' \ 1 t & te h i ‘i VERE EEN CIEE LI SHI RQ F ERC YR tf OC) AED eo ek CMC) i Ce EN A A RD MP © a O70 Mi NTIS Ri “Qe ac a fic? CRE DING) aoe De DR GORA RRC TN Ve KS S, ; Ga BOW aN ae bY 7A NS Ss BO BY eh a xB (s © (4 i an rH ae ‘ oY a \(( PSE Se Ad oy 27 fi sy” any ON EIN ESE NINO DONG LLG < PUBLISHED WEEKLY (GANS? =e TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS OND SOE SCS SO ONL EE TM VOR FES LO SEIS = Se Thirty-Third Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1916 Number 1703 FEICIIKISIKITISIIDISISIIDITISITIOIIRIIDISIDIIOIKIXIIOIKICIOIISIIOICII AI I Ab tbh JEISISISIKISIOIISISIXISISINISIDIKISIOISIIAIIEIDISISIISIAISIIISI ISIS ITE ICO toot ERRBR BMH FORINT Ih Soda lll Tell You What’s Keeping You Down, Jim I'll tell you what’s keeping you down, Jim, On the same job year after year— Though your service has been long and faithful And your record is straight and clear; I have thought on your case many times, Jim, And of what I could do for you— I'd be glad of a chance to promote you. But what other work can you do? There is work to be done all around, Jim, That carries more money. And still, Of all the jobs that surround you, Is there even one you can fill? True, you’ve worked many years in the service And you’ve never been known to shirk. But what time have you spent in preparing To take up some other man’s work? On the heavy upgrade of achievement, Where the footsteps of others have led, It’s the men who are always preparing That are constantly forging ahead. There are places ahead to be filled, Jim, For those who are playing the game; But some won’t prepare for promotion. The house is not always to blame. AIHA HII AI IIAA III III AI AAA ASIA AA AAD AAD AAA AAAS AAA AAAS AAA AAA IAA AA AAA AAA AA SIA ASDA AAA AAD ASDA SAA SAA SAA AAA SAAS AAAS AAA AAAS AAAAA AS AIH Ae Be Pe IIH HHI IH III IIIA AAIAAAAAAIAAAAIAAAA AAAI AAD AAA AAAS A AA AAA AAS AAA AAA AAA A ASA AAS A AAAS AA AAA AAD AAA SAAS AA AAAAAAAAAASK IK REALL RIM RY Y , O O Y yiry “A Smile Follows the Spoon When It’s Piper’s’’ ° 9 Piper’s Pure Ice Cream is so far ahead of all others it’s lonesome Piper Ice Cream Co. All inquiries receive prompt attention Kalamazoo, Michigan Automobile Tires and Tubes and Auto Specialties NATIONAL REDWALL 5,000 Mile Tires NON-SKID TREAD INNER TUBES THICK, TOUGH, NON-DETERIORATING PULLMAN 3,500 Mile Tires PLAIN TREAD Distributors for Michigan: BROWN & SEHLER CoO. 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KING, Receivers FACTORY SITES AND Locations for Industrial Enterprises in Michigan The Pere Marquette Railroad runs through a territory peculiarly adapted by Accessibility excellent Shipping Facilities, Healthful Climate and Good Conditions for Home Life, for the LOCATION OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. First-class Factory Sites may be had at reasonable prices. Coal in the Saginaw Valley and Electrical Development in several parts of the State insure Cheap Power. Our Industria] Department invites correspondence with manufacturers and others seeking locations. All in- quiries will receive painstaking and prompt attention and will be treated as confidential. Address GEORGE C. CONN, Freight Traffic Manager, Detroit, Michigan BUFFALO, January 3, 1916. DEAL NO. 1601. Eat Plenty of Bread It’s Good for You The Best Bread is made with Fleischmann’s Yeast NEW DEAL OIOW Boy Washing Powder 24s MORE PROFIT FAMILY SIZE Ask Your Jobber’s Salesman Lautz Bros. & Co. 2 dilate Ss ; pith sent i } j j j Thirty-Third Year SPECIAL FEATURES. Page 2. Men of Mark. 4. News of the Business World. 5. Grocery and Produce Market. 6. Bankruptcy Matters. 8. Editorial. 10. Butter, Eggs and Produce. 11. The Meat Market. 12. Financial. 16. Dry Goods. 18. Shoes. 20. Woman’s World. 22. Hardware. 24. The Commercial Traveler. 26. Drugs. 27. Drug Price Current. 28. Grocery Price Current. 30. Special Price Current. 31. Business Wants. WILLIAM SAVIDGE. Tribute To the Memory of a Good Man, The death of William Savidge, at his home in Spring Lake, on May 9, occasions profound sorrow to a wide circle of friends throughout Western born at Spring Lake somewhat more than fifty-two years ago and throughout his life re- sided there. He graduated from the Grand Rapids High School and sub- sequently from the University of Michigan. He also attended for a time the Harvard Law School, but never practiced the profession of the law. Michigan. He was Tle was an elder son. The death of his father occurring while he was in college, it was natural, perhaps, that upon completing his college training he should enter the Cutler & Savidge Lumber Company, of which his fath- er was a founder. From the time of his entrance into business life until his death, he managed the affairs of his father’s estate, and until the lum- bering operations of his company in Michigan and Canada were brought to a close, he gave active attention to that concern. As aman of affairs in the commun- ity in which he dwelt, Mr. Savidge was associated as stockholder, direct- or or officer in various industrial and financial concerns in Grand Haven, Grand Rapids and elsewhere. In the realm of business he leaned always toward the conservative side. He had that force of character which enabled him consistently to resist the allure- ments of large prospective returns and to seek investments attended with slight risk and yielding more moderate gains. He possessed inflex- ible integrity and throughout his life adhered consistently to the highest business standards. Mr. Savidge was interested in pub- lic affairs and was a familiar figure at Republican conventions. He served one term in the State Senate, but sought no further political prefer- ment. He was a good neighbor and a staunch friend. While Mr. Savidge never married, his family ties were exceedingly close. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1916 Ife continued through life to reside with his mother at their beautiful home on the shores of Spring Lake, where his boyhood was spent. To her he was always tenderly attached, as well as to his sister and a brother who died several years ago. Through- out the passing years Mr. Savidge continued to manage the family es- tate and discharged this task with acumen and with scrupulous devotion to the interests confided to his care. Mr. Savidge was a man of sound judgment, with talent for material affairs, but he was much more than that. He possessed the scholarly mind and passed many happy hours with his books. His training at school and university was supplemented by travel in Europe and the remoter parts of the world. Of these travels he was very fond and he did not forego them until his mother’s ad- vancing years made his long absence from home no longer desirable. Possessing a well stored mind, keen wit and courteous and agree- able manners, Mr. Savidge was a much loved companion and had many close and affectionate friends. His brilliant qualities of mind fitted him for literary pursuits, but his environ- ment and the burden of family affairs led him to give the greater part of his attention +o things material. And so he led not that wider career for which he was well qualified, but a life of faithful service to those with claims upon him. He has left behind him many who loved and esteemed him for the manly, generous and sin- cere qualities with which he was en- dowed, The writer of this sketch knew him intimately trom boyhood and in his untimely death has sustained keen personal loss. Willard F. Keeney. —____-22?->____ Fair Store Enterprise Ends in a Fiasco. When the Fair Store opened for business at the corner of Monroe avenue and Erie street, last June, it was plain to be seen that the enter- quite likely to be short lived on account of the lack of ex- perience on the part of the principal owner, John W. Kingsbury, and a plethora of experience on the part of the junior partner, Henry Abrams, who came to Grand Rapids with the record of having been more or less remotely connected with one or more disastrous failures in Western cities. When the concern opened its doors, Mr. Kingsbury made the following statement to secure credit: prise was Merchandise, (300.0011) $30,000 Bixtuges 2006) 8,450 Cashin bank ii) 9,000 otal assets 11...) . $47,450 Merchandise indebtedness $ 6,000 Insurance on stock ...... 30,000 Insurance on fixtures 10,000 Feb, 28, 1916, the corporation filed the following sworn statement with the Secretary of State, purporting to represent the financial condition of the company Dec. 31, 1915: Merchandise and fix- tures $49,348.12 Cas 3,075.40 Good willis). 1.00 Credits) 0. 316.24 Total assets $52,740.76 Wiabilities | ).0). 0.2... $19,135.09 Stockholders. John W. Kingsbury $29,800 MGs ingsptry ..... |. 100 Henny Abrams .....,,... 100 Hota $30,000 All of the stockholders were stated to be directors. John W. Kingsbury was President and M. C. Kingsbury was Secretary and Treasurer. According to an inventory taken by competent parties, the stock and fix- tures now amount to $36,688. These assets have been conservatively ap- praised at $20,758.05. The books of the alleged bankrupt have been audit- ed by a certified public accountant and reveal merchandise liability of $37,874.72. The report further shows that it can be conservatively estimat- ed that liabiilty from other sources will aggregate at least $5,000 addi- tional and possibly higher. This statement is significant as showing how the assets have shrunk more than 150 per cent., while the liabilities have increased 700 per cent. within the space of ten months. When asked to explain the contra- dictory features of these statements, Mr. Kingsbury frankly states that he must have been insane when the first two statements were made, as he now has no recollection of making them. He says that the sworn statement made to the Secretary of State was prepared by his attorney and that he signed it without a full knowledge of what it actually embodied. This line of reasoning is in keeping with the theory that Kingsbury has with- drawn considerable money from the business from time to time, so that he is now able to offer the creditors a substantial cash ‘composition (set- tlement) at the meeting of creditors which will be held Friday of this week. It is reported that Kingsbury will offer 50 cents on a dollar and also agree to pay the costs of the bankruptcy proceedings now pending against his company. From a credit standpoint, the checkered career of the Fair Store furnishes only another instance of how little reliance can be placed on Number 1703 the mere possession of a few thou- sand dollars, when it is panied by the unaccom- business experience, character and integrity so essential to success in any line of mercantil In this particular instan an unfortunate endeavor. environment appears to have contributed much to the non- success of the undertaking. Rapids. What ought to prove an announce- ment of great rejoicing among the progressive retailers of Michigan wil be the one telling of the forth-comine Retail Merchants’ Coneress to be held in Grand Rapids on June 6 to 8.next. Retailers are just as anxious 4s wholesalers or manufacturers to make a success of their business, but do not have the opportunities to vet together to discuss the various and comple problems which they constantly have to meet. In order to assist the re- tailers to solve these various problems the wholesalers of Grand Rapids will stage a Retail Merchants’ Congress to which all merchants of Michigan ai. invited. At this Congress many of the suh- ject of the greatest interest will he presented and these subjects are: How to Develop Your Retail Mar- ket. Stock Turnovers, The Man Behind the Inventory and Insurance. Credits and Collections. How to Meet and Combat Mail O;- der Competition. discussed. \mong Counter. Advertising and Window Trimmine Special Sales and Getting New Busi- ness. Good chant. Relations Between the Merchants and the Farmer. Accounting Systems for Retailers. Salesmanship. Roads and the Retail Mer Country Trading Stamps, Premiums and Gift Schemes, etc. Every possible effort will be made to secure speakers of National reputa- 110m fo subjects and already several such have agreed to participate in the stead of having just one “star” attrac- tion on the programme, all the attrac- tions will be of that class. Retailers of Michigan should begin present these programme. In- to make their plains now to attend this congress. We know of no similar event ever being held in Michigan. Lee H. Bierce. —_--——_oe2o-2> M. McIntosh, the Stanton dry goods dealer, was in town this week for the purpose of replenishing his stock of summer goods. ae Roy Palmer has engaged in the grocery business at Paris. The Na- tional Grocer Co. furnished the stock. MEN OF MARK. Charles A. Floyd, Superintendent Michigan Railway Co. Charles A. Floyd was born at Shef- field, Iowa, Feb. 24, 1882. His father was of Welsh descent; his mother was of Scotch descent. When he was 4 years of age his family removed to Sault Ste. Marie, where Charles at- tended the public school until he had completed the tenth grade in the high school. He then went to Chicago, where he obtained employment as clerk in the general offices of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, where he remained two years. In 1900 he removed to Holland where he be- came Assistant Superintendent of the Holland Street Railway Co., which then operated a single track line from Holland to Macatawa Park, with a branch to Saugatuck. This road was operated under the style of the Hol- land & Lake Michigan Railway Co., having been originally constructed by the owner, I. A. Cochran, of Ches- ter, Pa. The following year the road was purchased by John Winter, of Detroit, and Benjamin S. Hanchett, of Grand Rapids, who, in company with Frank Andrews, changed the name to the Grand Rapids, Holland & Lake Michigan Railway and con- structed one of the two tracks now In operation between this city and Hol- land. This extension was completed in October, 1901, Mr. Floyd becoming Assistant Superintendent under Strat- hearn Hendrie, of Detroit, who came on from Detroit to superintend the construction of the second track. While acting in this capacity, Mr. Floyd was in full charge of the oper- ating, purchasing and traffic depart- Eighteen months later he was made purchasing agent and_ traffic manager and his headquarters were removed to Grand Rapids. Jan. 1, 1912, the road was transferred to Ben- jamin S. Hanchett and his associates, at which time Mr. Floyd was made General Manager. Jan. 1 of this year the road was taken over by the Mich- igan Railway Co. and Mr. Floyd was made Superintendent not only of the Holland interurban but also of the new interurban operating between Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Allegan and Battle Creek. During the time Mr. Floyd was Superintendent and General Manager of the Holland In- terurban he put into play plans which resulted in a wonderful development of both the freight and passenger service. He increased the freight traf- fic to such an extent that the earn- ings of the Holland road per mile are greater than that of any other inter- urban road in the country. He was the first interurban manager in the United States to make through freight rates with the steam roads to all West- ern points, which has'’beena great bene- fit to the manufacturing interests of Grand Rapids and Holland. During this time he thoroughly reconstructed and re-equipped the road. He also developed and expanded the resorts at Black Lake to a remarkable de- gree, introducing original features in the way of entertainment and amuse- ment which only a genius could con- ceive and carry into execution. On ments. the purchase of the Ottawa Beacn Properties by the Graham & Morton Transportation Co. and the Holland Interurban, Mr. Floyd was elected Manager of the Hotel Company and he did much to rejuvenate that popu- lar resort and re-establish it in the esteem of the public. On account of the reputation Mr. Floyd enjoyed as a master hand in the handling of crowds and securing and exploiting attractions, he was made Manager of the State fair held at De- troit in 1906. He worked out a com- plete system covering attractions, transportation, gates, grandstands and race track and the result was so sat- isfactory to the officers of the State fair that they prevailed upon him to continue the work another year, which he did. Mr. Floyd has resigned his present MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ing and _ exploiting organizations which amounts almost to a passion. He is frequently consulted by corpor- ations seeking to create the best sys- tem possible in the management of large business undertakings. He has a mind capable of grasping and solv- ing the most intricate managerial and constructive problems and it is a singular fact that his plans always work out so completely and harmoni- ously that he accomplishes all he aims to do. Mr. Floyd's office surroundings have always been in keeping with the char- acter of the man. He is in an atmos- phere of simplicity and hard work, with equipment planned solely for utility. Absolutely no show exists there, but there is no lack of courtesy or consideration in any department. He has a frank and direct manner in Charles A. Floyd. position with the Michigan Railway Company to take effect June 1, to en- gage in business for himself under the style of the Construction Supply Co. He will have his office on the ground floor of the Pantilind Hotel building and expects to lay the foundation of a business which will be second to none in scope and volume in the Mid- dle West. Mr. Floyd was married July 15, 1908 to Miss Marguerite Vander- veen, of Grand Haven. They have two children, a boy 6 years old and a girl 3 years old. Mr. Floyd is a Mason from a to z. He is an Elk and K. P., a member of the Rotary Club and other fraternal and bene- ficiary orders. Mr. Floyd has been too busy to de- vote much time to a hobby outside of his liking for creating effective sell- greeting and dealing with business problems, a frankness and direction which inspire confidence and retain customers, once secured, year after year, To an unusual degree he num- bers among his personal friends his own competitors in the transportation field. —+-.___ Joseph Dean, Wisconsin and Min- nesota traveling representative for Foote & Jenks, Jackson, has announc- ed his intention of removing to Mil- waukee on account of that city being more convenient as a headquarters. —___© ~~ _ W. A. Rindge is planning to spend a month or six weeks in New York and Massachusetts this summer. He will go by automobile, the party in- cluding his entire family, May 10, 1916 UPPER PENINSULA. Recent News From the Cloverland of Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie, May 8—C. fH. Avery, the well-known merchant o/{ Kelden, passed away at the Newberry State Hospital last Thursday. Miss Mary Avery, daughter, left immediate- ly for Newberry, after receiving a telegram that Mr. Avery was crit- ically ill, but he passed away before his daughter arrived. Mr. Avery was well and favorably known throughout Chippewa county, having been in busi- ness at Kelden for several years and was one of the most prosperous coun- try merchants in Cloverland. He was always of a cheerful disposition, hon- est and upright in all his dealings, and will be greatly missed by a large circle of friends who extend to the bereaved family their deepest sym- pathy. C. H. Mack and bride spent last Monday in St. Ignace with friends. leaving on the evening train for Mu- nising, where Mr. Mack has been lo- cated for sometime. Mr. Mack was former proprietor of the Bay View House. He was married last Thurs- day to Miss Lizzie Cope, of Charle- voix. On leaving St. Ignace last tall, Mr. Mack went to Munising and en- gaged in the hotel business and is now the proprietor of the New Inn, one of the popular hostelries of that city. The couple have the best wishes of a large circle of friends for a bright and happy future. J. C. Royce, one of our esteemed grocers, has been called to Guelph, Ont., by the death of his mother. He is accompanied by his brother J: S. Royce, City Comptroller. William Isaacs, popular butcher at Rudyard, was a business visitor at the Soo last week. Mr. Isaacs is branch- ing out into the potato business in connection with his meat market and has worked up quite a trade on po- tatoes in carload lots. He is a hustler which, undoubtedly, accounts for his success as a business man. Thornton Bros.’ brickyard has started up for the season and is now in shape to operate on a larger scale than ever. This is one of Rudyard's main industries and is good news to the merchants who derive consider. able benefit out of this industry on account of employing a large num- ber of hands. Russel Kendrick has returned from Detroit, where he has been taking in- structions in auto repair work. He will open a garage in J. Johnsons blacksmith shop, which will give Rud- yard an up-to-date garage and repair shop. “The world may owe every man a living, but a lot of them havent sense enough to show up on pay day.” Fred Avery, well-known merchant of Drummond Island, was a city vist- tor last week on a purchasing tour. He also served on the Circuit Court jury for the May term. Mr. Avery reports a very satisfactory business at Drummond during the winter and expects unusual activities in the lum- bering industry during the summer months. Charles Haase, President of the Soo Traveling Men’s Association and rep- resentative of the National Biscuit 0., in company with R. P, McDer- mott, of the George Zeigler Candy Co., and J. R. Merrifield, the Soo man who put the O. K. in smoke, were Cedarville callers last week. They re- port the roads as almost impassible and advise their fellow travelers to take the boat for the present, rather than chance it overland. The Northern Michigan Transpor- tation Co. has advised the shippers at Chicago that their boats will not’ start on their service to Mackinac Is- land and St. Ignace until June 1 this year. The Hassock mill, at Cedarville, started operation for the season last week. This gives the usual hum to = 1 Se RRR MO Ra emer Derm EeRremm mete Sit i i IO cnet ah, 2s: =A cane case SD A B | + May 10, 1916 the busy burg, much to the satisfac- tion of the merchants. C. €. Collies. Secretary of the Traveling Men’s Association here and representative of the Overland autos, returned last week from a trip to the Snows, where he made Mrs. Chas. Hessel happy by booking her order for a fine Overland of this year’s model, Clinton has brought sunshine to many homes this spring and is con- ceded to be one of the best salesmen in the business, The Edison Sault Electric €o, is placing standards for boulevard lamps, along the main streets. The work has been delayed on account of the equipment not having arrived, but now that everything is here, except the cable, it is expected that the new lights will be in operation by June 1, which will add much to beautifying the city at night, and with the clean- up campaign that is now on here, the Soo will be in her Sunday clothes and the finest regalia for the reception of the Elks next month. Elaborate prep- arations are being made to entertain the convention, which will, undoubt- edly, be one of the events in the history of the order, as no expense is being spared to give the B. P. O E. the best time ever at the Soo. Rolla Washburn, of the firm of Thompson & Washburn, merchants at Brimley, was in an unusually hap- py frame of mind last week, passing around the cigars to his numerous friends on the arrival of a new son. From all accounts the lad is a chip of the old block. Poverty miey be a2 cure eure for dyspepsia, but the most of us would rather take chances with the disease than the remedy. J. OR. Merrifield, the cigar manu- facturer, has moved his cigar store from Portage avenue to the building on Ashmun strect opposite the Times building. The new store is in an ideal location, being in the heart of the city. Angus Rankin arrived in the city last week from St. Ignace, his former home, having taken a position in the offices of the Great Lakes Transit Co., formerly the Anchor Line. Mrs. Rankin expects to join her husband in the near future to make the Soo their home, The big Jones & Kerry mill, at St. Ignace, has begun operations for the season and the welcome whistle was Sweet music to the merchants who de- pend largely upon the pay days of this industry in connection with their summer business. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bellows mourn the loss of their infant son who pass- ed away last Monday after a ten day illness. Mr. Bellows is a chartex member of the Soo Traveling Men’s Association, which held a meeting Saturday, May 6, to draft resolutions of sympathy to the bereaved family. James Thompson, of Brimley, weil known proprietor of the Rosedale creamery, is spending a few days around Pickford in the interests of the creamery. Mr. Thompson is pre- paring to resume operations of the creamery next week and is making contract for cream for the coming season, The steamer Mackinac, of the Arnold line, which has been refitted at Cheboygan, will soon make her first tri-weekly trip of the season to the Soo and way ports. The steamer Islander, of the Arnold fleet, made her first trip to the Soo Sunday, leaving the Soo Monday morn- ing for down the river points. M. Hotton, the well-known man- ager of the Monarch market, is again able to attend to business, after be- ing confined to his home for the past few weeks with rheumatism. William G. Tapert. In the race for wealth a man al- ways finds himself out of breath at the finish. