i Zr QRAS BLES SDA OG KLANG Y ALY SCG D AFR OS 2 j TA Aas 1 CaN Zaye: oN ANG Sah OS el) ete gaa) eee 25, a) of eae Ore EOC AE} RAS AY E ws wi Y Ss Fe oS tT Nae eae hee a TX Y 2 PRY: ES As SS @ = SSeS as a BY A y Ee Y ; FOI i A™GAE S$ aE ae (mA (BAC Ye ny hale) AS )S\ Si /) e Y SSS ites SOS KRY NILES = SONA INES INN . o A) 1} SX SS - +3 io eSSSSaTRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS SCS a ES ILE SE SLT FSIS MC S \ x oe A —— f meee yt aed) IASI _$$1 PER YEAR J s S 2 ee re : PILLARS SRSA SS Ye ~~ VOL. XII. ABSOLUTE TEA. The Acknowledged Leader.. SOLD ONLY -BY - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The. Sali" — thas ale salt ' is fast being recognized by everybody as the best salt for every pur- . pose. It’s made from the best brine by the best process with the best grain. You keep the best of other things, why not keep the best of Salt. Your customers will appreciate it as they appreciate pure sugar, pure coffee, and tea. Diamond Crystal Salt Being free icom all chlorides of calcium and magnesia, wiii not get damp and soggy on yourhands. Put up in an attractive and salable manner. en your stock of salt is low, try a small supply of “‘the salt that’s all salt.” Can be obtair _ from jobbers and dealers. For prices, see price current on other page. : For other information, address DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., ST. CLAIR, MICH. Don’t Wait for the Thaw but get your light rubbers in now. We have just received 4,700 Cases Rubber Boots, Sandals, Storm Slippers, Hurons, Croquets, Etce., manufactured by Boston Rubber Shoe Co. since Jan. 1, 1895. Remember New Rubbers are worth 50 per cent. more thay old ones. Our stock is always fresh be- cause we sel] so many of them and turn it often. A. C. McGraw & Co., Rubber Department, Detroit. = CANDY |: Now in, Oranges, Lemons, Nuts, Figs, Dates, Etc. always in stock and of the finest quality. A. E. SROOKS & CO., 5 47 lonia St, Grand Rapids, Mich, M. R. ALDEN. E. E. ALDEN. M. R. ALDEN & CO. WHOLESALE - PRODUCE, Strictly Fresh Eggs and Choice Creamery and Dairy Butter a Specialty. Northern trade supplied at lowest market prices. We buy on track at point of shipment or receive on consignment. ’Phone 1300. 76 So. Division St., Grand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS, FEBRUARY 27,189. ae TO. 597 ~ OYSTERS. | Anchor Brand Are the best. All orders will receive prompt attention at lowest market price. BF. Je. DETTENTHALER, TELFER SPICE Co] |. [PENBERTHY For THE BoILerR AND ENGINE. ARE THE ENGINEERS’ FAVORITES. 85,000 Pensertny ACToMATIC INJECTORS in use, giving perfect satisfaction under ail conditions. Our Jet Pumps, Water Gages and Oil Cups are Unequalled. PENBERTHY INJECTOR CO. DETROIT, BRANCH FacTORY at WINDSOR, ONT. MICH. Senp For Cara.coeus. California Redland Seedlings. The finest medium-priced orange now on the market. Rich in color and all sound. Buy them of The Putnam Candy Co, Duck __, Kersey Coats Pants We manufacture the best made goods in these lines of any factory in the country, guaranteeing every garment to give entire satisfaction, both in fit and wearing qualities. We are also headquarters for Pants, Overalls and Jackets and solicit correspondence with dealers in towns where goods of our manufacture are not regularly handled. Lansing Pants & Overall Co., LANSING, MICH. GUI DROPS are all right for cheap mixtures, but its the better class of goods that pay the largest per cent. of profit. Our French and hand-made Creams, Fine Chocolates, Lozenges and Imperials cannot be surpassed tor purity and beauty of finish. The Putnam Candy Co. - LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY Importers and Wholesale Grocers Grand Rapids. PERKINS & HESS, DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, Nos. 122 and 124 Louis Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. ICKWMIL UOKES AG HOt This stinging cold weather reminds us of Buckwheat Cakes when we get up in the morning. Absolutely pure and unadulterated Buckwheat Flour made from sound and well-cleaned grain is an essential and we make it and put in up in barrels, 24 and 10 Ib. sacks. Quality guaranteed the best. Prices right. Write us. The Walsh=-DeRoo Milling Co. Holland, Mich. Your Sales neal i Order from Your Jobber OR Grand Standard Oil Co., GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN DEALERS IN [llUminating and Lubricating = OILS : Naptha and Gasolines. Office, Michigan Trust Bldg. Works, Butterworth Ave. BULK WORKS AT ' GRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, MANISTEE, CADILLAC BIG RAPIDS, GRAND HAVEN, TRAVERSE CITY. LUDINGTON, ALLEGAN, HOWARD CITY, PETOSKEY. Highest Price Paid for RMPTY GARBON & GASOLINE BARRELS. Rapids Soap Works. RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO, 12, 14, 16 Pearl St., GRAND RAPIDS, [IICH. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF BOOTS, SHOES, and RUBBERS. Our aim is to please our customers. We know what they want and have got it. Come and | see. WE MAKE and handle the best lines in the “aa market—everything up to date. Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. We earry as large a stock as any jobber. Or- ders filled promptly and always at best terms and; discounts. Oyster Crackers Are now in season. We manufacture ' All Kinds. SEARO. SALIINE WAFER OT SUURRE OYSTER A rich, tender and crisp cracker packed in 1 Ib. cartoons with neat and attractive label. Is one of the most popular packages we have ever put out. NGLION FROM CAKES 1 lb. $2.40 per doz. Try. Qer Handsome embossed packages, packed 2 doz. in case 2 lb. $4.80 per doz. 7 e a. @ : These yoods are positively the finest produced and we guarantee entire satisfaction. Ne New York Biscuit Co., S. A. SEARS, Manager, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. é ue VOL. XII. THE MICHIGAN TRUST GO, , &'0%4 Ran, Makes a Specialty of acting*as Executor of Wills, Administrator of Estates, Guardian of [linors and In- competent Persons, Trustee or Agent in the management of any business which may be entrusted to it. Any information desired will be cheerfully furnished. Lewis H. Withey, Pres. Anton G. Hodenpyl, Sec’y. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN. i. FIRE > kaye INS. co. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. J. W. CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBAIN, Sec. SSTABLISHED 1841. THE MERCANTILE AGENCY R.G. Dun & Co. Reference Booksissued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. 65 MONROE S8T., Have on file all reports kept by Cooper’s Com- mercial Agency and U constantly revising and adding to them. Also handle collections of all kinds for members. Telephone 166 and 1030 for particulars. L. J. STEVENSON. Cc, E. BLOCK. W. EP. ROOTS, - WANTED -: Everybody in- terested in pat- ents or patent law to send his name; in return a book contain- formation will be sent free by mail, L. V. Moulton, Patent Att’y, Grand Rapids, Mich. 4% THE-AGTIVE POWERS 4 ~- INVENTIVE GENIUS » N ae |. AND 7 PEARL STREET. GRA Union Credit Co. and are ing valuable in- THE BACK OFFICE. Written for THz TRADESMAN. The ideais gaining ground, and in cer- tain directions very rapidly, that Science is making altogether too much of herself. Ever since she came to the conclusion that it was a piece of foolishness for her to mark her crucibles with the sign of the cross, she has been busying herself more and more with the everyday con- cerns of life, and, instead of telling us of the marvels she has found, has begun to tell us what we must do, or suffer the consequences. When she confines her- self to her legitimate subject-matter, there is none so entertaining as she. We like to hear her, for example, when she talks of the starry heavens, of the incon- ceivable distances there, of the worlds upon worlds swinging in space and kept from wandering by the power which gravity alone can employ; but, when she leaves the upper world and comes poking around into business and other matters of this mundane sphere of ours, it does seem, sometimes, as if she needs a good rap over the knuckles and to be plainly told to mind her own affairs. About every oncein so long she takes a leap from the sublime and lands with both feet in the back yard of the redicu- lous and proceeds to make a fuss over what she finds there. Numbers seem, just now, to especially claim her atten- tion. If people have got tired of hear- ing how many billions of miles the sun is from Saturn, perhaps it might be of in- terest for them to know how many bac- teria they are swallowing with every cubic centimeter that goes down the esophagus; and it so happens that just there the line should be drawn. People are having a hard enough time, anyway, to get along, nowadays, without any such hindrances, and when the poor trodden- down-at-the-heel farmer can barely exist as things are, it doesn’t help matters to nave Science hop onto the milk cart with him and suggest to the customers ugly things about the milk. If the old girl had a happy way of saying things, it wouldn’t be so bad, but, when she gets to talking about everyday affairs, she doesn’t round off a single corner. Let us take an example or two for illustration. I don’t go around and buy up all the tuberculous cows I can find, but in some unaccountable way I have one. What does this meddler do but come right into my stable, uninvited, and say, ‘You mustn’t use milk from that cow without freeing it of its infectious qualities. Do that, or kill your cow !”’ Passing judgment on the cow, she turns up her nose at my stable. Now, I’ve been priding myself on that identical stable. It’s made exactly as my grand- father had his, and there wasn’t a better dairy farm in the country than my grand- father’s. Just hear her go on: ‘This stable is too dark. Don’t you know, my dear sir, that bright light is inimical to the best growth of micro-organisms? An- other matter you have forgotten to look after is ventilation. [Ventilating a cow ND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1895. stable, indeed]! In the atmosphere of a cow stable Hesse found 120 bacteria and molds to the liter, while in that of an oc- cupied schoolroom there were only eighty micro-organisms to the liter !” Did you ever, in all your life, hear such nonsense? Anybody who has ever had anything to do with chores on a farm knows that it’s no fun to get up before sunrise and, after foddering the stock, spend an hour or two cleaning the stables. About the time the boy gets around to that part of his task, he begins to think how warm it is by the kitchen stove, and, if he is at all as I used to be, he manages to get there pretty soon after he is through milking the last cow. It seemed all right enough then, and I suppose it seems all right enough to the farm boy now. You should have seen Science shake her wise old head in my stable, the other day. One would have thought that the most grievous sin had been committed, because I hadn’t mopped the stall floor! The fact is that the barn milking throughout the country isn’t any- where near what it should be. Pasture milking is bad enough, but the barn—oh, well, let’s come right down to facts. Science, immediately after milking, has found ten bacteria in one ecubie centi- meter of milk. After half an hour there are eighty-eight, and in two hours, 1,530. Immediately after milking in the barn, there are 106 bacteria, which, in half an hour, become 980, and in two hours, 3,655, from which it is easy to infer that, if that milk isn’t taken care of soon, the bacteria will take the bits in their teeth and run away with the pail! If you’ll believe it, one man has found from 60,- 000 to 100,000 bacteria in one cubic centi- meter of milk fresh from the cow, and another man found, in milk from a filthy stable, between 670,000 and 780,000 bac- teria in the same amount; and, just to show what kind of stable cleaners the milkmen of Boston are, let me say that milk sold in that city contained from 1,438,000 to 4,577,000 bacteria in a cubic centimeter. Doesn’t seem as if there was enough milk for ’em to float in, does it? Of course, this is an underhanded way of saying that the milk producers don’t clean their stables; and so it is a dig at the farmer for not spending the most of his time fussing around the barn and with his stock. There is such a thing as knowing too much; but we can give Mrs. Seience one good pointer, and that is that, if she has the slightest hope of scaring the farmers into cleaning their stables, when the mercury is below zero, she is going to miss her guess by several long miles. Still will the hay be thrown at the hungry cow; still will the un- bedded milk-yielder, dripping with filth, pound the pail with white streams of bacteria, and, when Science expostulates and urges cleanliness, even in winter, in whatever pertains to the dairy, the farm- er will answer with temper: ‘‘Fust it’s ’marg’rin’ an’ nen it’s bacteery, but, for all uv both on ’em, I’m agoin’ t’ clean my Stables jus’ when I dumb please !” NO. 597 One would suppose that the matter would stop here but it doesn’t. After the stable has been taken good care of, then the one who cares for the milk is even requested to wash his hands and face and to be careful always to have on clean clothes. When all these things have been duly observed, the butter-eat- ing and the milk-drinking world will consume a healthier article and Science, with a complacent smile, will lay back on her oars and conclude that some use in the world after all. * bi + When thou stubbest thy business toe against a snag, sit not down to nurse thy bruised member, for close behind thee is a better man than thou who seeketh the dollar that thou pursuest. Whilst thou art binding up thy toe, lo he hath collared the dollar—Bulletin of Trade. The sentiment is all right; the idea is as pointed as a tack, and, nine times out of ten, the man that stops to put a rag on the bruised member shows that he is overcome by trifles; but, for all that, 1 have my eye on that tenth time, and, un- der the circumstances, the better man may have the dollar which I was after and I'll take care of my toe. she is of The figure is a familiar one and brings up recollections not wholly pleasing. I had been off that afternoon and the gath- ering shadows of the summer twilight had found me far from home. The cows were to be brought home and milked, and those thousand and one chores were to be done which the boy only on a farm is expected todo. The fear of reproof gave wings to my tired bare feet and across lots to the pasture I went as fast as those fear-winged feet could carry me. Down clanged the bars and, putting them up, away I flew, calling the cows as I ran, when, stubbing my toe—it was my business toe—against a stone which the darkness covered, I roiled over and over with that bruised and bleeding member and howling with agony. I did not go any farther after the cows. A better man than [ might get them if he would, but, for myself, that toe at that moment was worth more to me than all the cows and all the dollars they were worth put together. Mind, I do not say that the dollar is not worth the getting, but that there are times when a dollar cuts but a miserable figure in the world—even in the business world—and sinks into utter insignificance when compared with an in- jured toe. There is another idea inthe item which I might enlarge upon, and that is the great fear lest the other fellow get the dollar. If there is any comfort for me in getting the money because the other man was after it, I guess it was a good thing that I did stub my toe. That sort of disposition will get a setback—and ought to—sooner or later, and it had bet- ter come now tban later; and, while I am binding up my poor, bruised and ach- ing toe, let us hope that the pain and the loss of the dollar may give a turn to my dog-in-the-manger spirit and lead me to believe that the money, while a good thing to have, isn’t always the best thing 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. to have—certainly not the best for me, if , that the man who has asked the question I am making it the end and aim of life | at the head of this article is lazy and dis- instead of the means. 1 am not of the | | hour work-day, I say it with a distinct same mind of the farmer who, having | honest, and that he is doing his level bought a pair of shoes, decided to carry | them home. On the way ‘he stubbed his | toe, taking the nail completely off. “Gosh!” he exclaimed, when the pain had somewhat subsided; ‘‘what a lick that would have been for the shoes !”’ * * * The Typographical Journal makes the enquiry, ‘*‘Do you favor a shorter-hour work-day?’’ Yes, I do; and I’ve been favoring it ever since, years ago, 1 was set to work picking stones, in the north lot, one chilly, wet April day. There is nothing hard about picking stones—all one has to do is to begin in one corner of the lot‘and throw the stones ivto a cart. Then, when the eart is full, the hired man comes with oxen and hauls the stones to a big hole, where they are dumped and buried. It didn’t take two minutes to learn. After 1 was fairly started, I was left alone in that ten acre lot with considerable of a job on my hands. I started in about 7o’clock. For two hours or more I considered myself tough enough not to wear gloves. By that time the blood was oozing through the flesh and I had to go to the house for mittens. I had considerable to say about my back, but, comfortable as it was in that warm cozy corner of the kitchen, this luckless wight had to go back to his stone picking. Later on in that same season a hoe was put into my hands. It Was one morning about 5 o’clock, after I had milked, driven the cows to pasture, fed the pigs, filled the woodbox and the water-pails and had done all the rest of the chores. I made that hoe fly until noon; then, after the noon chores, I took my hoe and worked until sunset. About 5 o’clock I began to watch the sun. It did seem to me that Joshua was again on earth and had again eommanded the luminary to stand still. It did go down at last, but when, tired and dust covered, I left that cornfield, the old thought that eame to me when I was picking stones came back to me then, and I made up my mind that, if the time ever came when 1 could have my say about working hours, I would always insist on a short-hour work-day. As I have said, that was a good many years ago. The old farm passed into other hands and I left it with the short- hour work-day idea firmly fixed in my mind. I took it with me to school: I carried it to college; I have hammered away at it ever since, but, in spite of favor, and in spite of every effort I have made in that direction, I have, to my ut- ter disgust, seen the hours of my work- ingday lengthen, and with no prospect of its ever being anything else—so much so that now, when I look across the years to the old farm with its stone pieking and its corn hoeing, I sigh for the good old time when the setting sun ended the day’s work and [ had a few hours to call my own: and the only comfort I can get out of the long hours of work is the con- sciousness that I have more than earned the wage-money that is not always ready for me when the day’s work is done. So, then, when I say I favor a shorter- idea, gained by bitter experience, of what a full day of hard manual work means, and what a full day of hard mental work means, and I have said it because it will give force to what 1 believe is a fact, | best to make workingmen discontented | and Jazy and dishonest. The man who sets type, the man who hoes corn, the man who writes sermons—all do that work according to contract, stated or im- plied—so much money for so much work. They agree as to terms and, when every- thing is satisfactorily settled, they at once begin to complain that they are giv- ing more than they are receiving. Ten hours a day are altogether too many for the money. Why not call it nine or, better still, eight? Now, eight hours make a good day’s work; a man can do that and not wear himself all out, and, besides, he will do as much in the eight hours as he willin ten. Then, too, a man wants a little time to improve his mind; it isn’t right to work until he is all tired out and can do nothing but go home and go to bed. He wants to read, to study, he wants time in which to reflect and so be- come a better citizen, together with a dozen or more other wants, the last of which is the only true one—the sum- ming up and the simmering down of them all—to get ten hours’ pay for eight hours’ work! Now, the questioner knows that just as well as 1 do; and so I repeat he is lazy and dishonest, and, if he can only create discontent among men who want to work, he considers himself a leader and is ready to take a position as such where there is something of a salary— with little or nothing to do, except to de- plore the fact that a man can’t get up a strike without being dumped into jail or, worse than all, bringing up plump against a United States bayonet !, So, then, while favoring the short-hour idea, I know it is something I shall never get. I know that, while a limit of labor ean be fixed, the real workman never knows when the limit has been reached. I picked stones, I hoed corn and **T who have toiled with book and pen So long among my fellow men” know that brain and hand, when they are in earnest, never work by the clock. The idea that halts at dinner-time is only a dinner-time idea. The dinner may not be a very good one, but it will be better than the workman who stands with his hat and coat on, waiting for that slowly moving minute-hand to shake with the hour-hand at exactly 12 o’clock. It may, indeed, represent the setting of so much type and the hoeing of so many hills of corn; but the unread proof-sheet in the one case and the uncut weeds in the other show how far off are thought and interest in the work, and that the quality would remain the same if the working hours should be reduced from ten to eight. I wish this idea of quality could be oftener entertained by the men who work for wages, for, °until that time comes, the element that clamors for shorter hours will never understand why it is that ten hours for one man are not the same as ten hours for another man. They cap make out to see that a watch has too fine works for a blacksmith to handle, but, when it comes to their own daily work, he who ‘‘puts in’’ ten hours should have the same pay as another man who works the same time, they de- elare. There is a printing house which 1 have in mind where a young man of 18 | does more and far better work, | Same time, than the man at his side older in the by a dozen years. They are paid the OANDIéS, FRUITS and NUTS The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Standard. _ ........ 