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SPECIAL FEATURES.
Page
2. Upper Peninsula.
4. News of the Business World.
5. Grocery and Produce Market.
6. Butter, Eggs and Provisions.
8. Editorial.
10. Shoes.
12. Financial.
18. Hardware.
20. Woman’s World.
22. Dry Goods.
24. The Commercial Traveler.
26. Drugs.
27. Drug Price Current.
28. Grocery Price Current.
30. Special Price Current.
31. Business Wants.

 

 

THE GERMAN MENACE.

In 1898, before Manilla, the German
_Rear-Admiral von Goetzen, a close
friend of the Kaiser, said to the Amer-
ican Admiral Dewey:

“In about fifteen years my country
will begin a great war, during which
Germany will

“Absorb Holland,

“Annex Belgium

“Destroy France

“Cripple Russia

“Humble England and

“Subjugate the United States

“Some months after we have done
our business in Europe, we shall take
New York and probably Washington
and we shall keep them for a time.
We do not intend to take any terri-
tory from you, but only to put your
country in its proper place with refer-
ence to Germany. We shall extract
one or two billions of dollars from
New York and other towns.”

“About fifteen years” proved to be
a close prophesy, because the Kaiser
started his long-planned war on civ-
ilization and democracy within fif-
teen years and fifteen months after
the German Rear-Admiral uttered his
prediction to one of America’s great-
est naval heroes.

The Tradesman has long had in its
possession a series of books written
by the different members of the Ger-
man General Staff, describing how
each one would proceed to “subjugate
America.” All of the books are ad-
dressed to the Kaiser and state ex-
plicitly that they were written at the
Kaiser’s request.

In the light of these positive printed
proofs—furnished by German officers
of the Kaiser at the request of the
German ruler—no American citizen
who has ordinary intelligence can fail
to see that for more than nineteen
years the Kaiser has been planning
to “subjugate the United States” in
his determination to destroy democra-
cy and substitute it with the cruel
and tyrannical rule of Prussian im-
perialism.

 

Germany achieved her primacy in
dyestuffs by the co-operation of the
government, expert chemists, manu-
facturers of products from which dyes
are derived, and the makers of the
thousands of various types and tints.
Announcement of a merger of three

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1917

large American dyestuffs concerns is
accompanied with an expression of
hope that, with the assistance of the
Government and a better pooling of
chemical skill, “the new company and
others in the field will be able to meet
on even terms after the war the com-
petition of those foreign concerns
which formerly controlled the busi-
ness.” The three companies togeth-
er furnished in 1916 colors to more
than a thousand cloth manufacturers,
and one of them dyed 25,000,000
yards of cloth without a single com-
plaint as to the durability of the dyes.
It has been said by dye manufactur-
ers that the provision against “dump-
ing” of dyestuffs after the war, in-
corporated in the General Revenue
Act of 1916, is valueless, in that it ad-
mits exemptions aggregating 80 per
cent. or more of the old imports, and
imposes a difficult burden of proof of
illegal methods. But integration and
development of the American industry
are better than tariff laws.

 

Both “pay as you enter” and “put
it on the next generation” are popu-
lar catch-words. The first means
financing the war entirely by taxes,
which is impossible; the second signi-
fies that in some way the sale of
bonds will force the payment for the
war on our children, which can not
be done. In a National sense, we can
put off payment only by borrowing
from other countries, and leaving the
debt to be paid off in the future. But
where are such countries able to be-
come our creditors? Nevertheless, the
two phrases represent a different dis-
tribution of the war burden. Taxes
must necessarily fall most heavily on
the wealthy, for they have the largest
proportionate surplus to be taxed;
bonds, on the other hand, give a lien
on future production in exchange for
the present wealth which is handed
over to the Government. Bonds are
thus an asset to those who hold them
to the same extent that they are a
debit to those who do not hold them.
Taxes tend to equalize the distribu-
tion of wealth; bonds to perpetuate
inequalities of distribution. Hence the
strong argument for giving the war-
bonds a short maturity—not to exceed
twenty years.

 

The Detroit Credit Men’s Associa-
tion and the Michigan Hotelkeepers’
Association are joint sponsors of a
bill to discourage giving checks when
there is no money in the bank to meet
such checks. The bill was introduced
in the Legislature by Senator Murtha,
has been passed by both houses, and
is now-up to the Governor for approv-
al. It fixes a maximum penalty of
$500 fine and six months’ imprison-
ment for those who pass worthless
checks.

OUR TEUTONIC TRIBUTE.

The insuring public of Michigan
paid more than a million dollars in
premiums to German and Austrian
stock fire insurance companies last
year. The loss ratio to premiums
in the State was 55 per cent. This
would give to the companies $450,000
for expenses and profits. In Germany
the same companies would conduct
the business and cover as much prop-
erty for $24,000, exclusive of profits.
The farmer mutuals of Michigan are
covering a like amount of property
for a total expense of 3 cents upon
each $100 insured, or $36,000.

Some difference between a million
dollars and $36,000!

This: is the tribute we are paying
to German and Austrian companies
through the machination and corrup-
tion of the insurance combine which
has been so much in evidence at
Lansing this winter that even the old-
est members of the Legislature are
completely nauseated.

We are paying for the administra-
tion and profits of stock fire insurance
45 cents upon each hundred dollars
insured, while the European countries
get the same service for 2 cents.

Talk about conservation and econo-
my, while these things are eating the
life out of our people!

We gave to our own Michigan stock
companies only $72,000,000 insurance
last year, while we bestowed on the
German and Austrian companies $120,-
000,000!

The fight is but just begun, what-
ever may be the action of the Legis-
lature on the several bills now before
that body for the relief of the people
from one of the most exacting lobbies
which ever throttled the rights of a
free people.

 

Brazil’s break with Germany means
another big debit item on the German
balance-sheet. The submarine invest-
ment is rapidly proving a losing enter-
prise. It has brought the United
States into the war against Germany.
It has caused Brazil to break off re-
lations, with a declaration of war
probably to follow, while other South
American republics are intensified in
their opposition to Germany. All the
while, the main object professed—
that of starving England into. sur-
render after six weeks or two months
of sinking everything in sight—is
seen to be less and less attainable.
After two months and a half, Eng-
land is fighting with more energy
than ever, and her carrier of food
and munitions ply the seas. All told,
a sober stock-taking by the German
authorities would show them that, of
all their blunders since August 1, 1914,
the ruthless use of submarines was the
worst. Even the afterthought argu-

ment that, at any rate, German ton-
nage would be ready for instant and

. Number 1752

advantageous use after the war is
made to appear hollow by the tak-
ing possession of German ships all
over the world. As private property
they will, of course, be paid for, some
day, but Germany will be deprived of
their use. Only last week a German
technical publication admitted that, if
the submarine campaign failed, Ger-
many was “lost.” It has already fail-
ed. As the German people see na-
tion after nation arraying itself
against them, even German pride and
unyielding devotion to the Father-
land cannot forever be blind to the
mounting proof that Germany must
eat the bread of bitterness and submit
to a humiliating defeat.

 

Prussian militarism is not only the
common enemy of democracy, civii-
ization and humanity, but it has ab-
solutely destroyed the good name the
German people once enjoyed. It has
made the words ‘“‘German,” “Teutonic”’
and “Prussian” terms of contempt for
all time to come. It has blotted out
the birthright of the German people
for time and eternity, because no one
who enjoys the blessings of civiliza-
tion will henceforth place any confi-
dence in any One who claims any kin-
ship with Germany in the remotest
degree. No true friend of humanity
will ever travel on a German boat,
eat German food, use German tools,
willingly listen to German music or
read German books. The word Ger-
man is taboo in every nook and cor-
ner of the civilized world because the
men of that race followed the sword
of the Hohenzollern family of tyrants
and monsters into the grave of ob-
livion and universal contempt.

The organized producers of fruits
and vegetables have had _ passed
through both houses of the Legisla-
ture three bills to standardize fruit
and vegetable products. All three
bills have been approved by the Goy-
ernor. One defines the standards for
grapes and other fruits and vegeta-
bles to be two-quart basket, four-
quart basket and twelve-quart basket
A second defines a stan-
dard barrel for fruits, vegetables and
other dry commodities. The third
bill defines the standards for Michi-
apples when packed in closed
packages. Standard packed apples
must be designated on the package
to be either “Michigan Standard Fan-
cy,’ “Michigan Standard A,” “Michi-
gan Standard B,” and “Michigan Un-
classified.”

respectively.

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It were better, when shipwrecked
and cast into the stormy waters, to
flop over on your back and float than
to thrash about and struggle, and
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Recent News of the Cloverland of
Michigan.

Sault Ste. Marie, April 16—Don
Harrison, who for the past season has
been with the Cornwell Co. here, has
returned to his home at Traverse
City, where he has been promoted
to assistant manager of The Cornwell
Co. branch at Traverse City. Mr.
Harrison is a promising young man
with a bright future*and his success
is accounted for by his strict atten-
tien to business and faithful service.

F. H. Ledy, of the firm of Ledy
& Adams, general merchants of
Drummond Island, has sold his in-
terest to his partner, Walter S.
Adams, who will continue the busi-
ness. Mr. Ledy has taken up farm-
ing and is convinced that the tiller
of the soil is the man of the hour.

“Some men would like to talk of
their business successes, and the rest
would if they had ever had any.”

Ex-Governor Osborn gave a recep-
tion to the new military officers of
Fort Brady in his commodious home
last Thursday evening. The ex-Gov-
ernor is in a class by himself when it
comes to entertaining. He succeed-
ed in making the officers in charge
feel that a warm welcome was accord-
ed them in this community and that
preparedness and patriotism is not
lacking.

R. Kendricks, of Marquette, has ac-
cepted a position as pharmacist in
the Neville & Neveau drug store, at
Manistique. Mr. Kendricks comes
highly recommended.

The Fiborn Limestone Co. has
started operations again at Ozark,
which will help liven up the business
interests at that point.

Mon McLaughlin, manager of Mc-
Laughlin & Sons store, at Dafter, was
a business visitor here last week.

The-Modern Woodman of America,
about 400 strong, held their annual
convention here last week. They
were greatly impressed with our
city and pleased with the entertain-
ment accorded them. Only words ot
praise were heard over the able man-
ner in which the local order enter-
tained. They left for their homes last
Friday, feeling well repaid for their
visit.

Mr. and Mrs. Lou Yalomstein re-
turned last week from a two months’
visit in California. Mr. Yalomstein
is proprietor of the Peoples Supply
Co., one of the largest retail establish-
ments in Manistique. He_ reports
having spent a delightful winter in
the land of flowers and oranges, but
is pleased to get back to old Michi-
gan, where the flowers will soon start
to bloom.

“A sure way to be deceived is to
believe ourselves more cunning than
the rest of the world.”

F. C. Mooney, soap salesman for
Swift & Co., was a business visitor
here last week. He is covering the
same territory heretofore covered by
J. B. Melody. This is Mr. Mooney’s
first trip to the Soo and he is pleased
with the new territory. which he
expects to cover regularly hereafter.
Mr. Mooney is one of the cheerful
kind who turns grind into grin and
says that selling soap is his hobby.

Christopher Mulvaney, for the past
few years conducting a grocery store
in the West end of the city, died last
Wednesday after a lingering illness
of several months. Death came as a
relief to the sufferer.

The Brown Lumber Co., of Manis-
tique, is rushing the completion of its
rew plant. If everything goes accord-
ing to schedule, it will be doing busi-
ness about the middle of May. This
will give Manistique more hum, which
will be pleasant tidings for the mer-
chants who have no objections to
new industries.

The Farmers’ Market, at Menom-
innee, will re-open April 20 for the
season. This announcement was
made by A. M. Wilson. chairman of
the Commercial Club Market Com-
mittee. The market has not been ac-

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ;

tive during the winter months on ac-
count of bad roads.

“The hardest thing in the world
for a dead game sport to do is not to
tell you about it.”

N. G. Moutsatson was the biggest
man in the city last Friday evening
when he opened the doors to the pub-
lic of the new Olympia, which was
visited by a thousand visitors. It is
one of the best appointed and neat-
est finished confectionery and soda
establishments in the State. George
has spent a small fortune in the new
venture and from present indications
it will be a _ profitable proposition.
George says he has faith in the Soo
and is always liberal with donations
to any enterprise to build up his
home town. He has lived here for
the last twenty-five years, starting
from the bottom, but being a born
hustler he discarded the old saying
that, “All good things come to those
who wait” and says that all good
things come a great deal faster by
going after them.

The high cost of living enables the
Soo co-operative to put on a new de-
livery truck. Numerous other gro-
cers have placed orders for auto
trucks to take care of the high livers.

N. L, Field, the well-known mer-
chant of Rudyard, returned last week
from Rochester, Minn., with Mrs.
Field, who has been consulting the
Mayo Bros.

“Time daily changes the lock on
the gate of opportunity. Your ability
may be the key to fit.”

William G. Tapert.

—_22>__
Programme For Merchants’ Congress.
Tuesday, June 5.

(F. N. Rowe, chairman.)

2. p. m.—‘Fire Insurance,” L. H.
Stubbs, manager Fidelity & Deposit
Company of Maryland, Cedar Rapids,
Ta. :

3 p. m.—‘How the Foundation Was
Laid for a $500,000 Business in a
Town of 180 People,’ G. A. Garver,
general manager the Garver Bros.
Company, Strasburg, Ohio.

8 p. m—‘Where Do Profits Go
To?” C. B. Hamilton, President
Brearley-Hamilton Company, adver-
tising agents, Grand Rapids.

8:30 p. m.—‘The Methods in Use
for Building a Million Dollar Busi-
ness in a Town of 1,015 People,” G.
A. Garver.

Wednesday, June 6.
(H. A. Knott, chairman.)

2. p. m—“The Human Side of Re-

tailing,” Frederick C. Kuhn, manager

retailers’ service department, the
Sherwin-Williams Company, Cleve-
land.

3 p. m—‘Merchandise Records,

Markups and Turnovers,” Harold G.
Ingham, University of Kansas, Law-
rence, Kan.

8 p. m.—“Ethics in Business,” Guy
W. Rouse, President Worden Grocer
Company, Grand Rapids.

8:30 p. m.—‘Meeting Mail Order
House Competition,” H. Leslie Wil-
dey, retail merchant, Graettinger, Ia.

Thursday, June 7.
(E. A. Stowe, chairman.)

2 p. m.—‘Co-operation and Suc-
cess,” John A. Lake, President Retail
Grocers’ and General Merchants’ As-
sociation, Petoskey.

3 p. m.—‘Accounting Methods for
Retailers,” Harold G. Ingham.

8 p. m.—‘‘Personal Efficiency,” Lee
M. Hutchins, Manager Hazeltine &
Perkins Drug Company.

8:30 p. m.—“Personality in Busi-
ness,’ Stephen W. Gilman, Business
Administration Department, Universi-
ty of Wisconsin, Madison.

Best Plan for Compensation for Gro-
cery Salesmen.

The relation of the salesman to his
house and more specifically to the sales-
man as an item of cost to his house,
involves two questions, as follows:

How much is the salesman worth?

What does a salesman cost?

These are two distinct questions but
closely related.

A salesman is worth enough to any
house to co-operate with him in every
possible way. Yet I have known houses
who by their methods of correspondence
have made it almost impossible for their
salesmen to hold customers for the
house. The letters did not all originate
with the credit man either. These
methods are probably not very common,
but they are a great handicap and should
always be avoided in fairness to the
salesman and as good policy for the
house.

Difference of opinion exists as to the
method of handling men by the sales
manager. Differences in conditions dic-
tate different methods. The house em-
ploying 100 men cannot get into as close
touch with them as the house employing
five. A general principle may be laid
down, however, of using whatever
method will result in the fullest under-
standing by the men of the policy of
the house.

One thing I am sure of, the chief
work of a sales manager is educational
and this work is really a ife job, for
as soon as a man is fully and completely
educated he is likely to leave you and
go into business for himself and you
have to begin all over with fresh pupils.

The last meeting of the Michigan
Wholesale Grocers’ Association devoted
some time to a consideration of the
question, Should a salesman be furnish-
ed the cost price? Some surprisingly
good arguments were advanced on both
sides, but the question really was not
settled in the convention.

In Ohio a change has gradually been
effected in many houses in the matter
of salesmen’s compensation. Formerly
nearly all salesmen were on a straight
salary, but now a large proportion are
on a basis of a percentage of gross
profits.

Of course, this involves figuring the
profits on every sale, but this is done
now by most houses.

Some few men are employed on a
commission basis which, of course, is
easier to figure and involves no confu-
sion as to the real margin of profit to
be divided.

A recent survey of a number of Ohio
wholesale grocers shows interesting re-
sults, These figures are based on re-
turns from fifty-four houses. The num-
ber of salesmen employed was 480, or
an average of nine men each; some em-
ploy one man and some nearly 100.

Of the 480 salesmen just 5 per cent.
are on a straight salary, 16 per cent.
are paid a commission on sales, varying
as to the goods they sell. One house
pays a man $12 a week and expenses for
sales of $400, with a commission of 1
per cent. on all sales over $400, exclud-
ing sugar—nothing for sugar—and this
salesman has averaged for several years
past $1,250 per annum net for himself.

Another house pays its men the same
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April 18, 1917

per cent. over a certain amount net after
deducting losses in bad accounts from
total sales. Another house pays a
straight salary based on 1 per cent. com-
mission on sales. Some houses pay a
straight salary but allow a special bonus
after the result of the year’s work is
known.

In connection with sales on commis-
sion we find the rates vary from 3 per
cent., exclusive of sugar and salt, the
salesman paying his expenses, to 1 per
cent. on sundries and % per cent. on
flour. In one case a house says it ex-
pects a basis of $60,000 sales for a sal-
ary of $20 per week, with 2 per cent.
commission on all over $60,000, the
house paying all expenses.

In the matter of compensation based
on a percentage of profit there is also
a wide range of usage. City trade pays
from 20 to 40 per cent. the larger
amount in the larger cities. A rather
common rate in the country is 40 per
cent., some, however, going as high as
50 per cent.

The summing up of the figures fur-
nished shows that of all the 480 sales-
men, 50 per cent. are on a salary, 16
per cent. are on a commission, 34 per
cent. are on a per cent. of profit.

Analyzing the figures a little further
we find of the larger houses—that is,
those employing ten or more salesmen—
only 31 per cent. are on a salary, 16 per
cent. on commission, while 53 per cent.
are on a per cent. of profit; of houses
employing five to nine salesmen, 68 per
cent. are on salary, 19 per cent. on com-
mission and only 13 per cent. on per
cent. of profit. The smallest houses or
those employing less than five salesmen
show 78 per cent. on salary, 5 per cent.
on commission, 17 per cent. on per
cent. of profit.

These figures indicate that the larger
houses are inclined to adopt the third
method of paying their salesmen.
Whether this is because it has been
found to be the most efficient or eco-
nomical plan or whether this fact ac-
counts in part for the larger expense
per cent. of the cost of doing business
in the large house I do not pretend to
settle.

Am inclined to the opinion, however,
that the larger houses and the better
salesmen have found it the best way.

R. E. Hills.
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Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and
Potatoes.
Buffalo, April 18—Creamery but-

ter, extras, 46c:; first 44@45c; com-
mon, 40@44c; dairy, common_ to
choice, 32@41c; poor to common, all
kinds, 25@30c.

Cheese—No. 1. new,
choice 24c; old 25@27c.

Eggs—Choice, new laid, 35c; fancy
hennery, 36c; duck 36c.

2414@25c;

Poultry (live) — Fowls, 25@30c;
springs, 25@28c; old cox, 18@20c;

ducks, 23@25c.

Beans—Medium, $8.75@9.00; pea,
$8.75@9.00: Red Kidney, $8.00@8.25:
White Kidney, $8.75@9.00; Marrow,
$8.75@9.00.

Potatoes—$3.00@3.25 per bu.

Rea & Witzig.
—_.--->—_—__—-
The New Woman Traveler.

New Salesmen (hotly)—I will take
orders from no man!

Salesmanager (coldly)—Yes, I not-
ed that while you were out on your
trial trip.

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April 18, 1917

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Plant or Go Hungry

TO THE RETAILERS OF MICHIGAN:

From the response we have already received
and the agitation which is being started all over
the country, I am inclined to think that our people
are beginning to realize the seriousness of the food
situation. It may be of interest to quote some of
the figures from the United States report on Mich-
igan’s crops for the year 1916:

Our production of corn last year was nearly
14,000,000 bushels less than the year previous, and
wheat was nearly 2,000,000 bushels less than dur-
ing 1915, Oats were 22,000,000 bushels less than
the year before. In other words, on these three
items Michigan’s production was 34,000,000 bush-
els less than last year or a reduction of over 24 per
cent. on the year previous. Beans, which is one of
the most economical forms of food produced, also
decreased over 1,000,000 bushels which is more
than 25 per cent. less than the 1915 crop.

While agitation is being started and is receiv-
ing some encouragement, and while you and I, as
handlers of food products, are coming to realize
how great is the need of action, it is apparent that
very few of our people as yet realize that something
must be done.

There has never been a time before when the
duty seemed to be so clearly upon the shoulders of
the food distributors to help pave the way in solv-

ing this problem of the high cost of living and the
feeding of our army as it is at the present time.

Therefore, with the hope of still further stimu-
lating action, I am bringing the matter to your
attention again.

The developments of the last week is a realiza-
tion that more or less of the men for the army must
come from the farming districts, thereby making
the situation more serious. I want to urge that we
make this a personal matter of placing this neces-
sity before every one of our friends who have any
piece of ground, large or small, which might be
cultivated.

Let us endeavor to get specific promises, so far
as possible, for increased planting on every farm.
Let us help develop the movement in favor of

planting on every farm and vacant lot in our com-
munity.

Further than this, let us remember the boys in
school and encourage them in proving their loyalty
at this time by planting and cultivating the more
necessary food productions, particularly peas and
beans.

Ideas are good, but action is better. Let us do
our part so thoroughly now that Michigan next
Fall will produce the biggest harvest she has ever

produced.
GUY W. ROUSE.

WoRDEN GROCER COMPANY
GRAND RAPIDS---K ALAMAZOO

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Movements of Merchants.

Dowling—Bertha Garrison has en-
gaged in the millinery business.

Greenville—E. V. Soendsen succeeds
W. Zuller in the grocery business.

Lake City—Jones & Grice succeeds
Anderson & Jones in general trade.

Brunswick—Hewitt & Peoples  suc-
ceeds McCallum Bros. in general trade.

Vestaburg—Hornbeck Bros., hard-
ware dealers, are building a large ad-
dition to their store.

Detroit—The Emerson Motor Truck
Co. has increased its capital stock
from $25,000 to $50,000.

Ravenna—Fred R. Griswold has
closed his stock of general merchan-
dise and retired from business.

Carson City—The Carson City Pro-
duce Co. has been incorporated with
an authorized capital stock of $8,500.

Kalamazoo—Gilmore Bros. have
opened a boy’s department on the
fifth floor of their department store.

Ironwood—The W. G. Peterson Co.,
wholesale fruit dealer, has increased
its capitalization from $10,000 to $25,-
000.

Bangor—J. G. Miller, pioneer hard-
ware dealer, died at his home April
12 as the result of an attack of pneu-
monia.

Alden—W. L, Blissett has purchas-
ed the Foster Co. stock of general
merchandise and will take possession
about May 1.

Custer—William Fisher, dealer in
general merchandise, has purchased
the store building recently occupied
by L. P. Mead.

Masonville—N. F. Christenson is
closing out his stock of general mer-
chandise and will remove to Manis-
tique about May 1.

Bellevue—C. A. Pendle has sold
his store building and drug stock to
V. D. Andrews, recently of Nashville,
who has taken possession.

Valley Center—Mrs. C. C. Sullivan
lost her stock of general merchandise
by fire recently. She expects to re-
sume business about May 15.

Sheridan—R. Earl Lower, dealer in
general merchandise, has filed a vol-
untary petition in bankruptcy. As-
sets, $9,052.60; liabilities $7,436.

Ann Arbor—Hoyt E. Pierce, who
conducts a grocery store at Howell
under the management of H. L.
Severns has opened a grocery store
here.

Hersey—Haist & Anderson have
sold their meat market and confec-
tionery stock to William Echlin, re-
cently of Evart, who has taken pos-
session.

Chelsea—J. Nelson Dancer has sold
his interest in the Dancer Hardware
Co. stock to R. H. Schonhols, who
will continue the business under his
own name.

Ludington—Gustav Groening has
retired from the active management
of G, Groening & Sons and the shoe
and clothing business will be continu-
ed by the sons.

Byron Center—The. Towner Mer-
cantile Co., Ltd. has purchased the
general stock of Benjamin Sterkin
and consolidated it with its own stock
across the street.

Holland—J. J. Rutgers will remove

his stock of clothing to the newly re-
modeled Merrell block May 1, adding
lines of shoes. under the management
of Emil Koster.
* Holt—L. T. Salisbury, formerly of
Fulton, and Roy Bliss have formed a
copartnership and engaged in the
hardware business under the style of
Salisbury & Bliss.

Negaunee—John D. Lafkas, man-
ager of the Olympia Candy Kitchen,
has’ remodeled the interior of the
store and installed a soda fountain
and new show cases.

Detroit—The Eureka Accessories
Co. has been incorporated with an
authorized capital stock of $1,000, all
of which has been subscribed
$350 paid in in cash.

Edgerton—Ernest W. Bratt has
sold his stock of general merchandise
to George E. Rector, who will con-
tinue the business in connection with
his produce business.

Boyne City—J. W. Saigeon, for-
merly engaged in trade at Bay Shore,
has leased the McIntyre building and
will occupy it about April 21 with a
stock of general merchandise.

Kalamazoo—Warren E. Birge, of
the Drolet Drug Co., died at his
home, 621 South Burdick street, April
12, following an illness of several
months. He was 62 years of age.

Midland — The Fleming-Barclay
Grocery has been incorporated with
an authorized capital stock of $25,000,
of which amount $14,000 has been
subscribed and $10,000 paid in in cash.

Detroit—The C. G. Patriciah Coffee
Co. has been incorporated with an au-
thorized capitalization of $10,000, of
which amount $5,000 has been sub-
scribed and $5,000 paid in in property.

Detroit—The Peoples Lumber Co.
has been incorporated at 615 Twenty-
Fourth street with an authorized cap-
ital stock of $20,000, all of which has
been subscribed and paid in in cash.

Barryton—The  Laflin-Ward-Soper
Co. has engaged in the general mer-
cantile business with an authorized
capitalization of $10.000, all of which
has been subscribed and paid in in
cash.

Jackson—George L. Green, who be-
gan twenty-five years ago as a road
salesman for the Crown Paper & Bag
Co., has purchased practically all the
stock of that corporation from the

and

estate of George Smalley, the founder
of the company,

Hastings—R. H. Loppenthien has
purchased the interest of Mr. Riede in
the general stock of Weickgenant &
Riede and the business will be contin-
ed under the same style for the pres-
ent.

Deckerville—The Deckerville Co-
Operative Co. has been organized to
conduct a general mercantile and ship-
ping business on a co-operative plan
with an authorized capital stock of
$2,000.

Jackson—H. R. Cooley has been ap-
pointed sales manager of the Mutual
Motors Co. He will shortly start upon
a tour of the entire country to confer
with distributors regarding spring
business.

Three Rivers—The Corlette-Stone
Lumber Co. has taken over the J. E.
Gill lumber yard at Kalamazoo. F.
W. Corlette will remove to Kalama-
zoo and assume the management of
the business.

Grand Ledge—The Grand Ledge
Co-Operative Association has engag-
ed in business with an authorized cap-
ital stock of $5,000, of which amount
$550 has been subscribed and $275
paid in in cash.

Negaunee—Joseph Lowenstein has
removed his stock of clothing and
notions to the new store he has erect-
ed and has added lines of women’s

ready-to-wear clothing, cloaks and
millinery to the stock.
Manistique— George MacLaurin,

who has conducted a shoe store for
the past thirty-one years, has sold
his store building and stock to N. F.