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, May 8—The May meeting of Grand Rapids Council was held Saturday, May 6, with one hun- dred members present, W. G. Ban- croft, Geo. D. Kardux, Max Koster, Frank W. Walter, Jay P. Poling and Louis E. Stranahan made up the class for initiation, notwithstanding the as- saults of the goat, in good shape. We are starting early and finishing early and more of the boys should be out. The meeting recessed until Sat- urday, May 27, at 7:30, when final ar- rangements will be made for the Traverse City convention, this recess being necessary on account of the con- flicting dates of the June meeting and the State convention. I S. Dickinson, of the firm of Dickinson Bros., at Fennville, has re- turned home after spending the winter in Jacksonville, Fla. Benz Bros., of Ann Arbor, who con- duct one of the largest hardware and implement stores in the State, have made some mighty nice improvements which will facilitate the handling or their fast growing business. Fred (Kaiser) has a new office and Nick (Bismarck) has more room to cir- culate in, which makes it necessary for the salesmen to run himself rag- ged to locate Nick. Ben Weeks, one of the boosting members of No. 131, has returned from Florida, after spending the winter in his grape fruit, orange and tangerine groves and is preparing to go to Frankfort to get his summer home ready for occupancy. Alex. Miller, who travels for Rade- maker-Dooge Grocer Co., while driv- ing near Greenville Tuesday, May 2, met with an almost fatal accident, when his machine turned turtle. Mr. Miller got out with two broken ribs, broken collar bone and some minor injuries. He was resting easier Sun- day and recovering nicely and we hope to see him back on the job soon. He lives at 1224 Francis street. Stewart Albertson and wife, for- merly manager and house-keeper of the Phelps Hotel, at Greenville, are looking around for the management of some hotel. We sincerely hope they get located soon, as they give the boys the right care and make them feel at home. Again the genial Mr. Luce, propri- etor of the new Mertens Hotel, at Grand Rapids, has demonstrated that he is with us by presenting the mem- bers present at Saturday night’s U. C. T. meeting with a neat, vest pocket sewing kit, consisting of needles, thread and thimble. Judging by the remarks of the boys, the relation ex- isting between this hotel and the traveling fraternity of Grand Rapids is cementing itself securely. We thank you, Mr. Luce, and will endeav- or to give you substantial proof of our appreciation, Doc. Ferguson and Will Bosman en- tered the Chinese restaurant on Mon- Toe avenue when joss sticks were burning. Will sniffed and said, “Doc, [ smell penk” The Doctor said, “Sneak out, Bill, they won’t know it is you.” J. A. Larry, plumber, Dundee, re- ports the addition of two more help- ers and a new ford car to his rapidly growing business. Bert says to let him alone five years and he will re- tire. The leap year dance given by the ladies of the U. C. T. was a decided success from a financial standpoint, as they turned over $24.50 to No. 131 after paying all expenses. They were given a rising vote of thanks. Leave it to the ladies. They know how. Our slogan is “Five Hundred or more by our March, 1917, meeting.” George Ames, proprietor of the Barry House, Hastings, was a Grand Rapids visitor Saturday. He reports business fine. C. F. Mason, plumber, Blissfield, has just completed the twenty-first com- pression system since March 5. Senior Counselor A. N. Borden wishes to congratulate and thank all the officers for their excellent work, performed so nicely by them at our last meeting. The Barrett House, at Tecumseh, is about to change its plan of operation from American to American and Eu- ropean. The American rate will be $2.25 to $2.75 and the European rate from 75 cents to $1.25. The Barrett Bros. have given the boys fine treat- ment, but have been operating at a loss since Jan, 1 and this change was inevitable. They feel that their friends will understand this and will remain royal. Our new brother from Holland, 7e0. D. Kardux, reports thirty to forty men traveling out of Holland. Let’s get them. George H. Roblyer, who has been employed by Dickinson Bros. at Fennville, for the past seven years, has been appointed postmaster at that point and will distribute the mail with the same cheery manner that he has employed during his stay with Dickinson Bros. Henry McCowan, formerly with Reeder & Son, of Scottville, has been employed as manager of the N. Heft implement store on Bond avenue, Grand Rapids. Buster has injected new life at his new location and larg- er quarters are being sought by Mr. Heft. The last Bagman meeting before the Traverse City convention will be held Saturday, May 13, when final ar- rangements will be made for the trip. There will also be a large class for initiation at this meeting. The forty-ninth birthday of Harry Harwood was celebrated at his home Monday evening with a 6 o'clock din- ner. Messrs. and Mesdames John D., Martin, W. E. Sawyer, Chas. (Irish) Lee, Tally F. Stott and E. Stott were seated, which Mr. Harwood entertain. ed with some vocal efforts—principal- ly efforts. Every one present report- 3 ed a fine time and conceded the Har- woods to the fine entertainers. We notice all the buildings pos- sessing a flag pole in Manistee are unfurling the American flag each day. The city at a glance puts on the air of a gala day and inspires the visitor with the progressive sentiment of the city. Walter Zeazle, proprietor of the Zeazle House, at Frankfort, is serving whitefish livers as only Walter’s chet knows how to prepare. This feature has made this hotel famous during the whitefish season. G. E. Collins, of the Grand Rapids Supply Co., spent the week end fool- ing, and being fooled, by the elusive trout of little Manistee. “Bill” Cutter, of Mesick, has sold his livery business and has bought a ford for livery work. Mr. Wright, owner of the Progress Laundry, at Traverse City, will erect a new cement structure at once to re- place the building burned Saturday night. He will install new and mod- ern machinery and make the Progress one of the best laundries in the State. R. B. Kellogg, President of the Grand Rapids Supply Co., left Satur- day evening for various Eastern points on business. The village of McBain has received the tank and tower steel and will proceed at once to install water works. Walter A. Pullman, manager of the Claude Hutchinson hardware and im- plement store at Fennville, is the Re- publican candidate for Register of Deeds. If the election of this gentle- man will take him out of the store. we will have to withhold our expres- sion of success, and we believe we are voicing the sentiments of all the trav- elers who call there. On the other hand, if Walter can handle both jobs at the same time we wish him suc- cess ER. Haicht —_>---~>___ Most of us could do a lot of work while trying to dodge it. CLOSEST SKIMMING “IOWA,” will skim cold, chilled or warm milk and GET ALL the valuable BUTTER-FAT. The “CURVED DISC” permits greater space between the discs near the center of bowl. This lets the thick cream pass out without clogging. It also permits a very harrow space between discs at circumference of bowl which pre- vents any butter-fat globules from passing out with the skim- med milk Thousands of Dealers are build- ing up a permanent trade by selling the "IOWA" Cream Sep- arator. It sells easily. Send for “FACTS,” our new Cream Separator booklet. DEALERS EVERYWHERE “TOW A” LIGHTEST RUNNING Dairymen purchase Cream Separators to secure the cream that would be lost by any other means of separation. They purchase an “IOWA” Cream Separator to secure the cream that would be lost by any other Cream Separator. Separator that has a““CURVED DISC” bowl. The patented “CURVED DISC” bowl, Grand Rapids Branch, 208-210 Ellsworth Ave. Associated Manufacturers Co. Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. A. EASIEST CLEANED There is not another Cream found only in the TAN <= TAN oe sit Movements of Merchants. Sparta—Mrs. William Kennedy will open a grocery store May 15. Hadley—Warren Plummer & Sons have engaged in the meat business. Marshall—C. M. Cozier has engaged in the produce commission business. Lapeer—H. C. Gillett has closed out his grocery stock on Nepessing street. Scottville — William Baltzer suc- ceeds H. Baltzer & Son in the meat business. Edmore—Claude Foster succeeds L. D. Curtis in the coal and wood business. Rockford—Porter & Weller succeed George A. Porter in the grocery business. Detroit—The King-Dort Sales Co. has changed its name to King Motor Sales Co. : Manchester — George Vance, of Montpelier, Ohio, has opened a cigar factory here. Battle Creek—I. Howard Whaley has opened a grocery store at 328 West Main street. Boyne City—Neil Krantz succeeds H. S. Sayles as manager of the Han- kow Tea Co. store. Detroit—The Trojan Laundry Co. has increased its capital stock from $75,000 to $150,000. Detroit—The Chausse ing Co. has increased its from $5,000 to $50,000. Owosso—Fred Lewis has engaged in the cigar and soft drink business on East Exchange street. Grand Ledge—Moses Farahot has closed out his stock of groceries and retired from retail business. Portland—Bywater & Ryerson have engaged in the drug business in the remodeled Powers building, Hamilton—Milo Palmer has en- gaged in the furniture repair and up- holstering business in the Groff build- ing. Hesperia—Tom McLaren has op- ened a confectionery, baked and can- ned goods store in the Utley build- ing. Petoskey—S. L. Wixson is closing out his stock of music and musical instruments and will retire from busi- ness. Dice—F. J. McInnis has sold _ his stock of general merchandise io Henry Wiltse, who has taken posses- sion. Kingsley—Dr. George L. Fenton, pioneer physician and druggist, died at his home May 6, following a short illness. Manufactur- capital stock Shepherd—Nelson Haskins, former- ly engaged in general trade at Imlay City, has engaged in general trade at this place. Lansing — Walters & MacCloud have engaged in the electrical and vulcanizing business in the Hamilton building on Turner street. Vicksburg—E. H. Miner, who re- cently purchased the local flour and feed mill has had it refitted with new machinery at a cost of about $1,300. Kingston—L. A. Heineman, dealer in general merchandise, is erecting a new store building which he will oc- cupy with his stock about August 1. Petoskey—C., Z. Bockes, proprietor of the Model confectionery, has sold the stock to Ray France, who will continue the business under the same style. Lansing—Raymond and Marion Boniac have formed a copartnership and engaged in the grocery business at the corner of Logan and Warner streets. Detroit—The Moran Construction Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Ludington — Kupper’s Exclusive Cloak Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $6,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Eaton Rapids—O. D. Herrick, pro- prietor of the Spicerville -mills, two miles southwest of this town, died at his home May 7 as the result of an attack of heart trouble. Bay City—The Bay City Tire & Supply Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Tonia—John Nichol, mortgagee, was the successful bidder at the sale of the A. A. Nichols store fixtures and stock of cigars and tobacco and will sell the goods at private sale. Thompsonville — Mrs. David M. Cornell has closed out the stock and fixtures of the meat market she has conducted since the death of her hus- band and will retire from business, Saginaw—Paul Nissen and W. W. Kalzow have formed a copartnership under the style of the Nissen-Kalzow Co. and engaged in the automobile appliance and equipment business at 803 Genesee avenue. Allegan—Lynn A. Cook has sold a half interest in his drug stock to Lawrence Born, who has been in his employ for the past six months. The business will be continued under the style of Cook & Born. Three Rivers—George I. Worth- ington, of Schoonmaker & Worth- ington, undertakers and furniture dealers, died at Bronson hospital, Kalamazoo, following an operation for intestinal trouble, May 1. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Cadillac—M. J. Present,. who has conducted a dry goods store here for more than twenty years, has retired from business and removed to De- troit. His son, Lewis, and daughter, Elizabeth, will continue the business. Jackson—The Jackson Welding Co. has been incorporated with an auth- orized capital stock of $10,000, for the purpose of manufacturing tire car- riers and automobile accessories in which electrical welding forms a part of the process. Holland—H. W. Hardie, engaged in the jewelry business for the past twenty years, has sold his stock and fixtures to the George Huizinga Jew- elry Co. and the business will be con- tinued under the management of Adrian Van Putten. Holland—C. D. Smith, who has conducted a drug store at 54 East Eighth street for a number of years, has sold his stock to Louis and Peter Lawrence, who will continue the business at the same location under the style of Lawrence Bros. Shelby—F. M. Meyers has been made special administrator of the es- tate of J. W. Boughner, who recently committed suicide at this place. Mr. Meyers will conduct the Boughner grocery business as well as continue in charge of the Meyers & Son gen- eral stock until arrangements are made to dispose of the grocery stock. Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—The C. M. Hall Lamp Co. has increased its capital stock from $300,000 to $750,000. Ann Arbor—The capital stock of the Ann Arbor Machine Co. has been increased from $100,000 to $150,000. Whitehall—Fire destroyed Reed Bros. flour and feed mill May 3, en- tailing a loss of about $18,000. In- surance, $8,000. The plant will be rebuilt at once. Kalamazoo—The Standard Gear Co. has been organized for the man- ufacture of automobile parts, with temporary quarters at 525 West South Street. F. B. Lay is manager. Saginaw—The Roeser Bull Tractor Co, has been organized with an auth- orized capitalization of $4,000, of which amount $2,000 has been sub- scribed and paid in in property. Detroit—The Superior Plaster Co. has been incorporated with an auth- orized capital stock of $25,000, of which amount $18,000 has been sub- scribed and $4,500 paid in in cash, Detroit—The William H. Reed Wall Paper Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capitalization of $50,- 000, of which amount $26,000 has been subscribed and paid in in property. Lansing—The Lansing Chemical Co. has engaged in the manufacture of general chemicals, colors and dye stuffs, with an authorized capitaliza- tion of $100,000, of which $50,000 has been subscribed and $37,500 paid in in cash. Detroit—Reichembach Laboratories Corporation has been organized to design and manufacture motors, en- gines, etc., with an authorized capi- talization of $500,000, of which amount $250,000 has been subscribed and paid in in property. Battle Creek—Grocers, Incorpor- May 10, 1915 ated, has engaged in business to man- ufacture and deal in groceries and kindred products with an authori: capitalization of $75,000, of whicy amount $50,000 has been subscri}ed and $12,500 paid in in cash, Muskegon—The L. O. Gorden Manufacturing Co. has been incor- poarted to manufacture cam sha/i< and special ‘machined parts with authorized capital stock of $75,000, of which amount $65,000 has been sul scribed and $50,000 paid in in cash Detroit—The Electrograph Co. has engaged in the manufacture of print ing presses with an authorized capital stock of $50,000 common and $25,000 preferred, of which amounts $50,400 has been subscribed, $300 paid in in cash and $49,700 paid in in property. Dowagiac—James Heddon’s manufacturers of artificial fishing, bates, equipment, etc., have merged their business into a stock company under the same style, with an author- ized capital stock of $100,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Detroit—The Detroit Trust Co. trustee in bankruptcy for the Farrand Co., is mailing the sixth dividend to creditors. This distribution, amount- ing to 10 per cent. makes a total of approximately $600,000, or 90 per cent., returned to the secured and unsecured creditors. The total proved claims against the company were $668,507.95. The present dividend may be the final one, although no definite information is available, Grand Ledge—The Crawford Chair Co. has adopted the profit sharing system with its employes, and is goine to give the plan a thorough tryout with the object of securing and hold- ing efficient and loyal workmen who will have more of an incentive for working for the success of the busi- ness. All employes who have been with the Crawford company three months or more come in on the profit sharing plan, which was started this week. Sons, Saginaw Following the putting on of a night crew of workmen and the announcement of the desire to employ 150 additional men, making a toth!l of 600 employes, the announcement. is made that the Herzog Art Furniture Co. has decided to adopt a bonus sys- tem, the details of which are now being worked out which when com- pleted will be applied to the entire working force of the company. Cou- pled with this announcement is also the promise of the President, Mr Jackson, for the annual picnic which will be given the employes in mid- summer and another banquet similar to the one given at the Teutonia sev- eral months ago. Incidental with the growth of this company, which was organized only about fifteen years ago, from a working force of six men tc 600, has been an increase in the qual- ity and quantity of goods produced, until the present output of the factory has a valuation of over a million and a half. When the capitalization of the company was increased from $200,000 to $500,000 a short time ago, a large addition was erected to the factory, giving a total floor space of Over 350,000 square feet. tls area Acta aaa -$ eenammanremmmmmmneen Sod Aenea scan emacs Nahi heb | ost et E AEe RO R Se ee Pee Mitiaa. mau May 10, 1916 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN * Review of the Grand Rapids Produce Market. Apples—Baldwins and Starks com- mand $3.50 per bbl.; Russets, $3.50; Ben Davis, $3.25. Asparagus — $1@1.25 per doz. bunches. Bananas—Medium, $1.50; Jumbo, $1.75; Extra Jumbo $2; Extreme Ex- tra Jumbo, $2.25 up. Beans—Prices range around $3.60 for pea and $4.25 for red kidney in carlots. Beets—60c per doz. new. Butter—There is an active demand for all grades of butter. Receipts are increasing, but the demand is al- so increasing, although not enough to prevent a further decline of 4c during the week. A steady increase in the make is likely from now on, probably accompanied by additional declines in the near future. Cream- ery grades are held at 29c in tubs and 30@31c in prints. Local dealers pay 26c for No. 1 in jars and 20c for packing stock. Cabbage—60c per bu. or $2 per bbl. for old; $3.25 per 100 1b. crate for Mobile. Carrots—60c per doz. bunches for new. Celery—California, 75c for Jumbo and 90c for Extra Jumbo; Florida $2 per case of either 4 or 6 ca $1.75 per case of 8 doz. Cocoanuts—$6.50 per sack contain- ing 100. Cucumbers—$1.25 per dozen for fancy hot house; $1.50 for extra fancy. Eggs—The market is unchanged, with a good demand both for con- sumption and storage. The quantity is running average high and the en- tire situation is healthy on the pres- ent basis. While the quality remains “as good as it is now and the demand as active, there will probably be lit- tle or no change. Local dealers are paying 20%c, cases included. Egg Plant—$1.75 per dozen. Fresh Pork—11¥% for hogs up to 200 Ibs.; larger hogs, 11c. Grane Fruit—Florida and Cuba stock is steady at $3@4 per box. Green Onions—Shalotts, 50c per doz. bunches; Illinois Green, 15c per dozen. Green Peas—$2.25 per bu. hamper. Honey—19c per lb. for white clover and 16c for dark. Lemons—California, $3.75 per box for choice, $4.25 for fancy. Lettuce—15c per 1b. for hot house leaf. Head lettuce, $2.50 per bu. Maple Sugar—i7c per 1b. for pure. Maple Syrup—$1.40 per gal. for pure. Mushrooms—40@50c per Ib. bunches for Nuts—Almonds, 18c per Ib.; filberts, 15c per Ib.; pecans, 15c per lb.; wai- nuts, 16c for Grenoble, 16%4c for Cali- fornia; 15c for Naples; $2 per bu. tor Shellbark hickory nuts and $1.75 for large. Onions—Texas Bermudas, $1.90 for yellow and $2.25 for white. Oranges—California Navals, $2.25 3.75. Parsnips—60c per bu. Peppers—Southern grown command $2.75 per 6 basket crate. Pineapples $2.75 for Cuban. Pop Corn—$1.75 per bu. for ear, 4l4c per bu. for shelled. Potatoes—The market is unchang- ed from a week ago. Country buyers are paying 65@70c. New, $2.50 per bu. Poultry—Receipts are not equal to market requirements and local jobbers pay 18@19c for shipment of mixed fowls. Turkeys are scarce at 22c ducks at 20c and geese at 18c. Dress- ed fowls average 3c above these quo- tations. Radishes—30c for long hot house. Rhubarb—85c per bu. Strawberries—$2.75@3.25 per case of 24 qts, either Louisiana, Tennesee or Ozark. Sweet Potatoes—$1.25 per hamper for kiln dried Jerseys. Tomatoes—$3.50 for 6 basket crate, Florida stock. Turnips—60c per doz. bunches for new. Veal—Jobbers pay 12c for No. 1 and 10 for No. 2. —_2++___ The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market on granulated has advanced from 7%4c to 7.65, N. Y. basis. Neither the American nor Howell refinery is able to ship sugar in barrels, owing to a strike in the factory where their barrels are pro- duced. New York refiners are dis- couraging buying, wherever sugars are still to be withdrawn, which stim- ulates considerable second-hand busi- ness at full quotations, something, it is said, not occurring in the recollec- tion of the present generation. The fact that export orders can be filled at above the domestic basis naturally keeps the market firm and_ strong. Europe must have sugar and, al- though the British Commission is temporarily pursuing a waiting pol- icy, smaller countries like Italy, Greece, Switzerland and Norway are constantly in the market. Refiners are sold up well into June. Atten- tion will soon be directed to the fruit Prospect in its bearing on the pre- serving demand for sugar. Spring, it is pointed out, is backward, but the danger from damage from frost is lessened thereby. Should there be big crops, the lower price of fruit may offset the high level of sugar, which ordinarily would .curtail the consumption by canners. Tea—The openings in Formosas and Japans are delayed, in the latter instance bad weather being assigned as the reason. In both cases, higher prices are expected, and this causes a strengthening of the spot situation. Importers of tea in this country are expecting to :—pay more next season, largely by reason of the higher freights. In addition to that. silver is very much higher in China than usual, and these two factors operat- ing in combination are expected to advance prices generally. Moreover, in the case of Congous it is expected that the Russians will buy the lower grades actively in Hankow and _ re- duce the shipments to the United States by their competition. Coffee—The market seems to be in the speculative doldrums and compe- tent observers see nothing in sight to change the situation. Hopes of an early peace with the incidental de- mand for actual coffee from Europe have gone glimmering, and there is nothing in the primary conditions to make for decided movement in either direction. It is true that Brazil re- mains firm in its ideas, being appar- ently fortified by the movement to Europe which keeps up beyond ex- pectations, considering the embargo on shipments to Germany and Aus- tria. Moreover, despite the small spot demands, prices are maintained here, so that there is little selling against actual coffee. Liquidation by Europe unsettled futures, it is true, and this was followed by tired selling for trade account but, on the whole, the action of the market has been satisfactory. Presumably, pending the movement of the new crop, backing and filling will be witnessed, it taking few sales to cause moderate fluctua- tions either way. All grades of Rio and Santos are in quiet demand at precisely the same price as a week ago. Milds are unchanged, the entire line being steady. Java and Mocha grades are unchanged and dull. Canned Fruits—Opening prices of Hawaiian pineapple are 1214@15 per cent. above the quotations of a year ago, due to the crop being smaller and also the higher price of this and sugar. The demand for peaches shows some spurts of activity, pend- ing the receipt of more favorable news as to new crop prospects. Apri- cots are moving in moderate volume, and, while the market is firm, there has been no unusual developments during the week. Pears are in steady demand, with jobbers finding it neces- sary to replenish from time to time. Canned Vegetables — There has been practically no change in the sit- uation with reference to No. 3 toma- toes, which remain firm on the dollar basis. The demand, however, is not in evidence to any unusual extent, and both sides seem inclined to allow matters to shape themselves a little more definitely. No. 2s are not quite so firm, although there has not been any particular pressure to sell. There is a continued good demand for peas, although there is not much of top quality offering. The demand for spinach continues good on the basis of quoted prices. Corn is firm, with moderate offerings. Other veg- etables are quiet but firm. Canned Fish—A good demand is reported for salmon, with the marker very firm, although in some quarters it was intimated that supplies were available at previously quoted levels. Advices from Eastport do not indi- cate a very heavy run of sardines, and there is some talk of higher quo- tations. Imported sardines are still very scarce and high. Advices from the Coast regarding the run of tuna are as yet rather meagre. There is a good general demand for spot of- ferings at $6@6.25 for California halves. Shrimp are quiet and un- changed. Supplies of crab meat are scarce, and the market is largely on a nominal basis. Lobster is in good routine demand, with jobbers replen- ishing as occasion demands. Dried Fruits—There is an easier tendency in prunes. Some of the bearishness is based on the belief that improved weather conditions will soon result in raising the crop esti- mates; and, in fact, this has already begun, and guesses as to crop pro- duction are gradually creeping up- ward. There have been the usual charges and counter charges of ul- terior motives in the newer quota- tions, but the fact remains that, whereas only a single offer was made a day or two ago, there are now sev- eral packers who are willing to shade the 5c basis at which the market stood at the beginning of the week. In the meantime buyers are holding off on the theory that the situation is shaping itself in their favor with- out any exertion on their part, and they have everything to gain and nothing to lose by allowing events to take their course. So far there has been no alteration of the opening prices of bleached North Thompson raisins, as announced by the associa- tion, and it is stated that all orders from wholesale grocers that did not have a speculative complexion have been confirmed. According to the views of the independents, the open- ing prices were merely put out tenta- tively and with the expectation that after a few confirmations higher prices would be established. To their surprise, however, this programme was not followed, but, instead, a pol- icy was adopted that had in view the elimination of speculation, as far as the association might be able to con- trol it. So far this policy has been successful, but whether it will con- tinue remains to be seen. Peaches and apricots are unchanged and dull. Provisions—There is an active con- sumptive demand for all grades of smoked meats and prices are about as they were a week ago. Pure lard is firm at an advance of Y%c and a good consumptive demand is report- ed. The supplies are reported light. Compound lard is also firm at an ad- vance of %c. Barreled pork, canned meats and dried beef are all quiet and unchanged. BANKRUPTCY MATTERS. Proceedings In the Western District of Michigan. Grand Rapids, May 1—In the matter of Lambertus Rademaker, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, the first meeting of cred- itors was held this date. The schedules ot the bankrupt revealed that there were no assets and accordingly it was ordered that no trustee be appointed. The es- tate will be closed at the expiration of twenty days. In the matter of Claud been filed and the first meet editors called for May 16, at which tir creditors may appear, prove their claims. elect a trustee and transact such other and further busi- ness as m properly come before such meeting. The schedules show that the assets were taken charge of by Adrian Oole, as trustee under a trust mortgage prior to bankruptcy and that such trus- .ee made sale of the stock in trade ana fixtures of the bankrupt appraised at the m of $1,150.22. realizing for the same the sum F and that said trustee under age has such sum on hand ready to turn over to the trustee in bankruptcy. Creditors have been di- rected to show cause why this sale sho not be approved rn bankruptcy. The s dules also show that the bank- rupt_is possessed of certain real estate at berta and that there are accounts receivable of the face value of about $2,000. The following are shown as cred- itors of the bankrupt: Secured. Vincent Babnaw, Elberta, mort- Saee -.... : Unsecured. Aikman Baking Co., Pt. Huron ..