VY \ Y i A $ aye FAIR PRRAS SS PO SY SFY y u we WY 7 f e WZ ee € oJ VX YY NV U ees ay =, aE 9¥] ~ 4 4 Sy o es io CV RIAD EE Oa Sa ALY (ON A S Ki ‘ES aor gS ) PP Sa ue Woo Z 2; Now, if either of those men should change places with me on_ that first morning when we went to work, would that man, taking a penny from his pocket, say as he tossed it to me, ‘‘Go ahead. Heads or tails—heads I lose and tails you win?” That man would answer: ‘*What do you take me for? Work against work, I get eight hours more of it every day than you do. Is that going to count, and where, I should like to know is the $10,- GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1895. 000 that I put into this business? Isn’t that going to count, either? You are a chump, that’s what you are! Capital versus labor and be hanged to you! It is eighteen hours of hard work against ten with my capital thrown in. That, confound you, is exactly what it is !’’ When the employed get ready to admit that there are other workers besides themselves, it will be plenty time enough for them to talk about employers and contracts and flipping-up. * - * It is always well to have a high ideal. The old advice-burdened legend, that the arrow, to hit the sun, must be aimed above that luminary, cannot be pondered too much, and yet, in the practical con- cerns of life it must be remembered that the ideal, if too faithfully followed, will often be found impracticable. The ideal and the lesson of the legend was brought home the other day in reading whata noted woman has written of the great need there is of girls preparing them- selves for the coming privilege of the ballot. After mapping out an extended course of study with that end in view, she urges the girls to ‘‘become familiar with the principles which make a good government and a clean people, and your politics will take care of themselves when the times comes.’’ There is not a word of this to be gain- said. The idealis plainly placed. The arrow is aimed far above the shining sun; but if the twang of the silver bow is to be as fearful as we hope, there should be no risk run by overtraining. When, then, it is asked, if the great and sacred right of human citizenship shall overtake the girl leaning on a fence and chewing gum, or buying bead trimming, or reading love stories, or co- quettishly dressing for parties, none of which teach her how to make laws and to execute them for the salvation of soci- ety and of the land, the plain matter-of- fact voter who goes to the polls and, vot- ing, goes off about his business, wonders if the arrow isn’t aimed altogether too high to hit the sun or anything under it. To him there is nothing out of the way in having the ‘‘sacred right’’ overtake the girl as she leans on the fence and chews gum, be it ever so vigorously, any more than there would be should her brother be similarly overtaken while sit- ting on the top rail of the same fence and chewing tobacco. What would it matter if Samantha on that eventful morning be found deep in the mysteries of bead-buying? There is Tom busy just now with Trilby, and if he can turn from the brain-exhausting task and cast his vote without accident, is it not possi- ble for Samantha without disaster to do the same? It is true that she cannot throw a vote into a ballot-box as she sews braid upon her dress-skirt and think no more about it; but if Tom man- ages to throw in his without concern, it is not exactly clear why Samantha need make such an everlasting fuss about hers. Some years ago alarmists predicted a convulsion in the financial world on the resumption of specie payment and long arguments were brought forward to prove that the night of that New Year’s day would find everything upside down; but the fateful day came and went and left no sign. As a matter of fact, all that was needed was to resume when the time came, which was found to be the conclusion of the whole matter. Now, then—and the question is asked in all seriousness—when the voting time comes to the parties on the fence or lean- ing against it, isn’t it true that the young woman, mother-trained, will cast as in- telligent a vote as her brother; and isn’t it, also, true that her vote, when it comes right down to a question of prin- ciple, will be cast more conscientiously than his? No? Then Tom’s father has done his duty which the majority of fathers do not do, but the fact even then is the same that the girl with her ‘‘regu- lar bringing up’’ is as ready for the bal- lot as her brother is with his, and, that when permission has been given, all that remains for her is to vote and to be con- tented with the result. RICHARD MALCOM STRONG. - —_ > <> — The Wheat Market. i The wheat market for the first week of 1895 opens auspiciously, with a gain for the week of ic. While prospects are not as bright as could be wished, yet, considering the depression of 1894, it is quite encouraging to see the market tak- ing an advance the first of the year. Al- though but 1c a bushel it will be wel- comely received by the farmer, as all agree they should have more for their wheat thanthe ruling prices have been for some time. The decrease, 689,000 bushels in American stocks during De- cember, as against an average increase of four to five millions bushels in the same stocks during the same month in the four preceding years, as reported by Bradstreet, is looked upon as a favorable indication to speculators. The visible supply of wheat, also, decreased for the week 675,000 bushels. The movement of wheat from farmers’ hands in this vicin- ity is very light. The receipts in this city during the week were 38 cars of wheat, 5 cars of corn and 2 cars of oats. F. A. Vorer. oo As Man to Man. All business is built upon man’s integ- rity toman. If you would build your business upon a sure and firm foundation you must know to whom your credit may be given. The Commercial Credit Com- pany keeps a record of the integrity and business ability of every man in the com- munity. Their book for 1895 will be out next week. If you would doa safe and profitable business you should be a sub- scriber. The company’s business is in- creasing in volume and importance every day as the absolute reliability of their reports become more widely known. a Weidman—J. S. Weidman has let the contract for the construction of a shingle mill, which he will operate here in con- nection with his sawmill. 4 Oita asada. oe woes > Sealed a, oe oe ee sa we Pea ee ahs Wein sib atat ecde. Ls stead me 39 fect tb te Ee arial aloe 3 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Overproduction or Underconsumption! Whatever reason may be assigned for it, there is no doubt of the fact that the world’s productive capacity has tempo- rarily outrun its willingness to consume the products of industry and that the volume of trade has become smaller in consequence. It is equally certain that with the present lessened consumption nobody laeks the necessaries of life. As everybody had enough food, clothing, fuel, and shelter two years ago, so every- body has enoughnow. The sufferings of the unemployed, of which so much is said, are sufferings from the deprivation of comparative luxuries. They are none the less real, but they do not endanger existence. Otherwise, we should long ago have heard of deaths from starvation, exposure, and the sickness which follows insufficient nutrition and the want of protection against the elements. We have, to be convinced of this, only to read the history of famines in Europe, the most recent of which was that of Ireland in 1846 and 1847, and the ac- counts of the frequent calamities of the same character which have overtaken the densely populated countries of Asia, as, for instance, India and China. There are, indeed, limited sections of this coun- try, in which the supply of food is scanty, such as the western portions of Kansas and of Nebraska, where the drought of last season destroyed the corn crop, but the necessities of these sections have been supplied from the surplus products of those more favored. A fur- ther proof that the unemployed are not in actual physical distress is the fre- quency and extent of the strikes which have occurred since the present depres- sion in trade began. People who were on the point of perishing from want could not refuse the smallest pittance which promised to relieve them. If castaways at sea can be driven by hun- ger to kill and eat one another, men on land in a similar condition could not pos- sibly spurn any wages, however small, which would save them from death. The inequality between the world’s ca- pacity to produce and its actual consump- tion of articles of necessity and of lux- ury is called by some overproduction, and by others underconsumption; and an absurd dispute has sprung up as to which is the correct expression, one party con- tending that more articles of use and luxury are produced than can possibly be consumed, and the other that there cannot be an excess of such articles, but that the trouble is a lack of ability among consumers to buy them. The distinction is of no importance except as it affects the question of curing the evil. If over- production is to blame the obvious rem- edy is to curtail it; if consumption only needs to be increased the power of con- sumers to buy must be brought up to a level with that of producers to sell, and an equilibrium established between the two. The truthis, that both things are requisite; production must be diminished and consumption increased until each balances the other. All the industrial activity of the world is co-operative, whether it be that if the agriculturist and the miner, devoted to the production of raw material, that of the manufacturer, employed in creating out of such material articles of greater value, that of the merchant and the car- rier in distributing commodities, or that of the arts and professions which minis- ter to health and pleasure. This division | of labor, which has been so aptly illus- trated by the process of making pins and needles, is the outcome of centuries of civilization, and is now nearly universal. The savage state, in which every man had to be Jack of all trades, has given way to that in which he practices only one. The housewife no longer spins and weaves and sews, but procures her gar- ments ready made; the farmer no longer cuts the wood of the forest for fuel, but buys 2oal mined hundreds of miles away and brought to his door by a railroad. All kinds of occupations are every day becoming more and more divided and spe~ cialized, until now a hundred hands are employed upon a single article where formerly one sufficed. The result is that industry has been rendered more efficient, and, aided by modern mechanical inven_ tions, its productiveness has been enor- mously increased. At the same time its organization has become more complex and delicate, and is more easily deranged. Workers familiar with only one branch of it do their work much better for the limitation, but when the demand for the fruit of their skill slackens it is harder for them to supply their wants in other ways. This division and specialization of labor has found its way even into the primitive and simple occupation of agri- culture, and the present condition of that form of industry signally illustrates the advantages and the disadvantages of the modern system. We see immense areas of territory almost exclusively devoted to the raising of cotton, others to that of wheat, others to that of Iadiau corn, others to that of tobacco, and others to that of sugar. Untillately the consump- tion of each of these commodities equalled its production and all went well. Latterly, however, this equality has been disturbed, notably in the case of cotton, wheat and sugar. Our cotton planters have so increased their crop, that, com- bined with a similar increase in other parts of the world, the market for it is oversupplied. Wheat is now raised by the millions of bushels in India, Austra- lia and Argentina, where none was raised before, and these millions compete with ours wherever wheat is consumed. The sugar made in Germany from beets has been added to that derived from the cane of the West Indies and of Louisiana, while both have been, for certain pur- poses, supplanted by glucuse made from Indian corn. That the price of these great staples should fall is unavoidable, and, although the producers of them are partially compensated by the fall of some of the articles which they buy, they are deprived of the ability to consume as much as they did of those of which the supply has not increased, and of which the price, consequently, has not fallen. The fate which has overtaken cotton, wheat, and sugar has also been that of the products of many mechanical pur- suits. The machinery for manufacturing iron, steel, cotton and wooilen cloth, cordage, paper, glass and other articles of wide utility has been so perfected and augmented that much of it at present has to lie idle for want of occupation, and the rest is employed only because the conditions for its employment are so favorable that it can be kept going with- out loss. Indeed, it may be said, gener- ally, that all the contrivances for minis- tering to human wants in their present state of development are more than suf- ficient for the purpose, so that those CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS The Putuam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bpls. Pails. Biand@ard, per ib......... > 7 oC ae... 6 7 _ a ........ 6 7 Boston Cream. _.......... Sis OE eee 8 Rata H........ . .. on a MIXED CANDY. — Pails eanect .............. 6% ee 5% 6% a SS 6 Th EE 7 8 OEE ’ 8% eek ee eee 6% i*% ae eee... baskets | 7 Peanut Sauares............ 8 Peosce(veeme.......... _........ 9 Valley Creams... oe : 12% Midget, 30 lb. baskets. eee 8 OOO a Yi FANoy—In bulk Pails Lozenges, —_ oe 8% Loe ee Chocolate semen Dee rete ees cen ee ceee ee 12 Chocolate Monumentals.................0005 12 a Cae cee oe ee Moss Drops...... eee 1% ota... 8 ee 9 Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per iy Lames Droee...................... Ber Pe. ee epee omen 50 Poppcemrnt Prepe.........- 2.0... eee we 60 Cponeee Orome..................... = i. ©. Chocelase Drope..................--.... OO G0 eee. ......---....-........... A. B. Licorice Drops. : Lozenges, — Ce printed .. ee ee ee ae . 65 OO 60 SE Ee 70 Cream Bar....... ee cs 55 Biotasees Bar............ a Se oe eee Crees... Ck. Cit#te. - . 18 00 o_o — OO TC Ee oe See... : . Burnt Almonds.........-.. -. ' ‘90@ 3125 Wintergreen De 60 CARAMELS, No. 1, one. 8 boxes eee 34 me es - hhh ORANGES, Floridas, Fancy Brights 120....... tee ee eae 3 £0 Fiocides, Fancy Brignis,ty)...... -. ..-.- 30m Fioridas Fancy Brights, 176, 201), 216........ 4 25 Florida Tangerines, 100 to 159in flat ....... 2 50 LEMONS. I ee ee 3 00 ewe Cree oe... ..........._.,.-. et OO ae Choice, 360 Fancy, 36).. BANANAS. Large bunches.. —. ee % Small bunches...... ..... OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. io a ‘oat 50 Figs, fancy layers 16%. ................ ? . + ae 14 c _ - oe 11 < tan... -< 6% Dates, ‘Pard, 10-1b. box @7 i Persian, 5ilb. A & 5% - OE 6% NUTS. Almonds, Tarragoma. ................... Ol¢ I 134@14 ca weal Californis, soft shelled ..... G12% Breasts, oeW.......-. oo Filberts ..... Walnuts, Grenoble so French c Calif... C Soft Shelled ‘Calif. Tapie Nuts, fancy.. : ES Se mene of. F., ......- Chestnuts. Hickory Nulaperbu.................... CC EE CEO o_O 400 Butternuts per bu ..... ee eee 5 Binck Walnuts, per bn. ......... ...... 69 PSANUTS. Fancy, a. P. Ck ee eee % 5% - Momsen ......,...... 626% Fancy, H. P., Flags @5% CO ae 62 6% Choice, H. P , cis... a t% r ee a 5g 6 FREsH MEATS. BEEF. ae. 5%4@ 7 Fore quarters..........- --sscccces..... 4@5 Hind quarters.........-... «..... - 54@ 8 ices... Ce 8 gw a... & @10 ES ee 5 @6 ————————e oo ae 3 @ 3% PORK. Premed... ..................,. eee 5@ 5% [oa ... ..........-... 1% Beoeeeee .-... ... 8. neces... 6 toto... 8 MUTTON, VEAL. ee nce. a WHAT STOVE MERCHANTS With Experience in the Trade Have To Say about the Majestic, Hugnes & Otis, Fond du Lac, Wis. The Majestic Steel Range is without a peer as to cooking apparatus. (Thirty years’ expe- rience in the stove business. ) D. & F. Lusel, Watertown, Wis. After a most thorough test with both hard eoal and wood, we unhesitatingly say that the Majestic Steel Range is the best cooking apparatus we have seen in our forty years’ experience in the cook stove business. James Montgomery, Warsaw, Wis. Fifty Majestic Steel Ranges in use. Every user delighted. The Majestic is, without doubt, the best cooking apparatus in the world. (Thirty years in the cook;stove busi- ness.) Newark & Drury, Cadillac, Mich. We are glad we control in Cadillac the best cooking | apparatus made—the grand Majestic Stee] Range. A. H. Sheldon & Co., Janesville, Wis. After a most thorough and scrutinizing test, we believe that the people who do not use a a Majestic Steel Range waste the cost of it every year in the unnecessary amount of fuel consumed and the waste of food by im- proper baking. Harry Dauiels, Jerseyville, Il. I never learned what a cooking apparatus was until, during the exhibit, the value of the Majestic and its many excellencies were demonstrated tome. Over one hundred in use. Every user delighted. P. D. Ray & Son, Arcolo, Il. Two years ago we bought one Majestic Range and kept it on our floor. Since we have had a practical demonstration of its value, we have sold nothing but Majesties. H. Krippene, Oshkosh, Wis. I have been selling the Majestic for over four years. Every user says they enjoy it more and more each day as they become more familiar with its virtues. W. D. Cooke, Green Bay, Wis. Have sold the Majestic Steel Range for four years. Have not furnished one cent of re- pairs or had one single complaint. The users unite in saying that no words written or spoken can speak more highly of it than it deserves. Dunning Bros. & Co., Menominee, Mich. It is simply absurd to compare any other cooking stove or range that we have sold in our experience in the cook stove business with the ‘Majestic’ in economy of fuel and facility and dispatch in prope rly preparing food for the table. V. Tausche, La Crosse, Wis. The virtues of the Majestic Steel Range, which have been demonstrated to us and our people during the exhibit here, were both surprising and gratifying tous. Every user (of which there are a large number) says we did not tell them half the advantages of the Majestic over the cook stoves they had been using. H. K Johnson Hardware Co., Alton, Ill. Since the Majestic exhibit at our store, the people who are able are looking only for the Majestic Steel Range w! hen they w ant some- thing with which to cook. The Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., Traverse City, Mich The Majestic is substantial in its construc- tion, aay in its operation and the best that can be had. Our personal guarantee of every part and place in this ran ge goes with every one we sell. Edwards & Chamberlin, Kalamazoo, Mich The Majestic, for durability, economy of fuel, perfect operation, and all the qualities that go to make a perfect cooking apparatus, stands without a rival. Kanter Bros., Holland, Mich. The Majestic is perfect, the delight of its users, and stands without arival as a cooking range. The opinions of the above merchants, who have given alifetime to the stove business, are above criticism and conclu sively prove beyond a doubt that the Majestic is in every particular all that is claimed for it. For further particulars address J. W. JOHNSTON, Manager, Grand Rapids, Mich. which are least favored by cireum- | PROVISIONS. stances might as well be destroyed. aunt Packing and Provision Co This indicates the first step toward the | PORK IN BARRELS. cure of overproduction. It is obedience | MSS sve. vet —- ae to the Darwinian law of the survival, in | @xtra clear pig, short cut............. . 14 00 ' : | etre crear, beavy 2.8. the struggle for existence, of the fittest | Close, fat _— ns " : f / oston Clear, short cut 13 50 to survive. The land, the labor, and the | Gear pack, shortcut.............2.-..-- 13 50 machinery best suited to the production Standard clear. short cut, best........ ' 13 75 * : SAUSAGE, of the article of which the supply €X-| pork, links.................000ee sees eee 6% ceeds the quantity demanded by consum- —— bese vee ; ers must seek employment in producing | Tongue 8% other articles for which the demand is Head cheese een ; not yet fully satis sti NN 10 y oe —_ aed, -_ better still, - a 7% creating new articles which will so min- LARD. ister to human enjoyment that a demand ae Stet LO eae “ for them will spring up. On the other es hand, the abundance and the cheapness] Cottolene...001711.1/..IUIUIIIUII ih of a commodity sti l i nuity in | Cotosuet.........--.---- ese eee ee cee cee e eee 6% | nny — ate ingenuity 0 lb, Tins, 4¢ advance. ' finding new uses to which that commod-| Olb. pails, %e ‘ He yi . “ “ec ity may be put, and by thus increasing . “ tc “ its consumption help to diminish over-|131b. “ le “ : : . = BEEF IN BARRELS. production. As an illustration of this| gytra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............. . 725 we have seen lately how the abundance Extra Mess, Chicago packing............--- 7 00 Boneless, rump OUss....................-.... 9 50 and the cheapness of wheat have led to SMOKED “eATs—Canvassed or Plain. its use as food for hogs and cattle, thus | Hams, ———s sete eens cee seenee cree ees "4 at the same time lessening the over sup-| ‘ fee ae “ ° ply of it for human use, and increasing a i ae tt A UN 8X he s 7 as Vy ins ie f rk | Shoulders..................--+- _. on he emery. ov 7 ae. = Breakfast Bacon boneless.................... 9 and beef. So too, the cheapness and the | Dried beef, ham prices............ ; 10 abundance of iron and of steel are lead- DRY SALT MEATS. a ; : _| Long Clears, heavy..........-.-...--- ne 6% ing to their extensive employment a8| Briskets, medium. . ™% building materials, and are enlarging} putis..... ' — aH their u Iness he rposes. | D. S. Bellies... er ee eS ee That this will also be the case with cot- : Al PICKLED PIGS’ FEET. ton and with sugar there is every reason | Half barrels...............---0.