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Grand Rapids, Mich. reconsigned from Grand Rapids toall points north on short notice. as 5AND7 PEARL STREET. THE BEVERAGES WE INFUSE. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Under the above title the writer pro- poses to discuss in detail two ex- tensively used and—when unadulterated —valuable foods of the world. The words ‘‘valuable” and ‘‘foods’’ are here used in a double sense. They are valua- ble as food, although generally taken in liquid form, because chemistry reveals the same constituents which are found in solid foods; and they are valuable in a commercial sense from the fact that their production and consumption are world wide and involve mere than $250,- 000,000 annually. These two kinds of liquid food are our tea and our coffee, and which, at the present moment, are consumed by at _ least 900,000,000 human beings, or nearly one-half of the whole human race. The following table will exhibit the nutritive value of tea and beans—100 parts—as they are generally placed upon the market: Beans eee ct a oe 14 Starch and gum. 48 Ga0ten............ : 24 ra... Ce 2 meree acto .................. ... 15 . Musk or woody fiber ............. 20 10 ee ope ewe ne 5 2 100 100 The starch, gum, tannic acid and woody fiber are variable in the tea leat, and, while the analysis may not be exact, it is approximately correct. Coffee will be considered hereafter. Of this large per- centage of gluten, the waterin which we usually infuse our tea extracts only a part; hence we throw away in the waste leaves quite a portion of the nutrition they contain. A few grains of bicarbon- ate of soda thrown into the water in which the tea is steeped would dissolve a larger portion of the gluten and the beverage would, in consequence, be more nutritious. Some half-civilized na- tions or tribes prepare a ‘‘brick tea,” which is believed to extract most of the nutriment from the leaf. They rub the tea to fine powder, boil it witha mild alkali water to which salt and fat have been added, and pour off and drink this decoction. Sometimes they mix this de- coction with a little milk, butter and roasted meal. Harris, in his ‘‘Highlands of Ethiopia,” says: ‘‘They drink from twenty to thirty cups daily, when travel- ing, and can subsist upon this alone for weeks in succession.” ,The effects of tea used in this way seem to be two fold: first, it directly nourishes by the gluten, butter, milk and meal it contains; sec- ond, it makes this food go farther, through the waste retarding influence of the theine, or active principle, which is now quite thoroughly extracted. The tea plant, Thea Sinensis, has much re- semblance to the Camellia Japonica, a flowering plant now grown in this coun- try—and is the original Chinese tea plant or shrub. There are, in China, as distinguished by botanists, several va- rieties of this species of plant, as the Thea Viridis, T. Bohea and T. Strieta. These plants grow from three to four feet in height, and are now cultivated somewhat in one of our Southern States. There are many other shrubs and a few herbs found in various parts of the world, the leaves of which are dried and their infusion used in the same manner as Thea Sinensis. The native Indians of this continent had their favorite herb drinks, all of which grew wild in the country, under the names of Appa- lachian, Oswego, Labrador, sloe and sage teas. The Central American and mixed races indulged in their chocolate and coffee, which were produced upon their own soil. In South America, coffee and mate have been the favorite beverages for centuries, while, throughout the United States and the British posses- sions, at the present day, tea and coffee seem to have become a daily necessity. Artificial drinks are prepared in both civilized and semibarbarous lands and extensively used, viz., tea, coffee, choc- olate, beer, wine, and various alcoholic drinks under a variety of names, and each country has itsfavorite. Asarule, these drinks are classed among the lux- uries of life, rather than the necessities, and are prepared from vegetable sub- stances. They are divided into two classes—infusions and fermented liquors —although some of them should more correctly be called decoctions, as they are boiled. The infusions are generally drunk warm or hot, while the brewed or distilled drinks are generally taken cold. It is a somewhat singular fact that a love for hot drinks, more especially infusions and decoctions, should alike prevail in all parts of the globe. One would natur- ally suppose that, in the most northern portions of the earth, the inhabitants would desire hot drinks, while, in the more tropical parts, cold drinks would be preferred, but the latter is not the ease. This general predilection for hot drinks can hardly be accounted for. Man- kind is, to a great extent, the creature of habit; thus, sometimes we follow for several generations the path and the habits of our ancestors. The tastes we acquire in our youth often remain with us, inereasing in intensity, it may be, to the end of life. Tea has been drunk, as a beverage, from very remote periods. Tradition tells us that it was used by the Chinese as early as the year 300 of our era; but, Chinese tea merchants in this country have assured the writer that an infusion from this plant was used in China more than a thousand years before the birth of Christ, and that there is proof of this on record. An ancient legend of the Chinese reads as follows: A pious hermit who, in his watchings and prayers, had often been overtaken by sleep, so that his eyelids closed, in holy wrath against the weak- ness of the flesh cut them off and threw them on the ground. But one of the gods caused a tea shrub to spring forth from them, the leaves of whieh exhibited the shape of an eyelid, with eyelashes also, and which, when steeped and drunk, possessed the gift of hindering sleep. A similar story is related con- cerning the introduction of coffee into Arabia. Neither the tea nor the coffee plant was ever found to be native to the West- ern Continent. It was after the year A. D. 600 that the use of tea became general in China, and in the year 810 it was in- troduced into Japan. Tea was not brought into Europe until the beginning ef the seventeenth century, although hot infusions of sage and other leaves had already been familiar as drinks in that country. About this time a Russian em- bassy to China brought back to Moscow some carefully packed green tea, which was highly prized. In the same century —1664—the English East India Company considered it a rare gift to present the reigning sovereign of England with two pounds of tea.” [‘‘The Tea Plant,” Schleiden, p. 142]. Tea was, without doubt, first brought to America from Europe by its early dis- coverers, and the colonists had more or less of this luxury among them from their first settlement, and history records a first great tea party, at Boston, Dec. 16. 1773. Our teas are principally grown and prepared for use in China and Japan, in- cluding the kingdoms of Corea, Assam and Java. Coffee is also produced in some of these countries, but only a small portion of this reaches our markets, as we are largely supplied from our own continent and the adjoining islands. The method of infusing tea in China is different from ours; it would be better if we adopted it. The teais put into a cup for each person and boiling hot water is poured upon it. It is allowed to stand a few minutes—from five to ten, according to the temperature of the room—and the hot infusion is then drunk off the leaves, and without the admixture of milk or sugar. This method of making tea is foliowed by the Chinese residing in this country as well. In ourcountry, the use of cream and sugar with tea probably arose from the desire to make the bitter infusion of the leaves palatable. This practice has been generally continued and is an improvement in several re- spects. The tea leaf acquires its fine flavor from the drying by artificial heat and the manipulation in preparing it for use. The green leaf from the shrub has an en- tirely different flavor and is not relished. Sixty years ago, few tea leaves were thrown away, at least in the United States, after being infused. Among the country people there were generally sev- eral females in the family who ate them, much as they would ‘‘greens.”’ The first effect of tea is exhilarating. It excites the brain to increased activity and produces wakefulness; hence its use- fulness to those who devote much time to mental labor. It soothes and quiets the vascular system, and thus is useful as a remedy for inflammation and for head- ache. The active principle (Theine, or caffeine, for they are identical) is the medicinal part of the plant. To obtaina sample of Theine it is only necessary to “ take a small quantity of dry, finely pow- dered tea leaves, place them upon the concave surtace of a watch erystal covered over with a conical cap of clean paper, and place the whole upon a hot plate. A white vapor will gradually rise from the tea and condense on the in- ner side of the paper, in the form of minute colorless erystals. This alkaloid is the true Theine. These crystals, ob- tained also from roasted coffee, were at first supposed to be adifferent substance, end the name ‘‘caffeine” was applied; but they have since been found to be identical. Tea and coffee, as brought to our merchants, contain nearly 2 per cent. of this principle, and, odd as it may seem, were it not for the delicate aroma residing in their volatile oils— this aroma differs widely—we might drink them in the dark with equal relish. It is quite remarkable that Theine is not only found present in Chinese tea, but also in mate, or Paraguay tea, of South America, in all coffee, and in guarana, a substance prepared and used in Brazil in the same manner as coffee. Anuther curious fact is that in countries remote from each other, plants so very unlike in appearance should have been, by a kind of instinct, as it were, selected by the natives for the same purpose— that of yielding a slightly exciting, ex- hilarating and refreshing beverage; still further, that those plants should all be found to contain the same remarkable active principle. Another fact may sur- prise us; that is, that all the food we eat and all the beverages we infuse contain, in varied proportions, the same, or a part of the same, nourishing constituents which sustain our lives, and that either or both, taken in excess, instead of prov- ing beneficial, will, like all other trans- gressions, evoke injury. As these various beverages have been used to some extent for centuries past, the selection of the plants must have been made by the in- dependent discovery of each people or nation that these plants were capable of gratifying a natural craving in all, or of supplying—like the newly-launched mewspaper—‘‘a long-felt want.’? The observed effects of this substance—Theine —when taken into the stomach of human beings, justify this conclusion. Every where, nonintoxicating and nonnarcotic beverages are in general use—among tribes of every color, beneath every sun, in every condition of life. The custom, therefore, must meet some. universal want of our frail human nature. Every- one knows that the animal body, while living, undergoes constant decay and renovation. Mental and _ bodily labors waste it and food renews it. The introduction into the stomach of even a minute portion of Theine—say three or four grains a day—has the effect of sen- sibly diminishing waste of the tissues. This fact indicates that the waste of our bodies may be lessened by the drinking of tea and coffee; and, if the waste be lessened, the necessity for food to repair it will be lessened in equal proporticn. Tea and coffee, therefore, are not only far from being useless luxuries, but save, and stand, to a certain extent, in the place of, food, while, at the same time, they soothe the nerves and enliven the mind. Tea, particularly, also serves an- other purpose for the aged and infirm— it serves asa medicine. It is a fallacy to suppose that old people drink tea merely from force of habit. In the life of most persons a period arrives when THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. the stomach no longer digests enough of the ordinary elements of food to make up for the daily waste of the body. This fact may be noticed in the size and weight of our bodies, which then begin to diminish more or less perceptibly. The fat which assists to round out the features and furnish the healthy and beautiful contour of the countenance de- creases and wrinkles change the expres- sion. At this period, the warm cup of tea is not only a grateful food, but it is a medicine to arrest this waste and to en- able the feeble powers of digestion still to supply what is needed for the wear of the solid tissues. Is it, then, any wonder that tea should be a favorite—on the one hand with the poor, whose supplies of substantial food are scanty, and, on the other, with the aged and infirm, es- pecially of the feebler sex, whose strength has begun to fail? Nor is it surprising that the aged female whose income will barely purchase the common necessaries of life should spend a some- what extravagant portion of the where- withall for tea. She can live quite as well on less common food, when she takes her cup of tea with it, and, because of this indulgence, she feels more cheer- ful, mure active and better fitted for her work. In some countries, among the poorer classes, an infusion of the husks of the cocoa—the refuse of the chocolate mills —is largely used as a beverage. These husks are often sold by our grocers, under the name of ‘‘cocoa shells.” Coffee seems to possess greater med- icinal powers than tea. It is noticed that, in France and Turkey, where coffee is the principal beverage, gravel and gout are almost unknown. ‘One French gentleman, who was 50 years old and had chalky deposits in the joints of both hands and feet, and for whom strong coffee alone was prescribed, was com- pletely cured.’?’ [Pharmaceutical Jour- nal, Vol. 13, p. 330]. The composition of unroasted coffee, compared with the tea from China, as it comes to us, is very nearly shown ia the following table: weidllles ame a ee Water .._. Starch and gum....,.2 15 Gluten o.oo 15 —. .... a 13 Zeemee ects ......... 15 5 Woody fiver........ 20 34 4... 5 6 100 100 It will be seen that gluten, in tea, forms one-fourth of the dry leaves and perhaps one-eighth of gum; so, if we chose to eat the leaves in the mass, they would prove as nutritious as beans or peas; but, as an excess of the gluten and gum is not dissolved in the beverage, un- less an alkali is added, our coffee is near- ly or quite as nourishing as this and is almost five times as rich in oil or fat. Natural waters are found to be differ- ent in the making of tea or coffee. This has been traced to the slight proportion of alkali which some waters contain. Never allow tea or coffee to boil, if you desire to enjoy their exquisite flavor and odor. Boiling, for even a few minutes, dissipates the volatile oil into the atmos- phere, leaving an odorless, bitter and as- tringent decoction for your beverage. Remember, it is an infusion and not a decoction or broth you desire to make. Both tea and coffee, if kept dry and away from noxious odors, improve with age. It is not, therefore, a question merely of dollars and cents, with the more wealthy of our people who pur- CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cc ases Bbls. Pails, Standard, per lb : : - Twis 6 ¥ Boston Cream 8% Cut Loaf.... 8 nee H........ 3% Q MIXED CANDY. Bbl Pails a 5 6% Leader.. -5% 6% eee 6 i* ee 7 8 en oe 7 8% Corwen... 6% 7% Ereken Taey.............. baskets 7 Peanut Squares............ me 8 oe 9 oar eee... 12% meee, Soo ewes... ................... 8 ene Pancy—In bulk Pails ee ee _-«—. oon ' — Pepe ie eee ee oe 9 Cmcormomregs. 11 Chocolate Monumentals..................... 12 ee, 5 ass... 7% Sane... 8 ee 9 FANcY—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box Lemon Drops.......... poe ees come ence. 50 Sour — eee ee £0 Pope rome 60 Chocolate Drops....... ie H. M. 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The most prominent stove merchants in Michigan who have given a lifetime of study and observation to the subject of cooking apparatus, unite in saying that the Steel Range Majestic is the best constructed, the most economical in the use of fuel, the most perfect and satis- factory in its operation of any stove or range that has come within their notice. Besides this, more than one hundred thousand housewives unite in saying that it is so far superior to other cook stoves and ranges they have used that their cooking by its use is made a positive pleasure. The Steel Range Majestic is backed by the strongest and most swee.ing guar- antee ever made upon any commercial article. STEEL MAJESTIG STEEL 100 000 housewives pronounce it the greatest ’ cooking range. 1896 fire linings guar- anteed for five years against burning; other parts for twenty-five years against breaking. Descriptive cook book, 2 cents. MAJESTIC MFG CO.,, St. Louis, Mo. COMMENTS OF THE TRADE. Five Testimonials Selected From More Than a Hundred The Majestic Steel Rangeis the finest article of merchandise to se] that I have handled in 30 years that I have been ip the hardware business, Of all the ranges we have sld there is p sitive- ly not one but what is giving perfect satisfac- tion Our dealings with the M jestic Manufac turing Company, which have been more ext2n- sive than we had expected by a large degree, have been the most pleasant and satisfactory in every way that we could desire They are hon- orable business men in every respect and it is notonly profitable but a pleasure to do business with them. FRANK H GRAVES, Manager Stove Department, Foster, Stevens & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Before accepting the Majestic agency we in- vestigated the merits of this range thoroughly. We expected great things of it from what we heard frm others, but I must say in justice to the Majestic that every expectation has been more th.n realized. 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The experience of a lifetime in the general hardware business has yet to show me a Cooking range that can be compared with the Steel Range Majestic. We sold alarge number dur- ing the exhibit, and since then our patrons unite in praise of it. H. S. ME >.sINGER, Pontiac. Mich. It is simply absurd to compare any other cook- ing » tove or cooking range that we have sold in our experience in the cook stove bnsiness with the Majestic in economy of fuel and facility and despajch in properly preparing food for the table. DUNNING BROS, Menominee, Mich, The opinions of the above merchants, who have given a lifetime to the stove business, are above criticism and conclu- sively prove beyond a doubt that the Majestic is in every particular all that is claimed for it. For further particulars address J. W. JOHNSTON, Manager, Grand Rapids, Mich. = paca pom ne on atta THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. chase a chest or two of tea at a time and from 100 to 200 pounds of green coffee and consign them to the larder; it is that age may ripen them—that Father Time may perform for them what they cannot. “Exactly how it comes—by what slow chemical change within the bean—that coffee of the most inferior quality so ripens by keeping as, at length, to yield, on roasting, a coffee equal to the finest Mocha, we do not, as yet, know.’ [Payen]. As most people are aware, coffee is seldom prepared for the table in its high- est state of perfection. In this age of haste, time seems too valuable to devote to the pleasures of eating and drinking. We just ‘‘bolt’? our food and ‘‘skip’’— anything will do, if it only sustains life. Thus we purchase coffee nicely roasted— we know not how long ago; often it is kept ready ground—we know not how long since. If it were possible to roast, grind and prepare our coffee for drink- ing within the same hour, one could not imagine a more grateful, delicious and nourishing beverage. It is not positively known how long coffee has been used. In Persia, it is known to have been in use as early as A. D. 875. It isa native of Abyssinia, and was introduced into Arabia in the beginning of the fifteenth century. ‘sin 1652, the first public coffee house was es- tablished in London, England, by a Greek named Pasqua.” [Ellis]. The coffee tree varies in height from eight to twenty feet, according to the soil and climate in which itis grown. Its foliage is evergreen, resembling that of the orange and lemon, being dark, smooth and glossy. The seed is sown in nurseries, the same as the orange and lemon, and is transplanted when about six months old. In three years from transplanting it comes into full bearing. It may not be generally known that the leaf-of the coffee tree is used in some parts of the world as a substitute for tea, and, without doubt, this is the best sub- stitute known; of course, there is a vast difference between a substitute and an adulteration. This article has confined itself so far to pure tea and coffee, and it will not be out of place, now, to speak of the sub- stitutes and adulterations of these two world-known beverages. As early as 1845, Prof. Blume, of Leyden, who had traveled much in Java, made known in Holland that the coffee leaf was used, in the Eastern Archipelago, in place of tea, and recommended its use in Europe; and at the great Exhibition in England in 1851, Dr. Gardner showed specimens of prepared coffee leaves, which attracted much attention. He announced that they contained Theine and suggested that they be substituted for our ordinary tea. In 1850, on the Island of Sumatra, pre- pared coffee leaves, formed the only bev- erage of the whole population, and from their nutritive qualities had become an important necessary of life. The na- tives there prefer the leaf to the berry or ‘fruit’? of the coffee tree, giving as a reason that itis more nutritious. Many kinds of leaves which possess a slightly bitter taste, as some varieties of the box shrub, the willow, wild plum, bitter wintergreen, red currant, etc., are ex- tensively used to adulterate the true teas. Of course, this is done solely for gain, and, while in one sense the adulter- ation is comparatively harmless, the consumer is swindled. It is said that! half a century ago the Chinese did use a compound of four parts of roasted and ground gypsum (plaster of Paris) to three parts of Prussian blue, to color teas for the American market, but it is doubtful if anything of this kind is now used. Prepared coffees, as roasted and ground, are also adulterated with various substances, most of which, however, are harmless, but are a direct swindle to the purchaser. Probably the latest and most ingenious adulteration of coffee is a factitious or ‘‘artificial bean,’’? composed principally of starch and gluten. It is made by machinery to closely imitate both the raw and roasted coffee berry, and is sometimes found mixed with them in the proportion of from 12 to 25 per cent.! The attention of the writer was first called to a sample in the raw coffee, but within the past year we have found them in samples of the roasted coffee. Upon close examination, these berries seemed to have been made into a dough, then passed through metallic moulds, as in the process of making crackers, and afterward dried or baked. The manv- facture is so perfect that it is only by close observation that they can be de- tected, except in the infusion, when of course, they are dissolved and the fraud is then discovered. When we consider the enormous amount of tea and coffee alone which the world is consuming daily, and of its vast commercial importance, we are filled with amazement at the development and increasing growth of a taste and habit so universal over the entire globe. It might be well, in closing, to compare the present consumption with statistics of the past, and gaze with prophetic eye into the future. The world’s consump- tion of coffee is many times that of tea and has probably distanced it forever. We will not pretend to give a reason for this fact. Mr. Ingham Travers tells us that, as far back as 1853, ‘The total product of the cured tea in China alone was 1,000,000 tons annually. To this must be added the tea of Japan, Corea, Assam and Java.” Mr. Travers estimates one acre of land to yield 600 pounds o} tea, when cured. The consumption ot tea in Great Britain, in 1852, only amounted to 24,000 tons, or about one- forty-fifth of the estimated product of China. ‘‘The consumption of coffee in Great Britain, in 1852, was 35,000,000 pounds. About that time, the total Eu- ropean consumption of coffee was 75,000 tons annually, valued at $22,500,000.” [Dr. Stenhouse]. In 1891, there was a statement going the rounds of the press in the United States, said to be based upon Govern- ment statistics, that, during the year then just closed, our consumption of coffee was fifteen pounds annually to every citizen of the republic! There is no reason to doubt the above statement, neither are we surprised that coffee is yearly advancing in price, with the stim- ulus of ever increasing demand, and that teas as gradually declining. Coffee has hardly been higher in price fer years past than it is to-day and this at a time of general financial depression in Amer- ica, while tea is at as low a point as ever was known. This subject may be deemed incom- plete without a description of the proc- ess of preparing tea and coffee for mar- ket, but, the article is already long, and such a paper will be given at some future time. F. A. Howie. Spring 1895. Our salesman will shortly call on you with a complete and magnificent line of Novelties in Hair Ornaments, Belt Buckles and Pins, Garter Clasps, Czarina Collarettes, and everything produced for the season, in connection with our usual complete line of Jewelry. Wait until you have seen our goods before placing your order. WURZBURG JEWELRY CO., 76 Tonroe St., = Grand Rapids. 