5 i cn... 6 7 - om... : 6 7 Boston Cream............ 8% Ca fon... _..... . s comn 8......: .... ) MIXED CANDY. 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Besides this, more than one hundred thousand housewives unite in saying that it is so far superior to other cook stoves and ranges they have used that their cooking by its use is made a positive pleasure. The Steel Range Majestic is backed by the strongest and mo03tswee ing guar- antee ever made upon any commercial artiele. MAJKSTIC | STEEL RANGE j 100 Oi housewives pronounce it the greatest i cooking range. 1399) fire linings guar anteed for five years against burning; other parts for twenty five years against breaking. Descriptive couk book 2 Cents, MAJESTIC MFG CO), St. Louis, Mo. COMMENTS OF THE TRADE. Five Testimonials Selected From More Than a Hundred ° The Majestic Stee! Rangeis the finest article | of merchandise to se 1 that I have handled in 30 | ye rs that | have been ip the hardware business | Of all the ranges we have s.ld there is p sitive- ly notene but what is giving perfect satisfac- tion Our dealings with the M jestic Manufae } turing ©ompany, which have been more exten- {sive than we bud expected by a large degree, | have been the most pleasant and satisfac tory in ; every way that we could desire They are hon- | orable business men inevery respect und it is notonly profitable bula pleasure to do business with them. FRANK H GRAVES, Manager Stove Department, i Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. | Before accepting the Majestic agency we in- | vestigated the merits of this range thoroughly. | We expected great things of it from what we | beard from others, bit I must say in justice to ; the Majestic that eve-y expectation has been | more th n realized There »re other good steel | ranges, but we believe that the Majestic is with outa fault, as far as the ability of man can make it, and compared to other steel ranges it is perfection initself. The method employed by | the Majestic Manufacturing Co. in introducing | this range to the public is the most original and effective I have ever seen in business, Our ex | perience with the company has been very pleas- antindeed and it has beena positive pleasure, | as well as a benefit, to do business with so large ; and well eae ted a firm. | WILLIAM es Sec’y, Saginaw Hardware Uo., Saginaw, W.S., Mich. | Onr recent experience in selling the gee | ful Majestic steel Range has been most pleas- jant and pr. fitable to us. Mechanically and |} scientifically the range is the cookiug apparatus par excellence. There can be no economy in the household without a Mujectic Steel Range | upon w hich to do cooking and water heating. EBERBjiCH HARDWARE CO, Foster, Stevens & Anp Arbor, Mich. The experience of a lifetime in the general hardware busiuess has yet to show mea Cooking |ranze that can be compared with the Steel Range Majestic. We sold alarge number dur- ing the exhibit, and since then our patrons | unite in praise of it. H. Ss. ME >»sINGER, Pontiac. Mich. | Itis simply absurd to compare any other cook- ing s tove or cuoking range that we have sold in | our experien’e in the cook stove business with | the Majestic in economy of fuel and facility and despajch in properly leppard food for the table. DUNNING BROS, Menominee, Mich, The opinions of the above merchants, who have given alifetime to the stove business, are above criticism and concelu- sively prove beyond a doubt that the Majestic is in every particular all that is claimed for it. For further particulars address J. W. JOHNSTON, Manager, Grand Rapids, Mich. Ss RT REI i ata THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 3 same price, and nothing would so soon bring on a cyclone in that printing office as would the paying of those men accord- ing to the quality of their work. This, too, is the hinge upon which swings much of the union idea of justice. One man is just as good as another man, and the one man’s work is just as good as the other man’s work, and Tom’s twenty cents an hour is, and, by right, ought to be, the price for John’s work— stupid, careless, lazy John, with no more possibility of skill than there is desire on his part to acquire any. What would be fairer than to pay Tom what is justly his? And what is worse for John than to be kept in a position he can never fill, and to receive for his clumsy, slovenly work the price which only the best work- manship can command. This, however, is what the union exacts. ‘'Man’s brotherhood to man” is so strong in the union as to insist on paying brother Peter what brother Paul’s industry and skill have earned, a rule which would be followed no longer than one can hold a red-hot poker in his hand, if both work- men were not paid by somebody else, that somebody being always in the mind of the unionist—that tyrant, Capital! He foots the bills, so everything that can be wrested from him by fair means or foul must be got away from him. ‘There is no place in the world so good for a boil as some other fellow’s arm, and, with the inflamed tumor located there, anything and everything that can be done to in- crease the inflammation is looked upon as legitimate torture. Will 1 be kind enough to show what all this has to do with the question? 1 will, my brother. The question and the evils which I have mentioned—including the boil—are one. Modern life, like Job, is breaking out with boils and to cure this dreadful condition of the blood unionism steps in and, like the quack he is, pro- poses to cure one insignificant little boil by killing the man! And he “lays the flattering unction to his soul’ that the whole of the medical fraternity will stand calmly by and let the killing go on without so much as a protest. So, then, when I am asked if I favor ashorter-hour work-day, I say, ‘‘Yes;’’ but I don’t ex- pect to ever getit, any more than I ex- pect that a thick-headed, double fisted Jap is to come into my office and tell me that I must pay ten hours’ wages for eight hours’ work. 2IcHARD MALcom STRONG. Commercial Aspect of the Bicycle. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Although the price of bicycles has been reduced from year to year, as the improved machinery introduced made it possible to make a wheel for less money, the present prices are not in- dicative of the real value of a bicycle. The amount of competition encountered has a good deal to do with the price adopted for each ensuing season, ‘and of late years price cutting has, also, been indulged in very generally all over the country. Recently there has been organized a National Cycle Board of Trade for the purpose of controlling the trade more uniformly than it has been heretofore done. So far no radical steps have been taken. If the Board had de- cided to maintain last year’s list and all members had adhered to the action, the manufacturers would have all made a much larger profit on the season’s business; especially the larger ones. The lowering of the price to $100 will not result in a great many more wheels being sold than would have been the case had the old price been maintained. Last season there were wheels in the | market at all prices, from $40 to $125. | The great increase in the sales was not | due to the sport which the buyers ex- | pected to derive from the possession of |a wheel, but because a wheel is begin- ning to be considered a necessity in al- | most all the walks of life. Consequent- lly, when making purchases, the major- | ity of the new riders considered the | cheaper wheels as plenty good enough for their use around the city, and let the higher priced ones alone. This year the great increase will be in the same line—cheap wheels. Except to the vet- eran wheelman, who has ridden high grade bicycles and paid high prices for them so long that the only idea con- veyed to him by the figures “$100 is the form they take in print, the amount they represent is considered quite a large sum to pay out for such a ma- chine. The sale of the best kinds will, undoubtedly, increase enormously, but the buyers will be largely composed of “oraduates” from ‘the riders of cheaper wheels and of old wheelmen who change their mount every spring, no matter what the price. To these the $125 price would not stand as a barrier to pur- chasing the best, and the increase would remain with the low grade, as at present. The real value is determined by the amount which could be asked and received for a wheel without re-~ ducing the sales in quantity. A man who has once become thoroughly ac- customed to the use of a bicycle will accept no other kind of locomotion un- less it is absolutely necessary. This familiarity cannot be developed in one season’s riding, nor two. At the end of his first season the novice generally thinks he is a pastmaster in the art. His improvement tthe next two years will convince him of his error. Thus cycling rarely loses a convert, and the business of the dealer increases in vol- ume and lucrativeness with each pass- ing summer. In the large cities and, generally in the smaller ones also, it is no uncommon thing to sell bicycles the whole year around. Riders who use their wheels accessory to their work or in going to and from their work, ac- custom themselves to riding in the winter time. The small army of winter riders is increased each year, and win- ter riding creates a demand for wheels the year round. Second-hand wheels will be accumu- lated rapidly in the spring by an un- wary dealer. He is so anxious to sell a new model that he often allows a price for an old wheel, taken in ex- change, which is far in excess of what he can sell it for. Doing this often takes nearly all the profit off the sale of the new one. It is better to set a low price upon a second-hand wheel and get rid of it at once than to keep it, even a couple of months. ‘This, if borne in mind, will help swell the profit of a small business perceptibly in a season. The styles are constantly changing; in fact, they change so often that some riders change mounts twice a season in order to have the latest. A brand new wheel which was sold at $150 in 1891 was recently offered in Grand Rapids for $45. This is but one illustration of the changes which keep the old riders continually buying new wheels and, by making the art of rid- ing easier every year (thus making it possible to use the wheel in so many ways), induce such large accessions to the ranks of new riders. The manufac~ turers keep ‘thefr wits constantly at work devising improvements calculated to this end. MORRIS J. WHITE. 2 —_— Most of the whalebone cutting of this country is done in New York, though most of the whalebone is landed in San Francisco. The latter city proposes to engage in the cutting business and run New York out of it. Talk is not cheap. Congress costs the taxpayers millions of dollars, and they get talk for their money. Fancy Washington Navels. The only seedless orange having thin skin and with xcrisp, tender pulp fairly bursting with juice. We have them in all sizes. The Putnam Candy Co. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO., 5 and 7 Pearl St., Our Line for 1895 is Greater in variety and finer than ever attempted before. Every one of the old Favorites have been retained. Your inspection is kindly solicited when in the city. Our representatives will call on you early and will gladly show you through. Keep your eye on our Oil Grain line in ‘‘Black Bottoms.”’ Headquarters for Wales-Goodyear {ubbers. Established 1865. Manufacturers of LD lee ti ce BROWN, HALL & CO., Buegies, Sleighs and “wagons. Grand Rapids, Mich, The Grocers’ Safety--Made in Two Sizes Only. Body, 7 ft. long, 36in. wide, drop tail gate ee #40 00 Body, 9% ft. long, 36 in. wide, droptailgate ... . a ic. __.. 48 @ FULLY WARRANTED, The following Grand Rapids Jobbers endorse and sell Swift’s Cotosue It is a shortening which wins trade and keeps it It isa shortening which people never bandon after they once try a pail of it. It is the best shortening that the world ever knew. You Ought to Sell It. Olney & Judson Grocer Co., Worden Grocer Co., I. M. Clark Grocery Co.. Lemon & Wheeler Co., Ball Barnhart-Putman Co., Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. Musselman Grocer Co., Made only by Swift and Company, Chicago. Use Yradesman's Wants Column They Return Excellent Results THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AROUND THE STATE. MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Hudson—RKorick & Cuoviey succecu LC. F. Kest in the meat business. Saginaw—J. Altman has purchased the bazaar stock of H. Goidsmith. Detroit—Perry Hibbard succeeds J. B. Morris & Co. in the drug business. Westwood—Jones & Rainbow succeed B. A. Jones in the sawmill business. Jasper—Perdue & Patterson M. W. Perdue in the grocery business. Muskegon—W. G. Smith has purchased the grocery business of E. A. Williams. Davisburg—Burnaby & Benton suc- succeed ceed J. S. Burnaby in the grocery busi- ness. Tecumseh—MecClure Bros., grocers, have dissolved, Henry W. McClure suc- ceeding. Coleman—J. H. Dinwoodie is_ suc- ceeded by F. A. Niggeman in the jewelry business. Traverse City—T. D. McManus & Co. A. MeManus in notion succeed J. the business. Muir—J. O. basco & Greenwood in business. Saginaw—Tuomey & Co. their dry goods stock from this place. Iron Mountain—W. H. purchased the meat business Friedrick. Dimondale—F. G. Pray Windsor Co-operative Association in gen- eral trade. Traverse City—K. W. Solheim has re- stock from Muskegon Probasco sueceeds Pro- | the hardware have removed Jackson to | Hancock has of John succeeds the moved his grocery to this place. Detroit—Jacob Berlin is succeeded by the Detroit Cap Manufacturing Co., not ineorporated. Houghton—Ruh! & Barry, druggists, have dissolved, Ben T. Barry continuing the business. Stockbridge—Collins & Nott succeed | W. H. Collins in the agricultural imple- ment business. Lansing—C. J. Rouser succeeds Rouser & Conklin in the drug, stationery and notion business. Port Huron—Hope & Marx, butchers, have Henry F. Marx continu- ing the business. Lake Odessa—Fowler ware dealers, dissolved, Kart succeeding. Hart—A. D. Rankin has sold his inter- est in the grocery firm of Sanford & Rankin to B. F. Waller. Detroit—Daniel H. Huyek Huyck & McFall ifi the grocery and ship building supply business. Saginaw—J. M. Drysdale & Co. eeed J. M. Drysdale in the wholesale fruit and produce business. Kalamazoo—Peck & Brown have pur- chased the grocery business of Parke L. Burdick at 516 Potter street. Hudson—Geo. B. Bond and H. E. Loyster have embarked in the produce and cold storage business under the style of Bond & Co. Hopkins Station—S. B. Lovall, for- merly engaged in the furniture, under- taking and harness business, offers to settle with his creditors at 25 cents on the dollar. Manton—Dennis Bros. have sold their general stock to Frank Smith, general dealer at Leroy, who wil! hereafter con- duct both stores, dividing his time be- tween the two places. dissolved, & Kart, hard- have Lapo & sueceeds suc- as | Fellman, |Snedicor & Hathaway, Detroit—Walters, Krausman & Kuhn, | i who conduct a dry goods store at 86 and | 88 Gratiot avenue. contemplate adding a | Chas. Jeorges in the cigar manufacturing shuec uct Meat Mo. Waiters was Cur ate in ie ees business. New Richmond—C. H. Smeed has sold his real estate and store building to J. E. Lewis and J. A. Lewis, and his general stoek to Jas. E. Lewis, who will continue the business at the same location. Watson—Geo. Townsend, formerly be- hind the counter tor Shepard Bros., at Martin, has removed to this place and opened a general store, occupying the building formerly used by A. C. Fassett. Big Rapids—Al. E. Wells has uttered three mortgages on his hardware stock— $2,000 in favor of W. E. Overton, $2,217.05 in favor of Buhl, Sons & Co. and $800 to the Big Rapids Door and Blind Manufacturing Co. Detroit—J. W. Eisman, formerly of Kisman & May, and lately in charge of the iadies’ shoe department of Mabley & Co., will join forces with the energetic shoeman, F. J. Fellman, as Eisman & at the corner of Gratiot and Mullett streets, on March 2 Detroit—It is reported, on what ap- | pears to be good authority, that a new house the will shortly be insoivent firm of in which Mr. of Ainsworth, Wickenheiser wholesale shoe founded from Ainsworth, | & Co., of Toledo, and Mr. Snedicor, of the old firm, will be associated. Kalamazoo—The shoe firm of J. C. Bennett & Son has just’ closed an ac- count of twenty-seven years’ standing with a Chicago wholesale firm who have recently closed out their business |through the death of the head of the firm. The account in that time amounted to some $85,000 and during that long period there was never a disagreement between the firms. Jackson—An intense feeling of antag- onism to the pure food bill now before the Legislature exists among business men of this city generally. The Patriot recently published a number of inter- views with druggists and others, in which every oue of them expressed un- qualified opposition to the measure. The consensus of opinion appears to be that the benefits to be derived from such action would be of doubtfui character. Flint—The sale of the assets of the Swinton-Reynolds Co. was stopped by an injunction issued by the Circuit Court, pending the application of local creditors for the appointment of a re- ceiver. The members of the firm are O. J. Hamilton, H. D. Nye and Charles F. Vincent, of Flint, and David Swinton, George A. Reynoids and Wm. F. Cooper, of Saginaw, with a majority of the stock controlled by the Saginaw end of the firm. The Flint end claims that the Sag- inaw store used the Flint branch as a dumping ground for unsalable goods. Detroit—The Golden Eagle Clothing Co. has filed what purports to be arti- cles of association in the county clerk’s office. It is stated that the concern has $12,500 in stock and that the shares are held as follows: Abraham E. Rosen- garten, George E. Friedman, 100: Adolph Schlessinger, 25; Samuel Rosen- garten, 1,000, and Sol D. Oppenheimer, 100. The articles do not conform to the law because of the omission of the term for which the alleged company was in- corporated, and for the reason that no date is given when they are to go into effect. 25; ey ae ee ee eee MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Escanaba—Jeorges & Jensen succeed i -t 3c *. Kent euet J. Side bas puiciased au shingle mill outfit and will soon begin the manufacture of sawed shingles. Kalamazoo — The Kalamazoo Chair Works, not incorporated, ceeded by the Kalamazoo Reed Chair Works, incorporated. Marquette—Cyrille Doucette is putting 1,500,000 feet of very fine logs into the Au Train river. These have been pur- chased by George L. Burtis and will be towed to the mill here. Marquette—J. Connolly is getting out board timber near Shingleton and has sold the logs, which amount to about 1,000,000 feet, to the Dead River Mill Co., to come to this city by rail. Saginaw—The Britton-Barber Hoop Co. has contracted its entire cut of hoops for the season. The company will also en- gage extensively in the manufacture of oars, ali of which have veen sold under contract. Saginaw—Arthur Simpson, who re- cently purchased the Wiggins sawmill, will secure a stock of logs and operate it the ensuing season. It was leased two years ago by W. H. Cambrey, but did not run last season. ——— < + ~> The Druggist’s Lament. MENOMINEE, Feb. 21—This is the win- ter of our discontent. The logger log- geth and the hustler hustleth, while the family hath not the shekels wherewith to buy bread. The doctor sharpeneth his lead pencil and scribbleth a prescription which the patient carrieth in his vest pocket and putteth off until to-morrow the filling thereof and grinneth and beareth his pain and lieth to the doctor on his return, whereupon the doctor curseth the drug- gist, and the patient recovereth his health. No one darkeneth the door of the pharmacy but the bank collector, the postage stamp fiend and the kid who beg- geth the calendar. The*’druggist spendeth his last nickel for stamps and half of his time answer- ing letters which readeth **Please remit.” He pleadeth extension of time on 60 day accounts 120 days past due, and beggeth the jobber to remember the sign stuck up at the cowboy dances: ‘Don’t shoot the fiddler; he is playing as well as he ean.” To which the jobber replyeth without sympathy, ‘‘Cash up or orders de- clined.’’ Wherefore we humbly beg all our old patrons and many new ones to pass by the druggist who waxeth fat and bring their quarters to us, for which we will give them two measures of drugs and faithful service with many thanks. Heretofore we beggeth not either by mouth or through the papers, nor by the hire of the doctors tooteth our horn for a per cent. on his prescriptions, but have silently, by faithful service, tried to prove our worth. Harketh now to our discontent, and if we have friends in the city let them stand by us and spend their shekels on our counter, that we may keep out of the soup and be here to freeze ice cream when summer comes. F. HIBBARD. Lard Prices Melted To nearly out of sight and immense quantities are changing hands at the shipping rooms of the Western Beef and i - Provision Company. a a a After a careful test of the pressure of the gas wells of Indiana, it has been con- cluded that they will last for ten years longer. Reed is suc- —_—_———_ No drugs, Five. a healthy smoke, Signal a et Use Tradesman Coupon Books. PRODUCE MARKET. $2.50 per bbl., Baldwinsand Spys 8&8 and extra choice winter >t per bd] Beans —the inarket contfnues to strengthen; large handlers paying $1.60 for clean, hand- picked stock and holding at $1.7 in carlots and $1.80 in smaller quantities. Butter—Roll is dull and, unless especially at- tractive, slow sale at any price. cream- eries and dairies are selling relatively low for midwinter and ordinary stock of every de- scription neglected. Roll butter should not be shipped in pine boxes. These will give a flavor to the butter while barrels are too large and not New tubs, hardwood boxes or half barrels are the most desirable. Each roll should be separately placed in a piece of new muslin which has been washed in warm water starch and thoroughly wet in Apples—Russets command varicties $3.70 Choice easily handled. to remove the good brine. Celery—Scarce and hard to get. Dealers find it next toimpossible to secure anywhere near enough stock to meet their orders. The quality is very inferior, but hovers around 30c per doz. Cranberries—@4 per crate. Eggs—Western speculators are contracting to deliver fresh stock in New York around 12¢ per doz. during April. These eggs are to be shipped largely from such states as Indiana, Hlinois, Qhio and Missouri, and, considering the dis- tance, the price is low. Locally, the present price for strictly fresh is about 22c, with strong probability of very much lower quotations in the course of a week, Lettuce—15e per Ib. Onions—All varieties bring 6)@65c per bu., except Spanish, which command 9c per box. Parsnips—35c per bu. Potatoes—The warmer weather has increased the amount of stock moving and the price dropped a peg, preferred varieties commanding 50@5d5e per bu. Radishes—Hot house stock commands 30¢ per doz. bunches, Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys command $3 per bbl Squash—Hubbard brings 1%c per Ib., if the quality is up to standard, Poor stock sells at 4% @ic. has PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provisinn Co quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS, te 10 %5 ee ee ot 11 00 xtra clear pig, short cut............. : 14 00 Bxtee chow, Meeyy...................... eee, Pee Oe. 12 2 Boston Clear, Sort Gas.................. 12 50 Clear back, shortcut..... Looe 12 50 Standard clear. short cut, best.. 12 75 SAUSAGE, ee i ee ae. 7. ak 5 eer 6 ee 8% Blood . . . 6 Head SEE oe 6 a 10 Pe a 7% LARD. ae eee... 1% ee 7 ee 5% ees. eee 5% eros... . ... -. O06 Ce Se ae 6% 0 lb, Tins, 4C advance, O lb. pails, we 50 Ib. %C r o-. * me re om ~ te . BEEF IN BARRELS, Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............. . 6 50 Extra Mess, Chicago packing............... 6 15 momciows, romp EU................ 2s ee 9 25 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average ae a 9% . e Reeees.............., . icnic . ‘ ee " est boneless... Shoulders.. ee oe Breakfast Bacon boneless.........--.-..--.-- 2% Dried beef, ham prices........ beece es DRY SALT MEATS. Long Clears, heavy.. eee ed ee ae | ee, ee 6% PICKLED PI@s’ FEET. ee Weer... 3 25 Mr ORTIONE. co ee eee ae 1% LL eertsccess 90 TRIPE. Bie, oereieeD.....-.. |... 75 Ries, eee ....... .......-...... 5 —. BUTTERINE. Creamery, “08... .....,.......-.... 16 ve ete... ee ’ Deiry. roue...... <......_....,........... ’ ee ee “10% Vf grav! oe TU te OT beac Ne RY i ase ap |e PATEN TE Sra sion”, TRADESMAN aD. NY. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. alias 4ny atte ee &- es THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Andrew Coons has opened a grocery store at Morley. The stock was furnished by the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. G. J. Shrouder has taken the manage- ment of Dr. Chas. H. White’s drug store, at the corner of Hall and South Division streets. Geo. W. Eby, grocer at the eorner of Madison avenue and Hall street, ing out his stock, preparatory to retiring from business. is clos- The Michigan Wali Plaster Co., located on the L. S. & M. S. Railroad, between Shawmut avenue and West Fulton street, has sold out to the Diamond Wall Plas- ter Co. a. 2. Seca. whose stock and store building were recently destroyed by fire, has re-engaged in the grocery business at Luther. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. H. A. Bean, Thos. Watson ana J. Dock sey have formed a copartnership under the style of Dueksey, Bean & Watson for the purpose of embarking in the dry goods business at 8 East Main street, Battle Creek. All are former clerks in the employ of the Boston Store. Vigorous protests have come from various parts of the city over the pro- posed action of the Retail Grocers’ Asso- ciation in changing its time of meeting from Monday to Wednesday evenings, due to the fact that a considerable num- ber of suburban grocers still keep their places of business open Wednesday even- ings. The Secretary’ has, therefore, been instructed to ascertain what even- ing in the week would be most con- venient for the majority of the members. So far as heard from Tuesday evening appears to be the preference. ————_—~_- The Hardware Market. General trade has been but fair. The very severe weather which has prevailed almost continually during the month of February has had a very serious effect upon business. For days at a time it has been impossible for the country buyer to get in or out of town and the snow has very greatly interfered with the agents of jobbing houses making any kind of time. It is to be hoped the trouble is nearly over. But little change has taken place in most lines of hard- ware, and while many manufacturers are waiting an opportunity to make some advance in prices, the extreme dull period has prevented their doing so. While the severe weather has been the main reason, the indifference of our leg- islators at Washington to the best busi- ness interests of the country bas had more or less to do with it. Barbed Wire—Iuquiry of manufac- turers shows that more orders for spring shipments have been entered than for several years and they are firmly main- taining the advance they made in Jan- uary. Some jobbers are still naming lower figures for direct shipment than they could replace the wire for if they were obliged to rebuy. Itis anticipated that with March firmness will prevail everywhere. We quote, for mill ship- ment, $1.60@1.55 for painted, $2@1.95 for galvanized. Wire Nails—Are also very firm with all the makers. Upon inquiry we find the mills are firm at 95c@$1 at mill, while these prices are shaded by jobbers who have unfilled contracts. With the coming of spring we look for $1 as being the bottom mill price. From stock job- bers are quoting $1.20@1.15. Bolts—A revised list has been adopted on carriage and machine bolts, as well as a new discount, which shows a slight ad- vance. We quote from new list: Car- riage bolts, 70 ~per cent. dis.; machine bolts, 70 and 10 per cent. dis.; coach screws, 75 and 10 per cent. dis. Window Glass—A determined effort is on foot to advance the price of this ar- ticle. The present discount means a loss to the maker and some glass fac- tories have closed down. Prices are be- ing withdrawn by those still running. Two meetings have already been held and another one is called for the first ‘March. Nothing definite has yet been decided upon. - ~~ The Grocery Market. Sugar—Thbe market is steady at the present range of values and a small ad- vance is not unexpected by some auth- orities, who are fortifying their belief by increasing their stocks. Indications lead to the opinion that the Trust and independent refiners are getting together, so far as uniform prices are concerned, and the adjournment of Congress may be celebrated by a considerable enhance- week in mentin values. Canned Goods—Decidedly stronger, owing to increased demand, resulting, in most lines, in enhanced values. Bananas—The few bright days we have just had will be the means of creat- ing a demand and the fruit will soon be- gin to move quite freely. Oranges—Are moving readily, now that the weather has moderated so it is safe to ship out. During the severe cold spell outside dealers became pretty well sold out and, consequently, were ready to buy. California fruit is in good con- dition and reasonably cheap. The navels are. the finest for table use, although seedlings are fully up to standard for this time of the season and sell freely on account of being the lowest in price. The Sicily fruit rules low, but no great amount of it has reached this market up to the present. Through freight rates from the cuast have been advanced and it is not probable that prices for the best grades of sound fruit will go much below present quotations. , Lemons—The demand is good, consid- ering the season of the year, and prices are commensurate with the quality and condition. Some of the fruit which came through during the stormy weather shows some signs of having been touched by the frost just a trifle, but not enough to make a stir about or to cause a loss. Dates and Figs—Move in common with the other staple items and the selling prices have varied but a trifle during the past two weeks. Local dealers have a geod supply of the different marks and grades, excepting so-called pulled figs, which item they have closed out. me 8 Twelve Delivery Wagons Running from the Western Beef and Provision Co.’s establishment during the last few days were necessary to properly deliver the goods ordered at their counter and by mail, telegraph and telephone. Startling prices judiciously advertised are making a big success of the biggest | sale of meats ever Known in Michigan. a a All are trying to match Gillies’ York Coffees. They are fine. J. New rE. _ Visner, Agt. The Grain Market. The wheat market has been devoid of any new feature during the week. While | French crop reports were of a bearish na- | ture, Argentine wheat was offered at six- | pence less, which offset the unfavorable French crop reports. Traders in this country are waiting to see how the win- | ter wheat will come on, and at present | writing we see no disturbing element, 2 s| the plant is well covered and has stood | the winter so far. Though the acreage | is less, the good stand may make up for | the seein in acreage. While walens | remain firm for the season in this State, | there seem to be more buyers than sellers | at present. The large visible will not decrease much this week, owing to the small exports—something less than 2,000,000 bushels; therefore, the decrease will not be as heavy as last week. Corn has sagged some and the supply is fully up to the demand. Oats remain generally firm, while the supply for them is large; but they seem to be absorbed as fast as offered. have been: wheat, 47 cars; oats, 80 cars; corn, 50 cars—an unusually large amount of corn. Cc. G. A. Vorer. Ee Purely Personal. J. Wisler, senier member of the gro- cery firm of Wisler & Co., one of the pioneer institutions of Mancelona, was in town one day last week. D. J. Sluyter, formerly in charge of the clothing store of Jonkman & Dykema, at Saugatuck, will be found behind the counter for Appel Bros., the new Monrce street clothiers. Gaius W. Perkins and Chas. F. kins, respectively President and Secre- tary of the.Grand Rapids Schoo] Furni- ture Co., leave Friday for New York, whence they sail Monday fora tour of the Windward Islands, returning via Cuba and Florida, where Mrs. Perkins and family have been spending the win- ter. Wm. J. Lau, Secretary and Treasurer of the Buckley & Douglas Lumber Co. (Manistee), will shortly sever his con- nection with that corporation. Mr. Lau entered the employ of Buckley & Doug- las in 1880 and, when the business was Per- merged into a stock company, was elected Secretary. In 1887 when the M. & N. E. Railroad was incorporated he was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the company. Both responsible posi- tions he has filled ever since with credit to himself andemployers. Heisaycoung man of integrity will always be found foremost in t:e business cial world, and and locates So- no matter where be GRINGHUIS’ ITEMIZED LEDGERS Size 8 1-2x14—Three Columns. 2 Quires. = pages..... ee ees cece $2 00 2. ah Ct. a 4 520 eee ee 3 00 15 oo ee eee ee ee ee ee el <1... 4 oo a INVOICE RECORD OR BILL BOOK. ' 8») Double Pages, Registers 2,880 invoices. ..82 00 } ¢ | } TRADESMAN COMPANY, Agents, Mich. Receipts in this city during the week | Wants Column. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BU SINESS CHANC ES Ft. SALE“HOTEL AND Ll N¢ oH “COUN ter at railroad j tion; good business good location. Ap ‘ply Lock box 10, Mi Mich. 708 IOR SALE—TABLE FACTORY. LOCATED inalive town of 2,00 inhabitants Plant incluGces boiler engine, kilns, sawmilland nee essary machinery to manufacture tables or other | lines of furniture Town has three railroads, furnishing excellent shipping faci Plant cost #17,0(0 and is well worth $10,000, but will be sola for $5,000, owing to inexperience of owner. Address No.+97, care Mic an Tradesman. 697 Fee SALE OR TRADE—FOR SMALL STOCK of goods—shoe stock preferred—two tracts of: land, one of forty and the othe r ten acres Address Lock Box 984, Big Rani 699 \ TYANTED—TO EXCHANGE I STOCK OF goods, $1,000 stock and $1,000 store build ing at Henrietta. tock comprises groceries, wall paper, aaiie notions; also fixtures Store is 20x70, with .Ux50 addition. Three quar- ters of an acre of lar#i, good barn le trees, well and cistern. Bnildings all new and painted in good shape. Store is one-half from | fashionable summer resort. For particulars ad dress 090, cnre Michigan Tradesm an WASTED—A SPOCK OF MERCHANDISE, well located, in exchange for stock §90 State bank; doing good bt sine 8s, es d dends. H. Hize rote, Lansing, Mick 707 NOR SALE—FIRST-CL a ERY STOCE and fixtures, near! Good loc ation. Good reason for sellin sell will take partner. Address Lock 2, Kalamazoo, Mich. 73 OR SALE—A WELL-‘SELECTED DRUG stock, stationery, shoes, etc, Particular address Box 185, Sunt ' ee q OR SALE—A FBI LASS and implement ae in thr in good farming community. Add ehler, Grand Rapids, Mich FOR SAL E—A STOC K OF HARDWAR E. tinner’s tools, invoicing about #2, sales last year hgh 000. No t.n shox miles. Will sell part or all. Reasons going into manufacturing business. Brown Bros. & Co., Colton, Henry Obio. i WYOR SALE—150 CORDS 18 INCH DRY WOOD on cars here at Mecosta. Will be sold cheap to Close up a business. Make me an offer. J D. Leahy, Mecosta, Mict 70d A GOOD HOME WITH NINE ACRES A choice land to exchange for kK Of gr eceries or general mere li exceed $2,503 Addre aa W. W.. le 706 \ GOOD STORE BI iL DING ANI ) $4,000 af stock general merchar for farm worth #8, dress No, 686. care Michi Y ROCERY STou KF OE SAL XJ about #7,000,in a hu Everything cash. The or mouey last year. Reaso No. (91, care Michigan Trad an WOR SALE—DRUG STOCK, CLEAN fresh, new shelving, counters, show sode fountain and safe, the good business town Will take $4,{ 109, half cash and balance on short tim for particulars, No. 635, care Mich man. GgTOCE OF CLOTHING AND GENTLEMEN’S kK) furnishing goods, to trade for real estate. Address No. 660, ( gan Tradesman. 660 INVOICING town of 8,000, finest 1 YOOD FARM NEAR SFATE CAP J clear title, to exchange for boots a G. W. Watrous, Lansing, Mict iv 7 VOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL RE | estate, write me. I can satisfy you E. Mercer, Rooms } sud 2, Widdicomb buil LE—A SHOE BUSINESS, ‘OR t 1ssme, on one of the princ rand Rapids. New stock bh se t Address No, 624, care Mic nterest ir str ets 1s location Al. Tradesman, MISCELLANEOUS. XHE CITIZENS OF DORRW ILL /PAYA LIB- eral bonus toany party who has a small capitel to invest in a flouring miilat Dorr. For further information write J.C. Neuman, Dorr, Mic h. @93 N EN TO SELL BAKING POWDER TO THE - grocery trade. Steady employment, ex- perience unnecessary %75 monthly salary and expenses or commission. If offer is satisfactory address at once with particulars concerning yourself. U.S. Chemical Works, Chicago, 6/7 JANTED—BUTTEK, EGGS, POULTRY, potatoes, onions, ap les, —«- es, ete. Correspondence solicited. W: ns & Smith, 81-86 South Division St., Grand Re apids, 673 TEARLY NEW BAR-LOCK ‘ °YPEWRITER for sale at a great reduction from cost. Reason for selling, we desire another pattern of same make of machine, which we consider the best on the market. Tradesman Company, oe Louis $t., Grand ee .* * 6 a ave = DAT i 6)% 6 a}. é RB . att Grand Rapids, - - THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Wholesale Trade of Grand Rapids. | In discussing this subject, I realize | the necessity for reliance, to more or less | extent, upon statistical information. 1 appreciate the general indifference and | dislike for statistics. We must grant | there is much defense for the man who said there are three degrees of lies: There are lies, damn lies and statistics. Yet, as Iam compelled to rely upon figures | in the presentation of the jobbing inter- ests of our good city, and, weil ee ! | j | | | they are too frequently glittering gen- eralities, unreliable, even if not gross exaggerations—in fact, the superlative of | the verb to lie—I have endeavored to| gather my facts with such regard for ac- | curacy that they shall be an exact ia ment of our position as the jobbing cen- ter for Western Michigan. My statistics are for 1894. Our job- bing business suffered, as did all busi- ness, from the effects of the recent panic; | yet these figures support my earlier im- pressions, gathered from frequent visits during the last eighteen months to other jobbing cities, tbat Grand Rapids passed through the ordeal! with nu more, buteven less, loss in volume of trade than the average of the country at large. One conspicuous fact is, there has not been a failure in our wholesale lines in many years. The jobbing trade of Grand Rapids is a business of comparatively recent origin. Careful enquiry shows that a distinctive wholesale business in mer- chandise was not done from this city until 1866, when Messrs. Taylor & Mc- Reynolds organized a wholesale grocery house, although the wholesale business appears ina limited way in connection with retail as early as 1852, developing to a moderate extent, in three years, when our honored citizen, Mr. Thomas S. Freeman, in the winter of 1865, made up atraveling salesman’s grip and ap- peared as the pioneer jobving commercial traveler of Grand Rapids, visiting the then remote hamlets of Big Rapids and Newaygo, gathering by the way such tragg as could be found in the few way- side stores. No business could be done iu the towns on the Lake Shore, for that business was held in the firm grasp of of Chicago; nor could our pioneer com- mercial traveler get any trade from the towns on the Detroit & Milwaukee Rail- road, as that was in the equaliy firm possession of Detroit. Business for Grand Rapids must then be sought from points these large cities did not reach. 1 reeall amusing accounts which Mr. Brace (Phelps, Brace & Co.), W. J. Gould (W. J. Gould & Co.) and Mr. Wheeler (Johnson & Wheeler), all of Detroit, have recently given me of their experiences in this wild country just previous to and during the war. hese merchants, now heads of large and pros- perous establishments, were then either junior members or traveling salesmen for their Detroit firms, and our Mc. Free- man had no easy task to secure a share of the business for his firm, L. H. Ran- dall & Co. The boot and shoe business next ap- pears, in those early days, as having a part in the pioneer wholesale trade, and in that line Mr. L. J. Rindge displayed the energy as a traveling salesman which has siace made his firm second to none in Michigan. From this small origin has grown a jobbing business of large pro- | consideration, | this volume of business has been wrested portions, as the following statement will show: Tae ee ae Re ek ee Number of wholesale houses—54. Different lines represented —26. Capital invested—$/,936,609. Sales for 1834—$11,408,573.14. Number of traveling salesmen—191. Number of other employes directly engaged in the establishments in Grand Rapids and having homes here, 702. These figures are the more worthy of for the reason that all from Chicago merchants on the one side and Detroit on the other; and if any of my readers think that getting business away from Chicago is an easy undertak- ing, [ would suggest he make a personal attempt. No doubt he will then appre- ciate the energy and force of e¢haracter of our wholesale merchants, for these large cities had full possession of the market when Grand Rapids merchants appeared to test their right to the field. Our city was not a distributing point for merchandise, as I have already said, until a very recent date. Other Western cities inaugurated their jobbing busi- | ness at an early day in their career—not so Grand Rapids. This city was ab- sorbed in its furniture manufacturing and great lumbering operations, and its jobbing opportunities were not improved by ourselves until in every line the po- sition was thoroughly occupied by the houses of the larger cities. And what impresses me quite forcibly is that this business is almost entirely the product of Grand Rapids men and Grand Rapids capital. Like its furniture business, the men who developed these interests have been distinctively Grand Rapids men. 1 cannot call to mind a business that has not been the inspiration of home enter- prise developed to the present propor- tions from small concerns. I would not claim that Grand Rapids is the only city possessing this trait, but I do say that it is a distinctive characteristic of Grand Rapids enterprise. It has grown in its mercantile interests, as in its manufac- turing interests, through the ability and indomitable energy of its own sons. Doubtless very few of our citizens real- ize the importance of this Jobbing inter- est to our city, the capital invested, the employment given. We are accustomed to think that our manufacturing repre- sents nearly all of these interests, yet here we have a capital of $3,000,000 in active operation, besides the safe use it furnishes for bankable funds in its dis- counts and mercantile paper. Note the large number of persons finding remu- nerative employment in these establish- ments. How many families, think you, do these 191 traveling salesmen and 702 employes represent? We seldom think what an important factor all this is in our population and business develop- ment. The jobbing interest is a very accurate indicator of the progress of Grand Rapids, and especially so of the growth of those sections of the State tributary to it. Laminelined to think that this interest is a truer test of this expansion than is the manufacturing industry. Manufacturing may be the result of some favorable condition or some fortunate combination of circumstance as was, I think. the origin of our great furniture industry; and, by the way, it would be interesting to make a historical study of that busines and the conditions that led up to its present magnitude. The jobbing business cannot be stim- ulated beyond the normal trade which the tributary region may demand; hence, I say, the growth is an accurate evidence i of the development of the section and | the ability and enterprise of the men | conducting the business. A jobbing city cannot expect trade further than a radius which naturally belongs to that particular center. The trade is not only governed by the law of demand, but is much influenced by freight rates, both through and local, and local advantage, or disadvantage, in the matter of expenses and shipping facilities, for the profit margin on the jobber’s sales is very narrow. There is always a debatable section—intermediate territory--which is the scene of ‘‘irre- pressible conflict.’’ The city possessing any special advantage in facilities, or especially energetic men in the business, will secure that trade. Not many weeks ago the immense job- bing interests of the great city of Chicago met in local convention and formulated a demand upon the railroads centering there for concessions in freight rates. Such concessions, if granted, would, in the in- tense competition of to-day, give them advantages which would bring the de- batable ground between that city and Grand Rapids many miles nearer our own doors. Were this demand favorably heard by the Chicago railroad managers, our Board of Trade must be in position to take up the same contest and bring to bear all the strength of our many inter- ests in protest. Unless the same conces- sions are given this city, 1 can see here an opportunity for admirable work by the Board. 1 do not wish to deprecate the work done in persuading establishments in other cities to locate here. The proper presentation to them of the advantages we can offer has been well done and should be still encouraged; yet I do think our efforts should be primarily di- rected to the encouragement and protec- tion of the institutions that are here and have shown themselves a part of our suecess. For this there is work to be profitably done on lines of economy in municipal expenditure in developing our facilities for the business already here. This would tend to attract other jobbing lines—lines not now represented. En- terprising citizens are now erecting mag- nificent buildings especially adapted for wholesale trade, and itis desirable that these buildings should be occupied by distinctively new enterprises, and the proper way to encourage capital and business to locate here is to convince business men that they can conduct their business in this city with greater econ- omy than at any of the competing points from which they would look to this sec- tion for trade. The future will demand that all business, expecially the jobbing in merchandise, shall be conducted upon very close margins, and there is no doubt that these margins are to be so small that the factors of taxation and other busi- ness expenses—which might be called fixed charges—are to assume a relatively more important position than in past years. The jobbing business is approaching that condition where the net profits upon its sales may not—perhaps do not—ex- ceed 2 per cent. Competition may yet drive it below that. Now, if this condi- tion of extremely low profits is to be permanent, the question of taxation may become of grave importance in deciding the location in this city of some new en- terprise which needs to carry a large stock of goods. You will pardon me if {take a somewhat radical position in | itil and will pay highest market price for them. If you haye any stock you wish to dispose of, seek headquarters for an outlet. Dry Goods, New Fabrics for Spring of 1895. We have a new line of ready-made curtains, plain and dado felts; plain and dado opaque; fringed and dado opaque. Good retailers at 25 and 50c. Will also show this week Arnold's, Princess Duck, printed C. R. Pique, Drap de Viene, India Cashmere, White Star Percale, ‘‘Taffeta Maire,’? and Fraille Francaise, the last named a most beautiful fabric to retail at 20c per yard. The above goods are all new and it will pay every dealer to see our line before buying. ‘“Rustle”’ lining, Grass Cloth and all linen canvass, we have a complete stock on hand and can deliver at once. Silesias at 7, 8. 10!¢¢ all colors. The best goods in the market at the price. Crash—Brown linen at 34, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1034¢e; Bleached linen 5, 734, 9, 10}¢c. Cotton Crashes in plain and checked bleached and brown. P, STEKETES & SONS, Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, ” \ | will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Friday, March 1, with a full line of sam- ples in ready-made clothing in Men’s, Youths’, Boys’ and Childrens’. Four- teen years with Michael Kolb & Son, Clothing Manufacturers, Rochsster, N. Y. L. 6. DUNTON & 60. Will buy all kinds of Lumber— Green or Dry. Office and Yards, 7th St, andjC.t& W. M. R. R. Grand Rapids, Mich. Mich. Pa + THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7 this matter, for right here is another op- portunity for the Board of Trade and all business organizations and_ interests. Three per cent. taxation, with seemingly no other suggestion fer relief by our municipal authorities from such a bur- den than to evade the constitutional lim- itation by further increase in assess- ments, is not an encouraging prospect for prospective new capital. Let business organizations take prom- inent part in the effort to secure @ mu- nicipal government for Grand Rapids on some other lines than those of political partisanship. Get an administration of able men who can, by wise expenditure of the public funds, show reduced taxa- tion and good government as an induce- ment to business men with capital to seek our city. Economy is to be the watchword of the future—not only economy in the conduct of private enterprise, but economy and prudence in public affairs; and let busi- ness men, who pay so large a share of the taxes, make themselves felt in such manner that we shall never again be told in the stress of such times as these, that, as a city, we cannot make th® same re- trenchment which the officials making such report are accomplishing success- fully in their own business at the self- same moment. Experience teaches that, after a period of depression and low prices, it is very difficult, if not impos- sible, when improvement comes, to re- store former prices or profits. The up- ward wave never rises to the former height. Then it is only by redoubled energy and unrelenting economy and efficiency in business management that the fair profit to whieh business is en- titled can be secured. This work should not all fall upon the shoulders of the business men. They are willing to con- tribute a fair share from these profits fur public expenses and are entitled to a de- cent regard for their capital and busi- ness as taxable property by an assurance that public funds shall be used in the most economical mapner—not as we see in city government of to-day, conducted seemingly to secure the least possible re- turn for an expenditure that is restrained only by charter limitations. Reduced taxation must come, if our jobbing and other business interests are to be relied upon, for further development of our city. The jobbing business of our city should be loyally supported by all its other interests. Purchases should be made here when they can be made at, or nearly at, the same figures as offered by some larger jobbing point. This is the true way to build up Grand Rapids. Buy here when it can be done; contribute your share toward the development of our trade. It may return to you like ‘bread cast upon the waters” after other days by increased opportunity for your own business. If a business located here cannot offer as advantageous in ducements as some Cther point, it is not fitted fer our loeality and is unworthy the name of Grand Rapids and should pass away. Encourage in this way your home trade, that which belongs to our town rather than offer inducements to some moribund institution that hopes to have a new lease of life injected into itself by the fictitious methods so much in vogue of late. Aliow other towns which cannot attract new enterprises without such schemes to take them. Grand Rapids has inherent strength that makes it independent of such methods. The statistics 1 have quoted show a splendid development of our opportu- nities. Yet, I ean see that there are some lines that can be further expanded aud new ones organized that are not now represented at all. In noting the development of our city l have frequently compared it in past years with similarly situated inland cities; in general characteristics we re- semble Columbus, Obio, or Rochester and Syracuse, New York. Their busi- ness situation is much like ours, either between or surrounded by large cities, and these relatively unfavorably located cities have accomplished an immense jobbing business, nearly all lines .being represented in them. From my first vis- its to those towns some twenty-five years ago to sell furniture, I took my first ob- ject lesson in town growth, which I have followed by continually comparing our city with them, for in business and population they have been during the quarter of a century about ten years in advance of Grand Rapids. They each have a jobbing business so extensive that it bears a very important relation to the prosperity and development of the town. My faithin the invincible cour- age and energy of our business men makes me confidently prophesy for them the same growth which, along correct lines, will give them all Culumbus or Rochester have secured. During the past two or three years my relations with the wholesale grocers of Michigan have called me frequently in conference with business men of cities in other states, and often have I felt a pardonable pride in the pleasant enco- miums passed upon the business reputa- tion of this city. Especially has it been commended for the fraternal spirit ex- isting—that feeling that the interest of one is the interest of all. This spirit was evident as I sought the information 1 needed for my statistics. The willing- ness to affurd it, even if the demand was for strictly private facts, if needed for the common welfare, was so apparent that | cannot close without thanking the wholesale merchants of this city for their kindly and courteous assistance in my effort to ascertain what we are really accomplishing in our jobbing irterests. Wa. WIpDICcoMB. ——__»>> Signal Five cigar, all importedstock,5c. HEADACHE PECK’s "325. Pug the best profit. Order from your jobber Cele’ BIOS. ONOE STATE AGENTS FOR The Lycoming Rubber Company, keep constantly on hand a | full and complete line of | these goods made from the purest rubber. They are good style, good fitters and give the best satisfaction of any rubber in the mar- ket. Our line of Leather Eoots and Shoes is com- plete in every particular, also Felt Boots, Sox, ete. Thanking you for past favors we now await your further orders. Hoping you wiil give our line a careful inspection when our representative calls on you, weare REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO. 1 | \ are high and hard to get, but Allyn Fras Them Telephone 1001. 106 Canal St. 4 e ey Importers and Jobbers of - TEAS 21 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. SWEETS HOTEL MARTIN L. SWEET, Proprietor. HENRY D. and FRANK H. IRISH, [V’grs. Steam heit in every room. Electric fire alarms throughout the house. Other improvements and decorations will soon make it the best hotel in Michigan. SILVERETTES aed are es ARGYLES GARNETINES. Our salesmen are showing them and they go like the ‘hot cakes” that you read about. Be sure and see them. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & GO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC THE REYNOLDS IMPROVED TRUCK. This truck will be found especially adapted to the wants of Merchants. We make them to fit elevators or scales, and thus do away with transfering from truck to elevator or scales, and vice versa. { The front wheels being casters, the truck will turn in its own length and can be run on elevator or scales from any angle. The wheels are so large in diameter, and so much of the weight of the load comes directly over them, that one man can carry twice as much on it as upon any other truck made; and instead of the ordi- nary rigid rest in front, there are two easter wheels, the operator can turn truck in any direction with greatease. 22 sizes in stock. LANSING WHEELBARROW 6O,, Lansing, Mich. ot aeabidimead bdo sabe. Se ade eee eS ag THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. sao aT ANE RE 2 Best Interests of Business Men. Pablished at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY THE— TRADESMAN COMPANY. aS as One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLIC#TION. Cee Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subseribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinned, except at the option of the proprietor, until ell arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address ntered at Grand Rapids post-office as second class matter. ye" When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisementin HE MICHIGAN T RADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY FEBRU tRY 27. THE EUROPEAN METHOD. In European countries, where publie affairs are put inthe care of the ablest statesmen, the people do not concern themselves with matters of public pol- icy; but, as in the case of government finanee, for instance, they are content to leave them to their wise men, confident that all will be done for the best. In nothing is wise and patriotic states- manship so important as in the manage- ment of government finance, since, if the taxes are made to bear too heavily on the people, a revolution and the overturning of the government may result. There- fore the European financiers have a deli- cate and formidable task to provide for the enormous expenses of conducting governments in providing for large families of the royal blood; in maintain- ing vast armies and naval establish- ments; while, at the same time, keeping the taxes within the limits of popu- larendurance. Andall this has to be done in countries that are impoverished by the exhaustion of their resources, by the cultivation of the lands for more than a thousand years, by the working out of the mines, by the cutting down of the forests, by the lowering of wages through the overpeopling of those coun- tries. In the United States, every individual, great and small, learned and ignorant, wise and foolish, aspires to dictate the financial policy of the nation, and, so far as results go, one seems to have just as much influence as any other, the conse- quences being that no conclusion is reached by Congress, and, while com- plete confusion reigns at home, the pub- lie credit is at the mercy of foreign capi- talists, who are constantly draining the treasury of its gold and foreing repeated issue of high-interest Government bonds. While all this is going on, Congress, the only power that could give. any re- lief, is hopelessly broken up into finan- cial factions, each one of which is op- posed to all the others. Each faction represents some particular class interest, and will consent to nothing that is not specially for the benefit of the particu- lar iaterest it advocates, and no consider- ation is given to the good of the country at large. And while this state of things exists, ere a. Sa ON a UR ea and no agreement on any policy can be of financial troubles and an industrial depression, must continue to suffer, and the treasury will have to be maintained upon a makeshift, hand-to-mouth rou- tine. This public finance, like a ship without a rudder, left to its fate, is drifting on the rocks of depreciated credit, if not of bankruptcy; while every wild theorist and furious factionist is haranguing on the supposed superiority of his plan of finance, and denouncing all the others. Despite the general confusion, there is a sort of drift to the opinion that the only way to remedy the evil is for the Government to create unlimited money out of nothing, and then distribute it out broadeast to all who need it. The abil- ity to make something out of nothing is one of the exclusive attributes of Deity, and an attempt by a lot of impracticable political theorists to doit must result in amiserable failure. THE SYMPATHETIC STRIKE. There are two notable weapons threat- ening in the hands of strike leaders—the boycott and the sympathetic strike. The first is ineffectual, on account of its re- pugnance to the American love of fair play and detestation of that which is un- derhanded and sly, and the latter is as Fineffectual, because based on false prem- ises. Yet both are wielded regardless of the fact that their blows invariably fail as to the end desired. It would be supposed, from their expe- rience in the railway union strike last summer, that the *‘boards of walking del- egates” would hesitate to attempt its use again. Yet we hear that to settle the disagreement between the electrical workers and their employers in New York, 26,000 carpenters, plasterers and masons will be ‘‘ordered out,” and, if this is not effectual, the 175,000 members of the building trades unions of that city are to be included in the order. It would be difficult to account fcr the temerity prompting such an order on any ground than that the delegates overrate their power and, as is so often the case when the irresponsible are invested in a ‘‘little brief authority,” must needs exercise it to the utmost at the first opportunity. In this case it is impossible to foresee the extent of the damage that might result from obedience to their mandates. If 175,000 men cease work, three-quarters of atmillion of men, women and children will be deprived of their usual support, and the secondary loss tu trade’ and the interference of riots and disorders in such cases will swell the aggregate. It is probable that it is too soon after the examples of last summer for this strike to attain any great proportions. The reason the sympathetic strike can never succeed is that it is based on the idea that there is an inherent antagonism between labor and capital and that either can be united against the other. There is no such antagonism, and the de- velopment of intelligence in the indus- trial ranks enables them to éomprehend this fact to such an extent that they will not enter with any expectation of success into a contest on that basis. Unfortunate- ly, the false principles of unionism in the hands of ignorant and unscrupulous labor demagogues lead its adherents to commit themselves to an obedience that must respond to such mandates, regard- less of the fact that the majority know 25 AR TEFL TLE LNCS SP: ELLIE Bi RE | | that such strikes are, and always must bad, the country, which is in the midst | be, hopeless. There can be no safeguard against such attempts until the intelli- gent workman refuses to submit himself | to an authority that compels him to act against his best judgment. There is an injustice in interfering with one industry to compel it to assist in coercing another that must cause it to submit to the most serious losses before yielding. The railway managements of the United States stood like a wall in the summer strikes, not on account of an in- terest for Pullman against his workmen, even if they had such interest, but be- cause of the injustice of being compelled to interfere in a fight that was not their concern. This,attempt was based on the idea that capital is a common enemy to labor. There is considerable wisdom in the suggestion of Mr. Van den Bosch, of Zeeland, set forth in his communication elsewhere in this week’s paper, relative to the position merchants should assume when the agents of outside houses invade their territory for the purpose of victim- izing the credulous portion of the commu- nity. No inconsiderable number of mer- chants share Mr. Van den Bosch’s belief that few people who are really desirable customers are inveigled into sending abroad for goods and that those who are influenced by the specious promises of strangers become better customers after counting the cost of one transaction of this character. The Chicago scheme naturally recalls the experience of many merchants dur- ing the time of the P. of I. excitement, four or five years ago. It will be re- membered that in those localities where the P. of I. plan was denounced the most strongly and fought the most bitterly, it thrived for a time like a green bay tree and proved to be a thorn in the flesh of reputable merchants for several months. On the other hand, in those localities where the craze was not opposed by the mercantile fraternity, but where, through concert of action, the merchants desisted from denouneing the temporary mania of the farming classes, the P. of I. doc- trine attracted little attention and ob- tained comparatively