Py] r . y a e : i Wixi if tPyV SPD) ATA OY F919.) Ne VERSED MEG CLE= DO) We cs Wx 7 ACN N\. EN AN P XG | i 2. Reference Library SESS 7 @ a * Saeed. (| eer Se NEAT - KEY Gas Woe |EST. 1883 DISCS nO ROU ELEES ZB Saas - G Thirty-Fourth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 191 Number 1746 ee ee ee eee Oe ee ee ene EN EEE I IEEE GEG MMM YEN rights which more than any other should unite all parts of the Union, it is unquestionably the right of the person. No matter what his vocation--- whether he seeks his subsistence amid the dangers of the sea, or draws it from the bowels of the earth, or from the humblest oc- cupations of mechanical life--- wherever the sacred rights of an American freeman are assailed, all hearts ought to unite and every arm be braced to vindicate his cause. Henry Clay. FOO OO oOo}; Aa bb OOOO odd Ia Che Hmerican Freedom r THERE be any description of => Putnam’s = {| Menthol Cough oe Drops The ‘‘Double A’’ Brand Packed in an attractive display carton, a valuable silent salesman. Keep them in stock always. PUTNAM FACTORY, National Candy Co., Inc. Makers GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SMe SECT DMD ey Nationally Advertised Naturally Sold Glass Package Makes Quality Permanent Gilpin, Langdon & Company Baltimore, Maryland The Iron Safe Clause in Fire Insurance Policies, which is frequently used as a club by unscrupulous insur- ance adjusters to coerce mer- chants who have suffered loss by fire to accept less than the face of their policies, has no terrors to the merchant who owns a York fire proof safe. This safe is carried in stock and sold at factory prices by the Western Michigan representative of the York Safe & Lock Co. GRAND RAPIDS SAFE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ~ _ Mati a (ORS 1 oe i : CERESOTA Trade Mark Reg U.S. Pat. Office The Guaranteed Spring Wheat Flour Always Uniformly Good Manufactured by The North Western Consolidated Milling Co. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA Distributed by The Judson Grocer Co. The Pure Foods House GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Wei.’ a > 9» -* ° yoy Wri-* , 4 > v { \ 4 . 4 ~ #} .» @ J b ESS) RM ROA ILNOSTS A) a0) Ae Thirty-Fourth Year SPECIAL FEATURES. Page 4. News of the Business World. 5. Grocery and Produce Market. 6. Gone to His Reward. 8. Editorial. 10. Shoes. 12. Financial. 14. The Hope of Humanity. 16. Dry Goods. 18. Butter, Eggs and Provisions. 19. Lenten Leaders. 20. Woman’s World. 22. Hardware. 24. The Commercial Traveler. 26. Drugs. 27. Drug Price Current. 28. Grocery Price Current. 30. Speciai Price Current. 31. Business Wants. PLAIN POINTS ON PUNCH. One of the biggest little words in current use to-day comes to us from the ringside—namely, punch. As originally used by the fellows who coined it, the word covers, in general, splendid fighting qualities in a pugilist. For instance, when you say of a fighter, “he’s there with the punch,” you mean that he is still game to the core and physically -fit. In other words, he’s capable of, and disposed to, put up a good fight. The other fellow may surpass him in reach, but even at that he isn’t going to have any walkover. Maybe the other fellow can inflict hard punishment and he may also have a fine slant of his own on the science of the game; but even so, the fellow with real punch may be trusted to give a good account of himself. From which it appears that punch is a somewhat composite thing; that is to say, it is in part physical and tangible (strong, muscular, well-train- ed arms and speed), and partly men- tal and intangible (i. e. unshaken faith in one’s ability to win). And the intangible quality in this composite product—punch—is even more important than the physical. Which sometimes brings to mind a very old saying, namely: “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.” So punch is a thing that proceeds from the innermost parts of a man’s being. No matter how much of a giant a pugilist may be, if he loses his punch he is done for. He may have no end of science, but without punch he'll win no. battles from worthy op- ponents. For, without punch, he’s whipped at the start. In every department of the big game of life, the thing we call punch is that inmost success-quality which enables a man to put it, to win out, to make good, to get away with it. He may be handicapped, outclassed, severely punished and even fouled, but he’s not beaten until his punch is gone; for, if he’s worsted in one bout, he comes back strong in the next. Salespeople, department heads, storekeepers—in fact, everybody in any way interested in the game of GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1917 modern business—must have punch to win out. Modern business has often enough been called a fight—and there is a sense in which the term is a correct one as so applied—if we understand by it that our real op- ponents are not other people and other business concerns, but stubborn and unpromising conditions, adverse and untoward circumstances, and dif- ficult and unpromising situations. If one is a salesman, his ambition should be to master the elements of successful salesmanhip; to understand the fundamental things, without a grasp of which no salesmanship can win; to know the goods, and to know how to explain, unfold and play up the selling points of the commodity, whatever it is one is attempting to sell, so the prospective customer will come to want it—and want it hard enough to buy it. If one is at the head of a depart- ment, it is naturally expected of him that he make good. He understands this perfectly. A trust has been com- mitted to him. He must prove worthy of the trust. And the chief factor in this matter of managerial worth, is punch. And so it is with the store owner or proprietor. If he’s a real fellow— a man of force, decision, merchan- dising ability, and fine fighting: qual- ities, he’ll make good. Back of every kind of a success that man can achieve, in fact, we find, if we probe deep enough, the same un- derlying quality in the man; namely the will to make good; the unshaken confidence in the man that he can— and will—win other words, punch. So punch is not a material asset, but a mental quality—and more pre- cisely, the will to win. If a man finds himself deeply and incurably discour- aged by a discouraging situation, he is losing his punch; if cowed by com- petition or opposition, or depressed and perplexed by a seemingly for- lorn and desperate situation, his punch is getting away from him, As long as he retains his punch. he’s in the fight; but once he looses his punch, good night! out; in A St. Louis man urges President Wilson to proclaim a week for a “car fast.” During that week travelers would be expected to remain at home or wherever they are and shippers would forego all shipments, except perishable freight. The man’s idea is that this “car fast’? would enable the railroads to clear their terminals of loaded cars and be prepared for new business at the end of the “fast.” Such a fast would practically suspend business and might prove to be worse than the present congestion of freight. REFUND DAY. This is a special day which comes once a month in the plans of certain enterprising merchants in order to stimulate trade, It savors just enough of the popular game of chance to at- tract attention. For even though the majority of people are not gamblers, there is a certain fascination for them in the game of chance; especially where, as in the instance cited, it seems to cost nothing to give it a trial and may result in gain. No one knows which day in a cer- tain month is to be designated Refund Day—perhaps not even the proprie- tor—until the second day of the fol- lowing month. That there will be one, however, is made plain through the advertisements in the local paper. Customers are urged to save all their slips for purchases made during the month since they may be entitled to some of the money refunded. Of course, those living near may be sure of getting the price of something free by making a small purchase every day in the month. On the other hand, it is those who make the large pur- chase on the lucky day who are ma- terially benefitted by the arrange- ment. To the merchant this means for- feiting all receipts for a certain day in the month. Can he afford to do this? He thinks that the increased patronage will warrant such a prom- ise. The offer is such that the influx of trade is not for a day or a week, but for every day in the month. It attracts those out of town, some of whom might not find it convenient to be present were not the period so fully extended. Doubtless after the novelty wears off, the attraction may be less. But it is the new things al- ways which lure the crowd, and as an experiment it seems well worth the trial. The only preparation is a complete record of each individual sale, together with the date on wich it was made. One way of meeting high living costs is doubtless by the conservation of food fish. At the instance of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Com- mission, the similar commissions of all the other New England states and New York have been meeting in Bos- ton. A permanent organization has been formed, and it is proposed to place a programme of constructive bills before the several Legislatures. It is hoped to prevail upon the Legis- latures to give uniformity to the laws fixing the minimum length of lobsters. It is also hoped to restock the deplet- ed Eastern waters with salmon, shad, bass, and other food fish. One com- missioner, Crompton, of Connecticut, pointed out the anomaly in a situa- tion by which California fish markets, supplied from water originally stocked Number 1746 with New England fish, pay ten cents each for shad of from seven to ten pounds—the price seems incredible— while New England markets have to pay $1.50 for the same fish. Once shad were so plentiful in the East that a common article in the inden- tures of apprentices stipulated that the youths should not be served them more than twice or three times a week. The decay of the shad fisheries through the greed of various ex- ploiters in a regrettable story, The number of candidates for State Insurance Commissioner has _in- from Six to an dozen, Holden, of creased Charles even Grand Rapids, having thrown his hat in the The local agents, acting under instructions from their employ- ring. insurance ers, are still supporting Wm. A. Waite, of Detroit, the combine can- didate. Governor Sleeper is con- stantly being interviewed by friends of the various candidates, but gives out no intimation of his intention. In the meantime prominent representa- tives of the insurance combine flam- boyantly assert that their cause is safe in the Governor’s hands, because he made them an ante-election pledge that he would appoint a man accept- able to the combine. The Tradesman dislikes to accept this claim, because Sleeper went into office distinct statement on his that he had made no pledges prior to his election. The quickest and most effectual way to disprove the claims of the insurance cohorts —if they are false—would be to an- nounce at once that the people are to have a voice in the administration of the insurance department for the next two years—for the second time since the department was created! pai Se EY Governor with the lips WANT A HALF NICKEL COIN. A resolution asking Congress to create and place in circulation a 2% cent piece to facilitate “split nickel” retail transactions, was adopted at last week’s convention of the Minnesota State Grocers’ Association. pA eae Leatherless shoes will not be as bad as one might imagine, The head of a big retail shoe that shoes made of canvas, cork and rub- ber will be as durable and stylish as those produced from leather. If they are stylish they will sell, no matter what they are made of, or how they are made. AED business Says John Stuart Mill once said: “Al- most all the advantages which man possesses arise from his power in act- ing in combination with his fellows, and by accomplishing by the united efforts of numbers what could not be accomplished by the detached ef- forts of individuals.” 2 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 1917 Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, March 5—Dan R. Wood, who for several years has been employed in the G. J. Johnson barber shop, has gone into business for him- self and is now _ proprietor of the Morton House barber shop in the basement at 80 Monroe avenue. Mr. Wood has with him his former asso- ciates, George Holland, Frank Slam- band and John Mishler. Dan has al- ways been very popular with the travel- ing fraternity and will be sure to en- joy a share of their patronage in his new venture. One of the busiest places in the busy town of Fennville is the Fenn- ville Baking Co., conducted by Leon Bell. About a year ago Mr. Bell started his enterprise with one large oven. The popularity of his goods has increased so rapidly that he has been compelled to install ovens of double the capacity of his original ones. Mr. Bell is a hustling young man with a pleasing personality and is deserving of the success which he has obtained. Past Senior Counselor Fred E. Beardslee, of Grand Rapids Council, has been confined to his home for several days with an attack of the grippe. Last Saturday Mrs. Beardslee had the misfortune to sustain a severe fall. The latest report is that both are on the gain. Earl Cassada, who for many years was pharmacist at the C. N. Wood- worth store, has engaged in business for himself under the name of the Robinson Road Pharmacy at the cor- ner of Lake Drive and Robinson Road. Mr. Cassada is a hustling young man of good morals and much ability and we predict that he will be very successful in business. Earl says he will be very glad to have all the boys who carry the grip make his store headquarters. Probably he thinks he can sell them la grippe tab- lets. J. I. Wernett is the proud possessor of a new Hudson Super-six. Mrs. Milo Christenson, of Trufant, is in Butterworth Hospital, where she underwent a severe operation last Wednesday. Mr. Christenson, who is manager of the John Christenson Hardware Co., is staying in the city in order to be near his wife. The latest reports are that she is getting along very nicely. G. F. Cleveland has sold the equip- ment of the Diamond Hotel, at Thompsonville, to J. H. Bidleman, of Ludington, who is an experienced ho- tel man, having formerly conducted the Hunter’s Inn, at Scottville. Mr. Cleveland will engage in the automo- bile business, probably at Cadillac. C. H, Tibbitts and H. W. Tibbals. the “Ceresota Twins,” are in the ter- ritory for a few weeks for the purpose of interviewing every grocer and flour dealer in Western Michigan who is not already a Ceresota distributor. Mrs. Kinney, proprieor of the hotel at Walton Junction, has been called to Alberta, Canada, on account of the serious illness of her father. The Kinney Hotel is very popular among traveling men. Wm. E. Sawyer. —~+--—___ Circus men have been holding a meeting in Chicago to protest against the unjust taxation of carnivals and other outdoor shows. They say that it is unjust discrimination when they are forced to pay a tax in every state, for their mission is to amuse, and amusement has kept the country out of war. Furthermore, in case of war, the circus showmen stand ready to move as Many armies as are needed. They know how to do it in quick time and on short notice. They are prepared, if the Government is not. Their grievance is being taxed when they enliven the country. Needless Information. With some show of virtue the office of home economics of the Federal De- partment of Agriculture has issued Bulletin 468 on the preparation and use of potatoes as food. It might find equally timely monographs on how to raise mushrooms and on how to avoid heat prostration. Its work is filled with harmless suggestions and with information already in the pos- session of practically every woman of ordinary intelligence. The reader of the pamphlet is told that “potatoes are easy to cook in a variety of ways” and that they furnish starch in a readily digestible form and it is also said that care should be taken in peeling potatoes in order to avoid waste. Further, the bulletin boldly asserts that practically the only loss which occurs when pota- toes are baked in their skins is of the water which they contain and which escapes as steam. Potatoes which contain green coloring matter, through exposure. to light, are likely, the bulletin says, to have a disagree- able flavor and therefore such pota- toes should be avoided or the green spots should be cut out. All this may have its value, but, to be worth while, the bulletin should have included instructions for getting the potatoes. In the present condi- tion of the produce market it is use- less to cumber one’s brain with un- essential and trival details as to cook- ing something which has already be- come a memory. After securing the potatoes the housewife may be de- pended upon to find a_ satisfactory The Feder- al pamphlet has missed the point of method of cooking them. its story.—Hartford Courant. (OTP LE A TOTES) 67 Ionia Ave., S. W. OTe YM elute mm irate 99 Fort Street, W. LIVE WIRE COLLECTION SERVICE No collection, no charge We begin where others leave off We work just as hard on claims of $1.50 as we do on larger claims Prompt Reports and Remittances PURVIS MERCANTILE AGENCY DETROIT Barney Langeler has worked in this institution continuously for over forty-five years Barney says— By Golly, | couldn’t understand for a long time why the Company wouldn’t let any customer buy very much of our package coffees at one time, but when I see the Coffee Department running nights to fill orders, | guess the Company’s policy was right again. WoRDEN GRAND RAPIDS— KALAMAZOO (GROCER COMPANY THE PROMPT SHIPPERS 4 ° ae tae i , #.4.- a 1? 4 4 » ¢ i. 4 Y 6 < 4 i> .. > ¢ i Se March 7, 1917 Activities in Michigan Cities. Written for the Tradesman. The aldermen of Holland have de- cided that a sewage treatment plant for the city is absolutely necessary. At present much of the sewage is al- lowed to enter Black Lake and River. FE. Clark Austin, of Lansing, former Secretary of ex-Governor Ferris and Secretary of the State Pardon Board, has accepted a position as Secretary of the Battle Creek Chamber of Com- merce. Albion has a commercial organiza- tion which ought to take in every- body. It is called the Boosters and Knockers’ Club. The proposition to turn the clock ahead an hour and run on Eastern time was advanced at a recent meeting and all but nine of the members favored the plan. The jindustrial committee of the Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce will make a survey of the manufactur- ing interests there. It is thought that Battle Creek concerns are sending out of town for material and work that could be secured at home. In another city where such a survey was made it was found that a wood working con- cern had a large amount of left over material that was being wasted and a picture moulding plant was estab- lished which is now operating with 125 men. Bay City has voted to extend its white way system. The West side lights will be continued from Walnut street East to the Michigan Central tracks, while on the East side of the river the system will be extended on - Water street to Third street and on MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Third street from Water to the East end of the bridge approach. The Manistee Board of Commerce is busy on plans for a new hotel to replace Briny Inn, which was recently destroyed by fire. The committee on retail trade is working to secure a rest room for farmers and visitors, where they may leave their purchases, eat their lunches, etc. The city hopes to secure a new leather factory and has prospects of other industries. Muskegon has taken first steps to- ward establishing a wholesale and re- tail city market. The site is Dock street on the water front, where four or five acres of land are available, and the market master is Jacob Hess, of Norton township, Secretary of the Muskegon County Horticultural So- ciety. Special attention will be given to the wholesale end and to carlot ana boat shipments to the big markets across the lake. It is expected that farm and orchard products will be of- fered in quantities which will attract many buyers from the big consuming centers and that agriculture will be stimulated in Muskegon and adjoin- ing counties. Ishpeming reports twenty-four fires during the past year, Thirteen of them were of incendiary origin. Almond Griffen. —__—- oo If you are in business to stay, you will find that to-morrow’s develop. ment and success will be in direct proportion to the way you treat the children to-day. A WOMAN when she is buying butter for her table, feels surer of the butter you offer her if it has that : rich, golden color that comes by using Dandelion Brand Butter Color. Sidelights on Celery City and Envi- rons. Kalamazoo, March 5—After a lapse of three years, it was announced last Saturday that John H. Burke is again to become active in the real estate business in Kalamazoo. He has as- sociated with him his two sons, John H. Burke, Jr., and Edmund, and will conduct the business under the firm name of J. H. Burke & Co. In addi- tion to real estate, the concern will al- so deal in general insurance, handling all branches of that business. The Barley Motor Co. will begin the manufacture of the beautiful Roamer models in its new Kalamazoo factory this week. The task of get- ting ready for production has been skillfully and expeditiously handled. Fifteen carloads of machinery and ma- terial were unloaded and placed last week and practically a like amount is now en route from Streator, Ill., to this city. George W. Downey and John A. Steketee, of Kalamazoo, are financial- ly interested in a proposition which will revolutionize the motor industry. It is the Augustine rotary engine, de- signed by B. F. Augustine. Cylinders have been entirely eliminated and the contrivance is much less intricate than the average automobile motor. An- other interesting point is the weight. 50 horse power rotary engine weighs less than 300 pounds, while a motor of similar capacity weighs be- tween 800 and 900 pounds. Fred Clayton Butler, former Secre- tary of the Kalamazoo Commercial Club and for more than two years Secretary of the Board of Commerce of Jamestown, N. Y., has just been elected Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas, an or- ganization composed of business mer of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda, N. Y., ata salary of $5,000 a year. J. L. Menne, of Galesburg, who for some time has been engaged success- Insist that the butter you buy must be colored with Dandelion Brand Butter Color a We guarantee that Dandelion Brand Butter Color is PURELY VEGETABLE and that it meets the FULL REQUIREMENTS OF ALL FOOD LAWS, STATE AND NATIONAL. WELLS & RICHARDSON CO. BURLINGTON, VERMONT | . And 200 Mountain St., Montreal, Canada . Butter Color the &olden shade 3 fully in the foundry business, finds that his quarters are not sufficiently large and is moving his business to Constantine. The first of the new stores to be completed in Mendon is that of F. D. Estes, pharmacist. The new _ store was erected by Floyd Miller, con- tractor of Kalamazoo. The main floor is 22 x 65 feet and is well lighted by indirect lighting system. Arrangements for the third annual convention of the Real Estate Asso- ciation of Michigan, which will be held in Kalamazoo March 29 and 30, will be partially completed at a meet- ing of the Kalamazoo Real Estate Ex- change Monday night. Plans are be- ing made by the Kalamazoo real estate dealers to entertain at least 300 vis- itors during the two day meeting. Harley Gwilt. of Dowagiac, has sold his grocery to South Bend parties and has purchased a farm southwest of the city, where he will reside in the near future. \. F. Welsh has been promoted to manager of the Kalamazoo branch of the Hoover Bond Furniture Co. W. S. €Caok. —-+>——____ There is one woman living on Long Island who is sensitive about any ref- erence to mince meat. She was mak- ing some the other day, but found she needed more raisins. On her way to a store she met her brother and told him she would warm up some feed for his chickens. The brother went on to his sister’s home, and see- ing a pot on the stove he carried it out and fed the contents to the hens. Imagine the feelings of his returned sister with the her choice eaten by the when she home learned that had been and meat raisins mince hens. (. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 1917 ee eae . aaa Dn J ig eal tar CH es 7 —— : —— RS ae Kc ss — Movements of Merchants. Sturgis—Kalder & Scattergood, Sheridan—A. C. Kidder succeeds S. E. Almack in general trade. Whitehall—Mrs. Bertha Moog will open a millinery store April 4. ‘Carson City—Edwin ¥. Webster succeeds H. G. Sessions in general trade. Muskegon—Ray R. Grayhill will en- gage in the shoe business about March 26. Detroit—The Towar-Ayers Co. has increased its capital stock from $50,- 000 to $100,000. Detroit—The Dewey-Bergeron Mo- tor Co. has changed its name to War- wood Motor Sales Co. Detroit— The Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co. has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $100,000. Saginaw—John W. Ladd Co., job- ber .of dairy supplies, has increased its capital stock from $50,000 to $150,- 000. Muir—William A. McLaren has sold his stock of general merchandise to J. W. Rice, who has taken posses- sion. Harietta—Charles Ogden has pur- chased the stock of the Stanley Hard- ware Co. and will continue the busi- ness. Mendon—Ray Danley is erecting a store building which will ‘be occupied by M. J. Swonk, with a stock of gro- ceries. Lowell—S. Guidi, recently of Ionia, has purchased the stock of the Green- ville Fruit Co., taking immediate pos- session. Sparta—E. W. Smith has sold his general stock to Putnam & Son, who will continue the business at the same location. Otsego—Weldon Smith has sold his bakery to B. S. Jackson, recently of Kalamazoo, who will continue the business. Detroit—Charles H. Jury has sold his interest in the Wolverine Rubber Sundries Co. to his partner, A. W. Ryerson. Muskegon—Magoon, Conger & Swanson, coal dealers, have: increased the capital stock of their concern from $5,000 to $15,000. Empire—Fire destroyed the plant of the Empire Lumber Co. March 4. Loss about $50,000. Insurance partial- ly covered the loss. Detroit—The Erdman-Guider Co. engaged in auto painting and trim- ming has increased its capitalization from $20,000 to $50,000. Lansing—The Moistair Heating Co. has engaged in the sale and installa- tion of heating systems with an au- thorized capitalization of $2,500, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Inc., dealer in phonographic acces- sories, has changed its name to the Kalder -Engineering Co. Stanton—Henry M. Bachman, who has been engaged in the drug business here since 1873, died recently, after a long illness, aged 67 years. Muskegon—The John Hale Hat Co., conducting a chain of stores through- out the State, has opened a branch at 96 West Western avenue. Honor—Carl R, Palmer has sold his stock of groceries and dry good to O. A. Hobson and will devote his entire attention to his meat market. Detroit—Cary Meyer, formerly in business at Pinckney, has purchased the drug stock of W. L. Seibert at Kercheval and Cadillac avenues. Noodbury—Harler Harn has pur- chased the A. J. Laughlin stock of general merchandise and will continue the business at the same location. Ionia—William Payne has sold his store building, meat stock and butch- er’s equipment to Lee Jones, recently of Lowell, who has taken possession. South Haven—C. H. Cunningham has sold the Johnston Hotel to its former owner, A. D. Williams, who will remodel it and continue the busi- ness. Three Rivers—Fred McCally has purchased a half interest in the plant of the Armstrong Machine Works. The business will be continued under the same style. Detroit—The Ion-O-Lex Co., man- ufacturer of drugs and medicines, has increased its capital stock from $1,000 to $50,000 and changed its name to The Dionol Co. Saginaw—The Peoples Market Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $5,000, of which amount $2,500 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Albion—Thieves entered the August Kamp grocery store, on South Su- perior street, Feb. 28 and carried away considerable stock and the contents of the cash register. Rockford—George A. Porter has purchased the interest of C. B. Weller in the grocery stock of Porter & Weller and will continue the business in his own name hereafter. Eaton Rapids—Eldred Bros., meat dealers, have dissolved partnership and the business will be continued by John Eldred, who has taken over the interest of his brother Charles. Holly—Harvey C. Gordon has pur- chased the clothing and men’s fur- nishing goods stock of F. M. Haddon, in whose store he has been a clerk for the past fourteen years, and will continue the business under the style of H. C. Gordon & Co. Owosso—George North, DeForest Benson and Frank J. Post have en- gaged in the plumbing and heating business at 308 West Main street, under the style of North & Co. Ypsilanti—Dupont & Beranek, gro- cers at 305 Michigan avenue, have purchased the grocery stock -of the Ypsilanti Grocery Co., and will con- tinue the business as a branch store. Detroit—C, C. Platte has purchased the pharmacy of Louis A. Koch, 1237 Lafayette avenue, East. Mr. Platte has been on the road for Lamont & Carliss, New York, for some time past. Big Rapids—A. B. Andrews, recent- ly of Kendallville, Ind., has purchased the confectionery, fruit and cigar stock of Frank C. Duffy and will con- tinue the business at the same loca- tion. Lapeer—T. M. Henderson has pur- chased the Riley Brosius stock of general merchandise and will continue the business at the same location, add- ing lines of groceries, shoes and clothing. Arcadia—Fire destroyed the plants of the Arcadia Furniture Co. and the Arcadia Mirror Co. March 4, entail- ing a loss of more than $100,000. The loss is only partially covered by in- surance. Vriesland—Meengs & De Jonge, dealers in general merchandise, have dissolved partnership and the business will be continued by John De Jonge, who has taken over the interest of his partner. Detroit—The Pack-Wolin Shop has been incorporated to deal in gowns, wraps and millinery with an author- ized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Whitehall—C. G. Pitkins has pur- chased the interest of his partner, Glenn H. Johnson, in the drug and stationery stock of C. G. Pitkins & Co. and will continue the business under his own name. Detroit—The W. E. Canton Co. has merged its general mercantile busi- ness into a stock company with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and $6,000 paid in in cash. East Jordan—C. J. Malpass, for the past fifteen years manager of the Mal- pass Hardware Co. store, has pur- chased the stock and will continue the business under the stple of the C. J. Malpass Hardware Co. Muskegon—The Leahy Co. has been re-incorporated to continue corporate existence with an authorized capital stock of $42,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash, The company handles dry goods. Saginaw—Demers Bros. have sold their stock of clothing and men’s fur- nishing goods located in East Sagi- naw to Hleavenrich Bros. & Co. and will devote their entire attention to their clothing store on Court street. Munising—William H. Bowerman has purchased the interest of his partner, Wellington C. Tate, in the furniture and undertaking stock of Tate & Bowerman and has admitted his son, Mervin, to partnership and the business will be continued under the style of Bowerman & Son, St. Ignace—William H. Wood, deal- er in fruit and confectionery, died at his home March 3, following a gen- eral breakdown, due to old age. Mr. Wood has been identified with the business interests of the town for the past thirty-seven years. Hudson—Byron J. Foster, who has been connected with the Boies State Savings Bank for nearly twenty-five years as clerk, cashier and manager, has resigned to organize a third bank in Hudson to be known as the Hudson State Savings Bank. Among his as- sociates in the new institution are Carl B. Spitzer and Horton C. Rorick, of Toledo,.and Oscar F. Foster and Wm. N. Derbyshire, of Hudson. Hudson—Edward Frensdorf, who has been Vice-President of the Boies State Savings Bank for many years, has been elected President to suc- ceed the late Stephen A. Eaton, Charles F. Kefuss succeeds Mr. Frensdorf as Vice-President. Mr. Frensdorf is also Vice-President of the First State Savings Bank of Hills- dale, Vice-President of the Tecumseh State Savings Bank and director of the Security Savings & Trust Co., of Toledo. Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—The Seaver Manufactur- ing Co. has changed its postoffice to Port Huron. Jackson—The Jackson Carburetor Co. has increased its capital stock from $10,000 to $25,000. Detroit—The Detroit! Heating & Lighting Co. has increased its capital stock from $50,000 ‘to $150,000. Detroit—The Welded Steel Barrel Corporation has increased its capital- ization from $50,000 to $150,000. Battle Creek—The Battle Creek 3read Wrapping Machine Co. has in- creased its capital stock from $100,000 to $150,000. : Muskegon—The Lakey Foundry & Machine Co., manufacturer of motor castings and machinery, is building a "$200,000 addition to its plant. Saginaw—The S, L. Eastman Floor- ing Co. suffered a loss by fire March 2, amounting to about $75,000. The loss was partially covered by insur- ance. Detroit—The Michigan Brass Co. has been organized with an authoriz- ed capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed, $1,500 paid in in cash and $8,500 paid in in property. Ypsilanti—TheScharf Tag & Label Co. has increased its capital stock from $50,000 to $100,000 and changed its name to the Michigan Tag Co. and changed its postoffie to Grand Rapids. Highland Park—The Acme Lumber Co. has been organized with an au- thorized capital stock of $150,000, all of which has been subscribed, $1,209.- 58 paid in in cash and $98,730.42 paid in in property. Detroit—The Bollstrom Engineer- ing Co. has engaged in business at 1401 Majestic building to manufac- ture motor vehicles, parts and ma- terials with an authorized capital stock of $100,000 of which amount $51,050 has been subscribed, $50 paid in in cash and $51,000 paid in in prop- erty. = eoepeenmn = = = » i canine Tt March 7, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN o e Review of the Grand Rapids Produce Market. Apples—Spys and Hubbardstons, $6 per bbl.; Baldwins, Tallman Sweets and Greenings, $5.25@5.50 per bbl. Bananas---Medium, $1.50; Jumbo, $1.75; Extra Jumbo, $2; Extreme Ex- tra Jumbo, $2.50 up. Beets—$1.25 per bu. 3russel’s Sprouts—20c per qt. Butter—The market is steady, on the basis of last week's quotations. Local dealers hold fancy creamery at 39c and cold storage creamery at 34c. Local dealers pay 28c for No. 1 in jars and 23c for packing stock. Cabbage—$10 per 100 Ibs. Carrots—$2.25 per 100 Ibs. Celery—Home grown is entirely ex- hausted. Florida, $4.75 per box of 3 or 4 doz.: California, 85c per bunch. Cocoanuts—$6 per sack containing 100 lbs. Eges—The market is 1c lower than a week ago. Local dealers now pay 30c for fresh, holding case count at 32c and candled at 33c. Figs—Package, $1.10 per box; lay- ers $1.50 per 10 lb. box. Grape Fruit—$4.50@5 per box for Florida. Green Onions—Shalotts, doz. bunches. Honey—18c per lb. for white clover and 16c for dark. Lemons—California are selling at $4.25 for choice and $4.50 for fancy. Lettuce—14@115c per lb. for hot house leaf: $4 per bu. for Southern head; $6 per crate for Iceburg from California. Maple Sugar—ti7c per lb. for pure. Maple Syrup—$1.40 per gal. for pure. Mushrooms—%5@80c per lb. Nuts-—Almonds, 18c per lb.; filberts, 16c per lb.; pecans, 15c per lb.; wal- nuts, 16c for Grenoble, 15%4c for Na- ples: 19c for California in sack lots. Onions—Home grown $10 per 100 lb. sack for red or yellow. Spanish range as follows: Small crate, $4; Vis crate, $7; large crate (140 Ibs.), $13.50. Oranges—California Navals, $3.50@ 3.78. Oysters—Standard, $1.40 per gal.; Selects, $1.65 per gal.; New York Counts, $1.90 per gal. Shell oysters, $8.50 per bbl. ‘Peppers—Southern per basket. Pop Corn—$2 per bu. for ear, 514@ 6c per lb. for shelled. Potatoes—The market is 25@0c per bu. lower than a week ago. Local dealers hold at $2.75 per bu. Poultry—Local dealers pay as fol. lows, live weight: old fowls, light, 18@19c; medium, 17@18c; heavy (6 Ibs.) 16@17%c; springs, 18@'19c; tur- Woe per command 90c kevs, 22(@25c; geese, 18@20c; ducks, 19@20c. Dressed fowls average 3c above these quotations. Radishes—35c per doz, bunches for small. Ruta Bagas—Canadian command $3.25 per 100 Ib. sack. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Dela- ware Jerseys, $3 per hamper. Tangarines—$5.50 per box for eith- er 106s or 196s. Tomatoes—$5 for 6 basket crate, Florida. Turnips—$2.25 per 100 lbs. —_+-e + The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market is in a most peculiar position. Charles N. Rem- ington, who has been a merchandise broker at this market for thirty-six years, says he has never experienced such a condition before. The Ameri- can is quoting granulated at 7c, f. 0. b. New York or New Orleans. but is accepting only such orders as it sees fit to ship. Other refiners are quoting as high as 8c for shipment within two weeks. The Holland Sugar Co. and the Michigan Sugar Co. are both accept- ing orders at 7.90c, New York basis of freight. One of the ‘problems which refiners are confronted with is to make deliveries where they are most needed. Exaggerated reports of the likelihood of an actual famine only serve to bring about abnormal condi- tions, the public rushing to lay in sup- plies far beyond present needs and creating an undue drain upon pro- duction, which makes it more difficult for producers to meet the situation. It should be understood that those refineries which are “out of the mar- ket” have not stopped making de- liveries to their customers and rying out contracts previously made. All of them are still distributing sup- plies. Tea—There is a firm tone since sup- plies are moderate and holders are disinclined to make concessions to buyers. It is pointed out that little tea will arrive until the next crop, and in the event of war even this movement may be badly hampered. Some circles still believe that a duty is only a question of time, as the Gov- ernment will need additional revenue for military and naval expenditures. London advices note that the liquor restrictions have had the effect of largely increasing the demand _ for tea, and the possibilities of the situa- tion have not been lost on the London tea market. In less than a fortnight the prices of tea in bond have jumped 3c per pound, in spite of the fact that there are large stocks in the United Kingdom, sufficient for every one for a long time to come, and that further car- large consignments are due to arrive very soon. Coffee—The coming crop is going to be very large and the embargo by certain foreign countries on coffee is increasing the weight of the very large available supply. All grades of Rio and Santos are probably 4c lower this week than last, with very dull business. and quiet. Canned Fruits—Apples still dull at ruling quotations. California canned goods show no change. Small East- ern staples are scarce, firm and quiet. The can situation continues to dis- turb the packers. Can manufacturers have no surplus and claim not to be able to get enough tin plate to ac- cumulate any surplus. If they do not Milds are unchanged get sufficient tin plate an actual famine in cans might result. Canned Vegetables—While there been some hesitation on the part of certain members of the trade to follow the advance in can- ned goods during the past week, the market has been particularly strong and has shown not the slightest evi- dence of any weakening tendency. The war developments, becoming more serious each day, have acted as a strengthening factor and seems to be no doubt in the minds of operators generally that all sup- plies will be needed purchased. There is abundant evi- dence that all canners will work their plants to full capacity, provided they can secure the raw material and suf- ficient tin in which to pack the goods. The most interesting feature has been the heavy buying of future tomatoes, the prices of which, however, have been maintained on a basis of $1.30 for standard No. 3s and $1 for No. 2s. Spot Southern Maine style corn has actually been sold as high as $1.50 in a large way, which is considerably more than twice the regular price. Future price on this grade of ‘corn averages $1.10. still firm and unchanged. may have there which can be Peas are Canned Fish—Salmon continues ifn strong position, with spot prices firm- ly maintained and most holders of red Alaska refusing to sell under $2.50, although an occasional small sale is reported at $2.25. Sardines are in light supply and prices largely on a nominal basis and subject to special agreement between buyer and seller rather than to any market quo- tation. Tuna is also scarce. Dried Fruits—Advices from the Coast indicate that some atttention is being paid to future prunes, but there is not a great amount of interest man- ifested on the part of local buyers as vet. Some packers were quoting 5c a short time ago, but they are now asking 54@534c, with a premium of Y%e on 40s and 1c on 30s. There has been considerable business done on the Coast in all dried fruits in the expectation of an increase in the freight rates on April 1. So far as local jobbers are concerned, they claim to be well supplied for the present at least. Offerings on the spot continue fairly liberal and it is still possible to do business slightly under the Coast basis. The feeling in 5 regard to prunes is strong, and the war developments are regarded as a bullish factor in the that large increase in the armed of the United States would result in belief any forces the placing of large orders ter food- stuffs, of would form part. The California Peach Growers Association is willing which prunes a considerable to accept orders for 1917 peaches un- der the Association’s regular terms, firm at opening prices; but the Asso- ciation will not accept any subject-to- approval-of-price orders. Any orders placed will be for August-September shipment only, except small less-than- carload quantities of peaches desired to be moved with prunes and raisins in mixed cars in October, which will the firm at opening prices. be accepted under same basis, There appears to be a little preliminary in- terest in future raisins, particularly also for seeded, and some quotations of 16 ounce have been made on the basis of 74c: but this price was soon with- drawn. Rice—The market is firm and ac- tive, a large business being done in South the stimulation of the scare in the foodstuff The mills have advanced sharply, as the since situation. a result of being compelled to pro- tect themselves against the rise in rough rice, for which the farmer is obtaining full prices. In fact, some of them are pursuing the course of withholding supplies from the market despite the large profit at present values. Locally, the demand tinues very good with full prices se- cured for all kinds. Cheese—The market is firm at an advance of Fancy June cheese is in very light supply and the receipts of the current make very moderate. Warehouse holdings also lighter than usual. The home consumption is fair and there is also some little export buying. The gen- eral outlook for the near future is for slightly higher prices. Some Oregon and California cheese has been ship- ped to Eastern markets and is being taken at 1c per pound under fancy Wisconsin and York State. con- Very Ac. are Provisions—The market is firm. Smoked meats have advanced %4c per pound during the week, due to the light supply and short killing. Lard is also very high and shows a further advance of 1c during the week. Spec- ulative quotation on lard is $18.37 per hundred against a normal quotation of $12. There is a very light killing of heavy hogs. Compound lard is firm and unchanged, with the probability of an advance of %c during the com- ing week. Canned meats are very firm with 10 per cent. advance on roast, corned and boiled beef. Ox tongues in tin and glass are very searce. Dried beef is firm and un- changed, with a fair demand. Bar- reled pork is very firm at about the recently reported advance. Supply is very light and the situation strong. Salt Fish—There has change in mackerel during and nobody is expecting make much difference, as stocks of all grades of mackerel are very low, particularly small sizes. Prices show no change for the week. been no the week Lent to GONE TO HIS REWARD. A. S. Musselman, President Com- mercial Savings Bank. died at his home in this city Monday evening. His death caused a decided shock to his friends and the community, al- though reports of the critical char- acter of his illness had reached the public a few hours in advance of his death. Amos S. Musselman was born on a farm eight miles from Gettysburg, Pa., October 19, 1851. He attended common school until he was 15 years of age, when he entered the Penn- sylvania College, at Gettysburg, where he pursued the classical course for three years. The death of his father compelled him to leave college and take the management of the farm, on which he remained two years, when he resumed his studies at the Gettysburg College. The panic of 1873 resulted in the failure of an enterprise with which he was con- nected and in which he had invested his entire means, necessitating a change in his plans for the future, and he thereupon entered Eastman’s Business College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., whither he went in 1875. He took the entire commercial course at this institution, and was so proficient on graduation that he was engaged to teach in the banking and business de- partment of the institution. In Oc- tober. 1876, Mr. Musselman came to Grand Rapids, and accepted a posi- tion with the firm of Graff & Mc- Skimmin, jobbers of teas, coffees and spices at 56 Kent street, representing Peter Graff, whose entire time was engrossed by his milling interests. The firm subsequently purchased the wholesale grocery establishment of Samuel Fox & Co. and Mr. Mussel- man remained with the house until January, 1877, when he resigned to take the position of book-keeper with Hibbard & Graff, who were at that time the leading flour millers of the city. On the failure of this firm in February; 1881, Mr. Musselman decid- ed to embark in the wholesale gro- cery business, and in June of that year the firm of Fox, Musselman & Loveridge, composed of James Fox, Amos S. Musselman and L. L. Love- ridge, opened for business on South Division street. This copartnership continued for five years, when Mr. Musselman purchased the interests of his partners and formed a copartner- ship with William Widdicomb under the style of Amos S. Musselman & Co. Three years later the firm name became Musselman & Widdicomb, and the place of business was changed to the Blodgett building, on South Ionia street. In February, 1893, Mr. Widdi- comb retired from the business and the firm was succeeded by a corpora- tion, with a paid-in capital stock of $70,000, of which Mr. Musselman was the President and General Manager. As an evidence of the esteem in which he was even then held by the business public it is only necessary to. refer to the fact that his associates in the company included men of large means and great shrewdness, and that when it was known he was to have the man- agement of a newly-organized grocery Amos S. Musselman MICHIGAN TRADESMAN company many of the leading fi- nanciers of the city were among those whose application for stock could not be granted. So prosperous was the house and sO aggressive was the management that two branch houses were sub- sequently established—one at Trav- erse City, under the management of Howard A. Musselman, and another at Sault Ste. Marie, under the man- agement of John Moran. Both of these houses soon came to be strong factors in their respective localities and carved out for themselves ca- reers quite as creditable, relatively speaking, as that enjoyed by the Grand Rapids house. Mr. Musselman was one of the chief factors in the organization of the National Grocer Co. and was elected First Vice-President. On the Commercial Savings Bank, which he served to the best of his ability up to the day of his death. Mr. Musselman was a charter mem- ber of the Grand Rapids Board of Trade and a director of the Board of Trade until it was superseded by the Association of Commerce. He also served that organization in the ca- pacity of President and Treasurer. He also acted as chairman of the Com- mittee on Statistics and the record he made in that office caused him to be selected by the Census Bureau, on the recommendation of the Board of Trade, as the most eligible person to prepare the manufacturing statistics of this city for the general census of 1890. This duty was discharged so acceptably as to win for him the encomiums of the Census Depart- ment, Amos S. Musselman retirement of Mr. Higginbotham, in 1905, he was elected President, con- tinuing in that capacity until 1910. Mr. Musselman was for several years Vice-President of the Grand Rapids National Bank, but subse- quently identified himself with the Fourth National Bank, which he served well and faithfully in the ca- pacity of director. He was also a di- rector in the allied banks, the Com- mercial Savings Bank and the Peo- ples Savings Bank. He was a di- rector of the Tillamook Yellow Fir Co. and President of the Boyne City Lumber Co. He was also connected, financially and officially, with numer- ous other leading industrial and man- ufacturing institutions. Two years ago he was elected President of the Mr. Musselman gave cheerfully and largely of both time and money to every good project which was brought to his attention. Every movement for the good of the city, commercial, moral or spiritual, received his deepest sympathy and earnest support. Mr. Musselman was a firm believer in heredity, and never took any credit to himself for being the man he was, but modestly attributed his success to his ancestry, which was of good old Dutch stock, from which so many of our best citizens sprung. That he was an honor to his ancestors and train- ing will be admitted by all who knew him. During the senatorial campaign conducted in the interest of William Alden Smith seven years ago, Mr. March 7, 1917 Musselman acted as chairman of the Executive Committee and much of the success of the campaign was due to the energy with which he directed the work of the several committees and hundreds of workers. On the successful termination of the strug- gle Mr. Musselman’s name naturally came into prominence in connection with the office of Governor and many of his friends urged him to enter the field. Their importunities were so urgent that in 1910 he became a for- midable candidate for the position. Unfortunately, the competition de- veloped into a three-sided affair and, inasmuch as Mr. Musselman declined to expend money with a lavis; hand, as his competitors were able to do, he was unsuccessful. As soon as it was announced that Governor Osborn would not run for a second term, Mr. Musselman announced his candidacy and made a most creditable campaign, but was defeated by Woodbridge N. Ferris on account of the Progressive split in the Republican party. Had he been elected, he would have exalted the office and given the people a clean administration which they would long look back on as a model. Mr, Musselman had been a mem- ber of the Westminster Presbysterian church ever since he came to Grand Rapids, and was one of its most prom- inent and hard-working members, He took an active part in the organiza- tion of the Madison Avenue Presby- terian church, of which he was practi- cally the founder. When he took hold of the project there was only a small Sunday school. Now there is a prosperous and growing church society, located in a building of its own. Mr. Musselman was a member of the Masonic fraternity, including the Knights Templar; the Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum and_ the Peninsular and Kent Country Clubs. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Michigan Reforma- tory at Ionia for twelve years, retir- ing with a most excellent record as to vigilance and faithfulness. Mr. Musselman was married in 1877 to Miss Ella Hostetter, of Lancaster, Penn. For many years they resided in a comfortable home at 38 South Pros- pect street, but about nine years ago they purchased a tract of land on Robinson road, overlooking Fisk Lake, on which they erected one of the most beautiful and commodious country houses in Michigan. Mrs. Musselman died about four years ago and two years ago Mr. Musselman married Mrs. Margaret Burrell, of Washing- ton, D. C. Mr, Musselman was faithful to his business, his family, his church and his ideals. Quick in speech, prompt in action and somewhat abrupt in manner, he impressed many as super- ficial in his conclusions, when, asa matter of fact, every decision was bas- ed on well grounded principles which were adopted early in life and were never afterward deviated from or for- saken. Mr. Musselman lived a useful life in this community and his pass- ing will leave a void it will be im- possible to fill, q jie? | < » €- a> Ra « f » sf se a 1 e a a < lin | ‘ ¥ * * « > < . a » + hie March 7, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Here It Is! Here It Is! HOME OF THE GEM MOTOR CAR CORPORATION Grandville Ave. and P.M. R R. PETERS and GILLETTE, Properties THIS CONFIRMS our original and all subsequent announcements of the GEM for Grand Rapids. This is a bona fide purchase of this property on a strictly business basis. Form 1201 , UNION CLASS OF SERVICE a - Ne in TELE NEWCOMB CARLTON eaeeoEnr RECEIVED AT MAIN OFFICE, 36-37 PEARL $T, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. “sér<° A219 DE 10 FY Detroit Mich 258 Y 2 1917 NAR 2 Pil 2 17 GEM MOTOR CAR CORP 405 KSURRAY BLDG GRANDRAPIDS MICH. FIRST CAR MATERIAL SHIPPED YOU TODAY OTHER CONSIGNMENT FOLLOWING DA EDIATELY JOHN GRAY. GEM MOTOR CAR CORPORATION oon 45.0. 7 MURRAY BUILDING CITIZENS 7045 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN en March 3, 1917. Devel & Sawall, Ino. Pinanocial Agente, Orand Rapids, Mion. Gent lemen: - I am authorized by the Board of Directors af the Gem Motor Car Corporation to advise you that et this date we have placed ocntracts for materials aggre- gated in excess of 8450,000 for delivery at Grand Rapide within the naxt year. and have made substantie! cash dexcsits an same’to insure prompt delivery at the specified tine Other contracts are pending end wil) be closed just ae soon ad consistent with good business management. Very truly youre, GEM MOTOK CaAk CURPORATIOB. President. The Best Automobile Investment Open to Public Subscription Today An opportunity to invest in a home concern, and make money while boosting your own home town. Get on the Band Wagon—Show your faith in Grand Rapids, and help to put it on the motor map. Ask for Demonstration—Order your car now so as to have it when the first warm spring days come. GEM MOTOR CORPORATION C.F BELANAR Presiaens 2 VF MENDRIRSEN dec > 8. & BELKNAP, Vise Pres. and Treaa, The Belknap Wagon Company ae @OUR MANUYHaACTA RBERS OF Business Wagons BELKNAP'S PATENT SLEIGHS Dump Watery Farm Wagons BELKNAP'S PATENT Commerdial Fruit Wagons ORCHARD WAGONS Aato Bodies Grand Rapides, Mioh., \Maroh 3, 1917. Gem Motor Car Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan Gentlemen, We ate enclosing herewith signed ordar and oopy of contract covering 1,000 light delivery bodies for installation on your chassis. We shall endeavor to demonstrate phat we here in Grand Rapids cen produce in thts line a better article than can be secured anywhere in the United States, Thanking you for this contract and assuring yon that we shall try to make our bueiness relationship. thoroughly and permanently staisfactory, we are, Yours very reapectfully, TRE BELAY AGOR COMPAN By. . GEM MOTOR CAR CORPORATION ja spoas ; ee ee snes The directors of the Gem motor Car Corporation take this opportunity to express their appreciation of the courtesy and the very valuable assistance extended to them by the officers of the Kiohigan Trust Company and the Grand Keapids Savings Bank, at @ time when such a friendly attitude and material assistance are most effective. Very truly yours, G84 MOTOR CAR CORPORATION. a ° President. = CITIZENS 7645 BELL M_ 2849 DEUEL & SAWALL Financial Agents For a Few Days Only at 405-6-7 Murray Building 3 ms MICHIGANTRADESMAN so CSA? (Unlike any other paper.) Each Issue Complete In Itself. DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BUSINESS MEN. Published Weekly by TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Subscription Price. Two dollars per year, if paid strictly in advance. Three dollars per year, if not paid in advance. Canadian subscriptions, $3.04 per year, payable invariably in advance. Sample copies 5 cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 5 cents; issues a month or more old, 10 cents; issues a year or more old, 25 cents; issues five years or more old, $1. Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice as Second Class Matter. E. A. STOWE, Editor. March 7, 1917. HUGGING PHANTOMS. The fantastic scheme of Germany to embroil Mexico and Japan with the United States is about as sane as all the other notions which the Ger- mans cherished in the early months of the war. They had built the high- est hopes upon their system of espion- age and the talent of their agents for intrigue. India was at once to burst into revolt against the British em- pire. Egypt was to start a revolution. In Ireland a civil war was to stab England in the back. We saw the Casement expedition from Germany —at once absurd and pathetic—but perhaps did not fully realize how its utter failure set in a strong light the preposterous expectations of it en- tertained in Berlin. The truth is that the elaborate German official method of gathering intelligence from all over the world poured more stuff into the German brain than it could grasp. As the American humorist said, it is better not to know so many things than to know so many things that are not so. The German government has re- peatedly taken the position that it would hesitate at no measure to gain its ends. Its theory is that Germany is fighting with her back to the wall and will seize any weapon that may save her life. German kultur is so unspeakably precious to mankind that the whole world had better be drench- ed in blood than let it perish. If the Eastern hemisphere has been set aflame, why spare the Western? Let the entire globe be whelmed in earth- quake and eclipse rather than that Germany should confess defeat. To the German official mind, this would simply be the heroic attitude of a na- tion determined never to submit or yield. To the unbiased judgment of sober men, however, it cannot but’ seem the final proof that the German government has gone stark mad. What must impress every sane reader of the Zimmerman note is less its moral offence—its indications of duplicity in dealing with the United States—than its inconceivable folly. If we were to get a body of interna- tional alienists to pass upon the dis- ease by which the German govern- ment is afflicted, they might easily agree to call it a brain storm. Such is the mania that prevails at Berlin MICHIGAN TRADESMAN that impossible things are thought as easy as turning over the hand. Could the German Foreign Secretary be such a fool as to think that the Mexi- cans could be such fools as even to dream of conquering the United States and winning back their “lost territory?’ Yet the Germans have been praised as the great “realists” in world-politics! Here they are, however, hugging phantoms. Their vision of the civilized world seems to be a compound of Machiavelli and the Arabian Nights. The effect of this fresh evidence of German duplicity and stupidity will cause a decided crystallization of opinion throughout the country. Among German-Americans, in par- ticular, it will deepen the conviction that the German government has long since ceased to speak for the German people. As for the ultimate and cum- ulative effects, they will doubtless be to strengthen the belief that the desperate acts of the German rulers argue the existence of an internation- al madman, whom it is becoming in- creasingly an international duty to place under restraint. BAGGING THE U-BOATS. It may be too early to call the re- newed submarine campaign a failure, but it is admittedly falling far short of its advance notices. The tonnage destroyed in February is much less than half the rate of destruction that German authorities said would mean the starvation of England. The rate has appreciably fallen off in the past week, although, of course, the shipping held in port by fear of submarines is a part of the effectiveness of the U- boat plan. In the meantime what of the de- fensive agencies that England is em- ploying? True to its policy, Eng- land keeps absolutely silent as to the means employed and the results at- tained. Now and then we get a hint or a brief glimpse, but little that is definite. Officers of the Mongolia, which arrived in New York the other day, told with much detail of seeing 187 captured submarines in Plymouth harbor. Returning Americans—no less a man than President Butler of Columbia among them—have stories that run into even higher figures. We have just learned of the 550 craft built last year for the British gov- ernment by a single American firm, to be used in chasing submarines, and we know that they were only one of the agencies in the work. There are grim stories of the great nets used, of the assistance of air- planes, of the work of the thousands of trawlers, but so little that is defi- nite and tangible that when an armed merchantman sinks a submarine there are big headlines to tell the world of it. England may never tell the whole story of its defense against the submarine menace, but it is altogeth- er likely that enough facts and figures will come out, officially or unofficial- ly, after the war, to make the story one of the most stirring and signifi- cant of the whole record. RE It is a good thing for some people that the necessities of life don’t in- clude brains. THE REAL REASON. Attorney General Gregory states that the investigations by the De- partment of Justice of alleged con- spiracies to raise the prices of food have developed no evidence to justify indictments except in two or three cases. This is an upshot similar to that which has followed several un- dertakings of that sort by the Federal Government. Unquestionably com- bination and extortion have been practiced in a small way at many points, but the existence of great trusts controlling prices has not been proved nor is there any considerable evidence. It has been as plain as anything could be that the main cause of high prices is poor crops. It is not surprising, however, that even people who have no political ambi- tions insist on investigation of these subjects, for the high prices are a severe burden on many persons. Even to those with whom the advance makes comparatively little difference the spectacle of some of the quota- tions is extremely impressive. For example, so simple and common a product as cabbage rose from a low price of $7 per ton in 1916 to a high of $160 per ton in 1917. It is said that one of the reasons for the advance in this article was an extraordinary rise in the chemicals used for killing in- sects on the growing plants. The farmer thought it more economical to let his cabbages die than to pay these high figures. He made a mis- take that time surely, It is one of the curiosities that potatoes have sold at $6 per bushel in Aroostook County, Me., which is one of the spe- cial habitats of that vegetable. Many similar curiosities may be found in running through a comparative price list. FUTURE OF AUTO TRADE. There are yet, 5,000,000 people in the cities and towns who can afford machines. They alone will give the factories of the country all the busi- ness that can be handled for a good many months, But it is the farmers of the United States to whom the manufacturer looks to keep up his business. There are fully 5.000,000 of them who can afford autos; and they have scarcely begun to buy them yet. The 25,000,000 horses and mules upon the American farms will be— must be—displaced by machines. It takes five acres of land to support each horse—a total of 125,000,000 acres devoted to this purpose; and every one of those acres would sup- port a person. It requires about 12,- 500,000 people to take care of those horses and mules; yet they only work an average of four hours a day. They “eat their heads off,” in the parlance of their owners, about twice every year. And economy dictates that au- tos shall displace them. That is a large, almost an inspiring, vision. It is eloquent of American business enterprise and daring. Yet it must be remembered that the enor- mous demand for automobiles now for some months past is due to the pros- perity that the war has brought and that it would be dangerous to rely upon a continuance of that demand March 7, 1917 after the war. Whatever domestic falling off there is, however, may be atoned for by the European demand. Europe must be rebuilt no matter how heavy her war debt, and it will be cheaper in the long run to use machinery than to do without it. At present exports of automobiles con- stitute only a small proportion of the total American production. It may be otherwise later on. And there is another factor of no small impor- tance. Once a man or a family has had an automobile, that man or fami- ly will strain resources to the utmost rather than do without a machine. Probably that is a fact upon which the manufacturers rely heavily. DRY GOODS ORGANIZATION. If there is any line of business which feels the necessity of organized effort in this State it is the dry goods dealers. Some of the merchants in the larger cities belong to the National Retail Dry Goods Asso- ciation, which is an excellent or- ganization, albeit it caters exclusive- ly to the large dealer whose sales exceed say a million dollars per year. The small merchant whose sales range from $25,000 to $200,000 per year has no central body he can appeal to for advice, assistance or co-operation. An organization that could hold meetings at central points two, three or four times a year and devote an entire day to discussion and action on matters vitally affecting the retail dry goods trade would be a valuable adjunct to the dry goods dealer. By confining the meetings to a single day-and by embodying in the by-laws an iron-clad provision that no banquets, dances, receptions or entertainment features be tolerat- ed under any circumstances, a mem- ber could attend frequent conferences of the organization without feeling that he was taking an undue amount of time from his business. The Tradesman offers this sugges- tion with a full knowledge of the sit- uation and bespeaks for the project the co-operation and criticism of the trade. SELES The old adage has it that money makes the mare go and that is no- where else more true than in war. The European belligerents are com- pelled to serious resorts to raise funds with which to carry on _ hostilities. The new British war loan has already reached seven hundred million pounds, the equivalent of three and a half bil- lion dollars, the success of the under- taking being even more marked than was expected. The Germans are hav- ing their financial troubles, too, and a general appeal has gone out all over the empire that men and women sell their jewels and other gold valuables to neutral powers, the funds thus real- ized to be used in carrying on the war. The appeal says that for the present gold ornaments of historic or special artistic value are not included in this requisition, but the intimation is that they may be before long. It is evident that Americans can not un- derstand or appreciate the sacrifice being made by the belligerents in the terrific contest which is going on in Europe. e~ 19 March 7, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN pS m i 7 ul EES AER E (4) ue } cr — eres me | a i TEUSCSLETER ry BDOUGLG SRUBTSTISTET & 2 See a re ve ea He wil fier Ny yi Lal i Will Shoes Soon be Made of Mosquito Wings? HERE has been much talk about substitutes for leather. The press has been printing columns about it—experts are laboring to solve the problem. Although interested in all this activity, nevertheless, we stand as firm as ever on our 37 year old policy of ‘“Only genuine leather and the best of it for Honorbilt Shoes.’’ When you buy Mayer Honorbilt Shoes you are certain of the best the market affords in leather and workmanship. 1917 Catalog Now Out Our new catalog is now ready. It isa buyer’s index to the best the market affords; to the latest creations in foot- wear for men, women and children. Fill out coupon and send in by return mail and copy will be sent you. F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co. MILWAUKEE, WIS. HONORBILT SHOES Now Headed Your Way! Our men are now out with the new Fall Line which has all the qualities that have so consistently established the fame of Honorbilt Shoes. The best selling staples as well as new numbers that for style and appearance fill all the up-to-the-minute demands of Dame Fashion—the new creations, individual, stylish and trade compelling. COUPON—Fill Out and Return F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co. Milwaukee. Wis. Gentlemen: Send me your 1917 catalog and have your salesman call. IWamie. . «0 5. Town 6.0...) 6 Stade 8 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7, 1917 i ‘t) ) at “onyy) wig yy nye WY) f 4 ° (A ¢ wll =. . b ian Yi Kod We ! x G2 pe f te VIEW #7 SHO ZA \ F \) AF = =I s oe Toe ae OE SS = — Ee S “oe 65) = EE ESS = co. = ss oo mS — > on = = = ~ — i = = ie = = E MARKET : S ONES Oe _— ~ = = = = = out = ye zB > — . r — » a i FERS Ye Michigan Retall Shoe Dealers’ Association President—Fred Murray, Charlotte. Secretary—Eiwyn Pond, Flint. Treasurer—Wm. J. Kreger, Wyandotte. Advertising Novelties and Souvenirs for the Shoe Store. Written for the Tradesman, Have you noticed that there has been a dearth of advertising novelties i 5 he great Eu- ? The cause k: most of our me from Aus- blockade has im- for ties: feet when the war D he dt couldn’t g s e was just fairiy gett: 7 one et the iother humiliating merican dependence. sack things be produced ountry as well as in Austria? esn’t make good the alibi to abs is so much cheaper that is true, are made, for part. by automatic ma- and this leads all _— homers | in the production of It occurs to a fat oppor- inventors while novelties BS chinery: country nn writer dee there is ican expensive i ef nN In the past we have had some very good shoe store novelties. Of late conspicuously me a ie ce “Te soon looses year out. words its pulling n power. And it ought to be some- thing that can be used for something or other. And among advertising novelties for the shoe store there should be at least three or four gen- eral classes: namely, advertising nov- elties for women, for men, for children, and for little people. In the teen age period there really should be two classes of advertising novelties: those intended for and those designed for boys. At this period—especially during the earlier portion of it—there tric giris is a very sharp and clear line of cleavage between these two classes of growing folk: boys eau! want to be sissies, and they don’t want to have on their person anything that might render them liable to such a heinous charge. The small commodity of vest-pocket is better for the shoe dealer than a larger. more cumbersome (like as not, more expensive) article. It has advertising value. size more Shoe Store Souvenirs The writer does not attempt to draw a hard and fast line of demarcation between advertising novelties and so- called souvenirs. The fatter class would include, of course. a good many articles that would hardly be desig- nated as advertising novelties: for in- stance calendars. coin-purses, bill- folds for men and women, and toys, such as balloons, kites, marbles. etc. etc. for boys, and fans. dolls, doll-accessories. etc. for little girls, and wood school chil- ‘ book b + tops, rulers for en : : dren of otk sexes, a plain twelve-inch wooden ruler, w eighteen or twenty-four celluloid ruler men and boys? It could be inexpensively produced, and made to fold in four- inch sections so it could be carried in he vest pocket, And under the head why not a bow and quiver of connecting up the boyhood imagination of to-day with the boy- hood sports of other days? or an old- fashioned pop-gun or squirt-gun? or. to get over to something entirely new and different, boomerangs patterned after the famous Sout! not a twelve, inch folding. : for ot e of toys, souvenir African (or is it an Australian) weapon? At one time the folding button- hook made a big hit. For all I know, it may still be a good article in cer- tain localities. But it just occurs to me that a good article—a modification or extension of the same idea—could be produced for men and boys. It could be provided with handles like a knife, and supplied with a blade at one end and a button hook at the other: or, instead of a regular knife- blade. maybe a nail-file could be pro- Satisfied Customers Are Co-partners They remain so as long as their purchases from you are profitable to them. It is sound business policy to purchase Rouge Rex Shoes for your working men’s trade. They are profitable for you, they are profit- able for your customers. Rouge Rex Shoes are our own manufacture and our own tannage of leather, sole and upper. Mail orders promptly taken care of. HIRTH-KRAUSE COMPANY Hide to Shoe Tanners and Shoe Manufacturers Grand Rapids, Michigan my: GRAND RAPIDS Just This When you sell a pair of R. K. L. shoes to : your customer, you are confident of the back- ing of a firm that has made dependable shoes for fifty years. TRADE MARK REGISTERED Remember a satisfied customer is your best advertiser. R. K. L. shoes will bring you a lot of good advertisers. Write for a catalogue. Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie Grand Rapids, Mich. Company fy March 7%, 1917 vided. Or the nail-file idea could be worked up in some other type of souvenir. There are further souvenir possibilities in the watch-fob, card- case and celluloid memoranda-sheets for the vest pocket. Indeed there are just oodles of good ideas that re- main to be worked out resulting in further shoe store novelties. And there is a tremendous latent demand for them. Aggressive retail shoe merchants the country over are fairly itching to get in touch with the house that can supply such commodities. Business-builders. Advertising novelties and souvenirs possess a pulling power out of all proportion to their cost. There is no better advertising in- vestment open to the retail shoe deal- er than an investment in advertising novelties and souvenirs of the right sort. Many of them in the past have been carried in the pocket by shoe store patrons until they were fairly worn out in service. They were useful in some way or other, and easily carried. So they had permanent advertising value. Every time they were used, the user, thought of the concern that put them out. Handing out advertising novelties and souvenirs provides a way for the development of the personal-touch idea. It is of the nature of a gift, a little token of appreciation from deal- er to customer; and it creates a good impression. It serves to cement the relationship between store-keeper and store-patron; it makes for friendship, confidence, and good will. All this being true, it is too bad there isn’t a larger and better assort- ment of advertising novelties and souvenirs to select from. It is a fact that stocks in these lines are running low in the houses that cater to the trade among shoe dealers as well as merchants in other lines. And it is to be hoped that this condition will not continue indefinitely. Why can’t America produce as good advertising novelties as Austria? Why must shoe dealers wait for such goods until the big war is over? It may be a long wait, judging from present in- dications. Why don’t ambitious young American inventors and pro- ducers of advertising novelties and souvenirs get busy? There is a big and inviting field, a few apparently are inclined to enter therein. Tf this article should result in get- ting somebody started in this field. the writer will feel more than repaid for his time and pains in pointing if out. Cid McKay. —_——eo 2. o____—_ When the boss is away his assis- tant poses as a wise guy. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Mail Order House Hard Hit By Country Merchant. ‘The Pittsburg, Kansas, Sun, recent- ly published the following item: “A Pittsburg merchant is offering a theater ticket free for every Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Montgomery Ward catalogue left at his store. Al- ready a dray load has been brought in, most of them by children. The parents of some of these youngsters will think of something they want to order in a few days. They will be un- able to find their catalogue and will come to the store and buy the article needed. If this scheme should be adopted all over the United States, the loss incurred by the mail order houses would amount to millions of dollars each year.” The Tradesman has in mind a Michigan merchant who accomplished the same result by offering to pay any child bringing in a mail order catalogue 10 cents in currency. The children passed the word along until the merchant had accumulated over 2 ton of catalogues. Then the children began writing for catalogues. The cost of writing was only 2 cents and the net profit to the child was 8 cents on each catalogue handled. The de- mand for catalogues was so frequent, while the orders from that locality were so few and far between that the mail order house sent a representa- tive to the seat of trouble to ascer- tain the cause of the anomaly. He soon discovered the occasion of the unprecedented demand for catalogues and on reporting the situation to the house, the latter issued an order that no more catalogues be mailed to any one at that postoffice. The result is that the merchant who inaugurated the plan of purchasing the catalogues is now practically exempt from the depredations of mail order competi- tion. The Tradesman commends this plan to other merchants in the belief that it may work well in other localities as well. ——_o-e-->__—__ Wanted to Know. An Trishman having just landed in New York got a position on the rail- road as flagman at one of the princi- pal crossings. One day came the “90th Century Limited” about twenty minutes late. The Irishman held out his red flag and stopped the express. The engineer jumped off very much angered, and asked the Irishman why he had stopped the train when he knew they were twenty minutes late. The Irishman replied: “That’s just what I wanted to know. Where have you fellows been for the last twenty minutes?” **The End of Fire Waste’’ COMPLETE APPROVED 4 Automatic Sprinkler Systems Phoenix Sprinkler & Heating Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. 115 Campau Ave. Installed by Estimates Free Detroit, Mich. 909 Hammond Bldg: 11 Our Specialty: ‘‘Royal Oak’”’ FOR SHOEMAKERS Bends, Blocks and Strips Shoe Store Supplies Wool Soles, Socks, Insoles, Etc. THE BOSS LEATHER CO. 744 Wealthy St. Grand Rapids, Michigan ND " Ask about our way Grand Rapids, Mich. BARLOW BROS. OUR OWN MAKE HARNES Hand or Machine Made Out of No. 1 Oak leather. We guarantee them absolutely satisfactory. If your dealer does not handle them, write direct to us. SHERWOOD HALL CO., LTD Tonia Ave. and Louis St. Grand Rapids, Michigan DAY Neal 3 way Is_ the best, surest, safest remedy known to medical science for DRINK HABIT A harmless, vegetable rem- edy given with no bad after effects. No hypodermics used. It positively removes the craving desire for liquor and DRUGS at the end of treatment, or money back. Neal Institute 534 Wealthy, S. E. GRAND RAPIDS Both Phones PERRY MILLER, Manager ee ie hereby make application for $............on stock of shoes, rubbers and findings, and rubber, leather and composition goods usually kept for sale in a wholesale, retail, or jobbing shoe store, or such goods if carried in general store. (Sign here).......- Cut this out and mail to Michigan Shoe Dealers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Home Office, Fremont, Mich. OUR RESPONSIBILITY over $1,400,000 ORGANIZED in ‘912 Hate... 1917 boots, So, on shoe store ma- ehinery, furniture and fixtures, to commence from...................... Our present board rate per thousand is.......... in your Company to be 25% less, and 5% additional discount if paid in thirty days from date ot policy; All while contained in the.............-. StOEY. 20.6... building, situated at street No......... Pot... 4... Bloek. 2.3 .4.- City or town Of... /....................State of Michigan. All losses promptly adjusted by our Secretary or Special Agent. your store. SHOE. you today. PRESTIGE in your Men’s Shoe Department means a whole lot to your business Bertsch Shoes for Men carry with them that PRESTIGE that will bring customers to If the HEAD of the house is a satisfied customer you are pretty sure to get the business of the rest of the family. Men in every walk of life know and believe in the BERTSCH The STYLE and SERVICE GIVING QUALITIES of the BERTSCH SHOE have made permanent friends for the line. You should RECOMMEND and SELL the BERTSCH SHOE fo your trade because it WILL give BETTER SERVICE and BETTER SATISFACTION than any other similar line offered It will add much to the PRESTIGE of your store. THEY WEAR LIKE IRON HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO. Manufacturers of Serviceable Footwear GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 1917 ( = = = e : = = a= Ss. 8 t — —_ ° = ies ~ » = & . 2 & / = . = = 3 t = = > i. t — = tag 4 ea a — 4 ~ —_ — = = oe ‘ -— = = rol = — iY 3S F = - = pT | eee Tr ce ’ j ¥ A SSS 4) y 6 1 m ( > Y@isS . -=> 4 , My aes 4) see — Chickens Come Home to Roost. The country is now reaping, in the present congestion of transportation, the harvest from seeds sown by the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1910 when it refused any advance in rates requested by the railroads. It is true the submarine situation and the dearth of vessels is a factor in the situation, but the difficulty goes deep- er than that—the inability of the rail- roads to secure capital with which they could make provision for the growth of business they knew was to come. There has been an intermittent embargo on almost all roads for the past fifteen months and the food situa- tion has become really serious. There is no such thing as prompt delivery and in many cases the inability to get raw material and fuel has been the means of curtailing production. In some instances it has compelled a shut down of-factories. The truth is the railroads are unable to perform their functions properly and yet Congress proposes to impose a 10 per cent. in- come tax, the regular 2 per cent. up to profits exceeding 8 per cent. by $5,000 and 8 per cent. on all excess over that. The situation is one which needs serious consideration. If the scheme is carried through the fabric of our preparedness structure prom- ises to be riddled like a sieve, render- ing abortive the labor performed in rearing it. It must be remembered that after the war Europe will need capital for reconstruction. It will be kindly furnished through the capital forced out of American business by the asinine 10 per cent. excise tax, or, to put it in plainer language, the 10 per cent. penalty on doing a success- ful business unless one is a_profession- al man or a dabbler in the products of the soil. Food riots have occurred in New York and Philadelphia and yet 5,000,000 bushels of potatoes are held up at Aroostock, Me.. because the Bangor & Aroostock Railroad was un- able to obtain coal to run its trains. As predicted in the Michigan Trademan, the Federal Farm Loan Bank plan has not been the howling success expected. Only $130.000 of the $9,000,000 capital needed has been publicly subscribed and the United States Government must now come forward with $8.870.000 to make up the necessary capital. This shows conclusively that the farmers who are served by their local banks with- out being penalized for such service, and without becoming responsible for the debts of others, are contented to deal as they always have done with their local banker who knows their needs and who takes a friendly inter- est in their welfare. The Farm Loan Bank will never become popular in Michigan. It is noticeable that American bank- ers have been steadily reducing their balances with London banks, having drawn down approximately $100,000,- 000 since January 1. The ostensible reason is the growing tightness of money in New York. This is natural- ly believed to be a flimsy excuse and that the withdrawals are a part of the preparation to take care of a pos- sible United States war loan of $500,- 000,000. So far as thrift goes, the people of the United States might well follow the example of the Swiss. In that sturdy, independent little republic there are 554 savings depositors out of every thousand of the population. The figures in Denmark and Sweden are from 400 to 450 out of every thou- sand; France, 346; Holland, 325: Ger- many, 317; England, 302; Japan, 270; Italy, 220; and the United States, 99. Plenty of room and necessity for a continuance of a vigorous educational campaign at home. There is a comparatively stagnant stock market and this is as it should be, because it shows little weakness, merely a let-up of speculation. There is a fair investment buying of stocks. In the bond market there is an ex- cellent demand for good issues netting the investor 5 per cent. and over. This is especially true with regard to baby bonds, issues in denominations of $25, $50 and $100 showing a tenden- cy on the part of persons of medium means to place their surplus where it will earn money. A noticeable fact is that this demand is not drawing savings accounts from the banks. The purchases, especially in Detroit, and Grand Rapids, are generally made by those who have hoarded their money in secret domestic receptacles and by those who had their money on de- posit with the postal savings banks and desired to have it earn more away from Government control. Sea- soned industrial and public utility bonds seem to be favorites. Another noticeable fact is that larger-inves- tors still favor bonds to other forms of investment, and when any of their issues fall due, or are called for pay- ment, they immediately re-invest in bonds. A recent favorite with large investors is the one and two year 5¥4 per cent. secured notes of the Gov- ernment of Great Britain and Ireland, netting the investor 6 per cent. These notes are secured by collateral de- posited with the Bankers Trust Co., of New York, consisting of American stocks and bonds, Canadian and co- lonial bonds and Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk securities at such a value as to leave a safe margin for market The only way in which you can be assured that your property will be distributed as you per- sonally desire is by having your will drawn and a responsible executor named fo carry out its provisions. This Trust Company is especial- ly chartered by the State to act as executor under will Ask for booklet on “Descent and Distribution of Property”’ and Blank Form of Will (;RAND RaPios [RUST [OMPANY MANAGED BY MEN YOU-KNOW OTTAWA AT FOUNTAIN. BOTH PHONES 4391 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK CITY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK ASSOCIATED CAMPAU SQUARE The convenient banks for out of town people. Located at the very center of the city. Handy to the street cars—the interurbans—the hotels—the shopping district. On account of our location—our large transit facilities—our safe deposit vaults and our complete service covering the entire field of banking, our institutions must be the ultimate choice of out of town bankers and individuals. Combined Capital and Surplus................2. 006008 $ 1,778,700.00 Combined Total Deposits..............6.0ccc0c0 cece 8,577 ,800.00 Combined Total Resources ............. cece. 0.5.00 11,503,300.00 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK CITY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK ASSOCIATED «e Se r. a taGea > 4 + «be AN « » + » “ie € ’ vil . » ” f z « . Se 4 Ge March 7, 1917 action. These notes are further pro- tected by the agreement to put up more security in case of depreciation in market value. These notes are con- vertible into twenty year 5 per cent. gold bonds of the Government of Great Britain and Ireland. Although business has not fully re- gained its balance since Germany’s latest submarine warfare announce- ment, there has been a decided growth of confidence reflected in the decline of marine insurance rates. The pres- ent time is regarded as a critical one in the world-war, in view if the possi- ble participation of the United States in the conflict, and until peace has actually been established economic conditions are likely to be disturbed. The volume of business continues to be enormous and would be much larg- er if transportation facilities were im- proved. The Republic Iron & Steel Co. has set an example in the way of sensible publicity that could well be followed by other corporations, especially some of the public utilities companies, It has decided to furnish its stockhold- ers with full quarterly reports. In- vestors are growing better educated in matters financial and there is no ques- tion but that the securities of the cor- poration will be strengthened through this policy. If it were more generally followed some of the stocks of public utilities now hanging around 75, 80 and 85 would touch par and bonds of seasoned companies would easily cross the 90 mark. So long as a company is properly managed it should not hesitate to place in possession of the public full information as to its earn- ings, operations, etc. Those who have tried being frank with the people have found it profitable because in most minds there is a suspicion that if a company hides its operations and keeps under cover its earnings there must be a dark gentleman in the woodpile. This is too often entirely wrong, but it governs a great many in the purchase of securities. Paul Leake. ——_+-.