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Bless them with love and with strong belief in Thee which exalts the heart and sweetens the life. Strengthen them, Lord, with knowledge, and teach them to honor the duties Thou seest fit to im- pose upon them. Give them richness of spirit and the eternal joy which earthly shadows but deepen. Guide them ever, O Father, and grant that they be well pleasing unto Thee. In the name of Thine own Son, Jesus, I ask it. Amen. Beatrice E. Harmon. VKAAKAAA III IIH Ne Pe DAA IAA A RAIA AA IAAA AAAI AAA AAA AAAS AAA AIA AA AAAS AA AAA ADA AAAS ASAI AS AAA AAA DAA AA AA AAAS AA AAI AAAAAAAAAAAAA AIK American Sugar Refining Company a Domino Cane Sugars Prevent Lost Motion It requires only an instant to sell Domino Cane Sugars. No scooping, weighing or ‘wrapping. And the customer gets the best sugar in the most con- venient form. All sugar waste is prevented. American Sugar Refining Comp The Most Complete Line of Sugar in the roe Putnam’s Drops The ‘‘Double A’’ Brand a valuable silent salesman. 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SEED MERCHANTS Established 1854 CHICAGO. MINNEAPOLIS fq $AL) , ws ee) ‘ > "4q is We Ld va a te . +] ’ » ae 4 . ADES Thirty Fourth Year SPECIAL FEATURES. Page 4. News of the Business World. 5. Grocery and Produce Market. 6. Bankruptcy Matters. 8. Editorial. 9. Judicial Castigation. 10. Shoes. 12. Financial. 14. Upper Peninsula. 16. Dry Goods. 18. Butter, Eggs and Provisions. 20. Woman’s World. 22. Hardware. 24. The Commercial Traveler. 26. Drugs. 27. Drug Price Current. 28. Grocery Price Current. 30. Special Price Current. 31. Business Wants. CUTTING DOWN THE COST. Last summer a man who was buy- ing supplies for a camping club in a flourishing town near a popular sum- mer resort was astonished at the ex- cessive prices charged for provisions. He corresponded with a large dealer, asking him to place him in charge of a store in that town, one to be run on the plan of no credit and no de- livery of goods. He figured that he could keep himself busy, but that no extra help would be required. To-day he has five regular clerks and these prove too few to promptly serve the crowd constantly in attend- The fact that at this store there is a saving of half a cent on each bar of soap, a cent or two on many other The news. has been heralded along the line and the result is that the big mill which grinds the coffee is kept going almost con- stantly, while the 12 cent loaf which sells at 11 cents is universally popu- lar. Women come with large baskets to be filled and are quite satisfied with results, even if they do have to wait patiently in the sometimes long line. They saving money and helping to cut down the high cost of livine. alice. things, is sufficient. are There is another side to the story which they fail to comprehend. They are losing time! Well, what of that? A few minutes in a day do not count for very much and there is some fun in just waiting, seeing things and peo- ple, looking over the stock and prices. Ilow many of them ever stop to think of the other way in which they might have saved time and money with the regular dealer long ago? It has been so easy to get into the things, phone or in person, and having them delivered. No extra cost—this was the popular estimation of the service. seems to consider that this delivery is not, cannot be really They must pay for it in some way. If not as delivery, the expense must be met by putting up the price of the goods. We recall an incident which hap- habit of ordering either by No one free free, pened years ago in the college days of one who is now well up in mission- A woman had come from American college for the ary work. India to an GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1917 purpose of educating missionary. hersel— as a She was poor and help was given by the various societies of the church in several forms. Sewing had not been a part of her training and the ladies of the Home Mission- ary Society conceived the brilliant scheme of purchasing and making a new dress for her. All went well, the cutting, sewing and the final trying on after it was completed. But when the neat package was given to the thankful recipient to carry home— only across the street--she was ac- tually insulted. In her native home there were servants to perform such menial tasks. The ladies of the so- ciety, in turn, felt aggrieved that their proffered gift was not even “worth carrying home.” It would housewife’s seem as if the modern idea of marketing has swung quite as far from the normal poise as that of the woman from the orient. She expects to pay the lowest price and yet she feels at liberty to ask the largest accommodations. It may be only a can of peas for dinner; but they must be sent up in time for dinner, even though some one is re- quired to make the special trip. Why can there not be a reciproca- tion of privileges, as has been done in the store which proved so popular, OF father, a partial compromise, [i housewives generally understood that you would give them a better price on the small things which they could just as well carry home in a basket, would they not as willingly patronize as the mew man? Of course, flour and the heavier things would require delivery. But one trip a day might serve for this where you now This plan of giving the housewife a chance to cut down prices by cutting out the cost of delivery is worth considering, you make from two to half a dozen. As a result partly of peace pros- pects, business has been in a hopeful condition and a bit than heretofore. more buoyant Stocks have livened up a little in a speculative way. In- vestment in stocks and bonds is still The $150,000,000 3 per cent, one-year bonds that Secre- tary McAdoo is getting ready to 1s- sue appear to be in the way of other things, for promoters and dealers do at a slow pace. not care to bring out their proposi- tions until the Government issue has been taken up. The failure of the submarine campaign to show any ereat increase in achievement has given confidence to people heretofore much distributed by the dangers of the Many already saying that it is a failure, but it is too early to pronounce any such definite judg- ment. S€a. are It’s a good thing to have a reputa- ton that isn’t bad. ORANGE OFFERINGS. Oranges are so cheap and so easily inviting to rendered and taste that it will pay well to so feature them eye that “Orange Day” may be prolonged through the entire season. the and if They are one of most wholesome of des- serts, people could only be brought to a realization of the fact that they are the best laxative, the services of the physician would be greatly curtailed. Then there combining this fruit with other things, the fruit salads, the punch, the com- bination with which other are SO Many ways of gelatine, in each of ingredients which stock enter to advan- The quantity of marmalade which a dozen oranges will make is has cook you carry in may tage. truly astonishing to one who mever tried it. Offer a some of the fruit in exchange for her good services in concocting a supply of the marmalade, and note how quickly she will avail herself of the opportunity. Then arrange a dozen of your best the to accompany them in a pyramid in oranges with necessary lemons 3y the side of these place the product of an equal amount of the fruit finished into marmalade, your show case. and showing its clear, rich amber hte through the jelly glasses. A_ card “Prom this--— to this’ will be ap- propriate. If necessary, serve sam- ples on small crackers to assure those with the that delicious as it The will. be proof that not familiar product it is as looks. quantity obtained it is also one of the most inexpensive of fruit dainties. Trial will prove it one of the most useful of delicacies with young or old. Then there is candied orange peel— not a single portion of the fruit goes the waste. Show how to test quality by the smooth and fine grain of the If possible, display it combined with some of its own rich Make attractive rates It pays to help cul- into skin. green leaves. hy the dozen. tivate the orange habit. ee For years the cities of Seattle and The ereat mountain of the Cascade Range Tacoma have carried on a feud, was the bone of contention. The State of Washington is proud of the snow- crowned known in Seattle as Rainer and in Tacoma as Tacoma. The mountain peak is 14.408 feet high and is visible for miles. Tacoma took its name from the Indian term for the mountain. In the Siwash language the means “the great white mountain” or “the mother of moun- fain. Seattle would not call the mountain Tacoma, for that would ad- vertise its rival city. In Seattle the mountain has been called Mount Rainer, after the man who first made it known by his explorations. For mountain word Number 1747 three days recently the Washington State Legis- lature of wrangled over the peak’s name and finally agreed to compromise. The Legislature recom- mends an aborignal name, one that will suit both cities, and if one is chosen a dispute extending over a score of years will be settled. ee In Chicago another Dawes Hotel has been opened—this time the Mary Hotel for here is G. Dawes women. Ten cents to be charsed for a night's lodging, and only a few cents for a good meal. All this is promis- oa ed, according to the newspapers, “in an atmosphere of comfort and refine- ment. There is supplied good com- panionship, which, asarule, is lamenta- bly lacking when a girl without guid- shifts and similar unrestricted places.’ The ance about in rooming-houses need for such a new hotel has been ereat in Chicago, which is not so well supplied with philanthropic homes for working girls and poor transients as New York; to be a guarantee of sound manage- ment. and the Dawes name ought PRENATAL ANE A Chicagoan has cause to believe that “hell hath no fury like a woman When he wanted to take a and scorned medical course his wife worked helped him while he went to a medical school. At the time he was studying medicine he held a job as clerk in the Chicago postoffice. He became a full year and resigned He also brought fledged doctor last his postoffice job. suit for divorce and his wife said: “I'll don €” And She caused a suit to be get even, see if she has. started by the Government to cancel his na- If he the suit he will be deported. She claims secured turalization papers. loses her husband his naturaliza- tion papers by fraud in order to ob tain his postoffice job. ANE ILL AL NNT President of the National Biscuit Company and practically its creator in its present form, A. W. Green died in New York last Thursday at the age of 74. He was a lawyer of ability as demonstrated by his practice in C1i- cago, but he showed a special aptitude for corporate management in his of- ficial position. Among his gifts was an originality of ideas which brought the large profits to stockholders of his company. A Croatian wedding which was to take place in Chicago has been declar- ed off because of whiskers. After the lady had agreed to wed and the man had taken out a license and rented a flat, the she did not like The prospective bridegroom said she asked too much. bride-to-be decided whiskers. He preferred his whiskers to any woman. Whiskers won and the wed- ding bells remained silent, 2 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 14, 1917 Infamous Treatment Accorded a Traveler at Cheboygan. Grand Rapids, March 12—While on my regular trip through Northern Michigan last week, I stopped at Che- boygan and, as usual, found my loyal customer holding a good, clean or- der for me. He has bought from me every trip since I began calling upon him, eighteen years ago, Before leaving town, however, I assure you I was handed something unexpected from another source. This being Friday March 9, I was about to head home- ward by the way of the M. C. South at 11:54 a. m., but after going to the depot I was informed that the train was thirty-five minutes late. I made the remark to the ticket agent that I had a notion to go down town for a lunch while waiting and he said, “I guess you can feed across the way at the green house, where the little sign over the porch reads Travelers Inn.” That sounded good to me, as it is a long way down town. So over I went, rang the bell and the proprie- tress met me at the door and I was told to step in. I asked if meals were being servéd and she said, “You may be seated at the table.” After a few moments a little girl offered me a plate of soup, saying, “Which will you have, gar fish of beef steak?” 1 said, if agreeable, a couple of poach- ed eggs would suit me better than either, so | was served*with two eggs on a slice of plain white bread also a small boiled potato on the same plate and a small side dish of string beans. I asked for a cup of tea. The little girl said, “All right,” but failed to bring it. She soon returned and asked if I was ready for dessert. I asked what kind of dessert? “Choco- late pie,” was the reply. “Anything else?” Iasked. She said, “No, that’s all we have to-day.” I said, “I never eat chocolate pie.” About this time the proprietress appeared on the scene and I asked the rates of the hotel and was informed she was not running a hotel, but a boarding. house and that her rates were $8 per week to weekly boarders and 50 cents for meals to some people, but to traveling men 75 cents. I told her she should post her rates, so traveling men would know before too late. She informed me she had no trouble in getting it from them. As I was short of change, 1 handed the little girl a $10 note and she carried it to the kitchen, but they were unable to make change and re- turned it to me. I told her if the little girl could go to the depot across the street with me, perhaps we could get it changed there, so she followed me across the street and I asked the ticket man to make change for me and he said he couldn’t change it, so 1 turned to the little girl, handed her half a dollar and told her I couldn't get the change and to tell the lady that was the best I could do. She said she couldn’t take it without first phoning the landlady, so she called her on the telephone and was told to “Make him pay 75.”” I told her to give her that, as it was twice what the meal was worth anyhow and no way of getting change, but she still re. fused it. To square myself I phoned the prosecuting attorney the circum- stance, telling him I didn’t propose to miss my train, neither was I trying to beat my way and he informed me this party running the Travelers Inn was a citizen of the town and I must come across with 75 cents before leav- ing town, train or no train, and if | didn’t do so he would send for me. I told him to do as he chose, so he sent for me, the sheriff reaching the station just as the train was about to leave. I was escorted down to Justice King’s quarters and at 2 o’clock the prosecuting attorney ar- rived and my faculty for reading hu- _ man nature told me my only show would be with a iury, so I demanded a jury trial. “All right,” said the justice, “The sheriff will select the jury.” I insisted upon helping choose the jury, but nothing was doing except to pick from his se- lection, so you see a blind man could see my finish. Mrs. DePew, the pro- prietress, was called to the stand and told things quite straight, acknowl- edging she served thirty-two single meals at noon time the week before at 50 cents each, but her price to traveling men was 75 cents for the same kind of a meal. After Mrs. DePew left the stand the prosecuting attorney took the floor to charge the jury and I called him to halt until my testimony was taken, but he continued, saying, “This party had a right to discriminate in her prices.” For comparison, he said, “A party of ten people could go to the Michigan Central ticket office and buy a ticket for a party of ten peoplé at two-thirds of the regular fare.” This being too strong for me, I said “That’s a lie.” I was accused by the attorney of obtaining a meal of vic- tuals with the intent of never paying and to defraud the proprietress. I was then allowed to stand and explain to the jury the unjustness of the case. Furthermore the fact that discrimin- ation in prices was strictly contrary to law. The jury was out about four minutes and returned a verdict of guilty. I asked “Guilty of what?” and they all looked down to: the floor, but offered no reply. I then left the room and called upon an old resi- dent of the city and explained matters and he said it was impossible for stranger to get justice in the loca or circuit court and questioned my being able to get satisfaction should I appeal the case, so I settled by pay- ing $9.21 costs and $5 fine imposed by Justice King. Lemons come high in Cheboygan! G. A. Morris. The Tradesman can hardly con- ceive a more infamous trick than that played on the gentleman who signed the above communication. Mr. Mor- ris has resided in this city for many years and stands well in banking ana mercantile circles. He has traveled for a reputable house in Westfield, Mass., for many years. He is known everywhere as a man of mild manners and courteous demeanor. His treat- ment at the hands of the officers of the law at Cheboygan is not only an insult to the traveling fraternity as a whole that calls for punishment and vengeance on their part, but it dis- closes a deplorable c6ndition of things in Cheboygan which reflects severely on the legal methods in vogue in that city and county. The Tradesman has been repeatedly informed by business men of Cheboygan that the county ring in control of affairs there is any- thing but ideal; in fact, about as con- temptible as it is possible to imagine; and this incident, told in plain language without heat and with per- fect composure, tends to confirm the Tradesman in the opinion that the representations of the Cheboygan people regarding their official repre- sentatives is only too true. —_—__++-. On the Warpath. Auto Dealer—Do you know how many cars I have sold this week? New Clerk—Seventeen. Auto Dealer—See here, have you been looking into the books? New Clerk—No, sir. Auto Dealer—Then how did you guess it exactly? New Clerk—Because there have been just that many fellows looking for you this afternoon with blood in their eyes. News and eae From the Maple ; ity. Adrian, March 12—The local Ad- vertising Club held an _ interesting meeting last week at the Elks cafe. The chief speaker was Harry L. Adams, manager of the service de- partment of the Blade Printing & Paper Co. He is also Secretary of the Toledo Advertising Club. The other speaker was William Finley, a copywriter of the advertising depart- ment of the Willys-Overland Co., Toledo. An excellent dinner was served and greatly enjoyed. The Willett Piano Co., of this city, © will soon occupy the Hayes store, on North Main street. The decorators are at work now and it will soon be ready for occupancy. The latest and most fashionable dish—potatoes served in any form, once a week. Have you passed through Flint lately? It reminds one of the great Western mining country, a city sur- rounded by huts and tents. A large corporation recently took a contract to build 500 homes this spring at a cost of $1,000,000. They need 2,000 homes and then there would be people living in tents. The Symons-Moffett Co., Flint, which recently had a $50,000 fire, is rapidly getting back in shape for busi- ness, The house is managed by Rob- ert G. Moffett, the junior member of the firm of Moffett & Sons. Adrian working men, a thousand strong, rallied to the support of the President and his policies last week after his armed shipping bill was torn to pieces by dirty politics. Prac- tically every factory here sent the President a telegram assuring him of their loyal support. Following is the one sent by the Peerless Fence Co., the largest of its kind in Adrian: “252 out of 262 employes of the Peer- less Wire Fence Co. feel that Con- gress has betrayed the people and they urge upon you the necessity of tak- ing whatever action is required to protect the honor and integrity of the Nation and the safety and interests of its citizens.” Signed by J. R. Steel, L. B. Johnson and A. S. Hoag. Postmaster M. L, Gillen and T. A. Dailey, of this city, attended the sec- ond inauguration of President Wil- son. They were in the Senate gallery Sunday morning when Senator Hitch- cock, made his great speech oppos- ing Senator La Follette on the Presi- dent’s armed shipping bill. A German private in Company L, First Minnesota Infantry, doing duty on the border, recently called the President of the U. S. “a common scoundrel,” adding, “he would never be elected President again.” We are sure this German private will never get a chance to cast a vote against Mr. Wilson if he did run again. Show your colors, regardless of politics! Stand by the President! The local retail merchants are plan- ning to have a real spring opening week in the near future. F, A. Braman, local jeweler, is sell- ing his stock at auction. He has rent- a store room at Tecumseh and will continue in the jewelry business in tne above named city. A joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce members and citizens of Adrian was held Monday to discuss the possibility of securing three new factories for this city. Watch Adrian boom. Startling news reached the up-town district one day last week—a Wabash train was on time. Charles G. Rietz, who represents the Monarch Manufacturing Co., of Toledo, covering Southern Michigan, Northern Indiana and Northwestern Ohio, moved from Adrian to Toledo the latter part of the week. Am afraid Charles, with his 240 pounds, will miss the shade of the maple trees of this city the coming summer. However, we understand he located as close to the Maumee River bank as was possible without living on acanal boat. Pretty sure he plans some sum- mer fishing. - The local Council of U. C. T. held a live meeting Saturday, starting in the afternoon with the regular busi- ness session, after which a couple of the boys were told the way to become real travelers. A fine lunch was then served and then the card sharks op- ened up tables and gave everyone a square deal (?) for about an hour, after which everyone finished the evening’s pleasure by joining in dancing. The Clough & Warren Piano Co., of this city, has opened elegant show rooms on East Maumee street. This company not only manufactures pi- anos but phonograph machines also. It is called the Manophone talking machine. H. I. Frost has charge of the sales work here. Mr. Merchant, read the Tradesman and save money. Ed. Swisher, the hustling and wide awake De Laval cream sep- arator representative in this district and the farmers’ real friend, was in our midst with a new order book and fresh pointed pencil doing business this week. Mr. Swisher made quite a record for himself and company last year and is out to make a new and better record during 1917. He makes 3ryan, Ohio, his headquarters, where he and Mrs. Swisher reside. Another new factory for Adrian— the Forduplix Co., manufacturer of auto trailers. L. M. Steward. ——_2+____ Sidelights on Celery City and Envi- rons, Kalamazoo, March 12—George Kel- ly was Saturday night named Senior Counselor of Kalamazoo Council. Other officers elected follow: Junior Counselor, H. F. Whterman; Past Counselor, Newton Root; Conductor, 5 E. c. Ranney; Page, L. B. Putney; Sentinel, G. H. Whitney; Secretary, R. S. Hopkins; Delegates to the Grand Council which will meet at Bay City in June, Newton Root, W. B. Berry and R. S. Hopkins; alternates, F. H. Clay, C. E. De France and C. H. Kent. The election was held in the Council’s new quarters in the Pythian castle. Under the new ad- ministration a number of social events have already been planned. Among these is a dancing party which will take place at the next regular meetr- ing of the travelers on the second Saturday in April. A new paper stock company has been formed in Kalamazoo and has taken over the Kent elevator build- ing as its warehouse. The new firm will be known as Lewis Brothers. It is controlled by Isaac Shinberg, David Lewis and Albert Lewis. The Sunday theater question wili be voted on by the electors of Kala- mazoo Monday, April 2. The first building material for the three-story addition to the plant of the Kalamazoo Loose Leaf Binder Co. was delivered Friday morning. Work on the structure will begin at the earliest possible moment. To the local houses handling high class automobile accessories and equipment has been added the Inter- state Tire Co., located in the new Masonic building, 307 North Rose street. Branches of the same concern are located at South Bend, Fort Wayne, Battle Creek and Jackson. Marvin F. Henderson, formerly of South Bend, is in charge of the Kala- mazoo_ branch. The Anchor Paper Specialty Co. has leased the building at 925-7 East Main street and will be in operation within two or three weeks. The ma- chinery is now en route to Kalama- ZOO. The question of revising the city charter of Kalamazoo will be voted on at the spring election, Monday, April 2. At the same time the electors will be called upon to choose nine com- missioners who will have charge of the revision. Cook. \ 1 A Ri { ‘ ’ v< a’ -“F March 14, 1917 Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, March 12—The Mel- lingers write from Denver, Colorado, that they are still on the “go” and homeward bound, They will arrive home about April 1. Walter says it is a great trip and we will wager that Walter and his good wife will get all the good out of the trip they can. The tenth number in the U. C. T. series of dancing parties was given last Saturday night with an unusual- ly large and lively crowd in attend- ance. The musicians did not put in an appearance until rather late, but when they did arrive, they made up for lost time. These parties are the big social events in U. C. T.ism, and those who fail to participate in them are missing a rare treat. Mr. Tuller and his associates are always welcom- ed by the U. C. T. men and their wives and friends and never fail to strike on all six when playing for these parties, The next party will be given March 31 and the music com- mittee has arranged to put on an ex- ceptionally good musical programme with at least five pieces, including the ever welcome saxaphone on the bill of fare. If any of our local readers really want an honest to goodness up-to- the-minute cup of coffee, phone your order in to Mrs. E. F. Wykkel ,phone 34,194, or address 1436 Wealthy streer. Don’t forget assessment No. 136 is due and payable Saturday, March 17. Pay up and keep in good standing. This also calls to our mind the fact that on March 17 nine hungry couples promenading under the title of the Midnight Club will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Borden and fill up. We won’t mention any names, but we know one member of this Club who is going to ride 150 miles in order not to miss this 6 o'clock dinner to be given by the Bordens. Every member of Grand Rapids Council who can _ possibly do so should attend the memorial exercises in honor of our deceased brothers, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Sunday, April 1, at 3 o’clock, at the Council rooms, 38-42 Ionia avenue. The officers are making preparations to render these ceremonies strictly according to the manual and we trust their efforts will be rewarded by a large attendance. The members of our Council who have died during the past year are H. L. Gregory, Howard P. Dorner, Robert Ruth and 3o0rton D. Hunting. William E. Sawyer is the busiest man in Michigan these days. Five days a week he sells groceries for the Worden Grocer Company—and lots of them. Saturday he runs down to Otsego to look over the manufac- turing plant in which he is financially interested. Between times he attends to the details of settling up the estate of his deceased brother at Allegan. Harry Harwood bumped up against an admirable example of country justice over at Stanton the other day. He sued a man who purchased one of his popcorn machines for a $280 bal- ance due on contract. The defendant established the fact that he knew nothing about the machine, but suc- ceeded in obtaining a judgment of $240 for the payments he had volun- tarily made on the contract price. The verdict was the result of the charge uttered by the trial judge. Harry is so confident the judge’s charge was wrong that he proposes to appeal the case to the Supreme Court, where he expects to see justice triumph and wrong effectually over- thrown. St. Patrick’s Day will be one long to be remembered by members of Absal Guild, A. M. O. B. A big ceremonial session will be held at the U. C. T. at 4:30 p. m., when a large class, many from Elkhart, Ind., will be elected to the title of Prince. The Crathmore will then be the scene of the big feed under the direction of Prince Walter Lypps, to be followed by an evening of mirth, merriment ana action. Gavitt’s Oriental String Band will furnish music. Mark Murphy, resurrected member of the Irish Sen- ate, will tell why the snakes left Ire- land. A grand surprise will complete the evening’s entertainment. The meeting will be an important one, as there is a vacancy to be filled by elec- tion. Remember your fez. Princes H. W. Harwood, Dr. G. W. Ferguson and C. C. Perkins will direct the merry caravan of Americans in Turk- ish garb on Irish night. Charles W. Anderson, who has managed the Cleveland branch of the American Pin Co. for the past eight years, has engaged to cover Michigan, Ohio and Indiana for the Pratt & Farmer Co., jobber of notion special- ties, New York. He was in the city last week for the first time since he made the new connection. He will continue to make Cleveland his head- quarters. J. S. MacGlashan, whose position he assumes, has been pro- moted to the office of general sales- manager for the Pratt & Farmer Co. A. F. Rockwell. ——_+ + >__ Exhausts From the Motor City. Muskegon, March 12—This_ will probably be our last official appear- ance in this column, as we expect to be in a position to appoint a real scribe for the coming year. Everything is set for our annual meeting next Saturday, March 17, This is to be a big affair, with initia-~ tions, Grand officers, etc., followed by a banquet at the Occidental Hotel. The meeting will be held at 2 p. m. and the banquet at 5, to allow mem- bers leaving on the Pentwater and White Cloud branches to attend and return home that evening. We want every member present. The result of the membership contest will be an- nounced at this time and the special prizes awarded. Chris. Follrath will act as toastmaster at the banquet. Senior Counselor Steindler had the misfortune to fall and break his wrist. He is calling on part of his trade, but is very much handicapped, as he can talk with only one hand. 3 Herman Anderson is quite particu- lar now when he packs his personal grip. Recently, in his hurry to get away on Monday morning, he got the missus’ nightie instead of his own ana was very. much embarrassed when he discovered his error. Ernie Welton said he looked real cute. Plans are already on foot for a big representation from Muskegon Coun- cil to attend the annual convention at Bay City. We expect a majority of the boys to motor through.