KS PEPIN CESS Se ONG ST DOS FON SAHRA a ULF ATE NAC GILL RR ee CASA OS Se COR~2 yee eG AY VA ROVE a OB Ree SN ee ey ZA ry eG oS ES 1) AOE Wed » ONE Fa Pash sah ir ee) in) ee 5) OAS Be SER Deo Oy) PO) SE ee 1G) (CECI (CRRA (NN) EG BAY SO //mo C4 PREECE (e ROC Oa) oS : Rae ( Cae INC Re Cac ee e e ee CUPUBLISHED WEEKLY (OX ESS TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERSE235¢ SITES SOO LEE PM LDO NOR ESS OU SS ay Thirty-Fourth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1916 Number 1731 . = 2 \ = * ~ = © a * = - . = . » . a: . eat + ahi. geen —- : nap - : Eo me « . - r s . ‘ ‘ ’ - ¥ ‘ JO PAAR AIIM IIIA III IIIAIAIAIISIA IAAI IIA IAA AAAI AAAI AA AAAI AAIKIA AAAI AAS AAA AAA AAA A AAA AAAS AAAS AAS IK IK PR Oy. Friendship Good friendship is the most divine thing we know. How to make good faithful friends who will stand by them through thick and thin is a great question to many. Others just seem to fall into such friendships.. Of course, there are differences in personalities which make for or against extensive friendships; but everyone can have plenty of good friends who will be true. Some people think there is a secret for making friends. They will tell you that you hold your friends with a charm and that you must not divulge this charm for thereby it will become ineffectual and you will not be able to discover another charm for the friends lost. Such talk is silly and absurd. A friendship made on that basis is not a friendship; it is at the best but little better than the charm of one animal over another. These friendships blaze for awhile; but they usually terminate in a sudden and inexplicable manner—the charm has fost its power. Intelligent people resent efforts to play upon them. You can also make friends by subjugating more or less your personality to the will or whim of others and by living beyond your means. Such friendships are short-lived. They are more sorry than happy at their best. They are not friendships, but parodies on friendship. There is only one way to make friends, and friendships made in that way are the noble, permanent ones which everyone loves, but which few seem to possess. The secret of it is not secrecy. It is openness, fairness, kindness, fidelity. Represent yourself to be what you are, stand for your ideals gently but firmly. Never sacrifice your conscience or better judg- ment for the sake of a friendship, for what you will gain is not a friendship, If you will courageously stand your ground you will attract people who admire these qualities. Among them you will make friends who will stand by you in prosperity and adversity. These ate the friendships that are genuine, that last undimmed through pleasure or pain. James W. 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Business Wants. UPPER PENINSULA. Recent News From the Cloverland of Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie, Nov. 20—Saks & Levin is the name of the new firm who have rented the Wilson building, at Manistique, where they have opened a grocery store and meat market com- bined. The building has been remod- eled and put in shape for the new firm and certainly is a credit to the pro- prietors. The new firm has purchased the stock of Peter Hedstrom, who for a number of years has conducted a gro- cer store at Riverside. The Government has established a medical station here to take care of the sailors and emigrants, with office at the Federal building. Doctor O. H. Cox is the physician in charge, having been in the Government service in New York. The new department will also work in connection with the immigration office here and the coast guard. “Money is not everything. With most of us it is a very small matter.” George Pattison, the well-known Soo grocer, died at his home here last Tues- day. He had been a resident of the Soo for the past twenty-five years and one of the best known and highly respected citizens. The deceased was born in Wawanosh, Ont., Aug. 15, 1869. He leaves a widow, one sister and three brothers. Mr. Pattison was a member of the I. O. O. F., North Star Encamp- ment, No. 51, and Soo Canton, No. 46, I. O. O. F. He also held membership in the Independent Order of Forresters. The bereaved have the deepest sympathy of their many friends here. John Hotton, who in former years was one of the Soo’s well known butch- ers, but who for the past few years has been a resident of Marksville, Ont., was a Soo visitor last week, accompanied by his son, Theodore. A. J. Jean, one of our popular jewel- ers, left Wednesday for Rochester, Minn., where Mrs. Jean is preparing to undergo an operation in the Mayo Bros. institute. William Porkert, our well-known tailor, was recently united in marriage to Miss Levina Wahl, of Engadine. The wedding was performed at Newberry. The groom has been in business here for several years and has worked up a large and prosperous business in the tailoring line. The couple have the best wishes of their numerous friends for a bright and happy future. W. E. F. Weber, the Soo’s only florist, was in a happy frame of mind last Saturday, the cause being the arrival of a new daughter. Mr. Weber has been passing around numerous bouquets and receiving the congratulations of his num- erous friends. Manistique lands the big pulp and paper :mill which it is estimated will add 3,000 to its present population. Leo C. Harmon, President of the Upper GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 19:6 Peninsula Development Bureau and Vice-President of the Consolidated Lumber Co., of Manistique, was re- sponsible for interesting Minneapolis capitalists in this enterprise. We must give Manistique credit for getting ahead of the Soo on this proposition, but so long as it remains in Cloverland we are all well pleased. The Soo Hockey team is again being revived and W. L. Murdock has been chosen to succeed A. L. Ferguson, who succeeded Chas. E. Webb as President of the American Amateur Hockey As- sociation. Mr. Murdock promises an unusual active season. Training will start soon as possible. The mighty hunters are beginning to return, but most of the game will not arrive until next week. We learn that many deer have been wounded by those who have returned and it is expected that before the close of the season they will be tracked and bagged in due form. We find that conditions are somewhat similar to the day of election, however— the hunters who have not been able to show their friends from Missouri are figuring on going back to complete the hunt and it is expected that most of them will make good. It is reported that 400 laborers are being picked up in New York City for the Upper Peninsula woods and ex- pected to pass through here en route to their destination in the neighborhood of Marquette county. ‘To be genuinely witty, you must be able to remember everything you read.” Marquette is also getting to be some town. The opening up of the Nuffer Cedar Co.’s new box and lumber plant and the beginning of operations on the Piqua Handle Co.’s new factory make Marquette look like a manufacturing center. William Cook Rogers, Presi- dent of the Piqua Company, turned the first shovel of ground over on the new site on the north side of the city this week and now there are fifty men at work clearing up the location for the several buildings which are to be con- structed. “Only a few men are born great, and the majority don’t even have greatness thrust upon them.” Charles Haase, popular salesman for the National Biscuit Co., returned from an extended vacation trip, visiting while away, Wisconsin, Indiana and numerous Michigan towns. Charles reports having a delightful time and is now back on the job and expects to soon have ar- rangements completed for the traveling men’s ball, which is to be a big event in the near future. L. C. Gimel, butterine salesman for Swift & Company. is a business visitor here this week, calling on the trade and conducting a demonstration at A. H. Eddy’s store. William G. Tapert. —_>-+—____ It is easy to borrow money when you know how. A Chicago woman borrowed $80,000 without security, just because she had winning ways and a plausible tongue. When she filed a petition in bankruptcy she told a story of having written a play and of paying an imposter large sums to produce it. Then she switched off on another story of a rejoiced lover in England who has blackmailed her for years. A persuasive tongue seems to be quite as attractive as security when borrowing money. THE SAME OLD GAME. The ¢haps who sell perfume from Iowa City have made the rounds again and victimized many with their “catch contracts,” by which the Tradesman means contracts containing conditions in fine print which no one thinks of reading until some weeks after he has affixed his signature to the order —which turns out to be a promissory r10te in the hands of an “innocent third party.” The Tradesman has warned the trade to beware of these swindlers as often as once a month for the past thir- ty-three years, but, unfortunately, it can- not always reach those merchants who believe they can: get along without the assistance of a trade journal—and it is these knowing ones who always get trap- ped by the swindlers. A few years ago one of these sharpers offered $100 for a printed list of the Tradesman’s sub- scribers. When asked what use he con- templated making of the list, if his offer was accepted—which it was not—he re- plied: “I want to use it for reference, so as to see who NOT to call on. I know it is no use spending any time on a Tradesman subscriber, because you keep your readers thoroughly posted on all the shady schemes which are played on the gullible ones. If I had a copy of your subscription list, I could save lots of time, because I could then avoid call- ing on merchants who are posted as to the true character of my proposition.” merchants , No greater tribute to the usefulness of the Tradesman to merchants general- ly was ever paid than the remark of this sharper. WATCH YOUR RIDERS. The relation of the unfortunate ex- perience of Earl J. Hatchew, of Grat- tan, in undertaking to settle a loss with the three insurance companies who car- ried his risk should be a warning to every merchant in Michigan to carefully read the riders attached to his policy with a view to determining whether they contain any exceptions which nullify the provisions of the policy or reduce the proceeds he will receive in the event of fire. These riders are now being used by many local agents throughout the State and while they are probably sanctioned by law, they are unfair and unjust and are introduced solely for the purpose of deceiving the policy holder, who finds—too late—that he is scaled down in his settlement to a point which involves him in unexpected loss. The Republican leaders in Ohio are now busily engaged in laying the blame for their defeat upon each oth- er. Apparently there were two or three pretty well-defined factions which could be depended upon to op- pose what the others wanted. There is ancient authority for saying that a house divided against itself can not stand and that has been demonstrated Number 1731 time and time again. Ohio takes cred: it to itself.for having had five Republi- can presidents, and incidentally it has enough voters of that faith to carry the State, provided they were well led and properly organized. It ap- pears that the returning Progressives were not very warmly welcomed and that the Old Guard was not strong enough with the people to carry the election by itself. In sections the old leaders seemed to be in com- mand and in others the new, and in both there opposition to the stronger. So, fighting among them- selves, they reached nowhere but de- feat, and hereafter Ohio may be a de- batable State. The same situation is what put California in the democratic column this year. —E————— some was The Canadian government has tak- en action to control the cost of living, and it may be that this action will in- spire the United States Government to do something alone the same line. Combining to increase the price of necessaries of life has been made an offense in Canada, punishable by a fine of $5,000 or two years’ imprison ment. Food, clothing, fuel and ma- terials for manufacture are classed as necessaries. The law takes effect at once. Under it no person may cumulate or withhold from sale neces- sities beyond the amount reasonably obtained for the person or firm’s household or business, This will pre- vent accumulations in cold storage, but the prohibition does not apply to farmers who hold necessities for their own use. ar eee ee ac- excess Observers of the markets from day to day, particularly those who look at them through their bills for house- hold supplies, will experience no sur- price on learning that the prices of 107 staple commodities in this coun- try were 6.2 per cent. higher Novem- ber 1 than October 1, 28 per cent. above the level of October 1, 1915, and 40 per cent. above that of 1913. Canning Beans From Manchuria. The Thomas Canning Co. is putting up many carloads of Manchuria red beans, which are similar to our red kidney beans. Instead of being long, they are nearly spherical when cooked and about one-half inch in diameter. The dry beans are bright red in color. The cooked bean is a dull red. A twenty-one ounce can of Manchuria red beans can be retailed for 10 cents, while a can of red kidney beans of the same size cannot be retailed for less than 15 cents. The reason for this is the lower price of the Manchuria bean. which can be purchased, delivered, in- including 40c per 100 pounds duty, for $2.25 per bushel below the ruling price for domestic red kidney beans. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 22, 1916 TOO MAD TO TALK. Shaw Insults Leading Grand Rapids Business Men. July 5 of this year Earl J. Hatchew, general dealer at Grattan, suffered a complete loss of his general stock by fire. He was insured for $3,900 in three companies, as follows: $1,000 in the National Fire Insurance Co., of Pittsburg. $1,000 in the Ohio Farmers Insurance Co., of Le Roy, Ohio. $1,900 in the Arizona Insurance Co., of Phoenix, Ariz. The stock at the time of the fire, as near as can be estimated by the trustee of the creditors, based on the January inventory and the purchases and sales since that time amounted to $6,694.59. E. L. Brooks, who formerly owned the stock, was still interested in the prop- erty. At the time of the fire Marcus H. Lazerus, of Chicago, was resorting on a lake near Grattan. He claimed to be an insurance adjuster, assured Hatchew that he was entitled to the full face of his policies and offered to adjust the less on a 5 per cent. basis. His offer was accepted on the assurance of Laz- erus that Hatchew needed an experi- enced man to assist him in preparing proofs of loss in order to obtain the full face of the policies and a signed agreement was signed by Hatchew and Brooks July 12, the other party to the agreement being designated as the Chi- cago Adjusting Co. About this time Wm. B. Holden, of the Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co., and Harry C. Rindge, of the Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie Co., visited Grattan and were assured by Lazerus that the insured was entitled to the full face of his policies. On the strength of this assurance, they sent the claims of their respective companies to a bank at Belding to be paid in full from the proceeds of the insurance policies. W. B. Shaw, local representative of the Western Adjustment and Inspection Co., also went to Grattan, where he met Lazerus and John Dreiths, of Wagner & Glidden, insurance adjusters of Chi- cago, who represented the Arizona In- surance Co. Shaw claimed to represent the Ohio Farmers Insurance Co. and the National Fire Insurance Co. These men decided that the iron safe clause in the policy had been violated, but the adjusters agreed to accept a waiver of the rights of the insured on account of this alleged lapse. Lazerus subsequently accompanied Hatchew and Brooks to Shaw’s office, where they were induced to sign what they were assured by Shaw and Lazerus was an application to the companies to have the insurance ad- justed. Instead of being what it pur- ported to be, it now appears that the document was an adjustment of the loss on the basis of $1,886.78. Concluding that they had been tricked by Shaw and Lazerus, Hatchew and srooks then consulted their creditors in this city and assigned the policies to Richard J. Prendergast as trustee for all of the creditors, including Worden Grocer Company, Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. and Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie Co. On account of his being unable to secure an interview with Shaw, Mr. Prendergast called a meeting of the State agents of the three companies interested in the loss, the creditors and the insured at Mr. Shaw’s office. The State agents failed to put in an appear- ance, so Mr. Prendergast acted as spokesman for the party and courteous- ly requested Shaw to kindly explain why he insisted that the loss had been adjusted at $1,886.78 when Messrs. Hatchew and Brooks both insisted that no adjustment had been made; that if the paper they signed was an adjust- ment, they signed it under a misappre- hension, Instead of meeting the issue fairly and squarely, as a gentleman would do, Shaw became very angry and informed his callers they could not come to his cfice and tell him how to run his busi- ness; that the matter was closed and that the interview was at an end. All who were present at this interview— except Shaw—insist that Shaw was grossly discourteous and acted more like a mad man than a sane and sen- sible individual. Mr. Prendergast thereupon took an appeal to Shaw’s employer, who replied that Mr. Prendergast had approached Shaw in an antagonistic manner and indulged in insulting remarks. This statement, which, of course, emanated from Shaw, is contradicted by every one present at the interview except Shaw, so it is safe to conclude from this cir- cumstance that Shaw’s veracity may be in keeping with his irascible temper. A gentleman of extensive business interests who is an officer of one of the jobbing houses interested in the loss then called on Shaw in the belief that he could right the wrong by treating Shaw so nicely that he could find no possible excuse for indulging his bad temper. He found he was greatly mistaken and that Shaw is ut- terly incapable of discussing a busi- ness matter in a businesslike manner. This conclusion appears to be in keep- ing with the opinion of every one the Tradesman has interviewed on the subiect, including many State agents, many local insurance agents and oth- ers, All agree in declaring that Shaw is unable to adjust any loss on account of his unfortunate temperament, and State agents who have turned over ad- justments to him in the past assert they will never do so again, because he has demonstrated his personal un- fitness for the position he occupies. Local agents have received many let- ters from their customers, insisting on agreements that they will not be compelled to submit to the indignity of dealing with Shaw in the event of their meeting loss by fire. These as- surances are promptly furnished, be- cause the agents realize that they cannot defend Shaw’s methods with- out subjecting themselves to loss of business. The man Lazerus who co-operated with Shaw in effecting the alleged ad- justment apparently violated the law in entering into an agreement to ad- just the loss, because he did not then hold a license from the State Insur- ance Department. He _ subsequently obtained one, but is liable to a fine of $500 and a jail sentence of one year for violating the law, if he éver steps foot on Michigan soil again. He took the insurance policies in the case to Chicago and has refused to return them to the owners until he is paid $150 for his alleged “services.” He will probably conclude to yield, how- ever, when he receives a letter from the Insurance Commissioner, demand- ing the immediate return of the poli- cies. In referring to this matter the Insurance Commissioner writes the Tradesman: Lansing, Nov. 17—In regard to the loss sustained by Mr. Earl J. Hatchew, of Grattan, which loss was adjusted by Marcus H. Lazerus, of Chicago, I have to inform you that a complaint was made relative to Mr. Lazerus’ action yesterday. We have written to Mr, Lazerus, demanding the return of the policies he holds, as issued to Hatchew and Brooks, and when we receive the policies, it is our inten- tion to revoke the license as issued to this person by this Department to act as an adjuster in this State, on account of this matter and on account of other information which has been laid before the Department. Walter E. Otto, Deputy Insurance Commissioner... It will be noted from the above letter that the license issued to Lazerus will shortly be revoked. If there is any legal machinery by which Lazerus can be _ reached, the Tradesman will undertake to see that he contributes liberally to the State treasury for the offense he committed in July by undertaking the adjustment of a loss without being authorized to do so. Failing to secure any satisfaction from Shaw, Mr. Prendergast is now appeal- ing to the companies who issued the policies on the loss to take the matters cut of Shaw’s hands and make adjust- ments in a fair and honorable manner. what you charge for. in this manner? due you. safety, etc. Avoid Costly Guesswork! You wouldn't think of running your store without using a refrigerator, cash register or Computing Scales—but this would be just as logical as being without means of accu- rately measuring the kerosene you sell. Customers come in with cans of various sizes, you fill them up and charge for an even quart, half-gallon, etc.— even though the cans may hold a great deal more than Did you ever stop to consider how much you are losing BOWSER Self-Measuring Outfits solve this and many other important problems, But this one point alone would make a Bowser Outfit a paying investment in your store. Look at the illustration of the Computer shown above— you hang the customer’s can on the pump nozzle and when the can is filled an indicator points to the exact selling price of the oil delivered. Your customers receive no more nor less than they pay for and you receive all of the profit Then there are the numerous other advantages gained through the use of a Bowser—convenience, cleanliness, _ You can easily pay for a Bowser with what it’s cost- ing you to do without. Write today for detailed informa- tion—no obligations incurred. S. F. Bowser & Company, Inc. Fort Wayne, Indiana Sales Offices in All Centers—Representatives Everywhere a < -¢ Alana Eien sea ot ~-_- + \ > » . ° ~ ~ ia » AS ae ea 9 t s tg ~ a < -¢ Mirman Aion. a em -_- + \ ~ ~> ‘{- a . 1. tg November 22, 1916 It is to be hoped that he will succeed in this, but he will not get very far if the officials to whom he appeals insist on the correctness of of the. affair. Shaw’s version “IT was associated with Shaw in the settlement of the loss of the chemical plant of the Cummer-Diggins Co., at Cadillac, known remarked a_ well- “He was the most elusive and arbitrary chap I ever bump- ed up against and he arbitrarily refused to do business for three weeks longer recently,” adjuster, than was necessary, putting all of the adjusters engaged on the job to un- necessary annoyance and expense. He didn’t get anywhere by his arbitrary methods, member of the company was so disgusted over Shaw’s that he would never again accept a policy from a company which permitted Shaw to do its adjust- ing. My experience with Shaw and what I have heard from other adjusters who have been so unfortunate as to be com- pelled to work with him in making ad- justments leads me to believe that he has done much to destroy the pleasant relations which should exist between the insured and the companies and_ their lecal and State representatives.” because one actions said he Ee Florida Will Sell Corn For First Time. For the first time in history, Flori- da is to become a _ grain-exporting State this fall. The corn crop of Flor- ida this year is larger than ever be- fore. From the crop reports it is helieved that several thousands of bushels of corn will be sent North and Fast. [ p MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Bankruptcy Proceedings in South- western Michigan. St. Joeeph, Nov. 10—In the matter of the Original Dollar Hat Store, a corpora- tion, bankrupt, the inventory and report of appraisers was filed, showing assets of $975.14, whereupon an order was made by the District Judge authorizing the receiver to sell the assets of the bank- ruvt estate at once. Nov. 11—In the matter of John Udbye bankrupt, of Benton Harbor, the trustee filed his final report and account, showing total assets of $1,369.93 and disbursements of $1,172.84, leaving a balance on hand of $197.09, with request for the declara- tion and payment of a final dividend. The referee entered an order calling the final meeting of creditors at his office on Nov. 28 for the purpose of passing upon the trustee’s final report and account, the payment of administration expenses and the declaration and payment of a final dividend. Creditors were directed to show cause why a certificate recom- mending the bankrupt’s discharge should not be made by the referee. In the matter of Willis Coleman, bank- rupt, of Kalamazoo, an order was made clasine tre estate and recommending the discharge of the bankrupt. Nov. 13—Edgar J. Hertel. a dry goods buyer of Kalamazoo, filed a voluntary netition and was adjudicated bankrupt, whereupon the matter was referred to Referee Ranyon. The following are listed as creditors: City Savings Bank, Kalamazoo ..$2,600.00 Avenst P, Seheid, Kalamazoo a S442 Ernest B. Russell, Kalamazoo .... 31.44 Somers & Stroberg, Kalamazoo Dr. Edward Ames, Kalamazoo .... 42.50 Dr. Fred FE. Grant. Kalamazoo 35.50 Alice FE. Blossom, Kalamazoo ..... 13.37 Coleman Drug Co.. Kalamazoo .... 8.70 Hershfield Bros., Kalamazoo ...... 2.50 Mountain Home Green House .... 4.00 Hinckley Electric Company, WSGIAMAZOO .................-. 4.20 Harris & Pratt, Kalamazoo ...... 11.85 Gilmore Bros., Kalamazco ....... 11.50 W. H. Pendleton, Kalamazoo . 60.00 M. N. Kennedy, Kalamazoo ...... 5.00 $2,983.78 There are no assets except household goods to the value of $100, which are claimed as exemptions . Nov. 14—In the matter of the Denton Manufacturing Company, a corporation, bankrupt, of St. Joseph, the trustee filed his final report and account, showing total assets of $1,911.58 and disbursements of $952.95, leaving a balance on hand of $958.68. with request that the final meet- ing of creditors be called for the purpose Butter That Sells } Butter that sells readily at top prices is butter that LOOKS right. DANDELION BRAND BUTTER COLOR of declaring and ordering paid a final dividend and the payment of administra- tion expenses. Nov. 15—In the matter of Frank A. Boyce, bankrupt, of Kalamazoo, the first meeting of creditors was held at the latter place. Guy L. Titus, the receiver, was unanimously elected trustee, his bond being fixed at $900. The bankrupt was sworn and examined by the referee and his examination continued to Dec. 1. In the matter of the Original Dollar Hat Store, a corporation, bankrupt of Kalamazoo, the first meeting of creditors was held at the latter place and Roscoe G. Goembel was appointed trustee, his bond being fixed at $500. H. M. Nelson, Secretary and Treasurer of the bankrupt, was sworn and examined by the attorn: ys present and the examination continued to Dec. 1. Nov. 16—In the matter of Marion J. Otis, doing business as the Otis Electrie Co., at Benton Harbor, the trustee fiied his second report and account, showing cash on hand of $164.62, with pronerty of the estimated value of $265. From present indications creditors will receive about 15 cents on the dollar. Nov. 17—In the matter of Elmer E. Stamp, bankrupt. of Cassopolis, the trus- tee filed his supplemental final report and account, showing the distribution of all funds, whereupon an order was. entered by the referee, closing the estate and discharging the trustee. Creditors having been directed to show cause at the final meeting why certificate recommending the discharge of the bankrupt should not be made by the referee and cause having been shown, the referee recommended that the bankrupt be denied his discharge. In the matter of Max P. August, bank- rupt.. of Kalamazoo, the final meeting of creditors was held at the referee's office, and the trustee’s final report and account avnnroved and allowed. There not being sufficient funds in the bankrupt estate to pav all the administration expenses in full, it was determined that no dividends should be declared to the unsecured cred- itors. Creditors having been directed to show cause why a certificate should not be made recommending the bankrupvt's discharge and no cause having been shown, it was determined that such fav- orable recommendation be made. The trustee was authorized not to internose objections to the bankrupt’s discharge. The final order of distribution was made, whereupon the meeting was adjourned without day. Nov. 18—In the matter of Edgar J. Hertel, bankrupt, of Kalamazoo, an order was entered by the referee calling the first meeting of creditors at the latter makes storage butter look just as fresh and attractive as the day it was churned. Speak to your dairyman about Dandelion Brand. ‘»? We guarantee that Dandelion Brand Butter Color is PURELY VEGETABLE and that it meets the FULL REQUIREMENTS OF ALL FOOD LAWS, STATE AND NATIONAL, WELLS & RICHARDSON CO. BURLINGTON, VERMONT | And 200 Mountain St., Montreal, Canada i # - (Dandelion Brand The color with 3 place for the purpose of proving claims, the election of a trustee, the examination of the bankrupt and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. In the matter of Frank —__ Banking Interests in a Boosting Plan. Mar‘on, Ind.. Nov. 18—The bank- ing interests of this city have plans under way for a co-operative scheme of boosting Grant county as a_ dairy cattle center. The bankers, it is un- derstood, will buy a herd of fine dairy cattle and then turn them over to the farmers in small lots at the original price, The bankers will take long term notes in payment for them. so that farmers who enter the dairy business will have plenty of time to repay them. 2-4 Some men borrow trouble because they have heard that it drives men to drink. ——— He is around easy to get anyone you can manage to see through. —«_ = ty 2 4 o « * ory ae - 4 ' >» i November 22, 1916 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN CERY.«» PRODUCE, MARKET, RIOT er treag clots sal S25. 