, % 0.
Sweet Mist. 8 a oe ie
Telegram, 5c ... 76
Tiger, 5c

   

Tiger, 25c cans ....-
Uncle Dantel, 1 th, ae 60

DAMM MOPTHHOM COG
>
a

Uncle Dantel, fom .. 8%
Plug
Am. Navy, 16 oz. ..... 32

Apple, 10 tb. butt .... —"
Drummond Nat. Leaf,

and 6 Sedecsl ce 7
Witt Nat. Leaf,

Der GOs. -....60c....
Battle Ax .... <ccce Om
Bracer, 6 and 12 tb. : 30

Big Four, 6 and 16
Boot Jack, 2 th. it 90
Boot Jack, per doz.
Bia: 16 oz.
max Golden Twi
Climax, 14% oz. “a
Climax. 7 o2.
Day’s Work, 7 & 14 tb. 38
Creme de Menthe, 1b. 62
Derby, 5 tb. boxes ...

& Bros, 4%). .2. : $6
Four Roses, Me 2.2... 90
Gilt Edges, 2 th. ..... 50

Gold Rope, 6 and 12 th. 58
Gold Rope, 4 and 8 th. 58
G. O. P., 12 and 24 tm. 40
Granger "Twist, 6 Yb.. 46
G. T. W., 10 and 21 tb. 86
Horse Shoe, 6 and 12 th. 48
Honey Dip — 5

and 16 Wh. ...22...2. 45

T., 5% and 11 tm. .. 40
Kentucky Navy, 12 th. 32
Keystone es 6 TD. 45
Kismet,
Maple Dip, 8 Oz. 32
Merry Widow, 12 th. 32
Nobby Spun Roll 6 & 3 58
Parrot, 12 fb.
Patterson's Nat. Leaf 93
Peachey, 6, 12 & 24%. 41
Picnic Twist, 56 tm. .. 46
Piper Heidsieck, 4 & 7 1.69
Piper Heldsieck, per dz. 96
Polo, 3 doz., per doz. 48
Redicut, 13% oz. 3
Scrapple, 2 and 4 doz. 48
Sherry Cobbler, 8 oz. 82
Spear Head, 12 oz. .. 44
Spear Head, 143% oz. .. 44
Spear Head, 7 oz. 47
Sq. Deal, 7, 14 & 28 tb. 30
Star, 6, 12 and 24 tb. 48
Standard Navy, 7%, 15

and 80 fb. .
Ten Penny, 6 and 12 th. 35
Town Talk, 14 : 32
Yankee Giri, 12 & "24 Yb. 31