Christenson, of Masonville, who will

take possession May 1.

Alma—L. E. Rather has sold his
stock of groceries and dry goods to
James Naylor, formerly engaged in
trade at South Branch, who will take
possession May 1 and continue the
business under his own name.

Detroit—The North End Cinder
Supply & Cartage Co. has engaged in
the general building supply business
with an authorized capitalization of
$10,000, of which amount $5,300 has
been subscribed and paid in in prop-
erty.

Alma—The C. A. Sawkins
Co. has been incorporated with an
authorized capitalization of $6,000
common and $4,000 preferred, of which
amounts $6,000 has been subscribed,
$1,000 paid in in cash and $5,000 paid
in in property.

Pontiac—The L. W. Canfield Co.
has been organized to handle fuel and
feed and manufacture cement building
supplies with an authorized capital
stock of $10,000, all of which has been
subscribed, $500 paid in in cash and
$6,500 paid in in property.

Lapeer—Fire of unknown origin
destroyed the store buildings and
stocks of E. J. Cox & Co., hardware
dealers, the Lapeer Hardware Co.,
G. W. Carpenter & Son, clothing, J.
N. Gardiner, drugs. The losses were
partially covered by insurance.

Detroit—The Grocers Pure Food
League Co. has been incorporated as an
advertising service to manufactirers,
wholesalers, jobbers and retailers with
an authorized capital stock of $5,000,
of which amount $2,500 has been sub-
scribed and $1,000 paid in in cash.

Piano

Detroit—Peter S. Scanlan & Sous
have merged their fruit and produce
commission business into a_ stock
company under the same style wit
an authorized capitalization of $25,-
000, of which amount $14,000 has bee:
subscribed and paid in in property.

Lansing—Charles M. Norten, who
is engaged in the hardware business
has merged his business into a stock
company under the style of the Nor-
ton Hardware Co., with an authorized
cap'tal stock of $20,000, of which
amount $10,000 has been subscribed
and $10,000 paid in in property.

 

Manufacturing Matters.

Detroit—The Lozier Motor Co. has
decreased its capital stock from $500,-
000 to $200,000.

Detroit—The Bellevue Furnace Co.
has changed its name to Bellevue In-
dustrial Furnace Co.

Bay City—The Union Motor Truck
Co. has increased its capital stock
from $45,000 to $90,000.

Detroit—The Detroit Auto Dash
Co. has increased its capital stock
from $30,000 to $100,000.

Zeeland—The Michigan Star Furni-
ture Co. has increased its capitaliza-
tion from $30,000 to $60,000.

Battle Creek—The Battle Creek
Brewing Co. has decreased its capital
stock from $125,000 to $50,000.

Detroit—The  Crittal Casement
Window Co. has increased its capital
stock from $100,000 to $200,000,

Detroit—The capital stock of the
Kerosene Burning Carburetor Co. has
been increased from $200,000 to $300,-
000.

Leonidas—The FE. N. King flour
and feed mill was damaged by fire
April 9, The loss was covered by in-
surance.

Grand Haven—The Peerless Novel-
ty Co., manufacturer of crochet nee-
dies, has commenced the erection of
a modern plant, 60 feet wide and 198
feet long.

Detroit—The Belle Isle Boat & En-
gine Co. has engaged in business with
an authorized capital stock of $15,000,
all of which has been subscribed and
$1,500 paid in in cash.

Detroit—The Detroit Auto Clene
Manufacturing Co. has been organiz-

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ed with an authorized capital stock \

of $1,800, all of which has been sub-
scribed and paid in in cash.

Kalamazoo—The Kalamazoo San-
itary Carton Co. has been organized
with an authorized capital stock of
$10,000, all of which amount has been
subscribed and paid in in cash.

Allegan—The Allegan Steel Pro-
cess Co. has been organized with an
authorized capital stock of $30,000, of
which amount $15,000 has been sub-
scribed and $3,000 paid in in cash.

Filer City—The Manistee Leather
Co. has been organized to tan and
finish leather with an authorized cap-
ital stock of $30,000, of which amount
$20,000 has been subscribed and $2,000
paid in in cash,

St. Johns—The F. C. Mason Co. is
building an addition to its plant
which will afford an additional floor
space of 9,000 feet. The company
manufactures all kinds of steel forg-
ings for farm machinery and other

manufactured products for the farm- ”

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The Grocery Market.

Sugar—All sorts of prices are being
asked for refined. Some refiners are
still selling at 7%4c for granulated, but
will take no orders. New York refiners
are quoting up to 834c, and no refiner,
no matter what his price, is a free
seller. The demand for sugar is good
and unless the Government steps in and
establishes the price, the market may
make a wild dash to 10@11c before the
season cof heaviest demand. The en-
trance of the United States into the war
furnishes a stimulus tha apparently
has not yet worn off, since there is an
uncertainty as to shipping which pre-
vents free offerings. Suggestions that
coastwise steamers will be taken to for-
ward foodstuffs to the Allies carry the
inference that the American boats plying
to Cuba may also be commandeered, al-
though, fortunately, they form but a
minor part of the tonnage. Neutrals
are asking higher rates and getting the
same urfder threat of cancellation of
charters where the war clause operates,
insurance being also advanced to cover
the additional risk. Guma’s reduction
of 200,000 tons in the crop estimate to
less than 2,700,000 tons added fuel to
the flame, especially as heavy rains are
checking grinding on the island. Further
impetus is given to the market by the
mania of the consumers to stock up
with granulated sugar, jobbers and re-
tailers being cleaned out as soon as they
receive supplies and consequently in
turn endeavoring to replenish. Refiners
are curbing the movement, taking some
business for prompt shipment but quick-
ly withdrawing before the trade gets
an opportunity to load them with or-
ders. Logically the situation should
make for a reduction in the consump-
tion, prices being the record for many
years. The tendency may be to econo-
mize in the use of sugar, there being
considerable waste that might be elim-
inated. In the United Kingdom the in-
dividual allotment will be cut down one-
third, thus saving 300,000 tons annually,
offsetting that much loss in the Cuban
crop. Talk of control of the food sup-
plies in this country is heard, which
would have a decide effect in the same
direction, although probably far off.
Washington may even put a duty or an
excise tax on the commodity, which, of
course, would be borne by the consum-
er and further decrease his purchases,
in the opinion of the trade. The refiners
are already announcing that their cus-
tomers must take the risk of this de-
velopment, although it may be months
before anything is done in imposing ad-
ditional taxation.

Tea—There is no weakening of
sellers, despite the sharp advance, the
argument being advanced that stocks
were too small to warrant conces-

sions. India-Ceylons are the feature
and other black teas sympathize in
a measure. The duty question is post-
poned for the present, pending the
floating of the bond issue. It is the
opinion of the trade, that eventually an
impost will be made. Little more
tea is expected from the Far Eas‘
this season, because of the freight
situation, long delay, moreover, be-
ing incurred in transportation across
the Continent.

Coffee—The market, on account
mostly of the prospect of a duty, has
advanced about 1c on Rio and about
1%c on Santos during the last few
days. The fact that Brazill is expect-
ed to enter the war is also helping to
strengthen the market. Demand for
coffee has been exceedingly good dur-
ing the past week. Much of the de-
mand, however, being speculative
Milds are stronger in sympathy.
Java and Mocha grades are quiet and
unchanged.

Canned Fruit—There is an active
demand for such goods as are ob-
tainable on the spot. These supplies,
however, are limited and business is
restricted accordingly.

Canned Vegetables—Spot tomatoes
are firm at $1.80 f. 0. b. factory, while
futures have been advanced to $1.50,
but with very little business done at
the high prices asked. It is intimat-
ed that this figure for futures has
been established in the hope of check-
ing further business, as most of the
canners have sold as much of their
capacity as they deem safe under ex-
isting circumstances, Similar condi-
tions prevail in regard to corn and
peas and practically all vegetables.
One feature that stands out, however,
is that there are still a number of
canners who have not as yet sold
any of their output, preferring to
wait until the situation shapes itself
more definitely, and in many instances
showing a determination not to sell
any goods until they are packed.
What bearing this production will
have when it comes upon the market
will be governed by conditions as
they develop.

Canned Fish—Prices have continue
their upward march until some have
been paid, the like of which has not
been seen since the Civil War. Prob-
ably the most spectacular advance has
occurred in salmon. Stocks remain-
ing in jobbers’ hands are just about
sufficient to meet the expected needs
from their regular trade for the re-
mainder of the season. Exporters
have been buying heavily and outside
of the jobbers they are the largest
holders. In some quarters it was as-
sumed that these purchases might
have been made in anticipation of
Government requisition. If there

have been any large requisitions for
Government purposes during the
week they have been well concealed.
There has been some Government
buying, but not in the large quanti-
ties that have been anticipated, but
even so there has been extreme diffi-
culty in supplying the requisitions and
in some instances they have been
repeated as often as two or three
times without getting the full quota
required, Jobbers as a rule have
quoted higher than they would to
their regular customers, largely as a
measure of protection against expect-
ed advance between the time of bid
and the time of opening bids and the
other routine incidentals to transact-
ing business with the Government.
Sardine prices are expected very soon,
as fishing begins this week.

Dried Fruits—All_ foodstuffs, of
whatever character, have been in ac-
tive demand during the week at prices
that have been constantly advancing.
The advances in-some instances have
been important and in others com-
paratively insignificant, but it is
doubtful if it would be possible to
find any single item that has gone
the other way. Dried fruits have
been affected by this buying mania
just as strongly as all other items
on the list and have been surrounded
by influences and circumstances that
are not without their general inter-
est. Spot prunes have been taken
quite freely and it is understood that
the purchases for export account have
been liberal, France being the chief
buyer. Business of this character has
been entered into with more confi-
dence since it has become part of the
Government programme to help feed
the Allies. There has also’ been
some concentration of supplies in
strong hands, which is a polite way of
saying that speculators have been
buying up stock in anticipation of a
heavier demand later from Govern-
ment or other sources, and, further-
more, there has been the replenishing
by jobbers which has been a little
more extensive than generally looked
for. As to future prunes the situa-
t’on is little short of chaotic. In fact
one prominent jobber said such a de-
scription was too mild. At any rate
it is in a good deal of a muddle. Job-
bers generally are holding off from
making definite contracts because of
the suggestion put out by the Asso-
ciation managers that as soon as the
organization was completed and in
a position to quote opening prices
they would undersell the outside pack-
ers. While this was cheerful news to
the jobbers it was rather disconcert-
ing to the growers who had signed
up with the Association, to say noth-
ing of dampening the enthusiasm of
the growers who were contemplating
coming in. The result has been that
increased efforts have been required
to bring these growers in and at last
accounts the Association was. still
short of its required quota of the acre-
age in the State. Naturally the out-
side packers have been making the
most of these conditions, In the
meantime jobbers have been asked
to book with the outside packers and
with the Association on a_ subject-
to-approval-of-price basis and, by ty-
ing strings to their orders permitting

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them to take all or part, they have
played safe and it was intimated in
some quarters that in this way the
bookings would exceed the possible
crop, but which really gets down to
the proposition that the bookings
mean nothing at all, as the whole
situation will have to be gone over
again, depending on whether or not
the Association succeeds in effect-
ing its organization. The new prices
quoted for layer and cluster raisins
for 1917 have been about in line with
expectations and have encountered
no opposition of any consequence.
The advance in the prices of 1916
peaches has attracted little attention,
as the trade here has not been taking
much interest of late. Of greater in-
terest was the announcement that the
Peach Growers, Inc., would turn over
their distribution to the selling or-
ganization of the raisin Association.

Nuts—This market is more or les;
nominal, but because of the strength
in the other markets prices are easily
maintained, especially for the foreign
varieties.

Cheese—The market is steady and
unchanged. Very little old cheese is
left and receipts of new cheese are
increasing very slightly. Exporters
are paying well up to the market for
new cheese and lower prices are not
looked for within the next few weeks.
At home cheese is moving well at
good prices.

Provisions—Smoked meats are very
firm after an advance of “4@1c per
pound, owing to the continued high
prices of live hogs. There is a good
consumptive demand, the trade does
not look for lower prices in the near
future. The lard market is firm at
about unchanged prices, but if hogs
continue as high as now, prices will
probably go still higher. Pure lard
is selling at the market freely, both
for home and export, and some pack-
ers are predicting an increase of 2@38c
before the end of April. Compound
lard is very firm at an advance of 44@
Yc, due to the extreme light supply
and good demand, coupled with the
very high price of pure lard. Bar-
reled pork is firm and unchanged, with
a light supply and fair demand. Can-
ned meats are firm and unchanged.
with a good home and export trade.
Dried beef is firm and unchanged,
with fair supply and good demand.

Salt Fish—There has been no
change in mackerel during the week.
The demand is light and will be for
some little time. Cod, hake and had-
dock. have about concluded their sea-
son in this section. Cod went out at
about 8%c per pound, which is about
3c above normal.

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Guy W. Rouse, President of the Wor-
den Grocer Company, spent Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday in Chicago, con-
sulting with noted food experts on the
present condition of the market. He
says the feeling in Chicago is that Ger-
many and Austria are near the ex-
haustion point and that the war will be
over by July 1 unless Russia should
make separate peace terms with the
Kaiser, in which event the war would
be prolonged several months.

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President—J. W. Lyons, Jackson.

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Don’t Let Milk Spoil on Your Hands.

Whole milk, skim milk and butter-
milk are highly nourishing and valu-
able foods.

These foods spoil quickly when al-
lowed to get warm or when exposed
to bacteria and molds present in the
dust and the air.

Keep Milk Clean, Cold and Covered.

This injunction applies equally to
the producer, the wholesaler, the deal-
er and the consumer.

Unclean milk sent from the farm
sours and spoils more quickly than
clean milk. Pasteurization makes
milk safer.

Milk, to keep properly, should never
get warmer than 50 deg. F. until it
is consumed. The lower the temper-
ature the better the milk will keep.

Bacteria, such as those which cause
milk to sour, develop very slowly and
cause little change in milk kept at
such low temperatures.

A slight rise in temperature, even
for a short time, permits these bac-
teria to multiply rapidly and bring
about rapid deterioration of the milk,
which may render it unfit for ordi-
nary use.

Don’t leave your milk bottles on a
hot porch or doorstep. A short ex-
posure in the sun or a warm place
hastens the spoiling even of cold,
bottled milk.

Have the milkman put your milk
into the refrigerator. If this is im-
possible provide, in warm weather, a
box with ice or a bucket of water in
a shady place for the milk.

At any rate have the bottles left in
the coolest and shadiest place about
your premises.

Don’t leave milk in bottles or ves-
sels in a warm room for a moment
longer than is necessary.

Never pour milk which has been
exposed to the air back into a bottle
containing other milk. Keep such
milk cold and covered in another clean
utensil.

Milk, when warm, is an ideal cul-
tural medium for bacteria. Keep
milk clean. You can keep it clean
only by keeping covered, so that.the
bacteria and molds from the air wiil
not get into it.

Keep your milk bottles covered,
either with caps or by placing glasses
over them. Keep them covered in
the refrigerator and in the kitchen or
dining room.

Never pour milk into an unsterile
bowl or pitcher. Scald all vessels

into which milk is poured for keeping
or serving. Cool these utensils after
scalding, before you put milk into
them.

Before you open a bottle of milk,
wash and wipe the outside of the cap
with water and a clean cloth. The
little depression at the top of the
bottle collects dust or water, or milk,
which may attract flies. Lift out the
cap with a pointed instrument, so
that the outside of the cap, which may
be contaminated, will not be pushed
down into the milk.

Clean and scald the refrigerator
where milk is stored, regularly with
hot sal-soda solution. See that the
drip pipe is kept open and clean.

Even in the cleanest refrigerator,
never keep milk in an open vessel.
Milk absorbs ordors easily.

If there are babies or little children
in your home, clean, cold, covered
milk is absolutely. essential.

Finally, clean empty bottles. Rinse
thoroughly with cold water every
milk bottle, as soon as emptied, and
then wash with hot water. This
helps your milkman to give you clean
milk.

Never take milk bottles into a sick
room. If you have an infectious or
contagious disease in your home, boil
the milk bottles, and do not return
them without the express sanction of
your local health ‘officer or attending
physician.

Don’t Throw Out Skim or Sour Milk.

Clean skim milk is a valuable food,
containing all the nourishing ele-
ments of whole milk except the fat or
cream. It is useful in cooking cereals,
soups, sauces, cocoa, etc., and is a
palatable, nourishing beverage.

Sour milk and buttermilk can be
used with soda in making hot breads,
or sour milk can be easily turned in-
to cottage cheese, or clabber. Sour
cream is a good shortening for cakes
and cookies, and is useful for salad
dressings and gravies for meat.

+. -——
Poison in Some Potatoes.

A poisonous substance called so-
lanin is found in or near the skin of
potatoes which have grown exposed
to the sun or a strong light. Solanin
also develops when potatoes are al-
lowed to sprout, and serious illness
has been known to follow the eating
of exposed and sprouted potatoes.

Potatoes cooked in dry heat, as by
baking in the oven, roasting in ashes,
frying in deep fat, or steaming in
their jackets retain all their salts
and other constituents, and the flavor
is more pronounced and savory than
when cooked in water. But potatoes
so cooked must be served just as
soon as they are done, or else they
will become soggy and bad flavored.

Soaked Peas.

“Soaked” peas are being canned and
put on the market by several canners.
owing to the great demand and conse-
quent high prices for canned peas.
The process of soaking gives the
peas much the same appearance as
the fresh article. Products in this
way may be wholesome, but it is
pointed out that they are generally
less desirable than those prepared
from fresh peas. Furthermore, if the
consumer desires the dried product it
is much cheaper to buy the dried peas
directly from the retail grocer and
soak them at home. In this way the
same article is served at a much less
cost. The Food and Drugs Act does
not prohibit the sale in interstate or
foreign commerce of canned soaked
peas providing the label on the cans
indicates plainly and conspicuously
that the contents are made from the
soaked, dried product. Consumers
can learn by carefully reading labels
whether they are getting a product
that was made from the dried or from
the fresh peas.

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7
Problems of Milk Production and all who handle the milk should be made Incident in the Life of a Traveling
Distribution. to realize that they have in their Saleswoman. Early Seed Potatoes Seed Corn

The greatest problem of the age is
that of food supply; among the arti-
cles of most importance is the supply
of milk. :

Natural conditions give us a wide
variation in food for the cows, there
is variation in supply and demand,
variation with all sudden sharp
changes in temperature, variation in
the haul or transportation, with over-
load and too small a load—subject to
whatever loss is necessary to keep
hauler going over such periods, bit
not the least variation in quality is
permitted.

It is the experience of most dealers
that a high grade milk, produced and
cared for under practical, sanitary
conditions, delivered at any up-to-
date city milk plant, where it is clari-
fied and scientifically pasteurized, put
in glass bottle and delivered to the
customers, that the price charged for
milk delivered by the dealer is gen-
erally not sufficient to pay the pro-
ducer the price he demands.

Generally producers are dissatisfied,
claiming they are not paid sufficient
for the milk to meet the cost of do-
ing business. A_ dissatisfied milk
producer has a direct effect on the
milk supply and has much to do with
some of the variations referred to.

If the milk dealer can encourage
and stimulate modern improvements
in barns, milk houses, silos for winter
and summer, a good pure and plenti-
ful water supply and the provision of
some sort of cheap power such as gas,
oil or electric power to pump water,
cut feed and do such other work as is
necessary, he will induce the farmer
to make each acre more productive.

It is conceded by the best author-
ities on farm management that dairy-
ing is the best form of farming to
maintain the fertility of the soil.
There is great need of more atten-
tion to management on the average
farm devoted to the production of
milk, The amount of milk produced
per cow is frequently so low as to
reflect seriously upon the business
ability of the owner.

A producer who makes no syste-
matic effort to lower the cost of pro-
duction by increasing the average
production of milk per cow is entitled
to little sympathy if he finds the busi-
ness unprofitable. The profits yielded

‘by a good cow often go to offset

losses caused by poor cows in the
same stable.

Some of the things that should be
done are: To keep records of the
production by each individual in the
herd, to eliminate unprofitable cows,
to improve the herd through selec-
tion of the best producers. Unless
the producer does these things he dis-
regards the fundamental principles of
business economy, and it is unreason-
able for such a man to expect the con-
sumer to pay him a profit on prac-
tices which represent such economic
waste.

If every owner of a dairy herd
would consider it his duty to himself
and the community to keep healthy
cows, supply them with wholesome
feed and keep them in clean, comfort-
able quarters, he will find the dairy
business most profitable. Milkers and

charge a food which is easily con-
taminated and should therefore take
all reasonable precautions to prevent
the milk from becoming a source ot
danger to themselves and others,

The consumer is interested in clean
milk primarily because no one cares
to use a food which is not produced
and handled under sanitary condi-
tions. The consumer should under-
stand that clean, safe milk is worth
more and costs more to produce than
milk which contains dirt and disease
germs and should therefore be willing
to pay more for it than dirty milk,
which is dear at any price.

The object of the milk producer
should establish unlimited develop-
ment efficiently, economically and sci-
entifically to produce a high standard
milk supply. Milk producers should
understand the importance of co-op-
eration and combinations. Their
common purpose should not be limited
to securing higher prices. They
should have in mind the common pur-
pose of gaining all possible and prop-
er co-operation with the dealer and
the public. Both producer and deal-
er, I believe, are very much interested
in the public—for that is where we
all have to look for our money.

The quality and purity of food prod-
ucts are receiving more attention now
than ever before. This is particularly
true of dairy products. There is much
competition among milk dealers in
their efforts to gain public favor by
adopting the most modern and sani-
tary methods in the conduct of their
dairies, bottling plants and in the
general handling of milk. It is the
general belief of the medical profes-
sion that the use of pasteurized milk
has greatly reduced the prevalence
of disease formerly caused by milk,
especially among the infant popula-
tion.

It is gratifying to note, however, an
increasing demand for clarified, pas-
teurized milk. This demand has re-
sulted in more stringent regulations
concerning the sanitary conditions
associated with the milk supply and
the present idea of creating a great-
er demand for dairy products by
means of an educational advert'sing
campaign is not a gamble.

In conclusion, I will say that in
looking at this situation from the
broadest aspect it is vital from the
standpoint of the people as a whole
that milk production and distribution
be maintained on an absolute quality
and. service basis that will meet the
demands of the people. In this re-
spect much useful work has been done
by the state dairy departments, agri-
cultural colleges and experiment sta-
tions. It is to be hoped that dairy
farmers will avail themselves in ever-
increasing measure of the advise of
these state autltorities. I stand firm
in the conviction that if we all do our
duty we must and shall succeed.

Andrew Fluetsch.
———_>-----—__-

Floormen should be alert and
should give almost undivided atten-
tion to customers. Customers and
attention to the wants of customers
should be the floorman’s first thought.

Glenn R. Nicholas for many years
was a rancher in Napa county. He
lived with his father and mother, only
he called them “paw and maw.” The
three were always together and Glenn
never even thought of leaving them
without that familiar sinking feeling
in the heart.

One day into Napa came a. trim,
breezy young traveling saleswoman
She carried a good “line.” More than
that, she “talked a fast one.” But, al-
though, when Glenn saw her he gasp-
ed with admiration, he was still on
his guard. His paw and maw had
taugh him to beware of traveling men
in general and traveling saleswomen
in particular.

But love was stronger than advice
in Glenn’s case. There was no use
fighting the traveling saleswoman
with her fascinating city ways. So
Glenn quit fighting. He married her.
Shortly after they moved to San Fran-
cisco, That was three years ago.

But the city was not for Glenn. He
missed his cows and horses and the
patent medicine almanac telling when
the tide rose in the Arctic ocean and
the number of canary birds that died
in the great storm of 1800 and other
compelling facts. But, most of all,
he missed his “paw and maw.”

“Anna, I’m just plumb homesick for
’em,” he told Mrs. Nicholas one day.
“T just can’t live w'thout ’em.”

Mrs. Nichols had heard how young
girls who eloped with traveling men
yearned again for home, so she could
understand how Glenn felt. So he
sued for divorce and got it.

Now she is on the road again with
a “nifty line,” as the profession has it,
and as for Glenn—well, Glenn is back
in Napa, and there, too, are “paw and
maw.”

Factory buildings of the Western
Carburetor Co., at Alma, are almost
completed and the new industry has
orders ahead which will keep the
plant busy throughout the year.

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Escanaba must find new dumping
ground for its city garbage and it is
not an easy matter to do so. A spe-
cial committee reports that an incin-
erating plant will cost about $7,000.

 

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Ishpeming has had enough of carni-
vals and street shows and will not
issue any more licenses for shows of
this character.

Write for Prices and Booklet

Reed & Cheney Co.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

   

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Packing Stock, Eggs

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Write us for prices
Will mail you a price card weekly
on application
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

April 18, 1917

 

 

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April 18, 1917.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALLAY THE FOOD PANIC.

Another week of buying mania on
the part of the consumers, not only
of this city and vicinity, but appar-
ently of the whole country—for re-
ports from every large jobbing center
tells virtually the same story—indi-
cates that the organized grocery trade
has one of the greatest. responsibili-
ties of its history on its hands. Ii the
food supply runs low before summer,
it will not be chargeable to the ‘“wick-
ed speculators” among the grocers, but
rather the speculators among the con-
sumers who haven't even yet the
slightest idea that they are guilty of
the very things of which they have
been complaining so long.

As stated last week, every indica-
tion is, even after another week, that
there is ample food supply, but mani-
festly the buying fever has gotten out
of the control of the organized trade,
and even if the trade ever could make
and unmake prices, they are not do-
ing it now. In fact, the grocers
frankly admit that present prices are
not fairly representative of intrinsic
values, but they are prices being actu-
ally paid and any owner of goods
who undertook to sell for materially

lower prices would only suffer the -

punishment of being cleaned out just
that much before his competitors.
And so the best repression most of
them are resorting to is to limit the
amounts to be sold and in many cases
to withdraw altogether.

Although it does not appear that
the Government has yet framed its in-
tentions with reference to any seizure
of the visible stock of groceries, the
rather remarkable situation is pre-
sented of a united grocery trade ready
to submit peaceably and without the
slightest objection to whatever course
the Government may decide upon.
The organized trade have, in fact,
placed all their association machinery
at the disposal of the Government
and volunteered for any service that
may be deemed necessary for the
National good.

There are suggestions of confisca-
tion of all available food and the
mobilization of the present channels
and links of distribution as a great
civic army. There are suggestions
that a commission be chosen and em-
powered to set prices on all products,
which the trade would gladly con-

form to. But, on the other hand, there
are practical objections to all these
schemes and no one can say yet what
will result. Manifestly, however, the
voice of Uncle Sam is needed to check
some of the wild alarm of the country,
based on unwise and really untruth-
ful newspaper publicity. It might be
well for the press either to quit talk-
ing about the food situation generally
or improve the quality of its informa-
tion sources. The net result of its
present discussion is panic and excite-
ment, menacing to everybody from
producer to consumer.

It seems perfectly logical to have
the Government set a maximum price
to check “manipulators,” but maxi-
mum prices are prone to have another
and far more unfortunate effect; at
least, such has been the experience in
England. The one great need on
which all are agreed appears to be the
need for farmers to raise more food;
to till every acre possible; also for
the ordinary householder to become a
home farmer as never before. The in-
fluence of the Government is being
bent in this direction with apparent
effect.

But the reactionary influence of lim-
iting prices is going to be that the
farmer is cut off from his reward at
the very outset of the season. If he
plants with an idea of benefiting from
high prices, he knows at the outset
that the limit set by the Government
checks his reward upward, and, if
there should be too large a crop, he
has no protection from a slump. If
production, therefore, is to be encour-
aged price limits had best be left
wide open and the Government, prof-
iting by the experience of Europe,
knows it very well.