$ 11.65 Alma Roller Mills, Alma 86.50 American Agr. Chem. Co., Detroit 133.13 Aroncikie Bros, Chicazo =... |. 64.42 ATeus Prniterty, Bear Lake .._... 2.50 Armur & €(o, Chicaso ...... __. 21.96 Benzie County Power Co., Frank- hort 7.14 Bradley & Metcalf Co., Milwaukee 132.31 Central Broom Co., Jefferson City, MG ee 18.90 Ciark & ost, Milwaukee .._._. q Coverse Rubber Co., Chicago .... 199.32 Commercial Milling Co., Detroit 227.57 Cornwell Co., i + De Laval Sep. East Jordan Cabinet Co., East SOVGam 15.00 ling Milling Co., Plainwell 46.13 Empire Cream Sep. Co., Chicago 162.91 John Fitch & Co.. Traverse Cty Hannah & Lay, Traverse City .. 237.14 Indiana Indest Paint Co., Chicago 12.43 Iowa Soap Co., Burlington, Ia. .. O75 dsbell & Ca, Jackson... 42.17 Benry Lane, Arcadia... 16.03 Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co., Chicago 7.88 Manistee Flouring Mill Co., Man- Stee ee 51.63 John C. Martin & Co., Mineral ot Was 9.00 Michigan Moline Plow Co., Jackson Michigan State Prison, Jackson 75.23 Mohawk Overall Co., Detroit 42.00 Nalipinski, Fran G., Manistee 59.00 National Grocer Co., Traverse City 594.15 Newton Haggerty Ladder Co. Noud Lumber Co., Manistee : 1.15 Carl M. Pierce, Traverse City .... 4.80 Pearson Pub. Co., New York City Practical Premium Co., Chicago 36.13 teynolds Roofing Co., Grand Rapids 6.40 Henry Rietz, Milwaukee .......... 100.00 iaw Beef Co., Saginaw ...... rer Biscuit Co., Chicago 15.90 St Baking Co., Saginaw .... 19.51 Standard Oil Co., Grand Rapids 3.63 Straub Bros. & Co., Traverse OMY 46.35 Thread Agency, New York ....... 4.40 Valley City Milling Co., Grand HAIG: ooo 98.50 Votruba Harness Co., Traverse City 33.50 B ©. Tf Mi Arcadia: = 8. May 5—Linford L. Winslow, of Sara- nac, has filed his schedules in accordance with the order of the court and the first MICHIGAN TRADESMAN meeting of creditors has been called for May 19, at which time creditors may ap- pear, elect a trustee, prove their claims and transact such other and further business as may come before such meet- ing. The schedules of the bankrupt re- veal assets of the value of $5,819.45, con- sisting of a general stock of harnesses, implements, farm machinery, ete., and the liability for merchandise creditors is listed at $6,008.77, and on chattel mort- gage on stock, $979.68. The complete list of the creditors is as follows: Secured. Farmers & Merchants Bank, Sara- nac, chattel mortgage ........ $979.68 Saranac State Bank, real estate MOOTISOEC .. nce eas coe... 641.00 T. S. & B. E. Barber, Saranac, real estate mortgage 704.00 Saranac State Bank, Saranac, real estate mortgage on exempt home- Stead 628.50 Unsecured. Browr & Sehler, Grand Rapids ..$735.00 Johnston Harvester Co., Batavia, Now Yerkes John Deere Plow Co., Lansing .. 7 W. A. Wood Co., Hoosick Falls, New Work o..00000.55- 565.00 Merrell & Co, Toleds 3... 2... 140.63 Wagner Mfg. Co., Cedar Falls, $OWe 2 95.85 Gray Motor Co., Detroit _...._.... 89.70 Newton & Haggerty Ladder Co., Wegtlants |... . 2... 2. 57.28 Saranac State Bank, Saranac .... 200.00 Empire Cream Sep. o., Chicago 465.00 Darling €o., Chicare _........) 7. 79.00 Eckhart Carriage Co.. Auburn, Ind. 325.00 American Carriage Co.. Kalamazoo 79.00 Page Fence Co., Adrian ......... 416.28 Bateman Mfg. Co., Grenloch, N. J. 50.60 Standard Oil Co., Grand Rapids 17.39 G. R. Supply Co.. Grand Rapids 38.16 Clemens & Ginrich Co., Grand Ranicds 2. 146.25 Donaldson Bros., Mt. Clemens . 144.50 Appleton Manufacturing Co., Ba- favio, TH 15.36 Swedish Separator Co., Monadnock Bide. ChicAee |... 45.00 Sheffield Manufacturing Co., Burr Oak oo. 14.7 United Engine Co., Lansing, (claims to be on consignment) ...... 5.70 Filmern Fur Manufacturing Co., sonmston, N.Y ..... 1. .2.. 68.00 Brown Carriage Co., Cincinnati 124.42 Thornborough Manufacturing Co., Bowling Green, Ohio ......... 85.00 Buckeye Incubator Co., Springfield, Ohio 110.00 Patterson Manufacturing Co., Holly 23.00 Carpenter-Udell Chemical Co., rand Bands ................. 35.00 Moore Plow Co., Greenville ...... 26.00 Pratt Food Co., Philadelphia 49.00 Bartlett Co., Jackson ............ 109.00 Nye Manufacturing Co., Canton 27.30 Cargill Cleveland & Co., West- Reid, Mass . |... 8k. 24.00 Hardie Manufacturing Co., Hudson 19.70 McLaughlin Ward & Co., Jackson 5.00 Heittrick Bros. Co., Toledo ...... Le Roy Plow Co., Le Roy, N. Y. Liability as Endorser. Farmers & Merchants Bank, Sara- mae 2k... $632.46 May &—In the matter of Claud W. Barry. bankrupt, MHarrietta, formerly conducting a private bank and general store at that place, a special meeting of creditors was held this date. The first report and account of the trustee, show- ing total receipts of $3,361.53, disburse- ments of $204.40 and a balance on hand of $3,157.18, was considered and the same appearing proper for allowance and there being no objection thereto was approved and allowed. Contested claims were considered and the hearing on same ad- journed to May 15, at which time a first dividend of 10 per cent. will be declared and ordered paid. May 9—Antoine Vroon, of Grand Rap- ids, has this day filed a voluntary peti- tion in bankruptcy and adjudication was made by the referee in the absence of the District Judge from the district. The first meeting of creditors has not been called. The schedules show that the es- tate contains no assets and the following are shown as creditors of the bankrupt: Unsecured. Watson Higgins Milling Co., Grand moms oo ee, $ Cc. W. Mills Paper Co., Grand Banigs , 0 6 00 Jennings Manufacturing Co., Grand Mapige oo. 0.00 Eerdmanns Sevensama Co., Grand Mapas | oe 8.25 Cc. J. Lokker & Co., Holland .. 10.50 Superior Cigar Co., Holland ...... 16.00 Standard Grocer & Milling Co., Holliane |... 128.21 Holland Rusk Co., Holland ...... 7.00 Michigan Tea Rusk Co., Holland 3.20 H. Van Tongeren, Holland ....... 10.00 J. Y. Huizenga & Co., Holland 19.00 J. A. Brower, Hollund .......... 80.00 Estate of G. W. Mokma, Holland 350.00 N. Kammerad, Holland ............ 26.00 M Notier Holland |... ......5.. 5.00 P. S. Boter, Holland ........ eee cee 15.00 Roberts Bros., Holland ........... 7.00 Derks & Buter, Zeeland .......... 10.42 J. Bouwens, Zeeland .............. 4.50 Bert Tinholt, Zeeland ........... 40.00 Verhage Milling Co., Zeeland .... 6.96 Fuel & Lime Co., Zeeland ........ Hilker & Bletsch, Chicago ........ De Boer & Dik, Chicago ........ 5.00 Dr. Peter Farnhey, Chicago ...... 5.00 Baker-Hoekstra Co., Kalamazoo 16.00 A. J. Wibalda, Muskegon ........ 220.00 U. S. Rusk Co., Grand Rapids .... 5.40 A special conference of the creditors of the Fair, alleged bankrupts, will be held on Friday, May 12, at the office of the receivers. It is expected that a defi- nite list of the accounts and bills pay- able will be available at that time and that the alleged bankrupts will then sub- mit an offer of composition. Upon the submission of such offer a reference will no doubt, be made to the referee in bank- ruptecy and notice of hearing on the same fixed. > a a a a Sagacious Suggestions From Saginaw Salesmen. Saginaw, May 8—The ladies of the local U. C. T. gave a most delightful May party at Foresters temple lJast Saturday night, In attendance it was the largest held in many months and in quality of programme and general amusement one of the best ever held. Those who failed to go and donate the little 50 cent piece, the price of admission, missed the time of their lives. The color scheme of the eve- ning was white, yellow and purple. The hall was daintily decorated with palms and blooming potted flowers. Music was furnished by the Third Regiment orchestra. The May pole dance was given by sixteen girls, dressed in pink and white, all daugh- ters of Ul © ©. members. One of the big features of the evening was the dance number given by Master MacGregor, son of the Past Coun- selor W. A. MacGregor. He was in- troduced as Henry Lauder, 2nd, and certainly lived up to the introduction given him by appearing attired in a middy costume and giving the sailor’s dance to the delight of everyone pres- ent. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing and at 12 o’clock all went home, feeling ten years younger for having attended the May party entertainment. Hats off to the entertainment committee of the ladies auxiliary, of which Mrs. Ted. Grow is chairman, most ably assisted by Mrs, Ed. Knoop and Miss Pearl Hein- denrich. The regular meeting of Saginaw Council will be held at Foresters Temple Saturday, May 20. Big time. twenty-five candidates to initiate. Last meeting before the Grand Coun- cil meeting at Traverse City in June. V. A. Ruscoe, for a long time man- ager of the Franklin and Strand the- aters here, has resigned and taken the management of the Bijou theater. The new manager of the Strand is N. P. Fleischer and of the Franklin, Harry Lorsch. The Franklin is giv- ing but two shows daily, having se- cured acts from the Limited booking offices, which will give its patrons the same shows that the Temple theater has at Detroit. Three big local concerns were dam- aged by fire last Wednesday night. The total damages are estimated at $31,000. The Valley Printing Co. loss was $20,000, Garber-Buick Co., $10,000 and the Melze-Alderton Shoe Co. $1,000. The Valley Printing Co, is moving into the building formerly oc- cupied by the Melze-Alderton Shoe Co. Anyone wishing to communicate with Mark Brown can do so by first sending out a scout party to the wilds in the neighborhood of Grayling and finding him. He took his fish pole and departed April 30 and has not been heard from since. He may be able to furnish a fish story for these columns later, i The new Boston Store which open- ed for business last week has already received a nick name. The color scheme is black and white and owing to the stripe effect they call it the “Jackson” store. The store is located at 406 Genesee avenue. Don McGee, our local aviator, took a trip above the clouds Sunday morn- ing, ascending to a height of 6500 teet. It is being rumored that H. D, Ranney, candidate for Grand Sentinel from Saginaw Council, will go to Traverse City in June in the McGee plane. Nothing is too good for Ran- May 10, 1914 ney and he deserves the office. May good luck come to him. : J. R. “Joe” Rounds, who has repre- sented the Saginaw Milling Co, ¢h, last five years and eleven years preyi- ous to which time he traveled for the Phipps-Penoyer Co., has accepted position with the Lee & Cady Co. Saginaw branch, and will cover North. ern territory on the M. C. R, R. Watson-Higgins Milling Co. Merchant Millers Grand Rapids, Michigan Owned by Merchants Products Sold Only by Merchants Brands Recommended by Merchants ee : Automobile Necessities Factory Distributors for Congress ) Diamond > Swinehart J Swinehart Solid truck tires Ever Ready non-sulphating storage batteries Weed Chains Champion Mosler | Pneumatic tires and tubes AG - Spark plugs Red Head ) Rayfield Carburetors American Ever Ready flash lights American Ever Ready flash light batteries Tuthill Titanic springs Simplex Automobile jacks Atlas Mfg. Company tire dough Interlocks and reliners Hill Smith line of repair parts for Ford cars Wholesale Only You can buy all these goods through your regular garage man. SHERWOOD HALL CO., LTD. Grand Rapids, Mich. Tip-Top Bread Made in a model sanitary bakery, where cleanliness is a commandment that is preached and practiced. Make ‘‘Tip-Top’”’ Your Daily Bread Tip-Top comes to you wrapped and sealed; it’s the Perfect Loaf, Nobly Planned. If you are not carrying it, write and we'll arrange to supply you. He Lives Well Who Dines on ‘‘Tip-Top”’ Hill Bakery—A. B. Wilmink Grand Rapids, Mich. ee Soa RE a cane PrN AS Ditaaaiten igus May 10, 1916 Adam F. Martin was born in Sagi- naw county thirty-eight years ago of German parentage. He spent his boy- hood days in Saginaw. At 20 years of age he started out to make his own way. Fourteen years were spent in Toledo, Ohio, three years in the wholesale lumber business, then for eight years he traveled for the Star Hardware Co., wholesale dealer oi Toledo. While in Toledo he met and married Miss Ella Eichholz. Three years ago he moved to Saginaw and entered into partnership with his fath- er, Bruno Martin, who has the dis- tinction of being the oldest sheet me- tal man in this part of the country and, without a doubt, one of the most successful. Their business has grown to such an extent that they keep a corps of men busy all the time. He has always endeavored to give honest work at honest prices and by so doing has won the respect of all who know him. At the State convention ot Michigan Sheet Metal Contractors Association, held here in January, he was elected Secretary. He has held several offices in the local Sheet Met- al Association. We travelers feel proud of him from the fact that he is a good U. C. T. man. He recently transferred from Toledo to Saginaw. He is a member of Grace English Lutheran church of this city and holds several offices in same. Most men have a hobby, but the writer has known Mr. Martin for some time and I have never detected anything that I could call a hobby except his being a Golden Rule man. Samuel Moffett, senior member of the firm of Moffet & Sons, wholesale grocers, Flint, has sold his interest in the business to Symons Bros. & Co., of Saginaw. The new company now goes by the name of the Symons-Mof- fett Co. It is incorporated for $100,- 000 and the following officers are in charge: President—Samuel naw. Symons, Sagi-. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Vice-President—Rudolph Otto, Sag- inaw, General Manager—R. G. Moffett, Flint. Secretary—John Symons, Saginaw. Treasurer—S. B. Moffett, Flint. Samuel Moffett has been in the wholesale business for the past twelve years and built up a most successrul business, for which much credit is due his two sons. Bob Moffett has acted in the capacity of buyer the last few years and is highly respected by all the boys who have made his ac- quaintance. Symons Bros. & Co. are one of the biggest wholesale grocers in the Saginaw valley and this new combination should prove a success. Two stories will be added to the Sy- mons-Moffett building, making it a six-story building. Well, Mr. Honest Grocerman, you got one on me. I| had to get my map to find Oakley. I feel sure you wouldn’t even need a guidepost. If it is a good meal, a real rest and a comfy homelike place you are look- ing for, you cannot make a mistake in stopping with Hildy at the Kenwood Hotel, at Pontiac, and every Thurs- day morning you will find the Michi- gan Tradesman on the library table. Too bad Hildy doesn’t take at least three copies of the Tradesman, as the writer noticed a half dozen anxious travelers grab for the last issue at the same time. L. M. Steward. — Memorial to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Husband. Rochester, N. Y., May 6—The rela- tion the editor of the Tradesman sustained to the husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe will probably inter- est him and the readers of the Trades- man in the appropriate memorial which has just been completed in honor of one of the great pioneers in the work of negro liberation. Two years ago a committee was formed to place a stained glass win- dow in the little Church of Our Say- iou in Mandarin, Fla., in honor of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Professor Stowe, who for so long made their home in Mandarin, The work of the committee has now been complet- ed, and a memorial window has been constructed by the Tiffany Studios, in New York City, where it may now be seen before it is sent to Florida to be put into its permanent place. Since the committee announced its undertaking, two years ago, it has received letters and contributions from all parts of the country. One of the first responses came from a farmer in Iowa whose mother had read “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to him when it appeared in the National Era. and he tells the committee that al- though he was then only a child of 7, the memory of this reading has ever since influenced his life and opinions. A distinguished educator and ex-Am- bassador of the United States de- scribes a visit to Mrs. Stowe at Man- darin, and her eagerness and high intelligence in discussing all kinds of vital questions. A well-known banker in New York recalls the fact that his father was one of the students of Lane Seminary when Mrs. Stowe’s father, Lyman Beecher, was President. ‘Fhe colored people of Mandarin, whom Mrs. Stowe had helped, showed the greatest interest in the undertaking, and contributed generously from their small resources. During the passionate period of the Civil War, Mrs. Stowe was regarded by a large part of the South as an arch enemy. It is a singular illustra- tion of the firm reunion of the North and South that this memorial should be erected in a Southern church. Susan Huntington Hooker. —_2~--___ The Old Eyesores to Remain. The largest real estate transfer which has taken place in Grand Rap- ids thus far this year is the purchase of four frontages at the head of Mon- 7 roe avenue by a realty holding com- pany composed of seven gentlemen whose contributions to the capital stock are as follows: Hiubéert Daane ........... $10,000 LE. John Witters ......... 10,000 Charles |. Kindel......... 10,000 Brank © Smith ....._.... 10,000 Ray BH Becker |. ..... |. . 10,000 Win El Kinsey 9... 2... 20,000 James Buys ............. 20,000 The purchase price is $160,000 and $20,000 will be expended in the erec- tion of a two-story store building to re- place the two old residences on Park street. The owner of the real estate takes back a mortgage for $90,000, which will represent one-half the value of the property after the improve- ments are made. From the standpoint of civic pride and municipal progress, it is extreme- ly unfortunate that this property should pass into the hands of people who are not disposed to immediately improve it, as it should be improved, by an eight or ten-story building. One of the greatest drawbacks to the physical appearance of Grand Rapids is the large proportion of small, un- sightly low buildings which adorn our main business street. This un- fortunate condition is to be attributed, in most cases, to the fact that the owners. of the realty have not suf- ficient public spirit to make the im- provements which the growth of the city rightly demands. —_+-+___ Don’t be too keenly critical. The worm has a habit of turning when you least expect it. Barney Langeler has worked in this: institution continuously for over forty-five years. Barney says— | wonder how many merchants in Western Michigan know how big a stock of groceries our Company carries. After a customer sees our big stock it’s easy for him to know why we can ship his order the day it is received. WorRDEN GRAND RAPIDS— KALAMAZOO THE PROMPT SHIPPERS (GROCER COMPANY GANZRADESMAN . (Unlike any other paper.) DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BUSINESS MEN. Published Weekly by TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Subscription Price. One dollar per year, if paid Strictly in advance; two dollars if not paid in ad- vance. Five dollars for six years, payable in advance. Canadian subscriptions, $2.04 per year, payable invariably in advance. Sample copies 5 cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 5 cents; issues a month or more old, 10 cents; issues a year or more old, 25 cents. Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice as Second Class Matter. E. A. STOWE, Editor. May 10, 1916. CRUX OF THE CONTROVERSY. It will be a matter of very general regret if, in the excitement of fight- ing for and against maintained prices on branded articles, the controver- sialists and law-makers fail to dis- cern the broader issue underlying that question. Any solution based on the mere matter of price will fall far short of the basic point at stake. Probably never before have there been so clear and significant signs of the time as can be observed right now in various courts. In the Fed- eral Court of Connecticut and before the Federal Trade Commission the Shredded Wheat and Ross companies are fighting over one phase of it. Out in Los Angeles the Cream of Wheat Company is battling over another angle of the same problem. In the same city two other cereal concerns are fighting over the right to call their rival products “flapjack” flour. In the Supreme Court of New York State W. K. Kellogg and his brother, Dr. J. H., are struggling over sub- stantially the same issue, while down in Baltimore Welch and the Frey Company have been at another side of it. If one will only take the time to think them all out, probably half a hundred cases are now pending— all strangely related to the same commanding issue. That issue is whether or not ad- vertising, plus an indentifying brand name and specialty promotion, has created an entirely new kind of mer- chandise. If it has, must trade prac- tices and trade laws be conformed to that new ideal and must our whole ethical, mercantile system be revised? That is the real crux of all this con- troversy; prices, selection of distrib- uters, rivalry for trade names and the righteousness of imitation are subsidiary. : ———— “Henry Ford, with his minimum wage of $5 a day, has already put the Nation to shame,” says the Atlanta Constitution, writing in advocacy of better pay for the civil-service em- ployes of the Federal Government. Surely, the Constitution knows better than that. What Mr. Ford did for his employes was an act of generosity, or liberality, or what you will, made possible by profits of a kind which, it is safe to say, are without parallel in the whole history of industry and MICHIGAN TRADESMAN commerce. It cannot be pointed to . as a standard which either private or public employers may be asked to live up to. The situation of private em- ployers who have to strain every nerve in order to make their profits amount to 6 or 8 or 10 per cent. on their in- vested capital has nothing in common with that of a man who has had the amazing fortune of annual profits at the rate of 1,000 per cent., or 10,000 per cent. If the Ford Motor Co. turns out 500,000 cars this year, its net profit will be in excess of $55,000,000 or $110 per car. And as for the Govern- ment, it is a trustee for the whole people, and the rate of pay it fixes for its employes must be regulated by a due consideration of the rights of the people at large who are the real employer, as well as the legitimate demands of the civil servants who are the employes. There are doubtless cases in which Government salaries ought to be raised, but in each in- stance the question is one of specific fact relating to the particular employ- ment concerned. The day of the free pass is not over. Records ‘compiled by officials of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion show that the Louisville & Nash- ville Railroad, together with a sub- sidiary, issued during 1913 more than twenty thousand free passes, repre- senting nearly 8,000,000 miles of trav- el and a value of a quarter of a mil- lion dollars. These passes went to newspapers, court officials, and even to witnesses and jurors, as well as to members of the Tennessee Legis- lature. One letter requesting passes for the members of the family of a certain Kentucky judge pointed out that the judge “has decided practic- ally every case in our favor that has come before him, and we have a great many small ones. I think, perhaps,” the writer of the letter remarked, “I will be in a position, by getting this favor for him, to get a better class of jurors.” The disclosures are mak- ing somewhat of a sensation in other States than Kentucky and Tennessee. Georgia, for instance, is finding in them new cause for vigilance regard- ing her State railway. ee The retirement of Charles A. Floyd from the position of Superintendent of the Michigan Railway Company is a matter of much regret among the business men who have relations with either the Holland or Kalamazoo lines, Mr. Floyd has always been ap- Proachable, fair and broad minded in his dealings with the business public and it will be next to impossible for the management of the two roads to find a man who will be able to take his place. ——EEEE Are your plans for midsummer sel]- ing entirely made? What are you going to do to make your store the coolest and the most comfortable place in town for July and August? Be sure of comfortable fitting rooms, plenty of fans, and a generally cool and inviting air both in windows, in- terior displays and the general at- mosphere. eens A good bluff makes more noise than great riches. THE MYSTICS OF BUSINESS. A vast amount of “inspirational lit- erature for business men is appearing nowadays. It takes the form of trea- tises and leaflets, series of articles in newspapers, publications by “schools” of super-salesmanship, and so on. It is addressed mainly to agents and com- mission men and commercial travelers —to anybody, in short, who has any- thing to sell. But the surprising thing about it all is its method. It aims not so much at practical instruction as at a revolution of the entire mental and moral being of the salesman. His whole spiritual nature, it seems, must be quick- ened before he can successfully take orders for hosiery. He has to go through a long course of brooding over the deep things of the soul. Instead of being exhorted in the old crude way to hustle and “git thar,” he is taught how to release the dynamic energies hidden in his breast, how to develop an irre- sistible will-power, how to make selling shirt