--0 20 -ee sees 3 25 to believe. How skilled labor finds new ee nH , 90 fields of occupations is seen in the recent ea rapid growth of the manufacture of bicy- | Kits, honeycomb. ...........-+++.--..+-2 eee 15 Bits, premeam ...................... ........ 65 cles, which is only paralleled by that of sewing machines not many years ago. Necessity is the mother of invention, and though her offspring are born with pain they do their work thoroughly and well. The era of business depression through which we are passing is only a necessary phase of industrial progress, the dura- tion of which cannot be shortened by currency bills, the free coinage of silver, bimetallism, or by any other form of financial quackery. We shall emerge from it gradually, through the adapta- tion of our industries to the conditions which the development of civilization has imposed upon them. When it has ended we shall enter upon another course of what is called prosperity, but which is really only an overstimulated activity, from which will come another reaction like the present one. ‘'While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”’ MATTHEW MARSHALL. ———>-+—>_— The Beauty of Niagara can never be described and it has never been pictured so adequately and satisfac- torily as in the splendid portfolio just HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO. Headquarters for Over Galles = and Leggins $2.50 per dozen and Upwards. Lom WOO! Soles in 3 grades. Duck and Sheepskin Sinners. Mail us your order and we will guarantee satisfaction in both price and quality. Curse of Credit BY USING COUPON BOOKS. Cg THREE GRADES: issued by the Michigan Central, “-*>_-— Concealment of truth is but little re- moved from lying. Martin L. of Sweet’s Hotel, retaining the Messrs. Irish as mana. Sweet has assumed control gers. ixtensive improvements will be made throughout the house Steam heat is being put in every room, and it is ex- pected that the office, remodeled and newly decorated, will be one of the handsomest in Michigan. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 18 and 19 Widdicomb Bld. N. B. Clarn, Pres, cs; W. D. WADE, Vice-Pres. = C. N. CLARK, Sec’y and Treas. We are now ready to make contracts for bark for the sea- son of 1895. i Ra Persea y Se Seee . Correspondence Solicited. a PALACINE. Has proved itself the only perfect illuminating oil. Why ? BECAUSE it gives a clear, bright light. BECAUSE it does not cloud the Chimneys. BECAUSE it does not char the wicks. ~ And last but not least, does not emit a bad odor. 2 For sale by all first class dealers, and refined only by SCOFIELD, SHURMER & TEAGLE. Grand Rapids. Telephone 865. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE C0, 5 and 7 Pearl St., Our Line for 1895 is Greater in variety and finer than ever attempted before. Every one of the old Favorites have been retained. Your inspection is kindly solicited when in the city. Our representatives will call on you early and will gladly show you through. Keep your eye on our Oil Grain line in “Black Bottoms.’’ Headquarters for Rubbers. TRADESMAN WANTS COLUMN. Wales-Goodyear tot Da shen: remem naan AROUND THE STATE. MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Buchanan—V. E. Bell succeeds Bell & Teller in the grocery business. Manton—Ernest Hartiey has purchased the grocery stock of C. O. Blake. Adair—August Kammer has purchased the general stock of Isaac C. Burch. Ovid—Hazle & Clark succeed F. E. Hazle in the boot and shoe business. Clio—Hervert F. Bodine has purchased the drug business of Alonzo Kellogg. Morgan—C. J. Munton & Co. succeed J. C. Creiger in the elevator busiuess. Deckerville—Boice & Morrison suc- ceed Geo. Boice in the furniture busi- ness, Kalamazoo—Bennett & Co. sueceed C. D. Waldo & Co. in the grocery busi- ness. Hastings— E. W. Morrill & Co. closing out their stock of dry goods and clothing. Plainwell—T. G. succeed T. G. Batchelder business. Burlington—E. L. MePherson is ceeded by A. W. Gay in the grocery business. Sidnaw—Galin & Eisenberg succeed Wacht & Eisenberg in the dry goods business. North Adams—Fillio & Holcomb, gro- cers, have dissolved, Frank Holcomb suc- ceeding. Brooklyn—J. S. North has removed his clothing stock from Constantine to this place. Battle Creek—Willard E. Edmonds has removed his general stock from White- ville to this place. Saginaw—D. E. Slawson_ succeeds Henry Turner as proprietor of the Val- ley Hardware Co. at this place. Belding—Cobb & Bricker is the style of the new grocery firm, the copartners being Will Cobb and W. F. Bricker. Greenville—The style of the plow works of F. N. Wright & Co., not incor- porated, has been changed to the Green- ville Implement Co. Sault Ste. Marie—The Sault Furniture & Undertaking Co., not incorporated, have dissolved. The business is con- tinued by Malcolm Blue. Detroit—S. A. James & Co., wholesale dealers in caps and gloves, have dis- solved. The business will be continued by S. A. James under the same style. Ada—W. R. MeMurray is out with a circular to the trade, announcing that cash is the only medium of exchange which will be recognized at his store hereafter. Muskegon—Dow & McComb have sat- isfied the claim of the Muskegon Milling Co., amounting to $124, and the latter has released its attachment on the gro- cery stock. Detrvit—Chas. S. Bigsby and Chas. C. Bowker, for a number of years with Burnham, Stoepel & Co., have opened an office at 149 Jefferson avenue, and will actas manufacturing agents in cloaks, dry goods and carpets. Kalamazoo—C. A. Baker has uttered mortgages on his grocery stock to the amount of $2,040 in favor of the follow- ing creditors: Susanna Baker (his wife), $1,140; John Stonechest (his father-in law), $500; Lemon & Wheeler Company, Grand Rapids, $400. Hawkins & Com- pany have attached Baker’s real estate for $383 and the Pliny Watson Co., of Toledo, has attached both stock and real estate on a claim of $3090. are Batchelder &. Co. in the meat suc- THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Rogers City—You can get credit of a! Preque Isle county merchant on mighty |slim security. A grocer named Barker, | doing business at an interior village, re- cently received a visit from a home- steader who wanted a barrel of flour. He had neither cash nor collateral, but said that he had just got on the track of a bear, and if Barker was willing to take the bear as security he would shoulder his gun the next day and camp right on his track until he got him. It was a trade—which the bear squared up with his skin two weeks later, and Presque Isle honesty and sagacity were both vin- dicated. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. West Branch—Freude & Co.’s shingle mill will resume operations -about the 15th. Bay City—The Davidson shipyard isa scene of busy activity, over 500 men be- ing employed. There are five wooden craft on the stocks, one steamship and four schooners. The yard has an ample stock of timber on hand. Gladstone—The Gladstone Washboard Co. resumed operations with a largely increased force and in enlarged quarters, the firm having outgrown its former capacity. They have acquired a new site adjoining the Buckeye stave plant, and will probably erect a commodious factory in the spring. Cheboygan—The purchase price of hemlock logs in this county has gone up lately. A Cleveland syndicate began to purchase logs when the price was $2 a thousand, and the Cheboygan mill men made the price $2.25. Since then it has gone by small jumps to $2.50, and will probably not stop there. Detroit—Articles of association of the Novelty Knitting Mills Co. have been filed with the county clerk. The capital stock is $5,000, divided into 500 shares; $1,410, or 281-5 per cent. of the stock is paid in. The incorporators are Lewis E. Maire, Perey D. Dwight, Charles S. Rich- ardson and Constance Andussi. Saginaw (W. S.)—Riug, Merrill & Tillotson have merged their furniture manufacturing business into a_ stock company under the style of the Saginaw Furniture Co. The capital stock is $20,- 000, all paid in. The officers of the cor- poration, are as_ follows: President Thomas Merrill; Vice-President, Levi Tillotson; Seeretary and Treasurer E. J. Ring. Bay City—Russeil Bros., whose box factory was partially wrecked by a boiler explosion, have purchased two boilers and an engine and will at once begin the work of rebuilding their plant. The new purchase will give them double the run- ning power of the old machinery. As soon as the necessary improvements can be made the plant will be put in oper- ation with an increased force. ‘They have a number of orders for box shooks booked. Manistee—The year opens with a state of affairs more auspicious for the lumber- men than we have had to chronicle for some time. Most of the camps had let their men go, but with the understanding that as soon as there was a freeze they would return. TheCanfield Salt & Lum- ber Co. was running four camps near Tallman and hauling to the Manistee & Grand Rapids Railroad. They had about 100 men employed, but were compelled to let about sixty go. They will have them all back again in a few days. ee See i THE REBATING EVIL. THE TRADFSMAN gave place, iast week, toa second communication from John H. Goss, of this city, defending the practice of accepting rebates from sales- men, but it was received too late to make any reply in connection therewith. As Mr. Goss does not seem to see any comparison between the dishonest con- sumer who forfeits his honor and the re- bating salesman, suppose we view the ease from another standpoint: The buyer knows full well that when a sales- man sells bim a case of contract coffee, for instance, at a dollar ‘‘eut’? and sends in his order at full list, that he is doing something which his house does not sanction. He knows, also, that the salesman, to cover his tracks and recoup himself, will—and, of necessity, must— when he pays his $2 hotel bill, charge it up to the house as $3. He knows that charging up a $2 hotel bill at $3 is both dishonest and dishonorable; still he “stands in” with the salesman and gathers in his share of the plunder. Now, wherein is he any better than the salesman? Would the buyer feel like employing that man to handle his money? Would he consider the deal honorable? If so, and the buyer is per- fectly innocent, why not, on receipt of the invoice, report the overcharge to the house? That would ‘give the snap away’ and he would get no more dollar rebates. In introducing Mother Eve’s story, Mr. Goss refutes his own argument, comes over to our side and admits more than we elaim. The devil was the tempter—Eve the tempted—and we believe the world, while not exonorating Eve, lays the greater guilt on the devil; but we never heard of any one—not even Ingersoll— accusing the apple of any blame in the matter, and nowhere in our argument can Mr. Goss point to any such inference. The apple was all right, so are contract goods. In regard to the rebates paid by rail- road and insurance companies, they are always paid with the full knowledge of the officers of such companies. Not so with a jobber whose salesman euts con- tract goods. When a house bills contract goods at regular prices and then sends a credit memorandum, there is no decep- tion as between buyer, salesman and job- ber. The dishonorable feature then transfers itself to the jobber himself, as against his more honorable and more con- scientious competitor, and the qnestion arises, Dare you trust such a jobber? If he is dishonorable with his neighbors, will he not be so with you? Can you place any confidence in such a house. We will agree on one point, at least, and that is, no good salesman will rebate to atime customer. We will go farther and say, to any customer; but, be he a time or a cash customer, we see no dif- ference in the degree of dishonor. We believe we have answered all of Mr. Goss’ points. + <— From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., Trav- erse City. Wm. K. Pringle, Muir. F. E. Bushman, Kalamazoo. N. F. Miller, Lisbon. Frank Hamilton, Traverse City. ———— W. H. Parsons has opened a grocery store at Weidman. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—The advent of the new year finds the market for apples steadier and in some instan ces a little higher than a month ago, although improvement has been most gradual. Supplies of autumn fruit are pretty well out of the way, although some of this is still going the rounds and largely distributed through peddlers in the large cities. Sound winter stock held in cold storage is firm in tone and choice to fancy varie- ties in some cases show an actual scarcity with high prices obtainable. The exports of apples from the Atlantic coast fell off materially dur- ing Decemper, but are still large, and the for eign shipments to date are greater than during the big season of °8-93. The English markets are, apparently, ready to absorb moderate quan tities of American and Canadian apples each week but require select fruitand good packing to insure anything like remunerative prices to shippers. During the season to date more than 1,000,000 bbls. have been exported, going almost exclusively to England and Scotland. This total exceeds the big movement of two years ago and is ten times that of a year ago. Beans—The market is about the same as a week ago. Handlers pay $1.2531.30 for coun try picked, holding city picked at $1.55 in small lots and $1.50 in carlots. Butter—A drug on the market. Good stock goes begging at 16c and creamery is correspond- ingly depressed. Beets—30c per doz. Cabbage—Price ranges from $1@4 per 100, ac- cording to size and quality. . Celery—Is held by dealers at 12@15c per doz. Cranberries—Leach’s Walton Junction fruit is eagerly sought for by the trade at $3.50@3.75 per crate, according to quality. Eggs—20e for strictly fresh and 18¢ for pickled and cold storage stock. Lettuce—12%¢ per Ib. Onions—Red Weatherfields and Yellow Dan- vers command 40c per bu. Spanish stock, $1 per box. Parsnips—40c per bu Potatoes—The home market {s a little more active, but there is almost an entire absence of shipping demand. Local handlers hold their stock at 45c per bu. Radishes—Hot house stock commands 320c per doz. bunches. Sweet Potatees—Illinois Jerseys are the only variety still in market. They command $3 per bbl. Squash—Hubbard brings 1%¢ per Ib., but the market is strengthening and may go to 2c before the end of the month. 2 <— —— Edward Jansma, grocer at 281 Alpine avenue, is succeeded by Stadt & Glas. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency, The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres Offices n oe iene cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London, England, firand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdieomb Bldg, HEN! Y R VCE, Sapt. ae ALBUIIS, DOLLS, TOYS, - GAMES, BOOKS. EATON, LYON & CO 20 & 22 Monroe St., GRAND RAPIDS. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ee GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Sale of the Grand Rapids Gas Co. The largest financial deal ever consum- mated in this city is likely to be closed during the next few days—the sale of the property and franchises of the Grand Rapids Gas Co. to an Eastern syndicate. The deal has been negotiated by Hon. Thos. J. O’Brien and involves the ac- ceptance by each stockholder of an agree- ment to sell his holdings at double their par value, in three payments of 20, 40 and 40 per cent., all payments to be made within a space of three months. The original proposition embodied the provision that the stock be sent to New York City, and the payments therefore be made at that place. Some of the stockholders demurred to this plan, but subsequently accepted a modified propo- sition providing for the transfer of the stock in this city. The method of pro- ceeding involves the assignment of all stock in blank, when it is deposited with H. D. Walbridge, Secretary of the Gas Co., who turns it over to N. L. Avery, as trustee, and the latter gentleman is to deposit the stock in his private box in the deposit vaults of the Michigan Trust Company and keep it there intact until all the payments have been made. As the capital stock of the Gas Co. is $600,- 000, the sale involves the payment of $1,200,000, and it is estimated that fully a million dollars of this money will re- main in Grand Rapids for re-investment in other enterprises. The purchasers will bond the plant for a large amount and, probably, increase the capital stock to $2,000,000, thus reducing its dividend- paying capacity to a considerable extent. The history of the Gas Co. is a most re- markable one, in many respects, being a monument to the shrewdness and good management of the late Thos. D. Gilbert, who was for many years its President. Beginning with a small capitalization, the capital stock was gradually increased to $400,000, where it remained many years. Threecr four years ago Mr. Gil- bert felt the necessity of injecting ‘young blood” into the enterprise and succeeded in persuading the other stock- holds to increase the capital stock to $600,000. The $200,000 new stock found eager takers on the basis of 125, so that $250,000 was realized from the increase of stock. This money was used in retir- ing the bonded and floating indebted- ness, in erecting and equipping new gas works and in greatly extending the mains aud other avenues of distribution, thus enabling the company to increase its earning capacity to a large extent. As adividend payer, the Gas Co. has always been regarded as one of the model institutions of the city. For a great many years the company has paid 2)¢ per cent. each quarter with the regularity of clockwork, and for the past two years the net earnings have averaged $96,000 per year—16 per cent. on the par value of the stock. This has kept a handsome sum to the credit of the sur- plus fund or the construction account, enabling the company to increase its ca- pacity or enlarge its plant whenever nec- essary. Were the business to be con- tinued under the same management, there is little doubt that the dividends could be increased to a 15 per cent. basis in the near future and still leave suffic- ient undivided earnings to provide for necessary extensions of service and in- crease of capacity. Few men who are conversant with the record of the corporation will dispute the statement that, in large measure, the success of the company was due to the careful and conservative management of the late Mr. Gilbert. Close and penuri- ous in some things, his management of the Gas Co. was broad in scope and far- reaching in effect and results, and the magnificent property now about to be turned over to alien hands is a tribute to the wisdom of his methods and the econ- omy of his management. The same unself- ishness which marked his career in many respects caused him to serve the corpora- tion for many years without salary, and in later years, when the directors in- sisted on voting him the modest sum of $1,000 a year, he refused to take it for his own use, but divided it among clerks in the employ of the corporation, The gradual reductiou in the price of gas, as the city increased in size and the per- centage of consumers enlarged, was Mr. Gilbert’s pet theory and to his persistent efforts in this direction is due the low price of gas to-day—lower, it is claimed, than in any other city, similarly sit- uated, in the United States. , -_———__>-2 > The Grocery Market. Sugar—No new feature to note this week. The demand is fair, but the mar- ket is by no means active and prices are without change. Molasses—No further advances have occurred at New Orleans, but the market is firm and steady at the recent advance. Cheese—The market is steady. The export trade is nominal and home trade is hardly as good as it was a few weeks ago. Fish—Reports from Gloucester are to the effect that the mackerel catch has proved to be nearly a complete failure, in consequence of which higher prices are confidently predicted. Halibut proves to be an average catch and no change of any consequence is anticipated. The receipts of herring are the largest on record, resulting in lower prices and a weakening tendency. Codfish show a small gain over the previous year. Lake trout are scarce and higher and still higher prices are looked for. Bananas—Few left in the hands of local dealers, but the weather has been too cold to ship safely. Prices are in favor of the buyer, if they see fit to take the chances. Figs—There is no change to note in this item. Prices are very low and lib- eral orders can be placed with safety. Dates—The market is easier on dates, especially Persians. Prices are now low enough to warrant bnying liberally. Oranges—What few Florida oranges that were loaded and in transit prior to the recent freeze are commanding ex- tremely high prices. Some of the growers and commission men at Jack- sonville are sending out a good many ears of stock which became more or less chilled, in hopes that it can be worked off before decaying. It will be sure to give more or less dissatisfaction and it would be much better to pay a good price for such fruit as may be obtained which is strictly sound and in good con- dition. California growers and import- ers of Sicily fruit are the ones who are going to reap the benefit from Florida’s severe blow. Prices will advance rap- idly, and Sicily fruit is being quoted now at $1 per box more than it was held at . ten days ago. Lemons—The lemon market is 50c@$1 lower than last week, owing to the bunching of several cargoes at the auc- tion sales. has prevailed has rendered somewhat hazardous, and it is better to pay a little more for stock that came through in good weather. New Nuts—It is seldom that foreign nuts get down to as low a basis as at present. Tarragona almonds and wal- nuts of all kinds are lower than they have been for years. California Los Netos walnuts and paper shelled almonds are largely the cause of imported nuts being so low. California products are of excellent quality and the price is cer- tainiy in their favor. Candy—Manufacturers report a fairly good demand, mnch better than was ex- pected right after the holidays. The low price of sugar will warrant fac- tories running a great portion of the time and manufactured stock can be put up without any fear that a loss by de- cline in price will occur. “> + Magnificent Linen Exhibit. Dry goods merchants throughout a territory much wider than the State of Michigan are surprised at the beauty, the varieties and the amount of linen fabrics that are being sold at wholesale and retail by Spring & Company, of this city. Mr. Henry Spring recently re- turned from an extended trip among the linen looms of Europe. His _ pur- chases exceed by twenty thousand dol- lars the supply of any former year and embrace everything from common crash to the richest novelties in exquisite weaves and colorings. Their linen sale, which is now on, their unique window displays and their gorgeously decorated show rooms are educating the people with object lessons to a higher appre- ciation of the economy and art of the linen industries. AR Eugene Field, When recently in this city lecturing, said that Jim Travis had the largest collection of second-hand goods inthe world and he purchased several pieces of antique China there. The entire building at 67 Canal, five floors, are filled with antiquities. ———_—> 2 Fully Up to the Times Are the metbods and ideas taught at the Grand Rapids Business College. ><. Jas. F. Haldaman, confectioner at 128 West Fulton street, has bought out P. H. Kilmartin at 65 South Division street, aud is running both stores. 