—___—_ Ahead of Them All. A prominent physician, upon open- ing the door of his consulting room, asked: “Who has been. waiting longest?” “T have,” spoke up a man in a sten- torian voice. “I’m your tailor. I de- livered your clothes four weeks ago.’ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Proposed Sunday Closing Bill For New York. After much discussion and planning the New York State Retail Grocers’ Association has arrived at a draft for a Sunday closing bill which it has had introduced at Albany and which has already commenced to draw the fire of opposition. The Hebrew gro- cers are a unit against it and it is likely that the full strength of the delicatessen trade will join them in endeavoring to upset the bill; al- though on the other hand, retailers’ associations generally throughout the State will work for its adoption. The bill in the main reads as follows: “All manner of public selling or offering for sale of any property on Sunday is prohibited; except as fol- lows: “Meals may be sold to be eaten on the premises where sold at any time of the day. “Caterers may serve meals to their patrons at any time of the day; deli- catessen dealers shall not be consid- ered as caterers within this subdivi- sion; “Prepared tobacco, milk, ice, soda water, fresh fruit, flowers, confection- ery, newspapers, oil, tires, drugs, med- icines and surgical instruments may be sold in places other than a room where spirituous or malt liquors or wines or groceries are kept or offered for sale, and may be delivered at any time of the day. “Delicatessen dealers may sell, sup- ply serve and deliver cooked and prepared foods between the hours of four o’clock in the afternoon and half past seven o'clock in the evening, in addition to the time provided for in subdivision one hereof. “The provision of this section, how- ever, shall not be construed to allow or permit the public sale or exposing for sale or delivery of uncooked flesh foods, or meats, fresh or salt, at any hour or time of the day.” —_2-.———__ In Danger. “Broken your New Year’s resolu- tions yet?” “No, but you’re tempting me to shat- ter one all to pieces.” “That so? 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Symons, Vice-President. Wm. B. Baum, Treasurer. Charles E. Peckoyer, Manager Abstract Department. Fourth National Bank United States Depositary Savings Deposits Commercial Deposits 3 Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings Deposits Compounded Semi-Annually 1 3% Per Cent Interest Paid on Certificates of Deposit Left One Year Capital Stock and Surplus $580,000 WM. H. ANDERSON, President L. Z. CAUKIN, Cashier JOHN W. BLODGETT, Vice President J. C. BISHOP, Assistant Cashier THE PREFERRED LIFE INSURANCE CO. Of America offers OLD LINE INSURANCE AT LOWEST NET COST What are you worth to your family? Let us protect you for that sum. THE PREFERRED LIFE INSURANCE CO. of America, Grand Rapids, Mich. “TE PteE, OLD NATIONAL BANK GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 177 MONROE AVE. Complete Banking Service Travelers’ Cheques Letters of Credit Safety Deposit Vaults Savings Department Foreign Drafts Commercial Department SAVINGS CERTIFICATES ARE A DESIRABLE INVESTMENT Our 3% Per Cent 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 1917 THE HOPE OF HUMANITY. It Now Rests on the Shoulders of This Country. : Detroit, March 5—It appears that it has never occurred to anybody in this country to discuss the question of what the Germans living in the Unit- ed States, if they were imbued with the spirit of Americanism, should con- sider to be their mission in regard to their unfortunate countrymen still liv- ing in Germany. ' When I arrived at the White Star Line docks, then in Hoboken, forty- five years ago, I bowed down to kiss the soil of this free country, taking a solemn vow to do all in my power to persuade my countrymen to join me in a movement to liberate Ger- many also. : i And what has been my experience: Whenever I broached the subject to any German, educated, uneducated, rich or poor, they told me—parroting what they had heard in their native land—“‘Germany is not ripe for a re- public.” Why? : Ever since the few small republics in Germany were destroyed by medi- aeval kingcraft and kaisercraft, the masses of the German people have been kept down by organized and well-armed monarchists. For cen- turies agitation for a republic was made impossible by the kings and kaisers. Thousands of men have been executed and imprisoned for daring to utter thoughts of liberty, and when finally the Social Democracy was or- ganized, its leaders could not call up- on the masses to free themselves from the voke of militarism. When Wilhelm Liebknecht came to New York, about thirty years ago, I asked him, “Why don’t you work for a republic in Germany?” and he re- plied, “The monarchy has all the guns, the railroads, the telegraphs, the police, the courts, the prisons and the executioners, and we have noth- ing but our bare arms. How could we succeed in a revolution in a coun- try where it is treason to question the whims and caprices of an insane monarch?” The moment they under- took such a campaign the Kaiser would order them shot instanter. Such is the boasted freedom of the German people in the grasp of the most monstrous tyranny the world has ever seen. The Germans now living in this country are divided into two classes, the one ‘being composed of persons whose education and economic con- dition bind them to the Kaiser and his brutal system, while the other is composed of workingmen who, glad that they have escaped from bondage, are bent only upon trying to improve their economic condition. They have neither leisure nor inclination to think of what they left behind them when they departed from their native soil. The German newspapers in the United States, excepting the few So- cialist papers, are dominated by men who make their living by catering to the tastes of the monarchists. They are all subsidized by the German government; their editors and report- ers are all paid spys for the German government; their advertisers are all catspaws of the German government. There you have the whole case in a nutshell. The Germans in America are unable to exert any influence upon those whom they left at home. They have no mission on earth except to make an attempt to better themselves economically. 3ut the Americans, born in this country, have a mission. They should teach their unfortunate fellow-beings emigrated to the shores of the land of liberty that humanity cannot enjoy life unless it liberate itself and destroy the system the natural consequence of which has been the present world- wide war. The American press singularly fails in doing its duty in th’s respect. It does not teach the immigrants that the system prevailing in Europe must needs result in war and destruction. Why not tell those who come here to improve their economic condition that, it we had the European system in this country, we would also be in constant danger of war and devasta- tion: : Tell them that, if Texas were a German kingdom. with a raving mani- ac at its head, a standing army, a state church, and a subsidized press constantly denouncing and insulting every other state and lying to the Texans that Louisiana, New Mexico and some other states were trying to conquer Texas; if New Jersey had an Austrian monarchical government, with an army, a state church, a pre- verse educational system and a lying press; if Ohio were French, with a French army and French grievances against Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut; if Illinois were a Russian autocracy; it California were a Spanish kingdom, with a formidable army, a monarch- ical clergy and a perverted press; if New York were an English mon- archy, with a formidable army and a government pledged to conquering the remainder of the United States; if all the other states were independ- ent monarchies, each striving to down its neighbors—would we not then have the same trouble in this country that poor Europe has had for many cen- turies? These questions should be constant- ly discussed by the American press, year in and year out—then we might ultimately expect an awakening of the foreign-born among our population, and its effect would gradually be felt in Europe. The Government of the United States would also become aware that it has a mission among the nations of the world: to repub- licanize and democratize all. The French, after their Great Revo- lution, felt it to be their mission to republicanize Europe. But they did not succeed, because the “Holly A\}- liance’ overwhelmed them when Na- poleon, abandoning idealism, had be- come selfish and turned from repub- licanism to monarchism. Still, the French established a precedent. They had seen that monarchism was an evil, and they tried to stamp it out. That they did not succeed was not their fault. When they at last firmly established their present republic, they had their hands full in preventing the German monarchists from again robbing them and destroying their republican government. The hope of humanity now rests with the United States. We not only must educate the foreigners in our midst to become liberty-loving, but we must also organize our resources in a manner so as to prevent any oth- er power from invading and conquer- ing this, our soil. Our army and navy must be stronger than any other two armies and navies on earth. We must have thousands of warships and aeroplanes to carry the Star-Spangled Banner to the farthest corners of the world, proclaiming the gospel of liberty to all mankind, so that ulti- mately all nations will join us in es- tablishing the Republic of the World, the Parliament and Brotherhood of Man! Otto Eberbach. _—-_o.-2-o An awkward man may not be slow, yet he always wants a day of grace. United Automobile Insurance Exchange Carries Auto Insurance at Cost Without Mutual Liability For Particulars Address Home Office: 737-741 Michigan Trust Bldg., Grand Rapids. Mich. Detroit Office: 524 Penobscot Building, Detroit, Mich OFFICE OUTFITTERS LOOSE LEAF SPECIALISTS 237-239 Pearl St. (near the bridge) Graad Rapids, Mich. We Specialize In Automobile Industrial Public Utility SECURITIES THURMAN-GEISTERT & CO. formerly ALLEN G. THURMAN & CO. Michigan Trust Bldg. & G. R. Savings Bank Bldg. Grand Rapids, Michigan Citz. 4480 Bell M. 4900-01 Kent State Bank Main Office Fountain St. Facing Monroe Grand Rapids, Mich. Capital ° . al - $500,000 Surplus and Profits - $500,000 Resources 9 Million Dollars 345 Per Cent. Paid on Certificates Largest State and Savings Bank in Western Michigan Michigan Bankers & Merchants’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Fremont, Michigan We are organized under the laws of Michigan and our officers and directors include the best merchants, bankers and business men of Fremont. We write mercantile risks and store buildings occupied by our policy holders at 25 per cent. less than the board rate established by the Michigan Inspection Bureau. If you are interested in saving one-third of your expenditure for fire insurance, write us for particulars. Wa. N. Senf, Secretary. Let Us Serve You Being an Executor is this Com- pany’s business. It is far better qual- ified by business experience and training, for the management of Estates, than an individual can be. It is financially responsible and has a continuous existence so there can be no interruption or confusion in han- dling Estates. Send for blank form of Will and booklet on Descent and Distribution of Property. THE MICHIGAN Trust Co. OF GRAND RAPIDS a 7 = 4 March 7, 1917 Bankruptcy Proceedings in South. western Mich‘gan. St. Joseph, Feb. 26—In the matter of Maurice lL, Jones, bankrupt, of Benton Harbor, the final meeting of creditors for the purpose of passing upon the trus- tee’s final report and account was held at the referee’s office. The petition of the trustee for the settlement and closing of the estate by the trustee, assigning to W. Worth Bean, Jr., certain shares of stock, was considered and it appearing that Russell M. Jones, the only remain- ing creditor of interest in said estate, was in favor of such settlement, it was determined that the matter be referred to the District Judge for approval. It was further determined that the trustee be not authorized to interpose objections to the bankrupt’s discharge. Creditors having been directed to show cause why a certificate should not be made recom- mending the bankrupt’s discharge and no cause having been shown, it was de- termined that such favorable certificate be made. The meeting was adjourned without day. Feb. 27—In the matter of Edgar J. Hertel, bankrupt, of Kalamazoo, the ad- journed first meeting of creditors was held at the latter place and the bankrupt sworn and examined by the attorneys present and referee without a reporter. After the examination 1t was determined that no trustee be appointed for the pres- ent, whereupon the meeting was ad- journed for three weeks. Feb. 28—In the matter of Lyndon Allen, bankrupt, of Kalamazoo, the first meeting of creditors was held at the lat- ter place. No creditors were present. or represented and no claims were proved. An order was entered determining the bankrupt’s exemptions as claimed and that no trustee be appointed. The bank- rupt was sworn and examined by the referee without a reporter, whereupon the first meeting of creditors was adjourned without day. ’ March 1—In the matter of Lucius W. Baker, bankrupt, of Otsego, the_first meeting of creditors was held at Kala- mazoo. No creditors were present or represented. No claims were. proved, whereupon an order was entered that no trustee be appointed, and that the bank- rupt be allowed his exemptions as claim- ed. The bankrupt was sworn and exam- ined by the referee without a reporter and the first meeting then adjourned without day. “a the matter of M. W. Nelson, bank- rupt, of Kalamazoo, former owner of the Original Dollar Hat Store, the first meet- ing of creditors was held at the latter place. No creditors were present or rep- resented and no claims proved. An order was made that no trustee be appointed and the bankrupt allowed his exemptions as claimed. The bankrupt was _ sworn and examined by the referee without a reporter, after which the meeting was adjourned without day. March 2—In the matter of Charles Rasak, Louis J. Rasak, and Rasak Broth- ers, a copartnership, bankrupt, of Do- wagiac, an order was made calling a final meeting of creditors at the referee’s office March 15 for the purpose of passing upon the trustee’s final report and ac- count, showing no receipts except cash advanced by the bankrupt of $40 for the purpose of paying the actual administra - tion expenses. Creditors were directed to show cause why a certificate should not be made by the referee recommending the bankrupt’s discharge. March 3—Joseph L. Mondey, a musi- cian, of Kalamazoo, filed a voluntary pe- tition and the matter, in the absence of the District Judge, was referred to Ref- eree Banyon. who entered an order ad- judication petitioner bankrupt. There are no assets above the stationary exemptions and the following are listed as cred- itors: A. W. Walsh, Kalamazoo ......---- $75.60 Lee & Cady, Kalamazoo ........-- 92.85 Harnitt & Hewitt, Toledo .......- 56.27 Thomas Dermedy, Kalamazoo .... 10.55 J. J. O’Meara, Kalamazoo ......-- 9.30 Wayne Tobacco Co., Fort Wayne 45.90 Doliy Varden Chocolate Co., Cincinnati ..... een ge is 26.45 J. Bryer, Kalamazoo .......-..20+: 3.30 P. C. Fulweiler & Bro., Philadelphia 16.25 Star Bargain House, Kalamazoo .. 2.87 Michigan State Telephone Co. .... 11.25 A. Vander Weele, Kalamazoo .... 3.20 Havana Importing Company, CHICABO oe. cece ws sens esse cs 10.50 Woodhouse Co., Grand Rapids 46.48 J. B. Weber, South Bend ........ 48.08 M. E. Maher, Kalamazoo ......... 57.72 Harry Watson & Company, Flint 23.05 MICHIGAN American Briar Pipe, Chicago .... 24.65 Hoover Bond Company, Kalamazoo 50.57 Kalamazoo Ice & Fuel Co., Kala- POAAOO oe eco oa a. oan 1.25 Rysdale Candy Co., Grand Rapids 64.06 Payette-Walsh Co., Detroit ...... 7.00 P. J. Bushhouse, Kalamazoo ...... 11.00 $708.15 A Go Without. Potato eating is a habit rather than a necessity. These articles are large- ly useful as stomach-stuffers. They fill up. They are by no means as nourishing as many articles that are comparatively cheap. Much of a po- tato is water and there has as yet been no raise in the price the city charges for water. Try that for a filler. Then, as for nutriment, rice or corn in any form, hominy or meal, is better. The trouble is that we are used to eating potatoes and habit is a hard master. The famous Aroos- took county of Maine is the source of most of the potatoes consumed hereabouts and over there they have had the misfortune to lose by fire a good many that were stored, and, it is whispered, were insured. The loss made what remained worth more, and now comes the report that the Bangor & Aroostook road that brings the po- tatoes to market that are not burned will have to shut down for lack of coal. This will tighten the market, too. The remedy is simple. Go with- out. Take something else. The un- happy queen of France thought that the people were unreasonable, because when they couldn’t get bread they wouldn’t be satisfied with cake, but the cases are not alike. Potato is neither a necessity nor a luxury, As we Said before, it is a habit. Try a cure. Swear off for a whlie and lose the appetite—Hartford Courant. The Basis of Investment Safety in the last analysis is earning power. The earning capacity of sound Public Utility com- panies has been demonstrated during good times and bad. We offer bonds and stocks of Public Utility companies with records that justify confidence in their securities. These in- vestments may be bought to yield from 4.10% to over 7%. Write for descriptive circu- lars. Hodenpyl, Hardy & Co Incorporated Securities for Investment 14 Wall St., New York First National Bank Bldg., Chicago Veit Manufacturing Co. Manufacturer of Bank, Library, Office and Public Building Furniture Cabinet Work, High Grade Trim, Store Furniture Bronze Work, Marble & Tile Holland, Michigan TRADESMAN LOGAN & BRYAN STOCKS, BONDS and GRAIN Grand Rapids, Office 305 GODFREY BUILDING Citizens 5235 Beli Main 235 Members New York Stock Exchange Boston Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange New York Cotton Exchange New York Coffee Exchange New York Produce Exchange New Orleans Cotton Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Winnipeg Grain Exchange Kansas City Board of Trade Private wires coast to coast Correspondence solicited 15 THE BANK WHERE YOU. FEEL AT HOME Gann QgemsG ancsB nic WE WILL APPRECIATE YOUR ACCOUNT TRY US! : We Are Offering High Grade Investment Yielding Over 634% Tax Exempt in Michigan Write for Circular A-4 Howe Snow CorriGan & BERTLES INVESTMENT BANKERS GRAND RAPIDS SAVINGS BANK BLDG. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. SSS RRS ER Little Glimpses Into Your Telephone, ST Ki EN aS SSSSSSSSISG A, ss SSE SSNS ow mechanical efficiency. from pleasant. You can help to safeguard the service by care in replacing the receiver. Michigan State Telephone Company When the receiver is ‘‘banged’’ into the hook re- peatedly, parts are looser 2d and adjustments destroyed; if the receiver strikes the hook a lateral blow before it is down far enough to bi eak the contact, the person on the other end of the l:ne, if he has not had time to hang up, will hear a shurp, cracking noise that is far WL oss The |)Recetver Hook ERE the delicate mech- anism of the telephone receiver hook and con- tacts is shown. This mechanism embraces more than a dozen of the 116 separate parts that go to make up a Bell telephone, and it has been developed tothe highest point of It combines strength and durability with the delicacy of instant response. Det eS SP BOA °S Zz Sire ern DD PSS ENSS PD aaeeebaee RYTON 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 1917 ey -aswy F — — —_— — — BRM (¢ wctst (((QUts — = = = A] fs FANCY GOOD Ribbon Prices Firm—Return of the : Sash. A rise in prices from 25 to 30 per cent. need not surprise any buyer, owing to the raw silk values and high- er cost of labor. Many houses have nade small advances, but with rib- bons in the swing of success a gen- eral advance commensurate with the cost of production is expected. The trade is well represented in New York now and a hopeful expectation is in the air. Jobbers have been looking for fancy ribbons to sell at 25 cents. The 19-cent ribbons is too ordinary to raise to 25 cents, but there must be good value for 25 cents. The use of ribbon seems increasing since Paris says sashes again, and garment mak- ers are using ribbon on costumes while milliners are at work on entire and combination hats in which ribbon rules. Grosgrains and other ribbons range from 30 to 60 lignes, the favored widths now. Lingerie manufacturers are using ribbons in a liberal manner. Broches are cut up and motifs of it are used as trimming on waists, dress- es, etc. Narrow ribbons with a picot edging are put between layers of chiffon or lace as a harness trimming with danc‘ne frocks. Flounces are made entirely of wide ribbon. Such colors as turquoise, black and white, spring green, malachite, old China, scarlet, gold, silver, periwinkle, tea rose, sand, chestnut, all colors from the American color card. The ribbon men are very hopeful, as they already see many boxes of narrow grosgrain unfolded in the spring millinery. In order to save the increased expense of the paper at least one manufacturer tried an infer‘or pattern strip down to half a vard from the end, but this economy did not work. as poor paper tore easily and in the end the better stock was continued. Orders are running on grosgrain, narrow velvets, fancy wrap prints, a few moires and picotedged styles. The prints are dec‘dedly of an Oriental effect. Entire hats of narrow rib- bon continue among the midseason and new hats, but it has been expect- ed that the first samples would be of this effect. Satins and moires of 70 to 84 lignes are being taken by the costume men. Summer frocks are to be freely ornamented with ribbon un- less all signs fail. Sashes and girdles, ribbons tied at wrist and elbow of puf- fy sleeves all mean some extra yards of various widths. Hairbows worn by girls are also in again and black gros- grain for belts. Narrow two-tones of ribbon are here and all around better grades are required. Gold, turquoise and sapphire as well as jade green, begonia pink, sand and bisque are col- ors noticed in the new ribbon turbans. All of the new shades and many of the old are continued in satin, as many of the manufacturers think that it is on plains, not fancies, that the season will be carried. Cheap printed ribbons have run low in quantity and the bet- ter grade in brilliant colors and larg- er designs are not inexpensive. The ribbons are becoming sporty as well as the coats, skirts and hats, as such designs as this betray: Begonia pink ground with satin stripes of same shade, half an inch wide: on edge is a stripe an inch wide; loosely thrown on this is a rose design in vivid colors and not widely spaced; also in Copen, maize, cream. Besides the favorite rose in warp prints are such designs as Persian, Arabian, Egyptian and the Chinese-Japanese-Oriental influence is felt in many of the new goods. Pais- leys are seen, but manufacturers have not warmed to this style as was ex- pected. The rose always sells so the rose remains; it appears in all colors. It is thought that the Spanish in- fluence in costuming is keeping modistes from ribbons for that is too precise to admit of the frivolous. da‘nty catching ribbon which should be freely used as it is one of our valu- able productions and handsome be- sides. Combination ideas in costumes will show the hat and sash or girdle matching, or a skirt and hat will be of some of the wonderful cottons and belt and hat-band correspond, but rib- bon should be reflected from more than one part of the costume. Hats entirely of narrow grosgrain are in rows around or in up and down rows starting from the top of the crown. Bows of wider ribbon are high and slender. Large tassels are made of narrow velvet ribbon as the entire trimming of a small sailor. Narrow ribbon velvet is made into braided ends w'th a fringe of the same. Manufacturers want fancies and wider goods for the fall and talk those features so strongly now that they will probably bring them in time. Edged goods are predicted for fall. Millinery jobbers are inclined to buy wider grosgrains; 54-60 lignes, and plain colors. They are also asking for deliveries due in March, but manu- facturers can not often fill such re- quests in these days of rush. Moires having a corded edge have been “com- ing back” and are now here for the spring; changeable moired grosgrain are not plentiful, but are to be found with a tinseled edge. Picot edges are st‘ll here. Changeable Ottomans will trim sport hats. Sashes probably interest the manu- facturer more than any other one ar- ticle as wide ribbon must be had and We are manufacturers of TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED HATS for Ladies, Misses and Children, especially adapted tothe general store trade. Trial order solicited. CORL, KNOTT & CO., Ltd. Corner Commerce Ave. and Island St. Grand Rapids, Mich. Pr. F.C, Crochet Cotton The best made, for all purposes Jobber AWNINGS ee en — ee } COYE'S IMPROVED ROLLER AWNING cet =a SR Safety First ‘hii in Buying _ SAFETY in Buying means getting the goods and the quantities of goods YOU can sell ata oy profit. It means know- ing what to buy and (- getting it at the right 4 price. ca ey You can be safe in buying when you buy , from “Our Drummer.” a If you haven't the cur- oe rent issue handy, write for it. — ay Butler Brothers A hee Exclusive Wholesalers of GRAND RAPIDS DRY GOODS CoO., Distributors, Grand Rapdis, Michigan. General Merchandise “ Chain or Cog Gear Roller : Pull up Store and Window New York Chicago ten Plain or Decorated St. Louis Minneapolis CHAS. A. COYE, Inc. Dallas «fy GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 4 : {» » * 1% g +49 » < a » y 4 dfs « v + y * twin DP e 1 * March 7, 1917 two yards and a half is as small a quantity as one can buy for a smart design, and they may use four. The Toreador sash requires three yards and is now given a finish of a bead fringe or tassel and a tiny row of bead embroidery on the ends, using beads in contrast. Narrow ribbon is used to embroider flowers, birds, etc., on hats and parts of the costume. Salesmen now on the road, calling on the principal retail trade, continue to send in a good volume of orders. That trade is ordering both plain and fancy merchandise—Dry Goods. —__—_ +2 Pickings ree in the Windy ity. Chicago, March 5—The Chicago Telephone Co. holds the record of making the smallest real estate deal in Chicago. It amounted to the rental of 23 inches for a yearly compensa- tion of $360 on a ninety-nine year lease. This was brought ‘about on account of an individual owner own- ing the small piece of property which was needed by the Telephone Co. to complete one of its buildings. Dr. B. J. Heetdirks, assistant hotel physician at the Morrison, in Chicago, has just received an appointment of head physician of the Northern Pa- cific Railroad Hospital, at Missoula, Mont. He is a Grand Rapids product. He left for his Western appointment March 1. From what information the writer can gather he stands an ex- cellent chance of being appointed by the Northern Pacific as its chief phy- sician. He requests any of his friends to kindly make themselves known when in Missoula. A correction of last week’s items: Instead of the Central Drug Co. tak- ing over Blettner Apothecary, 4601 Broadway, it is the Maclean Drug Co., operating the Central drug stores. This company has not only taken over this store, but it is now reported it is about to close for three additional leases on prominent cor- ners in the city of Chicago. The main store has in connection with it a first-class, up-to-date restaurant. The Standard Oil Co. holds the record on amount paid on a real estate deal at 408-22 South Michigan avenue. The amount is $3,500,000 and the building is known as the Karpen building. This purchase was made by the Standard Oil Co. to house its office force under one roof, instead of leasing a number of dif- ferent buildings throughout the loop to take care of its increased business. One of the latest improvement plans now being talked of in Chicago is that of the business people along Madison street, from Michigan .ave- nue to the river. Their intentions are to improve and beautify this street, placing decorated lights the entire length of this section. They are now waiting for their incorpora- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN tion papers from Springfield. It is predicted when this work is finished that 42nd and -Broadway, known as the White Way in New York City, will be a second rater. Conventions in Chicago last week were the Car Owning Managing As- sociation and Chicago Whist Asso- ciation at Congress Hotel: Illinois Retail Clothers’ Association at Sher- man Hotel; Outdoor Showmen of the World at Congress Hotel; State Fair Secretaries at Auditorium. One of the novelties of the conventions held was that of the Outdoor Showmen of the World, they having gathered some of the freaks of the country, it was quite a sight to see some of them in the hotel lobby. More than 5,000 persons attended the public opening last Thursday night of the Chicago Arena, one of the greatest ice skating rinks in America, The building, which is at Thorndale avenue and _ Broadway, houses an ice rink 115 x 300 feet. The surface of the ice will be renewed three times daily, One of the fea- tures of the evening was the unveiling of President Wilson’s picture. Some of America’s professional skaters were in attendance. It is now the intention of Chicago to put in force one of former Govy- ernor Pingree’s ideas when he was Mayor of Detroit by listing all of the vacant lots in the city of Chicago and letting the poor people or anyone who wishes to do so use this vacant property as vegetable gardens. This is being started by the Chicago Trib- une and is now the talk of the city. This is caused by the high prices