4 + i ee Review of the Grand Rapids Produce Market. Apples—Baldwins, Wolf River and Tallmans, $3.50@4; Greenings, $3.50@ 3.75; Hubbardstons, $3.75@.25; Spys, $4@5. Bananas—Medium, $1.75; Jumbo, $2; Extra Jumbo, $2.25; Extreme Extra Jumbo, $2.50 up. Beans—The Association price is $5.75 for white and red kidney. These are the prices buyers pay the farmers. Deal- ers hold picked at $6.50 in carlots. Beets—$1.25 per bu. Butter—The market is very firm and shows an advance of 3%c per pound for the week, due to the falling off in the receipts and the heavy export de- mand and good home consumption. Storage butter is moving lively and is bringing Y%@ic within the price of fresh. Creamery extras are held at 40c in tubs and 41c in prints. Local dealers pay 30c for No. 1 in jars and 28c for packing stock. High prices on butter are looked for until the end of the year at least. Cabbage—$1.35 per bu. or $3.75 per 100 Ibs. Carrots—75c per bu. Celery—20c per bunch for small; 30c for large. Celery-Cabbage—$1.75 per doz. Cocoanuts—$6 per sack containing 100 Cranberries—$7.50 per bbl. for Early Black from Cape Cod; $9.50 per bbl. for late Howes. Eggs—The market is very firm at an advance of 2c per dozen and _ higher prices are looked for until the end of the year; in fact, there are some pre- dictions that during January fresh eggs will go to 50c per dozen. Storage eggs are very firm at an advance of 1c. With- drawals are very heavy. Consumption of eggs is good and there is undoubtedly a shortage as compared with last year. Local dealers pay 39@40c for fresh, candled and loss off, and hold at 42c. Cold storage candled are held at 36c for April and May, 34c for first and 32c for seconds. Figs—Package, $1.10 per box; lay- ers, $1.50 per 10 Ib. box. Grape Fruit—$4@4.25 per box for Florida; $3.75@4 for Cuban. Green Onions—Chalotts, 40c per doz. bunches. Honey—i18c per lb. for white clover and 16c for dark. Lemons—California, $6 per box for choice and $6.50 for fancy. Lettuce—10c per Ib. for hot house leaf; $2 per bu. for Southern head. Maple Sugar—17c per Ib. for pure. Maple Syrup—$1.40 per gal. for pure. Mushrooms—40@60c per Ib. ‘Nuts—Almonds, 18c per Ib.; filberts, 16c per Ib.; pecans, 15c per !b.; wal- nuts, 16c for Grenoble, 15%4c for Na- ples; 19¢ for California in sack lots. Onions—Home grown $3.75 per 100 Ib. sack for red or yellow. Spanish, $1.75 per crate of either 50s or 72s. Oranges—Valencias, $5.25@5.75 per box; Pineapple Floridas, $4.25@4.50; California Navals, $5; Floridas, $3.50. Oysters—Standards, $1.40 per gal.; Selects, $1.65 per ghl, New York Counts, $1.90 per gal. Shell oysters, $8.50 per bbl. Pear—Kiefers, $1 per bu. Peppers—Southern commands per 6 basket crate. Pop Corn—$1.75 per bu. for ear, 414 @44c per Ib. for shelled. Potatoes—Tubers sell in a jobbing way at this market for $1.85 per bu. Growers are getting $1.50, delivered on track, Poultry—Local dealers pay as follows, live weight: old fowls, light, 12@'13c; medium, 13@13'%c; heavy, (6 lbs.), 14c; springs, 14@15c; broilers (1% Ibs.) 18c; turkeys, 22@24c; geese, 10@12c; ducks, white pekin, 14c; heavy, 14c; Indian runners, 12%4c. Dressed fowls average 3c above these quotations. Radishes—35c per doz. bunches for small; 75c for large. Ruta Bagas—Canadian command $2.50 per 100 Ib. sack. Squash—$2 per bbl. for Hubbard. Sweet Potatoes—$3.50 per bbl. for Virginia and $1.25 per hamper; $5 per bbl. for Jerseys. Tomatoes—$1 for 8 Ib. basket. Turnips—$2.25 per’ bbl. —»+2+>——__ Charles N. Remington, Jr., and Wil- liam H. Gilbert are taking a fortnight’s vacation all alone by themselves. They sailed from Cincinnati on a river boat destined for New Orleans, whence they return to Grand Rapids by rail. Pending their return, the sugar and real estate markets are dull and featureless. —__2->—___ $2.50 The semi-annual meeting of the Mich- igan Wholesale Grocers’ Association will be held at Detroit Dec. 6. Mr. Guy W. Rouse, President of the Worden Grocer Company, has been selected to act as toastmaster at the banquet held in the evening. 2 The Grand Rapids Fibre Co. has been organized to manufacture paper cord with an authorized capital stock of $11,- 000, of which amount $5,500 has been subscribed, $1,500 paid in in cash and $4,000 paid in in property. —_++->—___ Martin Blackport and Gerrit Demmick have formed a copartnership and en- gaged in the meat business at 1136 West Leonard street. — i -—-< Arthur B. Rogers has engaged in the grocery business at North Lansing, the Worden Grocer Company furnishing the stock. The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market is unchanged from a week ago. Tea—The market rules strong, with an active demand for all kinds, which is based on the rise in freights and silver. Black teas have the call, but greens are not neglected. Specula- tion as well as consuming buying is in evidence, the out-of-town trade and country both competing for stock. It is evident that supplies are none too ample, hence the desire of distributers to anticipate. Stress is laid on the difficulty in getting freights from India, which is putting teas from Cal- cutta and Colombo higher on active purchases. Some circles state that steamer room is practically unavail- able owing to the requisitioning of vessels by the British government for carrying grain and war Green teas are firm in sympathy with China, where the light remaining stocks are held at high levels, owing to the strength of silver. supplies. Coffee—The market is unchanged for the week, but perhaps with a shade easier tone. Large supply of available coffee is responsible. The demand al- so is quite dull. Milds are quiet and easy. Java and Mocha unchanged. Canned Fruit—The spot demand is active. Supplies are coming in a lit- tle more freely, but they are not al- lowed to remain idle for any length of time as the demand from the retail trade is keeping jobbers busy with their distribution. Canned Vegetables—AIll in the vege- table line continue strong with the ex- ception of tomatoes, and that item is in a weaker position than it has been for some time. According to trade gossip certain large interests have large holdings which they bought for speculative purposes and are still hold- ing them in the belief that later in the year, and particularly after the 1st of January, prices will again advance. Some canners are also said to have stocks on hand in excess of their de- liveries and they are offering at $1.32% f. o. b. factory. There is an increase in the offerings on the spot at $1.35 and the pressure seems to be increas- ing in the absence-of active interest on the part of jobbers, Offerings of corn are a trifle more liberal from the South, but there is not the urgent de- mand that existed a short time ago. Maine corn is scarce but there have been some offerings at $1.55 which did not arouse much_ enthusiasm. There is a good demand for peas at firm prices, which continue to be main- tained with little difficulty. Canned Fish—While it is true that salmon has been coming in a little more freely during the past few days, it is also true that it has been going out just as freely. Some have thought that there was a slight easing of the spot situation, in consequence, only to find that they were greatly mistak- en, for there has not been the slightest indication of any pressure to sell and the market for all varieties remains strong at previous quotations. Sar- dines are almost cleaned up and there is very little evidence of any reselling. Jobbers’ stocks are light and there is now a belief that the supply may run short. Tuna is already short and there is little hope of being able to run through the season. Dried Friuts—Prunes show a further advance and the basis price is now 6% @634c. This is about 2c higher than the price ruling a few months ago. The demand is very light. Buyers are work- ing on what they have rather than buy any more; peaches and apricots are about New prices were made on seeded raisins at where they were a week ago. about Ic more than the original opening price. Situation is very firm. Currants have not advanced any further for the week, the high price being maintained. Cheese—The market is very firm at an advance of 14@134c. This is due to the cheese in country markets, these showing an ad- vance of 14@2'%c higher. The re- ceipts of cheese are light, while the export and Warehouse holding are much sharp advance of home consumption are heavy. less everywhere and a gradual rise is looked for from now on until the end of the year. Rice—The market is firm, with the trade having trouble in getting de- liveries on contracts. The shipping embargo in the South is being keenly felt, arrivals from the South continu- ing moderate and not tending to swell stocks. The farmers are very stiff in their ideas on the remaining rough rice, and mills are compelled to pay the price. Exports are light owing to the strength of the domes- tic market and the lack of suitable foreign offerings. Salt Fish—The situation in macker- for the week. Irish and 1915 Norways. Considerable complaint is being heard of the Irish mackerel be- ing now offered for sale. Demand for mackerel, considering the price, is Cod, hake and haddock are all very firm and in fair demand. Provisions—The market on smoked el shows no change This includes shores, good. meats is very firm but unchanged in The receipts are larger than last week, but the heavy consumption is preventing a decline. Pure lard is firmer at an advance of 4c per pound. The export is heavy. Com- pound lard is also firm at an advance of 4c due to the sudden rise in the price of cottonseed oil. Barreled pork is firm and unchanged with a fair de- mand, Canned meats are very firm and higher, especially ox tongues. Dried beef is firm without change. —__>+-. A Portland correspondence writes: Arthur J. Williams, who has been look- ing after the collections for the municip- al lighting plant since the latter part of May, resigns that position within a few days to accept a job with the Woolson Spice Co., of Toledo, as traveling sales- man. His territory will probably be in Michigan, although this has not yet been definitely settled. —_—_+-.—___ The basket factory at Lawton burned last week, entailing a loss of 500,000 grape baskets and $20,000, partially covered by insurance. price. A. D. Marsh has engaged in the gro- cery business at Brethren, the Worden Grocer Company furnishing the stock. Owosso—The Standard Machinery Co. has increased its capital stock from $30,000 to $250,000. SEVENTY YEARS YOUNG. Birthday Anniversary of Frank Ham- ilton, of Traverse City. Frank Hamilton, the pioneer clothing merchant of Traverse City, reached the Biblical limit Nov. 20 and a party of friends who have been prominently iden- tied with him in good roads work throughout the State celebrated the event Monday evening by a complimen- tary banquet at the Park Place Hotel. During the evening appreciative remarks regarding his career and the accomplish- ments of his busy life were made by those present and a beautifully engrossed address, inscribed on parchment and bound in the highest style of the art, appropriate re- The address was presented, with marks, by John I. Gibson. was worded as follows: A Western man once paid a visit to his ancestral home in Maine, which seemed to him to be principally pro- ductive of paving material and Christ- mas trees. “What do you raise here?” he enquired. The reply was char- acteristic of the men of the Pine Tree State, “We raise men.” Frank Hamilton, you have worthily sustained the traditions of your an- cestors and the commonwealth in which you were born. Coming to Traverse City as a young man, you entered upon a long and busy busi- ness career, first as clerk and subse- auently as merchant. Your career has been distinguished for its probity, up- rightness and steadfastness. As a citizen, your record has never been surpassed in the discharge of civic duty and responsibility. As a public official, you have ac- quitted yourself well and faithfully, handling every question which con- fronted you with credit to yourself and satisfaction to your constituents. As a foremost exemplar of religion, you have been a seven day Christian, carrying the precepts and practices of the Nazarene into every transaction of your active daily life. As the founder and long-time Presi- dent of the Michigan Business Men’s Association, you set a high standard for your brother merchants. You ac- complished reforms, elim‘nated abuses and secured legislation and conces- sions which have meant millions of dollars to the merchants of Michigan. As a pioneer and leader in the move- ment for good roads, you have done with little more than most men have accomplished with much larger re- sources. Your work speaks for itself and the influence you have exerted and the example you have presented have been both inspiring and per- manent. Mr. Hamilton, you are one of those many sided men—too few in number —who acquit themselves well in every walk of life and serve as mile posts for those of us who are less capable to act as pioneers and leaders in the great work of world betterment. Mr. Hamilton, we salute you as a man among men, as one who has vin- dicated his undisputed right to act as teacher and leader, whose inspiring life has been a constant benediction and whose continued existence will be a blessing to humanity. Mr. Hamilton, we congratulate you on this auspicious occasion on having MICHIGAN TRADESMAN reached your seventieth birthday an- niversary and trust that you may be spared many more years to enjoy the fruits of your labors and see _ the fruition of the work you inaugurated with so much vigor and conducted with such signal ability, such pains- taking effort and such unselfish devo- tion. Mr. Hamilton’s boyhood and _ early youth were spent in Maine, where he was born. Nearly fifty years ago the late Smith Barnes, then General Mana- ger of the general store of Hannah, Lay & Co., Traverse City, enquired of a wholesale dry goods house in Boston where he could obtain two bright young men to take charge of his clothing and dry goods departments. The man ad- dressed, who was a department manager for Wellington Bros. and who aimed to keep in touch with young men who were continued business under the style of Hamilton & Milliken. This copartner- ship lasted nearly twenty years—during which time the firm built one of the fin- est business blocks in the city—when the partners separated, Mr. Milliken taking the dry goods and Mr. Hamilton the clothing stock. The deep friendship which existed so many years between these two men was only terminated by the death of Mr. Milliken a few years ago. A great deal of Mr. Hamilton’s suc- cess aS a merchant is due to his keen judgment of human nature and the knowledge of what presentation will appeal to this and what to that person and how certain circumstances will in- fluence a final decision. He is shrewd, persuasive and convincing in his con- versation. His is an attractive person- ality and he makes friends among all Frank Hamilton. looking for larger opportunities, re- plied: “There are two young men working in stores at Saco, Maine, who have the making of splendid business men. They are earnest, energetic and broad minded. You cannot make a mis- take in securing these men.” Mr. Barnes accordingly solicited an interview with both young men, which took place in Boston, and, in June, 1868, they start- ed ior Traverse City, where they took prominent positions in the mercantile establishment which is now conducted under the style of the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co. In August, 1873, Mr. Milliken and Mr. Hamilton started in the clothing and dry goods business un- der the style of Hamilton, Milliken & Co., the other copartners being Smith Barnes and Hannah, Lay & Co. This copart- nership continued five years, when Messrs. Hamilton and Milliken purchas- ed the interests of their partners and classes easily. That he has good execu- tive ability and the elements of leader- ship is amply evidenced by his accom- plishments. There is much about him to admire and commend. He possesses in his personality those qualities which make men popular. Had he enjoyed the benefit of a larger education and a different environment, his native ability would bring him even more prominence than he enjoys. H@ is personally kind and charitable and if the number of courtesies which he extends and the favors he does for people could be cata- Ingued, the list would be a long one. For these he is held in kindly remem- brance by hundreds whom he serves. Mr. Hamilton’s services to his ward, city, county, State and country and to many good causes are active and vyalu- able, but they are seldom conspicuous. Next to his courage his chief characteristic is modesty. He per- November 22, 1916 sistently shuns the limelight, and tor that reason he wins no general recognition at all commensurable to the value of his work. His place in history will rank higher than in popular estima- tion during his lifetime. But neither popular recognition nor historical fame trouble him at all. After he has stood with all his strength for the things in which he believes he is content to let the consequences. take care of them- selves. Starting in life with no capital except manhood of the highest type, Mr. Ha- milton was endowed with a purpose to press on and upward, believing that ab- solute integrity in thought, word and deed are essential to success. He mag- nifies personal favors, is mindful of his helpers, dealing justly and winning and holding their regard and hearty co-oper- aiion. Faithful to every obligation he steadily won favor and fortune. His distinguishing traits are Honesty, In- dustry, Humility, Kindliness and Good- liness, A true Christian gentleman, but not wearing his Christianity upon his sleeve, he demonstrates it subtly and deliberate- ly to all with whom he comes in con- tact. There may be those who still be- lieve that religion has no place in busi- ness, but Mr. Hamilton is one who gives practical refutation to this cynicism. Telegram to John Gibson, Grand Rapids, Nov. 20—Kindly con- vey to Mr. Hamilton my sincere re- grets because I cannot be present this evening to join in celebrating his seventieth birthday. I had the pleas- ure and benefit of close personal as- sociation with him for years, in which the business relation was transcended by an intimate friendship born of re- spect and admiration for the sturdy fundamentals of his character. Ernest A. Stowe. ——_»> >> ___ Candy Day a Great Success. Secretary W. C. Hughes, of the Na- tional Confectioners’ Association, says that reports received from confection- ers in all sections of the country, east, west, north, and south, indicate that the first observance of Candy Day, Octo- ber 14, has been a great big success and of inestimable benefit to the industry, the results of the occasion forecasting the increasing popularity and daily con- sumption of candy in the next twelve months. It is proposed to make Candy Day an annual event. ———_--22—___ Bermuda Gets On‘on Seed From Cali- fornia. Bermuda, island home of the onion, is calling on California for seed with which to grow the liliaceous plant of pungent taste and. odor. Department of Commerce reports call attention to a Los Angeles firm having recently shipped several hundered pounds of onion seed to Bermuda growers. —__ 2. After hearing charges by a Chicago Alderman that there were 37,500,000 dozen eggs in Chicago in cold storage, while the price is soaring at about 40 cents a dozen, the Council Health Com- mittee of that city has invited United States District Attorney Clyde to attend the next meeting of the committee, at which time an effort will be made to show collusion on the parts of the mid- diemen and producers to control the price of foodstuffs. « » & 4 a~ 4 (> ‘ t » € , § ‘ } s p 4 > é > « » + + = . 4 Cie we « a 4h* q » « > ctl ib 4 » ‘4 y ih & > a ‘ . { ? ¢ ’ é > « > é > « » + + = . 4 November 22, 1916 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 BANKRUPTCY MATTERS. Proceedings of the Western District of Michigan. Grand Rapids, Nov, 14—In the matter of Garret Vanden Berg, Grand Rapids, at the hearing this day held on an order to show cause as to sale of the assets the stock was sold to William Oppen- huizen and Edward Herron, for $246 for the fixtures, $254 for the stock in trade, making a total of $500 for all the assets of the bankrupt. In the matter of Henry Demmink, Grand Rapids, at the hearing held this day on an order to show cause as to sale of the assets, less the exemptions set off to the bankrupt. the same were sold to G. Demmink at $140, and the trustee was directed to complete such sale upon re- ceipt of the consideration in cash. In the matter of Edwin F. Connine and Joanna IL. Connine, doing business as D. W. Connine & Son, Wexford, an adjudication was entered on Nov. 18 on the petition of creditors filed on June 2, 1916, the matter has been pending in Dis- trict Court ever since the filing of the petition. The bankrupt concern filed an answer demanding a jury, and the answer was. recently withdrawn which resulted in the adjudication. Walter H. Brooks has been appointed receiver, with author- ity to continue the business as a going business. The first meeting of creditors has been called for Dec. 2 next, at which time creditors may appear, prove their claims and transact such other business as may properly come before such meet- ing. The files show that the assets con- sist of the following: Stock in trade at Wexford, $15,000, stock in trade at In- terlochen, $3,800; accounts’ receivable, $5,000; real estate, $9,000. This business has been operated under a trust mort- gage for some months and the trustee has certain cash on hand, the amount of which is not shown. The bankrupts formerly operated a_ private bank at Wexford and many of the creditors are creditors by reason of this banking busi- ness. These creditors are as follows: Hazel Brown, Buckley ............ $ 2.64 Rec. C. Brooks, Wexford ........ 4.50 Marguerite Connine, Wexford 51.76 Delcia Davis, Buckley ............ 8.42 Ernest E. Davis, Wexford ........ 1.00 Maxwell Dean, Buckley .......... 1.00 Sadie Davies, Nessen City ....... 1.04 Naoma Kellogg, Nessen City ...... 5.08 Herman Kellogg, Nessen City .... 2.00 Elmore J. Kendall, Wexford ...... 3.03 Ralph Mackey, Buckley .......... 4.24 Leona Miller, Nesson City ........ 3.00. Blein Miller <2... 2... ek cc ewes 7 2.948 E. D. Middaugh. Nesson City .... 2.00 Alonzo €. Machey ........56.6 : Clyde B. Paul, Buckley ........... 1.46 KR. HF. Mackey, Buckley .......... 7.67 Hellen E. Pratt. Wexford ........ dks Chas. Meredith, Sherman ......... 50 00 Ada, S. Pratt, Wexford ............ 3.3 Orrin Priest, Buckley ........... fo Ivan Elmore Rogers, Wexford qc | Sa Peace, Pp, Wexford ......... .30 sonn Shorna, Mlint’ ................ 3.83 W. J. Rennie, Wexford ......... 66 Maggie Schell, Buckley .......... 26.82 Harmon Roddy, Tr., Sherman 123.70 Marian Wilson, Buckley ......... 5.87 Irwin Rawlings, Kingsley ...... 1,736.81 Augustus Zeigler, Sherman ...... a2 John Seeley, Bond, Wexford 1,608.21 P. Kelloge, Sr., Wexford ........ 360.00 John Seeley, Trustee, Wexford 4,337.61 Miller & Paul, Wexford .......... 100.00 W. R. Smalley, Sherman ......... 39.27 Hioyd: Butler; Manton ............. 25.75 Floyd Sheets, Nesson City ...... 1.514.738 Arthur Schell, Buckley ............ 10 50 Edith Winchcomb, Wexford ..... 13 Agricultural Life Ins. Co. ........ 125.00 Francis Williams, Nesson City 20.00 Minnie Luther, Sherman .......... E3025 Basket Ball Team, Wexford ...... 6.20 James Kellogg, Wexford .......... 300.00 Richard Zue, Tr., Buckley ........ 46.62 Cora Sheets, Nesson City ........ 15.00 The merchandise creditors are as fol- John Luther, Sherman ............ 500.00 lows: Myron Baldwin, Wexford ........ 50.00 A. J. Brown Seed Company, Maud Baldwin, Wexford .......... 109.00 Grand Rapids ..... 0.05.5... 10.25 Florence Bradford, Buckley ...... 10.00 G. R. Dry Goods, Grand Rapids 6,354.81 Minnie Luther, Sherman .......... 209.00 Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie, Grand JoObn luther. Sherman ............ 450.00 ee 4,930.45 Alec Sinélair, Bad Axe. ......:..... 742.10 Buckley Enterprise, Buckley ..... 16.35 C. P. Harper, Grand Rapids ...... 200 00 M. Born & Co.; Chicago ......... 104.59 Jennie Smith, Grand Rapids ...... 25.00 Ei Perriso & Co., Allegan ......... 23.30 Cora Sheets, Nesson City ........ 10.00 Northrop, Robertson & Carrier, Myron Baldwin, Wexford ......... 109.00 Be 8. oe eee ca: 3.70 JOnn ‘butber: Sherman <......-.0... 37.84 Weisman & Sons Co., Detroit . 224.00 Buell Copley, Nesson City ........ 900.00 W. F. McLaughlin & Co, Chicago 151.88 Minnie Luther, Sherman .......... 131.25 Alma Roller Mills, Alma .......... 91.11 Norman Crain, Grawn ........... 26.00 Perrth Milling Co., Big Rapids 114.60 A. Peck, Wexford .....0..0....0... 28.00 Jassar Knitting Mills, Bay City .. 250.08 Jobn. luther, Sherman ............ 300.00 F. W. Carlisle & Co., Saginaw 61.29 Florence Bradford, Buckley ...... 15.00 Saginaw Beef Co., Saginow ...... 458.74 Sidney Bradford, Buckley ...... 410.00 i) Elale & Sons, Ionia ............ 29.25 Eunice Bradford. Buckley ........ 10.00 Standard Oi} €o., City ....2....:. 23.24 Orla ‘Adams, Baxter 2.0...0.006. 0. 458.95 Standard Rubber Shoe Co., Chicago 103.58 Boys’ Club, Wexford ............. .28 Widlar Co., Cleveland ..... Nedeeee 133.42 Ed. Blackhurst, Wexford ......... 6.52 Armour & Company, Chicago ..... 5.95 Wine Box, Wexford ...0 2.0 oc .09 Brown & Sehler Co., Grand Rapids 154.95 Frank Butler, Sherman .......... 7.00 Western Shoe Company, Toledo ob. io M. M. Blackhurst, Wexford ...... 2.22 Kemper Thomas Co., Cincinnati 35.45 Ezra Bennett, Nesson City ...... 9.21 Grand Traverse Sun, Kingsley .... 2.50 Tydia Buegnot, Sherman .......... 1.43 Schland & Co., New York City .. 1.38 Edwin Cornell, Sherman ........ wa Commercial Milling Co., Detroit ..104.00 Katheryn Connine, Wexford ...... 6.75 Leon Michael & Co., N. Y. City 99.3 " A. Coleman, Cecil ............. 299.53 National Grocer Co.. Traverse City 2,549 39 Frank Cotton, Nesson City ........ 54.60 Milwaukee Seed Co., Milwaukee 200.00 Marvin Colvin, Grand Rapids .... 50118 Cc. W. Mills Paper Co., Grand Rapids = - coon mucwley 62... .0... .. 26.29 Thread Agency, New York ...... S187 “esley Milling Co., Plainwell .. 1,167.76 Mz Shoe Company, Chip- Cornell Aid Society .........5 15... 5.63 ae wie needs 57.65 Herbert Davis, Buckley .......... -33 Warren Refining & Chem Co., Ernest Dunham, Nesson City .... 6.00 VOU cle ec i. 29.44 Davis Dixon, Buckley ............ 129.56 M. Graffre & Co.. Traverse City o. 20 M. Hlansbure, Buckley ........... 88.00 Nu-Way Stretch Sus. Company, Albert Flansberg, Buckley ........ 75.00 Dundee ...... ed oes deus cee. 28.35 Hazel C. Griffith, Buckley ........ 350.00 tdeal Adv. Co., Dundee ........... 49.50 Home Aid Society, Sherman ...... 1006 &, L. Thirby, Traverse City ...... 10.00 ¢. ©, Harper Nesson City. ..2... 75.00 City Bakery, Traverse City ...... 22.06 Rhoda Howard, Tr., Buckley .... 74.82 straub Bros. & Amiotte, Traverse John N. Kennedy. Wexford ...... 22.69 Cie 2 ee. 262.03 Blanch Lemcool, Nesson City .... .25 National Cash Register Co., Dayton 8.06 Miller & Pahl, Wexford ........... 245.98 Areadia Clothing Co., Arcadia 92.00 Worden Grocer Co., Grand Rapids 682.96 Ebner Bros., Traverse City ....... 64.29 Hornkohl Bakery, Manistee ...... 137.23 O. Gandy & Co., South Whitley, Eidiangad ..°.. 2. i... Wi ceu eas 100.00 Foster, Stevens Co., Grand Rapids 137.65 Arbuckic Bros... Chicago .........< 14.54 Clark & Host Co., Milwaukee 21.00 BE. L, Godfrey & Sons, Milwaukee Business Men’s Paper Press, Weawiand .......:............... .90 Goshen Milling Co., Goshen, Ind. | Marshall, Field & Co., Chicago .... 350.54 Newland Hat @Go., Detroit ........ % ies Hannah & Lay Co., Traverse City 6. S. A. Potter, Traverse City ...... 35. Utility Collar Specialty Co., Chicago 4.75 John lL. Fead & Sons, Port Huron 101.20 Crescent Candy Co., Manistee 10.45 Practical Premium Co., Chicago .. 23.52 Dennison Coffee Co., Chicago 15.00 Middleton Mfg. Co., Milwaukee .... 63.69 V. Cc. Coffee & Spice Mills, Saginaw 24.00 Manistee Milling Co., Manistee.. 239.50 Hirschfield Blumberg & Co., N. Y. 225.00 National Biscuit Ca., City ........ 49.80 V. ©, Millime. City .....-.......... 105.00 Kaufman & Bros., New York 36.00 McCall Company. New York ...... 19.39 Lawrence Webster & Co., Malone, INOW VOPR 20.55. .465.6 60 cote 355.00 Worcester China Company, Seb- Wine OO ...... 2655s. 158.00 Old National Bank, Grand Rapids 250.00 Stickley Bros. Shoe Co., Milwaukee 59.35 Zurbach Hartman Co., Detriot 82.98 Converse Rubber Company. Chicago 19.83 American Bank Supply, Indianapolis 17.25 John Liddle, Wesford ....2....... 30.48 Straus, Ersendrach & Co., Chicago 64.50 Brewster. Larson & Co., Cadillae 2,500.00 Central Broom Co., Cadillac .... Nov. 16—In the matter of the Hamill Drug Co., Grand Rapids, the first meet- ing of creditors was held this day. Wal- ter H. Brooks was appointed trustee and his bond fixed at $1,500. Claims were proved, the individual bankrupts were ex- amined and the meeting adjourned with- out day. In the mater of Alicia Goodrich and Rernard Goodrich individually and _co- partners as A. L. Goodrich & Son, Kal- kaska, petition in bankruptcy was filed this day, adjudication made, and the mat- ter referred to Referee Corwin. The schedules show assets listed at approxi- mately $1,000, all of which is claimed as exempt. and consisting of $800 in real estate and $200 in household goods. The liabilities consist of $1,152.87, all of which are debts due on open account. The first meeting of creditors has. been called for Dec. 4. The following is a list of the ereditors of said bankrupt concern: (Continued on page thirty-two.) Barney Langeler has worked in this institution continuously for over forty-five years. Barney says— ! used to think that the President of our Company was foo particular about the way in which we shipped our orders; but the increase of our business during the last fifteen years, convinced me that the merchants of Western Michigan like our way of doing business. And by Golly, | am going to help keep our shipping service the best in the country just as long as | live. THE PROMPT SHIPPERS ORDEN ({ROCER COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS— KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 22, 1916 HIGANSRADESMAN (Unlike any other® paper.) DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BUSINESS MEN. Published Weekly by TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Subscription Price During 1916. One dollar per year, if paid strictly advance. Two dollars per year, if not paid in advance. Canadian subscriptions, $2.04 per year, payable invariably in advance. Subscription Price After January 1, 1917. Two dollars per year, if paid strictly in advance. Three dollars per year, if not paid in advance. Canadian subscriptions, $3.04 per year, . payable invariably in advance. Sample copies 5 cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 5 cents; issues a month or more old, 10 cents; issues a year or more old, 25 cents; issues five years or more old, $1. Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice as Second Class Matter. E. A. STOWE, Editor. November 22, 1916. SECOND CHAPTER ON SHAW. The exposure of the indefensible methods of the person named Shaw in last week’s issue of the Tradesman created a decided sensation in insur- ance and jobbing circles. Several State fire insurance agents have call- ed at the Tradesman Office to express their appreciation of the position taken by the Tradesman and placed them- selves on record to the effect that they would never entrust the adiust- ment of another loss to Shaw. The Tradesman this week presents another recital which again places Shaw in an unfavorable light, because it indicates that he obtained the signa- tures of two gentlemen to a paper by alleged unfair methods. Shaw, of course, may deny this, but he can- not overcome the preponderance of evidence, because his witness is not a resident of this State and cannot set foot in Michigan without being in ” danger of confronting a charge of violating the insurance laws. Believing it to be only fair that Shaw be given an opportunity to pre- sent his version of the affair, the ed- itor of the Tradesman visited him per- sonally and solicited from him a state- ment, either verbal or written, setting forth his version of the controversy. Instead of availing himself of this opportunity, so generously and courte- ously tendered him, Shaw went into a towering rage and refused to dis- cuss the situation from any _ stand- point. In an editorial career of near- ly fifty years, no such pitiful exhibi- tion of weakness and impotence has been witnessed by the writer. The moral to be drawn from the Hatchew case is that it is never ad- visable to entrust the settlement of a loss to a stranger who is working solely for a commission. Such men, as a rule, are scalawags and will en- ter into conspiracies with unworthy representatives of the companies -in- terested under the slightest provoca- tion. The Tradesman does not charge conspiracy in this case, but if a man was looking for graft along these lines he would be pretty apt to do just what Lazerus did in the case under discussion, In case of a loss it is the part of wisdom to deal di- rectly with the local agent if he is reliable and responsible; if not, with the State agent if he is disposed to act fairly and honorably, as most of them do; if not, resort should be made to a lawyer, unless the insured has heavy indebtedness, in which case the creditors should be immediately con- sulted. This course would eliminate such creatures as Lazerus and Shaw and probably enable the insured to secure a prompt and honorable ad- justment. —a_l__" RIDING ON THE CREST. William Jennings Bryan is nothing if not industrious along the lines of his customary activity. He is seldom without a new issue to advocate. He spoke earnestly and enthusiastically for free silver, then for peace at any price, and now he is out for prohibi- tion, He has long been known as a temperate man, except in_ speech, where he is the most intemperate and unreliable man in the world. For his efforts in the direction of temper- ance he is certainly to be most heartily commended, and if he can accomplish what he under- takes in this direction it will be im- mensely to his credit. His avowed purpose, as expressed in an interview, is to make the National Democracy dry, declaring that his party can not afford to take the.immoral side of a moral issue. He expresses not only the hope, but the expectation that four years hence there will be a positive prohibition plank in the Democratic platform and that he will be nominat- ed as the head of the ticket to be swept into the White House on the crest of the prohibition wave. Mr. Bryan argues that during the next Wilson administration all exist- ing laws will be repealed and all re- forms accomplished, so that the Dem- ocracy will be free to take up the new issues of equal suffrage and prohibi- tion. He points out that, of the twen- ty-two states which have gone dry, seventeen gave their electoral vote to Wilson, and two others were close. He urges the Democrats to seize upon this plank with all possible speed, lest the Republicans beat them to it and take it first. He concedes that it would be a drawing and perhaps a winning card for the G. O. P., but that the dry vote in 1920 will be the one best worth having and that such a plank would be most likely to secure it. That intemperance is most dis- advantageous and, indeed, destructive and that temperance is most desirable and well worth securing very few peo- ple will undertake to deny. There are, however, a good many who will be very slow to believe that Mr. Bryan or anybody else can induce the Demo- cratic party to take on the prohibition issue. The generally entertained opin- ion would be that there would be more chance with the Republicans and that even there it is not very probable. Of course, all things are possible and there is nothing truer than that pol- itics makes. strange bed-fellows. Meanwhile without the help of either of the great political parties as such, the dry territory is increasing and will un- questionably continue to increase un- til in time it covers the whole country like the dew. CLEARANCE OF CHECKS. The experiment by the Federal Re- serve system of collecting checks without the payment of exchange ap- pears to be reasonably successful considering the short time it has been in operation, but there are still many recalcitrants, and an effort is to be made at the next session of Congress to have this clearance system abolish- ed. It seems unlikely that that effort will be successful. Statistics will be presented designed to prove that the business men of the country have been paying an average of $2 per thousand for cashing their checks when this service could be performed for 3 cents a thousand. The latter rate is about the maximum contemplated by the present system. The plan is com- pulsory on the Federal Reserve banks but optional with the member banks. The latter however are all likely to come in as the example set. by the Federal Reserve system forces the practice on the country in general. It is said that the Federal Reserve Board now contemplates having the twelve central banks absorb the cost of clear- ing checks. If that is done, a prac- tice which has given the banks of the country no end of trouble, and to put an end to which many schemes have been advocated, will at once become a thing of the past. Many of the smaller institutions will lose a con- siderable income but the business of the country as a whole will be greatly benefited. OATS FOR HUMAN FOOD. That the supply of rye and wheat in Germany is by no means as large as is desirable seems a fair inference from the attempts to find substitutes in other kinds of grain. The Schwa- bischer Merkur states that as large an amount of oats will be devoted to manufacturing food for the people as the factories engaged in preparing such food can deal with. The ques- tion is being considered whether the production can be increased. The possibility of adapting existing works to the manufacture of oat products will receive careful attention. Oats have not hitherto played a very large part in the human nutriment. Lately the German press, evidently under instructions, has published numerous articles directed to dispelling the pop- lar idea that oats are merely the food for horses. Baron Schmaelder, a Privy Council- lor and President of the Senate of the district of Hamm, contributes an ar- ticle to the press on “A War Work for the Schools,” which has attracted wide attention. His suggestion that the national schools in town and coun- try should be moblized for the collec- tion of wild fruits, berries, and other products of the field and forest is made with an earnestness, and even solemnity, which throws a remarkable sidelight on the present situation, and reveals the discomfort and inconven- ience which Germans are already suf- fering from the scarcity of food and fodder. Baron Schmaelder recognizes that much has been already accomplished in gathering in wild natural products, but infinitely more might be done. Take the case of nettles. Were all the nettles in the Fatherland collect- ed, enormous assistance would be ren- dered to the starved textile trade. The government appealed to grown-up people to collect these valuable plants, but little attention was paid to the appeal. Then the Landsturm men were ordered out to gather nettles, but little progress ws made. And now the time has passed for harvesting them, Had the matter been attended to, says Baron Schmaelder, Germany might have possessed thousands of tons of nettle fibre, which has been deliberately thrown away. Much has been done in Germany, according to this authority, in other directions. Baron Schmaelder speaks of the progress made in substituting the berries of the white thorn for coffee beans, the leaves of blackber- ries, strawberries, and raspberries for tea, mushrooms and other forest fungi for meat. Still more grateful is he for the ingenuity displayed in utiliz- ing beech and linden nuts, sun-flower seed, acorns, and horse chestnuts, which have either helped as fodder or have been ingeniously employed in in- creasing the supplies of oil. Germans now know that out of sloes admirable fruit syrups may be made, that south- ernwood supplies food for poultry, that bracken leaves make excellent bedding, and that elderberries, crab- apples, and numerous other gifts of God in the woods are‘ available for food and nourishment. The Adamson law has begun its na- tural work of disturbing business. Conferences have been held between the union heads and officials of the railroad companies in New York to consider how the new law shall be applied, but neither side appears to have a perfectly definite idea of what should be done. The present method of determining what is a proper day’s work is the number of miles run, and it seemingly calls for considerable in- genuity to reduce that system to the requirements of the new law. Mean- while the companies and the men are just as much at odds respecting the merits of the case as they were be- fore President Wilson took his un- fortunate and unpatriotic action, The employes say that any attempt at eva- sion will be followed by a strike. One may fairly enquire whether President Wilson would intervene as effectually in such case as he did in the first in- stance. Meanwhile several of the roads have taken legal action design- ed to prevent the law from going into effect. All these things have in them the making of considerable confusion. snastnannsunmnasmemseeen ed This country is to have a rather sharp competitor in industrial lines across the Northern border after the war. The cemand for munitions in Canada has been so great as to develop industrial plants phenomenally, and the imperial munitions board, which has placed $500,- 000,000 worth of shell orders in Canada for the British government, declares that the munitions industry is now inde- pendent of the United States, where heretofore it has been obliged to buy many of its supplies. Many a man hasn’t enough sense to become a successful wheelbarrow chauffeur, 4 a qs q > « » , \ crs qa to é > 4 « a o ¢* <« - a ct ow eqs «pa « v , . ° 4 ¥ qd » a 7. & & * November 22, 1916 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Home of Jiffy-Jell e Shall Buy JifyJell For Every Grocer should mark the Situation in re- gard to Jiffy-Jell. Behind this pro- duct are the men who make and control sixty per cent. of the dessert- grade gelatine It is managed by O. E. Glidden — for 17 years the leading expert on gelatine desserts. It is made in the finest pure food kitchen ever built for anything. It is advertised by Lord & Thomas, whose success in food products has been phenomenal. C. C. Hopkins of that concern writes all the Jiffy- Jell ads. How It Excels Jiffy-Jell is made from this rare-grade gelatine alone. It is not, and never will be, mixed with common grades. Its flavors are all true fruit juice flavors, made from the fruit itself. Not one is artificial. Each flavor comes in a separate vial. Thus it keeps fresh until used. It is added when dessert has partly cooled. It is not scalded by the boiling water. Women who use Jiffy-Jell, with this rich natural flavor, will never go back to the old kinds. Millions — Now the Supreme Dessert Free to Millions We are publishing page ads in the Women’s Maga- zines, in colors. Each contains a coupon, good at any grocery for a full-size package free. We pay the grocer full retail price—12% cents each —for all the coupons he redeems. Over 5 million of these coupons have been sent to the homes “//, already. One page coupon ad X has just come out in McCall’s magazine and Christian Herald. And we shall continue until this offer has been made in 19 million copies of women’s pub- lication s An Amazing Success We know of no food product which ever made such an instant, nation-wide success. From ocean to ocean there exists today a big demand for Jiffy-Jell. But it is only beginning. The demand will multiply in the next few months. Don’t miss a single sale. Redeem every coupon presented. o ul - eer Oia. JIFFY-JELL is bound to be your : Wauresna ie leading gelatine dessert. WAUKESHA W000 Co. $1.15 per dozen in ‘cases of 4 doz. assorted flavors. WAUKESHA PURE FOOD CO. -- Waukesha, Wis. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN L— = — = - Se sa anee BUTTER, EGGS 4x» — = — = = Michigan Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso- ciation. President—J. W. Lyons, Jackson. Vice-President—Patrick Hurley, troit. Secretary and Treasurer—D. A. Bent- ley, Saginaw. Executive Committee—F. A. Johnson, Detroit; H. L. Williams, Howell; C. J. Chandler, Detroit. De- Handling And Marketing Potatoes— Standardization Needed. Washington, D. C., Nov. 20—In or- ; ; eek tae: oo ae der that the present rge losses 0 i} ated and _ at potatoes conditions dustry g ee os shipped day received. Prices are attrac- E oe tive. Phone or Wire for Agency. ‘ AMSTERDAM, N. Y. ; JOHNSON PAINT COMPANY L Gc Oo L D B Oo N D BIG RAPIDS, MICH. ' ‘ Mr. Flour Merchant: me - " You can own and contro! your R & W g flour trade. Make each — a €a itz! “salesman’’ instead of an “order ‘ taker.” PRODUCE Write us to-day for exclusive COMMISSION sale proposition covering your MERCHANTS market for «pa : 104-106 West Market St. Purity Patent Butfalo, N. Y. A F lour Established 1873 We mill strictly choice Michigan o : - vrheat, properly blended, to produce a a _— = — satisfactory all purpose family flour. Scie ics shipments to, Oe vantage. Fresh Eggs in good de- eK ie GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN G mand at market prices. MILLING CO., Fancy creamery butter and Grand Rapids, Michigan good dairy selling at full quota- tions. Common plenty and dull. " Send for our weekly price cur- rent or wire for special quota- tions. on 6 Refer you to the People’s Bank Pecked by of Buffalo, all Commercial Agen- W. R. Roach & Co., Hart, Mich cies and to hundreds of shippers fi us 7 ; everywhere. Michigan People Want Michigan Products CALENDARS! CALENDARS! , Grand Rapids Calendar Company 7. Calendar Publishers We Carry an Extensive Line of Card Board Mounts js DeLuxe and Art Calendars Wall Pockets and Advertising Specialties at Grand Rapids Calendar Company @xi Rope Mba” REMEMBER! We can still supply your requirements for this year. Open Territory tor side line salesmen. i i SEND US ORDERS ‘has ALL KINDS FIELD SEEDS Medium, Mammoth, Alsyke, Alfalfa Clover, Timothy, Peas, Beans Both Phones 1217 MOSELEY BROTHERS Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘a7 e The Vinkemulder Company | +: Jobbers and Shippers of dive Everything in Fruit d Prod 1 A » Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘ 2 , a, a e € > « > ‘> s ‘ . - ‘ 4 é oh “ . ca ‘ ¥ . » . + ‘ ’ 4 i é s ‘> € . & * ¢€ ¢ ¢ ° é ¢ > * show ¢ November 22, 1916 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN on specifications should practically elim- Flour, per pound ............ ad : : inate potatoes damaged by frost, sun- Onions, per pound ............ 06 Bell Phone 860 Cite. Phone 3713 OFFICE OUTFITTERS burn, blight, common scab, dry rot, . i iF nch Bros LOOSE LEAF SPECIALISTS 7 Mutton, per pound .......... 66 y. . decay, second growth, cuts, bruises, i : dirt, and also undersized or coarse Chicken, per pound .......... .76 Special Sale Conductors stock. The minimum and maximum Goose, per pound ............ .90 Expert Advertising—Expert Merchandising sizes for both No. 1 and No. 2 grades are still a subject for careful investi- gation, discussion, and demonstration. However, a minimum of about two inches is maintained for grade No. 1 in a number of early or “new” po- tato sections, and the commonly d's- cussed minimum for this grade is from one and seven-eighths to two inches. The minimum diameter for a long variety should probably be a little smaller than for a round one. Since it is practically impossible in grading any perishable products commercial- ly to secure a perfect grade, reasonable tolerances should be allowed. The No. 2 grade should include the better of the remaining potatoes. The studies of the market special- ists of the Department indicate that there is an unnecessary diversity in the containers for potatoes in use. These now range from the one-bushel hampers for the early Florida crop to double headed barrels. The two- bushel, or 120-pound burlap bag is suggested as perhaps the most satis- factory container for general use. The lack of proper grading and packing, the specialists says, causes a large part of the marketing difficulties now experienced in the potato trade. Marketing. Marketing conditions in the North differ widely from those in the South, since about three-fourths of the crop is stored. Local buyers, warehouse- men, and distributors are the chief factors in marketing the Northern crop. The bulletin already mentioned lists eight methods of selling that growers may adopt. These are: in the field, for cash by the load at the car, to cash traveling buyers in car- lots, to local warehousemen, through distributors, by wire, on consignment to a broker or merchant, or through co-operative marketing organizations. The bulletin also discusses the outlets for distributors and methods of rail- way building. Copies of Farmers’ Bulletin No. 753 may be had free on application to the U. S. Department of Agriculture so long as the Depart- “ment’s supply lasts. —_2<--____ Current Food Prices in Berlin. In addition to fixing the price at which the German government com- mandeers the food supplies, the food dictator-ship also fixes the price at which it shall be sold. The prices at which foods were sold at retail in Berlin on Nov. 1 were as follows: Milk, per quart eee 20 Cocoa, per pound ....... ‘20. 2,00 Leas iper pound: 2.620550, 2.00 Coffee, ner pound ............ 1.00 PCE, DEO POURG 60.4... c lL: 1214 Beet sugar, per pound ........ 08 Cornmeal, per pound ........ .06 Salt, per POUNG 622 os Hors Gach ee 10% Jams; per pound (.22. 0625.65. 42 nutter, Per pound 660.5... 5... .39 Noodles, per pound .......... 35 Bread, per pound loaf ........ .09 Veal per pound 3.00050...) 85 Rump steak, per pound ...... 22 Ham, per pound .......2:..... 475 Bacon, per pound ............ 1.25 Potatoes, per pound .......... 0114 White cabbage, per pound .... .05 Red cabbage, per pound ...... .06 Cauliflower, per head ........ .25 ‘Kohlrabi, per pound .......... .03 Turnips, per pound .......... .05 Beans, per pound ......:..... .60 Herring, Cah... eee. 25 ‘Apples, per pound ............ .16 Pears, per pound .... 2.0.5... 30 The German pound is one-tenth larger than the American pound. —_2++>____ Canadian Trade Turns to American Canned Goods. Evidently Canada is likely to be- come an important channel for drain- ing Uncle Sam’s supply of canned goods. In the market report of the Canadian Grocer last week it is stated that both jobbers and retailers are not very well stocked up with Ca- nadian packed goods and are turning to American goods to supply their wants. To quote: “While Canadian new pack canned tomatoes are quoted at $2.15 for 2%s and $2.25 for 3s it has been possible to lay down Baltimore (U. S. A.) to- matoes in Montreal at $2, and where wholesalers insist on the filling of orders, canners are using American pack. Some twenty-five thousand cases of American packed canned vegetables are being laid down in Montreal during the present week, and more are coming. “The American goods are reported of excellent quality when compared with usual United States standards. Retailers well stocked up in old sea- son’s pack canned goods are in a fair way to realize a tidy profit at present prices. For new pack goods demand has entirely overwhelmed supply, canners being able to fill only 25 per cent. of orders instead of the 70 per cent. hoped for. To-day the canners are in the position of having no more Canadian new season’s pack goods to sell.” —_»+-.—___ No More White Phosphorus Matches in Canada. After December 31, 1916, it will be against the law in Canada for grocers to handle or sell what are known as white phosphorus matches. Since January 1, 1915, it has not been legal for manufacturers to make this va- riety and wholesalers who were grant- ed an extension over manufacturers have not been selling in 1916. Re- tailers, however, are allowed until the end of 1916 to dispose of stocks. Some three years ago the United States passed the Esche law prohibit- ing the use of white phosphorus matches. In May, 1914, the Dominion government passed a similar law, aim- ed chiefly at the manufacture of white phosphorus matches, and this law went into effect January 1, 1915, and since that time no manufacturer in Canada, so far as is known, has turn- ed out any of the white phosphorus brand of match. The reason for this law was the fact that the phosphorus fumes from the chemicals that constituted the head of the match penetrated the cavi- ties of the teeth of the employes and caused what is known as necrosis, or a mortification in the jaw bone. Not only does the law prohibit the manu- facture of white phosphorus matches, but it also prohibits the importation of them. —_—_>->—_____ No man favors expansion—of his bald spot, 28 So. Ionia Ave. Grand Rapids. Mich. Don’t Despise the Drink- ing Man— Help Him Don’t kick a man because he is drunk. Help him. Surely every man is worth saving. Drop us a line and let us tell you how we can aid him. Ad- dress The Keeley Institute, 733-35 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. 139-141 Monroe St Roth Phones GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Pere Marquette Railroad Co. DUDLEY E. WATERS, PAUL H. KING, Receivers FACTORY SITES Locations for Industrial Enterprises in Michigan The Pere Marquette Railroad runs through a territory peculiarly adapted by Accessibility excellent Shipping Facilities, Healthful Climate and Good Conditions for Home Life, for the LOCATION OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. First-class Factory Sites may be had at reasonable prices. Coal in the Saginaw Valley and Electrical Development in several parts of the State insure Cheap Power. Our Industrial Department invites correspondence with manufacturers and others seeking locations All in- quiries will receive painstaking and prompt attention and will be treated as confidential. Address GEORGE C. CONN, Freight Traffic Manager, Detroit, Michigan 80,000 Sq. Feet of Floor Space For Rent A AAT Bd A HM I 5 hdd BAAD TE a [AAI (phd Nos. 21 to 31 Ottawa Ave. G. R. & I. Ry. on one side, Team Track on the other. Sprinkled throughout, safe from fire, cheap insurance. Freight and passenger elevator service. Night watch and janitor service. Steam heat, electric light and power, gas, water and toilets all installed. The first floor with basement and one or more floors above would make a most ex- cellent location for a wholesale store. There is no place in the city so con- venient for light manufacturing as the upper floors. Apply on the Premises to WILLIAM S. DE GROOT, Manager 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ee oe 28 YD) C avian Sy pone Zz. 2 0 pnd 7. oa sa) (Utd: eres yyy yy ean The charges which a trust company wn! 5) may make are fixed by law and under the CUO } SG a — > Dy, © 2 \ I y= statutes can not be more than those of an (OG == Yom individual They are frequently less. More- Excessive Industrial Equipment Now Being Created. aeu far “ sah; imicc he easy ior one who thinks on the ward one or two or more years 4 aniwts . s2103 © x94 to large manufacturing buildings having c t h and practically to think of our great industrial leaders as under the influence a t there would be some reason in it. The time will not last Icng when a plant can be erected, a contract executed and the building and machinery scrapped, leaving a big profit to the manufacturer. Such conditions never have existed before, or at least if they have, it has been in a few cases and on a smal] scale. We are far out of the normal. Nevertheless the United States Steel Corporation is spending $80,000,000 for new construction this year. the Bethle- hem is planning for a $60,000,000 ex- penditure within a few years, the Mid- vale is investing $15,000,000, and all the way down the line are similar disposals of capital. And at present prices for labor and material these concerns get about half as much for their expendi- tures as they do in ordinary times. This after the long experience the iron and stee] men had before the opening of the war in excess capacity for production. We are now doubling our capacity, and as the cost per unit is substantially dou- ble that of ante-bellum times we are in the United States putting in prac- tically $4 for $1 as compared with the cost and the capacity of normal times. The new works now planned will carry our possible steel production from 25,- 600,000 tons per year to 45,000,000 or 50,000,000 tons, making it as large as the entire European output. This for a country which within fifty years was importing the larger portion of its fin- ished iron and steel. Nor do these enterprising men seem to take any account of the probable tariff policy after the war. Certainly the election of two weeks ago did not evidence such an increase in the pro- tectionist element in our Governmental affairs as would promise any change favorable to our industries. Nor does the probable competition of European with American steel mills seem to enter into the calculations of our captains of industry in any respect. The output of European steel works is larger now than ever but it is devoted mainly to muni- tions. In the course of the war much progress has been made in many of the arts involving the use of steel. It is quite conceivable that the production of steel merchandise after the war will be double what it is now because some 25,- 900,000 men now on the battlefield or over this company in administering an immediately tributary thereto will be at = Sees ee Oe ee estate is often able to eliminate some items for wages gauged by thirty-dollar steel as willingly as now ,do our men work : ' in the manufacture of sixty-dollar steel. of expense which are necessary under It is fair to ask what will happen in the American labor market under those cir- custances. 9 individual administration. Let us serve There seems to be a conflict between average opinion and expert opinion on you. this subject. The average opinion calls for caution. The experts are moving forward to whet they comiar baw Send for Blank Form of Will and Booklet on things. One must respect the intelli- gence of Charles M. Schwab, but also Descent and Distribution of Property. one must have some regard for the ordinary principles of economics as es- tablished by the experience of mankind. That experience compels the conclusion IGHIGAN l IST QO. that excessive industrial equipment is now being created. OF GRAND RAPIDS ooo A wise youth passes up the doll and marries a girl who can broil a steak. ——_»+ ++ Common sense is plentiful, but it is the uncommon kind that counts. Safe Deposit Boxes to rent at low cost. A Bank Statement that Any Man or Woman Can Understand THE OLD NATIONAL BANK GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN NOV. 10th, 1916 The Bank owes to Depositors payable on demand ........................ $ 8,690,082. 28 A conservative banker always has this indebtedness in mind. and he arranges his assets so as to be able to meet any request for payment. For this purpose we have: (oe... ll... 2,011,480.89 (Gold Bank Notes and Specie) and with legal depositories returnable on demand. mm. Cores oe ee a... eee seas 117,008.49 Payable in one day, IIf. Loans to Individuals and Corporations .......................... 6,925,557.95 Payable in less than three months on the average, largely secured. 7. peewee... ll... 955,563.84 Of Governments, Municipalities, Railroads and other corporations of first quality and easily salable. V. Our Banking House ................ Ta ne ae 529,212.77 Total to Most tledebtednnes ..--.-------.....- ee $10,538,823.94 VI. This leaves a I ee a $ 1,848, 741.66 Which becomes the property of the Stockholders after the debts to the depositors are paid. and isa guarantee fund upon which we solicit new deposits and retain those which have been lodged with us for many years. 177 MONROE AVENUE Clay H. Hollister, President Geo. F. MacKenzie, Cashier ST ET Ra aR OTT . é Saree “. eA NAT AREA RPI AN SSIEE RNOOIESSEC o——N rA seer w é s ¢ 4 € ° 4 ¢ > * * “i ‘4 Ss s “ wT “ue a November 22, 1916 Trade After the War. It should be of interest for Amer- icans to note the almost feverish haste with which Great Britain is preparing herself for the capture of the world’s markets. In two great continents, at least, it is her aim to succeed to the German inheritance, and so far as ambition goes they are already as good as pre-empted. Take the case of South America, where the Teuton, with his lingual acquire- ments, his careful adaption of product to need, his bank facilities and long credit, had made himself practically master of the field. The British are now looking that way with renewed purpose and vastly improved organ- ization. They are establishing schools for the teaching of Spanish to the undisguised end of expanding British trade. Lord and Lady Cow- dray have just given $50,000 for the endowment of a chair of Spanish language and literature in Leeds Uni- versity, and special facilities for the study of Portuguese are to be pro- vided in the same institution. Nor is the Russian empire being neglected. It is not for nothing that the London book market has been flooded for months past with Rus- sian grammars and Russian reading books, that classes have been formed all over the United Kingdom for the study of the language, and that a lively correspondence has arisen in the British newspapers as to how Russian words should be transliter- ated and pronounced. This cannot mean merely that so many English- men, Irishmen, Scotchmen and Welshmen have suddenly become enamored of the beauties of Rus- sian literature; it can only mean that the British propose to strike out vigorously for the Russian trade after the war is over. And their campaign has already begun. The recent for- mation of a Russo-British trade chamber of commerce in London shows how closely the two empires are drawing together for mutual ad- vantage. The recent gift of $50,- 000 for the encouragement of the study of the Russian language and literature, made by Sir James Rob- erts, a well known cotton manufac- turer, is another pertinent sign. What meanwhile in the piping times of peace are we doing for commercial preparedness at all commensurate with the effort which Great Britain is putting forth in the very throes of a collossal and devastating war?