or hats an exercise in transcen- dental philosophy. Specimens of this sort of mystic pro- ductions have recently been appearing in the Philadelphia Evening Ledger. They seek to convey, not advice, but stimulus. They are not instruction, but thrilling messages. The goal is not merely money-making, but “man-build- ing.” The man is to be built very much after the fashion of a Hindu ascetic wrapped in contemplation of his inner self—except that here the concentration of his gaze upon his own faculties is to be under expert direction. His mentor stands at his elbow to shout in his ear from time to time: “Live in the ‘I will’ atmosphere ;” “Eliminate doubt and ‘It can’t be done;’” “Keep a true focus on the world;” “Sell to yourself first;” “Keep your dynamo working.” And if these cries seem a trifle disconnected to the young man ambitious to make a record in placing orders for toilet ar- ticles, he may turn his thoughts to such a continuous flow of the doctrines of the higher salesmanship as the follow- ing: When you know where lies your real strength, and know how to find the mighty principle which governs the best impulses, then you are ready to meet every emergency. It is the Strong character in man that gives him power with other men. Forceful character is nothing more than the larger development of the positive mental faculties of man. Happiness comes from service to others rather than to self. Be serious about your life problems. Overcome all difficul- ties. Dig deep into your own con- sciousness, You are Stronger than you know. Living is more important than you think. Your potential pro- ducing Powers are greater than you now believe. We have no wish to decry these sol- emn views of business. Earnest and even fierce preaching of energy and de- termination may serve to stir up those qualities in some laggards. It has always been true that exalted motives are a good thing for even lowly work. Many women have gone about their household tasks buoyed up by a sense of something finer—sweeping a room, it may be, “for Thy laws.” But there is, clearly, a novel element in all this modern in- junction to salesmen to lift themselves by their own mora] bootstraps. It links itself with the vague ideas current about May 10, 19) occult, psychic powers dormant in ma: Sometimes, it is believed, they may b wakened and used for healing diseasc. sometimes for unrolling the book o fate, sometimes for piercing the veil « death. The singular thing is to find a! this order of thought—or emotion seized upon in the endeavor to enab! people to sell more buttons and tape. It is to be desired that there wer some way of finding out the actual prac tical results of all this teaching of “suc. cess-power”—or, more vulgarly, ginger and “pep.” That it must lead to dis- appointment is certain. Many a youn; salesman, thoroughly equipped by the new instruction, must have dismal ex- periences of unexpected failure, and be thrown back despairingly upon himself with the conviction that everything jis not a dynamo that makes a noise like one. It is evident, also, that a type of salesman disagreeable to the prospective customer is frequently developed by these modern ways of teaching. What passes for “efficiency-training” may be only old impudence writ large. But we are plainly in for a great vogue of this style of filling business men with meta- physical impulses and deep spiritual longings. It is one of the signs of a recurring mysticism even in the midst of a society that seems material and sordid, A more distinguished commercial travelers’ expedition never set out in search of foreign trade than the Com- mission under the leadership of Sec- retary McAdoo, which returned to Washington last week from South America. There have been individual trade promoters of more exalted reputation, notably the Kaiser, in his voyages to the Near 5ast and Mo- rocco; but our own Commission com- prised a Secretary of the Treasury, a member of the Federal Reserve Board, a member of the United States Senate, and special experts in finance, commerce, and industrial relations. From the summary of the Commis- sion’s work given to the press it is plain that we have here something more than the ordinary fraternizing expedition which returns with cere- monial expressions of friendship and Pious wishes and comparatively littl of that solid information upen which the establishment of closer relations with the Latin-American markets must be based. Not that the cere- monial factor is to be despised. |: the development of contact with South America, political considera- tions must enter. It is plain, for ex- ample, that the success of the mission will depend in large measure on ou! relations with Mexico. Secretary Mc. Adoo’s party was received by th« Presidents of Argentina, Brazil, an‘ Chili, ‘These are the A B C Power: with whom we co-operated in the early stages of the Mexican difficulty. The attitude of the A B C nations in the field of trade will depend on the outcome in Mexico, and on whether the old distrust of Yankee ambitions can be replaced by full confidence in our political designs in Pan-America. nee A “tickler file’ is very handy to bring future matters to the attention at the right time. May 10, 1916 abi AL? THIS RAISIN IS ‘ NOW NATIONALLY KNOWN § | ORL ___ Report of State Secretary Bothwell for April. i Cadillac, May 8—On April 4 it was my privilege to meet the business men of Greenville at the noon hour and in the evening talk to them on the necessity of co-operation and the ad- vantages of the State Association in helping along the legislation that is of vital interest to every retailer, as the business men have an Association and credit rating system. My only hope was to get them to affiliate with the State Association and I am look- ing every day for word from them that they have decided to do so. From Greenville I went to Howard City and while there got two mem- bers for the State Association, one in Howard City and one at Amble. On the 11th I attended a meeting in Lansing of the Executive Commit- tee and that evening together with Second Vice-President Jones attend- ed a meeting of the Lansing Associa- tion where I explained in detail the work confronting the State Associa- tion. The 12th I spent in Grand Ledge in an endeavor to get a meeting ar- ranged for, but there being no appar- ent chance for a meeting I secured two members for the State Associa- tion and went to Ionia, where I ar- ranged for a meeting for the eve- ning of May 10, but as there is a good credit rating system and an Associa- tion, there is only the possible chance that I may induce them to join the State Association. From there I went to St. Johns, where I arranged for a meeting for May 9 and hoped to put in a credit rating system as well as organize an Association. From there I went to Owosso, where they have a good Association and credit rating system, but arranged to meet them May 8 and endeavor to get them to become affiliated with the State Asso- ciation. On the 24th I went to Cass City, stopping at Bay City for a con- ference with the chairman of the In- surance Committee, Mr. Primeau, where we also met Mr. McMorris and Mr. DeBatts and outlined a prelim- inary insurance list for securing the names of the necessary 100 first mem- bers, so that in case it is finally de- cided by the next convention to start the insurance company, we will have the $100,000 already provided for. On arrival at Cass City there were over sixty of the business and professional men at the meeting where I explained our work. We are also installing a credit rating system, with thirty-one members taking advantage of the benefits. This system will put the members in the forefront, so far as protection against poor pay accounts MICHIGAN TRADESMAN are concerned, as it will give them an opportunity of knowing just what a customer is doing in keeping his accounts paid up. Second Vice-President Jones gave up his time and energy in doing the work at Cass City and from the en- thusiasm of the various officers and directors, I see no reason why we can- not close at our next convention one of the best years in the history of the Association. From Cass City I went to Wilmot, where I got two members for the State Association and then to Caro where I expect to put in a credit rating system and have six signed for it at this time, but a meeting will be arranged for later, when I will have the privilege of talking to all the retail men and will, no doubt, have nearly as good success as at Cass City. ‘rom Caro I had the privilege of talking to some of the members of the Bay City Association and am as- sured that they will see to it that at a future date they want me to give the information to a larger attendance. While Bay City is well represented at the State convention, our finances should be helped by men in all lines of retail work, as they are all inter- ested in the garnishment law, trading stamp law, catalogue house expansion and other measures for which the re- tail grocers should not be entirely re- sponsible. From Bay City I visited Clare, calling on our loyal friend Tat- ham, who was just getting ready for a fishing trip, but on his return we will arrange for a meeting of the busi- ness men and indications are that a credit rating system will also be in- stalled. In the office we have written over seventy letters to manufacturers and jobbers and ninety letters to retailers, but am sorry to say that the re- sponses are not as brisk as we could wish, but we hope that a follow up letter will be more effective. Every indication points to a good increase in membership for the State Associa- tion. I will be glad of any suggestions as to how to improve my methods of reaching the people and reducing ex- penses in any way and can assure you that my desire is to wind up the year to the satisfaction of the directors. While my methods may not produce results as quickly as some others, I have no reason to doubt that the re- _ sults will be of a most permanent character. J. M. 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Market St. Grand Rapids BEST INVESTMENT IN GARY The Massachusetts twenty apart- ment building, located in the heart of the City of Gary, only a half block from Broadway and Seventh Avenue, gross income per month $650.00, always rented. For Sale for $50,000 M. M. Winter, Gary Hotel, Gary, Indiana Sand Lime Brick Nothing as Durable Nothing as Fireproof Makes Structures Beautiful No Painting No Cost for Repairs Fire Proof Weather Proof Warm in Winter Cool in Summer Brick is Everlasting Grande Brick Co., Grand Rapids So. Mich. Brick Co., Kalamazoo Saginaw Brick Co., Saginaw Jackson-Lansing Brick (Co., Rives Junction REYNOLD ESTABLISHED 1868 9 5 * FIRE UNDER WRITE HINGLE Reduces Fire Insurance Rates Will Not Ignite from Flying Sparks or Brands Sold by All Lumber Dealers H. M. Reynolds Asphalt Shingle Co. “Originators of the Asphalt Shingle’ Grand Rapids, Mich. 36 Wall Street. Chevrolet Motor Company Stock The Company's present schedule calls for an output of 96,482 cars in 1916, and to date this schedule has been easily maintained. With this production, the company should earn over $8,000,000 in 1916, or about $40 a share on the stock. Already orders are being received from agents for 1917 deliveries, and invariably they can call for larger allotments than 1916. It isestimated that 150,000 cars will be needed to supply next year’s demand, and on this output the company should earn close to $70 a share in 1917. Circular on request J. K. RICE, JR. & CO. ’Phone John 4001 to 4010 & 5915 to 5919 NEW YORK TiS OI Ma GTR ES ES ET NIE AB Eh STG Rg ig gg 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 10, 19:) (= 2? DRY GOODS, = = s Our : . FANCYGOODS*” NOTIONS: | Piece = =e An =f = (fe \a Schools for the Education of Em- ployes. One of the remarkable educational developments of the last few years has been the growth of schools for employes maintained by the employer. Almost every city has a few such schools, from the department store, that supports a class in business man- ners, to the theoretical and technical training class of the railroad shop, or the telephone girls’ school. Pennsyl vania laws now provide for continua- tion schools maintained by the em- ployer for children of certain ages, and New York City has 40,000 boys and girls attending school in hotels, department stores and other places. Some firms provide valuable courses The York, foreign banking, for their National City employes, Bank, of New complete course in offers a including language training, details of exchange, foreign history and man- ners, that would be difficult to dupli- Cate in a The Pacific Railway has a comprehensive university, Southern apprentice training course, and many other industries give instruction of an advanced and highly technical char- acter. These schools have become so numerous that an been organization of under the Association of formed National Schools. them has name of the month the Association publishes a little mag- Corporation Each azine, telling of the formation of new schools or the progress in vocational education. In some cases the state requires such schools, but the great majority are supported voluntarily. The ployers have found that they pay. In New York business firms say that the em- formation of schools has n carly al- ways been followed by more faithful Service on the part of the employe. Resignations are not so common and the worker has a keener and more interest in his employer's In some instances the train- ing is limited in character and applica- ble only to one industry, but many firms give instruction in reading, writ- ing, history and other subjects of cultural value which would be of use in any Nevertheless, the employe, it is said, shows an inclina- tion to stick to the employer to whom he owes his training. The possibili- ties of the schools in building up bet- personal business. business. ter relations between employers and employes are great. By being in con- tact with the educational development of the subordinate the employer is likely to take a more personal inter- est in him and the employe will na- turally feeling of have a greater friendliness toward the man or busi- ness that helps him to obtain an edu- cation. —_~++.____ What the Windows Show. A recent investigation made by a New York Times reporter into the kind of goods displayed in the win- dows of New York's principal stores develops the rather surprising informa- that most often. featured It shows also that the men’s furnishing department got more window display during 1915 than any other. Furniture came second, and men’s clothing third. One of the rea- sons advanced for the disproportion- tion men’s goods are ately great display of men’s furnish- ings and clothing is the strong com- petition in these goods by the men’s specialty shops. Another reason is supposed to be the desire of the store owners to attract more men to their establishments. Of the dis- played to tempt the eye, millinery came _ first, women’s gowns coats, waists, wom- en’s underwear, corsets, misses’ wear goods feminine with suits, of various kinds, furs, shoes, handker- chiefs, hosiery, neckwear, gloves and fans following in the order named. One of the peculiar facts elicited was that the months of March, April and July, jor some unknown reason, were the ones during which goods were put on display. dren’s mourning In chil- dresses got the most Infants’ wear came next, followed by toys and games and chil- goods, displays. dren’s shoes. Among yard goods. linens headed the list, followed by silks, dress goods, wash goods and white goods. Of dress accessories, ribbons were most featured. Such items of home goods as_ blankets. lamps, clocks, pictures, sheets and pillow cases, etc., were very largely featured. Upholstery fabrics, rugs, jewelry, silverware and large leather goods were prominently displayed, and in many cases got the most valu- able windows in the store. Few of the stores put a definite value on their windows or charged the cost of the displays up to their respective de- partments. The general custom seems to be to make the departments con- tribute to the total cost of the stores’ displays on a percentage basis. Under this system the distribution of dis- play costs is said to be more equita- ble than when a flat rent is charged for the windows. Goods Department Calls especial attention to a well assorted stock of wash fabrics that we are in position to offer for prompt delivery. Now is the time to buy. TISSUE GINGHAMS—Assorted stripes and plaids, 7%, 1014, 16% per yard. PRINTED CREPES—9%%, 10%4, 1314, 17% per yard. PRINTED VOILE—40 inch width, 16% per yard. PRINTED ORGANDIE and FLAXON—Assorted small and large patterng, 10% per yard. BEACH CLOTH—White and Palm Beach shade, 1034, 16% per yard. PONGEE—36 inch width, light grounds, assorted stripes, 13!4 per yard. Sample lines are being shown by our salesmen Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. 20-22 Commerce Ave. Exclusively Wholesale Grand Rapids, Mich. SPS 9 6 FS Pa 6 9-6 El 86 a 9 Se “ee es When you see SAXOLIN PAPER LINED SANITARY SACK PAT’D. SEPT. 5,1I905-NOV. 18,1913 THE CA-BAG CO. CLEVELAND the Paper-Lined Cotton Flour Sack, you know that Flour can not sift out nor dirt get in the flour ——, IT’S SANITARY PROTECTION. Your Miller can supply you with flour packed in ‘‘S A X OLIN’’ SACKS. 6 PE PC FS Ll 8 8 9 FP 6 Pn 6 Fs fl 6 THE CLEVELAND-AKRON BAG CO., Cleveland 69 6 8 6 6 i 69 i 6 9 6 68 9 Seal Brand Salt (Morton Salt Company, Chicago) is packed in this sanitary moisture proof paper lined sack oS BE PS Pe BS fl Oa PS FS BS St PN SB 6 Bl 8S Se 68“ a ~. May 10, 1916 How Mail Order Competition Helps Country Merchants. H. G. Larimer is a successful cloth- ing merchant at Chariton, Iowa, 1 town of 4,000 population. His an- nual sales aggregate $60,000, Mr. Larimer believes that mail order competition is far from being the enemy of the country merchant that many have supposed it to be. Mr. Larimer insists that the mail order house is a help. “Whenever I see a farmer taking home a catalogue from one of the big mail order houses, 1 know that he will sit up under his lamp look- ing through the pages, finding out about things he never knew existed —things that would make his work easier and more comfort and luxury, Thus his needs and wants are increased. He becomes a bigger customer. I will take my chance of selling him against the mail order house.” “What,” said Mrs. Samuel Barskin, a bright little business woman from Martinsville, Ind., “do you do when a customer says he can get that $12 suit for $9.98 at Ward’s?” “T tell him that he can get a good suit from Montgomery Ward for that money,” said Mr. Larimer. “It will be just as it is represented. But at my store I have a cutter who will fit the customer's suit to him. If the lapel is not just right, if the shoulders do not fit, I will alter the suit until the best possible fit is given. I sell personal service, and I find that it meets mail order competition in the majority of cases.” Speaking of the so-called ‘dealer helps” sent out by manufacturers of clothing, Mr. Larimer recently said that only about 5 per cent. of them were available. He would not send to the farmer clothing catalogues showing thin, pale faced young men with impossibly long legs, high cut trousers, and short coats, and lead- ing ugly faced bull dogs. He would not send out hosiery advertisements so suggestive that one wonders how give him Montgomery they get through the mail. These things would never do with the farm population. Then Mr. Larimer unfolded a large circular on clothes sent to him to be used on the farmer. He did not say a word—simply held the circular up where everybody could see it. The roar that went up from the assembled merchants was so_ in- fectious that all present had to join. One could imagine a keen, business- like farmer, a director in his local bank, perhaps, receiving this circular. “Now, what we do need,” said Mr Larimer, “is more local color—il- lustrations of clothes such as a busi- ness man would wear, and would wish his sons to wear. The farmer has no respect for a loafer. He thinks every man should be engaged in some use- ful occupation. These pictures look like loafers. They would prejudice him against the clothes.” —_» +. __-—- Pickings Picked Up in the Windy City. Chicago, May 8—Spring appears to have arrived, if the last few days are samples of what is coming. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 The Masons pulled off a very fine minstrel show at the Auditorium the- ater last Friday night. The house was packed and the talent was fine. Whatever surplus there is, after all hills are paid, will be used to trans- port the boys to Detroit in June to attend the Supreme lodge meeting. The Mayor of Chicago was a very busy man last week with some of the club women—they have been making secret investigations of all the caba- rets where dancing is permitted and where liquor is sold after the clos- ing hour, 1 a. m. They demand that the Mayor stop this and also that he stop issuing special bar permits for dances or other amusements beyond the legal hour. If things keep on, Chicago will ap- pear like every other town of a few thousand inhabitants. Chicago is sure having a clean-up. Walter Sutton, formerly of Holland and Grand Rapids, has opened at 4213 Broadway a very fine tea, cof- fee, butter and egg store. He re- ceives all of his butter, eggs and cheese direct from Michigan and from the way his trade is coming, one can see that he has hit the right spot for success. One of the prettiest advertising cars seen in Chicago for some time is that of the G. J. Johnson Cigar Co., Grand Rapids. This car is very at- tractive, both in workmanship and art, carrying on the panels a reproduction of Rembrandt’s masterpiece. Chicago clean-up day has come. The people have been instructed to paint up, brush up and dig up and from all reports Chicago was never cleaner. Business is a little off in all lines except the manufacture of ammuni- tion, It goes up and business goes down. The stage is all set for the Repub- lican convention to be held in the Coliseum in June. From all reports the delegates will have to reckon with woman’s suffrage. Near 11,000 workmen are on strike at the McCormick-Deering plant Some people never know when they get prosperity. Gary, Ind., is one busy little town. }usiness is reported very good, and the people look forward to the build- ing of a new steel plant that will add 15,000 more employes. C. W. Reattoir. This is an especially good time not to speculate in merchandise. In fact, many men of far sight and sound judgment contend that the retail dry goods store should never speculate in merchandise. It is not speculation to look a little further ahead than usual and buy for requirements or to order next season’s merchandise earli- er because of market conditions, but it is decidedly speculative to buy quantities beyond reasonable and sea- sonable requirements, and while occa- sionally such a move may prove suc- cessful, in the long run it is a hazard- ous proposition. Signs of the Times Are Electric Signs. Progressive merchants and manufac- turers now realize the value of Electric Advertising. We furnish you with sketches, prices and operating cost for the asking. THE POWER CO. Bell M 797 Citizens 4261 We are manufacturers of TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED HATS for Ladies, Misses and Children, especially adapted to the general store trade. Trial order solicited. CORL, KNOTT & CO., Ltd. Corner Commerce Ave. and Island St. Grand Rapids, Mich. NO " Ask about our way BARLOW BROS. Grand Rapids, Mich. GEO. S. DRIGGS MATTRESS & CUSHION CO. Manufacturers of Driggs Mattress Protectors, Pure Hair and Felt Mattresses, Link and Box Springs, Boat, Chair and Window Seat Cushions. Write for prices. Citizens 4120. GRAND RAPIDS Are Your Net Profits Satisfactory? Probably not, if you are like nine out of ten merchants. Your trouble prob- ably is (1) you have too many of some items; (2) not enough items. If you will buy the “many lines in one bill” offered by our monthly catalogue of General Merchandise, you easily can apply the remedy. GUARANTEED BEDDING QUICK SHIPMENTS Mattresses Coil Springs Cot and Crib Pads Link Fabric Springs Sanitary Covel Pads Sanitary Couches Bulk Feathers Feather Pillows Butler Brothers Exclusive Wholesalers of General Merchandise New York Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Dallas Made by Grand Rapids Bedding Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Look at Page 17 in last week’s Tradesman. On that page appears an im- portant advertisement about the famous HALLMARK SHIRTS We want the merchants of Western Michigan to know that we carry a big line and can fill orders promptly. Paul Steketee & Sons Wholesale Dry Goods Grand Rapids, Mich. You don’t take chances when you take OUR FURNITURE It’s good, reasonably priced and we stand back of it with a make-good guarantee Klingman’s The Largest Furniture Store in America Entrance Opposite Morton House Grand Rapids, Michiga 5 s Corner Ionia Ave. and Fountain St., Saas aE _ o MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 10, 1916 E) {/ >] Mitt -43) )) (7 yyy AAPA WG ) HY ( i ty A Line Lbs >___ Balmy Breezes Blown Over From Port Huron. Port Huron, May 8—An_ ususual increase in immigration from Canada is reported by the customs officials here. This is on account of the ad- vanced cost of living on the other side caused by the war. It is said that an average of about ten families a week are crossing over at this point. At the Progressive county conven- tion on May 2 only five members an- swered to the roll call as delegates. The only formal business which was carried out was the selection of dele- gates to the State convention. There was no spell-binding, no selection of chairman and no organization of com- mittees. The Grocers’ and Butchers’ Asso- ciation held a dance and card party Tuesday evening, May 2, at Eagle hall, following the regular business meeting. At the business meeting a proposition of organizing a State in- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 surance company for the grocers and butchers was discussed. A large at- tendance and a very enjoyable eve- ning was reported. Pine Grove park has taken on an added attraction by the completion of the fine cement breakwater along the river, An iron railing guards the top of the cement wall, which is wide enough for a walk. At short inter- vals large electric lights are arranged on posts. The ground has been filled in and leveled off even with the top of the wall and extending back to the terrace. The St. Clair County Club held its first business meeting of the season on the evening of May 2 at the Har- rington Hotel. It was decided to have an automobile parade on June 10. All members of the Club are entitled to compete in this parade. A loving cup will be given as a prize to the one who has the most artistically decorated car. Other matters were discussed, especially regarding automobile traffic in the city. Information for tourists will be prepared respecting routes through this section and in Canada. Two more fine residences are being constructed on South Military street. James J. Haynes is breaking ground for his house on the corner of Military and Bancroft street and his mother, Mrs. Frank J. Haynes, has started work on a home to be built at the corner of Division and Military. These two fine homes are going to add greatly to the attractiveness of this street. City Commissioner Green is now busy with a large force of men dress- ing up the city parks for the season. Pine Grove park is now receiving its annual spring cleaning up. Mr. Green has advised the construction of a ce- ment sidewalk through Lakeside park to connect with the Huronia and Hol- land beach walks. The physicians of the city have signed a petition to be presented to the City Commissioner, asking that more care be taken in preserving the sanitary condition of the streets of the city by seeing that the dust and dirt are promptly removed. Dr. Loy Weston, of Blissfield, has taken over the dental practice of Dr. F. E. Sharpe and will move to this city at once. The R. S. and J. D. Patterson Co.. jeweler, has rented the store for- merly occupied by Mrs. Sovereign on Huron avenue. Word has been received from Wash- ington that Senator Smith has. suc- ceeded in securing an amendment to the rivers and harbor bill, providing for the completion of a new channel twenty one feet deep and four hun- dred feet wide along the Port Huron water front. Observor. Floormen should be alertand should give almost undivided attention to customers. Customers and attention to the wants of customers should be the floorman’s first thought. CHICAGO BOATS Graham & Morton Line Every Night Piles Cured WITHOUT the Knife The Largest Institution in the World for the Treatment of Piles, Fistula and all other Diseases of the Rec- tum (Except Cancer) WE CURE PILES, FISTULA and all other DISEASES of the RECTUM (except cancer) by an original PAINLESS DISSOLVENT METHOD of our own WITHOUT CHLOROFORM OR KNIFE and with NO DANGER WHATEVER TO THE PATIENT. Our treatment has been so successful that we have built up the LARGEST PRACTICE IN THE WORLD in this line. Our treatment is NO EXPERIMENT but is the MOST SUCCESSFUL METHOD EVER DISCOVERED FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE RECTUM. We have cured many cases where the knife failed and many desperate cases that had been given up to die. WE GUARANTEE A CURE IN EVERY CASE WE ACCEPT OR MAKE NO CHARGE FOR OUR SERVICES. We have cured thousands and thousands from all parts of the United States and Canada. We are receiving letters every day from the grateful people whom we have cured telling us how thankful they are for the won- derful relief. We have printed a book explaining our treatment and containing several hundred of these letters to show what those who have been cured by us think of our treatment. We would like to have you write us for this book as we know it will interest you and may be the means of RELIEVING YOUR AFFLICTION also. You may find the names of many of your friends in this book. We are not extensive advertisers as we depend almost wholly upon the gratitude of the thousands whom we have cured for our advertising. You may never see our ad again so you better write for our book today before you lose our address. DRS BURLESON & BURLESON RECTAL SPECIALISTS 150 East Fulton St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 10, 1916 ami ) AND 2 HARDWARE ae to ial Ra wy) 1199) iy) } was Yt rsvvvens WYyj, : NSOLUTICCC( = uti § AWA (CORT mt iv re a eS Michigan Retail Hardware Assoclation. President—Karl S. Judson, Grand Rap- ids. Vice- President—James W. Tyre, De- t. troi Secretary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine City. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. to Secure the Goods Trade. Written for the Tradesman. Baseball is once more with us, the big league games are under way, and if the city, town or villge league hasn't been organized yet, the annual re- organization is at least in process. All this means, that the hardware dealer who started tentatively to reach out for the goods trade a month or six weeks ago, is beginning to reap his little harvest. Success with sporting goods de- pends a great deal upon the methods employed by the dealer, and the spirit in which he takes up this particular side-line. On the one hand, business methods are essential. On the other hand, a sheer, selfish commercialism is fatal. The dealer must be business- like; but he must inject into his meth- ods that spirit of healthy enthusiasm characteristic of all true Hustling Sporting sporting which is sport. This is a point which must always that the sportsman is an enthusiast. Furthermore, enthusi- asts are impatient. That is one of the outstanding difficulties of the business. The sportsman doesn’t like to wait for the goods he wants, and he doesn’t look very far ahead. A fisherman, for example, is invited to join a friend for a fishing trip day after to-morrow. He glances over his tackle. He finds that he needs a new rod, new flies, etc. Instantly he is rushing after the merchant who usually sells him these lines. If the goods are not in stock, the sportsman mentally berates the dealer, goes else- where, gets what he wants in some other store—and probably will con- tinue to deal with that store until a like mishap occurs there. This means that extraordinary care must be taken in selecting the stock. The stock must not be allowed to be- come depleted. Yet on the other hand there is probably no line where the merchant must guard himself so carefully against an overstock. En- thusiasms pass; and what may be in demand to-day may be an absolute drug on the market a year hence. This all means that the dealer must keep closely in touch with his stock. He can’t afford to order at the be- ginning of the season with a view to buying sufficient to carry him through the entire season. He must look over his various lines at frequent inter- vals, get an idea of the trend of his be recognized; sales, re-order promptly to prevent shortage, and push energetically when certain lines show indications of lag- ging in the store. For the dealer just taking on these lines, it is probably well to go cau- tionsly. Nevertheless, caution in buy- should be accompanied by aggressive- ness in selling. One hardware mer- chant some years ago took on a few lines of sporting goods in a very cau- tious way, rather anticipating that the new department might fall flat. He liked sports, however, and once he had the goods in stock, determined to push them aggressively. He ran the best windows he could with the limited stock carried, and gave the department a prominent place in the arrangements. He got into touch with local clubs, kept track of new clubs being formed, and made it a point to put his store at the disposal of such organizations for their meetings, and to get person- ally in touch with the officers. To- day the sporting goods department is the big thing in that particular busi- ness; that store is therecognized center of the sporting element of the com- munity. Of course, in this instance natural interest in and liking for sports en- abled the merchant to put a thorough- into his selling store the various going enthusiasm methods. The merchant who has no liking for sports—the merchant who regards athletics as a sheer waste of had best keep out of the busi- Even with the inten- tions he is apt when selling to cast a damper on the enthusiasm of his customers. The enthusiastic dealer is a magnet for the enthusiastic sports- The dealer who has at best merely a simulated enthusiasm—who is in the business just for the money that is in it and who really has little liking for sport—hasn’t the same ca- pacity for pulling trade. As a matter of fact, there are very few healthy men who aren’t at bot- tom interested in the element of strug- gle and contest which is the funda- mental of sports of all kinds. The merchant may imagine all such inter- est is dead within him—that he’s too old to care for anything in athletics (except the big league games)—but in the vast majority of cases this lack of interest is more apparent than real. It will pay such a merchant to get interested, even if the immediate center of interest is merely a village league game on a corner lot. A man can stick too close to business. Not merely interest in, but participation in, healthy athletics is the remedy needed by many an overworked and brain-fagged business man. time ness. best of man. A good way to show interest is by participating in the work of the vari- ous local clubs. Most communities already have certain organizations along this line. Where baseball, foot- ball, lacrosse, trap shooting or other games are established, the merchant is going to get his share of the inci- dental trade; but he can identify him- self with these organizations by get- ting personally in touch ., with the officers, securing membership or of- fering a prize, and, if he ‘has time, actively participating, One of the most successful hardware dealers in my town—a man you would think too busy to bother with outside interests —has served times without number as umpire of all sorts of local base- ball contests. And he hasn’t been killed yet; which indicates there are umpires—and umpires! He has a pretty good pitching arm, too, and can make a home run while other chaps are reaching second base. The wide-awake dealer, however, will give some attention to the en- couragement of the less popular sports, and to the development of new organizations with wider activi- ties. For instance, the small town may have two or three existing base- ball organizations. Why not organ- ize more clubs, say four or six clubs in all, and have a town league? The merchant can offer a trophy to the pennant-winners. There is always a healthy interest in baseball; but form a league where there were only iso- lated clubs before and you increase the normal interest tenfold. Every vacant lot will have its juvenile league. This, ‘of course, is along the line of wider activities for existing organ- izations. There are the less popular sports—lawn tennis, cricket, golf. These are all, in this country, partici- pants’ games rather than spectators’ games. The interest in them lies, not in watching, but in playing—and this means, that the possibility of getting them started in a community does not depend upon the chance of getting an audience. Every game has its en- thusiasts. ‘The hardware dealer who can spot one or two tennis enthusiasts in town, make himself a third, and dig up enough supporters to form a club, is the kind of a dealer who will make two blades of grass grow in the sporting goods field where none grew before. To make the store a sporting goods center it is important for the merchant to make himself an authority. The more he knows about sports, the more likely he is to be consulted on all disputed questions. Have a little library of authoritative works on all sports; keep the rules and other in- formation on file; and put your serv- ices at the disposal of every enthusi- ast, Often big organizations are de- veloped from small beginnings. -Mrs. Philip Freeman left Traverse City Friday for Milwaukee and Chicago to spend a couple of weeks with friends and relatives. Carl Moody has purchased the gro- cery store of Louis Morse, at Kings- ley. Mr. Morse had fitted the store with all modern conveniences recent- ly and had one of the up-to-date gro- ceries of Northern Michigan. Mr. Moody is well and very favorably known in Kingsley, having been en- gaged several years in the produce business, which has given him an ac- quaintance with the farmers as well as the town people. This, with his reputation for honest dealing ,will con- tribute to his success in the vrocery business. : You have all heard of the fellow who tried to get his horse to work without eating and when he got it to eat two spears of hay a day it up and died. Well that is just what Charlie Van Riper thought about gas- oline—that he could mix water with the gasoline and, when the car go! used to it, it would run on all water. Well, he kept adding water and while the car kicked some, by hard work he kept it going until he got to Man- celona and there it died. Ask Charlie just what percentage water he was using, Baill Wawker, the red-faced conduc- tor of the Pere Marquette, is having the time of his life in several ways while spending a few days vacation at the Orient Hotel, at Ellsworth, do- ing some trout fishing. The town people at Ellsworth had a fish ban- quet Tuesday night, and some one piped it off to the toastmaster that while Bill was not much of a trout fisher, he was some = after dinner speaker, so Bill was put on the pro- gramme. Bill always likes to look real neat, and as the barber was out of town he had to shave his own face, so Mr. Van Skiver, the hotel proprietor, loaned Bill his safety. Well, we all felt sorry for him. You could hear his groans clear across the street. Hle lost about a quart of good rich blood and had to call the doctor to sew up one or two places, and he looked as if he had been push- ed through a barbed wire fence: but when he got fixed up, he gave the people of Ellsworth a speech which was well received and appreciated by all. W. RK, Foote, proprietor of the West courteous f customers. A few years ccount of carrying too much stock for his capital, he was forced to place a mortgage on his stock of $3,000. With a store located as this one is it would have scared some men to death, but not Mr. Foote He went at the business harder than ever and little by little the mortgage was cut down until two weeks ago ] t note and got the to-day has one of t nicest groceries in Traverse City, the act ich stock free from incumbrance and a working capital to discount his bills, The Chamber of Commerce is look- ing up the room question for the con- vention and finds we can take care of 1,000 people nicely, outside of the two leading hotels, so don’t any one stay at home for fear you will not tind a place to sleep. We will be able to take care of 2,000 people and you will not have to sleep on the hay scales cither. Mr. Charles, the Sec- retary, says there will be at least 150 floats in the parade outside of the U. C. T. We are sure going to have a good time and hope to see the larg- est convention we have ever held. Come along, boys, and bring your wives with you. Traverse City has the most and best cafes of any city in the State of anywhere near her size and we will have you registered and assigned a room in twenty min- utes after you arrive. Every one is talking trout fishing now. J. N. Martinek seems to have the record this season so far. May 1 he caught nineteen speckled trout which weighed dressed fifteen pounds, EF. W. Wilson. ese A a One half block £Est of the Union Station GRAND RAPIDS NICH HOTEL CODY EUROPEAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Rates $1 and up. $1.50 and up bath. FREE HOTEL SITE Will give site for a summer hotel to reliable parties, at an established resort near Traverse City on Grand Traverse Bay. About twenty-five cot- tages, fine bathing, fishing, motoring, golf and tennis facilities. Neahtawanta Resort Association, Traverse City, Mich. Livingston Hotel Grand Rapids, Mich. Fine Cafe in Connection Entertainment Every Evening The New Winter Inn GREENVILLE, MICH. ‘W. H. MILLS, Proprietor European 50c, 75c, $1.00 American $2.00 and up The Hotel Geib Eaton Rapids, Mich. L. F. GEIB, Propr. AMERICAN PLAN Artesian Water Steam Heat $2 Per Day Sample Room in Connection Hotel Charlevoix Detroit EUROPEAN PLAN Absolutely Fire Proof Rates, $1 for room without bath: $1.50 and upwards with bath. Grinnell Realty Co., Props. H. M. Kellogg, Manager Hotel Phelps Greenville, Mich. James Stafford, late of the Park Hotel, St. Louis, Mich., Manager. Up-to-date Chef First-class Service Reasonable Rates > Hotel Hermitage Park Place Hotel John Moran, Mgr. Traverse City, Mich. E U R 0 P E A N P L A N The leading all the year ‘yound Grand Rapids, Mich. hotelin Northern Michigan. All conveniences, Rates without bath 50, 75 and $1.00 All outside Rooms. Rates with bath $1.00 and $1.50 America. plan. per day CAFE IN CONNECTION W. O. HOLDEN, Mgr. Bell System = Progress is attained by leaving old and beaten paths and cutting new roads through to the goal, Success. The rapidity of progress is increased by the use of shorter, smoother, broader channels of communication, and later, newer and more efficient means and methods of dealing with the questions that arise daily in the world’s work. The Telephone Service of the Bell System furnishes the shortest cut in time, supple- mented by the most approved apparatus and a perfectly trained operating corps. It is adapted to every condition and problem of life and within the reach of all. Public Stations everywhere, Local and Long ‘Don’t Walk—Talk”’ At the Sign of the Blue Bell Michigan State Telephone Company Distance. § May 10, 1916 DETROIT DETONATIONS. Cogent Criticisms From Michigan’s Metropolis, Detroit, May 8—Learn one thing each week about Detroit: One of the largest chair factories in the world is located in Detroit. H. L. Proper, formerly in charge of the mercantile department of the Rm. G, Peters Salt & Lumber Co. of East Lake, now special representative for Burnham, Stoepel & Co., with headquarters in Grand Rapids, was in Detroit for a few days this week. The Kaiser-Blair Co., clothiers, have moved into their new building at 236 Woodward avenue. The in- terior arrangements are said to be among the finest in the country. It is high time traveling men’s or- ganizations in this State awoke to the fact that they are dragging the pro- fession into a class known as pikers by_ their persistency in disposing of raffle tickets to the public. When an organization made up of a class of men reputed, as the traveling sales- men are, the largest wage earners in the country, per capita, find it neces- sary to resort to outside methods of raising money to supply their lodge needs, it is time that organization dis- banded. The writer has witnessed traveling men actually forcing tickets which sell for $1 on unwilling cus- tomers who were either compelled to buy through fear of a business loss _ or because they were too weak to re- fuse. At the present time there are no less than two and probably four societies being represented by what are beginning to look as men fully competent to membership in the So- ciety of Pests.. This old fashioned method of raising money is actually bringing one of the greatest travel- ing men’s organizations into disrepute with travelers who are not members and retail merchants. The impres- sion gained, to say the least, can not be a pleasant one to these men who must wonder at the continual neces- sity of selling raffle tickets. When it is known that but one ticket in several thousand contains a winning number, we might more correctly say selling “nothing.” Likewise to many, according to remarks overheard by the writer, the selling of the hun- dreds of worthless bits of paste- board to those who are compelled to depend on the traveling fraternity for their livelihood, giving full measure for the money they receive, is looked on by them as pure unadulterateu graft. When the Grand Council of the U. C. T. meets in Traverse City next month this is one subject that could be profitably discussed and some action taken. The laundry workers met in De- troit last week and formed an organ- ization. This is one labor organi- zation which should come out with clean skirts. A. J. Lassaline has opened a con- fectionery store at the corner of Jef- ferson and Continental avenues, Charles C. Schneider, for a number of years representative for the Pitts- burgh Lamp, Brass & Glass Co., is now listed with the manufacturers’ agents of this city. Besides retain- ing the Pittsburg line, Mr. Schneider handles the line of A. H. Marshall metal fixtures and Monocoil toy mot- ors. He has opened offices at 329 Broadway Market building and is greatly pleased with results to date. Heading in a Detroit Sunday paper treads: “Clean-up Day Set For May 15.” Wrong again. Clean-up day really started in Detroit, May 1, when seventy-three saloons were eliminated. Walter Liebelt, formerly in busi- ness in Highland Park, has opened a bakery at 2501 Jefferson avenue, East. The Pennsylvania System has signs posted in G. R. & I. depots announc- ing the road is seventy years old this month. This will prove surprising MICHIGAN TRADESMAN news to the general traveling public who supposed that most of the G. R. & I. coaches were much older than that. The Detroit Tractor Co. has leased the building formerly occupied by the Kosmath Co., at 1504 Fort street, ese. Glen Begole, who has been repre- senting Burnham, Stoepel & Co., for some time as special salesman, has been appointed general salesman and will cover the territory in Southern Michigan formerly looked after by Arthur Clarke, who resigned to en- gage in the motor truck business. Mr. Begole made many friends during his, travels who will be pleased to hear of his new appointment, but will re- gret that his trips will not include the entire State. Mrs. J. Kotcher has engaged in the dry goods and furnishings goods busi- ness on Kercheval avenue, Fairview. The Commercial and Trojan laun- dries have consolidated and F. S. -Burgess has been elected Vice-Presi- dent and General Manager. The merger makes this the largest laun- dry in Michigan. Both plants ad- joined at the corner of Woodward and Palmer avenues. William J. Lamb, manager of the Detroit branch of the Fisk Tire & Rubber Co., is convalescing, follow- ing an operation at Harper hospital last week. That the boom in Detroit consists of more than mere talk was attested Sunday when the Free Press carried approximately twenty-one columns of “Male Help Wanted.” The twelve-story building erected for the Peoples Outfitting Co., at Michigan and Shelby, is completed and the house will hold a formal opening Thursday. This is said to be one of the largest house furnishing stores in the country. If some of the travelers used the same energy selling goods for their firms that they use in disposing of raffle tickets for their lodges, they would with impunity spell their title of salesman with a capital “S.” Despite the apparent lethargic con- dition of the publicity committee of Traverse City Council, preparations for the entertainment of the visitors to the Grand Council meeting to be held in that city June 1, 2 and 3, are nearly completed. Ample room has been arranged to care for the ex- pected crowds. U. C. T. politics throughout the State are beginning to seeth and, with the prospect of electing one of the three announced candidates, the delegates have no mean task to face. Never in years has there been such high grade ma- terial from which to select a member for the office of Grand Sentinel. Mus- kegon has yet to have the honor of having a member of its Council elect- ed to the Grand Council and with a man of the caliber of A. W. Steven- son they should stand a good chance of landing the plum. Lansing has been represented in the Grand Coun- cil, but not for the past few years or since the retirement from the Executive Committee of James F. Hammell. H. D. Bullen their avowed candidate, has hosts of friends in the State who may be influential in bringing about his election. That he has the ability to fill the offices all of these friends know. The same thing said of Mr. Bullen applies to Mr. Ranney ,of Saginaw. Saginaw, how- ever, was represented recently in the Grand Council. There is no question in the minds of those on the inside that there will be a pretty three cor- nered fight and a very close one. The rank and file of the organization in the State will be satisfied ‘with any of the three candiaates. It is hoped the question of changing the date for the convention, which will undoubt- edly be held in Detroit in 1917, so as not to conflict with the State con- vention of the Elks, as has been the case for the past three or four years, will be taken care of. Hundreds of traveling salesmen belong to both organizations and would be pleased to attend both conventions. Those deciding on the Elks convention ma- terially lessen the U. C. T. attend- ance. A more ideal place for a con- vention could not be found than Traverse City and its environs and those who miss the trip will undoubt- edly have cause for regrets when they hear from those who do attend. The Tradesman last week .printed a story of a cow belonging to a North Carolina man which ate $300 in bills which the farmer had hidden in a barn. One consolation that man can have is that whatever happens to the beef market there will be money in his cow. Fire in the building at 226 Jeffer- son avenue, East, caused damage ap- proximating $20,000 on April 28. The building was occupied by the Acme Tire & Repair Co. and Andrew Dut- ton Co., upholsterers. The stock of the Ohio Rubber Co., in the adjoin- ing building, was damaged by smoke and water. Again the Missus was asked if we were still on the road. She answered we were, but never heard of our be- ing still. John Kay, of the firm of Grainger- Hannan-Kay Co., who has been seri- ously ill, is again able to be about. Arthur Davenport, well known in Michigan, having traveled for a num- ber of years and the past year sales- manager for Edson, Moore & Co., has resigned to engage in the real estate business. George R. Ferguson, who has trav- eled for the past thirty years, the last ten years for the C. Elliot Co. and National Grocer Co., has forsaken the road to engage in the real estate business. In spite of the fact that Mr. Ferguson has traveled for thirty years, it would be difficult for him to ’ convince a stranger of that fact, be- cause of the care he has used in hanging on to youth. That the gen- ial George will be missed by traveling men and trade alike is a foregone conclusion, as few have made and re- tained as many loyal friends. He has affiliated himself with the Leinbach, Humphrey Co., 409-410 James Hold- en block. Neil B. Morse succeeds Mr. Ferguson on the road. The Strand hotel, 230 rooms, has been completed and will soon be op- ened to the public. The building is located on Sibley street, near Wood- ward avenue. The trouble with some merchants is they spend so much time studying efficiency that they overlook the busi- ness. Members of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce will be entertained by the Detroit Board of Commerce when they arrive June 16 during a lake cruise. Newspapers are giving space to the fact that Uncle Sam’s_ soliders in Mexico are in need of many necessi- ties and some luxuries and call for donations. Is it any wonder that en- listments are so slow? The Turner-Moore Manufacturing Co., machinist, 54 Champlain street, is erecting a new factory on Vanilla avenue, near Jefferson. Perhaps some of the battling coun- tries in Europe are on their last legs, which may explain why the President has to stand for them, The Board of Commerce cruise will start from Detroit June 8 and will be made to Grand Island, return- ing June 13. Klein & Kemter, men’s furnishing goods dealers at 2589 Jefferson ave- nue, East, will open another store at the corner of Jefferson and Coplin avenues about May 15. The firm operate under the style of K. & K. The C. A. Strelinger Co., corner Bates and Congress streets, dealer in machinery and supplies, is erecting 25 a six-story building on Bates street. Dr. William S. Sayres, who died in this city last week, was known and loved by hosts of traveling salesmen. For the past few years he has acted as chaplain of the Veteran Travelers Association and officiated at the last meeting of the organization, held in this city last December. The world is better for his having lived in it and his friends, the traveling men, heard with deep regret of his passing. Mrs. Henry Thornhill, dry goods merchant of Milford, was in Detroit on a business trip this week. C. S. McDuffie, formerly engaged in the dry goods business at 133 Grand River avenue, is again making preparations to engage in the same business at 1216-1218 Hamilton boule- vard and expects to open by June 1. A. Wegener & Sons are building a new factory building at Riopelle and Chestnut streets. The firm conduct a soda water and bottle works. Hughes & Hatcher, clothiers and haberdashers, Woodward avenue and Montcalm street, have planned a handsome new building on their pres- ent site, construction to begin July 1. The store will have a frontage of 50 feet and a depth of 80 feét and will be eight stories high. A person doesn’t necessarily need to be fat to have plenty of cheek. The Royal Valley Coffee Co. is now located in the new four-story building at 138 West Larned street. “Beer,” reads a story in a daily paper, “is now being sold in tablets.” 