2 J. C. Herbine’& Co. |! ave opened a wholesale cigar store at 7 South Divis- ion street as a branch of their Philadel- phia establishment. —_-o > -___-— Egbert Bakker, grocer at 166 Ellsworth avenue, has sold out to Dirk Bos, who has moved the stock to his store on Kast street. > ++ J. P. Visner is on the way with Gillies & Co.’s fine New York coffees. They are not matched. Wait for values. I Wish To Buy A good retail business in any of the fol- lowing lines: Groceries, crockery, dry goods, boots and shoes. clothing or gents’ furnishings. Am short of ready money, but have a large num- cer of unincumbered iots in this city and in one of the cleanest and best located new suburbs of Chicago, where property will soon double in ; value. If you wish to get out of business and get yoursiock of goods where the rise in value will be from 5v to 1(U per cent. in the next few | years, better write quick to R. A. J.,50 Fremont | St., Battle Creek, Mich. The severe weather which | shipping | Wants Column. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one Cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents Advance payment. | KUSINESS CHaNt ES, OR SALE—A GOOD RETAIL GROCERY - store d ing nice business in best location in Grand Rapids; #1.20° stock. Address No. 669, care Michigan Tradesman. 669 STOCK OF GRO ERIES AND FIXTURES forsale cheap. Correspondence solicited. 5u4 South superior St., Albion, Mieh 670 yr KENIt—A DE-IRABLE STORE BUILD- ing formerly occupied by Elliott & Co, on northea t corner of Mouroe and Ionia streets. One of the best locations in the city. Inqnire of Peter Doran, 20 Tower Block. | 665 FXO EXCHANGE FUR’ IRST-CLASS FARM— H a $1 -,000 stock of dry goods. Central loca- tion. Finest store in city 4,000 inhabitants. Do- ing the leading business. Address No. 662 care Michigan Tradesman. 662 — EXCHANGE FOR STOCK OF MER- chandise—a first-class improved 145 acre farm, good bui'dings. One mile from post office. City of 3,500 inhabitants. County seat. Central Michigan. Value #900. Address No. 663, care Michigan Tradesman. 66 5 \ JANTED—BUSINESS MEN DESIROUS OF changing their line of business to corres- pond with us. We have gilt-edge vacant lots and improved residence property in Grand Rapids for sale or exchange for good clean dry goods, grocery. hardware stocks, ete. Brooks & Clark, 25 Canal street. Grand Rapids, Mich, 666 QTocK OF CLOTHING AND GENTLEMEN’S b furnishing goods. to trade for real estate. Address No. 660, Care Michigan Tradesman. 660 a BOY AN INTEREST EN A country store, well located, where a good trace can be worked up General store pre- ferred. In payment for same would furnish $3,0:0 in clothing, $ .000 in boots and shoes. Ad- aqress Ff. © 6 ii Washington ave., North. Lansing, Mich. 656 FARM N ‘OOD F. R STATE CAPITOL, I _ clear title, to exchange for boots and shoes. G. W. Watrous, Lansing, Mich. 659 JANTED—TO EXCHANGE A CLEAN V stock of boots, shoes and rubbers for a stock of hardware, or wiil sell cheap for spot cash Will invoice $-,'0). Address No. 646 care Michigan Tradesman. 646 1" FOU WANT TO SELL REAL - estate, write me. I can satisfy you Chas, E. Mercer, Rooms 1 and 2, Widdicomb building. 6°3 BUY OR eS AT A BARGAIN—NEW STOCK of groceries invoicing $),*09. Good trade, Reas n for selling, death in Write G. B ,care Michigan Tradesman. 651 AD- good location. family. OOD OPENING FOR DENTI-T. | dress 8. S. Burnett, Lake Ann, Mich. 654 I RICK STURE TO RENT: LIVING ROOMS above; good trading point, surrounded by good farming lends; abundance of fruit: rea- sonable terms. Address A. L. Power, Kent City, Mich 626° OR SALE—A SHOE BUSINESS, OR HALF interest in ssme. on one of the principal streets in Grand Rapids New stock good trace location Al. Address N 324 Care shigan ocat Al. Address No. 624 care Michigan Tradesman. 624 SITUATIONS WANTE?, Wy saree POSITION &Y KEGISTERED ‘ pharmac'!st of experience either in drug store or salesman on the rcad. Address No. 658, eare Michigan Tradesman 608 WeaAdtED—A POSITION BY AN EXPERI- enced drug clerk; a graduate in phar- macy, registered in Michigan former employers as to cha use no liquor nor tobacco; t references of r and ability; lary reasouable. Address t6:, care Michigan Tradesman G7 MISCELLANEOUS, FOR A RETAIL ree Sen eors hardware store within one hundred miles of this city; we want a man of large experience and unquestioned ability. This is a first-class opportunity forthe right party. Address Lock Drawer X, Cleve‘and, \hio. 661 aS NEW BAR-LOCK TYPEWRITER Z for sale at a great reduction from cost- Reason for selling, we desire another pattern of same make of machine, which we consider the best onthe market. Tradesman Company, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids. 564 DEREUGGIST JUST j JANTED—EVERY starting in business and every ove already started to use our system of poison labels. What has Cost you #15 you can now get for $4 Four- teen labels do the work of 113. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. ~ FOR RENT. TWO GOOD STORES AND BASEMENT. Well located at 139-141 South Division Street. PINE BRICK HOUSE 124 N. Division Street, opposite post office. Will repair or enlarge to suit de- sirable tenant. GC... WARD. Y, M,C. A. Bldg, PARA SMa Ana AS ER i Ah il i EM Ei, MR i == DRUMMERS AFLOAT. Salesmen Who Work the Ohio and Mis- Sissippi Boats. From the New York Sun. “Say, what would you think of going up in one of,the big Albany day boats and having her stop and set you ashore long enough to sella gun to a country- man, then pick you go on?’’ Such a question could be asked only by a commercial traveler. It would be just to him to say that the little bottle of wine with a half-dollar table @hote din- | ner made him talkative, because he is al- | ways talkative; always interesting, too, | and full of good stories. ‘‘Knock you crazy, wouldn’t it?” he} not expecting any answer be- | “Of course it} But I had just that thing happen | tome down on the Ohio River four or| went on, yond alook of surprise. would. five weeks ago. That’s my country for business, the Ohio basin and the Missis- sippi basin and all the other basins in that region. It’s about the finest racket that any traveling man in this country | has, too. I take a boat at Pittsburg, and with two changes I go right through te New Orleans, every town on the way. eight to ten trips a year. ‘*There are—weli, I can’t say just how many of us work the river boats. | never strike a boat without meeting two or three others, and, tu draw it mild, I should say there were several hundred. | up again and/ un- | putting in a littie time at | I reckon on} four or five wecks for the trip, and from THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. freight there is to take on. | At least, tis’ | | supposed to depend upon that; but some- times it depends more upon the commer- | cial travelers on board, as you shall see. | We're approaching Shawneetown, on the | Illinois shore, let us say, and when we get up close enough we see that there’s very little freight for us—not enough to keep us more than ten or fifteen minutes. There are, we'll say, four commercial /men on board, and we ail want to spend two or three hours in Shawneetown. We get right down into our pockets and pull ;out about a dollar apiece and put the is delayed, and we do our business on |shore. At the next landing there may be enough freight to keep us four or five hours, and we don’t have to spend any money there. “If you were to go down to Memphis you’d find all the gun stores carrying fine stocks of a new rifle I introduced last year; we'll call it the Brown & Green breechloader, because that’s not the name of it. Now, it’s hard work to in- troduce a new rifle, you must understand, ; and i had to do some heavy brain work. There was a bright young swamper on board who wanted.-one of my rifles the worst way, but he couldn’t afford to buy itt So when we got down toward ; Paducah 1 took him aside and made a | little bargain with him, and the result of | it was he left tne boat at Paducah and | took the train over to Memphis. You see, | the boat had a long trip to make before she’d reach Memphis—four or five days, money where it will do the most good; | no matter where, but somehow the boat Office Telephone 1055. It’s just like a profession, the river busi- anyhow—and he could cut across by rail ness is; takes a long time to get into it,|in about seven hours. Well, sir, when but when you once get there you’re solid. | that young fellow got to Memphis he put it’s a snap, when you have the right line. in his time at the gun stores and hard- You don’t want to go down there selling! ware stores. Gun stores are thicker French clocks or ball slippers, you know. | down that way than they are up here. In my line—light hardware, cutiery, and firearms—it’s about as soft a berth as a man could crawl into. Come back by the river? Of course i don’t. It would take me, say, a month to get from New Orleans to Cincinuati by boat, and that would be a month wasted. ‘‘| make up my list and have the goods boxed and shipped to Pittsburg about three days before 1 am ready to start. The first night out, from Pittsourg to Wheeling, would drive a Hudson River steamboat man into an early grave, es- pecially in the summer and fall. The river is generally low then, but the buats are built for shaliow water. They keep a Man taking soundings all night. When he gets down to four, three and a three, it’s a pretty good sign that the water is low. ‘That’s not fathoms, either: it’s feet. ‘‘My business is not in full swing til! I get to Cincinnati. That’s where the big Ohio River packets start from, and to one of them my goods are transferred. [ don’t go through to New Orleans on that boat, only to Memphis, because the Ohio River boats don’t make many stops after they get into the Mississippi. ‘“‘No matter what boat Ll take from Cin- cinnati, there’s sure to be a queer lot of passengers on her. Nobody is supposed to travel by the boats nowadays who can afford to ride in the cars. Last time down was right in the swamper season, and we had about thirty of them on board. You’d think from their appear- ance that the swampers were a lot of dare-devil cowboys hungry for a fight, but they’re not. There’s always work to be had in the swamps of Louisiana, especially along the Red River, cutting lumber for barrel staves and Shingles; and when winter comes on in the North, hundreds of farmer boys in Ohio and indiana and Illinois go down in the boats and put in awinter’s workin theswamps. They’re the swampers. They’re great on guns and pistols and knives, not for fighting, but to give them a real sporty appearance, 1 suppose; and I work my cards to seli them all lean. It’s very much like peddling, to be sure. Some- times I sell as much as $600 or $800 worth on the boat between Cincinnati and Mem- phis. The swampers haven’t any money, but pay with orders on their em- ployers. ‘This work on the boat, of course, is only a side show; my main business is in the towns. How long the boat stops at a place depends entirely upon how much halt, | | He’d go into a store, and he’d say: “Pd like to look at some of your | rifles.’ | ‘Sure, they were only too glad to show |them. But somehow none of the rifles | seemed to suit him. ***Let me see a Brown & Green breech- | loader,’ he’d say. But they didn’t hap- }pen to have a Brown & Green breech- |ioader. Weill, sir, be did that aet in | every gun store and hardware store in |; Memphis, and by the time I got there that | town was just hot for Brown & Green | breechloaders. “I was going to tell you about stopping the boat and having it set me ashore while I sold agun to a countryman. 1 don’t | where in the world except along the Ohio River. We were poking along one morn- ing pretty close to the Kentucky shore, somewhere between Owensborough and Evansville. The river is very wide there, and in some places almost six feet deep. ;i was up on the Texas deck, leaning against one of the pilot house windows, taiking to the captain, when I happened to see an old chap walking along the shore with a gun over his shoulder. The captain was a great friend of mine, and just for a joke I said to him: ***Say, Cap, I wish you’d stop the boat while 1 go ashore and sell that fellow a decent gun.’ ‘‘Well, sir, the words were hardly out of my mouth before the captain’s hand was on the whistle cord, and the old thing gave a most unearthly screech. It was the big whistle, you understand, that they blow only when they’re going to make a landing. Most of these boats carry two whistles, one for ordinary use and a diabolical one of about 2,000 horse power to let people know they’re going to make a landing. The old fellow on shore acted surprised, but he was no more surprised than | was. They set me ashore, and I braced the old hunter, and in mighty skort order I sold him a breechloading shotgun. I had to wait nearly half an hour, too, while he went up to his house to get the money. When I got back to the boat they started her up again, and away we went. A man ean hardly appreciate how queer that looked without seeing one of those boats. Try to imagine one of the biggest Albany day boats so piled up with boxes and barrels and boxes and other freight that there’s hardly anything to be seen of the boat but her pilot house and smokestacks, and SA kc Shes Sct Sap eae ee ea oe Suppose such a thing could happen any-! then imagine that whole thing stopped i ia Fig aN aes ee P. Steketee & Sons will show a large line of Outing Shirts ranging in price from $2.25 to $6 per diz. in Outing Flannels, Chevoits, Mad- rass cloth and printed fabrics; also a fine line of Pants from $4.50 to $27 per doz., all well shaped and new patterns. Deal ers will do well to look at these goods before buying, as they are choice goods. Barn Telephone 10509. dob 257—259 OTTAWA ST. Moving, Packing, Dry Storage. Estimates Cheerfully Expert Packers and Careful, Competent Movers of Household Furniture. F. S. ELSTON, Mgr. Given. Business Strictly Confidential. AKU YOUR MULE if you have one, and while talking of feed remember that we have the largest and best equipped feed mill in Michigan and FOR A FRW DAYS in order to thin out our stock for inventory we will quote ridiculously low prices to anyone who is anxious enough to make a little money to enquire. REMEMBER that we make several grades of feed, our st. car feed and No. 1 feed having an enviable reputation not confined to Michigan, and that this special sale will last for a few days only [ten perhaps] we are ALWAYS able to quote lower prices on feed than any one else [quality considered ], because we buy grain in large quantities for cash and buy CHEAP. This is an IMPORTANT POINT to consider. Ia" The LARGEST dealers can BUY cheaper and conse- quently SELL cheaper. VALLEY GITY MILLING GO., #230 Mention Tradesman to receive benefit of this offer. Baggage Wagon at all hours. WHOLESALE OYSTERS OSCAR ALLYN, 106 Canal St. For Fish, Game and Poultry telephone 1001. para tiae renee tes Liciiadbascenhisniadets teach bd delodhardads kas eddie til oi acshsthachact cu THE MICHIGAN TRADE MAN oe around and held for half an|M 7 sella a @ passenger goes ashore to on en Te : cg : : pe cee 8 oe Loose Pin.... , ose Ohio River boats 5 JACKSON, J Wrought sae i SST : most anything. If S$ stop for | ness Son, Jan. 5—The regul ne Fought Inside Blind. «..-). ee eee. a0 ree et " iver boats, stop for ess a ee ar busi- — Beas ee 40 ane &Cas.......... river, he iaaiie oo to send down the ee Association was held ao Gro- Blind, UAER Boe eee eee cece ee ees a man Hossa Himba - his arms when tk on ‘he bank and waves the Association on the eveni eee mero Binckomita'a Sola Cant Sil Wand. See it whistles aad si boat comes along, and Jan. 3, President Haefner pr ig of j a 0hlUmU : mola — stop for no ee a they — — Committee tg and Ordinary Tackle, list a. 1892 — on a seen the bi : o have often of Meeting reporte i eer ee See a of trees — boats tied up to acouple cured a location at 306 = Bre it had se- | Grain.......... Daa Serew Hook and Sirap to 12 in an don. net, 250 makes gre: eft to rest all night. That with desk room, ample r lll 40&10 scree ok and Eye, Wns ai when ao aa for the swampers a fuel, lights and telephone a trally it ve a , es | 5 | gs, Fel ht | pees! agama geet per b ae Se UU. : sl “ne mame ! I lights and n r 5 la kl net == o that. They get o nk a a egos The Com- By ee CAPS, ns ss “ % Pen eatninien teins net a a 1 ulld ig, ont ofthe a ee ill of sale for a Hick’s C. F i se tenet perm 65 repend To . Mevseereeeves see net 7% a me of thet take their suns aa a _ four office Musket Me = esate tet rece ea diet captain : a cg any difference tothe | “°° accepted and adopted e Committee pyro or cag « 60 Champfon, anti friction Co., Wood track... .50&1¢ a 1er he , i es re \ | TRIDGES. aa 60&10 nation this wee reaches his desti- The Secretary reported s Pent ae aaaasaan aeooee : = rhe reaches is des yethe Seeret pe d several men- isa ee ant ae 59 | Pots........ WARE. e’s no such thing as schedule ti se, dues aA. l lUlUlU A ler go coe “Poker? Ol g as schedule time, 1es, and, on motion, they eir| . — a ae 1, yes, there’s fro , they were dro i Socket Firmer Saal a plenty of poker on rong i e’s always m the roll. Several members ee ar snes nia roi you hear one of those | But when potent from business who 7a np a Socket Slicke ee Bai | apne Bc = the stiff games ; stories about o the Associati Ss e in eee wana a6 : s e3 : Association . te we 5310 ante Tro oe wink the ether pag . you can just dropped and their sci eno — Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ ...... “a wisasiag fron Ware ae : i. : Y ened | Pusha enh i a a ne | ‘ zs hector) st on : thea e Curry, Lawrence’ COMBS, dis. Bilghe......_..: WIRE oops. w lis dis Bt po Bh al by boat haven’t the ‘_S- —— 7. of the annual — Hotchkiss ....... SE 49 a srtsececesectescne meiogt" rofessional ge E Y ey, ed at the last : ae... hl CU . a i SS Bigs much with p gamblers don’t bother | for considerati meeting, was taken up White Crayons OHALE, naar mina poor crowds : : ion. After dis i rc a ; 2 Pig play a doHar-limit game Lengo amendment was lost iscussion, the OOPFER, oe 12@12% dis. 10 | Stanley Rule and Level Co." i aia ne highest. There’ ut, that’s| Bills for hall it, pn = : st. ere’s always ‘ all rent, officer ae eee - Manilla. oo i board, and before ecahtek : bar on| and Secretary’s salary _ supplies Cold Rolled 143 14x56, 14x60... sisi — 2 a, cet ; 0 every blessed man march ~ you’ll see | and, on motion, were audited presented, | Cold Rolled’ 14x48. ns =: --- SB ON ccici ‘ little cocktail. Outside — take his| On motion, the ‘a ' i _— catenin = ae a " isn’t very much drinkin of that there | hold a social meeting in a. decided to M A — aan Se ge : are as good as iking. The napkins and invite the wholes e near future | pores eee ge | igs a from Ci 3 a time-table. You s of the ci ) olesale and retail trad pper and straight Shank. ...... - z co a iad se 6 a bI see, e city and their fri ‘ rade | Morse’s Tape a Ni Petal week t emphis may tak us . a : riends to meet wi mn ' 3) Ron io a eek, or it may take two weeks odd yg, POO C. G. Hill, FP. W. Haef with DRIPP: ee) a 8 according to the state of th S or three, | Whitney, W. H. Branch and . male Fong — aie ee s other things; but no m e river and| were appointed a Commi . Murray | Large sizes, per pound. ... 222112200727 2527! 6% oon ae seases 353 that you get in 2. napkin | ments. mittee of Arrange-| ., — aE a ac acme : : 3 to be «your : iis still goin The Fi : Com. 4 pisce, 6 in . a ie’ ee 2 : napkin whe - g : inancial Secretar phi RR RR aaa ” jot Tos thin 2 ex no 7 Memphis. You get so ae to| receipts since the last lie gtr $19 iad. Ze ER “aie e co) an penn are = eet ae om wa — and the] wares. small 4 Exbansive Bins, . dia, s0.&10 Minn” UU e state of your n ; : Ww. ron @ , $18; large, 826 “yo | stver Lake, wnite'Ae= = aL : apkin. - H. Porter, Sece’y ves’, 1, 818: 2, $24: : : oe Silve — , oo : few egg spots on eo m oe “eae aan i 2 ae — a 2 tin souisville. A sort of a br Keep your troubles to yours Dieston’s ose seeeeeesesceeeee os He eoaie: ; ae aca: oan retain means Paducah woo are no good to anybody in rself. They Nicholson's rs ae ct wie Bynes * gets so it will stand alo ie se. STEER oaran ee 2% neneweaneerereens. 60&10- Dis oo : “ ably within f ne you are prob- HOOT one tonne meee cone cece ceneen eves . cieeaagy val 7 16 oo : Memphis. I can i so of If You Want an OFFICE DESK 2... a oe tance pretty well by my ¢ the dis- ROLL OR FLAT TOP ’ Nos. 16 to 2; 22 and 2%; 25 ; ae ee —. a I get a li y complexion, too — “isount, 0 | 7 a : . ittle yellower every ’ ; Send for Catalogne ‘*4,”? Discount 14 eo > Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, i river boats. Not on. oo day on the A. nt, 70 = : Special Steel ae oon Se 70 : + coun eave og ie Cuts foot... 50 —. but on account of rhe f the Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s a - . Kimpton nd Beet "¢ — ‘ i on eco a 2 iit iia KNoss—New List. 50; Cuts, per foot = eo Tooth X 30 grease. They give us a great 1 in Door, porcel 18. trimmings ........ ' Steel eS " the river boats and shanty at variety on Door, doresiain, isk trimmings... vA 5 Onelda Comunity, Newh ‘i wt all spoiled in . ae of it, but it’s Door, porcelsin, iri ed trimmings ce Oneida een Newhouse’s me the cooking. A Dra , trimmings = a : < 0 speak of the water! All rive nd don’t wer and Shutter, porcelain............. = ae — Mere ng i8@ por dow course, a little darker i iver water, of Rusrel LOcKs—DooR. ee ory ao thick r anda great deal Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’ - was vc i hicker than new ale. ea Mallory, Wheeler & Co.'s.” _ s5| Annealed Market i oe “They have a good many . Brentora@ ........... LA a SS Coppered terest | “3 these boats, but not “aie accidents on Naw LO — 2 Tianed Market. ee we oe hat ol ba oe Yo _ Adze Eye a 55 | Coppered ae tea ee 79 if it becomes necessary "rhe e ashore Benes a 816.00, dis. 60-10 ere ane mare eT Ls — Ohio just below bene « oa ery ac on ti. oo = : snocked holes i Cae ‘ lave s MAULS. ue a ee a to ce les in many a good boat’s bot- Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handl 1a pata ma gag | = holes in many agvod boa pt Soft x“ ee 50 Nasa asi) . dig, focio —— not more than four feat pe NELSON-MATTER FURN 7 ree se Woe Ae So ee . “. 3 | weewcuns, ate 10818 er, and, of course, a rock CFT 33 to30 C NITURE CO., Landers, Fe g.Co.’s Malleables.... 49 Baxter's Adjustab!e, niekeled ats. eis panos ‘y bottom. | GRAND RAPIDs, 39 Canal St., “Enterprise rry & Clark's... +. @ Coc's Genuine SHR RURNNRN “30 i eit oe ee a. Peon ea al : a 3 3 é ' ow a ee Te ors ae +o. i ; | MISCELLANROUS. i | | d : ty ae ee Bere oo h G D ar am = Gonaing......._. nioalaaninanlie 60410 | Bird Cages MISCELLANROUS. = Sd i6 the ee the darkies make a rush for ; h oo ua aye weit ee : staterooms, and away Pett . r ’ Nas Serows, Now Dit. si TAO the staterooms, and aw y go your mat- Will buy all kinds of Lumb aan base, on both § Casters, Bed a a a sane ane gr i . ~ -ninewagrs They P altiageeg umber— Wise ae ae Leela eae teel and ee ag American A ES Pe ey 5 ver deck m ry. 2, ’ = Ka sides edu 5 TX8, DOGS rak nd ali steel goods... : ee > and! Ofc , a ras , Takes and all steel ee : / ates s inte ice and Y 6 . i 60. -- ee seeeceeeereeeeees cree cesses BOO fate co stuffs them into the aaes — and ards, 7th St.and C.& W. M.R.R., _ ches bmesaocne siento ' et ag the flow of water, and the b is checks Grand Rapids, Mich. Moo. ooesee cece cece cite eeceeee area vives ihe low of water, athe boat best ~ meee ac a5 | Pig Bare... wittetaeaeceeeceenaeaes 260 toots jike makin ) . ae a few Pee are eerie ean ada sieht 35 I = [ 2 nee worth eet a Hardw ° i. z= . 5| Outy: Sheet, 2c a et ke aking slain at i Steady are Price Current. 45 th vce casks. -_ ani olpry paa ar, Such a| - eae a oOo OR 6% SERA ee 1 ie re ee 6 | OH SOLDER. ee 7 ) side. . / or cas Ss s Pree of burn wood and ae a oe Se fi bak lh a pee : smoke, vy . ndous a bia. : ‘adleatad : Z =. : ima irene us ia zes a ee eee Pl semua renner qualities a = aoe | : bagine the state of the guetta. ___ aDeuns a7 8. = Case 10 1 60 vary according to composition y private brands h set i i Oe ee oe ee a ae ns ee en ’ ° boats put big pi - while. The other | Zeaninew.genuine...... ................... 1 wallet aie erippled ee the hold of the | 2¢22!gs’; geMUINe ee eee eee 25 | Finish 10 : eae, ogee sBb¥ Sin fa , ea 50&10} ‘ 4x0 ee S 4 : 90 ELYN @Rs 1 the ate is soon saan =a . — First Quality, 8. B. woo. clin ae 90 esti 1 Charcoal eee : eens 87 wer somo : (B- B. BrOMEO. 2. oeeoo ven 8550 S.C 10|10xi4IxX, “ a 2 ee at 8. B.S. a 00) eG . 70 | 14x20 IX, eee nelasinns 9 25 re ean = By Shae ‘5 50 neseaen er 90 Each additions! X on thie grade. 81.75. 9 2 Nid planks which Is filed in with mat a BARROWS. dis Ohi ‘ —— 1 75 | 10x14 IC, aaa GRADE, and then boarded over. This tak things | Garden... _-+++.812 00 14 00 “aon — “Qa itxiix, as ao aan a to ere 00 “40 | Solota Bone ey oT ee 2 645 sound enc ¢ akes the boat | Stove. LTs. dis Bench, fi Co.’s, fancy... ach a ? Misia” where oe to go on to Padueah, Ky Carriage whew iigg ce 5010 | Stanley ule and Level G a” | ee a6: eee a : $ a marine railway. *s ey NAAN alo oon . sp 6 “haat ee 40810 | Comimon, pollahed. — gueglieie “ 3 Give ee a 79 | Common, polished....... 1.11... 12001777 #.60—10| 20x28 10, * ‘ me $5) a We the devii his due—and then stay Well, plain ..... BUCKETS, ’ anaes r ssh tenes dis 2 aan ig: au a tresereeee 8 BD his debt. Woll, plain ---o--coveescesesreesesesesen coe soni... “ee cn es a A oS eeee ee vrecsenecse Copper Rivets — r r x : 1: siviteeeeeeeee ees i : | ; : Use Trad ee Cast L BUTTS, CAST 400 ae. 50—10 aa38 Kt i “tl sone 28: rades ast Lo ’ / pnb ee aR aRaR Nee eT u adesman Coupon Books Wrought Warece tani a soa10 te 000s pate planished, Nos, a = eS »bright Sastjoint 40...... 66410 “B" Wood's § t plantshed. N aan = axa OE a atipetaaal Hee anh Nos, % to 27 10 30 Brrr steered se ee $14 09 d, Nos. 261027... 9 20| 14x06 EF for No. é Botlers, (7 ned, Now ters fat Ne otions, ( weve 15 00 9 ow } per pound... 10 00 anaes OW ew R THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. WACHIGANTRADESMAN a WEEELY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THR Best Interests of Business Men. Pablished at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE— TRADESMAN COMPANY. one Dollar a Year, Payabie in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until ell arrearages are naid. Sample copies sent free to any address Entered at Grand Rapids post-office as second class matter. eS" When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9. INTRINSIC OR CREDIT VALUE. The notion that a government stamp on metal, or a printed premise to pay on paper, will give to the material stamped or printed fixed and certain values as money is entertained by many, and has led to much misapprehension and con- fusion. it ought to be understood that a gov- ernment, like an individual, can only give such value to its promises to pay as may be determined by its resources. No government has any other way of getting money, save by imposing and collecting taxes on the people, and it cannot tax the people to any greater degree than they are willing to pay. When the burden of taxation becomes excessive, the people will rise up in rebellion and refuse to pay. Many violent and bloody revolu- tions have been caused, and governments have been overturned by the people re- belling against an overburden of taxa- tion. Governments often issue more prom- ises to pay than they can make good, and, consequently, this credit money declines below its face value. The first issues of the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War were known as con- tinental money. It never had a_ very high value at any time, because the abil- ity of the colonies to win their indepen- dence was extremely doubtful, and al- though, after seven years of war, victory crowned the colonies, their paper money had been issued so much in excess of the ability of the country to make it good that the entire lot of it was finally repudi- ated. The same fate overtook Confeder- ate money, and at the same time, under the stress of a great war, the reputation of the paper money of the United States was so much damaged that 280 cents in greenbacks were required to pay 100 cents in gold. To-day, in a period of profound peace, the credit of the United States is excel- lent, and when the Government wishes to borrow a hundred million dollars og so, it can do it at the low rate of about 3 per | eent. interest. At the same time, the| Government can stamp 48 or 50 cents’ worth of silver and cali it 100 cents, and | it wiil readily be accepted for so much; | but this is all bevause public confidence | in the Government is complete. There is an implicit belief that the Government will not increase its obligations to a greater extent than common business prudence will justify. But if the Gov- ernment were to set in and issue a vast amount in treasury notes, or stamp un- limited 50 cent slugs of silver and call them dollars, publie confidence in the ability of the Government to pay would decline, and this distrust would be shown by the unwillingness of the people to ac- cept paper and silver at gold values. Whenever any of the creditors of the Government shall present at the treasury a demand for payment in gold, and the Government, not being able to pay the gold, shall enforce payment in silver or paper, then gold will go to a premium in the business of the country. From 1861 to 1878 all business in the United States was done with paper; but the Govern- ment required customs duties to be paid in gold, and allimported goods had to be paid for also in gold. Then the payer would take his greenbacks to a banker and purchase gold, paying the premium, whatever it might be. For a long time $140 in currency was required to pur- chase $100 in gold, and often the pre- mium was greater and for a period twice as much. The paper dollars were called dollars; they had the term ‘‘dollars’’? printed on them; but the fact was there all the time that a paper dollar was not as good as a gold dollar. The Government stamp could not bridge over the chasm in the credit of the Government. And this is the law of all credit money, or money that is not made of material which is in- trinsically worth what the stamp on it calls for. An ounce of pure gold, whether stamped or unstamped, is worth $20.67, while an ounce of silver un- stamped is only worth half of what it is when stamped. Plainly, then, a silver dollar is intrinsically worth half a dol- lar, and the Government credit must make up the other half. Then, in order to keep all the credit money as good as the intrinsic money, it is absolutely necessary that the credit of the Government shall not be strained by any excessive issue of credit money. THE NICARAGUA CANAL. The obstacles placed in the way of the Nicaragua Canal bill make the passage of that measure a more doubtful event than it appeared when Congress first reassem- bled. The hostility which has been de- veloped is sufficiently formidable to make the task of the advocates of the construe- tion of the canai with Government money uneasy; nevertheless, the obstacles pre- sented should only nerve the friends of the measure to fresh exertions. Many of those opposing the Senate bill claim, notwithstanding, to be in favor of the construction of the canal. For in- stance, some oppose the guaranteeing of bonds, while still willing that the Goy- ernment should undertake the work of completing the canal itself without be- coming in any way associated with a pri- vate corporation. Such opposition should certainly be overcome by compromise. Whether the canal is built by the Goy- ernment itself, or by the canal company with money furnisked by the Govern- ment, under proper guarantees, the re- sult will be the same—that is, the enter- prise will remain under American con- trol, which is the principal object aimed at in both the bills now befere Congress. The present Congress should not be permitted to adjourn without having acted on either the Senate or the House bill providing for the construction of the Nicaragua Canal. Should Congress either fail to act on the question, or re- fuse to aid the construction of the canal, the enterprise would, to a practical cer- tainty, fall under the control of British capital. Itis already understood that a London syndicate is prepared to furnish sufficient money to secure the control of the canal concession, and the Nicaragua Government would not hesitate to aid the work as a British enterprise should our Congress show unwillingness to complete the canal. Were the Nicaragua Canal built with British capital, neither the Monroe doc- trine nor any other consideration would serve to keep England from practically controlling that portion of Central Amer- ica through which the canal would run. The presence of the English in Egypt against the protest of the whole of Eu- rope should prove a sufficient warning to the United States, and indieate to our Congress the danger of permitting the canal to pass from under American control. Unless this country decides to build the canal itself, it cannot logically find fault with Nicaragua for seeking capital in Europe, and if European capitalists are willing to put their money into the canal, no good or sufficient reason can be advanced why they should not be per- mitted to control it in their own inter- ests. The people of the United States are fully alive to the importance of build- ing the canal and retaining it under American control, hence, should the en- terprise be secured by Europe, members of the present Congress will be held to a strict accountability. The control of the Nicaragua Canal by Great Britain would bea serious menace, not only to American trade, but to the influence of the United States in Ameri- can affairs. In the event of war, such foreign control of the canal would be dis- astrous, because our ships of war would have to make the long voyage around the Horn, in passing from one coast to an- other; whereas Great Britain would be able to move her ships expeditiously through the canal. It is, therefore, not only necessary to the commercial suprem- acy of the country, but to its very safety, that the control of the canal should be in American hands. THE EXPORTS OF GOLD. The drain of gold to Europe still con- tinues, the shipments on last Wednes- day’s steamers having aggregated $2,200,- 000. The shipment of so large an amount in the middle of the week, and immediately after the holidays at that, is not an encouraging symptom by any means, particularly as the shipment can- not be altogether explained by the pay- ments of dividends and interest to Eu- ropean stock and bondholders. Of course, the remitting of earnings to European holders of American securities is a factor in the exchange market at this time; but, owing to the unusual unloading by Eu- rope of American securities during the past year, the remittances to be made on account of dividends and interest must necessarily be much smaller than usual. Owing to the unpopularity into which American securities have fallen in the European markets, the process of send- ing back such securities to be carried at home continues without interruption, and this amounts to a steady withdrawal of foreign capital heretofore invested in this country. This withdrawal of for- eign capital, added to the adverse com- mercial balance against us abroad, occa- sions demands which the supply of bills of exchange, accruing as a result of our exports of products, cannot meet; hence the balance must be made up by ship- ments of the precious metal. It must be admitted that the prospects for an early cessation of the gold ship- ments is not very promising. If gold is needed for export now, when the mar- keting of our staple crops should furnish an ample supply of exchange to liquidate all foreign indebtedness, and even divert the flow of gold in this direction, how much more will the precious metal be re- quired a few months hence, when the marketing of the crops will have come to an end, and the importation of foreign goods, temporarily checked by the going into effect of the new tariff law, will have been resumed? The worst feature of the gold drain is the baneful effect it produces on the na- tional treasury. The reserve fund of gold maintained to secure the legal ten- der notes is being continually drawn upon to furnish what is needed for ex- port, and, as the Government has no means of securing gold except by issuing bonds, the continuance of the outward movement of the metal actually means an inerease in the national debt com- mensurate with the amount of the ship- ments. Owing to the intimate relations exist- ing by reason of present laws between the national treasury and the money markets, the commerce of the country is being unfavorably affected by the gold shipments and their baneful influences upon the national finances. Unless, therefore, Congress takes prompt steps either to enable the treasury to secure gold, by demanding it in payment of cus- toms dues, or to provide for the redemp- tion of the legal tender notes, business must continue to be unfavorably affected by the existing state of things. According to a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, the bicycle has come to stay, with all the right of any vehicle. The horse of a man named Thompson was scared at a bicycle, ran away, demolished the buggy and nearly demolished Mr. Thompson, who brought suit for heavy damages, setting out that the bicycle had no right to the road. The Supreme Court of Minnesota decided that the defendant’s bicycle was as good as the plaintiff’s buggy, and in its de- cision the court used this sweeping lan- guage: ‘‘The bicycle is neither unlawful nor prohibited, and cannot be banished because it is not an ancient vehicle or was not used in the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve. Because the plaintiff chose to drive a horse hitched to a car- riage does not give him a right to dic- tate to others their mode of conveyance upon a public highway.’ The fact that the world’s product of gold for 1894 was over 12 per cent. greater than that for the preceding year and that the annual output has increased 75 per cent. in the past seven years, pre-. cludes the idea that a security of that metal is the cause of its apparently en- hanced value. That: cause is to be looked for in the increased industrial output which affords more to be ex- changed for a given value. MISSING MERCHANDISE. Written for THz TRADESMAN. “Did you ever give attention to the subject of lost goods—goods for which no owner can be found?” said a gentle- man to me, the other day, who in early life had been a commercial traveler. ‘If not,’? he continued, ‘‘you have but a faint idea of the amount of money—or its equivalent—some have lost and others have gained. And these goods include almost every article of trade, from a small package by mail or express to an- imals for a menagerie. But the singular, accidental, and seemingly comical man- ner of their disappearance from the rightful owners is most surprising of all. It is quite probable that the larger num- ber of these lost packages are either stolen property, or are in some way con- nected with criminals at large who are unwilling to run the risk incurred by claiming ownership. If you care to take the time, I will relate a few incidents of this kind which have come under my no- tice. ‘‘A grocery firm, located in a small town in Northern Michigan, was, at acer- tain time, visited by a commercial agent from Cincinnati. After an invoice of goods, amounting to several hundred dol- lars, had been selected, the agent was asked if his firm also dealt in hickory nuts. He replied in the negative but said that, in the course of a few weeks, he would be in a part of the State where he knew they were found in abundance, and would be pleased to purchase and ship as much as they desired. He was asked what they would cost and replied that, for the best quality, the price would be $3 a barrel. The gentleman of the grip was thereupon given $6 and told to purchase and ship two barrels of them at his convenience. About six weeks after the agent left, two barrels directed to the firm, and marked ‘Hickory Nuts,’ were, with other merchandise, unleaded at the store. As they were rolled into the store by one of the clerks, he remarked, ‘Both barrels contain good sound nuts, judging by the way they rattle.’ The barrels were placed in a back room and remained in the same spot over two months, when, one dull stormy evening toward Christmas, it was suggested that the nuts should be sampled. According- ly, one barrel was opened, revealing a first-class quality of shagbark nuts in the most perfect condition. They were the new crop and could be sold ata good profit. Notaline had yet been received from the agent who purchased them, as the firm had supposed would naturally occur. During the winter, the contents of one barrel were nearly disposed of, but the other remained unopened until late the following autumn. Inthe mean- time, neither seeing nor hearing from the man who had represented the firm they were still dealing with, a letter was written as to his whereabouts, which brought the answer that he had suddenly died about two months after he had vis- ited the Upper Peninsula. When the second barrel of this shipment was opened, imagine their astonishment to find the barrel filled to the very brim with a first-class quality of—nutmegs! then worth in the market 65 cents a pound. Inquiries were at once insti- tuted by the firm to diseover from whom the barrels were purchased, and, with the aid of the Cincinnati firm, these in- quiries were kept up for a long time, un- til, with the further aid of the railroad companies, the station whence they were +o is MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. aia ace easel aia coins ol Nene aise Lo shipped was found; but, as so long a | time had elapsed, the agent could recall nothing connected with their shipment except the marking of them by the shipper. Years have passed since the incident, but it still remains a mystery how that barrel of nutmegs came to the firm in place of hickory nuts, with both barrels evidently marked by the same person. It would seem that, unless those nutmegs were stolen goods, the sender would have also instituted in- quiries and have traced them to this sta- tion. The most plausible explanation Suggested was that the nuts were pur- chased from a wholesale grocery house which had barrels of both kinds of goods without specific marks, and that the er- ror was unknown at the time to either purchaser or seller, and, being paid for at the time of delivery, were taken away without marking, ard the place of their destination, also, was unknown.’’ oe About twenty years ago, a friend of mine was selling goods at a small hamlet southwest of Ogdensburg, New York, and seven or eight miles from a landing on the St. Lawrence river. I will let him tell the story. ‘Fish and firewood,” he began, ‘were the principal articles of commerce that came or went to or from this landing, and, as [ kept a general store, they were both in my line. I therefore kept a good span of horses, wagon and sleigh, and in my employ, as man of all work and driver, was a stalwart Dane, by the name of Anderson. An old dilapidated ware- house, an apology for an eating house, where the fishermen could get a lunch, and a comfortable country hotel, closely huddled together, were what constituted ‘the landing’ at the river. To be sure, we may except a smack or two and some half dozen small boats which were moored here when not in use, and were owned by the fishermen. ‘‘Late one afternoon in April, Ander- son had taken a load of wood to the river, and, as was sometimes the case, re- mained over night at the hotel. Just be- fore daylight the next morning, he was hitching his horses to the wagon, when a man came up from the river, trundling a wheelbarrow containing a box, and a tin | lantern hung in front; and he inquired if that wagon was going out to Johnson’s Corners? On being answered in the af- firmative, the man said that James Par- dee wished to send that box of fish to Johnson’s store, where he would call for | it in a few days and pay all charges. ‘All | right, sir,? replied Anderson, ‘wheel it | right this way and I will help you put it | in the wagon.’ Then, taking from his | pocket blank book and pencil, while | man held the lantern near, he made out, in the name of Ezra Johnson, a receipt for 100 pounds of salt fish from Mr. Par- dee, the man’s employer, and, handing it to the stranger, jumped into the wagon and drove off. ‘There was nothing unusual about this incident, it often occurring, Anderson’s team being known by every one as ‘the ft 3ighter,’ and, from the size and color of iae horses, was easily described to any person. The box containing the fish was | about four feet long, two or three in) width, and about ten inches deep—not | the usual dimensions of the fish boxes, | but, as an odd size was sometimes used, and as this appeared to be an old box, | little was thought about it. The box| $20,000 Twenty thousand dollars ts a tidy little sum, but we have that amount invested in machinery alone, just to make Candy We turn out goods in proportion with the investment, too. We make a full line and to get fine fresh-made goods at rock bottom prices come to us or tell your jobber you want our make, The Putnam Candy Co. The. Sali" thals al sali is fast being recognized by everybody as the best salt for every pur- pose. It’s made from the best brine by the best process with the best grain. You keep the best of other things, why not keep the best of Salt. Your customers will appreciate it as they appreciate pure sugar, pure coffee, and tea. Diamond Crystal Salt Being free {rom all chlorides of calcium and magnesia, wii] not get damp and soggy on yourhands. Put up in an attractive and salablemanner. When your stock of salt is low, try a small supply of ‘the salt that’s all salt.” Can be obtair __ from jobbers and dealers. For prices, see price current on other page. 4 For other information, address DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT co., ST. CLAIR, MICH. j 12, 14 & 16 Pearl 8t, GRAND RAPIDS, KALMBACH & GO Manufacturers and Jobbers or Boots, Shoes and Rubbers. Our stock for fall and winter trade is complete. New lines in warm goods and Holiday Slippers. We have the best combination Felt Boot and Perfection made. Inspection Solicited. | was placed in the warehouse, and three | Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. weeks passed away. Noone calling for it in all that time, I one day examined it more closely and found two places or one side that seemed to have been branded with a hot iron and afterwards to have been gone over with a plane. This had evidently been done long ago, and the en- tire box looked as if a strong brine might have been dashed over it; and perhaps it was a trick of the imagination, but that box did certainly smell fishy. I told An- derson to move it to the end of the ware- house, out of our way, and to make in- quiries at the landing for the man Par- dee, and also to be on the lookout for the person to whom he had given the receipt, that we might obtain some clue to the owner. All inquiries, however, proved fruitless. Noone knew anybody by the name of Pardee, and the man with the wheelbarrow was an equally mysterious personage. Time went on—as time will do occasionally—and I had quite forgot- ten about the box of fish, until we were engaged in taking stock the following January, some nine months after it had been received. I then ordered it opened, that we might see the condition of the contents and decide in regard to the charges for freight and storage. Upon removing the cover, a mass of dry leaves was revealed, as an apparent external covering, and beneath these, squeezed closely together, the entire space was filled with irregular balls of from two to four pounds each in weight, of an almost solid substance, apparently gummy and tenacious in character, and which, upon closer examination, proved to be crude opium. The secret of its long storage seemed to berevealed. There had either been a mistake in the box intended to be left, or the drug had been smuggled from Canada and the owner did not dare to eall for it; or, possibly he was dead. I was inadilemma. What customs official would listen to my story without an in- credulous smile, should I make a volun- tary statement of the case and offer to pay the duty? And, in point of fact, after such a length of time, was, or was not, this property mine by right of dis- covery and possession? But, at least, Ll would first attempt to find the owner, and, so, to that end Il inserted the follow- ing advertisement in three different news- papers in the county: To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: James Pardee, or any of his legal heirs, holding my receipt for a box of fish (said box being delivered to me about nine months ago and still in my posses sion) will please call at my store, present said receipt, pay charges due, and remove the box without delay. Ezra JOHNSON. “No answer to this notice being re- ceived within the ensuing six months, the opium was appraised and sold to a Western wholesale druggist, at $6.25 a pound, bringing a trifle over $600. Now, of course, I might have told the public the entire fish story in plain English— might have given the history of my con- nection with that box of opium called ‘fish’ in the receipt for it given to a stranger, but I thereby would have oc- casioned myself much annoyance; or, | might have quietly turned the box over to the American custom house. But why should I, under the circumstances, do this? Sufficient to say that I have suf- fered no compunctions of conscience for the course I took. Should the legal heir, or heirs, to the property ever put in an appearance, I am ready and willing to make the proper restitution. ‘“‘Many theories were advanced con- cerning this incident, but all agreed upon one point—that, the box being found so near the border of a foreign government, the probability was that it was contra- band property. The appearance of the action of brine or salt upon the box might be accounted for by a presumable ocean voyage and its storage in the hold of the vessel.’’ r= = Two brothers, James and William Davis—I knew but one of them person- ally—came West as far as the Mississippi river, soon after the close of the rebel- lion. Fora time, they were settled near each other in Minnesota. Will ran a meat market, while James was clerk for a lumber firm which had a large store and sawmill on the shore of a lake a short distance away. The two young men had been brought up on a farm, were frugal in their habits, and ecalcu- lated to make and_= save money. William was the more ambitious of the two, and, feeling anxious to do better in the world, after a year or two in the meat business, accepted an opportunity to engage in mining in the Territory ‘of Idaho, and the two brothers thus became separated. For a while after their separation, let- ters were frequent between them, but, as time wore on, two or three ayear became the limit; but these were of the most af- fectionate nature. James still remained with the firm by whom he was first em- ployed. He had been economical in his habits and was accumulating money, in- tending, in the future, to return to his father’s old farm in Western Pennsyl- vania. * % * The brothers had now been separated for over four years. The letters from William had intimated, in a modest way, that he had accumulated a fair share of worldly wealth, and twice, at least, as the holidays returned, he had strongly intimated that ‘‘Santa Claus would prob- ably remember brothes James in a sub- stantial manner.’’ As the fifth year of their separation was drawing to a close, the musings of James were naturally di- rected toward the mythical Santa Claus once more. He said to himself, ‘‘Will knows that I am to go home soon after New Years, and somehow I feel as if this will be the year that ‘old Santa’ will ma- terialize and ‘make me a boy again.’ Perhaps I ought to return the compli- ment by asking Santa Claus to carry a gift westward, but—well, as second thoughts are best, I think Ill wait an- other year and send something from the old home. That will seem nicer to both of us.” The morning of Dec. 24, as James was posting some letters for the firm, he was handed a small package strongly, but not very elegantly, wrapped in brown paper. It was plainly, though appar- ently hurriedly, addressed to ‘‘Mr. James Davis, Little Falls, Minn.’? The post- mark of the mailing office was so indis- tinct that it was impossible to tell whence it came. The package was not sealed and the amount of stamps indicated the contents to be merchandise. A pleased smile crossed his face as James turned the package over in his hand, and he said to himself, ‘‘l expected this, but what can it be?’ And, carefully placing it in his pocket, he left the office. It chanced to be an unusually busy time with the young man, and, arriving at his place of business, he turned the key of the safe upon the gift, until a convenient time in which to examine it. That evening, when seated alone in his room, he laid the package on the table beside him. As he examined it, he noticed, for the first time, the handwriting. Closely scru- tinizing it, he mused, ‘‘Either that is not Will’s writing, or he had a bad pen and was in too much of a hurry.’”? Then, re- moving the brown wrapper, a square tin box came to light—just such a box as he had often seen contain seidlitz powders. This was also well tied with cord, which he cut and cautiously removed the lid. A mass of cotton was exposed, tightly pressed down. Inside this was a heavy gold watch and chain. As he laid it upon the table, it seemed ablaze with diamonds. ‘How careless of Will,’’ he thought, ‘‘to send so much value in this manner. He should have sent it by ex- 4 (and registered package.” He took the watch in his hand, and, as he examined it more closely, it seemed evident that, with all its richness and beauty, neither the watch nor the chain were strictly new—that they had been worn by some one before. ‘‘But how fortunate at this time, when I have ro other watch !” And he proceeded to attach the chain to his vest and place the watch in his pocket. Notwithstanding James was delighted with his valuable present, he was far from being vain and made no display of it at any time. Soon after receiving it, however, he called the attention of his employer to the gift, that he might es- timate its value, as he was a good judge of such things. That gentleman assured him that the diamonds imbedded in its surface were all of the first water and would, alone, readily bring over $500; that the large one on the end of the stem would, without doubt, sell for $300, and that the chain, with its setting of small diamonds, topazes and rubies, was worth more than any ordinary gold watch and chain together, and that, while he be- lieved it had been purchased by William Davis at second hand, he was confident the watch and chain, jewels included, would easily sell in the New York mar- ket for over $1,000. ‘Some impecunious gambler or foreign count,” said he, ‘*has been compelled to part with it, and your brother has purchased it at less than cost, probably. You may well be proud, James, of such a watch and chain and be thankful that you have such a brother! It is a Swiss watch, as you may notice,’’ he continued, ‘but a singular omission, considering its great value, is that not even an initial of the owner’s name, nor any address or mark of recognition, is to be found upon it.”’ James thought he should surely hear from his brother in a day or two, and so concluded not to write him until the let- ter should reach him. Bnt the days came aud went and still no word from the far-off brother regarding the princely gift. When it came time to start on his visit to the old home in the East, he hur- riedly mailed a grateful letter of thanks to his brother, and in it pleaded for an early reply. Noreply ever came to that letter. Late in the following spring, he received one directed to Minnesota, and forwarded to him. It was postmarked the city of Mexico, and proved to be from his long unheard from brother, who had been sent there several months before on business for the mining company with which he was connected. The missive press, but, if by mail, then in a sealed | was as affectionate as ever, but contained 20 EN chanaka SERRE EERE S eee Guaranteed Absolutely Pure. ea ed ee ee be a ae Tea a a a Rae ud nr ae ee FCONSUMERS WANT IT. poN’T Fall 4 TO ORDER AT ONCE FROM YOUR JOBBER A QUANTITY OF Borden’s Peerless Brand Evaporated Cream, A PURE, WHOLESOME, THOROUGHLY STERILIZED UNSWEETENED CONDENSED MILK ON WHICH YOU CAN MAKE A GOOD PROFIT. Prepared and guaranteed by the NEW YORK CONDENSED MILK CO., New York. SOLD BY ALL THE LEADING WHOLESALE GROCERS. 2 For QuoTaTIONS SEE Price CoLumNsS,. Fe Ett tt Tt ttt ttt SEC je , — 1 2 no reference of having heard from James, nor did it even mention the gift presented at Christmas. * * * Three more years had passed and the Christmas bells were ringing in a fourth, when there was a family reunion at the old Davis home in Pennsylvania. The brothers once more met each other, older in experience as well as years, and each comparatively wealthy. Mutual revelations followed, and the fact was disclosed that no gift of a watch and chain had ever been sent, and that no letter acknowledging the receipt of such by James was ever received by his brother. The entire affair was shrouded in mystery. It was merely by accident, not design, that James Davis was still in possession of the box and wrappings in which the watch and chain had come to him several years before, and these were now produced for examination. It was conceded by all present that the hand- writing on the wrapper was not that of any member of the Davis family, nor that of any known friend, and no magni. | fying glass could reveal sufficient of the | postmark to even hazard a guess as to its mailing point. But, as James was a con- | scientious fellow and the soul of honor, he at once placed a cautiously worded “adv.”? in the ‘‘Lost and found” column of a number of prominent city papers of the country, as, if the real owner were dead, heirs might be living who could furnish proof of ownership. Nothing, however, ever came from this advertise- ment. oe One evening, almost twenty years after the brothers had first gone West, a young lady visiting the family of William Davis was perusing a New York paper. The strange story of the magnificent watch had been told her, and she suddenly ex- claimed, ‘‘Here is something that will in- terest you all. Shall I read it, for I no- tice the name of William Davis?’’ Per- mission granted, she read the following article: In the whitewashed cell of a Southern prison, there came through the iron grat- ing the faint rays of a single jet of gas. An old man was seated near a cot on which a sick man lay. ‘“‘And are you sure you have told me all? Is there nothing further you wish to confess?’’ asked tbe father, for such he was. ‘‘You have only a short time left in this world, so tell me all, and I will make such restitution as lies in my power.”’ There was silence for a moment. Then the sick man turned his face toward his father and, in a feeble voice, said slowly: ‘‘There is one thing more. There were three of us and we cracked a safe in a fine mansion in Chicago. We knew the family had left for the East. The house was closed and we broke into it one dark stormy night. I was the man on the watch and the other two did the job, and, as they came out to me in the dark one of them whispered, ‘Here’s your share.’ He put a tin box in my hand and I skipped. When I came to examine the find—saints preserve us, but I was frightened then! [never saw anything like it for a watch and chain. It was solid gold and all a blazin’ with di’mon’s! I didn’t dare keep it, nor offer to sell the thing, and what could I do with it? It wer’ only a short time till Christmas; so I could send it out of my sight to brother James. That was the winter he was trappin’ up in Minnesota. So I mailed it to him that very day.” “And what did James do with that watch and chain? I never heard him speak of your sending him such a thing, and never saw them in his possession.”’ “I directed the box, just as 1 received it from my pals, to ‘James Davis, Little Falls, Minnesota;’ but I never heard from him from that day to this.’’ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 14 “Oh, what a rascal my son has been !” murmured the old man to himself, as he slowly rose from his seat and buttoned his coat about kim. Then he said, *‘Good- bye, Peter. I'll call again in half an hour.” But the hand he reached out to clasp offered no response. His son was dead ! FRANK. A. Howia. Use Tradesman Coupon Books. 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ALPRED J BROWN 6O., Michigan Agents. he President of GREETING: the United States of America, To HENRY KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, aver 5, salesmaienm and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, Whereas, it has been represented to us in our Circuit Court of the United States for the District ot E New Jersey, in the Third Circuit, on it has lately exhibited its said Bill of of New Jersey, against you, the said complained of, and that the said the part of the ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, that Complaint in our said Circuit Court of the United States for the District HENRY KOCH, Defendant, to be relieved touching the matters therein ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, is entitled to the exclusi ve use of the designation ‘‘SAPOLIO” as a trade-mark for scouring soap. Mow, Cherefore, we do strictly command and perpetually enjoin you, the said HENRY KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, agents, . ider the pains and penalties which absolutely desist and refrain from in substantially similar thersto in sound soap not made or produced by or for By word of mouth any manner unlawfully using the word salesmen and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, may fall upon you and each of you in case of disobedience, that you do ) ' SAPOLIO,” or any word or words or appearance, in connection with the manufacture or sale of any scouring the Complainant, and from directly, or indirectly, or otherwise, selling or delivering as “SAPOLIO,” or when “SAPOLIO” is asked for, that which is not Complainant's said manufacture, and from false or misleading manner. avitness, The [sea] in any way using the word “SAPOLIO” m any honorable MELVILLE W. FULLER, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Sta*es of America, at the City of Trenton, in said District of New Jersey, this 16th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-two, [SIGNED] Ss. D. OLIPHANT, Clerae ROWLAND COX, Complainant's Solicitor Steck aePye ee at Dicthibiiern oe rebuuks TiS ode Mn shone SoMa Adon THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. PORTER TO PARTNERSHIP. Progress of a Clerk Who Was Not! Afraid of Work. An Old Merchant in Hardware. I began my second year with my em- ployer feeling well towards me, but with | the envy of the older clerk against me. Harry had been two years longer with Mr. Ely than I had, and had always been | the favorite, but he thought he saw in me | a rival, and he began to show his ill will | against me in numberless little ways. | When I first came to the store Mr. Ely | had said that I was to obey Harry, and he consequently had the power to annoy me as much as he wished. Of course, I understood that we were in a great meas- ure in competition for the same end, and | it was impossible that two ambitious | boys could be anything else. We both | had our ways to makein life, and we both | saw that the first step was to win favor with Mr. Ely. In every store where there are two or more clerks, it is inevitable that there should be some clashing among them, but the moment one turns from his legit- imate work to try to damage a competing clerk, just that moment he begins to fall out of the race. I determined to have no quarrels and make no complaints, but I was bound to go on my own way and trust to faith for the end. I was anxious to learn book- keeping, but Harry kept me away from the books as much as he could. Just as sure as I went to the desk he called me to do something in the store. But where there is a will there isa way. One day there was but little doing in the store, and Mr. Ely was doing nothing, so I went up to him and asked if he was will- ing that I should look over the books so as to learn book-keeping. He said he was not only willing but glad to have me, and if 1 wanted any help he would give it to me. The Jesson he gave me that day is still fresh in my mina, and I have used it a great many times with my own clerks. Turning to a book on the desk, he said: ‘‘This, Mark, is my day-book—in it are recorded the transactions of each day, just as they happened; you see here isthe bill sold Mrs. Smith, there is the one sold Brown, and so on; this is the most important book in the store. If 1 should sue a customer this would be the book to take to court; this is what is ealled the original entry. All the other books are copied from