— Boston Herald. ——+-.-- ___- Misconception of Banking Functions. When Billy Lorimer of Chicago testified last spring that he never in- vested a dollar in his LaSalle Street Bank, but that his various companies borrowed over a million from the bank, the Lorimer idea of a bank was clearly portrayed. It was the same notion of a bank that was held by the man from Texas, who met a banker looking for a bank location. He urg- ed the banker to come to Louisville and open a bank as they were in great need of just such an institution. On being asked by the banker if he thought such a bank could get a good line of deposits from the citizens of Louisville, he burst out: “Deposits MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 be hanged, what we want is a bank we can borrow from.” The Lorimer idea of a bank was evi- dently the same as his conception of a political office; something of a grab bag for his personal gain rather than an opportunity to serve the public. Another sample of misconception vi banking functions came to light in St. Paul recently. A would-be borrower presented a balance sheet showing that he had a three-year old plant carried at $5,000 on which there had been no depreciation or amortization. He had bills receivable of $1,000 while his current liabilities were in excess of $3,000. This borrower was _ sur- prised to have one of the National banks refuse to give him a loan of $2,500, the banker advising him to collect his accounts and have some cash on hand before trying to arrange a loan. The crestfallen borrower said: “I can’t understand your attitude. I thought the banks had’ plenty of money and were anxious to make loans.” The banker replied, “We have plenty of money and are anxious to loan it, but we can loan only to busi- nesses in sound condition.” The les- son is obvious. ——_2-2>—___- Postmaster General Favors One Cent Letter Postage. The National One Cent Letter Postage Association in a recent com- munication draws attention to a ref- erence made by Postmaster General Hon. Albert S. Burleson to the sub- ject of one cent letter postage in an address he made to the Postmasters’ Convention and encloses a copy of a letter addressed by General Burle- son to the Association in which he confirms these views. “T favor one cent letter postage and intend to make an effort to have it inaugurated as soon as postal affairs can be so adjusted as to permit the reduction in revenue that would be occasioned thereby, It may _ take some time to accomplish this, but it iS my purpOse in my next annual re- port to recommend the one cent rate on drop letters. I hope that the next Congress will adopt the recommenda- tion.” The importance of this measure from the point of view of the retail merchant is emphasized by an article in the National Retail Hardware Bul- letin from which we quote the follow- ing: “Do retail dealers realize that one of two things is coming, either a flat rate parcel post for the entire country, which will paralyze the business of the retail merchant, or one cent letter postage? The only way to prevent continued reductions in parcel post rates, increase in weight of packages and extension of zone limits until we reach one rate for the entire country, which mail order and catalogue houses, assisted by the Postal Progress League are working for, is to demand that each class of mail shall pay cost of service. Parcel post at not less than cost of service will not permit any worse bill than we have to-day, and such an adjustment probably would even better existing conditions for retail merchants.” Investment Vision is that judgment of the value of bonds and stocks which enables one to choose securi- ties combining a high degree of safety with an attractive yield and speculative possi- bilities. This vision is never an instinct---never a gift. It is the result of painstaking, stu- dious, analytical investigation; of. hard work, which considers in its true propor- tion, every detail of every relevant circum- stance. Such service is the essential pre- liminary of all our bond and stock offerings. This is our conception of true investment service. We are therefore speaking from knowledge of the facts in strongly advising the immediate purchase of the stock of Sequoyah Oil & Refining Company The steck is offi- cially listed and actively traded in on the at present quotations. New York curb and is paying dividends of 1% monthly on net annual profit earnings of about 40%. It is our firm belief that the stock will sell for several times present quo- tations in the very near future. It may be stated as an illustration of intelligent, dis- criminating investment buying, that the company numbers among its stockholders the Michigan Tradesman. Our booklet Made’”’ is yours for the asking. “The Fortunes Oil has Write for it now. E. A. Ferron & Company 226 South LaSalle St. CHICAGO 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 22, 1916 Two Trust Companies Act as Joint Trustees. Grand Rapids and Western Michi- gan investors are looking forward with interest to the issuance by the Citizens Telephone Company of $650,000 new 5 per cent. twenty year gold bonds, the proceeds of which are to be used for the retirement at 102 and interest of the outstanding 6 per cent. obliga- tions, This piece of financing will be of great benefit to the company and is one of the results of the able and conservative management of its affairs. There is authorized an issue of $3,000,000 first mortgage 5 per cent. bonds, but only $650,000 is to be is- sued at the present time, this amount having been purchased outright by the Michigan Trust Company and the Grand Rapids Trust Company, which jointly trustee the bonds. This is the first time the two trust companies have entered into reciprocal relations. This issue of $650,000 constitutes the only indebtedness of the company out- side of its endorsement of $70,000 bonds of the Citizens Telephone Co.., of Battle Creek and the Citizens Tele- phone Co., of Jackson. The remain- der of the $3,000,000 authorized will remain in the hands of the trustees of the Citizens Telephone Co. and will be issued only for additions and betterments. The 6 per cent. bonds are called for payment Feb. 1, 1917. One of the Michigan companies that has had a large share of prosperity is the Antrim Iron Co., which has call- ed for payment on Dec. 1 at 102 and interest approximately $150,000 of its outstanding bonds. The Michigan Trust Company and the Grand Rapids Trust Company will on Dec. 1 dis- burse in principal and interest pay- ments more than $250,000, a large proportion of which will be promptly re-invested. Probably more progressive move- ments for improvements in the tran- saction of business between the banks and the business public have been started this year than any year in the history of the country. One of the reforms which is proving beneficial, bids fair to be nearly universal and affects Michigan banks to a great de- gree is the growth of the trade ac- ceptance and its gradual substitution for open accounts. The Federal Re- serve system is responsible for the change as the Federal Reserve Bank has made trade acceptances eligible for re-discount. This is beneficial to the banks, the manufacturer and the wholesaler. Instead of the wholesaler or manufacturer being obliged to bor- row to carry open accounts, they are through the substitution of the trade acceptance creating a liquid asset which banks are glad to secure in- stead of one name paper. This re- duces the banks bills receivable ac- count and also gives the purchaser of the goods a better opportunity to compete with the dealer who is able to discount his bills by paying cash. The general adoption of the trade acceptance will compel a more careful handling of business by the purchas- er, and in that way will also prove beneficial. The trade acceptance is a definite promise to pay at a stated period secured by the goods purchas- ed and is a long step toward placing commercial business with the banks upon a stable basis. Since the advent of the Federal farm loan bank the question as to how it was going to affect the banks in the smaller communities in Michi- gan has been given much considera- tion. It can safely be stated that its effect will be but little felt for a num- ber of reasons. One is that a number of farmers must get together to form a loan association under the law and must collectively borrow not less than $10,000. Each farmer must take stock in the association, for which double liability is created, so that when he gets his loan he has only 85 per cent of the mortgage amount. These red tape provisions will not prove suff- ciently attractive to make the farmer forsake his local bank where he not only receives 100 per cent. of the mortgage amount, but also sympa- thetic personal interest and attention There are, however, matters con- nected with the farmer customer it would be well for bankers to pay at- tention to. One important one is to educate him in business methods. To do this it will be necessary for the banks to prepare a simple method of accounts, including a balance sheet, which will enable the banker to know just where the farmer stands. This may seem a difficult undertak- ing at the first glance, but it should be easy to show the farmer where he personally will benefit by this, al- though being able to see at a glance which portion of his farming is the most profitable, and in which por- tions economy can be used to advan- tage. Bankers have been and are do- ing a wonderful work in the education and encouragement of the farmer along crop lines, and they should now include a business education that will assist the farmer in systematizing his Investment Buying Does not put the stock market up because it is done on reactions, There are good chances to make money. Let us assist you. Allen G. Thurman & Co. 136 Michigan Trust Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS ~ Your Willis Your Own Your will is a document which is at all times subject to your control. You may change it--add to it—or even de- stroy, as you may choose. A WILL which names the Grand Rapids Trust Co. as Executor, and is filed in our vaults, is readily accessible and is always subject to the order of its maker. Have your will drawn Name this company as executor. Consult your lawyer. at once. Ask for booklet on ‘“‘Descent and Distribution of Property’’ and blank form of will. (;RAND RaPios [RUST [COMPANY MANAGED BY MEN WHO KNOW OTTAWA AT FOUNTAIN. BOTH PHONES 4391 Kent State Bank Main Office Fountain St. Facing Monroe Grand Rapids, Mich. Capital - - - ~- $500,000 Surplus and Profits - $500,000 Resources 9 Million Dollars 3 bs Per Cent. Paid on Certificates Largest State and Savings Bank in Western Michigan GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK CITY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK ASSOCIATED CAMPAU’ SQUARE The convenient banks for out of town people. Located at the very center of the city. Handy to the street cars—the interurbans—the hotels—the shopping district. On account of our location—our large transit facilities—our safe deposit vaults and our complete service covering the entire field of banking, our institutions must be the ultimate choice of out of town bankers and individuals. Combined Capital and Surplus.............-2.cceeeees $ 1,778,700.00 Combined Total Deposits.................cceseeeeceee 8,577,800.00 Combined Total Resources ...........2.cccesscceseces 11,503,300.00 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK cITy TRUST & SAVINGS BANK ASSOCIATED eqy4q eqy4q November 22, 1916 business. Western farm mortgage bankers are inaugurating such a sys- tem and it would seem that it could be introduced in Michigan to good advantage. In last week’s Michigan Tradesman there was an article clipped from the Milwaukee Journal calling attention to a multiple form of check devised by a Boston bank whereby a depositor could pay a number of accounts with a single check. This is only one form of the budget system which was first introduced by the Old National Bank of Grand Rapids and brought to a state of simplicity and perfection very difficult, if not impos- sible to improve upon. To a person having an account and desiring to pay monthly bills through the bank or to a person desiring to open an account for such purposes, the Old National Bank gives a check book which, in addition to containing regular checks for general purposes, also contains “bud- get checks,” with fac simile stubs, to- gether with a sheet enabling the drawer of the check to distribute the monthly payments into departments or household divisions. For convenience there is an index list attached to the front of the budget department of the check book of more than 1,000 firms doing business in Grand Rapids. Prefixed to each name is an initial letter and index number, so that in drawing the budget check the payor simply designates the letter and number of the firm to whom he wishes a pay- ment made. This saves the trouble of writing out each name. .There are two methods of keeping the stub, one is the fac simile and the other is a blank sheet for a carbon copy. The former is gen- erally used as the most legible by ladies who pay their monthly accounts in this manner and the latter by business men who do not desire to take the time to make the duplicate entries on the stub. When the budget check is thus made out the payor can file his bills and forget all about them. This is not only a convenience to the depositor, but to the merchant as well. It assures prompt payment of accounts. When these budget checks come into the bank, the various amounts for different persons or firms are entered on a remit- tance sheet. As there are usually a number of payments to each firm, all are paid at one time. The remittance sheets are sent out to merchants with draft on the tenth, twentieth and thir- tieth of each months. If the merchant is a depositor credit is given him on his account for the payments made as shown on the remittance sheet. In short, this is a most valuable service rendered by the Old National Bank and is most high- ly appreciated by its customers. It has resulted in a large number of new ac- counts being opened with the Old Na- tional. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN This innovation, made by this bank during the first part of 1916, is well in line with the progressive management of the institution, one of the soundest banks in the State. Paul Leake. 2. Norway and Germany. Will Norway be moved by the threat of Germany to break of diplomatic rela- tions unless she withdraws her decision concerning the status of submarines in Norwegian waters? It does not seem probable. There is deep resentment at the continued sinking of Norwegian ships and the attitude of the German government is calculated to increase rather than diminish it. Moreover, the ruling which has aroused German ire was perfectly: just. Our own amateurish State Department may not see the dif- ference between a submarine and any other warship when it comes to the use of neutral harbors, but the smaller na- tions of Europe are not so blind to the dangerous possibilities involved in such episodes as the arrival of the U-53 at Newport. Norway has much to fear from Germany; but unless she is false to all her traditions she will stand firm in the face of all that Germany many do.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. LOGAN & BRYAN STOCKS, BONDS and GRAIN Grand Rapids, Office GODFREY BUILDING Citizens 5235 Bell Main 235 Members New York Stock Exchange Boston Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange New York Cotton Exchange New York Coffee Exchange New York Produce Exchange New Orleans Cotton Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Winnipeg Grain Exchange Kansas City Board of Trade Private wires coast to coast Correspondence solicited BARLOW BROS. Ask about our way Grand Rapids, Mich. 15 AGRICULTURAL LIME BUILDING LIME Write for Prices A. B. Knowlson Co. 203-207 Powers’ Theatre Bidg., Grand Rapids, Mich. Present Issue of Stock of The Universal Valveless Four Cycle Motor Co. has been heavily over subscribed. Watch this space for a possible new issue. Deuel & Sawall 405-6-7 Murray Bldg. Grand Rapids, Michigan THE PREFERRED LIFE INSURANCE CO. Of America offers OLD LINE INSURANCE AT LOWEST NET COST What are you worth to your family? Let us protect you for that sum. THE PREFERRED LIFE INSURANCE CO. of America, Grand Rapids, Mich. THE BANK WHERE YOU FEEL AT HOME Gea Rarmns§ anes Bank’ WE WILL APPRECIATE YOUR ACCOUNT TRY US! Veit Manufacturing Co. Manufacturer of Bank, Library, Office and Public Building Furniture Cabinet Work, High Grade Trim, Store Furniture Bronze Work, Marble & Tile Grand Rapids, Michigan 6% First Mortgage Bonds Descriptive Circular Furnished Upon Request Howe SNow CorRIGAN & BERTLES EF MICHIGAN mee BLDG INVESTMENT BANKERS GRAND oo MICHIGAN Fourth National Bank United States Depositary WM. H. ANDERSON, President L. Z. CAUKIN, Cashier Savings Deposits Commercial Deposits 3 Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings Deposits Compounded Semi-Annually I 3% Per Cent Interest Paid on Certificates of Deposit Left One Year Capital Stock and Surplus $580,000 JOHN W. BLODGETT, Vice President J. C. BISHOP, Assistant Cashier 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 22, 1916 “w= SN . OMT Qe: DRY GOODS, = CY GOODS*= NOTIONS — — = S: my All Grades of Linens Rapidly Increas- ing in Value. 3uying linens now in the face of such kiting prices makes it a pretty speculation even if one is sure of de- liveries. Strictly pure linen fabrics have doubled in the last three years and are nearly an impossibility. No linens have arrived from Germany since early in July when a few cases reached New York. A few Belgian linens come in, but too few to count in the efforts being made to secure goods. Union goods are very high, 60 per cent. of linen. Dress linen sell- ing here at 85 cents was recently offered to be duplicated at $1.10 when landed. Belfast is busy filling existing orders. 3uyers hold back orders unless a date of shipping can be guaranteed and the manufacturer can not do this as labor and the de- mands of war must be considered first. A New York firm is showing a fine imitation of Irish linen made in Ire- land and named Sherelene. It may be had in white, colors and ‘fancy prints and it seems to be made just as the pure linen is. This fabric is new, of a modest price and resembles linen rather than any cotton gocds. It has received much praise from ex- perts. The State Board of Control in Oregon has decided not to sell the flax raised there at present. The California cotton mills offered a con- tract for thirty tons at 22 cents a pound and conditionally the Linen Thread Co. of New York offered 26 cents. The Board decided to rush the retting and not to make any sales until it had manufactured fiber to sell. Within a month Russia sent two steamers to Belfast loaded with flax and two more are expected. In Ire- land the acreage this season is 91,454 acres against 53,143 last year. The appearance of the flax now growing in Russia, per reports of several dis- tricts, is excellent. The business in Ireland has been kept in narrow lim- its, but lately in spite of the huge ad- vances in prices some encouraging orders have been taken, but factory owners are not keen for large orders for late deliveries on account of the uncertainty of the future. Prices hold up firmly not only on linen, flax and work, but cotton yarns are also bound- ing up from week to week. The first bookings for spring were better for the trade, but buyers, unless well in- formed, did not like the prices quoted. Good quality cottons passed well and there is every prospect of a good busi- ness in the imitations of linen as the latter can not be had in quantities to fill the demand. Import orders for housekeeping goods were satisfactory. Good orders were given on cotton table’ damask which many think looks’ better than low count damasks made of flax, Some buyers want linen only, others take cottons and unions and expect to sell them at high prices. It is a question as yet if the people of this country will accept any form of cot- ton in the place of linen. Some of the linen substitutes cost more to-day than pure linen cost a few years ago. Ireland has more flax and they can get their price, but many importets claim that they cannot pay such prices as buyers will not go to such a limit. The shortage of labor in Ireland makes the question of delivery an- other puzzle for the importer and re- tailer. The customer also suffers and the buyer grows weary. Linen handkerchief prices are high and popular prices are unknown. Re- tailers have not gone up very much, but when their new goods are shown from now on the prospect is really very “worrisome.” | Cambrics are very high; Belgian flax is preferred for handkerchiefs. It is said that most of the flax containéd in the cambrics coming to this country for two years was held in Ireland prior to the war. The jobbers and retailers are short of handkerchiefs and the holidays coming on. A large shipment of these goods lately en route from Belfast were bad- ly injured and have no value. Many were of special patterns and can not be replaced. Buyers refused to ac- knowledge the seriousness of this question and now cannot get all of their goods, pay high and haven’t any idea if outlook is being improved. It is very discouraging, but the linen importers have done so splendidly in - all of this worry that customers ex- pect them to keep on and wish linens down from the sky. It is said that linen prices may never get as low again as they were five years ago.— Dry Goods. ——_2 ->___ The Boll Weevil Still Unconquered. Secretary Houston of the Depart- ment of Agriculture has written a let- ter of denial to a Southern farmer that any means, secret or otherwise, of an- nihilating the boll weevil had been discovered. Its annual ravages cause a loss of 400,000 bales of cotton in the South. Appearing in this country in the Eastern counties of Texas in 1892, from its original habitat in Mexico, it spread in concentric circles in sub- sequent years until a foothold had been gained in practically all the cot- ton-growing state of the South. The annual loss in Texas alone as a re- sult of the weevil’s depredations is placed at $27,000,000. Every effort has been made by the Department of Agriculture to destroy the pest, It was thought at one time that the Guatemalan ant was its natural ene- my, and a supply of these was import- ed. Whether the boll weevil turned on the Guatemalan ant is not clear. The fact remains that the ant has dis- appeared, leaving the weevil in con- trol of the field. Thus far the only successful means of control has been the burning of dead cotton stalks in the fall, thereby destroying in large measure the hibernating millions that would develop into active parasites during the coming season. We are manufacturers of TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED HATS for Ladies, Misses and Children, especially adapted tothe general store trade. ial order solicited. CORL, KNOTT & CO., Ltd. Corner Commerce Ave. and Island St. Grand Rapids, Mich. DOUBLE YOUR MONEY Put in a line of PILLOWS Get this Leader Assortment: 3 Pairs Leader Pillows @ $3.00 3 ‘* Boston : @ 4.50 3. ‘ Special Geese Pillows (@ 6.75 3 “* XXB Pillows - @ 9.00 12 Pairs for $19.00, in best grade ticking. Grand Rapids Bedding Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Safety First in Buying SAFETY in Buying means getting the goods and the quantities of goods YOU can sell ata profit. It means know- ing what to buy and getting it at the right price. You can be safe in buying when you buy from “Our Drummer.” If you haven't the cur- rent issue handy, write for it. Butler Brothers Exclusive Wholesalers of General Merchandise New York Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Dallas Exceptional Values Handkerchiefs We still have a good big assortment to select from. Considering present market conditions these are exception- ally good values. Ladies’—Men'’s—Children’s, from the cheapest cotton to the finest linens and silks, ranging in prices from 18 cents up to $4.50 per dozen. Send in your orders at once. Wholesale Dry Goods Paul Steketee & Sons Grand Rapids, Michigan PUTNAM FACTORY Distributors for CHOCO LATE? AVOID DELAY AND DISAPPOINTMENT GET YOUR ORDERS IN NOW FOR ~Y o ay 7 Grand Rapids, Michigan Western Michigan ros tay Civ ‘qs «ay Civ November 22, 1916 Three New Ideas on Cost Accounting. The recent circular of the Educa- tional Director of the National Whole- sale Grocers’ Association, explaining the Association’s plan for uniform cost accounting among jobbers, is still much discussed in trade circles, al- though it is meeting with very com- mon approval in the trade and will be very generally adopted by the trade for its future book-keeping. Among the features which seem to arouse special interest are the views taken by the committee with refer- ence to “What is the cost of goods,” also the right of proprietors to charge off to themselves a reasonable salary, such as would be paid to a hired man- ager. What Is the Cost of Goods? “The cost of merchandise purchas- .ed is the cost of the goods delivered at the purchaser’s warehouse. For this reason, all transportation charges on incoming merchandise should be kept separate; they should not be coOm- bined with similar charges for out- going merchandise. This treatment of inward transportation charges as a merchandise account rather than as an expense is necessary, if compara- ble figures are to be collected from wholesalers operating at different distances from the buying markets. “The more distant wholesaler pays more for his goods, because the freight charge is greater; but this wholesaler may have no higher ex- penses than any other wholesaler in shipping goods to customers. The treatment of inward transportation charges as a merchandise account is also desirable from the point of view of business management. Profit is made by the wholesaler from mer- chandise in his hands, not from mer- chandise in the hands of the manu- facturer. In choosing between the goods offered by different manufac- turers, the wholesaler must consider not only the prices quoted but also the differences in transportation cost. If he buys: from a distant manufactur- er at low prices, a heavy transporta- tion charge increases the cost of the zoods; it does not increase his oper- ating expense. “Inventory of merchandise should be taken at cost, including freight, and the deductions for depreciation should be separately recorded. By _ taking stock at cost the wholesaler has a complete record of just what the mer: chandise on hand cost him and of what deductions are made to arrive at net inventory. By comparison with his previous figures he can learn whether or not the depreciation. of his merchandise is tending to become heavier. “Merchandise should not be inven- toried at a price higher than cost. This is a principle upon which ac- countants agree. Although the mar- ket prices for some merchandise in stock may be higher at inventory time than when the goods were purchased, the benefit of the higher prices is not realized before the goods are sold, and in conservative business manage- ment it is unwise to show profits which have not been earned. Salaries For All Partners. “The executive salaries item should treat as debits, all salaries of proprie- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN tors, partners, or executive officers of a corporation proportionate to time given to the general management of the business. “Each owner active in the business should charge as an expense a salary for his services equal to that which he would earn in the same capacity if working for some one else. Busi- nesses that are already charging sal- aries should make sure that these salaries are neither too low nor too high. In partnerships the amount which it is agreed that each partner may draw annually, not including rent, interest or profit, commonly repre- sents a fair salary. These salaries will be debits to selling, buying and general management expenses when distributed as explained and will be credited to the partner’s or proprie- tor’s salary accounts. The business, however, should be charged with the salaries of active owners only. Where an inactive partner has a “salary” be- cause of the use of his name or the influence of his former activity in the business, his “salary” is not a salary in the proper sense of the word and does not belong in expense, but in dividends, sharings, or withdrawals. This is the correct method of account- ing for such “salaries” and it is es- sential that it be followed if the profit and loss statement is to be compared with the statements of businesses with active partners only. “Tf the wholesaler manufactures part of the merchandise which he sells the accounts for manufacturing expense should be kept separate, not combined with the expense accounts for the purely wholesale business. The manufacturing department should be charged of course with its propor- tionate share of executive salaries and fixed charges, including rent of owned property and interest on owned cap- ital. Paying Rent to Yourself. “Just as the business is charged with salary of proprietor or partners and with interest on owned capital, it is charged with rent when the realty used is owned. The amount thus charged should equal what the realty could be rented for to others. This is an expense which the business fair- ly should bear. The amount debited to this account for rent is credited to interest and rentals earned. Insur- ance, taxes and repairs on owned real- ty, which would be covered by the rental charge if the building were leased, are debited to interest and rentals earned and not to this ac- count.” Signs of the Times Are Electric Signs Progressive merchants and manufac- turers now realize the value of Electric Advertising. We furnish you with sketches, prices and operating cost for the asking. THE POWER CO. Bell M 797 Citizens 4261 ae Double Holiday ite ij Packing of Shirley President Suspenders lst—The Attractive Box Tops. 2nd—The Holiday Card Insert in Red, Gold and Green, with cut-out to show pat- terns of web. SUGGESTIONS These 1916 Holiday Boxes can be displayed either open or closed giving a double decorative effect, You can always find room for these long, narrow boxes. They fit in most anywhere. Use them for borders around your Holiday window. Or arrange them in squares or diamonds to frame other articles displayed. resident Suspender Com art, SHIRLEY, MASS. Scarlet Mackinaw Jackets For hunters’ wear are now in de- mand. We have them in stock in sizes 42, 44 and 46 at $3.75 each. Mail orders will receive prompt at- tention. Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. 20-22 Commerce Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich. 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 22, 1916 Michigan Retail Shoe Dealers’ Association President—Fred Murray, Charlotte. Secretary—Elwyn Pond, Flint. Treasurer—Wm. J. Kreger, Wyandotte. Black Vamps and White Fabric Tops. Unusual conditions in the leather market have been many interesting developments in the responsible for shoe business. The steady advance in all kinds of upper leather which has sent retail prices of shoes skyward has become more serious than many in the trade dreamed of a year ago. The great problem that manufactur- ers and retailers are now wrestling with is to keep the volume of shoes within reach of the masses by using in certain parts of the shoe other ma- terials than leather. It is a curious fact, that the styles in women’s shoes which have enjoyed wide popularity the past three seasons should call for leathers and colors that commanded the highest prices ever known in the trade, and by reason of the demand for high boots, occasioned by the popularity of the short skirt, that the wanted styles called for more feet- age of leather. There is no use diguising the fact that the trade is face to face with a crisis in the leather market. In the three weeks which have passed the leather market has become stronger. What then can be done under these unprecedented conditions to still re- tain the styleful features in women’s shoes which have contributed so much to the prosperity of manufacturers and retailers, and which will assure a continuance of the vogue of pretty shoes? An instance of how this condition is being met by several leading manu- facturers of women’s shoes to retail at from $4 to $6 has just come to lght. These manufacturers are showing samples with black calf, kid and pat- ent vamps and tops of white canvas. The difference in cost ranges from fifty cents to $1 per pair. ers in the larger cities are reported to be buying this new style boot as a leading seller for next season. These buyers are also including this style in their lines of misses’ and growing girls’ shoes, where the saving is al- most as great as it is in women’s shoes. The retail buyers who have bought these new boots with white canvas tops are reported to feel that their trade will readily accept them on the theory that it will enable them to con- tinue to wear shoes that will reflect the style trend in higher priced shoes, The vogue of pretty colored leath- ers in women’s shoes is destined to continue, but higher prices must be secured for them than have been ask- ed to this time, or the retailer must Retail buy-- scale down his margin of profit.. While it is true that working g-rls have paid from $7 to $10 a pair for styleful footwear, and no doubt would willingly pay the still higher prices that must be asked for shoes made of these expensive leathers, there is a point beyond which they cannot go. That point seems to have been reach- ed. It is now a question of keeping styleful shoes within reach of the average woman at prices that are not beyond her pocketbook.—Shoe Re- tailer. —_>+-2—____ A Two Edged Sword. The Western Association of Shoe Wholesalers, in convention last week at Grand Rapids, Mich., passed a reso- lution demanding that an embargo be placed on the exports of leather. This idea was exploited by a number of shoe retailers some months ago, but the agitation subsided when it was ex- plained that the embargo situation is much more complicated than appears on the surface. To begin with there is no power vested in the executive branch of our Government to stop the exportation of merchandise in time of peace. Nothing short of a special act of Congress could legalize an embar- go. It is also important to consider that hides, skins and tanning materials are what may be called world’s commod- ities. The embargo is a game that other countries can play. The tanners of the United States are dependent upon hides and skins and tanning ma- terials originating in all corners of the world. International commerce must be reciprocal. We cannot ex- pect to import if we refuse to export Furthermore Great Britain is our big- gest customer and we look to her colonies for tremendous quantities of taw material for making leather, There is no reason why members of our trade should make a bad mat- ter worse by useless criminations and recriminations. Fifteen great nations are engaged in a death struggle, and we whose high fortune it is to be three thousand miles from the zone of hostilities cannot expect to escape the inevitable consequential damages of high prices and excited markets. Leather is a war munition and we are confronted by a world at war. It should always be remembered that some day the tables may be turned and the United States be attacked when unprepared. In that event we shall want to buy munitions in the world’s markets.—Shoe Retailer. —_++-.__ An apple a day will keep the doc- tor away—an onion a day will keep everybody away. ‘A Word to the Wise is Sufficient” Consider your replacement value in selling. Shoes are high and the limit is not yet. Our Standard will be maintained. This Trade-Mark always has and always will guarantee the best money value in style, wear and foot comfort. Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie Company Grand Rapids, Mich. As an All Year Round Seller The Bertsch Dress Shoe Line for men is unexcelled. You can safely add any of the numbers in the BERTSCH shoe line to your stock. Every one of them is a good all year round seller. If they do not move this season they will be equally good next spring. This is one of the features that makes the BERTSCH line strong with the dealers. Another all-important feature is the wearing qualities. You cannot go wrong here. Every pair has in them the very best material and workmanship. This insures absolute comfort and satisfaction to the wearer and repeat orders to the dealers. THEY WEAR LIKE IRON HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE Co. Manufacturers of Serviceable Footwear GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. November 22, 1916 Activities in Michigan C'ties. Written for the Tradesman. Ludington has opened a laboratory at the city hall, equipped with ap- paratus costing over $500, for testing city water and milk and for conduct. ing experiments. T. H. Caldwell, teacher of agriculture at the high school, will be in charge. The Olivet Business Men’s Asso- ciation has again taken up the ques- tion of providing a rest room for farmers. The water of forty wells at Bay City has been condemned for drinking pur- poses by the city chemist. City water taken from the bay is also absolutely unfit for drinking. To add to the dilemma, the State has gone dry. Allegan voted on the question of doing its own street lighting and the measure was defeated, lacking the necessary two thirds majority. It was a near-victory and the proposition may be submitted again soon. The Grand Army of the Republic at Adrian has presented the city with a new drinking fountain, which is now being installed. St. Johns has voted to buy Em- mon’s woods for use as a city park. A movement for playgrounds and recreation centers is on at Adrian. Sellevue now has public rest rooms, made possible through co-operation and enterprising community spirit. Lansing has voted in favor of free municipal collection of garbage and the system will go into effect in the spring. It is estimated that less than the $10,000 maximum set for the ini- tial equipment will be needed. Six-cent bread at Saginaw is now selling for 7 cents, while cakes and doughnuts have advanced to 15 cents. The Battle Creek public schools have re-opened, after a’ vacation of five weeks, due to the epidemic of infantile paralysis. Reed City has opened a new com- munity building that is designed for athletics and other entertainment to keep the young men out of pool rooms. Owing to the high price of pota- toes, turnips, rutabagas and_ other substitutes are in demand this season and are being purchased in large quan- tities at Tustin and other stations. Reed City’s new sewer system has been completed and accepted. by the council. i Zeeland voted a bond issue of $17,- 000 for paving its main street. Petoskey has a new fire chief and the fire department will be re-organ- ized. Hartford is considering the purchase of a new chemical fire engine. Almond Griffen. — Sidelights on Celery City and Envi- rons. Kalamazoo, Nov. 20—At the Octo- ber meeting of Kalamazoo Council a campaign for new members was in- augurated and two teams under the leadership of George Kelly and Jay Potts were selected, the losing team to banquet the winner. At the November meeting the mem. bers secured were initiated into the mysteries of the order, after which about forty members and their wives enjoyed the evening in dancing. fine lunch was served. Kelly’s team is in the lead, but MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 Potts claims that his team will eat at the expense of the boasters. F. L, Mc Call and W. S. Maxam have bought ford delivery cars to en- able them to give better delivery serv- ice. i E, R. Vanderbrook, who was in busi- ness on Portage street for a number of years and sold his business to the Kellogg Grocery Co., has again en- tered the grocery business at 1847 South Burdick street. John Rozankovich, who has been in the employ of H. Betke for the past two years, has engaged in the grocery business for himself at 1221 Forth street. The D’Arcy Spring Co. has com- pleted the addition to its building, which doubles its capacity. At pres- ent it is employing 350 hands. Next spring, the company will build an- other addition 135x100 feet, two stories high. Louis Rosenbaum was elected Pres- ident of the Kalamazoo branch of the National Association of Credit Men when that organization was effected at a luncheon at the Park-American Wednesday afternoon. Thirty-three representatives of as many leading business houses, manufacturing insti- tutions, jobbers, and bankers attend- ed the luncheon, and twenty-one in- stitutions joined the organization, which will hold meetings once each month. We are indebted to Carl Hoppough for the following items: Hopkins & Streeter is the firm name of a new garage concern at Marcellus. Mr. Hopkins was formerly a member of the firm of Youells & Hopkins, gro- cery and bakery. Fred Hamlin, of Decatur, has re cently added new shelving and glass cases to his store, which will add much to his already popular grocery. The boys on the road surely ap. preciate the efforts put forth to give them the very best when they stop at Frank’s Tavern, at Marcellus. It is a common thing up and down the Grand Trunk to hear, “No, I’m not stopping here, I’m for Frank’s Tavern to-night, where I get a good bed and home cooked meals.” William Hunsberger, formerly of Ropp & Hunsberger, Dowagiac, has opened a fine new grocery on East Division street. Knowing Will’s abil- ity as a hustler, we have no fear as to the outcome of the new store. John Vanderplough has recently purchased a new ford for delivering and other work connected with his grocery at Decatur. H. J. Linsner (Cudahy) says if you are over ambitious on Mondays and want fo save time, be sure and leave Kazoo on the 6 a. m. local, go to Law- ton, work the town, then hurry to catch the 8:33 and then stand at the station and see it go by at 60 miles per hour, because the 8:33 sometimes stops at Lawton on Monday. But it didn’t that Monday: Bird, the popular business man of Buchanan, has added a large new Studebaker bus to his other equ’pment and it sure is a bird. Mr. Bird may have a few gray hairs scattered through the white ones, but he is al- ways there—when it comes to hustl- ing, William Scott Cook. Our Specialty: ‘‘Royal Oak’”’ FOR SHOEMAKERS Bends. Blocks and Strips Shoe Store Supplies Wool Soles, Socks, Insoles, Etc. THE BOSS LEATHER CO. 744 Wealthy St. Grand Rapids, Michigan Backed by Quality Boosted by Consistent A dvertising HONORBILT SAOES Sell and you increase your assets; for the good will of your customer is the best asset you can have. a Pair of But, sell a cheap shoe, and your margin of profit shrinks into a loss, for your customer is then en- couraged to take his pat- ronage elsewhere, ell Rouge Rex Shoes “FOR THE MAN WHO WORKS” Our own tannage and manufacture. From hide to shoe, and then to you, all under our personal direction and supervision. They bring the smile of satisfaction to dealer and wearer. HIRTH-KRAUSE COMPANY Hide to Shoe Tanners and Shoe Manufacturers Grand Rapids, Michigan DUTCH MASTERS SECONDS Will stimulate your trade Handled by all jobbers G. J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO., Makers GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN TRADESMAN cy Fo STS ELD SRT RR — = A Heart of Thanksgiving Under All Circumstances. Written for the Tradesman. Thanksgiving Day, as we have come to regard it, might well be called the feast of success and plenty. All the associations that arise in our minds at the mention of this great holiday are rosy-colored with the light of prosperity. A big roast turkey on a table loaded with other good things, the choicest the fields and orchards can furnish: a large group of merry kindred come together from far and near for a glad reunion, seated about the board to enjoy the bounties that Nature has poured forth with lavish hand—this is our typical mental pic- ture of a Thanksgiving celebration. And whether as host and hostess or as guests, those who have enioyed an exceptional degree of success and prosperity seem most in harmony with the occasion. The farmer who has had bumper crops for which he has received high prices is the personification of our idea of Thanksgiving; while the doc- tor whose practice is large and lucra- tive, the lawyer who has made a bril- liant winning of hard-fought suits, the merchant who has had a profitable and rapidly growing business, the capitalist whose investments have turned out beyond his expectations, the candidate who has been elected to an eagerly coveted office, the woman who is happily married and whose social ambitions have been realized —these all fit in with what we have come to regard as almost the spirit of the day. It is easy and natural to be grateful for obvious blessings. Those who have had particularly good fortune can hardly do otherwise than take a very optimistic view of life, and feel that everyone ought to be duly thankful. Very few, however, are so strikingly favored. If we have had only a mod- erate degree of success and prosper- ity, if nothing has come our way that stands out big and noticeable and sat- isfying, if the days have followed one another a little dull and monotonous —can we still count our blessings and be sincerely grateful for what we have received, and enter with joyous hearts into the observance of Thanksgiving? If we have had nothing out of the ordinary, this may be the time to school ourselves in appreciation of the good common things that we en- joy every day. Let us now, if we never have done so before, take notice of the many points of excellence in the home town and the home folks, and in the friends, not all of them bril- liant, perhaps, but all kind and con- siderate, with whom we associate week in and week out, Let us not forget to be grateful for the health and strength which perhaps we never have lacked; for the useful work that is given us to do; and for the innum- erable homely, needful things with which we are hourly and momently supplied. But what if our year’s story has read neither unusual good fortune nor even a modest and ordinary degree of prosperity, but severe loss and bitter disappointment instead? What if our ventures have gone wrong and our plans have miscarried? What if poverty and sickness have been our portion? What if we have been be- reft of our dearest friends? Can we still rejoice and be thankful? Here is a test of character and religion. Under such adverse conditions grati- tude does not come spontaneously. It must be gained by thought and will, but it need not be lacking. We always can weigh that which we have left against that of which we have deprived, and generally, if we view matters fairly, will find a large balance on the side of the blessings that remain with us. “Although much is taken, much abides.” On the same principle, only carried a step further, is that cheery bit of wisdom, the credit for which is given to a certain prime minister of Eng- land. It was during the dark days of the rebellion of the American colonies and other misfortunes that he recommended a day of thanks- “What for?” demanded King “That things are no worse, O my Sire! was the prompt reply of the statesman-philosopher. No mat- ter how gloomy may be the outlook, we always may be thankful that things are no worse. It should be our aim, however, to go deeper and gain the insight that finds reasons for thankfulness in the sorrows and losses themselves. Suc- cess, prosperity, uninterrupted hap- piness, have a hardening effect on many natures, causing them to _ be- come cold and selfish. When in need of sympathy, who would think of turn- ing to a person who never has seen trouble? Wealth and luxury often weaken and enervate. We can see these results with others—they might be true of ourselves also. If disap- pointment and sorrow make us more mindful of the griefs of others, give us deeper sympathies and more under- standing minds and hearts, arouse our strength and awaken our courage— then we well may count our losses and misfortunes and even our bereave- ments as our richest blessings. Nor should we desire to miss these ex- periences that purify and ennoble. Real thanksgiving is not for one day giving. George. Ce Ce GC eg tg & NE o Bo. CS “Thanksgiving” always seems to speed-up sales of “White House’—as it has become part and parcel of general Holiday entertainment, and cannot be de- < nied, et Be sure you have plenty to hand ( ) out. MO ex Place your special order now. eo eo Distributed at Wholesale by Say an JUDSON GROCER CO. — Grand Rapids, Mich. : oc = 2 ee Cn ———w| See , SUA S Coal astn Mosby dash Was aS as Macon (7 The Teacher Sees What Dorothy Loves 2 “Oh, Goody!"" Bobbie says, “She i loves—— Gee! I wonder who she loves.”’ He'd know “who” if he could see, as the teacher does, the other side of the slate, where mischievous Dorothy has put, in her best capitals, the word JELL-O What Dorothy wrote was, “I love Jell-O,’ and Bobbie couldn't object to that, for probably he likes Jell-O himself more than he loves any girl. All children love Jell-O, and as it is one of those good things to eat that seem to agree with everybody, it is given to them very freely by thoughtful parents. By the way, did you note that Jell-O received the Grand Prize (the highest award) at both of the California National Expositions last year? EReRY 0 >a aWBERRY JV, ro ere Ag j sie oir FLAVOR, Np tote ep co Lee Pipes eee The Genesee Pure Food Company, LeRoy, N.Y., and Bridgeburg, Ont. A tightly sealed waxed paper bag, proof against moisture and air, encloses the Jell-O in each package. November 22, 1915 se November 22, 1916 only. It is a mental attitude that should become habitual. It is gained by coming into some realization of the great scheme of existence and some appreciation of the beauties and glories possible in everyday living. Quillo. ——_»>-2-. Detroit Jobbers Demand More Room, With Sidings. Detroit, Nov. 13—Among the most complicated phases of local business and industrial life is the problem of locating the Detroit merchandise job- ber. At present a situation confronts the jobber in this city which bids fair to result ultimately in the projection of important developments in the downtown district generally classed as “central industrial.” The evolution of the jobbers busi- ness into operations of great mag- nitude is primarily responsible for bringing about the present situation. There is a dearth of what are con- sidered desirable sites for the oper- ation of jobbers. The growth of that. particular line of business and_ the simultaneous growth of Detroit have both been factors in bringing about the present complication, few years ago, when the city was much smaller than it is now, the jobber did not demand sidetrack fa- cilities from the railroad. If he was within reasonable proximity to a team track the location was considered sat- isfactory. To-day, however, the scope of the jobber’s business is such that he demands practically the same car- rier service and trackage facilities as any of the great manufacturing es- tablishments. In fact, his require- ments are even more extensive. The jobber cannot best operate to the best advantage if he is any great distance from the “central location.” His business is a combination of class- ified business and industry. His real estate requirements naturally must be a combination of both. He must have a combination of the central business property site as well as the facilities generally accorded the great industrial plants in the matter of rail- road facilities. That is what has brought about the present situation. What former- ly was the merchandise jobbing dis- trict of Detroit is now considered in- adequate in the matter of facilities and the large jobbers have nearly all been forced to seek quarters, further out along the lines of the various rail- roads. This change in the situation did not come, however, until the ter- ritory along the railroads within the two-mile belt on the west side had been quite densely settled. The job- ber, therefore, has been confronted, in most instances, with the problem of staying within the central district and doing without private tracking facilities or removing to sites con- siderably beyond the line established as the limit of the section, within which efficient operation of the job- ber’s business is possible. In consideration of these facts there is at present a feeling in local busi- ness circles that a project of great magnitude ultimately will take form, which will “bring back” the old-time jobbing district of Detroit. Detroit has come into large prom- inence as a merchandise jobbing cen- ter within the last ten years. -Lee & Cady, wholesale grocers, were among the first dealers to realize the necessity of removing into territory permitting operations on a_ broader’ scale. The firm was formerly at Cass avenue and Larned street. It moved out West Fort street to the Michigan Central tracks near Twelfth street. This action constituted a new depar- ture in the affairs of local jobbing houses especially those in the whole- sale grocery line. Since making the move Lee & Cady have greatly in- creased their business and have pur- chased considerable additional prop- erty to provide area for further ex- pansion of their business. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Subsequently several of the larger jobbing concerns in the city have moved to quarters along the lines of the railroads, among these being Ed- son, Moore & Co., wholesale dry goods dealers, who removed from Jefferson avenue and Bates street, where they had been established many years. The jobbing district of Detroit al- ways has been in the vicinity of Jef- ferson and West Congress streets on the west side of Woodward avenue, chieflly owing to the fact that most of the railroads make their entrance into the city from the west side and maintain freight sheds in that terri- tory. In recent years the business of the jobber has grown to such a degree as to make it almost com- pulsory that railway track facilities be furnished, a number of firms have wished to make the move to more favorable locations, but in the last few years suitable sites have been almost unobtainable. Lewis L. Smart, member of the De- troit real estate board and an exten- sive operator in industrial and busi- ness properties, asserts there is an actual shortage of railroad frontage sites suitable for merchandise jobbers. There were a few such properties available within the desired district, but the Pennsylvania Railroad com- pany has purchased most of the area, including these sites, for railroad pur- poses. The sites now left for the job- bers, in most instances, are too far out from the central district, in which is the jobber’s retail trade. It is rumored that plans are be- ing projected by certain railroad in- terests to select a district within the desired limits for the jobber, develop it with trackage and make an exclu- sive jobbing section of it. If this is not accomplished, it is probable the jobber must arrange to transact his business at an increased distance from the central trade district. This would necessitate introduction of new meth- ods in transacting the business, One remedy has been suggested. It is asserted that in recent years real estate values in the old jobbing dis- trict have not increased in proportion to those in other parts of the city. A few blocks of railroad siding would bring this district into its own, says an authority on the matter, and mil- lions of dollars would be added to property values, while the problem of the jobber would be solved. At present the tracks of the Michi- gan Central, Pere Marquettee and the Wabash railroads terminate at Third avenue. They run parallel with De- troit River and come to an abrupt end- ing within a stone’s throw of the dis- trict which has been set back in in- dustrial importance because their lines failed to afford it the necessary fa- cilities. In the section between Third and Shelby streets and Fort street and the river front there is a large area which would be the jobber’s salva- tion if railroad sidings only were af- forded. It is pointed out that while there are some large buildings in this section the greater number do not ex- ceed a height of three stories. Mis- cellaneous lines of business occupy these buildings. Property values now range from $300 to $400 a front foot on the average. If this district were provided with facilities to promote ex- pansion of jobbing enterprises, it is said that values would increase at least 50 per cent. immediately. It is contended that if the prob- lem of the jobbers becomes more serious enough pressure may be brought to bear to bring about the regeneration of the section by hay- ing the railroads extend at least single tracks into the territory. It is argued that all switching could be done at night and that even if the tracks were brought down any one of the streets paralleling Fort and between that street and the river, the disadvantages resulting would be more than offset by the advantage gained. Such a development, it is asserted, would bring an area of great improvement and much construction work in the reclaimed district and mil- lions of dollars’ increase in values, say those in touch with the situation, would be the ultimate gain of the ven- ture. GEO. S. DRIGGS MATTRESS & CUSHION CO. Manufacturers of Driggs Mattress Protectors, Pure Hair and Felt Mattresses, Link and Box Springs, Boat, Chair and Window Se 11Cushions. Write for prices. Citizens 4120. GRAND RAPIDS 21 A “Seasonable Suggestion’ Your customers will appreciate MAPLEINE That Golden ‘“Mapley"’ Flavor These are days of waffles, and ‘‘Mapley"’ syrup made with just sugar, water and Mapleine. Order from your jobber or Louis Hilfer Co. 1503 Peoples Life Bldg. Chicago, Ill. CRESCENT MFG. CO. Seattle, Wash. Watson-Higgins Milling Co. Merchant Millers Grand Rapids, Michigan Owned by Merchants Products Sold Only by Merchants Brands Recommended by Merchants Coleman (Brand) Terpeneless LEMON Pure High Grade VANILLA EXTRACTS Made only by FOOTE & JENKS Jackson, Mich. Why? penses. and service. ing accordingly. 8 Your Trade Every grocer is entitled to as much of his community’s business as the quality of his goods and service can command. Some get the lion’s share —others hang on and just make ex- It is largely a question of quality Goods that are known for their high quality command the great bulk of the trade. N. B. C. advertising has carried the message of the best biscuit baked to nearly everyone, nearly everywhere. A display of the famous In-er-Seal Trade Mark packages is an asset to any grocer. People recognize these superior products as an indication of a quality store and do their regular buy- NATIONAL COMPANY BISCUIT 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 22, 1916 * -. )) —=— = =< = — Al SS = ¢ = ¢ ¢ ‘ 4 eq (ua 2 . “ 2 =< =— = ST Cn STOVES 4x 4 LEE f oN Michigan Retall Hardware Association. President—Karl S. Judson, Grand Rap- ids. Vice-President—James W. Tyre, De- troit. Scott, Secretary—Arthur J. Marine Cit y. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Preparedness For the Christmas Cam- paign Is Essential. Written for the Tradesman. There is probably a certain, limited amount of trade which will come to a merchant if he just sits in his store and waits for customers. The very fact that the store, the stock and the merchant are there for business is an invitation which some people will ac- cept. So, too, in the Christmas sea- son, the merchant can probably count on a proportion of Christmas trade which will come to him anyway, even if he puts forth no extra effort. In these days of keen competition, how- ever, no merchant should count with too much certainty upon the business that will come his way without the asking. Extra effort is necessary to secure the utmost possible trade, and extra effort is required to offset the efforts of competitors. If you try hard enough and in the right way, you can induce the other fellow’s customers to do some of their buying from you: and you can induce your own custom- ers to purchase more. And _ finally, in connection with the Christmas sea- son, by extra and earlier effort you can induce a proportion of your cus- tomers to buy in the early part of the season, thus minimizing the burden of the last awful week. Haphazard extra effort will un- doubtedly produce more business than if you did not put forth any extra ef- fort at all. But, to produce the big- gest results, your extra effort must be systematized. You must put pre- paredness into your Christmas cam- paign. It’s hard to carry out a plan in every detail, you say? Granted. There never yet was a plan that ran according to clockwork. In fact, clocks themselves occasionally run fast or slow, and sometimes run down That’s one of the contingencies which every merchant must foresee in pre- paring his plans. The unexpected will persist in happening. The unexpected, however, is quite as likely to help as to hinder; and the alert hardware dealer is able to adapt his plans to the unexpected contin- gencies when they arise. Right now, with Thanksgiving still in the future, is the time to plan for the Christmas campaign. Most deal- ers, indeed, commence their planning early in November. I know of one merchant who starts gently leading up to his Christmas campaign the lat- ter part of October, and that in turn neccessitates planning still further ahead. In the first place, look to your Christmas stock. You have it order- ed, of course, and most of it in; but there may be items which need hurry- ing up. The goods which don’t come in until the week before Christmas will very likely have to be carried over. Look, also, to your arrangement of the stock in the store. Some staple lines should be moved back to make way for the seasonable goods. The gift lines, the lines which after De- cember 25 will no longer be timely, should be played up now, and be giv- en the predominant position in the store. See to it that the goods in most demand are easiest of access. The Christmas season is no time for clerks to waste steps needlessly. A little forethought now will save your salespeople later on. In most stores it is necessary to hire additional help for the two or three weeks when the Christmas rush is at its height. Is it good business to postpone hiring this help until the day before it is needed? The answer is obvious. One wide-awake retailer about the middle of November starts looking around for young high-school beys and girls who want temporary employment for the Christmas holi- days. He has all his arrangements made ten days or two weeks ahead of time; and in the interval the young people help in the store on Saturdays, and are coached for their work. This coaching deals particularly with the seasonable Christmas lines. The temporary salespeople find out what goods are handled, where to look for them, prices, and other main essentials to handling the goods. Of course, you can’t turn a high school student into a skilled salesman by two weeks of this training; but you can rub off a lot of the rough edges. This will mean more business and better pleas- ed customers. Of course, it costs a little extra to have the younsters at the store on Saturdays .and after school hours You have to pay them for this. On the other hand, the training you give them pays you. Christmas advertising can all be mapped out well beforehand. Thi's will save a lot of extra work and worry. The merchant who tries to think up new ideas and to prepare ad- vertising copy while the campaign is humming is likely to make a pretty poor fist of it. Too many other things are calling for his attention at the same time. Good advertising copy demands concentration. On the other hand, if, after you have every advertisement prepared for the Christmas season, some bright new idea crops up suddenly as new ideas will when you aren’t looking for them —then it is easy to graft your new £0 BY THENATIONA, idea upon your original plan of cam- , paign. Plot out your advertising now, GE while you have ample time. First ear" pall study your stock, with a view to find- ing out just what you want to fea- ASBESTOS GOODS are very scarce and have advanced in past six months from 50 to 300 per cent. We are fortunate in having a big stock bought last spring and can make instant shipment at less than to-day’s Chicago market, Air cell asbestos pipe cover, 1 inch5 cents. 1% inch 6 cents, 1% inch 7% cents, 2 inch 9 cents, 2% inch Ii cents. Standard asbestos cement 1.35 per hundred, 10, 14 and 16 pound asbestos paper 4.90 per 100. 1-16 and % asbestos paper 5% per 100. 3-16, 44 and % asbestos board 6c per Ib. Pure asbestos wick and rope 80c per Ib. Furnace cement 8 lb. cans Lic, 5 lb. 19c. 10 lb 36c Furnace cement 100 Ib. steel drums, 3.00 Asbestos roof cement 2 Ib. cans 1.75 doz. 4 Ib. cans 3 00 doz. 6 lb cans 4.25 doz. 6 lb. package stove lining cement lic, 10 lb 20c Gallon cans black roof coating 25c 5 gal kits bright red barn paint 3.45 80 Ib. steel drums sweeping compound 1.25 5 gal best floor oil 1.50 Van Dervoort Hardware Co. Reduces Fire Insurance Rates Will Not Ignite from Flying Sparks or Brands Sold by All Lumber Dealers “Originators of the Asphalt Shingle’ Grand Rapids, Mich. Lansing, Mich. H. M. Reynolds Asphalt Shingle Co. Foster, Stevens & Co. Wholesale Hardware ot 157-159 Monroe Ave. :: 151 to 161 Louis N. W. Grand Rapids, Mich. “The End of Fire Waste’’ COMPLETE APPROVED Automatic Sprinkler Systems Installed by Phoenix Sprinkler & Heating Co. Grand Rapids, Mich, Detroit, Mich. 115 Campau Ave. 909 Hammond Bldg, Estimates Free LEITELT Freight Elevators Give Most Satisfaction in FACTORIES — STORES WAREHOUSES An Electric Power Belt Drive costs little to install and little to operate. Leitelt Elevators are built to last. Repairs are seldom needed. Write or call for par- ticulars. Engine of Leitelt Motor Driven Belt Connected Elevator ADOLPH LEITELT IRON WORKS 213 Erie Street Grand Rapids, Michigan - CHINGLES ©: 5 ¥ Meiiised oe ast SaaS November 22, 1916 ture. Then ponder your public, to ascertain what will most likely ap- peal to them. Then you can line up your copy, Last year’s trade papers and this year’s too will have many helpful suggestions. There are some advertisers who make a practice of studying the adver- tising of merchants in other towns, and even of local competitors, and writing their advertisements as the season progresses. The difficulty of this system is that the merchant who adopts it will always be just a little late. It is, however, an excellent prac- tice to clip good newspaper advertise- ments wherever you find them, and preserve them for future reference. A merchant who can turn to a file of such advertisements, collected from year to year, will find there a mine of ideas which can readily be brought up- to-date. In preparing your advertisements, don’t merely copy, but adapt and im- prove. If you advertise in more than one paper, have sufficient copies of each advertisement made now. Date them ahead. Have all these details in readi- ness. If you want to make a change later, you can easily do so. Then there are your window dis- plays. You can’t put on every dis- play in November and be done with it; but you can design every window long before the selling season starts. Here, again, trade paper suggestions are helpful, and should be preserved from year to year. First, determine what goods to dis- play, how often to change your dis- plays, what to include in the big dis- play put on the week end before Christmas. Often it is a good plan to have your displays and newspaper advertising “mate up.” That is, if for Tuesday and Wednesday of this week you advertise cutlery, put your cut- lery lines in the window on Tuesday and Wednesday, or Wednesday and Thursday. Thus display and adver- tising work together, to produce big- ger results. Having determined what goods to feature in your displays from time to time, the next thing is to invent or adapt ideas for playing up these goods effectively. Then, too, it is necessary to secure the incidental seasonable decorations in Christmas colors, to prepare show cards and price tickets, and occasion- ally to build forms on which to dis- play small articles. Jot down your display plans on paper. Then, when the time comes to put on a display, you have your ideas all ready. Circularizing, too, can be planned, ‘and your list of prospects prepared or revised. It is a good scheme to have a suggestion list of presents suitable for various members of the family printed to enclose with your Christmas circular letters. Finally, the store should be bright- ened up in every possible way. Getting all this preparatory work done now will lift a great burden off your shoulder at the time, a few weeks later, when every minute of the pro- prietor’s time is required for actual selling or for directing his salespeo- ple. William Edward Park. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Automobile Robes $2.35, $3.00, $3.75, $4.25, $5.25, $5.75, $6.00, $6.50, $7.00, $7.25, $7.50, $8.00, $8.50, $9.00, $10.00, $11.00, $12.00, $20.00, $25.00, $30.00. Over forty different patterns to select from, Also steamer rugs of the Chase quali- ty which are standard as a yard measure. Scotch clan patterns from $6 to $12: large size 60x80 inches. Sherwood Hall Co., Ltd. 30-32 Ionia Ave. Grand Rapids, Michigan Use Half as Much Champion Motor Oil as of other Oil GRAND RAPIDS OIL Co. United Trucks 1% to 6 ton all worm drive United Trucks are the best busi- ness and profit builders a dealer can secure. They are standard- ized in construction and are capable of performing beyond the requirements usually made on similarly rated trucks as to capacity and endurance. You will be interested in the particulars when you hear about them. Write, wire or visit us personally. The United Motor Truck Company Grand Rapids, Michigan SUNN Insure Your Tires Against Puncture at $1.00 the Car No one wantsto patch or change tires in cold, snow and slush and it is not necessary. Carbide Sealer will instantly and perma- nently seal any puncture of the average size and while the car is running. This Sealer will do all any puncture cure can do and it costs the least. One gallon will treat four 4-inch tires. It is easy to apply and it’s action is certain. A good business for at least one dealer in each county and partic- ulars and a special proposition if you will Address Box 87, Oden, Mich. PUA aAm a OVI INIILI)) Cut Flowers—Floral Decorations atte Mote ee Cy hed 72 N. IONIA, Just North Monroe Both Phones Grand Rapids, Mich. USED AUTOS —My Specialty. Largest Stock— Runabouts $65—$350 Touring Cars $150 and up Easy Terms What have you to trade Dwight’s Used Auto Ex. 230 Ionia, N.W FOR GOODNESS SAKE BUY Horse Shoe Tires Wrapped Tread System They are guaranteed for 5000 miles with many a long non-cost extra mileage tour in reserve. The Deitz Vapor System will positively save 25% to 60% in Gasoline. It will keep your En- gine absolutely free from carbon. May be attached to any car. 5-Minute Vulcanizer will produce a quick, permanent patch for inner tube — without cement, gasoline or acid. A full line of Batteries, Spark Plugs and Accessories Wholesale Distributors: Brown & Sehler Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. We have an interesting proposition to make to dealers. oil for the cheapest car. NOKARBO MOTOR OIL It is the one oil that can be used successfully on all automobiles operated by gasoline or electricity. It will not char or carbonize. It is the best oil for the high grade car, and the best WRITE FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS The Great Western Oil Co Grand Rapids, Michigan A. A. ZIMMERMAN DEALERIN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS FRUITS, VEGETABLES, CONFECTIONERY Tredesman Company TOBACCOS AND CIGARS BEAVERTON, MICH. Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen- 1917, could not get along with out it. Nov, ao, 16. Find enclosed check for $1.00 for the Tradesmen for. What gets me is how you put out the paper you do at so low price, considering the sky high prices of to-day. Resp, yours, A. A. Zimmerman MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 22, 1916 te, € a ~ —_ — Ayes = et= = = = Z — = -_ = ae ia 7 = -_— oe =e o = ~ oc i oe — = > = , == = = , = == =, =~ = ana a cane —, DS es) i C'eag Pickings Picked Up in the Windy City. Chicago, Nov. 20—One of Chica- go's most popular and interesting National shows will be held at the Union Stock Yards from Dec. 2 to 9, known as the International Live Stock Exposition. This exposition has been on a recess for two years and the show to be held this year is attract- ing a National wide interest. There is expected to be in attendance from 150,000 to 200,000 people during the show. For the first time girl stu- dents will rank with men in the dele- gation of picked representatives from agricultural colleges from _ nearly every state. Also leading cattle men of South America will be in atend- ance. This is one exposition that will be well worth seeing. They are not sparing any expense to make it the best ever held. One of Chicago’s visitors last week was Emil J. Klag, proprietor of the Transfer buffet, of Grand Rapids. This gentleman seems very cheer- ful, even if Michigan did go dry, and talks as though business will con- tinue and that he will prosper in what- ever line he takes up after 1918. He is not pessimistic over the prospects. This looks very encouraging for one of Grand Rapids’ business men. I. Lewis Ferris, Jr., of 219 Allen street, Waterloo, Ia., made his usual yearly trip into Chicago last week, getting in touch with the spring styles of corsets. Mr. Ferris represents the Gage-Downs Co., of Chicago, IIl., and speaks very highly of the prosperous times and good business he has had, after taking into consideration the very high cost of material which goes towards making up his line of goods. Mr. Ferris is a brother of the Senior Counselor of Cadillac Council, of De- troit. He himself is President of the Waterloo, Iowa, Traveling and Busi- ness Men’s Association. The Motor and Bicycle Exposition now being held at the Coliseum is attracting large crowds and will be- come, according to reports, an annual affair. Chicago is now having its annual cigarmakers’ trouble, Over 3,000 cigarmakers walked out of approxi- mately 650 shops in Chicago. They are striking for higher wages. The manufacturers, no doubt, will advance the wage and resume business. One of the busy beehives in Chi- cago at this time of the year in a wholesale way is Butler Bros. On each floor of this mammoth build- ing the average person would think was a crowded street, between em- ployes and buyers. This house is shipping out, it is reported, more goods this year than ever before, even at the advanced cost of most all mer- chandise, and also considering there is not quite as many patterns to select from. One of the employes of this concern who has spent the best part of his life with them and has made a very valuable man for them, is A. J. Strand, who has climbed up the ladder until he has reached the posi- tion of assistant city credit man. This position, considering the size of Chi- cago and the amount of business But- ler Bros. has in the city, is one of the most responsible positions to fill. committee of Chicago aldermen are now traveling through the East, investigating subway transportation. From some of the reports received in » Chicago one would think the subway is a sure thing. Let us hope so. If the writer is quoted right, this is the month that Cadillac Council, of Detroit. will give their dinner ball at the Board of Commerce in Detroit. The writer wishes them a sucessful and pleasant affair. Michigan again comes to the front when speaking of successful mer- chants. This applies to Theodore Kramsen, at Sixty-third and Stony Island avenue, at the main entrance of Jackson Park, known as_ the Amphlett Bros. drug store. Mr. Kramsen formerly lived in Greenville. From there he took up the manage- ment of the P. Kutsche Hardware Co., of Grand Rapids. While in this position he took up medicine, afterwards being connected with the Peck Drug Co. in the above city. From there he came to Chicago and interested himself in the above drug company. Under his ownership and management this store has become one of the most prosper- ous and up-to-date stores outside of the loop of Chicago. Mr. Kramsen never tires of Michigan, always mak- ing an annual trip back to his old town and holding very dear to his heart all matters associated with Michigan. Chicago's first winter weather made its debut last Tuesday and Wednes- day, showing the color of snow, rain and cold, but not lasting over twenty- four hours. Centractors, no doubt, will prosper on Michigan dryness by building sub- basements. Alcohol, according to Ford's idea, will be very popular with the brew- eries in Michigan very shortly. Some election bets in Chicago are still being held up. It is hard for some Republicans to concede defeat There seems to be no let up in the advance of food. Everything is still on the go. Some picture shows in Chicago are advertising admission on receipt of two potatoes. This is an absolute fact. Potatoes no doubt, will take another jump, Owing to the fact, it is report- ed, twenty-five carloads were destroy- ed by fire at the Michigan Central Kensington yards. People in the neighborhood, no doubt, got a lot of baked spuds. Mrs, A. E. Marriott, of Sault Ste. Marie, is spending a few weeks with her cousin, Mrs. F. Bowden, 6038 South Park avenue, Chicago. Mrs. Marriott is the wife of the very popu. lar Park Hotel manager at the Sault. Construction is about to be com- menced on a number of new build- ings, a railroad freight terminal, a cold storage plant, eighty factory buildings and a power and light'ng plant, in the Central Manufacturing District, the whole to involve an ulti- mate expenditure of $20,000,000. The site comprises 100 acres in Thirty- ninth street, north front, between Ashland and Western avenues. This is where it was proposed to construct the Chicago Produce Terminal. It is proposed to create a model-factory community. There will be a union freight station and loft building, six stories and basement, 600x500, to cost $1,200,000. The first floor and basement is to be occupied for a freight warehouse and the upper floors will be leased for industrial uses. The freight station will handle freight for all the railroads entering Chicago and will be operated by the Chicago Junc- tion Railway. On Thirty-ninth strret, near Robey, a large cold storage plant will be erected. The building will be six stories, 110x140, and will cost $225,000. The warehouse has been leased to Cross, Roy & Saunders for twenty-five years at a term rental of approximately $500,000. The lessees have an option of purchase on the property and also an option giving them the right to construct two ad- ditional units of the same size for cold storage purposes. There will be a central power plant upon which con- struction will be commenced within thirty days. It will have a sprinkler system with a capacity of over 200,- 000 gallons, high pressure pumps, hot water heaters, conveyors, and will cost, when complete, $250,000. The buildings will be connected with a sys- tem of underground tunnels for trans. mitting steam, water and electricity between the central plant and the dif- ferent buildings in the group. A sec- ond system of tunnels is contemplated for the handling of freight between in- dustries and the new freight station. The construction of these tunnels is under way and they will cost in the neighborhood of $150,000. The plan contemplates the construction § of eighty large factory and warehouse buildings of uniform architectural de- sign, with sewers, streets, alleys, switch tracks, parkways and all the facilities necessary for the transac- tion of business. An uncancelled mortgage for $4,000, which has been in force for fifty-eight years, and on which the interest, com- pounded at 7 per cent., semi-annually, now amounts to $843,848.6114, was dis- covered recently by an old patron of Greenebaum Sons Bank and Trust Company. The mortgage was given to secure four bonds of $1,000 each on the property, 100x125 feet in Peoria street, 100 feet south of Monroe street, east front, owned at the pres- ent time by Squire R. Harris, Alex- ander Friend, one of the heirs of Na- than Friend, and the Illinois Charita- ble Eye & Ear Infirmary. It -requir- ed half an hour’s time by an adding. machine expert to figure the inter- est. The interest, itself, is probably eight times the present value of the property, upon which the original loan Was made in 1858. Andrew Akin was the borrower. The mortgage is made out in the exact form of the present mortgage bonds of lesser denomina- tions, which modern bankers are sur- prised to learn antedated their origin more than half a century. The pres- ent generation thought they had in- vented something. The George A. Fuller Co., has been awarded the general contract for the eight-story soap factory on the river, corner West North avenue and Fleet- wood street, for James Kirk & Co., 106 East Austin avenue. Cost about $800,000. The Iroquois Iron Company have completed plans for a new blast fur- nace to be built on its property on the Calumet River at Ninety-fifth street. The capacity of the furnace will be 400 to 600 tons daily and it is esti- -mated that it will cost $700,000 to $1,- 000,000. It may be that two blast furnaces will be erected, but no defi- nite decision has yet been reached. Construction will be commenced on the first furnace just as soon as cer- tain details can be arranged. Charles W. Reattoir. CUSHMAN HOTEL Petoskey, Michigan LEADS ALL THE REST W. L. McMANUS, JR., Proprietor One Day Laundry Service j Send your linen by parcel post { Hotel Charlevoix Detroit EUROPEAN PLAN |\Absolutely Fire Proof Rates, $1 for room without bath: $1.50 and upwards with bath. Grinnell Realty Co., Props. H. M. Kellogg, Manager The Hotel Geib Faton Rapids, Mich. L. F. GEIB, Propr. . AMERICAN PLAN Artesian Water Steam Heat $2 Per Day Sample Room in Connection CNEW SS WIRE Yor RESERVATION oC alts EY ya) May Send his family BARRY HOTEL HASTINGS, MICH. Hot and cold running water in all rooms. Shower and tub baths. Parlor sample rooms. Club breakfasts and luncheon. Alacarte supper. Oysters and short order lunch in connection. Finest bowling alleys and billiards. Free auto bus to and from all trains. Try it and you will come again, GEORGE E. AMES, Prop. Prepare For Winter Don’t Get Cold Feet An Extension Telephone at the head of the stairs will Save many unnecessary steps The call in the night may be the important one An Extension Telephone costs but a few cents a day Call Contract Dept. 4416 Citizens Telephone Company ee an ah ls sae - November 22, 1916 DETROIT DETONATIONS. Cogent Criticisms From Michigan’s Metropolis. Detroit, Nov. 20—F. J. Dusenbury, furniture dealer and. undertaker, of Utica, was in Detroit this week on a business trip. A story in the daily papers of last wtek, stating that the city was about to sue the P. Koenig Coal Co.,, was read with pleasure by some who were unfortunate enough to have at- tempted to do business with this unscrupulous firm. The suit begun by the city is for the non-delivery of coal which was purchased by them at the early prevailing quotations. In at least one case with private indi- viduals the firm accepted an order for coal at the company’s quotations. Lat- er when the price advanced they pro- fessed to have lost the order. A dupli- cate was furnished them which only brought forth other excuses, Finally they offered to deliver the coal at an advanced price of about 75 per cent. Over the telephone when one of the firm was called for and presumably answered, nothing but insults were given in return for mild protests or requests that they deliver coal on or- der. In the case mentioned the party felt unable to fight the case and was obliged to pay the higher price then prevailing for coal.’ There have been numerous complaints about the unfair methods of the company and other suits are promised. This article is written for the benefit of those who might in the future inadvertantly at- tempt to deal with the P. Koenig Coal O. The Miller Hoefer Co. will open a retail jewelry store in the Miller build- ing, 33 State street, in a few days. Prohibition has received several more allies. The price of beer has ad- vanced in several cities. William G. Westwood, formerly with the Tire & Auto Service Co., and President of the Detroit Automobile Trade Association, has joined the sales force of the Hannan Real Estate Exchange, An addition is being built to the plant of the Buhl Malleable Co., on Wight street. G. & J. Varady have opened a gro- cery and meat market at 180 Dearborn avenue. Louis Caplon, well-known general merchant of Baldwin, was in Detroit last week on a business trip. The ar- rival a few weeks ago of a baby boy at the Caplon domicile was the cause of the hurried retreat from the city by the effervescent Louis. While beer may be going up now, it is hoped by the prohis that none goes down after May 1, 1918. Word from the old home town has been received to the effect that a ten pound bundle of expense recently ar- rived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meach, Lakeview. Mr. Meach is well known throughout Montcalm county, where he served as clérk, fol- lowing his experiences in the Lake- view public school, where he spent many weary moments attempting to point out to the writer intricacies of the dimensions of something that isn’t or never will be. It was our inabil- ity to absorb knowledge in the old frame building which caused us as a last resort to become a traveling sales- man. The new addition, by the way, was a boy. Mr. Meach is a member of the hardware firm of Meach & White. Michael Hintosh will open a men’s furnishing goods store at 2125 Michi- gan avenue in a few days. About the only ones who do not care to concede the election of Wilson are those who bet on Hughes. Chris Demos will open a cafeteria at 1314 Fort street, West, in a few days. At a date in the near future, Samuel R'ndskoff, Secretary of the Veteran Traveling Men’s Association, will an- nounce some of the special features which will be secured for annual meet- ing of the organization Dec. 28, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN A new branch of the Central Sav- ings Bank, at Fourteenth and Grand River avenues, was opened Monday. Jamés Wilson, A. L. Brevitz and E. H. Warner, of Burnham, Stoepel & Co., are in the East on business for the house. Leo Walser, haberdasher, corner of Montclair and Jefferson avenues, had the honor of being awarded one of the prizes for window display given by a Nationally known underwear manu. facturer. Twenty-five stores in this city took part in the contest, but Mr. Walser was the only one to win a prize. Alex Bise will open a restaurant at 1423 Michigan avenue about Nov. C. H. Wright, general merchant of Washington, was a business visitor in Detroit this week. The news last week of the sudden death of C. W. Tinsman in a hotel in Flint was received with sorrow by his hosts of friends, Mr. Tinsman made his home in this city for a number of years, during which time he acted as special representative for the P. Loril- lard Tobacco Co. His passing brought forth comment of his many fine qual ities by those who knew him. Besides his fine personality and integrity, he was a salesman of exceptional merit. Sneak thieves stole eight seal skins valued at $800 from the store of New- ton Annis last week. The thieves have not been apprehended at this writ ng. At the regular meeting of Detroit Council last Saturday evening, plans were partially completed for the cam- paign for new members, part of which takes effect at once and. which it is hoped will be conducive of good re- sults. Joseph Brandt, local salesman for Burnham, Stoepel & Co., was ini- tiated into the mysteries of the organ- ization. A plan for a huge entertain- ment was discussed and will undoubt- edly be carried out if the feeling of the Countil remains the same as at the meeting Saturday night. Any one who has come in contact with one C. O. Wolf, traveling sales- man of Savannah, Georgia, will confer a great favor on his needy family by notifying Mrs, Wolf, who with a large family is in dire distress, according to reports, and has not heard from her husband for many months. Savannah Council, H. E. Olive, Secretary, would also appreciate word as to his where- abouts. F. R. Smith, member of Detroit Council, making his headquarters in Toledo, is slowly recovering, follow- ing the amputation of his left leg. He met with a slight accident months ago injuring the limb. Gangrene set in and, in order to stay the spread of the poison, amputation was imperative. Mr. Smith, who represented a St. Louis, Mo., candy house, expects to be back at his former work shortly after the first of the year. An arti- ficial limb will be used and same old vim will be back of the efforts to cap- ture his usual quota of orders. At the monthly meeting of directors of the C. M. Hall Lamp Co., held last Thursday, the regular monthly divi- dend of 2 per cent. was declared, pay- able November 25, to stockholders of record Nov. 20. The company has al- ready disbursed $87,000 in cash divi- dends this year, besides two stock dividends in January and May amount- ing to $450,000. In addition to the November dividend already posted and the regular December dividend. those on the “inside” are looking for- ward to a substantial “extra” next month in the form of a “Christmas present.” The company’s cash _ re- serves are said to be in better condi- tion than ever before, with no obli- gations other than current accounts. Unfilled contracts on hand call for full capacity production extending far into 1917. Vacant frontage 40 x 186 feet on the west side of Woodward avenue, just north of Forest avenue, has been leas- ed by the W. W. Blessed Co. from Hugh Chalmers for a long term of years, the deal involving about $120,- 000, Mr. Chalmers is to erect a build. ing on the property for the lessee and plans are being prepared by Albert Kahn, architect, Ernest Wilby, asso- ciate. Louis Buckingham, of the G. W. Buckingham Co., clothiers, Flint, was in Detroit last week on business for the firm. H. N. Sprenkles has plumbing shop at Kercheval avenues. The S. S. Kresge Co. has taken a thirty year lease on the modern build- ing occupied by Heyn's Bazaar, 147-51 Woodward avenue, The Heyn’s Co. recently closed a lease for the twelve story building to be erected on the site of the Detroit opera house. The many friends of J. G. Wallace, better known as “Gard,” for many years one of the Michigan representa- tives for Cohen Bros. & Co., Milwau- kee, will be pleased to hear he has settled in Bismark, N. D., and is one of the proprietors of the new Van Dorn Hotel, in that city. The hotel is equipped with ninety-three modern rooms and plans have been prepared for the construction of an addition that add as many more rooms. ____ Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, Nov. 20—Frank E. Classen, hardware dealer at Sturgis, is enjoying one of his very best seasons. He has built a large store room across the street from his sales room and added two salesmen to his efficient corps. Bronson, Michigan, probably has a population of 800 progressive people. The most progressive is Thomas Mee- han, the barber, who has built a modern brick building on Main street that would do credit to our own Monroe avenue. Mr. Meehan has the same equipment used in the Pantlind barber shop, in- cluding bath room and steam heat. In general, the surroundings remind one of a large city. One big event in sporting circles trans- pired Saturday at the Highland golf club, when E. F. Rhod, salesman ex- traordinary for the Litscher Electric Co., and A. G. Kaser, of the Schmid Chem- ical Co., played two games of golf for the championship of the United States and Wayland. F. S. Hagerman, of the Electric Appliance Co., of Chicago (also gentleman farmer), was the official referee. Kaser fed Rhod some of the Schmid products and the game was in- terrupted from time to time to such an extent that Hagerman’s patience was opened a Hibbard and exhausted. He forfeited the match to Kaser. Rhod, being a good loser, took them to the Morton House, where they got very full of Charlie Perkins’ prod- ucts. Our old friend, Charlie Giddings, of Lawton, formerly proprietor of the Hartford House, is still dispensing sun- shine while selling Overland cars at Lawton. Charlie has sold 103 Over- lands in his territory this season, due largely to the “smile that won’t come off.” Grand Rapids Council has taken the initiative in a good road movement which should have the hearty co-opera- tion of every council in the State. Our plan is to have the State borrow $15,- 000,000 (the amount required according to estimate of the State Highway De- partment) and let contracts to build all gaps in trunk line highways at once; charge to counties or townships where the roads have to be built, their share under present State reward laws and allow them to pay the State by a one mill tax; build the roads of such ma- terial as the State Highway Department shall direct for each locality: use the automobile tax to pay the State’s share of the bond. The State to pay no re- wards for road building until the bonds have been paid, but to give engineering aid at the discretion of the State High- way Commissioner. Wm. F. Rose and wife, of Bailey, were the guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perkins. What has become of Harry Hydorn? C. A. Rose, head of the hardware firm of Rose & Son, of Marcellus, is very much afraid of fire. Mr. Rose will tell you about it on request. Walter Lypps, manager of the Crath- more, dispensed rabbit after a recent hunting trip near Newaygo. Mrs. Frank Walter has disposed of her interest in the sheep ranch near Eaton Rapids and will now devote her time to pinochle. Manager McCarthy, of the Rickman Hotel, Kalamazoo, has re-opened the dining room on the second floor, and again the same high quality service and complete menu prevails at this popular house. “Nemo” Mann drove his car to Ann Arbor Saturday, incidentally to attend the foot ball game, but principally to return with a passenger. We _ under- stand they are not going to live with Harvey and we cannot locate their resi- dence. Won’t some one follow ‘““Nemo” home and give us his new address? A. G. Kaser, of 470 Union avenue, has some Bagmen pictures which he snap- ped at the convention at Traverse City. Any one desiring these pictures can get them by writing to Mr. Kaser and en- closing 35 cents, or Mr. Kaser will have them up to the next Council meeting. Fred Beardsley asked John Schu- macher when they hazed the members of the electoral college. A Christmas hint: Instead of giving your friends some of those tooled leath- er fancy goods, why not give them a real present like a dozen eggs, a pint or beans R. Haight. > or a few potatoes? E. HOTEL CHARLES Levering, Mich. Rates $2 per day Sunday dinners Fried Chicken Free Sample Room in Connection HOTEL MUSKEGON GEO. W. WOODCOCK, Prop. EUROPEAN PLAN Rates—$1.00 without bath $1.50 and $2.00 with bath Opposite Union Depot and Goodrich Dock MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN THE RATHBONE HOUSE AND CAFE Cor. Fulton and Division It’s a good place to stay and a good place to eat. You have service when you want it. If you will try us out once we'll make things so comfortable for you that you'll come again soon. 