Scrap
All Red, Se .....cc.cs & 76

Am. Union Scrap .... 8 40

Bag Pipe, 5c ....... 5 88
Cutlas, 2% oz. ...... 26
Globe Scrap, 2 oz. ... 380

Happy Thought, 2 oz. 30
Honey Comb Scrap, 5c 5 76
Honest Scrap, 5c .... 1 55

Mail Pouch, 4 doz. 5c 2 00
Old Songs, 5c ....... 5 76
Old Times, gro. ..5 50
Polar Bear, 5c, % gro. 5 76
Red Band, 5c % gro. 5 76
Red Man Scrap, 5c .. 1 42
Scrapple, 5c pkgs. . 48
Sure Shot, 5c % gro. 5 76
Yankee Girt Scrap 00 oz. 5 76
Pan Handle Scrp “er 5 76
Peachey Scrap, 5c .... 5 76
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IGAN TRADESMAN February 9, 1916
BAKING POWDER Roasted Proctor &
12 Gamble Co.
13 14 a ¢ Doz, PD Winnell-Wright Brands Lenox .......... 3 20
ae ddbe ta aae 3 wory, 6 O& ........., 4 00
Smoking Queen Quality, 5c Ee 5 Ivory, 10 oz
All Leaf, 2% & 7 oz. 380 Rob Roy, 5c foil ....°5 7 T oP Pues ee. i ae 5 aes Le 3.00 StOr oes... esse eeeeee, 3 35
BB, 3% of. ........ .- 600 Rob Roy, 10c gross’ ..10 52 peplan Spring ...-.... 90  50c, 2 doz. plain top ..4 00
BB, 7 os. .......... 12.00 Rob Roy, 25e doz. .... 2 10 ig pse patent spring 85 0c, 1 doz. plain top 6 50 Swi
BB’ 14 08. 2. .2e 2222. 24.00 Rob Roy, 50c doz. -... 419 No 1 common ........ 80 10 th. % dz, pln top 13 00 oe @)
Bagdad, 10c tins .... 1162 S. & M., 5c gross :-.. 576 N02, pat. brush holder 85 AI cases “sold FO. B Swift's P :
Badger, 8 o&. ..-..... 304 S$. & M., 14 oz., doz. ..3 29 [deal No. 7 .......... -. 85 jobbing point oe loa - as
Badger, 7 0Z. ........ 1152 Soldier Boy, 5¢ gross 5 76 /!D. cotton mop heads 1 30 Special Deal No. 1 Wo a cae oo ne
Banner, BC seccereees 5 76 Soldier Boy, 10c .... 10 50 Palis 12 doz. 10c, 12 doz. 15¢c, Wool 1058 tee 2
Banner, 20¢ ....... --+ 1 60 Pilot, 7 oz. doz, ..... 105 10 at. Galvanized .... 2 50 12 gos, thc ........4 ool, 10 oz. bars .... 6 Bt
anner, 40c .........- : Soldier Boy, oll 496 «12 at. Galvani tk -» 25C ........
Belwood, Mixture, ide 94 Sweet Caporal, ae at ee ae oe coc We ae ca Thedepee (0.6 Brand
ig Chief, ox Sweet Lotus, Se .... BW Fibre ................ 2 70 5c. : Black Hawk, one box 2 5
Big Chief, gh gal ae tite a lll 210 BDO ew eweisie «ce aule's . 0
et] eres. a. ne 24 ee a a doz. 4 60 ee Toothpicks TY act Goel we a a oe sn eas ce
ull Durham, Cs. ee ose, oz. .. 30 rch, 100 eee awk, ten bxs 2
Bull Durham, l5c .. 17 38 Beet = “TOD, ee oe tie . gene 7? domes ae 60 7
Bull Durham, 8 oz. .. 3 wee p Top, 10c .. 1 00 With 3 dozen 10c
Bull Durham, 16 oz. .. 6 72 Sweet Tips, % gro...10 08 Traps bil I ge tla ___, A. B. Wrisley
Buck Horn, 5c ...... 5 76 pus Cured, 10p 22: 98 ai sit) F aoe 82 4 ace each, 10, 15 and ; old _ fe _—
Buck Horn, 10c .... 1152 Summer Time, 5c ... 5 76 , OF oles ., 45 25c ae 1 OUHIET - +: --- 2 40
Fc 76 Summer Time, 7 oz... 165 10 at. Galvanized .... i ca ee a
ee ae i fo “ 52 Summer Time, 14 oz. 3 50 12 qt. Galvanized .... 1 = phil “agi oe free. White House, 1 tb. ....... eons
Black Swan, ‘Se 76 Standard, 5c foil 5 76 a qt. Galvanized awce 1) OD Chicago aie a 8, White House, 2 Ib. Eee ere Sapolio _
Black Swan, 14 oz. .. 3 £0 Standard. 10c paper 8 64 risauilg hi p Bies -. 70 : Excelsior, Blend, 1 th. .... Sapolio, tae toga is oe!
Bob White, 5c ...... ; - Sa S . red cr pie 2 — ee - Royal Excelsior, Blend, 2 tb. .... Sapolio, single boxes 2 10
Brotherhood, 5c ....--. Seal N. C. ae ee Tip Top Bland, 1 tb Sapolio, hand ...... 2 40
ee y cece “ “4 bp Beoibers. a ce “3 She eee 75 0c size .. 96 Royal Blend 2 * sees Scourine, 50 cakes .. 1 80
rotherhood, oz. 0 ree Feathers, 10c Tubs 4 Ib 1m fe eee - Scourine, 100 cakes |.
Garnival, 5c .....--- 5 70 Three Feathers and No. 1 Fib oc Royal High Grade ....... . Da
Carnival, % 0Z. ..-..- 39 Pipe combination .. 2 25 r TE ...-e-e, 16 50 6 ez cans 1 90 Superior Blend ...........
Sarai nisan Hf Fou Sen Mat 2 Ned Bre oon mb cace 360 aise some gee
are : : fe Be eer 0 ,
Cigar Clip'e. Seymour 30 Tom & Jerry, 3 oz. .. 76 ria oy ee ---- | 8/00 %Ib cans 375 Grocer Co., Grand Rapids: sobneons Fine, 48 2 3 25
Ydentity,. 3 es an = Trout Lane, a ee Real Gulcesos  ee ni oes - s. ge tiga Detroit; nee Rep-Nowers 3 38
ar ar Cuttings rout Line, Pe .83! ag : es cee? cans , 41amazoo; ran ne
el Cubes, 10c , 90 Turkish, Patrol. 2-9 5 ¢ Washboards = 9 5IbD cans 21 50 pg een: Bay Nine O’Clock ........ 3 50 ‘
Corn Cake, 14 oz. ...- 5 Tuxedo, 1 oz. hags .. Banner, Globe ..... 5 rocer Company, Ba
eee 8 5 be ae ee ee ao ea de ae Cer: Brown, Davis & Washing Powdere