now prevailing on all forms of eatables in the vegetable line. The new Chief of Police of Chicago is accomplishing wonderful results pertaining to the catching of crooks and putting a check on holdups and other forms of vice in the city. The writer expresses regret in the matter of our “Sunny” Jim’s mishap in Detroit. Jim must have been keep- ing batch. How about it? Anyone wishing to be mentioned in the Tradesman should drop the writ- er a card or letter at the following address: ‘370 East 26th street: tele- phone, Calumet 1998. This is the writer’s South side office. He will be glad to hear from anyone. No doubt Bay City will have a won- derful attendance at the U. C. T. convention, held there June 1 and 2. The writer has already receiv- ed some advertising matter, which shows that the committee believes in doing things. Charles W. Reattoir. _————_o-2— > Longevity. At a doctor’s banquet somebody proposed the toast: “Long live our doctors!” “What on?” asked a cadaverous- looking specimen, rising from his seat. Address Pere Marquette Railroad Co. DUDLEY E. WATERS, PAUL H. KING, Receivers F ACTORY SITES Locations for Industrial Enterprises in Michigan The Pere Marquette Railroad runs through a territory peculiarly adapted by Accessibility excellent Shipping Facilities, Healthful Climate and Good Conditions for Home Life. for the LOCATION OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. First-class Factory Sites may be had at reasonable prices. and Electrical Development in several parts of the State insure Cheap Power. Department invites correspondence with manufacturers and others seeking locations Quiries will receive painstaking and prompt attention and will be treated as confidential. GEORGE C. CONN, Freight Traffic Manager, Coal in the Saginaw Valley Our Industrial All in- Detroit, Michigan WM. D. BATT HIDES, WOOL, FURS AND TALLOW 28-30 LOUIS ST. GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN Grand Rapids Store Fixture Co., Inc. The Place, 7 Ionia Ave., N. W. BUY AND SELL Used Store and Office Fixtures Bell Phone Main 596 Citz. Phone 61366 Lynch Bros. Special Sale Conductors Expert Advertising—Expert Merchandising 44 So. Ionia Ave, Grand Rapids, Mich. 139-141 Monroe St. Let On GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. FOR FLOORS USE Unilaterite Mastic A plastic top coat for old or new floors. Troweled on in a seamless sheet. Better than linoleum. Ask for sample. FRANK L. DYKEMA & CO. 201 Shepard Bldg. Grand Rapids, Michigan i? Bungalow Cretonnes FAST COLORS ISTINCTIVE DESIGNS UNUSUAL COLORINGS STANDARD CLOTH UNIFORM FINISH In every respect AN ARTISTIC : FABRIC Inspect our line and be con- vinced before placing orders elsewhere. Paul Steketee & Sons Wholesale Dry Goods Grand Rapids :-: Michigan HaKO Res Our Products Are Hand Finished —that’s one reason why they are so generally popular everywhere sold. Each finger tip, each thumb on the gloves and mittens,each seam in all of our knit goods, where the strains are most severe, are fin- ished by hand. We don’t leave it up to a machine. Be sure and not place your order for these goods until our representative calls on you. Perry Glove & Mitten Co. PERRY, MICHIGAN 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 191? = A_—~ ~ = . — = eV BUTTER, EGGS 4» PROVISIO = = Michigan Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso- ciation. President—J. W. Lyons, Jackson. Vice-President—Patrick Hurley, De- troit. Secretary and Treasurer—D. A. Bent- ley. Saginaw. Executive Committee—F. A. Johnson. Detroit; H. L. Williams, Howell; C. J. Chandler, Detroit. = License Plan Proposed By Chicago Newspaper Writer. In the Chicago News a writer pro- poses licensing cold storage ware- houses in the same manner that sa- loons are licensed, except that in addition he proposes a gradual tax of 5 cents a dozen on eggs that have been in storage more than thirty days, 10 cents a dozen on those in storage more than sixty days, and so on, in- creasing the tax 5 cents a dozen each month. Replying to this suggestion a cor- respondent in that paper offers the following sensible discussion: “The plan suggested would be a good one if the public wants to dis- courage the storing of food. I do not believe, however, that the public desires to do this because the pub- lic lives on stored food of one kind or another from eight to ten months in the year. It would hardly seem to be good public policy to discourage the storing of any kind of food dur- ing the periods of heavy production. On the contrary, it is of the highest importance for the public to encour- age in every way this necessary func- tion. “The egg question would be solved if hens laid regularly every day throughout the year. But hens lay most plentifully in the spring of the year and very little, if at all, during the winter. Until the system of car- rying eggs in cold storage was work- ed out, we had usually in the spring more eggs than we could consume. Consequently they sold at such ruin- ously low prices that the producer was discouraged. In the winter time eggs were hardly obtainable, and then only at extremely high prices. “TI do not know how eggs can be carried from the spring of the year until winter unless some one holds them off the market between times. That is the only way that we have flour or grains or potatoes or any other food at other than harvest time. The storing of perishable foods does not differ in principle from the storing of grain or kindred foods. “The men who make a business of purchasing eggs, butter or other per- ishable -products during the period of heavy production and who hold them for sale later on are doing a very important service for consum- ers. For this they are entitled to a fair return, not only on their capi- tal invested but also on their expert knowledge and the risk that they assume. No one guarantees them a profit. In fact, in some years they suffer heavy losses. Necessarily, they must make more than an ordi- nary profit in other years or they could not continue in business. “The men who store these foods are neither gambles nor speculators. There should be less talk of ways and means to handicap and harass sold storage warehouses and those who store food in them. There should be more talk about how to help and encourage these men. It through the storing of the surplus that it is possible for the pro- ducer to receive a satisfactory price and for the consumer to have a sup- ply of food during the non-producing season at a reasonable price, consid- ering conditions.” is only 2-2 The egg and poultry trade has been attracted by and interested in the National campaign advertising dairy products that has been undertaken by the National Dairy Council. Some day the National Poultry, Butter and Egg Association, or some other or- ganization of egg and poultry people, will devise means of doing the same thing for eggs and poultry. Hence, egg and poultry people are interested in what the dairy products people are doing. To the National campaign now under way has been added the city-selling campaign, the purpose of which is to enable individual dealers in any given town to reap the cum- mulative benefits of both the Nation- al and city-selling campaign. The plan, as outlined, is to have all deal- ers in dairy products in a given town pool their advertising money and let this money be expended locally un- der the direction of the National Dairy Council advertising experts. GOLD BOND PACKED IN P CASES ow P R R | | Or d by é Cay AMSTERDAM é E D BROOM CO. | ¢ AMSTERDAM, N. Y. GOLD BOND Coleman (Brand) Terpeneless LEMON Pure High Grade VANILLA EXTRACTS Made only by FOOTE & JENKS Jackson, Mich. Mr. Flour Merchant: You can own and control your flour trade. Make each clerk a “salesman” instead of an “order taker.”’ Write us to-day for exclusive sale proposition covering your market for Purity Patent Flour We mill strictly choice Michigan vwrheat, properly blended, to produce a satisfactory all purpose family flour. GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN & MILLING CO., Grand Rapids, Michigan H. WEIDEN & SONS Dealers in Hides, Pelts, Tallow, Furs and Wool 108 Michigan, N.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan Watson-Higgins Milling Co. 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Wholesale Produce Buyers and Shippers POTATOES Correspondence solicited Grand Rapids, Michigan The Vinkemulder Company Jobbers and Shippers of Everything in Fruits and Produce Grand Rapids, Mich. « 4 a « @ {cb «le « . To To March 7, 1917 LENTEN LEADERS. Seasonable Hints For Live Retail Grocers. Written for the Tradesman. In the lenten season the grocer has a chance to cut deeply into the trade of his friend and competitor, the re- tail butcher. He should take full ad- vantage of the chance to demonstrate that he can provide tasty meals with- out violating in the least the literal lenten prescription of abstinence. The results will be felt, not merely in immediate returns, but in improv- ed business all the year round. Most people don’t really appreciate how many substitutes for meat the grocery department has to offer. The grocery is not simply a place where sugar, tea, coffee, soda biscuits and salt herring are sold. Fish is, of course, the great lenten staple. Now or never is the time for the grocer to institute that long-plan- ned fish department. Most grocers, indeed, handle salt and smoked fish as regular staples, but fresh fish will now sell to good advantage. In many cases where this department has been taken on experimentally for the lenten season, it has been con- tinued as a permanent thing. Then the canned fish can be moved out in large quantities. Canned sal- mon, kippered herring, sardines, lob- sters and other lines are good sellers. In this connection the merchant does well to study the lenten problem from the customer’s point of view. With many the proscription of all meats is absolute; with others it is voluntary. And many more who do not regard the proscription on re- ligious grounds will be encouraged to do so if the grocer educates them to the opportunities of substituting tasty and nutritious foods that are not under the ban. Canned goods of all kinds—except meats—can be pushed. For instance, baked beans will sell well. Then can- ned fruits and vegetables will add zest to the lenten bill of fare. Here it will pay the grocer to study his wife’s recipe book, In this he. will find many suggestions. The household pages of the newspapers— particularly the Sunday papers—and the current magazines contain many lenten suggestions. One merchant on the lookout for business bulletined a long string of lenten recipes in his windows, accompanying these bulle- tins with displays of the ingredients suggested. Thus, macaroni and cheese make a good meat substitute. Then macaroni can be used with tomatoes or toma- toes with cheese. And soon. Study- ing the recipes will give the merchant many a clue to the possibilities. One merchant makes a good all- the-year-round advertising feature of recipes. He runs a daily recipe in his advertising space and then goes on to talk of the ingredients. This idea can be adapted to the lenten season. Another merchant, more astute—per- haps with a bit of Scotch in his an- cestry—helped the household editors of the local dailies in their search for timely recipes and timed his adver- tising to fit in with their suggestions. The main thing in lenten advertis- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 ing is to educate people to the oppor- tunities in lenten foodstuffs, which will take the place of meat. Make suggestions. Advertise the food- stuffs, and show how they can be used to make tasty dishes. Display the goods, in the windows and inside the store. Post up sample recipes where folks can see them. Distribute mimeographed copies of these reci- pes, if necessary. All these things help. Incidentally, it is good policy to simultaneously push the dessert lines you handle, including the trimmings. Imported fruits and fresh vegetables —lettuce and onions, for instance— when they come in will be in ready demand. So, too, will syrups, par- ticularly maple syrup. In this latter connection pancake recipes can be advertised and the two lines sold to- gether. It is almost always as easy to sell two articles as to sell one, provided you can link the two in the customer’s mind. So, also, the customer who comes to your store to buy fish or macaroni and cheese as the piece de resistance for his dinner, can if you display the goods and suggest them, be induced to buy his dessert, at the same store. A good idea adopted by some merchants is to get out a list of lenten menus, a bill of fare for an entire week. Many magazines publish menus covering the entire month. The grocer will find that it pays to help the customer, to put his knowl- edge of food stuffs and the knowledge he should have of how to combine them, at the customer’s disposal. You advertise “Macaroni, two packages for 25c” That is good, so far as it goes; but how many people have more than an inkling of the many uses to which macaroni can be put in the dietary? Show then what they can do with this food, and instead of buying it occa- sionally they will buy it regularly. The same thing holds true of many other food products. Show folks how to use things—new ways to use things—and they will use them more than they do. Both mer- chants and customers will benefit as a result of this advertising policy. William Edward Park. —_———>-2- +. Nothing succeeds like the financial success some men make of a failure. Packing Stock Butter Wanted Always in the market Write us for prices Will mail you a price card weekly on application H. N. RANDALL, Tekonsha and 382 East Main St., Battle Creek, Mich. Don’t Despise the Drink- ing Man—Help Him ELI CROSS Grower of Flowers And Potted Plants WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 150 Monroe Ave. Grand Rapids Don't kick a man because he is drunk. Help him. Surely every man is worth saving. Drop us a line and let us tell you how we can aid him. Ad- dress The Keeley Institute, N. 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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 1917 j if i — { WOMANS WORLD | — ANGLEFOO — THE SANITARY FLY DESTROYER : ki NON-POISONOUS — Our TANGLEFOOT Handy Package, 5 Double Sheets, Retails for 10c. Saves Labor and Expense of Wrapping. ) Knowledge of People a Most Valuable Possé€ssion. Written for the Tradesman. For all-around usefulness and give me the woman who knows people—who understands human nature. She it is who fully appreciates one’s good points and has the largest tolerance for one’s short- comings, and so is the most enjoyable friend. She is the most skillful teach- er, and if I were a school superin- tendent I’ other sort. She makes the most competent stenographer and the most efficient saleswoman. If I were a man, to make certain of happiness I should marry a girl who possessed a good clear insight into human nature. If I were a brother, I should count myself very lucky if my sister were of this kind, and if I were a child I should deem myself supremely blessed to have this sort of woman for my mother. A good working knowledge of human nature is worth a million dollars to anyone. Indeed, a million dollars is too low an estimate—it is worth more than any amount of money. With it, a woman may lose every penny she has and still land on her feet. find friends and hap- piness in adversity, and eventually compel a return of Fortune’s favor. Without it, although one may have many millions, she is bound to find her trip through life a rough life a rough and comfortless journey. agreeableness, should employ no To the woman who wants a career, there are few lines in which know- ing people is not essential to her meeting with any degree of success. This same knowledge is no less in- dispensable to the home woman. The latter in her daily life with her hus- band and children, in her church, her club, her social activities, in her deal- ings with her grocer, her butcher, her dressmaker. in her management of her maid, must know human nature, or friction and misunderstanding and trouble will await her at every turn. What is it to know people? It is, in the first place, to have some com- prehension of the great elemental thoughts and feelings and passions that are common to all members of the race—to men and women, rich and poor, high and low, old and young, lettered and unlearned, Chris- tian and pagan. Practically without exception, every human being likes bodily comfort, cheer, brightness and beauty, music, good things to eat, and the praise of his fellow men. All feel impulses and aspirations toward no- bleness of character and conduct, and also temptation to evil. It is amazing how much we all have in common—how slightly re- moved the aristocrat is from the ordinary man, how little the saint stands above the sinner. One of the great facts about human nature is that in fundamental things we are very much alike. Over against this and seemingly contradictory to it is the great fact of individuality, Study the common basic traits and you decide that every- body is just like everybody else. study the individual traits and you find such dissimilarity of tastes and habits and opinions, that you are like- ly to reach the conclusion that every- body is entirely different from every- body else. Whether or not one believes in phrenology as a science, everyone must have a mental picture of the phrenological chart, with its perfect head divided off into sections. The right amount of concentrativeness, in- habitiveness, adhesiveness. Just the proper development of philoprogeni- tiveness, combativeness, alimentive- ness, eventuality, ideality and all the rest. Well, no living man or woman ev- er had just that kind of a head—that perfect balancing ofall the powers and abilities. We are all too much of some things and too little of other things. And our too much and too little do not coincide with other people’s. So we have indivduality, which in a single word denotes the peculiar and unique combination of characteristics that any one person presents. It is individuality that makes life interest- ing. Misunderstood, as it often is, it causes no end of enmity and strife among perfectly well-meaning per- sons. The knowledge of what is common to all persons—the knowledge of what varies in individuals—these make up the two halves of this most inter- esting subject, the study of human nature. To begin it you do not need to enter any school or college nor to spend time pouring over books. 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Some have a surprising knowledge of human nature, without making any effort to acquire it—they are gifted that way, If one of these fortunate ones, regard your native endowment as only a beginning, and go on further. If without any particular aptitude in this direction still do not despair. Bend your mind to the task, and after a time the souls of your fellow beings will be as open books before your eyes. The woman who knows people is the one who can get her share of life’s good things, and can give most acceptably of whatever largess she may have for humanity. She under- stands the springs of action and con- duct. She can apply her talents and powers to advantage. She can make herself felt. She can speak the ef- fectual word. Her presence is restful. She does not rasp irritated nerves nor bruise wounded feelings. She is quick to see weariness and annoyance and an- tagonism. She never taxes another’s patience needlessly. She does not bring up a subject at an inopportune time. For instance, she will not broach the matter of buying a new set of china on an evening when her husband is overtired from a harassing and unsuccessful day. She is broad-minded and sees how others look at things. She under- stands human weakness and makes allowance. She can give and take. She is tactful and persuasive and knows how to stroke the fur the right way, but this does not imply that she has no strength of will or that she is lacking in force of character, She understands that others take you very much at your own estimate, and she never makes a doormat of herself. She is pleasant and agreeable but she doesn’t spoil people, for she knows that no one ever was made any hap- pier or better satisfied by having ev- ery whim humored. It is the mother who understands human nature who is successful in training and governing her children. She commands their respect and re- tains their affection. She sees where- in she may wisely and justly treat all of them alike, and wherein each temperament has its own peculiar requirements. Whether her sons and daughters are little tots or in their early teens or nearly grown up, her way never seems to them harsh and arbitrary, for she is in sympathy with them and takes into consideration their point of view. The knowledge of people is not only valuable in itself but it increases the value of every other gift or acquire- ment. It also makes up for all kinds of deficiencies. It gives to loveliness an added power, and it makes attrac- tive the plain woman who can lay no claim to regularity of feature or sym- metry of figure. It is a large and in- dispensable element in that some- thing that is greater and more potent than beauty—that personal attribute Quillo. that we call charm. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN What Is the Object in Advertising? Mears, March 5—Don'’t that read like a foolish question? _ A recent high priced advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post causes me to wonder. I supposed the real object a firm or individual had in spending money in advertisements was to attract readers to certain goods to create a demand and sell them. The advertisement I refer to was in the Jan. 27 issue and a comment of some was printed in the Feb. 3 issue of the Boot & Shoe Recorder. This comment hits the nail on the head. Of course, I am in the retail shoe business simply with a small stock ($2,000), with a general line, and prob- ably don’t sell as many shoes in a year as this one advertisement cost. But let me impress it on your mind that there is nothing in that adver- tisement. which would make me anxious to buy that line to retail. In fact, from my _ standpoint, it seems simply an awful knock on every shoe dealer, manufacturer or jobber of any other make. If vou pick up the Feb. 24 issue of the Saturday Evening Post you will find another hot air advertisement for the same shoe that is half “knock my competitors.” Now, this make of shoe may be the very best on the market. Tt may be the best, or this firm may even raise pedigreed cattle to get the finest leather to make the best shoe. I admit this may be so. Nor am J] in a position to deny it, as be- fore their January advertisement I had never heard of the firm. That is a fact alone that surprises me, as a few weeks ago Harry Tice and Leo Spellman, two of my competitors, dropped in and told me all they knew, so I thought I knew everything, but I had never heard of the only one, the only big, the only honest shoe made! See what they say about fit- ting! Why could a merchant keep all sizes any easier with their line than with another? I would like to see them or any one try to work off a four EE shoe on a customer of mine who finds a perfect fit in a number three and a half D. Every one loves a booster. Every- one tolerates a kicker, but all hate a knocker. Chronic Kicker. [The advertisements referred to are those of the Regal Shoe Co. They are deliberate insults to the retail shoe dealers of the country and should be so treated by the trade—Eca. Tradesman. ] >. But what a lot of near truth comes out in a political campaign! The Reputation and Standing of Walter Baker & Co.’s Cocoa and Chocolate Preparations Have been built up by years of fair dealing, of honest manufacturing, an unwavering policy of maintaining the high quality of the goods and by exten- sive and persistent advertising. This means for the grocer a steady and increasing demand from satisfied customers, in the long run by far the most profitable trade. Registered U.S. Pat. Off. The genuine Baker’s Cocoa and Baker's Chocolate have this trade-mark on the package and are made only by WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd. 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Detroit Salesroom, 239 Michigan Ave. 744 Lake St., Kendallville, Ind. Agencies in all Principal Cities Pl NE TREE BRAND Timothy Seed ee ea oe? AN EXTRA _ = RECLEANED AND > ee PURE SEED ie MODERATE COST ee DEALERS ae WRITE FOR D TRADE |ji) MARK SAMPLE, TEST AND PRICE «A / Vos baal » + IT STANDS ALONE The CHICAGO Albert Dickinson Co. SEED MERCHANTS Established 1854 MINNEAPOLIS 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 1917 yj pai ae ee IIS, Jbvveee — — —_ — —_— — Michigan Retail Hardware Association. President—James W. Tyre, Detroit. Vice-President—Joseph C. Fischer, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine City. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Outside Work Can Help the Hard- ware Dealer. Written for the Tradesman. Personal salesmanship is undoubt- edly the most effective means of busi- ness getting. This does not in the least detract from the value of news- paper advertising, window display, circularizing, show cards, and all the other incidentals to good merchandis- ing. But the valve of personal sales- manship is emphasized by the advice handed out by more than one experi- enced merchant in regard to news- paper copy, window arrangement and card-writing. “Make your newspaper advertising sound as if you were talking to the man who reads it. Make the display talk to the fellow in the street. Make the show card, not mere words, but a salutation.” That is the advice, not of theorists, but of practical men who have selling experience to back them. It indicates that the personal ele- ment is the big element in all mer- chandising. So the merchant who goes after business personally is taking the quickest, most direct and most effec- tive method of securing trade. Hardware dealers are divided on this question of outside canvassing. In my own town several firms have their regular “road men” who make periodical trips through the country. These firms, however, handle imple- ments as well as hardware, and the implement phase of the business is featured by the road men. Another very successful firm which handles hardware chiefly and implements very little has no outside canvassers. But—here’s the point—if the boss, or the head clerk, or the junior or any- one else meets me on the street, I find myself reminded of that paint order I talked about last fall, or the need of aluminum ware or houseclean- ing lines manages to work very in- nocently into the conversation. Mine is, of course, a comparatively small city, approximately 16,000 people. Ten or twelve miles away is a town of 2,000 people. There the leading hard- ware firm has road work reduced to a science. The canvassers for that firm take orders to within two miles of my own town. They sell every- thing from a needle to a tractor, and they'll take pretty nearly anything commercial in payment, too. On the other hand, I have in mind a business in a big city where noth- ing save small hardware is handled Thousands of people pass that store every day. Newspaper advertising, features, window displays, the recol- lection of past satisfactory service, bring them in. As will be seen, everything depends on circumstances. The hardware dealer, in deciding whether or not to try outside canvassing, has to study his individual circumstances, experi- ment if necessary, and decide for him- self whether or not the system suits his own needs. Right now, just before the spring trade starts to move, and a little later, while the spring trade is still moving slowly, is a good time for out- side canvassing. For instance, the farmer needs quite a lot of stuff right now. He needs wire fencing, nails and tools for re- pair work, paint for retouching wagons and implements, roofing for his barns, locks, tools, netting and a hundred and one other articles. There isn’t a farmer within reach of the rural ‘phone who doesn’t need something. One hardware dealer I know of goes out after this trade. Through the dull winter months, despite the cold, he makes trips through the country taking orders where he can, and get- ting a good line on prospects. He finds out that Judd Marr intends to paint his barn this spring, that Ed Smith needs a new mower, that Harry Towers thinks the old rail fence is on its last legs. In March he gets out his memorandum book, gets his prospects lined. up in his mind, and calls on Judd, Ed. and Harry and sells them the things they need if persistence and_ stick-to-it- iveness can do it. His policv is, to land the farmer before the farmer can make up his mind to drive to town and buy somewhere else. Of course a good many dealers can’t put this much time into can- vassing. It is a small town and coun- try district proposition. 