There are a number of interesting
effects of the prevailing excitement
noticeable in the trade on existing
trade questions. For instance, take
the storage egg situation. This is
supposed to be the period of maxi-
mum egg production; the time when
eggs are being brought low enough
in price to justify the “speculator” to
lay them away against the scarcity
of next winter, when the hens are not
laying. Here, as in the case of the
farmer referred to above, the reward
is the possibility of large profits.
Without such reward no one would
invest his money and take a “gam-
bler’s chance,” and therefore there
would be storage eggs to come out
of ice houses next winter at “exorbi-
tant prices.”

But this year, in spite of immense
receipts from day to day, prices have
ruled so high for eggs as to make the
laying down of any large stock high-
ly dangerous to the holder. They held
off so long that the storage houses
themselves took a hand and used their
influence on bankers to make it at-
tractive to store eggs by increasing
the limit of loans. And with that sup-
port storage has made some gains
during the past week, although the
eggs laid down stand in about 12c a
dozen above normal,

And through it all the reformer
who complains in the winter about the
high prices has not shown himself in

the egg trade to head off the wicked
manipulator and take chances on his
own account. If there are the enor-
mous speculative profits claimed, why
not reserve them for the “dear people
by coming up in true philanthropic
spirit and beating the speculators to
it? No. This is the close season for
reformers. But the writer serves no-
tice that if there is any complaint
about egg prices next winter, the re-
former’s lack of courage and enter-
prise will be pointed out.

That eggs will be high—far higher
than they were last winter—seem cer-
tain. If they go in at 12c a dozen
more than usual—from 32c to 35c a
dozen—they are sure to come out on
high levels especially because it is not
evident that the egg crop is being
stimulated by any such methods as
Uncle Sam is employing with tillers
of the soil.

Another little observation which
may have been overlooked is the way
the jobber is standing by the retailer
in the matter of trying to keep square,
as to selling consumers directly. Nev-
er before have the temptations for the
average jobber been so strong to
break down the bars of consistent
trade. Thousands of appeals are made
to them by consumers and consumers’
combinations to sell goods for the
home by the barrel, case, bag, bale,
etc., and many of the appeals come
from friends, based on claims for per-
sonal accommodation, making them
very difficult to ignore.

And yet it is fair to say that in-
stances are rare where jobbers have
sold direct to consumers. In some
cases hotel men, restaurant keepers
and even regular retailers have or-
dered goods to be delivered at their
homes for personal use and have been
turned down, either because of the
jobber’s own ethical objections or be-
cause it would be misunderstood. If
the retailers are fair minded they will
credit their jobbing friends with
standing loyal under fire.

 

Something more than an immediate
military purpose is involved in the
Allied offensive in France, which is
resulting in such unparalled victories
over the German arms. There must
also be the intention, by bringing tre-
mendous pressure to bear in the West,
to prevent a German concentration
against Russia or to delay the attack
if the German concentration has al-
ready been made. And there in turn
the object is not purely military. To
give the Russian armies time is to
give time to the new Russian govern-
ment for a solution of the internal
difficulties that beset it. We need only
imagine a victorious German advance
into Russia to see how the demand
of the extremists at Petrograd for an
immediate peace would be strength-
ened; and although the provisional
government! would not consent to
make peace the outcome might be of
a serious internal nature. On the
other hand, in the absence of pres-
sure from the German armies, the
provisional government gains the nec-
essary respite for arranging a modus
vivendi with the extremists whose in-
fluence, to judge from Petrograd ac-
counts, seems to be slackening.

TWO VIEWS OF CLARKE.

The publication in these columns a
few days ago of the views of W. H.
C. Clarke to the effect that trading
stamps are really an offense under the
Sherman and other anti-trust laws,
because they involve and “entangle”
the buyer in the first transaction on a
premium basis so hopelessly as to in-
terfere with freedom of competition
in further dealings, created wide-
spread attention. While some agree
with Mr. Clarke, some take directly
opposite views. For instance, the In-
terstate Grocer says editorially:

There is much food for thought in
the contention of the New York at-
torney that trading stamps contra-
vene the anti-trust laws of the coun-
try by linking up the consumer with
an organization having for its princi-
pal object the concentration of busi-
ness in the hands of a few favored
retailers.

Here is a matter which could be
brought up with profit at the forth-
coming annual convention of the Na-
tional Association of Retail Grocers
at Toledo. No doubt if the Federal
Trade Commission, a body expressly
created to interpret what is and what
is not unfair competition, received a
complaint from the National associa-
tion that trading stamps violated the
anti-trust laws, it would start an in-
vestigation of the subiect and at least
clear up the situation.

And the Grocery World takes the
opposite view and sarcastically says:

We offer some suggestions which
we consider quite as valuable as the
Clarke suggestion.

1, No grocer should be permitted
to dress his window any more at-
tractively than his competitor, be-
cause the consumer is attracted to the
better window and impartial compe-
tition is thus interferred with.

2. Ditto as to the interior arrange-
ment of the store.

3. No grocer should be permitted
to render any better service than his
competitor, because the consumer will
be attracted to the grocer giving the
better service, and thus the competi-
tion of the inferior grocer is being
interfered with and weakened.

In other words. no grocer should be
allowed to do anything in pursuit of
customers, which is better or different
than the things his competitor does,
because there is no fair competition
unless the competitors are on the
same basis, and the minute one man
goes beyond the other, they aren’t on
the same basis!

THE MERCHANTS CONGRESS.
Eleswhere in this week’s paper will
be found the completed programme
of the second annual Merchants Con-
gress held under the auspices of the
Wholesale Department of the Grand
Rapids Association of Commerce.
This idea was: first introduced in
Grand Rapids last June and met with
such hearty acceptance and cordial
appreciation that it was almost im-
mediately decided that the propa-
ganda should be repeated this year.
As will be noted by the programme,
the subjects selected are appropriate
to the occasion and the list of speak-
ers include some of the most notable
authorities in the country on the
topics assigned. The meetings are
absolutely free, open to every mer-
chant or clerk, no matter where lo-
cated or what line of business he rep-
resents. In behalf of the wholesale
dealers of Grand Rapids, the Trades-
man bespeaks for the Congress the
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Shark Leather as a Shoe Material.
Written for the Tradesman.

Articles have been appearing
throughout the country of recent
weeks, of a more or less sensational
character, announcing the successful
tannage of shark skins, resulting in a
leather perfectly adapted to the man-
ufacture of shoes—especially shoes
for women.

In view of the fact that the ocean
is fairly teeming with sharks of many
different varieties, it is evident the
sources of this proposed new shoe
material are abundantly adequate,
provided the material proves  satis-
factory. Sharks are both prolific and
widely distributed through the seas,
and fishermen are either now equip-
ped for taking them, or can readily so
equip; so that the supply of material
(i. e. crude shark skins) can easily
be brought up to the required volume.

Already shark livers are used for
securing oil. About 70 per cent. of
the shark’s liver is oil. But at the
present time this is about the only
part of the fish that is used, the rest
of the carcass, including the skin,
being thrown away.

For some time the Government has
been interested in studying the pos-
sibilities of the skins of sea fish, but
thus far the commission has nothing
very definite to submit on the phase
of the matter that most interests shoe
manufacturers and retail shoe dealers;
namely, is shark leather a_ suitable
material for leather? The commission
has a lot of information concerning
the varieties and the distribution of
sharks through ‘the seas. they have
specimens of various kinds of sharks,
and they have some crudely tanned
shark skin: but the function of the
Government in this matter is not to
develop a new business of this sort
—as the perfecting of shark leather
—rather to connect up the various
factors of a new industry, and so get
it going successfully. For instance,
if anybody has discovered a method
of tanning shark skins so that the
finished product will be suitable for
shoes, then the Government can, and
will, place this party (or parties) in
touch with fishermen who will supply
the raw materials in the way of crude
shark skins: and then they will help
to get the producer of shark leather
in touch with shoe manufacturers and
the heads of other leather-consuming
industries.

It is claimed that experiment have
gone far enough to show that shark
leather is a strong, compact and ap-
parently durable material. The leath-
er is practically non-porous—a cir-
cumstance due to the fact that, in the
shark, hair and sweat glands are ab-
sent, When examined under the mic-

roscope, shark leather shows numer-
ous little pimples or irregularities.
These are what one might perhaps not
inaptly term, ventricles: and they are
held on by a rivet-like construction
of fibre. Now, one of the questions
about shark leather is this, Will this
leather provide sufficient ventilation?
And another equally pertinent is, Will
shark leather prove itself to possess
sufficient tensile strength, and will it
stand up under hard-wear tests?

Of course the advocates of shark
leather are enthusiastic—and some
of them are confidently asserting that
this material is in every way suited
for the manufacture of shoes. More-
over they claim that it can be pro-
duced and put on the market as low
as 4 cents a foot, as against something
like 80 cents so-called “beef”
leather. On the other hand there are
conservatives who contend that there
are not enough sharks to be had in
this country to supply the present
needs of shoe manufacturers, or even
for a time relieve the leather situa-
tion in this country. And they furth-
ermore assert that, even though shark
skins should be given a trial as a sub-

for

stitute for leather by shoe manufac-
turers, they would not in any way
come near the standard use that “beef
leather” is put to.

But these are both extreme views.
The sensible position to take in this
matter is that of strict neutrality: just
wait and see. If current reports to
the effect that a successful method
for the tannage of shark skins has
already been discovered, bide your
time until this new product has been
tried out. Since the leather is prac-
tically nonporous, it may be that here
at last is the ideal leather for a gen-
uinely water-proof leather — shoe.
Hitherto the attainment of this goal
has been in a class with the problem
(so-called) of transmuting base metal
into gold or the concoction of a tonic
for the renewal of youth. Even
if shark leather shouldn’t prove suit-
able for general wear shoes, there
are sundry kinds of special footwear
creations for which it might prove an
excellent material. And then it might
be used for upholstery, book-binding,
hand bags, leather-goods commodities
of many kinds, including advertising
novelties, and what not. All of which
is indirectly important to the shoe
manuafcturer and the retail shoe deal-
er, inasmuch as every foot of non-
leather material, or leather from new
and unaccustomed sources, that can
to-morrow be used in place of leather
suitable for shoemaking, will release
just that much leather for shoes.

In the meantime let us watch de-
velopments and see how it fares with
shark leather. Cid McKay,’

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Sturdy Defense of the Legislative
Committee.

Coldwater, April 16—I have read
with more than passing interest the
discussion of the troubles of G. A.
Morris with the hotel landlords ane
the county officials of Cheboygan, and
while I refrain from taking sides in
the issue, I feel it is my duty to say
at least a few words regarding critics
who are ever ready to make use of
printer’s ink in the columns of your
journal, regardless of any knowledge
of the true facts in many cases. I
notice the article concerning the
chairman of the Grand Legislative
Committee, who is none other than
L. J. Burch of Detroit. In a previous
issue of the Tradesman appeared an
article which stated that if the Grand
Legislative Committee had any ex-
cuse for existence it was time to make
it manifest.

Now, the facts, so far as the Legis-
lative Committee are concerned, are
as follows: Brother Burch, as chair-
man of the committee, caused House
3111 No. 314 to be introduced in the
Legislature, and it is not due to any
fault of his or indifference on his
part that the committee refused to re-
port the bill out on the lame excuse
that the hotels had more than their
share of trouble forced upon them by
virtue of the State going dry.

If the traveling men of the State of
Michigan are in whole, or in part, re-
sponsible for the State going dry, it
is surely a commendable act on their
part and should not hold them up to
criticism.

As a commercial traveler and a
member of the United Commercial
Travelers, I do not believe that the
hotels ever offered such a defense or
that they ever protested or even con-
tested the bill as fathered by the trav-
elers on any such a lame pretense.

As a member of the Legislative
Committee, responsible for the Henry
law, I will repeat what I have on sev-
eral occasions before stated in the
columns of your journal, that the
Henry law as it now stands upon the
statutes, was drawn by Attorney Gen-
eral Fellows, with the co-operation
of the heads of the several depart-
ments under which the law is enforc-
ed and with the approval of Governor
Ferris.

If there are any flaws or holes in
this bill, as passed by the Legislature,
it is either the case of stupidity on the
part of some one else besides the
traveling men, or an error (perhaps
wilful) on the part of those directly
responsible.

Now, as to the attitude of Mr.
Burch, I know that his critic is not
familiar with the facts, and I would
suggest that before he reaches his
conclusion and decides to attack those
whom he should assist, that he ac-
quaint himself with the facts and he
will save himself the trouble of thresh-
ing out the reason for the existence
of the Grand Legislative Committee
at the Grand Council meeting in June.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

I happened to be in Detroit in De-
cember and found Mr. Burch suffer-
ing from a case of blood poisoning,
having been laid up for several weeks.
At that time he was able to be about

the house only with the aid of
crutches. I also know that, against

the advice of his doctor, he left his
bed and home to go to Lansing to
attend to his legislative duties. I am
also informed that, by reason of this
indiscretion and his loyalty to the
cause, he is now and has been laid
up with a case of pneumonia, so that
it would appear to me that at this
time he is more deserving of sympathy
than criticism.

Mr. Burch is not a quitter and those
who know him best know that none
are more loyal to the cause of com-
mercial travelers than he.

John A. Hach.
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Bottom Facts From Booming Boyne
City.

Boyne City, April 16—The Boyne
City School Board has taken up the
food supply proposition in earnest.
The little practice gardens which have
been a feature in the regular course
for several years past are to be turn-
ed to definite use and both extensive
and intensive cultivation carried on.

It is rather a shock to the people
in this potato center to find that no
potatoes are to be purchased. Many
people are substituting other forms
of starch food, but nothing fills the
void left by the absence of the lowly
spud.

The Boyne City Chamber of Com-
merce is making strenuous efforts to
help relieve the shortage in canned
goods by the establishment of a can-
nery. It has a large farming com-
munity close at hand and rapidly de-
veloping and the citizens feel like
making the most of it.

Travelers on the Mackinaw Trail
will have a chance to be well served
at Boyne City. Three up-to-date
garages will be in operation this
summer, two of them right on both
the Charlevoix and Petoskey road.
These, together with “the best hotel
in Northern Michigan,’ all within a
block, should make it worth while to
drop in in passing.

The Michigan Tanning & Extract
Co. will give another advance of 5
per cent. in wages, beginning May 1.
The Boyne City Lumber Co. made a
very substantial raise in wages at the
beginning of April.

The food value of a five spot con-
tinues to diminish with great regular-
ity. Where will the endless chain
of rising prices stop?

And the trout season opens in two
short weeks. Maxy.

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calities and upon the families in towns market, but this is easily accounted

Zon ae = having small plots of ground the for. It has become evident that for

Bey) a U ; : ; Pp : a ; i : ear a [

4 aw = SAO - = dire necessity there is of using every once in the history of this country,

, = =e = = = = ii = 5 foot of it to produce some article of the Government does not propose to

' = - = (2 8 food. To no better use could a por- allow exorbitant profits on war or-

) = F I N AN . IAL: = 1 tion of the great flood of our National ders, hence the “war babies”—as

; r = - = E = wealth be put. Gold can buy, but it munition and supply industrial stocks

/ e = = ia = VIN = =) cannot be cooked and eaten. We have are called—are not considered as

GS] Hit] that wealth. Bank clearings for 176 good a buy as they were when huge

iy | = > = cities, including Detroit and Grand profits were being made on goods

| - Rapids, for March of this year aggre- manufactured for the Allies. Anoth-

: —_ im gated $24,794,665,314, against $20,744,- er factor in the temporary stagnation

—— 243.671 in the same period of 1916, in the security market is the evident

a gain of 19.5 per cent., and when con- intention to enact in Congress the

Duty of Bankers in the Present same purpose and every man who  trasted with 1915 the gain is 79.1 per tax upen annual profits over and

Crises. makes it into meat should pause be- cent. For the first quarter of 1917 above $5,000.

Notwithstanding the fact that the fore going into the transaction, for these clearings footed $72,066,944,046,

United States enters the Kaiser’s war

a financial coloss

 

in that respect than any country un-
der the sun, we

wasteful or

be either
with our re-
sources. for from an economic stand-

point our entry

must not

prodigal

war could
not have come at While
on the eve of conflict our financial re-
sources are the price
situation and food supply are serious
problems—so serious that upon their
wise solution depends not only the
prosperity of the Nation, but the

comfort and maintenance of its peo-

into the

t a worse time.

unsurpassed,

ple. The present high prices of all
kinds of food products show that the
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economic exhaustion, belligerents as
We are now throw-
ing into the pot our resources, which,
while tremendous, are but a
portion as compared with the destruc-
tion caused by the war. In London
began on Friday a food restrictive
regulation through which there must

be one meatless day a week, and no

well as neutrals.

small

potatoes must be cooked except upon
that meatless Friday. If
flatters herself this is the result of
submarine warfare solely, she is mis-
taken. It goes deeper than that—
economic exhaustion, as evidenced by
rising prices and decreasing supplies.
It is not strange that this is so when
whole nations have been so devastat-
ed that their formerly productive
farms are now shell-torn wastes, and
the hands that held the plow now
hold the rifle, or some tool of service
within the German lines. Roumania.
3elgium, a part of France.
Poland and a part of Russia are laid
waste, Millions of men
transferred f

Germany

large

have been
from the productive to
the destructive field. Even the wom-
en who have been left behind, instead
of tilling the soil, are engaged in man-
ufacturing shells to tear it up.

The United States and Argentina,
to feed the fighting hosts, have strip-
ped themselves of their surplus sup-
plies and have drawn dangerously on

the reserves needed for home con-
sumption. To add to this was the
depleted crops of last year.

This picture is not drawn with a
view of giving people the horrors or
with a desire to produce terror, but
to make people think, especially the
bankers and merchants of Michigan
and of everywhere. It is drawn for
the purpose of emphasising the press-
ing necessity for increased production
of the products of the soil. Every
man who sells a calf or a hog for
slaughter; every man who kills one:
every man who sells a lamb for the

the reason he is cutting off a source
of reproduction of food which will be
bitterly needed in the future. The
bankers of Michigan should say to
every one of their farmer customers,
“You say it is costly to raise cattle,
sheep or pigs. Well, we will advance
you the money to do so at a low rate
of interest.”

Every head of livestock thus saved
through a banker’s assistance is a di-
rect, patriotic and most valuable con-
tribution to the welfare of the coun-
try, worth as much to the Nation as
ammunition at the front.

We must, all of us, individually and
collectively, make sacrifices for our
country in this crisis. It is the duty
and should be the pleasure of the
bankers and the merchants to aid
in providing against the economic ex-
haustion which has overtaken other
countries. In this can be combined
patriotism with> sound business. It
is an acknowledged fact that there
will be a good market at good prices
for every pound of farm product, ani-
mal or vegetable and that, therefore,
every dollar thus loaned will be re-
turned with interest added. In the
meantime the farmer is growing more
prosperous and can pay his bills more
promptly when the returns from his
crops and live stock come in.

Even if the war ends in ninety days,
as Lloyds, of London, seem to think
it will from their betting 10 to 1 on
it, there will still be a terrific drain
upon our economic resources, because
for some time we will have to feed
a large portion of the civilized world.
All of the energies of every hamlet,
village and city in the Union should
and must be utlized to previde food,
clothing and other necessities of life.
Those who have not or will not en-
list should be made to contribute their
part of the sacrifice by being willing
to encounter a little dirt in the tilling
of the soil.

The argument may be made by the
farmer customers of the bank, “We
cannot acord to buy seed and hire
labor.”

“We
will buy your seed and honor your
payroll.”

This is neither utopian nor altrius-
tic. It is hard common born
of observation of the present and a
glimpse into the future. Bankers of
Kent county have realized this to a
degree and will see that the farmers

The answer to that should be,

sense,

have their seed. The duty of the
banks, however, does not end here.
With every ounce of energy, with

every persuasion possible, they should
impress upon the farmers of their lo-

which is 21.8 per cent. ahead of the
same period last year.

That patriotism can find a place in
the conduct of great financial institu-
tions has been further shown by the
fact that the Michigan Trust Co. and
the Grand Rapids Trust Co., both of
Grand Rapids, have announced they
will handle for investors, without
charge or commission of any kind,
the war bonds about to be issued by
the Government. Returns from banks
written to by these companies show
the bonds will find a ready market.
There will be another development,
to judge from the experience during
the American-Spanish war, The new
bonds, if issued in small denomina-
tions, will act as a magnate and draw
from many hiding places hoards be-
longing to those whose lack of intelli-
gence or information caused them to
be too suspicious of savings banks
to entrust their funds to their care.

There is a dullness in the stock

The best aid, aside from the finan-
cial and agricultural assistance that
can be given our country is for those
in all lines of endeavor to conduct
their business as calmly as possible,
and as they would in times of peace.
This will have a tranquilizing effect
and tend to steady our ship of state.
Clear thinking, faith in ourselves, our
fellowmen, and in the justice of our
cause, will do much to assure us vic-
tory and an honorable and lasting
peace. Our respective spheres, we
must put our shoulders to the wheel
and do all we can, mentally, physical-
ly and financially, to carry the United
States through this crisis and pre-
serve the God given liberty bequeath-
ed to us by the patriots of 1776. All
of us bankers, manufacturers, mer-
chants, farmers, professional men, la-
borers, school boys, wives, mothers
and sisters have our part to perform,
to the end that we may emerge from
this struggle stronger, greater, nobler
than ever before. Paul Leake.

 

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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
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April 18, 1917

REORGANIZATION

OF

Pere Marquette Railroad Company

To
Holders of Certificates of Deposit of Central Trust Company of New
York, Bankers Trust Company, The Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company,
The New York Trust Company, or Old Colony Trust Company, for the
following Bonds, Coupons and Notes deposited under the Plan and Agree-
ment, dated October 30, 1916, for the Reorganization of Pere Marquette
Railroad Company:

FLINT & PERE MARQUETTE RAILROAD COMPANY:
First Mortgage Six Per Cent Gold Bonds.
Kirst Mortgage Four Per Cent. Gold Bonds.
(Toledo Division) First Mortgage Five Per Cent. Gold Bonds.
(Port Huron Division) First Mortgage Five Per Cent. Gold Bonds.
First Consolidated Mortgage Five Per Cent. Gold Bonds.
Detached Coupons due April 1, 1912, pertaining to
First Mortgage Six Per Cent. Gold Bonds or
First Mortgage Four Per cent. Gold Bonds.
CHICAGO & WEST MICHIGAN RAILWAY COMPANY:

First Mortgage Five Per Cent, Bonds.

CHICAGO & NORTH MICHIGAN RAILROAD COMPANY:
First Mortgage Five Per Cent. Bonds.
DETROIT, GRAND RAPIDS & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY:
l'irst Consolidated Mortgage Four Per Cent. Bonds.
Detached Coupons due April 1, 1912, pertaining to
First Consolidated Mortgage Four Per Cent. Bonds.

GRAND RAPIDS, BELDING & SAGINAW RAILROAD COMPANY:

First Mortgage Five Per Cent. Gold Bonds.

PERE MARQUETTE RAILROAD COMPANY OF INDIANA:
First Mortgage Four Per Cent. Gold Bonds.
SAGINAW, TUSCOLA & HURON RAILROAD COMPANY:
First Mortgage Four Per Cent. Gold Bonds.
PERE MARQUETTE RAILROAD COMPANY:
Consolidated Mortgage Four Per Cent. Gold Bonds.
Refunding Mortgage Four Per Cent. Gold Bonds.
Short Term Six Per Cent. Notes due October 8, 1912.
Detached Coupons due July 1, 1912, January 1, 1913, July 1, 1913, and
January 1 1914 pertaining to
Refunding Mortgage Four Per Cent, Gold Bonds.
Holders of undeposited Bonds and Coupons of any of the issues above
mentioned.

Holders of Subscription Warrants issued by Central Trust Company of
New York as Depositary under said Plan and Agreement of Reorganization.

It is expected that the bonds in coupen form bearing the coupon of
January 1, 1917, and stock (trust certificates) of Pere Marquette Railway
Company, the New Company organized under the laws of Michigan to carry
out the said Plan and Agreement of Reorganization, will be ready for delivery
on and after APRIL 12, 1917. New coupon bonds of the denomination of
$1,000 will be delivered in permanent form, and coupon bonds of smaller
denominations and voting trust certificates will be delivered in temporary
form exchangeable without charge for definite securities when prepared.

Molders of certificates of deposit for bonds, coupons and notes above
mentioned to obtain the new securities to which they are respectively entitled
ust surrender their certificates of deposit to the Depositary which issued
the same. Certificates of deposit so surrendered, unless in bearer form, must
be accompanied by properly executed transfers thereof in blank; signatures
to transfers must be guaranteed. If bonds are desired in denominations
other than $1,000 written notice must be accordingly given at the time of
surrender of certificates of deposit COUPON BONDS WHEN ISSUED
IN THE DENOMINATION OF $1,000 ARE NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR
BONDS OF A SMALLER DENOMINATION.

In accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid Plan and Agreement
of Reorganization the Reorganization Managers have determined to cause
to be paid to depositors surrendering certificates of deposit calling for new
Preferred Stock (trust certificates) an amount in cash equal to 21%4% of the
par amount of such stock (trust certificates) delivered against such surrendered
certificates of deposit.

 

of the balance of the purchase price of the stock (trust certificates) specified
in their Subscription Warrants, namely: an amount equal to $80 for each share
of the Prior Preference Stock (trust certificates) therein specified, on APRIL
27, 1917, or at the option of the holders of Subscription Warrants on an earlier
date. Such payments must be made in current New York funds to CENTRAL
TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Depositary, at its office, 54 Wall
Street, New York City, and Subscription Warrants, properly endorsed for
transfer, must be surrendered at the time of such payment. Deliveries of
stock (trust certificates) will be made against such payment and surrender.
Stock (trust certificates) will be delivered in the names borne by the respective
Subscription Warrants surrendered, unless different names are specified in
the transfers thereof in which case new stock (trust certificates) will be
delivered in the names so specified: signatures to such transfers must be
guaranteed. FAILURE TO MAKE SUCH PAYMENT ON APRIL 37,

Holders of Subscription Warrants are hereby required to make payment

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13

1917, OR BEFORE THAT DATE, WILL FORFEIT ALL RIGHTS OF
SUCH DEFAULTING HOLDERS OF SUBSCRIPTION WARRANTS OF
PURCHASE UNDER THE SAID PLAN AND AGREEMENT OF RE-
ORGANIZATION AND UNDER SAID SUBSCRIPTION WARRANTS,
AND SAID SUBSCRIPTION WARRANTS WILL THEREUPON
FORTHWITH BECOME VOID.

For all fractional interests in bonds and stock (trust certificates) bearer
scrip certificates will be delivered.

Holders of undeposited bonds of any of the issues above mentioned may
until JULY 1, 1917, make deposits under said Plan and Agreement of Reor-
ganization upon payment of a penalty of 1% of the principal amount thereof,
but will not thereby obtain any rights of purchase from the Purchase Syndi-
cate in said Plan and Agreement mentioned, such rights having been here-
tofore fully availed of.

Dated, New York, April 12, 1917.
J. & W. SELIGMAN & CO.
ROBERT WINTHROP & CO. EUGENE V.R. THAYER

Reorganization Managers

 

Saginaw Valley Trust Company

SAGINAW, MICHIGAN
No. 109 So. Jefferson Ave.

Authorized Capital and Surplus ............... $250,000.00

THE COMPANY ACTS AS EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, TRUSTEE,
GUARDIAN, DEPOSITARY OF COURT MONEY AND IN OTHER RECOG-
NIZED TRUST CAPACITIES.

It allows 4 per cent. interest on Certificates of Deposits, and holds, manages
and invests money, securities and other property, real and personal, for in-
dividuals, estates and corporations. It has the only complete set of ABSTRACT
books covering all lands in Saginaw County, and is prepared to make your

abstracts promptly.
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George A. Alderton, President. W. J. Rachow, Secretary.
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S. E. Symons, Vice-President. Wm. B. Baum, Treasurer.

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Send for blank form of Will and booklet

on Descent and Distribution of Property.

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Buy Boat to Carry Arftos on Lake

Erie.