3eer, we pause to remark, has also been responsible for the raising of many tablets—in several and various cemeteries. The R. C. Mahon Co., sheet metal and roofing contractor, has removed from its former quarters to new quarters at St. Aubin avenue and East Grand boulevard. Billy Sunday is coming to Detroit to save our souls at $$ per soul. At least we should find several new slang words to add to our collection. In one respect Villa reminds us of the old fashioned bitter medicine mother used to ram down our esoph- agus—both are difficult to take. James M. Goldstein. ————» +. — Reattoir Creates Quite a Furor. Chicago, May 9—Charles W. Reat- toir, representing the G. J. Johnson Cigar Co., of Grand Rapids, has just been given a ford delivery car adver- tising the Dutch Master and since the arrival of said bug he has caused no end of trouble to Chicago traffic police, Something must be wrong when the police will chase him otf Jackson Boulevard. The court of last resort in advertising is reached by this Reattoir when he stalls his motor on a busy street, thereby blocking traffic in all directions. Very natural- ly, everybody wonders what has caus- ed the mix up and, upon looking ahead, they find Reattoir with his Dutch Masters holding a conference at the intersection of the streets. That’s right! Get the people to talk about you and you will be well adver- tised. Ed. Bromllette. ——_» ~~. Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Potatoes. 3uffalo, May 10—Creamery butter, extras, 30c; first, 28@29c; common, 26@27; dairy, common to choice 25 @27c; poor to common, all kinds, 20 @24c. Cheese—No. 1 new, 1614@17c; fair, 154@16c. Eggs—Choice, new laid, 22c; fancy, 23@24c. Poultry (live)—Fowls, 19@20c; roosters, 18@20c; old cox, 14c. 3eans—Medium $3.90@4; pea, $3.90 4; Red Kidney, $4.75@5; White Kidney, $4.75@5; Marrow, $4.75@5. Potatoes—$1.00@1.15 per bu. Rea & Witzig. —_—_+~-.—___ And a lot of people would rather be- lieve a lie than the nude truth. 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 WN NG aN \ & XK WW wy GS“ DRUG J Z Nn ¢ v Ww x Ue MO yr SAN Y (cre ~ Cee > 7 Te\)) As DeEsS ac ie t | DN EOE GISTS S oon) Ca oy sn NDRIES | 1 "tes, Nsiph) WK Vii] \)) aN Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—E. E. Faulkner, Delton. Secretary—Charles 8. Koon, Muskegon. Treasurer—George F, Snyder, Grand Rapids. Other Members—Leonard A. Seltzer, Detroit; Edwin T. Boden, Bay City. Next Meeting—Detroit, June 21, 28 and 29. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation. President—C. 1H. Jongejan, Grand Rapids. Secretary—D. D, Alton, Fremont. Treasurer—John G. Steketee, Grand Rapids. Next Annual Meeting—Detroit, June 20, 21 and 22, 1916. Michigan Pharmaceutical Travelers’ As- sociation. President—W. H. Martin, 165 Rhode Island avenue, Detroit. Secretary and Treasurer—Walter_ S. Lawton, Grand Rapids. Formulas For Hair Oils and Pomades. Hair oil may be prepared from any of the bland, fixed, non-drying oils such as olive, mustard, benne, rape- seed or peanut oil, also from liquid petrolatum (paraffin oil), or from a mixture of castor oil and alcohol. These mixtures must be rendered pleasantly odorous by the addition of suitable perfume. Frequently hair oil is colored red by the use of alkanet root or its coloring constituent, alkan- nin. It may be colored yellow by means of curcuma or brownish with annatto. Hair oil in its usual yellow condition is frequently dispensed un- der the name “bear’s oil;” if colored red it is often known as “rose oil.” Any of the preparations mentioned below may be colored as described above or they may be left uncolored. They may also be perfumed in any desired manner. 1 (actor Of 4 ozs. Micohol ..1.. 2... 26 ozs. Tincture of Cantharides 2 ozs. Oil of Lavender Flowers 1 dr. Oi of Clove ........___. 2 drs. Oil of Rosemary ....... 1 dr. Oil of Bergamot ........ 4 drs. Alkanet Root, powder .. 2 drs. Mix the oils in a bottle; put the alkanet root on a filter or pack in a funnel and percolate the alcohol through it; mix this percolate with the oily mixture and add the canthar- ides tincture. The alkanet may be omitted. 2 facann Of 2... 32 ozs. Alkanet Root .......... oz Oil of Bergamot ........ 1 dr. Oil of Geve ............ 15 dps. Onl of Rose ............ 2 dps. Digest the paraffin oil with the alkanet root, strain and add _ the volatile oils. Ss. Olive Of 32 ozs. Alkanet Root .......... 2 ozs. pakcmnin «6 .:...30.... 75 gers. Oi of Lemon .......... 30 dps. Oil of Cinnamon ........ 20 dps. Ol of Clove ............ 20 dps. Oil of Rese ............ 10 dps. Digest the olive oil with the alkan- nin, strain, allow to cool and add the volatile oils. Other cheaper vegetable oils may be substituted for the olive oil. Hair Pomades. These preparations are made with various substances such as lard, beef marrow, cocoa butter, wax, cocoanut oil, petrolatum, ceresin, wool-fat, cas- tor oil, olive oil, cottonseed oil, etc. To obtain a good product the various fatty ingredients must be in perfectly fresh condition. Most of the hair pomades as now made consist of petrolatum, this being so very cheap. 1 Yellow Wax... 4 ozs. Cottonseed Oil ......... 20 ozs. tar 5 ozs. Mix by fusion, stir until cold, in- corporating perfume with the mixture during cooling. 2. Yellow Wax... 2 ozs. Benzoinated Lard ...... 3 OZs. Castor OH . 6 OZs. Sweet Almond Oil ...... 1 oz Olve Oi 4 ozs. Melt the wax at a gentle heat, add the oils and lard, stir until all is melt- ed, allow to cool, stirring constantly until hard. While it is cooling any desired perfume may be incorporated. ——— Why Drink Soda Water? A great many fountain owners are laboring under the false impression that when a person comes to a foun- tain and calls for his favorite bever- age that his only idea is to slake his thirst. It. however, requires no great exertion of one’s mental faculties to discover that if this were the only desire of the customer that a glass a good cold water would accomplish the purpose and without expense. [| will admit that it so happens, on a hot summer day, that a person is fre- quently thirsty in a strange place and not knowing just where they can ob- tain water will go to a fountain, and if they haven’t nerve enough to ask for a drink of water, will order a drink, but if we were to depend upon this class for the maintenance of our fountains we should soon be obliged to close them. There must be another purpose then which causes people to patronize the fountains, and the reason is not hard to discover, for it is self-evident tha: the desire to quench one’s thirst is supplemented by a desire to satisfy their taste as well, and water alone will not do this; therefore, one goes to a soda fountain for phosphate, a sundae served with a glass of water or one of the many other things of- fered. But let us consider this desire to satisfy one’s taste a little further for it plays an important part in finding the factors of our problem. On the whole, people are selfish and there is a natural desire to satisfy self. The humaa system requires moisture and can handle even more than it requires, and when we discover that the foun- tain products give us pleasure by satis.. fying our taste it is an easy thing to acquire the soda water habit. We are all creatures of habit and the man who makes a success of his fountain is therefore the one who can get people into the habit of patronizing his foun- tain to satisfy a desire for soda water, etc. E. S. White. ——_2>++___ People who are never in a hurry to begin believe in the theory that it’s never too late to mend. B. & S. Famous 5c Cigar Long Filler Especially Adapted to the Discriminating Taste of the Drug Trade Send for Sample Shipment. Barrett Cigar Co. ‘MAKER Ionia, Michigan May 10, 1916 Use Half as Much Champion Motor Oil as of other Oil GRAND RAPIDS OIL Co. 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You Need Us Citizens Telephone Company Call Contract Dept. 4416 6 1 May 10, 1916 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT No s the Ti t C Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day ot issue W Acids Mustard, true, “s I me to onsider Boric (Powd.) .. 20@ 25 Mustard; ara ce Bi 7 ee cul a u e 2 Boric (Xtal) 17@ 25 Neatsfoot ....... 850 95 Kino .).. 7 © ¢ Carbolic ....... 1 26@130 Olive, pure . 250@3 50 Myrrh... nee a Citric ........... 87@ 90 Olive, Malaga, [ Nux Vomica . o * Muriatic ....... 5%@ 8 yellow ...... 160@1 75 ¢ Ue e.: . aia 8 J a DIUM @3 50 e itric ......... 11%@ 15 Olive, Malaga, Opium, Capmh. @ 0 ra in ateria S Oxalic| 1... sot S8@) 95 | smeen (ooo... | 160@1 75 Opium, Deodorz’d @2 75 Sulphuric ...... 5%@ 8 Orange Sweet .. 350@3 75 Rhubarb ....._. @ 7 Tartaric |..:...... 87@ 90 Se pure @2 50 riganum, com’l @ & , t f L . Water, ogee a a. ebipreapdebia teks 2 aaa @2 50 Lena : — Witor 18 dec : 5G 9 eppermint .... 3 0@3 25 core rec Gry... 10 @10¥ Arsenate of Lead, Paris Green | 2282 22 2 SESE R05 tse ohene g aus Carnncace 13 @ 16 porate Po 1 50@1 15 ea w oil 10 @10% = 4 Coecce 2 Sandalwoo chre, yellow bbl. 1 i : Chloride ....... 10 @ 2 Lo 9 50@9 75 ooo yellow less 2 g “ Baleame assafras, true 1 25@1 45 utty 24@ xe ain S Copaiba 1 00@1 49 Sassafras, artif'l 50@ 6) Red Venet'n bul 1N@ 4 Fir (Canada) .. 125@1 50 Spearmint ..... 275@3 00 Hed Venet’n less 1%@ 5 Bin (eke) (| | dae kt Sperm (2.......).; 95@1 05 Vermillion, Amer. 25@ 30 aS pees, HAMSY oie. cle 4 00@4 25 Whiting, bbl. ..... @l% ; é ere. i... 5 00@> (> Dar USP ..._.. 30@ 40 Whiting ged ea ae 2@ 6 tains an arnis es Toka ..... ssecess Coq@ed 00 Eerbenine. bbls... @ 46 L. H. P. Prepd. 1 45@1 55 Aetsics urpenitne, less 51@ 56 Wintergreen, tr. 5 50@5 75 I Cubeb ......... 70 @ 75 Wintergreen, sweet 7 neecticides ‘ SSN es. Vo) @ 20 biréh ...... 450@475 Arsenic .......... 9@ 15 Juniper ........ 8 @ 15 Wintergreen, art 350@3 75 Blue Vitriol, bbl. @ 2 White Lead Prickley Ash @ 50 Wormseed’.... 3 50@4 00 Blue Vitriol, less 26@ 30 Wormwood .... 4 00@4 25 ae Mix Pst 8@ 10 ore, hite Barks : Potassium powdered ....., 50@ 55 e e fa Cassia (ordinary) 25@ 30 Insect Powder $ 50 ia (ord . 30@ 50 Cassia (Saigon) 90@1 00 Bicarbonate .... 1 80@2 00 Wead Arsen Linseed Oil, lurpentine Elm (powd. 35c) 30@ 35 Bichromate ..... 95@100 Lime “and auighae ™ Sassafras (pow. 35c) @ 30 FOMIGEG ....... 5 30@5 50 Soluti aa Ss Cut % d.) re eopaie 1 60@1 Co he 2 oap Cu owd.) — ——_—~—«—~‘Carbonate ..... @1 75 3714 G Roe | ee ' sabes 3 25 aes xtal and 7 fee Cen 3T2@ 43 powdered -» 95@1 00 Acetanali 29 I5G@O nx We are larger handlers of heavy stuff than Extracts eee eee a ee Tjeorice 200) ..01) 38@ 40 OG | +--+ es o@_ 5d etanalid .... 2 50@2 80. Lo oe , eens MOGAGE oo. 5 5@ : ever before and solicit your inquiries as well as 7 ee @ © ponies 4 4gast aun oo vs a eine Prussiate, yellow 2 50@2 75“ grou,byWdered and ; ‘ Prussiate, red G20 =) [-: ’ s@ 2 orders. Ss ce ea a Suimate’....... ern bisinuth, Subni- Chamomile (Rom) 55@ 60 for feted 4 lo@4 15 Rocte Gorax xtal or Gums Alkanet .....5.... 90@1 00 powdered ...... lu@ li Acacia; Ist ...... 60@ 65 Blood, powdered 20@ 25 Cuntuaraues, po 2 508 au Haz Iti & P ki D Tee 2nd ..... 50@ 55 ees ees . 78@3 00 Calomel 2 64@2 a cacia, 8rd ...... 45@ 50 Hlecampane, pwd. 15@ 20 Capsicum 7 = a a eltine & Perkins Drug Co. Aeecla, Sorta’ 1, a8 Gb Gentian, powa 4G gy Capmwual ois. sug ab Acacia, powdered 40@ 50 oe cia a caaaia Huan et a ; E sll Aloes (Barb. Pow) 30@ 40 powdered ....-- 20@ 29 \ ea 36 Wholesale Druggists Grand Rapids, Michigan Aloes (Cape Pow) 20g 35 Ginger, Jamaica 30@ 35 CiU'S? jviistree ve Aloes (Soc. Pow.) 40@ 50 Ginger, Jamaica, Cia vared .. ow Sim Asafoetida vo@1 10 Powdered ...... 30@ 35 chorefinn ee @ldenseal pow. 650@7 00 . 3 =. °*ses- [og So ie Powd. ae Ipecac, powd. 4 7305 00 Swvtat A4ydvale 2 WUWe za to pb wee ee) Wieoriees .-.. 1. ag 8 oo & Ge se ov 30@1 60 Licorice, powd. 28m 35 vue Butter .. 53@ 66 Camphor .......; 66@ 75 wid Sa 9 Corks, lst, less 709 aun b0@ ge QiTiS: powdered 30M 36 a oes im Ore Geeme teeeca; ee Ge TOKe powdered 200 2% Copperas: Die, .... @ 2 See 5 G8 Rhubarb <........ Wn Co lees... AG INO cee cereeeees 70@ 75 Rhubarb d 5a 95 Copperas, powd. 4@ le Kino, powdered 75@ 80 ee er DOG: 78@1 £° Corrosive Subl 2 34@2 Mach oe a Rosinweed, powd. 26@ 30 Cream Paceas im 4 ae 2 Mean wosdcd @ #0 Sarsaparilla, Hond. C a og oY p c @ 50 ground ........ 55@ 60 UEECHONG <->054« 4o@ 30 Opium ....... 13 80@14 00 Sarsaparilla Mexican, Dextrine ....-0.. 7@ 10 Opium, powd. 15 60@15 80 ground 23@ 30 Vever's Powder @2 50 Opium, tee Sauls .......... 35@ 40 ‘mery, all Nos. 6@ 10 Tumeric, tet 13@ 20 “~“Psom Salts, bbls. @ 4 iagacdaths Valerian, powd. 0@ 7 Rea Hale _ 28 1 50 NO Dl. @3 50 Se a os Tragacanth powder = 2 25 Seeds oa coe ‘ aoe = “urpentine ...... 10@ 15 Anise 20@ 25 ormaldehyde lb. 15@ 20 ‘ avec. powdered @ 25 cenone Sédescac 85@ y5 eaves ind, is G do Golatme ........ 76b@ 80 Sage, powdered “4 55@ 60 ay eee 80 12 ee i cases, 80% Buchu a0, 1 QLAaWAY 2.0 5i 0.) 25@ 30 assware, less 10% Buchu, powd. .. 1 1 G2 - Cardamon ...... 1 30@2 09 Glauber Salts bbl. @ 1% Sage, bulk ...... 70 ooo 55) 45@ 50 a Salts less 20 > Sage, %s loos a Oriander ...... 10 c, Drown ..... 3@ 18 Sage, Ms loose 729 ao @ Glue, brown ‘gr@) 12@ 17 Senna, inn 42@ 50 Fennell we ve ‘erat’ 3g 25 enna, Tinn. pow. 50@ 55 AX .... 6@ wo oe 20 Uva Ursi oo 18@ 20 Flax, ground ....5%@ 10 Glycerine ..... -+ 68@ 80 Foenugreek, pow. 8@ 10 poe ttt eeeeeace a8 60 Olls Hemp) 60.0. .6. 8@ 12 Ops ..... sesseres 45@ 60 : Lebelia ....:..) 50 lodine eeccccces o 68@5 91 aa Bitter, _ Mustard, yellow 22@ 30 Fodoform ...... 6 78@6 94 pe ae 15 00@15 25 aerate, black ..19@ 25 oo ia oo re 20 ustard, powd. 22@ 80 4ycopdium .... 0@4 25 artificial ..... 700@7 25 Poppy . @ 50 Mace ........... 85@ 90 Almouds, Sweet Quince ..... ay 00@1 25 Mace d a @ Mace, ad 95@1 00 true ....; cee 25@150 Rape ._........ 10@ 18 oak ole 0 Almouds, Sweet, Sabadilla ........ 400 50 Morphine en 3008 ie Apeee eae} by 1 75 Sabadilla, powd. .. @ 40 Nux Vomica 20@ 25 a 20@1 75 «Sunflower ...... 1 15 Nux Vomica : @ auaher rectified 2 50@2 75 Worm American @ 25 Pepper, ee g 3 fee chi Loe ae ; as Pe Worm Levant .. 1 50@1 78 Pepper, white ..... @ 40 Pitch, Burgundy .. @ 165 Cajeput ....... 1 35@1 60 f Sig & a Tinct Quassia ......... 12@ 15 oe ee a. te Se eS Cedar Leaf ...... 90@1 00 3 seth Coa aio a Garcia... GE ae ee ec ees Cloves Ye ee 2 25@2 50 Asafoetida ....., @1 35 Seidlitz Mixture’ 40@ 45 ae : ne 7% Belladonna oo... @1 65 Soap, green ...... 20@ 25 i y OL ne aee . @o6 ov eENZOm ....... @1 00 Soap, mott castile 12 15 Made ina Model Factory Cotton Seed ... 115@1 25 Benzoin Compo’d @1 00 eae, white castile . Groton «0.0... 2 00@2 2 Buchu... Oita casa 8 00 Wiccha 0 Gee ce ECR ncoc-e--e REEG eee Handled by All Jobbers Sold by All Dealers | Sigeron [11/22 1 7eq@2 00 Gantharadies ... Sn oS «« E . d “ Di Be ti Ss k Bower sais 1 Gi Do Cardamon ...... $, BQ Soda Ash ...... 4%@ 10 njoye y Viscriminating omokKers juwer Boa © 5007 75 ee. Comp. = a Soda Bicarbonate 2 @ 6 Seceeecs Sees, Sal ....... 5 pane ced seo - Cinchona ....... @1 05 Spirits Camphor 75 Fer See oe eo: oe a eee: @_ 75 Sulphur roll ..... 2% 5 ; NO. E ... a MDGDS .......<- @1 20 Sulphur Subl. .... 83@ & Lavender Flowers - 00 Digitalis ........ @ 80 Tamarinds 15@ 20 G. J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO., Makers Lavender, Garn 1250140 Gentian 0000) @ i a Deman oe ase 2 00 62 25 Ginger ....... be @ 95 ‘Tartar Emetic .... @ 80 GRAND RAPIDS Linseed, boiled, bbl. @ 77 Guaiac ......... @105 ‘Turpentine Venice @1 50 Linseed, bid. less 82@ 87 Guaiac, Ammon @ 80 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 00@1 50 Hinseed, raw, Dbl @ 76 Yodine .......... @2 00 Witch Hazel .... 65@1 00 Linseed, raw, less 81@ 86 Iodine, Colorless @2 00 Zinc Sulphate ... 15@ 20 28 and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly. within six hours of mailing. Prices. however. are liable to change at any time. and country merchants will have their orders filled at market prices at date of purchase. ADVANCED DECLINED Twine Cheese Caraway Seed Four Paper Clay Pipes eres aiid Index to Markets 1 2 AMMONIA. Cams By Coles 12 : ” 2 doz. box 1 60 Little Neck, 1%. .. 1 25 ae 2 eo, 5 Rote — — Burnham's o 6. Col ee Burnham’s pts. ..... 87 A onia é 1 tb. wood boxes, 4 doz. 3 09 Burnham’s qts. ...... 7 50 Re eee a AS. fan bows, 2 Gee 2 2s Corn ee 334Ib. tin boxes, 2 dz. 425 Fair ........... 5@ B 10%. pails, per doz. 600 Good .......... 1 00@1 10 Baked Beans ........ 1 15%. pails, per doz. (20 Wency ......:.:.. ei Bath Brick ......... : 25tb. pails, per doz. ..12 00 French Peas Bluing Ceerwcccerccsecscs D BEANS Monbadon (Natural) Breakfast Food ...... Le hg crea 1tl a i. 2a oe eeccee-- eseeeee S oe 8 oer Nee 75@1 40 . Peanenerrias . Brushes .............. . , a. S 0. 2, ro Butter Color ......... 1 No. 3, per doz. .. 85@1 75 No. 2, Fancy ........ 2 50 BATH BRICK Hominy Candles Sue 9 Beplish ooo... ceo. 9 Standard ....._:..... 85 Canned Goods ...... 1-2 BLUING i Lobster ane Carbon Oils .......... 2 Jennings’ (A De eee reece eee ee es 1 - Ceigup .....---------- 2 Condensed Pearl Bluing ob 2 60 Meese 6c 0. ee Ce 2 Small, 3 déz box (99 Picnic Hat 0. 10 Chewing Gum ........ ; Large, 2 doz. box ,22 00 ce oo oC Felger’s. _ Mustard, 2 tb. - Chocola TA slg ialedaly 3 Summer Sky, 3 dz. cs. 140 §oused, 1% Ib. — meee eu 3 Summer Sky 10 dz bbl 450 Soused, 2 tb. .. Cocoanut Ecole eee ee 3 BREAKFAST FOODS mae. a. Coffee ......e.-00eee> 3 Apetizo, Biscuits .... 3.09 Tomato, tottteteee Confections .......--- : Bear Food, Pettijohns 2 18 Mushrooms Cracked Wheat ..... Cracked Wheat, 242 290 Buttons, %s ..... @24 PWACKETS ..c0ecccecce 6 Cream of Rye, 24-2 .. 3 00 Buttons, ig @37 Cream Tartar ....... 6 Quaker Puffed Rice .. 425 Hotels, 1s ........ @33 D Quaker eas oo : . ok ne . aker Brkfst cu: ove, eoses Parte PRVONM += error eee ' oo: Corn Flakes 175 Cove, 2 Ib. ..... @1 40 E Victor Corn Flakes .. 2 20 3 Evaporated Milk ..... $ Washington Crisps .. 185 pPiums .......... 90@1 35 F . Toa ee : _- Pears In Syrup “. Pte. 8 Evapored Sugar Corn | 99 oe a 7 Grape Nuts .........« os OT Seser Gon Mikes .. 3 Macrcemt sseses 2081 09 a oo “: 1 Holland Rusk... 320 Harly June <.-.°1 10@1 35 ee eee ares Krinkle Corn Flakes 176 Early June siftd 1 45@ " 7 Mapl-Flake, Whole Peaches Ee oer ten ee 7 _Weeet ...-..---.-- S89 Pie ..........., @1 25 Grain Bags .......--- Minn. Wheat Cereal 376 No. 10 size can ple @8 26 H 7 oo — Food 5 Pineapple eoeerecreecece . e - Jeseecee a ee 5 3 10 Hides and Pelts .-..- 8 Ralston Wht Food lis 145 rete? -------- 1 75@3 10 Horse Radish ........ 8 Ross’s Whole Wheat . en t EE conn nooner : - air ump eee 8 Saxon ea ‘o he ee een te ereree Shred Wheat Biscuit 3 60 ° Triscult, 18 ......-- - 180 Jelly ...... weeetsere . 8 Pillsbury’s Best Cer’l 1 35 Jelly Glasses ........ 8 Post Toasties, T-2 .. 2 60 Raspberries Post Toasties, T-3 .. 270 Standard ...... M g Post Tavern Porridge 2 80 Salmon Macaroni ............ Werte, Gen sien Mapleine ..........-- ; BROOMS L iedyieind Sis fas Ge Meats, Canned ...... 3 Fancy Parlor, 25 Ib. 4 75 ee tara 1 80@1 90 aces 8 farlor, © String, 26 Ib. 4 60 imed. Red Alaska 1 40@1 45 bibesesos= s 8 Face, : f Mustard ............- 8 “ncadeanlg ag del a cet 3 75 Pink Alaska .... @1 20 N Special, 23 Ib. ........ Sardines Nuts ........ seeereee 4 Warehouse, 23 tb. ....4 75 Domestic, 4s ...... 315 Common, Whisk .....1 10 Domestic, % Mustard 3 15 Gives ..........-- eee 8 Fancy, Whisk ....... 1 40 Domestic, % Mustard 3 25 P BRUSHES French \%s ........ 7@14 Petroleum Products .. 8 Scrub French, 4s ....... -13@23 PACHION ....0-0 ee : Dandelion, 26c size .. 2 00 . 120 a Ce CANDL&S 1 59 BOGR ..n0+-00e chee cee 10 Paraffine, 68 ......... 7 BOIOME ooo. pete. -s 10 Paraffine, 128 ........ 7% ies Starch ..... peee cee 10 Wicking ......... eee 2 ‘ce 4 Gos. in come ..5 0) Syrups sebeeenebe bane s 10 CANNED GOODS %s, 4 doz. in case ..3 60 T jeg 1s, 4 doz. in case ....5 60 90 Table Sauces ........ 10 8 Tb. Standards .. CATSUP eee AER 6 6, 19... $: 15 Snider's pints ...... 35 Tobacco ........ 11, 13, 13 err cc. Snider’s % pints .... 1 36 eee ees BW cee cu . lcd Standard No'io @695 || CHEESE Winegar . ............ 13 Beans Carson City @18%/ Brick 2... 12... gis” Wicking ............. 18 ieiden .....:.... Woodenware ..... 18 esto i se ceee i. - Wrapping Paper ' Blueberries wie... @85 Vv Btantard ............ 14 Sap Sago ....... @28 Yeast Cake eveenee es pT Ne. 10 Peeeeevececcoce 6 6 Swiss, Domestic @20 3 CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack .... 62 Adams Sappota ...... 65 Beeman’s Pepsin ..... 62 Peechnyt oo. 62 Chiclets 33 Sec e cue 6. 1 Colgan Violet Chips .. 65 Colgan Mint Chips .... 65 Dentyme ...:..5..5.55.... 62 Doubiemint ....... 5. - 64 Flag Spruce 59 Juicy Fruit 64 Red Robin ......... - 62 Sterling Gum Pep. .. 62 Sterling 7-Point ...... 62 Spearmint, Wrigleys .. 64 Spearmint, 5 box jars 3 20 Spearmint, 6 box jars 3 a Trunk Spruce ......... $ NUChiIon: (oe le cs 62 ONO oo, 64 Smith Bros. Gum ...... 62 CHOCOLATE Walter Baker & Co. German's Sweet . - 23 Premium ....:. cos OD Caravag 22.2.0 050200. os ae Walter M. Lowney Co. Premium, %s ...... cee Premium, %s .......... 85 CLOTHES LINE Per dos. No. 40 Twisted Cotton 95 No. 50 Twisted Cotton 1 30 No. 60 Twisted Cotton 1 70 No. 80 Twisted Cotton 3 00 No. 50 Braided Cotton 1 45 No. 60 Braided Cotton 1 85 No. 80 Braided Cotton 3 33 No. 50 Sash Cord .... 1 75 No. 60 Sash Cord .... 3 @@ No. 60 Jute ........ «oo we No. 12 Jute ...... s.. 238 No. 60 Sisal ........ 00 Galvanized Wire No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 90 No. 19, each 100ft. long 3 10 No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 60 No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 COCOA Baker@ ....:......... - 39 Cleveland ..... woccesss. OL Colonial, %m .......... 35 Coionial, 4s .......... SUPP oe... ke oe Hershey’s, %s ........ 32 Hershey’s, %s ......... 30 TAAFAGE occ cesses cs. se OS Lowney, cieocieee ess 2S Lowney, S 5.6.65... ee Lowney, %s ....... coe 87 Lowney, 5bIb. cans .... 87 Van Houten, %s ...... 13 Van Houten, \%s ...... 18 Van Houten, %s Van Houten, 1s 66 Wan-Eta &¢ Webb ....... 33 Wilber, %s .. 33 Wilber, %s Sri shia, 33 COCOANUT Dunham’s per Ib. Ys, Sib. case ........ 80 14a, 6ib. case .....c0. 29 1s, 15tb. cas ys & Scallope 5 Xs & se pails ...... 16 Bulk, pails .......... 16 Bulk, barrels ........ 15 Baker’s Brazil Shredded 70 5¢ pkgs., per case 2 60 36 10c pkgs., per case 2 60 16 10¢ and 33 &c pkgs., per CRBS ........:. 2 6e Bakers Canned, doz. 90 COFFEES ROASTED Rie Saleen sseceee 19 19% seccccvcccccocs BO oo pee cbe sce es Fancy Peaberry UOT coc ceascces cca cs Chelios 5......5..-4 eee Mexican lg ey Fancy 2m 81 30 Java Private Growth .... Mandling Aukola eecccvcece Exchange Market, Steady Spet Market, Strong Package New York Basis Arbuckle 17 60 4 McLaughlin’s XXXX McLaughlin’s XXXX package coffee is sold to retailers only. Mail all or- ders direct to W. F. Mc- Laughlin & Co., Chicago. Extracts Holland. % gro. bxs. 95 Felix, % gross 125 Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85 Hummel’s tin, % gro. 1 43 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Horehound ........., 11 standard .;......,... 11 Standard, small ..... 12 Gwist, small ...:.... 12 Cases gumbo 11% Jumbo, small ......., 12 Big Stick =... 6... 11% Boston Sugar Stick .. 15 Mixed Candy Pails Broken 220505. 10 iit oak ob ee. a1 Hrench Cream ..:... 11 Maney 22.005) 14 Grocers... 0... 7% Kindergarten ........ 12 Meader a Magestc: .22055)00 2 11 Monarch ......... ooes 20 Novelty 2.0.00. 5.20 0. 11 Paris Creams ...... 12 Premio Creams . 12 ae Roval ooo. See 84 mepecial eso: 9 Valley Creams ....... 14 sess eelcue cscs 8 Specialties Pails Auto Kisses (baskets) 13 Bonnie Butter Bites .. 17 Butter Cream Corn .. 15 Caramel Bon Bons .. 14 Caramel Dice ........ 13 Caramel Croquettes .. 14 Cocoanut Waffles .... 14 Cofty, Lofiy 0. 14 National Mints 7 fb tin 16 Empire Fudge ...... 14 Fudge, Walnut ...... 14 Fudge, Filbert 14 Fudge, Choco. Peanut 14 Fudge, Honey Moon 14 Fudge, White Center 14 Fudge, Cherry ........ 14 Fudge, Cocoanut .... 14 Honeysuckle Candy .. 16 Iced Maroons ....... 15 deed Gems | ..... 0... 15 Iced Orange Jellies ., 13 Italian Bon Bons .... 13 Jelly: Mello .2 00... 13 AA Licorice Drops 5 tb. box 2.2... . 1 25 Lozenges, Pep. ...... 12 Lozenges, Pink ...... 12 Manchus ....;.00. 22) 14 Molasses Kisses, 10 iD BOX .... oe. 13 Nut Butter Puffs .... 14 Star Patties, Asst. .. 13 Chocolates Pails Assorted Choc. ...... 16 Amazon Caramels .. 16 Champion 9.20502... 14 Choc. Chips, Eureka 20 Climax 15 Eclipse, ‘Assorted. a 15 Ideal Chocolates .... 15 Klondike Chocolates 20 Nabobs .........).... 20 Nibble Sticks ....... 25 Nut Wafers 20 Ocoro Choe Caramels 18 Peanut Clusters ..... 23 Quintette Rezina (690 13 Star Chocolates .... 14 Superior Choc. (ight) 18 Pop Corn Goods Without prizes. Cracker Jack with CONDON) 22. 