es bee aia (Te : 10 aa ehe tins os 7 ye Single i Bee _-> 2 8D Johnson Cigar Co.’s B a oe unos eo. = Armour’s 3 70
, 50c palis ..... t 3 i seer CMC cece as . 8 ra ’ ae a Dee tite ecielee
Cuban’ Star, 6¢ foli | 878 War Bath, So 2... 600 Double Peerless... 4 Dutch Masters Club 70 09 tle Creek; Fielbach Co., Babbitt’s 1776 ....... 3 75
Cuban Star, 16 oz. pls ar Path, 20c ...... Single Peerless ...... 5 ae asters, Inv. 70 00 ' Gold D
Ships, 10c ....------ 10 30 Wave Line, 8 oz. .... 40 Northern Queen ..... i oy Dutch Masters, Pan. 70 00 pie a 2 large .. 4 30
Dills Best, 1% oz. ..-. 79 Wave Line, 16 oz. ..... 40 Double Duplex ...... 425 Dutch Master Grande 68 00 : ust, 100 small 3 85
Dills Best, 3% oz. .... 77 Way up, 2% oz. .....5 75 Good Enough ........ 450 Little Dutch Masters Kirkoline, 24 4%b. ... 2 80
pile — * oo : Wey Ee oe pails te _ Universal) 2.0 450 . Fey ac ro” 10 00 Lautz Naphtha, 60s .. 2 40
Duke's Mixture, Se .. 5 78 wild Fruit, 10c vee Hl mm Window Cleaners eo oe ms Naphtha, 100s 3 75
Duke’s Mixture, 10c .. Yum Yum, 5c ........ f 42 AQ ceo 165 S. C. W. ..ceeeeeeees 32 00 OF esti 7%
Duke’s Cameo, 5c .... 576 Yum Yum, 10c ...... a1 52 G4 in 22)... 1 85 Roseine .. 3 90
Poe . 5 76 : “480 1 = reer es nod
Pee ee ee ee eee
ee ey os 115 Snow Boy, 100 Sc .... 8 75
eee Me me een tee 2 S315 In. Butter cso oie Londres ao cue .2<038 “TRamiiy Size sneer
Five Bros., 5c ... CuS sate 2 ly... “a 0 in Butter |. 475 Taondres, 300 lots ......16 yal Garden Tea, pkgs. 40 a ao
Five Bros., 10c .10 58 emp, 6 ply ......-.. 13 19 in. Butter ......... 7 50 ee ea se THE BOUR Co.. oe a ia
= 4 4 S paeieeer OS ee 10 . WRAPPING PAPER Cor ee TOLEDO, OHIO. Swift's Pride, 248 .... 8 65
pee Se ie ; . bales ..... Common Straw ...... . OLD MASTER COFFEE Swift’s Pride, 100s .. 3 65
Full Dress, 1% oz... 72 VINEGAR re ee eee : SS a SOAP Wisdom . 880
Glad Hand, 5c .....-. White Wine, 40 grain 8% nila, colore ca ee ee
, 10¢ ......12 00 . No. 1 Manila ........ 4 :
Sold Sg 500 pail .. 4 60 ve oe = ae i = Maoia ........ 3 a 7 —. Ae ; 7 The only
See = Oakland Vinegar & Pickle ee ee ee Acorn, 120 cakes .... 2 40
i Sie eee ese o.’s Brands ’ otton Oil, 100 cak 5
Growler Hie 20000:5  M guigntand’applereiter 20 War BUST Hh emt Greaim Borax, 00) oka $ $8 ©
fe ee... +++ 2 88 Oakland apple cider .. 16 oe Circus, 100 cakes 5c sz 8 75 Clean
cic: abe... BR Siete Seal eee 4 YEAST CAKE Climax, 100 oval cakes 8 05 ser
Hand Made, 2% oz 59 Oakland white picklg 10 Magic, 3 doz. ....... 2 ; Gloss, 100 cakes, 5c sz 3 75 Guaranteed to
Hazel Nut, 5c ...... 516 «| PRekeEee tree Sunlight, 3 doz. ...... 100 og Big Master, 100 blocks 3 90 equal the
Honey Dew, 10c .12 00 WICKING Sunlight, 1% doz. .... 50 Master Coffee .... 81 Naphtha, 100 cakes .. 8 9 beat lec inds
cies So -. Yeast Foam, 3 doz. ..115 522 Marto Coffee ..... Saratoga, 120 cakes .. 2 40 80 - CA!
oa Be oss. 6 10 Adi . per gross ...... = Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 85 . NS - $2.90
eas SS oe eee
1x L, in pails Mouse : ~ No. 2’ ner ii : 5B AXLE GREASE be FITZPATRICK BROTHERS’ SOAP CHIPS saps.
ust Sults, 190 iene! 12 00 No. 3, per gross .... 80 led ee Pesce eee ea. 210 Ibs...... Sc per lb.
n ried, C sevee WOODENWARE Desig wee oe <\eiciw ciem a ce oes ois ease) 250 Ibs...... 4c per lb.
Bone Be Yooh aa Baawete Paim Pure Soap Dry 2-20. 000000000... III 800 Ibe... -.65e per Ib
E> nin, be ......-- 5 76 Gpleis 2 on reer Bi. c
Le Turka, 86-2... 576 Bushels, wide band .. 1 15 Mc per lb
ttle Giant, 1 tb. .... 28 ArKet 3... -- ce. 40
aan es luc te 96 eee ane eee c= .* FOOTE G JENKS’ Kill BRAND .
edo, 3 oz. ...... 080 Splint, medium ...... ( ) G
Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz. 38 Splint, small ........ 3 00 [ara ane I arney REGISTERED Inger e
Myrtle Navy, 10c ....11 52 Willow, Clothes, large 8 00 (CONTAINS NO CAPSICUM)
yrtle Navy, 5c ..... 5 76 ee oo small ; = ee : An A
a Bb, be ... | SR ow, Clothes, me’m . boxes,
aryland Club, Se ... - 50 locum sf Dore eee Ee n Agreeable Beverage of the CORRECT Belfast Type.
Mayfiower, l0c ...... 96 i 7 a 3
amare 0 ----- 2 ic TELFER’S 22 COFFEE Supplied to ae Heine sen and Families in Bottles Having
Nigger Hair, 5c 600 % T., 250 in crate .... 35 egister :
a A ael4 — 7. : % Th., 250 in ale <2... BD A Partial List of Auth o 2 vor sie Crowns
gger (Se 2: 40 1%, 250 in crate ...... artial List of Authorized Bottlers: A. L. JOYCE & SON, Grand Rapids and T; i i
Nigger Head, 10c ...°10 56 2 tb.. 2501 A ich. ; Co
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BUSINESS-WANTS DEPA