April 16—A._ R. Giell
has turned his grocery stock over to
Frank Ganiard, wholesale grocer of
Mr. Gfell together with J.
Page, of this city, former super-
j i the Cadillac Sand and
sedd and several
he steamer
= boat ply-
Georgian
ig remodel-
1 as complet-
utomobiles between
and Toledo and
Buffalo and Traverse
which has been
with an auto-
iver 1,000 au-
open season.

at on the Great
exclusively in such
1 giving up the grocery
stell, who has been in
s here for the past nine
s it will not take him from
Ann Arbor. He will maintain his
residence here. Mr. Page will be gen-
eral manager of the transportation
line. In announcing his retirement
from the grocery ess Mr. Giell
says he will retain his interest in the
meat firm of Langworthy & Gfell.
Mr. Gfell has made his home here for
thirteen years.

Why pay rent? It’s cheaper to
move. Although this sentiment is en-
acted but infrequently in Ann Arbor
there will be no such artful dodging
if the plan of the Merchant's Credit
Association for a moving van ordi-
mance carries. The subiect was dis-
cussed at length at the monthly open
meeting of the Association. Frank
DeVine, city attorney, spoke on the
subject and volunteered to draft an
ordinance making it mandatory that
all changes in residence be filled at
the police headquarters.

Theodore Trost, Secretary of the
Association, read ordinances enacted
along similar lines in Detrort and
Grand Rapids. The idea here is not
because people move to escape rent,
but much of the work of the credit
office can be lessened if this law
should be enacted. It was thought by
the merchants that it would benefit
all merchants in keeping track of cus-
tomers. The ordinance will be pre-
sented to council.

Capt. A. C. Wilson of Company I
appeared at the meeting requesting
that when the company is called to
mobilize supplies be furnished the

Ann Arbor,

      
 
  
  
 
 
 
   
  

  

  

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

company at cost by local merchants.
All agreed, and the Secretary was in-
structed to visit all merchants not
present to see if they are willing to
help the company by making this al-
lowance.

H, Godfrey raised the question of
freight shipping. He spoke of the
trouble in getting freight out on time
owing to the inability of billing goods
in time at freight offices. The Presi-
dent, John Theurer, and the Secre-
tary were authorized to take this
matter up with Ann Arbor Railway
authorities and the Toledo Chamber
of Commerce with a view of ending
delays.

That an outing will be held by the
Association this year was the out-
come of a discussion on this subject,
although no definite plans were made.
J. C. Herrick was appointed chair-
man of a committee of ten to decide
whether stores should be closed a half
day each week in July and August.
The committee is composed of J. C.
Herrick, H. Vogel, J. Swisher, J. S.
Scoville, P. L. Proud, John C. Fischer,
Charles Wahr, Fred Heusel, Albert
Fiegel and W. D. McLean.

Christian Schlenker, widely known
and highly respected hardware mer-
chant of Ann Arbor, died last Tues-
day at the age of 57. Apparently in
the best of health, never complain-
ing, he visited some friends on Sun-
day. He was stricken with apoplexy
shortly after 2 o’clock and never re-
gained consciousness after a sec6nd
stroke later in the day. He was en-
gaged in the hardware business in
Ann Arbor since 1885.

—~»+-—___
Another War Duty.

For every man who must shoulder
a rifle for military duty we had bet-
ter furnish inducement for another to
take up a hoe for farm work. For
every farm laborer who leaves the
farm for the ammunition factory to
earn $3 a day we had better offer in-
ducements to the farmers to speed up
their efforts to feed the people, and
show them how they will be justified
in going to the labor market and pay-
ing good wages for the same class of
labor for farm work as the gun and
battleship factories pay labor to serve
the Government. B. F. Yoakum.

 

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multiply many fold. ,

This United States has now the greatest accumulation of
has ever known. Croesus, and Rome in its greatest days,
pikers as compared to our present wealth.

That wealth will be released to make the
ever seen.

The strings of the fattest purse in the world are loosened—and your Uncle
Sam is out on the greatest shopping tour of history.

If war assumes a seriousness that will require extensive land operations,
motor cars, especially delivery cars, will meet with a demand that can not
be filled.

If it does not reach such a stage business will go on as usual—struggling
to meet the enormous increase in demand created by the enormous increase
in wealth and the consequent purchasing ability of thousands who heretofore
could not afford cars.

This class includes thousands of farmers who find themselves suddenly
grown opulent.

The Gem Corporation is building a farm delivery that has no equal at the
price—and is a pioneer in the light delivery field.

Gem stock is unquestionably the best motor car investment open for sub-
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April 18, 1917

Pickings Picked Up in the Windy

ity.

Chicago, April 16—The city at this
time is guarding the Union Stock
Yards very closely. The entire yards
have been fenced in with three strands

of barbed wire along the top. This
is charged with electricity every

night. In addition to this, every per-
son having any business whatever in-
side the yards has to have an identi-
fication card. This is done for the
purpose of protecting the yards from
injury from any source.

It is reported that Biersdorff, pack-
er of bacon at the stock yards, closed
a deal with the Government Saturday
for 700,000 pounds of bacon.

Students of the University of Mich-
igan made their annual visit to Chi-
cago Friday, April 13, presenting at
the Auditorium Theater their annual
comic opera. Some of the students
took the part of women, making a
wonderful hit with the women. After
the theater the participants were ban-
queted at the Congress Hotel.

According to the Board of Trade
records, May wheat reached the high
water mark last week by going up
to 2.2514 per bushel. This is the
highest price recorded since the Civil
War.

One of the busiest spots in the city
to-day is the marriage license bu-
reau. In five days there were over
1,500 marriage licenses issued. Peo-
ple at large are calling these young

fellows “slackers.” In addition to
this, some of the young men who

have enlisted are pinning yellow rib-
bons on the prospective bridegrooms
and politely telling them they have
a yellow streak.

One of Grand Rapids’ citizens, Mr.
Raymond W. Starr, spent a few
hours in Chicago Saturday on his way
West to Denver. Mr. Starr is con-
nected with the legal firm of Thorn-
ton, Fuller & Starr, who are consid-
ered one of the best law firms in the
State.

The city at this time is really in
earnest in behalf of furnishing vacant
lots for gardens. It is maintaining a
bureau of instruction in the city hall,
furnishing free seeds of all descrip-
tions to any one who will plant, In
addition to this it is having plowed
any lot for garden purposes for any
person who cannot afford to have it
plowed himself.

The police department of Chicago
and the State Attorney’s department
are now working in harmony, accord-
ing to all reports, which means that
crime has been stopped considerably.
Let us hope this will continue in-
definitely.

One of the biggest Jewish char-
itable balls ever held in Chicago will
be featured Saturday night, April 21,
at the Auditorium. It is reported
moneys derived from this will be used
to help the Jews in Russia.

With all of the energy and publicity
which are being used in Chicago for
the purpose of getting recruits for
the Navy and Army, the volunteers

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

are few and far between. This is a
most unusual condition of affairs.
With the number of young men in
this vast city there should be no
trouble in getting a surplus. Time
w Il tell.

The Municipal Pier, Chicago’s great
lake front amusement enterprise, op-
ened for the season April 15.

It is seldom now that one hears
where the owners of cafes and caba-
rets are staying open after hours,
which shows that an ord'nance enact-
ed by the Council and enforced by the
police department can be worked out
to the satisfaction of all.

One of Chicago’s popular cigar and
tobacco jobbers is W. A. Kennedy
Sons, 5935 South Paulina street. This
firm is enjoying a very prosperous
business, catering mostly to cigars,
featuring Dutch Masters.

Beginning May 1 no automobile,
truck or vehicle of any description
will be allowed to park in the loop
from 7 a, m. to 10 a. m. and from +
p.m. to 7 p.m. This will relieve the
loop cons‘derably, especially during
the rush hours employes are going
and coming to and from their work.

Nearly every paper in Chicago is
giving the housewife advice as to how
to reduce the high cost of living. As
a rule, this is printer’s ink well wasted.

Owing to the high cost from a
wholesale standpoint of groceries and
other food commodities, there are a
number of small grocers and deli-
catessen stores in Chicago which have
been obliged to close their doors.
Let us hope the farmer gets busy, so
that they will re-open again.

Now, altogether, let us be loyal to
our country and to our flag. In com-
ing in contact with our young men of
the country, let us advice them to en-
list and not be slackers. As Admiral
Decatur remarked: “Our country, in
her intercourse with foreign nations,
may she always be in the right; but
our country, right or wrong.”

Charles W. Reattoir.
———_+-2«4______

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which has been subscribed, $1,150
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We advise those who desire to

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

April 18, 1917

 

 

 

 

The Big Reason Why

have been such good repeaters for so many years is
because they are comfortable and serviceable, so
kind to the back and pocket. The simple ‘“‘give and
take’”’ feature adjusts automatically with every move-
ment of the body. And as to wearing quality and
good looks, there’s no better suspender made. Pres-
ident business has been built by giving the greatest
suspender value possible.

Customer Comfort and
Customer Confidence

are the best helps to repeat sales. Tell the man
who asks for suspenders that the President comfort
feature will please him; then add: ‘‘See that guar-
antee tag on the suspenders! If these suspenders
are not satisfactory—in every way—return them to
The President Company, and your money will be
refunded at once!’’ This kind of selling builds
confidence. Money cannot buy it. No good-will
asset is more valuable.

Besides—We Guarantee Sales
or Take the Goods Back

Our guarantee extends to you. There is no way
you can lose by keeping a full line of Presidents.
We guarantee satisfaction to your customers—we
guarantee sales to you—or you can return the goods.
It’s more than a fair-play proposition—it’s an ab-
solute money-back contract in both cases. That’s
why it pays to push Presidents and the Shirley Line.
It will profit you—in dollars—to fill the demand
created by our advertising.

 

 

Now Read the Next Page—

 

Or comfort

 

 

 

 

A New Idea to
Help Sales

When your jobbers’ salesman comes
along, don’t just say Suspenders to him—
insist on seeing PRESIDENTS. Stock the
full line—width, weights and lengths.
Then tell Mr. Salesman you want the new
Display Carton. The Easelback Litho-
graphed Picture—as shown above—folds
into the box. You can show Presidents
and the Picture Card together in your
window or on the counter very attract-
ively. It takes up very little room, and is
the link between your store and President
advertising.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

17

 

 

And Another Reason Why

 

 

This Year’s
Advertising Plans

Every dealer who stocks Presidents wants
to know what’s to be done to move them?
The general statement that ‘“‘they’Il be ad-
vertised’’ doesn’t answer the question.
It’s practically the dealer’s own advertis-
ing; he wants facts and figures.

Presidents will be advertised (beginning
April 21st with a half-page ad. in The
Saturday Evening Post) continuously
throughout the year, using large space, in
the following big national mediums:

The Saturday Evening Post, circulation, 2,093,000

 

 

Collier’s 1,000,000
Literary Digest, 565,000
Everybody’s 500,000
47 Farm Papers, 5,843,900
Class Papers, 255,000
tatae (hreuiation . ..<.- 26. ee esse 10,256,900

Publishers figure that probably more than
40,000,000 people (almost half the popula-
tion of the United States) will read the
President advertising. This is a wonder-
ful selling force, reaching all classes of
suspender buyers. Every dealer in sus-
penders should have it working for him.
And every dealer who believes in fair
profits and more trade—who wants to
sell comfort and service—will get behind
Presidents without delay.

 

 

 

Buy of the Jobber

 

for comfort

will have an even greater demand in the future is
because President advertising, which has always
been nation-wide and continuous, will be more ex-
tensive and aggressive this year than ever before.
The 1917 campaign is based on definite and well-
matured plans. The whole idea, of course, is to get
more business for the dealer. The dealer must pros-
per first; then the Jobber and ourselves also profit.

The Suspender That’s
Asked For by Name

Hundred of thousands of Suspender wearers, who
won’t buy anything else, testify to their preference
by asking for Presidents by name. We have faith
in our goods; we have faith in the backing of good
dealers all over the country. That’s why we’re in-
creasing our advertising appropriation this year. We
want to send more customers to you saying, ‘‘Give
me a pair of Presidents.

If real suspender merit, backed by two money-back
guarantees and nation-wide advertising, mean any-
thing, every first-class dealer in America can profit
by handling PRESIDENTS.

Buy Through Your Jobber

Remind the Jobber’s Salesman when he comes that
you intend featuring Presidents. Bear in mind also
that we make a complete line of suspenders, includ-
ing all popular models. “Shirley Make” ona pair of
suspenders is a guarantee of extra-standard quality.

We will appreciate your business. We are sure
you'll be glad to handle Presidents, not only be-
cause they will add to the comfort and satisfaction
of your customers, but because more sales and a
good profit will result by so doing.

 

 

The President Suspender Co.
Shirley, Mass.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

April 18, 1917

 

 

 

 

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Iacubators and Brooders. Lime Sulphur
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Van Dervoort Hardware Co., Lansing. Mich.

 

 

Michigan Retail Hardware Association.
President—James W. Tyre, Detroit.
Vice-President—Joseph C. Fischer, Ann
Secretary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine City.
Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit.

Arbor.

 

 

Fundamental Principles Underlying
Paint Selling.
Written for the Tradesman. :
The idea may have prevailed, long

ago, that the only item worth con-
sidering in business was the actual
sales. “Put the goods across the
counter, somehow, anyhow—but put
them across” may have represented
the business ideals of another day,
but modern retailing is guided by
very different ideals. The merchant
nowadays fully realizes that business
is not a matter of individual sales,
but a matter of steady customers.

To get the customers headed to-
ward your store is not enough. You
must keep them coming. Sharp prac-
tice won't keep them coming. Satis-
faction will.

Thus the present day merchant in
his selling looks ahead to the future.
It is not enough for him to sell. He
must satisfy, Not indeed satisfy the
exceptional customer who is bound
to find fault whatever happens; but
satisfy the 99 per cent. of sane Amer-
icans who are reasonable men and
women and who are willing to give
and glad to accept a square deal.

This is true of paint selling.

It is for this reason that the paint
dealer should stock and feature qual-
ity lines and in his selling should talk
quality and service rather than price.
When a purchaser spends 10 or 15
cents, he may forgive a bad bargain;
but when he lays out as many dollars
to beautify his home, he cannot soon
forget the finished product with which
sun and rain speedily play havoc.

Of course, most customers are in-
terested largely in price. That fact
should not be forgotten. The aver-
age man wants his painting job—
whether it is exterior paint or interior
finishing—to cost as little as need be.
It is the exceptional customer who
says, “Send up enough paint for this
job” without enquiring as to how
much it will cost.

That is why there are occasional
price cutters in the paint business—
dealers who think that the quickest
way to the customer’s pocket book
is by catering strongly to the price
instinct.

Because mail order houses sell cut
price paint—the 99 cents per gallon
kind—and an_ occasional retailer
slashes prices or hands out a second-
rate product is no reason why dealers
* generally should put price foremost.
“Any fool can give away things, but
it takes a smart man to sell them,” is
an old saying that holds good here.

While nearly all customers are in-
terested in price, how many are in-
terested to the extent that they will
knowingly purchase a poor job for
the sake of saving a few dollars?

That is a question which it will pay
the retailer to study.

The retailer who knows his goods
and who knows human nature can
readily find the answer—and it will
encourage him to preach quality in-
stead of price to the paint purchaser.

Cheap paint sells once because it is
cheap. Good paint sells always be-
cause it satisfies, Cheap paint makes
an immediate profit and an ultimate
loss. Good paint builds permanent
business for the dealer.

Here is the way one dealer puts it:

“If a man insists on cheap paint I
sell it to him for what it is. But I
try to sell him good paint and I try
mighty hard. It takes a little extra
effort sometimes, but good paint nev-
er drives away customers. The man
forgets the price in the satisfaction
that comes of a good job. The good
job advertises me and the brand I
feature; and so does the verbal rec-

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absolutely satisfactory. If your dealer does not
handle them, write direct to us.

SHERWOOD HALL CO., LTD
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AGRICULTURAL LIME
BUILDING LIME

Write for Prices

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Plain or Decorated

CHAS. A. COYE, Inc.
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“Quality” Paint Manufacturers

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Red and Gray Inner Tubes,

Batteries, Spark Plugs and Auto-
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Brown & Sehler Co.
Grand Rapids Michigan

We have an Interesting Proposition to
make to Dealers.

Signs of the Times
Are

Electric Signs

Progressive merchants and manufac-
turers now realize the value of Electric
Advertising.

We furnish you with sketches, prices
and operating cost for the asking.

THE POWER CO.

Bell M 797 Citizens 4261

 

 

 

 

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Nothing as Durable
Nothing as Fireproof s
Makes Structures Beautiful;
No Painting
No Cost for Repairs
Fire Proof
Weather Proof
Warm in Winter
Cool in Summer

Brick is Everlasting

 

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So. Mich. Brick Co., Kalamazoo
Saginaw Brick Co., Saginaw

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Wholesale Hardware

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

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ommendation that customer gives good condition at the end of three instances, which is always the most some extent on methods. Quality
me.” years, is cheaper than a paint that effective form of argument. alone will not ensure a good job;

The shrewd paint dealer will work,
first and foremost, for the reputation
of his store; for on that depends fu-
ture business. He will work for
sales, but for the kind of sales that
satisfy—the sales of good paint, that
can be counted on to do its part.

To sell quality in the face of price-
cutting is not as easy as falling off
a leg. It is work for a genuine, full-
sized salesman. That is why the
paint dealer should buckle down to it
with all his energies, and see that his
salespeople are imbued with the
proper spirit in handling their cus-
tomers.

To sell quality, the salesman must
know paint. He must know good
paint; he must know poor paint; and
he must know the differences between
them. And, knowing these things,
he must promise nothing beyond what
the paint will fulfill.

Such knowledge will facilitate the
sale of better paint, and help the
shrewd, wide-awake salesman to put
a crimp in cheap, unscrupulous com-
petition., The point to drive home is,
that-the actual value of paint is de-
termined, not by price, nor by quality,
but by the service it gives. A paint
that cracks and peels the first summey
is expensive, no matter how low the
first cost. A paint that gives years
of steady service is worth the money.
No paint that does not give steady
service is worth anything.

The alert salesman will aim to drive
home this point at every opportunity
—that a paint will be sound and in

lasts only a few months, even though
the initial cost per gallon is double.

Cheap paint has a trick of running
up into money very fast. For in-
stance, high grade paint is better and
more finely mixed than the cheap
products, hence it spreads more quick-
ly. There have been known some
cheap paints which actually take one,
two or three hours more to spread a
single gallon of paint. When a man
is hiring a professional painter that
extra time mighty soon runs up the
cost of the paint until there is no
saving. Even where the householder
does his own painting, he will appreri-
ate the saving of time—particularly
when he has to paint with one eye on
the weather.

There are, of course, low quality
paints that spread quite easily, but
here the time is spun out in another
way. The paint has not the same
covering capacity, in that it is thin,
lacks body, and takes two coats to
do the work of one coat of high grade
paint, The result is, either more
paint is required, or the finished job
doesn’t look anything like as well.

Then, too, there is the point, more

important still, that the few cents ex-
tra on the price of a gallon of high
grade paint pays for anywhere from
25 to 250 per cent. more service. One
retailer makes it a point to get par-
ticulars wherever possible of cheap
paint jobs. Then, if he is trying to
talk quality to a price-mad customer,
he can clinch his selling with actual

“Have you ever. noticed Bill
Brown’s house on Eighteenth street?
That is painted with 99 cent paint.
The job was finished only last spring
and look at it.’ Every town has its
instances of cheap paint victims who
have got extremely bad jobs; and
often they develop into the most
earnest advocates of quality paint,
just as a result of their experience.

The point is for the dealer to fea-
ture service, to train his salespeople
to know their goods and to be able to
drive home the difference and the fact
that high grade paint is usually the
least expensive in the long run.

Service, of course, is dependent to

there must be an infusion of common
sense with the paint. To this end it
will pay any salesman to master the
actual painting processes, and to take
a little time after each sale to caution
the purchaser against the little pit-
falls that beset the amateur painter.
Applying paint to a wet surface has
spoiled many a good job. So has fail-
ure to stir the paint sufficiently be-
fore applying.

These points, and others like them,
are worth elucidating for the benefit
of paint customers,

Victor Lauriston.
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People make much of little troubles

if they have never had any great ones.

 

 

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Hydraulic
Electric, or Belt Power
Freight, Garage
Passenger

GET OUR PROPOSITION

Adolph Leitelt
Iron Works

213 Erie Street
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

system.

short on the very ones you want.

pricing.’’ :

 

 

 

Advantages of the

SHUMAN
Shelf-Pricing System

There is no other system of pricing goods on store shelves, tables, boxes, crates, etc. in
the same class with the Shuman system— because—

1, It is speedy—nothing to tack or screw onto shelves—just spring the galvanized steel
clamp in place. and place the proper sticker on its face.

2. It is neat—no unsightly uprights to mar the tasty price-figure.

3. It is by far the least expensive because you can buy new stickers at 20c per 100
when the old ones became soiled. This is a small fraction of the cost of renewing any other

4. You make up your own combinations of figures instead of having to guess before-
hand as to the price-figures you expect to want, and being “long’’ on a lot of useless ones and

The only system that measures up to the ever-changing requirements of ‘‘penny-

OUTFIT No. 1 consists of 50 galvanized steel clamps and 1410 gum-
med stickers $3.25.

Extra clamps $2.50 per 100.

OUTFIT No. 2 consisting of 150 galvanized steel clamps and 1410

gummed stickers $5.75.

Extra stickers 10c per envelope of 50 of a kind.

Order through your jobber, or if he does not handle we will send direct upon receipt of price.

Frank G. Shuman Company
Room 705, 168 North Michigan Ave.

 

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Wanted and Needed—Limelight for
Everybody.
Written for the Tradesman.

During the last

 

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whom I know.

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sweetheart, and were planning

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to be married coming June. But

    

for her lover
of soldiers
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the wedding.
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most of the

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tems were bought ready-made. All
other preparations were rushed

at the same rate, and ten
3 Jeannette and her Henry,
together with two other couples, were
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company.

Of course the reporters saw their
chance for a “ The three new-
ly wedded pairs were interviewed by
these newspaper representatives, The
love affairs that culminated in the
“hay * were styled romances.
Any details that could be made strik-
ing or picturesque by a bit of exag-

story.

geration or slant, were siezed upon
eagerly and featured. Each paper
brought out a picture of the six, es-
pecially photographed for its write-
up.

Several local aff

airs have been held
in their honor, so

altogether these
six young people have for the last
few days found themselves on quite
a pinnacle of renown. It is a new ex-
perience for Jeannette. Her people
are poor—good, honest, hard-working
folks, worthy in every way, but alto-
gether unknown except among their
neighbors and associates and rela-
tives. No one of the family ever be-
fore had so much distinction as Jean-
nette has enjoyed in the past week.
She has figured in at least four news-
paper write-ups, and her picture was
in every one of them!
I have been greatly interested in
the girl’s delight in her newly ac-
qu red importance. Suddenly she has
become quite a personage. And her
father and mother and her younger
brothers and sisters are for the time
being shining in the neighborhood in
a kind of reflected glory. In all like-
lthood Jeannette’s life soon will lapse
into the commonplace. but so lone
as she lives she will treasure this
short experience of being in the lime-
light. She will cut out and preserve
every one of those write-ups and keep
them until she is an old, old lady.
along with her wedding gown.
Whether or not we ever get into
it for even the briefest period, we all
are like Jeannette. we should love the

limelight. There is that in every one
of us that craves celebrity. It might
not bring the happiness that we think
it would bring—those who have risen
to great eminence say it does not—
but we never shall be satisfied until
we have a taste of it.

The efforts of those in the ordinary
walks of life to establish any least
claim to distinction are sometimes
ludicrous and always pathetic. It is
regarded as so very much worth while
to do something or be somebody or
have something out of the ordinary.
Does Aunt Jemima Hemingway ever
tire of telling that her pieced bed-
iits took first prize at the country
fair for five years running? And is
Uncle Jonas any less proud of the
blue ribbons carried off by his thor-
ough-bred cattle and hogs? The
woman who as a girl was a beauty
and a belle—does she in later life
ever forget—or let others forget—
her early triumphs?

Every scrap of fame

 

s carefully
cherished. If one can not of one’s
own self lay claim to distinction, per-
haps some relative has trodden the
glory road. If for the first time you
talk with Mr. Martin who runs the
bicycle repair snop, it will not be ten
minutes before he will manage to
let you know that his uncle occupies
the chair of mathematics in a great
Eastern college, and that a cousin
of Mrs. Martin has written a best sell-
er. Is there a woman of us all who
is not immensely pleased to find her-
self eligible to membership in the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion? And think of the good money
that is spent in genealogical search,
in the hope of laying claim to dis-
tinguished ancestry! Second-hand
grandeur is vastly better than none
at all.

One great trouble with the ordinary
life is that it affords no satisfaction
whatever to this perfectly natural and

 

Mr. Flour Merchant:

You can own and contro! 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
wheat, properly blended, to producea
satisfactory all purpose family flour.

GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN &
MILLING CO.,

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

 

 

 

ELI CROSS

Grower of Flowers
And Potted Plants
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
150 Monroe Ave. Grand Rapids

The Quality of

MAPLEINE

creates a steady sale

 

Order of your jobber or

Louis Hilter Co.
1503 Peoples Life Bldg.
Chicago, Ill.

CRESCENT MFG. CO.
Seattle, Wash.

 

 

The Best Asset of a
Grocery Business is
Satisfied Customers

 

 

 

 

‘ Baker’s Cocoa
’ and Chocolate

Preparations are re-
liable, always of
“uniformly high
quality, easily sold,
in constant de-
mand; the stand-
ards of the trade.

Chocolates

   

 

REG. U.S.
PAT OFF,

ALWAYS SATISFACTORY

Package Goods of
Paramount Quality
and

Artistic Design Walter Baker & Co. Ltd.

Established 1780 Dorchester, Mass.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double A @3) Kind

THE CANDY FOR SPRING TRADE

Now is the time to re-arrange your Candy Case.
Our salesman will show you samples of several
NEW GOODS when he calls next trip.

If you need some candy before then, send usa
mail order. It will be well taken care of.

Putnam Factory

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

 

 

 

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We might save money by using cheaper chemicals But We Haven’t.

We might shut down our scientific department and cease /} But We Won’
trying to make the BEST match ever made BETTER [oo wert.

BECAUSE

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the greatest nation on Earth, and so That’s What We Make.

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Any American grocer whois Progressive enough to place duty and responsibility above

a mere fraction of a cent in price, in giving his customers the best and the safest and the
greatest value for the money will pin his destinies to

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human desire for distinction. Moral-
ists try to show us the beauty of un-
selfish service and the nobleness of
performing lowly duties with no
thought of fame or reward. We can
not deny the truth of what they say.
We know too that the most useful
and indeed indispensable people are
those who are leading humble, self-
denying lives. The woman who is a
good wife and mother and house-
keeper and homemaker, isn’t she
really of more consequence as a social
factor than her sister who “does
things?” Of course she is. But just
how long may a woman cook and
wash dishes and scrub and mend and
sew on buttons, and teach her chil-
dren their Sunday School lessons, and
nurse them through their illnesses,
and spank them when they need such
correction, and praise her good man
when he does especially well, and im-
part to him fresh hope and courage
when he gets a spell of the blues—
just how long may a woman con-
tinue in this line of endeavor before
she ever gets into the papers? And
how many years does it take of faith-
ful plodding along and using his pay-
checks to support his family, to bring
a man the renown which his ex-
emplary conduct merits? It is easy
to see why obscurity is not attrac-
tive.

What we want is some way of
bringing to plain people the honors
for which their hearts are hungry.
Too great prominence spoils most
persons, but just a wholesome degree
of well-earned distinction isn’t like-
ly to hurt anybody, and would prove
a mighty incentive to better effort.
Besides it would do much to relieve
the deadly commonplaceness that en-
velops and makes dreary the ordinary
life.