few adherents. It is not unlikely that the same conditions will prevail in connection with the new eraze introduced so industriously and shrewdly by the Chicago Supply Co. and kindred concerns. Anyway, it would do no harm to try the experiment and THE TRADESMAN heartily commends this plan to its friends in trade. Through the courtesy of Mr. Wm. Widdicomb, THe TRADESMAN is able to present to its readers this week the full text of his response to “The Jobbing Trade of Grand Rapids,’’ delivered at the recent Board of Trade ban- quet. No other person in the city is so well qualified as Mr. Widdi- comb to do the subject pustice, and all who peruse his contribution will be sur- prised at the great amount of interesting matter he has been able to glean and group in consecutive order. The history of the jobbing trade of this market is safe in the hands of so eompetent and painstaking a histerian as Mr. Widdi- comb. The newspapers have a great deal to say nowadays about the price of bread, denouncing the ‘‘greed of the bakers” and presenting formidable arrays of fig- ures purporting to show the enormous profits made by them. As a matter of fact, there is more profit on a glass of whisky or a schooner of beer than on a dozen loaves of bread. Why should the baker continually be made the brunt of such attacks, while the brewer and sa- loon keeper are never taunted with their ill-gotten gains? Reply to Mr. Steele, of Advance. CuicaGo, Feb. 23—In reply to the com- plaint recently registered in your col- umns, relative to the alleged annoyance eaused by the inserting of circulars in our package brand, we beg leave to send you, in the envelope with this letter, one of the slips which we put in our pack- ages, calling attention to the quality of our coffee and any advertisement we de- sire to call the attention of the consumer to. This thin piece of paper could cer- tainly not clog or break a mill. We also put in a doll, which is in great demand by all families, andyenclose one of them herewith that you may seeit. This is all that goes into the package, and we think you will see that itis nothing that will interfere with anybody’s mill. We ean- not understand why the party writing this article should take the position he does. We do not think in doing this we are working against the interests of deal- ers, for we are certainly creating trade for them when they sell our goods. W. F. McLAUGHLIN & Co. ———_ > + New Grades of Hay. New grades of hay for general use in the different parts of the country were established at the recent national con- vention held at Cleveland. It was de- cided that No. 1 timothy should be tim- othy including not more than 20 per cent. of other tame grasses, properly cured, good color and well baled. No. 2 timothy must not include over a third other grasses together with No. 1 timothy. No. 1 clover mixed must be at least half tim- othy, good color, sound and well bailed. No. 1 clover hay must not include over 5 per cent. other grasses. No. 1 prairie up- land may contain 25 per cent. midland of good color, well cured, sweet, sound and reasonably free from weeds. No. 2 prairie upland of fair color or midland of good color. +> The retailer’s friend, Signal Five, 5c. cigar. : pecs ET ICO oat) A \on ne NEW SPONGE CASE. HEYMAN GOMPANY, Write for prices of any showcase needed. 55-57-=59-61 Canal St., GRAND RAPIDS, = MICH. For instance, | | | | | ey Re Ss => & RUE ge ea * moe ee oe } Every essential feature of the CHAMPION is tents ov ‘ham re” Merchar spect our registe ested to drop usa card, 80 ne of our agents Can call wh the dealer’s vicinity. It cost nothing to see the machine and have its merits explained. It Brings SYSTEM to Every Retail Store. You CAN’T Afford to be Without It. Your CLERKS Will Like It aie it inculeates business fmethods which enable them to attend to your business in a more methodical manner, which saves you money. Manufactured only by ‘CHAMPION GASH REGISTER CO. Grand Rapids, Mick. a hie Gee Lanse eran aor aes a ene sb te oe 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. = THE LITTLE OLD LADY. I have been a private nurse for a num- ber of years, and have had, of course, some adventures both tragic and other- wise. I do not think, however, that anything ever thrilled me more—I do not think my sympathies were ever more fully aroused, and my sense of justice more stirred to its depths—than in the story which I am about to tell. At that time I lived in a large city not a thousand miles from Grand Rapids. When not engaged in my profession, I occupied rooms, with another nurse, on Baker street. On a certain night, about a week before Christmas, 1 went to bed at my usual hour. I was just dropping asleep when my bell rang. I got up hastily, dressed myself and went down- stairs. I opened the hall door and found a gentleman standing on the steps. “Does Miss Lawrence live here?’’ he asked. ‘‘l am Miss Lawrence,”’ I replied. *“‘“Good!” he answered. ‘‘I have a case for you. Can you come at once?’’ ‘*Are you a doctor?” I asked. “Yes, Dr. Butler. I want a good nurse at once. It’s for a child. I will wait until you are ready. How long will it take you to get ready?” “Ten minutes,’’ I replied. ‘‘Will you wait in this room?’’? 1 threw open the door of a little parlor as 1 spoke. ‘‘No,’’ replied Dr. Butler, ‘‘there’s a cab outside. Vl sit in it until you come.”’ I ran back upstairs. In less than ten minutes I rejoined the doctor and we were being driven rapidly away. “Where are we going?” I asked of him. ‘“‘Into Hyde Park,’’ he answered. ‘‘My little patient is in a boarding-house there. I will describe the case as we drive along,’ continued the doctor. ‘Your little charge is a boy nine years old. He has just recovered from a severe attack of diptheria, and, to-day, I am sorry to tell you, shows unmistakable symptoms of paralysis. He has no mother and his father is away a good deal. I want you to take entire charge of him. If you require extra help you must get it, but I wish you to be re- sponsible.” *“*Yes,” I answered. ‘‘I am fond of nursing children,’’ I continued, after a pause. **T have heard so,” replied Dr. Butler, ‘sand that is the reason I came to you. It is most important that the boy should have someone with him who understands his temperament. He isa highly strung, nervous lad, and I rather fancy some people in the house have been playing upon his weakened nerves. I don’t at all like the place he is in, and 1 shall be glad to get him away as soon as possible. That, however, is out of the question for the present.” The cab turned down a dreary side street at this moment, and the next in- stant we drew up in front of a tall house. No gardens were there except in name. The houses were high and narrow and old-fashioned in build. As the doctor and I ascended the Sa Pails and Syrop Cans. Net Price List. Sap Pails per 100. Ic Ix Syrup Cans per 100. ieion.......... SAD Our goods are full size and are guaranteed not to leak The pails are made almost straight, flaring enough to pack conven iently. Send for price list of general line of tin- ware. Wi. BRONMELER & SONS, Manufacturers and Jobbers of Pieced and Stamped Tinware. Phone 646. 260 8. Tonia 8t.. GRAND RAPIDS WALTER BAKER & 60. The Largest Manufacturers of Gh PURE, HIGH GRADE ax COCOAS AND = CHOCOLATES 10 — — oe Bes 2: * .... Be 14 25 5 * . Be 16 50 J. M. HayDEN. L. C. HAYDEN. Phone 540. WHOLESALE and RETAIL HOSE MILL HOSE, GARDEN HOSE, ANY KIND but Ladies’ hose. OILS ‘ ENGINE, ‘ MACHINE, A CYLINDER. WASTE, FILES, EMERY WHEELS and POLISHERS’ SUPPLIES. J .M. HAYDEN & CoO.,, 69 PEARL ST. Grand Rapids. Show Cases, - Store Fixtures, Etc. gator WN ‘ \ HIGHEST AWARDS | \ from the great — pp latustrialand Food | = 2 EXPOSITIONS oN: : |B Europe and America. | — ; Unlike the Dutch Process —_! ” no Alkalies or other Chemicals or Dyes oan Se of their preparations. sie BREAKFAST COCOA| = is absolutely pure and soluble, and S. costs less than one cent a cup. SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. Silent Salesman Cigar Case, Send for Circular. WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. J. PHILLIPS & CO., Detroit, Mich ‘ J HEY ALL SAY “It’s as good as Sapolio”’ when they try to sell you their experiments. Your own good sense will tell you that they are only trying to get you to aid their new article. W ho.urges you to keep Sapolio? Is _it not the public? The manufacturers : very pr by constant and judicious advertising bring customers to your stores whose esence creates a demand for other articles. JOBS IN RUBBERS! * 12°W RITE FOR NET PRICE LIST BEFORE THEY ARE ALL GONE. . Just the thing for A LEADER. Address G. R. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids, Mich: a en ead eae aa ee RLS IIE Ft stairs, | asked him the question, ‘‘What is the child’s name?”’ ‘‘Harold Earncliffe,’’ he replied. ‘“*You said he is nine years old?’’ “*Yes.”” ‘Is he the only child?” **Ves.”” **Is his father home at present?” “No. The boy is altogether in the hands of servants, who, I fear, neglect him shamefully—in short, you are only just in time.’’ s He opened a door on the third landing, as he spoke, and we entered a large room. It was past midnight and the child ought to have been asleep. The room should have been darkened; perfect and soothing silence should have been the order of the hour. Instead of this, we came upon a scene of heat and confusion. Three or four gas jets were flaring high and a huge fire was burning in the grate. The little patientlay propped up on his pillows, looking round him with flushed cheeks and burning eyes, while two ugly woman sat over the fire enjoying strong potations of whisky punch. One of them staggered to her feet when she saw | us. She was not tipsy yet but probably | would have been so soon. She came up in a menacing way to the doctor. ‘Well, sir,’’? she said, in a shrill voice, ‘‘we were just settling for the night, and Master Harold is much better.’’ “Go out of the room,” said Dr. Butler, angrily. ‘tHow dare you keep the child awake after the directions | have given you? Go away at once and take that woman with you.’’ “Oh, no,” piped a small voice from the bed, ‘‘don’t let Georgiana go’way. She tells me about the little old lady. She brings me messages from her. I want Georgiana. Don’t send her away, please, please.’’ ‘‘Hush, Harry,’’ said the doctor. ‘‘You shall see Georgiana in the morning, if you still wish it, but not now. This is the middle of the night, my little man, when birds and flowers and little chil- dren ought to be asleep. See! I have brought a nice nurse to look after you. You will be much better after she has made you comfortable.” “Pm very hot now,” said the boy, ‘‘and the gas hurts my eyes. But Georgiana promised to tell me another story about the little old lady when she had finished her punch. 1 doso want to hearit. May I hear it?’’ ‘“*To-morrow, my boy, to-morrow.”’ “Go away,” continued the doctor, turn- ing with flashing eyes to the women. “ shall telegraph your conduct to Major Earneliffe if you stay another moment in this room. Take that stuff with you!’ (He pointed to the table which contained the whisky and glasses). Something in his manner cowed the pair and they departed, muttering. As soon as they had gone, I put out all the gas lights but one and turned that down low. I then opened the window farthest from the child’s bed. The room positive- ly reeked with the smell of whisky and gas. Dr. Butler stuod near the mantel- piece. The nervous look in the boy’s large eyes was apparent. He was shiv- ering all over and looked like a child overcome with nervous excitement and mortal fear. I did not like his condition at adl and was anxious to begin caring for him. Dr. Butler advanced to the door, beckoning me to follow. ‘Now,’ he said, when we were out on | the landing, ‘you will have to keep those women out of the room at any cost.”’ | J will willingly do so if I can,’ I re- plied, ‘‘but one of them is the boy’s nurse, is she not?’’ ‘*‘Yes, but she is to be his nurse no longer.”’ ‘*Is that the one named Georgiana?’’ I asked. ‘‘No, the nurse’s name is Lydia—Lydia Perkins, I think. Georgiana is, in my opinion, an even more dangerous woman than Lydia. She is servant to an old lady who lives on the drawing-room floor, and she and Lydia are great friends.”’ “The old lady about whom the boy spoke?” “Yes. He has been raving about her, off and on, all through hisillness. Now, I need not say more. I will be around the first thing in the morning. Keep the door locked againsi those women. I will be responsible for the conse- quences.” I was most willing to obey. Words cannot express the dislike with which I had viewed the pair. The neglected con- dition of the child was quite sufficient to explain the state of his nerves. it wasa wonder that, under the circumstances, diphtheria. Dr. Butler went away and, with a strong sense of satisfaction, 1 turned the key in the lock and put it in my pocket. Then | approached my little charge and, sitting down by him, began talking in a pleasant way. He needed sleep badly but was too excited to sleep at present. I knew that he must get ac- customed to me, must rest a little on me, beforeh is poor little tired strained nerves could be in the least soothed. I took his hand in mine and felt his small but rapid pulse. His eyes were bright and had a hard look about them and his little lips were hot and dry. I warmed some milk and made him drink it. I then bathed his face and hands and straightened the sheets. He looked at me with his great staring eyes all the time I was attending to him. ‘“What’s your name?” he asked, after a time. ‘Miss Lawrence,”’ I answered. *‘Lawrence!” he repeated, ‘‘Laurie! I once knew a boy called Laurie. He was a great friend of mine at school. May 1 call you Laurie?”’ : “‘Yes,’”’ I replied, ‘‘and I will call you Harold. You see Il have found out your name.’’ “Isn’t Georgiana coming here any more?’’ he asked. “Not for the present,’’ I answered. ‘“‘Nor Lydia?” “No, not now,” I said again. ‘“‘And you are going to take care of me all the time, Laurie?’’ **Yes, until you are well. boys.” “Do you? Lydia says, ‘Drat that ehild And Georgiana’’—he shuddered and a tremble ran through his frame. “Only I like to hear about the little old lady,” he continued; ‘‘she’s sweet, she’s so sweet.” . “*I dare say I can find out about her,” I answered. ‘But we won’t talk about anyone or anything more to-night. You shall tell me anything you like to-mor- row. Now, I’m going to put out the light and you must go to sleep.” ‘‘Where will you sleep?’’ “Pll sit here by you. I’m not going to I love little sleep.’ he had survived such a terrible illness as | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. “Oh, 1:¢0¢¢3 ! Tier Lyeis t3<« Georgiana can’t come in,’’ he said and gave a sigh of absolute content, and the next moment his heavy eyes had closed in gentle slum- ber. The room was fresh and cool now—not cold, of course, but cool. I shut the window after a little and built up the fire. The child slepton. Onceor twice, as the night progressed, I heard the handle of the room door softly turned and then footsteps stealthily retired. There was little or no noise made, how- ever, and the boy never moved. In the morning he was decidedly bet- ter. When he opened his eyes and saw me sitting by his bedside, he smiled and said in a sweet little affectionate voice: “I was dreaming about you, Laurie. | thought that you and I and the little old lady had gone away together, and that behind.” ° to excite him on the subject then. the child much better. again called me out on the landing. arrive here to-day. 1 have also room. The woman raves and near the boy. Now, the question is, Can you keep her out? She is certain to make violent efforts to reassert her authority, and, if possible, to get a footing again in the sick room.”’ **The child seems to me to be in a most neglected state. He is half starved. wicked Lydia and Georgiana were left | I longed to know why he called the} two women ‘‘wicked,” but did not like} When the doctor came he pronounced | |= On leaving, he | = { “I have telegraphed to Major Earn- | cliffe,” he said, ‘‘and he will probably | seen | Lydia and forbidden her to come to this | — storms, but nothing will induce me to allow her | “ Lace effect ginghams should be seen to be appreciated, they are made in all the high colors and are marvels of American manufacturing art. 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drug Department. Points on the Making of Pills. I have found it profitable, in my retail experience, to make a good many of the pills called for, and some of the methods followed may be cf practical help to any druggist minded to make a trial. Large pills are better left to the manufactur- ing pharmacist. Many of the small ones, however, may be readily and quickly made, and, with but little experience, well enough made to satisfy the most fastidious. Iam provided with a copper pill-ma- chine with three sets of double plates, from one-quarter grain to six grains. My mass diluent is pure cut-loaf sugar pow- dered in the store, and my excipient is Remington’s for all pills which are to} be white. I make just enough at atime to fill a single prescription, if the pre- scription calls for a size or kind not likely to be again wanted. Of the staple pills, however, I make from 500 to 2,000; usually selecting a number which is some multiple of the number my plate will cut, of the sizeof pill to be made. With but little experience and calcula- tion the weight of each pipe-cut may be ascertained, and the whole mass divided by weighing or cut on the six-grain plate. [ have found it very conducive to per- fect uniformity to roll all my pill-pipes at once, where lam making one thous- and pills or less of one kind at a time. Ido this by rolling between pieces of plate glass about the size of a small pill tile. Of course, it might be accom- plished as well by wood rollers if the surfaces were as true. These pipes will vary in length a little, even if weighed. It is not difficult, however, to get them to average the desired length, with a little care. The number of pills will not vary more than two or three from this calculation. With pipes thus rolled, it is possible to cut six or even seven at once on the machine. My young men can make and finish a thousand pills an hour, and so perfect and uniform as to leave nothing to be de sired. This is true of morphia in all sizes, strychnia sulphate and nitrate in the many sizes required, atropia and other pills where the medicament is much less in bulk than the diluent, and in some cases, as in quarter and half- grain morphia, where there is but little sugar required. The pharmaceutical manufacturers’ products are cheap, and some of them are getting cheaper, but at present prices for most of the small alkaloidal pills any pharmacist who wishes to fill his leisure hours usefully can pay for his outfit, with a good margin beside, if he will undertake pill-making to a limited extent. A. H. MILEs. ————- Apprenticeship in Pharmacy. Has the sheet anchor of the practicing pharmaceutical faculty of the past been lost in the deep? The main reliance of the craft was, in time gone by, the ap- prenticeship system. But what is the ap- prenticeship system of the present, if there is any at all? We are told by some who, in our opinion, mistakenly exalt the efficacy of shop training in pharmacy above the value of college training, that ‘‘practical experience’? in the retail drug stores of our day is so valuable that it ought to precede college education in pharmacy and must by all means be one of the requirements for aren aan aT ea eee Sa een ae nena nae graduation from the pharmaceutical | The transatlantic steamship lines have schools. If any educational institution made another cut in steerage rates from ventures to demur, declines to subscribe this country to Europe, and one can : i now cross the Atlantic for $10. to the uniform value of shop education a and refuses to become responsible for it, Try the new cigar, Signal Five, 5c. that institution is adjudged guilty of =o ; heresy. But the number of American Use Tradesman Coupon Books. pharmaceutical schools refusing to be- lieve that apprenticeship in the average drug store of to-day can be of much value when not preceded by a college course, is increasing. These _ schools think, too, that, whatever may be the value of such an apprenticeship, they have the right to decline to make them- selves responsible for it. >. > Seely’s Flavoring Extracts Every dealer should sell them. Extra Fine quality. Lemon, Vanilla, Assorted Flavors. Yearly sales incrased by their use. Seely’s Leman, But those who still think that the sal- (Wrapped) | vation of the pharmaceutical profession Doz Gro. jin America depends upon maintaining loz. $ 90 10 a | ‘practical experience’”’ in drug stores, 2oz 120 12 60 |as arequirement for college graduation | Zon. 200 22 80) jin pharmacy, have thomecives given us 6oz. 300 33 er |to understand that there is no greater | | uniformity in the value of such ‘‘experi- Seely's Vanille ence’? than there isin the size of pota- Wrapped) toes. They say that a few months’ em- Doz. Gro. ployment in a city drug store is worth tua 02 50 i more than four years in the country. 2oz. 200 21 60 Then, in order to be consistent, they 40z. 3 75 4080 should demand thirty-two years’ practical Goz. 540 57 60 experience in a country drug store if four years in a city drug store is the minimum; but if four years in a country drug store is the minimum requirement. then six months in a city drug store would be its equivalent. corkscrew st same price if preferred. Correspondence Solicited | CO., Detroit Mich. | SEELY MFG. « | Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent County Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIDS ,MICH. Jno. A. Covope, Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. S. VeRpDIER, Cashier. K. Van Hor, Ags’t C’s’r. Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits. DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox T. J. O’Brien, A.J. Bowne, a. Idema, Jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee J. A. 8S. Verdier Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, Peaf and Pumb Ver DO THIS when they want the BEST 5c CIGAR on the market. S. C. W. is sold by ail Wholesale Druggists, Confection- Plain N.S. with | ers and Grocers traveling f:om Grand Rapids Ask your Jobber to send you a sample with next order or apply to G. J. JOHNSON, GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH. But, suppose these gentlemen should think it over. We think they would be obliged to conclude that apprenticeship in a Philadelphia drug store fifty years or even twenty years ago must have been, indeed, far more valuable than it is to-day when competition has reduced city drug business everywhere to a point where the employer can no longer per- mit his employes to sit down and read, Signal Five MANUFACTURED BY ED. W. RUHE, 47 Deagborn St., Chicago. Represented by F. E. BUSHMAN . 523 John St., Kalamazoo, Mich. and can still less afford to devote any of his own valuable time to the task of in- strueting his apprentices. At the present time many an appren- tice in a country drug store is better off, so far as instruction and opportunity to! study are concerned, than the city drug clerk or apprentice. In the city drug stores the duties that fall to the share of ‘‘the boys’’ are limited to soul-destroying menial service, and any ambition on the part of the apprentice to learn and to do something that has any resemblance to technical work is promptly rebuked as being altogether outside of his specified routine. ——_—> Mail and telegraph orders Municipal Pharmacy. From the British and Colonial Druggist. It is not often that pharmacy is even remotely connected with such a hot de- bate in supreme legislative bodies as took place recently in the French Cham- ber. The Municipal Council of Roubaix is Socialist, and in carrying its opinions into practice established a pharmacy, managed by a duly qualified pharmacist, at which drugs were sold and prescrip- tions dispensed at cost price. The local pharmacists naturally objected to this, and agitated for the suppression of the municipal pharmacy. In virtue of a law prohibiting corporations from engaging in commercial transactions, this was done by the Prefect of the Nord. M. Guesde, a prominent Socialistic revolu- | tionist leader and a deputy in the Cham- | ber, seized the opportunity for a general | debate on Socialistie doctrines. OM. | Dupuy, the Premier, showed how the es- | § tablishment of the pharmacy would lead | to other shops being opened, and to Col- | lectivism. After violent speeches, a vote. of confidence in the Government passed, | ATA TING ANN their way. So WES AACR NAN) TO and so the Roubaix pharmacists have: Wellauer & Hoffman Co., Milwaukee “WS. Wholesale Disiribulers J. A. Gonzalez, Michigan Representative, Grand Rapids. Ae \O& AGARS aos ag oy = Ve Kc = ee ————— receive special attention. ~ oe * 1s MICHIGAN T Wholesale Price Current. 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Pics on (gal. %) 10g 12 | Ca o's Se deere eee ese 75 Goe.......- S g| Ricini.......... 96 ee %5 Aqua, Zz a : ‘rage & 8 ea 1 90 Castor wove cccccrcoss coscrces 100 Carbonas .......-.-.-. 12@ 14 | Rosae, ounce. ....... 6 50@8 50 oaaen stetceeccseees coceee 50 Chioridum .........--- a ee 50 man ....... . 90@1 00 4 ANILINE. maaan a 2 50@7 00 Colima. |... ............ 50 ieee 2 00@2 2 sear ge , 50@ slo CS eeueauaa 50 napis, ess, ounce. eee eee oo 50 ee » Tiglit..... g, ae 50 en 2 508 00 | Thyme .. = @ : BACCAE. ‘i heobromas.. ' 15@ 20 e af co... 60 Cubeae (po 25)..---- 20@ 25 POTASSIUM. bare yar ons coos ces eea as 50 a 8@ 7 ee dle ae S Xanthoxylum .. 2D bichromate . a 13@ 14|Hyoscyamus................ 50 BALSAMUM. — oo | : mae ee 75 xm wp | COID......---- spose ‘ qrorléad...... .. 5... Copaiba .........------ 4@, 5) | Chiorate (po. i7@i9).. 16@ 18] Ferri Chloridum........ Hs PORE oo ods cree wes esos _@2 50 Cyanide .. 50@ ee b Terabin. Canada .... 45@ 50 | fodide................. 2 90@3 00 | Lobelia... -§ Tolutan ...--.-------- 35@ 50 Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 2 ee CORTEX. Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 1 a Vote... 50 18 Potass Nitras,opt..... 8@ 10 Opit ee ae ence cece coe cane 85 Abies, Canadian......------ 8| Potass Nitras.......... 7@ 9| “ Camphorated.. a Cassiae ......ccceesseree cree 12] Prussiate..... 28@ 30 ‘a0 ll 9 Cinchona Flav& ...------+-- 18 Sulphate po.......... ms. ll 00 Euonymus atropurp...-.--- “i: CU AveantiCortex............. Myrica Cerifera, po.....-.-- 20 RADIX. —— Se. 50 Prunus Virgini......---.--+: i Aconitam .......-.... 20@ 2 MANY ........--- ee eee eee 50 Quillaia, grd....---o-2020--- Mie... 22 25 | Rhet......... 2. eee eeee eee 50 Sassafras .......-------+--+: SS 12@ 15| Cassia Acutifol.. 50 Ulmus Po (Ground 15)....-.- 15 | Acie oo ..........-.. @ B a 50 nian Eq 40 Serpentaria ........ oo. 50 EXTRACTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10 Siporsemimm................. 60 Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 24@ 25] Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 Tee... ee. 33@ 35 — Canaden, Varotiem .............. ..... & Haematox, 15 lb. box.. ig 2 — 35 ape @ 3 Veratrum Veride............ 50 ee ellebore, Ala yg 20 oe ee 14@ 15] Inula, po...... ae EO 20 Seca “ SEM... oso 16@ 17 Tpecac, eo 1 30@1 40 | Atther, Spts Nit, - 35@ 38 FERERU iris plox = 35@38) .. a 2 ee . so @ Carbonate Precip...... @ 15 eee ae — sass - 24@ 3 Citrate and Quinia.. @3 50 | Podophyllum, PO...... 15@ 18] 7.... : 4 Citrate Solubie........ - Piel... 75@1 00} Annatto.....000.22202. se 60 FerrocyanidumSol.... @ 0) “ cut............... @1 75 | Antimont, po... 4@ 5 Solut Chioride......-- ee i, ons 75@1 35 et Potass T. 55@ 60 Sulphate, com’l.....-- 5 7 S “ dee ee SG $8] Antipyrin............. @1 40 pure @ aaiensia, (po %).. _@ 2% | Antifebrin............. @ B FLORA. —— bee eeg ee a po = —_—_ Nitras, ounce = a Arnica .......+-0++-++° 12@ 14 Similax, Officinalis. H @ 40| Balm rGilead Bad... 38@ Anthemis .....----+--- = 25 M @ 2%| Bismuth §.N....... *) 1 30@) o Matricaria —s «=: 8@-5 | Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12 _ Chior, 1s, (448 FOJA. Symplocarpus, Fosti- 14) :.. 2.2... ii Wi cena necenee 14@ 30 an eo sane @ 3 canines Russian, aoe *.cutitol, Tin- aa aleriana, Getman-.. 30) om 7 . — fee dees eo @1 00 nivelly tesa we bs ccten.. a asic Fructus, of .. @ = Salvia officinalis, 45 _ Prager j........... 18@ Ww “ “ po. 28 and téa.......--..--- 12Q 20 SEMEN. Caryophyllus, (po. 15) 10@ 12 Ura Urai . 8@ 1¢| aAnisum, (po. 20). @ 15 | Carmine, Ne a... @3 75 GUMMI. Apinm (graveleons).. 14@ 16 | Core Alba, S.&F..... 50@Q 55 ra. is.....- 4@ «6 | Cera ave... 40@ 4 Acacia, 1st picked... @ 8) C0) 48) 1 COM il, @ 4 +“ 24 +c _ @ 40 aru, (po. 8) Om 12 c ia Froct x ts « 0) @ 30] Cardamon.... 00@1 25 cae uctug........ @ % “so gifted sorta... @ w Corlandrum.... ie 6 @ we Cannabis Sativa 5, | Cetaceum ............. @ # 8 PO. ever wees com 90 | Cannt ' = Chloroform 60@ 68 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 8g a oper aguibbs.. O13 Cape. ice. Oo. @ 90 | Dipeertz Odorate..... ear 6 ee ee. a Catechu, 19, (681448, rena Og 7 Pe ' Ciucbontaize, # “ew 1 2 ae. soe 60 | Lim ....-.. SUB lees ue om * Assafoetida, (po 50; 50@ 6) —— a. (bbl. 84). 7 “ nae r 65 Bensoinum.....-..----- = = viesiasis Canarian 40 5 Creasotum 2 35 Camphor® ....-------- we 5 Rapa 4%@ 5 | Creta, (obl. 75) @ 2 Euphorbium po __ 5S 10 seseaeeeaeene mr s “a prep 5@ ' Gaibanum i @2 30 sinapis Ai . Go. ee 7 8 “ preetp © 1 Se lee =. Ou Guaiacum, (po 35) .. @ 3 ‘sPmuros Crocas 50@ 55 Kino, (po 2 50)..----. @2 50 | Prumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50| Gudbear "6 * Mastic... ...-.--+5-- @ 8 " D. F.R.....2 *@* 25] Cupri Sulph .. 5@ 6 Myrrh, (po. 4 @ Ww eee oa 1 25@1 % | Dextrine a 108 12 Opii. (po 3 S000) 25 5@2 40 | Juntperis Go. O. T....1 65@2 00] Bther Sulph..... 9 we age "EG oa 1 75@8 50 | Emery us numoers. "3 : “ pleached . 4@ 45) Saacharum N. &...... 1 9@2 10 " @ 6 Tragacanth ......-.-- 50@ 80) Spt. Vini Galll........ 1 75@6 50 rgots, [o.° mS nensa—In ouncepackages. | Vini Oporto ......-.-- i 0) | Flake wi i ae Pn ae gs | Vint Alba.............1 2@2 00] Gaile. ee Bupatorium .....----+--+++++ A SPONGES. Gambier. 7 @8 LODHI. ..... 02002 ones creeee % Gelatin, Cooper @ 6 Majo s. | Florida sheeps’ wool | ‘ ‘Preneh.. 3@ 5 peeesecesseessssss 2S) gurrtage + nt 2 cue ek i Mentha gaan ee - Naesaa sho eepa’ week it _— = aes y box 6. Gen. oe wenn es os os wi lvet exit sh . | Glue, Brown. 9 zone eer 2 Son an, — 110|. “White. 13@ ees Fer * | cxtra yellow sheep clycerina .... 13@ 20 een carriage ‘le me... 55@ 6 | Grass sheeps’ wool car- : r —,. Pal... oe 22| riage : 65 | Hydraag © hlor Mite... @ 75 Carbonate, K. & M. 20@ 25 | Hard for slate use. 7 . aa Maal s 85 Carbonate, Jennings. 35@ 36 — Reef, for slate = L —_—= rm e . oLmuM. MOO 10.22.22. el. am Unguentum. ©@ 55 Absinthium. .. 2 50@3 00 SYRUFS. _ Grargyrum......... @ 60 Amygdalae, Duic...... 90g) 50) Accacin ...........---..----- 50 — Am. ..1 — 50 Amydalae. Amarae....8 00@8 25 | Zingiber .........--+--++ +++ 50 | Indigo............-..-- Anisi........---- .-1 90@2 OO | Ipecac........---. +2 - eee eee 60 en Resubs.......- 3 wos 9 Auranti Cortex. .. 1 80@2 00 | Ferri Iod.........-....-.. +. 50 | Iodoform.............- @4 70 Bergamii ..... . 8 00@3 20 somes — wecencoe SO} LEIpOEE ............--- @2 25 Cajiputi..... . 60@ 65| Rhei Arom........... .--+-- 50 a cece ede ee 60@ 65 Caryophylli . ce 80 Similax ‘Ofticinalis a Guia... ..........- %7@ %5 Cedar . 2 & a. oO i Arsen et Hy- Chencpodii - : @1 60 | Senega ........0-- eee eee eeee S01 drargiod............ Cinnamonli . 1 25@1 43 Bellise cae es ose eeeseseaee 50 Liquor Fotass Arsiniti 10@ 12 Citronella .. co @ 6 a 50 — Sulph (bb Contam | Mac 35@ 65 oe wc cape pce COL 1B). can on cons ween @ 4 Copaiba 80B 90 ae GEE. onc cceecceese 50 mass, S 7.........- 63 ~ RADESMAN. 15 Morphia, S. P. & W. 1 95@2 20 | Seidlits Mixture.....- @ 2 | Linseed, boiled.. 62 65 2 NY. & Sinepis. i ae @ 18 = wee winter C Ce, 1210, = opt.......--.-.- @ 30 sretned ........... 65 70 Moschus Canton...... @ #0 — Saas. De spirite Turpentine... 36 40 Myristica, No 1 .. Ge Gt Vacs .....--....-.--- @ 35 Nux Vomica, (po2).. @ 10 snuff, “Geotch, De. Voes @ 35 PaINTs. Dbl. 1b. Oe sem... 15@ 18] Soda Boras, (po.8-16). 7 9| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 24@ 25 Ochre, y ellow — -- 1% So @2 00 | Soda Carb........---- ita ft” llmtCC ee... x Picis Lig, N..C., % gal Soda, BECarb.....-.-- 3@ 5| Putty, a, . 2% 2% oe . @2 00 | Soda, Ash.........---- | a a 2% 2% Picis Lig., — Soe @i 00 Soda, aaiee i @ 2 — e Amer- # pints ......- @ 85! Spts. Ether Co......-- 50@ 55|_ican.............--.-- 13@15 {l Hydrarg, (po. 80).. @ 50| “ Myrcia Dom..... 2 00 Vermilion, English. . 72 Piper Nigra, (po. 22). @ 1 ‘s Myrcia Imp... .. @2 50| Green, Peninsular..... 13@16 Hag Alba, ” ®).- @ 3 € ini Rect. bbl. Lead, rod M% Burgun.. Ho a a 2 51@2 61 ee Piage Acet.......... C@ 12 Less 5¢ gal., cash ten — bars white Span. 70 Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10g 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... 14 (ai, 45 bam Gliders ...... 9G Pyrethrum, boxes H Sulphur, subi. i 24@ 3 | White, Paris American 1 & P. D. Co., doz... @1 25 Bell... Se a = Paris Eng. Pyrethrum, pv........ ‘Tamarinds.._.....---- 8@ 10|_ cliff ..........-....... 1 4¢ Gussitag 7. &@ Terebenth Venice....- Bq 30 Uatvensal Prepared ..1 C0@1 15 Quinia, SP. &W.. “ saaan's ‘Theobromes ......-.-- 45 @ 48 VARNISHES. S. German.... 276 Wantlia |. ...- ..9 00@16 00| No.1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 4 Zinel Suiph.. . @ S|) Bextra Tarp... ...-. 10001 70 Saccharum Lactispv. 12@ 14 Coach Body.. 75@3 00 Salsetn og 2 30@2 50 orLs. No. 1 Turp Furn.. 1 10 Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal Eutra Turk Damar.. | 1 60 Sapo, a 12@ 14} Whale, winter........ 70 2. — No. 1 T s........... ... 10@ 12) Lard, extra........... ct) S Coe G.....- 9 22222. @ 16) tard No 1.........-- 2 Linseed, ‘pure raw. 59 82 It is now the season to buy for Spring Trade. Sponges an d Chamois Skins. We carry a full line. In Sponges Florida Sheep’s Wool. Nassau Shee; ’s Wool, Imitation Sheep’s Wool, Small Sheep’s Wool, No. 1 Grass, No. 2 Grass, No. 1 Slate or Reef, No. 2 Slate or Hardhead, and a full and complete line of Mediterranean Bath, from l4c each to 80¢ each and in assurted cases. Our Line of Chamois is complete and prices are right for first class goods. rE nae a = i Sees \ SS aa) >. RSS SS i= LSS Sh —S SSSSSss5 aS 1h HAZELYINE & PERKINS DRUG 60. Manufacturing Chemists; GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN. GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. w are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. They are prepared just before It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the AXLE GREASE, joz gross Aurora -_ = 6 00 Jastor Of] = 7 CO Diamond..... _—.. = 5 50 Preece... 75 9 00 aa 65 7 50 Aas 6. 8... 6 09 BAKING POWDER. Acme. @ 10. cane. 3 doz. . = % “bd. esa 5 1 lb. rf 1% a 10 Arctic. % t cans 6 doz case. ...-- 55 ce * tGec ~ _ . i ® 2 doz 2 00 . > ~ igo 9 00 Queen Flake Ul 3 ozcans6doz “* : ~ 70 GS ox - 4doz 3m 5 os —— . £8 : » * oe 4 ov _— 1 aaa oe 9 00 Red Star, % cens 40 % ib oo 75 i> 1 4 feifer’s, Ib cans, dos. 45 “ 4 ib = . Sib: -. 188 Our L eader, 4 .b cans. .... 45 bg ib Can3...... wD ' tibcans ....1 3 BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. Eaglish oe » Bristol, ......- eat URE... ee ee noe 69 BLUING Gross Arctic, — ovals ee 3 60 80 cee cv eC pints, round... _o 00 + mos 2, sifting box... 275 . =. 3, . 40 * He.5, : 8 00 1 ox ball oe . 450 Mexican I quid, 4 3 60 si 8 oz. 6 80 BROOMS, x =... i 90 er on No. 2 2 Carpet. 2 15 eT — ae 5C a ee 2 50 Common Whisk............ 85 Fanc le 1 00 aes. ....-.. -....--- = = BRUSHES. Stove, No. " enganaenenaeed 12 (7... is Rice Root Scrub,2 row...- *% Rice Root Scrub, 3row.... 1 2 Palmetto, goose..........-- 1 & CANDLES. Hotel, 40 ib. boxes.. --- ae lke _ 3 ae ............-...- 16 Sitar |... Oe DAARRED GOODS. Fich. Clams. Listie Nock, = Los 120 ip BK Clam Chowder. G:anderé, 3ib.......... 2 Cove Oysters. standard, il1b.... . 7 = 2ib .18 Lobatera. — te. 245 = 2D. am Picnic, : ib... 2 - Mackerel Standard, 1 ib...... 10 _ 2 10 Moser, Sih.......... 2 Tosssio Gate, = is.........2 = Soon. = ......... 22 Salmox. Columbia River, fat 1% + talls i #8 Alaska, oe poiees ee 1 30 Kinney’ . oo eee ee 1 95 Sardines. aunerican —— 4%O 6 at ——.- ee? imported cor an @: 0 % uxlaru ‘a “6a? SUucicres £2 t Gro « 4. it ..2 80 Fraits. Appice. 3 ib, standard York State, gallons ... 2% Hamburgh, can eae — Live oak....... i. 1 40 pare Ce. Lk. 1 40 Luek’s.. a 1 50 Ov eriand. 1 #0 Biackb erries. a+... .... 85 Cherries ................--.- Qi 2% Senor ee Whit lea a 1 40 — _ 16 Damsons, ‘Egg Plums and Green Gages. as. lL 1 3 — |... -...... 1% Gooseberries. ee 123 ee Pie .. . 1 10 Maxwell . ee 1 50 oes 1 50 oe aT 160@1 75 Monitor Ce eee eee oe Pears. a .........-..... 1s eoeeee.............. is Pineapples. Common 1 00@1 30 Johnson's sliced...... 2 50 _ erated. ..._. 2% Booth’s sliced. ........ @? 5) C ee @2 75 Quinces. Ce 1 10 Raspberries, — ......... 95 Black Hamburg....... 14 Erie. black 120 Strawberries. Lawrence . eee 13 Hambureh . — ' iz ee... ........ Ls 1 20 Torres 105 Whortleberries. Blueberries . i" 85 Meats. Corned beef Libby’s.......2 23 Rosest beef Armour’s....... 23 rouod ham, % ib........... 17 ig . DD... ' tongue, % Ib... ' _ - .....,.. chicken, \% Tb....... Veceta bles. Beans. Bamburgh stringless....... 16 French style..... 2 00 Y as is OO r as. 70 Lew!e Boston Baked........ 1 = Dey State Baked............ 123 World’s Fair Baked........ 123 Peewee Beet... ......_... 95 Corn. Ramburgh.... sto te —— ba Mee iL, 109 Purity oe anh Dow AZ Morn yg — )2—li«e Peas, Hamburgh marrofat ok early June . ...1 Champicn Eng..1 40 - = ss... 2. = ancy sifted....1 65 ae 95 Harrie standard...... oe VanCamp’ 8 marrofat....... 1m ry Blossom +. oO Archer’s Early Blossom....1 25 French ..... a oes Mushrooms. Tene. eesccccccccccs ool MBS Pumpkin, a ——- Squash, ae... is ‘Succotash. ae... 13: I 80 Honey Dew.. ee eee 1 40 eS 135 Tomatoes. erent ae 90 oe. 9 eee... — OEE | oes i 125 ee 3 00 CHOCOLATE, Baker’s. German Sweet... ........2. 23 Peo 37 Breakfast Cocoa.......... 8 CHEESE, jae... 12 ae... .... 12 Lenawee........ oo. 2 Riverside ...... Es 12% oe ......... “aim | 29 rice 11 Bdan0 ud Leiden 20 Limourger @i5 Pineappie @24 roqgnefnart 235 Sap Sazo @20° Schweitser, imported. @24 domestic .... a@i4 CREAM TARTAR. Serictiy pure........ = Telfer’ * Abecintoe........_. aoe inner CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. Aalf pint, 25 bottles. . 2% Pint —- - oo Quart 1 doz bottles. ...3 50 Triumph Brand. init pint. per dox.......... 1 35 Pant, 2 Goetiees *............ 450 attoer Gz 3 %5 CLOTHES PINS. Soros bomer.........._. 40@45 COCOA SHELLS, ge @3 Less ——— ee @3% Pound packages........ 6X%@7 COFFEE. Green. Rio. —.... . ae... Prime... Golden.. ou rossery ......... ......J z Santos. ae 19 — Ce aoe. 22 Peaberry . 2 Mexican and Guatamala. Se 21 a Ee 22 as. 24 Maracaibo, rae 23 as... 24 Java, forsee... 2s. 25 Erivese Growtn............. 27 Renee. 28 Mocha. = ..tltlti“ (i isi‘(‘(‘(‘( ‘i‘C;C;;SS ——-.......... Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add \c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. i2 36 Bunola —_.§ oo Lion. 60 or 100 1b. case.... 22 30 Extract. e— City & BTOBB........ 7 Felix . 2 Hummels, on. gross. nee -2 + Coe CHICORY. Bulk os ee eee eee oe 2 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton. 40 ft.......per dos. 1 3 ae... c 14 . on... . a 1 60 " 70 ft.. . 1% y 80 ft . 1 90 Tate s0 a. . 85 72 tt ee OCONPENSED. MILE 4 doz. in case. N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands Gail Borden Eagle..... ... z a... 6 3 ae 57 aon 4 50 ee... 43 a 3 35 Peerless evaporated cream 5 75 BS I eh ea Oe Oe a peppeamisec cers ecg rte COUPON BOO a. ‘Tradesman.’ $ 1 books, per hundred ... 2 00 $2 r ’ - eo cs 3 oo a“ “ a 3 00 $5 ' . ” see 8.0 . ' c . 40 e220 " _ = ——. oo “Superior.” # 1 books per hundred ... 2 50 $2 ° . . 58 g 3 “ a oe LL 3 50 85 i r . -. 400 $10 ' . : .. 56 eee . 600 fanaa . 8 1 books, per hundred 83 00 $2 - ' ... oa $3 = - .. $0 85 ° ' . s@ —_— - .. 6 00 820 _ 700 Above cies on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or. over.. 5 per cent 500 ».10 19006 oe “ i ow COUPON PASS BOOKS, {Can be made to represent any denomination from #10 down. | = books.. | 9 100 go 3 00 ae 6 25 es 10 00 ee 7 50 CREDIT CHECKS. 500, any one denom’n..... 83 00 —" © oe 5 00 —- — - 8 00 ao ee... % CRACKERS, Butter. Seymour XxXX.. _. Seymour XXX, cartoon..... a a eee XAX, cartoon...... i ee ce Salted XXX, cartoon ...... ane... eee Busser Diecut .............. oda. eS _. of we 7% Boon, Derkeu.............. 8% Cres Werer............... 10% Long Island Wafers ....... 11 — ee 5% City Oyater. KEK........ . BK Farina Oyster.....- +s PRIED FRUITS. Domestic, Apples. Sane 6% Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes q%X Apricots. California in bags.. ... 8% Evaporated In boxes. 9 Blackberries. iu boxes . Nectarines eee ll... 2 Ib. boxes.... i. Peaches. Peeled, in boxes Cal. evap. “ Leu es o in bags Pears California in bags. 6% Pitted Cherries. — = boxes . ae aes ce In barrels..... nee 20 Sees Ses... 20% Ss 2% Raisins, Loose Muscatels in Boxes. 2 crown ice cee, 3 i... LL. 5% Loose a - —_ own... .. . 3% 3 gS Foreigu Currants, Patras, bbls..... HOES Vostizzas, 6 lb. cases ..... iy Scbuit’s Cleaned. =e. were. 5% [10 packers ............ 6 Peel. Citron, Leghorn, gg boxes 13 Lemon 8 Orange = =” - 10 Raisins. Ondura. 29 ib. boxes.. @ Sultana, 20 C 2 S@ Vaiencia.30 ‘ Prunes. California, uae 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. Bx 80x90 I oe : 7Ox80 . 6% . 60x70 _- F Tee ................. a ENVELOPES, XX rag, white, eis: $1 35 =e ee...... ..... in” mis..hUlCU 12% — 1+... .. |. —— | Manilla, white Oe ce cc vis] .. «3. 70 Coin. Mil Ne. 4.. .. 90 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. 115 ID. Kegs........2. a 2% Grits, Walsh DeRoo'’& Co.’s..... 1 85 Hominy. TO cones ctccisncescces BE ROTO ia so Lima Beans. ae... 5@5% Maccaroni and Pasa Domestic, 12 lb. box. Maperted.............. -.10%@1 1 Pear! Barley. Schumacher... ........_. 3% Peas. Pore, wa... Ce. 110 Bore erie .... ...... Rolled Oats. Schumacher, a 34 65 2 5c ark we ........... 00 Moperch, % bbl... .... .. 3 @uaker, cases............. 3 20 Oren pened... |... 323 Sago. a 3 Mest Ie@ia...........-..... 3% Wheat. OCrecked........... (= FISH--Salt. Bloatere. Oo -- 16 Cod. Georges cured...........- 4 Georges genuine......... 6 Georges selected......... 7 Boneless, bricks.. ...... 6% Boneless, strips.. ....... 64%@9 Halibut. Smoked . 11@12 Herring. Holland, white hoops keg 70 ' wg ' = +> Norwegian Round, ye] bbl hy Ibs . ............ Sardines. Russian, kegs.............. 55 Trou 1, % bbis., 100K. eee 5 00 No 1 \ bbl, 40 Ibs. No. 1, kits, 10 lbs... he Lam ee........... Whitefish. No. 1 family 4 = 100 2. oe! 86 (0 3 00 ~ 1-1. oo toe 10 Ib. kite biden ase) 5 % 44 a WATCHES. Globe Match Co.’s ———-. Columbia a ee XXX Sulphur. ..... 1 00 Sanaa Match Co.’s Brands. ——ee———e 1 65 ance eee... 1 70 io Sees .........-.. 2... 1 10 Baoott parker... ......... 400 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’. Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Bestin the world for the money. Vanilla. XX Grade Vanilla, e..... 81 75 o..... 3 50 Jennings. Lemon. Vanilla : os regular —: vis) 1 20 40% 7 2 2 00 6 os . No. 3 we. 5 Mo. 4 taper........ 1 50 Northrop’s Lemon. Oval taper 75 “ o 1 20 ror SSS Vanilla. 202 in 3 02 1% 2 oz regular ‘‘ 8 1 20 4 . 1 227 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s, ee eee oe eee 25 ea 1 90 Cuarter Kege.......-....... 110 we o °} ) oS - & my eS =m lal 2 a mom Quarter kegs. . 