6 oF, § ———N AP fll ww ae MERCHANTS NOTE OUR TERMS - + fy ALL RUBBERS i, SHIPPED DURING JAN. FEB. 028 MARCH are not PAYABLE UNTIL MAY {ST 1895. 7 \ QUR SOUVENIR BOOK? al FROM “THE FOREST TO THE FOOT.” SENT FREE UPON APPLICATIONe TROJANS, Sold on its Merit Quality sii Guaranteed. Order from Your Jobber Grand Rapids Soap W orks. HERWD-BERISCH SOE Cy, 5 ana 7 Pearl St., Our Line for 1895 is Greater in variety and finer than ever attempted before. Every one of the old Favorites have been retained. Your inspection is kindly solicited when in the city. Our representatives will call on you early and will gladly show you through. Keep your eye on our Oil Grain line in ‘‘Black Bottoms.”’ Headquarters for Wales-Goodyea Rubbers. SWEET’S HOTEL MARTIN L. SWEET has assumed control of Sweet's Hotel, retaining the Messrs. Irish as manager. Extensive improvements have been made throughout the house. Steam heat has been put inevery room, and the office, remodeled and newly decorated, is one of the haudsomest in Michigan. AROUND THE STATE. MERCHANTS. has opened MOVEMENTS OF Horseshoe—J. N. Gilpin a grocery store. Manton—Jobn Hill has opened a new grocery store. North Star—Chas. Brooks has sold his general stock to H. W. McBride. Ovid—C. C. Dodge bas purchased the grocery stock cf W. G. Cameron & Co. Petoskey—Andrews & Clapper, meat dealers, have added a stock of groceries Lakeview—Jacob Weiss has removed his general stock from Kalkaska to this place. Climax—Perren & Riley, general deal- ers, have dissolved, Kiley & Gustine suc- ceeding. Schooleraft—Neeley & Dewey opened a branch clothing store at Con- have stantine. Parma—Hans & Godfrey succeed Hodges & Dean in the drug and paint business. Negaunee—Henry W. Bregstone suc- ceeds Alexander Heyne in the dry goods business. Albion—E. A. Davis succeeds N. & E. A. Davis in the grocery and produce business. Muskegon—Smith & Wellington, gro- cers, have dissolved, A. W. Wellington succeeding. Bessemer—C. W. Hanson has_ pur- chased the book and stationery business of Frank J. Doris. Alpena—Masters & Barrett, boot and shoe dealers, have dissolved, W. S. Barrett succeeding. Eseanaba—Gilmette & Cleary succeed P. M. Peterson in the grocery, crockery and furniture business. Big Rapids—F. Fairman has sold his dry goods stock to Mrs. E. Patrick, who will continue the business. Jackson—The Bortree corset factory has been sold on chattel mortgage to Louis F. Boos, the musician. Sault Ste. Marie—Lipsett & Campbell, meat dealers, have dissolved, A. M. Campbell continuing the business. Alpena—Masters & Barrett, boot and shoe dealers, have dissolved. The busi- ness will be continued by W. F. Barrett. Big Rapids—Barker Bros. have pur- chased the grocery stock of J. S. Barker and moved their stock to the latter loca- tion. Freeport—J. W. Edwards is now doing business at S. C. Woolett’s old stand. He carries lines of boots, shoes, groceries and crockery. Mackinaw City—C. H. Zimmerman succeeds Zimmerman & Williams general trade and the shingle manufac- in turing business. Muskegon—Frank Johnson, who has carried on a grocery business in Lower- town for years, has gone to Anderson, Ind., for permanent residence. Albion—W. H. Sampson has bought the grocery stock of A. P. Wolcott and will ship it to Battle Breek. Mr. Wol- eott retires from trade. Olivet—A. C. Shallear adding a stock to his meat and eanned goods business. Frank H. Clay (W. J. Quan & Co.) sold the goods. Mancelona—J. J. Gage has resigned his position as manager of the Antrim is of groceries i closed his | Falls, Iron Co.’s store and will soon remove to! East Jordan, his mereantile interests at that place rendering it necessary that he should give the business his personal at- | tention. THE MICHIGAN 'TRADESMAN. Boyne Falls—C. C. general store, near Boyne and removed the stock to this place and consolidated it with his stock here. Holland—William Swift has sold his grocery stock to Henry Olert, who will continue the business at the same loca- Mr. Swift will continue the flour and feed business. Bellaire—H. A. Snyder has retired from the grocery and provision firm of Hemstreet Bros. & Snyder. The business will be continued by H. M. Hemstreet ad E. Hemstreet under the style of Hemstreet Bros. & Co. Manistee—The Manistee Liquor Co. has been organized, with a capital stock of $10,000, to continue the wholesale liquor business established by F. J. Pomeroy & Co. Patrick Noud is Presi- dent of the corporation and Michael Fay is Secretary. Detroit—Snedicor & Hathaway’s shoe stock was sold at receiver’s sale to J. L. Hudson for 60 cents on the dollar. Pin- gree & Smith bought the machinery and leather. Mr. Snedicor will probably re- sume business on a smaller scale in a short time. Lowell—L. H. Hunt and his son, Ernest, have formed a copartnership un- der the style of L. H. Hunt & Co. and purchased the drug stock of W. M. Clark, who has concluded to take up his residence in the West on account of his wife’s health. The elder Hunt is one of the oldest druggists in the State, having been a member of the former firm of Hunt & Hunter for about a quarter of a century. Detroit—Henry A. Newland & Co. have filed articles of copartnership with the county clerk. James F. Joy is a special partner of the firm, and invests $30,000, on which he is to draw 7 per cent. interest. Charles Montague invests $22,500; Arba M. Seymour, $11,250; Frank L. Hyde, $11,250. They are to receive 6 per cent. a year on the investment anda salary. John A. Gleeson and Burr Wilbur are partners who invest nothing. James F. Joy receives nothing but the percent age of interest agreed upon, and is not to be held liable for losses beyond the amount of his investment. tion. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Battle Creek—Silas C. Bellamy suc- ceeds F. C. Locklin in the manufacture of gloves and whips. Battle Creek—The Union Manufac- turing Co.. at this place, has reorganized under the style of the Union Steam Pump Co. Detroit—The Excelsior Button Co. has filed articles of association with the county clerk. The capital stock is $27.000, of which $11,000 1s paid in. Thompsunville—M. E. Brown & Co., who were formerly engaged in the saw and planing mill business, have dis- solved. The business will be continued by W. C. Brown. Big Rapids—C. H. Olds has retired from the Michigan Cigar Co. and will embark in business elsewhere. The busi- ness will be continued by Jas. Vanden- berg and Jas. O’Beck under the same style. Boyne Falls—Hankey & Son have pur- ehased the grist mill and water power belonging to the Horne estate and will rebuild the mill and change it to full roller process during the coming sum- | mer season. Batchellor has | | cided to erect and operate his third fac- Novi—Hon. Fred M. Warner has de- tory, locating it at this place. The build- ing will be 24x70 feet in dimensions, with a cold storage 24x24. Chas. Deer will have charge of the factory. Adrian—The Bond Steel Fence Post Co. has been organized with a capital of $40,000 to embark in the manufacture of steel posts. Geo. W. Bond is President of the corporation, Seymour Howell is Treasurer and A. M. Keeney is General Manager. Aral—Dr. O'Leary has sold the saw- mill and real estate formerly owned by Chas. T. Wright to Chas. Secor, of Man- istee, who will put the mill in repair and begin operations as soon as a stock of logs can be secured. Lyman Dailey has been placed in charge of the enterprise. ee The Grain Market. The past week has been a week of sur- prises. Every day recorded a lower point. While all the preponderance of news seemed in favor of higher markets, the reverse took place. We shall have to have more exports, while the visible made quite a decrease last week and probably only a moderate one this week. The traders are looking on the recent great fall of snow, completely covering the fields, as a good omen for another good crop of winter wheat. The fact, also, is gaining that one month of 1895 is about gone, and that we are working toward another harvest with a big load of wheat to carry. While 50c wheat is carried easier than $1 wheat, the ques- tion arises. What are we going to do with our next crop of winter wheat? It seems as though the Government crop reporter is all wrong in his reckoning. In the early part of the 1894 crop it was given out that the United States was short probably 390,000,000 to 400,000,000 bushels, while the last report was about 460,000,000, and many authorities claim this way below. Why cannot the Government come nearer the actual amount? Unless it can do better, it had better quit. Corn, in sympathy with wheat, is also lower. The trouble seems to be that traders are disgusted with the markets and let them alone, and they sag lower, until it begins to look as though there were no bottom. Oats remain firm and strong and there is more inquiry for them than for the other cereals. Receipts in this market were 66 cars of wheat, 21 cars of corn and 10 cars of oats. C. G. A. Voier. a His Customers Want Coffee, Not Paper. ADVANCE, Jan. 22—Can’t you do some- thing for us retail tradesmen who handle package coffee—mecre particularly Mce- Laughlin’s? I have handled XXXX for the past twelve years. From four to six slips of paper are put in each package which, more or less, get intothe mil! and clog it, thus necessitating frequent clean- ing of the mill, which takes time and money. I grind nine tenths of all the package coffee I sell, and the time spent in cleaning the mill amounts to more than the profit on the goods, besides the loss of the coffee which patrons will not accept, where paper is ground up withit. Ithink that merchants ought to ‘‘kick’’, and if that won’t do, cease patronizing all firms that work so against our interest. What say you? Please answer in your valuable paper. A. B. STEELE. This is an old complaint and it is time the matter was given proper con- sideration by manufacturers of package coffees. Will Mr. McLaughlin please is stand up and answer for himself? j The Drug Market. Opium is weak and lower. Morphia is unchanged. Quinine is in good demand but steady in price. Linseed oil is firm and an advance is probable. Salacine has advanced. Blue vitriol is firm and advancing. Gum camphor is lower. Oil anise has declined. Serpentaria is scarce and higher. Turpentine has advanced. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—All winter varieties command $2.50 per bbl., if in good e ndition, while fancy stuck readily commands $3. Beaus—The price continues to advance and stil higher prices are looked for as the country is, apparently, getting bare of stock. Handlers pay $1.40@1.45 for country picked, holding eity picked at $1.70@1.75. Butter—In a little better demand in some quarters, in consequence of which the glutted condition of the market has disappeared. Choice stock is salable at 15a 16c. Cabbage—Price ranges from $2@4 per 100, ac- cording to size and quality. Celery—Sustained a sharp advance during the week—in fact doubled in price—dealers who have any stock holding it at 20@25c per doz. Cranberries—Leach’s Walton Junction fruit is eagerly sought for by the trade at $3.50@3.75 per crate, according to quality. Eggs—18c for strictly fresh, 15¢e for pickled and isc for cold storage stock The cold weather has depleted the accumulations of fresh eggs and the price may go to2z0c in conse- quence. Lettuce—12¢c per 1b. Onions—Red Weatherfields and Yellow Dan- vers command 40¢ per bu. Spanish stock, $1 per box. Parsnips—35c per bu. Potatoes—Stronger and higher, the local mar- ' ket having advanced to 50c. Unless the weather moderates soon, £0 that shipments may be made in safety, the price will go still higher. Radishes—Hot house stock commands 30c per doz. bunches. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys command $3 per bbl. Kiln dried Illinois stock is held at 25c less. Squash—Hubbard brings 1%c per Ib., if the quality is uptostandard. Poor stock sells at % @ic. M. R. ALDEN. E. E. ALDEN. M. R. ALDEN & CO., W holesale - Produce, Strictly Fresh Eggs and Choice Creamery and Dairy Butter a Specialty. 76 So. Division St., Grand Rapids. We buy on track at point of shipment or receive on consignment. ’Phone 1300, A. B. KNOWLSON, Wholesale Shipper Cement, hime, Coal, Sewer Pipe, Ets, CARLOTS AND LESS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, KS, iy oneal EATON, LYON & C0 20 & 22 Monroe St, GRAND RAPIDS. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. A. C. Fassett succeeds Geo. Hickox in the bakery and confectionery business at 135 South Division street. M. R. Alden & Co., recently from Lake Odessa, have opened a wholesale butter and egg store at 76 South Division street. Peter Hanson, former:y engaged in trade at Morley, has opened a grocery store at Lakeview. The Lemon & Wheeler Company furnished the stock. Harry Weod and Aibert Hilliard have formed a copartnership under the style of Wood & Hilliard and opened a grocery store at Millersville. The Worden Gro- cer Co. furnished the stock. Judge Severens, of the U. S. Court, handed down a decision last Tuesday, denying the petition of the Heaton-Pen- insular Button Fastener Co. for an in- junction enjoining the Eureka Specialty Co. from manufacturing and _ selling staples which can be used in the Peninsu- lar machine. The Heaton-Peninsular Co. has never had a patent on the staple, but has claimed the protection of the patent laws on the ground that the staple must be used in a machine the patent on which is owned by the Heaton- Peninsular Co. Judge Severens refused to take this view of the matter, holding it to be an attempt to maintain a monop- oly on an unpatented article, which is contrary to public policy. Acting on the suggestion of Treasurer Lebman, a delegation of a dozen mem- bers of the Ketail Grocers’ Association waited on the Board of Health last Thursday and entered a formal protest against the further sale of frozen oranges in this market. Secretary Wilson met the delegaticn with due courtesy and assured them that the Board would endeavor to prevent the further sale of frozen goods. Mr. Wilson said he had satisfied himself as to the unwholesomeness of the frosted oranges and was pleased to note that most of the Eastern cities had taken decisive steps to prevent their sale. He deplored the fact that the local Board had not 2 more stringent ordinanze covering the subject of unwholesome fruit,and suggested that the Association co-operate with the Board in securing the enactment of such a@ measure at the hands of the Common Council. Immediate action was taken on the matter by the grocers present and acommittee was appointed to co-operate with the Board in the man- ner suggested. ——_———~ +9 <_-__—_- The Grocery Market. Sugar—Raw sugars are slightly higher in Europe and correspondingly stronger in this country. Refined grades are firm and strong and slightly higher prices may reasonably be looked for in the near future. Provisions—In the face of decreasing receipts, prices have steadily declined, probably owing to the depression in grain and the uncertainty over the outcome of the currency question. Oranges—A few sound, heavy, juicy Floridas can yet be had by paying a good price and there seems to be no end of the frosted stuff offered in every market. Much of the latter finds sale among cer- tain classes who eagerly accept anything which is apparently cheap. There is al- ways a limit to the forbearance of the! public and the soft, bitter, unhealthy stuff will soon be repudiated by all deal- ers and California navels and seedlings, together with Sicily brands, will be the gencral offerings. The navels now in market show up very finely and are really of good quality, barring a tartness which is, as yet, a little too pronounced. Lemons—Fancy grades are selling at very reasonable figures and the supply is ample in the hands of all dealers without being forced to have goods come through while the severe storms are raging. In- ferior and second-class stock can be pur- chased considerably below quotations, as they appear elsewhere in this paper, but the ‘“‘best is the cheapest.” Bananas—The local market fs entirely bare of any stock fit to reship at present and such a condition will probably exist until the weather becomes moderate. Fruits—Currants are higher in Greece and correspondingly stronger in the East- ern markets. French prunes are a trifle lower here but stronger abroad. Valen- cia raisins are dull. Californias are strong, with indications of an upward tendency. Oil—The Standard Oil Co. announces an advance of 4c on deodorized stove gasoline and 1c on naptha. Candy—Continues to move in fairly good volume and, although sold at ex ceedingly close prices, manufacturers keep up full working forces and are strong in the belief that the coming year will prove to be fairly remunerative and, as a whole, satisfactory to all concerned. Dates—Have touched bottom and the best goods can be purchased as low now as they will probably be at any time dur- ing the season. Figs—Are somewhat firmer, as the ar- rivals are not nearly as heavy as they were before the holidays. Prices vary from 9@15ce, according to quality. ——— sO Another Bicycle Factory in the Field. Grand Rapids will shortly have a third bicycle factory, the initiatory steps having been taken Saturday even- ing to inaugurate a new enterprise in that line under the style of the Cycloid Cycle Co. The new corporation will have acapiial stock of $20,000, of which $15 000 will now be placed on the market, $13,500 having already been subscribed, as foliows: ioe © Wace... 100 Musloy Martin....... ....-..---.-.... ....... TOE J. GC. SIMOOB. 22. cc ccew cee cwcere soos cece, Oe FO, COE ac. ak ee ce ees wee te et oe 200 Sy Wee... Cj. ek, Liaw A. Vidro ee 100 MA. Wermeite.... 5 0c +. ee ee cee 100 toa = ies... ls ibe s Ball... ._. =) Wm E. Martin ee 10 Chauncey H CR -, 100 Frank H. Simons ...... ae oe ee -w 1 OU Claude D. Freeman.. ) _. At the annual meeting, above referred to, five directors were elected as follows: Geo. C. Fitch, James Cooper, Chauncey H. Fisher, Frank H. Simons and Claude D. Freeman. ‘The officers have not yet been selected, but it is expected that the eiection will result as follows: President—Geo. C. Fitch. Vice-President—Frank H. Simons. Secretary and Treasurer—Claude D. Freeman. Tne new company has leased the three-story building at 488 South Divi- sion street, formerly occupied by Geo. C. Fitch as a carriage factory, and has ordered the necessary machinery to em- bark in the manufacture of the same class of bicycles which were turned out by the Cycloid Co. last season. Two styles of wheels will be produced, one with hickory fork and one with steel fork. A Nefarious Traffic. fruit peddlers in purchasing a carload of frozen oranges which was refused by a able comment during the past week. It appears that a large portion of the con- signment was taken by A. Silverman, who was peddling the stuff without having a city license, thus doubly violating the law. The purchasers of the trash suc- ceeded in selling some of the stuff to the Morse department’ store, but THE TRADESMAN has been unable to learn that any reputable grocery house im- posed on its customers in this manner. The man Silverman endeavored to inter- est M: C. Goossen in the fruit by offering the oranges at $10 per 1,000, but an in- spection of the stock in Silverman’s cel- lar satisfied Mr. Goossen as to its un- wholesomeness and he refused to be a party tosuch a fraud. In consequence of the prompt action of the Retail Gro- cers’ Association, it is improbable that any further consignments will be re- ceived here; and in case there are any further arrivals of this character, it is quite likely the local Board of Health will prohibit their sale. ——_ >_> Merged into a Corporation. The Grand Rapids Dairy Co. was or- ganized Monday with a capital stock of $10,000, fur the purpose of enlarging and continuing the milk business established here several years ago by Woodworth Bros. The capital stock comprises 1,000 shares, divided among four stockholders in the following amounts: Irving Woodworth. ........ wee oes cel. ee iO t Woetwo tn... seen... -. 8. 1 Bates & Troutman (Moline)... _....-......... 333 dan. ©. Talend (howe) ~—.......---..... 34 The directors are E. N. Bates, Irving Woodworth and Jas. S. Toland, who have elected the following cfficers: President—E. N. Bates. Vice-President—Jas. S. Toland. Secretary—W. V. Troutman. Treasurer—irving Woodworth. The out-of-town stockholders will sup ply a large portion of the milk distrib- uted by the company in the city, super- intending the cooling and shipment of the milk, erecting for that purpose com- modious dairy buildings at Moline and. possibly, later on, at other points in Al- legan county along the line of the G. R. & I. Railroad. Stringent rules for the government of farmers furnishing milk will be adopted and enforced, with a view to securing the best pussible results for all concerned. 2 Any druggist in want of a clerk can usually be supplied by applying to B. Schrouder, Sec’y Grand Rapids Phar maceutical Society, 209 East Bridge street. A ot Gillies’ fine New York coffees are clean values. J. P. Visner will soon see you. Wants Column. Advertisements will be inserted under thi: head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents, Advance payment. RUsENESS € H+ NCES, A GOOD STORE BUILDING AND 83,(( E stock yeneral merchandise, to exchange for ferm worth #00) For particulars ad- dress No. 686 care Michigan Trade-man 686 W- aNTED—TO E .CHAN:+E;FOK STUCK OF goods, $1,0 0 stock and $1,000 store build ing at Henrietta. stock comprises groceries wall paper, clothing notions; aso fixtures. Store is 20x70, with 10x50 addition. Three-quar- ters of an acreof land good barn, apple trees, well and cistern. Buildings all new and painted in good shape. Store is onehalf mile from fashionable summe- res rt. For particulars ad- dress No. 69 . care Michigan Tradesman. 