We need a far more general distri-
bution of fame than now exists. We
always have regarded this as impos-
sible—always have thought that em-
inence must be monopolized by a
few. But telephones and wireless
telegraphy and aeroplanes were im-
possible until their secrets were dis-
covered. Let ingenuity be turned
toward methods of giving to those
who are now the humblest their right-
ful portion of celebrity. Whoever
does well any useful work, should no
longer lack for a proper meed of rec-
ognition and honor. Quillo.

—— +2 s—_
On to Him.

Rowneder—My dear, it was, of
course, business that detained me un-
til midnight.

Mrs. Rowneder—Yes.

Rowneder—You know I wouldn't
deceive you.

Mrs. Rowneder—No, Charlie, you
wouldn’t deceive me, no matter what
you said.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Watson-Higgins Mls.Co.

GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.

Merchant
Millers

Owned by Merchants

 

Products sold by
Merchants

Brand Recommended
by Merchants

NewPerfection Flour

Packed In SAXOLIN Paper-lined
Cotton, Sanitary Sacks

 

 

 

OFFICE OUTFITTERS

LOOSE LEAF SPECIALISTS

 

 

 

 

 

139-141 Monrov St
Both Phones
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

USED AUTOS

—My Specialty. Largest Stock—
Runabouts $65—$350 Touring Cars $150 and up
What have you to trade? Easy terms.

Dwight’s Used Auto Ex. 230 Ionia, N.W.

United Automobile
Insurance Exchange

Carries

Auto Insurance at Cost
Without

Mutual Liability

For Particulars Address

 

Home Office:
737-741 Michigan Trust Bldg., Grand Rapids. Mich.
Detroit Office:
524 Penobscot Building, Detroit, Mich.

 

THE SANITARY FLY DESTROYER
NON-POISONOUS

Our TANGLEFOOT Handy Package, 5 Double Sheets,
Retails for 10c. Saves Labor and Expense of Wrapping.

Nore eb

 

 

 

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A Sanitary Store Brings
New Customers

To please old customers and win new ones—is the secret of success.

An attractive up-to-date store, equipped with McCray refrigerators
and display cases, draws trade and makes money. It’s false economy to
“get along’’ with a poor refrigerator. The McCray not only keeps perish-
able goods fresh and salable but displays them attractively and prevents

SANITARY
REFRIGERATORS

conform to all legal requirements of National and State Pure Food laws
regarding the sanitary display of perishable food products. The U. S.
Government uses the McCray Refrigerators in the Pure Food Testing
Laboratories and many other government institutions.

 

You will make more money, do more business and please your
customers better if you equip your store with McCray sanitary refrig-
erators and display cases. They are used in thousands of the finest
Grocery Stores and Meat Markets and every McCray is guaranteed.

Write To-day for Catalog and
‘“‘Easy Payment Plan’”’

No. 70 for Grocers and Delicatessens.

No. 62 for Meat Markets and General Storage.
No 92 for Residences,

No 51 for Hotels and Restaurants.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.
744 Lake Street Kendallville, Indiana

Detroit Salesroom 239 Michigan Ave.

Agencies in All Principal Cities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  

   
   
 
  

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POPLINS FOR SPRING

We are offering for prompt shipment, acomplete line of Mercer ized
Poplins in white and warious colors. The scarcity of these materials
at the prices quoted below make them exceptional values.

27-in. Mercerized Poplin, white and colors, . 18%¢e
27-in. Mercerized Poplin, colors only, : . 24c

36-in. Mercerized Poplin, white and colors, . 18%
36-in. Mercerized Poplin, white only, : _. meee

Place your orders now, before color assortments are broken.

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Wholesale Dry Goods Grand Rapids, Michigan

  

  

 

“HATS THAT SELL”

 

HATS and CAPS THE STRAW HATS in
All New Styles and NEWLAND All Grades for Men,
Colors HAT Boys and Children

We carry a complete line of the latest styles for prompt shipment
Mail orders solicited

Newland Hat Company

164-166-168 Jefferson Ave. Detroit, Michigan

 

 

DUTCH MASTERS
SECONDS

 

Sparks From the Electric City.

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Will stimulate your trade Handled by all jobbers

G. J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO., Makers
GRAND RAPIDS

 

 

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April 18, 1917

Sagacious Salutations From Saline
Saginaw.

Saginaw, April 16—Saginaw Coun-
cil, No. 43, is looking forward to the
next meeting, Saturday evening, with
great interest and pride. As has been
known for some time, it is to be
known as the Mark Brown meeting
—a great honor bestowed on Mr.
3rown, which he so justly deserves
for the great and good work he has
done for No. 43, as well as all Mich-
igan, on account Of his being a Past
Grand Counselor.

E. E. Putnam, our worthy Senior
Counselor, could have thought of
nothing better to create enthusiasm
in the Council than by starting this
movement, which he did at the March
meeting, which by unanimous vote
placed the April meeting in the hands
of Mr. Brown. Nuf sed, when you
know that the “czar of Michigan”
holds the reins. It is to be hoped
that every one of our 300 stalwart sol-
diers will answer the call and be on
hand sharp at 2:30 p. m. next Satur-
day and aid in making this a memor-
able affair for all concerned. Get
busy and have your candidate with

 

Walter D. Murphy.

you. I know Mr. Brown will have
something in’store for us. In fact,
he has already made arrangements to
have our Worthy Supreme Secretary,
Hon. Walter D. Murphy, from  Su-
preme headquarters, Columbus, Ohio,
who is making a long trip to pay us
a visit and talk to us on matters re-
lative to the good of the order. Mr.
Murphy holds one of the, if not the
most, prominent positions in our Su-
preme body, He has served us long
and faithfully and devotes his entire
time to bringing our great army to a
greater efficiency each year. I assure
you, you will be well paid for your
time if you will turn out and give him
the glad hand of good fellowship.
Honor him with your presence, make
him feel perfectly at home and send
him back to Columbus with nothing
but praise for Saginaw Council. We
should feel greatly honored by his
coming, so please abandon that auto
trip, lawn making, spading the garden,
etc., and be on hand sharp at 2:30 at
the Elks temple. A smoker will be
given in the afternoon. Many candi-
dates will be initiated. Remember
Mike and his crew of men _ good
and true will be on hand from Bad

Axe. They are really expecting a
good time, so let’s not disappoint
them.

Our regular hall is being repaired,
so this meeting will be held in the
Elks temple.

We earnestly invite any and all of
our sister councils to be with us.
Hope it will be possible to have every
State officer with us.

Mr. Brown will entertain Supreme
Secretary Murphy at luncheon at the

Saginaw Club Saturday.

Remember, this will be an after-

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

noon session only,
the evening.

It has been with a great deal of ef-
fort that the writer was able to pen
these few lines, as this is my first
day sitting up. However, I am gain-
ing strength and am hoping to be
able to be with you Saturday.

In my feeble way I wish to thank
the boys of No. 43 for their many
acts of kindness and offers during my
illness and especial thanks for the
beautiful flowers sent me.

Always your for the great cause.

L. M. Steward.

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Activities in Michigan Cities.
Written for the Tradesman.

A recent survey made at Dowagiac
shows 180 acres of vacant land in the
city limits, which, if planted to po-
tatoes with average yield of 100 bush-
els per acre, would be worth upwards
of $40,000 at present prices. Dowagiac
is an average Michigan city and this
showing, which is not exceptional,
points to the great farming and gar-
dening possibilities in cities and towns
in this time of great need of food
stuffs.

The old plant at Montague
will be re-opened by Chicago people,
which will add at least 200 steel and
foundry workers to the population.

The Evart Manufacturing Co., with
$30,000 capital, has been formed at
Evart to erect and equip a plant for
making patented articles.

The Flint Board of Commerce esti-
mates that the proposed stadium for
sports and other public gatherings
can be built there at a cost not ex-
ceeding $115,000. It will seat 12,000
people, with enclosure for sports larg-
er than Navin field, Detroit, or ample
in size for baseball.

Nothing doing in

iron

Baldwin is promised a large round
house by the Pere Marquette Rail-
road this summer and has hopes also
of machine shops in the early fu-
ture.

The Manistee Board of Commerce
has appropriated $200 for publicity

work in connection with the Great
Lakes auto tour.
Retiring Mayor Handy, of Sault

Ste. Marie, urges the purchase of a
motor truck and a garbage incinerator
plant.

Estimates have been secured on the
cost of building a trunk line road be-
tween Saginaw and Bay City. Three
routes are suggested, the present
west side and east side roads and the
river or boulevard route, the latter
if adopted meaning about eight miles
of entirely new construction.

Most of the German people of
Saginaw are loyal to Uncle Sam and
the Stars and Stripes now float from
their society buildings.

Manistee has tried out and accepted
a new motor driven fire truck.

Almond Griffen.

 

We are manufacturers of TRIMMED AND
UNTRIMMED HATS for Ladies, Misses and
Children, especially adapted to the general
store trade. ial order solicited.

CORL, KNOTT & CO., Ltd.
Corner Commerce Ave. and Island St.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

TWO BIG
HANDKERCHIEF
SPECIALS

These handkerchiefs were bought months ago, at
prices twenty-five per cent lower than the present
market price. They are wonderful values and will
sell rapidly at five cents.

Buy a liberal quantity and use them for business
getters.

SPECIAL-NO.-ONE—Women's plain white

hemmed stitched Handkerchiefs, with neat embroidery
in the corners. The quality is fine and sheer.
mae. 45c

SPECIAL-NO.-TWO—Men's plain white

hemmed stitched, large size and splendid quality.
ae. 45c

 

Two of the many specials in our popular Notion
department.

Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co.

Exclusively Wholesale
GRAND RAPIDS, :-: MICHIGAN

 

 

 

Bell Phone 596 Citz. Phone 61366
Joseph P. Lynch Sales Co.
Special Sale Experts
Expert Advertising —Expert Merchandising
44 So. Ionia Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

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Quitters in Every Line of Business.

In the dark days of 1778, when the
ragged handful of patriots who laid
the foundation for our present great-

ness as a Nation were fighting in
grim despair, General Washington

got wind of a move of the British
army which he decided would make
a favorable opportunity for giving
battle. So he sent Major General
Charles Lee with an advance detach-
ment to make the attack, while he
himself was to follow with the main
body a little later. And Lee messed
up the job—made a half-hearted at-
tempt and then ordered a retreat.
Washington, coming up, met his own
troops in flight. When he asked Lee
the cause of the retreat, Lee advised
him that he had voted against making
the attack anyhow.

Revolutionary records state that
then are there General Washington
cut loose with an exhibition of temper
which has gone down into history.
It was the same old story—the chief
had intrusted the handling of an im-
portant detail to an underling and
found him to be a quitter.

The developments of after years
proved that Lee was not only a quit-
ter but a traitor. He was a man who
had been given a high place in the
Continental Army, who had been in-
trusted by his leader with the carry-
ing out of important work, who at
the same time was only interested in
promoting his own position in sow-
ing seeds of discontent among his
fellow officers and ploting the down-
fall of his chieftain. And when the
time came, he laid down like a yellow
dog—he was a plain quitter.

We have quitters in every line of
business enterprise to-day. Way back
in the days of King Solomon they
must have had them. Someone must
have furnished him with the inspira-
tion to write. “As smoke to the eyes
and as vinegar to the teeth so is the
sluggard to them that sent him.”

It is true that the quitter never gets
any place, and it is also true that
while he lasts he makes it hard for
the business with which he is con-
nected to get anywhere. He is all
right when everything goes smoothly,
but let a few difficulties present them-
selves and he quits.

There was an errand boy once, em-
ployed in the wholesale department
of a large dry goods store. In com-
pany with his employer, he went to
another part of the store to move
some goods, and he was told to get
a truck, meaning one of those four-
wheel affairs with a box on top in
common use in such institutions.

In a few minutes he returned, with
the information that nobody would

let him have one. But the boss sim-
ply turned on him and roared “Get
a truck!” So he got a truck—true
enough he had to steal one from
someone else—and he _ brought it
down the hundred yards or more of
intervening floor space with all the
speed that his 15 year old legs could
produce, pursued by two worthy
gentlemen who promised to beat his

head off. But he got it.
Somehow, that was a lesson to
him. The employer didn’t want ex-

cuses—he wanted the truck. The boy
formed the habit of getting what he
was sent for, and it was not long
before they sent him after better

things than trucks.
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Effect of War on Grocery Business

What will war do to the grocery
trade? That is what most of us are
asking just now.

It looks to the editor as if war has
already done a big percentage of its
possibilities in this direction,

The formal declaration of war made
a temporary flurry. For a few weeks
prices are likely to jump and slump
alternately until we find out where
we are at. Then it is our belief they
will settle back not far from where
they are to-day.

They will be a notch or two higher,
we believe, but nothing tremendous.

The conditions will be decidedly
more extreme than at present, no
doubt. But this has already been
discounted to a large extent. We are
living under “war prices” now.

We will still have to help feed Eu-
rope. We will have to feed ourselves.
And many thousands who are now
producers will become simply con-
sumers and—sad to say it—consumed.

All this refers to what we might
call the immediate future. That is to
say, from three to six months ahead.

Beyond that, no man can safely
predict. The whole question is full
of buts’ and “ifs.”

Even though prices do not recede,
it is quite apparent that the public
expect and will demand a National
Food Commission with authority to
regulate food prices, in which event
speculators will not under any circum-
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Food Seizure Unnecessary and Un-
fair To Grocers.

President John H. Schaefer, of the
National Retail Grocers’ Association,
is not in sympathy with ideas cf
State legislation to authorize State
and city officials to step in and seize
food products on the idea that retail-
ers who own them are making an ex-
orbitant profit. The bill recently drawn
by Elton J. Buckley of Philadelphia,
counsel of the Philadelphia Retail
Grocers’ Association, as a model for
other states, has drawn from him a
forceful letter of criticism. It will be
recalled that the Philadelphia retail-
ers proposed a plan for the creation
of a state food board of three mem-
bers—the State Food Commissioner,
the State Commissioner of Agricul-
ture and the State Auditor—to con-
fiscate goods whenever they found
prevailing retailing prices to represent
twice a “fair normal profit,’ to pay
for them by award a “fair cash value
plus a normal profit,” and to sell to
the public at such price as is deemed
best. In a letter of comment, Mr.
Schaefer says:

“T can not agree with you on what
you have to say in regard to legisla-
tion authorizing the Government to
seize food products. I think the time
is not ripe for any move of this kind.
If the war continues and we have
another poor crop, the bill you have
drafted may be all right next fall. If
we have a good crop, I am sure you
will find lots of present conditions
changed.

“While speculation in food has
something to do with the present high
cost, the really big fault lies with the
production. In our own county here
we used to raise 150 to 200 bushels
of potatoes to an acre. Last year we
raised ten. I have bought many a
ton of cabbage for $4, $5 and $6 a ton.
This year there was not any to be
had. So you see it is the supply and
demand to a great extent.

“While there are a few staples that
are exceedingly high, there is plenty
of reasonably priced, good eating
food on market. You notice in the
food riot in New York the banners
read, ‘We want potatoes and onions.’
Why the people should go nuts on
potatoes and onions is more than I
can figure out, when there is plenty
of other good, wholesome stuff to
eat.

“A lot of this stuff is gotten up by
newspaper men in order to have
something to write about. A lot of
it is gotten up by hysterical people
who get a fit every day the sun
doesn’t shine. With two-thirds of the
people of the world at war, I think
prices are still cheap in foodstuffs. I
am talking about the general line and
not picking out three or four articles.

“Why the grocer should always be
made the goat when the argument of
the high cost of living is brought up
I do not know. Nobody kicks about
the price of automobiles going up,
boots and shoes going up, ladies’
dress goods going up, but they tell
you these articles are not necessities,
while groceries are. But I want to
tell you that 99 per cent. of the people
that are complaining about the high

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

cost of groceries are the same class
who are buying $12 and $15 shoes and
$40 and $50 dresses. It is the old
story over again, it is not the high
cost of living, but living too high.
County statistics will show that there
are less poor people fed by the coun-
ties this year than last, which goes
to prove that conditions are not as
bad as they try to make them appear.

“And then again, for instance, I
bought 10,000 bushels of potatoes last
fall. This is for example only. You
want the Government to step in and
tell me what to sell them at in order
to hold down my profit. Will say,
for instance, that I also buy 10,000
bushels of potatoes next season and
the price drops so as to give me a
loss equal to the gain I had received
the season before. It would be only
fair for the Government to make up
my loss, as I do not believe it is fair
for them to seize my profits and not
take care of my losses also.

“There may be a time when, a bill
like you speak of will be necessary,
but I do not think it is necessary at
the present time.”

>> >

The egg and poultry industry may,
it seems to us, well gather a lesson
from the activity which has been de-
veloped in the ranks of the fish peo-
ple the last year or so. They have
been sending out to the trade press
some very interesting and, it seems
to us, certainly very valuable matter
with reference to the food value of
fish, as compared with other products,
and so forth, all of which must even-
tually, if it hasn’t already, have some
effect on the housewife and her pur-
chases. Now that the high cost of
living is getting to be such a bugbear,
there is ample opportunity for people
with products of real merit, such as
eggs and poultry, to get the feeding
values thereof properly before the
folks who have to do the purchasing

to feed the family.
+++ ___—_

This is Conservation Week at Hol-
land, by proclamation of the Mayor,
who recommends that all the people
give serious consideration to the ques-
tion of food supplies in this National
emergency. He recommends store
window displays of seeds, garden and
farm supplies, with special prices,
and suggests demonstrations by
schools and clubs of methods of thrift
and economy.

-_——>-+-

John G. Doan has merged his whole-
sale produce commission business into
a stock company under the style of the
John G. Doan Co., with an authorized
capital stock of $10,000, of which
amount $6,500 has been subscribed,
$5,000 paid in in cash and $1,500 paid
in in property.

—>-->—_

John W. McDonald*has engaged in
the grocery business at Blanchard. The
Worden Grocer Company furnished the
stock.

—_++2—___-

H. T. Stanton, Treasurer of the Jud-
son Grocer Company, is spending a few
days at French Lick Springs, Ind.

—_+-2>—____

If a man asks you to tell him his
faults it is a sign that he thinks he
hasn’t any.

Sidelights on Celery City and Envi-
i rons.

Kalamazoo, April 16—J. E. Gill has
sold the lots he occupies with his
lumber yard at the intersection of the
Ibake Shore & Michigan Southern
Railroad and Third street to the Cor-
lett-Stone Lumber Co., of Three
Rivers. Only the real estate is in-
volved in the transfer. Mr. Gill re-
tains his stock of building material.
He will devote his time to taking care
of varied interests in this city.

F. W. Corlett, now of Three Rivers,
will make his home in Kalamazoo

in the immediate future and have
charge of the business here. The

Corlett-Stone Co. has a capital of
$100,000 and has yards at Kalamazoo,
Three Rivers, Hopkins, Centerville
and Vandalia.

The Kalanyazoo Storage Battery
Co. has outgrown present quarters at
438 West Main and will move to 320
North Rose street. This concern has
had a very large increase in business
the past year and will now be in
position to handle their business.

H. H. Roth, of Penn, has sold his
general store to Hartsell & Ferguson,
who will continue the business at the
same location.

Charles Stoker has purchased the
grocery stock of Willis Peacock, at
Lawton. Mr. Stoker was a former
member of the firm of Desenberg &
Stoker.

J. E. Arney has installed a new
front in his grocery at Buchanan,
which gives him some very attractive
show windows.

Hotel Mack (Mc Neil & Barnes),
at Lawton, is surely showing the spir-
it of patriotism by displaying a large
edition of Old Glory on the new bal-
cony, They are also putting in a
corner entrance which will add much

to the convenience and appearance
of the hotel.
Pete Bosker (Kalamazoo Biscuit

Co.) is covering his territory with a
new ford.

James Pollack, of Lawton, has re-
cently added new shelving and coun-
ters to his grocery store.

Klalamazoo’s proposition for a
charter commission to frame a new
city charter along the new business
manager and commission idea, car-
red by a vote of 2876 to 1465. The
commissioners to frame a new charter
are F. M. Hodge, Clare H. Stearns,
Dr. W. E. Upjohn, Wm. Shakespeare,
Jr.. W. H. Stewart, J. L. Hollander,
Charles H. Gill. C. S. Campbell and
Carl Larson.

The people will vote on the charter
when perfected and offered.

W. S. Cook.

——
Dorf on the Jump.

J. A. Dorf, general dealer at Cuba,
Mo., is “some hustler.” Here is a let-
ter he recently sent to his customers
asking them to come in and settle
up:

Cuba, Mo., April 10—This is what
I have to keep me busy:

I am buyer and clerk for my store.
I sharpen saws, mend harness, do
soldering, buy cream, sharpen lawn-
mowers, make picture frames, agent
for Pierce Oil Co., do my own can-
vassing, and nobody has been over
more of the country than I have in the
last four years selling goods, putting
up lightning rods, advertisements,
and, last but not least, have a wife and
eight children to take care of. So
come in and settle your bill. You
see I have enough to do without writ-
ing 200 statements asking you to come
in and pay your bill.

Yours for a quicker settlement,

A. Dorf.

——_++2—__—.
Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids, April 16—John D.
Martin has two celebrations in pros-
pect, April 27 he will celebrate his (?)
birthday at the home of his son, Jess,
in Elgin, Ills, Next April he will cele-
brate the twenty-fifth anniversary of
his joining the U. C. T., having been
a charter member of Saginaw Council

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when it was organized in 1893. Mrs.
Martin will participate in both events.

Claud Lawton (Voigt Milling Co.)
has resumed his road duties after a
two months’ illness of searlet fever.

By Gee Cripe Jennings will cele-
brate next fall the fiftieth annivérsary
of his starting on a career as a trav-
eling salesman.

Michigan hotels which have had
German fried potatoes on their menn
cards have had new cards printed,
eliminating the word German.

Max R. Hott, son of |: F. Hott,
Vice-President of the Pepsin Syrup
Co., of Monticello, Ills., is spending a
week with J, J. Dooley, Michigan rep-
resentative of that company. Mr.
Hott wants to learn the road work
and the entire business connected
with the Pepsin Syrup Co.

H. A. Gish, who recently sold his
home at 1056 Bates street, has pur-
chased a beautiful new residence at
545 Gladstone avenue and is erecting
a garage to match the house in ap-
pearance and convenience.

Stopping of vodka-drinking in Rus-
sia is no more remarkable than the
stamping out of the opium evil in
China, completed almost unnoticed
on April 1. “The opium business,”
writes Consul-General Anderson from
Hongkong, “has practically passed
out of the trade of the Far East.” It
is no longer possible legally to im-
port or produce the drug; some smug-
gling will be inevitable in a land in
which twenty or thirty millions have
been victims of the opium habit, but
it will probably not be extensive. At
the opening of this year the rem-
nants of the legal trade were largely
in the hands of a semi-governmental
corporation, bound to close its busi-
March 31. Shortly before
this date, the remaining stock was
sold to the government, which will
use it for the manufacture of medical
opiates, and which intends to see that
a business that has been hugely prof-
itable to grower, retailer, and taxing
bodies is completely ended. China’s
handling of the opium problem is as
hopeful for her future as her rapid
opening of schools, railways, and fac-
tories.

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A would-be wit and sage passes
this by way of criticism and enlight-
enment to the editor of a_ publica-
tion that has been saying a few things
about eggs: “An egg, sir, is a noble
institution, not one to be dealt with
lightly. Of course, I know all eggs
are not what they should be. There
are high-minded and low-minded
eggs, just as there are high-minded
and low-minded men. Some eggs are
bold, blustersome, I might even say
noisy. Again, there are eggs that are
cowards. (Old Jake Fassett’s joke.
Cowardly egg. Hits you and runs.)
But there is a happy medium. You
forget, sir, the great mass of quiet,
granny-like, sit-by-the-fire-and-knit
eggs, who are to be revered and re-
spected, not merely joked with. All
the world’s an egg. And all the men
and women merely hatchlings.”

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Men instinctively look to woman as
their guide. She inspires the mean-
est of us with something like nobil-

ity. Small wonder that she is the
most potential single force in the
world.

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Michigan Board of Pharmacy.
President—-E. T. Boden, Bay City.
Secretary—Charles S. Koon, Muskegon.
Treasurer—George F. Snyder, Detroit.
Other Members—Leonard A. Seltzer,

Detroit; Herbert H. Hoffman, Sandusky.
Next Examination Session—Chemistry

 

Building, University of Michigan, Ann

Arbor, June 19, 20, 21, 1917.

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asso-
clation.

President—C. i, Jongejan, Grand

Rapids.

Secretary—F. J. Wheaton, Jackson.

Treasurer—John G. Steketee, Grand
Rapids.

Next Annual Meeting—Grand Rapids,
June 19, 20 and 21, 1917.

 

Michigan Pharmaceutical Travelers’ As-

sociation.
President—Fred LL. Raymond, Grand
Rapids.
Secretary and Treasurer—Walter_ S.

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How Doctors and Druggists Should
Be Judged.

People judge the abilities of the
physician from all imaginable angles.
They are apt to be narrow, inadequate
angles, as a rule.

Some of the ladies judge him by
his eyes.

Some gentlemen judge him by the
time their gonorrhea takes to get
well.

Other criteria are afforded by
where he lives, how he lives, the type
of automobile or ford he drives, or
doesn’t drive, his sick-room manners,
his clothes, his personality, his own
claims for himself, and what others
say about him.

Probably a good many pharmacists
think they have his number pretty
well through the prescriptions that
he writes.

What kind of a criterion is afford-
ed by the prescription?

We doubt very much whether the
prescription is a good criterion.

It seems to us to constitute one of
the narrow criteria.

A well formulated prescription,
irom a pharmaceutical standpoint,
may not spell the proper remedy for
a given condition.

Some of the least skilful physicians
are facile prescription writers.

Most physicians have no wide
range in prescribing. A_ study of
their recipes shows that they use but
few combinations.

The question would seem to come

to this: you can not say much about
a man’s therapeutic skill, judged by
his prescriptions, unless you know
his range and the clinical conditions.
We seldom know either.

You can’t judge by a few prescrip-
tions, even if they seem to be, or
actually are, bad ones.

Of course, if a man writes obvious-
ly bad prescriptions consistently,
there is nothing to be said.

If he writes for only a few com-
binations, and never any others, there
is something wrong.

3ut you must know the whole man.

Must we not know the whole
pharmacist to judge him justly?

Arthur C. Jacobson.

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Window Don’ts For Druggists.

Don’t omit to change a window-
show frequently. It pays to do so.

Don’t always copy other druggists
when dressing windows.

Don’t neglect to price articles in
plain figures.

Don't prominently
sonable goods.

Don’t hide mirrors; they look well
and double the exhibits by reflection.

Don’t fear brightness at all times.

Don’t paste common paper hand-

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1917

bills or notices on an expensive plate-
glass window; they convey an im-
pression of cheapness and look any-
thing but ornamental.

Don't fail to keep the window panes
well polished; dirty windows exclude
trade as well as light.

Don’t allow deposition of dew or
vapor on the windows; prevent this
by equalizing the temperature.

Don’t neglect to classify the articles
exhibited.

Don’t fail to have an eye-catcher.

Don’t display a jumble-o’-all-sorts,
like a curiosity shop.

Don’t advertise in vulgar style; be
emphatic, but polite.

Don’t daub price cards. Shun sten-
cilled prints; they look sloppy.

Don’t dread criticism from
petitors; they may have corns.

Don’t forget to duplicate window-
show on or near the serving-counter;
it saves the window-display and is
most convenient when selling.

Don’t confine your displays to ex-
pensive articles; the public will want
cheap lines, too.