- Let’s begin now to boost for Steve for Grand Sentinel, He deserves the place and would certainly make a good conscientious officer. Spencer & Slingerland have pur- chased the stock of groceries of F. J. Bertschy, at Spring Lake, and will continue the business. The store will be conducted under the name of the S & S Co. Thanks to the sunshine and warm winds, you can occasionally see that there is still sod and mud on top of this old earth. Every member should turn out next Saturday for the big doings. Come to this meeting if you don’t attend another for a year. E. Lyon. L. M. Steward, who has covered Michigan and Ohio territory for sev- eral years for the Postum Cereal Co. and who changed headquarters about a year ago from Saginaw to Adrian, has relinquished his position with the Postum Company to take charge of the tobacco and cigar de- partment of the Lee & Cady Co., for the city of Saginaw. This involves his returning to the city he resided in before he removed to Adrian. The Tradesman bespeaks for Mr. Steward its best wishes in his new connection and expresses the hope that his pres- ent position may prove a most ac- ceptable one in every respect. his — — Barney Langeler has worked in this institution continuously for over forty-five years. Barney says— Is it true that our sales on package coffees last week were twice as large as they were a year ago? I guess people are beginning to appreciate what good coffees we put in our packages. Yes, they must. WoRDEN THE PROMPT SHIPPERS ROCER COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS— KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 14, 1917 ‘\ aunt RN i a ( ee Movements of Merchants. Freeport—H. L. Feldpausch has en- gaged in the meat business. Albion—W. E. Baumgardner has opened a bazaar store on Superior street. Battle Creek—Mrs. T. W. Cahill has opened a millinery store at 413 Maple street. Orleans—Jerry Sapulding will open an agricultural implement store about April 2. Detroit—The Walkover Shoe Co. has changed its name to the Wilson Shoe Co. Moran—John Lipnitz is closing out his stock of hardware and will retire from business. Lakeview—Meach & White, Inc., has increased its capital stock from $20,000 to $25,000. Niles—Mrs. A. Bernius, recently of Kalamazoo, will open a _ millinery store about April 2. Ainger—Quick Bros. will open a gro- cery store as a branch to their gen- eral store about April 2. Detroit—The Sunshine Dry Clean- ing Co. has increased its capital stock from $10,000 to $20,000. Bath—W. S. Hall has sold his un- dertaking stock to M. Karau, recently of Saginaw, who has taken possession. Edmore—John Hansen will open a grocery store in connection ‘vith his agricultural implement and automvo- bile store. Climax—Frank Scramlin has pur- chased the stock of the Climax Lum- ber Co. and will continue the business under the same style. Sunfield—The stock and fixtures of the John Gearhart general store will be sold at auction as soon as an in- ventory can be taken. Berrien Springs—John Schrader, cf Holland, has purchased the W. F. Stemm & Son grocery and fruit stock and has taken possession. Mendon—F. L. Estes has opened a drug store in the new store building which he erected on the site of the store lost by fire last September. Ypsilanti—Nissly, Webb & Marrs, dealers in dry goods, are remodeling their store building and fitting up the basement for a bargain department. Belding—Peter Shindorf has pur- chased the meat stock and butcher’s equipment of Post Bros. and will con- tinue the business at the same loca- tion. Detroit—The Carty-Seibert Co. has engaged in business at 400 Penobscot building, to handle coal and building materials with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which amount $5,000 has been subscribed, $2,450 paid in in cash and $2,550 paid in in prop- erty. Charlotte—E, C. Harmon has sold a half interest in his shoe stock to Milo Osborn and the business will be continued under the style of Harmon & Osborn. St. Louis—W. H. Hall, recently of Paw Paw, has taken over the Clar- ence J. Bernard planning mill, lum- ber yard and fuel stock and will con- tinue the business. Marinette—S. D. Cohen, who con- ducts a women’s ready-to-wear cloth- ing store at Marquette, has opened a similar store here under the manage- ment of Mr. Makevich. Edmore—Wilham Johnson has pur- chased the interest of Post Bros. in the grain and bean stock of the John- son Grain Co. and will continue the business under the same style. Lansing—Louis Lagios & Co. has engaged in the confectionery business with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and $4,000 paid in in property. Greenville—F, A. Boelio, who has conducted a furniture store on the North side for the past four years, has removed his stock to a better and larger building at 324 South Lafayette street. Parma—The :Parma Co-Operative Shippers Association has been incor- porated with an authorized capital stock of $500, all of which amount has been subscribed and $250 paid in in cash. Lansing—Wiavalaris & Co. has en- gaged in the wholesale and retail con- fectionery business with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and $3,000 paid in in cash. Lapeer—The J. C. Penney Co., con- ducting a chain of 128 department stores throughout the United States, has opened a similar store in the Armstrong block under the manage- ment of G. A. Crockett. Sagi Bros., who con- duct a women’s ready-to-wear cloth- ing store at Owosso, have opened a branch store at 522 Genesee avenue under the style of Ferris Bros., with G. F. Ferris as manager. Lansing—The Michigan Fertility Association has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $50,- 000, of which amount $25,000 has been subscribed, $1,000 paid in in cash and $14,500 paid in in property. Flint—Two drug store proprietors and two drug clerks are under arrest here charged with illegal sales of liquor, following an _ investigation, which police and sheriff's officers say occupied several months. Aral A. Riker and Joseph Berridge are the proprietors anl the clerks are Leo Johnson and O. M. Hendricks. Hudson—Henry Atherton has sold his interest in the agricultural imple- ment and hardware stock of Ather- ton & Coppins to Harry Dillon and the business will be continued under the style of Coppins & Dillion. Fremont—Vredeveld & Co., deal- ers in groceries and shoes, have trad- ed their grocery stock to Pikaart Bros., dealers in shoes and general merchandise, for their shoe stock and will consolidate it with their own. Jackson—Ralph Olds and William Easterling have formed a copartner- ship and purchased the Fred Finch grocery stock at 117 North Jackson street and will continue the business under the style of Olds & Easterling. Portland—Blanchard Bros. have sold their undertaking stock to T. J. Bandfield, who will consolidate it with his furniture and undertaking stock. Blanchard Bros. will devote their en- tire attention to their furniture store. Jackson—Daniel Samels has pur- chased the interest of his partner, Thomas Seery, in the stock of the White Shoe Store, at 219 East Main street, and will continue the business at the same location and under the same style. Mt. Clemens—The Panacea Water Co. has been organized with an au- thorized capitalization of $100,000 common and $50,000 preferred, of which amounts $76,000 has been sub- scribed, $1,000 paid in in cash and $75,- 000 paid in in property. Battle Creek—Jacob H. Kellogg, formerly engaged in the grocery and meat business at Kalamazoo, has pur- chased the remaining stock of the Family Cash Grocery and removed it to a store at 229 West Main street, where he will continue the business. Saginaw—The Connery-Palmer Co. has been incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $10,000, of which $7,500 has been paid in in stock and $2,500 in cash. The company recently took over the West Side store of the J. E. Anderson Co, at 409 Court street. Cadillac—Philip Felice has sold his stock of fruits and confectionery store at 211 North Mitchell street to James DeRose & Son, recently of St. Johns, who have taken possession and changed the name from the Greenville Fruit Co. to the Cadillac Fruit Co. Charlotte—A. E. Sleesman, of Fre- mont, Ohio, has taken over the plant of the Model Packing Co. and will re- model it to manufacture and can sauer kraut. It will be one of a chain of plants conducted by the Fremont Kraut Co., of which A. E. Sleesman is manager. Saginaw—The Sullivan Supply Co. has engaged in the manufacture of metal and electrical goods, machinery and general mill supplies with an au- thorized capital stock of $50,000, of which amount $40,020 has been sub- scribed, $195.75 paid in in cash and $39,824.25 paid in in property. Manistee—Harry Newberg and August Heuck have formed a copart- nership and purchased the Oliver Carlson grocery, flour and feed stock of the administrator of the estate and will continue the business at the same location, 72 Arthur street, under the management of Mr. Heuck, Mr. New- berg remaining in his position in the Manistee County Savings bank. Mancelona—James P. Holbrook, of the Mancelona Grocery Co., writes as follows to the Tradesman: Please renew our subscription for another year to your valuable paper. The appreciation of every property owner in the State of Michigan should be extended to your able editor, E. A. Stowe for the fight he is making on the insurance question. In our opin- ion, he will surely win, for “right is might.” Manufacturing Matters. Sturgis—The Berridge Shear Co. has increased its capitalization from $30,000 to $75,000. Lansing—The Dail Steel Products Co. has increased its capitalization ‘from $25,000 to $100,000. Muskegon—The Lakey Foundry & Machine Co. has increased its capital stock from $70,000 to $400,000. Detroit—The Shuler Axle Manufac- turing Co. has increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $150,000. Detroit—The A. V. McClellan Co., dealer in dry goods, has changed the name to The McClellan Co. Bellevue—The Laughray Silo Co. has been organized and will com- mence manufacturing its product April 2. Bay City—The Bigelow-Cooper Co., manufacturer of flooring and salt has increased its capital stock from $150,- 000 to $250,000. Fountain—The Fountain Cheese Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $5,000 to manufacture Swiss cheese under the management of Rocco Nicossia. Fenton—The Fenton Machine Tool & Die Co. has engaged in business with an authorized capital stock of $5,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in property. Detroit—The Detroit Vault Co. has engaged in the manufacture of molds and grave vaults with an authorized capital stock of $35,000, all of which has been subscribed and $3,500 paid in in cash. Lansing—The W. K. Prudden & Co., manufacturer of automobile wheels has increased its capital stock from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 and has also changed its name to Prudden Wheel Co. Jackson'\4 The Tomkins-Johnson Co. has engaged in business to con- duct a machine shop with an author- ized capital stock of $5,000, of which amount $3,000 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Jackson—I. M. Dach and S. E. Hersey, of Fremont, Ohio, have form- ed a copartnership and taken over the plant of the Standard Manufac- turing Co., which has been shut down since last fall and will manufacture muslin underwear exclusively. Lapeer—The Lapeer Tractor Truck Co. has engaged in the manufacture of motor trucks, tractors, trailers and other like vehicles with an authorized capital stock of $100,000, of which amount $50,000 has been subscribed, $7,000 paid in in cash and $3,000 paid in in property. «fe + ( 3 eo | * | 4a | ~~ ’ | s « ° a ‘ - 4 » * a oA ° 2 » ——— - @ March 14, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN eo i o ’ wl: oooatt tl ay) SS IS Cry ‘e fi 6: 4 oe — 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; Jumb», $1.75; Extra Jumbo, $2; Extreme Ex- tra Jumbo, $2.50 up. Beets—$1.25 per bu. Brussel’s Sprouts—20c per qt. Butter—The market is very firm, but unchanged for the week. The receipts of fresh-made creamery are very light and the withdrawals from storage unusually heavy. Consump- tive demand is good and a better market is predicted soon. Local deal- ers hold fancy creamery at 39c and cold storage creamery at 34c. Local dealers pay 28c for No. 1 in jars and 24c for packing stock. Cabbage—$8 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 Ibs. Eggs—The market is 5c lower than a week ago. Local dealers now pay 25c for fresh, holding case count at 26%4c and candled at 27%c. Figs—Package, $1.10 per box; lay- ers $1.50 per 10 Ib. box. Grape Fruit—$4@4.50 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—12%c per lb. for hot house leaf; $4 per bu. for Southern head; $6 per crate for Iceburg from California. Maple Sugar—i7c per lb. for pure. Maple Syrup—$1.40 per gal. for pure. Mushrooms—75@80c per Ib. Nuts—Almonds, 18c per lb.; filberts, 16c per lb.; pecans, 15c per lb.; wal- nuts, 16c for Grenoble, 15%c.for Na- ples; 19¢ for California in sack lots. Onions—Home grown $9 per 100 lb. sack for red and $10 for yellow. Spanish range as follows: Small crate, $3.25; 14 crate, $5.50; large crate (140 Ibs.), $9.75. Oranges—California Navals, $3.50@ 3.75. 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, 5Y@ 6c per Ib. for shelled. Potatoes—The market is weak and 7oc per command 90c unsettled. per bu. Poultry—Local dealers pay as fol- lows, live weight: old fowls, light, Local dealers hold at $2.75 19@20c; heavy (6 lbs.) 20@22c; springs, $21@22c; turkeys, 22@25c; geese, 16@18c; ducks, 19@20c. Dress- ed fowls average 3c above these quo- tations. Radishes—35c per doz. bunches for small. Ruta Bagas—Canadian $3.25 per 100 lb. 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 Florida. Turnips—$2.25 per 100 lbs. ——__>>>—___ The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market is still unset- tled. The American and Howell are still quoting granulated at 7c, but ac- cepting no business. The Pennsyl- vania and Federal refineries are quot- ing at 7%c for prompt shipment. Michigan beet sugar is sold at 7.40c, New York basis. The Cuban revolu- tion appears to be settling itself and so do the strikes at the different re- fineries. The available supply of re- fined sugar is still very light and all refiners are oversold. Tea—The market is firm, with hold- ers not inclined to make concessions. There is looking around for attractive parcels of black teas by those who feel that the situation will get worse, so far as supplies go. It is argued that imports until the new crop moves will be very light and stocks in this country are moderate, especially with the consumption large. Interest now centers about the prospects for the next season, the lack of shipping being commented upon in this regard, as wellas freight rates and exchange. The commandeering of 50 per cent. of the space of the big Canadian Pacific liners is a straw in this direction. The activity of the submarines has already led to much destruction of tonnage. Of course much can happen in the next few months to calm the fears of the trade, but conservatism reigns at present. command basket crate, Coffee—The market is still weaker than it was last week. Most grades of Rio and Santos have dropped an- other %4c. This makes a decline of about 1c per pound on all grades of Santos within the last month. Rio, with the exception of No. 7s, has de- clined almost as much. Rio 7s have dropped only about %c. A _ large coming crop of coffee, with plenty of stock on hand and poor demand, are the reasons for the weakness. Canned Fruit—Beyond the prices which have been made for new peach- es during the last week, the market has developed nothing of special in- terest. Prices continue very firm, with light offerings on the spot. Ad- vices from California state that can- ners have contracted to pay as high as $40 a ton for peaches, which is the highest price on record. Canned Vegetables—After a period of extreme activity with a buying fever that was in a small way a replica of the frenzy of last fall, the market slowed down considerably and there is a feeling among jobbers that the advance has reached its limit. Indica- tions of this have been shown in var- ious lines, although there will un- doubtedly be certain items which will continue their advance. Tomatoes sold as high as $1.80 f. o. b., and some dealers said that when they reached this price they were dangerous. The one noticeable feature in the entire tomato situation has been the fact that with futures at $1.30, although the buying has been heavy, the price has remained with that figure as a maximum and attempts to get it be- yond that have failed. The buying of futures has fallen off and the the- ory is that retailers and consumers are stocked up sufficiently to keep them going for a long time, and that there will be a pause in the demand from now on until a large part of this sur- plus is consumed. There is a growing belief that not only have the retailers, but the general public also bought more than is customary, and in ad- dition to this the fact that exports «re now so difficult that they are backing up on the domestic output. Other members of the trade, however, ccn- tinue to hold to their optimistic views as to further advances and say they are convinced that the present prices are as low as they will be this year. It is pointed out that Maryland Maine corn for future delivery, which was offered at 90c a short time ago, is now held at $1.07% to $1.10. Spot business for the last few days has been light. There is very little ahout in the shape of spot peas under $1.20. This is 20c above normal. future peas have sold very fairly at high prices. Canned Fish—A slight reaction has shown itself in pink salmon and al- though sales have been made as high as $1.60 f. o. b. New York, it sold as low as $1.55; but it is said on Tues- day $1.60 had again been paid. On the rumors of the decline, it is said that offerings are made from outside sources on a still lower basis. Red Alaska salmon, which had been firm at $2.25, was offered from three points on the Coast at $2, plus a 13c freight rate. On the other hand, there are members of the trade here who are just as enthusiastic as ever and con- fidentially predict that pink salmon will go to $2. Dried Fruits—Advices from the Coast indicate that there is a good spot demand for dried fruit from all sections of the country. The export difficulties are not causing so much anxiety as would naturally be sup- posed, as the belief that the demand for food of all kinds in the domestic markets will be greater than can be supplied. Prunes from the 1916 crop are in demand and all sizes are firm, particularly the smaller sizes. The trade is particularly interested in the reports now coming forward of the possibilities of the failure or success of the organization of the growers’ association, and although special ef- forts are being put forth to sign up the necessary percentage, the under- standing is that unless this is done by April 1 the entire movement will be a failure. The newly appointed mana- ger, however, expresses confidence in the outcome. Offerings of future prunes have been made by indepen- dent packers on the assumption that the organization would not succeed, and it is understood that low price offerings that have been quoted re- cently have been made subject to the failure of the attempt the growers. Apricots are almost exhausted and are held higher by those who have any for sale. to organize Choice and extra choice are practically off the market. There has been consider- able future business in figs and there is a firm market for spot apples, with the outlook for advanced prices when the demand becomes a little more pronounced. Pears are slightly firm- er with higher prices asked for choice and extra choice on the Coast. The local markets are firm, but not far- ticularly active at the moment. Rice—The market is quieter, which is only natural in view of the recent spurt of activity and the depleted stocks, to say nothing of advance in price. There has been a very good distribution which naturally filled many gaps in retail supplies and the movement logically should be slower, although with the advertising rice has received consumption will doubt- continue heavy. The mills are not offering freely in the South because of the refusal of the farmer to sell the rough except at excessive price, which in turn tends to check business. Cheese—The market is very firm at an advance of %c. Receipts of cur- rent made goods are quite light and warehouse holdings of fancy June cheese also small. There is some export enquiry and the local demand is fair. No change seems in sight. Provisions—Smoked meats are firm and unchanged. There is a fair sup- ply and a good consumptive demand. Pure lard is very firm at recent ad- vance, approximately 2c per pound, due to the extremely high prices of hogs. The demand for lard, both for export and home, is good. Compound lard is very firm at an advance of we during the week, with a further advance of perhaps “%c looked for. The extremely high prices are due to the high cost of cottonseed oil and the high price of pure lard. Barreled pork is very firm and unchanged. The supply is light and the demand fair. Dried beef is firm and unchanged, with a good consumptive demand. Canned meats are firm and unchanged —-——- «>_< Jacob Start succeeds S. L. DeWitt in the grocery business at 2063 God- frey avenue. less BANKRUPTCY MATTERS. Proceedings in the Western District of Michigan. Grand Rapids, March 3—In the matter of Henry Van Domellen, bankrupt, Hol- land, the final meeting of creditors was held this day. The trustee’s report and account, showing total receipts of $888.50, disbursements of $484.39 and a balance on hand of $404.11, also showing additional receipts of $54.30, making a total balance of $458.41, was approved and allowed, and the trustee directed to pay the first divi- dend, heretofore declared, on those claims which have been proven since such divi- dend was declared; and also to pay cer- tain administration expenses and a final dividend of 3% per cent. to all creditors whose claims have been proven and al- lowed, March &—In the matter of LaVerne Turner, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, the first meeting of creditors was held to-day. It appearing that there are no assets in this estate, the same will be closed at the expiration of twenty days. In the matter of Michael Razzoog, bankrupt, Evart, the final meeting of creditors has been called for March 17, at which time a final dividend will be declared and ordered paid. : In the matter of William A. Smith, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, the first meeting of creditors has been called for March 19. In the matter of Jonas A. Church, bankrupt, Greenville, an offer of $500 for the assets of this estate, exclusive of the bankrupt’s equity in the Reo car, has been received from C. H. Wells. Green- ville, and a hearing on the same has been called for March 19, at which time the assets will be sold to the highest bidder. Henry Mouw. formerly a merchant and repair man of Holland, has filed his vol- untary petition in bankruptcy. Adjudica- tion has been made and the matter re- ferred to Benn M. Corwin, referee. The first meeting of creditors has been called for March 23. The schedules show lia- bilities of $1,662.88 and assets of $500, all of which is claimed as exempt. Following is a list of the creditors scheduled by the bankrupt: i Creditor Holding Securities. W. B. Jarvis Co., Grand Rapids Lele cesses $150.00 and interest Creditors Holding No Securities. Lockwood-Luetkemeyer-Henry Co., PSocelann ... ou. s-+- ee -2---3---- $165.33 Miami Cycle & Mfg. Co., Middleton, Ohio ......-...+-.+-- 115.00 Motor Car Supply Co., Chicago .. 70.00 Chicago Cycle Supply Co., Chicago 65.00 Van Cleff Brothers, Chicago ...... 35.00 Julius A. J. Friedrich, Grand . Hees . 0+ ---- - -s--w - e > 55.00 Venhuisen & Kooyers, Holland ... 35.00 Wolverine Leather Goods Co., r Wintel ee 25.00 Schwartzberge & Glaser Leather 2 Cs. Grand Rapids ..--...------- 17.00 Consolidated Mfg. Co., Toledo 17.00 Standard Oil Company, Grand . PC ee ee oe 11 50 Holland Vuleanizing Co., Holland 15.95 John. Zeerip, Holland .............. 0.00 Henry Winters, Holland .......... 8.00 Tyler Van Landegend, Holland 15.00 Eclipse Machine Company, eS ee 650.00 Louis Patines, Holland ...........- 5.00 Corbin Cabinet Lock Co., Chicago 3.60 Boss Leather Co., Grand Rapids 5.00 Caille Perfection Motor Co., ROR cee ec ce ees 158.00 Joseph Poisson, Grand Rapids 25.00 Harry R. Doesburg, Holland ...... 150 Klomparens & Landman, Holland 5.00 March 9—Milton S. Weaver formerly a manufacturer of tire reliners, of this city, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Adjudication has been made and the matter referred to Benn M. Co,- win, referee. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for March 24. The schedules of the bankrupt show liabilities of $1,398.63 and assets of $3,010.26, of which $500 is claimed as exempt by the bankrupt. Following is a list of the creditors of the bankrupt: Preferred Creditors. State and county tax for 1916 ....$ 25.16 City, highway and school tax for S006 3) ee. $1.56 Unsecured Creditors. Bixby Office Supply Co., Grand MGI 8 oe ce oe eee ee $ 41.90 Double Fabric Tire Co., Auburn, Seba ee eee ee 492.66 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., fond Bapide -.........-..6--- - 81893 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Crees Banus... - 2 i5+- ose. 150.00 Grand Rapids Label Co., Grand WU oo ea os he eee stes-. 290 Grand Rapids Underwear Co., een Panis .......--.-+--..-- - 85.00 A. B. Knowlson, Grand Rapids ... 52.16 Standard Oil Company, Grand oO as a 18.46 Weatherly Company, Grand Rapids 17.63 Covell-Hansen Company, Gran . Rapids six. Bier Matthew Hensen Co.. Grand Rapids 54.30 10.00 Dykes Tire Shoe Machinery Co., Chicago ......... spaes cnee ehckenes Mertin A. Gelock, Grand Rapids .. 8.00 In the matter of Van Le Roy Simmons, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, the first meet- ing of creditors has been held and, it MICHIGAN TRADESMAN appearing that there are no assets in the estate, the same will be closed at the end of the usual length of time. In the matter of Clarence A. French, bankrupt, Ludington, the final meeting of ereditors has been called for March 21, at which time the final report and account of the trustee and petitions for the allow- ance of fees will be considered and passed upon and a final dividend declared and ordered paid to creditors herein. (The amount of such dividend can not as yet be determined.) Mar. 10—In the matter of Ferdinand J. Heumann, bankrupt, Traverse City, in accordance with an order issued out of this court Feb. 26, directing the bankrupt to file his schedule within ten days, Mr. Heuman has filed such schedule, which shows accounts receivable amounting to $1,049.03; stock in trade, consisting of woolen materials used in the manufac- ture of suits and coats and trimmings, approximately $2,800 and fixtures inven- toried at $299. Following is a list of the creditors: Traverse City State Bank ....... - $800.00 Waterhouse Resher Co., New Tork .. |... pepe bee cee casas $ 723.48 Mann-Gruber Co., Milwaukee .. 1,358.35 Alburger Stoer & Co., Philadelphia 96.12 40 J. A. Griffith & Co., Chicago .... 70. J. E. Ellison & Sons, Philadelphia 141.04 K. W. Hexter & Co., Cleveland .. 65.54 A. F. Sauer & Co., Milwaukee 70.08 Hinds Biddle & Co., Philadelphia 56.13 W. Bianchi & Co., New York ... 73.72 Mullen & Company, Chicago ..... - 629.84 Demick & Rieckelman, Cincinnati 820.44 F. Le Wald & Co., Chicago ...... 27.00 Lindley Box & Paper Co., Marion, imginne . oo. a es - 16.58 John L. Bobo & Co., Chicago 63.40 Burleson & Burleson, Grand RRBOIGE og eee eee ee ea 70.00 & Klein & Co., Chicago .......... 283.69 B. A. Knapp Company, Chicago .. 