this, and hence are liable to mistakes being made, but here is the entry made while the trans- action is fresh, and to the correctness of this wen are usually willing to swear. Now, if there was no other book but this, it would make it a tedious task to gather together a man’s bills, supposing he had a long account; you would have to begin at the beginning of the book and scan each page closely to find every item against him, and you would have to go through this workevery time you wanted to see how much his account was. So we have ledgers—here is mine. I takea page and head it John Smith, say; then I look through the day-book from the be- ginning, and whenever I find a bill against Smith I write the amount here— ‘posting’ we call it—until I have all the bills against him on this page here. Then if he wants to pay, or I want to see how much he owes me, I have only to turn to this page and foot up the bills. These two books are all that are abso- lutely necessary to carry on business, but no merchant feels like taking in and paying out money without having a special cash account; this may be in the ledger or in a separate book; here is my eash book, on one page is the cash we get in, on the other the cash paid out; footing up these two pages and subtract- ing one from the other shows the amount of cash on hand. If I didn’t have this cash book when anyone paid me I would have to credit him the amount on the day- book, but instead of that I credit it here and then post direct from the cash book to the ledger. In keeping books by single entry as I do, these three are all I need; they show me what I buy and sell, how much I owe and what is due to me, and this is all I want of books. There is no secret about them, and IL advise you to get the run of them early.” I needed no second urging. I sat down to the books and studied them and fol- lowed the entries and postings until I | got the hang of it. Those of us who are old at the business and who handle a set of double entry books as easily as we re- cite the multiplication table have for- gotten how much of glory there is to a i so simple a thing as | Single entry book-keeping, but it is one lof the many steps made between boy- | hood and business. Soon after this I gained another step in life. One morning, in sweeping out | the store, I found a twenty-dollar bill | under the stool before the dress goods |counter. My first move was to call out to Harry, but he wasn’t down yet. I | put itin my pocket and went on sweep- | ing. No sooner was it snugly in my | pocket than something began to tempt me to keep it and say nothing; whoever had lost it would not know whether they had lost it in our store or not, and of course if I said I had not found such a bill they would go looking elsewhere for it. I wanted some new clothes the worst way; three or four of my cronies had lately come out in new suits and I wanted to look as well as they did, but mother had need of the money and could not get me any clothes just then, and there was a book just out 1 especially wanted to get, for | was a lover of books, but no means of gratifying my taste; I could see a score of ways where I could spend the twenty dollars to advantage and no one be any the wiser. But there was another side. Would it be right? Just then Mr. Ely came in and without} waiting a moment I pulled the bill out of my pocket and gave it to him, telling him where I had found it. I was hap- pier the moment it was out of my hands. ‘“‘We will hear from it,” said he, and it wes not long till Mrs. May came in and claimed it. Mr. May was the leading lawyer of the town and a brother-in-law of Mrs. Ely’s. Mr. May was very gra- cious to me and offered me two dollars, which, however, I[ refused to accept. Somehow I fancied after the wicked thoughts the money put in my head I would be punishing myself properly not to accept any reward. But afew days afterwards Mr. May left a package iu the store for me, and in that were two vol- umes giving the autobiography of Ben- jamin Franklin, and a note to me saying Mr. Ely had said I was fond of books and that he and Mrs. May would be glad if I used his library freely. There may be boys who read this that think this latter offer was not of much consequence, but I did not think so. I was anxious to edu- cate myself and delighted to read, and} I look back to that library as being one | ~ the important stepping stones in my ife. If You would I iy How to conduct your business without the loss and annoyance at- tendant upon the use of the pass book or any other charging system, send for samples and catalogue of our Coupon Book System, Which is the best meth- od ever devised for plac- ing the credit business of the retaildealer on a cash basis. Tradesman ‘Company. A BIOS. SMOG U0, STATE AGENTS FOR The Lycoming Rubber Company, keep constantly on hand a full and complete line of these goods made from the purest rubber. They are good style, good fitters and give the best satisfaction of any rubber in the mar- ket. Our line of Leather Boots and Shoes is com- plete in every particular, also Felt Boots, Sox, etic. Thanking you for past favors we now await your further orders. Hoping you wiil give our line a careful inspection when our representative calls on you, weare REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO. WORLD'S FAIR SOUVENIR TICKETS ONLY A FEW LEFT. Original set of four - = - = = 25¢ Complete set often - - - = = 50c Order quick or lose the opportunity of a lifetime to secure these souvenirs at a nominal figure. They will be worth ten times present cost within five years. Tradesman Company, Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent Connty Savings Bank GRAND RAPIDS ,MIOH. Jno. A. CovopE Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. S. VERDrIsER, Cashier. K. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r. Transacts a General Banking Basiness. Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits. DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A. ——— E. Crofton Fox. T.J. O’Brien, A.J. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. Mekes J. A. S. Verdier Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, WE WANT BEANS and will pay highest market price for them. If you haye any stock you wish to dispose of, seek headquarters for an outlet. “* The OAS Falls “Route.” i (Taking effect Sunday, May 27, 1894.) Arrive. Depart. wae m.._..... Detroit Express ........ 7 00am 5 = : > eee *Atlantic and Pacific..... 11 20pm 1350p m...... New York Express...... 6 00pm eDaily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex- press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00am; re- turning, leave Detroit 4:35 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:20 p m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains eest over the Michigan Cen tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. ALmguistT, Ticket Agent, Union PassengerStation. CHICAGO _Nov. 18, 1894. AND WEsSr M:CHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO. Lv. G’d — eee . —— 1:25pm *11:30pm Ar. Chicas .... .. 25pm 6:50pm *7:20am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. = Cues... 8 8:25am 5:00pm *11:45pm Ar. Ge Rapeds......... 3:05pm 10:25pm *6:25am TO AND FROM MUSKEGON. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:25am 1:25pm 5:30pm Ar. Grand Rapids...... 11:45am 3:05pm 10:25pm TRAVERSE CITY. CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. Ly.Grand Rapids.. 7:30am 3:15pm Ar. Manistee........ 12:20pm 8:15pm Ar. Traverse City.... 1:00pm 8:45pm Ar. Charievoix...... 3:15pm 11:10pm Ar. Petoskey .... 3:45pm 11:40pm Trains arrive from north at 1:00 pm and 10;00 pm. PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. Parlor car leaves for Chicago 1:25pm, Ar- rives from Chicago 10:25pm. Sleeping cars leave for Chicagy 11:30pm. Arrive from Chi- cago 6:25am. *Every day. Others week days only. DETROIT, LANSING & 3 Oct. 28, 1894 NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm Ar. Detroit..............11:40am 6:30pm 10:1Gpm RETURNING FROM DETROIT, Ly. Detroit. . ... 7:40am 1:10pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapid oe 12:40pm 5:20pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS, Ly. GR 7:40am 5:00pm Ar. G R.11:35am 10:45pm TO AND FROM LOWELL. Ly. Grand Rapids........ 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm Av from Lowell.......... 12:40pm 6:20pm ....... THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap- idsand Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- ing train. Trains week days onl 5; GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. la GRAND HAVEN & MIL- WAUKEE Railway. EASTWARD. (rains Leave tNo. 14itNo. l6jtNu. — | G’d Rapids, Ly 6 45am) 1 20am | 3 25pm 11 00pm [ionm ....... 2 Ar! 7 40am/11 25am | 4 27pm }1235am st. Johns Ar | 8 25am/12 17 pm| 5 20pm | 1 2am Owoes>....../ Ar! 9 00am 1 20pm) seneen 3 10am | B, a Ar |10 50am 3 45pm| 8 0opm| 640am | Bay City .. 7 15am -Ar 11 30am csom « $ 37pm Flint . -- Ar|10 05am] 3 45pm 7 Snes 5 40am Pt. Huron. Soo 550pm| 850pm| 7 30am Pontiac ......Arj1053am} 305pm) 8 25pm! 5 27am Detroit....... Ar|1150am| 405pm! 925pm)} 7 00am WESTWARD, For Grand Haven and Intermediate Pre ce eee ee cee *7:00 @. m. For Grand Haven and Muskegon...,. +1:00 p. m, “ Bl and Cht.. 5:25 0. m +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Trains arrive from the east, 6: 35 a&.m., 12:60 p.m., 5:30 p. m., 10:u0 p.m. Trains arrive from the west, 10:10a. m. 3:15 pm. and 9:15 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Parlor Car. No.82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward — No. 11 ParlorCar. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. Jas. CAMPBELL, Cliy T'cket Agent. Grand Rapids & Indiana, TBAINS GOING NORTH. Leave going North For Traverse City, Petoskey and Saginaw....7:40a. m, For Traverse City......... :25 p.m Me eet teec ec 5:00 p. m For Petoskey and Mackinaw 10:25 p m TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Leave going South. Pee Cee 7:25a.m, For Kalamazoo and Chicago.. For Fort Wayne and the East OP CARCI BOSE, 62. prec rn ccsss For Kalamazoo and Chicago....... Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R. Ly Grand Rapids........ 7:25am 3:15pm *i1 ee Arr Ohficago............. 2:40pm 9:05pm 7:10a 2:15p m train hasthrough Wagner "buffet Paes Car and coach. 11:40 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car and acu Ly Chic: 6:50am 3:30pm 11:30 p m Arr Scant Rapids 2:50pm 9:15pm 7:20am 3:30 p m has through Wagner Buffet Parlor Car 11:30 p m train daily,through Wagner Sleeping Oar Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive, 5am 8:55am 1:00pm Lispm 8:40 pm oO. L. LOCKWOOD" . General Passenger and Ticket Agent. ENGRAVING Bnildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles, TRADESMAN CO., Grand Rapids, Mich, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Pete Mt ee nee ence ee 13 CURRENT COMMENT. The Mayor of Cincinnati, who was in Washington the other day, purpose not stated, says: ‘‘Some time ago I was talking with a chemist. He declared that in time the food problem would be solved by the concentration of eatables in wafers, and that the span of life would be lengthened into the centuries. In fact, he thought that in a hundred years men would begin to live longer, and that even 200 years would not be the limit of human existence.’”’ Ifthe chem- ist has the handling of wafers, people will not live so long as they might under other circumstanees. Chemists em- ployed by brewers and all sorts of liquor makers are responsible for much adulter- ation. Besides, what does it matter how long people live who begin their ex- istence 100 years from now after every- body of to-day is dead? We shall know some day; but not here. = * It is difficult to account for some of the literary ‘‘crazes’? that obtain so largely in this country. A few years ago the magazines were crowded with war literature. This, perhaps, could be accounted for in the fact that the war had become the great interest of mem- ory toso many of its participants; but it is not easy to account for the Napo- leonic craze which is now ransacking every corner of Europe for data having even the most remote bearing on the career of that most unserupulous embed- iment of invincible selfishness. * * * The question of retaliation between the United States and the various Euro- pean countries, on aecount of discrim- inations in tariff, is causing much dip- lomatic correspondence and has been the principal subject of discussion in the re- cent sessions of the Cabinet. The first official act of the new Austrian Minister was a protest against the imposition of one-tenth of a cent additional duty on sugar from countries paying an export bounty on that product, claiming that such duty is a discrimination against Austria and, consequently, a violation of our treaty of commerce. It is probable that this protest will be followed by re- striction on some of our exports to that country. The principal sources of Amer- ican sugar supply are Cuba, Germany France and Austria, and there is already correspondence with three of these on the sugar question. The threat of re- taliation in the case of Spain will prob- ably bring that country to terms in short order, as Cuba would be quickly dis tressed by a restriction of its market in this country. Our power of retaliation against the others may not be as sum- mary, but it is not probable that any or all of them can interfere seriously with the trade of this country without its af- fecting their trade more than they are willing to stand. * * * A committee of the New York Cham ber of Commerce, directed to recom- mend a plan for municipal reform, has reported that, in its opinion, there could be no complete reform until the muni- cipal government ‘‘was lifted out of politics.” The case seems hopeless, as, up to date, no derrick has been made strong enough to lift the government of a big city out of politics. The unseru- pulous Hungry-Joe people who hang on to politics fora living cannot afford to let go of the fat offices for a little thing like reform. Advocates of the cause of temperance will be gratified to learn of the rapidly increasing demand for hot ‘soft stuff” among men. During the winter there are many men not habitual drinkers who get into the way of dropping into saloons for a hot scotch or something of the kind to warm them up, but since the drug- gists and light lunch cafes have begun furnishing hot drinks saloon men say that there has been a great falling off in their profits. With hot soda, coffee, cocoa, chocolate, beef tea, clam broth and hosts of other grateful beverages the man whois only an occasional drinker finds it just as comforting and much cheaper to warm up in the drug store rather than the saloon. * * * The Peoria Canal Co., of which Presi- dent Greenhut of the Whisky Trust is principal stockholder, put nearly a mil- lion into irrigation works at Gila Bend, Ari., which were sold last week by the sheriff. Mr. Greenhut claims, from a judgment which the company holds of $100,000 and the proceeds of the land, which is greatly enhanced in value since its purchase from the Government, that the stockholders wili eventually recover the major part of their investment. i lp Gripsack Brigade. Geo. A. Newhall (I. M. Clark Grocery Co.) is entertaining his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Newhall, of Saugus, Mass. J. E. Houghton was in Milwaukee last week and signed for 1895 with B. Leiders- dorf & Co. His territory includes the en- tire trade of the State. L. W. Holmes, of the firm of Holmes Bros., clothiers at Belding, has purchased a block of stock in the Lansing Pants & Overall Co. and gone on the road for that corporation. H. A. Hudson has severed his connec- tion with the I. M. Clark Grocery Co. and taken the position of Western Michigan representative for the J. G. Butler To- bacco Co. formerly held by B. G. Van- Leuven. Chas. I. Flynn, formerly with H. H. Freedman, when the latter was engaged in the manufacture of cigars at Reed City, but for the past twelve years iden- tified with John E. Kenning, has handed in his resignation, to take effect about Feb. 15, when he will unite his fortunes with the newly organized United States Cigar Co. — Uae non RINNE Purely Personal. F. C. Bushman, the Kalamazoo cigar jobber, was in town last Saturday. Wm. K. Pringle, the Muir general dealer, was in town over Sunday, the guest of B. S. Davenport. He was ac- companied by his wife. Chas. McCarty, the Lowell Poo Bah, is likely to have a damage suit on his hands, the prospective plaintiff being a Grand Rapids gentleman who purchased a dress suit for the purpose of attending Mc- Carty’s ‘‘house warming.’’? Contrary to announcement McCarty began living in the house without observing this neces- sary preliminary, and, unless the matter is promptly adjusted, the aggrieved gen- tleman threatens to seek satisfaction in the courts. Charlie usually manages to win over everybody by means of his stereotyped laugh, which would, ordinar- ily, cause a stone image to smile, and it will be interesting to note what effect the laugh has on a jury. Relations of Manufacturer, Jobber and Retailer. The establishment of Wholesale Gro- cers’ Associations throughout the entire country has tended to draw the line sharply between the exclusive jobbers on one side and the large retailers and semi- jobbers on the other. Self-preservation, the great law of nature, has prompted the exclusive jobbers to take the stand that manufacturers should choose be- tween the system of distributing their product through the jobber exclusively or entirely through the retailer. It is impossible for any manufacturer to use both systems at the same time, and I be- lieve that it is to the advantage not only of the jobber, but of the manufacturer and legitimate retailer that this dis- tinction be kept in view, and the system of distribution through the jobber ex-| clusively be fully and practically carried out. In my opinion, a merchant who has a retail counter and sells goods to the con- | sumer must be classed as a retailer, no matter how many goods he may sell at wholesale. From all [ can learn, deal- ers of this kind represent less than 5 per cent. of the total number engaged in the retail business. It is, in my opinion, unjust that 95 per cent. of the retail dealers of the country should be forced to meet the competition of the 5 per cent. who buy their goods as they now do from first hands at jobbers prices. The legitimate jobber will certainly agree with me that very frequently small retail dealers undertake to meet prices made by their larger and more fortunate retail competitors. The result is inevitable failure, and the loss gen- erally falls on the wholesaler. It is the sense of organized jobbers in this coun- try that manufacturers should confine the distribution of their product to ex- clusive jobbers, but when forced to seil to retailers they should do so at a price sufficiently above the jobbing price to pay the expense of distribution. This plan is not only just and equitable to body of small retail dealers against ruinous competition by the favored few. The manufacturer has no more right to sell goods at the same price to jobbers and retailers than the jobber has to sell his goods to the consumer and to the retailers at the same price. Manu- facturers are frequently prone to con- sider a merchant as a jobber who oc- easionally sells in original packages to restaurants, consumers or hotels. If the jobbers as a body do not resent such practice and insist on treatment that is fair to them, the time is not far distant when the manufacturer will lose sight of the jobber altogether, do his business direct with the retail dealer, and, even- tually, perhaps, with the consumer. In my opinion, the only way this can be pre- vented is for every jobber in the United States to join a local, State or national organization and convince the manufact- urer that the jobbers are a unit on this question, and that by conforming to the system herein outlined a benefit will accrue not only to the jobber, but to the manufacturer and retailer as well. ORRIN THACKER, See’y Ohio Wholesale Grocers’ Ass’n a Somebody stole 10,000 cigars from a New York factory recently, and the es- tablishment has succeeded in getting at least $2,000 of free advertising on the strength of it, Thos. D. Gilbert. the exclusive jobber, but protects a large | A RECORD OF GROWTH { | That Must Be Pleasing to the Stockhold- ers---This City is Proud of the Company. Ata meeting of the directors of the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co., a div- idend of 7 per cent. on its capital stock of $200,000 was declared. The company shows a marked increase in business and resources over 1893 as follows: in assets, $46,121.19; in surplus, $29.539.66; in re- insurance reserve, $19,162.78; in income, $33,244.92. Its annual statement shows cash assets of $392,498; net surplus, $50,- 351.60; re-insurance reserve, $132,664.60. The company will add the State of Ohio to its list, making twelve states in which it will operate through some 500 agents. No financial institution in this city is in better repute than this company for fair dealing, promptness and reliability. The advantages to this city of having a local | fire insurance company are many. A | company possessing all the elements of Strength and carefully managed not only advertises this city abroad, but brings to it a large amount of money to be distrib- uted in various ways for its benefit. To the insuring public in this city it offers speedy and satisfactory indemnity in case of loss. qo»? ___—__ Bank Notes, Hannett, Adams Bros. & Co., bankers at Shepard, have been _ incorporated under the style of the Commercial State | Bank. So far as THE TRADESMAN’S informa- tion goes, three names are mentioned in connection with the presidency of the National City Bank—Hon. T. J. O’Brien, Hon. J. C. Fitzgerald and Col. Geo. G. Briggs. All are gentlemen of unusual strength and any one of them would prove to be a worthy successor of the lamented gentleman whose place he would take. Lester J. Rindge (Rindge, Kalmbach & Co.) takes the place on the Board of Di- rectors of the National City Bank ren- dered vacant by the death of the late The honor is worthily bestowed, Mr. Rindge being one of the shrewdest and most reliable business men in the city. As the manager of an important manufacturing and jobbing establishment and its credit man for a quarter of acentury, Mr. Rindge is ad- mirably adapted, both by temperament and experience, to discharge the duties devolving upon him in his new position with credit to kimself, with profit to the bank and with fairness to its patrons. Few men enter the portals of a directors’ room so well equipped for the work as Mr. Rindge. un a i Lakeview Laconics. LAKEVIEW, Jan. 5—L. P. Sorenson opened his new bank for business the morning of Jan. 2. Mr. Sorenson is a good citizen and has the best wishes of a large circle of business men. H. W. Stone, of Lowell, is in charge of the bank in the capacity of cashier. Geo. D. Lovely, our hardware dealer, was married last Sunday to Miss Bertha Hollier, who has been employed as a clerk in his store for some time past. Fred Sreaves has purchased a stock of bazaar goods and will oecupy one side of L. L. Bissell’s new brick store building. The Stebbins Manufacturing Co. has received an order for 25,000 puzzles from Toronto. 