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respect your ancient profession, and
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@ 4 é A t ttre ses cee @ Sperm ...... Whiting, DbL ......
9 L LC MO WH Lime et ale oe 8%4@ 15 ‘Tansy ......... Whiting ........: 2% @ 3
ckley Ash .... @ 30 ‘Tar, USP L. H. P. Prepd. 1 90@2 05
of Extracts Turpentine, bbls. @ 56
Licorice ......... @ 45 Turpentine, less 61@_ 66 Miscellaneous
: Licorice powdered 80@ 85 ec i Zor ™% Acetanalid ....... 68@ 75
intergreen, swee Alum 9
Flowers birch ....-.-- £049 Go Totes sreee 9@ 12
Special Wall Papers [| coe te a: geese HBB Sn onc
ai aoe ess Geo 2 Wormseed ..... 5 50@6 75 ground ........ ll 5
Chamomile (Ger.) 95@1 05 w od 3 15@4 00 e @ 15
will satisfy the spring needs of your customers. Chamomile Rom. 1 40@1 50 one Meat woe Subni- 6
: @ ....:.... 0@3 70
Gums Potassium
heat, tad... Bicarbonate .... 1 90@2 00 Borax xtal or
Our Service te te fc Hichromate ...... 55@ 60 powdered ...... @ 15
oa busncn asset Acasa, Sort fig fo Bromide cot MgE GP Cantharades’ yo 2 voge 00
+ powderea 40q@) 00 © aarad Calomel 2 48@2 52
Al : powdered ...... a@ @ “Some! ........ 2 48@2 52
Paints Window Shades aie Gane Po 0o = pe ae sone 90@ 95 Capsicum ........ 30@ 35
Aloes (Soc. Pow.) @ 50 , — Carmine ........ 6 d0@7 00
A aad ay - re dk wee 5@ 80 ‘
HEYSTEK & CANFIELD CO. ee OE crane oo . G1 90 Cassia Buds ...., @ 4
; , . : Fodide ...:..... 2 50@S G0 OP ss teense 32@ 40
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Cgette aciteeeeees e300 boo ai oa 0 Chalk Prepared’). "6@ 8%
aut. 1 co “ Prussiate, yellow @1 50 Gun 160 $3
SP vecuscss 5 Pp iate, a 60 © seaeces 4G
Guaiac, ‘powdered @ 60 Sulphate sess... 90 Chloral Hydrate 1 2@2 13
Kino 7@ 7 P Cocaine 8 00@8 40
Kino, powdered .. 75@ 80 Roots Cocoa Butter ..., bu@ tv
eae. ct eeesees @ © Ajlkanct ........ 200@2 10 Ors, lint, lene 10%
ype hie powdered @. 50 Blowd, powdered 20M 25 (OPPETAS, bbls. .... 3
PpIUM ....... = 50@28 70 Ggiamus 50@3 50 Conve less .. 24%@ 7
Opium, powd. 0@27 -0 Elecampane, pwd. 15@ 20 Carrere abt > <a ie
Opium, gran. — 00@27 20 Gentian, powd. 30@ 35 20 osive Su m. 2 25@2 35
GHG «nec, 75@ 80 Ginger, African Cream ‘Tartar 56@ 60
Seas, Bleached 80 85 powdered .... 26 Cuttiepone ....... 50@ 60
ragacanth .... 250@3 00 Gi og ai Vealring ........ i@ lv
Tragacanth powder 2 25 Giuger, valaates. — Dover s Powder _@3 50
Turpentine ...... 10@ 15 powdered ....-. 0@ 35 at pore pest ‘< «
Goldenseal pow. 8 00@8 20) {A ote ’
t a Sel ike : 1 Au
oo ie 25... LL tral we - 2g; - tice Salts, eae 5a
White Lead, Mixed Paints, Colors in Oil, Blue Vitriol, bbl. ...@ 12 Licorice, powd... 284 39 veOt oon 1 25@1 50
ue Vitriol, less 13@ 20) Opri dered 30 gp 0 FBUL, pOWUsteu 2 (a2@s vU
‘ ‘ ‘ Bordeaux Mix Dry 14@ 20 Poke, powdered 300 25 blake White .... 15@ 20
Paris Green, Lime & Sulphur Solution, Arsenate of Hellebore, White. ,, Rhubarb ......... nea lore © Te te
inbowdered, --.°..-88@ 45 Rhubarb, ‘powd, \" tegi 20 Gelatine 7.57.1 10g 18
e e ° e ° eree a& a Os. nwee Ow ’ id
Lead, Bug Finishes, Linseed Oil, Turpentine. Lead, Arsenate -. 11@ 30 Sarsaparilla, sa _Glassware, less 70%
Lime and Sulphur ground ........ 15 go Glauber Salts bbl. 2 1%
‘ Sones, sat “8 Poo darananiiin Mexican, ae ee ees 3 35
eee Ve © | ground ........ de : -- 40@ -
' ae oo @ = Glue, Brown Grd. 25@ 35
: i Pi Ice Cream Squilly, powdered 45@ @@ Give, White .... 30@ 3%
Soda Fountains, Store Fixtures iper Ice Cream Co.  Tumeric, powd. .. 13@ 20 Glue, White Grd. 30@ 3
: , . Kalamazoo Valerian, powd. . @1 00 Glycerine ........ 64@ 78
Ba — ee S aaa sexe aus eeceeeas 45@ 60
‘ u BMCY cence sce 85 eeds MGUIEOG o6 5 ueucece @
Brick Vanilla .. on «Amise .........5.. SG 40 flodine .......... 4 50@4 60
Brick Fancy 30 Svan LOWE: - “ by ——— eecue 5 68@5 70
s ; WEG, ES occ ce ues szead Acetate 20@ 25
Rock Candy Syrup, Fruit Juices, Crushed eae Canary ...-.--..- 10@ 15 Lycopdium ..... 1 75@2 00
Buchs eee, uel - as aeceecees ; oon = NGG 0... 85@ 90
: ° uchu, powdere @2 amon wea 0 Mace, powdered .. 95@1 00
Fruits, and all Extracts, Flavors, etc., used in soda Sage, bulk ....... Ga Gos el MO Se ak Ae
Sage, %s loose .. 722@ 78 Coriander ....... 25@ 35 Morphine .... 12 80@13 05
Sage, powdered 55@ 60 Dill 25@ 30 N Y veens 0@ 25
. " 2, Gb@ G0 Di .........-.... ux Vomica ....
fountain work. Senna, Alex ..... 170@ 75 ‘Fennell .........- @ 85 Nux Vomica, pow. @ 20
Senna, Tinn. .... 40@ 45 Flax ........... @ 13 Pepper, black pow. 35@ 40
sane Tinn. pow. ao ° Flax, ground .... "ae 13 Pepper, white ..... @ 4u
. : Va Ural ...:...; 0 Foenugreek pow. 18 25 Pitch, Burgundy .. @ 15
Electric Mixers, Glasses, Carbonators, Tables, Hemp ......-..+- 8@ 12 Quassia .......... 12@ 15
Olis Deere lek ccscace 40@ 50 Going <.......-. 85@1 00
E . Abmonds, Bitter, Mustard, yellow 19@ Rochelle Salts 45@ 50
Chairs, Stools, and all appurtenances used in con- true... 45 00@16 00 Mustard, black ..19@ 2 Saccharine oz. @1 60
Almonds, Bitter, eens. powd. er a Salt Peter ...... 38@ 50
e : : : artificial ..... 7 00@7 20 OPPY ----eeeeeeceee @ 0 Seidlitz Mixture 40 45
nection with the sale of soda water and in ice Mo aac nee aD “na CO” lee oe
true eneaeoeee 1 25@1 650 Bee Be sssrtstts “ is Soap mott castile 22%@ 25
Almonds, Sweet, ADAGIIA ...-++- Soap, white castile
cream parlors. imitation ....-. 66@ 75 Sabadilla, powd. .. 35@ 45 a @10 00
Amber, crude .. 175@2 00 Sunflower ....... " 10 Soap, white castile
—_—_—_—_—— Amber, rectified 2 50@2 75 Worm American 25 less, per bar .... @1 10
Anise ...... <eie oe at * Worm Levant .. 1 00@110 soda Ash ........ %@ 10
Bergamont ..... 7 00@7 20 Soda Bicarbonate 240 6
Cajeput ...<..:- 35@1 60 Tinctures Soda, Sal ........ 3@  %
e e @aaaia ....... -e. 2 753@83 00 Aconite ......... @ 95 Spirits Camphor .. @ 7
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co Castor (2+... 2 0@2 50 Aloes «..2+2+0.0. @ 7% Sulphur, roll ....34%@ 8
° Cedar Lea 2 AUMICR 2.0652... @165 Sulphur Subl. 3% @
. a ede. 90@1 20 oe ei ges. ¢} = Tamarinds «...... 15@ 20
1 whi loves .... Belladonna ...... Tartar Emetic @ 8
Wholesale Druggists Grand Rapids, Michigan Coe a een SG to 2 wo eae
Cod Liver ...... 4 75@5 00 Benzoin Compo’d @1 60 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 bs 50
Cotton Seed .... 1 45@1 55 Buchu .......... 2} 50 Witch Hazel ..... 70@1 06
Groton .....<.<- 1 50@1 80 Cantharadies 18 00 Zinc Sulphate .... 10@ 15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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These quotations are carefully corrected weekly. within six hours of mailing. CHEWING GUM McLaughlin's XXXX : - i.
: : : : Adams Black Jack .... 62 cLaughlin’s ‘ancy uns
and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices. however. Me ij Meo... 65 package coffee is sold to Raw ee 8 @ 8%
‘jable to change at any time. and country merchants will have their orders filled ee Pepsin ..... . on —- aon ae = aes non tee 9 @ 9%
: Seermne oo 6 ers direct to - F. Mc- - Jsumpo,
at market prices at date of purchase. ht oo naan 33 Laughlin & Co., Chicago. es ie. nee.
olgan iolet ps... Roasted ...... @
ADVANCED ADVANCED — eee oe 95 CREAM TARTAR
: Boe checes eo. a gro. bxs.
oe i. hi G. T. W. Plug Tobacco Deaaniet ee eee 64 oo % gross ...... 115 Barrels or Drums ...... S
n ! y | Peachey Piug Tobacco ae price .......... 62 ummel’s foil, % gro. 86 Square Cane ....2....-. 8
Canned Salmon Flour K. C. Baking Powder Heshey Gum .......... 45 Hummel's tin, % ig {48 Boxes ee 55
Seas anes a — Naphtha Soap yar gion eect ees = Fancy Caddies ........ 63
vapo ‘ ak Leaf Soa i ks - 62
Evaporated Peaches Rolled Oats Queen Anne a Sterling Gum Pep. .. 62 CONFECTIONERY _ DRIED FRUITS
California Prunes Salt Gold Dust Wash Powder Sterling 7-Point ....... 62 Stick Candy Pails Apples
Canned Meats Spearmint, Wrigleys .. 64 Horehound ........... 13 Evap’ed Choice blk @ 9%
——— eS Spearmint, 5 box jars 3 ne os Suse es : Evap’ed Fancy bik @10%
pearmint, 6 box jars standard, small ......
Index to Markets 1 9 Trunk Spruce .......... Pwist, small vo. .o... Ps aa a
Wucatan 0). .0 es 8 uses Oe aes :
eure 2 be. 14
By Columns ARCTIC AMMONIA Clams ao . Jumbo, small ........ 14% Corsican = 18
12 oz. ovals, 2 dc t 6 Little Neck, 1 ib. ..:. 23 Wrigleys 5 box lots... 61 Big BtiCK 228... cl 14 es ee
<- 0Z. Ovals, 2 doz. box 1 70 Clam Bouillon lives ne 70 Boston Sugar Stick .. 16 currants
N Col — Berasanrs % Pt. aes 4-4 . CHOCOLATE pe 6 importer, ; > pkg. te
urnham’s pts. ...... xed Cana mported, bulk .......
aoinonia 1 1b. wood boxes, 4 doz. 3 00 Burnham's ats. ...... 7 60 Gece ao & Co. 24 . ie
Axle Greape ......... 1, 13 > boxes, 3 dos. =. Corn a  Sieken ..,....:...5.- Meine ht oe th 81%
éT. tin boxes, z. 4 2 ei 0, bescs So ee Cut toot ........ Re aR oe an
B 10f. pails, per doz. ..600 Good ........... aegis “ee + --.----. 28 French Cre a Muirs—Fancy, 25 Ib. .. 9%
Baked Beans ......-- 1 15% pails, per doz. ..7 20 Fancy ..... popeeee ' eee ee ve en, Fancy, Peeled, 25Ib. .. 12
eae. or Un i 25tb. pails, per doz ..12 00 French Peas Premium, Ys ene 35 Kindergarten Peel
ee re me rree eens 1 BAKED BEANS Monbadon (Natural) CLOTHES LINE MePAGEr ...60. 6. L Lemon, American .... 15
Breakfast Food ee 1 No. 1, per doz. 95 per OZ. ...cessecces Per doz. on ceca ccesev ees Orange. American .... 16
heen etal nea [| ein ean... te Gooseberries No. 40 Twisted Cotton 130 parc tee Pea Raisins
Daeeee 4... Le 1 Not ord ........ 235 No. 2, Fair .......... No. 50 Twisted Cotton 170 premio Creams Cluster, 20 cartons ..
Butter Color ......... 1 No. 2, Fancy ...... sees No. 60 Twisted Cotton 2 20 ‘Royal Loose Muscatels, 4 Cr. 9
i eo BRICK , Hominy No. 80 Twisted Cotton 2 40 a. ll Loose Muscatels, 3 Cr. 8%
c CIAL ove ec ele aes oe 2 Sandan =... 110 No. 50 Braided Cotton 1 75 Valley eee ns . ~ L. M. Seeded, 11b 10% @10%
ion. ek 1 BLUING Lobster ee ee BE oe ecrcsscse ” 10
Canned Goods ...... 1, 2 Jennings’ ib .. 190 No. 80 Braided Cotton 2 50 Callfornia Prunes
ee 2 Condensed Pearl Bluing % Ib. .....+-.+-.0-00- io Se ee Specialties 90-100 25 Ib. boxes ..@ 8%
Cheese .....-..2-0+++- 2 Small, 3 doz. box .... 195 Picnic Flat ......... 6% 2 ot ”6U CCG Pails 80- 90 25 Ib. boxes ..@ 9
Chewing Gum ....---- : Large, 2 doz. box .... 2 40 Mackerel a Se ite, 149 Auto Kisses (baskets) 15 70- 80 25 Ib, boxes ..@10
er ae Folger's Mustard, 1 Ib. ....... 180 No. 60 Sisal .......... 1 30 ae oe lL ee oe
oi weecceeeeeseeee ummer Sky, 6 oz., Mustard, 2 lb. ..... : 30 ream Corn .. 50- 60 25 1b. boxes ..@
Clothes Lines ....... ; “ae s Hovueed, 1% &. ...... 1 60 Galvanized Wire Caramel Bon Kons .. 16 40- 50 25 lb. boxes ..@11%
COCOA ....-eeeeeee eee 3 Summer Sky, 12 0z., Soused, 2b. 0.0.0... 7% to. 20, cach tom. ex 1 20 Caramel Croquettes .. 16
neon ...--tsceeee : 3 ger aoe. 85 Tomato in 50 No. 19, each LOOft. long 2 10 Cocoanut Waffles .... 14 FARINACEOUS GOODS
Coffee ....--..-++-+-- 3, 4 Tomato, 2 Ib. . “" 9 g9 No. 20, each 100ft. long 100 Corry Tofty ....... 16
Confections .......--- BREAKFAST FOODS iin No. 19, each 100ft. long 210) National Mints 7 ib tin 20 lines pire ‘
Gream Tartar ......- Bear Food, Pettijohns 2 1% Sut, is... .. @30 : COCOA Fudge, Walnut ...... 17 Se — . : 2
= Cracked Wheat 24-2 29 ca. 1 ” @45 Baker’s ....--cce.seeee- 39 Fudge, Choco, Peanut 15 Brown Holland 6 75
Dried Fruits ......:-- ; = as 0 man * ......... Oe Ge te Fudge. White Ceater 1g Drown Holland...
: | we .. . udge, erry. ......
FE Quaker Puffed Rice .. 4 30 Oysters Colonial, %s . Pulee, pooeaut 2216 25 1 Ib. eee sce. 2 a0
Farinaceous Goods 5 Quaker Puffed Wheat 430 Cove, 1 Ib. ........ @120 Epps ........+. Honeysuckle Candy .. 18 Bulk, per 100 Ib. 1
Fishing Tackle ...... 5 Quaker Brkfst Biscuit 190 Cove, 2 Ib. ......... @180 Hershey's, %s .... Iced Maroons ........ 16 : :
Flavoring Extracts 5 Quaker Corn Flakes ..2 15 Piums Hershey’s, %s ......... 30 [ced Gems ........... 16 Original Holland Rusk
Flour and Feed ...... 6 Washington Crisps .. 230 Plums .......... 160@2 00 Huyler ................ 36 [ced Orange Jellies .. 14 Packed 12 rolls to container
ee 6 Wheatena ........... 450 Pears In Sy yrup Lowney, %8 .-...-- --++ 88 Stalian Bon Bong .... 14 $ containers (40) rolls 3 80
paper a8 Sugar Corn a No. 3 can, per dz. 2 50@3 00 eee as seeececece S Jelly Mello .......... 13 er
rape ES bee owe 0 , te ccceecee ominy
pee eaten se § Sugar Corn Flakes .. 250 Marrowfat 4 oie Vow. & > oe --- 2B “Ibe box ee. 225 Pearl, 100 Ib. sack .... 4 00
Grain Bags ....------ Holland Rusk ........ 380 arly June ..... 1 35@1 45 ne oe - cece . Lozenges, Pep. ...... 15 poceront and Vermicelll
H Krinkle Corn Flakes 225 farly June siftd 1 45@1 65 ° a Lozenges, Pink ...... 15 Omnree 2 Nok.
Herbs g Mapl-Flake, Whole aii van a Pg seeeee . eka 14 imported, 25 Ib. box ...
erbs ....... dese eeeee a. 405 an tio "48 2.0.0... 65 Manchus ......... ae
Hides and Pelts cioee 6 Minn. Wheat Meal ._ 5 00 rip... essen 3 OO an itis 36 nnn Kisses, 10 Pearl Barley
< on ...:-... 6 No. 10 si i 25 Db. BOX ......2seeeee 14 c
Horse Radi Ralston Wheat Food 0 size can pie @8 Webb ....... here eee e re Ss. ester 20606665... 50
SUOREY oc eee ese reece 6 Tee gag 00) 2 70 Pineapple Wilber, %s ....... 33 Nut Butter Puffs .... 14 Portage <2..0..550..0: 1 25
Ralston Wht Food 188 180 rated ......... 175@2 10 Wilber, %e ............ g2. Star Patties. Asst .. 14
J - Sliced ......... 1 45@2 60 Chocolates = Pails __Peas
Ross’s Whole Wheat COCOANUT : G Ww b
Soy .....2.--+-bes2-- 6 : Assorted Choc. ...... 16 reen, isconsin, bu. 6 75
Jelly Glasses 7 Biscuit ............. 70 Pumpkin Dunham’s per lb. ‘Amazon Caramels .. 16 Split, Ib, .355:..35. a 10
ee ee Saxon Wheat Food .. 325 Fair ....... seeeceseeee 110 ts, 5 Ib. case ........ Cmpies ....:...... 16 ee
M Shred Wheat Biscuit 3 60 te ceeee sesecesceee L . %s, 5 Ib. case ......--6- 29) Groce. Chips, Eureka 21
ee 7 Triscuit, 18 ......... BO BAMCY ++ -ceeerrrees --- 130 Ys, 15 Ib. case ........ a, 16 West India ....:...... 11%
Cc a g FPillsbury’s Best et Se Noe 40 2666 ce see es 350 is, 16 Ib. case ........ 28 Eclipse Assorted 17 German, sacks 11y
aes, See +e °° 7 Post Toasties, T-2 ... 2 80 Raspberries is, 15 Ib. case ......... 27 pse, «os ee ee be
Mince Meat ......... No. 2, Black S 1 60 Ib. 98 Ideal Chocolates .... 16 ze roken pkg
Mol 7 Post Toasties, T-3 .. 2 85 o. ac yrup .. %s & %s, 15 case .. [iondike Chociinice 22
el eo el aa 7 Post Tavern Porridge 280 No. 10, Black ..... -+- 700 Scalloped Gems ........ 10 oil’ 99 Taploca
RT og eee nodes No. 2, Red Preserved 2 60 \%s & %s pails ....... a6 vabo cette ten eeeeees 2
Flake, 100 lb. sacks 11%
N BROOMS No. 10, Red, Water ..725 Bulk, pails ............ Mt gg arg seeeeees = Poarl, 100 th easka . iit
ile ee 4 Fancy Parlor, 25 Ib. .- 7 25 Salmon Bulk, barrels ......... oe 4 aon Caine Galauls 16 Pearl, 36 pkgs. ...... 60
Parlor, 5 String, 25 lb. 700 wWarrens, 1 lb, Tall .. 2 65 ao? Brazil Shredde Ponda Closter 24 Minute, 10 oz., 3 doz. 2 75
° Standard Parlor, 23 Ib. 6 75 Warrens, 1 Ib. Flat... 275 170 Se pkgs., per case 260 (oon osc
ee 7 Common, 23 Ib. ...... 6 25 Red Alaska .... 2 35@2 50 36 100 pkgs., per case oe FISHING TACKLE
» — > * wer teeee : 4 Med. Rea Alaska 1 65@1 %5 16 or = $3 5c p -. cc ee eas ae eek .
ge, Vaats : ol yaaa lies = eae Star Chocolates ......16  % tol in. ........... é
= Products . : Common, Whisk ale 1 20 sh <araines : c Bakers ; Canned, “@oz. .. 90 Superior Choc. (light) 18 in 2 : : goes tesae : :

i SD peed ceca eee oe ancy, Whisk ........ omestic, - A TED : so a alee 6
oot 7 incendie Domestic, % Mustard 4 76 COFFERS OAS Pop Corn Goods Be neers: 3
Playing Cards ........ « f D i Mustard 4 50 Without prizes. oS ee eepisiecee sae ee e.s
eM 7 mache 15 Norwegian, "ke 11@16 COMMON ------------ IR, Cracker Jack with 8 in. ....... viteereess 20

iA ; Bo ’ see air .....- bel ee ete an
fea icipated 7 Solid Back, 11 in .... 95 Portuguese, %8 ..+-22@80 Choice ........2+++++. 20° crpcker-Jack Prize’. -= Cotton Lines
R Ends ........ 85 Sauer Krau Raney oo. e ee. 2 . + No. 1, 10 feet ....... . 5
—— No. 3, CAMS ....++++- $0. fone .........- 23 Hurrah, 100s ........ 360 No’ 9’ 46 fect (/11°° 7! 7
vests ee eeeeeeee ; Stove oa! vised moral, GOs ......... L 9s gio ae aoe
Rolled Oats ........- No. 8 oe . ” tO eeeiiioe x Santos i“ Hurrah, 248 ........ Se ree eee
s ee P seroreneerres Sa Deka 16 Ook... --s Sm gee roe” No. 5, 16 feet .... 2...
Salad Dressin i C0 ee Dunbar, 1%s doz. .... 2 40 ee 21 Cough Drops No. 6, 15 feet ..
aa. 8 Shoe Succotash — ecient ee oxes No. 7, 15 feet
ae... g No. & ....--.e--ee sees [ewer -..-- bs - Peaberry 2222.21!) 23 Putnam Menthol 120 No. 8, 15 feet
Salt 3,14 Be 7 .----- sarceeee °° Good °: 4a Smith Bros. ......... 30 No. 9, 15 feet ...
Cee ee eee _- No. 4 ek ia Maracalbo
soe Fish ....-..--+-- 9 WOO. BD bse eee cece ces oe 1 90 Strawberries | PRI ..55<s Secceecsrscs ae NUTS—Whole Linen Lines
Shoe Blacking ...... 9 BUTTER COLOR Standard ......++-+-+ 3 00 en Y Small ..........0.++00. 20
Se a ea 9 Dandelion, 25c size .. 200 Fancy ......sesccccece oa Mex ean es Almonds, Tarragona 20 Medium eee eset sass 26
NN cr crece en oes 14 CANDLES omatoes ‘es eo CO ee 28 Almonds, California Large ...-..++- sees eeee 34
an le. : eeihien ae = ° bee e eee eeeeeeeee . ney : eae = shell Drake iceee Poles
: ae ee ee eee - . DP seer eeeeeeaeeee u gc Sb pa pes
1 ie eae 9 Paraffine, 128 ........ ~ iW ..... roves WU Mii ca rcercc eee -oxe i. woe = gis a ae eae
<a lh ale i wh dice ' Oe alge oe “s Walcets. Pea: 1 Bamboo, 18 ft., per doz. 80
oo %s, 4 doz. in case ....450 private Growth .... 26930 Walnuts, Naplep itHO in
Table Sauces ........ 9 Apples %s, 4 doz. in case ....7 50 alt """ 31@35 Tabi “2 13@14 FLAVORING EXTRACTS
10 3 1b, Standards .. @1 00 it i 10 00 Mandling able nuts, fancy J \ o S
OO oe ee ep eeer ee - a. — fas 1s, 4 doz. in case .... Aukola [111] 30@82 Pecans, Large .... @15 ennings C Brand
TObBCCO .....--> a0, 13, 32 PRO OAD acer ee rece e : CATSU anti Pecans, Ex. Large @17 i Pure Vanilla
Twine .....---------- 12 Stackberries Snider’s % pints .... 1 40 B oc 5@27 No 1% on... 93
v be: 175@2 00 Snider’s pints ........ 2 40 Ghost Beane srcores- rs olf Shelled Wo tia "4 95
12 Standard No. 10 @7 00 CHEESE TT an Bee ie. € 2 8 2 25
Vinegar ..-.--+-++++- E iS cess @2e% H.L. oO. carr ee No. 1 Spanish Shelled No. 3, 2% oz. Taper 2 10
w Raked 100@1 30 Carson City .... 26% Bogota Peanuts ....... 12@12% 2 oz. Flat ......... 00
Washing Powders .... 14 Red Kidacy cee 1 00 Se i icscce 25 NS oe oo eee see ee Ex. Lg. Va. Shelled Terpeneless
WI 5. s+. -ne-- 12 String “"""") 1091 75 Leiden ..-------- Fancy .... ‘3 26 Peanuts ...... 12%@13 Pure Lemon
iidonanie ._...s.. 12 te onevebous 1 00@1 75 Limburger ...... 26% Exehe e Market. teady Pecan Halves ...... @30 No. 1 % oz. Panel .. 80
Wrapping Paper ..... 13 ee tre rene Pineapple ...... 1 gi 35 Spot Market, Strong Walnut Halves .... @54 No. 2, 14% oz. Panel 1 15
Blueberries Edam ........ a 1 80 Package Filbert Meats ...... @42 No. 4, 2% oz. Panel 2 00
Y BEAR oo cose es ocss 140 Sap Sago........ ° New York Basis Almones ........... @45 No. 3, 2% oz. Taper 1 85
Yeast Cake .......... 138 No, 10 .........++-00. 675 Swiss, Domestic % Arbuckle ............ 2050 Jordon Almonds .... 2 08. Piet 25.1514. 2

 

 

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FLOUR AND FEED
Grand Rapids Grain &
Milling Co.

Winter Wheat

Purity Patent ...... 13 00
Fancy Spring ...... 13 50
Wizard Graham .... 13 50
Wizard, Gran. Meal .. 8 00

Wizard Buckw’t cwt. 6 00
PVG Soe eee cs ss 11 00

Valley City Milling Co
Lily White 12 75

Right oat .......... 12 35
GYAanAm (oo. e ccc e. 5 20
Granena Health 5 30
Gran. Meal ......... : 60
Bolted Meal ........ 3 50

Watson- Higgins Milline Co
New Perfection .... 12 60
Tip Top Flour ...... 12 15
Golden Sheaf Flour .. 9 70
Marshalls Best Flour 12 00
Watertown Wisconsin
VO a. ca 9 50
Worden Grocer Co.
Quaker, paper ...... 13 00
Quaker, cloth ........ 13 00
Kansas Hard Wheat
Worden Grocer Co.
American Eagle, %s 14 00
American Eagle, 4s 13 90
American Eagle, %s 14 00

Spring Wheat
Judson Grocer Co.