174.64 $4,740.45 March 10—In the matter of Charles A. Mosher, bankrupt, Muskegon, the final meeting of creditors was held this day. It appearing that there are not sufficient assets to pay the administration expenses in full, no dividend was declared to gen- eral or preferred crediotrs. In the matter of Touis Goldman, bank- rupt. the bankrupt filed an order of com- position with his creditors in the sum of 40 cents on the dollar of all claims proved and allowed or to be proved and al- lowed and all expenses of »dministration incurred. Fifteen per cent. has been heretofore paid to creditors in this matter and the offer contemplates that the bank- rupt will put up sufficient funds to pay the additional 25 per cent. and the ex- penses. The attorneys for the bankrupt, Selling & Brand. of Detroit, are now placing blank accevtances in the hands of the creditors and if the offer is ac- cepted by a majority both in number and amount of the claims proved the compo- sition will be referred to the District Judge for proceedings on confirmation. No svecial meeting of creditors has been called to consider the offer. In the matter of Bethiah Williams, bankrupt. Big Rapids. a hearing has been held on the contested claims of Clark F. Williams, husband of the bankrupt, and Horton Williams, son of the bankrupt. Testimony has been taken and the mat- ter submitted, but no decision has as yet been reached by the referee. March 13—In the matter of the Ameri- ean Automobile Supply Co... bankrupt, Grand Rapids, a special meeting of cred- itors was this day held for the purpose of declaring a first dividend. The final report and account of the trustee under the trust mortgage and the final report and account of the receiver were approved and allowed. The first report and ac- count of the trustee was approved and a first dividend of 5 per cent. will be declared and ordered paid. There has been received an offer from Louis Levin- sohn, Saginaw, of $1,140 for additional as- sets in the hands of the trustee, con- sisting of a stock of automobile tires and an order to show cause will be made and served on creditors at once, why the same- should not be confirmed. These tires are claimed by the Alliance Tire Company to be their property for the reason that they were sold on consignment to the bank- rupt, but the tire company, through their attorneys, have stipulated and agreed to the sale of the same and that their rights a attach to the funds derived frof such sale. In the matter of Belle Soule, bankrupt, final meeting of creditors has been held. The trustee’s report and account were accepted and it is probable that a small dividend will be declared. —__-——___—_ You know many of the slow-pay people in your town at sight. When they come in, go slow on encouraging them to buy beyond their ability to pay cash. —_2+.>—__ Don’t allow yourself to become so well pleased with the way you do one kind of advertising that you pay no attention to other kinds. Housecleaning Trade in the Grocery Department. Written for the Tradesman. : The housecleaning season, which has already opened for many mer- chants, spells opportunity in the gro- cery department. The alert merchant will reach out energetically and grasp this opportunity with both hands. Advertising is a prime essential. There are many grocery lines which help to lighten the labor of house- cleaning. Cleaning and sweeping powders, lye, powdered and_ liquid ammonia, brooms, brushes, washtubs, polishes, soaps—these are all essen- tial to the work of the housewife at this season of the year. Of course, the housecleaning sea- son for most homes won’t start for several weeks yet. Many merchants will feel inclined to delay their ad- vertising until the season does start. The majority of merchants, how- ever, take the contrary view—that it is sound advertising policy to start advertising before the season is ac- tually under way. The merchant who does this secures the inside track over his more dilatory competitor. There is a great deal in suggestion. Sug- gest housecleaning before she _ her- self thinks of it seriously, and the housewife is apt to bring her trade to your store. Wait until she has time to think out her plans independ- ently, and she is more likely to buy where she has always bought. Hence, even if the season is not yet fairly begun, it is good policy to ad- vertise early. Newspaper advertising is the quick- est way of attracting the attention of the general public. Nowadays, most housewives scan the advertising col- umns more eagerly than ever before. If there are any bargains, they are keen to find them. Your advertising will reach more people than it ever reached before. With your newspaper advertising, link up a good initial window display. Printers’ ink and the show window ac- complish the best results when they pull together. In this advertising don’t be satis- fied to merely mention the goods. Ex- perience has proven the soundness of the policy of selecting a theme. Your theme in this advertising is “Make Housecleaning Easy.” How? By lay- ing in right now, before prices ad- vance, a full supply of housecleaning needs. Then tell people what you have. Give each article a descriptive line or two, and the price. Some merchants feature combina- tions or “outfits’—these comprising a selection of soaps, lye, cleaning powders and_ polishes, brushes, brooms, etc. The idea is a good one, and has been worked to good advan- tage. It is often as easy to sell a comprehensive collection of house- cleaning supplies, designed to meet every need, as it is to sell one or two articles. One grocer makes a feature of printing on a card-board a complete list of the housecleaning lines he han- dles. This list is sent out with each parcel of goods about March 1, the distribution continuing until March 15, By this means every regular cus- March 14, 1917 tomer receives two or three reminders that the grocer can supply her house- cleaning needs. This grocer traces many direct sales from this form of advertising, customers mentioning the cards or bringing them, and some- times ordering the entire list of arti- cles. Good displays can be designed out of these lines. For instance one mer- chant dressed his window with a miniature house, chimney and all, con- structed of bars of soap. The end facing the street was made of red paper, and with an electric light in- side it showed up to good advantage, especially at night. Around the house were shown brushes, brooms, cleans- ers and a complete assortment of housecleaning lines. Some lines can be successfully dem- onstrated. Thus, there are sweeping powders for use on carpets and floors, A good window display idea is to put a rug in the center of the window and show one half swept with the sweep- ing powder and the other not. A similar idea is often used with metal polish. For instance, one retailer showed a black boiling pot with one half dirty and the other cleaned and shined with metal polish. Contrasts of this sort appeal strongly to the customer; they show the direct re- sults which these goods you adver- tise will give him. In this connection short, catchy phrases can be used on show cards, as well as in newspaper copy. “Save Your Strength’—Down With Dirt” —‘Go After the Germs”—“New Brooms Sweep Clean”—‘“Less Scrub- bing, Less Rubbing’—‘“Handy Helps for the Housewife.” Any ingenious retailer can coin a lot of good phrases for use in his advertising, Jot them down, too, in some permanent record, so that they will be available next year. There is another line of appeal to the housewife which is not often touched on. MHousecleaning means hard work, and a heavy pull on the housewife’s time. To get elaborate meals is out of the question; in fact, any kind of meals has to do. The wide-awake grocer seizes the opportunity to demonstrate just what he can offer in the way of “ready made meals.” One grocer put on a display show- ing his repertoire of ready-to-eat foodstuffs. These comprised canned goods—fish, meats, fruits and vege- tables, jellies, jams, quick desserts, biscuits, bread, butter, cheese, syrups, and a wide range of preparation either actually ready to eat or capable of quick preparation. With these went a striking show card: “A Meal in a Minute—Just the Thing for House- cleaning Time.” There was the straight-from-the-shoulder suggestion that constitutes good advertising. Victor Lauriston. —_-- + Don’t be afraid to tackle a job just because it is harder than anything you have yet done. It is by picking the harder tasks that we develop greater ability. + +e When squashes get into the pie class they are considered some pump- kins. March 14, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN | ~~ Butler lron Company av Affords You an Opportunity NOW to Profit by the Tre- +. tmendous Present and Assured Permanent Demand for IRON The Butler Iron Company is a $2,000,000 a, Illinois Corporation All stock non-assessable, te fully paid, and voting. Now offered par $10 per share. The Company owns 10,000 acres dite of land in Butler County, Missouri, containing ms a vast deposits of iron ore which have been se |e proved by numerous thorough investigations ae extending over a period of years. ae These Conservative, Experienced and Successful Men Are * Back of “Butler Iron” | Chemical analyses show the ore on this property to “|e contain better than 50% metalic iron. A limited amount of stock is being sold to eutcud oper- ations and to build blast furnaces and a chemical plant, , PRESIDENT—W. W. MECHLING, for twenty-four years with the Carnegie Steel Company, at their Homestead plants, and for two years past with the Forged Steel Wheel Company of Pitts- burgh and Bullet. Pa. Mr. Mechling is now in active charge of the property. VICE-PRESIDENT—M. H. CUTTER, President of the Bond House of M. H. Cutter &. Co., with offices in the Rook- ery, Chicago. Mr. Cutter has a record of twenty-three years’ experience in negotiating and marketing high-grade bonds. SECRETARY-—J. A. MASSEN, of the law firm of Hollen & Massen, 11 South La Salle St., Chicago. TREASURER—H. F. LANDECK, of Oshkosh, Wis. Mr. Landeck is a widely known Wisconsin banker and_ business man. DIRECTOR—B. F. BAKER, of Ke- wanee, Illinois, Treasurer of the Kewa- nee Boiler Company, a $2,000,000 cor- pore ation, which manufactures the famous “Kewanee Boiler,” large users of pig iron. DIRECTOR—W. E. ORTHWEIN, of St. Louis, Mo., an influential business man and head of the banking house of Walter E. Orthwein. r | 4 thus deriving in addition to the generous profits which it | jorcror_& P. SEDCWICK, Sec- will have from its mining operations, additional large } rtsty and Treasurer of the Chicago ° : : he : ° . Hardware Foundry Company, which is a profits in the iron manufacturing and chemical industries. | also a large user of pig iron. ° . - DIRECTOR—C. E. TEMPLE, of Grand ‘ oO Chicago Title and Trust Company, Registrar Rapids, Michigan. Mr. Temple is well known as an expert on the consolidation of Stock. and management of public utility plants. bee: . : : : Ww _ | DIRECTOR—C. H. WHEELER, Super- As This stock 1S Being Sold Rapidly € Ad intendent of Ore Docks and Blast Fur- eh . *13 ‘ naces of the U. S. Steel Corporation, at » vise Mailing Coupon for Further Information Gary, Indiana. Mr. Wheeler’s affiliation with the iron and steel industry covers (tha? Promptly. i a period of nearly thirty years. . 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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 14, 1917. VICTIM OF ITS OWN MOTTO. The German government is the vic- tim of its own motto of “Thorough.” It has lost all sense of proportion either in morals or in practical wis- dom. It was necessary for the Ger- man armies to march through Bel- gium. Therefore right and duty dic- tated Liege, Louvain and Dinant. Be- yond that German logic could not see. It did not see, or chose to overlook, England and the anger of the neutral world. American munitions, the Ger- man mind argued, were being used against the soldiers of the Fatherland. Therefore the Lusitania must be de- stroyed. If it is right and duty to sink a freighter with tens of thousands of shells in her hold it is right and duty to sink anything. No attempt was made to strike a balance between the number of boxes of ammunition in the Lusitania’s cargo and the num- ber of men, women and children in her cabins. No attempt was made, from the point of view of cold reason, to strike a balance between the military advantage of the destruction of the Lusitania and the military disadvan- tage of an outraged America taking sides against Germany. It is neces- sary, has been the German argument, sometimes defiant, sometimes plain- tive. Why cannot people understand that a nation fighting for self-preser- vation is justified in picking up any weapon that lies ready to hand? What the German mind has not grasped is that even in the matter of self-preser- vation there are acts against which the soul rebels. Self-restraint may be illogical. Moderation may be, in the long run, the crueler weapon. But the soul has its claims against logic. There are things which must not be done. Germany to-day is the victim of her own efficiency, applied with all thor- oughness and determination and with a minimum of mentality. German re- sourcefulness embraces the entire world, but remains outside the world of reason. Berlin has facilities for ‘stirring up trouble for its enemies among the Sahara tribesmen, in Tripoli, in the Sudan, in India, per- haps even in Ireland. One need only read Lord Curzon’s recent statement of German activities in Persia and in Afghanistan to recognize the labor, the thoroughness, the devotion with which Berlin has marshalled every eee ae MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ounce of her power against her ene- mies. The Prussian system overlooks nothing and omits nothing. And in this very comprehensiveness there abides a fatal weakness. It is that want of discrimination which fails to distinguish between the advantages of negotiating with the Ameer of Afghanistan against Great Britain and of negotiating with Carranza against the United States. Both are war measures. Both are dictated by right, duty and an unsentimental rec- ognition of what war means. Only that in one case right and duty coin- cide with common-sense and in the - other case they spell insanity. SHOULD HIDE THEIR HEADS. The remarkable decision of Judge Wiest, published elsewhere in this week’s issue of the Tradesman, is probably the most caustic judicial rebuke ever pronounced upon any piece of legislation in this country by a iudge of high standing. Judge Wiest completely dispels the idea that the so-called Anti-Discrim- ination law possesses any pretence to fairness, equity or reasonableness, No one can read this severe judicial condemnation without reaching the conclusion that the Legislature made a very serious mistake in so treating a fundamental principle of good government as to make it subversive to everything fair and honorable and above board. Some judges might hold a law up to execration, but it would excite no particular comment; but when a judge of high character, long experience and great learning in the law finds the measure so one sided as to merit his contempt and condemnation, it is time for those who glory in the part they took in its enactment to hide their heads in shame. All indications lead to the belief that John D. Mangum, of Marquette will be the appointee of Governor Sleeper for State Insurance Commis- sioner. The remarkable decision of Judge Wiest, of Lansing in which he tears the mask off the Anti-Discrim- ination law and discloses the hideous features of the measure which was fathered by the present Insurance Commissioner and enacted by the last Legislature by corrupt methods on the part of the insurance combine will arouse the thinking people of the State to the danger which confronts them through the time-worn policy of perpetuating puppets of the insur- ance combine in so important an exectitive office. Wm. A. Waite, who is being groomed and boomed as the candidate of the combine, would con- tinue the policy of the past and make the office simply an annex of the co- horts of monopoly and tyranny. De- spite the repeated statements of in- surance officials and lobbyists that they have the assurance of Governor Sleeper that he will appoint the per- son named by the combine, the Tradesman still believes that when the time comes he will throw the ar- rogant aristocrats in the discard and array himself on the side of the peo- ple by naming the people’s candidate for Insurance Commissioner. TWO KINDS OF TRAITORS. The labor unions of the railway in- dustry have presented an ultimatum to the country, notwithstanding the fact that we now face the greatest crisis in the history of the Nation. This is entirely in keeping with the traditions and _ practices of trades unionism. Selfish interests must al- ways be given precedence, no matter how serious the general situation may be. This is exactly what every trades union in England did when she faced war with Germany and much of Eng- land’s unpreparedness for the gigan- tic struggle which was forced upon her by the Teutonic nations was due to the hampering tactics of the trades unionists, who, as usual, were dom- inated by anything but patriotism. To force an issue now when every loyal citizen is preparing for the war which is, seemingly, inevitable, is disloyalty personified and treason in essence, spirit and effect. Another class of traitors is com- posed of the preachers, priests and fanatics who are lending aid and en- couragement to the common enemy by holding meetings and writing com- munications to the newspapers in op- position to the war measures now nec- essary to be taken in order to shorten the war if it must come and forstall it, if possible. Such persons are clear- ly defined as traitors by the constitu- tion of the United States and should be restrained by the strong arm of the War Department, both in word and action, until after the war is over. If they possessed the least spark of patriotism or love of country, they would restrain themselves from their treasonable course, but their narrow vision—too often corrupted by Ger- man money and German influence— leads them to excesses in utterance and action which cause them to be regarded with abhorrence by every honest heart beating true to the coun- try’s best interest. In the present emergency, the line is sharply drawn between patriotism and treason. Happy is the man who is on the right side. Cursed is the man who lifts a finger to betray his country by hampering our peace- loving President in ‘the plans he is compelled to undertake to save from destruction the best government the sun ever shown upon. MODEL INSURANCE BILL. There is now before the Legislature a model bill providing for the crea- tion and maintenance of mutual in- surance companies. This bill was pre- pared by the National Association of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies and is intended to ‘be uniform with statutes of a similar character which will be sought at the hands of every Legislature in the country which is in session this year, so that there may be absolute uniformity in meth- od and practice in the writing of mu- tual fire insurance in all the states. This bill is described as Senate Bill 178. It was introduced by Senator Scully March 1, ordered printed and referred to the Senate Committee on Insurance. It provides for seven classes of insurance—fire, liability, disability, automobile, steam boiler, March 14, 1917 use and occupancy and miscellaneous. In some respects the Tradesman pre- fers this draft to the excellent act Senator Tripp succeeded in putting on the statute books at the last ses- sion of the Legislature. This bill, unlike the Tripp statute, does not limit a company organized under the act to confine its risks to store build- ings and mercantile property. The bill is broad in scope, liberal in pro- vision and sufficiently strict to protect the rights of its policy holders and the public generally. The Tradesman bespeaks for this measure the considerate attention and favorable action of the Legislature. At a dinner in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York, March 18, 1907, Dr. Woodrow Wilson spoke as fol- lows: “We speak too exclusively of the capitalistic class. There is another as formidable an enemy to equality and freedom of opportunity as it is, and that is the class formed by the labor organizations and leaders of the country.” The announcement by the British government that all contracts for the manufacture of shrapnel and other shells must be completed by March 31 and that all contracts for such supplies will lapse on that day might have an unpleasant meaning to many manufacturers if they had not been well prepared by warnings from time to time these past six months. It is well understood that war supplies now consist mainly of raw material so far as concerns anything new and that the mills have only to complete work already in hand. The fact re- mains that great quantities are yet to be shipped and paid for. The block- ade of this class of merchandise at the seaboard is on a grand scale. The clearing up of these war orders gives the mills a chance at the products called for by the home market. Also Europe is wanting a great variety of article not strictly of a military char- acter. Particularly is this true of railroad equipment. As an indication that Germany is at its wits’ ends in more respects than one it is reported that requisition has been made upon the church bells. An order appropriating them has been issued which was made effective March 1. On that date the bells were taken from the sacred edifices and the material of which they are made melt- ed for belligerent uses. For the pres- ent where there are chimes, one bell was left to summon the congregation to worship, but even that it is expect- ed will be seized in time. Another published requisition confiscates alum- inum cooking utensils. These are sorry facts, showing the devastation which war works, and not only the suffering it inflicts, but what, in a sense, will be called desecration, which it imposes. It is difficult to imagine that bells built to call people to the church should be transformed into implements of death. Gold brick buyers are born often enough to keep the manufacturers from going out of business. te » te »’ March 14, 1917 JUDICIAL CASTIGATION, Anti-Discrimination Law Denounced in Scathing Terms. The so-called Anti-Discrimination law provides that all cases which originate under that statute be brought in the Ingham County Circuit Court, which is presided over by Judge Howard Wiest, who has, very naturally, made a careful study of the law. This is indicated in the opinion he recently handed down in the case of Michigan Sugar Co., vs. John T. Winship, et. al., in the course of which he took occasion to point out the un- fairness of the measure, which he denounces as un-American, unjust and bristling with the earmarks of monopoly and tyranny, as follows: May this act be declared to be un- constitutional if it can be said that it is barren of provisions serving pub- lic ends and creates a public instru- mentality and lends it to enforce private agreement of rates to be paid by the public for fire insurance; that it is contrary to the uniform public policy of all English speaking peoples and smacks of the German Kartell and Continental European policy of en- couragement of monopoly; that it de- stroys competition, for where combin- ation is possible competition becomes impossible, and where combination is required by law competition is for- bidden; that the chief purpose of a combination is the control of the price to be exacted for what it selis, and this price appears to be the grant in the act to fire insurance companies, that it is true that when competition is forbidden or prevented, then mo- nopoly exists as “the meaning of mo- nopoly” is no more than the negative of competition; that the law on the statute book at the time this act was passed, penalizing what this law legal- ized was manifestly to prevent mo- nopoly and to encourage competi- tion, and that this act is violative ot the public policy underlying the old law, and as defined by the common law: that it permits a rate of premium to be exacted for a service affected with public interest to be fixed by a combination of insurers dubbed a rat- ing bureau and penalizes any insur- ance company departing from such rate; that the rating bureau may fix schedules of rates as it wills and the law does no more than lend public power to enforce such privately fixed rates; that this act destroys competi- tion and renders the combination of insurers secure from all interference from within and without because it creates and requires a “legal monop- oly;” that it prevents the only two methods of keeping insurance rates reasonable—competition or regula. tion—by penalizing competition and providing no regulation; that the act prevents discrimination, but does so only in the interest of the insurers, and leaves the insured without any remedy against extortion or unreason- able rates; that the act surrenders public interest to private profit with- out any responsibility to the public on the part of the beneficiary of the grant, and offends against the salu- tary rule that restriction of ccmpeti- tion gives an increase in the power which can be exerted over the public and must always carry with it increas- ed responsibility to the public, and this responsibility must be exacted by the Government, otherwise an in- crease of power is given private busi- ness at the expense of the public and public interests are surrendered to private profit; that there is wisdom sometimes in standardizing competi- tion, but no relation between stan- dardizing competition and legalizing combinations and penalizing competi- tion; that the fundamental economic reason for impressing any business with public interest is to prevent monopoly, and this act falls short of MICHIGAN TRADESMAN _ protecting any interest outside of that of the insurance companies; that the history of price agreements without coercive power to ensure obedience, even where it clearly appears that all would have made greater gains had they adhered to their common agree- ment, shows that to completely effec- tuate the price agreement for insur- ance provided for in this act it was necessary to lend the power of the State to enforce rate agreements; that regulation of charges is indispensable whenever the State affects a business with public interest and grants re- striction of competition; that the pow- er reserved to the commission is no more than that of carrying out agree- ments made with reference to rates fixed in the combine; that the Anti- Discrimination Commission may ex- ercise no supervision over the acts of the rating bureau and its power is no more than an instrumentality ready to hand for the use of the insurance companies; that the act is subversive of the most elementary principles of impressing a private business, with a public character, and if sustained would legalize private combine and monopoly? If all these things may be said ot the act in question, may it be held un- constitutional? This act takes from the people the right of free contract for insurance ‘and compels every one to submit to such contracts as a com- pulsory combine of insurance com- panies may ‘agree upon, leaving the people no remedy to contest the rea- sonableness of the rates demanded and no right of any insurance com- pany to depart from the rates fixed. May the Legislature authorize and require insurance companies to pool their interests by way of common agreement under the name of a rat- ing bureau and without reserving any power of regulation, compel every one to accept and pay rates so estab- lished? When the State forbids legitimate business, unless such business is trans- acted with those complying with the State mandate to associate or pool interests, there can be no doubt of the duty of the State to provide power of regulation for the protection of citizens so limited in choice of those they may deal with. Why does not this law provide for some method of regulation by public authority? I can ask the question, but cannot answer it. It is my under- standing that when the State gives the business of insuring property a public character, it must not stop short of affecting the business with a public interest and such public In- terest renders regulation of charges indispensable. The State itself could not empower this Commission to fix rates without opportunity being af- forded for a judicial hearing on the duestion of their reasonableness, but this act grants power to corporations to fix rates to be exacted of the public without opportunity for a_ judiciat hearing on the question of their rea- sonableness. To slightly paraphrase a decision makes its reasoning hit the issue at bar. It is the expressed intention of the Legislature, by the statute, that the rates recommended and published by the rating bureau are not simply tenta- tive and open to review in the inter- est of the public, nor merely prima facie equal and reasonable, but final and conclusive as to what are equal and reasonable charges; that the law neither contemplates nor allows any issue to be made or enquiry to be had as to their equality or reasonableness in fact; that, under the statute, the rates published by the rating bureau are the only ones lawful, and, there- fore, in contemplation of law the only ones that are equal and reasonable. There is no power in the courts, al- lowed by this statute, to stay the hands of the rating bureau, if it chooses to establish rates that are unequal and unreasonable. Such a law deprives the public of the right to a judicial investigation, and substitutes therefor as an abso- lute finality, the action of a rating bureau intent upon private profit in a business impressed with public char- acter. The subjects of legislative powers are not enumerated in the constitution and it follows that “the people must be understood to have conferred the full and complete power as it rested in, and may be exercised by, the sovereign power of any country, sub- ject only to such restrictions as they may have seen fit to impose, and to the limitations which are contained in the constitution of the United States.” There is grave question whether the Legislature has power to declare by law that insurance rates shall be such and such only as a compulsory combine of insurance companies shall fix. The Legislature could not create a commission to fix such rates without providing for judicial review. In the act in suit the Legislature has granted authority to insurers to fix rates without State supervision or regulation and without and beyond judicial review. It would seem that this is going beyond the power of legislation and if sanctioned might lead to great abuse. Doubt upon this question, however, leads this court to decline to hold the act unconstitutional. I am constrained not to hold this act unconstitutional, but in doing so I am not constrained to withhold from the record my strong aversion to an act which prohibits competition in a business affected with public in- terest, provides no regulation and now compels what the law of this State forbid up to the time of its enactment, and what the common law forbid and the laws of many states in the public interest still forbid. This act legalizes what the law up to the time of its passage penalized, 9 and there can be no less majesty 1n saying that the old law had wisdom back of it. ial This judicial analysis is an arraign- ment of Insurance Commissioner Winship who stood sponsor for the law and has undertaken to defend it, in public and private, on every possi- ble occasion. It is an arraignment of Speaker of the House of Representatives Rice who introduced the bill two years ago and camped on its trail until it was finally enacted. It is an indictment of every mem- ber of the last Legislature who voted for the measure. It is an indictment of ex-Governor Ferris for approving so iniquitous a law. Automobile Insurance Every figure as to Value of Car Amount of Insurance Charges for Same Plainly Stated on Our Policies GET ONE The American Mutual Auto Insurance Co. HASTINGS, MICH. EARL B. CALDWELL. Agency Mgr 602 Grand Rapids Savings Bank Bldg. 