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Home of Sunbeam Goods Grand Rapids Michigan 213 Erie St. FIRE ESCAPES For Schools, Public Halls Lodge Rooms, Factories ADOLPH LEITELT IRON WORKS Grand Rapids Foster, Stevens & Co. Wholesale Hardware 157-159 Monroe Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich. 151 to 161 Louis N. W. ~~ ae ? io —_ ** March 7, 1917 The building season is no longer limited to the warm weather, and much building is now done all the year round; but with the advent of spring building in most localities is sure to take a spurt. A Western hardware dealer believes in going after this trade personally. He seeks out each contractor in his town, and endeavors to get a more or less defi- nite agreement to supply everything required in builders’ hardware for the coming season. He gets an estimate on the amount of business the con- tractor expects to handle. “Tell me beforehand, and I’ll buy accordingly. You'll be sure of your goods just when you want them. Then, I can give you a better price if I line up now and anticipate the rise that’s sure to come.” In some instances large contractors have their own builders’ hardware de- partments; but there are in every community a good many small job- bing contractors, carpenters who take jobs or build on a semi-speculative basis, who depend on the hardware dealer. This merchant gets a line on everybody in contracting work and adds very largely to his annual turnover in these lines. Another retailer believes that in his paint campaign a good start makes for a successful season. He aims to have his brand of paint on half a dozen houses before his competitors have started trying to sell theirs. To this end he selects a bunch of his likeliest paint prospects, and goes after them personally. It isn’t a per- functory, take-it-if-you-like selling campaign, either; these prospects are picked out because they are practical- ly sure to buy and because the mer- chant has specifically decided to sell them, He does, in at least four cases out of five. Then, when, a little later, he is talking paint to more doubtful prospects, he says: “Is this a good brand? Well, here’s the evidence for you. The first twelve houses painted this season have this brand of paint on them. Here’s the list. You can telephone these people right now and find out what they think of it. Here’s photographs. Isn’t this a pretty good looking job? See what it looked like before.” This dealer uses his influence as far as possible to see that his brand of paint is put on by good painters; or, if the householder does the work him- self, free advice on all points in paint- ing is at his disposal. Every advance sale is an advertisement. The advance sales themselves are the product of diligent personal canvassing. They give the subsequent campaign an im- mense impetus. In connection with the spring housecleaning, a good many dealers send out house-to-house canvassers a few weeks ahead of time to demon- strate their vacuum cleaners. In most towns, vacuum cleaners of some makes are peddled by house to house canvassers: and the retailers find that fighting the devil with fire is the most effective method of boosting this line. So, too, one or two firms in my dis- trict have used the house to house canvasser to introduce aluminum MICHIGAN TRADESMAN goods. In one case a tactful, well in- formed young lady was employed. She took the ordinary small sauce- pan and demonstrated it in the cus- tomer’s own kitchen. Then she urg- ed the advisability of purchasing a complete aluminum outfit; if not all at once, then by degrees. Prices were quoted on various combinations of articles; and sales in some instances made on the installment plan. The modern merchant is more than a store keeper; and if he can do busi- ness more efficiently and effectively with the aid of outside canvassers, he should not confine himself to strictly keeping store. Victor Lauriston. —_+>—___ New Device of British. If it is true that the British Admir- ality has perfected a new smoke de- vice which generates enough smoke in several minutes to mask a vessel from the enemy’s view for several hours, and if the device has been suc- cessful in practical tests, then defense from most U-boat attacks is a very simple matter. It is true that the subarine might steal on a vessel un- awares and strike before its approach had been discovered, but this would be a comparatively rare occurrence. The success of the smoke screen would prove once more that the most effec- tive inventions are often those which are so simple that they ought to oc- cur to anybody, but which never do seem to occur to anybody except an inventive genius. People never cease wondering over the marvels wrought by inventions based on principles fa- miliar to all. Revolutionary inven- tion are seldom complicated in their mechanism. Any child could under- stand the operation of the water wheel, for example. But the water wheel, in its modern form, develops enormous power that would other- wise go to waste. Industrial develop- ment would have been impossible without its assistance. That the smoke scheme introduces no new, novel, revolutionary scheme of de- fense is, therefore, no reason why. it may not be perfectly adapted to use in defending ships against submarines. —Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. —_+2+—___—_ The Question Direct. Lawyer—Do you drink? Witness (a bit ruffled)—That’s my business. Lawyer—Have you any other busi- ness? Bike Tires at Old Prices We have 1,000 pairs, bought before the re- cent 20% advance. that we will sell at old prices until March 15th. 28x1‘ Pebble Tread $1.19 each. Heavy High Grade Goods $1.50, $2 and $2.25 each. Order a few pair subject to approval. Van Dervoort Hardware Co., Lansing. Mich. Johnson Paint Company “Quality” Paint Manufacturers The Prompt Shippers Get Our Dealers Proposition BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN USED AUTOS —My Specialty. Largest Stock— Runabouts $65—$350 Touring Cars $150 and up What have you to trade? Easy terms. Dwight’s Used Auto Ex. 230 Ionia, N.W. LASK LASK They have the endorsement of the leading merchants throughout the country, and they have proven their worth countless times under all conditions. It will be to your advantage to inquire about the ALASKA Refrigerator. We have been manufacturing refrigerators for the past two generations, and we have built over 1,250,000 in that time. We should appreciate the opportunity to explain to you the various merit points of the ALASKA principles of construction. The ALASKA Drafting Department is at your service to submit blue prints free of charge, and to assist you in working out any details pertaining to refrigerations that may be called for by your require- ments. A copy of our latest catalogue is yours for the mere asking. Inquire about our deferred payment plan. The Alaska Refrigerator Co. Detroit Branch, 207 Broadway Market Bldg. Muskegon, Mich. Represented Everywhere 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 1917 ctl I6CC Cg, . ert rl rr (\bscekeeke ) .) Grand Council of Michigan U. C. T. Grand Counselor—Fred J. Moutier, Detroit. Grand Junior Counselor—John A. Hach, Jr., Coldwater. Grand Past Counselor—Walter S. Law- ton, Grand Rapids. Grand Secretary—Maurice Jackson. Grand Treasurer—Wm. J. Devereaux, Port Huron. Grand Conductor—W. T. Ballamy, Bay City. Grand Page—C. C. Starkweather, De- troit. Grand Sentinel—_H. D. Ranney, Sag- inaw. Next Grand Council Meeting—Bay City, June 1 and 2, i917. Heuman, UPPER PENINSULA. Recent News of the Cloverland of Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie, March 5—D. Har- rison, tinsmith, is moving his shop to his new location at 204 East Spruce street. The new quarters, now being rebuilt, will make one of the best steel metal and pipe fitting shops in the city. f coeilinis to reports brought back by the Soo stockholders from the meeting of the Abbott Corporation, which took place at Cleveland last week, our well known jeweler and promoter, W. T. Feetham, made the hit of the meeting. Bill was some- what modest at the start, but when he was the unanimous choice for toast- master, he opened up the programme at the banquet in a manner which would make Chauncey Depew sit up and take notice. H. E. Fletcher and W. L. Murdock were the other Soo- ites at the meeting, and justly felt proud of the record of the Soo man. It is affairs of this kind which puts the Soo on the map as a live town. St. Ignace has lost one of her esteemed citizens and grocers in the death of William H. Wood, who pass- ed away last Saturday after a long iliness. He lived at St. Ignace for thirty-seven years. About twenty- five years ago he opened a grocery store. In later years he disposed of the greater part of his stock and spe- cialized in confectionery, fruit, etc. He leaves a widow and several chil- dren. Mr. Wood was well and favor- ably known as an upright citizen and his numerous friends offer their sin- cere sympathy to the bereaved. Clyde’s latest health note is, “Ear- ly to bed and early to rise, boil the water and swat the flies.” While the vessel owners are anxious for an early opening of navigation, heavier ice than usual is found in the Soo river and Nud Lake. From all appearances there will be a late open- ing of navigation this year. The Civic League at St. Ignace plans to transform the city’s vacant lots into garden patches. This is a move in the right direction. If all the vacant lots throughout Cloverland are utilized in this manner, there will undoubtedly be a big crop next year. Daniel McLeod, the lumber king of Garnet, was a business visitor here last week and is as happy as ever. His only kick is his inability to ger cars to ship the lumber. which is sold. He is not worrying, however, as the price of lumber is soaring in the right direction. “Being continually busy means be- ing contented.” Mr. Erskin, the well-known mer- chant at Moran, has installed a new street light between his store and the railroad, which gives the town a metropolitan air when passing in a hurry at night. “If you want to be a wise man, agree with everybody.” N. L. Martin, one of our leading printers, accompanied by his wife, re- turned last week from a trip to Cali- fornia, where they had been spend- ing the winter. Mr. Martin said he noticed quite a change in the tempera- ture when getting back to the good old Soo, although he always had a warm spot in his heart for his home town, which is the only warmth no- ticeable. A. H. Eddy, proprietor of the Eddy Food Emporium who, with his wife are spending part of the winter in Florida, send greetings to their Soo friends and relate the good times they are having under the shade of the old orange trees. The car of grape fruit he helped pick has not yet arrived. William G. Tapert. Business Men of Comstock Park Ac- tive. Comstock Park, March 5—Com- stock Park has many advantages in the way of factory sites, also a good place to live, lots of room for people who can afford a rural home outside of the city of Grand Rapids, with its splendid school, a good church to at- tend, good water from the beautiful hills and a new bank for the people’s use in the near future, located on the west bank of beautiful Grand River. With the Grand Rapids’ Railway Company’s street car line giving ten minute service, only four miles from the city, two railroads, the Grand Rapids & Indiana and Pere Marquette, which have promised good shipping for everybody concerned, some of the best auto roads in the State, with I!ts beautiful State bass hatchery, one of the most attractive views in the State, where the West Michigan State fair is held and attended by thousands of visitors from every part of the State. About the first of the year one man conceived the idea of helping his lit- tle home town, as he had been around the State a great deal and had seen what other little towns were doing; so he began to test out his ideas of helping Comstock Park. The Com- stock Park Improvement Association was formed. with a President, Vice- President, Secretary and Treasurer, executive committee and other sub- committees. Now, by our little effort, we will have a canning. factory this spring to start out with. We also are going to have better fire protection and electric lights in the near future, as our business men see that by put- ting their shoulders to the wheel we will have a better town for the farm- ers to come to to do their trading. We have one of the best feed mills anywhere for the public to stop at on their way to the city. We hope that any manufacturers who are looking for sites will come and see this little town before they locate elsewhere. John A. Cross, Frank Burt, Edward Joyce, Committee on Advertising. ——— ~+- .____ A manicure artist who could polish a man’s brains would fill a long felt want. HOTEL MUSKEGON GEO. W. WOODCOCK, Prop. EUROPEAN PLAN Rates—$1.00 without bath $1.50 and $2.00 with bath Opposite Union Depot and Goodrich Dock MUSK&«GOn, MICHIGAN LIVINGSTON HOTEL AND CAFE Cor. Fulton and Division Grand Rapids It’s a good place to stay and a good place to eat. You have service when you want it. If you will try us out once we'll make things so comfortable for you that you'll come again soon. Beach’s Restaurant Frank M. Beach, Prop. 41 No. Ionia Ave. Twenty-two years in the restaurant business at 61 Pearl street. Good Food—Good Service Right Prices CUSHMAN HOTEL Petoskey, Michigan LEADS ALL THE REST W. L. MCMANUS, JR., Proprietor One Day Laundry Service Send your linen by parcel post Hotel Geib For Sale I offer for sale the fur- niture and fixtures of Hotel Geib. Immediate possession given and a good trade. Satisfactory patronage. L. F. GEIB, Eaton Rapids. Hotel Charlevoix Detroit EUROPEAN PLAN ‘Absolutely Fire Proof Rates, $1 for room without bath: $1.50 and upwards with bath. Grinnell Realty Co., Props. H. M. Kellogg, Manager NeW Hote! Mertens GRAND RAPIDS ROOMS WITHOUT BATH $1.00 Union WITH BATH (shower or tub) $1.50 MEALS 50 CENTS 4 . Po eo ) a IE +2 ti ‘pa, = yy Vm, FZ (Ta _Agy PL ITA ey : x é— 2a Ope liwh 2 SOT, (i Zp DION, 7a 7. LV, 4 Sez Vek a> eo “HD | ee” ./ ie 4 Hie % z [= ce "GED 4a 5 Tae a faa bia fey tea | ey a Lr VAN TONGEREN CIGAR CO., Makers HOLLAND, MICH. oy oy rhe March 7, 1917 Boomlets From Bay City. Bay City, March 5—Goldberg & Berner’s department store was partial- ly destroyed by fire Saturady night. The estimated loss on stock is $7,000 to $8,000 and $1,000 to building. Both losses are covered by insurance. Newell A. Eddy, prominent in busi- ness affairs in this city for the past thirty years, died very suddenly Wednesday evening at his home, 615 Grant street, following an attack of acute indigestion and heart failure. Mr. Eddy was one of the pioneer lumbermen of the State and a member of the well-known lumber firm. of Eddy Bros. & Co., who did an ex- tensive lumber business up to a few years ago. Frank H. Mohr, prominent business man of this city, who was appointed by Governor Ferris a member of the Board of Control of the Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics, has re- signed as a member of the Board. H. F. Bush, of Caro, is to be his suc- cessor. Hugo Kaiser, who has been employ- ed as clerk in the drug store of Kelley & Co., East Tawas, for several years, will engage in the drug business on his own account in Tawas City. He will occupy the building formerly used as a_ postoffice. S. E. Barrett, for several years De- troit representative of the Mayer Shoe Co., of Milwaukee, died very sudden- ly Friday, March 2. N. C. Knaggs, a former Bay City boy, has opened a store at Sand Lake and will carry a line of general mer- chandise. Fred J. Fenske, who for several years has been in the employ of the Bay City branch of the National Gro- cer Co. as city salesman, has resign- ed and accepted a position with the Canton Account File Co, and will have Northeastern Michigan as_ his territory. Wm. R. Harper, Secretary of the Michigan Live Stock Sanitary Com- mission, has been investigating re- ports of domestic animals having been bitten by rabid dogs and a three day trip in Clare, Midland and Gladwin counties has led him to recommend that dogs in those counties be placed under a ninety day quarantine. Sec- retary Harper says vigorous action at this time may prevent an epidemic of rabies later in the season. The United States Court in this city has been busy the past week hearing cases in bankruptcy: Edward Cooley, doing business as Daniels & Cooley, Wacousta, retail merchants, has filed a petition, placing his lia- bilities at $4,549.14 and his assets at $4,013.27; American Top Co., of Jack- son, with liabilities at $117,492.67 and assets at $20,959.50; William E. Pease, of Washtenaw county, with liabilities at $1,580.61 and assets at $750. A petition has also been filled by Benja- min A. Ware, doing business as the Niagara Laundry Co., of Jackson. He places his liabilities at $3,919.76 and his assets at $3,150. The plant of the S. L. Eastman Flooring Co., at Saginaw, was visited by fire Friday night, causing a loss estimated at $75,000. The flooring mill proper and three dry kilns were destroyed but three large lumber warehouses and a chemical factory adjoining, all owned by the Eastman company, were saved. William T. Ballamy. —__2-. Back to Land Move Unaided by Parcel Post. Tonia, March 5—I was reared on a farm. For thirty years I followed a successful business career in Chicago. I knew by observation and experi- ence how hard it is for city peopre to get strictly fresh eggs, green vege- tables with the dew still on them, ana all the other products of the farm in a fresh, sanitary and wholesome condition. Four years ago I gave up my bust- ness position, came over here to Mich- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN igan and Started a farm for supply- ing all sorts of farm produce to city people. I was equipped to produce eggs, butter, fresh poultry, fresh fruits and such home made delicacies as jams, jellies, vinegar, and catsup. At the time I started my farm, the parcel post was being inaugurated by the Government. It seemed to open the way for the speedy and safe de- livery to the city consumer of all tne farm products in the small quantities needed by the average family. The farm papers of the time were full of articles and interviews with Post- master General Burleson and other officials which seemed to make it sure that the plan would work successfully. My ambitions were modest. As a start I only wanted to get a list of fifty families who would be regular weekly customers for all or part of the goods I produced. But believe me, it was hard to even get started. The postoffice service published ana distributed in both Chicago and De- lessly left in exposed positions on railroad station platforms. At any rate they do not reach their destina- tion, I have made many complaints to the proper authorities. One com- plaint referred to the breakage of three packages of eggs and the loss of three baskets of chickens, all in a short time. In answer I was told that investigation showed no irregu- larity in handling and was advised to insure my packages. In each of the last three cases | lost a customer, because the chickens failed to arrive for a carefully planned dinner and the housewife was disap- pointed and angry. I cannot afford to insure every small package I send out. The cost of postage, special package, and packing makes the price I am obliged to charge as high as the cus- tomer is willing to pay. Consequently I cannot make from producer to consumer by parcel post work. Nemo. America will wake To the stern task before her. Dare to be great and wise; Aiter the battle-flame; While the clean years unroll; America will be In her great hour of need; But, one in spirit, one in Her people will wait the There is a fear Whisper and plan and wait; It may be so! Each man can disavow America, beware! Yet if soft days must cease, AMERICA UNAFRAID. : She will break The bonds of Sloth and dull Indifference, And, with the soul of Lincoln in her eyes, Dare to be valiant with the valor still That echoes from the crest of Bunker Hill: The valor that gave Grant and Lee their fame The valor that has kept our country whole The valor that has giv’n us all body As one in her old love of Liberty. She will remember naught of party and creed high accord, final word That bids them strike for Justice. Will never be unsheathed, save in the name of Christ, our Lord! Tit, Running through our broad country, far and near: A rumor that Teutonic traitors-at our gate A rumor that beneath us crawls the hostile worm of Hate But I believe that now Old enmities, and, loyal to the end, Count it his privilege to be this country’s friend; Count it his right to suffer for the land That hailed him, and stretched forth a welcoming hand When he, heart-broken, from an alien shore, | Came as a stranger to our open door. IV. Lest, knowing the red burden you must bear, You falter now! We pray for Peace—white Peace: We shall go forth, fearless, and as one, Until our task for Liberty is done. and heart and soul! Her keen sword Charles Hanson Towne. troit a list of producers, with what each of them offered for sale. Many thousands of these lists were delivered by the postmen to the resi- dences of patrons of the postoffice. I, at least, got from them all no response whatever. I then tried advertising in the city newspapers, sending out circulars and regular bulletins of prices. I also wrote personal letters to many possi- ble customers. Through these vari- ous methods, after four years’ effort, I finally got together a fairly good list of regular customers. But this hard won list of mine is being constantly reduced by failures in the delivery service . Eggs put up in packages approved by the postoffice department are smashed in transit; dressed chickens, packed neatly in baskets, ready for the roasting pan, are lost, or at least, never delivered. Perhaps some of the postal em- ployes may be fond of roast chicken or the baskets may have been care- Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Potatoes. Buffalo, March 7—Creamery butter, extras, 40@4ic; first 37@38c; com- mon, 35@36c; dairy, common ro choice, 28@35c; poor to common, all kinds, 25@28c. Cheese—No. 1 new, 24c; choice, 23c; old 24@25c. Eggs—Choice, new fancy hennery, 34@35c. Poultry (live) — Fowls, springs, 20@24c; old cox, ducks, 20@22c. Dressed Poultry—Turks, per Ib., 28 @33c. chicks, 22@26c; fowl, 2 Beans—Medium, $7.50@7.75; $7.50@7.75; Red Kidney, $7.75@8.00; White Kidney, $8.00@8.25; Marrow, $7.75@8.00. Potatoes—$2.50@2.75 per bu. Rea & Witzig. ——_++ -___- A bachelor who reads the marriage notices isn’t satisfied with his lot. Beans and laid, 82@33c, 20@24c, 16@17c; 25 John E. Linihan Joins Alart & Mc- Guire. John E. Linihan, well known in fooa trade circles for many years as Vice- President and General Manager of the United Cereal Mills Co., of Chica- go, and Quincy, Ill., and at one time President of the American Specialty Manufacturers’ Association, ac- cepted a position as general counselor and advertising manager of has sales the Alart & McGuire Co., of New York. Mr. Linihan is one of the best known specialty men in the country. Born in Battle Creek, he grew its breakfast food business when it gradually cametothe front from that center twenty years or more ago, and Was general manager of the Battle Creek Breakfast Food Co. in 1903 when it removed to Quincy and Chi- cago and became the Egg-O-See Co., of which Mr. Linihan remained the head. When it again changed its name to the United Cereal Mills Co. Mr. Linihan became sales manager and Vice-President, which position he retained until last November. Although the Alart & McGuire Co. makes no definite announcement of its intentions, its acquisition of the services of Mr. Linihan is presumed to indiciate an intention to enlarge the scope of its specialty business. The house is well known as probably the largest packer of pickles for the grocery trade in the country, although it has not been largely known as a specialty house, save as owning the Waw Waw Packing Co. Its reputa- tion, covering sixty years, is such as into to indicate, when it now appears with its own selected brands, it will be cordially received by the wholesale and retail distributers, especially with its business in as experienced hands as Mr. Linihan’s. 2 Resolutions of Respect. Traverse City, March 5—At a regu- lar meeting of Traverse City Council, held Feb. 24, the following resolu- tion was adopted. Whereas—It has pleased Almighty God to call Brother Frank Freidrich from his labor on earth: therefore be it Resalved—That Traverse City Council extend to the bereaved family our sympathy in this, their hour of sadness and be it further Resolved—That a copy of these resolutions be spread on our records and our charter be draped for a period of ninety days. S. BE. Faylor W. J. Walker, W. G. Wyman, Committee on Resolutions. ———_> +. _____ Patriotism on Exchange. The Chicago Butter and Egg Board, which recently passed an amendment excluding from membership all who are not citizens of the United States, has decided to issue privilege tickets to persons and firms engaged in the butter and egg business whose mem- bers are not citizens of the United States, at a cost of $25 a year, or to persons or firms not engaged in the butter and egg business at a cost of $10 a year. The Naylor Upholstering Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $4,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 1917 rs a Eq m TA A eM]. Wes Se (= 25 = es Db NS Excellent Ointment Base. Is there—we may ask—such a thing Formula For ideal universal ointment base? One which will perform all the re- as an quirements necessary to such an ar- ticle? The pharmaceut’cal world has accepted for many a long year lard as a base for many ointments, with its separation, graining and quick rancid quality. They have accepted petrola- tum for its economy sake, with very Lanoline has been given a place for its absorb- ing quality, although it is a sticky, little else to recommend it. messy product to work with and rath- er expensive at the present time. Is the pharmacist ready to accept a new base which will perform the service of all ihree mentioned—lard, petrolatum and which is a absorbed and non-rancid, with economy lanoline—an article good carrier, quickly practically in cost? It seems that most other branches of commercial science in which oils and fats are used are very quick to grasp and make use of any article which seems good, and the product of which I am about to write is no ex- ception. This product is known as hydrogenated or hardened oil, and is being used in the soap, leather, lubri- cating and edible fat trades, as well as in the manufacture of oleomar- eerine and butter substitute com- pounds. But up to the present writ- ing I have failed to hear of its use in pharmacy. A brief outline as to what it is and its manufacture would not be out of place. First, it is an oil in which a portion or all of the olein has been changed into stearine by the action of hydrogen upon it. Most any oil will answer the purpose—cottonseed. olive, sesame, castor, linseed and marine animal oils. Ellis gives the following outline as to its manu- facture on commercial lines: ‘“Cot- tonseed oil, as the material to be treated, is heated to about 350 degrees F., under pressure, in a specially con- structed apparatus, and for each hun- dred weight of oil, one pound of fine- ly divided nickel is added, to be used as a catalizer. The oil and nickel is then subjected to the action of hydro- gen until the oil has absorbed chem- ically 100 cubic feet of hydrogen, or about one pound. The nickel is then removed by filtration, and the result- ing product drawn off, this fat now having a melting point afound 120 to 140 degrees F.” It is a product slight- ly harder than lard, with all its ad- vantages and none of its disadvan- tages, as a cooking fat. corn, We are, however, interested more in its pharmaceutical use. After many experiments with this fat as an oint- ment base, covering a period of some- what over a year, it was found that in no case was there a drawback in its use as an ointment base. Its skin- absorbing quality ranks with that of cottonseed and olive oil. It has an iodine number around 50. Products made "from it over-a year ago still stand up in perfect condition and has not become rancid. for simple ointment, all or, at least half, of the wax can be left out, and a fine, smooth product results. An ointment of any of the extracts, such as belladonna, stramonium, etc., are in perfect condition, have not sep- arated in the least, and are just as fresh as when first made. Ointments made of dry materials, such as tannic acid, chrysarobin, nutgall, iodine, io- doform and sulphur, will produce a perfect compound and one which is of fine quality in every respect. Tar and phenol also showed good results. With zinc ointment it was found nec- essary to add 5 per cent. of a soften- ing agent. Castor oil gave the best results and produced a smooth, clean ointment, beyond expectations, and after standing about seventeen months is still as good as ever. No alteration in the product can be no- ticed. While it was not found neces- sary to add benzoin for the keeping quality, a little was added in order to improve the odor, etc. Al! these ointments have stood the test of win- ter and summer-keeping quality. None of them have separated in the least, nor is any graining to be no- ticed at any point. The last experi- ment to be tried was that of making a cold cream from this base, and the results were just as pleasing as ever. The following was the formula used: White wax, one pound; cottonseed oil, one and one-half pints; hydrogen- ated oil, four pounds; water, two and one-fourth pints; borax, one ounce; tincture benzoin, one ounce. Per- fume to suit, fifty grains to the pound of finished material. There is no doubt but what many other ointments could be made from this base, and it seems to me that it is up to the pharmacist to push ahead a bit and take advantage of those things which modern chemistry places in his way. Just to sit still and keep on in the same place that our grand- fathers did will get us no where at all. Try this out for your own satis- faction as well as that of the physi- cians and public. W. M. Linnett, Jr. Oo Foolishment, Bill Johnson one day made a bluff At chemistry—mixing some stuff. A match Johnson dropped, And before his friends stopped They — found a front tooth and one cuff. It’s Pure, That’s Sure meee For @ You PIPER ICE CREAM CO. Kalamazoo :: Michigan The Curlettcn Lime Wall Papers Our fresh, smart selections of artistic wall cover- ings shown in both our New and Job lines far surpass those of any previous year. Our service is unexcelled. Paints We carry a complete line of Paints, Varnishes, Painters’ Supplies and Sundries. We manufacture Criterion Paints. Window Shades We maintain a department devoted exclusively to the manufacture of window shades. Send us your special orders HEYSTEK & CANFIELD CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ‘ me & << ‘ @° © « aS « *: ia ea \ qe -" # ‘ * ve e* a eis © Aic® ts Bev « e ‘ + Be 4 6 « a “g% «iy + 4 * ca 4 “b » * e 4 + 4 ep «ih qe -" # ‘ * ve hy a eis #. Alt ts Bev « e ‘ + Be 4 6 4 a “g% «iy 4 4 * ca q “b » * e 4 - a¢ > March 7, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day ot issue CaSO Na eC ood S Acids Gubens .2... 0. 5 00@5 20 Capsicum ....... @1 20 Boric (Powd.) .. 17@ 25 Cubebs ......... 6 Q0@6 20 Cardamon ....... @1 50 Boric (Xtal) .... 17@ 25 Eucalyptus ..... 1 25@1 35 Cardamon, Comp @1 05 Garbalie |... Si@ 71 ‘lemiloek, pure .... @100 Catechu ......... @ 7 Sie oo 96@1 00 eer Berries 20 00@ @20 20 Cinchona ........ @1 65 Muriatic 24@ 5 Juniper Wood .. 2 75@3 00 Colchicum ...... @1 05 Nita 2. S@ 15 Lard, extra ..... f Wa@l 10 «Cubebs ..._...... @1 45 bo beac on A Lard, No. 12.20, Y@1 05 Digitalis... @ 80 : : ° Sulpharic ...... 24@ 5 Lavender Flow. 5 60@5 75 Gentian ......... @ 930 ite Lead, Mixed Paints, Colors in Oil, oe oo a Lavender, Gar'n 1 25@1 40 Ginger 622.2011) @1 20 : : = ser . 4... .5.. 2 O0U@2 25 Gueiac ......... @1 10 : Ammonia Linseed, boiled bbl. @ 99 Guaiac, A n. @1 00 Paris Green, Lime & Sulphur Solution, Arsenate of Water, 26 deg... 7 @ 12 Linseed, bid less 1 04@1 09 Iodine ..n e200 7 : : ater, 18 deg. .. 54@ 9 Linseed, raw, bbl. @ 98 Iodine, Colorless o2 60 Lead Bu Finishes Linseed * Water, 14 deg. .. 44%@ 8 Linseea, rw, less 1 083@1 08 Ipecac ....... ies @ 75 , bug , Oil, Turpentine. Carbonate ..... }$ @ 38 Mustard, true, oz. @2 00 Iron, ce ® 90 OnIdG 2... 65. 5 ® Mustard artifl of @i25 King ......_.... @1 00 Neatsfoot ...... 10601 16 Morn 8... @1 10 Conait viene’ 25@1 5 Olive, pure .... 2 50@3 50 Nux Vomica @ 95 ae : a: a ~~ Malaga, oa Opium ......._... @5 50 ° vi é a Wio yellow ..:..... 85@2 15 Opium, Camph. ( 5 Soda Fountains, Store Fixtures. Fir (Oregon) 0@ 50 Olive, Malaga, On bale oon a A ees 4 —— pos Piece ue oes as 85@2 15 Rhubarb ........ @ 84 ste ee ee eeeeee G@ range, Sweet ..4 00@4 20 ‘ barks . pure @2 50 wie Cassia (ordinary) 25@ 30 riganum, com’! @ 75 ele R k i i Cassia (Saigon) 90@100 Pennyroyal .... 2 25@250 Lead, red dry .. 10%@11 ock Candy Syrup, Fruit Juices, Crushed ae ee OT ssteacte co (O8t White ary 1ek@t bassatras (pow. 35¢c) @ 30 nee - oy OS erat Bs Lead, white oil 101%.@11 - : soap Cut (powd.) Rosemary Flows 9@1 75 Ochre, yellow bbl. 1 @ 14 Fruits, and all Extracts, Flavors, etc., used in soda a. 23@ 25 Sandalwood, Bi 75 Quhre: yellow less 2 @ 'S f tai k Cun. oe 100 Saamsiren true 1 Bal 46 nea Veneta bok Ge . ountain WOrkK. Wie lb @ zu Sassafras, artifil 50@ 60 Red Venet'n less 1% @ 5 jee ee oo 2 15@3 00 Vermillion. Amer. 25@ 30 er ee... @ 4 BO 35003 7s Whiting, bbl... @ 2 : i a WW sidewe sce o 004 ‘ h ine e Extracts Pee, US o...... se@) 46 + & Db Be pal _ Electric Mixers, Glasses, Carbonators, Tables, lees 4 Si aa eS FS ee eae : Licorice powdered 70@ 75 Turpentine, less 62@ 67 Miscellaneous : Wintergreen, tr. 5 50@5 75 ‘ i Chairs, Stools, and all appurtenances used in con- Flowers Vis... Sagan on 68@ 75 i 4 i . Arnica ..2. 22... 2 75@3 00 birch ........ 4 00@4 25 «lum ............. 9@ 12 nection with the sale of soda water and in 1¢ce Chamomile (Ger.) 95@1 05 Wintergreen art. 1 25@1 50 alum, powdered and hamomile (Rom.) 90@1 00 Wormseed ..... 5 50@5 75 ground > = Giana Wormwood 15a e@ 2 = cream parlors. Arnica ... 1 50@1 60 i a ee ‘ eae ) otassium OG 60050... 3 60@3 70 a pipes ae moras . “ Bicarbonate .... 1 90@2 00 Borax xtal or [ea Z ite o . 2@ Bichromate ...... d55@ 60 dered ss oe orts ... 25@ 30 Bromide |... 140@1 59 _ Powdered ...... 10@ 15 oe a 20 Carbonate ..... 160@1 75 Cantharades po 2 00@6 00 Ae tc : oy - powdered ...... 60@ @ Calomel ....._. 2 17@2 25 . c es (Cape Pow) 20@ % chiorate, gran’r 95@190 Cancicoun py aze tine er Ins ru 0 Aloes (Soc. Pow.) 40@ 50 Ghiorate, xtal or SP CMEE sinesacs org ae ° Asafoetida. ........ @1 50 powd. oe S0@ 95 Carmine _....... 6 50@7 LO : | ae Asafoetida, Powd. Cyauie 2.2.2.4... @2 00 Cassia Buds ..... @ 40 Wholesale Druggists Grand R ce ee Git totes ........ 3 50@3 60 Cloves... see, 0@ 39 es apids, Michigan : U. S. P. Powd. 1 30Ww1 bu canna @5 00 votes Prepared -- 6@ Ste Camphor .<..... 1 04@1 07 Prusstate, yellow @1 50 Chalk Precipitated im i Guaige 1.0.1... 45@ 50 Prussiate, red @3 50 Chloroform ...... i9@ 88 . powdered @ 66 Sulpliate .......... @1 10 os Hydrate 1 92@2 12 Ming ot 70@ 75 OGHMmEe ........ 6 95@7 15 re 2 oe eo sp aa cen Myron (ois. @ 4 Alkanet ....... 1 25@1 30 ‘ Ste ih Opium, gran. 26 50@26 70 Gentian, powd. 30@ 35 Grea supinn. 1 96@2 0 ree- a er ric O Shellac .......... 55@ 65 Ginger, African, ee eo ss ORE Ge e Shellac, Bleached 60@ 70 powdered ...... a HO tienes —— Tragacanth .... 250@3 wv Ginger, Jamaica ..30@ 35 no sos: ~~ : : ; Tragacanth powde: 225 Ginger, Jamaica, a ial so .- 6e is L , Sahih chelsea eG %@ “) ‘\imery. powdered 65 Is a most welcome fashion in PIPER’S DELI- TxPentize ------ rr) geueecar dias aed oe s@ 8 : Insecticides i RAC wad : 3 -25@3 50 Epsom Salts, bbls. Gi 4 CIOUS ICE CREAM. arene ee 15@ 20 Phas ce speling ees 33@ 40 poy Salts, — 5 an se Blue VitFiol, DbI .. @ 4I8 Licorice, powd. .. 28@ 35 ISOS -------;; : ° Blue Vitriol, less 15¢ 2 rae sew e 204 Ergot, powdered 2 75@3 00 The Top Layer is PIPER'S PISTACHIO ICE fordeaux Mix Dry 149 20 Guuer Powdered = $0@ $6 Flake White .... 16@ 20 CREAM. It contains genuine Pistachio nuts, imported directly oe a a Rhubarb ...... 156@1 00 au *, 1091 is i : : owdered ...... 40 Ehubarb, powd. @ilae 2 cscs from Turkey. Our special methods of freezing bring out the full insect Powder. 300 ee ee is : 7 as “a cs. 75% flavor of this nut, which is unequalled in this country because of a a -- 11@ 30 ep a ena 80 Giaaber Dalia Db “2 1y : : aime ulphur BVOC onc cacas @ oe . le its dainty taste. Solution, gal. .. 15@ 25 Sarsaparilla Mexican, Glauber Salts less ae ay i ; Paris Green .... 39146@ 45 Bround |....... 30@ 35 ae “pda saa pes The Bottom Layer is PIPER’S VANILLA ICE ies ieee Sail, ‘powdered 469 og Glte: White" 28q) 35 CREAM. It is flavored with genuine Mexican vanilla. This gives Piper ice Cream Co., Tumeric, powd. .. 13@ 20 Glue, white grd. 25@ 35 : hich 1 : i ‘ Kalamazoo : Valerian, powd. @100 Glycerine ........ 62@ 75 a full, rich smoothness which comes only from the genuine im- as a eee e ee @ 7 ELOPS ....-.2e20. 45@ 66 i ul SBCY .. 14.266 @ 80 Seeds EROS 65 oss cs as 45@ 60 ported Mexican Beans. Brick vanilla ea g mm G6 5.3...-.... @ 4 lode .......... 4 50@4 60 i ale rick Waney ........ 30 Anise, powdered.. 40@ 45 lIodoform ...... 5 90@6 00 The Center is a dainty Orange Ice—the pure juices of a. Hoe & ......... @ 16 Lead Accthie ... Ba . : 2 the best selected Sunkist Oranges. the whites of fresh, country Buchu ......... 1 75@1 85 one. a, 880 90 — i , 7392 S eggs, and the purest cane sugar. Carefully frozen, and comes ee ge Guy talk i GS an powdered 95@1 00 : OUIN 2... 5. 7 eler ow -35 JD tHOl 5,-6.5 5 smooth and sweet, with the natural orange flavor. = oe A ao & Contandar ce wea a a Morahiae i 11 35072 00 i : : , s DUE i .-......--.-- 5 0 Nux Vomica .... 20@ 25 Three-Layer Bricks sliced up like cake makeahand- enn, Alex ..... OS io Fennell .......... 748 13 Nux Vomica, pow. @ 20 : : ee ” [ie eee COM Swliwe Ose eae le @ > . 5 some serving, and the different flavors blend deliciously. Care- Senna, Tinn. pow. 50@ 55 Flax, ground .... 7%@ 13 Pascar, oan a g ‘0 fully wrapped, packed at zero temperature, and delivered anywhere ee oeyere —< So cob Oo if a oe: ‘a i ee eee el emp. ..~..---.e RIGS ccccccscces on receipt of order. Olls ROUGH ho ccsss: 40@ G2 Quinine .........; 85@1 00 aes Biter 4 we anes, zona = 25 Rochelle Salts ....45@ 50 1 BUG coc... st 16 00 Mustard, ac --19@ 2) Saccharine oz. ..... @1 80 Why not treat your customers to something extra Alnean iftee, mod it ee ee ee ee “i2@ = nice this week—order THREE-LAYER BRICKS NO. 1. aor ee one 7 15@8 00 eon ween ee eeee . eS Seidlitz Mixture ..40@ 45 monds, Sweet, MBNGG 4c e5c5..e Soap, green ...... 20@ 2 true ......... 1 25@1 60 Rape ........... 10@ xs Soap, mott castile 120 15 e Almonds, Sweet, Sabadilla Meee oe @ 35 Soap, white castile laud Pi r imitation ...... 5@ 75 Sabadilla, powd. .. 35@ 45 Gate o.. . @9 60 e pend oe r : es Seonnawcr sae = s Soap, white castile mber, rectifie 27 orm merican 25 less, r bear .. 2... @ 96 Wholesale Distributor on setteeeeee ; soos > Worm Levant .. 100@110 soda ian r ee 4%@ 10 ergamont .... Soda nes 2%@ 6 Both Phones 2388 Cajeput ..<..... 1 35@1 60 Tinctures S0Ga@, Sal ........ 4@ 5 Cassia Jo... 2. a es o ete pec @ 9% spirits Pua nf 7 * @astar ......... 2 50 OGS oo o.c esa. @ 75 Sulphur roll .... 6 : = LD No. 286 Bridge St., N. W. Cedar Leaf .... 1 25@1 40 Arnica oes ss-e- @1 45 Suter Subi. . 7 ‘ e Citronella ........ 90@1 20 Asafoetida ...... @1 35 Tamarinds ....... 20 D li a Q Grand Ra ids Mich Cloves ......... 2 25@2 40 Belladonna ...... @165 Tartar Emetic .... 80 e iclous Ce ream 9 © Cocoanut ...... 274%@ 35 SBenzoin ....... : @110 Turpentine Ven. sees 50 Cod Liver ..:... 4 75@5 f Benzoin Compo’d @1 60 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 00@1 50 Cotton Seed .... 1 35@1 Buchu .......... @150 Witch Hazel ..... 70@1 05 Croton ........ 1 50@1 80 Cantharadies ... @3 00 Zinc Sulphate ... 10@ 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 1917 GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly. within six hours of mailing. and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. liable to change at any time. and country merchants will have their orders filled at market prices at date of purchase. Prices. however. are ADVANCED Washboards Canned Sauer Kraut Canned Tomatoes California Lima Beans Starch Red Cross Plug Some Washing Powder Some Soaps Some Prunes Canned Meats Index to Markets By Columns ng Breakfast Food Deh feck peck freed lh rh fet Canned Goods Chewing Gum ee ee AM mwewwwwwnwnrybhor Cream Tartar E Evaporated Milk F Farinaceous Goods .... Fishing Tackle Flavoring Extracts Flour and Feed aa bs Hides and Pelts ee 00 00 Meats, Canned Peanut Butter oe Products .. 8 Salad Dressing ed see ete es ereresce seer ere eeeeseeene wee meee ese eetreese ee ee) Wrapping Paper ..... Y 1 AMMONIA 12 oz. ovals, 2 doz. box 1 60 AXLE GREASE Frazer’s 1tb. wood boxes, 4 doz. 1th. tin boxes, 3 doz. 3%1Ib. tin boxes, 2 dz. 10%. pails, per doz. 15% pails, per doz. 25tb. pails, per doz. ..1 BAKED BEANS oe oe. WANA wD w bw on No. 1; per doz. ....,52.. 95 No. 2, per Goz. ....... 1 45 No. 3, per Goz. ........ 2 35 BATH BRICK Hinge. eas. 95 BLUING Jennings’ Condensed Pearl Bluing Small, 3 doz. box .... 1 95 Large, 2 doz. box .... 2 40 Folger’s Summer Sky, 3 dz. es. 1 80 Summer Sky, 10 dz. bbl] 6 00 BREAKFAST FOODS Bear Food, Pettijohns 2 75 Cracked Wheat 24-2 2 90 Cream of Wheat .... 5 40 Cream of Rye, 24-2 .. Quaker Puffed Rice ..4 30 Quaker Puffed Wheat 4 30 Quaker Brkfst Biscuit 1 90 Quaker Corn Flakes .. 2 00 Washington Crisps .. 2 Wheatena .....-..... 4 50 Evapor’ed Sugar Corn Grape Nuts ........ 2 70 Sugar Corn Flakes .. 2 50 Holland Rusk ..... 3 80 Krinkle Corn Flakes 2 00 Mapl-Flake, Whole WHSeE occ. 4 05 Minn. Wheat Meal .. 5 00 Ralston Wheat Food liaree 188 .....6c6- 2 25 Ralston Wht Food 18s 1 itoss’s Whole Wheat BSISCUNL ns bees cb cne 2 70 Saxon Wheat “Food 2. Shred Wheat Biscuit 3 areecwit, 48 pp sese- ss Pillsbury’s Best ‘Cer'l 1 Post Toasties, T-2 .. 2 60 Post Toasties, T-3 .. 2 Post Tavern Porridge 2 BROOMS ancy Parlor, 25 lb. .. 6 50 Parlor, 5 String, 25 Ib. 6 25 Standard Parlor, 23 Ib. 6 Ou Common, 23 ib. ....... 5 25 moeciol 23 ih . 2. .n se 5 00 Warehouse, 23 Ib. .... 6 75 Common, Whisk ..... 1 30 Fancy, Whisk ........ 1 75 BRUSHES Scrub Solid Back, 8 in. .... 175 Solid Back, 11 in. .... 95 Pointed Ends ........ 85 Stove i BD oes edocs i eeee 90 me 8 64... ccc... 1 25 Me. ft oo. c4u.e poke eee 1 75 Shoe No. piece ce eet eece 1 00 Ne. 7 .u.c6e popes ces -- 1 30 mo. & ..--. Saccee cee o 17 Ro 8 2... 1 90 BUTTER COLOR Dandelion, 25ce size .. 2 00 CANDLES Paraffine, 6s ......... Paraffine, 12s ........ 7% WUE ig oesccss > 20 ssa a. = 3 Ib. Standards = oe @ 90 NO. 10 2 oop eeses @3 00 Wax ...,..; -ee- 1 00@1 75 — Blueberries BIMMNGATE 2 ccncescnse i 40 BOR. OD vccccccrccccess 6 OO Cc Little Neck, 1 Ib. .... Burnham’s % pt. Burnham’s pts. Burnham’s ats. Monbadon (Natural) ; 2, PaMey .c..6.c5s x Soused, 1% Ib. Plums Plums 2.502555. 1 50@2 00 Pears In Syrup No. 3 can, per dz. 2 50@3 00 35@1 Early June siftd 1 45@1 55 e No. 10 size can pie sec ees e see eeescene No. 2, Black are a 60 0 No. 2, "Red ES 2 50 No. 10, Red, Water .. 7 25 Salmon Warrens, 1 Ib. Tall .. 2 40 Med. Red ‘Alaska 1 "at 60 No. 10, cans .... Dunbar, 1s doz. Dunbar, 1%s doz. ry Standard ....2.-«.- cicei “4 Snider’s % pints .... Snider’s Lape soa ane 2 @25 Pineapple ...... 1 “: - Sag Swiss, Domestic 3 4 5 CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack .... Adams Sappota ...... Beeman’s Pepsin Beecnnut |... ca eee Chiciete ..-..... Colgan Violet Chips * Colgan Mint Chips . Dentyne ...... Seco ce : Doublemint ..... Flag Spruce . Heshey Gum . gnicy Fruit ........... Red Robin ..... peccecke Sterling Gum Pep. .. Sterling 7-Point ...... - © Spearmint, Wrigleys Spearmint, 5 box jars 3 Spearmint, 6 box jars 3 Trunk Spruce .......... Wucatam .......-...- MI oe ce ae cc voce Smith Bros. Gum Wrigleys 5 box lots - SoM ae ena os CHOCOLATE Walter Baker & Co. German’s Sweet ....... PPOMUGI oc oo as Carneas .....-2.....;... Walter M. Lowney Co. Premium, 4s .......... 35 Premium, 4s ......... CLOTHES LINE No. 40 Twisted Cotton No. 50 Twisted Cotton No. 60 Twisted Cotton 2 No. 80 Twisted Cotton No. 50 Braided Cotton No. 60 Braided Cotton No. 80 Braided Cotton No. 50 Sash Cord .... No. 60 Sash Cord .. No. 60 Jute .......... No. 72 dite .........- No. 60 Sisal ......... Galvanized Wire No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 90 No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 00 No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 COCOA Bakers ....... Cleveland ..... Colonial, %4s . Colonial, %s .. MDDS ...6ce.5-6. Hershey’s, %8 ... Hershey’s, %s- . iuvier .....-.. ° Lowney, %8 .......- Lowney, %S .......... Lowney, %S .......... Lowney, 5 Ib. cans .... Van Houten, %s ...... 12 Van Houten, \s ...... 18 Van Houten, %s ...... 3 Van Houten, Is ........ 65 Wan-Eta ........ cae WHO 2 ooo oe a ccc ses Wilber, 48 ........-... Wiper, 48 ........-... COCOANUT Dunham’s %s, 5 Ib. case .......- 30 \%s, 5 lb. case ........ co Y%s, 15 lb. case ... %s, 15 Ib. case ........ 1s, 15 Ib. case ......-.- 27 ¥%s & %s, 15 lb. case .. 28 ee ems ....-..- 10 & %s pails .. ¥4s Bulk, pails ...... ceeaee ae Bulk, barrels .......... 15 Baker's Brazil Shredded 70 6c pkgs., per case 2 60 36 10c pkgs., per case 2 60 16 10c and 33 5c pkgs., per Case ........-.-. 2 60 Bakers Canned, doz. Corner. Seer Common .....-++--++: Melr 13... os sek eee Choice ........<-- ape MORUOY. 33 cesses eee ee 21 Peaberry ....---:ees. Santos Common .......+.- ous ME. ccsce cue cee sss COICO .oc ccc serse ees Fancy Seedees sass POBDEITY 25600-2005 Maracaibo Hatr ...... fas cece ens Choice cee cose ee se Mexican COICO ...02.5-- Cele BORN occ cca wes Guatemala OUP oc cnccdacesacs ss AMON boo ee esses Java Private Growth ... Mandling .......... Aukola ......- coe e Mocha Short Bean ..... Long Bean ........ 24@25 Bogota WE, opp tees e ceo ses ae PROT. ooicee bse ccs iecmamne Market. Spot Market, Strong Package New York Basis Arbuckle ..........+. 20 50 McLaughlin’s XXXX McLaughlin’s package coffee is sold to retailers only. Mail all or- ders direct to W. F. Mc- Laughlin & Co., Chicago. Extracts Holland. % gro. bxs. 95 Felix, % gross ...... 115 Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85 Hummel’s tin, % gro. 1 48 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Horehound .....:.... 12 Standard ....:.... ios ae Standard, small coeee 13 Twist, small ........ 13 Cases GHIMDO| . ol cs e ese; 13 Jumbo, small ........ 18% Big SUCK .2.5........ 18 Boston Sugar Stick .. 16 Mixed Candy Pails Broken ..... Sie eeee eas 2 Cut tieat.....:....¢.. 13 French Cream ...... 13 MCW oc oe os TOCETE . 2... 5 Kindergarten . RIPOGer .. ccs Monarch... 0......-.. MOVERV 6.505 ...0.02.. Paris Creams ........ 14 Premio Creams ...... 17 PROWAR ooo see oes. 10% BSCR oes ek eas cas 11 Valley Creams ...... 15 Ms Ocoee. ss 10 Specialties ails Auto Kisses (baskets) 14 Bonnie Butter Bites .. 18 Butter Cream Corn .. 16 Caramel Bon Bons .. 15 Caramel Croquettes .. 16 Cocoanut Waffles .... 14 Cotty Toty .......... 16 National Mints 7 ib tin 20 Fudge, Walnut ...... 16 Fudge, Filbert ....... 16 Fudge, Choco. Peanut 14 Fudge. White Center 15 Fudge, Cherry ...... 1 Fudge. Cocoanut .... 15 Honeysuckle Candy .. 18 Iced Maroons ........ 16 jeea Gems ...,...:... 16 Iced Orange Jellies .. 13 Italian Bon Bons .... 14 Jelly Mello .......... 13 AA Licorice Drops 5 ib. Dox ........ 2 26 Lozenges, Pep ...... 14 Lozenges. Pink ...... 14 Manchus ... ~ . 8 26 Cracker-Jack Prize .. 3 50 Hurrah, 100s ........ 3 50 Hurrah, 60s ......... 1 75 Hurrah, 248 ........ 85 Cough Drops joxes Putnam Menthol .... 1 20 Smith Bros. ......... 1 30 NUTS—Whole Almonds, Tarragona 20 Almonds, California soft shell Drake gees rage 66. cc cs 18@20 Witherta ......5 eees @18 Cal. No. 1 S. @20 Walnuts, elon 18% 918% Walnuts, Grenoble Table nuts, fancy 13@14 Pecans, Large .... @15 Pecans, Ex. Large on Shelled No. 1 Spanish Shelled Peanuts .......; 10@10 Ex. Lg. Va. Shelled Peanuts ...... 114%@12 Pecan Halves ...... @80 Walnut Halves .... @50 Filbert Meats ...... @38 Almonds .....-...;. @45 Jordon Almonds Peanuts Fancy H P Suns BAW os see se as 64@ 7 Roasted ....... T%@ 8 r —. AW .c..... 844@' 9 Roasted ....... 944@10 CRACKERS National Biscuit Company Brands In-er-Seal Trade Mark Package Goods Per _— Baronet Biscuit ...... 1 00 Cameo Biscuit ...... 1 50 Cheese Sandwich . 1 00 Chocolate Wafers .... 1 00 Hie Newton .::...... 1 00 Five O’Clock Tea Bct 1 00 Ginger Snaps NBC .. 1 00 Graham Crackers .... 1 00 Lemon Snaps ........ 50 Oysterettes .......... 5C Peanut Sandwich .... 1 00 PretZeenos ........... 50 Royal Toast ......... 1 00 Social Tea Biscuit .. 1 00 Saltine Biscuit ...... 1 00 Saratoga Flakes ..... 1 50 Soda Crackers, NBC 1 00 Soda Crackers Prem. 1 00 TOONS bocce eas cces se 1 00 Uneeda Biscuit ...... 50 Uneeda Jinjer Wayfer 4 00 Vanilla Wafers ...... 1 00 Zu Zu Ginger Snaps 50 ZTWAGVACK 2.6454 .0+ 05s 1 00 Other Package Goods Barnum’s Animals .. 50 Soda Crackers NBC Family Size Package 2 50 Bulk Goods Cans and boxes ARIMAIS 3.0.5.5... ..1.. 13 Atlantics, Asstd. .... 16 Avena Fruit Cakes .. 15 Arrowroot Biscuit .... 18 Bonnie Doon Cookies 12 Bouquet Wafers ...... 22 Brighton | ....5..0.. . Canto Cakes Cartwheels, Plain ... 12 Cartwheels, Iced ... 13 Cecelia Biscuit ...... 18 Cheese Tid Bits ...... 20 Chocolate Bar (cans) 20 Chocolate Drops ..... 20 Circle Cookies ....... 15 Cocoanut Taffy Bar .. 16 Cocoanut Macaroons 9 25 Choc. Honey Fingers 20 Coffee Cakes, Iced ... 15 Copia Cakes ......:.. 14 Crackmels 2.05.5. 020., 25 Crumpets; .....:...... 15 Cream Fingers ...... 18 Crystal Jumbles ...... 14 Dinner Pail Mixed .. 15 Extra Wine Biscuit .. 14 Fig Cakes Asstd. ..... 15 Fig Newtons ......... 16 Fireside Peanut Jumb 13 Fluted Cocoanut Bar 15 Frosted Creams ...... 12 Frosted Raisin Sqs. .. 14 Fruited Ovals ........ 12 Fruited Ovals, Iced .. 13 Wu Moon .....5.....- 12 Ginger Drops ........ 16 Graham Crackers ... 12 Ginger Snaps Round 11 Golden Rod Sandwich 18 Hippodrome Bar ...... 15 Honey Block Cakes .. 17 Honey Cakes, NBC RCCQ 2 oe i es 15 Honey Fingers Asst. 16 Household Cooks. Iced 14 Tmaperiais: 22.2... 6435s 12. Jubilee Mixed ........ 15 Kaiser Jumbles, Iced 15 Lady Fingers Sponge 35 Leap Year Jumbles .. 25 Lemon Biscuit Square 12 Lemon Cakes ........ 15 Lemon Gems ......... 15 Lemon Wafers ...... 20 Lemon Thin ........ 20 Lorna Doone ........ 20 Luxury Biscuit ...... 18 Macaroon Jumbles .. 25 MGMNOGIRY 3... ese casos 14 Mary ANN. ....,22... 12 Marshmallow Pecans 22 Molasses Fruit Cookies ECOG) cesses eosin tae Oatmeal Crackers tou de Orange Gems ........ 12 Penny Assorted ...... 15 Pienic Mixed ........ 16 Pineapple Cakes ...... 18 Priscilla Cake ...... 10 Raisin Cookies ...... 14 Raisin Gems ........ 15 Royal Toast ....... ioe Be Reveres Asstd. ...... 20 Richwood ............ 12 Rittenhouse Biscuit .. 18 Snaparoons .........- 16 Social Tea Biscuit ... 18 Spiced Jumbles, Iced 15 Spiced Wafers ..... <> 14 Sugar Crimp ........ 12 Superba ....-%,s20050- 22 TOREGNG oo. ie cs sess see 40 Trilby Creams ...... 18 Vanilla Wafers ...... 25 Butter Boxes C, Square ...... 10 N B N BC, Round ...... 10 March 7, 1917 6 MIC 7 HIGAN NB Soda TRA ll ation Crick FLAVO D E s Mu A Saratecn Pie ers 10 : RING EXTRACTS 8 N Flakes ...... 12 nrpure pc oo Ss aa 6 N ara oncid H Dandy, O Oyster se 2 , & Oz. “ Per d nner RADISH 9 NB & Oysters S No. 2) 1% on. 20.0.2." a 20 co oe 4, 2 - . 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Penal Asso Hams. 4-16 Ib. a Mess, 8 fe 7 00 Formosa. edium 3 A carrage 18 SEES S, temtating fh me pMien APL pee 'g Romo foo gS Lo ’ all Tins 1 0. oz. 13 Or. rai eeeccce 7 a ’ - Ib. 1. oo 6 ~~ ea iS ALG ot aver 148 oo reas Va Re ee couch ean ; Be ee +2 grad oie Oy patent on t Above qu Cans ... 3 : aa pio Ge 1 75 po edenigh porns oo 2 - Sra ean 29 @30 100 ee Mabie 16 Ganaae Choice 25@30 ional B otation Grand AND F rry (St raight) 2 ic Boiled s 16 @17 00 The. ....... 9 Co > a 209 to iscuit s of N Rapi EED Chocol raight 70 Ham @1i ers ngou, y. 35 change Co., s a- M pids Grai Pe ate (Str yi. 2 76 Boil a. 40 Tbs. sees, 00 Ex. Fa wea 60 withou ubject illing C n & ach (St aight) viled Ham ---- 194%@2 Q Is. oes sees. 2 35 ney a t notic WiInt 0. Jell-O | raight) 270 Mincea H ‘song 0 “0H ang Pekoe, Ceylon 80 B CREAM ee Pa Wheat ce Cream Pov 279 Bacon am ... 12 @32 A seo 58 Dr. Texas one satel or NO ota dean tnt aoe a iss Pa piock me Ca — Pec eeces: ae a ae DS _ & Flowery 0. 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O. i and 2 Pg 58 treen, Wi Peas 0 Cox’s, 4 doz. large SE 35.9 pack AEERATUS 5 50Ib. » packages erat 6% Granger olee 24 Ib. 58 Split, oe bu Knox's oan small .. 145 Barr one” Arm and S tbs. in b Mee... bs 2 W., 10 a a... a TAs » 6 2 re pee doz. 1 = ca ,200 count Wyandotte “06 Me Te ee pa ee 2 ks i @ and [7 Ib. 37 ee eee n , n rr Ss. ” oe o 3 ) : c s dé a ett eS om 12 ate gH aramunte BT ER Bas - oe German ipl Minute, 2 at, doz. .. 185 Bar i 2 20 eae bbis Blue K me 40 E 7, Tae foo 2 we 46 met mnie BE See 2a. cent as 188 pie Eas MS oon Eeeaet he 8 > en etce 872 x. ord Cegek whe ae 5 role 50 F 36 . " 50 : ue Zee eee ne , K y N . : pkg. Oxtord oon. 1 60 gallon eee pkgs Karo oo. 9 ey st avy, re 40 ymouth Rock, P ke eeee 2 fF Blu , No. 2 q 15 \ one T 12 Brake, 209 tha Pipmouth Hock, Bios 1 fe PALE ee eee 2a See Rist, 6D. 5 earl, 100 Ib. sacks .. 91 GRA ock, Plain 1 -— eet perce. 00 3 Ib. sack Grades Blue Karo. No.6. 1 Jar ee wae mast hse 48 Pearl, 36 ae ase oe Bae IN BAGS 20 5 arrels we Oe cks .. bi K "No. 5, 1 dz. 2 80 N y Widow, . § Minute, 10 02. Po ae no. te alee oe ee age so 6 — "IID 808 Cowes oe r 18 I 33 oz., 3 doz. 3 3 60 a 2. fo 33 ays — Smail ees Be 7. Ib. aaake 08 Red “Karo, Wa se 2 80 Paitecson'a The --... " 3 58 FISH ee 26 alf barrels ......_ 21 0 28 lb. sacks .... 2909 R Wh EGh Ce Ye, 2 0 Peachey, 6 Nat. Leaf = ING Sage RBS 5 gallo oo 0 oa a ace Wa ae Picnie | (6128 98 a to 1 in TACKLE — =e a la Ba ie meee ee 11 50 a ee z Red a a 2. 2 az. 2 Pio watee 5 — Ib. 42 Pe tota ha «BeBe ani 2220007 i Giay, Bo epee S6 Ib. sacks... {Red Karo, No ede. 3 4 Polo, Heldsiéek, 47th & 1% to ig Na ai 7 eo 1 , D. f Ox 6 ee es aia tea ‘ : ro, wo 7 z. 3 30 3 doz., , pel fee 9 HID ae 5 Cob .... ull count n drill ba 6 0 . 10 % Red Cros per a 20 i. Foes : & me tide a PLAYING CARDS 2 a wate 10 Scrapple, 2 ‘and 3 See kecks ss ireen, No. 7 No. teamb Wwe ccc eaes ge rs s rry Cobble oz. 48 be 2. 20 poles No. 1 eee 17 ea 15, Rival nee? bok Granulat Common . 88° Choice —... 16 eae Head, oi San 3s No. 1, 10 ya Lines piace eo 16 No. 20, Rover, ie 1 50 Medium me ee ae 20 Fh Head, 1 12 om... 2 0. 2 15 eet .... C Bai Nolo 200 20 No. 9 pecial 75 » HIME ...50- : uarts, da rape Pun Sq. D ead, 7 oz. =< “4 No. 3, feet reese 5 alfakin, green, No. | ’ 98 Golf, Satin fin. 20 SA - 160 , doz. cas ch eal, 7, : Re 2 ae feat cc $ caigki. Geey Re <3 NS By Ble oi 3 Se ae. NTTABLE SAUCES | stirs oe i2vand 24 fh i o. 5, 16 eet -oeeeeee Galskin, cd We 26% ourn’t whist 25 Small, whole Gained cenit aa -, _ No. 6. 1 feat 10 alfskin, cu , No. 1 30 Bab POTAS ist 2 50 S all, a @9 “a amell...... 375 Ten Ch ’ %, 15 No. 7 (oS 11 , red, No. 2 abbitt’s. 2 d H niga ct tetas 48 ee oc 4 oO és ae ‘ RRR gam os sp Dante aatacgg Ie ities? areabteneree Sere ees No. 9. = i es ae : pi Olea 60@1 25 lear Sarceted ONS a | oie ean @ 6 Medium... Japan ee Girl, 12 “a 24 lb. 33 , a6 feet ........ tes Sho ack ta nd H a 33 ee 20 ngs - 60@1 5 hort C .. 32 00@ ndards erring ee .. sees 20@ ee 5 o B ut Clr 34 00 Y.M , bbls. mee 25 dies cnnael Pe N T epi 00 Bcteke: 30 00@31 Ye, Wie . 8... 1350 B 7... 23@33 «(All ap eee . anew Brisket, Clear 29 09 Standard, kegs .... eee ais: a Red, 5 Medium (00.0010... go NOB nee eee ct,” Giear 30 80@81 07 Standard, kegs 01. 8 Basket-fAred Cholce aeo43 Bac Union Scraps... § 40 sere erere ee 26 Un Wool, @ 5 Clear Family seeees Med ening 96 No gg iy ue 35@37 Cutlas pe, 5e .. ~... & 46g oe Ledauerne- oak ae 26 ee ee 3 i te y 38@45 Globe | aa. 5 88 Bamboo: Ueweslad, ioe seen” 09 Laborador it, 200 Ibs fas tan 30@ Globe Sera es csees Bamb » . ie fee per doz. 55 ed, fine or Bellies ce 6 ate 4 ee Ib - S Siftings, 1 - ‘pos sane Honus crap, 2 om... = per d A. G HONEY L . 15 ecial, 8 Ib Ibs. 16 G . pkgs. 12@1 H ey Comb oz. 3 8 ft, per loz. 60 7 . Wood Pure in ti ard Sealed, i . pails 50 Mo unpowd 4 onest S Scrap, 5 0 dos. 60 oe. 2 man’s B Yaa He ae pa ee ee te Magune. won Mail oe 5 76 20 or, pe a ae ompound L --18 @19 ned, 10 Ib. boxes .. 16 oyune, C ium .. 28 ae a jeder ee eo + Per dOz. ...... oe oe ard 14%@ i Om tence” aia so sg Se 2 0 ae A lt 1 60OUN Tro 118) Ping St Fane ses Co i... 00 +» 226 50 . tubs vance % o. 1, 10 ut ing Sue vy .... & Pp imes, % oe a6 Ib. tubs ....advance No. 1. 0 lbs. .. Ping S§ y, Medium @60 Ea ag Gear era. .. § . ,. advance : No. 1, oo oe : 50 Ping a Cholee py oh Red Band,” 5c. i “wa € 59 0. 1, 2 Ibe .. - & silage aca Pleo) ial gh neo eS reeeras an. Hyson Gewe Bae E aigdes Ha 1 42 ce we Fan aoageues Y e Shot, 5c me 48 WP cee “eae 2 te » Ye BO. eee Pa: irl Se 5 76 "i! @se P nm Handle SS rap 202. 6 00 eachey Scrap, 6 Yer 6 0 D ben. 8 76 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 1917 SPECIAL PRICE CURRENT 12 Smoking All Leaf, 2% & 7 oz. 30 BB, 3% oz. 6 00 Be 7 Of ...<---ee--s 12 00 mi 48 of ........-.- 24 00 Badeer, S on ......-- 5 04 Bagter; 7 OF. ....---+ 11 52 Banner, SC ..----+---- 5 76 Basner 2UC ....-<-6- 1 60 Banner, 400 ....->+-+ 3 20 Belwood, Mixture, 10c 94 Big Chief, 2% oz. .... 6 00 Big Chief, 16 oz. .... 3 ull Durham, 5c ....- 5 85 Bull Durham, 10c .. 10 80 Bull Durham, 15¢ .... 1 45 3ull Durham, 8 oz. .. 3 60 Bull Durham, 16 oz. .. 6 72 Buck Horn, oc .....- 5 76 Buck Horn, 10c ..... 11 52 Briar Pipe, 5c ....... 5 70 Briar Pipe, 10c ...... 11 52 Black Swan, 5c ...... 5 76 Black Swan, 14 oz. .. 3 50 Bob White. 5c ...... 6 00 Carnival, 5c .......-- 5 70 Carnival, % OZ. .....- 39 Carnival, 16 oz. ....-.. 40 Cigar Clip’g Johnson 30 Cigar Clip’'g Seymour 30 Identity, 3 and 16 92. 30 Darby Cigar Cuttings 4 50 Continental Cubes, 10c 99 Corn Cake, 14 oz. .... 2 55 Corn Cake, 7 02Z. 316 Corn Cake, 5c .....- 5 76 Cream, 50c pails .... 4 70 Cuban Star, 5c foil .. 5 76 Cuban Star, 16 oz. an” 5 72 hing, MOC ...-----6+ 0 30 Dills Best, 134 oz. .... 79 Dills Best, 3% 0z 77 Dills Best, 16 oz. 7 Dixie Kid, 5c ........ 48 Duke’s Mixture, 5c .. 5 76 Duke’s Mixture, 10c ..11 &2 Duke’s Cameo, 5c .... 5 76 Drum, 5C ...-.--2-<02 5 76 Fr A, 8 OF. ...--- 5 04 wr A. Tt OE Lk. e 11 52 Fashion, 5c .........- 6 00 Fashion, 16 oz. .....- 5 28 Wive Bros. Sc ..-..-- 5 76 Five Bros. 10c ..--. 10 80 Five cent cut Plug .. 29 FO BB i6c ....-.-.--- 11 52 Four Roses, 10c ...... 6 Full Dress, 134 0z. ... 72 Gilad Hand, Sc .......-- 48 Gold Block, 10c ..-... 12 “0 Gold Star, 50c pall .. 4 60 Gail & Ax Navy, 5c 5 76 Growler, 5C ...-..c+e.2- 45 Growler, 10c .....-.... 1 00 Growler, 20c ......---- 2 00 Reet, GE ..5s--e-- os 6 00 iran, S00 ....-..-..-- 3 72 Hand Made, 2% oz. .. 50 Hazel Nut, 6c ...... 6 00 Honey Dew, 10c .... 12 00 Himting, SC .-<-----s- 38 [x 2. Se... ... tee 8 10 [ x &, in pails ...... 3 90 Kiln Dried, 2c ...... 2 50 King Bird, 7 oz. ...... 2 16 Kine Bird, ic ...... 11 52 cing tid, be ......- 5 76 te Torka, be .....-.- 5 7 Little Giant, 1 Ib. .... [28 Lucky Strike, 10c .... 96 Te Hedo, 3 of. ....-- 10 £0 Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz. .. 40 Myrtle Navy, 10c ....11 52 Myrtle Navy, 5c ..... 5 76 Maryland Club, 5c .... £&0 Mayflower, 5c ........ 00 6 Mayflower, 10c 1 Mayflower, 20c 1 Nigger Hair, 5c ...... 6 Nigger Hair, 10c “heme 70 10 Nigger Head, dc .... Nigger Head, 10c .... Noon Hour, 5c Old Colony, 1-12 gro. 11 52 Old Mill, 5ce 5 old English Crve 1% se 96 Om Crop, 6c .--.---. 6 0 Gia Crop, Me ...--.-- 2 52 P. S., 8 oz. 30 Ib. case 19 P. S., 3 oz., per gro. 5 70 Pat Hand, 1 oz. Patterson Seal, 1% oz. 48 Patterson Seal, 3 oz. .. 96 Patterson Seal, 16 oz. 5 00 Peerless, 5c 5 Peerless, 10c cloth ..11 52 Peerless, 10c paper ..10 80 Peerless, 20c 2 Peerless, 40c 4 Plaza, 2 gro. case .... 5 76 Plow Boy, 5c 5 Plow Boy, 10c ...... 11 40 Plow Boy, 14 oz. .... 4 70 Pawn 1c ....--....- 11 93 Pride of Virginia, 1% . i Pilot, 7 oz. doz. Queen Quality, 5c .... or Rob Roy, 10¢ gross ..10 52 Rob Roy, 25c doz. .... 2 10 Rob Roy, 50c doz. .... 4 10 S. & M. 5c gross .... 5 76 Rob Roy, 5c foil 5 76 S &£ M.. 14 ov. Goz. .. 3 20 Soldier Boy, 5c gross = 76 Soldier Boy, 10c ..... 0 50 ae ee ee ; 76 Stag, 10c 11 Stag, 8 oz. glass .... 4 60 Stag, 90c glass ...... 8 40 Soldier Boy, 1 Ib. .... 4 = Sweet Caporal, 1 oz. Sweet Lotus, 5c ..... 5 1 Sweet Lotus, 10c ....11 52 Sweet Lotus, per doz. 4 60 Sweet Rose, 2% oz. .. 30 Sweet Tip Top, 5c ... 50 Sweet Tip Top, 10c .. 1 00 Sweet Tips, % gro. ..10 80 Sun Cured, 1l0c ...... 98 Sumnmer Time, 5c .... 5 76 Summer Time, 7 oz. 1 65 Summer Time, 14 oz. 3 50 Standard, 5c foil 5 76 Standard, 10c paper 8 64 Seal N. C. 1% cut plug 70 Seal N. C. 1% Gran. .. 63 Three Feathers, 1 oz. 48 Three Feathers, 19¢c 11 52 Three Feathers, and Pipe combination .. 2 Tom & Jerry, 14 oz. 3 60 Tom & Jerry, 7 oz. .. 1 Tom & Jerry, 3 oz. .. Turkish, Patrol, 2-9 5 Tuxedo, 1 oz. bags .. 48 Tuxedo, 2 oz. tins .... 96 Tuxedo, 20c 1 Tuxedo, 80c tins .. 7 45 Union Leader, 5c coll 5 76 Union Leader, 10c neuen . .....56---- 11 52 — Leader, ready cee 52 Union Leader 50c box 5 10 War Path, Se ....... 6 00 War Path, 20c ...... 1 60 Wave Line, 3 oz. ...... 40 Wave Line, 16 oz. .... 40 Way Tl'p, 2% oz. . 5 75 Way Up, 16 oz. pails 36 Wild Fruit, 6c ...-.. 6 00 Wild Fruit, 10c ..... 12 00 Wum Yum, 5¢ -..------ 5 76 Wum Tum, 10C ..