690 7. ROCERY STOCK FOK SALE—INVOICING J about $7.000,in a hustling town of 5,000 Everything cash. The only grocery that made mon @y last year. Reasons, other irous. Address No. 6 91, care Michigan Tradesman. 691 The action of the dago and Dacian | offered. . | nished. local fruit house, has caused consider- | (qi! OR SALE—SHARES OF STOCK IN THE principle hardware in Cadiliac. Mich. The trade is established and the location is g Vherever this busines is known it nown and an opportunity | Good reason for selling lt 1 For varticulars, address A. W. Newark, Cadillac, Mich 6 2 : YTOCn OF CLOTHING AND GENTLE 2M E- b furnishi goods: esta lished t did dara for a cheap for cash, Abia No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman. 680 WOR SALE—DRUG STOCK, CLEAN AND fresh, new shelving, ec ounters, show Ss sode. fountain and safe. the finest locat good business town Will half cash and balance on 2 for particulars, No. 635, care Michiga mam ry\O EXCHANGE—FOR STO: boots and shoes or cloth nice land in first ward, Coldw ate r, dress S. Spurlock Sherwonc il Mie {OR SALE—FIR-T CLASS GR¢ and fixtures neu ly new. general store ERY STOCK 90d location, good iown. Good reason for se Great op portu: ity for t right man. Address No. 683, care Mic adesman 683 Ree SALE—OLD ESTABLISHED FURNI- ture and second-hand sto Good chance to add und, rtaking zy,in ‘est lake shore town in Michigan. Reason, poor he Address Un dertaker, eare Michigan Trade an 678 Fre RENT—HOTEL Tv T, PARTLY furnished, good bar and bar fixtures. ex- celler nt loc ation; good chance to the right party. Inquire 67 Carrier St., Grand Rapida 674 VOR RENT—A DE-~IRABLI BE BUILD ing formerly ocenpied by a Co, on northea t corner of Monroe at One of the best locations in the city. Peter Doran. .0 Tower Block. w Poe K OF CLOTHING AND GENTLEMEN’S ‘b furnishing goods. to trade for real estate Address No. t6U, Care Michig Tradesman. 660 AOO FARM NEAR STATE CAPITOL, J clear title, to exchange for boots and shoes G. W. Watrous, Lansing, Mich AS9 r YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL REAL estate, write me. I can satisfy you Chas. 1 and 2, Widdicomb build oo noe 6 OP yasulllb OPENING FOR DENTIST. AD- J dress 5. 8. Burnett, Lake Ann, Wich, 654 OR SALE—A SHOE BUSINESS, OR HALF interest in ssme. on one of the principa streets in Grand Rapids New stock good tri location Al. Address No. 624 care Mi Tradesman. SLTUATIONS WANTED, \ TANTED—A POSITION BY enced drug el‘ rk; a gradu: macy. registered in Michigar former employers xs to . Mercer, Root 18 nse n » liquor nor tohacco; Address ‘67 re Michizan Tride A gor e i (.E DOR. GODS AND SHOR ? Ie : abie of taki on posi tion of ge care Michigan T° 671 MISCELLANEOUS. Ry EXCHAN+«:E Gap PHI CTIVE real estate for drug stock we from ¥$2,6C0 $3 Address Drugs, | , care of sible: no apis f Canton 0. _ fKD—IEA LEAD IN ANY Ql ANTI ties from everywhe e. Address, stating rice. J. M. Hayden & Co., 62 Pe 1 St., Grand Rapids, o te ephone 54 684 [2 HAVE THECA is To PAY FoR A GuOD clean stock of hardware locat-d in an Al town. Address No 68’, care Mic an Trades in 682 ACKES ME TO SELL B: grocery ira perience unneces ry ‘ tm } i I expenses or ¢ 1m ssion. If offer is satisfactory :ddress at once with ne yourself U amie VW ANTED potatoe ‘ orrenponden Ss -86 South ' Pres SA! E—MODE n J+ fferson a exXSv. Owner write W. RH. Gri TEARLY NEW BAR-LOCK TYPEWRITER E for sale at a great reduction from cost. Reason for selling, we desire another pattern of same make of machine, which we consider the best onthe market. Tradesman Company, 100 Louis St., Grand R: api ids. 564 ROOM HOUSE low and terms particulars 67> NINE FARM FOR MERCHANDISE. The Michigan Hardwood Land Co., of Mancelonia, will trade best farming lands for stock of general merchandise. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. TIRELESS TRAVELERS. | son my first bill. I plugged around for Dry Goods Price Current. pnenege — —— j ' i i Ses he i & Mee, Wetete Beenie -_ straight weeks after that before I A EERSTE REN Bost... one soe 6% No Name... ee 0% for Moore, Smith & Co. ieee bill. I had very nent work . 6%|Clifton Arrow B'nd 4% ’ “7 scaelamee THE TRADESMAN recently asked M. J. making sales, and, after trying it one . LL. ...-. 4% | Lawrence, 9os...... 12 Otis, AXA... ove de ‘year and making just $220 over and 6 Full Yard Wide. .... 6% e 0. 220. ...11 og En 9% Rogan for such data as would enable the ' . 54%|Georgia A..... - 6 . No. 250.... 9%) ‘“ ... Bee | above my traveling expenses, I decided 5 |Honest Width...... 6 “ No.280.... 8 Amosxea| blue 11% writer to prepare a comprehensive | : * & en 5 | Everett. bi ce g, ' ‘to go into the clothing business in -- eee z-->~—*° ae ee a BO EE sketch of his life, whereupon his Celtic fh . 4%| Indian Head. - 8% brown. ....10% Sunn. 11% ichkee weceed with cock eepidity Gut | | Otsego, Mich. After running the store aueer ac = oe e A eee a ox GINGHAMB. | for six months, I concluded I was not iiehor Basing = es cane 4% Amoukone,..... .... 5 Lancaster, staple.. the stenographer was called into requisi- : Blackstone 0, 32 S imadcas choces cleus ox ‘* Persian dress Obs fancies . 7 | adapted for country store life and was cme se ' Canton .. 7 “ Normandie 6 tion, with the following result: i Black Crow......... 6 |Newmarket G...... “ AFC 8% {Lancashire 4 | ce ,,|@ager to again try my luck on the road, | Black Rock . Sy. % ee sce rence % ‘“‘I was born Sept. 18, 1860, in a small| ~~. ! ie Boot, AL... “ a 8 : Teazle...1054/Manchester......... 4% i thinking that, with my eighteen months’ | capital A “ DD... 5 ' Angola. .10%/Monogram.......... 4% town on the borders of England and meiaeititinneis tis Ges aie Mii. seh on Carat eo. e “ ea . Persian.. 7 |Normandie........ 8% e Scotland, my parents having moved . : i Y | Chapman cheese ci. 3% Noibe R............. 5 fame = a Persian... ce ox i store experience, 1 would be better able | Clifton CR......... Our Level Best..... 6 y.... 4%/Renfrew Dress...... 4 there from Ireland a short time previous ne. i x Dited B... g | Bates Warwick dres 7%/Rosemont........... * to this event. Considerable argument | Dwight Star......... 6%/Pequot.............. 6% | fal 1a ? 4 anes , Clifton CCC........ TE iiternnnne os. i tee — i " has been indulged in by my acquaint- nf TOP ofthe Heap... 7 | Cumberland staple. ‘os Toll du Nord. .....! si ances regarding my nationality—whether Asc... . 8%|Geo. Washington... g | Cumberland........ Wabash............. 1% Irish or English. 1 claim to be an Irish- Amazon. . - 8 |Glen Mills. ... Se aapiecenteedenn i "eoersucker os 8 UE sn. 3 Amsburg.... / ..593/Gold Medal.. , oe — |... oo ST 6 man, of which country | am very proud. Art Cambric........10 |Green Ticket - ~~ See nao Blackstone AA..... 6% Great Falls ST 6 | Exposition.......... 74's heather dr. 7 A gentleman remarked to me lately, Beats All. yg RAN 6% | Glenarie............ 6% indigo blue 9 Pulls: sik ied te Miata oe eee Boston 12 aa. %@5 | Glenarven.......... 6%|Wamsutta staples... 6% a 3 Ss glish, as you were hk | 6 King Phillip oe 7% ners oes eo Westbrook eo ene “ . > ’ . i ee ell born in ee it replied that I faa dae si Lonsdale Cambrio._ oe Jobnson Chalon cl %|Windermeer........ 5 would not be a horse if I were born in a Conway W.. 7\%|Lonsdale...... @ 6% rc — oS re ee el 6% : _. “Fr eC 5 Cleveland...... 6 Middlesex @ 4% zepoyrs.... . cn father peep sin ” el Dwight4 nehor.. : We Wames............ 7% GRAIN BAGS. clothing business and we lived over the es - oo Oak — oes ee a | oo : Edwards... . Oe Ona............ 5% Suomnens Ce 5% ER === nnnsine = ” store. I had several brothers and sisters, Empire..... 7 Prideof t we... if ee who died young, and now [ am the only cs ee nad oe nan We THREADS. one of the family left; but the name is ro cece owe : Utica _ ee — 8% | Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's.......... 95 not likely to die out, as I have seven peneraeicons. 6 6%| Vin wee 8% al pies en " children, four boys and three girls. a ee a White Hock: teteeeee $36 KNITTING COTTON. At the age of 10 years I became tired HALF BLEACHED COTTON a. ome, oe. ‘ as. Catone * of going to school and was determined, Farwell: oa : Dwightanchor cial i. 2 sai 3 “ce ins a wis S , P NTON FLANNE ..... 44 against the wishes of my ae. to go Unbleached. aia “ 42. 38 45 out to work. In the following three Housewife A ol by Housewife g —. 6% : i: a : . i iii = « sf... ee... 8 3%[(Edwards........ +. 3 months I tried five different jobs—tailor, ‘ = Ge te 6 - . CN vac | Whitin Gia aN ocacad | i 3% carpenter, grocer, twine spinner and|to achieve success. I secured a position i D.......- 6% a T........ 8% | Kid Glove........... %|Wood’s. ol ' ‘ ne i : tt B........ 2 U........ 914 | Newmarket......... oa Brunswick . .. carriage painter. The latter job 1j| with Walter Buhl & Co., Detroit, to sell ue 2 The ss ae 10 RED FLAXNEL, . . 2 e ° ‘ ce i worked at just three days. This was in| their line of hats in Michigan. My suc- =e “ : = Fireman..... lg, 2M i i " i" a __ ee Fe 8 -_ | 4 mor = ee ae 82 the winter time and | did not find wash- | cess dates from thatevent. A good deal ] : Hie on a : HE, ise Talbot XXX Tee ver. =" ing carriages at one shiliing and six-|of the credit belongs to Mr Hempstead, ‘ x... ee Hesse. ..... ..... a Backeve.... 2... R2% pence (36cents) a week to my liking. | Mr. Buhl’s general manager, who really ; 2 MIXED FLANNEL. ' a v fi t re f of a x. nn net A ae, plaid. .40 eee oe For about a year previous to this 1 had | gave me my first start. Ss a@ proof o i gaan = ee eee _ a -++.18% ' : : : / ie i cera re cee. a been jearning telegraphy at the railway | how well I succeeded for Buhl & Co., 1 ee 6 oz Western........ 20 |Flushing XXX... ny station, where I spent a good many of | may say I received the first year a salary Peerless, mrhite i a3 | Integrity colored. 3g | Union B............ 22%|Manitoba........... 23% > evenings 7 $1, i ored....16 White Stee ee ene 17 DOMET FLANNEL. my evenings, and at the age of 10 years | of $1,000 and remained with them four anote. sisi on: ro 18% = "colored 19 | Nameless. 33;|Nameless.. and three moniths—at which time Ij| years, at the end of which time I was DERSS G0 OD8. cL . ee ce uae 2g}? ee enn would be taken for a lad cf 14 years—I| accorded $2,300 a year, the largest | Atlantic, "Serge, sn) |damilton grey’ =o. oe 5 ri siti s s i s y s Mes F . lai 10 : ' secured a position at a small station on | salary, I nave understood, ever paid FF... = 36 in. fancy... 5 % CANVASS AND PADDING. the North British Railway Co.’s road, |any Detroit hat salesman. I then went | Pacific 45 in ._... 32%/6in. 1 “18 = — a ne — Black’ . y “s ‘ ’ ia) € about seventy miles from home, at ten| witha New York hat house for a year,| AA‘... ---3) 86im Do s+ 3) | ng we to |1148 im 86 shillings a week ($2.50), paying $2] when the old-established and popular : = Sal ae = — oe = ine ieee an m4 = = - S ' eee 27 in. 2 © ‘ a week for my board. When 1j|hat house of Moore, Smith & Co., of ‘iain . a. arrived at my new home, I _ had | Boston, had a vacancy in the West. [I] Coraline............ 9 00/Wonderful. .. ...84 50 eed, — 9 est “2 / : i i Schilling’s.. ...... 9 00|/Brighton.. . --- 47 | Greenwood, 7% ox.. 9% Raven, 100: a only 36 cents in my pocket, my father | accepted a position with them in October} Davis Waists..... 9 00|Bortree’s .......... 9 00 | Greenwood: 8 os. . “136 oa ae a refusing to give me any money, as I left | last to represent them in Michigan, Ohio, Grand saeanaRa SS gga sete sees 15 00 | Boston, 8 oz......... Boston, 10 —— bome against his wishes. I remained Indiana _ aud Illinois, three-quarters Naumkeag.......... 7 Biddeford... oe 5 ipisaygraacaung ay tt es i of my time being devoted to Michi-| androscoggin ......7 |Rockpo es ees. 8% | White, dos......... 20 Eee a 2» on the railroad about three years, and | pan. ‘| expect to sell hats for this con-| Armory............. 6%|Pepperwell.” RA A 7% | Colored, dos........ 19 |Colored “ ....... 6 50 then went into a clothing stere to work, | cern as long as I am on the road.” COTTONADES, elias ie iviei - where | remained until 1 was between| So much for the history of a career egg ce a ni “= a... o.oo" 18 and 19 years of age, when I accepted almost meteoric in the speed which has} pyndee ... oe ae oat [94 c 10% c si - : 2 aa = marked its progress. Even the most] unterhill........ 12.,|/seaver Jean........ “17 | Vietory O.....-.+.. 6 | S.seeeeeee es 12% : sane to travel on the road wit : a casual reader will note between the lines Woodetock . ....... 15 iii aii sEWI . —. ie ine of clothing, my territory being the i %s i ipti PRINTS. ae eco ng, t o = ‘ i & of Mr Rogan’s graphic description of Allen dress goods.. 4%4|Hamilton Raven’tes 5 twist,doxz. 37+) per %ox ball. .... North of England and parts of Scotland, | his career that whatever success he has “Turkey red... 4% ss staples ... 5 a doz. .37% AE Ee EA 879 .| achieved has been earned by solid hard “sabes _._... .: : twill dran. 6 OK8 AND EYES—PER GROsS. rage a ae aac pa a — American indigo bi Imperial eof cloth i px White. eit rea ee. 7 ried. n the spring of 188 caug ” the get discouraged or have the blues. About “ ae 4 = blu 2 6%] « : “ Ces - “ _ foreign fever and made up my mind to|two and one-half years ago he disposed ss b’lk white ar “ pk. i 5% PIN | Si a i : of his clothing stock in Otsego to M. §.|Amold ....... 5 {In tla land tur- No 2—20,M C....... 45 |) a o.....- 40 0 to Australia — ee of ee a Ue aco ic $3300 * long cloth A.11 | key red robes..... 7%] * 8-18,8C........ 40 t induced me to try the United States first, ' ’ ee & du,0! : r B. iyiLodifency ..... COTTON TAPE. | ae itl di es ikea I for the stock and owing $4.350, the dis- is " C. 6% ** shirtings.. 3% No 2 White & BI’k..12 |No 8 White & BI’k..20 saying if I did not _ Yankeeland crepancy being paid his creditors out of - —_ seal T R ¥}4| Manchester fancies. : . a ri c --23 could then go to Australia. [changed my|his salary afterwards. While he had Stan'rd i. percalelu stenye 6 --18 12 26 plans,of which | have been very thankful, | unfortunate experience in the retail . 8 — blues ... s+ 441 Noe “ee hase ss » - an : ““c “ i a Lecce eee @ 4 so INO G. . cee iere cavcee and came to New York, landing there on business, having lost $4,000 of hard Charter Oak fancies 3% joa ol. r o a ck eee eek ueecideds earned cash, he never got the blues, be-| pineron solida-- - 4s Pacifie— mn NEEDLES—PER M BNAYs CUBE OTE, TSS: B folar Siranger- | lieving he would yet be on top some day. | Fountain red... 7%| blk & white pts. . 5 Nise aaa : = Steamboat... “on On Monday morning | started down} He has now the best position he ever cardinal . 5%| Aventine. 5 ae i “CE Ge 1 O0lAn =— ane 160 ' i a his : Garner’s— fancie. blk, white 5 oe... ....,.. merece... 8... 1 00 Broadway, looking for a position astray-| had and his prospects were never! "stand. ind. blue..1%| solid blk prints... 5 TABLE OIL CLOTH. eling salesman among the wholesale brighter. He belongs to the Catholic} satines... ...... 5\4| fast color robes... 5% |°—4---- 1% 6-4.. ee 65 6-4...2 30 lothi i ce church andis a memberof the C. M. B. A. eet sent . ———— outs. ... -.. 1% COTTON T WINES, ne (eens, ee ey ei ek. O. E, ieee Vecteedies Ot oo --- 8 see” clarion rbg $4 | Cotton Sail Twine..28 |Nashua......... ... 14 However, I failed to find any clothing|the Kalamazoo Division of the latter| Del Marine Mgs.. Peabody solid bl’k.. 4 eee ean = Rising a --2 houses looking for a greenhorn to repre-|rder. In politics he is a very ardent] , Quaker style a . ,f0lid color 5% | Anehor «... 22.22.2116" [North Star) “30 i i ih ee +, | Republican. Taking everything into| 2#!mony fancies . 44/Simpson’s ming fac5 | Bristol... 13 Wool standard 4 pip? sent them, so | accepted a position with : c chocolates 4 solid bI’k 5 | cherry Valle 15 |Powh: erall and shirt factory in Pough.| CoUSiderstion, Mr. Rogan has had re-| Hamilton fancies... 44] “ —crepon... 5% | Cherry MN ~~ dinerieusammeee an overall and sairt factory In Fough-/| markable good luck for a man who came TICKINGs, “"""""""SLAID OSNABURES keepsie, to seil goods in Michigan on | to this country an entire stranger a little ee 4s a sete ee seeees 8% | Alabama............ 6% {Mount Pleasant.... 6% commission. I secured this position | Over six years ago, and his career affords Hamilton 2.000... 6% Swift “aa Hi earn ee 7 cee Se ea -s after being in this country three days. 1|® striking illustration of the success a : =. a 6%|Galveston B........ 8 | Ar sa a. a, Randelman oT 8 then started for Michi : ie on man may achieve, even under the most wos ‘% Loom Lee eee a8. | Georgia............. + O% ee ede 5% _ startec - ichigan, My first stop discouraging circumstances, in the land a Dons oo gghaegememeamete Grenfe ee 5 — ey A ee 6% > being at Detroit, where I sold J. L. Hud-! of the free and the home of the brave. ‘ veoee+ 107g] WOITED..............114 | Haw J.....:s---s.s. 5 |Otis checks... .....7 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Limited Money and Excess of Crops. Now that the farmers are beginning to investigate the laws of supply and de- mand, with a view to seeking the cause of the low prices ofthe principal staple prod- ucts of the farm, it would be well for them to be informed in regard to some simple principles which underlie all commercial business, Of all the wealth which is produced by the combination of labor and capital, the surplus over and above what is re- quired for daily consumption for the uses of life is stored up in the form of im- proved land; houses for all the purposes of residence, manufacturing and other business and pleasure; machinery, rail- ways, and their equipments; ships and boats; jewelry and ornaments; furniture, musical instruments, and all other arti- cles, except food and clothing. In theseis embraced the visible material wealth ac- cumulated by a people. What is con- sumed in the process of living does not appear in any visible form, but is repre- sented by money. Of course, a great part of the earnings of labor is consumed for necessaries for which cash is paid. The balance is pre- served in the visible manifestations of wealth which have been mentioned. From this it will be seen that money is needed chiefly for supplying the imme- diate necessities of the entire population, and is of practical use only so far as it is placed and kept in circulation. The amount of, money in a country varies but little from time to time, but there is great fluctuation in the amount in circulation at different periods. In a season of business depression, when many people are earning little or nothing, they have not the money to spend, and are forced to practice ex- treme economies; but, of course, there is always a large amount of money paid for necessaries, and it may be assumed that this money in the hands of the peo- ple is the gauge of the extent of busi- ness. When the people have more money they will live better and enjoy more luxuries: but when money is searce, so far as the masses are con- cerned, the people will live more frugally and confine themselves more closely to the bare necessaries. But suppose, for the convenience of il- lustration, that the people had every year the same amount of money tospend. It will be seen that the necessaries of life must be first provided for. There is rent, which will require so much; then there will be so much more for food, and a certain proportion for clothing. Then there are taxes and doctors’ bills. After the earnings have been apportioned to meet the necessary demands, then, if something remains, it may be devoted to the savings’ bank and to a few luxuries and indulgencies. It will be seen that, under these con- ditions, the people have just so much money with which to buy the necessaries of life, and, if any of these should un- duly rise in price, the allowance for that article will be insufficient, ard there must bean enforced economy somewhere to meet the change. If flour should sud- denly go up from $3 to $10 a barrel, the allowance apportioned for bread would have to be largely increased, and that in- crease would mean cutting off some other allowance. When the prices of any nec- essary are greatly reduced, the con- sumers get the benefit correspondingly. But it should be understood that the people as a mass have only a certain amount of money with which to -buy each article of necessity, and they have no means of getting any more; so that, when there is arise in any price, it is necessary to cut off some other allow- ance the meet the emergency. In the matter of cotton, there is only a certain amount of money that can be spent for that necessary. This sum cannot be increased, save by diminishing what is devoted to some other purpose, and, therefore, whether the cotton crop be great or small, it will bring from year to year about the same amount of money. The more cotton, the lower must be the priee. This Tule holds good in every depart- ment of consumption, and, therefore, any idea that great riches are to be gained by an excessive production of necessaries is most false and deceitful. Of course, there is some difference in the amount the people have to spend from year to year; but, for the illustration of the principle stated above, it is easier to assume that the amount is always the same; but the variations of the amounts of money in circulation in different years do not affect the principle; they strength- en it; and when it happens that an ex- cessive crop comes in a year when many people are earning little or nothing, that aggravates the depressing effect of the overcrop. Let it be remembered that the masses can earn only agiven amount of money, and that is affected by what are called bad years; but they have no means of adding to it without sacrificing their accumulated property, and they cannot spend more than they can get. Thus it is that an excessive production of any article of value is never profitable, since there is no increase in the money for which it is to be sold. Rapix. eS Rubber Stamp Signatures. A business house which permits careless office methods, especially in the matter of signing receipts, is in constant danger of annoyance and probable litigation. The legality of a rubber stamp receipt was recently passed upon by a Philadelphia judge, who pronounced it null and void. The principal of a house or the manager of a department is too prone to delegate too important powers and re- sponsibilities to subordinates. The lat- ter may be faithful, honest and intelli- gent, but there are certain important duties which, in the interest of employer and employe, the former should assume. A slight mistake in the office has caused many a weary and expensive hour on the witness stand in court. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITA. dis. ee EE — CO EE ee pe wena, Ween. 5010 AXES. Pirst Gualley. 5.0. Bromse.................. $550 % D. B. Bronze.. 11 00 : 8. B. 9. Steel. . 6 50 : D. B. Steel..... Ps 00 BARROWS. aes. ay = “a ‘oo eS 30 00 BOLTS. dis. be ee ee) Use oe wee Seed weden teucae ates 50&10 Carriage mem Ye we ek oe Levene 75&10 ee. 40&10 Sleigh meee...... ........... Peet cee ce enee 70 BUCKETS Well, piein ........... sce ee ce oe Wel. eeeree......-.... 400 BUTTS, CAST. din. Cast Loose Pin, figured........ ..... .<.....- 70&1° Wrought Narrow, arright bast joint ©... 2: 66410 Wrongs Loose Fi. 40 Meee eee 40 Wrought Inside Blind..... eee es coos ec ase 4) Loe 75 CO 70&18 Blind, ee 70&16 Blind, eee 79 BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 60£10 CRADLES. eo 40&10 CROW BABS, oe perb 5 Bly’s 1-10 beans ee rm |G Beeeee |. jw is. 85 a2....ClC i. . 35 ee _ 60 CARTRIDGES me 56 Comarel Tite... dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. Socket Firmer . Socket Framing Socket Corner. Socket Slicks ............ Butchers’ Tanged Firme COMBS, dis. Cures, Temronee ee 8. 40 eee Ps) CHALE. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12Q12% dis. 10 COPPER, Planished 14 0s cut tosize... .. per pound 2 14x52, 14x56, 14x60... 26 cola Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ........... 23 Cold Rolled, ee 23 Cee 2 DRILLS, dis. Morse’s Bit Stocks.............. bee aca 50 ‘Taper and straight Shank............. ..... 