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AEE AR SSNS aD LD LLLP PEEP TRT ED Ae FITTER SSNS The Receiver HE illustration shows a Bell telephone receiver taken apart. been removed and the diaphragm slipped aside to show the little magnets. two hundred feet of copper wire, less than a hundredth of an inch in diameter, carefully wrapped with silk, is wound around these two The little magnets cause the diaphragm in front of them to vibrate and so reproduce the sound of the The telephone receiver is sensitive to rough usage, some of its parts may be loosened if it is placed on the hook with a bang; even the hard rubber case may be Care in replacing the receiver will do much toward keeping your telephone and your service In working Michigan State Telephone Company FTES SSSR RI RE DP Yea erro P Rae PR IAEA SSS Pep eaed SESS TOS DSS yy 1 Ada a LLL $ We The earpiece has More than SEK permrrpeepinneny SSUES re SS SHS SSA SESE oe S555) een ens 2a idadadadbdde S525 SSD a PE PSSST ATO ST 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 14, 1917 V7 rif Ne Te fy Wy NVA wy)\ Wry 1M co : . ? iy it = , Michigan Retall Shoe Dealers’ Association President—Fred Murray, Charlotte. Secretary—Elwyn Pond, Flint. Treasurer—Wm. J. Kreger, Wyandotte. Pertinent Points in Correct Shoe Fit- ting. Written for the Tradesman. A smartly dressed young lady re- cently stepped into a certain city shoe store to register a complaint about her shoes. They didn't fit, and they were punishing her feet unmercifully, She said she paid $10 for them, and the least she could expect was that she could wear them. The shoes were obviously too short. When the man- ager of the store was called he de- clared that, inasmuch as it was her feet that were being fitted, she had a chance to find it out before she wore them on the street. The young lady’s retort was that she paid $10 for the shoes, and felt she was perfectly justi- fied in expecting good serivce at a store where such high priced shoes were sold. She said she left it to the clerk to fit her properly. The man- ager stood pat and declared she had no redress, but assured her they would stretch ‘the shoes to fit her if they could. His contention was that she was to blame for taking shoes that didn’t fit, while she took the position that the clerk was to blame. Who was right, the shoe store manager or his patron? It’s pretty tough to take them back when they’re going at ten big iron men the pair, but to be per- fectly frank, that was a one-sided ar- gument—and the clerk who sold ’em too short was to blame. Prevalence of Poor Fitting. There is entirely too much ignor- ance, carelessness and slovenliness in shoe fitting. Because of it shoe deal- ers are losing good will and good money, while victims of poor fitting have foot injuries or foot ailments ofa more serious character. Customers’ partiality to certain lasts for the sake of certain real or alleged style-fea- tures they carry and limited stocks, of course, have something to do with the prevalence of this evil; but, for the most part, I think we may safely say it is due to causes that ought not to exist. More intelligence and care should be exercised in the ‘fitting room. And of all the sins of poor fitting, that of fitting them too short is the most prevalent and the most inex- cusable. The plantar arch of differ- ent feet of the same size varies ap- preciably in both reach and height. The location of the ball of the shoe is supposed to coincide with the ball of the foot, while the construction of the arch of the shoe is designed to take care of the instep. The foot bends at the ball, and the shoe bends at the ball; and if the former does not coincide with the latter you have two separate bendings—that of the foot and that of the shoe. And this makes for trouble and discomfort. “Never mind looking at the size of those shoes,” observed a man who had dropped into a men’s specialty shoe shop to be fitted, “they never did fit. I don’t care a rap about the French size mark on the lining, what I want is a shoe that fits my foot; I’m one of those guys that believes in comfort first.’ And he wouldn’t budge an inch from that fitting stool until he was thoroughly convinced the clerk had found a shoe that fit him as perfectly as anything in their best bench-made grades—famous the country over as. good-fitters—could possibly do. It often happens that the old shoe isa poor guide. It may give a clue, but clues are supposed to be followed up. What’s a size-stick and tape-line for, if not to use? And why not take time to observe if the stretch of the plantar arch is normal, or whether the ball of the foot is back of or forward of the point it should be in the perfect foot of that particular size? Simple Points to Remember. There are some very simple points in fitting that should be constantly borne in mind. They are so ele- mentary one almost feels as if an apology should be made for stating them, but observation leads me to be- lieve we don’t review “first principles” in shoe-fitting as often as we should. There are new clerks coming on all the time, and those of us who have been in the game long enough to know better are prone to forget. The size of the foot varies con- siderably with temperature and with atmospheric conditions, and the foot is a full size longer when the weight of the body is upon it than when one is sitting down. “Stand up in that shoe, please!” says the veteran, “Put the entire weight of the body on the shoe! That’s the idea. How does it feel? Are you sure? Thrust your foot forward in the shoe iust as far as you can. Plenty of room for your toes? Can you get a good grip in the act of walking? Thank you! That's the shoe for you; shall I send them, or will you wear them?” Feet vary in degrees of sensitive- ness, but don’t forget that all feet are sensitive; and leathers vary in degrees of elacticity and stretch: so don’t fit a sensitive foot too snugly with a leather that yields under protest: corns and callouses speak so loud folks can’t hear the winsome things you are saying in your shoe store advertising, LK, .c = Customer (ie MARK REGISTERED Plays a very important part in a trans- action; upon his verdict rests your ultimate success and ours. He wants the best there is for the money and it is to your best interests to see that he is satisfied. We realized this long ago—R. K. L. Shoes have stood the test for fifty years. We build shoes to wear. Write for a catalogue. Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie Company Grand Rapids, Mich. A Work Shoe that is a Winner. Smoked Wolverine Kip.. A grey smoke color stock upper. Double sole, double nailed. Chrome outsole. Price $3.75 Send for sample pair. Hide to Shoe Tanners and Shoe Manufacturers Grand Rapids, Michigan e 2 < . e «a e * «le as v > * oo ‘ &¢ * March 14, 1917 Don’t put a straight foot in a swing- last shoe: it’s better to lose a single sale, if it should come to that, than incur a customer’s ill will, lose his trade for all time, and transform him from a friend to an active and ag- gressive enemy. If you are out of his size in the lines that appeal to him, try first to get him to wait a few days until you can order a pair direct from your jobber or the in-stock depart- ment of your nearest house; if he doesn’t stand for that, tell him frank- ly you'd rather miss the sale than sell him something that wasn’t just right. Absolute frankness pays out in the end. And there are times when it is a whole lot better to split profits with the express company than part company with a good customer. Selling Shoes Right. Volume is necessary to a success- ful retail shoe business, of course; and everybody is trying to sell more shoes; but let us, in our zeal for busi- ness, remember that shoes must be sold right. This includes quite a number of things—but primarily it includes down-right efficiency at the fitting- stool. There’s the place where a Simon pure shoeman lets his light shine brightest. When you sit down in your favor- ite dentist’s chair and tell him to look over your teeth, you put your dental work strictly up to him. If he says a filling in of one your lower grinders ought to. come out; that the enamel has chipped away from it on one side, you tell him to go to it. And when he proceeds to remove additional bone-structure, put in a new, filling and polish it down, you congratulate yourself that you have got a dentist that knows what to do and has skill enough to do it. After he’s finished that tooth—and another one or two, maybe—and polished up your teeth, and tells you they are now in perfect condition, you feel like a different man. You've got a real value—high- ly specialized service—and you don't mind the price. You'd rather pay your dentist three dollars an hour than visit one of those dental parlors where the dental rah-rah boys work at twelve dollars a week. Now the rah-rah boy would put just as much metal in your tooth as the real dentist, but there’s a difference in the class of work. And you say you don’t mind the difference in price so long as you are getting the service. Perfectly good logic. Now, shoe- fitting is a specialized vocation; and you, as a shoeman, are a specialist. You ought to be so careful and con- scientious in fitting patrons that they will come to have just as much confi- dence in your ability as a high class dentist’s clients have in their dentist. When I buy a new hat I tell the young fellow who waits on me (and I always call for the same clerk) to select my hat. He tknows more about hats—shapes, materials and what not about hats—than I ever hope to know; and whether it’s a soft hat or a derby, he invariably picks out the one that seems to be made especially for me. That’s what I call service. And that’s precisely the sort of thing the shoe dealer or salesman ought to do for MICHIGAN TRADESMAN his customer—sell them with the au- thority that inspires confidence. Cid McKay. Pickings Picked Up in the Windy City. Chicago, March 12—One of the lat- est additions to Chicago’s transpor- tation is that known as the Chicago Motor Bus Co, They are now oper- ating five double deck cars from the loop through Lincoln Park as far north as Wilson avenue. These buses are built on the same order as those traveling Fifth avenue in New York City. The short space of time they have been in service shows they are welcomed by the people. They are carrying to capacity. One of Chicago’s oldest restaurants, that knows as the H. H. Kohlsaat Co., is about to go into the receiver's hands. Judge Landis, of the U. S. Court, has given it a lease of life for a short period to see if it cannot pay off its indebtedness. It is reported the liabilities are $500,000 and the as- sets about $300,000. This company was founded in 1883. One of the novel sights during the past week is that of a string of 150 ford cars being driven from the ford service station in Chicago to the ford distributers throughout Wisconsin. This was caused on account of short- age of cars. The ford company never loses out on publicity. It seems some- thing is turning up all the time to advertise this company. One of Chicago’s business visitors last week from Grand Rapids, was Jack Dietrich, Secretary-Treasurer, of the G. J. Johnson Cigar Co. It is reported that Mr. Dietrich, in his travels throughout the territory, is having all he can do to explain to the jobbers why their orders are not be- ing filled more promptly. The fac- tory is doing their level best to sat- isfy all of their customers. Orders have been coming in so fast they have had to use excellent judgment in satisfying all their customers. William Rooney, a Grand Rapids boy, representing the G. J. Johnson Co. throughout Cook county, was a Chicago visitor. One of the new cigar jobbers now doing business in the city of Chi- cago is that of the Samuel May Cigar Co. Mr. May will cover the South Side handling cigars exclusively and featuring El. Portana’s and G. J.’s manufactured in Grand Rapids. One of the greatest undertaking of recent years is that of the sewerage plant, costing $3,500,000. This plant will be used exclusively by the affili- ated companies of the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. Considering the amount of territory covered by these industries and the amount of foreign matter they are obliged to do away with, this system will accomplish this purpose and be of great benefit to the city at large. C. A. Mitts, of Grand Rapids, spent a week in Chicago looking over his Chicago connections. Lest we forget, the U. C. T. vention, Bay City, June 1 and 2. Charles W. Reattoir. con- ———_ 2. ____ All in a Twinkling. A lady who had just received an in- teresting bit of news said to her lit- tle daughter: “Marjorie dear, auntie has a new baby, and now mamma is the baby’s aunt, papa is the baby’s uncle, and you are her little cousin.” “Well,” said Marjorie, wonderingly, “wasn’t that arranged quick!” Backed by Quality Boosted by Consistent A dvertising HONORBILT SAOES 11 Our Specialty: ‘‘Royal Oak’’ FOR SHOEMAKERS Bends, Blocks and Strips Shoe Store Supplies Wool Soles, Socks, Insoles, Etc. Neal 3 way THE BOSS LEATHER CO. DAY 744 Wealthy St. Grand Rapids, Michigan Is the best, surest, safest remedy known to medical science for Ask about our way DRINK HABIT A harmless, vegetable rem- HARNESS Hand or Machine Made edy given with no bad after Out of No. 1 Oak leather. We guarantee them effects. No hypodermics used. It positively removes absolutely satisfactory. If your dealer does not handle them, write direct to us. the craving desire for liquor and DRUGS aft the end of SHERWOOD HALL CO., LTD Ionia Ave. and Louis St. Grand Rapids, Michigan treatment, or money back. Neal Institute 534 Wealthy, S. E. GRAND RAPIDS Both Phones PERRY MILLER, Manager 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 Pate... 1. .2.. 1917 oe hereby make application for $............on stock of boots, 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. $............0n 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 of policy; All while contained in the.............. SEO. |... 5.555. , building, situated at street No......... Bet... 2, Bloek.. 3.1.3. City or HONG ©G 1. 8c State of Michigan. (Sten flere)... 2.0... All losses promptly adjusted by our Secretary or Special Agent. 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 your store. 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 SHOE. 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 to your trade because it WILL give BETTER SERVICE and BETTER SATISFACTION than any other similar line offered you today. 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 ee nee ecereceieedeiecnnansreminenenioceacmaiscndeeaneiseael March 14, 1917 ”) COM FEL (ECC CCC CAC oe | a ore HON) oy) “py ") eugan al yy Cd tad ae aspen (UU (UU {eet ws i] »»; d=) ID i} —— -_-=> ff Dy —2o iS LY a Industrial Organization Proposed to Increase Manufacturing. Written for the Tradesman, There seems to be an awakening on the part of Grand Rapids business interests to the importance of in- creasing its industrial enterprises. Talk will not accomplish anything and a plan is to be proposed to form an industrial development corporation with a capital stock of such dimen- sions as to make it a factor, finan- cially, in the growth of the city. There should be a willingness on the part of our men of means, bankers, mer- chants and manufacturers to go into an enterprise of this character, es- pecially as it is not philanthropical in any way, but a purely business proposition which will yield a rea- sonable return on the capital invest- ed. While the details have not yet been worked out, the general plan, as it will be presented to the Grand Rapids Association of Commerce, is as follows: Incorporate with a capital of $200,- 000 or more, shares of a small enough par value to allow members of the Association of Commerce of medium means to become purchasers aiter the men of means have taken the larger part of the stock; the Secre- tary of the corporation to be a man of business experience and judgment who would also act as Secretary of the industrial division of the Associa- tion of Commerce. The function of the corporation to be the financing of such industrial enterprises as are found acceptable, not through the giving of a bonus, but through the purchase of sites; construction of factories, etc., secured by mortgage upon which serial bonds could be is- sued or the advancement of money for enlargement of going concerns where business would warrant it, se- cured by either mortgage or good negotiable commercial paper. Such a corporation, conducted on a busi- ness basis, would not only be a mod- erate money maker, but would prove of inestimable value to Grand Rap- ids. It is stated on good authority that the Greater Grand Rapids Asso- ciation has some such scheme under consideration, It would be well if these two business bodies could unite in this, as it would unify the business interests and be of real benefit to the city. In this connection the lesson of the elder Guggenheim to his seven sons when they thought of separating is a case in point. He said, “In union there is strength.’ To illustrate it he took a small apple switch and told the youngest boy to break it. He did so easily. The father then took seven switches of a similar size of the single one and tied them togeth- er, then told his oldest and strongest son to break them. The young man found it impossible to do so. “That,” said the father, “shows you how strong you will be in business if you act to- gether and how weak when operating alone.” Does not the illustration ap- ply to the various bodies of Grand Rapids? There is still talk of a railroad strike which brings to mind the old mytho- logical saying. “Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.” The statement recently made by a railroad executive to the repre- sentatives of the trainmen’s unions is well worthy of consideration and should be presented wherever possi- ble to the railroad employes. He said in substance. “You men are making the same mistake the railroad companies did some _ years. ago. They believed they were bigger than the country and defied every law, human and divine. They got a sound beating for thinking so, Now your time is coming. You have been able to sway Congress you way so far, but you need to remember you are only 400,000, while 60 per cent. of the population are engaged in agriculture. Your course is directly in conflict with the interests of all farmers and when they are aroused to a realiza- tion of what-is going on they will come down to Washington with a power you never dreamed of. You can- not afford to forget the hundred mil- lions. Gompers and other labor leaders have assured the President and the country of their patriotism, and in this critical stage of the Nation’s career it would be wise to allow. patriotism to outweigh the utter selfishness which dominates every trade union.” The bond and stock markets are still in a state of suspended anima- tion awaiting decision as to the coun- try’s course of action. As soon as this uncertainty is removed there is no question that investment activi- ty will be renewed, especially as cap- ital has accumulated during Febru- ary, added to which is the distribu- tion of $182,000,000 of March divi- dends and interest. To sell secur- ities now would be a mistake. The manner of taxation by munici- pal, state and National Governments gives rise to the question, Where will it stop? What will be the limit of the burden? To quote from a well known financial authority, “We seem to pro- ceed upon the assumption that there is a dollar for every need and a need for every dollar. We create needs, so called, without relation to av@ila- ble dollars and then levy taxes to raise dollars without reference to the relative importance of the needs.” Congress is playing blind man’s bluff 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..............200.eeee0: $ 1,778,700.00 Combined Total Deposits..............sc.eeeceseesees 8,577,800.00 Combined Total Resources ............. cesses cose sees 11,503,300.00 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK CITY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK ASSOCIATED 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 March 14, 1917 and, like the railroad men, should not forget its members may be held to strict account by the hundred million. Taxation is the work of Congression- al committee cliques and ingenious members are all working for a slice of the pork without thinking that the supply may be exhaustible. They’ll never miss the water until the well runs dry, but it looks as if the plung- er would soon suck wind. So it will go until both state and Nation shall adopt a budget system and run the Government on a business basis. Take the inheritance tax as one instance. The Federal tax was raised from 2 to 3 per cent, on estates running from $50,000 to $150,000 and from 10 per cent. to 15 per cent. on all estates ex- ceeding $5,000,000 or an average in- crease of 50 per cent. This is addi- tion to the inheritance taxes levied by the states. On an estate of $10,- 000,000 in Michigan the State inheri- tance tax would be $99,980, or 0.99 per cent. and the combined State and Federal tax would be $1,361,480. Add to these the excise taxes on corporations, income tax on individ- uals and the proposed 8 per cent. tax on profits, is it any wonder the ques- tion arises, “Where will it end?” According to preliminary figures just compiled by the Comptroller of the Currency, the National banks of the United States in 1916 showed the largest earnings, both gross-and net, ever reported since the organization of the National banking system fifty years ago. Their gross earnings ag- gregated $600,000,000, as compared with $528,000,000 in 1915, an increase of 13.6 per cent., while the net earn- ings for the calendar year ended Dec. 31, 1916, amounted to $170,000,000, an increase of $43,000,000 or 34 per cent. over the earnings of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. These highly favorable results have been coinci- dent with a radical reduction of in- terest charged borrowers in all parts of the country in the larger cities, as well as in rural communities. So far as can be judged from figures avail- able, state banks, especially in Mich- igan show. similar growth. This clearly indicates how fundamentally sound are our business conditions, and give good ground for confidence for the future. Paul Leake. —__2- > Concurrent No Longer Current. Resolution unanimously adopted at annual convention of the Retail Gro- cers and General Merchants’ Associa- tion at Kalamazoo, Feb. 22, 1917: Whereas—The word “concurrent” on insurance riders is not necessary to conform to any law or court decision; and Whereas—It is maintained solely to annoy and embarrass the insured in the event of a loss by fire; there- fore Resolved—That we refuse to ac- cept any policy bearing this obnoxious word of uncertain meaning and fear- ful portent in the eyes of the insur- ance adjuster. ——_—_» +o If you have a business ambition and show that you are ambitious, you will not have to wait long for somebody to give you an opportunity to carry it out. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Bankruptcy Proceedings in South- western Michigan. St. Joseph, March 5—In the matter of Charles Gray, bankrupt, of Kalamazoo, the trustee filed his supplemental final report and account, showing disburse- ment of all the funds in the estate, with request that he be discharged as trustee. The account appearing proper for allow- ance, an order was entered by the referee closing the estate and discharging the trustee. » 4 ‘ ¥ * ele < | + a a \> ¢ OS) » e > &? ¢ ’ < > wi t (proce < » i = {7 Co hiy « | 4 1 ‘ j «$e? , * dl € ety ¥ ° s {» | j ’ a « s cae j | | Cc lak “a e Cie eRe 2 March 14, 1917 the only way to get warm is to start an argument in the depot. This is some improvement; also a saving of coal as well. : “You may not get all that is com- ing to you in this world but look out for the next.” C. Y. Bennett, the prosperous lum- berman at See Why, has closed his woods operation for the season, after having had an excellent winter. A comical incident happened to our friend Clyde Hecox, the well-known editor of the St. Ignace Enterprise, last week which we understand came near being serious. An angry poli- tician confronted Clyde with the re- marks, “See, here,” yelling at the top of his voice, “What do you mean by publishing my resignation from my office in this way?’ “You gave the story out yourself, didn’t you?” asked Clyde, “Of course I did,” replied the angry man, “but your darn paper prints it under the head of Public Improvement.” William G. Tapert. -_—--s-?-o_____ Whims in high prices are not their least puzzling element, Why should goldfish still be within reach of the general public at 5 cents apiece. while canary birds have soared from the old figure of $2.75 to $12? To make matters worse, the cost of the upkeep has advanced; Turkish seed is practically unobtainable and Span- ish seed has a pound. gone up several cents And if one looks about for a substitute for canaries, he is con- fronted with the fact that tigers have doubled in price, elephants have risen beyond the ordinary blue-nosed pocketbook, apes are expensive and one-horned tapirs are rarer than ever. Parrots are now cheap, by compari- son, but here again the first cost is misleading. The price of their food has increased 100 per cent. or more. One thinks of rabbits, but the demand for them in the medical profession has pushed prices up from 25 to 35 and 45 cents wholesale. Monkeys al- so are out of the reach of most per- sons, who are reduced to dogs and pigeons. Yet Congress adjourned without doing anything to relieve the pressure. ——---. > ———— A hen which laid an egg every day for three years, except for a vacation of ten days during Lent last year, has been sold by a clergyman. He had accepted a call to another church and was forced to part with his chickens. After they had been sold he was struck with remorse and felt guilty because he had sold the hen which had faithfully provided him with a fresh egg for breakfast daily. The hen had worked for him and he re- warded her efforts for his comfort by selling her, without a thought for her comfort. So guilty did the preacher feel that he was ill and unable to oc- cupy his pulpit last Sunday. A hen that has laid an egg every day for three years should be worth her weight in gold and it is strange that her clerical owner was willing to part with her. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Twelve Things to Remember. The value of time. The success of perseverance. The pleasure of working. The dignity of simplicity. The worth of character. The power of kindness. The influence of example. The obligation of duty. The wisdom of economy. The virtue of patience. The improvement of talent. The joy of originating. Men who have achieved greatly in this world have kept steadily before them fixed prinicples by which they were guided. When published these principles have always been found impressive and of universal usefulness and application. The above “twelve things to remember” were the guid- ing rule of the late Marshall Field, of Chicago. —_+->___ : Rev. Billy Sunday is conducting a religious campaign in Buffalo, but he has not to his credit two recent marvel- ous cures by the laying on of hands. A Buffalo patrolman performed the healing acts. He laid hands on a man claiming to be blind and who begged on the street. The man had two good eyes, but said begging was more profitable than working. The other was when the patrol- man noticed a man sitting by the wayside and asking alms. He ap- peared to be one-legged, but when he saw the policeman approaching he ran away on two legs until he was captured. The beggar admitted that he doubled one leg under him and with the aid of a leather contrivance made it look as if it had been cut off. “cure” ——— 0-2 Ichthyol oil, used as an antiseptic medicament, has never been produced in this country. In 1914 about 60,000 pounds were imported. In 1915 about 25,000 pounds came to this country and last year the amount was less. It is reported that deposit of raw ma- terial sufficient to meet all the needs of the United States, so far as the oil is concerned, has been found in Near Burnet, in the Lone Star State, there is a large deposit of bituminous rock filled with fossil fish almost identical in character with the fossils of the Austrian Tyrol, whence America has hitherto obtained ichthyol oil. Texas. ——_2<- 2 Grocers of Great Falls, Mont., have tied up the town. A number of their clerks refused to handle products of a milling company which had been declared unfair, The grocers prompt- ly closed their doors and went on strike themselves. 