Ceresota, %s ...... iS 5
Ceresota, 4s ...... 13 40
Ceresota, %s ...... 13 30

Worden Grocer Co.
Wingold, %s cloth .. 14 00
Wingold, 4s cloth .. 18 25

Wingold, %s cloth .. 13 80
Meal

BOMeCd 20 rece. ek: 7 80

Golden Granulated 8 00
Wheat

ROG? ce cbse cece css 2 36

MVDIG oo... ccc. kkk 2 92
Oats

Michigan carlots ...... 80

Less than carlots ..... 82
Corn

Carlots: o.oo 52008... 60

Less than carlots .... 1 65
Hay

Carlots 2.5.1.5. ..-... 14 00

Less than carlots .... 16 00
Feed

Street Car Feed .... 62 00

No. 1 Corn & Oat Fd 62 be
Cracked Corn 62 0

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Coarse Corn Meal .. 62 00
FRUIT JARS
Mason, pts., per gro. 4 90
Mason, qts., per gro. 5 25

Mason, % gal. per gro. 7 60
Mason, can tops, gro. 2 25

GELATINE
Cox’s, 1 doz. large ... 1 45
Cox’s, 1 doz. small .. 90

Knox’s Sparkling, doz. 1 75
Knox’s Sparkling, gr. 20 50

Knox’s Acidu’d doz. .. 1 85
Minute, 2 qts., doz. .. 1 25
Minute, 2 qts., 3 doz. 3 75
INGISON'S .......0.....- 1 50
OEP Ord oo. css. ce cs 75

Plymouth Rock, Phos. 1 25
Plymouth Rock, Plain 1 20

GRAIN BAGS

Broad Gauge, 12 oz. .. 23
Climax, 14 02. ........- 25
Stark, A, 16 0Z. ........
HERBS
Sawe ......-...-- Joes a8
BIGDS) oo. coc ces ce eee wee 15
Laurel Leaves ......... 15
Senna Leaves ........-- 25
HIDES AND PELTS
Hides
Green, No. 1 .....-. 7 aT
Green, No. 2 .....-- . 16
Cured, No. 1 .....-. 3. 20
Cured, No. 2 ......+-- 19

Calfskin, green, No. 1 28
Calfskin, green, No. 2
Calfskin, cured, No. : 30

Calfskin, cured, No. 2 28%
Old Wool ........ 75@2 00
hamps .....:---+ 50@1 00
Shearlings ....... 50@1 00
Tallow
Nes) .coceases @ 6
NO: 2.55... @5
Wool
Unwashed, med. @40
Unwashed, fine @35
HONEY
A. G. Woodman’s Brand.
7 oz., per doz. .......- $0
20 oz., per doz. ...... 2 25

HORSE RADISH

Per dOZ. .....-.-+s0s--> 90
JELLY

5lb. pails, per doz. 3 10

151b. pails, per pail .. 78

30lb. pails, per pail .. 1 45

T

Jell-O

Assorted Case ....
Lemon (Straight) .... 2 70
Orange (Straight) .... 2 70
Raspberry (Straight) | 2 70
Strawberry (Straight) 2 70

3 doz.

Cherry (Straight) - 270
Chocolate (Straight) 2 70
Peach (Straight) ... 2 70

Jell-O Ice Cream Powder.

doz.
Assorted Case ...... 2 70
Chocolate (Straight) 2 70

Vanilla (Straight) ... 2 70
Strawberry eae) 2 70
Lemon (Straight) ... 2 70
Unflavored (Straight) 2 70
Jiffy-Jell

Straight or Assorted
Per doz. 1
Per case, per 4 doz. .. 4 60
Seven Flavors: Raspberry,
Strawberry, Cherry, I.emon,
Orange, Lime, Pineapple.

JELLY GLASSES
1% pt. in bblis., per doz. 24
¥% pt. in bblis., per doz. 24
8 oz. capped in —
Der Gom, .....<3.0-6.. oe
MAPLEINE |
2 oz. bottles, per doz. 3 00
1 oz. bottles, per doz. 1 75
16 oz. bottles, per dz. 18 00
32 oz. bottles, per dz. 30 00
MINCE MEAT

eer erereeccne

-h@r COS6 .22. c2o5.. 2 85
‘MOLASSES
New Orleans
Fancy Open Kettle .... 50
Choice) .05 5.2.0. c6es ee 43
Good Wee cas 37
SHOCK 6 cin ees

Half barrels 2c extra
Red Hen, No. 2% .... 2 60
Red Hen, No. 5 ...... 2 50
Red Hen, No. 10 ...... 2 40

MUSTARD

6 ib. box ........ 16
OLIVES

1 gal. kegs 1 10@1 20
Bulk, 2 gal. kegs 1 05@1 1b
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs 1 00@1 10
Stutred, 5 om. ........ 95
Stuffed, 8 oz. 1
Stuffed, 14 oz. .......
Pitted (not stuffed)

14 OF 2. ce. k. 2 25
Manzanilla, 8 oz. ..... 95
Lunch, 10 oz. ........ 1 40
urneh, 16 02. ........ 2 40
os ere 19

% Ib.
Bulk,

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Olive Chow, 2 doz. cs.
per doz. ...........
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Iron Barrels
Perfection ....5.-.c60ss, Ss
Red Crown Gasoline .. 19.5
Gas corer Gasoline 32.9
VM & P Naphtha .. 19.
Capitol Cylinder ...... 31.9
Atlantic Red Engine .. 18.4
Winter Black ........ 9.2
Polarine ........ co0lc. Soe

PICKLES

Medium
Barrels, 1,200 count ..9 25

Half bblis., 600 count 5 25
5 gallon kegs ........ 2 20
Small
Barrela .......-. -»- 10 50
Half barrels ......... 6 25
5 gallon kegs ....... 2 50
Gherkins
Barrels ............- 4 00
Halt barrels .......- 75

5 gallon kegs ........ 2 75
Sweet Small
Barrels ............ 21 00
‘Half barrels ...... ..11 50
5 gallon kegs ........ 420

PIPES
Clay, No. 216, per box
Clay, T. D. full count 80
Cob 90

PLAYING CARDS
No. 90, Steamboat .... 85
No. 15, Rival assorted 1 50
20, Rover, enam’d 1 75
No. 572, Special ...... 2 00
No. 98 Golf, Satin fin. 2 25
No. 808, Bicycle ...... 2 25
632 porte aes 2 50

POT
Babbitt’s. 2 otal

PROVISIONS
Barreled Pork
Clear Back .. 35 00@36 00
eae Cut Clr 33 oe 00
Beam ...-...-- 32 00@33 00
Brisket. Clear 30 00@31 00
PER obec ee cece ees
Clear Family 29 00
Dry Salt Meats

S P Bellies .... 14% @15
Lard
Pure in tierces ..20 @21

Compound Lard 15 @16

80 Ib. tubs ..advance %
60 lb, tubs ....advance %
50 Ib. tubs "ladvance %

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pails ...advance %
pails ...advance %
pails ...advance 1
pails ...advance 1
Smoked Meats
Hams, 14-16 lb. 22 @23
Hams, 16-18 Ib. 21 @22
Hams, 18-20 lb. 20%@21
Ham, dried beef

Sete 2.20. 29 @30
California Hams 18 @18%
Picnic Boiled

Hams ........ 19% @20
Boiled Hams .. 32%@33
Minced Ham ... 14%@15

23 @31

Sausages

Bacon

Bologna ....... 183 @13%

Liver .......2.. Sae@ie

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11

20 Ib.
10 Ib.
5 Ib.
3 Ib.

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Tongue

Boneless
Rump,

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Soeue 25 00@27 00
new .. 30 00@31 00
Pig’s Feet

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Kite, 156 the <....-.... 90
% bbls., 40 Ibs.
% bbis., 80"lbs. ......
Casings
Hogs, per Ib.
Beef, rounds, set ..
Beef, middles, set ..
Sheep ......... 1 15@1 35
Uncolored Butterine
Solid Dairy
Country Rolls .... 19 @25

Canned Meats
Corned Beef, 2 lb. .. 6 00

Corned Beef, 1 Ib. 3 20
Roast Beef, 2 Ib. .... 6 00
Roast Beef, 1 lb. ...... 3 20
Potted Meat, Ham
Flavor, 148 ........ 50
Potted Meat, Ham
Piavoer, 38 ...0...8.. 95
Deviled Meat, Ham
Blavor, 46 ........- 50
Deviled Meat, Ham
HWiavor, 368 ...i..3... 95
Potted Tongue, 4s 50

Potted Tongue, %s ue 95

RIC
Maney .....:..... @T%
Japan Style ...... 54@6
Broken. «2.2.22... 4 @4

ROLLED OATS
Rolled Avenna, bbls. 8 50
Steel Cut, 100 Ib. sks. 4 60
Monarch, bbls. ...... 8 25
Monarch, 90 Ib. sks .. 4 10
Quaker, 18 Regular .. 1 50
Quaker, 20 Family .. 4 75

SALAD DRESSING
Columbia, % pint .... 2 25
Columbia. 1 pint ..... 4 00
IDurkee’s, large, 1 doz. 4 20

Durkee’s, small, 2 doz. 5 00
Snider’s, large, 1 doz. 2 40
Snider’s, small, 2 doz. 1 45
SALERATUS
Packed 60 tbs. in box.
Arm and Hammer .. 3 00
Wyandotte, 100 %s .. 3 00
SAL SODA
Granulated, bbls. .... 1 40

Granulated, 100 Ibs. cs. 1 50
Granulated, 36 pkgs. ..1 40

SALT
Common Grades
100 3 Ib. sacks ...... 3 15
70 4 lb. sacks ...... 83 05
60 5 Ib. sacks ...... 3 05
28 10 lb. sackg ...... 2 90
56 Ib. aaeke ........ 48

28 Ib. sacks ......... 24
Warsaw
66 Ib. sacke .......-.. 26
28 Ib. dairy in drill bags 20
Solar Rock
56: Ib. sacks .........+-. 88
Common
Granulated, Fine .... 1 60
Medium, Fine ........ i 75
SALT FISH
Cod
Large, whole ...... @ 9%
Small, whole ...... 9

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Strips or bricks —_——
Pollock @ 6

Holland Herring

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Canard. bbls. ..... 18 50

M., bbls. ....... fe 00
sa kegs Suse 85
Y. M. kegs eves ce. 96

Med. Fat Split, "S00 Ibs 8 0
Laborador Split one - _ 00
Norway 4 K, 200 1 6 50

Special, 8 Ib. ae ca ee
Scaled, in boxes ...... 16
Boned, 10 lb. boxes .. 15
Trout
No. 1, 100 Ibs, ......:.. 7 50
No. 3. 40 Ibs.:........ 2 25
No. 1, 10 lbs. .......... 9
No. 1, 3: lbe......:.505. 18

9

Mackerel
Mess, 100 Ibs. ...... 16 50
Mess, 40 lbs. ........ 7 00
Mess, 10 Wa: ..... 2.3. : =
Miess; § Ibs. ..........
No. 5, 100 lhe. ...... 16 30
No, ¥, 40 Ibe. ........ 67
ING, t. 10 ibe. ........ 1 16
Lake Herring
JOO lhe 2.23... cece oe 00
40 Vom oie... ok. 2 35
AG OM cece cee uee es 58
We oases owes 54
SEEDS
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Canary, Smyrna ...... a
Caraway -..<.sescc- <<

Cardomon, Malabar 1 20

 

SHOE BLACKING
Handy Box, large 8 dz. 3 50
Handy Box. small .. 1 25
Bixby’s Royal Polish 85
Miller’s Crown Polish 85

NUFF

Ss
in bladders ... 37

Scotch,

Maccaboy, in jars .... 35
French Rapple in jars .. 43
SODA
IOSON oo. cece ce 5%
Kegs, er a ciaic er 4%
SPICES

Whole Spices
Allspice, Jamaica ..9@10
Allspice, lg. Garden @11

Cloves, Zanzibar “
Cassia, Canton .. eS
Cassia, 5c pkg. doz 35
Ginger African ... 9%
Ginger, Cochin .... @14%
Mace, Penang ..... @90
Mixed, No. 1 ...... @17
Mixed, No. 2 ...... @16
Mixed, 5c pkgs. dz. @45
Nutmegs, 70-80 .... @35
Nutmegs, 105-110 .. @30
Pepper, Black ...... @28
Pepper, White .... @30
Pepper, Cayenne .. @22
Paprika, Hungarian

Pure Ground In Bulk
Allspice, Jamaica .. @15
Cloves, Zanzibar .. @30
Cassia, Canton ..... @28
Ginger, African .... @18
‘Mace, Penang ..... @1 00
Nutmegs .......... 30
Pepper, Black ...... @30
Pepper, White ..... @32
Pepper, Cayenne .. @25
Paprika, Hungarian @45

STARCH
Corn
Kingsford, 40 Ibs. .. 7%
Muzzy, 48 1lb. pkgs. .. 7
Kingsford
Silver Gia 40 1lb. .. 7%
Gloss

Argo, 24 5c pkgs. .... 95

Silver Gloss, 16 3lbs. .. 74
Silver Gloss, 12 6lbs. 8%

Muzzy
48 1lb. packages ...... 7
16 3lb. packages ...... 6%
12 6lb. packages ...... 8%
60lp. boxes ............ 4%

SYRUPS

Corn
amelie °. .. sot. 5} 46
Half barrels .......... 48
Blue Karo, No. 1%,

MOB co ste e cases 2 30
Blue ok No. 2, 2 dz. 2 75
Blue Karo, No. 2%, 2

OM eee eevee ses 3 30
Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 25
ag Karo, No. 10, % en
Red "Karo, No. 1%, 2

Eels Gels cine 6 aces 2 45
hee rate, No. 2, 2 dz. 3 00
Red Karo, No. 2% 2dz. 3 70
Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 65
Red Karo, No. 10 %
GOR 2025. .c- cee ee: 45
Pure Cane
Katr .....- os oe seus 16
GOOG ...ccee Nees ie 20
Ghotee ......-.4.-..- 25

Folger’s Grape Punch
Quarts, doz. case ..
TABLE SAUCES
Halford, large ........ 3 75
Halford, small 2 26
TEA
Uncolored Japan

 
  

Medium ........... 20@25
CHOIG oo oes snc uc ce 28@33
WOMOY .ccccaccecns 36@45
Raceat- fired Med’m 28@30
Basket-fired Choice 35@37
Basket-fired Fancy 38@45
No. 1 Nibs ........ 30@82
Siftings, bulk ...... 9@10
Siftings, 1 1b. pkgs. 12@14
Gunpowder
Moyune, Medium .. 28@33
Moyune, Choice 35@40
Moyune, Fancy .... 50@60

25@80
35@40
. 45@50

Ping Suey, Medium
Ping Suey, Choice
Ping Suey, Fancy .
Young Hyson

10

Oolong
Formosa, Medium .. 25@38
Formosa, Choice ;. 32@85
Formosa, Fancy .. 50
English Breakfast
Congou, Medium .. 25@30
Congou, Choice .... 30@35
Congou, Fancy .... 40@60
Congou, Ex. Fancy 60
Ceyion
Pekoe, Medium .... 28@30
Dr. Pekoe, Choice .. 30 r

Flowery 0. P. Fancy 40
TOBACCO
Fine Cut
Bue) peaae stat 1 45
6, CA 3 34
Bugle, 16e .......... 11 0¢
Dan Patch, 8 and 16 oz. 36
Dan Patch, 40m .... li &2
Dan Patch, 2.02. .... & 76
Fast Mail, 16 oz. 7 80
Hiawatha, 16 Om ...... 60

Hiawatha, 5c ........
May Flower, ae Oz.
No Limit, 8 oz

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Petoskey Chief, 7 oz.
Petoskey Chief, 14 oz.
Peach and Honey, 5¢
Red Bell, 16 oz. .....
Red Bell, 8 foil ......
Sterling, L & D,

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Cauacmec: 0 muce
2
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Sweet Cuba, aus 16
Sweet Cuba, Ge... 76
Sweet Cuba, 10c ... 95
Sweet Cuba, 1 Ib. tin 4 50

Sweet Cuba, % Ib. foil
Sweet Burley, 5c L&D
Sweet Burley, 8 oz. ..

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on

Sweet Burley, 16 oz. 90
Sweet Mist, % gro. ..5 76
Sweet Mist, 8 oz. .. 11 10
Telegram, Gc ....... 76
‘iwer. Se ..........;. 00
Tiger, 25c cans ...... 40
Uncle Daniel, 1 Ib. .. 60
Uncle Daniel, 1 oz. .. 5 23
Plug
Am. Navy, 16 oz. .... 382
Apple, 10 Ib. butt ...... 41

Day’s Work, 7 & 14 lb. 42
Drummond Nat. Leaf, 2

and & WW .... 6c... 60
Drummond Nat. Leaf,

Her daw  .........-4.; 96
Battle Aw ............ 32

Bracer, 6 and 12 Ib. .. 30

Big Four, 6 and 16 Ib. 32
Boot Jack, 2 Wb. ....... 90
Boot Jack, per doz. .. 9f
Bullion, 16 of. ......... 46

Climax Golden Twins 49

Climax, 14% oz. ....... 44
Chimas, 7 G8 .....;.... 47
Climax, 5c tins ...... 6 00

Creme de Menthe, Ib. 65

Derby, 5 Ib. boxes .... 28
§ Brog., 4 Wb. .......... 66
Four Roses, 10c ........ 90
Gilt Edges, 2 Ib. ...... 50

Gold Rope, 6 and 12 Ib. 58
Gold Rope, 4 and.8 Ib. 58

G. O. P., 12 and 24 Ib. 40
Granger Twist, 6 Ib. .. 49
G. T. W., 10 and 21 Ib. 38

Horse Shoe, 6 and 12 Ib. 44

Honey Dip Twist, 5
and 10 1. ........4.4 49
1 Tar, 5 and 8 lb. 40

T., 5% and 11 Ib. .. 40
Gantuene Navy, 12 Ib. 32
Keystone Twist, 6 Ib. 45
Kismet, 6 Ib.
Maple Dip, 16 oz.
Merry Widow, 12 lb. .. 32
Nobby Spun Roll 6 & 3 58
Parrot, Ib
Patterson’s Nat. T. ¢
Peachey, 6, 12 & 24 Ib. 47
Pienic Twist, 5 Ib. 49
Piper Heldsieck, 4& 1 Th 69

Piper Heidsiec!:, pei &z vo
Polo, 3 doz., per doz. 48
Red Crogs. ............- 32

Scrapple, 2 and 4 doz. 48
Sherry Cobbler, 8 oz. 33

Spear Head, 12 oz. ... 44
Spear Head, 14% oz. .. 44
Spear Head, 7 oz. —
Sq. Deal, 7, 14 & 28 Ib. 30

Star, 6, 12 and 24 Ib. .. 44
Standard Navy, 7%, 15
and 30 Ib.
Ten Penny, 6 oa 12 Ib. 35
Town Talk, 14 oz. ..... 33
Yankee Girl, 12 ‘a 24 Ib. 33

Scrap
All Red Se .......... 5 76
Am. Union Scrap .... 5 40
Bag Pipe, Se ........ 5 88
Cutlas, 2% oz.

Globe Scrap, 2 oz.
Happy Thought, 2 oz. 30
Honey Comb Scrap, 5c : 76
Honest Scrap, 5c .... 1 55
Mail Pouch, 4 doz. 5c 5 00

Old Songs, 5c ....... 76
Old Times, % gro. .. 5 50
Polar Bear, 5c, % ~ 5 76
Red Band, 5c, % gro. 6 00
Red Man ‘Scrap, “< ae 4a
Scrapple, 5c pkgs. .... 48

Sure Shot, 5c, % gro. 5 76
Yankee Girl Scrap os 6
Pan Handle Serp \% ger 6
Peachey Scrap, 5c .... 5 76

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All Leaf, as & 7 oz. 30
% Oo 6

 

BE, £6 OM cuss... 00
BB, 7 -_ Wad vdac caus 12 00
Be 14 Om. ..6.0:1...188 @
Badger, 3 oz. .......- 5 04

Badger,
Banner,
Banner,
Banner, 3

Belwood, “lahstawe. Toc 94
Big Chief, 2% oz. .... 6 00
Big Chief, 16 oz.
Bull Durham, 5c ..... 5 85

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Bull Durham, 10c .. 10 80
Bull Durham, lic .... 1 45
Bull Durham, 8 oz. .. 3 60

Bull Durham, 16 oz. .. 6 72
Buck Horn, 5c 5

  

Buck Horn, 10c .....11 52
Briar Ping, Ge ....... 5 76
Briar Pipe, 10c ...... 11 52
Black Swan, 5c ...... 5 76
Black Swan, 14 oz. .. 3 50
Bob White, Sc ...... 6 00
Carnival Ge ......... 70
Carnival, % oz. ...... 39
Carnival, 16 oz. ...... 40

Cigar Clip’g Johnson 30
Cigar Clip’g Seymour 30
Identity. 3 and 16 oz. 30
Darby Cigar Cuttings 4 50
Continental Cubes, 10c 90
Corn Cake, 14 of. ....

2
Corn Cake, 7 oz. 1 45
Corn Cake, 5c ...... 76
Cream, 50c pails .... 4 70
Cuban Star, 5c foil .. 5 76
Cuban Star, 16 oz. pls 5 72
€nine. ide .......... 10 30
Dills Best, 1% oz. .... 79
Dills Best, 3% oz. .... 77
Dills Best, 16 oz. .... 78
Disie Kid. Ge ........ 48
Duke’s Mixture, 5c .. 5 76
Duke’s Mixture, 10c ..11 &2
Duke’s Cameo, 5c .... 5 76
Dram, Ge ............ 5 76
ww A. 4m 5... 5 04
© Ff. A. 7 om, ...:.. 11 52
Fashion, Se .......... 6 00
Fashion, 16 oz. ...... 5 28
Five Bros., Ge ....;, 5 76
Five Bros., 10¢ ..... 10 80

Five cent cut Plug .. 29
F O B 10c 11
Four Roses, 10c¢
Full Dress, 1%4 oz. ... 72
Glad Hand, 5c
Gold Block, 10c 12
Gold Star, 50c pail .. 4 60
Gail & Ax Navy. 5c 6 00
Growler, 5c
Growler, 106 ....5.ce<;
Growler, 20c ....
Giant, dc ..
Giant, 400 .....3.2..; :
Hand Made, 2% oz. .. 50
Hazel Nut, 5c
Honey Dew, 10c .
Hunting, Se ...
EX EE, fe ....... :
I Xx L, i patie ......
Kiln Dried, 25¢ ......
King Bird, 7 oz.
King Bird, 10c
King Bird, 5c ....... 5 76
La Wurta, Ge ........
Little Giant, 1 Ib.
Lucky Strike, 10c
Le Redo, 3 oz. 1

Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz. .. 40
Myrtle Navy, 10c ....11 52

  
 
  

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Myrtle Navy, 5c ..... 5 76
Maryland Club, 5c .... &0
Mayflower, 5c ........ 6 00
Mayflower, 10c ...... 1 00
Mayflower, 20c ...... 1 92
Nigger Hair, 6c ...... 6 00

Nigger Hair, 10c ....10 70
Nigger Head, 5c .... 5 40
Nigger Head, 10c ....10 56
Noon Hour, 5c 4
Old Colony, 1-12 gro. 11 52
Old Mill, 5c 5

Old English Crve 1% oz. 96
Old Crop, 5c 6

Old Crop, 25c

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P. S., 8 oz. 30 Ib. case 19
Pp. 8. 3 on bg gro. 5 70
Pat Hand, 1 oz. ...... 63

Patterson eae "1% oz. 48
Patterson Seal, 3 oz. .. 96
Patterson oe 16 oz. 5 00
Peerless, 5

Peerless, ioe cloth ..11 52
Peerless, Pe paper . a 80
Peerless, 20c ......... 2 04
Peerless, pri acbnenee 4 08
Plaza, 2 gro. case .... 5 76
Plow Boy, 5c ........ 5 76
Plow Boy, 1i0c ...... 11 40
Plow Boy, 14 oz. .... 4 70
Pedro, 106) .. 6.56054 1 93
Pride of Virginia, 1% .. 77
Pilot, 7 om. dom. ...... 1

05
Queen Quality, 5c .... 48
Rob Roy, 10c gross ..10 52

Rob Roy, 25c doz. .... 2 10
Rob Roy, 50c doz. .... 4 10
Ss. & ce gross . 5 76
Rob Roy, 5c foil .... 5 76
S. & M., 14 oz. doz. 3 20
Soldier Boy, 5c gross 5 76
Soldier Boy, 10c ...... 10 50
Stas, Ge i ....6.-5<ccee 5 76
Stage TOG .. 2... 4esees 11 52
Stag, 8 oz. glass .... 4 50
Stag, 90c glass ...... 8 40
Soldier Boy, 1 Ib. .... 4 75
Sweet Caporal, 1 oz. 60

 

 

 

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Sweet Lotus, 5c ... 76
Sweet Lotus, 10c ae 52
Sweet Lotus, per doz. 4 60
Sweet Rose, 2% oz. .. 30
Sweet Tip Top, 5c ... 50
Sweet Tip Top, 10c .. 1 00
Sweet Tips, % gro. ..11 52

Sun Cured, l0c ..... ~. 8
Summer Time, 5c .... 5 76
Summer Time, 7 oz. 1 65
Summer Time, 14 oz. 3 50
Standard, 5c foil .... ci

Standard, 10c paper
Seal N. C. 1% cut plug 70
Seal N. C. 1% Gran. .. 63
Three Feathers, 1 oz. 48
Three Feathers, 10c 11 52
Three Feathers, and

Pipe combination .. 2 25
Tom & Jerry, 14 oz. 3 60
Tom & Jerry, 7 oz. .. 1 80
Tom & Jerry, 8 oz. .. 76
Turkish, Patrol, 2-9 6 76
Tuxedo, 1 oz. bags .. 48
Tuxedo, 2 oz. tins .... 96
Tuxedo, 20c
Tuxedo, 80c tins ...
Union Leader, 5c coll 5 76
Union Leader, 10c

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— Leader, ready cae
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Union Leader 50c box 5 10
War Path, 5c ...... - 6 00
War Path, 20c ...... 1 60
Wave Line, 3 oz. ...... 40
Wave Line, 16 oz. .... 40
Way Up, 2% oz. 5 75
Way Up, 16 oz. pails 36
Wild Fruit, 5c ...... 6 00
Wild Fruit, 10c ..... 12 00
Yum Yum, 6c .......-. 76
Yum Yum, 10c ...... 11 52

Yum Yum, 1 Ib. doz. 4 80

CIGARS
Peter Dornbos Brands
Dornbos Single

eee cy ees 35 00
in 300 lots ......-... 10 00
Dornbos, Perfectos .. 33 09
Dornbos, Bismarck 70 00
Allan D. Grant ..... 65 00
AMA PP. 50.6.5 s55-s> 5 00
i 60) 1piR ........-. 10 00

Johnson Cigar Co.’s Brand
Dutch Masters Club 70 60
Dutch Masters Inv. 70 00
Dutch Masters Pan. 70 00
Dutch Master Grande 65 00
El Portana
Dutch Masters, 5c
s. Cc. W.
Gee Jay :
Johnson’s Straight

Above five brands are
sold on following basis:
Less than 300 ........ 35 0
300 assorted........... 35 +4
2500 assorted .......- 33 00

3% trade discount on 309
or more.

2% cash discount on all
purchases.

Worden Grocer Co. Brands
Worden’s Hand Made

Londres, 50s Wood .. 33 00
TWINE
Cotton, 8 ply ....... aoe ee
Cotton, 8 IY 2 .cccccecs 37
Bree Cn icicwecss 20
Hemp, 6 ply ........ os oe
Flax, medium ......... 35
Wool, 1 Ib. bales ...... 17
VINEGAR

White Wine, 40 grain 10
White Wine, 80 grain 13%
White Wine, 100 grain 151%

Oakland Vinegar & Pickle
Co.’s Brands
Highland apple cider 22
Oakland apple cider .. 17
State Seal sugar ..... 14
Blue Ribbon, Corn ... 12%
Oakland white pickig 12

Packages free.