3 25 Oh My 100s ......0 3 50 Cracker Jack, with Prize iurrah, 190s 000. 3 50 Human, 60s oo... 2) 1 7% Murral, 245 85 Cough Drops xes Putnam Menthol 1 00 Smith Bros, .)... |. 1 25 NUTS—Whole Ibs. Almonds, Tarragona 20 Almonds, California soft shell Drake .. 18 Braziis ..., 0)... - -14@16 Pilberts 60.50... , @14 Cal. No. 1S. S. .. @18 Walnuts, Naples 164%@17 Walnuts, Grenoble Table nuts, fancy 13@14 Pecans, Large .... @14 Pecans, Ex. Large @16 Shelled No. 1 Spanish Shelled Peanuts: 20... ¥%@ 8 ux. Lg. Va. Shelled Peanuts ..... 114%@12 Pecan Halves .... @55 Walnut Halves @36 Filbert Meats @38 Almonds @45 Jordon Almonds : oes May 10, 1916 5 Peanuts Fancy H P Suns R. CRACKERS National Biscuit Company Brands In-er-Seal Trade Mark Package Goods Per doz. Baronet Biscuit ..... 1 00 Flake Wafers ....... 1 00 Cameo Biscuit ...... 1 50 Cheese Sandwich .... 1 00 Chocolate Wafers 1 00 Fig Newton ........ 1 00 Five O'Clock Tea Bet 1 00 Ginger Snaps NBC .. 1 00 Graham Crackers .... 1 00 Lemon Snaps ....., 50 M. M. Dainties ....., 1 00 Oysterettes ......... 50 Preizeenos ........., 50 Royal Toast (... 0.64 1 00 Social Tea Biscuit 1 00 Saltine Biscuit ..... 1 00 Saratoga Flakes .... 1 50 Soda Crackers, NBC .1 00 Soda Crackers Prem. 1 00 Owens: 2 1 00 Uneeda Biscuit ...... 50 Uneeda Ginger Wafer 1 00 Vanilla Wafers 1 00 Water Thin Biscuit _.1 00 Zu Zu Ginger Snaps 50 Zwieback <........., 1 00 Other Package Goods Barnum’s Animals .. 50 Soda Crackers NBC 2 50 Bulk Goods Cans and boxes Animals; 6.550: 12 Atlantics, Asstd. ..., 13 Avena Fruit Cakes .. 12 Bonnie Doon Cookies 10 Bonnie Lassies Bo Peeps. S. or M. 8% Bouquet Wafers 20 Cameo Biscuit ...... 25 Cecelia Biscuit 16 Cheese Tid Bits .... 20 Chocolate Bar (cans) 20 Chocolate Drops .... 18 Chocolate Puff Cake 18 Choe. Honey Fingers 16 Circle Cookies ...... 12 Cracknels 020.2... 5.., 20 Cocoanut Taffy Bar .. 15 Cocoanut Drops ..... 12 Cocoanut Macaroons 18 Cocoanut Molas. Bar 15 Cocont Honey Fingers 12 Cocont Honey Jumbles 12 Coffee Cakes Iced .. 12 Crumpets Dinner Pail Mixed .. 10 Extra Wine Biscuit .. 12 Family Cookies ..... 10 Fandango Fingers ... 14 Fig Cakes Asstd. .... 12 Fireside Peanut Jumb 10 Fluted Cocoanut Bar 12 Frosted Creams Frosted Ginger Cook. 10 Frosted Raisin Sqs. .. 10 Fruited Ovals ...... 8 Fruited Ovals, Iced .. 9 Puli Moon .......... 10 Ginger Drops ........ 13 Ginger Gems Plain .. 10 Ginger Gems, Iced .. 11 Graham Crackers Ginger Snaps Family Ginger Snaps Round Hippodrome Bar .... 12 Honey Fingers Ass’t 12 Honey Jumbles ...... 12 Household Cooks, Iced 10 Humpty Dumpty, H M Ole acess ls 8% Imperiais ........... 10 Jubilee Mixed ....... 10 Kaiser Jumbles ...... 12 Lady Fingers Sponge 30 Leap Year Jumbles .. 20 Lemon Biscuit Square 10 Lemon Cakes 10 Lemon Wafers 18 Lemona ...... 10 Lorna Doon 18 Mace Cakes ........ 10 Macaroon Jumbles 18 ary Amn .2...5....- 10 Mangalsy. ...2.5..::. 10 Marshmallow Pecans 20 Mol. Frt. Cookie, Iced 11 NBC Honey Cakes .. 12 Oatmeal Crackers .... 9 Orange Gems ....... 10 Penny Assorted ..... 10 Picnic Mixed ........ 12 Pineapple Cakes .... 17 Pineapple Rolls ..... 20 Priscilla Cake ....... 8 Raisin Cookies ...... 12 Raisin Gems ........ 12% See Saw, S. or M. 8% Reveres Asstd. ...... 17 Rittenhouse Biscuit .. 16 Snaparoons .......... 15 Spiced Cookie 10 Spiced Jumbles. Iced 12 May 10, 1916 6 uk Su HI Sugar Fingers ...... 12 q : bau b#adue Briley Waters 1... a FLAVORING E 8 SMAN eee. 20 Jennings XTRACT. Butter N Pure = C Brand Ss ¥ B C, Squa Boxe se 2, % oz. anilla re t Tallow 9 4 B : re <. : Ss 1 So. roe —— , No. ’ 2 on. waesaee 2 3 U Maoh 6 5 Hams, aes aed Meat 10 29 ) Premium Soda ae nis eee 225 nwashed, ool pie 1-16 ned iacate Suatoee eee ee 8 geo ee per ao Jnwashed, Pia @22 Hams, 16- 1s i Le ais Geaeuw rl altines akes ..... pects eee © HO i Gee seer ae a 1 D: ‘0 en es 13 no é oe Lemon Per doz. RSE SAIS eat eo beef @18 Formosa Ovieng ! yste < oO. : on lg. ae ie tk ea: eo ol . : No. pa anel ... 75 SID. pails, Jelly 1 ae Sion aan 29, @20 rorme — Ss Stera Sauan oO. ' Z. 5I1b per Bi a1! oan * ‘ aus as oe & ‘ oz." Fist oz. Paper 14 301b. nate per eo Ma wae Rolled Haims’ 1914@20 Co english are =e gas eo lee ails, fe 5 Min a. 2 @2 i all Adora apeciaitics qua ie 75 Pipe ICE eee 445 oe Han |. 28140 28 een Meal Bre ktaee : er 1 00 Es ids eer Bul, Ice eee se 13 @12% Congou Choice 8 ” Teatro ce 1 00 we illing Co. ain & Extra a Gace Brands Bologna Sausages ongou, i pause 40 4 \ geo aes i Sas Lee Be Plain’ any flavor af eee fs oe 11 ' Pekoe, M oo 69@80 pI Festino ov eeveeevees 2 20 Wizard a 6 00 Waney _........ 1 00 re ieee 10 Cc Dr. Tanee cos He , i aol ee © eeeeeeee 100 Wizard, Graham 7. 675 % on apices a Yeo og i Gc ee Smyrna 111 "8 Flowery ©. Prsae q saan 4 erva Fruit Cake 100 Wizard jan ea % pt. bls., ae araway a 8 ancy 40 Above Gio ta Buckw’t cwt. 430 8 oz. in Ghia” ce ee 4, Heaccheess 77 Oe ag Cardomon, ieee 3 ea 035 to ch Biscuit, Con os ‘Vali Pe a capped | per doz. 16 ieede. 01... 11 H ery 2. abar 1 20 Bl Fine ° ‘ ais ‘ : per d Pe,dom 16 eet oe eases a — eae to change witho a ae City “Militn 6 00 oz. . 11 Hemp, Russian <.-. 0. > Bugle, ié” ange without subject Li Whit E Co. Se celarelels a Boneles Beef lea pe ; Bugle, 16 a“ oe a gece be ee a ee ae een savers es ean " Heaiti Uo ga ee as ae “ eee Gene co oo ©«=—Ss«éRan Pa Snider oO Square Cans ......... 50 Gran. ia Health 4. @ on bottles, per doz. 1 75 es 8 Bat Batch id é 16 — Gedaiee 1 oltad Meal ......... 2 30 wuice per da. 7 00 vases Box BLACKiNG 0 Hag Mail, ‘a LL. " * DRIED ee 59 Viogt's “G Milliny a 2 20 Per case E MEAT 66 Bee Box, —s dz. 3 50 Teena 16 = sauce % By ere a Apples Volks Crescent” Co. 6 MOLASSES 2 85 Milles aoe see 1 25 May Flew agg aera e “i red F foigt's Flow oe a0 N K own P 5 oL i : 4 mrmmrsg is pe any aes urn lt $53. Eanoy, Ohen “kettie Sa Be fe 5S idee Oe HE Kk @8%4 han ienic Gra- Bo) ae Ge hb ct ‘accab adder wa, 8 ao 86 Californi Apricots 2 WwW Ae ra- eae 12) 45 bis., 80 F oy, in ew .. St Oltbwa. + ae 3 a alegu-Eiiecicn win GOOd seveeeeeeeeeeeeee: 3 ths. rench R jars wa. 10, 16 os 72 sItron 9%@10% ‘Mp’ To iggins Milling Co. ek i 329 H Casings apple in jars .. 43 Ojibwa, 5c... | « es no ae Nop Wear =e Half barrels 2¢ ext 27 a per lb ngs rs .. 4g betosk ee s « sooo Ten, No. i B SODA Petoskey Chief, 7 ¢ aD Golde ee! - 6 35 ed Hen cc 2c extra eef, rounds. set... _ Boxes . etosk fef, 7 ox. Lae 16 K n Sheaf Flour . 5 85 Red Hen, 0. 2% ‘ Beef, m al aet 4a a eas Ban.” — Ga me } Emporteg te Dk ws era's Shotess ou § oe 15 Sheep tates, net. seeeee sini ry Rea Bell Honey, 86 6 a ee oo 2 Kern’ Best F 7 64 2 | | Gaede o - 854 a Red ica Mane cotta i crn, Wisconsin yg 9 Boum enter “195 Soutd "Dalry dei allspice, Jamaica Sterling. 1 uplet b uirs—Ch es Quak n Groc 5 35 Ox ount ag spice, ] ca ..9@ ii! Reet ra noe: a aa oe ae Qu cr: DADCE eo B OL cesses 16 ry Rolls %@16% Cloves ‘aa Garden ¢ i9 Sw Cuba, Be 67 . Fanc Fancy. 26D. |. 6% aker, cloth cect 6 2 ulk, 1 gal. -. 13 @ig Gaeaia: Zanzibar @11 s eet Cuba, canister 6 y, Peeled 1 ae Kan wc 0 Bulk, 2 oe 1 Cc Canned te cane Cant . @24 weet Gu Be $ ie . 251d sas Ha oo 6 30 gal. 10@1 orned Mea Cassia, on .. 2 ie ha. vo J semen Amen. PP nati neo Soll § eat tees ans cored Beer 2 BoE Singer, “Atvican MB Sweet Sine aaa , ln an eee s oz. e LL ringer, aa 4 range, eee ee ue neon Grocer. S 7 Seine ro oe 0 pe Beet 4 a ae ; a Wed, oan wees este Sweet Burley. se LAD 2 < Cluster of alsins i American es %s 6 ge oe oe oz. ... 3 26 Flav Meat, Ham 249 Mixed, Na @90 eee Hvis 8 oz. 5 76 pail us oo Ruees tee ee bn stuffed) 25 Potted NV eae weed. No. 3 cecece QT an 2 248 u S 1) 2125 Ea: 48 630 Manzanilla, 8° Ga Ment Wan” lixed, 5c pkes. dz. Sw iat 3 4 aoe eee 4 Cr. gi, Spring ae Ys 6 20 Manzanita, a 2 ee Meo Ham i a Mibnies. phes. a oa ron Mist. g's ae 90 M. Seeded ee Bae gi; Meee Baker ra a Ca 90 ieuilea "Meat, ere a Nutmeg, 18 gos @35 Tiger, 50 5c % ... 1e , 1 Ib. 8%@9- a, : fae av 7 epper! Back a : Be swweeee, a a} Golden din’ Wakeis 6 3) Queen, Mammoth; is’ ” 35 Deviled ‘Meat, ga?" Pepper, White B30 git Bee cat ca ate eee Ue Been 6 29 Quee tee eene ees paraver., % am Pepper, Cayenne oq «Onell a a 38 70. 80 23 Ib. box To 68 mian Rye ...... 5 35 oo MM seeeee 4 otted a... aprika nne . @ Dani m. . foe 80 2 Ie. bakes 1G a J ; D 35 ammoth, 2 P Ton as. eta el, 1 - @ He ee udson Grocer Cc 5 80 a 2 ott gue, 90 Pu garia oz. 50 a0 9 25 Ib. boxes -.@ 7% Ceresota, 6s Grocer Go, Pia Oe low aan = : 5 75 ed Tongue, us er Allspice Fee in Bulk Am. Navy Plug .. 5 22 50- 60 25 Ib. xes ..@ 7% rendta, Ma... .... eos ea oz. cs. F RI "* 99 Cloves, Zs aica .. arte iene ae ap oo Geib, bexss @ 8 Ceresota, igs 012011! 715 PEANUT BUTTE 2 25 Japan Style 4 oo Caan O28 Drummond Natet sone EVAPORATED a. commvelst ‘Bening Go. 705 24 no eee Broken tyle so 7 or ee ee a 26 nae 6 tb. ‘at. te , 38 Baby ed Band Brand Woden Grocer i¢ ‘ 6 75 14 lb. Aline pails . oe SL . an neice exsiie see @18 rummond wat bee 7 ee Wingold, Grocer Co. 10 Ib. fibre pala .... 10 Rolled LED OAT ware neue” .. @100 Batt! a |. af oe 24 Wine Ws c oO. 9 . fibre . oo 10% «= Stee Avenn: Ss ee pe ae a tone a case Vie Gh ieee 3 a Wingold, 4s eae 7 40 oe ae oe Sa n” Me Cut, re abies 5 80 Haves White oe oe Bracer, : pene 1 FA Tots, 0e tess. 10 Wingold, Yes cloth .. ae die eee ee a Moree cae aks, 2 99 Paprika Gea Ge ta on oe 12 9 RINACEOUS GOODS Peo oe Co eae i ee oo nt go ae a wun Ge edt deck. ind 16 mo Californi Beans » %S paper il 70 EUM PRODI 80 Quaker, ¥ Hees. as bean Dae Boot | ack, 2 Tb. ...... a3 Med. Hand Pick pete apie 0 Perfecti hee eee e Wome 7 aoe oo Bullion, 16 oz. OR. 2. 98 , me .... 6% Golden Granulat Perfection . n Barr ALAD ‘1 aso Kinset orn climax Golden Twin Brown oe. a 2 olden Granulated’. ac a crown "Gasoline 36 ee eo Mie oe oe ibs. ok ciimax, Golden Weare ‘s ee . Oe” — VN : sours Ge ne Dur a 1 pin sees 2 25 KI DKS. oC Cli x, 7 on ll a Bulk ie ackages 1 70 White 0 ne Oy 115 Capito @ Naphtha =. bee z= poo pk 4 ‘doz. ‘ Me —. Gloss, wg oh y ett ou a i ’ eeee ea pci ab ae Atl 2 er |. se tO. nid a i 0 : . n ae At peoriainal i ae ietahiaen enue 10 Syaeee oe oe Sniicrs, Santi este « ib. pias. - ix Hone 8 Wenthe 38 8 oe te rolls to a Less Rees 48 ae oe s, small, 2 doz. 1 36 Argo, 24 Se pke 5 Bree, ry i 6S ainers (40 tainer arlots .... ce an 7 SA ; 288 Sliver Glos . Fou tb. oc, ae Pp Homin i rolls 3 20 Carlots Corn -. 50 PICKLES 32.9 oo Pree Silver Gloss, + 3Ibs. or one wet tes a6 earl, 100 tb. fo Barr Medium Wra and Ha s. in box 43 Muz 6Ibs. 8% Gola ny oa +4 aoe bs gal ieee fee oo Barrels, 1,200 count. ..8 vandotte, 106 So _” 300 16 BID packages * oo Hose 6 and 12 Tb. 6s estic, 10 Be eo Hall bbls, 60 50 — a 5 O 4 and . 88 (mported, Tb. box L S ...- gallon kegs Bou digs | au SAL SO "300 12 6% aoaa q. 0. oP, ve , 25 tb. box .. 60 ess than carlots .. 20 egs ... 475 G anulated DA 50D. i packag - Mm awe and 24 Ib 58 , pox .. carlot 00 Barr sm "3 49 | Gran , bbls. | hae oa Gran tau bs ; Pea 3 50 S.. 22 arrel all Giaibod a " ckages ...... 4 rer ; 415 | one oa Barley alee aoa Fieed 00 Half Pea 10 50 Guanniated’ at as i 15 CB acetic Si Horne W.. 10, and ae 3 eo 340 C orn & Oat Fd -33 00 5 gallon kegs ....... 6 25 Ss mic Barrel Corn ney Dip and 12 th. ose cise « 4 75 racked Cor: at Kd = 00 ance eee ci ee 2 Com ALT Half cesses and 10 Twist, 5 43 acheg Wisconsl, Coarse Corn ee 3 00 lait. ae ae oo Blue | barrels seas (48 7 Tar, " nie te 4 plit Tb. ..... m bu. 3 25 Mason FRUIT JARS. 3300 5 a Hane 14 00 0 4 Ib. sacks cee 2 60 4 doz. ro, No. 14, 30 Kentu 5% and “ 8 Tb. a E a 634 Nico pts., per gro allon kegs wee. 6 15 28 a Saeks 2 50 Blue ok Seles ee. 3 45 Won Navy. Pi 1. 4 German, s Es Mason, Paper ate gro. 5 25 arrels. er a. 10 Ib. sacks ...... aa ae. Karo, No. 23 1 95 Kismet, 6 Twist, eo 3 ’ H, Sache... 8% Mason, - per gro Tae Haniela ooo 28 tb. se a 35 ca 2 aple 45 German, br Soseeeee 9 , can to gro.7 60 5 gé arrels -- 17 00 l sseke 4 Hite Hla es M oe Bs ao , broken He 2 G PS, gro. gallon kegs .--.... 700 Warsaw o B aio Nak 1 2 35 ay Wiles Gao 48 a cee pkg. oo 1 Re ee Be Clay, N PIPES |" : 50 56 Ib. an 7 ad Karo, i — 2 36 Pore Bpun'R 2m $2 aca 100 lb. sacks non! 1 doz. een -. 1 45 Giae. no 216, per box 2 28 th. dairy ak alee aes 26 Red Nicato, No. i ee 4 : wate. 12 yea 6& SER wine Bi phe ae 815 Knox's Sparking: doz. 1 2s Con... D. full oun ; 30 56 tb Solar Beit bags 20 Be Kare . 1% 4 ' Peachey. 6 Mat tear 82 inute, 10 poe eee "9 60 Knox's Acid ling, gr ‘14 00 PLAYING CARE 9 cae Bee pores “No. 2" 80 oe ai Ce 98 : - 26 ; : No G CAR 0 ala sec ed Karo, 2 aa. Pi iM 6 1: a Sine TACKLE Me ee ae ne . 90, Stea bs : a o4 Red niicolic per Held tb. Ae [ee Minute, as. @ 5 No. 15 mboat Granule mmon Karo, N » 2dz. 2 Pipe sieck, 4 i 46 i = ute, 2 Ze os , Ri soae 8 nulated n Re . No. 15 ; tn a 1% ce oe Nelson's ats. 3 doz. 3 75 No. a: Bevan Seana 2 cia oe es oo “id a 270 Red’ Gr iisloc®. per 7. Se ! a2 7 Teta aa al ( ; Spect eee 7 Dee eee 08 er doz. 4 1% to 2 eee le 9 Pious’ Book Be 150 No. 98 Ee rae SAL 125 pes 6 so | Scrapple, Fa. Meats y Bw ie bbls. Basket-fi wa oe nion Scrap ... — ae 20 ey cee green, No. 1 17 Pur Lard. 14% @15 ‘coe hee Mitch Rasket-fred Cholee 85 37 Cuties, 2% a Pee. eg) Ae skin, gre o. 1 19 ee a oe ers o. 1 Nib ‘ancy 38 ane a Bacar Rees oe Calfskin, cured, No. 1 20” 80 tb. tubs Ce Tene Herring Siftines, a. s033 Happy Thought, on. 38 Ba ’ ft:, r : cured, No. S 80 tb. +. ad amersic Split, 20 i (ih i @10 Cl & ee Bamboo, 18 ft per a ia a 0. 2 18% 50 Ib. oe os Aiea es: «16 oe ea joni ue Geuaauder 12@14 ions a. be 8 78 , 18 ft., per doz. a 60@1 2 20 th. st ag % Special, 8 K, 200 Ibs. 18 5 Moyune, Medium .. Old Pouch, 4 doa. 2 1 55 80 Sh Snes 5 10 th ..-ad % . pails 0 M . Choic 28@33 Songs na én a earlings ...... iso a5 5 Ih. ae ae a No tt Trout — Ping Su Fancy .. 35@40 oo Times, _ secees 5 16 a 5 3 Ib. pails 4 No. 00. Ibs. Pi ey, Medium 5060 Red’ Bear, gro. . 5 lb. pails 1 ae 1 No. i 7 50 Pine Suey, oe 25@30 Red Hand. be % aves 50 anc ~ 41,1 see ng Su oice Red Be ¥ 78 el No. 1 Ciba 2 25 ey, Fanc 38@40 Sc: i i ies 5 76 Pao) Wa ey 909 Cc Young y .. 45@650 crappie, 5 oo Ga sctesdea (tll wees ee Hysen Sure Shot, c pkgs. - 142 nee 8... saan con aint sere tte ele ae. 45@56 oe ee oe 5 76 achey Scr p Yer. 5 7 rap 5e 76 , ece 5 76 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN SPECIAL PRICE CURRENT 12 Smoking All Leaf, 2% & 7 oz. BB, SM O&. ..-.....5- ne 7 oS -.... occ BE, 18 On. ........ a. Badger, 3 o8. ........ 3 Badger, 7 OZ. ........ Banner, 5c ........ Banner, 20c .......0.. Banner, 40c .......... Belwood, Mixture, 10c Big Chief, 2% oz. .. Big Chief, 16 oz Bull Durham, ic Bull Durham, 10c .. Bull Durham, 15c Bull Durham, 8 oz. .. Bull Durham, 16 oz. .. Buck Horn, dc ...... Buck Horn, 10c Briar Pipe, 5c ...... Briar Pipe, 10c .... Black Swan, 5c Black Swan, 14 oz. Bob White, ic ...... Brotherhood, 6c ...... Brotherhood, 10c .... Brotherhood, 16 oz. Carnival, bc ..... co. Carnival, % oz. ...... Carnival, 16 oz. .. Cigar Clip’g, Johnson Cigar Clip’g, Seymour Gdentity, 3 and 16 oz. 3 Darby Cigar Cuttings 4 Continental Cubes, Corn Cake, 14 0z. .... Corn Cake, 7 02z. Corn Cake, 5c .......- 5 7 Cream, 50c pails ..... a Cuban Star, 5c foil Cuban Star, 16 oz. pls 5 7 Chips, 10c ......... 10 Dills Best, 14, oz. Dills Best, 3% oz. Dills Best, 16 oz Dixie Kid, 5c ..... Duke’s Mixture, 5c Duke’s Mixture, 10c Duke’s Cameo, 6c ... a Go ...---+---- 5 Fr m. A. 7 Of. ...-2--- 11 Fashion 5c .......-- . Fashion, 16 0z. ..... Five Bros., 5c ....... Five Bros., 10c_ .....1 Five cent cut Phg re © B 0c ..........11 5 Four Roses, 10c .... Full Dress, 13§ oz. Glad Hand, 6c ....... Gold Block, 10c ..--+.12 Gold Star, 50c pail .. Gail & Ax Navy, 5e 5 ; Growler, 5c Growler, 10c . Growler, 20c Giant, bc ...... Giant, 40c Hand Made, Hazel Nut, Honey Dew, itic Hunting, 5c ... Just Suits, 5c ........ met multe. fe ...... 12 iln Dried, 25c ..... King Bird, 7 oz. ing Bird, 10c ......115 ing Bind, Sc ........ te Turke, Sc ....... Little Giant, 1 Ib Lucky Strike, lve Tie Redo, 3 97 Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz. Myrtle Navy, ivc .... Myrtle Navy, 5c ..... Maryland Club, 5c Mayflower, 5c ...... : Mayfiower, 10c Mayflower, 20c ...... igger Hair, 5c ..... igger Hair, 10c Nigger Head, 5c .... Nigger Head, 10c ... 1 Noon Hour, 6c ..... Old Colony, 1-12 gro. 11 Qld Mill, be ......... 57 Qid tinglish Crve 1%o0z @la Crop, bc ........ Old Crop, 25c ....... P. S., 8 oz. 30 Ib. cs. P. S., 3 oz., per gro. 57 Pat Hand, 1 oz. ...... Patterson Seal, 1% oz. Patterson Seal, 3 oz. .. Patterson Seal, 16 oz. 5 Peerless, Se Peerless, 10c cloth .. Peerless, 10c paper .. Peerless, 20c ........ Peerless, 40c ........ Plaza, 2 gro. case .. Plow Boy, 5c ....... Plow Boy, 10c ...... 11 Plow Boy, 14 oz. .... Pedro, C42... : Pride of Virginia, 13 Pilot, 7 o£. dos. ...... 1 Queen Quality, "Be Rob Roy, 10c gross I Rob Roy, 25c doz. .... Rob Roy, 50c doz. .... 4 S. & M., 5c gross .... 5 76 18 Rob Roy, 5c foil .... 5 76 S. & M., 14 oz., doz. ..3 Soldier Boy, 5c gross 5 5 Soldier Boy, 10c .... 10 50 pune, be 60... 5 muae, 100 (0s. 1 Stag, 8 oz. glass : Stag, 90c glass Soldier Boy, 1 tbh. .... Sweet Caporal, 1 oz. Sweet Lotus, 5c .... 5 Sweet Lotus, 10c ...11 Sweet Lotus, per doz. 4 Sweet Rose, 24% oz. Sweet Tip Top, 5c Sweet Tip Top, 10c .. Sweet Tips, 4% gro...1 Sun Cured, 10e ....... Summer Time, 5c¢ Summer Time, 7 oz... Summer Time, 14 oz. Standard, 5c foil Standard, 10c paper §& Seal N. C. 1% cut plug Seal N. C. 1% Gran... Three Feathers, 1 oz. Three Feathers, 10c 11 Three Feathers and Pipe combination .. 2 Tom & Jerry, 14 oz. 3 Tom & Jerry, 7 oz. ..1 Tom & Jerry, 3 oz. .. Turkish, Patrol, 2-9 5 Tuxedo, 1 oz. bags .. Tuxedo, 2 oz. tins Maxeta, CNet |... 6... 1 90 Tuxedo, 80¢e tins .... 7 4 Union Teader. 5c coil 5 Union Leader, 10c pouch Lleol. 11% I'nion Teader, ready Cit oo. es ee Tnion Leader 50c box > : oewcee D War Path, 5c War Path, 20c ...... 4 Wave Tine, 3 oz. Wave Tine, 16 02 Wav un. 2% oz i -5 7 Way up, 16 oz. pails —e Wild Fruit, Sc ...... % Wild Fruit, 10c ...... 11 £ Yum Yum, 5¢ .....-.- 5 Yum Yum, 10c ...... 11 Yum Yum. 1 th. doz. 4 CIGARS Barrett Cigar Co. La Qualitencia, Londres La Qualitencia, Panetella Ta Qualitencia, Concha B. TWINE Mntton, 3 piv 222)... Chtton, 4 oly ......--- Jute, 2 ply Lees Hemp, 6 ply ..... . Flax, medium ....... Wool 1 T. bales ..... 10 VINEGAR White Wine, 40 grain 8% White Wine, 80 grain 11% White Wine, 100 grain 13 Oakland Vinegar & Pickle Co.'s Brands Highland apple cider 20 Oakland apple cider .. 16 State Seal sugar ..... 14 Oakland white picklg 10 Packages free. WICKING No. 0, per gross ...... 35 No. 1, per gross .... 45 No. 2, per gross .... 655 No. 3, per gross .... 80 WOODENWARE Baskets MBUSROIB oo 1 Bushels, wide band .. 1 Market coe: Splint, large ........ 4 Splint, medium ...... 8 Splint, small ........ 3 Willow, Clothes, large 8 Willow, Clothes, small 6 Willow, Clothes, me’m 7 Butter Plates Ovals ~ TD., 250 in crate .... Tb., 250 in crate ...... -, 200 in erate ...... , 250 in crate ...... , 250 in crate ...... Wire End . 250 in crate ...... Siete Conon sie ae FFs ow me oo govtw eo on : & S., Havana .....-¢ 33 B. & S., Broadleaf ..... T., 250 in crate .... 35 , 250 in crate ...... 45 Th., 250 in crate ...... 55 Th., 20 in crate ...... 65 14 Churns Barrel, 5 gal., each .. 2 Barrel, 10 gal., each ..2 Clothes Pins Round Head 414 inch, 5 gross ..... Cartons, 20 2% doz. bxs 40 55 60 65 Egg Crates and Fillers Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. No. 1 complete ...... ‘ No. 2. complete Case No. 2, fillers, 15 sets... sea. Case, medium, 12 sets 1 Faucets Cork lined, 3 in. ...... Cork lined, 9 in. Cork lined. 10 in. |11).. 90 Mop Sticks Trojan spring ....... 1 Eclipse patent spring 1 We. 1 common _._..: No. 2, pat. brush hold 1 Ideal No. 7 2.0.22 12lb. cotton mop heads 1: Palls 10 qt. Galwanized .... 2 12 qt. Galvanized .... 3 14 qt. Galvanized .... 3 Mipre 22 3 Toothpicks Birch, 100 packages .. 2 Traps Mouse, wood, 2 holes .. Mouse, wood 4 holes .. 10 qt. Galvanized .... 1 12 qt. Galvanized .... 1 14 qt. Galvanized .... 1 Mouse, wood, 6 holes .. Mouse, tin, 5 holes .... Rat, wood ..........:. Rat spring ..::....... Tubs No 1 Fibre ......... 16 No. 2 Wibre ........; 15 No. 3 #ibne -:... 13 Large Galvanized .. 10- Medium Galvanized .. 8 Small Galvanized .... 7 Washboards Banner, Globe ...... 3 Brass, Single ..... .. 5 Glass, Single ...°..5. 3 Double Peerless ..... 6 Single Peerless 4 Northern Queen ...... 5 Good Emough ....... 4 Universal ...0....2.2 4 Window Cleaners 2 in 3. 1 aS te ees. 1 1604n. 23 ee 2 Wood Bowls 13-in. Bitter ......... 1 15 in. Butter oe oe 17 in. Butter .. aa | 19 in. Butter ......... 7 WRAPPING PAPER 20 40 28 85 te Fibre Manila, white .. 5 Fibre, Manila, colored No. 1 Manila ......... 546 Butchers’ Manila .... 5 Wax butter, snurt cut lv Wax Butter, full e’nt 15 Parchm’'t Butter, rolls 15 YEAST CAKE Magic, 3 doz: :.....; 1 16 Sunlight, 3 doz. ...... 1 Sunlight, 1% doz. .... Yeast Foam, 3 doz. ..1 15 Yeast Foam, 1% doz. CIGARS 85 Johnson Cigar Co.’s Brand Dutch Masters Club 70 09 Dutch Masters, Inv. 70 00 Dutch Masters, Pan. 70 00 Dutch Master Grande 68 00 Little Dutch Masters (300 lots) ........ 10 00 Gee Jay (300 lots) ..10 00 Ml Portane .......:.; 33 00 Se We .32 00 Worden Grocer Co. Brands Canadian Club Londres, 508, wood ....35 Londres, 25s tins ...... 35 Londres, $0@ lots ......10 we oa ~ The Only 15 TELFER’S t&« COFFEE - DETROIT USA Jamo, 1 tbh. tin ......81 Eden, 1 Ih. tin ........27 Belle Isle, 1 Bismarck, 1 th Vera, 1 tb. Koran, 1 Th. pkg. .... 22 Telfer’s Quality 25 .. 19 Mosan ..... 8 Quality, 20 ........., 18 Ww. Th. pkg. 27 3 oe pkg. pet 23 J. G. Tea Cherry Blossom Tea 37 Telfer’s Ceylon .... 40 AXLE GREASE 1 Tb. boxes, per gross 8 70 3 Tb. boxes, per gross 23 10 BAKING POWDER nm C. Doz. 10c, 4 doz. In case ... 85 l5c, 4 duz. in case .. 1 25 25c, 4 doz. in case .. 2.00 50c, 2 doz. plain top ..4 00 80c, 1 doz. plain top 6 50 10 Ib. % dz., pin top 13 00 F. O. B. All cases sold jobbing point. Special Deal No. 1. 12 doz. 10c, 12 doz. 15c, 12 doz., 25c ..... -..49 20 Barrel Deal No. 2 doz. each 10, 15 and 2D goo seek ae 32 80 With 4 dozen 10c free % Barrel Deal No. 3. doz. each, 10, 15 and POR ee, -. 24 60 With 3 dozen 10c free. Half-Barrel Deal No. 3 oe each, 10, 15 and 20C co 16 40 With 2 doz. 10c free. All barrels sold F. O. B. Chicago. Royal 10c size .. 96 %tb cans 1 35 6 ez cans 1 90 Kirnzen St U9. maveny ornet FOOTE SJENKS’ Killarney (re (CONTAINS NO CAPSICUM) Dwinnell-Wright Brands White House, 1 Ib. White House, 2 lb. Excelsior, Blend, 1 Ib. .... Excelsior, Blend, 3 Tip Top Blend, 1 Ib. Royal High Grade Superior Blend Grocer Co., Grand Rapids; Lee & Cady, Detroit; Lee City Grocer Company, mark, Durand & Co., Bat- Her case, 242 ips... 1 70 SEND FOR SAMPLES Five Cent Cleanser Guaranteed to Equal the Best 10c Kinds Place an order with your jobber. factory return same at our expens May 10, 1916 17 Cotton Oil, 100 cakes Cream Borax, 100 cks Circus, 100 cakes 5c sz Climax, 100 oval cakes Gloss, 100 cakes, 5¢ sz Big Master, 100 blocks Mystic White Borax Naphtha, 100 cakes ., Oak Leaf, 100 cakes Queen Anne, 100 cks. Queen White, 100 eks. Railroad, 120 cakes Saratoga, 120 cakes .. White Fleece, 50 cks. White Fleece, 100 cks. White Fleece, 200 cks. NWNMNMN WWW Rw K ww _ on Proctor & Gamble Co. eNO 3 20 ivory, 6 02 3.002 i 3. 4 00 Ivory; AQ Oz. 4050) 6 75 Star a 8 35 Swift & Company Switts Pride _.... |. 2 85 White Laundry ...... 3 5 Wool, 6 oz. bars ..... 3 85 Wool, 10 oz. bars ... 6 50 Tradesman Company Black Hawk, one box Black Hawk, five bxs Black Hawk, ten bxs bo bo bo Scouring Sapolio, gross lots .. Sapolio, half gro. lots Sapolio, single boxes Savolo, hand ....:. Scourine, 50 cakes .. Scourine, 100 cakes .. Queen Anne Scourer bet CO RE DO ND A or Soap Compounds Johnson’s Fine, 48 2 3 25 Johnson’s XXX 100 5e 4 00 Rub-No-More Nine O’Clock ........ 3 50 WASHING POWDERS. Gold Dust 24 large packages so.8 8 100 small packages ..3 85 Lautz Bros.’ & Co. [Apply to Michigan, Wis- consin and Duluth, only] Snow Boy 100 pkgs., 5¢ size 3 75 60 pkgs., 5¢ size 2 40 48 pkgs., 10c size ....3 75 24 pkgs., family size ..3 20 20 pkgs., laundry size 4 00 Naphtha 60 pkgs., 5c size ....2 40 100 pkgs., 5c size ....3 75 Queen Anne %lb cans 2 50 60 5¢ packages ...... 2 40 tb 274 packages | ....... | a7 itp cena 490 CAREY {0 2chigan, Wis 3Ib cans 13 @0 ae, on tee 5tb cans 2159 Acme, 100 cakes, 5c sz 349 24 packages ......... 8 75 100 5¢ packages ..... 3 75 FITZPATRICK BROTHERS’ SOAP CHIPS BBLS White City (Dish Washing) ...... .++++210 Ibs......8¢ per Ib. Tip Top (Caustic)...... .-250 lbs......4c per Ib. No. 1 Laundry 88% Pee 225 lbs 5c per lb Palm Soap 88% Ds Meet ae bee. Dp : Oe -.-.300 Ibs... ...6\c per Ib 80 Cans. .....$2.90 Per Case SHOWS A PROFIT OF 40% Handled by All Jobbers If goods are not satis- e.—FITZPATRICK BROS. ) Ginger Ale An Agreeable Beverage of the CORRECT Belfast Type. Supplied to Dealers, Hotels, Clubs and Families in Bottles Having Registered Trade-Mark Crowns A Partial List of Authorized Bottlers: KALAMAZOO BOTTLING CO., Kalamazoo, A. L. JOYCE & SON, Grand Ra Mich.; KILLARNEY BOTTLING CO., Jackson, Mich. pids and Traverse City, Mich.; ae 85 80 ee 3 85 NS ee eS I OID GD OOO i ee May 10, 1916 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMEN Advertisements inserted under this head for two cents a word the first BUSINESS CHANCES. _ For Sale—Furniture and rug business. City 9,000. Gooa country trade. Al busi- ness, well established. Inventory $8,000, can reduce. Must sell account ill health. F. S. Gutschow, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. "Ma. cai, 63 ch For Sale—$2,500 stock dry goods at 50c on the dollar. It is a clean, well proportioned stock—$4,000 new goods been recently added. Good store build- ing, well located, at very reasonable rent if wanted. Would give terms on part with approved paper. Texas Mercantile Co., Gainesville, Texas. 94 Will Trade—s0-acre farm located in in sugar beet district Gratiot county for general store invoicing from $5,000 to $6,000. B. S. Watson, Breckenridge, Michigan. For Sale—Good live stock general mer- chandise in double store, best location in town of 5,500 Western Michigan. Fine opportunity for one who wants an estab- lished business and can invest $10,000 to $12,000. Address No. 98, care Tradesman. 98 For Sale—Drug store, invoice about $2,000. Corner store, reasonable rent. Address J. W. Adamson, 625 Harrison St., Bay City, Michigan. 90 T’ll Buy Your Dead Stock—I will at any time buy 10 to 100,000 pairs of shoes, factory seconds, surplus lots, old fash- ioned shoes, entire plants, wholesale stocks, retail stores, etc. I have an un- limited export outlet—you can realize best price by dealing direct with me. Also buy merchandise stocks of every description small or large, new or old style. Correspondence confidential, in- stant attention. Est. 1889. New York Export Purchasing Corporation, 42 Lis- penard St., New York City. 91 Eight-room modern residence, stone garage for two cars, seventy-five foot east front, shade trees, walks, etc. Five- room cottage, seventy-five foot east front, walks, well, etc. Building lot 100 x 110 restricted district east front. All in Wichita, Kansas, for stock of furni- ture, rugs or undertaking goods. or im- proved farm in Missouri, Kansas. or Oklahoma, or what have you? Eyuity $7,300. 