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We advise those who desire to BOTH PHONES 4391 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ‘ March 14, 1917 = = = - _ — — — — = = OVEN (( DRY Goops, FANCY GOODS» Belts and Girdles Are Returning to Favor. Paris is exploiting beaded bags and belts, and authorities in such move- ments claim that the samples seen are the loveliest designs of this kind ever brought out. Belt houses are already at work and new suit models as well as the separate skirts will need these smart adjuncts. Crushed belts of suede have been made with gloves and bags to match, the gloves having crushed wrists and beaded motifs; the belt with motifs around and bag well covered. Longer beaded belts are really on the girdle lines, the genuine girdle, “she girdled her dainty waist with a long cord,” which has become a flat band 1% to 2 inches wide, fastening invisibly, or with a buckle, or may be 1% yards long, knotted on loosely in front or on the side. In either case of leather, rib- bon, kid, etc., well covered with bead motifs; these have a beaded fringe on the ends and are of the brilliant Balkan colors. One-piece dresses and separate skirts for sport will be worn with such belts. There is also an opportunity for Chinese ornamentation with odd coins sewn on flatly, tassels on ends. A pretty round belt of patent leather has six small silver slides along the sides and a stirrup buckle in front. Galalith buckles and disc-shaped pieces sewn to the belt are worn. An odd belt seen on a returning tourist is of doe- skin as a flat belt with beaded motifs, from the center of each is a medium sized Chinese tassel of beads and col- ored cotton. A bag for every hat, one for the belts, one of the sport skirt fabric and any pretty odd one .that comes up. Ribbon hats and bags to match are charming, or take a sport skirt fabric for the skirt, hat and belt and bead the printed figures. In selling quanti- ties for a skirt the clerk can suggest more for a hat, belt and bag or a hat alone, and then sell a beaded bag and belt to correspond. The fabric bag beaded so far outsells the all beaded or leather design. Paisley bags are occasionally seen in Paris, but smart women here are not wearing this ef- fect. With steel beading and fringe a real Paisley bag is said to retail for $40—so they will ever be luxuries, not popular goods. Taffeta bags trim- med with tinsel cord that imitates beads can be sold at popular prices, retailing around $4.00, and strongly resemble steel beads. 3ags decorated with jet, are vety smart in effect and show cut beads, cabochons, tassels and at times a hanger of a jet cord. Sport silks make charming bags, the tussahs, jer- seys, etc., silks should make smart spring bags. Drawstring and frame effects go. The Pierrot bag is similar to an inverted Pierrot cap with a big silk tassel. Beads appear freely on these and on the much used sport ribbons. The jade bracelets or rings are favored for holding a bag with. Chinese-Japanese tassels in a very small jade ring are constantly used. There is a Mandarin bag of Chinese embroidery; Dutch silver frames are used. The two chief effects in bags are Oriental and sport. Among the for- mer are dark silk backgrounds with the beading representing such scenes as a Japanese in native dress alighting from a jinrikisha; another set of motifs shows the quaint little lady in a kimono on a cushion drinking tea, and others doing the same. Crepe and taffeta make effective backgrounds. Turkish figures are as interesting as the Japanese. Rug patterns are also shown in the true Eastern colors. As bags have to be carried in the evening, they are very suitably made of tinsel broches, silk or ribbon, gold tassel from a big gold button, cream lace flounce outlined with gold, rib- bon hanger, colored silk lining. Oth- ers have gold lace gathered cn, and a gorgeous one is of velvet brocade, pale blue, rose colored lining, gold lace held up in a drapery by a golden rose, golden fringe. Ribbon flowers trim bags also, and the prettiest of silk velvet answers for bags with gold figures, fringe, tassels and bullion cord. Some bags are sufficiently large to hold a fan. The departments devoted to leather will soon be filled with very attrac- tive new goods, bags, belts, vanity bags and odd things for house, office and motor. For the latter new fitted bags are constantly coming up and various conveniences. Flat dressing bags for motor use are liked with ivory toilet articles, mirror and bottles of silver gilt; black pin seal forms the bag and suede the lining; pigskin is very durable for such a bag. Pin seal, self lined, is considered very choice. : Pin seal is considered very hand- some among leathers, and is affected by the tailordressed woman, who will use a bag of pin seal with pipings of leather, moire or a brilliant silk with silver clasp of leaves, a bird, etc., but something dainty and of good value as a big pearl, coral knob, etc. Silk and leather combinations as upper part of silk and lower of seal. French leather of a dull finish is used for mourning; many are trimmed with jet. For table use Japanese decorations from a single flower to an entire gar- den are used; things Japanesey take Another idea better every week. We are manufacturers of TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED HATS for Ladies, Misses and Children, ny adapted _ the general store trade order solicited CORL, KNOTT & en. Ltd. Carner Commerce Ave. and Island St. Grand Rapids, Mich. @rdonnet P. F.C. Crochet Cotton The best made, for all purposes Ask Your Jobber AWNINGS A /{COYE'S IMPROVED ROLLER AWNING. 141 i ——— =< —— r Ay \. \. S \ \\ X \ U \ ~ r si a = eee Chain or Cog Gear Roller Pull up Store and Window Plain or Decorated CHAS. A. COYE, Inc. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Are Your Net Profits Satisfactory? Probably not, if you are like nine out of ten merchants. Your trouble prob- ably is (1) you have too many of some items; (2) not enough’items. If you will buy the “many lines in one bill” offered by our monthly catalogue of General Merchandise, you easily can apply the remedy. Butler Brothers Exclusive Wholesalers of General Merchandise New York Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Dallas Automobile Combination Suits IN Khaki Cloth We have them Sizes 36 to 46 At $21.00 dozen and $27.00 dozen Send us your mail orders $ Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. Exclusively Wholesale Grand Rapids, Michigan eis + or" eis + or" March 14, 1917 from Japan is a snake (18 inches) of beads with a graceful turn that lands the end of the tail in the mouth, this being intended for a fabric bag. The Japanese stores have many oddities that can be picked up in quantities for freshening up notion departments. Serving trays with a glass top now have silk of curious design in Chinese, Japanese, Egytian, Russian, etc., ef- fects.—Dry Goods. ——_2---.—__ Steel, the Nation’s Bulwark. Steel, the master metal of peace, has been demonstrating for more than two years past its unquestioned position as the chief instrumentality of modern war. It is a tragic para- dox that without this commonest metal of civilization, the superlative frightfulness of war as it is carried on to-day would not be possible. Ev- ery major agency of destruction of battle on land and sea requires steel in all or some of its essential parts. That with the nation strongest in steel resources has rested the advan- tage in armed conflict has been es- tablished by the position of Germany in the present war. That country, with her own steel industry, the largest in Europe, supplemented by the works in the Belgian, French and Polish territory conquered by her, for many months has held the tre- mendous strategic lead over her an- tagonists. Only recently has this margin of advantage been reduced or offset completely by the large draughts made by the Entente pow- ers upon the steel capacity of this country. Now, with the clouds of war hang- ing so low that they may envelop this country at any time, despite the most valiant efforts to dispel them, the American steel industry stands forth as the Nation’s chief bulwark of material strength. Whatever may be the true state of preparedness of our organized fighting forces, this Nation is blessed with strength in the greatest basic material of either peace or war which far exceeds that of any other nation, To-day the ingot ca- pacity of this country is more than double that of Germany proper and far in excess of anything the latter nation may command at home or in conquered nations. Should the su- preme test come, shall we be able to so marshall and direct our indus- trial resources to realize the most formidable strength that lies in our tremendously developed steel in- dustry? In the event of war being declared, a greater responsibility will rest upon manufacturers of steel than upon any other class of business men in the country, and that the call of patrio- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN tism will be promptly met, we do not for an instant doubt. No matter how radically steel manufacturers may dif- fer with the President in politics, they will stand by him with perfect loyalty and enthusiasm. Already many steel and other manufacturing plants of the country have been of- fered to the Government for any purpose desired, the price to be paid for products to be determined by the Government itself. This is one of the first manifestations of genuine patriotism and many others will fol- low.—Iron Trade Review. —_—_++-—____- How to Treat “Him.” When you marry him, love him. After you marry him, study him. If he is honest, honor him. If he is generous, appreciate him. When he is sad, cheer him. When he is cross, amuse him. When he is talkative, listen to him. When he is quarrelsome, him. If he is slothful, spur him. If he is noble, praise him. If he is confidential, encourage him. If he is secretive, trust him. If he is jealous, cure him. If he cares not for pleasure, coax him. If he favors him. If he does you a favor, thank him. When he deserves it, kiss him. Let him think how well you under- stand him, but never let him know that you “manage” him. —_+-.___ A belated back-yards gardening movement has been started in Chica- go, not by followers of Joseph Fels, but by one of the newspapers. The result is the offer within a few days of nearly 500 acres of land by real estate men, corporations, and land associa- tion. Much more will yet be located. On the land now in sight the news- paper enthusiastically estimates that 17,000 bushels of potatoes, or 2,400 bushels of beans, or 2,150 tons of car- rots might be grown. One real estate firm reported that it had nearly 600 acres of vacant land, of which not so much was leased to truck-gardeners, but that another fifty acres could be found. One gas company discovered that it had 100 acres of “fine potato land.” Meanwhile a movement is un- der way to learn why large tracts of suburban school land—200 acres in Austin alone, it is said—may not be used by gardeners. The city records show twenty-seven vacant parcels of land owned by the Board of Educa- tion. ignore society, accompany Lady fingers are the prevailing thing in engagement rings. 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 WM. D. BATT HIDES, WOOL, FURS AND TALLOW 28-30 LOUIS ST. GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN 1? 139-141 Monroe St ory GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 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. FOR 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 eee iT Wholesale Dry Goods ‘Paul Steketee & Sus ce eee nn ne nc White Goods for Spring All indications show that White Goods will pre- dominate this spring. Allow us to suggest a careful inspection of our line, including Plain and Fancy Voiles, Pajama Checks, Mercerized Oxford, Marqui- sette, Organdies and Dotted Swiss. Odd lots of Persian Lawns. at prices much below their present value. Ask our salesmen to show you their line. Grand Rapids, Michigan 2 = e 4 | “‘Ha-Ka-Rac’”’ Sweater Coats simply refuse to get out of shape 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 14, 1917 “dl (( SIO ‘S| Wd eee s Gen d,, Michigan Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso- ciation. President—J. W. I.vons, 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. Importance of Eggs in the Diet. Because of the peculiar food value of eggs, their relative freedom from waste, and the ease with which they may be prepared, their use as meat substitutes at least is often desir= able even when a consideration of their price alone would not so indi- cate. This is stated in a recently published professional paper of the Office of Home Economics of the United States Department of Agri- culture, 3ulletin 471. It is pointed out, however, that, while this is true of eggs served as one of the principal dishes of a meal, it often is not true of eggs used in cakes, puddings and other desserts along with meats. It is in the latter use of eggs that the housewife who wishes to economize can try especial- ly to curtail consumption. A fact which makes this latter practice easier is that with the present availability of baking powders, corn starch, gelatin, etc. the use of eggs to impart light- ness or to thicken liquids is not now essential as it was in the past. The principal food element fur- nished by eggs is protein, the nitrog- enous tissue-building element whose presence in considerable proportions also gives meats, fish, milk, cheese, etc. their special food value. Eggs can, therefore, be substituted in the diet for the latter foods without ma- terially altering the proportion of pro- tein consumed. In addition to protein eggs also furnish fat and a number of valuable mineral elements, including sulphur, phosphorus, iron, calcium and in an easily assimilable Department magnesium, form, and are believed also to be rich in certain essential vitalizing elements called vitamins. Like milk and unlike meats, eggs do not contain substances converti- ble in the body into uric acid. Their shells constitute the only waste ma- terials. Ninety-seven per cent. of the portion eaten—a high proportion compared to other foods—is digested. No extended cooking is necessary for eggs and there is, therefore, a saving of time, labor, and fuel in their preparation when they are compared with many other foods. For all these reasons eggs deserve an important place in the diet for use at times in place of other foods rich in protein, provided egg prices are not so high as to outweigh the other considera- tions. Although wholesome when fresh and clean, eggs may be decidedly un- wholesome when old or dirty. The housewife should be careful when buying, therefore, to choose eggs which are as clean and fresh as pos- sible. Similarly, the producer of eggs should keep nests clean and sanitary and should collect eggs frequently. It is also well to ensure the produc- tion of eggs with good keeping qual- ities by producing only infertile eggs after the hatching season. In addition to cleanliness and fresh- ness, the housewife when purchasing eggs should consider size and free- dom from cracks, Eggs vary so in size that a dozen large and a dozen small eggs purchased at the same price per dozen may differ as much as 25 per cent. in the value of the food elements furnished. Perhaps the fairest way to buy or sell eggs is by weight. Because of the wide varia- tions in the size of eggs, it is also coming to be recognized that more accurate results in recipes can be ob- tained by weighing or measuring the eggs out of their shells. Cracked eggs are undesirable because the breaking of the shell makes possible the entrance of bacteria and filth. Because fewer eggs are produced in the most populous regions of the country than are consumed there, and because the seasons have a marked effect on the number of eggs laid, city housewives must use cold storage eggs during some periods of the year if they are to supply their tables at all with this food. The fact that eggs have been held in cold storage does not necessarily mean that they are of low quality. Care- fully handled cold storage eggs often are of better quality than fresh local eges that have been improperly car- ed for. —_2.+~—___ Suit Over Frozen Eggs. Grant Bros. Co., of Marion, Ind., has brought suit against the New York Central Railroad Co. for $700 damages incurred it is claimed by neg- ligence in the handling by the rail- road of a shipment of eggs from Marion to New York in January. It is charged that the eggs were frozen. GOLD BOND ow Manuf'd by AMSTERDAM BROOM CO. AMSTERDAM, N. Y, =) PACKED IN CASES 1 GOLD BOND mN=— 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 vrheat, properly blended, to producea 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. Merchant Millers Grand Rapids, Michigan Owned by Merchants Products Sold Only by Merchants Brands Recommended by Merchants Rea & Witzig PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS 104-106 West Market St. Buffalo, N. Y. Established 1873 Live Poultry in excellent de- mand at market prices. Can handle large shipments to ad- vantage. Fresh Eggs in good de- mand at market prices. Fancy creamery butter and good dairy selling at full quota- tions. Common plenty and dull. Send for our weekly price cur- rent or wire for special quota- tions. Refer you to the People’s Bank of Buffalo, all Commercial Agen- cies and to hundreds of shippers everywhere. We Are in the Market Daily to Buy BEANS White Beans, Red Kidney Beans, Brown Swedish Beans Also CLOVER SEED Write or call Both Phones 1217 MOSELEY BROTHERS Grand Rapids, Mich WILSON & CO. Wholesale Buyers of Eggs, Poultry and Butter We always pay top prices Get our prices before selling Grand Rapids oe Michigan The Vinkemulder Company Jobbers and Shippers of Everything in Fruits and Produce Grand Rapids, Mich. * ~ : a} March 14, 1917 Boomlets From Bay City. _ Bay City, March 12—The Bigelow Cooper Co., of this city, manufactur- er of hardwood flooring, etc., has in- creased its capital stock from $150,- 000 to $250,000. The Howland Paving Co. of say City, has filed articles of incorpora- tion with the Secretary of State at Lansing, with an authorized capital stock of $2,500, of which $1,500 is paid in. The incorporators are Lee How- land, J. E. Converse and Louis R. Schrader. The regular and annual meeting ot Bay Council was held Saturday nigt, with forty-two members present. The following officers were elected for the coming year: Senior Counselor—William A. Patenge. Jun’or Counselor—John L, Sullivan. Past Counselor—Fred G. McCloy. Secretary-Treasurer—E. B. Ben- nett. Conductor—Russell A. Allen. Page—Ray Snyder. Sentinel—Charles Kilborn, Executive Committee—M. Cc Empey. E. B. L. Vantile, I. N. Baker. Representatives to the Grand Coun- cil meeting at Bay City, June 1 and 2—J. H. . Richards and Timm, F. Jelknap, R. S. William Sempliner; alternates, M. C. Empey, E. B. Timm and F. J. Fenske. William Sempliner, Secretary- Treasurer, who has held the office for fourteen years, refused to allow his name to be used for re-election. much to the regret of a great many of the members. During his long term in office, he has been absent only a few times and then only when out of the city or on account of. sickness. To show their appreciation of his ef- ficient services, the members by a unanimous rising vote adopted a reso- lution making him a life member of 3ay Council, his dues and assessments to be paid by the Council. Y. EF. Mahoney, proprietor of the Mahoney Hotel, Pinconning, has leas- ed the Colonial Hotel and will run it as an annex to the Mahoney Hotel. The building will be completely re- furnished and will be opened to the public in about two weeks. 3y a maiority of over, 1,200, the people of Bay City, at the primary election Monday, expressed them- selves in favor of a revision of the city charter, to be voted on at the April election. Former Mayor and_ ex-Congress- man Woodruff was defeated for the nomination for Mayor in a three-cor- nered contest at the primary elec- tion last Monday. The candidates chosen were Alderman Tomlinson and Alderman Mundy. Mr. Tomlin- son is a member of Bay City Council and, if elected, will, no doubt, have the honor of delivering the address of welcome to the visiting U. C. T.s at the June convention. Fire which started in the pool room of George McClelland, Harbor Beach, destroyed property valued at $15,000. The heaviest loser was Dell McMann. automobile dealer, whose stock of automobiles recently driven overland from Detroit and valued at $10,000, was almost completely destroyed. The Herzog Art Furniture Co., of Saginaw, has secured a_ $25,000,000 contract for the manufacture of talk- ing machine cabinets for the Sonora Phonograph Corporation of Boston. The company has fifteen years to complete the contract. The Saginaw Malleable Iron Co., is the name of Saginaw’s newest in- dustry. Two main buildings, 630 feet long by 80 feet wide, will be con- structed and work will be started as soon as the frost is out of the ground. Dr. Woodruff has announced that he will support Mr. Tomlinson and work for his election and requests his friends to do likewise. The Saginaw Valley Traffic Club held its first business meeting of the year in Saginaw Thursday evening. Members from St. Louis, Alma, Flint MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 and Bay City were present. The next meeting will be held in Bay City May 10. The Northeastern Michigan Asso- ciation of Credit Men held its monthly meeting at Saginaw Tuesday evening. The next meeting will be held in Bay City April 24 at the Wenonah Hotel. An invitation was extended to the Kalamazoo Association to attend the meeting. The National Hotel, at Gaylord, owned by F. M. Campbell, was par- tially destroyed by fire Monday night. The Northern Hotel, at Roscom- mon, one of the old relics of lumber- jack days, was completely destroyed by fire last week. Boyne City is to have a new can- ning factory this season with a ca- pacity of 10,000 cans a day. It is es- timated that $30,000 will be paid to the farmers during the season. Joe Gougeon, owner and proprietor of the Hotel Quebec, of Lewiston, has leased the property to Fred Lyons, of New Lothrop, who has taken pos- session. Martin Naumes, Cashier of the Citizens State Savings Bank of. Pin- conning, has resigned and Val Klumph has been promoted to the position. Mr. Naumes will move to Mt. Pleas- ant, where he will engage in the au- tomobile business. The cut-over lands in Alpena and adjacent counties are in demand. Sev- eral sales have recently been made ana many enquiries are being received. Land that sold for $2 per acre is now selling at $5 and $6 per acre. The Turner Lumber & Manufac- turing Co. has purchased the Praschan & Henckroth stock of hardware and implements and have taken posses- sion. Sam Weinberg, general merchant at Prescott, left for a trip to New York ten days ago to buy dry goods for the spring trade and has not yet returned. Some of his friends are rather suspicious and would not be surprised if Sam brought home an assortment of drg goods and mil- linery which was not on the list which his head clerk made out for him. The estimated acreage of 700,000 acres which the farmers of Michigan will plant in beans in 1917, is more than 250,000 more than 1916, which means the largest bean crop in the history of the State. At the present price of seed it costs the farmer $40 an acre to plant potatoes and $6 to plant beans. W. T. Ballamy. ——_2+>—____ Ambition never has time to take a day off. Dandelion Vegetable Butter Color A perfectly Pure Vegetable Butter Color and one that complies with the pure food laws of every State and of the United States. Manufactured by Wells & Richardson Co. Burlington, Vt. 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 Don't kick a man because he is drunk. Help him. Surely every man is worth saving. Drop us a line and let us tell you how we can aid him. Ad- dress The Keeley Institute, 733-35 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. ELI CROSS Grower of Flowers And Potted Plants WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 150 Monroe Ave. Grand Rapids Home of the Pleasing Dornbos Cigars Can a ane ae ee Bread is the Best Food It is the easiest food to digest. It is the most nourishing and, with all its good qualities, it is the most economical food. Increase your sales of bread. Fleischmann’s Yeast secures perfect fermentation and, therefore, makes the most wholesome, lightest and tastiest bread. Sell Bread Made With FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST DWINELL-WRIGHT CO.’S freon EERE 195 { so re _* arn eM Wrasse, yy = “wn ro) 7) ) Aad elt ~ een erarey) 5 Se ae are two very important items in the house- keeping scheme of living. They reflect—in their splendid character and deliciousness, the fondness for real quality most people indulge. Folks know that ‘“‘White House,” as a name for coffee and tea brands, is the equivalent for “THERE CAN NOT POSSIBLY BE ANY BETTER;” and they buy “White House” Coffee and Tea with that perfect confidence which you like your customers to have in YOU. Distributed at Wholesale by JUDSON GROCER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Cee ee 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 14, 1917 Are You of the Sisterhood of Waver- ing Minds? Written for the Tradesman. If there had been only 10-cent cans or only 15-cent cans of that particu- lar kind of pork and beans at Hallam’s grocery, the matter would have been simple, and Marguerite Miller could have made her purchase in a mo- ment’s time and gone on her way. It really was a pity that Mr. Haliam had both sizes, for this compelled Mar- guerite to go through the slow, diffi- cult, almost painful process of decid- ing between the two. There the goods were on a table, a pyramid of the smaller and another of the larger, one ticketed 10 cents and the other 15 cents. She paused before them. A clerk who had been engaged in weighing out sugar, ad- vanced to wait on her. “T am thinking of buying a can of this pork and beans,’ Marguerite be- gan. “Vou won't make any mistake,” the clerk assured her. “We put in this brand only a few months ago, and we're having a wonderful sale on it. Customers who once get started with this, buy it right along. Of course we have other kinds—one that is put up by the same people—of which we can give you a bigger can for the money, but the don’t compare with this.” “T hardly know which size to take” —she spoke slowly and hesitatingly. She picked up a 10-cent can and pass- ed it nervously from one hand to the other. “This is rather small—still, perhaps it might be enough—all we would want. How much is there of this 10-cent can, when you open it and take it out in a dish,” she asked, “or”—this a later thought—“if you divide it into three parts, would each part make a fair-sized serving for one person?” was With masculine inability to grasp detail, the clerk muttered something to the effect that the 10-cent can might be enough for three people, “if they were not much eaters. But, lady, if there’s any doubt about it, of course you get quite a lot more in the 15-center.” Marguerite put back the small can and picked up one of the larger size. “Of course one gets more for the money to buy this,” she mused. Then she carefully compared the net weight of contents of the two sizes as printed on the wrappers and made some kind of calculation as to how much better she would do to take the larger. “But perhaps this would be more than we would eat at one lunch, and we haven’t any place out there at the factory, for keeping left-overs.” At this point it occurred to Mar- guerite that she was taking up a good deal of the clerk’s time. “Mr. Edgars,” she suggested, “won't you just go on with your work? I can think this out better if I don’t feel that I am hinder- ing you.” The affable Mr. Edgars assured Marguerite that she was not hinder- ing in the least, and that he wanted she should take plenty of time to make up her mind. Still, if she preferred, he would resume his sugar weighing. seing left to her own thoughts, Marguerite, spent some minutes in de- bating silently the pros and cons of the question before her. Then a bright thought struck her. Why not call up the other girls and find out which they thought would be better? It should be explained that Mar- guerite, together with her friends Pearl Stebbins and May Deal, is doing office work in a small factory that is located in the industrial section of the city. There are no restaurants nor cafeterias out there, so these girls carry their lunches. , They have adopted the plan of eating together, usually adding to what they bring from home some item purchased at a grocery or delicatessen. For this last they share the cost. As the reader may have surmised, all three have a feminine aversion to making any large outlay just for something to eat. On the day before, Pearl Stebbins had been telling of a certain kind of pork and beans. She had eaten some at the home of her cousin and found it “simply delicious.” “It would be just elegant for our lunch!” she de- clared. So Marguerite, who had seen this brand for sale at the grocery near her home, offered to get a can. Now to do on with our story. Hav- ing secured permission to use the grocer’s telephone, Marguerite tried to call up Pearl Stebbins, but evident- ly the Stebbins family had gone out for the evening. But she was suc- cessful in reaching May Deal. “May, I’m here at the store,” she began, “and I’m having such a time to decide whether to buy a 10-cent can of the pork and beans or a 15- cent can. Which do you think would be better?” The Genuine MAPLEINE Gives satisfaction to all who use it Order of your jobber or Louis Hilfer Co. 1503 Peoples Life Bldg. Chicago, Ill. @ CRESCENT MFG. CO. Seattle, Wash. HURRAH FOR THE WAR—NOT OW do you like it, Mr. Grocer, to have a lot of people who don’t know what they are talking about, charging you with waxing fat out of war-time profits and inflated prices? Enjoyable, is it not? Yes, it is NOT. We know just how you feel about it. While they’re pouring out vin- dictive accusations against you, you’re lying awake nights, trying to find some way to keep the necessities of life down to ‘‘pocket-book size.’’ Same way with us, Old Man. Shake! If anything has rocketed faster or further than match materials—that is, the kind of materials that go into the DIAMOND line of the best and safest matches on earth—we haven’t heard of it. And we’ve done just as you have tried; to protect our customers and keep prices down. : But, do you realize that, measured by real service, there’s nothing so cheap in the world to-day as DIAMOND matches. With strong sticks, efficient and safe heads— the best matches made—now or at any time; here or anywhere; at present prices or any other price—they are the biggest value for a fraction of a cent, or a nickel, or six or seven cents that you can sell. Besides, you know who’s back of them and In Times of Adversity, Stick to the Old Friends. THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY And we are only starting! You ought to read what these merchants write us— —‘‘Sales increased from the first hour the price-clips were put up’.’ —‘‘Clerks delighted—They can wait on twice the number of customers’”’, —‘Puts a stop to disputes and misunderstandings’’. —‘‘Helps us keep our stock in ship-shape order— —‘‘Does away with the drudgery of marking every can or package”. It is all so Simple and Costs So Very Little! The Shuman System of plain-figure pricing consists of galvanized steel clips that you spring onto shelf, box, basket or crate—and gummed stickers that you paste onto the face of the clips. To change prices, you either switch your clips from shelf to shelf or paste on new stickers, Our stickers enable you to make any price from ic to 99 le. One Complete Set No. 1 Consists of 50 Clamps And 1310 Gummed Stickers.......... .... Price $3.25 Extra Clamps $2.50 per 100. Extra Stickers 10c for envelope of 50 of a kind. If your jobber cannot supply you get in touch with us direct. Frank G. Shuman Company Room 705—168 N. Michigan Ave. CHICAGO :: :: ILLINOIS Conservative [avestors Patronize Tradesman Advertisers «4¢ « « * . 4 <é@ » es < fw fiqe> av * ge . : « « * « 4 » . - x March 14, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 “Why, Marguerite, I’m sure I don’t know. Tll.ask mamma—maybe she can tell. Just hold the phone, please.” May hurriedly consulted her mother. “Mamma says that really she can’t tell Marguerite. She thinks best to leave it to you—you are there where you can see the size of the cans. She thinks that if the 10-cent can isn’t too little, very likely it would be enough. But if it is no larger than one kind she has seen, then we would need the 15-cent. Do just as you think, Marguerite dear.” Still in perplexity, Marguerite re- turned to the pork and beans table. After some moments of further in- decision, she picked up a 10-cent can and walked over to Mr. Edgars and paid for it. Before she reached the door, however, she _ reconsidered. Then she went back and changed for the larger size. She had taken five minutes of the clerk’s time, at least fifteen minutes of her own, and had used no telling how many units of mental energy, to reach what you might call a 5-cent conclusion. Marguerite Miller is an unusually intelligent girl. Ever since she finish- ed high school—and that was several years ago, for Marguerite is now 24—she has been taking courses in various subjects, so she has a great store of knowledge. But with all she has learned, she know how to make up her mind with reasonable quickness. At business college she was trained in rapid addi- tion and in speed in shorthand and typewriting, but nowhere has she been taught the least swiftness in making decisions, even about the most trivial matters. Indeed, she seems to have a great dread of really coming to a determination about anything. Marguerite belongs to the great sisterhood of wavering minds, She is one of that vast number of bright, brainy women who make a serious and complicated problem of every little thing that comes up. Such _ people show a wonderful cleverness in think- ing of all possible advantages and dis- advantages. Then follows an almost endless balancing of the one against the other, a process exhausting to themselves and tiresome to all who must witness it. And the decision so laboriously arrived at, usually is no better and no more nearly correct than one reached in a quarter of a minute. Everyone should learn to distin- guish between the important and the unimportant in small things. The omission of a sentence or even of a single word in a large contract may mean a loss or a gain of many thou- sands of dollars. The careless drop- ping of a lighted match may start a ten-million dollar fire. But it does not follow that every little act is fraught with such momentous conse- THE SANITARY FLY DESTROYER " NON-POISONOUS Our TANGLEFOOT Handy Package, 5 Double Sheets, Retails for 10c. Saves Labor and Expense of Wrapping. doesn’t yet ° quences. If it were, life would be un- bearable. There are many, many questions that come up for decision, to which the old expression “it’s no killing matter” aptly applies. Use your best judgment of course in regard to all you do, but don’t take too long in comparing what is for with what is against. An occasional mistake will cause less loss and trouble than habitual inability to reach a prompt decision. Living never has been reduced to an exact science. No matter how much consideration is given them, there are many things about which no human mind can tell what will be best. With the pork and beans, the only way was to try it out. If the 15-cent size proved too large, they could take the other next time. It is necessary to train oneself in grasping as speedily as possible the essential features of any subject that presents itself, When one can do this, decision should be reached quick- ly about any matter that is not like- ly to involve serious results. Dear sisters of the wavering mind, it is a frightful and wicked waste to spend so much time and energy on details that can’t possibly count for much in any way. If you are buying a hair-net or choosing a dessert for dinner, naturally you want to select what will be pleasing and satisfactory, but in any such case it isn’t worth while to use all the deliberation that would be required in framing the constitution of a state, or in formu- lating the terms of a peace league of the nations. Quillo. ——_+-+_~>>_»> -—_____ Tit For Tat. “You are not compounding prescription as I would,” remarked the stranger who had dropped in. “Dump in a littlte of this and a pinch of that.” “What do you mean? druggist?” “Nope.” “Then what do you mean by telling me how to run my business?” that Are you a “Oh, I’m the manager of the ball team. I notice you in the bleachers . occasionally handing me_ unsolicited advice.” artnett Flower Shop Cut Flowers—Floral eee attr pote eC) hed 72 N. IONIA, Just North Monroe Both Phones Grand Rapids, Mich. T HE LASK REFRIGERATOR The Best Built Refrigerator on Earth MUSKEGON, MICH. 23 a Nees ae ee Nationally Advertised Naturally Sold Glass Package Makes Quality Permanent Gilpin, Langdon & Company Baltimore, Maryland 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. Coal in the Saginaw Valley and Electrical Development in several parts of the State insure Cheap Power. Our Industrial Department invites correspondence with manufacturers and others seeking locations All in- quiries will receive painstaking and prompt attention and will be treated as confidential. saan GEORGE C. CONN, Freight Traffic Manager, Detroit, Michigan Some Intimate Facts About Jell-O The waxed-paper bag inside the Jell-O carton affords abso- lute protection to the contents against moisture and atmos- pheric conditions. It is air-proof and moisture-proof, keep- ing the Jell-O always pure, clean and sweet. The Jell-O inevery package is fresh, whether made yester- day or many months ago. It does not lose its flavor or grow stale. The last package of the doz- en on the grocer’s shelf is as fresh and sweet as the first. From start to finish the operation of “putting up” JELL-O is an interesting one. Wonderful automatic machines perform it—each completing a package of Jell-O in two seconds—from making the waxed-paper bag and filling it with Jell-O, to put- ting the filled bag and a recipe folder in the carton and closing and sealing it. It is all very sanitary and very satisfactory. The seven flavors of Jell-O—all pure fruit flavors—are Strawberry, Rasp- berry, Lemon, Orange, Cherry, Peach, Chocolate. THE GENESEE PURE FOOD COMPANY, LeRoy, N. Y., and Bridgeburg, Ontario 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 14, 1917 = — _— — —_— =~. _— = - Jdvevevens Wy — —_ —_ —_ _— — 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. Getting the Hardware Store Ready for Spring. Written for the Tradesman. With the approach of spring, the rearrangement of the hardware stock is a matter for timely consideratron. Winter lines will be pushed into the background, and seasonable spring goods brought forward to places of prominence. Among the lines which must be featured at this season, or a little lat- er, are sporting goods and paints. Housecleaning lines too are timely; and builders’ hardware can be profita- bly pushed. To show the people just what they want just when they want it is an axiom of good merchandising. One large city merchant, bearing this in mind, toward the middle or end of March, depending on whether the season is late or early, puts into effect a drastic rearrangement of his stock. On one side of the front door he strategically locates the paint de- partment, and on the other in cases and shelves a fine display of builders’ hardware. Of the two front windows, one is given up to a paint display and another to seasonable lines of sport- ing goods. There is a special interior arrangement, as near as possible to the entrance, of housecleaning lines; and a special table for bargains in small articles. To give so much prominence to seasonable lines necessitates, in a small store, the pushing of other lines into the background: or, as an alter- native, the careful utilization of every opportunity for display. It will be good policy for the shrewd hardware merchant to take a look around his store this spring and see if he does not possess some neglected opportuni- ties for displa aying goods. One dealer I knew of had two floors, the upper being used for the storing of reserve stock, The stock room was poorly lighted. Often when the stock was crowded downstairs it became necessary to display goods upstairs. To solve the lighting prob- lem, the merchant enlarged the front window. But instead of ordinary win- dows flush with the wall, he built a projecting window, in which goods were displayed. On dark days and at night this window was lit, during merchandising hours. Its value for display purposes was, of course, not the equal of the ground flour window; yet it undoubtedly attracted a lot of attention and influended sales. In solving his upstairs lighting problem, the merchant saw and seized an op- portunity for securing further window display space. Another idea which attracted the attention of some big city men was found in a small town of only a few thousand people. Here the store was built back a few inches from the prop- erty line; behind a protecting railing windows were built looking into the basement; and these windows were used for attractive displays. Not merely had this store two big dis- plays on the ground floor, but it had two basement displays immediately underneath. Here, again, an alert merchant took advantage of a dis- play opportunity. Display is almost if not quite the life-blood of merchandising. To sell the goods, you must show them. No opportunity to do so should be neg- lected. 3ut while in a few instances the window display possibilities can thus be extended, there are possibilities for interior display which are often overlooked. Thus in a big city hardware store there was for years an ugly post standing about ten feet back of the entrance, It was necessary to sup- port the ceiling. One day the mer- chant had an idea. He had a glass case constructed around the post. In this case he showed samples of silver- ware and fine cutlery. Necessarily, the display was confined to only a few specially attractive articles. Show cards directed the customer interest- ed in these lines to the back of the store, to which the silverware depart- ment had been crowded by the neces- sity of prominently displaying more seasonable goods. Following out this principle, the hardware dealer can in many cases locate “advance outposts” in the front part of the store, with show cards directing the customers further back for a more comprehensive selection. These outposts can be “occupied” by attractive samples of lines for which adequate space cannot be secured nearer the front. Thus, in remodeling an old corner SPRAY MATERIAL Lime Sulphur Solution : $6.75 barrel Dry Sulphur Compound _ $6.75 per 100 Ibs. Dry and Paste Arsenate of Lead Paris Green and Black Leaf - Blue Vitriol 16c.; 40 cts. 100 Ib. lots 13% c. Ib. Formaldehyde, gallon jugs - $1.50 Pure Pine Tar, gallon cans - 40 cts. Pure Creosote Oil, gallon cans’ - 50 cts. High Pressure Spray Hose, % 1214c; %4in.15c VANDERVOORT HARDWARE Co. LANSING, MICH. 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W. 7 on : « Ls vas ; Bae a ws “Otc «@ ° - on March 14, 1917 store some years ago, it was found necessary to leave a supporting pillar exactly on the corner, thus dividing the entrance. The pillar was however converted into a display case, in which small articles could be shown. So, too, where there is a blank wall on one side of the entrance, a glass case for the showing of small articles can often be installed, and will do good service. This problem of interior display is an important and often a difficult one. One merchant has solved it, to his own satisfaction at least, by “small show cases and more of them.” For instance, near the front of the store is a silent.salesman with samples of sporting goods. Only samples are shown, and these the most attractive, most likely to catch the eye. If a customer is interested, he is taken back to the regular sporting goods department, further back in the store. In another store a circular radiator stands out on the floor. About this radiator in March and April the mer- chant has arranged door mats of vari- ous kinds, price marked. This is just the season when the need of a door- mat is appreciated. At intervals be- tween the doormats in the circle are set coal oil stoves. These, too, are timely. This is a far better use of space than to allow the radiator to stand out prominently and advertise nothing. For the showing of fishing rods, another seasonable line, the perpen- dicular or pyramidal stand is very handy and saves a lot of space. This is a stand or rack, upon somewhat the same principle as an umbrella stand, in which the rods are stood on end. Less than a yard of floor space is re- quired for the display of a couple of dozen rods. The necessary stand can readily be improvised. The same principle can be adopted in displaying garden tools, which will be seasonable a little later. In this case a larger stand is required. Space-saving stands can be thought out for the display of almost any arti- cle. Most stores already have a good many of these devices. The aim is to economize space and at the same time to show the goods. Stands in step- ladder form, with grooves or hooks; pyramidal stands, rising step on step —these and many other simple but ingenious arrangements have been put to good use to solve the space prob- lem and facilitate display. Often the smaller of these devices can be used in arranging window displays. To display the seasonable goods to the best advantage is one purpose aim- ed at in rearranging the stock at this season. The other is to make the store bright and attractive. In the brightening up process, the hardware dealer should not overlook the fact that housecleaning for him begins in the store. In the show and silent cases and silent salesmen, glass and metal should be cleaned and pol- ished. Varnish is often needed on the woodwork, and should not be spared. A touch of paint will help the store front, and the sign outside. New show cards and price tickets should be prepared before spring business gets too heavy. Then, doubtless, cases MICHIGAN TRADESMAN there is lots of work to be done with broom, duster and mop. An attractive store is essential in catering to the spring trade, and par- ticularly in dealing with feminine customers, who are year by year an increasing factor in the success of every hardware business. William Edward Park. ——_»+-< Live Notes From a Live Town. Owosso, March 12—Owosso Coun. cil held its regular meeting Saturday evening, followed by election of officers with a large and enthusiastic number of members present. After the elec- tion the officers were properly install- ed by Past Counselor J. J. McDonald, J. D. Royce and Mr. Sloan, of East Owosso (near the court house). Each made a rousing speech. Mr. Royce’s talk was along the lines of good U. C. T.ism and its helpfulness to mem- bers. It was a gem. Mr. Sloan’s rendition of “Play Ball’ was receiv- ed with applause. These two gentle- men are fooling away their time sell- ing goods and should be on the Chau- tauqua platform—a position for which the all wise Creator had, no doubt, intended them. The new officers for the ensuing year are as follows: Senior Counselor—J. A. Cook. Junior Counselor—C. J. Hayes. Past Counselor—James J. Brown. Secretary and Treasurer—_F. E, Evans. Conductor—R. E. Tubbs. Page—C. M. Oliver. Sentinel—Geo. R. Luly. Two members of the Executive Committee were re-elected—J. J. Mc- Donald and A. D. Chase. Delegate to U. C. T. convention— é James J. Brown; alternate, F. E. Evans. The new officers appointed them- selves a committee to give a banquet and social entertainment to the trav- eling men and their ladies to be held in the near future. George Luly has discontinued tak- ing vocal lessons on acount of : No, it is not throat trouble, but George has moved from his suburban residence on South Washington street to an apartment in Aldine Flats. B. R. Allen, of Bannister, has op- ened a fine new restaurant, lunch room and ice cream parlor in Middleton in the rooms and office formerly oc- cupied by Dr. O’Neal, Honest Groceryman. ——_2>2>—___ Leatherless shoes are being shown and they are said to be attractive in appearance. One Brockton firm has turned out a shoe that looks like black calfskin. The vamp and top are made of “near-skin,’ which is a rubberized product with a fabric base. The sole and heel are of fiber composition, with inner sole of “hideskin.” The lining is cotton duck, the facing and tongue are imitation leather and the welting is a rubber composition. A brown oxford made in Lynn has sole and heel of fiber, the upper looks like canvas and the retail price is about $4.50. 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Sag- inaw. Next Grand Council Meeting—Bay City, June 1 and 2, 1917. D. Ranney, SUCCESSFUL SALESMEN. James B. Hagle, Indiana Representa- tive Brown Seed Co. James B. Hagle was born at Mem- phis, Michigan, Feb. 19, 1886. His father was formerly a meat dealer in that place and subsequently engaged in the grocery trade. - When Mr. Hagle was 5 years old the family re- moved to Detroit, where they remain- ed three years. The family then changed location to Battle Creek, where Mr. Hagle attended the public ’ school until he had completed the eighth grade. He then apprenticed himself to the Review & Herald to learn the electrotyping business. The destruction of the plant by fire a year and a half later forced him to trans- fer his relations with the Gage Print- ing Co., with whom he remained three years. The next year and a half found him in the employ of Rand, McNally & Co., of Chicago, as electrotype fin- isher. The Kellogg Toasted Corn Flakes Co. was then opening up trade in Wisconsin and offered him a po- sition as traveling representative in that State. He did so well in. the Badger State that at the end of a year he was given charge of Western Michigan territory, with headquarters at Grand Rapids and with three men under him. He remained in this po- sition three years and on Jan. 1, 1912, entered the employ of the A. J. Brown Seed Co., of Grand Rapids, remaining until last fall, when he accepted a po- sition with the fertilizer department of Armour & Company, covering East- ern Michigan, with headquarters at Flint. On returning home last week to superintend the removal of his family to Flint, he met Mr. Brown, who offered him the position of sales manager of Indiana, with headquar- ters at Indianapolis. He accepted this offer and will enter upon the duties of the new position April 1. Mr. Hagle was married July 5, 1905, to Miss Rose Gunderson, of Medary- ville, Indiana. They have two chil- dren, a girl of 8 and a boy of 5, and reside in their own home at 507 Dela- ware street. Mr. Hagle is a member of Grand Rapids Council, but has no other far- ternal associations. His hobby is base ball and he is conceded to be one of the best posted men in the country on that subject. When the Grand Rapids Press offered a prize for the best answers to the ten hard- est questions in base ball, three years ago, thousands of replies were re- James B. Hagle ceived, but Mr. Hagle won the first prize. He was formerly a player him- self, having been a member of the City Base Ball Club which was some organization in its day. He is also an enthusiastic bowler, having been a member of the Overland Bowling Club, which at one time held the city championship. He is also a devoted disciple of the gasoline wagon and will cover his trade in Indiana with a new Buick, which will be ready for him when he takes his new territory, two weeks hence. Mr. Hagle attributes his success to trying to do his best in exploiting the line he is hired to represent. As an instance of the fact that he has been successful in this endeavor, he points to the fact that he has pleased every employer whom he has ever served. —_———_ ooo A Logical Conclusion. “Did you really call this gentle- man an old fool last night?” said the judge severely. The prisoner tried hard to collect his thoughts. “The more I look at him the more likely it seems that I did,” he replied. The Greatest Fortune. If there be one man before me who honestly and contentedly believes that, on the whole, he is doing that work to which his powers are best adapted, I wish to congratulate him. My friend, I care not whether your hand be hard or soft; I care not whether you are from the office or the shop; I care not whether you preach the everlasting gospel from the pulpit, or swing the hammer over the black- smith’s anvil; I care not whether you have seen the inside of a college or the outside—whether your work be that of the head or that of the hand— whether the world count you noble or ignoble; if you have found your place you are a happy man. Let no ambition ever tempt you away from it, by so much as a _ questioning thought. J. G. Holland. 2-2 About His Size. “I see from the newspapers this morning,” said a portly woman, walk- ing into the police headquarters, “that you arrested a man whose mind is blank.” “Yes, ma’am,” geant, “we did.” “All right.” said the woman, “Will you bring the man out so that I can have a look at him? My Henry didn't come home last night and that de- scription about fits him.” returned the ser- RESERVATION With Shower $i, A Hotel to which aman may Send his family March 14, 1917 CUSHMAN HOTEL Petoskey, Michigan LEADS ALL THE REST W. L. MCMANUS, JR., Proprietor One Day Laundry Service Send your linen by parcel post Hotel Charlevoix Detroit EUROPEAN PLAN \Absolutely Fire Proof Rates, $1 for room without bath; $1.50 and upwards with bath. Grinnell Realty Co., Props. H. M. Kellogg, Manager HOTEL MUSKEGON GEO. W. WOODCOCK, Prop. EUROPEAN PLAN Rates—$1.00 without bath $1.50 and $2.00 with bath Opposite Union Depot and Goodrich Dock MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN 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. Hotel Geib For Sale 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. 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 VAN TONGEREN CIGAR CO., Makers HOLLAND, MICH. q «he * é a - es € a Me ‘ e+ a be ° m ‘ ¥ * Be ce’ 4 t; e : 2 e \ < o > ‘ * a March 14, 1917 Activities in Michigan Cities. Written for the Tradesman. The Manistee Leather Co. has been organized, with P. P. Schnorbach, general manager of the Filer Fiber Co., as President, and will build a factory at Filer City, a suburb of Manistee, for the manufacture of hides and leather products. Members of the Eastern Star as a body have joined the Woman’s League at Battle Creek in a boycott of potatoes and onions, making more than 700 organized women who are fighting excessive prices. Battle Creek restaurants have taken these vegetables off their bill of fare. Dur- ing the first day of the fight potatoes dropped 50 cents a bushel and still there were no buyers. Another large paper mill will be built at White Pigeon besides the plant of the Eddy Co. The new coating mill will be supplied with the Eddy product. The Associated Charities of Sagi- naw is securing the use of vacant lots for garden purposes this summer to aid unfortunates and reduce the cost of living. More than fifty members of the Belding Board of Commerce spent a day in Detroit last week as guests of the Detroit organization. During luncheon Paul King, of the Pere Mar- quette Railroad, announced that plans have been made to expend $20,000 in improvements at Belding this year, to include a new station, new bridge, track and other improvements. The new plant of the Towar Cot- ton Mills, at Niles, will be extended 100 feet this spring. A new build- ing will also be erected for the manu- facture of tire fabric. Battle Creek has ordered another motor driven fire truck, to be deliver- ed Sept. 1, which will mean complete motorization of the department. Gobleville has voted to build twen- ty-three cisterns to provide a water supply for fire protection. Hartford and other towns have tried the cis- tern method with unsatisfactory re- sults. They are often found to be half or entirely empty when needed and the stagnant water usually com- pletes the destruction of property that escapes the flames. Then, when a waterworks system is installed, the cisterns become a menace and must be filled up. Almond Griffen. —_—_>~>___ Long Live a Freed Germany. Detroit, March 12—Let us still have faith—those of us of German birth or German descent who love the mother country, who honor brave France, who see in Russia the mak- ing of a mighty democracy, who re- spect Japan as an able and forward- looking nation, who believe that the cause of the Allies represents right- eous justice, whose hearts bleed for Belgium, Servia, and Rumania—let us still have faith that behind and below the Prussianized hardening of hearts of the German people, there still beats the true German heart, responsive to the glories of the past, the past of 48, of Goethe and Schiller, of Bee- thoven and Wagner. It must be that the greeting to the world which Schil- ler phrased in his hymn to joy and which Beethoven climaxed in his crowning symphony, will once again meet response from the true German people, when their eyes are opened to the falsities which have made them hate the world, and which have cul- minated in the campaign of ruthless- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ness which has made the word Ger- man a synonym for everything vile and cruel and abominable. The only hope growing out of the present war is that the outcome may suggest a method by which Germany, freed of the Hohenzollerns, as France was freed, first from her Junkers and then of her despot, may find a bridge to- ward a democratic republic which will make her the friend instead of the enemy of France and the world. “Long live a freed Germany! Out with the Hohenzollerns!” should be the prayer of every lover of liberty, German or American. Otto Eberbach. While the pure food show will be held in the Klingman building March 26 to 31 under the .auspices of the Grand Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers’ Association, it is the intention of the Association to have a pure food exhibit throughout the entire city. To do this prizes of $10, $7, $5 and $3 will be awarded to the grocers and meat deaers whose places of business present the best appear- ance during pure food show week. Every grocer and meat dealer in the city, it is expected, will have his shop spick and span that week. In order to be eligible for the prize all that will be necessary is to have the gro- cer and meat dealer send in written notice to the secretary of the Asso- ciation, that he has entered his store in the contest. No entrance fee will be charged. Later judges, not con- nected in any way with the trade, will be appointed to visit the stores and judge results. Rapids —_>+-—____ After completing its new factory a Grand Rapids company hired a night- watchman. Soon, however, the man- ager formed his own suspicions that the new employe was doing more sleeping than watching at night. So he put in a couple of time clocks, one at each end of the building, to be punched by the watchman every half- hour. “What's these here clocks for?” demand the watchman when he found them installed when he came to work. “What sense is there in fussin’ around and punchin’ these here things?” “It is a measure of humanity,” explained the manager suavely. “We don’t want you to be burned up if the building should catch fire while were asleep.” you Salt Fish—There is little or no change in the mackerel situation for the week. No. 3s and 4s are about out of the market. No. 2s are ex- tremely scarce and will bring up ‘c $29 a barrel for anything good. The only thing which is in any way abun, dant is No. 1s, which range according to quality from $20 up to $27; fine shore fish bringing the higher pnvice. New mackerel will be coming for- ward in two or three months, and meanwhile prices will continue t. be high and the demand dull. Cod, hake and haddock show no change. —_——_—_2-2—__ William Judson, President of the Judson Grocer Company, returns to- day from a four weeks’ sojourn at Jacksonville, Florida. Mrs. Judson returned with him. ——___ «-¢___— Zanbock & Son succeed Smith Bros in the grocery business at 1071 Lafy- ette avenue, South. Eighty Community Groceries Ac- quired by Kroger. Detroit, March 13—Following ne- gotiations which have extended over more than a month, the Kroger Gro- cery & Baking Co., of Cincinnati, has closed a deal by which it acquires eighty retail grocery establishments in various parts of Detroit which heretofore have been conducted by the Community Grocers, Inc. The purchase, which is understood to have involved expenditure of be- tween $300,000 and $400,000 for the business and leases of the Community Grocers, Inc., includes the lease held by the Community Grocers, Inc., on approximately 16,000 square feet of warehouse space on Clay avenue. Through the deal the Kroger Gro- cery & Baking Co. extends its owner- ship to more than 400 retail groceries in various cities of Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri and Michigan. Of these about 110 are in Detroit, a number greater than in any one of the other cities in which the company is op- erating, which include Cincinnati and St. Louis. The company’s advent in Detroit was made January 1, this year, when it took over twenty-four stores, part of which had been conducted previ- ously under the name of the Schneider Stores and the others by Raleigh. Under the system of the new owner, the business of these stores is reported to have tripled in volume in the last sixty days. Be- sides the stores included in the three Detroit ownerships named, purchase also has been made of several stores under individual ownership, including the large establishment of J. E. Blum & Son, on Kercheval avenue and Lillibridge street. In connection with the company’s latest purchases it is announced that plans are being formulated for the construction in Detroit.