9 Special Meeting of Wholesale Grocers. A special meeting of the Michigan Wholesale Grocers’ Association will be held at Jackson, Jan. 15, for the purpose of considering matters of grave impor- tance to the organization. 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs Department. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Aan Arbor. Two Years—George Gundrum, tonia. Three Years—C. A. Bug bee, Charlevoix. For Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. Five Years—F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. President—Fred’k W .R. Perry, Detroit. £ecretary—Staniey E. Parkill, Owosso. Vreasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Coming Meetings—Detroit, Jan8; Grand Rapids, March 5; Detroit (Star Island), June 24; Lansing, Nov. 5. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n, President— A. 8. Parker, Detroit. Vice-President—John E. Peck, Detroit. Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit. Secretav—F. C. Thompson, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutica! Society. President, John E. Peck; Secretary, B. Schrouder. THE SUCCESSFUL SALESMAN. The successful man of to-day is the successful salesman, I care not in what occupation or in what station of life you find him. The young man who goes out in the world takes his future into his own hands; his success in life means his suc- cess asa salesman. What is the success- ful salesman? Simply the man who sub- serves to the greatest possible degree the best interests of his employer or the peo- ple he serves and whose life is permeated with a conscientious desire to earn his money. Whata broad field is this! It is as far reaching on either side as the utmost stretch of our imagination, and reaches up to Heaven. George Wash- ington was a successful salesman; so was Abraham Lineoln. Phil Armour, Marshall Field, O. S. A. Sprague, and other successful men, are suecessful salesmen. Whether he deals in merchan- dise over the counter in a country cross- roads store, or in the great marts of the world, handling the products of the world; whether he practices medicines dispenses law or oceupies the highest station under the government of any na- tion—if he is successful in any of these he is a successful salesman. All suc- cess is attained only by the most con- tinued and determined effort of our- selves—the work of a lifetime. I re- member when I left home, to go out in the world to hew out for myself a pos- sible success, twenty-two years ago the 20th of last month, my mother (now among the angels) took me by the hand and said: ‘‘My dear boy, you cannot at this time appreciate the great impor- tance to you of the step you are about to take. You are going out in the world to do battle for yourself. Two roads lie before you—one leads to success, the other to failure. You are going to work for Mr. Hannah. He is a_ successful man. Study his ways, follow his direc- tion carefully and closely; make your- self as indispensable to his business as possible; earn your money every day; and, mark my words, as your mother, who has the greatest anxiety for your good, success will follow. The road isa long one, the way is rugged and uneven and beset on either side with the skele- tons of failure, and one needs almost to possess the courage of a Daniel to enable him to keep on in the straight track and not be drawn off the narrow way that leads to success.” Had I known, twen- ty-two years ago, of this route my heart must have failed me, and I doubt if I should have had the courage to press on; but the Great Ruler of heaven and earth has wisely planned that we may not look into the future, but learn of the ups and downs of life through our own experi- ence. In the issue of Tue MICHIGAN TRADESMAN of May 9 appeared a sketch | in which I was much interested. I need, ardly say it was of our respected | friend, Mr. W. J. Gould, of Detroit. He is a successful salesman, and, although his years now number above the sixty mark and he has not for years taken the active part of a salesman, yet 1 venture to say, without fear of contradiction, that when the young men in his estab- lishment get a customer who is hard to please and well nigh impossible to sell to, and the boys have given him up, Mr. Gould can take him in hand and satisfy him to the extent that he will leave his order with them, and the customer will gO away with the idea well fixed in his mind that W. J. Gould & Co. is a most excellent house to do business with. The successful salesman must have, in addition to all else, the unusual faculty of putting himself in the place of his customer and appreciating his wants, conditions and likes. He must, also, have that fine sense and delicate study of the touch of human nature that will en- able him at the right time to accost the customer with a very polite ‘Good morning, Mr. Jones,’’ and the next with ‘‘Hello, Marks.’”? Of the great division of the great army of life but few are suc- cessful, and there are numbers who come down to the end of life with a record of failure, cursing their fate (as they call it) or laying the blame at the door of somebody else. One branch of the business of the con- cern which I belong tois running a_ ho- tel, and in the course of a year a good many traveling salesmen come and go, and we have an opportunity of looking deeper into their lives and habits than is disclosed as they present themselves to us in a business way. That many of them are not successes is no surprise. Gambling, drinking and inattention to business is the order with some; while others pursue the wiser course and are keenly alive at all times to the best in- terests of their houses. They get the orders, please their customers, earn their salary, and are general successes. HERBERT MONTAGUE. ——-_ > Mr. Frank J. Gaskill, groeer, Grand Rapids, says: ‘I saved last night forty- five minutes and my accounts posted up to date this morning.’’ He uses Shaw’s File book. * Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Seely’s Flavoring Extracts Every dealer should sell them. Extra Fine quality. Lemon, Vanilla, Assorted Flavors. Yearly sales increased by their use. Send trial order. Seely's Lemon, rapped) Doz Gro. loz. $ 90 10 20 Zen. 128 1260 4oz. 200 2280 60z. 300 33 00 Seely's Vanilla Wrapped) Doz. Gro. 1oz.$150 16 20 40z. 3 75 4080 60z. 5 40 57 60 Plain N.S. with corkscrew at same price if preferred, Correspondence Solicited SEELY MFG. CO., Detroit Mich. 2oz. 200 21 60! is This A Good Thing? $15 for $4 You Want [t | You Have Yo Have It | The haw Says You Shall Have It! 2,800 Labels All in convenient form for immediate use as illustrated below, with in- structions for using. NO LABEL CASE NECESSARY. THEY NEVER CURL. THEY NEVER GET /IIXED UP. TRADESMAN (©) COMPANY'S CLASSIFIED LIST OF =|POISONOUS DRUGS — ARRANGED IN FOURTEEN GROUPS WITH AN ANTIDOTE FOR EACH GROUP. HOW $0 Use Thom 2szatyteorcnenrammaitss sates CAUTION—Use no other system of Poison Labels with this list There are 113 poisonous drugs sold, which must all be labeled as such, with the proper antidote attached. Any label house will charge you but 14 cents for 250 labels, the smallest amount sold. Cheap enough, at a glance, but did you ever fig- ure it out—113 kinds at 14 cents ?—8$15.82. With our system you get the same re- sults with less detail, for less than one-third the money. Sent prepaid to any address, when cash accom panies order, for $4. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. i cash aah ts hE WERE 4 : 5 = te see an ht aes anh eater eee ee Leet Pee er eats i = 2 dl Mixture...... 20 | Linseed, boiled.. .... 59 62 Wholesale Price Current. Morphia, 8. P. de W. , 205@2 80 Sines } Mixture... 2: Neat's "Foot, witiér | i ae S| atentned a gy cong Kennedy’s Goods, Hood’s Pills. Declined—Gum Opium, Oll Anise, Oil Cassia, Or cane eg an 1 a Sout, Waiies, De @ : SpiritsTurpentine.. 24 40 Sener Myristica, No 1 naa ee. @ a ee h, De. Voe 35 ° E : ACIDUM. Cabeneg oa TINCTURES. oe @ a gsnuft Scotch: a HO” 6 hittin 1% 2@3 Aceticum ...... ...... = 2 ~ na 2091 30 | Aconitum Napellis R....... 60 in Saac, H&P. D. oo | $048 et Fotase Tart... 24@ 35 | Ochre, yellow Mare... 1x 304 —— — 15 | Gaultheria......... 22. rere = Poe ie is ee ee = | Putty, conmmesetel.. su eaae Carbolicum - 20@ 30| Geranium, ounce..... oS. ie 60| doz ...: 200|Soda, Ash......... 1... 84 4|_\ sirletly pure... .2% 24@3 Citricum : 41@ 44] Gosstpit, Sem. gal--.-- so“ 50 Pieis Liq. » quarta ou, @1 00 | Soda; Sulphas..... @ 2| Vermilion Prime Amer- Hydrochior - :. 3@ 5|Hedeoma ......... aS ee 0 "pints...-... @ 85] Spts, Bther Co |... ||. Ses se fea 13@15 Nitrocum -- 10Q 12] Junipert.. + Gi | aie... 60 | Pil Hydrarg, (po.8).. @ 50| "'Myrela Dow... @2 00| Vermilion, English..:. 65@70 Oxalicum 10@ 12 Lavendula .--..... 90@2 00 Benzoin ae 60 | Piper Nigra, (po. 22). @ 1 “ Myrcia Imp... .. @2 50 | Green, Peninsular..... 13@16 Phosphorium dii...... 20 | Limonis -.......... poe bee — 50 | Piper Alba, (po g5) @ 3 Vint Rect. bbi. Lead, vet... 54@6 Samaroo Lea — Mentha Piper. ee ol Som aenn: I 50 | Piix Burgun en oe Te sot | Wee - a 1%@ Mentha Verid. “A wogi 40 a tt 50 | Plumb! Acet ...... -. 2@ 13 gaa gal., cash ten days. Whiting, =e an. - Tannicum............. 1 401 60 | Morrhuae, =. “a 2 Guten. 75 | Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20] Strychnia Crystal.....1 40@1 45| Whiting, Gilders’...... @ Tartaricum 30@ 33 | Myrcta, ounce. @, 30 | Capaic 50 Pyrethrum boxes H Sulphur, Subl......... 24@ 3 | White, Paris American 1 Mrpee eee... 0.5... ae 9@3 00 * a 5 Ce. Fr @125 ns "Roll . 2 *@ 2% Whiting, Paris Eng. AMMONIA. Fics ® Liquida, (gal. 35) 108 12 Ca a 2 en ee ss Agua, 16 deg.......... — te a Prrethram, csinenney Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30 Universal Prepared ..1 CO@1 15 ¢ aseoeRe 8 Honmariai ash 6 1m ee Ue Quinta, 8B a W a seesore Theobromae .......... 45 @ 48| Swiss _ Prepared nai Carbones retest eeeeees 19) 14) ehh +e Be PCmenona 50 s German... 27@ 37| Vanilla... ....... 8 ong oo Paints ............... 1 0@ Chloridum ............ 12@ 14 Sabine a i ong 00 i" Co................. 60] Rubia Tinctorum... 12@ 14| Zincl ae 17]@ 8 VARNISHES. INE. ne -2 50@7 00 | Columba ............ 00.2.0. 50 | Saccharum Lactis pv. es 14 No.1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 — Sassafras... - 5O@ 55|Conlum ................ 2... aoa eNO RE 2 10@2 25 ots. tie Tarp... ..... 160@1, 70 RE eter ierheesies 3 Onl oe Sinapts, ess, ounce @ 65|Cubeba..... ................ 50 sanguis Draconis... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal| Coach Body........... 00 : Seaemeaeba aes snae — @ £0| Digitalis .............. ..... 50 SBPO, We eevee eeeeees 12@ 14| Whale, winter........ 7 —70| No.1 Turp Farn.....41 1 10 ee 30 e ae rani nay 40@ 50 ee 2s aM 10@ 12/ Lard, extra... ....... 0 85 Butra Turk Damar....1 55@1 Wenow .......55...5... 2 50G8 00 Thym a. Gentian ..................... 50; « z Te @ 15| Lard’ No. 1........... 42 45|Japan Dryer, No. 4 : BACCAE. ‘Theobromas.......2... wr ee = Linseed, pureraw.... 56 59 enue id 70@75 Cubeae (po 25)...... 20@ 2% POTASSIUM. oT aoe 60 Juniperus ............- eon... ........... ea EN cies ii i i “ oe — Xanthoxylum.. 23@ 30! bichromate........... 13@ 14 Hyoscyamus Sy 50 xs BALSAMUM. a Ue a 3 Copaibs .. 45@_ 50 | Chlorate (po.i7@i9).. 16@ 18} Ferri Chioridum.. PO 35 Peru.. scotty ioe OO eater We Sie Terabin. Canada .... 45@ 50 Toaide.... 117222707777. 2 Oe OU Eobeta 50 Tolutan .............. 35@ Poteaesa, Bitart, a. 2a leer. 50 RTEX Potassa, Bitart, com.. @ 15) mux Vomice................ 50 6 ~ 7 Potass Nitras, opt..... oe 85 Abies, Canadian.... ....... 18 | Potass Nitras.......... 72 9! * Camphorsiod.......... 50 CASSIAG ..... 2-222 e eee ee eee 12) Prussiate.............. 28@ See 2 00 ee > - Se ie. 15@ 18} aurantiCortex...... ....... 50 Euonymus atropurp........ RADIX uagsia .. 50 Myrica Corifera, po......... = ".. 20@ 2 BEANY ---- eee eevee soe, 50 Prange Vireini.............. 12s SOGeram .... 8... —_ ae 50 Quillaia, grd................ = — TT aA TH an 15 Cansia Acutifol......... ... 50 ITY Ses |... .....---.-... 12 _— aaa... 3 oc 50 V Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... 15 aa as siisiaiiate LE ewer aN 50 EXTRACTUM,. Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10 a eee 2 + Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 24@ 25) Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18] + ea ana yey, ‘ Vale 50 cert “ ] — a Canaden, @ 30| Veratrum Veride 50 ol Ges. cl, ||| ea sa) Veratrum Veride 000007) a ana 13@ = peliebore, Ala, po.. - a = MISCELLANEOUS. “ oe ‘ oo 100 7 Tpeca a be a 1 30@1 40) Mther, Spts Nit,3 F.. 2@ = = — "aaa. on 4F.) Re aman Jalapa, or eal 40s) 45 Alumen 77 . 24%@ 3 Carbonate Precip...... @_15|Maranta, Ks.......... @ 35 “ground, (po. Citrate and Quinia..... @3 50] Podophyllum, po...... 8 3@ 4 Citrate oaene.-. ---- 2 = age Raia a er ea a = 60 OL. ... ae vo | Aeron, PO.......... . . . ° Solut Chloride... - peeps 75@1 35 et PotassT. 55@ 60) Nothing Like It to Make Hens Lay in Winter. Sulphate, com’l. = : Spigella Sans ._ = = —_ @1 = sg a, . @& 2 Sucieen.......... — Serpontaria — oa 30@ 35) Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 48 ee Senega 55@ 60] Arsenicum............ 5D 7 Araion sinh na sn ta ne 2 Simflax, Officinalis. = @ 4 Balm Gilead Bud... ae 40 Aries ....... -....-. basi ed ee Matricaria it... 50@ 65! scillae, (po. 85)........ 10@ 12) Calcium Chior, 1s, ies iy i ae ne ne PONLA Symplocarpus, Fastl- 14)... @ 11/ A valuable addition to the feed of laying Hens and growing B 14@ 30) dus, po.............. @ 3 omiunien ana oe ea eee .30 25 eh i ae nn | Cassia “Acuiitol, ‘ia: vale "German:. 198 2 capsici Fructus, af... @ 26 chicks, and a sure preventative for Cholera nivelly ....-. “a = eens CS = a @ 2B ’ Semeier 3... .. c ts “ 20 : | i Salvia officinalis, \s ao bys j SEMEN. Garyophylius (po. Pos) _3 12 Roupe and Gapes. one We............ 5@ 2 Cc =a O38 75 oer ~~ $@ 1) Anteum, (po. 20). @ 15) Cera Alba, 8. & Fo... 50@ 55 eUMMI. a ae (graveleons) .. ‘3 : Gera | Fi a 2 ‘0 Acacia, ist picked.... °°. 4 12] Voccus ............... oa a g 40 Serdinbe. 0 as BI 8 Cassia Protas Be g % | ss Le ,|Corlandrum........... 15 4} VOUIraria.............. ° ete... 6 8 - = 5 | Cetaceum .... 02... @ ‘6 PO .....- a BOD = ine . ...... 75@B1 00 Chloroform agaibbs a1 = Aloe, Barb, (po. enopodium ........ 10@ 12 " Cape, (Po Pie 4 60). g ie | Dipterix Odorate .....2 40g 60 Chioral nya’ = = Pocmseuiam........... Gh W6 0 een tars Catechu, 1s, Gan 14 4, ; eee po...... 6@ 8| Clnchonidine, z Ss Ww ae = eases enters ie... 3n@ 4 corns “aa = Amnateatida, (posi! bog. 6, | Ent, gral. Gobi 8i6) ast = 7 88: / 50} re tiie ae a Renee .......... = a vuateetanuiie” 40 5 cresnotain i a 2 = Camphore............- 6@ 5 oo "4¥@ 5 , ay) a; Euphorbiam po ...... 30] Sinapis Alba. ....... 70 ie BEG. wo. 0e. = ; G ae a ies on ce ao . @2 58 Nigra . 11@ 12 i a i @ 3 Gembore, pe.......... 70@ 7d EE a... Guaiacom, —o 35)... Q@ x» i Crocus 35@ 40 pe 1 pak 7D) --- 2-0. - @ er W., D. Co.-2 OODe 50 Cudbear........ @ uw i BER... 3 cogs 33 Capri rt Suipi ‘ino Te 5o if Suntperts Go. 6. ....1 65@2 00 | Bther Sulpi.... 000) 1G. 99 400 on en oe 1 75@Q3 50 < numbers.. @ : f Saacharum N. E...... Se ee ae @ 6 Tragacanth ........... 30@ 80 - Vint Gallt........ 1 756 301 B ta, (po) 40 eae B0@ 35 HEEBA—In ounce packages. vant — sett eeeeees : saa Oo Flake a 12@ 15 Absinthinm .............. of a. a Sees = SPONGES. Gelatin, Cooper ....... @ 6 ar vee a 3 | Florida sheeps’ wool. . ee 300 I ohn owen teosee 3 Carriage.......... 2 50@2 75 Glassware ‘Aint, by box 80, Mentha Piperita. Dee ee ogee es 2 Nassau shoeps’ wool a Lal hee be &. mine ries NE poe see on Es = Velvet extra sheept’ Glue, wit: = Tanacetum, V.......-.--.--- oe | _ Wool carriage....... hee = co) Batra yellow aia yeerins ..... = Grana Paradisi _——- 55@ 60 ou sheeps’ ‘Woo! Car- * Humulus....... ne = Calcined, Pat.......... Hydraag Chior Mite 5 Garbonaie, KS i... an |Hardfor siaie uso.) =) tt OOF... 3 65 Price 25 Cents. Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36 Yellow Reef, : for slate 0 “ Ammonial.. @ 9% ee a dia - “ Unguentum. — - pelea. ........- 2 50@3 00 SYRUPS. arevcem ....,.... Amy dalae, Dulc...... oe SO AOR 50} Te een. Am. | 4 — = Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 | Zingiber ..................4. 50 | Indig S Resubi Cee = I ooo cusp oes <= (eee OF POOBeG. el. 60 foaine, eee... = = Auranti Cortex 1 Gee 001 Weert fod... 50 | Iodo _ Dee etee eee a = Bergamii ... -3 00@3 20} Auranti Cortes.............. 56 | Lupu om See ee aa i Cajiputi ..... Gee Goi Rho Aram... |... 50 | Lycopodium .......... =< —- = 80 | Similax Officinalls.. ..... 60 ee ae " a oe i mM podi roe ee 50 i 27 oO ] Ss Sean: a 091 ot Seiligs. CT 50 accra 103 12 Manufacturing Chem st 9 Citronella... s @ Me ese ca 50 agnesia, D Conium M wee Gh Toate 50 aR GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Ce cic ucs. 1... S0@ 90) Frames ¢irg.............-. . & mania, 3 Need Chee a. cone Manan ancekuees ce RR teeth Aleck a arte aaa ea tlt ca pom cries yet ighea ieee wie: Np = Deane eee ners cootavaminaitie-nieacemcaeate 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERY PRICE. CURNENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. They are prepared just before It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the AXLE GREASE. doz gross lt 6 00 ——......... 7 00 Diamond...... .. = 5 50 ose... CO 9 00 —. 65 7 SO facaeon .. .._..... oe 6 00 BAKING POWDER. acme. 1% iD. caus. 3 doz.... 45 % “b. ge 5 im * :* 1 00 3 10 i ee ee ee Arctic. Dm cans 6 doz case....... 55 “3 - #@dor co 1 * Seen ~ 2 00 ce * (oe ..... Oo oes en Flake. a S ozeansGdoz * ..--.-- 2 ze 6 os * 4doz - 3a a. — ai j aoe (a * tan: - ....-- 4 5in” tas «CL... 9 00 Red Star, 7 . CAllS.....--. 40 a % tb oo 75 as 1 th sé ne i 40 Telfer’s, %¢ 1b. c ans, ‘dos. 45 “a 44 Ib. : a5 . tin ‘1. oe Our, Leader, 4% .b cans..... 45 % ib cans...... 75 ' i ibcans..... . 13 BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. English . _-. = oe... 80 Dourwiic.........---..- 70 BLUING. Gross Arctic, 402 ovals.. 1S 3 60 ee 6 75 ‘“ = pints, round........ 9 00 = moe , Sifting box... 2% = ee. 3, . 400 “ Hoa. 5, . ... 3a - tore ...........- 4 50 Mexican L iguid, o..... 2. 3 60 8 oz. ~-- 6 OO BROOMS, 2 I ae See No. 2 Carpet.. ost oe Sg 250 oe |... 2 50 Common Whisk...........-. 85 Fanc Stn Warcnouse........ -.......- 2 BRUSHES, Stove, No. : ce eee 1 25 ‘ a 1 75 Rice Root Scrub, 2 row.... 8 Rice Root Scrub, 3 row. 1 2 Palmetto, goose............ 1 50 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes ete esas 10 OO ee 9 ome... 2... 10 a ............... oe OANRNED GOODS. Fish, Clams. Little Neck, in... -....... .. 1% Clam Chowder. Sates s......... 23 Cove — siers. Standard, ilb.. 7 ' 2 ib. 13 Lobsters — | .......... ou = so oo ya 1 Ib.. eee me . 2 90 Mackerel. Standard, t = ee ce 1 - ereee ~ u Mosterd, 2 ib.......... 22a Tomato Sauce, 21b........23 Boased, 2 .......... 22 Salmon. Colum & River, a... C. 1% oo. nes 1 50 Alaske, Red . ee pi se 1 20 Rinvers, Sate..............1 75 neetiada, American QB... ee eee 4%4@ 5 HR rena nnne CHG 1 7 Imported + i 10 eek 15@i6 eee ae. 6@7 os... 22 Trout. ae... |... 2 50 Fruits. Apples. 3 ib. standard 90 York en. a 2 50 Hamburgh, SERRA. SAR RL NORM oA — Live oak. ...... . 1 40 penta Com........ ... 1 40 Se 150 ee... ..... 1 10 Blackberries. a2 W... : 85 " Cherries. Red.. . @1 20 Pitted Hamburgh . bees ee ee 1 40 Erie. ee ee i Damsons, Egg Plums and Green Gages. “s......hClCt 1 35 California. hs 1 2 Goosebe tries. Common - . 123 ‘Peaches. te . 1 10 Pee ....... 1 50 Sacearie........ 1 50 a o......-...... 160@1 75 Monitor . “ae ae _— Domestic. 13 Riverside..... 1% Pineex Common... Ls. 1 00@1 30 Johnson’s sliced...... 2 50 Y eretod...... 27 Booth’s eliced......... @2 5) ' aed. ....... @2 Quinces. ae... 1 10 Raspberries. aa... 95 Black Hamburg.. 146 Erie, black .... 1 20 Strawberries, Lawrence . . is Hamburgh . Lee eee ct (= ae. Ce / 1 20 Terrapin . 1 065 Whortleberries, Bineberries ........ ‘ 85 Me Corned beef Libby’ o.... 220 Roast beef Armour’s....... 2 35 Potted ham, % =. 1. ~......-..... 7 C tongee, 35 i>........- 1 35 C ” ig Ib. ~~ os . chicken, ¢ Ib.. 95 Vegetables. Beans. Hemburgh stringless....... 1 French style..... 2 00 _ ine. _.......... 1 3 Lima, —- ete ' Pee... 70 Lewis Boston Baked........ 1 25 Bay State Baked............ 123 World’s Fair Baked........ 12 PieeeeBakoe.. 95 orn aes 1 2 ivingston Hiden ........... 110 ae -1 60 _——_ Oe! 13 Morn ng ET eis, ore... ore nsenae vis} Peas Hamburgh mameamie es 1 30 early June . ...1 50 ' Champion Eng..1 40 c = a... 140 - ancy sifted....1 65 eee “i -. Bercs mtandard............. 5 VanCamp’ S merrorat....... early June.....1 Archer’s Early Blossom.... a 215 Mushrooms. Preach _...... . Pum MD ieee eens Squash, Hubbard ...... eee eee 1 Succotash. Saas... ne 13) ee 80 — Bee ooo © ae 13 Tomatoes. ie eee ee. . Sa a ee 3 00 CHOCOLATE, Baker’s. Genman Sweet... .........- 23 aaa. 37 Breakfast Cocoa.......... 43 CHEESE, eee... 4 —........ |. lly awe... 2 Riverside . ne 12 Gold Medal . Pee Lo 829 —... ll es ......... ..... 