---- 11 52 Yum Yum, 1 Ib. doz. 4 80 CIGARS Peter Dornbos Brands Dornbos Single weiner. 5... see 35 00 Tr BOO We oc cccese 10 00 Dornbos, Perfectos 33 00 Dornbos, Bismarck 70 00 Allan 3D, Grant ..-.- 65 00 Atiam DP ....526.-45- 35 00 in 200 lots ...---.-. 19 00 Johnson Cigar Co.’s Brand Dutch Masters Club 70 00 Dutch Masters Inv. 70 00 Dutch Masters Pan. /0 00 Dutch Master Grande 65 00 Dutch Masters 5c size (300 lots) 10 00 Gee Jay (300 lots) .. 10 00 Fl Portana (300 lots) 10 00 S. C. W. (300 lots) .. 10 00 eee ee eee Worden Grocer Co. Brands Worden’s Hand Made Londres, 50s Wood .. 33 00 TWINE Cotton, 3 DIF. .cn-coesee 37 Cotton, 4 ply .....-----.6 37 Jute, 2 pI ..--------> 20 Hemp, 6 ply ..--...-+» 22 Flax, medium ......... 35 Wool, 1 Ib. bales ...... 17 VINEGAR White Wine, 40 grain 8% White Wine, 80 grain 11% White Wine, 100 grain 13 Oakland Vinegar & Pickle Co.’s Brands Highland apple cider 22 Oakland apple cider .. 17 State Seal sugar 1 Blue Ribbon, Corn ... Oakland white pickig 12 Packages free. WICKING No. 0, pet 270M ......«- 35 No, 1, BEOHE iis rece 45 No. 2 per eross ...... 60 No. 3, per gross ...... 90 WOODENWARE Baskets RUMOR Cc ec es es 1 00 Bushels, wide band .. 1 15 Market, drop handle .. 40 Market, single handle 45 Sount, large | ...2.5:5 4 00 Splint, medium ....... 3 50 Selint,. small ......;. 3 00 Willow, Clothes, large Willow, Clothes, small Willow, Clothes, me’m 14 Butter Piates Ovals % Th., 250 in crate .... 85 % Th., 250 in crate .... 35 1 tb., 250 in crate ...... 40 2 Tb., 250 in crate ...... 50 3 th., 250 in crate ...... 70 5 Th., 250 in crate ...... 90 Wire End i t., 250 in erate ...... 35 2 Tb., 250 in crate ...... 45 3 t.. 260 in crate ...... £5 5 Ib., 20 in crate ...... 65 Churns Barrel, 5 gal., each .. 2 40 Barrel, 10 gal., each ..2 65 Clothes Pins Round Head 4% inch, 5 gross ...... 65 Cartons, No. 24, 24s, bxs. 76 Egg Crates and Fillers Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. 246 No. 1 complete ........ 42 No. 2 complete ........ 35 Case, medium, 12 sets 1 30 Faucets Cork lined, 3 in. ...... 76 Cork Hned, 9 in. .... 80 Cork lined, 10 Im. ...... 38 Mop Sticks Trojan spring ....... 10 Eclipse patent spring 05 1 No. 1 common ...... 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Bush, Minne- apolis, Minnesota. 705 For Sale—199-acre .stock and _ grain farm four miles northeast of Dowagiac, Michigan. Good buildings. Will take some property in part payment. Wm. Wallace, 1419 Forres Ave., St. Joseph, Michigan. 790 For Sale—Hardware and implement stock, or will consider farm up to $3,000. Stock and fixtures will invoice about $5,800. Located in small but good village in southern half of Michigan. Address No. 880, care Tradesman. 880 For Sale—Grocery and bakery doing business last year of $54,000. Best busi- ness in good town of 4,000. Two rail- roads. Stock, fixtures and bakery equip- ment about $9,000. A good live business growing every year. Will stand close in- vestigation. Address D. B., care Trades- man. 883 For Sale—8&0 acres in Gladwin county, Michigan, worth $1,000. Would trade for 1917 car, Dodge preferred. Address Box 363, Macksville, Kansas. 884 For Sale—A good paying jewelry store, invoice $3,000. A snap. Address Box 363, Macksville, Kansas. 885 An Exceptional Opportunity. If you want to locate in a good, up-to-date city for rent, store room 24x 165 feet, full basement, all modern conveniences, two fronts on paved streets. Best location in Watertown, South Dakota. $125 per month. A, C. Gilnuth, Watertown, South Dakota. 879 For Sale—Bazaar stock, established fif- teen years. Excellent location. In- ventory $2,000. Bargain. 411 W. Leonard Grand Rapids. 888 For Sale—McCaskey, 380 account sys- tem, National Cash Register 5c to $49.95. Two Bowser self measuring tanks and pumps, all in first class order. Make an offer or we will quote price. Address Vold & Lee. San Jose, Illinois. 889 For cery Nearly new. on request. without lettering. Michigan. For Sale—Patent rights of my cellar window attachment and comb cleaner. Will make fine advertising and premium novelties. Also my patent right on the only substantial folding banquet table made. Can be made for two to ten people. Desired by mostly all churches, hotels, lodge rooms, ete. What furniture or wood-working factory will grab this? Good for a million. For particulars ad- dress A. Abraham, 210 S. Winn, Rockford, Illinois. 890 — Wishing to introduce my _ patented portable fireplace, I would sell my hotel and furniture, only hotel in town of 1800. Price $16,500, or exchange for farm. Chas. Maynard, Milan, Michigan. 894 For Sale—One two-ton dray good as new. One three-ton moving van which can be used as an open dray. Hillsdale Dray & Storage Co., Hillsdale, Mich. 895 Drug Store For Sale—Well established business. Owner wishes to retire on ac- count of age. Address No. 896, care Michigan Tradesman, 896 Sale—At a bargain, covered gro- delivery wagon, Studebaker make. Particulars regarding same Wagon is newly painted, E. G. Snider, Cadillac WANTED — Stocks of Merchandise Shoes, Clothing, Dry Goods, Etc. If you want to retire from business get in touch with us. If you want to conduct a sale write or wire for terms. We can close you out complete. UNITED SALES CO. 6 E. Main St. Battle Creek, Mich. For Sale—Seven drawer cash register, floor cabinet, cost $470; will sell $250. Good as new. Hawley Merchandise Co., Bluefield, West Virginia. 869 For Sale—An up-to-date hardware and the only tin shop in town or within twen- ty miles distance. Will inventory about $5,000, or will sell tin shop, tools and stock. Cheap rent. The best location in Michigan. Address No. 868, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 868 Money Maker—Location for candy kitchen and ice cream parlor in live town; brick building; modern; centrally located; no opposition. T. E. Donovan, 1021 Kilburn, Tomah, Wisconsin. 847 For Sale—Prosperous restaurant in a live railroad town. Established twelve years. Write for terms. Ed. Sweet, Jr., Darien, Wisconsin. 850 For Sale—Dry goods stock in good con- dition. Will invoice about $4,600. Great opportunity for any one looking for a location. Will sell 75 cents on dollar. Ad- dress Box 114, Shepherd, Mich. 851 For Sale—Good flour and feed mill, water power and 22 acres land. Price $9,000. For terms write H. S. Preston, Hartland, Michigan. 867 For Sale—520-acre Ranch. grain. 80 acres under cultivation, five miles woven wire fence. Good soil, good crops, good grazing, well watered, two miles from two railroads. Good ranch huildings, good roads, telephones and R. F. D. Abundance game and fish. Trout streams and lakes close by. Good rea- sons for selling. $17.50 per acre buys it all. W. J. Cooper, Mt. Pleasant, _— Stock and Drug Store For Sale—Opposite Court House, Muskegon. Established twenty- five years. Address Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Grand Rapids. 854 Will pay cash for whole or part stocks of merchandise. Louis Levinsohn, Sag- inaw, Michigan. 757 For Sale—Bakery. Fine Michigan town of 6,000. wholesale trade. location in Good retail and Everything new. Rent $30. Must sell immediately. Have other business. Will invoice $2,000. $1,400 will buy it. Address M. E., care Michigan Tradesman. 772 For Sale Cheap—Complete meat mar- ket fixtures. Write for information. Ad- dress Lock Box 336, Vicksburg, a For Sale—199-acre stock and _ grain farm four miles northeast of Dowagiac, Michigan. Good buildings. Will take some property in part payment.. Wm. Wallace, 1419 Forres Ave., St. Joseph, Michigan. 876 For Sale—Well located grocery business in a live city of 12,000. Invoice about $2,500. A paying proposition. Would con- sider exchange for good farm. Address Lock Box 247, Owosso, Michigan. 897 For Sale—Excellent opportunity for some one to buy a well established dry cleaning business centrally located. Own- er has been in dry cleaning business twelve years and wishes to retire. Will- ing to teach buying party all the essen- tials of the business to continue to run same successfully. Address P. O. Box 271, Muskegon, Michigan. 846 Meat Market—Strictly cash business; no delivery; refrigerating plant and mod- ern. Netting 40 per cent. on investment. Requires $5,000. Address G. W., Box 145, Independence, Kansas. 838 _ The Oklahoma Lease Holding Co.—Has increased their capital stock to $50,000 and we are now ready to place a limited amount of stock on the market at $12.50 per share. This company has paid 8 per cent. dividends and will pay 30 per cent. more sometime the coming month. We want some live salesmen. Write or wire us for stock. Oklahoma Lease Holding Co., 317 Majestic Bldg., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 842 Mr. Merchant: Do you want to sell your stock? Do you need money? Do you want a partner? Do you want to dissolve partnership? Do you want to increase the volume of business? Do you want to cut your overhead expense? Do you want to collect your out- standing accounts? If you are interested in any of the above questions, write, wire or phone us for free information at our expense without obligating yourself in any way. LYNCH BROS., Business Doctors. 44 So. lonia Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Grocery, general merchandise _ store. $30,000 year. Price $5,000. 1700 Jackson St., Joliet, MDlinois. 898 Wanted—To correspond with anybody wanting first-class box shook factory, fully equipped for turning out ten cars of shooks weekly. Location, railroad facili- ties and source of supply unexcelled. E. A. Robertson, Box 373, Petersburg, Va. 900 For Sale—Wagon and implement re- pair business. Good live town in good agricultural community. Lots of work and good business for a good wood work- er. Write or visit W. C. McGowan, Pewamo, Michigan. 901 Prosperous retail business, dry goods, shoes, clothing and ladies’ ready-to-wear. Town of 10,000 inhabitants. Good manu- facturing industry and farming. Address Covington Bros., Cleveland, Tenn. 903 Hotel For Sale—Or trade. Good loca- tion, corner lot. Twenty rooms. Price $2,550. Or lease for $18 per month. Charles Roehrman,: Prop., Parkerville, Morris Co., Kansas. 904 __ For Sale—5, 10 and 25e store. Address No. 905, care Tradesman. 905 - For Sale—A well established millinery business located in heart of town. Spring stock bought. Reasons for selling, health. Address M. W., care Tradesman. 907 For Sale—Harness and shoe _ stock, travelers goods, men’s work coats, etc. Big business in harness and shoe repair. No other store in eight miles handles any of these lines. All goods new and bought under old prices. Death in family makes me sell. A. D. Francis, Metamora, Michigan. 908 3akery and Delicatessen — Splendid business; $10,000 year; wife’s health rea- son. Box 308, Battle Creek, Mich. 909 Invest your money in the 5 and 10 cent store business. We have paid 7 per cent. from date of incorporation and now could use some additional money to open new stores in Michigan and elsewhere. Charles R. Blum, 406 Alhambra Bldg., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 910 To Exchange—40 acres, Kalkaska coun- ty, for auto or removable stocks gro- ceries, dry goods, shoes. G. A. Johnson, Edgetts, Michigan, 911 For Rent—Fine large store shelved for dry goods. Good location. 934 Division Ave. So., Grand Rapids. Call Citz. 5214: Bell S-816. 912 For Sale—Clean up-to-date stock of hardware, glass, paints, oils and sporting goods. Stock, tools and fixtures will in- voice about $7,000. Old established busi- ness. Wish to retire. Address Gardner & Sons, Middleville, Michigan. 914 For Sale—Lumber and coal yard in a thriving town in Southern Michigan Ad- dress No. 873, care Michigan Tradesman. STORES, FACTORIES, AND REAL ESTATE bought, sold, exchanged. Write me if you are in the market to buy, sell or trade. Established 1881. Frank P. Cleveland, Real Estate Expert, 1609 Adams Express Bldg., Chicago. ’ 826 Free For Six Months—My special offer to introduce my magazine, “Investing for Profit.”” It is worth $10 a copy to any one who has not acquired sufficient money to provide necessities and comforts for self and loved ones. It shows how to be- come richer quickly and honestly. “In- vesting for Profit’’ is the only progressive financial journal and has the largest cir- culation in America. It shows how $100 srows to $2,200; write now and I’ll send it six months free. H. L. Barber, 433-28 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago. 800 For Sale—Double brick block. Clothing store with or without stock. Dry goods store with fixtures ready to move in. Business established 31 years. Always prosperous. Good location, good chance for one or two men to get into business. Owner wishes to retire. Address A. J. Wilhelm, Traverse City, Michigan. 780 Provide For The Future—Send for in- formation about farms and income prop- erties in Tennessee, Indiana, Wisconsin, Florida or other states. Big values— merchandise accepted in exchange. In- vestigate now. Phillips, Manchester, Tennessee. 783 CASH REGISTERS—We buy, sell and exchange all makes of registers, also re- pair, re-build and refinish all makes. Let us quote you price from Vogt-Bricker Sales Co., 211 Germania Ave., Saginaw, Michigan. 646 Safes Opened—W. L. Slocum, safe ex- pert and locksmith. 128 Ann St., N. E.,, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 104 For Sale—No. 3 Landis harness sewing machine in first-class running order. Ad- dress R. C. Hartman, Argenta, Ill. 872 Restaurant—You can buy for $12,000, two metropolitan restaurants that are making $6,000 net profit a year; owner’s health requires change. The price asked is actual investment. In what else can you make 50 per cent. in an established business? Will sell one or both. Full investigation requested. Address Wil- liams, care Michigan Tradesman. 874 For Sale—Large hotel, general store, dancing hall, dining, sitting, bedrooms, kitchen, barns, sheds and other out- buildings; land with orchard, natural gas; on improved state roads, 20 miles east of Buffalo. All in good condition. Bargain for immediate sale. F. D. & K. Schworm, R. F. D., Crittenden, N. Y. 875 Drug Store—Clean stock, fine fixtures, good soda fountain and a nice business; good lease, brick building. If you want to know all about it, write to A. E. Claus, 1729 17th Ave,, Moline, TIlinois. 877 Stock For Sale—I want to retire from the retail business. New stock of dry goods, shoes and men’s furnishings. Are you looking for a good established busi- ness in the live growing city of Flint, Michigan, then look this up at once. Address No. 731, care Tradesman. 731 Wanted—Clean business gentleman will- ing to invest $1,000 with services at good salary and commission, 10 per cent. re- turns guaranteed on investment for 1917. May pay 25 per cent. This is your chance to get in on the inside of a manufac- turing business which promises to be one of Kansas City’s greatest enterprises. It’s your most promising opportunity. Write Akers National Stove & Mfg Co., 2509 E. 15th St., Kansas City, Missouri. Refer- 2 855 General Merchandise and real estate auctioneer. Closing out and reducing stocks, address Leonard Van Liere, Hol- land. Michigan. 799 Cash Buyers of clothing, shoes, dry goods and furnishings. Parts or entire stocks. H. Price, 194 Forrest Ave. East, Detroit. 78 General Merchandise Auctioneer—Ten years success closing out and reducing stocks. Reference any reliable merchant in Cadillac. Address W. E. Brown, Cad- illac, Michigan. 530 For Sale—Firmly established, nice, clean stock of groceries, hardware, paints, auto supplies and sporting goods situated in the best business town in Northern Michigan. Business established eighteen years. Reason for selling—wish to retire. Only those who mean business need reply. Stock will inventory $19,000. Can be re- duced. Address No. 712, care Tradesman. 712 Stocks Wanted—Write me if you want to sell or buy grocery or general stock. E.° Kruisenga, 44-54 Ellsworth Ave., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 04 The Merchants Auction Co., Baraboo, Wisconsin. The most reliable sales con- cern for closing out, reducing or stimu- lation. Write for information. 85 Merchants Please Take Notice! We have clients of grocery stocks, general stocks. dry goods stocks, hardware stocks, drug stocks. We have on our Hst also a few good farms to exchange for such stocks. Also city property. If you wish to sell or exchange your business write us. G. R. Business Exchange, 540 House- man Bldg... Grand Rapids. Mich. R59 For Sale—The only general store in a town of 900 in Northern Indiana. Will invoice $5,300. Doing a $16,000 cash busi- ness. Reason for selling, health. Address W. G., care Michigan Tradesman. 732 HELP WANTED. Wanted—Experienced shoeman for Cad- illac store. State salary and full particu- lars in first letter. Address No. 887, care Michigan Tradesman. 887 Wanted—A traveling salesman ‘experi- enced in men’s hats to travel part of In- diana and Ohio. State age and experi- ence and send reference with application. A bright young man with good retail ex- perience will be considered. Address No. 899, care Tradesman. 899 Wanted—Experienced dry goods sales- man. Ww. CC. Wiechmann, Saginaw, Michigan. 902 Side Line Salesman—Calling on hard- ware, implement, electric and department stores. Can earn an attractive commis- sion selling a complete line of washing and wringing machines. Give territory covered and lines now handled. The Easiest Way Mfg. Co., Sandusky, Ohio. Sa with Wanted—A capable book-keeper capital to invest. Investment guaranteed against loss. No _ risk. Fair interest. Good location, pleasant work. Married man desired. Investigate. Address No. 837, care Michigan Tradesman. 837 SITUATIONS WANTED. Wanted—Clerical or merchandising po- sition, two years office experience, sev- eral years in merchandise work. Can furnish satisfactory references. Address No. 906, care Tradesman. 906 "Expert watchmaker and jeweler situa- tion wanted. Write Jeweler, 223 Division Ave. Se, City. 913 Wanted—Position as salesman. Prefer grocery, confectionery or tobacco line. Address No. 892, care Tradesman. 892 Wanted—Position as traveling salesman in groceries or allied lines. Best of ref- erences. Address No. 8938, care Michigan Tradesman. 893 Wanted—A position by an experienced clerk, in grocery or hardware store, who is a Christian man, 47 years of age. John Graybill, Clarksburg, Illinois. 862 32 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 7, 1917 Usual Experience With the Adjust- ment Company. The sympathy of the Tradesman goes out to its Detroit correspondent, James M. Goldstein, in his present predicament. As stated in last week’s paper, a fire occurred at his home while he and his wife were away for a few hours. Like the methodical business man he is, he immediately had a detailed estimate made of the loss on both building and contents and now he is awaiting the action of the high handed adjuster who has been assigned the settlement of the loss. The situation is graphically described by Mr. Goldstein in a letter dated March 6, as follows: “JT had a contractor go over the building, so I would be ready for the insurance appraisal. The difficulty, however, is in getting the adjuster out to the house. Although the fire happened a week ago Saturday, up to noon to-day no one had shown up. If he does not show up to-day, I will wire the company direct. The way I have been treated by the insurance company is a rotten shame. The windows in the basement are boarded ‘up, as well as those on the first floor. As usual, the insurance company has a regular adjustment company look- ing after its part of the work in the city. I am looking for trouble—and am prepared for it.” This is the usual every policy holder who has a loss and does not have a specific stipulation in his policy that the loss must be adjusted by a respresentative of the insurance company, instead of an ad- justment bureau which cares nothing for the feelings of the policy holder or the good name of the insurance company. Any man carrying insur- ance who accepts a policy of this kind from his agent is simply build- ing up trouble for himself in the event of a loss by fire. —_—_2-+ > Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—The Holihan Manufactur- ing Co. engaged in the manufacture of auto parts, etc., has changed its name to Motors Metal Manufacturing Co. Munising—The Munising Veneer Co. and the Munising Woodenware Co. have consolidated under the style of the Munising Woodenware Co. and the capitalization has been increased from $50,000. to $200,000. Detroit—The Liquid Dispensing Register Co. has been organized to manufacture a liquid dispensing reg- ister with an authorized capital stock of $2,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Manistee—The State Lumber Com- pany of Manistee has been re-incor- porated to continue corporate exist- ence with an authorized capital stock of $50,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and $33,333.13 paid in. Detroit—The Brown-Hare-Parsons Co. has engaged in the manufacture of auto accessories with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, of whica amount $20,000 has been subscribed, $1,500 paid in in cash and $1,000 paid in in property. Comstock Park—H. C. Hachmuth has merged his business into a stock experience of company under the style of the Hach- muth Pure Food Co., with an author- ized capital stock of $50,000, of which amount $25,000 has been subscribed, $13,000 paid in in cash and $12,000 paid in in property. Fremont—The Fremont Manufac- turing Co. has engaged in the manu- facture of plumbers’ supplies, gas and steam engine specialities with an au- thorized capital stock of $20,000, of which amount $10,000 has been sub- scribed, $750 paid in in cash and $1,900 paid in in property. —_+-+-2——_——_ The submarine blockade is restrict- ing business considerably, even those lines which are remote from the for- eign commerce, and much more mark- ed effects will be seen in the near fu- ture unless there is some relief on the Atlantic. The influence is, of course, seen in money and exchange. The effects on industry are not yet great. The United States Government ap- pears to be ready to make use of any facilities in the iron and steel plants which are not already under contract. The latest reports of railroad earnings show only moderate gains and in some instances losses from the totals of last year. It is presumed that the United States Supreme Court will render its decision on the Adamson law this week. If the validity of that law is sustained, there is a rather reasonable expectation that rates will be advanced, but if one may judge from the delays in such matters here- tofore experienced, relief will be a long time coming. —_——__—2e—__—_—_—_ Hunger is bearing so large a part in politics and other human functions as to remind one of the olden times, when millions died of starvation. We had come to think that the race had gone by that stage, at least the oc- cidental portion of it. Great Britain has been obliged to adopt restrictions as to the importation and sale of food somewhat similar to those that have prevailed in Germany for many months. The Briton is cut down pret- ty near to the schedule of the neces- saries of life. Even in our food-rich country we have been startled by the ghost of want. It has been made clear that it is merely a matter of bad distribution or of income on the part of the individual or family insufficient to meet the high prices of the present time. Investigations by Government authorities are now in progress, and in the meantime the prices of some articles have declined. —_22 >a James B. Hagle, who traveled for the Brown Seed Co. from Jan. 1, 1912, to the fall of 1916, when he resigned to take the position of Eastern Mich- igan representative for Armour & Company, has re-engaged to travel for the Brown Seed Co. He will have full charge of the Indiana territory, with headquarters in Indianapolis. A. A. Peters and several other salesmen will probably be engaged to work un- der him in that territory. —_++2>__—_ The Grand Rapids Bedding Co. has increased its capitalization from $100,000 to $150,000. ———_..——— Never judge a woman by the company she is compelled to entertain. News From the Mutual Insurance Field. The Ohio Hardware Mutual Insur- ance Co., of Coshocton, Ohio, has ar- ranged to write insurance in Michi- gan, the last steps having been taken during Secretary Gray’s visit at the Detroit hardware convention a month ago. Permission has also been ob- tained to do business in Indiana, the Insurance Commissioner of that State having O. K’d the company’s reports. The summary of the financial state- ment of the company, which is the best in the fifteen years’ history of the organization, shows total insur- ance of $4,166,719, a gain of $531,207.- 76 during 1916. The premium receipts during 1916 were $38,412.39, a gain of $5,996.14 over the previous year. The surplus is now $38,412.39 a gain of $10,728.12 during 1916. The company has paid its policy holders in divi- dends and losses $272,590.95. The annual report of the Hardware Underwriters of Illinois shows total re- ceipts of $68,776 for the year ending Dec. 31, 1916. Total disbursements were given as $33,284 and cash on hand at that time as $35,492. Sav- ings to subscribers have averaged 40 per cent. of the premiums from the date of the organization and the in- surance in force has increased from $1,890,014 to $2,787,644. Losses dur- ing the year amounted to $8,352. Causes of fires were attributed to vari- ous means as follows: 29 per cent., causes unknown; 29 per cent., from fires originating in buildings other than the loss; 13 per cent., defective flues: 9 per cent., defective wiring; 8 per cent., overheated furnaces; 4 per cent., electric flatirons; 8 per cent., fires originating in lodge halls and club rooms. In the report 70 per cent. of these fires were declared to be in the preventable class. —_.22—_—— Barnard Working For Better Canned Foods. Food Commissioner Harry E. Bar- nard, of Indiana, is out with a circu- lar to the canners of his State, in which he strongly urges them to im- prove the quality of the State pack without undue reference to the actual cost of packing, and predicts that such a policy will make Indiana goods more or less independent of flat quo- tations. He says: “The season of 1916, with its many successes and occasional failures, is gone—the season 1917 is before us. What it may bring is of vital concern to Indiana canners. There is little hope of normal food prices for more than a year. The public is, I believe, convinced of this fact and so long as money is plentiful, will pay the price. But it must have good goods. “Tf Indiana cariners do even more than their share in supplying them and cheaply, below-cost-of-produc- tion prices for canned goods will not soon again be quoted. May I urge you to work to this end? Make the Indiana tomato a better grade than ever; solid pack, free from wa- ter, uniform color, fresh flavor, and you will have the market this year and always. Make indiana pulp low in mold and bacterial count. Remem- ber that every’ Government condem- nation penalizes you as well as the canner who packs the goods. “Make Indiana corn, peas and beans standard in the market and worthy of the confidence of every consumer. To do this, make your factories sanitary and your equipment adequate. See that your employes are cleanly and healthy and that their work is done with intelligence and real interest. Our inspectors and chemists are at your command.” —_——__>+<+___— The Chicago Association of Com- merce has achieved highly creditable things in one direction that probably was not thought of when it was initi- ated and when it attached to itself its highly unmusical and little meaning name. It has produced a Glee Club which could safely match itself against any in the United States. That was demonstrated by its first public per- formance, which occurred at Orches- tra Hall last Wednesday evening. It seemed like a daring thing to appear before a critical audience with the great singer of the time, Galli Curci, but the Club proved itself worthy even of this relation. The greatest credit is due to Aruthur Dunham, its conductor, who has made a remark- able unit out of this diversity of ma- terial. One commonly assumes that a board of trade, a chamber of com- merce or any similar body is sub- merged in the commonplaces of mere business, and lacks ideals. The Chi- cago Association of Commerce has proved that no such charge lies against it. That body has been of great benefit to the city in many lines other than those of strict business. Perhaps best of all of its creations is this Glee Club, which is a patch of sunlight on the mountain top. ——__>+ The Canfield-Pearce Co. has been organized as the successor of the re- tail department of the Heystek & Canfield Co. to retail paints, oils, furniture and house furnishings with an authorized capital stock of $75,000, of which amount $50,800 has been sub- scribed, $31,600 paid in in cash and $19,200 paid in in property. ——— +--+ A suburban servant is known by the family she condescends to live with. BUSINESS CHANCES. Building For Sale—Used for opera house; seating 400. Suitable for other purposes. Good price for quick sale. P. R. Falk, Alma, Kansas. 915 Wanted—Drug store for cash in town 2,000 to 4,000. What have you? Benedict, Allegan, Michigan. 916 Wanted—Young man to sell clothing and shoes. Some one who is familiar with this line and that has had experl- ence. Wanted a salesman, no other need apply. Address M. A. C., Lock Box 14», Buckley, Michigan. 917 For Sale—One of the brightest, newest and cleanest dry goods stocks in Michi- gan. Inventory about $6,000. In a pro~ gressive little town of 1,000, about 40 miles from Detroit, in splendid farming section. The best store and the best location in the town. Most of the stock bought at old prices. Fixtures only $250. Good reasons for selling. Address No. 918, care Tradesman. 918 For Sale—One Champion account reg- ister with cash drawer and cash recorder, like new. Will sell at discount. Write the Haynes Co., of Grand Rapids, 572 Division Ave. So., Grand Rapids, oe For Sale—A good business. On ac- count of poor health I am offering for sale a good established grocery business in a live manufacturing town. Stock and fixtures invoice about $2.000. 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