-of a large building, in which will be centralized various branches of the business serv- ing the Detroit retail stores, includ- ing a bakery, warehouse, coffee roast- ing, fruit preserving, canning plant and perhaps a meat packing plant and also the company’s Detroit offices. The business of the Kroger Gro- cery & Baking Co., in Detroit, is in charge of Edward Weiler, who came from Cincinnati at manager. Officers of the Kroger company are: Presi- dent, Bernard H. Kroger: Treasurer, B. H. Kroger, Jr.; Secretary, W. H. Albers. Mr. Albers has been in De- troit several days looking after de- tails of the purchase. It is reported from Cincinnati that it is the company’s plan to make De- troit the center for an extensive sys- tem of retail stores and warehouses in other cities in Michigan. —__»>+>—___. Get in the Band Wagon. Lansing, March 13—We would sug- gest that you call the attention of country dealers to the importance of their getting the latest catalogues of Sears-Roebuck and Montgomery Ward for reference, as the catalogue houses have advanced their prices from 10 to 150 per cent.; in fact, in order to put in force our proposition of meeting mail order house prices, we have got to mark up our goods from 10 to 25 per cent. all along the line. There never was a time when the small dealer could meet catalogue house competition as easy as he can at the present time, as he can easily find, by a little investigating, and if he takes his customers word as to what they can buy of catalogue houses he is likely to be up against the old catalogue at a good deal less than present prices. Vandervoort Hardware Co. + Grand Rapids’ Worst Enemy—The G. R. & I. Marquette, March 12—I think the G. R. & I. should have pride enough for Grand Rapids to run a night train between Mackinaw City and Grand Rapids, in the winter season. It hurts Grand Rapids because the Upper 25 Peninsula people who want to make the city have to either go to Chicago first or take an all-day ride over the G. R. & 1. What business men want to do, as you know, is to put their nights in on the sleeper. If the D., S. S, & A. treated the people of the Upper Peninsula in the ynanner the G. R. & 1. does the people of South- ern Michigan, there would be a re- bellion up here. The D., S. S. & A. run two daily trains between Macki- naw City and Marquette, and the whole territory is a desert. Just think of it, only Newberry and Sault Ste. Marie, in the whole distance and then the Soo is off to one side. The people of the Upper Peninsula stand for the South Shore, because they ac- commodate us. Their trains run at a loss between here and St. Ignace in the winter. There is 150 miles of snow to fight. Merchant. Where Is the Legislative Committee? What is the Legislative Committee af the Grand Council, U..C. T., do- ing to secure an appropriation to en- force the Henry law? Echo answers, What? Everyone concedes the fairness and equity of the law. The hotel men concede it is a needed law in talking with traveling men, but censure it in private and condemn it openly at their conventions. The law owed its ori- gin to a crying need for reform on the part of a large portion of the hotels of the State, but, unfortunately, the influence of the hotel men in the Legislature was sufficient to emascu- late the law by eliminating the provi- sion for funds to ensure its enforce- ment. If the Legislature Committee above referred to has any excuse for existence, it will get busy before an- other day’s delay and secure the in- troduct’on of a bill to remedy the de- fect which has nearly rendered the present law inoperative. Beans and Butter, Poultry, Potatoes. Buffalo, March 14—Creamery but- ter, extras, 40@4ic; first 37@38c; common, 35@36c; dairy, common to choice, 28@35c; poor to common, all kinds, 25@28c. Cheese—No, 1 new, 25c: @24'4c; old 25@26c. Eggs—Choice, new laid, 29c; fancy hennery, 30@3Ic. Poultry (live) — Fowls, springs, 20@24c; old cox, ducks, 20@22c. Dressed Poultry—Turks, per lb., 25 @33c; chicks, 22@26c: fowl, 20@24c. Beans—Medium, $7.75; pea, $7.75; Red Kidney, $7.75@8.00; White Kid- ney, $8.00@8.25; Marrow, $8.00@8.25. Potatoes—$2.65@2.90 per bu, Rea & Witzig. Eggs, choice, 24 20@24c; 16@17c; Late Bank Items. Charlevoix—A. A. Swinton, has purchased W. J. Rachow’s holdings in the Charlevoix State Savings Bank and becomes Vice-President of that institution. Petoskey—Claude Jubenville, son- in-law of W. L. McManus, proprietor of the Cushman Hotel, and formerly connected with the First National Bank of this city, has secured an ap- pointment as National bank examin- er, and has been assigned to take charge of District No, 9, which com- prises the Upper Peninsula of Michi- gan and some counties in Wisconsin. 2-2 Hull Freeman has been confined to his home for the past three months by grippe and other ailments. He is on the road to recovery, although he is slow in regaining his strength. 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 14, 1917 » fete ee = Wy 2 od) ol wi) snl) ah oy ee ete os y nae jj \ (Za Ail a r p — A Trade Stimulant. Place an assortment of merchan- dise in your window. Hang a sign which reads: “Party guessing near- est retail value of these articles this week will be given $2 in trade.” You can either give a guess with every purchase or you can give a guess free to every person who comes into your store. town resident trade. ————_+2>———_ If, as has been said, a business is the lengthened shadow of one man, it is rather important to see that that man is solid and qualified to cast a good shadow. It’s Pure, That’s Sure ‘ Gl Rort Piper Ice Cream Co. Kalamazoo, Mich. ItsGoo For Wall Papers Paints Window Shades | The butetion - Lime sets the standard for GOOD MERCHANDISE A Complete Variety in Quality and Style. Manufacturers of Criterion Paints. Distinctive Individuality — Perfect Workmanship HEYSTEK & CANFIELD CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. An excellent plan to get every a * 4 ° a ¥ e. « 4 ° * ow . ¢ & fe © e ¢ 8 ¢ < 4 G ¢ * % ' « a « « 4 ry a & ‘ . < x ee” o % 4 * . «- ’ ‘> ° % C7 a 4 » fe ~ ‘ ee q eohee an Fa 9 ba % > « 4 ° bu * ££ 6 March 14, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 a ee ee eee Cee Priccs quoted are nominal, based on market the day 01 issue : Acids phe Sone ae 5 ne _ thai deeeees @1 20 Se 5 MEGNS 2.0... ..- 6 00@6 2 cardamon ....... @1 50 erfectly Smooth Bae eg Geta SRGE RD ceramon “Ga gt Carbolic 7@ eee. pure a eras be aoe pee c 75 ‘ de uniper Berries @ BCHONS «5 .cccas ( 65 A oe Juniper Wood .. 2 75@3 00 Colchicum ...... @1 03 There are three reasons why PIPER’S CREAM Nitric esses: oe te oo Ge pk oe . f Oe . PEMMG eco e fos Senses : is always perfectly smooth, crisp and deliciously rich. suipnuric*!..".. 2%@ 5 Lavender Flow. 5 50@5 75 Gentian @ 90 Wartaite ...-..... care lose oe : ae 7 aoe @1 20 ° a A Gnion .....:..- E quaiac @1 10 Homogenized Cream. Before being frozen, all our _ , Ammonia Linseed, boiled bbl. @ 99 Guaiac, Ammon. @1 00 cream is first crushed until perfectly smooth. A pressure of a ton Wate» 26 deg. .. 7, @ 12 ce we tees ea ac OES to the inch is applied. This breaks up the globules of butterfat ex- Water, ii dee. 1 48@ 8 Linscea, aie par ge fadine, Colorless @2 09 actly as rock sugar may be crumbled to fine powder, and leaves the Carbonate ..... 14 @ 16 Mustard, true, oz. @200 Iron, clo..." @ 90 cream rich, thick and perfectly even all through. Chloride ........ 25 @ 35 Mustard, artifil oz, @225 Kine ............ @1 00 Balsams Fong siveeee FGUG@E TG Myreh .... 5... @1 10 ; 2 : : ive, pure 2 50@3 50 Nux Vomica .... 5 Short Freezing. Cream which is constantly stirred copaiba ....... 1 25@1 50 Olive: Malaga, Oe Os so during prolonged freezing always becomes coarse, mealy and un- ae presen - 1 oo a Yellow ........ 1 85@2 15 Opium, Camph. @1 05 palatable. The remedy is short freezing. Allingredientsin PIPER'S poy eo 7 4 25@4 60 ne 1 85@2 15 i oa are first reduced nearly to freezing point, and the actual freezing ‘Tolu |1.....17.... 60@ 80 Orange, Sweet ..400@420 .* thus becomes a very short operation. The process requires the Barks Origanum, pure .. @2 50 didi highest skill, and the fact that PIPER'S is scientifically machine- Cassia (ordinary) ae = oe com’! ‘ 2502 a oi ao . . és Saj = ea i és made and always by the same formula accounts for its unvarying Win toowa’ aus) 300 86 Peppermint .... 3 26@3 50 Loaq' wh as 10%4@11 smoothness. sassatras (pow. 35c) @ 30 Rose, pure ... 18 00@20 00 ae Re-cooling and Seasoning. PIPER’S CREAM is then allowed to season in the best refrigerating plant in Grand Rapids until it reaches zero temperature — 32 degrees colder than freezing. This seasoning process makes PIPER’S smoother than ever, while the added cold, and our superb system of packing, guarantees safe and dependable deliveries. These are facts—not empty claims. Your customers will appreciate them—so will you. Let us demonstrate the truth of the above, and its money value to you, by a trial shipment. Claude G. Piper Wholesale Distributor Both Phones 2388 No. 286 Bridge St., N. W. Grand Rapids, Mich. Seasonable Goods White Lead, Mixed Paints, Colors in Oil, Paris Green, Lime & Sulphur Solution, Arsenate of Lead, Bug Finishes, Linseed Oil, Turpentine. Soda Fountains, Store Fixtures. Rock Candy Syrup, Fruit Juices, Crushed Fruits, and all Extracts, Flavors, etc., used in soda fountain work. Electric Mixers, Glasses, Carbonators, Tables, Chairs, Stools, and all appurtenances used in con- nection with the sale of soda water and in ice cream parlors. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Wholesale Druggists Grand Rapids, Michigan soap Cut (powd.) SOG) lect ee ee. 23@ 25 Berries Cubeb eee 1 00 Bish ....: s-. to @. 2u Juniper 84@ 15 Prickley Ash .... @ sv Extracts Licorice ......... 38@ 40 Licorice powdered 70@ 75 Flowers Arnies 2.22.0... 2 75@3 00 Chamomile (Ger.) 95@1 05 Chamomile (Rom.) 90@1 00 Gums Arnies, ...... 50@1 60 Acacia, 2nd - 44@ 66 Acacia, 3rd ...... 45@ 50 Acacia, Sorts ... 25@ 30 Acacia, powdered 40@ 50 Aloes (Barb. Pow) 30@ 40 Aloes (Cape Pow) 20@ 25 Aloes (Soc. Pow.) 40@ 50 Asafoetida ........ @1 50 Asafoetida, Powd. URG 2.6. ccc ae @1 75 U. S. P. Powd. 1 30qMi 5 Camphor ...... 1 04@1 07 Guage ......5..<5 45@ 50 Guaiac, powdered @ 60 Kime 5.0... eececes 70@ 75 Kino, powdered .. 75@ 80 WEVEEH Coc c cc cecsa @ 40 Myrrh, powdered @ 50 Opium ....... 24 50@24 70 Opium, powd. 26 50@26 70 Opium, gran. 26 50@26 70 Shellac .......... 55@ 65 Shellac, Bleached 60@ 70 Tragacanth . 2 50@3 vv Tragacanth powder 2 25 Turpentine 10@ 15 Insecticides ASSENIC 22.5. ccs Blue Vitriol, bbl. .. @ 138 Blue Vitrigl, less 15@ 20 Bordeaux Mix Dry 14@ 20 Hellebore, White powdered ...... 35@ 40 Insect Powder .. 30a Lead, Arsenate .. 11@ 30 Lime and Sulphur Solution, gal. .. 15@ 25 Paris Green .... 39%@ 45 Ice Cream Piper Ice Cream Co., Kalamazoo Bulk Vanilla @ Bulk Fancy ........ @ 80 Brick Vanilla ...... @ 2 Briek Fancy ......:. @ 30 Leaves Buchu <.......- 1 75@1 85 Buchu, powdered 1 85@2 00 Sage, bulk ....... 67@ 70 Sage, %s loose .. 72@ 78 Sage, powdered .. 55@ 60 Senna, Alex ..... 0o@ 7 Senna, Tinn. .... 40@ 45 Senna, Tinn. pow. 50@ 55 Uva Urai ........ 18@ Olis Almonds, Bitter, true ........ 15 00@16 00 Almonds, Bitter, artificial ..... 7 76@8 00 Almonds, Sweet, true ......... 1 25@1 60 Almonds, Sweet, imitation ...... 65@ 75 Amber, crude .. 1 75@2 00 Amber, rectified 2 50@2 75 ANISG 60.5.0. sc 2 00@2 25 Bergamont 8 00@8 20 @ajeput .....<.. 1 35@1 60 Cassia 22... -. 2 75@3 00 Castor .......6. 2 40@2 50 Cedar Leaf .... 25@1 40 Citronella ........ 90@1 20 Cloves co. acess 2 25@2 40 Cocoanut ...... 27%@ 35 Cod Liver ...... 4 75@5 00 Cotton Seed .... 1 35@1 45 Croton ........ 50@1 80 Rosemary Flows 1 50@1 75 Caneawede. Sassafras, true 1 25 45 Sassafras, artifi’l 50 60 Spearmint ..... 2 75@3 00 SNGEM ....2..... 1 15@1 25 PANSY 3......4. 3 50@3 75 har, USP ......; 30@ 40 Turpentine, bbls. @ 57 Turpentine, less 62@ 67 Wintergreen, tr. 5 50@5 75 Wintergreen, sweet Dively <......: 00@4 25 Wintergreen art. 1 25@1 50 Wormseed ..... 5 50@5 75 Wormwood .... 3 75@4 00 Potassium Bicarbonate . 0@2 00 Bichromate ...... 55@ 60 Bromide ........ 1 40@1 50 Carbonate ..... 1 60@1 75 powdered ...... 60@ 65 Chlorate, gran’r 95@1 00 Chlorate, xtal or DOWG. .......<-; 0@ 95 Cyanide. .......... @2 00 Hodida@ ......... 3 50@3 60 Permanaganate @5 00 Prussiate, yellow @i 60 Prussiate, red @3 50 Sulphate <......... @1 10 Roots Alkanet ....... 1 25@1 30 Blood, powdered 20@ 25 Calamus ........ 50@8 50 Elecampane, pwd. 15@ 20 Gentian, powd. 30@ 35 Ginger, African, powdered ...... 20@ 25 Ginger, Jamaica ..30@ 35 Ginger, Jamaica, powdereu ...... 0@ 35 Goldenséal pow. 7 50@7 70 Ipecac, powd. ..3 25@3 50 EMGOPIEES bau. csc ae 35@ 40 Licorice, powd... 283@ 3a Orris, powdered 30@ 36 Poke, powdered 20@ 25 Rhubarb ...... --- 75@1 00 Rhubarb, powd. I@1 25 Rosinweed, powd. 26 30 Sarsaparilla, Hond. MEOUNG 2.0.6 63k 80 Sarsaparilla Mexican, SEound ....7... 30 35 Sig | cee cee 35@ 40 Squills, powdered 45@ 65 Tumeric, powd. .. 13@ 20 Valerian, powd. .. @1 00 8 Awmise ............ 35@ 40 Anise, powdered... 40@ 465 Bird, t@ ....5256. 10 Canary ...... cea 8 12 Caraway: ......... 85@ 90 Cardamon ...... 1 80@2 00 Celery (Powd. 40) 30@ 35 Coriander 20 30 Dea .....e. 30 Fennell @ 7 TEE ooo ces ass %@ 13 Flax, ground .... 74@ 13 Foenugreek pow. 15@ 20 Hemp ...<.....-. 8@ 12 Fenvens ....6-.-6- 40@ 50 Mustard, yellow 19@ 25 Mustard, black ..19@ 2 Mustard, powd. 22@ 20 RODD 6. cs cvcwcee @ 75 Qaaiee «occ cc ccs, @1 25 Wee occ. cca cece 10@ Ih Sabadilla ........ @ 35 Sabadilla, powd. .. 35@ 45 Sunflower ....... " Worm American 25 Worm Levant .. 1 00@1 10 Tinctures Aconite ......... 95 AlOGe 554 ...4.... 75 Arnica... 65... @1 45 Asafoetida ...... @1 35 Belladonna ...... @1 65 IFONZOMN ......... @1 10 Benzoin Compo’d @1 60 Huene ... 6... 1 50 tharadies ... 3 00 Lead, white oil 10%@11 Ochre, yellow bbl. 1 @i1% Ochre, yellow less 2 @ 5 Patty (11... 2... 2% @ 5 Red Venet’n bbl. Ll44@ 4 Red Venet'n less 1%@ 5 Vermillion. Amer. 25@ 30 White bhL @ 3 Whittne .. 0 | 2%@ 5 L. H. P. Prepd. 1 90@2 00 Miscellaneous Acetanalid ....... 68@ 75 AMG .4. 2... ecese 9@ 12 Alum, powdered and Ground .....,.. 11@ 15 Bismuth, Subni- are ......... 3 60@3 70 Borax xtal or powdered ...... 10@ 15 Cantharades po 2 00@6 00 Calomel ....... 2 17@2 25 Capsicum ........ 30@ 35 Carmine ......_. 6 30@7 Cassia Buds ..... o 40 Cloves 1... 30@ 35 Chalk Prepared ., 0@ Sle Chalk Precipitated ig iv Chloroform sede 75@ 83 Chlvural Hydrate 1 92@2 12 Coecaime ..0.._.. 6 95@7 15 Cocoa Butter .... bu@ wu Corks, list, less 70% Copperas, bbig, .... @ 3 Copperas, less .. 2e2@ 7 Copperas, powd. .. 4@ 16 Corrosive Sublm. 1 98@2 05 Cream Tartar .. 56@ 60 Cuttlienone ....... 50@ 60 BIGXtRiNeg ........ iw lv Dover's Powder .. @3 00 tumery, all Nos. 6@ 16 Kmery, powdered 5@ Epsom Salts, bbls. @ a Epsom Salts, less 44@ 7 Mrgot ........, 1 Zowl bu Ergot, powdered 2 75@3 00 Flake White .... 15@ 20 Formaldehyde Ib. 15@ 20 Gelatine ...... - 110@1 15 Glassware, full es. 75 Glassware, less 10%” Glauber Salts bbl. 1% Glauber Salts leas 4 a Glue, Brown ...... 20@ 30 Glue, Brown Grd. 20@ 30 Glue, white ..... 25@ 35 Glue, white grd. 25@ 35 Glycerine ........ 62@ 75 Hops ............ 45@ 60 Hops ceeds eccauec 45@ 60 HO@iNG 2.60050 5.. 4 50@4 60 Iodoform ...... 5 90@6 00 Lead Acetate .... 20@ 26 Lycopdium ..... 1 75@2 00 Meee 2.4.25... 85@ 90 Mace, powdered 95@1 00 Menthol ....... 4 75@5 00 Morphine 11 35@12 00 Nux Vomica .... 20@ 25 Nux Vomica, pow. @ 20 Pepper, black pow. @ 35 Pepper, white ..... @ 40 Pitch, Burgundy .. @ 15 Quassia ......... 12@ 15 Quinine ........., 5@1 00 Rochelle Salts 45@ 50 Saccharine oz. ..... @1 80 salt Peter _..... 42@ 45 Seidlitz Mixture ..40@ 45 Soap, green ...... 20@ 2% Soap, mott castile 123@ 15 Soap, white castile CAS) 26... « 60 Soap, white castile less, per bar ...... @ 96 Soda Ash ..... lv - 4%@ Soda Bicarbonate 2%@ 6 Seda, Sal ........ a & Spirits Camphor @ io Sulphur roll .... 2% 6 Sulphur Subl. .. 3 7 Tamarinds ....... 145@ 20 Tartar Emetic .... @ 80 Turpentine Ven. 50@3 50 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 00@1 50 Witch Hazel ..... 70@1 05 Zinc Sulphate ... 10@ 16 28 GR M es : CE and are ee are caref CURRE DESMAN liable to erie to be co oo corrected week] ; N — at market ange at any tim at time of goin y. within six ho 3 Mar prices at date e. and country es g to press. Pri urs of mailing 4 ch 14, 1917 of purchase erchants will con. however ° CHEWING ee ADV have thei . are Adams Bla GUM 5 ‘ Bluing ANCED r orders filled eS hosed emai one Be yen gee ore x } - Bese Gens Beechiut oe cs S patkees ane cx Pe | anes —— r e a Wisconsin Pe ac ADVANCE Chiclets occ cece 3 oo retailers only. is sold to Fancy H P nuts oe ae Peas ! . me Soap D pene can Wink “Glne” 1 33 pa direct to _ all or- Raw Suns i; Ss Cc. 0 gs ak Leaf So lgan Mint hips .. 65 ughlin & B. Me- a . % ipo Ss atmea Quee ap Dent Chi 5 Co., C H ed . @7 a. I ee Sa PS .... 65 1 —— Jumbo. — 7%@ 8 i ro S$ oy W : int +o aw . ; i = yrup ashing Powder Pee ae : eases 4 ae —— spa" Betas 8%@ 9 4 I Juic in... 62 Humr % gross” es a 9%@10 4 a n o ait umme}!’ SS... Cc i dex to Markets Bed Robin o.oo 5 Hummel’s tin, % gro, 115 Surrels or Drums s.r By C : Sterli um Pep. .. - 62 : gro. 1 43 uare Cans SB 26.5. 50 olumas 1 eo Pp... 62 Boxes S sees pearmint Me 6... CONFE BOXES os weweeeceeees 54 9 Spearmint, eV rigioys - - “ Stick CTIONERY oa 51 ois ‘oa AMMONIA — ad Spearmint, 6 _ jars 3 20 Horehound ndy Pails pcm 59 A A Col z. ovals, 2 doz runk Spruce ox jars 3 85 eo oe 12 a ? FRUITS aoomusis AXLE GR box 160 Little carte oe 62 coasts etre 12 Kvapor’ed pene xle Grease pb ou ese teee 1 130). wo vrrazer's Bu Clam’ . coe RS eee fe earn : 62 ist’ small... 2s 13 4vapor'ed race bes @8% “+ 4h @ coeecrr ee. : fe] r > u settee eens : aces eee 1 i Baked B . tee Loe 4 Bie 3 00 fuesiere of = Smith Bros. Gum ...... oo Gus ¢ Apri oe a Bath a i 4 ag tin 2 35 eeuhuevs a rae = O. K. did “hae TO Cola = zs. ear herr alifornia . cots B Ma 1 - pail , 2 dz. Bo... 375 4, CHOCOLATE -* oe ae 15 { Bling eevee: (= ig lg Ss — wa OSOLATE | $> Boston Sugar Stick’. a Uo Citron sai ape Breakfast Food ...... 1 251. pails, oo oe 00 Good ‘ oe oe © Mixed Stick .. 16 rsican ...... 7 Brooms ........-++-++1 : BAK! doz. .:7 20 Fancy s.-..++ esis Gee — ..s ed Candy aoe as * . CLIT won we Cagmea gE 4 B [r urrant j Butte . ED BEA teteee we CARRERE coo. - os... css roken . mpOT ted, . i r Color ..-.....- : No. 4 per doz. . sind Ménbesin Ue Peas ooo or Fo a = ne tore — Imported, oa pkg. ..19 i 8 No: 8 ber aoe 00GB Ge se Peng Bram fe one en ee a ee Boo ps oe cick Bo 5 c ee -— as 35 G Cy oo: soccae le Muirs—C ches 1 B 2.836 NN ooseb eons PB osc oes M hoice, sea ee ~ ers 1-2 "nslish a BRICK No. ee a — : LOTHES LINE 35 Kindergar suaerresesees ] rc Po Pog . : { Chewin ec sieieres Se 95 ; a sa Jo. 40 Twist Per doz ae 13 , Peeled, 251b. .. % wa in... 9 BL wees No. 5 isted Cott Meee oo... i. ie 4 —s age ene 3 Cond je Standard Hominy No. 80 ae inton Cotton : 30 Novelty. pebbpwesceces = Lemon, Ps ‘ ie hae fine : Small, gry Pa fa . | a ee . 100 ve : oe sec 2 . Xero a 13 Orange. a ae 32716 i COCO ova eeeeeseeeeees piped og box < a> ater No. esr hb ng 240 R i ec 14 nas 16 ‘ Cocoanut .........0 3 . 2 doz. box .... 1 95 [. 1 o. 60 Brai Cotton 1 oyal ... Suk 17 Clus Raisi i fe : ces 2 MDs sew e eee .* 90 No. ided C 75 #58 ; sehee ses uster, ns a — cree rer nee ; Summer Pg tie Sue Pieeic Fist ...5::.... 319 Ne. ae Cotton 2 00 ie ee 10% loose DS 2b on emgerg ™ snes 3 _per doz y, 6 oz afl a 375 No. 60 eee Creams ...... 1? Loose Mus tels, 4 Cr. iacsas Sastar 5... 5 é pet BOR ee acme aera No. 60 Carag naa 2 50 oc ote ee 15 ow. a 3 Cr. a ee ne y, 12 oz. 5 u . ee 3 Hees ce eeeee 2 : . a . 6 per doz. — 0Z., 45 eee” [.- 1 80 eg 72 Jute oeccccceee : Speciait 0 ‘ b 10% @1044 «de ried Fruits oe ae 85 Soused. 1% oo 2 80 Soh sisal 119 Aut les 90-1 allfornia Prune ‘ Ev ‘= oe Tomato, Lib veseeeees 275 No 20, oa oe ee i ot ee @ 83 aporated Milk Cracked Wheat 24-2 2 90 omato, 2 Tb. es.... i 8 Ne 1S Sach 10 jie |, Butter Cream Corn FO. 80 8 ty: boxes 0 8% oe . & of Wh 290 B aici: 39 No. 20, e t. lon ramel B orn .. 16 i0- 70 25 Ib. es ..@ 91 Farinac 4 oa ea ins. No. 19, ach 100ft. long 219 Caramel a oa . ee ee ee . Ne Fishin eous Goods road Puftod S42 wi. cll @30 , each 100ft oan 109 Cocoanut roquettes .. 15 40- 50 25 Ib. boxes .|.@ 0 en he a 6 uaker aoe Rice ..4 ae B COCOA ng2i190 Coffy T Waffles .... 16 b. boxes |. 10% g Extracts .. g Quak ed Wheat, 30 i @45 Baker's OA offy . oo. ia ..@11 eat and — 7 Quaker ee coins aan @39 Peeeael ...........: 3 Paden Mints 7 tb ‘tir 16 FARINACEOMS © a wn 7 Washin orn Flakes ft. oe a. Cleveland |. o2......+..0. : oe Walnut tb tin 20 x00DS ve He See ee ees 7 _— Crisps .. 2 00 ve, 2 Ib. ee @1 00 Colonial, 0 a *° a3 Fudee Filbert Seeces oO California Beans ? Gel G eapesea i sekes -. 2 30 ES @1 60 Epps 8 Ves ecm aiaiy - faa Choco Pp crcece 16 Med. Ha oe i on me coos oe eer “Gorn 4 50 Plums ... ums : Hershey, Ps, ° hag pect ce ee 2 > ater White ange ng 14 Brown and Picked He 12% oe 7 ugar Corn Flakes iain Xa Bae oor 00 aoe % Coes 32 Fud herry nuter 15 and. .... : : 50 . pone ceee 7 Holland orn Flakes . 2 70 No. 3 can n Syru uyler Boose a. H ge.. Cocoanut .... 16 F a 75 \ « Rusk -- 2 50 » per dz. 2 Low eh une SER PLES > oneysuck ut ... 25 1 Ib. arina oa Herbs H Krinkle Corn Flake 3 P i, ee eo “ Honeysuckle Candy. «. . ok awk ene oi ae” Mapl- Flake,’ Flakes 2 so Marrowfat eas L oe s od Iced on -- 18 O per 100 ib. .... 1 95 Horse oe Pais | qT Wheat Whole 00 Early June... 1 1091 oe co "37. ‘Iced — ee 16 BES cng ds 6 75 o BAe pretcim Gere | Te d Ri ae eee + 7 Minn. Wheat Meai |. oe foe aaa (oo ee aS oe . -% fe ed 12 rolls to contain f Se: ae game et Peaches, ei ae Yen outen Ha: 1 deliv "ello": sl container Sg * ge 18 oe es Vv; en, % cecees Li oe. a Ra heat Food |) No. 10 size | an H a co, co coo. Gos eine ' Ronee Whar ood 18s 1 46 fic. 0 was cen pie Ee Van Houten, igs ...... 2 7 18 Pearl, 100 Ih. sac y Glasses ........ | ar Siptes — wap wte en, 18 «2.0... a Losemgen. Soe Macrae and or 350 * Sco oe 3 8 Cee ‘ oe ebb . SOR nges. Soc. mesti erm . : ities M ae wymcat os” 2 70 Sliced eg eaes : 15@2 10 Wilber, ‘igs Dee Gla ie = Mancbiie a Saieale - fiporied’ a B. box icell < o* bere ea => mp te92 10 Wilber, 5 2202S can Mian 1 . box ... ge ee: -- 6 pa . 18 . — 3 60 Fair .... Pumpkin — Poss ce . oo box Kisses, 16 " Ch Pearl Barl : Meats, Canned ....... S bon Sede cular 4 oe BEAD oesbe i vane Srbetes 11 oe oS ee Butter Puffs... 14 ee ore aiid i anor Ment nore 9 Post Fonmtion, 72 1 Be Foner ern anee raed ans 1 a. ys, 5 os tar Patties. ufts 14 —. 5 00 4 > Mustard ee Post Ta. es, T-3 ee 10 chee 13 %s, 5 lb e A Choco! ek hl 00 ht eta oer 8 vern Porridge = pas ease: 3 > ie om oe. “nied Gee nae eee Peas icebhece 8 ge 2 80 No. 2, spberries . 50 les, lb. case ea Amazon Bese, Ss Split, Visconsin — . Fancy P ns ee No. To, Blacks. 160 i ‘15 Ib, case - Ghamplon esse a MD, ens acne a A is Ss geape : P arlor, 25 le R ee s & ° Sb 23 . ei hi eeccccncecs 15 eeee Ps . A Co mek ie Mine 1g Bebe ae 8 ae hee a. ." ves . Commo acer, ox ie. 8 oe Sa rved 250 Ys & %8 palls ........ “to Ia e, Assorted .... 16 Zerman, sacks ...... 9 soe eeecccens Ss . n, 23 Ib. . 6 Ov Warren almon Bulk i pails oe E eal Chocol asec 48 German CES ce kc . % j --- 8 sacial,. a th. ....... 595 W. s, 1 lb. T Bulk. pails .. 1g Klondik ates . , broken «+. 9% i Peanut Warehou b. ... arrens, 1 Ib. all .. 2 40 ulk, barrels ....... ill ag 0 Nab e Chocolates | 16 pkg. ay | P. Butte Co (Sao ee core raat Baker's neeesseees obs .... tes 21 + a Pickles Products’. 8 Fancy, ¥ wa. ie “ele sonore 1002 20 1? & a Siirédaea ng oS lla galled 7. 2 “100 Ib. sa Pip ding cts 8 y, Whisk ........ ; = Pink —— 1 40@1 > - 200 pkgs., poo case 2 60 Nut Wafers uaa. 2B rome, 100 Ib. sacks . 9% Oe aang eeceve a ic cas h oe pig eae ai . aril, cks [ Playing ia ,...... 3 ie a Domestic — G13 te on $8 5e pies. a ied Papeete Clusters ---- is Minute. Te : re « ‘ Potash | ----.e-seeeesee ; oe Back naisten if Shue 4 akers Canned, doz. . 260 R ette . coves 24 doz. 3 6 ¢ ao 8 Solid Back. s in Domesti ” % Musta: 75 e doz. egina eee eecesee 1 0 y y ccec eee ce . 34 cae ae stic, rd 47 co - 20 Si ae - 26 F o * '* 3 Pointed Ends in. .... 95 Norwegian, sev 1 4 4 Pree, BOAStee Star Chocolates 14 ISHING TACKLE Rolled Oats _! — ctnwe seeeees 85 —— 4s sor. seo someon Rio or Choc. aight} _. eo ee 9 N Le chee uae ae N auer K eeee 30 Poe as itceeneeen 19 Po ae ne as 9 No. coo 90 — 3, cans — a. 19% wi Corn Goods ; ae eee PE ee 1 25 11 cone... 1% ee ee OCG Ma 9972 «Cracker thout prises. ‘ Saleratue nwen--- os i. ie 2 Dunder, i840... eaberry vv vsvese . oe oo a Ee hosp ee oe Ni > Oe +besnese oe unb: , OZ. ... S cee ene cker- J Des a kG ea oy “ a ee ee ey ae Ee Santos ee ie ‘, Le Seeds no 9 No. or Le . on ac uccotash -- 240 Fair .+..-++ eee = : asa 50s seccceee 3 50 ae 1, 10 feet ? a Pee Be a oe Rae pine gee 0 : Seeabeoeee k S ee “4 cian -""" 10 BUTTER Pee 15 oe peer renee ne ig 245 ...200.. - No. 3, i. se oo i Soda eee Utiret sees) : Dandelion, 25¢ —v Stand Strawberries ' Ory veces cesses 33 Cough Drops No. 2 fect ee 2 «iy en Ss a setees . 5, eo elne } ait Se 10 Paraffi CANDLES did rr cer reer os 1. 20 Fair ... er a Menth Boxes No. 6, * pe eee i " i eccssssssesed ; Paraffine, . coo 7 No. 2 ngenmesmcesetee 2 7 CWMED oookcc ses sas 24 mith Bros. ol .... 1 20 ig is 15 feet ceteeees 12 corte ee eo a reo ae ae ee 2 if Gee. ‘ eccve 10 Wicking aS - Piste 1% oe ee 1 35 Choice Mexican 25 NUT 1 30 No. 9, bs soot ere ; : i j. * — Sauces — oasis = seceteaeeseeeees — ee 2 StL Whole BY Pree noes 20 Tee wnne-eeceee eee 10 8 tb Btandarde ae = Tuna 13° air _, Ouatemala Moa cue ioe es eo an a ie gee ee ee * a a. r Twine ......... ccs.” niards.. @ 9% Si => oo FaMoy sees eveeeeeees — oa aed Large Coe « de” eee 13 . oe @3 00 18, 4 do . on 50 ‘ . Sa ol scr ig aia izmre ee a Vinegar Vv 2 tb. . nohiverrion i neue 8 00 Private ceteee Cal. eal ao . 18@20 ae ca ry ges - Standaré to ie es We Snider's agp +1000 Akola. th .... 26@30 Walnuts 18.8 . O20 oe a eS : ae , ts Be 31@ Walnuts, aples 1 B 0, 16 ft. pe os. 55 ; Wickin @6 75 nider’s pint: eS i es 35 nuts, G 6%@1 ambo ft., per d : : © B ss B pints... 140 a Mocha 30 Tab renob’ 81% 0, 18 f oz. 60 ‘ck Woodenware Seesceweece 18 oe foe on Acme CHEESE 2 40 Short one @32 So eas ew aN as aan oh ; reer’ re ey... 1 a facareeese? ng B seceeeee ‘e ‘ ge .. x ‘ foc g BAe ie pace a ea” nog Pome Be aise Ot ee Yeast Y Pa : 0 19@1 7% cues... : @25 Gee 26@28 Sh , No. 1 = os Vanilla ane ‘ . Cake .. Blu Oi 7, Limburger ...... ... Fair . ogota No elled tie < @ Seassenun OO ovte® eeheerins Pineapple fie te ee ee te 24 cane Shelled No. 4, 2 OR wseces ee oe e ep uence aca 140 Aen 1 gt 35 xchange M 2 Ex. L SS 101 ; No. 3 Oz coe 5 : eoeccece a. 5 Ss ar 6 g. Vi 6 @1 , 2% ice : +. 6 60 raat “a pees ot pot Market, ket. "Steaay pe canuts Shelled ' 2 oz. Flat oz. Taper 2 s ‘ -. ’ mestic @ stow® eines & Pecan Halves oe ange iki . 