1 00 eee 20 a... @15 Pineapple...... . 24 Roque! ee i Gx Schwelt ae. @20 a a. 2 domestic ... wi4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. Half pint, 25 bottles al a Pint i Quart 1 doz bottles Triumph Brand. Half pint, oer Gee... 1 Pint, 25 bottles Quart, per =... CLOTHES PINS. COUPON BOOKS, ‘Tradesman.’ 8 1 books, per hundred ... 2 00 Serie meres...... |. > ie «Cf wd --- Oo g 3 “ee “ “ 3 oO COCOA SHELLS. ot wee 3 00 #10 se os ‘ 4 Ou pin ws. @3 #20 ” ' 5 06 Less quantity .. -.. aa “Superior.” Pound packages........6%@7 | # 1 books, per hundred ... 2% 5 se “ “ COFFEE. ; ; ae .. BBO g 5 “ce 6 “i Lo 4 00 Green, 8i0 “ “ “ 5 00 Rio. 220 se “ “ : 6 00 —, ee . CRACKERS. See os Butter. Cee 9} Doyen en... ........... 5 ee > cea XXX, cartoon..... 5% as... 23 Family XXX i 5 Fair Santos 19 | Family XXX, cartoon...... 5% ee a op | eed Be 5 Prime . 29 Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 5% Paes a — ee eee ees T% Ps ce ae LL ae ee 6 ee TT “22 | goaa, xxx Soda. Fancy...../-.-... --.. 2.2... 24 Soda, —............... 7% Prime Bode, Duchem.............. 8% ae 24 Crystal ees a 10% CC o Long Island — oe Interior 25 wir. Private Growth...........”. o7 8. Oyster xxe SS 5% Mandehling 98 cacy Oyeecr. 2a E............ 5% Mocha. a Perea Opseer...........__. ae lla CREAM TARTAR. aa... 28 er bere... Roasted. Telfer 5 Beckwie.......... To ascertain cost of roasted ee... ison coffee, add %c. per Ib. for roast- DRIED FROITS. ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- Domestic, age. Apples. Package, Ce 5 McLaughlin’s XKXX.. <1 36} Evaporated, 501b. boxes 6 Bunola ... . 2 86 Apricots, Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case.... 21 30 —-> ——- oes ~ vapora n boxes.... Extract. Blackberries. Valley City % gross........ — nha 7% Felix _ .. .. Nectarines, Hummel’s, foil, gross...... : od) og halte ' tin ee el 9 Peaches. CHICORY. ae in boxes. : 10 al. evap. 10 —-- ee ; ts in bage 8% ' Pears. CLOTHES. LINES, California in bags..... 6% Cotton, . > ‘a. re dos. : 25! Barrels Sued Cheerios. i . : 40 | Barrels.....-.. -....---- MERIT 160 So i sae) i. 1 90 Prunelles, Jut sl ot pore. benes............. e 8 _ or... _ 1 00 Raspberries. 7 beers... 20 CREDIT CHEOKS. _ boxes See osc sie ou a 1000 any one denom’n..... 83 00 b. a a se “ en : = Loose Muscatels ‘in Boxes. Sieet panh 751 2 CTOWN ---2----. ee eee eee 34 CONDERSED MILK, 4 dos. in case. N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’ —_— 40 Gail Borden Eagle..... ... oe 6 25 ae 57 omen 4 50 — ll 4 25 Peerless evaporated,cream. 5 75 4 ss — emeienen - Bags. Lees = ; 2 crow Foreign. Currants. Patras, bbls. Vostizzas, 56 lb. Cases ..... 3% | SUARawreeO Sy a aup ae — We euecel Nea 36 1-lb cartoons........ 6 25 ib. boxes, bulk....... 5 50 Ib. boxes, bulk..... . Sultana a 1 Ib, cartoons.. Peel. Citron, Leghorn, oe boxes 13 Lemon _ Orange ’ = . . 10 Raisins, Ondura, 29 ib. boxes.. @ Sultana, 20 @ Vaiencia.30 “ \ Prunes. California, 100-120... 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. . 80x90 ae 7Oxk80 oe 60x70 res a nS ee ENVELOPES, XX rag, white, mee, 1. O45... 81 35 No. 2, 6%.. mete... eee. Manilla, white ee. ee 90 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina, 215 tb. kege... 22. nn 2% Grits. Walsh DeRoo & Co.’s..... 2 10 Hominy. ta eee 3% Lima Beans, ee... 5@5% Maccaroni ag nnn. Domestic, 12 lb. box. 55 Oe -.10%@11 Pearl Barley. Os Peas. icon, Oe... 1 05 on cere... SX Rolled Oats. Schumacher, Pbi.......... $d 00 . % bbl ._2e Monarch, bl ..........-; 4 25 Monarch, 4 bb... ....... 33 ener, Cheee........ | 3 20 —_ German ......... cl 3 Meat ineia........... sete ee 3% Wheat. rected... 3 FISH--Salt. Bloaters. Taree Cod. iGicerees cured...........- 4% Georges genuine......... 7 Georges selected......... TH Boneless, bricks.. ...... 6% Boneless, strips.. ....... 64%@9 Halibut. Saeeen ....... 11@12 Herring. Holland, white hoops — DOrweneen ..... «sae... Round, % ‘bbl 100 Ibs 2 . 2 ‘3 Sealed Leino ee oe a. Mackerel Ho. 1, Wee.......... 11 0 No. 1, 40 lbs £2 No. 1, 10 lbs 1e Hoe. 2, 160 Ips..... . 8 50 Do. 3, @ ibe..... se hes 0 e.......... 1 00 Family, ie...... Lee oa... Sardines. meen, S6e8............. 55 Trout. No. 1, % bbis., 100ibs. ......- 5 00 No. 1% bbl @ tbe... 2 36 Mo. 1, Rite, 10 Ie........ ' 65 mo 1,0 oe.......... . 55 Whitefish. No.1 family ¥% bbls, 100 Ibs... .%6 75 3 00 = ” .. 3.00 150 ie cee. 8 44 sh. * oa ee MATCHES. Globe Match Co.’s ninase Columbia —- : 1 Zak eee... 00 Diamond Match Co.’s ‘diana ee. DS oeioeer............... 165 Anchor parlor....... e . me. Shome....... ee 3 Export parlor...... keecuae ue 00 | FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Souders’. Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Bestin the world for the money. Regular Grade Lemon. doz son... €os..... 1&0 Regular Vanilla. doz Z 81 20 ... 5. 2 XX Grade Lemon coe..,.. $1 50 con..... 3 00 XX Grade Vanilla, et $1 75 oe... 3 50 Jennings, Lemon, Vanilla 2ozregularpanel. 75 20 405 Y 1 oe 2 00 6 oz _ a. 2 oo 3 00 mo. S Saper........ 1 = 2 00 ho. & taper........ 1 50 2 50 Northrop’s Lemon. Vanilla. 20z ovaltaper 75 1 10 3 02 . —. 1% 20z regular ‘ 85 is 402 . * i 2025 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. - ee 3 25 ae wee... 1 90 usreer hee............... 110 . i Oene.................... 30 [eo 18 Choke ee a... ..42 alt Rees... 1.2 40 Quarter kegs.. ........ i iipecam...... 34 Eagle Duck—Dupont's, Kegs bee . 11 @ ale eee 5 75 etter eee... .... 3 00 [oe eons... .. 60 HERBS, EE Ee ee 15 INDIGO. Madras, 51b. boxes ..... 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 50 JELLY. 15 Ib. pails heed eee @ 38 17 @ 42 @ 6 26 12 10 Condensed, : ~ Lee 1 20 eee ee tele 2 2% senna Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. 27 Pie Prep. 3 doz. in case....3 00 MEASURES Tin, per dozen, . welion............. $1 75 Halt on,.............. 1 40 eee... 70 a 45 tae we. 40 Wooden, for —_— per doz. 1 gallon . i" ou 7 00 Half gallon . 21 60 * = * Ewe si 25 50 - eee meee Grade. Lemon. aon... 70 Gos... a a Vanilla, 2 GOm...... 1 Odox..... se SOAP. Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands, Old Country, 80 1-ib........3 20 Good Cheer, 601 1b..........8 © White Borax, 100 %-Ib...... 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. oo 3 45 Ivory, 2 Mm. 2 6 a 4 ee a 3 65 Mottled German. 20 Tome Pae.......,........, 3 2% Dingman Brands. See POE 3 95 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, —= d. a: 33 plain... 2 27 . K. Fairbank & Co.’s ee. aaa: Claus. ..... Brown, 60 bars.. ae 2 10 . 80 bars .3% Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands. GO es 5 eee 3 65 Cotton Oil. . 6 00 Maree 4 00 MeeeO 8 4 00 ee ce es... 3 65 Mee... aces... se 3 30 Savon Duproved........... 2 50 MOET i ewes 2 80 anne 3 25 Meonomice: ............... 5 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 40 hand, 3 doz coco 240 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the lo- cal freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight .buyer pays from the market in which he purchases, to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Teeiae..... ..-.. $4 75 OE eee 475 eee Powares ..:............... 4 37 XXXX Powdered.. .. 2a Cremeieiea. .............. 3 94 Fine Granulated........... 3 94 Extra Fine Granulated... 416 Meg A... Ll ., 4 37 Diamond Confee, A.. : Confee. Standard A...... SYRUPS. Corn. Doarree........... a 18 eerie 20 Pure Cane. Co Sa 18 Good . -_- oe ee 28 TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’ 8, —— oe 4% an..... 2 %5 Halford, jeree 2.0.5.1 3 75 amet 2 Salad Dressing, — dies 4 55 a 2 65 TEAS, JAPAN—Regular. Bem oe Choiee ........... |. 24 Ciegeemt.......... . ‘ ee ........ SUN CURED. Le oe. wk... Cages... 24 Cieleem. .............. 32 a... 10 BASKET FIRED. Pare... ... ke 18 @2 Cee... 8... 8... Choicest. . Extra choice, ‘wire leaf @UNPOWLER. Common to faii....... 25 Extra fine to finest. ...50 Choicest fancy........ %5 OOLONG. Common co fair... ...23 IMPERIAL. Common to fair....... 23 Superior tofine........ 30 YOUNG HYSON. Commor to fair.......15 Superior to fine....... 30 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. 8 ssccecccccee eeeeee lS prone G2 @50 TOEACCOS, Fine Cut. P. Lorillard & Co.’s;Brands, Sweet Russet.. --30 @32 Ties 30 D. Scotten & Co’s Brands, Miawathe ......... . 60 Cuba. 32 Rocket . eu. 30 Spaulding & Merrick’s Brauds, Sterling ..........._... 30 Private Brands, oe. ............... @30 Ct aaa @2? meme By... .... 1... 24 @25 Uncle Ben. 24 G25 25 McGinty eee ae = ae 24 Columbia, drums.. 23 Bane Up.... 20 Bang up, drums.. 19 Sorg’s Brands, Mecerieag ........ |... 39 a BT Nobby Twist............ 40 Scotten’s Brands. Hye ........4,...1. 25 Hiawatha,........ ..-. 38 Walley City -.....-...... 34 Finzer’s Brands, Old Honesty eee 40) Jolly Tar... 2 Lorillard’ s Brands. Climax (8 0z., 41C). 39 Green Tortie.......... 30 Three Black Crows... 27 J. G. Butler’s Brands. Something Good...... = Outlot Gient.......... Wilson & McCaulay’s, ns Gol Mooe..........-.. 43 Happy Thought....... 37 oer ............. 32 O_O Ea 31 Pee Ge............_... 27 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands. Bin Gece ............... 17@18 Golden rer ede e teres. = Huntress a eae Mocwchsms —sé«i«..........-. “25@30 American Eagle Co.’s — Myrtic Navy... .-.......--.. See -. > — 15 eee az jee, Ma tol...........- +. oe Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands, ec ce ae 16 aan Cayendish.......... 36 Gera Cae ................ 30 Scotten’s Brands. Warne... oo 6 Gord Bleck.......... ele 30 F, F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands, Pooreen ................... 26 wt. 18 Ce 22 Globe Tobacco Co.'s _—e a Leidersdorf’s Brands. a 26 Tee Sem......_....... — nea Clover... Spaulding & Merrick. ‘Tom and Jermy.......-...... 25 Traveler Cavendish........ 38 Bree Born. ......... 1... 30 Fiow Dey......-........ 30@32 core Cane... 16 VINEGAR. er... 8... eee so @8 oer... . ct. @9 $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Bek, per gai ....... ....- Beer mug,2dozincase... 1 7 YEAST, Magic. . " Warner’ 8. oe aa ne Diamon Royal ..... WOODEN WARE. Tubs, 7 Be. 5 75 oe oes. 475 ' Ne a 4 00 Patls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 25 No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 35 Bowls, 11 ineh.. Dee er esec.s . ib ee ee. 1 2 : * ....... 1 80 ° ao | . 240 HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- Ows: FURS. Mink............ ® @18 8... ...... ao & Skunk. .... - 2m @is Rat, a eee. ee i Rat, fail. . fe @ Red Fox........ ico @1 49 Gray Fox.,...... “ @ 6) ‘Cross Fox....... 300 @5 0) Badecr.... ... SF @1O Cas wile........ oo @ % Cat, house... .. ne S&S Pisnee 500 @6 00 vmx... ..... 1” @2 Martin, dark.... 200 @3 0 Martin, a yel 10 @! 50 Otter 500 @8 00 Wolf... _-.10 @2a@ Beaver.......... 300 @Z7 00 meer... ....... 15 00 @25 00 Opessamr ....... we & Deer Skin, dry.. na Deer Skin,green 05 @ 12% HIDES. Groen. aga zen Cved............ @ 1% ree @ 5% ee 5 @7 Hips, groen ......... .8s @¢ me @6 Calfskins, green...... »> @6 Gured...... 7 @ 8% Deacon skins...... ---10 @2s No. 2 hides \ off. PELTS. DHGATS, 1... 1... 5 @ 2 a ............... 2 @ 3 WOOL Wweemed...........-...12 Gis Unwashed ..... 2 @iz MISCELLANEOUS. Tere... 8. 3%G 4% Grease butter ........ 1 @2 Swicnes ......... 1K%K@ r Ginseng.. ..3 00@3 2 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFSs WHEAT, No. 1 White (58 ib. test) 53 No. 2 Red (60 Ib. test) 53 MEAL, eee 1 40 Granulated.. 1 65 FLOUR IN SACKS, net ——.. | @ Wie ie 14 so. ........,....,.....,. £35 tee 1 20 ve... ce. 1 40 *Subject to usual cash dis- count. Flour in bbis., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. MILLSTUFFS, Less Car ry quantity Bran...... . $14 5 15 00 Screenings 12 00 13 00 Middlings..... 16 00 17 00 Mixed Feed... 23 00 24 00 Coarse meal .. 22 00 23 00 CORN. Car lots.. : a Less than car lots...... - .46 OATS. Car lots. .... _.... Less than car lois ee Ay. No. 1 Timothy, ear lots.... 9 50 No. 1 ' ton tots .....11 00 FISH AND OYSTERS. FRESH FISH WeiteGes ............ @10 eOGn ..-.....,--.-e... @ 9 Black Bass...... . 12% Halibut. . : @15 cane: or Herring... @ 6 Bluefish @10 Fresh lobster, ‘per ‘Tb... 20 a 10 Ne. t Piekerel......... @16 Pee. @9 Smoked White.... @8 Red Snappers......... 1 — River Sal- eee 12% woes el 18@25 OYSTERS—IN BULK. Cognts.............. 2 20 Extra Selects ..... 1 65 Sereces .......-........ 1 49 Anchor Standards.... 1 20 1X L Standards. ...... 1 20 Pend@eros...... 1 10 Bealions......... . 1 50 Shrimps 1% i. .... ._ ....... 1 25 SHELL GOODS. Oysters, per 100 --1 20@1 50 Clams. 75@) 7 OYSTERS—IN CANS, F. J. Dettenthaler’s Brands. Fairhaven Counts... @33 F. J.D. Selects....... 28 Selects ee eee ee @2 F. J. D., Standards, 23 manpeGarce. _.......... 18 Wavertte ........... 15 Osear Allyn’s Brands. New York Coants........ i Extra selects.. ioe 2s Selects ' 23 1X L Standards. % Reema 8 18 Cone 15 CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE LAMP BURNERS. No.0 Sun... eae yee yee 40 CO a . 45 wee os © pa a 50 pecmry, NO ee a Security, No. 2 eee et eee ecec ae... «oe CL NGG, 5... dee eee, LAMP CHIMNEYsS.—6 dos. in box. Per box 7 No.0 Sun... 1% met © ........ lal ie al ia i oe No.2 * a 2 ' First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled...2 14 No, 1 ee ee “ ae ‘ ae 9 + No.2 * ‘6 “ ‘ “ “ ae XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. 2 60 Hoi “ ‘6 “c “e “ec bs __2 oo No.2 * sé ts “ > 80 Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled............. 3 70 No.2 ‘ . . “ ee No. 2 Hinge, ‘ . i case... 4 Oe Fire Proof—Plain Top. Nott, Su » plain bulb ea 3 40 No. ee 4 40 La ‘Be: stie. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. 1 % No. 2 Hi 1 36 No. 1 crimp, per doz. 35 No. 2 _.. 1 60 Rochester. ING. 1 toe (oe des)... Se a No. 2, lime ( 6¢ doz).... ee ING. 2 Tint COO ae Electric. No.2, lime (70e moa) ‘eon cl a No. : 2 flint (Se doz) ...... Lede eee eae eo oe Miscellaneous, Doz Junior, a... ....... |. 50 gt I EEE 15 Illuminator SA A 1 00 Perro iota Sas ................. 7 in. Porcelain Shades... ie On Case lots, (dew. ..... _. oo Mammoth Chimneys for Store ‘laa. Doz. Box No. 3 Rochester, lime .. 15) 4 20 No. 3 Rochester, flint. . 4 80 No. 3 Pearl top or Je wel gl’s.1 85 5 26 No. 2 Globe Incandes. lime...1 75 5 No. 2 Giobe Incandes. flint...2 00 5 No. 2 Pearl glass... .... ( 6 OF OIL C: Doz. 1 gal tin cans with spout..... .... 1 60 1 gal galy iron, with apout............_... 2 00 2 gal galv iron w 3 2 3 gal galv iron with 5 Seal MeNuct, with spout. .............. 6 LO 3 gal Biivcia, with spgat.............0 10... 6 50 5 gal Eureka with faucet.. le ee 7 0O Sea galviron A & W To 5 gal Tilting Cans, Mc re 10 00 © dak gale te Rneion, oe 9 59 Pump Cans, @ wal Home Male... ......... 10 50 oS oe eee ile 2 00 3 wal Goodenough. ............. ' i 5 gal Goodenough 13 50 So wal Pirate Kine ..... 1... 10 50 LANTERN GLOBES. No. 0, Tubular, cases 1 doz 45 No. 0, o 2 45 No. 0, “ bbls 5 s 40 No. 0, bull’s eye, cases i doz each.1 00 LAMP WICKS. mo. ©, tet GrOee.......... . - 20 No.1, Co oo ae No, 2, * oo 38 No. 3, i Se aa ll Mammoth, per doz. oo Leet ll. oe JELLY TUMBLERS—Tin Top 1 Pints, 6 doz in box, per box (box 00) 64 4 24 “ol “* dos (bbl @)...... 23 — e° « box, Dox (box 00).... 1 80 ~~ 18 bbi, doe (ODI 3G).6.... 2 STONEWARE—AKRON. Butter Crocks, 1 to6 gal...... _ | - . M% gal. nial dog... ee eteeaas CO cups, % gal. per dos................. —< a . 1 to 4 gal., per gal.. Lecce Oe Miz Pans, * gal, / per dos... 6u ee 72 STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED. Butter Crocks, 1 and 2 gal...... 6% Milk Pans, % gal. per doz.... 5 a cS 73 OILs The Standard O11 Co quotes as follows: BARRELS. Eocene.. eee XXX W. W. Mich. Headlight leeuee eee Naptha.. \ a Stove Gasoline. Cylinder.. ‘ ; Bocme...............; a 13 Black, —e teat... ._... Sane cw acces Black, 15 cold test. : PROM TANK WAGON. a hae ( XXX W. W. Mich. Headlight. . te 5 & Teagle quote as follows; BARRELS. Scofield Shurmer CO _ eee 10 Daisy W EN . 8% Red Cross, W W —— oo detec © Naptha.... . . ee Lane aee 6% Stove Gasoline........ ' 7% FROM TANK WAGON, Pamenie. cue ic. o Hed Cross W W Headlight.... ... be eed 5% If you want to buy or sell a stock of mer- chandise, invite cor- respondence through our Wants Colum, Wauls Cola ee Le ee ee Re Se ee OR eae : abana ve semen? cae Hd Noacaeaeae ARIES sett ent 9m bmi a a ners 18 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE END Of THE AGE: The century is fast drawing to a close. The Nineteenth Century has been one of the most momentous in the history of the human race, and there is good rea- son to believe that the remaining six years of it will be no less important than were the ninety-four that have passed away and have gone on record. If the century can be characterized in a single brief expression, it should be called the ‘‘Century of Revolution.”’ Its work has been to accomplish human lib- erty, liberty of the man and liberty of the mind. It has seen the shackles struck off from the limbs of millions of slaves and serfs; it has seen democratic republican government set up over many countries; it has seen the gross darkness of religious superstition and fanaticism dispellea from all the civilized nations, and it has been essentially a period of mental develepment, of intellectual en- lightenments, of scientific discovery and of enormous material as well as spiritual progress. Never in the whole compass of modern history has mankind marched forward at so prodigious a rate. But, despite the fact that it is the century of the triumphs of peace, it was filled with wars. Mate- rial advancement and educational pro g- ress are commonly supposed to be the results of long periods of peace and quiet. The establishing of schools, of factories, the great development of agri- eultural and industrial enterprises, the extension of railways and remarkable triumphs of scientific discovery are com- monly supposed to constitute the special victories of peace, but it is doubtful if peace is to be credited with them. The Nineteenth Century was a period of great wars. It opened with Napoleon on horseback and the whole of Europe in arms. Since then there have been many great wars and innumerable lesser ones. Three times in the century was North America shaken by the roar and turmoil of continental warfare, the most momentous conflict being the titanic in- ternecine struggle between the states of this Union. Europe, America, Asia and Africa, in every part, have experienced the shock of battle, and, nevertheless, the material and intellectual progress of all countries have been enormous, all the men in the whole world having appar- ently been spurred into extraordinary activity by the turmoil and energy of revolution. Revolution has been the characteristic feature of the age. The traditions of the past, the dreams of philosophy, the clouds and gloom of superstition, have all been brushed aside, and with, as it were, one grand impulse, mankind has arisen and joined in a forward march. Whither are they going? To what goal does the mighty movement tend? It would require the ken of the wisest of all prophets, the most daring of all the searchers into the mysteries of futurity, to declare what shall be the end of all these things; but let not the view be clouded by any hopeless pessimism; let hope color the picture. The most hoary traditions, the most ancient sacred records, tell of a golden- age when men associated with the im- m ortal gods, drew daily lessons of wis don from them, and walked in the ways of righteousness. The earth was filled with peaceful and happy peoples, and men, free from many of the ills of sins of weakness and disease, lived to great age, and only at long intervals were de- livered to death. But sin entered and there followed a decline of health, strength, happiness, and, finally, men were brought to so low a state that little was left but hope. It was the hope of a restoration, of a recovery, of a blessed resurrection to the former blest estate. This restoration, this redemption. was the theme of along succession of the ancient holy prophets from Enoch to Christ; while the wise men of heathendom bear also their testi- mony to man’s loss and his final recovery of the golden age. Why, then, are not the centuries bear- ing him on tothat grand goal? It is not for nothing that a wisdom almost in- spired has girdled the earth with the steamship, the rail and the electric wire. It is not for nothing that Jove’s own lightning has been forced into the ser- vice of man to work his will and to en- lighten the world with its wonderful lamps and with messages of intelligence and greeting darted over continents and under the seas. Itis not for nothing that the wisdom of every age is being multi- plied in millions on millions of printed pages, and that land and sea are throb- bing under the beat of swift wheels to carry men and their commerce to and fro. No, it is not for nothing that all these wonders of the Nineteenth Century are being wrought. Isit not, indeed, that they are intended to warn the peoples of the nations that the day is fast approach- ing when men will again be given wis- dom from on high, that they may walk in righteousness and again know and commune witn the holy gods? There is the promise of the restoration, of the re- demption. Who shall say that the day of its ushering-in is not nearer than it was? Who shall say that it is not strangely, tremendously, terribly near? FRANK STOWELL. a The Drug Market. Gum opium is lower, on account of a decline in Smyrna. Morphia is unchanged. Quinine is weak and a trifle lower for foreign brands; domestic is unchanged. Sub-nitrate and other bismuth salts are lower, as was. prodicted would be the case when the price of metal was re- duced. Borax is decidedly lower. The Ameri- can manufacturers have reduced their price below any competition from foreign brands. Hood’s pills have been advanced to $2 per dozen. Donald Kennedy’s medicines have been advanced to the following prices: eee $13.00 Dinsoivesst ............ oo 13.00 Scattering Liniment . serofula Ointment..... non rae Soe __...........-_.-, oor Grower. .......,........ pie oc eeee< 8.81 Rheumatic Liniment ............. oe peee 4.60 att Riou Cieceens -.. .... 4.50 Pees Cine 8. 4.50 Oils anise and cassia are in better sup- ply and lower. 2 ~