50 a 50 DRIPPING PANS, Smaail sisce, ser pound ....................0- 8% Large sizes, per pound.. Reese cree cuece 06 ELBOWS. Com. 4 ao oie dos.net 175 Come dis 5n Bepeeeeeee. dis. 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, — mie. laree G6... 30 Ives’, 1, 818: 2, 824; 3,830 Meecae oo 25 FILES—New List. dis. C—O 60410-10 Now Amoemean .... ..... 1... 60&10-10 Bo 60&10- 0 Eee el, 50 Helcrs Home Wasps... .................... 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. “Ss 22 and 24; 2% and 2; 27 28 List 13 14 15 “= 6 Them 70 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ......... 50 KNoBs—New List. dis, Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, jap. G@inenings.....-...... 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Door, porcelein, trimmings................. 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 70 LOCKS—DOOB. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Mallory, Waocler & Co.’p................... 55 ee 55 oreo oj. 55 MATTOOCES. Aue B06... —* dis. 60-10 Pee ee $15.00, dis. 60-10 OE $18.50, dis. = dis. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ‘ae Sees eebeces a4 5 MILLS. dis. Coffee, Foreces Cos... 2... 4 P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.'s a... 4 *+ Landers, Ferry & Clerk’s........ . 4 “- Cee |... a MOLASSES GATES. dis. Stowers Patter... tt. 8 60da1 Stebbin’s Genuine............ . »« SOBEL Enterprise, self-measuring............ x NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and = Ce 35 oe i 35 ee Base Base Ee soca 10 ET 25 aes 2 ee 35 SS ee 45 TT 45 mj. ee 8. 5U Me as sa ede eek e cee mae. 6 ee a ok ri ee ee ee , oO .... ... .. 1S ee 1 66 Maes 1 60 cease 65 ee 3 rr oo... ...... Le ee ee dae 90 eS 7 Bede tec aes 90 TC eee 10 Clinch! 10 70 00 80 - ©... 90 1 PLANES. dis. ale Teal Go. "s, taney ...................... @4 ee 5 Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy............... 40 ee 4f Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood. . ....50&if PAxS. mer, Some dis.60—10 Common, ao dis. 70 RIVETS. dis. Pe EE 50—16 Copper Rivets and Burs.................... 50—10 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. ‘*&? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 2 ‘*B’’ Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken ¥C per pound extra, RAB RiDD Maydole &Co.'s............ ‘ dis. ee... oe dis. 2 Yerkes & Plumb’s. - is. 40&16 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............. 30c list 60 Blacksmitn’s Solid Cant Steel Hend....30c 40&16 HINGES. =. Caeen se 1,%,2...........-......... dis. GOd10 ee T dos. net, 2 50 ace Hook and Strap, to 12 in. % i4 and Toon ge, 3 3% Screw Hook and Byes — net ee net gi - - fe es net 7% - : . =. ......._........ net 7% ferspenar............ dig. Lg HANGERS. dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. ve _— track... .50410 Champion, anti-friction.. . CO&i: 4c Braaes Wooateece ..... HOLLOW WARE. 50.8 1 60&10 SO&i0 Gray enameled.. -- 40816 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. peamepea Tm Ware... -new list a eapanned Tin Ware........ .... i Granite Iron Ware ..............- “new lis ot WIRE GOODs. dis, ae, TO&10G 10 Seno ven, -70&10&10 OO 70&10&10 Gate Hooks and Byes............... - %70&10&10 LEVELS. Gis.79 Stanley Rule and a Co.'s. i PES. Sisal, is inch and leas Dee anne ce cuss -_ @ manta ......... Steel and Iron... a and Bevels.. SHEET IRON. —_ Smooth. Com. Nos. $3! 8? 50 Nos. 2 69 Nos 2 70 Nos. 22 2 80 Nos. 2 2 90 No. 3 8 00 37 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. meee 10 oe dis. 30 SASH CORD. Silver Lake, .. Te ee ae. lat 50 55 50 55 SASH WEIGHTS, a per tor: $20 saws. dis. . CE 2 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,. 70 ‘* Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.. 50 ‘* Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 ‘Champion and Electric Tooth X Casa tea ton... 30 TRAPS. dia. Sisal Game. “a Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... Oneida paar — & — 8..7(-10 10 Mouse, choker.. wee ce +. ce DOr COs Mouse, danaes 0 i “81.25 per dos WIRE. dis. Rrignt Merce... ete-ee. HELO Annealed Market. eee ss en 75 Soppered Market.. 70 arenes Marece 3. mee Barbed & Be ee 50 ea Peres, salvanised.................. 2 50 pelea. =) HORSE NAILS. Au Sable. 40&10 Putnam dis. 05 Nertiwesiien areca ey oe Ais. 10&10 MCS aig Baxter’ 5 Aijnin ni icxeled. hee ce 80 Joe’s Genuine .... Lees 5G Ooe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought. ecae 75 Coe’s Patent, malleabie.... mas cues OS Mac ELLANEOUS. dis. co 5G Pumps, Cistern 75&10 screws, New Ltst ... 7O&1 &10 Jasters, Beda d Piste.. lo -. H&10E10 Dampers, American.... ee tee es 40 forks, hoes, rakes and ail & tee! goods..... 6&&10 METALS, PIG TIN. a. eee 26e ig Bars.. Mine wee <------.. 28c Juty: Sheet, ag - pound, 390 pound Casks.. Se B% Per pound.. et | Oe " SOLDER. 4%@% ld Ak ale cece cake Sie Wires... 15 The ricea of the many other qualities of solder {in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY. Coensen.......................... per pound aes ......... “s 13 TIN—MELY® GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal... : edeetos couse @ OO 14x20 IC Se 10x14 IX |... Dee oc oz 4x20 IX, 7 eee Each additional X on this grade, 81.75. TIN—ALLAWAY @EADB, 10x14 IC, Char Ce = 14x20 Ic, SS 6 % 10x14 IX, - = Ee Q 2 Each sdditional x X on this gra de 31.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, © Woerectce ............... €5 14x20 1X, ss ig boa ee eee 8 5) 20x28 IC, r “ cecceeee ee, a 14x20 IC, “ Stawey Grade........... €60 14x20 [X., ‘ . 7 Lee tece cae, Gee 20x28 IC, . [ ' 12 5 20x28 TX " . De eee e a 15 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATS. 14x28 IX... : Si4 00 EEE 15 00 is 1. for No. i: llor, cn pound.... 10 00 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. MICHIGANTRADESMAN A WEEELY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO TBR Best Interests of Business Men. 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When the striking operatives of the Brooklyn street car lines came to realize that their cause was unjust, their de- mands uureasonable and that their ae- tion was destined to end in disaster, they offered to submit the differences between themselves and their employers to arbi- tration. Itis probable that most of the strikers believed that in this action there was involved a possibility, if not a prob- ability, of the termination of the strike; for it is astonishing to what extent a belief in the possibility of arbitration in such cases obtains, and this in view of the fact that all experience has demon- strated the contrary. The instance yet tu be placed on record where an im- portant strike of this character in any line of industry has been settled by such means. Yet ‘‘arbitration” is not only the cry of the demagugue but is heard from the lips of philanthropists and stu- dents of industrial philosophy, until it is not to be wondered at that there should be so widespread popular belief in its practicability. The astunishing thing is that so many well-informed and appar- ently sincere workers in the cause of in- dustriai progress should continue to re- iterate the fallacy. is The word in its primary meaning does not indicate a peaceful or conciliatory manner of settling disputes. It is the most arbitrary word in our language; but there Las been given to it a different meaning in its use to designate a vuluu- tary submission ef differences to the de- cision of others. This manner of set- tling disputes, where the circumstances are such that otbers may becume cogni- zaut of all the conditions of the case, is of value, and, frequently, saves the great expense and uncertainty of submitting such questions to the regular courts; and there has been given a meaning to the word in such use of a peaceable, volun- tary character that it does not deserve. This secondary meaning has caught the popular ear, and no wonder when it is so Jargely the shibboleth of the popular teachers—the press and platform. There has resulted from the secondary meaning of the word a curious, paradox- ical idea of compulsory arbitration, that should be somehow different, more con- cilatory and peaceful than the arbitra- ment of the present courts. Thus we hear a clamor for commissions of arbi- tration to be created by legislatures, and other similar schemes, which can be nothing more than the establishing of a new form of courts, necessarily more ar- bitrary and absolute than the ones now existing. The reason why arbitration in the case of any important industrial controversy is impossible is that the conditions gov- erning every industrial enterprise are peculiar to that particular enterprise, and these conditions are only fully known to those in immediate charge who have learned them by long experience. Every employer knows how slowly and grad- ually the knowledge of these conditions has become, as it were, a part of his very nature, and it is simply impossible to convince him that any one can become sufficiently cognizant, by simple investi- gation, of these conditions to decide the most important questions for him. An employer even may think in a general way that there may be sueh a thing as this kind of arbitration, but when it comes to questions of his own business its impossibility becomes quickly mani- fest. WINTER NAVIGATION. The wreck of the Chicora, involving the loss of twenty-seven lives and prop- erty to the value of $175,000, revives dis- cussion of the question to what extent win- ter navigation on the Great Lakes is ad- visable or justifiable, and whether regula- tions should not be enacted to govern such navigation. The financial loss to the Graham & Morton Transportation Co. demonstrates that, so far as that company is concerned, winter naviga- tion does not pay; but it is unreasonable to cry out against the greed of the com- pany which prompts to such risks so long as itis subject to the competition of others assuming the same risks. The laws which govern in the qualifi- cation of officers and the inspection and licensing of vessels should be extended to govern the seasons of navigation, and boats should not be permitted to run during the season when underwriters re- fuse to take risks upon them. It does not necessarily follow that ail winter navigation should cease, for the science of lake shipbuilding has become so exact that certain specifications may be made to govern in the construction of vessels for winter work, and these specifications should be sufficient to warrant the recog- nition of underwriters. The Chicora is said to have been built with reference to winter use, and to have been the strong- est passenger steamer on the lakes. This would tend to show—what is prob- able—that a passenger steamer for win- ter caunot, at preseat, be commercially constructed, and no such should be licensed or allowed to run during that season. Freight vessels may be built strong enough to stand any storms experienced on the lakes. The line of transfer boats from Frankfort to Manitowoe seem to have demonstrated this, as have other similar boats; so it is fair to say that specifications may be easily made that can be commercially complied with in the construction of freight carriers, and no laws of competition will be inter- ferred with if all others are subjected to considerations of safety, for the cost of the construction of those permitted to run will be relatively much greater, that is, taking into consideration that they are only freight boats at any season. THE CURRENCY PROBLEM. One of the principal arguments ad- vanced against the adoption of either the Baltimore plan of reforming the cur- rency, the Carlisle plan, or any other similar project, is the claim that the banks would not issue a sufficient amount of circulation to absorb the Government legal tender notes as security for such circulation, or to supply the place of the legal tenders, should the Government de- cide to retire them altogether. This claim is based mainly on the banking statistics of ante bellum days, when, under the best conditions, the bank note circulation amounted only to 50 per cent. of the capital of the banks issuing notes. This is searcely good reasoning, as the conditions which pre- vailed prior to the great civil contest are dissimilar in every respect to those ex- isting at the present time. In the first place, there was not then the same demand for money there is at the present time, and, secondly, the banks did not exert such paramount in- fluence on the country’s trade as is the case to-day. The increased influence of the banks is shown by the fact that, al- though the total capital in 1859 was al- ready $403,000,000, at the present time it has increased to $668,000,000 for the na- tional banks alone. In 1859 the propor- tion of circulation to capital was 50 per cent., the proportion of deposits to cap- ital 60 per cent., and the proportion of loans to capital was 150 per cent. At the present time, taking the national banks alone, the proportion of deposits to capital is 337 per cent, and the pro- portion of loans to capital is 300 per cent. It is, therefore, clear that the banks have not only greatly increased their capital, but have augmented their influence many hundred fold in the way of deposits and loans in proportion to capital. The value of circulation to the banks would be based upon their ability to keep their notes out, and thus make a profit on their credit as well as upon their actual capital. The larger their deposits and loans, the greater will be their ability to keep notes in circulation. As the loans and deposits are now so very much larger in proportion to capi- tal, compared with what they were in ante bellum days, itis but reasonable to suppose that circulation would, under favorable laws, be proportion- ately expanded. The reasons why the circulation of na- tional banks is not larger than it is under existing laws are obvieus. In the first place, there is no elasticity possible, and, secondly, at the present price of Government bonds, the notes are un- profitable. Not only are the notes secured by the deposit of bonds, but, at the present valuation of of Government bonds, the security ex- ceeds the total issue of notes by at least 33 per cent. Of course, under any of the currency reform plans which have been proposed, the issue of notes would be made profitable to the banks; hence, with their immense deposits and loans, there would be little fear that the note circulation would be taken out to the full limit and suffice fully to replace the legal tenders. The great strike of street car opera- tives at Brooklyn, which has been the chief topic of discussion in the news- papers for the past fortnight, naturally recalls the street car strike here three years ago, about the only difference be- ing that the Brooklyn affair was larger and more expensive to handle. As was the case in Grand Rapids, the strikers, acting under the instruction of the offi- cers of the trades unions, resorted to in- timidation, obstruction, assault, incen- diarism and murder, thus placing them- selves under the ban of the law as rioters and criminals. As is always the case in such outbreaks, the strikers received large accessions to their ranks in the persons of idlers and criminals, who in- variably take advantage of every oppor- tunity of this character to indulge their propensity to destroy life and property. Of course, the strike was destined to failure as soon as the strikers resorted to unlawful methods, but the event tends to confirm the opinion which is gradually assuming the form of a conviction—that strikes must eventually be put down by the strong arm of the law and that viola- tions of law at such times must not be treated with any more leniency than the same offenses are treated in times of peace. Gripsack Brigade. W. D. Simmons has taken the position of local representative for the Toledo Rubber Co. M. J. Rogan (Moore, Smith & Co.) will be at Sweet’s Hotel Thursday and Friday, Feb. 7 and 8, on the last trip of the season. Fred Evans, formerly with Cusino Bros., of Detroit, succeeds Chas. I. Flynn as traveling representative for John E. Kenning & Co. Chas. W. Payne, house salesman for the Musselman Grocer Co., will visit the trade formerly covered by. W. F. Blake until a permanent arrangement is made with a regular representative. W. F. Blake shook hands with his as- sociates at the Musselman Grocer Co. Saturday and started out Monday with the grip of the Worden Grocer Co. His numerous friends among the trade join TuE TRADESMAN in wishing him success in his new connection. William H. Bennett, a traveling sales- mau from Chicago, is missing from the Franklin House, Detroit. Al! of his bag- gage was left at the hotel. He is 65 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs about 175 pounds and has grey hair, blue eyes, hooked nose and a sear on his chin. He wore a black suit of clothes with slouch hat. Arthur Squires, traveling representa- tive for the Soapine Co., was recently ar- rested at Bay Bity on a charge of larceny of a mileage book from L. H. Allen, cir- culator for the Detroit Journal. The ac- cused admitted his guilt and told the officer making the arrest where he had pawned it. He subsequently pleaded guilty and was fined $10 and costs. L. Williams, who goes by the euphon- ious title of Windy Williams, writes THE TRADESMAN that he has severed his con- nection with P. Lorillard & Co. to accept the offer of an interest in the Detroit Cigar Manufacturing Co.—otherwise known as John McLean. Windy will continue to travel in Eastern Michlgan, chanting the virtues of Green Seal and other brands manufactured by his new connection. —_—_— << It is said to be of no use to whisper in the presence of Queen Victoria. Her ,@ars are so sharp that she can almost i hear a person wink in the next room. SOUTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT. After several years of extreme depres- sion, owing to bad financial management and revolutions, South American securi- ties are again commanding attention in the European markets. So vast are the resources of that portion of the Western Hemisphere that, notwithstanding the perpetual political disturbances and the reckless destruction occasioned, South American investments still hold out inducements to the Euro- pean investor. A few years of peace have helped greatly to restore prosperity in Argentina and Chili, and the same ex- perience has been repeated in Venezuela and Columbia, although on a smaller seale. Brazil and Peru, however, have gone steadily backward, owing to the constant political disturbances which are maintained in those countries. In Brazil, the inauguration of a new President has been the signal for the breaking out afresh of the fires of rebel- lion. In Rio Grande do Sul, which proy- ince has been in a state of revolt ever since the overthrow of the monarchy, the rebels have recently been very active and have gained a number of vietories. Admirals da Gama and de Mello, though in exile, are still assisting Rio Grande rebels, and will doubtless be again in ac- tive service against the Brazilian Gov- ernment at the first opportunity. All over Brazil there have recently been dis- turbances of more or less magnitude, in- dicating popular unrest, and the Govern- ment has experienced much uneasiness. In Peru the same conditions exist. In that country there is a formidable rebel- lion in progress against the Government of General Caceres, and the rebels under Pierola have recently gained victories. As a result of the civil war, commerce has languished in Peru, and there have been serious bread riots in Lima. This disturbed condition of a great portion of South America is much to be regretted, as it unquestionably retards the development of that part of the world, with its splendid resources and almost boundless opportunities for en- terprise. That these disorders are fos- tered and abetted by European influence, for some sinister purpose. there is little room to doubt, and on several occasions British manipulation has been clearly apparent. If the United States is ever to play the important role in foreign affairs which the position among the na- tions clearly points to, it would be well to begin with South America. This country should aid in bringing order out of chaos in that part of the world, and where European machinations are ap- parent in connection with the revolu- tions, strong representations should be made by this country. A powerful fleet should be maintained at all times in South American waters to protect Ameri- can interests. There is no doubt that the presence of the United States squad- ron at Rio during the de Mello rebellion prevented a much more active assistance being extended the rebels by Europe than there was. That European aid was forthcoming at that time there is not the slightest doubt. Why impose on a confiding public with cheap, tasteless, insipid Chicago jelly, when you can buy Mrs. Withey’s Home- made Jellies, which are really fine fla- vored, nice and tart, at such low prices? See this week’s price list of Edwin Fallas on last page in this paper. ; | In M CCEA IGS re IN Ss as SM AN. The Rebate Matter from a St. Louis Standpoint. | Jacob Furth in Inter-State Grocer. | and, |} —in THE | the editor of the paper, | the grocer’s position. of property thus | That is a nice little correspondence— if we may term it so, controversy MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, pub- lished at Grand Rapids, cer, who tries when taking rebates from salesmen, and who controverts {t is a little early for us to tackle that question in between a gro- | to justify the retaiier | this | issue, but we will certainly endeavor to} discuss it as we get along in our work. | As tothe ethics of the practice but little | can be said that would in the least serve to make it appear right proper; but everyday ethics and every- day business are two separate and dis- tinct matters. Whether the retailer who takes money from a salesman, knowing that it is against the rules of the house and against the moral character of the man to pay it, as THE TRADESMAN calls him, a ‘‘tempter,’’? or whether the grocer is right when he says that he would be foolish not to take money or its equivalent when offered to him, is but one portion of the controversy. One thing is certain, the practice is a per- nicious one that has led to evil, to deg- radation and to infamy many of the salesmen who have indulged in it. Houses which condone the offense are, in our opinion, as culpable and, perhaps, more so than the salesman. A little more stiffening to the moral backbone of em- ployer and employe, a little more regard for the inner voice which, like the om- nibus strap of old, is said to be the inner check to the outer man, would soon bring matters into better shape. —_—_—_—— OS The Proverb of the Dead-Beat. A dead-beat that is hatched from lazi- ness is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down; he fleeth also as,a shadow and continueth not. As for the dead-beat’s wife, her days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so she flourisheth. In the morning she is alive and clucketh; but in the evening she moveth her household ef- fects to another town; she hath no abid- ing habitation. Even so it is with the dead-beat. To- day he plumeth himself; he strutteth abroad and maketh a great show of himself. To-morrow he falleth a prey to the collecter. In his pride he eateth the grocer’s food which he payeth not for and wax- eth fat, saying to himself: ‘‘All things are made for my enjoyment.’’ When his fall cometh, there is none who re- membreth the day of his triumph, and men mock him. ———_—> _<——___—_ A few days ago the little son of.a well- known physician was entertaining a playmate at his father’s house. As chil- dren will, they ransacked every nook and corner of the building. Their curiosity led them to explore the recesses of a closet in which the doctor keeps his in- struments and other personal effects, among which is a complete skeleton. The strange boy was frightened when he first beheld the grinning remnant of what once had been a humar being, and started torun away. The doctor’s son, however, had seen the skeleton so often that he entertained for it only that feel- ing of contempt begotten by familiarity, and in a little while succeeded in so al- laying the fears of his companion that the youngster began to handle the thing and rattle its dry bones. ‘‘Where did your father get it?” he finally asked. ‘‘I don’t know,”’ was thereply; ‘‘but I guess it was his first patient, for he’s had it an awful long time.’’ ee The announcement is made that the earth does not revolve as rapidly as it did a thousand years ago; but it still swings round fast enough to satisfy the man who has @ note coming due. LE€tZROIYP SY DUPLICATES OF ENG GRAVINGS<’, TYPE FO RMS TRADESMAN Co.. GRAND earns MICH. is and | WL that he occasionally loses money by v failing to charge F¢ ods sold on credit: and where he hears of one case there are twenty occur which he does not discover. or YOU" cS? _ine RE BY? a eENT! Ia ™ you HAVE Hap aS Duning THE D ou ONY Tes aS EACH CLERK WENT TO THE eR cast 0% paw aS Ne a WHAT THEY ARE w WHO MADE THEM aS SAVES YOu A —— TIME wey INSURES uA ILL CALL SN YOu —~ ACCURACY 2 SAVES YOU A HE eyed TIME —— MONEY coe aa TELLS YOU THE REAL YOUR Vm VALUE QF EACH CLERK THE AMOUNT HE SELLS c AND THE 5 “PE He exe nci?® when it will save you more each month than you are paying for it. (as Every essential feature of the CHAMPION is fully protected by patents owned and controlled by the Champion Cash Register Co. Users will be protected and infringements will not be allowed. If you have never seen our machine and desire an opportunity to inspect the merits of the mechanical marvel of the age, call at our office, or at the office of any of our agents; or, if you are located at a distance from either, write us a letter tell- ing us your line of business and what features of your business you wish depart- mentized and we will send you illustrations, descriptions and voluntary testimon ials of the Register that will meet your requirements. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CHAMPION GASH REGISTER 60, Grand Rapids, Mich, ¢ 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE BACK OFFICE. Written for THE TRADESMAN. The story is told of a servant girl, New England born and bred, who concluded to give up a good position with a family who had lately came from the West, be- eause they did not like, and would not have, baked beans for supper on Satur- dap night, no family, in her estimation, being respectable who ever had any- thing else on the last night of the week. She was finally induced to remain, and, if we may believe the story, admitted, after a fair trial, that a family might be respectable and not wind up the week with a supper of brown bread and beans. Life, to the servant girl, had been un- consciously reduced to the bean pot standard and anything varying from that standard was just so much out of the way. chair. For my part, I must say that I couldn’t feel quite—well, I won’t say re- spectable, in such a house as that—but you know what I mean.” (And I did, for the man was gauging Robson’s house by his own bean pot standard.) “Of course,’? Tip went on, ‘‘’tis a mighty easy;thing for one man to tell an- other what he ought to do with his money, but, to my way of thinking, Rob- son did a mighty foolish thing in buying that big lumbering grand piano for his parlor, the other day. Oh, he can afford it, and all that sort o’ thing—there’s no doubt about that; but what he wants it for, for the life of me, I can’t see. He doesn’t know one tune, cr even one note, from another, and, while his wife sings a little, her singing never’ll set the river afire; and there that big thing stands, from one week’s end to the other, a thing I have a friend who has built a home/to be dusted and a plague forever and —not simple a house—in the most desir-|ever. Now, what the man ought to have able part of the town. Days and nights done was to put that fireplace in the hall he and his worthy wife have given to the to one side, and build in one_of these plan and the building their best thought. handsomethall organs, right where that Home life has been the idea ‘‘fromturret fireplace stands. That would have been to foundation stone.’’ Hating a cold worth something and would have added hall, they have taken advantage of the | more to the appearance of that reception reception hall idea and have made it the! halli—I hate ’em, anyway—than all the “snuggery”’ of the house, so that who- | fireplaces in creation.” And yet, when ever enters the door is made glad at once | ‘‘the toils of the day are over,’’? and Rob- by the sense of comfort that pervades! son runs his fingers over the keys of his the place. Here is an open firepiace, | parlor grand, and bits of melody, sacred there a windowed nook, and glimpses}; tothe memory of ‘‘the springtime, the through this curtained doorway and that!only pretty ring time’’ rise from the hint of the comfortable homelife that | trembling strings and float away, carry- the inmates enjoy. The good wife has} ing with them the day’s vexations and its all the closet and store room she wants, | cares, he believes, although he can barely the good man has his easy chair where | pick from the notes the commonest tune, lamp and firelight give him exactly what | that the parlor grand is the grandest he wants, and they—the wife and he—| thing he has; and, when his wife comes believe that theirs is the ideal house, | in and sings the old tunes that won his because they know it is the home they} heart and made possible the realization have been dreaming of all these years. | of this happy home, he might not say to And they have a wide circle of friends/| the criticisms that it is only a difference who believe the same thing—that is, the| in bean pots, but he would say that every most of them. However, Tip Williams! man has a fair idea of what he wants to was in here the other day and, in speak-| make him happy, and will do his level ing of the dinner party we both attended | best to get what he thinks wiil accom- recently at the new house, he said right} plish that result. out and out that Robson had spent I was thinking of Robson and _ his money enough on his new house to have| grand piano, the other day, when my eye a fine one, and that it was doubtful if,| fell upon an item in a trade paper de- hunting the country over, a clumsier af-| nouncing, with a great deal of earnest- fair could be found, outside and in, than | ness, the fact that two many trade papers that same house of Robson’s. ‘In the) are giving place in their columns to long first place, you can’t get into it without) and stupid stories. ‘A trade paper popping right into the family the first) should furnish trade news, and anything thing. There never was a stairway yet/| else in the trade paper is wholly out cf handsome enough to be part of the sit-| place. If a grocer wants stories, he can ting room, and the only thing to be done) find them in his Sunday paper where with it is to partition it off with just| they belong.’’ It is not for me, after | room enough for the hatrack and a hall! what has been so far said, to say that. Telephone 865. HATS, CAPS, AND STRAW GOODS. Moore, mith & Co., Boston, will be pleased to have their agent, M J. Rogan, Kalamazoo, Mich., call on any mer- chants who may wish to look over their line. ESTABLISHED OVER 30 YEARS. MICHIGAN BARK AND LUMBER GO, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. fet y I ra 18 and 19 Widdicomb Bld. fa : M4 We are now ready to make contracts for bark for the sea- son of 1895. Correspondence Solicited. PALACINE. Has proved itself the only perfect illuminating oil. For sale by all first-class dealers, and refined only yb SCOFIELD, SHURMER & YRAGLE, Grand Rapids. BECAUSE it gives a clear, bright light. BECAUSE it does not cloud the Chimneys. BECAUSE it does not char the wicks. And last but not least, does not emit a bad odor. ow Oe DH SO OH SH LO SSVVEVWVEVNIVAB2AsS =e 62a a OOOO CO> Or Or Ore orhotetentententes Leste tes Jer | -— wee Se eae a a yvyey eS & vy ABA VV VV VV VV VV YY NY YY VY VY YY YY SOV OO VY in flavor. ABSOLUTELY PURE HOOHHOHOHOOHGHOOHGHOHOOHSHOOHOHOHOOHSHOOO POOP D > Arlertes teres ao BORDEN’S PEERLESS BRAND ~—_EVAPORATED CREAM Is pure milk reduced to the consistency of cream, light in color, natural It cannot be compared with any unsweetened milk or evaporated cream heretofore offered. It is not dark in color. It is not disagreeable in flavor. Prepared and guaranteed by the. ... NEW YORK CONDENSED MILK COrPIPANY vw EVV eh hh hh he hh he BPP PPP FF FFF FF 5 Arn br bt tr» tb» ble» tet» fhe tr It does not thicken with age. It does not spoil. OO hl hh For Quotations See Price Columns ABDAOOAAAAAAMAAA ADD vy yvvYy > ©O$O94O4466606 OOGOOOAAAAAAAAAALD A Late potest» tem POPPI YT wv y yvwvy a> POTTY DSw222ee 6 BVVewseoeosoesoee ee ae me a a oY OY PPP FF FFF PFGPIPFIYVIPGOIOIPVIFPP e@' 11 the criticizing trade paper is wrong, but it does seem to me that the paper is in- sisting that the large family of trade papers shall have, willy nilly, baked beans for the Saturday night supper, if they are to be considered respectable; and it also seems to me that the majority of these trade papers (and a large ma- jority, at that) are determined not to follow the bean pot diet. Let me take the first one that come to hand—no mat- ter what its name or where it is printed. It is;a goodly sheet and a prosperous one. If Ido not mistake, it has a large constituency that depend upon its quota- tions in the management of their busi- | ness; and, yet, this same first-class trade paper devotes a number of pages to mat- ter wholly outside of trade, and, what is more remarkable, these pages are in German. I do not read the language with ease, but I read enough to know that there are capital stories in this de- partment of that trade paper, and some of the best jokes that I have seen have been hidden under that same German type. What cana German grocer want of such stuff in his trade paper, when he ean have his pick of Sunday papers, and of German papers, for that matter, direct from the Fatherland? The fact is, the German, as well as his American brother, has made up his mind that he won’t have bean porridge, hot or cold. Here is another one; it doesn’t make any difference where it comes from. It is a long-established trade paper, and its columns are quoted wherever there is trade; and, yet, that trade paper, whose counsels are sought by the highest finan- cial authorities in the land, indulges not only in stories and items of interest out- side of the trading world, but actually furnishes rebuses and riddles for its readers. Such lack of the bean pot is there in Celestial minds! A great deal has been said from time to time, about what snould be the make- up of atrade paper. In nine cases out of ten the fact is that the man who makes it up knows better than anybody else what his particular paper wants, and just as often what it must have. I can’t | WE WANT BEANS {and will pay highest market price for them. If you haye any stuck you wish to dispose of, seek headquarters for an | outlet. WORLD'S FAIR SOUVENIR TIGKETS ONLY A FEW LEFT. Original set of four - - - - = 25¢ |Completesetoften - - - = = 50c | Order quick or lose the opportunity of a lifetime to secure these souvenirs ata nominal figure. They will be worth ten | times present cost within five years. Tradesman Company, Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent County Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIDS ,MIOCH. Jno. A, CovopE, Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. S. VERpDIER, Cashier. K. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r, Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits, DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, T. J. O’Brien, A.J. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee J. A. S. Verdier Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, P & B. OYSTERS Beat Them AIll. Old Price Fr. @ B&B. Standards PER GALLON, $1.10. CLEANLINESS and NEATNESS characterize our goods and packages. The Putnam Candy Co. The. Sali thals al salt ts fast being recognized by everybody as the best salt for every pur- pose. It’s made from the best brine by the best process with the best grain. You keep the best of other things, why not keep the best of Salt. Your customers will appreciate it as they appreciate pure sugar, pure coffee, and tea. rystal Salt ‘ Diamond C Being free from all chlorides of calcium and magnesia, wii] not get damp and soggy on yourhands. Put up in an attractive and salablemanner. When your stock of salt is low, try a small supply of ‘‘the salt that’s all salt.” Can be obtair . _ from jobbers and dealers. For prices, see price current on other page. For other information, address DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., ST. CLAIR, MICH. } Florida Tangerines Sound, high-colored fruit, untouched by frost. Flats of from 100 to 150, each $2.50. The Putnam Candy Co. SAY (PHEY ALL tell what will take in Indiana half as! well as the editor of the Trade Journal; andlam quite sure that the Merchant Sentinel would give me food for reflec- tion if 1 should insist on its eating the Yankee supper of pork and beans. There is one thing J can say, and will, and that is that a list of subscribers to a trade paper limited to a price list, and to an item recording the trade fact that Grocer Jones staid over night in Smithville, would turn out a lot of men so hide- bound that you couldn’t move a hair on one of them without dislocating a rib—a condition of things not possible in this day and generation. The Back Office claims to be no prophet, but, if it reads aright the signs of the times, the real trade paper has before it a promising future. It will be made up of all that is best; the novelist will bring here his best work for his rich reward; the poet will have no verse too fine for his widening circle of readers; seience will lay upon its altars the re- to sell “It’s aS good as Sapolio” when they try you own good sense will tell you that they are only trying to get you to aid their new article. Who urges you to keep Sapolio? Is it not the public? The manufacturers by constant and judicious advertising bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. their experiments. Your JOBS IN RUBBERS! [3° WRITE FOR NET PRICE LIST BEFORE THEY ARE ALL GONE. - Just the thing for A LEADER. Address G. R. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids, Mich. of her research, that they sults . } . . 2 as | reach sooner the masses for whose good! persons in the State riding free on any were intended; all that art can accomplish, will, they can do, sooner or later, of the trade paper. ready in. These things are al- creeping Within the all that learning | a | ee cc may! ture has passed a law against certain | a7 p public conveyance; and it seems that the | President of the New York Central Rail- | be found in the columns | month | this Back Office received a trade paper | of such artistic beauty that I put it by as a marvel; andl have among my clip- pings from a trade paper that could only come from a pen trained in one of the best colleges of the country. The trade pa- per may have begun with the price list, but it will not end there, and he who in- sists that its field is not the wor!d will wake up to find, as did poor Rip, his gun broken, his dog dead, and himself a stranger in the village where he was born. * * * Here is a piece of the Heathen Chinee in prose. A grocer—well, in Alaska, let us say—has been having a mighty tough time of it lately. He sold a man some peaches put upina glass jar. In getting the peaches out, the man, or his wife, or his maid servant broke the jar and, in eating the fruit, apiece of glass got into his mouth and played ‘‘High Betty Martin” with his palate. The re- sult was a lawsuit. The Alaskan grocer won the case but had to come down with a good bill of costs. Later, a woman, walking one way and looking another, fell on this same groeer’s sidewalk and wanted something and three ciphers to ease the pain in her damaged ankle. His lawsuit had taught him a lesson, so he kept out of this one by settling for several hundred dollars. One of his horses is pretty particular about hav- ing anything touch his heels. What does a little girl in the neighborhood do but waltz right up to that horse’s hind legs to the tune of something and two ciphers, which the grocer had to pay for damages. He made up his mind that he had had enough of that sort of fun, and he insured his team in a casualty com- pany, so that, when his horse ran over another child, he didn’t have to pay any- thing but his insurance dues; but they amount to a pretty figure, let me tell you, and, if anybody can furnish any better reason for making a profit of a cent a pound on sugar, there’s a grocer up in Alaska who is ready to call him an ignorant, demagogic, blatant-mouthed agitator, and is all ready to ‘‘go for’’ that Heathen Chinee! * * Mr. Carnegie, the millionaire of Pitts- burg, if report be true, surprised his friends, the other day, by saying that it is disgraceful fora man to die rich. It scarcely need be said that Mr. Carnegie will disgrace neither himself nor his family by any such condition. It brings up the old story of the farmer who said that, when he was married, he told his wife that he wanted to be a rich man. She reproved him and said she would be satisfied if she could only be comfertable. ‘‘Years went by,’’ said the farmer. ‘‘For- tune favored us and I became a rich man —richer than I had ever dreamed of be- coming; but my wife ain’t ‘comfort- able’ yet.” If Mr. Carnegie will tell us what amount, in his estimation, would make him “rich,” we can tell better whether the threatened disgrace will be likely to imperil the fair name of him and his. =~ = & It seems that the New York Legisla- for future use some editorial work | road has taken this opportunity to re- voke certain half rate tickets which cer- | tain elergymen throughout the State have been making the most of. It may, ; .or it may not, be true that some of the holders of these tickets have disposed of | them to the sealpers, a statement which I believe to be untrue; but the real point to be looked after is, why these same clergymen should enjoy these half rate any more than sheep in the pasture, who in so many in- stances need the half rate so much more. For some unaceountable reason, there is, and always has been, a feeling that, if there are any favors to be bestowed in the community, the clergyman is the only proper recipient. Not only is the fattest chicken killed, when the minister comes to the farm, but the choicest part is sure to find its way to the visitor’s plate. In fact, from the beginning of the good man’s life to the end of it, there a continual giving; indiscriminate giving, it may be called, for it seems to include everything under the sun—ex- cept a fair salary promptly paid. A boy showing a fondness for books and study is ‘‘ealled’’ to the ministry—that is, a friend, in the kindness of his heart, thinks so, and the Society sends him to school and to college and to the seminary and then turns him over to some parish, which takes himin hand and continues the giving, until the fair student, the poor minister and the worn-out preacher finds rest and peace at last, where alms- giving is no more. This may, or may not, be considered an exaggerated state- ment of a pitiful fact. Admitting this, there is still good reason for saying that this sort of treatment is degrading in tendency and works evil to all parties concerned. The donation party, the oyster supper, the thousand and one con- trivances to give something to the minis- ter, are, in too many instances, so many schemes to reduce to the minimum the money which a minister has earned and ought tohave without scheming. A city clergyman, with a good salary, deserves no half rate ticket, and he, above all men, should refuse to take it. A coun- try clergyman, with a small! salary, can- not afford to take it, for it not only les- sens the independence which he, of all men, should possess, but it furnishes the schemers of his congregation an excuse for not paying him in full the meager salary which he earns several times over, and which is too often doled out to him long after itis due. A minister, in the majority of cases, is more of a man than the rest of us, and he should be treated as well, at least, as the rest of us, and there is no surer way to do this than to give him a good salary, pay it promptly and let him assert his manhood by pay- ing full prtce for a ticket when he wants one. RIcHARD MALcow STRONG. et 8 The Beauty of Niagara ean never be described and it has never been pictured so adequately and satisfac- torily as in the splendid portfolio just issued by the Michigan Central, ‘‘The Niagara Falls Route.’’ It contains fifteen large plates from the very best instan- taneous photographs, which cannot be bought for as many dollars. All these can be bought for ten cents at the Michi- gan Central Ticket Office. 595 9 courtesies the poorest | is Use Tradesman Coupon Books. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Gee BOS. STATE AGENTS Ib ub. FOR |The Lycoming Rubber Company, | keep constantly on hand a full and complete line of these goods made from the purest rubber. They are good style, good fitters and give the best satisfaction of any rubber in the mar- ket. Our line of Leather Boots and Shoes is com- plete in every particular, also Felt Boots, Sox, ete. Thanking you for past favors we now} await your further orders. Hoping you wiil give our line a careful inspection when our representative calls on you, we are H, M. Reynolds & Son, Jobbers of STRAW BOARD, BULLDING PAPERS, BUCKSKIN and MANILLA WRAPPING PAPER, MATERIALS, COAL TAR and ASPHALT; also Practical Roofers, Corner Lonis and Campau Sts., Grand Rapids, ROOFING Mich. k. G6. DUNTON & 60. Will buy all kinds of Lumber— Green or Dry. Office and Yards, 7th St. and C. & W. M. R. R. Grand Rapids, Mich. WALTER BAKER & CO. The Largest Manufacturers of PURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS anpb CHOCOLATES on this continent, have received \ HIGHEST AWARDS from the great lndustrial and Food EXPOSITIONS IN Europe and America. Unlike the Dutch Process no Alkalies or other Chemicals or Dyes are used in any of their preparations. Their delicious BREAKFAST COCOA is absolutely pure and soluble, and costs less than one cent a cup. SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. MICHIGAN CENTRAL “‘Txe Niagara Falls Route.’’ (Taking effect Sunday, May 27,1894.) Arrive. Depart. paom....... Detroit Express ........ 70am . am..... *Atlantic and Pacific..... it 20pm ‘= aeeees New York Express...... 60pm aily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex press trains to aud from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00am; re turning, leave Detroit 4:35 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:20 p m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains eeat over the Michigan Cen- tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. ALMQuisT, Ticket Agent, Union PassengerStation. REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO. | Nov. 18, 1894 CH ICAGO_ _ Weer | Mi CHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO. | Ly. Gd Rapids......... T:15am 1:25pm *11:30pm Ar. Chicago 2:25pm 6:50pm *7:20am RETURNING ‘FROM CHICAGO. 5:00pm *11:45pm #6 2:25am iy. Chien... $:25am | Ar. G’d Rapids.. ..3:05pm 10:25pm TO AND FROM MUSKEGON, Ly. Grand Rapids ..... 7:25am Ar. Grand Kapids......11:48am 25pm 5: 30pm a: ‘05pm ! 0:25pm TRAVERSE CITY. CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. Ly.Grand Rapids.. 7:30am 3:15pm Ar. Manistee........ 12:30om &:loom Ar. TraverseCity.... 1:00pm 8:45pm | Ar. Charlevoix 3:15pm 11:10pm | Ar. Petoskey.... 