Advertisements inserted under this head for two cents a word the firs
continuous insertion, No charge less than 25 cents.

 

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Cash must accompany all orders.

 

BUSINESS CHANCES.

Look Merchants—Get the new $2.50
Adder, fully guaranteed. Adds, subtracts,
multiplies, ete. Every merchant a satis-
tied customer. Sample $2.50. Particulars
free. Cogswell Merc. Co., Darlow, Kansas.

 

Farms—Improved and unimproved, 10
acres to 2,000 acres at bargain prices; or
will trade for merchandise; write me for
list. John F. Church, owner, Winona,
Missouri. 820

Location Wanted—In town of 1,500 to
5,000 for five and ten cent store. Might
buy stock if cheap. Address Box 198,
Olney, Illinois. 821

For Sale—In thriving Southern Michi-
gan town, stock of dry goods, furnishings
and groceries invoicing $2,800. Daily
sales for last three years average $36.80.
Address Lock Box 188, Union City, Mich-
igan. 822

For Sale or Exchange—For a first-class
stock of general merchandise, 1,000 acres
of hardwood virgin timber, located in
Canada about eight miles from Sault Ste.
Marie. Harry Thomasma, 433 Houseman
Bldg., Citizens 5375, Bell M. 375, Grand
Rapids, Michigan. 825

Wanted—Drug store in good town of
2,000 to 10,000. Please state amount of
business, expense and other information
in first letter. Address No. 828, care
Tradesman. 828

For Sale—Lumber mill, planing mill and
cider mill machinery. W. D. Bywater,
Woodbury, Michigan. 827

For Sale—Cafe and grill room, first-
class, in the heart of the city of Akron,
Ohio. Owner wishes to retire. For full
particulars enquire of Wm. C. Marlot,
408 Hamilton Bldg., Akron, Ohio. 814

Wanted—To buy an up-to-date used
hat cabinet. Address Levinson’s Depart-
ment Store, Petoskey, Michigan. 815

 

 

 

For Sale—Or might exchange for real
estate if location suited, $9000 stock of
clothing, shoes and furnishings; old es-
tablished business clean and up-to-date,
in one of Michigan’s best towns of about
1,500. Easy terms or can reduce stock
to accommodate purchaser. Address No.
816, care Michigan Tradesman. 816

 

For Sale—First-class stock of shoes
and groceries in live town of 2.500, doing
good business. Good reasons for selling.
A. W. Hay & Son, Fenton, Mich. 817

For Sale or Trade—For stock of gen-
eral merchandise in Mic*igan doing good
business. One of the finest and most pro-
ductive 80-acre farms in Northern Mich-
igan, nicely located on State Reward
road close to dandy market. For further
information write, Owner, J. H., care
Michigan Tradesman. 818

 

 

Only bakery and confectionery, town
of 1,000. Good shipping business. No
competition. Will stand investigation
from any angle. A money maker. $2,250
buys it. Other business requires my at-
tention. Shelton Bakery, Poseyville. In-
diana. 819

For Sale—Flourishing dry goods busi-
ness in best live town in Lower Michi-
gan. Population 3,000. Large manufac-
turing industries in full operation; fully
settled prosperous farming community
surrounding. Stock $6,000. Big discount
for cash. Only one other dry goods store
in town. An unusual opportunity. Ad-
dress No. 826, care Tradesman. 826

To Exchange—For a first-class stock of
general merchandise, 200 acres A No. 1
hardwood cut-over land in Missaukee
county, price $25 per acre. Harry Thom-
asma, 433 Houseman Bldg., Citizens 5375,
Bell Main 375, Grand Rapids, baat te

$100 a week clear profit in business
established 8 years; requires only three
evenings a week; trial given; price $5,000.
Terms. Square Business Exchange, | 110
Engineers Bldg., Cleveland. 829