51> cane ...... Ps Shik: alias, Halt kegs ... Quarter keg 1% cins......... — ae. "15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 lb. boxes....... 8. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. JELLY. SSRs KLRER = Ib. pails. . 2B2 Sh GO a ° = Md id ro Condensed, oa... 1 20 a 2 2 MINCE MEAT. Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. 2 7 4 Pie Prep. 3 doz. in case....2 ‘5 MEASURES, Tin, aa oe. ioe... . 81% Half gallon... eee oe ee cee 1 40 — Coa 70 ee 45 int . 40 = for vinegar, per doz. Ps gal -—. 2 Half ation 475 Quart . 3 75 rut... e 2 MOLASSES, Blackstrap. Sugar house..........-...- 14 Cuba Baking. Ordin i . a 16 Porto Ric. Prime . _ a Fancy 3u New Oriens, a... ie is 18 oe ........... 22 ee Se 7 i Ne a 32 Fancy : w Half barrels 3c.extra THE MICAIGAN ir ) = A a: RSM A Wr. 7 PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 Count... @4 (0 Half bbis, 600 count.. @2 50 Small. Barrels, 2 400 count. 6 00 Hast Dole * connt 359 PIPES. Ciay, i i s 7. D. fall count. ....... Om mee... 1 20 POTASH, 48 cans In case. Babbitt’s ...... cn 2. Penna Salt Co.’ "a 3 00 RICE. Domestic. Canine moee............ .. 5% . me 1.........-.....2 5 - fe. 4% I eee. cece ees. 3% Imported. J apan, No. 1. a 5% ee. veces. 5 SOR iw ew oe —. o Patnsa.. oe eee 4% SPICES, Whoie Sifted. Ailetee...........-.-......+ 9% Cassia, China in mats...... 9% " Batavia in bund....15 . Saigon in rolis...... 32 Cloves, Amboyns.......-.... 22 SS -11% Mace Batavia.. secs Nutmegs, fancy.. one es 65 a 60 * No. 2 wee eee rere wees 5> Pepper, S ans —- 10 io 20 pure cui in Bulk. Ginger, OO ——————— 1s ae... ........ 20 " James ....... - Mace Baleve.._........... 65 Mustard, ‘Tees aud Trieste. .22 Parnes | i : i ! 35 epper, Singapore, root pee pe wa 24 . Cun. Ceeecer ts 20 OG ee ioe ‘‘Absolute”’ in Packages. ys 8 Allagsee........ ... | 155 Ciknamon ............ & 1 & Cerone... 5... 84 155 Ginger, Jamaica...... 84 155 . Atrican........ 84 156 ee... 84 155 Penser ..... oe eee a 1% Sage...... coe tcoe OM SAL SODA. Granulated, i ........... 1% 7ol> Caeee...... 1% Lump, Boke ..........---... 114 1451b kews........ - 1% — Ane. ....: . @13 Canary, Smyrna. 4 Caraway -....-..-.-.-. . Cardamon, Malabar.. 80 Hemp, Russian ...... 4 ized Bid .......... 4% Mustard, white....... 9 Powe .......-......... 8 ek 4% Cutie tene.......... 30 STARCH. Corn. 20-1b boxes eee de ee ce 6 oe * .............. 5% Gloss. 1-lb packages a 5% elm 54 6-Ib ee ec oe 5% 40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 3% eres... sCi«¥. 3% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy i yams. ......-..- 35 french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, eee an en ee 5h ny e, English Cee 4% Diamond Crystal. Cases, 243 Ib. boxes...... $ 1 60 Barreis, oe ie... 2750 115 2% 1b bags... 4 00 ° ‘oS iD . 2.2 . 2010 1b “* -_ 22 Butter, 56 lb bags......... 65 « MtMibbers ........ S50 < 2801b bbis .. 2 50 * 2a ~*~ 2 25 Worcester. 115 2% -lb sacks eee 8410 Ooi = ol. 3& 30 0b eee ee 3 50 oe 3 30 ae Oe |... 2 50 eee 32% Hien AGes........... 60 Common Grades. = ee 82 10 5-1 eee 1 90 38 10-1. sacks.. ae Warsaw. 56 lb, dairy In drill bags... 30 oa 4 oe Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in inensacks.. 75 Higgins 56 Jhb, dairy in linen sacks 1 Soiar Rock. 56 lu. sacks... 22 Common Fine a 90 Manistee ......... 90 7 SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Cats .... ........... 3 30 POUee ne 315 Dwight’s.... ee Tayiers...... «+ oc-. a Oe SEEL 7s & XTRAC ES. tos. F. M. 2 90 (doz. $10 20 gro 2 NOS. 1 20 12 60 * 2 FM. 140 1440 * Vanilla 1 oz. F. M. 1 50 doz 16 20 gro > NS ee 2 o> * 2*F eee * 25 50 Rococo—Second Grade. Lemon. co... a0 GOs... ... so * Vanilla. 2@om,..... i @doz..... 10 30 ‘ SOAP, Laundry. G. R. Soap Works Brands. Concordia, 100 34 lh. bars...3 50 5 box lets ...... 3 r 10 box lots.......3 W Y 20 Hou lote...... 3 2) sest German Family. oO) 1-Ib. bare...... --t ao 5 box lots ie 25 box lots.... .2 00 Ailen B. W risley” s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb........ . Good Cheer, 801 Ib bate pees ae 3 90 White Borax, we a.....- 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. eee 3 45 Ivory, 10 oz ey ce. ........ 4 00 Lenox ... —. Mottled German. 2 Towa Tax........ il 22 Dingman mee, Single box... ...-......-..- 3 95 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 8 10 box lots, delivered...... 3 % Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, = 83 33 or « & ww N. K. Fairbank & Co. — Santa C laus eet es 3 § Piseag Bros. & Co.’s Brands. eee ee 3 65 eae —... . 6 Macsiice.... . ......... 4 00 Master - .. . £0 Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands Silver 65 Mono .... 3 30 Savon Dbuproved........... 2 50 eee oe. 2 oe Ce 3 25 a ............... 23 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 40 hand, 3 doz....... 2 40 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the lo- cal freight from New York to your shipp:ng point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Romine... 2. oi ................. 469 Cees... 8. 4 41 i, 4 31 xxx "Powdered Looe ae ... 2a) Granpiatea .............. 3 4 Fine Granulated........... 3 94 Extra Fine Granulated... 416 Mae A 4 31 Diamond Confec, A......- 3 34 Confec. Standard A.. .... 2 G7 SYRUPS. Cornu. ee 19 EE ————— 21 Pure Cane. ae... Ww Good... 20 Oe 25 TABLE SAUCES, Lea & Perrin’s, Taree... ou 475 amall..... 2% Halford, — co 3 75 Buel...) 22 Salad Dressing, large ..... 455 oa ..... 2 6 TEAS, JaPaNn—Regular. @i7 a ee 10 @i2 erNecrRe oe... @3 Choice..... 24 Qe Ee 22 @4 Dust. ....... 2 Gis BASKET FIRED. Fair . : -18 @20 Chace ae @25 Choicest...... 35 Extra choice, wire leat @40 GUNPOWLER. Common to fah....... 2 @3 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Cheicest fancy........ 7 @ss5 OOLONG. @26 Common co fair... ... 23 @30 IMPERIAL. “ommon to fair....... 23 @26 Superiortofine........30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor. to fair.. 15 @xs Superior to fine. es @w ENGLISH BREAKFAST, Pat .......... seo.it 22 Creee,............ oo 4 GSB Bom .................. 40 @50 TOBACCOS, Fine Cut. P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands. a Sweet Russet.. (Figer......._....-. D. Scotten & Co Brands. Paves ..........-.. i MOGMCL.. 2... «1-1... Spaulding: & Merrick’s braude, oes .......... Private Brands. Bazoo . @30 Can Can. Cou eee cone es @2i Wete Big.) 24 @25 Unele Bem......--. --- 24 @25 Money ........ ..-. i ' 16 onls......- 25 Combis .............. 24 Columbia, drums 23 Bane Up......_._....--- 20 Bang an drums 19 Plag. Sorg’s Brands, Socarnead ........-... 39 Joker .......--....... aj Nobby Twist..........-. 40 Scotten’s Brands, : Bole. ........-........ 2 Hawes... ....... 38 Valley City - 34 Finzer’s “Brands, Old Honesty..-.-.----- 4 Jolly Tar....._.------ 32 Lorillard’s Brands. Climax (8 0z., 41C).. 39 Crore Tie.......... 30 Three Black Crows... 27 J. G. Butler’s Brands. Something Good...... 338 Gut oft Signt.......... 24 Wilson « McCaulay’s Brands. Gold Hope............ 43 Happy Thought. 37 ea 32 No Tax | 31 bet Ge. ....|......... 27 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands, Eee 17@18 Golden Shower ..-..-........ 19 Huntress .... = Meerachaum _........--- 29@30 American Eagle Co.’s — Myrtle Navy.. .......-....- EE eee 3 — Lee acta eee coun = pend ‘Yes eT 32 Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands. Bam... ww. 58 Banner Cavendish ee 36 ol. ................ 3u Scotten’s Brands. ware. 14 Honey Dew............-...- 26 Gold Bicck........-.....__- 30 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s Brands. Peeriess........... . 26 Cit foe. = Standard.. . / Globe Tobacco Co." 8 Brands Pereeeae.............--..- Leidersdorf’s Brands. Hob Hoy..........--.-...... 26 Unele Gain.............- —_ Rod Clover..........----..... Spaulding & Merrick, ‘Toms and JOry......-..-...- 25 Traveler Cavendish........ 38 Buck Herm .....°........... 3u Plow boy. ..... ........ a Com Cake... ... i VINEGAR. aoe @s oo gr..... @? #1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, Bulk, pergal ....... . 30 Beer mug, 2 doz in case... 175 YEAST Mame ...... -....... ..1 co Warners ..... Loa Weast foam ...............- 1 00 Diamond.. cies ® Bove) ..... / «a. OO WOODENWARE, Tubs, mo)... 5 mo f..... 5 La 0 Palle, ey 1, two-hoop.. in Neo. 1, three- — io 2 ao Bowls, 11 inch.. ee een ee 13 eee es eg 90 a i su HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: FURS ee 30 @110 on 320 @ 70 crunk. ......... 79 @1 3.5 Rat, winter.... . “8 @ i! a. fo ....... ae cc mea Mow... ... 110 @ 1 4) Gray Fox.,...... 48 @ it) Caro... 300 @50:' paceer........ @ GIG Cat, wiid........ oe @ & Cat, bouse...... W@W @ & Fisher ..- 5 @ vie... ....... 1 OF Martin, dark..../.2 00 Martin, eee yel 1 OO Otter... ie. 5 00 ; Wolt.. a ae 2 Beaver... 0... 30) @7 Bear... _. .. 1500. 2a @ Opessam..__.... 0 @ 2 Deer Skin, dry n" @G Deer_skin,green 05:@ 12% SIDES. Crees ..... .....--...- 2%G3% — Cured... @ 1% eae eda oe 5% Dr: ee ae eee 5 2 2 Hips, creen _......... 3 @4 | Gurea ... ...... @6 Calfskins, =— _—.. = @e . qured...... 7 @8% Deacon skins...... 10 @ No. 2 hides & of. PELTS. Sheerness ............ > & ® Eamea |... 2 Ge WOOL. a... ....... 12 @5 Unwashed i e @i2 MISCELLANEOUS Tallow ...... iG 3 @4 Grease butter ....... 1 @2 Switches . 14%@ 2 Ginseng 2 OlN@2 25 GRAINS and FEEDSTOFFS WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 50 No. 2 Red (60 Ib. test) Su MEAL. Oe Granulat fed. : 1 65 FLOUR IN SACKS. WPatenie.... .... 1... es once, 1S re Garas...,._.......... 1s oe ................ Te — hw, Ol Hye ...... ......... .--..- 1 40 *Subject to usual cash dis- count. Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. MILLSTUFFS. ————————r --.. 014 50 a: .. .. . ae Middlings.. oe et PeeG.. ....-+..-.a0s 18 WJ Coarse meal cee e eee oe ae oan CORN. Car ilota.. _.:.. 44% Less than Car ote 45 OaTs. Car lots ... L124... ae Less than car lots .. _- oe HAY No. 1 Timothy, car lots ... 9 5U No. 1 . ton lots 11 00 .FISH AND OYSTERS YESH FISH Whitetis Poa @10 Trout oo. a9 Black Dass...... 15 pees, «| @i-% Ciscoes or Herring... @ 6 eee... @i2s a lobster, per lb. 20 bole oct ee 10 a: he Pickerel. @s Pie. 8... @s ‘seamed White.... @ 8 Red Snsppers........- 13 Columbia River Sal- Wao. 5. 4... 12% lO aoe 18@25 Benepe .. ..... .... 1 50 Sacimpe ... ts Clams. ee i 2 SHELL @00Ds. Oysters, per Ai. .....1 25@1 50 Clams 75@1 00 OYSTERS—IN CANS, F. J. Dettenthaler’s Brands. Fairnaven Counts... 33 FE. J. D. Selects..... 20 icc Ct BT F. J. D., Standards ... 25 eee 22 Btandards.........-.++ x0 ee 17 Standards. per gal eee 1 40 _ Anchor Standards per gai 1 50 OYSTERS—IN BULK. Counts, per eal ....... _@ o_o 1 80 Extra Selects. per gal. ao Oscar Allyn’s Brands. New York Counts.. oo Exe Hciects..........- 36 ieee ace ewe ae TX bE Standards. .......,.... Standards. —. Mediums.. oo Standards, per gal . . E @ IXL Standards, per gal..... 1 30 Extra Sele ts, = = _.--.1 92 Selects, per al.. oo. oO CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE LAMP BURNERS, Security. No. i eT Seenrity, No. 2 LAMP CHIMNEYSs,— ; dos in box. No.0 Sun Neal * ne.z * : i. ll : First quality No. 0 Sun, crimp top wrapped and labeled not ° . : No. 2 ng XXX Fiat t y ved an ab Pearl top. No. 1S8un ‘ No. 1 § u » Wrapped ap 1d labeled a La Bastie. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz No. 2 “ se ae ‘ = 1 crimp, per doz 2 ‘cc sc Rochester No 1, lime (Ge doz) ...... INO. 2, lime (.0e doz) ..... ING. 2, fling (Sie doz)........... No.2, lime (70e @oz) No. 2 flint (sec doz Miscellaneous. eunior, Rechester ............. NUtMEeE .... Illumi Barrel Mee eon 8... 7 in. Porcelain Shades..... Case lots, 12 doz.. Mammoth Chimneys S fo yr Store Ls im ps. No. 3 Rochester, lime . 3 Rochester, fl No. 3 Pearl top or Jes > > ) 2 G.obe lucandes. lin 2 Giobe Inecandes. fliz Pearl glass. OIL CANS, ®al tin cans with epout..... .... i { gal galy iron, with spout..... 2% gal galv iron with spout 3 gal galv iron with spout Sgal MENutt, with spout 5 gal Eureka, with spout 5 gal Eureka with faucet.. 5 gal galviron A & W 5 gal Tilting Caus, Monarch 9 gal galy iron Nacefas Pump Cans, gal gal Home gal Goodeno 5 gal Goodeuotr 5 gal Pirate King —.- __. LANTERN GLOBES Cases i duz. each , Tubular, bbis 5 a LAMP WICKS, No. 0 » per Bross bel eae eee ee RT acai per doz i Otter Bases... 2... 5. buli’s eye, cases ! ‘doz JELLY TU MBLERS—Tin Top. 1g Pints, 6 doz 8 ~~ * 6S “* “box, * bex (box \y - i * bbl ‘* doz (bbl 72 ' STONEWARE—AERON. Butter Crocks, 1 to 4 gal . , " q gal. per doz Jugs, % gal., per doz...... “ 1 to 4 wal., per gal.... Miik Pans. » gai., per dos se . 7 . ‘ 1 STONEWA Butter Crocks, 1 and 2 gal.... Milk Pans, 4 gal. per doz : ‘ S ws RE O3Ls in box, per box (box (0). =. = ee, * Gon (obi Ss >) (H)) 35 BLACK GLAZE The Standard Ol] Co quotes as foll 1 1 RX WwW. W. Mich. Naptha.. ! Stov e Gasoline Cylinder Engine. " Black, zero test ... Biack, 15 cold test.... Eocene. XXX W.W. Mich. Headlight. Scofield, § BARRELS, Pa! alacine Daisy White... ....- Red Cross, W W Hea Naptha Stove Gasoline Palacine Ked Cross W W Headlight ENG TRADESMAN Co. FROM TANK WAGON, FROM TANK WAGON, DUPLICATES OF oivcty SRAVINGS 3°. TYPE FOR ‘He: id] light. coceee «cece eacn ~~? shurmer & Teagle quote as follor WS; QuaNTITy GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. oe i a oS spree nepesisrmacienr ee SES 18 CURRENT COMMENT. Solomon S. Curry, President of the} Metropolitan Iron Land Co., makes the | statement that the opening of the Mesaba and other ranges will cause a revolution | in the iron ore business and that the values of the great Wisconsin and Michi- gan companies are nearly destroyed. At the conference of iron producers, held in| Cleveland a few days ago, the represen- tatives of the old companies expressed themselves very much discouraged. Bil- lions of tons can be put on the cars from the Mesaba range alone, enough to sup- ply the world for hundreds of years. The iron managers had been counting on the fact that the old world production is so nearly exhausted that this country must soon furnish the supply. Unfor- tunately for them, the supply has be- come too plentiful and so easily accessi- ble as to destroy the prospects of their benefitting from that fact. + + # It is figured that the less to the Gov- ernment from the secret sale of bonds above the market price amounts to $8,418,757 —a pretty plum to go into the hands of the jobbers. * = * The American Straw Board Company —otherwise known as the straw board trust—has beep sued for failing to pay the rental of the Peoria mills of $5,000 per month and judgment has been granted for $32,250. The defense was that the trust is illegal and, hence, that its contracts are void. This decision is important, as it will be followed by suits by a number of other mills similarly closed on monthly rentals. = © & A decided sensation was caused in the London money market by the issue of the last United States bonds. It is esti- mated that they were subscribed for from fifteen to twenty times over. Sub- scriptions to the loan locked up so much money that rates were decidedly ad- yanced. Of course, the great demand was caused by the exceptionally high rate of interest. =» & © The death of Frederick Douglass has created great interest in the career of that most remarkable personage. That one born a slave should attain such celebrity is sufficiently wonderful. The development from the humblest ignorant obscurity to a position commanding the recognition of the broadest culture rivals the invention of the great romances. = & © A very peculiar accident is reported from Riverhead, L.I. A few days ago, Mrs. Gordon discovered that her 6- months-old baby was suffering with its foot. She undertook to remove its little socks, and the process gave the child so much pain that she was compelled to de- sist, and sent for the doctor. He cut the sock from the child’s foot and dis- covered that one of the mother’s hairs had become entangled with the child’s foot and had cut its toes to the bone. * * * A Frenchman claims to have discov- ered how to make vegetation grow as much inthirty minutes as it ordinarily does in thirty days. He claims to have got the secret from the yogis of India, who go from place to place giving exhi- bitions and picking up a few cents by making a mango sprout and grow several feetin afew minutes. The Frenchman says the secret agent that bursts the seed and heaves the sprout up through the . PR PROS ea ma a Se a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ! earth, like Jonah’s gourd, is formic acid. It is secreted in large quantities from the body of the ant. Pour boiling water over a pile of ants, and the resulting in- fusion will taste sour like vinegar. It dissolves away the sheaths of seeds and makes them burst into greenness. The yogis say the earth they use is obtained from ant hills. Earth moistened with a liquid containing one part of formic acid to 5,000 parts of water will make the plants just hop, skip and jump, the Frenchman says. * * * Many people have wondered why} physicians begin their prescriptions with the letter ‘‘R.’? It seems that during the middle ages, when astrology was in fashion, a character very much like our ‘“R? was the sign of Jupiter, the pre- server of health. The physicians, being then equally devoted to the science of medicine and astrology, invariably began their prescriptions with the following words; ‘In the name of Jupiter take the following doses in the order set down hereinafter.’? In the course of time this formula was abbreviated, until at pres- ent only the ietter ‘“‘R’’ remains to teach us that the medical art was once associ- ated with the science of the stars. * * * Electrie lighting has now been applied to private carriages, in which a storage battery may be secreted under the seat, and the whole equipment costs less than $50 fer each carriage. That imperial innovator, the German Emperor, was one of the first to put electricity to this use. He had the imperial carriages se fixed that the old-fashioned candles in the lamps were dispensed with and an in- candescent burner is usedinstead. Inside the carriages there are several of these burners, making it light enough on the darkest night to read when driving to opera or party, but the lights can be turned out at will. Not content with this departure, the Emperor William has had electric lamps put upon the harness of his horses, consisting of small colored lights which glow like fireflies. The Prince of Wales, who has adopted the custom of electric lighting in his carriages, has not gone quite so far as this, being content with the lights in the carriages and in the lamps on either side of the driver. Carriages have been so lighted in France for five years, and the custom is steadily increasing. * * * A Louisville (Ky.) man, who says he never drinks, tells of a farmer who has produced a breed of fur-bearing chickens, which sport in ice water and cackle briskly in the midst of almost eternal snow. This was accomplished by skin- grafting a selected cock and hen with rabbit skin, half an inch atatime. The process was painful, but succeeded ad- mirably. Eggs of the new breed sell rapidly at $1.75 a dozen and are hatched out by ordinary hens, who invariably die of fright upon perceiving the strange ap- pearance of their offspring. * & * Austrians seem determined to main- tain their reputation for being the most merry and pleasure-loving nation in Eu- rope, for their Parliament has just re- jected, with a considerable show of in- dignation, a bill making drunkennness penal. The opponents of the measure found no difficulty in convincing the House that the established habits of the people were such that it was impossible to punish this failing, and that the feasts and family drinking bouts which have been customary among the population for over a thousand years cannot be abolished by law. WANTED. Send us 30 and 32 Ottawa St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. General Office, Telephone 45. Warehouse, Telephone 954. Office Telephone 1055. SECURITY 257—259 OTTAWA ST. Moving, Packing, Dry Storage. Expert Packers and Careful, Competent Movers of duusebu.d Furniture. Given. Business Strictly Confidential. Baggage Wagon at all hours. C4 Beans, Potatoes, Onions. 7. MOSELEY BAUS id 2 General Warehousemen and Transfer Agents. Geueral Office, 23 Suuth Vivision street, Grand Rapids. Barn Telephone 1059. If you have any to offer write us stating quantity and lowest price. 