3:45pm 11:40pm Twains arrive from north at 1:00 pm and 10;00 pi. | PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. Parlor car leaves for Chicago 1:25pm. Ar- jrives from Chicago 10:25pm. Sleeping cars jleave for Chicagy» 11:30pm. Arrive from Chi- cago 6.25am. *Every day. DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R., RK. Others week days only. Oct. 28, 1894 GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm Ar. Detroit .............11:@0am 6:30pen 10: ipes RETURNING FROM DETROIT. in. Betesit......... ___. 7:40am 1:10pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids...... 12:40pm 5:20pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS, Ly. GR 7:40am 5:00pm Ar. G R.11:35am 10:45pm TO AND FROM LOWELL. Ly. Grand Rapids........ 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm Ar. from Lowell...... fosos kee GSSOOMA ....... THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap- ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- ing train. Trains week days onl . GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN & WAUKEE Railway. MIL- EASTWARD. Trains Leave tNo. 14/tNo. 16)tNu. 18/*No. G'd Rapids, Lv | 6 45am|10 20am| 325pm/11 00pm | 740am}11 25am) 427pm/1235am rei 8 25am/|1217pm)/ 520pm/ 12am Ar 900am! 1 20pm; 605pm| 3 10am E. Sesiuaw. .Ar/1050am| 3 45pm)! 8 00pm} 6 40am Bay City..... Ar /11 30am} 435pm| § 37pm! 7 15am Pint ........ Ar/1005am| 345pm) 705pm| 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar|1205pm/ 550pm/ 850pm} 7 30am Pontise ...... Ar |1053am| 305pm) 8 25pm} 5 27am Detroig....... Ar|1150am| 405pm/} 925pm)} 7 00am WESTWARD. For Grand Haven and Intermediate roa... *7:00 a. m. For Grand Haven and Muskegon.....+1:00 p. m. “Mil. and Chi... .+5:35 p. m. +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:50 p.m., 5:30 p. m., 10:u0 p.m Trains an from the west, 10:10 a. m. 3:15 pm. and 9:15 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Parlor Car. No.82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward— No.11 ParlorCar. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. Jas. CAMPBELL, City T‘cket Agent. Grand Rapids & Indiana. TRAINS GOING NORTH, Leave going North For Traverse City, Petoskey and Saginaw....7:40a. m. For Traverse City........ccccccccccscsccvce -+-5:25 PD. ma. eee... --5:00 p. m. For Petoskey and Mackinaw................. 10:25 p m. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Leave going South. ae oes 7:25 a.m. For Kalamazoo and —. a 2:15 p. m. For Fort Wayne and the Eas ooce 8215 P.M. Por teeee eee... oo "5:40 Pp. m. For Kalamazoo and Chicago................ *11:40 p.m Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids........ i ee. 2:15pm *11:40pm ee Oeeeeee............. 2:40 p 9:05pm 7:l0am 2:15p m train has a, eae Buffet Parlor Oar and coach. 11:40 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car and Coach Lv Chicag 0 6:50a m 3:30 p m 11:30pm Arr coma Rapids 2:50pm 9:15pm 7:20am 3:30 p m has through Wagner Buffet Parlor Car 11:30 p m train daily through Wagner Sleeping Oar Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From er. Arrive, 25am 9:55am 1:00pm 1:15pm 5:40 Dm 5:20p m O .L. LOCK WOOD* General Passenger and Ticket Agent. ENGRAVING Bnildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles. PHOTO wooD TRADESMAN CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 13 CORPORATION GOSSIP. Gen. R. A. Alger has sold his $5,000 stock in the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co. to Dwight Cutler. The annual elec- tion of directors will occur Wednesday afternoon, at which time successors to Gov. Alger and the late F. B. Stock- bridge, as well as five loca] members, will be chosen. Stockholders of the Diamond Match Company, at the annual meeting in Chi- cago, on Feb. 6, will vote upon the prop- osition of the directors to declare a stock dividend of 10,000 shares, to reduce the accumulated surplus, and to issue $1,000,- 000 additional stock for sale at par, in order to extend and improve the busi- ness. These two items will increase the capital stock to $11,000,000. Of course, the stockholders will favor both proposi- tions, and, after the benefits have been distributed, it is natural to expect a big slump in the price of the stock. The in- tention of the directors has been paraded before the public so long that it would seem as if insiders wanted to put up the market price, so as to unload what stock they had purchased before making the announcement. The sale of the plant and franchise of the Grand Rapids Gas Co. has been con- summated, the first 10 per cent. payment on the purchase price of the stock hay- ing been made. THE TRADESMAN was the first journal to announce the condi- tions of the sale and it is now the first to announce the intentions of the pur- chasers in regard to the re-organization of the enterprise. The promoters have bonded the plant for $1.200,000—the amount of the purchase’ price—and stocked it for $1,000,000. Each pur- chaser of $1,000 worth of bonds at par receives $500 in stock, so that $600,000 of the stock will be disposed of in this man- ner. This leaves a balance of $400,000 in stock, which is being offered to in- vestors at 40 cents onthedollar. Recent advices from Wall Street lead to the be- lief that the stock will find a ready mar- ket at that price, so that the promoters of the sale will reap the handsome profit of $160,000 for conducting and consum- mating the negotiations. So far as THE TRADESMAN’S information goes, only $75,000 of the bonds has been set aside for Grand Rapids investors, although three or four times that amount would be likely to find ready sale here. So scanty an assignment to local investors is surely mistaken policy on the part of the managers of the re-organized com- pany, for the time may come when it will be desirable for the corporation to have a considerable number of infiuen- tial friends at this end of the line to se- cure favorable, and attempt to defeat un- favorable, legislation at the hands of the Common Council. What the policy of the new company will be in its dealings with the public is, as yet, entirely prob- lematical, but ordinary business fore- sight would naturally dictate a continu- ance of the same liberal policy which characterized the management of the late -Mr. Gilbert, who, despite some peculiari- ties of a minor character, was as broad minded and far seeing a business man as Grand Rapids ever possessed. In case the new corporation does not adopt Mr. Gilbert’?’s methods, or pursue a policy equally as liberal, it will be a compara- tively easy matter to create and put into operation a competing company, as the franchise of the present corporation is not an exclusive one, municipalities hav- ing no authority to grant exclusive fran- chises to any corporation. The Hardware Market. General Trade—January has been quite a busy month in many lines. The snow has been more than welcome and has given lumbermen and farmers a chance to get in their logs and wood. This has resulted in a good demand for all kinds of lumber tools, such as saws, cant hooks, files, saw handies, chain, etc. In price there has been but little change to note. Advances are few and declines many. The demand for snow shovels, hand sleighs and skates has been very good. Especially has this been so for skates, such ademand not having been known in years. A general scarcity has been the result, and manufacturers have all been sold out and jobbers have been accommodating each other, so far as pos- Barbed Wire—While none is being used at precent, the majority of dealers have gotten their orders in for early spring shipment, and those who have are fortunate, as the manufacturers are try- ing to advance prices. The present price from mill is: Painted, $1.60@1.55; gal- vanized, $2@1.90. A lower price need not be looked for. Wire Nails—Have been very weak, but at the present time a firmer tone pervades the market. Manufacturers are withdrawing the extremely low prices made during the first part of the month and are doing their best to improve prices. Window Glass—Firm, with advancing tendencies. Horse shoes—Weak and we lower figures. Bar iron and steel have touched bot- look for tom. Cistern and drive pumps are as last year. Gas pipe is mentioned for higher prices. 2 Purely Personal. Will D. Tuxbury, who is in charge of the Sullivan Lumber Co.’s operations at Wallin, was in town one day last week. Burridge D. Butler, Advertising Man- ager for the Majestic Manufacturing Co., of St. Louis, has been trying his hand at selling ranges to the trade, with such marvelous success that his employers may wish to transfer him from the ad- vertising to the selling department. He placed seven ranges at Ann Arbor and ten times as many at Jackson in one day last week. Greg. M. Luce, formerly a Grand Rap- ids traveling man, but now a leading lumberman in Southern Mississippi, sends THE TRADESMAN an announcement of the Scranton (Miss.) State Bank, of which he is a director, informing the stockholders that a cash dividend of 10 per cent. has been declared from the earnings of 1894, besides carrying 7 per cent. to the surplus account. > << _____— Strikers never seem to learn anything from experience. Everybody recognizes the right of men to quit work, and no striker can be denied that right. But when men claim not only the right to | quit work but to prevent by force other men from working, they doom to failure any strike based upon such claims. Itis curious that men still insist on making such strikes, in view of the fact that no such strike has ever succeeded in this country. 2 False pretense does not serve the man who cannot obtain money under any pre- | tense, sible, in many cases paying retail prices in order to accommodate their | trade. ‘ , 4 Importers and Jobbers of o> TEAS< 21 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. The Globe Box Metal pours like water and is as tough as tripe. Used in babbitting counter shafts, emery grinders, carving machines and all high speed machinery. Its trial ‘costs you noth- ing if not satisfactory. lf it proves its merit it is the cheapest high-grade babbitt metal made. Telephone 540. J. W. HAYDEN & CO. Grand Rapids. 69 PEARL ST. RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO., 12, 14, 16 Pearl St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF BOOTS, SHOES, and RUBBERS. Our aim is to please our customers. We know what they want and have got it. Come and see. WE MAKE and handle the best lines in the market—everything up to date. Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. We carry as large a stock as any jobber. Or- ders filled promptly and always at best terms and discounts. General Stampede FROM THE Curse of Credit. Hundreds of merchants are now abandoning the old-time credit system and discarding the pass book for the cash and coupon book system, which en- ables the dealer to avoid all the losses and annoy- ances insepa ‘ably connected with the credit busi- ness. of the credit business and If you are a victim desire to place your business on a cash basis, send to us fora catalogue and samples of our several kinds of coupon books, which will be forwarded free on application. TRADESMAN COPIPANY. 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs Department. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Aan Arbor. Two Years—George Gundrum, ionia. Three Years—C. A. Bug bee, Charlevoix. For Years—S. E. Parkill, Owosso. Five Years—F.W. R. Perry, Detroit. President— Fred’k W .R. Perry, Detroit. fecretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Yreasurer—Geo. Gundrum, [onia. Coming Meetings—Detroit, Jan8; Grand” Rapids. March 5; Detroit (Star Island), June 24; Lansing, Nov. 5, Michigaa State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President— A. 8. Parker, Detroit. Vice-President—John E. Peck, Detroit. Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit. Secretav—F. C. Thompson, Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical) Society. President, John E. Peck; Secretary, B. Schrouder. INDIVIDUALITY IN ADVERTISING. There should be an identity between the advertiser and the article he sells which will make it impossible to disso- ciate the two. When the man’s name is spoken, his business should be immedi- ately brought to mind, and ifthe product he controls is in demand, his name will naturally follow as indicating the place of supply; one should suggest and be a sequence to the other. It remains for each merchant to dis- cover for himself the style of advertising best adapted to his trade. An attraction that proves wonderfully profitable in one locality will fail completely in an- other. One druggist spends time and money in arranging his windows—he has confidence in this medium and will at- tempt no other. Another retailer will deem artistic display a waste of time; his pet method partakes possibly of the lottery—a valuable present given to the holder of a certain ticket, or to the best guesser of the number of beans in a jar. Another pharmacist believes in sign- boards scattered throughout the country ; he follows the railroad track, leases ground at intervals, and builds board fences on which to paint his name and business. Books and pamphlets for dis- tribution are found effective by soma ad- vertisers; but the book, to save it from the usual fate of the printed circular, should be something more than a cata- logue of his own gocds—it should econ- tain fire-alarm signals, theatre diagrams, a list of poisons and antidotes, or a con- densed materia medica. A New York druggist who pins his faith devoutiy to advertising by window displays is at present exhibiting a beau- tiful representation of Northern Lights. When questioned concerning the expense of such an elaborate arrangement, he stated that the cost was comparatively little, much less than one would suppose from the artistic effect produced. The display consists of huge blocks of ice piled high; underneath, an are-light of probably 1,000 candle power is stationed, and behind the ice a wheel revolves, with pieces of colored glass pendent from the circumference. At each turn of the wheel a procession of prismatic colorscis reflected through the ice, giv- ing flashes of brilliancy- that rival Na- ture’s own borealie fireworks. An auto- matic ventilator in the upper part of the window exhausts the warm air and moisture, and a drain attachment carries off the water. The adoption of a trade mark or coat of arms has found favor with some drug- gists; something unique is most desir- able—a two-tailed cat, winged horse, or a symbolic emblem suggested by the name of the apothecary. It appears con- spicuously upon wrapping-paper, sta- tionery, labels, bottles, window-panes, etc., and as soon as the mark becomes identified with the merchant every bearer of a bundle from his place becomes an unconscious advertiser. A combination of colors is good for this purpose, but to be most effective the idea must be car- ried out in detail; the colors should be constantly visible in window-dressing, inside decorations, labels and wrappers, even string for tying packages. A trade mark soon becomes characteristic and is recognized at a glance. It is said that a worthless article needs only to be extensively advertised to make it a successful seller. This is partly true; the advertiser may get back the amount of his investment, but the intel- ligent pnblic will not be twice fooled when it comes to a question of merit. It is characteristic of Americans that they take a humbug philosophically, but the experience teaches a new lesson in shrewdness, and the author of the swindle has acquired a reputation that will stick to him through his entire career. Advertising goes a long way, but the quality of the goods must sus- tain the promises or the business will meet an early death in the mercantile world. In these days of press investi- gation the precept ‘‘Honor for Honor’s Sake”? must be followed by ‘‘Honor for Safety’s Sake.’’ If the manufacturer of a new article, particularly a patent nos- trum, appears to reap large returns and great profits from his advertising, he is at once ‘‘looked after,’? his product an- alyzed, the actual cost of its ingredients compared with the selling price, its pre- tensions to medicinal value are assailed, and its possible injurious effects upon the system told with harrowing detail. If itis proof against this searchlight at- tack, it has earned the right to live; if not, it goes out like a candle, or seeks new fields where the daily newspaper is unknown. One of the queer things to be seen on the Bowery is the ‘‘puller-in.’’ The man or woman engaged for this purpose stands outside the store, and pounces, like the historical spider, upon a victim, coaxes, wheedles, and drags him over the threshold of the establishment. This is no doubt forcible advertising, but, out- side the limits of the Bowery, such deli- cate methods would not be appreciated. In localities less enterprising and mure conservative, hypnotism might be sub- stituted. This subject seems to have been inoculated into the public recently, and it may be that the development of the germ will result in the ‘‘professional hypnotist’’—an open field, by the way, of unbounded resources and possibilities. With a person of such ability as a drug- store attache, no other advertising would be necessary; business would be brisk and profitable in the dullest times, simply at the will of the hypnotizer. The advertiser must be bold—an Ajax defying competitors and the money mar- ket. Like everything else, if entered into with half a heart, returns will beas weak as the spirit that called them forth. It requires strength to achieve great re- sults. L. H. Foster. —_——__—~ -2- << The Chinese customs post office has is- sued a new series of nine stamps to com- memorate the birth day of the empress dowager. _— oe Oe Mrs. Havemeyer, the sugar king’s wife, employs sixty servants and pays her boss cook $10,000 a year. Plenty of sugar in that. —- >_> __—_- -— If he who hesitates is lost, the moral of it is that he should not hesitate. The Microscope in Pharmacy. That pharmacy is a profession, we know from her direct relation to the sev- eral sciences; the greater the scientific requirements in pharmacy, the higher will be her rank as a profession; the greater the pharmacist’s intellectual en- lightenment, the higher will be his posi- tion in the social world. His relation to science actually identifies him with spe- cific social functions, as it is a common thing that the druggist is called upon by the public to enlighten them with the re- sults of such scientific research as they need. The pharmacy is the place where they will be furnished with just as much information as_ they seek—they need as much light as they can get, and for the most part have no other hall of science at which to apply. The pharmacist of to-day should at least be able to ascertain the purity of the drugs and chemicals carried in stock by him. This necessarily demands a thorough knowledge of the physical and anatomical properties and characteristics of the crude material. In the study of this material many of the external char- acteristics are indistinct to the unaided eye. These, however, may be clearly distinguished by the aid of a simple microscope or lens; the study of the an- atomy or inner structure of the tissues must be made with the compound micro- scope, an instrumentof higher magnify- ing power. Probably no one instrument has so revolutionized science and contributed so much to progress and a knowledge of the works of nature as the microscope. The great advancement in structural anatomy of organisms which our knowl- edge has made in the last decade we owe u..ely to the microscopical re- searches made by pharmacists and botan- ists. By virtue of his profession, the edu- eated pharmacist should be the chemist and analyst of the people; thus, he would be called upon to make microscopical ex- aminations of urine, sputum, animal tissues, stomach contents, water, etc. These examinations may not only re- sult in a gain from a pecuniary stand- point, but necessarily terminate in a gain of confidence as to his capacity in his profession, as well as esteem and friendship—all of which are most es- sential to success in business. The microscope is an exceedingly del- icate instrument, and its use must be learned. The faculty of seeing with it mnst be acquired; this requires some perseverance if we wish to attain the ac- curate vision here indispensable; through experimental training alone will we be able to discover the presence of objects that were in the early part of our work entirely overlooked. There is hardly a substance that we could prepare for microscopical examina- tion but would reveal something new and of interest. This excites the curi- osity, which only lasts for a short time before something offering particularly interesting peculiarities will be found and will turn our investigations into a certain one of the manifold branches of microscopy. Louis RoMINGER. qm 2s ___ A recent medical writer asserts that careful examination of a number of cases shows that loss of hearing is almost al- Ways due to some disease of the throat or nose. — 2 ~~ Use Tradesman Coupon Books Details Which Will Take Care of Them- selves. If there ever was an occupation requir- ing watchful care, it is that of the phar- macist. One by one new remedies ac- cumulate, and, as time goes by, it be- comes difficult in some cases to get re- liable data referring to the dose, pro- pertiesand solubilities of these once new remedies. If the druggist will trim a neat blank label and gum it on the back of each bot- tle, he fill find that he will need all of its space in which to write a few things down—details that will take care of themselves. The first thing to note down is the cost price per ounce. Then follows the selling price per grain ordrachm. If the pharmacist will con- tinue his statistics further, he should add the dose, usual and maximum, then the effect on the system, in one or two words—and we have plenty in the vocab- ulary to describe each therapeutic effect, by the way—giving also the incompat- ibles and solubility, concluding with an advisable vehicle. It may be a year or two—yes, even longer—before these same facts, gleaned at the time from the books and journals, will be of great service to the one dis- pensing. Maybe it will be a new clerk, or assistant, er the proprietor, who will be asked by a physician or patient the dose, effect, compatibility or solvent for this identical yet out-of-the-way remedy. By embodying all this in a few words, and writing iton a small label on the bottle, the answer will always be at hand, and where it is most needed. Itis just these peculiar remedies that your physician may ask you about, and it is your business to furnish the infor- mation. He may doubtless know the therapeutic value and dose, yet inquire for its solubility anda pleasant method of administration. If every out-of-the- way chemical or preparation is thus labeled, the compounding of a prescrip- tion calling for it would be more of a pleasure than a task, and still serve to relieve the druggist’s memory of details, which will then take care of themselves. FRANK T. GREEN. i 0 ‘‘None but the brave deserve the fair’’ and none but the brave can live with some of them. Seely’s Flavoring Extracts Every dealer should sell them. Extra Fine quality. Lemon, Vanilla, Assorted Flavors. Yearly sales increased by their use. Send trial order. Beely's Lemon, rapped) los. 8 80 10°20 ' 120 12 60 200 22 80 3 00 33 00 Seely's Vanilla Wrapped) 2 oz, 4 oz. 6 oz. 1 oz. $ 130 16°20 200 21 60 3°75 4080 60z. 5 40 57 60 Plain N.S. with corkscrew at same price if preferred, 2 oz. 4 oz. Correspondence Solicited SEELY MFG. CO., Detroit [lich. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 15 Wh al Pri Morphia, S. P. & W. PF escssias — Mixture...... @ 2} Linseed, boiled.. oles © ce Current. ~ &. N.Y.