Hardware Store—Best opening in Cleve-
land. Busy growing neighborhood. Es-
tablished six years; cash business. Will
average $1,100 a month; invoice about
$6,000. All clean stock. Will accept part
cash, balance good real estate. Square
Business Exchange, 110 -Engineers Bldg.,
Cleveland. 830

No Contract—I don’t use any contract.
T don’t want the keys to your store. I
sell your goods and get the prices you
want. You can stop the sale any time
you wish. I conduct any kind of a_ sale
you want. Write for references and in-
formation. W. D. Hamilton, Galesburg,
Tllinois. 804

List your business propositions with us.
Also farm and residence property for
quick sale. Michigan Real Estate Co.,
Jackson, Michigan. 788

 

 

For Sale—Feed store doing a good busi-
ness on railroad in town of 1,000. Han-
dled 24 cars of feed since last March. Ad-
dress No. 805, care Tradesman. 05

For Sale—Stock of groceries, meats and
notions in suburbs of Kalamazoo, doing
a good business. Reason for selling have
a farm that requires my attention and
can not do justice to both. Will bear
fullest investigation. Address No. 806,
care Michigan Tradesman. 806

Business opportunity, best opening in
State for furniture and undertaking busi-
ness. Large farming territory. Box 64,
R. F. D. No. 4, Capac, Michigan. 807

For Sale—Garage; an Al investment;
other business reason for selling. Write
or phone, R. J. Glover, Fowlerville, Mich-
igan. 80

 

Auctioneer: Merchandise and real es-
tate auctioneering is my specialty. Mag-
nus Wangen, Hartland, Minnesota. 809

Wanted—Three Globe-Wernicke cabi-
nets, style R323, drawers 91% inches wide,
11% inches high and 20% inches deep.
Address C. Chandler, 4 Cushing  St.,
Providence, R. I. 798

For Sale—Private bank in thriving
Northern Michigan town. Capital and
surplus $5,200, doing good business. Rea-
son for selling other interest elsewhere
demanding immediate attention. Address
No. 799, care Tradesman. 799

For Rent—Two-story and basement
store building corner Monroe avenue and
Dale street, Grand Rapids. Store 22 x 50,
heated by furnace. Desirable living
rooms overhead. Suitable for grocery or
general store. E. J. Bates, 1308 Sigsbee
St., Grand Rapids. 800

For Sale—In_ Centreville, Michigan,
county seat of St. Joseph county, stock
groceries and notions $7,500. Business
established 38 years. Modern building
26x 80; warehouse 20x40. Good school,
4 churches, knitting mill, electric light
and water works. A going business and
a money maker. Am selling out because
have been 50 years behind the counter
and want a rest. Pay anybody’s expenses
both ways if don’t find as represented.
H. J. Hampson, Centreville, St. Joseph
County, Michigan.

 

For Sale—Coffee roasting outfit, com-
prising four half bag roasters, one cooler
and stoner, one complete smoke suction
outfit, one granulating coffee mill and
one pulverizer. Reason for selling, must
have machines of larger capacity. Coffee
Ranch, Grand Rapids. 797

For Sale—Flour and feed mill with
buckwheat run. Fine surrounding farm-
ing community. Good established trade.
Everything good shape. Electric power.
For further information enquire Robert
Kellog, Olivet, Michigan. 794

 

 

For Exchange—I will trade general
merchandise for a good National cash
register, and a good computing scale.
A. L. Redman, Olney, Illinois. 783

For Sale—120 electric portable boat
propellers, highest workmanship and ma-
terial. Can be applied to any boat in a
moment. <A _ good business opportunity
for profit. Write Box 203, Menomonie,
Wisconsin. 86

A land investment of $15,000; another
of $50,000. Both exceptional opportuni-
ties for profit to buyer; part purchase
pay deferred if desired. Address Box 203,
Menomonie, Wisconsin. 787

For Sale—Immediate delivery, one
Barnhart log loader. G. W. Campbell,
Marlinton, West Virginia. 179

Will sell at once at a_ sacrifice, my
bakery, confectionery, and ice cream par-
lor; only bakery in town of 1,500. Well
worth $2,000, but $1.500 takes it. Ad-
dress Box 554, Ovid, Michigan. 782

Stocks Wanted—If you are desirous of
selling your stock, *ell me about it. I
may be able to dispose of it quickly.
My service free to both buyer and seller.
E. Kruisenga, 44-54 Ellsworth Ave.,
Grand Rapids, Michigan. 870

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., Reedsburg,
Wisconsin. 963

Merchandise Sales Conductor. For clos-
ing out entirely or reducing stocks, get
Flood, Dexter, Michigan. 18

One good salesman in each town, you
can double your present income by writ-
ing to manager of the Marcellus Supply
Co., Marcellus, Michigan. 776

For Sale—For cash. General mer-
chandise business. Rare opportunity in
Holland settlement. Address No. 679,
care Tradesman. 679

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will pay cash for whole or part stocks
of merchandise. Louis Levinsohn, 101
Center Ave., Bay City. 757