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 22, 1916 — TBD a D> wz CE = NS e Sf Sas a oe ee = > s e- z = | 7 = = = rw tee 6s : : : = * z : = e F DRUGS*"DRUGG:STS SI RIES | "ty tn (A(t \Wagees wig) J nn, K KN WG ue Michigan Pharmaceutical Travelers’ As- sociation. nt—Fred L. Raymond, Grand : ry and Treasurer—Walter_ S&. Lawto Grand Rapids. Selling Wallpaper in a Country Drug Store. r recommends your wares. trained von Tdailica yi toast £ seecomm ‘ course ne -. = ar tactory r ers’ hne ucge, C I prac- td =sire to stat rence under competent instruc- % nout some e wart veo. Wil pa PCCOTe church will permit the to be approached on the ering the parsonage. all this involves too and besides I couldn’t find ort. and he did boy—he made done you can do. : need not be confined to the two lines I have mentioned. Win- dow shades, stock food, window glass, automobile accessories, and many other articles in general use have a ready sale when the market is found. It is apparent that the present method of distribution of all merchandise is undergoing a period of evolution. Be- cause of the mail-order catalogue house and the city department because of the on one side store, now accessible automobile and interburban electric-car service on the other hand, the merchant in the small country town is in a pre- carious situation. It is up to him wheth- er he is big and brainy enough to accept conditions as they are, and attempt to use them to his own advantage, or to allow them to crush him beyond recog- nition. The methods of Standard Oil and Bethlehem Steel may not be adopted in the manipulation of the affairs of a small business, but these same methods in so far as efficiency is concerned must be adapted to your business if you are even to deserve the success you hope to attain. Our success is largely contingent upon our ability to understand the human element in business, the merchandise we dispense is merely incidental! to it. The man behind the gun gets the prize if he scores a bull’s-eye, but he suffers the punishment if he shoots the innocent bystander. Bring your wallpaper department only a small part of the study and effort that you have devoted to some subjects now more or less obsolete and you wil] be well F. G. Moore. on your way to success. Aol AG “ - . ¢ &e % * 4 November 22, 191 “ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 The Drug Market and $2.90 é i insi y W ES ES : z $2.90 apparently is an inside figure. Changes of importance in prices are Powdered cachon a oe ge HOL ALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT Bee ae _ Powdered carbonate of magnesia is pi | : opium situa- firmer. The demand has been more ac- Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue on lacks new feature > market being : deal aati oe ore : i market being tive recently and some dealers now re- Acids Mustard, true, oz. @180 Ipecac .......... @ 7% r ice shea y, rPOt ‘< re star “tif ) ¢ iD sorte a PFices une langed. Norwegian fuse to accept less than 12 cents a pound. we ea 1¢ 2s oe artifil -. o e nid clo. g “ coc iver oil is lower, owing to keener a ee ee 72@ 76 Olive, pure 250@3 50 Myrrh .......... @1 05 i Small flake manna is firmer at 90@ (Carbolic ........ @ competition among dealers. Powdered Be 1 © Citric: eee eee eee 81@ 8 ~_ Sane 1 60@1 75 no STEN +++: es : Gea ae Ane La ellow ...... 160@175 Opium .... carbonate of magnesia and bismuth ee : i oe oe a a Olfee, Malaga, 7 Opium, Capmh. o a subnitrate are firmer. Caffeine alkaloid Powdered Chinese cantharides are Oxalie .2.... Jl. 80@~=«90 @rcen <....... 160@1 75 Opium, Deodorz’d @2 75 : oo seis ies deck af demand 6 cok: Sulphurie ......, 24@ 3 Orange, Sweet ..4 00@4 20 Rhubarb ....... 17 aie powdered Ciunese contliarides are ©?7=" OWME "OC lack OF Gemand Of COM Martarie .....-.- s2@ 85 QOriganum, pure .. @2 50 hiineal a eg Ga nie sequence and prices have been reduced Origanum, com'l @, 7 chtained at lower prices. Small flake oe lies : Ammonia Pennyroyal .... 2 25@2 50 — manna and juniper berries are stronger, t© $1-10@1.15 a pound. Water, 26 deg. .. 8 @ 12 Peppermint .... 3 25@8 50 Lead, red dry .. 10 @10% Pals ate : : > a de ce ee Water 16 4 5%@ 9 Rose, pure ... 18 00@20 00 Lead, white dry 10 @10% xalic acid is reduced further owing Juniper berries are firmer on a shrink- wou 7 +e ue g Rosemary Flows 1 50@1 75 Lead, white oil 10 @10% to an increase recently in supplies. Ber- age in supplies and 434c a pound now Carbonate .....°14. @ 16 ears E. 11 50@11 75 Ochre, ae _ 1 @1X% : : ae i Segre eg gn oe abe e cern gle (sc et eel gia ele wee e o elow gamot oil is advanced moderately. Ar- seems to be a minimum quotation for Chloride ....... - @ 8 PSapiony true 1 25@1 46 Be papal Trey 2% é ihe a 4 ce 8. : a assafras, artifil 50@ 60 Red Venet’n bbl. 1 nica flowers is higher on increasing good grade. Copeitia oo 00@1 49 Spearmint ..... 2 75@3 00 Red Venet’n less ine : scarcity. Arabic amber sorts are avail- —_>+>—___ fir (Canada) .. 1 25@1 50 ce eaten 3 He 7 Wa Amer. 25@ 30 . zi ee ee ee ee ie Abie 2 = Caan KG RRO eee a 6 06 ee . 1 a Cs G ahle at lower prices. French marjoram Why Tea Cups Have Saucers. pi (Oregon) nd = Tar. USP ...... 30@ 40 Whiting = eaade 2° 7 aes eae i 2 j CFU co) 3s... 0 5 Turpentine, bbls. @ 55 L. H. P, Prepa. 7 is shaded. An eho : castor oil The china tea cup came to the, Tolu) ............ 60@ 80 Turpentine, as 60@ 63 n Nrcre, 1 ee 9 prices is announced by leading pressers. Fact ; 7 ea, z ike - ntergreen, tr. 5 50@6 75 : : | By teaging Pressers.._ Westertt w orld with tea, and like oth Berries Wintergreen, sweet . Insecticides Powdered Florentine orris root is held er exotics has had strange experiences oat wcecccece ae @ 75 Hiren oo. 400@4 25 4¥seanie ......__.. 9@ 15 higher. Yellow prussiate of potash has jn new lands. The Chinese used Juniper 2.2.22! 8 a 15 Vause oe 3 So4 00 Blue Viwd ae 4 2: ie ’ niper ........ § SOG a 0) s 6« or been advanced by some dealers. Silver saucers to invert over their cups while Prickley Ash @ 30 Wormwood 3 75@4 00 eas Mix “Pat 8@ 10 . ~ + an ; ~ © te ; . © ~ aan 2 : . - one Wr cochineal is available at slightly lower the tea brewed within, subsequently Gharke Potassium powdered lynne 35@ 40 prices, Shellac continued firm, but there decanting into a cup without a saucer Cassia (ordinary) 25@ 30 Bicarbonate .... 1 90@2 00 Tea. A o 1040 ™ is “+r advance j Se : : se Bl’ Cassia (Saigon) 90@1 00 SBichromate ...... 60@ 65 {, aoe 72 16 is n advz whic ny : g 5 : i : 4 o further Ady ince in prices. from which they drank. Phe Engl'sh Elm (powd. 85e) 80@ $$ Bromide ...... 1 80@2 00 time and Sainmas i Quinine continues to meet with a declined, however, to submit to dic- Sassafras (pow. 35c) @ 30 parca i Svcae 1a Paria Gre _ 3 i. : : ee : of i : _ Soap Cut owd. owdered ...... 60@ 65 reen 74 good demand in second hands and the tation, and placed the saucer firmly apa “ oe ) 23@ 25 Chlorate, gran’r 80@ 85 : Wiis market remains firm with most holders heneath the cup, considering that they eo ay xtal or s@ 80 Miscellaneous : : a WOW. ....0..... 754 ‘A anali ie demanding 60c an ounce. At the re- heightened the ornamental effect. St!) Licorice Saterts ssq@ 40 Cyanide ......... 50@ 60 a eae _ - Le ies Oe dee ' : oe i Patina Gauidana: Todido ........ A S0@4 400 oe) Coe tees 12 cent Amsterdam bark auction 15,287 worse, they began to drink from the Licorice powdered 50@ 55 Permanaganate 2 75a 3 a Alum, powdered and packages of Java manufacturing bark. saucer, after brewing the tea in a com- Flowers boo ag sone @1 50 ground ........ 11i@ 15 ee a ay als APMIGH 2. 10@1 50 sos Ae @3 50 $ weighing 12,495,524 kilos, were offered, mon receptacle. Cups expanded 1 Gpamomile (Ger.) cae a Silphele .....0.... @1 10 yea oo 3 sese or which 13.658 packages, weighing 1,- time and saucers contracted, the lat- Chamomile (Rom) 55@ 60 sane Borax xtal oa —" a . . . - . 90" 3 : 115,001 kilos, had a quinine content of ter to ‘less than three inches across. eo iar 90@1 00 powdered ...... 10@ 15 68,636 kilos. The average percentage Later the operation was reversed and = Acacia, Ist ...... 50@ 66 yer powdered 20W 25 Cantharades po 2 00@12 00 c : . : 290} ae PUIIBUS . 0.5. es I@3 { ’ of the analyzed portion was 6.16. cups came down to an inch and a halt peg a ae be ge Blacasnpane, pwd. iQ 20 — oo 1 91@2 00 Caffeine alkaloid is weaker in second whereas saucers went to five inches. Acacia, Sorts 22: 25@ 30 ot 4 — ae! es oe Fery { ( : a Cis ; e j rican, ar Ge | » PO hands, offerings being reported at $11.50 The present d’mensions, no matter go ey ao e powdered ...... 20@ 2 Cassia Buds : — a per pound, how-varied, are a kind of compromise ane (Cape Pow) 20@ 25 Gaee — ao Cove... 30@ 38 . . . Pe s S . « 7 : 7 : sismuth subnitrate is firmer among and we have reverted to Chinese no- qo ee ot = fey se eeee ae 35 on fpepared +. 6@ 8% : : : / el i oo xsoldenseal pow: 00@7 7 oe Peclpit dealers owing to a decrease in supplies tions about drinking from the saucer. Asafoetida, Powd. _ Ipecac, powd. 3 2503 50 Chluregorm 8 Hie sow 73 Bure is... .. 115@1 25 Licorice ....... 324%@ 85) Chivral Hydrate 1 92 : : ae hy @2 12 U. S. P. Powd. 1 30@1 50 Licorice, powd... 28@ 35 Cvucaine ........ 5 oo bu aa seesg ee ae 98 he powdered 304 36 Cocua Butter .... 60@ 70 Guaiac powdered B00 5 roe 7391 oo Conversa, ba 10% ls WEREY vole ca wene ‘ B. cece 4 Kino ...... - 70@ 75 Rhubarb, powd. 75@1 25 Cvupperas, less ., 28 7 e Kino, powdered | -. 75@ 80 Rosinweed, powd. 25@ 30 COpperas, powd. .. 4@ 16 Myrrh ........ @ 40 Sarsaparilla, Hond. Corrosive Sublm. 1 75@1 80 Myrrh, powdered @ 50 ground ........ 55 60 Cream Tartar . 55 oe Secs e 3 75@14 00 Sarsaparilla Mexican, pec ua cao aa 50 pium, pow - 00@15 20 ground ........ 25@ 30 GxCRING: ........ 7 10 AND Opium, gran. 15 00@15 20 Squills .......... 35@ 40 Dover's Powder .. @3 00 Shellac .......... 45@ 50 Squills, powdered 40@ 60 ‘mery, all Nos, 6 10 Shellac, Bleached 45@ 50 Tameries yous aS - restau powdered 6 8 Eee ae erian, powd. 4psom Salts, bbls. @ 2% St l S i S ooo eas . ee Sipeom Salts, less 3@ 7 d 2 8 Ot) scsccccs. 5 Turpentine ...... 10@ 15 Ergot d 2 76@; ap e un I e Male 2, 20@ ~=.25 Bot, powdered 2 76@3 00 Anise, powdered @ 2 pHa Ph vse 15 20 Leaves fd. Ie ......... @ 10 Sos hart og * rh 7 . : Buch 2. .....-. 1 76@1 ss Canary .......... &@ © feel hl Now on display in our sundry room, viz: Buchu, powdered 1 83@2 00 Caraway wv... _ 0a, 6 "Glassware, less 70% * yagse, DUIK ....... 70 ardamon ...... 80 00 ‘ Sage, %s loose .. 120 73 Celery (Powd. 40) , 800 35 Gren = 1% *, >, Glauber Salts leas 2 e Sage, powdered .. ae 66 Coriander ........ 14@ 0 e Senna, Alex ..... f0@ 7 Dual .............. 25@ 30 au Fas de 13@ 18 W hite Ivory Goods con Ea sug 45 easier eS @ % Gtue. ae grd. ao a nna, nn Ow. 5 55 Ce ee 7@ 10 : pea Uva Ursi eas g 906 6Plax, ground .... T@. 10 Glue, white grd. 16 20 18@ Glycerine 7 y Poonugreek, pow. 00@ 15 on SS 58@ 71 th Cc d G t ’ t Olls * Hoag 4. a... S@ 1 HOE ----coreces, GO OO Lea er oOogdsS In ents ets Almonds, Bitter, a aa 40@ 50 togime’...~, "t's GOs on tiie)... 4s o 5 ustard, yellow 19@ 25 uh : ae Almonds, Bitter, ee pcre — no = pi yy Rr ' 0o- 26 artificial ..... 00@7 25 Mustard, powd. rcopdi a 5 Hand Bags, Writing Sets, Almouts, Sweet, ne PODDY eieseesen od, 3) Mate cee, Oe i i true ......e0. 25@1 50 Sse ene gi 4) Mace. powdered 9501 00 Almouds, eet, Rape Sdesdbceees 10@ 15 } Collar Bags, etc., Toilet, Manicure and imitation v---. 66@_ 75 Sabadiila <-°-.". 40@ 60 Morphine...” 7 3007 83 eqe Amber, crude 1 T5@2 9 Sabadilla, powd. .. @ 40 Nux Vomica .: 200 25 Anaher rectified 2 50@2 7% counlower ....... 10 w aces ee =. = 1 1 ary e S Amber, rectified 2 50@2 75 > Nux Vomica pow 26@ pe Senne Vee ee ns a reuse Cao baw. 35 : gal 8 wae a0 orm Levant .. 1 60@1 75 Pepper, white ..... 40 e ° eput ....... 5 itch, Burgundy .. Smoker’s Articles, General Novelties Cassia ........ 2 26@2 50 Tinctures Gis ie @ — eogr : sot a Aconite ee. @ ee sagt st 65@ 175 co. che ee Cut Glass Citronella ..... --- 90@1 20 Byrn ee s ° Saeckerhie «a. eaeae 3. $0 ae eeccccce 1 ae . Asafoetida ...... @1 35 Sale Peter ....... 388@ 45 Stationer Books. Bibl G Gata... sulen i poe tt gi a oo. oc a 209 25 < 41VEr «4... ‘ ay o lo Wa. ; areen ...... V5 9 es, ames Go Seed .... | oa a Bensoin Compo’d @1 00 pa say _—e 29 15 -TOtON ...-.+-- 50@1 8 meni ...:.... 1 60 oap, white castile Cupbebs Aas 4 25@4 50 Cantharadies ... @ 80 COM coed cca a: 00 @ ea ; os = pai cio. g 90 — white ae" sees D1 2! ardamon ...... 1 60 ess, per bar .. @ 85 Hemlock, re @1 00 Susie. Baries 15 vo@ 15 20 a 3 $0 Soda Geebdaiia 248 "7 ‘ . Juniper Wood ..2 50@2 75 Ginchona ....... 105 Soda, Sal ....... 1%¥@ 5 Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co Lard, extra ...... 9$@1 06 Colchicum ...... 15 Spirits Camphor @ 16 : Lavender Flow. 6 00@5 20 Digitelle” 221.2. 9 30 Sulphur Sub. SG f ta weak 80 ulphur Subl. .. 3 7 . ‘ oo Lavender, Gar’n 1 25@1 40 Gentian ........ @ 7 Tamarinds ....... 15 20 Wholesale Druggists Grand Rapids, Michigan Lemon «acy ,2)00G2 2% Ginger ........-- @ 9 Tartar Emetic .... 80 Linseed, boiled bbl. @1 01 Quatac .......... 105 Turpentine Ven. 50@3 50 Linseed, bld. less 1 06@1 11 Guaiac, Ammon. @ 80 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 00@1 50 Linseed, raw, bbl. @100 JTodine .......... @2 @ Witch Hazel ..... 65@1 00 Linseed, rw, less 1 05@1 10 Iodine, Colorless @2 @@ Zinc Sulphate w@ 15 29 28 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN meet Ps late . one : ce McLaughliin’s XXXX : These quotations are carefully corrected weekly. within six hours of mailing. CHEWING GUM McLaughlin’s XXXX Fancy H —— and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however, are Fee i. nhac & bse aa ce = OW 5-0. 8 @ 6% liable to change at any time. and country merchants will have their orders filled Beeman’s Pepsin ..... 62 ders direct to W. F. Mc- oe oo 7 @% . Beechnut .............. 60 Laughlin & Co., Chicago Pp. Jumbo, at market prices at date of purchase. Ciao... 7°41 33 Extracts Raw .....00.% 84%4@ 9 Colman pyiolet_ Chips as $5 Holland. % gro. bxs. 95 Roasted ...... 9%@10 olgan nt OB... 6 Felix, % gross ..... : 15 : ADVANCED ADVANCED Dentyne --...e-.eecs0s 82 Huminel's foll, 3° gro. 85 CRACKERS ear Food i min ummel’s tin, gro. j Saxon Wheat Food ea Flag Spruce 62 * National Biscuit Company Canned Apples Rolled Oats Heshey Gum .......... 45 CONFECTIONERY | Brands Canned Pumpkins Hemp Seed jauecy Hrait ........... 64 Stick Candy Pails Cheese Canary Seed Red Robin ........... . 62 Horehound ..:....... 12 In-er-Seal Trade Mark Sap Sago Cheese Starch Sterling Gum Pep. .. 62 Standard ............ 12 Package Goods Sontians Seat Sterling 7-Point ..... -- 62 Standard, small ..... 13 Per doz Salmon Spearmint, Wrigleys 64 Twist, small ........ a5 Baronet Biscuit 1 00 . ——— vinieaaas Spearmint, 5 box jars 3 20 Cases Flake Wafers a8 8106 100 cecmnt, 6 box jars 3 85 ete ee shee ret es 12% Comes Bak nt a run PIUCE 56.0... 8: Z umbo, small ....... ‘ ee index to Markets 1 » ao. Cl -. 62 Big Stick .........+.. 12% Cheese Sandwich .... 1 09 ee = MONO co ccpeses OS oston ugar 1c ia Fig Newton Se 1 00 By Columns AMMONIA ' Clams Smith Bros. Gum ...... 62 Mixed Candy Five O'Clock Tea Bet 1 09 Little Neck, 1 Ib. .... 125 Wrisleys 5 box 1 Pails bee 2 ? , . gley x lots .. 61 Gir Ss NBC 12 oz. ovals, 2 doz. box 1 60 Clam Bouillon CHOCOLATE Seis 12 Gea fckee ** : = A cs AXLE GREASE ls i cs ia soos 2 - Walter Baker & Co. Out pat 2.62.2. is. = Lemon Snaps -....... ‘ Frazer’ ; Cer cee German’s Sweet ....... 24 French Cream ...... 1 M. M. Dainties . Benmoenin .....:._....; 1 8 Burnham's gts. ...... 750 Premium Se Wancy 6.2.0.5.) 14 ' Aids Grone 1 i sg ea tc 4 doz. 3 00 Corn Guccas oo Gronera ‘ 9 oe sec ececes : Boe ere tee oe re n oxes, 3 doz. 2 35 a eee eee w er eeesee lp ee retzeenos eoee sees 0 3141D. t ait 8} ee Walter M. Lowney Co. Kindergarten .....,.. 13 Royal Toast ........ oe fo .....- 1 10ib. = oe ae 5 oe 175g.) Prominm, Us ...... i. Ra ri reercete es iz Social Tea Biscuit’ .. 1 0b mein Brick ........... 1 ind pails, per doz. ..7 99 Fancy ‘ cee _ ° Premium, ¥%s ......... 35 Novelty Pte e se tees e ia Saltine Biscuit ..... 00 Bune eee 1 - Pails, per doz. ..12 00 rencn Peas CLOTHES LINE fare tance eee on? . Saratoga Flakes .... 1 50 Breakfast Food ...... 1 Monbadon (Natural) Per doz. Faris Creams ........ 14 Soda Crackers, NBC .1 00 BAKED BEA Premio Creams 16 ee a ; NS per doz. ...........- No. 49 Dwictel Conon ¥ ap. Ecosse Creams .---.. 19 Soda Crackers Prem. ‘1 00 BIaenes .. ss... 1 Me 1, per doz ...... 95 Gooseberries No. 50 Twisted Cotton 1 70 S Da Eee cada ale 10% Tokens ...... sesescs 1b 00 Butter Color ......... a4 Noe x per doz. ....... a 45 «ONo, 2, air... 5.2... 135 No. 60 Twisted Cotton 2 20 Valley Geame 15 Uneeda Biscuit ...... 50 c No.3, perdoz. 235 No. 2, Fancy ........ 250 No. 80 Twisted Cotton 2 40 xfo 0 8 Uneeda Jinjer Wayfer 1 00 Candles 1 BATH BRICK Hominy No. 50 Braided Cotton 1 75 ee cre Vanilla Wafers ..... - 100 Canned Goods ....... 1-2 English Stangard = 85 No. 60 Braided Cotton 2 00 Specialties Water Thin Biscuit ..1 00 2 . ees a cae No. 80 Braided Cotton 2 50 Pails Zu Zu Ginger Snaps 50 oe eer 2 BLUING a. pbater 175 No. 50 Sash Cord .... 250 Auto Kisses (baskets) 14 Zwieback ........... 1.00 Chewing Gum ....... 3 Jennings’ “A z Come ce tage cae “! 299 No. 60 Sash Cord .... 3 00 Bonnie Butter Bites .. 17 coats ............. 8 con one Pearl Bluing aoe a "310 ae: : hari ee bce eeLe . . rape Gemng Corn .. : Other Package Goods Mnthes Lines 3 te Oe... to oO. MOG oe. sk aramel Bon Bons .. 1 Barnum’s Animals .. 50 ae 3 Large, 2 doz. box |..." 3 Mackerel No. 60 Sisal ......... 100 Caramel Dice ........ 13 a 3 Folger’s © Mustard, 1 tb. ....... = Galvanized Wire Caramel Croquettes .. 14 Soda Crackers NBC 2 60 a. Ul 3 Summer Sky, 3 dz. cs. 1 80 oe. e 7 gue ** 360 No. 20, each 100ft. long 190 Cocoanut Waffles .... 14 Conrections ........... ! : Summer Sky, 10 dz. bbl 6 00 Sougen 2 tp CG 15 ah = 7 oe ore dong : = ae es ore A Bulk Goods (weekers .......-...- . . é ee 0. 20, eac - long lona Sa Cream Tartar ........ . BREAKFAST Foops ce 6 1 &0 No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 Empire Fudge ....... 18 Animals Sane sat baxes sear Food, Pettijohns 2 65 ’ + eeteeee u Ze, a, nu cee uk Atlantics ‘Assia seeeece » D : > an Mushrooms COCOA Fudge, Filbert ..... . 15 = Sree esse 16 Dried Fruits ......... 6 ieee oe coe, 24-2 Bet Rattons, Us .....-.. @28 Baker's .... Fudge, Choco. Peanut 14 a. Cakes .. = E Cream of Rye, 24-2°"* Buttons, 18 .......... @42 oe Fudge, Honey Moon .. 15 Bonnie Doon Cookies 12 Evaporated Milk ..... 6 Quaker Puffed Rice _.4 3 Hotels, 1s -.... 6.6: @36 ne ne ’ Fudge. White Ce:iter 15 Bo Peeps, S. or M 11 Suane? Puffed Wheat '4 25 —_— 095 iin oe a pee eee ee 12 Bouquet Wafers ..... 22 : F Quaker Brkfst Biscuit ‘190 Cove, 1 Ib, ........ Hershey’s s 32 Mudge. Cocoanut .... Canto Cakes ......, 18 Farinaceous Goods .... 6 Quaker Corn Flak ‘ Cove, 2 Ib @1 60 bead Caress Honeysuckle Candy .. 16 G Bi Pishing Tackic ...... & Washi tte oe - eo Hershey's, %8 ......... 30 Iced Maroons ....... 15 =ameo Biscuit ...... 26 Flavoring Extracts 7 wie Crisps .. 2 3 lum iuyler ........ soeecees 36 Toed Gems 15 Cecelia Biscuit ...... 18 g. ae weet... 5... 460 Plums ........... 90@1 35 Lowney, Ks .......... BR ye Ae eee Cheese Tid Bits ..... 20 Flour and Feed ...... 7 Evapor’ed $ y> Iced Orange Jellies .. 13 Chocat oe cae... ....... ' on i Pears In Syrup Lowney, %8 .......... 37 Jtalian Bon Bons .... 13 Chocolate Bar (cans) 20 ieee Gs ath! — 270 No. 3 cans, per doz. ..150 Lowney, %s .......... - jay is 13 Chocolate Puff Cake 20 Holl pre akes .. 2 50 Lowney, 5 lb. cans .... 37 AA Licorice Drops Circle Cookies ...... - 15 Sspitame =... - 7 ronan MEK ns. 380 wMarrowfat .... 110@115 Van Houten, %s ...... 12 ih Soe 1 25 Cocoanut Taffy Bar .. 16 Grain Bags .......... 7 re Corn Flakes 2 00 Early June ..... 1 35@1 45 Van Houten, \&s ...... 18 ‘accumen se Cocoanut Drops ...... 20 H ne Whole Early June siftd 1 45@155 Van Houten, %s ...... 36 Lozenges. Pink 44 Cocoanut Macaroons) 25 —-—- 2 Mien, Whisks’ 3 60 Peaches Van Houten, Is ........ > fac. |) oS 14 ee Honey Fingers 20 Hides and. Peits Sk. ; Ralston Wheat Food’ om regard ggie tg : “Tr: _ Warp Lee sane 33 a Kisses, 10 14 Cope. car Ligier i orse Radish ........ lerpe 183 .... 5 No. 10 size can pie E ae ene 6 OK pessoas. . ceoeciees.: Ralston Wht Food tis 1 43 Pineapple og ag Wilber, ie liccccccccc) a2 Nut Butter ‘Putis 10.2 14 Guaekmels 0.000." 3p os ee © . ee ice Cream .._.-....... 8 Bisevit ee si ca peo eon 60 . COCOANUT 8 Molasses Coco Balls a rev ER terrae 1s J Saxon Wheat Food .. 3 25 ; Pumpkin . 3 30 ce oe een se sce Dinner Pail Mixed .. 15 es 8 Shred Wheat Biscuit 360 yair —, se SP Be Chocolates Pails Extra Wine Biscuit .. 14 Jelly Glasses ......... 8 pL nweini ,18 seen eee ce Cool 100 Zs’ 15 Ib. case ........ 29 Assorted Choc. ...... 16 Fandango Fingers .. 16 M Sbury’s Best Cer’l 1 50 PANCY .2..555..0555 110 %s, 15 Ib, case ........ 28 Amazon Caramels .. 16 Fig Cakes Asstd. .... 16 Macaroni ; oe ees he 8 ONG ie SoD i. 66 th case ......... 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Medium eae ps Pouch, crap Oz. 30 er c uey, Ch ium 50@ 0 1d Song: 4 Ba 5e 30 5 ho oe oic 25 60 Po i s doz 57 F ic ou an ce @ la mes, 5e Oz se 6 ancy Sips Hy: ‘ s5@40 i r Bear, 8c, % co i SS oe Ee ee Pea 2 Su app Ss , Pi r = F 56 oe e pkgs etc Pe Ha srl Si 1h - 1 42 ach: nal Se 78 ero. a ey e@ S rap To. 48 Se cr 20 & 7 rap Pp % Zz. 746 nae . 5 76 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 22, 1916 YEAST CAKE Roasted a. he — : a : oss, cakes, 5c sz 0 12 13 14 pies _ silat oe ' : : Dwinell-Wright Brands pig Master, 100 blocks 4 00 : a Naphtha, 100 cakes ..4 00 vane tour ; “m3 ie Oak Leaf, 100 cakes 3 60 Smoking Rob Roy, -5c foil .... 5 76 Butter Plates Yeast Foam. 1% don 85 Queen Anne, 100 cakes 3 66 am teet, 4G To 8 Gane ne ce Ba Ovals Queen White, 100 cks. 3 90 a < oldier Boy, 5c gross Railroad, 120 cakes ..2 50 BE, 8% of. ......---- 6 00 Soldier Boy, 10c ..... % Th., 25@ in crate .... 35 TELFER’S 82. COFFEE Saratoga, 120 cakes .. 2 50 ne vie 29 65 Sime. SF ...--s------- 3 78 % Tb., 250 in crate .... 35 White Fleece, 50 cks. 2 50 : 24 00 StaS lc ........+0-- 11 52 1 m., 260 in crate ...... 40 White Fleece, 100 cks. 3 25 BB, Uh OF. 2-22-++++0: Stag, 8 oz. glass .... 450 » ».” 059 in crate 50 White Fleece, 200 cks. 2 50 Badger, 3 oz. ......-- 5 04 Stag, 90c glass ...... 40 e ee ee DETROIT 11 52 Soldier Boy, 1 Ib. .... 4.75 3 Th., 250 in crate ...... 70 > Radecer, 7 Of ....-..- Sweet Caporal, 1 oz. 60 5 t. 250 4 : i. Proctor & Gamble Co Banner, 5 ......--..° : : Sweet Lotus, Se eon 8 76 m erate ...._. Lenox cog 5 50 Banner, 20C ...+--<-- Sweet Lotus, Pe noe iy © Of soc... cenacr ioc 320 Sweet Lotus, per doz. 4 » Wire End ar 10 02.0220... ; . ee 22 re : inte lc ee eee «= C Star 8 Belwood, Mixture, 10c $4 Qweet Rose, 2% eo ie o. 35 Jamo, 1 Ib. tin cseeeBl Big Chief, 24% oz. .... 6 00 Sweet Tip Top, 10c .. 100 2 1.’ 950 In crate _....| BS —— 2 = Loe Swift & Company Big Chief, 16 oz. .... 3 ace a --10 : 5 ib. 20 tn crate -..._. 65 Bismarck, 1 tb. pkg. " 34 Sitad oe petrewn| 2 8 Bull Durham, 5c .... 6 0 Simmer Time, Se .... 5 76 Vera, 1 Tb. pkg. .... 28 Norse te ee Bull Durham, 10c ....11 52 Summer Time, 7 oz. 1 65 Churns Telfer’s Quallty” 26” = Vool, 10 oz. bars ... 6 50 Bull Durham, 15¢ .... 1 45 Summer Time, 14 oz. 3 50 ee cm a y 2. Standard, 5c foil .... 5 76 _ » eal. .- saceeceee teeee White House, 1 Ib. ..... Tradesman Company Bull Durham, 8 oz. .. 3 65 Gionaard’ 10c paper 8 64 Barrel, 10 gal., each ..2 55 gal -_. - 16 White H 1 } Bull Durham, 16 oz. .. 680 s rc J. G. Tea ..... 8 te House, 2 Ib. ........ Black Hawk, one box 3 25 ’ tose Seal N. C. 1% cut plug 70 ; ik Tan be 576 Seal N. C. 1% Gran. .. 63 Clothes Pins Cherry Blossom Tea 37 Excelsior, Blend, 1 lb. ... Black Hawk, five bxs 3 10 a ae a 1152 Three Feathers, 1 oz. 48 Round Head Telfer’s Ceylon ... 40 Excelsior, Blend, 2 Ib ..... Bick Tawi, ten bus 2 00 Briar Pipe, 5c ....... 5 76 a ore act 11 52 4% inch, 5 gross ...... Tip Top Blend, 1 Ib. ..... Briar Pipe, 10c ...... 11 52 Pipe pian 225 Cartons, No. 24, 24s, bxs. 70 AXLE GREASE Royal Blend Seecseess Scouring Black Swan, 5c ...... 576 Tom & Jerry, 14 oz. 3 60 Egg Crates and Fillers Royal High Grade ....... Sapolio, gross lots 9 50 Black Swan, 14 oz. .. 350 Tom & Jerry, J pz. 2 t oe Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. 20 Superior Blend ..........Sapolio, half gro. lots 4 85 Bob White, BC... 6 00 Ls Hh — > “"s 7g No. 1 complete ....... 40 Boston Combination ..... Sapolio, single boxes 2 40 Carnival, 5c ......... 5 70 urkish, Pa . an Mo. 2 complefe ... -.. 28 Sapolio, hand 2 40 Carnival, % OZ. ...-.-- 39 Tuxedo, 1 oz. bags .. Cans No ¢ sae 15 Distiibnted -& Jua ‘0, hand ........ ere 16 oe coe - — — tins ee = are , 1 35 Grocer ‘Co:, Geant Ganka: Scourine, 50 cakes 1 80 igar Clip’g Johnson 9 Tuxedo, 20c ......... s me hrnea eee ee 5 a: i Cigar Clip’g Seymour 30 Tuxedo. 80c tins .... 7 45 Case, medium, 12 sets 1 15 oe Cady, Detroit; Lee oo 100 cakes .. 3 50 Identity, 3 and 16 oz. 30 Union Leader, 5e coll 5 76 Pemsate = i 4 pacer ata Lee ueen nne Scourer 1 80 Darby Cigar Cuttings 4 59 Union Leader, 10c aie a, y, aginaw; Bay Continental Cubes, 10c_ 90 pouch ............ 11 52 Cork lined, 3 in. ...... 70 a ee Oe Soap Compounds Corn Cake, 14 os. .... 255 U — Leader, ready Cork lined, 9 in. .... 80 ity; rown, Davis & Johnson's Fine, 48 2 3 25 Corn Cake, 7 0z. -1 © BE eee 152 Cork lined, 10 tn. ...... 50 1 tb. boxes, per gross 8 70 Warner, Jackson; Gods- | ’ 5 Corn Cake, 5c ...... 5 76 cn Leader 50c box 5 10 3 Th. boxes, per gross 3810 mark, Durand & Co., Bat- JOhnson’s XXX 100 5e 4 00 Cream, 50c pails .... 470 War Path, 5c ....... 6 00 Mop Sticks tle Creek; Fielbaci Co., Rub-No-More ....... 3 85 Cuban Star, 5c foil .. 5 76 War Path, 20c ...... 1 60 Trojan spring ...... 1 10 Toledo. Nine O'Clock 3 50 Cuban Star, 16 oz. ~ : 72 Wave Line, Soe. ck 40 Eclipse patent spring 1 05 SAKINnG PAOWSaER = = | ey Veen... Chips, 10c sae peeks =” a a ce = No 1 common ..... 05 KC ann Dills Best, oz ‘ ay Up, - No. 2, pat. cm hold 1 10 Z. WASHING P Dills Best, 31%4 oz 77 Way Up, 16 oz. pails | 32 Ideal’ No. 7 ......--. 10 10c, 4 doz. in case .... 90 SALT oo Dills Best, 16 oz. -. 73 Wild Fruit, 5c ...... . 00 j01b. cotton mop heads 150 45¢ 4 doz. in case .. 135 s : St Dixie Hid, be ..-..--- 48 Wild Fruit, 10c .....12 00 aT 2 25 24 large packages ....4 30 Duke’s Mixture, 5c .. 5 76 Yum Yum, 5c ........ 5 76 Palle 25c, 4 doz. in case .. 100 small packages ..3 £5 Duke’s Mixture, 10c ..11 £2 Yam Wum, (0c -...-- : = cae ic 50c, 2 doz. plain top 4 50 ’ : Duke’s Cameo, 5¢ .... 5 76 Yum Yum, 1 Ib. doz. 10 qt. pei cece 3 7% 80c, 1 doz. plain top 6 75 S. Lautz Bros.’ & Co A ice tess 5 76 12 qt. Galvanized .. : aes ORTON at a mor A. 4 ee .....- 5 04 CIGARS tol Galvanized .... : ae 10 Ib. % dz., pln top pply to Michigan, Wis- AB Eanggtil De. -.---- as = Peter Dornbos Brands Pibre: 22. lie. ee cue FREE RUNNING consin and Duluth, only) Fashion, 16 0z. ...... 5 28 Dornbos, Sinl Binder 35 00 Toothpicks Pest ees Sy af Snow Boy Five Bros., 5c ...... 576 Dornbos, 300 ....... 10 =” Rivch, 100 pecknaes .. 2.00 ; Ne 190 phew, Se wes — Five Bros., 10c ..... 10 89 Dornbos, Perfectos 33 00 ideal .....,--.---.--- 85 K C Baking Powder is 60 pkgs., 5c size 2 40 Five cent cut Plug .. 29 Dornbos, Bismarck 70 toot 1 ith 48 pkgs., 10c size 3 75 we? 8 Oe... 11 52 Allen D. Grant 65 00 Traps guaranteed to comply w i 8 Four Roses, 10c ...... = Align 3. 2.3... 