WICKING
No. 0, per gross ........ 35
No. 1, per gross ....... 45
No. 2, per gross ....... 60
No. 3, per eross ....... 90

WOODENWARE

Baskets
meee 4... 1 00
Bushels, wide band .. 1 15
Market, drop handle .. 40
Market, single handle 45
Bplint, tarce ........ 4 00
Splint, medium ....... 3 50
Splint, small ........ 3 00

Willow, Clothes, large
Willow, Clothes, small
Willow, Clothes, me’m

13

Butter Plates
Ovals

y% Ib., = in crate .... 35
% Ib., 250 in crate .... 35
1 Ib., 350 in crate ....., 40
2 lb., 250 in crate ...... 50
3 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 70
5 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 90
Wire End
1 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 35
2 ib., 250 in crate ..... - 45
3 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 55
5 Ib., 20 in crate ...... 65
Churns
Barrel, 5 gal., each .. 2 40
Barrel, 10 gal., each .. 2 55

Clothes Pins
Kound Heau
4% inch, 5 gross .... 65
Cartons, No. 24, 24s, bxs. 70

Egg Crates and Fillers
Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. 20
No. 1 complete ........ 42
No. 2 complete ........ 35
Case, medium, 12 sets 1 30

Faucets
Cork lined, 3 in. .....-. 70
Cork lined, 9 in. ...... 80
Cork lined. 0 i. ok... 90
Mop Sticks
Trojan spring _....._. 1 25

Eclipse patent spring 1 25
No. 1 common 1

No. 2, ggg brush hold 1 25
ar No.

Pails

10 qt. Galvanized .... 3 25
12 qt. Galvanized . 3 50
14 qt. Galvanized .... 4 00
Fibre 2.05.55. 0.3: - 400
Toothpicks
ee. 100 packages .. 2 00
ieas .. 85
Traps
Mouse, wood, 2 hoels .. 22
Mouse, wood, 4 holes .. 45
10 qt. Galvanized -ss. & Bp
12 qt. Galvanized .... 1 70
14 qt. Galvanized .... 1 90
Mouse, wood, 6 holes .. 70
Mouse, tin, 5 holes .... 65
Rat! wood ...:. 0.3... 80
Hat, serine (3, 75
Tubs
No: 1 Mire 16 50
NO. 2 Hipre |... 15 00
No. 3 Fibre _....... |. 13 50
Large Galvanized ... 11 75
Medium Galvanized 10 00
Small, Galvanized .... 8 75
Washboarcs
Banner, Globe ...... 3 75
Brass, Single ........ 6 T%
Glass, Single ........ 3 To
Double Peerless ..,... 6 25
Single Peerless ...... Dd Zo
Northern Queen ..... 4 60
Good Enough ....... 4 65
Universal ..:........ 4 75
Wood Bowls
13 in. Butter ........ 1 75
6 in. Butter ....;... 3 16
17 im. Better ....... - 6 75
9 tn. Butter ......, 10 50

WRAPF:NG PAPER
Fibre Manila, white .. 8%
Fibre, Manila, colored
No. 1 Manila
Butchers’ Manila .... 8
Oe): ee ee ee 10
Wax Butter, short e’nt 16
Wax Butter, full e’nt 20
Parchm’t Butter, rolls 19

YEAST CAKE

wipe, 3 Gon. ....... 1 15
Bunticht, $ doz. ...... 1 00
Sunlight, 1% doz. .... 50

Yeast Foam, 3 doz. ..
Yeast Foam, 1% doz. $5

- Window Cleaners
12 in. es 1 65

 

1 lb. boxes, per gross 70
3 Ib. boxes, per gross 23 10

14

BAKING POWDER
KC

Doz.
10c, 4 doz. in case .... 95
15c, 4 doz. in case .... 1 40
25c, 4 doz. in case .... 2 35
50c, 2 doz. plain top 4 50

80c, 1 doz. plain top 7 00
10 Ib. % dz., plain top 14 00

Special deals quoted up-
on request.

K C Baking Powder is
guaranteed to comply with
ALL Pure Food Laws, both
State and National.

Roya!

10c size oe
%Tb cans 1 35
6 os cans 1 90
%ilbd cans 2 60
%Ib cans 8 76
1tb cans 4 80
3tb cans 13 00
61D cans 2) 60

SALT

Mortons

ata Lae

SALT

ace
ere

Morton’s Salt

 

       
    
    

Per case, 24 2 lbs. .... 1 70
Five case lots ...... - 160
SOAP
Lautz Bros.’ & Co.

{Apply to Michigan, Wis-
consin and Duluth, only.]
Acme, 100 cakes, 5c sz 3 75
Acorn, 120 cakes .... 3 00
Climax, 100 oval cakes 3 50
Gloss, 100 cakes, 5c sz 3 75
Big Master, 100 blocks 4 25
Lautz Master Soap .. 3 75
Naphtha, 100 cakes .. 4 00
Oak Leaf, 100 cakes .. 3 75
Queen Anne, 100 cakes 3 75
Queen White, 100 cks. 4 00
Railroad, 120 cakes .. 3 00
Saratoga, 120 cakes .. 3 00
White Fleece, 50 cks. 2 50
White Fleece, 100 cks. 3 25
White Fleece, 200 cks. 2 50

Proctor & Gamble (C.

Senex. 28g. sel 3 85
Ivory, 6 OB. ..2....s 415
Ivory, 10 oz. ........ 7 00
Star ...45:...s seneee. 2 OO
Swift & Company
Swift’s Pride ....... 2 &n
White Laundry ...... 3 66
Wool, 6 oz. bars ..... 3 85

Wool, 10 oz. vars ..

Tradesman Company
Black Hawk, one box 8 26
Black Hawk, five bxg 3 16@
Black Hawk, ten bxs 3 00

Scourina
Sanolio, gross lots .. 9 fn
Sapolio, half gro. lots 4 86
Sapolio, single boxes 2 40
Sapolio, hand 2 40
Scourine. 50 cakes .. 1 80
Scourine. 100 cakes .. & £9
Queen Anne Scourer 1 80
Soap Compounds
Johnson’s Fine. 48 2 8 2h
Johnson’s XXX 100 Be 4 On

Ruh-No-More ....,.. 3 85
Nine O’Clock ........ 8 60
WASHING POWDERS.
Gold Dust
24 large packages ... 4 80
100 small packages .. 4 00
Lautz Bros. & Co

fApply to Michigan, Wia

consin and Duluth, only?
Snow Boy
100 pkgs., 5¢ size .... 4 00
60 pkgs., 5c size ...... 2 55
48 pkegs., 10c size ...... 4 00
24 pkgs., family size ..3 75
20 pkes., laundry size 4 15
Naphtha
60 pkgs., 5¢ size ...... 2 55
100 pkgs., 5¢ size ...... 4 00
Queen Anne
60 5c packages ........ 2 55
24 packages .......... 4 00
Oak Leaf
24 packages ...,...... 3 75
100 5¢ packages ...... 4 00

 

 

FITZPATRICK BROTHERS’ SOAP CHIPS BBLS
White City (Dish Washing)........ | . 210 ]bs...... oe
Tip Top goa van steep sees ee i
No. 1 Laundry BB% Dry ..:..... Saas eee n sconce ss oss -225 lbs...... PRICES
Palm Soap WG MOE oss c kata c eden e neta soe- oie -. 800 Ibs... .. |

 

 

SEND FOR SAMPLES —

The Only Five Cent Cleanser

Guaranteed to Equal the Best 10c Kinds

 

80 Can Cases . $3.00 Per Case
40 Can Cases...... $1.60 Per Case

SHOWS A PROFIT OF 407
Handled by All Jobbers

 

 

Place an order with your jobber. If goods are not satis-

 

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-
ing the current year. Merchants who have small safes sometimes find it
inconvenient to preserve all invoices intact. To meet this requirement,
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
event of a loss by fire. 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

April 18, 1917

factory return same at our expense.—FITZPATRICK BROS.

 

 

The Iron Safe Clause

in Fire Insurance Policies,
which is frequently used as a
club by unscrupulous insur-
ance adjusters to coerce mer-
chants who have suffered loss
by fire to accept less than the
face of their policies, has no
terrors to the merchant who
owns a York fire proof safe.

This safe is carried in stock and
sold at factory prices by the Western
Michigan representative of the York
Safe & Lock Co.

GRAND RAPIDS SAFE Co.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

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April 18, 1917

BUSIN

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

31

ESS-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 vharge less than

25 cents

ts. Cash must accompany all orders.

 

BUSINESS CHANCES.

For Sale—Hardware stock of $13,000.
Best chance in State. Has made big
money On investment. Will sacrifice for

cash sale. Best reasons for selling, or
will sell one-third interest to experi-
enced man. Address No. 14, care Trades-
man. 14

 

Salesmen between 25 and 40 years of age.

The best earning commission proposition is
the sale of Twentieth Century Computing
Scales.

A former grocer, meat dealer or experi-
enced salesman will be given good territory
with liberal commissions to represent us in
all counties of Michigan. Ownership of a
| caris necessary. Surety bond required.

Give references and experience with ap-
plication.

The Standard Computing Scale Co.

 

WANTED

 

DETROIT, MICH.

 

For Sale—Bargain for cash, grocery,
store building and residence. Good town;
good business. Lock Box 225, Brookport,
Illinois. 15.

MERCHANTS—If you want.to reduce
your stock or close out at a profit secure
my services. A record of fourteen years
satisfying hundreds of merchants. A
point to remember. TI have no men in
my employ—every sale given me has my
personal attention from start to finish.

 

If you deal with sales concerns who em- *

ploy a number of men—a poor salesman
is liable to be sent you. Here are two
of my recent sales. Sold $9,000 cash out
of a $14,000 stock in 10 days. Sold $12,-
000 cash out of a $20,000 stock in 15 days.
A good live sale properly conducted has
a value aside from the immediate pro-
ceeds. It not only brings new buyers to
your store but it brings them at a time
when the store is crowded with other
buyers. There is a phychology about this
that cannot be put into words, but a well
filled store is conducive to buying. Cut-
ting prices does not always sell the goods
but intelligent advertising is what brings

results. Wire or write me for particulars.
W. A. Anning, 286 South Broadway,
Aurora, illinois. 16.

 

For Sale—Only shoe repair shop and
exclusive shoe store in best town between
Cadillac and Petoskey. oe ma-
chinery. Fine business. Good reasons
for selling. For particulars address No.
17 care Tradesman. 17.

For Sale—General store with stock in-
voicing about $1,200; building two story
30x 42 feet with living rooms in _ back.
Also five good lots. Price $3,000 cash.
Reason for selling is to settle estate.
Address L. B. 162, Pullman, Mich. 19.

For Sale—Good clean stock of hard-
ware, stoves, paints and oils; best loca-
tion in town of 12,000 inhabitants. Stock
and fixtures will invoice about $10,000.
McMullan & Higgins, Bowling Green,
Ky. 20.

We Print—500 XXX envelopes for $1.50.
Sent prepaid. Superior Printing Co., Ply-
mouth, Michigan. 22.

Bakery For Sale—Fully equipped to
conduct a modern bakery, located in the
best territory in Saginaw for a business
of its kind. No competition. Space
enough in store to add restaurant and
other business needed in the vicinity.
This bakery can be purchased for $1,500
It inventories about $2,500. Reason for
selling made known to parties interested.
Call or write B. G, Appleby Co., Saginaw,
Michigan. 25.

For Sale—Wholesale hardware business,
$100,000 merchandise, $20,000 net annual
profits. Owner has opportunity to man-
age trust and guaranty business. Write
Aca Agency, Gadsden, Ala. 24,

For Sale—Small general stock dry
goods, groceries and shoes. Only shoe
and dry goods stock in town of about 700.
Cash business. Might consider a deal for
a 40 to 80 acre farm or city property.
Would sell or rent the brick building
very reasonable. Lock Box 53, Vernon,
Mich, 26.

For Sale—Stock of hardware, stoves,
plows, farm implements and paints. Lao-
cated in Western Pennsylvania, Washing-
ton County, Monongahela Valley, 29 miles
from Pittsburgh. Stock and fixtures will
invoice around $8,000 to $8,500. Will sell
at invoice to a quick buyer, less 2 per
cent. We will consider nothing but cash,
no trade. Address Frye Hardware Com-
pany, Charleroi, Pa, 28,

 

 

 

 

 

Lease For Sale—Very desirable lease
on Monroe avenue, Grand Rapids for sale.
Must act quick. J. L. Lynch, 28 Ionia
Ave., Grand Rapids. 950

Stock of men’s clothing, furnishings
and shoes for sale to quick buyer. Stock
invoices about $5,000. Will sell cheap for
eash. J. L. Lynch, 28 South Ionia a
Grand Rapids.

For Sale—The only general store te 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. 2

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

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

For Sale Cheap—Complete meat mar-
ket fixtures. Write for information. Ad-
dress Lock Box 336, Vicksburg, se

 

 

 

 

 

General Merchandise and real estate
auctioneer. Closing out and _ reducing
stocks, address Leonard Van Liere, a
land, Michigan. 799

Safes Opened—W. L. Siocum, safe ex-
pert and locksmith. 128 Ann St., N. E.,
Grand Rapids, Michigan. 104

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.

 

For Sale Or Exchange—For real estate,
dry goods and men’s wear stock in good
condition. Rent $20 a month, good loca-

 

tion. Address Box 114, Shepherd, Mich-
igan. 938
For Sale—A Nickel Mint popcorn and

peanut machine as good as new. Price,
$90. Hoare & Slater, Fremont, eee ae

 

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

 

 

Georgia Tale Co.—Manufacturers of
tale and soapstone powders, foundry
facings, crayons and pencils. Main office,

Asheville, North Carolina. 958

 

Splendid Opening—Bakery,
ice cream business for sale.
New country. County seat
States Land office.
South Dakota.

For Sale—General merchandise in Cen-
tral Michigan. Best dairy section in
State. Rare chance to buy a real money
maker. Address No. 1, care Tradesman.

grocery and
Live town.
and United
Box 95, Timber Lake,
975

 

 

For Sale—General store consisting of
dry goods, clothing, shoes, groceries and
erockery. Stock including fixtures in-
voicing $8,000. Would sell on part pay-
ment down. This store 1s located in a
town of 800, fifteen miles from Saginaw.
Owner has two stores and wishes to dis-
pose of one. Address No. 2, care Trades-
man.

 

For Sale—Firmly' established, nice,
clean stock of groceries, hardware, paints,
auto supplies and sporting goods situated
in the best business town in Northern
Michigan. Business established eighteen
years. Reason for selling—wish to retire.
Only those who mean business need reply.
Stock will inventory $19,000. Can be re-
duced. Address No. 712, care Tradesman.

712

 

For Sale—Clean general stock in grow-
ing city of Fremont. Stock will inventory
about $12,000. Will rent or sell store
building. Address No. 5, care Michigan
Tradesman, 5

For Sale—Or trade for small farm,
home bakery and restaurant in good re-
sort town; only bake oven in town. Box
456, Bellaire, Michigan. 960

Will pay cash for whole or part stocks
of merchandise. Louis Levinsohn, Sag-
inaw, Michigan. 757

For Sale—Wagon and implement repair
business. Good live town in good agri-
cultural community. Lots of work and
good business for a good wood worker.
Write or visit W. C. McGowan, Pewamo,
Michigan. 945

Stocks Wanted—Write me if you want
to sell or buy grocery or general stock.
FE. Kruisenga, 44-54 Ellsworth Ave.,
Grand Rapids, Michigan. 804

Country Merchants—Hundreds of dol-
lars are kicked around everywhere,
which are yours for the asking. New
industry. Be first. E. Kaddatz, Orton-
ville, Minnesota. 10

Wanted—A first-class all around sales-
man, who understands the clothing, shoes
and furnishings from A to Z. Good
wages and steady position. State full
particulars in first letter. A. Lowenberg,
Battle Creek, Michigan. 12

For Sale—A 40-acre farm in Mecosta
county in reach of four markets; level
land; soil, clay loam in high state of
fertility. Good house, barn and fences.
Water at house and barn. All necessary
outbuildings. Timber for farm use. Par-
ticulars and price given to interested
varties. A. H. West, Paris, Mich. is

For Sale—Grocery and market with
fixtures. Invoice about $5,000. All cash
business. Going into another line. Best
small city in Central Michigan. Central
location. Established 25 years. Address
No. 963, care Tradesman. 963

F Stock of merchandise con-
sisting of ladies? furnishings and mil-
linery located in a busy little town sur-
rounded by good farming country. Only
store handling ladies’ and children’s
coats. Will inventory about $2,400. Can
rent the building for $16 a month. Ad-
dress No. 4, care Michigan ——

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

 

Real Estate Exchange. Stock Buyers
of all kinds of merchandise. We ex-
change real estate for your stock of mer-
chandise or will buy for cash and pay
the highest dollar. Have you Detroit
property for sale let us know at once.
Perry Mercantile Co., 191 Hendrie Ave.,
Detroit, Michigan. 6

For Sale—No. 4 Middleby Ov en in . good

 

  

                        

condition. Price very reasonable. Burge
& 2 South Haven, Michigan. 8

5 g, 22x 80, Ster-
tne. Tllinois, 10, 000 population. Best lo-

eation.
Tilinois.

STORES, FACTORIES, AND REAL
ESTATE bought, sold, exchanged. Write
me if you are in the ‘market to buy, sell

Address N. Gaulrapp, —

or trade. Established 1881. Frank P.
Cleveland, Real Estate Expert, 1609
Adams Express Bldg., Chicago. 6

 

Store For Sale—In tive country town
in Ionia county. Groceries and _ furni-
ture. Will invoice between $1,200 and
$1,500. For cash $1,000. Will trade for
first mortgage on real estate equal to
purchase. Address No. 970, care Trades-
man. 970

Cash Buyers of clothing, shoes, dry
goods and furnishings. Parts or entire
stocks. H. Price, 194 Forrest Ave. East,
Detroit. 678

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

 

Lumber Yard For Sale—In good resort
town. Doing good business. Good rea-
sons for selling. For a bargain, get busy.
R. E. Ashcroft, Lakeside, Michigan. t

For Sale—Grocery and market with
fixtures. Invoice about $5,000. All cash
business. Going into another line an@
must sell by April 1. Best small city
in Central Michigan. Central location.
Established 25 years. Address No. 963,
care Tradesman. 963

Wanted To Buy—I am ready to pay
spot cash for a clothing stock, dry goods
store or general merchandise, Let me
know at once what you have. J. P.
Lynch, 44 So. Ionia Ave., Grand —*

9

 

 

For Sale—Stock china,
ture books, stationery,
supplies worth $6,000.
attention. Rudell
Marie, Michigan.

Wanted—Iceless soda fountain. Must
be in good condition and cheap for cash.
Will H. Sewell, Perrinton, Mich. 989

Established, incorporated,
agency with large clientele;
6 per cent. dividends in 1916. Business
rapidly. Require about $10,000. The
Wisconsin Rating League, Oshkosh, Wis-
consin. 991

Have Splendid Location—5c to $1 store;
5,000 population. Several farming dis-
tricts in immediate vicinity. Good busi-
ness town. Will manage store commis-
sion basis; am long experienced. Will
exchange references. lLet’s get together.
Address Livewire, care Tradesman. 992

cut glass, pic-
school and office
Other work needs
Drug Co., Sault Ste.
987

 

 

     

For
eae eiers

 

 

For Rent—Dandy brick structure and
only hotel in Athens, Michigan. Get busy.
$30 month. Communicate, J.

Cc. Studley,
Battle Creek, Michigan. 981
Rexall Drug Store For Sale—Doing a
good profitable business. In connection
with store is telephone exchange which

pays good and liberal sum per year. will
make special price for quick sale. Ad-
dress 1} No. 984, care Tradesman. io 984

 

For Sale—One McCray grocers’ icebox,
one Bowser tank, one meat slicer, one
set computing scales, one coffee mill and
motor, one cheese case and three dozen
Backus delivery boxes. Address —
Bros., + Ionia, Michigan. 994

 

HELP WANTED.

Wanted At Once—A young man with
one or two years experience in drug
store. Address No, 18 care Tradesman.

18

 

to 35 years old, who
experience for
country. High

Wanted—Men 25
have had retail grocery
salesmen in city and
school education preterred. Honest, so-
ber, industrious, willing to go through
course of training and follow instructions.

 

Permanent employment. Apply, giving
names of all previous employers since
leaving school. Address, Loose-Wiles
3iscuit Company, 37th street and Ash-
land Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 21.
Wanted—Two experienced clerks, one
grocery—other hardware. Address John

Hansen, Edmore, Michigan. 982

POSITION WANTED.

Wanted—Position in grocery or general
store. Ten years experience. Address
No. 25 care Tradesman. 20.

Wanted—Position by young man as
elerk in general or department _ store.
Capable of buying and looking after all
details. Address No. 27 care Tradesman.

 

 

Use Half as Much

Champion Motor Oil

as of other Oil

GRAND RAPIDS OIL CO.

 

 

 

 

Cigar Cigar

DORNBOS
Single Binder

Overflowing with Quality
Try them.
It will bring you friends
and business.

 

 

 

Review of the Grand Rapids Produce
Market.

Apples—Spys, $6 per bbl.; Baldwins,
$5.50@5.75 per bbl.

Asparagus—$1 per doz. bunches.

Bananas—Medium, $1.50; Jumbo,
$1.75; Extra Jumbo, $2; Extreme Ex-
tra Jumbo, $2.50 up.

Beans—Buyers are offering to con-
tract for beans after next harvest at $6
per bu.

Beets—$1 per doz. bunches for new.

Brussel’s Sprouts—20c per qt.

Butter—The market is very firm
after an advance of 1c on fancy
creameries and 2c on under grades.
Receipts are extremely light, and
considering the abnormal situation.
the home demand is extremely good.
Owing to the high prices of fancy
butter, the consumption of under
grades is increasing, and this explains
the relatively large advance in those
grades. Local dealers hold fancy
creamery at 44c and cold storage
creamery at 38c. Local dealers pay
32c for No. 1 in rolls, 34c in jars and
28c for packing stock.

Cabbage—New command $14 per 100
Ibs.

Carrots—$2 per 100 Ibs.

Cauliflower—$2.25 per doz.

Celery—Florida, $3.75 per box of 3
or 4 doz.; California, 75@$1 per bunch.

Cocoanuts—$6.50 per sack containing
100 Ibs.

Eggs—The market is very firm. Re-
ceipts are heavy, but not enough to
keep pace with the consumptive de-
mand and cold storage requirements.
No material change seems likely with-
in the next few days. Some few eggs
are going in storage at present prices,
which looks very high; in fact, not
very far from twice last year’s storage
prices. Local dealers now pay 33c
for fresh, holding case count at 34c
and candled at 35c.

Figs—Package. $1.25 per box; layers
$1.75 per 10 Ib. box.

Grape Fruit—$4.50@5 per box for
Florida or Cuban.

Green Onions—Shalotts, 85c per doz.
bunches; 25c per doz. bunches for Iili-
nois.

Honey—18c per Ib. for white clover
and 16c for dark.

Lemons—California are selling at
$4.50 for choice and $4.75 for fancy.

Lettuce—16c per Ib. for hot house
leaf; $2.50 per hamper for Southern
head; $4.75 per crate for Iceburg from
California.

Maple Sugar—30c per Ib. for pure.

Maple Syrup—$1.50 per gal. for pure.

Mushrooms—75@80c per lb.

Nuts—Almonds, 18c per 1b.; filberts,
16c per Ib.; pecans, 15c per lb.; wal-
nuts, 16c for Grenoble, 15%4c for Na-
ples.

Onions—Texas Bermudas command
$4.75 per 45 lb. crate for yellow and $5
for white.

Oranges—California Navals, $3.50@
3.85.

Peppers—Southern command $1 per
basket.

Oysters—Standard, $1.40 per gal; Se-
lects, $1.65 per gal.; New York Counts,
$1.90 per gal.: Shell oysters, $8.50 per
bbl.

Pop Corn—$2 per bu. for ear, 54@
632 per lb. for shelled.

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

Potatoes—The market is a little
stronger, local jobbers having advanced
their asking price to $3.20 per bu; new,
$4.50 per 45 Ib. hamper.

Poultry—Local dealers pay as fol-
lows, live weight: old fowls, light, 21
@22c; heavy (6 Ibs.) 24@25c; springs,
23@24c; turkeys, 22@25c; geese, 18@
19c; ducks, 23@24c. Dressed fowls
average 3c above quotation.

Radishes—35c per doz. bunches for
small.

Rhubarb—Illinois, 7 per Ib. or $2.25
per 40 lb. box.

Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Dela-
ware Jerseys, $3 per hamper.

Tomatoes—$6 for 6 basket crate,
Florida. Very scarce.

Turnips—$2 per 100 Ibs.

—_2.32s—__
Manufacturing Matters.

Brown City—The “Tire Kure” Chem-
ical Co. has been organized to manu-
facture auto specialties with an author-
ized capital stock of $10,000, of which
amount $6,100 has been subscribed and
paid in in cash..

Detroit—The Concrete Steel Fire-
proofing Co. has been organized with
an authorized capital stock of $5,000
common afd $10,000 preferred, all of
which amounts has been subscribed
and paid in in cash.

Detroit—The H. F. Smith Paint &
Glass Co. has been organized to man-
ufacture hardware and builders’ sup-
plies with an authorized capital stock
of $35,000, of which amount $18,000
has been subscribed and paid in in
cash.

Three Rivers—The La Marche-
Averill Manufacturing Co. has en-
gaged in the manufacture of furni-
ture with an authorized capitalization
of $10,000, of which amount $5,070 has
been subscribed and $2,535 paid in in
cash.

Saginaw—The Nelson Brothers Co.
has engaged in the manufacture of

gas engines with an authorized capital
stock of $350,000, of which amount
$285,000 has been subscribed, $10,000
paid in in cash and $275,000 paid in in
property.

Detroit—The Detroit Pulley Co. has
been incorporated to manufacture
pulleys and general manufactured
woodwork with an authorized capital-
ization of $12,000, all of which has
been subscribed, $1,700 paid in in cash
and $10,300 paid in in property.

Bay City—The stockholders of the
German-American Sugar Co. have con-
cluded that the further use of the name
German will be destructive to its busi-
ness, because its customers refuse to
purchase sugar with the name German
on the sacks or barrels, and have chang-
ed the name of the corporation to the
Wolverine Sugar Co.

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Late Bank News.

Jamestown—The Jamestown State
Bank has been organized with an au-
thorized capitalization of $25,000.

Cheboygan—An_ invitation has been
extended Michigan bankers to make a

April 18, 1917

stop at Cheboygan on their annual tour
of the Great Lakes, during which the:
hold their convention on board the char-
tered steamer.

Hudson—The Hudson State Savings
Bank has been organized with a capita’
of $50,000.

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John Morris is erecting a store build-
ing at the corner of Walker avenue and
West Leonard street. He will occupy
it with a grocery stock when completed.

 

BUSINESS CHANCES.

For Quick Sale—Complete wet wash
plant, 80 horse power boiler, 5 washers,
2 extractors, flat work ironer, including
all belting, hangers, pulleys, ete. Long
lease, cheap rent, new building. One of
the finest complete outfits we ever an-
nounced. Better act quick. Detroit
Laundry Machinery & Supply Company,
224 Twenty-first St., Detroit. West 3283
and 3284. 29

Ice Cream and Confectionery—A good
buy and now is the time to buy it. Well
established and business increasing each
year. Will be in Nashville, Michigan,
Sundays until place is sold. M. L. Mun-
son. 30

Manufacturer Wants Traveling Men—
Calling regularly on druggists, confec-
tioners, grocers. Pocket samples, liberal
commissions, open field. Address ‘‘Taylor
Made’”’ Choc. Chips, 29 Kazoo Street,
Battle Creek, Michigan. 31

 

 

 

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Supply Limited

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