For Sale—Building which can _ with
small expense be changed to hotel or
store. Fine opening for dollar day hotel.
No such hotel in town. One of best
towns north of Grand Rapids. Address
No. 754, care Tradesman. 754

 

 

For Sale—The finest grocery in Central
Michigan, doing $500 business weekly, in-
voice of stock and fixtures $4,000. Lo-
cated in a fine farming town of about
2,000 population. Address No. 759, care
Michigan Tradesman. 759

For Sale—Two brick stores, one stocked
with dry goods, the other with men’s
clothing and furnishings. Best location,
established 30 years. Always prosperous.
For particulars address A. J. Wilhelm,
Traverse City, Michigan. 733

 

 

For Sale—A first-class meat, fruit and
vegetable market in a good town. Reason
for selling, other business. For particu-
lars address No. 784, care Michigan
Tradesman. 784

 

Modern Store For Sale—Business of
more than $700 per week, mostly cash.
Two large mines running near. Dairy
section near coast. Brick building;
cheap rent; invoice $10,000. Owner has
other interests. W. M. Lyons, Cambria,
California. 785

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, Florida.

 

The Detroit Mercantile Adjusters, coun-
selors and executors of high grade spe-
cial sales, 505 Whitney Bldg., Detroit,
Michigan. 664

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

 

 

Shoes—We are stock buyers of all kinds
of shoes, large or small, parts of or any
kind of merchandise. Largest prices
paid. Write at once. Perry Mercantile
Co., 524 Gratiot avenue, Detroit, a

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HELP WANTED.

 

Wanted—Man with retail experience
to take active interest in one of the best
retail propositions in Michigan town of
45,000 population. Conditions are ripe
and favorable in every way for an en-
largement. Must be the right sort of
man as well as money. Write for further
particulars. Address No. 781, care Mich-
igan Tradesman.

 

Wanted—A registered pharmacist at
Neumeister’s Drug Store, Muskegon,
Michigan. Give references and years of
experience. 760

 

Wanted—Experienced salesmen to car-
ry B. S. K. silk and cotton petticoats
for Western and Southwestern states.
Large commission basis. Splendid values.
Stitching fourteen to eighteen stitches to
inch. Address, Skadan, Kerns & Co.,
Weedsport, N. Y. 767

 

Salesmen covering regular territory
who can call on drug and general store
trade to carry a good side line. Sample
ean be carried in pocket. Liberal com-
mission. Rat Biscuit Co., Springfield,
Ohio. 713

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Honks From Auto City Council.

Lansing, Feb. 7—B. N. LaDu, for-
merly with the United Engine Co.,
has accepted a position with the Re-
liance Engineering Co. and assumed
his duties.

From various items in the corres-
pondence columns of the Tradesman
during the past several weeks, we pre-
dict that the train which carries the
delegates and visitors from the West
side of the State to the next Grand
Council meeting will be drawn by P.
M. engines.

We are glad that Correspondent
Pfander has come to life again. Any
old time we miss a meal it is for some
other reason than because we haven’t
earned it.

J. C. Benedict, of Ashville, N. C.,
a former Michigan traveler and for
several years a member of our Coun-
cil, renewed acquaintances in our city
last week.

Miss Myrtie McDonald, of Ray,
Ind., is here for a week’s visit with
her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Col-
ton.

A prominent member of Owosso
Council criticises us for an item which
appeared in our letter of last week
in reference to a $5 bill which the
Ann Arbor ticket agent couldn't
“bust!” He says that similar condi-
tions are liable to occur in any of the
large concerns—in Owosso.

C. E. Sanders, formerly of Erie,
Pa., has moved to our city and be-
came a member of our Council Satur-
day evening by transfer. We extend
the glad hand of welcome to all sales-
men of such sterling character and
wish for more,

Edward W. Stingel (National Gro-
cer Co.) became a member of our
Council last Saturday evening and
holds the record for good behavior
and gentleness during initiation. It
is really a pleasure to initiate those
who are so submissive.

William Volkmer (J. I. Case Co.),
whose home is in Chesaning and who
has been a member of our Council
for many years without very many
chances to attend Council meetings,
by reason of unfavorable train service.
has been granted a transfer card to
join Saginaw Council. Sorry to lose
you, Bill, but we are not. selfish
enough to work against your con-
venience.

Carl Brackett returned from Chica-
go yesterday, where he purchased the
makings for 200 spring suits of the
very latest styles and will be pleased
to show them to his customers.

A. J. Roby (Rumley Products
Co.) has disposed of his old rough
rider (ford) and purchased a new
one-eyed Brisco. The supposition is,
he is anxiously waiting for good
roads and fair weather.

J. A. Combs, who was elected to
membership in our Council at our
January meeting and was to have
been initiated last Saturday night,
found it necessary to live in Grand
Rapids, owing to a change in terri-
tory, and moved there recently. His
application was demanded by Grand
Counselor Lawton of Grand Rapids
Council and we presume he is now
a member of that Council. Sorry to
lose you, Mr. Combs.