33 33 Mouse, wood, 2 —— au a ALL Pure Food Laws, both - — oe size ..3 20 Full Dress, 1% oz. ... q . Mouse, wood, 4 holes .. State and National. Londres, Bb, Sg oe. - Large Cerveninet oe ; = 5Ib cans 21 50 Acme, 100 cakes. 5c sz 360 24 Packages ......... 3 75 I -. in pails ...... 30 Londres, 25s tins ..... Medium Galvanized .. Aco 12 1 i Lg ae : = Londres, 200 lots ...... 10 Small Galvanized .... 7 00 ibaa wee rn, 120 cakes 250 100 5c packages ..... 3 75 me Bird, Tox ...... 5 THERS’ SOAP CHIPS — bra, gg oe - a idegdaea Washboards White City (Dish Washing)........ Sie eee e ces cc: 10 lbs eccee Sc per Ib. t. Bei Se ........ 576 Cotton, 3 ply .......-.-- = Banner, Globe ...... 3 25 Tip Top Manso)... 6.8... Rohe lee ae wes 2D0 IDS... : 4c per lb. Little Giant, 1 >. ce 28 i. io” cceheeneee 20 — ae Se ebee ee 60 No 1 Laundry 88 % - eee : 225 Ibs 5Kc per Ib k 1 eee , , - oe C2 eRe ee eet x ass, WIlif tm «ee wee eee see eee + Mis AMBe ee ee Le Redo. 3 oz. ......40 #0 Hemp, 6 ply ...-...--- 22 Double Peerless ..... 6 09 Palm Soap EY aban c asec sce see scenes... - 300 Ibs... . 6% c per lb Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz. .. 40 Flax, medium ......... 35 Single Peerless ...... 4 50 ‘SEND FOR SAMPLES Myrtle Navy, 10c ....11 52 Wool, 1 Ib. bales ...... 17 Northern Queen .... ‘> i. dias be 5 76 Good Enough ....... | h O l Fi [; t CG Maryland Club, 5c viieg EO VINEGAR ioe 475 e n y ive en eanser Mayflower, 5c ........ White Wine, 40 grain 8% Mayflower, 20¢ 1.1.1.1 92 White Wine, 80 grain 11% Window Cleaners Guaranteed to Equal the Best 10c Kinds Nigger Hair, oe sess 6 00 White Wine, 100 grain 13 22:36. 6. see eee. pes aoe Nigger Hair, 10c ....10 79 AG OR eee ee 1 85 Nigger Head, 5c .... 5 40 Oakland Vinegar & Pickle 16 in. ..... ......... 2 30 Nigger Head, an 5.518 = Co.'s Brands 80 Cans..... - $2.90 Per Case Noon_ Hour, 5c .....- Highland apple cider 20 Wood Bowls old win ~~ s 9g Oakland apple cider .. 16 13 in, Butter ........ 1 75 SHOWS A PROFIT OF 40% Old English Crve 1% oz. 96 State Seal sugar ..... 14 15 in. Batter .....<.. 3 15 Old Crop, hd sebekoee 7 Oakland white picklg 10 _ eo . ceeeseee . 4 Old Crop, © . oi... Packages free. - Hutter ....... P. §., 8 oz. 30 Ib, case. 19 . Handled by All Jobbers Cate US WICKING WRAPPING PAPER Patterson Seal, 1144 oz. 48 No. 0, per gross ...... 35 Fibre Manila, white .. 7% Pl d : : : Patterson Seal, . Oe . = No. 1, per gross .... 45 a. —_ colored we ace an order with your jobber. If goods are not satis- Patterson Seal, oz. No. 2, cease vo. OnllA ....220- fac : os Peerless, 5c .....-... ‘so 65 _ Butchers’ Manila...) 6% tory return same at our expense.—FITZPATRICK BROS Peerless, 10c cloth 0 . fe Et One, esse Pe ait eee : O% Peerless, 10¢c paper . Wax Butter, short c’nt Peerless, 20c ......... 2 04 WOODENWARE Wax Butter, full c’nt 20 9 Seed and Havana Peerless, 40c ........ : = Baskets Parchm’t Butter, rolls 17 Plaza, 2 fro. case .... Bushels 1 00 . ° ae a... 5 76 Bushels ............. A Smile W oe noe. “ce 11 49 Bushels, wide band .. 1 15 € ith Each One Plow Boy. 14 of. 2... 470 Market ........0.... me CHARCOAL SINGLE Oe eae tee 7, Splint, large ........ 400 P D Pride of Virginia, 1% .. 77 ae : = Carlots or local shipments. ETER ORNBOS Pilot. 7 oz. Goz ..,--- 105 Splint, medium ...... 3 50 bulk or sacked in . : ToS e ni Tiare Cigar Manufacturer Queen Quality, 5c .... 48 Splint, small ........ 3 00 jute. Poultry and stock Rob Roy, 10c gross ..10 52 writiow, Clothes, large $ 00 anlar 16-18 Fulton St.W., Grand Rapids, Mich. Roh Roy, 2c doz. .... 210 Wi .. 9r DEWEY - SME kal) , a ett tail : Roh Roy. 50c doz. .... 4 10 iliow, Clothes, small 6 25 Su eras rare a oe Mail Orders Promptly Attended To S. & M., 5¢ gross .... 5 76 Willow, Clothes, me’m 7 25 nena ; 4 > ‘ > . ¢ @ a \ hy a ee RE SS eS oe November 22, 1916 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT 31 Advertisements inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent continuous insertion. No charge less than 25 cents. Cash must accompany all orders. é . ba ! \ *° ‘ 44 ta 4 > ‘ > . ¢ @ a \ hy BUSINESS CHANCES. For Sale—Only clothing and men’s fur- nishings store, village 1,000. Best loca- tion; cheap rent. Business $15,000. Stock new and clean. Time or discount for eash. Excellent opportunity. O. W., care Tradesman. 644 For Sale—Country store. No competi- tion. Good buildings. Clean stock. Sick- ness. $3,600 takes everything. Terms. Box 172, Wayland, Michigan. 645 CASH REGISTERS—We buy, sell and exchange all makes of registers, also re- pair, re-build and refinish all makes. Let us quote you price from Vogt-Bricker Sales Co., Saginaw, Michigan. 646 Wanted—Standard cash register (now) made at North Manchester, Indiana. Box 52, Burr Oak, Michigan. 647 For Sale—Hardware and grocery. Only hardware in town. Cash trade. Large territory to draw from. New stock. Will sell one or both. Address No. 648, care Tradesman. 648 For Sale—Good meat market. One block from heart of city. Suitable for killing and sausage making. Have been in business for 22 years and my reason for selling is that I am retiring. Will sell reasonable. Apply Johnson Duggleby, 224 East Third St., Davenport, Iowa. Wanted — Grocery stock invoicing around $2,000. Live small town; good farming and dairying country. Southern Michigan or Wisconsin. Address C, care Tradesman. 639 Want—To hear from owner of good business for sale. Send description and price. Northwestern Business Agency, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 642 For Sale—Hardware business in loop district, St. Paul, Minnesota. Merchan- dise invoices about $13,000. Sales $40,000; on account of dissolution of partnership will sell all or one-half interest. For further particulars address J. E. Green- man, 1305 Pioneer Bldg., St. Paul, Minne- sota. 643 Auctioneers make $10 to $50 per day. How would you like to be one of them. Write to-day. Big free catalogue. Mis- souri Auction School. Largest in the world. Kansas City, Missouri. 624 Your Money will earn 10% with safety. If you have $1,000 or more between now and March 1 to put into a conservative real estate, secured investment, bearing closest investigation, guaranteed to net more than 10%-——one that is under your control and in which you have an interest with me, write quick to P. O. Box 324, Waterloo, Iowa. 627 For Sale—Grocery stock and real estate in a place where business is established. Enquire P. O. Box 29, Grind Stone City, Michigan. 628 For Sale—Grocery stock and fixtures. Good location and good business but have to sell on account of health. Price about $4,000. Must be cash. Will sell at in- voice. Muskegon, Michigan. Address No. 629, care Tradesman. 629 Wanted—Dry goods or general stock in exchange for 200-acre stock and grain farm in Lapeer county. No. 631, care Tradesman. 631 For Sale—New Holcomb & Hoke butter kist pop corn machine. Used only two weeks. Will sacrifice if sold at once. R. Van Avery, Corner North and West Sts., Kalamazoo, Michigan. 633 For Sale—Feed store; good _ location; good business. For sale or trade for oats or corn, one 15 H. P. Perles gas engine, one Corn Belt feed mill. C. J. Peterson, Ludington, Michigan, R. 3. 634 Retailers—Manufacturers—Surplus shoe stocks, slow sellers. Highest cash prices paid. Drop a line to A. M.. Sacks, 19 Albany St., Boston, Massachusetts. 619 Wanted—Stock general merchandise, clothing or shoes. State size of stock. D. H. Hampton, Macomb, Illinois. 621 For Sale—Canning factory in Branch county, equipped for canning corn, toma- toes, apples, ete. Capacity 10,000 cans of corn per day. Good location, plenty of help. No better section for sweet corn in Michigan. Will sell very cheap if taken soon. John Travis, Union City, Michigan. 622 THE WORLD'S GREATEST SALES CONDUCTORS—Offer you the serv- ices of men who have had extraordl- nary success, in handling both large and small stocks In the United States and Canada. There Is no sales pro- moter operating in the world to-day can furnish you with the references we can. We not oniy sell your stock —but we sell it at a Lrofit during one of our personally conducted sales. We handle Department Stores, Clothing Stores, Shoe Stores, Furniture Stores and General Stores, and no town or stock is too large or small for us to handle successfully. You pay us abso- lutely nothing until we have sold your stock at a profit. Write to-day for free plans and information. LYNCH BROS., 28 So. lonia Ave., (Wm. Alden Smith Bldg.) Grand Rapids, Michigan. For Sale—Drug stock and fixtures. In- ventory about $3,500. County seat. Large territory. Several special agencies. Own- er retiring. Will sell or lease building. Terms easy to right man. Address Box 1028, Gladwin, Michigan. 637 Opportunity Of a Lifetime—Have made nearly $18,000 in about 2% years, but owing to the fact that I am going into the wholesale business will sell my stock consisting of dry goods, men’s and wom- ens’ clothing, furnishings, ete. Will in- voice $16,000 to $18,000 . Stock and busi- ness will stand _ strictest investigation. My business in 1915 nearly $40,000. Rent $75 per month, long lease. Will make right price to the right party. Address No. 635, care Michigan Tradesman. 635 Turn Old Merchandise Into Cash—Con- serve your resources. Sell your out-of- date dry goods, clothing, shoes, ready- to-wear goods, ete. Information cheer- fully furnished. Highest possible refer- ences. Joseph Landau, Commission Brokerage, 2004 Beaver Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 636 General Merchandise Auctioneer—Ten years success closing out and reducing stocks. Reference any reliable merchant in Cadillac. Address W. E. Brown, Cad- illac, Michigan. 530 Unusual: Opportunity—Where a small investment, with $200 down will return 100 fold and more, in actual cash. Our Florida development plan guarantees both investment and results. A stamp will bring the proof. Highland Grove Asso- ciation, El Dorado Pexeee Missouri. 625 For Sale—New, up-to-date hardware stock in good town of 500 in Northern Michigan. Stock and fixtures will invoice $4,000. No competition. Good farming community. An excellent chance for any- one wishing to embark in the hardware game. Owner going on farm. Terms cash. No trade. Address No. 611, care Michigan Tradesman. 611 For Sale—Best grocery and meat mar- ket in Northern Michigan. Will sell be- low inventory about $6,000 stock. Lo- cated at one of the finest summer re- sorts in the United States. Deing $70,000 business a year. Good reasons for sell- ing. Apply owner, Box 84, Charlevoix, Michigan. 38 For Sale—Very live and progressive de- partment store in a good city of 65,000 doing an annual business of $60,000. All clean staple merchandise, no dead stock. This store is making money for the owners, but owing to disagreement store must be sold. Present stock about $30,000 but can reduce to suit purchaser. Ad- dress No. 566, care Michigan eae 6 200 Acres For Sale—Good_ buildings; three-fourths mile from railroad station. Estate to settle. $100 per acre. Address James Lower's Sons, La Porte, Ind. 600 For Sale Or Rent—New corner store building in one of the best towns in Southern Michigan. Modern front, fine location, excellent opportunity for: dry goods or general store. Wood & Wood- ruff, Athens, Michigan. 601 For Sale—A stock of goods consisting of general merchandise, doing a good business in a good live town in Central Michigan. Will sell at a bargain. Ad- dress No. 602, care Tradesman. 602 For Sale—Six oak bicycle ladders, 135 feet of track and pole with fixtures to match. All in Al condition. Throck- morton Boot Shop, Michigan City, Indi- ana. 603 For Sale—Machine shop and garage combined. Cement block building 50 x 80 feet. Modern tools, good stock of acces- sories. Price $3,800. Reasons for selling. Address C. N. Clauson, Ransom, i 604 Registered Pharmacist—Let me set you up in business. You find the location, I will furnish the stock. Have small but complete stock which I must sell. Easy terms. Write me. No. 606, care Trades- man, 606 For Sale—Stock of general merchandise in good Northern town. Can reduce stock to suit purchaser as owner has bought half interest in a manufacturing concern and must look after it by April 1, 1917. For further information address No. 607, eare Michigan Tradesman. 607 ror Sale—Good clothes cleaning and pressing establishment in town of 2,000. Owner wants to retire. Box 59, Hoily, 608 Michigan. Kor Sale—Established hardware and house furnishing business, located on Main street. Invoice with fixtures $4,500. Reasons for selling, failing health. Ad- dress Warner Hardware Company, 134 North Main street, Memphis, Tenn. 609 For Sale—Hubbard oven, dough mixer, Read cake mixer, pans, troughs, racks, everything in bakery. I. Ochsenschlager, Aurora, Illinois. 610 Merchants Please Take Notice! We have clients of grocery stocks, general stocks, dry goods stocks, hardware stocks, drug stocks. We have on our list also a few good farms to exchange for such stocks. Also city property. If you wish to sell or exchange your business write us. G. R. Business Exchange, 540 House- man Bldg.. Grand Rapids. Mich. R59 Drug Store Offered—-Discount. Sales about $10,000 year. Gem Drug Co., Hud- son. Kansas. 598 Stocks Wanted—Write me if you want to sell or buy grocery or general stock. E. Kruisenga, 44-54 Ellsworth Ave., Grand Rapids. Michigan. 304 Good Investment—$250 buys one-half interest in mineral claim along Snake river, in Oregon, one mile from railroad: money needed to get ore out. Large pro- ducing mines surrounding this property. For particulars address A. S. Wight, Huntington, Oregon. Box 12. 584 The Merchants Auction Co., Baraboo, Wisconsin. The most reliable sales con- eern for closing out, reducing or stimu- lation. Write for information. 585 Shoe Shop For Sale—Only one in live Nebraska town of 1,500 and large coun- try territory. Poor health and other business reasons for selling. This is a splendid opportunity for shoe repairing men. Address John Parker, Genoa, a braska. 594 Investments Wanted—I have a lease of 1,000 acres, proven oil land. Want a few parties to put in $100 each and put down a well. Absolutely a ground floor propo- sition. For full information address C. FE. Shaffer, M. D., Moline, Kansas. 592 For Sale—Good clean stock of shoes and groceries in live town of 3,000 doing good cash business. Stock will invoice about $2,500. Good reasons for selling. Address No. 540, care Tradesman. 540 Safes Opened—W. L. pert and locksmith. 128 Ann St., Grand Rapids, Michigan. Slocum, safe ex- N. E., 104 Will pay cash for whole or part stocks of merchandise. Louis Levinsohn, Sag- inaw, Michigan. 757 HELP WANTED. Wanted—At once. eutter and sausage maker. FE. Experienced meat D. Hughes, Pentwater, Michigan. 640 Wanted—PExperienced saleslady for no- tion department. State references and Wages in first letter. Jacobson's, Green- ville, Michigan. 641 and Women. Steady to beginners with ad- vancement. Room and board with all modern conveniences, including the use of the laundry, at the company’s board- ing house at $3 a week. For information write Western Knitting Mills, Rochester, Michigan. 02 POSITION WANTED. Wanted—Girls work; $1 a day Newspaper advertising manager, ex- perienced in towns of 10,000 and under, desires position in advertising department of store or factory. Gilt-edge references: now employed on daily paper. Address “Pep,’’ care Michigan Tradesman. 623 POSITION WANTED—As manager of general store. Twenty years’ experience and always made good. My hobby is work, increasing trade and cutting down expense. Am at present employed and I have good reasons for making a change. Have no bad habits, good appearancce Can furnish the best of recommends. Address No. 614, care Michigan Trades man. 614 Sand Lime Brick Nothing as Durable Nothing as Fireproof Makes Structures Beautiful No Painting No Cost for Repairs Fire Proof Weather Proof Warm in Winter Cool in Summer Brick is Everlasting Grande Brick Co., Grand Rapids So. Mich. Brick Co., Kalamazoo Sagiaaw Brick Co., Saginaw Jackson-Lansing Brick Co., Rives Junction are equipped with the wonderful EVEREADY Tungsten Batteries— a distinct advance over any other battery which has been used with flashlights. These batteries have a remarkable length of life—and at the same time are very compact and economical. EVEREADY Flashlights give real satisfaction and help build up con- fidence in the store that sells them. Write us today for full information. C. J. LITSCHER ELECTRIC COMPANY Wholesale Distributors 41-43 S. Market St. Grand Rapids WHY— Michigan People should use Michigan Flour made from Michigan Wheat 1—It excels all other flours in flavor. 2—It excels all other flours in color (whiteness. ) 3—It excels all other flours for bread making. 4—It excels all other flours for pastry making. 5—It requires less shortening and sweetening than any other flour. 6—It fills every household requirement. 7—Michigan merchants should sell, and Michigan people should buy Michigan flour made from Michigan wheat for every reason that can be advanced from a reciprocity standpoint. 32 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 22, 1916 BANKRUPTCY MATTERS. Proceedings of the Western District of Michigan. (Continued from page seven.) A. L.. Joyce Co., Traverse City ..$28.58 Mirror Printing Co., Kalamazoo .. 18.70 E. S. Martin, Petoskey ........... 5.00 Normanna Co., New York ........ 6.84 H. Van Eenenaam Bros., Zeeland 3.25 Charles Coye, Grand Rapids ...... 8.00 Garden City Fire Works Co., OO ee 35.07 Kropp Specialty Co., Milwaukee. 6.93 Fisher Bros. Paper Co., Wayne. 100. 26s ke 15.31 Albert C. Dersch, Cadillac ........ 6.40 Liquid Carbonic Co., Chicago .... 40.66 Nat. Biscuit Co., Grand Rapids .. 11.50 M. Piowaty & Sons, Grand Rapids 12.10 Fleischmann Co., Grand Rapids .. 30.12 Booth Fisheries, Charlevoix ...... 7.00 A. Casabianca & Son, Grand Rapids 22 83 Woolson Spice Co., Toledo ........ 7.92 A. E. Brooks & Co., Grand Rapids 68. 56 Queen City Bottling Co., Traverse Re oe 3.00 Badger Candy Co., Milwaukee .... 92.10 Petoskey Grocer Co., Petoskey... 206.04 Putnam Factory, Grand Rapids .... 76.07 Darrah Milling Co., Big Rapids .... 14.00 Jacques Mfg. Co., Chicago ...... 2.00 Plankington Packing Company, Mifiwankee .....--..--++---s..-- 7.58 Vallev City Milling Co., Grd Rapids 100.00 Cadillac Boiling Works, Cadillac 10.20 L. N. Overholt & Co., Petoskey .. 10.35 Wolverine Spice Co., Grand Rapids 1.50 Armour & Company, Chicago 11.69 Strant Bros. & Amiett, Traverse OE 3.05 Cadillac Ice Cream Co., Cadillac .. 90 00 Cole Bros. Kailkaska ........---... 135.00 Bowermn & Cole Bros., Kalkaska 20.00 G. H: Seitine, Kalkaska .........-. 15.50 Fred L. Zurssig, Kalkaska ........ 9.60 Michigan State Tele. Co., Kalkaska 10.42 Nov. 20—In the matter of the Grand Rapids Tailoring Co., the hearing on the order to show cause was held this day. Various bids for the assets were received, the highest of which was as_ follows: Yard goods, aggregating 450 yards, 70 cents per yard: safe, $10; and miscel- laneous assets for $25, making a total of 350, all of which was sold to D. W. Cathra, Detroit, and the sale was con- firmed. The trustee still has on hand all of the fixtures and certain of the manu- factured suits and overcoats. Bethia Williams, trading as the Wil- liams Grocery Store, Big Rapids, filed her petition in bankruptcy. adjudication has been made and the matter referred to Referee Corwin. George S. Norcross, Grand Ranids, has been appointed as cus- todian. The schedules show assets listed at approximately, $8,694.92, including stock in trade, listed at $2,800. The lia- bilities amount to $7,841.06, consisting of debts contracted in open account. The first meeting of creditors has been called for Nov. 29. at which time creditors may anvear, elect a trustee, prove their claims, and transact such other business as may come before such meeting. The following are shown as creditors of the bankrupt: : Secured Creditors. Horton Williams, Big Rapids . $195.00 Clark F. Williams, Big Rapids 130.00 Unsecured Creditors. Tester Stimpson. Big Ravids , 8 17.74 Grand Traverse Fruit & Produce Co, Bip Haolie .....4.:5.2.65- 11.20 C. D. Carventer. Big Rapids .... 26.75 Fmpire Celery Co., Kalamazoo .... 10.08 Big Rapids Garage, Big Rapids .. 12.45 Arbuckle Brothers. Chicago ...... 17.50 3. C. Jensen & Co., Big Rapids 68.28 Voigt Milling Co., Grand Rapids .. 5.95 Suverior Glove Co., Greenville .. 16.55 Big Ravids Gas Co.. Big Rapids .. 1.50 Giche Tobacco Co., Detroit ........ 28.97 Nugold Ring Co.. Omaha, Nebr. .. 9.60 Ben Hosking & Brothers, Chicago - 69.00 Jennings Mfg. Co., Grand Rapids .. 14.70 Wilber Burns Soap Co., Grand Rpds 21.95 Miles & Buck, Big Ranids ........ 8.55 <= J. Brack & Sons, Chicago .... 15.20 Standard Oil Co., Grand Rapids 35.64 Jewett & Sherman, Milwaukee .... 63.38 Michigan Cigar Co., Big Rapids .. 14.21 National Grocer Co.. Grand Rapids 463.11 Puhl Webb Co., Chicago ........ 48.81 Rademaker & Dooge. Grand Rapids 374.93 Hume Grocer Co., Muskegon .... 485.58 Acme Silver Co., Cleveland ........ 43.10 National Biscuit Co., Grand Rapids 159.87 Ideal Clothing Co., Grand Rapids .. 52.26 Model Creamery Co., Big Rapids .. 111.55 Armour & Company, Chicago .... 193.74 Butler Brothers, Chicago ......... C4.67 Valley City Milling Co., Grand le Ee ee a ae 252.35 Consumers Power Co., Big Rapids 22.72 Walker Candy Co., Muskegon .... 39.92 Casabianca & Son, Grand Rapids .. 32.00 Eureka Coffee Co., Buffalo ...... 204.20 Dominion Cigar Co., Big Rapids .. 16.80 Martz Brothers Bakery, Big Rapids 13.00 Model Bakery, Big Rapids ........ 39.31 Vinkemulder Co., Grand Rapids 278.14 Cornwell Co., Baginaw ............ 179.64 Cc. W. Mills Paper Co., Grand Rapids 99.66 Putnam Candy Co., Grand Rapids 60/28 Judson Grocer Co.; Grand Rapids 1,821. 92 J. O. Ohlson ,Big Rapids ees 92.83 Moore & Randall, Big Rapids ...... 3.25 Michigan Tele. Co., Big Rapids .... 3.75 Canton Electric Cut Co., Canton, O. 96.00 Citizens State Bank, Big Rapids ree Darrah Milling Co., Big Rapids .. 90.5 Acker Mecosta County Mills, Sie Raps ...5.0..5..5.6 xe 11.32 Clark F. Williams, Big Rapids .... 572.20 Horton Williams, Big Rapids .... 5.86 —_—_—$>--—--——_——_— Late News From Michigan Banks. Marquette—Orrie E. Brown, Assis- tant Cashier of the First National Bank of Marquette, has been elected Cash- ier of the Gwinn State Savings Bank by the directors. Chester D. Masters, who recently re- signed the position. The Gwinn Bank was organized eight years ago, with a capital of $25,000, and now has un- divided surplus profits of $18,000. It has $225,000 of deposits and has been paying dividends. It is a sound and prosperous Bank, and is housed in attractive quarters. The district that it serves is wealthy and growing and the Bank is expected to increase its re- sources rapidly. Niles—In March, 1901, the First Na- tional Bank of Niles closed its doors and the depositors have to date receiv- ed 85 per cent, of their savings. Re- cently, a rumor had it that Geo. C. Rankin, a Treasury employe at Wash- ‘ington, who is acting receiver, had enough funds for another 5 per cent. dividend. Last accounts showed that the receiver did have some funds be- longing to the Bank but not enough to make the 5 per cent. Cheboygan—The Cheboygan State Bank, in co-operation with the North- eastern Michigan Development Bu- reau and Agricultural Agent Byers, of the New York Central lines, is to organize a calf club among the boys and girls of Cheboygan county. The 3ank will bring in a carload of pure bred heifer calves, place those among the boys and girls, taking their notes for the exact cost of the animals, At some future date all the animals are to be rounded up and sold to the high- est bidder, the proceeds, less the original cost of the calf and interest on the amount to date, to go to the boy or girl raising the animal, Buchanan—The private Bank of Lee Bros. & Co. has been re-organized and will be succeeded by the Buchanan State Bank on Jan. 1. The new organ- ization will have a capital stock of $40,000, and the stockholders. will num- ber about thirty. Herbert Roe will continue to act as Cashier, and Chas. Landis as Assistant Cashier. Saginaw—The Saginaw Abstract Co., which is now a part of the Sagi- naw Valley Trust Co., will commence business by Dec. 1 and it is expected the trust company will be in full op- eration within a short time after that in the Goeschel building, 109 South Jefferson avenue. —_22>___ Ideals. Ideals are like stars: You will not succeed in touching them with your hand, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny. Carl Schurz. —_-.—___ True Greatness. Life is made up of little things. It is but once in an age that occasion is offered for doing a great deed. True greatness consists in being great in little things. George MacDonald. He will succeed - Enslavement of French and Belgians By Germany. All advices from the belligerent na- tions in Europe indicate a degree of determination which speaks a long con- tinuance of the conflict, even to the point of exhaustion of all around. The mili- tary correspondent of the London Times calls attention to the “wise economies of Germany,” noting especially the con- stant re-examination of the medically unfit, return of wounded men to the colors, use of prisoners in factories and on farms and maintenance of strength in battle “for a longer period than anyone thought possible.” This writer says that Germany cannot have less than 6,500,000 now in the field, lines of communication and reserve. He declares that “the Allies are faced with the necessity of straining every nerve to place in the field next year every man, gun and shell that they can produce.” At the same time he notes that Russia has ample reserves and Italy constantly increases and improves its army, while France “has been most successful in drawing more men from civil employment and now excels in the art accomplishing great things in the field with relatively slight losses.” Other authorities report that Germany will summon all healthy citizens to com- pulsory work and it is a matter of com- mon knowledge that more than nine- tenths of the work in factories and on the farms is now being done by women. The latest crime against civilization committed by Germany is the forcible deportation of large numbers of French and Belgian people to German territory and forcing them to engage in work which will give support to the army. This is contrary to international law and an investigation is now in progress by the American State Department to determine whether this is a violation of Gcrmany’s assurances to this country regarding the rights of neutrals. The 3elgian clergy, led by Cardinal Mercier, are uttering piteous protests against the enslavement of their people by the Ger- mans to give support to the army, and they charge horrible outrages. It ap- pears, however, that the brutal and bar- baric German economic policy is to go on, and-the longer the war lasts the greater the amount of this unwilling service and the suffering attendant thereon. The Entente Allies appear not to be in any such straits, and yet Great Britain will soon restrict the use of certain kinds of food and it is likely that that country will find greater difficulty than hitherto in securing loans for war purposes. Verily the conflict is coming down to the bitterest dregs. ———_.2.>—__—_ Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Potatoes, Buffalo, Nov. 22—Creamery butter, extras, 40\@41c: first 38@39%c; com- mon, 36@38c; dairy, common. to choice, 32@38c; poor to common, all kinds, 25@29c. Beans—Medium, $7.25@7.50;~ pea, $7.25; Red Kidney, "at @7.25; White Kidney, $7.@7.50; Marrow, $7.50. Cheese—No. 1 new, 24%@25c; choice, 24c. ; Eggs—Choice, new laid, 45@48c; fancy hennery, 50@58c; storage can- dled, 38@39c. Poultry (live)—Fowls, 15@19c; springs, 15@21c; old cox, 14c; ducks, 17@20c. Dressed Poultry—Turks, per 1b., 28 @82c; ducks, 20@22c; chicks, 18@23c; fowls, 16@20c; geese, 17@18c. Expect high prices next week. Potatoes—$1.70@1.75 per bu. Rea & Witzig. ———_e+2.—____ The estimate put out by a Wall Street news agency that the Steel Corporation in the current quarter would earn $105,- 000,000, was generally felt to be rather high. The estimate was not unlikely made on the rough calculation that earn- ings would average $35,000,000 a month for the three months. It has been esti- mated that earnings reached this figure in October. If that is the case, then one might feel justified in predicting at least that figure for the current month and for December; for the Steel Cor- poration is constantly working into or- ders placed at higher prices. On the other hand, such a factor as the car shortage is not to be overlooked. A few furnaces have already been com- pelled to bank because they could not get their fuel. It is difficult to foresee just how this one factor alone will work out before the end of the period, and it is possible that other unforeseen un- favorable factors may develop between now and the end of the year. Any estimate of earnings made now is little better than a guess. It will be remem- bered that at about this period during the last quarter earnings of $90,000,000 to $95,000,000 were most commonly pre- dicted. Even after the whole period had closed, the estimates, as the actual figures of $85,800,000 revealed, were far too high—except on the last day or two before the figures appeared. It must be remembered that we are hardly past the middle of the current quarter. —_~+2>____ A man doesn’t need common sense if he has enough of the uncommon kind. BUSINESS CHANCES. For Sale—General store, 12 miles sovth of Richmond, Indiana, at Kitchel, Union Co., Indiana, on Chesapeake and Ohio. Railroad in a wealthy farming commun- ity. Only store within 41% miles. Gro- ceries, dry goods, boots and shoes, paints and hardware. Invoice $4,500, annual business $12,000 to $16, 000. Will give terms or good discount for cash. Post- office in connection. Business can be doubled. If interested it will pay to in- vestigate. Jos. Foutz, Kitchel, a 6 For Sale Oven—Middleby No. 4. In excellent condition. Putting in larger oven. Joe Lotscher, 119 No. Blooming- ton St., Streator, Illinois. 650 For Sale—One gasoline engine 18 horse power. Olin make, Buffalo, N. Y. Very good order. $225. Philip Deuchler & Son, Lyons, New York . 651 For Sale—General stock of merchandise in agricultural town of 809. Business run 20 years and amassed a competence for owner. Stock invoices $10,000, furniture, groceries, shoes, clothing and dry goods. Brick store building 40x 100, first floor and basement, rent $40 per month. Cen- ter of one of the best farming districts in Michigan. Two other stores in town, but good competition. Practically no other towns or stores within 12 to 14 miles in either direction. The price un- der present conditions very low. Satis- factory terms to reliable purchaser. Ad- dress No. 652, care Tradesman. 652 80 Acre Farm Near Flint—A Bargain Will sell or trade for good up-to-date Clothing, Hat & Furnishing stock if located in a live town of 4,000 to 8,000 population. Land near Flint very valu- able. Address F. W. office, this paper. Would also take’ in trade Detroit property.