10 North Broadway, Herington, Kansas. 92 Agency wanted, grocery article on com- mission. Henry H. Moritz, 1788 alton Road, Cleveland, Ohio. 93 Big sacrifice if taken now. Leading furnished hotel in live village on Dixie highway, half way between two large cities; $16,000 invested: $6,500 takes it. Might accept income house in city to $3,000. This is a chance to maka some money. If vou mean business address Box 172. Wayland, Michigan. 100 Safes Opened—W. T.. Slocum, safe ex- pert and locksmith. 128 Ann St., N. E,, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 104 Will pay cash for whole or part stocks of merchandise. Louis Levinsohn, Sag- inaw, Michigan. 5 For Sale—Walloon Take, Michigan, the Melrose, one of the best paying summer resort boarding houses in the North, suit- able either for a boarding house, private cottage or clubhouse, located on the pen- insula near Indian Garden: furnished complete and offered at bargain on ac- count of ill health. If interested address Henry McConnell, Route 1, Petoskey, Michigan. 8 For Sale—14 light F. & P. gasoline plant, good condition, $25. TL. A. Burns, Menominee, Michigan. 87 Hardware For Sale—Excellent location. clean stock, good trade and_ excellent prospects for spring and summer. Good reasons for selling. 526 Allegan St., Lansing, Michigan. 86 For Sale—Hobart electric ‘coffee mill, two hoppers, good repair, price low. For particulars enquire, National Grocer Co., Jackson. 71 For Sale—Two new rug racks made by H. Best, Galva, Il., and used two weeks. 80 iron arms on each rack and the latest improved type. For further information address, W. Lewis & Co., Champaign, Illinois. 72 First-class bakery. Invoice about $1,800 in all. Will sell for what oven, mixer and peanut butter machine cost. Stock at invoice. Bargain if taken at once. R. T. Davidson, Perrysburg, Ohio. 84 Makes a Million Dollars in 60 days. Big profits in oil land. One man _ in- vested $10 sold out for $1,080. Another put in $10 which brought $4,000, Johnson paid $100 for oil land for which he re- fused $200,000, Gillespie made a million dollars in 60 days. For particulars ad- dress Frank P. Cleveland, 1100 Adams Express Bldg., Chicago. 76 insertion and one cent a word for each LUE xO ed one a continuous insertion. No charge less than 25 cents. Cash must accompany all orders. For Sale—Rexall Store in best town of 1,200 in Southern Michigan. A splen- did money making proposition and a bargain. Price $4,000. Terms $1,500 or more down balance on time if desired. Write quickly. Address No. 81, care Michigan Tradesman. 81 For Sale—Three-story brick hotel, 23 transient rooms, modern. Northern part of Michigan. Address No. 82, care Tradesman. 82 For Sale—Established grocery business doing $30,000 a year, residential district on car line. Snappy proposition. Act at once. Cassidy’s Quality Grocery, 1427 James St., Saginaw FE. S., Mich. 38 POSITION WANTED. Position Wanted—By young man of good habits and seven years’ experience in clothing, furnishings, shoes, window Me ee ec eae trimming, busheling. Capable of manag- For Sale—Best grocery business in one ing store. Best references. State wages, of the best towns in Michigan. Reason ete. Address No. 99, care. Michigan too much work. Don’t answer this un- PUsCCeMaRe a 99 less you mean business. Address No. 44, 44 care Michigan Tradesman. Wanted—A position as clerk in dry For Sale—Bakery and grocery in live fast growing town in new country, county seat and U. S. Land Office. Big trading center. One of the best business pros- pects in the northwest. Address Box 95, Timber Lake, So. Dakota. 75 Wanted—To exchange a land mortgage $2,500 for a good business. 220 Regent St., Lansing, Michigan. 66 For Rent—Store with steam heat suit- able for drug or paper and paint store. First-class cash register for sale. Kaminski Bros., Cor. Fifth, Alpine and Stocking, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Citz. Phone 1950. 70 For Sale—General merchandise store, building, residence, barn, warehouse and coal shed on track, and an acre and a half of small fruit, located within twelve miles of Grand Rapids. Will take Grand Rapids property or forty-acre farm as part payment. Write to C. DeVos, Coop- ersville, Michigan, for further og For Sale—5 drawer, oak cabinet, Na- tional cash register. Cost $525, will sell for $250. Perfect condition. Can be seen at National Grocer Co., Grand Rap- ids, Michigan. 57 We are headquarters for sales and ex- changes. For all kinds of merchandise and_ stock, business blocks and _ store buildings. Farms to exchange for blocks, store buildings and stocks. Real estate of all kinds for sale. Michigan Real Estate Co., Jackson, Michigan. 58 yrocery and bazaar stock on Madison Square for sale on account of sickness of owner. Apply Judson Grocer Com- pany, 18 Market Avenue N. W., Grand Rapids. 60 For Sale—Grocery, drug and soda foun- tain. Live business in small town, liv- ing rooms in connection. Will sell build- ing and invoice stock. Drugstore, Co- hoctah, Michigan. 63 For Sale—Drug stock'‘and fixtures, do- ing good. business. Located in good neighborhood. Reason for selling am leaving town for other business interests. Address all communications to Clark B. Cretsinger, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 61 The Detroit Mercantile Adjusters, counselors and executors of high grade special sales and buyers of entire stocks. Room 1, Vhay Block, 91 Grand River Ave., Detroit, Michigan. 32 For Sale—Old established plumbing and sheet metal shop. Only one in town of 1,000 population, with electric light and water works. Address W. R. Morgan, Olivet, Michigan. 48 For Sale—Good paying drug store, well located in city of 40,000 in Southern Michigan. Clean up-to-date stock, in- voicing $4,000. A dandy opening for young man. Address No. 49, care Trades- man. 49 For Sale—Stock of hardware, will in- voice $7,000. Terms 60 per cent. cash: balance good security. No trades. Good chance, as it is the only hardware store here. Will bear investigation and will sell quickly. Address McGuffey Hard- ware Co., McGuffey, Ohio. 52 Wanted—Some one to open up a shoe and men’s furnishings store. Location is ideal, show windows up-to-date, rent $35 per month. Enquire of Carl Walk, Bay City, Michigan. 54 For Sale—Grocery business established 32 years ago, city of 10,000. Good trade and good location. Stock and fixtures about $3,000. Address No. 56, care Trades- man. 56 For Sale—Barber-shop, pool room, soft drinks, cigars, candy, etc., dwelling near by. Small live town. Owner not a bar- ber. Would consider a farm. Box B. R., Cohoctah, Michigan. 64 For Sale—Small new stock hardware, groceries and drugs. Low rent and good location. Business last year about $20,000. Address No. 46, care Tradesman. 6 For Sale—New stock general mer- chandise, established business in thriv- ing village. Address No. 34, care Trades- man. 34 For Rent—A fine new store building, solid brick, large plate front, 28x80 with balcony, in city of 1500, county seat, two railroads. Trade is established. William Roberts, Sandusky, Michigan. 37 ane enema ee goods or grocery store. Twelve years’ mn ; i. > Cee ql ee experience in general merchandise in Todd's $30 Protectographs for oats country town. Best of references. State guarding checks. Rebuilt machines, first lagea ate Address, Walter W. / 7 class condition, guaranteed, only $10, W@8es, etc. Address, AIT OE - Arm- Osborne, Camden, N. Y | 96 strong, Ho _Michigan. 83 : 5 reaper Position Wanted—As stenographer in For Sale—Good clean stock of drugs lumber or other mercantile line. Six and stationery in town of 12,500. Busi- years’ experience. A1 references. Box ness established 40 years. W. H. Oakley, 42 43, El Dorado, Arkansas. 62 Administrator, Ishpeming, Mich. 984 oe eee awl Position Wanted—Young man with 3% years of drug store experience desires a position preferably in small town. Neat, sober and_ industrious. sest of refer- ences. Address No. 85, care Tradesman. Stocks Wanted—If you are desirous of selling your stock, tell me about it. I may be able to dispose of it quickly. My service free to both buyer and seller. E. Kruisenga, 44-54 Ellsworth Ave., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 870 Auctioneer: Merchandise and real es- tate auctioneering is my specialty. Mag- imme 2 oy en nus Wangen, Hartland, Minnesota. 809 Wanted—Salesmen making Michigan —— — territory to handle full line of leather For Sale—Meat market located in gloves on commission. Address No. 95, Southern Michigan town of 1,600 popu- care Tradesman. 95 lation. Market fully equipped, refriger- By ator plant, etc. Address No. 929, care Michigan Tradesman. 929 HELP WANTED. ~ Wanted—Man who can successfully manage dry goods or general merchan- dise business to invest $4,000 to $5,000 | i ae ene and take active interest. Best location Merchants Please Take Notice! We in good town. Address No. 97, care have clients of grocery stocks, general Tradesman. 97 stocks, dry goods stocks, hardware stocks, ae : — a drug stocks. We have on our list also a Wanted—An experienced rug and drap- few good farms to exchange for such ¢éry salesman by a_ progressive Illinois stocks. Also city property. If you wish department Store; only these now em- to sell or exchange your business write ployed in a similar capacity need apply; us. G. R. Business Exchange, 540 House- state salary and all particulars in first man Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. 859 letter. W. Lewis & Co., mar Move your dead stock. For closing out Illinois. _ or reducing stocks, get in touch with Salesmen Wanted-——For Climax and us. Merchant’s Auction Co., Reedsburg, Daisy changeable signs. Most practical, Wisconsin. 963 simplest and neatest signs on the market, Sites - All merchants and dealers use them. I pay cash for stocks or part stocks Quick sales and large profits for agents. of merchandise. Must be cheap. Smith’s Supply House, 322 North Mitchell Buyer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 925 St., Cadillac, Michigan. 16 NQ Fragrant—Delicious a. Satisfactory obs In 1, 2, and 3-lb. sealed tin cans only, Never sold in bulk. SUITS WHEN OTHERS DISAPPOINT The very air is full of it Never so active as now Keep it moving Distributed at Wholesale by JUDSON GROCER CO. . GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 32 Late News From Michigan Banks. Milford—The First State Bank of Milford will erect new bank building, to cost $12,000 to $14,000. Kalamazoo—Following the pur- chase of 22 foot more frontage on East Main street adjoining their prop- erty, the officials of the First Na- tional Bank announce that the build- ings now standing on that property will be torn down within the next sixty days to make room for the new bank building. The plan to make aten story building for the Bank has been abandoned. In its stead it is now planned to erect a building covering 72 feet frontage on East Main street and 100 feet frontage on South Bur- dick street. The new building will be constructed along the plans of some of the finest banking buildings in New York and Philadelphia. The entire front on Main street will be used by the Bank, while stores will be put in along the South Burdick street front. The demand for stores and the ample supply of office rooms in the city are responsible for the new building plans say bank officials. The lot which the Bank purchased was obtained from Miss Willimina DeYoe. While the cost is not known, it is reported the consideration was $50,000. Dowagiac—The affairs of the de- funct City Bank of Dowagiac will be wound up in the very near future as a result of the decision handed down by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Cincinnati, in which the decision of the District Court was confirmed and the suit brought against Charles Kimmerle, the trustee, for $6,800, dismissed. The suit started after Taylor & Milliken of Indian- apolis purchased the claim of the Do- wagiac Gas Co. and brought suit against the Bank. The gas company had no assets on which the purchasers of the claim could collect. Birch Run—Charles H. May, prom- inent Michigan banker and educator, was almost instantly killed here May 2, when struck by the Detroit-Sagi- naw Pere Marquette flyer. The body was taken aboard the train and hur- ried to Saginaw, but Mr. May died before reaching there. Mr. May was born at Columbus, Ontario, May 8, 1846. He was a graduate of Toronto normal school and the University of, Michigan, being a member of the class of 1874. He was superintendent vu: schools at Imlay City for some time, then became interested in banking in “that city and later at Clio, where he conducted the private banking busi- ness of Charles H. May & Co. for twenty-five years. In 1910 this bank was organized into the Clio State Bank, with Mr. May as President. I: 1908 a branch bank was formed at Birch Run, and this was also made over in the State Bank of Birch Run, in 1912. From 1894 to 1902 Mr. May resided in Saginaw, since which time he has lived in Detroit. A son and daughter reside in Saginaw. Bay City—Paul W. Sperling, aged 27 years, formerly a book-keeper of the Commercial National Bank of Saginaw, pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzlement in the Federal Court here May 2 and was sentenced by United States District Judge Arthur J. Tuttle to five years in the Federal MICHIGAN TRADESMAN prison at Leavenworth. Sperling was indicted by the Federal grand jury on six counts, three for abstracting and converting to his own use the moneys of the Bank, of the total sum of $2 - 300, and three for making false en- tries. Following his examination De- cember 2, he was held to the grand jury on a charge of embezzlement, and in default of $4,000 bail was re- manded to the Bay county jail. The specific charge was that he concealed $2,000 in a false balance with a Chi- cago correspondent. Sperling was held in high esteem by the officials of the Bank prior to his arrest. Dowagiac—The Lee Bros. Bank has been re-organized as a State bank with Fred E. Lee as President. Mr. Lee is President of the Lee Paper Co., of Vicksburg. —_>-+—___ Death of Pioneer Merchant. Frank H. Thurston, who was a pioneer merchant of Central Lake and who contributed many excellent arti- cles of a mercantile and_ historical nature to the Michigan Tradesman during the past thirty-three years, died at his home at Tarpon Springs, Florida, Sunday morning, May 7, aged 82. Mr. Thurston was a conscientious merchant and a forceful and progres- sive business man. He was a sports- man in the best sense of the term and was a frequent contributor to leading publications having to do with the gentlemanly sports. He was an acknowledged authority on birds, fishes and wild animals of all kinds. His death will be deeply mourned by all who knew him, —_—_2co2e--2>_____ Harry Spindler, President of the Michigan Hardware Co., who has been confined to his home for five weeks with inflammatory rheumatism, accepted an invitation Sunday to take an automobile ride in the country. He got out all right, but on return- ing, the automobile was stalled by engine trouble. His host negotiated with a passing automobilist to take him into town, landing him on the street car line which runs nearest his home, when he suddenly discovered that he had no money. Harry has made a solemn resolve never to ac- cept another invitation to ride in the country unless he has a nickel in his trouser’s pocket. —_~~--___ Salt Fish—First-hand handlers of mackerel are expecting some new domestic fish about June 1, and are, therefore, a little more anxious to clean up their remaining stocks of old mackerel. The remaining stocks, however, are so light that this did not make any particular slump in the market. Buyers are merely a little more ready to sell than they have been. Prices on Norway mackerel are about as they were a week ago. Cod, hake and haddock are over their season and are practically out of the market anyway. —_+~--___ The DeJager-Buttema Fuel Co. has been organized with an authorized capitalization of $8,000, of which amount $6,000 has been subscribed, $4,500 paid in in cash and $1,500 paid in in property. Sparks From the Electric City. Muskegon, May 8—George D. Hume and party returned Thursday from Honor, where they opened the trout season. They report a very suc- cessful trip and recommend the beef steak and eggs which were served at their hotel very highly. It is with sorrow and regret that we mention the death of John Bough- ner, the Shelby merchant, It seems that the past two or three years of his life were full of trouble which, ap- parently, became greater than he could bear. Palmer Buck, the best natured man in Oceana county, was visiting Mus- kegon friends last week. J. A. Phillips has taken over the stock of the North End Grocery, at Big Rapids, and moved his stock of goods from Grant to his new loca- tion. It is rumored that the M. C. Rail- road is about to take over the t. Ss. & M. Railway, now operated by the Grand Trunk system. If this proves to be a fact, we are assured of much improvement in train service and equipment. Louis Poil, who has been employed in the warehouse of the Hume Gro- cer Co. for a number of years, has re- signed his position and purchased the stock of groceries formerly owned by E. E. Wells, on Amity street. Louis is a good man and, with his knowl- edge of the business and large ac- quaintance, he should do a flourish- ing business. In keeping with the growth and prosperity of the city, the city dads have purchased two auto fire trucks. The Central League ball team, which is to represent Muskegon this season, was introduced to the public of this city last Thursday at Marsh Field, and although beaten by their opponents, played a very good brand of base ball. While we are not opti- mistic enough to predict a pennant for them this year, we are sure that they will give a good account of them- selves as soon as they begin to geta few breaks in the luck. This town will support them as long as they try, whether they win or lose. J. E. Lyon. —_2+.___ Muskegon Merchants Put Ban on Trading Stamps. Muskegon, May 9—The grocers, butchers and bakers of Muskegon have adopted resolutions in which they agree to discontinue the use of trading stamps and all other premium devices as trade-getters in their re- spective businesses May 15. All the grocers, butchers and bakers who now give gold stamps joined in the move. The step was taken, according to the resolutions adopted, because the merchants signing the agreement felt that the practice of giving trading stamps and premiums was injurious to their respective businesses and an injustice to their patrons. The reso- lutions adopted follow: Whereas—Experience has demon- strated that the use of trading stamps and other premium devices is injurious to our respective businesses and an in- justice to our patrons; and Whereas—The Michigan State Leg- islature, recognizing that the employ- ment of trading stamps and other premium devices, is prejudicial to the best interests of merchants of the State, enacted a statute declaring the use of such devices illegal; therefore Resolved—That we, the grocers, butchers and bakers of Muskegon, hereby agree to discontinue the use of trading stamps and all premium devices of any kind whatsoever for a period of ten years beginning Mon- dav. May 15, 1916. The committee which prepared the resolutions and made the report was composed of John Kolkema, chair- man, Ole Peterson, ex-officio mem- ber, James Roach, William Muller, Daniel Christie, John W. Boonstra. May 10, 1916 It was also decided to close all the groceries, bakeries and retail meat dealers’ establishments Thursday af- ternoon for the opening of the Central league season in Muskegon. Mancelona Business Men Strong Organization. Mancelona, May 8—John Lake and J. M. Bothwell, President and Sec- retary of the Retail Grocers and Gen- eral Merchants’ Association of Mich- igan, were in Mancelona last Thurs- day and Friday and organized a Credit Rating Association, taking in the bank, hardware, dry goods and gro- cery stores. This will give every mer- chant belonging to the organization an accurate rating on practically every person who trades in the city and will be of inestimable value ‘to every merchant. The affair culminated Frj- day evening with a banquet which was well attended. President Lake made the principal address. His sub- ject was Michigan, the Land of Op- portunity. Secretary Bothwell will spend this week in Owosso, St. Johns and Tonia. Form ——_>2+___ Joseph F. O. Reed, traveling sales- man for H. Leonard & Sons, is again out on the road calling on his trade. Mr. Reed had the misfortune to break a rib, resulting from a fall while at Alba on March 16, and has been con- fined to his home on account of the accident ever since that time. Need- less to say, he is glad to be out again. —_~t2-__ Cheese—New cheese is steady at a price that is now about only 1c per pound under the price of old. The supply of new cheese will increase from now on, but as long as the demand for export continues as good as it is now, there will probably not be very much decline, —~-.__. Care should be taken in grouping stocks of merchandise so as to bring about a harmonious contact. For ex- ample, a shoe department in proximity to a lunch counter would produce a mixed smell of leather and cooking that is scarcely harmonious, —_~2--__ The Preusser Jewelry Co. has been incorporated with an authorized cap- ital stock of $10,000, of which amount $7,000 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. —_t 2» _ Flint—The Monroe Motors has changed its principal Pontiac. Co. office to BUSINESS CHANCEs. For Sale—Fine two-story, nine-r dwelling with brick bacemicnt and Le : located ji village with three railroads (two steam, 9ne electric) in Northern Ohio, Cheap if taken at once. G. H. Tice, Evart. Mich. 101 For Sale—General store in one of best towns in Western Michigan of 1,200 pop- ulation. Stock and fixtures invoice $4,500. Fine location, modern building. This will appeal to one wishing an up-to-date place in good town. Address No. 102 care Tradesman. ; 02" Wanted—A young man to clerk in the leading dry goods store of a Southern Michigan city of 5,000. Experience and references required. Address No. 103 care Tradesman. 03’ Wanted Price Clerk—One thoroughly experienced in accurately figuring trade discounts. Good penman. Cigarette smokers not considered. State if employ- ed at present. Give references of present and past employers in strict confidence, salary expected. Address in own hand- writing. A. Christian, P. oO. Box 801, Brooklyn, New York. 66 For Rent—Fine new store building, 22x95, large plate front. Located in g00d business town on P. M. railroad of the Saginaw Ludington division. Good farming community. Five grocery and general merchandise stores, two hard- ware, good school, electric lights. Good opening for furniture or drug store. Wm. Fisher, Custer, Michigan. 78 00 ag ON epee ae A Hundred Thowsaad Strong That's the size of the army that every year passes through the Home of Shredded Wheat Itis an army that inspects every detail of its manufacture from the whole wheat grain to the crisp, golden brown Biscuits of whole wheat. This army of “advertisers” is making business for you. You don’t have to “talk” Shredded Wheat to your customers. It is the best adver- tised cereal food in America. A fair deal for a fair dealer. This Biscuit is packed in odorless spruce wood cases, which may be easily sold for 10 or 15 cents, thereby: adding to the grocer’s profits. Made only by The Shredded Wheat Co. Niagara Falls, N. Y. Ceresota Flour Has been connected with the history of our flour business for over twenty years It is now, as it always has been, the leader in quality among the Spring Wheat brands. Judson Grocer Co. The Pure Foods House Wholesale Distributors GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN —— cuitiemeemenmeeeeenee ome customers. THIS PACKAGE Represents the very best quality of baking powder any dealer can offer his customers, regardless of price. We Guarantee KKG Bakinc Powber will please your most particular Retail price refunded on any can returned. “Keep It In Front” [> great National Advertising Cam- paign is teaching fifty million people to ask this question— “W hich store will give greatest value?” T is the store that sells good merchandise at fair prices. It is the store where you are waited on promptly. It is the store where they do not make mistakes in charges, nor ask you to pay bills twice. It is the store where you do not have to wait for change. It is the store where the proprietor has time to see that things run smoothly. Stores equipped with the up-to-date Cash Register give this valuable service. This machine furnishes every customer with a receipt or sales-slip. ND their answer will be the prompt patronage of stores that measure up to the mod- ern methods indicated. It prints on this the amount paid or charged. On this is also printed the date of sale and who made it. It forces a duplicate, printed record for the merchant. Such stores do not have to skimp on help or delivery to make up for losses through errors or carelessness in handling money. Such stores make all their legitimate profit. It pays to trade in stores equipped with up-to-date National Cash Registers. The National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio MR. MERCHANT: The above advertisement has re- cently appeared in magazines and newspapers reaching fifty million readers. We are spending a vast sum of money to teach the NCR Service and accounting. A pmnted receipt or sales- AT MC ame lt cette Registration for trademark and copyright applied for. Look for this sign in store windows plain how and why. Use the coupon. The National Cash Register Company Dayton, Ohio Have YOU that kind of store? If so, you will get the full benefit of our aducational work in your behalf. | If only partly so, then let us show you how much : cheaper and how much safer it is for you to bring your- | self into complete harmony with the public’s ideal. One of our new 1916 Model Multiple-drawer, Receipt- : ‘printing Cash Registers will do this for you. Let us ex- public to co-operate with you in your efforts to protect your customers, your clerks and yourselves by the use of modern efficiency methods in retail merchandising The National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio. I have read your advertisement, ‘Which Store?”’ and want to know how you can help me realize the ideal that it describes. This request in no way ob- ligates me to buy a New Cash Register. We now have a National Cash Register that COSt N18... 3-5-0. NAMC Ce a Krnd of store: 602 ee PNGGECSS oe ee,