Earl Haight, an honored member
of our Council, has been granted a
transfer card to join Grand Rapids
Council. Somehow we are inclined
to believe that Mrs. Haight, whose
former home was in Grand Rapids,
was somewhat interested in securing
the change of territory, which makes
it more convenient for them to live
in the Second City of the State.

L. L. Colton (Schust Co.) is not
driving his tin lizzie this month for
various reasons, principally because
tires will burst, chains will break,
motors go wrong and it costs like
sin to get hauled out of Gratiot coun-
ty mud holes seven times in one day.
All of this and more happened to
him on Jan. 27 between Carson City
and Middleton and he now leaves the
pride of his expense account to the

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

tender mercies of the elements near
St. Johns until road conditions are
improved.

J. W. Gier, who recently transfer-
red his membership from St. Louis,
Mo., to Auto City Council, fully in-
tended to be present at our last meet-
ing. Two large baskets full of good
things to eat had been prepared for
the Bohemian supper and brought to
the appointed meeting place by the
wife and children, but by reason of
an error they went to the wrong hall
and when just ready to sit down to
the feast discovered they were with
the Knights of the Grip, who were
holding a similar social function.

Those unable to attend the last
meeting of our Council missed some-
thing which in a musical sense might
be termed a medley: First, a splendid
Bohemian supper; then a_ business
session of the Council, including ini-
tiation, followed by a dancing party
in which both old and young indulged
to their heart’s content. We are in-
formed that some of the old scouts
who had passed up this favorite frolic
years and years ago became quite
youthful, while others looked on with
keen enjoyment. H. D. Bullen.

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News From the Celery City.

Kalamazoo, Feb. 8—Judging from a
letter just received from the Trades-
man which was written by a particular
ir end of the Secretary of Kalamazoo
Council to the editor of the Trades-
man, it is up to the scribe from Kala-
mazoo to get in a letter more than
once in a while. From the looks of
the letter it would appear that Editor
Stowe has some intentions of publish-
ing this letter in question and it
would not be in good taste not to
have a few notes from Kalamazoo
Council. All right, Karl, let the mis-
sionary work go on and here’s hoping
it will do some good.

Saturday night Kalamazoo Council
will entertain again for the ladies and
each lady has been requested to bring
a box luncheon for two. The regular
business session will be held at 7
o’clock sharp, at which time several
candidates will be given the initiatory
work. At 9 o’clock the music fur-
nished by Herr Fisher, “The Music
Master,” will appear and we will hold
another of those very pleasant social
parties which we are giving to the
members’ families and their friends.
We have taken particular attention
to the music and assure all that we
have given the best we could obtain
for this party.

The many friends of W. S. Grolle,
not only in Kalamazoo Council but
the other councils of the State, will
regret to learn that Brother Grolle
is at present confined in Lakeview
Hospital, Cleveland, recovering from
an operation. Bill, as all know, is
the catcher of our famous champion
baseball team and is largely respons-
ible for our holding the prize cup for
the second time in three years.

John Reigle’s brother was operated
on in Kalamazoo two weeks ago hav-
ing some decayed bones’ removed
from his wrist, and within a few days
after his return to Gobles, passed
away and was buried last Monday.
The boys who called on John at Go-
bles were well acquainted with the
facts of the sad accident and we all
join in sympathy with the family.

Kalamazoo Council is open for a
bowling match with any other coun-
cil within reasonable distance from
Kalamazoo. We can furnish two or
three very good five men teams and
would be glad to hear from any coun-
cil which has bowlers who would be
willing to take a game on. We have
a good array of bowlers in the coun-
cil and every Saturday afternoon we
have two alleys engaged at the Ram-
by-Worthington’s from 2:30 to 6 and
have members bowling on the other
alleys. Let us hear from some of the
councils. S. Hopkins.

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About the best a stepmother ever gets

is the worst of it.

REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS.

 

L. L. Swank, the Long-Time Battle
Creek Grocer.

At the recent annual meeting of the
Battle Creek Retail Grocers and
Butchers’ Association, L. L. Swank
was unanimously elected President of
that organization.

Mr. Swank has had a long and suc-
cessful career in mercantile pursuits
and has contributed materially to the
welfare of whatever location he has
resided in, which entitles him to 4
position of prominence among his
fellow men in Battle Creek, where
he has been known for about eighteeu
years as a business man of integrity,
ability and sound judgment. He has
been active in the grocery line about
twenty-five years and is now located
in his own store building at 43 Ald-

 

L. L, Swank

rich street, where he has done busi-
ness about ten years. The remainder
of the time he has been in Battle
Creek. He was formerly in partner-
ship with his son-in-law, L. D. Hobbs,
the retiring President of the Associa-
tion. Mr. Swank is also an enthus-
iastic Odd Fellow, of which order he
has been a member about thirty-two
years. He has been a _ prominen:
member of the Grand Lodge of Mich-
igan a number of years. He served
that body as a member of the Build-
ing Committee of the new Odd Fel-
lows Home, at Jackson, for two years
and then served the following year in
the Board of Management of said
Home, and also three years on the
Committee of Revision of the general
laws of the Grand Lodge. He is this
year serving his fourth year on the
By-Law Committee. The experience
he has had in life and his long con-
nection with the grocery trade amply
fit him to direct the work of the As-
sociation to a successful issue during
1916.
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Late News Concerning Michigan
Bankers.