26 28, Dealers in COLD and DRY STORAGE. Storage and sample of beans you have to offer, car lots or less. 9 ) ll e¢4 a3 Carriages, Wagons, Agricultural Implements and Binder Twine. K.J BRUOKS, Man's. Transfer Co. Estimates Cheerfully F. S, ELSTON, Mer. PALACINE. Has proved itself the only perfect illuminating oil. € Why ? * For sale by all first-class dealers, and refined only yb SCOFIELD, SHURMER & TRAGLE. Grand Rapids. Telephone 865. £ N x FLA Poume £ fH” onty Tica Grane RAO PwoER SoLDAT PRICE “104 en 25¢ NorTHRoP. ROBERTSON § caRRiet LANSING, Mich. FACTURERY | ouisville. Ky GRAND RAPIDS = <—_ssmE=zemmes MANUFACTURER OF B R U S H = S GRAND RAPIDS, MICH Our Goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. BECAUSE it gives a clear, bright light. BECAUSE it does not cloud the Chimneys. BECAUSE it does not char the wicks. And last but not least, does not emit a bad odor. ste ~=- “7° BSN) en -Ps ae TRY YRAUESNAN'S WANTS COLUMN. nS A a eo aes ie pest Bat as ot amanda mm { > 4 cement tacit MEN OF MARK. A. Dodds, Proprietor of the Dodds Ma- chine Works. The steady and solid growth of the Dodds Machine Works during the past few years, a concern widely known among the manufacturers of wood- working machinery all over this coun- try, and in other countries as well, makes it fitting that The Tradesman should give a brief outline of the career of the man whose untiring efforts have built up this business from the small- est possible beginnings. So quietly has this enterprise grown, that it is, com- paratively, little known locally, though having already increased to no mean proportions. Alexander Dodds was born in Saint Lawrence county, New York, in the year 1845. Is of Scotch parentage, his parents having emigrated from the banks of the Tweed in 1833. The thrift necessary to secure a living in Scotland at that day was sufficient to make them independent farmers in this country from their first settlement. The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood on the farm, attending the dis- trict school winters and assisting in the farm work and putting in all his time at this work summers. Possessing a decided mechanical taste, he obtained a position in a machine shop when he became of age, where he began his apprenticeship as a machin- ist. A couple of years later he came to Michigan, first locating at Lansing, and continuing to learn his trade, being mployed by L. L. Houghton, a manu- facturer of wood working machinery. In 1870, Mr. Dodds was married to Ase- neth Carpenter, of Maple Rapids, Mich. The family moved to Grand Rapids in 1878, Mr. Dodds entering the employ of the Buss Machine Works. In 1882, he bought an interest in a small ma- chine shop on the second floor of a building at the west end of Pearl] street bridge, and a few months later bought out his partner, thus becoming sole owner. As an employer, he immediately turned his attention to the develop- ment of inventions that should give his enterprise an advantage in the sharp competition in its field, that of wood working machinery. Some of the ma- chines he invented are unique, and are still without a rival. During the first few years the business was subject to difficulties and setbacks that would have discouraged a man of less energy and hopeful temperament. The great floods of ’83 deprived him of power for a long time, and, to escape a recurrence of this possible yearly catastrophe, he moved into what is known as the Deane building on Mill street, north of jerkey & Gay’s. After two or three years of success in the new location, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 19 another flood washed away the founda-~ tions of that part of the building where most of his machinery was located, let- ° r ting it cave into the river. His indomit- Are : y ou in Need of able energy hadg won for him many friends in the business world, and in this emergency these came We have lots of it in 4 and 8 oz. packages at L0e¢ forward with offers of financial as- sistance, and in a short time the works were again in operation, this time in a building built for the purpose on the West Side. Here the business prospered until larger quarters became necessary, and in 1892 Mr. Dodds purchased the four-story build- ing with water power known as the Deane property, where the accident of caving into the river had occurred a few years before. He has made exten- sive improvements on the property, so that it is excellently adapted to the needs of his rapidly increasing busl-, $10 per 100 Pounds. ness. The best smoke for the lowest price known. During the time of his business strug: | gles Mr. Dodds had the misfortune to 1 | lose his wife. Some years later he mar- | ried Mrs. A. J. DeLamarter. He has| one daughter by the first marriage. | Mr. Dodds has found time to in-| terest himself in other enterprises ; and duties as a citizen. He has held the office of president of | the Valley City Rattan Co. for over | hree years. Early in life he became a | ‘ hurch member in the Baptist denom- | ination, and joined the Fountain street | hurch on coming to this city. Since qj Clark Grocery that time he has been active in helping to establish two new churches of that | faith in the city, in one of which he is| leacon, and holds other offices. He} became a Mason in Lansing, in 1868, | and has passed most of the degrees of that order. Mr. Dodds is a man of quiet tastes ind retiring disposition, but he has the Scotch enterprise and tenacity of pur- pose which insures success in whatever | he may undertake. A.B. KNOWLSON, Wholesale Shipper Gement, Lime, Goal, Sewer Pipe, Ets. CARLOTS AND LESS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. CALL YOUR PA’S neighbors and friends attention to the fact that we are Rxecutive Offices, 279, 284, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres Offices n the principa! cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Austrailia, and In London. England. IGHTIEST ILLERS, IGHIGAN'S KRGHANT Grand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdieomb Bldg HENRY ROVCE. Sapt. H,M Reynolds & S5o0n,| That we grind 800 Barrels of flour per day, and that in Jan- Jobbers of STRAW B DARD, BUILDING PAPERS, BUCKSKIN and MANILLA WRAPPING PAPER, ROOFING MATERIALS, COAL TAR and ASPHALT; also B Practical Roofers, Corner Louis and Campau Sts., Grand Rapids, - - - uary we ground over 30 ears of corn and 10 of oats and sent it broadeast over the state in the shape of the best feed known ! il Do More in February Mich. Chas. Pettersch, JOBBER OP Imported and Domestic Cheese ‘ oda gee senione 9 MQ] Gity Milling Go. Grand Rapids Mich. | and we want yonr orders tu help the record GRAND RAPIDS 20 GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis- --Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence New York, Feb. 23—Every day brings encouragement and is better than the day before. Go where one will, he hears stories of ‘‘trade picking up,’’ ‘‘doing a little better,” ete. Grocery jobbers are greatly encouraged, and one of them re- ports the largest day’s business for a year. The old depressing story of con- tinually falling prices has been stopped; instead, we hear of ‘‘firmness’’ and ‘‘no further ¢ ecline.’’ Coffee is, particularly, strong. Buyers who ‘‘wait until a more convenient season” are waiting in vain. They find the goods sold or else ‘‘fractionally higher’? and go away feeling that they have lost a chance. Rio No.7 is worth 1614@16*%e. Mild sorts are, also, firm and holders show no anxiety whatever to make sales. There is a good steady movement and all signs point to contin- ued firm rates. The tea market is about unchanged. There is, however, a better tone to the trade, and holders feel encouraged. For the better grades, particularly, the de- mand jis very favorable, and quotations are strongly adhered to, Refined sugars show no. particular change. Prices cannot advance to any extent. Demand is about of the usual character. Rice is firm, holders being well satis- fied with the outlook. There is a good trade for the better sorts of domestic, and, also, for foreign. Japan rice is somewhat scarce and is likely to be for an indefinite period. Spices are about in the usual demand, but holders are feeling encouraged, and, particularly, as regards pepper, in which some quite large transactions have taken place. Some good sales of cloves are, also, reported. : Really good qualities of grocery grades of molasses, while in sufficient supply, are certainly becoming scarcer and hold- ers are holding at very firm rates. The quotations have not materially a@vanced during the week, but are apt to at any time. Foreign grades, also, are well maintained. Canned goods—even canned goods—are doing better. Transactions are larger and the demand comes from all parts. Low priced vegetables seem to be in the lead at the moment. There has been an advance of 5@7}¢c on corn and Califor- nia fruits show a little appreciation in price. Reports from Baltimore all speak of the revival of the canned goods trade. There are such enormous supplies of many things that there can be no great advance in quotations, but anything is better than to drag along as they have done for so long. Butter is firm and really extra grades are scarce. There is a good demand and one that seems likely to continue. For under grades there is a rather slow move- ment and rates are nominal. Cheese is improving every day and dealers feel encouraged. Not much is doing for export, and the little that is sought for is of low grade. ‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Western eggs are worth 25@26c and there is an excellent demand. Ali sorts are moving fairly well and it is likely that a large portion of the surplus will be worked off before the usual Easter accumulation arrives. Provisions are firm, particular activity. The big Arbuckle coffee ‘‘shop’’ in Brooklyn was partially, burned Thurs- day, involving a loss of a quarter of a million of dollars. By the way, do you know that the word Ariosa means A for Arbuekle, rio forthe city of that name, and sa for South America? There seems to be a lack of news of late concerning the end-of-the-century manners of the New York woman. News of this character usually comes from the West, though it is occasionally blazoned forth in the columns of sensational New York papers. For many years the win- ter season has been ushered in by elabo- rate stories about the manner in which New York women drive four-in-hand sleighs up Broadway at midnight, main- tain enormous and elaborate ‘‘gambling hells’? on Fifth avenue, smoke cigarettes in the windows of the clubs, and have their boots polished while sitting elevated on the stands of the bootblacks on street corners, with their skirts blowing in the wind. The annual story of the tobacco merchant explaining how many thousand cigarettes New York women smoke in a day is also behind time, and the theory is gradually gaining ground that it has at last become recognized that the New York woman is, after all, about as well- bred and quite as conventional and sedate as her sisters of similar circumstances in the other towns in this country. A familiar figure in New York life has apparently departed forever. This was the heavy round-shouldered bewhisk- ered man who was the forerunner of all huilding operations in town, and whose duty it was to smoke a pipe and occasion- ally stir a mortar bed whenever any re- pairs were going on in the neighborhood. It was the custom to mix the mortar and get it in shape at least eight or ten days before building operations were begun, and the mortar man and his assistant, with their whitened overalls, long hoes and tranquil manners, always preceded the energetic masons and stone cutters. Recently, however, a big monopoly has taken hold of the mortar business, and it is mixed in remote yards, where ten days’ but there is no tar it is carried to them in carts, into the heart of the building, and does not touch the sidewalk at all. rs > The Latch String Is Out. Patrons of Tue TRADESMAN who wish to inspect a model printing office—the largest and best equipped in the city and one of the finest establishments of the kind in the State—are cordially invited to call any time during business hours and visit the various departments. Take elevator in New Blodgett building (cor- ner Louis and Ottawa streets) for fifth floor. attention is duly given to it, and | when the builders are ready for the mor- | poured | DON’T WANT IT. rand Rapids and Jackson Grocers | Oppose the Brundage Bill. | JACKSON, Feb. 2J—What is the Grand | Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association doing in regard to the pure food bill? We pro- pose to make a strong protest against its passage. Wedo not want to see manu- facturers driven from the State by any such nonsensical law as this. They will have to stay out or give away their busi- ness if such a law is passed. Our Presi- dent said he wished that we mignt have three or four copies of THE TRADESMAN containing its analysis of the measure, so that we can pass them around and get our grocers to help defeat the bill, if possible. W. H. Portes, See’y. At the last meeting of the Grand Rap- ids Retail Grocers’ Association the Brundage bill was discussed at some length, culminating in the adoption of the following resolution: WHEREAS—There is now before the Legislature a measure known as the Brundage bill, having for its alleged ob- ject the curtailment of adulteration and sale of adulterated goods; and WHEREAS, This measure unjustly dis- criminates against the retail dealer, plac- ing the merchant at the jeopardy of his enemies and paid spies of the State: therefore Resoived—That we place ourselves on record as unalterably opposed to any leg islation which is devoid of the element of fairness to all parties concerned, and earnestly request our Representatives and Senators to work and vote for the defeat of the Brundage bill and kindred meas- ures. Status of the Waterbury Failure. The assets of A. E. Waterbury & Co., the Traverse City jewelry firm which re- cently made an assignment to Foster & Crotser, are appraised at $675. The liabilities are $1,600.59, divided among sagopa -three in the following amounts: me eee ee Co....................... $158 56 Cieveland Optic MAUD 26. ekeeeees .... ae oe Towle Mfg. <'o... eee cL. Lissener & Sol ihei im . ld ed oe ee ee 7B Beniomin, Alien &Co..................... 10 00 Holines & ee 20 13 E. Webster & Son.. ee ae & Kibowan .... cee sale ac oo Chaa. A. Son Seeker 100 00 > - The cry of ‘‘Hard times and no money” is false. The Western Beef and Provi- sion Company are selling far more goods than ever before. Their prices to the trade command big sales. Signal ar | made, 5c. Five cigar is Spanish hand- Odenheimer, Zimmer & Co. Sis ooo a le ot -o.0 Soo a0 Norris, MCAVister @ G@o.................... Tae WT Paes me Ue. a ee ee Robbins & Appleton a , | William Rogers Manufac turing Co. 54 58 Keystone Watch Co. .... to Waterbury Clock Co.. oo a. oe Bernstein, Cohen ; aE 8 00 i ke ec ee -- oe O Trier Bros... .. sl oe John Holland Pen ae le ied Fe Pon O....1........-.-.-.-.- 30 00 M. A. Eisman & Bro.. i 152 79 —orehlClrtCCC:C«CdCs. CC. 12 48 % OYSTERS Daisy Brand, Favorites, per can.............8 16 Daisy Brand, Standards, percan............ 18 Daiey Brand, Selects, per cain .............. & Solid Brand, Standards, per Can......... 20 Bou brand, ©. F., por cal...,.............. 2 Boud Brand, Selects. per can................ 26 Solid Brand, Extra selects, " —......... Extra Standards, per gal.. Oysters fine and we ii tilled. The Queen Oyster Pails at bottom prices. Mrs. Withey’s Home Made Jelly, made with boiled cider, very fine: _ es ¢S mete eee ks 50 Tr, oe... . 45 15-lb. pail. . oe 1 quart Mz ison Jars, per a 1 40 1 pints Mason Jars, per doz.. 9% Mrs. Withey’s C ondensed Mince Meat, ‘the bestmade. Price per Case ............... 2 40 Mrs. Withey’s bulk mince meat: oh well per oe 6 51, Oete, OOE UP... 8. 644 10-1b. mete Ber 6% >ib. came, per Gon.............. ey co 1 40 Di Cee er Oe. te wt, 2 Oe Pint Mason Jars, per doz. See coe 1 40 Quart Mason dare, per Goze _............. .. 325 Pure Cider Vinegar, per galion.............. 10 Pure Sweet C ider, pee eh6n.........- .. = New Pickles, medium, barrels............... 5 00 Wee Fie, eee... 2 Now Sader isa, barrels.................... 40 Now Saucr Brant, 16 berreis................- 2 50 Maple Syrup, pint Mason Jars, per doz 1 40 Maple Syrup, quart Mason Jars, per doz.... 2 2% Maple Syrup, tin, gallon cans, per doz...... 9 00 Peach Marmalade, 20-15 pails ..............- 1 00 EDWIN FALLAS, Grand Rapids, Mich. John Brechting, Architect, 79 Wonderly B’ld’g. Call or let’s correspond if you want to build. §. P. Bennett Fuel &iee Co Mine Agents and Jobbers for ALL KINDS OF PUBL. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ; 9 VJ J § e EATON, LYON & GO. 20 & 22 Monroe &t., GRAND RAPIDS. PANIC AMONG MEAT MEN. The Western Beef and Provision Company awakens everybody to the fact that there is Lots of Money in Circulation. Their Prices to the trade this week command immense Sales. Telegrams coming in from the Western supply say, “Sell more goods.” Ask for prices on (=8~ Order quick and prices will surprise you. WESTERN BEEF and PROWISION 60. ae eae Eee ee i full and carloads are arriving. ALL FRESH AND SMOKED MEATS, VEGETOLE, WORLD’S FAIR BUTTERINE, LARD AND ALL PROVISIONS. Special attention to mail and telegraph orders. Storehouses are Grand Rapids, Mich, i k sad Bee eae ny pee Muskegon Bakery Grackers (United States Baking Co.) Are Perfect Health Food. There are a great many Butter Crackres on the Market—only one can be best—-that is the original Muskegon Bakery Butter Cracker. - Pure, Crisp, Tender, Nothing Like it for Flavor. Daintiest Most Beneficial Cracker you can get for constant table use. Muskegon Toast, ALWAYS Royal Fruit Biscuit, ASK | ‘ ve | Muskegon Frosted Honey, YOUR | Iced Cocoa Honey Jumbles, GROCER Great | Jelly Turnovers, FOR Specialties | Ginger Snaps, | MUSKEGON Are | Home-Made Snaps, BAKERY’S | Muskegon Branch, | CAKES and Mlik Lunch. | CRACKERS United States Baking Co. LAWRENCE DEPEW, Acting Manager, Muskegon, - Mich. Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosierv, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ging- hams, Prints and Domestic Cottons. We invite the Attention of the Trade to our Complete and Well Assorted Stock at Lowest Market Prices. Spring & Company. + Jess” what you want. We are always on the lookout for something to please our trade and put dollars in their pockets; and, after thorough investigation, and many tests have secured a plug tobacco that just suits everybody. It is called “JESS,” is a club shaped plug, 2x12, spaced for 3 cuts and shows a good margin to the retailer. It weighs 16 ounces to the plug and the consumer gets full value for his money. We propose to push it to the front and make it the leading plug tobacco of Michigan. salesman to give you a chew, and show you the goods and you will buy. Everybody is taking it. Why? Because it is “Jess” what they want and have been looking tor. Musselman Grocer Co. - — GIOnd Rapis, Mich Ask our| ((-Seaitear Sia Our “New Gem.” 0 The Pride of the Household. eae The Most for *AQUOY, 3SBOT OG? MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THE DANGLER STOVE & MFG. CO., CLEVELAND, OHIO. 0 The Burner has the same flame and heating power as the “PROCESS”, and will do the same amount of work, and consume much less fluid. Made with our celebrated tank, which is neither LAY-DOWN nor ELEVATED, and regarded as the most CONVENIENT, RELIABLE and ABSOLUTELY SAFE tank ever made. We Have the Agency for This CELEBRATED STOVE. en No. 415 3-Burner, High and Step, List - - $12 No. 414 2-Burner, High and Step, List - - 16 Regular Gasoline Stove Discount. OSTERZAT EVENS & CG: “ oy g LUMBER GD, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 18 and 19 Widdicomb Bld. wo N. B. CLARK, Pres. W. D. Wape, Vice-Pres. + C. U. CLARK, Sec’y and Treas. <| We are now ready to make contracts for bark for the sea- son of 1895. Correspondence Solicited. REDUCED PRACES. Alfred M Mail us your order f eakin’s Best ran assorted crate MS Ga ee cr ae 4 : x * rE fe “ESE | a - yp % 7.¥ / LOL asain ett / CLL ea ory TEAS BUTTERS. English White Gr We only show two assortments here, but have a large variety in stock. W are. Ask for lists. anite — SUGARS SAUCE BOATS. No. 1448910 Henshall Shape. ORIGINAL ASSORTED CRATE. Alfred Meakin’s White Granite. 6 Dozen 5 5 inch Plates, 2 529) 6 Dozen 4 Fruit Saucers...... 28 1 20 12 209) 4 . Individual Butters. 19 2 « gH - 140915 Set handled St. DenisTeas ... 37% 5 6 Only 6 *“ Bakerg.. 4715 ‘ handled Henshall Teas..... 37% 5 . 7 8” ee 859,21 ‘ unhandled St. Denis Teas.. = 6 6 ‘- 268 Bowls... ... 471824 Only (Oyster Bowis, 30s.......... 1 12 << _ 75i| 6 Pairs Ewors and Basins......... 7 is 3 12 ‘ 368 eee 639) 6 Only 9 inch Dishes ee ie 12 « os Open Chambers..... 300 3 00f] 6 10 occ cee ae Gee ee 6 —_— Covered Chambers. 4 50 2 2518 6 ._ ee 22 1 12 ic inch Scollops oo 945 Crate end Carieee.... 2 12 Ee 113 lis 12 ° 8 a ce 1 69 1 69 (OE 858 No, J. R. 1704 Henshall Shape. ORIGINAL ASSORTED CRATE. Alfred Meakin’s White Granite Ware, 2 528) 6 Only Dishes! 9 ee 6 Dozen Plates, : inch.......... _s 2 @ 85 = - a eo. - ‘oe 1 40 = | . 8 weeee--e SO 1 408) 1 Dozen Open hawks ‘9s. -. one 300 6 “* Pott ccatain ose, 1 68 1 Covered Chambers, 8... 4 4 50 4 ‘“ Individual Butters........ 19 764 9 Only Ewers and Basins, 9s. _.. 5 35 6 Only Bowls 2i5............ 94 7 (30 Set handled Teas, St. Denis...... 37% 11 2 1 Dozen Bowes, S08.................. 5 7 [i3u Set handled Teas, Daisy..... .... 3734 11 25 1 eae 63 63) Crate and Garters ao. 2 50 = |. r 20s, Oyeter.......... % 1 508 A 1 . Scollops, 6 — cee ‘.. = 948) MObet 8s. pee ene cece 866 34 1 ce 113 1 138) 1 ’ neh . oo 1 69/8) 6 Only Dishes, 9. a. ol 57h ' Anything you want carried in open stock at small advance over crate price. H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids. The Dayton Computing Sea For further information drop a postal card to It Sells Because of Its Money-Making Features, WARNING The trade are hereby warned against using any infringements on Weigh- ing and Price Scales and Computing and Price Scales, as we will protect our rights and the rights of our general agents under Letters Patent of the Cuited States issued in 1881. 1885, 1256, 1888, 1891, 1893 and 18. And we will prosecute all infringers to the full extent of the law. The simple using of Scales that infringe upon our patents makes the user liable to prosecution, and the importance of buying and using any other Computing and Price Scales than those manufactured by us and bearing our nameand date of pat- ents and thereby incurring Hability to prosecution is apparent. Respectfully THE COMPUTING SCALE CO. SEE WHAT USERS SAY: PORTLAND, Mich., January 5, 1895. Mess. Hoyt & Co., Dayton, O. GENTLEMEN—I have used one of your (omputing Seales for about one year. I cannot praise it too highly. It is very accurate and quick. There is no chance to make u mistake. I would not part with it for any money if I could not getanother. Itake pleasure in recommending it to anyone in need of a perfect sciJe. Yours truly, P. N. Moore. PORTLAND, Mich., January, 6, 1895. Mess. Hoyt & Co , Dayton, O.. GENTLEMEN—I have used one of your Computing Scales now over a year, and must say that I have had much pleasure as well as profit inits use. I would not part with it for the price I paid for it if I could not get another. It gives mepleasure to recommend it to all wishing a good, profitable, correct scale. Yours respectfully, HERMAN W. CLARE. HOYT & COMPANY, Dayton, Ohio, = API