22.2 00 ‘ a> ia oo i ee ict ee eee | eocccecsee 20 60 go ee é Base i's @42 No. 2, Tyo Panel _. 16 : ele dees NO sae — A i xa . 3. 2% ox. el 2 «- Gye 20z. Flat sua Taper 1 = a eereetcece 1 q i a < a ie ’ » od . s vinniscincoacacal™ a (I one tlle eta - * . March 14, 1917 ie 6 MIC FLOUR Cer ee q a ; S A N T R A D E s Grand oe FEED ~ 8 Mu A N al Wint g Co. ‘ Jell-O 9 Purity & er Wheat ssort 20 lb a ed 3 . pa Fancy et es 9 50 Lemon taco Ce o*. 10 Ib. sr -.-advance % 10 29 ae pian EO a 11 00 orange (Gtraicne vase 2 a0 : hog pails ++ avon % Meas Mackerel! Wizard, Gran. Meal -. it Beawhern oka ak | pal. ene 3 » 100 Ibs. .. F Ooion 11 a Buckw’ hho Ghee Ga (St y aee ee cel «480 Fou S 9 ye te err raigh H ed F edi Se Cherry (Straight) 2 3 40 Te desks ne - 00 Formosa. Choice... 32086 s a a St : 0 ams, 16- sa, -. 32 mok Lily Whites Milling Co. sna oe. ne 18-20 Ib) 20 O22 cae gd a: 50060 All Leaf, 2% eae ae Lie race 00 Jell-O Ice Crea ee pn dried beet 20%@21 Gosnow. oe Mey 3% ‘on & ton 26 Sn " 60 A m Powder, California H gou, Ch .. 25@3¢ [7 on” cs iabiiearst ee pole r. al Pe eee Cc oice 3¢ Me aes Granena Health ...... 4 20 i Case 3 — eo oo Hams c oe 4 La Gocene Fancy |... 30@35 a MO Mo eclak es. 12 Gran. Meal Se 4 30 vec c (Straight) 270 oo @18% - Ibs. ce gou, Ex. Fancy anes ee seth 24 e Meal eoercecese 3 20 St a (Strai h 2 710 Boil pac c. 19 a ee 2 35 P Ce 0@380 3 ger, 7 a Wat ee eg rawberr ght) ... viled_ Hams - %@20 ee ekoe, M ylon anner, 5 . woe pe -Higgins Millin, ae esa Gaus : . beng Han | 32% @33 4 SEEDS = Ps ies Coe see. 28@8 Banner, 20e mens se 5 ime Top wear <2 Falaveied (ace FG jacon 25.7 een as DS ware ao © meas 30035 ot aoe ia aad lone 90 3 traight) 2 70 Sa +... 26 @SE oa pi NLDA a al 35 Fancy aaa Belwood, Mixture, 10 3 20 Marshals Be gine 8 te Gestalt oe ~Jell Bologna vacate are MA .....5 at TOBACCO 50 Big Chief, 2% ture, 10c 94 Wa s Best Flo oe 00 Per d t or Ass livers 0000s) a 12 ardomon ell areal ba Gale elo Blo — Big Chie a OF. 2.55. oe hoe fe doz. .... orted se. EE ee eae” I 20 7: Cut ot ee ‘> e ..- in ue, nor 4 aoe cae 10°" Hemp, Russian — nel nam, tree 0 Se es Seven fe, er 4 doz. .. 4 a Pork ....... -. 13° @14 i Porshe eae Bucle. 16 oo in ae ast 5 85 Quaker pa Grocer Co Strawberry, rs: Raspberry Veal veers 11 @12 Mixed Bird .-.......- 4 1% ee eee ‘6 fe oa CS Quaker, a eee 10 00 range, Lime Tas Lemon. Tongue ...... sort a ce white... a ie Patch, : and 16 a “ a Durham, 8 eee 1 45 ’ oe ? eappl ’ ese es ‘wele 1 Ue Sea an P Gn... urham Be 60 Kansas sempre 1000 % pVELLY ei aes gay ae 10 rane ect ae 65 Fast aan. ae " 5 Bas pany _- on .. & Am yorden Grocer — % pt. in bbls., pe Pe Boneless — any ee BLACKIN ” Hiawatha 16 om. 2... 7 = oc Horn 10 ao 5 76 ee soos Han BSH eae aLACHING, UTE TSO} BAR Bie a 8 8 American agile, 4s 103 per d ed in bbls. 4 .. 380 00@31 00 Bixby’s Roy small N. y Flower wu 5 76 BI in... 16 Eagle Ys 0 3u OZ. ... %b Pig’s Feet Miller’ oyal Poli -- 1 25 o Limit, , 16 oz. coke Gwaun fe... 11 52 . %s 10 40 cake 24 bls. .. e er’s Crow sh 95 Noli 8 oz. ". 9 36 Black Sw [fe ...... 8 Spring W 2 oz. bottl EINE 2 uh. whe Po Ah aaa No, Limit, oo 93¢ Bob White, i te Judson ¢. heat 1 oz. bot es, per d % bbls. 40 Ibs. +». 125 Scotch NUFF — 85 wa, 8 Of .... £7 White. 5 i. 2 ke e tles. 0z. 3 00 ee 2 50 , in blad Ojibw and 16 2 Carnival, 5¢ © sues. 5 Ceresota Roeer Co. 16 oz. bottl per doz. 1 he 4 Maccaboy adders . 3 Ojib a, 10c oz . 49 Carniv » Be .. - 6 oa 10 Batis 00 TDD es eee Beat Gesis tn 3 = wa, 8 and 16 oz 1i10 ¢ Nel Ge 55... 5 70 ‘ ’ -- 108 ottl Zz. 18 --- 10 Ra 6s = nd 16 arniv + oseees Ceresota, 8 1001. 1010 Per _MINCE MEAT ce eae a "Boxes —— Petoskey Chief! 7°02. 2 00 Clear’ Clip's Fa 0 oniess 1 se A. twee eens Wea ee ea e€ , n Sw rriem ts om uO NN et eon ee gg rata Bg clear clipe Semeur 3 Wingold, in cloth .. 11 20 N LASSES Cc See 3 00 SPICES 4 Red Bell. 3 on. 6g bi Darby Cigar C 16 oz. 30 Sacsa f. cee Fancy ew Orleans Hogs, per aatnae Howe ae Sterling, 1, Se: 38 fy Gs, aa = 0 hoic ettle eef, See es. A , Jamaica weet C Se) . rn Cake, » Wc 90 Boltea Meal ” Good =. Rineeeencnecs Ca a Bee. middies pone . ines: eee ee ee Snoct Guna, canister 9 is earn aa 7 a 2 = Golden yo eee coc ccce 6 Ba 34 eep .. ? .. 45@55 deta: Can ar .. @2 7 S luba, 1 1. & We Cr ake, Bc h «see 5 i t Swee Oc . eam, 50c pails .... : scat 8S Bed Pen Ne LEE 20 gona Baer “cise is SE Ste ciwgie Breet Ciba 8 Be Guan’ stare fol 479 R heat R , No. 2 a airy . ne rica sa Sweet Ib. uban Star. <6 th a Sa 4, Somes nena: OG chreer Acie. Qitih ance SEARS Siri wie. i Ce ea D No. 10 0.2. Cc . 25 Mixed nang oS eet Burley oz. .. 2 iS Rost. ie on 10 30 ce ean 249 Co anned M ned Mad ...... @90 Sweet irley, 16 < 45 Dills B » 1% oz. . 2 Michigan Oats MUSTA C rned Beef, 2 _— Mixed, No. 2 @17 Stw Mist, % oz. 490 Dills i 3% oz. sees bese Gina casien % Ib. 6 Tb, box. Coenen oe wd Ge peas a. @16 Sweet Mist, 8 gro. ..5 76 Dixt est, 16 Om .... 77 eatiols 7 o Ox ...: Roast Beef, | Ib. .. 2 ds Nutme pkgs. dz. @4 wo ae «= 1119 D e Kid, 5c so ceee 78 sehics a2 Bulk, Lives 16 Roast Beer. eb | so Nut gs, 70-80 @45 iger, 5c 1202546 che'a Mintue fc... 48 Carlots oon Bulk, 1 gal. kegs P cat, Fe... e 5 00 megs, 105- ++ @35 Tiger, Fo... sees 76 Duke's Mi re, 5¢ .. 57 se 1 10 otted M als aiale 2 85 Peppe 110... @ Tr, 25c cans ...... 6 0 Duke’ fixture, 1 ' 76 ee Bulk, 2 gal. keg: @1 20 Fl eat, Ham 8 p r, Black 30 Uncle D ans . 0 Duke’s Ca , 10e ..11 BF mi caminns 10 1S ce 5 gal. k 3 1 05@1 1b P avor, \%s epper, Whi ccccee @22 Uncl aniel, 1 ah 249 Drum ameo, 5c 5 5 sees 1 20 tuffed, 5 egs 1 00@1 1 otted Meat, Ham 50 Pepper, C ite .... @30 e Daniel. 1 oz. __ 60 F. F Phe ce 76 Carl Hay Stuffed, 8 OZ. se eeeeee : Flavor, Ham Paprika ayenne .. @2 » Loz .. 5 28 FF A tee oo. 5 16 too a ‘carlot +60 86 . 12 00 Pitted 7 Se eecieiee 1 . aS ues, “Ham 92% suPure’ Ground tn B Appl Navy, a Fashion, "se oe 1 be Ss Ps n sesscse 2 lavor, % pice, J ulk ple, 1 , oz . mated 16 on... -. 15 00 14 ot stuffed 35 Deviled AS ..+. Clo amaica D » 10 Ib. b M f a M 3 jGe _. eeee E teeeeee = ae 5 610 on G Blue Kz tteeeeee F erry W Bae layflow dence, @ es eeaeneet Siiait 00 sib sacks cin, 215 Kato, Nob, 1 de. BES Barret wow, BG e Mayflower, 200 10011. 1 00 D en 6 = OOne . 2... oS 12 3 nar Hats, to ...... 1 92 Gésen, Ki Hides PELTS 5 posts sive Sey = 00 a . ' daca... 305 Red Ese pias 3 10 eee a ween eees . ree < eeseys 6 00 Green, No, 1... 17 kegs ...... ee” 0 56 Ib a pe 3 90 a = Pienie 6, 12 & it 98 Niseer Head, 5e --010 1 ee ee fsneke 2. > os Sees ees: i a , Ounce No. : maretees 16 Cl PIPES ne ae 43 Red ae No. 3, 2 dz 2 45 Pe eee 5 Ib. wen Neat 10c sha a Cured, No. 2 ov... 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G6, 42 28 Ib. 30 atterson Seal, % oz. 4 . 50@1 00 No. 808, Bic atin fin. 2 25 SALT FI ° TABL se ... 600 Stand and 24 Ib Patters Seal, 3 oz 8 No. 1 ie sciccod er Tourn't whist 225 Large Cod - ae Ce oe and 30 Rapid 7%, 15° . ape hig Seal, 16 oz. 5 = or @é6 Babbi POTASH st 2 50 Small, whole .... ace nell... 375 Ten Penn eee see saees 34 Peerless. 10 desuceess 5 76 De. @ 5 abbitt’s, 2 doz. Site an ori = ge eee poe ae eerie a eee an Unwashed Woot nae | = Pollock one 11yo18 Unc — Yankee Girl, 12° 4 Ih 33 Peerless, 20e mee + a 80 Unwashed, med. .. @40 Gar ee ee @ 6 Medium olored Japan — 24 Th. 33 pecoes. a 2 04 , fine ... @85 Clear Bi: reled Pork on Holland H aa 200@ s aza, 2 ero. case .... 4 08 : B85 Shor jack -. 35 00@3 Standards bb erring Fa a > @25 ‘ crap Plow Boy 5 ase .... & 76 ne won TS o@ae 00 MENG: rds, bbls. ..... i Shae ae 28033 Am. Union Plow Boy. sale 5 76 7 00 an ..-.-.- : 734 00 Standard, kegs .... re 1+ 36@45 U veteneeees 76 We 2.2... Tone Der Gone neces ny f Brisket,” Cleat #0 oo@ai on Sian, Thea 2. Pasket-fred Medics 98) Git, Cnion Sera. § plow, Boke ow oof a ee : ee 31 00 aes a $5 No et-fired Fancy 5 @37 iG oe ae 5 ge Pride of Virginia, 1% 11 93 og ce gees a ate 78 : y 38@ Glob 2 OZ. ... Pi 2 irginia SS H 25 ear Family Med. Fat erring ‘ % Nibs .. oc. @45 aha Seran fon 26 ilot, 716%... Per Pood RADISH Ges can Mon 29 00 eae 3O0 Ibs 8 00 Siftings, hole oo. 30@32 «Pappy ee On... 36 ey oie oe eine: ‘ 7 EE ee A 90 S P Bellies Mout Norway 4 eons oe ib 10 00 Siftings, 1 lb. pkgs. aace Haney Comb — oz. 30 nol les ae ene ae it Mesta. _-Special. 6. Ip bs. 16 Gu . a ere a oe re eee JELLY P Lard ; an pails 50 Moyune npowder soe, Soe, & 1 eer a tae aoe aa |B. pails, per don. .. 3 00 Pure in tierces ..20 @21 Sealed. in Hoxes..n..1= 18. Mosune, Medium -. 29083 Old gongs," 5e en - 5 Boge Me Se arose Joc. 8 19 80lb. pails, per pail . ua 80 lb. tub rd 15 @16 i es .. 15 Pp une, Fancy -° 40 p imes, % er tenes 5 78 ob Roy, Bea foil oo 8 We per pail . 4 60 Ib, t Ss ....advane ; No. 1. 10 Trout ing Shey, M vii 50@60 olar Bear, 5c, } Oo .. & 56 Ss. & M.. 14 an .... & 16 r¢ iS 50 Ib. ubs ....adva Be ONG £ 0 tbs. 26.5 ee Ping Suey, edium 25@30 Red Band, 5c, % gro. 5 7 Soldier B oz. doz. .. 5 2 . tubs a aeace Ys No. a be ibs. Loans I 50 Ping Suey, oS 35040 ae Man hoot gia 6 00. «Soldier no 7 gross 5 [ “Met S the. ..... 2. 90 “aan Hyson iia ome ke ae 0 aa Stag, 5c iy see 10 50 eeaees ee oe: aes oe Fe 6 ae.) Stag, 10¢ ae oe Wee aes c Pan H: Scrap 202. & Stag, 8 oz. glass .... 11 6 nen 45@56 Peac andle Scrp % er 6 A fee wee glass 2 eachey Scr: T Aer 6 0 ag, 90c 1 sees £4 OO y Scrap, 5c eS 0 Soldie glass ... 8 ic ae EO tureok tt 1 Ib. ae 4 = poral, 1 oz. 60 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 14, 1917 TEA Naphtha, 100 cakes .. 4 00 Soap Compounds < by ¢ 12 13 1. 4 o- ee ee 2: 75 jJohnson’s Fine, 48 2 8 26 ueen Anne, cakes 3 ‘0 j Queen White, 100 cks. 400 JOhnson’s XXX 100 be 4 00 | Railroad, 120 cakes .. 260 Rub-No-More ....... 8 85 a Sweet Lotus, 5c ..... 5 76 Butter Pilates Windew Cleaners Saratoga, 120 cakes .. 260 Nine O’Clock ..... we. 8 60 A. SE ye ao oe = conone = Ovals - - st eeeeesrescees 2 White Fleece, 50 cks. 2 = 4 : : Ml. sec eeeeeseceees White Fleece, 100 cks. 3 25 t Sweet Rose, 2% oz. .. 30 % Ib. 250 in crate .... 85 4¢ in) [7770°770! os oe White Fleece, 200 cks. 250 WASHING POWDERS. Sweet — a = a = % th., 250 in crate .... 85 : Gold Dust i Sweet Tip Top, 10c .. 1 tb., 260 in crate ...... 40 Proctor & Gamble Co. 24 large packages 4 80 “if ; ij eee 4 on Geer aan aig = 2 th., 250 in crate ...... 50 AXLE GREASE TiONOK (oc. soe sce poe 3 50 100 small packages .. 4 00 . ii Summer Time, 5c .... 5 76 3 tb., 250 in crate ...... 70 Ivory, 6 OZ. ......... 4 15 ) palinnee Time’ so 3 50 5. 9 in cme ..---- 90 Ivory, 10 O£%. .....--- 7 00 Lautz Bros.’ & Co. 4 , : f a - # ’ Standard, 5c foil .... 5 76 Wire End LOePrrnmnvenettt’ Star ..6...ccss0e+see 8 20 are to Michigan, Wis | t ! Standard, 10c paper 8 64 eee consin and Duluth, only) Seal =. c. i% a plug ” 1 T.. 250 in crate ...... 3b a Swift & Company Snow Boy J Seal N. C. ran. .. 2 ., 250 in crate ...... 45 Swift’s Pride ....... 2 85 Sea , Three Feathers, 1 oz. 48 : a 100 pkgs., 5c size ....4 00 0 Three Feathers, 10c 1152 3 I. 250 in crate ...... 56 pocket trot denels steeee- White Laundry ...... 358 69 ries 5c size ....2 40 + os Three Feathers, and 5 lb., 20 in crate ...... 65 Formosa ...cccccece Wool, 6 oz. bars ..... 3 85 48 pkgs., 10c size ....3 90 Ete companion .. 3 & MECOM <.50ser-->- - Wool 10 ok bars... 68) 6, ne Bite cs 3 80 Tom & Jerry, 14 oz. 3 60 Churns 1 Tb. boxes, per gross 8 70 Orange Paice |. pkgs., y .- i — = so. / — 2 eo Barrel, 5 gal., each .. 2 40 8 Tb. boxes, per gross 2i 10 India and Ceylon ......... Tradesman Company 20 pkgs., laundry size 4 15 we ts : Barrel, 10 gal., each ..2 55 Black Hawk, one box 8 35 | Turkish, Patrol 2-9 's Hs BAKING POWDER in ere brands are put uP Biack Hawk, five bxs 3 18 Naphtha | Tuxedo, 1 oz. bags .. Clothes Pins KC in 4% and % Ib. tins. . Tuxedo, 2 oz. tins i. : auc vaaus “ans Black Hawk, ten bxs 3 00 60 pkgs., 5c size ..... 2 40 Tuxedo, 20c .......-- oun ea F 100 pkes., Ge size .....8 76 4 » Tuxedo, 80c tins .... 745 41% inch, 5 gross ...... 65 i __ __ = SOAP Scouring silo € ie» Union Leader, 5c coil 5 7 Cartons, No. 24, 24s, bxs. 70 , . es Lautz Bros.’ & Co. Sapolio, gross lots .. 9 60 a —— Leader, 10c 25c, 4 doz. in case .. 225 ranpiy to Michigan, Wis- . : Rar us tebe ks Queen Anne uch ....-..--e2- 11 62 Egg Crates and Fillers 50c, 2 doz. plain top 4 50 consin and Duluth, only} Sapolio, gro. 2 40 *0 Be packages ...... 2 40 tnien Leader, ready 11 52 Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. 20 80c, 1 doz. plain top 675 Acme, 70 bars ...... Sapolio, single boxes 24 packages ......... 8 75 + 4 or ME gop cetee eee 510 No. 1 lete 42 10 lb. % dz., pin top 18 50 Acme, 1006 cakes, 5c sz 3 7 Sapolio, hand ........ 2 40 Suen ENE Gah No. b complete vz.) a8 Soecat doit ooted um AGorn HS one; $B Scouring, So cakes ©. 160 Oak nt | War Path, 20c ...... 160 Go...” aim 12 gets 1.89 0 Trequest. Gloos, 100 rakes, one 3 ep Scourine, 100 cakes .. 360 24 packages ......... 8 75 Wave Line, 3 02. .....- * : : Big Master, 100 blocks : 38 Queen Anne Scourer 180 100 5c packages ..... 8 75 ¥ yg ae ee se 78 Faucets (usventech tc oto Gib * 7s eee ' was Un ie om pails 36 Cork linea, o .. ....-. 76 ALL Pure Food Laws, both FITZPATRICK BROTHERS’ SOAP CHIPS BBLS. Wild Fruit, 5c ...... 6 00 Cork lined, 9 in. .... 80 State and National. White City (Dish Washing)...............-.-. ene Ms ca tae Wild Fruit, 10c ..--0 " - Cork lined, 10 tn. ...... 3g ee Tip Top (Caustic). ae OSes an: 250 lbs.. FOR ae w Zom Tum, 56 -->-->- ” Mop Sticks No. 1 Laundry 887% ae Bsa ae baee acs fees cu. 225 lbs.....- PRICES Yum Yum, 10c ....-. 11 52 op 2 ° (0 te eeeces $00 Ib Yum Yum, 1 Ib. doz. 480 ‘Trojan spring ....... 1 10 x Palm Soap OB BEM 2 oe eae ee cc Sess a j gg acl spring ; = ‘SEND FOR SAMPLES mon ...... SEE ee ve iter CIGARS | 4 In 300 lots .....---- 10 90 19 gt. Galvanized .... 3 00 5 Dornbos, Perfectos 33 0° 15 ct Galvanized .... 3 26 SA af 7 Dornbos, Bismarck 7000 ., a feat aaah 3 65 = 80 Can Cases ...-.-$3.00 Per Case i : pee lt Allan Grant ..... : Fibre ........----+-- 4 00 at) 40 Can Cases Ss oe $1.60 Per Case a Us . Allan D. .....-----+¢ WS : In 200 lots sos... 10 00 Toothpicks Cee SHOWS A PROFIT OF 40% I Johnson Cigar Co.’s Brand _— ”~ ee 2 = 1. R . a a > Morton's Salt Handled by All Jobbers Dutch Masters Inv. 70 00 Traps Per case, 24 2 lbs. .... 1 70 Dutch Masters Pan. 70 00 Mouse, wood, 2 holes .. 22 Five case lots ....... 1 60 Dutch Master Grande 65 00 arouse, wood, 4 holes .. 45 ae Place an order with your jobber. If goods are not satis- « \ o Dutch Masters Se i. oo 10 at Galvanized ..... 155 PPT ila factory return same at our expense.—FITZPATRICK BROS. : (300 lots) ...----- 12 at. Galvanized .... 1 70 10c size .. 90 : ep ey tg de - 14 qt. Galvanized .... 1 90 %I cans 1 85 ; ;. El Portana seis Mouse, wood, 6 holes .. 70 6 oz cans 1 90 m ' S. C. W. (300 lots) .. 1000 srouse, tin, 5 holes .... 65 %Ib cans 2 60 GRAND RAPIDS SAFE CO. : Worden Grocer Co. Brands Hat, WOON .ps.--s-eess 80 %Ib cans 3 75 Regret fer the Celebrated YORK MANGANESE oe SAFE } ‘ Worden’s Hand Made Rat, spring .......-.-- 75 1fb cans 4 80 Taking an insurance rate of 50c per $1,000 per year. What is your rate? i a. Londres, 50s Wood .. 33 00 ‘ia sn cans . : Particulars mailed. Safe experts. . — TRADESMAN BUILDING tH GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN i TWINE No. 1 Fibre ..-......- 16 “4 COFFEE : - 32 Sabre .......-- 15 6 : t - Cotton, 3 ply .......... a - : _— ci enibos a Cotton, 4 ply ..---...-- Ce eee eee Dwinell-Wright Brands A ate 2 OF ....s---ss . 20 Large Gatvanized .. 10 50 y Hemp, 6 ply .....----- 92 Medium Galvanized .. 9 50 ‘ : Pema oc... 8 Smal Galvaniz 8 0 Economic Coupon Books +e Wool, 1 Ib. bales ...... 17 eitibavie VINEGAR Banner, _Globe oie 3 * They save time and expense. White Wine, 40 grain 8% Brass, Single ........ 6% They prevent disputes. White Wine, 80 grain 11% ie _. Aes : . They put credit transactions on cash basis. White Wine, 100 in 13 oubie @CeCrieSS ...ce-6 ‘ z — ii ees oo. a. Free samples on application. Oakland Vinegar & Pickle Northern Queen ..... 4 60 . ‘ Co's Brands one eet _: TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Highland apple cider 22 Univ. 1 475 Oakland apple cider .. 17 dedila rigid uggestions for ee Pere ee ese ee uperior Blend ..... closes them; i i h is- Seas ik, Oak oe et sede sk ~ hten Coutineied _ a plan as likely as possible to - the best, because pens Market, drop handle... 40 wa, putter, full ent 20 Distributed by Judson ing the latest and the best; an execution of the plan as you want it Market, single handle 45 5, .~nm’t Butter, rolls 19 Grocer Co., Grand Rapids; and when you want it. This is the service that we talk about but Splint, large ........ 4 00 Lee & Cady, Detroit; Lee : : i i Splint, medium ....... 3 50 YEAST CAKE & Cady, Kalamazoo; Lee little, but invariably give. & Cady, Saginaw; Bay City Splint, ee gj. uc 2 00 elites oa eocvcce : SS Grocer Company, Bay City; Willow, Clothes, large , OZ. ...-.. Brown, Davis & Warner, T d C ' G d R 7 d ’ ” S ee Willow, Clothes, small Teaut Fast ae. a is a i Meni Du- raaqesman ompa n y oo ran da | S Willow, Clothes, me’m Yeast Foam, 1% Fielbach Co., To —e March 14, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 31 USINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT Advertisements inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent continuous insertion. No charge less than 25 cents. Cash must accompany all orders. BUSINESS CHANCES. Wanted—Position by an _ experienced grocery clerk (26). Seven years active work; best of references furnished. C. L. R., care Tradesman. 927 For Sale—Crispette machine, complete and in good order, cheap. John S. Diffen- baugh, Monmouth, Illinois. 928 For Sale—Three passenger roadster. Good as new. Just overhauled. Electric starter. Gasoline gauge. New tires. Will sell at one-half real value. No. 929, care Tradesman. 929 Manager Wanted—To take charge of department store with $16,000 stock, lo- cated in Central Michigan. Must under- stand buying, advertising and up-to-date methods of increasing business. Must be able to develop salespeople, display mer- chandise and arrange stock. State sal- ary and give reference. Address No. 930, care Tradesman. 930 For Sale—Old established general store, dry goods, shoes and grocer y, doing good business in best town of 700 inhabitants Southern Michigan. $5,500 or will reduce stock. Good reason for selling. Books open to inspection. Address No. 931, care Tradesman. 931 Exceptional Opportunity—To continue dry goods, clothing, furnishings and gro- cery business. All or part of stock and fixtures for sale. Building for sale. or rent. No better location or town of 1,200 in State. Address No. 932, care Trades- man. Grocery For Sale—In factory district. Nearest store half mile. Former owner said it was “a little gold mine.’”’ Fixtures nearly new. Electric computing scale, coffee mill, safe, National cash register, fixtures for $400. Will take about $1,500. Brick building, fine basement, store house, sheds and barn. Rent only $25. A small fortune can be made here. E. M. Cathro, Liquidator, 838 Fourth Ave., Up- per Big Rapids, Michigan. 933 Drug Store For Sale—Finest store in South Texas; best harbor on gulf coast: mild winters. Cool summers. Healthy climate; only store; sales $150,000. Price $8,500; terms, $4,000 cash, balance clear land. A sure snap. Aransas Drug Co., Aransas Pass, Texas. 920 For Sale--An old established sheet metal shop. Good business in good loca- tion. Will make good price. Quitting on account of poor health. Address Uni- versity Sheet Metal Works, 4140 Four- teenth Ave., N. E., Seattle, Washington. 921 For Sale—Clean stock of dry goods, shoes and groceries with fixtures. In- voice $5,000. Going into other business. Must sell within 60 days. Best small town in Southern Michigan. Address No. 922 922, care Tradesman. $1,000 down, balance easy, buys real es- tate and furnished sanitarium. Sanitar- ium, Smyrna, Michigan. 923 For Sale—Moving picture _ theater, cheap, if taken at once. Address No. 201 Lincoln Ave., Grand Ledge, Mich. 925 For Sale—Grocery and market. Leading business in city. Good location. Estab- lished thirty years. Ill health cause. George Gussner, Bismarck, N. D. 926 Wanted—Drug store for cash in town 2,000 to 4,000. What have you? Benedict, Allegan, Michigan. 916 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, — 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. For par- ticulars write T, care Michigan Trades- man. 878 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—520-acre Ranch. Stock and 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 buildings, 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, — 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. Good retail and wholesale trade. Everything new. Rent $30. Must sell immediately. Have other location in business. Will invoice $2,000. $1,400 will buy it. Address M. E., care Michigan Tradesman. 77 For Sale Cheap—Complete meat mar- ket fixtures. Write for information. Ad- dress Lock Box 336, Vicksburg, oe 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—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 WANTED — Stocks of Merchandise Shoes, Clothing, Dry Goods, Ftc. 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 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 Sale—At a bargain, covered gro- cery delivery wagon, Studebaker make. Nearly new. Particulars regarding same on request. Wagon is newly painted, without lettering. E. G. Snider, Cadillac Michigan. 891 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. 94 For Sale—One two-ton dray good as new. One three-ton moving van which ean 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 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 Grocery, general merchandise $30,000 year. Price $5,000. St., Joliet, Illinois. 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, aa 0 Address 905 store. 1700 Jackson 898 For Sale—5, 10 and 25c store. No. 905, care Tradesman. 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, ——— Michigan. Bakery 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. 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. 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 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. STORES, FACTORIES, AND REAL ESTATE bought, sold, exchanged. Write me if you are in the ‘market to buy, sell or trade. Established 1881. Frank 12 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 grows 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 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. pert and locksmith. 128 Ann St., Grand Rapids, Michigan. Slocum, safe ex- N. E., 104 Building For Sale—Used for house; seating 400. purposes. Good opera Suitable for other price for quick sale. P. R. Falk, Alma, Kansas. 915 For Sale—No. 3 Landis harness sewing machine in first-class running order. Ad- dress R. C. Hartman, Argenta, Ill. 872 ~ For Sale—I sarge hotel, 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, general store, RnR. EF. BD. Crittenden, N. ¥. 875 General Merchandise and real estate auctioneer. Closing out and reducing stocks, address Leonard Van Liere, a land. Michigan. 799 Cash Buyers of clothing goods and furnishings. -, shoes, dry 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. Stocks Wanted—Write me if you want to sell or buy grocery or general stock. Ke. Kruisenga, 44-54 Ellsworth Ave., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 304 The Merchants Auction Co... " Baraboo, Wisconsin. The most reliable’ sales con- cern for closing out, reducing or stimu- lation. Write for information. 585 Merchants Please Take Notice! We have clients of grocery stocks, general stocks, dry goods stocks, hardware stocks, drug stocks. We have on our list also a few good farms to exchange for such stocks. Also city property. If you wish to sell or exchange your business write us. G. R. Business Exchange, 540 House- man Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. 859 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—A capable capital to invest. book-keeper with 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. Clerk, experienced in dry goods, men’s furnishings and shoes, wishes’ position. Good _ references. Box 76, Fowlerville, Michigan. 924 Wanted—Position as salesman. Prefer grocery, confectionery or tobacco line. Address No. 892, care Tradesman. 892 Wanted—Position in groceries or allied lines. erences. Address No. 893, Tradesman. as traveling salesman Best of ref- eare Michigan 893 ing the current year. event of a loss by fire. Yearly Invoice Record The contract you enter into when you purchase fire insurance requires you to retain all invoices or keep a record of all purchases dur- Merchants who have small safes sometimes find it inconvenient to preserve all invoices intact. we have devised an Invoice Record which enables the merchant to record his purchases, as set forth in his invoices, so as to have a com- plete record in compact form for use in effecting a settlement in the This Record is invaluable to the merchant, because it enables him to ascertain in a moment what he paid for and where he purchased any article in stock. Price $2. Tradesman Company Grand Rapids To meet this requirement, Manufacturing Matters. Monroe—The Diekman Bottling Works has engaged in the manufac- ture of soft drinks with an authorized capital stock of $15,000, of which amount $12,000 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Detroit—The General Tool & En- gineering Co. has engaged in the man- ufacture of general metal specialties with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and $2,000 paid in in cash. Lansing—Circuit Judge Howard Weist has appointed Frank D. Eaman, of Detroit, receiver for the Reliance Engineering Co. on the petition of Frederick Latta Smith, of Detroit, who is a large holder of the preferred and common stock and debenture bonds. The specific cause for the suit was the failure of the company to pay interest on the bonds of which $550,000 are outstanding. The com- pany, which was. organized here eighteen months ago, of the Reliance Engineering Co., the Seager Engine Works and the Omega Separator Co. has been doing a big business in the manufacture of automobile parts. It is the debts of the three component companies which the new company assumed which pulled it down, ac- cording to James O. Murfin, of De- troit, attorney for Smith. Secretary Edwin C. Shields explained after the court proceedings that it was merely lack of working capital that embar- rassed the company. ———— > _- The result obtained at the first primary election under the new city charter indicates that Grand Rapids is entering upon a new era and that our new form of government can bring to us, under right men, greater progress than we have ever seen be- fore. While some of us may have been justly disappointed that certain friends in whom we were interested MICHIGAN TRADESMAN did not secure the nomination, we cannot deny the fact that on the whole good men have been nominat- ed and the voters at the election April 2 will have a splendid oppor- tunity to choose men of the right caliber for the new commission. Every good man could be nominated and the Citizens’ League, a real move- ment for better government has shown good judgment in endorsing not only good men, but good men that could be nominated. It is our duty now to forget the past and its indifferences, be good losers, without sore spots and join hands and boost for a better city by choosing from the list of can- didates endorsed by the Citizens’ League seven men that will give our city the best kind of a government and put Grand Rapids really on the map. —_»+->___ The Leather Parts Co., Inc., has been incorporated to manufacture leather novelties with an authorized capitalization of $6,000, of which amount $3,700 has been subscribed, $2,200 paid in in cash and $1,500 paid in in property. +. ____- The Michigan Tire & Accessories Co. has been organized with an au- thorized capital stock of $90,000 com- mon and $10,000 preferred, of which amount $50,000 has been subscribed and $30,000 paid in in property. ———_.-2- The Grand Rapids Dress Form Co. has been incorporated with an au- thorized capital stock of $12,000, of which amount $6,000 has been sub- scribed, $2,000 paid in in cash and $3,000 paid in in property. —_——_—_?>2a____—__ Clarence Powell, formerly engaged in general trade at Mesick under the style of McClish & Powell, has en- gaged in the grocery business at Al- ma. The Judson Grocer Company furnished the stock. Thomas Wilson has engaged in trade at Sauble, the grocery stock being furnished by the Grand Rapids branch of the National Grocer Co. and the hardware by the Michigan Hard- ware Co. —_—_~+-+ But for the occasional happening of the unexpected it would soon cease to be. BUSINESS CHANCES. For Sale—Confectionery, soda fountain, ice cream parlor, victrolas. Address L. E. Belknap, Wray, Colorado. 934 March ‘14, 1917 For Sale—Carnation sachet 90 cents per dozen. Dry shampoo powder for the hair 96 cents per dozen, four dozen lots. S. Costello, 302 Temple St., Syracuse, New York. 935 BOOST YOUR BUSINESS—25 model grocery advertisements prepaid only $1. 12 clothing ads, 50c. Written by experts. Other series for other lines. Ira Craw- ford, Box 128, Duluth, Minn. Citr. 6847 Tota a LPs 67 Ionia Ave., S. W. Grand Rapids, Mich. The Citizen’s League seven of these men. At Large. ployees. JULIUS TISCH WILLIAM OLTMAN JOSEPH EMMER WM. J. CLARK DAN KELLY urges all citizens to stick together and elect as city commissioners men that will run the city government upon business principles. Vote for PHILO C. FULLER, first employer in Grand Rapids to institute profit sharing with em- First Ward (Vote for Two) Second Ward (Vote for Two) PETER B. SCHRAVESANDE CHRISTIAN GALLMEYER Third Ward (Vote for Two) WILLIAM E. TALLMADGE ALL OF THESE MEN HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR OWN BUSINESS IQUET OF THe 121 ANNUAL CONFERENCE ah aN