The First State Bank of Ashley
has been incorporated with an au-
thorized capital stock of $20,000.

The Citizens State Bank of Sturgis
has increased its capital stock from
$50,000 to $75,000.

At the stockholders’ meeting of the
State Commercial & Savings Bank ot
Zeeland, John Wichers was elected

February 9, 1916

as one of the directors to succeed his
father, William Wichers, deceased.
The remainder of the directors were
re-elected. At the directors’ meeting,
D. Sytzama was re-elected President;
W. G. Heasley, Vice-President, and
B. Neerken, Cashier.

The State Savings Bank of Pewa-
mo is a new institution which has
just been incorporated as the suc-
cessor of the private bank of Ruel
& Amsden. The share holders are
James H. Ruel, George W. Amsden,
Fred L. Keeler, Lewis F. Lobdell and
Victor F. Upton. The capital is $20,-
000.

Through the intervention of John
L. Hudson, of Middleton, Walter B.
Andrews, former owner of the private
bank at Sidney, promises to pay all
the liabilities of the Bank, interest
and principal. Mr. Hudson, who has
purchased the Bank fixtures, expects
to start a bank in Sidney later with
substantial backing. Mr. Andrews
has accepted a position with Towle’s
abstract office in Stanton.

James Couzens, President of the
new Highland Park State Bank of
Detroit, which will open for business
in the Penobscot building, March 1,
has selected E. C. Verbeek, now As-
sistant Cashier of the Highland Park
State Bank, for the position of Cash-
ier. Mr. Verbeck, who is only 24
years of age, is understood to be the
youngest cashier of a large bank in
the United States. He has been con-
nected with the financial institution
in Highland Park for the past five
years. Alonzo P. Ewing, assistant
general manager of the Detroit City
Gas Co., will be Vice-President and
general manager, and Frank L. Klin-
gensmith, Vice President.

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The Joint Committee on Definitions
and Standards announce a hearing on
a standard or definition for evaporated
apples with especial reference to the
amount of moisture that should be per-
mitted in this product. The hearing
will be held in the United States Food
and Drug Inspection Laboratory, Fed-
eral building, Buffalo, Feb. 23, by a
representative of the Committee. The
trade and all other interested parties
are invited to be present and express
their views on the subject either orally
or in writing. Those who do not de-
sire to attend the hearing may present
their views in writing any time before
or during the hearing. Written communi-
cations should be addressed to the Secre-
tary of the Joint Committee on Defini-
tions and Standards, Bureau of Chem-
istry, Washington, D. C.

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BUSINESS CHANCES.

For Sale—Established retail hardware
business, fine location. City of 12.000.
Isaac Kouw & Co., Holland, Mich. 834

Pure recleaned Sudan seed. Best qual-
ity. Inspected, no Johnson grass. Special
price for quick orders $7 per 100 pounds
delivered your station. Satisfaction guar-
anteed or money back. B. E. Miller,
Carlton, Texas, 833

Wanted—A position as buyer or travel-
ing salesman by a young man having nine
years’ experience in a retail hardware
store. Address ‘‘R. B.,’’ Room 302, 101
Orange St., New Haven, Conn. 832

For Sale—Pool and lunch room doing
good business. F. Fowler, 80 Ottawa St.,
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These enormous refineries are where FRANKLIN CARTON SUGAR
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processes and producing pure, sweet sugar of uniform quality. We weigh
it, pack it in cartons, seal the cartons, send them to you in strong fibre con-
tainers or in wooden cases, READY FOR YOU TO SELL. Why bother MAKE
with barrels of bulk sugar which means work for you, when you can handle YOUR
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Livingston
Dancing Trio
Miss Ethel Moulton

Supported by

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In the Livingston Trio, mentioned above,
Grand Rapids people and Grand Rapids
visitors are offered a billing representing
favorites from the two big centers, Chicago
and New York.

Miss Moulton, in interpretative and
society dancing, is a well known cotillion
leader of exclusive Northwestern Univer-
sity society circles. She is an advanced
pupil of Miss Hazlitt’s Chicago Normal
School of dancing and has done but little
public work, her engagements having been
largely among private clubs and gather-
ings.

Mr. Hanauer recently demonstrated the
modern society dances at the Ravinia Park
frolics, one of the most exclusive of the
Chicago North Shore Clubs.

Mr. Mack has recently completed similar
engagements in New York City.

So, in our Trio, we are not offering to
our patrons a mere cabaret billing, but a
thoroughly first class entertainment of the
better sort.

Tea Dancing 4:30 P. M.
Dinner Dancing 6;30 to 8:00
White and Black Room 9:30 to 12

Frank W. Brandt Joseph E. Bureau

The Trio will dance with guests
who so desire

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