@ & ; “ ee eee eso @ = Neat’s oo winter “ “ oo a Ce ee @ | strained ....... ||. io" Salacine, Blue Vitrol, Serpentina, Turpentine. Declined Opiom, Gum Camphor, Moschus Canton... @ 40 snuft, See De gi aqeienpaaiian 35 0 Nux Vomica, (po 20). 10 | Snuff “Scotch, De. Voes @ PAINTS. bbl. Ib. ACIDUM. Cupenae. -1 40@1 50 TINCTURES. = es CaP 18 | Soda Boras, (po .8-16). 7@ 9 Gen hig mange ea 1 2@8 Aceticum «aa GQ 2 eae 1 Aconitum Napellis R....... “2 @2 00 Soda gi Folana est ‘as. ° "ae ae ae —— — 15 | Gaultherla............ 1 50@1 60 oe oo Picts Lig, N..C., % gal Soda, Bi-Carb......... 3@ +5 Putty, commercial ....2%% 244 Carb. ee 20@ 30} Geranium, ounce. 7 pond LE ee 3 00 - hoe. 3%@ 4|_“ strictly pure..... 2% 2% ee eealeeeme 44 Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 70@ 75 80 | Picts Liq., quarts |... 1 00} Soda, Sulphas..... ||] @ 2 Vermilion me Amer- eater 3@ 5|Hedeoma ............. 1 5@1 40 50 pints... @ 85|Spts.’Ether Co ........ aa a. 13@15 oo 10g 12| Junspert..2 2222220022 50@2 00 0} Pi Hydrate, (po. 80).. @ 50 Myrcia Dom..... 2 00 Vermilion, English.... 65@70 trocum Th aie 12| Lavendula ............ 9@2 60 Piper Nigra, (po. 2). @ 1 “ Myrcia imp Ta ge 50| Green, Peninsular..... 13@16 Cealicum ............. 10@ Sieaeeie 1 400! 60 60 > Aiea (70 $8). @ 3 - Vint bel a 5yQ6 Selfeylicum -. ae 1 25@1 60 | Mentha Piper... _../2:2 10@3 00 [ia - 7... Fee ccgepd AO 8 . oe $e joo nga a ix@ 5| Mentha Verid “1 80@2 00 30 | Plumbi Acet 2. 10@_ 12 absee 60 ,cash ten days. | Whiting, white Span... @70 a car “aa 1 40@1 60 | Morrhuae, gal --- 50| Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 wae aly ystal.....1 40@i 45 Whiting, Gilders’.... S% Tann — Bee ee 300 33 Myrcia, ounce. 50 Canthartdes 00010) 077 75 | Pyrethrum, boxes H = phur, = 24@ 3 | White, aria American 1 es ee a teen eee e eee eens 50| “&P. D. Co., doz..... @1 25 Bee 2 @2% Whiting, Paris Eng. ; ‘ Pick Liquida, (gai d cit tecctectes esse F Tamarinds............ oe. ; ar — : oe B8@ * Go... ae | Byrethram, py........ 22 3 | Terebenth Venice... oe 30 | Universal Prepared i co@1_15 Agen. a ae 6@ 8 ened eto — Ss ness 100 Quinta haw. aBon'e Theobromae .......... VABNISHES, on ". 19@ 14] Rosae, ounce. ....... 650@8 50 | Catechu.............. 21... 50 '. Go. Vana 80 D0g16 00 No.1 Turp Coach.. --1 10@1 20 ce 12@ 14] Succini...... ......... 40@ 45] Cinchona .................-- 50] pinie pinctormn Zinci Sulph.......... 7@ 8| Extra Turp............160@1 70 Chiorsaam ...........- iaidien 9@1 00 Boel, a ee Pinetoenm. . > a A a eo CEE ee ee ee 14 Coac eis 00 ANILINE. Santal ...... ....-.... z — = Giataae oS aan ag OrLs. No. 1 Turp Furn......1 00@1 10 0 2 00@2 25 oe ee eee = wa 50 Sanguis Draconis..... Bbl. Gal | Eutra Turk Damar....1 60 Boe -— So $ ae. 50 Sapo, WW Se i br id Whale, winter........ 0 © —— Dryer, No. 1 10978 a ae... a oe ee eipmeaaes eee “a = beard, Gxgra........... 3 85 ee eS 2 5003 y "Walia RBG ee... BS 5 | Lard, No. aoe aa ¢ . BACCAE, ‘’heobromas..... ss 15@ 20. eine ee = +P Canons tue 25). eee 20@ 2 POTASSIUM. . a. US ..----.---.-- 8@ 10 ii einstein 50 ———— Kant oxylum .. 2 30 = Hyoscyamus TT 50 Sie —— ml @§ Ghee... ...... 75 Copaiba ..........-+++- 45@_ 5° | Chlorate (po. 17@i9).. 18 | Ferri Chloridum........... 35 Pe eee... ..... 50@ 55| Kino... iH 50 Merabin. Canada... 45@ 50 ccc es cs 2 96@3 00 | Lobelia . 50 a 35@ 50 Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 283@ 2 yrrh.... | & CORTEX. Potassa, Bitart, = on = — Vomica : = ® Cae Mires opt. 6S lee . Abies, Canadian..........-- 18 | Potass Nitras. se ae ™7]@ 9 R Camphorated...... —. oo ee = Prusaiate «0.0.2.0... 230 80} Deodor......2.0.0.0...°2 00 nchona od ulphate po........... Buonymus jatropurp CER 30 P yon Saeentan....-. Se 59 a... sa. 20@ 2 | Rhatany ... 5 ——— 2 is | Cassia Acutifoi.. . b0 VALLEY CITY Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... * [ Serpentaria - i 50 EXTRAOCTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10 ee eed e ee eees 2 Yr Glabra... 24@ 25] Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18} Tolutan............. —e eee B@ 3 ee Canaden, Valerian ............ «2... 50 POU ke y PO VW DER Haematox, 18 lb. box.. = & . (po. 35 area 3 30 Veratrum Veride............ 50 e a Alm, pG..;. « 14@ 15] Inula, po.............. 15@ 20 rr i“ 16@ 17 a be ae -: a = Ather, Spts “as oe . s plox 35@38 ' : : oo 4 —— so 40@ 45] Alumen............... 8 Carbonate Precip...... @ 15! Marants, \s.......... @ Citrate and Quinia..... @3 50) pogophylium, po...... 1 18) 4 Citrate Boluble.-;-.- 2 = Wns... "eI 00 Annatto a 60 Ferrocyanidum S0l.... a i mtimont, po....... of ° ° Solut Enioride sos eae @ 15 “ Os 75@1 35 ‘“s 60 oO Make Hens La In Winter. Sulphate, com’l....... 3@ 2 Spigelia a 35@ 38] Antipyrin............. @140 Nothing Like It t y “pure... .--- @ 7) Sangutnaria, (po 25).. @ 20] Antifebrin 221! @ % « Sec... ...... 59@ 55] Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 43 wee —— 55@ 60|Arsenicum............ 5@ 7 Arnica ........2+00-+++ 12@ 14) Simtlax, Officinalis. H @ 40| Balm Gilead Bud... 40 Anthemis .........---- 18Q 25 | M _@ 2%| Bismuth 8. N......... 40@1 50 Matricaria Sis es 180.5 amen, (po. aed 10@ 12 a a , 18, (48 on nn f ] : H 1 i wa. Sym ner, ce ite ea a a ane S § i o ee 0 es ipo @ S| cantharides Russian, | A valuable addition to the feed of laying Hens and growing ees Valerian _. po. po. fol, Tin i ° : Cassie Acutitel, Ts 1s@ 2 erman... 15@ 2 | capeict Fructus, af. @ % hicks, and a sure preventative for Cholera nivelly ; Ix. 2@ 30] _Ingibera............ 1n@ @ @ 2B c 8, I Salvia officinalis, 8 | Zingiber j a a la Sle a 18@ wo “ « @ 20 d G and %B......--...6-- i2@ 20 #EMEN. Caryophyllus, a Pp) 10@_ 12 Roupe an apes. Ura Ural : 8@ 1] anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 Gen Bae a go he sok’ te eee Bhants (graveleons) .. 3 * Cora Bava... Be 4 Acacia, ist picked @ 6 Carul, an i ay 10g 12|Coccum ............... @ 4 _ @ 40 Cardamen.... ....... 1 00@1 25 Guan wructi........ 25 = @ x Corlandrum........... 12 14| Centraria.............. 10 o “sifted sorts > +l ane. a «4 eee... 40 . 26... foe 60@ 80 aac TT eas 00 Chloroform « ae 60 68 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 90) fenonodium |....... 10 12 squid bbs .. = % — Sug de $ = Dipterix Odorste .....2 40@2 60 Ohioral Hyd veel ao 030! Chon cateont, 1s, (am, 14 8, @ 1 |Foenugresk, pa...../. og ‘8 | Cinchontaine, ¥. aw iB * Cae erman Ammoniae |... SQ 60] Lt ne nen “an 4 Corks, let, dis. per Assafoatida, (po.60} = = aoe om Hits 53 40 | OEE oon eseeeeee ee % engolnum........---- 5 ; Oreametn Camphors.......... ae eo 04g 3 | Creta, "(bl m....: 3 2 Beene OO......- Se Wb mee oo eee te maf. Galbenum Le ecnese @2 50 sinapis Riva cece oes Ne 4 “ eh in %@ 11 Gambo;:e, po.........- a 2..lUlUlll CU ee eee ubra.... S@ 8 Guaiacum, (po 35 @ = Riese Croce 7)... 40 Kino, (po 2 00)....... @? 00 | prumentt, W.,D. Co..2 0@% 50] Coapear. 2.2. <= NT foe, conus @ w D. F. R.....2 06@2 25| Coprt Suiph 5@ 6 Myrrh, (po. 45); -- @ sseeyeeeeed 25@1 80] Doxtrine...0.. 1... 10@ 12 Opii (po $30@3 50).. @ Juntperts G Co. -1 65@2 00! Rther Sulph..........: 75@ 90 ShelJac .. .......---+- 0@ o -1 75@3 50 Emery, = numbers... @ “bleached. . 4@ ig N. ieee. 6 Tragacanth ..........- 50@ 80] Spt. Vint Galll........ 1 75@8 56 Brgots ta, (PO, 40 fo uk = HERBA—In ounce packages. me Gperte... 1 aos 00 ‘ia 12@ 15 thium we. 95] Vint Alba............. a @ 2 eae hea 20 Gambier... .........7 @8 Eupatorium .... BPONGRS, Gel atin Cooper. @ 00 a = Florida sheepe’ wool, os French........ 30 50 4M narit BEC.........--.. Gi are fiint, by box 80. —" vie — on Nassan —“sonenied wool 2 00 lana box 7. 7 a ascen == 30 velvet extra shcepe Glue, Brown.......... 15 Tanacetam, V bese eater eee ees = wool Cartiage....... 1 10 a. oynite Ce 1 % eeeces seer eeeeeeoe ? eeeresececees — MAGEESIA. = — hice 85 Grana Paradiai = ah aca att ooo Carbonate, Pai oes 208 oe Grass —— 85 Hydrasg Chlor Mite.. 75 wianein Fat........ Sy 22) Meee... : Carbonate, K.& M.... 20@ 25 | Hard for og ies ” “ canes $5 Price 25 Cents. Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36| Yellow Reef, for sla e io a Ammoniati.. © 9% a . ane lc, Ea - toa ae bsinthium. . .-2 50@3 00 SYRUPS. Hydrargyrum......... @ ‘ dalae, Duic.. a 30@ 50 50 | Ichthyobolla, Am.. ..1 25@1 50 Amy ine Amaras....8 00@8 25 SO) tadigo. . H@1 ee eee cee poe ee 2 10@2 26 60 | fodine, Resubl mai Cortex....... 1 80@2 00 50 | lodoform...... Bergamil ............. 3 00@3 20 Auranti Cietee 50| Lupulin....... jiputi .............. com ©) Rhel Arom........... |... 50 | Lycopodium ‘9 Uaryophylli........... 7%@ 80! Similax Officinalis.. ..... ieee. oe ace se a = > st - “ne = Liguor pee et Hy -* ee cw @ RO pore toe... .... oe 125Q1 4, Selllee OREN OEE e w0 See 1e@ 12 Manufacturing Chemists, Ceres -.....,-. 5. + a agnesia, Sulp Conium Mac.......... on Ol Tolaten ll ee ICH Copaiba ee 80@ 90| Prunus girg.............. 50 Manele, a. GRAND RAPIDS, M C i THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROC: The prices quoted in this going to press and are an representing av below are given as those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. accurate index of the local market. erage prices for average conditions of purchase. Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or 0 aay PRICE. CUE list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than missions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the INT. AXLE —— 0z gross Sarre... ..-.-.---- 55 6 00 Jastor Oil. 60 7 00 Diamond...........- 50 5 50 Praecers.........-.. 75 9 00 — os t3 Paragon 4 6 00 BAKING POWDER. acme. 45 — * ae 1 00 RR a ee ee 10 Arctic. = D cans 6 doz case......- *b “| 4doz “ 110 es * 200: * 2a es “* tao * eo Queen Flake. u 3 ozcans6doz “ . 2 70 San“ S4¢@0c ~ 3 20 sa to — ------ 4 80 1 “ 240 — . 400 5h * if f----.-- 9 00 Red Star, 14 Th cans......-- 40 - b _ = ad 1b oe i 1 40 Telfer’ 8, i Ib. cans, dos. - o° 9] . tip .. 150 Our, Leader, 4% -b cans....- 45 \% Ib Cans.....- 73 ' 1ipeans..... . 12 BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. : Eaglish Ce 80 emeel ...--.----- -----+- = 70 Downestic........----.--- 60 BLUING. Gross arctic, 402 ovals eee 3 60 Ce ceo eee 6 75 wi ints, round.. .. 900 = moe , Sifting box... 2 75 - 3, . 400 * Ho. 5, . . 8 00 = ic ball... - 450 Mexican Lig quid, 4 02. 3 60 re [ ...... 6 80 BROOMS, Ao. 2 Horl ee 1s No. zt arteries 2 50 — a ; - ‘ancy —- x” Joon ee 2 85 BRUSHES. Stove No. . ee eee 1 25 CS. 1 50 na . ib eee i Rise Root Scrub, 2 row..-- 5 Rice Root Scrub, 3row.... 1 25 Paimetto, goo#e.......--.-. 150 CANDLES, Hotel, 40 ib. boxes.. 10 NE ee 9 Parafine ...........- ——— aaa OARNED GOODS. Fish. Clams. fits Merk, (ih... ........ = oe............ 1 90 Clam Chowder. Sientand S..............- 23 Cave Oysters. Standari, 1!b.... = as 21... if Lobsters. Star, F oe 245 EE 3 50 Pionic.1 ~~. 2 06 . = ........-..._- 29 Ma —_— Standard, —% ee eee Mustard, sib. : 2% Tomato Sauce, 21b 20 Season, 2 ib........ 22 Salmon. Columbia River, Hat... talls cae” ae coe cinney's : _— ee ee eee Sardines. Aopen ............ 4K%G 5 ss ee Tepereed ie.............. Gi ee —......-..--.. ae eS 6@7 BORGIGES ....... cc0cc00e.-o200 x2 Trout. Bresk &, ........c...........8 OD ene im , ” 90 York Stave, gallous.. 2 50 i Hamburgh, — Live oak.. . Santa Crus. a i .............._. so e............- Blackberries. FL& W — Red.. —. Pitted ifamburgh . . White . oe ——......... Dameons, Egg Plums and Gages. =... Cc sania _ Gooseberries, ee i‘ Peaches. Se. Maxwell .. Shepard’s . California... Monitor oo. ee... Pears. re .........-.... Rieeoees.............. Pineapples. eon. 1 Johnson’ eS wiced...... erated...... Booth’s ea. : . grated.. ec eee Quinces, Re Black Hambure.. SS @1 20 1 40 in6 Green 1 35 25 _ 146 Erie, black .. 1 20 Strawberries, Dewees... .... 13 Bombers ............ i= a. 1 20 ae... 1 05 Whortleberries, Blueberries ........ / 85 Meats. Corned beef Libby’s....... 220 Roast beef Armour’s.. 2 Potted ham, He “ “ 3 50 Butter, 66 ib bags......... 20 141b bags. . « 280 lb bbis . 2m © Worcester. 115 ~*~ Ib sacks Eee eee #400 ote lg. 3¢ 30 > Yb Deere eae. 3 50 Ce 3 30 eo) tb. Wel... .............. 2 & Bi) seeks... ............ See linen acks ee ee 60 Common Grades. 100 3-lb. sacks....... os @sib. “ 28 10-1b. sect 1 Warsaw. 56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 30 2k. * o a Ashton, 56 lb. dairy ae sacks.. 75 gin 561», dairy in linen sacks. 75 Soiar Rock. 66 ly. SACKS... .. Common Fine. Saginaw .....-.essesereeee 90 SALERATUS, Packed 60 lbs. in box. OnMGire .... -.......,....- 3 30 mae snag eee ee eee eae 3 15 Bwigece.... |. 5... 4.0 oo Tiss... 3 00 SEELY’S EXTRACTS. Lew loz. F. M. . 90 ‘doz. #10 20 gro = NS. 20 Be ~ 2 Fe a ia mm 40 “ Vanilla. loz. F.M.1S0dose. 16 2ero fz "*-nR Ss 2m ae 2° Pests 3550 “ Rococo—Second Grade. Lemon. ~~. ....... 76 Gos..... ” Vanilla, 2 Gom...... 1 @ doz..... 050 ° SOAP. Laundry. G. R. Soap Works Brands. Concordia, 100 34 Ib. bars. ..3 50 5 box lots : a 10 box lots. “ 2° box lots . Loe. 3 i Best German F — 6O0l-ib bars ....-.. 2 oe 5 box i... .. 2 25 box lots.. .2 00 Allen B. Wrisley’ ' Brand Old Country, 80 1-lb........3 20 Good Cheer, 601 Ib.......... 3 90 White Borax, 100 %-Ib...... 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. Comeord......-.....--.--+.- 3 45 Ivory, 10 OZ... .... .-.+-+- 6 75 . G6 of................. 4 00 bomen, ..... ... 2... 3 65 Mottled German... 3 15 en Tele........--...-..- 3 2 Dingman Brands. Single box.. ..........--..- 3 9 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3% Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands, 83 33 American Family, w - d. plai _ou N. K. Fairbank & Co. ‘Brands, Santa Ciaus............-... Brown, ie bare. ...........- 3 10 > bere ..... | 3 10 — Bros. & Co.’8 Brands. Agee |... 3 65 Cotton Ofl.. | . 6@ Mareciiicg.........-.-...... 4 00 Master . ..., £08 Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands Silver . UL eceseeece ces: 3 65 Rae. 3 30 Savon Improv ed.. Loa oe! & Oe BUMROWEE ....-.....-+0000. 2 80 eee 3 2 Economical ...........-... 2 mo Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 dos... 240 hand, Sidde 00. . 2 40 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the lo- cal freight from New York to your shipp: ng point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market inw hich he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. eee $4 75 eee 475 a ae . 437 Powdered ........... . 437 XXXX Powdered..... . 462 ee eee 3 94 Fine Granulated........... 3 94 Extra Fine Granulated... 416 wo ................. 437 Diamond Confec. A......-. 4 Ov Confec. Standard A.......3 = 1 35 SYRUPS. Corn, Barrels. ....o oes ceeecees.-a+0- 17 Pelt tom................... 19 Pure Cane, i ......................,. 7 iGiat. 20 CS 25 TABLE SAUCES, Lea & Perrin’ 8, —_ ee 4% mea..... 27 Halford, marae oe 3 7 Cee ecco 2 2 Salad senna. large 455 - oa... 2 6 TEAS. saPan—Regular. Mele ..................- @17 MANGE oes e see, ete ee Choree ................ 24 eee 32 ae. 10 SUN CURED. oS @ GCaea.. .......,....... @ Cnoree ................ 24 Cnoreem, .............. 32 @34 Eo 10 @I12 BASKET FIRED. 7 ............,.....19 y20 Chelee............. “ Choicest. . @35 Extre choice, ‘wire leat GUNPOWDER. Common to fal....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choicest fancy........ 7 @s5 OOLONG. Common to fair... ...23 IMPERIAL. Common to fair....... 23 Superior tofine........ 30 : YOUNG HYSON. Commor, to fair.......18 Superior to fine....... 30 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. wen ......... cocee 18 Cneiee. ............ oo 24 Beat. _...-...........- -40 @50 TOBACCOS, Fine Cut. P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands. Sweet Russet..........¢ 30 @32 Tiger. ...........-.-.. 30 D. Seotten & = s Brands. Hiawatha. 60 Cuba. os ROGHeL...... ..-..-.-. Spaulding & Merrick’s Brauds. Sterne... -.. 1... ..- 30 Private Brands. Basoe ...:..........,.. @30 Con Can. ...........-.. @27 Mellie Bly............- 2 @s Uncle Ben. 24 @25 McGinty leet eeces cues 2 % bbis....... 29 Columbia .............. 24 Columbia, drums. . 23 Bang Up....--...--. _ 20 Bang oa drums. ......- 19 Plug. Sorg’s Brands, — aa 39 JORGE 6 oo nos os weweses 27 Nobby (Poder. 2...) 4... 40 Scotten’s Brands. Kivlo.....-..........-.. 25 Biswetne,........ -.-. 33 Valley City .........-. 34 Finzer’s Brands, Old Honesty......-+-- 40 dolly Tar....._....-.-- 32 Loriliard’s Brands. Climax (8 0z., 41C).. 39 Green Turtie.......... 30 Three Black Crows... 7 J. G. Butler’s Brands. Something ‘RE Laas Out of Sight.......... 24 Wilson & MeGaulay’ s Brands. Gold Hope............ 43 Happy Thought....... 7 Messmate ...........-- 32 31 27 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands, Kiln dried. ....... .- 17@18 Golden Shower.. i Huntress Ce ese Meerschaum .........- ‘-29@30 American Eagle Co.’s — Myrtle Navy..........------ ee ee oe 30 — Se ak cwee on men ae 15 a 4s foil.. ie Banner Tobacco Co.'s —- Banner......-. Banner Cavendish ee ewon ae 36 Gea Cat ..—...........-.- 30 Scotten’s Brands. Warpath ...................- 14 Honey Dew.........-..----- 26 Gold Block.........0«..-..- 30 ¥F, F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s Brands, Peeriess .......-..---.---..- 26 ee eee 22 Globe Tobacco Co.’s — Handmade............cs-++ Leidersdorf’s Brands. Rov Hoy. .....-...---._..... 26 Uncle Sam.....-....cee- 28@32 Hed Claver..........-.e««s ode Spaulding & Merrick. Tom and Jerry......-- ween 25 ‘Traveler Cavendish........ Buck Horn..... ee eas ice Piaw Boe nes Conn Cake.................. VINEGAR. @8 OO er...... « s+ i 9 @1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Bulk, peor gal ....... -.... 30 Beer mug, 2 doz in case. 1% YEAST, Mage... ... (ones. l. 1 00 og ee 1 00 Yeast — bea ces peeweuce 1 00 Diamond.. eee eae vb) Poe Lee cece WOODENWARE. Tubs, _ 1 Seed eek ce eae ce 5 35 TO eo cee ce ens. 47 ae 4 00 Pails, No.1,two-hoop.. . 1 25 « ~§6 No. f, three-hoop.... 1 35 Bowls, 11 en Vm -_ .. se 15 “a ee 7 ee “ 19 ae 21 “ce HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: FURS. Mink............ @ 19 Coe oo. oo @ oce........... % G12 Rat, winter..... c @ il Host, fall ........ eo @ cs Ded yox........ 100 @ i # Gray Fox.,...... 0 @ 6) Cross Fox_...... 300 @50) oor... ... @ 1 00 Cat, wild........ @ & Cat, house...... @ 2 Fisher ie @ 6 00 Tyee... i@ @2%3 Martin, dark.... 200 @ 3 00 Martin, paie, yel 1 00 1 oO a 500 @8 Ou Worf. ........16 @20 Peaver.......... 300 @7 00 er ll... 15 00 @25 00 Opossum. ....... 0 @ 23 Deer Skin, dry.. 0 @ S&S Deer Skin,green 05 @ 12% HIDES. Gramm .... |... 2483% Part Cured es @ 41% wae ke aes @ 5% ee... 5 @7 Eipe, ereen .........- 3 @4 quee ........... @ 6 Calfskins, green......3 @6 Gured...... 7 @ 8% Deacon skins.......... 10 @z5 No. 2 hides \ off. PELTS. Sieeriings............. 5 a wt Eames ............... 2 @ 50 WwooL Washed . -----...- @ie Unwashed . e @i2z MISCELLANEOUS. i. ................ 3 @ 3% Grease butter.........1 @2 Steen .............. 1%@ 2 Ginseag.._...-........ 2 0O@2 25 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 48 No, 2 Red (60 lb. test) 48 MEAL. ee 1 40 Granwiated...-........ 1 65 FLOUB IN SACKS. *Fatents.............. coe, 2 oe we 1 45 oe 1 <5 ie 1 20 ae... 1 40 y *Subject to usual cash dis- count. Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. MILLSTUFFS. ae. <_— 00 Sereenings........ .. .. oe Middlings.. , No. 1 Te 18 00 Coarse meat ........... .. 17 50 CORN. Car lots.. eo Less than car lots.......... 47 oaTs. Car low..... 1.1... ae Less than Car lois eet ee eee No. 1 Timothy poi lota.... 9 350 No. 1 . ion lots ..... “11 00 FISH AND gal Eureka, with spout.. ................ 6 50 5 gal Eureka with faucet.. . 10 5 gal galviron A & W _i- 5 gal Tilting g Cans, Monareh 00000 ese, fo OO 5 gal galv iron Nacetas 0 9 50 Pump Cane. 3 gal Home Rule... ......-..- Mod weet oe oe a OO 5 gal Home Hnie.......................,.... 12 @ S gal Goodemonugn.......................... 12 OO § gal Goodenough ......... S| 13 50 5 gal Pirate Kine ..................... Lease, 20 OOF LANTERN GLOBES. No. 0, Tubular, cases 1 doz. Ok uae 45 No. 0, — 45 No. 0, . bbls 5 a _ 40 No. 0, sé bull’s eye, cases 1 doz each.1 00 LAMP WICKS. No. 0, peF STOSS........-...-..- eee conse eee 20 No. 1, OU ee i ae a cle waaia ewe r No 2, c No. i 3, F Mammoth, per dog! 1! JELLY TUMBL en Top. 1% Pints, 6 doz in box, per box (box POO)... 64 % = bol, Gow (Dbi o)...... 23 «© “toe,” Om toon m).... ta a 18 © bbl, “ dow (bbi 3)....- 26 STONEWARE—AKRKON. Butter Cc TOC ks, 1 to6 gal.. ' 06 \% gal. per gee 60 Jugs, MG gal., pOr GOS.............--..-.+- «« 70 1to4 gal., POE wal.......... —_ -. Miik Pans, 2 gu. » per a ae 6u ae 7 STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED, Butter Crocks, 1 and 2 gal.................- 6% Milk Pans, % gal. per doz..............-00- 65 és 1 i [ae 73 OiLs. The Standard O11 Co quotes as follows: BARRELS. Boecene........-..-.-. Lo 9 xxx W. W. Mich. Headlight... euccee aece 7% Naptha.. . _ @ 6% Stove Gasoline De ee oe @ 7% Cylinder............----. ......---.-++-., @36 Engine...... Looe cue uae 13 @2!1 Black, zero Ce nt 12 Black, 15 cold test...... ...... a 10 FROM TANK WAGON. Eocene ie i% XXX W. W. "Mich. "Headlicht. Lee 5% Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle quote as follows; BARRELS. i ee ee ea as cee le ae 10 Daisy White.....cccccccccecessersseeererene + 9 Red Cross, W W Headlight. , Lideces ton Waptha.... 2. . wees sw wae ono 5m e Sige Gasoline. ......-). 1. wee a wens cons ee 8 FROM TANK WAGON, Palacwc.....-....---..-....--.-.--.- ceded soa oS Red Cross W W Headlight.... ... - 5% SINGLY OR iy TRADESMAN Co. ENcRa DUPLICATES OF S AVINGS < “TYPE F oRM GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. CURRENT COMMENT. An amusing blunder occurred in a else it wanted from the plantations along the route. The depredations of this law- Chicago bank the other night, when a/| less body have already been very serious, squad of policemen thought they were about to gather in a desperate band of eracksmen. It appears that the watch- man of the bank was found to be very ill, and was sent to the hospital, suffer- ing, as the bank people thought, with measles. After examination the doctors pronounced it smallpox, and, having no- tified the president of the institution, they sent a squad of men with a pail of sulphur to disirfect the building. They arrived, with the bank president, about midnight, and immediately set about their work, that the bank might not have to be closed the next day. Just as they were fairly at it, the police discov- ered them. The bank was quietly sur- rounded, and two officers, revolvers in hand, made a dash into the building, calling on the supposed burglars to sur- render. These took the officers for burg- lars, bat concluded that discretion was the better part of valor, and held up their hands. The matter was soon ex- plainea, and the policemen were glad to retire from the fumes of the suiphur faster than they came in. - * A Chicago saloonkeeper has been play- ing a sharp trick on his creditors. He seemed to have a good stock on hand, and on the strength of it managed to get a good deal of credit; but, as he did not pay up, he was sued, and execution is- sued on his stock. A constable drove up to the saloon with a wagon, and, enter- ing, found a number of barrels of whisky stacked up against the wall. He ascer- tained that they were full by tapping them, and ordered his men to load five of them into a wagon. This they did at the expenditure of a good deal of muscle and sweat, but the last one, as it was being put on the wagon slipped and fell to the sidewalk, starting the bung. A stream of colorless fluid ran out, which looked like such odd whisky that the constable tasted it. It proved to be water. An examination showed that the other barrels on the wagon, and all the rest in the saloon, contained the same exhilarating, but not inebriating, fluid, and the discomfited constable was forced to retire with his execution unsatisfied. > & & There is a new hope for the dyspeptic, albeit not a pleasant une. Prof. Pictet, of Paris, has discovered that extreme cold promotes a healthy appetite and in- sures the digestion of what is eaten. The apparatus necessary is a refriger- ating tank, and, in addition, a warm suit of fur. Clothed in the latter, the patient enters the former, which has a temperature below zero. Upon emerg- ing, the appetite is very keen and the power of digestion perfect. Dr. Pictet is having a freezing chamber built for his dyspeptic patients. If the idea de- velops, it will be strange to hear people talking of ‘‘taking their freeze’’ before dinner as they would of some digestive liquid. Itis a cold day when a Paris doctor gets left. - & «& Jacksonville, Fla., is seriously worried about the approach of an army composed of about a theusand tramps and _ labor- ers, whom the cold snap has thrown out of employment. The gang is advancing from the south of Florida upon the city. It moves in a solid body, and has been helping itself to supplies and anything and the local authorities have been pow- erless to do anything with it. = = = Another ‘‘cure all’? fake has been ex- posed, at Stettin, in the shape of a pow- der which, it was claimed, was an infal- lible specific in cases of dropsy. The powder was mabufactured by Hans Weber, of that town, and extensively ad- vertised. The price of the powder, which turned out to be nothing more or less than cigar ashes, was 140 francs a kilogramme. The exposure of the fake is due to Dr. Hoffmann, of Stettin, who bought some of this secret remedy and had it analyzed by the director of the laboratory of analysis at Darmstadt. The director found that the powder was composed, chemically, of one-half car- bonate of lime, 12 per cent. of carbonate of potash, with variable portions of coal, clay, phosphate of lime, magnesia and some other things, the whole, from a chemical point of view, being identical with cigar ashes. a - - In England, nickel-in-the-slot gas meters are just now attracting consider- able attention and bid fair to be largely used in tenement houses where it is de- sirable to have a system of prepayment. The meter operates so that when a coin is dropped in the slot a certain quantity of gas may be consumed. It is sug- gested that the invention may also be used to advantage in this country; but there is at least one serious objection to the proposition. Every slot machine ever placed on the American market is subject to the same objection, says a doubting Thomas, and that is, that no matter how many precautions are taken, some shrewd Yankee will sooner or later contrive some way of ‘‘beating” the ma- chine. Thomas is wrong in his applica- tion. The only thing yet invented that can beat a gas meter is electricity. - & = A point of law of great interest to women has just been decided in Milwau- kee, where Judge Johnson decided that a woman is not a chattel of her husband. Sophia Marrigold and her husband sold ground to the Cudahy Packing Company for $4,014. In addition to this sum, Mrs. Marrigold was to get $500 for signing away her dower. The packing company gave both checks to Marrigold, and he refused to give his wife her check for $500. She brought suit against her hus- band for divorce, and the Cudahys for the $500. They held that the handing of the check to her husband was sufficient delivery, but the court held that is was not, and gave plaintiff judgment for her claim. eS According tothe Albany Times-Union, William H. Forbes, of Spencer Corners, Fulton county, N. Y., has a_ horse blanket which has a fine crop of hair growing on it. When he took the blanket down from its peg, where it had hung all summer, to use last fall, he was as- tonished to find two patches of growing hair, on either side, where it had been exposed to light and air. The hairis of bright bay color, and is now fully an inch in length. Probably the most pe- culiar feature of the affair, however, is the fact that the hair has spread from the two patches until it has entirely covered the blanket with a fine growth, varying in shade and color. It has not Show Cases, Store Fixtures, Etc. PGI RS i a we si: BUY PHILLIPS’ CASES. Send for Circular. Silent Salesman Cigar Case, J. PHILLIPS & CO., Detroit, Mich. Announcement. We shake hands with the youthful 1895; firm in the belief that business for the coming year is going to be good. We want our products to reach the homes of all the people in Michigan and ask the co-operation of the general trade to that Our goods have a recognized standard of value—purity and quality—and afford the seller a profit Join us. The Putnam Candy Co. Horse Sausage Is something we do not care to talk about. end. Horse Feed is what we wish to discuss this week and we will use horse sense in doing so. Do You Sell Feed? Do You Buy Feed? Do You Use Feed? If so, note this: Lots of people make feed, Lots of people make poor feed. We make Good Feed. OUR SPECIAL SALE Will continue for one week more and you will be wise if you take advan- tage of it. We guarantee satisfaction. Our feed has never been excelled. If you handle feed send in your order now and be reddy to rea; the har- vest. Don’t wait till the demand for feed is all gone before filling your bins. We send out quotations regularly every two weeks. If you want them sent in your address and we will put your name upon our list. Valley Gity Milling Go.. Grand Rapids Mish. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. only been subjected to critical inspec- tion by several reputable men, but has undergone a microscopic test by two prominent physicians, of whom Dr. Henry C. Finch, of Brodalbin, makes affidavit before Judge Gardner that ‘‘the hair, now growing on the blanket is true hair, and that roots of the same are alive and in process of development.” -— * Bicylists are gradually establishing their rigbts. Duthiel Cabanne, a promi- nent bicyclist of St. Louis, left his wheel standing by the curbstone, where a baker ran over it and smashed it. Cabanne first punched the baker’s head and then sued him for damages to his wheel. He has recovered judgment for $33. The case has been watched with a good deal of interest in St. Louis, the defense set up being that a bicycle is not a vehicle, and has no rights on the street. = = < The fact is noted in a technical jour- nal of the already considerable, as well as rapidly increasing, quantity of cotton fiber that is annually consumed in the manufacture of absorbent cotton for sur- gical uses. The process of preparing the raw cotton for such purposes is given as follows: After boiling in a solution of potash, which eliminates all the greasy and waxy matter, the residue cotton is placed in a so-called ‘‘whizzer,’’ and dried; being then treated to the medicat- ing process by the use of such anti- septics as diluted corrosive sublimate and carbolic acid, the cotton is placed upon cards and run into laps, being thus made ready for the market, where it brings a comparatively high price. Pre- pared according to this method, the cot- ton is in admirable condition for the stanching and covering of wounds, and in the sick room is regarded as equally valuable in its simple and effective ac- tion, absorbing, as it does, all moistures with great readiness. & * Word comes from Boston that the slate has gone forever from the public schools of that town. Paper and lead pencil have takenits place. The Tran- script thinks that this action settles the slate’s destiny, and that the creak of its pencil cannot long survive in the more enlightened districts of the United States. Boston’s notions of education, it says, are promptly copied, and wherever the patent desk and normal teacher go, the paper pad will follow and drive the slate before it. i -9- < Legitimate Strategy. From the Western Stationer. Somebody suggests to booksellers, sta- tioners and fancy goods dealers that it is well not to show all the new goods at once, but to put a few specially good things in each line aside—say in the drawer below the wall case, or in a corner somewhere—to be brought for- ward when the buyer cannot be suited with the things on display. ‘**Here is something I have been reserv- ing for specially appreciative cus- tomers,” ete,, ete., and bringing it for- ward from its hiding place will almost always effect asale. It gives an air of exclusiveness to the article, and it is flattering to the buyer’s vanity that he should be so distinguished from the average buyer. The vanity of human nature, which needs to be fed on such pap, has made the fortune of many a shrewd man in and out of the merchant’s vocation! Such legetimate diplomacy fur- ther conveys an idea of reserve forces in the merchant’s stock, and stimulates appreciation. The moral effect is greater than would be believed, except by those who have practiced this polite method and can testify to its force. Chas. Pettersch, JOBBER OF Imported and Domestic Cheese Swiss, Brick and Limburger a Specialty. 161--163 West Bridge St, Telephone 123 GRAND RAPIDS HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO. Headuarters for Over Gallers (nd Leggins $2.50 per’ dozen and Upwards. Lom Woo! Soles in 3 grades. Duck and Sheepskin Slippers. Mail us your order and we will guarantee satisfaction in both price and quality, Send me a trial order for a mixed car of Flour, Feed, Hay, Etc. GH. Behnke, 30 East Bridge Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Execative Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices n the principal cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London, England. Grand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg, HENRY ROYCE, Sapt. Poultry Raisers, Attention ! , Thoroughbred Fowls, Buff Wyandottes, Buff Brahmas, Buff Plymouth Rocks, Buff Columbians, White Plymouth Rocks, White Wyandottes, Light Brahmas, Barred Plymouth Rocks, White Leghorns, Eggs, $2 per setting. Cut clover, green food, Bowker’s Ani- mal Meal, Sheridan’s Condition Powders. Lambert’s Death to Lice. Correspon- dence solicited. H. BEHNKE & SONS, 80 E. Bridge 8t., Grand Rapids. Write for Prices of Any Kind. 63 -65 Canal St., ~ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. NEW CIGAR SHOW CASE. SHAW’ NAME FILE OR LIGHTNING ACCOUNT KEEPER. Mr. J. C. SHAaw—Dear Sir—i have one . |of your file books. The only thing I can No Day Book, No Ledger. — blame you for is that your brain did not. 3 ; : y ick ht have ter ace ts on sli instead of day-| work quicker, for then 1 mig en a ” y been saved these years of worry and la- The} bor, and perhaps my hair would not have | been as gray asit is now; and the only thing more I ean sayis ‘‘Kureka,’”’ and suecess to you and your file book. | J. K. FartinG, Hardware Merchant. Grand Rapids book. File these in pockets. names will make an index. Strong testimonials and descriptive circulars furnished by JI,C. SHAW, Sole Mnfr., 29 Canal St., Grand Rapids. Big Money to Agents. WHOLESALE OYSTERS OSCAR ALLYN;, 106 Canal St. For Fish, Game and Poultry telephone 1001. Office Telephone 1055. SECURIT 257—259 OTTAWA ST. Moving, Packing, Dry Storage. Expert Packers and Careful, Competent Movers of Household Furniture. Estimates Cheerfully Given. Business Strictly Confidential. Baggage Wagon atall hours. F.S.E ON, Mgr. Barn Telephone 1059. Storage and Transfer Co. 20 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence New YorK, Jan. 26—The firmness which has characterized the coffee mar- ket for a long time remains and prices are held very firmly. There is no great demand and sales to the interior are only of an everyday character. It is said that the control of the situation lies in the hands of foreigners, and there is no guessing as to what the future will bring forth. There are afloat about 528,500 bags of Brazil, which is only 5,000 bags less than last year. The quo- tation for Rio No. 7is16@16%e. Mild sorts are firm in sympathy and stocks are held by so few parties that they can have pretty much their own way. The sales at the tea auction Wednes- day developed surprising strength for green teas and the effect has been to place the market in better shape all around. Not many buyers are here and such as were seemed to prefer the auc- tion room to the regular trade outlets, which seem to be rather neglected and, apparently, waiting. Blacks are weaker, if anything, interest centering altogether on greens. Quite an increase in the number of or- ders for refined sugar has been noticed during the week and the market seems to be in better shape, although for gran- ulated there has been no change in quo- tations. The rice market remains in excellent shape and not a concession is made. If intending purchasers want to buy at rates given they may, and if they do not, there is no arguing. Better feeling is reported daily from the South. Good to choice domestic, 4°; @5}¢e. Molasses are doing better and it is said to be difficult to fill orders for first-class stock. A good consumptive demand is reported from many points, and, alto- gether, the situation is one of great en- couragement. Syrups, too, are firm, and while no visible change has been made in quotations, there is a firmer feeling all around. In canned goods there have been quite a good many orders received by mail, and they include almost all lines. Upon the whole the market is in pretty good condition. There are, of course, any quantity of inferior stock, particularly of corn and tomatoes, and this has a de- pressing influence; but dealers generally feel rather more confidence. Dried fruits, particularly California products, are seemingly working out of the slough of despond, and for raisins there has been a very encouraging strengthening. Valencia raisins are, also, in better position and the whole range of prices for foreign dried fruits is one that indicates that the bottom has been touched. Domestic dried fruits are in small demand and prices lag. The best evaporated apples sell at abont Se. Not much is doing in butter. The de- mand is light,and the price for best grades has slightly declined. Under grades are dull and neglected. The best Elgin is quotable at about 23c, and the range is down to about 16@17c for State dairy The cheese market is not as dull as it might be, but there is great room for im- provement. Small size, State, fancy is worth 11}¢c., and this is top price, too. Keasvey & Mattison, the manufacturers of ‘‘Bromo Caffeine,” have filed in the United States Circuit Court bills of com- plaint against the numerous makers of other ‘‘Bromo”’ preparations,claiming the the word ‘‘Bromo” as the essential part of their trade mark, and alleging infringe- ment by all others who use it in any form. They also charge that it was through their efforts and expenditure of large sums of money and the superiority of their article that the word ‘‘Bromo” be- came synonymous with **Headache-Cure”’ throughout the country: that these manu- facturers have illegally made use of the word ‘‘Bromo’’ and placed cheaper and vastly inferior articles on the market which would have found no sale without the use of the term ‘‘Bromo,” and that thereby the public has been deceived and led to suppose that such prepera- tions were real ‘‘Bromo Caffeine.” It is alleged that the infringing are allcompounded of cheap materials, and that, being effervescent and similar in appearance, the deception is carried on to an extent which makes the result not only a loss to themselves, but unsafe to the public. a ee Obsolete Trades in Grand Rapids. Writen for THE TRADESMAN. Talking with an old settler, the other day, he told many interesting facts about changes in Grand Rapids, dwelling especially on methods of work. ‘Sixty years ago,’’ said he, ‘‘we did everything by hand. A carpenter, then, knew his trade and could make anything from a chicken coop toa house complete. Planing mills? There was no need of them. A man knew enough to do his own planing. The floors seemed just as smooth, and the doors and window sash fitted just as well, though not so fancy, and good dry lumber was used. “Clubs? Women didn’t have time for clubs in those days—their club was stay at home and tend to their own business. There were cooking and baking, sweep- ing and scrubbing. When the diuner dishes were washed, there was sewing— no sewing machines - and all our clothes were made at home. If a woman went visiting, she took her sewing along and had something to show for the afternoon. Those were ‘thimble parties!’ “Such furniture as we had—good solid cherry and walnut, made strong enough to last more than one lifetime. There wasn’t much carving, but plenty of hand work. I suppose you remember the cot- tage sets? It isn’t many years since they were popular. They were made when pine was cheaper than hard wood here, and some pretty nice painting was putonthem. Everything is hard wood now. I see even the carpet sweepers have lost their decoration. “This cold weather and snow remind me of the first cutter in town—I think it was 1837 or ’38. Deacon Haldane made a ‘goose neck’ cutter all by hand. It had a square box and tall knees so as to better get over the bushes. It was considered very fine in those days and sold for $75, though now, I doubt, were it in style, it would scarcely bring $20. Not many wagons or carriages were needed, and so aman in that kind of business had time to make spinning wheels, clock reels and swifts for the women.’’ Changing the subject, he continued: “Did you ever hear about our bonanza, the salt springs? It must have been somewhere ’round 1840 men began _ bor- ing, and with some Juck, too. For sev- eral years fifty bushels of salt a day was made from one spring. The best yield- ing spring was near Coldbrook, which produced, at war time, thirty or forty barrels aday. There was much excite- ment over a number of borings and some of the springs were heavily charged, but they proved great expectations with lit- tle realization, and much money was sunk. There are plenty of places in this State where sa!t can be made—and much cheaper than here—where fuel isa drug on the market, and the waste of the lum- ber-mills can be utilized for barrel staves. ‘‘The coopers have an easier job now than in my early days. Then, the staves were shaved by hand. I suppose it won’t be long before machinery will do all the work. “You didn’t know, did you, we ever made our own flannels here? It seems only a little while since Truman Lyon | ‘*Bromos’’ was making satinets, cassimeres, flan- nels, and other kinds of cloth; but I am a good many years older. This doesn’t seem a good place for making cloth, for the business didn’t flourish as it ought and was given up long ago. “Ever heard of ‘Smith’s saleratus?’ We made quite a reputation onthat. The making of soda and potash was a brisk business here, at one time, but lately has been given up, except in connection with soap factories. Tallow, too, goes to the same place instead of to the can- diemakers. “Yes, times have changed. People have got so they are regular machines, now’days, and I’m glad I spent most of my life in ‘the good old times.’ ” s. &. U. There is a growing trade in special ar- ticles of all kinds for gift concern news- papers. Such articles are made by wholesale at prices that would astonish the deluded subscribers, and sometimes objects that have fallen flat on the mar- ket are made up into ‘‘specialties’’ for the gift concern trade and extensively advertised as beautiful, elegant, useful, and what not else. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provisinn Co quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. es 21 50 Pee 11 50 £xtra clear pig, emors cus............. . 14 00 eco, Beoey.... ee i i 12 7 Boston clear, short cut...... 13 7. Clear back, shortcut........... 13 x5 Standard clear, short cut, best.. 13 75 SAUSAGE. 6% 5 6 8% > 6 Head cheese . ————————— ee 6 ee 10 Pr oe es 7% LARD. coe Boe... 8 i . 7% ras... 5X ae 5% ee. 6% ee 6% 0 lb. Tins, 4c advance. 0 lb. pails, %c ak - < = 25 lb. Ty %C sé im * ie ' BEEF IN BARRELB. Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs............. ve Extra Meas, Chicago packing.............-. 6 75 Domeless., resin ae...................------ 9 x5 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Eames, SVCreeo meee... 9% . ' a... ......... 9% : ' 12 to 14 lbs 10 _ a en 7 ' est boneless 8% Paeeeeers.. 6% Breakfast Bacon bonelems...................- £% I ————— 9% DRY SALT Long Clears, heavy....... eee ll Briskets, EA RR TT RIN Sain 7% PICKLED Pigs’. FEET. Half barrels.... — barrels. its Kits, honeycomb ......... Biss, promatam ............ Avoid the Curse of Credit BY USING COUPON BOOKS. THREE GRADES: Tradesman, Superior, Universal, _— 0 Manufactured only by TRADESMAN COFIPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Western Beet and Provision Co. We are making special prices this week on barrel pork, barrel beef, lards, compound, Vegetole and butterine. Smoked Meats. Ne. t Oe enn Pieemie ome... ......... ‘ . 6% Breakfast Boneless Bacon.......... 8% Dried Beet, Ham Sete ...........-. 944 Fresh Meats. Beef Sides, cows and heifers..... 5@ 6 Beef Sides, No. 1 steers........ 6% @7 Loins of Beef................--- 8@10 OE 7@ 9 Pork 206s... Tye Beef in Barrels. Boneless Rump Butts............. $9 25 Lard in Tierces. Kettle Rendered, ‘‘Crystal Leaf’’.... 7% Pee 5% ee i ee 51g eee ee 53% Ask for prices on any provisions or fresh meats. Special attention to mail and telegraph orders. Telephone 1254. 71 Ganal St., Grand Rapids. Note New Prices. Daisy Brand, Favorites, per Can... ........ M Daisy Brand, Standards, BErcan .....-..+.. 16 Dais 7 Brand, merece, ber Gan...........,... 24 Solid Brand, "Standards, per can. bees 18 Solid Brand, — Y. ree... ........ 20 Solid Brand, Selects, per can..........00¢ — Solid Brand, Extra Selects, percan.........8 26 Standards, per gal............00 ee ee ceca 90 Extra Standards, per gal.................... 1 00 Oysters fine and cans well filled. The Queen Oyster Pails at bottom prices. Mrs. Withey’s Home Made Jelly, made with boiled cider, very fine: ete 65 or peel... Le eee eee ee ee 50 Pom eee... cl een ae 46 oe ee 40 1 quart Mason Jars, per doz.. 140 1 pints Mason Jars, per doz % Mrs. Withey’s Condensed Path Meat, ‘the best made, Price per Case .......ce.ccees 2 40 Mrs. Withey’s bulk mince meat: are. Ball, Boe oe..... Sees ce etcees 25-lb. pails, a ee 6% ee. ee ee 6% = 1b. Cane, per dor............... bie ese cue 1 40 ie Come, Wer Gon... te 3 50 Pint Mason Jars, oo oe 1 40 Quart Mason Jars, per dos .............. .. 2 2 Pure Cider Vinegar, per _—-: — 10 Pure Sweet Cider, per gallon.. os New Pickles, medium, bareele. 5 00 New Pickles, % hae Scsecc sec & Oe New Saurcrkrant. barels................... 4 00 New Sauer Kraut, ore. 2 50 Maple Syrup, pint Mason Jars, per doz. 1 40 Maple Syrup, quart Mason Jars, per doz.... 2% Maple Syrup, tin, gallon cans, per doz...... 9 00 Peach armalade, eee 1 00 EDWIN FALLAS, Grand Rapids, Mich. anted— Everybody interested in patents or pat. law to send their address; and a book containing valuable infor- mation will be sent free by mail. L. V. Moulton, Patent Att’y. Grand Rapids. Mich. % THE-AGTIVE POWERS x ~@- INVENTIVE -GENIUS- oo ee Tipe genes Sore v vik . srr tag isi Se ane PETROS Soerito E gag Bi > Siete POPE RU GI ie Muskegon Bakery Grackers (United States Baking Co.) Are Perfect Health Food. There are a great many Butter Crackres on the Market—only | one can be best—-that is the original Muskegon Bakery Butter Cracker. Pure, Crisp, Tender, Nothing Like it for Flavor. Daintiest Most Beneficial Cracker you can get for constant table use. 5 Muskegon Toast, ALWAYS Nine Royal Fruit Biscuit, ASK Other Muskegon Frosted Honey, YOUR Iced Cocoa Honey Jumbles, GROCER Great : | Jelly Turnovers, FOR Specialties Ginger Snaps, MUSKEGON Are Home-Made Snaps, BAKERY’S Muskegon Branch, CAKES and Mlik Lunch CRACKERS United States Baking Co. LAWRENCE DEPEW, Acting Manager, | Mu skegon, = Mich | SPRING TRADE Note the following. Place orders early. WE ARE SHOWING A fine line of Dress Goods, single and double fold. Toile-du-nords, Seersuckers, Domets and Prints in|] new and beautiful designs. PANTS—Men’s and Boys’ at all prices. SHIRTS—Domets, Cheviots and Pereales. 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